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VOL. 53—NO. 22
DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
DEMIST.
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425 MILL ST., DANVILLE, PA.
Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines
.5 Specialty
ITBIIS CONDENSED.
The revolutionary instinct of the
Central Americans is such that it can
not long Be kept iu a state of quiet
ude.
Worry is far more destructive to
health than some forms of disease.
We're all expecting great things from
radiant June.
The knowledge of the wise man
broadens with eacli passing year.
The discussion concerning the de
secration of Memorial Day is always
most vigorous just after the day has
passed.
The man who misrepresents your
words does not always do so inten
tionally.
Business conditions may have their
ups aud downs hut. in a general way
have never been better than at pres
ent.
In the opinion of the wisest poll
ticifluii tiio Uaokoye Btate will fur
nish a Presideutial nominee next
year.
The new primary law was given a
good trial Saturday.
Texas farmers are rejoicing in an
opulent onion crop. The town of Co
tulla boasts that the sale of the crop
raised in its vicinity will turn loose
SIOO,OOO in the town.
Tiie German emperor has sanctioned
a proposition to expend $3T,500,000 in
improving and beautifying the streets
of Berlin. k
The elimination of the old men from
the government offic3s at Washington
may increase the efficiency of the ser
vice, but it will not be without, its
qatdships or pathos.
'The republican State convention
meets next Thursday, but thus far no
body can uame tho forthcoming can
didate for State treasurer.
A welcome to the rosy month of
•Tune. Let us hope it will do better
than did its departed sister.
The people are beginning to doubt
whether some reforms are worth what
they cost.
Snyder county does not elect a sin
gle county officer this year, something
that has not happened in forty years.
In a free laud free speech is the her
itage of every citizen. An yet some
there are who would have it otherwise.
Some of the reporters tell us that
the president's Memorial Day address
worried E. H. Harriinan. But they
may not kuow.
Former Select Couucilmau David H
Reb,stock, of Lebanou, has been miss
ing since last. Saturday, aud Judge
Ehrgood has appointed Jacob H. Light
reoeiver of the Lebanon Laundry com
pany.of which liebstock was secretary
and treasurer.
Independence of action, within tho
limits of law aud order, is the right
of every American citizen.
General Pillot., three times Froucli
minister of war, is dead at the age of
7fi. He was conspicuous in the anti-
Dreyfus movement.
It is believed that the legislature of
New York will pass the public util
ities audrecouut bills over Mayor Mc-
Olellan'g veto early this week and ad
journ before the week is over.
Angeloa R. Vadillo, of Wilkes-Bar
re, aged 65 years, was on Saturday
married to John Timary, less than
half her age.
It is yet entirely too early to name
the next president of the republic.
Ex-President Cleveland lias evident
ly abandoned his former pnmmer home
on Buzzard's bay for that home in
Tam worth, N. H.. wliere he has spent
the last two summer- with his family.
Tthere are no law , • Go.many pre
venting the "f the chpckreiu on
horses, with rlie exception of the
police ordinances of Berlin
The report of the i{;iriHbnr* weath
er bureau for May -how that t
aveiac temperatnir :hoi■ to have
been ,"iT degrees, which i- two degrees
lower than any previous May for ni:ie
teen years.
The Siamese Government is about
to install a telephone system in the
city of Bangkok.
According to statistics, a rise of one
cent a bushel in wheat amounts to
twenty times that advance when it
gets into the flour barrel.
Why is 1907 like a truck wagon? Be
cause it has no spring—that is easy.
Now why was 1000 lil-e an old maid?
When a farmer gets calling himself
an agriculturalist, you can make up
your mind that the mortgage is about
to be foreclosed.
KIEL in
01 ill
Michael Leafy, who was arrested
I here and placed iu jail Saturday night,
was given a hearing yesterday after
i noon charged with being uuder indict
| ment for grand larceny at Newark, N.
| J., and with being a fugitive from
justice. Iu defult of three hundred
j dollars bail he was remanded to pri
son.
Yesterday morning Chief-of-Police
Miucemoyer received from the author
ities at Newark a certified copy of the
■ rooorrts of the court or quarter sessions
1 of Essex county, Now Jersey, showing
that Michael Leafey has been indicted
on the charge of larceny of $102.01.
