VOL. 55—NO 15 DK. lIiVING H. JENNINGS, DKy'l IST. Office J lours .1. M.to 11 M- 104 MM St., 1 I'. M.to S I'. M. Danville, Pa. 1 SHIILTZ, M. 425 MILL ST., DANVILLK, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty IIS CONDENSED. William Brenning. a Ooatesville boiler maker fell from the top of a forty foot stank and received fatal in juries. Despondent over! illness, William Heddinger, a farmer living near New Kensington, ended his life by cutting an artery in his wrist. The production'ol'Jcake in the Con nellsville region lias shown large in creases each week for some time pust, an indication that business is picking up. Andrew Fenlon, of Ccnshohocken, has been notified that he is one of the heirs to an estate left by a brother of his mother who resided in the west. Wallace Briner, 14 years old of Chest er, was kidnaped by two men Wednes day afternoon and taken to Wilming ton. Del., whore he succeeded in es caping from his captors. Cuts in prices in family washing, amouuting iu some cases to 70 per cent, have been announced by some Allegheny laundryuieu and a tierce I rate cutting war is promised iu the steam laundry business. The power plant of the Greek coal mine near McOounell's Mills, Wash ington county, was destroyed by lire. The IOSB is $13,000 and 400 teen are made idle. It is thought a tire hug set the tilace ou tire. Mrs. Elsie A. Earuev, of Jefferson towdship, Allegheny couuty.was sued John V. Anseltn, a hoti! proprietor, for |!0,000 damages, for the death of her husband who received fatal in juries in Anseim's hotel. The record run if a Pennsylvania railroad passenger train between Har risburg and Lauoaster was made by a Buffalo express and it made the dist ance between the two points—thirty six miles—in thirty-four and a half minutes. John Homsher, the oldest postmaster iu point of service in the United States, is dead at his home in Bart ville, Lancaster county, aged 83 years. He was appointed hy President Buch anan aud he has served ever since. George L. Snyder, of Oil City, com mitted suicide by shooting, after hav ing swallowed carbolic acid. 11l health was the cause. Over 4,:00.000 Easter postcards were received and delivered by the Phila delphia postofliee forct Saturday. Northumberland county is infested with peddlers who sell cheap wares. The business men are trying to drive them out. Flour has advanced twenty-five ceuts a barrel i« Pittsburg because of the manipulation of the wheat market. Despondent because of the death of her husband, Mrs. William Houcb, aged GO.of Anster, committed suicide with a razor. Mrs. Mary Bachman, of Elizabeth town. Lancaster connty, is the owner of au Easter egg',with which she was presented sixty-one years ago. The finance committee of Lancaster councils lias directed the < ity solicitor to Collect ait taxjliens on city proper ties, even if they have to be sold. Tim statistician of the anthracite strike award has announced that the wages of the"mine workers for the month of April will he S per cent, above tin' basis. Since there is no signed agreement iniuers in the hard coal regijtj think that the oprcators. instead of ordering a lockout, will reduce wage.-, which has already been done at (several points. The Schuylkill county commission ers have completed the figures on which the duplicates for the ensuing year will be based. Pattsville valua tion haa been determined to be $7,218,- ?H9, an increase of a half million over last year. This valuation is one-sijth of the total at the entire county. There is out at interest from Potts ville a total of f!i,£B2,:i, and actual reciepts .$178,1ti7.i13. Commissioner of Fisheries William Meehan is hopeful that, he will soon be able to restock the Delaware river with sturgeon, a fish that was practic ally exterminated twenty years ago to satisfy the demand for 4 real" Russian caviare. Tront experts around Pottstown ex peot the beat season for years iu the r-f TTnrer Chester and Lower Her» D c< uut ise. - iUcmtmvr ■BEN ON JUNE ffl At a regular meeting of the school | hoard Monday eve it was decided that 1 the high school commencement be held in the opera house on the evening of | Friday, June 4th. i On motion it"was*"decided that !the ! Rev. Edward Haughton be invite'djto I preach the "liaccalaureate'"soruion tin Christ Memorial church thr" preseut year. A committee representing the senior class of the high school consisting of Mr Robinson and Misses Cloud aud Fischer, appeared before the school board asking to be informed as to the plans decided upon by the board for holding commencement—whether the class would be permitted to take charge, controlling the finances or whether the sohool board would con trol the affair, By referring to the minutes it was discovered that commencement Inst year was held in the opear liou.se and that the senior class was permitted to control the finances. No sentiment was expressed antagonistic to pursuing the same course the present year. On motion of Mr. Sechler it was ordered that the matter be referred to the high school committee,it to confer with