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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06
SWISS JAIL LIFE EASY;
CONvICTS WON'T ESCAPE.
Board and Room In Prison, Work and
Loaf { -.si5e.

Prison life in Switzerland is lux
ury instead of a punishment The
comic opera jail at Thorburg, where
the inmates did as they pleased, has
only recently been suppressed by the
Berre authorities, yet details are pub
lished of similar institution at Sar-
men, in the canton of Oswald.
Sarnen is apparently an ideal penal
resort, for the happy criminals who
are sentenced to terms of detention"
in that institution have n far better
time than hundreds of free" Swiss
citizens who are forced to earn their
bread.
A correspondent of q Lausanne pa
per states that he was passing through
Sarnen when he saw number of men
dressed in dark blue clothes with
white stripes walking about the vii
lage smoking and joking.
Others were seated in a cafe, and
some were working in leisurely man
ner carrying bricks for the construc-
ton of new building. To his aston
lshment the correspondent found that
the men were convicts from the can
tonal prison close by.
These convicts are permitted to leave
the prison early in the morning and
find work around Sarnen or walk
about the country until nightfall, when
they return of their own accord to the
prison.
They are unaccompanied by warders,
and there is nothing to prevent their
escaping, but they are far too COM
Portable to think of relinquishing their
quarters. for they have as much liber-
ty as other men and are, moreover,
fed and lodged for nothing.
The money earned by these convicts
who choose to work can be spent as
they like. One convict who is en-
ployed as II gardener by local magis-
trate sends his monthly salary to his
wife and children.
Two or three convicts escaped"
some weeks ago, but they eventually
returned to the prison in half fam
ished condition. and after being Sc
verely reprimanded they were allowed
to return to their apartments.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06
Number Four.

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section eight.
article nine. of the Constitution of Penn
sylVania.
Section /. BE 1t resolved by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the Com
monwealth Of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, That the following is pro
posed MS an amendment TO the Constitu-
tion of the Commonwealth Of Pennsylva-
mia, in accordance with the provisions OF
the eighteenth article thereof
Amendment to Article Nine, Section
Eight
Section .. Amend section eight. article
nine, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania
which reads as follows:-
Section s. The debt of any county,
city. borough. township. school district, or
other municipality or incC ed dis
triCt, except as herein provid hall new
er exceed seven per centum upon the as
sessed value OF the taxable property there
in, nor shall any such municipality or
district incur any new debt, or increase
its indebtedness to an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed val
uation OF property. without the assent of
the electors thereof at a public election in
such manner as shall be provided by law:
but any city, the debt of which now ex-
ceeds seven per centum OF such assessed
valuation, may be authorized by law to
increase the same three per centum. in
the aggregate. at any one time, upon such
valuation" so as to read as follows:-
Section s. The debt of any county city,
borough, township. school district or 9TH
er municipality or incorporated district
except as herein provided. shall never ex-
ceed seven per centum upon the assessed
value Of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or district in
cur any new debt or increase its indebt-
edness to an amount exceeding two per
centum upon such assessed valuation of
property. without the assent of the cleo
tors thereof at public election in such
manner as shall be provided by law; but
any city, the debt of which now exceeds
seven per centum of such assessed val
uation, may be authorized by law to In
crease the same three per centum. in the
aggregate, at any one time. upon such
valuation, except that any debt or debts
hereinafter incurred by the city and coun-
ty of Philadelphia for the construction
and development of subways for transit
purposes, or for the construction OF
wharves and docks, or the reclamation OF
land to be used in the construction of a
system OF wharves and docks. as public
improvements, owned or to be owned by
said city ana county of Philadelphia. and
which shall Weld to the city and county
Of Philadelphia current net revenue In eX-
cess OF tho Interest ON said debt or debts
and OF the a0lJal mstalments necessary
for TIE e.ur. .Ha;ion of said debt or debts,
may be e>cluu,G IN ascertaining the pow
er "f TIL" D.s' ard county Of Philadelphia
70 hrr.tH. tnrNiso indebted: Provided,
Tl'..t q -..a md for their cancellation
shHI ha ,a- h'ishod and maintained.
\ trur "aa' c; Joint Resolution No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06
BEGAN TO READ THE LETTER.

