VOL. 55—NO 11 DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS, Office Hour* A.M. to VIM. 10 J, Mill St., 1 1\ M.toi 1\ M. Danville, Pa, DIIULTZ, M. 425 MII.L ST., DANVILLB, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty ITEMS com The State Normal School at Blooms brug, Pa., will open for the Spring term on Monday, March 29th, 1909. The laboratories, library and gymn asium, the new hulls of the literary societies and the Model School are pleasing to all earnest students. For further information address : D. J. WALLER, Jr.. Principal. The chief of police in Harrisburg has placed a ban on the Maxim gun silencer BO far as ttiat city is concern ed. The borough lockup at Coatesville must ba a lively place. One of the policemen the other night caught forty | rats in the buildiug. After many people have died and still more have been ill from typhoid fever, the waters of Oedar and Haas oreeks in Lehigh county, are to be an alyzed. A Pottstown octogenarian who has been following up the "goosebone" weather predictions declares that April will be a colder mouth than March j this year. The snow iB so deep on some of the country roads in Chester county that the supervisors have forces of men eu- j gaged in shoveling the drifts open so \ that travel may be resumed. Sharon borough has a law suit on its bauds. It lias been sued by T Mc- Gavin for $.">,000 damages, for injuries sustained when dirt caved in on him while he was working in a ditch. The Punxsutawney chamber of com merce is busily eugaged in the en deavor to raise $;!5,000, an amount which it is said will be the means of bringing to that town a $150,000 silk ! mill plant. fThe general store of Daniel Weisß at Easton is apparently a mark for the burglar. The other night it was rob bed of goods valued at $l5O, making the seoond robbery this winter and the ; eighth altogether. Being withont funds, the result, it is said,of gambling.Edward Setendorf, ! a tobacco ageut. slashed his throat with a razor in the stables of the Fel ton hotel, York, and the chances for his recovery are slight. Several weeks ago Thomas McWil- < liams, aged 80 years, slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk in New Castle and was taken to the hospital for treat ment. He died in that institution on Thursday as a result of the injuries. While Ira VV. Strafton, of Heading, was critically ill, the newspapers of the metropolis of Berks county pub lished obituary notices of him. He : didn't die, however, and lias just won the endorsement of the Republican ! caucus for president of select conncil. .lust how far the notices helped in at- j taining this object is not stated, but they evidently aided some. Salem Reformed congregation, at Allentown.is arranging to erect a new i church edifice at a cost of $75,000. James Riser, of Reading, was fined j $lO on Saturday for having a robin in his possession Warden John Bungard, of the Fay- j ette connty jail, is on trial this week j at Uniontown, charged with furnish- ! ing liquor to prisoners and on Sunday. The congregation of Trinity Luther an church, Sonbuiy, burned the last mortgage which stood recorded against their loautiful house of worship Sunday night. The school board of Meadville libb also goue into the business of making school codes and submits its effort to legislators and others with a great deal of confidence. Pennsylvanians are invited by the Civic association to take renewed in terest in the vital question of forest preservation. Several important men- i sures are before the legislature. The directors of the poor of North ampton county received last year 124,- 737.18 and expended $22,489.08. They paid for out-door relief $3,(Mi1.60. The population in 11100 was 90,(>87. Judge Brumm.oi Schuylkill county, reoently directed that two young con victs who had been detected in the act of breabiDg jail should be sent to the eastern penitentiary to serve the rest of the term. But the mothers of the convicts got after the judge and he agreed that they should remain in the county prison. Yielding in the march of improve ment in Jenkintcwn, Montgomery county, an old tree under the shade of which it ia declared General Washing ton tied his famous white horae, has bnen nnt down and dragged away. Montour American. LIQUOR SHE BBS mils A session of court was held In the grand jury room ou Saturday morning with his Honor Judge Evans and As sociates Blee and Welliver on the bench. The session lasted about two hours. The license for the wholesale liquor store at No. IUI Mill street was trans ferred from Henry Kegal to David Steiner. of Freeland Samuel Myerlioff.of Hazleton, form ' er Burgess George H. Hartman, Harry i Kheinsmith and Joseph Steiner, of Freeland, testified before court as to ' ; the good character and the temperate J habits of the petitioner. Their testi- j mony was supplemented by a certilic- ! ate in support of the applicant signed by a iarge number of citizens of Free land. Mr. Steitier, the new licensee, will assume charge next week. 