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Connecticut western news., 1904-09-08

on Saturday Of heart failure. He was born in Preble, Cortland county, N. Y, in 1886. He was at one time associated with Carl Schurz in the publication of the Detroit Post. MT. Clark, however found his life work in the development of Bradstreets mercantile agency. He filled prominent place in the financial life of New York.
 Henry Baldwin Fischer of the Fisch- CT piano manufacturing firm of New York died suddenly of heart failure on Friday on the porch of a hotel at Poland, Me, where he had been spend ing his vacation with his wife. Mir. Fischer was fifty-six years of age.
 At Bridgeport, Conn, Sunday, W. N. Middlebrook, one of the best known banking men of the state and assistant secretary and treasurer of the City Savings bank of Bridgeport, died as the result of a hemorrhage following the pulling of tooth.
 At his home in Glen Ridge, N. J., Sat urday, Alexander Pollock, sixty-six years old, a retired mechanical engi- neer, who was at the head of the stan of Captain Ericsson until the close of the war.
 In New Haven, Conn, Friday, Pro lessor John A. Robinson of the Catho- lie university in Washington, aged six ty-seven years. He was for twenty years the librarian at Yale university.
 At Seabright, N. J., Friday, Dr. Hen ry Tuck vice DreSident of the Now York Life Insurance company, after a long illness. Dr. Tuck was born in Barnstable, Mass, in May, 1S42.
Connecticut western news., 1904-09-08
News of
 A Week Paragraphic Photographs of the
 Worlds Doings

What was said to be the largest | number of steerage passengers ever | brought from Great Britain in a sin | gle vessel arrived in New York on | Thursday on the steamship Baltic, | steerage in addition to 671 in the cab | ing, making a total of 3,124 persons on
 board, including the crew.
 Goldfeld, New, is witnessing the be- | ginning of a rush such as no mining camp in the west has seen in recent years. The strike that has caused the excitement was made in the Sand l Storm claim, in the northern edge of l the gold field. The ore runs $6,000
 ton in free gold in one large blind lode | forty feet wide.
 An expert estimates the wheat crop | of Oregon, Washington and Idaho for the cereal year 1904-05 to be 45,10O,0OO | bushels. This compares with a crop | of 4,785, ,000 bushels last year, Al ,600,- l 900 bushels in 1902 and 46,60O,00O | bushels in 1901, the latter being the record crop for the three states. All attendance records of the Louisi ana Purchase exposition were broken on Labor day, when POT, ,454 passed | through the gates. This number, 1t is stated, exceeded the attendance on La | Dor day at the Columbian exposition, when 9S,858 visitors were registered | by the turnstiles.
 The condition of United States Sen ator George F. Hoar, whose illness ha aLc io reported as practically unchanged from day to day. The patient is still weak, though he takes nourishment at | frequent intervals.
 For sitting on the lap of a man Mrs.
 Mary Walsh has been held in $200 bail
 at Camden, N. J. She weighs more than 300 pounds. Harry Carle, her
 victim, weighs no pounds. His friends advised him to bring charge
 of attempted murder.
 Mrs. Jennie Wolk of New York, wife
 of Sigmund Wolk, S well to do restau-
 rant keeper, has received word that she is heir to a fortune of 20000,000 left by her brother, a South African
 diamond king" who died recently in buIUdL,
 The United States mint in Denver
 was opened on Thursday with a presi-
 dential salute of twenty-one guns and
 raising of the American flag over the
 building by George E. Roberts, direct
 or of the mint.
 More than a million excursion pas
 sengers were handled by the railroads
 east of the Mississippi river within the
 six weeks ending Sept. 1. This breaks
 all records.
 Ten millions of the $40,000,000 paid
 by the United States for the Panama
 canal are being invested in New York city, largely in real estate mortgages.
 The hop crop of the state of Wash ington is estimated at Al 800 bales, an
 increase of 5000 bales over last year.
Connecticut western news., 1904-09-08
GRIM ES
 AND CASUALTIES.

