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McKean County Miner (Newspaper) - April 21, 1904, Smethport, PennsylvaniaMet Harry l. Backus editor twid proprietor official paper the county terms per year vol. Ill. Smethport april 31, no. One killed two injured in Tymy to cars piled up sunday morning. Freight jra1n ran away went at the rate of 60 Miles an hour the Loop de Loop. Brown s body buried ii hours. Fireman Furnest Brown terribly mangled Engineer Crouse und Brake Man Clint Hall. Severely in _ j ured Cara tracks acid _ roadbed demolished. One of the w 01 St Rel Mojid wrecks that d Eicem Letl ,111 this in Imti and by far the inst one die Init Icid it need took Plato it last sunday Niblo Littig on file Mai Mil Creek Dis Iii of Tho Pittsburg Yisaw Siut Northern rail loan Jnet what in As the Hof Civian about fire Miles above Tiibi plact Brebt j5iown the or can ii t was Kilko instantly Cious of Climit. Hull Soi ibus la injured Aud 25 cars were Maui and into a shapeless mass when the Crew saw the Eai Lea lug Tho Tibet. Fireman blown eur Gatei Crouse let s jump for it action followed these nods who was Hill my Dove. Across the cab Aud out on to loft i def Tho Tiam and grouse did likewise and went out on the right Side icon ing a Arnt Iii id Lviv in Jirred Clint Bra Kenui wins about ten cars Back from. The engine and jumped on thu Ugat Side which suet in site although he sustain cd by Ere Btij links which w ill 1 to vim up ii bout time Hia left ankle is Bone in the Smith is i Rae stud his left Arm and shoulder Liis Bachaud both hands arc Protty lame and he Hab a Small Eli ill wound Baek of his Light cur com Letoi and the to Lignian either Rolce or pulled apart at a joint causing the pile up no one cub Tell it happened but appearances indicate that .the.-first., car behind the engine left first and ran into the Bank partially Stopp Ift the train and the following cars piled up m Wery Way. Two big oars of Coal ploughed through a swamp up a Bank Over 20 test High Aud the others were mostly folded up and jammed together Cross Rise on the track _ so closely were they crowded together that the 22 wrecked Par s did not occupy a space of More than six. Car lengths the rails ties and roadbed were completely demolished Tom for took and the Rit i saw one pan of trucks taken out by Tho wrecking car that or Neil into the roadbed full Thieu feet "1 Thole Elof Tho Rii ils. All during tins flight Over tin it Dent frightful Speed every in ii kept at Iii Post and used Floit possible to be t Tho Tronu us Der when the stirs left the track. to pile up Tho nieu sought safety in jumping this or w As Tho Caust of Trio death of Ere Muj Ujj rown for had up n tid tire eng jew m their cab neither one would Boon Hurt out Side of possibly slight bruises Beau by the engine onh lift Tho remaining upright and no cars Weie piled upon it the cars Entile to Oget Hor with Suhi n deaf ii Iii crash that the. Whole it was awakened and the at Kassou wired to snot port Aud Lead Ancien t history. Happening in hike in county in of taken from according to announce meet a j r Leaird opened a Senea of three lectures in the court House comi enc ing on thursday evening last and concluding on saturday night his talk was based on the evils of secret. Booie ties the most of his time was de voted to the abuse of Tho Machic fraternity and the churches which have item their Pale any ministers who be Long to Tho masonic order to had reason to believe from the character . we re a Strumental in getting this 80 Oal Jud Ercus to speak to Tho people that the prop i dec Kiev and respect to the people Aud the pc and if Pei in abuse Aud repro haul epithets and Light Here let us say that to in that it least sonic of the Mou who indic he this Man to come hero did so with quid with u. New of Dong what they be to be almost a duty Consul Thor position of questions of tins kid we believe. Luciy Man has a Light to a opinion on Matij , and if lie Inion tons that pm Lou conscientiously and defends it Man fully we1 Peter Dailey kicked to death body found in Palmer Vickery s livery barn tuesday morning. No one saw the fatal Accident. Probably lying there Tot deemed Unne Ces Tazelt to Dunkirk the people of tins place Ere startled tuesday morning when it became Vown that Peter Dailey had been kicked and trampled to death by horses m the liver a table of Fillmer a insult to tit Diu. To 1 mob. Taken it do Yuesiu m ibium5, vet be hat no Matvei look tin lust degree with out clean from it ills manhood is take from Baird evidently did not luuk Macli of his mail Odd of. He. Would not have along taking the and he. Further says that after of the masons lie entered sever a secret Socie Hes who but a Illian of the deepest Dye Ould repeatedly his.