Titusville Herald

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THE TITUSVILLE HERALD.
FORTY-SECOND YEAR.
TITUSVILLE, PA, AUGUST 30, 1904,
VOLUME    XL1. NO. 55.
PORT ARTHUH STANDS
DESPITE ONSLAUGHTS.
BUT   IT   18  THOUGHT  THE   JAPS
ARE MAKING HEADWAY.
LAND BATTLE AGAIN DEFERRED.
Interest Now Centered Between Liao
Yang and tile Gibralter ef the
East—-Latest   Bulletins.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
CHEFOO, Aug. 28.—7 p. m.—Information which to a very great extent
confirms previous reports of the conditions at Port Arthur was received here
today by junk which left there Aug. 24
and 99,
The most Important statement
agreed to by the passengers on these
junks who were Interviewed by the
Correspondent of the Associated Press
confirms the reports that the Russians
have been driven'from the fort Immediately east of tbe railroad. Tbis
Cott is named Rihluggshan and Is located on the tall of tfie Dragoon hills
along the summits of which the eastern defenses of Port Arthur are built.
When the Russian forces retired
from Port Itzshan they entered Fort
No. 15 to the north ot Chaoshanke.
During the nights of Aug. 18 and 19
and while It was raining the Japanese
attempted to storm Fort Antszshan.
which was a strong position adjoining
Itsshan toward the city, but they were
repulsed with heavy loss.
During the night of Aug. 22, a heroic
band of 500 Japanese attempted to cap-
tare Fort No. 5 In tbe midst of a
storm. Almost the entire detachment
was killed. The Chinese declare;
however, that the Russians have evacuated No. 6, but whether by reason of
this assault or the Japanese artillery
flre cannot be learned. Tbe Japanese
are unable to occupy No. 5.
The fighting from Aug. 17 to Aug.
22 was severe but since the latter date
it has been comparatively light. On
Aug. 26 Fort Liaotu was fired on fjom
six Japanese torpedo boats but the result of this action has not been known.
The Russian marines have left the
ships in the harbor and are working at
the land batteries. Shells from tho
Japanese flre continue to land In Port
Arthur and the dock yards and the
warships have scattered about the
harbor' in attempts to protect thdm-
selve from tbe enemy's projectiles. A
Chinese who was employed on the
docks at Port Arthur says the battleships Retvizan, Poltava and Sebasta-
pol are badly damaged. The flrst
mentioned ship rests low in the water
by the stern. The battleship Pobieda
is in fighting condition. There are
also four gunboats and several torpedo
boat destroyers in the harbor. The
recent report that eight destroyers escaped from Port Arthur cannot be confirmed. The Japanese are constructing forts at Louisa bay, northwest of
Port Arthur.
LIAO YANG, Aug. 28.-7:10 a. m.—
The Russian forces have been disappointed by another withdrawal. The
whole eastern division and the troops
of the Anshan Shan division have been
ordered to fall back to positions nearer
Liao Yang, just as the soldiers were expecting another advance.
The Japanese are not following the
Russians.
Tho advance from the south is apparently being pushed home. Sounds
of artillery from tbat direction are
plainer than they were yesterday.
The Russians sustained a hot artillery fight all of Aug. 26 on the eastern
front but held all their positions.
At 5 o'clock this evening the Associate*} Press correspondent crossed
over to the left flank. Tbe understanding was that the Russians would concentrate heavily in the morning for an
attack of the Japanese in that direction and surprise was greater therefore
at the order to retire.
The explanation is given that the
Tenth corps, especially Oeneral Hersch-
elmann's division on the extreme left,
was confronted by a greatly superior
force of Japanese.
Though the Russians fought bravely
and held all their positions they had
lost an immense number of officers.
Most probably the retirement from
the Anshan Shan position arose from
the same reason, for the whole mountain division as well as the eastern
troops, retired apparently not from the
pressure of the Japanese but for strategic reasons.
