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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26


One thing is reasonably certain, aud
that is that the next Congress will
have to deal seriously with the pro-
posal for a parcels post This is a
thing that has been coming for long
time and the present Postmaster Gen
eral has it firmly fixed in his mind
that it will be a good thing. For the
general public, it unquestionably will
and the general public, after all, is
what the government is enormously
supposed to cater to. The man in the
street can figure that life would be a
good deal happier if he could send four
pounds anywhere through the mail for
two cents. as he can in many foreign
countries and could increase this
amount up to ten pounds at proper
tional rates. The opposition first of
all will come from the express COM
panies. They have never been forced
to meet anything like this sort of COM
petition and they will fight the par
GELS post to its passage as they have
always done. But there will be apoth-
er source of opposition, and the plaint
of this class OF people will be good
deal better worth listening to than
that of the rich express corporations
The opposition will come from the
small store keepers of the country who
will not be able to compete with the
immense department stores of the big
cities if the country resident can write
an order TO town and do shopping at
an expense of half cent a pound In
the countries where the parcels post
is in vogue, the department. store is
not developed to anything like the ex-
tent that it is in all good sized Ameri.
can cities Yet the city store in these
countries absorbs large proportion of
what the country store considers its
legitimate trade. The coming of such
cheap transportation means quite a
readjustment in the scheme of Ameri.
can life and business but at the same
time it is development that will
have to be seriously considered during
the coming winter
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26
NEW CHURCH,
STEVENS MEMORIAL

TITO beautiful rev Iifteenih street
Methods, Episcopal rueh at Harrit
burg Will he fenat "a the - q
Stevens Memorial ~ odist church. be-
In honor ~ the vencl bie Res. y ,.
Stevens Who for man yeafs wa psst-
OF II The congregation aud who ~ one
timr served in nautills.
Rev Harry Curtin Harman. Who r.
Gently served at 81 pauls church.
this city, Is at present pastor ~ the
Harrisburg church The neW edifico is
uue u the finest churches in the Cent.
raj PfursvlvBnia conference and viii
be dedicated some time next year st
recent quarterly conference a resolu.
ton was adopted advocating change
Of name and the trustees have done
likewise.
Rev. stevens, in whose honor the
church will be renamed, Is one - the
best known members of the Central
Pennsylvania conference. of which be
las been superannuatod member for
the past fifteen years leaving active
duties upon the expiration Of his term
As pastor Of the Harrisburg church.
lie entered the ministry in the old
Baltimore conference and served 3e
years as pastor Of the ehurc res al
Frostburg and Westport. Md, Green
castle. Shamokin. white Haven. North
cumberland, Williamsport, Clearfield.
Danville, Miflinburg. Ashland, Jersey
Shore, Stewartstown, Duncannon.
Mechanicsburg and Harrisburg.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26
Woman Sufra ge


Ida Hustled Harper, in the North
American Review, declares that though
there has been the longest and hardest
struggle for woman suffrage in the
United States, the success of the effort
has been small, and it is the only
civilized country where women have
been left to fight this battle alone,
with no moral, financial or political
support from the men, and that Am
erica may be the last nation TO grant
woman a voice in their own govern
ment. In her review of woman suff-
rage, the above writer notes that in
New Zealand women have had the
full-franchise since 1898.
All the Australian states except
Victoria have conferred the State
franchise on women, and women have
full federal suffrage and the right to
sit in the federal parliament. In the
summary on Australia we read: "At
some elections not only larger per-
centage but actually a larger number
OF women than of men have voted.
Last year in Tasmania women out
numbered the men at every polling
station 1t is also everywhere appan-
ent that they have aroused the men to
new sense of their political duty"
In the Danish colony of Iceland
widows and spinsters who are house
holders or who maintain family or
themselves have a right to vote for
parish and town councils aud district
boards and visitors and are eligible for
election to all the offices for which
they can vote.
In Finland women have the full
franchise and the office holding rights
of men. including the right to sit in
parliament.
In Norway women who pay taxes on
country and 81. 10 in the cities were
admitted to the municipal franchise
in 1901 and made eligible to serve in
the common councils. Later the par
liamentary franchise was granted to
all who pay taxes on an income of SS4
in the country and Sll5 in the cities.
wives can vote on their husband 5
income, and even domestic servants
will have an income large enough to
entitle them to vote 1t is expected
that the concessions already made, will
soon result in the abolition of the
property qualification and the admis-
sion of women to the polls on the same
terms with men.
In Sweden widows and single wo-
men and married women who pay
taxes on their own property have the
municipal franchise on the same terms
as men.
Some form of women suffrage is en-
1oyed in all the provinces of Canada,
and in Great Britain women have the
rigth to participate in local elections.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26
Administrators Notice

