Jilontot!f l JUnmcm VOL. 56—NO 2'-) ITEMS CONDENSED. Owing to recent rains .Berks county farmers have postponed the threshing of their wheat. Columbia has repealed its ordinance relative to dog catching, on the grounds that it cost too much. Prank Rielly is South Bethlehem's oldest barber. He recently celebrated :iis forty-first anniversary as a slinger of the razor. The receipts at the Pittsburg post office during the month of June were 1206,526, an increase of $24,34t> over the same month last year. During the month of June seventy five manufacturing establishments in Pittsburg either installed or contract ed for new smoke preventives. Seized with cramps wliile swimming in rlie river at Wilkes-Barre, John Lestel was drowned after an heroic at tempt on the part of his companions so save him. Owing to the heavy demands for tin plate the plans at New Castle will work throuhgout the entire summer. Brief stops for repairs may be made >ut there will be no extensive shut Jowns. Joseph H. Hinkson, a Chester att orney, lias unearthed an old law vhich authorizes a committing mag strata to send habitual drunkards to he state asylum until they are cured, nstead of to the county jail. Seated on top of a hay wagon pass ig nuder a railroad bridge culvert at 'revorton, William Reitz, was a pris ner, wedged in the enclosure a long ime until pedestrians discovered his iredicament. He is an a critical con lition. About fifty Sharpsvillo excursion its, returning home from Conneaut ake.were taken ill on their train and equired the services of a physician, ust what the cause was is not posi velv known,but it is thought to have een either ice cream or water. At Bethlehem a dozen of the em- | loves of the George Riegel furniture ictory were returning from a clam i ike in a wagon, when the swingle ree broke and the horses ran away. ! 'he wagon was overturned and all, wrelve of the men were injured more r less seriously. Rev. Dr. Charles L. Trawin, pastor 112 the Upland Chester county Baptist hurch recently tendered his resigna ion, but the board of deacons refused 3 accept it. He did not feel that he ad entirely met with the needs of the hurch but the board took another iew of the matter. Ernest W. Bowman,former assistant ashier of the Citizens' National bank t Tionesta, was sentenced Thursday ! i the United States court at Pitts- | urg to ten years in the western penit ntiary. In May 1908 he pleaded guilty ; 112 misapplying the funds of the bank, taking false entries, for nearly two •ears previous. The city of York is in luck. The otli- I r day a check for $26,973.43 was made j ut by the York Railways company to j ,e paid to the city as the amount of a \ 25,000 bond with interest, foifeited j trough failure to complete the line j ' the Colonial Street Railway com- | Any within the specified three years, j i supreme court decision, in sustain- j ng the lower court, brought about his rather unusual proceeding. Arrangements are being made for j ie celebration of the 200 th anniver- I ary of the Reformed church, at j "Jhurchville, Bucks county. William Reger, of East Mauch J ihunk.has in liis garden a triple stock j 112 dahlias grown as one and bearing | riple flowers of three different colors. j Seventeen tons of straw on the farm 1 ,112 Edward Crozier at Upland.J was mrued recently by a lire ot peculiar irigin. A wagon wheel struck a stone musing a spark which set fire to the raw. A decree of absolute divorce to Mary 1 cott Hartje from her husband, Angus- j us Hartje, the millionaire paper lanufactnrer of Pittsburg, was grant ed in the Allegheny county courts on iaturday by Judge Eraser. Running barefoot in tho garden at 1 ler home in York. Mary H., daughter j if W. J. Althoff, a few days ago, ran i small splinter into her foot. The .vound apparently healed, but lockjaw leveloped and the little girl died Sat urday. The borough of Pottsville has been lireoted to pay $3,500 damages to Al >ert Snyder for injuries received by lini being backed over an embank ment by his horse. The court held that •lie borough was negligent because it "ailed to erect u guard rail to prevent such accidents. The bain of Benjamin Meklinger, "ocated near Witmer, Lancaster coun ty, was destroyed by fire Saturday aight, causing a loss of $3,000. The flames are supposed to have originated from sparks blown from the ruins of a barn and house, some distance away, which had been destroyed during the afternoon. TOOK NO ACTION ON