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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-07-24

Persons attending the races at Oil
City this week will find, if they are specu-
latively inclined, the surest and safest way
to make money, and incidentally save your
car fare, is to visit the Monarch Clothing
Store and take home some of the excellent
values that are being offered during their
July Reduction Sale.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-07-24
Mems Suits.

Tropical weight w,rsted or all.wool
Serge Suits. The most wonderful
values in strictly pure Globe Mills
worsted suits; cut single or double.
breasted; latest merchant tailor styles
Of plaids, checks and stripes; hand
tailored throughout with half silk and
lined with fine Venetian; suits selling
at S15. Sale price, $9.9S
All.wool fancy mixed Cbeviot
Suits. Come in nobby plaids, checks
and fancy patterns; lined with serge
or Venetian; single or double breast
ed styles; low cut and vest with peg
top trousers; buckle on sides and
extra tailored throughout; hand made
button holes; some in heavy or light
weights; also two.piece suits of all.
wool cheviot or crash; all we'll tail
ored and selling at $40 and $12.
Sale price, $G.SS
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-07-24
Mems Pants.

All.wool cheviots in stripes, checks
and mixtures; also handsome pat
terms of worsted trousers in an end.
less variety of patterns; all made in
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-07-24
$500 Suits for 1898.

the latest styles aud selling regularly
at 80 9S; these pants worth $3.50 and
s4. Sale price, $I.0S
Globe Mills fine Worsted Trousers
in neat pin stripes or invisible checks;
extra tailored with silk and linen; all
sizes up to 80 waist and perfect fit
ting; regularly selling at 1898 and
$469; worth So and So.
Sale price, $2.0S
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-07-24
Wash Suits.


Sale of Boys Sailor, Etou, Russian
or Eton Sailor Suits in white and
oolors of linen, peroale, galatea cloth,
crash or giugham.
SOC and 49c values. sale price, 39o
SOC values, sale price, 69o
$1.25 and 81 As values, sale price, CSC
$1.9S values, sale price, $1.5S
S2.4S and 2.25 values, sale price ,9S
$2.75 and 2 50 values, sale price 1888
25c Boys Wash Pants, 19c
Sale of Women's Waists, Shirt
Waist Suits, Jackets, Skirts, Chill.
dren's Dresses and Petticoats.
One cash price.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
COST OF Living
GREATLY INCREASED

The cost OF living has gone up more
than one third in the past ten years
according to the latest investigations
OF the federal department of labor in
to facts covering the seventes H. year
period ending with 1906
A previous inquiry of the depart
ment covering the same period but
dealing only with the wholesale prices
of commodities, has not only been veri
fed but so strengthened as to produce
startling results by consideration of
re iail prices for the same commodit-
les.
The investigation just completed
shows that wholesale prices, consider
ing 25S commodities as whole, reach
ed higher level in 1906 than at any
time during the seventeen-yea period
covered. The average for the year 1906
was 81 per cent higher than for 1905
36.5 per cent. higher than for 1897. the
year of the lowest prices during the
seventeen-year period, and 22.4 pei
cent. higher than the average for the
ten years from 1890 to 1899.
The study of the bureau was extend
ed to farm products, foods. clothes and
clothing. fuel and lighting. metal and
implements, lumber and building mat
erials, drugs and chemicals. house fur
nishing goods, and miscellaneous COM
modities. Only two of the nine groups
showed decrease in price as compar-
ed with 1905-farm products and drugs
and chemicals. Seven groups showed
an increase in price, this increase
reaching 1914 per cent. in the case OF
metals and implements, and 8 per
cent. in the case of lumber and build
ing materials.
Food as a whole increased 36 pei
cent. in average price for 1906, as com
pared with 1905. The principal articles
showing an increase were cheese, fish,
fruit, hog products, milk, rice and
vegetables.
OF the seventy five articles included
underclothes and clothing, sixty-siS
showed an increase in price, five show.
ed no change and only four showed a
decrease. In the group, as a whole,
there was an average increase of pei
cent. in price.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
Her First Trolley Ride.

