THE CITIZEN. WILLIAM C. NEGLEY - - Publisher THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER r 3 , 1900. REPUBLICAN TICKET. For President. WTTXIA* MCKISLET, of Ohio. For Vice President. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, of New York. Electors-at-Lar«e. (XABESCE Wotr, of Philadelphia. FRANK H. BCHL. of Mercer. A. B. ROBERTS, of Mon«onK-ry. W. C. ABSOLD. of Clearfield. DISTRICT ELECTORS r j_i n « t-tua"t W. W. Gltibfe. vZ&I F. "StnwSid. i«rne* M.iir William J. Harvey. KobertAllison. Jacob L Hauer. John 11. Krown, Georre W -_y Cortes H Jennings. Jam** G. Thompson, T. Frank srnal 1. Ijenry A. Gripp. VJ, RF ; I f>*nris. Robert I itcairn, lEilelir Farke, Thomas 8. Cr**e, r;.. W. Johnston. William Hanlwtck. Howard H. Clayson, Harry B. Wilson. ral, E. H. HARDENBERGH. Congress.men-at-large, GALUSHA A. GROW, R. H. FOERUERER. For Congress, J. B SHOW ALTER. For State Senate, A- G. WILLIAMS, For Assembly, 3. B. MATES, N. H. THOMPSON. For Jury Commissioner, JOHN G. CHRISTY. POLITIC A 1.. The Butler-Annstrc ng State Senator ial candidates and conferees met at the 7th Ave., Pittsburg, last Friday, could not agree and adjourned to meet at name place, yesterday. Yesterday's conference met at 11 a. m. and up to the time of going to lunch nothing was done, and both candidates seemed confident of securing the nomin ation; but late in the afternoon Mr. McNees instructed his conferees to vote for Mr. Williams; and afterwards in a little speech to the Butler men promised Mr. Williams the hearty support of himself and friends and an old-fashion ed majority for him in Armstrong Co.; and also made arrangements to meet him at the Dayton Fair on the 36th and 27th, and at the Reunion of the 78th at Kittaaning, October 12th,and introduce him to the people of Armstrong Co. Mr. Williams is home today, feeling happy, and receiving the congratula tions of his friends. Maine held her state election, Mon dav, and the plurality of the Republi can state ticket is 84,000 in a vote of 115.000. At Kittanning, yesterday, the con ferees of the 21st Congressional district could not agree, and the State Commit tee will act in the matter. Vermont's Republican majority over all is 81,000. At Saratoga last Wednesday the Republicans nominated Odell of Orange for Governor, and Woodruff of Kings for Lieut. Gov. Butler now baa 2,628 voters, divided among the wards as follows, Ist, ">7O, 2d, 600; 3d, 890; 4th. 4M, and sth, 518. The campaign in Ohio was opened by a tremendous mass meeting at Youngs town, last, Saturday. Twenty-thousand jziMton were in the town, the parade was two miles long, and the affair was a great success. National Chairman Hanna knew what he was doing when he chose Youngstown for the opening of the campaign of 1900 in the Buckeye State. The great industrial centre of the Mahoning valley not only responded to all demands, but broke all previous records made for big political meetings in that end of Ohio, and no section of the United States has been campaigned harder by both Republicans and Demo crats than "McKinley's Old District. The meeting held there Saturday to open the Republican campaign in Ohio was the largest ever held outside the big cities of the State, not excepting the great meeting at Warren in IHhO, at which ex-President Grant and Roscoe. Conking were the big drawing cards. Youngstown simply turned itself loose and the neighboring towns for 50 miles around assisted, as also did Columbus, Cleveland and Toledo. Pennsylvania contributed from all the border towns and cities from Erie to Pittsburg. Every Republican Citizen of Youngstown re solved himself into a committee to make the affair a grand success. The opening meeting was arranged for by the State Committee and Youngstown was told to get ready. The Republicans needed no second bidding, but informed the State leaders they must have some "big guns" to fire the opening shots They asked for Chauncey Depew. Presi dent Schunnan of the Philippine Com mission, United States Senators Foraker and llanna, with Governor Oorge K Nash to preside. "Give us these speak ers," they said to National Chairman Hanna, "and we will do thereat." And Youngstown did it. PIiKHIKKNT KIIUUKKof the Transvaal Republic arrived at Lorenzo Marques, the seaport of the Potnguse territory in South Africa, Thuesday night, which looks as though ne had bad given up the struggle for independence. After Hsihs Again. Once more has the Postoffl'-e depart ment at Washington, I). C, floated a danger signal over the work of Rev. L. I). Bass, who was at one time a well known Western Pennsylvania divine, located at Haltsbnrg. Rev. Mr. Bass is said to have a penchant for securing for teachers out of employment positions at so much per head cash down and a certain percehtage of the first seasons earnings. For years he has done n large business through the mails Fraud orders were issued against an other of his schemes last, week, asshown in the following Associated l'ress dis patch from the capital: "The Postofflce department has issued a fraud' order aguinst the American Teachers'agency, the American Civil Hervi'-e college, L. I>. Bit's, manager: R. M (fines, secretary and treasurer; L. l> Bass and M. It. 1 lines, individually, all ■if Washington, l> C. directing the postmaster at Washington to return to the writers, stamped "fraudulent,' all mail matter arriving at the postofflce for either of these parties or concerns, and forbidding the payment of any money orders drawn to their order. This was the result of an investigation by the Postofflce department, which showed that these parties, under their own names and those of the concerns mentioned, were using the mail for obtaining money from teachers through out the United Htates and from those desiring to make preparation for civil servii e examination, by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, represent* tions and promises. This scheme was a revival of the one operated by L. !> Bass some time ago under his own name and that of the-Cnion Teachers Agency of America, the Uureau of Civil Service Instruction, etc.. against which 'fraud' orders had already been issued Till: TEX \S HOKllolt. Rumors of a great disaster in Texas passed over the wires last Saturday night, and next day it became known that the city of Galveston had been de stroyed by a hurricane, which originat ed in the Caribbean sea and passed over the Gulf of Mexico, to Galveston and vicinity. Thousands of buildings, and all the bridges connecting the city which is located on an island i with the main land were destroyed, the country was flooded and the first relief trains could get but within several mi!'