-, head into it hid just escaped the be ginning of Ono lecture he bind that there were some Good men among the Jia soils and in almost. Tic next. Bre Ali nation of Tho conditions of things after his body discus ered found that to Large bin lion kept in the barn Viv out of Tho Box stall and in an Hoise and there was a Halter j ing of Tho floor beneath the s feet almost directly behind this stall or Dii Lej a body v As found with distinct horse some Calk Marks Mph Iii bar Audra bad Bruise on his left the Etc ail Bra Nii ignition by Herman Faust i at the lyceum to night. Porter j will present ver 011 of Faust at he lyceum to night to entire production is liberally staged or White with special scenery apparatus Ach act the Story of Faust is Tho pm Irdi trient of a most romark tilt f hit k un1 its to Middle Ages a hut Tho effect of ooh a production hampered though it stage effects of have. Nee which faithfully believed in Witch raft and actual demo Mai Possession and compacts w Ith in Ono to Are Oberly unable to conceive with Tri Bunols. All Over England Aud i. Garter Beca Iuo Weiri Guowu to our in his business life and was seemed As no inn Stubous and highly killed Man Iii his Liue of an upright icon liable Olmi Acta Howing the greatest Intel Cost pm nest and us nil thing it undertook to do of. Lato. Nuch from heart disease being con wed to his Home daring the past win or whore he passed away quiet on monday night april 18 the fun Oral civic was at the Home at eight a i interment was s of coating Basse thu Weil Oral bruises Oil Eligil i it of his body the Storset of Hie wins on when t Oun let Wab lying of his right Slegle hich goes to show tent lie was Tau dog when to blow. The Youmg Naii Lent in the Baru with in Elf in a that about of 10 o clock just before he Wunt to. Bed., Dpi ilex and called nig Gor Tiki u be this appellation because we e Annot. Learn his right came into and were visiting when he went to sleep and that is the last he mrs. General Tom thumb. The Bol Var says on Tho Way Home other Day the water had a Ink resting talk with mrs Csc Cial Tom thumb he Little ionian nude Fau Ituk by the exploitation of Tho late p. R Barnum mrs. A now ant during lift past Viii to Jias to rough the West with an poof company appearing by twee ii the acts u a special attraction genral them died 21 year ago Hess Minnie wan eur died 20 years ago All of. Our older readers will re Meintje this famous Trioa mrs thumb Al eel Over All the e. World acid been to 33ur Opi tunes the comin sch inner she will . In re sni Iimori gardens of new Ai lactic Ritj her Home is in the. Sul mibs nay America Titi Fjug to Hia of of posts and combinations Ith Arious Niford Turitto thrown of acid an Ink it us held his pc Atavie Mojo qty might luuk himself a Jioie Aetna. Factor in Niau affairs than to in to Flioy inf Tei that to gotten beyond a Tiit but Liuigi Iii nature does not la Tibt is at Canoe Law a 8 a Laius new Marib still the. Iron r a High if still a seek As to Beni by Supei Natieal influence so now by Noana if tues Polly spiritual Sui and. What not o a Capo from Tjio narrow he Nail know Omlga Aucul Endeavor to attain Arcade k y Tho Rev the innermost borne of. Hings tip i who Thor Siide r the Liaa a Slud knew he Wos after the trusted that and no. Mas Oil should be could under Bonds to the peace 1 his friends should Call Hun consistency not rever end. He denounced Bishop strap spa As a Mason and assured his hearers that Washington belonged to the Der Washington was a Mason and was made oho at a Fredericksburg Virginia the proof of which we can demonstrate to tie satisfaction of Lahy one tils death being heart disease. Mud is de by a wife and o Little daughters besides his parents and other relatives he is spoken of a a Honor Lor who is the be urinary of that Able and trustworthy Yogi big had m my friends both among his fellow workmen and in St Hays where he resided Hia inti Ilius were taken to St. S Foi burial the wrecked Tram left Fet marys at 10 o clock saturday right with. Sis loaded cab m change of conductor Charles Liis Placo and Uro Uyuki grouse Tjw Mau of the run my Hen they St 11 Ted the Hill this Side of Clermont to nought i to place m As watching a horse of a neighbor snide Lily he asked s getting a Iii Baru floor where he expired in a few Inin or Lylei wis on prof the old and i there nearly All Iii lie an upright Aud i Aii. Always ready to assist his fellow and. He greatly y it Jarge and i lends he is Surv neet by a aged wife and