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7,1 VII Bf ivywfw THE JDA MOTE ELEVENTH iTEAE H'O. 3287. CANONSBUKG, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1904 PEICE ONE CENT TOWN COUNCIL SETTLES WITH NORTH STRABANE WATER CO. CHIEF EXECUTIVE DISCUSSES MANY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TROLLEY FOR MILLERS RUN VALLEY Project Promises to Be Carried to Completion at au Early Date-Would Touch Canonsburg 11 days early in August, but that a FIRE COMPANY TO MEET Matter Had Hung Fire For supply had been available in case of fire. The question of the violation of Annual Parade and Election of Officers Past Two Months the contract by the company having i This Evening invalidated the bill was discussed ple along the route are enthusiastic over the proposed road, and are giv The members of the Canonsburg Finally, in order-to bring matters to a focus, Schade offered a motion that TELEPHONE CO.

WANTS IN ing all possible encouragement. Volunteer Fire company will give President Sends His Annua! Message to Congress GIVES NOTE OF WARNING Prosperity Should Not Lead to Extravagance, the bill be paid with a reduction of The project for the building of a trolley line up Millers run, and thence south to Canonsburg, has not been abandoned, and it seems that there are good chances for the construction of the road at an early date. Pittsburg parties are the backers of the One gentleman who is interested in per cent. The motion was not sec the road, says that the company ex Appeal For Aid For Desth onded. Shaw then spoke of the ad pects the line to cost in the neighbor vantages of the water supply to the hood of $30,000 a mile.

Little has been given out by the promoters, but it is town, and of the impossibility of cer movement, and they have been busy their annual parade this evening. All members are required to meet in the fire company's room in the borough building at 6 o'clock. The parade takes place at 7 o'clock. Following the parade the members will hold their annual business meeting for the election of officers. This will be followed by a smoker, and refreshments will be served.

tain industries to run without it. He tute Woman-Reports Are Received known that they are at work on the thought that in view of the confer on plans for some time past. A number of farmers in the Millers Run valley have been approached relative to project, a number of preliminary sur ences held with representatives of the vey having been made. company the latter knew how conncil Washington, D. Dec.

6 (Special )-President Roosevelt's an the granting1" of rights of way. The road would, if constructed, be built Millers run is already traversed by A ropnlar meeting of the Canonsr felt about the matter, and offered i nual message to congress was read in two railroads, bnt if the trolley line hnra town council was held last motion that the bill be paid in fall to Bishop, from which place a line both houses this afternnnn Tha were once put in operation it would DOG TAXFUND EXHAUSTED McCahon seconded the motion; and would be constructed to East Canons night, but there was little business dfl from hearins reports and message follows: prove a great convenience to the peo after some further discussion the ques burg, there connecting with the line pie in reaching Canonsburg and paying bills. The bill of the North tion; was put, McOahon, Shaw and The enlargement of scope of the Amount Paid From August 31, 1903. of the Washington and Canonsburg Railway company. Many of the peo Washington.

StrahATifl Water oomuanv for the six O'Heiron voting in favor and Shade functions of the national government required by our development as a na months ending October 1 was paid, against. to September 12. 1904, Reached the Aggregate of $4576.47 The bill had been held np for some It was stated that J. 0. McNary, TUESDAY IN CIVIL COURT FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED who had presented a bill for damages weeks.

During the past several months in on account of the sewer overflowing Only four members answered roll call MoOahon. Sohade, Shaw and Washington county, 701 sheep were and damaging the goods of his ten John Hoar, a Qlassworker of tion Involves, of course, Increase of expense, and the period of prosperity through which the country is passing Justifies for permanent improvements far greater than would be wise In hard times, but abundant revenues and a large surplus always Invite extravagance, and constant care O'Herron. A. D. Weller and T.

ton Died of Heart Failure-' ants, had agreed to sign an agreement that if his claims were paid he would Several Damage Cases Occupying Atten tion of Judge and Jury Suit Against Railroad Company Lee appeared in behalf of the killed by dogs and 1110 were injured. Eleven cows died from rabies and five hogs succumbed in the same manner, making a grand total of domestic by Chambermaid. not again' make a claim for damages State Mutual Telephone company, Washington, Dec. 6. After having for a similar cause.

Solicitor Gamp which is asking for a franchise. It been locked up in his room in the was stated by these gentlemen that if bell was instructed to draw up an animals killed and wounded throughout the county in 64 districts of 1833. John Rasel boarding house, West agreement. The claim amounts to $55. Wheeling street, the dead body of Of his number 14 have been paid for Fred M.

White appeared for the fire John Hoar was found last evening. by the county commissioners and the Washington, Dec. (Special Before Judge Taylor this morning the jury in the case of East Washington borough against Richard Forrest, an action for damage, a verdict in favor of the borough was returned. The borough sued to recover $236.09 with company, tie reported that the 500 feet of hose and the cart recently or remainder are yet unpaid as to dam The condition of the body indicated that he had been dead for several age asked. dered for storage on the hill had arrived, and wanted to know about a hours.