The exemplified copy of indictment
was accompanied by a communication
from the proper officer asking the
chief-of-police here to charge Leafey
with being a fugitive and have him
! committed for thirty days to await re
quisition. It was explained that appli
cation had been made for necessary
! papers to extradite and that as soon as
i these were received an officer would
start for Danville at once.
Justice of the Peace Oglesby tempor
arily removed his office to the sheriff's
apartment at the county prison and at
;;i o'clock Leafey was arraigned.
The warrant charging him as above
related was served, after which the
. justice reail to him the full contents
!of the papers in the case forwarded
: from New Jetsey.
j Leafey made no denial of the mere
faot that he was guilty of larceny. Ho
| denied, however, that the party nam
ed in the indictment as the one from
j whom ths money was stolen is the
; right person. The name of the in
dividual robbed, he said was Triobard.
He affected to be much surprised
that, the aTrest should have occurred,
as the whole matter had been dropped.
When the case came up before the
magistrate in Newark, he said, no one
appeared against him and on promis
ing to restore the money he was given
his freedom.
He admitted that lie had uot restor
ed the money, but said that he was
prevented from doing so by illness,
which made it impossible for him to
work.uut.il a few days before he"was
I picked up by the officer. "
The justice fixed hail at S3OO. which
! the defendant made no attempt to se
| cure. He was accordingly taken back
to his cell. The misguided young man
gave his age as nineteen. He is a rath
| er handsome young fellow, neatly and
stylishly dressed. He is a son of Law
| rence Leafey, who up to a few years
! ago was a resident of this city. At the
hearing the young man stated that he
has not heard from his father for eight
mouths and that he does not know
where he is located. His mother is
] dead.
Large Audience at riusicale.
The music recital in the high school
room yesterday afternoou proved to be
a very interesting event. As on the
other occasions connected with the
closing of the schools the high school
room was crowded.
; Although there was a sprinkling of
men, ladies predominated in the audi
ence, mostly mothers and other rela
tives of the pupils, who participated
! in the exercises.
Every school of the borough was re
presented on the program, the number
of pupils participating ranging from
four to ten. In all,twenty-six numbers
ware rendered. The recital lasted for
one hour and a quarter.
All of the selections rendered were
those embodied in the school work of
the term. The performance of the
pupils was such as to indicate that
they had been well drilled and that in
music as well as in other branches the
instruction imparted was sound and
thorough.
Thomas Lawler Died Yesterday.
Thomas M. Lawler, of feuuuury,
prothonotary of Northumberland
county, whose health has been in a
precarious condition for some time. !
died yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock j
Mr. Lawler was born in November, i
1837, iu county Wick low, Ireland, in j
the "Sweet Vale of Avoca," one of
the most charming localities in the i
Emerald Isle. With his parents he I
went to Smibury iu 18<>7.
Mr Lawler learned the printer's !
i r ide at Sunbury, which vocation he |
followed until 18i)8, working in the :
government shops at Washington. D. |
C., and on the Washington Post. He
was always au ardent Democrat, and ]
in 1905 was elected phothouotary of
Northumberland county by a majority
et 1382. Mr. Lawler was a member of
the B. P. (). Elks, of Washington, the
typographical union, Sunbury aerie,
No 508, F. O. E. and the Shamokiu
divisiou of the A. O. H.
Degree for Bishop.
The honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws was conferred on Bishop .James
H. Darlington at the closing exercises
at Dickinson college yesterday.
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. JUNE 6, 1907
PATENT HS
AND UNI
Patent tuyeres and lining, a modern
device for saving fuel and securing
better results in melting iron, has been
installed iu the moulding department
: of the Danville Stove aud Mauufactur
| ing plant. The device has been in op
| oration for about a week and there
! suits are found to bear out all that is
claimed for it.
The patent, tuyeres and lining were
patented by M. Zepler and Sons of
Allegheny. The invention consists
' primarily of an air chamber on the in
side of the cupola shell and the upper
and the lower tuyeres. The effect is
little short of marvelous. Not only
does it cause faster melting, thereby
effecting a great saving in fuel, but it
also produces hotter iron, which is a
matter of no little importance.
