THE CITIZEN.
WILLIAM C. NF.GLEY - - Publisher
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1900.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President.
WILLIAM MCKISLEY. of Ohio.
for Vice President.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, of New York.
Electors-at-L arge.
CLARENCB WOLF, of Philadelphia.
FRANK 11. BCHL. of Mercer.
A. B. ROBERTS, of Mont Romery.
W. C. ARNOLD, of Clearfield.
DISTRICT ELECTORS
r.i w i n c Stua't. W. W. Glbhs,
GeorKe F. uoffman. George C.Blfbon,
Daniel F. Greenwood, WlMam M. Hayes,
Charles W. Cressoian. Robert H. J^ayrc,
J Frank Keller. Kussell W. Davenport,
James Molr. William J lUrv,ey.
Robert Allison. Jacob L. Hauer,
John H. Brown. George Weymouth,
Cortes H. Jennings. James G. Thompson,
T. Frank Small. Henry A. Grlpp,
Morris J. Lewis, Robert Pitcalrn,
David Edsrar Parke, Thomas 8. Crage,
George W. Johnston, William Hard wick.
Howard 11. Clayson, Harry R. Wilson.
Auditor General,
E. H. HARDENIJEROH.
Congressmen-at-large,
GALUSHA A. GROW,
R. H. FOERDERER.
For Congress,
J. B, SHOW ALTER,
For State Senate,
A. G. WILLIAMS,
For Assembly,
J. B. MATES,
N. H. THOMPSON.
For Jury Commissioner,
JOHN G. CHRISTY.
1 WB\— -
The Judicial Appointments.
"The naming of Mr. W. P. Potter to
fill the vacancy on the Supreme Bench
marks a departure from the former
practice of taking either Jndges from
the lower courts or lawyers of such wide
reputation that previous judicial experi
ence wonld be conceded to be unneces
sary- If it be objected that there are
some men at the bar more widely known
than Mr. Potter, it must be remembered
that the limited circle of brilliant repu
tations at the bar seldom furnishes
material for the bench. The immense
revenues which the lights of the pro
fession derive from their practice render
the relatively small judicial salaries un
attractive, but that has not prevented
the obtaining of able and upright Judges
at all times from the quieter elements
of the bar who are often to the full as
sound and clear-headed as their more
showy contemporaries. The common
testimony about Mr. Potter is that he
is a man of capable mind and indus
trious habits. He is doubtless as well
equipped as the average of those who
have been appointed or elected to the
Supreme Bench in the past, and while
he may owe his elevation in the fact of
being Governor Stone's law partner that
is no argument against him. The Gov
ernor should the better know his
qualifications. If he knows his own
partner has in him the making of a
good Supreme Judge it would be hyper
criticism to require him to take the
partner of somebody else in preference.
The nomination of Marshall Brown
for the Common Pleas Bench is one of
the l)est judicial apj ointments made for
many years. Mr. Brown is a man of
fine intelligence and thorough legal
training, of the utmost integrity. The
best evidence of his worth is to be
found in the universal esteem in which
he is held by the legal profession. It is no
disparagement to other good names
which were mentioned to say that
GCvemor Stone conld not haye made a
happier or worthier selection He be
longs to a family which for 50 years has
been distinguished in the practice of the
law, and has fully sustained the tradi
tional standard." —Pittsburg Dispatch.
"Yesterday Gov. Stone filled the va
cancies upon the Supreme and local
benches by the appointment of William
P. Potter to the former and Marshall
Brown to the latter. The fact that both
the new judges are members of the bar
of Allegheny county makes their ap
pointment of particular interest to its
people. While the selection of Mr. Pot
ter was purely a personal one with the
governor, whose law partner he has
been for many years, the State's chief
executive is fortunate in having named
one whose appointment will be ap
proved by the members of the bench
and bar who are familiar with bis
strength as a lawyer. He has had a
large and very successful experience at
the bar and has acquired a legal equip
ment which will stand him in good
stead in the important office to which he
has been elevated.
The appointment of Mr. Bro * n is one
which will be generally approved by
the bench and bar as well as by the
people of Allegheny county. He has
made a most creditable record for him
self as a lawyer and is popular with his
fellow citizens. The fact that he is the
son of Maj. A. M. Brown, so well and
so favorably known to the people of
Allegheny county because of his long,
successful and honorable career at the
bar, naturally serves to increase the
satisfaction felt over his selection." —
Pittsburg Times.
POLITICAL,.
If you want to voto you must pay
your 2-year taxes by October Gth.
Senator Hanna addressed an immense
mass meeting of Germans, at Chicago,
Thursday.
The charge has been made very dis
tinctly that if Mr. Bryan shall be elect
ed President Mr. Croker will go into his
Cabinet as Secretary or the Treasury.
Mark Hanna counts on the Republi
cans having 251 electoral votes, while
conceding the Democrats all the doubt
ful states and counting their regular
solid south they would muster up only
190.
County Chairman McQuistion has re
ceived a small mountain of campaign
literature which he is proceeding to dis
seminate among the Republicans of the
county. Poll books for each precinct
have also been prepared and will be
sent to the return judges. This is
probably the quietest presidential
campaign on record and the Butler
county Republicans will quietly turn
out on election day, and quietly roll up
the usual Republican majority.
On Monday, Gov. Stone selected his
law parser, William P. Potter of Pitts
bnrg, for the supreme court vacancy
created by the death of Chief Justice
Green. The supreme court recoinvenes
next Monday in Pittsburg, and Mr.
Potter is arranging his private affairs
to take his seat at that time.
The governor is also expected to an
nounce this week the appointment of
Marshall Brown of Pittsburg to the
vacancy on the Allegheny county bench,
created by Judge Slagle's death.
The appointment of a successor to
Banking Commissioner Powers will
probably be withheld until after the No
vember election. The indications are
that the appointee will be a friend of
Mayor Ashbridge of Philadelphia, and
that Bank Examiner Oliver P. Cochran
of Allegheny, who has been indorsed by
the banking and building and loan asso
ciations in Western Pennsylvania, will
not be appointed.