several children at West us if. A his Reiha ius were on thursday of. Las week doctors and. Crossmire performed a. Very Fine surgical operation on Edward a Liaberi of Recto tug. Sixty two Tuniors. From n is. the. Tutors were All located on one Side of Hia neck Ami the largest ones Wero nearly 39 Large As one s fist the patient is said to be rapidly recovering the Blacksmith shop of sir. Amasa Tyler in Farmer s Valley was entirely consume i by Flie night of last the tools and every Art Cle within the nil Dir Elest Foyed the Causa of tie fire is Nii Guowu. Ehtor s. Sote. Through Tho mining of two articles in this con my last week the obituary of George k Backus read most ridiculously the closing paragraphs should Fen Das follows deceased leaves Aud and that when reached a steepest p it Ottke Grade i air became exhausted and allowed the by Akes. To slate ii Liui i Ort Wheir they were needed Hie Engineer whistled Foi Tho a Jud Bralic a and the including the out. On the Tram and Laid their Best to set Eirouth to lid. Train but without Success and this monstrous train sped around Sra up curses Pihrt Dowie the Sharp Grade Between Cion Niit and. at Tho of Over a Mutt a minute and of Down the two Eom Parat vuly level truck. Sintil they struck the. Slight curve just above the Hoffman Cut. A this Poi Iii it is a rail Bui theatre excursion for. Dub Fry Nuur. R. To will on monday. Lira sell round Tnp to ads irom Smith port to Bradford for shoo Good Spius on p. A. To Ain on Speri in show to Uii be u maj Smo Hyort it a Couitt of mrs. Leslie Garter Nihil her original comp buy in david1.biilascq d famous play Rytti pre shiite new body Ivas Jinn says Dailey wa3 to sleep so the general supposition is that some time after Midnight Dailey heard a noise Down whore the. Horses. Are kept and w Hile trying to get the horses Back in their i docs he received the fatal won there Are others who Are of the opinion that Jim knows More of the Accident Titan he admits but even those do not think that to was Svay responsible for Bailey s death. Coroner Hall of Bradford was notified but after being told of the cilium Slanova did not consider an inquest necessary the body was removed to Basse s taking rooms and prepared for burial and tuesday evening the remains were taken to Bradford Enro Ute for Dunkirk his former Homo where the. Funeral take place the deceased was about 60 years of ago and has been employed in livery stables , nearly All the Timi for the past 18 years As h familiarly called was of Colleyl horseman and a valuable Man to livery he was always Good natured Afie obliging and. He Thad. Many friends in this Section w to w ill deeply feel i terrible death. Is. Sir Ned by hi3 parents and Ono brother j c Dailey of Dunkirk and Jau othe of Audave understand he als leaves one or two Sisters the l end of his second year in West Point soon be i i.1___ji._ any of his treat vacation Ipa Ted great sorrow a Ala Cquiston Mccoy. Seal Coli Ufa Coniston of Junta Vera Cruz Mei. And miss a lies Mccoy of snit port pen a wer married monday april the of St. Mar episcopal Church miss 3iecoy accompanied f f of the East by h Mother and or j r being met at san Antonio by the the Colori Ido. Daily Ceuta Al talk Yonoff coup to will leave mini Didi course of i of the a. Feeling pit Obi Tarj Motufa he seen but Little among tallow for two weeks entirely co Fumo d to his bed he was a mail of. Noble impulses -.frank, cordial generous and Able. In Public will consist of laches _ smoker of Ted at Bradford win returning leave Bradford at 12 o clock. For mixer. Off stirs Jio has conspicuous Chrohis ability and Jia Culiar Force of character in Bis death not Black Ford then n on the Alao Date alone bit the entire county loses Ono m its inst Valun Blo Citron Good Driy Iii or work horse with de livery Wagon sleighs and a Ruetz. J. 0. By for Southern motion where or. Lla Quiston is eng ired m tropical nor ice daily notice to advertisers. All advertisers a Linold remember tha changes of must r a c this office knot later than 1 p. In o tucs Daj in order to appear in the of lowing Jisuo of Tho Mim r to strict la Onforio this Rule so it would w Oll this whore the and Mau can see it Are you thinking of painting Doii to forge Cihat Oarr a Complete Lino of paints Load j. Varr Tishri Knob her time their she is Seiv or Ivor tastes acid like Collette costumes Fot or Ucucu she that it in annoying to in to the count in Foi Imp iat. People Are impudent Ami almost Rample Over her in their Eilerts. the dear both station in. Chicago Roidis of curious people jostled be v about Hei tha the Hud trouble to Nake Way to