The rains had made a thick and binding mud which almost paralyzed wagqn
trains and made the movement of guns
even more difficult. Though the Japanese witnessed the slow retirement of
the eastern division they made no attempt to follow the Russian army, being apparently exhausted by the duel
of Aug. 24 and 25 and the desperate unsuccessful all-day attack of Aug. 26.
Today the sound of cannonading is
heard plainly in .Liao Yang. It ls more
to the south than to the southeast The
Japanese seem to be advancing along
the entire front, particularly moving
with a large force up the valley of the
Liao river.
The rapid extension of the rural free
delivery mall service until it has become general throughout tliis vicinity
has brought with It a demand for a
change of local newspaper service too
strong for the Herald to disregard.
With a view to meet the requirements
ef the changed condition* as the result
of which a desire has grown up in tl.e
rural districts for a daily newspaper
which wlfl eever the local as well as
the general field at a moderate subscription . price, a mall edition of the
Morning Herald wilt shortly be Usurd
for delivery te subscribers on the ft.
P. D. routes at $2.00 a year.
As this movement will largely curtail the fleld for the Ssmi-Weekly
Herald. It will be changed to a weekly
believing as we do that there
will still remain a demand for such a
paper among those Who are net In a
position to read a dally paper or think
they cannot afford one. The Weekly
Herald will consist of twelve pages
and wHI be issued on Friday of each
week on or about Sept. 1. tt will contain all the local and juneral news of
the week, as well as the customary'
large number ef letters from nearby
towns.
The Dally Herald, through, its efficient telegraph service provided by
the Associated Press, wIN nerve its
readers with all the news of the world
brought down to the morning on which
the patrons of the mites in the local
fleld wlfl receive their papers. It is
the only morning dally newspaper
circulated In this teritory wh'.:h can he
delivered in time to connect with t.ie
rural free delivery routes on the morning of publication.
Subscribers to the Semi-Weekiv
Herald who are paid In advance can,
by making request, have tne daily
edition instead, taking credit tor one-
half the time for which they are pe.d
en the former. This change is made
only after due deliberation and in thi
belief that it wilt be for the best in*
tsrests of a large majo: tiy of our subscribers and patrons.
SARAH A. BLOSS, Prop...
Titusville, Pa., Aug. 15, 1904.
HILL WILL QUIT WHEN
CAMPAIGN 18 CLOSED.
Announces That Jan.  1 Will See Him
Retire From Politics.
ALBANY, Aug. 28.—David B. Hill
in conversation with friends here today announced that he Intends to retire from politics Jan. 1 next and that
no matter what the result of the coming campaign may he in state or nation,
he will relinquish the leadership of tbe
Democratic party In New York.
■ He added that in event of Democratic
success this fall he would not accept
any position under tbe national or state
Democratic administrations or again
become a candidate for election to any
office whatsoever.'
Mr. Hill made tbese statements on
the eve of his birthday anniversary
which comes tomorrow. He was born
Aug. 20, 1843.
B. OP L.E. VOTED AID
TO   MOTOR   ENGINEER8.
Agree That Subway Men Should Have
$3.50 for Nine Hours.
NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—Fifteen hundred members of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, representing localities within 500 miles of New York,
at a meeting here today unanimously
voted to support tbe contention of tbe
motor engineers employed on the elevated road, that the men employed In
the subway shall be paid '.he union
wages of $3.50 for a nine-hour day instead of $3 for a ten-hour day, the rate
at which Oeneral Manager Bryan of the
Inter-borough Rapid Transit company
proposed to pay the subway motormen.
A QUIET SABBATH.
OYSTER BAY, Aug". 28.—President
Roosevelt passed today Quietly at Sagamore Hill with bis family and one or
two house guests. Tbe President, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and all of
tbe children except Quenten, attended
the morning service at Christ Episcopal
church. Several relatives and neighborhood friends called informally during
the afternoon and evening.
GOING TO THE  FAIR.
