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WHAT CAUSES TH EM ?
When the earth qaakes and cracks
man is helpless.
"Mother Earth" owns ns all. We are
part and parcel of her, and when she
(alls ne we are done.
For ages past, that we know of, man
bu tried to solve the mystery involved
in the question—what causes an earth
quake—bat cannot.
The Earth has been measured, and
all its movements have been studied,
and the sea has been sounded. We have
mountains several miles above sea level,
and the dea *"» holes in it as deep De
low; we have dng and drilled some deep
holes into it, have discovered and ex
plored some great caves, and studied
the strata, and yet know little but what
is on or near the surface.
That the interior of the Earth is a
liquid, molten mass is a generally accept
ed theory; and that gasses are formed
by the introduction into this molten
"mass of water or oil or other foreign
substances, the accumulations of which
shake and crack the surface in an effort
to escape is one of the theories ot the
cause of earthquakes; and the volcanoes
are looked upon as the natural vents
for these surplus or accumulated gases.
Another theory founded upon the
supposed liquidity of the centre is that
the vast molten mass is constantly cool
ing, and that the Earth's crust (the
shell of the egg) is constantly settling
to it, and that it is the uneven or irregu
lar settling that causes the quake. Such
ft theory would explain the existence of
the fissures in the Rocky mountains;
filled with gold, silver and copper bear
ing quartz—the mountains settling ana
spreading and the other stuff coming up
from below—as the fissues grow wider
ns they descend.
In all the theories regarding earth
quakes, however, we have yet to read
or hear one that takes into account the
mysterious power called "gravity"
which 4iolds the crust of the Earth to
gether, and holds everything, including
• the air and water, to it.
We all know that the magnetic-pole
changes, but do not know what does it;
and it may bo that this is caused by the
shifting of th v molten mass, which at
the same time thumps the shell of the
Earth and causes the quake—the rais
ings and lowerings that wo call earth
quake.
The whole surface of the globe seems
to be subject to earthquakes. In the
early part of the past century, or about
a hundred years ago, the whole valley
of the Mississippi had a severe shock;
Lisbon was destroyed 150 years ago,
Yeddo in Japan and Pekin in China
bare both had their earthquakes, and
In parts of northern South America
they are frequent.
There are no volcanos in North Amer
ica, though there are several alleged
"extinct volcanos" on the Paeific
coast.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The debate on the Hepbnrn bill drags
its weary way in the Senate.
During Senator Follette's speech of
last Friday, he asserted that "the rail
road officials of the country, with few
exceptions, under the statutes are crim
inals."
THE first elections begin in Russia to
morrow. and will continue for several
days.
THE semi-centennial of the Republi
can party will be celebrated in Phila
delphia next June by a great gathering.
PANAMA is doing better. There are
17,000 men employed on the Canal, and
bnt 20 per cent, are sick at the same
time.
TUESDAY was a great day at Annap
olis. The remains of John Paul Jones,
recovered from an old cemetery in
Paris, were again buried with the
proper ceremonies, an event that re
called the stormy days of the war for
independence.
THE new bridge across the Zambesi
river, Africa, is the highest in the
world. It is of the cantilever style,
crosses the river for a distance of 650
feet at a height of 420 feet from the low
water level to the rails, or about 380
feet from high water. It consists of
three spans and is abont 30 feet wide.
A NEW YORK inventor evidently pos
sessed Of a very pretty amatenr taste in
wireless electrical develogment is re
ported to have introduced a new ele
ment to the wireless situation. He is
stated to have erected on top of his
house a tall pole with 32 antennae that
are kept in a state of activity gather
ing wireless messages of all descrip
tions. Goodby messages from ocean
steamships, reports from Government
stations and a lot of other information
not addressed to him come to his net.
Hence the wireless business is enlivened
by the presence of an element that is
termed the wireless rubberneck.
ON Thursday last Governor Penny
packer granted a charter to the Pitts
burg Subway company to constrnct a
tunnel one mile long beneath principal
streets in downtown Pittsburg. The
charter was granted despite the protests
of the Flinn syndicate, which has prior
rights with which the subways of the
Fording-Morse syndicate conflict. The
charter granted completes the system
designed by the Fording-Morse syndicate
to give Pittsburg a system of rapid
transit that is estimated to cost
$20,000,000. James S. and W. S. Kuhn.
the bankers, are believed to be back of
the project and it is claimed that a start
will be made this summer as soon as
plans are completed.
THE latest demonstration that under
our institutions the people got the sort
of government they deserve is the case
of former Mayor Rose of Kansas City,
Kan. Rose permitted the saloons to run
in spite of a State law if they paid for
immunity, and the city appears to have
approved of his course, the protesting
minority being so small as to be of no
political consequence, although it was
obstinate enough to bring the matter
before the courts and secure the ousting
of the Mayor from office. But this does
not seem to have in any way dampened
the Mayor's ardor. He forthwith an
nounced his candidacy for the Demo
cratic nomination for re-election, and,
dtapite some opposition, secured it. j
SAN FEANCISCO.
