VOL. 55—NO 45 ITEMS CONDENSED. WANTED—LocaI agent to advertise and introduce the new educational work, WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY and ATLAS of the WORLD. Must be educated and able to furnish good re ferences as to ability and character. THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO. Pittsburg may become the centre of the Standard Oil interests after Jan uary 1. Adjunct to the Helping Hand so ciety, a charitable organization at Bangor, the Anti-Haiidout league, in imical to tramps has been formed. Philadelphia Knights of Columbus have purchased a plot of ground at Broad and Poplar streets and will erect a building that will cost tlieni $400,000. One ton of fresh fish was distributed among the poor of Lebanon on Thanks giving by Charles A. Moore, an ex councilman, following an annual cus tom. Pittsburg and Sewickley may be nonneeted with a boulevard if Bel levue, Avalon, Ben Avon and Ems worth become part, of the city. The '•ounty officers have declared that the county will do its share to aid the constructing of the road Dr. William Kelley, of China, has presented to the Mercersburg academy a manuscript written by the late Li Hong Chang, the noted Chinese di plomat. The paper is on "Confucius" and was written when the author was 75 years of age. Thomas Gates, aged 60, . almost sus pended traffic on the Allegheny Valley railroad at Pittsburg by a little joke he is said to have played. He flagged with a rod banner every train that name along and several slowed up." He was arrested on the charge of disorder ly conduct. Mrs. Gertie Cupp, of Reading, was awartled $1,33 K. 58 damages from the oity for a broken leg sustained when she stepped from a street car into a hole in the street. Her husband was given $;i2H.95 for loss of his wife's ser vices and for medical attendance. The J oity made no defense. Miss Dora Eames.of Boyertown.was burned, probably fatally, as the result of the upsetting of an oil lamp. Her sister was in the same room and ran from it screaming. Another sister tried to put out. tlio flames but failed and the girl was rolled in the snow aft «r she had gone outdoors. Governor Stuart will bo asked to ap p lint a democratic judge to succeed Judge Robert von Moschziker on com mon pleas court No 3, Philadelphia. These lawyers were decided on in the order named at a meeting of the Democratic club in the Oity of Broth erly Love. Henry Budd, ex-Judge Theodore F. Jenkins and ex-Speaker John E. Faunco. There is only one democrat on the Philadelphia bench and it. is said that the now man ought tHi belong to that party to equalize matters. In a kbh explosion at the Soott shaft near Shamokin, seven miners were in jured badly. Four of them may die. Jleury Short, the pioneer slate pro ipeotor, died at. his home at Bangor on slaturday, at. the age of HI years. Ho had a fortune based on the sale of powder patents to France, Italy ami Wugland. Sarah Myckelwright.of Jorniyn, was burned to death in the cellar of her home by the explosion of some gas vhat. had accumulated in the furnace •ml was exploded when it was diluted l»T air by her opening the door. It is said that there will be a short age of anthracite coal if rain does not eome before the ground becomes froz en. Production already lias fallen off ?~i p-r cent, since the dry spell set in. Few of the collieries ate working full time, most of them being unable i i gel any more water than will run them three or four hours a day. Aftor four years Ale* tndcr Logan, aged 7^l,a former i in 1 . "■ Parniis-ns, lias regained poss. ssir.n K. 7t> claimed as collections due from him. DANGEROUS BLAZE ; AT THE Blfi MILL The "mason's house" at the Roading ■ Iron works was destroyed by fire Sun • day evening for the second time with ' in a year. It was about 7:15 o'clock when an 112 alarm of fire was sent in. Simultane ously with the ringing of the fire bells a blaze of lurid flame shot into the sky, which left no doubt either as to the location or the magnitude of the fire. A cry went up that, the big mill was on fire. Instantly hundreds of popele seemed to materialize on Mill street and nearby thoroughfares, all joining in a rush to the scene of the lire. [ The fire companies were quick to re i sponil and they did splendid execution. | Iu less than twenty minutes after the ( ! alarm was sounded the fire was under control. All