Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, August 19, 1909, Image 1

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VOL. 55—NO 3]
DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
OJfire Hours
A. to 12 M. 104 Mill
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p SIU I.TV., M.
425 Mill St., Dasville, Pa.
diseases of the Stotnacli and Intestines
a Specialty
ITEffIS CONDENSED.
WANTED :—Local agent to advertii v
uii,! uemduee [lie new educational
work WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY and
ATLAS of the WORLD. Must ba edu
cated and able to furnish good refer
ences as to ahilirp ami character. THE
SA ALPIELD PUBLISHING COM
PANY, AKRON, OHIO.
A car of Inmber collapsed at Lavellt
and fell on Oscar Voder, killing him.
Some of the hotel men at Mercers
brag have been prosecuted for selling
three bottles of beer at a tima to one
customer.
The prisoners :u the work hous3 at
Clareinont, Allehgeny county, are
kept busily engaged in building the
walls of an addition to the edifice.
The forest fires in the vicinity o'
Williamsport are now all under con
trol. but are not yet out, and require
the efforts of 300 men to fight them.
Samuel Darkns, a cigar manufact
urer cf Mackville, Berks county, kill
ed himself by shooting at Freeland.
Unrequited love is alleged to be the
cßUse.
There are more alleged ballot frauds
in the Schuylkill onnty primary elec
tions reported. The Patriotic Order
Sons of America in a recent meeting
decidad o join the fight to purify the
ballots.
A lamp exploded at the home of
Ralph Detwilerat Vandergrif-t Height
and as the resnlt the house is badly
damaged, one child is dead and anoth
er is dying, while the mother sustain
ed severe burns.
A meeting will be held in Pittsburg
on Monday to consider the advisabili
ty of building a tunnel or bridge to
cross under or over the Mouongahela
river to couaect the city proper with
South Hills.
A dog owned by Stephen I, Ham
mond, who is dead in Chester and
who adopted the animal a few years
ago, when it had a broken leg, made
frantic efforts to jump alongside the
master when he was dying. Now It
hovers near the death chamber, refus
ing food.
Thieves who entered the hardware
store oi Price & Striet at Rochester,
stole a half dozen revolvers and some
ammunition and then set fire to the
building, causingf:;,ooo damage.
Seven persons are mysteriously mi-s
--ing from home in the vicinity of
Wilkes-Barre and resist all efforts of
the police or their relatives to locate ,
them.
Howard Curl, of Darby, has a sun
flower measuring twelve feet in his
garden. It is the biggest plant of that
species ever grown in that section and ,
naturally is attracting much atten
tiOJ.
Three thousand strikers of the Press
ed Steel Car works attended the fun
eral of Steve Horvath, a striker, who
was killed in an attack on Major
Smith, a colored man, at McKee's i
Ro'ks, on Thursday.
Fifteen election officers and the i
Democratic members of the board of
ooanty commissioners are under arrest
as the result of the wholesale investi- '
patious being made in the alleged
Schuylkill county election frauds.
Eucks county firmers in the vicin
ity of Warrington and Chalfont are
beginning to wonder whose barn will
go next as the resnlt of the depreda
tfons of a Sre bag who has been ex
ceedingly active in that rp„''on is.'elv
An anto skidded at the eu'rnnce ro
Pairmonnt park, in Philadelphia, and
overturned. As a result the nhaffeur,
James Dngau. was caw ;ht mder the
machine and had his life rushed out,
while three other occc..iauts wer« in
jured
Mrs Marie Scherer, asert 7o years,
was fonnd dead in the Allehgeny riv
er near Pittsbnrg. She is thought to
have committed suicide while de
spondent over a quarrel with her -on
in law over the bnrning of some pap
ers.
A thousand delegates are expected to
gather in Pittsburg at the convention
of the United Boys' Brigade of Am
erica to he held October 1, 2 and 3.
Preparations are being made for the
biggest meeting in the history of the
organization.
Determined to stop the number [of
mine disasters there has been a rescue
station established at the South Wilkes-
Barre colliery at Wilkes-Barre. One
feature is the Installing of six helmets
into which oxygen ran he pnroped end
with which a miner can enter a gas
filled mine with impunity.
01 CHANCES
NEVER BETTER
Result of Saturday's Games
Danville 3; Nanticoke. 1.
Nesoopeok, !(; Bloomshnrg, 4.
Shioksliinny, 5; Berwick, 1.
