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McKean County Miner (Newspaper) - March 03, 1904, Smethport, PennsylvaniaHarry t. Editor official paper Ter fits vol. Ali. Pa., 3, 1904. No 9 Peasley was found guilty. Verdict of voluntary manslaughter returned thursday evening. His sentence 10 years 6 months jury out three judge lec mrs. Of Jer court taken to the1 Penitentiary. As we wont to press last week Fri d 0 Gallup one of Tho attorney for Tho. Commonwealth was addressing the jury in the pc Auy murder Case of Terrie bad finished judge Bouton Ohai Kod the jury and shortly after 5 o lock. Thurs Day afternoon the Casa Given to the after 8 o Cloet a verdict ions mischief. Clyde Mckney pleaded guilty to As fad Battery. In the Caso of is. Gus Madison charged with rape tha defendant was found not guilty by jury thing Tho testimony when the girl in the Case Florence Thorn Vas. On Tho stand complaint was made by coun Sel for the defense that the witness was Noe iving signals from persons in the Andi cow the court ordered the Proso Mutrix Anil Vul to secs removed from Che Sam so fir charged with Ossa olt and Battery Oil Tho Pel Hou 6f Patrick Hughes was found guilty a Fra of and costs of Proben Tirui wore imposed on motion of it b Stone 3 p Byan Stu admitted to practice Law in the Sev eral courts of Mckean county or Eyan k n Grad a to of St Bonaventure ooh go of the class of Ani Pihas studied for the 1 it o years m the of Ltd of Broich i Ford history. Happening in Fluke i county la of old taken from Marrie iat the the Bride s father a h Foster in Bradford october 15, 1872, by the her. W p. Lewis a. Sinith of duh Cirk. Arid Emma married at the Home of the Bride s father in Coli prove Mckenn county a october a 1872, by Bev. L. A. Johns. Of cruder or port Potter county a to a fils Lydia 3, ool Grovo. A generous Supply of excellent wedding cake above for which the Printer tip their reached in inf a Large crowd to hear the verdict court Wab called to order with judge Bonton presiding about 8 45 o clock a hush of expectancy Fel Pinpon the Spectator As the jury filed the room and took then respective places in the Box the Pris Duer accompanied his wife was Brough Juisto court by sheriff Mays and Given a seat with his counsel attorneys Stone Aud Mulhan a poll of each member answering to his name they were asked if they had agreed upon a verdict Ami a reply Wal mad in the Ash Ruian verdict being guilty of voluntary Slaughter Peasley heard the without showing any emotion seem ing to realize what it meant to him at Hie opening of a Purt Friday after noon judge Bouton addressed peas loj As follows Peasley you tried upon tie indictment charging j on with in the cats of Domlnic Pepper and Joseph a Tey stealing Good irom scholar s store a ver jury did not Gpe fit to convict you of murder of the. First Degi be of my det. Of the second degree but com cited you a crime of voluntary manslaughter. Under the evidence they could convicted of murder of Tho Sec pud degree but they saw fit Luid prop j Erly both convict Yon of the crime of voluntary manslaughter what if Aii have you to say Why the sentence of the court should not be passed upon Yon " Peasley answered in a love and faintly Adiole tone Hare always tried to be a Man among men. It was t my fault 1 hardly know what to say i tisk the court to be As lenientas1 Possi ble the Cour t then pronounced the Fol sentence we live taken into. Consideration All surrounding this Case and. The Law makes it our duty to impose sentence upon you the sen the ii of of Hiil Juu of 4ooo to the Commonwealth pay the Costi of the prosecution and that 5 of undergo imprisonment in the Peinteur Tiara for Hie Western District of Penn so Ivan in situated in Allegheny m the county of. By separate and solitary confinement at labor for and during a period of 10 years Aud 6 Calen months to be computed Dater and stand committed until the sentence be complied with mrs Pabley was then summoned be fore the dust Tidi listened Fol lowing reproof mrs Heaaley at a prior term of this court you pleaded guilty of the crime of adultery with diet of guilty was found Pepock. Was Beuto iced to two years and Frey one year and six Mouths in the Western Penitentiary i monday sheriff Harrington of Bradford took Willis George Doremyer Dommick. A Spoor and Joseph from. To the Western Penitentiary at Allegheny. Death of for Riise. Melvin. Thomas j Melvin one of Bradford s bests own and most. Highly Este enied at his Home m that City monday Etc Insp front of ifs which Liefl confined him to the House since last october. Or Melvin was Deputy county treas Are some Twenty years ago and spent of hib to Iii for three years in this place w litre to made Many friends will Jom with his Rel i tics in Mour Tillig ire hats in polite acknowledgement and wish this amiable and Happy couple every Joy imaginable we understand that the cars ran into port Allegany oct 23, it does us