Wellsboro Agitator, The (Newspaper) - December 26, 1906, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania VOL. 52. DECEMBER 26, 1906. WHOLE NO. DEATH DEANS Prominent Odd Fellow Died Suddenly Last day in Was Former Resident of Wellsboro and Had a Host of Friends Throughout the Edward C. aged 58, died denly of apoplexy last Wednesday ing about o'clock In Mr. Deans was on his way to his home and was hurrying to catch a streetcar when the end Bystanders saw hLu ger suddenly and reached him in time to ease his fall to the pavement Death came Mr Deans was the second eon of ace A. and Frances Elizabeth Deans and was born in Susquehanna on October 2nd, erand one Mr A. of his nee Flora Arch- daughter of the late and Jane of one H. Archer and one Misa Mabel of survive Mr. Deans was a member of the Presbyterian church and TIOGA was one of the moat prominent Odd lows in the He worked his way up from the First Captain of Canton Patriarchs of to first Major of his er became Colonel of his Regiment and finally had as Major of the State forces of the Patriarchs Militant of which position he filled for about seven He re- tired About two yeara He was al very active in the work of the order and served on various important tees almost For about tei years past he had served in the Grand Encampment of Pennsylvania as sentative member of toe Grand the highest body in Odd Mr. Deans resided in for a On Dec. Missionary ety held its monthly meeting at Mrs. T. A. last Thursday Tioga F A. held a net at the Park hotel last Thursday A number of prominent ons from adjacent towns were The Tioga Board of Trade met at the business place of the r last day and elected the following board of G. G. Dr. a P. F. L. S. J. Mr. Harry Miller has sold his lumber and will ship the same in a few days Mrs. William Bishop and daughter went to New York last Friday to spend he The Country will be played in Wickham hall next Friday evening for the benefit of the young A large is expected E. B. Smith has been visiting friends in Knoxville the past Mr. C. S. of N. is visiting bis parents Mrs. H. M. Caldwell has been quite ill for a few Dr. and Mrs. D. W. of were In town last Misa Dot Adams visited friends in Corning last Walter was in Elmira on business last Mr. G. A. Hughes has been seriously ill for some time Mr. Joseph formerly of has sold out his investment in and has returned to Tioga The youngest son of T. D. Bouse cured a match and set his clothes on fire a few days and was quite badly His mother happened to be near and smothered the A. Barker went to Waverly last Friday to visit her Mr. W. H. of spent Sunday with Walter Urell at the Park John held services in St Mary's church Dr. A. T. of the Mansfield number of years up to about years when he removed with bia f to where he had since made Us He was engaged in the ance business for many years and at the time of his death was working up a mer cantile in which the and financial of every dtl sen la all that part of the State was to a most valuable thing for the business men of that The deceased a ed man of sterling worth and his friends were His death is widely Funeral services were held at the ly home on at 4 o'clock Friday Dr. of the Second Presbyterian church of The remains arrived to Wellsboro on train one on Saturday and were taken to the boro cemetery for the burial services being conducted by tile Odd A. C. the Presbyterian assisting in the hut Messrs. Philip 3. of Grand and Usher A. of Grand Scribe of the Grand Encampment of and Mr. Frank A. brother of the the remains to The Philadelphia in mentioning the death of General ing for many years as grand tive of the Grand of on floor of the Sovereign Grand Brother Deans enjoyed a reputation as a fraternal worker equaled by but few members in the Dnr ing the period of his greater activity and until his retirement as grand a few yeara so potent was bis influence in the politics of. the that he was enabled by his ough grasp of the affairs of the f ity in every section of the to most wholly dominate the selection of officers in both the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment and largely the legislation of these This influence was wielded for the terment of the organization and in his death the one of its beet known A Christmas At the world's convention of the an's Christian Temperance Union in Bos Sidney of told a group of reporters in Tremont Temple a temperance My said Mr. is one of the most earnest workers in In the course of her work she bean many a strange tale passed through town last Messrs. Fred E. B. Dorsett and H. F. of attended the Masonic meeting and banquet last Thursday Hon. F. B. of was in town last Thursday on Grange will install their next Saturday afternoon in ALL THE HEWS FROM aas Otter Item Hat of Dec. 84-Miss Effle Sheehan Is spending her vacation at her home in Miss Lois Kriner expects to spend jt part of her vacation with friends in N. Y. Andery Han is spending a week with friends in Miss Bernice of at- tended the Christmas exercises here on Friday Mrs. George Tomb and visited friends in last Mr. and Mrs Gerow are ing friends in Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gillespie and and are guests of Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. of B. F. No. Mrs Ellas Eetes sustained a dislocated