The Weekly Courier from Connellsville, Pennsylvania • Page 1

VOL. 3, NO. 127, EIGHT PAGES. CONN'ELLSVILLE, SATURDAY EVENING. A I 1905.

PRICE, ONE CENT. A GREAT flAVAL BATTLE TO BE FOUGHT. Russian and Japanese Fleets, Late Dispatches Indicate, Will Meet Within Next Few Hours. CHINA SEA BATTLE SCENE. The Russians Have Between 30 and 40 Vessels While the Japs Have Twenty-Two Good Sized War Ships--Former Have Left Singapore.

APPOIHATTOX DAY. Program That -Has Been by the Civil War Veterans. The Civil veterans and all organized; societies! invited by them to celebrate Aippomattox Day, will meet at the R-utsek luail on West "Main Special to Tho Courier. London, April 8. From dispatches received within the last 12 hours it would Indicate that the Japanese and Russian fleets are really coming to- eether and it is regarded as certain that another great naval battle will be fought within the next few hours.

That the Russian has advanced through the Straits ot Malacca, headed apparently for the China Sea, Is regarded as an indication that Admiral Rojestvensky has at last decided to meet the enemy in battle, which the Czar regards as offering the only possibility of Russia regaining any semblance of her former prestige. The China Sea will probably be the scene of the conflict. That Admiral Togo has Tjeen closely watching the passages from the Straits of Malacca is known. Japanese scout vessels have also been cruising in the vicinity of Singapore and the Linga Archipelago. SAMUEL SCOTT KILLED Coal Tipple in B.

O. Yards on Friday Night. Scott was the victim oC an acident that cost lite at the B. O. coal tipple Friday uiglit.

Ho had eaiMy this morning at the Cottage State hospital. Scott and Bruce Corrigan were engaged in coalmg engine No. 2J3S at the tipple in the upper yards. The shute (fails to "work at times and 1 on this ocasaon it stuck. Scott "was cm.

the tondpr of the engine and saw that'he ivas in danger ot 'being burled beneath the rush ot coal, asr the ch.am failed to drop the door He shouted to Corxigan, -who was on street on Monday evening at 7 o'clocK to pull up the shute. nnd shaup, waere they will be formed umpo 3 to the ground, lie alighted line by Captain Lloyd Johnston. The on opposite track directly in front piocession will then march to tbe Title Trust flail headed by the Connellsville iBand. When ail assembled in the hall old -metre doxology, "Praise God from IWliom All Blessings Flow," -will bo sung 'by the audience, and the ladies of the Grand! Army of the Repub- jc will then serve lunch to all (present. After the lunch, has 'been served the following will be tho order for the rest of the evening: America, chorus, audience; Invocation Dr.

J. J. Huston; Introdnctory address, loasltnaster, Capt. J. iM.

Dushane, 142nd "Ha.il Homo of Liberty," -cliorua, choir; The Boys of the Sixties, assistant toast-master, H. M. Kerr, 140th Pa. Grand Union "Medley, piano solo, Miss B. Victoria Balsley; Battle of the Republic, solo an-d chorus, W'hltely and choir; Tho Boys of tho Nineties, Capt.

A. Crow, 10th Pa. Vol. Can't get Up, solo. Olias.

H. of engine No. which iv-as coining up the coal. It too late for Scott to got off CIVIL COORT11 UP. The First National-Edmunds Case Still on Trial Today.

CORONER'S VIEWS EXGEPTED TO One Was in the Autopsy in the Rendine Cass from Conncllsvillc--W. L. Kelley Was Awarded the News Suit. a Verdict in Uniontown, April tedious routine of the Eilimmds-Fim National The Japanese are prepared to meet 'Whitley, 142nd Pa. The Xation the Russians at any moment and ap- al Guard, Ca.pt.

John L. Cans, 10th parently will have something of ad- N. G. Gib dat Watenmillion, vantage in position. may be dim- solo and chorus.

Brown and Choir: cult for Rojestvensky to arrange an effective line of battle before engaging the enemy. Further news of the movements of the fleet are awaited with greatest anxiety and the impression prevails that it is only a matter of a few hours until the two fleets meet in a terrific conflict -which may mean the ending of the Tvar. Singapore disipatcb.es at 3 o'clock this afternoon s.tate that the Russian fleet ju3t passed the harbor and is now steaming northeast. This indicates that Rojestvensky is entering the China Sea by way of Singapore strait instead the Kurinn strait. The strength of the opposing Sects is not definitely known.

