The Weekly Courier from Connellsville, Pennsylvania • Page 1

VOL. 1 NO. 1 56. 1 A I MAY 13, I 90S. ONE CENT.

With All the Gorgeous Beauty of its Brilliant Eiquippage IS IN CONNELLSVILLE TODAY. Street Parade Was a Glittering Pageant and Its Many Features Very Interesting--Performance This Afternoon and Evening. MISSIONARY SOCiETV Of McKessport District of the M. E. Church to Meet Here Tomorrow.

The annual convention of Mu 1 Me- Ke us part Missionary Society, will he held in AND IE SABLE First MothoiUbt. Church MINE EXPLOSIONS TOOK CARBOLIC noon at i o'clock. Alimt from all the auxiliary of district which includes portions and counties. will he The annor dHeg.ve'* to uf the societii 1 but that Ihe number will ot this. The Convention ill Goers Got Wise and Gave the Dudleys a Freeze- it--The Cockney "Professor" was Irritated.

votl Tho Princes was worried. Several quantities Tin 1 folk telegram uas ro till- a i i t'run: a of Castle: D.iily Courier, i Pa it probable a i bond statement absolutely i Dudleys exposed by papers here. The PrincCbs was i slii' camo out ot to leimrter bhe had "Line her brow. i i i to answer one quest. on "Prol'c he had Iron Have Come in Pits Where They Were Least Expected, Tho pi-act ice hns become very preva-i 'i: giving little heed to the amount' Albert Younkin Commits Sus present In coal mines except this y.is has accumulated high point or in some chamber to an extent as to be dangerous Minos worked with naked lights, and which gas is generated only iu small of ijii rr it may be at irregular hur trance ml( mtls, are the moni dangerous class Rimed that oi mines: it is In these mines that bni'oiv iltc icide at Night in Open Field.

Parties left i Sunday, break- her asleep. Ho ha! hard work tho worst explosions have taken place The recently, resulting in the loss of many 1 in sayb J. Beard this month Spring's hottest sun. is shining on Connellsville's Orst real circus clay. Everything is auspicious.

The air is enough to keep the'red and blue balloons inflated, hot enough to make lemonade a luxury, bright enough to shed a halo of splendor over the snow grounds and the brilliant street pageant Walter L. Main's show is the first big traveling organisation to strike Connellsville. It camo in on schedule time this morning over the Pittsburg, JMcKeesport Youghiogheny railroad, and before tho sun. was up the unloading was well under way. The show hauled over the streets of town to the old ball park near the new Sligo mills, where the big tents are pitched.

With the suu this morning came the biggest show day crowd thut has linen town for some time. People of all and kinds throng the pavements, ami collect in groups about Jn charge of Mrs 13 D. a i i 9 engagement with chief police and 1 keeping bib mind on the business also. Conference President of thr Society, and one of the foremost mission workers of Western Pennsylvania. Local arrangements have been niale by Mrs.

Ed annul Dunn, President oi the local myself, He too bu-sy hunting stupid ep- C. A Mayor. It beta to apply to his avuued enemy, reporter. liar, hand Hi dau 1 'lm to a few questions wove answered meet me tho staye entrance the nimmtfhank who is uervj A nuui "Will I have to al- v-uys the life I am i i now?" Miss Adams Superintendent of an onoil 10 tntvol up and i land "YoP aroa railroader," was answer industrial achool for i HI Fuo Chow.j« ame "IVofwshor" "Where Jb my uncle?" was China, who had recently returned from the mission field, will be present at the convention. The speaker In the evening will be Bishop J.

M. Thoburn. Missionary Bishop (or tho work of the Methodist Episcopal Church hi India, where he accomplished a wonderful work. At one service he baptized almost 900 natives The administration of this sacrament trxk several hours and the assistance, of sevoral native priests. The s-esskm of the convention will no doubt be very Interesting, and all those Interfiled in mis-ion work are asked to attend The following commiltect, have boon named Reception Com Hurt 1 II.

Claster, Mrs. Harry CrosBlanrt. Mrs. W. A.

Mrs. R. store doors and in alleyways. The man Mrs Fee. Mrs.

