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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-09-10
Business Insurance.

Insurance experiments are expen-
sive 1t is wise to deal with estab-
lished companies only. Wo know,
and know those whom you know
and can refer to many prominent
Butler citizens who will tell you that
the National Life Insu rance Co. of
Montpelier, Vermont, issues the
most desirable endowment and
option policies written by any COM
pany. Speculative operations are
seductive. Stick to your regular
business and invest largely iD in
surance issued by the National on
the Bond plan. Ask our represent
atives in Butler who are experie uced
and reliable for sample bond at
your age.
Address IRWIN & ARMSTRONG,
Lock Box III, Butler Pa
Closing out trimmed hats away
below cost at The Peoples Store.
-Jo OBJ work Of all kinds done at the
CITIZEa OFFICE
Say Papa-did you see Heck q
neckwear, it beats anything you ever
saw.
FOR SALE-A boys bicycle, In.
quire at this Office.
The Butler Business College
and School of Shorthand. High
grade commercial, shorthand and
English school, located in Butler
/ Curriculum embraces Book keeping
Shorthand, Type writing. CONNER
cial Arithmetic, Commercial Law
Gram mar. Geography aud Spelling
Endorsed by bankers, merchants anC
patrons. Fah and winter term opens
September lst.
Saw Mill for Sale.
We will sell our saw.mill, will
30 horse power engine, and all tool
and fixtures at a very low figure
Inquire of or write to
| PosT, ACRE Il Co.
Ssrversville p. o. Butler Co, Pa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-09-10
rHuhspAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1896.
New Advertisements.

New AdVert1S6m6ntS.
Farm for saleL
Public sale of school desks, etc.
Burton's clothing.
AL Ruffs shoes.
Huse tons shoes.
Excursions.
yOTR-All advertisers intending to make
csnges in their ads. should notify us ol
tn ,ir intention to do so, not later than
Monday morning.
Administrators and Executors OF estates
csd secure their receipt books at the CIT
zBH ofce
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-09-10
NJ arrlage Licenses

At Pittsburg, c. r. Davidson of Mars
and Jennie Wise Of Allegheny.
At Kittannlng-F. J. Bowser Of Petrolia
and Matilda Crawford of Queenstown.
AT Pittsburg- Andrew L. Marshall of
Butler Co and Minerva Schroeder of West
Deer twp; also Sheldon 5. Young and
Annie McAnallen OF Butler county.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-09-10
FOR SALE.

A set of lettered, walnut boxes
'pigeon holes" Inquire at this Of.
fee.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-09-10

| 80 acres sold AS the property of IL & l.
| Tay lor & Co for taxes 1892. Bounded on
IN. north by lands of J uns- Say, on the
east by lands of IL l. Ward et al. on the
soul by lands o. Sedwick heirs aud on the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-09-10

MUSIC-Scholars wanted at las w
Wayne st. Also nicely furnished
room TO rent.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-09-10

Trunks. yalises, bag5 and tele
copeB-at HEcKs.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-09-10

VENASGo TWP.
80 acres sold as the properly If \ Nc
Bride for taxes 1892 Bounded on the
north by lands of " p Cochran, on the
east by lands oc + Moore. on the south by
lands Of G Duffy and on-the west by lands
OF Briceland.
ALSO
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-09-10
lands OF S o Bell.

80 acres sold az the property of Elizabe
Sedwick for taxes 1891 aud 1892 Bound
ed on the north by lands of d 3 Steven
son, on the east by lands of Wm Walker,
on The south by lands o. --- and
OF ;he west by land. ot Ssnacl She don
OF al.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-09-10
Public Sale.

/ cave your orders for Ketsup, &c
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
EXPLOSION OF CHEMICALS
It Wrecked the Offices On the
Second Floor and Caused
a Panic.
During the Scramble Down the Fire
Escapes Three Persons We're
Injured.

