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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
ONE KILLED,
ANOTHER HURT

Ernest Weikle, of New Columbia,
was instantly killed and Howard Keef
er, of the same place, is lying serious
ly injured at the Williamsport hospit-
al as q result of an accident at the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad
crossing short distance above New
Columbia about 5 90 Tuesday night. A
wagon in which Weikle and Keefer
were riding was struck by the Read
ing passenger train. The wagon was
demolished and both occupants of the
vehicle were hurled high into the air.
Weikle's neck was broken, the back of
his head gashed and face cut and bruis-
ed He was dead when members of the
train crew reached his side Keefer es-
capped with fractured skull and his
left leg broken in two places below
the knee. Although his injuries are
severe it is thought he will recover.
At the time the accident occurred
| the unfortunate men were returning
from the woods with load of Christ
mas trees. \ freight train was stand
! ing ON n siding near the railroad cross
ing and apparently cut off the view
| along the stretch of track to the north.
The men failed to notice the approach
of the passenger train until too late
to avert the accident. The train was
stopped short distance from the
crossing and members of the crew and
some OF the passengers fastened TO the
aid of the men whose bodies could he
seen lying near the track. Woikle was
about twenty-siX wears Of age and is
survived by his widow.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23

Surgeons operating on Mrs. Rather
inc Ames, at the Grocer hospital at
Chester found that the woman had a
piece of glass i'll her appendix. About
five months ago while she was prepar-
ing the table for meal, the sugar
bowl broke and some of the PARTICLES
few into her mouth. 1t is thought
that she swallowed one of them.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23

Irish potatoes. like lrishmen, do bet
ter abroad than they do at home. and
just as the average lriShman when he
gets to the colonies becomes Il gov
ernOr general. like Lord MacDonuell
or Sir Gavan Duffy. so the average
Irish seed potato planted in England
knocks spots out OF the average Scotch
or English seed. Irish Homestead.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
Mexico VIII Not Object.

Mexico City Tex, Dec. 22.-Mexico
will make no open objection TO the
election of DR.. Madriz, president of
Nicaragua. Beyond a polite expression
regarding the personal qualities of
Madriz and Il suggestion that the
whole affair is in the hands of former
Ambassador CIeel, now in Washing
ton, officials will make no direct state
ment
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
Chicago Hears of Coming Arrests.

Chicago, Dec. 22.-Otficial Chicago
is on the tiptoe of expectancy today
following reports that indictments
against at least three officers of coal
companies and several city officials
would be returned before night charg-
ing conspiracy to defraud the city in
the sale of coal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23

Eightoeu-year-old c. II. Blood could
not Withstand the sight of Christmas
preparations in every town which lie
entered and applied to the York police
to get money to take him home TO
Elmira. y. y, from where he had run
away i'll November A telegram asking
for aid was sent to the lads father
and brought instant response.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
VenetabIo susnension nridne.

4 remarkable suspension bridge
spans the river Apurnmac in central
Peru. The ropes of this bridge are
composed Of pliable roots and vines.
while the planks are made of branches
In the humid climate of Peru it would
he by no means extraordinary if this
vegetable bridge were one day 10
start growing. Wide World Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23

Mary aged fourteen, was found ont
day by an older sister sobbing and cry
ing.
"What is the matterf" she asked
with great concern.
"Three boys have asked me to 90 t
the dance tonight" was the unexpect
ed reply.
"Well, my dear child, certainly tina
is not such terrible misfortune"
yes, but told the first one l would
go with him. and the last one was f.;
long painter"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23

Mrs. Enpcck-I learned today thct
Bob Smith and Mary Jones were Sc
crety married ten months ago. Just
think of it, Married nearly ycaI
and nobody the wiser! Mr. EnpecE
Oh. | don't know! I'll bet Smith was
a whole lot wiser before he had been
married q month.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23

Nineteen -year-old Earl Mason, a
plant chief for telephone company
at Monongahela, is dead as the result
of bullet wound believed to have
been self-infiicted. His family thinks
that he was temporarily insane at the
time of the shooting.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23

Alleged discrimination against negro
prisoners in Moyamensing and Holmes
burg prisons is to be investigated by a
committee of the African Methodist
Episcopal ministers of Philadelphia.
1t is said that the negroes are not
treated as well as are the white men
and that some who have tuberculosis
are exposed to the elements.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
Served Him Rinht.