Estate of Mary X. Kearns, late of the
Borough of Danville. in the county
of Montour and State OF Pennsyl-
vania, deceased.
Notice is hereby duly given that
letters of administration have been
grated upon the above estate to the
Undersigned.
All persons indebted to the said
estate are required to make immediate
payment, and those having claims or
demands against the said estate will
make known the same without delay
to
JONATHAN SWEISFORT,
Administrator of Mary KeaIns, decd
2. o. Address Danvlle, Pa.
Z. S. GEARHART, Atty.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26
PRESIDENT ENDS HIS
SUrl1ER VACATION
OYSTER BAY, N. Y, Sept %.

OYSTER BAY, N. Y Sept 20.
President Roosevelt began his Jour
ney to Washington at 10 O'Clock this
morning, thus bringing to an end his
summer vacation which has continued
since June ~.
The trip is being made by special
train to Long Island City, around the
lower end of New York city by a tug
boat and from Jersey City to Wash.
ington in the special train on which
the President will make his western
trip. which begins at Washington next
Sunday
Mrs. Roosevelt Miss Ethel and
Quentin accompany the President, the
other children being at school. Two
express cars loaded with the Presi.
dents horses and stable equipment
preceded the special ont of Oyster Bay
that they might be made part of the
train at Jersey City.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26

A heavy rainstorm all day Monday
in the schuylkill valley caused rise
in the river and its tributaries and
low places were badly flooded. At
Pottstown when the funeral cortege
following the remains of Rebecca
Smith reached the cemetery the grave
was found to be half filled with water
and the burial was postponed and the
body placed in receiving vault.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26
September
TERM or COURT

W. Htfaii ~ h4HfI. hatfn
Nts kunupt testimony va follow
ed ay fHat ~ bee ssu. OTIS Knapp Jt
who sustained hts mother He lives In
tive huuse siioiuuR. According - his
tpsiinnu, the ame conditions have
existed in the uouu II his parents Tor
thirtv.uve wears IL docs not consider
his father safe when under the inhu.
euce ~ liquor The witness said that
be himself had been pursued by his
father. who Wa armed with knife.
On ono occasion some years ago the
witness declared be saw the defendant
knock his wife down
Otis Knapp was called 90 the stand
ia his own defense. lie explained that
he is 10 wears Of age and Is the father
Of ten children. lie denied the specific
charges made by bis wife. lie said he
took his earnings home TO her, but that
he received I'm return nothing hut neg
lee; and III treatment Ills wife, he
declared, had threatened 20 kill him
Also that the son who testified against
him had on one occasion struck him.
Jacob Snyder, son-in-law, who for
some time resided in the same house.
was the next witness He never heard
the defendant make threats. He gave
IL rs his opinion that the "old man
would he all right IL the family would
let him alone when he was under the
influence OF liquor
John Knapp. son of the defendant
on being called to the stand testified
that he had left home because or the
ill-treatment toward himself aud IA.
ther.
Emma Foust, neighhor, was called
She was an eve witness of what oc-
CURED on August I2. She testified
that she heard Mrs. Knapp make
threats against her husband on three
occasions If the defendant were let
alone, she declared. he would he all
right
Judge Evans called Otis Knapp be.
fore the bar and told him that the
court would adjudge him guilty and
sentenced him to paw the costs of pro-
secution, to keep the peace toward all
citizens. especially the prosecutrix.
Sarah Knapp for period OF two years
and TO enter into recognizance in the
sum of two hundred dollars with
surety 20 be approved 10y the court for
the faithful performance of the courts
sentence and 10 stand committed until
the sentence is complied with.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26
LYON JURY CHOSEN.

