DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER VOL. LXXVI. RECEPTION TO MR. 4 IBS. LAUMASTER The reoeption for Mr. and Mrs. Lau master, held in Y. M. 0. A. Hall last uißht to give expression to tho high appreciation in which those faithful workers are held and the regret that is experienced now that the hour oi parting has come was an event that will long liuger in the hearts and mem ory of every person present. Seldom, indeed, is there an evont in whioh ev ery feature,every woid spoken so keen ly touohed the sympathies. From 7:80 to 8 u'olock Mr. Launias ter had before lilui the members of the Thomas Beaver Boys' Bible Class, lit- Me fellows ranging in age irotn some alx years to teu or twolve years. Mr. Laumaster opened witli prayor, after whioh tho boyfc—some sixty in number —saug heartily as is their wont oil snoli oooasions. Mr. Laumaster then gave a characteristic address quite within tho comprehension of tho little fellows. He tried to impress up on their minds the importance of a religious training and showed them the advantages that they possess over the oliildren of the very poor who live in the great oities. He explained to them the ohange that was about to take plaoe and exaoted of them a prom ise that they would be as zealous in attendance under the new General Seoretary as they had proven while he was in oharge. As a partiug verse lie gave them the following passage from Proverbs, 8-5: "Trust in the Lord with all thy heart and loan not to thy own anderatamliug. " The boys repeat ed the verse after whioh they were dismissed with benediction by Hev. Dr. MoComiack. As they filed out of the room Mr. Laumaster alTeutionate ly took eaoh little boy by the hand. Miss May Books rendered a piano solo,after which Miss Auiiuetman sung " Under Southern Skies" with Miss Books at the piano. Mr. Soaiht was then introduced who Bpoko on behalf of tho committee and the people of the community. His remarks were must tuuchiug—full of sentiment and beauty. Addressing Mr. and Mrs. Laumaster, who weie seated side by side near the trout of the hall, he told them how mnoh they were beloved in the community and wiiat a high estimate was placod up. on their work. The world is better today lhan a thousand years ago, but it is so only beoanse of the kindly in flaeuoe of such men and women ns Mr. and Mrs. Laumaster —because of the gooduess and the purity they hud inspired. After expressing the kind est wishes for them in wliut ever plaoe their lut in the future might be oast, he produced a small package, whioh, on behalf of their friends in Ihe ooiumunity he presented to Mr. and Mrs. Laumaster as a token of good will and good wishes. The bulk of tIiOBB present had no i lea of the na ture ot the gift—but for the benufit of all the statement is here made that thejtift was a purse of gold. The valuable token of esteem was altogether unexpected by Mr. and Mrs. Laumaster Notwithstanding, however, that he was taken so much by sarprise, Mr. Laumaster made a re sponse that fitted the occasion to a nicety, although revealing that his heart was very full. He told how anx ious both himself and wife had beeu as to the iesult of their work—how it had beeu their aim to do just such work as Mr. Scarlet had plaoed to their credit. He said he was glad that lie had come to Danville and that so far as any plans are formed at pres. eat there is no likelihood of their leaving soon. He thought they might be here a year, although in the prov idence of Uod they might be called to any field in six months or in one mouth. He felt indebted to many sou roes for the measure of sucoess aohieved —to the Board of Directors— to the Ladies' Auxiliary, to the pross, which had gratuitously printed col umn after oolumu to help the good work along. He ooncludod by mak ing some praotical suggestions as to the future conduct of the work. Rev. J. E. Hutchison spoke very feelingly ou behalf of the clergy and the Ladies' Auxiliary. Irvin Vauuau rendered a solo: "Swinging in the Urape Vine Swing," Miss Books accompanying. He was followed by Miss Luella Werkheiser who rendered a solo, very oioely with Miss Dlvel at the piano. In conclusion everybody shook bauds with Mr. and Mrs. Laumaster and a general good time was had for anoth er hour. Chapel in Residence. Bishop James Henry Datliugton, of the Episcopal diocese of Harrisbarg, has taken up permanent resident o in Williamsport. He has expend* d #IOOO in fitting up a large room on Hie first floor of his house as a chapel for pub lics worship, and an invitation is ex tended to any who earn to avail ihem selves to repair to this rhapel at any time of the day for prayers. There are an altar with brass altar rail, rich pews, cathedral stained gla«s windows and other churchly appoint ments. Iu this chapel, the Bishop, when home, will eon 'ui t a Inlf-honr service each day at a fixed time. Iu consideration of the fact that a ohapel has thus been established in til* house, the City Councils,at