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son to believe i i vTJ In the Of will now get to work. It will have to bert Parker, voted against the government. -I if THE 1902 PENNIES. RAILROAD liluiL il i)iui 11UED NEWS: 'I I' i Jt appraise 9 separate parcels, and will probably finish its work by the end 6f April Ocean and Rail Service. Iyondon, Feb.

23. Shipping circles an. ticipate that the Canadian Pacific rail road company purchase of the line of steamers will be quickly followed by; an arrangement between the Grand Trunk railroad and th4 Allan by which the Grand Trunk will be better enabled to compete for business' In the expected development of traffic between Great Britain and the far east by way oi uanaaa. Swedes Preferred. London, Feb.

25. Some comment has been excited by an announcement that the Canadian Pacific officials prefer Swedes to Britons as railway laborers, of whom 2,000 are now being advertised v-: The officials say the Swedes are con tent with $1.25 or $1.50 daily. They also make better agricultural settlers after they have; finished working on the rail-. way. I Transcontinental Road Winnipeg, Feb.

25. R. Macdonald, C. has left Selkirk for Norway House to commence work on the surrey of the transcontinental railway. He took with him three teams, carrying six thousand pounds of provisions.

I Mr. Macdonald win join the party which left Selkirk a short time ago under Mr. Ferry for the outlet the Nelson River, near Norway House, to explore the country east of there. Pennsv's Great Tunnel, i New Yorki Feb. 25.

The first blow was struck today on the, work of constructing the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel undir the East and -North rivers and ithrunstli New York City when the destruction of buildings at the foot of Went d2nd street was begun to clear ground for sinking shaft and establishing a i)sia of opera tions for the North river section. Prom this point the work will be carried ou in both" directions. SI Ottawa, 25. F. W.

Holt, caftle guard commissioner, states that the date on -which entries would close would be March 12. No more devices will be book ed for-trial after that date, i The intention is to proceed with what are already on the list, and get them classified as' soon as possible. Up to; the present about 92 devices have been given trials. Mexican Central Order. Special to The Commercial: i Dunkirk, Feb.

25. The Mexican Cen tral has awarded a contract for 35 loco motives of different types to the! Ameri can Locomotive Company. Railroad Items. shopmen of the Union Pacific are said to have lost their strike. Passenger conductors on the! Illinois Central are to wear' service stripes.

The embargo ofl eastbound freight on the Nickel Plate was raised on Monday. is reported that southern Nw York and western Pennsylvania are td have a great trolley system. Buffalo, Pittsburg and Cleveland are in the project; j. It is claimed that the National llAS-sociation of Railway Clerks formed a few months ago is already a success. About members have been secured and the publication of an official organ has bepn started.

There are 20 local branches. The Pennsylvania will build a station at New Castle to cost i This move is made imperative by reason of the removal of the division headquarters of the Erie Pittsburg and thej Pittsburg, Youngstown Ashtabula from Mi-honingtown to New Castle. I I The recent activity in St. Louis Sah Francisco shares caused a general I belief that control of the road has changed hands and the opinion in Wall street was that J. P.

Morgan Company, were the new owners. No official confirmation of these reports was obtainable, however, at the banking house of J. P. Morgan jv'j- 'The questions Involved in the controversy as to whether the Pittsburg; Lake Erie shall be allowed to carry a 12 excursion rate into New England on thfe same basis as Baltimore Ohio excursions to Atlantic City have not been settled by the Central Passenger iAisocia-tion. The subject was taken at the last meeting, but no action was decided on.

i I Officials of the Baltimore Ohio railroad have just received notice that'? the Burlington has honored for passage from Lincoln to Omaha a ticket originally issued by the Baltimore Ohio, February 20, 1877, 26 years ago. The ticket read Baltimore, to Cincinnati, to St. Louis, to Atchison and to Omaha, via Lincoln. It was4unlimited, and the validity bf the last portion of the ticket could not be questioned whesi it was; presenled to the conductor. Why1 its use was delated so many years the holder did not explain.

MARINE NEWSJ I. Independent Towing1 Company at Duluth Reorganized New Berths for Masters Lumber Lumber Handlers. Renreaentatlves of the Lake Lumber Car riers' Association and the 'longshoremen met at Manistee yesterday to fix wages for lumber loading on lakes Huron, and (Michigan this year. i i i i The loading scale was fixed at 52 cents an hour. This is the.

same as last year. A few days ago the Lake Superior men; effected an agreement at 65 cents. The Manistee conference is also considering the scale; for unloading. 1 Inland Lloyds It is understood that Canadian, vessels of the lakes are to be Included this year In the Inland Lloyd's register. Inspectors are Bow engaged in going over both Canadian and united stales vessels.

a i Lumber Freight Anent the conference of the Lake Superior lumber carriers snd lumber handlers, the matter of freight rates for the coming season Is being more or less discussed among those interested. In fact, this subject was one of the Important features of the several sessions before wage scale was reached. Secretary Runnels, of the Lumber Carriers' (Association, was asked for an expression regarding rates, (rati he replied that it was impossible to predict what they would be. i I i "Will the, opening of navigation figures be as high as those of lost yearrv was asked, i I i "We hope so indeed, we have every rea- Do You SCnow OOmiGcda i It is a curious circumstance that the amendment was rejected by precisely the same majority. 116, as Sir Henry Camp bell-Bannerman's amendment on the same subject two years ago, but on that occasion the Nationalists supported the Liberal leader.

