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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30
Russia Reaches The Mediterranean.

A dispatch to the Pail Mall Gazette from
Constsntinople, dated last Thursday, shows
that an offensive and defensive alliance has
been concluded between Russia and Turk
ey. The Pail Mall Gazette correspondent
ADDS the treaty was signed at Constants
nople, and that the ratihcations we're ex-
chan ged at St. Petersburg between Aarej
Pash and the czar. The basis of the treaty
is declared to be on the lines of the Un-
kiarskelli agreement OF 1888, by which
Turkey agreed, in the event of Russia GO
ing to war, to close the Dardanelles to
warships of all nations. This treaty was
soon abandoned owing to the refusal OF the
powers to recognize 1t.
The Pail Mall Gazette correspondent al
so saws that tt French ambassador, NJ.
Combon, conferred with the sultan yester-
day, and that it is probable France will be
included in the new alliance.
Commenting on the dispatch from Con-
stantinople announcing the signing OF q
treaty between Russia and Turkey for of
fensive and defensive purposes, the Pail
Mall Gasette says.
We regard the news as true, and the re-
suit of the treaty is that the DardanelleS
is the southern outpost of Russia and Tur-
KEY is Russia's vassel. We presume the
British government will protest against
the treaty for sll it is worth.
The information is plainly of the very
gravest importance. The first intimation
reached us tour days ago; but we withheld
it until the arrival of strong confirmation,
which we received this morning. This
brings Russia INTO the Mediterranean viii
vengeance, and may necessitate the
strengthening OF our fleet in those waters
Politically the effect will be far greater.
The treaty means that Turkey has realized
her own impotence against disorders both
from within and without and has decided
to throw herself for safety into the arms OF
RuSsia.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30
Warren Ohio.

The writer of the few following items
came from Butler, Co. Pa. over year
ago, and trust the items | send NAV
interest few readers of the CITIZEN
Warren is in Trumbull Co. gnly 80 miles
from New Castle, IA from Sharon, 15 from
Youngstown, from Niles, has 10000 in
habitants and have numerous mills and
manufactures; also the National tube
works are located here, thus affording a
good market for all farm produce. But
the milk man seems to have the best as
milk sells at 90 and 24cts. per gal. and a
man need only keep 10 cows to have an in
come of 81 per. day. One of my neighbors
is milking 40 COWS and retails it at and 6
cts per quart. He has recently sold his
routs and intends moving to the city hav-
ing made almost fortune in or 6 years.
This is very healthy country; one of
my nelghbors told me few days ago he
had lived here for fifteen years and never
has had a doctor called,
The land is productive and sells from
$40 to 60 per acre. The writer had almost
90 bu. oats per acre, and 100 bu, of corn
per. acre, one of my neighbcrs had 1910
bu. of oats on 10 acres; another had 1060
bu. from 16 acres.
The proposed Erie Canal will 60 through
our valley and is looked to as boon Tor
our country.
Corn is selling at 20ctS. oats % and %
patatoes 25 80, Butter %, eggs %, hay
SIG per- ton, straw 81 per. ton, timber oak
sl2, ash $50, hickory SIS P. NJ, and De-
mocrats scarce, only 6 votes in our twr.
last fall.
Mr.. Andy Spear. formerly OF Prospect
Pa. has one Of the first furniture store in
the city.
mn. :. ~ oo,,r. bo,So - wall urJar baad
way, and before long Warren can be
proud of $50, 900 court room.
The electric car line to Youngstown has
been completed, and we can now go from
Warren to Youngstown a distance of 10
miles for 10 cts. A proposed line will be
built this summer from Sharon, Pa. to
Hubbard, and it 7ill not be long until the
electric car will run from Warren to Shar-
on.
Ice harvest is at hand, and saw dust is
at premium.
Ohio is proud 10 again fill the governor
chair with Republican Governor, and we
expect to put Mckinley in Growers place
before long.
Ell English has purchased some i'm
ported Chester White swine from one of
the largest Breeders in the country, and
E. II. expects to visit the fairs next fall.
a box of pills for box of sugar ani as all
small boys love sugar Johnnie thought he
would down the box, and had it not been
for the relief of cold water the "a pills
would have been little too big dose for
wee Jonnie, Johnnie said the sugar coat
soon wore off and the taste was somewhat
different.
Mr.. Flanagan of West Jefferson will
move to the Moore farm in the spring.
L. L. end J. g. English while visiting
their Bro Z. Il. purohased some blooded
Holstein stock of Mr.. BronSton, bred of
stock hom Smith, Powell and Lamb,
Syracuse N. Y.
J. G. says be is tired raising narrow
backed, tooth pick stock and is going to
have the best, Right Jnd, and Ohio is a
good place to get good stock.
Success to the CITIZEN and Republican
candidates at the coming contest.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30
Let The Candidates Come Forward.

