State Library. VOL. 55—NO 51 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. John Godschalk was killed at Easto when he was run over by an ice wag on. Morton L. Montgomery, of Reading, has written an exhaustive history of Berks county. Five hundrid eighty-one turkeys were shipped from York to Philadel phia last week for Christmas dinners. Stephen Eoreland was killed by a t ill of slate while coming out of the Cincinnati mine at Courtney, near Beallsville. When the house of Mrs. Elizabeth McCormick was huruc.l at California, the normal school students saved the nearby property. Trafford City held a big town din ner to buy a school bell and succeeded in raising £4OO. It will be placid on the new fOO.OOO building. John George,of Punxsutawuey. was crushed to death between two cars which lie was coupling on the Western Allegheny road at Portersville. Each of the 1,200 male members of St. Stephens' Reformed church at Reading has promised to give $1 to ward the Laymen's Missionary move ment. • Mrs. Sarah Irons, of Philadelphia, who has been separated from her hus band since 1871, is suing that indivi dual for $402 which she says is due her in back alimony. A number of Philadelphia merchants have been arrested for selling bad eggs. Some bakers of the same place are known to have been using few if any eggs, coloring their cakes with coal tar. Three year old Mary Gardner, of South Canonsburg, was burned to death when her clothes caught tire at an open grate. Her mother was burned seriouly about the arms and face in trying to save the child. Before a large gathering of the min ing experts of western Pennsylvania and adjoining districts held at the University of Pittsburg, John H. Jones advocated having a minimum amount of air in collieries saying that too much carries coal dust. Perry D. Minnick wrote Black Hand letters at Philadelphia to help pay his way through Drexel institute,demand ing $.V>5 from D. T. Walker. He has been freed by the court pending in quiry as to whether he had any crimin al intent, as the letters contained no threats. Elwood J. Delp, of Hellertown, was sent to the Northampton county jail for three months for altering a rail road pass. Eli Wallace, a retired blacksmith living in the eastern end of Lebanon county, is the kind of a Santa Claus that amounts to something. Ho makes a tour of the vicinity where he lives , every six weeks,providing for the sick and helpless, giving shoes to children who otherwise would bo kept out of j school for lack of them and sometimes | burying the dead. One old woman who died recently at the age of 86, gathered her existence for nearly twenty years from'this man. Fiank Clausi, a Philadelphia bar ber, when ho was on trial for having u'i his possession and trying to pass spurious coins, in order to give an ex cuse for having cyanide of potassium | in'Jhis possession, shampooed his own ! head with the drug and formed a big ! lather. He had chloride of silver too, i both these drugs being used in making 1 counterfeit money. The jury found him guilty and acquitted his wife who 1 was charged with the same olfi ns> s. Fifteen alleged offenders are under bail to appear for hearings for run ning turkey raffles at Ilarrisbnrg. Wholeslale raids were ma le under the orders of District Attorney John Fox Weiss. Raffles wer • conducfe 1 at Thanksgiving time in open defiance oi tho law. William Derst, of Philadelphia, said to be the only survivor of the famous battle between the Monitor and Mer rimac, was in court on Saturday to appear against Warren Scullin whom ho accused of robbing him of SOS. Scullin was held under SI,OOO bail for court. ,T. W. Bridge, aged 85, superintend ent of the Pittsburg,Mouougale la and Washington Railway company, is dy ing at a hospital as the result of firing a bullet into his left side at Monon gaheia. Before he became unconscious ho said that the shooting was partly accidental. Professor P. B. Schwinezt, of Le high university, was appointed the ex pert by the State railroad commission to digest the reports on the boilers of locomotives on use on railroads throughout the State. in HOLLO'S PROPOSITION The subject of furnishing coal to the water works occupied considerable time before the borough council Fri day night. A communication was received from A. H. Woolley, representing the Mon tour Coal and Iron company, relative to a proposition he made at the last meeting, namely that he would furnish the watei works good buckwheat coal at $2.40 per ton, which proposition was rejected by council. He now proposes to have a disinterested expert make a chemical test of his coal and the coal at present in use at flic water works for which £2.50 per ton is paid. He in sists tear he. < r.titled to a share of the borough's business and repeated his offer, that he will furnish the best grade of Nnnticoke buckwheat coal delivered ill the ! ins at the water works for .