A. J. Fran- small boy is here in force, with I i Mrs Buck waiter, Mrs, Rob- peanuts and his balloon The eltv MrK- j. A- i a Mrb waist girl from the mountains is just Ram hart Mrs. Mrs.

ttimuntf a little tanned on account of the c-arli- h) rb Thoimis Jon--, Mr J. ness ol the season. I Curry and Mrs. 1'Yn-w Music, Few incidents out ot the ordinary i A Miss Mrs. happened- on the streets today.

A Bishop and Mrs G-o 1. Mc- usual number of hangers-on came with Clav Th( ti'rtalnmwit i ley, nt the Connellsvilie Theatre last The answer, as usual was very vague; i The Cockney "Professor, 1 traveling, moving around. He conies from some part of London, nor still in one placo." The "Pro- haps Whitochapel, was referring to The then said that ord Daily CnUrier ant! hurl enough who was bold act.y Uxsate to expose inside er to ex- man the Princess nth in, 1 i and Minerals. Out of a total of 22 mint; explosions occurring: in tlie. bituminous region of Pennsylvania irom 1SS4 to 1901, and causing the death of 291 persons, but four of UiOao occurred in mines where safety lamps were used.

Referring briefly to the bare facts contained in the record of these disasters appals one with the seriousness of the conditions surrounding mmlng work. Mines that have been, considered safe and free- from gas suddenly become tlie scenes of fearful destruction both of life and property. Such was tae-recent Dudley's and thai thib would consume ux much people of told Several rank errors wore made how they wore bi'lnj; duped, and they, in the statements of tlie Princess and appreciau tin- "Up," so to speak. The several a i relationships were bad- "Piofossor" had a rmht to be angry. fixed up It' tlie fellow For when 9 o'clock 1 last night plies in formation does not do better i were not people In the win lose his job.

He forgot, that a to go into a deeper trance FratervIMe mine explosion in May 19. 1902, which 184 lives were- lost. The mine, up to the time of the (liwibter, had been considered enuruiy free from gab. The report of the disaster made after a careful in- vebtigution. states that gas wad liberated from the overlying strata owing atro.

Tow belies The man In the au'lience had been! to a creep extending over a portion of nor, thotiffli the "Pro- inarnod for ten ears. Then he sot tho At Johnstown, the fessor" branded it a "penny liar." Ixjlh beini; presont. I explosion in the Rolling Mill mine, Dudloy mad at The Ouirif-r Towards tlir last tht- feMcnv who exposed i bhow He lirn-e pretty people in the I July 1902, cost 112 lives; also in shoe! that an ordinary "dock-hand" rfportur cr.iiltt K' i next to a stock tricks that harl bc-pn pnrrliiU-esl irom some brtikfn-duv. And itu- "Professor" so dei-Utui' 1 ol the mildr-st torrn of dK. fney a ho U-t his tcin- the show, in the form of street hawk- and fakirs, but the seem very well t.

eh avert. As usual a few thieves are out on the streets On Main street this morning a man made a pass for a lady's pocketbok. but he as not successful in making the "touch." There are a big lot of officers in. town. i and the pickpockets i be watched closely.

It. in always well, however. to "Keep your hand on your "book on The parade at 11 A. M. was favored by bright weather, despite tlie outlook of the early morning.

The hors. -es were very numerous ant! in splendid condition, and were generally admired. The animal exhibit was large ant! the vans gorgeous and attractive. Altogether it was a good, old-fashioned parade The sidewalks were is 0 npO sed of Mrs. W.

a i Clasfx-r and i S. A Mrs per i a hir.ibi'H up IU wa a study a ran sp QiZy. not occult," him lie- a tu the uf i papers in a. bucket last i he collected them hi a m.uie a shift of tho bng out on the uatl' stairs, and time he got on the Plage and burned a bag of nks, his assistants had marie a dash to the tie-, tho disaster at Fernie. B.

a month eartier. a number of lives were At gas been found in certain dip workings iu such quantities that the management had insisted on the use of safety lamps in that portion of the mine; the report of the explosion ascribes the cause to the use entrance and got a i It was, "local" to wording. Anyone in the open lamps by some men where ot psjchol-1 hi Mire, could fcf-o how th'j fake was a ioty lumps only were permitted, Xobody paw behind the These men failing to realize the near LEFT A NOTE EXPLAINING WHY. He Was Tired of Life and Had Decided to End It All--Young Man and Well Known at South Connellsville--Suf-, fered Torture for Hours. Albert YounUin, a young man or South Connellsville, took carbolic acid some time during last night and died shortls- after he was found at o'clock this morning.