CHICAGO, ILL. Jan. 24.-An explosion
of chemicals in the laboratory of the Swan
son Rhuematic Cure Company, on the
second floor of the old Stock Exchange
building, Dearborn and Monroe streets,
this morning wrecked the contents of the
offices on that floor frightened into panic,
Mysteries or insensibility the occupants of
the building, injured three persons and
caused property loss of $4,000.
The injured are: Mabel Finerty, Swan
son Company employe, jumped from sec-
ond-story window, breaking an arm and
three ribs; Henry ]. Bardwell, president
of Swanson Company, badly burned about
head and hands; J. S. Robinson, hands
burned,
The explosion was followed by an i'm
mense volume of smoke enveIoping all the
offices and the stairways and elevator
shafts. Nauseous gases also assembled
through the shaft and filed the building.
The breaking of glass in scores of windows
startled the occupants on all the floors,
and men and women rushed out of the
offices only to find themselves half suf-
focated and blinded by the smoke and gas.
Escape by the stairways and elevators was
impossible, and there was wild rush for
the fire. escapes. The crowds on the
streets saw terror-str1cken. men and girls
hanging from the open windows and fire.
escapes screaming for help, which quickly
came from the iremen and brave volun-
teers. All were taken to the sidewalk by
ladders.
Mr.. Bardwell and Miss Finerty were
preparing the medicine when the explo-
sion occurred, hurling them against par
tition. Mr.. Bardweu started to carry the
girl from the room, when she revived and
broke from his grasp. In her terror she
flung herself through the open window,
the glass having been blown out. Bard
we'll was helped down a ladder. The
escape of other tenants and visitors was
attended by many thrilling incidents. A
steady stream of men and women climbed
down the fre-escape in safety before the
iremen got to work.
T. w. Hoover, at the risk of his life, pre-
vented Miss Mary Mcbride from f1inging
herself to death into the street by crawl
ing along the narrow window-coping from
the fire-escape at the sixth floor and hold
ing her until rescued.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
Cannon and Brown Believe in
Opening the Mines of the
West
AND ENCOURAGE INDUSTRIES.
Only One Way in Which Sheep.Raising
Can Be Prevented From Being
Killed.

OMAHA, NEBE., Jan. 2.-Frank J. Can
non and Arthur Brown, the first United
States Senators from the new State of
Utah, passed through this city this after
noon, en- route to Washington. The train
stopped but five minutes here, but this
was sufficient time for Mr.. Cannon to
speak enthusiastically but briefly on the
subjects of National Importance and par
ticularly those of direct interest to Utah.
Mr.. Cannon said:
1--WE are heartily in favor of the free and
unlimited coinage OF silver at the ratio OF
l6 to l. The reason for our belief in silver
is that it is for the good not only of Utah
and the entire West, but for the people of
this country. The unlimited coinage of
the white metal would open the mines of
the West, give money to the people and do
more direct benefit than any other one
thing except protection.
Then you are protectionist?
Yes, sir, and high one. Mr. Brown
and myself are firm believers in a high
protective tariff, for we believe that only
by tariff is the people greatly benefited.
We are in favor of as high tariff on wool
as there can be made, for by so doing we
will save from utter ruin ar industry that
is rapidly dying out-that of sheep-raising.
'The high tariff on wool would not only
aid the sheep-grower of Utah, but of every
State in the Union. We will vote the way
the people of Utah work, and that IS for
free silver for him who delves into the
mountain side with his pick and for high
tariff on wool for him who herds the sheep
on the lonely prairie"
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
The State Department Requested
to Furnish Information on
the Dispute.
SECRECY TO BE MAINTAINED.
Various Reasons for Not Desiring to
Make Public Only Portions of
the Evidence.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 24.-The
Venezuelan Commission, all its members
and it's secratary attending, held practi-
cally it first formal business session in its
temporary quarters to-day and made mat
ters of record the work accomplished by
its mem Ders acting independently the last
two weeks.
A great mass of material had already &C
cumulated and the commission had no
doubt now that evidence sufficient to sup
port decisions would be forthcoming. The
principal formal action to-day was direc-
ton issued to the secre tary to request the
Department of State to furnish the COM
mission all the information bearing on the
question now in it's archives.
Justice Brewer was compelled to leave
the session at noon after nearly two hours
attendance, in order to sit on the Supreme
Court bench when ex-President Harrison
argued the case in which he is counsel.
Justice Brewer told reporter of The United
Press after to-day's meeting that the COM
mission was making excellent progress,
and that while the great interest taken by
the public in its proceedings were fully
recognized and appreciated, it would be
extremely injudicious to attempt to make
public bits of evidence in haphazard way
which might be exceedingly misleading
and injurious to the work in hand.
The commission appointed Clifford &.
Whitmore of Fremont, Ohio assistant sec
retary, to have charge of the routine Office
work, and then adjourned until next Fri
day, unless called together earlier by the
President.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
SYMPATHY FOR CUBANS.
Expressed by Miss Anthony at
the Women's Suffrage
Congress.
Finances of the Association Shown by
the TreaSurer'S Report to Be in
Good Condition.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 24.-At to-
days session OF the Women's Suffrage
Congress letters of greeting were read from
Carsie Clyde Holly, member of the Colo
RADIO Legislature, and others.
Miss Anthony was presented with a
gavel trimmed with Colorado silver. Miss
Anthony read letter from Senator Will
liam Call of Florida introducing A. H.
Andreada, the American Cuban. Mr.. Call
explained in his letter that Senior Andre
ada desired to be recognized by the asso-
ciation, and hoped that at some time dur.
ing the congress resolution of sympathy
would be passed. The letter was referred
to the committee on resolutions.
"We have sort of fellow feeling with
the Cubans," said Miss Anthony. "We
women know what it is to be deprived OF
self-government, and know what it is to
| be taxed when we don't have hand in
the assessments. Women are often taxed
higher than men, anyhow. We can SYM
pathize with them, and I would like to see
them have right to say how they will
govern themselves"
This was greeted with applause.
The finances of the association were
shown by the treasurer's report to be in
excellent condition.
George w. Gait of New York. husband
of the general organizer of the association,
read paper on the reason of the woman's
rights victory in Utah. He said If every
State had as large a proportion of organ
lied suffragists as Utah, the National
American Woman Suffrage Association
| would have an enrolment of 10000.
The evening exercises consisted princi-
pally of short addresses from the presi.
dents of the various State organizations.
Mrs. L. C. Hughes, wife of the Governor
| of Arizona, reviewed tie former conditions
of her home in Arizona and told of hel
efforts there to advance civilization, and
the good results therefrom.
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson of Cali.
fornia said that her State hoped to be
fourth in line where women could vote
and stated that at one time women were
held at premium in California. because
of their scarcity, and men were known tC
throw up their hats and hurrah at the
| sight OF women's clothing on a washlint
/ in a farmyard.
Mrs. Anna Diggs, who spoke by proxy
for Colorado. State now entitled to
woman's suffrage, said that while the
| State had secured its purposes she wa,
| lending her efforts to help the Other
States
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
DEMOCRATS OF MISSOURI.
They Are in Faror of Morrison for the
Presidency.

