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McKean County Miner (Newspaper) - May 26, 1904, Smethport, PennsylvaniaTen nov Harry l. Backus editor and proprietor official paper of the county vol. Ali. Camp cutters win easily. Willie s wonders Grant s bog brigade last saturday Camp cutters 16, Smith parts ii Large plays exciter Niento prevailed. One of the most exciting of base Bull Ever pulled off jul Thi place was played at Katie Nold last saturday afternoon w Hen the cutters of the Camp Glais walloped the Diamond dust but of their follow trades men of the Smethport window Glass factory to the tune of Jii to m seven prolonged innings of Spectra Clur Plaj a Large Crow Al of spectators were Early on the scene anxiously awaiting the beginning of the and when prothonotary s e Bell pranced out into the Diamond shouted play Ball a mighty Hurrah for both factions of gladiators went up and the game was on a toss of a com put the Smethport cutters Oil the outs and a Grant attired in a Loose fitting uniform and a confident smile put his toe on the Tosse d Aminov . At Bill sme port pa., thursday. May 26, 1904. a h a. A i u j i j Mai i ,1 t. I i a fun 10 i u u my it i to a i no candidates Are nominated committee appointed to select candidates for count offices convention was harmonious death of or. Raymond Youns. Felt Itron town when it june Knou non last my a dive Tom tar Hud Elena steel tins life at half past eleven o clock that Mommy or eng w As advised to go to Lake Placid in him september on account of some Appeal act of lung j trouble and Niter n Stu the. Re through i the wet i and Spring Vas Inorio Lucid Well Mil in lie filth m Andrews the first up who reached first of nne Wor and stole and . Aud came Home on a Vav do pitch Dan jews ind Andorfer Drew passes and Chee Suinn struck out Frauk Riggall got Nix Potts and batted out of. Turn then Covvin. And Bates got for. Had ones .wiii.-Onhitbyjjuttihlbini. W a own Home two Kic Cali. 8tolwi Cui Upen smut sports 6 struck Ernnt 7 Andorfer 8 u Auto sum Grant o aug Lohr s v in Itebe 2 hit pm Tinl Moor a regular fish Story. Hermiea modest Story told a Potter Oti Uty sportsman says the Witlin Cusport statesman who has the reputation of holding his audiences spell bound his recitals of remarkable Uel ventures we Vivere a shag along Kettle several weeks ago and our catch had been enormous about three m the afternoon we heard a Peculiar noise on the Bank of the Stream like tearing of roots so we went to investigate each scoring Daniels and Ane Loafer Vav As taught on the Home stretch the timing the Siete with two runs capt Bill a Dorset his Sylph like form Eue used in a uniform of delicate tints pro used merrily into the twirlers Flani Iii. Lon Mark was so dazzled with Bill s Brilli Aiice that he could t see the sphere and fanned Malcolm waited for for wide bugs. Eanie in on an right Fiezel on Mcgregory s Fly Hay indicated Amslow driving one into left Helel that Sung like a Verso Skeeter Anel Moore and Estry did likewise scoring Mcgregory Aud Haj a Johnson fanned Moore took okie slats acid three v. Grant ont at score Camp. 2 Smith port s Charles Nixon let three Nice Cylinder in it nud was Laid off for carelessness Hod Hay pulled Wise s Centre Andrews made try i boxes. Out of. Narrow one and Daniels made onion a smaller Roll and some bad bundling of of the sphere the. Dog town brigade together with vow o passes netted five runs for the Cipis a pass Ano tyo errors allowed two runs for. The Synieth Aud of hearing a Point up the Stream w Ere surprised to find a Large Black Bear digging no the ground to beat nine of a kind we Lav Low to watch and what do 3 of think he was doing who he was digging Worms and after put tag Nice fat a Fly Worms of each Side of his Foier us he ventured oat m the Stream on an old sunken log put a Lovvo his fore feet in the water and act nah j scooped out huge Trout so thick and fast that he almost eur keyed the. Sun after a. While thinking there was enough fish for us we put Liu ounce of Lead his Hoad talk about fish1 Otiest heavens there Lay Trout two feet deep on which two Young cabs Werc gorging themselves Well we skinned that Bear Ami wishing to the Cire the cubs alive i just threw the Bear is in Over me and got Down on All fours and those cubs followed me right into Samp thinking it was Mother Bear the cubs i afterwards Sola for 25 Euch port s ending the second with the score of.7 to the Camps. In the error gave Nason a life and Johnny to second Andrews cleaned up the stalls dumping it into the Creek and with i Xiv. Paraded Home. Daniels made one acid stole Andorfer and cheese inn were cutout. Johnson stepped on his Cylinder