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THE i'liiBbiiG PiiS SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7. 1907 homp. No. 55 Sylvania avenue, Forty- second ward. DEATH RECORD Aigna tiinin.

Baltimore. Seit ember 7. Aosrus Gi.in founder of the Baltimore Journal (German), is dead at his home here of acut indigestion. Mr. GiMn was 51 years old.

$2,000 LETTER MISSING. Disappears in McKfesport and Thought e(fro Has It. It is likelv the local police authorities nf Mck'w-Bnnri mav be resoonsible for an arrest there during the next few days bv the T-nited States authorities. The 'V Mr. Mary Obr.

Mrs. Mary Ober, abd 77, wiijow of frohn Ober, member of a pioneer family hi Butler county, which' settled near Butler late In the Eighteenth century, died resierday at the home of her daughter, Itrs. Thomas lamm. No. 418 George Street, Braddock, where she had made tor home for aorne years.

Her death was Cue to bronchial trouble, from which she pad suffered several months. Mrs. Ober vas born August 26.. 1XS1, in Summit township, Butler county. Her father was Frank Fisrher.

who emigrated from jermanj- and sett I' in Butler county Et the Close of the revolution. Mrs. Ober police are working on an important clew, the disappearance of a letter containing: a certificate nf stock in the Bullfrog Minins of Colorado, sent from Baltimore. the headquarters of the mining company, to V. J.

faliel- don. an extensive character and promoter in McKcesport, and which he has never i was known to many of the priests of the i refeivd The letter arrived in McKeesport this i'litfaburi, diocese of the Roman t'atholic fact is known, and th" authorities are of the opinion that thf letter fell into the hands of a Tube City negrro. Postmaster J. Dfrsara called tiie thureh, and there are many of this city who will especially remember her as having given them aid in various ways whilf they were students at tiie old seminary it Summit, still in charge of the ordr of (Tapui-tuii monks. Mrs.

Ober had known iom his early childhood the veneuW" Very Rev. Father John Hicky, who died oupie of hko while pastor of St. local police to work on the case, and Mr. Sheldon is of the opinion, form a reem it'iepnone inesxri- in- 1 1 from a person who would not tell his nume. that the certificate is in thf -hands Thomas Rom in Catholic fhurch.

Brad nf this negro. Mr. Sheldon gave street (ink. after a service of 'Si years, and railway stock in the Masontown road or I I I "III 1'A A nfcK3 IX Kvv5 mV tt jkiviii; i (j viciir-finerai oi the mining stock. the P.ttsburg diocse.

Stie was one of the oldest m'-mbers of St. Marv's Ro- nan Catholic Churcn. Summit, having PAWnirtATC AII I retained always her membership in tii SPEAK HERE NEXT MONTH, John O. Sheatz, Republican nominee for treasurer, left Pittsbms fir his home in Philadelphia at 10 o'clock last hurch of the parish in which she She is survived by five daughters and a son; Lamm. Mrs.

Key-T. of the South Side; Mrs. Catherine 'Manse, of Milivale: Mrs. Elizabeth Smar-ker. of Butler; Mrs.

Mena Burns, of Bradford; Mrs. Margaret Schnerr, of Sel-jina. and Jof.n Ober. of Butler. Four sisterS'i aiso survive.

Mrs. Andrew Kngel. of Mt. Mrs. Catherine Snyder, of Ljwi enceville; Mrs.

Mary Smith, of Pen-dlcton. and Mrs. Lena Helm, of Brad-lord, IV. night. He promised to return in the early part of October to make a speech at a big meeting, which will open the carnnaiirn in this end of the State.

T-ast cvinins Mr. Sheatz and County Chair III III I I 41l Bill II man A. J. Barchfield accented an invi tation from Judge Josiah Cohen to at i I I Tt' Jr II I II tend the first service at the new Kodfph II II tt-. mm III II Shalom Mr.