'TAX',RECEIVER CONTEST. A petition was received from Alonzo Mauser representing that he is a resi dent and duly qualified elector of Cooper township, Montour county, : that nt the municipal eleotion held iu Cooper township, Tuesday, February 20, 1906, Alfred Blecher and O. D, Garrison, were rival candidates for the office of receiver of taxes and that a tie vote was cast for said candidates; j that the court on February 26, 1906. i appointed Alfred Blecher to till said j vacancy caused by said tie vote; that ! the said Alfred Blecher was a candid- j ate for said office of tax receiver at the next ensuing municipal election : on February 19, 1907, and received a majority of votes cast for said office; ■ that said Alfred Blecher and the peti- , tinner were rival candidates at there- : cent municipal election held in said j Cooper township ou Tuesday, Feb- ; ruary It!. 1909, for the office of receiv er of taxes and the petitioner received a majority of votes cast for said office; that the petitioner holds his certificate of election properly signed by the leg ally and duly qualified election board for said township, said certificate bear- j ing the date February Iti, 1909; that the court ou the 27th day of February, 1909, approved the bond of Alfred Blecher as reoeiver of taxes for said Cooper township for the year litO'.i. The petitioner is advised anil be lieves that he is legally entitled to serve as receiver of taxes for said Cooper township for three years next j ensuing and that the bond of said Al fred Blecher was inadvertently ap- | proved by the houorable court. The petitioner therefore, having secured a bond with two reputable freeholders of Cooper township as sureties, prays the honorable court to grant a rule to show cause why the approval of the bond of said Alfred Blecher should not be set aside and withdrawn and the bond of the petitioner approved. THE COURT GRANTS RULE. And now March 13, 1U0!', the within petition having been read and after due consideration the court grants a rule on Alfred Blecher to show cause why the approval of his bond as tax | receiver for Cooper township,Montour county. Pa., should not be set aside and withdrawn and the bond of Alonzo j Mauser approved. Rule returnable March 20, 1909. By order court, CHARLES C. EVANS, P. J. i GKORUE M. ALBKCK RELEASED. George M. Albeck, guilty of assault ana battery, who on January 22, 1909, was sentenced to jail nntil costs were paid, was released by the order of court on Saturday. A petition was presented by the county commission ers representing that neither the costs of prosecution nor the fine lias been paid by Albeck and that in the opin ion of the said county commissioners he is unable to pay or to make restora tion. They therefore prayed that he be released. An order to that effect was accordingly made by Judge Evans. Snyder Buys Hotel Lee. Irvin F. Snyder, of Bloomsbnrg, formerly proprietor of the City Hotel, this city, lias completed the deal for the purchase of the Hotel Lee from ! Thomas B. Brittain. Possession will be given as socn as the terms of the lease can be completed, and the trans fer of the liquor license secured. Ho tel Lee is situated on Main street. Bloomsburg, near the Bloomsburg it Sullivan tracks, i To Pension Guard's Widow, i A bill has been introduced in the ; house by Mr. Franklin, to \ pay to Sadie Biggs, widow of Lewis i Biggs, a pension of $8 a month. The man was a member of the Chambers burg company of the Eighth regiment who died from sunstroke at the Mount Gretna encampment some years ago. Time'* Changes. The captain was receiving the new middy. "Well, boy, the old story, 1 suppose— fool of the family sent to sea?" "Oh, no, sir," piped the boy, "that's all altered since your day."—London News. DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. MARCH 18, 1909 IS. A. F. RUSSELL PASSES HIT Mrs. Hannah O. Russell, an aged resident and a representative of the oldest and most distinguished family of this section, died at her home in the Montgomery mansion at ll:lo o'olock Friday night after a protracted illness due to the infirmities of ad vanced a •« The deceased, in addition to living in the oldest house lu Danville, had the distinction of being the grand daughter of General William Mont gomery, who came to this section from ! Chester county about 1774 and pur ! chased of the Penns the present site of 1 Danville. How this tract, first known a " Mahoning settlement" and "Mont gomery's landing," in 1792 was [iaid out in town lots by General Daniel Montgomery, son of William Mont gomery, in whore honor the town was named, ate all matters of local" history. General William Montgomery was a prominent actor in the Revolutionary war. Later he was a representative in congress and president judge of the j courts of Northumberland county. He died in 18HI. The deceased was the only surviving grandchild of this not ed pioneer of civilization. Mrs. Russell was the daughter of Alexander Montgomery, the youngest son of General William