the senior class aud report at the next meeting. On motion of Mr. Fischer it was ordered that the building an>l repair committee appear before the borough council at its next meeting and request that change be maie in the surface drainage at the Welsh hill school house, which is in dauger of being in jured by the action of the water. On motion cf Mr. Heiss it was ord ered that the found broken in the cnpola of the high school be replaced aud that the graduating class be re quired to bear the cost. On motion of Mr. Fischer it was ordered that the pupils of the schci Is be prohibited from entering the cupola of the h f gh school aud that the penalty imposed for tho violation of the order be expulsion. The following members were pres ent: Pursel, Ortli, Baih?r, Swarts, Redding, Fish, Lloyd, Flcsher, Sec.ii ler. Heiss and Oole. On motion of Mr. Redding it was ordered that ten dollars be donated to the graduating class, as on previous years,the same to be applied to liquid ating the oost of invitations for com mencement exercises. On motion of Mr. Fischer it was oriiered that the schools be closed on April :27th. the date of the Odd Fel lows' anniversary. The following bills were approved for payment: W. B. Gosh fo.ti" Welliver Hd'w. Co . . ... <5.95 Adams Ex. Co 1.40 Mara ball Publishing Oo . .. ••2.95 Smith Premier Type Writer Go 1,50 EASTER CARDS BY THE BUSHEL The post card business at the post office, Easter, far exceeded that of Christmas. The town carriers had an experience that they will not soon forget. The rush began Friday and on Saturday everything was deluged. The Easter cards did not come by thousands, but by bushels. The stamp window was open two hours Friday and duriug that time three thousand one cent stamps were sold. The purchasers were mostly in dividuals. who bought a single stamp; in a few instances a few cents' worth or even a dollar's worth of stamps were bought. It was made plain that hereafter an additional carrier will have to bo em ployed, if the mail is to bo promptly delivered ou Easter. WEATHER WAS DEL'GHTFUL The weather conditions Sunday were ideal. No more enjoyable Easter has occurred in many years. The sun i shone resplendently. The raw wind of I Saturday,gave place to a brisk breeze, { bracing in its nature, but not unpleas -1 ant. The weather conditions favored large j attendance at the churches, while in , the afternoon the streets were filled j witti proraenaders. j The services in the churches with ; out exception were impressive and I beautiful. In many places there was special music, while the sermons in spired by the occasion were master pieces, most exalted in thought and sentiment. While walking on a deserted street in Dorrancetowu, near Wilkes-Harre, the other night, Miss Anna Jenkins, of West Pittston, was attacked by a highwayman, who proceeded to gag her after whloh he robed her of a |3OO necklace and a diamond ring worth ♦l5O. DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. APRIL 15, 1909 JOKE EVANS JMED Tiie supreme court Monday handed down a decision affirming the opiuion of Judge Evans in the case cf Simon Fleishman vs. Paul P. Swentek, By thin decision Fleishman loses the goods as well as the claim for damages. The above case lias been in the courts since 1803. ill April Ist of that year Mr. Swentek leased his store room on Mill street to Dreifus9 & Go.for S4O per month payable in advance. On August 1. ISIO3, Simon Fleishman pur chased Dreifuss' stook of goods and took possession of the store room, en deavoring to enter into an agreement for the leasing of the store of Swentek. Fleishman claimed that lie had enter ed into a new monthly lease with Mr. Swentek from that time on. Swentek denied this Fleishman paid the August rent in full ta Swentek. On August 80, 1903, being Sunday night, Fleishman, it is alleged, had boxed up all the goods in the store rooin'and employed a diayman to haul them to the station for shipment. After the drayman had removed a couple of loads Swentek, hearing a noise and discovering that the goods were being removed, called up the sheriff and requested him to prevent Fleishman from removing the goods, claiming that there wete|2Bo due him for rent up to the next April. The removal of the goods was stop ped and the store lockbd up for the nigt.t. The next day, August 31, 1903, Swentek caused a landlord's warrant to be issued and the gcoaa levied up on. After due notice a portion of the goods—sufficient to pay the rent—were sold. The balance of the goods were left in the store room. Fleishman refused to take ttie balance of the goods,claim ing damages for illegal distraint. He ( (aimed that there was no ri-ut due; that he had paid his rent in full till September I, 1903. The caso was continued from time to time until February 25, 1907. On the day following a verdict was rend- j ortid in favor of the defendant. Ou September 3, 1907, Judge Evans refus ed ii new trial. Ou July 25, 1908, au j appeal was taken to the supreme court j by Mr. Fleishman, who wa> represent ed by Hou. H. M Hinckley and E. S. j (Jearhart. Mr. Swentek was represent-, od by W.lliam Kase West and Hon. Grant Herring. The case was argued before the sup reme court on Marcti 9th lai-t. Yester day the supremo court tilad au opin ion affirming the opinion of the lower court and is the final disposition of t'.e case. William Kaee West Monday receiv ed a telegram from the prothonotary of the supreme court notifying him that judgment had been affirmed. Fleishman suit for the value of the goods to the amount of $2850. If Fleishinau had recovered the amount ho claimed Swentek,uuder the law, would iiave been oompelled to pay thrse times the value of the judg ment of the value recovered Ry th» decision Fleishainn loses not only his claim for damages but also the goods which were left in the store | room and in the sheriff's bauds,having elected to recover in damages instead of taking the goods. The goods involv ed for nitt'iy years have been stored in the sheriffs office where they have at tracted considerable attention. COMPLETING" THE MONUMENT Work on the soldiers' monument, which was discontinued in December, ! was resumed Tuesday morning. By 1 the olose of next week the memorial will be completed, Mr. Amedon, construction engineer, arrived at this city Monday,and, with I a small orew of men, began work Tu ! esday morning. The granite steps on the east side of the base remain to be completed. These, together with the wide granolithic pavement on the base constitute tl.o principal part of the work that remains to be done. Mr. Amedon Tuesday explaiued that the work would require but a very short time; iu ten days, he said, the contractors would be off the ground and the spot would he cleared of der i rick,sheds and of al! the material that ; remained. This is the very best of news to our j townspeople, who are auxiousthat the monument shall be completed and tiie | park cleaned up by the date of the Odd Fellows' anniversary. After the con tractors leave a sufficient margin of time will remain to reconstruct the walks and restore the sod where in j jured by building operations. Mr. Amedon lias been confined to his home all winter. At present he requires the aid of crutches in moving about. While supervising tiie work ou the monument lust fall he injured his foot. He suffered much discomfort before leaving Danvillo, but soon aft er blood poisoning set in and for over two month* he suffered intensely. DISCOVERED A W IBM Heber L. DeWltt, of the south side, j extra operator of the Pennsylvania railroad company, who just now is fill ing a position ar Nanitooke, while ex- I ploring the West Nautiuoke mountain ' Sunday afternoon discovered a verit- j able wild man. It proved to b» a most esciting ad venture. For a long time rumors have been current that a wild man subsists on the bare anu df .oiate summit of one of the remote ranges that rise west of the river. Mr. DeWitt, however, was [ not searching for the wild man, but, with several companions, was enjoy ing an afternoon's stroll over the mountains. The weather was of the right sort for an outing, and, allured by the romantic scenery they tramped furth er and further until they fonnd them selves on Tillberry's knob, the furth est and the most solitary of the sev eral mountains that rise successively higher and higher. They were in the act of ascending j the last elevation that leads to the summit, when on looking upward, they beheld an apparition that startled them. Standing out in bold relief against the sky and calmly surveying them as they approached, was a gig antic human figure. He was clad iu rags and tatters. He was bareheaded ; his disheveled hair hung down upon his shoulders, while his shaggy heard, cut off square below his chin aa if ! with some rude implement, imparted to him an appearance of wildness and savagery, the like of which one would never expect to behold OD the moun tains of Pennsylvania Heber and his companions, however, j were determined to get ail the facts aud they resolutely approached the wild man. The latter stood his ground. As the men came up fane to face with him he uttered a defiant grunt, while his deappet repulsive eyes flashed with auger. An atterept was made, to converse with him. He emitted a series of strange sonnds, but there was no arti culated spei' I Nearby was the man's abode—an arched structure, not more than six feet long by three high, composed of branches of tiees, pieces of logs, mere slabs, and the like. It was the crudest possible kind of shelter, only large ' enough to cov r the man lying at full length. At one eDd it was open ; here it was protected by a log, over which the wild man wu obliged to crawl iu entering or leaving the hut—if no it might be called. The log at the ent rance was worn smooth indicating that the strange and pirmitlve abode had been the wild man's slmlrer for iauv years. Many persons believe that, the loue hermit on Tillberry's knob is no oth er than a man who disappeared from Plymouth years ago, a foreigner who on being wronged by a citizen of the town declared that he would hence forth have