The Daily Courier from Connellsville, Pennsylvania • Page 1

Average pally Circulation Last Week 6,135. VOL. S. NO. CONNELLSVELLE, THURSDAY FEB.

3, 1910. EIGHT PAGES. ASKS BIG DAMAGES FOR MINEACCIDENT. W. N.

McNnughton $15,000 From the Coal Co. WAS HURT IN THE PIKE MINE J. C. Hijlnbotham Suit Agalnit Annn Pouch For Property In GouUi Drownjvltlfl--rank Case Still On, DefonA? Taking Testimony. TMONTOWN.

I-Vb H--Tho ni.lt ot Williiiiii McNrtiiKlidin for 115,000 i ftt)iu Copt pun mi Itin romill of an In tlio tnlr.o near Hrownnvtlu' on i i up lltH IIIK Mr.N'.itiKhton w.m nit a ru.il ll won, on tlio day ot In 17 and which pnrnllol (or np.i" nn.l thru convert, continuing Xo, 1 An a ml" boy a nt Hi' I i to a num tn ono wlicn trip will cotnliiK Uuwn another i i -lay uiKhton tho I told nlit) tlio bo on the hxKiit lo wntii him of o(bi II" down honOInK IT anil took MK a car from otto ot tin- i-J the fntorwn'tlon. i whlhllr-l. but could noihtiitf Hn run wtth car pasrtlnj: tho junction an- otnr man r.iuin (U; vn hoatltiitf IS nnd r.ui I him. Ih 1 Inidly fra nrm nnl di clarvx I'hvslflin;) Pay In Incurable. Ilia nrm IH In a -4tnc of (Jrjoiy i which (nkon lip iy tiiu.riiuun.

cttll on bur will 1'" tlili nfttrnooii. 11 tiling to r-covvr tlTi, $-Uj of which lo tw nciil I ho h'ft f'-r tlrpotiK. mi Mint'i Kmtik out i nbout bflonglnK i Coii.pany. Tlio phtlp- In i (aiui wni 1 thin also i nl' Unit ho Inrs K' 1 1 iMinintni hu: wnuM not lox tn Kruno'n mi- nt I nd I hat IH pnv hurk ill rlMinM. boliiK K.irl.tn.

i hlfl OtHlncc i with a Htm who cnnnot In tho null of r. MlKlnhutham nt: t'rnirh, a Vi'ttUcl Wiun i ItlKlnbotliain thu property iti i ilani It llticlnhoth am no' pnhl i 1 for )n( alto IHII a p'toti dlt of inoiu'y In tm Motlnn f.ir now trial HUB mntlo the with to 111 1 ro.iinn« i i to i 5''rn i h.ii fllcil a Html In MM hln Corn i i i tho 1 1 lltH'l on Jantmrv A i I nnd Cora i rnui th" imth of vlrtuo Jo'itt irn nnd o'lHT Nlcholnun Tho two woro nmr In K.ilriimm, W. Vn Alhort I Iain IIIIH walvtvl nna 1 i nil for i to of prcforrMl jii- him by HIiiR-n t'u npany. h'-fii urn Ooorgn W. i for Hi" i hotnl In 11.

Yotirh I John and for Mt.rllor i townHhlp, Otlo I I i i fnt D.iwKtri 11. lirll. i i i hold, V'nloi itu 1 l)li(l'llni; Company. i i i Mill I Ulrttlll Itu: ftttltllrk Mru i trow Company. I i i i I I I I I'f'rry tow Kcih I.