* of Virginia Point, opposite the city, on the bay. Dead people were seen among the de bris, everywhere, and the total loss of ife, Monday, was estimated at five thousand. A Galveston newspaper man. who reached Houston. Monday, described the storm, as follows. •'The wreck of Galveston was brought about by a tempest so terrible that no words can adequately describe its intens ity and by a flood which turned the city into a raging sea. The weather bureau records show that the wind at tained a velocity of 84 miles an honr when the measuring instruments blew away, so it is impossible to tell what was "the maximum. The storm began at 2 o'clock Saturday morning. The wind at first came from the north and was in direct opposition to the force from the gulf. While the storm in the gulf piled the water upon that side of the city, the north wind piled the water from the bay-onto the bay part of the city. "About noon it became evident that the citv was going to be visited with disaster. Hundreds of residences along the beach front were hurriedly aban doned, the families fleeing to dwellings in higher portions of the city. Every home was opened to the refugees, lilac If or white. The winds were rising con stantly and it rained in torrents. The winds were so fierce that the rain cut like a knife. "By 3 o'clock the waters of the gulf and bay met. and by dark the entire city was submerged. The flooding of the electric light plant and the gas plants left the city in darkness. To go upon the streets was to court death. The winds were then at cyclonic velocity; roofs, cisterns, portions of buildings, telegraph poles and walls were falling and the noise of the wind and the crash ing of the buildings were terrifying in the extreme. The wind and waters rose steadily from dark until 1:45 Sunday morning During all this time the peo ple of Galveston were like rats in traps. The highest portion of the city was four or five feet under water, while in the great majority of eases the streets were submerged to a depth of 10 feet. To leave a house was to drown. To re main was to court death in wreckage. AFTER A NIGHT OF AGONY. "Such a night of agony has seldom been equalled. Without apparent rea son the waters suddenly began to sub side at 1 :4~> a.m. Within 20 minutes they had gone down two feet, and be fore davlight the streets were practical ly freed of flood waters. In the mean time the wind had veered to the south east. Very few, if any,buildings escap ed injury. There is hardly a habitable dry house in the city. When the peo ple who had escaped death went out at daylight to yiew the work of the tem pest and floods they saw the most horri ble sight imaginable. In the three blocks from Avenue N to Avenue P, in Tremont street, I saw eight bodies. Four corpses were in one yard. "The whole of the business front for three blocks in from the gulf were stripped of every vestage of habitation, the dwellings, the great bathing estab lishments, the Olympia and every struc ture having been either carried out to sea or its rnins piled in a pyramid far into the town, according to the vagaries of the tempest. The first hurried glance over the city showed that the largest structures, supposed to lie the most sub stantially built, suffered the greatest. The Orphans' home fell like a house of cards How many dead children and refugees are in the ruins could not be ascertained. Of the sick in St. Mary s infirmary, together with the attendants, only eight are understood to have been saved The Old Woman's home collaps ed and the Rosenberg school house i- a mass of wreckage. The Ball High school is but an empty shell, crushed and broken. Every church in the city, with j»ossibly one or two exception.*, is in ruins "At the forts nearly all the Bol'liera are reported dead they having ix-+n in temporary tjnarters, which gave them no protection against the tempest. or the flood. No report has been received from the Catholic Orphan asylum down 11««- island, bnt it. seems impossible that it could have withstood the hnrricane. If it fell all the inmates were, no doubt., lost, for there was no aid within a mile '•The hay front from end to end is in ruins. Nothing hut piling and the wreck of great warehouses remain. The elevators lost all their super works and their stock* are damaged by water. The life saving station at Fort Point was carried away, the crew being swept across the 14 miles to Texas City. I saw Capt. Haines and lie told me that his wife and one of his crew were drowned. "The shore at Texas City contains enough wreckage to rebuild a city. Hight persona, who were swept across the hay during the st >rm, were picked up there alive. Five corpses were al <> picked np. There were three fatalities in Texas City. In addition to the living and the dead* which the storm cast ui> at Texas City, caskets and coflins from one of the cemeteries at Galvr st<in were be ing fished out of the water there yester day. "In the liusinens jsirtion of tin; city two large brick buildings, one occupied bv Knapp Bros and the other by the Cotton Exchange saloon, collapsed In the saloon there were about 1/5 nersons. Most of them escaped. I'p to the time I left Galveston three dead had been taken from the ruins. How many more corpses are there will not be known mi til the search is finished. "The cotton mills, the bagging fac tory, the gas works, the electric light works and nearly all the industrial establishments of the city are either wrecked or crippled. The flood left a slime als>ut one inch deep over the whole city, and unless fast progress is made in burying corpses and carcasses of animals there is danger of postilence. Some of tin- stories of • si a|ie are mini colons. A woman who had just, given birth to a child was carried from her home to a house a block distant, the men who were carrying tier having to hold her high above their liea<ls, as the water was five feet deep when she was moved. "Eight ocean steamers were torn from their moorings and stranded in the bay "It. will take a *eek to tabulate the dead and the missing and to get any thing near an approximate idea of the monetary loss. It, is safe to assnme that one-half of the nrojsTty of the city is wtped out and that one-half of the resi dents have to face absolute istverty On Tuesday Mayor Jones and the re I lief < omuiittce sent out the following "A conservative estimate of the In-* of life is that it will reach 5,000; at least .1 000 fnmilicM ar>- shelterless