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t asant Jfojtrtm VOL. ‘2H. MOUNT I’fjBASANT, WKsTMOliHLAM) COCNTV, l*A., I’lilDAV, AUGUST 17, 10(10. NO. 8!i. Done Near Pleasant Unity Mon-day Night Last BY THREE HIGHWAYMEN WHO HELD UP A PARTY OF ELEVEN SLAVS. JThe Unarmed Foreigners Showed Fight, but one Was Stabbed to Death and Another Badly Hurt for Their Rash-ness by the Trio of Robbers Who Took all Their Victims’ Pay Day Money and Then Rode Away on Their Wheels. A party of eleven Slavs, employed at the Standard Connellsville Coke Com-pany's plant, where they had been paid off that day, was held tip about 10 o'clock Monday night by three men on bicycles while on their way home from Pleasant Unity. One of the foreigners, Andy Kaninchn, was instantly killed and another, George Metin, badly injured. The scene of the tragedy is about a mile out of Pleasant Unity, at a lonely spot. The wheelmen rode up and drew their revolvers, demanding the Slavs money. The order was not obeyed and when repeated, the unarmed foreigners showed fight. The highwaymen did not use their firearms, but instead drew knives and soon had the two victims named above laid low. But, even having committed murder, the robbers had not yet accomplished their object. They wanted money aDd bad not secured it. Kaninchn way lying on the ground dead. Metin was in the same position, moaning from his wounds, and blood was staining the roadway. The remaining nine Slavs were dazed. They saw their comrades' condition and offered no further resist-ance to their assailants. Quickly they handed over what money they had to one otthe highwaymen, while the other two stood guard over them. While the men had given up about $30 each the two on the ground bad not yet added to the sum. The robber who was receiving the money hesitated about going through the pockets of the dead and injured. But he wanted the money. Holding a revolver at one of the nine men he commanded him to search the pockets of Kantncba and Metin and produce what money they had. This was soon done and the rob-bers then jumped on their wheels and rode away. The body of Kanincha was taken to Pleasant Unity and placed in an un-dertaking room, while a physician at-tended to Mentin’s wounds. In the meantime the coroner at Derry was noti-fied, as was also County Detective Shef-fler. The Slavs say that they know two of the men who attacked them and it is expected that their capture will soon be effected. Kanincha was single, 32 years old and lived in one of the camps near the coke works. Metin is married. Another story is that the tragedy was the result of a quarrel among the Slavs themselves. The coroner's jury took this view at least and accused Frank Quartan of the crime, but he is still at large. Two Quiet Weddings. Miss Bessie Welty, of this place, and Mr. E. A. Kepple, of Wilmerding, were married last Thursday at the College avenue home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Harvey Barkley. The ceremony was performed by the bride’s half-brother, Rev. Harry Scott, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, of Carthage, Mo. Young Mr. and Mrs. Kepple will go to housekeeping at Wilmerding about September 1st. Mr. Harry Carson, of Scottdale, and Miss Lena Van Harlingen, of Allegheny, who resided here but a short time ago, were married here Wednesday at the First Baptist church parsonage by the bride's uncle, the Rev. Mr. Reed. “Old Fiatt’s” Bloody Record. The eleventh murder in the past year's history of Fayette county was done in the new Masontown coke field Saturday night when George Fox shot and killed Will Kemble and then escaped. The two men quarreled over a woman. Fayette Farmer’s Suicide. Thomas Newton Weltner, a promi-nent Fayette county farmer living near McClellandtown, committed suicide by hanging himself w.ith a handkerchief in his cell in the Uuiontown jail where his wife had him placed to soberupand to prevent him from abusing her. He was 04 years of age and leaves six grown children with their mother. ■ COMERS AND GOERS. Paragraphs About Prominent People Gathered During the Week. Frank Donds isnt Beaver this week visiting his mother. Mrs. H. C. Morrison and children are at Mt. Clements, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Shope returned home last Thursday from Atlantic City. Miss .Sarah Poole, of Beaver, is the guest of Mrs. Rev. Davis, of Walnut street. Mrs. ,T. B. Cox and daughter, Miss Hazel, are visiting Fayette county friends. James Hunter, of Greenslmrg, with his family, spent Sunday here with his brother, Dr. ,1. W. Hunter. Misses Edythe and Milo McCain, of Philadelphia, are here as the guests of their cousin. Miss Belle Clark. John Heffling, theobligiug chief clerk at the Famous Clothing House, left Fri-day on n tour of seacoast resorts. Mrs. W. li. Miner, of Connellsville, and Mrs. Bell, of Pittsburg, are here visiting Mrs. P. S. Wolfersberger. Clarence Gilson, wife and family, of Pittsburg, were here this wbek visiting Mr. Gilson's father, Hiram Gilson. Mrs. Herbert Owen, of Pittsburg, with her children, is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Graul. General Superintendent James A. Cowan, wife and family arrived home last evening from their Maryland trip. Miss Gertrude and Katie Hartigan left Friday on a three weeks' trip to Washington, D. C., Deer Park and other eastern resorts. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nicholson, of Cresson, Pa., were here Wednesday at-tending the funeral of their uncle, William Bonner. James R. Freed, of Guthrie’s Centre, Iowa, is here visiting his brother, H. R. -Freed, making his second trip east since '01 when he moved west. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Shelar returned Saturday from an extended stay at j Cambridge Springs where the former's health was much benefitted. Miss Alice McCarrell, of Stewart’s Station, is here this week visiting her Washington Seminary chums, Misses Nan Whitehill and Ada Hissem. Walter Lohingier, the talented young Pittsburg newspaper man, whoisstndy-ing for admittance to the Allegheny County Bar, is here visiting his parents. Mrs. Anna Roadman and her grand-daughters, Misses Anna and Blanche Galley, left Monday for Bedford where they will spend two weeks with relatives. W. G. Reed, of Blairsville, came here Sunday with Company E and joined his wife who was visiting his mother, Mrs. Edward Rowland, both returning home the next day together. Miss Minnie Shupe, of South Church street, had for her guests this week her niece, Miss Clelia Knox, of Uniontown; Miss McLaughlin, of Connellsville, and Miss Knox, of Westerville, Ohio. Miss Blanche Moyer left Thursday with her two cousins, Masters Will and Elwin Speigel, whom she is taking to their Detroit, Michigan, home, where she will spend a month visiting friends. The engagement of Miss Jean Olive Stillwagon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Stillwagon, of South Eagle street, to Mr. J. C. Kenney, of Scottdale, has been announced. The wedding will take place in October. John Husband, his sons, Ralph and Elmer, and nephew, Frank Husband, arrived home Saturday night from their three weeks’ tour of Canada, New Eng-land, eastern cities and seacoast resorts. They saw about everything to he seen. Mrs. Given and grandson, Master Robert Given, of Greensbtirg, were here from Saturday until Tuesday with Mrs. Sarah Bums, of South Diamond street. The hostess’ daughter, Miss Elta Burns, of Allegheny, was home from Saturday until Wednesday. In yesterday’s local exodus to Atlantic City were Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Tussing, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Andrew, Mrs. Eliz-abeth Miller and her daughter, Mrs. J. J. Hout. Before going Rev. Tussing was the recipient from his First Re-formed church people of a handsome present in the form of a purse contain-ing $150. Mrs. George C. Demingand daughter, Miss Vallie, of Los Angeles, California, are guests of Captain and Mrs. Harry O. Tinstman, with whom also spending his vacation is their son, Benjamin Evans, cashier of the Equitable Life Insurance Company, Pittsbnrg. Ben’s engage-ment to Miss Nellie Gertrude Lusk, one of that city’s prettiest daughters, has just been made public. It is understood the marriage will take place some time in October. A POPULAR MINE OFFICIAL. John W. Ralston Will Leave Monday for the New Somerset Coal Field. John W. Ralston, formerly chief clerk for the South West Connellsville Coke Company, resigned n tike position with the II. C. Frick Coke Company at Stauffer Wednesday and will leave Monday next for Hooversville, Somerset county, where lie will take charge of the Stuart Coal Mining Company's of-fice. For the present his wife and family will remain here. Mr. Ralston is one of the most popu-lar mine officials in this section of the coke region, and. and deservedly so, too, for his nbility and gracious manner have won for him the esteem of employer as well as employe. Evidence of this fact is to he found in the splendid farewell banquet, given in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Dalton,'Stauffer, by Superintendent Stevenson. The list of guests embraced all the officials and store men about the Frk’k company's three plants there. The lay out of good tilings was pi ffeetand the post prandial speeches, while full of regret at his in-tended departure, teemed with congrat-ulations on Mr. Ralston's still bettered condition. AN INFORMAL AFFAIR But it Was Enjoyed None the Less by Twoscore Younit People. Miss Leona Marsh, who belongs to the younger set of Mount Pleasant's pretty daughters, entertained at her West Main street borne Wednesday evening for her Turtle Creek friend, Miss Gail Hunter. The affair was of the informal order, but it proved none the less enjoy-able on that account to the twoscore guests present. Dancing was the lead-ing feature of the pretty function. Among the out of town guests were Miss Jean McKee, of Butler; Misses Edith and Milo McCain, of Philadel-phia, and Miss Elizabeth Torrence, of New Haven. It was also the first ap-pearance in local society of Miss Nellie Marron, daughter of General Manager Peter Marron, of the Mount Pleasant Supply Company, who returned but a few weeks ago from school at the Sa-cred Heart Convent, Montreal, Canada. GORED BY A MAD COW. Terrible Experience of a Madison Mother and her Child, Mrs. Catherine Wertz was attacked by a cow, made mod by the intense heat, at her home near Madison, last Thursday afternoon, and terribly injur-ed. She entered the pasture field carry-ing her baby. The animal bad been acting qneerly for some time, and made a rush for the helpless woman and knocked her down. The babe was thrown from the mother s arms and was badly hurt. The crazy animal then pounced upon Mrs Wertz, trampling herand plunging her horns into the prostrate woman. Her piercing cries brought to the scene a couple of neighbors and the animal, with great difficulty, was driven away. The muscles of one of the woman’s arms were completely torn away. A STRANGE DISEASE. With Which Fayette County People Are Afflicted. An unusual disease, which is causing much alarm, is epidemic in German and Menallen townships, Fayette connty. The malady works on its victims like cholera. First they are seized with severe griping pains in the stomach and bowels, with a splitting headache, and pains in the limbs. Vomiting soon sets in, which is hard to control. The pains become so intense that nothing but morphine will afford any relief. The doctors say that they have seen the patient’s temperature rise to 105 in the course of two hours. Few people in the townships have escaped the disease. Many persons make a rapid recovery, while others are afflicted two or three weeks. The disease seems to be abat-ing somewhat at this time. NEW ARMY SOCIETY. Philippine Soldiers Organize at Denver, Colorado, Tuesday. Tuesday’s celebration by the society of the army of the Philippines at Den-ver, Colorado, began with a parade. A constitution was adopted. The name of the society is to be the National As-socation of the Army of the Philippines. The annual meeting is to be held Aug. 13. Any honorably discharged officer or man who served in the Philippine cam-paign in the army or navy or the son of any such man, is eligible to member-ship, thus perpetuating the association. General Francis V. Green, New York, was elected president. Rev. Joseph Hunter, of the Tenth Pennsylvania, is chaplain. It was decided to hold the next annual meeting at Salt Lake City. THE EIGHTH ANNUAL Convention of this County's Sunday Schools TO BE HELD AT JEANNETTE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, AU-GUST 29th AND 30th. Full Program of Exerciaen as Arranged By the Rev. Mr. TuBsing, of this Place, the Hustling President, Who has Al-ready Accomplished a Great Work in the Way of Organizing: Westmoreland into Districts. The eighth annual convention of the Sunday schools of Westmoreland coun-ty will he held Wednesday and Thurs-day. August 29th and 80th, in the Methodist Episcopal church, Jeannette. Each Sunday School in the county is urged to send at least two delegates in addition to the pastor and snperin tender) t, while an offering for the conn ty work is also solicited. The full pro gram of exercises, ns arranged by the County President, the Rev. Mr. Tussing, of this place, who has already aeeorn plished a great work in the way of or-ganization, is: WKOXESDAV A FTEHNOON. »:!{().—Conference of County, District, find Township workers. In charge of County President. W F.DNKSOA Y EVENING. 7:15. Praise service. H:W.—Convention Sermon. “The Holy Spirit for Service. Rev. G. W. Richards, Lancaster. Pa. Prayer for the Convention. THIJHSDAY MORNING. 9:00. Praise Service. s#:10 Roll Call. Scripture responses by town-ships. Reports. District Presidents. Department Workers. S(atlstleal Secretary. Treasurer. Pledges for the coming year. Appointment of Committees. President’s annual address. 10:45.—Address. “The Home Department.” Hugh Cork, State Supt., house to house visitation. Conference on Home Department Work. Conducted by Mr. Cork. THIJHSDAY AFTERNOON. 2:00. Praise Service. 2:10.—Address. “Stop the Leaks!” Rev. Charles A. Clarke. Belle Vernon. General discussion on the topic. Time limit, t wo minutes. 3:00,—Children's Hour. In charge of Miss J. L. Baldwin, Associate State Primary Superintendent. Supplemental Work Exemplified. Next Sunday’s Lesson Vaught. (Miss Baldwin will conduct a conference with the Primary and Intermediate Teachers in the Sunday School rooms of the church Immediately after the Children’s Hour. Teachers of this grade will find t his confer-ence of great value to them in their work.) 51:45.—Ten minute talks. Teacher Training. E. F. Loucks. Jeannette. A Definite Purpose. O. E. Zimmerman. Mount Pleasant- The Big Boy A. H. Bell. Greensburg. 4:20.—Reports of Committees, Election of Officers. Business. THURSDAY EVENING. 7:45.—Praise Service. H:00.—Addiesi.—"The Joy and Glory of Soul- Winning.” Rev. Chas. Roads, Gen’l. Sec. State S. S. Ass’n. 8:45.—Consecration Service. Firemen’s New Officers. The seventh annual convention of the Western Pennsylvania Firemen's Asso-ciation was held at New Kensington Tuesday and Wednesday and was well attended, Lieutenant A. J. Smith heading the Mount Pleas-ant delegation of eight men. Chief W. J. Roseborough, of McKeesport, was elected president. Edward Shannon, of McKees Rocks: O. E. Smith, Verona, and A. Fisher, Derry, were chosen vice presidents. W. H. Sharrah, of Brad-dock, was re-elected secretary, and James H. Steele, of Wilkinsburg, treas urer. Next year's meeting will be held at Uniontown. Fayette Oleo Dealers Arrested. Pure Food Commissioner James Mc- Gregor, of Pittsburg, made information before Justice Dawson, of Uniontown, Tuesday, against seven prominent mer-chants of Fayette connty on a charge of selling butterine or oleomargarine. The defendants are O. H. and A. M. Shoe-maker, of Connellsville; R. J. McGee and William B. Skeem, of Dunbar; J. P. Donaldson and William Saunders, of Uniontown, and R. L. Weller, of Belle-vernon. They werh arrested and gave bail for court. Fatal Fall of Slate. Andrew Okula, a Pole, employed as a miner at Morewood by the South West Connellsville Coke Company, was crushed to instant death Monday by a fall of slate. He was 23 years of age and hut recently married. Card Player Falls Dead- While playing cards at Claridge Tues-day night, Martin Pottemik, a foreign coal miner, fell from the table dead. It is thought he was the victim of heart disease, the excitement of the play bringing on a fatal attack. RARE FLORAL SPECIMENS Found in this Section and Added to the Carnegie Institute. During the past, summer J. A. Shafer, secretary of the Botanical Society Western Pennsylvania and curator of the botanical department of the Came gie institute, Pittsburg, visited various parts of Western Pennsylvania and suc-ceeded in finding a number of rare and valuable floral specimens. Among these is a native specimen of the sorrel tree, one of the rarest trees in Pennsyl-vania. The tree is common in North and Sonth Carolina, hut since 1832 there was no report of a single specimen of it found in Pennsylvania. Recently, however, Mr. Shafer found several sorrel trees on Chestnut Ridge, Westmoreland county. The leaves of the tree, when chewed, have a sour taste, which is the reason it is called sor-rel tree. It grows to a height of 40 feet. Another discovery of Mr. Shafer’s is the Buffalo nut tree, also common in North and South Carolina. Specimens of this tree were found in Pennsylva nia in 1802 and in 1802, but since then no specimen of the tree was found nn til Mr. Shafer came upon it in Mount Pleasant township, this county. BUTTED BY A BULL. William A. Myers’ Rough Experience Had Thursday Last. William A. Myers, the well-known young Mount Pleasant township farmer who lives about a mile northeast of town, had a lively experience iast Thurs-day with his bull. The animal, to whose