Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-12-19
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Very few persons attempted to read
the whole Of the presidents last mess
age. Those who did read il arr proof
readers
In France the doctors claim on the
estate Of deceased patient has pre-
cedence of all others.
The adventurous small boy begins
TO furnish thrilling items to the re
porters by venturing on the ice about
this time Of year
BY leaving e.. 600 20 homeless
cats. suggests the Detroit Free Press
"a Detroit woman at least prevented
her money from being thrown to the
dogs -
Each person in the United States
uses 10 matches day.
In London there are 747. 900 school
children. 4s0, 600 Of them over years
of age, and OF these 80. 500 are half
time wsge-earners.
In nine wears the immigration to
Canada from Great Britain and Ire
land has increased from 26. 600 annual-
Iy to 1T. 600 The question is, how
many Of them removed later on 60 the
United States
The new harbor works st Toxic will
cost go, 0oo. 900. The money Is being
raised by the japanese government BY
a foreign loan.
In round figures the area Of India i
/. 600, 600 square miles; the United
States 8. 900. coo snd Russia. ircluding
Siberia. 5000 COO
An uuauthentiCated report from
Norfolk. Va. says that 500 men have
disappeared from tie bastIeship feet
within twenty four hours
About 90, 600 Italians have returned
20 their native land during tire last
ten DAYS. according 90 cable message
from Naples.
Premier Stolypin has made some
Ehing of azzie in his effort TO be the
Speaker Cannon Of the Russian dcu-
ma; st least the Omaha Bee thinks so
Charles Pumphrey. . l9-ysar old
ell boy. convicted in Omaha Of the
murder Of Ham Pax. proprietor Of =
Chinese restaurant, has been sentenced
10 life Imprisonment
The arr critic Of the Topeka Journal
declares that "the eagle on the 80
gold coin looks like s sick turkey
Miss Jennie Beidelman. Of Bette
hem, aged 25 years. died in agons On
Monday as a result Of taking sOss Of
carb0Iic acid given 10 her by hsr moth
er by mistake for epson salx
Two men we're thrown at of their
beds snd = smsII hriIdr~. was almost
destroyed > ire IN New Haven. Fay
cite eoraty. On Sunday night. BY Al
explo ion Of gas. The men weTe badly
burned
There are l.45= applications tor IL
4UOr license IN SchuyIkiIl county this
year. which i about 800 less than last
year. when ouly zbout 100 were
granted Half the applicants this year
have -snonstrauces against them
On Sunday evening ghIIs Jacob
WescCe. a leading mem ser Of RerhaEv
Unira5 Evangelical church 5u Eaz-or.
ssas l-stenlEE 10 a sermon preached bv
zzs Rev \ J. Tell. cf Allzatown. lie
was attacked with heart failure ana
died n few minutes
Fire destroyed a foreign boarding
h0ass in South Pera lzsem On SUNDAY
night IN which Stephen Crass5ck lost
his life and several other bczrde-z
we're badly burned TIE IRE il J.
stated. vas started from , cigarette
that Crassiek xss smoking
The wholesale liquor dealers. brsw-
es and b0tTlers Of Ian ter decided
80 give no Christmas presents 70 their
customers this year. b8t l-stead DC
nate the money usually 50 sxVzn6ed
70 charities They met On 28CuCzE
and their joint o0nfrihUtions amount
I'd 20 s5Ss which wss divided between
81 JOse az hospital. the General hos
piTaI aul the city hard Of charities
While little s-yssE-old Minnie Ros-
sBbuna- q Columbia. wss writing 3
letter n Santa ClAus CT Mcui2y 70
tell bim whzr Sic wanted for Christ
massshe accidentally got the pen hold
81 inverted and in lowering her head
- write, tAs point of tie pen vas
thrust into tbe lsfs eyehzI. irfietEnx
= serious wound which -zy Cause tie
loss Of that ere
Thomas L and Sarah HzzsIerf. II
alley City. MINI. have given go
oo0 80 Wesley college. .ss Grand FORKS.
that State. 10 eDdOw Professorzhip
devoted TO tie promotion Of Christian
education