nothing to do with his fellow man but retired to the solitude of the mountains to end l.is days BASE BALL SUITS ARRIVE The new base hill suits of the Dan ville Athletic association have arrived iu this citv and are all ready to be donned by the players. The suits are very fine an'd embrace the latest featnies. They are made of Melton cloth aud are grfyish in color with brown trimmings, the caps cor responding with the suits Au entire ly new feature is the adjustable sleeve, i which is buttoned fast abont midway between the elbow and the shoulder and mav ba worn or removed at plea | sure. Tho stockiug9 accompanying the suits are brown, aud, like the latter, are of stout durablo material. Down the leg of the pantaloous ou eaoh side is a brown cord. On the top of the grey cap is a brown but.ou; tho poke of the cap is brown as well as the col j lar and tho wristbands of the shirts. Iu front of each cap is the. letter "D" [signifying "Danville," worked in brown, while on the left breast of the \ shirt is the monogram D A.A. ("Dan ville Athletic \ssociation") also in j brown. The suits, ten in number were ob tained of the Victor Sporting Goods I company of Springfield. Mass. ! The association has already signed j several players and practice games are ; being played almost daily, j The Y. M. O. A. team is practicing j regularly ou the ground below town. This team iu the past, played pretty good ball aud the probability is that } it may develop some very good materi al, which will be available in the team of the athletic association. j James D. Peck, a prominent and | wealthy resident ot West Ohester, is dead at the age of C 7 years He was an ardent snpporter of the cause of j temperance aud nas frequently a dele > gate to State prohibition conventions. ROBBERS IR Slit JAIL Sheriff Taby and County Detective Jack Glass, of Northumberland comi ty, after some of the most olever detec- ; tive work In the history of the county 1 have ronnded up three of the gang which robbed J. Madison Youglit of Mayberry township, at the point of revolvers of ?KO at his home near Elyp- j burg last'week. The men ere Anthony Zenda.of New York; Harry Katnsey, of Bnufeer PTill near Shamokin and Mike Slashie, of Springfield, that enterprising suburb of Shamokjn where occurred the mur der for which Staney Marcavitch is condemned to be hanged. The most important man trio is Zenda. He is known as a bad man, j and a number of times he haß done : strong acts on amateur nights in the 1 Shamokin theatres. When the officers j Buspected that he had a hand in the robbery they went to a boarding house • where he was known to have been staying lately, but there no trace cf him could be fonnd, and no definite information could be gleaned as to his • whereabouts. They finally got. on hia ; trail and caught him by a ruse. Through an outside party he was in- ( dnced togo to the Miners' hotel on Second street, Shamokin. Monday ' night with the understanding that there awaited him there a theatrical manager who wanted to put him on a vaudeville circuit at a large salary, j While lie was signing the contract the j officers walked in and placed him un- j der arrest. He was dressed in new clothes and seemed to have plenty of ii:ou»y He was taken to the Sunbiirv jail. Conntv Detective Glass then went to , Bunker Hill and Springfield and cap tured the other two nien yesterday morning They too were taken to jail. There is little doubt but that they are the men wanted, as knives were ; found on their persons, corresponding to weapons flourished at the time of the robbery. It is believed this is the fame gang that robbed the residences cf M- H- j Kulp and M. 11. liarr, at Edgewood park, near Shamokin, last Friday night, and they will likely be held in Northumberland county to answer that and other charges. CORRIDORS WILL BE PAINTED U. Day Kudy of . Hairibburp. v. ho j has the contiact 112 >r pali ting am) ilt uned a= decoys to draw others within the net, when tho latter was employed as a means of capturing the birds. FRIGHTENED AT A DOVE ALTOONA, Fa , April 14. Suspecting a stolid immigrant wo -1 mail of having a pccketbook that had been lost on the immigrant train by tv r Swamon, a Ohicago-bonndjboy, Immigrant Agent Joseph Nathanson tried to get it from her, tut she deni ed having it, until he told her that lie would release an enchanted pigeon; I that it would grow suddenly dark,aud ! that the pigeou would then alight on | the head of the guilty person ! After Nathanson told her he had re ' leased the pigeou the ttaiu plunged i into the Gallitzin tunnel and when it I emerged the woman was frantically waving her hands over her head to i keep the sacred bird away. She gavo j up the money. Victim of Brlght's Disease. Jstnes Edward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Livziey,died at 10:30 o'clock ' Tuesday night, after one week's ill ness of Blight's disease. Tho deceased was aged tivo years, seven months and 27 days. The funeral will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the family 1 residence in Grove's