their meet iug on Monday night, exonerated the bishop's residence from taxation. The "Couuty Fairs" are in full ■ wing. BOROUGH APPLIES FOIiJTATE All) The Borough "112 Danville has decid ed tn apply for State aid in tho recon struction of Mill street. A special meeting of Council was held last night at whioh the preliminary step was takon. The following resolution, sign'd by the Ohiof Hjrgess, the President of Council and the City Clerk.was unau imon-ly adopted, whioh sots the prop osition fairly on its feot and leaves no doubt but that North Mill street will bo ni icadamized yet this fall. "To tho State Highway Commis sioner: Whereas, The eeotiou of high way in Danville Borough being about 2038 feet in length and situated be tween tho northern building liue of Contor street and the improved publio road in the township of Mahoning, which has beeu previously const ructed by tho Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania, at the point where the said township forms the uoitheru boundary line of said Borough -whereas said section of highway is in need of con struction and Whereas, Application has already beau made for State aid iu the recon struction of another section of the game highway connecting with •'lie section aforesaid, said conuectiug sec tion lying in Mahoning towuship, and | Wheieas, State aid is desired for the permanent improvement of the section of highway in said Borough of Dan ville uuder the Act approved May 1, 1905. therefore be it Resolved, That tho Council of the said Danville Borough in regular ses sion in behalf of said Borougii hereby petition for State aid as hereiubefore stated and be it furthor Resolved, That the said Borough Council do agree for themselves and their successors in office to provide for the payment of aud to pay from the Borough funds iu the mauner provid ed in the said Act oue-fourth part of tho oxpon<-e of said improvement to the Commonwealth when due." The assessment of damages by the viewers in the case of the Kmiecinski aud KautTmau properties ou Mill street as related in another column was brought to the attention of Ooun oil by the Borough Solicitor. The meinbeis excepted to the awards and unanimously decided to appeal. Tho following members were pres ent: Gibson, Jacobs, Goeser, Dietz, Boyer, Itoifsnyder, Vastino,aiidllughes. Death of Hrs. B. R. Uearhart. Mary Louisa Uearhart,widow of (lie lato Bonliam H Uearhart, departed this lil'o at her home, Bloom stieot, Tuesday morning. The deceased had been ill for some four weeks suffering from a complication of diseases. She WAS thought to be improving and Mon day evening and during the early imit of the night her condition seemed quite favorable. After midnight, however, she succumbed to weakness and pass ed away about 3 o'clock. Mrs. Uearhart was sixty years of ago. Before marriage she was Miss Yoiks, the daughter of Samuel Yorks, President of the First National Bauk, and was born on the homestead farm, Bloom road, just beyond the Borough limits, now owned by James Magill. She was a lifelong member of the Urove Presbyteriau church and a con sistent Christian,beloved for her many kind deeds, her gentleness and her generosity. The deceased is survived by her sou, Robert Y. Uearhart, assistant cashier of the First National Bank aud a daughter, Anna,wife of M. U. Young man, cashier of the Danville National Bank. Her husband, Bonham K. Uear hart, President of the First National Bank,died about eighteen mouths ago. Among others who have preceded her to the grave within a few years past are her brother, tho late S. A. Yorks, oashicr of the First National Bank, and tier sister,, Mrs.. Margaret. Urove, of Philadelphia. The only surviving I oue of the family is Mrs. Anua John son, this city. Sewer Plant is Working Again. In tt.ese days of epidemics wlieu the typhoid and other bicilla are suppos ed to be abroad seeking whom they may devour our citizens will be glad to learn that the sewago at the Hospital for the Insane is no longer polluting the river, but that it is being disposed of on tho Hospital grounds by the new system installed last spring. The sewage was not permitted to draiu iuto the river a day longer than was necessary to replace the broken part of the machinery with new. The pumpH are now runniug perfectly again aud as far as distributing the sewago over the land is concerned the system is doing all that was claimed for it. The summer's experiment has been on the whole satisfactory. Just what the result of the winter's experiment may be is problematical. It is earnest ly hoped, however, tlfUt nothing will occur to intoifero with the working of tho system, for the citizens of I)au ville never feel so much at their enso as wlion the Hospital sewage is not permitted to enter the river. Entertained at Blue Spring Farm Miss Sari E. DeLong entertained a number of friends at a clam bake last eveuing at Blue Springs Farm. Miss DeLong's guests were: Rev. and Mrs. Edward Haughton. Mr. and Mrs. A. (I. Woolley, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Han cock, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Watson.of Philadelphia. Mrs. Mary Watkin aud William Watkin. •TLBDQD BUT TO TRUTH, TO IIBUTT in LAW—NO FA TOR SWATH US AHD HO mi BHATA AW*" -T——T7t . . . ■ . i». . - . DANVILLE. MONTOUR COUNTY. PA.