Coniii'llnvtlh-: K.N'. K)l" HfMitn. I i i Hoi-I Ma John Albion MI ihrlumro. Tit low Dlflf Dllut; Contp.uiv. riilontdwn 1 l.llli-v cniiii' to thn fronl to i to 1 I.MI..V tlfHortlon i d) IHT S'i" allciji'R a WJH a i i rrui'l to h'-r.

nnd on Ml i i h'T offn nnd onrn. In a mi hftOly tn-au-n hv i a h.id to IHM! Shi In" oliU 111' Itl.T did ll'lf hn-sbantl hare" 1 1 i 'Mth nuw. Hi (ni: uiid'hT i in Fairmont V.i Th" l.lH''y« a' K.iln Mm IJlloy nid i Ruvh At In 7n pa i i i i i i i lu lUd nf tho 1'nlon CHANGING ATMOSPHERE CAUSE For Prevalence of Mine Disasters at This Time of Year According to John Mitchell. I.nlli*l Tread Tolrtfrnln. I I VCMK.

Fob. clmiig- IIIK Mmuiii.horlc conditions usually prevalent at I i tlmo of tho year nro re- ID Inrge extent for tlm un umtnl nunnor of mini- disasters In Dm pnul wook iinld John Mitchell loclny. "Most tn no dlsustors could bo avert- od," lie continued. "If certain regulations wcro. enforced and tho men required to nerve nn apprenticeship of thro" or fiur yuam." Id- win on lo liny Hint thcro ought to be more ndciiunto plmi for ventilating mlnoii.

ami eKcupii or i pntsngownys nmdo no that In nn emergency men conlil Ket out of the 1 In thnne wnyit Instead of having i 1ml tlm Hliuft or mnln heading whleli nre usually wrookod In nn ex- ploHloti. loading to tno surface. Kerosene Can; Hurry Supper; Girl Burned Special to Tho Courlor, ntf.vnAK. tb. had narrow oncnpn from hvltiK unotli-r i i of Iho doiidly oil run whvn lined It to luifttoii Aa it wna liiirncd tuont thi mouth and neck and handu and nrniH hint ovnnlnR.

The who liven with hor pnr- ontfi In Ilovv. noar tho Dunlmr fnmr.f«», htnrtcU to pri'pnro SooliiK dint tin; lire wan nppurontly nnt. uli" picked up an oil can Inir nnd on Komo of thn cont TIM. 1 hv KiippOHOd dnd co the oil blnii'd up tn the Rlrt'H fu-Mt ntrlkliiK hnr about tho low IT part of her fuco nnd ncrk, and ovor hor hnndn nnd a mm. tfliD fliirton-d hit'-nnoly from tho burnt i Dr.

I) J. McKlnm-y i nut Although, painfully burned no prihiim nro nnttclpatrd. AFTER WILD NIGHT THE MINERS ADJOURN Agninit Officers Created Cl.isnmo Convention Next Year Will Oe Bitter. Ti-ltKrnm. I.vniAVAPOUH.

I Feb. a i i Houston lasting from earl) morning o'clock thli morning the cnnM'iitlun of the I'nlM'd Mint- Workers ol Atuerlc.i udj'urni'l. A much wrangling. St. I.oil nan chosen ni tho pinco for tin In of grievances of the mliv the oincers uf the I'atlou xtiH the cause of many clnshn-t i lh- nvght, im.ch ol tiio tlnio ot i tnadn pnndmnunl'irn.

Fmin last night there will In- m.iny brought lo the attention of tho convention next yr-nr. A adjournment tiOO of the il" gii(4H l)oardtd two special trains for Toledo. They will nrrlvo In Toledo nb'iiit noon nnd tho conference with the operators will olart boon as pos slhlc. Blames Trusts And Tariff for Cost of Living I'ruir TolrRrnin. YOIIK.

Frh truitli fosteri'd by a high tariff on llu noccflbltlfH of life, are responsible for the high cost ot living, ncrordIni: Dr. A. Hewyn Drown of tho New York a famous on- oinl-tt. Hi- n.iyi tin- staloini'iit of J. Mill 1)1 It Ii du to 'liluli llvliiK Is b.iMd nn superficial observation ami declares thut tin 1 rest of living in- cn-ani'd 'Jl i nt wngiMi have lVnc up but llttli- more limn 20 per cent X.IVH relief be found i of the tariff nnd ad- mlnlhtr.ttliif; ngulnst monopolies.