Younkin. took the poison under a tree between May's house on' South Pittsburg street and the Crescent Manufacturing Company's plant, where he has b'eea employed. Lewis May and Robert Roach found htmi lying unconscious this marning. A note he had written last nigth was scribbled on a sheet of paper. It said that a wasted lifp was about to give up, and the writer "expected to land in.

keJl." Younkin was about 26 years old and was single. He boarded with Grant Shoemaker on Gibson avenue, South. Connelisville. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs.

Messmore Younkin. He leaves a number of brothers and sisters. Xo cause assigned by Younkin's friends for his suicide further than' that he had been drinking and was despondent. He had no trouble of any kind more than a habit to go on. sprees and which is supposed to have been the cause of "uis taking his life.

Drs. Jackson and Kerr were summoned this morning after Younkin was found, but he was beyond aid and died a short while. He took a big dose of the poison and buffered intense pain before death relieved him. ncoomit ot tht- stage, and, ab slatetl he- approach, to an explosion, condition of A WIDER EXCHANGE onmliu. tics Ai pucket- limit- 1 i record, no Cunnt'Ils- Established to Connect with has lola'--.

li-H mon on the TH-State Company, Mo a i tho could tl otjO.UUO lir 1 i 1 carpsspd so lovingly a i h.u- a i A The Courier 1 ilu 1 Princess lie-r left ear I i a i out of tlie under clo-o cover iMijojoil an- Killwl Harry Lf-onard? 11 wasjsafety lamps that should have been I.vonanl. n.s local pwaple i WO re found carefully laid aside, the mlno air at that point were using open lights. After the explosion, the allied distance service Baltimore, Mnunu-r so badly uijnrrx! by three night that ho died. Olficerh looaro tho men. The at- boon f-iiroudcd in niya- 'Pro I 'st-or i tlie ones in the paiiy a'id i hoii'-f ihcrt.

1 were no telephone in.fiinim'.-. them, were arranged jiibi as i not allow us to divulge th to 1 i a i and IG i iji.jon*. Xo uno of criminal; i poinit- Wilt uu i up on the suigo Tho particular Act of Assembly was of Tin Courier's i prmted lOMlnj. was h't. i The "Professor" r-itys.

h'j i retum a in otlu-r th while the naked lamps that caused the trouble were found where they wore blown in the great explosion ill the shaft, of Westmoreland ini throughout and in tically i Mn- r.iia» Uu- system In A i 11 is out a expected thai Uu- tr.u- i i In service n-id il." i a hi I Princess knows," baid the I county Pa, January 27, 1801. 100 lives but the laws nf this St.Te we re lost Here. also, the mine was low us to divulge the name practically free from gas, open lights ls hcfoiv they are arrested." boing use Tho i was affected by by a sqorze at the tune, while according to tin? report. Hboiated a large amount suddenly from the bottom, rk in otlK-r i Cn-stle next OC this uiuoh. coming in contact with the open laid down.

a i the Xev." t'astle Herald says: men, caused a fearful Ienilont inlorost lined thousands of spectators Uvel competition the i niu sazwl eagerly upon the it is r.o, spjle i a agerly pain tod wagnns and frof-h costuines. Before 1 o'clock tho bij? menagerie tent at. the grounds tilled ami the spectators enjoyed a rare treat in beeing splendid specimens from tho wilds of Africa and Abia. Mr. Main's menagerie may not be quite as Ja.re as a few of the shows, but what animals he has are in -perfect condition, The xebra caused considerable comment, and he is a beautiful nbers of hlightl It Vittsburgr tion exclianye 4 GREEK.

Daughter of W. Jackson, Consul to Patras, Greece. Speaking ol the arrival of Consul P. Jackson, formerly of Ohlopylc, wife and daughter from Patras Greece, now stopping with Mrs. Jackbon's parents.

