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   Altoona Mirror (Newspaper) - October 29, 1898, Altoona, Pennsylvania                                The Favorite Paper for Men Women and Children ona ESTABLISHED 13 1874 PA OCTOBER 29 1898 LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THIRTY THOUSAND DAILY Men BIGHT EDITION TELEGRAPHIC REPORT YELLOW FEVER IH HEW Dr Waring Died of the Disease at the Rutherford Publishers Press New Tork Oct ing recently returned from Cuba was stricken with yellow fever and died this morning His apartments at the where with his wife and physicians he has been staying have been for several days Dr Waring went to Havana at the re- quest of president to study the sanitary the city and re- port plans for improvements line of duty he became infected vith the dread disease He returned last Tuesday but was ill during the age the quarantine officials passing case as malaria Tho next day the physicians announced it to be yd fever When his death was the health hurried the house to permit none to leave i all the regulations were complied with The body has been cased dn a sealed casket AT the Spanish Spanish Property Press Oct joint commission had a conference yester and the date of th of the island being com General Parrado declared i impossible to get the Spanish troop before General Bui ler replied that the United States coul grant until January 1 for plete evacuation of Cuba This wa debated long but no agreement wa The property the Simnis army will be allowed to carry back I Spain was also discussed at One one American office were directed take an inventory the depots and arsenals and report o will be taken away Th Spaniards contend the disposition the cannon In the fort is a left to the decision of the Paris peac commission FOR and Republicans of Carolina Are Getting Ready for Hot Day MUST Press Washington Oct 29 The president devoting his time almost entirely to anning for the occupation of Cuba he la strong among ithe officials that the be gotten out before January present condition o-f i the Spaniards in control of the custom houses Is causing demoralisation A probable may be effected and the placed In charge of the vll government while Spain will be ven -a reasonable time to remove troops O BE Press Dispatch Paris Oct court of on has granted an for he revision of the Dreyfus has refused to of the pending of the revision Press Dispatch Washington Oct A General Boyd who has 1 turned from North Carolina says tha ithe political situation there Is grav federal troops be sent lie none have been asked for The negroes and cans are quietly preparing for and H is very likely to come election day Boyd blames the Democratic leaders and newspapers the and saye that if results dn bloodshed they HE DOINGS OF POLICE ur Reporters Notes Gathered at Mayor's Offices Ixe Green the colored man of Eb who raised a disturbance a1 be depot was arrested by Rail oad Officer Anderson was given twen y days in Jail by Mayor Barr yester ay At last night's hearing of the and battery case of Frank against John Ingold Alderman Ray mond withheld his decision The two riders arrest rt by Railroad Officer Thursday evening had a hearing be ore Mayor Barr yesterday and wer sent up for forty-eight hours m defau of a small Fred Wilson colored was arrested a Eighth avenue and Fifteenth street a o'clock this morning by Serge an Peters and Officer Bratton He in a suspicious manner and ap very uneasy S C Dull has lodged Information be fore Alderman Raymond charging GilT and John Simer with forcible entr and trespass on his property in view SI mer is also charged with a sauH and battery The offenses wci committed 20th inst Thomas Risdon was arrested by O ficer on street Howard and Lexington avenues o'clock this morning on the chart of being drunk He was around in a bewildered sort of a mai nor and was trying all the doors alon the street Yesterday afternoon Constable M went to Johnstown and arrests Thomas on the charge of ei of musical Instrumen from H The latter is a Ge man who came from Baltimore long ago and fitted up a room Dick Ford's cigar stove on EWS IN Gathered in Railroad Circles and From Our Exchangee The Rochester and is rapidly becoming one of the lost important roads in Western Double track Is being aid between Stanley and Falls Creek nd when this Is completed they will ave facilities for handling the trade between the coal fields and the junction by the C M and H F ranches It has been remarked that it is no appropriate to call the ve an iron and that It is me to change the term and say the teel horse At present the greater art of the locomotive is steel The boiler firebox centers driving and In many the cylinders steam chesty and ven the are built cf steel The to get Increased strength ie parts with the least in- rease in weight will soon necessitate n all-steel locomotive A on eastern express told 1 thrilling story of how i nan with an ugly looking revolver lad