Good to pc now that the enter pricing citizens of our Nezuh Boring town Are now Oufa of the Woods Tewis Bumer Leld formerly . who has for the past years been living in Missouri a Ovyd lit this place on sunday last he and fam ily stated from the Missouri River with on the St Day of september ind drove the whole sixteen Hundred Miles a even weeks and for land Battles Areja pegged. Port Arthur a lube object of attack. Of japanese troops. S. Result in a draw w. E. Smith Consul of the u. S. At St. Petersburg says this country Dan Stop War at proper Tims. Russia is Dally expecting on attack from japanese land forces on port a thur and plans Are Laid for despot Ato resistance. Thorest Dent of the Jiffy. Have been furnished Annand Hist the troops in defending the City Aud forts. The japanese forces of both land and water have adopted secret tactics and has been Learue d. Of their Ruoyo Monts by War correspondents during the assault rug8i.au. Scouting parties Are., Bosy locating the. Japanese forces in Sofea and several skirmishes have occurred. It in claimed in that the number glean the following Thomas j acc Lviv was Boru in Brad Ford is 18-17, n Bou of John f and la Crotia he was retired hero Afef Nimg the Public schools Days expense ref coming through in this manner but Little exceeded that of travelling by rail. Married at the House of toe Bride s father october 22, 1872, by Rev w p. Orians of. Ohio to. . The name of we. Cpl Grove appears As one of the presidential electors on the Republican ticket in ,.-----1 Casper Smith of sergeant loft tvo turnips at this office1 the other Day one of which fhe other 25 pounds he planted a Tnp of ground about two Roth it w id and rods Long or about the 24th of july he sowed turnip bed la Between Tho rows of the strip were of japanese troops m entry have been Greasy overestimated Russia will remove All women children add old and strategic Points so that the Nece feisty of protecting them will not to added to duties of. The troops and in order of chaff supplies May to Rev Citable for the use of actual combatants i some of the russian newspapers still bist that the United Spates is y to their country one paper in a article the belief that China is a secret ally of the japs an like Enmund and America ins Way to Mechanic Sti out where Clutia will do everything possible to in the a Imit Stra thou commercial col at Buffalo la practical Clescal Vork he trained for a Bonsi Ziess career and Ihi-88.9 embarked Iii Thiv mercantile line of his own con tinning in that Bra mess until 1876, when he engaged in Tho proud clip n of or my finishing his education at raised and sold forty bushels of t turnips were Alto grown on the Bame ground married at n is Deuce. Of the Bride v parents 12, 1872, b r hams Peck or George w. Tree Edge of , n y and miss Elida o. I Jove Fey of Boot port a at the House of the Bride not a by the Rev. A. Hoyt it we Broc Cham .Aud-mlse.clare.riob, All of our old Neris h v Redfield is in Eugene Storey stabbed William h. Mckay inflicting serious wounds assailant arrested. Tit Ebay Era Eugene Storey of Washington Street Extension angered at being ejected from the barroom of the Bay state hotel tvs noon esterday Drew n pocketknife and stabbed William c Mckay the bar tender three times. Mckay As struck on the shoulder forehead and Fitce Tho Jatter wound boing hear the left oar arid severing an artery Tho injured Man wits removed to a room in the hotel where he was attended . Johmston. To suffered greatly from loss of blood and health Tho Case considered very Jeri on for a time but subsequently Mckay showed signs of improvement the police were notified of Tho affray and within a Short time Storey was placed urdu Ain by and re new Udud to n Tell m Tho lockup it appears thatt Storey and several companions had been drinking heavily during Tho Day and had created Dutner Bances in Down they had been ref used Damte owing to. Their maudlin condition. At Tho Bay state hotel Storey was1 also refused liquor and becoming a bump he was ejected the premises by an employee of the Hoube the bar room and a Flung refused Frinks a second time continued his previous notions Mckay took hip by the Arnt and escorted him to the door after reaching the Street store turned ind. Forcing open the door rushed toward Mckay who was standing nearby at tire same time ing a Large pocket knife to struck times1 at the bartender with the weapon Pach stroke to Ikuto the. Assailant left the building Ami Harge that the endorsed phys ologies Are instead of comparing Heoe. Books with Reau Teof recent Ihei Ignatiou compared them with opinions which in Many cases Are old discord ant or. Unsupported by third the Kli omit Tuiach Alco Lulic Druks arc Tuku habitually t Bibuld Only be at meals and 4s k Rule meal of the Day Tho reply says this suggestion implies approval of alcohol being thus not l it w proved that alcohol thus drunk does not have the. Power to