Captain and Mrs. C. C. Mavkle, at West Newton, the Mt. Pleasant Journal says: "Consul Jackson and his family left Patras on March 31 and spent almost the entire month of.

April visiting places of interest in Austria, Italy, Switzerland. France and England before sailing from Liverpool for borne. Being a student of the Greek, language for years before his appointment, tho took to tne tongue like a young duck to water and was soon able to talk it like a native. Nor was "his wife much behind him in this respect, as she enjoyed the distinction of being the first American lady in A i ir i i if 10 Baltimore. Ton trr.nK main i by place i in tomiJiunica- t.l i i had expo 1 ami he siniinl IL diabolical and cal f-ti th a li-r And ith lit 1 ctiinmon fnci.iify accent flfishf 1 reportt-r v-ho a i out of ordinary i i "Protestor antics.

announced a a evening that, ho had booked Opera Kuune lor next Friday evening foi J. H-turii date. Invostigatum the Jler- A hcavins of the. bottom had been otils that the houb for tlia-t i has sylvanid railH' td. i a 'u ceived the work tin 1 Joh vi ill be run 'u i i 'I ro- connection and it ii i a lir.efj will be in use i i 11M Over 800 miles of i i be i One line will run throuqh and connect with the independent s.v-ieni in Irwin, Jeannotto, and otliei iowr.b alony the Pennsylvania, and a branch will strike south to Conncllsville and Uniontown.

whore connec'tiop ill be made with the Waynosbui'K cum puny, which covers tlie most important districts in southern and Southwestern Pennsylvania. Including the Conneils- coke region. Two separate lines will reach Baltimore and Philadelphia, one by tlie v.aj* of Cumberland, Hagerstown and Frederick and the other by the way of Harrisburg and towns on the Pennsylvania and Northern Central through Pennsylvania GOMMENCEraT. High School Graduates Send Out Invi Rations Tor the Exercises I i a i were suit out Tuesday by the menbors of the graduating clast, oi the Coniu I i iiish School for commencement, which will be held on the of The chist- roll Ls as fn'lows Sara Work, M. Ourbt Frances I'reed.

Delilah M. i Helen ArniKtiony, M. Ilerpick, Bessio M. Artis, Margaret ii Hai riyan, Clara Frew, Lillian Bradley, Mary E. Quttermurc, Cora M.

Hyatt. Elizabeth Guiler, MaUie Crossland. OLD SUMMIT HOUSE Relic of the National Pike Burned to the Ground Last Week. The Summit House along the Na- Patras to learn the. language, an ac- a tional pike, week, was one that soon made her very popular in the highest circle Patras society Even Mistress Marlon talks Greek just as well as she docs i United States, and when she i in a Dhurry mixes the two.

Her parents i never mind this habit, of course, 1 private ices to the Irom West Newton are that it has doting Cassnis up in the air 'steen a day." Llttfrj Girl Lost. A little girl about three or lour years old is at tho police station. The Jice found her wandering about the streets this afternen and are holding the child until her parents or some relative calls for her. She is wearing -a blue dress and has on good umler- clothes. Back to Old Scenes.

Frank Campbell is here today seeing his Connellsville friends and incidentally seeing 1 tlie circus. He Is now Constable of the large and growing town iof Donora, on the Mbnongaliela river. of the historic places along the pike and was noted as a summer resort. It was at the Summit of Laurel Hill, almost on the western boundary ot Whiirton township. Colonef Samuel Evanb built a i'ramii building and several outbuildings, intenuod for a Ftimmer resort.

was kept by Kphraim McClean, who went to Illinois, by Henry Brown Haddeu, S. W. Snydcr, John Snyder, William Boyd, Xichnlas Xc- Collougti and others. Mollie Calhoun's cake stood close to the inruit House It a rude cnbm or shanty, ui which the old woman sold Mary K. matrons.