ln Ire Wnlcn wrecked the nVe story double tenement 164 Attorney street. Exit by way of the stairs had been cut
 off by the flames. Those who tried to save themselves by way of the roof | found the barred scuttle locked and
 were roasted by the .Sames which played around it. Those who tried to
 reach the street by way of the fire es-
 ond floor in front and from the third | floor in the rear of the house. On Sunday in a sudden fit of insanity Mrs. Minnie Mckenzie tried to kill her husband at her home in east Boston, shot and fatally wounded Patrolman 1 Alfred M. Sturdivant and, barricading herself in the front room of her tene- ment, for more than five hours stood | off squad of ten policemen. She was finally captured by the use of germi. eide injected through holes in the bar | ricaded door.
 In Chicago, Friday, two children,
 Fred Mueller, aged ten, and Helen Schultz, aged eleven, turned switch on the Chicago and Northwestern near | the Sheffield avenue station, as they said, just to see the cars smash up an cause we needed kindling wood for
 mother" Two cars were derailed. The soutllbound Wabash passenger | train from Des Moines for St. Louis | was wrecked near Pendleton, Mo, on | Tuesday by broken wheel. Seven | passengers were killed, and more than thirty others were inil1rad
 In St. Louis, Saturday, seven persons were killed and nineteen were injured, | two fatally and nine seriously, by the l collision of a Wabash worlds fair l shuttle train with suburban electric | car at street crossing.
 Wendell Miller, twelve years old, son l of George M. Miller, president of Rus kin university at Glen Ellyn, H., was | killed on Monday by a batted ball while watching a baseball game from | the grand stand.
 Five were killed and an equal num- Der seriously injured by a premature
 explosion of a quantity of nitroglycerin | which was being lowered into an oil
 we'll near Upper Sandusky, O., Sunday. Five men were drowned in Lake
 Erie on Sunday as the result of the
 capsiZing of a twenty-two foot naph-
 tha launch in which they were en | route from Cleveland to Vermillion.
 Eight persons were injured by a tor
 nado and lightning in tho southern part
 of Lacrosse, Wis, Friday.
 l Near Clearwater, in the Adirsndacks
 Friday, Philip Campbell, being mis-
 taken for a deer by his brother Harry,
 was shot through the head and instant | ly killed. Both were guides.
 | AS a result of an attempt to collect
 long standing bill by clerk in a coun- | try store at Greenshoals, W. Va, two
 men were killed and one fatally and
 another seriously injured.
 By single fist blow nine-year-old
 school boy killed his playmate of same
 age before 500 boys and girls gathered
 in a school gymnasium In New York
 on Saturday.
 While playing with revolver st stratford, Conn.,, Adam Stalnack accl- 1 dsntally shot and killed Mrs. Matis Bo-
Connecticut western news., 1904-09-08

Charles Finney Clark, president of the Brad street company, New
 York, died in London
Connecticut western news., 1904-09-08

In New York early Sunday morning four teen persons were kill ed and twenty inillred
Connecticut western news., 1904-09-08

Tuesday 1n Chicago when, according to the packers, more than a thousand of the strikers applied for their old jobs and were taken back. Men began to seek work a few hours before the time set for a meeting of the allied trades conference board, which represented twenty-two trades involved in the strike. The allied trades convention later decided to sub- init to the unions the proposition for settlement 5f :ne 1t"iiie.
 On Tuesday, ti ar conference last
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

EEH IJakaug. I6. Mr. and Mrs.
E.asor4 Ha.c5u. mala5a3 i'm Grace
Csarsu la-g Taarslag, nave returned
fs1u welding Journey to Atlantic
CI-r The 1ada abandoned a long
Go.a.-I.I trip ta Europe when an i'm.
mediate marriage was urged by her
6agae.
Miss Shelley Hughes Barringer,
who Is now Mr.. Bascom, Is a daugh-
{. al Major David s. Barringer, q.
s. H.. ra5ito5. He is IL Europe and
his daughter was the guest Of DR.. and
u5s. Frederick L. Clark, of New
Brighton, ). l. Bascom is a young
engineer engaged in the construction
oa one of the East River bridges.
Whom he WON Miss Barringer's consent
ne called 10 Major Barringer:
Shelley aud engaged. Do you
consent?n
Major Barringer cabled back F.:
Engagement approved "
Then Bascom urged an immediate
marriage The young woman consent
ed, subject TO the approval of her
father The cable was employed again,
a,a Haiar 8arIiuger replied: Go
ahead. 50
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
Statement of New Oiocpsec