Bentcn, 7; Alden, ti.
STANDING OF ThE CLI'BS.
W. L. P.C
Nauticoke ...14 4 .778
Danville .13 4 .705
Shickshinny JO 8 .836 I
j Nescopeck )) .500
Bsnton 8 'J .471 ;
Bloomsbnrg 7 10 .412
Berwick <> 12 .833
Alden 4 1 5 .211 !
Those Bloomsburgers who for the !
last week have through their local
n»w« sheets been ciuehiug Saturday's
t;.»iu with Nescopeck for themselves |
and counting on a sure defeat for Dan
ville at the hands of the league lead
ers must have much the same feelings
now that the aged lady who counted
. her chickeus before they had broken
the shell. Pardon us please if we
smile audibly.
Never having been iu quite the same
position and standing ourselves we
can't perhaps appreciate their feelings
righty, nut we extend onr heartfelt
sympathy.
Manager Hoffman's pennant chasers
never felt more like hunting the nails I
to tack np the pennant,and witii some
reason. Never has the team worked so
splendidly. Nanticoke has played one
more game than Danville and both
have lost four. We have an idea that
by Saturday next Danville and Nanti
coke will be tied for first place.
One strike ! two strikes!! Batter oat
Sach was the sporting music tnat
fell,with harmony on the ears of two
thousand fans Saturday afternoon
when the locals lowered tiie aspira
tions of the anthracite sluggers for
first place in the race of the Susqne
hanua League. Probably, never in
the'bistory of.,base ball iu Danville,
team play such ball, and
never was a local team given the ova
tiou and enthusiasm as were the
"Browns" in aid of their death-deal
ing the slate pickers of South
ern Wyoming Valley. Nanticoke was
there with a special train carrying two
hundred rooters; Danville was there
wih two thousand fans; the photog- j
rapherjtoo, was there, and evidently
cnrejof s what Danville was going to do
struck off the faces of the bunch of
which Danville is prond. "Pinky"
wasjthere with the goods and Dooley
accepted them as they were delivered ;
Welsh, with ease and grace was a
prize first-sacker; Livengood took a
safe) one anil accepted everything; ;
Umlauf opeued the three-bag raea ; |
Hess starred on Coveleskie's excusable
error ; Koehler pulled down the only
one that'eame his way; Mackert fool
ed the left fielder with a "dazzler,"
and Metzler had oue of the three home !
touches one of the safe ones and cap
ped tiie climax with a hair splitting
| catch off of center field fence with a
gentlemanly apology to the splinters |
on the rough side of hemlock board.
President William L. McCollum of
the Susquehanna Leagne who witness
ed the'pame stated that the game was
the best and cleanest exhibition cf
amateur baseball lie has ever seen. He
spoke particularly of the work of
Hess at third.
It was a pitcher's battle from first
to lust; the locals only getting four
safe ones and 'Pinky" was only
touched for three. During nine inning
tlie cleanest and fastest ballwas play
ed by both sides, Danville .having a
little the better of the game from j
I every standpoint.
Lehr far Nanticoke took the bludg
eon in hand Sr-t Coveleskie just for j
fun passed, him to first. Evans fouled j
to Dooley, aul Le ir was caught on
first for one of the two double plays
early in tha game that got the goat of
the visiting league leaders. Brannon
f'ird oat to Koehler ending the first.
In Danville's half, Hess struck out. ;
Mighty iittle Umlauf carefully fondl
ed his trmtv bludgeon faced .Tenkins j
and promptly a clouted out a joy pro
ducer that awoke the crowd some.
When the smoke cleared away Umlanf
grinned on third. He scored on Bren
ncn's passed ball. Jenkins struck out
; Walsh and Dooley iu order.
In the second Shemauski for Nauti
ooke struck out. Walsh was bit on the
arm. Murray next up shoved down a
grounder to Coveleskie who threw to
' Umlauf at second who threw to
Walsh—being a narrative of Danville's
1 second double play in as many innings
Danville went out in order.
In the fifth Nanticoke tied the score,
112 i Murray got a base on balls, Buskirk
, : sacrificed, Haley struck out, Murray
. scoring on Umlaut's misjudgement
3 ' of .lenkin's grounder. After this dire
, feat, the slate piokers failed to get a
I man to the second bag the remainder
8 , of the game. Coveleskie owned the
gauie and passed etc cp as •!»»•>
DANVILLE- ;PA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 19, .1909
please;!.