and wholly destitute. The entire remainder of the Imputation is suffering in greater or less degree. Not a single church, school or charitable institution, of which Galve-t ton had so many, is left intact. Not a building esca|S'd damage and tialf the whole number were entirely obliterated. There is immediate need for food, cloth ing and household go'sls of all kinds II nearby cities will open asylums for wo men and children the .itnnt.ion will be greatly relieved, Coast cities should send us water, as well as provisions, in eluding kerosene oil, gasoline and candles." During the storm and afterward a great deal of looting was done. Many stores had l>ecn closed, their owners leaving to look after their families. The wind forced in the windows and left tin goods prey for the marauders Ohouls stripped dead bodies of jewelry and ar ticlcs of value, Capt. Kalferty, com mandiri','the l.'nited Htates troops, was applied to for help, and lie sent in 70 men of the battery of artillery to do po lice duty They are pair.tiling the streets under direction or the chief of police. Th«j white cotton Hcrt-w men » orj{/uii /.Htioii tuwtorcd thn Ht*rviccn of 500 al>l«- l>o<lii-<l wen to flic jitilili'- f««»nini» to clfiir the «tr< <I.H of «l# J»rin. ]li« foree* WIRT! ut work l»*t niKht. mill the HI tun tion in uracil iinprovwl » fur um tin passage of vessels is concerned. The streets were partrolled last night by regular soldiers and citizen foldiers. Xo one was allowed on the street with out a pass Several negroes were shot for not haltin?' when ordered. It is thought that three of the citizen soldiers were shot by negroes. The steamer Lawrence arrived here early this morning from Houston with water and provisions. A committee of 100 citizens was aboard, among then l>e ing doctors and cooks. An attempt was made on Sunday to burv the dead, but the ground was so saturated that it was impossible to die trenches. Alderman McMarty and M. P. Morrissev secured authority to have the bodies taken to sea for burial, and a barge was brought up to the wharf for that pnrpose The firemen rendered heroic service in bringing the bodies to the wharf, but it was almost impossible to get men to handle them. After many corpses had been buried at sea it was found tnat others were decom posing so rapidly that it was impossible to have them placed on the barge. To day. however, the water bad receded so far that it was possible to dig trenches and the bodies were buried wherever found. The debris covering the corpses is being burned where it can be done safely. . . Work on the water works is being rushed, and it is hoped to be able to turn a supply on this afternoon. The relief committee met at ft o'clock this morn ing. The city is badly in need of disin fectants. A barge load of lime at this time would be a blessing. Brazaro coun ty has offered armed men to protect the city. THE CHINESE WAR. On Saturday the British Foreign Office allowed it to become definitely known that the British Government was of the opinion that it is advisable for the allied forces to remain at Pekin nntil satisfactory arrangements for peace are concluded with the Chinese Govern ment. The Rt. Hon. Sir Matthew White Ridley, Secretary of State for the Eng lish Home Department, speaking at Blagdon, said that in China no arrange ments would lie satisfactory that would give the Chinese Government a plaus ible appearance of triumph. The Brit ish, he declared, must obtain adequate satisfaction for the most wanton outrage of the century. They did not want a foreign power in China, but would pre fer a strong Chinese Government able to give security to foreigners and to main tain treaties. "I hope, said Sir Mat thew, ' that this will be done in concert: but, if necessary, we must carry it out iu our own way." With the exception of the statement that the Foreign Office Hides with the Powers, discountenancing the immediate evacuation of Pekin, there was a lack of reliable information as to how the dilemma of Pekin would be solve'!. Most statements are started merely with the object of indirectly eliciting facts There is no doubt that almost any fairly palatable prescription will be swallowed by the British Cabinet, and a well in formed authority says that, as soon as the Chinese Government appoints toler able Commissioners with serious in structions, it will find Great Britain ready to respond and aid in utilizing what William Woodville Rxikhill, Special Commissioner of the United States Government, recently termed the •'beantiful occasion to settle for all tune the status of foreigners ir. China ' At St. Petersburg it was believed in well informed circles that the ad herence of the United States and France to RnssiaV proposal to withdraw the Powers from Pekin might be relied rtpon. Japan's acceptance was also ex pected and the support of Germany and Great Britain was not yet despaired of. But, if they do not agree to do so, Russia, it was again asserted, would nevertheless firmly maintain her d< cis ion to withdraw her troops from Pekin. Ex President Cleveland has decided that he does not wish to be a member of the international court of arbitration and has so notified the President The reason said to be given in his letter of declination is that he has no desire to retnrn to pnblic life. Gin. Chaffee* d< patch confirms view that the Chinese Government « 1! not return to I'ekin while it is ocup ed by foreign troops, and he in of opinion that it will be a long time before i'ekin again becomes the seat of diplomatic relations with the Chinese Government. He regards it at present as merely a camp for the foreign army pending settlement with the Powers at other points. The Russian Government, it seems, adheres to its declaration regard in/the withdrawal of its representative from I'ekin. as Gen, ChafTee reports that the legation leaves there very soon for Tientsin. In conformity with the intention expressed by our own Govern ment at the time of the Russian declara tion, a communication has been sent to Mr. Conger under which he will act whenever the Russian withdrawal takes place. Meantime it is understood that Great Britain and Germany have agreed not to evacuate I'ekin until full satis faction has been obtained from China for the late outrages and Gen Gnselee, in command of the British contingent reports that be has occupied Feng tal junction just onside of I'ekin and com mauds the railway to J'ao ting In The Chinese Government now appears to be under the direction of the Km peror, as he has issued an edict, dated Aug. 