and retired Moore rooted his to Undorfer Grant go credit for one that Nixon dropped and. Marks tried three times and missed. Score 5. Fourth Cgraw. In received a donation. Riggall got two boxes a narrow Niar passe d Ball and a sacrifice scored both before the Side was retired it Colin w ent out to third Mcgregory and each mad0 a Clear Box on so Moore dumped a Short one to Andrews who doubled Hay and there thing at the settlement score ii to 5 fifth Andrews was presented one stole another and got a Mark on the bal Ance Sheet Daniels Fly to left and Andorfer s single Corwin and cheese Man failed to make Good and the Side retired of Heeseman took this twirling end m place of Andorfer and a Dona Tion to Johns on a single and an error the Smethport s got credit for one Mok score is to 6 sixth Side from a present to Nixon Flie Gimps rotted ii Doreler hav for Doc town started Tho merry go round making a ont of j Little a Vav one that most Cutter s would have dumped into the swing Hole Moore and Estev followed with Clear singles and four balls and two errors netted four credits on the settlement sheets score 12 to 10 and the Hull of the Mother which was a very Large one brought me so bad a Day s work of yes about those fish on the Bank Well we went the next Ely and of mercied up ten barrels of the rest of those Trout the rest were left to rot in the snip. Is soon As the listening party could recover from their partial paralysis they All Rose up and took reithm towns should advertise. One of the finest of a Good business Man in this age of mercantile that he should the Art of delve rising the same rules the it govern private concerns should gov pm the bus Irie is affairs of cities Eveaj Xvi heed town that has mans trial aspirations Hope to grow Aud Prosper Nast let the world know what it has to Ofle r w of inducements Mauriac Sunug enterprises business and professional men Ore Ever seeking Desir Able locations Aud it is a noticeable fact that few cities and towns is because sensation of developments were slow congressional and senatorial i conferees chosen. I the democratic county convention which was held at Enort House tuesday afternoon Vas nothing if not original As most Demex ratio conventions in this usual la Are in Oue sense of the word it was a Verv Tamo affair but in other ways it was quite amusing the convention was culled to order at 2 p m Coutv chairman Daniel Whealy j Gnu right of Bradford and f Mcdonnell of Kane Avert chosen secretaries thirty three delegates aus were to the Roll cull any l Burt was selected for the of he of temporary chairman James g Paul s h Beany c Shurtz Gardner Aud Brace Davis were appointed a Coni Mittee on credentials Charles a Fitzgibbon j j f Hung Ivylle Wil Liam Harton Ami or Robison revived appointments on the committee of Reto int ions George c Fagund William p Walsh Aud j j o con Ell were unanimously chosen for connies Siouan Couf Trees find Willym Haxton t f Hung Lille Nuel Charlest Fiu Gibbon were selected As enat Brill conferees candid ites for the various of Hees to filled at the Nice Tiunis tin fair Weie very scarce and suitable Tim two could not found these Cou edition brought Forth the Happy thought from one of the master minds Tuat it would a Good idea for the e ouse Tiou to elect a Corni Umee. To explore the tallest Timber Orthe county Vav Good demo rats Are eve Lelei Iolj in hiding and select suitable Caudie lates for the Slighter this fall this original idea did not exactly suit Tome of the old fashioned Nus Ellane on debate the Levy idea earned and j p Dev 1m, j d Brooder any l Bun t u lid we is Togo he took n bid cold in the severe weather then existing m like Placid and began to lose Mielly All he had gamed being unable to hav the fiver checked which was you Sui my Jum away he was brought Home m a special far five weeks Ngo Bat a tidily declined until last monday i Lien he quietly passed away or Frank Raymond Young the Only son of or Anel mrs d c was Borui Ulii i place March St 1878 he w us prepared f or Cylle Rei a f w hero then Prius in in of the Blu port High school he entered Trinity col lege her Forel Conn Vas graduated in jew selecting Tho medical profession for his future work he went to the medical College of the University of a and was graduated in coming to Smethport he remained w Short Tinie in the practice of his proves Hou but being ambitious Aud eager for further nog loss a wept to new Yolk where after sonic the Cine Umi Poneot the staff of Phi Satuuu at 11 Hospital of Blac kvell s Laud Here it is believed he contracted he seeds of the Dissis Whie Hensted his life so soon and it Bright promises of usefulness and distinction i