Sheatz and Con- II I II aiil i ll Irinii Rian. gif ssman Barchfield will open the fall campaign in Northampton county week 1 after wk. Mr. She.itz intends to visit III 1119 VX III I II all the counties west of Harrisburg. Uriah Ryan, aged U5 years, a veteran of tne civil Mtr, died yesterday at his resi-cericc in Perm township, near Milltown.

lie was born in 14:1 on the Atlantic ocean wiiile bis parents. Geo. ge and Mrs. Hannah Ryan, were on tneir way to this country Iron, iheir home in Ireland. lp- PITTSBURG TEMPLARS II II (Ill 1 iC? TO EE ENTERTAINED.

eai Rapid Transit! That's the slogan now. Real Rapid I ii a sW a.riMiig nerc tne family locateo in Richmond. September ny, ami when Mr. Rvan was hut ito ti years ol.l his parents ok sick and Pittsburg Cominanderv No. 1.

both died on the same from fever. I Knights Templar members of which two je.trs tie was taken from an wjn two davs in Richmond. Gov-nrphan and adopted by Josiah Pror Stuart of Pennsylvania, is expect- kind that takes you to and from your home quickly, conveniently and comfortably! lamer laK-ng mm rl the i.artv to th arm on whieh he died. He re- while in Richmond the visitors will a common school education ami .1,., nnv. Cr.m- ci ei i be- a farm.

r. On June mamtery of St. Andrew- No. and for he enlisted in the F.rst Presbyter- 4H )lolirs tnPV wU, be feaste 1 and mad-tan corps, which, during the war. was I Tiie festivities will begin with k.iowr.

as Neglrvs scouts. After six a Governor's salute and a welcome by months service with this corps he was th Governor of Virginia and end with a transferred to lottery T. Third artilh-ry. banauet at the Jefferson hotel, vv ith this command he serv-il tiie fort- That peculiar text. Isaiah, 1.

Pastor Russell will explain how "seven women are now holding one man." Allegheny Carnegie Hall. p. m. tomorrow. Seats free.

incations in and about Washington and Baltimore, until the close of the war. He then purchased a farm adjoining that of Josiah Sample, and on the death of Mr. Sample he inherited his estate. In he lllarritd Miss Snnmla a native of Butler coumv. He had served Meyers l.akf nnd Return 1 as school director, supervisor and asses Train leaves Sunday.

September R. Wabash Station a m. sor and wus a life-long Republican. He was a member of Charles R. Bright post No.

G. A. and leaves four children, Kila, James, Charles and Malvern Hill Ryan. AVed in Ohio tiretnu. tireen.

Younerslown, Septemlier 7. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following couples: WiiUam W. larpent. 22. Jennie B.

Mc-Murtrie. 19, Tyrone. Pa. John Kelley. 'Si.

Allegheny, Jettie I. Veakel. if). Saxonberg. Pa.

Harrv R. Johnson. 'S2. Mvrtle I). Me-Cullough.

21. both of Beaver Falls. Pa. George Torsney. "2.

Hazs lwood. Mary Cunningham, Youngstown. Jerry AV. Gilbert. New Castle.

Lottie Cox. Kentucky. James H. Pritchard. 21.

Alice S. Mvers. 19. both of Pittsburg. Geortre S.

Johnson, Icev J. Greenlee, 19. both of Sharon. HAS ALWAYS HAD REAL RAPID TRAR3S0T Fifteen minutes via the Brookline trolley, through the tunnel, is bringing a home community mighty close to the heart of Pittsburgh; fifteen minutes, a few ticks of the clock can hardly be called a far distant section to reach. But we've better news to tell you important, far reaching news, transportation news.

Notwithstanding the fast time to Brookline now, this popular community is to have even a quicKer service than fifteen minutes. 'Ifrfncc llufTy. Terence Huffy, aged years. died Thursday morning at the home of his son, Frank A. Huffy, rear of No.

Franks-town avenue. Brushlon. from apoplexy, after seven years' illness. He was a i -i-tive of Pottsville. p.t..

and when a young man came to Pittsburg, where he hail lived for years. He was a machinist and mechanical draughtsman ami lived until two years ago in Twelfth street. South Side, where he was well known. He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church. He married Miss Klizahelh.

Haney Lfl years ago; she survives him with two sons and one daughter, Frank A. and John T. Huffy, at home; and Miss -Vtary Duffy. Butler street; also one sister and two brothers, James Duff v. New York, and George W.

Duffy. Pittsburg. WtnwloTv Alderdlce. Winslow Al.ierdice, of New London, died Wednesday at his home. He is survived by a wife, nee Singer, of Pittsburg; a son.

Fitzhugh AlderUicc', by a former marriage; a brother. W. H. Al-derdice. at -t in the States navy, and -s.

W. Kdd. of Wash ington. f. Krdice.

of Pitts tetter on Door Demands SfT.OO. Samuel Firestone, a wholesale liquor merchant of Fifth avenue. McKeesport. has turned over to the police a Black Hand Society letter he found pinned on his door, telling him to leave in the brick yard or suffer consequences. Kl'OM) I'RKSBVTEHIW CUVRCI? Tlhe iQdl LEDecirD HisiDDrosid rasior baward nun, 8th Street between Penn Ave.

and Duquesne Way down-town. H'VITK 0-( III AM) STRGKnS. SUNDAY. SEPT. 8TH.