William P. Potter, the newest mem
ber of the supreme court bench, was
born in lowa, near the city of Dubuque,
on April 27, 1H57. It was the acccident
of business that drew his parents away
from Pennsylvania, the home of Mr.
Potter's ancestors. He is the son of
Rev. James H. Potter, a Presbyterian
minister, and Miss Nancy Naylor. The
Potter family has resided in Western
Pennsylvania for generations Mr
Potter's great-grandfather on the pater
nal side is buried at Library, Pa. His
mother's family came originally to the
region about Monongahela City. Pa.,
where his great-grandfather Hair is
buried. —Gazette.
CHINA.
At Washington. Thursday, there were
several unanswered notes from foreign
governments on the desk of the Sec y. of
State.
On Friday onr government sent a
negative answer to Germany 's proposal
that there conld be no peace in China
until the leaders of the Boxers were
punished, and also answered the Rus
sian note.
Russia was informed that theU. S. will
withdraw all of its troops, not only from
Pekin, but from China, except an ample
guard for Minister Conger and his lega
tion. Germany is informed that punish
ment for the Boxer leaders is an essent
ial to permanent peace, but the L nited
States cannot subscribe to the principle
of execution without trial, or consent to
the demand that punishment must be
antecedent to negotiations. China is
informed of the readiness of the I nited
States to take up the questions of repa
ration. indemnity and future guarantees
as soon as other Powers are prepared to
join in them or decide that they cannot
join.
Six more of our war vessel* were
ordered prepared fcr service in Chinese
waters, and these will make Admiral
Remey's force there, second only to
that of Japan.
The accounts of Russian barbarities
in their frontier have been confirmed.
The story is that the whole Chinese
population of Blagovestschensk number
ing about five thousand persons, were
driven into the Amur River, which at
that point is a mile wide. They were,
it is said, forced to make the attempt to
cross over to the Chinese side. If there
were any of them who could swim a
mile, which is unlikely, fcuch may have
escaped, but all the others loßt thf-ir
lives, as Russians stood along the banks
and clubbed or shot or pushed back into
the water all who attempted to land
without having made the crossing.
This horrible act of barbarity, for
which it would be hard to find a paral
lel. is said to have been committed under
the direct and explicit orders of the
Russian authorities, and is in keeping
with the atrocities said to have been
committed on the march from Tien-Tsin
to Pekin, in which the Russians are
said to have attained a bad pre-emi
nence.
Those stories of all kinds of wanton
savagery, of the butchery of women,
children and defenseless old men, of the
wholesale plunder and malicious de
struction of private property, were
afterwards declared to have been much
overstated, and very likely they were
but there is no doubt that many inde
fensible acts of rapine and violence were
committed and that the rules which
are designed to mitigate th« horrors of
war were violated in a manner which
would not have been tolerated by the
officers in command had people of their
own race been the sufferers.
On Tuesday instructions were cabled
to Gen. Chaffee at Pekiu to reduce the
American forces in China to the pro
portions of a legation guard.
About 1,400 American soldiers will be
left in Pekin under command of Gen.
Chaffee. They will consist of a regi
ment of infantry, four troops of cavalry
and a battery of light artillery.
The Supreme Judgeship.
(Communicated.)
MR. EDITOR: —It was somewhat of a
surprise last year to see the Governor of
the State attending the meeting of the
State Executive Committee for the pur
pose of compelling it to nominate
Mitchell for Superior Judge. It was
generally understood that he was not an
admirer of that gentleman; but it final
ly transpired that his real object was to
have Mitchell vacate the local Judgeship
he then held so that the Governor might
fill it with an old chum of his own
(Cameron). It was indeed gratifying to
many of us to know later that the peo
ple "sat down'' on his appointee and
placed another lawyer in his place.
It is said that the Governor is about
to commit another blunder of the same
sort in appointing his former law part
ner to the seat now vacant on the Su
preme bench. If he does most assured
ly Butler county will help to set him
aside next year—and "don't forget it."
AN OBSERVER.
Narvers Station.
Communion services in the Westmin
ster church next Sunday. Hours of
worship 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
No preaching services in The Buffalo
church next Sunday. Communion ser
vices Sunday Oct. 7. Rev. W. S. Mc-
Nees will preach Oct. 5 and 0 at 2 p.m.
Win. Steinfort died at his home in
Sarversville, Sept. 21, 1900, aged 78
years.
The Academy began its fall term on
the 18th with a good attendance. Com
fortable rooms for students at low rates.
Mr. and Mrs Angustus Acre are visit
ing their sou, Frank, at the station.
The Mormons made a very brief stay
at the station, Monday morning. We
are sorry, it the report be true, that
they were allowed to speak in one of
our neighboring churches, Sunday even
ing.
Rev. Ambrose of Culmersville passed
through our town on his way to Middle
sex, Monday.
An Interesting: Letter.
Houit, MONT., Sept. 21, 1900.
This place is situated near the termin
ous of the Northern Pacific railroad and
5 miles north of the entrance into the
National Park. Its location is 5625 feet
above sea level, aneroid measurement,
while Electric peak over in the Park, 6
miles away, lifts its majestic head 11,-
300 feet above old Ocean, and its top is
covered with snow which extends 2000
feet below its summit.
The nights and mornings here are in
variably cold, while the mid-day heat is
intense in degree.
The principal industry here is the
mining of coal and the manufacture of
coke, which is now in great demand
throughout the no: thwest.
The whole plant is operated by the
Montana Coal and Coke Co., which is
composed principally of eastern capital
ists, Boston furnishing the lion's share.
They represent a capital of two and a
quarter millions, and they bonded in
this plant at five hundred thousand dol
lars. They own and operate the princi
pal hotel and the only store in the town.
