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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-13
Firemen at Erie.

The Goodwill, Rescue and Campbell
hose companies. delegations from the
First Ward, Institute Hill and Spring
dale companies. the Sixteenth Regiment
band and propably fifty or sixty other
Butterflies attended the 25th annual
convention of the Firemen of PenDsyl-
vania at Erie last week The Butler
companies ali paraded Thursday with
the exception of the Campbells who
stayed out because no place had been
given them in the line.
In the evening after the parade there
was band concert in which the Six
teeth carried off first honors and 5000,
beating the famous Northwestern. key
Scanlon won S. for being the smallest
fireman in the parade.
After these achievements they cele-
brated properly. Friday midnight the
Butterflies arrived home on a special
train.
Erie's delightful situation and broad,
level regular streets are very pleasing.
Old inhabitants say the lake is receding
every year and large tracts which used
to be covered with water are now culti-
waited There is but little water to see
from the city but the harbor is kept
dredged out ard the wharves were lined
with fishing boats and lake steamers.
The Old Soldiers Home. where 800
veterans live, and the Jarecki factories
were places of interest.
Although Erie is more than three
times as large as Butler, prices and
rents on business properties are very
little higher than in Butler. because
there is so much more room. Every
thing seems to be cheaper there except
coal and gas, which costs 33 cents per
Thousand, and is piped over from Cory
and Titusville. Erie has two splendid
large market houses. where the farmers
take their produce ard the housewives
HE themselves early each morning and
lay in the days supplies at more reason
able rates team the stores can give.
Along the lake the cornfelds and
tree foliage was green. showing they
had had practically lo frost as yet
Grapes and apples seemed unusually
abundant
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-13
Wreck OF an Excursion Train.

The tracks ofthe Missouri Pacific R.
R., near Warrensburg Missouri were
the scene of collision and wreck, Mon
day, by which twenty two people were
killed outright, seven so badly injured
that they died soon after, and about
sixty injured. The account of the acci-
dent reads as follows:-"The passen-
ger train, consitihg of two day coaches.
a Pullman and a caboose, was loaded
with Worlds fair excursionists from
Southern Kansas and Southwestern
Missouri. The Wichita passenger train
had been cut il two at Pleasant Hill
on account of the heavy load and loco
motive attached to the front car with
out baggage car as a buffer. Tho ex-
ira freight had been sidetracked at
Montserrat for the first section of the
Wichita train. which carried signals
that second section was following. A
local passenger train passed and the
freight crew took the local for the sec
ond section of the Wichita train and
pulled out of the sidetrack. Three
miles west the freight met the second
section.
The impact telescoped the tender of
the passenger locomotive and the front
car, which was full of passengers, and
it was here that the sacrifice of life
took place.
The scene of the wreck was on the
down grade. on either side of which
there was a steep rise. Both trains
had put on extra steam TO carry them
up the opposite hill, and when they
met at the curve at the lowest point,
they were running at terrific rate.
When the trains met the heavy freight
train pushed the passenger engine back
into the first coach. The tender of the
passenger engine literally cut the coach
in two in the center, and never stopped
until it had plowed itself half way
through the car and its passengers, kill
ing those in the forward end instantly
and maugling all within reach in most
horrible manner Half dozen who
were not killed outright we're 50 terri
bly, injured that they died before they
could be removed from the debris.
Many of the dead were almost unrecog-
niZable.
Arms and legs were dismembered in
several cases, and together with bag
gage and pieces of wreckage were tum-
bled together into confused mass of
bleeding, human forms. The next two
coaches were also badly damaged, seats
being torn up and windows smashed
but in these cars the passengers Jared
better, all except few escaping with
slight injuries. The Pullman remained
upright and none of its occupants were
hult beyond sustaining severe shak-
ing up.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-13
WAGE FARMERS AT the FAIR