24, by which Li Hung ('hang is appointed sole llenipotentiary with tin limited jtower to treat with the Powers. Reunion of < o. IS. Aug. HI was the date 'if a very happy and enjoyable event at the home of W J. Btoner in ('lay twp. The occasion of which was the annual reunion of Co I! Illttli Reg , of which Mr. Htoner is a member. This company is composed of Lawrence county "ls>ys, but the regi ment was .nade up of four companies from Bntler county, four from Law re mo county arid two from Beaver county. Co. B annually reulies at the borne of some member of the company. This year it was Mr. Htoner s good lor tune and pleasure to welcome his com rades to his home. Accordingly on the morning of the above date the neighbor and friends of Mr. Htoner began to as semble in the grove which was suitably and tastefully arranged, and later the "ls>ys" from Lawrence county t»egan to arrive and they continued to arrive tin til four or five hundred persons had as sembled. But the people did not come empty handed, There were baskets and baskets; big baskets atld little baskets baskets with bails and baskets with broken bails, and they were all full of the most toothsome edibles. In due time the ladies in charge an Don need dinner. It is needless to say dinner was soon disposed of. Afterdin ner the meeting was called to order by •electing W. .1 Htoner, chairman. The audience was then hushed in silence while Rev Oliver impressively inyoked the IHvine blessing on all the gathering, especially on the "boys who wore the blue < 'ol, Thompson of Butler follow ed with one of liis characteristic patri otic speeches. Nelson Thompson was then called u|>on and spoke of the duties which arise in trie lives of men and nations Rev Oliver was next culled >tnd spoke somewhat as follows. "I ant the son of a soldier: I have beanl the stories of the soldier bovs from by earliest childhood, and have always been taught, to honor the flag by one who left those whom lie loved in order that the integrity of our Hag might be maintained. We are here to look on the man with the empty sleeve, and are reminded of tin; sacrifices made. We are still called upon to make sacrifices etc. This was supposed to end the program but A. G. Williams arrived ill a late hour and was called ti|>oii to sing a song after which the people departed for their homes feeling that the day had been happily and profitably spent, and hoping that the campfires of the defen deJM of the "Stars and Htripcs might, burn long and brightly. Salient Point* of President Me- Kinley's Letter. President McKinlev in his letter ac cepting the Presidential nominationfrom the Republican party says that the plat form adopted by the National Conven tion upholds the gold standard and en dorses the legislation of the last Con gress, which sustained that metal as our standard of value. The President de clares that the allied silver force have compelled the Republican party to pre pare for a second battle upon the same issue as that of four years ago. and that they threaten the present prosperity of the country. He quotes the financial planks of the platforms of the Democrats. Populists and Silver Part}* demanding the im mediate free coinage of silver and gold, and then says whatever be the para mount issue, it is clear these allied parties insist upon free silver coinage as the most urgent question before the American people. A Review of the financial, commercial and industrial condition of the United States under his Administration follows. Our currency has increased, industry and agriculture flourish and our foreign trade has been wonderfully developed. The Government has been economically administered and our national debts are being rapidly met. An early reduction in taxation is indicated. The President touches upon the war in South Africa and speaks of this conntrv's unavailing efforts to aid the Boers by arbitration, no other Nation even proposing it. The building of the Isthmian canal is advocated. Trusts which would make a monopoly of the necessaries of life are condemned. He felicitates laboring men over the belter opportunities they have and over the fact that their wages are paid in the liest money. Civil service is neclared safe with the Republican party. Inde ptndcnce is promise*! fin<l trade for Puerto Rico. "Imperialism has no place m the creed or conduct of this Administration, declares the President. "Freedom is a rock upon which the Republican party was bnilded and now rests. In the Philippines the power of this govern ment has been used, says Mr. McKinlev, for the liberty and the prosperity of that archipelago. Forces has only been used against force which stood in the way of the realization of these ends. The acquisition of the islands is then discussed, the leading events of the Spanish war being reviewed He says the vast majority of the Philippinos favor our rule, but one tribe of the HO there, the Tagalogs, opposing us. He declares that there has been no time since Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay that ♦< could or should have left the islands. Our title to the Philippines is good and those of the opposition who voted for or aided in the passage of tbe peace treaty are not sin cere in their opposition He declares: "The American people will not make the murderers of our soldiers (the Taga logs) the agents of the Republic to con vey the blessings of liberty and order to the Philipines They will not make them the builders of the new Common wealth." He sums up by stating the question of the Philippines for Ameri cans is that of duty or desertion. Our purpose in China has been made clear and will remain unchanged. liattle of the IJosseH. In both Allegheny and Phil'a counties many Republicans look upon the Primary elections aH a mere battle between the bosses of rival political machines, whose interests conflict. Commenting on this feature of city jiolitics the Pittsburg Dispatch of yester day said. "It was the shrewdness of Colonel Quay in I*s when he took up a public issne, thns raising the question frr.m a merely personal plane of contending bosses, which gave him ultimate vic tory on that occasion. He saw that in a mere fight between rival machines, each with gross offenses to answer for, the public were not deeply concerned; but he knew that there were great grievances from which the public had suffered through corrupt politics. These he ostentatiously and loudly promised to rectify. Popular support immediately w» nt to his side; a Legis lature with an overwhelming majority was elected to carry out his pledged programme of reform and everybody knows that nothing whatever came of it excepting broken promises and utter public disappointment Now the nlioe is on the the other ;'oot Colonel Quay can promise nothing of special public interest or advantage, by reason of his record in the recent past. To his opponents however, has come a similar opportunity, though less in degree, as that which presented it self to Colonel Quay in It would Ibe vain to expect from them such a compreheimivn and roseate prospectus of the abolition of gross abnses in State and municipal affairs for which they themselves have lieen more or lens con stantly responsible as Colonel so freely advertised." 