For three days and two nights of last
week San Francisco was burning. Be
ginning on Wednesday morning, short
ly after the earthquake, the flames
steadily ate into the city, until Friday
evening, when they were stayed by the
destruction of long rows of buildings
by dynamite, powder and bombard
ment By that time the entire business
section and parts of the residence sec
tions were in ruins, and thousands of
people were homeless, and suffering for
food, raiment and shelter.
As the (lames advanced upon them
the people gathered up a few clothes
and some food, and fled to the parks
and cemeteries. In Golden Gate park,
which extends from the ridge or sum
mit of the hill of the peninsula upon
which the city is located to the high
and rocky coast of the sea.two-hundred
thousand people were said to have
taken refuge, and as many of these had
but scant clothing and food supplies,
the cold fegs from the sea sat hai d
upon them; which condition was some
what relieved, next day, by the distii
bution of tents, food and coffee from
the Government Reservation at the
point, and also of food from the ships
in the bay, while the water company
repaired its lines and was able to fnr
nish water. The earthquake broke the
water, gas and sewer pipes; tho escape
of the gas aided the spread of the
flames; the water pipes emptied them
selves and the firemen had nothing to
work with, while the breaking of the
sewage pipes made an intolerable
stench in the lower districts of the
town.
The work of destruction continued
and that vast crowd of people were
helpless, while the flames ate np their
all. But they were not down cast. The
accounts state that they sang, joked
with each other and made merry, and
people found crying were ridiculed It
was, however, the levity of desperation,
and was followed by some cases of in
sanity after the excitement—the fire
was under control.
After the fire the city was divided
into three districts and placed under
the martial control of the army, the
militia and the police department. All
men caught robbing the dead were shot
on sight and all able bodied men were
called npon to help bury the dead, re
pair the broken pipes, and search the
ruins. Some of the large buildings,
shattered by the earthquake, did not
burn, and live people were found in
them, helpless from wounds.
By Saturday relief trains from neigh
boring cities began arriving at Oakland,
across the bay, filled with tents, cloth
ing and provisions, and the great crowds
yet in the parks haye, probably, been
made comfortable by this time.
Congress voted a million dollars, a
San Francisco rich man named Phelan
gavo a million, and several millions
have been raised over the country by
large and small subscriptions for thfe re
lief of the sufferers.
Santa Rosa, a large town in the hilly
country, thirty miles north of San
Francisco was also destroyed by the
earthquake followed by fire, and the
scenes there resembled "those at San
Francisco, but on a smaller scale; and
San Jose, about thirty miles south was
injured by the quake and some people
killed, but no fire followed. People
were killed by falling buildings in both
places.
The force of the earthquake seeems
to have been spent on an line running
nearly north and south through the
three towns, though damage was done
in a dozen towns, and the shock was
felt, more or less severely, »}1 over the
state and to the Rocky mountains.
At Oakland the 3tate Hospital was
destroyed and some of the insane were
killed, whilo others who were rescued
were tied to trees. At Stanford Uni
versity a young man from Bradford.
Pa., a student there, was Wiled by fall
ing walls, and thousands of incidents
are being told by people who were -n
the city or vicinity at the time.
Some of the steel frames of the great
modern buildings are yet standing, bat
the interiors were entirely consumed by
the fire, and part of the brick and stone
veneer fell.
What the fire insurance on the burn
ed part of the city will aggregate is not
yet known. The rates there were low
and the fire insurance on the whole
city is said to amount to $250,000,000.
The city will undoubtedly be rebuilt,
but with some precautious against fire,
following an earthquake. Whether or
no it will ever again reach its late pro
portions remains to be seen. The
present generation will undoubtedly,
be scary of the ' Peninsula of Peril;"
and this great calamity will probably
be followed by a boom for Seattle and
other towns on Puget Sound, though
Mt. Ranier and other mountains, in
sight there, have lately been reported
as "smoking." No "tidal wave" fol
lowed this convulsion of nature, in
dicating that it was entirely inland.
Notes.
On Sunday two hundred bodies,
mostly beyond indentification, found in
the district near the Union Iron Works,
were cremated.
At the meeting in Butler. Sunday
afternoon, ♦3500 was raised for the re
lief of the sufferers, and the subscrip
tions since have raised this amount to
over $5,000 which has been sent to the
Governor of California.
Eighteen babies were born in Golden
Gate Park from the time of the Earth
quake and fire till Sunday, and eight at
Buena Vista Park. At the emergency
hospitals the onlv thing needed was
bedding
The estimated loss by the fire is 300
millions, with 175 millions of insurance.
A line around the burned district is
about 25 miles long.
On Sunday the people in the Parks
had plenty to eat, train loads of pro
visions arriving at Oakland, from
whence it was taken across by boats
and distributed.
Although the United States Mint waa
surrounded by burning buildings for
seven hours it was saved by hard work,
a well in the court supplying the water.