Young Wasa in this him m his profession Eute nut into it with great Ami Eric rpm and with Talent Imd the Fotiou f bin Grille and Darnel w Healy were elected As a committee to candidates for the various offices to filed at the Stovern Ber Eketu Aud to recommend such selections for the a of the to duty committee which will Ney at the Call of the chairman. D w Healy of Bradford was Una i Mously elected county chairman for the t listing year. The resolutions Vav hich were adopted after second Reading declared for democratic principles and endorsed the state democratic organisation during the Reading of these result Titus most of the hearers Jav Ere the Reader shouting abort rated Between Many of the sentences after Wardle Vias Learned that abbreviated Vas used to denote that the would were Pudei scored at these place in the Reso hmm ii this makes a new definition for abbreviated. Are attracting them e Many towns which possess Good water Power Good shipping facilities goad schools Ami residential advantages Laok the re and Enterprise to let the world know what they possess do not grow because they Are unknown the Are like the or prey merchant who does not think it Worth while to advertise .a.uuiew-6, a duo Louo Iea Cay Ana there a at a Vuron Amie to advertise Foro these Boras did t countr for any but prefers to sit and watch the spiders spin webs across his doorway very new. Enterprise that locates in a town adds to the Prosperity and Busi Ness possibilities of every dealer m the place and every citizen no has his own Ood and the Good of the Community at ii Ort should take a hand in getting his town into touch with the Busy Waffle awake the world s in for track Evvi for May travellers club meeting. The eighteenth a Rebuhr meeting of the travellers club held on the most afforded much pleasure Aad information important business questions were met and disposed of m a satisfactory manner the literary parts were Brief and to the pre dominated. Evolution of the following subjects were Given first mrs t a Momson second postal Telephone and miss Frances Campbell third express Ami mrs Sheridan Gorton came the report of the b., k. Excursion. Tho a k will of Bradford Buffalo Aud Chan Taudul Lake memorial Day Moselay Matiy Earth Andrews opened sending a Long one to loft which fell to the ground and Bill reached third on a bad and Andorfer got no on error at third Ohee Semon Drew a pass and All for made Good for settlement Day fore they were called ont the first two of the dog town contingent retired Moore got one Jau Andrews error and tallied of Estry s hit and Johnson end etl the game fanning score Camp cutters 1g, Smethport gutters 11 following is a tabulated tale of the affray my Oij special Tram will leave Fame port for Bradford and return connecting with p excursion train for Buffalo also with Trie r r exclusion Tram for Jamestown and cd Antanna Lake fare Smethport to Bradford and return Only 50 cents fare Bradford to Cazau Laka and return Vna ene r r Only tickets Good Only on Date of Sale. Fare Bradford to Buffalo and re turn Iab r p r 36, tickets Good two Days special train leaves Smethport 6 65 a in returning Bradford 9 so p m after arrival of trains from Chan Tauna Lake and Buffalo Comfort in the Kitchen using one of tray summer hot plates Anel ovens we have them in Cliffor ii kinds and prices let us show you Holmes a Gilfillan i me North Western federation of Pennsyl Vania women this was Given m a pleasing and forceful manner our Delegate mrs l k Hogarth who showed us the social intellectual Ana moral work of the organizations in this division. Invitations were Given from on Rable president of state miss c Mackight whose presence de lighted the Large audience., mrs t a Morrison next gave an Cellenti account of the twentieth Gen Tarj club of fits Borg of pleasure to an honoured finest on the 14th just at its tenth anniversary this is a social civic literary and philanthropic or Gamza Tion which consists of for nun dred forty for Active members the club owns a House which was built recently at of have i sought in credit and Success As u vacation or Young was made a most air m Sou in me Keau Lodge no ass on Decem Ber 25, 18 la Ami of february 10 1 100, he was initiated to the nuent ind accept we rite bodies of the Allee Eif t an thus Bei Amie a my degree Mason last summer he was Kotul a past vaster of tuts Loelle Bat was taken suck before he Fook the de he Vas also a member of one or two College and medicn.1 fraternities and was Al Vajs lit Active worker who will great in missed Hii Brothers he Wasa Vuu Gunin of Hue Charleter Aud principles which held him up to a Standard Anel a life one who will Nio