Ghastly jail death of Cornelius McCue shocks county
A prisoner in Liberty jail died by his own hand in a brutal act. Cornelius McCue of Burrell township severed his jugular with a razor in a lower cell. An inquest found death from self inflicted wounds amid surrounding blood. The coroner’s jury and witnesses, including Vasbinder and Cook, described a night of moaning and a sudden act after midnight. McCue, 58, had a prior insanity episode and was awaiting trial on theft charges when confined. The case notes mental derangement, a lack of struggle, and the funeral was held in Patch graveyard. He leaves a second wife and several children, with burial costs covered by Jefferson County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Neal
Vasbinder
Cornelius McCue
Burrell Township
M. M. Davis
Doty Vashinder
Gipsy
Andrew Cook
Cooky 1
Cape
Vashinder
Cook
D. E. Thompson
Messia
J. Telford
J. B. Younkins
John McAdoo
W. H. Clawson
M. H. Wilson
J. M. Langblin
McCue
McFeaters
Squire
Sloan
Philadelphia
James K. Dick
Peter Frech
Heshbon
Lato
Patch
Elizabeth Wagner
Ella
East Brady
Mary
Catherine
Ridge
Pine
Fourth Annual Convention of Indiana County Sabbath School Association
The Indiana County Sabbath School Association held its fourth annual convention at Blairsville with sessions in the United Presbyterian and Lutheran churches. Rev. R. E. McClure opened devotional exercises, Rev. Lewis Hay spoke on engaging young men, and Mrs. W. D. Gates presented the Primary Union report. Miss Josephine Baldwin led 230 Psalm work, Hugh Cork gave an address on house to house visitation, and delegates from town attended the sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Sabbath School Association
Blairsville
United Presbyterian Church
R. E. McClure
S. Wouthrie
Town
Lewis Hay
W. D. Gates
Indiana Primary Union
Lutheran Church
C. F. Sanders
Josephine Baldwin
Pittsburg
Hugh Cork
J. M. Welch
W. Guthrie
C. B. Robertson
Fifth annual Christian churches convention convenes in Gipsy
The fifth annual county Christian churches convention met in Gipsy for a three day session led by Rev. D. M. Kinter. All county churches were represented and a Bible School and Christian Endeavor rally in the grove drew strong interest. Next year the Indiana church was represented by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stumpf and Miss Mary Oatman. Officers for the coming year included Jose W. Williams, Rev. Stickley, and Miss Huldah Stumpf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Churches of
Gipsy
Jtev
D. M. Kinter
Bible School
Christian Endeavor
Grove
S. M. Blaizx
Big Run
H. W. Talmage
McKeesport
B.S. Latimer
Pittsburg
Pine Flats
Jose W. Williams
Divey
Stickley
Pine
Huldah Stumpf
No Nomination Made For District Candidate
The Democratic congressional conference met last Wednesday to nominate a candidate. Attorney John H. Hill of town was chosen chairman and Attorney Frosius of Brookville secretary. Ballots occurred, adjournment planned for next Friday at the Seventh Avenue Hotel in Pittsburgh. The district centers on two counties with no candidates, Stewart A. Whitehill of Brookville and Curtis Gregg of Greensburg as options. County conferees include John H. Hill John G. Patton and Dr. Barker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Congressional Conference
John H. Hill
Town
Frosius
Brookville
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Pittsburg
Indiana
Armstrong
Stewart A. Whitehill
Curtis Gregg
Greensburg
John G. Patton
Dr. Barker
Saltaburg
Poor House Question Up For Early Overseers Meeting
Judge White will convene an early meeting of county poor overseers to gauge support for the county poor house project. The grand jury urged this step and a two thirds vote is needed to proceed to a popular vote, with the earliest ballot possible at the February election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Grand Jury
Sir Alcantara Injured in Milwaukee Free-for-all Race
Sir Alcantara the celebrated pacer owned by A W Lickert of Blacklick was severely injured in the free-for-all at Milwaukee Wisconsin on Friday. He won the first heat in 2083 and led in the second before spraining a tendon in the rear leg and was drawn. The purse was $600 and the Indiana horse had a good chance at first money. This has been his best season with six wins. Mr Liekert will return home immediately with his horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Alcantara
A. W. Lickert
Blacklick
Milwaukee
Wis
Indiana
Mr. Liekert mm
Wm. Fairman
Punxsutawney
Olie Mack
D. C. Mack
R. W. Wehrle
Town
Agnes B. Lawson
Marion Center
Madge Moore
Lizzie Moore
Hazel Neal
Jacksonville
Dlama
A Woman Prisoner and a Canadian Marriage
Mary Tozer of LaJose was jailed Wednesday for drunkenness after being found near the fair grounds in a drunken stupor. She stayed in jail until Monday, then county commissioners paid her passage to Cherrytree to return home. Mr. Todd Mumau and Miss Morna Mumau, Grant township residents, were married in Toronto Canada recently. they are cousins and now reside together amid friend congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Tozer
LaJose
Fair Grounds
Cherrytree
Canada
Todd Muman
Morna Muman
Grant Township
Toronto
Can
Mumau
Typhoid fever patient linked to local engineer
