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VOL. 53—NO. 36
DII. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
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425 Mm. ST., DANVILLE, PA.
diseases of the Stomach and Intestines
a Specialty
ITEMS CONDENSED.
The most inquisitive oreature in ex
isteuce is » .voungvjhild.
Common sense is an admirable sub
stitute for genius.
The mau whose misfortunes are his
owu fault usually blames everybody
but the right party.
Health is a prize many foolish men
recklessly throw away.
Individuals and aggregations of in
dividuals that respect law are in little
danger of harassment.
Tranquility is a trait of character
that eases life's burdens.
Tiie restless child needs to have his
activities properly directed.
Sympathy, patience and insight are
traits of the tree teacher.
Needlemakers and file cutters seein
to be the occupations most susceptible
to the ravages of consumption.
Fewer than 8,000 people owu all the
land of Great Britain.
One needs all the sincere friendship
one can secure in this world.
Trial of a man's stamina is calculat
ed to reveal the weak places in his
character
Accidents will happen so long as
men are mortal.
High spirits are the usual accom
paniment of youth and health.
The man who has a good tiling to
sell should advertise it.
Ee who sneers at woman maligns
the mother who bore him.
It is very easy to make promises ;
redemption may be diflicult.
The hysterical person makes it in
teresting for the family.
A sullen spirit is ill to dwell with.
The mau who lias learned the art of
keeping Sunday as it ought to be kept ]
is a genius.
The school children are now hard at
it all over the county.
Man cannot afford to starve his soul
any more than underfeed his body.
Interest in the coming elections is
growing everywhere.
The first street to be lighted by gas
was Pall Mall. This was in January,
1807. !
This is a big nation, getting bigger
every year.
Demands for the puuishment of the j
State capitol thieves are numerous.
Obedience to law is the duty of ev
ery citizen and the safeguard of the
community.
The wife aud the wee ones should
always be regarded as preferred cred- I
itors on payday.
During 11)06, 10,000 miles of new i
Government of Chile telergaph line !
were put up. The Government at the j
end of the year had 329 telegraph !
offices.
As near as can be ascertained, the
unappropriated aud unreserved public
lauds of this country amount to 792,- !
238,707 acros.
During 1906 immigrants to the num- j
her of 1,221 arrived in Chile against
203 for 1905 aud 4,000 for the first four
months of 1907.
The meteorites which hurl them
selves at this sphere add about 1,000 j
tons to its weight every three years.
The production of the precious I
metals in the three State of Colorado, 1
Montaua'aud Utah, has recently shown j
a decided decline.
Captain Ronald Amundsen has dist- j
anced Walter Wellmau's airship by i
proposing to drive to the North Pole (
with a team of white polar bears.
The British Empire has an area of
120,000,000 square miles, a coast line of
43,000 miles and a population of 400,-
000,000.
Victor Emmanuel's collection of the
coins of his own country amounts to !
more than 50,000 specimens, with a
catalogue of nearly 35,000 slips.
The largest serpent ever measured
was an anaconda, which Dr. Gardner
found dead in Mexico. It was 37 feet
long and it took two horses to drag it.
A new wasli boiler has a sectioual
lid which greatly facilitates the laun
dry work.
The average life of an American
ship is only 18 years, while" that of a
British vessel is 26 years. The Scand
inavian average is the best. It is 30
years.
Americans spent 18,000,000 in Eng
land this year. Whether this amount
is inclusive or exclusive of tips has
not been stated.
■ RESIDENTS
»1 PAVING
t
j Tiie paper relating to the agreement
between the property owners on East
Market street and the borough of Dan
ville respecting the paving proposi
tion containing fifty-eight signatures
was presented to council Friday night
The list or names appended was not
| quite so full as desired by council and
; acting on the advice of the borough
solicitor it was decided to postpone
! the awarding of contracts aud mean-
J while to endeavor to secure some
j signatures that are not as yet on the
| paper.
I The secretaryread the list of sign
| ers,among whom are most of the lead
! ing property owners on East Market
street. On motion of Mr. Fiunigan the
! petition was accepted and the matter
was continued. It was understood that
the bids will be opened and contracts
j awarded at the next meeting.