mixed and Sor Row fully misled Aiu Fig them my who have known him All through tub life and especially the Circle of Yeung friends who grew up wish him m tins place and Learned to esteem and Honor him for Worth his decided Char Ute Raud his Loyal and True heart the sincere and reverent sympathy of All our s out Fqy parents Iii with my Praneis for then Comfort and Blessing the funeral services were held in St Luke a Church of thur Selay morning the Rev j Heber me Camus Oticia thug and after the impress a e bin my serv ice of the Fate Ruev at Tow univ e his re Mains won. Lud at rest in Rose Hill cemetery bottle factory tank bursts. The tank holding a Large volume of molten Glass in the Hames Flint bottle factors burst at about 4 o clock Troi Day afternoon and a Inge amount of France May my has promised Russia Aid if China helps Japan. Reported Battle at Klin Chow japs reported to Erous Small Battles agitation among chinese. Actor Dir to the i rein h papers it is claimed that that has from ised support to the russians in Tho Vooht of China adopting an aggie Siv e attitude towards the russian Stu Manchuria dispatches from the seat of War Taj that the japs were badly Defeated it Iii Chow but like All other reports it lick s confirmation mutations other engagements have also been to ported in which the japs suffered de feat. A report from St Petersburg dated May 2ii Bays _ it is reported that for sign minister Lanis Dorfel Jins a message from the russian Consul at Che Foo saying that the japanese have made a land Wittack of port Aithur and that in doing so Thev lost 100 000 men killed or wounded the russian loss is placed at the ultimate outcome of the fighting is not stated this re port w As Melemed in the dispatches of the reports of the following d in maj Mes re looking backward. Pm ton him u a e ii Puynko left with me. A out la i constitutional Coine Tiou Isug from font items which May interest to some of j0ni 0ad cars a constitutional Coine Tiou to aloud 01 Cuuthi i tit Jat. Iani Pnno Hon atrial Uuk up Leut Sun Mckean 1 Otter Veim Ngo smrt i urdu Umu ties is my Al. Ija Mlin. Being Ihu Kegu. Only elected of to fail health or Hamlin after Orv a considerable port jul of Tho time the in does Tho writer remember the tribute paid to or haul in m the Constitution id convention of 1878 eve chief jus Tica of Tho supreme court Geo w Woodward Artie to two which Firios the a number of senators and repro Senh ,v8s 67 the Lep Slature was a Ufier elate Lention judge was making an argument m favor of War ate county representation for members of House acid he referred to a pow speech made n Young Man Tho name of Ham Llu from Mckean county a the convention of 18j8, m or of county representation he that the speech of or to Malm a pressed him so favourably that front that pita movement among the cheese North of Shan to big resembling the Ai. Tation which preceded the up rising. Which would tin re Are tier intent rep Eirts of i Blovely Little having taken place to Viveen the japanese Nam advancing Doug the Railroad from Pula uhen Aud the russians air pm Shon lung Peninsula resulting in the Lefeat of the in Waneese with great loss memorial Day program. Parade Tolfe Parade will form Nueller the direction of the right resting on Chun h at 5 p m Street to Jfe Kon to Ceme term return cemetery to Rekun to Bank to to Mechanie to Mam to a Bart Hanse exercises. By the Post music Smethport glee strew ing 48 in the morning. The round trip ticket is Good for two Days allowing excursion lists time to spend monday May 30th, memorial Day m Buffalo m tit Falls the Price for the round trip is is o j Ken Vicic g p a subscribe miser. Glass ran onto on the floor of the blowing room it was discovered As soon As the tank gave Way and the Large Force of men managed to Cool the Glass and Stop the flow before it spread enough to set Are to the balding with out the Aid of the toe department one of the unformed the writer that it w As a Lucky thing that the break occurred during working hours instead of at night for it is Only one to the fact that a Large force1 of men Vivere there that the factory was not in red to. The ground. The break made a shut Down of the factory necessary but yesterday morn lug operations w Ere resumed the loss does not amount to a great Deal aside from the shut Down of two d is fell Twenty feet. A Wigstrom a Painter had a miraculous escape from severe injury if not from being killed monday morn nig. Sir Ergstrom who was engaged in painting the residence of Hou Henry Hamlin on West. Main Street had climbed an eighteen foot ladder and was in the act of stepping from the top rang of the ladder to the roof of the when in