ESOPUS, N. Y:( Aug. 28.—Judge
Parker expects to go to Ellenville Wednesday on the special train which will
carry a large Kingston delegation to
the Ulster county fair. Judge and, Mrs
Parker have made it-tfieir custom for
many years to attend this fair:
ARTILLERY BATTLE.
LONDON, Aug. 28.—According to a
dispatch ot today's date to tbe Central
News from Liao Yang, an artillery battle has been In progress since 8 o'clock
this morning near Liao Yang. The
Russian main position, tbe dispatch
says, Is what was formerly the outpost
line of the Liao Yang garrison.
BURGLARS WERE BUSY
ON SUNDAY MORNING.
SAFE WA8 BLOWN AT E. T. HALL'S
AND $100 STOLEN.
TWA8 THE WORK OP "YEGGMEN."
GlycerineStolen ait East Titusville May
Give Clue—Fues and Caps Bopght
Saturday Night.
When the baby keeps a man awake
at nights, he "casually" mentions it to
every one be meets on the way down
town.
E. T. Hall's furniture store at tho
corner of Martin street and Central
avenue was entered1 by burglars early
Sunday morning. Tbe doors of the
safe were blown open and about $100
in cash together with some Insurance
policies and mining stock certificates
were stolen.
The job was done "by "yeggmen," as
the safe-cracking element ot hobo life
is termed by detectives. After their
entrance with little exertion by cutting
two panes of glass from a rear window,
the men proceeded to the office which ls
located about twenty feet from the
Martin street side of the building. They
forced the door, not observing a key
on the window ledge. They used putty
to cover the cracks about the safe doors
and probably folded small paper funnels above the hinges of each door to
Insert the glycerine. At one side of the
left door the crack was unusually large
and the strings of an apron, found
hanging in a room off the office, were
stuffed Into it. From the location of
the explosion, exactly in the middle
of the two doors at the bottom, it Is
probable that a pump waa employed at
that point to exhaust the air and draw
the explosive downward. Nothing was
used to deaden the report.
When the explosion came the outer
and inner doors at the right Bide of the
safe were completely wrested. The
cement filling was forokenfRto pieces
a few inches in diameter ami the door
was thrown Into the middle of the
room. It is probable tbat the inner
door was so weakened that it was pried
with. p Jimmy.' l,Whe explosion sent
pieces! of the combination lock through
ihe windows of the office and out
through 'fhe'windows of tbe west side
to Martin street. The force was entirely In front of the safe and a mirror,
standing at the. left, was not injured.
The papers; consisting, principally of
installment leases, were scattered over
tho office floor. None of them were
injured and so far as it -could be judged
yesterday very few were carried away.
AfterdCflmj^el^pg the job the burglars
left the building in tbe same manner
as tbey entered it.
The burglary was discovered at 7
o'clock Sunday morning by George
Hughes, driver for Mr. Hall. He went
to tbe barn at the rear of the store to
care for the horses] Observing that a
board had heen knocked off the fence
at the east side of the driveway he was
rather suspicious and an' examination
showed that glass had been cut from
one of the windows He then notified
Mr. Hall. The latter came down town
and after surveying the wreck notified
the police.
Chief of Police Laley made inquiries
of tbe night force and learned that an
explosion, sounding like a heavily
charged shotgun, was heard at 3 o'clock
Sunday morning. Officers Kern, Connell and Taylor, patrolling their respective beats, heard the noise and endeavored to locate it.
A guest at the home of Mrs. Langworthy, opposite the store, stated yesterday that there were two explosions.
She was awakened by the first and
stood at the window when the second
occurred.
The night was foggy and the streets
were deserted. The sound of the explosion was like the report of a shotgun
and It was difficult to ascertain the direction from which It came. The front
door of Clark's grocery store at the
corner of Franklin street and Central
avenue was found open later. The police covered the entrances of this building and Mr. Clark was summoned. Investigation showed tbat the safe and
the interior of the store had not been
disturbed. The police searched until
morning but found no trace of the robbery.