The government normal majority is 205. i Rumors that Mr. Brodrick vQl I soon Quit the war office were again current in the lobbies last night I LYNCHIN6S IN THE SOUTH. And a Schenectady Mob Chased a Murderer, but He Dodged Them. il j-f-Tl'.

Shrereport, La- Feb. 25. Frank Brown, a negro, was lynched' near here yesterday. He had shot, bnt not fatally wounded, a white man. Griffin.

Ga.l Feb, 25. William, Fam- bro, a negro, has been shot to death on the outskirts of this city by a mob who fired over 1,000 shots into hm house. Fsmbro, who had been charged with insnlting whitewoman, had been released on the payment of his fine by his employer. I Schenectady, Feb. 25.

John Verra, aged 35 years, a saloonkeeper, was shot and probably fatally wounded by a fellow countryman, Louis Sommo, whom he had ejected from his place of business yesterday afternoon. The would-be murderer was chased by a mob, but escaped. 'REMOVABLE. The Secret of Destroying Skin Blem ishes Discovered by a Japanese. A man named Selklchl Kayene.

a native of Mlto. who died a few reara ago, is said to have 'invented a new method of remov ing btalns or tattoo marks on or under toe The invention the fruit ofNabout thirty years1 exnerlmentlns. carried out amid: Indescribable hardship and privations. how: tne man came to conceive ms queer idea we are not informed. It is eertoin trat it absorbed -his whole energies, and cost him whatever" "property he had formerly possessed.

And he did not live to enjoy the fruit of his alleged, invention, fori when he died, in 1898, he it as sot even enjoying the ordinary comforts oftflfe. Tne fact was. he bad no annllflcntions to undertake his self-assigned task. He had seal and nothing more so Sssit hlm.i The consequence was, bis experiments ana re searches were apparently devoid of system, much less of science. He appears toj have goai upon the idea 'of simply trying one material after another at random.

AI1 his materials appear to have been such thlngs as roots and bark of trees and He even use. of animals much more, of fensive in character than his tree prepara tions. It is now reported that he did some how succeed in hitting upon an efficacious comnound. which could entirely remove any spots In-the skin, either natural or artificial. The explanation is that the compost possesses an extraordinary power of absorbing pigments and at the aaiuo time of contract ing tne blood vessels ot tne part treatett.

Stains originating from the presence of col ored matter can thus be removed, it its reported, without leaving any trace. A rose colored spot produced by any swelling of blood vessels Is harder to remove, put tne contraction of fie blood vessels consider ably modifies the color. The compound, when plastered over the part affected, produces a sort of crust over the skin, and this crust assumes a dark bluish color. The crust cornea off by Itself In' about two weeks, and stains which had formerly existed under tne skin are xouna to have disappeared, provided they have not been of an excessively obstinate character. The cases of successful, removal of skin blemishes which have, been reported are all effected through the agency of one Ohiski, who had obtained from the Inventor a vial of his compound on his deathbed.

The secret of the constituents of the prepar ation was disclosed by the dying man, ana Mr. Ohlshl is now the sole possessor Of ithe formula; and practices his strange surgery at his house. In Futobocho, Honjo, Tokto. This note is taken from the "Osaka Maln- lchl," where a much longer account is given of the drcumstanees of tnis strange Had ft appeared in a less reliable Journal we shonld hardly have taken the trouble ot noticing it here. Japan Times.

PNEUMONIA. It is Mors Contagious Tubercu-' losis and Kills More People. "We wonder If the fact that patients and their friends ignore' the contagiousness of nneumonia is often due to professional negligence. An exaggerated conception of the contagiousness of tuberculosis is neia by the lay world, but, pneumonia is, of course, far more contagious. And patients and profession alike have not realized the new fact that the mortality oi pneumonia is in' some cities and parts of the country higher' than tuberculosis.