taken possession of an entire Soon after the train had lef a marij who had the appear xnce of a cowboy and probably ne jumped up In his seat and flour a revolver threatened to shoo everyone in the car He speedily emp tied the coach the passengers ant rain men being to take th next car leaving the passen ger In possession of tho coach H i ad the train to himself until Greens burr was readied when he was and taken from the train an up The Pittsburg Post when the old style Allegheny valle No 59 was standing side b side with the new monster class L the Pennsylvania railroad No 131 tl contrast was so striking that man observant stopped to tl difference between the two lives Ten years ago the No 59 wi considered a largo passenger engin but today she looks like a toy alongside the new monster of th Pennsylvania Out at Lot robe ei like James ana Patrick Dora Alexander Pitcairn and others can si the type ot passenger engines used AMUSEMENT NOTES AT OPERA HOUSE The successful engagement of John Ideals will he ought to a close tonight with the df Chester pop lar The North and ie South This la a very interesting lay and is filled with pleasing atic situations New specialties wtl e Introduced and a new program of rendered by a Manager takes especial announcing to the patrons f the Eleventh Avenue opera house coming of a week's engagement Monday November 7 of the actress Mips Agnes Herridon nd a company of capable players pre- ng a series of high-class plays 20 and 30 cents An carload of scenery and cal effects is carried by the company or the elaborate mounting and pre- of its plays The Popular Star Course attraction or Wednesday November 2 will be ti on the subject of jy P Jones Course hooka are QW on sale ait the box onice HE MOUNTAIN CITY THEATRE Rose Sydell and her London Belies ill be the attraction at the theatre next The program s the strongest she has offered o the public and include in the olio uch well known people as Brownj Harrison and Brownj Campbell and Hart Rose Sydell the great Hilton the Sisters Carlisle Seymour and nnd the Karma TheVe will be sprightly burlesques In which the comedians singers and shapely women of the company will take part Matinee on Friday and The engage ment starts Thursday evening ber a PULPIT LOCALS Brief Paragraphs About and Church Workers The primary department the First Sabbath school will meet at the usual time and place tomorrow The P R R Y M C A will hold their regular praise service this ing and tomorrow at the hours Tine sacrament the Lord's supper will administered tomorrow ing at the Second Presbyterian church Hov J S will preach in tine nuo tori tomorrow morning There be 710 evening service Tomorrow there bo a sacramental service -in tho Methodist In the P B Clifford will First Church of G C will preach a- m ant p m Sunday school at a m People's Society of Christian p m Tomorrow is Reformation Day in tih Lutheran At Firs hurch this city Hev O C Roth th as tor will preach a sermon to the occasion In the Revival services being held in 10 First and Second and tomorrow ley will continue every dur ig- the coming week except Saturday L the Simpson Methodist church Ilev E J Metzler pastor of S Lutheran church UF been visiting friends In York an returned last on St Louie express and will occupy his pul it tomorrow both morning and oven ng Fourth LU the of the seventies the Valley has two of them still in use on their line These were the first passenger engines to attract attention and It must be admitted that they were very neat and serviceable chines If they were hitched to Uie limited express or to train No 20 now they would never be able to nut of Union station without assistance and it would take two to make Lho run to NO DEMOCRATS APPLY Digging Ditches Regulated by Pol tics Altoona Pa Oct 29 1898 Editor the seem so imich interested in the Demo particularly the workingmen might be well to relate on hidden which occurred in J ago The council almost entirely Republican made itself obnoxious to the boron gl avenue was employed him as an agent He disposed AM SPORTING ITEMS and about worth of instruments is accused of keeping the money The Local and General Items of News for Cation was made before man Stephens The defendant before the magistrate this Lovers of Seasonable Sport Local horsemen are holding a series morning and after partially settling of races at Uie driving park after- the case the hearing was postponed neon until December 26 FIFTH BOYS HOME The Fifth regiment hoys arrived A number of big football games are being played today between col teams The School and Franklin be responsible Nothing Js talked home Irom the peace jubilee teams are doing battle royal on of now In the state but the race issue tion this morning at 10 o'clock They the gridiron at Held this The trouble began the papers allege tired to get Republican leaders Several of the officers said it the negroes to office the Democrats was a long hard march and fully of