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McKean County Miner (Newspaper) - November 03, 1904, Smethport, PennsylvaniaHarry a Backus editor and proprietor official paper of the county terms vol. Xli., Smethport pa., thursday nov. 3r 1904. No 43 Pyfrom Arsenical poisoning is the verdict of Coroner s jury in the Dennison Case. An investigation will be made rendered monday afternoon accordance with chemists air right. has mystery. be solved. The verdict rendered last Boudny afternoon by the Coroner s jury As to the cantle of the death of James 0. His Homo on King , Oil the sep. Teiber leaves the. Good people with a murder mystery which May be difficult to solve if it 11 Ever solved. The report of the Buffalo Chen just who Analysed Che contents of the vital organs of the late or. Deim Ibon and samples of the Medicine prescribed for and taken by him proved beyond a reasonable Doii Deatel was Arsenical poisoning. The stomach Cpd urine were found to contain arsenic Tho urine containing More than the in the Medicine Analysed Only the slightest traces of arsenic these traces Are always found in this Medicine the Coroner s jury Niet at the office of b l. Knapp at 5 o clock monday after noon and after hearing Tho report Bent by the analytical chemist rendered a verdict in accordance the. Tosti Mony. The verdict Isic Janjon Commonwealth of Pennsylvania j Mckean county j an inquisition indented and taken at Smethport in the county of the 29th and 80th Days of september year of. Bur lord one thousand nine Hundred and four before me b l. Knapp a Justice of the peace in and for. The county aforesaid acting Coroner b b Hall Coroner of said out of the state upon the View of the body of James c. Domson then and there lying dead upon the oaths of g. W. Mitchell w f. Specht j a. Moke an a Babkus t. A Purtle and b w. Jones Good and lawful. Neh of the county aforesaid sworn to enquire of the of. The -.cbmtnpnw.ealth, when wide reichow manner. The said James g Dennison Camo to his county of Narv state of Pennsylvania on september 27th, a d. 1904, at 8 is o clock or m from Arsenical poisoning administered by some person or persons to the jury unknown. B. A Knapp j. P. Acting Coroner. Specht. James a. Mckean. Jarry l. Backus. Prue. E. A. Jones. This ends the duties of and Coroner s jury. now remains for. The District attorney to find out. Who administered the arsenic to the. Deceased and ii it was Adah Ineater de. By other hands than Bis own commence prosecution. Know or. Deli Nikon be Lieve that he toot his own life and the general belief in this Community is. That a wilful murder has. Be ii evidence so. Far As made Public is not sufficient to even make an arrest but we Hope that a. Careful investigation will be made and the mystery cleared up. _ the boys discharged last monday afternoon a couple of followers or preachers of the gospel workers or As. Commonly , the holy rollers came Down swore put rant for four a Bulg men of that place whom they alleged had disturbed their meetings. Constable Jones went up to placed three of the four under other not being found. They gave Ball for their appearance be fore Justice Knapp yesterday morning. At -10 of clock the hearing was started and from All reports the testimony most interesting. It was shown that one Follower of these gospel workers came in meeting place one might dressed in one of his wife s gowns carrying a bottle of spirits. He got upon the platform Short Sermon an d then left for. Home he got upon the Fop of the House ant crowed like a others told workers having the pm were numerous stuuts More or less the prosecutors were unable to identify the Young men under arrest and Justice Knapp decided there was not evidence to and they were discharged. Holy Sjoli. Time getting Justice in this Bounty they Ere Lucky. Will five Weaver a Comprini Pitary vote. Ancient Story. Happening in Mckean county of old taken from the filet. Hon. H. H. Hull of Bath n. T., was attacked with paralysis about three weeks ago and died thursday june 8, 1876. He we for a Quarter of a Century the editor of the Bath courier and was one of the most Able and distinguished of the country press of that state a Happy party met at the residence of Beu Gallup in Keating township at 11 o clock tuesday 1876, to witness the Union of or. Warley if Emma Gallup we know that it was a Puppy party for we were no fortunate As to witness the Send off of the new Bride and Groom at Abee station and to All appearances the Joy of the entire part seemed Lull to overflowing the was performed by Kev. O. A Rose after which the invited guests sat Down to an excelled fraud Elega Tif dinner which bang heartily discussed or. And mrs Witley Gifford set at one same time upon their journey of life and a trip to the Centennial exhibition to those who Are acquainted