Daily News Standard (Newspaper) - November 25, 1901, Uniontown, Pennsylvania VOL 13295 UNIONTOWN PA MONDAY NOVEMBER 25 Two Cents Nearly Two Inches of Bain From Saturday to Monday RESERVOIRS AT LAST HELPED The Water Fall for the Month was 316 Inches While for It Was For Octo her Local News Walters of was calling on friends In town today Alf Core was a caller today from W II Hansell was here to day from RICES LANDINGS BOOM The long continued dry spell which has lasted throughout the fall has at lust been broken by a steady soak ing rain of several days began Saturday morning and con steadily during day mid night ami also Sunday and Sunday night As the temperature imd fallen a little the rain had turned to a wet snow this morning The rainfall for Saturday mid Sunday and up until this morning amounted to lSC Inches creek and other streams near town have risen several feet It Is likely that the drouth Is over for this season and the reservoirs that depend on the little streams for their supply willnow flourish for a while at least Tho rainfall for Iho month to date Is inches The smallest amount of rain that fell dur ing the year was In October being but 1C inches The fall for hcr was 140 Inches August in ches and July In Juno In ches fell and In all the previous months tip to that the fall was heavy From Jan 1 1901 to date the rainfall has been 1092 Inches which Is almost an average rainfall the average rainfall for a year being about 12 inches Great Growth Steel Bridge to Span the River Concerning Iho new life infused In to the old town of Landing by opening of the Coal works the Independent November 24 Observed in the Churches MINISTERS PREACH SERMONS Union Sunday School Rally Held In the Opera House at 3 p mr Under Auspices of the T U Local W C C son of Alfred of Union has ar home from the Philippines hav ing served his enlistment Mr served In the ar tillery being promoted until he was battery mechanic He was at Hono lulu when tho 10th regiment returned home after his went to Manila Mr likes sol diering In the regular army In the game of foot ball Saturday between the Hill school and Lawrence ville in Hill won 23 to 0 Herbert Bowman of this place played left tackle for Hill andit was largely playing that the game was won In speaking of the game North Ameri can All four touchdowns were scored for HllV school by While In town the other day at court gentlemen Iron Iho ern end of the county them selves quite plainly over the five developments of purl the county and t Is a known fac iliac the valley Is to a railroad froni up riul lowa bridge spanning the river at Rices is iv to br in the air and than talk It Is also stated that with a degree of that means more than talk that an Iron or steel plant is about to be put In at Rices Landing or Dilworth which will give employment to fully a thousand men It is also Intimated that other plants will be located there Since the company has opened up a coal shaft and erect ed a tipple at Landing and put in a splendid plant the old town takes on new life and great things are pre for It The people are discuss a trolly line from to Rices Landing while others think better and larger things than a trol ley line are among the possibilities At any rate Waynesburg wants to be In touch with the people of the east ern part of the county and in order to bring the trade to the county seat there must be a railroad or a trolly line and this wo will have Sunday November 21 was observ ed as temperance Sunday in Union town It has been the custom for sev eral years past to set apart one Sun day for special temperance work which is now the fourth in November The work Is under the auspices of the W 0 T U At the request of the local union all the min sters of town temperance sermons and in other ways aided In the observance of the day In afternoon at A oclock Sunday school temperance rally was hold in the opera house in which the children from the various schools of town took part Notwithstanding the very disagreeable weather the house was well filled Most of the ministers and Sunday school superin were present occupying seats upon the stage The exercises were opened by God to Thee by responsive A GOOD PERFORMANCE James J Corbett arid the Empire Show Draw a Big Tho Umpire show opera house Saturday night drew one of largest crowds of the season regard ICES of weather Most persons went to seo James J Corbett who appear ed on the stage in full evening dress and gave Koine amusing stories and incidents of his travels during his career as a pugilist Cornell makes a good appearance In public and Is an unusually Interesting talker having at his command an supply of wit which to many was a surprise is they supposed were de chiefly In prize fighting Ills talk lasted about twenty minutes during which time tho audience were highly entertained by his varied hu morous experiences The other fea tures of the very good es the trick bicycle riding of Hill and and the athletic feats of the Gloss brothers both of which were remarkable The sing ing of Misses Duke and Harris was fine both having unusually good voices They obliged to respond to repeated encores A Weeks Attraction The Stock company is the attraction at the Grand opera house commencing Tuesday evening for a five nights engagement with a mati nee on Thanksgiving day and K TIM HIT Bob Sheppard Challenged the