Dole Papr -—.For the tan Ihe circulation of tins paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR DK. IKVIM. I!. .IENKIMJS, Ojfiee Itovr* 9 A. M.to M WU Mill St.. J I'. M to S I'. M J hint il". /Vi. i <iiin.T/„ m 4'J"> Mill I"., I' V N Vll.l K. PA. of thf Stiiiimi'li aii'i Intesiiney .. Specially. HS IE Last week of bowliug season. If you're wise you'll advertise. The rains have done good at the op oortune moment. pretty laurel will soon crown the Kerry hillsides. llavt you observed that the crooked man iSeldom smart enough to escape the law - long arm? Underlie post otlice appropriation hill which Senator Penrose reported to the Senate this week, rural free de livery carriers are K» ve fifteen days leave of absence each yf »r, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, a'wl ST>OO,OOO is appropriated to pay substitutes. After a season of drouth and cessa tion of servere storms, the winds and clouds and electric forces have again combined, and reports come of cy clones, and terrible atmospheric con tentions. In Texas and Nebraska a number of lives have been lost, buihl iugs demolished, country devastated and crops ruined by hail, wind and lightening When swallows fly low,wet weather may l»e expected, because the insects which the swallows pursue in their flight are flying low to escape the moisture of the upper regions of the atmosphere. You can always judge the worth of a citizen by the appearance of his home and his wife rules there, which goes to prove the theory that the wo man makes or breaks the man. Houesdale is said to be one of the prettiest and cleanest towns in tlie State aud considerable of the credit for this condition is ascribed to the Women's Improvement Society, which in the last year did its work at an ex jiense less than S2OO. The society has iu its treasury S3OO. « The authorities of Northumberland Qounty have discovered that one Au gust Reitz, now in jail at Pottsville on the charge of'eloping with another man's wife is the same chap who is wanted in their county for burglary, having escaped from one of their ofli cers two years ago. Four of the lady teachers of the Sunbury schools will not be applicants for re-election owing to the very good reason that they will be brides before ttie time set for the school bell to ring for the opening of the next term. The friends of Stanley Morris, an amateur gardener of Darby, are pok ing fun at him because some tomato seeds which he planted recently ami tended with assidious care have devel oped into sturdy maple trees. There is reason to believe that elec tric transportation is simply in its in fancy. Perhaps if we could revisit this locality a century hence we would be <|uite as much surprised as our great grandfathers would be if they could return and look about them. There is a probability that the $5 greenbacks will soon be reinforced by goldbacks of the same denomination. When these are supplemented by clean backs for all paper currency there will be cause for general congratulation. A telegram from Mahanoy City de clares that Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Swartman, who live near that bor ough, are the parents of twenty-seven children, of whom twenty-five are living. Twenty of the number are sons. To all members of the Y. M. (J. A : The baths are now in proper condi tion for use. ".The mouth of June brides will soon be here and the crop promises to be large. The Herks county court lias granted forty-nine divorces since January 1. According to a bulletin just issued by the Interstate commerce commis sion, 1.109 people were killed on the railroads in this country during the last three months of 1905. Of :v»o vic tims of actual train accideuts. :o were passengers and |<er-otis employed in baggage, express and mail cars. The announcement is made that the protracted drought and the pullutcd condition of the streams have produc ed an epidemic among the gam«' tisli of Montgomery county, which are 'ly ing in large numbers The Spanish war lasted but a short time and the deaths in active service were very few, yet there are about eighteen thousand pensioners already 'rom that war and about thirty-one thousand more who have made ap plications for pension* The pamphlet of P.mh; passt-d at the extra session of the legislature and ap proved by the governor, together with liis vetoes oil certain resolutions, have just l>een issued in bound form from the State printing office. The coroner's jury investigating the recent, boiler explosion on the Pennsy line uear Herndou, found that the engineer had tilled the boiler too rapidly with cold water and was there fore responsible for the accident. Rev. Thomas|Kerr of Mnncy, whose wife '.*efore marriage was Miss Sara Cunningham of this city, lims accept ed a unanimous call to the Upper Mc torora church, Chester county. The charge, which is a flourishing one, is situated iu the country near the Lan caster county line. The congregation numbers some three hundred. ill onto u? American. "THIS COI-NTRY WII.I. NEVER HI: ENTIRELY EREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." » OL. .V.!