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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1908
Page
1
Auditor for Ellwood County reveals a blue line shortfall in a routine check. The report cites a missing balance and seeks restatement of accounts. Officials urge immediate reconciliation to prevent further discrepancies.
Former Tax Collector E H Phillips is $2 616 92 short in borough and school accounts per audit by John McCandless. The report faults 1901 1905 practices, notes $5 23 borough and $1 951 69 school funds missing, and cites numerous overcharges and missing duplicates. Unpaid taxes total $153 69 borough and $75 32 school across years 1901–1905. Continued on Page Eight.
The Churches of God of Western Pennsylvania met in Ursina with Dr Yahn elected president and J L Updegraff reappointed as agent. Eldership adjourns for October 1909 with Pittsburg church. Stationary committee lists Illwood City Yew Castle Sharon and John Luchansky. Fay McMillen age 12 of Hamilton Street has scarlet fever and cases reported to Health Officer Will S McCartdless.
W B Moore sells the Leslie house to Charles B Deshon Jr of Pittsburgh for 25000. The transfer included a 2 1/2 year lease with renewal and liquor license hearing set for October 19. The New Leslie hotel opened May 1 and has 56 rooms after recent remodeling.
A sneak thief entered FE L Hainer's home at 57 Grant Street last night while the family visited a neighbor and stole $5. Entry occurred between 7 and 9 p m using a skeleton key, with the key left in the inside lock. No other valuables were disturbed and the incident apparently unreported to police.
James Young a noted cement contractor filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition through attorney T W Dickey. Assets are about 4100 with liabilities around 5000 due to inability to make collections.
Reports describe skirmishes on the Turkish frontier as Sofia presses Bulgaria to defend independence. Young Turks urge active campaign while Vienna backs Prince Ferdinand and annexation plans in Bosnia and Hungary face Austrian resistance. Berlin and Paris discuss a new congress to revise the Berlin Treaty amid tensions.
Fourth Ward Director Jonas asks for a new ward school to relieve crowding as Thaddeus Stevens and Almira Home buildings overflow with 57 and 58 pupils per room. Health Officer McCandless urges fumigation of all rooms and the board approves staff purchase. Prof Dickson seeks $100 in high school books and wiring upgrades are discussed.
Rev. Fish a Prohibition candidate for congress opened the campaign Monday evening in Har lansburg at the Presbyterian church. He urged temperance action by Congress and argued only he would support a national prohibition amendment and inter state commerce changes to curb liquor interests.
Harmony Pa Oct 6 Miss Deborah Belles nearly four score years old says she was robbed last night while asleep in Jackson township near the Harmony creamery. She believes she was doped and cannot recall the events as thieves took money from a spot near her. The case remains a mystery with no clear clues.
Andrew Thomico, a brakeman in Pittsburg, was forced to lean over while the engine severed his foot at the ankle after his foot wedged in a switch. The engineer could not stop the engine in time to prevent the accident.
Midland Steel officials expect Taft to win the presidency and resume operations at their works near Beaver. Workers will restart limestone quarrying at Mt. Jackson and furnaces will blast next week as mills come back online, signaling an optimistic industrial outlook before the November 3 election.
The annual state convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union closes in Sharon with 300 delegates. Officers for the year include president Mrs. Ella George of Beaver Falls and two New Castle ladies heading departments, A M B McCleary on temperance literature and Eliza A W McBride on social work and Red Letter Day.
Sunday night chicken thieves raided L. D. Nelson's coop on Florence avenue. Nelson awoke to squawking, fired two shots at the fleeing thief, but the shots had no apparent effect. Two or three chickens were stolen.
Preparations are under way for the annual Lawrence County National Reform association convention to be held in early November. The organizing committee, led by Rev. J. S. Martin Rev. J. E. Campbell and Rev. A. B. McCormick, is preparing the program for what is expected to be a largely attended event.
Charles C. Mayberry trustee and executor for Logan Mayberry defends against removal petition filed by widow Mrs. Marilla Mayberry and S. W. Mayberry. He denies insolvency or estate waste, notes Cleveland property worth 6000 dollars and 1000 dollars in personal property, and says he filed a Mahoning county account and will file in Lawrence county when required. He states rents from Youngstown houses go to Mrs. Mayberry after taxes and expenses and asserts proper estate handling.
President Roosevelt lauded The Melting Pot as a great play shouting praise from his box to Israel Zangwill. The work presents America as a melting pot whence diverse nations are fused to form the typical American.
Caracas dispatches report President Castro of Venezuela gravely ill and in worse condition after falling ill at his Barquisimeto summer home. Medical fears for his recovery rise as updates from Caracas circulate.
Farmers notify police of crop thefts as potatoes vanish from fields. The Greer farm near Kings Chapel church and Reed farm near Harbor Bridge report losses. Three suspects with potatoes, hooks, and hoes await a hearing tomorrow unless waived.
Willis E. Smith, a Kentucky State College freshman, disappeared after being bound and hidden in a box car during hazing. Police and railroad workers search as Fayette county grand jury prepares to hear sworn testimony from freshmen and sophomores, townspeople, and witnesses about the incident and possible death.
Detective John Stewart captured four foreigners hunting illegally below Mahoningtown. They posted $136.45 to regain liberty. fines ranged from 30.49 to 380.49 with one man fined 44.98 for shooting a rabbit. Half the fines go to the prosecutor and half to the county.
Roy G. Holmes resigns as district manager of Bell Telephone interests in this city and leaves for Newberg New York to pursue a manufacturing opportunity. No immediate successor is named and the Bell business will be handled by Mr Boynton the division superintendent.
Mrs. Mary McGraw aged 86 of Emer son avenue. Miss M E Phillips of Menominee Michigan. William A. Davis of Oil City. Millie Speer age 23 of Mahoningtown. Thomas Jackson McFall age 32 of North Beaver township.
Miss Calvin opens a mission at the Baptist church in South Sharon to teach foreign children. She formerly taught in New Castle and has done missionary work among foreigners, including a class in Chinese.
Farmers near Watson's Run by Greenville seek a large black bear spotted Sunday along the Bessemer railroad tracks. Local residents report the creature roaming the area prompting precautionary actions while it is hunted.
Reverend George W. Kincaid, once manager of the Western Pennsylvania Industrial farm near the Harbor, is driven off by a landlord’s warrant after farm sales. Only two children remain on the property aside from Kincaid’s son and a Mr. and Mrs. Derry. The Lawrence County Lumber company, receiver J. J. Dean, resold the farm to Kincaid on a small payment, but officers say Kincaid failed to raise promised funds from donors, and church associations found his institution unworthy of support.
Employes of the Greer tin mill will hold a meeting in Fidelis hall on Washington street Wednesday at 9 o’clock. The agenda is stated as important but details are being kept secret by the organizing committee. The plant has been idle for weeks and officials say no reopening before the election.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Waddington Dr. R. G. Miles and Phil Rodgers traveled by Waddingtons auto into Mercer county for a hunting expedition today.
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