court. Interment \ in Odd Fellow's oemetery. School Room Fumigated. ' The senior secondary school of the flist ward was closed for fumigation yesterday, owing to the development ;of a case of scarlet fever among the pupils. The school will re-open this moruiug. Woman Stops Prize Fight, One determined Venango county wo man put a stop to a prize fight that ; was about to bo pulled off in a bvn, some tan miles from Oil Oity, at au | early hour the other morning. She i ordered the tighteis and their backers | to disperse, and they obeyed her. Mrs. Faul Clapp ami sou Mailiu re -1 turned yesterday after a month's visit i with friends iu Williamsport. i Mrs. Emma Ashton and daughter ! Eleanor, of Wilkes-Barre, are visiting Mr. and Mis. Alex Ashton. Cooper | street. Tamaqua is soon to have a brand I new reservoir costing about §?fi,ooo. Reading authorities have prohibited i roller skating on the public highways. ESTABLISHED IN 185 c DECORATIONS 1 ODD FEW DA) The store windows, with their dis play of stars aud stripes, aloug with the headquarters of the two decorating firms, where every inch of space is covered with flags aud bunting, begin to impart to the town quite a patriotic appearauce and indicate that in point of decorations Danville will nave an opportunity to do itself proud on the Odd Fellows' anniversary. Not only have contracts been award ed for the decorating of the court house, the city hall aud the Elks' builidug, but also for quite a number of business places of town. The work of decorating buildings will begin tomorrow, although it is not likely that niuoh will be done at the work until next week. April of late years as relates to the weather bus proven somewhat tickle and is likely to produce cyolonic winds. For inst ance decorations, no matter how well fastened, would have been torn loose in such winds as prevailed Tuesday to say nothing of the greater blow that occurred last week. To reduce the risk to a minimum the decorators will postpone hanging the flags aud bunting as long as possible, preferring workiui? overtime toward the close to beginning too early and being obliged to repair damages wrought. Owners of property and tenants who propose to do the work of decorating, themselves, will find a magnificent supply of flags, bunting. &c., on hand at the stores. With snoh au evidence of publio spirit it is hardly necessary to urge that our citizens without exception should give math attention to decora tion- on the occasion of the Odd Fel lows' anniversary. Every dwelling should display the stus and stripes. Unless the town is fittingly decorated, no matter what else is done to contri bute to the success something will be lacking aud there is much danger that the visitors will receive a bad impres sion. THE WILD MAN OP DANVILLE ; The famous wild man discovered by Heber L. DoWitt last Sunday promises to become an appurtenance of Dan ville, notwithstanding the fact that the stamping ground of the wild fel low is some thirty-flv ■ miles distant. The above will ce made quite clear when it is explained thnt the wild man is already impropriated by the base hall editors and what they w 11 not do with hi i i-> • conjecture. No less a resoui > ful b»-a ball scribe than James C. Is.iminger yesterday ex ploited the "wiltl man"in his North American stor\ on the "Mistakes ef Mackmen. " Said Ie : "Mack was a st .nil-patter after the romp of the day before, but Manager Lake of Boston recast his pilgrims. Danzig, a willowy chap, who is built on the lines of the famous wild man of Danville, Pa.. covered first iu place '■ of .Take Garland Stahl, who hurt his foot getting to the dining room of the Majestic." FISHERMEN TARRY AT HOME The rain yesterday will be a| t to j make the opening day of trout fishing a failure. Several parties, however, undismayed by weather conditions and willing to trust to luck left for the mountains last evening. Others, how ever. who were to hava gone, iu view of the rain and the flooded strea ■at, decided not to venture forth, but will i postpone their trip until more favor able weather prevails. It seemed to be the consensus of op inicu among fishermen last evening that, under the circumstances, fishing for trout except with bait has been i roiu6d for today. Where the streams are muddy and full of water the trout will not rise to ally. Neither are such conditions favorable to much success iu bait fishing. HEN'S REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT Ono of the hens belonging to Mrs 1 William Childs, Water street,last week laid an egg, which was a curiosity. In loug ciicumfertjuce it- measured nine inches ; in short circumference, seven ! inches. Its size, however, constituted its smallest claim to distinction. Aft®r keeping the egg for several days Mrs. ! Childs on Tuesday broke the shell, when to her surprise she found on the inside another egg well developed with a hard shell. The enclosed egg was as I large as an ordinary egg, the spaoe be tween it and the outer shell being fill ed with the natural contents, the yolk and white of the egg.