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f-i THE INDIANA PROGRESS. VOLUME 91. INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH $3,1904. PARTY WORKERS BUSY. JUDGESHIP RACE NECK TO NECK.

IMPOHTANT PENSION RULING. Hon. John P. Elkiii Spoils an Effective Campaign Rumor Announcing That He Is Entirely Neutral In the Contest--White Denies lieport That He Will Quit the Fight--Situation as It Looks to an Impartial Observer, Who Is Familiar with Conditions In Various Districts. The proverbial political pot has reached the boiling point, and, to the sensative ear, its gurgling is becoming more distinct as the campaign enters the home stretch.

The three-cornered judgeship fight is on full sway, and with a Week and a half left in which to wm the goal, the friends of the candidates are working vigorously. All three men are confident of victory, but to the impartial observer the race is even. The real work is to be done within the ten days remaining before the votes are cast, and unless a decided change takes place there will be few Avagers placed-on any candidate. There is the usual large crop of campaign rumors of the sort that are calculated to weaken one man and strengthen another. One report that has been used persistently during the past week is to the effect that Hon.

John P. Elkin will take the reigns in hand in the closing days of the campaign and turn sentiment in favor of one of the candidates. The workers who have been using this in the interest of their favorate have been leaning upon a broken reed, as Mr. Elkiu has announced in a letter to prominent Republican that he is entirely neutral in the contest and is not saying anything for or against any candidate. At opening -of the campaign it was intimated that neither Mr.

Elkin or J. N. Langham would take a hand in the fight, although neither man had announced his position on the contest. The letters received in Indiana from Mr. Langham, who is in Oklahoma on official business, are of the tone of the one from Mr.

Elkin, which was written on account of the prevalence of the report that he would turn liis influence in favor of one of the candidates in the closing days of the campaign Mr. Elkin is in St. Lucie, Florida, where he went with his family on account of the ill health of Elkin. His letter follows: "ST. LUCIE CUB," "March 17,1904." "Your favor addressed to me at Philadelphia has just reached me here I do not want anyone to be in doubt about my position on the judicial question.

I am entirely neutral in that contest and am not saying anything for or against any candidate. You are at liberty to so quote me to any of my friends." "JOHN P. ELKIN." Another report which gained wide circulation here last week was that Judge Harry White had withdrawn 'from -the fight. Mr. "White has entered an emphatic denial to this report and says that he is in the race to the finish.

He had been holding court since the opening of the campaign until Saturday and leaving his interests in the hands of his friends, but this week he and the other two candidates are busy in the rural districts. In summing up the situation as it looked yesterday, an impartial observer, who has, been transacting business in various sections of the county, said, "It is the most even political fight I have ever seen. In some sections of the county Mr. Telford seems to be the strongest, while in other districts they talk nothing but Cunningham. White, as the oldest and best known of the candidates, has some followers in nearly all the districts." All Old Soldiers Who Have Reached Slxtv Are to Be Pensioned.

i Commissioner of Pensions "Ware, with the approval of Secretary Hitchcock, on i Thursday promulgated the most import! ant pension ruling that has been issued I in a long time. It directs that, beginning April 13th next, if there is no contrary evidence and all other legal requirements have been met, claimants for pension under the general act of June 27,1890, who are over sixty-two years old shall be considered as disabled one-half in ability to perform manual labor and shall be ntitled to a month; over sixty-five years, to over sixty-eight years, to and over seventy, to $12, the usual allowances at higher rates continuing 'or disabilities other than age. Commissioner Ware said the bill would save old soldiers and the government a great deal of money and time. "Every old soldier'" he said, "who has reached the age of 62 years, ig able to jrove almost without doubt that he is one-half disabled from earning his sup- jort by manual labor. This being so, it seems unwise to put a soldier to the ixpeuse of time and transportation to to a place where a medical board can him to find that fact out.

"Of the 200,000 examinations in the last year, if one-fourth of them were saved it would make $300,000 for the government." Mr. Ware does not think the increased payment will be very noticeable, considering the death rate. TRACK LAYING TO BEGIN. RECENT DEATHS. NUMBER 12 I SCHOOL THE A I RAILS TO BE LAID THROUGH TOWN TO BLACKLICK.