Ho also suggested full tolcphontc Hyntoms so thut conversation could bo carried on to any part of the mines from tho outside, and tlm Installation ot pipes through which liquid food could bo forced down to any Imprisoned In tho mines, so that they could live until rescued, or that compartments should be built In which they could take refuge from poisonous gases and receive ait forced through pipes from tho outside. Ho further wild that tho disasters nro partly due to Inadequate- raining lawn In tho various Suites. STRANGE DEATH Of AN ALVjRTQN MAN. George Whitehead Supposed to Have Been Poisoned Boy Killed by Hone. JoHoph l-nwson.

uRcd III yenrs. while coasting nt New Mndlson. Wnstmore- land county, Tuesday evening wax Instantly killed by runnwny horHo. SEEK TO UNRAVEL ACCOUNTSJFDEAD. Executors of Will of Mary Stillwagon Go Farther Back TO HER HUSBAND'S ESTATE A A DEPTH OF i the Month of a a W.is 5.52 Feet.

Th" ivernge depth of tho rlvor diir- I month of January was Toft, nlthniigh IH not an nccuratu i.ilcnUtloi' Towards tile Inltor piirt of (ho Month tho gauge W.LK out of for than week. It bun mm i ht-on paired Tho i mark ronchod by tho rlvor 1130 ffot on January 111. Tli" lowest record wan 1.13 feet on j.inu.try 1 Flromen't Meeting. Tho tlrnlhorhood of Ijicomotlvo Fire- nun nnd Kngluoi-rH h.ivo sporlnl i i i r.illod for Sunday i nr I look In St.idcr hull, llnslnoss 01 unporinnoi- to In- irannactcl Connellivllle Woman Settled It and Say Nothing Has Come Into Aniwer Citation of U.NIOXTOWN. Feb.

unrav- elling of the status of tho of the l.itu Mary Stillwagon during tho peilod that she was ndinlulslintrlx for me ostntu of her hi.sband, William Stlllwngon, deceased, IH belnt; hotijftit by Blanche M. Klco and Oeorge i'at- t-jrson, i-xecutors of the will of Mary Stlllwngon late of Connellsvlllc. In answer to a citation of Larimer Stillwagon they have Hied nn answer In Orphan's Court In nhk-h tho for a stay of pioreedlngs until lluy mn get a ivjttlomonc of the accounts left by Mary Sllllwagon while she. UHS nctliiB In thu capacity of adiulnlstrv i foi William Stlllwngon, and which they say Involves thousands of dollars, which they h.ivo beon in- nble to got settled and desire an tu- eoimtlng with Clalr Stlllungon, name with thnt of Mnry Stllhvagon nppoars on checks for large sums. Thoy state that no money or per- fcou.il of any kind whatsoever haloiiRliiK to the estate of William I'.

Stlllwnifon Has ever come Into thulr hands. They to nay In their nn rwer that nil tho i slate of thu said William P. Sllllwngon which appraisal and of which n'l apprnlsement was III oil In tiio Kcglxtor's olllce or In tho Orphnue' Court of Fnyottu coun ly WIM tlikou by Mnry Stillwagon, as nldow ot William P. Stillwagon. on of her excmptlnn as shonn by her statement endorsed on the ap pmlsoiuont.