with the seem one of those fortunate Are be Mado in combining upon the one Side All that is honorable up right and. Manly and the other hat purity of character and sweetness of disposition so charming in a perfect woman cemented by the Bonds of. A trusting patient and All Endner if is the unselfish wish of a Host of friends that the choicest bless nos of heaven May Ever attend the so happily and. Auspicious y mated for life. A sad Accident occurred saturday june on the Buffalo Bradford and Pittsburg railway near Bradford Boron ugh resulting in of schoolmaster a brakeman on the Road crushed Between two cars while engaged in Gdan Stag the coupling the tragic Oharu Ter the Accident was enhanced by the fact that it took place directly in front of his a Fth hons. And n full of one1 or. Members of us family. Horror and grief can better imagined than described More especially As a Young Man of _ estimable character steady industrious and in Argetis and respected y All who knew him. The. Coroner s inquest resulted in a verdict of Acci dental death. K Hon. L. Rogers h v. Redfield and the editor of the Minee started monday 1 Rane-12, 1876, for Cincinnati to attend convention Iha City. goes is one of he Pennsylvania delegates to the convention Bedfield. represent a Ive of . And tar. Barborio As the. Representative of the a Lexer also As it remarked upon no . remove Sion in the minds of the Delegate that be is a the presidential nomination. When they return we can announce the name of the be it presi Dent it has come to be a Well known fact that parties who Are married in Smith port or who marry Smethport girls Are pretty certain of a continued Happy and prosperous Union. We dare not assert Orr. Of Warren and mrs. Of but formerly of Smath part had this fact in View. At All events they Ware married Here thursday evening june 8, 1870, at the residence of a. B. Armstrong by Rev. O. J. Kose and Are thus entitled to All the mentioned a. Smethport f . And a Smethport girl. After the. Cere Mony the Smethport Cornet band gave the bridal couple the Honor of an evening Uii one Long to to remembered by. . June i fire blend visited Tho Mill owned by messes. , i Eldred township near p n the Alle Ghent Riveri time converted to ashes from to Worth of together with the feet of sawed a Arnber with the exception of about that was thrown in the rive was totally destroyed we understand that the the Joiret property of. Thev form but that the lumber was owned by to c. Is. Living at present in Portville to sad loss to both there was no insurance on either fhe. Mill or the lumber. There Are no More honorable Square dealing business men in the count and they have the Hearty sympathy of thei entire Community. Desirable building lots. I have several very desirable building which will be sold at prices for Cash or easy payments for particulars Call on or address Harry , office. S. D. Weaver desires your we. It. Joy of the household the Belt Broom Ever offered for 28o at sub scribe for the Normandy in meet no. At the regular meeting of Noi Mandy x s. On monday oct 81st, the following program bras Ren dered rofl and quotations concerning a German Mailer to mrs. In French Kev mrs. Bisett. Current members of the Circle first chapters of Craw miss Fleming. At the Clow of Tho program the of 3cutive Edmi Netttie served nuts Iid apples after which the president in Buell invited Tho members Imd attests to her Home where they wore met by to the dining room where she seized n Coul instead of to refi ohm obits a Bove b Burd they re. Pushed to hand under table and caused fear and Ferrii deut. When seen by the Eye later hey Iio More Awe inspire Iii than Pecold marbles hot potatoes stuffed Birds toy juice gelatine and Bur Dicks usually Are. The last course v As dough bottle served in orthodox style the evening was both profitable nod Lens ant arid was oily the Many Ile saut by. Chaufa quads in. Smethport. J fatal Accident to cd old. An happened bt.-. The Home of or. And mrs. Charles Dudley on Brooklyn Side Early in. Which Little Carl youngest baby boy of the family lost i Slife. His Mother we it to the Well or Wate r leaving the two Little boys n the room. She was t " away from them Bardln Long enough to be called an absence . That Tinie Carl had stuck paper in the stove and w Ith the pm neg paper had set fire to his clothes in ghz Malinc that flashed up almost like Xiv order. The dreams of. The children Mariej the Mother in and the flames were quickly quenched Bat the Little fellow awfully the flesh was practically evoked limbs find Iii haled the Firo and smoke. -dr1. Ook by Telephone and was Ujj Nikoly at the Side of the suite ring boy. Anaesthetics were a lieu and the sufferings of the Little fellow. Greatly re Ieve i but Fie. Died hours later. Was an. Extremely Bright and winsome