the train in appearance mrs. Thumb bears her lightly not a Gray hair in her head and All the enthusiasm of a child he resembles in. Size the average five girl and her voice is a Culiar not wit i a shrill tone he wore a Damtry Little Seal skin coat that touched Tho floor Auel arge dressed up doll More than any thing Lee. In her travels about the country trs. Thumb is Saccom partied by her Sec a Ridget. When Narried the second time she retail fed Siena meow her first husband and to and her friends she is. Still re general Tom if Nib boy killed by cars. Andrew Ross aged 10 years Kille d in Bradford tuesday morning by being run Over by a a r p freight a the Star says floss with some other Boya had climbed onto thei top 61 with Pai acid was Eugalee u throwing pieces of Coal off the car along the track at the North Siree name of Faust Rome thus tit ii or what Stover Lave Aud so ill this sense i aunt May still to Sousi died True for us Ami adv Lys ill Lemon True democratic state convention a ruins big Dispa Teti dated april i a says tha demo sciatic slate con Whit i held Heio today refused to a shut file National Dile Gates Sioui penury a Ania to i Ole for he nomination of Awuou b Parker of for Freak dust. Will go to so Louis Aud w ill be bound by the unit Rule an attempt was it Tell at Tho me Cheing. Of tiie resolutions eos Smittee of the Cou Venetiou to Menil i1 o Liffor sub is n i i of id i Mia a u l Pina gum tiie is w judge Parley if fail d and ii i i Hamm Only Ade pied Coin anti ii this time b limit 1 Thompson of Lula Delphua by ice la lation Foi Justice to n Imbt of Tor thu full turn of 1 f in. He is at Pri seut a Mcmair of. Lia supreme Point by of Tov his comic Mission Spires next Jaguar at arge to the National convention Are col j. K. P. Hall Robert e. Pattison and Kohnert e. Wright the National de gites and lectors chosen 05 Tho delegates from lie Wotli and 2sa districts Aie contested contests w Ere Reft i d to a e Imit be to be appointed b Gnu Yimau Hall chairman Hall will he be eld cd to Brrow by a lie state committee at its Nyual arrested under truant act. The Coudersport Enterprise says beside its of pleasant Talley toss ship n. The neighbourhood , Are con i Debly excited Over tiie school diff Julty which resulted m the arrest and Mari Soumet for three Days in Tho noun y jail of i a Miller a to do and ulily respected citizen of that Section who in charged with Tho lol Tiou of the truant act or. Miller objected to the teacher in charge of his District school mrs e m Barber claiming that she was incompetent Aud otherwise object Idu Able to him and refused to Bend his Shil Dreu to her for these Reaboun he was prosecuted and fined and refused to ram Aud Blip Poa Aud fell Between twi cars three cars and the caboose posset Over his body. Persons who witnessed the Accident hurried to the track and picked up the remains of the dead boy his body i most Horny la mutilated i head an shoulders had Boon severe from reminder of his body and Laid on the East the. Track with the Trun and lower limbs the clothing had All Bem torn Oft the Hod and pieces of cloth Aud flesh strewn along the track for quite a , she was almost frantic with grief. So hugged Aiice kissed the remains of the name go excited it. R Tho father of the lad i also i grief the remains Wero Nuen to Fin Uii Dex faking room and prepared for burial Coroner Hall was a tilled but-did1 in Eleein an . Educational convention. Of May an educational convention will be. Held in this Borough and cup Otid that it will to Laignel Aitel ded inn teachers Ami Ili rectors schools of Northwestern Anil now York frill in this Pav the lilies lived he was right in bib Contention in consequence be was brought to Cou b the countable Aud Spant three Days in the county jail when Wab liberated being a Man of High ind fully Able to sustain be nit Itter lest there coming to Laboc saturday he i Tut d proceedings against r Elj j v mile s fessed ii and charging them w Ith false imprisonment acid. Conspiracy.1 the papers tire Tiow Iii tiie hands of Tho sheriff. Zens a Long a hot time before the matter is finally settled. Move arid Iii ooh Good is expected from meeting Etters Temai intr Iii Tho Post office at Smethport for f he w Eek ending april 18, 1004 or. 11. , a beep Tull to e persons calling for those buy a ent to this Doad Lotter office two weeks from Date of advertising pc. , postmaster Chadwick s orchestra. This organization s solicits All kinds of Par Tim receptions dinners Oto. For hernia apply to John a manager Smethport piano furnished when requited

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