LETTER FROM DIXON.
A communication was received from
Commissioner of Health Samuel Q.
Dixon granting the borougli temporary
permission to extend its present sewer
I outlet 48 feet farther out into the riv
j er pending a very thorough considera
tion by Governor Stuart, Attorney
General Todd and the. commissioner
of health of the borough's entire sew
| er system aud fixing the policy of the
j State respecting said sewerage system
| and its futurp extensions.
I ROGERS' BOND ACCEPTED,
j On motion the bond of D J. Rogers
relating to his contract on North Mill
street was approved by council.
CROSSINGS.
Mr. Everhart reported that there is
much complaint on the .-core of bad
j pavements on the upper part of Grand
street. He moved that the committee
jon streets aud bridges visit the spot
; and report at the next meeting. The
! motion carried.
i On motion of Mr. Russell it was
ordered that a stone crossing be laid
j across the alley on the west side of
| Railroad street between Grand and
I Cooper streets. It was also ordered
that a crossing be laid at'"the alley
J near the residence of Emery Shultz on
j Cedar street between Market and Front
streets.
On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was ord
t ered that bids be invited for laying
the brick crossings on Irou, Front and
Bloom streets, receutly authorized by
council. None but No. 1 brick are to
be used.
EMPLOYES ELECTED.
A communication was received from
the water committee recommending
that Jacob Byerly and Edward Bell be
made engineers at the borough water
aud light plant aud that Edward Wert
man and David Rank be elected as
firemen for the ensuing year.
There being no opposition to Mr.
Byerly and Mr. Bell as engineers both
; were unanimously re-elected, after
| which Mr. Wertman was unanimously
re-elected as fireman. Council was
; divided on the recommendation as to
David Rank, one half of the members
favoring the election of George Hul
lihen, the present fireman. The vote
therefore resulted in a tie. A second !
vote was taken when Mr. Hullihen re
ceived seven votes as against five for
Mr. Rank and he was therefore declar
ed elected as fireman.
On motion it was ordered that the 1
salary of the engineers at the water ;
and light plant be fixed at !?2.25 per
turn aud the wages of the firemen at \
51.70 per turn.
It was also ordered that the superin
tendent and assistant superintendent
of the water and light plant be given j
power to suspend any employe for i
neglect of duty until fully investigat
ed by council.
On motion of Mr. Angle the build- j
ing committee was ordered to replace
a broken glass in the Friendship Eng- j
iue house.
Borougli Electrician Newton Smith |
presented report of the borough light
plant for month of August. Sixty tons
of coal were consumed at f2?50 per ton
amounting to |l5O. The total cost of
operation for the month was $286.85.
The plant was in operation 275 hours
and 5 minutes.
PARK PLANS ADOPTED.
The plau of the new park prepared
by Borough Superintendent Keefer
was submitted to council aud was ad
opted after some discussion, with the
exception of the fifteen foot street lajd
out ou the north side, which was elim
inated in its entirety. On motion it
was decided to raise and macadamize
Kline street, which lies between the
cemetery aud the P. & R. railway.
The following members were pres
ent . Sweisfort, Pursel, Jacobs, Fin- \
nigan, Everhart, Moyer, Dierz, Rus- j
sell, Deutsch, Angle, Hughes and j
Schatz.
Renner-Kllgus.
Walter Renner and Miss Emma
Kilgus both of Danville, were united '
in marriage Sunday evening at nine
o'clock at the home of Rev. George !
W. Fritsch. ' I
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, 1907
ARGUMENT 1
FINAL HEARING
The argument ou final hearing in
the injunction proceedings relating to
the trolley hold-up at the D. L. & W.
crossing, Mill street, which was to
have taken place at Bloomsburg on
Saturday, has reawakened interest in
the stubborn and prolonged battle be
tween the D. L. &W. Railroad com
pany and the Danville and Blooms
burg Electric Railway company, which
seeks to run its cars over the D. L. &
W. tracks.
Ou last Saturday morning, the date
of the final hearing, all hands were
present ready for the proceedings
Representing the Danville & Blooms
burg Electric Railway Company, iu
addition to Hon. R. H. Koch, were
F. C.Angle, Esq., President: W. C.
Billman, secretary and W. R. Miller,
general manager. Representing the D.
