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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14

| A concrete walk is being laid in front o.
Wetherill's dry goods store.
The circus will show on the Wins Wright
farm opposite the Fair grounds.
Mount Holly and miscellaneous souvenir
post cards. l.. s. Boyce. stationer.
Wellington Bozarth, 1853 Ridgway ST.,
will deliver fish, oysters and vegetables"
There is to be a game Of base ball in
Mount Holly next Tuesday afternoon be-
tween the Eks nine of Camden and
Mount Holly.
| Judge Horner and DR.. Parsons are on a
trip to Denver, Col. with party of men
who are inspecting some marble quarries
in that vicinity.
Raymond Frake has rented the Earl
house on Church street, formerly known
as the Foy house, now belonging to Will
lam Earl of Jobstown.
Mrs. Nathan Stratton. of Ladoga. Ind,
has sold her western home and will return
to her former home on Risdon street. Mrs
Stratton was formerly Miss Josephine
Reeves
While visiting patient last week, DR..
G. W. VanDerveer left pair of eyeglasses
lying on table. The finder Is asked to
either send them to DR.. VanDerveer or to
let him know where they are.
Two men in the act of burglary were
seen in the yard of James P Nichols on
Mill street, Sunday night After trying
several doors and breaking some lattice
work they were frightened away. 1t is
said that other unsuccessful attempts
were made in the same neighborhood.
DR.. Andrew Provost Lore, of Palmyra,
has been reported to the New Jersey State
Board of Health by the Palmyra Board of
Health for exposing the public to con-
tagion by sending d year-old Marjorie
Fry, who had diphtheria, to Philadelphia
by train, ferry and street car, as well as
for falling to report the case to the local
authorities within IL hours.
John Clements and Mrs. Pauline Cos
till, who eloped from Mount Holly over a
year ago, are now conducting a store at
Springfield, Ohio. In order to get pos
session of property on ShreYe street In
which she formerly resided, Mrs. Glenn
ents and John Costill recently sent Con-
stable John Throckmorton, Jr., to Spring
field, and from Clements the officer de-
manded that he transfer title to the house
over to Mrs. Clements. who has secured
divorce. Upon payment of Throckmor
toms expenses, In whose name the title is
now held, he will pass the same back to
her. Clements at first refused, but the |
transfer was finally agreed to on the I'M
derstanding that the clippers would not be
molested.
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woman Assaulted Near Marlton.

Woman Assaulted Near Marion.
Mrs. William Fl. Mortland, woman o
80 years of age, was attacked, yesterday
by negro named Samuel Layfield. Th'
latter had been working on Mr. Mortland'
farm near Marlton since May %.
Mrs. Mortland was In the garden wheI
the negro attacked her, striking her on the
head with "a club, rendering her uncon
scious. He then carried her into the
house and bound her hands and feet, anC
placed a gag in her mouth. Then he
carried the unconscious woman upstairs
and placed her on bed, putting mat,
tress and pair of blankets on her. Lay.
field ransacked the house, getting a gold
watch and $50 in cash. He took the gun
from its accustomed place, hiding 1t In
another part of the house.
The negro walked towards Moorestown
and met Mr.. Mortland, who was on his
way home. To him he told tale of a
man having visited the farm for the pur-
pose of purchasing pair of mules. The
man, he said, got tired of waiting and had
gone into Moorestown, where he expected
TO meet Mortland. The latter turned his
team around, the colored man getting in
the wagon, and the two went back to
Moorestown. There they stood for over
an hour waiting for the purchaser, who
did not turn up. Mortland went home
and Layfeld suddenly left him and board
ed trolley car.
The assault occurred about ten o'clock
In the morning. In the afternoon Charles
Shinn, of Moorestown, who has fish
route through the country, was on his
way to the Mortland farm, and overtaking
the seven year old son of the family,
picked him up and gave him ride to the
house. Not finding any one around the
man and boy called for the mother, and
In answer received only what appeared to
be moans Shinn told the boy to go up
stairs and see what was the matter. The
little fellow soon called for help and Shinn
went up and released the woman, who
had been in her unpleasant position for
nearly six hours. She was completely
exhausted and was quite sick. She had
regained consciousness but, owing TO her
hands being tied behind her back, was
unable to aid herself.
When Mr. Mortland got home and |
learned the true state of affairs he at once |
to Moorestown but of course
could not find Layfeld, who had left
town
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been allowed to bunt he could have made
base, as he ran like deer.