Not to be outdone the local boys col- i
lected two runs and filled the league
leading layout with despair.
Y air, that bad, and it happened
thusly: Livengood hit to right field,
Koehler struck out, Livengood was
caught trying to steal second. With
two out and things looking shaky
Metzler beat out a grounder to first.
following, hit a high fly
which left fielder Lehr failed to get.
and circled to second.Metzler scoring.
Hess, next up, got his base on balls,
stole sacond and on the play. Mackert
scored. Did tiie crowd applaud—no
they just made n noise like a millicn
and tore their hair. Umlauf struck
out reiiriug the side.
This ended the liooring. In the ninth
Nauticoke catne to bat with bad in
tentions, they were desperate and well
they might be. The prized rag was
slipping away from them, and they
thought they owned it. Already they
had received notification of said fact
by soma thousands of rooters and it
was do or die—and they died. Not in
tentionally, my no, chief undertaker
Coveleskie and first assistant Metzler
assisted In the demise Shewnnski 1
drove a long fly to Metzler. Walsh
laid a grounder to and was
thrown out at first. Murray next up,
hit one of "Pinkie's" choiea onesl
which caused two thousand odd fans to
gasp. It in the air
selecting center field fence as the most
distant point and made directly for
it. It sure looked good for a homer.
"Reds" who isn't married was on
tlie job however,and with a Marathon
run beat it to the fence and with a
mighty slap tiiat made a noise in
league circles, plastered it against
the boaids anil the came was over.
Sweeney—wen lie spoke for himself
He's all there and lie's cn the
job every minute.
The score:
DANVILLE.
K. H O. A. E.
Hess, 8b 0 0 0 8 0
Umlanf, ss l l l 8 11
Welsh, lb 0 0 11 0 0
Dooley, c . .0 0 10 1 0
Coveleskie, p.. .. 0 0 0 3 1
Livengood, 5b ...... 0 1 1 2 0
Koehler, rf 0 0 1 0 0
Metzler, cf , 113 0 0
Mackert, If .. .. 11 0 0 0 i
Total 4 27 12 2
NANTICOKE.
R. H. O. A. E. I
Lehr, If .0 0 1 0 01
Evans, cf 0 1 O 0 0
Rrannon, c ... . 0 0 13 2 0;
Shemauski, 3b .. 0 0 1 0 0
Walsh, lb ... 0 0 6 0 0 !
Murrav, 2b 1112 0
Buskirk.rf . 0 0 O 0 Oj
Haley, ss ....... 0 1 2 11
•Tenkins, p 0 0 0 2 0
Total 1 3 24 7 1
Nanticoke 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 o—l
Danville 1000 2 000 x—3
Sacrifice Hits, Umlauf. Bnskirk
Stolen Bases, Hess 2. Double Plays,
Dooley to Welsh, Coveleskie to Um
lanf to Welsh, Brannon to Haley.Two
Base Hits, Mackert. Three Base Hits,
Umlauf. Struck out by Coveleskie, it;
by Jenkins'lS. Bases on Balls, Off
Coveleskie 3, off Jenkins 2 Hit by
Pitched Ball—Hess, Walsh. Passed
Ball, Brannon 3. Left on Base, Dan
ville 4. Nanticoke S. Umpire. Sween
ey. Time ofjgame.9l .55.
WON 30-LOST 11
Saturday marked the forty third
game played this season by the locals.
Ous of the forty three they have won
thirty, lost eleven, tied oua with
Shickshinuy and have one to play with
Bloocosbnrg. The record is an excel
lent one and speaks rather well for a
team that [has been in the field some
thing les3 than a season. Are we
awake to the kind of stuff we are us- 1
ing to play ball? Keep your eye on
tho youngsters and after they grow
older, so to speak, maybe they'll make
-rime baseball noise that yon won't
have to listen to hear.
RAILROAD OFFICERS
CHASK TRAHPS
The Pennsylvania 'railroad police
froji Williamsport -and Snnbury as
sembled iu the latter place on Tues
day afternoon, and then went to the
location of the work of the new rail
road yards at Northumberland for the
purpose of driving away the large
number of tramps who are making
their headquarters at that place. These
tramps have been loitering around the
work and have become a nuisance,
bagging on the streets of Northumber
land and getting drunk and creating
many disturbances. Stealing through
out the town has become nightly oc
currences and women are insulted
evrry day when they refuse to give
the tramps food or clothing. The
tramps have knowledge that the work
-1 tnen are to be paid within the next
! few days' time and are congregating
iu large numbers. The railroad police
will make a trip to the work every
day and keep chasing the tramps away.
