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McKean County Miner (Newspaper) - October 27, 1904, Smethport, PennsylvaniaT sum Library jul Jot fwd Harry , editor proprietor official of the county terms per Velj jul. Smethport pa., thursday oct. 27, c904. No. 42 found dead sunday morning William Maxwell s body found along Pennsylvania r. A tracks. Conditions indicated foul play but investigation proved otherwise a. Makes detained and re. Was due to exposure Etc. Last sunday a pruning the citi7ens_of sme Lippit and East Smethport were Given occasion for a Good Deal of excite ment when it thit the hotly. Of Mau Lead Touri found lying along the pens Hama Railroad tracks Jet week a Quarter and a half mile South of Tho Ile pfc at East Smethport and that the surroundings indicated that he had with foul play. Between the hours of seven and eight sunday morning Frank Curtis who is employed cutting word in the o Brien lot came Down the track for spine Ceries arid body of a Man lying about 15 feet from where he went to see if he could arouse him found that the Man was1 dead fied Constable sent a Tele phone message to Coroner Hall and then with several viewed the re Mains. The body which was immediately identified As that of William Maxwell a Scotchman who Crosby Tod the j condition of the. Surroundings printed foul play it. Was found Hall could not be reached the peace o. T. Chase was directed to act Corpier and hold an .-inv.estigatibn, and he Lempar Iuele the full Wirig jury . Mahou Foreman John a. Bey w c. Dickeson John stall w a. Yentzer and Glenni Chase. The body was examined a pipe some tobacco and a handkerchief being found in the pock ets. Small scratch or was discovered on Tia. Forehead and when which was partially pulled Over his head was being straightened out it was thought that Tho left Arni was. Broken above the Olbey Aud n slight Bruise was found at the print the Elbow Tuppa the soft ground be twee i the track arid the place where the body Lay there were indications of a struggle which suspicions of Mur it or very Strong. After these f arts were miss Elizabeth of. A y., and miss Anna of Couden port one son Williatt Maxwell jr., of Oros by and sister mrs. Mal Barri of Donderi cirt the funeral Sec vines were held at. St. Luke s Church wednesday morning Rev. J. He birr Mcphan Dloss off plating. His Romoina were Laid at test Rose fill cemetery. Eldred 5, Smethport 0. . High school., football team played its first game last saturday afternoon with Tho Eldred High school eleven ii Ali e Eldred grounds a steady Radii. Had been Fah Ingup. To the time of the game and the grounds wore in Sutti a Muddy condition that Thoi Diance for. Brilliant open play Vor out of the ques Tion except on the portion of the Grid Iron Winch was covered with Green Sward. Tho game tub Bouly cow tested find Szef Chort defeat in the last half when Eldrod ouly touchdown tied. Failed to kick goal. Eldred. Won the and. Whoso the South goal Anvik ick Edoff to Smethport s 20 Yard line Smethport advancing the . Than by a. Series of line Lii Wiges Coit a Nalty interspersed with , end runs the Ball was. Carried to the Confer of the Field Liere the Ball went dred is Motho it then held the first series of Downs and then by some Fine Lino bucking and one Long end ran by Eck Ert Tho Ball was carried s. 18 Yard a Fumble. Left. Smethport with five Yards a Hopper made a hard plunge through the.-. Line and for. A time it looked i be a he stumbled and was downed about a foot Short of the necessary gain and the. Ball wont to Eldred. Eldred then carried the. Ball Back into Smethport territory by some Good end and at the close of the half the Ball was on 85. Yard Lino and. In pos session Smethport kicked off to Eldred s s5 Yard line and was. Advanced 1c Yards. Advanced to near Trio Center of the Field when the Ball we it to. Was soon returned to Eldred. By several successful cud Playa the Ball was advanced to about the. 25 Yard. Lino Liere our boys again got the but soon lost it and a few a jilted by Trio Puryj Jim to. Justice Chase and Fri Julior hear ing was adjourned to 8a. Moriday morning. Upon inquiry it was Learned that and a norwegian named an. Thouy Anderson Oakes both somewhat under the influence of liquor had Lef t about saturday aftera Pii and surtes up the haying a quart bottle am. In that at about 6 o clock that evening top conductor on the local a Man lying beside the track. And another going across i3ie Fields from this Point. With in their pcs session the authorities considered to apprehend Oakes and detain Hini until the Coroner s jury rendered a verdict As to the cause of Max Well s plays Armstrong circled the end. For c touchdown and goal was missed Smethport