In Berwick lives woman, aged SS
years, who although she was born and
raised in Pennsylvania. she never un.
til Sunday rode on trolley car and
she can not speak or understand the
English language.
Mrs. Benjamin Foulk is the aged
lady's name and on Sunday for the
first time in her life boarded a trolley
car at Berwick and rode to Blooms
burg, where she spent the day with her
son, Pierce Foulk.
Until recently Mrs. Foulk resided
in the country back of Catawissa, and
not being a person to travel, she never
went to any of the surrounding towns,
and of course, never even saw troll
ley car and until the time she moved
to Berwick, only few weeks ago she
never saw an electric light She al
ways considered the farm good enough
for her and the fashioned way of
living she liked best.
Last Christmas her hubsand died,
and after much persuasion, her daugh.
ter, Mrs. Katherine Mausteller, secur.
ed her mothers consent to go and live
with her at Berwick. Knowing hei
mother had never been on trolley
car. Sunday she decided to take the
aged lady to Bloomsbury. A first the
woman was timid about making the
trip on the trolley, but at the last
minute she decided to go.
She liked the ride very WELL but il
made her i'll to ride so far. 1t was not
nearly so difficult to get her back or
the car in the evening when she went
| home.
Mrs. Foulk, although so far advanc
ed in years, is very active and posi-
lively refused the aid of her son wheI
he offered to nelp her off and on the
car. She was raised in Berks county
and although she has lived in Colum
bia county many years, she has new
er mastered the English language. Hel
eyesight being still very good sht
spends much of her time reading the
German books and newspapers. She
said she liked trolley cars.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
Death of Jacob BreckbiII.

Jacob S. Breckbill, brother of form
er Sheriff Michael Breckbill died at
his home. Denver, Colo, April 30th.,
after protracted illness.
The deceased was born i'll Lebanon
county, but resided in Catawissa for
some years. His wife, before marri-
age was Miss Martha Hummer of
Gearhart township, Northumberland
county
The deceased for ahnnt thirty years
embracing the period of the civil war
was a detective and belonged to the
Pinkerton force. He was well known
over large section of country. He
lived in Chicago for many years, NOV
ing to Denver about two years ago for
the benefit of his health. He and our
former sheriff-his only brother-had
not met since the civil war.
The deceased was rs years of age
and is survived by his wife and two
daughters Miss Mary O. Breckblll
and Mrs. Sadie Spaulding. Besides
his brother, Michael. he is survived by
one sister, Mrs A. B. Dill of Califor-
MIA, wife of DIR. Dill, who as member
of the State Legislature rendered in.
valuable aid in securing the selection
of Danville as the site for the State
| hospital for the insane.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
Waited on Porch to Kill.

When Oliver Clewell, of Berwick,
came to his home Saturday evening, he
found sitting ON his front porch, the
former husband of his wife, bright
new revolver in his pocket, with which
he intened to kill Mr. Clewell.
Hunter is notorious character in
the vicinity of Berwick. Among other
things that are part of his past life, he
has served some 26 years in pen itenti-
ary. Mrs. Clewell, is the divorced
wife of Hunter, and the latter coming
back to his old haunts in Berwick af-
ter au extended absence found he stj ii
entertained an affection for his former
wife.
The feeling grew so strong within
him thai on Friday he went to Blooms
burg aud purchased revolver with
the intention of putting the present
husband of his former wife out of the
way. The knowledge of this came to
the ears of the police, and the tragedy
was averted
Hunter was arrested and held in $500
bail until the authorities from Wilkes
Barre could come upon the scene, when
he was removed to that town to answ'
er the charge of having forged check
on one A. Kershner. a groceryman.
The Columbia county authorities Were
glad to get rid of Hunter.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
SLAVS were
1 CELEBRATING