ankle and a bone in one of her legs one day last in a hard Dr. W. of is ing to Mr. and John Nan last a Cameron Denote is suffering from a severe case of David Walker and Vern Butler were called to Y on Friday to attend the of Mr. Walker's who died quite L. B. Hoadley and Marion and were guests on day of George A number of young people from this place expect to attend the Fork to-night Mr. J. C. ot transacted business In this place Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Martin are ing the holidays with friends in DEATH OF MRS. MARGARET PMM the et wife of Henry 8. of upper died on cember 21st, of cancer of the aged 4T She possessed a loving disposition and was highly teemed by all her and of the Saturday even ing Middle Ridge Grange elected the following officers to serve lor the ing Arthur Her bert Emma George and Fred Wether bee have gone to Michigan to work in the lumber William and family have moved into the B. L. Wilson house at The supervisors of Delmar are to erect a house at Tony Short and family are to move on to the Philip Cross which Mr. Short is to work the coming Kate who went to Utah for her health last is much im- Revival meetings are soon to be held at the First Baptist In Farmers In Delmar are much Inter- ested in the Wellsboro condensed milk whish will begin ia the George Frances is able to be about again after a somewhat serious State Factory Inspector M. D. Howe is home for the and Mrs. Irvin of were guests of Mr. and on LOCALS FROM for Otter of the Dec will hold exercises and have a Christmas j tree on Christmas night I Mr. Fred Savey and Misses Harris and Pond were in on Satur j The Grange have a new charm to an upright piano ing been installed in their j Special meetings will continue this N. Harris and J. of have also W. H. of The Ladies Aid Society meeting held her death ia a great to her many Mm Waters was twice mar her first husband being the late John who died years Besides her husband ehe Is survived by two brothers and one The funeral was held the Catholic church at Corning on Mrs. Sarah N is visiting her S D. Mrs. C. O. who Is still in a Corning Is recovering Mrs. Loveless is a sister of of this W. E. Fralic and family have gone to Chapman's to visit his Dr. Harry B. Walter A. White and family are Nelson Mr. Sidney Miss Margaret Miss Lora Mrs. George of Daniel Griffin and of N. of Cross Fork and and Mrs. C. F. of are here to spend the OSCEOLA A Melbourne woman told her last at the home of o Christmas time one night in the WM a husband stayed out till We all know what that her about 3 a. m. meats this when he got thought that be would go boldly to the bathroom and take a bath That would remove from bis wife's mind any cions as to his condition It would show in a be was all he filled the tnb and plunged in Hot and fevered as be he enjoyed the bath As be splashed and and puffed he a looking saw his in the wife regarding him with an of contempt He was rather at that But he said nothing He lowered his head and went on what are yon she Can't ton what I m he I m taking a bath bhe sniffed and as she turned to Misses Edith Katherine and Sarah and George Kepple and Toby attended Institute at Corning last Miss Gladys Pond and Miss of are spending the holiday vacation i Claude V of Syracuse Uni is home for A slight fall of snow has made fair sleighing here The Stenben letter carriers will hold a in Avoca on Wash A Ktv Cburch the late Mi B a fire bell for the Baptist of arrived last and call to worship on 3nn day for ihp first time The members it h the donor having boen a life long member of the Baptist The congregation are also grateful to don't take off your under- Mrs. Lura Keeney for the gift of a large gilt-edged Bible for the pulpit Hrau for of Dec. 24 tree ex- will be held at the Methodist church this Miss Agnes Brimmer attended the institute at Corning 4ast Fred collector for the Inter- national Harvester was at home last Miss Mildred Gady is clerking for A. 8, and G. B. F. B. of Elmira was in town last Miss Heloise of the Genesee is home for The Presbyterian ladies served supper at rooms last Mr. and Mrs. Charles of were in town last week on their way home from New They left on Saturday for where they will spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Vine Crandall and then go on to Mr. Herbert of Lima is visiting friends in Misses Sara Seely and Anna Tubbs and Mr. Stanley of Alfred Uni- are home for the Christmas Mrs. W. D. McDonough with her of N. J is spending a few days with her O. H. Mr. and Mrs. W. Cadogan and Dr. Ward and wife have gone Niagara Falls to visit Mrs daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 6rurr Elect of the Agitator Dec 34 Arch Wil of visited his parents in this place lact Mr. Wilcox is home from the Commercial School for the holidays Christmas were held in the Baptist Monday night The election of office in Stony Fork No will be held at next meeting Dec 27th Mr and E of are Mr Campbell Mr Mrs E H Campbell Mr and Mrs Harry Root and of are tte holidays with Mr. Boot's Mr. and O.J. BIG Official f akt b Km. Only two classes of labor in vania are as highly paid as the mine This fact is shown in the re- port of the State Secretary of tional giving the result of an Investigation of the yearly earnings of all the principal classes of It