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a CUTTING AFFAIR.

Charged with Rape and Badly Wounded.
At an early hour on Friday morning
Squire nyus, Of Mannheim township, was
called out of bed to ego to the house OF
Jacob Fink. near Neffsville. where a man
Was said to be lying dangerously wounded.
Squire Ilyus went at once and found
a nan who gave his name AS
Charles Myers. His statement OF
the affair was that he went to
a shanty in a woods near Neffsville, occu
pied by a cOlOred woman named Catherine
Francis, who was said to be separated
from her husband. Myers had bottle OF
whiskey with him, of which both he and
the woman partOok until they became
drunk. When he got up to leave the
place she entreated him to stay all night
with her, which he refused to do, where
upon she attacked him with an axe, cut
ting fearful cash in his left thigh, an
other in his left side and another near the
hip. The wounded man was taken to
the county hospital, where he lies in a
critical condition. He is attended by DR..
Bolenius. A complaint of feloniOus as
sault and battery was preferred against
the woman and she was this morning ar
rested and lodged in Jail.
Mrs. Francis's story is quite different
from the above. She said that after
Myers had given her some of the whisky
he wanted to stay all night with her, and
when she refused him he attempted to as
sault her indecently, and. that she used
the axe against him in self-defense.
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ST. AiARY'S FESTIVAL.

Last Night at the Old Stone Church--Ths
Festival to Close Tonight.
The festival at the "old stone church :"
on West Vine street was very literally
patronized last night, the presence Of
Clemmens's City band lending additional
attractions to the exhibition. They dis
coursed excellent music during the earlier
portion of the evening, and good business
was maintained until after ten O'Clock.
There were several articles of value
ohanced of, including iced cakes on Miss
>Bryant's table. hat on Miss MalOne's
table, etc. Tonight the festival will
close, and persons who have not at
tended should bear in mind that this
will be their last opportunity of spend
ing an hour within the walls
OF the historic structure that has been the
silent witness of so many changes and the
sanctuary in which the piety of century
ago worshiped. The work of demolition
OF the building will be begun next week.
The attendance tonight will no
doubt be very large, as the "chancing"
articles of value will be disposed of and
those that are being contested for awarded
to the persons who return the highest
number of votes. In addition to other
attractions, Mr.. John f. Malone, whose
recent graduation from Mt. St. Mary's
college at Emmittsburg, Nd, has been
noted in these columns. will this evening
repeat the Grafton which he delivered on
that occasion, the subject of which is
"lreland During the Last Eighty Years."
and which is described as one of the ablest,
most scholarly and eloquent productions
heard at the Emmittsburg exercises.
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inpur;ant-if True.

Interest has been revived in the matter
OF a. 1. Stcwart's body by the publication
in the New York Star Of Il serial that pur-
ports to be the true story of the robbery
compiled froip the diary of a special dc
tectivo.of many years experience. Accord
ing to this narrative the body was stolen by
BILLY Portcr's mob of banks and silk thieves
hackman named Nike Kelly being the
principal He took the body in his hack
to the New Jersey shore and buried it !;
then, scmo days later, resurrcctcd it and
took it to the house OF doctor on
Lexington avenue, New York, who
embalGcd it, inoculatinS himself with
the virus in SO doing and dying ten
days later. The woman with whom
this doctor lived as his wife took the
corpse to Montreal in !. trunk, being "thc
woman in black - famous in the tcle
grams of the time. There the remains
were taken on q coal scOw and hidden near
Montreal for a year, after which they were
exhumed and returned to Mount Vernon
Winchester county. N. V, where they are
now hidden. Mike Kelley disappeared
from the city soon after the robbery, and
is now said to be working in 4 mine some
where in Arizona.
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A PLEASANT LITTLE PARTY.

