s The Middlebupgh Post. lntl!li'l Every Thursday. GEO. W. WAQENSELLER, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, l.oo it year if paid 1" advance. 91.30 peryeei if not l'1' In advance. Single Copies, Five Cents. Ailvrriioini: Khi. 15 centi imt Una, gon rati measurement, for iint inatrHob unci iu ciitu rr hue for cat Ii iilie.iuctil lnertlol- Knfered atilie Poet 0 Bice al MIddleburg, P econd clan ni"il matter. OFFICE, tween the Jail. v..).. tin. i i u nt v Court House Iral Rational Bank end Ih County History. Established in 1844asthe iTnlon Demokrat at New Berlin, a Ger man Whig paiier. ('hanged nana' to the Posi in 1801. oldest Etepublloan newspaper in Snyder County. Eepublican &tandinst Committee. Aitnin" r. F. Blnaaman, .1. D. sipe. ll. itv. r A. W. Mni-r. Calvin Hti(, Baavar W. Fred 8 Uundrum, Thoa Hcrbster. Uentrt Allen Hover. 1.. A Btlne. Chapman-1. A. Troup. C. H. Dpdagfova. Friiiiklin-M. L. Walter. II. B. Bolender. Jackson J. Hatvey Mover. 0. A. Brouse. Bjddleburs -Edwin Charlea, Frank Id-it. Middle, mk -John 8. Meleer, ; 0. stuck. Monroe W, L. Young, Peter oung. Penn A. It. Smith, tieo M. Wlttner. Perrv Irwin Hover. V. . O. Smith. Perry W. T. it. GrayMIl, c. s. Sprlule, Bellnsg-rore-J. A. Lumbard.Oco.A. Livingston. Bnrinu-ii. M. Smith, John N. Kelgel. Union Jacob Stall I, C. D. Boner Washington -John at. Mover, W. K Rouin. Jo. A. Lcmrabd, dhalrman. Bowis Cuarlim, Secretary. J. Krank Ruts, Treasurer. PRESIDENT M KTNLEY. H M't Hl.lt 1 N IfATlONAli TICKET, President Wm. Mi Kini.ky. V. President Theodobe Roosbvew. HUM 111.14 A SIATK TICKET. Auditor Gen'lE. B. Hardenbcroh. Gongreismen at large G. A. Grow, 11. B. FOERDBREB. BEPI'IILICAX TICKCT. Congress Hon. Thai). M. Mahon. Bi::An)W-H()N. B.KNJ, K. Fooht. Assembly Hon. A. M. Smith. Prothonotary Obo. m. Kimndkl. Register & Recorder J BO. H. Willis. District Attorney M. I. Potter. Jury Commissioner E. E. Shambach. PROSPERITY The Republican National Com mittee, in order to secure some up-to-date facto ot interest relative to financial eonditions iu the great ag ricultural sections ot the umieu States west of the Alleghany Moun tains, sent out letters to several hundred business men in the large cities and in country towns of these sections. Thev were asked how the bank deposits of their own communities compared wttn iour ytn , wliat extent there hat! been improve ment in the credits of their munioi- nnlitles or townships ; and what bet torment, if any, was noticeable in the condition ot the borrowing classes. The business men to whom letters were seut were selected without any reference to, antl without know ledge of their political affiliations. In several instances extremely in teresting replies came from bankers having a National reputation in Democratic party circles, bucIi as John R. Walsh, President of the Chicago National Hank. The general substance of the re plies show that savings and com mercial deposits have increased from ,r)0 to V20 per cent, since 1896; that municipalities are able to borrow money at a rate averaging more than one-hall f one per cent, less than in 1896; thot farm values in most sections have almost dou bled; that about 50 per cent; of farm mortgages have been paid up, and the remainder renewed only with "prepayment" privileges anil at lower interest rates; and that from '20 to 25 per cent, of the debtor classes, to whom Bryan four years ago vainly appealed with his dis honest propositions for cutting in two the value of money legal tender in payment for debts, are now act ually lending money in competition with the business men ivriting these letters. Out til all the answers thus tai . .i i ... J! l..t received me oniy note uuwniaHi with a story of remarkable prosper ity among all interests and in every community has come from a banker in the town ot Peadwood, booth Dakota. The principal business there is gold mining, and the com plaint is that gold is worth no more than it was four years "Ml tl, coke, iron c ri ve doubled in value. Ol course tins interesting instance only goes the more to prove the utter absurdity of Bryan's talk of four years ago to the effect that the cold standard was A ture in the atmosphere made them sal a aw and hillvV rull Harlnir It difficult to get messages through. Ik "The third cause may be found In the g H m XWT 1 3 L nnmllillllv tbnt tho lUali.