The foreign population of our town
embraced under the general name Of
slav, which may imply either Poles or
Russians, was enjoying holiday yes
terday, the occasion being Easter Mon
day. Sunday among the Russians,
Greeks, &c, was celebrated as Easter,
May 9TH in the Gregorian calendar
corresponding to April % in the Rus
sian calendar.
The Russian Greek Catholic church
es were everywhere the scene of speci.
al and more or less elaborate services
Sunday. The foreigners in Danville
belonging to the above church were de-
MED the privilege of attending Easter
services Sunday, but they did not lose
sight of their prerogatives ''the day
after" and the result was that Mon
day morning the forty odd slavs en-
ployed at the Reading iron works did
not report for duty.
A heavy y-browed and podgy foreigner
making his way along the street with
unsteady footsteps during the day was
not an unusual spectacle and conveyed
an idea of how at least some of the
slavs were celebrating.
The foreign quarter in Danville COM
prises considerably less than one hun
dred persons. 1t is made up wholly of
slavs, who are employed at the Read
ing Iron works as laborors. There is
not one of them that is master of the
English language, while the majority
of them have no knowledge even of its
rudiments.
Their ignorance of our language
forms great handicap and they are of
but little use in rolling mills except as
laborers In the coal region, where
they are more numerous and possess
advantages relating to language that
they do not have here, they rise much
higher in the scale of proficient work
men and many become skillful miners,
earning good wages.
1t is said that there is not Hun
garian in Danville. The latter and the
Slavs, whether Poles or Russians, do
not affiliate. That serenity aud good
order so generally prevails in our for
eign quarter is no doubt due to the
fact that the people there are practic.
ally all of one nationality.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
IN need OF A
WAITING ROOM

Few people have failed to observe
the steady increase in the number of
passengers using the P. & R. railway
who prefer to get on and off the trains
ut the Bloom street crossing. Natural
~ as Bloom street increases in popular
ity the patronage at the regular sta
tion falls off correspondingly.
1t is no unusual thing to see'a dozen
or fifteen persons take the IL :25 pass
enger train at Bloom street, while con
siderably less than half that number
are in waiting at the regular station.
Bloom street at the railroad is one
of the most central points in town and
since the railway company is accom-
modating enough to stop its passenger
trains there, the bulk of people, con-
sulting their own convenience, natur-
ally gravitate to that point
1t is matter of some surprise that
the railway company, ordinarily very
prompt in furnishing such facilities,
does not provide some shelter at Bloom
street for the people waiting for the
trains There is hardly day but
groups may be seen sitting on the door
steps or, if they need shelter, standing
in the doorways, while the train is
yet long way off.
What is needed at Bloom street is "A
comfortable waiting room, which could
no doubt be easily obtained in one of
buildings on the SPOT. By the time
this much was done for the public
comfort, the railway people would no
doubt discover that it would be much
to their own convenience if q ticket
office were installed in connection with
the waiting room. Indeed, the question
naturally suggests itself whether in a
short time all the passenger traffic
might not be diverted to Bloom street
leaving the present station to be used
as freight depot.
So many people are interested in the
matter that it would not be surprising
if an agitation set on foot in a
short time that might result in getting
the railway people interested and fin
ally bring about the very thing desir-
ed
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
PERFECT CONFIDENCE
DanviIle People Have Good Rea-
son for Complete Reliance.

Do you know how
To find quick relief from backache
To correct distressing urinary ills;
To surely cure sick kidneys?
Just one way-your neighbors know
Have used Doan's Kidney Pills;
Have proved their worth in many
tests.
Here's Danville testimony.
Mrs Edward Il. Lunger, of / ! Church
st SAYS: Il still think great deal
of Doan's Kidney Pills. | would not
think of being without them in the
house. | made statement for publica-
tion in 1896 in which l gave my opin-
ion OF Doan's Kidney Pills on account
of the great benefit l had received
from their use. | have never had any
cause to regret making that statement
and now over eight years afterwards,
| can Ieiterate the statement. Before
taking this remedy l suffered for
months with backache and lameness
and soreness in the back. The pain
over my hips was continuous and when
on my feet iU was one steady gnawing
ache. 1t hurt me to do anything re-
quiring Il bending position, sharp
twinges would catch me SO suddenly
that | had to brace myself until they
stopped. The kidney secretlons an
moved me and | often suffered from
headaches / read statements given by
people in this vicinity who had used
Doau's Kidney Pills aud concluded to
try them. They did me more good
than any other medicine l ever tried.
After a few doses I no longer exper-
fenced such sever pain and finally the
pain was removed entirely The an
noyance caused by the irregular ties
of the kidney secretions was entirely
removed. | can honestly recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills to those suffering
as did. -
or sale by all dealers Price sc
cents Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan' Sand
take no other
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
SUBSCRIPTION
LIST SWELLING

