t • v State Librarj?. .—. - «*2»~ Of T% ' - "" VOL. 54—NO. 9 DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS, Office Hours A. I/, to & M.m Mill St., I P. M.to I P. W Danville, Pa. (T SHII.TZ, M. U 425 MILL ST., DANVILLE, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Special tv IMS IS Odd Fellows of Shamokin have pur chased a building site for #15,000, on whioh a temple is to be erected. The recent floods iu Chester county have eutirely changed the course of Braudywine creek, near Lenape and Bowers Island. Whooping cough is epidemic in the j Sumney school, in Nottingham town- ; ship, Washington county, and on Fri- j day morning only one pupil remained i unaffected, when the teacher closed the i school. While Robert Davis,of Reading,was j passiug a sheet of hot iron,at the Oley j street mill, on Friday, he slipped aud I so badly burned his knee as to entire- j ly remove a large and paiuful boil. Edwin Wright aud George Scherer, I of Glen Lyon,near Wilkes-Barre, were killed by a car last Friday niglit,leav- j ing twenty children orphans. Scherer j is survived by eight daughters aud j Wright by twelve children. Two hundred members of the Union j Steam Fire Engine and Hose company I of Lebauou, oil Saturday eveniug en- | joyed an elaborate bauquet in honor j of the 128 th anniversaiy of the institu- j tion of the company. The officers of the Tremont National j bank, at Tremont, Schuylkill county, I on Saturday entered suit for 110,000 damages against Henry Schwalm. a hotel keeper of Tremont, for alleged false statements to the effect that the bank was insolvent, thereby causing a run on it. There is such an abundance of na tural gas iu the wells in the Arm strong county gas field that further drilling has been discontinued, as the j companies are unable to find a market i for the product since the closing of many establishments using the gas as fuel. The annual county convention of the j camps of the Patriotic Order Sons of j America in Berks oounty was held at j Womelsdorf, on Saturday, with about j 250 delegates aud visitors in attend- ; ance. There are fifty-five camps in the i county with a membership of 9,534, a gain of 545 during the past year. While a search was being made by j detectives and county officials of Sforb J county for the will of David Heckert, j who had been murdered about a week j before, a hoard of #3,200 iu bank bills aud gold coin was found beneath a i pile of old papers. Efo doubt this was \ the treasure the murderer of the old ! man was after. The University of Pennsylvania at ' Philadelphia has for this term au en rollment of 4,279 students,2o4 evening j school students, 435 members of the teaching force, 194 administrative | officers and 105 regular employes. A dog belonging to Mrs. Gait, of Morgautowu,Berks county, went mad a few days ago aud bit a score of oth- j er dogs before it was billed. The sixty-ninth annual session of the East Pennsylvania conference of j tliu Evangelical association will con vene at Shamokin on Thursday and the fourteenth annual session of the United Evangelical conference will meet iu the same date. Dicbiuson college, at Carlisle, was threatened with a strike of nearly all the students because of the disoipliu iug of four members of the sophomore class, but the troubles have been ad- i justed and peace again prevails. Six meu violently assaulted Sabato j Citzano, a foreigner, in a saloon in Pittston. Luzerne county,on Saturday i night. His skull was fractured by ! heating tiim with a chair, and he is uot expected to recover. Five of his j assailants have been arrested. Today two little daughters of James ; Leban, of Scott township, Allegheny ! oounty, will he placed in one I Ruth, aged 4 years, died on Friday «112 I measles, aud Blanche, aged 2 years, | died ou Sunday, of pneumonia. • | William Dickey, the last of the stage' drivers on the old National pibe, in Washington county on Sunday,aged 8.) years. He was born in Westmore-1 land county and became a stage driver ! when 22 years old. Millions of tons of the smaller sizes \ of anthracite coal,mined nearly thirty years ago. are to be sent te#t3ibson 19.50 David Rank 6.75 Walker & Kepler 34.76 Dean Bros 2.50 WATER DEPARTMENT. Regular employes 166.00 Friendship Fire Co 18.25 Danville Knittiug Mills Co ... 