Wakened me up. and | peeped down
the stair. And then the prince came
up and wrapped me in the bedclothes
and carried me out. He was so tall
and strong and fine, His face was as
rough rs scrubbing brush. and he
talked soft and kind and smelled of
schnapps. He took me on his horse
before him, and we rode away among
the knights. He held me close. and
l went to sleep that way and didn't
wake up till / got home"
Rubbish" cried Fritz Bergmann.
Fairy tales! How did you come from
the quarries to my wagon?"
The prince brought me-" said Lena
confidently.
And to this day the good people Of
Fredericksburg haven't been able to
make her give any other explanation.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06
A Drop In Rhetoric,

II remember" said an official of the
East Indian service. the speech of an
Anglo-Indian who was defeated by a
certain district to place before the gov
ernment's notice the horrible slaughter
of their stock by tigers. a very no.
ticeable litter could be heard in the
audience when the delegate shouted
very dramatically:
mfr. Chairman. the tiger is the
most ferocious animal that prowls and
runs at large in India. He creeps
from his lurking place at the hour of
midnight. when all nature is locked
in the arms of Morpheus. and ere the
portals of the east are unbound or
bright Phoebus rises in his golden
majesty whole litters Of pigs are de-
stroyed'"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06
Currency In China.

Writing from the interior OF China, 1t
traveller says: Currency is primitive
to Il degree. Lump silver only is used
and copper cash Coined money is
not current. Even in Honau city.
which is distant only two days by raj
from Pekiu. lump silver. the same cum,
brous currency that has been used for
centuries, is still employed. 1t is cut
into small pieces by hammer and CHS
el. Every town and village has its
own weights and scales. and there is
no pretense at uniformity"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06

and coordinate Jurisdiction, composed
of three judges each The said courts in
Philadelphia shall be designated respect
lively AS the court of common pleas num-
ber one. number two. number three.
number four. and number five, but the
number of said courts may be by law
increased. from time to time. and shall be
in like manner designated by successive
numbers The number of judges in any
OF said courts, or In any county where
the establishment OF an additional court
may be authorized by law may he in
creased, from time to time. and when
ever such increase shall amount In the
whole to three. such three judges shall
compose n distinct and separate court as
aforesaid, which shall he numbered as
aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits shall
be instituted in the said courts of COM
mon pleas without designating the mum
her Of the said court and the several
courts shall distribute and apportion the
business among them in such manner as
shall he provided by rules OF court and
each court, 70 which any suit shall be
thus assigned. shall have exclusive juris-
diction thereof. subject to change OF
venue. shall be provided by law.
In the county of Allegheny all the
jurisdiction and powers now vested I'm
the several numbered courts Of common
pleas shall he vested in one court of com
mon pleas composed Of all the judges In
commission in said courts. Such turis-
diction and powers shall extend to all
proceedings at law and in equity which
shall have been instituted in the several
numbered courts. and shall be subject Il
such changes as may be made by law
and subject to change Of venue as pro
vidcd by law The president judge ot
said court shall he selected as provided
by law The number Of judges in said
court may he by law increased from
time to time This amendment shall take
effect on the first day of January sue.
ceeding its adoption.
A true copy of Resolution No. g.
ROBERT McAFEE
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06
A CHAPARRAL-
PRINCE:
He Came A-riding to Release a
Little Maid From Bondage.
By o. HENRY.

tCopyright. 1907. by the Mcclure company.l
Nine o'clock at last, and the drudG-
ing toll of the day was ended. Lena
story of the Quarrymen's hotel. Since
daylight she had shaved, doing the
work of full grown woman. scrub
bing the floors, washing the heavy
ironstone plates and cups, making the
beds and supplying the insatiate de-
mands for wood and water in that tur
bulent and depressing hostelry.
Lena lit the stump of a candle and
sat Imply upon her wooden chair. She
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06

