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entinel. FIRST SECTION. VOL. Llll NO. 20 PLATTSBTJRGH, N, Y ., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1907 WHOIiE INTJMBER 93IT SHOT HIS COMPANION. MISTOOK HIM FOR DEER AND LET GO WITH RIFLE. WOUMED MAN LIVED FOUR HOURS William JDurgan, of Lake Placid, the Victim—George Martin, Who Fired Fatal Shot, Shouted, and Getting No Re- sponse, Shot. William Durgan of Lake Placid was shot and fatally injur- ed about four o'clock -Mduday afternoon by George Martin, •of Averyville, who mistook him for a deer, his death taking place about four hours later. The accident Pdnd, eighteor. the wilderness. occurred at Moose miles southwest in both men being members of a larg~ hunting party and thoroughly exper- ienced in the woods. According to the story told by other members ot tbe party who had just returned, Martin jumped a deer at which ho (was unable to get a good shot, until it apparently came out in an open place on a rid ^e some distance above him. Knowing his companion to bfi soffiewlier" in the woods near him, he covered the moving object with his rifle and shouted, but got no re- NEARBY NEWS. —Jules LaRJ^ocque shot a large buck near Derrick on —One of the oldest Posts in .Vermont, Johnson, No. 23, of Nprthfield , has voted to disband and surrender its charter. ••—Swauton, Vt. will have a kind- ling wood faltory in operation in a few days. Five hundred cords of wood are required to fill the dry house. —.At Li:':e Placid potatoes sell at $1.25 pei bushel; eggs, strictly fresh, rt i(.) cents a dozen; butter 30 cents a pound, and milk retails at 7 cent's a quart. —-The Chateaugay football eleven played the Mooers team at Mooers, —A United States army recruiting office has been opened in Water- town, —The business men of the little Friday. j village of St. Regis Falls propose to Grand Army (hire a night policeman and raise his Thursday. The well matched and team the were very game was hotly contested tnroughout, neither •team being able to score. —A wordy war is being raged through the columns of the Kempt- ville papers between the manufac- turers of what is known as the brandy chocolate at Kemptville and the members of the W. C. T. U. of that town. —Morton Kinu, twenty years old, of Ticonderoga, an employe, of the International Paper mill, was caught in the winder ,of t'ao paper machine on Monday and was almost instant- ly killed, his neck and shoulder be- ing broken. —The steamers of the Hudson River Day Line made their last trip of the season on Saturday. -. The night steamers between Troy, Al- sponse-, and shouted again with the bany flnd New york wm Gontinue same result, and then feeling certain it must be tho game he had sarted •up, Shot and hit Durgan. Some of the party immediately started •-|pr town, reaching Lake Placid o'clock Tuesday morning, a back a-s- noon as possible afterward With a doctor. Tuesday morning a stretcher was improvised by tbo*se who had remain ed all-..night••T.ori.- the mountain, and the body was brought out upon it sevep iniles to the nearest habitation where a rig was obtained to carry it h q i n e , . . ' . ' " - " -: ••' '.'• '' ' •-...- •' IJurgan was twenty-eight -years old- and leaves a wife but no chil- dren. . "-' '. -..;, :: .... /. ; Death of Mrs. James Bailey. Susan; Henrietta Platt, widow the' late James Sailey, and>youngest Eliza Hunting Miller, his wife, pass- ed away Wednesday evening at 9.20 at her home on Cornelia street, in the 85th. year of her age, the death removing the last member of the Platt family of her generation- Mrs. Bailey was born June 9, 1823, and was the granddaughter of Zephaniah Platt, one of the found ers of Plattstmrgh, and on the maternal side, a granddaughter of Dr.. Joha Miller, one of the early settlers of this city. Mr?. Bailey was educated at Mr. Crittenden's school in Albany, an i waB one of the oldest alumni of the Albany Female Academy. Her en- tire lite was spent as a resident -of, Plattsburgh, her marriage to Mr. Bailey occurring in 1858, and the death of her husband taking place in 1877. She was a woman of the most beautiful character and great culti- vation of mind, two pf her most dis- tinguishing characteristics being un- ostentatious benevolence and loyal- ty to her friends. She took an active part in the work of the Episcopal church, of which she was a* sincere and devoted .-ii.fcTiibtr, and had long been con- nected with the Home for the Friendless as vice-president and member of the Board of Managers. Mrs. Bailey was a woman of re- markable memory and was an au- thority to those who wished' assis- tance in tracing the genealogy of the until navigation is closed by the freezing over of the river, as Usual. -—The Spear saw mills at Canton, together with the lumber in tho Kltu j yard adjoining were burned to the , W "v! ! ground Thursday night. The loss on the mills ?s about $50,000 with $la,000 insurance. About seventy- five men will be thrown out of im- ployment. :'•'; -7-r-It appears that Brattleboro, Vt. citizens have twen buncoed out of sums ranging from.25 cents to $2. A boy, apparently 14 years old, cir- culated a paper for a football team. Many signed but no team has materialized and nothing has been heard of the young promoter. —Rutland Central Trades and Labor council will take a hand in the closing ' of'.the "• stores evenings. It will stand hack of the clerks' uiir ton and if it is unsuccessful, it is un- derstood that the central body will ask the proprietors of all stores to keep open six nights in the week- —Dr. Leonard H. English has received his diploma from the Re- gents of New York State, to prac- tice osteopathy; the first diploma of its kind granted to any one in this of art of which the state, passed The bill at Albany last winter- places all four schools of medicine — allopathy, homeopathy, osteopathy and eclectic —on equal footing in the state. -—Of the three Italians arrested a short time ago for purchasing gov- II salary by popular subscription. —An experiment in late potato planting has netted two Vermont farmers 1,200 bus'hels from 60 bushels of seed. —The registration for the city of Ogdensburg is but 1334, only about i"0 per cm;., of the normal, vote. Many p: eminent political workers are among those who failed to regis- ter. —An important special meeting of the Industrial Committee of the Macdonough Club will be held this evening at 8 o'clock. Every mem- ber Is requested to be present. —The firm of merchant tailors, Arnett & Booth, has been dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. Arnett con- tinuing the business. —John S. Header & Son, Who j have conducted the Lyon Mountain House at Lyon Mountain for two years past, have purchased the Ad- irondack House at Dannemora, and j take possession Monday. I —The following are the honor tudents in the Plattsburgh Hi^h | School forth! first five weeks: John "Bartholf, . John Booth, Calvin Bridges, Charles Curtis, Terry Cur- tis, Florence' Doane, Harold Jerry, Hubert Jerry, Ruth Lobdell, Arthur McQuillan, Franklin Palmer, Lucy Perry, Mary Russell, Clarence Ten- ny, Fredric Tenny, Ellen Watson, Cbauncey Whittelsey. —George Tupper of Glens Falls has disappeared from his home and cannot be located. Mr. Tupper left there October 9 and on the same day his son, Fred H. Tupper, receiv- ed a letter from him, stating that he was going to Buffalo. The police in nearby towns have been asked to assist in the search. —Because he lived on the earn- ings of an unfortunate girl, a well known Warrensburg man was horse- whipped by a crowd of Warrensburg citizens Sunday night, according to a report from that place. The victim of the mob had been pay- ing attention to a woman who has been staying around Warrensburg since the Warren county fair. The girl, it is said, supported him. —The board of managers of the St. Lawrence State hospital held its first meeting for the new fiscal year last week Thursday. S. M. Coons, of Oswtjgo, was chosen president, and Mis a Ma r y C. G ood al e, of W a- tertpwn, clerk. The board will ask the state legislature to appropriate 1180,500 for it for the ensuing year. The hospital has 1,835 pa- tients and employs 372 men. —The funeral of the late Chris- topher Ban field was \held from St. John's church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and despite the inclement weather was largely attended. The Libera was sung and the prayers for the dead said by the Rev. J. P. O'Rourke, acting pastor. The funeral The New County Home Cost Less Than Estimated, A BALANCE OF NEARLY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS Forks, was a visitor here Monday. W C. Pike is in New York re- plenishing his stock Miss Lena Lynch, of West Chazy. ' s returned to Ausable Forks. Mi- and Mrs. C. H. Barber have reiurned from their wedding trip. ' R. F. Nash. Republican nominee for shtriff, spen last night in this j city. | H. B. Little, Esq . of Saratac , Actual Cost of Buildings, Including Furniture. and Grading of Grounds Was $* 1,989,4*-- Itemized Statement of Receipts and Expenditure*. ernment clothing from soldiers one j procession was of unusual length- was indicted by the United States - - - ..__.. grand jury at Auburn, plead guilty Platt family and early history information of the of Plattsburgh. Though having a natural pride in her distinguished ancestry, she was at all times courteous to all, bear- ing herself with a grace and dig- nity that commanded the admiration and respect of all who knew her. Her charity w^,s unbounded, though few but the recipients ever learned of t'b* many kindnesses shown to relatives and friends. Mrs. Bailey is survived by her nieces, Mrs. Helen Bullis, of Nor- folk, and Miss Woodward and Mrs. F. P. Lobdell, of Plattsburgh, and several .nephews and nieces in Louis- iana, Georgia and Missouri. Young Hunter Killed. Chelsea, Oct. 2 4.—Orin Porter, the 17-year-old son of Mi 1 , and Mr Frank Porter of Tunbridge, hunting deer with two other...boy^ named Be dor and • Tupper. about dark last night, was shot and fatally injured. He died about midnight. while Quebec Bridge Disaster. Philadelphia. Oct. 24.—To i tigate the causes thao; led tc Quebec bridge disaster th Q ( dian rovHl commission ro-ciay in Phoenix Pie, P -nn . t-> r. 3 w testimony of a nuir,: • r .-' or" of tine Phoenixvilie Bric-u'. Corr which manufactured the : t< . ] the structure. and sentence Was suspended- Felix A. Couture, of Rouses Point, indicted for smuggling tobacco from Canada plead guilty and was fined $50. —The swiftness of Canadian jus- tice is proverbial but a case in the riminal court in Toronto probably holds the record, even for Canadian courts. Horace Mountain, a mail carrier, employed in collecting let- ters from street boxes, was arrested 10:45 Thursday morning, charged with robbing the mails. At 11:10 he was araigned before the magistrate, pleaded guilty and with- in an hour from the time of his ar- rest had commenced serving a term of four years' imprisonment. -—The State Department of agri- ulture has decided to conduct averal institutions for farmers' -ives. About 2 5 meetings will be held this winter in Central, Northern and WesternNew York. The speak- ers will include Mrs. Helen Wells, of Syracuse; Miss Gertrude Gray of the School of Domestic Science, Toronto, Canada; Miss Margaret Van Rensselaer and Miss Flora Rose, of Cornell university, and Miss Harriet May Hills and Mrs. Fannie Cochran. —The funeral of Michael E. Murtagh whose sudden death occur- red Saturday took place Tuesday morning at St. John's church at 10 o'clock. Plattsburgh Council No. 255 Knights of Columbus of which Mr. Murtagh was a member, acted as escort to the church and cemetery. The pall bearers were W. F. Haley, W. H. Garlick, James O'Neill. Jas. McQuillan, Victor F. Boire and J. Holland. A high requiem mass was celebrated by Rev. F. P. O'Rourke and the in ter mien t was made Mount Carmel cemetery. —Eight cows, owned by Rev. E. M. Parrott, the Episcopal clergyman at Lake George, were killed by be- ing struck by a Hudson Valley car near Batesville, about a mile north> of Lake George Monday morning. The cattle were being driven north- •"ard along the track when the 8 o'clock car out of Warrensburi literally cut them to pieces as it came upon them from around a curve. Plattsburgh Council, K. of C, and Plattsburgh Tent, K. O. T. M., acting as an escort to the churc'fr and Mount Carmel cemetery, where the inter- ment was held. The pall bearers were Francis McCadden, Arthur Mc- Quillan, John Collins, J. P. Connors, Mark Tierney and J. T. Kavanagh. •—The settlement of the affairs of the International Lace Company of Gouverneur, bankrupts, on a basis of 25 per, cent, of the claims of the sec- ond mortgage bondholders and the merchandise creditors, all unsecur- it is said, bebroughi about because of the conflicting in- terests among the creditors. It is stated that unless the company's of- ficers make a better offer that the bankruptcy proceedings willbe push- ed and a thorough examination made of wit in •A jury in federal court in Rut- land has awarded Fred W. Savage, a Granville, X. Y., theatrical man, a verdict of $13,500 in his negligence suit against the Rutland railroad to recover $20,000 for injuries receiv- ed at Vergennes Decembr 1, last, when a gravel train ran into an ac- commodation train on a siding. Mr. Savage is suffering from neurasthe- nia and nerve specialists during the trial exDressed doubt as to his re- covery. The- railroad admitted its liability and the jury's duty was to apportion the damages only. It re- quired three hours to reach a ver- dict. —Mrs. Caswell, the wife of A. B. Caswell, master mechanic at the new Clinton prison hospital, one of PERSONALS, WANTED MOTHER'S MONEY James Farley is at home from ;ew York for a short visit. Miss Grace Fagan. of A usable CARL 1), FLETCHER FAILED TO GET ESTATE. His Mother, Mrs. Sara P. BUss, Willed Her Property to His Children—Surrogate Holds ; That Document Is Legal.