four of the companies were on the ground. The building that burned was used by the masons and contained their tools besides a quantity of fire clay ' and mortar used in repairing the fur naces. It was heated with a large ■ stove or furnace from which it is i thought the fire originated. • The structure was of frame built ou ! the site of the house used for the same purpose, which was destroyed by fire ( last winter. The buildiiig was some 20 by 30 feet, situated at the south-western corner of the big mill. The fire proved a very stubborn one, as the windows were protected with iron screens, which made it. dillicult to get at the flames with the hose. Fortunately there was no wind, while as the result of the recent snow the roofs were itamp and not easily ignited. The burned building stood less than ten feet from the puddle mill and several times the fire communicat ed to the roof of the main building. Each time, however, the flames were • extinguished before they got muuh of ' a hold. 1 Had the weather conditions been ■ different, no doubt, the firemen would ' have found it a difficult task to save the mill. The masons' house was practically destroyed along with its contents. The pump house which stands just east anil which also took fire the other time the masons' house burned, last evening, due to the vigilance ot the firemen, wholly escaped the flames. Throughout there was full co-opera tion among the firemen and they work ed to a good purpose. Otherwise there might have been a different story to tell. No estimate as to the loss was giv ; en. MANY BUCKS SLAIN HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 1. | "The deer season, which closed yes , | terday, after fifteen days of shooting, has been a peculiarly good one," said j Secret ray Klabfus, of the Game Com mission, today, j "While the number of bucks killed | was probably not so large as last year. I there were about 500 antlere'd heads ' | laid low. Very few does were killed, I | am glad to say. ! "It is not generally known that the ■ j number of bears killed iu the State of i | recent years has surpassed that of the > | deer, yet it is a fact. This year there ' I were between 600 and 700 bears shot I i and the season has not ended yet. j "The pheasant season, which also t closes today, was a very good one, hut • j from all accounts received so far the ; j indications point to the fact that the i | large majority of tlirm were cock I birds. Nine-tenths of the birds I have i seen dead were male. The hen birds j seem very scarce, and the chances are . | that next year pheasants will be | scarce. I do not know how to account p j for this, but reports from every coun j ty show that males predominated in I every sportsman's string. " j! PILLAR FEU. OVER Jesse Milriy, S, rune sir JO*, Wis painfully injur ■ I y ste, lay mi ruing. ' Hi is an employe at the Structural 'lulling win!;:, and was walking I through the puddle mill connected with the plant, operate I by Howe and Samuel, when a heavy pillar support ing the roof system, owing to some i cause, lost its support and fell over. 1 striking him on both limbs, inflicting ' | painful injuries, above the knees. The 1 j bone in neither leg is broken, le.it the ■'! injury is such as to incapacitate him . | for work for some time. Yesterday uf s teruoon lie was suffering considerable - | pain and was unable to sit up. "Studies in the Christian I.ife." ; In response to an invitation from i the Mahoning Pri shyterian church ] Rev. Henry W. Frost,of Philadelphia, r is d'e liver iug a series of addresses this i- j week, entitled," Studies iu the Christ r ian Life." The first address was de e livored in the, lecture room last evon n ! ing. There will be two addres ; s today n ■ and two tomorrow, Tliursdav and Fri t ' day, at 4 and 7 :80 p. in. The public i. : i * invited to share in these cuiineutlv e I helpful studies. There will bo no col I lections. DANVILLE- }PA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2, IW)9 DANVILLE IN SHOOTS A BEAR Frank R. Yeager while hunting ou j the mountains near Bellefonte last J week achieved the enviable feat of | shooting ft big black bear. As a trophy | of liis prowess he brought the pelt ot | bruin along back to town, placing it j on exhibition at the store of M. H. | Schrani,where it wasveiwed Saturday i by a large number of people. During an interview with Mr. Meag er, who resides at No. 400 East Front. ; street, the following facts were learn- j i ed regarding the shooting of the bear: : Mr. Yeager is a member of the Sny- I dertown Rifle club, which during the ; deer hunting season had a camp on ! Penn's creek near Cherry Run station. 