Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-04-21
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1882 5 ST.. Washington, ID. Q.
4 COW of the II. H. Bomberger farm
near Warwick, recently gave birth tc
triplets, the third case of this kind in
Lancaster county inside of a month.
The name of the progressive party
has been pre- empted at Harrisburg by
John Il. Hart. Francis Wood, Fremont
Bowman, Albert r. Redifer and Geo.
D. Cox. The organization will make a
fight in the elections next fall.
The crews of three trolley cars re-
sponsible for the death of as many
persons in Philadelphia who had been
arrested on the charge of manslaught-
r,were released from custody by Cor
oner Ford when iuries eXculpated
them from blame.
To allow the bride to flush her term
of school in one Of the country dis
tricts near Ford City. the marriage of
Harry Smith. of Walk Chalk, and
Miss Sophia Sell, of Dayton, which
took place last fall, was not announc-
ed until recently, when the schools had
closed
DR. Samuel Andrews, superintend-
ent of the Pittsbug schools, was knock
ed down by a street car in front of
Carnegie institute recently, and pain
fully injured. His body was bruised
generally, his ankles being hurt the
most. He stepped from one street car
directly in front of another. Forum
ately his home was nearby and he was
taken there.
Elmer l.. Shelter was struck in the
face by a meteor-like substance that
came through the air enveloped in
flame while he was riding in an auto
at Williamsport His wife and another
woman with them were blinded temp
orarily by the bright light. His face
bore marks similar to those caused by
hot ashes or sand. The phenomenon is
thought to have been static electricity,
due to the dry atmosphere.
W. r. Robin, who recently was left
big fortune by wealthy aunt, was
found dead in the locked room of the
Pittsburg house occupied by the aunt
before her death. 1t is thought that he
committed suicide and this theory is
strengthened by the finding of an eight
ounce vial that had contained carbolic
acid. \ light that had been burning
day and night for weeks aroused the
neighbors to such an extent that the
search was made.
With the flesh cooked from his bones,
his skull crushed and an arm torn off,
d. E. Kuhns, chief engineer at the
Mariana mines, was found recently
in the engine house. y fragment of a
bursting fly-wheel struck the man and
broke two ten-inch steam pipes In a
moment after the crash was heard, it
was impossible to 90 within ten feet
of the building The steam was turn
ed off at the boilers in another build
ing nearby and the engine was allow
ed to cool off, when the cooked body
was found.
Peter Dorsheimer and wife, aged
residents of Lancaster, were found
asphyxiated in their home recently. A
gas let was turned on full tilt The
jet was so loose that the wind could
turn it,
Frank Francic made despondent by
long years of suffering from tuber-
culosis, an inmate of the Dauphin
county almshouse and without friends
or relatives in this country, committed
suicide by hanging himself to sapl-
ing, where his body was found Satur-
day morning.
The Wilkes Barre Gas and Electric
company, the Parsons Electric Light
company, the Anthracite Heat, Light
and Power company and the Wilkes
Barre Heat, Light and Motor company
all have merged and will be operated
by the Susquehanna Railway, Light
and Power company. The latter con-
Germ operates in many places and has
$50, 600, 900 capital.
Captain of Detectives Souder of
Philadelphia, has started crusade
against thieves and burglars, who
reaped a rich harvest while the street
car strike was in progress, and the
police were assigned to special duty.
Four important arrests and the recoy-
cry of loot valued at 81, 900 were the
results of Saturday work in this line.
Uncle Sam ran up against stumbl.
ing block in the City of Brotherly
Love when his census enumerator went
to the Chinese section to ask his ques-
tons Only one interpreter could be
found who would help out and he re-
fused to work among the Hip Sing
tong, although he was willing when
the On Leong tong people were the
ones visited. As result the govern
ment will have to look for "a Hip Sing
who will act as interpreter for his peo-
pie and the census will have to recon
nize the tong lines.
The biggest and most important steel
foundry plant in the United States
will be erected at Trafford City by the