FIGHT NOT PULLED OFF Gentleman Jim Had Appropriated the Ladles Apartments in the Station When the Dig B 0 Detective VETERANS HAVE NO MORE SIN CERE FRIEND Says Secretary Points of His Annual Address Invited Him Followed Connellsville Nov for j James J Corbett friends interfered ust In time to save him from a sound thrashing at the hands of Dig Hob Sheppard at the Baltimore and Ohio lepot Sunday evening For a while it looked had tor the California but he matter was settled amicably and the fight declared off All this happened during a drench Ing rain while with his com pany were on their way from Union town to Tho depot was Washington Nov annual report of Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior department was made public The contents are In part It endorses lite conclusions sub mitted by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones regarding tho present Indian education system The Income of the various Indian tribes from all sources during tho year aggregated a falling oft oC 5200952 mostly due to the ex of treaty obligations commission to the five civilized tribes in Indian territory re ports that the rolls of membership of only tho so lar havo been approved and their lands havo not yet been entirely al lotted The time cannot be lined with certainly when the enrollment of the four remaining tribes will be finished Tho report highly endorses tho work and recommendation of Com missioner of Pensions and Damage Done Along Jersey Coast and on Long Island Sound u ATLANTIC CITY ALSO SUFFERED Portion cf Boardwalk Washed Away Other Damage of MtV Hotel Asbury Park Torn Done About New York reading which Dr A S day On Tuesday the com who was easily game the star of the The noon train on the P R R due here at did not arrive today until being two hours and 42 minutes train was delayed In and was over two hours laic when it left there Mr and Henderson of wero the guests of Union town and Dunbar friends over Sun day An Italian Row Joseph dc George an Italian living at Scottdale made an Information against John Valentine and John Man ceno also Italians living at Scott dale charging them with assault and battery was made before Justice Wni H Miller Con A J Bowie arrested the defend ants al Scottdale Saturday and lodged them in jail The prosecutor alleges that tho defendants followed him from Scottdale into county heating him to such an extent that he was compelled to shoot at them in order to protect himself He did shoot at them and shot John Valentine in he side but the wound is not serious Valentine made an information against the prosecutor dc George be fore Justice Miller charging him with shooting at with intent to kill Do George was arrested and all three of the parties are in jail The addition to the Hunts storeroom on Main street Is about completed The plastering is done and finishing is well under way This will make a large store room when completed which was made necessary by Mr Hums Increasing business Abraham and William Lynch of Kas arc visiting A 1 Moser of this place and other rela tives in town and vicinity They are prominent merchants in Meriden and recently shipped barrels of ap ples for cold storage trade in town and 700 barrels to The work on tho First National Bank building is going on rapidly In spite of the bad weather The brick layers have been compelled to slop for a short time but the steel workers are being increased dolly Ten add steel men will arrive Tuesday There no truth In the report ot a strike among the men The Interior of J Harry Johnstons store room is being painted and pa pored Since the room was remodel cil Mr has a much greater floor space W T came tip this morn ing from City and reports a rise in the river of four feet He says that will make a coal stage The workmen on most of tho build ings about town were able to resume their work today after a short lay off on account of the rain Joseph of Henry Clay was in town today and reports about eight Inches ot snow on the mountain Miss Margaret Cooper who has been ill al her home on Grant street for several days Is a little belter The walla of the Second National Banlt building are completed to the top Of the third story Squire X ABlack of Greensboro is the guest or Mr and Mrs B E Dil of avenue Nov Ross L of coun ty Pa and Miss Stella Piersol of Flushing Ohio were married at the latter place Thursday Nov H 1001 at 1 p m They left there the same day slopping at and Pittsburg and arriving at the home of the grooms J C in Jefferson township on Saturday following where a big supper and a company of friends them The youns couple received a large number ot handsome and valuable presents including a check for lot of silverware and other articles They will reside on the farm of the grooms father at land led In prayer A class of Sunday school children sang God Bless Our Cause after which Dr S a Gordon gave a short talk on temperance work He spoke of the great curse that li Is to Ibis land and also of the great temperance work that is being accomplished largely through the In fluence of the W C T U He said that drinking was looked down upon far more now lhan a few years ago and It was getting to be a difficult matter for a drinking man to occupy any position of prominence He said that many of tho railroad companies had adopted rules to employ no man who used liquor W J Dixson