The mines are located at Aldridge. 3
miles west of this, and the coal is ship
ped to the ovens here through a flume.
The firm has just completed an elec
tric plant at a cost of SOO,OOO for the
purjiose of transporting the coal over
1 the mountains by means of an electric
i railway and inclined plane.
The inhabitants of llorr comprise a
| mixed population, almost every country
being represented, forming anniqne and
conglomerate mass. The only water
used here if brought- through a Hume
from Electric mountain and men.horses,
males, donkies an<\«**hmeu quench
their thirst at the sanT» fountain. The
camp lx>asts one doctor (t) and ever} la
borer here and each head of a family
are taxed *1.50 per month for his sup
port This gives him a salary of several
hundred dollars per month whether his
services are called into requisition or
11 Every one at work here is assessed
with a road tax and a poor tax. both
amounting to $3, which must be paid
Labor is better protected here than in
the east, and every able bodied man
must work or "vamose ' the ranch The
public school is managed bv a school
marui from somewhere in Yankeedom,
and she receives *6O per month for
teaching the young idea how to shoot,
and how they do shoot.
The connty fair will be held at Orarcl
iner, five miies south of here, on Satur
day 3nd Sunday, the 22d and 2iid the
principal races and extra amusements
to be given Sunday.
There are five licensed saloons in this
town which run full blast every day in
the week. Each saloon contains a pool
or billiard room and a well patronized
gambling den in connection, in which
places boys in their teens are to be found
drinking and gambling.
It is said that the laws of the state are
very strict in regard to the sale of intox
cants and gambling, but in order to con
vict anyone of gambling the prosecutor
must swear that he or she participated
in the game and to do this would in
criminate the informant. .
There has not been a shooting a nair
to disturb the placid serenity of the
camp for the last ten days. I assisted
in the arrest of the last shooter and was
present at the coroner's inquest and at
the funeral of the victim. And what a
funeral. Not exactly at dead of night,
but in the gloaming o2 the twilight
One jnan furnished a team, another a
wagon, another a large wooden box. an
other a woolen blanket in which to
wrap the corpse, which had neither
been washed or shaven. The pho
tographer acted as undertaker and lie
was assisted to his seat on the wagon by
three or four volunteer pall bearers, as
all were in a highly "spiritual mood.
This solitary outfit comprised the entire
funeral cortege. ....
There are ten men now in jan in tne
adjoining county of Cook, all on
charges of murder.
As vile a wretch as ever stretched
hemp was hanged in Butte City, last
week, and now many of the newspa
pers are pitching red hot into the (io\ -
ornor for not granting the condemned
murderer a pardon, and attributing his
action in refusing to do so to political
motives. . . .
While the baser element of society is
greatly in the majority here, the minor
ity is composed of as bright and moral
people as are to be found anywhere.
An effort is on foot to have religious
services here once or twice a month. A
citizen being approached in regard to
this matter replied that he had no use
for any "sky pilot "—that all the God he
wanted was always to be able to tee
straight along the barrel of his gun.
The old fellow has an eye greatly out
of plumb with a scum over it and can
not see much with the straight eye
I. H. PISOR.
REPUBLICAN RALLY.
Grand Republican 1 tally. W e«l
--nesday evening, October 10, in
Park Theatre.
Full particulars next week.
TWENTY people were killed by a
cyclone at Morristown, Minnesota, Mon
day.
SOME American capitalists have pur
chased an underground railroad in Lon
don, and intend spending twelve Hel
lions in improving it.
EIGHTY-FOUR men were arrested in
Philadelphia for alleged violations of
the pure butter law
DEATHS.
ALLSHOUSE—At Wilmerding, Alle
gheny county, Sept. 19, 1900, Robert
A. Allshouse, formerly of this county,
aged 26 years.
BOWEN— At her home in Milvale,
Sept. 23, 1900, Mrs. J. A. Boweu,
daughter of Calvin West of Evans
City, aged 26 years.
STEIXFORT—At his home at Sarvers
yille, Sept. 20, 1900, Wm. Steinfort.
aged 78 years
He was buried at St. Paul's Lutheran
church, Sunday morning.
SMITH—At his home in Slippery rock
township, Sept. 23, 1900. Edwin
Smith, aged 75 years.
STOREY —At her home on E. Pearl St..
Sept. 21, 1900, Jane, wife of Judge
Robert Story, nee Kelly, aged 75
years.
Mrs. Storey was a daughter of Thomas
Kelly, Sr.. deed, late of Parker twp
She was born and reared in Parker twp.
being one of a large connection of peo
ple of that name who were among the
first pioneers of the county. Judge
Storey and wife came to Butler aljout
twenty years ago and since then have
been among our most respected citizens.
They linve no children and the Judge
has the sympathy of all who know him
in this his great bereavement.
THORNE—At his home in Clay twp..
Sept. 20, 1900, Joseph W. Thome,
in his 90th year.
Mr. Thorne was one of _ our oldest,
most respected and upright citizen?.
All through a long life he was a qniet,
peaceful and useful citizen, A more
devoted Christian man perhaps was not
in the county,nor one more strictly mor
al aud temperate in all things.
He buried his aged wife only two
weeks ago and is survived by an only
son, Oliver R. Thorne, late County Aud
itor.
His remains were buried in the Pres
byterian church burial ground near W.
Sunbury on last Saturday, followed to
the grave by many friends and neigh
bors.
MeDOWELL—At the parent's home.
COl North avenue, Wilkinsburg, Sept.
24, 1900, Robert Scott, only son of
Robert P. McDowell, formerly of But
ler, aged 1 year.
McCREA —At his home in Allegheny,
Sept. 23, 1900, Hugh D. McCrea, aged
50 years.
He was buried at Freeport.
GALLAGHER —At her home in Mud
dycreek twp.. Sept. 20, 1900, Miss
Clara Gallagher, daughter of Fergu
son Gallagher, dee d, aged 17 years.
Miss Gallagher was a tine young lady.