Dispatches give the Russians between 30 and 40 vessels, a number of which are colliers and transports. The Japanese have 22 good-sized war ships. MAN FOUND DEAD. Leander Frazer Expired Suddenly at His Pennsville Home. Leander Frazer, one of the oldest residents of Pennsville, -was founa d-ead- this mornins in an ut ihouse at He "had been, dead only the family found a (Short time Ihis body, failure.

Ttoe Boys "who make tlie noise, tne track or for the engine to no Bank building contract oa-c- is stiEl stopped and the unfortunate man was ground beneath the niiurdorous wheels. They passed over his left and arm, inflicting other ghastly injuries. Engineer SaLvadoro reversed his eugrina a's quickly as 'possible and "willing hands lifted the ycung aboard. 3Ie was brought down through the yards on the engine crushed him and sent to the hospital in the ambulance. The accident happened about 9 o'clock.

At the hospital Scott fixed up. His left leg-, left arm and two toes on the Tight foot were ami7uUted, and two pashes in tho head treated. "He survived about an iiour after the dyiug ti feu- after one o'clock. The remnlns removed to the morgue of J. E.

Sims and -today the body was shipped to the home ot tils father, David R. Scott. Scott was a single- man, employed as a. h.ostlor'by the B. fc O.

Ms home is near Indian Creek. He boarded with MANTELL'S RICHARD. nclUvlllo Military Band, James But-, a aunt a.t Gibson teroiore; Some Forty Years Ago, poem addressed to Comrade j. R. iBalsIey.

142nd Pa. Response to Poem, Capt. Ed. Dunn. 16th Pa.

The Star Spangled Banner, solo, -Daughter of Post 104, IMrs. Donovan; talks by comrades and others. Keep the Catnp Fire Burning, solo and chorus. James Cavender and choir; American, (Medley, violin solo, Misses Stella and Florence- Stouffer; Time, It? J. J.

Barnhart, ith Pa. Traimjp, Tramp, Tramp, new version, solo and chorus, C. H. "Whiteley, 142nd Pa. An American Soldier, the sergeant of Co.

Henry Kurtz, 142ml Pa Me "Like a Soldier Fall, solo. Joseph K. Brown. 142nd 'Pa. The Serious Side or Soldier 'Life, Rev.

'W. A. iEdie; Mary's Larmb, and chorus, James Russell and choir; Short talks by comrades and others. Marching through Geor- 'gia. everybody.

Acomipanist, Miss Harriet "Freeman Stouffer. Under the 'head of "Talks by comrades and others," each one present will be an opportunity to have a say, and no one, listed or not listed, will be permitted to occupy 'more Death. Tvas caused 'heart tlmn six minut-es time. The services to be held Deceased and reared at Pennsville. He was 53 years old.

He had 1 "been at -the PennsYJUe store for a of years. He -is survived 'by one brother in Central Iowa. The remains were brought to J. iB. Sums' morgue and prepared, for (burial.

WANTS A DIVORCE, Frances E. Riggan Seeks Separation from Hep Husband. Frances -C friemt and omther, Catherine Gilman, lias Instituted -proceedi-ngs 1 for dd-vonce through Attorneys Patterson and against 'her husband, James The couple mar- an Cumberland in 1 901 They S. ried lived in Scottdale and New Hiaren. rtiggan, it is alleged, deserted his in Ntow Haven in 1903 and tihe has not seen him since.

Desertion auxi are changed. RJggan was a member and a 'motorman, on the trolley road here. I I I IN OHIO. Westmoreland Party Drove Through to Wooster. B.

Cotcam and Xblss Margaret accompanied by her nephew, PranciSj w-lio lives just across the Tyrone line in 'Westmoreland, -county, started on a trip to Wooster, Ohio, on 4. They are driving through and expected- to ax- rive at today. Miss Francis visit he: sister, Mrs. r. B.