10.00 Darling Pump & Mfg. Co 24.70 Labor on street 12 00 P. H. Foust 180.55 DEATH RESULTS FROH APOPLEXY J C. Crim, a widely known and leading citizen of.West Hemlock town ship, departed this life at 11 o'clock Monday night as the result of a stroke of apoplexy. The deceased was 1 stricken about four weeks ago. His coudition was serious, but hopes'were entertained for his recovery. A fatal termination of his disease was>otJ expected at this time aud the news of his death occas ioned surprise and deep regret. Mr. Crim was.a representative citi zen of our "county and was quite prominent in affairs in West Hemlock township. For several terms he serv ed as school director. / The deceased was aged 57 years aud 1 day. He is survived by his wife, one son, Charles, and a daughter, Mary S. Ewdard Vought of West Hemlock township is a half brother of the de ceased. Sawdust in Streams. As a result of a conference of ward ens, an attempt will be made by the department of fisheries to prevent pol lutiou of streams with sawdust. Only flue law was ever passed directly bear ing upon this matter,aud that is near ly a century old,and according to Fish Commissioner Meehan, does not cover ther ground. Commissioner Meehan instructed the wardens Uiat sawdust will heuoeforth be considered a "pois | on" undfer seotion twenty-six of the | act of 1901, and ordered wardens to I bring prosecutions accordingly. DANVILLE, PA., THURSD4Y. FEBRUARY 27, 1908 SIHG SERIN B! ffl. U CUB Last Sunday as the Sunday nearest Washington's birthday, following es tablished custom, the Patriotid Order Sons of America In a body attended divine service, a feature of wiiioh was a sermon patriotic in its nature. The local camp No. 864 and camp No. 567 of Riverside attended Bervice at St. Peter's M. E. church at Riverside, where a stiong ani eloquent sermon impropriate to the was uraach ed by the pastor,the Rev. JohuConley Grimes. The members of tfie looal camp marched to the churoh in a body where they were joined by the mem bers of camp No. 567 of Riverside. The sermon was a masterpiece, ap pealing to man's religious nature, awaking iu his heart a deeper rever ence for Washington'aud intensifying his love for his native land. The text is found in psalms 20:5: "In tiie name of our God we will set up our ban ners." The sermon follows iu part: Is it true that nations are ungrateful to thoir sleeping warriors? The pres ence of a vast multitude of Patriotic 1 Sons of America in the houses of wor j ship, all over this fair laud, ou, or j near the birthday of the immortal Washington,refutes the painful charge in so far, at least, as it applies to the j "Fattier of his country." It is a sign ; of strength, and a promise for the fu -1 ture when a nation'warmly cherishes | its great aud good men. The greatest man of our age, was the first president of the United States. He is the glory of our past, the pride of our present and the star of our fu ture. To him, by the help of the God i of ages, we owe our existence as a un- ! tion. Eternal fame has given" him a high niche in her temple. His nobk ! form towers high above all former leaders aud his name will continue to resound through this sweet laud of lib erty when the ev.jr-increasing shadows of time shall sink into oblivion the name and fame of Alexanders, Caesars and Napoleons. Washington is "one of the few immortal names that was j not born to die." Of him, the brilli ant and brave Napoleon left the pre j diction: "Posterity will talk of Wash ington with reverence as the founder of a great empire, when my name shall j be lost in the vortex of revolutions." True greatness lias its root in God. A strong faith in the Lord and a warm love for country make true patriots. Washington was a Christian hero and 1 a Christian statesman. Here lay the true Becrets of greatness. One of his known maxims was: "Endeavor to beep alive in your bosom that little divine spark called conscience." He was great in battle, noble as the head I of the nation, but lie was greater still ' one huudrpd and seventeen years ago, when on the 30th day of April, lie as sembled with the heroic men whose i patriotic devotion had led the colonies Ito victory and independence," in the house