L. & W. Railroad company were Hon.
H. M Hinckley of this city and A.H.
McClintock of Wiikes-Barre.
At court in Bloomsburg, Saturday,
an important case was being tried and
j at 10:30 o'clock, the hour set for the
j argument, the hearing of testimony
{ was still iu pi ogress. There was no
probability of getting through with
the case before some time during the
afternoon and Judge Evans, therefore,
postponed the hearing until 10:30
o'clock this morning.
Much interest attaches to the pro
ceeding, as during a couple of years
or more it is the first important ac
tion taken looking to a dissolution of
the injunction. Whatever Judge
Evan's decision may be iu the pre
mises the matter will uo doubt be tak
!en to the supreme court,so that a final
j decision is not. yet iu view, although
| it is very gratifying that proceedings
' are oil foot that are to bring about a
i final adjudication before long.
BROKE HIS ART!
WHILE PLAYING
William Livziey, the little son of
Harvey Livziey, while playing at Blue
Hill, Sunday afternoon fell and fract
-1 ured his right arm uear the wrist. He
! was taken to the office of Dr. Smith,
South Danville, where the arm was
temporarily bandaged, after which he
was taken to his home on Market street
this city, where {he family physician
set the broken bone.
Notwithstanding the serious nature
of the little fellow's injury he proved
himself to be thoroughly game Mon
day by attending school. He is one of
the best pupils in the third grade of
the first ward, and is almost never ab
sent or tatdy. Monday he was com
pelled to miss the morning session,
but iu the afternoon he was in hie
seat as usual.
ENGINE CINDERS
DAMAGE CROPS
The Sunbury Division of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company has beeu
made defendant in an action in tres
pass, brought by Harvey Roach by iiis
attorney, F. T. Ikeler.to recover 11000
damages done to the plaintiff's prop
erty iu Beaver township, Columbia
county,
Mr Roach alleges in his filed state
ment that the Pennsylvania negligent
ly aud carelessly failed to equip their
locomotives with reasonable and ord
inary appliances to prevent tne burn- ;
ing aud destruction of the plaintiff's |
property along the line of its railway. |
That by reason of the said negligence
there was deposited upon the lauds of .
the plaintiff sparks, fire and cinder so ;
that the growing timber was burned |
up, and cultivated lands burned over
and damaged.
It is alleged by compauy officials j
that it is impossible to prevent a cer- i
tain amount of cinders from passing j
through the netting over the base of
the smoke stack and falling upon ad
acent land.
TRAIN RAN INTO
A LANDSLIDE
The passenger train on the D. L. &
W. railroad that leaves Danville at
10:19 a. m. rau into a landslide about
a mile above Berwick yeßterday morn- !
ing. None of the passengers or the !
crew were injured, but the pilot was |
torn from the locomotive,and the train |
came dangerously near to being ditch- !
ed.
The train due here at 12 :44 also ran !
into a slide ear the same place, but j
little damage was done, and orily 10
minutes was lost.
Bought Strawb'y Ridge Property.
Calvin E. Shires, of Strawberry j
Ridge, yesterday purchased from J. j
F. Lowrie 48 acres of laud at Straw
berry Ridge, which adjoins the house j
and lot that Mr. Shires recently 1
bought from his father, Charles E.
Shires, Sr.
DOCS MUZZLED
LEAD TO ARREST
Yesterday was the date set for the
strict enforcement of the borough ord
inance relating to the muzzling of
J dogs. There was plenty doing there
| fore in the police department, several
| arrests being chronicled, while at least
one dog was killed. Incidentally soores
of canines took on muzzles during the
| day.
Early in the day High Constable
| Beuton B. Brown started out on the
| ,iob. People evidently did not believe
| that the ordinance would be strictly
! enforced and a very large number of
dogs were seen on the streets one-half
jof which were unmuzzled. The most
j of them, however, were of the mongrel
J sort with no distinguishing points and
! there seemed to be no way of determ
ining who the owners might be.
