PENROSE LED THE FIGHT. Pennsylvania's Armor Plate In terests Protected In the United States Senate. DALZELL NOW UNDER FIRE. Ilia Opposition to the Croat Bill on the Oleo Inne Has Dccß Denounc ed T>j- Dairymen and Farmers of This State. (Special Correspondence.) Philadelphia, June 12.—Senator Pen rose made a big hit In the closing houra of congress last week when he defeated the advocates of a government plant for the maklngof armor plate. The Democrats and some Republicans made a Mtter fight for this scheme, •which, if it had carried, would have been a se vere blow to a great industry in which Pennsylvanians are deeply Interested. The Keystone state makes most o£ the armor plate used by the United States government, and manx thousands of men are employed In the industry. The proposition for the establishment of a government plant left in doubt the lo cation of such a plant. It might have been established outside of the bounda ries of Pennsylvania, in which event Senator Penrose recognized a possible loss of many thousands of dollars a year in wages to workingmen of this state. He submitted the amended clause, which was finally adopted by the senate and which at least tides over the situation and leaves the advo cates of a government plant little ground upon which to base hopes of the ultimate success of their scheme. As Col. Quay protected the iron and steel industries of the state when the Wilson bill was before the senate by hls'Jengthy speech and successful fili bustering tactics, 60 Penrose sized up to the needs of the situation in this emergency and blocked a game which might have resulted disastrously to this commonwealth. DALZELL FOR OLEO. An incident just before the adjourn ment of the house has been the subject i of considerable comment among public men in this city. Representative John Dalzell, the pet and darling of the in surgents of Pennsylvania, took a de cided stand against the Grout bill, which the farmers of the state advo cated as the best measure that has been presented to block the sale of oleomargarine. The farming and dairy interests in this commonwealth all ad vocated the passage of this bill, and they were represented by delegations at Washington to press thnh- case. Now It happened that Dalzell. for some reason or other, was lined up with the champions of the oleo trust, and his opposition to the Grout bill has since been the subject of much criticism. He has been roundly de nounced, and the insurgents have ceased to claim that they are the only true friends of the farmers. The game of fake politics that the Insurgent or ganization of Pennsylvania have been playing for tho last few years is about over, for the people now recognize the selfish interests that are being served in all this agitation. BARNETT ELECTED COLONEL. The election of Lieut. Col. James E. Darnctt as colonel of the Tenth regi ment, which has Just been reorganized, is a complete refutation ol' the reports that were spread broadcast during his canvass for state treasurer as tho Re publican nominee. With the possible exception of Colonel Quay no candi date for ofllce in this state ever under went the experience which Col. Barnett had In hiu exciting campaign. He was made the target of the subsidized newspapers of the insurgent Demo cratic combine, which Is now working the fusion racket oa the legislature. Ho undoubtedly was misrepresented in many matters, but the most venomous and vindictive assaults were those af fecting his standing as a soldier. It was made to appear that he was not a brave man, that his men in the regi ment with whom he fought were op posed to him on account of his alleged failure to do his full duty, while the regiment was in action. That the peo ple did not bellevo these stories was evident In his securing a large ma jority of all the votes cast at the elec tion, and now his old comrades in arms of the campaign In Luzon have, by a unanimous vote, elected him to command the regiment which went to the Philippines under the gallant Hawkins and xeturned with a glorious record. NATIONAL CONVENTION SPIRIT. There is an atmosphere of stalwart Republicanism hanging about this town just now, with the hotel lobbies filling up with leading: Republicans from every state in the Union. The na tional convention, which will open here next Tuesday, promises to be one of the largest attended bodies of the kind in the history of American politics. There are thousands