- THE NEW COUNTY HOME. ^PHOTO BY WOODWAKD. ) Every tax payer of Clinton county ttruction $ will be pleased to learn that the cost 1 T h°s. Costello. .plumbing, of new Countv Home in Beekman- f lm f B - ^ l l i hli Rush 'n, which is now ready for oc- 1 cupancy has been even less than was estimated by the building committee of the Board of Supervisors, and that instead of costing over '• ~ 3,000 as stated by unreliable porjor.s, who at- tempted to use the construction of j healing. ush Acetylene Gas Co., gas men. and stove. . Alfred E. Farley, gas house construction. . R. L. Signor, archivet.. Northern Electric Co.. electric wiring I W. A. MCMartin, graJ- political capital, it will mg I A - Florentine, grading and walks Surrogate Agnew Tuesday held Lake, was in towi on business yes- , that the will of Mrs. Sara F. Bliss, terday. I formerly a member of the Normal A. L. Pierce, of Elizabethtown, faculty, is valid, and that her son, spent several hours in Plattsburgh I Carl D. Fletcher, of Rochester, can yesterday. , i enjoy only such part of the income I. E. Featherston, of Ausable t from it as is necessary for the sup- Forks, was amoag yesterday's vis- port of his family, itors to this cit*\ , The will, which was probated Mrs. James Finnegan has return- ; some time ago, has just been up'for ed to her home in Saranac Lake af- judicial settlement. By the terms ter spending a week in town- of the will the bulk of the estate Shepaid Baker l^ft Saturday to , was evidently intended to be placed accept a position in GoldfieU,, beyond the reach of her son, hut Nevada. provided that he and his family B. S. W. Clark has gone to the , might enjoy the use of it, the title western parr or the state on ' being vested in his two childrenbusiness. ' her grandchildren. A dispute arose Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Trombley 1 between the son and executor of the have gone to New York on a two will as to the construction of the weeks' pleasure trip ' document, the son claiming that the William J. Roache, of Saranac, attempt on the part of his mother, was among Wednesday's visitors to \ to place the property beyond bi£ this city. - . ' reach was a failure, the wording be- Miss Anna O'Hara is spending her . ing so ambiguous that it amounted- vacation with Miss Adell Brewster t to no disposition of the estate, and at Albany. i that as there was no residuary j Henry Bird, of Portland, Me., clause in the will the bulk of the j is in town for two weeks, the guest ' estate would pass to him as gole heir tof Mrs. F. A. Bird. 83 Platt street, at law. j Mrs. Robert H. Guibord has been , George B. Adams, Esq., of Gen- i visiting her mother, Mrs. L. B. eseo, appeared as attorney for the {Hapgooi, in Malone. 'executor, and John B. Abbott, Esq., i John B. Mooers. state parole of-' of Rochester, as attorney for the jficer, went to Johnstown on official, son. P. J. Tierney, Esq., of this business Wednesday night. ^city, has been appointed guardian Misses Helen and Ann Knight, of *of the children. j Chateaugay visited friends in town It was decided by the surrogate | latt work. that notwithstanding the ambiguity | Mr. and Mrs. J. AI. Studholme of the language used in the will the .?4o,4o0.00 | lefl Sunday tGr xow York, where , testatrix Intended that the buifc of ^ >o iX j Mr. Studholme has gone on business. , the estate should go to the graad- D,lew.19 i Mis3 Elizabeth'Taylor, returned children, and that no part of -it jto New York Suniay to resume could be enjoyed by Fletcher, ex- 52o.OU lier 1)Osi t i OU a fter spending the sum- eept such part of the income as is L,446.68 2,300.00 T ~te Horn cost less than $72,00 0. and as a IV- £Ult nearly $G,UOO of the original tund voted for tr-3 erection and fur-1 h'ishing of the buildings will revert | back into *he county treasury. When in 1905 the burning of the old County Home made it necessary to provide a new building, the su- pervisors at first decided as a matter of economy to build on the founda tino of the old building. The state law. however, requires that all plans for county poor buildings must be approved by the State Board of Charities, and when the plans of the ; Supervisors were submitted to G75.00 212.^0 mcr in town necessary for the support of him- Mrs. D. S. Aljers and Eva Sl:ar- self and his family. ion of South Plattsburgh. have re- t - turned home after spending a *ee'.i ' $23,000 Fire "in Ogdenabus-g. Henry, Wood & Marshall IT. A. Wood, expenses to Albany for furniture dough Bros., furniture. Bruso & Atwood, furni- ture Oilds & Byrnes, furni- ture Childs & Byrnes, de- livery wagon W. C. Pike, Mdse G. H. Carroll & Co. . . {^ j R. H. Guibord, insur- 1 ance ' H. A. Thomas & Co, insurance Heffernan & Burleigh, insurance Parkhurst & Taylor, Insurance Chas. H. Wallace, elec- tric fixtures T. A. Murphy, crockery. Freight interest on notes paid in* 1907 Removing debris. 1£»nr>. Napoleon Paro, slating. 2 5.S2 1&2.G1 182.Cl 182.97 | 82.50 i 9 7.00 j 195.50 with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gonyea of Rouses Poinv. The George A. Taylor Co^s. Rev. Brother Bernandine has re-, flour mill at Ogdensburg was i _ turned ui New York, and his sis- rally destroyed by fire Monday nignt. ter, Miss Catherine Banfield, has re- ' The fire was discovered about 9 turned .o Hudson, having been call- , o'clock and it was midnight before jed here by the death of their father, [the flames were under control Mr. and Mrs. William Carnes, of I Policemem had to be summoned Willsboro announce the approaching | about 10 o'clock on account of off!'- marriage of their daughter, Mar- ] cials of the Rutland Railway com- garet, to W T illiam L. Savage, son of ' l>a»y threatening to cut lin^s of hose Mr. and Mrs. Moses Savage of Platts- ] unless they were removed ^frora burgh. i across the tracks so that cars alonjf Rev. and Mrs. H. P LeF. Grabau i the siding of the Ogdensburg Roller, returned Monday night from Rich- ' Mill company's warehouse could be mond, Va., Mr. Grabau attended the > removed. The chief placed a r^d triennial convention of the Protes- j lantern near the hose and ordered tant Episcopal church of the United 1 the police to arrest anyone who at- • tempted to interfere with the hose... State Board th^y were at once dis- approved, the State Board insisting, as they have in all cases in the seate on a group of buildings on the cottag-p plan, the group to include an administration building, to be occupied by the superintendent, a building for the male inmates, one for the females, a dining building and kitchen and two hospitals. Es- timates were secured for these buildings and they proved so high; that rhe Supervisors, afte^r consider- able difficulty, succeeded in secur- ing the consent of the State Board to the eliminaion of the hospitals. With the hospitals eliminated j new plans, v ere j repared and sub-| mitted to the ? ate Board and by J them appro\ed. the\ estimating the' coht of such a group at $75,000 \m On thi* basis and with insurance j oc; from "he old building amounting | ]^ to abou* $17,f»f>o, the Supervisors , (< authorized the bonding of the conn- , x ho mats t'o^tello. ty tor S'iO.U'Mi. *hf> bon'K bearing in- , •eierit at tour per ceni and to run, to December 1. 