; Iu an hour the patent tuyeres and
lining melt between 10 and 11 tons as
against, 7 and 8 tons per hour, the best
j the cupola could do before the inven
tion was installed. At least 25 per
cent in fuel is saved, which alone in
a plant the size of the stove works
| means a reduction annually in tho ex
j pense account of at last one thousaud
dollars.
Another big advantage lies iu the
1 fact that with the patent tuyeres aud
! lining a heat can be " run down" in
| much less time than without it, any
where from foity minutes to an hour
| being saved on each heat. This in
| oidentally leads to a saving of fuel
| under the boilers; it enables the
I moulders to got through with their
day's work much quicker than they
! otherwise would aud loads to an in
direct and general saving in every de
partment of the plant.
Yesterday eight heats had been run
since the patent tuyeres and lining
were installed. The trial was consid
ered a very fair ouo and the manage
ment is gratified witli the results.
Sec'y. Bernhard Has Resigned.
George R. Bernhard last evening at
a meeting of the board of directors
! tendered his resignation as general
secretary of the Danville Y. M. C. A.
j The resignation is to take effect on
i September Ist.
It is Mr. Keruhard's intention im
mediately on leaving Danville in Sep
tember togo to Chicago where he will
j enter Moody's bible institute to take a
: year's course in Bible study work.
! Mrs. Bernhard and children will leave
; the latter part of July for their home
| iu Allentown.
The people of Danville who are in
| terested in the welfaro of the Y. M.
I C. A. will hear of Mr. Beruliard's step
with much regret. The retiring gen
i eral secretary has been an energetic.
! competent and painstaking official.aud
a remarkable degree of success has
crowned his efforts in this city.
When Mr. Bernhard came to the
Danville Y. M. C A., just one year
ago the Association was iu debt to the
amount of st>oo. Now the Association
is entirely free of debt, and there is
money in tho treasury to operate the
institution until September In ad
dition runny improvements have been
installed about the property, aud new
bible classes, including the Thursday
noon bible class have been organized.
Iu short, during Mr. Beruliard's re
gime tho Association has prospered
along tiie triangular lines of "body,
mind and spirit."
A (iross Oil Filter Installed.
A Gross oil filter has been installed
at the borough light plant in couuoc
tiou with the engine that operates the
dynamo. This is a modern device,
which will not only economize in the
use of oil but will also keep the en
gine supplied with a purer article.
Previously the oil unfiltered was used
over and over in lubricating the bear
ings and it was possible to recover
ouly a small proportion of it, which
was filtered by a process, that did
not remove all the grit, &c.
By employing tho Gross filter the oil
passes over the bearings only once be
fore it is purupo.l back into the filter,
where it passes through two layers of
waste aud is twice filtered through
water before it is sent back to lubric
ate the engine. The perfect tiltration
keeps the engine supplied with clean
pure oil, while, as arranged, the lub
ricant, by means of a system of pipes,
passes over the bearings iu a continu
ous current, not a drop escaping,, but
doing service over aud over again.
Republican State Convention.
The Republican State convention
will assemble in Harrisburg today
according to the call of State Chair
man Andrews. It will endorse Senator
Knox t'or the presidential nomination,
.say some pleasant things about the na
tional administration, commend the
work of the legislature and of the
State administration,reelect Chairman
Andrews and nominate a candidate
for State treasurer.
Thomas W. Hedea, Republican dele
gagte to the State convention from
Montour county, left for Harrisburg at
noon yesterday.
NEWTON FURSEL
CHOSEN PRESIDENT
The school board of 1907-8 effected
au organization Monday. All the old |
officers were re-elected with the ex- j
ceptiou of president, W. J. Burns re
tiring from the chair and Newton Pur
sel being electod president.
The old board went into session at
7:30 o'clock the following members
being iu their places: Burns, Orth,
Harpel, Swarts, Pursel, Foulk, Fish,
Fischer, Trumbower. Heiss, Grone.
The secretary read the annual state
ment of the school district to the mem
bers of the board. On motion of Dr.
Harpel it.was ordered that the animal
statement be printed in the Morning
News aud the Montour Democrat.
Borough Superintendent Gordv pre
sented his report for the ninth mouth
of school, which sitowed that 1104
pupils were enrolled.