superintendent of tho Central Presbyterian Sunday school also made some remarks along the same line He said the men who man and sold were nBt lac only persons to blame as simply supplied a popular de mand Ho said when the public ceas ed to demand strong drink the day of the barroom would be over The best way to overcome the evil he thought was to educate tho rising generation to abstain from Its use Miss Oma kindergarten class gave a drill which was followed by a drill by the L T L The Sunday school children and audience in singing America followed by an address by Dr H F Pledge What is it i Why Sign it Dr Kin said the first part of the subject was clear to all as everyone knew what a pledge was but many did not see the Importance of signing it thinking they could abstain from the drink pany will present UA new dramatization of the famous world The Bondman by Hull Cain author of The A special vaudeville program will be introduced between the acts and Manager has secured Prof Purvis and his wonder ful of trained dogs as a special feature Over a million copies of the novel The been sold and any one who has read the novel knows It Is a beautiful story and all who admire nobility of character and heroic action should have their seats reserved early for this great literary and dramatic production next Tues day evening Prices 10 20 and 30 Ladles free Tuesday evening only when accompanied by a 30 cent ticket Advance sale at Harry Beesons IN THE habit or other evils without signing a written promise to do so He said the pledge was very helpful in many ways and no one should lose an op of signing it They should then endeavor to keep it faithfully Besides helping the person whn signed the pledge It helps others It was also helpful to Iho home in business he said as this in Itself was a recommendation to a young man applying for a position It is also a sign of good character and is a great aid In establishing a reputation Hr Fell Fifteen Feet Alfred Harmon a son of David Har mon of Ohio met with quite i serious last Monday Ho was engaged at work on 1 building u East and was stand ng on a board one end of which was resting on a window sill The board gave way and young Harmon was precipitated to the ground falling a distance of fifteen feet His left leg and arm were broken by tho fall but ho was not otherwise seriously injur ed Young Harmon is a carpenter and went to Waynesburg June last and has been steadily employed being an Industrious workman He formerly in Uniontown Eight months igo a brother was killed on the rail road The family seem to have more than their share ot Times King spoke of the great public men who had signed the pledge and what a benefit it bail been to them The Sunday school children sang the Temperance Banner followed by U F Hopwood superintendent of the M B Sunday school and who made a few remarks and asked all to con liberally to collection Rev B G made the closing prayer and J S Lightbourn dis missed with the benediction Will of J Harrison Wiggins of Whar ton Township The will of J Harrison Wiggins late of Wharton township has been probated He gives to his son Henry Wiggins the farm upon which he and deceased resided in Wharton lown which Includes the land purchas ed Iry deceased from the heirs of Chas Griffith George Patterson Richard Jones and the field upon the Kentuck road purchased of Christian Berry and the balance of the Kentuck prop erty upon which is erected a saw mill He also gives Henry his farming Im and the grain and stock up on the land To his grand children J Harrison Wiggins Ida May Wig gins and Lida Wiggins and Frank Price he gives sum of 500 each to be paid out of his property He appoints Henry Wiggins his execu tor This will is dated October 30 and is witnessed by S B and A S Fuller In a codicil added July 21 be gives all the rest or the residue of his not mention ed in the will to his son Henry Letters of administration were granted in the estate of George Emry late of North Union township deceased to Alfred K Jones Dond in the sum of Jims arrival had the people under the shelter and the fighter soon found himself very un comfortably crowded He slood It well for some time and then broke for cover Pompadour Jim thought the best place in the vicinity was the room marked Exclusively for feminine beauty basks in the luxury of easy rockers and couches So he went under the ropes tossed for a corner won and had just taken his place with his seconds beside the warmest radiator in the room when the challenge came from Sheppard Dob has been look ing after the peace and good order Interests of the Baltimore and Ohio for many years and all men look alike to him So when the pugilist refused to move the trouble cloud lowered Words increased In sio and and coat commenced to slip down at the shoulders but just then friends Interfered and saved him He agreed to accede to the wishes of the big officer and went to the baggage room where also there a radiator Sheppard is glad now that the fight was not pulled off for ho thinks it might have detracted in terest from the very Interesting after math at San Francisco When the two big men parted with a hearty hand clasp and a total disap ot all had feeling And now everybody is laughing about it Peter died at his home near Bear Run Sunday Nov 24 1901 aged TO years of paralysis Funeral Tuesday at Ha m