--NO l! 2. THE MEMORIAL SERMON Rev. L. D. Ulrich preached the memorial sermon to the veterans of Goodrich post, tlie Sons ot Veterans I and the Women's relief corps at Trin ity Lutheran church Sunday morn ing. The sermou was an able and im pressive effort, there was a large at tendance and the occasion in no re spect has ever been surpassed since the memorial sermon became a feature in honoring the memory of the departed brave. Some forty-five veterans accompani ed by half that number of sons of vet erans marched from the post room to the church bearing with them the post flag and the handsome colors of Com pany A, 132 nd regiment. Arriving at the church along with the woman's relief corps they occupied seats that had been reserved in the fore part of the auditorium. The post flag and the flag of Company A were given prominent positions, one on each side of the pulpit. Above the speaker was a large canvas on which inartistic letters were the words: "Welcome G. A. II." Just at the rear of the speaker a large flag, gathered near the bottom witli a black braid, despeuded from the ceiling. In addition there were numerous small flags and a pro fusion of flowers gracefully arranged about the altar. The pastor took his text from the tith chapter of Paul's letter to the Kphes ians, 10th and 11th verses: "Finally, brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might, etc." The text represents Christians as warriors, contending with powerful enemies,with Christ as captain. When Christ came it was with a new ban ner, to set up a new kingdom. In ral lying under this banner the victory is assured if we are courageous and duteous, but it must be by continuous warfare. Our wrestling is not in open war, but with hidden forces, hidden treachery, and wickedness in high places. The pomp and the fashions, corruption, ignorance and Inst after the bad are so many influences of this world that lend themselves to the pow er of the adversaries with whom the Christian is wrestling. To the soldiers all honor, all glory, for the preservation of our nation— the greatest on the face of the earths They have fought for the principle, that are near to the human heart, but they will clearly understand,the speakt er continued, that they have fougli and sacrificed their lives for a perish able kingdom. Other nations have had their day and ours iu turn will pass away. A new heaven and a new earth we shall see. "You have assembled here," the speaker said, ' to pay your respects to those who have gone before—to those who have drawn the sword with you, but who have now mingled with the dust. You fought not in vain—you have conquered. Hut there is another kingdom,that of Christ—for that king dom he fought, lie bled ami he died. Alone did he meet Satan in the garden and alone on the cross did he bear the pahg for you and me. He made the sacrifice that Heaven demanded. Satan knew that Christ had conquered and entered the stronghold of hell. " You have fought and won. You have bequeathed to posterity, liberty and equal rights. Your Lord and Master has conquered and the gates of his kingdom stand ajar for you to en ter. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. The greatest battle is yet to be fought: your greatest and bit terest foes are yet to be conquered. Christ has made the conquest easy. With His spirit, as expressed in the text, and with that alone it will be possible to overcome the jKJwers of evil that assail us." Rise in River. The river, which began to rise on Monday afternoon, during the night following came up with a jump and during yesterday if was over ten feet above low water mark. Last evening it was at a standstill and the probabil ity is that it will fall rapidly today. The sudden rise of the river Monday night played havoc with the foot bosat which lay uj>ou the shore at low wat er. A considerable number were seen going down stream, some from points at the upper end of the borough and others from towns above. William Deutsch's boat was carried down the river as far as Cameron, where it was recovered. Frank Ross' naphtha launch and two foot boats were carried away. Luckily heavy stones were attached to them which impeded the progress of the boats very much. About daylight they were detected out in the stream by the crew at the water works, who notified the owner. The boats were recovered before they reached the creek's month. Annoyed by Explosions. The residents of Sunbury street Shamokin.are said to be greatly alarm ed by the repeated explosious which occur underneath their houses and which at times shake the buildings to a considerable extent. The explosions are believed to Indue to the firing of shots in flu' workings of the Cameron colliery which working are now thought to extend to Sunbury street. It i- si id that the disli**> were shaken j from the sideboard in the dining room j of one residcnc*'. I). L. Mauger Promoted. 