"You're looking very gloomy today.
Tumkins. What's the matter"
Matter, DO you know Miss Paruo,
roe oid maid that lives over the way?
gagged to him So just for the fun Of
the thing went and proposed to her.
and she accepted me Now I'm look
inc for DawkinS"'- London Tit-Bits.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23

Winona Geyer, aged 9, saved the
life of her brother Robert, when his
clothes caught fire at an open CRATE at
their home at Butler Her mother was
sick in bed and her father was absent
and when the child's clothing caught
fire she rushed to the kitchen, got Il
pail of water and eXtinguished the
na'noS
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
He Saw Doubln-

Stymie (who has dallied too long at
the clubhouse)-Hey, old man! What
chuh wanter tee up two balls for?
Green (ditto)-That's all right, old
chap. Can't you see I'm driving with
two clubs ?-Puck.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
Pope Ill of the Gout.

Rome, Dec. 22.-The pope is confn-
ed to his bed with another attack Of
gout. All audiences have been temper
arily suspended, but the physicians
state that there is no cause for alarm.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
Dnnestic Rliss.

Madame-l don't know where our
son gets all his faults from. I'm sure
he doesn't get them from me. Mon
sieur-No, you're right there; you
haven't lost any of yours.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
Ready, as a Rule.

"Woman." observed the epigram-
matte boarder. "is a puzzle without an
answer"
Huh" snorted old Grumpley. Il
never saw woman without one yet"
Boston Transcript.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
Self Control.

The self control OF the Japanese,
even in times of the utmost stress,
and their courtesy. which begets quiet
ness and discretion, are both brought
out by a writer in St Paul's Maga-
zine.
Cry. 1t Will do you good" said
once to Il poor Japanese woman who,
crouching beside her dying husband.
was controlling herself with an effort
that would feared. make her i'll.
She laid her little slim brown finger
upon her trembling red lip and shook
her head, then whispered, at might
disturb him.
Cry, 1t will do you good" l said
the next day. when the man was dead
and she seemed almost PROSTATE with
grief and overenforced self control.
1T would he most rude to make n
hideous noise before the sacred dead"
came the soft reply.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23

In friendship we see only those faults
which may be prejudicial to ON
friends. In love we see no faults hul
those by which we suffer ourselves
De In Bruyere.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
NEWS ITEMS FROM
ROUND THE STATE

Christian evangelistic work is to be
carried to the mills and factories of
Pittsburg. DR.. ]. c. Calhoun will be
in charge of the new movement and
wealthy men are back of it,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
PEARY INSURED FOR $4,000.
Magazine Proprietors Who Bought Elk.


Magazine Proprietors Who Bought Eek.
pIorer's Story Took Out Policy.
To protect their interests the pro
rrietors of Hampton's Magazine. who
have contracted to pay Commander
Robert L. Peary $4,000 for the serial
rights to his story of his journey TO
the north pole and the accompanying
pictures, have taken out policy of
insurance on the commanders life for
$4,000. Commander Peary passed the
doctors test.
The policy will decrease in value
$1,000 a month for ten months, when
1t will expire. making the fixed value
Of the Peary articles as they appear
5000 each.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23

The Ladies' Aid society of Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church will meet
this evening at 1870 in the church
parlor.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
The Quick Witted Sharp.

Mrs. Sharp-So you told Mr.. Jones
you wished you was single once more,
did you? Sharp with quick witt
Only that | might have the happiness
Of marrying you over again, darling
Boston Transcript.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
Bread ard Pine Raker.