Some Italians on Telegraph Hill saved
their homes by soaking blankets in red
wine, of which they had a quantity,
by hanging them over the exposed
places.
The water supply of San Francisco
comes from Lake Merced, the pipes to
which have deen repaired, and the
' supply is ssid to be abundant
Weddings in great number have re
sulted from the recent disaster. Women
driven out of their homes and left des
titute hav6 appealed to the men to
whom they were engaged, and immedi
ate marriages have been efteatad
Sunday night a cold rain set in, great
ly increasing the misery of the htyrieless
thousands ij; the Parks'. People were
leaving the Parks an fast as they could
find a place to «o to. From ten to
twenty thousand leaving each day.
The foodstuffs and clothing arriving
are beirg distributed by the local Re
lief Associations, and by the U. S. !
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Quartermaster's Department.
On Monday Congress appropriated
one and a half millions more for the
sufferers, making two and a half mil
lions in all.
Since the fire all the cooking done in
the nnborned part of the city has been
done in the streets, on account of the
danger from using the wrecked
chimneys. Some families have cook
stoves up, others have only a fire place
framed of brick.
Only drug stores are open. Saloons
are closed. All grocery stores and
butcher shops have been impounded,
and bake shops as well.
The fire was larger than those of
Chicago, Boston and Baltimore com
bined, and dwarfs the great London
fire, and every house in San Francisco
was damaged by the earthquake.
Food supplies for those with homej,
as well as the refugees, are furnished
free by the relief committee, pending
resumption of business by grocjrs and
shops.
When you say that there was an earth
quake; that 600 lives were lost; that
230,000 t0300.000 persons are homeless;
that the loss bv fire is over $300,000,000:
that the insurance loss is about $150,-
000,000. and that the insured will be
lucky if they get 60 cents on the dollar,
you have only the cold figures of the
tragedy.
On Monday the finance committee of
the general relief committee reported
that it had received contributions
amounting to $1,724,536, of which sli2,-
is the local subscription. In addition
$366,000 has been promised locally. Pro
visions were being hauled from along
the water front to varions distributing
stations at the rate of 1,500 tons a day.
A number of Butler Co. people have
heard from friends who were in San
Francisco at the time of the earthquake,
while others are yet on the anxious
seat.
By Tuesday conditions at the Parks
had been so greatly improved that no
farther fears of an epedemic were en
tertained. 70,000 of the homeless had
left the city.
The Pittsburg fund for San Francisco
amounts to nearly $300,000
Alcatraz island in the Bay of San
Francisco was liot shaken and the
islanders knew nothing of the earth
quake until they saw the city falling
and burning.
OUR new State Capitol will be dedi
cated on Thursday, Oct. 4th.
ACCIDENTS.
Wells Waters of Evans Citv was in
town, last Thursday, after putting in
two weeks in bed at his home in Evans
City. He was working on the Wabash
freight house in Pittsburg some time
aao, when he stepped on a short board
and fell to the floor below--about
twenty feet—injuring his back and
side.
A gas line supplying the Hamilton
bottle works was broken by workmen
building an abutment, last Friday even
ing. An explosion followed, burning
gas shooting 40 feet in the air and en
veloping Charles Gillman, working on a
derrick Gillman was thrown to the
ground, seveily burned and bruised.
A man named Johnston working the
pile-driver on the Bessie, east of town,
had his legs crushed between two poles
or spiles, Tuesday.
While Jno. Z. Murrin of Murrinsville
was sitting on a stump in a neighbor's
woods, last Saturday, watching two
men chopping a tree, it fell towards
him and his head was fractured by a
blow from a branch, causing his death
a few hours after.
Saxonburg.
Albert Adderhold has been on the
sick list. He is improving.
Win. Zoller intends building a hand
some brick house on the property he
recently purchased.
Mrs. Henry Lonitz and sou George
have been on the sick list for the past
two weeks
The Overheim Oil & Gas Co's. well
on the Walker has been shut down for
the last couple of weeks on account of a
breakdown.
fiarvey Kiaon has installed a new
gas engine on his lease on the Lonitz
farm.
Harry Love and the Kelley brothers
are ftauling piling to twin siding on the
Bessemer
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DEATHS.
LORENZ—At his Loose in Dntler, April
22, l&iMi, William ?. Lorenz, aged 25
years.
HARPER—At her home in New Castle,
April 23, 1906, Miss Margaret Harper,
aged SO years.
Miss Harper was a native of Zelie
nople and was a sister of Cyms Harper,
former Connty Treasurer.
MoCAXDLESS —At his home in Mars,
April 24, 11*00, Roy, son of Abner Mc- !
Cand'ess, dec'd, aged 18 years
HIXTERLIXG—At her home in Done
gal twp, April 25, 1906, Mrs. Caro
line Hinterling. aged 86 years.
KALTENBAGH—At the Butler Hospi
tal. April 24, 1906, Milton, son of N.
J. Kaltenbach of Donegal twp., aged
4 years.
STOUTT —At her home in Zelienople.