Prominent Men Planning to Help
Workers See the Great Exposition.
Wage earners Of America are to see
the Worlds Fair by tens Of thousands
under the auspices of the National Civ
ic Federation. A new bureau of the
Federation has just been established at
ST. Louis upon the Worlds Fair
grounds Back of the movement are
Grover Cleveland, David r. Francis
Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius N. Bliss
and others. Plans are making to have
a vast number of the wage earners OF
the United States see the Worlds Fair,
the most glorious spectacle of the age
and the most influential factor in the
education of the American citizen.
The bureau is in charge Of Miss Ger
trude Beeks, secretary Of the Fedora
tion's welfare department, of which
Mr. III. III. Vreeland, head Of the street
railway system of New York city, is
chairman. The bureau headquarters is
in the east end of the Palace of Trans
position management is in hearty ac-
cord with this movement on the part
Of the Federation to induce the large
manufacturers and other employers OF
labor to provide ways and means for
the wage earners of America to visit
the Exposition. President Francis is
displaying personal interest in the un-
dertaking by affording the Federation
every facility for the consummation OF
its efforts, and in this connection he
has directed Theodore Hardee, assist
ant to the secretary, to cooperate with
Miss Beeks and Ralph NJ. Easley,
chairman Of the Federation's executive
council, in every possible way.
The Exposition management has also
equipped this bureau with clerical as
sistance and a full supply of Worlds
Fair literature The bureau will be
used as headquarters for all wage earn
ers coming to the Exposition under its
auspices. The aim Of the Federation is
to make 1t feasible for the largest pos
eible proportion of wage earners to Wis
1t St Louis and see the Worlds Fair.
1t will see that they are met at the de-
pot by responsible persons and con-
Quoted to suitable lodgings, where they
will be treated fairly.
There will also be furnished, free Of
charge. appropriate itineraries indicat-
ing the points of interest to be seen
within limit of one week, which Is
about the average time each party Will
spend here. 1t will also indicate the
objects of special interest to various
craftsmen In their particular lines, so
that they may devote as much time
as possible to the objects Of peculiar
interest to them. These and many 9TH
er efforts will be made to help all wage
earners to enjoy the benefits of this
great Exposition comfortably and at an
expense within their means.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-13
Pittsburg Exposition.

The eminent conductor, Walter
Damrosch and his New York SYM
phony Orchestra. opens a two weeks
engagement at the Pittsburg Expo
sition, on Monday afternoon Oct.
10. The days OF the wonderful Ex-
position are fast nearing a close, as
the present season will reach an end
at the conclusion of the Damrosch
engagement. The conductor gives
his final concert on Saturday night,
October %, and on that day the doors
of the Exposition will close until
next season.
Damrosch is well known to all real
lovers of music and has been
heard In Pittsburg frequently. 1t Is
q well known fact that when Victor
Herbert last year resigned the con-
ductorship of the Pittsburg Orches-
ira, considerable effort was made to
secure Damrosch as his successor.
Word of this reached New York,
where the musician is very popular
and Immediately there arose a storm
of prote st against Damrosch's leav-
ing the ms tropolis. Negotiations
between the managers of the Pitts
burg Orchestra and Mr.. Damrosch
werr conducted for some time, but
he was compelled TO refuse the very
fattering offer made him, owing to
the fact he was so much in demand
in New York.
Damrosch has with him fine
orchestra of carefully picked music
ians and the melody that they will
create, will be of the best attainable.
The New York conductor is consid-
cred one of the abl s. musicians and
orchestra leaders in America and
his engagement in Pittsburg never
ia Is to attract huge audiences.
During the past season of the Pitts
burg orchestra Mr.. Damrosch con-
Quoted two of the concerts at Car
negie Music hall and was greeted
with considerable popular enthus-
ilsm TIL was one of the rare
occasions that Pittsburg audience
heard Damrosch outside the music
hall at the Exposition. The con-
ductor and his orchestra have been
coming to the Pittsburg Exposition
for years and Damrosch's name is
always closely associated with the
Exposition.
In addition to having one of the
best orchestras in the world at the
Exposition next week, there are
countless other attractions such as
the toboggan, the theatorium, the
Egyptian Temple of Mirth, the cleo
trical wonders Of the Worlds Fair,
and countless other equally inter
esting and popular amusements.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-13
TEAS THAT ARE
WORTH FORTUNES
Twelve Hundred Kinds Are In China's
Show at the Worlds Fair---Tfe Most
POpulous Nation of the World For
the First Time Makes an Exhibi;
Worthy of Her Greatness.