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base, as he ran like deer.
Kilmer played in hard luck on Satur
day. In one instance he struck out, was
thrown out at first. left on base after 6
clean hit, and was put out on atty that
would have been caught ordinarily about
once in dozen times.
What difference 1t makes which side
you are on. In the game here on Labor
day the Florence rooters could not say or
do enough to try to discourage Sweeney.
But at Burlington, on Saturday, with that
young man on their side he was the
sweetest ever.
1t has not yet been determined whether
there shall be more games by Mount Holly
this season. The management think they
have had enough here. losing money on a
majority of the contests. If other games
take place they will probably be away
from home.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
ChIIdr00 Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
GA 9 TX RIA
Personal.

Personal.
Mrs. Edward B. Gaskill spent Thursday
with her son Walter at Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Emery, Of Delanco,
were visiting relatives in Mount Holly, on
Sunday.
Miss Nettie Dempsey spent Sunday at
Florence with her sister, Miss Mamie
Dempsey.
Charles Lindsay, of Gloucester city. q
former resident of this town, was visit
or in Mount Holly last week.
During the past week MIR. and Mrs job
Collins have been entertaining Mrs. Kill
born and daughters, Miss Grace Kilborn
and Mrs. John NJ. Collins.
After q most pleasant tour abroad, the
Misses Mary and Sarah r. Budd, of Mount
Holly, and Miss Rebecca Wills, of Ran.
cocas, arrived home on Wednesday.
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NOTICE.
MARRIED.
DIED

GAsKILL.-August2 q, at Tuekerton, Nathan
lei j. Gaskill, aged SO years.
HARPER.-September g. at Riverton, Will
liam w. Harper.
PARKER.--August 80, at New Egypt, James
J. Parker,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14

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Moderate Priced Farms Wanted.

Ours is philanthropic organization whose
object it is to assist worthy Jewish immigrants
to become farmers. Nocommission is charged
to either seller or buyer. Rock-bottom hgures
are therefore expected. Principals only:
Send for blank. The Jewish Agricultural and
Industrial Aid Society, IVA Second Ave-, New
York city. 14-4t
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saved thousands of dollars worth of equip
ment by rushing through the danger zone
and stopping the big engines. The break
ing OLA steel pin which clamped the piston
inside the steam cylinder caused the acct
dent. Hurled from its place. the piston
battered to bits adjacent machinery, hurl-
ing pieces through an adjoining wall and
tearing out big switchboard. A steel
chest against which Darr had rested his
head when less than ten seconds earlier
he had oiled the piston was smashed and
his escape from death In his dash to pre-
vent further destruction was miraculous.
A few years ago predecessor of DarI
was scalded to death under broken steam
pipe.
A courageous and daring rescue along
the Delaware was witnessed at noon or
Thursday. when Earl Stibens, II years
old, at the risk of his own life, leaped into
the river and brought up from the bottom
Addison Swanson, S-year-old son of Rich
ard Swanson. The lad was fishing of the
steamboat wharf, where the depth Is nearly
thirty feet. In the excitement of pulling
in fish Swanson fell overheard. without
making an cutlery. An italian saw the
boy fall and ran to three persons some dis
lance away and tried to tell what had hap
pened. From his gestures Stibens was
convinced some one had fallen overheard
On the spur of the moment, without re
moving his coat, Stibens plunged over
board For some little time he did not re
turn to the surface. and his friends though
he had sacrificed his life, when Stiben
appeared, clutching boy by the hair
Stibens had made a successful struggl
against strong undercurrent before b
, could reach the child and was nearly ez
hausted. Bravely swimming back to tn
wharf, Stibens gave the unconscious boy
who was still holding on to his flshin
/ line. to Edward V. Adams, who revive
him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-05
GOES BACK EMPTY HANDED
Mejor Dunlap Cannot Secure Cover
nor Johnson as An Attraction.