lack of horns the owner owes his life, was in a field and in a mighty had hmnor when Mr. Myers passed through the pasture; for, he offered battle with-out, losing a moment’s time pawing up the dust. The firSt shot landed William on his back fully ten feet away and before be could regain his pins the hull had his mooley head on Bill s bip pushing for all that was out. The prostrate man's cries for help brought the hired man, Frank Miller, from the barn with a pitchfork whose steel prongs soon drove the maddened animal away, although William still walks with an aristocratic limp. RUN OFF BY REBELS. Miss Martha Hunter Returns from South American Mission Field. Miss Martha Hunter, danghter of Jesse Hunter, of Greensburg, a mission-ary to South America, driven away from the field by the revolt, arrived home Saturday. She was located eight years at Barrangnilla. Republic of Columbia, and was under the supervision of the board of foreign missions of the Presby-terian church, being the first one sent from the Greensburg Westminster church. She states that it is a difficult task to introduce Christianity among the na-tives. They are superstitions, and it takes a great deal of persuasion to have them denounce their pagan beliefs. She says the.baokbone of the revolution is by no means broken, and it will take several months before the enemies of the existing government will be sub-dued. She will not return until the revolution is put down. Boy Killed at Ruffsdale. A 15-year old Austrain boy named Savisiti, who was employed as water car rier by Jolly Brothers., the railroad con tractors at Yonngwood, was instantly killed Saturday afternoon at Ruffsdale. He stepped off one track to avoid a train only to be ground to pieces under the wheels of a freight train that came up behind him. Church Struck by Lightning. While services were in progress in the Mt. Nebo church, in Saltlick township, Fayette connty, Sunday night, the building was struck by lightning and badly shattered. Samuel Craig, who was sitting near the pnlpit, was knocked insensible, and several other persons were slightly injured. August Criminal Court. Four murder cases will be tried at the two weeks' term of criminal court in this county beginning Monday, Angnst 27. The defendants are Thomas J. Rho-land, W. E. Shivler. J. C. Kurtz and John Frofrock. The trial of Rholand will be the most important. The usual number of assault and battery and minor cases are scheduled for the term. CHARGE OF fORGEBY Made Against Fred Stairs, a Lycippus Farm Hand, BY WILLIAM L. JOHNSTON, THE WELL KNOWN CONTRACTOR WHO LIVES AT THAT PLACE. The Defendant, Who Was Arrested and is Now in Jail at Greensburg, Worked for Mr. Johnston and is Alleged to Have Signed His Late Employer’s Name to a Check on the Citizens Natio-nal Bank for $25. Fred Stairs was arrested at Pleasant Unity Saturday and placed in jail at Greensburg on a ebargo of having forged the name of W. L. Johnston, the Lycippus contractor, to check for $25. It seems that Stairs was employed by Mr. Johnston as a farm hand up until August 4th, when he was discharged, being paid off with a check for some $10 which he had cashed before leaving Lycippus. The following Wednesday Mr. Johnston was notified by telephone that a bank in Latrobe had a forged check of his on the Citizens National Bank of Mount Pleasant for $35. On being discharged it is said Stairs went to Latrobe nrid bought a bicycle from Mr. Shnster, a local dealer, to whom he offered in payment a Citizens National Bank check for $25, made out in favor of J. F. Stoner, numbered 721 and signed by W. S. Johnston. Mr. Shnster went to the hank there with Stairs who said his name was Stoner and that he had received the cheek for work done for Mr. Johnston. The bank people were suspicions of the signature, hut Stairs told such astrnight story that Mr. Shnster said he would guarantee the payment and the cash was handed him. Stairs took the wheel and de-parted. In dne time the check arrived here and was pronounced a forgery. It was then returned to Latrobe where Mr. Shnster had to make it good. He then camped on Stairs' trail with a warrant charging forgery, having learned from Mr. Johnston who had likely imposed upon hirn. The result was Stairs’ ar-rest, as stated above, and the recovery of the wheel near Donegal. Considerable cleverness was shown in the forgery, although Mr. Johnston's signature was poorly executed and an S. used for the initial L. The number of the check Mr. Johnston gave Stairs when paying hirn off was 720 and the forged one followed in regular order. Mr. Johnston is puzzled to know how the blank check was secured from his hook. COKE AND COAL. Items of Interest Gathered From Both Mine and Yard. The Berwind White Coal Company has reduced the wages of its men at Crabtree and Jamison about 20 per cent, in preference to laying them off several days each week. The Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rail-road Company has secured the right of way for an extension of the Pittsbnrg, McKeesport and Youghiogheny rail-road from the present terminus at New Haven to Dunbar and sonth into the Klondike, Fayette's new coke field. John Blythe, one of the best known coal operators of the Pittsbnrg district, was struck by a train at Morgan station, on the Bridgeville and McDonald branch of the Panhandle railroad, Satur-day. His right arm was broken and he was badly bruised about the body, but at no time was he unconscious. The W. J. Rainey CokeCompnny has received orders, from a large steel mill in Sacramento. Cal., for 100 cars of coke to be shipped at once. The Riverview Coal and Coke Com-pany, of Fayette connty, capital stock $00,000, was chartered at Harrisbnrg Monday. The incorporators are: Fran-cis and John E. Rocks, of Connellsville; Bernard O. Connor, of New Haven, Pa., and Elwood D. Fnlton and James C. Work, of Uniontown. A. B. Hiinter and W. L. Scholl, of Sonth Huntingdon township, on Mon-day last closed the deal for the transfer of 142 acres of coal in Sewickley town-ship. belonging to D. F. Williams, to the Westmoreland Coal Company, of Irwin, for $100 an acre. Jolly Campers. John Freed, Carl and Walter Granl, Lute McAdams, Carl Millward, James Lackman and Clyde Wade compose a party of Mount Pleasant boys in camp at Victoria, along the B. & O. road and Yough river, three miles above Ohio Pyle. The youngsters are having a royal good time fishing. A Lucky Store Manager. J. B. F. Smith, the popular manager of the Mount Pleasant Supply Com- | pany's new Leckrone store, who is off on ! a needed vacation, left yesterday with his wife tor the lake trip. Before leav- ! ing Mr. and Mrs. Smith had for their ! guests the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Miller, of New Stanton, and their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miller, of Conde, North Dakota, and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Beightly, of Gordonsville, Min-nesota. 4 Tllti MOUNT HV.AHANT.mm<v n Mf!i»A V. AI'(irsT i 7, WOO. CUBED B1 PRAYERS of a South Side, Pittsburg. Catholic Priest. A PASSING STBANGE TALE TOLD OF A SORELY AFFLICTED LIT TLE SCOTTDALE GIRL. She is the 7-yenr-olcl Dauirliter of Mr. V M. Yahner. an Employe ol’ the H. C. Frick Coke Company, And had LOOK Suilered from St. Vitus Dance and iB Now on a Fait Road to Recovery. That thoir seven-year old (lnnnlit.nr, Margaret, tvns mirncnloiiRly cured of Si Vitns (lnnce by the prnyerH of Father Sylvester.a South Hide, Pittsburg, pries* is the claim of Mr. nod Mrs. V. M. Ynbner, of Seottdnle. Mr. Ynhner was for years n clerk in the general offices of the H. C. Frick Coke Company, at Seottdnle. The lit-tle girl was sorely nffiicted with SI Vitos dance, and often while eating bei meals would fall from cber hair. Tin best efforts of the physicians of Seott-dalewere unavailing to allay the malady. Winfield S. Hamm, of 1715 Sidney street, Pittsburg, who formerly lived in Scottdale, visited Mr. Yaliner's family. He told them of the wonderful euresnt tritmted to Father Sylvester of themon astery on the South Side. Th ■ girl was taken to Pittsburg and taken to the real pence of the priest, lie prayed for the removal of the disorder, and gave the family prayers to offer up at their boipe for tlie recovery of their child. Before leaving the monastery a mini colons change was apparent, sny the parents. Calmness came over the child, and ever since she has been resting easy and her general health improving. The parents declare that the prayers id’ the aged priest were the first thing that had bettered the condition of their child, and they belive her to he entirely cored. BOW TO TALK INTERESTINGLY Sincerity. Simplicity and Sympathy are the Three Graces of Conversation. “Entertaining conversation is not alone dependent upon a well stored mind, a ready wit or broad culture,” writes Mrs. Burton Kingslnnd, in the August Ladies Home Journal. “It lays under contribution qualities of heart as well ns bend and should reveal sin-cerity, sympathy and simplicity. We must fee) an interest in our subject before we can inspire it, and enthusiasm is contagions when it is sincere it gives animation to the face, vivacity to the manner, and has a thought com pelling power that aids fluency of ex pression. Sympathy and adaptability are created in a measure by the desire to please hut one must be sensitive to the mood of one s audience and quick to peiceivt w hen some one else wishes to speak. There are talkers who nietu phoricnlly take the bit between their teeth and run away with the aulijecl. When they would finally cease no one has anything to say, despa ring oppor-tunity. Without simplicity no con er sation has charm. The moment we per ceive that it is labored, or that the speaker seems to calculate the effect ol his words, if unnecessary mention is made of desirable acquaintances or there is a display of attainments or mock-innocent vaunting of advantages -—that moment do we feel only contempt for the affectation and pretense. Truth has a marvelous power of making itself felt, in spite of what is said. Self-con-sciousness is but egotism under a less severe name, and self must be forgotten before we can add to our speech the grace and dignity of simplicity.” Reduced Rates via Pennsylvania Rail-road for Mt. Gretna Farmers’ Exposi-tion. On account of the Farmers' Exposi-tion to he held at Mt. Gretna, Pa., Au-gust 20 to 24, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell round-trip tickets to Mt. Gretna and return, at rate of one fare for the round trip, from princi-pal stations between East Liberty and Bryn Mawr; on the Northern Central Railway between Stanley and Luther-ville, inclusive, and on the Philadel phia and Erie Railroad Division east of and including Waterford. Tickets will be sold August 18 to 24, inclusive, good to return until August 27, inclusive. For information in regard to train service and specific rates application should he made to ticket agent. It REDUCED RATES TO DETROIT VIA PENNSYLVANIA R. R. Account Knights of Pythias, Biennial Conclave. For the Biennial Conclave, Knights of Pythias, at Detroit, August27 to Sep-tember 1, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets from all stations on its line to Detroit at rate of single fare for the round trip. Tickets to he sold on August 25, 20, and 27, good to return between August 28 and September 5, inclusive; but by de-positing ticket with joint ticket agent at Detroit not later than September 1, and the payment of fifty cents, return limit may he extended to September 14, inclusive. 8-8-81 —=3 (<£a! | ■'bN/T,! E R , k EDWIN I ✓ [GEtTfUNG j l pjH SIANG./ - ■ vmwrW** \mrnm ',T|b 5(8 CL AUOf >■ CONSPICUOUS PERSONAGE liM THE CHINESE TROUBLE. EXCURSIONS TO ATLANTIC CITY, Cape May, Sea Isle City and Ocean City, N. J., Ocean City, Md,, and Rehoboth Beach, Del., at Very Low Rates, Thurs-days. July 26, August 9 and 23, The Baltimore & Ohio R. R. have ar-ranged a scries of Popular Seashore Ex-cursions, to be run on Thursdays, .Inly 20, Ansust 9 and 28, to Atlantic City, Cape May, Sea Isle City and Ocean City, N. J., Ocean City, Md., and Rehoboth Beach, Del. Tickets will he good Six-teen (Id) days, including date ot sale. Stop-overs will he allowed on the re-turn trip at Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington on tickets sold to New Jer sey resorts, and at Baltimore and Wash-ington on tickets sold to ()cenn City, Md., and Reheboth Beach, Del. For tickets, time of trains, sleeping anil parlor car accommodations, call on or address nearest Ticket Agent Balti-more & Ohio R. R. for full information. 7-20-5t REDUCED RATES TO CHICAGO VIA PENNSYLVANIA R, R. Account Or. A. R. Encampment- On account of the Thirty-fourth An-nual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to he held at Chicago, August27-81, inclusive,!lie Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets from pointsonilslinetoChicago, at rate of single fare for the round trip. Tickets to he sold on August 25, 2(1 and 27, good to return until August 81, inclusive; but by depositing ticket with joint ticket agent at Chicago prior to noon of September 2, and the pnyment of fifty cents return limit limy he exten-ed to September 30. 8-3-Bt Reduced Rates to Grangers’ Picnic Will-iams' Grove via Pennsylvania Rail-road. For the Twenty-seventh Annnal Inter State Grange Picnic Exhibition, to he held at Williams’Grove, Pa., August 27 to September 1, the Pennsylvania Rail-road Company will sell excursion tick-ets from August 25 to September 1, in-clusive, good to return until Septem-b er 3, inclusive, at rate of one fare for the l’ound trip, from principal stations between East Liberty and Bryn Mawr; on the Northern Central Railway, be-tween Stanley and Lutherville, inclu-sive, and on the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Division east of and includ-ing Waterford. For information in regard to train service and specific rates application should he made to ticket agents. _ 8-17-2t Coming U. B. Conference. The Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren in Christ Church, com-1 posed of seventy-five charges and two presiding elder districts, will hold its j 82nd annual meeting in the United Brethren in Christ Church, Greensbnrg, September 19th and continue in session over the following Sunday. Bishop E. B. Kephart, D. D., LL. D., formerly pastor of the U. B. church of Greensbnrg, will preside at all of the sessions. August Outlook. An attractive single-page feature of the 13th Annnal Educational Number of The Outlook is that by Dr. Lyman Abbott, its Editor-in-Chief, called'“The Two Paths.” This will remind some readers of Dr. van Dyke’s “The Foot- Path to Peace,” originally published in The Outlook, which in republished form has gained an extremely large circula-tion. ($8 a year. The Outlook Com- York.) FRUIT POLLINATION. A Summary of Conclusions llrachrd at (lie Cornell Station. Scarcely one fruit blossom In ten sets fruit, even in the most favorable sea-sons and with the most productive va-rieties. Trees making n very vigorous growtn may drop their blossoms. Brown rot, apple or pour seal) and pear blight may kill the blossoms. Frost injury to blossoms Is of all do-grees. Even flowers which appear to lie uninjured may lie so weakened that they cannot set fruit. Rain during the blooming season pre-vents the setting of the fruit chiefly by destroying the vitality of the pollen, injuring the stigma or by preventing fertilisation because of the low temper-ature. The washing of pollen from the anthers seldom causes serious loss. Much of tlm unsatisfactory fruiting of orchards all over the country is due to self sterility. A tree Is self sterile if it cannot set fruit unless planted urn • other varieties. The main cause of self sterility is the inability of the pollen of a variety to fertilize the pistils of that variety. Poor stamens and pistils or the pre-mature ripening of either is but a mi-nor cause of self sterility. An Indication of self sterility is the continued dropping of young fruit from isolated trees or solid blocks of one variety. Self sterility is not a constant charac-ter with any variety. The some variety may he self sterile in one place and nearly self sterile in another. Poorly nourished trees are more like-ly to he sterile with their own pollen than well fed trees are. The loss of fruit from self sterility usually may he prevented by planting other varieties among the self sterile trees. The European and oriental pears can fertilize each other, and many varieties of the ilomestiea, Japanese and native plums are likewise interfertile provid-ed they bloom together. The pollen of some varieties will give larger fruit than that of others when it falls oil or is applied to the pistils of ei-ther self sterile or self fertile varieties. Among our common orchard fruits cross pollination seldom has an imme-diate influence on the fruit itself. Cross pollination probably gives bet-ter results than self pollination with nearly all varieties. It is advisable and practicable to plant all varieties of orchard fruits, he they self sterile or self fertile, with ref-erence to cross pollination. Insects are probhbly more important than wind for carrying pollen from tree to tree. Final Suggestions.—When setting out new orchards, do not plant a solid block of each variety, hut mix them intelligently. If established orchards are unfruitful because of self sterility, it may be profitable to put a few grafts of another variety in each tree. Keep fruit trees well nourished, hut do not stimulate them to an overvigorous growth.