Many expositions of stupendous char
acter make up the Worlds Fair Of
1904 Each part is vast and distinct
show. Each building shelters many
acres of wonderful things-wonderful
because they are the choicest of their
kind Every nation on the globe is
represented. Every state and territory
is here with its best and making the
most Of its greatest opportunity.
The fact that China has not been a
large exhibitor at worlds fairs gives
to her great exhibit here prominence
quite exceptional. 1t is a wonderland
of ingenious productions. We know
China best by reason Of her extensive
exports of teas, which have found a
vast market in the United States for
generations. Her commercial interests
therefore prompted her to make a dis
play of teas that we should not for
get
In sealed glass jars China displays in
the Liberal Arts Palace some 1900
kinds of tea. Young Hyson and Old
Hyson have a string of tea relations
longer than the genealogical chain of a
Plymouth Rock. They are neatly Sc
lected "chops," in the language of the
tea farmer, and these classes do not
embrace medicinal teas, which are
quite another lot in the rather modest
number of 400.
The teas exhibited vary in price from
a few cents a pound to some rare and
exclusive kinds that are worth their
weight in gold, the tea in the latter
cases being placed on one side of the
scales and pure gold on the other
that is to say, the tea of this expensive
kind is worth about $50 gold an ounce.
Only very small quantity of this ex-
elusive leaf is exhibited, and it is
grown in carefully guarded tea planta-
tions or gardens right under the shad-
ows of the great wall of China. Its cul-
tivation is prohibited for any use save
for the imperial family Of China and
few Of the favored high officials.
Mention has been made of the word
"chop" in connection with tea. and 1t
may be interesting to the everyday
reader to know what the word actually
signifies The tea leaf is grown in va
rious districts of the Chinese empire on
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-13
CONCERTS BY MASSED BANDS
Prizes Assresatins $4,000 to Be Dis
tributed at the Worlds Fair.

Prizes Assresatins $4,000 to Be Dis
tributed at the Worlds Fair.
Never were musical events in Ameri-
ca planned upon such an elaborate scale
as those of the Worlds Fair. A series
of concerts will be given by competing
bands in contest for prizes offered by
the Worlds Fair. These contests will
take place In Festival Hall, Sept. IL
to II.
Nine cash prizes, aggregating $4,000,
are offered for the successful bands.
The prizes are divided so as to give to
the organization scoring the highest
number of points $3.50; $4,000 will be
given to the band scoring the second
highest number of points and 1900 to
the one getting the third highest num-
ber.
The above division is made for bands
In Glass A, which consist of twenty
members. In the B class $4,000 will
be given in prizes-irst, $4,000; Second,
$500; third, $4,000.
Glass G, which includes bands Of thir-
ty-five members, will enjoy the division
of $12, 750. For the organization scor-
ing the highest number Of points a
prize of $4,000 has been named. The
second prize is $4,000 and the third ST.
TOO.
Bands employed by the Exposition
are not permitted to contest. All play
ers must be bona flde members. and
each musician must have been enrolled
at least three months prior to the date
Of the contest Each band must send
to the bureau the name of its members
and a nominal entrance fee.
Festival Hall concerts by massed
bands will be given at 1880 each day
during the contest, in which all contest
ing bands will take part under the di-
rection Of a distinguished conductor.
All bands entering must agree to play
one concert in addition to the compet-
ing concert and massed concerts.
A separate programme has been pre-
pared by the Bureau of Music for each
class, and each band will play through
the full programme Of its class. The
numbers in all three programmes are
by eminent composers and are chosen
with the view of bringing out the quail
tiles Of the bands performing them. The
list Of composers includes Wagner, Gou-
nod, Offenbach, Verdi, Saint-Saens, Pi-
yet, Strauss and Leoncavallo.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-13
jury List for Oct. Term.