create an uncontrollable and. Distr Ijo Tivo. Desire for More will such teaching or ethically wife Tho Man who Riuka with meals Tho Day s work is done is finding one business door after Mother to set to. Him. Fourth the a Tab Comiti Clitee s rec oin und ration Ito co a fico this to older pupils of spot tally those m the High schools Tho reply shows would Pofar Jure and must to even tally to Thiol off the Aud of Ortiz an Ope ii enemy United states army of Corn who have closely watched affairs Iti the East Are of the opinion that the War will result Mil draw Japan claim cannot plan Suffi Lieut troops in Manchura to conquer Trio russians Japan s hit As subsequently Ai rested fat orc a was one of the principals in Tho affair v. Inch res Natul in the killing of Charles Wagner on upper washing ton Stroot last ear., Foi which crime bes until after Cigar Cor Tirol of Tho sea l hink e an. Invasion Melvin was married september 28.1869, town Bis numerous friends to miss my Ion b Parker of tighter of Ylo 1b Gln connected with the pm Hia wife Surv is of Natl come Jerual of which paper he As do four Milton f and Thomas j or to is Alio survived brother Gharios o Mel two Sis mrs. Loyal Ward and Fri tester of this Rity. The deceased was Proir Fameni in a some circles and wus x ii Imber of to titty Gommo Udry no 52, knights Templar Flie of your husband and friends acid up Omiao that Yon. A invaluable correspondent. Spent the greater share of his tune Dur ing Tho late Campaign m the South and pipe cts to pitch the Northern a in was Lington this Winter. Whatever Field Miry by designated Lor him bus la Tui cannot full to be inter in addition to his Oil a Jid Ortlief Teresta to a pcs Idt notified with Tho Brick m Muf at to snug i Industry m this Vicinity toppy Dotte Veich Alolph every Man woman and child in Olean As toppy Dotter which ended his earthly m6rriillp -sqm6thne_ of Yiotis to to o co Csc by. Shooting him self while suffering from a temporary fit of insanity brought on apparently by worry sickness for Home time he suffering with nervous trouble and the Gnu. He shot himself twice in the stomach and Oace through the heart of the Lafter country impossible. A recent dim Tyrh dated there Inanc oame soon to the United states an Opportunity for bringing Enid War and Japan. That. duly taken advantage american president will result in. Removing All danger of a misunderstanding Between washing ton and St Petersburg and in Cement ing the Friendly relations which Are tradition of countries by one stroke the United states can do Russia n Good turn and can Benefit the Large. This is the opinion of a hard headed a Stag to the Readirs of the with p John Beardsley. At that time Olean Horald says or Dotter a Fitch w As born and reared m Olean and began his business career by taking Tui the future behave yourself the court was induced to suspend sen Tempe upon you the developments m Liis Case have convinced us that we at that time made a mistake. If we had sentenced you at that time perhaps this terrible crime Ould. Not committed nut we at that Boen time thought we were acting for your Good for that of and for the Good of society. It seems Yon have been the cause of this whole difficulty. Astounding that a person could have fallen so Low As Yon seem to have fallen it could hardly be believed it could be possible were it not for your own admissions on the witness stand. We regret very much the records of this court Are in Sorieh shape that pose the sentence that ought to have. Been imposed at tha time Yon entered the of guilty we desire to say to you that if there is any Good left in you it Hope that Tho Sleath of this our min and the in the Penitentiary your husband will have som effect Lipon your Antnio life that it will be a in us thid that if it is not Al icily too late that you will Cluge but Usu you no charge of the bottling department of Dotterweich brewery which his. Family practically owned. He became Man Ager of this department and was also vice president of the Browing company three ago w Hen he withdrew and purchased the which he owned at the time of his death at the Corner. Of North Union Aud state streets. he. A married miss Mary he was a prominent Elk organization Wal probably As few j men arc capable of Bhart i imm Rtuh seasoned ing a More Graceful and pungent pen to Clinent lie w e Smith Cousal Success to him even and Ervy bore of the. United in St Petersburg say we to is at present into Mlou or Smith told a com Spon deut that Russia had Heteu juror ipod into the War Luve 3 before Tho rupture of5 diplomatic relations a contract had been entered into for the Ilc Trio lighting of port Arthurt could not but go of fighting now but once Fie gained a Victory on Laud acid her prestige would admit of her listening to the pour Urli is for peace said or Smith let Tho to United states step in and proffer its Good offices. Washington can do what no other government could attempt