Civil Engineer Robert Mullen, of town, now a Conductor David Mullen, is a typhoid fever patient in a Pittsburg hospital. He contracted the disease at Glen Campbell where he was employed. In another note, a cider mill accident damaged a boy named Exekie Gibson of Teylorsville, with a band severely injured and possible finger amputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mullen
David Mullen
Pittsburg
Glen Campbell
Exekie Gibson
Teylorsville
County Wide Mail Routes Open For Bids In 1901
The post office department seeks bids for rural mail routes across the county for four years from July 1 1901 to June 30 1905. Bids must be filed by December 4 1900 with the second assistant postmaster general in Washington. Proposals require residence near the route or a pledge to relocate. Paid delivery to all route boxes promised. non town residents may qualify by erecting a suitable box. Routes include Bruce to New Florence, Clarksburg to Indiana, Graft to Seward, Edin to Olivet, and many more with daily or thrice weekly service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Ster
Washington, D. C
Aml
Bruce
New Florence
Clarksburg
Indiana
Seward
Edin
Olivet
Gipsy
Ord
Grant
Coukport
Utah
Dixonville
Tanoma
Oaberg
Marion Center
Heshbon
Hillsdale
Glen Campbell
Huff
Penn Run
Mitchells Mills
Kenwood
Pine Flats
Spruce
Beringer
Tundiana
Smicksburg
Juneau
Canoe Ridge
Leard
Punxeutawney
North Point
Pine Flate
Garmans Mills
Pineton
Rayne
Rossmayne
Georgeville
Smathers
Homer City
Strongstown
Edensburg
Urey
West Lebanon
Lndiana
Quiet wedding seals romance of Buchanan couple
Miss Olive R. Bu chanan of South Mahoning township wed Miles L. Albert of Lee Nebraska in a simple ceremony by Rev. J. M. Cogley. The match began through a matrimonial bureau after a long correspondence of 5000 ripened into love. Albert arrived from the west and the license was issued before the ceremony. The couple plans to return west after the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Buchanan
South Mahoning Township
Olive R
Miles L. Albert
Lee
Neb
J. M. Cogley
Indiana
Far West
Lha
Albert
Society Happenings Highlight Local Events
Attorney and Mrs. D. B. Taylor hosted a Saturday card party for about 25 guests at their South Fifth Street home honoring Dr. and Mrs. Howard Patton of Bronzeville. Over 70 town youths danced Thursday with Kettering's orchestra Greensburg providing music. The Huyghenian Literary Society plans a Saturday meeting in Normal chapel featuring a literary musical program and a farce The Baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Taylor
South Fifth Street
Howard Patton
Bronzeville
Library Hall
Kettering
Greensburg
Huyghenian Literary Society
Normal Chapel
Watery WoW? Watson Bitten By Vicious Dog in West Wheafield
Mark Watson, a surveyor in West Wheafield township, was attacked by a vicious dog last week and bitten on the breast. Dr. Will Simpson cauterized the wound on Saturday and Watson returned to work this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Watson
Town
West Wheafield
Will Simpson
Mari
Fire destroys dwelling at Parkwood in Shelocts
A dwelling at Parkwood owned by Wr. Carnahan, of Shelocts, burned on Wednesday. The house was occupied by his brother Thomas, who reported the loss of numerous household goods. Judge Whiteles ordered the county commissioners to address the nuisance and pursue action against chronic offenders by peremptory measures to curb the issue near county buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkwood
Wr. Carnahan
Thomas
Whiteles
Ehronic
Peraint
Cochran Neil
Trot racing entries and schedules across Pennsylvania towns
A fragment lists horse names and handlers from Greensburg, Kittanning, Butler, Indiana, and Apollo with times and purses for a PA pace trot meet. Names include Daisy McLean, Jemima, Sally Ross, Nellie Moore, and Hall, Owens, Timberlake, Weldin, Shaner, Donshey, Beck, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
H. B. Sipe
Jenners
Jemima
C. J. Jessop
Kittanning
Nellie Moore
H. E. Timberlake
Hall
L. T. Owens
Apollo
Wous la
Lone Potter
H. H. Timberlake
Indiana
Daisy McLean
T.M. Donshey
W.leban
Celia G
H. HB. Weldin
Greensburg
Twilight
C. Beck
Altoons
Sally Ross
H. H. Weldin
Greensbur
Modern Bell
W.lebanon
J. Jessop
Aayack
Indiana Man Appointed Umpire for Congressional Conference
The Republican district conference in Indiana remains deadlocked after five days of balloting. State Chairman Reeder named four additional conferees from Armstrong Jefferson and Westmoreland counties to help break the tie. Umpire A T Moorhead, senior editor of the Progress, was appointed and left Harrisburg for Kittanning to oversee further ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Congressional Conference
Republican Congressional Conference
Reeder
M. Jackson
Armstrong
George J. Felt
J. B. Henderson
Jefferson
H. J. Jordan
Westmoreland
Harrisburg
A. T. Moorhead
The
Progress
Kittanning
Coal Land Sale Expands in Southern County
Clearfield capital partners invest in southern county territory as 3699 acres in West Wheatfield township are taken by McKee and Co. of Clearfield. Squire W. B. Hoskinson secured options on most of the land. Coal field under three veins. Prices range twenty to twenty five dollars per acre. Citations indicate at least seventy thousand dollars to be paid to owners within months. Civil engineers survey land and verify titles before full payment and development begin along a Conemaugh shaft frontage of three miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Canadian Capital