—S. W. Fletcher. Tlie June Drop of Plumi. Professor Waugh has referred the June drop of plums to three principal causes. These are (1) nonpollination, (2) ourculio work, (3) the struggle for existence. The effects of tlie curculio work are apt to occur after other causes have reduced tlie crop to what the trees could comfortably carry. He therefore concludes that the plum grower may leave out of consideration the struggle for existence. lie need not worry about nonpollination except in those cases of self sterility and im-proper adjustment of varieties which would come to his attention without reference to the June drop. He should, however, give serious attention to the curculio, for it is this factor which may oftonest reduce a fair crop to none at nil THIN Tr HAIR Lots of people have thin hair. Per-haps their parents had thin hair; per-haps their »j children have thin hair. But this does not make it necessary for them to have thin hair. One thing you may rely upon— .1 makes the hair healthy and vigorous; makes it grow thick and long, it ernes dan-druff also. It always restores color to gray hair,— all the dark, rich color of early life. There is no longer need of your looking old be-fore your time. $1.00 a bottle. All druggists. “As a remedy for restoring color to the hair I believe Ayer's Hair Vigor has no equal. Jt, has always given rne perfect satisfaction in every way. Mrs. A. M. STHEJIL, Aug. 18,1898. Hammondsport,N.Y. Write the Doctor. He will send you. a book on The Hair and Scalp free, upon request. If you do not obtain all the benefits you expected from the use of tbo Vigor write the Doctor about it. Address, DR. J.C. AYER. Lowsll, Mass. FURNITURE REUPHOLSTERED and REPAIRED f\t Reasonable Rates. H. FK. GILSON, 6 16-tf West Main st., Mount Pleasant DEIM3ST3 SIPE. SAFE AND SPEEDY CURB stands today the Quickest and most positive cure for KIDNEY Disuses, Stomach or BUddtr trouble. When Doctor fells and must use Synnge and Pump. THEN get one bottle of SURE, SAFE AND SFEEDY CURE, two doses nut!! help the sufferer so guich that you can hardly believe it, 7he ■as taken off a pair of crutches tn three days, by taking one bottle. > > A > M’- Geo. Tanner, ef Foi mile. O.. was cured cf1 nrj and Rheumatism dir in two or three days. T> ends am veil and ha by ,is use.*******. Stily people in our neighborhood, North Columbus, Chio. are cured and recommend it. Several Doe- Htors prescribe and recommend /; Hand take it themselves. D Best cn earth for SlomacL, ■ Ditty Head or Headache. Jp For sale at Dmg Stores. 25 and 75 cents. Samples Free. Deon's Sure. Safe & Speedy Curs Co, COLUMBUS, O. For sale and Samples Free at Harkins’ Drug Store. BOYD’S OINTMENT Cures by Absorption. Ti LFTI Ti LPiPv dorisaenayseosf atshewierlrlitaatsinogldskoinr scrofulous sores ciuiCKly, surely and perma-nently cured by t lie greatest of all remedies, Boyd’s Ointment. Boyd Ointment Co.. Klttan-nlng, Pa. Price 50c. For sale by H. F. Bark-lev. «-K-4t Reasons Radiantly Related WHY vi”" ’ \ h'iil Renowned Raiments are Recognized “I!IE BFSI ON EARTH ” (Tl-ic- "VITALS” Brand.) 1 BECAUSE Tim Cloth is REST, find has stood tlie TET of weii, rers by the SCORE. 2 BECAUSE The Styles arc; NEW and patterns TOO are known from shore to SHORE. 3 BECAUSE Tlie Faultless WORK that’s never SHIRKED lias been pronounced PER-FECTION. 4 BECAUSE The Fit and GRACE in every CASE will stand a close INSPECTION. 5 BECAUSE The Prices TOO are not for FEW but intended for the MASSES; Poor or RICH, no matter WHICH, they recog-nize all CLASSES. There are a SCORE of Reasons MORE for THE HESTON EARTH’S RENOWN, to solve them ALL be sure and CALL; we are always in your TOWN. “We are not in the Clothing business to question, hut to prove our might.” I Riimbaugh & Billon, j t The Up-to-l)ate Clothiers and furnishers, i i i y 619 Main street, Zimmerman Block, Mount Pleasant, Pa. ^ For Blood arid Nerves DcWilliams’ PinK Fills for* Pale People An unfailing specific for all diseases arising from im-pure or impoverished blood or from weakened nervous system. Most remarkable cures have been made in cases where physicians have failed and hope of recov-ery was abandoned. At all drusrgiits or direct from Dr. Wllllama Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y., postpaid on receipt of price, 50c. per box ; six boxes, 12.50. Goods and Prices Both Right! You can’t go amiss by giving us a call if you are in need of anything in the line of FARM MACHINERY, from a Reaper and Binder to a sickle, a Rubber Tired Carriage, Surrey, Buggy, Buckboard, Road Wagon, Harness, Robe or Whip; for, our stock is complete in every respect. It Costs Nothing to Call and See for Yourself. That’s all we ask—the chance to supply your wants in our line. East Main Street, Mount Pleasant. J. J. HITCHMAN. fes THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL. Fill OAT, AMOUNT 17, l!iOO. As Judged From the Past Week's Trade Reports WHEN CAREFULLY COMPILED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF READ-ERS OF THE JOURNAL. Marked Progress Has Been Made To-ward a More Stable Position of Busi-ness with a Few More Heavy Contracts to Hold the Ground Already Gained, hut One Must Look Beyond Wall! Street for the Improvement. Progress has been made toward a more stable position of business with a few mare heavy contracts to hold the ground already gained; but, for a proper interpretation of the week's results one must look beyond Wall street operations, where, more than in any other quarter, the vacation season is leaving its impress of inactivity. Speculation is cautions, but investment holdings are being in creased rather than diminished and oper-ators cannot see that their hesitation on the ground of politics is echoed any more in general business circles than two months ago. Small change appears in railroad stocks, 10 industrials are $1 higher, and traction issues a shade low-er. Working forces are smaller and will soon be further reduced, probably for three weeks by the closing down of cotton mills in New England, which has been delayed longer than expected: but, our strength has been evidenced to the world by the over-subscriptions here of the new British loan of £10,000,000 on about 0} per cent, basis, of which over half is allotted to American appli-cants. Cotton fell so sharply that some recov-ery occurred in an oversold speculative market and spot sold at 10 cents when the official report appeared, notwith-standing many indications of further reduction in consumption. Wheat ad-vanced about a cent, helped by poor foreign crop reports. The domestic outlook is fairly cheerful aud farmers have marketed freely, receipts at inter-ior cities aggregating 6,287,581 bushels, against 3,018,210 last year and 2,446,417 in 1898. Exports from Atlantic ports were only 1,720,068 bushels, wheat and flour included, ngainst 2,508,844 last year, although purchases on foreign ac-count were large and promise an in-creased movement hereafter. Corn gained nearly 2 cents with the aid of dry weather reports, and is8 cents above the price at this time last year. Both receipts and exports for the week fell more than a million bushels below the same week in 1809. Improvement is slow in boots and shoes with only a small percentage of eastern sbopB at work. The textile markets have been free from such feat-ures as marked recent revisions of pri-ces, but business is of fair volume. Loss of the Chinese market has put the coarse brown cottons in n bad position, other grades being less seriously affected. In woolen goods reorders are not up to expectations, and some serges sell lower. Manufacturers show more interest in the wool market, taking fair quantities and seeking fewer concessions. The tone is firmer though prices are un-changed. This compares with a production of 283,413 July 1, by 284 furnaces, and 267,- 672 a year ago, by 187 plants. Present figures are the lowest since March, 1899, when the capacity was 228,105 tons. Furnace stocks are 504,841 tons, ngainst 421,038 July 1. Reduction of capacity is larger in proportion than the recent accumulation of stocks. A smaller out-put of pig, with steadily increasing ex-ports aud moderate activity in structural and finished material promises to put this industry on a more satisfactory basis. Prices have steadied on the low-er level in most directions, but in some products the struggle is still on between buyers and sellers. A serious feature is the wage controversy, which extends over a wide territory. Production of coke decreases iu proportion to the smaller out put of iron. Failmes for the week were 177 in the United States, against 136 last year, and 23 in Canada, against 29 last year. GllAJN. FLOUR AND FEED—WHOLESALE. Wheat, old. per bu Wheat, new. “ “ - Oats, per bu Corn, per bu •■•••••••_ Jorn Meal, per bbl., bolted Flour, patent, per bbl ..... Chopped foed(eorn and oats)per ton Bran, per ton Middlings per ton Mill Feed, per ton Hay, baled, per ton- Hay, loose, per ton GROCERIES AND PRODUCE—RETAIL. Breakfast Bacon, per lb Brooms Buckets - Buckwheat Hour, per sack Butter, per lb Handles, per lb Uarbon oil, per gal Dheese, per lb Chickens Coffee, per lb Dried Apples, per lb Dried Beef, per can Eggs, per do/. - Ham, per lb Lardperlb — :~ Maple Molasses, per gal • New Orleans Molasses, per gal Potatoes, per bu Rice, per lb Rolled Oats. 2 lb packages 9alt, per bbl. 70 05 35 52 2 50 1 50 18 00 18 00 20 00 20 00 18 00 15 00 13 12®30 12@30 lalt, per sack t Fishh.. per lb side bacon, per lb ialt— Imoked lalt side, per lb loap, per cake Itarch, per tt> lugar. lUtt) iweet Potatoes, per lb Cea. per lb 20 1254 10®15 10 20®30 12®20 7 28 17 18 10 00 40®50 75 10 10 1 25 3®5 5®13 8 0@7 . 1 00 38050 nttMf&RPEN CLOVER HAY. The Great Secret of Sinking It—Cure In the Simile, For lu st results we would commence cutting when the clover is in full bloom, with it very few heads turned brown; would cut in the morning us Ronn ns the clover Is fairly dry and fol-low with the rake ns soon as It lias wilted a little, say one-quarter dry, or even less. Stop cutting iu time to have all shocked up before night, making shocks medium size, building them with as little slope as possible on the side. Then round off with a blunt top, J just enough to keep the wind from turning the liny off shock. This is to get a uniform cure. If the shock is too j sloping ami runs to a point, the top will i he overdry while the bottom will not j he cured. In four or five days after we have done shocking the shocks will turn a beautiful golden brown, which! indicates that the liny is cured. This brown color seems to be just on the up-1 per side of outside straw, nil green un-; ler. An hour before liauling, if conven-ient. have two men or boys (for two are better than one) go along and turn the! shocks on their sides and commence at top (one man being on each side), catch In with a fork six inches down from the top, set that layer hack two or three feet on its edge, then another layer back against the first, and so con-tinue until you have done with the shock. The object is to shelter the hay from the direct rays of the sun and to allow the hot, dry air to circulate free-ly through the hay and drive off all surplus moisture. Now the purpose of all this is to show that not only better clover liny can he made in this way than in the old way, but that it enu be made cheaper aud without the custom-ary worry that attends clover haying time. The great secret of making clo-ver hay is to cure it in the shade. Avoid the sun as much as possible. i It Is better bay because it Is not In-jured by sun, rain or dew, and it is not what, we understand by the name clo-ver hay, a dry mass of brittle stalks, with the leaves all gone, or a mass of moldy stuff unfit even for bedding. But we do have in this manner of cur-ing a mass of cured clover relished by, all of our animals, from a bullock to a chicken, and the only difference 1 sec! between clover before it Is cut and clover treated in this way is one is iu a green state, the other is In a cured! or preserved state. It is cheeper hay. Why? Because you concentrate nil j your energy and force on one thing at a time. You start your cutter and | draft In all the men and hoys about the, place to help pile up. If it looks like l rain, go ahead. It' it rains some, go! ahead between showers and get the I clover all piled up. One or two good rains will do the hay no harm while green; rather It will do good, as it seems to heat up aud cure out better. So you can rush the cutting and be ready to put the hay in when it quits raining, so don’t worry about having your hay spoiled. To have tills matter of worry lifted off your mind is a great relief. The energy it saps out of a man cannot be estimated iu dollars and centR. says a Rural New Yorker writer, who advises as above. I'oint.s In Hop Culture. As regards the cultivation of hops the first season milch depends upon the na-ture of the soil for producing weeds, which It is of vital Importance to have kept under subjection. If the laud is planted to corn or potatoes, 1 should cultivate with special regard to these crops and then as much afterward as would he necessary to keep tin* weeds down, says a Country Gentleman writ-er. Perhaps three thorough cultiva-tions during the mouths of May and June would suffice, but on naturally weedy land much more would evident-ly he required. After a yard is once well started I prefer to cultivate twice in a row each way every week (unless heavy rains prevent it) from the latter part of May to the first of July and after that not at all. I never employed irrigation for hops. The hop root is something that goes into the soil very deep, and here in the east I never knew the severest drought to kill It, albeit we have experienced some dry periods indeed during tin* past few years. Still I am positive that too much drought is not good for bops, and in a country where little or no rain falls during the growing senson ir-rigation is unquestionably a necessary adjunct to successful hop culture. LOSS OF INSTINCT. Highly llr,M1 Anlmnln l.msr Theli ■\a 1 ural CIiumeterIntlcs. It Is admitted liy every one that out principal domesticated animals have gained very greatly in brain powei owing to man's training and coinpau louslilp, says a correspondent of tht London Live Stock Journal. Of course it is possible to exaggerate the degrees of mental advance made by horses, cat-tle aud dogs, for Instance. We nmj make too much of acts performed iu obedience to our orders or under out guidance. In other words, we may temporarily forget or fail to notice that unthinking repetition of laboriously acquired rudiments sometimes hears a very close resemblance to spontaneous acts of Intelligence. ‘‘A memory like that of a horse” lias passed into an ng rleultural proverb. The trainer may forget some of the steps In the process of breaking in, but ids dumb pupil does not. That is startlingly seen when a raw and willing animal emerges out ot faulty or peculiar hands. But if our principal domesticated an-imals have made some ascent to meet the higher Intelligence of man they have unquestionably lost the fice edge of certain faculties. Taking them as a group we may say that sight, hearing aud smell are not so keen, taste is de-veloped in new directions and the ani-mals have very largely lost the striving for self preservation so characteristic in the feral state. Bruin power simu-lating that of man lias been gained, the animals have been made specialists in a sense, but the Instincts so acute iu a state of nature have suffered a form of atrophy owing to want of exercise. It is no answer to say that tlie scent-ing powers of the bloodhound, for ex-ample, are keener than those of the wolf or tox or that the pointer is quite the match of reynnrd iu “winding” game. The domesticated animals re-ferred to are the result of lopsided de-velopment. They are “all nose,” so to speak. It consequently follows that the ex-perienced breeder receives with due caution the advice sometimes freely tendered In connection with feeding and parturition troubles. "Leave the creatures to nature.” He knows that the more highly developed and domes-ticated of the creatures have been led a considerable distance away from na-ture and Hint it might be risky to let them struggle in the middle course between the feral ami the artificial. The degree of assistance to be given must depend upon circumstances aud the temperament of the animal. No two cases are exactly alike. It must also be borne in mind that an advanced state of domestication has tended to increase the size of fetus and to ren-der the newly dropped young more helpless than their smaller prototypes in the wild or setniwild state. The di-gestive organs and internal cavity gen-erally of most of our domesticated breeds of cattle are larger than those of the bison or of the long horned cat-tle ot Spanish origin once so numerous on the American plains, the more com-pact “internals” being needed for rapid movement In the open. Putting the general position in broad terms, it may be said that the more farm animals become the servants or the fancy of man the more they lose those charac-teristic adjustments and self preserv-ing instincts which are the possession of their relatives in the wilds. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. The tie of tlie Weeder. I got one of the first horse weeders invented and have used it ever since to the greatest advantage. Since that time very great improvements have been made In form and manner ot con struction, especially in giving the teeth such shape and spring that they will neither clog nor break. On my farm the weeder works best on fall plowed land because It is finer and more moist iu time of drought. • The weeder works best In connection with a regular cul-tivator and on a mellow soil. It does not like lumps and large stones. One of its best offices is to break the crust and make a line dust mulch to retain moisture after rain and to permit ten-der crops to come up and grow well.