if would not he a Fri to fhe by reference to the advertisement Eaton in another column it will be seen that these enterprising Gui Tremea have opened a now hardware store in Smethport they a tie to Tipri porno door West of the Baptist Church. Have just received their Stock and one More Complete is Seldom found any where Mary Ann wife of Deacon Nathaniel died in township november 15, 1873. Deceased was seventy nine years in months and Jiff teen Days old she was both in Scot Suud mid came country when minor Grid in is i Lbw Servi by a 12 Yea i Peilte uce in Tho Western he in blamed for the Stone a Mitten House v. Hich prompted Gra Ham to fire the fatal shot Temperance education in schools. The following is the vigorous reply made by the National woman s Christ i Temperance to theron Smittee of fifty the commit co of fifty recently published the report of their physiological sub committee in which the latter. Tacks tie present system of Cieu Tiftic now universally required in the Public schools of country. The National. A Voishan s Christian Tero Perance mod at its last convention adopted a real to the above report sub Mitu id by its Bure Aii of scientific Tern Penman presidents in of Tho largest stat Sand or dered for circulation a first edition of copies this reply a Twenty Sii. Page Pam Phle to shows that the grounds of which the dub committee base their proposal to overthrow this s Stern of instruction Arv fallacious s first in attempting to secure foreign ii subject the sub gum about three years old she was married1 president were to Send a special am have his funeral in he was also an Active member of St Mary s Church to was a Man of habits and was known everywhere for his gone Roe Ity. Intr Dot Torweihe was afe out years old he is survived by his wife one. Sitor mrs l g Rodgers and three George h , All. Of the Baptist the people of the Baptist Chi Inch be Gau this -w.cek. Of evangelistic meeting which they Are. Being As your Coli i Oro this court for sentence for Somo tem Triblo crimp. That is All _ the defendant and his wife wore affected As. Bon tence. Was pro gave Vay to bitter tears As Oljey let t room. Vibe r court. Henry mom pleaded guilty to malic Sis cd by pastors of. Neighbouring Baptist o-.-. Onssy in Olean. Was1 the speaker on tuesday. Aud wednesday of this work Rev Jacobus. Of Allegany will Rathe Yeay .1816, Hying with her iras her we Are informed that a project is on foot for the. Construction of a Branch Railroad by tie b a y p company from near Larabee to the Coal Nelds of Pennsylvania near Smethport such an Enterprise would doubtless be a nay ing one and to sincerely Hope it will be carried . At a meeting of the taxpayers of this school con mfr House lost saturday evening a Resolution to build a new school House was Tho unanimous vote of All present last saturday her peek preached Brimstone and spontaneous combus Tion " at his hearers. We stood this pretty Well afterwards consoling our Seif thave it the warm atmosphere that has since surrounded the fact was taken up. We can stand seat but Are not Worth a cent to buy Horace Greeley t too greatest Arsier Ipri Jonnn liars. Breathed his last a o clock Oil frill by Basso for to St Petersburg he would be Persona Gratis Stria at the rns sift court. The car would meet him More than half or Smith deplored the suspicions of Russia which appeared to some americans said seemed unable to understand muscovite diplomacy just As russians were puzzled american straight from the shoulder methods allowance. Ought to be made on both sides for difference in the National temperament. While or Smith May be entirely right in his views it is traditional that Doh Friendly usually met decided Shn a the theory that the United states Bho Nicl Nike such an offer because it. Is in no any concerned in the troubles is also a pretty Rood reason Why it should do nothing of the kind anti toxin e Trust. A Trust has Boot formed by the inane in Chi of dip Itheria it Nti toxins Hurt Little before p Raeb 15u Ali Ursiny Aud Friday a left us. w Eok Rev. L. B. Twichell of Emporium will preach on monday tuesday and Wolf tuesday. Evenings Aud on thursday and Friday evenings Rev. It. O. Of Bradford will those speakers Are All men by excellent abilities and All who tend will be greatly benefited. Ifo Vonber 1s74, Twenty four Days after in elfin Defeated for the presi Ifancy in the this Riig has be cedi to the medical Mittee misrepresented Tho amount of time required As 250 hours Lor the study of in fact Only .380 lessons the equivalent of about 140 hours distributed through Mae yours is the maximum Requeta Muff for the whole us duct of physiology a Ltd Hygiene not More than Bike for the Rabid. Usually ult More than one fifth of which is Ever required to be Given to alcoholic drinks Aud other narcotics. Second criticism upon the school literature 01 this subject Are that it teaches total a Stino uce. Acid that Alco Fol not