There seems little doubt but that the
proposition to abolish the old cemetery
on Bloom street and to establish parl
on the spot will be carried through
to success.
10 all some eleven hundred dollars
have beeh subscribed to date. Some two
thousand dollars is the limit fixed as
necessary to pay all expenses incident.
al to the Improvement. A great deal
of formality is involved, especially in
getting rid of the cemetery, but NO
material step will be taken in the pro-
ceedings until it is determined wheth-
er or not the whole sum of money
| needed can be raised
Soliciting is still in progress and, as
implied by the additional hundred dol
lars subscribed since the last report,
interest is by no means tagging. In
the money pledged are several gener-
Gus subscriptions from people of
means One of our councilmen, who is
very much interested in the project,
yesterday explained that practically
all the money that is yet to be raised
will have to come from the rank and
file. He had confidence, however, that
the working people, who comprise the
rank and file of our population, will
rise equal to the occasion. 1t is for
their pleasure and comfort that the
park is designed. 1t remains for them
tC show an appreciation of what is be-
ing done by generously subscribing
something from their earnings TO help
the project along. 1t is the sum total
of the small contributions that count
in the end and the councilman quoted
made it clear that if the park is to be-
come an accomplished fact it will have
to be with the aid of the entire popu
lation, for the borough has no money
to spare from its treasury.
1t was learned that the intention is
to push the canyassing along as rapidly
as possible, finishing up, if possible.
this week. AS next step the old
burial ground will be returned to court
when it convenes on the 27th inst.
There is no question but that it will
be condemned, although the exact form
that procedure may take beyond that
point is not so clear
The committee of council in whose
hands the matter rests feels quite con-
tident both that the money required
can be raised and that the borough
Will be empowered to abolish the ceme-
terry and to establish park on the
site.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
Deafness Cannot be Cured.

by local applications as thev cannot
reach the diseased .portion of the ear
There is only one way TO cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infiamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachlan Tube. when
this tube is infiamed you have rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when il is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the inflamma-
tion can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hear
ing will be destroyed forever: nine
cases ont of ten are caused by CataIrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed con-
dition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for anycase of Deafness (caused by ca.
tarrh) that sannot be cured by Halls S
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
T.. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, zoe.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
FIFTY BELONG
TO BLACK HAND

'Not two-thirds of the crimes at
tributed to the Black Hand are really
committed by this organization. - said
a prominent Italian resident of Sha-
mokin Saturday. He said. however,
that without doubt the society was
organized in the county. Asked how
many Italians belonged to it he said
that there were at least fifty in that
region. 1t is the belief that this org
anization is in direct communication
with the New York and Philadelphia
branches of the society and that it's
members who commit crimes are spirit
ed away to comrades in these cities
and are safe from retributive justice
as though the earth had swallowed
them up.
Secret service men sent out through
of New York, Philadelphia and Luz
erne county are expected to end the
regin of terror that the Black Hand
has exercised for some time in the east
ern States.
A net work of special police is to be
spread for the violators of the law,
which will effectually rid Northum-
berland county of them. The plan in
cludes all the counties in the State
where the Black Hand is known to ex-
ist. So far the authorities of North
umberalnd county have not been asked
for cooperation in the scheme but it is
expected that the plan will be made
general.
The Italian above mentioned who is
thoroughly familiar with the system
pursued by the Black Hand said that
very few of the letters supposed to be
sent by the Black Hand are the geu-
uine articles. The real Black Hand
missive is only spot of paper. black
ened on one side and with a skull and
cross bones on the other. Sometimes
the missive states what sum of money
is demanded and how long a time is
given for the accomplishment of the
demands.
1.-THE Black Hand" continued the
speaker, is gang of organized high
waymen and cutthroats. They want
to make money without working. All
good thinking Italians will be glad to
see it exterminated from this coun-
try"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
In Honor of Birthday.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Orndorf enter.
tanned number of the friends of theiI
daughter, Mary, Monday evening, in
honor of her 9TH birthday.
The guests were: Frances Kerns,
Marie Kerns, Florence Russell, Mabel
Hendricks, Albert Hendricks, Ralph
Nader, Lawson Nader, Mildred AL.
beck, Mary Miles, Helen Mottern, Ellen
Gulliver, Ruth Gulliver, Ruth LaRue,
Margaret Longenberger, George Sway
ze, Beatrice Blue, Carrie Blue, Laura
Wyant, Martha Paugh, Catharine
Grubb, Leroy Grubb, Walter Peters,
Alice Chambers, Lillian Chambers,
Charles Murray Hilda Snyder, Mildred
Grubb.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
Death of Former Resident.