— Ohio Farmer. YonnK Currant BaaheM. Currants and gooseberries come into bearing at three years of age and will bear quite a number of years with good care, but I can get what there is In them within from six to ten years by driving them heavily with dressing and good care, says a New England Homestead correspondent. I.nrge nnd Small Horne*. The solid, chunky horse is desirable for a heavy driver, but of course for a carriage horse he must have plenty of life nnd show some style, snys Rural New Yorker. He makes an excellent animal for a grocer’s delivery wagon, being tough and not specially given to running awny. For trucking the big boned, broad backed, heavy horse is best. He can’t travel fast, but it is pull rather than speed that is required. A horse of this type, weighing 1,000 or more, should not often be made to go faster than a walk on pavements. The express companies use a horse that is a sort of cross between the small chunk and the big, bony animal. He is tough and strong nnd capable of con-siderable speech. The breweries use a horse of something this type, but a lit-tle larger. For newspaper delivery and other hurry work the long geared, nervous animals are best—those that will start off almost on a run and keep it up for ten blocks. Very few cases of moon blindness are reported. Near-ly all of the stables have a veterinarian in connection, and all such matters are submitted to him. In what is said above the horses meant are those hav-ing good care and plenty to eat. There are dozens of miserable, half starved old plugs that are made to do tn- more work than they are able. Now and then one has enough sense to balk for ten minutes or so and thus get a little rest. To Repair Broken Artb cles use > TST A. OORT. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office Corner of Main and Church street. In t tie It raddock & Co. Block, Mount Pleasant. I’a. DRS. F. L. & W. A. MARSH. PH YSICtANS AND SURGEONS, Offices—No. Till West Main Street and 2nd Floor Hrndduck Block. Special attention to the Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat. Glasses fitted. Telephone No. 54. Night calls at West Main Street Office. DP. M. \V. HORNER. PHYSICIAN ANT) SURGEON. Office Hours:—Until 10 a. ra.; t to 4 and o to s p. ra. F. & M. Rank Bl'k. Main St.. Mount Pleasant. TAR. .1. PE WITT HICKEY. •L-' HOMEOPATH K PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office Cor. Main and Diamond Sis. Office Hours:—Until Ida. in.; ItoSp. in.; 6:20 to S p. m Treatment of Catarrh a Specialty. EUGENE WARDEN, ATTOItNEY-AT-LAW. 208 Main street, Grebnsburg. Braddock Block, Monnt Pleasant. JOHN M. CORE. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 29 East Main St.. CJnlontown Fayette county. Pa. GREGG & POTTS. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Barclay Building, Greensburg. W. A. KALI*. Agency. Real Estate and Insurance 833 East Main street. S. C. Stevenson, NOTARY PUBLIC. REM.ESTATE & INSURANCE, 4r»7 MAIN ST., MOUNT PLEASANT. L. S. RHOADES, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE & NOTARY PUBLIC. All kinds of legal papers prepared and exe cuted. Collecting a specialty. Office 1100 Main Street, Mount Pleasant - I i nnsr man HI. OF MOUNT PLEASANT, PA. Capital Stock $100,000 OFFICERS: FI. W. Stoner. J. D. Hltchman. President. Cashier. G. VV. Stoner.Vice President DIRECTORS. J. S. Hltchman. J. D. Hltchman. H. W. Stoner, Win. B. Neel, J. G. Urownover. Jos. R. Stauffer. 8 N. Warden, Dr. J. H. Clark. C. W. Stoner. Particular attention given to collections, and proceeds promptly settled. MOUNT PLEASANT. PA. Capital Stock, Surplus Fund, 150,000.00. $30,000.00. OFFICERS. J. S. Hltchman. President. J. L. Ruth. Cashier. DIRECTORS. E. T. Hltchman. John Husband. J. L. Ruth. O. P. Shupe. J. A. Warden. J. S. Hltchman. J. C. Crownover. J. L. Myers. Jno. M. Stauffer. Farmers & Merchants <*1NATI0NAL BANK.I» OF MOUNT PLEASANT. PA. CAPITAL STOCK. *60,000.00. OFFICERS: R. K. Hissem. President. James Neel, Vice President. C. E. Mulltn, Cashier DIRECTORS: ! R. K. Hissem. Abraham Ruff, ! Frank D. Barnhart, E. T. Fox, ! s. It. Ruff. L. S. Tlnstman, ' D H. Persb g. James Neel, 8. P. Zimmerman. Marketing; Wool. Thousands of dollars are annually lost by woolgrowers by reason ot the slovenly manner in which the clips are sent to the market. Many a clip is dis-counted a full cent or more per pound on account of the bad condition In which it comes to the market, while nothing is gained by the seller either in saving of time or labor. A clean, well tied fleece always meets a warm welcome among buyers, sorters and mlllmen.—Sheep Breeder. Remember MAJOR’S RUBBER CEMENT, MAJOR'S LEATHER CEMENT. Extra Trousers constitute the best invest-ment a careful dresser can make for his wardrobe. » We are showing a line of trouserings in the best and most popular goods, from $5 up. Won’t you look at them? VOGEL BROS., Mullin Block, Mount Pleasant, Pa. Manufactured by The Pittsburg Brewing Co., At Its Mount Pleasant Brewery. This new department is one of the finest and largest bottling establishments in the country, fitted up as it is with all the latest devices for preserving beer so that it can be kept pure and sweet for an indefinite period even in the warmest weather. Sold in Easily-handled Cases or Barrels In ordering use either telephone line or address, Pittsburg Brewing Co., Mount Pleasant, Pa. Excelsior l Bakery. v/ Y '>/ 'W. //>Y* vyY*f/i/Yfr Y<h//Y&Y* 516 Church Street, vAv*vA\A'•■'*V ,'wv* ■MIravftv* siw*./v* > \ j**u V V W*A ' VWV/satNaf /■v v-A / J«g Mount Pleasant, Penn’a. Bread « Cakes, H. S. ACKERMAN, DEALER IN. HIGH GRADE pianos = = <^~Organs, Sheet Music and Musical Merchandise. Densmore and Yost Typewriting Machines. Gramophone Talking Machines an?he Standard Sewing Machine, NEEDLES, OIL AND ATTACHMENTS. Address H. S. ACKERMAN, 201 Main Street, GREENSBURG PENNA. BE COMFORTABLE And you can be so in cold weather only when your house or place of business is warmed by a good heater. There are three agents for this purpose, hot air, hot water and steam, but the greatest of these is steam and especially is this true when it is used in A plant of this kind, put in by J. A. Stevenson & Co. can be seen in successful operation in THE JOURNAL Block. .CALL AND SEE IT WORK. HEALTH AND VITALITY 11unmm I II im. MOTTOS ■ ■ ™ ■ ■■ IVBRVERINB PILLS The great remedy for nervous prostration and all diseases of the generative organs of either sex, such as Nervous Prostration. Failing or Lost Manhood, Impotency, Nightly Emissions, Youthful Errors, Mental Worry, excessive use of Tobacco or Opium, which lead to Consumption and Insanity. With every ACTCD ||C|Ufi $5 order we guarantee to cure or refund the money. Sold at $1.00 per box nr I tn uoinu, 6 boxes for $5.00. Dll. MOTT’S CHETHI IL CO., Cleveland, Ohio* For Sale by H- F- BARKLEY AND JAMES HARKINS, Mount Pleasant, Pa. EDISON’S PHONOGRAPH Better than a Piano, Organ, or Music Box, for it sings and talks as well as plays, and don’t cost as much. It reproduces the music of uny instrument—band or orchestra—tella stones and sings—the old familiar hymns as well as the popular songs—it is always ready. " .. - See that Mr. Edison’s signature is on every machine. Cata^ logues of all dealers, or NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO., 135 Filth Ave., New York. THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, AUGUST IT, 1900. ^hcJRount peasantJournal JOHN L. SHIELDS, PUBLISHER. Mount Pleasant Is situated In the hourt of t.ho Great. Connellsvllle Coke lteRlnn. lias a population of over 5,000; wliilo, with offices surrounding within a radius of three miles, tho postofflee distribution Is 13,000. A new 24- pot tableware plans factory, the lines! In this country and employing over 400 hands, Is In successful dally operation. StJBSURIPTION $1.00 per year, payable In advance. ADVERTISING RATES will be furnished on applluallon. JOB PRINTING of every kind with the best workmanship and best material. FRIDAY. August 17. 1000 CHINESE CRISIS ON. The crisis of affairs in China is on, if we are to believe yesterday’s unofficial reports to the effect that the foreign allies have reached the walls of Pekin, within which the foreign representa-tives, their wives, children and friends have been besieged nt the British lega-tion for about two months. (>ne cabled rumor is that they have already been rescued by the relief column, but there is room for doubt on this score, although it is now reasonable to suppose that sucli will soon prove to be the case. That the Chinese government now fully realizes its danger was evidenced the early part of this week when that sly old Mongolian, Li Rung Chang, was appointed as a special envoy with full power to negotiate for peace. But, the Powers refused to stop the march of the relief column, looking upon the day for diplomacy as passed. The size of China's indemnity hill will depend upon the condition of the Pekin ministers, when they are safe under the allies’ guns. A FEW QUAY FIGURES. Ex-State Chairman Elkin has just, given out a detailed statement regard ing the election of members of the next Legislature, and the figures he gives are interesting. Of the Republican members of the House so far nominated the Quay men have 813. The insurgents have 27. The seats for which nominations have already been made and which will cer-tainly he filled by Democrats number eight. There are still 77 members to In-nominated, and Mr. Elkin thinks that it is modest to expect that S38 of them will he Quay men. If Mr. Elkin is right and he certainly has the courage of his convictions—Mr. Quay will have plain sailing into the United States Senate and, even if he is overconfident, it must he some satisfac tion to him to see the way his figures have rattled the poor insurgents. present and he is using them in Ids fight in the county, where he is credited with encountering some lively opposition from a combination of anti Quay Re publicans and the Democrats, Theambitiou to he Governor of a great state like Pennsylvania is laudable and, if “Jim” feels that way, we ll be glad to know it ns we want to lie with him. it's more than likely that the gubernational story was manufactured with the hope of weakening Mr. Beacom in hisfight for Assembly, hut, we don’t believe it will. DOLLAR WHEAT. Dollar wheat is confidently predicted by James Wilson, Secretary of Agricul ture. He has been studying conditions, the foreign and domestic demand, and tha estimates < f crops, and he sees big prices ahead. He says: “The outlook for good prices was never better. We have a shortage in the American crop this year which will probably amount to a hundred million bushels in all. This alone would serve to make the present yield more valua-ble. There are additional reasons, how ever, which iucline me to believe that wheat will make a marked advance be fore the end of the present year. The primary cause for an advance is the condition and outlook for the home market.” Secretary Wilson believes on the other hand that the price of corn will be low, as he looks for an unusually large crop, and this, with the increased demand for wheat and wheat products, will depress the corn market. It is to he hoped that Mr. Wilson's prediction in regard to wheat will prove true, as a dollar a bushel for that cereal must rule before the farmer can feel that it pays to raise the crop. WE are glad to see that Greensburg reports haven't been able to drive Cap-tain Loar out of the Tenth regiment race for Major. Fair treatment is all that he needs to secure the deserved promotion. COLONEL BRYAN will have a busy time of it making imperialism the par-amount issue of the campaign, to the seclusion of 1(1 to 1. IT would doubtless he hard to con-vince Mr. William Myers that the de-horning of cattle is not a good thing, lie s been up against a mad tuooley bull. THE Boer has been reduced to guerilla warfare and it looks as if lie were mighty tired of that. He fought a good fight against overwhelming odds and he can surrender with honor. THE coke business is dull, it is true, and yet Mount Pleasant business men have reason to feel thankful tlint the old reliable South West people continue to keep all their ovens going six days ach week. THE JOURNAL, while regretting his departure from Mount Pleasant, con gratulates the Stuart Coal Mining Com pany upon having secured the clerical services of a gentleman like Mr. Ral-ston. A Nice Friendly Tip. Pittsburg News. Friendly tip to the Prohibs: Don't talk about the “demon rum.” Nobody drinks it any more. Be up to date and roast the delusive “Mamie Taylor,” the treacherous “ginrickey” and the seduct-ive and poisonous “Scotch high ball.” This will make the blear-eyed tipplers thins you know what you are talking about. And that's half the battle. ' BEACOM IS AMBITIOUS The Pittsburg insurgent press says that Hon. James S. Beacom, the Quay Republican leader in this county, has mapped out for himself a comprehensive field in which his political ambitions are to roam. The other Quay leaders in the state must of necessity hereafter keep their eyes turned in the direction of Mr. Beacom lest he make off with all the political baggage as his plans and his ambitions contemplate a wide range of usefulness and office bolding. Mr Beacom recently retired from the office of State Treasurer; he had been a candidate for CongreBsman-at-Large and bad attended the Republican na tional convention four years ago as t delegate-at-large. He is now a candi date for the Legislature with a view to being the speaker of that body, and in the event of his success as speaker he proposes, so the mugwump papers claim, to be the Quay candidate for Governor to succeed Gov. W. A. Stone. These are Mr. Beacom’s plans up to the As n forger young Stairs is far from being a success. It would have been better for him had he continued his hand at farming instead of trying to imitate his employer’s signature to a heck. FAYETTE'S criminal record for the past year is a bloody one, and yet the late Pleasant Unity tragedy shows that we have little room to crow. No Novice. Pittsburg Press. Anti Quay papers are giving out that the “Old Man's” trip to Maine is for the purpose of looking after the pulp busi-ness, with a view of making an invest ment in that line. Judging from the rapid manner in which he is reducing state “insurgent” timber into that con-dition he may lay claim to having had some experience, at all events. A Double Knock-out. Blairsvlllc Courier. Li Hung Chang and Secretary Hay are both on the sick list. This must he a case where solar plexus blows were exchanged simultaneously. A Striking Title. Pittsburg Leader. If Web Davis wants a title for his ac-count of how he effected his exit from the state department and incidentally from the Republican party, what’s the matter with “Did I Fall or Was I Push-ed." Mutual Life Insurance Co... NEW YORK Funston in Demand. Pittsburg Times. If the Chinese carry out their threat to flood the country between Tien Tsin and Pekin, it may be necessary to send for Gen. Funston. Assets - $315,000,000 loans Money On Policies. ASK FOR ILLUSTRATION. ! Summer Clothing*, Summer Pants, Summer Shirts and Summer Hats, And All Other Summer Goods at Our Store At and Below Cost. W. F. MORRISON, DISTRICT AGENT, Farmers and Merchants National Bank, Men’s and Boys' Suits, beautiful patterns in checks and stripes, not too light in color, well made and trimmed, were $7.50 and $0.00, 5 40 Men’s and Boys’ Blue Serge Suits. strictly all wool, double and single were $10 and 7 85 Mount Pleasant, Pa If it’s You’re looking for, We've got It All. Watches, Chains, Rings, Collar Buttons, Studs, Brooches, Gold Pens, Clocks, Charms, Bracelets Cuff Buttons, Scarf Pins, Ear Rings, Inkstands, H Why the Lion Roars. Pittsburg Dispatch The wrath of English financiers over the placing of half the British war loan in New York has an aroma around it of impassioned mourning over lost com-missions. and a complete and very hand-some line of Silver Novelties which will he well worth your while to come and see. W6 never had a finer line of these goods than we have this season, and the prices are very reasonable. Come and see the goods before making your purchases. H H.C. MORRISON, At the New Stand, ” Farmers & Merchants Nat. Bank Block, Mount Pleasant, Pa. H KK H K! I-K HrK K H H KKK Ki h KH KH K H H H breasted vests, $12.50, at Children's Clothing, ages 3 to 16 yrs., two and three piece suits, beautiful pat-terns, at One-half the former price. Men's and Boys’ Pants. A dark grey Reading Cashmere |” p pants, were $1.75, to close. J<J\J A blue-black worsted striped pants, light weight, were $2.50, g Black Cheviotpauts, well made, were $2.00, to close Fine di’ess pants in beautiful plaids and stripes, were $3.50 and $4 00, C41 to close Cn Jll All our $4.50 and $5.00 dress pants, to close Good, strong knee pants, 15c. All bet-ter knee pants reduced from 15c to 25c on each pair. HATS! HATS! All our 50c, 75c and $1.00 Straw Hats All our $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00 in or soft, light, dark and brown, to close 45 3 25 21C 21C 43G 38c stiff or I 15 SHIRTS. A well made, light color eve’g shirt, made with yoke aud extension band, Only two to a customer given. A lot of 50c and 75c shirts which are soiled from being in the window A fine Percale shirt, Mascot make, white band, no collars, separate cuffs,were 65c A beautiful line of Percale shirts with two separate collars and cuffs, fast colors were 65c and 75c, at A lot of neglige shirts with collars at-tached, silk striped, Bedford cords aud fine sateens, were 75c, $1.00 aud $.25, at Slightly soiled. Fine Madras shirts in beautiful patterns, Mascot make, absolutely fast colors, were $1.00 and $1.25, at $1.25 and $1.50 silk front shirts at Boys’ silk front shirts at All our $1.50 fine MONARCH Mad- \ ras shirts at Beautifully embroidered night shirts, Peerless make Light weight but very close woven blue denim overalls, really stronger than heavy weights, at! Seamless cotton 1-2 hose, thin, 6 pairs for Fine dress hose in black, browns, polka dots and fancy stripes, 2 prs for All of the above and a great many other goods must be closed out. It is to your interest to see thes£ goods. It will pay you if you need anything in that line. M. GOLDSTONE, mgr. Clothing* House, Cor. Main and Church sts., Mount Pleasant. The Famous ^teM*«***«*«*M*«*M*’* Our Great August MARK-DOWN SAlf Of Men’s and Boys’ Fine Clothing, Fur-nishings and Hats. The Triumph of All Sales. A Proclamation of Practical Economy. The time has arrived to unload our stocks aid make a clean sweep of every Summer Item in our Store. We do not go at it in a half-hearted way and reduce a few items here aud there to tempt you. But, we look the situation squarely in the face. We want to move all our stock and quickly; and we know there is no greater power to do this to our satisfaction better than Extraordinary Low Prices. Another remarkable feature, and one that you want to thoroughly appreciate, is the fact that these very extraordinary values are offered at a time when you can still get good service out of them. Another great point you want to bear in mind is that every article in this sale was made for this Sum-mer’s wear and is the best the world affords. You can better appreciate the Magnitude of this Great Value-giving Sale by personally attending it, as prices printed in the papers now-a-days mean but little unless they are backed by solid merit. , The prices, the real, solid merit of our merchan-dise, and our great reputation for reliability should be sufficient to convince you that we present an opportu-nity long-to-be-remembered. A Blow at Bryan. West Newton Times Imperialism is imperative, world cannot exist, half civilized half savage. The and An Organ Sets U. P.s Fighting. The introduction of an organ in the Union United Presbyterian church near Sardis, this county, has not only been the cause of a partial secession of the membership, but has placed the organi-zation liable to a suit for the return of a legacy left it many years ago. Notice has been given to that effect to the Kis-kiminetas presbytery, with which the church is identified. m(IV '« '♦V (tv (tv 'tv 'tv 't* 'tV (tV 'tV 'tv (tv (tv (tV (tV (tV 'tv (tv (tv 'tv (tv (tv 'tv (tv 'tV (t\ (tv (tv (tv (tv 't' (tv (tv (tv (tv (tv (tv ** 'tv 'tv IV :tv (tv (tv (tv (t* 'tv (tv Rumbaugh & Dillon, The lIp-to-Date Clothiers and Furnishers, 619 Mainstreet, Zimmerman Block, Mount Pleasant, Pa. & \il it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ 44/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ it/ »/ —M—— PARKER’S SAEE NEWS. 1 ’^ ^ Sf S' *7 ^7«■: ^Ip ST«■:^ All Around Accommodation. Hot weather shopping can be most comfortably done at our store for several reasons; We have the coolest store in town; fresh ice-water all the time; plenty of chairs and stools in which to rest; all dry goods, notions, jacket suits on first floor; courteous treatment from all help; if a lady can not get exactly what she wants we take pleasure in get-ting it. The Walking Skirt is the fall style of skirt evolved from the rainy day skirt. Ankle length is the correct form aud the materials are the dquble face goods made without lining. We can thank the good taste and sense of the American women for this style. Walking skirts are being worn by three-fourths of the ladies in all our eastern cities for street and outing wear. All fash-ion indications point to this as the popular skirt for fall. It is a practical, graceful, symmetrical skirt, neatly silk-stitch-ed around the bottom. The back is a single inserted plait, the folds coming close together and forming practically a habit back effect. Our special offering in these is a plaid back in grey, blue and brown at $5.00. Better than any-thing we have ever had at $6. Ot). Other qualities at $7.00, $8.00 and $10.00. Fall Dress Skirts. These skirts are all new in style and from correct materials. Quite a variety of styles but this one is particularly pretty. Sheath-like effect, tight over the hips and with double in-verted plaits and flaring from the knee down. Made from cheviot, tweed and Venetian at $3.50, $4.75 and $5.00. The new skirt of the bell shape is par excellence in grace and adaptability. Touches the ground equally on front and sides with slight dip in back. Made in black, blue, grey and oxford from pretty materials for selling at $4, $5 and $6. Infants’ Wear. We want you to think of our cloak room as the home of everything desirable for infants’ wear. You mothers will probably w&nt to go away for a vacation but do not have time to make baby some new dresses and skirts. We solve the problem for you by having our fall line to show you NOW, at inexpensive prices. Attractively trimmed dresses of fine materials at 50c, 75c to $3.00. Especially good values are the ones at 50c, 75c and $1.00. Infants’ skirts of cambric or nainsook at 25c, 50c, 75c and $1.00. The new cashmeres, bedford cord and silk cloaks are here from $1.00 up. PARKER’S, SCOTTDALE, PA. THE MOUNT PTJEASANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY. AUGUST 17. IrtOO. UPPEHKS (TIME )r the Past Week Briefly Men-tioned. LITTLE TALK OF THE TOWN THAT WILL BOTH INTEREST AND ENTERTAIN. A Department in Which the Local Editoi Holds High Carnival and Works off his Surplus Energ-y in Condensations That Deal Solely with Matters Relating to Mount Pleasant. Yesterday's Methodist Sunday school outing to Ohio Pyle was declared off Saturday. S. Gordon, of this place, has been grnnted a patent for a coal leveling machine. Sunday afternoon's rain storm broke one of the longest August hot spells in the town’s history. A fine 12-pound son and heir was born last Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hann, of East Washington street. JL Company E arrived home from the Mt. Gretna encampment in a special j? Pennsylvania car at 5 o'clock Sunday ; morning. The Standard ball club is still on easy I street. It downed Scottdale last Thurs-i day 21 to 5 and then swiped Alice Mon- I day 27 to 4. / Mrs. H. J. Jordan, the National Hotel / proprietor's wife, had her foot badly I cut Monday nigtit by dropping a large ' glass fish jar upon it. The report that Captain Loar had‘re-tired from the Tenth regiment contest for Major is without foundation. The «- captain is in the race to the finish. F Local Heptasophs are busy getting ready to take part in that order's annual outing to Idlewild on August 28th. There will be a special car from here. First Tice President M. A. King, of Gibbs & King, this place, presided at Tuesday's Allegheny meeting of the Pennsylvania Embaliners' Association and was elected president yesterday. N \ George Barkley, of this place, who works for S. J. Zearley, of Scottdale. has bought a property on Louck's ave-nue, that place, to which it is said he will move this fall j Asby Hoover, whose arrest across the Ridge for alleged complicity in recent local robberies was noted in these col-umns, waived a hearing and is now in jail at Greenstmrg awaiting a court trial. Rev. Dr. Harry 0. Scott, an old Mount Pleasant boy now stationed at Carthage, Missouri, will preach in the Re-Union Presbyterian church, this place, Sunday morning next, July 19th, at 10:30 o’clock. The removal of Prof. Miller to Alver-ton, to assume the management of the Mount Pleasant Supply Company’s store at that place, leaves the Volunteer Cornet Band on the market for a new director. Rev. J. E. Reed, pastor of the First , Baptist church, will preach and admin-ister the Lord's Supper at the Pennsville Baptist church next Sunday morning. The home pulpit will be occupied by Mr. Bpord. The Virst Reformed church congrega-tion and Sunday school will hold their annual picnic in Fisher’s grove Thurs- * day next, August 23rd. All friends are cordially invited to spend the day with the picnicers. Howard J. Wilson, of Toledo, Ohio, who spent part of this week here with the Rev. Mr. Davis, is working up the missionary spirit among theM. E. young people. Mr. Wilson won first prize at the late Prohibition oratorial contest in that state. It should not be forgotten by those who like good things to eat that supper will be served from 5 o’clock on at this evening’s United Presbyterian lawn fete on the gronnds surrounding the church street parsonage. The church will be used in case of rain. The pastor, the Rev. Mr. Davis, will conduct quarterly meeting at the Meth-odist Episcopal church Sunday next with communion at the morning ser-vice. In the evening the Rev. Mr. Reed, of the First Baptist church, will preach at the union meeting. The roof on Kobacker's Main street 1 block again caught fire Tuesday morn-ing from a spark, but the flames were extinguished before any damage occur-red except that done by water pour-ing down on the hat of a lady who had stopped to look in one of the show win-dows. The Hawkin's Sabres lost money on their wild west Bhow last week, but are thinking seriously of suing the Bohe-mian band for damages. It seems that the troopers contracted with that musi-cal organization to play during the show and paid part on the agreement, but the band failed to materialize. By the horse pinning off Supervisor Adam Snyder, or Mount Pleasant town-ship, and William Whapple were thrown from a buggy Friday evening while driving down a hill near the Middle churches. Both gentlemen were badly shaken up and in addition Mr. Snyder was cut and bruised about the head and legs. DEATHS OF THE WEEK. The Grim Reaper’s Work in This Place and Vicinity. Dr. David W. McConaughy, one of the oldest physicians in the county and a 'brother of the late Dr. Janies McCon-aughy, whose recent death at Lincoln, Nebraska, was noted in THE JOURNAL, died at his Latrobe home Friday, aged 72 years. William Bonner died Monday evening at his West End home of diabetes, aged 38 years and leaving a wife and four children. The Rev. Mr. Ynhii, of the Church of God, conducted the funeral services at the house Wednesday after-noon, the interment following in the cemetery. Mr. Bonner, who was a brother of Mrs. William Ramsay, of Morewood, moved here some five or six years ago from Wheeling. W. Va., and became a trackman for the South West Connellsville Coke Company, a position ill-health compelled him to resign about a year ago. He was a faithful employe and a kind and loving husband and father. William, son of Mr. Jacob Davis, of the East End, died Sunday at McKees Rocks of typhoid fever. He was mar-ried but a short time ago to a Somerset county girl. Frank, son of Uriah Sell, of New Stanton, died Saturday at his Young-wood home of fever, aged 30 years. He was married but a few .months ago to Miss Fannie Harrold. Mrs. Sarah Ann Stants died Tuesday at her home near Ruft’sdale, aged 70 years. A son of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Johnson, of the East End, died Thursday of chol-era infantum. aged one year. The inter-ment took place at Scottdale yesterday. 34th ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT G. A. R. Chicago, August 27 to Sept. I. Balti-more & Ohio Railroad, Battlefield Route. For the Annual Encampment G. A. R., at Chicago, August 27 to September 1, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad will sell tickets from all points on its lines East of the Ohio river at the very’ low rate of One Fare for the Round Trip. Tickets good going on all trains of August 25, 20 and 27, good to return until August 31, inclusive, except if tickets are depos-ited with Joint Agent on or before noon of September 2 and payment of fee of 50 cents, tickets may be extended for re turn to September 30, inclusive. Call on agent Baltimore & Ohio Rail-road for Routes and Rates, and folder containing full and elaborate informa-tion concerning the importance of the B. & O. during the civil war. Battlefield Map, Programme at Chicago, etc. AROUND AND ABOUT, But Principally Within the Bounds of This County. Marriage Licenses. The following marriage licenses have been granted for this vicinity during the past week: William E. Kepple, of Wilmerding, and Bessie J. Welty, of Mount Pleasant. John Sicinne, of Mount Pleasant, and Mary Alexander, of Smithton. John Malego and Anna Malego, both of Mount Pleasant. FOR SALE—One-horse covered spring wagon. For further particulars call on G. N. Cramer, near Mellingertown. It Save on Your School Taxes. Is you wish to save 5 per cent, on your school taxes you must pay the same on or before Tuesday, August 28th. J. M. YOTHERS, Col. 8-17-2t Clean Wheat For Seed. D. H. Pershing, of Stauffer, has ICO bushels of Terry’s Famous Fultz Wheat for sale for seeding purposes. This wheat is clean and will be sold at one dollar per bushel. 8-17 3t LOST—A Young Red Cow, with part of one horn; will soon be fresh. The animal strayed from my Parfittown stable on Monday, August 13th. Will pay a suitable reward for her return. 8-17-2t JOHNSMELKO. The Latest Designs In Wall Paper Have just been received at Coldsmith’s and can be had at a bargain. 7 27 tf FRESH JERSEY COW FOR SALE —In quire of Lawrence Grabaik, who lives on the old Squire Hunter farm in Mount Pleasant township. DEER PARK HOTEL. Deer Park, Md. On the crest of the highest alttitude; purest water; delightful surroundings, reached without change of cars via Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Open until September 30. W. E. Bnrwell, o9-15 Manager, Deer P ark, Md. A FULL COLUMN OF GOOD NEWS SECURED FROM THE PAGES OF RE-LIABLE EXCHANGES. Summer and Fall Wall Paper Just in at Coldsmith’s and bought so that it can be sold at a bargain. FORSALE:—Two good buggies, cheap. Inquire of F. C. Stauffer, Mount Pleas-ant. 8-3-tf How these Articles Appear After They Have been Boiled Down Into Short Paragraphs That Speak to the Point But Briefly of Interesting Events Transpiring in the Old Star of the West Work has been begnn on the exten-sion of the Westmoreland electric line from Manor west. Samuel Cook, of Penn, died Friday as the result of injuries received in a coal mine a few days before. Foot hall spirit has been revived at Greensburg and Latrobe with the pros-pect that both towns will have good teams this fall. Inez, daughter of C. C. Seybold, of Jeannette, died while visiting Pittsburg friends Friday following an operation at a local hospital. The work of firing up the Chambers- McKee window glass factory at Jean-nette was begnn Saturday. The plant will be in operation by September 1st. A passing river steamer at Fayette City last Thursday upset a boat con-taining Jesse Coleman and his three little children. The father alone was rescued. Four runaway Altoona boys, Avra Baker, Clyde Edmison and Scott and Charles McMillan, were captured at New Alexandria Friday and shipped back home. Mrs. Amy Porter celebrated her 91st birthday at tyer Owensdale home Mon-day with the five surviving members of her family of sixteen and other relatives and friends. Frank Staley, a Pittsburg carpenter, fell from the roof of the chapel at St. Xavier's academy last Thursday, a dis-tance of (iO feet. He was badly hurt, but will recover. James Adams, a boss carpenter aged abont 50 years, ami Daisy, the 17-year-old daughter of George Kline, of Greens-bnrg, eloped to Cumberland Monday and were married. Governor Stone has granted respites to the two Fayette county murderers, Wui. Simms from August lf> to October 15, and Mark Thomas Hays from Au-gust 14 to October 23. The work of double tracking the en-tire Pittsburg division of the B. & O, road from Pittsburg to Cumberland, a distance of 150 miles, will, it is said, be completed by April 1st next. Sunday afternoon’s storm, which broke the hot spell in this county, did considerable damage at New Kensing-ton where the Pittsburg Reduction Company's plant was demolished with a loss of $15,000. Will DeHaven, an employe of the United States Radiator Company, of West Newton, has caused the arrest of a fellow workman named John House-holder, whom he charges with attempt-ing to murder him. Rev. Charles Williams, of Cross Creek, Washington county, who was extended a call by the Dnnbar Presbytei’ian con-gregation, writes that he will accept and take charge of the congregation about September 1. I The Pittsburg dry goods store at Van-dergrift was burglarized Friday night and abont $309 worth of goods, princi-pally black silk, taken. The men’s fur-nishing store was also entered and several dollars in small change taken. Frank Irwin, of Pittsburg, master mechanic for Bennett & Talbott, build-ing the Baltmore and Ohio cut off near Cumberland, who. it is charged, shot and killed James Slattery, a fellow workman, wa3 released on $2,500 bail. One of the largest portable saw mills on Chestnut Ridge, owned by Jacob Sweeney, of Dunbar township, was de-stroyed by fire last Saturday night. The origin of the fire is supposed to be incen-diary. The loss will amount to over $1,000. Joseph H. Loekemby, a well-known Baltimore and Ohio railroad freight con. ductor, died Saturday at the Connells-ville hospital of injuries received in a wreck the day before near Hyndman. He leaves a wifi and family of several children at Confluence. Thomas R. Cunningham and Miss Florence 5. Harland, of Mill Run, were married at Connellsville Saturday. Cunningham belonged to the Tenth, and as he was on his way to the Philip-pines he fell and broke his leg. Miss Harland nursed him and he afterwards served in Troop F, Fourth United States cavalry. The Standard Water Company, of Uniontown, to supply water in Unity township, Westmoreland county, was chartered Monday, with capital stock $10,000. The incorporators are: V. E. Williams, Latrobe; A. M. Sloan, W. A. Griffith and B. A. Wirtner, all of Greensburg, and E. P. Doran, of Wil-kinsbnrg. ■ Our Entire Stock of Boys’ Double-Breasted and Three-Piece Suits at Half Their Actual Cost. Ladies’ $4.00 John Kelly Tan Dress Shoes for $?.25. Hundreds of people made happy during our July Clearance Sale supplying themselves with money-saving values in Clothing and Shoes. We have gone over our stock carefully and we find that in order to make sufficient room for our heavy pur-chased fall stock we must dispose of all our odds and ends, and for the special benefit of those who could not attend our July clearance [sale, we ’con-tinue this Sacrificing Sale until September 1st, with greater reductions than ever. CLOTHING. Men’s $7.00 and $8.00 suits for “ $10.00, $i2.oo and $13.50 suits for “ $14.00, $16.00 and $18.00 suits for Boys’ Long Pants Suits, single or double breasted vests, in all the very latest shades, were $7.00, $8.00 and $10.00, now Boys’ 50c and 75c knee pants for Men’s $1.50 Shirts for “ $1.00 “ “ “ 75C “ “ “ 65c “ “ One special lot 5oc neckwear at Men’s $1.50 Derby Hats at >. “ $2.25 “ “ “ The very latest shape Yacht Hats in all shades, $2.00, at 5.00 7.50 11.50 6.00 35c 1.00 75c 50c 35c 25c 1.00 1.50 1.50 SHOES. Ip-to-Date CLOTHING and SHOE STORES, Men's $3.50 Tan, Hand Welt (Blucher Cut) Mount Pleasant, Ladies’ $1.25 dress shoes for 85c “ 1.50 and 2.00 dress shoes, for $1.25 2.50 and 2.00 tan dress shoes for. . 