15ut, in conjunction with the I)emocr»ts they declare they are at least in favor of the abolition of one overwhelming abuse, the riotorous frauds upon the liallot liox, by which as many as HO,OOO fraudulent vote.i are alleged to lie yearly cast in Philadelphia alone. With past exper ienccs before them citizens are not likely to take lunch stork in general proles sifuis. lint if the insurgents are really in earnest they con Id make a powerful impression even so late in the campaign, by subscribing themselves as a party arid as individuals to distinct and definite proposals. If, for instance, they were to come out ns committed to a specific act of As'embly, ordering that the primaries of all parties be held the same day throughout the ('ornmotiwealth, that they be supervised by the courts of the counties in which they are held, that the voting be direct upon what is known as the Crawford county system; that delegate conventions which are notorious sinks of corruption and con ferences, which are even worse, be for ever abolished; that the corrupt use .»f money in politics be made highly penal, and that, offenses of fradulent voting or tampering with ballots be punished with minimum sentenc.es of 15 or 120 years in the penitentiary they would ipiiekly win for themselves an earnest public hearing. It remains to be seen whether the in surgents have t he: cleverness and courage which (juay showed in il'i in availing himself of a similar opening It would still remain to be shown whether if they won in consequence of such a declaration they would be any more honest than Qnay in carrying out their pledge There are thousands of voters, however, who are totally indifferent as to which machine or set of bosses might win, if the issue were merely on that sordid plane, who would, on the other hand, be willing to exert themselves on behalf of any specific pledges of ballot reform which had for tiieir basis such a strin gent criminal law and court safeguards as have been above outlined, coupled with the substitution of n direct popu lar vote upon candidates for the corrupt delagate and conferee conventions that are now the source of most of the evil in our art ministration of public affairs. •litckHVillc, M. (' Hearing and wife made a short vi it with friends in .lacksville Monday. N 1,. Gardner and wife look a trip to Km < lar l reei nl ly t >,visit Mr.Oardner's sister Mis. W I'. Sticke who is seriously ill. V. C. Vosler took in the sights at Niagara Falls Saturday. ,1. A. Vogan of (Jrantb.iro and M Ueicliertof.lacksvllleltook advantage of theO, A It. excursion rates to < 'hlcago. the latter named going on to visit friends in Decatur 111 Mr. A Htickle lias treated his house to a new slate roof and expects to make more improvements ,1. II I'isor will teach the I'laingrove school the coming fall and winter. Mis i Jane Moore who has been in poor health is reported a little better. More Anon. EXTRACTS FROM PRESIDENT M'KIB LEY'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE. - : >- rili i DENT il KIN LET. In» r>"» in Ii «i:s h»» no pi act* in ita (the ;.1 mi i :*tr«tli nV> creed or co:: Il;>ne*t co- »per»« at capital 1* nrct*H*fir>', but (*«>iu:>!rnt , !i > ii mid combination* Intended lo restrict bnMfnoNM. i rcale r.ionop nnd control prJcivi whould Ire t .' cctu ally rer.trnhied. The prnsion Inw» <4liOsil<l bej«»»t ly ntlmilli«tercd, nnd %\III be. It ix our purpose to eMlu»li»li In the Philippine* a government ■ul tu hie to the nnntM nnd rondi t ion M of the iniinbitn ut*. nnd to give them *clf government when they nre ready for it. Every effort lina been directed to their (t he Filipino** pence und nnd prosperity, their ndtnnce ment nnd well being, not for our nggrand l/eincnt, nor pride of niiitbt, not for trnde «r commerce* nor for exploitation, but for Im munity and civilization. We Invite tbe wound money forccM to Join 11» winning another nnd we hope pcruiiiiit'ut financial victory. I'r.nipprily abound* ev erywhere 11 rougU >ut tli * * ropub -11 e. Wc .■Mcill.ig our Murplu* |Dro<luc(-4 *..» d leading our •urpluw money to , r.. . The i'nte of the Sinieoves. Robert E. Speer, one of the secretaries of the Presbyterian board of foreign mid-iions, at New York, received a letter last Friday from David J. liill assistant secretary of state, dated Washington, September *>. Dr. Hill says: "Your letter of the 4th instant,asking information concerning the missionaries at Pao Ting Fu, and particularly con cerning Dr. C. V. Hodge and his wife, who are thought to lie in Pekin, has been received The department lias had no definite information concerning the missionaries at Pao Ting Fu since the telegram from Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai, dated July 27. In that telegram Mr. Goodnow stated that an official telegram received at Shanghai on the IHt,h reported all for eigners and many native Christians kill ed at Pao Ting Fu; mission burned. The Americans named were the Sirncox family, Taylor, Pitkin, Misses Gould and Morrill. "In view of the many urgent inquiries of the friends of Dr. and Mrs. Hodge not m ntioned in Mr. Goodnow's tele gram the department telegraphed on August 22 to Mr. Conger asking whether they were in Pekin. To this telegram no reply has been received. On A.ngnst 2-4, th.