Dr. Reynolds, of Chicago, returns to this lesson ana emphasizes the necessity of the following measures: Pneumonia is a highly contagious disease, the cause of which is a micro-organism in the sputa of those suffering from the malady, and contracted by inhaling this germ, i Therefore, the same care should be taken to collect and destroy the mita that is taken in pulmonary tu berculosa, or in diphtheria or influenza. the illness the greatest pains should be taken to- prevent soiling bed clothing, Icarpets or furniture with the and after the illness the patient's room should be thoroughly cleansed and ventilated. ii The fact that the disease is most prevalent in the winter season, when people are most crowded together and live much of the time in badly ventilated apartments, makes obvious-' the necessity of thorough ventilation of houses, offices, factories, theatres, churches, passenger cars snd other public places, in order! that the air which must be breathed may be kept clean and free from infectious; matter, j. 1 'V Laymen should be taught not to be afraid of a patient who has pneumonia, influenza Or tuberculosis, but to be afraid of lack of cleanliness, of failure to enforce prophylactic measures and of jclose, badly ventilated apartments during the season when these diseases most prevail; Since pneumonia" is most fatal at the extremes of life -the yonng and the! aged special care should be taken to guard children and old persons against exposure to the Infection of those already suffering with the disease and against cold, privation and exposure to the weather, which are potent, predipoing causes.

American Medicine. Never Preach Dovond Your i Experience. 90 When ve preach the virtue: of; Hale's Honey of Hore-; hound and Tar as a cure for Coughs," Colds and Sore Throats, It's 'because the i results, of actual experience warrant IL Let others prac-j tice what we 'preach. 4 For sale by PIKE'S TOOTHACHE CV I tm I coarse, the esrllaeaa or lateness of the open-. ing or uoa migK Bare something to do with while the of the pro-.

anct wouia atso war enect. Ho fewer than ,79 vessels figure In the association, eaetrjjeinr a nartv to the con tract to be slgnp wtU the lumber baodlera. and eacn susctptiDiei to the rules of the labor organnuuia. Strike is Threatened. Ten thousand union employes of the "Am erican Shipbuilding Company throughout the United Sutes will go on i a strike next week unless a settlement of the grievances ot the 1,100 employes at' the South Chicago plant, now on strike.

Is reached at a conference to be held In Booth Chicago. .1 Because of xhm threatened strike officials have arranged if the conference with the leaders in the tafesent strike, and mnrh de- kpends on the Outcome. If the results are not satisfactory, tne general strike will be ordered at Loral, Cleveland, Duluth, South cmcago, BaffdlO, Bay city, and Detroit yards. -s Independent Towing Co. The company known as the Independent Tug Line at Duluth has reorganised and the coming season, will not be operated under the- direction the! L.

T. 1. as it was during a portWi of last year. Charles Mapfs has purchased ths Interest of Benjamin A. Howard, who represented thet-L.

T. P. it, and others who own stock in toe corpora fen are Charles Forrest, John I'lube, WUUan Sor, and Albert Seal. Mr. Fofrest is plesldeiit; and treasurer, Mr.

Maples Mr. Place secretary and manager, iMessrs. Hoy, Seal and Place eonBtltuHe the board of. directors. At present tliefe are fire tugs In the fleet, the A.

A. Cartiter having been purchased recently. The line will to a istrictly reasel toning business, and WW work In connection with the lines now in in Buffalo, Tona wand Clprelafl I TnledA. tAahlftnil nA Chicago, and'. vth Thompson's wrecking otitnt at Bault Sf.Marie and Keld's wreck ing outfit at $oft Huron.

Captains llceive Gold Watches. President L.jli Forgot of the Richelieu uDnino avipatton two handsoingtoldi Company uas presented wa tones to Capts. Bat ten and Juettte, the two Dllota who brought the; Dew: Steamer Montreal down the raplda of he Lawrence In May last. ine steamer ieet long and drew 7 feet 2 Inches of wa-ier. (The remarkable features of the trip we that the steamer vtas from oo to no longer tnan other large pas- seuger boats Ifhieh had preriously run the rapids, drew ijciore (water apd there was a foot less of d( of water In the river.

New 'eftths for Masters. The steel earner George L. Craig, in course of construction at Craig's yards for the Adams Tabsportatlon Company, will be neSt Capt. Duncan Nicholson, last; year master of the, Thomas AunujH, uub. uveH upijuiiiwu cuuiiuauuer ox kthe'new vessel.

Henry McCallum, master of the Langbam last year, has been pro moted to the Adams, and Capt. D. J. Dun caiisou, who sailed the Ira H. Owen for sev eral seasons, has been appointed master -of tbe Langham.

'apt. Duncanson sailed for on She Owen, any only! left his employ when thwolder boatS irere sold. J. A. brother of Capt.

D. J. Duticanson, laeit kear master of the steamer Jesse H. Parwjeii, has- received his appointment as captaf jtf the new steel steamer S. M.