Thoy further aver that have ascortnlned that a bo-ik iiccoi.nt wiu kept In the First of Connellsvlllo, nnd In the Title Trust of Western Pennsylviinln. a hanking Institution nlso located In Connollsvlllo, after the decease of William Stlllwngon, In tho name ot Mary Sllllwniton, ndmlnlstrtarlx of Wll Ham P. but nt tho time letters tofclnmontary were grant- bhoiti'i! a balance In the Title tt Trust Company of 501.50; that tho ciiorks Ubcd In hnld accounts wero prlncl p.illy signed by (he name "Mury Still wngon pel 1 Clalr Stlllwngon:" that said accounts continued In one or the other banks from the tlmo letters of administration wore granted lo Mary Sllllwagnn on hor husb.ind's ostnto down to the time of her decease; that I hoy show tnuihnctloiM Involving many thousands of dollar's and thut In ordor to ascertain whether there Is nny balance or portion of the sums of money embraced In said accounts yot ivnmlnlng as part of the estate of William Stillwagon for which It woi.lil ne tho duty of the respon dents to account they nre tumble to answer i they ran first obtain a foitloment of nccounts botuoen them and the snld Clalr a although they have made frequent of- foits to secure such settlement they have no fat Inilod lo do so nnd thoy bellcvo It would bo necessary to take proceedings to compel sue! settlement In order to know tho true of iho estate, They therefore aver that nt the present tlmo thoy are tumble to make any proper statement of tho account of Mary '3tlllwagon as administratrix of tho estate of William P. Stillwagon for the roasntis stated, and pray that tho C'tatlon imd all proceedings thore- on bo sta)ed until they have received such settlement, ns will enable them to mnko a proper and correct statement of the account of Mnry Sllllwao on while acting as administratrix of William P. Stlllwngon.

MORE SMALLPOX CASES DEVELOP So Far There Are Five Well Developed Cases In Uniontown and Many People Have Been Exposed. BY EATING RESTAURANT BEANS Got Them Friday Evening on Way Home From Berlin, Somerset County--Expired Suddenly Saturday Evening After Day's Illneu. I HpoHul to Tho Courlor. AbVKRTON. Fob.

funornl services of George Wlittohcnd, occurred from the Alvertou Church of God tit 2 o'clock yesterday, being conducted by tho pastor. Rev. Guyer. There nro various rumors ns to how tho young man met his death, bill It Is supposed that ho got poison In sonic beans he nto in a restaurant near the railroad station at Garrott or on his way homo from Berlin, on Friday evening. He complained of Cooling badly, but the family was not alarmed.

All day Saturday hu kept Jolly though ho remained In his htd but suddenly about six o'clock on Saturday evening ho Look linking spell from which he nevor recovered. Coroner McMurrny at Youngwood was sent for and with hla assistants thorough post-mortem examination was made with tho result that polaou was found, likely taken with the bcun soup eaten at tho restaurant. The death Is a most tragic one, coming BO suddenly upon the family. Do- censed was 'M years old and was the son of Mr. and Mm.

Adam Whitehead, residing near the Central works, JtlBt beyond Tarr Station, tie leaves two brothers and two slstors to mourn his loss. Mrs. Brokaw Gets Separation and Big Alimony United VrooM Teletrram. MONOID. N.

Fob. opinion illod by Justice Putmnn' today grants Mrs. Mary Drokaw separation from her husband and alimony uf '100 a jeiu'. Ho holds that all charges of cruelty weiM proven. Mrs.

Urokav. nskcd for 530,000 alimony. Tho court cut thin tn half tn view of proven utjitoment of liroknw's finances. The decision cleared Urokaw of the most serious charges his made ngulnst him. Tho court suites that Ilroknw's alleged threatd against his wife were not taken seriously.

Neither wore the allegations that Urokaw Is an habitual drunkard. The court made IL plain that both nre of a i nervous temperament nnd unauitcil to each other. He mlud that Broknw's repeated breaking In of his wlfo's door a reprehensible, robbing her of her privacy and endangering her huulth. NEW D. 0.

PASSENGER AGENT. George W. Squlgglnj to Have Jurisdiction Over Conncllivllle Field. B.U.TIMOttE. Feb.

W. SfliilggniH will become assl.iunt con- em! passenger agent of tho Baltimore Ohio railroad nt Baltimore with jurisdiction over District and Travel Ing Passenger Agents east ot Parkers- cr.sbnrg, Wheeling nnd ConncllsUlle and IID will "perform uuch other duties as may be assigned him reporting to C. BiHBett, General Passenger Agent. P. A.