HEIRS TO TWO ESTATES. HONOR FOR INDIANA GIRL. Her Primer to Be Used in the Schools Throughout One State. At a recent meeting of the Indiana State Board of Public Instruction held at new primer and reader written by Miss Anna Klingcnsmith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

William Klingensmith, of west Chestnut street, was adopted for use in the public schools of the state. The work of Miss Klingensmith had the preference over a number of sets of books written by some of the best authors on primary school work, and the fact that the work will he used throughout the state of Indiana is a recognition of her talent. Miss Klingensmith is a graduate of the Normal school at this place and for a number of years she has been engaged in school work in the west. At present she is supervisor of primary work in the schools of Fort Wayne, Ind. She has grasped the possibilities of tlie child mind and kept her writings within that limit and as a consequence her book is bound to find its way into schools.

Two Thursday Weddings. Albert Coleman and Miss Lottie Speedy, both of Conemaugh township, will be married tomorrow afternoon, at the Indiana House by Rev. A. J. Calvin, of Jacksonville.

Miss Speedy is a daughter of C. W. Speedy. Sam. Dickler, proprietor of the Pittsburg Clothing House, will be married tomorrow afternoon to Miss Bessie Abrams, of Pittsburg, in the Roumanian synagogue in that Bequests Made in Wills Filed During tlie Last Week.

The will of the late John Weichner, of Indiana, was Tiled during the last week. He gives to his nephew, Andrew Weichner, and the sum of S100 is given to the oldest child of the said Andrew Weichner. The sum of is given to the wife of his sou, John, and her oldest child. The amount is to be used in educating the child. He directs that the remainder of his property be sold and that after the payment of all just debts that his executor, Thomas Button, of town, invest said money derived from the sale and pay the interest annually to his son, John.

The will is dated August 15,1898. The will of the late Esau Sutcliffe, of Work to Begin Within a Few Days. Track Now Completed to Clarksburg on the Elders Ridge Branch. Chief Engineer Inspects Railroad Work in the County--Rumor Concerning Pennsylvania's Operations in Eastern Part of County--Coal Fields to Be Tapped by Spurs. With the ushering in of early spring important railroad work which has been checked by the long winter will be re- I sumed with the utmost vigor.

The most important work under con- struction is the railroad extensions of the Buffalo, Rochester Pittsburg Railroad Company, and despite the ravages of the winter weather this completed the Elders Ridge branch, which is bound to become one of the most important coal roads in the county. Some of the heaviest work on the grading was finished! during the winter and the rails were laid as far as Clarksburg, in the Elders Ridge coal field, last week. To complete this branch the track will be laid up Harper's run to Iselin, the coal town of the company, which will be the center of the operations in this important coal field. The track laying to Iseliu will only require the work of a few days. The company has bent all its energy on the construction of this branch, in order to have the road open for traffic at the earliest date possible.

The mines have been operated at Iselin for some time and within another mouth coal will be shipped from the Elders Ridge field through Ernest to the market. Now since the Elders Ridge branch is about completed, work will begin at once on the construction of the Indiana branch to Bells Mills, near Blacklick, where the road will intersect with the lines of the Pennsylvania. Some time ago rails were laid through town as far south as Philadelphia street, but was suspended early in February. Chief Engineer M. P.

Floesh, of the Buffalo, Rochester Pittsburg Railway Company, visited in Indiana on Monday, and in company with Assistant Engineer Banks township, was filed during the A. W. Jones, inspected the railroad last week. He bequeaths to his widow all his personal property and his farm during her lifetime. At her death he bequeaths five acres to his grandson, Clyde Nbrthrope.

He bequeaths to his daughter, Mrs. Etta Northrope, the coal underneath the five acres above named, as well as the coal beneath the tract of of tea acres her some time ago. The remainder of his estate at the death of his wife is given to his daughters, Bell Drolsbaugh, Jennett and Bessie Sutcliffe. The will is dated January 6, 1904. TWO INJURED IN MISHAPS.