1 April 22, 1906. Mrs. Margaret, wife of
David Stoutt, aged 56 years,
i DOUGLASS-At his home in Buffalo
township. April 24. 1906, Thomas
Douglass, aged 56 years.
' EDMUNDSON—At his home in Conno
j quenessingr, north, April 20, 1906,
I Thomas Edmundson, in his 89th year.
| Mr. Edmundson is survived by his
j wife, two sons and two daughters
: John at home, Thomas J. and Sirs. Ad.
'Nicholas of Connoquenessinjf borough
j and Mrs. Bowen of Cleveland.
PURVIANCE—At her home in Pitts
burg, April 23, 1906. Miss Adaline
Purviance, formerly of Butler, and
daughter of Campbell Purviance,
dec'd.
MURRIN—At his home in Murrins
ville. April 21, 1906, John Z. Murrin,
aged 45 yeaTs.
ETAZLETT—At his home in Breains
burg, Venango county, April 23. 1906
John Hazlett. a native of Bntler, aged
79 years.
BOYLE—At her home in Prospect,
April 19. 1906 Miss Mary Boyle, aged
about 55 years.
Miss Boyle's death was caused by
apoplexy. She was a daughter of John
Boyle, dec'd , of Worth twp , and lived
in Prospect, with her sister, Elizabeth,
who survives her. Her bod}- was taken
for interment to Rochelle, Ill's.
EKAS—At his home in Buffalo twp.,
April 24, 1906, Thomas Ekas, in his
85th vear.
Mr. Ekas was one of the oldest citizens
of the township. He died at the resi
dence of his son David, near Sarvers
ville.
WILSON—At the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Shoaf, April 14, 1906, Lot
Wilson of Prospect, aged 75 years.
DONALDSON —At Pennsboro, W. Va.,
April 6, 1906, Chas E. Donaldson,
aged 28 yeart
His death was caused bv pneumonia.
Ke was a son of J. C. Donaldson of this
county, and is survived by his wife and
one child. He was buried at West
Union. W. Va.
FORCE—At her home in New Castle,
April 22, 1906. Mrs. Jane, widow of
C. Force, in her 70th year.
Mrs. Force was the youngest daugh
ter of Wm. Dickson, dec'd., of Penn
twp. Her husdand was killed at the
battle of the Wilderness, and she is sur
vived by four daughters. Mrs. John
Rowan of Mars and Mrs. A. Eshen
baugh of W. Sunbury were sisters.
FRANK—At the home of her daughter.
Mrs, P. Marburger, near Eideneau,
April 18, 1906. Mrs. Mary Frank, aged
88 years.
FLEMING—At her home in Butler,
April 20, 1906, Mrs. Marv Fleming,
nee Fair, in her 71st year.
Mrs. Fleming had been in poor health
for some months. She is survived by
several children. Her death recalls the
murder of her husband, John K. Flem
ing in 1882. He was a quiet, inoffensive
man, and a member of the G. A. R.
Post here. Going home one summer
night, from a Post meeting, a lot of
drunken foreigners, lonfing on or near
the long bridge at foot of Main St. mis
took him for a policeman, on account
of his wearing a blue suit, and one of
them slipped up behind turn, and drove
a knife into his breast, lrom which
wound he died several hours after. His
assailant was arrested during the
night ahd served time in the penitenti
ary for his act,
Obituary.
Agu3tus Pollack, 76 years old, known
throughout the entire country as a
manufacturer of stogies, died Monday,
at his home in Wheeling.
John F. Hovis, aged 58 years, of
Barkeyville, died at Warren Hospital,
April lltli. He was the father of C. W.
Hovis and Mrs. Ettie Eppinger of
Harmonv.
Chas. A. Bentel of Freedom, PH.,
aged 08 years, dieil April 13, 190 C.
Win. C Gray, an old "Bessie'
engineer, djed at his home in Grove
City, April }!(. His illness was of a
nature which puzzled the physicians,
and although fourteen different ODes
were called in upon the case, they
could not agree. For this reason a post
mortem was held, which showed ab
scesses of the liver and kidneys, heart
derangements, an enlarged appendix
and a fathering of foreign matter upon
the lungs. A curious feature was that
in one lung a pebble stone was found
imbedded, although how it got there is
a puzzle to the physicians.
Itltts.
Tuesday evening last, at <3 o'clock.
Elias Ritte, one of the best known and
highly respected citizens of Clarion Co.,
died at his home in St. Petersburg. He
had been afflicted with paralysis for
about a year.
Elias Ritts was born in Berks county.
Pa.. Nov. 5, 1822, and was a son of
Johp an,d Sophia Ritts. He came to
Western Pennsylvania and settled in
St. Petersburg when abcuf 10 years of
age. He was twice married, first to
Elizabeth Vensel in 1840 and second, in
1800, to Clarissa Elliott, who preceded
him in death about a vear ago.
pigbt children survive him, as fol
lows: J. V. and William Ritts, of But
ler; Mrs. A. C. Anderson, of Pittsburg;
Mrs. C. W. Little, of Montclaif, IT. J.;
Mrs. S. G. Foster, of Franklin; Mrs. H.