They Are i,s FaUor of Morrison for the
Presidency.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 24.-There
are Democrats here to-day from almost
every corner of Missouri en- route to Ex-
celsior Springs, where the Democratic
State Committee meets to. morrow. The
talk today was chiefly of State politics,
but whenever the question of whom Mis-
souri, will favor for President was men,
toned, William r. Morrison, otherwise
Horizontal Bill" Morrison, of Illinois
seemed to be the favorite.
at is this way" Democratic leader
from interior Missouri said, and he voiced
the sentiment of nearly ali, missouri
naturally wants Western man for Presi-
dent. Hill, Olney and the rest of the East
ern men are not available. Mr.. Cleveland
says he does not want a third term and
Morrison is all right anyway. He has not
declared himself strongly on the money
ques ton, but is friendly to silver. In
short, he is such man as the Missouri
Democrats can unite on if they agree on a
compromise between the extreme elements.
Then he is our neighbor, which would
naturally make US friendly to him."
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
ARCHITECT A4WooD's WIDow.
oharch Records Back Up the Claim of a
Comic ODerG Artist.

oh"rch Records Back Up the Claim of a
Comic Opera Artist.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 24.-The arri-
val III White Plains yesterday of Detective
Mason or Chicago revealed the thread of
an interesting story. Mr.. Mason came
east to hunt up evidence in behalf of the
heirs of the late Charles Bowler Atwood,
whose wife is about to claim her dover
rights III the estate.
Ihe architect died intestate in Chicago
two months ago. When his relatives there
applied for letters of administration of the
estate, estimated at $500, 600, protest was
entered on behalf OF his widow, of whose
existence the other heirs claim to be igno-
rant. Mrs. Atwood is known in public life
as Marion Singer. She is a comic opera
artist. She is now in Chicago. In her afi-
dayit she says that she IS the widow of
Charles B. Atwood. She deposes that she
was married to him in this city by Rev.
Dr. Houghton. in the Little Church
Around the Corner"
The other Atwood heirs assert that they
DO not believe her story, but the records
OF the Church of the TRANSPORTATION in
East Twenty-ninth street substantiate her
claim. Rev. DR.. Houghton looked up the
entry to-day and found it under date of
August Is, 1881. Charles B. Atwood de-
signed the peristyIe and art palace at the
Worlds Fair and in the strain of this
work were laid the seeds of the nervous
malady that caused his death.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
HAMMOND, THE HELLER.
Great Rush of the afflicted to the IIfinoi,
Enfiner.