I The first man found guilty of per- '
nnting his dog to run at large with
; out being muzzled happened to be em
ployed at the big mill. He was taken
j from his work and arraigned before
i Justice Fine and costs amount
j ed to eight dollars.
Later in the day another citizen, this
time a resident of the Fourth ward,
was arrested and mulcted in flue and
{ costs amounting to eight dollars A
i large number of other unmuzzled dogs
| were noted and during the day were
\ being closely observed in order to de
! tect thes, owner. In several of the latter
| cases arrests are expected to follow. A
i dog.found to be a homeless cur,whose
owner had moved out of town, was
shot by the police.
By the hour of noon, when it be
| came apparent that the ordi ii
| ance would be enforced, unmuzzled
\ dogs became pretty scarce on the
streets. During the afternoon in most
parts of town they disappeared entire
ly.
Meanwhile the rush for muzzles was '
on. Dogs that were easily fit were
| supplied with the ready-made article
! at the hardware stores. Pug dogs, and
i dogs with long noses, very large or 1
very small dogs had to have rtiuzzles
j made to ordei.
| This branch of work seemed to na
turally fall to the saddlers and both of
i the establishments of town were busy
as nailors yesterday. In most instances
the dog was brought to the shop where
the measure was taken. It was discov
ered that a muzzle could be made in
twenty minutes. The prices ranged
from twenty-five to fifty cents.
SCHOOL DISTRICT'S
SALARY INCREASE
Yesterday the officers of the local
'■ school board,.l. Newton Pursel, presi
dent, and W. H. Ortli, secretary,certi
fied before Notary Public A. H. Grone
to the amouut of increase in the teach
ers' wages occasioned by the new
teachers' minimum salary act and the
i blank has been forwarded to the depart
meut of public instruction.
As a result of this uew law twenty
two teachers had their wages increas
ed, ranging from five to fifteen dollars
per mouth. Only three of the num
ber receive forty dollars, the remaind
er holding professional, permanent or
normal school certificates, which en
title them to fifty dollars per month.
The total increase amounts to $1746.-
00 per term. This amount will be re
funded by the State and does not im
ply an extra burden on the tax payer
as many not fully informed on the
provisions of the act may have sup
posed.
Nevertheless the chargo is brought
that here and there throughout the
State discrimination is shown in deal
ing with old and experienced teachers
who are in the fifty dollar class, these i
being turned down and others less ex
perienced who command the lower
minimum rate of forty dollars being
selected in their stead. In view of the
fact that the amount of salary increase
over last year will be paid back to the
districts it is hard to understand what
would influence well-informed school
boards to discriminate against teach
eTs holding professional permanent or
normal school certificate and it is doubt
ful whether the practice exists to any
considerable extent.
In Honor of Daughter,
A party was given Tuesday evening
at he home of Mr. and Mrs. William
Fren, in the honor of their daughter
Viola. The evening was very pleasant- I
ly spent after which refreshments were
served.
Those preseut were Misses Minnie
Giger, Cora Foust, Emma Foust, Flor
ence Blecher,Catharine Nevius, Cath
arine Burke, Alice Millard, Margaret
Russell.Edith Huntington,Cora Hunt- I
ington, Mary Oliver, Catherine Mc- j
Donald. Mary Lewis, Viola Fern and
Bertha Lewis. Messrs. Walter Dell, !
Robert Diemer, William Dieiner.Holl
away Giger, William Walter, Daniel
Knorr,Clark Blecher,Roy Fern. James
Beaver, James Powers, Joseph Gill,
Joseph Hofer, Karl Demott, George l
Lewis, William Summons, Kiminer |
Jones, Sidney Riley.
DR. I. C. BARBER
CHOSEN DIRECTOR
I Dr. I. Grier Barber was elected as a
I member of the school board from the
! first ward, Monday night to succeed Dr.
F. E. Harpel, who tendered his resig
' nation some weeks ago.
! At the opening of the session, the
' regular order of business was suspend
! Ed and the school board proceeded to
fill the vacancy existing in the board.
| Mr. Swarts nominated Dr. Barber
ito fill the unexpired term of Dr. F.