was eleven years old. thin and ill nour-
ished. Her back and limbs were sore
and aching. But the ache in her heart
made the biggest trouble. The last
straw had been added to the burden
upon her small shoulders. They had
taken away Grimm. Always at night,
however tired she might be. she had
turned to Grimm for comfort aud hope
Each time had Grimm whispered TO
her that the prince or the fairy would
come and deliver her out of the wicked
enchantment. Every night she had
taken fresh courage and strength from
Grimm.
Lena's home was in Texas. away up
among the little mountains on the Pc
dernalcs river, in little town called
Fredericksburg. They are all German
people who live in Fredericksburg
They are very thrifty people.
Ihriftiest among them was Peter
Hildesmuler, Lcna's father. and that
is why Lena was sent to work in the
hotel at the quarr.es thirty miles
away. She earned So every week
there. and Peter added her wages to
his well guarded store,
Lena raised the lid Of an old empty
case that had once contained canned
corn and got out sheet of paper and
piece Of pencil She was going to
write letter TO her mamma. Tommy
Ryan was going 10 post it for her at
Ballinger's.
The stump Of candle was burning
low, so Lena hastily bit the wood
from around the lead of her pencil and
began. This is the letter she wrote:
Dearest Mammal want so much TO see
you and Gretcl and Claus and Heinrich
and little Adolf! | am so tired, | want
TO see you. Today was slapped by Mrs
Malonev and had no supper. | could not
bring in enough wood for my hand hurt
She took my book yesterday. | mean
"Grimms Fairy Tales" which Uncle Leo
gave me. !; did not hurt any one for me
TO read the book. try to work as we'll
as l can. but there is SO much to do.
read only a little bit every night Dear
mamma. ! shall tell you what | am going
10 do. Unless you send for me tomorrow
10 bring me home | shall go TO u deep
place | know in the river and drown II
Is wicked TO drown, | suppose, but | want
ed to see you, and there is no one else |
am very tired, and Tommy is waiting for
the letter. You will excuse me- mamma
II I do 1t. Your respectful and loving
daughter. LENA
Tommy was still waiting faithfully
when the letter was concluded. and
when Lena dropped it out she saw
him pick it up and start up the steep
hillside. Without undressing she blew
out the candle and curled herself upon
the mattress on the floor.
at 1890 o'clock old man Ballinger
came out of his house in his stocking
feet and leaned over the gate. smok-
ing his pipe. 1t was time for the
Fredericksburg mail to come pattering
up the road
Old man Ballinger had waited only
a few minutes when he heard the live
ly hoof beats of Fritz's team of little
black mules, and very soon afterward
his covered spring wagon stood in
front of the gate
Fritz Bergman was man of three
sentments-or. to be more accurate,
four. the pair of mules deserving to
be reckoned individually. Those mules
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

JUN 1 ktSOLCTION
Proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, so as to consolidate the
courts Of common pleas of Allegheny
County.
Section !. =" it resolved by the Senate
and House Of Representatives. Of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gem
eral Assembly met. That the following
amendment TO the Constitution Of Penn
sylvania be. and the same IS hereby. pro-
posed, in accordance with the eighteenth
article thereof
That section six Of article five he
amended, 10y striking out the said sec
tion, and inserting in place thereof the
following:
Section IN the county Of PhiladeI-
phia all m" Jurisdiction and powers now
vested In IN" district courts and courts of
common pleas. subject To such changes
as may be- r"3e by this Constitution or
by law. shall D." in Philadelphia vested in
flXG dlztinc-- ,...4 se1sJ..tg-courts Of equal
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06
ID EGIsTER's NOTICES.

To ALL CREDITORS, LEGATEEs AND oTH Ell.
PERSONS INTEREsTED-Notlcel " hereby given
that the following named persons did on the
date aff1xed To their names, file the accounts
OF their administration to the estate OF those
persons, deceased, and Guardian Accounts,&c.
whose names are hereinafter mentioned, In
the Office of the Register for the Probate of
Wills and granting of Letters of Administra-
ton, in and for the County of Montour, aud
thatthe same Will be presented to the Orphans
court or said county, for confirmation and
allowance, on Monday, the nth day of
Oct, A.; d., 1910, at the meeting o. the
Court in the afternoon.
1910.
Sept. H., First and Final account cf
Jonathan F. Bare, Exeeator
of the last VIII and Testa-
ment of Caroline Fry late of
Mahoning Township, Mon
tour County, deceased.
II, First and Final account Of
Jonathan +. Bare, Trustee
under the last Will and Test
ament of Caroline Fry, late
of Mahoning Township, Mon
tour County, deceased, of
Mary Ann Elizabeth Bell. s.
daughter of said decedent,
now deceased.
- II, First account of John d. Ell
lis, Executor of the last Will
and Testament of John J.
Bardole, late of Anthony
Township, Montour County,
deceased.
- II, First and Final account OF
Frank Carey, administrators
of the estate of Mary F.
Welliver, late of Anthony
Township, Montour County.
deceased.
VIM. L. SIDLER,
Register.
Registers Office, Danville, Pa.
! Sentemher I1th 1910
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06
Tho Man and the Parrot.

Exasperated Pure you
guarantee tnat this parrot would re
peat every word he heard?
Bird Deaier-CertainlyI did.
But he doesn't repeat single word
''IIe repeats every word he hears
but he never hears any. He is as deaf
as a post"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06
What Did IL Mean?

A notice board in Scottish kirk once
bore, it is said. the following amazing
sentence: This church is licensed for
the solemnegation of marriages"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06

Clap an extinguisher upon your iron,
IL you are unhappily blessed with ,
vein Of it-Lamb.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06
Heduinu.