1). L. Manger, for the past K5 years : district passenger agent of the I'. & R. Railway company, with headquarters at Williamsport, will on June Ist., be promoted to the position of district passenger agent at Reading. The an ■ nonncement of Mr Manger's intend ed departure from this district will lie received with sincere regret by his many 1 >anville friends. Machines Arrive. W. W. Welliver la~it evening stated that the Welliver Hardware company lias received a carload of Rambler automobiles. The shipment comprises three machines, one for W. (i. Fursel of this city, one* for George Spousler of Lime Ridge and the other for D. A. Michael of Herwiek. You neve recirculate a story unless you know it's true, do you? CONTRACT WAS NOT AWARDED Monday was the date set for receiv ing the sealed proposals for the erec tion of a brick power house at the hospital for the insane, but the con tract was not awarded. The building committee of the board of trustees were on hand, but upon opening the bids it was found that they were all ill excess of the amount of money available for the power house. Under the circumstances a halt was inevit able. After deducting the price of Buc hanan & Go's contract and expenses incidental it is found that only some ten thousand dollars remain of the State's appropriation of 1,000 made for the heat, light and power plant. This, it is explained, will not erect such a building to house the heat, light and power plant as is called for by the plans and specifications adopt ed. It will, therefore, be necessary to modify the plans and specifications in order to bring the cost down to the limit of available money and to adver tise anew for bids. All this.it is regretted, will consume time, which at this stage of the work is very valuable at the hospital. It is safe to affirm, howevi r.that the build ing committee just as quickly as possi ble will procure new or modified plans to the end that the building may lie ready just as soon as needed by Buch anan it Co. Shortage of Ice is in Sight If the large ice companies were per mitted to have their way about it the smaller cities that were not fortunate enough to harvest a good ice crop would be apt to experience an ice famine before next fall. As the sea son advances it becomes apparent that the total of i"e in st >rage will fall considerably short of meeting the gen eral demand. The large ice companies that, control the product of Pocono and other mountain lakes evidently, if they had it to do over again, would not have contracted with so many parties, but would have agreed to ship ice only where they now see it possible to keep up the supply needed during the sea sou. Naturally these companies would like to get released from some of their smaller contracts so as to avoid the danger of embarrassment in filling their large contracts. The towns,there fore, are fortunate that have dealer conscientious enough to reject the ov ertures of the ice companies and in spite of the proffered terms to fulfill their contracts with customers. The Tobyhauua ice company, which has entered into a contract with A. L Delcamp, to furnish ice has made a proposition to him asking to be re leased. The company as a price pio poses to pay Mr. Delcamp two dollar* per ton for all the ice contracted foi and not yet delivered. When it in stated that Mr. Deleamp's contiael calls for 1,500 tons and that but 20< tons are delivered as yet, it is to bt seen to what an extent he would bt benefitted. The deal would simply nel him $2,(500 and he would be relieved of any further work or annoyance dur ing the season. Mr. Delcamp last evening stated thai lie had decided to protect his custom ers and that he, therefore, had notifi ed the ice company that he could nol accept their proposition. He also stat ed that he would not raise the price uf ice so long as the ice he has con tracted for hoi Is out, which will be until along in September or October. The local ice dealers of Berwick, have also been offered two dollars per ton contracts to'leave the ice in the company's storage at Mt. Po •ouo. Averill Bros, have a contract tor 1,200 tons and A. F. Martz for I,<HH> tons and had these BerwicK deal ers accepted the offer they would have realized $2,400 and $2,000 respectively ; liut like our Danville dealer they chose to be true to their patrons, and held he ice company to its contracts. Umstead's Ditcher In Operation. The AMERICAN some time ago •ontained mention of a machine for litchiug that was being perfected by Walter Umstead, who resides with James Lowrie, at Strawberry Bidge. The machine has now been completed tnd in its j>erfected state"'has been patented by Mr. Uinstead and has l>roven a most remarkable success. A of this paper saw lie machine in o[)eration on the farm jf George W. Cottier,near Washington t'ille Tuesday. |To draw it four horses ire hitched abreast, one man drives ind another walks behind and by means of a wheel regulates the depth if the cut. The machine was making a ditch Tuesday ♦> inches wide and 2 feet leep, and the walls of the completed trench, after the machine had passed, were as clean as if built of concrete. The dirt is rolled out to one side, not i bit of it finding its way back into the ditch. A number of experts have been to see Mr. Uinstead about the machine. Due representative of a big farming implement company told Mr. Cinstead j that he had never before, seen a sue ■essful ditcher, but that he believed that Mr. Umstead's patent filled .ill the requirements and that !.