ReaniOn of tho High School Glass OF rs
The high school graduating class of "a
held their annual reunion last evening at
Spaeth's restaurant. There were pre- sent
II. L. Villee. W. F. Swilkey, II. ]. Steig-
erwalt, D. r. Mccormick and Thos. II.
McGinnis. Letters were read from F. B.
Doyle, II. G. Mercer and Israel Aaron,
who were unavoidably absent. After the
good things (Which were got up in
Spaeth's best style) had been done ample
justice to, the cloth was removed and
music, speeches and singing filled the
balance of the evening. Among the
toasts, which were all happily re-
sponded to, were "Our Teachers,
Messrs. McCaskey and Cable" "Our
Absent Classmates, The Press" 'Our
Hosts, THE Future of the Class of 49,
The exercises closed shortly after 12
O'Clock by the singing Of the class song,
when all retired, we'll pleased at the re-
newal of old associations. The officers
for the ensuing year are IL. l.. Villee.
president. H. J. Steigerwalt, secretary, and
ID. r. Mccormick, treasurer,
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
MEDICAL REGISTER,
Something for the Doctors.


All practitioners of medicine and sur.
gerry are interested most particularly in
the law passed at the recent session Of the
Legislature, providing for their registra-
ton. This law went into effect at once.
and was signed by the governor on June
9Th, so that it is now operative. 1t pro-
vides that the prothOnotary Of each coun
ty in the state shall provide book to be
known as the medical register" and
shall set apart one full page for the regis
tration of each medical practitioner in the
county. Every person who practices med
lclne or surgery must present TO the
prothonotary his diploma for record, and
the prothonOtary must then enter his name,
place of birth, residence, &C., on the
record, and place copy Of the diploma
on file i'll the Office for public inspection.
Other sections of the bill make provision
for cases where the diploma has been lost,
and for persons who have been continu-
Ously practicing for ten years without
having diploma. The penalty for a
practitioner Omittin. to register his
diploma, etc, or for otherwise violating or
neglecting to comply with any provision
of the act, is fine of slOO, one half Of
which goes to tho prosecutor, or an i'm
both, at the discretion of the court.
PrOthonotary McMcllen received his
register yesterday, and the venerable John
l.. Atlee, the oldest physician in the city,
was the first to present himself for regis
tratiOn Following is the form of registra-
ton.
Namc-JOhn Light Atlee.
Place of Nativity-Lancastcr,P Pa.
. Place of Residence-Lancaster, Pa.
Institution-Medical department of the
University of Pennsylvania.
Datc-April 6, 1920.
Other Degrees-DoctOr of Laws.
Date-.June, 1880.
Institution Franklin and Marshall COL
ege.
The second name registered is that of
Dr. John Light Atlee, jr., who graduated
in the University of Pennsylvania as a
doctor of medicine in 1858 and received
the degree of Master of Arts from Yale
college in 1859. .
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Georgia, late fugitive from the state, is
now the trusted manager Of the Atlanta
Cotton exposition, and is talked of in con-
nection with the next govcruorship.
Kenyon college has just conferred the
degree of LII. D., upon ex-Secretary JOHN
| SHERMAN. In vie~ of his arrang ements
with the First national bank of New York,
the World thinks a degree Of :. d. would
have been more appropriate.
Gov. HOYT continues to merit public
appreciation by filing strong protest
| against the legislative salary grab of the
extra pay. He only fails to veto it because
he is not quite clear as to his right to veto
| portion Of an item. and to veto the whole
item into which the grab was smaggled
would work much confusion.
Of the federal senators, many draw their
salaries just as regularly and with rs much
Srec'!incSs as any ''Eired hand in Wash
ington. Some OF them draw every day
during the session of Congress, some once
Il week. Others twice a mouth. A few Of
them go into the cashiers room of tho
secrctarys office and get their salaries
once mouth. One senator only draws
his pay one i year. VOORHEES, is the
most frequent applicant for money DAVID
DAVIS the most regular in his monthly
call and the rich II. c. DAVIS uses all Of
his for pocket money PLATr has Sc to
his credit ANTHONY takes his yearly and
FAIR, the bonanza king, forgot to lift his
pittancc.
DAN VOORHEES,, away out in Arkansas,
says to reporter: THE Almighty vino
made these mountains and hot water made
Conklng a Republican. He cannot be a
Democrat. lie can never cOalesce with
that broad a',I liberia! thought which per-
mcates the Democratic party and en-
braces the whole country. lie is II man
who never thought, spoke, or dreamed of
his country save in partisan blindness and
sectional hate. lie will never become a
Democrat, but will become Il monument
to the young men OF the country, and
stand as a warning against the folly of stu
pcnd"us vanity and eSotism. His fate
will be rcbukc to personal government,
which this country sorcly nee,Is.''
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LARGE FUNERAL.