Gaui- ey, Tv-ho lives near Sho alsi pay a visit to -other relatives and -friends in Wayne county. She- expects to remain several months. TWO TRAIN RIDERS Arrested rriday Night and Sentenced by the Burgess. Two colored men. were arrested by B.

officers Friday night for beating a ride on No, 10 through Connellsville. The men were "taken to the borough lockup and Burgess C. W. Patterson gave them a hearing this morning. Neither of them Bad any money with thera, or at least they said they hadn't, and both will sleep on irou springs and eat buns for the next 43 hours.

in tne His Artistic Portrayal of Shakespeare's Great Play. Those love tho wonderful nature of stories of 'the Bard of Avon and who love to see them told with an interpretation that carried -with it "Hanlon" was the a be used on ihe had check in question. On Serious Charge. iMMchael an Italian, -was sent to jail this morning from Dunbar, cnarged with a felonious i on iniorm.Uion rcceu ed fironi an a 12-year-old i i who liv- cri in his home. Pasquale Bufa.no, tho Connellsville banker, aw here today to got the man released on bail.

Us says the charges agannst Granzi- ano arc false and are the result of a conspiracy against "him. Last Insurance Case. Tho case oC Nathan HoU.ier vs. The ilorcantilo lustra Courpany oC Balt'rao-re wi-5 talccn. up in 1X0.

2 coairt just befoiu noon today. This is a cade growing out of a fire winch desitroC'J Ilottner's store in Gnrman township months ago. -sunUar -ich anl fendants, ihhposcd of earlier thLs term court 'with verdicts Tor the a i i Tlie amount of the policy now on trial in $1,000. INSPECTED EST PENN RAILWAYS SYSTEM. Party of New York Financiers Taken Over the Lines of the Company in Westmoreland and Fayette Today.

-with the Aonen A i a i a com'punies as ae- taking up the time of No. 1 court and will not be completed until some time this afternoon or cventnjr, if then. A number of witnesses arc being examin- ert by both sUlcs, maiuly as to the EAGLE I amount of work alleged to have been done and to other questions which have arisen with reference to, the work. In No. 2 court yesterday afternoon the jur In case of W.

Kelly vs The Connellsville News Publishing Of Fraternal Aene to Be Held at Colonial Theatre. Tho first public memorial services of ConnflLsviilo Aei ie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will be held Colonial Tnealre on the first iS Company returned a verdict for day May. TJio Aerie the amount of tho claim of September '22, 190IJ, wi SHORT LINE RUMORS, B. It is Again Said, Will Build New Line to Wheeling, It was learned from authent ic sources yesterday afternoon that the project to build a railroad from Con- nellsvillu to Wheeling, which has been a matter of no little interest in railroad circles for bouie time, will be taken up thib year, and the proposed line will be completed as quickly as possible. The Baltimore Ohio railroad is said to be the promoter of the enterprise, although other reports have associated the uanie of II.

C. Fnck of Pittsburg and J. V. Thompson of Uniontown with the deal. From persons in a position to know, it was learned yesterday that neither Mr.

Frick nor Mr. Thompson are interested in the pioposition, but that the real promoter lb tho Baltimore Ohio Railroad Company, the latter interest desiring the now road for a shoit cut for freight from Conncllsville to Wheeling. This project is not a new one. Such has been talked of for some 51,700 and interest from the time tbu note in question was due. This case went to- tho jury at about three o'clock and tho came in at Ir.

his charge to the jury was organized a Ui GO members i ai a-nd various times surveys have been made and aJl arrangements completed for putting the construction will: triem work lv in everv instance and now numbers 130. year sei- were lifld privately, but thi.s and -hold, a serv.ce. It the work lias been abandoned. New expected that I Ian. David J.

Lewis. life 1S Kiven to the proposed enterprise TOOK THE REGENT BOND ISSUE. Members of the Traffic Club and Their Guests, Distin guished Railroad Men of tVie Country Tour the Coke Region on Friday. Thirteen. (New Yoik Gnanciers, all of them interested' in the firm of Halsey Company of -that -city, arrived on the Duquesne limited this morning an-d inspected.

1 the lines of the West Penn Railways Company today. Halsey Company Ls the firm whJch, lias taken, a -majority of the recent $3,000,000 bond issae imad-e -by the company and the gentlemen here today are raaJcing an iuves-tigat-ion of the company's -prosperity. Quite an. itinerary arranged for them by the West Penn officials. The party -went direct from the train to the Colonial Cafe where they -breakfasted.