1 Resides Mr. Yeager the following per- 1 | sons were in the camp: William Hoy j ! and Abram Zimmerman, of Snyder- j j town; Edward Yeager, of Sunbury ; I John and Samuel Pursley. of Warren, j and David Libbey, of Weikel. The | club was hunting on White mountain | and had plenty of real sport. During j last week Abram Zimmerman shot a j large five-prong deer. Interest, how- | ever, seems to center on the killing of the bear, which is an achievement be- j j fore which the mere exploit of shoot ! iug a deer, in the estimation of most j j hunters, pales into insignificance. Mr. Yeager ran across the bear on j the top of the mountain. When first ! seen bruin was leisurely making his j ' way through a thick growth of bushes, j I Mr. Yeager was 150 yards away, but j j lie decided to open an attack. He fired j j three shots at that distance, each one I j taking effect, when the bear came out j into the open. In the minute or so j following Mr. Yeager fired five more additional stiots. Each shot took ef fect. Bears are proverbially hard to kill, however, and this one proved no I ' exception. Two of tiie shots knocked i ! the bear down,but each time he arose. ] After the last shot, with eight bullets ! in his body, he came down the moun- 1 ' tain. Whether in his wounded state I j the boar took cognizance of the man | lor not is uncertain; but he came di- j ! rectly toward Mr. Yeager and when ' j about thirty feet from liiui he dropjied ! for the last fime. | The bear weighed 250 pounds and it | ! might uot have been an easy matter to have gotten the carcass into camp had J ' not the wounded animal accommodat- ' ' ingly came down the mountain to die. | jAs a matter of fact the bear dropped ; quite near the bank of the creek and j all that the hunters had to do was to I load the carcass onto a boat and cou vey it into camp, a distance of some three hundred yards. According to custom the meat was divided among the hunters, while the j handsome pelt fell to Mr. Yeager. Mr. j ! Schrani will send the pelt to Charles ' | 11. Eldon, the expert taxidermist of i Willianisport, who will cure the skin, making it into a rug for Mr. Yeager. [ The pelt, glossy black in color, con- ; tains the head and paws of the bear , and will no doubt make a strikingly | beautiful rug. | Fiank 11. Yeager is a carpenter by I occupation,employed on the new work ;at the hospital for the insane. He is t ' also a member of the National Guard and is an expert marksman. lie is a I sergeant in Company F, Twelfth regi | nient, of this place. He made a re- ' ] markable score during rifle practice 1 and shot on the company team at the • annual match held at Sunbury last summer. Another Chance tor Hungry Sam. j Here's a chance for ' 'Hungry Sam," the human ostrich. He's got a rival in Joe Wita, of Ha/.leton, who proudly throws out his chest and hurls a deti at any man in the State to an eating contest. In that section he is said to have an appetite like a circular saw and i',in eat anything, from ordinary \ietnais to real food. \t on icing lie is said to have dt voured a peel: or' poialoes, three dozen eggs, two loaves of bread r.nd with this vast feast lie ' drank a can of brown beverage. Michael MoConuell, night watch man .it the Ardary-Burns stables at Pittsburg, had a desperate battle with ,:i huge owl which gained entrance to ' the building and had the thirty-seven | horses in a panic. The bird escaped j from the stable after being beaten off by the watchman, whose arms and . shoulders show what :m owl's talons ; e;in do, attacked a workman on his ! | way to his daily labor and was beaten off by the aid of a dinner pail. I It is expecfed that the Smith Mem ! orial monuments to ' placed at tin I entrance of Fniriuount park at Phila ' d dphia, w 11 be complete I in 1012. They were started iu 1 SvS Two stat in one of tii in ml George McClellau j ate! the other of General Hancock, I will be the chief llgures on the niass ! ive memorials. Piaster casts of the j statues have lien placed on the nionu | menu, giving an idea of the size of i the structures