The secretary read the auditor's re
port, which was as follows: "We the
undersinged auditors of the borough
of Danville have examined the books
aud the accounts of the treasurer of
the Dauville school district and find
them true and correct, with a balance
ou hand of $1041.1)2.
(Signed)
JOHN L JONES.
A. O. AMKSBURY,
GRANT GULICK,
Auditors"
The following hills were approved
for payment:
Auditors .fti.OO
Standard Gas Co 3.98
At 7:50 o'clock the old board ad
journed sine die. After a short inter
mission the now board went into ses
sion. The members whose terms had
expired were as follows :
First ward, Harry Trumbower; sec
ond ward, Harry Redding ; third ward,
A. H. Grone; fourth ward, W. H.
Orth. In the first ward W. A. Sechler
succeeds Harry Trumbower; iu the
third ward, J. H. Cole succeeds A. H.
Grone. Hairy Redding aud W. H.
Orth, in the second anil fourth wards
respectively, succeed themselves.
The oath was administered to tiie
members-elect, after which the roll
was called, when the following mem
bers were found to be In their places :
Pursol, Orth, Harpel. Swarts, Burns,
Fish, Foulk, Fischer, Sechler, Heiss
aud Cole.
An election then took place, which
resulted as follows: President, New
ton Pursel; secretary, W. H. Orth;
treasurer, M. H. Schratu ; solicitor,
Ralph Kisner. It was ordered that the
salaries remain the same as last year.
Ou motion it was ordered that the
nights of meeting remain the same as
last year—the second and fourth Mou
days.
Tlie tax rate, was discussed at some
length, when on motion it was order
ed that it remain tho same as last year
—*>'•> mills for school purposes aud }£
mill for building purposes.
On motion it was ordered that
school open on September 3rd and that
the term continue for nine months.
On motion it was ordered that 75
per cout. be fixed as a minimum time
for attendance at school by pupils.
The Count in Northumberland.
The official returns of Northumber
land county of the spring primaries of
Saturday were canvassed by tho com
missioners au.l their assistants at Sun
bury yesterday afternoon. The vote
was as follows :
For sheriff : —Democratic,Taby, 1354 :
Forbes, 1547. Taby's majority, 7.
Stecker, Repbulicau. for sheriff had
no opposition and isacoordingly nomi
nated.
For district attorney :—Democratic,
Burko, 2004; Kearney, 1965. Burke's
majority, :!9.
Republican, Deibler, 123H; Hutli,
1218. Deibler's majorty, IS.
Surprise Party.
A pleasant surprise party was tender
ed Mr. David A. Cox, at his home at
White Ha!l Monday evening iu honor
of his fiat'i birthday.
Those present were : Mr. aud Mrs.
D. A. Cox, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Phil
lips, Mr. aud Mrs. Daniel Moser, Miss
Stella and Lena Moser, John and Fred
Moser, Miss Mary aud Gilbert Cox,
Mr. aud Mrs. John Smith and daugh
ter Milliceut, Mr. aud Mrs. William
H. Hilner, Edward Albeck.Miss Clara
Kreamer, Clarence Yeagle aud John
Hartman.
A riysterious Explosion.
A mysterious explosion, caused, it
is believed, by the accumulation of
gas under the boilers, occurred ou
Thursday, at tho ioint pumpiug station
of the Producers' and Kefiuers' and
the United States Pipe Line compan
ies, at Oil City, A firo followed and
tlie total loss is #20,000.
honors For Danville Olrl.
Miss Lucretia Rlioades, of this city,
who is taking a course iu trained nurs
ing at the Bryn Mawr hospital, leads
the training school this year in both
practical au theoretical nursing, and
has been awarded a prize of fifty dol
lars.
DEATH OF HON.
JOHN USED
Hon. John K. Geringer, a former
and well known citizen of Montour I
county,departed this life at Manassas, j
Va., on Friday night. !
The deceased had been ill for over a
year, suffering from a complication of j
diseases. During two months prior to
his death he was very ill, hie condi
tion most of the time precluding pos
sibility of recovery. His death was
expeoted and the telegram conveying
the sad tidings, which arrived here
Saturday morning, caused no surprise.
