VOL. -»S—NO 21 DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS, Office Hours A. it- to 12. M. 10i Mill St., P. M.to i M. Danville, Pa, P BIIUL.TZ, M. 425 MILL ST., DANVILLE, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. Reading ''as a resident 95 years old who claims that his longevity is due to the fact that every spring he has to nurse from eight to ten boils. At a sale of imported Jersey cattle at Coopersburg on the stock farm of T. S. Cooper & Sous 120 head realized $78,981. at an average of fi;74.08, While resisting arrest on the charge of false pretense at Shamofciu .Tohn Gabaz tried to crush Detective Walter Daubert's skull, whereupon the latter shot Danbert in the leg. Miss Laura Engle, the Kittanning dressmaker, who recently eau.e into possession of a considerable fortune through the death of a wealthy rela tive, will begin spending the wealth in the purchase of an automobile. As she turned the jet to light the gas Mrs. Lavina Philips, of Chester, was seized with a fainting spell, drop ped helpless to the floor and was as plixiated before her plight was discov ered. She was 49 years old. Henry C. Care, of Heading, a Civil war veteran who served two enlist ments is the only soldier of Reading who served a term of imprisonment in Libby, Andersonville. and Savannah, once being captured by the enemy's bloodhounds, While eating, Elizabeth Nugent, of Bnstleton, a suburb of Philadelphia, thought she swallowed her false teeth. Taken to a hospital to have an X-Ray photograph taken to locate the plate iu iier inwards when her clothing was removed the teeth fell to the floor. A doctor made a record breaking run in his automobile in getting her to the hospital. The peculiar result that attended a bump on the head received by John Cook,a miner employed at the London Mines, near Punxsutawney is puzzl ing physicians. While at work Cook struck his head against the roof of the mine and was rendered unconscious. When he was revived it was fonnd that he had lost the use of both legs. It is thought he will be psrmanently crippled owing to paralysis of certain brain cells controlling the movement of his legs. Plans are being considered by the Lackawanna Railroad company for bnilding a storage reservoir with a capacity of 25,000,000 gallons at Nay Ang. near Scranton, where it owns 110 acres of land. Four artesian wells of the company in operation there are gushing forth at the rate of 18,000 gal lons an hour. The company expects to sink ten or twelve wells before Jan uary 1, erect a pumping station and build a pipe line. The company gets its supply now from the Scranton Gas and Water company, and it hopes to have its entire supply come from its own plant by the first of the year. REHANDED TO PRISON Abram Hite was arraigned before Justioe Oglesby last evening charged with larceny. He waived a hearing and in default of S3OO bail was com mitted to jail to await coort. Hite, it is charged, on the night of May 31st was caught by Jacob Dietz and Walter Kioketts in the act of ab stracting brass valves and other art icles, the whole representing a value of £44, from the works of the Danville Foundry aud Machine company. Hite was handed over to Officer Voris by the two watchmen who had captured him. lie was placed in jail, Monday night, where lie remained until last evening, when he was arraigned. Information was lolged by Irvin Vaanau, general manager of the Dan ville Fonndry aud Machine company. Hite waived a hearing last eveuing. He was disappointed of a bondsman that he had expected to obtaiu aud was remanded to jail. To hoar the case Justice Oglesby temporarily removed his office to the county prison. MISS ANNIE WALLEZE CLAIMED BY DHATh Miss Annie Walleze died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Edward Rockefel ler, Ash street, at one o'clock yester day morning after a lingering illness. The deceased is survived by her fa ther, J. R. Walleze, one brother, Charles, of Altoona; and two sisters, Blanche (Mis. Rockefeller) and Miss Hattie Walleze of this city. The funeral will take place tomor ri .v iftHrnonn H f 2 :30 oVlnr-k from the j- sid. nck of Iv iwhtl Rwkf.H.r, Ti' r icetiT will b) private. iUontonr Amrriran. DIME ID IDE MEET Bright sunshine and gusty winds greeted the 50 high school and V. M. C. A. athletes who contested on track 1 and field at the new athletic