VOL. 55—NO 38
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COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO.
It lias been decided to give up the
merger of the coke interests in the
Connellsville fields for the present, and
the options have been surrendered.
Samuel Benford is York county's
first victim of football. He fell on the
ball and sis boys piled on top of him.
A badly broken leg is the result.
Representatives of the workingmen
of Pittsburg have put the seal of ap
probation on Mayor Magee's proposed
bond issue to get the town needed im
provements.
Citizens of Hellertown will be giv
en the opportunity to vote oil the pro
position to increase the borough's debt
$12,000 for the erection of a modern !
high school.
Ten of the forty-three teachers in I
Mt. Washington, Pittsburg, will be I
dropped from the pay rolls when St. j
Mary's of the Mount new Catholic )
school opens in January.
Reuben Young,a wealthy octogener- j
ian, of Hanover, may die as the result |
of the amputation of a leg on account |
of gangrene which developed from an
ingrown toe nail.
Mayor Magee, of Pittsburg,has sent
out 100 policemen in plain clothes to
find out data about the streetcar com
panies, how they are keeping in the
bounds of the law. to verify alleged
abuses, etc.
Philadelphia may not get the propos
ed immigrant station as she is throw
ing so many obstacles in the way of
proposed locations that the national
government is getting tired. The sta
tion may goto Camden.
Ground was broken at Homestead
for four new furnaces for the Carnegie |
Steel company. A new plate mill will
also be erected and the wheel plant ,
will be enlarged. The improvements j
will represent an outlay of about sl,- 1
500,000. The new furnaces will supply |
steel to be used at the wheel plant and 1
at the new plate mill. The additions j
to the wheel plant will make its cap- 1
acity almost equal to those of the com- j
pany at Shoenville and McKees Rocks, j
William Sell, of Centre Valley, al
most bled to death when a pane of
glass which he was carrying broke and
cut an artery.
Dr. Robert Morrison, of Sheridan,
was fonnd'lying dead on the floor by
his wife, ou [her ""return home from
church. Heart trouble was the cause
of his sudden demise.
Mrs. Mary Daniels is alleged to have
rushed to the office of Alderman James
Fulkerson, of Newcastle, and threat
ened to shoot him because her son was
arrested for illegal freight riding.
Anthony Pottsville,
is believed by the police to be lost to
his parents forever as he was lured j
away from hisjhome'on Thursday by a i
stranger and has been missing since, j
On the pulpit platform was a minia- |
ture farm, showing the house, barn, |
fields iuid orchards cleverly produced I
when Harvest Home and Old Polks' j
Day was celebrated in the Mount Joy
Evangelical church.
Constable Samuel Smale, of near
Pottstown, was presented with a carv
ed wooden hand by Elias B Webber, '
as a birthday gift. The officer lost his
hand in the early summer by the ex
plosion of a shotgun.
After poisoning the watch dog that
guarded the residence of I). Owen
Brook, near Birdsboro, robbers enter
ed through a window and ransacked
every room in the house except that
one in which the caretaker and his
wife were asleep. Mr. Brook anil his
wife are out west.
As the result of the Pittsburg Gaz
ette Times contest to find out by votes
which are the most popular amateur
base ball teams in the region covered
by the paper's circulation, the Feicks
team of one-legged players got the
most votes, ieceiving 152,440.
Law on (J Martin, of Pittsburg,
was out automobiling with his daugh
ter and wife when a horse belonging
to H. L. McClain scared and jumped
through the windshield of the machine
anil put the auto out of commission.
The animal was cut about the breast
but not seriously while the women
were badly scared but not hurt.
WELL KNOWN
COUPLE WEDDED
Iu the early morning of Tuesday a
pleasant wedding party gathered at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette
Sechler, Kipp's Run, to witness the
marriage of their daughter, Miss Sara
Blanche to Mr. Philip M. Irey, of
Lewisburg.
At the appointed hour the grootn en
tered the parlor where were assembled
the guests,accompanied by his grooms
man, Mr. Wesley Hallowell, of Kane,
Pa. Following these came the bride
leaning upon the arm of her father,
who gave her away.