1!-»21. Thet-e bon H , sold ai a premium, the countv ival 1 izmg Sdu.-i .T9.f;2 from their sale. This. w\:h SIT. ! b 'U n.MiraiK •>, I made a total of 377 777 U ! and i" , was expected tha. thk- entre sum would be uci uired to erect and States. Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Larkin. of Wilkinsburiy. Pa., announce the 144 - 00 ! marriage of their daughter, Ger- 192.0-0 20 4.00 200.00 15.30 25.7'J 477.08 S05.00 5 4.32 Total . . Bahmcc There is ij.t ' ih« $65,7-10.44 . . .$1 1.0^7.49 be Dai 1 on this lollowing nam- <Jt Son a iv Florentine Total. . 97.9S 471.2J 592.81 ... (i.99 . .$8,218.9^ •Mirplu-. 1 I.a-i F( the ritateni* bruarv lis paper mad: he > would re- equip the buildings, but the build- nid\n upon the completion of the Inu committee U.HM. :ng of L K bu ; idin£ , s , a ba]anoe in the fund of Dow roil H A Wood. J T Coiii- stock. R F Nasn Thomas G R--->- aL>O111 $ an 1 C E Inman ai 1 . mcu^i- 1 ll h n^ssi men. lool> The appearance of the police settled ' the matter, though the wheels of the engine were run up to within a, A few inches of the hose. crude May, to Mr. John Reginald ; Clarke, of Danville, Va.. on Oct. 1 The loss to the mill and its coo- 12th, at Kane, Pa. " tents is roughly estimated at f35,- First Lieut. G. V. Packer. 1st In- 000 and it may exceed those figures. fantry, who has been on duty at Plattsburgh Barracks for some time, , Savings Bank Likely to Keopen. has been ordered to Vancouver Bar- Helena, Mont., Odv. 2 4.—A lorfg- racks, where his regiment will take ] distance, telephone message from fetation upon its return from the ' Butte, says two applications were, Philippines next spring. Lieue Pack- made in court yesterday for the ap- er is one of tue most popular offi- | nointmont of receivers for the State cers ever stationed in Plattsburgh, Savings Bank, which closed tts and has made a host of friends in \ doors last week. State Bank Ex-. aminor Collins gave out a reassur- ing statement., which intimated that a movement is on foot looking to th ^ reopening of the bank. this city during his stay here, who will regret to learn that he has been rnered to another Post for duty. CHANGE IX TIME and In the Arrival Trains on the arrt-r the. mwrebt^ of '-h* 1 couut\ .-,-. c : ;ull\ as !i^e^ <'o their own, and as a result the build- MrV\hr(l It will b- nauieo that over $7(M) h a s been paid j or insurance on the buildings, and '' Four >!t»n Blown Up. Deiwrture of Ashland, Wis., Oct. 24.—Four I) ^ jf. i men were killed to-day by the blow- 1 ing up of No. 2 mixing mill of The A new time-table will go into et- Atlantic Dynamite Company's fac- feci on the lines of the D. & H, on tory near here. Sunday. The changes on the Cham- —• PlKin division will be confined to ' LOST—Suit case between Michael three trains " Train No. 3. which Down's residence and Davern House no>\ arrives at 3.40 p. m and leaves Peru. Finder please leave at Da- ter minutes later, will under the vern House and receive suitable re- new sihedule arrive at 7:10 p. m. ward •iU>] leave at 7-1-3. Train No. 10, the south bound sleeper, will ar- i WANTED AT ONCE—A reliable r>\p at 9 J0 and leave at 9:53. 'girl for general housework. Apply this siaz-ement is There wi] j also b e a change in the i to Mrs. Watson Wilcox, 31 Cumber- Saranac Lake and ' land avenue. the aho\e accounting j even i ng train to Saranac Lake and by a glance at tho j v,. t . p] acidi the train leaving here at 7.2U p. m., arriving at Saranac Lake at 9:57 and Lake Placid at ings use the best known residents of Dan- nemora died at her home in that village Monday morning. Mrs. Caswell, who had been ailing for sometime was formerly a resident of Plattsburgh where she came with her husband after their marriage. Forj Honii about five years they lived at No. S<i j -inii Broad street this city and six years ago removed to Dannemora where they have resided since. Funeral services for Mrs. Caswell took place at her home in Dannemora on Thursday forenoon at l*>::]0 o'clock. The interment was made on Fri- day at Aiooers Forks where services were also held at the home of Mrs. Caswell's parents;, Mr. and j Mrs. Jesse Welden. R fully equipped and ready for will cost rhe count} $3,7^ 5 1 less than v this amount the COUIK\ :'• ot the ruxpa> < follow in<i dec receip's a nd to seiii (counts will shov pended hi -J! ani i Sales oi crm\l anticipated. i\s oi the uled -" H how DISBURSEMENT? OU & Son con- ,Lis cannot properly be charged up io iii-> cObt of i on^trnciion. To thu. nAs,h r be added ovor $3Oo for walks which were not in the original es I'/iaM makinsi a total of o\ei $1 OOD, of what * .ight be properb t.-.r.'\l extraordinary expense Tiie taxpayers ot the county are u> ' • congratulated on the fine Conn \ Home whidi is mn\ thei, -iroperi}, and also of having in then* county legislature men who '•••a\( j c.uefulh pxprndod c e r \ dol- lar an os.su v to ilv 1 < on-^t ruction of i,he Home, whicli well known and 'i lia 1 ' 1 !" ''omrai'to'N ^tale could not \ i i> ^ iii linn' N 1 erected for !e-* t! 1 :)]! ^I'DIHII', as against $71,- l ^ft 4 2, the actual c_o;=i, which in- cludes insurance and all extra work i not provided for in the contracts. 10.1." n m. FOR SALE—Young Pigs. T. N. Fielder. R. F. D. 1, Plattsburgh, N. Y. Clinton Phone 71318 d! Tin Lazuasier. Penn Eastern S\nod of Thurch in the r;nt )pened its O:P hunJre toenth annual meeting here lust night resumed its se^sioi^ io-Jav. Thtiv are tv/el\e flasfces in t»ie Synod, with a total of ">4 { congreg-i- Mon-. -M: 1 . minister^, lit;.127 com- mtriuants and r»7.7L'J unoontirmed member^ During iht same periods $1-11. t:jw wa.s contributed by th > joue.regtK'ions for benevolence, and ?(!4v.21t- for (ongretional purposes. The Svnod also emiiraces .">);."> Sun- day Schools. with 1i)43,s officers and teachers and 1«> 1.^19 4 scholars. od. Notice. 21 The Notice is hereby given that all Reformed the local option questions mention- tea, which p ci 5 n Section 16 of tlje Liquor Tax and foui- '' HV ' r o f t n e State of New York will be voted on at the General Election to be held in the town of Saranac, New York, on Tuesday, November 5, lf*07. F. A. PARSONS, Town Clerk. FOR SALE—High grade Jersoy heifer, calves and older. Chester White swine all ages, including young brood sows and furrow sow. and choice comb white leghorns of this and last year's stock. Seth Gor- don, Dunn farm, Chazy, N. Y,