At 3 40 O'Clock the grand jury re.
turned true bill in the case of Com
monwealth VS.. r. n. Lyons, the
charge being statutory rape. At 3 3;45
the case proceeded to trial
Owing to the serious nature OF the
charge each juror called was placed on
the stand and under oath was examin.
ell as to whether lie was acquainted
with either the defendant or prosecut-
or in the case, whether he rad formed
an opinion sc. There we're eleven per-
emptory challenges. the following
twelve men being finally accepted:
George Mottern, James b Pollock,
Miles ]. Derr, Frank Crossley, Harry
Cromis, Edward Yeacer. Ea. Vok-
man, Frank Uerington, William Ziel-
euhach, G. Leslie NcLaiu. d. r
Rshel and william I. Teidy
At 40 o'clock court adjourned to
reconvene at O'Clock Tuesday a m.
The court announced that al the iur.
ors nor impauelod in the ca.a would
he discharged from further attend
auce. The volume Of business dis
posed Of Monday was quite remark
able, aud has probably never been sur
passed on the opening day at any term
of court.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26
TWO NEW CITIZENS.

The oarh of citizenship was admin
istered to Isaac Stein and Sidney
George Cannard Both men were plac-
ed upon the stand where they were
rigidly examined as to the causes
which induced them to leave their
respective native countries as we'll as
to their knowledge of the United
States. its form OF government, &c.
Each candidate showed that he was
we'll qualified and the oath of citizen
ship was accordingly administered by
Prothonotary Vincent.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26

James Lyon, aged 3 years. of Phila.
delphia, got hold of bottle of whisk
ey early on Sunday morning at his
parents home, drank the liquor and
died afterwards at st. Anges hospital
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26

Hugh Corcoran, brakeman on the
Delaware and Hudson railroad, was
Killed on Monday in the railroad
yards at Wilkes-Barre by being struck
by the brake beam of passenger car.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26

Miss Anna Johnston, of Jerseytown.
was guest Tuesday at the Johnston
home, East Market street.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

The jury in the case of Common.
wealth VS. r. N. Lyon Tuesday evening,
returned verdict of mot guilty. :"
The jury was impaneled Monday even.
ing aud the hearing of testimony be-
gan Tuesday morning and occupied
over four hours
The sensational nature of the case
was sufficient to attract large audi
ence to the court room. Before pro-
ceeding with examination of witnesses
Judge Evans ordered the court room
cleared of all boys and girls under
eighteen years of age excepting those
present witnesses. which order was
strictly carried ont by the court offic-
eIs. There still remained in the court
room as the trial progressed some fif-
teen women, not called as witnesses
Annie Gill, the child upon whom
the wrong is alleged to have been CON-
mitted, was called to the stand Her
testimony in the main was very re.
voltng and unfit for publication. The
witness said she was l2 years of age.
On two different occasions according
to the child's testimony she met the
defendant on the hill north of town
near the old Catholic cemetery. One
of these occasions was during the fore
noon of the Saturday preceding Me-
mortal day and the other during the
forenoon of Saturday, Auugst 3rd.
The witness was on the stand for near
ly an hour and was rigidly cross-ex-
amined.
Mrs. Mary Gill, the mother of An
ME Gill, and prosecutrix in the case,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26
Administrators Notice.