Regarding the proposed division Of
the Diocese of Central PENNSYLVANIA
of the Protestant Episcopal church,
the secretary has compiled statement
at the request of Bishop Talbot. The
new diocese will be composed Of Har-
risburg and WlIliamsrort archdeacon-
ries, embracing the following coun-
ties
Potter, Tiogs, Clinton, LycomiDg,
Sullivan, Centre, Union, Northum-
berland, Montour, Columbia, Blair.
Huntingdon, Mifflin, Snyder. Juniata
Perry, Cum berland, Dauphin, Bedford
Fulton, Franklin, Adams, York and
Lancaster.
The old diocese will have an endow
ment of $46, ,473 16; the new diocese
will have one of $?2, 997. .G3 The iu-
come from interest and assessments
for the old 81, 985 q, while that for the
new will be 50, 500 O6. The total ex-
penses Will be 81, 475 for the old and
s., 275 for the new. This will require
the diocese to raise 81, 4S9 SO and
81, 415. 81, additional, respectively.
The estimated revenue from increas-
ed assessments will be 81 $50 for the
old and 81 ,440 for the new, the assess
ment at these rates being lower than
in other dioceses making proportionate
assessments.
The strength of the new diocese will
be greater than many others. The
new diocese will have 1857 communi-
cants more than thirty-tour other dis
tricts in different parts of the country.
The number in tine old will be II OBI,
or more than tnirry-uine other do
ccsos have individually.
Fifty-Gye clersymau viii serve in
the new diocese and seyeutv-ona in
the old, making tha former stronger
taau tAirty-two others anl the latter
stronger than thirty-seveu. The new
diooese Will have seventy parishes.
Tho old viii have cighty-fve. These
will give them a strength proportions
ataIy greater than many others, while
the endowment funds will also be
larger.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
Charter Notice,

Notice is hereby given that an ap-
plication will be made by Frank 6.
Peters, Walter J. Sommer, Rollin Fl.
Dockham and James w. Lore, to the
Governor OF Pennsylvania, on the 27th
day of August, A D. 1904, undlr the
provisions of an Act of Assembly en-
titled. "An Act to provide for the in
corporation AMI regulation of certain
corporations, - approved the 29th, day
of April. A. d 1874. and the supple.
ments th"Te.o. for a charter for an in-
tended corporation to be called Key
stone Diamond Commercial Company,
the character AMI object of which is
Buying, selling. trading and dealing
in diamonds" =" and for these purposes
to have, possess and enjoy all the
rights, benefits and privileges of said
Act of Assembly and its supplem en-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

... ...n ga -uubury was
..-.... ...I cf the l2th Regi-
.u... p. q. E. al aunbury last even
a-. Tua a.a.aou was conducted by
... D. Bow Doulherty of the 9gh
s.-m t WiIkssbaT5.
H0t one ballot was necessary. Maj
or William o King of WIIliamsport
WAS nominated by Captain John 3.
Beck of chat place. Col Clement was
nominated BY Captain William Fl.
He4m Of Sunbury.
On the first ballot Col. Clement re-
celved 20 votes as against 10 votes for
his opponent Major King, and was
therefore declared elected. On mo-
tion the election was made unanimous.
Captain Fulmer. Captain Helm and
Captain J. B. Goarhart of this city
..., detailed 10 notify Col. Clement
B. .5s election. The Colonel in re
s-oa made some very happy remarks,
ta1ala- ne men for their support
..E dealing r.Jh the situation in gen
arsL
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
TOUR TO THE YBLLO WST0NB PARK
AND PACIFIC COAST.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad Account Tn-
ennial Oonolave, Knights Templar
Round Thin $3.50.

On account of the Triennial Con
clave, Knights Templar. to be held at
Sau Francisco, Cal. September ) to g.,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will run personally-conducted tour,
visiting the Yellowstone Park, the
principal cities and beautiful resorts
of the Pacific Coast, Salt Lake City,
Colorado Springs, Denver, and the St
Louis Exposition, in addition to afford
ing five days in San Francisco. Tick
cts, covering every necessary expense
en- route except hotel accommodations
in San Francisco, will be sold at the
low rate of $3.50 from all stations on
the Pennsylvania Railroad special
train of high-grade Pullman equip
ment will leave New York, Philadel-
nesdsy. August II. The full five and
one-half days tour of the Yellowstone
Park VIII be made, three days will be
spent at Los Angeles. two days at Col
orado Springs, and two days at St.
Louis, the party reaching New York,
Monday, September 10. Stops for
sightseeing will be made at Seattle,
Tacoma, Portland, San Jose, Monterey,
Santa Barbara, Salt Lake City, Glen
wood Springs, aud Denver. A descrip-
tive itinerary will be sent on applica-
tion to George W. Boyd. General Pas
seGger Agent, Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
NOTICE.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Montour
County.