of active Republi cans coming here merely as spectators. They will find everything in readiness for their comfort and entertainment. The city is beautifully decorated. The leading club houses are adorned with bunting and brilliant electrical dis plays. The city hall has been decked with emblems which are illuminated by electric lights and strings of Incan descent lamps have been run from the top of the tower to every corner of the immense building. Chairman Manley, of the sub-com mittee of the national committee, which has charge of the convention ar rangements, is here and says the hall is an ideal auditorium for a national convention. ■inn Solitary Ranchman's^Life- long Search for Treasure. FAMOUS BANDITS' BOOTY The Reynolds Brothers Civil Wai! Famflf Headed trie jdutlawa, Who; Rode Through th< Southwpst Leav ing a Trail cf Blood ana Ruin. After a lifetime la search for gol£, the^most A ffimouß her mit in Colorado has p^sse^away. At the very last nad fouijd, but too late, tho treasure he but too frail to survi'e the shock of hla discovery the old man died before he was even able to tell .the secret hid ing place that thirty gears' search had at last revealed to hfpa. So_ treas ure of Elk Creek still lies buried. The story of the hidden treasure is famous Rockies. Jim amj. .Jolin Reynolds gathered to gether iniS&j 'a bahd of two hundred daring men and niarched through Texas and New Mexico. They carried the 'flag, and boasted that they would wrest Colorado from the Union or waste' its lands with war fare. Tho attenipt to capture tho State failed, but the threat to leave a trail of blood behind.them was carried out. Once they' held up a 6tage coach, killed tho driver and passengers, and esedpoci with a rich haul of gold and nuggets. A few weeks later they overtook a wagon train. They shot the horses, massacred the passengers, and looted the stage of more than SOO,OOO. At this time they learned that they were being hotly pursued by troops from Denver under Colonel Chiving ton. Fearing to keep the immrtise treas ure longer in their possession, they sought a massive peak now known as the Lion's Head, and at dead of night, with gloomy brows and ghostly whis perings. they burled the vast treasure. The cave was marked by sticking a bowie knife in a pine tree, breaking off the handle, and leaving the blade pointing to the mouth of the cave. Upon the face of a high cliff, with towering walls of granite upon one side, and a deep and dark abyss npoh the other, the bandits were at last brought to bay. Escape was impossible. There was a fierce struggle, but a short one. The bandits were lined up with their backs to the edge of the cliff, their arms bound behind them, (John Reynolds fell. The soldiers, thinking him dead, let him lie.) and oue by one were shot In the breast, while the lifeless bodies fell down, down, down into the byss below. Of nil the miners who tried to locate the gold, none succeeded. Rut early in the 'seventies Anton Glasmann took op a claim near the head waters of Elk Creek, and in the shadow of the j Lion's Head built himself a cabin, i Then lie became a hermit. Not many days ago the old hermit came into the little village of Pine I Grove. Col., and In great excitement, but with more rationality than he had displayed for years, showed uuggets and gold coins of great value, and told the villagers that he had at last found the treasure. That same evening he took the train for Denver, and early the next morning was upon the streets inquiring bis way to a notary office. Pis queer, bout form. Ills battered and mutiled throat, his peer eyes and swindling gait, attracted touch attention. Some one led him t. office of a notary public. The oV ffiau seemed spent and weary. II Khk into a chair and began eagerly to try to pour out an incoherent story. Jjbere was a pause, a struggle, the gray bead sank forward upon the tired iltofftast, and the quest for treasure was <J>49d. Anton glasmann was dead with hW'ieCrSflßOir bis' Hps. IHJHIM Ham, a Monkey, Starves Him self to Death, HAD A FINE EDUCATION. His Ml at rats Want Away Far a Month and When She Returned It Was Only in Tims te Witnese the Funer al Ssrvisee. . Nature made Ham, It., a monkey. Education made bim all bat a man, Love made him a suicide. He died tor love of Mme. d'Oata, who had taught bim to use a knife and fork and napkin, to dreaa and undress, to sleep in a bed, to take medicine, to say "yes," "no," and "mamma." That was the word he spoke ofteneat —"mamma." He walled it continually durlpg his last daya, when the choicest dellcicles failed to shake his resolve to die by starvation' it was his last cry, as be took a photograph from un der his pillow and held It before his glazing eyes. The picture was that of Mme. d'Oatft, for she was "mamma." Ham, Jr., learned to play many parts. He would Impersonate a laborer smok ing his pipe, an old woman sipping her tea, a gourmet tasting bis wine, a stu dent reading his book, a politician har anguing his constituents. But that was all mimicry. He was an orang-outang, oije of a batch of fifteen bought in Borneo three years ago by Captain d'Osta. Two years ago bis education was be gun. This Important work was intrust ed to Mine. d'Osta. Table manners, for example. How might ages of heredity be overcome to make a monkey eflt with a spoon V Mme. d'Osta devised a deep, narrow cup. Into which Ham, Jr., couid not insert his hand. Very good. Ham, Jr.'s, intelligence prompted him to use a spoon to ex tract liis food from the cup. But her edity Inspired bim to drop each spoon ful on the table and convey It thence to liis mouth with hts hands. Mme. d'Osta procured the services of a child and kept it hungry against the monkey's meal times. It was Instruct ed to snatch away and eat every spoon ful of food that Ham, Jr., dumped upon the table, and It obeyed. Ham. Jr.. was first mystified, then pained, then Indignant. Then he chattered with wrath. It was no use. At the other side of the table his beloved mis tress was eating dalutily with a spoou, and the greedy child bad no oppor tunity to snatch away a small morsel. ?!■*"" i ' i ~ i 1!■ | n ; ! i^'. (An after dinner smoke.) Ham, Jr., elevated his eyebrows bait a dozen times with great rapidity, and tried the experiment of carrying a spoonful from the cup direct to bis mouth. Eureka! The greedy child was foiled. From that moment Ham, Jr., ate itttM a spoon. Love claimed him throughout every orancb of hts education. It was • triumph for bim when he learned to articulate "yes" and "no" with a full knowledge of their meaning, but the greatest triumph of all when he found the trick of saying "mamma." A month ago Mme. d'Osta was obliged to leave Ham, Jr., In Baltlmsre while she accompanied the circus te Brooklyn. It was deemed unwise to allow him to travel, because he could hot be kept in an even temperature, so he was taken to the Bostock menagerie n Atlantic City. Ham, Jr., cowered in his cage all tay. crying "Mamma! Mamma!" His food remained untasted. The bead keeper sent for Dr. Somers, of No. 2012 Pacific street. Dr. Somers could not detect say cause for tbe monkey's illness. Ham. T r.. could not describe his a»pt*«f> fie cpuh} oilfy t>T Hnft|'%siSr Statement of Laporte Township. Lee R. Oaritt in account with Laporte Twp as Collector of Special Road Tax for the year ending June 4, 1900. To arnt of duplicate J692 41 By exonerations 21 43 Laud returns 49 55 Amt collected within 60 days 281 92 Rebate on same 15 30 Collectors commission 8 72 " on face duplicate 7974 Commission on same 4 20 Collected 6 per cent added 14 20 Amt. uncollected 117 S5 592 41 592 41 Ca#h account. Col. within 60 days 305 94 Collected on face duplicate 83 94 " 5 per cent added 14 20 Amt uncollected 117 35 By receipts tiled t. 37918 Rebate allowed 15 30 Commission 12 92 Balance due township 114 03 521 43 521 43 Kxtra Road Tax. Amt. duplicate 197 55 Exonerations 7 23 By land returns 17 08 Amt collected within (0 days % 06 Rebate oil same 5 21 Collector's commission 2 97 Collected on face duplicate 23 03 Commission on some 1 -1 Collected 5 per cent added 4 80 Aint uncollected S9 95 197 55 197 55 Cash account. Col. within 60 days 10124 Collected on face duplicate 24 24 Collected 5 |ier cent added 4 8H Amt. uncollected 3'J95 By receipts tiled 126 39 Reltatc 5 21 Commission 4 18 Balance due township 36 51 172 29 172 29 l'oor Tux. Amt of duplicate 190 6a By exonerations 7 81 Land Returns 16 56 Collected within 60 days 90 66 Rebute on same 4 92 Collector's commission 2 80 Collected on face duplicate 22 95 Collector's commission 1 20 Collected 5 per cent added 4 86 Amt uncollected 44 89 196 65 196 65 Cash Account. Col, within 60 days 98 38 Collected on faco duplicate 24 15 Collected 5 per cent added 4 8S Amt uncollected 44 89 By receipts filed 52 06 Rebate..... 4 92 Commission 4 00 Balance due 11l 30 172 *! 