Burial Of George W. Mason Yesterday.
The funeral of George w. Mason took
place from his fathers residence at the
White Horse, in Salisbury township, yes
terday morning. The deceased was widely
known and had an immense number of
friends, who went to the funeral to pay
the last sad tribute to their young friend.
Persons were present from all over Lam
caster county and many parts of Chester.
After short service at the house the
funeral prOcessian started for the Episcopal
church at Compassville, Chester county.
The sermon, which was an excellent one,
was preached by Rev. Henry Tullidge. pas
tor of the church. He spoke from Num-
bers xiii, 10: ''Let me die the death
of the righteous and my last end be like
this" At the conclusion Of the sermon
Rev. J. W. Hassler, of New Holland,
spoke for a short time, referring to the
many excellent qualities of the deceased.
After the services the coffin was opened
and those present had an opportunity of
taking last look as the face of their dead
friend. The body was then taken to its
final resting place, and the interment was
made in the new cemetery attached to the
church.
The pail bearers at the funeral were Jos.
G. Biggs, Frank II. Ditfenderlfer and b. S.
Schindel,::o of the New Era Office, George
kafroth, George Hendry and A. G. Bald.
win. The employees of the New Era Office
gave to the family of the deceased the
beautiful floral emblem described in yes
terday's INTELL1GENCER and the testimo-
nial which was signed by all the employees
of the Office. After the funeral many of
the visiting friends returned to Mr.. Ma
sons residence where they were hospita-
bly, entertained.
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COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
Harvest has hcyuu

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
Harvest has begun.
New +. X h. officials step in to-day.
The Washington news creates great ex.
element and general regret.
Putnam Circle, B. L. (H. F.) No. 1ll
goes to the parade in Mannheim on the
Fourth.
From p. m. to p. NJ yesterday Ferd
Rissinger caught 145 cat fish.
! When the Columbia engine returns
home the other companies will be invited
to parade with the Columbia.
J c. c. Kaufman and w. H. Moore have
bought the handsome, cedar, latest i'm
proved boat of c. N. Simms.
A slight fire in q frame house on Perry
street, near the railroad, at p. m. yester-
day, was extinguished without an alarm
or serious damage.
The Wagner hotel hostler sued boy
who wouldn't pay for having his horse
cleaned. Squire Young discharged him.
Squire Grler this morning sent down Il
drunken and disOrderly man and woman
for ten days.
One Of the Shawnee mill horses fright
ened at III engine at Front aid Walnut
streets, slipped and fell, doing no further
damage than tearing the harness.
The banks, stores, &C., shut up Oh Mon
day; the rolling mills and SUPPLIES foun-
dry close also; the Susquehanna mill paid
to-day, week in advance of the regular
time.
Increasing membership Of the G. A. X.
post has caused it to change its headquar-
ters to the Susquehanna lodge room in
Odd Fellows hall, fourth floor. A large
turnout of the order is expected next
drill.
The Presbyterians will picnic at Spring
wood on July l2. and the f. E. Lutherans
may join with thnm rates, so cents for
adults and 25 cents for children the
United Brethren will go to the same place
on the Goth and the excursion rates will
bc 55c. and 25c.
A man who was persistently accused by
a woman on market this morning OF pick
ing her picketbOOk cheerfully offered to be
searched and nothing was found on him.
Then the woman found it in her basket,
She apOlosized and the general satisfaction
was utterly utter"
A supposed crazy man riding a small
donkey through Fifth street this morning,
nearly touched the ground with his dang
ling legs. lie wore bed ticking pants,
variegated coat, white stovepipc hat with
blue band and made faces at the jeering
crowd.
Mr.. JOS. Fendrich is visiting his parents.
Mr.. S. B. McCOrkle has returned to his
business in Philadelphia Miss Ella Yin
ger, Of Manchester, Pa, is visiting her
cousin Mrs. Yinger Miss Annie Wellcn-
seik, York, is visiting Miss Mollie Herr
Richard Burroughs Shawnee furnace clerk
has gone visiting his Maryland relatives
II. G.. Gable and B. F. Mullen have gone
to Philadelphia to spend the fourth.
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PERSONAL,