In the Court of Common Pleas of Montour
County.
Notice is hereby duly given to all
persons interested that the first and
final account of Frank G. Angle, Re-
ceiver of the late firm of S. Bailey &
Co., whose chief Office or place of bus
mess was located in the Borough of
Danville, in the County of Montour
and State of Pennsylvania, together
with the vouchers thereof, have been
filed on record in my office, and that
the said account will be presented to
the aforesaid Court for allowance and
confirmation nj 81 on
MONDAY. SEPT. 26, A. D.. 1904.
and that if no exceptions are filed
thereto within four days thereafter
the said account will be confirmed alb
solutely as of course as per Rule of
the said Court in such specified be-
half made and provided.
THOS. G. VINCENT,
Prothonotary.
Prothonotary' Office, Danville, Pa. d,
August -, 1904.
Edward Sayre Gearhartt. Counsel.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
STRIKERS WILL
RECEIVE AID

CHICAGO, Aug. 11-Evory union
wo1hingman and woman in the coun-
try, about three million according to
leai Of organized labor, is to be
asked to contribute to the support Of
the packing house strikers.
President Donnelly. of the butcher
workmen said today an appeal had
been sent to all the labor unions in
the United States asking them to help
provide funds. President Samuel
Gompers, of the American Federation
of Labor, Donnelly said would be ask
ed to make an appeal for funds.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
WORLDS FAIR
SPECIAL DAYS
Events Of Worldwide Importance Crowd
One Another 90 the Seasons Pro.
gramme=-Nany Congresses and
Conventions 10 Meet.

Each of the remaining days of the
Worlds Fair season has a programme
filled with special events that offer ad-
ditoual attractions fer late visitors.
National and state governments, mu-
inequalities secret societies, trade or
CARNATIONS and college fraternities
have arranged to participate in the
special days allotted to them, and
thousands of persons will be drawn to
the Worlds Fair upon these occasions.
Missouri is to have an entire week at
the Exposition, and the Lumbermen
Of America will be present for six
days. st. Louis day Sept 15, will be
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
800 REWARD. 800

Tne readers OF 5his paper viii be please" 90
learn that there is at least one drcad' dis
ease that science has been ablet0 cure in an
Is stages and that is Catarrh. Hairs Ca
tarrh cure is the only positive cure now
known TO the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease. requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly up
on the blood and mucous surface OF the sys-
EN-, thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing the work. The proprietors
have SO much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it falls TO cure. Send FOR list o
Testimonials.
FL. CHENEY & co Props, Toledo. O..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
JURY LIST

The following jurors have been
drawn to serve for the September
court which convenes on the Goth day
OF that month:
GRAND JURORS.
Anthony Township-Augustus Klee.
man, Charles OPP.
Danville, First Ward, Joseph Am
merman, George W. Miles, Emanuel
Price, D. @. Williams.
Danville, Second Ward Reuben
Boyer, Ellis Reese.
Danville, Third Ward. Harry
Kerns.
Derry Township. Edward Hoffman
Norman Bechtel, George P. Cotner.
Liberty Township. Charles Stahl,
George W. Moser, J. J. Robson.
Limestone Township. d. f. Gou-
ger. Frank S. Hartman.
Mahoning Township. p.-Landis Goss,
Benjamin Delhi, Robert Good, Will
lam Heller
Valley Township. N. Z. Sidler,
William Wmtersteen.
West Homl0ck Township. Frank
ClomIey.
TRAVERSE JTTRDRg
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

The Shamokin News" tells of
Mt Carmel girl, without giving her
name who has disappeared from
Bloomsbury where she had been board
ing privately for short time, taking
with her gold watch and chain, two
white skirts, shirt waists, ribbons,
etc. An officer is after her
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

Preparations are now under way for
PortsvilIe people again voting on city
charter The issue has already been
defeated three times, the liquor inter
ests having each time been actively
against it. A campaign of education
among the voters it is believed will
resIlt IN the carrying this time.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
IG.ve Honor to Whom it is Due,