Wniton has boon appointed District Agent nt Dalllmoro lo III! the vacancy catmint by the promotion of Mr. NO BUSINESS, NO I Of the Chamber of Commerce to Be Held This Evening. Thoro will bo no mooting of the Chamber of Commorcc this ovenlng Secretary .1. Fred Kurtz, has sent circular letters to every member of the association announcing that there Is no soeclal business to come before tho body at this time, making a meeting unnecessary. Tho letter also announces that the various committees of the tiro working dlllgcnt'ly and expect to have welcome news to Impart In near future.

Death List 63. MEXICO CITY. Feb. Latest Information reaching here today snyn sixty-throe miner? were kjll- ed and between HO nnd 40 Injured In the mine explosion nt Los Espcrnzns Fifty-two bodies have boon recovered, Two Drunki Sentenced. Two drunks woro sentenced by Burgess Evans In police court this morn Ing.

One man was discharged nnd the other took 72 hours. UNIONTOWX. Fob. nre live well developed eases of smallpox In Unlontown and greatest fenr exists that many more cases may develop because ot tho numerous chances which have existed for the disease to spread. Tho live victims nro: vl r.

II. Thompson, pnstor of Mt. Ollvn Church. Chiirlos Thomm. watchman of First National Jbmk GuorKO Munaon.

a i of Thomp- snn-Huhy hullfllnjr. MtHS Clifford, aKCU 15. of Slewart avenue. Mrs Lucy Minor of "Whltfmtin fl-vc- nuo. men have their olllccs In this build- Ins, hlle many families occufTy apartments there.

It Is also feared that William Bcggo, engineer nt the court house, may be suffering from the disease. Ho has boen sent home nnd will be examined by a committee of phslclnns. Tho situation hero has reached the stage of scare nnd the least Indisposition on the part of a person immediately starts Hurry for tear that ho may have caught the contagion. Tho Bonn! ot Health Is working hard to Isolate all the cases that have been BIG CONTRACTS LET BYTHElfEST PEL Westinghouse Company Will Install Power House Machinery There In talk of placing tho First I reported. National Hunk under quarantine and If tms Is done It will luivo serious effect upon the business Interests of Unlontown.

A large number oC coko companies, attorneys nnd business CROSSLAi'S SIDE IN OUSTER CASE. Fourth Ward Constable Presents His Testimony This STILL CLAIMS A RESIDENCE In the Ward Where He He Lived for the Past Eighteen Years. Saye He Never Moved Household Goods to Bullikln. Constable Joseph T. Crostdand has so far recovered from the tumble ho received while riding a horse near his "country home" In Uullskln township that ho was able to appear tills morning nnd present his slilo ot the testimony In tho ouster proceedings that have been Instituted by OUItord Cullough.

llexldcs Crossland hluiFclf, Mrs. Crusslnnd, Sidney Moser and A. I'. StilluaKon, tho latter of Uullskln tonn- shlp, tustllled at the hearing Justice of the Pence W. P.

Clark swore the witnesses, while Attorney ft. S. Matthews conducted tho examination for Grassland nnd Attorney K. Younkln appeared for McCullough. Crossland was the principal In his own behalf.

He contended that ho has been a resident of the Fourth ward, Connellsvlllo, for the past IS years; at Falrvlew avenue. At no time since ertabllshlnr; his residence In tho borough has claimed residence elsewhere and dc- nles'havliiK ever attempted to nt any placo other thau lu the Fourth ward. That he ever moved any of his household goods to Uilllskin township Crossland vigorously denied tie took a broken down chiiir or two a badly battered sofa out the farm, but tho balance ot the furniture ho took out to the township tvas stuff he had gathered up In vni Ions sales that had held In town. Of the eight rooms In the Fnlrvlew avenue home, Cross, land retains two. Mr nnd Mrs.