Agith kicked to s so Yard line after a series of Fumble the Ball went to Eldrad for the first Down on their Yard Hue. The bal soon went to Eldred on was exchanged several when time wins called snip Lipert had the. On Eldred s 20 Yard Lino with a Good Chaunci of scoring had there been a few More play. Sti Ietha Ort his Good Timber for a fast High school team a few changes arid some hard practice Wil give a Good account of themselves be fore the season ends Deputy Sherif i b. Clarke and con stable e. Drove Oakes shanty in Burbank found Oakes near his plate of abode., they apprised him of Maxwell s death and brought1 Oakes to town. In his state Merit to the. Sheriff and Deputy to said that he no blame for Maxwell s death and that mail then he i in not know that to was he said Maxwell fell Down Pri. The track dragged Liim off Pii the after making some Effort to Ai ouse him left him think my unit he was Only drunk and wow Wake up before Long Jud Gollome and performed an autopsy on the body and a careful examination proved that William Max had not came to his end by foul play but that his death was due to exposure or exhaustion by Alco spirits.-. that his Arm was riot that an old injury made it appear that Way upon first examination his heart was badly diseased his lungs Wen adhered to the Chest As Coal being what is generally termed Miroir s Coal dust although he had not worked in the mines Foi nearly so years things theatrical at the old Cross. A Beautiful Southern drama was a capable Corii Pany a the Lycenia last evening before a Large and each was taken by a first class artist and it Seldom a More evenly balanced company appears at the local play House. Jarne Brophy two leading Char caters ably handled the. Roles1, an their natural acting made them favorite with the audience. The Only which perfect production o this Beautiful drama was. The omission of the character of Madge Thornton Winch although not a Strong character left unfinished situations Down by the sea was the attic Tibia at. The tuesday Evilin and was witnessed by a sized an tie majority fairly we siitisfied.-. The Eba racers. Of Blanch Hany the child and Joel Hainds Well acts Bensi Del Iii the first were be w in their parts but the Balauch of tha company belong in the ten Twenty and thirty class cons h. Sanders specialities were pleasing. His kidneys arid spleen condition arid his Gene edition was such that i at any time cause. Monday morning thaae held the inquest Nesses were sworn but particular importance w who held the autopsy. It Coo tit irony of the Ducton. William Harwell we at Ore also in bad physical Conr in was liable to sting Coroner several wit Only ones of. The doctors jury Ren with about 59 for the russians fire on English boats. Last s riday night russian naval ves gels know ii As the Baltic a a number of English Irith North sea about 200 Miles off spa head doing a gom Deal of damage an Kil Hng Anarton Jung several of to Crews. When the news reached great Britain Felt arid then was Strong talk of a War Between two nations. Several of the Britis naval vessels were ordered to be in read Ines for immediate action however when communication Wae had with russian it was of buried that the commander of the balt Fleet had Ini taken the flitting vessels i Japa Nooe torpedo Boata and had fired o them for. That recon. Auwia has sex Vril Linnem to apologize an any indemnity n the War bet ten Tooi ii Piao tidally Over Volt Thi v m w t c by three ii hould too Bra rot ancient history. No Penang in of Lockean county in Days of did taken from the files. An immense Flook of Pigeon Esti ated to be 18 Miles Long and 4 or 6 Iles in w Width undertook to nest in Pike Nonty Friday april the silly is m that Section attacked them with lbs , until finally the entire Jck arose and disappeared at her in in township april 12, 1876, mrs. Of Elmo wife of dark White mrs into suffered for weeks before her ath but we Trust her sufferings Are she leases a Husbard and three Hildron to mourn the Joss. May pm s Blessing to St Pori the. Afflicted m ily there will be an Gen Nurial known As Tho grass 10 of tire Early locomotives used of tile Luti Zibro arid Ohio Railroad to make Hort Sharp curves it was built in 1880 Phimeas Davis a Penns Hama to Hanic one of the old Portage rail iad engines fluid the Coffee pot of the. Air Ibria Iron company will holy be exhibit by. of the Progress n locomotives for years ill show Wilde Raul results. Willie speght lately of a. B. Arm Rong s is now engaged As a Tori Senate store at if ? bunter and Perry Bris Inesa the proprietors we Ilon t. Kulw who an. Or. , for. years has been engaged am. Rose Clipso of this Placo in the hardware by tin business left to Day thursday 