ap pears from this report that it is more profitable to work In anthracite caal mines than in or not only because of the higher pay received but on account of the lower rents paid by Last year the hard coal miners re- on an The avenge wages of the skilled and unskilled employes turing representing 710 were in only two of the tool steal and steel pump did the wages of the employes exceed those of the anthracite miters though they are pot supposed to la B2 out of the 84 Industries cited the average earnings of the workers Jell con- below those of the anthracite and 42 paf employes at least lees a year than the coal com- panies pay The Department of Internal Affairs also learned the average annual rent paid by the employes of manufacturing industries in the The statistics show that from his income the miner does not pay out as much in rent as the manufacturing The average rent paid by anthracite miners last year was Of 73 industries in the workers in only three o them paid Those employed In the other 70 paid from to a year Moat of them paid as much as The difference in the rent paid by tSi miner and that p id by the ing employe by the feet tha the latter usually fives In a The generally lives where good houses can be had for less money and the smaller rent does not indicate inferior MILLIONS HI Tie Aid from President Roosevelt bas just Issued a proclamation calling on the people of United States to contribute for the relief of Jbe millions of famine in who are on the verge ot The says ask authority to use ment transport vessels to carry food to the The is addressed to the people of United and reads aa There ia an famine in Throughout a district over forty thousand square miles and supporting a population of fifteen the crops been destroyed by floods and lions of people are on the verge of vation thousands of dwellings have been destroyed and their are without An urgent appeal has been made for the of the United Our people have often under similar conditions of distress In other countries responded generously to such Amid our abounding prosperity and In this holiday season of good will to assuredly we should do our part to aid the unfortunate and relieve the distressed among the people of China to whom we have been allied for so many years in friendship and shall ask Congress upon its next day of session for authority to use trans port vessels to carry flour and other food to the famine stricken recommend that contributions for the purchase of such food and for other appropriated be sent to the Amer. lean National Bed which will take care of the expenditures Such butions may be made either through the local Bed Cross or through the Department of or may be sent directly to Mr. Charles Red Cross United States Treasury D. OUR la VMM ot Fields was killed on the Northern Central last He had ried just a week before Miss Pearl of FUlds N has been under- going a strange The bottom IBS sunk more than thirty feet in one Formerly that part of the lake was very Now it is 86 feet Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company has purchased a large tract of land In and will build a large machine shop It is said that it is the intention of the company to make that city the central point for repair work and machine shop man has made a wager of by terms of which he is to visit the capital of every State in the Union within four years from Dec 1, and accomplish all of tde journey on It is estimated that be will ride miles to accomplish the of employed as a miner at colliery was killed Panco was using dynamite and found that it was He im- a plan to thaw it by placing it on a sheet of tin under which he put his mining lamp with the result that the dynamite exploded and he was fatally a farmer residing near N. was killed near Wav the other day by an Erie Mr. had been to Waverly to chase Christmas gifts for his al freight cats of various types It is also said that the company is getting better service out of its cars than ever The average movement of its oars per day in 1904 was 16.52 while for the tame time this year the average movement was 2719 miles a y for years identified with the practical end of the steel in- a brother to law of W. E president of the United States Steel Cor and who was one of the of Andrew died at his home in Wilkinsburg on Mr McCrory was one of the most promi nent technical steel men in the He was of the Homestead LOCAL PACTS ARD Haft amt ia aaA son was recently born to Mr. and Mrs. A. W. of son was born last Tuesday to Mr. and Mra B M. of daughter was born last day to Mr Mrs. George B. of Levi aged about 70, of Westfield died a few days His wife and four children survive Hiram Butler and Mies Amra both of were married at N. a few days G. G Fred L. George S Walker J. J. Cohen mills at the time of the strike in 1893. Six years when Andrew Carnegie I set apart his famous 1 and Dr. 8 P Hakes were recently fund his faithful employes who ed as the Board of Managers of the Tioga started with him in the steel I Board of Death of William Mr. William aged 57, died at his home in Delmar at 8 o'clock Monday Dec. 17th. His wife died about two years Two sons and two daughters survive William George B Mrs George of and Mary 0. Five sisters also survive Mrs iel of N Y Miss Carrie E. who lived with Mrs. E. G. of Port