from his late resi donee Interment at Indian Creek Baptist cemetery with people for Hie news tno veterans havo no more krnt rriclui comrade the spread commissioner who himself served as an enlisted man In tho armies ot the Union and he but maintains and defends the honor of their patriotic service when refusing to ignore both tho letter and the spirit of the law he declined to permit the Impostor whether claimant or agent to shato In tho bounty provided for the vet eran and dependent upon him Tho secretary says the net earnings of tho bond aided and land grant rail roads amounts to over and tho Increase in gross earnings to The increase In expenses for tho year was over 524000000 Tho debt of tho Central Pacific road to the United Slates now stands at Tho secretary submits the annual report received froa the Maritime Canal company of Nicaragua which shows that since Its organization 10 145 shares of Its capital stock have been subscribed for at par aggregat ing and that the total amount of cash received In the treas ury as reported by tho company Is Tho expenses ol the com pany have been in cash 31090 shares of Tull paid capital stock 5000000 of first mortgage bonds and its obligation 000 of these first mortgage bonds It also has issued 180000 shares of its stock at par value In payment of concessionary rights etc The liabilities of the company consist of the amount still duo under its con cession of the mentioned and of cash liabilities out standing aggregating Us as sets comprise its unused capital stock tho first mortgage bonds and tho 2420 shares of capital stock received in liquidation of the claim against the Nicaragua Canal Construction company the conces sion etc and the plant railways supplies and other property in Central America Secretary Hitchcocks report also discusses tho affairs or tho various bureaus already made public Atlantic City N J Nov se vere storin washed away a considerable portion of tho boardwalk near tho inlet pavilion Involving a loss of several thousand dollars The wharf was also damaged while smail boats anchored near the Inlet were from their moorings and washed to sea Several on Ihc upper end of the had steps torn away by and the lower floors were flooded The street car tracks were submerged to feuch an extent that travel was interrupted The life saving crew reports no wrecks in this vicinity Owing to the lines being blown down can get no from up the coast Tho storm has abated Now York Nov heavy north east galo Sunday coast The storm set in Saturday evening blowing with great severity all night accompanied by heavy rain In tho upper and lower bay tho storm blow with great high tido washed upon the Staten island shores doing damage to docks small boats and other craft The Staten Island Rapid Transit railroad track between and was obstructed by wreckage from drivers and a small schooner was driven ashore and the wreckage piled up on tho railroad track A IRISH WIT Deeds Entered for Record M Cooper and wife Sec Will W Tonight As Caleb Swan in Pard ner Big Hunting Record Albert and the Gates Bros of returned Satur day evening from a mountain bunt during which they bagged five buck five wild turkey and plenty of smaller game Fred Davis John Walter Robert Van firemen and Wade Brown have gone to tho Glades armed with gun and dog to try luck Eleanor V Whiting for a lot of land in City October 5 1001 Marion I Kiltie nil wife to Samuel B Rotharmel for a tract of land in April S 1901 David Newcomer heirs to Samuel H for a lot of land in Me German township containing 170 acres reserving the coal April 1 1501 Johnson and Joseph Hough to John for a lot of land in Washing ton township Jan John Melrose and wife to Alexander for n piece of land In Wash ington township Nov IS 1901 Albert B and wife to Mary Rotharmel for a lot of land in Aug 11 1000 Pat Emits a Few Flashes on the Witness Stand Lawyers wilh an appreciative sense of humor enjoy nothing so much as to get a quick wilted ready son of the Emerald Isle on the stand to relieve the of the legal technicalities ot a case says the Dal Sun A gentleman who has been collecting samples of Irish wit and repartee for some lime tho following anecdotes Some of hem arc mellow with age mt In any case will hear repe tition Arc you asked the court clerk of a prisoner charged with sonic trivial offense Phat are there fore but to out was the quick rejoinder A henpecked husband hail his bet ter half arrested for assaulting him Tho plaintiff was on the stand And now Mr said his counsel will you kindly tell the jury your wife was in the habit of striking yon with impunity Wid what sor With impunity She sor now then but OFFICIAL COUNT Democrats Have Clear Majority In Each Branch of the Legislature Baltimore Nov official count ot the votes cast in this city and tho recent election has been completed It shows that the Democrats will havo 17 senators and M delegates in tho next legislature the Republicans will havo 0 and 41 delegates The total vote In the stale for the heads of tho respective tickets is Dr for comptroller R 96356 plurality guilty or not guilty 121 Thomas S Parran R defeated J Frank Turner D for clerk ot the court of appeals by a plurality of 1369 Prices 25 35 50 and 75 For Young Dc Hurt In the foot hall game heavy sea raged in upper bay Damage at York Tho storm did considerable in the city The wind