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER i>9, 1905. COMMISSIONERS ARE HALEDJNTO COURT John Book, George W. Raudenbush and Allen W. Cooner,the County Com missioners of Northumberland county, who have HO persistently refused to carry oat tho Court's order in relation to the building of the approach to the river bridge oil the South aide, have boen haled into oonrt at Sunbury. Acting upon the request of his con stituents, Hruce McOraoken,Constable of Gearhart township,in his return to Court, Tuesday, requested that the above named County Commissioners bo indioted and tried on the charge ,of maintaining a nuisance at Kiver side, of negligenae and of failure to do their duty. Tho condition of the approach at the South side and the attitude of the County Commissioners toward the im provement as ordered by the Court has been the cause of much complaint dur ing all summer. On tho strength of tho Constable's retuin, Judge Auten on Tuesday directed the District At torney to present a biH of indictment to the Grand Jury. It was thought that the indictment would be preseutod yesterday moruiug aud a number of witnesses went down to Sunbary ou the 9 a. m. train. Not withstanding that a night session was held Tuesday the District Attorney was unable to reach the iudiotmeut relatiug to the approach yesterday an the witnesses came home on the 2:21 train. The bill will be presented to the Graud Jury this moruiug and the same witnesses—P. G. Baylor, O. R. Smith, D. R. Eckman, P. F. Staitzel, Oliver Hoover and David Unger—will go down to Suubury on the 9 a. m. traiu today to give iu their testimony. Tho Attorney for tho Commission ers appeared iu court and admitted that they have the approach to build. The witnesses do not thins they will hive any difficulty iu establishiug the faot that the approach, said to be one of- thirty-five degrees,is a difficult and dangerous one, whioh during the win ter when ice and snow become a factor to contend with will be well nigh im passable. Aside from the diffioult grade the approach carryiug as it does the track of the Dauville aud Suubury Street Kail way Company, is cramped aud iu a generally bad condition. An accident is likely to occur on the spot at almost anv time. The law is nai(l to bo very clear and is well established iu the oase of Peuu Township vs. Perry County, 78 Pa. Stale Report. If conviction follows the Oouiinisßioneri may be flued. At all uvents thoy will havo to boild the approach or be ousted. Cars Wrecked at Rupert. While the P. & K. fast freight, train No. 59 from Catawissa to Newberry Janctiou. was coming iiuto Rupert a timber came down causing the de struction of a box oar. The wreck oc curred near the P. & K. freight house at 7 :lli yesterday morning. The car, which contained merchandise was thrown in the air about forty feet. Merchandise of all descriptions was strewn along the track. Some of the people took advantage of the bursting of a consignment of cigars and enjoyed a smoke. The wieck was cleared from the traok by it o'olook by the Oatawissa wreck crew and set on Are. The passenger traiu due at Rupert bound for Williamsport was detained from 7 :<l7 to 9:11, while the P. & R. Annex, which leaves filoomsburg at 7:27, was hold au hour and twenty-six minutes. A tramp, who Rave his name as Frank Ureen, of Elizabethport. N. J., aged 67 years, was sitting on the end of the car jußt ahead when the aooid ent ocourred, but escaped injury. He was so frightened, however, that lie was unable to stand or utter a word for quite a while. Hatch (lame Off. Tho much talked of match game be tween the Bloomsburg and Berwick bitse ball teams has fallen through. At the meeting of the managers of the two teams Monday evening, the fact was brought out that the suppoiters of the Berwick team stipulated at the beginuiug of the season that all games must be played at home. Therefore, as Bloomsburg will uot play in Ber wick. "all bets are off." A good deal of talk has been indulged in and a considerable amount of printers' ink has bean consumed during the past few weeks in arriving at the above conclusion. One on Judge Staples. Tho dignity of the Monroe County Court was considerably ruffled one day laet week by a witness of tender »ge hue unabashed manner, who per sisted iu biting his fiuger nails while giving testimony. Naturally this made it difficult to understand what the youngster s*id,and Judge Staples told him to take his fingers out of his mouth aud speak louder. The reply, "Whose finger nails are these I'm hitln'? I guess it's none of your busi- j ness," so surprised the Jud_o that the incident close 1 without aiy