*2.40 pel gross ton. Any length of time from three mouths to a year will be given for payment. On motion Mr. Woolley's communication was ordered filed. Mr. Marshall took up the subject and demanded to know who constitute the "People's Coal C 0.," which is at present furnishing coal for the wat er works. Mr. Everliart explained that the company in question is composed of T. L. Evans' Sons and that lie himself is only a salesman employed. On motion of Mr. Marshall it was ordered that fifty feet of new hose be procured for the Washington hose com pany. Mr. Marshall stated that the arc light at Church and East Market streets has been reported out very fre quently of late. Electrician Smith made an explana tion. He admitted that the light might have gone out and said such occur rences are unavoidable. He took oc casion to utter a protest against the amount of misrepresentation that the light plant and his personal labors especially ar ■ subjected to. The most absurd stories are told by persons who are utterly ignorant of conditions re lating to a light plant. On motion of Mr. lies it was order ed that 160 feet of Paragon hose be ordered for the Continental hose com pany, and SO feet tor the Goodwill hose company. On motion of Mr. Marshall it was ordered that repairs be made on East Market street between Mill street and the Episcopal church as soon as at all practicable. A communication was received from j W. Kase West, solicitor of Mahoning township, relative to tlie disputed | township line,explaining that the sup- j ervisors of Mahoning township are not allowed by law to agree to the loca- j tion of township lines. If there is any ' dispute with reference to the location of the line between the borough of Danville and the township of Mahon ing, Mr. We st said, it can lie ascer tained upon a proper petition pre-ent ed to the court t•» re-locate said line. The supervisors, therefore, refuso to j approve, anything that lias been done j by the borough engineer. The following communication rela tive to the above was received from I Borough Solicitor Gearlmrt: "Replying to your letter of Bth inst., enclosing communication from solicitor and supervisors of Mahoning township relative to the boundary line dispute I will state that while it is to be regretted that said supervisors re fuse to accept tlie fair and sensible plan suggested by council through its borough engineer for the adjustment of all differences in the premises, yet said supervisors cannot be compelled to do so and there seems to be no oth er alternative than to have the line established by legal process,'' On motion it was ordered that the borough solicitor be directed to take snvh legal action as may be required to i'stabli>h the line by law. The following members were pres ent : Schat/.. Fiiinigat), lies, Everhart, Mips' i,. , lYuiiollv, Von Klohn,Curry and Pnrsel. Tin* following bills were approved for p.:y:n -lit: BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Regular employes $117.60 Labor in Light Dep't i 5 .75 Danville F'dy. & Machine Co.. 26.00 | Dickson & Hall 85.38 Dean Bros . . 14.80 j Washington Fire Co 2.0") Walker & Kepler 8.86 I People's Coal |Yard . i.yo i Wallace A. Hoover 10.65 I United Tel. & Tel. Co C,O H. B. Patton 11.00 I Labor and hauling 61.00 j George F. Ileifsnyder 19.05 WATER DEPARTMENT. I Regular employes $169.30 ! American Car & F'dy. Co 61.68 I D. L. & W. R. R. Co 2.22 ! Dickson and Hall 26.'44 J Henry R. Worthington 24.80 | Danville F'dy. & Machine Co.. 43.93 j Washington Fire Co 2.20 I Labor on Streets 23.75 DANVILLE- jPA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1909 TO REORGANIZE STATE MILITIA Radical changes will be made in the National guard of Pennsylvania short ly, in accordance with general orders issued from National Guard head quarters in Harrisbnrg Saturday. The changes will be upon the basis de manded by the requirements of the Dick uniform militia bill, which goes into effect on January first, and will give to this State a body of citizen soldiery of ten thousand men. The change occasioned by the order that creates most local interest in the enlarging of the Twelfth regiment by the addition of two companies—Lewis town and 15ellefonte. The order piovides for the abolish ment of the governor's staff.aml those who will lose their places are: Lieu tenant Colonels James Evlerson, Jr., Philadelphia; .Tames M. Hied, Con nelsville; Ned Arden Flood, Mead ville: WalterT. Bradley, Philadelphia; .Tames Archibald, Jr. ,I'ottsville ; Lewis E. Beitler, Philadelphia; Fred Taylor Pn«ey, I.ansdowne; Charles A. Kook, Pittshurg; .T. Warner Hutcliins, Phil adelphia; John K. Wiggins, Philadel phia ; Oliver S. Herslinian, Pittsburg, and John Sailer, Philadelphia. A new brigade is added to the Penn sylvania guardsmen, making four in all. the Fourth brigade being made up of companies from two of the old bri gades, This will create ranks for officers in these departments and do away with the jiersonal appointment by the major general and brigadier general of the members of their staffs, who in future will be officers and en listed men selected from the several depaitments and appointed and assign ed by the governor. These are some of the changes which will he made by tlie issuance of this order, which is calculated to bring the National guardsmen as nearly up lo the standard of