Dr. David Holnedy's Fayorite Rem
ely, of R0udo1s, n. y, cured me Of
Brisht's disease and Gravel. Four of
the best physicians had failed to re-
Iieye me. I have recommended it to
scores Of people with like success, and
know it will cure all who try it-Mrs.
E. P. Miner. Burg Hill, 0. Price
Si.00, ell druggists; 6 bottles S.. co.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
Easy and Quick!
Soap-Making
with
BANNER LYE

To make the very best soap, simply
dissolve a can of Banner Lye in cold
water, melt 81 lbs. of grease, pour the
Lye water in the grease. Stir ard put
aside to set.
Full Directions on Every Package
Banner Lye is pulverized. The can
may be opened and closed at will. per-
mitting the use of small quantity at
time. j. is just the article needed in
every household. 1t will clean paint,
floors. marble and tile work. soften water,
disinfect sinks, closets and waste pipes.
Write for booklet "L5es Of Banner
Lyc free.
The Penn Chemical Works. Philadelphia
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

After all there should be very little
sympathy for the fellow who gets
caught with the lightning rod shark.
A man who reads the papers and then
bites is fool, and the man who don I
read the papers is bigger fool.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

The dance which will be given by
Stoes' Band on Friday night will take
place at Hunters Park and not in the
Armory as stated yesterday. Very
extensive arrangements are being
made and the affair no doubt will be
a grand success.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

Philadelphia Arrive 3.17 P. NJ.
Tickets will be good for return pass
age on regular trains, except limited
express trains, until September /. in
elusive, and will permit of stop-off at
Philadelphia within limit returning.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

timid man makes a dollar his
prisoner; courageous man makes it
his servant Every dollar spent in
newspaper advertising is sent upon a
faithful errand-and it comes back
bringing other dollars with it.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
Locates in Lewisburg.

Beeber Vastine, son of Councilman
Amos Vastine, who graduated in den
tistry at the University of Penusyl-
vania last spring. will leave today for
Lewisburg, where he has opened a
dentists office.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE.

EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE.
ESTATE OF BONHAM R. GEAR
HART, LATE OF DANVILLE, PA. :,
DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given that letter
Testamentary upon the estate .of said
B. r. Gearhart have been granted to
the undersigned. All persons indebt-
ed to said estate are requested to make
payment, and those having claims or
demands against the same will make
them known without delay to
MARY LOUISA GEARHART,
Executrix, Danville Pa
or to Robert /. Gearhart at First Ma
ional Bank. Danville. Pa.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
Granddaughter of Mrs. Sheriff.

Mary Priestly Sheriff Rupert Of
Philadelphia, one Of the woman ply
sicans who passed the State Board
Examination this year. is a grand
daughter of Mrs. John Sheriff of this
city. She is well known in Danville.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
For Labor Day.

DR.. Dewitt is preparing for big
demonstration on Labor Day, which
will bring together big assemblage
of people. All the sports will be in
evidence, notably base ball, dancing.
shooting, etc.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
Oarr0rner.

Miss Olive Orner of Northumber-
land and H. II. Carr of Sunbury were
married at 8 O'Clock Saturday night.
by. the Rev. Dr. NJ L. Shindel at his
residence, Lower Mulberry street.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
Attest:
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

ESTATE QP JACOB EBERLY, LATE
OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUN-
TY, PA.
Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration on the above estate
have been granted to the undersigned.
All persons indebted to the said estate
are required to make payment. and
those having claims or demands against
the said estate will make known the
same without delay to
G. G. EBERLY,
2S w. Main Street
Plymouth, Pa
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

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s>.H5at Dr. David Kannely's new medi-
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and mail to the Cal-cura Company, Ken
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Cal-cura Solvent is unequaled by any
preparation, and IS Or. Kennedy's greatest
medicine It acts on an entirely new
principle.
1Ir william IT. Miller, of Matteawan, n.
81. --"T was seriously troubled with
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.
How To Find Out.

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

For the benefit of those desiring to
visit the great Ocean Grove Camp
Meeting, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will, on August %, sell ex-
cursion tickets to Ocean Grove, AS
bury Park, or Long Branch from sta
tions named below at the very low
rates quoted.
These tickets will be good for pass
age to Philadelphia on train indicat
ed, thence on regular trains leaving
Broad Street Station at 1927, 2.32,
8. 30, 400, and 40 8 P. NJ. that day to
destination.