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McKean County Miner (Newspaper) - February 21, 1896, Smethport, Pennsylvania4 lumberyard do know that holies Gil Ellafi have the finest and most com plete Stock of All kinds of building materials Hoo Rouw. A and red Cedar Moo Moo. Two of our Washington red Cedar Are without doubt the Best Hasting shingles Ever sold anywhere. We have everything you can possibly want to build Lith in Stock in All grades. Come and see us. We Are Al ways glad to show our goods. Prescriptions should be carefully filled. Do you know that . Armstrong co make a specially of this line. Pure dru03 is another essential feature in compounding prescriptions. You will find us Headquarters for any thing in this line. Patent medicines toilet articles fancy goods Etc. Of 1896 new Spring goods 1896 the new goods for Spring Are now in and we Are prepared to show you some very pretty styles in dress goods silk Waist patterns and trimming Silks Etc also a Lovely embroideries in great variety. Ladies ready made wrappers and an elegant assortment of shirt waists. Drop in and see our new line of stylish shoes and slippers wonderfully cheap. Comis and see our new goods. Mrs. T. D. Nash. Rearing Havana now in close touch with army of Gomez. Das j03s r oboes at any time. Cocos maintains a fun Cave attitude Wale i my Ano Beff Darla he of a Battle. Havana. Fob Macco la fairly of than the province of Havana and is East of the a Tebano troche and if he has not joined with Maximo Gomez he la in a position to do so when he pleased. Largo forces of insurgents Are also with in reach in Matanzas province where they arc overrunning the country and doing i buy All my goods for Cash and save myl Dis counts. I sell for Cash and have no bad debts consequently can and do sell at lower prices than those who do a credit business. To prove this Call at my store and note prices. No offence if you do not Purchase. New goods received daily. Best assorted Stock in the county. C. Tto Toig. The exact whereabouts of Maximo go Mez is not known a to has not led any Largo aggressive movements for some time past. He poems to have lapsed into a condition of seeming apathy like that which characterized his stay in puerto Principe while Antonio Maceo Una waging an in ergot a Campaign in Santiago de Cuba As that period of seeming apathy on Gomez s part terminated with bin irruption into Santa Clara and his dashing Anarch Westward almost to Tho Gator of Havana showing How he Hod been in making effective preparations Tho an thormities do not allow themselves to count much upon Hla present quietude. Tho last reported of Gomez he was in the neighbourhood of san Antonio de vegas a let to West of the Center of Vana province. J Antonio Maceo. With his Largo following girls cremated t flames in a shirt Waist fac tory at Troy n. Ait awful a of foe life. Women prom High. Win Down to certain death. _ my. Foley. Widow totter window than to the of within her grasp when went whirling Down to Sho the Fin mum and poll a worked Toos and to to nor Energy saving of we. At least a Down women and girls Woro carried Down too his tand together with ten Woof my roast cart lilo were attacked at that town by a column of troops be Jairn. Ond an of some importance ensued. J colonel Scafura. In his off Cal report relates that his forces took town and the who retreated to a Hill at Culebra leaving 12 dead besides 71 horses arms and a Quantity of ammunition. They also carried off no wounded. The Spanish authorities hero comment upon Antonio Macro s or turn to Havana province by stating that he came with men from the Eastern pro Vleo and that he has returned Artim Pinar Del Kio or Ltd about too Xvi of if to in pm nor Del Rio Thoy say these Fig unit prove that i sustained a great loss while in that province. Beecher Fuller wedding. Of chief Jln Taco Fuller a m Maff Klo feb. Most Dis i Erc it of Switson hero was thai Imir Riak at cat Crint mar ten Fuller daughter of cd two jus Tice and mrs. Fuller to Theodore Smith j . A lawyer of Buffalo. It wa.4 Bolom Nudd at St. Which was profusely adorned with j f us Palms other potted j Calla la Lioa placed on the altar and near the cobs were great j i tors of Plisik bridesmaid roses. J the Church was filled with prominent i Percsi Zient and Cleveland i j vice president Swenson. Mafla Julia Stevenson and mis ies Lutilla and Julia i i Scott Stevenson Secretary and mrs. Car i Hale arriving before Tho bridal party j the Ushera were or. H. H. Haskell of Massachusetts or. Wella of Detroit Nathan Clifford of Portland and George i Keating of Buffalo. _ the bridal choral from Lohengrin announced the approach of the bridal party. The Ushers led the Way to Tho altar Fol Lowed by Tho bridesmaids Sutra of the Bride mrs. Pauline Ambrey and Tea Jane Fuller. Mus Fanny Fuller Tho youngest daughter of Tho household was maid of Honor and directly preceded the Bride. The bridegroom attended by Richard Ware of Boston. Mesa Fuller waa escorted by chief jus Tice Fuller. Rev. Or. Mao Kay Smith Reo Tor of Tho Church per