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entinel.FIRST SECTION.

VOL. Llll NO. 20 PLATTSBTJRGH, N, Y ., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1907 WHOIiE INTJMBER 93IT

SHOT HIS COMPANION.MISTOOK HIM FOR DEER AND

LET GO WITH RIFLE.

WOUMED MAN LIVED FOUR HOURS

William JDurgan, of Lake Placid, theVictim—George Martin, Who

Fired Fatal Shot, Shouted,and Getting No Re-

sponse, Shot.

William Durgan of Lake Placidwas shot and fatally injur-

ed about four o'clock -Mdudayafternoon by George Martin,•of Averyville, who mistook himfor a deer, his death taking placeabout four hours later. The accident

Pdnd, eighteor.the wilderness.

occurred at Moosemiles southwest inboth men being members of a larg~hunting party and thoroughly exper-ienced in the woods. According tothe story told by other members ottbe party who had just returned,Martin jumped a deer at which ho(was unable to get a good shot, untilit apparently came out in an openplace on a rid ^e some distance abovehim. Knowing his companion to bfisoffiewlier" in the woods near him,he covered the moving object withhis rifle and shouted, but got no re-

NEARBY NEWS.

—Jules LaRJ^ocque shot a largebuck near Derrick on

—One of the oldestPosts in .Vermont, Johnson, No. 23,of Nprthfield , has voted to disbandand surrender its charter.

••—Swauton, Vt. will have a kind-ling wood faltory in operation in afew days. Five hundred cords ofwood are required to fill the dryhouse.

—.At Li:':e Placid potatoes sell at$1.25 pei bushel; eggs, strictlyfresh, r t i(.) cents a dozen; butter30 cents a pound, and milk retails at7 cent's a quart.

—-The Chateaugay football elevenplayed the Mooers team at Mooers,

—A United States army recruitingoffice has been opened in Water-town,

—The business men of the littleFriday. j village of St. Regis Falls propose toGrand Army (hire a night policeman and raise his

Thursday. Thewell matched and

teamthe

were verygame was

hotly contested tnroughout, neither•team being able to score.

—A wordy war is being ragedthrough the columns of the Kempt-ville papers between the manufac-turers of what is known as thebrandy chocolate at Kemptville andthe members of the W. C. T. U. ofthat town.

—Morton Kinu, twenty years old,of Ticonderoga, an employe, of theInternational Paper mill, was caughtin the winder ,of t'ao paper machineon Monday and was almost instant-ly killed, his neck and shoulder be-ing broken.— T h e steamers of the HudsonRiver Day Line made their last tripof the season on Saturday. -. Thenight steamers between Troy, Al-

sponse-, and shouted again with the b a n y flnd N e w y o r k w m G o n t i n u e

same result, and then feeling certainit must be tho game he had sarted•up, Shot and hit Durgan. Some ofthe party immediately started •-|prtown, reaching Lake Placido'clock Tuesday morning, aback a-s- noon as possible afterwardWith a doctor.

Tuesday morning a stretcher wasimprovised by tbo*se who had remained all-..night••T.ori.- the mountain, andthe body was brought out upon itsevep iniles to the nearest habitationwhere a rig was obtained to carry ith q i n e , • . . ' . ' " • • - • " • • -

: • • ' ' . ' • ' ' • ' • - . . . - • ' •

IJurgan was twenty-eight -yearsold- and leaves a wife but no chil-dren. . • "-' '. -..;,:: • .... • /.;

Death of Mrs. James Bailey.

Susan; Henrietta Platt, widow

the' late James Sailey, and>youngest

Eliza Hunting Miller, his wife, pass-ed away Wednesday evening at 9.20at her home on Cornelia street, inthe 85th. year of her age, the deathremoving the last member of thePlatt family of her generation-

Mrs. Bailey was born June 9,1823, and was the granddaughterof Zephaniah Platt, one of the founders of Plattstmrgh, and on thematernal side, a granddaughter ofDr.. Joha Miller, one of the earlysettlers of this city.

Mr?. Bailey was educated at Mr.Crittenden's school in Albany, an iwaB one of the oldest alumni of theAlbany Female Academy. Her en-tire lite was spent as a resident -of,Plattsburgh, her marriage to Mr.Bailey occurring in 1858, and thedeath of her husband taking placein 1877.

She was a woman of the mostbeautiful character and great culti-vation of mind, two pf her most dis-tinguishing characteristics being un-ostentatious benevolence and loyal-ty to her friends.

She took an active part in thework of the Episcopal church, ofwhich she was a* sincere and devoted

.-ii.fcTiibtr, and had long been con-nected with the Home for theFriendless as vice-president andmember of the Board of Managers.

Mrs. Bailey was a woman of re-markable memory and was an au-thority to those who wished' assis-tance in tracing the genealogy of the

until navigation is closed by thefreezing over of the river, as Usual.

-—The Spear saw mills at Canton,together with the lumber in tho

K l t u j yard adjoining were burned to the,W"v! ! ground Thursday night. The loss

on the mills ?s about $50,000 with$la,000 insurance. About seventy-five men will be thrown out of im-ployment.:'•'; -7-r-It appears that Brattleboro, Vt.citizens have twen buncoed out ofsums ranging from.25 cents to $2.A boy, apparently 14 years old, cir-culated a paper for a football team.Many signed but no team hasmaterialized and nothing has beenheard of the young promoter.

—Rutland Central Trades andLabor council will take a hand inthe closing ' of'.the "• stores evenings.It will stand hack of the clerks' uiirton and if it is unsuccessful, it is un-derstood that the central body willask the proprietors of all stores tokeep open six nights in the week-

—Dr. Leonard H. English hasreceived his diploma from the Re-gents of New York State, to prac-tice osteopathy; the first diploma ofits kind granted to any one in this

of

art ofwhich

the state,passed

The billat Albany

last winter- places all fourschools of medicine — allopathy,homeopathy, osteopathy and eclectic—on equal footing in the state.

-—Of the three Italians arrested ashort time ago for purchasing gov-

IIsalary by popular subscription.

—An experiment in late potatoplanting has netted two Vermontfarmers 1,200 bus'hels from 60bushels of seed.

—The registration for the city ofOgdensburg is but 1334, only abouti"0 per cm;., of the normal, vote.Many p: eminent political workersare among those who failed to regis-ter.

—An important special meeting ofthe Industrial Committee of theMacdonough Club will be held thisevening at 8 o'clock. Every mem-ber Is requested to be present.

—The firm of merchant tailors,Arnett & Booth, has been dissolvedby mutual consent, Mr. Arnett con-tinuing the business.

—John S. Header & Son, Who jhave conducted the Lyon MountainHouse at Lyon Mountain for twoyears past, have purchased the Ad-irondack House at Dannemora, and jtake possession Monday. I

—The following are the honortudents in the Plattsburgh Hi^h |

School forth! first five weeks: John"Bartholf, . John Booth, CalvinBridges, Charles Curtis, Terry Cur-tis, Florence' Doane, Harold Jerry,Hubert Jerry, Ruth Lobdell, ArthurMcQuillan, Franklin Palmer, LucyPerry, Mary Russell, Clarence Ten-ny, Fredric Tenny, Ellen Watson,Cbauncey Whittelsey.

—George Tupper of Glens Fallshas disappeared from his home andcannot be located. Mr. Tupper leftthere October 9 and on the sameday his son, Fred H. Tupper, receiv-ed a letter from him, stating that hewas going to Buffalo. The police innearby towns have been asked toassist in the search.

—Because he lived on the earn-ings of an unfortunate girl, a wellknown Warrensburg man was horse-whipped by a crowd of Warrensburg

citizens Sunday night, according toa report from that place. Thevictim of the mob had been pay-ing attention to a woman who hasbeen staying around Warrensburgsince the Warren county fair. Thegirl, it is said, supported him.

