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McKean County Miner (Newspaper) - August 25, 1904, Smethport, PennsylvaniaA v.-. Annoy Harry l. Backus editor and proprietor official paper of the county terms per year vol. Ali. Smethport pa., thursday aug. 25, 1904. No. 33 Smethport wins a couple More Defeated Eldred tuesday and port Allegany Friday lost to Kane yesterday 15 to 3 port ame Gany awarded the disputed Talent arts general base Ball news. Smethport Jewett part hued a Olf t3i won 6 8 1 a 4 per. Cent. Shi ,500 133 15, Smriti out i Suketu jux t Mot at Hie hands of the Kane Visti Rudny by a score of to 3 Ruhe county beat not put up the game1 of Waluch they mrs Jonas earned As the Mink As noted it tubal item Seonie Oulu tins beef men Tjon of the Frame can been first few innings appeared lifeless Pom pared to the Ginger. Displayed by their opponents Smethport t scored Ono in the second inning pit Taco errors hit. In the fourth after Mccabe had been retired Scott to stud Holine Tom Youngf lambasted the Ball for two bases. Still followed with a single and Young scored the Only earned run of Che game Stull stole second. Denning made first on Ansboro b error. Mcclure popped it Fly to Fulton threw w lid to Sec oud Andis Tull scored Doun Nir taking third on the and Tull hit safely and Daniels flew a pass to first. With the bases full big Mike Keefer swatted the Pill hid enough to clean them and reach second on the hit him self. He scored a few1 minutes later in an enor and hit torn Young made his second appearance for the inning1 and on a seven or Iii and sey Eit hits w a s sme Liport b share of this inning port made one in its Liaf on Studli olme reaching . Stealing second and coining Home on b passed Ball and an in 01 port made two More in the sixth Oil Smi the Point it Eldred 0 a fair sized crowd Nei edut Kline yield tuesday after upon nud the locals App the Whitewash m Luige robs to the Eldred Angels the Weie late in Arving in Smethport and it was about Faniro clock when the game wis shifted the Smethport Hiie up did not look Ery formidable but it As tie goods All Light All right All if Jar the Eldred players Are Petit Lineu a ontes m Fenie Liport k with two Eldred Iii ii on bases in the first inning and out Denning fanned the next two men Darnell started the scoring for Smethport in the first. He was hit took second on came Home on. An1 error. Denning made the Pound trip in the second. In the of err. Prs backed up hits added four More to the local three bases on balls and along with Home weird work by the Angels was. A. Combi nation produced six rang inthe fifth in the sixth Keefer made one right off he we the flirt Man up and plastered the first one pitched for a Home run. The Ball sailed Sway Over f first one Over this season. This was the Only earned run moored. Smethport counted once in the seventh times in the eighth Mak ing. The total 37. Armstrong with ont made a hit in the thirds but was unable to. Get beyond first base As the nest two were efts Youtsy in the fourth Traynor got itt baud to third error. Bernard also reached second in that a neg Bat Sharp work prevented a in the ninth Jessup. Drew a pass to first and went to second on. A. Passed Hall Slack drove a grounder to Tail to made a Bluff at throwing to just but turned around and nipped Jessup s of third Good in ten n. Hit off. Cult o hits and two errors and a of them their in the tenth still and counted in the seventh Bathe latter s hit and Mccabe nude the circuit in the eighth on a Choice Aud error. Smethport made o More m the ninth torn hits two men hit by Pitcher Aud a passed Ball doing the business although Smethport made eight errors they came . As a general thing and of disastrous. Mccabe Young and Denning deserve Spet Lal mention Foi their All around a Good Woik for Porc Allegan Ains Boio was certainly the Candy kid Date at Austin saturday last on account of rain. Young Pitcher vhf y is twirling great Ball this season Coiner will., and ids Merical howls. Of it. It Ewett quitters and papers result in. Beating Sinet port ont of. Other fairly won game Smethport has accomplished the feat of shutting pit All the other Teacup in the arid port Allegany 8-0. Doubles who pitched for Kane and suite port last season Defeated some of hold mates at Kane one Day last he in pitching for Sharon Smethport plus a league game with Jewett at Hie latter town to i Darrow afternoon this game takes the Pla e of the one formerly Sci Edued for aug. 80 i it begins to look As though the Only was