1876, tip a to up in the spy of d. A. Of Phr by this change Island in a complis lion work in Alid . Of Piga May. Noh a change has taken place. The oat wishes of or. A soft s Nisay friends journal there Are now said to be 60 producing veils in Thouria 1876 we have been furnished Gilber 1 As a a copy of newspaper published in this place Dur us the thirties by a. H Cory now noting is a quaint look us concern we. Shall refer to it at length hereafter to l Chapin of Keating township hot a Bald headed Eagle a Days Inco or a Bird Liat poked very Hucl Ike brio. Its body i dark Brown ant to head arid neck White. It. Rise Anred fax feet from Utip to tip. It was probably lie old original american Eagle on it Vay to. The Genter irial and ill was Brough o the Gap Giitl by Tjio Rifle of n stiff dem crat. April .10, 1876 Jphn Mcnally at Gap year Siple Mill. Wilile sorting logs he by seme mishap fell arid. Befar any help could reach Hini was drowned the funeral services. Were held in the Church on Newell Creek Allegany items the Hamlin township. Nien ced their Tau Miner Tennis on monday Musij Mary Mckvian caching arid in the White District. , l. Earie h As Only about 000 in taxes to .on his Uri seated lands luxury a landholder. A Bradford correspondent gives the facts and figures the total Pridu Tipri for the my Rith o May bbl. Bryan aver age daily "800 .bbls., compared with 7-20 bbl in april an 6so bbl. In March the Stock outside pipe Lino sep Range is Abent bbl the present number of Wells is betwee 60 Aiid-70.-. The devel of meet of the re Gion is extending South two new wel1 being i Rovess nearly Milo South of Brad Fordi besides the brie tie Frame. Vicinity pm Merced by or the. Valid Erbil of the tile present Prospect is the a this Field will in a Short time be developed As far South As Kane. The Ferrii of arid Butte Worth publishers of Buma has been dissolved by Mutual Agre Merit. Or Batter Porfeli Conti in the business. Or. Hamilton goes Cape May n. Enter into business. -11876 miss Mary we Dol daughter of Wendel of Norwich Torii ship diet a the residence of her father monday of consumption and Pleura itis with effusion of at the of the brain. Although mary1, Sicic som time her death came suddenly and in but a few and Oast a gloom Over a Large Circle c friends and acquaintances. She has lived for the past five the Faini esq., of this place an being possessed of a Lively sunny disc a Large heart and Good character found friends in All with whom she be came acquainted six maths ago in mods offs Seth and s per Type of womanly of form divorce and. Remarriage. Tho prot cant episcopal convention Boston has reached a e que tip n of Divarco and. Remarriage Inch meet Tho Siu Fiore approval of obo who without prejudice or any Irti Oular of Tho difficult prob Micro sincerely anxious that pure ves and Happy to pro Oto a Maii up womb a Lall plated under Tyllo dire tempt big which Jis sails those. To whom no Oor of. Esca Iki Jokus from a Mairi Ogo Hen the relation into they have i Ned has ceased through no fault of what All marriages True Union. Tho present practice of this common Lem Aiu a substantially. Eucha Liged under the View Caisip u. Tho remarriage f the innocent party m a div Proe for scriptural causes is permitted. This re prohibited for , a w and suitable restriction for which bus . In this in practice will Irb Bably he be More important Ian the other Motlon by the con new recognizes both he duty and the necessity of excluding rom flit sacraments of the Church ios who have sought Liberty for Peri the marriage vow and Reri married for causes it recognized by the now Testai neut. Ewt about seem to 3e aware of the fact that the real harm lat is done to Day is not by the coca Pinal Igor Ridge of a divorced person. By but the Pustari Thabitta us flagrant presence in Tho various liar cites of the i Presa no Faith of men Hwo Meri divorced for trivial. Emai ried a and yet admitted to the. Aleuts of the Church press be when Sha died and in her Early Aind looked for summons we Are forcibly minded of tenure of e and earthly Hopes. The funeral services were1. I Day under charge of Rev. Joel Clark Emporium Tho Large attendance of both Smethport Norwich we slip fully attested the High esteem which the deceased As held by All death of hrs. _ mrs. Lavinia Wright Shultz died in tie Home of her brother or. B. -1? Friday oct Gist Mth sixty fifth year of her age Frein a pm Ilic Tipu of culminating in heart . Tho Fnu Erid services ele held in the Parl is of the Unghi Touse in accordance Vith Tho wishes of he deceased Lamg Tho strip tire readings and Favorito of tie departed arid consistent a tember of tie Boptist lib Rich. find with me were rendered by the Choi and. Or. Mccoy. red a Promise made to her by Thi exquisite Fecit tied. The remains were Laid to Rosi Lill cemetery.