11 a. "The Mv1el Conpr. tlen." p. "The Canadian If What Taught Me There This Summer." (n-adians an.i Summer isitnrs to Canada es-peeialy welcome. TttKhlanrl Park service.

burg, is a c.JT"Jps Aldcrdice. who was well knt'" Tvf.urg, was at one time engineet States navv, atcr becoming Vted with the Akron iron Works ami going to Warren, where for a time he was city engineer. About a year ago he took up his residence in the East. nJoglh-S Cut I rn. Service In West Park.

Alle gheny. p. m. Faisft Tome Sim C0siDf Will Ihos E. O.

Excell, World's Famous SiiiRrer. a 0 nam HTM 30 riuuoANU John F. Cooper. John Fawcett Cooper, aged 'jr, rears son of Henry and Jennie S. Cooper, of Bellevue.

died last Tuesday at Redla'nds after a prolonged illness. He was born In Beaver county but had lived fo'r the greater part of his life in Alleghcny nnd Bellevue. He was a graduate o'f Princeton Pnlvcrsity. class of 19o2. and w-as a member of the Princeton Club of Western Pennsylvania.

Princeton Charter Club. Bellevue Club and of the Brighton TELEGRAPHERS Account of new eight -hour law. Salaries increased WANTED right into the heart of Pittsburgh, thru the Mt. Washington Tunnel via Smithfield street to the Union Station, would build up the section in which Brookline is located, at a tremendously rapid rate. Our expectations have been MORE than fullfilled.

And now we want YOU to appreciate what this great and growing community will do for you; at the same time we also want you to appreciate OUR confidence in beautiful, thriving Brookline. It is one thing to have unshakable belief in a proposition it is another to back that confidence in a tangible manner. That's what we are doing. Investing thousands of dollars for every dollar we ask you to invest. We are asking you to become a part and parcel of an ESTABLISHED section one in which A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF HOMES HAVE BEEN BUILT WITHIN EIGHTEEN MONTHS, and judging from the great building activity that has just started, this record will be TREBLED within the eighteen months to come.

That's rapid transit with a The Pittsburgh, Castle Shannon Railway is being electrified turned into a modernly equipped electric railroad. It is going to bring Brookline NEARER than many sections where the prevailing land values are five yes, TEN times higher. It is by far the most important transportation announcement made in the history of great and growing Pittsburgh. Nowadays we measure distance by MINUTES, not miles, and in effect this New High-Speed Electric Railroad will be as if a pair of giant hands picked up Brookline and placed it in the heart of the Shadyside district. We Told You About This New Electric Railroad Years Ago! We knew it was coming.

We forsaw the extraordinary effect this newly equipped line would have on real estate values in that section. We realized that a modernly equipped electric railroad, coming JNO. F. DR AUG HON. President DRAUGIiON'S PRACTICAL BUSINESS vountry nib.

He was also a member of the Rellevne Presbyterian Church, and leaves his parents, one brother. 1 r'. R. C. Cooper, and two sisters.

Mrs. fc; a Lawrence and Miss Laura Cooper. Mrs. nti.y Wells Stnosh. Mrs.

Nancy Wells Stough. aged Dl years, tiled yesterday at the residence of her daughter, N. P. Kerr, No. Wirt street.

Oakmnnt, Pa. She was born in 18Hi and was first married to Hugh S. Robinson, of New Brighton, and for many years resided in Freedom. having been a lifelong; member of the Methodist Kpis-copal Church of that place. Twelve years after the death of Mr.

Robinson she married Dr. J. Stough. living a number of years In Poland, O. She leaves two daughters.

Mrs. N. P. Kerr and Mrs. J.

Drum, both of Pittsburg-. -ias botiKht THE SPKNCERIAN. Washington. 9th D. Academy of Music Building.

raughon Telegraphy students, by special irrangemeat, use railroad wires. flinmA rO-X Tftln 1 has JIO Colleges in 17 States; $300,000.00 capital; 8.000 Bill tudents annually, is years' success. Hi men sav Dratifhon is TH BEST. THREE months' Rtudvin Bookkeeping or Shorthand by Draugaon a COPYRIGHTED methods equals SIX elsewhere. Orauflion ils- has 3.000 students learning BY MAIL.