QUARANTINE The borough fathers met in regular session Friday eve. There were pres ent the following members: Connol ley, Cleaver, Heim, Curry, Marshall, Everhart, Price and Von Blohn. City Clerk Patton read a communi cation from Goodrich post, No. 22, G. A. K., condemning the act of the bor ough in throwing the base of the monument open as a speaker's plat form on July 4. On motion the com munication was accepted. On motion of Mr. Curry the secretary was in structed to notify the post that the matter was left in the hands of the park committee aud consent was not given to the people to use the park. | A communication was read from the | State Livestock Sanitary board,signed | by T. E. Muuce, deputy veterinarian, explaining that if the quarantine on dogs, on account of rabies, be declar ed by the State, the borough would be required to pay the expense of adver- j Using the quarantine in two papers, j and for the posting of notices of the : quarantine, also to enforce the qnar- I autine. No action was taken. The matter of naming an inspector was next considered. A communica- j tion was read from Paul Silvus, of Suubury, making an application for the position. On motion the matter was placed iu the hands of the streets > and bridges committee. Mr. Curry reported that Cooper street is in a bad condition between Nassau and Mowrey streets. The resi- 1 dents on that street desire that it be j raised. On motion of Mr. Von Blohn, it was ordered that the street be re paired iu its turn. The motion of Mr. Curry that the t cro-sings that run at right angles to s East Market street be paved flush with the walk was lost. Mr. Curry reported that the Dan ville Foundry and Machine company, refuses to lower its track and there- j fore Mr. Cormau refuses to raise the walk of his property at that point. On motion of Mr. Marshall it was ordered that the law committee confer with Messrs. Price and Vannan to see if an agreement can be reached in the matter. Mr. Everhart reported that progress is being made in the laying of the sewer and three or four permits have been issued to connect. Mr. Counolley of the water commit tee reported that the matter of vaca tions for employes of the water works had been considered by his committee and that if the employes can arrange j to take their vacations as they did last ! year, they might have vacations. Oth- | erwise no vacations will be allowed. On motion it was ordered that a j light be placed on Railroad street | above the Reading railroad. It was the sense of council.that the j painting on the city hall is not yet ; completed and that tlie job be finished as contracted for. On motion of Mr. Price the matter of painting tlieTire escape on the city hall was left in the hands of the com mittee on public property. The following bills were ordered paid: BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Regular employes ..$117.50 Labor in Light Dep't 13.00 Price & McCloskey 80.43 Sarali McOuen 8.00 W. S. Hunt 25 Labor & hauling on Sewer Ex tension and Streets 445.83 j The Gem 4.00 i WATER DEPARTMENT. Salary £101.40 j Peoples Coal Yard .... 1411.50 Friendship Fire Co 1(5.3? Fornoy Bros 00.30 O. Edw. Roat 0.00 ' Atlantic Refining Co 2.00 t Fred R. Miller Blank Book Co. .">.50 i Laps Blood anc' Gets Mad. York, Pa., July 20.—A remarkable ; instance of the deadly infectious char- j acter of rallies was given at Dallas town, where a mad dog scare lias been j on for a few weeks. In lulling out) of the dogs,afterward proven by medical examination to have suffered from rabies, a quantity of blood was spilled, and beforo any one could prevent, it,a mongrel owned by Cleveland Bailey had eagerly lick ed up some of the blood. The animal was immediately tied up and closely watched. It soon began to give evid ence of the disease and Monday night had become so rabid that it had to be shot. Making Repairs. The oxtensive repairs on tho several school buildings authorized by tho board are being pushed to completion as rapidly as possible to the end that the rooms may be gotten ready for the annual cleaning next month. Work is in progress on several of the buildings. Albert Schain, of Berwick, arrived yesterday for a visit at the home of his'grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Lowenstein, West Market street. PROVIDENCE AIDED BLOOM TO WIN Saturday's Reaults. I Bloonisburg 5. Danville 3(7 innings, i rain). ! Nescopeck 2. Shamokin 0. j Shickshinny 2, Snnbury 0 (called second inning, rain). ; Berwick 0. Nanticoke 0 (5 innings, I raiu). STANDING OF THE CLUBS W. 1.. P.O. I W. L. P.O. | Danville .is I .kik liloom 11 .550 I Nanticoke..l3 7 .682 1 Nescopeck 015 .283 I Berwick....l:j 7 ,fiso I .Shamokin... 