Montgomery, who was born and died in the stone mansion built by General Montgomery at the corner of Bloom and Mill streets.or rather in a log house, which as a wing in the rear still forms a part of the building. The original log structure was built prior to 1777 ; the stone portion was added in 1792. Mrs. Russell was born August 28, 1814, in a log house Just"below tin present site of the brick residence on Northumberland street owned by the Reading Iron company, and occupied by Superintendent H. T. Hecht. The brick residence was built by Alexan der Montgomery. As soon as It WHS completed he removed his family from the humbler dwelling into the new one. In the brick house the deceased was married to Andrew F. Russell, Esq. After marriage the deceased, with j her husband, removed to Davenport, lowa. The family later returned to ! Danville. Mr. Russell died in 188H, | but Mrs. Russell continuously resided in the old homestead from the year 185t>, the date of their return east, un til her death. The deceased waß a most remarkable woman, a pleasing and gracious per sonality. Notwithstanding her very 1 advanced age she retained her facul ties to a wonderful degree. She never lost her interest in the every day af- ! fairs of life; she was in sympathy with the young and her society was especially sought by childreu, who along with older people, found delight in her reminiscences and companion able manners. Her illness was of five weeks' duration. The deceased is survived by two j sons, William M. Russell,of this city, I and Alexander M. Russell, of St. j Louis, Mo.: also three daughters, Jane | 8., Annie C. and Helen M. Russell. COUNTY TAX FOUR MILLS The county commissioners held a re- ] gular meeting Saturday with George W. Miles, George R. Sechler and John Ooleman present. On motion the rate of county tax was fixed at 4 mills, the same as last year. The matter of decorating the court | house for the Odd Fellows' anniver sary was duly discussed, when on mo tion it was ordered that the court I honse be decorated so as to conform witli the other public buildings of the town. The contract was giyen to the W. W. Stoddard company, which has been awarded the contract for decorat ing by the Odd Fellows' committee. The assessors will be given their books about March .Slst to the end that they may be able to begin their work about April Ist. SOLEMN EVENT AT ST. JOSEPH'S One year ago yesterday the Rev. Fa ther O'Reilly,former rector of St. Jos eph's Catholic church, this city, was consigned to the grave at St. Joseph's, this State, near his boyhood home. The anniversary of the sad event yes terday morning was observed in the Catholic church at this place by solemn requiem mass celebrated by the rector, the Rev. Father McOann. A large oon ! gregation was present. Bought a Barn. Harry Evans, of Frosty valley, hag purchased the barn on the Straub farm, Bloomsburg, and is moving It to his farm where it will be erected to take the plaoe of his barn which was reoently consumed by Are. IIINTERESTIIC ADDRESSES 111 The Sunday School workers of this oity attended the fourth annual insti tute of the Sunday Schools of Danville held in the Pine Street Lutheran ohuroh Monday eve. The session open | ed with a hymn. The Keystoue double ; male quartette then rendered a selec ' tion, following which Kev. O. D. Leroh, county president, read a selec tion from the *th chapter of Ephesians. PROF. OWEN'S ADDRESS. After a prayer by Rev. L. W. Walter and another selection by the double quartette, President Dieffenbacher in troduced t> e tint speak r of tlie even ing, Prof. W. G. Owens, of Bucknell university, who gave an interesting talk on the "Importance of Teacher Training. " He said that out of every three pupils entering the Sunday school two go out. oulv one entering the church. Prof. Owens claimed that the key to the situation is the proper training of the teacher ; that the time when willingness was the ouly quali fication looked for in a teacher is past. Unless the teacher is properly traiued she cannot hope to hold the attention of the pupil and without this no good can come. He advanced the theory that tiie teacher should study the bible not alone in Its spirit ual but also in its physical sense. That a knowledge of biblical geography aud history Is really necessary in order that a connected view of a subjeot in a lesson may be presented to a pnpil in a way to do the most good. Too much attention is given to making the pupils tit the lesson, rather than mak ing the lesson tit the pupils The teach er should study the pupil, put the question in a manner that will open up the way for the most intelligent answers and have the lesson so well prepared that any question asked may be properly answered. Every school should have a teachers' training class to prepare teachers for future use. ADDRESS BY MR. LOWE. Mr. Owens was followed by Mr. Myron I. Lowe, vice president of the State Sunday School association, who took as his subject, "Sumiay School Tactics " A thorough