park on Saturday. It was an ideal day, and ; the boys, spurred onto do their best Iby admiring crowds on the grand stand and bleachers, all tnade a brave i showing and were lustily cheered for each fine endeavor. Uanvillo won the meet easily, the only feared opponent—Berwick— not ; being within speaking distance from the beginning. A total of til points svere scored by Danville and 15 of the "'i gold, silver and bronze inedjils of fered in the nine events stayed at home to adorn the breasts of the local team. The Berwick team, with Frantz, their star sprinter heading the ag gregation, landed a faraway second with 24 points. In the last event of the day, Berwick won the mile relay, | takinsr for the second time the Price j challenge cup. It is required that Ber wick win the cup once more before permanent possession is given. Mil ton, with a total of 22 points, was but * Points behind Berwick at the finish. Catawissa had 3 points. 100 YAKD DASH. The JOO yard dash was run in four heats and finals, the latter affording one of the prettiest races of the day. Frantz won with Price a matter of inches behind him. It is altogether likely that Price would have won this event had not ho been penalized one yard for getting off too quick. The men qualified as follows: Ist heat, Frantz, Kase ; 2nd heat, Arndt, Price; third beat, Russell, Snyder; •Ith heat, Shumacker and Trumbower. finals Won by Frantz, Berwick; second. Price. Danville; third, Arndt. Milton; fourth, Russell, Danville. Time 10-3-.1 seconds. 120 YARDS DASH. Has won by Kase, Danville; second, Russell, Danville; third, Price, Dan ville; fourth, Arndt, Milton.'Time 16 seconds. 220 YARDS DASH. The 220 yards dash furnished anoth er pretty event. Iu the finals Prantz was given a yard at the start on ac count of being cn the outside position. After the race Price entered a protest ! claiming that Frantz had cut him out of the pole before he was the required three yards in advance. The foul was not seen by the judges and could not be allowed. The event was won by Frantz, Ber wick; second, Price, Danville; third, Russell, Danville; fourth,Distelhurst, Berwick. Time, 26 4-5 seconds. ONE MILE RUN. Buhb, a Milton man took the mile run. Ricketts, of the Danville team, was a favorite among the Danville supporters for this event. He ran strong with a pretty stride, setting the pace for the first several laps, but weakened toward the end. The event was won by Bubb, Mil lion ; second, Seybert, Berwick; third, Wohlheiter, Mltlon; fourth. Styer. : Oatawissa. Time, 4.55. FIELD EVENTS. The field events are not as spectacu lar a sight as the track, but of just as great importance and require, If any thing even more skill. The results in the field events are as follows: Shot put—Won by Ryan, Danville; second, Woolridge, Danville; third, Evans, Berwick; fourth, Kase. Dau ville. Distance 3i» feet, 2 :, . l inches. Running Broad jump—Won by Wool ridge. Danville; second, Kase, Dan ville; third, Eshelman. Berwick; i fourth, Hurley, Danville. Distance i 20 feet Running High Jump—Won by Kase, Danville: second, Trnmbower, Dan ville; third, Eshelman, Berwick; fourth, Woolridge, Danville. Height, 5 feet, 1 inch. Hammer Throw—Won by Ryan,Dan ville, second, Mitclull, Danville; third, Woolridge. Danville; fourth, j Evaus, Brewiclc. Distance, 108 feet, B'.j inches, ONE MILE RELAY. , The most important single event of the '.lay, and the one in which the greats t-interest centered for all the cont3stants on acoount of the Price challenge cup beiug, at stake, was the one mile relay racß. It was an unfortunate accident that occurred in nna of the previous races that caused Luudy Russel.one of Dan ville's fastest sprinters to snstaiu a slight sprain of the ankle, sufficient to prevent him from entering the relay. The teams ran as follows Berwick, I Eshelman,Shumacker,Shannon, Bond, Frantz; Danville, Price, Woolridge, Snyder, Trumbower, Kase; Milton, I *cott., Showers. Wohlheiter, Bubb, ; Arndt; Oatawissa.Kostenbauder.Hart man, Styers. M. Gieger, Rhawn. Ihe race rounded the course five times, a new set of contestants being started on each round. Price, first off for Danville, led at the end of his lap tjonuiiued ou 4th Page, DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. JUNE 3, 1909 BIIRII TWICE DEFEATED STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. L. P. C. I Danville 5 1 .833 ! Nescopeck 5 1 .883 Nanticofee 5 1 .833 ! Benton 3 3 . 