Officers 'Laley and Buckley were informed by Mr. Hall of the burglary
about 9 o'clock* In the morning and at
onee went to work on the case.
A Herald reporter learned yesterday
morning that three young men had
purchased caps and fuse from the Cupler .Torpedo company on Saturday
night. It appears that the magazine*
of the firm at East Titusville had been
entered some time during the week.
It was discovered on Friday morning
that' the lock on the door had been
broken off and that the cans of nitroglycerine had been tampered with.
Louis Stahl of North Monroe street,
employed as a well shooter, was in the
office of the glycerine company, which
is in the Exchange block. Three young
men came and one of them purchased
thirteen feet of fuse and a dozen percussion caps. Mr. Stahl asked one of
the young men what he wanted   the
articles for. The young man replied
that he Intended to blow up stumps.
Mr. Stabl was obliged to go to another
part of the city to obtain the goods
which be delivered to the young men
who remained at the office. They paid
him and departed.
;Mr. Stahl gives no clear description
of the men. They all wore black
slouch hats, two of them were about
five feet nine inches and the third was
about .five feet five. It occurred to Mr.
Stahl after tbe departure of the three
that perhaps the young men were connected with the affair at the magazine.
Chief of Police Laley, who had been
informed of the entering of the maga-
lne, stated to a Herald reporter yesterday that he had beon expecting a
safe robbery and had told bis men to
be on a careful lookout. He had-posted
the three officers with a view of covering the business part of tbe town to the
best advantage.
COLLISION  ON   B. AND O.
INJURED  FOUR  PEOPLE.
It Happened at Beck's Run—One Engineer May Die.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 28.—In a head-on
collision between two passenger trains
on the Pittsburg division of the B. &
O., near Glenwood tonight, four persons
were severely hurt and ten or twelve
sustained minor injuries.
The Injured:
T. Lynch, engineer, both legs
crushed; may die,
—- Heacock, conductor, head, face
and body cut and bruised,
i   Mildred Guinea, Infant,    bead    and
face cut; serious.
Mrs. James Crawford of Washington,
Pa., head and face cut.
A number of passengers were slightly hurt by broken glass and splinters
but not seriously.
The trains Jn collision were the
Wheeling accommodation, leaving
Pittsburg at 5:35 and the train from
Wheeling which left there at 3 o'clock.
The road is single track at Glenwood
where the trains usually pass and tonight the north-bound train, being
twenty minutes l.ate, was for some reason allowed to go pasfe.,:.!'
The trains came together at Beck's
Run, on a curve. The engines locked
so tightly together that It took.nearly
three hours to release them, and- the
coaches on the south-bound train were
badly wrecked.
"The engineer and    firemen    of the
north-bound train escaped by Jumping.
A relief train was soon on the scene
and the passengers w&t* all brought to
Pittsburg and■'tbetfflJliiWflrb'mptly at_
tended to.
BARNEY OLDFIELD WAS
PAINFULLY INJURED
And Two Men Were Killed in an Automobile Accident Sunday.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 28.—Blinded by the
dust thrown hy the swiftly -moving machine of A. C. Webb of Toledo, O., Barney Old field of Cleveland, O., lost control of his machine in a false start of
the fifth event of tbe World's Fair automobile speed contest today and' crashing through the outer fence of the
course, instantly killed John Scott, a
watchman employed at the park, and
inflicted Injuries upon Nathan Montgomery, a negro, from which he died a
few minutes later.
Oldfleld was painfully Injured and
his machine completely demolished.
The accident occurred after a false
start. The flagman vainly attempted
to signal Oldfleld and Webb, who were
leading, that the start was not allowed
but they did not see his flag and continued around the course at a htgh rate
of speed. Shortly after passing the
flrst turn of the mile track Webb secured the lead by a narrow margin and
tho men were In relatively the same
position when passing the three-quarter pole. Making the turn Webb's machine skidded and raised a blinding
cloud of dust that completely blinded
Oldfleld and half smothered him. Not
being able to see tbat he had completed
the turn Oldfleld continued his course
and crashed through the fence.