115 .-10 Shick'ny 11 7 .fill.l Suubury 113 .OU3 Well, there lias been a lot said about Saturday's game with Bloomsbuig; it has been knocked in Danville and praised in Bloomsburg, it has been dis cussed dispassionately and ferociously attacked; for and against,up and down and crossways, and then repeated countless times; so that the second day after the contest there is scarcely anything to say that has not already been heard many, many times by any one who is interested enough in base ball to listen. Heartrending it certainly was, to have Providence aid the treachery of a Danville pitcher in swinging a game to the team that we desire more than anything else to beat. But allowing all the unpleasant feat ures of the game itself pass, is it not j just as well that Bloomsburg won? We all know that for weeks the fate of I base ball in Bloomsburg has been trembling in the balance. Dissentions ! among the managers and players, and dissatisfaction of the fans with both, ' have followed a series of defeats of the : Bloomsburg team. The knockers were | out and attendance had fallen off to almost nothing, and the path of the National Game in the Columbia conn- t ty seat was leading into dark places. A victory over Danville would do more to revive interest and put the 1 team back on its feet than anything else. Don't you flunk that maybe He ' who sees everything, even to the spar row's fall, unloosed the elements and gave Saturday's game to Bloomslmrg to keep that town from forgetting that the best of this life is found in con- i tinning to strive against adversity. While Bloomsburg is our greatest rival, the rivalry is for the most part friendly, and wo believe there are few 1 in Danville who wonld not be willing to give up a game to Manager Sharp less' boys in the race so that the rest j of the series this summer between the j two towns can he played out. So far this season four games leaves ' each team with two wins. The statis- j tics are as follows : June 4, Danville 4, Bloom 7. June 1), Danville 7, Bloom 3. July 15, Danville 7, Bloom 1. July 16, Danville 3, Bloom 5. While Danville and Bloomsburg have J each won two games and stand even at present, Danville has the advantage j in points, having scored 21 to Bloom's 18. It was in the seventh, which has come to be sort of a fetish innings in Danville baso ball lore, that Blooms burg won Saturday's game. And the setting of that scene and the events of a little while afterward will not be forgotten for a whilo by the players or the people who watched. Danville had made one run in the first innings, when Umlaut's base on ! balls was followed by Livengood's sacrifice'aud two Bloomsburg errors. From them on until the seventh it was a draw, neither side scoring, al though the narrowest kind of margins saved the tally sheet from sully many times.. All the while the storm clouds were gathering, but so intense was the ex- ' citement that only for fleeting glances at the heavens were eyes taken oft' the diamond. When Bloomsburg came in for the ] opening of the seventh the flash of lightning and the crack and roll of thunder was almost incessant. The pale yellow darkness that sometimes proceeds the heaviest storms spread over the field,but in spite of the omin- I ous signs men and women sat glued to | the benches. Steffen, first up for Bloomsburg in | the seventh, hit clean to center field. I lline followed him and laid a grouud- I er between first aud second. By an un> j fortunate arrangement between Liven- I good and Umlauf it has been decided | that in case lline hit tlio hall Liven ! good was to cover second, and the ; Dutchman running to his base left open the spot where Hiue's Hit passed through the infield. That should have been the first out. With men on first aud second Cross in then laid a spanking roller at Liv engood, which our second baseman cleanly errored, while Steflin scored. That should have been the second out. Dougher went down, Veith to Nipple, Hine scoring on the play. Dougher's should have been the third out with but one score. Then started what is perhaps the Continued on 4th Page. DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 21 1910 INTERESTING CASE WAS ARGUED I An