- reports received from China from various sources concerning the Pao Ting Fu missionaries being conflicting, the department ngain telegraphed to Minister Conger directing him to ascer tain their fate if possible, and if any were alive to endeavor to send relief. There has not been sufficient time as yet t>> have received a r 'ply to this in (jniry " A disp-.t ii from Shanghai, dated Fri day sa\s: "Details of the n nucrc of the mis sionaries at i'ao Tiug Fn have readied here 'I he dead include Dr and Mrs (V. J! of Philadelphia, a.. l It-.v. i'iniik SIHK'OX his wife and thiH* rlnl dren, <>f VWHIIIK" comity, l'u Min Himcox (lied a heroine. .She wan cut down while Htaudiiig, K"" hand, and firing at the ('hitnme mnrdererw over her dead husband'* body. Her three chil dren were run through by Ohincne bayonetH before her eyes. Mr. and Mr*. Hodge were also brutally slain. There have been conflicting reports an to the fate of th<- HimcoxcH and Hodgest. At one time they were rejuirted «afe and then came advices that they had been ina' Hacrod. Advices now from official (;hineHe MOurc<» confirm the report of t heir death Troops have left l'ekin to avenge the n , )a«sacr»*." The Simcox family were well known in this neighborhood Rev Frank Him co* was born at I'nllion, where his father still resides, lie was ::o years of BK«> and a graduate of (trove (Jity col lege and the Western Theological semi nary at Allegheny, l*a. He luid lieen in ('hina seven years and intended to re turn home next snmmer. Mrs Hiincox was a native of Mercer oonnty and her maiden name was Oilnon. She was a nirce of I)r. Inane C. Ketler. Their three children were aged 6 years, •"» years and <1 mohths. I loir, itlolitilliil. HKIT. 8, 11HH). Eld Ton ('ITI/.KN: As this is to Im< one of goofl old lintl«r connty's greatest 'lays, my mind naturally reverts to it. I arrived in this plaee on Saturday, AIIK 11. i" company with T. 'A. (laid well of liutlcr. We left, I'ittsbiirg, Wednesday. Aug. m. ;it 2 o'clock a. m. for Chicago. We came by the way of the Pan Handle route and we arrived in Columbus, •>., about 7 o'clock that morning, where we stopped for breakfast. After a ride of 507 miles we reached Chicago alsiut •> p in., and after an hours delay we boarded a train on the ( liicago. Mil waukce <V Ht. Paul, which place we reached next morning about Ho clock. The most, beautiful country that I ever saw lies between Oilcago and Ht. Paul. At Milwaukee our train was boarded by about JO'I delegates returning from the Republican State convention which had net at Milwaukee that day, and a finer looking, more intelligent body of men I never saw liefore All were en thusiastic, and highly enthusiastic at the splendid prospects for Republican success iu the Nation this fall The distance from ('liicago to St Paul over this route is given at MM miles We stopped in St Paul for an hour and a half win n we took a train over the Northern Pacific railway for Livingston Montana a distance of 1007 miles This so far was the most inter estlriK part of our trip and it would re «|iiiro whole volumes to tell of what we saw and heard on this part of our jour ney. (>u our second day on this part of our trip we traveled for hours through a country covered with wheat in all directions as far as the eye could reach We saw hnndredsof bindersin operation and threshers iu operation. flreat grain elavators are to be seen at. every station on this part of (he route. After a long ride through the bad lands we arrived at the( 'rowlndian reser vaiion when we saw several hundred of the dusky braves iu the saddle I H I'isor. L. 5. McJUNKIN, Insurance and Real Estate Aycnt. 117 K. JKHI'I'RSON. BUTLER. - PA * McCoy Reunion. The joint reunion of the McCoy family an«l Company I. IUBd Regiment. P V., was held two miles east of Grove City, August 30 About 300 of the former • were present and fifteen of the twenty five survivors of Company I answered to roll'-all. After partaking of a bounti ful ' asket dinner themeetiug was called to order by the chairman. D. R. McCoy. Rev. J. J. Imbrie offered a prayer and Rev. W. E. Mcßride. of Franklin gave words of welcome to all present. The audience were then favored with a num i ber of short talks and music, both vocal - and instrumental. I Co. I then held a camp-tire meeting. John H. McCoy delivered the address of | welcome. James Orr. Esq., of Bruin, responded. Mr. Orr is as much at home on the rostrum as he was in the ranks lin the sixties. Remarks were made by 1 members of the company and other ex soldiers. The officers elected are: Presi- I dent, Win. Fielding. Wick, Butler Co ; secretary, H. J. Gill, Bullion. Venango county. The exenctive committee to arrange , for a future reunion are: D. R. McCoy, J. H. McCoy. M. E McCoy. Jackson McCoy, Horace Daugherty. Sunday Street Cars. (Communicated.) Are there any reasons why the people of Butler should uphold the ministers ! in their protest against running street j cars on Sunday t Do not the cars dis turb the worshipers in every church they pass with their clanging gongs and I grinding wheels? Is not every employe, : kept at work on Sunday, deprived of ' the peaceful rest of the Sunday to ! which he has an inherent right? Does not the operation of the cars desecrate j the Lord's Day? Is there any necessity I for the Sunday car in a small city like | Butler? Will it induce anyone to go to | church and will it not keep employes ' from attending? Stand by the preachers l , stand up for a quiet Sunday, and protest against the Sunday car. E. A Long I>istaii«*e Pipe Line. The Manhattan Oil Company is laying a pipe line from Indiana to the Indian Territory oil fields, where they have a large number of oil wells shut in. To justify the laying of a Pipe line to so remote a region would require positive evidence of a large area of productive oil territory. Starting with the Kansas oil fields near Neodisha, where there is a production of some 4, INK) barrels we pass into the Indian Territory near Bartlesville where this company have some large wells, thence through the Creek or Muskoge land just west of Sa pulpa where there are large oil springs, also the Indian fire god (gas>, where the Indians worship a gas fire; thence through the Seminole country you cross two oil creeks where there is an endless flow of oil to the Corsicana oil fields of Texas, having a production of over 2000 barrels. Refined oil sells at 30 cents pet gallon. The country abounds in minerals. Qold, silver, lead, zinc, etc. are found in large quantities. Our In dians seem to have known what they were doing when they selected their country. . Companies having leases along this'oil belt are very fortunate in having a trunk line connecting with the Eastern Pipe lines IsELIGMAN* ✓ 416 W. Jefferson St., ? MERCHANT* TAILOR vV Full kine of Foreign and Domestic Suitings. Good Fit and Workmanship C" Guaranteed. c J.E.WETZEL, Cutter,> Late of Luke & SODS, Baltimore, Md, \ B. % IT. when you come, come here. I i'.lshurg KxpOMtion, with its in.! ic;. lien'e<! .I'tiactimis.is open. Ori \ ,• KxpoM'i in 11 i*> "o the cily, wr waul yvu t<> visit iliis store- make yourself .it home — and see the magnifice.it showing of choice Autumn styles. We want to sell you your new Fall Dry Goods Silks, Dress Goods, Flannels, Suits, Coats, Capes, Waists, Millinery. Underwear, Curtains, Rugs. And the goods and prices arc here to show you we're bidding for your preference on a basis you can't help but pay attention to Choice styles, and prices to your profit. Assortments so lavish and rep resentative of smart newness as will jjet the decision for superiori ty- If you can't come, write—write us what goods you're interested in, so we can senJ samples—write for the new Autumn catalogue. Specially attractive line of new All Wool Homespuns. 