After breaMast the party, ac- coanipa-nied 'by J. W. Brown, W. B. Moore and other officers of the railway took a special car to TJnfontowa.

Froiui Uniontown they went to Leek- rone, back to Uniiontown and over the Pairciiancc line. Luncheon, was taken Ueppert, speaking of tho usual statt 1 1 stare Senator from Alleghcn county, i l) tnc statement of a prominent rail- Uniontown. After luncheon the mcuis made during tho action of bus- Mai yl and. will deliver ihe on'osy on roart a yesterday that 'surveying sub-station at Uniontawn was inspect- iness dealings, quoted? from rovcihs the "departed members of tho order I corps working in the interest of the ed and the party returned to Farecte as follows: "The buyer paHn, 'It is naught. It but whnn he goeth upon his way he boasieth.

Tbe court said this principal, reversed, applied to tbe in question. It is understood that the defendant's attorneys, Sterling, Higbeo Dumbauld Brown, will appeal for a now trial. The next ca.se taken up in No. 2 court, and completed sboi tly before noon today was that of Bellano against Michael D'Auria. Those litigants are both owners of property in Connellsvtlle and the c.ise grows out of a strip of land threo feet wide and and So of a plot of lan Christian Church, South Pittsburg street, on Sunday evening -when J.

M. TVa-tron, pastor of the church, 'will' preach a senmon at the request of the Civil War veterans art "A New Birth forin seelned 1 unwiHlng-ly veiled under ot (Freedom, premise to be very I the 5trained ot Richard. interesting. All are cordially imvited Mantell's support was good. Espe to attend.

cial ly as Robert T. Haines- as th BIG CROWDS Attending the Spring Opening of the Wright-Metzler Company. -Despite the inclement -weather every department of the -spacious store ot "Wright-Metnler Company was crowded "ivlth ipeopte to witness the spring opening. The crowds all day Friday and Friday even-ing -vvere something uirusuaJ. Many -canre to nialte purchaser as well as to view the many pretty things which were displayed for choir inspection.

The electrical display Friday e-ven- ing 'was a. very brilliant one. The opening -will be continued today and tliis evening SUNRISE To Be Held Easter by Christian Church Christian Endeavor. Tlie regular business -meet- ins of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian Clmrc'h was held Urictay evening at the home of Mr. and MTS.

Johin Ward on East fee- ta.r avenue. At the close of tae business meeting refreshments were serv- -ed. They decided to hold a sunrise prayer meeting on Baiter Sunday at 6 A. In the Bakery Business. for many years 1 a Baltimore Giro railroad -conjuctor, has gone tlie b-akery business.

He has erected a large bakery near his home in Pittsburg and has already a good business established. Mr. "Weber was in CornicHsvllle yesterday calling upon "his- oid friends. Terissa Ridgeway's Funeral. The funeral of tho late Terissa Ridge-way will take place from the Home ctf Tier iparents, Mr.

and Mrs. J. H. RMgeway, S12 street, this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Interment af BOTSi.

Win, near Mi. ant. Espe- LS the Earle of Richmond' and Marie Booth Russell as Lady Anne. Tho stage settin-gs were gorgeous and cleverly handled. A representative audience saw the attraction and appreciated Several tmrtain cally followed each effort of (Mantell.

nollsville. The case is brought by Cray and tbe dofeiiM 1 IK rcp resf-ntecl by Howard Patterson There are several minor cases on that they may not all be disposed 1 Theatre last night -which saw Robert IU UL 1u 1 UL the Mutual Building Loan At.sou:i- vivld The part bo oo graphically portrayed last night not, as all readers of Shakespea.ro know, a beautiful one. It carries with it the crafty machinations of a diseased and Ihe "hideous actions of a de-formed ibody. in this, 'perhaps, is the- great work of the actor most strongly shown. iMantell well qualified tiio striking changes in Richard's nature.