St Paul, Feb 3.-Major John r.
Dunlap editor, clubman and political
leader of Gotham, is i'll st. Paul, q
disappointed ambassador. Major Dun
lap, besides owning and editing Engi-
neering Magazine, is prominent as an
economist and influential as an indie
pendent democrat As one of the gov
errors of the National Democratic club
he came to ST. Paul to personally eX-
tend to Governor Johnson an invita-.
ton to be present and speak at the
clubs celebration of Jefferson day, in
April Though the invitation was cor
daily given and strenuously urged
Major Dunlap could not get the state
executive to leave while the legislature
was in session, and had to content
himself with the promise of a letter
to be read on the great occasion.
Major Dunlap was very favorably
impressed with Governor Johnson. as
who is not? He also absorbed q few
new ideas touching northwestern
weather and the beauties of st. Paul
as place of residence, and his praise,
coming from man of taste and judg
ment who has travelled the world over,
carries special weight.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-05
Movement for the Uplift Of
Ireland; Great Dublin Meet
Especial to The Free Press.1

ing discussed is the compulsory teach
ing of Irish in the new universities,
and there is a good deal of bitterness
displayed on the question. European
scholars can not understand now the
universities can be described as Irish
if the national language is neglected,
but there seem to be some Irishmen
who think that to teach Irish would
in some way lower the educational
standing of the universities. Strangely
enough, the institution at Dublin
which has taken to itself the name
National, seems to have become the
chief seat of the controversy. There
is now little doubt that Irish will be
taught at Belfast but there is still
considerable doubt about its intro
duction at Dublin.
Other Irish Measures
The other first class Irish measure
is the Irish housing act, which may be
made a very useful measure if it is
properly administered by the local au.
tnortes The housing of the Irish
working class in the past has been a
scandle. and it has been too much to
expect that landlords or tenant far
mers, in the present unsettled state
of land tenure in Ireland, would do
much to improve it. The new act
gives power to the local authorities
to raise money by taxation for the
erection of working mems dwellings
which shall be let at rents sufficient
only to recoup the expenditure.
Some minor measures have also
been passed but the great measure
for which Irishmen have been work
ing and looking for generations
home rule-seems as far off as ever
The liberals have been strangely ST.
lent about it recently, and it is feared
that they will forget their promise to
make it plank in the liberal plat
form at the next general election as
their war Oh the House of Lords and
the fiscal controversy will give then
an excuse for saying that minor is
sucs"-like home rule-must wait.
The constabulary act, which mas
also been passed is measure which
will benefit the rank and file of the
police force but it will cost the Irisf
taxpayers 100000 year and com
plant is justly made that more thar
this could have been saved if the in
crease of pay to the men had beer
coupled with ii reorganization of the
commissioned ranks The fact is that
the ordinary policemen i'll the Roya
Irish constabulary are wretchedly un
derpaid and overworked, while the
officers are underworked and overpaid
The force has been reduced three Oh
four times, but the number of Officers
has remained the same. the only result
of the reductions being that each of
ficer retained smaller command Will
less work at the same pay.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-05
REGARDING THE ROAD WORK
What Was Done on Highways BY the
Residents Of Decoria.

August Gettle and A. E. Hall take
issue with Mr.. May of Decoria relative
to statements made by Mr.. May at the
recent meeting of the Commercial club
Mr. May is reported to have said in
substance:
"NIr. May said that at the meeting
of farmers in his district twenty two
had said that they were willing to
haul gravel, and eleven went to work
the first day, and by the third day the
number was down to six, and these
six have done the work for five weeks,
without recompense. One farmer had
remarked that in the old country
they didn't do anything for nothing
for the king, and in this country he
was not going to do anything for
nothing for the president Those that
use the roads the most will do nothing.
Many men on his road who were not
assisting used the road five times as
much as he did"
Mr. Gettle and Mr.. Hall said to The
Free Press that they have no knowl-
edge of what took place or what prom
Uses were make at the meeting re-
ferred to by Mr.. May. The claim that
but six men performed all the labor on
the roads is not true as fourteen men
from Decoria assisted in crawling the
road. These men worked one day. The
man who is reported to have said that
he would not work for the king, did
work on the road several days. Five
men from Decoria worked on the roads
on another occasion. Messrs. Gettle
and Hall give Mr.. May and his as
sociates a great deal of credit for the
part they had in improving the roads.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-05
GOOD WORK.
Done Daily in Mankato. Many Citizens
Tell of 1t.