-. Mrs. A. A Lima n.y., where she received Ler. Education in the Seminary. So. Shultz and spent the greater part of her life in Colorado Anc other Western states. For the past High has Home with lie brother and is well1 known Here exceedingly arid. Clia Ritall woman. She is survived by two Brothers a their families f. Wrigh Taud w r. Wright of renova sad incident generous sheriff. Two items from the Kane Republica f saturday Arenas Fps Laws to with a of Possession for Tho hous occupied maimed. Upo going to Tho hone to service o the writ. The sheriff was mrs Mahbod that her infant was s seriously ill that its. Life was Oft and Mother was Boudri Over lib Little one even while Talkin Atli Tho sheriff the baby gasped and die the sheriff of course departed w thou executing the writ. That Mckean county Lias hear de sheriff was amply demonstrated a urday when the sheriff started out wit a paper headed generous Contri Butin to raise the a Piney necessary to the Exon tips in Tho Hanse held effects of a Irenc Mahbod whose infant child died ski the sheriff was in the House or. A was not. Ping the requite amount a nil he went Home tha Jie had done his duty. Advertised letters. List of letters remaining in the to office at the week in Din oct. 23, 1904 Hayt could miss. May Hartman Fred Madigan miss i. A Murray mrs Hattie Norton miss Alice Olion 6, mrs b. G. I Hjort persons calling for these letters say All unclaimed letter Are sent to the dead letter office two week from of never Tysing. He boy was Lett lie read to shoot at pheasant when the Qun was accidentally Ischii ged. S Ott Wjlliam aged about 85 yours is 10 first victim of o fatal Hunting Acci int in this county this season. Hoet his at about four o clock last while put Hunting 31 part Wiges with twp Young boys m idled township on . I non thou de amed by Drnest Clement aged about 3 years and another Young boy Nat nod started Hunting and is the Story As told us they were a pm up an old Oad Back of de. Pahmier s place on Tho Windfall Road when a Partridge was raised was 15 get behind Willis and the boy attempt o get a shot when the gun was Rawn to a level with the unfortunate Tan it was discharged in some Way Tho Hole charge taking effect in willis1 ack just below his right shoulder Lade m an. Saric to the or Pond and died where he fell in a very new minutes without regaining Oon i Burriess when he realized had took off. His Shoei arid an a half mile to give the alarm to needs passing houses up his Way such Vas his excitement. The other stated with the dying Man until assistance Ime the body was. Removed the Honic f Friend or where it was prepared for trial Scott Willis Liaa been f that Vicinity for j oars divid no his time Between Wiki us at Edtl Obs Aud fishing arid Hunting. He had 0 relatives in Bis Cimity. Mysterious affair. A dispatch from Coli Desport dated says your Foi being gone she Lasut ran away. We1 have kidnapped Ler. Care. Of tire est pit we will to after them we his note to let Jou she is gone signed a b. P the riots written in a scrawl Hunter kills companion Clement a fatally wounds Scott Willis last Friday. Hot in Back died instantly. Republican rally. Monday evening Bradford theatre colonel Dalzell and colonel flood will address the meeting. A rally and Mam meeting. Will be held in the Bradford theatre on monday evening october 1. It will to the Only muss of to Campaign m Chat Rity Congress Man John Dali cell of Allegheny county i Ted Oue of the most prominent of Penn Sylvania in the lower Lonso will to the principal speaker my that wonderful orator colonel Ned address Tho Ribot no. Both of these speakers Are noted. Or to Weir platform both have to Juii heard. Hero Iii Foru Jur. Campaigns with much interest or. Palzell. Is orator in Tho same sense that. Col. Elport is but lie is crammed full of facts and figures and ins the rare of setting Forth these facts and figures in n Vicy Plain Mumer comprehension Gol flood 1ms few Peers As an orator and whether political patriotic or Deserio. Live the a. Marvelous com Mand of the most polished English and a. Dramatic style that holds his auditors Pell bound republicans from All Over the county will be present at Tho mooting and a cordial invitation is extended to democrats and All political parties to join with them and listen to Republican arguments set Forth by Man who know whereof they speak. And the ladies too Are invited and will be made. Comfortable in the new theatre. Railroad will run an excursion Tram from Sinet port and Kane. The traits will Smethport at 6 p. M Kane 5 30 p. M. It. Jewel 6 of p. M the fare the round Tnp from