W. Bright, of Norristown, Pa., Marion
F. Ritts and Miss Jessie A. Ritts. of St.
Petersburg, also one brother and one
sister, John Ritts and Mrs. Mary Mat
tern.
Mr. Ritts'great buslneeg übility was
injected into three great lines of in
dustry in Western Pennsylvania —iron,
| lumber and oil As early as 1840 he be
gan building flat boats and freighting
m.stals to Pittsburg markets. He was
connected 77; the firm of Lyon. Sharp
& Co . owner» of tliv Buchanan and
leflerson furnaces, also with tno
Lumber company. Later he engaged
in the oil business. He was president
of the St. Petersburg Savings Bank.
Hie ventures were uniformly
successful.
Personally, Mr. Ritts wu ft most
estimable gentleman and enjoyed the
confidence and respect of his large ac
quaintance, He was a good conversa
tionalist and duripg his last years the
great fund of history at his command
gave the younger generation a good
idea of industrial conditions as they ex
isted in the early years of his long life.
He was a member of the Reformed
church.
TLe Tcneral will take place Saturday
afternoon. SelyLec will be conducted
in the St. Petersburg Reformed church
at 2 o'clock by his pastor, Rev A. C.
Renoll. and Itev. U. O H. Kerclmer, of
Puujcsjjtawney. Interment will follow
in the St. Petorsbarg cemetery.—
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Auditors' Report of Con
cord Township.
Auditors' report of road account for Con
cord twp. for I lie year ending March 12th,
1906. ,
In account with P. K. Sutton. Tax Collector.
DR.
To face of duplicate 8883.64
CE.
By cash to J. 11. Morrow 5777.36
By cash for rebate «Cs.si
By cash for percentage !S
By cash for returned tax 14 OB
By cash for exonerations 1 *
{823.61 3K54.91
Over paid by Col 31.27
J. 11. Morow and G. W. Miller. Supervisors.
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To am't of road work tax duplicate...
To am't of road work tax of 1(>04 £16.72
r,R.
By am't of tax worked £157!1.62
By am't of tax by cash is".4o
By am't of work tax returned 29.08
By am't of exonerations 15.68
522U5.51 £1811.79
Bal. due from Sup'rs on work tax 454.02
Cash road account of J. 11. Morrow. Treas.
DU.
To ain't ree'd from P. H. Sutton, C 01—5777.36
To am't ree'd on work tax 187.40
To am't ree'd on returned tax 40 00
CR. .
By casli to over paid tax returned to
Col £ 31.27
Bv cash for lalior 187 25
By cash for plank 14S 66
By cash for timber 5.45
By cash for repairs on machines 5.10
By cash for hardware 99.00
By cash for express charges 2.59
By casli to making out duplicates 6 00
By cash to making out bouds 1.00
By cash for Justice of Peace fees 75
By cash for attorney fees 14.50
By cash for witness fees 10.50
By cash for recording Auditors' Report 1.00
By cash for appointment of Supervisor 1.50
By cash to N. P. Bell 56.91
By cash to G. W. Miller, time 70 days at
11.50 105.00
By cash to J. 11. Morrow, time 76 days
11.50 114.00
By cash to oatli of office 7i>
By cash to Auditors' fee 9.00
By cash to house rent 2.00
By cash to Trea's percentage on Jf<32.64 16 65
51004.76 $849.48
Balance in treasury ... ~..£155.28
We the Auditors of Concord twp.. Butier
Co.. Pa., do certify that tlie foregoing is a
correct statement of the above accounts ac
cording to the best of our knowledge aad
belief.
J. H. CHBISTIE. I
W. 11. KUHX, -Auditors.
P. B. WICK, 1
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Letters of administration on the estate
John W. Gibson, dec'd, late of Valencia,
Butler Co., Pa., having been granted
to the undersigned, all persons knowing
themselves indebted to the said estate
will make immediate payment, and all
baying claims against said estate will
present them duly authenticated for
settlement to
ANDREW G. WILLIAMS. Adm'r.
ALEX MITCHELL, Att'y. 3-23-06
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Conrad Sell, dec'd., late of
Wintield twp., Butler Co., Pa.
Letters testamentary having been
granted to the nndersigued on the above
estate, notice is hereby given to all
persons knowing themselves indebted
to said estate to make immediate pay
ment and those having claims against
the same to present them duly authen
ticated for settlement.
HERMAN SELL, L
BART SELL. <" M '
R F. D. IT. Carbon Black, Pa.
JAMES B. MCJUNKIN, Att'y. 3-22-0«
Zuver Studio
Has added a full line of
amateur Photo Supplies, Cam
eras, Films, Dry Plates, De
velopers, Printing out and de
veloping papers.
Anti-Trust Goods
At about one half what
you have been paying.
Quality
Guaranteed
As good if not better than
the Trust goods.