POSITIONS secured or YOUR money back. sk for Catalogue. It's FREEj and explains alL mm UHTInl WEB 1 Actual Business College Tner.rr.nra ted Canital Stock Bernard Mct'itlTrrj-. Bernard McCafferj'. aged 76 years, is dead at the residence of his son.

Michael McCaffery. 1007 Shields street. Alleghenv. The deceased was a resident of the Fifth ward for many years and was well and favorably known In that section of the city. For a number of years Mr Thirtieth ward.

Pittsburg, and worked in the mills on est Carson street. Besides his son Michael, at whose home he died Mr McCaffery- is survived by one other- son. Joseph McCaJTery. For several months we have had hundreds of men installing all the high-grade improvements which have made BROOKLINE famous. Nothing hasten overlooked, nothing left undone that will contribute to the healthfulness, comfort and convenience of the residents.

WATER, SEWER AND GAS MAINS! PAVED, MACADAMIZED AND CURBED STREETS! ELECTRIC LIGHT AND TELEPHONES, ETC. Be In addition you must bear in mind that Brookline is a thoroughly established community. Churches, schools and stores are there now. i i M. J.Conner, Pres.

J.A.Conner, Sec. No. 310 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburg. (Over Wcolworth's 5 ami 10-cent SPn-i Attend Pittsburg's most re-1'able Bookkeeping and Shorthand College. Every graduate placed in a position last term.

Write for catalog or visit the Actual Business College. Established quarter of a century. sides there is police and fire protection and free mail delivery. John A. Smith.

John A. Smith, aged S3 years, is dead at his tate residence. No. 1P23 Sidnev street, Pouth Side, after a prolonged illness born on the South Side and had lived at his lato Prices Range From $100 to $800 100 Lots at $350 or Less 57 First Payment 2 Monthly Payment $10 Secures a $200 Lot $5 Month Payments For It. Don't Put Off Your Visit a Minute Opportunities Come and Opportunities Go But They Gan'l Last Forever i John S.

Smith, and five sisters. Mrs. John A. Peters and. the Misses Mary Anna, Acne and Jennie Smith, at home.

Thoman O. Beall. Jnstifie.1 the the People- For Years Cenrtilence of Salesmen at Brookline Every Day from 7 A. M. to 9 P.

M. Brookline is brilliantly illuminated at night with Any Brookline Car on Liberty Avenue or Smith-field Street will take you DIRECT to Brookline. All cars start from the Union Station passing the B. O. and Agent for West Liberty Improvement Company 334 FOURTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA.

First Floor, Times Building Free Car Tickets Can Ba Secured at Cur City Offloe, Open Until 9 0'Cleck Every Young Qualify for Business THK AK DK.MAM1S IT. Write t.T Irof." A true booklet for 1 he Ambitious. WHICH IS THK BH; SCHOOI.f -Tune 1. lJ'i6. to June 1.

19o7. 703 ntudenis 1b attendance. Verify ilu-se figures by sending for this year's prospectus tiv the names and add r--rs- of year's studerits. Sixth Street Liberty Avenne. Phone TT Court.

PITTSBl'RC. immense arc lamps. Lake Erie Stations. September 7. Thomas Beall.

secretary to General Thomas, of Civil war fame died vster-! day afternoon at the ace of 4 vearX Vn grandfather was a noter RevointionoV I SSrgt to theS Peter Miller. Peter Miller, aged GO years. Thursday morning at his residence No 1" Mahon avenue, ire was born Wbruarv 7. 1S47. at Neimark.

Austria. Tie leaves four children, Lewis John P. Henry "SViUiam P. and Miss Anna Miller. A.

I. Feldhelmer. Miss Amelia. Isabella Feldheimer aged SS years, died yesterday afternoon at her residence. No.

10BO Perry street. Alle- irheny. She was the daughter of John M. and Mrs. Caroline Feldheimer.

Frink Krllnrr. Frank Kellner, aged 7S years. Is dead at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Julius Greuger. No.

112 Excelsior street. Thirty-first ward. His widnw, whose maiden name was Catherine Werner, and his daughter survive. Mra. Henrietta M.

Viehl. If YOU rout to Itcome aiKXTpert Stenng aapher get a Practical Rtwinrst Eduration. md tecure a fiood PiU ion. rati or write for jjuoJrlef. Day and Evening xeszionA.

WABASH BUILDING, 410 LIBERTY AYE. TTenrietta Miller Viehl. aged 2 vears. wifa Jacob Yiehi, Is dead at the family.

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