He seemed- strike good averages in every new emotion; his passion was not too boisterous, iis rase not too terriWe. it -were -possible to order, from Dame Nature, a man well fitted for "the legitimate" the specifications barely be taken In largo part from Mr. Mantell's endowments. 'His voice, even -whispered, can thrill every corner ol a large theatre. His good a splendid orator and is a law- Baltimore have been in the iield for Ho ycr of great ability Attorney Ifcoddy P.

Marshall of Pittsburg. and Attorney E. Crow of Uniuntown, lieen requested to deliver weeks and are now engaged in laying out a route which will be finally adopted. The information is given reliably that the Baltimore ami th.e conwmttee in charge have ol Proposes to go right ahead with favorable responses from -tne-m tho addresses thera will be roa1 reaIy tor the project witli a view to having the an entertaining musical program. A quartette of local vocalists will in less than two years.

Surveying-corps s-ent out in a number of splectlon.s and a number lfew weeks are working between cf Holes by known singers will bn interspersed tarougbout tho' pro- W. C. T. MEETING At the Home of Mr. and Mrs.

D. K. Artrran Friday Afternoon. The "Women's Cliriorum Teniper- anco Union a very mtei eating parlor mveUng Friday evening at the home of and Mrs. K.

Ariiuon tho civil list yet, aud it Is possible otl Crawford avenue. The meeting -called to order by the president, today. In this caso they will bo con- lMrb Brown. A very interesting rone, IFayette county, and' Woeeling, pasbing 4-hrough oasiwurd tlio road -wii! follow! Big WTieeling oreek from Elm Grove, a huburb Wheeling, to Majorsville, it irill tale the course of Craw cree-k ivia and divide 10 one of the tributaries of DISMISSED THE CASE. No Evidence of Weight Was Produced Against Juniata Parties.

Sadie Rjteiiour, Bessie and Sadie Grimm, Keister Grimm and Rouge Ritenour were before Squire G. B. Graham Friday night at Leisonring No on charges of assault and battery, surety of the peace and malicious mischief, which were preferred by Rufus Clark, a coke drawer. All hail from Juniata. Owing to laclc of evidence ia the case the Squire dismissed the suit and divided the costs.

Constable Frank McLaughhn served tlie warrants. tinued unlil the next term of court. Coronc'r Views Excepted To. Commissioners' Attorney R. F.

Hopwood this morning approved 32 views by Coroner A. S. Hagan. Eight for various reaaony, excepted to One of! these twas for J45 for an autopsy held on the chiM uorri to Roria TtendJne of Connellvillo. The ccanmassioners hold that thus autopsy was entirely unnecessary, and that th charge too gj'ea ev en if it had necessary.

Other are: To the -charge of $1." for a.u autopsy In the -casS of Alike Kupsku To the charge of $10 for an autopsy Uie caso of John Fletcher. To the payment of any -costs in the oC Gilbert t'ho jury not ha-vimg s-igipd the inquest. To the payment of costs in the of Charles Cassirner The jury did nat, sign this and whi'e tbe body of t'He return IL to h-ave been held by tho coroner, is iigued by a deputy. The payment of costs in the case of T. R.

GranneJ, the accident not having happened in the county. The samo reason ia the cased of W. L. GooJwin and George Emgick. Corected returns will probably bo made in E5orae of these cas.es.

Wants a Trial. Attorney R. P. Kennedy has made an application TOT-H new trial in the oC Casper against tbe Pittsburg, iMcKeeaiport Connellsville Rail'war Company. Tb was an action brought to recover $2,500 for resulting from Scheussler's LAST CORNELL MAN LEAVES.

Made Tests on SOITIA of the Smaller iMachinery at Power 'House. H. A. Lowmdes, the last o-f the Cornell students who were here making tests at the- "West Penn Electric company's power house, left Friday. JJo-wn- des was ahead in.

Ills studies and remained in order to work on some of the smaller machinery that was not tackled by the other student. Men's Class Meeting. A (meeting for the organization of a young 'bible -class, will- -be Ten iMJIc ibliowmg tho course of tb'ia stream to Waynes-burg. Thence illie road will an. easy grade to the river at iMcKcs Landing, where the river will 'be bridged.

From that point to Connells- vitle the course will be almost an air Katlierine Ritenour Una with -easy and' compara- of Cniontown, -was real. A very tively little grading being necessary. pleasing solo on the iMth of MUs Frances Willard. entitled "Crept In With Afotiicr." was rendered by direct route" for "through siding to look over the onaln. -power house.