List Of names drawn from the proper
jnry wheel this 18th day of August,
1894, to serve as Traverse Jurors at n
special term IF court commencing the
4th Monday of October. 1904, the same
being the 31st day OF said month.
Aggas. Loyal. Butler boro, ID w. driller
Brown. John D., Middlesex twp, farmer
Beighley Ii H, Harmony boro, teamster
Black, Archibald, Cherry twp, farmer
Buhl. # G, Forward twp, farmer
Campbell, Il, Butler boro, l wd prod.
Campbell, S L. jackson twp, pumper.
Grail, w G, Butler boro, Sd wd, mech.
Cochran, G, Butler boro, Sd wd. lab'r.
CIPHER, Martin, Winfield twp, farmer
Conkle. Ed, Evans City boro. carpenter
Donaldson, &, Washington tip, farmer
Donaldson, r. M, Concord twp, farmer
Doyle, P q, Buffalo twp. farmer.
Drain, Philip A, Buffalo twp, farmer.
Dunbar, Charles, Evans City boro. mer
Eicholz. J L. Lancaster twp, farmer.
Elliott, Joseph, Petrolia boro, teamster.
Eisler, G. F, Butler boro, 4th W, carpt'r.
Flemming, Jos. D, Clearfield tip, farmer
Flemming, Charles, Winfield tp farmer
Fletcher, W j, Connoquene' tp, farmer
Frazier, Thomas, Butler boro, 1st W, prod
GrossmsD, n s, Franklin twp, farmer.
Grabe, w II, Jefferson twp, farmer.
Hespenhide, Frank, Adams twp, farmer
Hite, Conrad, Butler boro. I'd wd, prod
uaz|ett, j NJ Washington twp, farmer.
Hogg, Silas, Slippery Rock twp, laborer
Hoover, Michael, Fairview twp. farmer
Johnston, Richard Summit twp, farmer
Jackson, j d, Butler boro, ID W, merch.
keck, Jacob, Butler boro 5th wd. J. p
Logan. w j, Millerstown boro. mach'st
Miller, Clinton e. Butler twp, farmer
McQuistion, W w. Butler boro, 81 wd,
painter.
Mccall Allen, Prospect boro, farmer.
Murrin, Cornelius Marion twp. farmer.
Martin, l. G. Oakland twp, farmer.
Meals, Joseph, Venango twp. farmer.
Morris, Frank, Franklin twp, farmer.
Niblcck, b. Conpoque'g twp. farmer.
Nichlas. Peter, ConnCqu'g 'wp. farmer.
purvis, WIN, Bntler boro. 9th ward.
e!assblower
Proutty. Frank, Slippery Rock tip, mer.
Ray. L P, Karns City boro. farmer.
Stomp, David b Adams twp farmer
Sherman, Casper Butler boro, 1st wd,
baker.
Stevenson, d S, Penn twp, farmer
Snyder, Philip Butler twp, farmer.
Tinker, u W, Cherry twp, farmer
Williamson, w Fl. Mercer twp farmer.
Weigle, John, Zelienople boro, agent.
Wallace, James. Muddycr'k k twp, farm.
Webb. John NJ, Clay twp. farmer.
Ziegler, W q, Butler boro, Sd W, w,printer
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-13
mon the pround that it contained mail