500 ! Shickshinny 2 3 .400 j Bloomsburg 2 4 .388 i Berwick 1 5 . iti? ; Alden 0 5 .000 The morning TN'VaX ganie was played y?if at Bloomsburg the . rt f yr\ sto 3 score and I t' lo ue n " »*OUUd *.?■ I exhibition of good base ball, well re paying the several hundred rooters 1 wlio went from here to Bloom to see the contest. By way of remark it might bo noted that of the large crowd that attended the morning game at Blooms burg fully one-half were from Dan \ ville. The following account of the game j is taken from the Bloomsburg Morn ing Press of yesterday morning : The tribe of Covaleski who have been making base ball history figured | Monday morning iu putting a sprag in , the pennant aspirations of Recrea- i tion. Frank, the only one left near home, was in the box for Danville and he had the floods along. Ward, Recrea tion's most recent acquisition in the pitching department, likewise pitched a good game, but was not given quite the support the Danvillians afforded their men. Danville got busy in the fourth, while Recreation uever got awake nu til the eighth, counting once in that inning and twice in the ninth. In both innings a hit might have reversed the story of victory, but in the eighth Thomas, on first for Danville, retired the side on a circus catch. Tlio game fairly bristled with speedy plays, and some circus work was pull ed off. An exceptionally large morn ing crowd was out. Uutil the fourth the batters were mowed down in one, two, three order but In the fourth,after Olayberger had struck out, Onilauf drew a pass ; went to second on a passed ball and scored on Dooley's two bagger into left. Lewis flied out,but both runners scor ed on Covaleski's home run over the j centre field fence. Their next count came in the sixth when Olayberger singled, was sacrific ed to third by Omlaul and scored on Lewis' gronnder to Ooffmau, which he errored. Just before Ooffman had made a circus catch of Dooley's pop fly catching it after he had fallen to the ground. Their last run came in the seventh and this run they never should have had. Mackert got three strike, and then Price, missing the thrid, threw low to Reighard. Between them they lost the runner. He scored on Brown's smashing three-bagger to the left field fence. With Recreation mowed down in one, two, three order until the eighth, j the outlook was about a>> dark blue as it could well be. The truth is, it nev- i er got very much lighter. After Gear- | inger had gone out, third to first, in the last half of the eighth, Reighard singled through short. Harued struck out but Ward liftad one over the right field fence for two sacks. Ooffman drew a pass, and Reighard counted on a passed ball. Thomas made a sensa tional catch of Pngh's fly to right aud the chauce expired. Danville were ea9y outs in the ninth, but Hagemyer caused a ray of hope to illumine the countenances of the Re creation cohorts when he landed for two bases to left. Price flied out to j first and then Watkins lifted one over i the right field fence for two sacks, ] Hagemyer counting. Gearinger struck ' out but Reighard hit safely and draw ing a throw to catch him at second. Watkins scored when an effort was made to catch him off third, the ball getting away from Omlauf. Harued \ hit to second and the game was over. The score: DANVILLE. R. H. O. A. E. Thomas lb, 0 0 !• 0 o! Olayberger rf 11 o 0 Oi Omlauf :!b, 1 0 0 4 0 Dooley c, 11 12 11 Liewia ss. 0 2 a 1 0 1 Ooveleskie p, 1 2 0 2 0 1 Mackert 2b, 1 0 1 0 01 Ammermaucf .1) 1 2 0 0 Brown rf 0 1 0 0 0 ' _ _ I 3 8 27 8 1 ! BLOOMSBURG. R. H. O. A. E Ooffman 3b 0 0 1 6 1 ! Pugh ss, 0 11 1 l | Hagemyer 2b, 1 X 6 S 1 o Price c 0 0 8 1 01 Watkins If, 1 i i i o < Gerrlnger rf, 0 0 2 11 i Reichard lb, 1 2 7 o 2 Flamed of 0 0 () 0 0 Howey cf, 0 0 1 0 0 Ward p, 0 2 0 3 0 3 7 27 14 5 Danville 000301 10 o—s Bloomsburg. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2—3 Let on bases, Bloom 4. Danville 3. j Stolen bases, Thomas 2, Lewis, Clay- I ! berger. Two base bits Coveleskie i Pugh, Hagemyer, Watkins, Ward. Three base liits Brown. Home rut Coveleskie. Doable plays uiyer-Keichard. Struck ont by Ware 6, by Covelcskie 12. Bases on balls ofl Ward 2, off Covelesbie a. Passed balls,Dooley 1, Price 2. Time of game 2tlo. Umpires, Ainsworth and Apple■ ] man. AFTERNOON GAME ! In the afternoon game it certainly did look like a Bloomsbnrg walk over, 1 when the visitors took a lead in the first innings and maintained it nntil the sixth when Dauville tied at 5 to 1 ■>, and the 800 rooters were given the j pleasautest kind of a sensation when ! the locals ponuded Harned real gootl and hard during rite sixth,seventh and | eighth, netting live tallies and putting the game in the refrigerator. Bloomsbnrg had come to Danville iu the afternoon with the boast that they would take the afternoon game and in ! the first innings it looked as if they would make good their threat. Coff man was passed, Pugh sacrifice ad vancing the runner a base, Watkin got I first statiou on lulls, Gerringer lined a two bagger thru sacond sooriug Coff i man, Ward was an easy out, but Reic hard drove one to second scoring Wat kin", before Hagemyer flied out to 1 Clayberger,leaving two ou bases. Dan ville was out one, two, three. Iu the second neither side scored. Iu the third Bloom again tallied, Wat kins singled thrn second and coming home on a bat 1 throw to third. In this nnings Danville got busy for the first time. Ammerman started Danville's hitting by a pretty single over short, Dooley drew a pass. McCloud's pretty sacrifice advanced each runner a base, when Logan's clean hit to left brought two over the pan. Olavberger flied out. Lewis hit a hot one to short and beat it out before Thomas went down leav ing two on bases. There was nothing doing in the fourth. Iu the fifth two singles and A. two bagger were good for two more ruus for Bloomsbnrg. Ir was looking pretty blue when Danville came iu for the last half of the fifth. Iu this innings with two out Clayberger got to first on Hirned's error. Lewis, next up, struck out. but while he was doing it, Henuy got second on a had throw to first, took third on a pits: ! ball and tallied on auotiier passed ball. In the sixth Danville's good work started, and Bloom stopped, the latter securing but one rnn after the fifth innings. In (lie sixth Thomas started the fun by nailing one over the right Held fenoe for two bases. Ornlauf sacrificed and stole second and both scored ou Mackerl's iiit. lu the seventh Logan's single and Lewis' ;wo bagger netted one tally. lu the eighth three singles anil a sacrifice added two more to the total. The score : DANVILLE R. H. O. A. E. Logan sn .02311 Olayberger rf .10 2 0 0 Lewis 2b..... 22310 Thomas lb. 11 8 2 1 O'.uiacf 3b,. ..1 2 1 3 1 Maohert If, ... 1 2 3 0 0 Aiiinieriuan cf. ..02 1 0 0 Dooley c, 0 0 tf 3 1 McOlond p,, 1 0 0 1 0 Ooveleskie p. 1 0 0 2 0 8 11 27 13 4 BLOOMSBURG R. H. O. A. E. Coffman 3b, 1 0 1 4 0 Pugli 88, 11 3 2 0 Watkins If,. . 3 2 0 0 1 Gerriiiger rf, 0 10 0 0 Ward cf 1 2 0 0 0 Reichard lb. 0 0 11 0 0 Hagemyer 2b, .. .0 2 1 2 0 Price c 0 0 7 2 0 Harned p 0 0 1 3 1 6 8 24 18 2 Danville 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 x—B Bloomsbarg 3010 2 001 o—6 Stolen bases Danville 7, Bloomsburg 2. Two base hits Thomas. Lewis,Pugh, Gerringer. Doable play Omlanf, Thomas, Logan. Struck oat by Mc- Cloud fi.by Harned 5. Base on balls off McOloud 3.off Ooveleskie l.off Harned 3. Passed balls Price Dooley 1. Hit by pitched ball Omlauf. Time of game 2:05. Umpires, Ainsworth and AppleT man. TAX DELINQUENTS BEING ARRESTED During yesterday and Tuesday a large number of delinquent tax pay ers of town were arrested at the in stance of J. P. Rare, the retiring tax recoiver. Thus far all have paid arrearages or given orders for the amount on persons or firms for which they are working. Besides the amount of tax due each man arrested has to liquidate the con stable's charges of one dollar, which appreciatively augments the amount that the delinquent is out of pocket. The arrests are being made by Con stable W. E. Young, who is accord ingly a very busy man. Enviable Record. Miss Margaret Kapp, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Foster Kapp, Ash street, and a graduate of the grammar school of the fourth ward has the enviable record of not having missed a day or been tardy during the eight years she has attended school. ID M FOR 1 Fill luL hail to the fire -7 men, who will _ 112 or uis h the ville's series of i"' notable events during 1909. With the dedication of the Montour county soldiers' monu ment past the interest of the people hereabouts centers in the