the other league teams can beat Strait port is to get mad at the minute quit the Gaum and then protest it of Paraza Gazam i be big Battle on at port Arthur. To dispatches eng i fighting is going on. Around port Arth or and. The anal Awault upon that stronghold j8 imminent these report Are in no Way substantiated As All japanese official channels of in formation remain closed. There is Little doubt but. That terrific Battle is Ili pro Gross Aud the loss on both sides is a log residents of Tokio Are Decora Ting their Homes and places of business and erecting Arches. In the streets to. Celebrate of. Arthur 3 thu Keimig news this afternoon published a Dis Patch from Che Foo in Troi to Day s Date Daunou using to Attlio japanese captured chair of the Arthur de fun is yesterday after a tremendous attack. The news dispatch from the of the iture of its Hen or test Shin know is ets Shau according to the maps of poit Vit Hui is almost m the Bunin , it Jewett opponent at Kane Field tuesday this ill be the last Ita Guo game7 be Een teams this season Aud As they occupy the Pori Zinent positions in Trio Loi Ikue race a big. Crowd should on Laud to witness tie. Concluding Strug file prey. sail tuesday a Ltd. Tot. Been notified of the of from the it is Ftfe to up report or Tii True tint that nil it out until. The end tide of base Bill it Liis Bat. Five times at Bat but did not score him self nor assist anyone else to score which is hard Luok. Aty Keefer. Lit Mcgabe 8b defining to 1 1 0 a 8 0 2 o. 8 2. A is 2 -2 6 1, z 1 310 ans brew 2d Rowley u or Timon o Scott 8d Bra Holme lit Sherwood if .15 a b t 0 6 0 o o o l o 10 18.27 13 i. .2 by Ellport. Port Allegany t -12 10 0 7 0.0 81 0 i d 21 stolen tails Dsniel Keef a till 2, Denning on study onto Lehman. Bases on denying 1, fill ton 4 two Bast Keefer. Passed i Lomori 1. Hit by 2, Danl Bla frogs a crabs 7 the base Ball aggregation of the crab do Vii from their Camp on Daly by opt and tested titles with the. It vinous frogs at Kaae Field yesterday the game Yas hotly con tested Start to Knish Aud end of the eighth Liming the score to 7 recording Prog Redfield Cap support. Deserved. By. Thu or How they. Stand the last two games Lii Ivo made Viany changes in the standing the cabe Tell Keef or Young and Denning Coutino to batting aver Ages standing up to aug 34 Bettisq. Player Estry Stull my Catbe i Daniel s Keef or Lull Andrews Denning tonne Puller King Cro Ribaut Colmo Ramer player stall f Kaefer la Daniels 3b-ss croissant in a Denning of to genre f-2b Yonnglb-2b mcoabe3b-p Fuller p Estry Andrews lbs King ss-lb-2b Ramer ave 400 .971 .801 .801 .849 .848 .458 .827 .820 .188 .129 Aye my .925 .920 875 .875 833 .837 .812 .700 7bo .760 70s Smethport Andrews . Keefer 1st Mccabe 3d Dennig King ii s Katry 24 Al Coloro of total armb Troni Bavens 2 Llewellyn of Traynor to Jessop p Black Bernard Ostins a total Smeton porec Eldred next two and it be. E had not Eli Field Daj at third f his chances being very dim lib Espiry. Made his first appear it looks As though the second Ilem was solved. Captain Tull lie last he 1 my. Several trip to left tie visitors backs were lame no after his. Floaters. For . Made a complo of the Teani and presi seemed to realize tha to put a Stop to. The prank no loved Brit three ends ac6 Liim in the i fee afield s. Go edit Chat of Tho Willow the crabs r was Start face the for Sec two Frog sphere car out into Tho Bell leaped gleefully Oye Victory. A. Left Field Bernard Good game at first orb flu ours Jet a to a ,1 of "521101 513030 2 3 0 in 2 i arabs were great their defeat and. It that another game will 1 for a purse a supper or that sort. Id 131421 up 481010 421000 502121 1 .-.0 0o Orf 1 0 -9 0 0 i Jess works the bottle factory Woi team composed of Windo 88 17. 11 z7 10 majority. Of to 401000 4-lst 401513 ii j 0 -3 0 to i 0 1 0 0 1 s 0 0 0 s s 4 0. 0 .9. 4 1 lst-2d-. 4-0 -1 1 to 3d Liss the have present at the game but can to Given. A Hng ing for the window Glas Marshall. Kicfer Langh and Maurice Mccabe i league games to be aug. Smethport at it Jowett. Aug. 28, port Allegany a Eldre d. 30, lit. Jewett at Smethport. Sopt. Augany sept. 7, port Allegany. At sine Hyort. Jewett at Eldred. Sept. 14, Eldred at Smethport sept. .15, port Allegany at it Jewett pet 20, feet Niport at Eldred lit. Jewett at1 pore. Ailed any Ornis one defending poit Arthur from is Only about a mile acid a half a of spies a Noinin Anding to and is probably Only second in in Poi to tie Golden his forts it was announced from Che Foo monday to jul the a Pauesi had swept the rib sums from Pigeon Bay and had Cap tured the. Northernmost fort. Of. The West Ern line of Iii or. Defences at port. A thur Etse Alfau fort is due East of the Noi thei n part of Pigeon Bay and Uia be a eluded As the Northern Foit of the Western line. Of inner defences though a.ihs2 Shan Ini Btu Tabhan foit5 might classed As the nor tue Rhost fort of Western Liziie of at port Arthur. Baseball arguments the .