—The board of managers of theSt. Lawrence State hospital held itsfirst meeting for the new fiscal yearlast week Thursday. S. M. Coons,of Oswtjgo, was chosen president,and Mis a Ma r y C. G ood al e, of W a-tertpwn, clerk. The board will askthe state legislature to appropriate1180,500 for it for the ensuingyear. The hospital has 1,835 pa-tients and employs 372 men.

—The funeral of the late Chris-topher Ban field was \held from St.John's church at 2 o'clock Sundayafternoon, and despite the inclementweather was largely attended. TheLibera was sung and the prayers forthe dead said by the Rev. J. P.O'Rourke, acting pastor. The funeral

The New County Home Cost Less ThanEstimated,

A BALANCE OF NEARLY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS

Forks, was a visitor here Monday.W C. Pike is in New York re-

plenishing his stockMiss Lena Lynch, of West Chazy. 's returned to Ausable Forks.Mi- and Mrs. C. H. Barber have

reiurned from their wedding trip. 'R. F. Nash. Republican nominee

for shtriff, spen last night in this jcity. |

H. B. Little, Esq . of Saratac ,

Actual Cost of Buildings, Including Furniture.and Grading of Grounds Was $* 1,989,4*--

Itemized Statement of Receipts and

Expenditure*.

ernment clothing from soldiers one j procession was of unusual length-was indicted by the United States - - - . . _ _ . .grand jury at Auburn, plead guilty

Platt family andearly history

information of theof Plattsburgh.

Though having a natural pride inher distinguished ancestry, she wasat all times courteous to all, bear-ing herself with a grace and dig-nity that commanded the admirationand respect of all who knew her.Her charity w ,s unbounded, thoughfew but the recipients ever learnedof t'b* many kindnesses shown torelatives and friends.

Mrs. Bailey is survived by hernieces, Mrs. Helen Bullis, of Nor-folk, and Miss Woodward and Mrs.F. P. Lobdell, of Plattsburgh, andseveral .nephews and nieces in Louis-iana, Georgia and Missouri.

Young Hunter Killed.

Chelsea, Oct. 2 4.—Orin Porter,the 17-year-old son of Mi1, and MrFrank Porter of Tunbridge,hunting deer with two other...boy^named Be dor and • Tupper. aboutdark last night, was shot and fatallyinjured. He died about midnight.

while

Quebec B r i d g e Disas te r .P h i l a d e l p h i a . Oct. 2 4 . — T o i

t i g a t e t h e causes thao; led tcQuebec b r idge d i sa s t e r th Q (d i a n rovHl commiss ion ro-ciayin P h o e n i x Pie, P -nn . t-> r .3wt e s t i m o n y of a nuir,: • r .- ' or"of tine Phoen ixv i l i e Bric-u'. C o r rw h i c h m a n u f a c t u r e d the : t< . ]t h e s t r u c t u r e .

and sentence Was suspended- FelixA. Couture, of Rouses Point, indictedfor smuggling tobacco from Canadaplead guilty and was fined $50.

—The swiftness of Canadian jus-tice is proverbial but a case in theriminal court in Toronto probably

holds the record, even for Canadiancourts. Horace Mountain, a mailcarrier, employed in collecting let-ters from street boxes, was arrested

10:45 Thursday morning,charged with robbing the mails. At11:10 he was araigned before themagistrate, pleaded guilty and with-in an hour from the time of his ar-rest had commenced serving a termof four years' imprisonment.

-—The State Department of agri-ulture has decided to conductaveral institutions for farmers'-ives. About 2 5 meetings will be

held this winter in Central, Northernand WesternNew York. The speak-ers will include Mrs. Helen Wells,of Syracuse; Miss Gertrude Gray ofthe School of Domestic Science,Toronto, Canada; Miss MargaretVan Rensselaer and Miss FloraRose, of Cornell university, and MissHarriet May Hills and Mrs. FannieCochran.

—The funeral of Michael E.Murtagh whose sudden death occur-red Saturday took place Tuesdaymorning at St. John's church at 10o'clock. Plattsburgh Council No. 255Knights of Columbus of which Mr.Murtagh was a member, acted asescort to the church and cemetery.The pall bearers were W. F. Haley,W. H. Garlick, James O'Neill. Jas.McQuillan, Victor F. Boire and J.Holland. A high requiem mass wascelebrated by Rev. F. P. O'Rourke

and the in ter mien t was madeMount Carmel cemetery.

—Eight cows, owned by Rev. E.M. Parrott, the Episcopal clergymanat Lake George, were killed by be-ing struck by a Hudson Valley carnear Batesville, about a mile north>of Lake George Monday morning.The cattle were being driven north-•"ard along the track when the 8o'clock car out of Warrensburiliterally cut them to pieces as itcame upon them from around acurve.

Plattsburgh Council, K. of C , andPlattsburgh Tent, K. O. T. M., actingas an escort to the churc'fr and MountCarmel cemetery, where the inter-

ment was held. The pall bearerswere Francis McCadden, Arthur Mc-Quillan, John Collins, J. P. Connors,Mark Tierney and J. T. Kavanagh.

•—The settlement of the affairs ofthe International Lace Company ofGouverneur, bankrupts, on a basis of25 per, cent, of the claims of the sec-ond mortgage bondholders and themerchandise creditors, all unsecur-

it is said, bebroughiabout because of the conflicting in-terests among the creditors. It isstated that unless the company's of-ficers make a better offer that thebankruptcy proceedings wil lbe push-ed and a thorough examination madeof wit in

•A jury in federal court in Rut-land has awarded Fred W. Savage,a Granville, X. Y., theatrical man, averdict of $13,500 in his negligencesuit against the Rutland railroad torecover $20,000 for injuries receiv-ed at Vergennes Decembr 1, last,when a gravel train ran into an ac-commodation train on a siding. Mr.Savage is suffering from neurasthe-nia and nerve specialists during thetrial exDressed doubt as to his re-covery. The- railroad admitted itsliability and the jury's duty was toapportion the damages only. It re-quired three hours to reach a ver-dict.

—Mrs. Caswell, the wife of A.B. Caswell, master mechanic at thenew Clinton prison hospital, one of

PERSONALS, WANTED MOTHER'S MONEYJames Farley is at home from

;ew York for a short visit.Miss Grace Fagan. of A usable CARL 1), FLETCHER FAILED TO

GET ESTATE.

His Mother, Mrs. Sara P. BUss,Willed Her Property to His

Children—Surrogate Holds ;

That Document IsLegal.-

THE NEW COUNTY HOME.^PHOTO BY WOODWAKD. )

Every tax payer of Clinton county • ttruction $will be pleased to learn that the cost1 T h°s . Costello. .plumbing,of new Countv Home in Beekman- f l m f B- ^ l l i h l i

Rush' n , which is now ready for oc- 1cupancy has been even less than wasestimated by the building committeeof the Board of Supervisors, and thatinstead of costing over '• ~ 3,000 asstated by unreliable porjor.s, who at-tempted to use the construction of j

healing.ush Acetylene Gas Co.,gas men. and stove. .

Alfred E. Farley, gashouse construction. .