ZUVER STUDIO
2i5S. MginSt Butler
Special Offer
To those purchasing photos
of groups or views, Bxlo, at
50c each, to the amount of $lO
I will present free a fine 20x40,
exact reproduction that will
stand v/ashing and not fade
away. No bum work, but a
fine permanent Bromide en
largement. fully guaranteed.
FLSHE^R,
The Outdoor Artist,
The Butler Dye Works
Mioser ilrx askclch aiid deicriptlonm»f
aJluitly ascertain dm opinion frco whether on
invention n probably rfttentiiblo. < uuimuolra
tlonsstrictly confidential. IlandliiKiltcn i'ateutis
Bent free. Oldest atfenry for securing patnnta.
Patents taken through Munn A Co. rccetr*
tptcial notice, without cliaine, In the
Scientific American.
-v HUiitratnd weekly. largest cir-
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The effect is magical, comfort, cheeriness, cosi-/g\
®ness, all come in with the carpet and Rugs, and our®
©carpets attract the purse, as well as the eye, with a hand-®
®some INGRAIN —aII laid little to the price, and substituting®
@a BRUSSELS or AXMINSTER, at any rate, drop in and©
/Jstake a 100k —for future Reference Low Prices,
gof QUALITY S
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© (Successors to Brown & Co.) ©
136 N. Main Street, Butler, Pa. ®
NOTICE.
The undersigned, the Butler Pure
Milk Company, in conformity to an Act
of Assembly, March 2", 1903, P. L. 75,
anil in order that it may be entitled to
the provisions and protection of said act
has caused to be filed in the office of the
Prothonotary a description of the name
used or mark to be branded or stamped
upon its milk bottles, milk cans, butter
boxes, ice cream cans and ice cream
tubs.
All persons are here by notified not
to fill, use, traffic in, purchase, sell, dis
pose of, detain, convert, mutilate or de
stroy or wilfully or unreasonably refuse
to return or deliver to the Bntler Pure
Milk Co. npon demand being made any
milk bottle stamped with the name,
"Butler Pure Milk Co," surrounding a
three leaf clover, (see description filed,)
or any milk can, butter box, ice cream
can or ice cream tnb stamped, branded
or marked B. P. M. Co.
BUTLER PURE MILK CO.
Notice in Divorce.
Eli-Dor Stephlns, 1 In the Court of Common
rs /-Pleas of Butler Co., Pa.
Albert Stephlns. ( A. I). No. -. Dec.Term, 190.').
To ALBERT PTEPHINS, Respondent,
The subpeena and alias subpoena In the
above case havinu been returned "Non est
inventus'' you the said Albert Stephins.
above named defendant, are hereby required
to appear in said Court of Common l'leas. to
be held at Butler. Penn'a., on Monday the
4th day of .June. 190t>, being the first day of
next term of said Court, to answer the said
complaint and show cause, if any you have,
why an absolute divorce from the bonds of
matrimony should not be granted to said
Elenor Stephlns.
You are also hereby notified that an ex
parte hearing thereof will be had and de
termined in the Common Pleas Court, of said
county, before the Judge, thereof at the
Court House in Butler. Penn'a.. on Monday,
June 35th, 1900, at !l o'clock A. M. of said day,
at which time and place you are notified to
attend.
ALEX McCUNE CAMPBELL,
GEOHGE E. ROBINSON, Sheriff.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
PHYSICIANS,
DR. L. R. HAZLETT,
10(5 W. Diamond St., Butler.
North side of Court House.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat work, a
specialty.
JAfIiES C. 50ybE,M. D.
PRACTICE LIMITED TO
Eye, Ear Nose and Throat.
OFFICE HOURS—9 to 10 a. m., 1 to 3
p. m., 7toßp. m. Sunday by appoint
ment.
121 E. Cunningham Street, Butler, Pa
BOTH PHONES.
OSTEOPATHY.
DR. G. F. PURVIS,
OSTEOPATH.
Chronic diseases a specialty.
Consultation and examination free.
Office hours 9 to 12:1.30 to 5.
Roomh 308-9, Odd Fellows Temple.
DR. JULIA E. FOSTER,
OSTEOPATH.
Consultation and examination free.
Office hours—9 to 12 A M., 2 to
M.,.daily except Sunday. Evening
appointment.
Office —Stein Block, Rooms 9-10, But
ler. Pa. People's Phone 478.
DENTISTS.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON,
PROSTHETIC DENTIST.
Teeth extracted absolutely painless.
Take Vitalized Air or Nitrous Oxide.
All work satisfactory.
1274 S. Main St., BUTLER, PA.
DR. FORD H. HAYES,
DENTIST.
Graduate of Dental Department,
University of Pennsylvania.
Office—Room 306 Odd Fellows Bldg
DR J. WILBERT McKEE,
SORGEON DKirriST.
Office over Leighner's Jewelry store,
Butler, Pa.
Peoples Telephone 505.
A specialty made of gold fillings, gold
crown and bridge work.