Nannie Eleanor lC.ilpatnck Emma Jo KHOX-MARKELL NUPTIALS. Handsomely Appointed Wedding in First Presbyterian Church. Tho maniago of Helen Bryce M.uUoli and Herbert Kno.v which was o'clock Tuuhdai in the Firht one ol tho i at I'rosbylcrian arranged chin-on weddings ever held In Connells- vllle, Tho ilouills were perfect in ev- ury imrticiilnr. and tho weilding passed ofl wiili a smoothness, that ade the noticed a few days picvicus to a terrible explosion in Tjeisenring No. 2 mine, at Lelsenrmg, February 20, ISSI: to the report, no had boon noticed in the mine ious lo this explosion, and open lights were PERRY CONTRACT LET.

Pennsylvania to Tear Great" Hole in Mountains to Reduce Grades. D. P. Keenan and the Smith Construction Company of Philadelphia were on Monday awarded the contract by the Pennsylvania railroad for the construction ot the great seven-mile change of line between Iatrobe and Millwood. Work will be started at once and will be completed in, two years.

The nature of the contract is such that two contractors only are able to work upon it. The improvement is ono of the most difficult undertakings brought up- by the Pennsylvania for some years. It will cost four million dollars. It was the original intention of Chief Engineer W. H.

Brown- lo make a continuous cut five miles in length, but it was found that at Derry tie cut would be 130 feet deep, 10 feet deeper than any cut previously attempted on used in all iarts of the mine. In the system. The contracts let yester- loic' at Yomigstown, Pa October 27, day, however, provide for the construc- of the same year, an onen door of a tunnel beneath Derry 2,600 the caufcc? oi an explobiou whereby 14 feet long. Over cubic yards minors wet killed The door was of rock and earth will have to be J. Hall Spear, Ear! N.

Bower, Earl C. Sherrick, Ralph W. McCormick Faculty, Principal, J. P. "Wiley, Principal of.

High School, Ella Skiff; Assistants, Alice Homer and Leana Piovins. The program will be as follows: Music; invocation. Rev. M. A.

Rigg; salutatory, Mary Kno: Armstrong; "Conscience," Clara Frew; "Only One Way's fUlph McOormlck; "The GH't of Empty Hands," Mattfe Crossland; "A Future Front of Him," Sara Work; "The Unpolished Diamond," Margaret Harrlgan; "The Golden Age for Young Men," Earl Shorrlck; music; "The Worth of Smiles," Mary Buttermore; "My IP of Glass," Eleanor Kilpatrick; "From Shadow to Sunshine," M. Uorplck; "Be Not Content," Bessie Artis; "The Song of the World," Myrtle Durst; "Money Valuo of Education," Hall Spear; ritual of the Church oC England was never more dignified and beautiful. The receptfon at the Markeli home round open, having been set open by a driver a moments before, and" was closed again; the gis that had accumulated in this short space ot time uas i i down to the face and ig- Yiitoil by the open lights of the men. In this case too much reliance was placed on the fact that the ventilation ceremony very enjoyable. The work' a ample for diluting and carrying uf Mfss Mae Emori at the organ added a a STna11 amount of gas that was charm to the ceremony, and the state-', rcsent One familiar with the habits and disposition of tho ordinary miner realizes hov, hard it is to get him to use even an ordinary amount of care for the sake of his own protection and that of his fellows.

He will enter an abandoned place fenced off and marked with a danger signal, despite regulations and restrictions enforced in. the pit. With an open light on his head, autl a safety lamp in his hand, hanging low down, at his side, he will enter a rise heading looking for gas, which he sometimes finds to his own discomfoit and that of others. Strange as it may seem this is not fiction but a matter of record. The safety lamp to some men is a mere tool or instrument, for telling how much gas is present, rather than affording a needed protection.

was, a very enjoyable affair. Tlie work of Decorator A. W. Smith, a. prominent florist of Pittsburg, was an innovation in that line of work.

The luxurious, hedges of lilies in the church breathed the very spirit ot fragrant elegance. The decorations at the home, cleverly executed by P. H. Riegelmeler, who represented the Pittsburg firm iu the superintending of the work, were original in their conception, and a model of beauty and good taste. Among the out-oE-town people who attended the wedding were: Mr.

and Mrs. J. W. Cheswrlght, Mr. and Mrs.