blew from 36 to 40 miles an hour Sunday afternoon In tha East river the tide rose to a height not remembered by the oldest Great damage was done on all the Islands lying in the river oft the Harlem shore being carried away pavilions washed their foundations outhouses swept flood and Cashed to pieces t in Gate tho terrific northeast gale the highest tido ever among the north shore of Long Island swept Inland leaving a ribbon of wreckage that girls tho shoro front from Astoria in Long Island Cily to Greenport on tho end of the island Thousands of dollars damage was done boat and bathing houses were wrecked and fleets of yachts which had been drawn up In supposedly sate winter quarters were off by the high tWe and left stranded in many instances more than half a Inland Washouts occurred oh two branches of the railroad and trolley roads Traffic was suspended on two branches of the Long Island railroad while more than half a day the cars of the New York and Queens county electric railway were unable tp get Steinway owing to the tracks across the Meadows being sub merged by the tide Probably the greatest damage was dono at North Beach on Flushing and Bowery bays where more than 000 worth of docks paved walks pa places of amusement and other property was destroyed In the cove off North Beach where Williamsburg Yacht has Its headquarters tho fleet of small boala was swamped or carried Inshore The storm Asbury Park N J with more force than any In recent years The wind during Iho night attained a velocity ot 70 miles an hour and did much damage to cot tages A Hotel Damaged Tho Metropolitan hotel ono of tha Notice cw livery Fine horses and carriages at Reasonable prices 02 South sired Morrison i Co 11 8 ft Moving Pictures Hear the Sand Hill Quartet Tonight In Fresh oysters by the at Morss restaurant Broadway Tonight by Adjutant Webb at Salva tion array hall Admission 10 cents Zinc and grinding double tho wear Oysters received daily restaurant Broadway P W Simon piano loner repairer and regulator at A I music store As I was passing Chas K Hagans he was getting a large box of Rey mcrs fine chocolates He gets them fresh every week 112321 Durbar Teachers Institute The teachers of Dunbar borough will hold an institute next Saturday November 30 They to have Prof C H Albert who was one of tho instructors at the county institute last year and other good speakers A number of teachers from this vicin ity expect to attend she used th masher A wilness in a murder case was asked to describe Hie location of a flight of stairs Explain to the jury said the exactly how the steps run Sure sor if yc at th hot torn they run up an If yc at th top they run down In a suit brought by an instalment house to obtain payment for a suit of furniture a witness was asked if ho what quartered oak meant Here is his definition It mans its poine on Saturday in which Harvard crush ed Yale 22 to 0 young De son of Major A B was hurt One account relating his colli sion will a Harvard man says Me Saulles was lying on the ground The game was stopped and careful atten tion given to the game little player but not only was he wobbly on his eel his mind wandered He was out of his head and was led passively oft the field amid Harvard cheers for him Notice to All Clerks i Meeting of the R C t P A win be held Tuesday night at G A R hall Business of much importance to be transacted L L Scc It Doesnt Pay When the great English advertiser Harmsworth was asked whether ho used street car ami omnibus ing and posters he said No I dont because I dont believe in They may do for some advertisers but we have tried them and found they did not pay us We pin our faith to news papers and we know that our Invest pay largest in Park was swept of Its roof and the rain soaked down nto the rooms causing much dam gc The piazzas of the hotel were orn off and the building Is damaged Trees have been tripped and tho streets branches wires parts of roofs T verandas and shutters No trains reached Scabright Sun iay and none may for several days The piers of a number of wealthy Scw York cottagers swept away ind the wind carried o3 a corner of he roof ot the hotel Fit ccn wera wrecked Scabright was In darkness as tho high tido tho electric light Avoid Typhoid Drink Marshall distilled water You can get It at 1 lagans grocery 17 Morgantown street Sole agents Boll phone N 112521 Gas and Coal Stoves Greatest variety and prices al Miller No OS West See Tonight A Heart Story of the hills Hardware You get the best value for your mono at Miller No 05 Main street Main street Zinc and grinding double the wear The News Standard having by man the largest circulation o my paper In Fayette county Its ad ai an advertising medium 1 The Kunits String Quartet Tho concert at the M B church lo night will be one of the most pleasing vents of the season The members f tho Quartet arc exactly tije same as last year except that Mr one of the member ot tho Orchestra plays the for the quartet tills year The program is one of more than or Unary Interest the opening num ber being Beethovens Quartet In F Op IS No 1 Another quartet Is the Music of the Spheres from second quartet and by special request Mr arrangement of Narcissus will bo in cluded in the program Mr von Kunits and Mr Merck will be in solo numbers and prp gram Is one that est every lover of Single al mission 60