Estate of William r. Miller, late of
the Township of Liberty, in the
County of Montour and State of
Pennsylvania, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters
of adm lnistration 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 demand against
the said estate will make known the
same without delay to
DANIEL X. MILLER,
Administrator of William r. Miller
deceased.
p. 0. Address: Pottsgrove, Pa, r.
+. d. No. !.
Edward Sayre Gearhart, Counsel.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-26
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-03-07

one day the rnmor Heated across
the mountain that young Green's
mare. one of the choicest breed in, the
country. valued Mt what seemed to
the simple villagers fabulous sum.
had gone lame. And this was discov-
cred the morning after she was shod
by Johnson.
To most of the villagers this fact
meant nothing. That the one had
anything to do with the other never
entered their heads. They had no
cause for suspicion. But to Dolores
the rumor came like blow. 1t seem
ed TO her in a strange far-away fash
ion that this was what she ha1 been
expecting. This was why the k'pdly
blue eyes We're always looking into
hers, and the pleasant face was for.
ever In her thoughts. e
Her eyes were on her father when
the news was told by one of the
neighbors A nail was driven into
the mares hoef and she was dead
lame. The hostler had fo"id it when
he examined her hoof, VII CHI was not
until the morning following the day
Green was at the settlement Ii was
a hard blow to the you"g man, the
speaker said for he had thought as
much of her as though she we're a
woman. Conjecture was rife as to
who had done the deed. Suspicion
rested particularly in one direction,
and the suspicion was pretty we'll
founded, but tao young man would
wait until there could be no doubt
And here the story ended.
Dolores had listened silently, as
was her habit, no one noticing her.
The memory of her e IS words
the other day returned 70 her with
a force she could not account for
Over and over, mingled with the
memory of TIE black mare and her
rider, the words were driven in duly,
as though by the strok cs of a ham,
mer-even. distinct, de7'~"ing, most
terrible to tie girl in tito "7rkness.
"Ef ever thet young Teller kems
hyar agen etll lie a sorry day fer
hem!"
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CHAPTER ~.
The Mare.

The Mare.
81 have come a.ain," said young
Green, laughing.
lie stood in the doorway of the
shop, holding the black mare by the
Bride
Johnson had been sitting on
bench outside OF the shop. smoking a
clay pipe As the young man spoke
he arose and advanced toward the
mare.
Another shoe so soon?o he
queried shortly.
yes said the young man. lightly.
Her right shoe this time. Come.
Bess; come, fny girl
There was a sudden, sullen glow on
Johnson's face as he took the bellows
and blew the fire into fierce blaze.
He laid the iron on the fire and rails
ed the hammer.
5 Young Green began to talk He
spoke OF the dry weather and the hard
roads he told the news Of the town
and of the trial that was to come off
of a notSious horse thief who had
been caught attempting to steal Bess.
The blacksmith listened in sullen
silence between the blows of the ham
mer.
BY and by young Green left him
and went up to the house for a drink.
Johnson was not The only silent one
that day. His daughter listened mute
ly to the young mans conversation.
If anything she was even more list
less than usual, though strange
color tinged her cheeks as he talked.
He left the promised book with her;
he hal not forgotten it, he said, but
had been unable TO take it before. For
a moment her face gowed with pleas
IRE and the silken ashes lifted swift
ly, but fell ere their eyes could meet
She thanked him in few simple
words n her low, sweet voice; then
her gaze wandered away 70 the hazy
mountain top in the distance. He
left in a few minutes deeply dsap-
pointed in her. and yet strangely in
terested and puzzled Had he mis-
taken her? IVES she incapable of the
thought he be ted she possessed?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-03-07
CHAPTER VI.
A Neighborly Gift.