efficiency of the reg ular army as possible. On January 1, which is the date these orders take effect, there will be in the United States a standing militia of 1 fO,OOO men, fully organized and equipped along the same lines as the regular army and ready to take the field at a moment's notice. The orders issued Saturday from Harrisburg give in detail the complete reorganization of the National guard. The reorgan ization was made very easy by the fact that since the Spanish-American war Adjutant General Stewart, who is to be ctiief of staff, with the rank of brigadier general, has been working with this end in view. Twelve com pany regiments have been gradually made the rule and the organization of the various departments was complet ed several years ago along the same lines as the regular army. This reorganization as it affects the National guard of Pennsylvania will give it a division composed of four brigades, geographically located to meet the best requirements of the needs of any emergency that may arise within the borders of the State. The four brigades will be composed of three regiments each as follows: First Brigade. First, Second and Third regiments, all of Philadelphia. Second Brigade. Tenth, Sixteenth and Eighteenth regiments, located on western, southwestern and northwest ern counties. Third Brigade. Ninth, Twelfth and Thirteenth regiments, located in cent ral, northern and northwestern coun ties. New Brigade, (as yet unnamed) Fourth, Sixth and Eighth regiments, located in eastern and southern coun t ies. The extra brigade is composed of tho Sixth regiment, and tho Fourth and Eighth regiments. Tho Fourteenth regiment,of Pittsburg and vicinity, is made a separate command until fur ther orders. No mention is made of a new major general or a commander for the new brigade, but military men intimate that General Dougherty will command the division and Colonel Coryell, of the Sixth regiment, will command tho Fourth brigade. In order to bring the regiments up to the twelve company standard, or near it, it was found necessary to ab olish one of the old regiments and the Fifth legimenf was selected. The com panies of the old Fifth regiment are apportioned to other regiments as fol lows: Companies at Huntingdon and Bed ford, to Eighth regiment; companies at Lowistown and Bellefonte, to Twelfth regiment; companies at Hoi ! liday.-burg, Altoona, Blairsville and Indiana, to Tenth regiment. | Charles ('arson of MeKeesport, died 'at a hospital at that place asking for his mother, saying that he would dio before she got there. In a room to his right lay the young man's mother and in the room to the left lay his father, both near to death on account of typ hoid fever, from which disease Carson died. The doctors say that to tell the parents of their son's death would be I fatal to them. SCALES WEIGHED ACCORATELT j Pursuant to action of council the j chief of police Saturday morning con j tinned the inspection of weights and I measures. No butter was found under weight, however, and confidently i none was confiscated. Some very antiquated weighing ap- j paratus were found but they had the merit of giving full weight. One set, especially, attracted a good deal of attention. They were coated with rust and looked as if they had come down from pioneer days, but on being put to the test by the chief of police they were found to be good hon est scales and demonstrated that they could weigh s..- acuratelv as the chief's !hi' standard weighing apparatus. Full confideii • in the curbstone mark , et seems to have been restored as the result of the recent shaking up. Ev erything now is ready for 11ic big holi day markets which will lie a feature of this week. Henceforth it seems to lie under stood that the inspection of weights ; and measures will be made more reg ularly, probably once a month. Thus, if scales get out of order —become short or overweigh—it will be detect ed before injustice is done to either j the purchaser or the vender. In this , connection it is only just to note that i in some instances the scales used by the farmers in market did overweigh and the purchasers were the gainers. The subject of weights and measures • used in town was discussed at length by the borough council at its last meeting. Mr. Von Blohu stated that a good many people are under the im pression that council has the author ity to conduct an inspection of scales 1 used in the stores of town and think , that the borough is going only half way confining itself to an inspection of the weights and measures used in the curbstone market. I' \yas deemed proper that the public he informed that the borough can not go so far as to inspect the weights and measures used ill the stores but that the gener al law provides a remedy for each and , every case where the inidvidual finds that he is being wronged by short weight. CHIEF~MARSHAL The Mummers' association held an ! important meeting in the parlor of the i Baldy House Monday eve,at which the ' chief marshal of the parade was elect- I ed, the prizes were arranged and the : judges who are to make the awards were appointed. On motion