The ceremony was a brief and im
pressive one, with the ring and was
pronounced by the father of the groom,
the Rev. A. ,T. Irey, 1"). D., pastor of
the First Baptist church, this city.
After congratulations had been ex
tended,all repaired to the dining room
and partook of a bountiful wedding
breakfast.
Those present, aside from the par
ents and bride's brother, Mr. Paul
Sechler, were the grandmothers of the
bride, Mrs. Sarah Depuy, of Kipp's
Run, and Mrs. Emily Sechler,of Long
Branch, N. J. ; Mrs. Ella M. Irey and
Miss Mary Jane Irey, the mother and
sister of the groom; Dr. N. M. Smith
and Clinton Smith, of Riverside, I
uncles of the bride; Mrs. Clinton
Smith, Riverside, and Mrs. \V. U. !
Smith, Upper Marlboro,Md. ; aunts of j
the bride; Miss Nettie Gnlick, Kipp's !
Run and Mr. Wesley Hallowell, Kane,
Pa.
The bridal party drove to Lewisburg
where Mr. Irey is engaged in there- I
tail shoe business, and where the new
ly marreid couple will make their j
home. The bride is one of the most '
popular members of Danville's young
er set.
CUT SICK MAN'S CORN
A very kind act was done Tuesday !
by a number of the friends of Phineas
Welliver.of Limestone township,when
they gathered and cut his crop of corn
after he had been removed to the Jos- j
epli Ratti hospital.Bloomshurg, suffer- i
ing with typhoid fever.
Readers of The American will
remember the death of Mr. Welliver's
wife which occurred several weeks
ago. Soon after his wife's death Mr.
Welliver began ailing and on Monday j
his case was pronounced typhoid fever
and lio was taken to the hospital.
Bereaved and stricken, Mr. Welliver
was unable to cut 30 acres of corn on
his farm. Tuesday afternoon 08 of j
Mr. Welliver's friends gathered and
putin a busy afternoon and by last l
evening every stalk of the corn was in
the shock.
Those present at the frolic were
George Snyder, Calvin W. Derr, j
John Elliot, Raymond Bogart, John i
Weller, Samuel Muffly,Beiber Frantz,
Lawrence Buder, Win. Seidel, F. Del
site, Harry Cooper, Ben Leighow,
Roy Crumley, Simon Hartman, Rob- |
ert Carey, Curtis Cronus, John Geig- j
or, H. Oyster, Lloyd Cooper, lrvin .
Mowrer, Georgo Rishel, John Moser, !
Allen Biddle, Leroy Albeck, David
Wagner, Archie Hilemau, Mentor
Cromis, W. Snyder, Frank Funk, Le
roy Derr, Harry Pollock, Andy Martz,
Wm. R. Mills. D. R. Rishel, Roy
Schooley, Alex Umstead, Gov. Pol
lock, Sylvester Umstead, Joseph Pol
lock, Wm. S. Bogart, Clias. Schultz,
Sam Miller, Elmer Fetzer, Wallace
Dean, John Drumheiser, Norman
Bechtel, O. Blecher, F. Delhi, Wilbur
Conrad, Frank Acor, Hlias. Shires,
Dan St Clair, Wm. Plotts, John Hun
ter, L. Acor, Joseph Derr, Henry
Cooper, Arthur Leighow, Howard
Geiger, Samuel Taylor, James Gilt
j ner, Andy Depoe, John Ashenfelder,
j George Metzger, David Ulricli,Wesley
J Hilkert., George Delhi, J. A. Cromis,
I Peter Werkheiser, Kalph Welliver,
! John Welliver.
DIETRICH [A FOREMAN
The Philadelphia Record yesterday
i morning in its "Our State Neighbors"
| column tells the following:
I "Warden C. F. Sunderland, of the
I Luzerne county jail accords prisoners
I who "earn the right" extraordinary
privileges. For example, The Seranton
Times tells how Fetor Do it rich sent
enced for shooting and killing a man
at Danville, goes out ill the morning
| as foreman of a gang of men to work
| three-fourths of a mile from the goal,
j They have no guards over them and
' are not dressed in prison clothes. In
■ the evi ning the men return to confine
j ment."