Sidney Moser occupy three nnd the remaining tinee nre rented to Kay Rlshcbargcr. Crossland icstlned that he had to spend a portion of his time In Uullskln township looking after his farm there. For tho ilrst halt ot the summer of 1908 he only spent from Saturday night until Monday i on the farm, but after his daughter married Moser he was able to bo on -he farm a great er part of his time Ho came Into- town frequently to attend his duties as Constable, he explained. Crossland further Hint while he spent most of his time lately In Bullskln township, his wife remained at tho Falrvlew avenue home quite often. "Things haven't changed at my house on Falrvlew avenue." ho explained.

"We have taken one more Into the (nmlly, but everything Is Just tho game. My wife and I have equal rights with our daughter and her husband Mis Crotsland substantiated this testimony, as did Sidney Moser. a son- in-law A. Stillsngon of Dullakln (ounshlp gnve evidence to show thai Crossland has never established a residence out there. In Serious Trouble.

Lee Hepler. a Pitlbburg stock brok er, Is under $20.000 bond foi alleged crooked In Virginia cc.nl hiMls. N'ouell A. Porter, a wealthy J.ur.orne i farmer, on him anestcd (or forgery A hearing In th suit ll be held uliorlly In Unlontown. West Penn'o Good Record.

Of the 123 cases Investigated by tho State Railroad Commission In 1908, only ono concerned the West Penn. The company directed to mako Water street, Maboutouu, a regular stop. llev. Thompson Is well known among tho colored residents ot Connellsvlllo. Ho weighs In the neighborhood of 300 pounds and Is quite a figure.

Boy Loses Eyes; Clothes Boiler Burst In Face Special to Tho Courier. SM1THFIELU. Feb. the, 12-yenr-old child ot Mr. and Mrs.

I-co Weiss will lose tho sight of ut le'nst ono cyo from a horrible scalding which ho suffered when a clothes boiler blew up In his face. Mrs. Weiss was washing Tuesday nnd was boiling clothes on the stove, In vessel with a light lid on It. The child, with his close to tho boiler, tried to take tho ltd off. when the steam caused an explosion In the closed vessel and tho scalding steam dashed all over him.

His face and both eyes were terribly scalded. Dr. J. K. Goodwin of Nicholson township.

In the absence of Drs. Culler and Messmorc, the resident physicians, treated tho Injuries, and thinks one uyc Is gone beyond hope of saving, but that tho sight of the other one may be preserved. WEST VIRGINIA MAN ILL IN THE LOCKUP At First There Was Suspicion That He Might Bo Suffering From the Smallpox. James llaggerty oC Star City, W. Ya.

came to tho borough building yesterday afternoon anil applied for lodging. Hasgerty contended that he was sick nnd asked for shelter. It was provided, but after a night In the cell department he had not Improved. This morning Burgess Kvans directed medical attention be given Haggerty. He IH not In fit condition lo be moxcd.

Owing to the smallpox scare In Unlontown It was Ilrst feared that HngKorly might have been attacked'by this malignant disease, but that Is not bis trouble, Is said. A New Pastor Is Appointed At Trinity Uov. Richard Kemp of Enid, Oklahoma, has been appointed pustor of Trinity Episcopal Church of Connellb- vllle and will also have charge of St. John's Church nt Uunbar. For the present the Trinity Church has boon placed under the charge of Rev.

F. W. Beekman of Unlontown. Kemp i assume his duties here on March 1. Next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock Rev.

Bcekmun i conduct services at Trinity, assisted by George I'hil lips, his cholr master and organist, and members of St. Peter's choir. It It Is. shoun that tl.o Conncllxvllle congregation cannot support the mln Ister. with the support derived from Dnnbar.

it Is stated that both the lonlown and Pittsburg parishes will contribute some help. HELD FOR COURT. Shorty Zimmerman Brought From Scottdale and Sent to Jail. Kd Zimmerman, arrested In Scott dale yesteiday after successfully evad- liK tile police for several weeks, biought lo Conaelisvllle yestor- d.is- a i and nnalgncd before Justice of tho IVace P. Clnr kon charges of malicious mischief preforod by Special John Detemple of the PennslMinln rnllioad nnd Solicitor H.