50 inches wide, 65c yard- decidedly dressy for new suits and skirts. Great varity of all wool Dress Goods for girls' school wear, 25c, 5c —fcood goods at a saving. Booo\s& HIIIII Department X. ALLEGHENY. PA. wk' ,Q YEARS* I [ u J J 1 L J 7 i 1 1 J k I Vwl 1 m 1k I I•I 1 JLj-t. . J COPYRIGHT* AC. A riv'iiin NFMMLJNTF **LIHRLI AND «VmcrU«Uoti MTF otiloklr oftwrtnin Invention In t»rotial»lr « omiuunilea- Llnni *1 lirtly roiilidmil(M. Ilmi»1l#«»nli on I at«»iit,i Merit free. Olil.it natmiry for urlM*rjHtffffitft. I *ll fFTit h » uk«'»i throuffli M 111111 /t to. ron«l?l tprrUtl w4U», without In lh» Scientific American. A linnm<im«l» lltanlratWl w<mklr. <-lr. c u11,11,.11 I.r imr on.' Journal Turin*. *i a .nit rrnir iTiniillm, |l. lirnll nnwadoalora. MUNN & Co 3r> " >r " |dw *i ,> New York llraiicli oni'll. m K St.. Wiuihlliittuli. l». U W. S. & H. WICK, DKAI.ICUH IN Hoiiuti »i«l Worked l.umlsir Jof alt' Kinds I), Him, Hash mill MOIIIIIIIIK*. till Well Itlir* a Hpwlalty. I mire null Yuril, I < nnmliiwliurn miil Monro') Hl*. iH-itr Went I'enn Itojxit, HUTI.KH, I' AdrcrtiHtf in tbo CITIZKN, DEATHS. DUFFY At her home in Laneville. August 81. 1900. Marian. ilanghter of Peter Duffy, in her 4th year. GORMAN—At her home in Allegheny township. September 5. 1900, Miss Lizzie, daughter of James Gorman. McCANDLESS—At her home in Adams township, September 2, 1900. Mrs. Elizal>eth McCandless. aged 69 years. MEYER—At her home in Pittcbnrg. September 7, 1900, Mrs. Henrietta Meyer, aged 79 years. She was bnried at Saxonburg. on Snndav. REOTT—At his home in Summit town ship. September ISJOO. Francis Roett. aged 86 years. Mr. Reott died suddenly. He was the oldest Justice of the Peace in the township, and held five consecutive commissions. STROUP- At his home at Jefferson Centre, Sept. 10, 1900, (George Stroup, aged 85 years. His death was caused by consumption and his body was taken to Parker for burial. THORN—At her home in Clay twp., Sept. 7, 1900, Mrs. Nancy Thorn, wife of Jos. W. Thorn, in her 79th year. She was the mother of Ex-County Anditor, O. R. Thorn. LANGBEIN—At his home on West Jefferson street, Butler. September 6. 1900, Charles Langbein. aged 4* years. Mr. Langbein was a carriage painter by trade. He leaves a widow and three children. His remains were interred Saturday morning. NEWELL—At her home in Middlesex twp . Sept. 8, 1900, Mrs. Caroline, wife of David Newell, aged 54 years. CAIN—At her home in Butler, Sept. 9. 1900. Mrs. Catharine Cain, in her 71st year. DAUBENSPECK -At McKeesport, Pa. Sept. 8, 1900, Miss Alice Danbenspeck of Bruin, aged 24 years. Miss Danbenspeck was a nurse at the McKeesport hospital and her death was caused by typhoid. She was a daugh ter of H. S. Danbenspeck of Parker twp. and a sister of Mrs. Frank L. Moone of Butler. BOOTH —At the residence of Wm. Kennedy in Penn twp.. Sept. 9, 1900, Mrs. Carrie Booth of Allegheny, aged 37 years. Obituary Notes. Judge Slagle of Allegheny couuty, died suddenly, last Thursday morning, at his home on Centre Ave., Pittsburg. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. / i EO. K. McADOO, M. D , U PRACTICE LIMITED. EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT. HOURS: —9 a. m. to 12 in; 1:30 p. to. to 4 p. in. Office aud residence corner North and Washington streets. Bell Thone No. 45. Butler, I'a. tM. ZIMMERMAN I • PHYSICIAN AND SURGKON Office No. 45, S. Maiu street, over City Pharmacy. L BLACK, 1 PHYSICIAN AND SURGKON New Troutman Building, Butler Pa. DR. C. AT WELL, Office 106 W. Diamond St., [Dr Graham's old office.] Hours 7 to 9 a. m. and 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. DR. N. M. HOOVER. 137 E. Wayne St., office nours. 10 to 12 a. in. 1 and to 3 p. m. WH. BROWN, • HOMOKOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGKON Office 236 S. Main St., opp. P. O. Night calls at office. OAMUEL M. BIPPL'S, U PHYSICIAN AND SURGKON 200 West Cunningham St. HW. WICK, • DKNTIST. Has located in the new Stein building, with all the latest devices for Dental worV. 1 J. DONALDSON, f) • DKNTIST. Artificial Teeth inserted on the latest improved j>lan. Gold Killings a spec ialty-. Office next to postoffice. hk. W. P. McILROY, DKNTIST. Formerly known as the "Peerless Painless Extractor if Teeth." Located permanently at it) East Jefferson St.. Oppoiite Hotel L>»wrv, Butler. Will do dential operations of all kinds by the latest devices anil up-to-date methods DR. M. I). KOTTRABA, Successor to Dr. Johnston. DKNTIST Office at No 114 E. Jefferson St., over G. W. Miller's jyocery. i: H. NEGLEY, IJ. ATTORNKY AT LAW. Office in the "CiTi/.KN" building. I I). McJUNKIN, T) • ATTORN KY-AT-LAW. Office in Reiber building, corner M.-.in and E. Cunninghani Sts. Entrance on E. Cunningham. JOHN W. COULTER. TL ATTORNKY AT-LAW. Wise building, N. Diamond St., Butlei Special attention given to collections and business matters. Reference: Butler Saving'! Bank, or Butler County National Bank A. T. III.AC*. IHA M<JtrM I)LACK & McJUNKIN, I) Attorneya-iit-law, Artuorv Uuil<li»K> UutJer, l'a. nil. OOUCHBR, • Attornkv at Law. Office in Wise buil'ling. /lOULTKR & RAKhR, V ATTORNKV9 AT I,AW.» Room 8., Armory l>uil<lln fc . A T. SCOTT, A. Attornkv At Law. Office at No. 8. West Diamond Ht. Mut ter, l'a. 1 It. BKKDIN, fl « Attornkv at Law. Office on Main St. near Court Houae. i J'. L. McyUISTION, *y• Civil, K.mitNKKK and Siikvkvroo Office near Court Hoime. HDTLKR BUSINESS COLLEGE. | Fall term Monday, Sept. 13, 1900 COUKSKS. 1 Practical Hook kecpe r* 2 Kxper Accountautn. 3 A iimiiuctiniii Shorthand ,j Reporter's Short hand 5 )'r»rtlc« I Short COll rue 111 Book-keeping, for thoae who merely wish to understand the simpler methods of keepiug Ijooks. 