belief in the efficiency of the Sunday School is necessary, said Mr. Lowe, for its suc cess . Pennsylvania is in the lead in the Sundav School work, largely be cause of the quality of the men who are at the head of the movement. Mr. Lowe took occasion to pay a tribute to John W'anaraaker who is foremost in the Sunday School work of the State. No one <au appreciate the beau ties of the work uuless they are in it and have all their energies directed to its advancement. And the field for the Sunday School worker is large. At present there are about eighteen mil lion youug people under the age of twenty outside of the Sunday School. Mr. Lowe placed the blame for this great number on the lack of teacher training and the non attendance at Sunday School by church members. The adult bible class is doing a great deal toward heightening the interest in Sunday School work and starting into action the latent energy that now exists in the Sunday School and Church. Miss Martha Robinson, a Sunday School worker of Bloomsbnrg, made a few remarks urging that the Montour county association exert itself to se cure a position in the frontline of the counties where Sunday School work Is being advanced. After the addresses a short business session was held. PERSONALS Mis. George W. RoatandMrs. T. J. Swank spent yesterday with Mrs. Lewis Chestnut, Lewisliurg. Mrs. Harry Fields, ot' this city, and Mrs. P. J. Berger, of South Danville visited frieuds in Sunbury yesterday. Edwaril Edmondson transacted busi ness in Williamsport yesterday. Mrs. M. Morave, Waluut street, has returned after a visit with her daugh ter, Mrs. Auna Bastian, Sunbury. Miss Mary Orimm, of Strawberry Ridge, was a Danville visitor yester day. Walter Vannan. of South Danville, left yesterday for a visit with friends in Harrisburg. Nescopeck Signs Fifteen. Manager Patterson of the Nescopeck Susquehanna league team has signed up 15 men and states the team will be found in the running when the season opens. The players signed up include Fowler, R. Shipe, Remley.G. Splaln, H. Shipe, Hile, Smith, Gilbert, Law rence, Derr, Buss, Ed Splain, Hnnrle, Moyer and Patterson. Work will be started Thursday on getting the dia mond in shape for this season. 111 111 com Peter Dietrich, charged with shoot ing James A. Jones, who was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in Wilkeß-Barre last September, was sent enced by Judge Lynch Monday morn ing to undergo imprisonment for one year in the Luzerne county jail. This sentence following the fourth trial of Dietrich for the killing of James A. Jones in this city, it is gen erally believed, will bring this noted case to a olose. The sentence is not re garded as severe enough to bring out an appeal. Embracing the time spent awaiting trial along with the time served in the peuiteutiary Dietrich has already spent over three years in prison. The shooting took place February 13, 1906. The first trial, which was a mistrial,occurred on May 28th follow ing. lu the interim Dietrich was con tiued in the county prison. The second trial took place in Sept ember, liICG. The verdict was murder in the second degree with a recom mendation for merer. The seutence of the court was that Dietrich undergo au imprisonment in the Eastern peu iteutiary for fifteen years. The cafe was appealed, the appeal beiug allow ed as a supersedeas. The supreme court reversed the low er court and remanded the case for trial. The third trial began .Tune 8, 1907. The verdict as in the preceding trial was murder in the second degree. Diet rich was sentenced to 14 years in the Eastern penitentiary. The defense again appealed the case, but the appeal was not made a super sedeas and Dietrich was removed to the penitentiary. Meanwhile the snpreme court again reversed the lower court and remand ed the case for trial. Accordingly last spring Dietrich was brought back to Danville aud placed in the county jail. The court was petitioned for a chauge of venue, which was granted. The case was taken to the Lnzttruo county court and tried at Wilkes- Barre last September. A verdict of voluntary manslaughter was returned. A new trial was applied for and refus ed. During January, li»07, Dietrich was out on bail for a couple of weeks. With the exception of this brief period he has been-in prison ever since the shooting. The year's sentence jusr im posed extends the total time spent in durance to over four years. FOR RESISTING HEALTH OFFICER Oue ol the first arrests made in this ! section under the act of April 27,1905, ' took place on Monday, when Jacob De- Green of Derry township was arraign ed before Justice of the Peace Oglesby to answer the charge of resisting and interfering with an officer of the State board of health while in the perform ance of his duty. The information, which was lodged before the justice by A. A. Sweitzer, health officer of Derrv township, al leged that a case of whooping cough broke out in the family of the defend ant, Jacob DeGreen, and that on Feb ruary 6th, when the health