An enemy Of PLATr says = " Well, the
tail has separated from the cat. Let us
see how the bob tail cat will jump"
Before Rev. DR.. O. II. TIFFANY, OF
Philadelphia, sailed for Europe, his Broad
and Arch NJ. E. church raised and paid off
its $50, 900 debt.
DEWARREN H.REYNoLDs, esq. of Cum
berland. Nd, practicing law there, is now
visiting his family and friends near Ref
ton. He has lately returned from visit
to New Mexico, on professional business.
Ex-Governor RUFUS 3, BULLOCK, of
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GaeOliU0 LalNnS-

All the street lamps throughout tho city
were lit with gasoline light, for the first
time, last night, under the contract entered
into between the city and the Globe gas
light company. The lamps were neat and
clean and some of them were furnished
with ground glass slides on which were cut
the names Of the streets. The light fur
nished was quite brilliant, and appeared to
give satisfaction.
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Protecting BALLOT Thieves.

Popular respect for the judiciary gets
another blow in the feeling excited
against the administration of justice in
Philadelphia by the result of the trial of
Maher and Street for election frauds.
The evidence left little room in the pop
nlar mind for doubt that as election Off.
GERS they had been faithless to their
trust and corrupt in the abuse of their
power. Four credible witnesses. the
conservative Le1yr declares, testi-
fed that Maher tampered with the bal
lots entrusted to him. They saw him
do it, and the returns of the
ward made by its officers salts
fed everybody that ballots had been
counted not as they were cast. Against
this the defense set up WAS the alleged
impossibility Of the witnesses, seeing
that alterations were made. Certainly
the way to ascertain beyond a doubt
whether any ballot put into the box was
changed after it went into the window
would have been to open the box and
bring it to light. BY the constitutional
system of numbered ballots any one can
thus lie followed and the right of the
voter to have his ballot count
ed rs he cast it can thus be
secured, or at least the infringement
Of that right by rascally election officers
can be detected and punished. In the
conflicting testimony of the Maler case,
manifestly, as the straight-out Republi-
can Bulletin urges, cit is nearly certain
that the ballot-box alone would have
proved Maher's guilt or innocence; but
the judge decided, as we understand it,
that the ballot-box could not be put in
evidence. Whether this is good law or
not, we cannot say but it is not good
sense. The box ought to have been pro-
duced and opened, and there is a very
general belief that if it had been, Maher's
guilt would have been made clear" In
his zeal to protect the secret ballot Judge
Briggs decided that the box which
guards that secret could not be opened
except i'm contested election case.
We agree with the Bulletin, that
this is not good sense. 1t is not
good morals. We do not believe it is
good law, and the fact that Judge
Briggs SO rules affords no presumption
that it is. The secrecy of the ballot is
perhaps a good thing at any rate it is
secured to the voter by law. But the
pure ballot is higher object to be Oh
tained, and the protection of the voter
in his honest right to secrecy must always
yield to the prosecution of the laws pur
pose to ascertain how votes are cast.
Where the integrity of the election Off
GERS is called into question the ballot |
box can be called into court and the con-
stitution, Art. viii, Sec. 10, plainly |
declares that Sin trials of contested elec-
lions and in proceedings for the inresti-
yation Of elections, no person shall
be permitted to withhold his tes-
even upon the ground
hat it may criminate himself Or subject
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And Still 1t il Dim.

Some time ago the INTELLIGENCER
noticed that the paint was wearing off the
figures on the face Of the court house clock.
The commissioners have not paid any heed
to it as yet, and the face on tho north side
looks rs though it had been out on drunk
and got badly scratched. None OF the
commissioners reside in the city, and they
very seldom have occasion to consult the
clock. Ii they lived in the northern part
of the city they would not know how late
they were out at night, if they had to de-
pend on that side of the clock for the news
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BURIED ALlVE.
A Sand Bank Caves In on Two Young
Women.