DR. H. A. MCCANDLESS,
DENTIST.
Office in Butler County National Bank
Buildinar, 2nd floor.
DR. M. D. KOTTRABA,
Successor to Dr. Johnstou.
DENTIST
Office at N° 114 E. Jeflerson St., over
G. W. Miller's grocery
ATTORNEYS.
RP. SCOTT
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office in Butler County National
Bank building.
AT. SCOTT,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office at No. 8. West Diamond St. Eut
ler, Pa.
WM. WALKER- CHAS. A. MCELVAT^
WALKER & McELVAIN,
307 Butler Cqunly National Bank Bld'g
REAL ESTATE.
INSURANCE.
OIL PROPERTIES.
LOANS.
BOTH PHONE!-
The New York World
THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION-
The Thrice-a-Week World hopes to
be in- li)0i» a better j aper than it has
over been before, anil it )ms made its
arrangements accordingly. Its news
service covers the entire globo, and it
reports everything fully, promptly and
accurately. It is the only paper, not a
daily, which is as good as a daily, and
which will keep yon as completely in
formed of what is happening through
out the world.
The Thrice-a-Week World is fair in
its political reports. You can get the
truth from its colutnqs, whether you
are Republican or Democrat, and that
is what you want. •
A special feature of the Thrice-a-
Week World has always been its serial
fiction. It publishes novels by the best
authors in tlie world, novels which in
book form sell for $1.50 apiece, and its
hiab atapdard 'ip this reelect will be
maintained in the future ai in the past.
THE THRICE A WEEK WORLD'S
regular subcription price is only SI.OO
per year, and this pays for 150 papers
We offer this untqualled newspaper and I
The CITIZ' N' TOE"- 1 "-" FOR one vear fcr I
?1 fi">.
'IliH regulni - : pt>..i p'kv.if 'be | !
two parerß is $£ 0'). ,
/ Kerr & Brown,
? 212 S. Main St. ?
) New Drug Store s
> Now Open, }
) All our drugs and med- f
S icines new, fresh and ;lean. ?
( Our prescriptions are y
? compounded by two regis- n
) tered pharmacists, Messrs f
SR. G. Kerr and J. A. /
( Weber. y
/ Handsomest soda foun- s
) tain and best fruit syrups f
S in city. /
c Full line of Toilet Arti- y
? cles and choice Perfumes. \
) Finest Cigars. (
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? 212 S. Main St., S
? Arlington Hotel )
S Building. >
W S. &E. WICK,
I
DKALERSIN
1 Rough and Worked lumber of ill Kinds
| Doors, Sash and Mouldings
Oil Well Rigs a Specialty.
Office and Yard
G. Cunningham and Monroe Stl
i n«ar w«st Penn Depot.
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Eyes Examined Free of Charga
Jeweler and Graduate Ootician
Ntert Door to Court House. Batler, Fa
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pt c is? lu. ccy* jjl
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P. H. SeCHbGR,
212 N. Main street, Butler, Pa.
TAME AND EXAMINE
bvITIE Our New Goods
||j ft)
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Even if you're not quite ready to buy
it will give you an idea as to what's uo
ing to be worn and how much it wil
cost. Some of our best custodiers conn
in two or three times before making i
hnal decision.
THINKING IT OVER
assists their selection in a more satis
factory manner. Some prefer decidinj
at once, and either way pleases us
We're sure you'll like the new suitingi
we're now showing and want you to ge
in and get an early pick.
WM. COOPER,
LEADING TAILOR,
Cor- Diamond, Butler. Pa
DOYOURCHILDREN
ASK
QUESTIONS
Of coui se they do. It is their way
of learning and it is your duty to
answer. You may need a dictionary
to aid you. It won't answer every
question, buc there are thousands to
which it will give you true, clear and
definite answers, not about woida
only, but about things, the sun, men,
machinery, places, stories and the
like. Then, too, the children can
find their own answers. Some of
our greatest men have ascribed their
power to study of the dictionary.
Of course you want the best dic
tionary. The most critical prefer
the New and Enlarged Edition of
WEBSTER'S
INTERNATIONAL
DICTIONARY
THE GRAND PRIZE (HIGHEST
! AWard) for which was given at the
World's Fair, St. Louiij :
brv'? any questions
/ V»# \ about it tciito un.
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| PUBLISHERS,
® BPRINOFIELD, MAM.
BUTLER, ONE DAY ONLY
TUESDAY, MAY Bth
T,i M ifiEklßEf M 8 ""™
CUT liAUCRDEIjIt SHOWS
Individually Great —Collectively Greatest
BIGGEST of all Three Ring Circuses
Famous Trained Wild Beasts-East Indian
Perahera—Royal Roman Hippodrome.