Her death was caused by typhoid, and
her sister, Miss Emma, is down with
the same disease.
WIEHL—At Chattanooga, Tenn. Sept.
11, 1900, of heart disease, F. F. Wield,
formerly of Zelienople, in his 61st
year.
CAMPBELL —At her home in Concord
twp., Sept. 18, 1900, Pansy, daughter
of Abner Campbell, aged 2 years.
BOEHM—At her home in Cranberry
twp., Sept. 19, 1900, Virginia, wife of
N. Boehm, aged 24 years.
McCOY—At his home in Mercer twp..
i Sept. 16, 1900, A. J. McCoy, aged
years.
Obituary Notes.
Rev. James Allison, D. D., editor of
the Presbyterian Banner, and for IS
i years treasurer of the Presbyterian
Board of Missions for Freedmen, died
! \ last Friday morning at his home, 5170
! I Liberty avenue, Pittsburg. On Thurs
[ [ day, Sept. 13, Dr. Allison fell down a
; flight of stairs at his home, breaking his
i } left leg, and his heart was weakened by
s j the shock. He died peacefully, while
I asleep.
| Gen. John M. Palmer, ex-Gov. of and
l U. S. Senator for Illinois, died at his
j home in Springfield, Tuesday.
Card of Thanks.
1 take this opportunity to express my
sincere thanks to my friends and neigh
bors for their innumerable kindnesses
during the late illness and death of my
wife. Jane Storey.
j ~ ROBERT STOREY.
Now is the time to subscribe for the
• Citizen— SI.OO per vear.
i
THE AVTHRICITE STKIKE.
Sheriff Toole and Deputies of Schuyl
kill Co.. were called to Shenandoah *0
suppress the mobs that threatened mine
w. rkers and colliery property. At quit
ting time the three Sheriffs and a small
passe whom the Sheriff had summoned
on the ground went to the Indian Ridge
colliery of the Reading company to es~
cort the workingmen to their homes.
The colliery is located a short distance
east of Shenandoah.
The workmen started home shortly
afttr 4 o'clock. They walked up the
middle of East Center street of the Le~
high Valley railroad station. There a
large crowd of Poles. Slavs and Huns,
men, women and children, lined both
sides of the street. A shot rang out
from a saloon It was followed by a
shower of stones. Many of the crowd
bad picked up sticks and stones and
were acting in a threatening manner
i Seeing this the Sheriff, who had pre
viously cautioned his'men to keep cool
and not to use their firearms, command
ed them to fire. The order was obeyed
with terrible results, two people were
killed and several wounded. The crowd
pursued the Sheriff and his posse to the
Ferguson honse, where they took refuge
The Town Council held a meeting,
and called upon the Governor to send the
militia and at midnight three regi
ments of infantry, a battery of artillery
and a troop of cavalry were ordered to
the scene, under command of Gen.
Gobin.
On Saturday the troops were camped
within the limits of the town and every
thing was quiet.
The Poles and Lithuanians who pre
cipitated the strike comprise about (<3
per cent of the miners there. The Poles
first concluded to strike. They have a
separate organization of the United
States Mine Workers' Association. No
other nationality is admitted. They
agreed to come out. after the meeting
Wednesday evening, which was address
ed by several organizers in their own
language as well as by "Mother Jones.
The Lithuanians followed Friday and
these two classes of miners stayed out
of the mines. From early Friday morn
iiur nntil the conflict with Sheriff Toole
they were on the streets and about
saloons, talking strike and condemning
the men at work in some of the mines.
Until Saturday morning the
English-speaking miners took no part
whatever in the strike. They said they
would do nothing either way until the
Poles and other foreign elements acted.
Saturday morning the foreign element
had a mass meeting in Robbins Hall
and voted to continue to strike.
Saturday afternoon the English speak
ing men held a mass meeting at the
same hall.. It was opened by Organizer
George Purcell. Joseph Ryan presided.
Several speeches were made and it was
unanimously agreed to strike and leave
all matters pertaining it a settlement
with the officials of the United Mine
Workers' Association. Some compli
ments were embodied in the resolutions
This action closes every mine in that
end of Schuylkill county and adds about
10,000 strikers to the list given out by
Mitchell, Prior to Friday the only
mines in that part of the Schuylkill
region on the strike list were the Morea,
n Pottsville, and the Silver Creek at
McAdoo. Thus it will be seen that the
strikers have gained, notwith
standing the terrible outbreak of that
day and the bringing in of upwards of
2,000 soldiers.
The strike leaders say they are horri
fied at the events of Friday and lay the
blame originally on a class of men who
have for years found refuge in Shenan
doah and who have no regard for law or
order. Some of these, theyadinit, work
in the mines, but the miners as a class
are not responsible for their acts.
In the Shenandoah section of the a.n
thiicite coal region. Monday,all the col
liers were shut down. including those
running Saturday. Though guarded by
troops no men could be induced to go
to work.
Many mjre miners have gone out in
the Schuylkill region, and the soft coal
miners say they will go out if an effort
is made to supply the strike region with
soft coal.
On the other hand the operators claim
tbey are gaining men and that GO per
cent, of the Reading company's mines
are being worked.
Tuesday, Sheriff Harvey, of Luzerne
county, has notified Gov. Stone that he
is unable to cope witb the situation in
his county and asked that troops be sent
to Hazleton to sustain the civil authori
ties in their efforts to preserve order.
Gen. Gobin was awaitiug orders from
Harrisburg, and was prepared to send
soldiers ii' instructed to do so. There
has been much marching of strikers in
the Hazletou region, and the outlook
appeared strious.
PtfGH:SSIONAL CARDS.
/ i EO. K McADOO, M. D ,
VT PRACTICE LIMITED.
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
HOURS; —9 a. ni. to 12 in; 1:30 p. ni.
to 4 p. m.
Office and residence corner North and
Washington streets. Bell 'Phone No.