interesting case involving'the j payment of collateral inheritance tax | on large sums was argued before Judge Evans Saturday, j The argument was based on a peti j tiou presented to court by the register j aud recorder asking for a citation to ( show cause why collateral inheritance i tax, alleged to be overdue, should not jbe paid on certain sums involved in ; the estate of John R. Bennett. R. S. Ammermau and Grant Herring repre sented the Commonwealth; James Scarlet, H. M. Hinckley aud Ralph i Kisner appeared for the respondent. The argument was opened by R. S. Ammermau. It was represented that [ John R. Bennett died June 21, 1905; that his last, will and testament was made at Paris in 1903 aud was admit ed to probate here iu 1905. The will bequeathed the entire estate to Ellen Coleman Bennett, the wife, subject to the payment of |25,000 to Sarali Craig Bennett,sister of the test ator. Mr. Scarlet's answer admitted the facts. The argument was taken up by Mr. Herring, who spoke for over an hour, citing numerous authorities to prove that the collateral inheritance tax is due not only ou the $25,000, which by the terms of the will were togo to the sister, Sarali Craig Bennett, but also on $130,000, which were paid to eight other relatives of John R. Bennett by the wife of the testator,in order to se cure a release when they threatened to contest the probating of the will. The ground ou which (lie contest was tlieatened was that John R. Ben nett at the time of his death was not a resident of Montour county. Had the contestants won they were prepared to carry the contest into New York state. The final outcome,uuder the cir cumstances alleged, would have been that Mrs. Bennett would have receiv ed only a dower. The result of it all was that the widow agreed to pay $130,000 to secure a release,which per mitted the will to staud. Sarah Craig Bennett joined with the brothers aud sisters iu the release in consideration of the payment of $130,- 000. Mr. Herring contended that the release does not deprive the Common wealth of the collateral inheritance tax on the $25,000 to be paid to the sister by the terms of the will; that it accrued immediately on the death of decedent and that its payment can in no way be evaded. That the legacy was vested in Sarali Craig Bennett, the sister, was confirmed by the release. The State is made one of the benefici aries; along with the sister it becomes vested of a right to a portion—s per cent.—of the legacy,and the sister had no power to convey away the rights of the Commonwealth, although she herself surrendered all claim to the $25,000. In conclusion Mr. Herring cited authorities to show that under all the circumstances prevailing the State had a right to five per cent of the $130,000 paid out by Mrs. Bennett to secure re lease and which thereby because vest ed in collaterals. Mr. Hinckley of attorneys for the I respondent took the position that Mrs. Bennett in order to avoid contest paid ' the eutire amount—sl3o,oo0 —out of ! her own pocket; that this sum also paid Sarah Craig Bennett, the sister, who joined in the contest and did not receive the $25,000 provided by the will. The case, he contended, does not come in under the act of 1887 quoted by Mr. Herring, as none of the $130,. 000 was bequeathed by the decedent— j did not p;iss from bis hands—but was I paid out in compromise as above ex- I plained. He cited authorities at length to show that mcney paid out to col lateral heirs to settle dispute is not subject to inheritance tax. Sarah Craig Bennett took nothing under the will. The s2s,ooo,therefore, that tlie will provided should be paid to her, like the $130,000, is exempt from collateral inheritance tax. Mr. Scarlet spoke briefly. He took the broad ground that no collateral in heritance tax is due,as the estate went to a lineal heir. The court took tho papers. SHOCKED BY LIGHTNING YORK, July 20. A mischievous bolt of lightning which found its way into the home of John Wildemuth, at Shrewsbury, dur ing a severe storm, played a weird prank on Wildemuth, who was seated in the kitchen, one arm resting upon a zinc-lined sink, through which the bolt apparently came from the earth. | The lightning not only shocked Wildemuth 'severely, but turned a cheap metal button worn by him as a shirt stud into a miniature electric light, which shone brightly in the semi-darkness of the room, frighten ing Wildemuth and others of the fami ly, who witnessed