Fa rent of nne Ureat LaRes St. Lawrence TranspoMJltlon Company. STOeifEXeHANGE: Certificate of Incorporation of the Stock Ekijhange of Buffalo Has i Been Filed. i PaDers incor kiratinir the Stock Ei- chantre of "Rufff So iwri filed In the nffiM of: the county this afternoon. I The objects fjf jthe incorporators 'are s'tsted to be "tf maintain and operate an exchange' for buying; sgjling and trading in stocks, bondA and seeuritics or investments of arfy ljnd, and for the lease or sale of seats in.

such exchange to brokers to in stocks, bonds, securities' and tvestments, add to do aX things incident The exchangfl is to be capitalised at $25,000. It is fiie intention to issue 250 shares at the pjr value of $100 each. The incorporators Sfe Clarence MacGregor, Joseph A. StoB'i and L. Allen Kendall.

j- THE COUNCILMEN. "vi iMi Mr. Fleischmann Offered an to Grade Cross- ifig Action, i At the meeting of i the councilmen this afternoon ChaPiuan Fleischmann introduced a resolution i amending the resolution passed bl the aldermen that the grade crossing cSmmission submit a list of all pieces of tfKiperty in its opinion, have beeil damaged by grade crossing work, the: ijtwners of which are not entitled to compensation under the pres-ent act. Tfhe amendment favors thexsubmlssion by Ithe corporation! counsel of: a bill for introduction in tha Jegislature, authorlz-Ing the city to 'Jssue such bonds as may be required tot provide from time to time funds for paying such damages as the common council) may award to such fi I'l'l'. r' I A special cimmittee, composed of Councilmen Suiith, Ladd and Dunbar, was appointed jgp receive the list of ail such persons cltiming if-1 deceived.

Italian Insurance Swindlers Had Vie tlms Ih the Church. New York, teb. 25. Assistant District Attorney- Krotel said yesterday that the parish books! of Jthe Roman Catholic churches in ttfe neighborhood: known as "Little Italy'fwili figure largely in future developments In his investigations of the Italianifinsnrance fraud cases. He said that th records of the Catholic churches Show; that the priests have been the victims of conspirators as well as the insurtnCe icompanies, and have been duped into administering the rites oi the church td, persona whose real Identity was other ifhan the priest had.

been led to believe. In one or two instances he has found evidence that ft priest has unwittingly given a certificate for burial in Calvary fjnetery in the name of a man or wo-fnait not yet dead, i- -i WILL SEE ''SPOTLESS TOWN." Arrangements, are being made by the Knights of Columbus to attend the performance of "Spotless Town" at the Lyceum Theatre Friday evening. The knLifhts wish to go in compliment to the author of the play, Whitcomb Beilly this city. i i ji, I I i --(. FIME DiB15 EACH.

Jchn 8mlthkfwsko of 81 Mills street and John living on Sears street, were each fined $15 by Judire Hurphy Is police court this ao7nlng. They were eonrlcted ot into si i unoccupied house on No'i Dlvlaion trtrvet; beloncins to -py i SujHTreasury Kept Busy Denyi: -a False Report It Was Started Last December. A great demand for United States copper cents of the coinage ot 1902 has spread over the whole country. A report was started last December that a clerk to the Unitstd States Mint bad accidentally dropped a bar gruiu ill lo uie cupper inn wuwu pwuitr oi the 1803 pennies were made. The report was disseminated far and wide, and fonil many who accepted it as fact, sad the lb I pennies are now at a premium in bop 'The town of AmityvlUe, 1., is only one ot many towns, ths government authorities where the idea that there" tm mJ 1m mi.

naM mIamI Slil hold on the inhabitants. The Sub-Treosary In Wall street receives doaens of Inquiries every day es to the premiuai the. government is willing to par to get the pennies; back. The Inquiries come by letter, by telegraph, by telephone, and are sometimes made personally, for a few days hardly an hour passed wlthont the telephone bell ringing tor an Inquiry. The clerks would toss up to see who should -answer and small wagers of cigars and the like were made on the chance of Its beln? a 1902 penny Inquiry.

Finally a special ripply to ietteis aad telegrams was devised to save time in answering. Those who are looking for premiums, how- ever, would do well to take their profit from 'the first credulous person" they' meet. They will get none from the government. The United States Treasory is -not at ail anxious to get the pennies back for the simple reason, as the cashier at the Snb-Treas- ury said today, that the report about the gold has not a particle of truth in tt There Is no gold in the 1903 pennies. The Treasury offlcsls have denied th story Over and over again, TheilenlnlH ,4 reached the country newspapers In garbled form, and were ultimately twisted Into con- flrmatlou of the report.

Some newspapers stated that mint official had token that method of purloining gold, putting It Into fha tunnlea. then oatherink In the 'pennies afterward, some or. tne papeta wi Treasury Ofneials credit for a oeniai, oui iKanreriiteA the denial. savins that they were probably after the good things them- selves. The hundreds of letters that came In to the Snb-Treasnry with Inquiries contained clippings from these newspapers.

Generally the leite'rs were writers pretending that they did not reallv believe the story, but thought they woul 1 ssk." Toe clippings 4n them, from papers all over this' country, and a tew even from Eurone. would nil a scrap-book. New York Commercial Advertiser. NEW YORK. -I: i New Tork.