45. Butler, Pa.
J \ M.ZIMMERMAN
U . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office No. 45, S. Main st eet, over City
Pharmacy.
I BLACK,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
New Troutman Building, Butler Pa.
DR. C. AT WELL,
Office 106 W. Diamond St., [Dr
Graham's old office.]
Houis 7 to 9a. m. and t to 3 and 7 to
8 p. m.
DR. N. M. HOOVER.
137 E. Wayne St., office nours. 10 to
12 a. m. 1 and to 3 p. m.
V\ T H. BROWN,
TF • HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND
SURGEON
Office 236 S. Main St., opp. P. O.
Night calls at office.
OA MULL M. BIPPUS,
U PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
200 West Cunningham St.
HW. WICK,
• DENTIST.
lias located in the new Stein building,
with all the latest devices for Dental
work.
1 J. DONALDSON,
TL • DENTIST.
Artificial Teeth inserted on the latest
improved plan. Gold Fillings a spec
ialtv. Office next to postoffice.
[KR. W. P. McILROY,
L' DENTIST.
Formerly known as the "Peerless
Painless Extractor of Teeth." Located
permanently at 111 East Jefferson St.,
Opposite Hotel Lowry, Butler. Will do
dential operations of all kinds by the
latest dei-ices and up-to-date methods
DR. M. D. KOTTRABA,
Successor to Dr. Johnston.
DENTIST
Office at No 114 E. Jefferson St., over
G. W. Miller's grocery.
STRAWBERRIEB.
Care fThlcb Ohio Experts Olt» I>
Late Summer and Autumn. '
One of the best berry growers
Ohio said to me 11 short time ago: "The
care given to strawberries In August
and September has much to do with
their productiveness the following sea
son. If the plants become well anchor
ed In rich soli by an abundance of
roots, they are sure to produce
berries the next season unlfts the
weather conditions of the following
spring are very unfavorable." ThiiH*
exactly my experience.
One of the best growers for the Ak
ron market who gardens upon a very
retentive clay subsoils between the
rows in September. He uses ordinary
mole plow or subsoil lifter between the
rows, running it not less than 12 Inches
deep. The only surface evidence of the
work Is the narrow mark where the
shank passes, but the hard clay sub
soil is lifted and disturbed and a lo|
of room made for water to stand dur
ing the winter and slowly diffuse
through the soil. The surface is not
worked or disturbed in any way to
pack the soil, and the result {s that
any ordinary rain at once settles into
the subsoil instead of running off the
Surface. Where the clear space is two
feet wide the mole plow can be run
twice in a row. To prevent trampling
the plant rows the horses should be
hitched tandem or else a long double
tree used, the former being best.
Nothing but a mole plow will accom
plish what is desired, that of lifting
and breaking the subsoil without dis
turbing the surface or mangling roots.
The iron work of a mole plow is much
like the long shanked last seen in shoe
stores for riveting pegs. The shank Is
fastened to a straight beam of wood
with handles like a shovel plow, and
plow wheels fore and aft gauge the
depth.
Another thing which may be done
from now to the last of September Is to
see to It that the matted rows do not
get too broad. The best berries are
grown upon rows not more than 16
inches wide, and all beyond that Is a
damage. If plants are needed, the
ground should not be cultivated so as
to disturb the runner tips which natu
rally distribute themselves over the
row space. If berries mainly are want
ed. then all runners beyond the best
width should be removed promptly
through September and October. —Ohio
Farmer.
W a.hinu Vegetable#,
Ohio Farmer Illustrates a combined
washing tank and drying table for
vegetables. Als the tank, B the table,
hinged to tank, and the legs hinged
to table. When not in use, the two
legs are folded over on the table and
the table folded over so as to make a
WASHING TANK AND DRYING TABLE.
lid for the tank, the legs folding Inside
out of the way. The tank can be set
anywhere for convenience. The bot
tom of the tank should be lower at one
corner, with a hole there to let out
water by withdrawing a plug. Pota
toes and other vegetables should be
washed before taking to market. They
present a nice, clean appearance that
makes them sail better.
What Weeda Do In Corn Culture.
Weeds consume plant food. If our
soils were filled with an abundance of
available plant food in sufficient quan
tity for fhe growth of both corn and
weeds, there would be no need of such
a constant warfare against the latter.
The necessity for commercial ferti
lizers Is evidence enough that our soils
do not contain e?veu plant food enough
for the growing of corn to maturity.
Weeds keep sunlight and warmth
from the soil. They shade the ground
and keep the soil cool.
Weeds are great consumers of wa
ter. lutcutlicient moisture In the soil
is often the only cause of a small corn
crop. An abundance of water In the
soil is necessary for the production of
a maximum crop. If there Is an In
sufficient amount of water in the soil,
the crop will be short. The more weeds
in a fiehl the larger the amount of wa
ter consumed.—New Hampshire Sta
tion.
Agricultural Brevities.
Never pasture your grassfields. Just
before frost closely mow and rake
them clean for winter, advises George
M. Clark, the eastern grass specialist,
In Country Gentleman.
American Agriculturist suggests that
while it is too early for figures of the
ultimate yield the general average Au
gust condition of the corn crop applied
to the heavy acivagv this year, ex
ceeding 8(i,000,000 acres, will warrant
an expectation of a crop of at least
'2,100,000,000 bushels of corn.
Preliminary returns to the depart
met£ of agriculture indicate a reduc
tion of 5.3 per cent iu the hay acreage.
Of the 14 states mowing 1,000,000 acres
or upward last year all except Califor
nia report a reduced acreage. The con
dition of timothy hay Is 6.8 points low
er than at the corresponding date last
year.
The new peach scale, or the West In
dian scale, as It Is called, which has
thoroughly established itself in some
of the large Georgia orchards, Is not
regarded as dangerous In the north, ac
cording- to Rural New Yorker.