1 50 “ 2.50 dress shoes for 1 75 “ 2.00 dress shoes for : 1 50 “ 3.00 John Kelly tan dress shoes for | 75 “ 5.00 John Kelly dress shoes for 3 50 “ 3.50 dress shoes for 2 00 3.50, 4.00 and 5.00 patent leather dress shoes for 2 50 “ 2.00 and 2.50 Oxfords for 125 Misses’ 1.25 tan or black dress shoes for 75c “ 2.00 tan or black dress shoes for 1 25 “ 2.50 tan or black dress shoes for 1 50 Children’s 1.50 and 2.00 tan or black, sizes Sl/2 to 11, for 50c Men’s 1.25 working shoes for 85c “ 1.50 and 1.25 dress shoes For 1 00 “ 2.00, 2.25 and 2.50 dress shoes for 1 50 “ 2.00 and 2.25 tan shoes for 1 50 “ 2.50 and 2.75 dress shoes for 2 00 “ 5.00 tan, hand welt, (Blucher cut), for 3 25 “ 3.50 and 4.00 tan, black or patent leather shoes for 2 75 “ 6.00 patent leather Blucher shoes for 4 00 “ 2.00 tan Oxfords for _ 1 50 “ 2 50 tan Oxfords for . 1 75 ‘‘ 4 00 patent leather Oxfords for 2 50 Boys’ 1 75 dress shoes for 1 25 Boys’ 2 00 dress shoes, tan or black, for 1 50 Boys’ 2 50 dress shoes, tan or black, for 1 75 V \ Underwear, Hosiery, Suspenders, Neckwear and a great many other articles too numerous to mention at accordingly reduced prices. KOBACKERS’ Special for This Sale Only: 3 THE MOUNT PI7KAWANT JOURNAL., UltIDAV, AUGUST 17, 1900 And Wasn't Nearly so Green as He Looked. HE WAS A COUNTRY SULLIVAN Bur HE KNEW HOW TO HANDLE BUNKO MEN. No Leas Than Eleven of These Smooth Rascals Tackled Him on His Arrival in the City and He Laid Every Last One of Them Out Cold with His Fists and Then Went Gunning for Three Card Monte Chaps. “Any reports of a tragedy around here this evenin'"” asked a broad backed young man of the sergeant at the desk in tile Central police station. “Haven’t heard of any,” was the reply. “Mebbe their bodies haven’t bln found yit, hut It’ll probably be In the papers in the moruiu. They lining it all on themselves and mustn’t blame me.” “Has anything happened?” asked the officer, though betraying hut little anx-iety. “Has anything happened!” repeated the broad backed young man with an early crop of freckles on his face. “Well, I should gurgle that there had! I suppose 1 look sorter hayseedy, don’t IV” “Well, yes; you have a look that way.” “If you were a bunko man, you’d grin with delight nt sight of me. wouldn’t you?” “1 guess I should!” laughed the offi-cer. “Well, you’d make the mistake of your life, old man. I’m from the tur-nip patch, but 1 know all about the little game of bunko. I had only left the train when live bunko steerers tackled me, and we hadn’t gone two blocks when six more came up. I gave ’em fair warnin and then pitched in. Say! That was a ripper of a row while it lasted.” “But you licked the eleven, I sup-pose?" “1 did. I left ’em down here on a corner piled up like so much cord wood. My shoulder is a leetle lame with strikln, but otherwise I don’t feel any bad effects. 1 suppose the city will bury them that were killed?” “Oh, certainly.” “And the injured will go to the hos-pital for repairs. If you see a report-er, give him the news. I have to go now.” “What’s your hurry?” “Oh, I want to walk around and have somebody take me for a soft mark and try the three card monte game on me. You’d take me for a sucker, wouldn't you?” “1 certainly should.” “Well, you'd be climbin the wrong gooseberry bush! I’m right on to the games and rackets, from a double headed cent to a prize package, and I can’t be fooled. I want to lay out about ten other rascals before bed-time, and if I meet you again I’ll give you the particulars. So long, old man! Don't disturb the hayseed on my hat or ask me to git rid of the smell of onions, fur I’m an Innercent young man who was never away from his mil before!” M. QUAD. « A Hitter Spell of Hatred. “Gammidge is such a friend of the Boers that be goes to almost any length to show his hatred of the Brit-ish.” “What’s ids latest effort?” “He spells English with a small i.”— Cleveland I’lain Dealer. Hadn't Tliottuht of Thnt. Saleslady—This glass dipper is so strong you can drive nails with it. Purcliaseagent—But why should 1 want to drive nails with a dipper? Saleslady—Mebbe you wouldn't, but 1 expect your wife might.—Indianapo-lis Press. Vital StntlntiOH Ignored. “Henry, that census taker doesn’t know his business.” “What makes you think so?” “Why, lie shut me off when I tried to tell him how many sweet little teetli the baby had cut.”—Detroit Free Press. Snperflnou*. “What do you suppose can induce a roan to commit suicide?” asked Mrs. Nngg. “Can you ask such a question as that?” cried James Henry Nftgg in dis-gust.— Philadelphia North American. The calamity ulKneminaror. “David won't come to breakfast un-til he has read the morning paper.” “Is he so eager for news?” “No, but be likes to find something dismal to talk about while we are eat-ing.”— Indianapolis Journal. She Broke Him. “So she toyed with your feelings, did she, Dick?” "Rather. And then when she had made me spend all my money on her she cast me aside for a broken toy.”— Philadelphia Bulletin. A SaggeHtion. The Boston citizen has the advantage on the lee proposition. He has only to materialize the glance of the bean city girl to accomplish the chilling of every-thing in his immediate vicinity.—SL Louis Star. Manic Hath Charm*. "Why did Mrs. Green dismiss her children’s music teacher? Wasn’t she competent?” “I always thought so, but It seems that she made a discord in that family by flirting with Mr. Green.”—Philadel-phia Bulletin. A MATTER OF POLICY. While honesty i* policy Ami truth a jewel, too, I’d hate to be the person Who told everything that's true, Who, instead of lying glibly “What a lovely child is that!" Must in truth say to its mother, “What an ugly little brat!”* Just suppose at some reception Entertainment should be slow And we fret and fume and fidget, As we often do. you know, Who would rare to make his farewell Truthfully to boat and say, “I’ve been simply bored to death, sir, And I'm glad to get away?” Who would (are to meet a lady Whom he hadn’t seen for years, Greet Iter pleasantly and tell Iter How much older she appears? How much ni£er to lie glibly. Lie sincerely and to say, “Why, it seems to me thut you are Growing younger every day!” Be he saint or bo he sinner, Would a mortal man, forsooth, Ever dare go out to dinner If he had to toll the truth— Say the roast was tough and tasteless, Say the soup was seasoned wrong, Sa.\ ’twas strange how weak the coffee When the butter was so strong? When the amateur canary In the parlor warbles gay, Like a buzzsaw on a tantrum, Who would care to rise ami say: “Goodness me, but how you flatted! My, how shrill your high notes are! 1 have heard young calves that blatted Better music—better far?” If to truth you have a leaning, It’s not always wise to say What you think on some occasions; There's another, wiser way. •Twixt your policy and conscience Just effect a compromise And let what you think be tVuthful If what you must tell be lies. —Bismarck Tribune. Sorry lie Spoke. Hon’ n Man Think* lie Look*. The first time he wears a padded overcoat.—Kansas City Times. Ain*, Too Truel “Y’ou must pay In advance,” said the lady who kept the hoarding house at the great bogus lithla spring. “But,” replied the tottering invalid who had just arrived, “can’t you let my trunk bo security until tomorrow? L expect a check then.” “No. Pay now, or you can’t stn.v here tonight. I want you to under-stand that I’m not in this business for my health.”—Chicago Times-Herald. Part of the Joy. He—Wlmt makes you wear shoes that hurt your feet? She—Dear me! If they didn’t hurt me, I shouldn’t remember that they were new.—Chicago Record. Up lintl Dofnfg. Blobbs—I understand Skinnum is practicing medicine. I suppose lie's doing well? Slobhs—No. I believe he’s doing the sick.—Philadelphia Record. in: 1 “Have you ever hoard me sing, my little man?” “No. but I’ve heard Injuns blowin off steam, an steam sirens, an dogs barkln, an other horrid noises.” HI* Idea of Wealth. “You say that you have a wealthy uncle,” said the judge to the colored culprit before him. “Where does he live?” “In Georgia, sah, an he’s powerful rich—he’s a nidonalre.” — Chicago Times-Herald. , A Floral Makepeace. “That was a funny thing for Srnith-ett to give his wife on her birthday, a parachute of llowers.” “That was so she would let him down easy when he comes home from the club.”—Chicago Times-Herald. Deafness Cannot be Cured By local applications, as they cannot reach t,lio diseased portion of the ear. 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Mount Pleasant, Pa. ft? ft? vir? ft? ft? ft? ft? ft? ft? ft*? ft? TIITC MOUNT FIilSASAN T JOUHXAL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, lOOO. 3UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO v: THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY § BY RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI, 9 Author of “An Artist In Crime,” “A Conflict of Evidence,” “A ° Modern Wizard,” “Final Proof,” Etc. o - 6 o o o Capirridht, 1S06, by a. P. Putnam's Sons. Jll rights reserved. o O O OOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO [CONTINUED.] “Agnlnst whom?” “Against Mora, of course. Hedeelares that he was aroused by the noise of the struggle between Mora and Ids fa-ther and that, hurriedly dressing him-self, he reached his master’s room just ns the latter returned to it. Mora was much agitated and was attired only In his shist and undergarments. This accounts for the blood upon Ids wristband and, you see, fits very well the theory advanced by your crank Preacher Jim.” “Very well, indeed,” said Sir. Mlteh-el. “Anything more?” “The valet further declares that he nsslsted SI ora to dress again and saw him leave the house attired in the plaid suit, exactly in accord with tlie story told by the watchman. What In you say now of your friend?” “That I am glad he is out of reach of your blunders.” “How? Not yet convinced of this man’s guilt?” “It is impossible for me to think a man guilty when 1 know hint to be in-nocent! Von note my words—I know him to be innocent!” “You cannot know wlmt is untrue.” "Certainly not, but I know this man is innocent because 1 know who is guilty.” “You know who is guilty!” exclaim-r ed Mr. Barnes, more astonished titan ever. “Yes. But here we are at the house. Come in, and 1 Will make it all clear to you.” They left the cab and ran up the stoop, but before Mr. Mitchel could lit his latchkey into the lock the door was opened by his valet, who had been waiting up for him. “There is some one to see you, sir,” said the valet at once. “Some one to see me!” exclaimed Mr. Mitchel. “At this hour?” “Yes, sir. He came at 11 and said that he would wait. lie insisted that you would be at home tonight.” “But how could he know that when it was by the merest chance that I did return ?” “I don’t know, sir, but he seemed certain about it. I thought best to sit 1-4 loo. as he’s a rather queer custom-er. lie says his name is Preacher Jim.” “Preacher Jim!” cried Mr. Mitchel. “This will bo interesting, Mr. Barnes. Come with me. Where is he?” “In the library, sir.” Mr. Mitchel and Mr. Barnes went to the library and were met by Preacher Jim, who advanced ns they entered. “You have come at Inst. 1 am glad that 1 waited, but relieve my suspense at once. Tell me, and so they are real-ly married?” “Of whom are you speaking?” asked Mr. Mitchel. “Of Matthew Mora and Lilian—Lil-ian Vale.” “Yes: they are married. Ilow did you suspect this?" “I did not suspect it; I knew it. Did I not tell yon that our society knows all that passes which is of interest to Its members?” “Yes; but that does not explain your knowledge of my movements.” 1 “Oh, you want details! They are uninteresting, mere routine. I knew when you left town, because I saw yon go, taking Lilian with you. 1 also knew that Mora had gone and that your friend here, Mr. Barues. detect-ive, had followed that young man. 1 did not care to play the spy myself, so I merely telegraphed to competent agents in Boston, and they kept you all in sight from the moment when you reached Boston. Two hours ago 1 received this telegram.” He handed a blue paper to Mr. Mitchel on which were the words: “Girl married. Mitchel returns in Mora’s clothes. Barnes following.” “Ha, ha!” laughed Mr. Mitchel. “Your ageut was shrewder than Mr. Barnes, for he saw through my disguise.” “You have not explained that yet, and I am entirely in the dark about this marriage of which you speak,” said Mr. Barnes. Mr. Mitchel invited the two men to be seated, ordered some wine and ci-gars and then related all that he bad discovered about the abandoned baby, about Lilian Mora and finally about his visit to Boston. “As I entered the hotel,” he contin-ued, “I saw you, Mr. Barnes, seated near the window, your face concealed behind a newspaper. I hurried by, as I did not wish you to see me. After bringing Mora to the point of agreeing to marry I took Lilian and the child to his room. It was a happy reunion, 1 assure you, and I am certain that the result will be equally so. Very shortly after the clergyman arrived, and the nuptial knot was tied. Then 1 took Mora aside and explained the danger which awaited him down stairs; that, in fact, you would surely arrest him for his father’s murder before he could leave town. He completely lost his nerve. Having just mude full repara-tion for the only wrong of which he had been guilty, he was entirely over-whelmed by the new disaster which threatened. It was I, therefore, who advised him how to act. I made him divest himself of his clothing, in which I dressed myself, and I exchanged satchels with him. Then I hurried down stairs, making noise enough to attract your attention, Mr. Barnes, but keeping my face so turned that you would not see It. As I had expected, the satchel iu my hand satisfied you that I was about to leave the city, and therefore you followed me. 1 presume you did not arrest me in Boston be-cause you thought it would save time to allow me to return to New York." “Yes; you completely outwitted me. Mr. Mitchel. but I am still under the impression that yon have made a grave error: that, in fact, you have assisted a murderer to escape. 1 have told you what convincing evidence 1 L,.. . e.” “Convincing evidence whim, how-ever. leaves me unconvinced.” said Mr. Mitchel. “You said in the cab that you know who is guilty.” “You know who is guilty!” exclaimed Preacher Jim. “You know?” “Yes. Preacher Jim! Yes. Mr. Barnes! I know!” “You think that it was Slippery Sam?” Inquired Mr. Barnes. “No; I (lo not think that, although 1 could tell you that which might lead you to believe so.” “What do you mean?” Mr. Mitchel related the facts in con-nection with the discovery of Matthew Mora’s will and reminded them of their theory that it might have pre-vented the staining of one side of tlie pocket. He then produced the o’ill it-self and. showing them the blood upon one side of it, remarked: "You see. we were correct. The mur-derer wore that plaid suit over his own clothing, and the blood soaked through, lie thrust the will into ids trousers pocket, however, and thus the blood stains found there are accounted for.” Mr. Barnes became greatly excited throughout tills recital. “Now we come to the point!” he cried. “Your belief is that this will was placed in the pocket of Slippery Sam on the night when he was killed and that he himself knew nothing of It?” “Bravo. Mr. Barnes! That is pre-cisely my Idea.” “Furthermore, you believe that the tnnn who killed Mr. Mora was the same who killed Slippery Sam?” “Bight again,” said Mr. Mitchel. “Then once more I have you!” cried Mr. Barnes triumphantly. “It was young Mora who murdered Slippery Sam.” Neither Mr. Mitchel nor Preacher Jim seemed as much impressed by this statement as the detective had evi-dently expected they would be. “That is a strange assertion,” said Mr. Mitchel. “All the circumstances point to it.” said Mr. Barnes, determined to con-vince his bearers. “It was youn,T Mora who owned those plaid trousers;. The Ski I ■;! He then produced the will itself. watchman saw him wear them in and out of the house. The valet cor-roborates the statement of the watch-man. Preacher Jim here advanced the theory that the murderer might have been half dressed and the plaid suit might have been put on afterward. This would account for all the stains and fit the theory that the murderer wore the suit over his own garments. Mora would benefit by the loss of his father’s will. Mora, therefore, having killed his father, abstracted the docu-ment, which he finally thrust into his pocket as he left the house. Then he he leaves this suit at the Essex street house, knowing that Slippery Sam oc-cupied a room there and half design-ing to throw the burden of his own guilt upon the shoulders of a known crook. Later he finds you, Mr. Mitchel, following up the case and that you are on intimate terms with Slippery Sam. It became necessary to his safety to remove Sam. He did so.” “This is all very well up to the last statement. He did so, you say. But how do you prove it?” "You may recall that I came upon the scene almost as soon as you did. I had been following Mora. He had been acting most suspiciously all the evening—that is, I was sure that he was endeavoring to discover whether he was followed or not. Perhaps he did so. At any rate, he gave me the slip by entering a hotel which had several exits. I waited long enough to be sure that he was not coming out again at the door which 1 was watch-ing and then gave up the job. I start-ed for your thouse, wishing to inform you of the death of Preacher Jim’s mother. I haifcouly a few blocks to go ami was near lo your street when a man hurriedly brushed by me. I only saw his face for an Instant, but It was Matthew Mora.” “Matthew Mora?” "Yes. I gazed after him, undecided whether to follow him or not. i looked around, on an impulse, reckoning how near 1 might be to your place,and tlieu I observed a man leaning over another who lay ou tlie pavement. I went for-ward and saw you bending over Slip-pery Sam. whom Mora undoubtedly had just killed.” "No. no, Mr Barnes! 