A Pastor Resigns. Rev. G. G. Burns, who has been pastor of the Homer City and Brush valley Presbyterian churches for sonic time, has tendered his resignation on account of ill health.

Another Property.Soltl. Wagner Cathcart have sold the house and lot on Thirteenth btrcet belonging to E. B. Campbell, to Mrs. Clara F.

Lytle, of town. Additional Local News on Page C. White Township Farmer Fractures Lesr--Cherrvhlll Man Rebreaks Lee. John Nealor, of White township, while returning home from town on Wednesday evening met with serious accident. He stopped to water his team on the Reider hill north of town, and while the horses were drinking he left his wagon.

The team became frightened and in attempting to check it his left ankle was struck by the wagon wheel fracturing the bone at the ankle joint and causing a partial dislocation. Dr. J. M. Torrence, of town, was called and rendered medical aid.

Joseph H. Singer, of Peun Run, slipped while walking near his home on Friday, fracturing his left leg below the knee. The leg was broken at the same place several months ago and the second fracture was due to the that the member was still weak. ANOTHER OLD BOOK EXHIBITED. Volume Is Bound in Deer Skin Shotbv Pioneer Resident of the County.

Another interesting volume has been added to the collection of old on exhibition at the PROGRESS office. It is a copy of the Confession of Faith, containing the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, which was printed August 30, 1768. The book is the property of J. Wilson Shields, of Rayne township, who secured it by inheritance from his grandfather, John Shields, a pioneer resident of the county. The volume contains the early record of the Shields family.

The work is prized particularly by Mr. Shields from the fact that it is bound in the skin of a deer shot by his grandfather many years ago. The book will remain on exhibition at this office for a short time. Historic Building Burned. The old Samuel Elder homestead, in East Wheatfield township, was destroyed by fire on Sunday evening.

It was erected in the forties and was located three miles from Armagh along the famous pike from Ebensburg to Armagh. Fifty years' ago it was considered the best hotel in that section. The house was not occupied at the time of the fire, the last tenant having moved away a week ago. It is thought the building was fired by thieves as several petty robberies were committed in that vicinity the night the lire occurred. The property belonged to J.

N. Elder was not insured. and Spring House Burns. A spring house belonging to Mrs Mary Paul, of Cherryhill township, wa burned on Monday night. The t'amil 3 was boiling sugar water and a flying spark set the building on fire.

A quantity of meat, fruit and other provisions were burned. Vacation For Normal Students. The winter term of the Normal school closes on Friday. The spring term which promises to be the largest in the history of the school, will open on Tuesday, April 5. Mrs.

Martha Gilbert Property Sold. Attorney John T. Stuchel, of town, work in the vicinity of town. While here Mr. Floesh stated that the Indiana branch would be at the earliest date possible and that work would commence at once on the track laying through Indiana to Bells Mills.

Work will be started within a short time on the station here and the company expects to have regular scheduled trains run to Indiana by the latter part of May. Considerable work yet remains unfinished on the railroad tunnel north of town, but this will be resumed within a short time. The company was compelled to suspend operations there on account of the winter weather. Work on the construction of the branch of the Pennsylvania railroad down the north branch of Twolick creek, in the eastern part of the county, will be pushed rapidly during the spring. While work was not suspended during the winter months the contractors were handicapped on account of the inclement weather.

All the grading on the present contract, extending from Cherrytree to Hinds, has been completed, except the big cut on the John Nichol farm, near Pleasant Valley. It is rumored that the contract will be let this spring for the grading of the road as far as the mouth of Dixon's run and that several spurs will be built to reach the various coal fields in that part of the county. It is believed that it is the intention of the railroad company to extend its lines to Possum Glory, in order to penetrate the coal field vvhich will be developed by J. H. Weaver.

WOMEN TO HOLD ART I I Features of Monday's Meeting of the New Century Club. The regular meeting of the New Century Club was held on Monday afternoon. Mrs. 8. J.

