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.