FIR8T DEGREE MURDER.
BELLEFONTE, Pa., Aug. 28.—Guilty
of murder in the flrst degree was the
verdict of the jury in the case of Ira
Green and William Dillon, on trial on
the charge of killing Turnkey Jerry
Condo, brought in at 9:25 o'clock this
morning after being out since 2:50
o'clock yesterday afternoon. An application was at once made for a new
trial.
GOOD LOCAL PRODUCER.
One of the best wells of the year in
the local oil field was completed Saturday on the Joseph Henderson farm,
north of town. It is the property of tbe
Henderson Oil company, composed
principally of Titusville men. The
well was tubed and put to pumping
yesterday. It started at a flfteen-barrel speed, far better than any previous
well In that development. The rig will
be moved and operations commenced
on Nri" 7 Tn-wrlBV.
ACTION COMMENCED
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENT
IN NEW YORK INVOLVES
TRACTION COMPANY BRINGS 8UIT
AGAINST   P.   R.   R.
MATTER    LONG    IN    ABEYANCE.
Extension to  Meadviile   Is  Dependent
Upon Arrangement—Railroad
Company's Position.
The Herald learned upon excellent
authority yesterday that the Titusville
Electric Traction company, represented by Julius Byles, Esq., has instituted
an action against the Pennsylvania
Railroad company in the courts of
Crawford county, having for its object
the establishment of a crossing at
grade in the borough of Hydetown.
Since the extension of the trolley
line to Mystic park and later to Tryonville, it has been necessary for passengers to leave a car at the Pennsylvania
railroad tracks and transfer to another
car, both coming to the city and returning. The traction company officials bold that danger of accident will
be. lessened, rather than Increased, by
the proposed crossing. At present
passengers, intent only, upon securing
a good seat in their car, hurry across
the railroad tracks heedlessly and with
no thought of danger. Tbe traction
company promises, if the crossing is
granted by the court, to establish a
guard and make it absolutely safe.
Further, the traction company declares, the extension of the line to
Meadviile depends upon securing a
satisfactory crossing at Hydetown.
The overhead trestle, contemplated
two years ago, is not believed feasible.
Tho company points out that -this
crossing means much to Titusville and
tbe country to the west; that the service of he road will be much impaired
by tbe refusal of the court to permit
such a crossing, and tbat every effort
will be made to secure a favorable
opinion.
On the other band, it is understood
that the Pennsylvania Railroad company ls rather favorably inclined-to an
adjustment of tbe matter in court. If
the question is localized' and the crossing granted because of certain conditions that obtain here, it will establish
no precedent which the Pennsylvania
will feel bound to honor elsewhere.
The case is expected .to come before
tne new-term of court-.■-
SHAMBURG.FARM HORSE
BOLTED FROM AN AUTO.
200 Feet of Oil Well Casing Dumped
Wagon Waa Wrecked.
A fine bay horse, belonging to Norman Davis, the well known Shamburg
oil producer, ran away at noon Saturday, wrecking the light farm wagon to
which he was hitched and distributing
200 feet of oil well casing at tbe corner
of Central avenue and Drake street.
Mr. Davis came to town in a hurry to
get some casing- to complete a well.
The drillers were waiting'for him. The
horse was hitched to a heavy weight on
the Central avenue side of tbe United
Hardware and Supply company's building. The casing was loaded and Mr.
Davis was paying his bill when A. T.
Lambert turned into Central avenue
with an automobile. ThiB kind ofbug-
a-boo isn't, kept over about Shamburg.
Tbe horse gave a snort of disapproval
and bolted. The light hitching strap
broke and tbere is not a hose team in
Titusville that wouldn't have been envious to see that big horse go. After
leaving part of tbe wagon and the casing at Drake street he continued to
Walnut street and was caught when
he turned down Main.