when completed. Wilson l'armerie, of near Pittsburg, was the lust of four brothers who have died in lour months. ALL BUT FOUR TEACHERS PRESENT j The opening sossion of the Montour I county teachers' institute was held in | the high school room Monday after- I noon. Of the seventy-five teachers of the county all but four wore enrolled, j I The showing iu point of attendance | was a little less flattering than last j year when all the teachers were enroll- J eil at the opening session. In all prob- j ability today all the teachers employ- j \ eil will respond to the roll cull. The devotional exercises Monday were conducted by the Rev. Joseph E. Guy. pastor of Shiloh Reformed church. Dr. George Leslie Omwake, of j Ursinus college and Dr. Paul Martin Pearson of Swarthniore college, the 1 principal instructors of the week,each ■ occupied a period. In the introductory i addresses the speakers were able to : j touch only lightly on their subjects, i j Each, however, made a most excellent | ! impression, showing uot only that he ! ■ was complete master of his theme and j had new and original ideas to offer, i ! but also that he was a speaker whose j personality and methods employed ; j were such as are bound to please and ; | attract. It required but one short ad- ! ! dress to bring speaker and teachers oil | excellent terms. Dr. Omwake occupied the first jieriod. He explained that his lecture would ■be mainly in the field of educational ! theory, being simply a portion of his I course iu the Philosophy of Education j j which he gives to the seniors of Ursi- j ! nus college,who aim to make teaching | j their life work. His opening address ! Was on the "Vital Forces of the] 1 School." He made clear the distinction be- ! tweeu those features of the school, which are merely material and those which are organic. While We all realize j that the teacher ami the pupil repre sent vital forces we do not usually ac- j cept the full implication of this fact j in our educational thinking, as is seen j in the figures of speech by which the , teaching process is so often described We must beware of all analogies, J similes, parables and allegories in our educational thinking. Human life can • t>« fnllv Kompreluuided tale tl away even that which ; lie hath," Dr. Pearson occupied the last period of the afternoon. He spoke on the necessity of having the voice under control, illustrating the disadvantage that teachers, especially, are under who fail to properly modulate their voices. He attributed the lack of good order in many school- to the demoral izing effect, of the thin shrill voice of the teacher. We are strangely affected by soiiu 1< and our voices come to take on the tone of voices that we hear. The teacher's voice should be well trained; it should be firm and under perfect I control. i Dr. Penrsou outlined a short exercise I calculated to give self-control and to develop a deeper tone, j It is the teachers duty not only to | get the proper "voice" herself but al i so to require tho pupils to modulate ' ' their voices to suit the room in which they tire speaking. When out of doors the pupils should be permitted to yell • us loudly as they want to. The speak er illustrated 1111 exercise for develop ing the voice to be used in the school ! room on days when a departure from I the usual older of exercises is desir able for the purpose of relieving monot ony. TUESDAY'S SESSIONS. The second day of institute brought out a good attendance, 77 teachers, all but ona employed in the county,being present. The subjects discussed by the instructors were practical in their na ture and were clearly presented. The | music was a feature that was much j enjoyed. ! The chapel exercises Tuesday inorn ! ing were conducted by the Rev. Janies ! Wollaston Kirk, pastor of Mahoning Presbyterian church. The lirst period : was occupied by Dr. Omwake 011 the I"Three Fields of Pedagogy. " It was a 1 most excellent talk. The following ' points are noted: Dr. Omwake stated that he had tak- ! i en the measure of the rank and tile of teachers and that he did not think he was mistaken in believing that there is an earnest desire among them to in crease their store of learning and ad- I vance in their profession. Teachers,he said, should be specialists, first of all ] in the things fundamental to their | own particular line of work. In other ! words, it becomes necessary that they | should be master of the science of I their profession.just as a physician is, I or should be, the master of the science of medicine. Teachers also should have | an accurate knowledge of the sciences i lying at the bottom of their profes sion. Twenty-five years ago this would have been relatively an easy matter because the science of education in | those days was not to be compared to that of the present. The sjieaker com- I mented 011 the wonderful strides made j educationally during the last quarter jof a century. Owing to the growth of j colleges and universities there is now 1 an enormous amount of matter avail ! able relating to subjects that lie at the j bottom of the teachers' profession, j Timo was when 0110 could cover all j subjects of education without much of an effort; at preseut, however, the | I subjects embraced are many and the j list of popular volumes relating to ! education would constitute a fair sized library. With the average teacher, actually ' employed in teaching, the day is past : when lie or she may leave school work . and spend three or four years at some college or university in pursuit of , I knowledge relating to the science of j teaching. Teachers, however, at the } present time, may avail themselves of j the many works written, reading up | and improving themselves, even for ! the highest grade of school work, j while actually engaged 111 teaching. I Dr. Omwake said,in his opinion, the ! profession of teaching is one, the : knowledge of which include the things I that are to be taught, but that at the same time the teacher's mental range { | should run far beyond tiiat limit and I grasp the whole field of human knowl ' edge and experience. Briefly, the 1 speaker's purpose in the morning ad j dress was to lay bare what seemed to be the legitimate field foi teachers to labor in while prosecuting their stud j ies and investigations in order to im j prove themselves as instructors of the j j young. I The secord period of the forenoon j i was occupied by Dr. Pearson, lie | dweltjiespccially on "Pronunciation," | prefacing his address with some very | common-sense observations. He stated | j that an over-precise person can be just | as vulgar in speed 1 as an over dressed j person is in clothes. Such person may 1 ,| be said to be one who has just a ! : little knowledge. In a general way he j pronounces his words in such a man- j ! ner as to call attention to himself; you j feel that ho is "very precise" and | thus he attracts attention just as the i ! "loudly" dressed person does to liirn i j self. As a matter of fact, Dr. Pearson ■ says, we really mispiououneo only a ' few words. At the same time correct I pronunciation is as important and as . ! neci ssary as correct grammar. . | Dr. l'v.-rson gave a drill in the dif ferent sounds of the vowels, "00" or | "u," &c. He conducted a useful ex- I e-rcise for getting strength of tone and described a breathing exercise to lie I used in the school room with windows I down. Hi' also conducted a test in pro nunciation, in which it was revealed that large number of familiar words arc habitually mispronounced. . j In the afternoon Dr. Omwake spoke . on"The Mind of the Teacher." He deplored that the object sought in school is too often the mere disciplin | iug of the mind of the pupil and that not enough attention is paid to the , [acquisition of accurate and definite; , | knowledge. He does not deny that • . J mental discipline is important, but I his view is that education should also Ibe a means of acquiring knowledge , ! that will bo of value to the pupil , | through life. j Boys ami girls are taughr to think : ( ! that they are going to school merely Ito get their minds disciplined. It is , hard to get that idea out of their heads. !As a result there is a woeful lack of . 