Major C. P. Gear hart was elected chief marshal. He was empowered to appoint his own aides. W. C. Williams submitted a list of prizes for the mummers which was ad opted, as follows: First prize, ijiHo; second prize, s'.'s ; third prize, sls. In addition there will he two $lO prizes, four prizes ; six 50 prizes. Total $1:10. For the floats the following prizes were adopted: First prize, sls; second prize, $lO. All will be in gold. Three tons of coal and one barrel of Hour have been do nated to the association and these in addition to the above prizes will be awarded by the judges. President John Ciuikshank appoint ed the following persons as judges in connection with the Mummers' par ade : W. A. Sechler, T. J. Price, Dan ville. Georgo 11. Sonneborn, South Dan ville. J. V. Lesher, Sunbury. George Hancock, Northumberland. Russell Karchnor, Milton. Sheriff Charles Ent, Bloomsburg. A. T. Bucher, Lewisburg. Charles Randall, Catawissa. Dr. K. L. Davis, Berwick. Judge L. W. Wolliver, Exchange. DR. WELSH RESIGNS. Announcement is made of the resig nation of Dr. Judson P. Welsh as vice president and dean of college JJat the Pennsylvania State college, to take (ef fect after the next annual commence ment in June, 1910. Dr. Welsh tender ed his resignation to the board of trus tees on Pennsylvania day but the mat ter was kept a secret until public an nouncement of the fact was made < u Tuesday evening. Dr. Wt lsh went to Stato college from the Bloomsburg State Normal school at the opening of the collego in 1900 as vice president, financial agent and registrar. ACCEPTS CALL The Rev. William C. MoCormack, l I). D., pastor of Grove Presbyterian | church, this city, has decided to ac | cept the call to the First Presbyterian church of Lima, N. Y., which was re cently extended to him. Definite plans relating to the change of pastorates have not as yet been formed. Dr. Mc- Cormack will in all probability be in Danville until near spring. ISSUING OF CERTIFICATES Borough Superintendent D. N. Dief fenbacher Monday received a com munication from State Superintendent Nathan C. Schaeffer, relative to the issuing of employment certificates, which will settle a much mooted ques tion. As has been previously explained, j under the new law, which puts the ! working age limit at 1 I years, boys and girls now employed in this city will be obliged to obtain new certifi cates from the school authorities, as those formerly issued by magistrates, notaries and justices of the peace will be void after the first of the year. It is not the intent of the act to de prive children of a chance to earn a livelihood, if (hey are between 14 anil 1(5 years, nor to aunov those who em ploy children projierly qualified to work. The child must bo able to read and write the English language intellig ently and besides must produce birth certificate or other proof that the ago is as represented. In this city a question has arisen whether those holding employment certificates issued in 1908 can not have a new one issued without challenge as is being done in Philadelphia. To set tle this question Borough Superintend ent DietTenbacher addressed a letter to the State superintendent of public instruction. Following is the reply: "Superintendent D. N. Dieffenbaeher. Dear Sir: It is the intention of the law that the new employment certifi cates shall not be issued on the basis of the old certificates. The Philadelphia case is different from yours because in Philadelphia the school authorities have always issued the employment certificates. The law evidently intends that you shall satisfy yourself as to the age of the child by the method prescribed and that you shall ascertain whether the minor can read and write the English lnaguage intelligently, either from the grade in school or by some other method. Yours truly, NATHAN C. SCHAEFFER." No charge is connected with the is , suing of the certificates. Magistrates, ! notaries and justices have the right to charge fees and this is the reason why ! j the issuing of certificates was taken i out of their hands and assigned to the | school authorities. RESERVE NIAGARA WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. I In the report of the committee of landscape architects recommending the I creation of a national park at Niagara ; Falls, which was transmitted to con- , | gross yesterday with the favorable en- j ' dorsemeut of Secretary of War Diekin- i sou, much detail concerning the com- ! inittee's plan is given. The committee urges that a strip of property be acquired by the United States connecting with the State re servation :it the end and extending the 1 whole length of the gorge, embracing the talus, the cliff and a tract of land not less than 100 yards wide, to be con | verted into a national reservation. It I is set forth that all building within I the strip can bo destroyed or moved ; back under such arrangements as will i , impose the least hardship on private | owners and corporations. | By additional legislation and agree j ments with tlie Canadian government i the diversion of water for powor pur poses should, in the opinion of the committee, be kept in such limits that the impressiveness of the cataract shall * not be diminished. HARVESTING ICE The harvesting of ice began in earn- I est yesterday. An excellent quality | from seven to nine inches in thickness was cut on the ponds at Castle Grove. Some ice was cut on the ponds Mon day, bur it was not as thick as desir- j I able and lho work was discontinued. ; The lir.