No damage was done, except to the
wagon. • Mr. Davis succeeded in getting
the casing home Saturday night.
You know how selfish you are? Well
you can judge from yourself how selfish others are.
The Outlay ef $8,000,000 for Improved
Rapid Transit
NEW YORK, Aug. 28.--rElght million
dollars or more will be expended by the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad company for Improved rapid
transit from New York City to tbe
Bronx and that part of West Chester
lying along Long Island Sound, according to Information given out tonight by
President Charles S. Mellen.
A connection with tbe Inter-Borough
system, the "L" road, Is proposed
among other improvements at West
Farms and it is planned eventually to
give a thorough service from the Battery to New Rochelle ahd Mount Vernon.
The money for the Improvements ls
to be raised by an Issue of $15,000,0000
of bonds, the balance being devoted to
the re-payment to the New Haven of
money advanced during tbe past thirty
years on account of the Harlem River
and Port Chester railroad, the titular
owner of the Harlem branch of the New
Haven. The bonds have been underwritten at a premium.
AN OIL CITY ATHLETE
18 8ERIOUSLY INJURED.
Fell From Friend's Shoulder and Haa
Concussion of the Spine.
• OL CITY, Pa., Aug. 28.—(Special)
—Charles Magulre was seriously injured at Henry's Bend on the Alle-
lieny river this afternoon and tonighjj"
is in the city hospital suffering from
concussion of the spine.
Magulre, who is an athlete, attended
a clambake given by tbe union bartenders of Oil City. In a spirit of fun ho
jumped upon James Miller's shoulders
and braced himself for a ride. In
some manner he lost bis balance and
fell to the ground, striking on the back
of his head. His condition is precarious .
DEMOCRATS WANT BRYAN
TO  OPEN  CAMPAIGN.
Efforts Will Be Made to Bring Him to
Meadviile This Fall.
MEADVILLE, Aug. 28.—(Special.)—
Democratic County chairman E. Lowry
Humes.-presided at a meeting of the
Democratic committee held at the
court house Saturday afternoon, at
which plans for tbe coming campaign
were, discussed. It was decided to.con*"]
duct a vigorous campaign with a hickory pole raising In every country election district. An effort will be made
to bring William J. Bryan to Meadviile..
to open the campaign. Other speakers
of prominence will -be secured to participate in the campaign.
THIEVE8 AT OIL CITY.
OIL CITY, Pa., Aug. 28.—(Special.) —
Sometime during'Saturday night burglars effected an entrance to the secondhand jewelry store of Gideon Fry and
stole watches and other goods to tbe
value of $300. The spoils consisted of
twenty-six gold and silver watches,
nearly all of the Elgin make, and ten
good revolvers. The police bave been
working on the case during the day but
have no clue. 1
WARREN COUNTY COURT.
WARREN, Aug. 28— (Special)—Court
of quarter sessions begins Sept. 5 and
the regular term of common pleas court
the week following. The most Interesting case on the criminal docket will
be the Webb murder trial. The prisoner,- a youth of 19, is charged with killing-Ora Filer at Youngsville, Pa., on the
Fourth of July.
BEAVER IMPROVING.
BBLLEFONltET, Pa., Aug. 28.—The
condition of Oeneral Beaver today
showed continued Improvement. .He
rested very comfortably all day and
suffered little pain. His temperature
is almost normal.
F*OR NEARLY FORTY YEARS
this Institution has served all classes well and faithfully.
In glancing over the long history of the
Second  National Bank.
there are many successful citizens of Titusville and numerous other
cities whose prosperity dates from the time when they first became
customers of this Bank.
CAPITAL
$300,000.
Surplus
and
Profits,
$160,000.
Safe
Deposit
Vaults.*
4 Per Ct. In.
on Time
Deposits.
Savings
Department
The experience and Judgment of the SECOND national BANK
is always at the service of its. patrons and bas been the means ot sav*
ing many ot them from serious! losses.