N Mrs. Charles Smith and Mrs. John of Mr. shire was the last of the five sons of the late William T. and Mary He was a member of the Episcopal church and was a most estimable izen His death is deeply mourned by his many Funeral services were held at the bouse Thursday at naif past one Bev William Heakes burial in the Beer In Solid Form the Kansas prohibition laves and the eral revenue statutes have been beaten by the man who invented the It ia a of nops and other things cr In the form of a tobacco when dissolved in from four to rix gallota of what poetically termed amber Even the State Biard of Health has Investigated and f and personally that the are all right All that have to do when dry is to break of drop it in a water and have a which is said to have all the qualities tf the G. S. of who DM When crossing Crossing about four miles west of he was by the train and be and the horses were literally ground to pieces of Upper employed as a rockman in a tunnel be- ing driven in Campbell's was Injured the other Mangan yaB caught in a mass of sliding and when he was extricated he was i i noon a weakened condition that his in- juries could not be ascertained at the He was taken to the Pittston where he aged 7 son of Oscar of returning from school one day last week found his mother on a apparently He lay down beside expecting her to An hour later a neighbor found Mrs. Miller dead and the boy un- She tad been asphyxiated coal gas and doubtless when the boy a recent church at Patrick family took the Roosevelt Mr. and Mrs. Deavy have 11 good looking They range from the ages of three months to 17 The fatter is 45 years old and the mother IK 89. Mr. Deavy makes about a The family will be presented a picture of the bearing hie her Christmas doll ia her 5-year-old Florence Obst died at Bellevne hospital New York last The child had been promised a doll and her went out to make the During the ab- secca Florence played with matches and set fire to the Hex mother found her fatally At the hospital ing her single moment of consciousness she Santa bring my of their doubt that life had left the body of their 2-year-old Mr. Mrs. Jacob of Harrison delayed the funeral services for over three hours one day last week until two had made an The child died from The flesh remained soft and the limbs did not become rigid and the parents were unwilling to believe the child Two physicians used all the testa to de- termine whether life was and the child was buried on fire at Waynesburg the other night almost cost the lives of Mrs Oliver tin and her two young and tally consumed the house made able as the birthplace of a dumb and blind a protege of Helen Kellar and known far and wide for his unusual The origin of the fire is a mys Mrs. Martin was awakened by the smoke in her room and was forced with her children to flee in their night clothes Pennsylvania of which Miss Anna M. W. daughter of Governor Is vice held a special meeting other day to hear the report of committee appointed at its meeting in Philadelphia in October to draft a providing for the registration of to be presented to the next The committee reported that it had framed a 11 similar to that which failed in the last and that special efforts would be made for speedy of Soldiers Home at N. met a violent death on a recent He had climbed to the top of the 110 foot pole on the campus and was engaged In repairing the Suddenly his leg by which he sustained his hold on the pole slipped and Tret aman plunged downward He struck his head on the groun i below and when picked op life was extinct Trenamen was 67 years old and had been In the Home nine years He was formerly in the U S navy and came to the Home from agent of the sylvania Railroad invited bids for the of 000 cars The tract will awarded within a Their ia 00 000 It not expected that CMS will be de- livered before the latter part of next With the of this McCrory was made one of the and It is stated a block of worth of the highest amount given to any of the Central Railroad of New and the Lehigh Valley Railroad com pany have just announced that they have the wages of cer tain of their the increases amounting to from ten to twenty per cent. The employee affected by the Central increase are the yarl freight handlers and station The men affected on the Lehigh are the trainmen and the Some of the other employes were also granted an The action of this com- pany is in line with neatly all the other big railroads who baVe shown a sition to share the profits of the roads with the The result is that all over the country the railroad em- ployes are of banks cost Mrs. V. of f being rob bed of that amount which she was ing about with her for Of the amount represented the amount paid her by the Pennsylvania Company for the death of her who was in the Atlantic City The money was stolen while the woman was in a crowded 5 and 10 cents store on Market Mrs. Sober said she had the money In and f 100 bills in a which was sewn tightly to an underskirt The thief had cut the pocket clean leaving a big hole in the Over the skirt she wore a dresa and a long cloth but so cleverly was the job done that none of these were cut for injured lu any Mrs. declared had carried the money about with her in the pocket attached to her underskirt for the past A RAILROAD A