some manner he slipped and fell to the ground staking on his head Aud Scio Rekht he was picked no his Brothers who were working with him and upon an examination it was found that no Ralph Gleason 1 w a nip Harry Rubin t h morn i a l co trove h h in Sec s f red eld o j Iii film r e Burdick Guy me Coy t c c Choate l a Hogarth h h Redfield h l Backus c emacs w h Moruska committees. M Choate e r Maro j c Cunningham my h l me Coy h Purtic r c x0 i t m Brasted g Bush m o Reilly of Bones were broken Aad that his injuries Only consisted of a few slight bruises and a severe shaking up i have a Largo Stock of suit cases and triv Rehng bugs at my u5tol Low prices Call and Sec the n f Ferris j Chample Simon Martin h l. Bur Lingane. B Mayo r e Bur Dick o j Hamlin f d Gallup a Burdick e w Jones e t Daly f j Vickery killed his wife a Mayer. An italian named Saveno Pel Ligino shot and killed the wife of Frank Paul at Cardiff Elk county fact relay night there hid been a quarrel Between the men and the w Ife of Paul had gone out Winch he had left of the ground near the Board ing House where Pel Higeno was Stop As the w Oman stooped to pick up the hat Peru Greco fired a cd forge of shot at her which struck her in the. Head in stantly killing her Paul who had witnessed the deed from his1 own door nearby took a revolver and Slio Fatm and started after the Slayer firing Sev a he shows from the revolver As the Itai time on he favored separate represent wion for counties although no to that time he had favored District represent Tattoo based upon population the convention of 18js rejected or Ham 1m s proposition but it Vas Aelo Ted it the to ii i Itira of 1stvj in the list of delegates to the con convention of 18j8 thei names of for of the distinguished Mem Bers of the convention of 18t8 appear name la William Darlington of Chester Meredith of Phila Delphia Samuel per Ivanoe of but Ler county and George Woodward of Lucerne county the name of Rob Ert g flute of Wellsboro also appears w Hoy ill yemeni bored As the presi de of the courts of Mckean mid Tioga a crimes some 1q act i in lorts to Cul governor of thl state Aud John Banister Gibson. Was chief Justice of Gourd the associate justices were Molton d Rogers Hirtes Huston John Kennedy inel Thos sergeant. Nathaniel weird was pita Dent judge of the Lgth judicial us Trucl which embrace it me Keau county James of Lancaster county and Samuel Mckeun of Bine Fortl noun to Vivere the u s senators from pens Hama in iss Sand Arnold Plum prof Venango county represented the. District m the lower House of con Gress Mckean Conuto was m the Joth Distine t Ibe state senatorial districts Are not veil in tins directory but the turd Dis net War represented Irum of Aud the probabilities Are that Mckean that Dis tact inc Issua District was represented Alexander Irvin. Of go Airfield and the that Mckean county was in thit Dis Trier the 33ud Dis Trier represented n or Kello of Indiana the Aist Joseph m Sterret of ene and the both John j Pear Mercer. Carlton our is represented Leffer j50u, Mckean nne Kwarren counties m the lower House of the legislature subsequently he represented the Dis inc of part Sev. Era terms a Congress he was a Law yer of a very decided ability and one of the Ablest representatives tins District Ever Nad in he was Engin All a Democrat Aud was a democratic Sember of Congress incl sett Whei lib Missouri Compromise Meason and other anti slavery democrats in con Gress from the Northern states voted against that repeal afterwards col Curtis affiliated with the Republican party and was a Republican member of Congress later from this District sincerely Tours l Rogers Kane Mij 23, 1004 advertised letters list of letters remaining the Post office at Smethport for the week ending Fred it Gulf mrs e Kemp Ian was trying to e without Pelligreno barricaded himself in his room and Paul watched him in the hallway after quiet had prevailed like half an hour Peml miss Mary o o Jerem Misa Rice c j Sackett Gerome Taylor. Persons calling for these letters Polaso say advertised All Une aimed letters Are sent to the dead letter office two weeks from Date of advertising. J. 0. Sri scribe to . Him Gnu Kcal ried the dead body of his wife to his Home where Tho officers found him acid his three Sui Milf children weeping Over the remains when they went to n Miiko the arrest of the survivor of the tragedy. Buggies for Over Yawn has one of the Best displays of carriages Bynnes in his Sale rooms Ever Nizio Viv i Siuty but u other Good Mokes for less Money a Nti see his Stock. Call wanted a Sirl for general Honsa work subscribe for the miser

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