1 Sunbury Hotel Changes Hands.
Dr. F. E. Drumhellor has sold the
s good will and fixtures of the City ho
tel at Sunbury to Charles Rothermel.
the former proprietor of the Packer
house. The sale price is reported at
$11,000.00. Mr. Rothermel will take
possessison on the first of November.
It looks to us as though the weather
man ought to have enough laid in for
a rainy day.
DANVILLE- )PA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1909
STIRRING EVENTS
AT SEASON'S CLOSE
WITH RED FIRE, ORATORY AND ACCLAIM DANVILLE CELEBRATES A CHAMPION
SHIP SEASON AND RENDERS HONOR TO THE TEAM—CHEERING THOUSANDS
JOIN IN THE MONSTER DEMONSTRATION, WHILE PLAYERS ARE BAN
QUETED AND PRESENTED WITH REMEMBRANCES OF DAN
VILLE'S ESTEEM.
JAMES SCARLET MADE FINE ADDRESS AT PENNANT RAISING
With a series of festivities which lasfeil from 2 o'clock until mid- _
CS night Danville on Saturday closed the Susquelianna league season of v&v.
1909 and celebrated the winning of the league championship.
1 jftvP The occasion was unique in the town's hijtory. Diuiville has cle- Q 'I
\ brated many glorious events, but never before was the town called up- yt
>►-\ /v\ ou to honor to a championship base ball season and team, and that J\
iw W 'ft the city was equal to the occasion was evident to all who witnessed
-<iyj» Saturday's stirring events. It was a day of rejoicing that will long
be remembered.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
PENNANT IS RAISED
The first event on the program was
gotten under way promptly at 2: 1.1 !
when the Danville and Benton teams j
left tlio D. L. & W. crossing on Mill !
street headed by Berger's band and j
marched to tlio ball grounds, where a [
crowd of 1500 people cheered every dei
velopment of the program.
With the Danville team lined up be- !
fore the grand stand, a selection was
given by the band and then James
Scarlet, Esq., presented the pennant
to the Danville Athletic association in
a most suitable address.
Mr. Scarlet said we exult not alone
because the pennant is here but also be
cause there is no taint or suspicion on '
the club that won. Fair play and a
square deal has been the motto of the
Danville club during the season. The
fact that her antagonists were worthy
makes the victory all the sweeter and 1
we should shout for all the teams of J
the Susquehanna league. No league '
has furnished its patrons with better
and more thrilling base ball.
Mr. Scarlet complimented the direct
ors and managers of the Danville Ath- j
letic association for furnishing a sea- I
son of clean sport. lie then turned to
the rooters, male and female, and told i
them it was their steadfastness that
hail often turned defeat into victory.
Turning to the Danville base ball '
club, Mr. Scarlet said, members of
the Danville base ball club, we part
with you with regret. You have had ,
the honor of Danville in your keeping '
and right loyally have you kept it. It
can be said of the Danville club that ;
it is a club of gentlemen, worthy of j
commendation. You stand in the Sus- j
quehanna league without a peer.
Both teams and the hand then march
ed to the flag pole and the maroon and
gold emblem was flung to the breezes.
DANVILLE TOOK CLOSING
GAME OF THE SEASON
The Danville team closed its part of !
the season of IStO'.t Saturday afternoon j
ina fitting manner by adding one ]
more victory to its string at the ex- |
pense of Benton. Both teams put up
a good game, and while Danville was
in no danger at any time the game was j
not one sided enough to become mono- |
tonous.
The crowd had the ploasure of see
ing Jimmie Board play in right field.
He came up to all expectations when
he lifted a pretty line drive over the
center field fence. He hail but two
chances in right field, one of which, a
hard try against the fence, he didn't
get. Coveleskie was in the box during
the game and was working in his
easiest style.