annual con vention of the Six-County Firemen's association which will be held here next week, starting on Tuesday, and continuing for three days, ending on Thursday with a mouster parade. The "plans and specifications" for the event, as arranged by tfie local committee.are such as to indicate that it will be a time such as tiie town never witnessed before. Already Sec retary John (i. Waite is in receipt of notifications from 40 companies, that will be here to participate in the mon ster parade on June 10th, and these will have with them 22 bands, and 2 drum corps. And even this remark ably large showing does not represent a cr.inplete list of the organizations that will be present, for a number of fire companies that have unofficially expressed intention of being here have not yet informed the committee of the time of arrival on the blanks furnish ed for that purpose. COMPANIES COMING. The following list of companies and bands have notified the committee that they will be here to participate in the parade From Hazleton—Pioneer Fire com pany with Liberty band, Diamond Eire company with Federation band, East Eud Fire company with St. Anne's band, West Hazleton Fire Co , ; No. 1 with Colonial band, lth Ward Fire Co , No. 1. McAddo—Keystone Fire company, No. 1. Shenandoah —Rescue Hook and lad der company with band, Colombia HOSB company with band. Plymouth—Elm Hill HOBS company, No. 3 with combination chemical eng ine. liloomsburg—Friendship Fire com pany No. 1 with Catawiesa band, Winona Fire company with band, Re scue Hook and Ladder company with band, Liberty Fire company with bend. Parsons—Parsons and Ladder company. Nanticoke—Hauoyer Hose company, Lape Hose company, No. 2. Girardville Girardville Hose com pany, No. 1 with band. Dunmore—Electric Engine company Snnbury—Sunbnry Steam Fire Eng ine company. No 1 with Gaskins mil itary band, Washington Fire company with combination wagon, Friendship Hose company with hose wagon and band, Goodwill Hose company, Amer icas Hose company with hose wagon. Mt. Oarmel—Anthracite Steam Fire I company with the engine and band. ) Shamokin—Liberty Hose company, Rescue Hose company. Milton—Fifth Ward Fire company and band. Berwick—Defonder Fire company, j No. 3 and band, West Berwick Hose I company, Ranger company No. 2 and band. Reliance Fire company. Pottsville—Yorkvile Hose company, ; No. 1. I Ashland—American Hose company No. 1 and band, Washington Fire | company No. 1 and band. Kingston—Engine aud Hose com pany No. 1 and draw uorpy Tamaqua—Americas Hcsa rampacy No. 1 and band. Pittston—Eagle Hose Co. with a drnm corps. As arranged now the parade will i march in live divisions. In the fifth j division will appear the Danville Fire ; department of five companies headed by Calhoun's military band, of North umberland and with the Mechanics ville band and Washington drum corps as auxiliary mnslcal organizations.' CHIEF MARSHAL VINCENT Thomas G. Vincent has been chosen by the committee as chief marshall of 1 the parade. As yet the aides have not 1 been selected nor the line of march de cided upon The parade will move at 1:30 FIGHT FOR 1010 CONVENTION One of the features of the conven tion will be the fight that will be made for the next convention. Shenan doah will make a try to secure the llilii meeting, sending two companies to Danville for that purpose. These will arrive with their bands early in the week, probably on Tuesday. It is rumored that Dnnraore and Oarbon daie.also, will be out for the next con vention. Other contests that will af ford excitement during the [week will be the rivalry among the prominent members of the association for elec tion to the different offices. PROGRAM OF EVENTS. Over .'iOO members of the association Continued on 4th Page. HINT DEDICATION On Monday Memorial day was ob served over the length and breadtti of the land. The soldiers' graves were decorated with flowers; orations were delivered and at many places statues or monuments erected to the memory of the nation's heroes, were nuveiled in the presence of reverential crowds. It is safe to affirm, however, that no where did Memorial day exercises mea sure up to greater success or abound in deeper significance than in Dan ville. It was, indeed, a proud day for the veterans of Montour county,especially | for the soldiers' monument committee, which after so many years