! E. Harpel, whose resignation was ac
cepted at a previous meeting. Mr
| Seohler seconded the nomination. The
nomination carried,after which a vote
was taken, as a result of which Dr.
Barber was unanimously elected, the
members voting for him as follows:
! Pursel, Ortli,Swarts, Burns, Redding,
Fish, Fischer, Sechler and Cole.
1 Dr. Barber was escorted into the
room, where the oath was administer
ed, after which he took hia seat with
j the board.
On motion of Mr. Burns it was de
cided to purchase three cars of lime
stone spalls to be used in coating the
school grounds in the second, third
and fourth wards.
On motion of Mr. Burns Miss Ruth
Frick, a graduate of the high school,
was elected as a pupil teacher for the
present term.
Treasurer Schram presented a state
ment of finances to date which showed
a total balance on hand of §5896.18.
The following bills were approved
for payment: i
S. J. Welliver's Son's Co.. ST.7O
i East Boston Coal Co.. ... 139.72
A. H. Grone . 4.35
Mayuard Merrill & C 0.... 34.62
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 16.00
Casper Diseroad 5.48
Patent Eook Cover Co 7.50
Isaac Pitman's Sons.. .... 22.05
i Thompson Brown Ac Co 42.00
Williams Bros.. ~ 2.75
1 C. L. Eggert , 8.63
Chas. Mottern . 1.00
1 Standard Gas C 0.... 65
W. W. Mottern 5.75
Mrs. Shclhammer 42.00
Mrs. Roundsley 23.00
Mrs. Anderson 0.00
George Beyers 6 80
Giun & Co 115.34
American Book Co. 260.79
C. H Schmed ........ 220 26
PAVING IS NOW
COMPLETED
The paving is now completed on
North Mill street. The contractor, D.
J. Rogers, however, has begun work
on the section to be macadamized, so
that, while the street is open for traffic
as far as the steam flouring mill, be
yond that point it will be closed for
some weeks longer.
According to the contractor's view
it will be impracticable to use the
street while the macadam is being laid.
By using Chambers Ntreet, however, !
people in entering ami leaving town :
can drive over the new pavement.
Unless some unforeseen delay occurs
the short section of the street to be
macadamized should be completed by i
October first. The excavating is done, j
Tuesday the stone culvert was torn j
up just above the flouring mill pre-j
paratory to constructing a concrete j
culvert.
Iu reconstructing the macadam trap j
rock from this place, crushed at Mr. j
Rogers' plant,will be used along with I
limestone from Mausdale.
HEAVY RAIN
STREAMS RISE
The hardest aud most prolonged rain '
of the season deluged the country'
about here on Tuesday night, and fol-1
lowing the severe storm of Monday j
night, gave the earth a much needed !
soaking and sent the river up several |
feet and the smaller streams over their
banks. ,
The rain, a steady downpour, lasted i
from about nine o'clock uutil nearly J
one o'clock yesterday morning. In a J
number of places some damage was
done by the storm. In Derry township,
about a half mile from Strawberry
Ridge, the barn of Charles Hiletnau j
was struck by lightning but was not
set on fire. A rafter was torn loose and J
other slight damage done.
The Chillisquaque went on a ram- j
page,overflowing its banks and in some
places flooding the highways. The j
creek was up all day yesterday. At \
Washingtonville the water rose about I
the chicken coop of Grant Roat aud j
killed 26 fine chickens. Below Wash- j
ingtonvilie the roadway was covered j
with water on both Sides of the cover- i
ed bridge.
Yesterday the river was rising rapid
ly and by last evening was nearly
three feet above low water mark The
river rose 6 inches in four hours yes
terday afternoon.
Fred Owen was a Benton visitor
yesterday
inn
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(Speoial Correspondence.)
HARRISBURG. Sept. 11.
While the Republican state commlt
' tee headquarters were opened in Phil
j adelphia this week, the campaign for
j the election of the Republican noml-
I nee lor state treasurer, John O. Sheatz,
j it Is believed, will not be Inaugurated
I until the meeting of the state conven
| tlon of the Republican League of
Clubs. which will be held in this city
on Tuesday and Wednesday, Septem
ber 24th and 25th, respectively.