The game went two innings without
scoring. In t lie third Mackert opened
with a long fly into center, went to
second on Dooloy's sacrifice and took
third on Metzler's roller to short. Hess
popped a high one in the vicinity of
the second station which nobody decid
ed to take, and Mackert scored.
Danville took another tally in the
fourth, when Jimmie Beard sent the
leather over the pallisade. In the sixth!
Livengood scored by singling to right
and passing around on a stolen base
and an eiror. lie repeated the trick
in the eighth singling to right, ad
vancing on Burke's error and scoring
on Coveleksie's hit.
Benton grew troublesome in but one
chapter. In the eighth Biannigan
singled to left and was advanced on
Reichart's hit. McCarty got life on
Thomas' error, tilling the bases. Brau
nigan scored on Long's out, and E.
Laubacli fanned.
The score:
DANVILLE.
R. H. O. A. .E
Hess, iib ..() 0 0 a 0
Livengood, 3b 8 3 2 2 0
Umlauf, ss 0 0 2 1 0
Coveleskie, p 0 1 l 4 0
(Continued ou 4»h PagO
50 SURROUNDED BANQUET
BOARD AT CITY HOTEL |
The last event of the day and in
! some repsects the most pleasing and
| satisfying, took place at the City hotel
' at 10 o'clock Saturday evening when
j the board of directors and stockholders
! of the Danville Athletic association
i banqueted the Danville team and a
few invited guests.
The banquet was a most delightful
affair, enthusiasm and the spirit of
victory running high. Chief among
the guests was President William L.
McCollum, nt Wilkes-Barre, who took
I occasion during the evening to com- [
plimeut highly the Danville team and !
its backers. He also paid a compli- !
inent to Simon K. Hoffman as the most ;
capable manager in the Susquehanna
I league.
A telegram was read at the banquet
from T. .1. Price,president of the Dan
-1 ville Athletic association, who was ab
sent from t lie city, tendering hearty
| congratulations to the team itud ex
! pressing regret tliat he could uot be
I present at the festivities,
j The banquet itself was a credit to
| the City hotel management. At a long
! table which reached the length of the
I dining room, were seated the stock- |
j holders and team, and at a smaller |
table at one end were the directors ■
and officers. An orchestra rendered
music during the affair.
The menu was as follows:
Blue Points on half shell
! Chicken Noodle Salt Water Rock Fish ,
Koast Turkey, Oyster Sauce
Prime Ribs of Beef, Mushrooms
Salted Almonds Pickles
Queen Olives
Chicken Salad Celery
Sherbet
Mashed Potatoes Sweet Potatoes I
' Lettuce
New Corn Lima Beans
Ice Cream Assorted Cakes
Nuts Fruit
Coffee Tea Cigars
PRESENTATION OF FOBS
I During the course of the banquet.
! Secretary Ralph Kisner, in the ab
sence of President Price, presented
each member of the championship j
1 Danville team with a gold watch fob
as a remembrance from the Danville
Athletic association of the past season.
The fobs are in the form of a locket.
On one side is beautifully engraved i
the monogram of the player and on j
the other side appear the words,"Sus- i
quehanna League, Champions, Dan- :
ville, limit. "
THOSE PRESENT.
Those present at the banquet ere:
The team—Simon K. Hoffman, man- j
ager; Arthur .T. Lawrence, assistant j
manager; Warren Hoist,captain; Law
rence Dooley, William Auimerman,
John McCloud. Charles Rowe, Frank
Ooveleskie, Robert Thomas, Walter
Livengood, William Umlauf, F. M.
Mackert and Emery Metzler.
Guests—W. L. McCollum, president
of the Susquehanna league; Umpire'
Hagemyer, of Blooiusbnrg; George j
Krebs and C. F. Uhl, of Somerset: I
Manager Lloyd McHenry, of Benton;
i Henry Clayberger.of Shamokin ; Tlieo.
: R. Angle, of The Morning News staff
and Robert McCoy, scorer,
j Officers and directors—W. G. Pur- j
| sel. vice president ; Ralph Kisner, sec- i
retary; Harry Kllenbogin, treasurer;}
; Victor Vincent, Tluv'iii, G. Vincent, j
|M. ,T. Rielly, Edwaid Corman, John j
! R. M. Curry.