The lecturer at the cooking school
sometimes enlivened her remarks With
an anecdote.
The eighteenth century baker she
said, was pipe cleaner as WELL just
as the barber little earlier was a
surgeon. Everybody in those days
smoked clay pipes, provided the same
as cups or spoons by the coffee houses
Well, each morning a waiter carried
his masters stock of pipes, some hun.
dred perhaps, to the nearest bakery
The baker would boil them. then dip
them in liquid lime, then bake then
dry. They came out of the oven as
sweet and white as new"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23

trust men and they will be true to
you. Treat them greatly and they viii
show themselves great.-Emerson
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
a Duck of a Man,

Ellen Terry and Mr.. Balfour met for
the first time at the table of Henry
W. Lucy in London. During the en-
suing conversation Miss Terry re.
mained strangely silent. Presently
the Unionist leader had to leave for
the house of commons, and Ellen
Terry at last found her tongue. Her
host was relieved to find that she had
not been bored. Bringing her closed
hand down on the table, she exclaimed
with a glance toward the door through
which Mr.. Balfour had passed, II
think that's a duck of man"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
First. Eoroiye,

When ye stand praying forgive, If
ye have aught against any, that your
Father also which is in heaven may
forgive you your trespasses.-St. Mark
If o.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
Skeleton In the Closet.

The original of the singular saying
"a skeleton in the closet" which is
found in almost every language in Eu-
rope, is found in one of those curious
collections of stories that have come
down from the middle ages. In one of
these collections. compiled by an I'M
known hand about the middle of the
tenth century. there is story OF
wealthy lady who. having a secret
grief. confided it to a friend who was
apparently II perfectly happy woman.
She was the wife of Il noDleman who
lived in his castle in the south of
France She ana her husband were
outwardly on the most loving terms.
Not Il care cloud seemed to cast a
shadow on her path.
After herring the story OF her atiiict-
ell friend the noble lady took her by
tt" hand and led her to Al secret cham
Der "diuiriug her bedroom. there open
ed the d"nI Of II closet and exposed a
skeleton. know. my friend" she said,
IN" one is happy. Every day | am
forced by my husband to kiss this
Grinninc death head. which is that of
gentleman who was my husbands
riva and whom would have married
had not my parents wi!led otherwise" 1"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
LincoIn's Relation.

| have never united myself to an!
church. because have found difficulty
in giving my assent without meuta
reservation TO the long complicmtv,
statements of Christian doctrine whicE
characterize their articles OF bcliri
and confessions OF faith. Whcnevel
any church will inscrlbe over its alta
as its sole qualification for member
ship the Suviour's condensed statemer'
Of the substance of both law and l"s
pei. Thou shalt love the Lord tht
God with all thy heart. and with a.
thy soul. and with all thy mind. AN.
thy ueighbor rs thySelf," that churc.
will 1 join with all my heart and al
my soul-Abraham Lincoln.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
Her Complexion.

We once knew Il woman who qudl
relied with her complexion. Al one
time she touched 1t up SO much that
it became touchy. At another time II
was beyond the pale. Occasionally IL
broke out and became very fiery. But
however much She quarreled with II.
she was always ready to make it UP
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-18
TRAGEDY IN PHILADELPHIA
 BOARDING HOUSE DINING ROOM
Man and Woman Seriously Wounded ' Shooter Commits Suicide.

 Philadelphia, Dec. 17.-After shoot- ing and seriously wounding Minnie B. Carey, aged 23 years, and William B, Bostick aged 37 years, today, in the dining room of boarding house in the center of the city Joseph E. Murray. alias Ernest Bird, of La Plata, Md, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
 Murray came to this city yesterday from Morris Plains. N. J., where he was employed as an orderly in the Hospital for insane under the name of Ernest Bird. He had formerly been a friend of Miss Carey's, according to detectives who investigated the case, and he at once sought her at the de- partment store where she is employed. Today he followed Miss Carey and Bostick. who is employed as a scene shifter in a local theater. to a boarding house on Arch street, where they went for lunch. Upbraiding Bostick for "stealing his girl'' Murray drew a re- volver from his pocket and shot the girl through the right lung and Bos- tick in the right arm and breast. When they ran into an adjoining room to es- cape further bullets he turned the weapon on himself, putting a bullet in his brain. The wounded couple were removed to a hospital, where it was stated that the woman would probably die
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-18
5000 DAMAGES FOR MISS HERO
Awarded Against pr. AnibaI ZeIaya for
 Breach of Promise.