Telford was elected chairman of the program committee 1 for the coming year, and the names of the different comraitties for the art exhibit to be held here May 11 to 14, were announced. The matter of the club color was then taken up and yellow was decided upon. The carnation was named as the club floweV. The treasurer gave her report and the amount of money on hand is Current events were opened by Mrs. Murray Guthrie with a paper on "Russian Women" showing how much superior they are to the Japanese women.

She also read a short article on the "Large Trees of California." Mrs. Frank Keener read an article on the work done on the "Simlon Tunnel," the greatest tunnel in the world, and a short paper on the "Submarine Marvel," the most wonderful boat of its kind, which has been accepted by Congress. The next meeting of the club will be held on April 4. JOHN M'MUIXEN. John McMullen died at his home near Seymour, 111,, on March 1, aged 83 years.

The deceased was born and raised in Center township and was a son of Alexander and Catherine McMullen. In 1850 he was married to Elizabeth Dickey, a sister of the late Geo. Dickey, of Center township. Mr. McMulleu lived several years in Indiana and was employed here as a carpenter, later moving to Illinois where he was engaged in farming.

His wife and three sons, all residing in Illinois, survive, as well as one brother, Dr. James 'McMullen, of Brushvalley, and these sisters: Mrs. John L. Robinson, of Kent; Mrs. James Simpson, of Seward, Mrs.

S. M. Koreson, of Thistle, Utah, and Miss Ellen McMullen, of town. MRS. RICHARD DIAS.

Mrs. Richard Dias died at the, home of her son, John, of Brushvalley township, on Monday, aged 82 Her husband died a number of years ago but these children survive: Thomas, of West Wheatfield; James, of Heshbon; Mrs. Fred Rnger, of Smith Station; Mrs. Hugh Owens and John Dias, of Brush- valley, aud Mrs. Bowers, of Cherryhill township.

The funeral services will be held this'forenoon, and interment will follow in the Dias cemetery in East Wheatfield township. ABSALOM W. MONTGOMERY. Absalom W. Montgomery, of near Shelocta, died on Wednesday evening, at his residence in Plumcreek township, Armstrong county, aged 88 years.

His wife died a number of years ago, but these children survive: Alexander and D.E.Montgomery,of Kittanning; Anthony Montgomery of Elderton; S. M. and Belle Montgomery and Mrs. Irene Klingenbergcr. all residing at home.

Interment was made at Elderton on Friday. JKSSK M. LONG. Jesse M. Long, of Blacklick township, died at his home on Sabbath, of cancer of the stomach, aged 72 years.

The deceased was married and these children of the first family are living: Mrs. Charles Cramer and William B. Long, of Blacklick township, and Milton, of Pittsburg. His second wife and one son, Roydeu, survive. Interment was made in the Hopewell church cemetery in Blacklick township on Tuesday.

MRS. A. M. STOFFER. Mrs.

A. M. Stoffer, of Smiths Mills, Clearfield county, died at the home her son, Joseph Krise, of Armagh, on Monday at midnight, aged C3 years. The deceased was twice married but both of her husbands are dead. These three survive: John and Joseph Krise, of Armagh, and Mrs.

Julia Ream, of Wehruiu. Interment will be made oday at Oak Grove, Clearfiold county. MRS. JOHN CONRAl). Mrs.

John Conrad, of Rayne township, died Thursday of last week, aged 78 years. Tlie deceased was twice married. Her first husband was Adam Stonebraker, who was killed by a falling tree. Seven children of the first family together with her husband and four children of the second family survive. Interment was juade at the Bethel church cemetery in Rayne townshij), on Thursday.

PETER MULVEUJJLL. Peter Mulvehill, a former resident of Pine township, died on Tuesday of last week, at his home in Johnstown. The deceased was born in Ireland, in 1825. He is survived by his wife and eight children, together with 43 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Before locating in Johnstown he resided for several years in Pine township, where he has relatives living.

j. a. WOOKRUW. 4 J. H.