Congressman John B. Robinson, of Della
ware county, recently suggested to the
chairman Of the Republican State Com
mittee that the names of candidates tor
United States Senator be submitted 10 q
vote of the people at the primary elections
now rapidly approaching, The suggestion
is a good one on general principles but IL
may be a little difficult to carry II out IN
practice because the men whom the voters
might think best fitted TO I'LL the once
seem reluctant to even announce thelr
candidacy. We cen readily see why 8
person competent to fill such post should
refrain from personally urging his own
election; but there is no reason why the
candidacy of any man who desires so hon
orable sn Office should not be frankly an-
nounced.
Several men have been talked about
more or less as available Senatorial tim
Der, and ar ing them no doubt can oe
found more than one candidate who would
be acceptable to the majority of the Re-
pu blican voters of Pennsylvania; but so
far as we know only one of them mas deh-
nately announced his candidacy. 1t seems
| to us this backwardness IN coming FORWARD
| in the Senatorial field is to be regretted,
The majority of the Republican candidates
| for the Legislature are to be placed IN
uOIuluhllOu NAlul1 lho hO@Ne AS'
and the voters should be given fair
chance to instruct these legislative candi-
dates explicitly concerning the Senator
ship.
There is sn uneasy feeling abroad tLst
| the failure to vote instructions may IN
some way inure to the benefit of Senator
| Cameron, and that by some underhand
work an uninstructed Legislature may be
| induced to again trick the party by select
ing him to misrepresent the Republicans
of the State for another term. There is
no doubt that a large majority of the Re-
| publlcans of Pennsylvania are opposed to
| his re- election; bu: experience has shown
| that the wishes of the vote-s count tor
very little with representatives who are
not bound by explicit instructions. To
prevent the Misrepresentation OF the pub
| lie sentiment it is desirable ii not neees-
sary to openly demonstrate that sentl :
ment by the announcement OF acceptable
candidates around whom IL can crysta!lze.
| The welfare of the party demands that
there should be an end of the present un-
certainty. Let each of the respectable
| gentleman who would like to represent
Pennsylvania in the Senate put aside his
| unreasonable bashfnlness and frankly sub
NIT his name to the Republican voters OF
| the State. Then when the new Leglsla-
ture is elected there will be no excuse Tor
pretended doubt as TO the popular will
WellSboro AqitdtOT.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30
FLICK CHICKERING'S.

]. J.. Moore is seriously i'll with asthma.
Miss Lucy La Pointe is visiting friends
in Mars.
Miss Ella GEMS, of Tarentum, is the
guest of Miss Esther Thompson.
Mrs. John Allen was in Pittsburg, last
week, attending the funeral of her father,
Mr.. 0'Donnell.
Come all you young men
Who would jeer and scoff,
And I'll tell of a fight
That didn't come off.
Twas between two yopng men,
One works on the lease,
The other young man is a gent, if you
please;
They hummed around like nest of bees
With G. and f. for referees.
Poor Young Tom got weak in the knees,
And Dick through knot hole thried to
squeeeze;
The boys tried hard to get them quiet,
They was afraid if they didn't
'Twould end in riot.
Poor Dick got mad and started away,
And Tom he tried his tears to stay.
| think Dick started home for a cleaver:-
The above all happened on the Lefever.
The fight was decided in favor of D.,
For he could do the most Chewing" you
see. GUESsi
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30
NEIGHBOFEOOD NOTES.