The deceased was born on August 2,
1852. He was the sou of the late Adam
1 Geringer, the well-known hotel man,
who for many years conducted the
' stand at Mooresburg, but later became
proprietor of.the City hotel, Danville.
As landlord of the latter stand the de
ceased succeeded his father aud re
mained iu charge for many years. Iu
the capacity of landlord at the City
hotel he became widely known over
this section.
In I'JOO with his family, he removed
| to Manassas. Va., where lie embarked
1 in tiie lumber business and where he
continued to reside until his death.
He was a practical businessman and
a progressive citizen. He served two
terms in the State legislature as a
member from Montour county. He al
|so served as water commissioner in
the borough of Danville for several
terms. He was a member of Mahoning
lodge No. 516, F. & A. M., of Royal
Arch Chapter No. 239 aud of Calvary
commaudery No. 37, K. T.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, one son. William Geringer, of
Sioux City, lowa and two daughters,
Lorie (Mrs. W. E. Goshi, of Danvilld
and Miss Nelle Gerringer. who is
studying nursing iu New York city.
Ho is also survived by one brother,
Charlos Geringer, of Milton and three
sisters, Mrs. Bibby, also of Milton,
Mrs. George Maiers and Mrs F. G.
Peters, of this city.
Mrs. W. E. Gosh was with her fath
er at the time of his death. Mr. Gosh
left for Manassas Saturday morning on
receipt of the telegram stating that
death had occurred.
The body will arrive at South Dan
ville ou the 2:21 Pennsylvania train
this afternoon, the funeral proceeding
directly to the cemetery.
John K Geringer, whoso death oc
curred at Manassas,Va Friday night,
was consigned to the grave in Odd
Fellows' cemetery, Monday {after
noon.
The body arrived at South Danville
on the 2:21 Pennsylvania train, ac
companied by the widow of tiie de
ceased, her sister, Mrs. Hamilton
Smith, of Horseheads, N. Y. and Mr.
and Mrs. William E. Gosh, of this
city.
Rev. J. E. Hutchison,pastor of Mah
oning Presbyterian church, officiated
at the grave. Fred Jacobs, Joseph W.
Phillips, .Tames M. Irland and W. G.
Kramer acted as pall bearers.
j personals" I
I I
Mrs. L. A. Reod. of Kansa City,
speut Tuesday at tlie home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. .T. Johnson, Logan Run.
John Reifsnyder, of Altooua, is vis
itiug at the home of George F. Reif
snyder, East Mahoning street.
Miss Sabina Lunger, of Sharon, is
visiting Miss Hauuah Evans. Upper
Mulberry street.
Mrs. Samuel Goldsmith is spending
several days with relatives in Blooms
burg.
Frauk Kemraer and Harry Lawreuce
returned yesterday from South Bethle
hem,where thev spent the past winter
as students at Lehigh university.
Maud Jones, of Scranton.is visiting
friends iu this city.
~Tv illiatu Rabb.who has been employ
ed in this city as druggist at Ross
man's store, will leave this moruiug
for Eagles Mere, where he will have
charge of a drug store during the sum
mer.
School Boy's Fine Record.
Frank L. Swarts, the son of ,T. W.
Swarts, Church street, who graduated
with the class of the first ward gram
mar school on Monday, in point of at
tendance has a remarkable record.
During the seven years in which he
has been enrolled as a pupil in the
public schools he has never missed a
day; neither has he over been tardy in
a single iustanco. While the former
might be attributed to the fact that lie
has uniformly enjoyed robust health
the latter would indicate that it was a
pure love of study aud a desire to ex
cel that took the boy so regularly and
so promptly to school each day.
Frame's average is i>] per cent. He
is the smallest boy and the youngest
of his class.
Born, a Son.
A son was born to Mr. aud Mrs.
William P. Bell, Mill street, Sunday
evening.
in IE AT
SPRING HOT
The primary, uuiler the uniform j
primaries act,which took place Satur- j
day, brought out a very light vote, j
Of the three tickets voted there was \
only one that involved any contest, and
that was the Democratic ticket where i
Amandus L. Heddens and Andrew J. !
Steinman contested for the nomination
for county treasurer. Mr. Steinman j
won out, receiving a majority in most,
of ttie districts.