Woodruff, of Clarion, died at the Mercy Hospital, Pibtsburg, on Thursday, ot appendicitis, aged 48 years. The deceased resided at one time at Pine Flats, this county, and was a brother of Dr. J. B. Woodruff, of Johnstown, who was a teacher in the Indiana schools several years ago aud is well known to many in the county.

Interment was made at Clarion. HARRY RAYMER. Harry Itaymer, son of Henry Raynier, of near Shefocta, died at home of his father, on Tuesday of last aged 18 years. The deceased first suffered from an attack of typhoid fever, followed by pneumonia, which caused his death. Interment was made ac the Shelocta United Presbyterian church cemetery on Thursday.

MISS CLARA M'CUNE. Miss Clara McCune, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McCuue, of White township, died on Saturday afternoon, of pneumonia, at the age ot 10 years. Funeral services were held at her parent's home on Monday alternoon, by Rev.

F. S. Crawford, and interment followed in Greenwood cemetery. MRS. THOMAS WATT.

rs. Thomas Watt, of Armstrong township, died Friday night, aged 30 years. Her death was due to blood poisoning. She is survived by her husband and eight children. The remains were taken on Monday to Porter, Jefferson county, where interment was made.

Won Last of Series of Games From Kiski ou Monday Evening. Pittsburg High School won the interscholastic basket ball championship of Pennsylvania from the Kiskiminetas Springs School five here on Monday evening by a score of 30 to 27. Each team had won a game aud Indiana was selected as the neutral floor on which to play off the championship. Kiski made six points on field goals before High School scored, but the Pittsburg boys wakened up, secured the lead and kept it until the end of the game. referee Kelly ever knew the ins and outs of basket ball, he has forgotten them as his decisions were questioned several times and the rule book had to be referred to as authority.

Line-up: I I 27 J'OSITION. I SCHOOL-- 30 WiKon forward U.ilstan Weiler, Laiiiluiton. Leety S'eauor center i DaUes guard. Monroe Goiciou Lytle Subsinute- Lainbrrton for Weiler. Field goals, Wilson, AVrlier, 1: sVanor, 1 ItrtNtoii, 3, Leety, Orr, Monroe, Goals from foul, Kiski, Kelh.

Lambeilon, Lytle, 1. High School, 4. Refeiee, There has been many a worse basket ball game played here than that which took place Saturday afternoon in Library Hall between the Y. 1. A.

C.and the Sub- Junior teams of the Indiana public schools. The first half closed with the score tie at 4 and at the close of the score was 10-10. J'OMIIOS'. Sawyers i a a Hetrirk rriitei Tonenre game the I A 1 I I Miller Shallcr Snjclei TO SERVE LONG TERMS. A SENTENCES I FOLLOW TRIAL OF TWO MEN.

The Indiana Basket Ball Club was de- feated in a hard game at Southside on Saturday night by a score of to 15. Sonthside plays a return game here on election evening. The Altoona five will 1 line up against the old boys on Wednes- day night. COUNTY SCHOOLS SCOKE VICTORY Won Educational Exhibit In World's Fair Exhibit--Prize for School. The public schools of Indiana county stand first in the state in the educational contest for the exhibit for school work at the World's Fair at St.

Louis. Italian Charged with Murder GallowH but Must Serve Twenty Years In Solitary Confluement--Fif- teou-Year Term for Man Who Outraged His Daughter--Petty Thieving Sends lioy to Reformatory--A Busy Week In Criminal Court Ended--Naturalization Papers for 13 Criminal week of the March term of court ended ou Friday evening and brought to a close a busy week and one that attracted public interest. Sessions were held each night and during the entire week the court room was well filled. The trial of the criminal cases ended the March terra of court as there were no civil cases. Immediately following the trial of Giovanni Zuohelli for murder, with all its shocking and bloody details, a case of scarcely less importance was called, but the important testimony was too revolting and base to every sense of decency to mention.

The case was the Commonwealth vs. Phillip Lantzy, who was tried for statutory rape, and the victim of the outrage was his 12-year- old daughter, while his prosecutor was his wife. The case was called last Tuesday evening and was briefly mentioned in hist week's issue of the PRO- CRESS. The man is a resident of Pine township, where his crime has excited great indignation against him. The trial occupied all of Wednesday and a crowded court room listened to the testimony.

