Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-10-21
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Henry p. Fletcher, of Greencastle,
Franklin county is mentioned as pos
sible minister to China to take the
place of Charles r. Crane, who was
recalled when he was about to board
the ship at San Francisco Mr.. Fletch-
er is now charge d affaires at Peking.
Rev. W. +. p. Haas, pastor of the
Frankford Avenue Methodist Eplscop-
al church at Philadelphia. fell from a
second story window of the parsonage
where he had been fixing an awning
and lost his balance, and landed on
the sexton, William Burk. The minist-
er was badly shaken up and both men
We're bruised
Loaded on forty specially built press
ed steel cars, making train one-third
of mile long, a 1900 ton order of
steel beams was hauled away from the
Bethlehem steel works to Davenport,
Iowa, firm. This remarkable order,
which is believed to be the largest
single shipment of steel ever made,
was turned out inside twenty -four
hours after it was received.
Pittsburg Fairgrounds association
is going to make every school building
in the city club house where the
young and old may meet during the
long winter evenings. There will be
programs of entertainment prepared.
The school building named for the
founder of the Pennsylvania common
school system, Thaddeus Stevens, will
be the first one opened to the public.
Students of Haverford college are
going to have a beauty show next
week. They do not intend to pose
themselves but will each give pictures
of their best girls and these will be
placed on exhibition. For the most
beautiful silver cup will be given
Each contributing student will be en-
titled to three votes. Some of the pic
lures are of real beauties and some look
suspiciously like persons who have |
gained fame behind the footlights.
Antonio Rock, young Italian who
was arrested in Pittsburg in the com
pany of 12-year-old Margaret Thomp
son, Of near Butler, whom he is charg-
ed with having abducted, was held for
court after hearing. His bail was
fixed at 81, 900 and as he was unable to
pay it he was sent to jail. The girl
and her mother wanted to drop the
case but the district attorney persists
in pushing it, The accused man said
that he had been at the Thompson
home as boarder for four weeks and |
he was going to Wheeling, W. Va, on
visit to his father. The girl wanted |
to go with him and he was taking her |
when he was caught.
Monongahela merchants are this |
week celebrating Booster Week. They |
have decorated their windows and are |
offering bargains.
Chester's lodge of Elks is going to
play Santa Claus to the poor children
this year. Presents will be distributed |
and the little ones given dinner
David Jayne Hill, ambassador from
the United States to Germany, was
given a reception by the Williamsport !
branch of the German American al |
lance while on visit to that city.
Harvey Stoner, of Waynesboro, de-
serted his wife and child. He is alleg- |
ed to have neglected and abused his |
wife and she had him arrested. Sever
al days afterward he disappeared An
other woman is said to be mixed up in |
the case.
DR.. Anna Law Award, of Amherst, |
Nova Scotia, formerly of Scranton, is |
i'll a serious condition as the result of |
falling from Il street car while on
visit to her old home. The car is said |
TO have started before she was off. |
Her left arm was fractured and she |
was probably injured internally.
Samuel Garner, of New Holland, |
Lancaster county, is in Jail charged |
with trying to poison his bride of two |
weeks. His father-in- law, Robert
Lynch, is the prosecutor. The man is
alleged to have quarreled with his II
year-old spouse ON the day of their
marriage and the attempt to kill is
said to have followed.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hall died at Wayncs-
burg at the age Of % years She was II .
member of Il Sunday school class that |
gave reception to Lafayette on his !
second visit to the United States i'm
1924 and told how the great man plac
ed his hand on the head of every little
girl present. They talked of this for
years afterward, she said.
At the meeting of the Pittsburg
synod C. S. of the Evangelical Luth-
eran church at Butler the fiftieth an !
niversary of the ministry of John w.