was per mitted to enjov in such a signal man ner the full fruitage of its plans and ! labors. Everything seemed to con ; tribute to the success of the event. The weather was delightful. The sky, ( without portending lain, was slightly 1 overcast with clouds, so that the sun was shorn of much of its power. Ev j arywhere was harmony and a coopera tion, which made failure whether in the parade or in the exercises at the monument, impossible. THE PARADE. The program was faithfully carried out. The parade was a colossal feat ure, the largest ever seen in Danville on Memorial day. It was even larger than was expected. Company K, 12th regiment, N. G. P. of Sunbury,joined the demonstration, and together with the National Guard and the G. A. R. of Danville, imparted to the occasion quite a military aspect. The members of eleven different camps of the P. O. S. of A., some four hundred in number, marched in the parade. It was an imposing array, indeed. Be sides Danville and Riverside, were represented camps trom the following towns: Sunbury, Northumberland, Milton, Newlin, liloomsburg,Shamok in Dam, Light Street, Fowletsville, and Washingtouville. The visiting members of the P. 0. S. of A. were gueßts of Danville camp No. 364 and were furnished with dinner at the Farmers' hotel, North Mill street, now closed, which had been rented for the day by the looal camp. The pupils of the public and par ochial schools, accompanied by their teachers, marched in a body and con- | stituted an interesting feature of the third division, With thevxeeption of the high school all the pupils of the schooli were in the parade. With Dr. P. C. Newbaker as chief marshal and T. Hurley Benfield and N. Elmer Sidler as aides,tiie different org tuizstious marched in the order designated in the line of match,which was printed in these I'-duunis nl ug with the program on i'ri iay uicrniuu. The parade formed au i;isj ritik' s" c tacle. A VAST CONCOURSE. There were many strangers iu Dan ville. They came ou the rfgu : ar trains as well as by trcllev—the latter chiefly from Bloomsburg, Berwick and other nearby points. During the parade the sidewalks were crowded. It was at the park, however, that the congestion was most marked. From the moment that the first division of the parade ar rived until the addresses were over j there was a perfcet jam of people. The j crowd occupied all the space in the ! churcti grove as well as on the two i sidewalks of Bloom street and on the j walk in the park leading up to the 1 monument. There were thousands of people on the spot. MEMOKIAL ADDRESSES. The program opened with singing ! "My Country 'Tis of Thee," the bands accompanying. Rev. W. C. Mc- j Cormack, D. D., pastor of the Grove j Presbyterian church, offered prayer. Hon. James Foster introduced the Rev. L. D. Ulrich,pastor of the Trin- j ity Lutheran church, who delivered the memorial address. Mr. Ulrich is recognized as one of the rising orators of this section. It is safe to affirm that his address Monday was never surpass- ( ed by any delivered iu Danville. From begiuuing to end the speaker revealed a deep sympathy with the I veterans—a sympathy with the prin- i ciples for which they fought and a sympathy with them as they face the , issues iu the days of peace. This sym- I pathy was clearly revealed in his ar- ! raigument of the legislature for refus ing to enact a bill providing a State pension for soldiers. Never did the veterans hear the scenes of battle and camp described in such graphio terms nor hear their deeds eulogized more eloquently than in Mr. Ulrich's address. The discourse took in the entire scope of the great conflict, drawing lesson after lessou from the issues to show that the hand of God was in it all. DEDICATORY ADDRESS. At the conclusion of Mr. Ulrich's addresß Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart, who was booked for the ded , icatory address, was introduced by , Hon. James Foster with some com- ESTABLISHED IN 185 Ci" plimentary remarks relating to 'liis military record. As the occasion Monday was a me morable one so General Stewart's ad dress, in scope, in eloquence, in senti ment and the general appropriateness of the thoughts expressed, lias gone on record as one of the best and most stir* J ring discourses ever heard in Danville. Leaving out the fabulous wars of antiquity the civil war, the