of God, for the prayers of the 1 church, bofore he took the oath of Njfttce as Chief Magistrate of the new j born republic." Who can tell how much the liberty I of this nation is owing to the first j president of the United States, who, | with firm reliance on tlu God of ua- I tions, carried the mighty burden to j His large loviug heart in fervent j prayers. In the darkest season of the | American revolution, when the star of j hope had almost lost its lustre to the | eye of his faith, he would retire each I day, to a grove in the vicinity of the camp. It was there, he could be seen ou his Jiuees, with tears on his cheeks and his face heavenward, beseeching i in toues of agony,that God would pity 1 and save his suffering army aud his suffering nation. | There never was a truly great man i without religion. And what is self- J evident truth iu regard to the indivi : dual is equally trno of the nation. There never was a truly groat nation without religion. All that we are and have we owe to God. "Righteousness exalteth a nation, hut sin is the re proach of any people." America is a religious nation We are a devout people. Christianity is | the basis of the exaltation of a nation, the only hope of our national prosper ity. When we assert that religion ex- I alts a nation, we refer to the religion l of our Lord Jesus Christ. We do not mean the religion of the cruel tyrant, the superstitious ecclesiastic or wild enthusiast. How can a cruel tyrant 1 exalt a nation? He who arms himself with the civil sword and forces people ! to accept his dogmas', establishes a re ; ligiou whioh will be a fountain of j wrath, ever creating wars andoommo | tions. How can a superstitious eoclesi ! astic exalt a nation? The Patriotic Order Sous of America lis uot a foe to religion. It does not | antagonize the churoh of the living j God. The vast majority of its mem bers belong to the Christian clinrch. Their opposition to a union of churoh aud state is no proof of their enmity to the churoh. They believe, however, that this nation was born'amid the din "t battle aud the saurifioe of blood as Oontintied on 4th Page. SUDDEN Dili Of i JOfIOIEO Mowrer, a Joy of seventeeu yeais, the eon of Hairry G. Mowrer, East Mahoningst, died Monday even ing in a small building on Green street, in the rear of the Grove Pres byterian church, all circumstances indicating that he came to his death as the result of drinking whiskey. The boy hail been drinking during the afternoon with several companions in the building where he was found dead. About four o'clock he became unconscious from the effects of the liquor and lay on the floor in that con dition until he was found shortly aft er eight o'clock Monday night by Dr. Panles, his companions believing that nothing 6erious was the matter, but that his condition was the natural re sult of the whiskey. The little building on Green street where the sad affair occurred was built as a lumber yard office by William Price and later used as a small store by Moxie Teens. Lately it has served as a loafing shanty where the bays who were present Monday afternoon could congregate and while away the time After the boy had been found by Dr. Panles to bo dead, the police and dis trict attorney were notified. Justice of the Peace Dalton was summoned and a corouer's jury impaneled com posed of the following: Edward Leamv,Patrick Roddy, Thecdore Bak er, Thomas Tooey, Theo. R. Angle and Lawrence Snyder. The jury viewed the remains and heard the testimonj of two witnesses, John Seitz and Edwin Gibson, who were with the deceased in the after noon. John Seitz was the first witness call ed. He said they had been drinking in the morning and that iu the after noon he with Wie four others, among whom was the Mourer boy, went to the building, remaining there all aft ernoon, with the exception of interv als when they made trips outside for liquor. Twice, according to his testi mony, they went for whiskey, each time procuring a quart. They all be came intoxicated, and when he (Seitz) went home to supper, young Mowrer was lying on the floor. When he re turned after supper he noticed that Mowrer's nose was bleeding and a phy sician was summoned. The witness mentioned the five who were present during the