1 reliable information among the puj ils [ of today; all of which is 111 striking! contrast to former ages when leuruiug . consisted in actually getting kuowl- I edge and students committed the con -1 (Ooutinuodon 4th Face.) II QUORUM WAS I NOT PRESENT A quorum was not present at the j special meeting of council Tues lay eve ' called for tlie purpose of taking action | on the plans for sewerage and sewage ; disposal plant. Engineer Collins who surveyed the borough and made the drawings was present along with Bor ough Engineer G. F. Keefer of Sun lmry. Members of council present ' were: President Andrew Schatz,.Tames Connelly, John R. M. Curry, Jacob Von Blolin and Ira KvpTliftrt, chair man of the committee 011 sewers. Notwithstanding the absence of a quorum Engineer Collins opened the package containing drawings, etc., re lating to purification of sewage,which lie sent to the borough by express a couple of weeks ago. The members } thus were made acquainted with much valuable data relating to sewerage and the sewage disposal plant, which will be acted upon subsequently. It was learned among other tilings that the [ site selected for the sewage disposal plant is located just below the creek's mouth. Engineer Collins explained that the plans as made reduce the danger from j high water to a minimum. The filter j bed will be elevated so that the bot j torn drains will be three feet above the surface of the ground. He demonstrat ed that the river would have to rise twenty-five feet above the present level before the water would interfeie with the plant at all; that the river 1 would have to rise six feet still high 'or before it would put the disposal | plant out of commission, j The voluminous packet was found to [ contain a valuable map of the sewer ; system of the borough, which is in ef fect a map of Danville showing | Gulick's addition, the Susquehanna I river, Mahoning creek and the entire locality down the river, including the I creek's mouth and the site below it of i the proposed sewage disposal plant. The map, which contains the present I and the proposed sewers, shows the ! sizes of pipe and flow, tlie percentage of giade and the topography of the borough. It is a general outline map, j six feet long and three feet wide, and j is altogether a most" valuable acquis!- j tion to the borough. The packet contained in addition 1 plans for the sewage disposal plant and some other blue and black prints. Borough Engineer Keefer, after looking over the drawings, spoke very highly of the plans and said lie had 110 doubt but that they will be approved by Dr. Dixon. Inasmuch as the time limit has about expired the plans will nn doubt be sent into tin- State de partment of health merely on-the ap proval of the president of ecuneil without being a. ied on b\ the ••mire ! body as was at tir intern! -il. AFTER LONG ILLNESS ■ Mrs. Elijah C. Voris, an old ;:nd highly esteemed resident ol D.tnviih . 1 died at the family honi: *te.»i, Ferry street, at 3:25 o'clock yesterday after noon following a long and painful ill- I ness. I The deceased was aged Tti years and 29 days. She was born in Chillisqua que township, Northumberland couii ' ty, her name before marriage being [ Julia D. Troxell. For the greater part I of her life she resided in Danville. She j was a member of the Mahoning Pre.- - j byterian church and was a consistent , Christian. j Beside her husband she is survived ; by one son, Charles E. Voris, tax re -1 oeiver of the borough of Danville. She is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Mary j E. Spalding, of Freeport, IJ. 1., and j one brother, B. F. Troxell of Chicago, i 111. ilie fuller"! will beheld Saturday at I::; 0 o'clock. Interment will take place in Fairview cemetery and will be private. PEIFER SCORED John C. Peifer, of this city, lauded several piizes at tin William port ]»mltry show with a pen of •«Crystal" White Orpingtons wliich lie is e lihi: in,' there this w ok. Mr. Piter's birds took second cockerel and second pullet and first pen. It is claimed that the show at Wil liamsport, which is being conducted under the auspices of the Willianisport Poultry and Kennel club, is the larg ' est ever held in Pennsylvania. Funeral cf Mrs. Forney. Tiie funeral of Mrs. William Forney I took place yesterday afternoon from the family residence, Mowerv street, ! and was largely attended. Them rvicefl were conducted by the Rev. W. M. Gei;; r, pastor of St. Jo'm's Lutheran ' church. Interment was 111 ale in Odd Fellows' cemetery. Injured at Berwick. S. B. Grove, a Danville ifian eni -1 | l.iyed as an eleotrical woiker at the 1 steel plant in Berwick, was severely injure I yesterday when he fell 18 feet from a ladder on which ho was work ; ing. His left foot was badly sprained ' and he was painfully bruised. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 DIPHTHERIA AND j SCARLET FEVER j The monthly report of the local reg j istrar to the bureau of vital statistics i shows about the same number of com ! municable diseases that were reported last month. In November there were eight cases of diphtheria and Ave cases !of scarlet fever, in addition to which j it is worthy of note that two more cases of the latter disease were report ' ed yesterday. i The death rate for November was 1 higher than usual,twenty-seven deaths being reported, fourteen of which oc curred at the hospital for the insane. J Practically all the known communic able diseases, with the exception of 1 mumps, figure in the local registrar's j report for November. Diphtheria and scralet fever lead. Three cases of ! chicken pox and three cases of measles ; were reported. There was one case of whooping cough and one cast* of ery sipelas. There were two cases of pneu -1 nionia, one of which resulted fatally. There was also one death from dipli- I theria. [ There was only one case of typhoid fever. The patient was removed to the Joseph Ratti hospital at Bloomsburg and is at present receiving treatment | there. ' Two cases of pulmonary tuberculosis : were reported during the uiotnh. Re lative to these it is worthy of uo'e that the date of onset in eacli case | occurred as far back as the spring of ' j 1908. | The prevalence of diphtheria and i scarlet fever is no longer confined to i the second ward but takes in the en ! tire scope of town. FOUR BANDS The Mummers' association held a meeting iu the parlor of the Baldy house last night with President John Cruikshaiik in the chair and Thomas G. Vincent acting as secretary. ! The committees all reported progress i showing that everything is moving ' j along very satisfactorily. In relation ! j to finances this is especially true, the . report showing the money needed for 1 ( music, prizes, &c., is com lug in twice as fast as last year'. I On motion Major Gearhart of the i committee on music was directed to t i write to the Exchange band, inform ing it that the association will accept r | its terms provided an agreement can : j be reached as to "expenses " Four ' bands are now practically assured. I [[Sheriff I). C. Williams reported that • the Structural Tubing works, M. 11. 1 Sehram, Francis Hartman. Andrew • Schatz ami Edward White, the latter of Mahoning township, will each have ! a float in t' e pire.e. The stove j.iiw ■ : • . to the associa tion by W. \. S.- -bier to lie disjiosed of for tie benefit i.l l.'c Mummers' parade is now on exhibition in the window of Frank • rl. r's cigar store, i corner of Mill i. . W. t Mahoning ANOTHER BIG HOUSE ! The Murray Mackey company last ' | evening came pretty near duplicating 1 their achievement of packing the Dan | ville opera house on Monday night. Again last night the gallery and dress ! circle were filled and the parquet was about two-thirds occupied. The andi i once was well repaid by a very merit j orions production of"The Two Or I phans. " I Something that can always be said for the Murray-Maekev management is that their plays are always well staged. Last evening's offering was no | exception. The stage setting for the second act of"The Two Orphans" was esjiecially elaborate and beautiful,and ha- seldom b' eii (•quailed on the local theatre. Tonight the com pan v will give "The Slave Drivers." a very strong and ! sensational Russian drun a, depicting , the life of the Russian convicts in t' Sil> Mr. Mcakey ihv: !v lias a number of appliants for ph. • son the amateur night program which will he giv» n in , comiection with the production of "The Devil" on Friday. BIG DIVIDENDS - ' Checks aggregating.*;',7B~\.VS.,jO wore | mailed this week to its .'55,'.'70 s!:are ; holders in payment of the three per . i cent, semi-annual dividend. The Penn i sylvnnia Railroad company has jail in dividends since it was chartered 08 ' years agj . . .i.<.o —Atoro than - its entire capital stock of $834,616,960, ( i The average holdings of Pennsyl vania Railroad stockholders is 115 shares,the i ar value of which is s,j?,->O. ■ Of the total number of shareholders. 26,904, or 45.63 per cent, are women. A statement just compiled shows • that li!, 812 shareholders are located in • tl.e State of Pennsylvania, the aver t age individual holdings amounting to . 96 shares. In the last two years the 1 ; number of shareholders iu Pennsyl : vania has increased 1,389.