R. L. Signor, a r c h i v e t . .Northern Electric Co..

electric wiringI W. A. MCMartin, graJ-

political capital, it will m g

I A- Florentine, gradingand walks

Surrogate Agnew Tuesday heldLake, was in towi on business yes- , that the will of Mrs. Sara F. Bliss,terday. I formerly a member of the Normal

A. L. Pierce, of Elizabethtown, faculty, is valid, and that her son,spent several hours in Plattsburgh I Carl D. Fletcher, of Rochester, canyesterday. , i enjoy only such part of the income

I. E. Featherston, of Ausable t from it as is necessary for the sup-Forks, was amoag yesterday's vis- port of his family,itors to this cit*\ , The will, which was probated

Mrs. James Finnegan has return- ; some time ago, has just been up'fored to her home in Saranac Lake af- judicial settlement. By the termster spending a week in town- of the will the bulk of the estate

Shepaid Baker l^ft Saturday to , was evidently intended to be placedaccept a position in GoldfieU,, beyond the reach of her son, hutNevada. provided that he and his family

B. S. W. Clark has gone to the , might enjoy the use of it, the titlewestern parr or the state on ' being vested in his two children—business. ' her grandchildren. A dispute arose

Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Trombley 1 between the son and executor of thehave gone to New York on a two will as to the construction of theweeks' pleasure trip ' document, the son claiming that the

William J. Roache, of Saranac, attempt on the part of his mother,was among Wednesday's visitors to \ to place the property beyond bi£this city. - . ' reach was a failure, the wording be-

Miss Anna O'Hara is spending her . ing so ambiguous that it amounted-vacation with Miss Adell Brewster t to no disposition of the estate, andat Albany. i that as there was no residuary

j Henry Bird, of Portland, Me., clause in the will the bulk of thej is in town for two weeks, the guest ' estate would pass to him as gole heirtof Mrs. F. A. Bird. 83 Platt street, at law.j Mrs. Robert H. Guibord has been , George B. Adams, Esq., of Gen-i visiting her mother, Mrs. L. B. eseo, appeared as attorney for the{Hapgooi, in Malone. 'executor, and John B. Abbott, Esq.,i John B. Mooers. state parole of-' of Rochester, as attorney for thejficer, went to Johnstown on official, son. P. J. Tierney, Esq., of thisbusiness Wednesday night. ^city, has been appointed guardian

Misses Helen and Ann Knight, of *of the children.j Chateaugay visited friends in town It was decided by the surrogate| latt work. that notwithstanding the ambiguity| Mr. and Mrs. J. AI. Studholme of the language used in the will the

.?4o,4o0.00 | l e f l S u n d a y t G r xow York, where , testatrix Intended that the buifc of^>oiX j Mr. Studholme has gone on business. , the estate should go to the graad-D,lew.19 i M i s 3 Elizabeth'Taylor, returned children, and that no part of -it

jto New York Suniay to resume could be enjoyed by Fletcher, ex-52o.OU l i e r 1)Osi tiOU after spending the sum- eept such part of the income as is

L,446.682,300.00

T~te Horncost less than $72,00 0. and as a IV-£Ult nearly $G,UOO of the originaltund voted for tr-3 erection and fur-1h'ishing of the buildings will revert |back into *he county treasury.

When in 1905 the burning of theold County Home made it necessaryto provide a new building, the su-pervisors at first decided as a matterof economy to build on the foundatino of the old building. The statelaw. however, requires that all plansfor county poor buildings must beapproved by the State Board ofCharities, and when the plans of the ;Supervisors were submitted to

G75.00

212.^0

mcr in town necessary for the support of him-Mrs. D. S. Aljers and Eva Sl:ar- self and his family.

ion of South Plattsburgh. have re- t -turned home after spending a *ee'.i ' $23,000 Fire "in Ogdenabus-g.

Henry, Wood & Marshall

IT. A. Wood, expenses toAlbany for furniture

dough Bros., furniture.Bruso & Atwood, furni-

tureO i l d s & Byrnes, furni-

tureChilds & Byrnes, de-

livery wagonW. C. Pike, MdseG. H. Carroll & Co. . .

{^ j R. H. Guibord, insur-1 ance 'H. A. Thomas & Co,

insuranceHeffernan & Burleigh,

insuranceParkhurst & Taylor,

InsuranceChas. H. Wallace, elec-

tric fixturesT. A. Murphy, crockery.Freightinterest on notes paid

in* 1907Removing debris. 1£»nr>.Napoleon Paro, slating.

2 5.S21&2.G1

182.Cl

182.97 |

82.50 i9 7.00 j

195.50

with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gonyeaof Rouses Poinv. T h e George A. Taylor Co^s.

Rev. Brother Bernandine has re-, flour mill at Ogdensburg was i _turned ui New York, and his sis- rally destroyed by fire Monday nignt.ter, Miss Catherine Banfield, has re- ' The fire was discovered about 9turned .o Hudson, having been call- , o'clock and it was midnight before

jed here by the death of their father, [the flames were under controlMr. and Mrs. William Carnes, of I Policemem had to be summoned

Willsboro announce the approaching | about 10 o'clock on account of off!'-marriage of their daughter, Mar- ] cials of the Rutland Railway com-garet, to WTilliam L. Savage, son of ' l>a»y threatening to cut lin^s of hoseMr. and Mrs. Moses Savage of Platts- ] unless they were removed ^froraburgh. i across the tracks so that cars alonjf

Rev. and Mrs. H. P LeF. Grabau i the siding of the Ogdensburg Roller,returned Monday night from Rich- ' Mill company's warehouse could bemond, Va., Mr. Grabau attended the > removed. The chief placed a r^dtriennial convention of the Protes- j lantern near the hose and orderedtant Episcopal church of the United 1 the police to arrest anyone who at- •

tempted to interfere with the hose...State Board th^y were at once dis-approved, the State Board insisting,as they have in all cases in the seateon a group of buildings on thecottag-p plan, the group to includean administration building, to beoccupied by the superintendent, abuilding for the male inmates, onefor the females, a dining buildingand kitchen and two hospitals. Es-timates were secured for thesebuildings and they proved so high;that rhe Supervisors, afte^r consider-able difficulty, succeeded in secur-ing the consent of the State Boardto the eliminaion of the hospitals.

With the hospitals eliminated jnew plans, v ere j repared and sub- |mitted to the ? ate Board and by Jthem appro\ed. the\ estimating the 'coht of such a group at $75,000 \mOn thi* basis and with insurance j oc;from "he old building amounting | ]^to abou* $17,f»f>o, the Supervisors , (<authorized the bonding of the conn- , x ho mats t'o^tello.ty tor S'iO.U'Mi. *hf> bon'K bearing in- ,•eierit at tour per ceni and to run,to December 1. 1!-»21. Thet-e bon H ,sold ai a premium, the countv ival 1izmg Sdu.-i .T9.f;2 from their sale.This. w\:h SIT. ! b 'U n.MiraiK •>, Imade a total of 377 777 U ! and i" ,was expected tha. thk- entre sumwould be uci uired to erect and

States.Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Larkin.

of Wilkinsburiy. Pa., announce the1 4 4 - 0 0 ! marriage of their daughter, Ger-

192.0-0

20 4.00

200.0015.3025.7'J

477.08S05.00

5 4.32

Total . .