After the iuspectipn the power house the shops at New Harven and tlie Vanderfailt Jine to Dickerson Rain were inspected. The party returned to this aftemou, taking dinner a-t tae Colonial Cafe. This- afternoon the line to South loolted over and, re- there tlie special Connellsville turning leave for Scottdale, Stt. Pleasant, HunJter, Greenslwrg and intermediate points. the Pennsylvania Tbeywill take railroad from Greensburg tonight for New York.

The following mea are in. the party: 'W. Halsey, H. R. Pierce, Charles Pi'iley, Frederick Colgate, L.

L. Stc- Frederick Jrierce, Charles B. Robbins, F. IM. Dwyer.

A. W. Morton, Joseipli Busch, James- J. Finn, Charles G. Boome and C.

C. Jones. Presidents, vice presidents, traffic imanagei-s and ganeral freiglht agents of most of the leading railroads partaking of PittS'buiig's bounteous tonnage came yesterday to see iWith tlie of this line the f'al city, to partake of its hospitality Baltimore Ohio will nave a more and to hear the views of able men sides ol the one topic domlnat- ElixaUeth Uicas gave Connellsville and "Wheeling, "is intelligent thought of. the day. a cry helpful talk on the duties of relieving to a material extent the'They were the guesbs of the Trafflte i present imaiu line of the Baltimore Club, Pittsburg.

Over three hundred of Ohio between Pittsburg and the them traversed the busy Monongaliea latter and Yougiiogheny valleys in a trip letter fioni those interested At the close ct the work. tho meeting dainty luncheon was barved after several musical selections were rendered by Miss Horn. ADVANCE TO FIREMEN. B. O.

Yard Men Get Raise of Four Cents a Day. Tho Baltimore Ohio Railroad Company has granted an Increase to (ho yard firemen at 'this place. The matter under discussion for several months past and yesterday it announced chat the 1 inereabe had been granted. Yard ilrcmeu were receiving 52.1C per day and the increase gives them 52.20, dating from March 1. The arduous duties of the firemen tho yards and the immense increase of business at this point were factors 1n securing: the wage increase.

tue B. O. short line was to Eflm. Grove it -was the intention' to "Washington, Pa, its ternmnud, a.nd the grading -was -completed to the -Mononga'hela iriver where several piers 1 erected. These piers are st-11 good condition- and (have 'been guarded by a irrmn since erected.

'When this point a reached ihe project was abandoned. It is believed by local railroad men t'hatMi' a road is constructed to WiheHng- the O. route would "be finally determined upon, on account of tho great -amount of wcrk already Tlie route putlmed, above be -Luan. the'O. B.

route. KILLED AT STEWARTON. being ejected from a Leckrone vision car. Tbe jury awarded the for reasons iwfiiioh will be filed -wittiiu The next five days, new trial is i for. Most these 'reasons, it is- understood, are alleged errors of court and errors in the admission of testimony.

Haney Arested. J. F. Haney, wanted, on several charges of forgery, -who was released from- jail on bail last December by Vernon Hazard of Fayette City, and for whom the officers have been looking for the two months, was ar- this-morning at Continental No. 1 iby Sheriff Mart.

A. Kiefer and Chiel of Police Jesse Shaffer. The bail THE EPWORTH LEAGUE. Of the IM. E.

Church Held Regular Business Meeting Friday. The tnonthly business -meeting of the Epwort League of he Mctliod'bt Episcopal Church was Friday evening at tho home of Mrs. J. Reynolds cm North Pittsburg street. Tho attendance was large and the meeting was a very interest nsr cue.

Tho usual luncheon -was scived at tli-e close ot the "business meeting. Goes to Cleveland. Scolt Kre-gor -will leave this opening for Cleveland- where ho w.ll 'be oho guest over Sunday oC Rev. J. 12.

Edwards, former p.ip:or of the First Baptist Church ot ComictlviHe The of tlie week Kroner to Cadfsc. wher ho I buy a Hue load of cattle. HIi -combined K'I'OP aud -grocery store on Mam street ill open about tne first of uie Gave Dinner at Colonial Cafe. Watchman Stepped from One Track to Another in Front of a Train. Ja-rues Hawk, a 'laborer employed on the Baltimore Ohio railroad at Stewarton, was killed this morning by easi-bound 'passenger train No at 10 o'clock.