-• had no doubt but that the machine w.uM d" the work admirably where the olhei had failed. According to a statement just made by Health Commissioner Dixon, 7<H)| persons die in Pennsylvania each i month from cousnmpt ion, which is a 1 preventable disease. DANViI.LK. PA., Till I{SI)AV MAY, 151 190<>. HORSE KILLED IK RUNAWAY A most sensational runaway occur red between this city anil Washington ville Tuesday afternoon, which end ed in a terrific head-on collision be tween the runaways and another team. The runaway horses escaped, but one of the other team was killed instantly, pierced to the heart by a heavy*wagon tongue. .1. A. Cromis, of Limestone town ship,whose team it was that ran away had been to Danville delivering a load of hay. On the return trip he stopped at Phil Moser's hotel at the top of the hill im the old road to Washington ville. lie fastened the animals with a chain to the hitching post, and pro ceeded into the hotel. While the team was alone, for some reason unaccount ed for, they became frightened, and breaking away from the post-, dashed off down the steep narrow road. .Tust about this time Earl Renn, sou of Elmer Reun, of Valley township, returning from the Lycoming hills with a load of lumbar, had arrived at a point about half way up the hill. He was walking between his wagon and the railing that divides the road from the steep side hill. Suddenly he was startled by the sound of loudly pounding hoofs, and glancing up he saw, not a hundred yards a way, the frantic, plunging team dashing toward him. Hi' acted quick ly. Turning his team in as near the railing as lie could get, he mounted to the top of the load of lumber, to save himself from being caught under the load if his wagon toppled over the steep embankment. No sooner had he reached his perch than the runaways, going at top speed,crashed with fearful momentum and a horribly sickening thud into his own team of horses. The big tongue on the] runaways' wagon struck the body of Reun's near horse just hacK of the front leg, bury ing itself three feet in the animal's body and piercing its heart and lungs. The horse gave a spasmodic leap into tlie air and fell dead. Keeping his presence of mind, Renn jumped to the ground and dashing to the heads of the runaways, pushed them back and eoutroled them without further trouble. Mr. Renn valued his horse at #llO. it is a remarkable fact that neither of Mr. Cromis' horses was injured. Rev. Dr. Shindel Resigns. Rev. M. L. Shindel, 1). D., who for some thirty-two years past lias been pastor of the Pine Street Lutheran church, was Sunday elected as pas tor emeritus. At the same time Rev. Lloyd W. Walter was elected pastor ol the Pine Street Lutheran church. On. May 7th. Rev. Dr. Shindel, ow ing to advancing years, tendered 11is resignation as pastor to the council ol the church. From that date until last week the matter was held under ad visement, the council deciding to re commend that the resignation not be accepted, but that Dr. Shindel be elected pastor emeritus. It also recom mended that Lloyd W. Walter,a gradu ate of Susquehanna university, who has officiated several times in the Pine Street church, be chosen as past or. Both recommendations proved ac ceptable to .lie congregation, which proceeded at once to act upon them, electing pastor emeritus and pastor as above stated. Dr. Shindel is much beloved, not only by the Pine Street congregation, but by all our townspeople. The hon or conferred upon him yesterday comes as a reward for long and faithful ser vice. Rev. Lloyd W. Walter, who will succeed Rev. Dr Shindel in the ac tive duties of the pastorate, will grad uate at the Susquehanna university this summer. He is a gifted speaker and a young man of much ability. He will come to Danville in a short time. Lightning Rod Sharpers. Lightning rod agents, who are op erating this section of the State, swind led Adam Waldman, of Collomsville, out of £250 last week. Tile lirst of the clever gang was through the Nippe nose valley soliciting the orders for the lightning rods and agreed to place a sufficient number on Mr. Waldmau's barn for the very nominal price of 7<». Mr. Waldman agreed to pay ] this amount and was asked to sign a , contract, which he did. A few days afterward the second man came along, did the work, and presented the bill, which by this time had grown to be sioo, and the contract was found to be converted into a lien on Mr. Wald mau's pro|iertv. After much discus sion the lightning rod man dropped to $250 and Mr. Waldman gave him a note for this amount,payable in thirty days. This the men later cashed at a Jersey Shore bank and then skipped. They were reported to have been seen in MilUm since then and are evidently trying to work the same game in that neighborhood. NO COLOR LINE. At the African Methodist Episcopal conference, in session at York last week, it was decided that "young colored people should be taught good behavior, should be instructed to ap pear less boisterous in public, and should liit bv their loud talking at tract it lent i. HI. '' The News moves to undid the suggestion hereinbefore n ite 1 I>% -nicking out the word "col oi eil " In the matter of boisterous and isj: ■ d• • I conduct there is no color 22 Companies Will Attend. Twenty-two tire companies, have al rea'lv signified their intention of at tending tilt* four-county firemen's con vention to he held in Bloomsburg next month. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Mrs. Harry Sheffer returned to Scran tou yesterday after ;t visit with her sister, Miss Fannie Hummer, Iron street. Miss Bessie Evans has returned to the Bloomsburg normal school after a sray in tliis city as tin; guest of Miss Florence Price. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dreifuss,Master Leon and Miss Hae Dreifuss have left for Detroit, Michigan, where they will make their home. Miss Lois Boyer will arrive today from Plymouth for a visit with friends in this city. Dr. J. Sidney Holla, of Benton, cir culated among friends in this city yes terday. Archie, the sou of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Voris, of Milton, is visiting relatives in Danville. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Winters,of Sun lniry, spent yesterday with friends in this city. Alex. Foster and his daughter Helen left Saturday for a visit at Ocean City. Mrs. E. W. Peters returned home from a visit to Pittsburg Saturday evening. George Steiubreuner, of Wilkes- Barre, sneut Suudav with friends in Danville. Curry Fisher, of Westfield, New Jersey, arrived Saturday for a several days' visit with relatives in this city. Mrs. Charles Watson. Sr., returned to Philadelphia Saturday after a visit at the home of Mr. aud Mrs. P. E. Mans at Mausdale. Dr. I. H. Jennings returned Satur day from Allentown where he attend ed the meeting of the State dental as s< >ciat ion. FIL'IH IN KOREA I'lie Street* of tin* City Keek With u anil Odor*. The streets of Korea are used for every conceivable and inconceivable thing. Down the middle of them or on either side the city's sewage reeks along a sluggish course, carrying with it every !> >ssible thing but its own hor rible odor. The houses on the main streets, or what might for want of a more descriptive name be called the business streets, are all built with one side open, as houses are built lu Japan. There is little or nothing displayed for sale iu any shops, and there is seldom anything to detain a loiterer along tht way. The Korean woman knows abso lately nothing about the Joys aud sor rows of shopping. She lives her life in virtuous seclusion, or at least in seelu sion, and the tradesmen must needs g« to her and thrust their goods respect fully through a small opening in tht do >r of h t apartments. What slit doesn't want -die thrusts out agalL and then In _ r :cs with him over tin price t,f v !t she has selected, witl the li.ln !• not transparent partijioi I. iWfen !. . i So there is little need ' ■■■ atlrn iivi' -li ip windows. Since tin v > .• ; i:. lic the men's clothes, 11 . . ••! i i*. iciy the materials foi • ii- •. 'timi I have really never sec.i ;uy;!i''ig purchased iu a shop, i: . Mill i.. . are built with the use op ■• i > ,<•. and one can buy if i. ■ i.. .iin .I, as foreigners so of t i T!i ■ houses that are not of !!:!• c!e c;- • >ii hi are not to lie seen at a I.i iir_' !«■'. leu behind expression less s vi i. c. : i'c.l with tiles aud 1 I v.!'! the tiniest possible gate \ !■<..•< Weekly. i\LA7 YORK'S RECORDER. )'»,»• < ii > '<i " t \iM-iciit Official \eit lu tlie Muyor. Next t > t . • mayor tlie recorder is the i .c, , i publ! ' otlicial in the i»ity. iii . dates hack to the I >ongou charie, . v -ii witli the authority of Mil!' .■ 11.. il to the city of New Yor\ iu Ap.'il. HI-" - .. The governing Iio«!y of tiie city were the mayor, the recorder aud the aldermen. i'rea: ill. 1 recorder sprung, iu 18121, lite ol.i court ol common pi -as, which late: became the .-'iiprcme court. Orig inally ti:e major and the recorder held all tli.- court in .New York, both civil aud criminal, the aldermen sitting also to ai ■ in disposing of petty cases. The recorder was a member of the board of aldermen. One of his important du ties was to pass on competency for citi zenship. The lirst recorder was James Gra ham, appoinied by charter. His duties included t.iose of the present recorder aud many more. (■ radualiy as the court Inisin • ; increased the recorder ceased to ad as an alderman, and lu the subdivis'. <n of court work the criminal cases, which, as affecting the life and liberty of citizens, were then regarded as of the graver Importance, were retained by him, and the civil eases were transferred to newer courts. Thus the ollice of the recorder is traditionally the primary safeguard over the principles of the old common law on which New York's modern criminal jurisprudence is founded.— New York World. I !i«- S»« in ma mle r. In Andrews' •• \needotes Ancient and .tloderu" (ITs'.u one reads, "Should n ula 'S house lire be kept up without ex tinction for a longer term than seven years there is 110 doubt but that a salamander would be generated iu the cinders." This probably accounts foi the popular idea that a salamander lives in the lire, a fallacy so far remov ed from t• truth that the curious lizard li beast so called cannot en dure »n. 11 the In it of the sun, but skulks avvay under stones to avoid it. it will never IHe its reputation for lire eating, though, which lingers still in the heating utensil that is named after it. Conarrtntlon of F.nersry. "You say you never gossip?" "Never," answered Miss Cayenne. "When I feel disposed to hear my uelglibors dist used, I uierch mention a name and proceed to listen."