It is predicted that there will be a
large attendance at this convention,
and there is promise of some brilliant
oratory from gifted sons of Pennsylva
nia, who will tell of the splendid char
acter of their standard bearer in the
state campaign, and of the enthusiasm
with which his nomination has been
received by his fellow citizen through
out the commonwealth.
Reports that come here from the
various counties of the state all con-
I firm the claims of Colonel Wesley R.
[ Andrews, chairman of the Republican
j state committee, that the party organ
j ization was never more harmonious,
j nor never more loyal to a ticket than
it is today.
Colonel Andrews, while he has de
layed the opening ol the state head
quarters until this week, has been in
correspondence with the chairmen of
the Republican county committees and
others active in the organization all
summer, and there Is undoubted evi
dence that much preliminary work has
been done in the way of qualifying
the voters in the matter pay
ment of taxes and in interesting those
who are obliged to be personally reg
istered under the recently enacted leg
islation in this very Important feature
I of the campaign.
Must Qualify Voters.
While voters in first and second
class cities still hare aij opportunity
| to be personally registered on Tues
day, September 17th. and Saturday,
October sth, the residents of third
\ class cities have also two days more
for registration—Tuesday. September
17th. and Saturday, October 19th.
Under the election laws of Pennsyl
i vania. every citizen, to be qualified to
j vote at next November's election, must
j have paid a state or county tax within
: two years.
The last day upon which taxes can
be paid to qualify voters for the next
election will be Saturday, October sth.
| Citizens in Pennsylvania living out
side of cities are not required to be
personally registered.
It is expected that there will be
thousands ol visiting Republicans not
connected with the Club League come
to this city during the lays of the con
vention gathering to meet Mr. Sheatz
and the others of prominence in the
Republican party who will be in at
tendance upon the convention.
Candidate Sheatz has evidently made
a fine impression wherever he has
been, for there is a great demand to
have him to address meetings in differ
ent counties, and there is going to be
a real old-fashioned spirit in the cam
paign when it gets well under way.
Many Dauphin county Republicans
were present at the recent meeting at
the Grangers picnic at Williams Grove,
when Mr. Sheatz was the principal
orator, and they were delighted with
the Impression he made upon the
voters and the manifest sincerity of
his pledges to cqnduct the office of
state treasurer as he would his own
business, and to be upon the alert to
check extravagance or any illegal
raids upon the money of the people.
Sheatz's Ideal State Treasurer.
When asked to state the "kind of
state treasurer Pennsylvania should
have," John Oscar Sheatz wrote the
following:
"He must realize that as treasurer of
Pennsylvania he is merely acting as
trustee of your money and Is not the
owner of it.
"He must stand ready to pay every
just obligation of the commonwealth,
and absolutely refuse to pay any sum
when the expenditures are not clearly
defined by existing laws, or when fla
grant extravagance exists. In the lat
ter case the sooner the press and pub
lic are made aware of the fact the bet
ter for our commonwealth.
"He must be a man who will ont de
take orders from a political boss, or
one that cannot be persuaded by pro
mises of future political preferment.
"He must be a man who will not de
posit your money in banks, where the
influence of those bankers and stock
holders. in return for this deposit, is
to be exerted for political parties or
factions.
"He must make careful business prin
ciples prevail throughout the depart
ment and have every employe holding
his position because of capability and
not political pull.
"The foregoing are my thoughts on
the question of state treasurership.
and if the people of Pennsylvania,
after carefully looking up my record
as a member of the state legislature
during the sessions of 1903-05-06-07 (the
only ofllce I have held) find it as being
consistent with my views here ex
pressed, then I hope they will vote for
D the coming November election."
Eye Knocked Out.