speaker said, in tiie enormous area involved, the number of soldiers engaged, the lives and treasurers sacrificed, was the greatest conflict that ever took place in the history of mankind. As a great oivil war it waß the test of republican ! government. It was not local in its nature. The entire civilized world was looking on—in suspense. It was not a war of one nation; it was a war oi tlio iicmau race. Tiie importance aad the true glory of the victory achieved, therefore, can be measured only by considering what was at stake. The object of prosecuting the war, the speaker said, was distinctively the preservation of the Union. The free ing cf the slaves was incidental The speaker paid a magnificent tri bute to the soldiers of Pennsylvania. They were the most stubborn fighters and the determining factors in the bat tle of Gettysburg and scores of other hard fought engagements. This sug gested our own county and General Stewart paid the same glowing tribute to the soldiers that went out from lit tle Montour. At this point, after speaking for about an hour, General Stewart made his first allusion to the soldiers' monument. Addressing the citizess of Montour county he most effectively enlarged on the thought that after the lapse of years when many still survive that 'participated in the great war those of another generation, who share in the benefits of a united country and of liberty and equality firmly estab lished, iu recognition of the heroism and sacrifice of the soldier have reared a costly memoral on which Jhis deeds are inscribed and his came perpetuat ed. * Turning to the monument and dwel ling upon its elegance, its stately pro portions, he contrasted it with a me morial reared to the great Napoleon. The latter, he said, perpetuates the ! memory of one man, great in arms, who made a continent tremble. Our soldiers' monument he said, magnifies the career of no one man. but of every soldier of Montour coun ty that fought in the civil war. It has nothing to do with the principles that made Napoleon great—with conquest nor empire. It stauds for the pure principles of freedom and equality and tells of deeds that perpetuated a repub lic that guarantees to each and every one his individual rights. It will eudure.the speaker eloquent ly affirmed, for ages—iu the time of our children and of our children's ohildren. It will ba unto the far in. ture a message from the past, a mess age of love aud memory, teaching les sons of patrioti-;n. THE DED! AT ION. In conclusion very impressively aud very dramatically Geueial Stewart de dicated the monument to the great principles of patriotism and freedom to the great republic of America and to the memory of the soldiers who fought to quell rebellion and preserve the Union. In conclusion on oeuaif of the com mittee and Post No. 2-', G. A. R.,and of the peaple of Montour county Hon. .lames Foster, Chairman, tendered to the care of the borough of Danville the monument just dedicated, hoping that it would be zealously guarded and preserved in memory of the men who fought for the preservation of the Union. The exercises closed with singing "The Star Spangled Banner. " TO BE UNFURLED FOURTH OF JULY Frank E. DeLong, a former resident of Danville, has notified the soldiers' monument committee that he intends to present the borough with n beauti ful flag to be unfurled in Memorial park on July -Ith. Mr. DeLong made his iuteution known to Sam A McCoy, a member of the committee,during a stroll iu the park following the dedication ou Mon day Noting the absence of a flag he quickly decided to supply the defici ency, at his own expense. Turning to Mr McCoy he remarked that he would purchase a flair and pole for the park, spending one hundred dollars for the same He will cause the flag with the pole to be shipped to Danville as soon as possible. He expressed a desire that the flag be unfurled on Fourth of July; also that the soldiers' monument com mittee select the site. Mr. DeLong's generosity will be the better appreciated when it is explain ed that he was a liberal contributor to the soldiers' monument fund. He is very well pleased with the handsome memorial and asked Mr. McCoy to convey his congratulations to the com mittee both on their selection of a site ; and the design and beauty of the monu | ment.
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