J. B. Grooms, Mrs. and Miss Overan, of Pittsburg'; Mrs I-ydo. Smith of Elizabeth; Miss Hettie Knox, Mrs.

Phillips, Mrs. Mary Lodwith and Miss Dutton OL' Brownsville, and Mrs. E. T. Wil- of St.

Louis. Mo. moved, some high fills will result and J.500 cuhic yards oC bridge masonry will be The two contractois will work from either end of the big cut in tho mountains. One of the principal difficulties In their way will be caring for the water, as the excavations will be much, jelow the beds of the streams. The improvement will reduce the grades tram 53 to 15 feet per mile and -will take out a number of bad curves.

i i beth Guilor; "The Buds," an Idyl to I the Freed; "Let Them Go," Cora Hyatt; "The Twentieth Century Teacher," The Next Library Concert. The last concert of the Library Sym- gvaduates by J. A Coll, Trances phony Orchestra will be held in Carnegie Hall on. the evening of May 25. It i be the best concert of the ser- Lillian Bradley; 'The limlders of the los.

Tho soloist be Marios me Patterson; music; ''Yap," J3arl caKos "The Man Who Believes Will and beer, the Summit House Emma Jo Ljtlo' was built Old Mollie was dispossessed of her cabin, which was then toin down, and the disappeared From the great thoroughfare The loss on the building was hardly $2,000. Albeit R. Raymond, the occupant, suffers to the extent of about $400, with no insurance. Nothing was saved except a few chairs and a couple of cots. State," Delilah "Failed." Patterson; music wcr; "The Man Who valedictory, Helen Armstrong; presentation of diplomas, E.

C. Higbec, llsq music. New Depot for Greensburg. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company promises Grecnsbnrg a aew station. A $125,000 Fire.

Washington, had 1 fire on Tuesday evening. BIG COAL DEAL. About 3,000 Acres in Cambria County Sold Last Week. T. Stanum Davis last week closed one of the largest deals ever made iu Camoria county coal lands, whereby Mrs.

Allen Krepps- Mrs. Allen Krepps died at her home on the North Side Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock, aged 63 years. Twenty-four hours before her death she was stricken, down with appoplexy, and never rallied from the shock of the sudden attack. She leaves, besides her" husband, a son and daughter, A. Milton Krepps, and Mrs.

John Rogers, both of town. This morning on the 9.45 train, the remains were shipped to Barkley, "Va. where they will be interred. Leona Haddock. Leona.

the little two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Haddock, died at the home of her parents, on Main street.

New Haven, Tuesday, May 12, after a short illness. The funeral was held this morning at 10 o'clock, in conjunction with that of Mrs. Mary Morrison, who died a few days ago in Chicago. The remains of, both, were interred in Hill Grove Cemetery after services had been, conducted by Hev. Suloit who Is a 'cello artist One of tue features of tho concert will be an all string number by Damrosch The tickets are now on SK.IC at H.

Mason's, South PittsVmrs street. At the Hospital. Iilichael Moore, a boy of brought to the hospital Tuesday even- Ing. He was driving a cart at Trotter when, tlie Uorso ran away and a wheel of the cart parsed over his left foot'acre. This is one of the most valuable he bold to tho Webster Coal Coke A Edle Company the coal underlying about 3.000 acres of land along the Ebens, 1 I U.11U 1TL1 o.

UCLLAJU kj. Ut. burg Black Lick Railroad in Jackson, ScotWale celebrat ed their golden wed- Golden Wedding and Marriage. Mr. and Mis.

Jacob S. Loucks and Black Lick townships. It includes tlie tract owned by Captain Thomas is. Timothy Davis' estate and Mrs. Jane H.

Jones, other tracts owned by Captain Davis individually, Benjamin James, Gittmgs and number of small adjoining tracts held by the older Inhabitants Jackson township The consideration in this deal is or about 550 per ding Tuesday afternoon at the homestead on South Broadway. There were present 9 children, 23 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. A. feature was the marriage oC Cora, the youngest daughter Mr. and Mrs.

Loucks, to Charles A. Bnllhart of Scottdale. fracturing one of the bones. coal fields In Cambria county. Made a Borough.

Rice's Landing. Pa, one ol the oldest points on the Monongahela river, has been, made a borough..