New York, Dec. 17.-Fortune gave the Zelaya family another prod today, when e jury awarded Miss Juliette Hero 5000 damages against pr. Ami bal zelaya for breach of promise.
 Tt might as well have been $50,000,' said the young relative of the Nicara- guan dictator, when he heard the yer dict. T have no money and can't pay"
 Under the law, unless Zelaya settles, he can be committed to jail for an in- definite period. Miss Hero sued for e100, ,000 damages, alleging that Zelaya promised to marry her while a medi- cal student here. Two years ago, how ever, his courtship waned The plain tiff, who is a Greek girl and pretty. expressed satisfaction with the verdict. not because of its amount, but because she considered herself vindicated.
 At the trial Zelaya introduced evil dence to prove that she consoled her self with other young men after his own love grew cold. Miss Hero's trump cards were a number of letters the young Nicaraguan wrote her, filled with picturesque terms of endearment and bits of verse.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-18
The Eagle Ordered to RIuefieIds
FORMER AMBASSADOR BIeELoW
 cRlTIcIsEs PRESIDENT TAFT
On Statement in His Message Con.
 corning a, Protective Tariff.

New York, Dec. 17.-'President Taft in his recent message to congress de- nieS that the recent and constantly in- craesing cost of living is due to pro- tective tariff, a statement which proves nothing so clearly as that his training as a lawyer has not made of him a statesman, still less a political econ- omist"
 John Bigelow, former ambassador to France. statesman, diplomatist and au- thor, thus criticises the president in a letter written to the Civic Forum, whose annual banquet will be held in New York tomorrow.
 Mentally alert, although in his 92d year, MT. Bigelow gave his views by letter because he was unable to attend the banquet. The Civic Forum, which counts President Taft. W. J. Bryan, Bishop ID. H. Greer, Justice Brewer, Archbishop Ireland, William Dean Howells and other distinguished men among its officers, encourages the freest utterances of opinion from it's platform, though 1t does not make it. self responsible for the views ex- pressed.
 continues MT. Bigelow, T see more prospect of revolution than of any reform in our government. For the last two years there has been a larger army of wage earners on strike. that is, in revolt against their employers, than was at any time engaged in our Civil war by the confederate states, thus far less bloody only because of enforced concessions to the demands of the wage earners.
 How will he (Taft) explain the re- cent extraordinary impulse given to the white slave traffic, except by the tariff, which compels women to aban- don their proper home life and take refuge in factories of protected indus tries Tor their daily bread, or else if not in consequence abandon themselves to a life of shame"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-18
SUGAR FRAUD CASES.
Five Employees of the American Re- fining Company Found Guilty.