EFT hev been SO dry | lowed mebby
Their guarding hyar dedn't mount ter
much, bein' as We air up so high, so
bringed We some strawbries outen
our guarding, Dolores
Thank you; our garden didn't
amount to MUCH Dolores said,
grayely. She looked at her neighbor
without a sign of interest in her face;
she spoke in her usual listless man
ner; but under the listnessness and
apparent carelessness was the con.
seriousness like a sharp sword, that
the gift was the forcrunner of some
thing to follow else than her pleasure.
She emptied the berries out of the
basket into a dish and stood regard
ing them Mis-. Smith said afterward
she looked as though she were trying
to discover II they might be fetch
ed In reality the girl did not even
see then
She was wondering vaguely what
the woman would say about the mare.
That she had come for some purpose
outside of brine ne the fruit was
clear to her She waited with sink
ing heart and strained ears for what
the woman would say. She knew we'll
that something must follow. That it
was in regard 10 the mare of young
Green she. al not a doubt. Perhaps
the SUSPICION in regard to the guilty
party had become fact. Perhaps
this women had come to tell her
perhaps
Trstnctiyely she glanced down
toward the shop. The doors were
open. but no one was there. The hens
pecking around the doors were the
only visible signs Of life to her anN-
ious eyes. Unconsciously she began
hulling the Strawberries with me-
chanica but steady fingers.
Times is dull 'nough, pears to
me-" the woman proceeded. First
asem there want o rain with Their Syar'
din a-dryin up spite o the care we
Civ ct; then as though tibet warnt
'nough hyar kems Their acc'd'nt ter
Their mare O Their iedge's son. an any
O. us likely to be kctched eff 'twarnt
tibet spicion rests in one direction
special"
1t was coming. Dolores waited with
bated breath. A heavy sense OF quit
fell upon her; she could not meet the
gaze of the eyes bent upon her. and
she went on hu!iing the berries
waiting in silence for what she knew
must come.
can them as knows says thyars
a great feelin' over in Their town yam
der bout Their mare" the woman
voice struck in on the girls thoughts
IAN says ct pears she we're wortl
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= - - - - - =.
a deal o money e ~ nY.os ss,
copper fer her. an they "oIkln
steddy to fin out VINO done tner deeo'
an gettin every one theys ken 'er
prove thar s'picions erect o ; certain
perFan."
Dolores was waiting 1t was CONS
ing now, she felt certain. Sne cIusns
ed Some Of the berries in her hand
in a sudden frenzy.
@rheys ho;dfn' court Almost every
day an, workin' as though 'tWers
some great thing thet crittes
gone lame. But theys Won 90 nota-
in with Their s'picloned ; LeiieE 'eIA
thars mo- ground. as theys calls et'
though young Green do fssl pretty
sartin who is Their guilty one. Bus
theys got consid 'rable PROOF, an
there's ter be great time ter-morrer'
an they wants yer feyther ter go ter
prov thar s'picious erect,
II was out at last. Dolores seemed
turned to stone; she neither moVe0
nor spoke; she dared not lift ner eyes
from the red berries with which hee
fingers were dyed Her head was Wniri'
ing. there was a din In her ears -
though a legion OF spirits repeateo
and shouted in wild horror:
"Theys W.. : yer feyther ter go tee
prove-theys wants yer feyther ter
go-they wants yer feyther-yer fey
ther-'
Her eyes were like those OF q nune
ed animal. half hidden beneath their
long lashes: her mind was filled with
a great longing to go-to get away
from the tiny room out on the noun
tain under the quiet heavens where
the winds we're free from the watch"
ing eyes.
The woman at the other side OF
the table arose with an injured air.
She had received scarcely a word Of
thanks for her berries, scarcely even
a show of interest in her story.
"Thyars them as takes an intrese
in thyar Teller critters. an'thyars them
as don't" she said, tartly; an
thyars them as has thyar s'picion o
things"
@. Dolores watched the womans tall,
gaunt figure go down the worn. path.
her purple print dress brushing the
scant grass with an indignant sweep,
the cape of her sunbonnet limp and
tapping over her shoulders. When
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-03-07

Had che not after ali tbe a-,bition
IN ba moro tian an nntanabi village
oirlq Ma be,. tbouebt ond with the
hIue limo ~ tho molr,tainq and tbe
hap,lets scattored alo7g tbair sidesq
Do1oree dieannointad him. he
thonaht her sn much better Than she
had moved herself and vet under II
all t5oro vas sting in tho tbouaht
which he did not understand student
of character 90 he was
osbo wos n9sitivolv et,lnid he said
regrnif,Iy vet her. face shows sucb
raseft,tIitiae,,
r. ro. walking slowly down the
naIroa nath ~ rho sbon his hands
claenod bebipd him bis fair head
.hcrt eIiohtl,, forward DOLORES was
watcbinG him but he did NOT know II
he neysr o,.aaeed If tho wlstf,,I
brozgn nvoe Following hin, down the
st,IhhIv natb