1 am sorry, very sorry, that your line castles must fall, but Mora is not guilty of murder-ing any one. certainly not of killing Slippery Sam!" "How can you be so sure of that?” “Have 1 not told you? 1 know who killed old Mora, atul 1 know who killed Slippery Sam. They are one and the same, but the man is not Mora.” “Did you witness the murder of Slip-pery Sam?” “No." “Then you cannot be certain. There must be a doubt.” “Not a shadow of doubt.” “Well, then, who is the guilty man?” “Ah. that 1 prefer not to tell you!” "Do you mean that you will conceal your knowledge; that you will protect the criminal?" “My knowledge is not absolute in the sense that I have been a witness or ;he recipient of a confession. It Is knowledge gained by analytical deduc-tion. Under those circumstances I do not feel bound to make a charge of murder against a man." Mr. Barnes was silent, and Preacher Jim. who bad been listening attentive-ly, now spoke. "1 would lie much Interested to hear you tell the steps by which you have reached this conclusion." said he. "even though I would not ask you to divulge the name against your will.” Mr. Mitchel looked at him sharply before replying, but he did not Hindi. “Very well.” said Mr. Mitchel. “I will grant vonr request. I will tell you how 1 know who killed these men. In the first place. 1 discussed this case with the man who committed the crime, though 1 old not suspect him at that time. During our theorizing I re-lented Mr. Barnes’ argument that the murderer must have been acquainted with the Internal arrangements of the house, because the weapon a wnrelub, 1 ad been taken from a case In the hall below. This man in replying argued that the murderer did not need to know of the collection of weapons, be- • • use Matthew Mora had taken the club to bed with him. That was a I ict which could not have been known to any one except the murderer. Con-sequently I knew at once that the man with whom I was speaking had him-self committed the crime. What say you, Preacher Jim?” “I say that the man made a slip of the tongue and that you were very shrewd. Now, tell us how you con-nect that man with the killing of Slip-pery Sam.” “Mr. Barnes, you will recall the cir-cumstance of your finding my match-box near the body of Slippery Sam?” “Y’es. I returned it to you.” “Very well. I had lent that to the murderer of Matthew Mora, and he had not returned it to me. What say you to that. Preacher Jim?" “I say that you are clever in this also. But a question or twa more. Why do you hesitate to name this man? Why do you not give him up to justice?” “Because I have given a promise to shield him if he should ever be in the predicament in which lie now is.” "Y'ou made a promise? To whom?” exclaimed Preacher Jim excitedly. “That matters not. A promise is binding without regard to the identity of the person who exacted it.” “It was—a woman?” Mr. Mitchel did uot reply. “It was to my—my mother? Ha, ha! Y’ou are a good man, Mr. Mitchel! You keep faith. You would not betray. But I will tell all.” “Stop!” cried Mr. Mitchel, but Preacher Jim, not heeding him, con-tinued: “I am the guilty man. I killed Mat-thew Mora. I killed Slippery Sam.” At this Mr. Barnes started from his chair, but a moment later he sat down again, exclaiming: “You the murderer of Matthew Mora! Man, you are mad!” Mr. Mitchel sat still and said nothing. An expression akin to pity and regret flitted across his countenance. “Gentlemen,” pursued Preacher Jim, “I will tell you the whole story, for there is yet much that will surprise you, much that even you, Mr. Mitchel, do not suspect. But first let me ask you—tell me about my mother. You were with her while I went in search of a doctor. What happened? How came you to make her a promise to shield me? She did not know. She did not suspect. No, no! It was im-possible!” “Your mother told me the story of her life and of yours—that is, she told me of your father, in whose history much that relates to yourself finds ex-planation- aye, palliation. Your herit-age was bad.” “Ah! She told about the old man, did she? But what about the nromlso?” [TO BE CONTINUED.] A CoiiMiiltatIon. Glassport’s Future. No other town in Western Pennsylvania has such a promising future as Glassport Seven great Mills and Factories— Churches, Schools, Water, Gas— Work for everybody at good wages—-and yet lots are only $ioo to $8oo each. GLASSPORT MANI10TH SHIPPING POINT $10 to $40 down—balance on small monthly payments. It means doubled money within a year or so. Railroad Fare Free. We refund railroad fare from points within 50 miles of Glassport to all lot buyers. Take a day off and see the industrial centre of the whole Monougahela Valley. BLACK & GLONSNGER, Agents, 3!l Fourth Avenue, Pittsburg. Monongahela Avenue, Glassport. EVERYBODY TALKS About our Talking Machines, the GREATEST ENTERTAINERS IN THE WORLD that money can buy. We have them from $5.00 up. A large assort-ment of records always on hand. m, >i> Make Your Home Happy. Buy a Graphophone for $5.00. Fine Watch Repairing a Specialty. POSNERS’ JEWELRY and MUSIC STORE, Main St., Mount Pleasant, Pa., Opposite Town Clock. A Young Girl’s Experience. My daughter’s nerves wero terribly out of order. She was thin and weak; the leapt noise startled her, and siie was wakeful at night. Before she had taken one package of Celery King tho change in her was so great that she could hardly be taken for t lie Name girl. She is rapidly growing well and strong, her complexion is perfect, and she sleeps well every night.—Mrs. Lucy McNutt, Brush Valley, l*a. Celery K1ug ou res < ’onstl pat Ion and all d is-easesof the Nerves, stomach, Liveraud Kid-neys. Sold by druggists. 25c. and60c. 4 Sold"by O. L, KUHN. Administrator’s Sale. The entire stock of General Merchandise of the late A. FI. Strickler to be sold without re-serve. Lawns, Dimities, Shirt Waists and Summer Underwear at greatly reduced prices. First Doctor—Well, I congratulate myself I've never yet lost a patient. Second DOctoy—What, have none of them ever got better? Administrator’s Notice. Estate of George Gurbaugh, Deceased. Letters of Administration on the estate of, George Carbaugh, late of the luirough OL' j Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa., 1 deceased, having been granted to the under-signed by the Register uf said county, notice is hereby given to all persons indebted to said estate to make immediate payment, and those having claims against the same will present them, properly authenticated, for settlement. fi\V. A. KALI*. 1 July 10,1900. Administrator. ! 7-20-Ut SHOE DEPARTMENT. Small Feet Wanted. Special Pri-ces in 2 1-2, 3 and 3 1-2 Sizes. THE MOUNT PLKA8ANT JOURNAL, KUIDAY, AUGUST 77, 1M)0. 'vji'’A"Mi''slr' I'st-'’ * ' * NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS, j IIECLA. e Heela Coke Company’s local mine „ still flooded, despite three weeks of hard work. As noted in THE JOURNAL, three big pumps were lowered down the shaft in which the water still stands some r>0 feet. The sulphur water nte out the fittings in twelve hours, com polling a stoppage until today, when connections were again made. There is no telling, however, how long it will take until the pit can be gotten in work ing order. While the pumps were idle water was taken out by means of big boxes placed on the cages. More tron ble followed this plan as the rope slip ped out of the socket, allowing one of the cages to fall to the bottom of the shaft where it still is. A new cage has been put on since. Mr. and Mrs. ,T. W. Bailey and Janies Bailey spent Sunday nt Carnegie attend-ing the funeral of an old friend, Mrs. Sarah Prosser. Miss Anna Crumpton, who had been here for a week visiting Miss Margaret Bailey, returned home Saturday. Miss Jennie Laird left last week to spend the balance of the summer at Lake George and other New York points. Al. Johnston, of Turtle Creek, drove up here Saturday and on returning Monday took with him his wife who had been visiting her brother, Thomas Tudor. Miss Sadie Stone returned home Wednesday from a five weeks' visit paid Scott Haven relatives. Fred Bailey's up in the air again John W. Jr., has a tooth. Joe McPhail doesn't care if the mine is never cleared of water. He's the daddy of a daughter and heiress. He thinks he will call her Leona. CARPENTERTOWN. An overturned lamp set fire to the farm residence of Saul Snyder, near Kecksburg, Monday evening and the building together with a great part of the contents was consumed, entailing a loss of $1,200. There was no insurance. It has been very-warm and dry in this section for the past two weeks. Misses Ada Eicher and Verda, Annie and Barbara Lemmon took in Ohio Pyle yesterday. Berg and Frank Lemmon have opened out a new coal bank on their farm. They are having some trouble with water from the old workings, but expect to be able to pump it out with their cider press engine. Mrs. George\JIilbeu has returned from a visit paid her daughter at Lycippus and is somewhat improved in health. William Randolph, who lives in the tenement
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Title | Mount Pleasant journal |
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Creator | Mount Pleasant journal (Mount Pleasant, Pa.) |
Publisher | Mt. Pleasant Pub. Co. |
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VOL. ‘2H. MOUNT I’fjBASANT, WKsTMOliHLAM) COCNTV, l*A., I’lilDAV, AUGUST 17, 10(10. NO. 8!i.
Done Near Pleasant Unity Mon-day
Night Last
BY THREE HIGHWAYMEN WHO
HELD UP A PARTY OF ELEVEN
SLAVS.
JThe Unarmed Foreigners Showed Fight,
but one Was Stabbed to Death and
Another Badly Hurt for Their Rash-ness
by the Trio of Robbers Who Took
all Their Victims’ Pay Day Money and
Then Rode Away on Their Wheels.
A party of eleven Slavs, employed at
the Standard Connellsville Coke Com-pany's
plant, where they had been paid
off that day, was held tip about 10 o'clock
Monday night by three men on bicycles
while on their way home from Pleasant
Unity. One of the foreigners, Andy
Kaninchn, was instantly killed and
another, George Metin, badly injured.
The scene of the tragedy is about a
mile out of Pleasant Unity, at a lonely
spot. The wheelmen rode up and drew
their revolvers, demanding the Slavs
money. The order was not obeyed and
when repeated, the unarmed foreigners
showed fight. The highwaymen did not
use their firearms, but instead drew
knives and soon had the two victims
named above laid low.
But, even having committed murder,
the robbers had not yet accomplished
their object. They wanted money aDd
bad not secured it. Kaninchn way lying
on the ground dead. Metin was in the
same position, moaning from his
wounds, and blood was staining the
roadway. The remaining nine Slavs
were dazed. They saw their comrades'
condition and offered no further resist-ance
to their assailants. Quickly they
handed over what money they had to one
otthe highwaymen, while the other two
stood guard over them.
While the men had given up about
$30 each the two on the ground bad not
yet added to the sum. The robber who
was receiving the money hesitated
about going through the pockets of the
dead and injured. But he wanted the
money. Holding a revolver at one of
the nine men he commanded him to
search the pockets of Kantncba and
Metin and produce what money they
had. This was soon done and the rob-bers
then jumped on their wheels and
rode away.
The body of Kanincha was taken to
Pleasant Unity and placed in an un-dertaking
room, while a physician at-tended
to Mentin’s wounds. In the
meantime the coroner at Derry was noti-fied,
as was also County Detective Shef-fler.
The Slavs say that they know two
of the men who attacked them and it is
expected that their capture will soon be
effected.
Kanincha was single, 32 years old and
lived in one of the camps near the coke
works. Metin is married.
Another story is that the tragedy was
the result of a quarrel among the Slavs
themselves. The coroner's jury took
this view at least and accused Frank
Quartan of the crime, but he is still at
large.
Two Quiet Weddings.
Miss Bessie Welty, of this place, and
Mr. E. A. Kepple, of Wilmerding, were
married last Thursday at the College
avenue home of the bride’s sister, Mrs.
Harvey Barkley. The ceremony was
performed by the bride’s half-brother,
Rev. Harry Scott, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, of Carthage, Mo.
Young Mr. and Mrs. Kepple will go to
housekeeping at Wilmerding about
September 1st.
Mr. Harry Carson, of Scottdale, and
Miss Lena Van Harlingen, of Allegheny,
who resided here but a short time ago,
were married here Wednesday at the
First Baptist church parsonage by the
bride's uncle, the Rev. Mr. Reed.
“Old Fiatt’s” Bloody Record.
The eleventh murder in the past year's
history of Fayette county was done in
the new Masontown coke field Saturday
night when George Fox shot and killed
Will Kemble and then escaped. The
two men quarreled over a woman.
Fayette Farmer’s Suicide.
Thomas Newton Weltner, a promi-nent
Fayette county farmer living near
McClellandtown, committed suicide by
hanging himself w.ith a handkerchief in
his cell in the Uuiontown jail where
his wife had him placed to soberupand
to prevent him from abusing her. He
was 04 years of age and leaves six grown
children with their mother. ■
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About Prominent People
Gathered During the Week.
Frank Donds isnt Beaver this week
visiting his mother.
Mrs. H. C. Morrison and children are
at Mt. Clements, Michigan.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Shope returned
home last Thursday from Atlantic City.
Miss .Sarah Poole, of Beaver, is the
guest of Mrs. Rev. Davis, of Walnut
street.
Mrs. ,T. B. Cox and daughter, Miss
Hazel, are visiting Fayette county
friends.
James Hunter, of Greenslmrg, with
his family, spent Sunday here with his
brother, Dr. ,1. W. Hunter.
Misses Edythe and Milo McCain, of
Philadelphia, are here as the guests of
their cousin. Miss Belle Clark.
John Heffling, theobligiug chief clerk
at the Famous Clothing House, left Fri-day
on n tour of seacoast resorts.
Mrs. W. li. Miner, of Connellsville,
and Mrs. Bell, of Pittsburg, are here
visiting Mrs. P. S. Wolfersberger.
Clarence Gilson, wife and family, of
Pittsburg, were here this wbek visiting
Mr. Gilson's father, Hiram Gilson.
Mrs. Herbert Owen, of Pittsburg,
with her children, is here visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Graul.
General Superintendent James A.
Cowan, wife and family arrived home
last evening from their Maryland trip.
Miss Gertrude and Katie Hartigan
left Friday on a three weeks' trip to
Washington, D. C., Deer Park and other
eastern resorts.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nicholson, of
Cresson, Pa., were here Wednesday at-tending
the funeral of their uncle,
William Bonner.
James R. Freed, of Guthrie’s Centre,
Iowa, is here visiting his brother, H. R.
-Freed, making his second trip east since
'01 when he moved west.
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Shelar returned
Saturday from an extended stay at j
Cambridge Springs where the former's
health was much benefitted.
Miss Alice McCarrell, of Stewart’s
Station, is here this week visiting her
Washington Seminary chums, Misses
Nan Whitehill and Ada Hissem.
Walter Lohingier, the talented young
Pittsburg newspaper man, whoisstndy-ing
for admittance to the Allegheny
County Bar, is here visiting his parents.
Mrs. Anna Roadman and her grand-daughters,
Misses Anna and Blanche
Galley, left Monday for Bedford where
they will spend two weeks with relatives.
W. G. Reed, of Blairsville, came here
Sunday with Company E and joined his
wife who was visiting his mother, Mrs.
Edward Rowland, both returning home
the next day together.
Miss Minnie Shupe, of South Church
street, had for her guests this week her
niece, Miss Clelia Knox, of Uniontown;
Miss McLaughlin, of Connellsville, and
Miss Knox, of Westerville, Ohio.
Miss Blanche Moyer left Thursday
with her two cousins, Masters Will and
Elwin Speigel, whom she is taking to
their Detroit, Michigan, home, where
she will spend a month visiting friends.
The engagement of Miss Jean Olive
Stillwagon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Stillwagon, of South Eagle street,
to Mr. J. C. Kenney, of Scottdale, has
been announced. The wedding will
take place in October.
John Husband, his sons, Ralph and
Elmer, and nephew, Frank Husband,
arrived home Saturday night from their
three weeks’ tour of Canada, New Eng-land,
eastern cities and seacoast resorts.
They saw about everything to he seen.
Mrs. Given and grandson, Master
Robert Given, of Greensbtirg, were here
from Saturday until Tuesday with Mrs.
Sarah Bums, of South Diamond street.
The hostess’ daughter, Miss Elta Burns,
of Allegheny, was home from Saturday
until Wednesday.
In yesterday’s local exodus to Atlantic
City were Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Tussing,
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Andrew, Mrs. Eliz-abeth
Miller and her daughter, Mrs. J.
J. Hout. Before going Rev. Tussing
was the recipient from his First Re-formed
church people of a handsome
present in the form of a purse contain-ing
$150.
Mrs. George C. Demingand daughter,
Miss Vallie, of Los Angeles, California,
are guests of Captain and Mrs. Harry O.