-. Jewett news gives another Ltaif column of talk a but that protested Ball ii Iii and removes. All such talk by admitting. That the editor was at the game. In winding up a lot of rehash he triumphantly says who would play two innings with an Umpire that would reverse Bis. Am id answer we will say that Smethport Haa done this at it. Jewett. In one of our games Liera Thig season it. Jowett s Umpire changed s. Decision when we protested and we game and did not make any particular howl non it either if it. Jewett had really thought they were getting the worst of the decisions and wore not looking for a Chance to kick instead of playing Ball Why did they put in the second Umpire when saw the first signs of favouritism toward the Home team they had perfect right to do this and to e fact Tea they did not make All kicks look Flimsy to baseball fans the contested game Between for Allegany and Smethport was awarded Allegany by the committee Las wednesday or thursday on the Umpire Section 6 6 Rule 54. Although we do not think Thi Ruly covers the play in question. No sick to make because snit port not Repie Senttie at the hearing of Only complaints uni Pire Neve received. Any notice of the time feb s6 1 4 0 p of o of. 0 12 s. Stolen , Denn Irig to King struck Denning 7, Tull o Jessup 9 basis on balls off Tttll-1 Jessup 7. Passed Daniels 3 orderly As a Republican National convention. Port seemed stored that they be beaten before the ands their work of Sain Porter. For the bottle workers. These players All covered. Themselves several inches thick with glory As did most the Oiler participants the line of the teams follow Greo Usi 2b Janette Witherbee la Currau 1. Pancoast r. F. Malone b. Of j Whilden 8b. Window Glass ,.c Sugg a Carey Hunter Camp and Stevenson 8b Johnson and Drews f. 1. F. Estry a f. By innings bottle workers 0 8. 7 5 0 window g. A 6 0 0 s -8 1 . B Shomo representing the ban Ner books Library wit i Headquarters at Pynx Stawney has established a Branch excellent institution in. Smith port at l. K. Hogarth s drug store. Members club in this place Are profuse in their praises of the great scope of Reading matter embraced by the Library a neat Book Case containing about 100 volumes has been. Installed in or Hogarth s store and once per month the assortment a changed once member you Are enabled to secure an work of science history fiction etc., very cation. The aggregate Cost for life them Heirship is Tonly and a Small fee where a new Book is cer Tamly a Boon to readers of any class Good literature if you wish to be come a member Call on l. K Hogarth severely burned. A Driller employed on the Barnsdall lease at Maple Bun , was terribly burned about the face and body on Friday afternoon of last the Drill struck a. Large pocket of Gas which ignited in the Der or. Mesa in attempted to save , As he supposed the Rig would turn but fortunately snapped and the Jar. Of. The., tools eating sighed the Gas Brit not until Mccann s clothing nearly burned off him. The attending physician says he never saw a publican hearing Iid did not know Oft until the Friday following a notice Watt i on the Back of a letter in regard to Reg iterations was to manager Colt Grove but lie overlooked the same unt contested Gate was decider therefore we Are As strongly of the opinion As. Ever that the umpire1 b de right bit there is nothing to kicking now. Death of Farsi Mccabe. Mary wife of . Morabe died a the Home of parents or. And sirs hichae.1 Woods 18s tit 5 evening mrs. Mcnabo had been a sufferer durin the past eight Mouths from a comp Ca Tion of ailments acid for some death had been expected. She was 3 Texas Lead burs. Pro in Prea Defit of the Boli baseball the Smethport could not tilt Good baby Carriage for Sale cited bargain for particulars inquire of William Mon helmet dynamite Ani Fine Oon Dantly on hand at years old and had lived in Bradford i past 16. Years. Survive by. Her husband Ristp h. Geise i l. Jao Liri i the misses Kose. An Helena Woods of this City and Frank j Woods. Of kans and Stephel y. Woo of Bradford. The deceased was a Mem