The tobacco crop of the Connecticut
valley as It rftood early In August Is re
ported by an exchange "the best grown
and the Qnest ever raised In this tobac
co growing region. It Is remarkably
clear, free Crom 'calico' and has scarce
ly been Injured at all by st< rin, the
leaves being free from breaks or per
forations."
EH. NEGLEY,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in the "CITIZEN" building.
T D. McJUNKIN,
'' • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office in Reiber building, corner M&in
and E. Cunningham Sts. Entrance on
E. Cunningham.
JOHN W. COULTER,
" ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Wise building, N. Diamond St., Butlei
Special attention giveu to collections
and business matters.
Reference: Butler' Savings Bank, or
Butler County National Bank
A. T. rtr.ACK. IHA MCJL'NN
BLACK & MCJXJNKIN,
Attorneys-at-law,
Armory Building, Butler, Pa.
HH. GOUCHBR,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Wise building.
POULTER & BAKER,
VJ ATTORNEYS A" r -*w.
Room 8., Armory buildup.
T T. SCOTT,
A > ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office at No. 8. West Diamond St. But
ler, Pa.
| ~8. BRKDIN,
• ATTORNKV AT LAW.
Office on Main St. near Court House.
p F. L. McyUISTION,
V. CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYROO,
Office near Court House. |
Karl Schluchter,|
Practical Tailor and Cutter j
125 W. Jefferscn, Butler, Pa. 1
Busheiing, Cleaning and
Repairing a Specialty.
' SOUSA AT THE EXPO.
famous Bandmntir'i First App»«r
--■ nct Sine* His European Tour.
The inimittble John Philip Sous:. and
his »uiiuirful hand, treih irom a tri
umphant tour ot Europe, including the
Pari? Exposition, where it scored the
most remarkable hit ever made by an
American musical organization abroad,
will be the special attraction of the
Pittsburg Exposition ne■* weelr. Th«
•pening concert. Monday afternoon,
Sept. will be the first that the band
has given since its return to America,
md it is sate to assume that it will re
ceive a royal welcome from ?ts Wester#
Pennsylvania friends.
In December last Commissioner Gen
eral Peck, of the Lnited States com
mission to the Paris Exposition, ap
pointed Sousa and his band as the
official American band at the great
French Exposition. Nothing could
surpass the reception accorded to
the organization. Its catchy American
music, particularly the cpmpftsitions of
its leader, instantly caught the popular
fancy and became the rage of Paris.
French words were set to the airs of the
band, and special tidbits were hummed
in the shops and cafes and in the street
JOHN PHILIP SOVSV.
From Paris, the band went to Ber
lin, w here it took the Germans by storm.
In Belgium it met with the same over
whelming success, the Academy of
Arts. Science and Literature in Hain
ault, conferring upon Sousa a grand
diploma of honor, and the decoration of
artistic merit of the first class. Similar
triumphs were scored in l rankfurt, Mu
nich. Hamburg. Cologne, Dresden and
Leipsic. Everywhere the perfect pre
cision and discipline, the refined en
semble and the rich tonal quality of the
band created a sensation.
On Sept. i, the band sailed from Eu
rope on the American Liner St. Louis,
receiving an ovation on its departure.
Its arrival at New York a week later
was the occasion of one of the most
memorable scenes ever enacted a} a
steamer pier. As the mammoth vessel
steamed up the bay, the band occupied
the center of the promenade deck for
ward Three large silk flags, the Stars
and Stripes, presented by the French
exhibitors at the Paris Exposition; the
French Hag, a testimonial to the band
from the people of Paris and the official
flap ot the city of Frankfurt, were un
furled. The band played "The Star
Spangled Banner," "The Stars and
Stripes Forever," and other patriotic
airs, while the passengers gathered about
and cheered. So remarkable was the en
thusiasm aroused by the scene both on
the boat and on shore that the event at
tracted national attention. Indeed, the
entire tour of the band was regarded
both in America and abroad as a matter
of international importance.
At the close of next week Sousa aud
his band will go East for an engagement
of two weeks, returning to the Exposi
tion on Oct. 15. and remaining until the
end of the season.
The special attractions, including the
Mexican village. Jiin Key, the wonderful
educated horse; the crystal Maze; "A
Day in the Alps"; the Cabaret de la
Mort and the Cinematograph pictures of
the Paris Exposition have pleased thou
sands daily, l'he Philadelphia Commer
cial Museum exhibit has proved to be a
most attractive educational feature.
New attractions include two windmills
in operation, the oldest piano In America,
the model of the great ocean greyhound,
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, and a
•ilk mill in constant operation. Visitors
may also get a stencil of their name,
on the linotype machine.
A Famous Duel.
A duel was fought In Texas by Alex
ander Shott aud John S. Nott. Nott
was shot and Shott was not. In this
case it is better to be Shott than Nott.
There was a rumor that Nott was not
shot, but Shott avows that he was not,
which proves either that the shot Shott
shot at Nott was not shot oi that Nott
was shot notwithstanding.
I may be made to appear on trial
that the shot Shott shot shot Nott or, as
accidents with firearms are frequent, it
may be possible that the shot Shott
shot shot Shott himself, when the
whole affair would resolve Itself Into
Its original element, and Shott would
be shot and'Nott would be not.
We think, however, that the shot
Shott shot shot, not Shott, but Nott.
Anyway, it Is hard to tell who was
shot
Mexican Theater Etiquette.
In a Mexican theater women always
go bareheaded and the men wear their
hats all the time the curtain Is closed.
During the performance they remove
them.
Frequently men rise In their seats
and sweep the tiers of boxes with
large glasses. It is considered some
thing of an honor to have the glasses
»f a swell below leveled at your box.
Smoking Is permitted In all theaters.
►-City of Mexico Correspondence.
Liquid Glue.
To produce liquid glue which will
keep for years break pieces ofrglue and
place In a bottle with some whisky,
eork tightly and set aside for a few
days. This should be ready for use
without the application of heat, except
In very cold weather, when the bottle
should be placed in hot water for a few
minutes before usTUg the glue.