! The Pittsburg telephone companies
j have to their sorrow fonnd out some
i thiug new about the Lincoln pennies.
; These coins make the telephone slot
machines work just as well as nickels
| and the publio has with its usual sharp
-''ttady found this out.
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The contract for the Cotner bridge, ;
the largest of the finr let by the
county on Saturday, was awarded to
the Nelson Merydith Co., of Cham- j
bersburg, the price being $1097. The
bridges at Sheddon's, 011 Back ruu
nnd at Mnffley's weru awarded to
Owego Bridge coiupauy at $33(1, €315,
and $742 respectively.
There were nine firtiiH biddius rep
resented as follows. F. A. Kase.Unit
ad Construction Co.. Albany, N. Y. ;
J. 8. Mcllvaiue, Mcllvaiue & Co.,
Chambersburg ; J. M. Whitley, Owego
Bridge Co.. Owego. N. Y. ; Thouias
Haines, Beou Bridge Co., Beaver
Kails; Will Buchanan, Buchanan
Bridge Co , Chauiborsbnrg ; Boyd A.
Mnsssr, York Bridge Co., York: J.
B. Loiik, Nelson Merydith Co..Cham
bersburg; C H. Reimard, Blooms
barg aud George NY. Rockwell, of
Sunbury.
Notwithstanding tiie keeu rivalry
and competition existing among the
bridge companies, the representatives
when together prove a jolly and con
geuial lot and seem to enjoy tiie oc
casion of a letting. Each man had
bidden according to his Judgment
with an eye single to his company's
interest and that he should lrse iu
view of the multiplicity cf bidders
was probably rather to be expected
than otherwise. Our county will have
several other bridges to build vet this
season and the bridge tr.en will be
lack again in a shcrt time.
Bids were invited only for the sup
erstructure of the bridges. Separate
coutracts will be awarded for the
substructure or stone work.
The bids submitted Saturday were
as follows .
\el9on Merydith Co.—Bridge at
Corner's sl(".'7;at Mnffley's, #814;
Back's J n. $339; Sheddon's, $379.
Owog Bridge Co.—Cotner's, 91143;
Muffler's, -*742; Buck's run, |315;
Sheddon's. #330.
United Construction Co. Oatuer'a
$1300; Mnffley's, $860; Buck's run,
|:S39; Sheddon's $422.
Mcllvaiue & Co. —Cotner'B, $1440; 1
Muffle-y's, s'.<Bo; Buck's ran, $470;
Sheddon's, $522.
Benn Bridge Co.— Corner's $1437;
Mnffley's, $935; Back's ran, $485;
Sheddon's, $4 19.
Buchanan Bridge Co. Cotuer's,
$1!49: Muffler's, $761; Buck's run,
$394; Sheddons, $374.
Georce W. Rockwell —Cotner V$l?8l>;
Mnffley 's, $1 >9B ; Buck's run, |359 ;
Sheddon's $487.
C. H. Reituard of Bloom6i rg bid
for the substructure and superstruct
ure complete, as follows Cotner's,
1572.60; Mnffley's, $806.50; Bock run,
$694.10; Sheddon's. $6!<0.10.
The York Bridge company p:it in a
bid for only one bridge.that at Buck's
run. The figure was $525.
The contract for tiie Cotner bridge
was accordingly awarded 10 Nelson
Merydith Co. and tiie contract for the
other three bridges to the Owego
Bridge Co., these tirms being the low
est.
Nelson Merydith & Co.. to whom
the contract was awarded for con
structing the bridge at Cotner's. is the
fiim that built the bridge over the
Chillisqnaque at Washingtonville last
year. The firm is represented by J. B
Long, who iias made many friends at
Danville and throughout Montour '
county on the oocasion of his visitß.
The Owego Bridge Co., to which '
were awarded the contracts for the
other three is.-naller) bridges never did
any work for the county before, al
though on several occasions they ap
peared as unsuccessful bidders.
BIDS FOR SUBSTRUCTURE.
On next Saturday the contracts will
be awarded tor the stone work of the
several bridges, to be built. In each ,
instance work on the superstructure
will begin as soon as the ahntments
are ready. They will all be c.mpleted
this summer.