offioer pro ceeded to placard the house, as requir ed by law, the defendant refused to permit him to do so and as a result the house was not placarded. The health officer reported the mat ter to the State board of health, which body proceeded at onoe to enforce the • act of assembly. On Monday Louis Jaquette Palmer, Esq., of Philadel phia,at the instance of the State board ,of health, came to Danville to confer j with Hon. R. S. Amracrmau with ref erence to the case. PeGreen's arrest followed as a sequence. ) The warrant was served by Constable William E. Young Monday afternoon. DeGreen putin an appearance Mon day evening but waived a hearing, en tering bail in two hundred dollars for his appearance at court. Section ltith of the act of April 27, 1905, provides that every person who violates any order or regulation of the State department of health or who re sists or interfeies with any officer or agent thereof in the performance of his duties shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon convic | tion thereof he punished by a line of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding oue J month or both at the discretion of the ! court. , As indicated by the arrest just made ' the State department of health is de | termined to enforce the act in all cases. Useless Luxury. A sick peasant motions feebly to his wife to approach his bedside and whin pers painfully, "I think, my dear, 1 could fancy a little broth." "My dear, what do you want of broth? Hasn't the doctor just given you op?" is. Jin HIW Mrs. Samantha Jameson,an old resi dent and a representative of a promin ent pioneer family, died suddenly at her home, West Mahoning street, at au early hour Tuesday morning. Had Mrs. Jameson survived until next Sunday she would have been eighty-seven years of age. All arrange ments had lieen made to celebrate her birthday anniversary with a supper on Saturday evening. Mrs. Jameson was a most remark able woman. She combined with a strong mentality si vigorous and robust constitution, which seemed to defy the debilitating effect of advancing years. Until the very last she was in the full possession of her faculties and retain ed her interest in the affairs of life. Her health was remarkably good for a person of her years. When she re tired Monday evening she seemed as well as usual and was in remarkably good spirits. About 1:30 a. m. she was takeu ill and at 4 a. m. she quietly passed away, death being due solely to advanced age. The deceased was the granddaughter of Oaptain Jacob Gearhart, one of the pioueers of the south side, and a sol dier in the Revolutionary war, who waß one of the two officers detailed to take charge of the transports when the American army under Washington was rowed across the Delaware on thai memorable night in the winter of 1777. In 1780, with his wife and tec chil dren, Captain Jacob Gearhart removed from New Jersey to Northumberland county, purchasing 1500 acres of land on the south side of the river,embrac ing the present Gearhart homestead on the Sunbury road. Charles Gearhart, the father of Mrs. Jameson, the deceased, was the young est son of Captain Jacob Gearhart. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Arthur Gearhart, a brother of the de ceased, served as a soldier all through the Mexican war aud also through the civil war, enlisting first when he was but fifteen years of age. In this con nection it ia proper to note that Thom as Jameson, grandson of the deceased, served in the Spanish American war. Mrs. Jameson was born in Northum berland county, but lived in Danville for over sixty years. She was the wid ow of Thomas Jameson, who died about forty-five years ago. The deceased is survived by two sons, C. A. Jameson and Frank Jame son of Danville, and one daughter, Miss Helen Jameson,of Berwick, who at the time of her mother's death was in Florida. The funeral will be Weld Friday at 2 p. ni. from the lata residence. luter ment will take place in Mt. Vernon cemetery. ODD FELLOWS' LODCiE ROY MS The improvements in tlie Odd Fel lows' rooms, city hall, are completed and nothing now remains bat to lay the new carpet, when the rooms will show np in a manner that will make them hardly recognizable and in point j of elegance will surpass nearly every other lodge room of the order in this section. Among the improvements installed is a new floor in the lodge room. In ail the rooms the woodwork was re- ; painted. The lodge room alone was re papered. The painting and papering was done by Emerson Adams. The t-talrs, the hallway and ante rooms were papered quite recently and all they needed was repainting to cause them to Bhow up in excellent style. It is in the lodge room, how ever, that the changed appearance bursts upon one like a revelation. Never has the paper hangar's art been employed to better advantage. Beauti ful designs adapted to the size and use of the room, rich harmonious colors with excellent workmanship all com bine to produce a matchless effect. A stylish new carpet, procured