the phenomenon. It requires a lot of strenuous effort to lead tne simple life. A FOUNDER OF RIVERSIDE | O. H. Ostrander, the veteran civil | engineer of the south side and father iof Real Estate Agent George B. Os trander, Tuesday paid Danville the first visit in eighteen mouths. He spent several hours in the office of his son, Mill street, wheie he was called upon by a number of our townsmen. Al though physically infirm Mr. Ostrand i er's mind is as clear and vigorous as it was twenty years ago. He came to Danville in 1858, when only twenty years of age. Ho was a civil engineer. Later he took up book keeping. Ho was employed by the Grove Brothers among others,and was always prominently identified with af fairs. His memory is remarkable and in reverting to old times he is apt to recall many incidents of the town his tory that aro well-nigh forgotten. Mr. Ostrander was one of the pro moters of the borougli of Riverside. He is inclined to concede to the late George W. West the honor of taking the preliminary steps in the founding of a town on the south side of the liv er. At the same time facts are on rec ord to show that Mr. Ostrander was among the first on the'ground and that it was duo to his enterprise and per sonal sacrifices that a church was built and the little borough was placed up on its feet. The nucleus of the town was laid prior to 18T0, and from that time on Mr. Ostrander was a leading spirit on the south side. As here Mr. Ostrander is in possession of and has at ready command an enormous amount of data relating to boundary lines, etc..which on occasion proves of incalculable value to our town. Ho is frequently ; consulted in such matteis. Mr. Ostrander stated Tuesday that | there is abundant material for a his- j tory of Danville and vicinity more pretentious and more interesting than any that has yet been written—in i which might be set forth the career of those remarkable men and a full de scription of those pioneer industries : that successively and to such excellent purpose wrought ami were operated here. He feels confident that the man ! will yet arise before what is remem bered of the early days passes into ; oblivion who will properly record the j events so thrilling in their day,and so intimately identified with the general history. HOME FROM DETROIT Clarence E. Haupt, Dr. Harry Sober ami \V. W. Guliek, of this city, who left Danville in an automobile, Thurs day, July 7th, to attend the Elks' con vention at Detroit, returned home Tues day evening after a round trip journey 1 of about fifteen hundred miles. The loug trip was made without in cident beyond the usual tire troubles that are to be expected on a journey of that kind. In the main the roads j were good—better than those found in tiiis section of Pennsylvania. The party saw many beautiful views and the trip on the whole was enjoyable, j Leaving Danville they proceeded to ' Jamestown, N. Y., thence to Erie, j Pa., and Sandusky, and Toledo, Ohio, j arriving at Detroit on Sunday, the j 10th inst. They left for home last Friday,ship- 1 ping the car to Buffalo. Both going and coming the party journeyed by easy stages, spending a day hero and there, wherever any attraction pre sented itself. Lj.st Saturday when it rained, the party remained at Buffalo, taking in Niagara Falls on the occas ion. Leaving Buffalo in the auto they spent Monday at Watkins' Glen, com pleting the journey Tuesday. STRUCK BY TRAIN SHENANDOAH, July 20. John Fetzer, 24 years old, a civil engineer, the only son of Dr. S. M. Fetzer, met with a pathetically tragic death yesterday. He was about to sur vey a hoist-way at Mahanoy Plane, stepped out of the way of a descend ing train of cars and, while in front of an ascending car was struck and hurled twenty-fivo feot down an em bankment. He was picked up unconsc ious, hurried on a special train to the State hospital, where six physicians attended him, among them his father. Despite medical skill, he died shortly after admission,the result of a fractur ed skull, concussion of the brain and intrenal injuries, without regaining consciousness. Ho was to have been married in the near future. Choked to Death by Peanut. Pottsville, July 20. —Attempting to swallow a peanut, little Eugene Wess ner, of Schuylkill Haven, yesterday was choked to death. The nut lodged in his throat and resisted all efforts to extricate it. The child was even brought to the hospital here and an operation performed,but