Tinstman, with whom also spending his
vacation is their son, Benjamin Evans,
cashier of the Equitable Life Insurance
Company, Pittsbnrg. Ben’s engage-ment
to Miss Nellie Gertrude Lusk, one
of that city’s prettiest daughters, has
just been made public. It is understood
the marriage will take place some time
in October.
A POPULAR MINE OFFICIAL.
John W. Ralston Will Leave Monday
for the New Somerset Coal Field.
John W. Ralston, formerly chief clerk
for the South West Connellsville Coke
Company, resigned n tike position with
the II. C. Frick Coke Company at
Stauffer Wednesday and will leave
Monday next for Hooversville, Somerset
county, where lie will take charge of
the Stuart Coal Mining Company's of-fice.
For the present his wife and
family will remain here.
Mr. Ralston is one of the most popu-lar
mine officials in this section of the
coke region, and. and deservedly so, too,
for his nbility and gracious manner have
won for him the esteem of employer as
well as employe. Evidence of this fact
is to he found in the splendid farewell
banquet, given in his honor Wednesday
evening at the Hotel Dalton,'Stauffer,
by Superintendent Stevenson. The list
of guests embraced all the officials and
store men about the Frk’k company's
three plants there. The lay out of good
tilings was pi ffeetand the post prandial
speeches, while full of regret at his in-tended
departure, teemed with congrat-ulations
on Mr. Ralston's still bettered
condition.
AN INFORMAL AFFAIR
But it Was Enjoyed None the Less by
Twoscore Younit People.
Miss Leona Marsh, who belongs to the
younger set of Mount Pleasant's pretty
daughters, entertained at her West
Main street borne Wednesday evening
for her Turtle Creek friend, Miss Gail
Hunter. The affair was of the informal
order, but it proved none the less enjoy-able
on that account to the twoscore
guests present. Dancing was the lead-ing
feature of the pretty function.
Among the out of town guests were
Miss Jean McKee, of Butler; Misses
Edith and Milo McCain, of Philadel-phia,
and Miss Elizabeth Torrence, of
New Haven. It was also the first ap-pearance
in local society of Miss Nellie
Marron, daughter of General Manager
Peter Marron, of the Mount Pleasant
Supply Company, who returned but a
few weeks ago from school at the Sa-cred
Heart Convent, Montreal, Canada.
GORED BY A MAD COW.
Terrible Experience of a Madison Mother
and her Child,
Mrs. Catherine Wertz was attacked
by a cow, made mod by the intense
heat, at her home near Madison, last
Thursday afternoon, and terribly injur-ed.
She entered the pasture field carry-ing
her baby. The animal bad been
acting qneerly for some time, and made
a rush for the helpless woman and
knocked her down. The babe was
thrown from the mother s arms and was
badly hurt.
The crazy animal then pounced upon
Mrs Wertz, trampling herand plunging
her horns into the prostrate woman.
Her piercing cries brought to the scene
a couple of neighbors and the animal,
with great difficulty, was driven away.
The muscles of one of the woman’s arms
were completely torn away.
A STRANGE DISEASE.
With Which Fayette County People Are
Afflicted.
An unusual disease, which is causing
much alarm, is epidemic in German and
Menallen townships, Fayette connty.
The malady works on its victims like
cholera. First they are seized with
severe griping pains in the stomach and
bowels, with a splitting headache, and
pains in the limbs. Vomiting soon sets
in, which is hard to control. The pains
become so intense that nothing but
morphine will afford any relief.
The doctors say that they have seen
the patient’s temperature rise to 105 in
the course of two hours. Few people in
the townships have escaped the disease.
Many persons make a rapid recovery,
while others are afflicted two or three
weeks. The disease seems to be abat-ing
somewhat at this time.
NEW ARMY SOCIETY.
Philippine Soldiers Organize at Denver,
Colorado, Tuesday.
Tuesday’s celebration by the society
of the army of the Philippines at Den-ver,
Colorado, began with a parade. A
constitution was adopted. The name
of the society is to be the National As-socation
of the Army of the Philippines.
The annual meeting is to be held Aug.
13. Any honorably discharged officer or
man who served in the Philippine cam-paign
in the army or navy or the son
of any such man, is eligible to member-ship,
thus perpetuating the association.
General Francis V. Green, New York,
was elected president. Rev. Joseph
Hunter, of the Tenth Pennsylvania, is
chaplain. It was decided to hold the
next annual meeting at Salt Lake City.
THE EIGHTH ANNUAL
Convention of this County's
Sunday Schools
TO BE HELD AT JEANNETTE
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, AU-GUST
29th AND 30th.
Full Program of Exerciaen as Arranged
By the Rev. Mr. TuBsing, of this Place,
the Hustling President, Who has Al-ready
Accomplished a Great Work in
the Way of Organizing: Westmoreland
into Districts.
The eighth annual convention of the
Sunday schools of Westmoreland coun-ty
will he held Wednesday and Thurs-day.
August 29th and 80th, in the
Methodist Episcopal church, Jeannette.
Each Sunday School in the county
is urged to send at least two delegates
in addition to the pastor and snperin
tender) t, while an offering for the conn
ty work is also solicited. The full pro
gram of exercises, ns arranged by the
County President, the Rev. Mr. Tussing,
of this place, who has already aeeorn
plished a great work in the way of or-ganization,
is:
WKOXESDAV A FTEHNOON.
»:!{().—Conference of County, District, find
Township workers. In charge of
County President.
W F.DNKSOA Y EVENING.
7:15. Praise service.
H:W.—Convention Sermon. “The Holy Spirit
for Service. Rev. G. W. Richards,
Lancaster. Pa.
Prayer for the Convention.
THIJHSDAY MORNING.
9:00. Praise Service.
s#:10 Roll Call. Scripture responses by town-ships.
Reports.
District Presidents.
Department Workers.
S(atlstleal Secretary.
Treasurer. Pledges for the coming year.
Appointment of Committees.
President’s annual address.
10:45.—Address. “The Home Department.”
Hugh Cork, State Supt., house to house
visitation.
Conference on Home Department Work.
Conducted by Mr. Cork.
THIJHSDAY AFTERNOON.
2:00. Praise Service.
2:10.—Address. “Stop the Leaks!”
Rev. Charles A. Clarke. Belle Vernon.
General discussion on the topic. Time limit,
t wo minutes.
3:00,—Children's Hour. In charge of Miss J.
L. Baldwin, Associate State Primary
Superintendent.
Supplemental Work Exemplified.
Next Sunday’s Lesson Vaught.
(Miss Baldwin will conduct a conference
with the Primary and Intermediate Teachers
in the Sunday School rooms of the church
Immediately after the Children’s Hour.
Teachers of this grade will find t his confer-ence
of great value to them in their work.)
51:45.—Ten minute talks.
Teacher Training. E. F. Loucks. Jeannette.
A Definite Purpose.
O. E. Zimmerman. Mount Pleasant-
The Big Boy A. H. Bell. Greensburg.
4:20.—Reports of Committees,
Election of Officers.
Business.
THURSDAY EVENING.
7:45.—Praise Service.
H:00.—Addiesi.—"The Joy and Glory of Soul-
Winning.” Rev. Chas. Roads, Gen’l.
Sec. State S. S. Ass’n.
8:45.—Consecration Service.
Firemen’s New Officers.
The seventh annual convention of the
Western Pennsylvania Firemen's Asso-ciation
was held at New Kensington
Tuesday and Wednesday and was
well attended, Lieutenant A. J.
Smith heading the Mount Pleas-ant
delegation of eight men. Chief W.
J. Roseborough, of McKeesport, was
elected president. Edward Shannon, of
McKees Rocks: O. E. Smith, Verona,
and A. Fisher, Derry, were chosen vice
presidents. W. H. Sharrah, of Brad-dock,
was re-elected secretary, and
James H. Steele, of Wilkinsburg, treas
urer. Next year's meeting will be held
at Uniontown.
Fayette Oleo Dealers Arrested.
Pure Food Commissioner James Mc-
Gregor, of Pittsburg, made information
before Justice Dawson, of Uniontown,
Tuesday, against seven prominent mer-chants
of Fayette connty on a charge of
selling butterine or oleomargarine. The
defendants are O. H. and A. M. Shoe-maker,
of Connellsville; R. J. McGee
and William B. Skeem, of Dunbar; J.
P. Donaldson and William Saunders, of
Uniontown, and R. L. Weller, of Belle-vernon.
They werh arrested and gave
bail for court.
Fatal Fall of Slate.
Andrew Okula, a Pole, employed as a
miner at Morewood by the South West
Connellsville Coke Company, was
crushed to instant death Monday by a
fall of slate. He was 23 years of age and
hut recently married.
Card Player Falls Dead-
While playing cards at Claridge Tues-day
night, Martin Pottemik, a foreign
coal miner, fell from the table dead. It
is thought he was the victim of heart
disease, the excitement of the play
bringing on a fatal attack.
RARE FLORAL SPECIMENS
Found in this Section and Added to the
Carnegie Institute.
During the past, summer J. A. Shafer,
secretary of the Botanical Society
Western Pennsylvania and curator of
the botanical department of the Came
gie institute, Pittsburg, visited various
parts of Western Pennsylvania and suc-ceeded
in finding a number of rare and
valuable floral specimens. Among
these is a native specimen of the sorrel
tree, one of the rarest trees in Pennsyl-vania.
The tree is common in North
and Sonth Carolina, hut since 1832 there
was no report of a single specimen of it
found in Pennsylvania.
Recently, however, Mr. Shafer found
several sorrel trees on Chestnut Ridge,
Westmoreland county. The leaves of
the tree, when chewed, have a sour taste,
which is the reason it is called sor-rel
tree. It grows to a height of 40 feet.
Another discovery of Mr. Shafer’s is
the Buffalo nut tree, also common in
North and South Carolina. Specimens
of this tree were found in Pennsylva
nia in 1802 and in 1802, but since then
no specimen of the tree was found nn
til Mr. Shafer came upon it in Mount
Pleasant township, this county.
BUTTED BY A BULL.
William A. Myers’ Rough Experience
Had Thursday Last.
William A. Myers, the well-known
young Mount Pleasant township farmer
who lives about a mile northeast of
town, had a lively experience iast Thurs-day
with his bull. The animal, to
whose lack of horns the owner owes his
life, was in a field and in a mighty had
hmnor when Mr. Myers passed through
the pasture; for, he offered battle with-out,
losing a moment’s time pawing up
the dust.
The firSt shot landed William on his
back fully ten feet away and before be
could regain his pins the hull had his
mooley head on Bill s bip pushing for
all that was out. The prostrate man's
cries for help brought the hired man,
Frank Miller, from the barn with a
pitchfork whose steel prongs soon drove
the maddened animal away, although
William still walks with an aristocratic
limp.
RUN OFF BY REBELS.
Miss Martha Hunter Returns from South
American Mission Field.
Miss Martha Hunter, danghter of
Jesse Hunter, of Greensburg, a mission-ary
to South America, driven away from
the field by the revolt, arrived home
Saturday. She was located eight years
at Barrangnilla. Republic of Columbia,
and was under the supervision of the
board of foreign missions of the Presby-terian
church, being the first one sent
from the Greensburg Westminster
church.
She states that it is a difficult task to
introduce Christianity among the na-tives.
They are superstitions, and it
takes a great deal of persuasion to have
them denounce their pagan beliefs.
She says the.baokbone of the revolution
is by no means broken, and it will take
several months before the enemies of
the existing government will be sub-dued.
She will not return until the
revolution is put down.
Boy Killed at Ruffsdale.
A 15-year old Austrain boy named
Savisiti, who was employed as water car
rier by Jolly Brothers., the railroad con
tractors at Yonngwood, was instantly
killed Saturday afternoon at Ruffsdale.
He stepped off one track to avoid a
train only to be ground to pieces under
the wheels of a freight train that came
up behind him.
Church Struck by Lightning.
While services were in progress in the
Mt. Nebo church, in Saltlick township,
Fayette connty, Sunday night, the
building was struck by lightning and
badly shattered. Samuel Craig, who
was sitting near the pnlpit, was knocked
insensible, and several other persons
were slightly injured.
August Criminal Court.
Four murder cases will be tried at the
two weeks' term of criminal court in
this county beginning Monday, Angnst
27. The defendants are Thomas J. Rho-land,
W. E. Shivler. J. C. Kurtz and
John Frofrock. The trial of Rholand
will be the most important. The usual
number of assault and battery and
minor cases are scheduled for the term.
CHARGE OF fORGEBY
Made Against Fred Stairs, a
Lycippus Farm Hand,
BY WILLIAM L. JOHNSTON,
THE WELL KNOWN CONTRACTOR
WHO LIVES AT THAT PLACE.
The Defendant, Who Was Arrested and
is Now in Jail at Greensburg, Worked
for Mr. Johnston and is Alleged to
Have Signed His Late Employer’s
Name to a Check on the Citizens Natio-nal
Bank for $25.
Fred Stairs was arrested at Pleasant
Unity Saturday and placed in jail at
Greensburg on a ebargo of having
forged the name of W. L. Johnston, the
Lycippus contractor, to check for $25.
It seems that Stairs was employed by
Mr. Johnston as a farm hand up until
August 4th, when he was discharged,
being paid off with a check for some
$10 which he had cashed before leaving
Lycippus. The following Wednesday
Mr. Johnston was notified by telephone
that a bank in Latrobe had a forged
check of his on the Citizens National
Bank of Mount Pleasant for $35.
On being discharged it is said Stairs
went to Latrobe nrid bought a bicycle
from Mr. Shnster, a local dealer, to
whom he offered in payment a Citizens
National Bank check for $25, made out
in favor of J. F. Stoner, numbered 721
and signed by W. S. Johnston. Mr.
Shnster went to the hank there with
Stairs who said his name was Stoner
and that he had received the cheek for
work done for Mr. Johnston. The bank
people were suspicions of the signature,
hut Stairs told such astrnight story that
Mr. Shnster said he would guarantee
the payment and the cash was handed
him. Stairs took the wheel and de-parted.
In dne time the check arrived here
and was pronounced a forgery. It was
then returned to Latrobe where Mr.
Shnster had to make it good. He then
camped on Stairs' trail with a warrant
charging forgery, having learned from
Mr. Johnston who had likely imposed
upon hirn. The result was Stairs’ ar-rest,
as stated above, and the recovery
of the wheel near Donegal.
Considerable cleverness was shown in
the forgery, although Mr. Johnston's
signature was poorly executed and an S.
used for the initial L. The number of
the check Mr. Johnston gave Stairs
when paying hirn off was 720 and the
forged one followed in regular order.
Mr. Johnston is puzzled to know how
the blank check was secured from his
hook.
COKE AND COAL.
Items of Interest Gathered From Both
Mine and Yard.
The Berwind White Coal Company
has reduced the wages of its men at
Crabtree and Jamison about 20 per cent,
in preference to laying them off several
days each week.
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rail-road
Company has secured the right of
way for an extension of the Pittsbnrg,
McKeesport and Youghiogheny rail-road
from the present terminus at New
Haven to Dunbar and sonth into the
Klondike, Fayette's new coke field.
John Blythe, one of the best known
coal operators of the Pittsbnrg district,
was struck by a train at Morgan station,
on the Bridgeville and McDonald
branch of the Panhandle railroad, Satur-day.
His right arm was broken and
he was badly bruised about the body,
but at no time was he unconscious.
The W. J. Rainey CokeCompnny has
received orders, from a large steel mill
in Sacramento. Cal., for 100 cars of coke
to be shipped at once.
The Riverview Coal and Coke Com-pany,
of Fayette connty, capital stock
$00,000, was chartered at Harrisbnrg
Monday. The incorporators are: Fran-cis
and John E. Rocks, of Connellsville;
Bernard O. Connor, of New Haven, Pa.,
and Elwood D. Fnlton and James C.
Work, of Uniontown.
A. B. Hiinter and W. L. Scholl, of
Sonth Huntingdon township, on Mon-day
last closed the deal for the transfer
of 142 acres of coal in Sewickley town-ship.
belonging to D. F. Williams, to the
Westmoreland Coal Company, of Irwin,
for $100 an acre.
Jolly Campers.
John Freed, Carl and Walter Granl,
Lute McAdams, Carl Millward, James
Lackman and Clyde Wade compose a
party of Mount Pleasant boys in camp
at Victoria, along the B. & O. road and
Yough river, three miles above Ohio
Pyle. The youngsters are having a
royal good time fishing.
A Lucky Store Manager.
J. B. F. Smith, the popular manager
of the Mount Pleasant Supply Com-
| pany's new Leckrone store, who is off on
! a needed vacation, left yesterday with
his wife tor the lake trip. Before leav-
! ing Mr. and Mrs. Smith had for their
! guests the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Miller, of New Stanton, and their
cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miller, of
Conde, North Dakota, and Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Beightly, of Gordonsville, Min-nesota.
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