COLONEL CLEMENT
RE-ELECTED
Charles M. Clement, of Sunbury,
was re-elected commander of the
1 Twelfth regiment. National Guard of
Pennsylvania, at a meeting of the line
1 officers of the regiment held at. Sun
' bnrv Tuesday evening in the armory
of Companies E and K. The election
j was conducted by Brigadier General
jC. Bow Dougherty, of Wilkes-Barre,
commander of the Third brigade.
I At the organization cf the National
1 Guard of Pennsylvania in October
Colonel Clement will likely be made a
: brigadier general, either of the new
I brigade, then to be formed, or to suc
ceed General C. Bow Dougherty, who
will likely succeed Ma.ior Ueneral
John A. Wiley, of Franklin, as divis
ion commander.
It is personal interest that makes
any enterprise win.
DROUGHT 10KEN
HHT ll
! The prolonged drought, the most
' severe since 1880, whs effectually brok
|en by a rain which continued from
I 9 :30 o'clock Monday night until day
light Tuesday morning. The rain was
general.
The refreshing effect was not only
apparent on vegetatiou but also 00
humanity, whose spirits took a swift
rebound from the discouragement and
depression caused by the drought to
the height of hopefulness and good
spirits. The farmars in market Tues
day morning were a happy lot. To
them the rain meant something more
tliau the mere settling of the dust aud
tiie bringing about of conditions more 1
conducive to personal comfort. To the i
farmers the rain is a matter of dollars
and cents, as it came iu the nick of
time to rescue several of the crops
that seemed doomed to destruction.
It is surprising how much good the
rain really did on the fartus. A num
ber of marker people were heard to ex
press themselves on the subject. All
agreed that the coru will be enormous
ly benefited. Several causes have con
spired to retard the growth of this
crop and it is in a backward state.
Unless frost appears early, corn will
have a fell mouth in which to mature.
As the effect ct tiie rain there may
still be a fairly good coru crop.
Where the potato viues are still
green potatoes may grow a little but
112 armers Tuesday seemed to agree that
the outlook for this crop is rather
dark. Tomatoes , cabbage aud garden
truck in general will bo greatly bene
fited. Pasture will be revived, while
buckwheat, tnrnir>, &c., will have a
splendid chance.
The rain while heavy at no time
approached a downpour. Tiie thirsty
eartli drank it up as it fell and at no
places were the dra:ns and gutters ov
ertax.'l There was no perceptible rise
ou the river Tuesday, although there
was quite an accumulation of muddy
water in Mahoning creek, while Bliz
zard's run, which had become quite
dry, was set runniug again. At most
places the rain sank into the ground a
trifle over plow-deep.
It was the first good rain that we
had for at least two mouths. The fall- J
ing rain was a novelty that all enjoy
ed. Tuesday morning the deep durt
so long a nuisance iiad given place to
mud nnd water on our streets nnd high
ways, but even this proved a refresh
ing change after the long drought.
The grass on the lawns aud in Mentor- j
ial park has already taken ou a green
er color: where eutirelv dead it has
begun to show signs of sprouting out
again. It will undoubtedly he but a
few days uutil all effects of the drought
have vanished.
BERWICK BOY
MAS DISAPPEARED
No traces Dave yet been found of
Raymond Porter, a Berwick boy who
disappeared on Friday last, from tiie
home of Daniel Longenberger at Ber
wick. Leaving the house about 8
o'clock nothing has since been seen or
! iieard of him. He had been sent to
th 6 home of Mr. Longenberger about a i
year ago by Miss Helen Holloway, of
the Humane society, and has alway
been well treated and never uttered
the least complaint, which fact makes '
' the mystery of his strange disappear ;
aaes so much tha more scrange.
As soon as he was missed by the !
family a search wa- at tuce instituted j
and though the police In all of the
surrounding towi.s have beeu notified '
nothiug lias since been learned of him.
He is described as being about four
feet six inches tail au;l has coarse |
browu hair. He wore at the time he '
left a blue and white shirt, no coat. !
j blue overalls aud a chip straw hat.
Any information will be appreciated
by Mrs. Holloway, of 1408 Front
street. Berwick. Word can be sent by
Bell 'phone.
THAW RETURNED
TO MATTEAWAN
Harry Thaw returned to Matteawun
yesterday. He had to purchase an ad
ditional grip to carry all his belong
! ings from White Plains. As it was, he
threw out several hundreds of letters
most of which were from cranks and
women.