upon the ground that it contained mail
addressed to the japanese Government
communicating information of value
to the enemy. Under these circum-
stances, the owners of the Blue Funnel
Steamship Line, to which the Calchas
belonged, notified the Postmaster Gen
eral at Washington that thev must re-
fuse to carry any more mail for Japan
so long as the war continues.
Such interception is distinct and fla
grant violation of treaty obligations and
an act of uufriendliness which this
country cannot without a loss OF
selfrespect fail to resist and to resent.
Under no circumstaces is mail in tran
sit upon a neutral vessel subject to be
treated as contrabraud. The mail for
Japan, which the Russian authorities
seized, wGs at the time of its seizure
constructively in the possession of the
Uuited States, for which the owners of
the steamship Calchas were acting as
agents, aud neither the Russians nor
any one else had or could have any
right to tamper with or detain IL
SPEAKING of the war-correspondents
the Sunday Gazette says it is a fact
that the only correspondent who has
really distinguished himself is the un-
fortunate Butler lad who was shot and
killed. The rest of them haven't been
permitted to come close enough to get
killed; some got 10 further than Tokyo
and one actually remained in Berlin,
where ne is probably waiting for the
Yellow Peril. When the late Stephen
Crane was sent to report the Greco
Turkish war, the paper employing him
sent another man along TO see that
Crane did not get lost, strayed or stolen.
The papers have neglected similar pre-
cautions in the present war, and Mar
shall Oyama is generously seeing to the
correspondents safety himself. The
correspondents don't like this, their
employers don't like it. the great public
doesn't like it. But what are they go
ing to do about it? Matthew Arnold's
humorous picture of "Bismark at his
horses head, the crown prince holding
his stirrup, and the old king of Prussia
hoisiting Russell into the saddle, has
not influenced japanese politeness or
Russian military etiquette. Both are
keeping the war correspondent at dis
tance and under the censor's watchful
eye, and it is apparent that nations en-
gaging in future wars must do the same
if they value victory tomorrow more
than newspaper headlines today"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-13
Old Laws of Scotland.

On the statute book of Scotland is
still an act passed in 1925 ordering
that ma man play futeball," because
1t ia esteemed to be improbable sport
for the common guide of the realme
and defense thereof" There is also a
statute against alien immigration, pass
ed in 1926, and authorizing ''all his
majesty's subjects to take, appre-
hend, imprison and execute to death
the said Egyptians (gypsies), either
men or women"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-13
Nixon Theatre, P;ttsburg.
THE TWO ORPHANS NEXT WEEK.


On Monday evening, October 18th, at
at the Nixon Theatre. Pittsburg the
atregoers will have an opportunity to
witness the much talked about revival
of ''The Two Orphans. When the re-
vival was recently made at the New
Amsterdam Theatre, N Y. it created
such sensation that it was decided t.
try ard arrange with the various stars
interested for short tour this season,
that the projectors of the scheme were
successful in their endeavors is attesred
by the fact that the present tour has
been arranged. This tour will embrace
only a few Of the few larger CITIES of
country as the expense of the organza-
ton is so great an extended tour Is an
utter impossibility. The Piitsburg tn-
gagemenr is limited to one week vito
Wednesday and Saturday Matinees-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-13
EXECUTORS NOTICE..

Letters testamentary on the estate OF
William James Patterson, deceased,
late of Slipperyrock borough, But
ler county, Pa, having been grant
ed to the undersigned, all persons know
ing themselves to be indebted to said
estate are hereby requested to make
prompt payment and those having
claims against the estate will present
the same duly authenticated for settle
ment to
ELLEN NJ. PATTERSON, Ex'r.,
Slipperyrock, Pa.
WILLIAMS & MITCHELL, Att'ys.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-13
DEATHS.