-ltrhiT at the 1 '! excursion irain wreuaeu ou uiw i Tr-":r...: mTrT Z. w I i JT II 1 UtUI.'l UI11U IVIIUIaHMi ffVMW aaa r. iPiiAfi IMMtNot Beading Road at Hatfield, Fa. THIRTEEN DEAD, THIRTY HURT. The Excursion Train, Rnnnlng Thlr-fr-flve Mile- an Hoar, Crashed Into the Rear End of a Combination Milk and Piiaeena-rr Train. Philadelphia, Sept. 3 Thirteen per Thursday, Sept. 6, 1900. Al the Democratic conference of this congressional district, the Editor of the 7itm' will expect to be the nominee ami he IS already trying to study up a lie explaining how he managed to get the amendment no tices from a Republican administra tion. He tells the people now that be y;ot it through .Senator Hummel. That is really mure than the senator did tor Republican newspapers. sons killed and over thirty others In jured is the appalling record of a rear and collision between an excursion train and a milk train on the Beth lehem branch of the Philadelphia and Heading railway yesterday morning at Hatfield. Pa., '11 miles north of this city. The killed are: Miss Annie Sherry, aged 21 years, South Bethlehem; Rob ert Miller, 21, South Bethlehem; Hlch ard Bachman, 40, South Bethlehem; William Ehret, 22. South Bethlehem; Ira Ehret. 20. brother of William, South Bethlehem; Joseph Mordaunt. 22, South Bethlehem; Charles McFon Igle, Allentown; Thomas Day, Allen town; Miss Mamie Kaelln, 14, Telford; Godfrey Kaelin, father of Mamie; Will iam Blackburn, Ambler; Harold I,an dls, Hatfield; Florlan Waldspurger, Taylorsport, Pa, The injured: John David, Philadel phia, engineer of excursion train, skull fractured, critical; Albert J. Wagner, Philadelphia, fireman excur sion train, contusions chest and legs, serious; Wilson Crosland, South Beth lehem, baggngemaster of milk train, head lacerated, serious; Michael J. Tlghe, Allentown, legs crushed and burned, serious; John Gorman, South Bethlehem; foot crushed; John Mc Hugh, South Bethlehem, leg and thigh injured and hurt Internally, not seri ous; Abraham Transue, Jr., South Bethlehem, deep scalp wounds, con tusion of back and Internally Injured, serious; Mrs. William Burkhardt, South Bethlehem, injured Internally; MisB Gertrude Hurkhardt, South Beth lehem, both legs broken; P. J. Mc Mahon, South Bethlehem, ankle broken; John Reichley, South Both lehem. internally injured; Mrs. George Harrison, arm broken and contusion of body; Irvln Newhard, head badly cut; Mary Newhard, South Bethlehem, crushed ribs; Miss Carrie Bachman, daughter of Richard Bachman, who was killed, chest crusned, serious; Miss Brennan, South Bethlehem, arm broken; L. T. Hartzog, South Beth lehem, arm broken; Harry Schlott, South Bethlehem, leg contused; Ed ward Reese, Allentown. contusion of shoulder and legs; Mrs. 8. Haber, Al lentown, both legs broken; John Schantt, Allentown, toes crushed; William Schantz, Allentown, thigh In jured; Miss Schaeffer, Allentown, legs broken; Mary Koch, fractured legs; Lewis Knecht, Bethlehem, contusion of lega; George Landls, Bethlehem, scalp wounds; Mrs. Alfred Schmoyer, Bethlehem, badly lacerated; Annie Miller, South Bethlehem, hips crushed; 111am Wilmeyer, South Bethlehjem, hvarated; Mrs. Wilmeyer, V"fjt crushed; Hon. W. H. Roaenberry, of Lanadale, member of the legislature. The wrecked train consisted of ten day coaches, and waa the first section of a large excursion made up of people from Bethlehem, Allentown and