— \\ ash ingtoii Star PROCEEDINGS OF MAY COURT Court convened at 10 o'clock Mon day morning with his Honor Judge C. C. Evans and Associates Blee and Wag ner on the bench. Court immediately go* down to business and proceeded to dispose of the usual routine work pre liminary to a busy session. The constables made their returns. None reported any violation of the law with the exception of W. E. Young, constable of the First ward, Danville, who reported the Pennsylvania canal bed as a nuisance. In regard to the latter Judge Evans referred the matter to the district attorney, whom he dir ected to take such action as might be necessary. The list of jurors was called, all re sponding to their names. Clarence Rishel was appointed foreman of the grand jury, after which Daniel B. Fetterman, a grand juror, was excus ed. Judge Evans proceeded with hit charge to the grand jury, which was very lengthy and explicit, carefully reviewing the legal processes by which hills are brought to the grand jury, the duty of the latter body in the pre mises, the law govering their action, &c. G. W. Bennett was chosen tipstaff to wait upon the grand jury and W. E. Young and B. B. Brown tipstaffs to wait upon the court. A large crowd was attracted to court bv the two homicide cases in which Peter Dietrich and John Sees are the defendants. Botli of these were brought down to court by Sheriff Maiers soon after 10 o'clock. Sees' father was in the court room, while several of Peter Dietrich's old friends took occasion to shake hands with him. Mr. Dietrich seems to have borne up under liis ordeal very well. To all who met him lie had a pleasant smile and a warm handshake, which showed that lie heartily appreciated the temp orary release from the monotony of prison life. Mr. Dietrich was called before court and upon hearing the indictment read, entered a plea of not guilty. John Sees was next called before the har, wiio likewise pleaded not guilty. Neither of the homicide cases will be tried until Thursday and the wit nesses in each were excused from at tendance at court until that time. In the case of Commonwealth vs. Francis Woll the defendant was sent enced to pay the cost of prosecution and to stand committed until the sent ence was complied with. The first case attached was that of Frank Morrall, in which a true bill was found by the grand jury during the forenoon. Morrall pleaded guilty. His attorney, Ralph Kisner, made a strong plea for clemency, urging that sentence in tlie case be suspended. Morrall was called before the court. Judge Evans told the defend ant tha he had pleaded guilty to a most ser ious offense, for which, if the full penalty were imposed, he could be sent to the penitentiary for three years ; in the present case the court was dis posed to be as lenient as possible and that therefore the full penalty would not be imposed. The sentence of the court was that Frank Morrall be sent enced to pay the cost of prosecution, a line of £IOO to tlie Commonwealth and to undergo imprisonment in the East ern Peneteutiary at separate and solit ary confinement for a period of fifteen mouths, to he computed from the pre sent date. The next case taken up was that of Commonwealth vs, William Reuner, the eleven year-ohl-boy accused of breaking into the department store of S. Lowenstein & Co., with intent to commit a felony ou Sunday, May, 13th. The defendant being without counsel, Ralph Kisner was appointed by the court as attorney for the de fense. The plea of not guilty was eutered, tfter which Joseph Lowenstein, S. Lowenstein and Officer John Grier S'oris were called as witnesses. All the circumstances' which were fully <et forth in this paper, at the time of their occurrence, are still fresh ou the niuds of our readers. The case was soon disposed of, scarcely five min utes beiug consumed by the opposing ittorueys in addressing the jury, ludge Evans was also brief in his •harge and the case was given to the jury at 3:20 o'clock. At four o'clock the jury returued ,vith a verdict of guilty as indicted rat recommended the defendant, Wil iam Reuner, to the mercy of the :ourt. The next case attached was that of Commonwealth vs. Daniel Kennedy, mother juvenile case, in which the lefendant was accused of forcibly af ecting an entrance into the first ward ichool building with intent to com nit a felony on Saturday, May , r >th. There were three witnesses in this •ase, Ambrose Robinson and Robert Campbell,who said they detected Ken icdy in the act, and William Reuuer, lie defendant in the preceding case, vho alleged that lie was with Keu ledy when he broke into the First ,vard school building. Young Reuner laid they were both in the school raildiug—that they effected an eutr ince through the window and that to gether they went through several of he rooms. He told what articles were lilfered and his story corroborated the receding testimony of Masters Robin ion and Campbell. The jury was out about half an hour ivhen it returned a verdict that Daniel Kennedy was guilty as indicted. The next ease called was that of ESTABLISHED IN IBsr> Commonwealth vs. George Beckley, the charge being larceny as bailee. Some time was spent in selecting a jury in this case and at 5:30 o'clock court adjourned to reconvene at :30 this morning. A decree of divorce was granted in the case of