The sum of $4576.47 was paid out from August 11, 1903, until Septem The man was last seen Sanday even interest alleged due for curb. place for keeping il ized to take charge ing when he went to his room for the a franchise were granted, the company will endeavor to use the alleys so far a3 possible, and that it will not be necessary to erect additional poles on Pike street in the business section. Later, in order to place the ordinance on the calendar, Schade formally introduced the measure, and it will come up lor consideration at an early meeting. Burgess Reese stated that he had been appealed to by Rev. T.

E. Wilson, pastor of the A. M. E. church, for money to purchase coal for Mrs.

Titus, an aged colored woman who The next case taken up was the suit He was author -of the apparatus be done about se-keeping the hose and see what could of George Greene against the Wash ber 12, 1904, when the fund which is secured by taxing dogs of the county gave out. There is not a cent in the treasury at the present time to pay the curing a place for ington Oil company. Greene sues to night. was not missed until last evening, when a chambermaid wished to enter the room, and finding the door locked aud getting no response recover $2500 for the death of his son ahould be taken to guard against un- necessary increase of the ordinary expenses of government Capital and Labor. The relations of capital and labor, and especially of organized capital and organized labor, to each other and to the public at large come second in Importance only to the Intimate questions of family life.

Our peculiar form of government, with its sharp division of authority between the nation and the several states, has been on the whole far more advantageous to our development than a more strongly centralized government. But It is undoubtedly responsible for much of the difficulty of meeting with adequate legislation the new problems presented by the total change in industrial conditions on this continent during the last half century. In actual practice it has proved exceedingly difficult, and In many cases numerous claims that are coming in and cart. Mr. White also stated that he and six other firemen had lost a day's work on account of the fire on at Crothers station some months ago.

from the inside, forced the door open. She was greeted by the sight of the Young Greene lost his life by the explosion of a boiler at an oil well, and the plaintiff charges negligence on November 23, and that the firemen thought they should have some com dead body of Hoar lying on the ted, he evidently having died while asleep. A physician was summoned and pro pensation. A bill for $14 for the ser the part of the defendant company. daily.

Up until this time there have been filed in the commissioners' office just 213 claims for the intervening time mentioned above and of this number 66 yet remain nnpaid." The sum and total amount asked for in these claims is $1623.20. During the year 1903, whiGh tax was used for The case of Rabe vs. the Schoenber- ger Coal company is still being heard nounced his death due to heart failure. He was aged 33 years and was employed as a glass worker at the Washington glass factory. payment of damage asked for the present the levy was $5311.

Of this amount more than $700 was exoner vices of the firemen was approved. Mr. White also asked for the use of the room in the borough building now occupied by the library, for the fire company. The matter was not taken up by council. Schade offered a motion, which was passed, that the fire, light and water committee interview the managers of the water company and endeavor to induce them to furnish a before Judge Mclivaine.

Before Justice E. N. Dunlap today John Smith, alias "Pine Knot, a Meadow Lands character, was held for court on a serious charge, and also for selling liquor without license. By hor attorney. R.

W. Knox, Ella SEWING MACHINE CAUSES SUIT lives in the vicinity of the Central avenue school house, and who is said to be ill and in destitute circumstances. It was the consensus of opinion by all the councilmen that they could not legally grant money for charitable purposes of this kind. Burgess Reese stated that he had been asked to have some defective boardwalks on the east side of upper Jefferson avenue repaired. These walks, it was stated, are in front of the properties of W.

M. Aiken 'and Jacob Brehm, and on Schade's motion it was decided that these' parties be impossible, to get unanimity of wise ated. action among the various states on these subjects. From the very nature of the case this Is especially true of the laws affecting the employment of Locomotive Could Not Down Him Agents Arrested on Charge of Assault, But Matters Are Adjusted E. T.

McMillan and J. H. Sever, supply of wholesome, filtered water, as per their contract. The borough's financial statement Jane Boyce yesterday commenced suit in the court of common pleas against the Pittsburg, Cincinnati St. Louis Railway company to recover $1,000 damages, alleged to have been caused by reason of the building by the defendant company of a railroad track across her lot in the village of Hills i When the McDonald and Bridge-ville accommodation was rushing into the statson, at Carnegie, last evening, Joseph Sauseeck stepped off the platform, directly in the path of the locomotive.

There was a shriek from the latter and shouts of warning from a dozen onlookers. But Sausseck notified to put their walks in safe con dition. for the year ending March 7 last was presented by the clerk and ordered published in accordance with law. Bills were paid as follows: Taylor Crawford, paving JT John T. Thompson, delinqudent tax sewing machine agents; were before Justice Th.