the little one died before the peanut could be reach ed. THREE EXPERT MARKSMEN Sergeant Yeager, Corporal Beagle | and Private Eisenhowber, all crack shots, aie representing Company F, Tweltfh Regiment, N. G. P., at the regimental rifle match, which began at Sunbury yesterday to contiue until Saturday. These rifle matches aro held annually, each compauy along with the field and staff being represented by a team of three men. The interest that ordinarily attaches to the rifle matches of the National Guard in Danville is much accentuat ed by the fact that the expert marks men of Company P arc pretty sure to win prizes and by reason of their scores to be selected to shoot at the matches higher up. Following the matoh now being held at Sunbury a regimental riflo match will take place at Mr. Gretna, at which the various regiments will be pitted against each other. At this match eacli regiment will be represent ed by the members of the company reams that make the best showing. Those whose scores are the best at the regimental match in turn will be sel ected for the team that will contest in the brigade match, which will be held at Mt. Gretna after the regimental match is over. Those attaining the highest score at the brigade match will be selected for the national match which will be held finally at Camp Perry, Ohio. While all three of the men compos ing tlie team of Company F now parti cipating in the regimental match are crack shots Private Eisenhower is probably the most distinguished and has climbed to the top notch, being selected last year to shoot on the State team at Camp Perry. Corporal Beagle has repeatedly represented the regi ment at the Mt. Gretna matches. Ser geant Yeager, although an expert marksman, is on the compauy team for the first time this year. Under the circumstances the scores of the team will be watched with a good deal of interest this year. In ad dition to the preferment of being sel ected for the regimental, brigade or Stato teams there aro many prizes to be won at the matches and the marks men from Company F have always carried off their full share. The prizes being contested for embrace a great variety, one being known as the "Sweisfort badge," which was pre sented by Col. .Tno. Sweisfort, of this city. HARVESTING OATS The farmers here and there have begun to harvest oats. The crop is everywhere a record-breaking one due to tire abundant rains that prevailed during .Tune. Not only is the straw long but the heads also are well-filled and the grain is heavy.Observing per sons who have traveled more or less during the last month or so state that at no time in their recollection have they seen such heavy crops of oats In every field may be seen the effects of the heavy storm of last week, fully one-half of the oats lying flat on the ground. Although attended with some inconvenience the most ot tiiis can be cut with the reaper, while the quality of the grain will by no means be im paired. A farmer from the south side yester day stated that the present season is unusually prolific one for the farmers. Many of the barns will be inadequate to hold tire crops. All over this sec tion the wheat is unusually heavy, while the hay crop is simply without a parallel. The rain last week came at the right time to revive tho corn and garden truck, which were beignning to droop. A similar rain a few weeks later, is all that will be needed to insure a good crop of corn. The only crop concerning which farmers have some misgivings at pres ent aro the late potatoes, which at many places do not, look thriving. Early potatoes are doing well. AFTER TRESPASSERS The Heading railway has joined in the movement against trespassers. Superintendent .T. E. Turk,of the Sha mokin division, with offices at Tam aqua, has sent to the agents and train masters on his division the following communication: "Trespassing on the railroad property in violation of the law is daily causing the loss of many lives. With a view of reducing to a minimum trespassing on the railroad tracks by the public, every reasonable effort to encourage the enforcement of the laws or to prevent such illegal trespassing entailing danger to life should be executed. Many men, wo men and children employed by factor ies take great chances by walking along and crossing tire tracks, and I feel that everything that reasonably can should be done by you and bring to the attention of the borough and city authorities such cases