further remarks upon his part. Women's Auxiliary. The regular meeting of tliri Women's Auxiliary to the Y. M. C. A. will be held in Association Parlor this even ing at ? :H0 o'clock. It is desired that every member shall be present as offic ers will be elected for tho ensuing year. GRANR JURY RE TURNS_TRUE BILL The Grand Jnry Mouday returned a true bill iu the case of Common wealth vs. John Sees, the oharge bo iug murder. Sees, it will be remem bered, was arrested early last summer on the strength of a statement made by iiis wife,who was nigh unto death, accusiug him of oausing the death of their infant oliild. Mrs. Sees although given op to die has partially reoovoi ed and Monday was Jabie to accom pauy her parents and the other wit nesses to Danville. She is a mere child in appearance with a delioate refined looking face, which bears the trace of much suffering. She unconsoiou9)y at tracted much attention as she n.uved about the Courthouse. Agreeably to the announcement made in these columns Dr. S. Y. Thompson and Frank G. Blee, Associate Judges, are presiding at the present term of Court and they get along very nicely. Tho session Monday morning begau at 10 o'olock. The list of constables was called,all responding to their names,as follows; Amos Albeck, Anthony township; Philip Boyer.Oooper township ;George Pursell, Derry township; Oharles L. Gouger,Limestone township; William Bogart, Liberty township; Oharles H. Rudy, Mahoning township; G. W Benuett,Valley township; Mont Gear hart, West Hemlock township; W. E. Young, Danville Ist ward; Edward Ritter, Danville 2nd ward; B. B. Brown, Danville ttrd ward; Benjamin Oook, Danville 4th ward ; McClelland Diehl, Washingtouvillo; William E. Bird, Mayberry township. The constables being sworu they presented their returns to court and were discharged. The list of Graud Jurors was called, all responding to their names with the exception of Bartholomew James,who later appeared and took his place. Levi Fortner of Anthony township, was excused. Robert Auten was sworn in as foreman of tho Grand Jury. Judge Staples, who will preside dur ing the trial of the cases, tho bills of whioh are to be passed upon, had pre pared a oharge to the Grand Jury, which he caused to be presented to the Associates aud whioh was read in open court by Prothonotary Vin cent. Judge Staples' charge was a lengthy and comprehensive one and if oarried oat to the letter will redoand to last ing good in the oominnnity. After ex plaining to the Qrand Jurors their duties in the premises, the nature of indictmunts, eto. ,he adverted to some new laws,which he insisted should he strictly enforced. The Act of April 18, 1905, provides that it shall not be lawful for a lioense keeper, proprietor, owner or superin tendent of any pool room, billiard room, bowling alley, or ten pin alley in this Commonwealth, knowingly.to allow or permit any persou under the ago of eighteen years to be present In snoli public pool room, billiard room, bowling saloon or ten pin alley and that the owner or superintendent of such rooms, bowling saloon or ten pin alley, knowingly allowing or permitt ing any person under the age of eigh teen years to be present therein slmll be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Also the Aot of Maroh id, 19J5, whioh provides as follows: That if any person or personß shall furnish oigaretteß or oigarette paper by gift, sale or otherwise to any person or per sons under the age of twenty-one years he or she so offending shall be guiltv of a misdemeanor and upon convic tion thereof shall be sentenoed to pay a fine of not more than three hundred dollars and not less than one hundred dollars. The leginlature, Judge Staples wont onto nay, had in miud the protection of the young from evil influences, it being a conoeded faot from experience that the associations aronud billiard rooms, pool rooms, bowling saloons, 1 etc., are not good for youths and it ha 3 further been demonstrated bejoud dispute that the use of cigarettes by young boys and youths nnder age of twenty-one years has been of great in jury to their physical growth and has oansed a weakness and deterioration of their mentality. In the minds ol many eminent physicians there is con siderable doubt whether or not the effeot of cigarette smoking by young boys has not a worse effect upon them than the nse of intoxicating spirits Judge Staples called attention to the distinction in langaago in the two aots above cited. Relative to aigaret tea the faot must appear that the pro- , prietor "knowingly" allowed or per mitted the minor to be present. Bat with regard to the famishing of min ors with oigarettes, or oigarette paper by sale or otherwise it will be uoticed that there is no qualification what ever and even if a person should fur nish the tame to a minor without ab solutely knowing that lie was suoh it would be no excuse to a prosecution. It behooves every citlzeD of this com munity to bear these two aots in