-i ico harvested, yesterday, was haulc-d int > the ice house of j Charles 11. Lotier ou Ferry street. ! W. S. Lawrence iV Son also expect to cut ice on the dam on Mahoning j | creek, this week. NEW STATION AG F .NT j George W. Eggert, for eight years | past station agent on the I>. L. &W. ' i railroad at this place, left yesterday j afternoon on the 2:11 train for Kings- , ton, where he assumes the position of freight and ticket agent on the same railroad. Thomas W. Irland,promoted to Dan- ! ville from West Pittston, yesterday , entered upon his duties at the local j station as Mr. Eggert's successor. Fire at Poughkeepaie. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Dec. 22.—Half of the plant of Thomas S. Marvel's shipbuilding plant, located at New burgh, N. Y., was destroyed by fire early today. The loss is roughly esti mated at 1126, (XX). A SLV THICK FRUSTRATED A Shamokin dealer by a bit of sly circumvention attempted to gain pos session of a large load of ducks and chickens in the curbstone market Tues day in violation of the borough or dinance, which provides that "it shall not be lawful for any dealer or other person togo into market and buy for the purpose of selling again butter, eggs or any other article whatsoever" The chief-of-poliee .however, detected the fellow's stratagem add, although he had the load of fine fowls cinched, under threat of arrest, lie was obliged to declare the sale off an 1 to look to some other source than the curbst me market for (lucks and chickens. For some time past th •'chief-of-pol ico has suspected that huckster- am! others from the coal region, by piac ticing deception, have succeed id in unlawfully getting hold of a good many chickens, turkeys, ducks, iV •.. that were brought to the curbstone market. The dealer tripped up Tues day morning was one on whom the chief had his.eye, especially. The man walked through market lei surely and when he saw the load of ducks and chickens he began to nego tiate for them, representing himself as a farmer living near Shamokin. He wanted the fowls, he said,for his own farm. He agreed upon a price, which the market man could not afford to decline,and so the bargain was closed. Aj this juncture the chief of police appeared upon the scene. The man seemed very plausible and repeated the story that he was a farmer and wanted the fowls for his own use. He was a little nonplused when the chief asked him what he [had done with the other loads of chickens, &c.. that he ! took out of town recently. He Anally ventured the explanation that lie some times held a shooting match. This did not help his 'position any and his de fense finally went to pieces. The chief of-police warned him not to take the load \he had purchased, threatening him with arrest if he at tempted to do so. The dealer accord ! ingly hunted up the market man and told him that under the circumstances jhe believed ho would not take the load of ducks and chickens. Several other persons, not very well known, iu the habit of purchasing in Danville, will henceforth lie under surveillance. It is very convenient for dealers, if they can succeed in delud ing all parties, to swoop down on our curbstone market an purchase goods in large quantities. [lt is a temptation that hucksters from the coal region, especially, find it hard to resist. It is hoped that the episode above nar.'ated will have a salutary effect. THE LAST RITES The funeral of Joseph H. Auten, ol Wilkes-Barre, whose death occurred Monday,took place in this city yester day forenoon. The body arrived at Danville on the 'J:O7 D. L.it \V. train,accompanied 1\ Free Masons,as pall hearers, rep resenting Landmark lodge of Wilkes- Barre,to which the deceased belonged. The body was taken to the residence of E. \V. Peters, Lower Mulberry street, where services were held at 10:30 o'clock,the Rev. Joseph E. Guy, pastor of Shiloh Reformed church, officiating. Among those from out of town who attended the funeral were: Judge Voris Auten, and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Guyer, of Sunbury; Mr. and Mrs. William Cox of Moutandon; Wesley Auten of Collingswood, N. J. ; Miss Curry. Mooresburg; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel (.tiffin, of Illinois. Interment was made in Fairview cemetery,wiieie the wife of the deceas ed is buried. Among the floral offerings was a beautiful emblem from the Masonic Lodge at Wilkes-Barre. MILLIONS FOR U. S. NAVY WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Exactly sl2, 130, 1 T"> will be spent <". i vessels of the navy now under con struction during the fiscal years IVIO to 11)13 inclusive, under the estiuuit - submitted to congre-s by the navy de partment. Of tikis amount $30,733,503 will be for hulls and $! 