sur rounding towns to Atlantic City. Tula aection carried only those persons who charge of the running of the trains, waited too long in sending necessary orders when he knew the condition of the wires." Mr. Sweigard speaks very highly of William S. Groves, the dispatcher re ferred to. The body that was identified last night as that of G. W. Ackerman was today found to be that of Florian Waldspurger, a farmer of Taylorsport. Montgomery county. He was 55 years old. His head had been torn off. Waldspurger left his home on Sunday, intending to visit this city on business. Yesterday morning his wife, in reading a newspaper, saw the story of the ac cident, and knowing that her husband had left for this city on the milk train she sent her two children to Lanadale to learn who had been killed and In jured. They were taken to the dead house, and "when the lid of the yellow box was lifted they each gave a scream I and with a bound fell across the coffin I containing the lifeless figure of their ! father. . EZ3 r i Lai KUliKtH SAL - - AT - a SHIPMAN'S ran run m 439 Market St., SUNBURY, PA Beains Sept.15, 1900 Editor Lesher need not worry about the Editor of the Post being slighted iu not being named as one ot Mahon's conferees. Ot the empty honors floating around, wo preferred to be a member of Mark Hanna's advisory committee from the great state of Pennsylvania, a position offered us without any soli citation. This left the positions iu the conference to be filled by others who were duly ijualified for the same. makinv "irold iro un" and "man," . . , i ., i::..u .,.,,1 ! lived in Bethlehem and Allentown, and incidentally with commodities and B.thi.h.m t wages, "go down." 6:06 a. m., exactly 35 minutes behind Some Ot the strongest replies have the milk train. The latter train con . , , ,. n ...., .. alsted of two milk cars and two pas- come right from Bryan's own state Mnfer roafhe8 and nad itoppe(1" nt of Nebraska. The prosjwnty there every station on the road from Beth l.n. haan km wonderful that Hrvan ! lehem en route to Philadelphia. At can have no excuse for being unob servant of it. The town of Lincoln, in which Bryan is a taxpayer, now has 4 per cent, bonds selling at a premium, whereas four years ago it experienced difficulty in floating loans at 6 per cent. Adlai E. Stev enson as a taxpayer has also had a chance to see evidences of prosperity right in his own town, for the city of BloomingtoD, Illinois, has recent ly sold its bonds on a bads of 3:40 per cent., which is lower than any municipality in the United States could get iu 18i6. The letters will ultimately be 6:54 the milk train drew up at the milk platform at Hatfield, and in less than two minutes the special excursion train running at the rate of 35 miles an hour, crashed into the rear of the milk train. The locomotive ploughed through the two passenger coaches and crushed them as if they were egg sheila. The milk car Immediately in front was also badly wrecked. Four persona, Godfrey Kaelin, his daughter, Mamie, Harold Landls and William Blackburn, In the passenger cars of the milk train, were almost instantly killed. The excursion train was a picture of Indescribable horror. The locomo tive was a mass of bent and broken Iron, and firmly held the bodies of its engineer and fireman beneath its great weight. Behind the engine six of the ten curs were also a mass of wreckage. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURE D by local applications ns they cannot reach the diseased portiou of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies. Dealness is caused by au inflamed condition of the mucous liuiut,' of the Eustachian tube. When the tube gets inflamed you h-ive a rumbling sound or im perfect hearing, and w hen it is en tirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and the tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forevevi nine eases out of ten are carsed by catarrh, which is nothiug but an inflamed condition of tho mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dol lars for anv case of Deafness (caused by catarrL) that cpnnot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir culars, free. P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, C. Sold bv all druggists, 75e. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Excellent Farm for Sale. Wishing to quit farming, f am of fering at private sale a most excellent farm containing 107 acres of rich farm, ing land. S7 wres of which is clear and in a giid slate of cultivation. The bal ance is Umber. the land is a good large bank barn, excellent dwelling house, Rood si.e, all kinds f outbuild ings in good repair, good cane molas ses factory, good never-failing water near the house and in the fields for the stock, excellent apple orchard, abun dance of peaches, cherries, jiears, and all kinds of small fruit, such ns black and red raspberries, grapen, currants, plums, etc. The jirojierty is located convenient to church, store ami pOatOfBce along the public road and is a very prom inent farm. We raise excellent grain and grass ; have good fences and a Hue local imi for a fish dam within sight of the house. The soil is good, deep and rich, no stones to bother with, nouiteh inir necessary, no slate and we have an easy road to the river. We will also sell Lit ai res which will make a small farm for some one who does not ears fur much land. This farm was twice sold for 16,000 and is now offered at the very WW rate of $2800. if it were not for the fact that 1 wish to discontinue farming, the farm would not be offered at so low a figure. A clear title can be given. MRS. M. A. B ULKY, 7-lu-:im. Pallas, Snyder Co., Pa. Call to see tliem. i SJSBJgP jaW ---- naww-.w,--.w ea ajarMH ear e.- area aaae nan Frank S. Riegle, 1 DEALER IN HUBS mm We are told on good authority that a well-known Democrat lor a joke told Editor Lesher of the limes that his cousin, John V. Lesher, Snyder County's Democratic candi date for State Senator, would ajv puint financial Joseph as one ol John's conferees in the Senatorial conference to meet this week in Bunbury.. Joe's greed for cash led him to believe the story and he be gan to lay plnns to pull Wolverton's leg. Imagine Joe's financial disap pointment when John intentionally forgot to give Joe his credentials. Strlkr Will Cloae Mint- PermaaentlS. Hazleton. Pa.. Sept. 3. It la an nounced here that if the employes of the Milnesville colliery, which ia about worked out, go on strike the colliery will be shut down permanently. Nout of the officials would either confirm or deny the report. Father Phillips spoke on the strike situation again in St. Gabriel's church yesterday. He said printed in full and given wide cir- I The first car was broken In twain, and . .. , , t .... 4i,. I the other five ears were thrown on euiaiiou. EouuwiuK are icn uian the National Committee made pub lic last night: James B. Forgan, President, First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: I submit the following compar ison of the deposits of the Chicago banks in 1S96 and in 1000: National Banks 1S9G 1900 Individual depmiti, Country bank depot.!!, 141,070.143 1(B,13,97 State and Savings Banks Individual depOKlts. s ivui depoiit Country bank depoaltfl. SS,ro.4 66,429 8T1 ?1.949,874 51,74(1.1110 7,lf2,62S 13.85,iJ"i their aides, completely demolished. Nine persons were killed in the first two cars, and tho others in these coaches were badly maimed. As soon as the crash came a terrible cry arose from the smashed cars, and those who had not been Injured quick Ijr crawled or Jumped from the cars and went to the assistance of the In jured. Many were pinned down by wreckage and had to be freed by the liberal use of axes. With three or