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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.
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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 t<s market
this spring. They are of the chestnut
and pea sizes and were then dumped
aside as unfit for burning, but now
there is a great demand for them.
The robe which John Wesley wore
when he was christened,over 260 years
ago, is now the property of Miss Emily j
Pashley, of Workshop, England. |
HEM sum
RE-ELECTED
The borough the last reg
ulat session of the year Friday night,
the following members being in their
places: Sweisfort, Pursel, Everhart,
Russell, Deutsch, Angle,Schatz, Moy
er, Finnigan, Diet/,, Hughes and Jac
obs. On Monday March 2nd the new
council will hold the special meeting
for organization. Dr. Sweisfort, of
the first ward, Jacob Dietz of the sec
oud ward, George B. . Jaoobs of the
third ward and John Hughes of the
fourth ward will retire from council.
A communication was received from
the district attorney relative to the
road leading from Welsh hill to Sidler
hill, whioh was returned to court at
last term and on which action of some
kind seemed necessary. The communi
cation was ordered filed but no action
was taken in the matter.
A communication was received from
the Danville and Suubury Transit
couipauy asking permission to leave
the trolley car standing on the track
on East Market street at uight. The
matter was referred to the committee
ou streets aud bridges, it to make the ;
proper investigation to determiue to
what extent the car will be an ob- !
Rtruction.
H. R. Van Dorster of Catawissa,
manufacturer of loose leaf binder, fil- I
ing devices, sheets aud indexes, ap-
poared before counoil Friday to sub- [
mit his proposal for furnishing a loose i
loaf billing outfit to the borough of
Danville for use in the water depart
ment.
There were bids from other firms
also, but it was the sense of the oom
mittee that Mr. Van Dorster's outfit
was the lowest in price as well as the
most serviceable. On motion of Mr.
Jacobs it was ordered that the borough
purchase 12,000 sheets and 6 files from
Mr. Van Dorßter, which constitutes a
supply that will last throe years.
Along with the adoption of the loose
leaf billing outfit an entirely new sys
tem of collecting the water rent will
be adopted, one that will involve a
check to prevent mistakes.
On motion of Mr. Russell William
J. Williams was elected "permit
olerk" and secretary of the board of
water commissioners at a salary of
one hundred dollars per year. The
"permit clerk," who is rendered
necessary by the new system of collect
ing water rents, will be occupied only
a fraction of the time.
On motion of Mr. Jacobs Newton
Smith was unanimously re-elected
borough electrician at a salary of
seventy-five dollars per month.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT.
Regular employes $127.50
People's coal yard 2 85
D. R Williams 67.50
W. H. Ammermau 67.50
Walter O. Green 50.00
Labor and hauling. . 34.13
Foster Bros
.Tfcn>e#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<t~ tofftfr.fr
lp the c.otjuty,prison awaiting the re
sult of the inquest and the prooiring
of wore information relating to tiie
deatii of young Jfcrwrer. ■ i
CONFLICTING INFORMATION.
The matter of finding the cause of
and plaoing the blame for tiie death
of young Mowrer was a difficult one
for the jury. In the testimony of none
of the witnesses was there anything
revealed, even under the most search
ing examination, that would indicate
even the suggestion of a quarrel or
fight in the shanty during the fatal
afternoon. And yet tiie jury was con
fronted with the bruised and cut head
and face of the victim, the injuries
upon which could scarcely have been
self-inflicted.
TUESDAY NIGHT'S SESSION.
It vraw fti flils "ftitfe'rtaln"' state of
mind that the jury found itself Tues
day night when it met at tiie office of
Justice of the Peace Dalton. It was
found in the meanwhile, however, that
fresh testimony bearing on the case
had been discovered in tiie form of a
young man who had heard one of the
members of the oompany say that there
had been "words" between a couple
of the boys present in tiie shanty Mon
day afternoon.
This witness, a boy named diaries
Kear, was called before the jury Tues
day night and gave his testimony.
He said ttiat lie was standing at the
D. L. &. W. crossing oil Mill street
Monday evening at about a quarter to
seven in company witli Fred Aten
when Edwin Gibson came up to them
and said, "I'm in a Hell of a fix."
Kear said "What's the matter." Gib
sou answered to the effect that: wo
had two quarts of whiskey ami all are
up at tiie shanty drunk, and Mowrer
is the drunkest one of the bunch ; he
is bleeding at the nose and month.
Kear said,"Better get a doctor. " Gib
son said that he had come down town
to get some one to help him and add
ed, "They're in bad shape up there
and a couple of them had 'words.' "
Gibsou left Kear then aud went up
Mill street.
Fred Aten was called and corrobor
ated in every particular the words of
Kear. Gibson, who had heard the
testimony of both Kear and Aten,said
that they had told the truth in every
respect except as related to the part
about the "words." Ho could offer
no explanation as to that part of tiie
conversation aud was of the opinion
that he had made no such remark.