mind and having at heart the welfare of the commonity and the good of future generations, law-abiding citizens should have the moral oouragn to pre vent the increased and dangerous use of cigarettes by boys and youths by hav ing the manliness to arrest persons found Violating this act. The attention of the Qrand Jury was [Continued on Fourth Page. J BALKY HORSE BACKS HOME A halky horse maintained in connec tion with a business place rtCfiitly opened in this city distinguished him self by a peiformauce yesterday which cast far iiHo the shade the antics of any other balky horse that r held forth in this section. The animal is a grey, a healthy able bodied specimen that does not differ from any other gray horse. With a small load of goods a boy counected with the establishment yesterday fore noon started to drive over to South Danville. The horse didn't want to go, but after many halts and by dint of mocli coaxing the outfit got ns far as the courthouse Here the horse stoppe 1 and refused togo iu any other direction than back ward. The boy used the whip, and then got out and tried to lead the horse but it was tin same old thiug. The animal wanted togo home and seemed to understand that he would get there by backing. The boy tried to preveut this and turned the horse toward the curb. Still the horse back ed aud the wagon being of the plat form sort it was easily turned and th<j horse was half of the time looking homeward. Time and again some kind-hearted aud disinterested person camo to the boy's assistance and got the horse headed in the right direction. The animal could bo induoed to take about two steps forward wheu he stopped short aud with a sullen vicious look repeated the process of backing around In a circle. All the time he was getting ou fur ther aud further down the Rtreet and iu the course of an hour aud a half ho had retraced his way as far as the oaual culvert. At tfiis juncture the Chief-of-Police took the matter in hand. Stepping up he took hold at the bit. To the grey horse, liowover, all men looked alike. He took two steps forward and then spun around in a ring three times like a top taking the man iu blue uniform along with him. The boy explained. Said he: "We bought the horse over the river. The man said he wouldu't balk and he wouldu't do notliin' aud ho gave us a certificate that he wouldu't." As the town olock struck 12 the boy gave up the fight and drove back to the business place. To Establish Miners' Homes. The oommisßion to establish miners' home* iu Peuusylvauia, at a meeting in Harrisburg. Tuesday afternoon at the State Department of Mines, for mulated a plan by whioh it is expect ed that at least two such homes can be established from time to time. The cost of eieuting aud maintain ing these homes shall bo borne jointly by the operators and the miners, aud measures have been taken for tlie col lection of money front each. It is pro posed by the commissiou that tne op erators in the anthracite and bitumin ous regions each agree to pay an as sessment of one mill per ton on mar keted coal. The minors will bo communicated with through the District Presidents of the United Mine Workors in this state. Each employe in aud about the mines of both regions of a legal ago, union or uon-uniou, will bo asked to agroe to pay an annual assessment of sixty oeuts per capit:i. Payments by both operators aud miners are to he made quarterly to the State Treasurer, beginning on January 1, 1906. The commission has, after a caiefu canvass of the operators and minors iu both fields, found favorable sentiment for tho proposed homes. Trolley Co. Qete Right of Way. The Northumberland couuoil has passed an ordluauoo granting the right of way through the town to the river bridge to the Northumbe.lanil Trac tion Oompauy, which is au adjuuot of the Lewisburg, Milton and Watson town Oompany. The ordinance, however, contains several provisions that may not be satisfactory to the projectors,the prin cipal one being the stipulation that the company giv'e a bond iu tho sum of live thousand dollars that the road will be built. The company does not feel inolined to do this fur the reason that the right of way hai not all been secured and until that is obtained,the company does not feel that they are in position to guarantee the building of the road. Superintendent Mountnoy went to New York last night aud will lay the matter before the officers of the oompany. I • Death of firs. Susan Lotz. Mrs. Susan Lotz. widow of the late Nioholas Lotz, died yesterday at noon at her homo on Grand street. Mrs. Lotz has beeu ailing for a num ber of years, but was confined to hor bod only for two weoks before her death. She was born in Columbia county December 4th., 1813, aud mov ed to Danvillo in girlhood. She pos sessed a large number of friends, and was well and favorably known through out the tiwn. She was for many yearß an activo mombttr of Trinity Lutheran ohuroli. The deceasod is survived by Ave oliil rden: Mrs. Mahala Forney, of Ply month, Elizabeth, (Mrs. Frank Shell, hauler), Kathryn, Harry and Paul, of this city. The funeral will take place Satur day afternoon at 2 o'olock from Trin ity Lutheran chuioh. lutermeut in Lutheran cemetery. RALLY DAY AT SUNDAY SCHOOLS Sunday was observod as Rally Day at tlie Presbyterian Sabbath schools in this city. At each of tho schools the usual lesson was omitted aud a program especially arranged for the occasion substituted in its stead. At the Mahouicg Presbyterian church the attendance numbered 250, and in cluded many older persons - ex-mem bers oi the school. Solos aud duets were rendered by Mrs. James Scarlet, Miss Sara Vastino aud Miss Ella Lyon. A ooruet solo, "Palm Brauhes," was most pleasiugly rendered by Master Harry Lattimor. Addresses appropriate to the day were made by the pastor,Hev. .lames E. Hutchison and by tho superintendent, H. B. Shultz aud assistant superin tendent, David Shelhart. A collec tion, which was taken up for the bene fit of the school, amounted to $216.15. I The rally at the East End Mission brought out an attendance that pack ed the hall, the occasion on the whole being one that augurs well for the suc cess of the yoar's work. Miss Mary Derr, of Lowisburg, saug tinee selections as follows: "Open the Gates of the Temple," "Face to Face." aud "The Half Has Never Beeu Told." Mis* Dorr is an accom plished vocalist and her singing lent an especial charm to tho rally. The (Cast End Mission has a very tine choir and the sinking on the whole was quite an inspiring feature. Hon. H. M. Hinckley, the Superiu* teudent, delivered an address on "Why Must We Rally" Mr. hinekley is au energetic Sunday school worker. He has the success of the East End Mis sion very close to his heart and in his remarks yesterday showed the neces sity of regular attendance and of de voted conscientious effort on the part of all if the Sunday school at the East Eud Mission is to be an unqualified j success. At the Grove Presbyterian church the usual Rally Day program was fol lowed. An address was made by the pastor, Rev. Dr. William C. McCor mack. Killing Rabbits Out to Season. The rabbit crop this year promises to be a large one. 11l some sections the frisky cotton tails may be seen darting backwards and forwards across the roadH as one drives along. The excess in some sections seems to have brought about some violations of the gaino law, whioh is unfortunate and should not lio toleratod. On several occasions during a week or so past the attention of this paper has beeu called to killing of rabbits out of season, by persons who believe that a line or so on the subject would have the effect of stopping the illegal practice. The game laws are very plain. The open season for hares or rabbits is the month of November each year. The enforcement of tho game laws should he lookod after by the respec tive townships. Any citizen has the right to prosecuto for violatiou of the game laws aud is ontitlnd to one-half of all penalties recovered. Constabloß of the several wards, boroughs and townships of this Commonwealth are ex-officio game wardens and have the same powers throughout the county as have the protectors appointed by the Qumc Commission. Constables are liable to Ann and imptisonment where they neglect or refuse to enforce the game laws after their attention lias been called to the matter in a prescrib ed form. Death of Mrs. W. 5. Reed. Mrs. W. S. Iteod, of First street, Bloomsburg, formerly Miss Ella Wil son, of this city, died yesterday morn ing at 10 o'olock. For a long time past she had been in poor health, but had beeu confined to hor bed for only two days. Hor age was 152 yours. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Riohard Wilson, of this oity.and for a number of years was a teacher iu the I n'llic schools of this place. About eighteen yearß ago she was married to Mr. Kecd aud they have resided iu Bloonishurg for the past eight years She is survived by her husband,three sisters, Mrs. E. A. Coulter, of thiß oity, Mrs. Laura Pituer, of Philadel phia, aud Mrs. Elizabeth Hookinan, of German town. Funeral will be private and will take place Friday at 1:30 p. m. A trolley oar will follow the 3:20 car and will oouvoy relatives and intimate friends to the Odd Fellows' cemetery, where interment will be made. Edward White Passes Away. Edward White, an old and well known resident of Mahoning township departed this life yesterday at tho age of 80 yoars, death being due to a com plication of diseases. He was the fath er of Edward L. White, one of the Supervisors of Mahoning township,and he lived in that township during the greater part of his life. His wifo died some twelve years ago. The funeral will take plaoe Friday at 10 a. m. from the late reßidenoe. lutermeut will be made in the Ceme tery of the Reformed church. Sailed for America Saturday. Mrs. R. K.'Polk, daughters Isabel, Emma and Rebecca, son Porter and Miss Esther Oottrell, who have been