A Chnlf.int of the Hell Telephone Comp.in. X.lmmernian was charged with breaking open a toll telephone at the PennfiIvnnia depot He was held for court nnd In the absence of bail was committed lo jail. Doctors Will Meet. Dr. J.

Bailey will the Yough Medico Social Club this over IIIK ut his home on Isabella street. The meeting ii the regular monthly one of the club. AT A COST OF $400,000 Capacity of the Station at Fayette Is Practically to Be Doubled--Tho Contract Calls for 12,000 H. P. Steam Turbines.

Contracts wcro closed yesterday with the Wcstlnghouso Company for tho now engines and equipment to bo Initialled at power house of tho Woat Penn comapnfcs at Fayette. Theso Improvements, which will cost tho company In the neighborhood of $400.000, wore made necessary by tho closing of a number of large contracts for furnishing electric power to various Industries throughout the coke region. Contracts for the new equipment were placed yesterday from tho Plttaburp ofllccs of the company. The large generating station has so many advantages, for tho consumer of electric power, over the annoyance and high cost of operation oC small Isolated plants that the service has rapidly become more In demand throughout the Immense radius covered the electric stem of the West Penu. By practically doubling the capacity of the main power station at Fay- otto, the plan to erect a mammoth power plant over on the Monongahcla river, duplicating the plant at Kay- otto, will not be taken up at this time although the plan has not been abandoned.

Tho new power plant on the other rlvor will not como ns quickly as had originally been Intended. Tho new contracts cull for two 12,000 horsepower steam turbines direct connected to 12,000 horse power alternating current generators operating at the high speed of 1,800 -evolutions mlnuto nnd having a potential at the terminals or 2.MO volts. At the same time there were purchased two 200 horsepower steam turbines and two 200 horsepower exciter generators. In preparation for future railway business the' West Penn also purchased cstciday IS sots of railway raotoi.s of 300 horsepower capacity per car. This continuance of the company's well known policy of providing latest and best equipment Involves an expenditure which.

If placed on tho streets of Conncllsvlllc In the form of office buildings, would build several skyscrapers. NEW BRIDGE B1L Colons! Schoonmaker Will Urge Sec- rotary of War to Sign It. Col. M. Sohoonmnltor, Vlco President of the Plttsburs Ijiko Erie railroad Is In Washington.

Whllo there Colonel Sehoonmakor i confer with Secretary of War Dickinson regaining a bridge to bo bu'lt across tho Monongabcla river at New Geneva. The ConRress measure necessary has already been posticd but remains to be f.lgncd bj the Secretary. Colonel SchoonmaUer snld tlu bridge when built would be for the use of the Momnigoliola railroad, niijlt southward of liiounsvlllc, and onncd jointly by the minj Ivanla and New York Central inteivals. A N-EW POSTMASTER. Well Known Mt.

Pleasant Man Recommended for Appointment. WASHINGTON, J. Jordan, one ot the best known men In northern Westmoreland county and an active worker In tile Republican party, has ben recommended for appointment as postmaster ut Mi. Pleasant. President Taft sent Ilia-nomination to Iho Senate yesterdn, and the nomination was at once confirmed.

Tho postolllce department recently informed Congressman Huff that a change In the postolflce at Mt Pleasant was desirable and the recommendation of Mr. Jordan followed. Accused of Uttering Forged Notes for Bin Amount. BOSTON. Feo.

Cunningham, tho broker iiauscil of uttering almost 51.lSri.000 in forged notes made by John B. Lombard, (miner Tro.isurei of the South Fr.imingh.ini Company, today w.n found Ki.ll'y and sentenced to five to 'eight 31 urs in pnaon. Contractors Go Over Ground. Contractors have been going over the ground In Somerset county along the Somerset Cambria brunch pro- parntoix to Mibmllllru; for double and ntho- Improvements planned for the b-anch..