opportunity do reunite the whites HOSPITAL SHIP Many Sick on Board Mostly Fever Cases Publishers Press Dispatch New York Oct The U S tal ship Missouri arrived this tested the endurance of any of those in the The boys did not complain and made -as good a ing as any of the troops In line Com- pany C's car was cut off at and tliR Altoona boys allowed to go to their horned The remainder of the company was taken through to The Sixteenth regiment also passed through city time the Fifth from Porto Rican points with arrived en raute home from and wounded patients mostly They were a happy lot rla typhoid and dysentery Corporal and cheered Bradish of the Third Illinois of ithe A vate Henry ar Morrison of the Fourth j Ohio died during the trip Among the sick aboard the majority of whom are are the Third Pennsylvania Robert Phillips Pennsylvania R P man Emile Burger George C Rowel I Oscar Gardner the Omaha knocked cut of New Yoik in the fourteenth round of what was to have been u twenty-five round fight at 116 pounds before the Athletic club at New York last night on reaching the THE BOYS Max caterer at the Beacon tight club was standing in pounds rer than the inns The tigers are undoubtedly heaviest aggregation of football in th universities this year even out the gigantic Crowd is who will probably play centre rush instead of Booth In the battle Yale Ftn such remarkable weight the attacking power ot the team is unusually fast but it Is not up elevens of old Nassau ham fi H Groves Archie Joseph Henbert Davison Edmund Dodge A Drohen HafVey A H Gullom son Y E G Johnson Edward Louden W E C B MoNaH y J L- Park James Re ed Fred Still G E N wick Thomas J Smith and Andrew Jurer MARCHAND STILL IN FASHODA Publishers Dispatch Paris Oct reports are afloat concerning the Fashoda crisis bridged over but they are un- true It Is announced that 1 story Is current that Marchand his force have been ordered leave Fashoda Is absolutely false last evening about 8 o'clock watching two boys shooting at an arc light with They were shooting In his direction and one of the shots to hit him on the head He gave chase and succeeded In catching a boy who had nothing to do with the shooting but was an onlooker -like himself He held on to the boy tind shouted for a Officer ens soon arrived and after hearing the true story of the affair let the lad go to TO FIT OUT A FLYING Press Dispatch Oct Plymouth important received at dock yards confirm the ad- will fit flying squadron What become of vAre i stump speaker hestnut Eleventh street IN NEED OP REPAIRS Tlie paved avenues on the east of town north of Twelfth street are badly In need of repairs At many the cross streets the asphalt has been cut to permit of sewer and pater pipes being laid and tn many Bother places the paving has been cut In order to re- pair or put In water pipes to private houses In most cases the paving ihas never been and It still piled up on the street corners It would require but little more Ume to leave the street aa it was found before in- with and the should sec to St In of Germany seven or eight of every hundred persons cycles In the Princeton games eleven with Cornell the averaged over six machine there by selecting officers and In the departments solely on account of abilities and not because of partisanship or religion The street committee having sion to lay a lino of water pipe fol lowed their custom of hiring men wh were competent and ito do th It turned after W careful inves of politics by J Lee Plummer the chief Quay lie of th town that almost every man diggin the line and laying tho pipe was Democrat Forthwith Quay Henchman Plum mer went to one of the street com teo and complained that Demo employed by the He dilated upon the fact that a Ite publican council ought to hire to the work and so on a This Quay leader raised quite a hub bub by his loud talk against a Demo crat workingman receiving ment by the borough but today with the balance of the Quay gang Is pleading for Democrats to vole for the Quay candidates Patterson and Price Democrats -are good enough to vote for Quay Republican candidates on election day but hardly worth any consideration when It comes to bredd and butter for their families and the open action of Quay Leader Plummer proves it A Dem o wh o allows him sel f to bo- bamboozled Into helping mer's outfit along when lie can easily ascertain the truth of the foregoing statement is doing his family an in- Jury When partisanship dictates bread and butter It goes too far and the Tights of the citizen are outraged be- yond repair DEMOCRAT HE FIFTH otes from Quaker City Papers In Which Our Boys Are Mentioned The Ft f tli reg t me t w I th a reception In nig military anode at the peace Jubilee nt The Philadelphia Times in peaking of tho parade of the many hundreds o of spectator who greeted the marching columns i yesterday's parade were aware of he fact that many of tho mon wore lone nine-mile march fainting from hunger Probably