Maxwell Potts yesterday afternoon on a charge of assault and battery preferred by Mrs. Rebecca Prisbey. According to the testimony given at the hearing, McMillan and Sever went to the home of Samuel Asbury, colored, in the West End, and attempted to carry out and repossess a sewing machine which had been sold to the Asbury family. Machine had been purchased for $60, the collector, appeared before council, dale, in Cecil township, this county, The plaintiff sets forth In her state out a3 nis dooes ana papers were not altogether in shape for settle Greenside avenue 1,213 62 Electric Light Co 217 80 ment that the lot in question fronts on Center avenue in the village of ment, he was, on Shaw's motioD, Hillsdale and' extends bask to the given until next meeting, December 19, to make settlement in full of his VtlJlki 11-1 UUC UlUODCiSi With regard to labor, the problem la no less important, but it is simpler. As long as the states retain the primary control of the police power the circumstances must be altogether extreme which require Interference by the federal authorities, whether in the way of safeguarding the rights of labor or in the way of seeing that wrong is not done by unruly persons who shield, themselves behind the name of Tabor.

If thfere is resistance to the federal Courts, Interference with the mails or Interstate commerce or molestation of federal property, or if the state authorities in some crisis which they are unable to face call for help, then the federal government may Interfere; but, though such interference may be caused by a condition of things arising out of trouble connected with some ques tracks of the defendant railway com account. pany, being 116 feet along said rail evidently did not hear. He was caught up on the pilot and tossed through the air, alighting on the tracks far ahead of the engine, which was brought to a stop. People hurried toward the man, expecting to find him lifeless, but before they quite reached him the hardy Sausseck arose, hurled an anathema at the engineer in his quaint Austrian tongue, and limped into the darkness. Gazette.

Treasurer John T. McNary's report way, according to tne statement a for November was presented. It fol 46 83 60 00 50 00 172 00 4 50 15 75 15 75 66 25 6 00 10 00 Sani'l Munue), supplies J. J. Miller, police John W.

Cruuuij, police duty J. M. Farmer, engineering services Hy Brown, work on streets Thos. Wilson. Matthew Smith D.

C. Wilson, street com. Wm. Wilson, breaking stone W.J. Gowern, stone Firemen's services payments being made on the installment plan.

It was stated that the sum of $54 had been paid on the machine, and that a balance of $6 remained unpaid. In attempting to take out the machine the men, it is lows: dwelling house and other buildings are erected on the lot, which is used and occupied by the plaintiff and her Cash on hand vNc-v. 1 6,868.93 350 So husband as a residence. During the spring of 1903, the plain alleged, struck the Prisbey woman 182 85 and pushed her about promiscuously, Received from private assessments Received from delinquent tax Received from Auditor General Received for borough building for elections 14 00 152 76 An Interesting Work Siate tax on bonds. 63 62 When the case came before the justice matters were settled between the parties by the agents paying the costs We are indebted to the Colonial 5 00 Trust company of Pittsburg for TEACHERS' INSTITUTE PROGRAM reproduced copy of the First Direct and agreeing to leave the machine in possession of the Asbury family.

Total 7,471 14 tiff alleges, the railroad compauy without the consent of the plaintiff entered upon the lot and occupied with its tracks about 10 feet in width of the western side of the plaintiff 's property and tore down, carried away and destroyed plaintiff's fence. The plaintiff is of the opinion that she has been damaged by reason of the alleged trespass to the amount of $1000. Hence the suit. ory of Pittsburg used in 1815. From 924 34 this directory it is learned that Pitts burg 89 years ago claimed a popula Meeting To Be Held at Reed's School, Cecil Township, December 17 Following is the program for a Orders paid out of general fund Orders paid out of street paving fuDd Interest coupons on private bonds.

20 68 The Fire Boys Remembered The members of the Canonsburg of 9000; that it had three weekly newspapers, and a number of manu 720 00 teachers' institute to be held at Reed's Fire company wish to acknowledge iaciuring estaonsnments ana was school house in Cecil township, on through the columns of The Notes the December 17th rfln.einf. of frntn .1, VanEmmi Ar. growing rapidly. To Our Customers Are School Entertainments Bene-. Son.

in appreciation of the valuable ficial?" Anna Cannon, T. J. Cum- fiftrvinwa roniWflH thA firm hv t.h uwing to tne nre, wnicn Has prac tion of labor, the Interference itself simply takes the form of restoring, order without regard to the questions which have caused the breach of order. In the District of Columbia and in the territories the federal law covers the entire field of government But the labor question is only acute in populous centers of commerce, manufactures or mining. Nevertheless both In the enactment and in the enforcement of law the federal government within Its restricted sphere should Bg an example to the state governments, especially in a matter so vital as this, affecting labor.