Pittsburg had an epidemic Of .4icide
last Thursday. Three men attempted 10
and at least one succeeded.
A WilkesbaEre paper states tAat Paul
Krugar, president % the Boer repu bile. ia
South Africa, Was born at Iauch Chunk,
Pa.
While Danial Sheets and two children
and man named Harry Baker Of Laurel
Hill, Pa, were returning f.om church in 4
sled, tree standing beside the road fe II
across the sled as they were passing, kill
ing Mr.. Sheets instantly and breaking the
arms and legs of both his children. Mr..
Baker also had his back broken and cannot
live.
The bo Id and daring robbery which was
committed in the Ellwood City pOstoffiee
Thursday morning is now being thorough
u investigated by the government officials
and some startling revelations will likely
| be developed III few days There have
been wellgrounded suspicious that num-
Der of minor robberies that have been
committed in Ellwood City has been done
by the same parties Postmaster George
b. Ne has found his loss in money and
stamps to be $942
The condition of Mrs. Silas Price, who
SAANt hC4 4ctlA it W dsLli4 Slbus D., lASL + IL
day is improving. The ball passed straight
through the chest three inches above the
heart and it was at first believed that the
wound was necessarily fatal Everything
| indicates, however. that she will not die
and her recovery is considered almost
miraculous.
Intense excitement was created in the
town of Girard, Pa, by the exposure of n
attempted murder by slow poisoning of
Peter IL Nellis, proprietor of the Avenue
hotel, and the arrest of his wife, Mary H.
NellIs, as principal, and the bartender, Ed
ward Gardner, as an accessory to the at
tempted murder. The NelIis family have
been in business in Girard for a number of
years, and are quite well off. Mr.. Nellis
carries $1,000 insurance policy in favor
OF his wife, who Is a very attractive and
popular woman. A few years ago she be-
came a frequent visitor 10 the Lillydale
y. Y, spirit camp, and last season brought
young Gardner home with her. Mr. NelliS
was taken with vomiting several weeks
ago, ard frequently fell into long sleeps,
from which he recovered without medical
assistance. His repeated sick spells and
bis failing health aroused thu suspicion of
his brother in-law, DR.. Foster, of Conneaut,
Ohio. and that gentleman, without inform
ing Nellis of his suspicious, took The head
dining room girl, Maggie Holbrook, into
his confidence. Saturday Mr.. Nellis got a
dose of poison at noon, out recovered in
time to be ct supper. The dining rO ON
girl saved him dose at supper by ex-
changing coffee cups. Mr.. NelliS got a
dose to-day and was so i'll that DR.. Duff
used stomach pump on him to save his
life. The contents of Nellis stomach is in
the custody Of the officials.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30
Lower Court Reversed.
VITA.

Justice Peckham, the new member o.
the United States supreme court, deliv
cred his first opinion in that court al
Washington, Tuesday. The opinion was
III the case involving the right of the
government to condemn the real estate
of the Gettysburg electric railway com
pany as a part of the National park locat
ed upon the Gettysburg battle ground
The court below had decided that the act
of congress authorizing the establish.
ment Of park. in so far as it applied to
the condemnation OF private property,
was unconstitutional, and that there Tas
no right under 1t to eendemn.
Justice Peckhams decision reversed
this deciding the law to be valid, and
sustaining the condemnation proceed
iugs.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30
FAIRVIEW FACTS

The oil well No. on John Ray farm is
promising to be a slayer at about Dds
per day.
The Butler Bros. are drilling well with
good prospects on the Eli Reep farm, 7
mile from Fairyiew.
L. Rumbaugh, son Of Jas. Rumbaugh,
of this place, spent few days visiting MS
people and friends here last week. His
wife accompanied him.
Christian Endeaycn Society of the Pres.
bvterian Church here will hold a social
entertainment on next Friday evening.
Admission I0cents and free lunch :or the
benefit of their society.
The communion held in the q. p.
church, on last Sunday, was very interest
ing and instructive to all the attendance
There was three OF four new accesslons.
Rev. Gilkey, the assistant in a very aDle
speaker and DEVOTED in his work.
The cacus meeting held or last Sat
urday evening and the following noni-
nations were made For Justice of the
Peace, VIM. Gibson; School Directors, Jas.
Byres and A. L. Timblin; Constable, W..
F. Alexander; High Constable the same
person; Town Council, were nominated,
VIM. Elenberger. J. A. Wilson, Harry
Fithesn, W. P. Jamison, A. l.. Timblin,
A. c. Gibson and l. F. Davis; Judge OF
Election, NJ. S. Ray; Inspectors, D. W.
Mcclure and 1, f. Davis; Auditor, d. w.
Mcclure; Overseer of the Poor, M. 5. Kay.
The news of the sudden death OF Mrs.
Virgie Graham. about 10 o'clock last Snn-
day morning, just about the time our
citizens were going to Sunday school and
church, caused expressions of sadness and
sympathy from all withwhom you met.
She was the only daughter of P. r. Bo-
linger Her husband, John Grammar, a
SON of George Il. Grammar, who at the
time of her death was near Detroit, Mich,
engaged in the drilling of oil wells in that
State, but owing to dexterity of purpose
and feeling he appeared on the IL o'clock
train on Monday. The funeral took place
Wednesday at 10 a. m, sarvices IN the U.
P. church She and her people are all OF
that demon inati0n.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30
PORTERSVILLE PARAGRAPHS.