1,01)7,913 for machin ery. The total amount during the cur rout fiscal year is estimated at $2-1,- 520,755; for illll it totals $13,375,320; of 11)12 and 1913 at aggregates $4,584,- 501. W. S. Reed Wed». Miss Emily E. Ettla, of Milton, and W. S. Reed, of Bloonisburg, who is well known in Danville, were wedded in the Presbyterian church of Milton .it 7 o'clock yesterday morning. The Rev. Dr. W. G. Keiffer tied the knot. There were no attendants. Mr. and Mrs. Reed left on an extended South ern trip. Upon their return they will reside at Bloomsburg. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 OVER 30-FOOT EMBANKMENT Our town was the scene of two very thrilling runaways yesterday. In one the frightened horses dragged a heavy farm wagon after them all the way from the river to Shiloh Reformed church; in the other the horses along with the cab to which they were hitched, rolled down over a thirty ; foot embankment into Mahoning creek The first of the two runaways occur | red early in the forenoon. Austin Roup, who lives on the Morrall farm near Kipp's run, was delivering farm produce 011 Water stivi't. He left his team stand at the corner of Pine and Water streets while he wast ransacting some business at a doorway only a few feet distant. The horses were spirited animals, and faking fright at some object ran away. Dragging the heavy farm wag on after them they dashed up the lull and at a breakneck paee threaded their way among innumerable vehicles 011 East Market and Kerry streets — finally reaching Bloom street where they had still enough spirit remaining to make a spectacular dash up the long hill leading t:i the eastern end of the borough. That the team was given the right of way it is hardly necessary to state. Half a dozen vehicles escaped collision jby a narrow margin. A. L. Voris with Jacobs' bread wagon was on Perry street when the team came | along. He was caught close to the curb and fait sure that he was doomed His wagon escaped the wheels of the farm wagon by literally a hands breadth. When the runaway horses reached Shiloli Reformed church on Bloom \ street tln ir spirits began to droop, so that when a man 011 the sidewalk ran out into the street and waved his hat in front of them they very readily ; stopped. One of the single tun s was broken, which was the extent of the damage ; sustained. < The second runaway occurrad about 110011. "The horses and cab belonged to | George W. Hoke,the liveryman. They had just returned from a funeral and had been left standing outside the stable by the driver, William Free j liafer, who had stepped into the oflice 1 to warm himself. i Horses are naturally restive on a I cold day [such as yesterday and the I team impatient at being left alone j started off slowly. Before they were ! observed the horses had crossed the foot of Factory street and were mak ing their way along the bank of Ma honing creek at the rear of the Jam ; eson property. | At this point from the top of the | creek's bank to the water's edge the 1 distance is at least thirty feet. It is a most dangerous declivity, the bank at many places being nearly perpendic ular. For a short distance the space is just wide enough for a vehicle. It narrows down, however, and finally there is only a foot path between the fence and tin brink > t' the embank ment. I The horses were able to maintain i a footing for a short distance, but j finally the cab went down over the bank. The animals instinctively clung to the narrow path on the brink ami actually succeeded in delaying the impending disaster. The heavy cab was too much for them, however, and a moment later the whole outfit rolled down over the high embankment into the creek, which at that point is some four feet deep. In the descent the liorst s along with flie cab rolled over several times. The cab landed in about three feet of wat | er right side up; one of the horses lay lon his side and only a part of his head was out of the water. The other horse was standing. Singularly enough neither of the horses seemed badly injured. On of them bears a few scratches about the legs, but that is all. Several parts of the cab are broken. DIES AFTER SHOPPING NORRISTOWN, Dec. 22. Ella Bonhum, while walking up the driveway at the State hospital for the i insane last evening, was fatally strick en with heart disease, dying shortly i after being removed to the building. She had jnst returned from a Christ mas shopping expedition, which exer i tion is supposed to have 'light on i the fatal attack. ; Miss Bonham was a Canadian and i for a dozen years wa* cngag I to con duct visitors through the women's de- I part men t of the institution. Killed Playing Santa C'laus. Pottsville, Dec. 22.—Having return !ed from Christmas shopping laden with gifts for his twin daughters, Charles Weismiller, of this place,kiss ed them and watched them fall asleep. He then prepared to arrange the pres ents for distribution, and while the loving task was in progress fell for ward to the floor upon his face, dead. Weismiller was a well-known Penn sylvania railroad fireman.
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