Labor Cnlona. I believe that under modern industrial conditions it is often necessary and even where not necessary it is yet often wise that there should be organization of labor in order better to secure the rights of the individual wagework-er. All encouragement should be given to any such organization so long as it is conducted with a due and decent regard for the rights of others. There "Looking For a Wife" Conny and Mack, in "Looking for a Wife, will be the attraction at the Morgan opera house Wednesday evening. This company has already miDgs.

I members of the comnanv on the nicht tically destroyed our entire stock of Should liierary training be made a 0f the recent fire on West Pike street. groceries and chinaware, we are tem porarily out of business. We, how Total 1,665 02 Balance 5,806 12 Balances itemized: General fund 1,576.05 Old reserve fund 187 fi8 Street sewering1, bondissue 9 04 Street sewering, reserve fund 3,136 78 Street paviDg, reserve fund 1,078 19 Fines and licenses 123 20 Total 5,110 94 Street pavirg account overdrawn 304 82 Balance 5,806 12 Chief of Police John J. Miller's part of regular school work?" Laura Mollenaurer, W. J.

Hill. i Luther Wheeler, who has been em- played the principal cities and is ever, can be found every day at our Some devises to secure accuracy ployed at Vance Bros', livery stable, old stand, and we kindly ask all well spoken of by both the press and public. The play contains some screamingly funny situations, and and neatness in daily work," Belle persons owing us to call and make has resigned and has gone, to Burgetts-town, where he will be 'employed as Kerr, J. B. Holland.

there is not a dull moment during the "The personality of the teacher," head teamster by the Great Eastern Dora B. Whitely, P. G. Walker. Coal company.

settlement of accounts as far as possible. Yours POTTS BROS. 87.2 They Are Still Coming Since the pame of W. L. McCloy entire evening.

The scenery and costumes are a pleasing surprise. The company has engaged the very best "The advantages of display work by our pupils." Question box. "In what grade should a child begin composition work?" V7. W. Kelso, W.

M. McCalmont. speciality artists which can be cured. Among those who are in portion of the bill are, The pro- this Two was added to the list of life members to the Canonsburg General Hospital are In this country some labor Unions which have habitually and other labor unions which have often been among association, two additional names Bugges in a refined singing dancing act. Fred May, the and real the most effective agents in working for good citizenship aud for uplifting have been secured viz.

A. Sheldon of Belmont avenue and George B. Hiles of Central avenue. The list now contains 44 'names. Corn Shucker; The Vanos handcuff and Trunk experts in their most sensational act, which creates a genuine the condition of those whose welfare should be closest to our heafls.

But when any labor union seeks improper report for November showed 13 arrests, with fines aggregating $26.20. Solicitor Campbell stated that he had had a conversation with Robert R. Reed superintendent of the Washington and Canonsburg Railway company, and that he had stated that the amount due the borough for the company's share of paving Pike street would be paid within a'few days. At this point in the proceedings the payment of the North Strabane Water company's bill was taken np and discussed at length. The report of the committee appointed at the last meeting to confer with the company relative to the bill was made by Shaw, S.

L. Kennedy, president of the water company, had admitted that the water had been shut off for TO OUR ADVERTISERS Merchants using the columns of The Notes in which to advertise their holiday goods are urged to send in new copy frequently. We want the advertisements jo pay the advertisers, and this can bast be accomplished by frequent changes of the advertisements. If you haven't time to write new oopy, notity the office, and the advertising manager will call and prepare the copy. sensation, and Conny and Mack in an Irish Sketch.

Ladies solid gold watches $15. 120. ends or seeks to achieve Droner by improper means all good citizens. and more especially all honorable public servants, must oppose the wroacdo- On Monday afternoon as Mrs. W.

New Telephone Company Coming In The State Mutual Telephone com- pany, a branch of the Pittsburg and Allegheny Telephone company, is ar- ranging to place a pay station in Min- i ton's drug store, corner of Pike street aud Jefferson avenue. The company, it is understood, will build a line from McOonnells Mills and will enter Canonsburg by way of Jefferson avts-; nue, and will place wires temporarily on the poles of the electric light com-Pny. M. Wallace of near Bishop was walking down Central avenue, she slipped lng as resolutely as they would oppose the wrongdoing of any great coroora- $25. Johnston, next to Trust build-i g.

87-1 Miss Gertrude Miller of McKees-portjs' Bpendingjjweek with Ailce Suits for damages are becoming numerous. and fell, fracturing both bones in her tlon. Violence, brutality or corruption should not for one moment be tolerat wrist. She was taken to the office of Doctors Harsha on Pike street, where ed. Entire Right to Oigube.

Wageworkers have an entire right 1 to organize and by all peaceful and pays the fracture was reduced by DoGtor Vance Harsha. Washington Trust Company 4 per cent interest on deposit..