The girl was placed on the si and and related her outrage by her own father, and the mother was called in corroboration. The defendant went on the stand and denied the cltarge. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. I On Thursday when the defendant was i called before the Court for sentence the man strongly asserted his innocence to the last. Judge White sentenced him i to the penitentiary lor a term of 13 years, and when the man learned his I fate he protested that it was a very innocent ing the last week the reports of the I awards were made on all grades school work.

Prizes were awarded for the best, exhibits. Indiana county, which is classed among the rural schools, had the best exhibit and was awarded the first prize of $30. This prize will go to some school in the county designated by the commissioners, but County Superintendent Stewart had not yet been advised as to the selection. At the opening of the schools of the county the county superintendant a special effort to have a large exhibit for the coming contest and he was not disappointed, as nearly every school in the contributed something to the display. Indiana county's exhibits included 304 drawings and written work on all the branches.

The exhibit was on display at the county superintendent's office during the sessions of the directors' association, and was greatly admired by all who viewed the work. DAVID MULLEN I Brilliant April Event. The young women of town are completing arrangements for a brilliant leap year party to be given by them in Library Hall on April 4. The affair is in charge of a committee composed of Mrs. Ed.

H. Sutton, Misses Erma Cunningham and Edna Samson. The patrons are Mrs. Thomas Sutton, Mrs. John B.

Taylor, Mrs. J. N. Banks, Mrs. James Blair and Mrs.

S. M. Jack. The dance program will include 24 numbers and four extras. Kettering's orchestra will furnish music and the Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyterian church will serve the refreshments.

Killed In a AVrcck.l A freight wreck occurred oast of Lockport on Thursday night caused by a rear end collision. Fireman Knoll, of but has bought the Mrs. Martha GMbert I Allegheny, jumped from his train property, on east Philadelphia street. was killed by cars falling on him. JOHN A.

ROBINSON. John A. Robinson, son of William Robinson, of Bolivar, died on Wednesday, of heart trouble, aged 18 years. The deceased was stricken ill on the same day of his death and died within a few hours. Interment was made at Bolivar on Friday.

HERBERT M. BROWN. Herbert M. Brown, a seven-year-old son of Marion Brown, of Jtfhnstown, died ou Tuesday of last week. The family were former residents of Pine township, this county, where interment was made on Thursday.

Dr. Hobuck Undergoes Operation. Dr. William Hosack, of town, went to Pittsburg on Thursday morning, where he entered the Passavant Hospital to undergo an operation for intestinal trouble, from which ho had been a sufferer for some time. The operation was performed last week and was successful.

heavy sentence for an innocent man. This recognition is a tribute to County Throughout the trial he seemed im- Superintendent J. T. Stewart, as well as pressed with the enormity of the crime his teachers and their pupils. charged and displayed much nervous- The exhibits prepared by the schools ness.

of the state were forwarded some time On Wednesday the jury returned a ago to West Chester, where they were verdict of murder in the second degree inspected by the commissiou, and dur-1 against Zuchelli, who was charged with the murder of his wife at Smith station, in Burrell township. The crime was committed on December 10, 1903. Ou Thursday Judge White sentenced Zuchelli to serve a term of 20 years in the penitentiary in solitary confinement and at labor. Both men received the maximum sentence, although under the new law for good behavior, Zuchelli's sentence may be reduced to 12 years and three months while Lantzy's term may be reduced to nine years aud four months. Sheriff Josiah Neal took Lantzy to the penitcntary on Saturday and Zuchelli to the same institution on Tuesday.

Crossman and Lamer were taken to the Huntingdon Reformatory on Monday. In the case of the Commonwealth vs. James Grossman, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The defendant was charged with stealing money from M. S.

Rodkcy's store at Mitchells Mills. He was sent to the reformatory at Huntingdon. In the case of the Commonwealth vs. L. Z.