spending the summer in Europo, sail ed Saturday for Amerioa. They will arrive in New York Oity Tuesday, Ootober 3rd. GRAND JURY STILL AT WORK The Grand Jury will probably wiud up its work today. Yesterday after noon ouly a couple of bills remained to be acted upon, aftor whioh all that remained to be done was for tho Grand Jury to make a tour of the publio buildings and present its report. All dav Tnesday was occnpied with the seveial bills, in which John Sees, Kiiner Halderman and David Barrett figured in one or other of the different counts. The trio it would seem by the indictments havu offended various ly aud by tlioir recent attempt to break jail have become involved iu the ad ditional charge of "Conspiracy tn kill and murder." Tiie returns of the Grand Jury read as follows: Commonwealth vs. John Sees, David Barrett aud Elmer Haldermau. Oharge " Breaking Jail." A true bill. Commonwealth vs. John Sees, David Barrett and Elmer Halderman. Oharge "Conspiracy to kill aud murder." A true bill. Commonwealth vs. John Seitz and Ralph Hahn. Ctiargo "Aiding and assisting prisoners to escape." Grand Jury returns a true bill. Commonwealth vs. David Barrett aud Elmer Halderman. Charge, "As sault and battery with intent to rob." "Assault aud battery with intent to kill." Grand Jury returns a true bill on all counts. Commonwealth vs. David Barrett. Charge "Assault and battery with iutent." A true bill. In the case of Commonwealth vs. Stever Raver the Grand Jury ignored the bill aud placed the costs upon the prosecutor, Thomas Mcßryan. The latter case grew out of a dis pute over change ou a Danville and Bloomsiiurg trolley car between Rav er, who was conduotor, and Mcßryan, a passenger. Cruelty to Animals. Editor Intelligencer: Has the So ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals au agent in this city? The natural inference would be that it has not. There are few days when au ob server about town does not run up against some spectacle on the streets that makes his heart bleed for the poor brutes in harness. It is not an unusu al thing to see a horse going literally on three legs or giving evidence of sore back or sore shoulders, to say nothing of the offense of overloading. The drivers iu some of these inst ances aro ouly thoughtless men and have never learued to feel for the poor brutes in their charge. A single ex perience with the Sooiety for the Pre vention of Ciuelty to Animals would be all that would be needed to make them do the right thiug. There are others, of course, who are mercenary, hard hearted and cruel, who could only bo held within bounds by the coustant presence of the Agent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. These oflenders have so long had their own way that they have beoome very insolent and do about as they please. Hence as above hiutod one sees sights about tho streets that are painful to a porgon of any feeling. There is no more pathetio sight in tho world than a disabled horse iu the harness, mute aud uncomplaining in his misery aud yet doing hiß master's will. The same applies to overloading where the horse conscious that the task is beyond his strength obediont to the whip frantically labors aud plunges to drag the load along. ' Assuming that the Society for the Prevention of Oruelty to Animals has no agent in Danville it iB hoped that before many days more a representa tive may be appointed here. A vigil ant officer will have plenty of busi ness. H. O. W. Large Bequest to Elks. Probubly the largest bequest to a fraternal organization iu this conutry was made to Philadelphia Lodge No. a, B. P. O. Elks, by Herman Siebel ing, of the old established law sta tionery firm, whom will, whioli was read Saturday, leaves 150,000 to form the uuolens of a permanent Elks' rhariry fond. Iu addition to this large legaoy Mr. Siebeliug's will bequeaths (1000 to the Elks' Natioual Home at Bedford City, Va. Ho subscribed for 110,000 worth of bonds ot the new Elks' headquarters at Philadelphia. Children's Party. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mader entertain ed a number of little friends at their home on East Market street, Saturday afternoon,in honor of tlinir sou, Ralph. Those present were : Lottie and Elsie Deitz, May and Huttle HoiTuor, Mil dred Albeck,Beatrice and Carrie Blue, Mary Kerns, Cordelia Sochler, Frances Cashner, Floreuoe Mader, Mary Orti dorf; Masters William Salisbury, Franois Kerns. Martin Plae, George Swayze, Honry Sechler, Losson and Isaiah Mader,Mrs. Thomas Kerns, Mrs. George Bine, Mrs. Ed. Albeok sud James and Alice Kerns of Philadel phia. Left For Scranton. Dr. P. C. Newbaker, aud daughter Miss Bertha, and Dr. E. A. Curry and wife left ou the 3:11 D. Li & W. train yesterday afternoon for Scranton to ■' attend tho meeting of tho Pennsyl i vania State Medical Society. Dr. New baker is a member of the Executive i Counoil of the State Medical OTRaniza ' tion. NO. 45 THE JEWISH NEW YEAH Tho Jewish Mew Year will begin