The day was rainy, which so far as ;
| the town was concerned,had the effect
!of keeping the voters away from the
j polls. In the first ward, which may
be taken as a criterion, less than two j
i hundred votes were polled out of a ;
possible live hundred and odd. In the
1 other wards the proportion was still
smaller. In the rural districts the vote
| was very light.
The voters generally seemed to have
no difficulty in understanding the bal
lot. The only point that admitted of
any controversy was whether by using
the blank space, say on the Republi
can ballot, and voting for a candidate
of the opposite party, that vote went
to swell the latter's support as a Demo
crat or made him a candidate on the
Republican ticket in opposition to the
person whose namo was printed on the
! ballot of that party. There was con
i siderable of this kind of voting done.
; In all instances the name where writ
ten or pasted in the blank space, even
; though it was that of a candidate of
j the opposite party, counted as a vote
| for that person as a candidate of the
| party represented by the ballot the
| blank space of which was used. Pre
' sumably a large proportion of those
! who voted for persons whose names
v>ere not on the ballot took the proper
view of it and voted intelligently.
The candidates voted for by the dif
ferent parties were as follows:
Democratic : Delegate to the State
convention, George M. Leighow : pro
thonotary,Thomas G. Vincent; county
treasurer, Amandus L. Heddens and
Andrew ,T.Steinman ; county chairman,
John G. Waite.
Republican : Delegate to the State
convention, Thomas W. Bedea; pro
thonotary, William Vastine; county
treasurer, Alex. H. Grone; county
chairman, John E. Roberts.
Prohibition : Delegate to the State
convention, George R. Bern hard;
county treasurer, George F. Hendriok
son; county chairman. Franklin P.
Johnson ; treasurer of county commit
tee, William H. Manger; secretary of
committee, John M. Kelso; commit
teeman, Richard W. Eggert.
The first primary under the uniform
i primaries act held in Montour county
was carried through very successfully.
Nowhere in any of the districts so far
as heard from did any hitch occur that
interfered with the conduct of the
i election or impaired the validity of
! the result. The returns of the votes
! and the register of voters for oacli
party were all properly returned by
j the election officers to the county
commiisioners' office before noon
j Tuesday as required by the act.
At noon yesterday the county com
missioners pursuant to the provisions
of the act publicly commenced the
computation and canvassing of the re
turns. Iu a little less than two hours
the count was completed. The result,
of course, was a foregone conclusion.
A certain amount of interest, how
ever, attaches to the figures, and the
total vote of each candidate is given
below :
REPUBLICAN.
Delegates to the State convention—
Thomas W. Bedea, 111: Alex Foster,
1; James Foster. 1; Dallas Hummer 1.
Prothouotary—William Vastine, 92;
Thomas G. Vincent, 21.
County Treasurer—A. H. Grone,
105; A. L. Heddens. 4; A. J. Stein
man. 1.
County Chairman : John E. Roberts,
108.
DEMOCRATIC.
Delegate to State convention—
i George M. Leighow, 685.
Prothouotary—Thomas G. Vincent,
689; Henry Leisenring, I; William
Vastine, 8; Walter O. Green,l.
County Treasurer—A. L. Heddens,
819: A. J. Steinman, 463.
Countv Chairman—John G. Waite,
672.
Committeeman—Edward H. Robin
sou, 55: O. H. Seidel. 1; Thomas
Kerswell, 4; William Seidel, 3.
PROHIBITION.
Delegate to State convention—Geo.
R. Bern hart, 11.
County Treasurer—John F. Heu
dricksou. 10.
Couutv Chairman—F P. Johnson,
11.
Treasurer County Committee—W.
H. Manger, 11.
Secretary County committee—John
M. Kelso, 11
Committeeman Richard W. Eg
gert, 4; Edgar L. Rank, 1, Daniel
Nevius. 1.
Prothouotary—Thomas G. Vincent,
i I-
I The returns as they relate to the
| Prohibition ticket show that Thomas
; G. Vincent, Democratic candidate for
! prothouotary, lias been adopted as a
j candidate for that office by the Pro
hibition party.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
DIIIE WON
IN DEBATE
The annual contest between the Lin
coln and Garfield literary societies
took place in the high school room
Tuesday afternoon. The Garfield won
out in the debate and in recitation,
j while the Lincoln won in declama-
I tiou.