172 28 Statement oi School Board of Laporte township for the year ending june 4, 19C0. Account of Lee R. Uavitt as collector of School Tax. Amount of duplicate 504 34 By exonerations 34 40 By land returns 33 S8 Collected within to days 210 74 Rebate on same 11 43 Collector's commission 6 52 Collected on face duplicate 49 30 Commission on 55me.,...., a 59 Collected 5 i>er cent adiind 9 21 Amt uncollected 146 77 504 34 504 34 Cash Account. Col. within 60 days '223 78 Collected on fate duplicate 51 89 5 per cent added 9 21 Amt. uncollected 146 77 By receipts filed S3'.) 32 Rebate... " « Commission...., 9 J * Balance due t0wn5hip...,..,,,,,.,,,,,. 71 79 431 b> 431 65 Account of John Watson a* Treasurer of School Funds for the year ending June 4, 1900, Balance in hand at last audit 22 28 State appropriation 743 81 Reed of 1\ Kaiyc collector for 189H... 60 00 Lee K. Uavitt Collector 339 32 County Treusurer 313 00 By orilers redeemed 170 29 Receipts filed 1218 26 Treasurer's salary 27 79 Balance in treasurer's hands 62 07 147841 147841 Amt. of order* issued ISO 9 26 Orders redeemed 1218 26 Orders ouuiauding,9loo 1309 an 1300 26 Teachers' salary 980 00 Attending Institute 35 00 Rent M 0° Fuel M '"3 Text Imoks and stationery 61 15 Auditing uccouut and printing 7 00 Contingencies 33 03 secretarlc's salary 20 00 Treasurer's fees ~,,, 27 79 Debts SS 53 We, the undersigned auditors and clerk do here bv certifv that the foregoing statement Is true and correct to the l>est of our knowledge and belief. HKNRY KARGE. R. E. BOTSKORD, Auditors. E. C. PETERS, Clerk. M. W. BOTSFORD, Sec. Plucky Woman Puts Highwaymen to Plight. Three rash men tried to hold up a carriage In which was Miss Maude Daniels, in a ravine, on a lonely road near Middletown, Conn., Zl-r ' Miss Daniels had a revolver. She wounded the highwayman who open ed the cariage door and shot at the fellow who held the horses' bridles. The horses, rearing and plunging, threw off this man and ran away. Their driver, Alexander Fournier, at last proved his usefulness by controll ing them. When it was all over Miss Daniels, woman-like, fainted. Perhaps the fact that she had SI,OOO in money and ]ew* elry nerved her to resistance. She safely reached Meriden and took the train for Boston. Miss Daniels is the manager of the Wilbur Opera Company, playing at the Middletown Opera House. Aftc the performance she received a tele gram peremptorily summoning her tc Boston. There being no train from Middletown so late, Miss Daniels promptly engaged a carriage driven by Fournier to take belt'ten miles to Meriden, wbercjf she.could catch the 2 a. m. train for Boston. It Is an hour and a ball drive. There was little tlm<?to spare, but Fournier bad to let bis' horses walk when they reached that part of tbe road that, for almost a mile, runs In a ravine the sides of which are thickljy wood* ed. Half way through the ravine three men sprang from the trees. One ran to the horses' heags yelling, ''Hold up there, you!" The other two made for the carriage door. During the long ride Miss Daniels had fallen asleep, but the yells awak ened her. A self-reliant woman, she always carries a pistol. As one of the footpads opened the carriage door she drew the weapon from her satchel. Quickly aiming, she llred. At tbe flash the man tried to dodge, cried out la pain, and fell in his com panion's arms. Although tbe scared horses were already tugging at the reins, Miss Daniels shot at the robber who beld them. They threw him off and were away. Meriden was reached without furth er incident. When Fournier opened the carriage door he found Miss Dan iels In a faint, but she soon revived. Fournier called the police, and they complimented the plucky woman. The police could not find tbe high waymen. There were blood spots on tbe road where the carriage was halt ed, a place much dreaded by travelers after dark. Shopbell, Gamble & Co., 313 Pine street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA., Headquarters for new up to date Drese Goods, Silks Linens, Notions, Hosiery, Gloves, Coasets, Muslin and Knit underware for men women and children, Ladies Tailor made suits, Skirts and Jackets, Wrappers, Waists. We are showing a complete line of Linen, Crash Skirts, Black and Blue polka dot wash skirts. The Ready to wear Department is the largest in Williamsport. Our 3.98 TaffateSilk waists Black and Colors ars wonders. 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