However, he was excited that night,
and if he did make such a statement
to the other boys it had no meaning
for him now as he was Snre that no
| "worda" of a harsh natnro had pass
ed.
ASKED FOR AUTOPSY.
In view of the conflicting testimony
the jury was impelled to request that
an autopsy be held and this was per
formed yesterday by Drs. Panles and
Newbaker and both of these physicians
Continued on 4th Page.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
us in UK
A nip IN
W. A. Sechler, general manager of
the Danville Stove and Manufacturing
company, haa returned from a three
weeks' trip to the Pacific coast. The
trip was madefpurely in the interest
of the manufacturing business that
[ Mr. During the
i long trip acroßS the continent he nat-
J urally acquired a great deal of in
j formation relating to the general con
j dition of business aud the industrial
| outlook that'persons woold do well to
| take into account before arriving at
any well-defined forecast for the fu
| ture.
Mr. Sechler says it is quite evident
that the business depression is general
and that it affects all lines. Never
theless taking our great country in its
are signs of revival.
Indeed speaking of the western half of
onr country the revival is at hand and
buying lias beguu. The Danville Stove
& Manufacturing company for some
! time past has'had an agency at San
j Francisco and during Mr. Sechler's
visit another agency was established
at Los Angeles. Mr. Sechler sees noth
ing whatever discouraging in the out
look for the stove trade on the Pacific
coast as relates to the Danville Stove
aud'Mannafcturing Co. Ineidental
| ly, it stated that of all the
! stoves U6ed in California fully 90 per
cent, are manufactured east of the
Mississippi river.
California having a semi-tropical
I climate there is little demand for
j heaters ; :ook stoves and ranges have
the call. The trade from the Pacifi
; coast is so considerable that the Dan
ville Stove & Manufacturing oompany
lias deoided to modify one or more of
j its lines in demand in that section so
!as to adapt them to the burning of
soft ooal. which is almost exclusively
used in California. The price of hard
coal ($26.00 per ton) is practically
prohibitive on the Pacific coast; soft
coal retails at $16.00 per ton.
Tilings are rapidly readjusting them
selves after the prolonged indnstrial
j tie-up caused _bj- strikes. Building.
] operations in San Francisco have re
sumed. A number of structures are
already completed. Sky scrapers seem
| to be the rule, built of steel or wholly
of concrete. The SanJFraucisco of the
' futnre will be a wonderful city, but
Mr. Sechler says that it will require
j at least ten years to complete it.
Naturally the building of this great
! oity creates demands along so many
liu.es that businesses quickened along
the whole Pacific coast. During his
| trip Mr. Sechler spent some time at
Pittsbnrg, Chicago, Salt Lake City,
San Francisco aud Los Angeles, and
being closely in touchTwith business
relating to each of those centres he
made deductions as stated above that,
taking the country in its entirety, we
are on the eve of a general revival.
Business, he says.may'he slow, for six
i njonths bu( improvement will fallow.
PASSENGERS FACE
TERRIBLE PERIL
While the Pottsville Flyer was run
ning at the rate of 40 miles an hour,
I Monday evening, the tire of one of
the driving wheels broke, which caus
-led a derailment of the locomotive.
! The passengers were" badly shaken up
and given a fright, although it
was not until afterward that they
realized the full extent of tho peril
they had faced.
The accident "occurred at "Port"
siding, a point'ahout four miles above
Nescopeck, where tho 'flyor" attains
a maximum of speed. The siding,
which is a long One, was crowded with
cars. While running alongside the
cars at the velocity above described
tne tiro on tho driving wheel broke
into four pieces.
In an iustaut tiie locomotive left the
' rails. Under the heavy momentum
with a long traiu of cars crowded
with passengers behind it the disabled
locomotive ploughed along over the
ties for three hundred yards.
Owing to the broken tire tiie engi
neer could not apply the air.
Tiie cars on the siding added much
to the danger, for had the derailed
locomotive as it jolted along over the
ties struck the cars on the siding noth
ing would have prevented a dreadful
wreck. As it was,although the coaches
did not leave the track, the passengers
were thrown about pretty roughly.
The "flyer" is due to arrive at. Nes
copeck about 5 j). m. The track was
j blocked f6r several hours due to tho
! accident. The escape of many people
is considered quite remarkable as all
the conditions favored a dreadful
wreck.
Funeral of John nowrer.
The funeral of John Mowrer will be
held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from
the home of his father, Harry G.
Mowrer, East Mahoning street.
Ladles' Auxiliary.
A regular meeting of tho Lsf" '--
Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. will be
ii held this evening at 7:30 o'clock in
the Association parlor.