Smethport and intermediate Points will be 50 cents from Kino 75 cents and from it Jewett 00 Ceuta chairman George. Pat big of the re publican county. Committee is in charge of the arrangements for the meeting a protectionist argument. A from beading to the Philadelphia pros n Days of Protection which the re pub Nan National platform Vijai Stivins and the democratic National platform opposes from his communication we. Copy the follow my paragraph of under what democratic administration. Did the american i. Workman have his wages ii ice fjsthl.? tie iric reason a-d6mocvatic admin Wistra Tori was allowed to Tho workmen work us hand on ii Leaf from a memorandum Europe. Examine the democratic a ppm and pinned to Tho door the Only evidence that Eugo Rief of Howard has bearing on the. Dis appearance of his pretty 20-year-old 8 o clock night miss Dyer went to a Spring ,to get a bucket of water. When to re Turri within an her father search of her. He. Found the overt Birned. Water pail the Spring and evidences of a severe struggle Vicinity. On his return. Of the House the note was of Pond Dyer collected a posse of neighbors and they spent. The night. Searching the mountains and country Side for therms sing girl Avail Dyer is a and beside Una h As two Yonng . Was much attached to her Sisters managed the household for her who has the management of the graveyard at Howard. According to Dyer the girl when she left the on her Ordinary clothing and hat nor jacket. Inge mutation of the theory had Dyer said the girl had rib male friends tie evidences of born Gale top Mileato that she was kidnapped. A path lies across Tho Cornel of the be Muir to a strip of and it is believed girl was carried across this by some of tie lid Nappi inf Tei one. Of then had sneaked to the door the Dyer Home and pinned the note drift.1 in More the Actu trial i shut wore compelled Trade Law to enter the Cleveland Channel of Destruf non the Only possible Enterprise under a be the Enterprise displayed by Steains hip companies in carrying . Their former Homes across free Trade when it comes As free As Parker can Inake it will cause the Coal Digger to. Drop Liis sick the puddle his bar1, the. Carpenter Lis plans the Molder his trowel the Glassblower his Hii lathe the Painter his Brush the shoe maker his. or his Goose the Barber his Tho clerk his pen. Democracy. Is demanding that several Amer Icari shall compete with several millions of foreign s business men. For the american Home a service pension w Ith a free Trade Enue and connect two Oce aus assistance of a Jackpot politician bears Are numerous. A dispatch Fryni says if Black bears keep on increasing at the pie set rate in this Section Pensyl Taisiia f Armera in Remote sections will have to give by. Raising pigs and apples. Wolves even in the Pioneer Days never made such trouble tie settlers As these bears Are. Making. Last monday evening before 8 o clock a full grown Bear came Down off the mountains and stalked through the. Til Lage of Farrandsville. He passed with in fifty feet of the store of w. T. Young which was brilliantly lighted. Here be confronted misses Young Mable Smith and Annie Jobson three women who were on their Way to the Patof face and soared them almost but of their Wita. Three shrieks of fright set . Off flying and before men. Or Doga could be got together he a mile. Away. Two later not half a Nile from farm Diriye a Mauer Bear in Cornfield. The of tin a k. Kelly lumber Camp on Hkin Blok Tim Fau and inv Piid pot in i Ulvig to let the other Man worry. Representative Dresser of Bradford Largo Oil Well supplies since he h is in politics. He has allowed his son to manage some Peru 01 his business a of or two ago he went up Home to look i Tho and while he Nijs in his. O Ince a Niau from one of tie Oil districts risked to. See him. Liat is it Jim " representative . Or Dresser the visitor re plied i m a Heap of trouble t owe and it is keeping me up a gets. Worrying he of i can it. I Haven t got. The my dear Dresser replied. I Don t see Why Flat should disturb let the other fellow do the worrying. I have found that the Best plan is that a Good Best in the world. Whom do Yon owe the Money to to your son journal i display of Art goods. Jennie a Bassett of Kane will at the Wright House on tuesday. Arid wednesday of nest week with a line of fancy work and Art goods. The line will consist of embroil Wilery and lace work. All Are. Invited to Call and inspect this line. The very swell est. An All enamel heating stove and stove Board. Will positively not or change color and will always stain it Briu amt glow. Sold Only by helmet a Gill Vlasi record am Bow Oral Soto tron

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