 New York. Dec. 1.-The jury to- night found guilty five of the six em- ployes of the American Sugar Refin- ing company, who have been on trial for the past three weeks, charged with criminal conspiracy to defraud the government of customs duties on i'm ported raw sugar. In the case of James F. Bendernagel, former cash fer of the company's Williamsburg plant, the jury disagreed. Mercy is Recommended for all those found gull ty.
 The jury was out ten hours. Under the indictment, Oliver Spitzer, a dock superintendent; John R. Coyle Thom- as Kehoe, Edward A. Boyle and Pat rick J. Hennessey, checkers, may be punished for the commission of two overt acts, the maximum penalty for each of which is two years imprison- ment and $5,000 fine.
 The failure to convict Bendernagel Is regarded by the government as a distinct disappointment. The effort of the prosecution has been to trace the customs frauds already admitted to a higher source, and Cashier Benderna- gel, though not an executive officer of the company, was still an employe who came in contact with those who shaped the company's affairs in their larger aspect.
 Tonight's verdict brings to a close the governments first step in ,crimnal procedure following the vast under weighing frauds disclosed on the docks of The American Sugar Refining com apny. Civil suits brought restitution of $135,00 as payment for duties evad- ed, while s2,000,000 was voluntarily re- turned.
 ''Men higher up" are now talked of, while subsequent investigation has in volved the Arbuckle Brothers, rivals of the so-called trust, as well as the Ma tional Refining company.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-18
Result of Telegrams Received in Washington
 from U. S Consulate at Managua
WITH 700 MARINES NOW AT PANAMA
The Cruiser will Sail Once for Corinto-Americans in Managua Appeal to the Consulate for Protection Zelaya Plans to Retain His Hold Power-Com- mander of Buffalo to Use His Own Judgment.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The United States auxiliary cruiser Buffalo, now at Panama, with seven hundred ma rines on board, has been ordered to sail at once for Corinto.
 Department Stirred by Telegrams.
 This action was taken today as the result of a telegram received from the United States consulate at Man. agua. that inasmuch as Zelaya in his shessage resiging the presidency made unpleasant reference to Americans, and a report was current in that city that civilian adherents of Zelaya had of the United States residing in that city have appealed to the consulate for protection.
 ZeIaya Still Planning.
 Another telegram from the Ameri- can consulate at Managua states that it Is currently rumored there that when Madriz arrives in Managua, pre- sumably tomorrow, Zelaya will for mally surrender his office to the. na- tional assembly, and that that body has already received instructions from Zelaya to cast its vote for Irias as president of the republic.
 This rumor is directly at variance with the understanding here based bAA Gc1ktAtNhiCS rum 4NACtii dSu OtlCAdl- 1y or otherwise, that Madriz would receive the support not only of Zelaya himself. but of his friends.
 The conclusioh of the United States officers at Managua is that by the se- lection of Irias, Zelaya will retain his hold on power and continue to dom mate the situation.
 ZeIsya's Change of Front Not Sur
 prising.
 The change of front by Zelaya is
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-18
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER
 IN THE SECOND DECREE
Sentence Win ee Imposed on Bridge
 port Man Next Tussdsy,

Bridgeport. Conn. Dec. i17..-Napol- con Bissonnette was today found ruli- ty of murder in the second dsrr~s for shooting his brother law, Rome P. Demery, on October fl. Sentence will be imposed Tuesday morning. The case was given to the fury af 12.S0 o'clock and after three hours consideration they returned to the court for instructions. All were agreed as to the guilt of the accused, but were divided between mnaslaughter and second degree murder. The court explained the difference in the de- grees and in ten minutes tho jury re- turned with their finding. Tha ac- cused was overwhelmed and sat in c dazed condition for some time and when removed to jail had to, be as- sisted by his keepers. Bissonnette on Thursday was offered the chance. by the state. to plead guilty to second de- gree murder, but refused.
 The crime for which he was con- victed was the shooting of his broth er-in-law, Rome P. Demery. in Bie- sonnette's home on the evening of October 14. Mrs. Bissonnette was m and her brother called to see that she secured the proper treatment Tn a wordy war with Bissonnette which followed. the latter drew a revolver and fired Demery dying almost imme- diately. Bissonnette is the father of fourteen children and two of them were witnesses of the shooting and were the principal witnesses against him,
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-18

matter of no very great surprise to the officials here, it being well known that both Irias and Madriz have long been regarded as Zelaya's willing tools and it has been suspected for some time that Irias was really Ze- laya's first choice for the presidency and that Madriz was the second. The orders sent to the Buffalo to proceed at once to Corinto may have some significance other than that stated, in- asmuch as her arrival there is ex- pected on the very day that Madriz is expected to arrive in Managua.
 Rear Admiral kinbalI With the Ma
 rines.
 Whether the 7O6 marines, on the ar rival of the Buffalo at Corinto, will be placed under the orders of the United States consulate at Managua does not appear, but it is assumed that the commander of the Buffalo will take such steps as he deems nec- essary under his general instructions to protect American interests.
 Rear Admiral Kimball, who went to Panama on the Dixie, will accompany the marines to Corinto. He will then take command of the naval vessels at that port. Those now there are the Albany. Yorktown, Vioksburg and the collier Saturn. The Princeton is ex- pected tonight.
 The Eagle Ordered to Bluefields.
 Colon, Dec, 17.-Lieutenant Com mander F. l.. Sandoz commanding the U. s. s. Eagle, is under orders to pro- ceed to Bluefelds. The Marietta is still here. The Dixie sailed this after noon for Philadelphia. The collier Leonidas arrived here last night for supplies.