Feb. 2S. nrrTinReHlnta ST.758 sales 8,200 packages. Flour was a trine stesoier wu demand mostly, for spring potents. Minnesota patents S4.lB-i: winter straights.

$3.603.66: Minnesota Da sers, winter extras, 2.808.10; winter patents, $3.654.00: winter low grades, S2.C0- 02.9a. i BUCKWHEAT riAlUtt Vjniei; spot and to arrive. am a "WW RYE FtiOUB Steady; fair to good, mt mi' i s(sr Ban km uu.i 3.35; choice to fancy, $3.403.05 WHEAT Receipts 30,400 nu: sales 000 bu.v; Wheat opeped easier on cables but was ranlea ny tne corn nrenvii, auuiu northwest receipts and covering. hyf! Firm: state, dykuec, c. i.

ew xors; JiO. western, ozc, i. o.i wnu in t. i a I CORN Receipts 111,000 bur sales 1DU.005 bu. Corn followed an easy opening with a strong advance baaed on.

light contract r- rivals auu a Bunrp loluu OATS Receipts 121,020 bs. i Oats were firm and fairly actives BEEF Steady; family, glS.OO10.00; mesa, packet, $12.0013.00. i FOllit inrm; mess, i.voai iam- ily, short, clears llS.7B20.6a LARD Steadier; prime western steam. $10.15. -j.

i i- vBUTTER Firm; receipts Creamery, extras, per pound, 28c: do first, neid, extras zoc; ao nmi, sn-24c; do lower grades, 1821c; state dairy tubs, finest. 2425c: do other nlh It .1 A aa. zocz western tmiiatiuu do fair to prime, 17lc; do lower grade. 1516c: renovated, extras, ao cnoice, Iffll8c: do common to good, 1215c; western factory, fresh, small tubs, fancy, large tubs, 16c; do choice, I5l5c: ao seeonos, 1414c; do lower grades, 13iaMtc; do held, finest. 15c: do lower grades, I315e; rolls, fresh, choice, 15c; do common to prime, CHEESE Firm; receipts 1,109.

3 fancy, 14c; do white, fancy, 1414c; do late made, colored, choice. 1314c; ao wnite. choice. llic: do jrood to prime, 1818Hc: do common to fair, ll413c; do Urge, fall maae, iancy, xtyi uu ai iuiuc, choice. 18c: do white, choice, lffttc; do good to; prime, l6Yc; ao common to i air, iiKimHti Ho-ht skims, fan maae.

eaoice. 12412c; do winter made, choice, Wifdl lliAc: nart skims, prime, 1010c! do fair to 010c; do common, e7c. EGOS Easier; receipts 18,092. State and Pennsylvania, fancy selected white, 18c; do firsts, loHc: westers, firsts, 16c; do fair to good, 1515c; Kentucky, firsts, 16c; Tennessee and Southern, firsts, irentnxkr. Tenneaaee and Southern.

fair to good. 1315c; dirties. re- frlgerator, 813c; limed, 1012c; duck eggs, ner dozen, 25aoc. SUGAR Raw, firm; fair refining, aer centrifugal 96 test, 3c; molasses sugar, 3c. Refined, unsettled.

Crushed. powdered, grans- lated, $4.78. 4 COFFEE Quiet; No.7 Rio, 5c TALLOW Easy; city hhds, 5c; country, 06c. HAY Steady; shipping, 5570c; good to choice, i i POTATOES Steady; Long Island, 2.25; state and western, per 180 pound, 2.00; Jersey, south Jers sweets, $2.503.75. i i i LEAD-i-Qulet; exchange price, 44.

HIDES Firm; Texas dry, 24 to 80 14c; Galveston dry. 21 to 25 18c; Call- fornla dry, 21 to 25 19c BARLEY Steady; feeding. e. Buffalo; malting, 5250c, c. 1.

Buffalo, STRAW Quiet; long rye, 7Og0c. BEANS Steady marrow, me- diam, peas, t2.352.37; reskkldnry," $3.0083.05. -I WOOL-Finn; domestic 2S32c. HOPS Quiet; state, common to choice, 1902, 283flc; 1901. 28 27c; elds, Pacific coast, 1902, 2630c; 1901, 23jp26c; elds, 83l2Hc.

i SWSSMSSBMSSBSSSSSiJI AS SHE WILL NOT BE SPOKE Now that peace reigns in South Africa many ot the progressive yonng Boers who have hitherto understood nothing bnt the "taal" are mating strenuous efforts to learn tne-jungusn language, ana cissse for that purpose, held throughout our new Colonies, are being largely attended. The other day a youthful Boer was asked to explain. the phrase "Out of sight out of mind." After profound thought and puckered cogitation he got it. Said be: "The invisible is the insane." London Answers. A RELIABLE Wl INtoo.

rnnnanl fain croaa-examlnstion) Whal ts your sge. madaraT Witness Forty-seveo, Counsel Married or single? Witness-Singles I never had -sn ffr 1 1 9n. I 1, maw in terest.to the. court, I don't mind cayln-r that I've worn false teeth or aesrty years. Counsel ti xnat ait.

nnuia. im-1 no use trying to shake the direct testimony of as truthful a woman as yen sxe. Baltimore Sun. always out." Hewitt Every time Groet comes t) me I'm ot. Jewett But he said he foond y-bome the other 7 Tewit 'J, I wss or UP-TO-DATE.