Three Hundred Arenic Artists, including the Six Famous Fly
ing Jordans, the Aragon Troupe of High Wire Artists
and Les Freres Koroly, Europe's Sensational Riders'
Carl Hagenbeck'sSupremest Triumphs
New Groups of Marvelous Brute Actors
Performing Polar Bears, Lions that ride Horses. Tigers riding
Elephants, trained and tractable Zebras, Pumas, Tigers
Lions, Leopards, Polar Bears and Boar Hounds
in conjunctive performances, and three •
herds of acting Elephants.
ABSOLUTELY NEW EAST INDIAN EXPOSITION
100 Hindoos, Men, Women and Children, in Feats an Occident
al People Cannot Fathom. A Perahera of Beautiful Pa
geants and Weird, Wondertul and Miraculous Performances.
Biggest Menagerie on Earth
Largest Tents, New Lighting System, Three Rings, Two Stages,
Quarter Mile Hippodrome Track, Aerial Enclave,
Steel Arena, 1000 People, 400 Horses.
Million Dollar Street Parade
At 10 a. m. Circus Day.
MOST COMPREHENSIVE SHOWS ON EARTH
Two Performances Dally, at 2 and 8 p. m.
Doors Open One Hour Earlier.
Admission to everything, with seat, 50c. Children under
10 years 25c. Reserved folding seats, with admission, 75c.
Opera chairs, on Grand Stand, with foot rests, including admis
sion, SI.OO. All tickets at regular prices on sale on day of
Exhibition at the Purvis Pharmacy.
F SPRING ]
5 To Our Customers, And Everyone, c
f Have you bought yourself that suit you \
? promised yourself and your boy for Easter?
/ We have the snappiest, neatest, and /
/ best line of Spring and Summer j
\ Clothing ever shown in Butler. )
> We and our customers claim that the
) I. Hamburger fc Sons Clothing I
/ is the best ready iViade clothing in America. /
/ A broad assertion, but we can prove it. /
| Douthett & Graham. \
S INCORPORATED
CAM PBELL s GOOD FURNITURE
I Carpets, Rugs, |
I Linoleum, Mattings!
i|s Not a single old undesirable pattern in carpet to
pjf show you, all new, clean goods. The rug stock in IH£
jgjf carpet size is very complete. Fifty patterns in mattings
to select from. tegg
j|j LINOLEUM THE SANITARY FLOOR COVERING jg
S Velvet Carpet 511,10 Ingrain Carpets 65c | :
Pretty parlor patterns in rich All wool extra Ingrain.standard
red and green grounds; mostly quality. New patterns this season
floral patterns, and a few of the not a single old shopworn piece in JSsS
SCSI set patterns also. For a medium the lot. A better carpet than yon
ySjj price parlor carpet it is a splendid usually get at the price. raSS
§ Mattings 15c, 20c. 25c, 9x12 Rugs $22 '
Splendid values at above priced | IJest Brussels Rng«, large line Kg
by the roll of 40 yards. Von can of patterns, suitable for any room. £3*
I IBM nave money if 3*ou can use the full I If you want ;i rnx for your !i \ in;,' (7?*
i IS| piece. Cut price will bo 5c a yard | room or dining room there i* no KssS
JBf more. A largo line ot higher other rug at the price that will JgJS
priced ones to show you I give the same service.
1 Alfred A. Campbellf
MACHINEKY— KAILS -liE AMS
Concreto Mixers. Boilers, Er.idnes, Machine
Tools, Tee Kails. Keams. Columns. I'lpe
I'lates. Hlowers. Corrugated Sheets. < ash
paid for Srrap Iron ami M»tals. IIOMKit
BOWES, River Avenue, Allegheny, Pa.
'Phones North.
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plication with __
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"Bait: Head Remedy 1 " for r;> cents whlc-li i*
gnaranteed to kill microbe, euro eci«'ina» t»f !
all kind* and dsvrtdrnff In 10 d*./» «*i.l aro,.- ;
hair ou 9 percent of'v»ld Head> or U»>"C7 1
refunded. It Is also an excellent hair tonic I
and vlgorator, and Is alxtolutely harmless
Call or address ■ N Washington avenue, :
Allegheny, I'a.
Italian. Greek, Slavish Laborers Knrnlslied.
ITALIAN EMI'I.OVMENT Oi l ICE,
19 Chatham street, PUUburg, I a.
Hoi I Phone 12W Grant.
, Allegheny Employment Boreas, 2is Federal
street, Allegheny. l'a., entrance through
Henry \V. Arms trend's real estate office,
first c lass male and female help supplied; It
you waut u ijositlon call and see us; ladles
wishing help can be suited here; private
houses, hotels and boardiug houses supplied
on sliort notice
WANTKD At once several joung wnmen
for employment In l.mtndry and Kitchen
Departments of the Hospital. \Vai:o» from
#l4 to #:» and £i,.n> per month. W rite to
Superintendent Di.tmont lio.sjHtai, Dlxnioht,
l'a.
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' KARI: corns
KareCoins bought and sold; colli books.
I Iktist Usue. I.(HX) Illustrations: price ->",
I mall asc. Coin Department, lioth's Bank &
j Trust Co., 506 Grant street, l'lttsburg. Pa.