BahmccThere is

ij.t ' ih«

$65,7-10.44

. . .$1 1.0^7.49be Dai 1 on this

lollowing nam-

<Jt Sona iv

Florentine

Total. .

97.9S471.2J592.81

. . . (i.99

. .$8,218.9^

•Mirplu-.1 I.a-i F(

the ritateni*

bruarv lis p a p e r m a d :

h e > would re-

equ ip the bu i ld ings , but t he bui ld- nid\n upon the comple t ion of theInu c o m m i t t e e U . H M . :ng of L K b u ; i d i n £ , s , a b a ] a n o e in t he fund ofDow roil H A Wood. J T Coiii-s tock. R F Nasn T h o m a s G R--->- aL>O111 $an 1 C E I n m a n ai1. m c u ^ i - 1 ll hn^ssi men. lool>

The appearance of the police settled 'the matter, though the wheels ofthe engine were run up to within a, A

few inches of the hose.crude May, to Mr. John Reginald ;Clarke, of Danville, Va.. on Oct.1 The loss to the mill and its coo-12th, at Kane, Pa. " tents is roughly estimated at f35,-

First Lieut. G. V. Packer. 1st In- 000 and it may exceed those figures.fantry, who has been on duty atPlattsburgh Barracks for some time, , Savings Bank Likely to Keopen.has been ordered to Vancouver Bar- Helena, Mont., Odv. 2 4.—A lorfg-racks, where his regiment will take ] distance, telephone message fromfetation upon its return from the ' Butte, says two applications were,Philippines next spring. Lieue Pack- • made in court yesterday for the ap-er is one of tue most popular offi- | nointmont of receivers for the Statecers ever stationed in Plattsburgh, • Savings Bank, which closed ttsand has made a host of friends in \ doors last week. State Bank Ex-.

aminor Collins gave out a reassur-ing statement., which intimated thata movement is on foot looking toth ^ reopening of the bank.

this city during his stay here, whowill regret to learn that he has beenrnered to another Post for duty.

CHANGE IX TIME

andIn the ArrivalTrains on the

arrt-r the. mwrebt^of '-h*1 couut\ .-,-. c : ;ull\ as !i e^ <'otheir own, and as a result the build-

MrV\hr(l

It will b-n a u i e o that over $7(M) h a s been paidj or i n s u r a n c e on the bu i ld ings , and

'' Four >!t»n Blown Up.Deiwrture of Ashland, Wis., Oct. 24.—Four

I) ^ jf. i m e n were killed to-day by the blow-1 ing up of No. 2 mixing mill of The

A new time-table will go into et- Atlantic Dynamite Company's fac-feci on the lines of the D. & H, on tory near here.Sunday. The changes on the Cham- —•PlKin division will be confined to ' LOST—Suit case between Michaelthree trains " Train No. 3. which Down's residence and Davern Houseno>\ arrives at 3.40 p. m and leaves • Peru. Finder please leave at Da-ter minutes later, will under the vern House and receive suitable re-new sihedule arrive at 7:10 p. m. ward•iU>] leave at 7-1-3. Train No. 10,the south bound sleeper, will ar- i WANTED AT ONCE—A reliabler>\p at 9 J0 and leave at 9:53. 'girl for general housework. Apply

this siaz-ement is T h e r e w i ] j a l s o b e a change in the i to Mrs. Watson Wilcox, 31 Cumber-Saranac Lake and ' land avenue.the aho\e accounting j e v e n i n g train to Saranac Lake and

by a glance at tho j v,.t. p ] a c i d i t h e train leaving hereat 7.2U p. m., arriving at SaranacLake at 9:57 and Lake Placid at

ingsuse

the best known residents of Dan-nemora died at her home in thatvillage Monday morning. Mrs.

Caswell, who had been ailing forsometime was formerly a resident ofPlattsburgh where she came with herhusband after their marriage. F o r j H o n i i

about five years they lived at No. S<i j -inii

Broad street this city and six yearsago removed to Dannemora wherethey have resided since. Funeralservices for Mrs. Caswell tookplace at her home in Dannemora onThursday forenoon at l*>::]0 o'clock.The interment was made on Fri-day at Aiooers Forks where serviceswere also held at the home of

Mrs. Caswell's parents;, Mr. and jMrs. Jesse Welden. R

fully equipped and ready forwill cost rhe count} $ 3 , 7 ^ 5 1

less than vthis amountthe COUIK\ :'•ot the ruxpa> <follow in<i decreceip's and

to seiii(counts

will shovpended

hi -J! ani iSales oi

crm\l

anticipated.

i\s oi theuled -" H

how

DISBURSEMENT?OU & Son con-

,Lis cannot properly be charged upio iii-> cObt of i on^trnciion. To thu.nAs,hr be added ovor $3Oo for walkswhich were not in the original esI'/iaM makinsi a total of o\ei$1 OOD, of what * .ight be properbt.-.r.'\l extraordinary expense

Tiie taxpayers ot the county areu> ' • congratulated on the fineConn \ Home whidi is mn\ thei,-iroperi}, and also of having inthen* county legislature men who'•••a\(j c.uefulh pxprndod c e r \ dol-lar an os.su v to ilv1 < on- t ruction ofi,he Home, whicli well known and

'i lia1'1!" ''omrai'to'N ^tale could not\ i i> ^ iii linn' N1 erected for

!e-* t!1:)]! ^ I ' D I H I I ' , as against $71,-l^ft 4 2, the actual c_o;=i, which in-cludes insurance and all extra work

i not provided for in the contracts.

10.1." n m.

FOR SALE—Young Pigs. T. N.Fielder. R. F. D. 1, Plattsburgh, N.Y. Clinton Phone 71318 • d!

Tin

Lazuasier. PennEastern S\nod ofThurch in the r ;nt)pened its O:P hunJretoenth annual meeting here lustnight resumed its se^sioi^ io-Jav.Thtiv are tv/el\e flasfces in t»ieSynod, with a total of ">4 { congreg-i-Mon-. -M:1. minister^, lit;.127 com-mtriuants and r»7.7L'J unoontirmedmember^ During iht same periods$1-11. t:jw wa.s contributed by th >joue.regtK'ions for benevolence, and?(!4v.21t- for (ongretional purposes.The Svnod also emiiraces .">);."> Sun-day Schools. with 1i)43,s officersand teachers and 1«> 1. 19 4 scholars.

od. Notice.21 The Notice is hereby given that all

Reformed the local option questions mention-tea, which pci 5n Section 16 of tlje Liquor Taxand foui- ''HV'r o f t n e State of New York will

be voted on at the General Electionto be held in the town of Saranac,New York, on Tuesday, November 5,lf*07.

F. A. PARSONS,Town Clerk.

FOR SALE—High grade Jersoyheifer, calves and older. ChesterWhite swine all ages, including

young brood sows and furrow sow.and choice comb white leghorns ofthis and last year's stock. Seth Gor-don, Dunn farm, Chazy, N. Y,