Buffalo) Rochester Pittsburg Im-proving Roadbed and Interest- V- in Trolley Line. Special to The Commercial: 1 Ellleottville. Feb. 25. The Buffalo, Rochester Pittsburg Kail war Oomnany.

having removed vtheir yards i from thej Junction or the Buffalo and Rochester divisions! of road at Ashford to the Salamanca and Bradford junction two miles from. Salamanca, now -propose to grade a new roadbed a quarter of a mile further east of the present line at Ellicottrille, bringing the road close to the base of the Bartlett hill. This will shorten the route and lessen the curve at that point, fc The. company is also interested in a proposed trolley line from Ellicottrille to East Otto, B. Rockwell, constructing engineer of the railway company, with Surveyor Charles Locke of Randolph and XV H.

Siggins, president of the trol-iey system in Warren, were in Elli-jCottTille and inspected the proposed route. Locke, having surveyed the line, isays? "Miles of the route will need scarcely the removal of a single shovel of dirt, perfecVis the grade. There are but few streams to cross and no bridges to build. i Mr. Biggins pronounces the plan feasible and practical.

He says that "nature has graded the way through one of the most beautiful agricultural districts -he ever saw," 1 The P. Co. will construct the line If the towns through -which it will run grant a right of way. Three meetings have been held to consider the project, one at Eddyville and two at Ellicottrille. The right of way has been practically given by the farmers In East Otto and Mansfield, and about all land that will be necessary to purchase will be a few lots in the village of EllicottviUe.

Committees have been appointed in East Otto and EllicottviUe to solicit subscriptions for the purchase of them. About $3,100 has been signed up to date. -The R. P. since putting on limited express trains to run between Buffalo and Pittsburg, has made rapid progress in the way of making its road one of the most up-to-date and best equips ped in the state.

Among the securities approved for listing by the governors of the New York Stock Exchange a short time ago was B. R. P. By. Co.

$1,300,000 additional common stock. The company have, erected a fine three-Story brick building at 8. B. Junction, have given to the R. Y.

M. C. SHOPMEN'S STRIKE. Colorado Southern Trouble Threatens to be Serious. Denver.

Feb." 25. The strike of the shop employes of the Colorado Southern railway company threatens to become serious. The blacksreiths in Denver went nnf anma Aitvu Thev were ioined a ago by the machinists here and yesterday the boilermaaers ana wip ers In Trinidad were called out. The strikers in Denver now number 195 and in Trinidad 125. The employes at Cheyenne have been ordered out, but have not as yet obeyed.

Union recognition seems to be the most important question at 'ssue. WQRLD'S'FAIR RATES. I Ticket Scalpers In St. Louis are to be Squelched. Pittsburg, Feb.

25. Director of Transportation Ristine of the St. Louts world's fair has set out to take the railroads at (their word, in their refusal to make low Tares py rtmwviuB iue uicim itni ticket, He has had introduced in 4h -iMrtAlAtTiA Thill mflklnir i the scalping of non-transferable excursion tickets illegal and requiring the railroads to redeem all unused tickets on presentation. This redemption elause follows of necessity. When Director Ristine went after the low rates which make a big fair a success he was told that scalping would be uu aww'-j raw cvum uo i tioo is expected to take the wind out of the sails Of the railroads.

It was beyond doubt the refusal of the railroads to make rates of sufficient lowness that made the Pan-American exposition a nancial failure. ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. methlng New Introduced on the Santa Fe Road. Galveston, 25. Beginning writh the end of February the Santa Fe fill revolutionise the method of keeping rAhllroad accounts.

Division snoerintend- Wt will be relieved of all accounting wijicn will aone unaer tne su- skm of the auditor through bis di- 'ect repreeentatives. The Santa Fe will be' the first road in his country to make- such, radical inno vation. The plan was evolved by Auditor Jennings and was approved by President Ripley. 1 i. Ordsers nave been, issued appointing A.

E. Myers motive Vwer; accountant, with headquarters at Cleburne. He was formerly with the Plant System at Savannah. He will have antire charge of all the statistic and accounting relating to the motive power division of the Santa Fe. He will report direct to the auditor here.

This work was formerly done under tlie supervision of the mechanical superintendent, who was under the 'master "mechanic's orders. Hawkins will be appointed store aeeountant, with? neadquarters at Cleburne. He will have charge 'of all payrolls, distribution of materials and preparation of statistics. This work was. formerly done by the storekeeper.