even in the campaign just ed have these brave clef cutlers of been called upon to for want of food as m the city of Philadelphia a which it Its people would result no doubt in a searching inquiry and the responsibility of this condition of affairs might bo The Pennsylvania regiment met with a royal and tin the members of tho were passing Washington avenue four young men passed under Uio and them with of flowers The incident apparently pleased the audience for young women The Fifth Pennsylvania at Reading oti Fourth street were fed with many others by the charitable oC D on Union tho latter bearing the entire expanse Other mands were correspondingly we ken care The Record says that what ALTOONA v There will be a V at the homo of man 801 Third n venue on October 31 ice ami pumpkin pie and ure welcome V Miss Alia of avenue gave a-n ly at her home to the Fifth Pennsylvania vol 1 o'clock they halt ed about ten minutes In front of tin hotel happened all along homos evening A very party was hold at the Chestmit nue last evening in honor of Miss daughter of Mr and II Brown Musle and games constituted the evening's An elegantly served supper was a delightful part of the ment Among those present Grace Mary -1 Pearl Charles Jessie well Ida Stella Story May Donahue Alico and Smith Professor ler Will Karkins Archie McCarin ohn Haup Letter Cherry LawTence Charles Brnest Gorily ind John r An Thursday ev James avenue by the and Ida Kussell present were A Morris C Bennett Ruasell Bennett Will Newton Ray John Russell Russell Andrew Startler Clifford 3 iml Misses tile line to those lucky soldiers who drew up before big stands It curred to some one of the crowd on Lafayette stand that tho young soldiers might hungry and a ana was thrown Lt curved through avenue Third street Rev D air and a hundred military eyes j j at a m y t 10.30 a ID und 7 p rn hoc I at p m Christian ut 0 The Dunkard church Fifth avenue and SiMth hold Its regular semi-annual love feast and tomorrow at C o'clock Elder George Han await of Pa will preside He will also preach at o'clock tomorrow morning Many visitors from rounding churches will be present BAD ENOUGH AS IT IS This morning a Venango county Re- publican and a local Quay ward heeler had a conversation The V mango county man told how badly Stone was faring in that county and his opinion that man was going to be snowed under in The local a sigh and begged i AN EXCELLENT The fine weather lings to himself for truthfully hoe here as It Is without any agement from without all of which was very a third ested party who help hearing brought out a large number of people to tho marke t Tb ere were o v er eighty stalls and the number of was extraordinarily large for the fair of tho year Old-fashioned and kiln-dried cornmeal were new things for sale Whole of pumpkins and Tomorrow the services at the ond United Brethren will be in charge of ithe Sunday school In the Die Rev S S Hough will an appropriate sermon which will ibe the Installation of officers and teachers for the ensuing year At e u su al Ku nd ay a rally service will be at which Air H J Aukerman secretary of P R R Y M C A will make an ss Id tlie evening occur the graduation exercises of the Legion of Honor class Special music will be rendered by the choir The following topics will be Tho Bible as -a by W A The Mrs Wat The E McGlathery Sacri M rs Ella Glathery Jewish Asa B Cor- bhi A Successful Sunday What Its Aim Should W W ner The Parents Mary mith Tho Teacher's Dora Benefits of the of Honor Mrs Kate Burket address to the class follower hy ithe presentation of diplomas by pastor benediction Special sermons are announced fo tomorrow as Presbyterian ing subject The Father in Christ am Christ In evening subject j Sin Unto by Rev H G Moody Fifth subject A Much Neglected Grace by Rev McK Reiley subject tig subject Th by W II Stev ens Second ject Satan Hindered by Rev Howard Bethany this Restored Gospel Appreciated by Rev H M Grace Evangelical ing subject A Wrong Idea of th Christian by Rev S D Dai was said PUBLIC LEDGER from the Mountain City News Company On and after November 3 the public vlll he supplied with the Public m Ledger from 1124 Eleventh avenue and j to be seen at almost every stall from Ninth to Thirteenth streets As long as the weather continues good the market will be though the Leslie storeroom on avenue where It will be for the winter is in readiness for it Ledger from 1124 Eleventh a von we twenty-five This not by tlie Mountain City News Co D heretofore The Ledger will f the it a favor If all readers will report twenty-two and postal card or fetter any Irregularity Jn the delivery ot The ledger to their idence or place ot business The dis- of The Ledger will be in charge of Mr one of tbo Ledger's other arrangements can be made Mirror ads returns SUCCESSFUL HUNTERS W S Houck and William Bell both local gunners have probably killed more pheasants than any other two men In central Last week they spent