Onset the marriage service us sied by Rov. Daniel Weston Uncle of chief Justice Fuller. Tho cd Lef Justice gave his daughter away ending his portion of the sort co with an affectionate Klea. At the conclusion of Tho service a Roep Lon was Given of Tho resold Orion of Tho redo Al parents after which the Bride and Groom started on a trip. They will reside i Buffalo. Among those present were Secretary and Ain Olney the French ambassador and mme. Pat notre. Secretary and Mew mor ton attorney general and mra. Harmon Ustico and Are. Harlan Ulasea har Lan Natl of and my. Gray Justice and an. Brown Justice and mrs. White too Brower Justice and peo Bam Secretary and Misa Ubl and dead four quota or and Proto Obly Borlond in Tuo Roloa and o bumped and other trifle seriously Cao aed by o Booth car Lemly propping a lighted Blotch upon oily a terrible Polo followed the Flat Bant of uie were principally and employed on the upper floor were penned in by the Ond forced to Jamp or urn to Botu no mean. Yet of a aunt Nain Bor of men while bravely strass.hn0 lives. Tot n. Y., feb. Small boy care Lessly throwing a match into a pile of oily waste a blazing Moss of Olampo 300 girls i and women frenzied with fright fighting a i for life is the hot games chased them with hungry tongues was the beginning of a Dro last night that consumed thousands of dollars Worth of property and caused the destruction 6f used. From the outside of Tho High building the Flint notice of the impending disaster rushed out upon the tire escapes from the win Down those who wore More fortunate crowding out the Entrance. Following them and wrapping about them waa Moss of of Yoko with flashes of hot flame in lurid streaks. Then Tho mass of Fren Zied humanity finding the regresses too Small for instant escape began climbing Over the sides of the escapes and bundles of clothing filled with writhing humanity dropped at the feet of Horr Laflou within 20 minutes after Tho fire Otar cd there were Throe dead women Laid upon the floor of an adjoining store and at least a dozen burned and Malmo a girls and to i men taken to the Hospital or to their Homes. I of the 350 girls and women in Tho build Init it presumed that at least a half dozen Are in the ruins for it is impossible Over thirty years without sickness. Or. H. Wettstein. A Well known enterprising citizen of Byron 111., writes before i paid much Atten Tion to regulating the bowels i hardly knew a Well Day but since i Learned the evil re sults of constipation and the Efficacy of aver s pills i have not had one Day s sickness for Over thirty years not one attack that did not readily yield to this remedy. My wife had been Previ Ous to our marriage an invalid for years. She bad a prejudice against cathartic but As Foon As she began to use aver s pills her health was cathartic Hlls f at this. Writing a 20 May be exaggerated. J following is Tho Flat of unfortunates obtainable up to the time of writing. Tho Margaret Camboia jumped from win of ilk. Jumped from window. Lbs. Robert Kane jumped from win Illel song and probably dead Mamie Danks. Katie o cok Hob. Miss o Neill. Miss Hebbs Schuh. Mamie Day jumped and badly Hurt Annotto Harrington badly burned. Lillian Oathout. Burned. Mamie Rourke burned. _ Lillian Kreiger burned and badly Brulee. 1 James Quinn under Woll will die. Johnston badly burned will die. Frank bowl so italian Brut cod by falling w policeman burho a ruled by falling f j policeman Watson bruised by falling Mogul to bruised by falling Wall. To Otto Hull a Overly burned. Nellie Hull badly Brul fied. It Una just 80 minutes before closing Jour in stot thelmor co e shirt Walfer Mctory on and Tho 830 and women were working rapidly to fun his up in the cutting room on the Al fun Loor Tho 160 girl Floore closing up their. Lay s and preparing to when Tho whistle blew. A Lille Krie sror who was working near machine called to a Small boy to Light the Gaa Over her Worth. Tho boy struck a match and throw Tho burning stub to Tho floor. It act Sefc a pile of oily rags and in on instant Tho girl waa enveloped in Lameo. With her Clotho and hair bum no she rushed to the window and in an instant the room became a struggling a nasal of humanity oiling the win Down the fro escapes and Tho Only stairway. Jamming and pushing tearing each other s clothes from their Bioko turning in narrow corridor to find a Slater or bother or Friend Tho number in Tho elite augmented every minute by those from Tho other floors these it Refl and women f night for their Lloa to getaway from Tho i. A Fla Moo that scorned to grow to Mon is Trout size. With Raro presence of mind policeman Jarrell who Una on the Street seeing that in the panic a number wore liable to jump let Down the awning Over the Entrance. Barely Wao it Down when two or three1 forms came flying Down from Tho fifth and Olith stories and bouncing from Tho Awn Long fell to the sidewalk. La lilo Krigor Over whoa machine the Bra started waa one of these. Sho struck the awning fell on her Back and bounced to her hands and Kneola on the walk. Sho got up