West Wheatfield Township
McKee & Co
Squire W. B. Hoskinson
New Florence
Conemaugh
Elected Pastor at Presbyterian Meeting in Ridley Park
At a Monday congregation meeting Rev. F. Swartz Crawford of Ridley Park was chosen pastor after nine candidates and nine ballots. The call was sent to the new pastor, salary set at $2000 annually, with Rev. Dr. S. W. Miller of Pittsburgh presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
F. Swartz Crawford
Ridley Park
Philadelphia
Crawford
County
Squire A. J. T. Crawford
Rochester Mills
5. W. Miller
Pittsburg
Sabbath School Institute for Town Teachers
A Sabbath school institute for primary and junior teachers will be held tomorrow at 10 30 in the M E church of town. Miss Josephine L Baldwin state primary worker of Pittsburg will conduct the institute. All teachers of town and neighborhood are invited to attend. The program includes supplemental lessons lesson study and round table talks on practical problems. Attendees are asked to bring a basket lunch to be served at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church of Town
Josephine L. Baldwin
Pittsburg
Will of Isaac R Horne Bequeaths Farm and Cash to Daughters
The will of Isaac R Horne, a former prominent Conemaugh township resident who died last March in Carnegie, was filed in Pittsburgh last week. He left his farm in the county and $1,000 in Salisbury borough bonds and notes to daughter Dessie Hadley. To daughter Louisa Anderson he left $3,000 in Apollo Savings Bank, $3,200 in Leechburg Bank, and his watch and chain. The residue of the estate is divided between the two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac R. Horne
Conemaugh Township
Carnegie
Pittsburg
Dessie Hadley
Salisburg
Louisa Anderson
Apollo Sayings Bank
Leechburg Bank
Timber and Mills Burned Near Smithport in Windstorm
Fire swept through a timber tract owned by W. S. Meredith of Punxsutawney near Smithport damaging at least 75 acres of timber and destroying two mills on the site. Gusting winds prevented workers from fighting the blaze. Loss is estimated in the thousands. John R. Swartz of Huff suffered a broken leg above the knee while employed at Latrobe steel works and was taken to Greensburg hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Meredith
Punxsutawney
Smithport
Thia County
John R. Swartz
Huff
County
Latrobe Steel Works
Greensburg
Homer City Man Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement at Trial
In Homer City court week opens with trials on multiple charges. Edward McCracken, a former Pennsylvania Railroad station agent, pleaded guilty to embezzling over 600 dollars from the company. sentence not yet set. Other cases include assaults tied to a Cherryhill church dispute and several jury trials on various indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
Cherryhill Township
Commonwealth
Jesse Kelly
The
Wm. F. Craig
Commonwealth Va
Hannah Craig
Jacob Groft
Edward McCracken
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Guarantee Company
North America
McCracken
Indiana
Frank L. Mentch
F. J. Strayer
H. C. Cameron
F. L. Mentch
Early Morning Fire Destroys Agey Barn in White Township
In White Township a lantern caused a blaze at Mr. J C Agey’s barn during a 4 am windstorm. The structure and all crops including 20 tons of hay 160 dozen wheat 128 oats and 140 rye were lost along with farm implements. Insurance totals mention 3700 for crops 300 for implements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Township
J. C. Agey
Hia
Agey
Miss Mary Huston Dies in China Escape Attempt
Former county resident Miss Mary E. Huston died in China from injuries received while fleeing Boxers during uprisings. Born in Cherryhill township, she was daughter of Harvey Anston. Missionary to Lu Cheng in 1896, she was supported by the Baptist church. Her family later moved to Nebraska and Mobile, Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Mary E. Huston
Cherryhill Township
Harvey Anston
Nebraska
Mobile
Als
Missie
Lu Cheng
Baptist Church
South
Steve Griffith
West Water Street
Huston
No News Increases Fears Of Galveston Flood Loss
A native of the county may have perished in the Galveston storm as death tolls rise to about 7,000 with vast property loss. The city is wrecked and bodies were burned or sunk in the bay. Mrs. Sarah Rhodes, sister of Mrs. C. J. Long, is unaccounted for since the hurricane. A house north of town burned partly after a defective time. Edna Garfield, now at Bethesda Home, recounts a deceiving man who left her behind in Blairsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
C. J.T. Long
Sarah Rhodes
County
Edna Garfield
Bethesda
Pittshore
Blairsville
John Hendricks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Azariah Stetly
Thomas Mabon
Kayne
M. ML Davis
Christian Churches
Indiana County Agricultural Society
Yee
Joe Hunter
Jewell
Kenta
Dive
Rowe
Wryse
Ees Dixon
Cautch
Elshavill Drawn
Sabbath School Institute
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