The high school room as usual on
j that occasion was crowded. The plan
j adopted yesterday of excluding cliil
j dren uuder thirteen years worked very
j well and as a result a larger number
! of adults were noticed in the audience
than on former years.
| The high school room appeared very
; attracitve under its profuse decora
j tions, in which the class colors tak
ing in the several classes cut a very
conspicuous figure.
1 Following is the program rendered :
Music—Piano Solo, Miss Books.
Declamation, Arthur Reifsnyder.
Declamation, Scott Heim.
Music—Vocal Solo, Mrs. Divel.
Recitation, Mary Finnigan.
Recitation, Elsie Gulick.
Music—Piano Solo. Miss Doster.
Debate —Question, Resolved that the
federal government should own and
operate all railroads in the United
, States.
> Affirmative speakers. William Books.
■ William Hancock.
Negative speakers, Harry Redding.
! Frances Hiatt.
Music—Vocal Solo, Miss Jameson.
Piano Duet, Bertha Cloud, Margaret
1 j Sidler.
The judges were Frank C. Angle,
William G. Pursel and E. D. Pentz.
j The judges had a delicate task on
• ; their hands. Eacli number on the pro
gram was very finely rendered ind
gave evidence of talent and thorough
ness of preparation. To carefully
weigh all points, therefore,and decide
just who excelled was not an easy
' matter. The judges, however, went
■ about their task iu a businesslike and
systmatic manner and were unanimous
I in the conclusions that were reached.
As related to the debate the decision
of the judges was in favor of the uega
• | tive, represented by the Garfield so
- i ciety. As related to recitation the
■" : decision was iu favor of Miss Fin
■ nigau, also representing the Garfield
society. In declamation the judges
3 decided iu favor of Arthur Reifsnyder,
; ] who belongs to the Lincoln society.
Ash Burner Short ol Cash.
ALTOONA, Pa. June o.
112 John Ellmore, "the poor cobbler''
• who discovered "how to burn ashes,"
is confronted with three propositions
Either he must sell his secret at a
3 sacrifice, go back to his cobbler's
y bench or starve.
After the first announcement of the
r ash-burning secret Ellmore had so
1 many offers for his secret that he
® thought his fortune was made. Refus
-1 ing wealth beyond the dreams of
s avarice,he c!osed his humble shop and
1 ) gavo his time to promoting a $20,000,-
''; 000 company to manufacture his
'' froinula and place it on the market.
1 The company has fizzled out. and
j meantime Ellmore's store of ready
" I cash has disappeared and he must go
s , to work to provide his family with the
? ' necessaries of life.
s Fruit Will Be Scarce r.nd High.
Householders of Danville cau put it
down for a certainty that fruit of all
kinds this year will be scarce and
high i)u account of the cold weather
1 that has prevailed all over the temper
ate zone this spring the fruit crop will
be short.
Word to this effect has been received
• by dealers from big houses that make
■ a specialty of handling canoed fruit
; | and ship great quantities of it each
season. Some of them fear such a
' scarcity that they have refused to filter
into contracts for the delivery of any
specified quantity of fruit. Several
weeks ago it was thought that the
fruit crop outlook in the surrounding
_ country was good even with the sea
son late. The continuance of the cold
, spell, however, has discouraged the
1 growers and they fear that conditions
hereabouts will be no different than
' in other sections of the United States.
Married at Philadelphia.
Mrs. Mary Giaham Greenough, of
s Suubury, was married to Mr. Brooks
M. Baker, of Washington, D. C.. at
j Philadelphia.yesterday. The ceremony
took place at the St. James hotel at
one o'clock, and was witnessed oy the
immediate relatives of the contracting
, parties. The newly married couple
will make their future home near
Bluemont, Virginia.
1 Attending Allentown Meeting.
Hon. and Mrs. Charles A. Wagner,
1 of Limestoneville and Mr. ami Mrs. I.
A. Eshbach, of Turbnt township,
' Northumberland county,are attendii /
, j the meetings of the State boan'
s agriculture and farmers' insr • i
r workers at Allentown this week '
' Mr. Wagner and Mr. Eshbu; , ,» e
members of the board.