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Evans was Acci- "dently Shot While Duck Hunting. A FRIEND DID IT. The Shot Was Fired by a Son of the Late William C. Bryant A TERRIBLE JOURNEY. Mr Evans Wss Carried on an Improvised Utter Two Miles Over the Ice to Fort Erie.

Karl Keliogg Evans of S01 Delaware avenue died at the Buffalo Gent-ral Hos pital this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock from the effects of a gunshot wound accidentally infl'cted by his friend, William Bryant, while the young men were hunting dncks on the ice near Fort Brie early this mprn-ing. Mr. Evans was about 30 years old and was a son of Evans, western manager for the Erie Western Transportation He was married and had one child. His wife is the daugh ter of Mrs. Charles F.

Oanson of this citv. 1 The shooting occurred shortly before 8 o'clock on the ice on the lake about tws miles from the Tillage of Fort Mr. Bryant, who is a son of the late Attorney William Bryant, and also about 30 years old, has a home at Cres cent Beach in Canada, a short distance above Fort Erie. Mr. Evans and Mr.

Bryant were warm fnend ot many years' standing and often went hunting together. Mr. Evans was well known in Buffalo and. was a leader in many social events of the past few years. 1 E.

T. Evans is out of. the city, but has been notified and is on his way home. Mr. Bryant and Mr.

Evans had been duck shooting on previous occasions. It had been their custom in the winter to gather a number of friends at Mr. Bry ants lake shore cottage and hunt duck on the ice. An expedition of that kind was planned several days ago and Mr. Evans went over to Crescent Beach last night.

i marly this morning he, in with Mr. Bryant and Frank who also lives at Crescent Beach, started out for duck. Each, was equipped, with breech-loading Shotgun. Shortly before 8 clock they had. reached a point far out on the ice and about two miles above Fort Erie.

Bryant was reloading his gun when the accident happened. He opened the: breech with the hammers cocked, slipped in a couple of shells loaded with heavy duck shot and snapped the tjjreech together. -As he did so the harsmers fell and the gun was discharged. 1 Mr. Evans was.

walking on the ice a little in 'advance of Mr. Bryant, and to bis left, and was directly in range. The chnrire of nSiOt entered his hack and he fellA Mr. Bryant and Mr. Mabee immediately.

ran to him, and tried to assist him to his feet, but Mr. Evans was per fectly helpless. The situation wss a most serious and perplexing one. The young men- were several miles from home or any habitation. and too far from shore to make it possible to secure assistance in time to be of any service.

Mr. Evans, it was appar ent, 'was seriously injured and was bleeding: freely, and something had to be done at once. Mr. Mabee had carried a blanket with him. With this and a couple of guns, a litter was improvised and the wounded man was placed upon it.

His companions then carried him across the ice to the ferrv at Fort Erie, a distance of two miles, Mr. Evans was unconscious during almost the entire journey, From Fort Erie he was brought across the river to Buffalo and conveyed to the Buffalo General Hos- nital in the hospital ambulance. He did not reach the hospital for two hours after the accident. An examination of his injuries made at the hospital showed that they were of a most serious nature. The heavy shot had taken effect in his back, making an ugly wound and some of the shot 'had penetrated through into tne anaomen.

Despite all that medical science could do, the end came at 2.30 o'clock this af ternoon. Mrs. Evans was at the bedside of her husband when he' passed away. It was asserted at the hospital that Mr. Evans, could not have survived even if so much time had not been lost in con veying him to the hospital.

Shock was assigned as the cause of death, and it was stated that the shock was so great that nothing could have been done, even at once, to prevent the death. would have died even If a phy sician had been right there, even if he had been carried direct into a hospital without, the loss of a moment's time," was the statement made at the General Hospital. e- QUIETED BY CHAMBERLAIN. The Secretary' Mission of Peace a Success He Leaves Africa Today, i New York. Feb.

25. Mr. Chamberlain will leave Cape Town for England today, according to a London correspondent. The Cape Town correspondent of the Morning- Post telegraphs in reference to Mr. Chamberlain's tour that the feeling of security in Cape Colony Is greater than it has been at any time since the Jame son raid.

i Sneaking last night at a farewell ban qnet at which the American and several other foreign consuls were present, Mr. Chamberlain Indicated that before long all the rebels would be amnestied. GOVERNMENT WON OUT, Strength of the 8rtiah War Office a Surprise All Around. TimtniL ITeh 'OK ThA (Tonse of Com miHM retorted hv 9ft1 votes to 145 Mr, Bracketfs amendment to the address, the terms of which were tantamount to a cen- a sure on the war secretary, -air. ww Th aMniAii revMied fewer" defections in the Unionist ranks than had -been ex pected.

TstvA rthartoa Bwwfard and several other Unionist members abstained from Mr. Hawkins was formerly i traveling auditor. I The work; now done by Mr. Hawkins will be enlarge4 and divided and will be cared i for by L. Ruble, now traveling auditor, and F.