four exceptions tho dead were killed In stantly, the others dying on their way to the hospitals. The second section of the excursion. Bade up of persons from towns other than Bethlehem and Allentown, left soon after the first section, but waa flagged before it reached Hatfield. Aa it could not get through on account of the blocked tracks it was returned comparative outstanding bond val ues, the City of Chicago Bonds sold in 1890 at a price to net the inves tor 3 percent, while they are now selling at a price to net the investor only 3fc per cent., a very decided improvement in the value, of course. The enormous increase in bank de posits and in bank business general- I., ia. al. . 1... i trlaisnnial ..f tlin innt'ii'iw. u 1 ,,. ,rr.,.i nN iv is me laaavwriuoMva . ...v.. mai iiu waa himbh "j r.....-. . , , . . ators that they would confer with com- ed prosperity 01 I hieago, ot wnicli mlttees of tholr employes, tut not with Ljim. cannot k a shadow of doubt. comnimecs nun uic mui- ,, w. . union, and he suggested that the em ployes send their own committee te their employers to secure the concos aions asked for. Total dep't Chlcaao Bki. 1177,261,714 SSei,9S.SK. 1 "111 regard to the improvement of 1 Bethlehem, and there was great re- Chicaco Municipal Bonds during! Jolcing at the narrow escape oi us oc ' a a mi nn ntn froni tha n n t a c t r f I T i h O the last four years, as shown by -A N I - Middleburor, Pa. Inquire for . . Prices and Terms. IN COMBINATION WITH THE POST. We give lielow some clubbing combinations with the Post. The rates quoted arc very low. The Farm Journal, monthly, for almost five years and the Middiehurg Post one year, paid in advance, 1.00 Thr Furin Jottme in one of the lient airrirnUiira taKr4 piilililird. It con tain front 32 to 4l taat". each month and trattn uf every nnltjccl tif i nt n-t to the farmer, Inborcrand working man. The New York Tri-Weekly Tri bune and the Middiehurg Post, one year, paid in advance, only $1.75. The Trl-Weekly Im put Wednesday ami Friday, proportion of euttttcrit xcvitrviuui.f HS. Bigony&Co, MARKET ST.. SUNBURY, PA. ee'ta4eara-4e.y t NX AN A ARM UUA1W JUlltV UlUAUUA Snortino- uoods. I o Cans - and - Sii Phonographs and Records. The New-York Tribune rrtL TH . TTTt TkT A TTHV AT 1? L'UI UII'AM N . H A f r.IV till)! U me iUjaLfiiiu itiiiiwroiii ui ouivii - " nninj.ta o.,i oiu-avu a utniwli n . Ivncii t o nn tl aunnor ter of He nubile, 1 1: ur ui "J " ; ciples, will contain the most reliable news of THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. inpmrimp n hcuhkhiiih. t urrttHuuuuouuu nuu duvovui r, .. , aniiers. nriuiant, euiioria s. Tenons irum au odvi.iu.io . mm .ouv. nrnirrnHH ni i tic uoih. hic-. tic.. ntiu ... v.v,u..v wv : perusal oi every muugunui, iui.eniK"j' 'w1"' of his country at neart. Ih piiltljnhtMt Monday, ft rfacnu. u larRo tiwiK', and rnrh edlllnn ia a IhornuKhly np'tO'daW daily fiimily nowapaper for buny people. Bupants from the catastrophe. The coroner of Montgomery county The New York Weekly Tribune and the Middiehurg Post, one year, paid in advance, only 1.25 The Weekly Tribune Ik puhlielied on Thurmlay, and ieea all Important newa of nation and world, the mot rellalilc market repnrtn. tnasealled agricultural department, reliable general informa tion and choice and entertaining rellany. It i the "people's paper" for the entire t'nited States, a national fam ily paper for farmers and villager The New York Tri-Weekly World and the Middleburg Post, one year, paid in advance, only $1.65. The Tri-Weekly World comes three times a week, is filled with the latest news of the country and is well worth the price asked for it. The Practical Farmer, one year, antl the Middiehurg Po.ST,one year, New York Tri-Weekly Triimne Published Monday, Wednes day and Friday is In renlltv a flue, fresh, cvery-ttther-day Daily, elvl UK the Int. -si