Little Alle yanks. Re Porter. Killed by explosion. Gas explosion by charred in the Bolt Tunn i i Tnp Colpy my Fraini in Republican meeting at Bradford it was held at the Bradford theatre monday evening. Congressman Dalzell a speaker which miss Palmer a Compisi tar was so severely burned that she. 10.o clock that evening. Injuries a fright Ful nature the clothing from Ber Waist up was burned from her body and her face and hands were terribly burned. Miss Palmer .was-19 years of age and re sided with her parents in Bolivar. The Force of. The Eipl Obion blew out one Side of the building and. The office was set on fire but the Flamos were Al. King nihed without a great Deal of dam age to the at this writing we Are unable to learn the. Cause of the i a lesion. It was caused by escaping Gas from source brother. Herrick and the relatives of the unfortunate Young lady have the sin Cere the mixer in. This their hour of misfortune. Sousa s Al capstan. The comic. Opera Al March King Best present. at the Lyce rim mouday.evenihgr2tov. 7th, by a paay1, headed by the talented Young comedian j who. Will appear in Hie role Romons by. He punctured Riany Democrat la Falla Ned Arden flood and Hon. Win. Beckner deliver forceful addresses. Prom tuesday s big Ulford Era v.6 glean flit follow ing the Campaign in Mckoan county which has nor been remarkable it a Rosity was brought practically to n close Ith it big Asb Xieo Tibig lust right at the Builford theatre under the auspices of lie Republican com a Liftee Hou John Dalzell of Pittsburg a representative n Congress a Eccl Arden flood of Yong orator and col. William by Kutr of Kentucky a former congressman were the speakers of the evening representing three Dis lint styles of oratory and possessing characteristic individualism they sex the precepts and principles of the Republican in a masterly entertaining acid Mieir hearers for a period of Over two hours. From the presence of the big four baud the meeting was entirely devoid of the usual accessories of Politi Cal demonstrations and the citizens seemed to Wel Buie the Tib Sonee of red fire and processions p the parquet Bud Baloloy of the Thea tre were comfortably filled Aud there was a sprinkling of auditors in the Gal Lery. Owing to the Sproal rates on the Erie b r Paud b b. K there seas. A Large representation from the sub Nibaur districts Kane Smethport Aud intermediate Points sending aug Vitaco Gonty Paton called the a temp to order and in a Brief manner our reduced the permanent b. Clark. Tho members of press were Noin Nate d As. Secretaries. Of the meet Jig and the county com Nuttleman of the different districts were appointed vice presidents., Hon John Dalzell of Pittsburg Wiy the first speaker he is a straightforward matter of fact speaker devoid of a flotation but the close attention of his arguments duplicate of the o Rigual production has Complete. the smallest detail and the. Per Primance will be an adequate one in every re Spect. After a silly season of soc alled musical genuine Cornier opera should be hailed with Delight by the supporting com Pany is i Jarge Oue numbering 40 peo pie. Large and delighted audiences have Rule during the season. Medical society meeting the annual meeting of the Mckean county a medical society was held last evening at the office of or. A m. Straight in the Dikerman building with a Large attendance of members. Officers for the elected As Fol lows a r. John Clark of Smethport re John Cbrown port censor or. Mccoy. In addition to the the local Kane and Hayes of were in attendance atthe session. Tho society be conducted in on tuesday Deo Bradford Era. Don to take Cli aloes on losing by asking him to loan for the Small amount of soc per Day Holmes gilflllan., be Loyal to our hone candidate Del water. And convincing proofs Jast Aig of said that he. Was glad of the Opportunity of speaking in such a handsome opera House arid in the Home pity of Hon. S. R. Dresser. I said the in Pittsburg which for years has Nur tured Republican giving to Lincoln a majority of Aid which will Roll up a majority of for Theodore Roosevelt in a neat manner he paid an appropriate compliment to the present there being Over 100 in the House and then began an Exposi Tion of the Aims of the protective Tariff and the benefits which have resulted presenting perhaps the most and concise behalf of the to Kinley and Dingley Bills that Ever been Given 3u any Public free thug in Bradford. The record of the Republican or. Dalzell is an open giving colouring to the history of the world. It stands for free speech a free Pree free Homes and free men one Flag and Bhe Law of Freedom. It Rescott strutted a broken and despoiled Republic to National Honor and credit by paying the National debt and by the adoption of the protective policy gave to the country Prospect. Ara