Groves and C. H. Bauer, prosecutors, charged with larceny by bailee, the defendant was found not guilty and discharged. In the case of the Commonwealth vs. Dominco Bencditto and Emilina Dorazio, charged with shooting at a Pennsylvania railroad conductor at Blairsville, the jury found the former guilty of carrying concealed weapons and fined him The latter has not yet been arrested.

Valentine Alters, an Italian at Blacklick, was convicted of illegal liquor selling. In the case of the Commonwealth vs. Samuel Lamer and Blair Lamer, charged with assault and battery by Thomas Moorhead, a school-teacher at Beringer, the former was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and undergo an imprisonment of 30 days in jail, and the latter was sent to Huntingdon. At a session of argument court held on Saturday, naturalization papers were granted by Judge White to 43 foreigners, who are employed in the vicinity of Glen Campbell. They were mostly Welsh, Austrians and Swedes.

License court will be held on next Monday, when 31 applicafcipns will be presented to Judge Whife for retail liquor license in the county. This is tlie largest list that has been filed for a score of years. SOCJLAL CHAT. Mrs. Martha F.

Johnston, of Water street, entertained a number of her friends on Thursday evening. Chicken and waffles were served. Mr. and Mrs. Ira A.

Myers, of east Philadelphia street, held a pit party last evening in honor of their guest, Miss Helen Rowe, of Hite Station. Mr. and Mrs. James R. Dailgherty, of west Church street, entertained about 40 of their friends on Thursday evening.

They will entertain again tomorrow evening. Ne-wtoii Succeeds Veteran Con- dtictor on the Branch. David Mullen, of Ninth street, the veteran conductor of the Indiana Branch, was notified on Monday night that he had been placed on the retired list of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's employes. The retirement dates from January 1. Newton Kelly, who had been acting conductor on the local line since November, has been appointed his successor.

Forty-two years of active railroad work without receiving an injury is the remarkable record of Mr. Mullen. For 37 years he had charge of the passenger trains on this branch, the remaining live years of his railroad career having been spent in freight and passenger service on various lines. His connection with the local road is doubly interesting from the fact that he helped lay the roadbed for the portion of the line which passed through his father's farm near Homer City, when the road was being constructed in the fifties. In all his railroad experience he was never injured, save for a slight pinch of a finger, received while employed as a freight brakeman here in 1802.

UAPTISTS TO Meeting to Ue Held to Interest Young Men In the Ministry. A convention under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Baptist Educational Society will be held in the Baptist church of this place, on next Tuesday afternoon and evening. Rev. Dr. Stephens, the general secretary, will have charge of the meeting.

Addresses will be given in the afternoon by Rev. R. B. Dunmire, of Homer City, Rev. Elmer, E.

Hall, of Purchase Line, and Rov. W. J. Coulston, of Greensburg. In the evening Rev.

Dr. James, of Johnstown, and Rev. W. A. Stanton, D.

of Pittsburg, will address the convention. The purpose of this meeting is to awaken interest in the ministry among men. Closes With a Concert. Prof. S.

G. Smith, of Columbus, 0., who has been conducting a singing convention at Rochester Mills for two weeks will close the session with a concert on Friday evening. Over 100 students were enrolled. New Postmasters. Two new postmasters have been appointed in the county during the last week: Rexis, Benjamin W.

Lambing; Sniicksburp, Homer C. Dodson. Two Lots Sold. Roof Kline have sold two lots on Maple street, belonging to Sutton Wilson, to Marcella Wilson, of town. Consideration $400.

CHUKOfI NEWS. Rev. Orville S. Hutchison will be the new pastor of the Elders Ridge Presbyterian church and will assume charge April 1. Mr.

Hutchison is a member of the senior class of the Western Theological Seminary and will graduate in May. The Right Rev. Cortlandt Whitehead, bishop of the Pittsburg diocese, held confirmation services in the Christ's Episcopal church on Monday evening. Four pcason were confirmed. Two Cows Killed by Freight.

Two cows belonging to B. B. Mc- Connaughcy, of Homer City, were killed by the local freight on Monday eveumg..