as deserve attention." ESTABLISHED IN 1855 NUMBER OF DOGS ASSESSED Just at present when an outbreak of rabies is fresh on the mind the subject of dogs is not an inappropriate one. In the above connection the ques tion wight be asked how many dogs there are in Danville or, more to the point, how many of the canines are as sessed in the borough. The number is not large. Taking in mongrels and dogs of high degree the assessors on their rounds found only one huijdred and sixty-three. In the entire county there are only one thousand and seven dogs—according to the assessors' lists. Liberty township has the largest number of dogs—ls2; Washingtonville has the smallest number—o. Anthony township is a close second of Liberty witli 148 dogs. Valley,Derry and Mah oning townships also embrace among their population many dog fanciers and possess respectively 110, 112 and 105 dogs. In other townships dogs are assessed as follows: Cooper, 48; Lime stone, 63 ; Mayberry,43; West Hemlock, 48. In Danville dogs are assessed as follows: First ward, 46; second ward, 49; third ward, 24; fourth ward, 44. In Danville the dog population fluc tuates considerably. In 1909 the as sessors' lists revealed dogs as follows: First ward, 79; second ward, 59; third ward, 49; fourtli ward, 19. In 1908 the showing was as follows: First ward, <3 dogs; second ward, 77 dogs; third ward, 28 dogs; fourth ward, 37 dogs. In 1909 Washingtonville had 12 dogs and in 1908 1(> dogs. Dogs are assessed at ona dollar. In the borough of Danville one-half of the tax goes to the borough and the other half to the county. The dog tax is used to reimburse farmers for sheep killed by doge. SUNBURY DISBANDS The Sunbury base ball team of the Susquehanna and Four-County leagues was yesterday disbanded by Manager C. W. Stahl. The Four-County league game scheduled between Nescopeck and Sunbury for yesterday was not played. The situation in base hall circles at Sunbury is described by last evening's Sunbury Daily as follows: "After one month of base ball, Ma nager Stahl gave up the business last night as a bad proposition. The mem bers of the team were paid off and the schedule abandoned. The only reason was the lack of support on the part of the Sunbury public. The receipts were insufficient to meet the expenses and each day -aw tlie finances going deep er an ! deeper. As Mr. Stahl iias been personally hacking the team,the losses tiad to be borne by him and l.e decid ed to quit before the situation became worse. "Sunbury wants good base ball but is unwilling to pay for it. The town demands a strong team and then comes out to see the games in mere hand fulls. Such has gei erallv been the ex perience in tie 1 past. Base ball has sel dom in ail the years of its existance paid here." The dropping of Sunbury again com plicates matters of this circuit. It will now be necessary for President McCol lum to call a meeting of the managers to drop another team from the circuit, or take another oue on in Sunbury's place. McCOLLUM CALLS MEETING. President McCollum, of the Susque hanna league, last evening issued a call for a meeting of the managers of the cirouit to be held at Bloomsburg next Monday afternoon,at which mat ters which arise upon the dropping of Sunbury, will lie discussed. McCOLLUM ACTS PROMPTLY. President McCollum stated over the phone to The Morning News last even ing that yesterday's game between Berwick and Nanticoke, which wts won by the latter by a score of 11 to 5, does not stand. Inasmuch as Berwick was scheduled with Danville yesterday for a Four- County league game, but persisted in playing Nanticoke, President McCol lum directed Berwick to follow the schedule, and failing to do so, the president ileclaied the game void. GAMES FORFEITED TO DANVILEE. The two Four-County league games which Danville was scheduled to play with Berwick on Tuesday and yester day have been declared forfeited to Danville by President McCollum, in view of the fact that Berwick refused to play with the team with which they were scheduled. Danville now enjoys the unique dis tinction of standing at the head of the Four-County league with 3 wins and 1 loss,and none of the wins were won, all being forfeits. With latest addi- he standing in"the Four-County league now is: w. L. P.c. w. L. P.C| Danville. ...3 1 -7*o Sunbury. ...1 1.."W0 Shamokln.,.2 1 Bloom 1 2 .838 Berwick...2 2 . 500 Nescopeck..O 2 .000
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