afternoon as Mont and Ed win Gibson, brothers; a boy named Gearhart, John Seitz and the Mowrer lad. The jurv then listened to the testi mony of Edwin Gibson, which was much the stme as that of the first wit ness. He and his brother came to the place about a quarter after one o'clock Monday afternoon. They found Seitz there. Mowrer came later. They got two quarts of whiskey and passed the time drinking and flaying cards. A >t er some time Mowrjr became into v ataci and, retiriu£<«> a corner, bee >e sick. Gibson laid him opt on a ben ii, from where he fell to floor. There they allowed him to stay after making hhu as comfortable as possible with burlap bags for a pillow. The boys later went home to supper, leaving Mowrer on the floor. When they re turned about seven o'clock they notic ed that Mowrer was breathing lightlv, while during the afternoon he had been smriug heavily. This fact alarm ed them and Gibson went for a physi cian. John Mowrer was the boy who sus tained a fractured leg iu the coasting accident on Ash street last winter and who received treatment at the Joseph Ratti hospital iu Bloomsburg. He is survived, beside his father, by two brothers and a sister : Horace and El mira, of Danville,and Chester, who is on board the IJ. S. Battleship Virginia with the fleet now in the Pacific. Coroner's Inquest. The corouer's jury, sitting on the case of John Mowrer. who died Mon day night in the little shanty on Green street, held two sessions Tues day, but rendered no verdict. The facts that were made public at Tues day's hearings still oontinue to indi cate that the boy met death as the re sult of alcoholism. The session Tuesday morning, an acconnt of which is given below, was not private. In the evening,however, the jury met liehind closed doors and no one was allowed to be present ex cept the six men sittipjt on the in quisition, the coroner ? tlte district at torned and the witnesses. ' T UESDA Y MOANING." The inquisition over the remains of John Mowrer was resumed Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock,at the undertak ing establishment of Johu Dosfer's Sons. All of the four boys who were with the deceased during Monday aft ernoon were present, and in turn gave their testimony Dr. Panles was pres ent and made an examination of th® body in the presenoe of the jury. Peter Kelly, who was present in the little building where the death ooourred, Continued on 4th Page. Sim SESSION JF COI! Court convened Monday morning at 10 o'clock with Hou. O. O. Evans, | President Judge, and Frank G. Blee j and L. W. Welilver, Associates,on the I bench. I The list of grand jurors being called j all responded to their names with the ■ exception of D, D. Williams. J. F. | Tooley, Dr. Harry Sober and F. R. i Haruer were excused by the court. F. ! M. Gotwalds was appointed foreman of the grand jury. i The constables being called present |ed their returns, in which there was no report of neglect of supervisors nor violation of law in any part of the county. Philip Boyer was appointed tipstaff to wait upon the grand jury. James F. Ellis, Charles Opp and William Ryder, viewers appointed by j the court on February Ist to inspect the road leading from Limestoneville ; to Ottawa at J. C. Benfield's and to relocate the road at that point accord ing to the prayer of the petitioners, if they deem it advisable, yesterday pre sented'their report to court, granting ' the change asked for and vacating the \ portion of the old road rendered use less. The report was confirmed nisi j by the court and it now lies over to give those who oppose it an opportun ity to file exceptions. The principal matter before the grand jury yesterday forenoon was the ; order and return of viewers for a coun- j ; ty bridge over the NorMi branch of Mahoning creek in West Hemlook township. The report recommended a j bridge of one span 26 feet in length, j 16 feet wide and 4 feet above low wat :er mark to be erected It was further recommended that the township bear the expense of filling in at the abut ments and keep the bridge in good re pair. The viewers were James F. Ellis, J. D. Cotner and C. F. Stahl. The report was confirmed nisi by the court on January 13, 1908. Montgomery A. Gearhart, S. B. Flick, Emanuel Sidler. Joseph