Yesterday two of Christian Arieth's $
daughters. Caroline and Katie. had occa
sion to visit a sand-pit near their father S
residence in the lower end of the Seventh
ward: While there, portion of the bank
caved in OH them. burying Katie entirely
beneath the sand, and covering Caroline
up to the waist. \ laborer who was
working in the pit was also partly buried
in the sand. Miss Caroline, though wedged
tightly in the sand, had her hands
and arms free, and being close
beside her sister, managed to scratch the
sand away from her sisters head and face,
and thus prevent her suffocation.
The laborcr soon cxtricatcd himself, and
after good deal Of work he mana gcd
to dig tho young ladies out. Both
girls are very badly bruised. and Miss Kate
suffers beside from severe nervous prostra
tiOn. DR.. Bolenius was sent for and at
tended the sufferers, who arc reported to-
day as doing very we'll.
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him to public infamy ;" albeit, such tes'
timony can not be used for his prosecu.
tion. If no individual can thus withhold
his testimony, why should the ballot-box,
which il almost always necessary to sup.
plement the voters evidence I? By what
jugglery does Judge Briggs construe the
law for the relief Of those who pollute the
ballot. Sensible people will agree with
the Ledger that the verdict Of the jury
gains no additional force from the fact
that it accords with the instructions of
the court-Judge Briggs's court.
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Lost and Found.

Quite an excitement was created in the
southeastern section of the city yesterday
by the anxious inquiries made by Mrs.
Philip Snyder for her missing three year.
old child. The whole neighborhood was
searched unsuccessfully for hours, when the
heart-broken mother returned home, an
stumbled over her little one, who was
taking an afternoon nap behind the door
ALPS well that ends well,
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A Nasty Ness.

Mr. Platt's withdrawal from candi
dacy in the senatorial contest at ALBANY
heightens the sensationalism, withou
reducing the complications, of tha
struggle. Had his retreat been made fol
political instead of personal reasons il
might point with more clearness to tn,
final issue there. The .reticence of tn,
New York papers and others, who ought
to know, concerning the scandal
at the Delavan house, leaves tht
public in some doubt as to the real cause
why Platt has fled with such precipita
tion from the scene of his late triumph
There is no room for question, however
that the reason for his sudden change OF
front was the circulation of the scanda
that he had been caught in the room ol
strange woman at the hotel, that a
large number of his political opponent.
gathered in the corridor, sent the porter
upa step-ladder to look over his transom,
availed themselves of the same privilege
sent him notice to quit the room in ten
minutes or have the door battered down
upon him and his companion, and then
waited for him to emerge and to pass
between double file of his political en-
mics, waiting in their night shirts to
witness and proclaiw his shame.
The thing difficult of ascertainment is
the truth of this accusation. If it is
true the shame is about equal on either
side. The conduct OF Mr.. Platt is. of
course, infamous but hardly less so
was that of his opponents. Their descent
upon him and their conduct leave no
room for doubt that he has walked into
trap which they had set for
him; and 50 conscious of their
turpitude are they that already those
who were given as witnesses to the epi-
sode with one accord deny their presence
at or knowledge of it. Mr.. Platt's son
and wife have arrived in Albany and
the young man finds lot of ignoramuses
in the members among whom he is in
quiring for the information of his
mother" Ifhe has thus done dishonor
to himself, his family and his state there
is and should be nothing for Mr.. PIatt
short of implement before the public
and confinement behind the bars. It is
an awful commentary on the demoraliza.
tion of public men, and a striking SUD-
plement to his late colleagues escapade
at Canonchet.
If it is not true the infamy of those
who concocted the story, like their con-
duct if they set trap which caught
their victim, is only equalled by the
moral cOwardice Of Mr.. Platt, who as
the Sm puts it, ran like Il rabbit as
soon as he was struck
True or false the incident is the can
slleaf of testimony afforded by the con-
test at Albany that all is rottenness
there. No result out of such a LegisIa-
lures travail can be aught than the
spawn of sin and shame. Let it take
itself away from public sight without
further delay, and allow the peop.e to
bury its fostering carcass.
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do. 1t is further reported that he said the
jury could render no other verdict. II this
means they could find no other sort of ver-
dict, considering the nature of his charge,
there may be some ground for the remark;
but if it means that the weight of the evil
dence demanded that verdict, he will find
wide dissent from that very extraordinary
observation. Four credible witnesses
testified that Maher tempered with the
ballots
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Ten,ins ON tho Old Camp Ground.

William Il. Brinton, John Dckey, Ar
thur Boartlman, Samuel Slaymaker and
Walter Welchans, of this city, members
of the Young Mems Bryant literary club,
with their tent, camp chest and equip
ments. cncamped at Cold Springs, York
Furnace station, on Thursday last, and ex-
poet to remain in camp for week or ten
days !; they arc enjoying themselves in
fishing.