Done Daily in Mankato. Many Citizens
Tell of 1t.
Nearly every reader has heard of
Doan's Kidney Pills The good work
i'll Mankato still continues, and our
citizens are constantly adding endorse
ment by public testimony. No better
proof of merit can be had than the
experience of friends and neighbors.
Read this case:
Mrs. John A Jones, 324 State st.
Mankato Mimi, says: For many years
my family has considered Doan's Kid
ney Pills the best of kidney demedies
My sons have been cured of backache
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Doan's Kidney Pills for years when in
need of tonic for my kidneys and
the results have always been salts
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any stopping or lifting brings on
sharp twinges through by Ioins. Doan's
Kidney Pills, procured from j. c.
Thro's drug store have always prompt
ly corrected these complaints. can
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Remember the name-Doan' sand
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-05
CURRIERS' DO SOOp Err UP
NUMBER OF Kinks ARE AT PLAY
THIS AFTERNOON.
Fine Sport On the Ice, Stanes Make q
Clean Scoot Over the Smooth
Surface, the Score.

The CALIFORNIAN Curling club OF
Nankato is holding its fourth bonspiel
at the Kinks on Pike street and all
tbe deyotees of the 'roarin' game
from the city and surrounding country
are on hand with stane and broom 10
gain or defend their honors The
bonspiel opened last evening with the
snecial for the Macbeth & Gardner cup
and was contested for by the rlnkS
of George B. Owen and DIR. {. d.
Nerbovir. The game resulted IN
victory for the Owen rink, which is now
in possession of the trophy. The games
this afternoon will be for the mer-
chants trophy.
There are three Kinks from Mapleton
and one from Beaufort.
Tom Tavlor's Rink-B. f. McGregor,
John Morrow, A. J. Ellis, L. b. lay
lor, skip
William Morrow's Rink-Thomas Lit
tie, r. B. Hanna, James S. Taylor,
William Morrow, skip.
Ben Taylor's Rink. Hadley, J. c.
Ward, Chauncey Sellers, B. F. Taylor,
skip.
John Wards Rink, Beauford-Wesley
Ward, John Oyer, J. P. Myers, J. c.
Ward, skip.
Mankato has four Kinks, as fol
lows:
Lewis Rink-T. W. Hart, Louis Jan
da. John II. Snow, Alba Lewis, skip
Tom Thomsons Rink-John Nyquist
Theodore L. Just, Q. +. Morrow, Tom
Thomson, skip.
Owens Rink-Charles Owen, Chris
Laurisch, DIR. Dodds, George B. Owen
skip.
Nerbovig's Rink-A. ]. Veigel, Ever
EFT Dodds, Q. F. Morrow, c. Fl. Ner-
bovig, skip.
The first event this morning resulted
George Owen, Is; T. B. Taylor, 10;
Tom Thomson, 9; William Morrow, ii
G. A. Lewis, 10; Ben Taylor, 5.
The ice is in very fine condition and
the curriers' are all well pleased.
Two Kinks from Winnebago are ex-
pected tomorrow morning and one. rink
from st. Paul on any train.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-05
Coal Rebate Given the Board of
Control Is Good Thing.
REPORT OF PUBLIC EXAMINER
IL Fully Exonerates S.W. Leavitt, Who
Has Been Under the Displeasure
of tire Kitchen Cabinet"