I Stockholders—C. P. Hancock, Frank
jC. Angle, Clarence Haupt, Arthur
j Freeze, Joseph Lechuer, W. ,T. Rogers,
■ John F. Tooley, W. 11. N. Walker,
Sam Rebmau, Robert Pursel, C. L.
; Foulk, J. H. Cole, David Roderick,
) | Arthur Watkins, William A. Sechler,
) G. Shoop Hunt, Arthur C. Amesbury,
) John Evans and Dr. W. R. Paules.
1 Autumn wedding bells are ringing
merrily.
MONSTER CROWD VIEWS
THE BASE BALL PARADE
No evidences have been lacking of j
late to prove that base ball hits taken j
deep root in Danville. It remained, I
however, for the parade, Saturday |
night, following on the heels of the
rousing demonstration attending the j
raising of the pennant, to establish j
beyond all doubt or denial the full
breadth and depth of the enthusiasm
i pertaining to the national game that
has laid hold of the people regardless
of age, rank or calling.
! That the demonstration had the
i moral support of the public was evid-
I enced by the noisy throngs on the
! streets. The whole town seemed to
have turned out en masse. It was the
usual Saturday night crowd augment
ed tenfold. By 7 ;80 o'clock the side
walks were overflowing and persons
who were desirous of moving from one
point to another with celerity were
obliged to take the middle of the
street. At that early lionr red light
began to burn, while cow bells, and
horns mingled with shouts conveyzed
some idea of what was to follow.
The first real demonstration occurred
when the 8 o'clock trolley car arrived
I from Bloomsburg and the Catawissa
J band alighted. In a blaze of red light
and with tumultuous throngs flank and
; rear the band marched to Market street
1 where the Mcchanicsvilie band was
! waiting and where the parade was to
' form.
, It was about 8:80 o'clock when the
! parade moved. The scene that was
| presented as the column swept down
[ Mill street has had few parallels in the
history of Danville The long street
from end to eud seemed enveloped in
j one continuous blaze of red light;
| scores of rockets were exploding in the
i air, while the horns and the cow bells
—well, they simply did their worst.
A word as to the lino of march.
First came the Danville police force
—Chief of Police Mincemoyer and
Officer ,T. G. Voris accompanied by
Constable W. E. Young. Immediately
following were Chief Marshal Edward
Corman, President of the Susquehanna
League W. L. MeCullum and Aide
Samuel Rebrnan. At this point lead
ing the main column came the stars
and stripes—the beautiful flag of Good
rich Post, No. 22, G. A. R.—borne by
Samuel Lunger, a member of the post
, and the veteran of many battles. The
j Catawissa band followed, whose spirit
ed music inspired a vigorous quick
j step.
I About midway in the first division
| came the league pennant born proudly
| aloft by Albert Bookmiller. Then fol
' lowed "Our Team," Tube wroks ball
| team and supporters. In the first div
ision wore several banners on one of
1 which was emblazoned the legend:
"The Team With the Perfect Record."
On another the Tube Works team pro
i claimed its honorable record as fol
lows: "Tubers Won Two; Lost O.
Percentage 1000. " The latter banner
was carried by Earl Ammerman and
Fred Rupp.
i The second division, headed by W.
' A. Sechler, John Cruikshank and James
Ryan, marched to the music of the
| Medianicsvilie band. After the band
I the stove works team and supporters
the "smoke shop" the White Horse
! and the Riverside teams followed in
i order. In this division a banner borne
'by the Stove Work's team, hurling a
| bold challenge to the Tubers attracted
attention. The banner, which was car
ried bv Arthur Walker, manager, and
Gus Lehman, oaptain.read as follows:
"Tubers:—Met Us at AthleticJPark
in 11)10. Nuf Sed. Stove Works."
The interesting procession moved
down Mill street to Chambers street
where it countermarched to the river
bridge.
It doesn't require any nerve to pass
the hat, providing the other fellow is
holding it.