Dora E. Hobbins vs. W. Edward Hobbins. | Judge Evans Monday afternoon made an order excluding all boys un der sixteen years of age from the court room. The order went into immediate effect and there was a general exodus toward the front door that took iu up wards of fifty juveniles representing nearly all ages up to sixteen. There are a good many unsavory cases for trial aud parents, if not the boys them selves, are expected to take cogniz ance of the order to the end that the court room may be clear of boys from now onto the end of the term. Willie Renner, the boy, who Mon day was found guilty of breaking in to the store of S. Lowenstein & Co., 1 and was recommended to mercy was called before court for the first thing Tuesday morning. In answer to several questions from Judge Evans Willie explained that he ! was eleven years of age—that lie went ' to school as well as to church and to ! Sunday school. The father, George Renner, was then called. He gave his occupation as a | chiropodist and said he was employed about four days iu a week, earning |1.25 to $1.50 per day. His boy, he said was at home during the evenings. The court made the following order: Now, May 29, IWIHS, it appearing to the court that the defendant is a neg lected child under the age of 16 years, and after the hearing, ,T. C. Mince moyer is appointed a probation officer to take charge of the defendant and for the present to place him iu the care and custody of his father, George W. Renner, subject at all times to the visitation of the probation officer. Any bad conduct on the part of the defendant or upon bad treatment by the father to the child, the same to be reported to the court. This order to remain in force and effect until fur ther order of court. By the Court. Daniel Kennedy, the eleven year-old boy, who was found guilty of effect ing a forcible entrance into the first ward school building on Saturday, May sth, was called before court,. Iu reply to questions from Judge Evans, he said he went to school "some times"—"couldn't tell when lie was at school last.'' He said he had been in jail two weeks for breaking into the school house. He said he did not kuow it was wrong at the time, but admitted that he was well aware of it now. Judge Evans told the boy that lie would not seud him to the house of refuge at this time, but would give him another chance. At this juncture he called the boy's father, who in formed the court that he is .">1 years of age and has four childreu. He declar es that he looks after thetn aud that they are in the house by 7 or 8 o'clock each evening. Judge Evans took occasion to say that 7 or 8 o'clock was the hour that all children should be at home at night. He reminded the father of his duty toward the boy and told him if the court heard of any further bad conduct on the part of the boy or of any ill treatment on the part of the parents it would take fur ther action. Judge Evans then proceeded to make an order similar to the one in the case of the Renner boy,stating that the de fendant is a neglected child and plac ing him under the care of Chief-of police J. C. Mincemoyer as a proba tion officer. Court proceeded to take testimony in the case of Commonwealth vs. George Beckley, which was attached : the evening before and for which a jury had been selected. The charge ' was larceny as bailee, the allegation }f the Commonwealth being that de fendant, George Beckley, last spring became a tenant on a farm on Bald 1 top owned by Francis Woll —that uu ler the agreement Woll was to stock lie farm —that Beckley was to farm ' the place on shares, having use of ' toll's team of horses and farming im plements, which, at the expiration of j lie lease, were to be returned to the >wner in good condition. It was fur- 1 her alleged that during the season he defendant sold one of the horses to Frank Diehl, hence the law suit. ' \uiong the witnesses for the common- 1 ,vealth were: Francis Woll, Mrs. Woll 1 tud Mrs. Shutt. George Beckley, the defendant, up m being called to the stand swore that ' A'oll had sold him the team of horses or SBO and that when lie [disposed of me of them the horse was solely in lis possession. His testimony was fol owed by others for the defense among hem being his wife and sou, Howard 3eckley, William Diehl, Frank Diehl, rustice of the Peace Dalton aud oth >rs. The testimony was wholly con radictory, both as to the condition of he accounts and the nature of the igreemeut between Woll and Beckley. \bout 11:30 o'clock the case was given o the jury. At 10:30 o'clock the grand jury had Kissed upon the last of the bills. At he direction of Judge Evans it then proceeded to examine the public buiki ngs. At 11:30 the grand jury report ed and was discharged from further ittendauce at court. The grand jury recommended that a avatory system be installed in the rout cellar of the courthouse ; that lew closets be putin the jail building ind that connection be made with the jorough sewer: also that a new roof JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN being furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy type and job material generally, the Publisher an nounces to the public tnat he is prepared at all times to ex ecute in the neatest