The Thaw fnmily.it was learned to
day, will make an attempt now to have
Ttiaw released from Matteawau aud
committed to the custody of his rela
tivea. They will agree never to let
him out unless accompanied by a mem
-1 bre of the family or a special attend
-1 ant. ,
' ; A charter has been applied for for
' j the Irwin and Herminie Traction com
' pany to suooeed the Pittsburg,McKees
port and Westmoreland Traction com
j pany, Manning Stires retired. It is
< I said that $40,000 in bonds will be ii
i sued to secure improvements.
as
IS UK
The fifth annual outing of the Farm
era' Tri-Countv Picnic association,
which look place at DeWitt's park
yesterday, brought out the usual large
attendance
A record-breaking attendance was
anticipated bnt this failed to material
ize That an unprecedented outpourimr
of the people did not occur was prob
ably due to the unsettled the
weather. Tiie day dawned cloudy aud
the -ky was overcast pretty nearly all
day. To strengthen di.struatjthe offici
al forecast in the] roorning°"predicted
i "unsettled weather."
Hundreds of farmers,especially those
who resided at a distance "halted be
tween two opinions" iu the morning.
That a large number decided not to
take the risk of 'gettingjgwet is only
natural.
However, hundreds, eveu thousands,
were undeterred by weather condi
tions aud resolutely ventured forth to
join the popular outing. That they had
a good time no one would doubt who
was present at the park.
It was an euormous concourse of peo
ple, apparently filling every nook of
the park. A feature to be noted only
on the occasion of a farmers' picnic
was the of horses and car
riages, which occupied the outposts,so
to speak. Although few persons were
to be found yesterday who would as
sert that the attendance was any larg
er than last year, yet uearly every one
seemed the fact that
the number of vehicles tied up around
the park exceeded the number in evid
ence last year or any season previous
ly. It was,iudeed,an interesting sight,
the comfortable carriages and the sleek
well-kept horses,hundreds in number,
standing close side by side, several
deep, encircled the swaying mass of
human beings that filled every part of
the park.
The farmers putin the entire day at
the park. It was scarcely eight o'clock
when they began to arrive. They came
from every direction. Hundreds drove
through Danville during the forenoon
Iu mauy instances whole families were
! represenied, while in every vehicle,
the traditional picnic basket, well-till
ed. was in evidence.
A large contingent representing the
locality between Danville and Blooms
burg, if not beyond the latter point,
came to Danville by trolley, at the D.
L. & W, crossing transferring to the
Danville and Suubury line.
About noou the exodus from Dan
ville begau For about three hours the
two cars plying] backwards and for
wards between the pnrk and the D. L.
& \\\. crossing were pvited. The stores
were all closed and t tie basines* peot:.
of town along with the far;uers took u
holiday. The high water mark cf •
fudance was readied about 3 o'clock
iu the afternoon w .en .•* tl >' It-*•<?».»
calculation five t ous.w- }»o ;1« were
on the ground.
By that hour diuuer was ocer a .
the remaius of : . rep i-t with piob
abiy other delicacies for supper, buiic
lv covered with table linen, iunuacul
ate in its whiteness,covered the scores
iof tables that had been provided in
view of the big attendance anticipated.
Dancing was much enjoyed by the
young people. Ball playing was also a
sport that attracted the youug.
Several races were pulled off during
the afternoon, the winners being as
follows.
| Potato races—James McKeuaa and
; Clarence HBgenbnch.
I Hag race—Charles Poliowic.
; Shoe race—Luther Reighard.
Lantern race—John Ortmau.
EXPLOSION CLAIMS
MANY VICTIMS
I A dreadful catastrophe occurred in
i Philadelphia about 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Two gas tauk~ in the P.
! V R. yards at Ninth street and Fair
• mount aveuue exploded creating great
| havoc.
! Half a dozen buildings were wreck
ed and a tire started which swept along
! the East side of Eighth street for near
i ly a square,
! Three men were killed. A large
number are missing,among them being
six plumbers. Eight, men were blown
11 in the air fifty to a hundred feet, all
i | being killed or fatally injured.
HRS. HORNBERGER
]\ LAID TO REST
i
. ! .Mrs. Jacob Horuberger, whose death
t | occurred Sunday, was consigned to the
. grave in the Lutheran cemetery yes
. terday afternoon. The services were
conducted in St. John's Lutheran
churoi) by the Kev. Mr. Wenner.form
r i er pastor.