pled in the world s in a Vine Ingr manner to gave a summary of .the., commercial development of the e West and of the welding. Of the North East and. West with bands of steel the net work of railways having been almost wholly constructed during Republican administrations Protection tvs advocated by George Washington Daniel Webster Anc other great leaders of the past said the speaker and has. Been the policy of Tho government since the. Close of tha civil wat with the exception of the disastrous Cleveland every country in the great Britain has adopted it. This continued or has Many times National democrats claim that it is robbery a felony punishable by to overthrow this system Means a National revision from time to time but this change should be Ilone by its . Under it. The states has become the a Healthiest nation in the world fir manufacturing Commerce and. Kindred he described the conditions that existed during the . 1892-97i and of the misery ensure Obj the failure 61 the Wal san Tariff Bill to info iolent recent ii for running the Govar Mont the deficit the cent to tide Orer the affairs of the re Noblie in this Broad Jenard the tramp tramp tramp of Over s men looking for employment shops and manufacturing industries of nearly All kinds were closed Down the soup houses becoming a prime Factor throughout the country immortal Mckinley by the votes of the. People took hold of the reins of said or. Dalzell. Now we stand on of Prosperity never attained by any nation our Home Trade being equal to the aggregate of the j world reaching the enormous figure of in ims -1 the Trade Fig. Ires As Given by or. Dalzell showed the blk ing conditions m total exerts balance of Trade Aifa Sor ?400 the balance of ado for years of the Mckim Fry Roosevelt administration shows a Otalor m our favor As compared -.witli. Bat Washington to Jim Quiley. Or Dalzell ave a Ilij Clear elucidation of the Trust question Andlor the not Iftode As re cards taken by president Roosevelt. Modem enterprises demand great aggregations of continued the speaker and to destroy them utterly Means that thousands of.-., workmen would be thrown out of employment trusts Jyo Ald be subs tits or Dalzell has a poor opinion of Parker and in referring to him said that in would say but Little about him As there was Bat Little to say. He is ignorant and prejudiced on National questions and takes his untenable positions mainly through tie of Dave Hill and Billy Sheehan. Never in its history has democracy put Forth a candidate for the presidency so unfitted Tor the said the speaker in concluding or. Dalzell paid a warm Tri Bute to president Roosevelt describing aim As a great Leader of a great party bold and sagacious a Mau of brain and brawn a scholar author Soldier states american who will take his place with the his concluding injunction was vote the entire Republican ticket at least once on on election Day Aud on the evening of . Count is completed it will be found that Pennsylvania has rolled ii. A majority of for col. Arden flood v As next introduced and in consequence of his Previ b As addresses in instant favor wit i the audience tha speaker interspersed his remarks with humor Ous stories which served to put special emphasis on his conclusions arid the Andidora from mentally egg glib Tif Scalea. Rae the original bolder. The Republican votes that Are cast Are not counted and in that manner the election of the democratic aspirant 18 the speaker. In Noud Tor democracy nothing Ian been done for labor Aud instead of advocating a laity of states and southerners Are urging the filipinos to revolt. Champ Clark that fiery Ora of who threatened to Cut a Frond s Throat from ear to ear because the lat with him is from my Dis Bald the speaker Aud he is an Sample of the won who Are Reading the democratic in concluding the meeting r. B. Stone ssq., proposed that a rising vote of thanks be tendered the speakers which was Linch three cheers were Given with a will for the Candi dates of the Republican party a wrong impression. Either., b y. Inference Misander Itai hug accidentally or intentionally a few of the papers of the county Are stating positively or giving the impression that the Bradford typographical Nion has endorsed tile candidacy of our esteemed fellow editor Frank Potter for county treasurer on the democratic ticket this is not Correct. We believe in the first place that the Union is not a political organization and no. Doubt its rules would prevent it from formally endorsing the candidacy of any Candi Date for any party Bat be that As it May there can be no disputing the fact that the purpose of the Resolution passed by the typographical ump Here was to give brother Potter a Good charac Ter from the standpoint of organized labor and to give Clear record As an employer of Union there