The oil we'll on the Shields farm is show
ing for a good well.
Herbert Heberling returned to his home
in Buneauvista, Allegheny county, after
spending few days among his friends OF
this place.
TIC Heberling has been on the sick list
for the last week, but is slowly recovering.
Frank Kinsey is going to dress tools on
Muddy Creek in few days.
There will be court at Squire Lehmsns
on next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
JD Marshall, of Butler, was in town
last week.
Below the readers will find sure cure
for the lost letter that was published
through the columns of your last paper:
I2 OF of dislike, l lb. Of resolution,
grains of common sense, grains of ex-
perience. l large swig of time, 3 qts OF
boiling water of consid GRAFTON boil over the
fire of love, sweeten well with sugar OF
forgetfulness set in the bottom of your
heart, and you will soon recover your
senses. The above combination of RENE
dies is successfully used by college stud
ents as last resort and think if directions
carefully followed will make a permanent
euro II the lost letter case.
VITA
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30
PETROLIA PENCILINGS.

Mrs. E. P. Chesebro, left Monday, for
visit to her mother in East Brady.
Miss Lizzie Thomas, of McKee's Rocks
is visiting relatives here.
j. r. Sloan and wife, OF Allegheny
spent Sunday at D. B. Stevenson's.
Miss May Harley and Master Quay
IA riley are visiting relatives in Pittsburg
Miss Lottie Taylor was home from
Chicors over Sunday.
Mrs. D. C. Burns and Miss Edna have
returned LONE from Glade Mills aftel
several months visit.
David Keefe is recovering from a two
weeks illness.
Mrs. L. B. Titus, of Tryoneville, is visit
ing her son, P. l.. Titus and family.
Prof. E. Fl. Knoch, of Ssxonburg, made
short visit here last week.
Mrs. John Williams who has been quite
i'll is improving.
We regret to learn of the death of Mrs
Cavan sgh, formerly of petrolia, who dice
at her home in Pittsburg, January "a.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30
SAXONBURG SAYINGS.

Frank Schroth fell and broke his arm,
last Sunday.
Bobbie Brown is still with US but Is 60
ing home tomorrow.
Miss Rachel Hstchley entertained 81 OF
her young friends al a birthday party
given BY her in honor of her 18th. birthday
Refreshments were served and q pleasant
evening was spent playing games and with
music aud singing.
Don't forget that February 1sth is cleo
tion day. Every voter should come out
and do his duty.
Mr.. Jas. P. Johnston formerly of Evans
| City has opened jewellery repair shop IN
the Starke building on Main st.
Jimmie Helmbold is very much improv-
| ed and will soon be able to sit up.
The Republican ticket is a good one and
| commends itself to every voter IN the
town. Now turn in and elect it from top
| to bottom.
Look out tor the measles. The surround
ing country is full of them.
Mrs. Thos. King and son Tom are slow
| ly recovering their unual health, althou gh
| still in the doctors care.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. ]. Chesney were called
away from town on account of the death
of Mr.. Chesney's brother.
Theo Kelly the County Mercantile
appraiser was in town, last week
Fred Pfabe and daughter Lydia were
visiting relatives and friends in Saxonbure
last Saturday and Sunday,
Mrs. D Wilson is new able to be out oi
the house, although not yet thoroughly
| strong.
Louis RudIger is much improved
Mrs Helena. wife of Erwin Bachmsn
| died Monday morning after short illness
Several weeks ago Mrs. Bachman returned
from Pittsburg suffering from a heavy
cold which turned into pneumonia, and
eventually resulted in her death. She
was 60 years old and leaves husband and
and children, funeral took place from hel
late residence in Jefferson twp. burial be-
ing in Saxonburg cemetery.
Will Richey was up from Glade Mills at
tending the fun eral OF his mother-ln'laW,
Mrs. Bachman.
Don't forget to attend the Teachers In
stitute, Saturday l P NJ February 1st. in
structive papers will be read by various
teachers from different parts ofthe county.
Jno. Walker and Tom Frazier are still
serving as jurymen in Butler.
The following ticket was nominated by
the Republicans at their convention held
at Squire Hoffman's office, last Saturday
evening. Squire J, D. Wilson, Town
Council Frank Anderson. Fred Bauman,
W. J. Stuebgen, G. n. Cusins, VIM Ssmes,
Jno. Schoentag Sr. L. A. Helmbold and
Geo. W. Maurhof. School Directors, Thos.
K. King, Jno. R. Helmbold and ). ID. W IL
son. Constable, Phil Burtner, High Con
sta BILE c, Pfiffer Sr, Auditor, W; ID.
Hc ffman. Oyerseer Poor, Chas. Hoffman.
Trustees School Fund, Frank Anderson
and W. W. Lasher, NJ. D. Judge of Elec-
tion, D. G. Berry. Inspector, Jno'
Lang Jr.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30
Washington Notes.