Among those from out of town who
. attended the funeral were: Henry
Hornberger, of Pawpaw,lll.,Fred and
William Hornberegr of Fort Wayne,
Ind..Jacob Hornberger and wife. Mrs
' Adam Dettling aud son Ralph of Wll
liamaport.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
SENDS Mill
INTO HIS ran
i A sad case of suicide occurred near
DeWitt's park yesterday afternoon, the
victim of the self-iuflicted wound be
ing Frank Yordy of Trevortou, who
was attending the Farm
ers' picnic.
The shocking affair took place short
ly after four o'clock and cast a gloom
over the festivities. The facts as far
as learned are as follows:
Yordy is a married man about 27
years of age. His wife is a sister of
Richard W. Snyder, this city,
aud for some time pai-t has been visit
ing the latter at her home on West
Mahoning street. Yesterday Mrs.
Yordy attended the Tri-County picnio
and while there she met her husband.
It was less than ten minutes after
having a conversation with his wife
that the mau'shot hiiusslf.
The rash art was committed on
Avenue D about four hundred feet
north of Shannon's greenhouse The
shot was distinctly heard in the park.
Joseph Reed, wiio lives near the green
house and heard the shot, was one of
the first to reach the spot. He was
joined by a farmer, who happened
along the road at the moment of the
tragedy. In a few minutes there was
quite a crowd on the spot made np
mostly of persons from the park, who
had heard the report of the pistol
An examination revealed that the
man had shot himself twice, once in
the left side below the heart and again
In the head just back of the ear. It
was the latter wound that was essent
ially fatal,as the brain substance seem
ed oozing out of the wound. It is al
together probable that the man, bent
ou self-destruction, first sent a bullet
iuto his side,but fearing that it would
not accomplish its purpose! decided to
make death certain by shooting him
self in the head.
Justice of the Peace E. VV. Young
took the case in hand. He impaneled
a jury, wliioh viewed the body but ad
journed to reconvene at 8 o'clock this
morning, when iu all probability a
verdict will be rendered.
Undertaker George W. Roat took
the remains iu charge. At tiie under
taking rooms of the latter last evening
the body was viewed by Richard W.
Snyder, of this city, who fully iden
tified it as that of Mb brother-in-law,
Frank Yordy.
The dead man was a resident of
Trevortou,where his father and moth
er reside. He was well-dressed and
presented a clean aud tidy appear
ance.
Additional information will prob
ably be brought out at the coroner's
inquest, this inorniup.
RELEASE OF TRAMPS
ORDERED BY JUDGE
iu a test case brought br ' :e Juuge
Fanning, of Towauda, an orier was
made fur the release of two tramps
who had been convicted of vagrancy
before a justice of the peace of Sayre
i and >entenoed to teu days in jail. One
of the reasons assigned for the release
of the prisoners, aud which was sus
tained by the court, is that the law
provides for vagraucy the sentence
shall be not less than thirty nor mo:e
than sixty days at hard labor, and
therefore a teu days' sentence iu the
county jail without hard labor will
not 6taud. In view of the court's de
cision the magistrates of Sayre are
somewhat uudeoided as to what to do
with prisoners brought before them
for vagrancy aud illegal train ridiug.
Even though they are sentenced to
thirty or sixty days the sheriff claims
he has no way iu wliioh to employ
them aud the attorneys are not certain
that they can be >eut to the c.or.»ty
! home.
WEATHER BUREAU
MAKING GOOD
Answering a recent magazine strict
ure on its abilitie* as a prognosticat
es the weather bureau has issued a
bulletin intended to disprove the the
ory that the bureau "has not made
i good."
r Instead, however, of giving its own
, opinion of its work, the weather bu
! reau has gathered together iu this tia
page bulletin opinions expressed lu
hundreds of newspapers throughout
' the country aud in letters from repre
, ; sentatives of various commercial,agri
cultural aud maritime interests, all
teuding to uphold the work of the
i bureau. Of more than 000 newspaper
; criticisms received by the bureau, all
- but three were favorable.
i Young Life Closed.
"i | Helen Marie, daughter of Mr.} and
Mrs. Harry Walker, Foust street, died
1 at 7 :B0 o'clock yesterday morning,
? aged 3 years, 5 months aud 9 day 6.
Death was due to a complication of
' ' diseases. The funeral will take place
. 1 Friday at 2p. m. Interment in Odd
j Fellows' oemelery.