news on days ofissue. andotTerinic news ol the other three. It contains 11 Imiinrtniit for. !cti war and other cable news which appears in THK DAILY THIIU'NK of atmu date, also Domestic and Foreixn Correspondence. Short Stories, Magna! Half tone Illustrations. Humorous Items, In dustrial Information. Fashion Notes, Agricul tural Matiera and Comprehensive and Krl table Financial and Market reports. Keejular subscription price, 11.30 per year. We furnish it with the Cost for 11.75 !er year. Hew York weekly TritiQDe Published on MwraM evcrv tart of the Unites u ,1 ;,t 1 1 null FAnillv Ni nil Tl NHtrr.i . t.-.. the most imnortanl news of THK DAILY THIB1NK up tc miln. t nt... Iitu. entertr.ittina reati Market Heuorts wbiLhnreai'eitel ass. by farmers and country merchant"- Clean, U, Ml U.H, iiiraii..uiN i.i, ., Ill-ui.l ..iubii 4 i p. v. ...w t" We fumlih It with the Toerfor BLS) l' t i ii j - t" nm: jjuv,,.!, sena ail oraers to tae rust , uimuicuuign tne coroner oi monigoniery cuuui, ., . i at cM B-dU t t0n.d ih. Ur.rv Priv and nPnt the 1 PtM in advance, $1.50. Hoth ot entire day at the scene. He directed j the sbove papers and the Practical farmer lear Book and Agricul tural Almanac for 1900, paid in advance, only $1.65. Gordon Klingler has returned to : his home in Georgetown. the removal of the dead to Lanadale, a short distance south of Hatfield. He promises a rigorous investigation into the horror. General Manager Sweigard, of the Reading company, issues a statement In which he says in part: "I wish to state in detail the causes leading up to Sunday's accident, bo far aa i have been able to learn them Id the absence of Interviews with some of the more important witnesses concern ed. "The primary cause was the fog. Had there been no fog, there would have been no accident. "The nct cause was the telegraph wires, which worked badly. The niole- The Practical Farmer Is one of the beat farm papers published. Issued weekly, at $1.(10 year. The year book contains i."" pages in which there Is a fund of in formation that is useful to the farmer. The price of this book alone is SO cents. You Ret tho Post, the I ra. tical Farmer and the rear book foronlv O.06 iWJicfV.Sari;l!jIe.l if ilb. t Coush Syrup, 'raftes 0L ultimo. Sold hr dnicirists. iw-Mrri'irirft Far I 8HADEL. Gertie Heim is on the sick list. Sheriff How was seen on ourstreeU last Monday. Jonathan Markley sold his share of the Markley farm to A. B. Markley. Mrs. Kaltriter wan the truest of her parents and brothers on last Thursday. William RomiK, of near Kantz, was seen on our streets (Sunday on his wheel. Farmers arc busy hauling lime and phosphate and preparing the ground to put out t lie wheat. H. A. Ebright Is now lining his new store room, which will make a nice ap pearance when finished. The Grand Army will hold a camp fire In Weiser's grove some time this fall, the date is not yet known. Fred Haekenburg is making an im provement on his house by weather boarding it and giving it a new coat of paint. David Hoover moved hTs shingle mill to Mr. Corman's Umber tracl, where he intends to saw shingles for Jonathan Newman. UNION TWP. or. M. at. Ivrelw wiu in Hui: day. was a success. an-mni, iJlun 11 , Jl OUT1 U M 1 1 ing here at present. TlJif I li rnu' Ulninai at thnt tr rll 1 I 1 1 ii VVitm.ir'o is! U 1 . i i ' uv nun i r o, ry. at f hi1 urn Siv at v iciJiriu a mih i i . 1 ay. Iester Kessler and TTarir iiiii. it, u hi i Biuinr Mnriip.iii , , Verdilla. If A. A a sH. e. .'u i i iiaim i, to. KjQvU I IB I ("" !-......- MU a u n.uiit i cn' u jV"l a iJCW LU"1" wapon last weefc. a. a asviwm.lt; OUU H'li come to make each home happy- ruiAtilo 1 1 b-n a to I lr nil I wa sk. s aaraa-UMW UVil 111 lall 1 . . A i.m .411 , III lr Willi! MINI I O" wisny wasny ieuows ny up ' were going to swallow China, and all.
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