Hawk bad just stepped from the westbound track to the easlbouml tiack in order to get nut of way ol LLU approaching freight train bound lor ConueHsviUe. He did not notice the pasbouger train coming in the oi- ponite direction, and it wati too lale for ihe engineer to bring IKS engine under control before Hawk was struck. Hlawk was about -15 years old and leaves a family o- a -wife and seven i He Hvcd 1 on the lull abuve Stewarton. was struck on the head aud shoulder, his skull being fractured. Tlie remains brought to J.

E. Sims' morgup hero and prepared for burial. The funeral will be huld from the iMill Run Baptist Church Monday. of ISO imiles over the Baltimore Ohio, Pennsylvania and Pittsburg bate -Erie, -which -in-eluded a tpenecrat- ing -dns-pection of the Connellsville irogion and the imim'ng industries of the iwpper valleys. The special was up of ten Pullman oars.

It arrived in ConneQls- ville over the B. O. about noon, went from here to the end the county and 1 -at Uniontown was transferred to the Pennsylvania rail- returning to Pittsburg down the iMonongahela valley It was- the first trip niany of the rail read miea had through the Ueart of the Councils ville region and they -were impressed with this great industrial territory. GREENE DEMOCRATS CLASH. Visiting in Greensburg.

Sirs. Edward Sherrick of Washington avenue and her mothei 1 Mrs. Phil- Sips, went to Greeusburg Friday. Mrs. held ia the office of the Y.

M. C. A. a-go, but ho had skillfully evaded the Sunday afternoon, April 9, at 3 30. All men.

Intenesred; are -cordially to ibe present. Resigns as Clerk. J. P. Cooley, who has been employed by Sain Goodman as a clerk in his clothing store, has resigned his position and will go with J.

S. Parker of I Scottdale. piece 'was issued for him, some weeks Ja-raes Veecii, ol NPW Haven, enter-', gherrlck will visit with her mother tained eisht fricn-ds at the Colonial Greensburg while her husband, Ed- cafe last nifihi Ih honor MBS.S Neff Sherricbt is absent on a business of The dinner ofTt cars' -until today. Tills soou after Haney arrested, Kiefer received a letter from Cashier Caulkett cf the State Bank at E-lizabelh. asking that Haney bo lieltl for an additional charge imade against him for forging a check on their foank.

They had a good description of the 'imaii, and toere is little doubt is Haney, although Threaten to Shoot Each Other at County Committee Meeting. Waynesburg, April Democratic committee of Greene county on Friday voted to change the rules governing primary elections. The party at present is" divided iuto two factions which are respectively supporting-Ex- Judge James Ingraham and R. L. Orawt'ord for "the 'bench and with each faction are arrayed candidates for six other county offices.

The contest has been bitter for several mouths and at times on the street fights among prominent members of the party "were barely prevented and threats of shooting were made. Corruption was openly charged. Stare Senator B. N. Freeland declared in a speech before the meeting that members of tho committee had been bought for sums of S500 and $1,000 to vote for a change of ihe party rules, which, he said, was for the purpose of making the corruption of voters easier.

The change of rules carried by a vote of 32 to 21. The Democratic primary will be held on May 27. LADIES' AID ENTERTAINED. elegantly appointed one aud wab ly enjoyed by thobi? ipresnnt. an lr to Colombia, South America.

Preached at Dawson. -3ae, -pabtcr of the byte 'ian Church here, in the Henry Krug in Town. Henry Krug of Chester, formerly ot Krug and Kendall, up the C. O. branch, was with old friends in Connellsville Friday evening.

Mr. Krug Presbyterian. Cnurch at Daweou Fri- now has large barrel factories at Marday to a large congregation. cus Hook, near Chester. Were the Guests of Mrs.

S. P. Hay on Friday Afternoon. S. P.

Hay 'entertained tho -Aid Society of the First Baptist Church Friday evening at her hcmo on Johnston arenue. The tegular -routine business- -was transacted "after which a dainty luncheon -was served..