R. Pat- I ton, Michael Breckbill, Lloyd Bom boy 1 were called before the gwrod Jury Iflr witnesses. The grand jury approved the report iof the viewers and recommended that ! the above named bridge be built. DEATH OF MRS. BARBARA KINN Mrs. Barbara Kinn, widow of John I B. Kinn, and one of our oldest resi ! dents.departed this life at 2:30 o'clock ! Tuesday morning at her home on j Cherry street The deceased was a native of Ger i many but came to this country when a young girl. Along with other inem i hers of her family she crossed the ! ocean in a sailing vessel and spent ; sixty days on the wafer. She landed jin New York on July 4th, 1841. The family first settlyU at Williajnsport, but very shortly afterward the deceas ed came to Danville. When Mrs. Kinn came to this oity it was before the days of the railroad j here and she walked the entire dist | ance from Williamsport, stopping over | night at Milton. The object of her trip was to visit her sister, who had | come to Danville a short time before, i It transpired that Mrs. Kinn never re turned to||Williamsport, but preferred to cast her lot in Danville. Her entile subsequent life was spent'here. i The deceased was in the 84th year of her age. She is survived by two sons. John Kinn of Dauvilla and Joseph Kinn of .Toliet. 111. ; also two daugh ters, Mrs. G<"r K e Rodenhoffer and Miss Amelia Kiun, both of this city, j The funeral will bo held at !) a. m. J Friday at St. Hubert's Catholic church. Interment will be made in St. Hub j ert's cemetery. The deceascil was exceedingly robust and active for a person of her advanc ed years. About, two weeks ago she was taken ill of pneumonii, which was the cause of death. She was a most highly esteemed woman of un blemished Christian character. C. LITZ SOLD RESTAURANT C. Litz,the proprietor of the restau rant on Mill street, opposite the court house, has sold his place to Charles Karlson, of Reuovo, who will tako charge on March Ist. Mr. Litz has been proprietor of his ; Danville stand for the past eight years, having como here from Suubury. He is a practical restaurant man and has made many iriends in Danville. Mr. Litz will continue to live in Danville. Trustees Re-appolnted. Dr. B. H. Detwiler, of Williams port and W. F. Shay, of Watsontown, have been reappointed by Governor Stuart as trustees of the hospital for the insane at this place to serve dur ing the next three years. The appoint ment of Robert J. Pegg, who succeed ed the late H. M. School), also covers three years. VERDICT OF ■lf S Jll That John Mowrer camo to liis death from violent injuries sustained in a manner of which the jury is unable to determine, was the verdiot rendered last night by the coroner's jnry in the case of the deatii of tiie lad in the lit tle building on Green street Monday evening. The jury impanneled on the case held the last of itß four meetings in the office of Justice of the Peace James Dalton last evening at seven o'clock The testimony of Drs. Panles and Newbakor, who during yesterday had performed an autopsy on the remains, was heard and the testimony of Edwiu Gibson was re-hear.l. The fact was thoroughly establish ed, from the testimony of the physi cians, that deatii was due to violence of some description,but from the testi mony of Gibson, who was the only one of the party at. the little shanty on Monday afternoon who remained sob er, it was impossible to adduce any information that would enlighten the 1 jury as to the nature of tiie violence. After considering the facts as pres ented the jury rendered a verdict as follows : "That John Mowrer, aged about 17 years, came to his death in a small building on Green street, in the fourth ward of the borough of Dan ville, between the hours of 6:80 and 8 o'clock p. m., on the 24th day of Febiuaiy,l9oß, from violent injuries on tiie face and head. And further that this jury is unable to de termine, from the evidence submitted, in what manner the said violent injuries were sus tained. The verdict was signed by the six jurymen as follows : Edward Leamy, Thomas Tooey, Lawrence Snyder, Theodore Baker, Theo. R. Angle and Patrick Roddy. SEITZ ARRESTED. Yesterday afternoon about 1 o'olock John Seitz, who was one of the party in the shanty on Monday afternoon, WM iMl