could be no objection to tins in. The least none can gainsay his Merit of their approval As an employer Justice to the Union and. In fairness to both or. Weaver and to do not think the matter Shoi ild be placed in a wrong Light by claiming that the Union print ers endorsed a political candidates Nomi nation and expressed a preference for his election. On the f act of it su6b endorsement would be a to any Ilion and be unfair to its. Members of All parties for would not always be a democratic candidate that wan inthe Wisdom of declining to Umi Oryx the Candida Pic i tons instructing for the election of any is most obvious and the of the matter Are that the typographical Union did and would decline to do so. Potter should receive credit. For his at tirade toward. Union. Men. In so fair As. He has deserved it and that w As what with statistics in an eloquent manner he portrayed the present flourishing condition of the country under Republican . Sun sets on Mitory Over which the starry Banner said the speaker and if any person doubts the position of the United states among the world Powers let him but accept As evidence the testimony of the nations which Are striving to take is in Enterprise and commercial ism. The Prosperity of to Day was wrought by Republican principles be ginning at the overthrow of the demo cratic theories and -1allacies at the the democratic principles of yesterday Are but the democratic Shams of to in a Brilliant manner he presented a resume of the principles of the two parties of the recent pension order by president Roosevelt and of the inconsistent attitude of other leaders of the democracy. The democrats claim that their policies Are Safe and said the speaker but i have failed As yet to see that they have iad a single Lucid in conclusion the speaker paid tribute to the party Condi . Adopted a Lijoi did. Lunar As an. Employer Robt As a political candidate. Heis undoubtedly not to blame for Tho wrong use made of the resolutions adopted by. The Union and the Mischou Truo Tibah. Of his Exchange editor has published Arti cles in the. News taken from other papers that have stated the Case wrongly and therefore instead of helping will have a tendency or Potter s campaign.1 in tie. Meantime the slightest thing that can be said or is said against Dell Weaver by Orean sized labor. Neither m Public nor in Vato life has he Ever done anything that deserved or received criticism from them. Star. Dates National and and eulogized the attainments and Standard of republicanism. Said col. M finishing a Wise Man stands on Prosperity a prudent Man lets to Ell enough col. William Beckner one of the Best known Republican leaders of Kentucky was the third and last speaker of the evening. The colonel Mem Ber of Congress and has also occupied the Bench in the Blue grabs state which with or two exceptions has remained almost hopelessly in the democratic column. According to his statement he is not a politician Aud not enough of a Public speaker to have a set created enthusiasm with his remarks on the political conditions existing in Kentucky the colonel comes from Denio ratio Stock but of recent years he has acquired Republican tendencies and is a Rock ribbed Follower of Roosevelt he characterized Parker As a jumping Jack Hill and. South Erner s who think slavery a divine institution. By Way of showing Parker s inconsistency a Tho. Money question a Story of a couple who desired to which electrified the audience. In Ken said col. Beckner they Issue and. With one of these a person is not allowed to cast ballot. The democrats visit the probable Republican voters at least May of them and Purchase Thore cer How to Mark a ticket. We have been informed that Many voters do. Not understand How to. Vote a straight ticket this and we will try to explain away Tho trouble. The directions say to Yoto a straight party ticket Mark a Cross i in the Square. Opposite. The name of the party of your in. The first Tyhie Chris but some Are of the a Pinion that the column contain ing Only the names of the parties does Evant nah Hin should Mark in the column containing the Republican presidential electors Iris Tead of this column Vuchich is the first column and contains following Republican. Democratic. Socialist labor. Independence. If voters will remember that the above comprises the first , should Nave Iio to forcible voting a straight ticket the above is the Only Mark necessary to vote a straight Republican ticket. If you should wish to vote a split ticket your ballot should be marked the same As Tho old ballot. First Mark a Cross in the Square opposite the. Names to film Yon desire to tote for the presidential electors of these Candi dates and then Mark a Crow in the Opp Oate name of each in ten your Choice

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