A Polauder employed at the Read
ing Iron works, while shearing scrap
had an eye kncokerl ont on Monday
night. The accident was caused by a
piece of iion, which broke loose and
flew upward striking the man in tiie
face.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
com Jii
RETURNS VERDICT
The jury empaneled by the acting
j coroner, E. W. Young, to hold an in
quest on the body of John Rogers,
who was killed by the cars on the
i Pennsylvania railroad, Sunday eveu
| ing, examined witnesses Monday
i morning and returned a yerdict of ac
cidental death.
j The following witnesses, members
j of the crew of train No. 1, by which
j the mau was killed, arrived at South
i Danville from Sunbury on the 7 :25
! train and were immediately examin
ed : George W. Rose, engineer; C. H.
j Troutnian,fireman; Robert Kline, con
j ductor; William Austin, baggage mas
ter; Charles Hartman and William
| Miller, brakemeu.
The jury impaneled from among the
I bystanders Sunday evening were : J.
H. Kase, P. G. Baylor,l. P. Hummer,
' Frank Baylor, William Lewis and H.
jO. Kase. The jurors viewed the re
j mains Sunday evening, after which
! the inquisition was adjourned until
J Monday morning when it.was ar
i ranged to take the testimony of ttie
crew of train No. 1. When the jurors
j reconvened Monday morning H. C.
j Kase did not appear and Peter J.
j Berger was chosen to act in his stead.
i The testimony adduced at the itear
' ing agreed with the facts of the case
i as related at length elsewhere in these
j columns. It was learned in addition
1 that the train was running at the rate
!of fifty miles per hour. Illustiating
; the heroic effort made to stop the train
sand save the man's life.notwithstand
j ing the powerful momentum,the train
J was actually brought to a standstill
within a space of less than a hundred
I yards. The testimony showed that the
j passengers were given a lively shak
ing up as the emergency brake was
applied and the train came to nearly
n sudden stop. There was much alarm
I among the passengers, who thought a
| wreck had occurred,
j The man.in a dying condition, was
j dragged out from between the second
| car. A new juryman being on the case
I it became necessary to make a second
' view of the remains. For this purpose
| the jurors visited the undertaking
rooms of George W. Roat, this city,
after which they retired to the south
side nnd returned the following ver
dict ;
"That it appears from the appear
ance of the body hud the evidence ad
j duced that the said John Rogers came
J to his death on the Pennsylvania rail
| road in Rush township. County of
Northumberland.at about 5 :15 o'clock
j Sunday evening last by being s f ruok
'by engine of tiain known as No. 1,
ctusing death by compound facture of
i skull,he being on private right of way
|of the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany, there lying across the track about
i midway between Little Roaring creek
and the farm of W. A. Kennedy in
Rush township, county aforesaid, it
| being an unavoidable accident on the
part of the said Pennsylvania Railroad
company or its employes."
COVELASKIE'S
BRILLIANT FUTURE
Govelaksi, the new pitching recruit
from Woodbury, N. J., secured by the
Phillies, who did such wonderful ex
cation in the game with Brooklyn
Tuesday, hails from Shamokin. What
is more lie was brought out of the
mines and started on his base ball
career by our townsman,"Jack" Bate
man, who was then manager of the
Edge wood team.
Covelaskie could not be convinced
that he had any of the qualities that,
go to make a great pitcher and was
loatli to leave his humble job in the
coal mines. Manager Bateman thought
otherwise and prevailed upon him to
take a place on the Edgewood team at
a regular salary. In Shamokin, where
he was known as "Rube", all sorts of
good things were predicted for Cove
laskie.
He made good Tuesday by holding
Brooklyn down to two hits and no
runs during the five innings he offici
ated. Not a man walked on him and
two were fooled by his left handed
shoots.
Died of Apoplexy.
Mrs. W. H. Ware, of Point town
ship, Northumberland county, died of
apoplexy on Saturday morning in the
fifty-first year of her age. She is sur
vived by her husband and six children.;
L. N. of Harrisbnrg, Mrs. Sara A
Fetter, of Northumberland ; Jennie E,
John 11., Mary and Anna at home.
The deceased was a devoted wife and
mother and a lifelong member of the
Moaresburg Presbyterian church. lu
terment was made on Monday after
noon in Harmony cemetery. The ser
vices were conducted by Rev. Dr.
Grant, of Northumberland.
Silk.
China and Japan produce 12,£0f ' • s
of silk annually, but about 60 p. , ,~t
of this is retained for home use.