through J. B. Cleaver, to he laid in a day or so, will enhance the general effect. Among other improvements installed in the rooms are gas and electric light fixtures of ornamental design. At a meeting of the borough council Friday night the committee will re port on the painting of city hall on the outside. It is hoped that the report will be favorable and thatoouncll will decide to authorize the painting of the brickwork : otherwise the big building on the exterior will not conform with the interior. Qeorge Deemish, a oitlzen of Lack awanna county, is in trouble because he if) charged with having sworn false ly to the ages of two children employ ed In a Scranton silk mill. York is suffering from a natural ice famine at the present moment and feara the worst for the grilling August day*. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 Ml FIRST CfJ Ml The decorators at the courthouse are making exoellent progress. The pre liminary work is well under way and today the first coat of paint will be applied. Four decorators are employ ed. Two more will be added in a few days. The scaffolding of the court room was completed Monday. The first work undertaken was the repairing of the ceiling, which was given over into the hands cf Boyer Erothers, the well known plasterers. Fortunately the ceiling was found to be in better con dition than was expected. Only at a few spots the plastering wus found de fective and had to be removed. The places were all replasteied and the ceiling in its entirety is now as good as new. Up to the present, the decorators have been busy going over the plaster ed surface lookiug for the least crack or blemish iu the last or outer coat of paint forming the former decoration. Whenever it has been found necessary to close these long hairlike fissures plaster of paris has been applied and the resultant long irregular lines of white that zigzag over the surface crossing and recrossing each other bear witness to the enormous amount of work involved in fixing up the ceiling and the upper portion of the wall?. Four coats in all will be applied. Work on the first coat'will begin to day, On the first coat the decorations will be laid out. It will require over a month to complete the work. ALASKA AND THE ALASKANS Friday evening Rev. J. W. Kirk will give in the V. M. C. A. hall a lecture on Alaska and the Alaskans, illostrat ed with the stereoptican. The slides to be nsed, over seventy in number, are many of them beauti fully colored and comprise views of scenery about Cape Nome, and the Yukon, the famous Ohilcoot pass, the Mulr glacier aud other places of in terest. The life of the Esquimaux, their homes, dress, occupations and modes of travel, are all graphically portrayed. The homes of the Cliff Dwellers, the only remnant of this primitive people, are also shown. Mr. Kirk's intimate knowledge of this interesting country and people gained by a resideuce of over seven years places him iu a position to give a most entertaining aud instructive lecture. No admission will be charged but a silver offering will b° taken to pay the expense of slides, etc. A cordial in vitation is extended to all except chil dren under 15, for whom a special lee tare with ttie same .lldts will be giv en lat»r. The lecture will begin promptly at 8 o'. lock. OLIVER FORMALLY ELECTED SENATOR HARRISBURO, March 17. The two houses of the Pennsylvania legislature voted separately for United States senator yesterday afternoon, Qeorge T. Oliver, Republican,of Pitts burg, receiving a majority in each house to fill the unexpired term of Philander O. Knox, who resigned March 4, to become secretary of state in President Taft'i cabinet State Senator Webster Grim, of Doylestown. received the Democratic vote. In the senate the vote was : Oliver, 37; Grim, 8; Nathaniel Ewing, 1. Ab seut or not voting, 4 Mr. Weisartner, of Lawrence, voted for ex-Judge Ew ing. In the house, Oliver got 104 and Grim 31, with 12 absentees. The two houses met in joint session today, and after comparing journals Mr. Oliver was formally declared elected. Mr. Oliver will serve until March 4, 11(11. CHALLENGES PASTOR TO FIST FiCihT ALLENTOWN, Pa.. March 17. H. Sine Rice, editor of the Sieg fried Independent, has challenged the Kev. J. G. Ropp, pastor of n Reform ed church in the same borough, to a : fist fight. Some days ago Mr. Rice stated that ; of 231 signatures on license petitions, ' thirty seven were those of members of ' Mr. Rupp's congregation, and remark ed the suppression of evils should be gin in church. Then Rice alleges he waß told that the preacher said he would give §lO to the man who would thrash the editor. Rice's reply was this challenge: "I suggest that you and I engage in a flstio encounter to a finish, Marquis of Queensberry rules, in the basement of your edifice, and charge admission. The |lO you might be able to earn yourself and put into the chnroh trea sury." The townspeople are urging the past or to acoept.
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