6 Knglisb. <>l it Ti %< in km Wu liuvi- four lit 1 reaent iilwnyn an many a* we nwcl. no mora. I'omitiom* < t to Im« able to plant ul leant t wlmiM many graduaton In imhlHoiii Mm <'oinlnj( year an w«« liavo tint pant. Wi could where w»' place onn If wi* only had inori' of I li" rlKht Ulikl of material to work on. > 011011 mail, yotina woman, If you liuvi' a fair IntflUh education. ami art* fu«limtrloti« und |mt«*lhi•*nt It will bo to your Irit-crcnt to tali< ul leant 0110 of our ••nurwii, ami let iih hhslhl you to remunerative em ployment. 'llie llneat ayntem of nliortliand oyer pub IIhIi« <1 will hf u.nl lii our hclumil tli# couiltiK year Call ami «• xamlne It H«*n«l for a ropy of our new catalojiue ami circular*. A. F. REGAL. Prln., 31V- ja7 S Main St.. Hutler. l'a. PATENT™ T IDEA. It may tiic an 11 fortune to you. I pro cure mid *cll patents. R S. HARRISON, Patent Attorney, Pifth Ave ; Pittsburg, Pa. Mrs. J. E. Zimmerman's \ FALL ANNOUNCEMENT. T QHIPQ' New Fall Jacket Correct in styte.perfect-fitting'Garinent*: all man-tailored. Early you say to think of Fall and Winter styles. We guarantee theai to be the correct cut—both Jackets and Skirts —for Fall and Winter of 1900: 'III Ladies' Suits-Real Value. 18> DRESS GOODS New Fall and Winter styles in Dress Goods are here also in all the fashionable cloths, weaves and colorings—Broadcloth. Prunella, Venetian and Zibeline cloths— Black, Tan, Brown, Blue, Castor and Gray Prices less than yon will find else where; quality better. You know our pHneiple and motto is, "Best values, less prices." Tty us. x _ BLANKETS _ Everv year we have to buy more Blankets to satisfy the increased demand for makes we offer our trade. We are selling better Blankets for less price than you can get them for elsewhere. The price is all that concerns you when the Blankets are all right. Our n-:w stock of yarns, Flannels and Flannellets also ready for your ppproval. Remember, no old stock; none over from last season. We re opened our store June 12, 1900. \ MILLINERY FOR FAT.T. ' We are ready with an entire new stock Fall and Winter Millinery. Cur Trimmers are here to serve you—one who has just returned from a visit to the Eastern market and can give you all the newest ideas for the present season. New Velvets, new Feathers, Birds, Ornaments and Ribbons—no old goods. Our recent store fire is still fresh in your memory, and we ask you to bear in m'nd that our entire stock is new, fresh, clean, up-to-date—no old goods. A full line of all that is Dew and novel in ready-to-wear Felt Hats. Our prices in Millinery being less— as all over our store—is the prime factor in our ever-growing Millineiy patronage. Mrs. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. The New Fall Footwear Ready for your inspection in such large assortments as this store is known to carry. We placed our orders early and secured advantages which we pass to the buyer. Never before have we made such a generally good exhibit of early Fall and Winter footwear. There is every new style brought out for early Fall wear, embracing every popular style from the finest Patent Calf to the Heavy Working Man's Shoe. School Shots for the little Hoys and the little Misses. The prices are modest. "Queen Quality'* KW I 11 Mannish cm I W Street Boot / LL THAT THIS IS BRANDED EVERY Heavy sole. IT "\ Hand Welt. Handsome, well made and as easy as an old shoe—that's BEAUTY. Of all shoes advertised this is the only one that has a five dollar style at a three dollar price. B. C. HUSELTON, Butler's Leading Shoe House. Oyoonit# Hotel Lo-vry. | {Free For 30 Days: } After This I Will Charge My Regular Fee. \ < Dr. R. H. M. Mackenzie } SPECIALIST Mental. Nervous. Chronic ' ( MEN AND WOMEN, > / Is now permanently located / In The Stein Building, v / I Challenge the Medical Profession for a Case of / Atthm*. IHo.im »r KlilHfj. jlrrT«a» nrtllllr, V. "luVrh"" IM™.orWo»«: , y (..t .taKe). ■r,w / j;;,rr u - ;!rx ho "" L Iti'ifni'aa. lljdrorttU, *•" I J IIUi-Moa or Slumarli, llr«rt rwliwlt. \ lllamni »r Llnr, I / Thm will not readily yield to my System 0 Trettmemt l f yj ,u . h, 'V'. S maladlc come t<> mjr <«Wc<> anil I will explain to you niv method »f eunng them. f I will irlve you FREE OF CHARGE a thorough examination. together with an f I si and scientific opinion of your iwe. and If you tl.cH J" J. \ 1 will not HHU you for more than you will IMI willing to pay .J"' ™" j£J! r< «. i / fcrred I will do by YOU as I would want you to do by n » f 01 "r ' »»«' H wi I PI M T \ ver»«Ml Certainty of a cure l« what you want and 1 wl "j ' 1 ' Vi.u ve I iuu'*li us I will k!vi« you ii written guarantee to rrfuml vou f»%t»ry tout you f paid mo In can' I fall to effect a cuw. iSpiral 81! •! JCured to Stay Cured ?[a ly.Jj ttJLfl-ilJj r And without the aid of a truss or a knife / rjF*J and without causing you any pain C or detention from business. s|||Dß. R. H. M. MACKENZIE, ? OFFICE: Stein B'ld'g. Cor. S. Main & Wayne Sts.,Butler,Paj £ OFFICE HOURS: 9 a m to 8 p m, Sunday 10 a m to 2 p m ( VOU'LL KNOW HOW GOOD ■- WIIKN YOU SEE THEM. Our 25c box papers. Our 10c and 15c fine writing paper tablets. Blank books at the old pi ice. Albums bought before the ad vance. Kodaks with a special discount in January. Photograph supplies always fresh. Sporting goods. Late fiction. I Bibles cheaper than ever. Kveryday needs at everyday prices. At DOUGLASS I}< )( )K ST( )I<K. Eagle H i d. JAMES A. THOMPSON Went Jctciaon St, Butler, Pa. MVRRY. BOARI)IN<4 AN!) SALK STABLE. PLENTY OP ROOM, GOOD CARK AND PIRST CLASS KOUIPMRNT. JAMKS A. THOMI-SO*. People's Phone 109, IleH'a Phoue • They are njade by artist shoemakers anc you'll need no "specs" to see tliql they are fine shoes—the HANDSOMEST evei made fot $3. Any size and any width and a raft of different styles. SI.OO, $1.25, $1.50. FORE-SIGHT is better than HINP SIGHT. Before you buy school shoe look at ours. It'll pay you. Women's Fine Shoes. You can buy f 1 50 ar.d $2 00 anywhere, hut theie is not a store in But ler that will give you STYLISH A SHOE or so lasting a one as this atcr will at fi 50 ami si 00 MEN'S SHOES- If your work requires shoes with n< particular style, but a WHOLE LOT O! WEAR, try us. They'll wear till th< cows conic home and besides being goo< looking shoes, they have soles widi enough FO yon can just stand in them al day and not feel theui. Price $1.25 $1.50 and f.- 00. PATTERSON BROS' Sacrilice Wall Paper S» is a money saver to you. Larj stock to select from. AH mu go. Call ami get prices on ji WALL PAPERS. Window Shades at Cost.} Patterson Bros^ 230 N. Main St. People'■ Phone. 400. Wick IJuildfn ' Karl Schluchter Practical Tailor and Cutte 135 W. JcfTcriK.il, Nutlcr, Pa. Bushnling, Cleaning and Repairing a Specialty.
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