Great Rush of the afflicted to the Illinois
Farmer.
BELVIDERE, ILL, Jan. 24.-Crowds of
people are going and coming constantly to
X. A. Simpsons house on Ogden avenue,
where Wilbur Hammond, the healer,
makes his headquarters while in this city.
People with all kinds of diseases and all
ments appeal to him for treatment, and
and many come from the surrounding
country to avail themselves of his curative
powers. Yesterday at least a dozen per-
sons from Rockford and elsewhere called
at the Simpson home to consult Hammond
in one way or another.
If the interest keeps up a sanitarium
will have to be established here IN order
to accommodate the throngs that ere long
will make Belvidere their Mecca, If the
healer does not collapse under the strain.
Wednesday Hammond went to Sycamore,
and although his coming had been kept
as secret as possible outside of select
circle, the house where he conducted his
healing ope erationS was so crowded when
he arrived that he could scarcely get in.
Crowds followed him to the depot, and
even into the car, when he left. 1t was
his last visit TO Sycamore. He m axes his
final visit to Rockford this afternoon, and
his friends anticipate another crush there.
The latter part of this month or the
first of next Hammond will move from his
farm into Belvidere and establish heal
ing establishment here. to which he will
devote his entire time. He is now receiv-
ing forty or fifty letters each day, and the
list is steadily growing. He gets letters
from all over the country, and even from
Canada, some containing pieces of cloth
and locks of hair for him to bless or
touch. 1t is surprising TO read some OF
the letters, as the requests that are made
of the healer and the offers he receives in
MANY cases are remarkable.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25

English and Dutch bondholders. who hold
are said to be determined to to get rid Of the
auxiliary lines. They have conceived the
idea that these lines are burden on the
main lines recently reorganized, and think
better results can be achieved by making
traffic arrangements with these roads.
While these auxiliary lines have not been
money making, yet, as feeders to the main
system, they have helped materially to
swell the revenues of the Atchison Com
pany.
The dropping of the ST. Louis and San
Francisco appears the more strange as the
Atchison Company owns a majority of its
bonds and stock. The English and Dutch
bondholders, it is said, believe their bonds
and stock will become more valuable if the
road is operated independently than by
amalgamating it with the main lines.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
TO REPEAL IT'S CHARTER.
4 Blu Relating to the Southern Paci1
Ia Kentttckfy's Le1fsLoture.

In hentucky's Legislature.
FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. Ex-senator
William Goebel of Covington introduced a
bill in the Legislature yesterday repeating
the charter of the Southern Pacific Com
pany. Goebel is the Democratic leader in
the Senate, and while he thinks the rail
road will make a strong effort to defeat the
bill, be is confident it will pass
Senator Goebel says q. P Huntington
got tue law passed for this charter twelve
years ago, and that the road has never
been built and operated in this State. but
IN California. The people of that State
have recently risen up in arms against the
methods of the road, and held mass-meet-
lngs at which memorials were adopted
asking the Kentucky Legislature to wipe
out the charter of the road. 1t was in re-
sponse to request from California that
he introduced the bill and will push it for
passage.
Mayor Sutro's address has been circu-
lated in the Capitol for several days, and
has educated the legislators in this matter.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
FoR FALSE IMPRIsO o NMENT.
Gehr AtcGrded Heavy Damages From til
MeDican CentrGL Railroad.

Gehr AtcGrded Heauy Damages From the
Mecican Central Railroad.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. 24.-In the Circuit
Court to-day Herbert B. Gehr was awarded
$4,000 damages against the Mexican Cen
tral Railroad Company for false imprison-
ment. In 1890 the officers of the railroad
company in the City of Mexico were
robbed of $4,000. Gehr, who was assistant
paymaster, was thrown into prison with
FIVE other employees. The United States
Government was appealed to, and Secre-
tary Blaine sent demand to the Mexican
Government for the release or immediate
trial of Gehr.
The next day Gehr was liberated, after
an imprisonment of nine weeks, there be.
ing no evidence against him. The case
has attracted a great deal of attention
Judge Mexia having been brought from
the City of Mexico to expound the Mexi-
can law on the subject.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
mALL GOLD RAPIDLY GONG.
The Philadelphia Mint May Have to Be
Closed Soon.