The concurrent resolution reported
from the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions on the Armenian outrages was taken
I'm in the Senate last Friday, and was
passed, after an interesting discussion,
without a division, and now goes to the
House. It expresses the earnest hope
that European concert may speedily be
given its Just effect in such decisive
measures as shall stay the hand OF ia
naticis1n and lawless violence, and snail
secure the rights of the unotfendlng
Christian of the Turkish empire.
In his speech on the resolution Senator
Cullom. of Illinois quoted from-a speech
of Daniel Webster these words: There
is something among men more capable
of shaking despotic power than the light
ming. the whirlwind, the earthquake,
and that is the excited and aroused in
dignation of the whole civilized world, "
and he added that he knew OF nothing
which had happened in the world Tor
cent nturies that more called for interfer-
ence than these slaughters of Armenian
Christians.
The two Senators from the new State
of Utah took their places in the Senate
Monday.
Congressman Phillips, of this district,
presented on Monday memorials OF
patriotic org anizations, Christian as
sociati ons and churches of New Castle,
praying that steps be taken to help the
Arrnenians; of the Select and Common
Councils of New Castle in favor OF the
Lake Erie and Ohio river ship canal, and
petitions of citizens of Butler and Beaver
counties favoring legislation to pay
fourth-class postmasters small salary.
The house Tuesday after rour-hour
debate, adopted the resolutions passed
by the senate last w eek, calling on the
powers, signatory to the treaty of Berlin,
to enforce the reforms in Turkey guaran-
teed to the Christian congress to the
President in the most vigorous action he
might take for the protection ana secur-
ity of American citizens in Turkey.
Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, proposed to
give the Turkish minister his passports
and sever all diplomatic relations with
Turkey. His remarks denouncing the
Turkish outrages and charging that the
powers signatory to the treaty OF Berlin
were actuated from political and other
considerations in maintaining the "bal-
ance of power in Eastern Europe were
received with great enthusiasm and at
one time it looked as if the house might
be carried to his way of thinking. But
the counsel of Mr. Hit not to take rash
actions, in the course of which he point
ed out the dire consequence of diploma
tic relations with friendly power that
had fulfilled her treaty obligations to us,
prevailed, and the Hepburn proposition
was overwhelmingly defeated,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30
Political Notes.

The Republican committee, OF Mercer
county, fl xed the date for their primaries
on March ID and that for the convention
for March IS. The committee on the
Thorp case reported that Mr.. Thorp was
not guilty of withholding the returns of
the primary of last summer and the re-
port was adopted and the committee dis
charged.
The deadlock for United States Senator
in Kentucky is still unbroken
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30

France early in the century, IN 1907
sent to San Dornings an army of 5S,5I5
men. They fought few battles, but yel-
low fever was more deadly than war. In
four months 5o,27o died of this disease,
and in 1909 only 800 men returned to
France. The Spanish army in Cuba
seems TO be sharing a similar fate. No
returns of death are published by Spain,
but in Madagascar better equipped
French force have lost oEe-forth OF Its
number by disease. 1t would surprise no
one if the Spanish loss had already reach
ed one-half of the total of 10000 men
sent to Cuba. 1t is this steady, persistent
mortality which renders delay Sc fatal to
Spanish hopes.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30

The case of man on trlal tor arson
in New York was enlivened the other
day by the eliciting of the information
from him on the witness stand that, al
though he was citizen, he did not know
what Congress was, or where Washing
ton was located, nor whether the coup-
try was a kingdom or republic. There
is certain tragic side to the humor OF
this situation. Here was a man who had
been four years a voter, and yet was
about as fit a citizen as the stupidest
Matabele. Such a condition Of blank
ignorance among naturalized voters Is
not peculiar to NeY York; it has been
noted in Philadelphia, but It is fright
full commentary on the reckless way N
which we sell our birthright. 1t IS such
aliens, who, although they have changed
the skies and chimes, have as little con-
ceptior of what the United States means
as if they were herdlng in ill-smellinS
huts end living on xoFeck week.
They are dangerous citizens, No matter
how peaceful they may be.