MCCANDLE ESS-At her home in But
Ter Oct. 8 1904 Miss Laura McCaaj-
less, formerly Of franklin twp, aged
8 yeaIs
DODDS-At her home in Penn town
ship, Oct. 8, 1904. Mrs Margaret
Dodds, widow of Adam Dodds, and
mother OF D. B. Dodds, aged S5 years.
PERRY-At the County Home, Oct Z,
1904, William Perry, formerly of
Karns City, aged 40 years.
GRAHAM-At Johnstown, Pa, Oct 6.
1904. Capt. Patrick Graham, native
of Butler county, aged 81 years
MCLAUGHLIN-At her home in But
Ter. Oct. 6, 1904 Janet, daughter of
William and Gertrude Kirkpatrick
Mclaughlin, aged year and mos.
KENNEDY - At her home at Rose
Point, Oct 4. 1904, Mrs. A. F. Kenne-
dy, aged 60 years.
MCCANDLESS- the Butler Hospi-
tai, Oct. g. 1904. Lillian, daughter of
Howard McCandless aged 19 years.
STEPHENSON-At his home in Roch-
ester. Pa, Oct. 4. 1904, N. NJ Steph-
ensor, formerly of this county. aged
aged 66 years.
ALLEN-At her home in Zeliencple.
Oct. 3, 1904, Mrs Kizzia Allen, a. ged
81 years
Mrs Allen Mas the widow of Joseph
Allen, who died sixteen years ago, and
she was the daughter of John Richard
son. deceased. She ia survived by four
sons and three daughters and about 40
grandchildren.
MOYER-At his home in Venango twp
Oct. Z, 1904. Samuel Meyer. aged
% years.
His death was caused by typhoid His
wife, nee Davis, and two children survive
him.
MCCABE-At her home in Pittsburg,
Oct 0, 1904, Mrs. Anna McCabe, in
her SD year.
Mrs McCabe was daughter of John
Gallagher of Great Belt.
ZIMMERMAN-Ath her home in Butter
Oct -, 1904, Miss Sadie, daughter of
DR.. G.. M. and Jennie Zimmerman.
Miss Zimmermans death was a sud
den one She went to bed in her usual
health, but died of heartfailure during
the night. She was 25 years of age.
WICK-At his home in Slipperyrock,
October s. 1904 Charles, son of Lin
coin Wick, aged 90 years.
FOWLER-At Evans City, October 0,
1904, Joseph Fowler, formerly of
Whitestown,
AMBERSON-At her home in Forward
twp. October 0, 1904, Miss Martha
Anderson, aged about so years.
REOTT-At her home in Herman,
October II. 1904, Magdaline, daugh-
of II P Reott, aged 10 yegrs.
HEPLAR-At her home at Fredonia,
Oct. o. 1904, Mrs. Ida Heplar, nee
Ge,ner, OF Petrolia.
Obituary.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, of East Brady.
mother of Walter Evans, of Butler, died
last Thursday, aged "a years.
r. A Bartholdi, the sculptor, died at
his home in Paris ON Tuesday of last
week. His greatest work is the statue
of Liberty Enlighteping the World,
in New York harbor- and the statne of
LAFAYETTE in Union Square, N. Y, is
also his work
Major Robert w. Lyon, native of
this county and former mayor of Pitts
burg died at his home in McKee's
Rocks. last Saturday night, in his 62nd
year.
During the services in honor Of Post
master General Payne in ST. Johns
Episcopal church in Washington, D. c.,
last Friday, our postoffice was closed.
Postoffice employees in uniform formed
the escort from the church to the train
that carried the remains to Milwaukee.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-13
Probably 1t Would.

In Sunday school the class was
under q question on the sacraments.
The sacrament of matrimony was tax
en- up, and q seven-year-old startled
her teacher when replying to ques-
tion as to the necessity for this sacra-
ment by answering: mo. Matrimony
is not necessary to salvation, but
should a favorable opportunity afford
IL would be sinful to neglect It,"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-13
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Letters of administration, c. T A, on
the estate of Catharine A. Dunn, decd,
late of Franklin tp.s Butler Co., Pa, hav-
ing been granted to the undersigned, all
persons knowing themselves to be in
debted to said estate will make immedi-
ate payment and those having claims
against the, same will present them duly
authenticated for settlement to
JOHN Nj. DUNN. Admir-,
r. f. d. 10, Butler, Pa.
I'D. MCJUNKIN, Atty 4-2S-04