and staggered about until people helped bar to Hor feet ago n. By Tho Elmo nearly every window Nad a Formolo form dangling from it and when Tho firemen arrived Thero was o Hustle to got the lad Doro at the. Contor window on Tho Olith floor it woman hanging by her bands was forced oat by the Uehline Horn too. With a last Cholok let go and Cama tub late Over Andover Ontell oho struck too palemone. When Plo Kad up it was found that she he Borscher. Her spinal column through into her brain. Jutt Bolow hat in we Dow Hano a woman Tornone appealing to the crowd. Tho pour is from the window but As nervous prostration cured by or. Miles Nervine. Prolonged derangement of the nervous. System not Only affects Tho brain and men Tal Powers but develops disease in some of the vital organs. The most dangerous or these indirect results is when the affected. This was Tho Case of the h. F. Surface Fawn Elver mich., who under Date of feb. 14.1886 i Wmk and firemen going into Tho midst or smote Nna the Floro oly by this time that no detailed of Tho building could to made and trom what can be Learned there wore Many women and Girle on the three upper either lying in fainting Fita Ore he Over come by smoke. It was the fact that Lod to Tho minors that Thero wore at loart_80 women dead and the Atory even at writing does not seem improbable the flames ate Down through three floors so quickly that Tho Western Tynion Telegraph company Jessup Schoeppner crockery company and Van Zandt is Jones Collar no Timo to save anything. One House after the fro started caught from Tho falling of a portion of Tho roof and from it Small buildings on the South caught. Lii about it o clock the firemen Hoard Ohr Loko coming from Tho 2-Story building on Tho South. They discovered an italian peddle named Joseph Rossi who kept a stand in front of Tho building pinioned by Helga under a heavy beam. Policemen started to assist he numb Wlton fireman worked for three quarters of an hour. They Hod just about gotten him Loose when with a Roar the Groat South Wal la nine crashing Down and the bom fled spectators saw Tho Brave let to group buried from View. When the smoke and had cleared Thero waa a Rush of willing workers and in a Little while the men were taken out. All were injured and had to to removed to the Hospital. The italian will probably die but the Brave poll Oflinn while badly Hurt will recover. ,._ superintendent Willard of Tho Polloe Force says that he saw a number of girls at windows who never Amo out but fell Back into the flames. One fireman who was working from the rear saw three girls with their wound tightly about each other turn in their frenzy and jump from a window Bock into Tho flame. Some of the women who escaped toll of stumbling Over pros trate companions and Are positive in their assertions that a score of girls perished. The girls who did escape live in various suburban place s and hurried away so that Nutu Tho roil colled Tho exact number of missing will not to known. Lottie and Nellie Hull Vistora grasped each other tightly by the hands and started Down the san los from the sixth Story. At the Landing of the fifth floor they encountered a Wall of flame and smoke. Al Lle had on Only her corrects and skirt hav ing been making her toilet. Lottie who waa Alfio partially dressed threw her dross Over Nellie s face and together they went through the flames. Lottie s hair was burned completely off when she reached the sidewalk but Nellie was burned Only about her Baro arms. They wore taken superintendent of pol co Willard at Midnight Tho returns from Tho various show that Thoro Ore at least t6 Puoplo Mem ing and with the five already known to be missing Wiy go the ruins. Kind piles is this too Croaff or too emphatic. Jii a a ample ctr to speedy cure Lor c my swat Prmt two sires 2j5 Audru guts to Tom Murat Cit Cal. Carries a 4 and their prices Are away Down. When in need of anything in this Fern tube carpets rugs paper and window shades. H Cie Ali i ii a Luggisi Asi pharmacist opera h oils e Smethport pa., a Roix. Drugs sati Worf cigars we okie or Xii. Surgical appliances prescription Caref Tilly com pounded at All Tinea. Perfumes for the Best manufacturers prices very Low. Telephone to Rel Palm tic udies11hoeb fifty years fourteen ago i had a slight stroke of Varaly Sill. Overwork brought on nor room Plo Stratiots. I exceedingly Nerton. And Oil exertion Public speaking caused heart palpitation that threatened my fused two bottle of or. Mlle new heart ouro for my heart trouble and two of or. Miles restorative Nervine for my Ness and feel better than i Ever expected to fool again. I can speak for Hoar without to Flag or having my heart flutter for Merly did. And i have you to thank that i 7 Gss-ss5ss Busty pm. For in Smethport by he Drawf Tot. On heart and a Ervom disorders an or. Miles medical co. Elkhart lad. a. Or. Miles remedies restore heal que All the world Over Pondt extract remedy and re lower of find Jubal piles woon08, Proi All and by pow extract fifth

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