Ne rs was received in this city yes
terday to the effect that Merritt Har
rison Rogers. formerly chief engineer
of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad
and whose past was linked with this
section, had died victim of paralysis
and that his dead body was found ly-
ing beside the railroad.
On last Thursday evening Mr.. Rog-
ers started out from Denver in appar-
emily sound condition, although for
the last three years he has been sub-
ject at intervals to bad health. The
engineer who the day following found
the dead body passed him during the
morning walking beside the track to-
ward Minturn. Returning the engi-
neer saw the body lying on the en-
bankment. He stopped his train and
going to investigate found Mr.. Rog-
ers dead.
The deceased was born in 1851, at
Centermorland, Luzerne county, this
State. He went west in 1878 and rose
rapidly. He was regarded as one OF
the soundest railroad engineers in the
Rocky Mountain West.
Mr.. Rogass was an intimate friend
of our townsHau, W. II Asmerman,
In 1900 he came east and spent some
time at the zimmerman homestead in
this city His visit was a pleasant
one and is recalled by many of on1
townspeople who then formed Mr..
Rogers acquaintance. On hi return
he was accompanied by Miss Margaret
zimmerman, who enjoyed visit OF
six months with his family and dur.
ing which time she made a tour of the
system of railways with which Mr..
Rogers was connected The deceased
is survived bv a widow.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
Birthday Party.

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Herman, Grand
street, entertained a number of friends
in honor of their daughter Irene's six
teenth birthday, Friday evening. Those
present were Misses Bessie Meyer, Ivy
Meyer, Elizabeth Jones, Florence
Jones. Jennie Stewart. Barbara Gross,
Anna Hendricks, Jennie Reed, Mary
Gaskins, Lizzie Thomas, Ethel Haring,
NJ ay Lewis, Elsie Fetterman, Olive
Roat, Julia Russell, Irene and Emily
Herman Messrs. Grover Mincemoyer,
Arthur Reese, John Albeck. Walter
Gaskins. Allen Fornwald, Roy Lung
er, Edward Linker, William Speiser,
Joseph Schram, Ambrose Robinson,
Earle Woodside, Valentine Kmiecin-
ski, Frank Foulk, Misses Mary and
Nellie Cuthbert, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Swank and daughter Mildred.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09

For a cold or cough take Kennedy s
Laxative Cough Syrup. 1t is BET
TER than any other cough remedy
because its laxative principle assures
healthy, copious action of the bow
els and at the same it heals irritation
of the throat, strengthens the bron-
chial tubes and allays inflammation
of the mucous membrane. Contains
Honey and Tar, pleasant to take.
Children like it. Conforms to the
National Pure Food and Drug Law.
Sold by Paules S Co,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
The Largest Automobile.

The largest automobile that ever
came to town belongs to Jacob Acker-
man of Boston and arrived on Satur-
day afternoon after making speedy
run from Hazleton. The machine is
of forty horse power and is known as
the Pierce Great Arrow Accompani-
ed by his family Mr.. Ackerman came
all the way from Boston in his auto
mobile. The machine is in charge of
a chauffeur.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
Sunday School Social.

A social, in charge of the Sunday
school classes of Mr.. Mussleman and
Mr.. Shilling, will be held in ST Paul S
NJ. Z. church this evening at Z 30
There will be a program. consisting of
music, reciEations, reading, etc. Ice
cream, cake and candy will be on SALE
The proceeds will be for the piano
fund.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
Threw $500 in Creek.

While cleaning house on Saturday
morning a servant of DR.. p. Dunn, of
Mahanoy city, cast box containing
5000 in bank notes into Mahanoy creek
along with lot of waste. A reward
has been offered for the box and con-
tents and hunt is being made for it.