The Philadelphia Mint May Have to Be
Closed Soon.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. "a. = No
gold has been received at the mint here
for some time, but the demand for gold
coin has kept up and the presses have
been kept busy all the fall and winter
turning out half-eagIes, eagles and double
eagles. The result has been that the sup
ply of gold on hand has steadily dimin-
ished, until there is so little left that 1T
will be exhausted in less than two weeks.
By the end of next week, unless mere gold
arrives, it will be necessary to stop all the
gold coinage. and those employees engaged
in it must be laid off.
There has been no silver coined recently,
and there is no order for any now, but 1t is
hoped that an order will be issued in case
no more gold is received soon, so that as
many presses may be kept going as long as
possible. One reason given for the failure
to send more gold to the mint is that the
supply of gold bars in the treasury has
been depleted by export.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
TO COIN STANDARD DOLLARS.
Directions Gireil to Mints at Ne1U Orleans
and PHILADELPHIA.

Directions Gicen to Mints at NelU Orleans
and Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. A.-Secre-
tary Carlisle has directed Mint Director
Preston to prepare to coin standard silver
dollars at the Philadelphia and New Or
leans mints. The amount of coinage to be
executed has not yet been determined, but
probably not more than 1000, 600 standard
silver dollars will be coined. The seignior-
age on this will also be declared and coined,
and this will make all told more than $l0-
600, 600. Mr. Preston says that by Tuesday
all the gold bullion at the Philadelphia
mint will have been coined, and he does
not think that any gold bullion will be
transferred from sub-treasuries or mInts
elsewhere to Philadelphia at present.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
The NavaL Militia.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 24.-The
naval militia movement is growing
steadily according to information received
at the Navy Department. The depart
ment has been advised that the Louisiana
naval battalion has been organized with
sixteen commissioned officers, twenty-one
non-commissioned officers and 155 seamen,
and that despite their disbandment by
order of Governor Altgeld, the Chicago
battalion has attained an unofficial organi-
zation of 800 men.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25

taken to the police station. The stories
told at the police station revealed the fact
that the woman was Mrs Peter Welcome :,
VINO had been employed as chorus singer
at several OF the downtown theaters and
that the desperate attempt which she
made to stop the cab was due 10 the fact
that the vehicle contained her husband,
nom whom she separated four months
ago, and her four-year-old boy, CIaud.
whom she charged the man with trying to
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
BILLs TO BE REPORTED.
One Hfu Cause n storm in Certain Land
Offices.

Offices.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. PA bill
which has been ferceIy fought in past
Congresses and which it is thought will
provoke storm of criticism from the To-
calities affected, was ordered to be favor
ably reported by the House Committee on
Public Lands to-day. 1t equalizes the fees
paid to land officers in the Pacific Coast
and Rocky Mountain States with those of
similar officials East. At present the land
officials in the extreme Western States re-
ceive fees that are so per cent greater than
those allowed other land offices.
Another important bill upon which the
committee agreed was one permitting
mining, prospecting and locating in the
forest reservations near Cripple Greek,
Colo.
Another bill which will be favorably re-
ported amends the revised statutes So that
the fees for taking testimony IN contested
land cases shall be reduced from I5 to 10
cents per 100 words.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM.
Dtsn,enberment of the Santa Fe Mag
FotloU Reorganization.

rOGOU heOTgunt<AtiOH.
CHICAGO, ILL, Jan. pa morning
paper publishes the following: Complete
dismem berment of the great Santa Fe
Railway system is likely to be the result
of the reorganization of the main lines
from Chicago to Albuquerque, n. M. Less
than year ago the Colorado Midland was
dropped and placed in charge of a receiver,
designated by the bonoholders OF the Md
land. A month ago it was decided to give
up the Atlantic and Pacific to its first
mortgage bondholders, and G. W. Smith
was appointed receiver.
1t is now learned that it is the intention
of the new Santa F'e mana cement to also
relinquish control of this ST. Louis and San
Francisco road. The American bondbold-
ers, it is understood, was in favor of retain
ing these properties and reorganizing them
as originally contemplated by the joint
reorganization committee. But Messrs
Fleming and Luden, who represent the