Jaat n Way of Hera.
"You must not think, young man,"
iald the corn fed philosopher, "that a
young woman doesn't know anything
Just because she has a habit of asking
foolish questions that give you ft
chance to Impart information with a
superior air."—lndianapolis Press.
DO YOU LIKE TO
SAVE MONEY WHEN
BUYING YOUR
MILL AND MINING
SUPPLIES?
Do you? Then get our cata
logue first so that you may be in
formed as to our stock —then get"
our quotations.
FRICK & LINDSAY CO..
202. 204 WOOD ST., PITTSBURG, PA
0 - J -J "O
Boxing Gloves. Striking Bags. Cameras. Bicycles,
Hunting Suits. Seines. Tents. Fishing Tackle.
JOHNSTONS, Ureat Wes>rn Gun Works,
629 BmiUiUcJd Street. PITTBBUKO. XA.
Practical Horse Shoers
W .L ROBINSON.
Formerly Horse Shoer at the
Wick House has opened busi
ness in a shop in 'the rear of
the Arlington Hotel, where
he will do Horse-Shoeing in
the most approved style.
TRACK AND ROAD HOSRES
1A SPECIALTY.
Butler Savings Bank
Hutler, Pa.
Capital - #60,000.00
Surplus and Profits - - $200,000 00
JOS L PURVIS President
T. HENEY TBODTMAH Vj.,.. President
WM. CAMPBELL, Jr Cwhitr
LOl'l3 B. STEIN Teller
DIRELTOKS— Joseph I- Purvis, J. Henry
rro'-.tmati. W. D. Brandon. W. A. Stein. J. 8.
Campbell.
The Butler tarings Hunk Is the Oldest
Banking Institution; n Butler County.
General banking business transacted.
We solicit accounts of oil prcducers. mer
chants, farmers and others.
All basilicas entrusted to us will receive
prompt attention.
Interest paid on ttme deposits.
TM K
Boiler County National Bank,
Bui tier Penn,
Capital paid in #200,000.0
Surplus and Profits - $60,000.00
Jos. Ilartman, President; J. V. Ritts,
v'ice President; John G. McMarlin,
Cashier, A. G. Krug, Ass't Cashier.
A general banking business transacted.
Interest paid on time deposits.
Money 1 laned 011 approved security.
We invite you to open an account with this
bank.
itIKECTOKS—Hon. Joseph Hartman, Hon.
W. S. Waldroti, Dr. M. Hoover. H. Mc
sweeuey, f. p. Collins I. G. Smith, Leslie P.
Hazlett. M. l'inegin, W. H I.arkin. Harry
Heasley, l)r. W. C. MoCundioss. Ben Mas
seth. \V. J. Marks. J. V. liitts. A. L. lteiber
s.
THK
Farmers' National Bank,
BUTLER, PENN'A.
CAPITAL PAID IN, $100,000.00.
Foreign exchange bought and sold.
Special attention given to collections.
OFFICERS:
JOHN VoFNKINS.... President
JOHN 111 MI'HKF.V VI.-.- President
C. A. BAILEY Cashier
E.W.BINGHAM. ... Assistant Cashier
J. F. lII'TZLKK Teller
DIRECTORS.
John Younktus. D. L. Cl« < land, E. E
Abrams, C. N. Boyd. W. F. Metzger. lleniy
Miller. John Humphrey. Tlios. Hays, Levi
M. Wise and Francis Murphy.
Interest paid on time deposits.
We respectfully solicit vour business.
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ALL
THE
FALL
BLOCKS
IN
STIFF
AND
SOFT
HATS
ARE
NOW
IN
AND
THEY
ARE
BEAUTIES.
WE
ALSO
HAVE
A
COMPLETE
LINE
OF
MEN'S
FURNISHINGS
FOR
FALL
AND
WINTER.
Jno- 8. Wick,
242 S. Main St., Butler, Pa
Opposite P. O.
Talking About It.
If you are talking of a Fall Snit,
we want to do a little talking, too
Our New Goods Are Just In»
so we are interested,and we think
we can iuterest you by showing
them.
Elegant Snitings. #2O and up.
Come in and see them.
Wedding Suits a Speciality.
(ooper &* (0.,
Leading Practical Tailors.,
DIAMOND, BUTLER. PA.
TRADE
DESIGNS
COPYRIGHTS AC.
Anrnno sending njkotoh and iWcrtntion may
quickly ascertain om opinion free whether an
Invention la probably patental io. Commnnlea
ttons strictly confidential. Handbook on Vmeats
I sent free. Oldest agency for aetnmnK patent*.
• Patents taken through Munn A Co. receive
1 tptcial notict, without chaw. I" tho
Scientific American.
A handsomely Illustrated weekly. I-arwat etr
! culation of any solentißo Journal. Terai, $3 a
year: four months, It. Sold by all newsdealers.
MUNN & C(i 3618ro ** aT New York
Branch Office. 135 F »t- Washington. 17. U.
WANTED 11 on est man or woman totrave
for large house; salary s<*> monthly and
i expenses, with increase; position perman
1 eut;inclose self-addressed stamped envelope
1 MASAOKH. iWO Caxl'oo blUg.. Chicago.
Mrs. J. E. Zimmerman's
GRAND F « D OPENING
— OF —
Millinery, Dress Goods, Jackets, Capes, and
Suits, Furs, Etc./\tyve>
The Summer of Preparation is past and the Fall and Winter of
Doing is upon us. It finds us ready to Supply your wants with a
store larger than ever before, a.id a stock of goods that surpasses
anything we have ever before shown, so that with increased facilities
and an unparallsd profusion of styles and reliable makes of the above
mentioned articles, we can guarantee you more satisfactory results
:han you can get elsewhere. Our stock was purchased un ler the most
tavorable circumstances, and will be sold at prices ranging from 5 to
25 per cent, less than any other firm oflers equal qualities. v EVEN
IN THE RARE INSTANCES when prices are apparently thj
same as ours there is always an advantage in trading here, due to
the assurance th.it he e the quality is as good as appears on the sat
face. Some people have an idea th.it Pittsburg is the place for Dry
Good;; bargains. Experience proves that right here in this hustling
store in Butler can be found styles and prices that eclipse any offered
by over-rated stores in- larger cities and you won't have to look long
to be convinced of this fact.