manner. JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Description j be placed oil the courthouse. Iu the case of Commonwealth vs. William Buck a nol. pros, was allow i ed upou the payment of costs. Edward Burns, guilty of assault and I battery, 011 Monday, was sentenced to ' pay cost* of prosecution and to stand committed until sentence was compli |ed with. Tuesday the sentence was | modified omitting 4 ' that the defend- I ant stand committed." ! Immediately after convening for the j afternoon, the jury returned a verdict of "not guilty" in the case of Oom i monwealth vs. George Beckley. j The case next attached was that of j Commonwealth vs. George Beckley, j the prosecutor b. .n ; Francis Woll, who I brought the case tried in the forenoon. I In the last case the charge was larceny, j the allegation being that Beckley up -1 on removing from Woll'sfarm on Bald Tot) had taken with him a set of liar- I ness and a gun belonging to Woll. Mr. Woll being called to the stand j testified that on Sunday, April Ist.,the harness was still iu the barn on the farm, but that on Monday it was missing, along with a gun belonging to Mr. Woll. Woll said he found the j harness at Fry's livery stable. The , pun, he said, Beckley had taken witli him when lie moved, notwithstanding i that he bad given instructions to Mr. ; Beckley's son, Howard, that the gun jbe left on the farm. The harness was | valued at £ls, the gun at $5. William Diehl, present tenant on Woll's farm, was sworn. Beckley, lie said, showed hiinthegun—said it was Woll's gun, but stated that he was go ing to take it aloug with him. Frank Fry, livery stable keeper, de scribed the double harness that Bcek ley had brought to his stable. Levi Diehl, who assisted at the mov ing, swore that the defendant said it was "Doc's" gun, but that he was go ing to take it along. George Beckley, the defendant, was called to the stand. He said he had received the gun for hauling bones to the junk stop. He was to have one half of the proceeds, which in the case cited were about $1.50. Woll pro ceeded to pay him, but found that he had nothing less than a twenty-dollar bill. In settlement he asked Beckley whether he would be satisfied to take the gun at the valuation of $1.50. Beckley consented and thus became owner of the gun. The harness he was accused of stealing, Beckley declared he had purchased with the horse. Howard Beckley was called, who sustained his father's testimony Frank Diehl, who purchased the horse that figured in the preceding case said-that he had purchased the harness, paying the sum of ten cents for them. By arrangement they were left at Fry's livery stable. Several other witnesses followed for the de fense, but the case was disposed of in an hour being given to the jury at 3 p. m. At 3 :50 o'clock the twevle men re turned a verdict of "not guilty," placing the costs upou the prosecutor, Francis Woll. Iu the case of Ephraim K. Hale vs. Annie M. Hale on petition of respond ent for allowance a rule was granted by the court as prayed for, returnable June V», 1906. At 4 o'clock all cases were disposed of with the exception of the two hom icide cases. Judge Evaus announced jhat tomorrow being Memorial day no court would be held. He stated there fore, that all jurors would be excused until Thursday morning, when court will again convene and jurors along with witnesses ami others are expected to be in their places. New Equipment G. P. When the national guard is equipped with the uniforms now being issued for the division encampment at Get tysburg, July 21-28, the Pennsylvania soldiers will be up to the standard of the United Stated army ;arms, uniform and other paraphernalia. The new uniforms are of khaki, and are an exact copy of the regular army uniform. They are being manufactur ed and issued from the State arsenal in Harrisburg, under the direction of Adjutant General Stewart and Col onel Richardson,division quartermast er. Forty-five companies of iufautry, nine bands ami thirteen hospital corps have already been supplied. The re maining troops will be equipped with in forty days. Eighty-five thousand yards of cloth are used in the making of the 10,000 uniforms required for the Pennsylvania guard. The blue uniforms will be detained by the troops for winter wear and dress purposes. The men will also re tain the equipment of duck uniforms issued after the Spanish-American war for drudgery work about camp. The origiual intention had been to purchase the new khaki uniforms di rect from the United States govern ment. but the latter was unable to supply tlieiu. Adjutant General Stew art therefore resolved that tlie State could do the work itself. Building Removed. \V. A. Slieppersou s.mj/lay remov ed Dr. A. T. DeWitt's otlice from its site near the family residence to the park, where Dr. DeWitt will remodel it into a cottage. The office is 20x 1♦! feet and to move it so far proved no easy job. It was loaded on two trucks and was drawn by eight horses. Stricken With Paralysis. Daniel Mull, of Riverside, who was stricken with paralysis on Monday morning was in a very critical condi tion yesterday and very slight hopes were entertained for his recovery. He is a well-known citizen sixty-one years of age.
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