st. Paul, Feb. Following mes
SAGE received from Governor johnson,
who is at Rochester, Frank A. Day.
his private secretary turned over to
the house committee on public accounts
and expenditures Public Examiner
Sehaefer's report, covering his eXami-
nation of the state board of control.
1t was placed in Representative Saug-
stad's hands personally as chairman of
the committee. Mr. Saugstad at once
put it under seal and refused to allow
it TO be seen until the committee had
looked it over.
Accompanying the report was a let
ter from Mr.. Schaefer, in winch he
said that the investigation, together
with personal statements by the board
members. had cleared up all questions
of iregularity as far as the board was
concerned. The only controversy was
the wisdom of some of the practices
INDUCED in
How Relating Was Carried Out.
These practices were the acceptance
of rebates, involved in a purchase of
coal made about two years ago which
reached the board in the shape of per-
sonal checks to S. w. Leavett, one of
the members, who later distributed
them on his own personal check among
the institutions benefited. 1t was dur
ing the coal famine, and the rebate
was for the purpose of permitting the
contracting company to get around
the coal combine of which it was a
member. BY making the contract as
it did and accepting the secret rebate
the board claimed to have saved the
state something like AZ cents a ton
or $4,000 in all.
Though denied by members of the ad-
ministration, politics has in a mea
sure entered into the investigation. Tie
discovery of the check to Mr.. Leavett
and the connection of several republi-
cans with the transaction promised ma
terial for the last campaign.
To add to the seriousness of the
whole thing, according to Mr. Lea
vett, whose scalp is badly wanted by
the democratic cabinet. an Inspector in
charge of the examination assumed that
the discovery of the check was prima
facie evidence of fraud, and his report
was made accordingly. In answer, Mr..
Leavett said that further investigation
by that inspector would be accepted as
personal insult, and the man was
withdrawn.
Later another man was put on the
Job and Mr.. Schaefer's announcement
that no irregularities can be charged is
the result.
The investigation has been on for the
past year and this is the first time
the report has become public in any
way, although rumors concerning it
were allowed to leak out from time to
time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-05

Dublin, Feb. 3.-Leaders in the
movement for the regeneration of Ire
land are gathered in Dublin today for
a session at which the many problems
now confronting the statesmen on
the island will be discussed. Today S
meeting is preliminary to a great
nationalist mass meeting later in the
month, plans for which were com
pleted today.
A note of optimism was sounded at
todays gathering of the patriotic
clans, since two measures of vast i'm
portance to Ireland were passed at the
last session of parliament, and the
question of their administration so as
to be of the greatest value to the prog
ress of the Irish people has now be
come a matter of great moment.
Old Age Pension Act.
A minor issue which is nevertheless
attracting great attention has result
ed from the working out of the old
age pension act In the less density
populated parts of Ireland, the post
offices are usually located in the town
tavern or public house, equivalent to
"a saloon in America The postmas-
ters are III charge of the payment of
the pensions, and it is alleged that
they take advantage of their double
capacity as paymaster and liquor deal
er to INSIST that the old people should
pay the money they receive from Pat
rick, the postmaster, to Patrick the
tavern keeper. As most of the pen
sIoners are ignorant and illeterate. it
follows that the pension act in many
rural communities has served only to
increase drunkenness among the aged
and to swell the Golfers of the liquor
dealers. The Irish leaders have de-
termlned to stop these practices, and
will notify the pensioners that the
postmasters are only government ser
wants and have no authority to dictate
how pension money shall be spent.
The most momentous problem now
confronting patriotic Irishmen is the
practical and just application of the
last Parliament. This measure pro
vldes for two great institutions of
learning, and their proper establish
ment will remove forever the injustice
worked to the youth of Ireland by the
tact that her only university, Trinity
college, Dublin, was in the hands OF
the Anglican church authorities. The
two new universities are nominallv
unsectarlan but the National Univer-
slty OF Dublin, of which Archbishop
Walsh has been elected chancellor
will be under Roman Catholic inAu-
ence, and the new Queens University
at Belfast will be dominated by the
Presbyterans. Thus the three great
religious denominations in Ireland are
placed on an equal footing.
The great question which is now be