at sunset. Friday,tlio ailth Inst., and will be celebrated the whole day Saturday following. From the four corners of the earth daring thin time the prayers of tho Jews will ascend,to the Xlirone of Meroy, thanking the Oiver of All tor the blessings of life, health, peaor and prosperity enjoyed doring the past year aud imploring acontinnanoe of the same blessings daring the year to come. Through the courtesy of Rabbi Jo seph Zeisler of the B'nai Zion Con gregation the following interesting data concerning the Jewish New Year have been obtained. The servioes in the synagogue here will bo very impres sive. They will begin at 7p. m.on Friday. At the morning service on Saturday the trumpet will be blown three times according to the Lord's commandment. The trumpet allnded to is a ram's horn, prepared in the Holy Laud. Figuratively, the first blast is designed to awaken the sleepy from a condition of lethargy, as life here is one of work in the gardens of charity for the betterment of mankind ; the second blast idealizes the preparation necessary in undertaking noble deeds. There is a slight difference in the ritual of the so-called Orthodox and the Reformed Jews. The services among the Reformed Jews are mostly in the lauguage of the land where they reside,the only exoeptiou being In the case of old people and foreigners. The minister of the Temple B'nai Zion, here, Rabbi Zeisler, reads the liturgy mostly in English and makes it a rule that in all evening services the ser mon is in the vernacular, while at the morning service the preaohing is in the German language. The Now Year, oalled "Rosh-Hash onoh," is oelebrated aocording to the Bible on the first day of the seventh month, Tisliri, aud tho Jews are com manded to congregate in a holy con vocation. Yom-Sippur, the Day of Atonement, occurs on the 10th day of Tisliri aud will be celebrated by the Jews on the 9th of Ootober. As in the case of all Jewish holidays Yom Kippnr begins with sunset on Sunday evening, October Bth, as ao oording to the Scriptures the day be gins with the evening. Yom Kippur with the Jews is the holiest of all holidays, and is kept as a Sabbath of the Sabbaths, a day of striot abstinenoe from all work and earthly pleasures, a day of repentanoe of public and striot oonfeselon, a day of forgiveness and good resolution for the future. The striot followers of the Bible deny their physical body all food for 84 hours. 2 A part of the Youi Kippur luoruiug service is the "memorial servioe," wliere for departed onus special pray ers are said and their names mention ed. The final featnre of the Yom Kippar service is the "Neilah" or the con cluding prayers, which promises to be very solemn this year. Just before the benediction is given we hear again the sound of the trumpet oalled "Slio far," which signifies the time to re tarn to earthly work. The third and the last of the Holy Days of the season is the Feast of the Tabernacle, whioli is celebrated after the harvest. The celebration of "Suo coth," which means a Tabernaole, be gins on the 15th day of Tishri, or ou the 14th day of October and aontinaes seven days,of which the first day only is celebrated in the ohnrch, the re maining days being devoted to pleas ant Intercourse with friends and neigh bors. Spanish War Veterans. Although more than a month Is to elapse before the reunion of the Span ish-American War Veterans of the 13th P. V. 1., at Sunbury, Saturday, Ooto-. ber 38, everything is getting into the best of shapo for the oelebratlon. Extensive plans are already being made and the eveut promises to be one of the most successful ever held. Dar ing the afternoon, the soldier boys will hold a business meeting in the Armory, electing officers and disonßs ing other topios concerning the As sociation. Following this meeting they will be served with a sapper in the Market House, by the ladies of Trinity Church. The big meeting of the day will be held in the Oourt House in the even ing to which the public is cordially invited. An Elaborate program is be ing prepared for the occasion. A number of prominent State offici als and high offiaers of the State 1(11- itia have promised to be present and make addresses. besides, regimental officers will also be heard from. The presont officers of the Associa tion are: President, 001. J. B. Cory ell, of Philadelphia; Treasurer, Cap tain U. H. Taggart, of Sunbary ; Sec retary, ex-Captain Canyon, of San bary. The Spanish war veterans made two attempts to organize a oamp in Dan ville, but on eaoli ooeasion the plans failed. Nearly all the Danville sur vivors, however, are members of tba Association, holding a membership in the oamp at Sanbary or at Milton,and will therefore be at Sunbury on the occasion of the big rennion. Those who are not members are planning to take the initiative in the organization of a camp at Danville, whioli will probably beoome a faot bv the time of the rennion.
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