Remember Our Stock is Entirely New. NO OLD GOODS.
Ladies' Stylish Taiior-Made
JACKETS.
All colors at $5. Also Black, letter
ones at $7.50, SIO.OO. up to sls in all the
latent t.haj«e«—Box Coats. Flv Fronts,
Reefer ami Automobiles. Prices al
ways tbe lowest.
Blankets.
Extra large size in Cotton Blankets
at 60c per pair. Better ones at 75c and
SI.OO.
Fine Woolen Blankets, full size at
$3.50 up to $7.50.
If you need blankets yon will consult
your best interests by looking at these
values before purchasing blankets.
Millinery.
In our Millinerv Department we are
making a magnificent display of Wo
men's and Children's trimmed and un
trimmed Hats, Millinery Trimmings,
Feathers, etc., etc., all in the newest I
designs at remarkably low prices, j
Street Hats 50c to $4.75; all tbe new
shapes and effects in Outing and
trimmed Hats.
Misses' and Children's Jackets
A large and complete assortment of
Misses' Jackets. Box Back Coats, fly
front Reefers and all shapes shown for
this season at special value, in all colors,
castor blue and brown at $5.00. Prices
rang from $2.50 to sls. Our prices al
ways less, our values better than shown
elsewhere.
Ladies' Tailor-Made Suits.
New and attractive styles at exceed- j
ingly low prices. New Blouse Suits. ,
New Tight Fitting Suits. Fly Front
Reefer Jackets, all the latest effects,
prices range from $lO to $35. Nothing
but reliable makes and perfect fitting
garments shown here. Low prices, too,
rule in our Suit Department. Try us.
DOMESTICS.
We wish to call special attention to our complete stock of
Domestics, consisting of Domets, Outing Flannels, sheetings, Towel
ing, Pillow Casing, Cheviots, Seersuckers, Ginghams, Calicos, Chintzs,
Table Damask. Napkins, and Fine Towels. Having purchased these
staples in large quantities, we are in position to ofler them at less
price than you will find them elsewhere. You are cordially invited
to give us a call.
Mrs. i. E. ZIMMERMAN.
BUTLER, PA-
I A Short Talk 1
| About The |
1 New Furniture. I
SSI The results of our buying at the furniture jg*
?§3 headquarters months ago are now showing up in
p|[ the shape of car loads of furniture-vthe well made
sort that is always found here, Already there is a
complete showing of new Chamber Suits. Particular
jP[ attention is called to those priced between $22.00 $35
and 5»35,00,
IS IRON BEDS $7.50 jj|
We have told you about this bed before, but it's such a remark
able seller that we want all our customers to see it. New lot jgag
arrived last week in three colors: blue, white and green. ME
SSj NEW PARLOR TABLES $3.50 }g*
Has a highly polished quarter sawed pattern oak top. Pattern ygg
lower shelf, and four nieelv tnrned and tinted legs. The legs are
dovetail-.! into the top, doing away with nails and screwy £3
Wl CHINA DINNER SETS $25.00 j||
Our own direct importation. A very graceful shape with a fS
pink and purple decoration. Sold in 1 l .-piwe sets or in ojten stock
if yon prefer.
I Campbell fk Templetong
SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
JOS WORK
Neatly Don<? At
The CITIZEN.
Golf Capes and Rainy-Day
Skirts.
Plaid Back Cloth Rainy-Day Skirts
from $4.50 to $12.75.
Golf Capes in beautiful colorings. A
number of new effects. Prices $5 to
$t5 t . Misses' and Children's Golf Capes.
$3 to sls, Ladies' Plusli Capes, 30 in.
long, at $5, a special value.
Plush capes rouging for $3 to £ls;
none better shown.
Silk Waists.
Extraordinary values shown in silk
waists, dress sleeves, made with corded
back and front at $3 50, real value $5.
The very best $5 silk waist over shown
in Butler, black and colors, real value
s»>, don't fail to ask to see them. Also
ask to see our special French flannel
waists at $1.98 In all colors, real value
$3.00.
Dress Goods and Silks.
Our showing of Black and Colored
Dress Goods now complete. We wish
again to call your attention to our well
lighted store room, enabling purchasers
to see clearly every piece of goods they
wish to inspect Space does not permit
us to mention all the excellent values in
this department.
Black and Colored Granite Cloth at
50c to sl. No better wearing cloth.
Black Pebble Cheviot *1 to $1.75.
Prunella $1.15 to $1.75.
Camel Hair. Zibaline Cheviots.
Homespun Storm Serges in black and
colors at 50c, 60c. 75c, 90c to $1.75.
Fine Black Melange Suitings $2. The
latest for dressy skirts and suits.
Our stock of black and colored silks
and satins is most complete in every de
tail. Prices will interest you.
Hosiery.
Hosiery is hard to get at old prices, or
rather hard to give as good values at
old prices, but we fortnnately bought
1 direct from Mills and Importers early
last Spring, and oan give you same
values for 10c, 15c, 25c, in Cotton Hose,
and 25c and 50c in Woolen Hose, as of
old, and our Hosiery Department is well
known for givi?ig excellent values at
these well known prices.
Underwear.
Same si cry to tell you about under
wear as Hosiery, only remember it is
j not fairy stories we are telling yon, but
! honest facts which we are prepared to
; substantiate by showing yoa the same
values in weight and qnalitiesin Ladies'
Ribbed Fleeced Lined Vest.* at 25c as of
old. Also in Woolens for Men, Women,
Misses, Children and Babies.
We can show you same values at old
prices.