Stars About tie Up Ot Branch of the B. t S. There have been many disquieting rumors afloat for the past few months regarding the B. S. railroad or rather the branch of the which it is will be The latest rumor ia that the Buffalo road from Gaines Junction to will be discontinued and all business be run by way of the Ansonia An interrogation of employes of the B. S. does nothing to confirm this rumor and it really seems very im- probable that the B. would take Up this for running aa it does through a populous valley and en joying a good it IB inconceivable that the road would be The heavy grades of the branch may cause ranch of the freight traffic to go other for the B. enjoys connections with several and railroads usually haul freight where the least amount of grade is This is probably foundation of the tale which bas proved so disquieting to the people of this The only ou which ft reason could be for the taking up of the road would be that the Central had absorbed the B. S. and as far as we see there is no foundation for this The vast mine and lumber Interests of the Goodyears in Indiana and other counties of the state make it seem probable that the control of the road would even be allowed to pass into other bands until the forests and mines are either worked out or disposed of. It Is useless to borrow trouble and the readers of the Free Prest need not anticipate that this section will lose one of its roads yet Free Prea of Mr. Ira Mr Ira aged 77, a highly teemed resident of died recently after a long of ney He was born in Tioga N. Y Oek with bis came to this county when five years of age When he was 38 be purchased of the ham estate on which be resided at the time ot bis He was In his younger days a ful teacher In States and In this but devoted most of bis time to In politics he was a R He was twice his second M to whom were born five four of whom are now one J residing on the old in Mrs. B A of Colombia Cross Homer of Chatham and Misa of Mi He aleo one A. B. A of Cal Mr war a kind al. way rendy to lend a helping hand He will be greatly by and neighbors He was a member of the Crookedcreek Funeral services were at horns last Tuesday R M burial Joseph W. aged 77, of Potter died last He was the father of Register and Recorder George W. of Potter C. D. Postmaster at Lawrence and one of the most prominent and respected citizens of that died suddenly last Thursday of heart Frank aged 01, of died on the 13th instant in a Buffalo hospital after undergoing a His wife and three of ot and at H. W. with Mrs. Hattie of Is visiting her Mrs. John in Mrs. Kress was formerly a resident of and this is the first visit she has made to her old home In fifty Joseph aged 65, for- merly foreman of the Landrus died on the 17th instant at his at Pa. His one of and three daughters survive The remains were taken to for burial last following officers of Bloss Lodge F. by Dis- Howard boro W. Phelps A. S. H. Archibald W W. Lewis Horitz Floyd Frank George Clark and A. F. January 1st, when the new food law becomes It will be impossible to buy any more white lated but it will be a dull not so attractive to the eye but more so it White sugar has been used for fifty years and a ical has been used in the whitening the use of which would now be a violation of the Emerson aged 72 died recently at the home of his Mrs. F. M. at N. Y. He Is survived by his wife and six Charles of N. Mrs. A. B. Baker and Mrs. H. A. of F. M. of N. Y Verne of N. Mrs. C. A. of N. He is also survived by one Aaron of John aged died on the 14th instant at his home in fi of which borough .be had been a resident for 60 One survives The deceased was a ber of the Methodist church was a good an excellent citizen and a loyal His death is mourned by all who knew Funeral services were held on the 17th instant at 2 p. Dr. Ezra Tinker i burial in the Hope Amanda of Deerfield celebrated her 90th birthday on December 16th, Mrs. George is re- well preserved in both mind and body for a woman of her says the Knoxville Her and ability to converse on most subjects of the day are She reads and with a desire to know all that Is going on in the world at the present atd keeps up a up a large correspondence with her Gaines says The pair of black horses driven on E M. At- meat wagon were killed Monday forenoon on the railroad crossing at The Mr. had a very narrow escape from The horses had just got on the track when they were hit by train 34 The wagon tongue was broken from the on and to this fact alons is undoubtedly the means of Mr. lous The horses were valued at youngest son of Mr and Mrs. T. D aged three of narrowly escaped being burned to death a few His older brother re- turned from the store with a large box of matches which he deposited on the The little When no one waa secured some of the es and striking set his clothing on Mrs Rouse happened to be near and extinguished the fire with great but Dot until the child bad been burned quite badly on one side of hto body and the hair of bis bead on that side also being burned off Former Man Thomas Padge aged 27, of eon of Mr. W 8 of drowned a few day He went West about six igo with array After serving three located ip California On the morning w drowned on iN O vaha i f with a leak and finally His ccm ion escaped bnt December 18th the body bad not