Ber l. C. A a funeral w by. Held on thursday. Mrs. Mccabe was a most lovable an estimable Young woman whose Utitia by death is mourned sincerely by Man friends the sorrowing husband an relatives have the sympathy of the com Kinnity in the loss which they tuesday s Bradford Era. The deceased was the of Jaines b. Mccabe Andrew. Mcgabe and a. Former Smethport boy Ancien f history. Happening in Rickman Bounty in Days of old taken from the fifes. Smethport has new ass enjoyed the i diet Inland Towo. Of today morning she was suddenly and unexpectedly to Many transposed into Busy Railroad a Many have been e projects Dit cassed Tor opening Eom us tuition by rail with the great world uts do us Many Hugo Tseh the Bright ipes raised by. The in Peru Ous Railroad companies with High build Iii names Only to be. Class Etc to e ground when the fulfilling of those Roises a nine to hand until our e became painfully Cogut unit of the uth of the adage that Hope Oft de red m Kieth the heart no l the gentlemen having Coutil of Tho Cuifalo and , nnx1 Conios g the Buffalo Coal company tuned Cir attention to the unbounded re truces of this Cou Ufa in in Neial de determined to invest their obey in Coal land Sigud build a .Io ring the. Product of their i mils. it has there been aug Thiu Sloue in to a of pm droid building Flat has Phila Al Oid that the b it y m a inking the Raug the a Mck Ciui. Coal Fields the Road Lias need to prov of such Mutual to to Iliff and tins to nuts that it it bit which defect the Moke an but Ilo acting Asao important Bianch Wil end ninth to remedy a Little i a j ii ago a arty of a Mug Eug meet at the m Ance or Geo Auto with the permission of the Hes Bis Weining Coin fenced prospecting for Coal upon the ind owned by the latter gentlemen on 3uuker Hill after a thorough vesti Aton they. Vere so Well satisfied of the Alue of the Coal deposits that in sep another negro lynched. A Cedartown a dispatch dated aug. Ays Jim Glover a negro a company with a capital of was formed an immense tract of land secured1, and the laying of line for a Road to Corine by. With the b. To to at the weather in the fall was open and favor ble to work on the Road until very late and the work was vigorously prosecuted. When the Winter in the weather was so extremely cold that work was impeded very much but there was no com. Cessation. As Spring opened it win discovered that the severe frosts of last Winter had played havoc with the new y constructed Road delaying very Inch the completion of the Road. As he work approached completion the Pii Blic Haa naturally and restive under the apparent Tardin Eai of he company in opening it to the Public but they had very determined o have the Road All finished and in Good order before submitting it to Public use and the 15fch ihfife., was. First it As the time of opening but not being n entire readiness at that time it was postponed and it. Was thought lest hot to begin business until july 1st. 3dt it was. Finally concluded Rit a late Friday to open up on monday of this week the preparatory arrange me rits were hastily made and on Man at 4 o Clochi the. First Regn a passed Ger. Train to Rabee. Passed . Six trains Laily this place already a new met Iirvin seems percept ble in the atmosphere oink people step firmer. And. In themselves and the future the work a building the Road has been. A comr Ali bed 1% shout any bluster nud As it is one of the. Best built and. Equip of a roads in the country we Are not doubtful that it will one of the Best paying ones snit port is at last out of the praised for that. Tomse average my 90 per cent at the school examinations june 4th, 1875, 5pere Mary Evaline Forsythe Wimnie Glenn Fannie Rogeis Lucy Rogers Orpha Starks Ethel Arm Strong Nellie Ivan Tinapp Harry. Wlllie Leo. Knapp Kate Bells Lyman Mary Hamlin Aline Hamm Addie Brownell ratio Mullin ainu Wright Thomas William Lavery. Mary Sartwell Ezra Taylor was. Shot to death to night near the Home of the White girl he had assaulted and 3us body dragged a distance of about a mile into this City and burned at the stake on the Public of Quaro. A mob estimated Jet 500, composed the shooting and burning p my the crime for which the negro was thus punished w As that of committing criminal assault upon ii via Reeves the 1.1 year old daughter of a Farmer. The True Story of the crime is the most olt up that had Evor been Given to the Public from to lib immediate Sec Tion of the country after the Little girl had protected the Lief Ixo from the attack of a Large dog of