C. P. HANCOCK I
BEFOREJOUNCIL
B. O. Ellis, general manager and A. ;
W. Duy, solicitor of the Columbia
Light, Power and Railways company, i
appeared before council Friday eve for
the purpose of making application for
the right to erect poles on the streets
for the purpose of bringing into Dan- j
ville the highly efficient, electric cur
rent to bo transmitted from Harwood
in the near future. They explained
that the erection of poles is in progress
both between liar wood and Berwick
andjbetwecn the latter point and the
towns of Bloouisbnrg and Dam ilie.
On motion i! was ordered that the
matter be referred to the borough solic
itor and that it bo taken up for fur
ther consideration at a special meeting
to be held next Friday night.
MR. HANCOCK S PROPOSITION.
A communication was received from
the borough solicitor explaining that
the original street ra .way ordinance
and the East Market street paving ord
inance both imperatively require that j
the Danville & Snnbury Transit com
pany pave its portion of East Market
street with precisely the same material
and in precisely the same manner that
is used by the borough of Danville. 1
This, he said, makes it clear that the j
paving bricks can not be legally laid !
flat between the rails,but must bo laid 1
on edge. On motion Mr. Gearhart's I
communication was accepted and ord
, ored filed.
j C. P. Hancock,president of the Dan-
I ville and Sunburv Transit company,
| was present and explained that it was
: not necessary that the brick be laid |
j flat between the rails in order to use !
i the street rail at present in use on the j
Danville and Snnbury line. Ho ex
hibited two specimens of special brick
i that, are being manufactured to show
| that it is practical to pave to the
■ present rail without employing a dif
ferent and more expensive system. The
proposed brick, of course, would be j
I laid edgewise.
i Mr. Hancock's proposition was tak- i
on up and a rather heated discussion
followed. There seemed to be no one
among the councilmen who objected
to the Danville and Sunbury Transit
company using the rail at present in
use on East Market street, provided
the proper brick be used. It seemed to
be the sense of all, however,that there
' should be no undue haste in taking
j tiual action. Mr. Hancock protested
| against delay. On motion of Mr. Clea
ver, however, it was ordered that the
matter be deferred until next Friday
! night when a special meeting will be
j held.
MAHONING CREEK.
' A communication was received from
I H. T. Heclit, superintendent of tin
Rolling Mills department of the Read
ing Iron company, calling the atten
tion of council to the condition of 11
bod of Mahoning creek at a point b
low the dam opposite the mills. There
is an accumulation of stones, dirt an i
; rubbish in the creek bed which has
raised the level of the creek to a pohit
which seriously interferes with the
operation of the mills by damming up
the sewers and throwing water into
the wheel pit whenever the water is
at no normal height. It was asked that
the borough have the bed of the creek
cleaned out, the Reading Iron com
pany agreeing to stand one-half the
expense.
On motion of Mr. Curry it was ord
ered that Mr. Hecht's proposition be
accepted. It was stipulated, however,
| that the work be done under the sup
| ervision of the street commissioner,
i A communication was received from
| Hugh Oliver, Sr., proposing to furnish
| a horse, wagon or cart to do the work
| on the streets at the rate of $2.00 per
j day. The proposition included a man
| also.
! On motion it was ordered that Mr.
j Oliver's communication bo accepted
' and filed. His proposition was taken up
I later and was declined.
ELECTRICIAN'S REPORT.
I The borough electrician presented
i his report, which showed that the to
i tal cost of operating the plant for
i September was $388.51. Sixty-seven
i tons of coal were consumed. The plant
| was in operation 297 hours,
i Oil motion it was ordered that an
' incandescent lamp be placed at Church
1 and Water streets anil at Cross Key's
place on Water street.
I
I High Constable B. B. Brown report
led the unsanitary condition of the
stream between the Tirol and Rvan
! properties on North Mill street.
The following members were pres
ent: Schatz, Cleaver, lies. Marshall,
' .Tones, Deutsch and Curry,
j The following bills were approved
| for payment:
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT.