a. Foot but a Poison s the reply shows that the sub Corn Init tee presents no evidence proving a Cohol Alpod in the sense in which Thi word is. Is substance whose nature it is when Al bored into the blood to Iio Urish the Bod without injuring it. The Coilio Lusish o the sub committee that alcohol is Aford because it is oxidized ill the body an can furnish Energy is contradicted b Many authorities who agree with. Pro Tessor von Muhith y quoted in to report of Tho.subicommitfee1 that substance May be consumed by the body and liberate Energy and Yem harmful.1 other poisons. Oxidized in the Bory ethic never called foods presents. So eve Lence proving that alcohol is hot a. To son i hit is a substance whose nature n. Powell and expects Pou his Nice until that time has genial presence is always that it May de circumstances. Hundred and sixty doer have been snipped from the Kane station during the pre4ent profession is very Inch incensed Over this action and a proposition in town each state establish a lib in tory for tie manna Titre of the various absolute purity and at Tho same time Deal a inn Matt Trust that would be a lesson to All capitalists who Fleet to extort Money at the exp cute of dying human it Jure health . the so cached Ino Derato ufos of a Mph Ali c drinks the . Proot Thlu riot few. Ohio is susceptible to Subh drinking o u finds says. Professor Gruber of to Rby Al Institute of munic Only by playing n Girmu of Hauca i Lii life which is a., dangerous expend the sub Oom Nikee to sustain the pour it in e Ttg-aau1 had been Elj Aud to Iteld deprive of any instruction of this Iii us bars who. Have to go to work before they reach Che upper grades fifth Ute Nhon is. Called to the Fojt that the Sab. Committee claiming there. Practically no Good results from this instruction ignore testimony to its Ben elicited recently m a pore Fol. Canvass of new York state Testi Mouy which was to every Meinzer of fifty nearly eight Mouths before the publication of their report. Similarly the sub committee ignored Tho mortise in the average Leilith of life and the decrease in the rate of gum in the per capita consumption of alcohol during the past decade to which this instruction which became general during that Decader May to said to have Corith Buthod. It is a in fitted in our own other Laud Tuat the teaching m our Publio schools that alcohol injures working a Biliter has contributed to the greater sobriety of feh american to his increased productive ability thnh is okie Factor giving to menu to i iian Mercial supremacy it to Ijoyi after briefly the ii or re t the pc pay concludes. P Aud other invest Lons concerning the physiological Acou of alcohol report offie Ommittee 6f fifty do not prove resent by item of Temperance instruction and the. I urdu of sub cout Mittee that it is a desirable reveals Mility to. The grave moral perils of that moderate drinking which the instruction in sub committee. would Neon age the Dibo Hsion. Which has receded and accompanied the of requiring thib instruction during e past twee to Yearb has been a Contin Ous App Viil to reason which has due t Iii continuous a vat rican Puhac is too Milligent too Atn Otic and too conscientious to have adopted this mov Moeut hat ill or Etire Frost in the face of the Good it doing lyceum England s famous moving pictures ill be the attraction at fhe Tyc Oum evening h May be of it erect to our theatregoers to know1" that other cities thumb of this attract Lon Tho following in a notice from to sit in ath Eatro chair and witness be full program of a Well equipped Cir us is indeed a Novelty this was the Reat that attendants at Stephens opera saturday evening enjoyed a they witnessed England s perfect mov ing pictures full program As seen n a circus a. Given Tho pictures Are Sharp and stand out presenting Tho kind entertainment that Young and old. Enjoy. It in a Novelty Aud one that will last of course the car Sig of the can Vas hands and the smell of the Menag Erie ats missing but these Are agreeable prices 25 Advance Sale of. Seats., opens saturday morning. Miss Peterson Hij ured. Miss Helen Peterson of no ascension Street daughter of county com missioner John a Peterson while walk ing with her brother of East Mam Street yesterday afternoon was struck piece of ice blown from the Creek by dynamite and rendered unconscious the falling ice on tie forehead and descending struck tier foot causing painful injury her right Arm was broken the wrist acid Elbow the Young lady quickly wit inn a Short time was removed to her Noine whore surgical Bradford Era tie Empire Ithol stering co., located in the Odd Fellows Block Are. Prepared do do upholstering of All kinds at Mode late prices have a full line of. Covers tapestries Goblin verdure a French Lagoon also damask stripes French velours Vernoi and Gheer. All work first Law or no pay demanded Pajl and examine

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