V. Whiteman, now head disbursing clerk Sn the auditor's office Their titles will jbe traveling accountants. si 1 1 i The 1 accounting features heretofore maintained I by division! superintendents will be under the direct charge of a representative of the accounting department! of the auditors I office, who will maintain his own of clerks and. will be independent of the division superintendents. These representatives will report direct to the auditor, i This announcement will) be received with a degree of interest hat will find its counterpart only in thi close manner that the experiment will bp watched by railroad accounting officers everywhere.

SNOW GAtORE. Passenger Trains in Newfoundland Well Stalled. St. lated John's, N. Feb, express trains are 25.

The be- azain snow- bound. I One train, after making 60 miles in the direction of StJ John's Monday found further progress ii and was sent back'; ten miles to a divisional point, where supplies of food; and coal are if The other train dn (be western side of the plateau in the middle interior was unable to retreat to the settlement of Bay of Islands. I as had been planned. A working train with two engines and a crewjof 50 men, carrying a month's provisions, started Monday night to cut the express clear. i I Meanwhile, the other! sections of the road are also! blocked, but: as no trains are moying on1 them there is no cause for anxiety except in the fact that the great er part of the island iisl cut off from St.

John's, i I i The first mail into the colony for near ly a fortnight consisting of 400 bags of British, United States and Canadian mail, reached here Monday jby the steam er Damara from Halifax, lay at Sydney for a week The mails awaiting the steamer ruce. Which, however, was frozen in the ice floes ill the Gulf of St. Lawrence. They were )hen sent to Hali- fax and brought here bs the Demara NEW YO BWAY. Ornamental Architecture! for Impor- tant Stations.

i i New Feb. 25 architects have nearly completed plank for an ornamental passenger exit! and entrance to the rapid transit 'subway I for the Park Row station. This is the station proper for tne passengers coming i downtown, bnt. according to the engineers, there will be a gallery under the surface tracks on Park Row and ovr the shbway tracks to allow passengers to cross Park Row to the; platform for northbound passengers-i -h There Will be two entrances for the northbound trains. The ktatrways will be a few feet east, of the ipwir loop in the bridge, and it is expected the ground will be broken few days for There wijl be little; rdom for anything architectural on the east Bide of, the street, but the west side, on the edge of City Hall park, affords ah Opportunity for something pleasing, Chief Engineer Deyo if the rapid tran sit construction company said i that sev- eral suggestions had been made to the and that these included the well-known European idea for a nart of the citr hall station.

i- Williarii Martin Aiken), supervising ar chitect of the borough, wants for the city hall park side a handsome marble or granite structure, simple in design and with an archway, if is practicable to have it. Pennsys Latest Purchase. Hollidayisburg, Pal, Feb. '25. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is to become the purchaser of one-eighth of the territory included within the municipal limits of Hollidaysburg.j It includes all lands between Junta! and Blair streets, upon which are 100 residences, two hotels, the Hollldaysburg Standard Printing es- lighments, worth to the aggregate between SROn.nOO and SfrfH) (KHl.

The; territory will be occupied by the tracks of the Pittsburg cut-off railroad and the Portage railroad. new feeders, to the Pennsylvania in process of construction, and which will lessen the distance from Pittsburg toj Philadelphia also be erected between 15 and 20 miles. A wheel foundry may here by the Pennsylvania I company. i John Bourne Resigned. Sceelal The CommerelaL Dunkirk, 25.

John! Bourne has been acting as ticket agent at the union station for upwards of thirty years. Today he sent in jhis resignation to take effect March 1st: f. Mr. Bourne's successor Will be C. S.

Henry, who has been acting temporarily. G. P. Steams of Van Buren will be deputized to act as night Mr. Bourne severs connection with he railroad, companies with the utmost confidence of the officials.

An amiable, conscientious official himself was the reason so many people in Dunkirk nd elsewhere learned i to admire and respect him. He is at present 'collector of the! port, and will probably retire from all active bus) ness affairs as soon aS Ibis; appointment terminates. i I- 1 Protective vrmxu. New Feb! 25i bommisaioner Donald of the Central Passenger Asapcia-tion has been elected chairman of the National: Protective Burea it, the successful organization of which in the face of for-' midable opposition interposed in the West, was largely due to his efforts. The secretary is Chairman McLeod of the Western Passenger Association, jit one time the bitterest opponent of the bureau.

ti The Piukerton agency has been retain ed to secure evidence of! frauds against the railroads, by the forgery or alteration of the use of nop-transferable tickets by anybody but thej original pur chasers, and all other illegal acts detri mental to the railroads. East River Bridge. New.i York, FeW 25. The roadway of the East River bridge, "vas completed last nlgiitj or practically so, and the i passengers crossing thte, Broadway and 23rd street ferry this morning saw connected steel work from pier to pier. The workmen will begin work on the outside railing today.

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