their time hunting back of and succeeded week same on Thursday they brought down one at Newton Hamilton For What It costs a merchant to mail or deliver a few sand circulars he could get an ad n the Mirror which would cost less money and and bring b ter result erty FI rs t Evangel I cal Lu thera subject Truth the Great Liber subject The Place In by O C Roth Trinity Thou Shalt Not by Rev Lew Robb Christ subject The Peace Jubilee and Its evening subject The Duty and Value of by Rov J F Moyer Grace An Interrupted evening subject The Yoke and the by Rev Paul S First United sub ject A Retrospect df the Improve ment of Spiritual oven ing subject Christian Ability in Recent Great National by Rev William Williamson Calvary subject Prayer Laborers and evening subject Lost Things God Cannot Wisely Dr John First The Mode of Baptism as subject Practice Rev First United subject The Fading evenlnj by tho Brethren Wise subject Tho Rev J A Indeed it a dozen military vouched out and one of them the ban arm Good as the cry Here's And i a minute the air was full of Hying ananas apples oranges of tike boxes of candy cigarettes be conscientious soldiers not move out line at first f caTne their way they r ed I hem i n t V he y w o u Id not Lulu Hussell E Dill Kussell Sophie Filer Stella Ida others Mr Doran reel selections to the ud Ideation of those TliE FAR 13 more than a toot or two Little little this highly moral Altitude axed and soldiers were Boon skipping ill over the street Here ono would c requesting a policeman to buck o its a cardboard lunch box contained two napkins another be awaiting eagerly the descent t a bottle ot beer fastened to a string There was no more uniformity to the than to tho crowd that it Finally the people on the stands begun to throw down money Quarters dollars dollars even down on tiie asphalt The scrambled for the money as do They lay In piles along he street It looked like a game of oot Suddenly there was a shout regulars In front bad moved away being noticed by the Fifth They were up In a jiffy Like deer hey ran up Broad to Chestnut turned Lo n an d 1 i sa Th e Second the Pennsylvania division yas commanded by Colonel Theodore To the quick step of the drum and fiCe the Twelfth ln Colonel James B Coryell in mand followed The ranks were full the men marched their Valley it toona and Tho Valley baa announced thali i fare after jif says in lines those two points ban been REPUBLICANS AT JUNIATA A Republican mass meeting was hold in hall last A fair crowd b attracted by Reese's drum corps which furnished music for tho occasion Mr Duncan Benny called the iler and Mr Harry St Clair oil The speakers who li been announced to address the ing almost to tlie of tho audience ex- hausted when they In the meantime Mr John Ii had succeeded with some In ing the crowd until tho chief At- torney Hammond and D Hicks came in aiU made to the stalwarts ORDER AT OUR OFFICE The regularly employed riers deliver the paper every afternoon to any address in this city for 25 cents month Much of the annoyance of irregular delivery to readers of the Mirror Is due to poor service by carriers This may be avoided by ordering the naper direct from office when H will be served by our carriers who responsible and careful and give good service HELD AT THE Letters field at the post office Im- properly Roy Walker 1432 Eleventh avenue John Neff Twelfth Miss T Corn man 1212 Miss Lizzie Roplogle No 703 Free 101 Washington avenue Miss Margaret Fisher 815 Fourth Mrs Matilda Huller 1112 Eighteenth avenue The Canadian government ies In the northwest turned out pounds of butter last month Lawyers and aldermen use tne law blanks In preference to all others because they are the beat and cheapest In the state fully the winter months from the county capital -is Kigat people only make It absolutely necessary It is fact make trips to burgr and back with not enough on board to pay the wages I1 bti the men in charge of the car hour It takes to majce this run let alone the wear and ing stock and road be seen that tlie In summer is ance that of the that the operation of th n basis line he OP MRS AMANDA Tlie funeral of M forty win take place from the dence of her laughter Wray Third avenue at 2 o'clock after- which Inter- ment be made at her beside her husband In cemetery enst at the con- ducted by her pastor Rev H TI VAX IMPERIAL RANT Street Above BiH uf fare for Sunday October Chicken Rib of Heef Mashed Potatoes Peas Sweet Potatoes Pumpkin Tie Apple pie Coffee Tea GAS On after November 1 trie of coke will be restored to formerly prevailing rates as per bushel delivered at yard par bushel at fid ALTOONA GAS COMPACT Office 1108 street We do neat plain attractive ins Catalogues booklets pamphlets circulars cards etc In the style When you want a good you people to at and to thf l Printing House 1014 Eleventh ley An ordinary r n 11 jl f JkJ steam railroad and weighs tons   

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