Labor and hauling .. . $263.25
Regular employes 117.50
Labor on Light 29.25
H. S. Kauffmau 50
Frank H. Stewart Eloc. Co . . lit. 07
Welliver Hdw. Co . 25.89
| Peoples' Coal Yard !i.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
"THE LAW OF
THE JUNGLE"
Hon. Alexander Billmeyer's fine
herd of twenty elks is now reduced to
nineteen. Old Jumbo, which had al
ways possessed a fairly good reputa
tion, a few days ago went bad and
killed a two-year-old elk bull, one of
tho finest specimens of the herd.
Mr. Billmeyor and son Harry were
in this city yesterday. They had just
shipped the head of the dead elk to
Williauisport, where it will be mount
ed bv thi' well-known taxidermist, C.
11. Eldon.
In conversation with a News report
er they described the deadly conflict,
in which the young elk lost his life.
Jumbo previously, although inclined
to be savage when brought in contact
with human beings, showed no par
ticular animosity toward his own
kind. He accordingly was allowed the
freedom of the general enclosure,
which this year, owing to the low
stage of the creek, is nearly twice tho
| size of former years.
I Jumbo seemed on the usual good
terms with tho rest of the herd until
I Sunday, when his savage nature seem
! Ed to assort itself and he fell upon tho
! two-year-old bull. The latter, although
Ihe weighed some seven hundred
j pounds, was no circumstance to the
! monster Jumbo.
' Governed by savage instinct the old
elk thrust his sharp antler into tho
fore quarter of the young bull, aim
ing directly for his heart. He missed
his mark only by a small margin and
produced a wound sufficient to canso
| death. In his savage ferocity lie next
jumped upon tho injured bull and
; trampled him under his foot.
Meanwhile all were powerless to
render aid, as it would have meant
instant death for any person to have
entered the enclosure. Even the other
bulls, several in number four years of
age, shrunk into one corner awed by
! old Jumbo's exhibition of wrath.
PROCLAIMED HIMSELF KING.
At this juncture the game preserve
afforded a remarkable instance to il
lustrate the "law of tho jungle." Old
Jumbo was forced into a separate en
closure, where he can do no harm.
Hardly had he been secured, however,
and the dead body of his victim re
moved from the field, when the larger
of tho four yearlings bounded out into
the open and giving his head a lordly
toss and hurling defiance to the rest
of the herd, in language that all un
derstood, proclaimed himself king of
the herd. In a single day, almost in a
| single hour his nature underwent a
j change. From a playful and tractable
I beast he became savage and ungovern
able—a terr> r to tl .• r -t of the herd
i and a menace to human life.
WAR VETERAN
PASSES AWAY
Jacob Gearhart Hummer, a well
known resident, died at his home,
Dewart street, South Danville, at 3
o'clock Tuesday morning following a
long siege of illness.
The deceased was aged 77 years, 4
months and 27 days. Ho was born in
Rush township, Northumberland coun
ty,and with the exception of some two
years spent in the army, lived his en
tire life on the south side. He was a
carpenter by occupation. He was a
gooil citizen; a dutiful husband and a
kind parent.
Ho was a veteran of the civil war,
enlisting October ;S, ISfiS, in Company
A, 58th regiment. P V. I. He was
honorably discharged October 15, INOS,
on account of the war closing. Among
other engagements he participated in
the battles of Petersburg. Richmond,
Cold Harbor, Fort Harrison, gt tho
fall of Petersburg and at the fall of
! Richmond.
The deceased is survived by his wife,
1 four sons, ,7. Dallas Hummer, of Dan
ville; Alfred, of Avis, Clinton county;
Edward and Frank,of South Danville;
also three daughters. Mrs. Elizabeth
Miller, of Riverside; Mrs. William
Hoover, of Plum Creek vallev. and
Mrs. Edward Hoffner, of Illyria,Ohio.
Four sisters, who resides at different
points in the west, also survive.
The funeral will bo held from the
late residence Thursday afternoon at
o'clock. Interment will bo made at
Mt. Vernon cemetery. The sorvio - at
the grave will bo private.
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When a man is as meek as a lamb his
wife seldom misses nil opportunity to
1 make him feel sheepish.