died by her father he followed her to the pasture where she was. Taking a cow caught her choked Lier to and left her bleeding and unconscious in a Corn Field tins occurred Early morning bloodhounds have been on the track an Day and he at captured some d sauce away late this afternoon car ried to the Home of the Gul who untie is Tat Mglej identified him As her in Theonea Litimo a crowd of full 600 persons had Tice meted out to the negro As soon As it w As Learned hint the. 3 Nimg girl had positively identified to alight Man. The repro confessed his Guj Ilsc immediately Ihen crowd took him away from the pose Inch had cup ured him and ins body w As riddled Vith bullets Theo Ovid continued to rather and when the March Back to to e town with the Dea i body in Tow n it appeared is if fully Pei Bons had joined the Pioci bion by the time the Trow d had reached a Cav town several Hundred More had been added to the crowd. Witnessed the Burn ing As Hebb they could in the Bright Moonlight on the most place on. Main Street. The Dilger Cornell company. The reorganized. Pilger Cornell com two performances at. The lyceum Friday and saturday evenings they were greeted with crowded houses both nights. Several members of the company had Inot Learned their lines and As a consequence the performances were not As smooth As they will be later to the season. R Friday night was Amateur night and Ruth Voorhees of Oleate who Oon ple of songs was awarded first prise. De Hungerford a Clever ittle Frome. Neat dancing and was awarded. Second1 prize. The w. Margarete John son and baby Beatrice were Good fact the show is Well Worth. Tie admission charged but the company is not strengthened by the members. On in a no. The christening. A , Petersburg dispatch a 24, in this morning s Era says the christening of the heir to the russian throne occurred this at the cling by of thl with in a procession of piled coaches accompanied the infant pro us Froid the Alexandria Villa to Tho Church alter the Metio Pottin of St a d the Sanra meet to the Hei r the emperor invested the latter with the of the order of St Andiew. thereafter the ringing. Of Chui Cli balls acid the fir ing of 101 gnus announced the Raniele Tiou of the ceremony Empress left her bed yesterday for the first time since the b Orthof her son. Both she and the infant Are in excellent health. The i Emir pounds death of the roil Colegrove. Theron Colegrove died at his Home in Weston w. A on sunday last after a lingering illness he was aged 54 years 4 months and 14 Days the. Subject of this born in Norwich township this county Oil april 7, i860, resided in this Vicin Ity years ago. When Fie moved to West Virginia he is survived by a wife five children two j bar than Aud Bela of this place and one for Sale cheap. One Nice driving two carriages one Light driving and two single harnesses Robes and blankets one pair Light dickies i one Outter one Oak dining table Ope oat bedroom suit one conch one Range Burns Gas Obal or Wood. For particulars inquire of John you mini Over Haf Ner g store. Smethport a. 3 sub Tice for the Frank Addie Sheldon James Simmons Wilber burls game Tommy Glenn Adda begs Josafe Stanley Nel lie Pratt Altie Irons no of pupils in attendance 84. M. To Bibb teacher. H. A eed Fieldon the Mercial wife and ate spend a few weeks in town. Our Frie Iid Llewellyn has accepted a situation in store at Hamlin station Success to him the return of miss kate.-. Freeman tending school was tin of. A visit from Lier friends last saturday evening. All had i Good time the residence of the Bride s Fathor a e. Oha Dafick tuesday evening june 15, 1876, by Hev. L. A. Stevens of Olean n. Y., m. L. Arnist Roveand Alico e. Clad Wick of Smethport. Lawn swings and settee Lota of com fort for Little Price. Holm it Milf Lalab. Low prices. Call and see them Dias. Bister mrs of Crosby. Or. Cgl6groye. Was a member of the a. O of w. Lodge no 183, of the place. Of strict integrity. And he will be greatly missed by his Fela a Large Circle of friends ii this Vicinity wanted. Two Girte for general. Gool wages and ii ice Home. For1 Ticu hrs apply to or address mrp. We. Mckeown Alton a. Buckboard a and wagons Wii make Call at of Sho i Ruboni on Cohan in Street and examine them. Holm Westbrook Academy is " of the oldest Aud most reliable of. The country it established in 1883, and has hands. a Large Stock of trunks soit Caserl and travelling bags at my Tuimal screen door and windows to fit any opening. and

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