Clersyman-Will you take this wo-
man until death? Prospective Bride
groom-Isn't there any minimum sen
tence?-New York Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06

Listen to others. but do not blindly
depend ON them.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-06

When fool gets angry, he opens his
mouth and shuts his eyes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-07-08
MILLINERY STORE is SOLD
Mrs. M. A. Power Sells to Mrs. A. E.
Cole of Milwaukee.

Mrs. M. A. Power has disposed of
her millinery establishment at 2Os
North Front street, and will depart
500 nfor Corpus Christie, Texas, to
reside. She has negotiated for the
purchase of the leading millinery store
there and will begin her reidence in
the southwest under the most auspis
lou circumstance, which will be graft
flying to her friends here despite their
regret of her departure.
Mrs. A. Z. Cole of Milwaukee sue
ceeds to the store SO thoroughly estab
lished under the management of Mr..
Power, and comes to Mankato only
after extensive search for good loca-
ton.
1--WE plan to hold a clearance sale
immediately" said Mrs. Cole this
morning, "and will sell out the pres
ent stock entirely. We appreciate
the season but will make prices ac-
cordingly and realize our determina-
ton to begin the fall season with an
entirely new stock. We will have an
announcement to make in The Free
Press tomorrow, which will be of in
terest to all Mankato women, mas
much as it will mean sensational
millinery SALE"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-07-08
MEDO.

Claude McCombs is visiting friends
at Alexandria.
Arthur Preston was a Pemberton
caller yesterday.
Herman Gerlich and wife were Man
kato callers Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy McCombs are the
proud parents of fine baby girl.
Harry and Luella Filter of Smiths
Mill are visiting their grandparents. J
Mrs. JOHN and children returned to
their home at st. Clair. after weeks
visit with friends.
A large number of Medo People at
tended the firemen's convention at Ma
pleton. All reported good time.
William Siebert and family, Mrs
George Duelring and son and Norman
Kieffe of Mankato were guests at the
Kopke home Tuesday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-07-08
MRS. COMPTON IS
STRUCK BY A GAR
Ahghts From One Car and Did Not See
Other Car Going in Opposite Di-
rection; Taken to Hospital.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Mrs. w. H. Compton was injured at
about $40 o'clock this morning, by be-
ing struck by street car near the
city hall. She had come south on
south bound car that stopped at the
crossing for her to get off, and it APP
pears that she walked around the rear
end of the car and attempted to cross
the street toward the east when she
was struck by car No. eleven, which
was going north. She was struck by
the fender and thrown off of her feet
and dragged by the fender for twenty
or thirty feet before the car could be
stopped.
The car that struck Mrs. Compton
was in charge of Conductor Goodrich
and Motorman Claus Benson. 1t is
stated by the street car officials that
the car was going slowly at the time,
and they are at a loss to account for
the accident. 1t appears that Mrs.
Compton did not notice the car when
she undertook to cross the track.
The accident was witnessed by sew
eral persons W. r. Hammett and A
w. Brewer picked Mrs. Compton up
and carried her into John J. Lamm's
drug store, and Manager Hance came
along at this time, and asked Mrs
Compton who her family physician
was. This physician being out, another
one was secured, and this zone ordered
that Mrs. Compton be taken to I'm
manuel hospital before he made al
examination rs to her injuries. Mrs
Compton did not lose consciousness at
any time. She was severely jolted
and suffered from the scilOck
Mrs. Compton did not suffer the
fracture of any bones, and it cannot
be known yet whether there were any
internal injuries. She was severely
bruised about the hips. She rode t.
Mankato with her husband, William
Compton, on a load of grain, and got
off at the car line to ride to the Cliff
ton house, while her husband marketed
his grain. He joined her at the hos
pital as soon as he learned of the ac
cident.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-07-08
.c[uB:'MAkE.s'I|.ITs !.
FIRST TOUR TO-DAY
THIRTEEN CARS START OUT FROM
THE SAULPAUGH.
From Thursdays Daily.

The first tour of the AutomobiIe club
took nl,ces todav nndera,nost favorable
circumstances. Thirteen ears Joined the
Marty each n bio touring car filed with
neonle uGwas e.15aSJm. when G. n
S,uInauyl, 2;tooted his horn and opened
tho tbrottl. of his n;lot car and swung
am Main street thence sdown Broad nm
Tho w;ndn,;llcr hill, aud east toward
M.d;so, Lake Tho OHIO, care foil into
1.-Two aud tho c;t y.s xoon loft hab;nd
II wa. an ;dcal day. fo,. . tonr A
fno hreeza was bb,,y;no and II was
not o,;te as hat az tho, nroced;no morn.
Tbers ,vas ;,,ut j;ttl haze IN
,ho .corch;ng ravs of tho SIM hut the
skv was eloudless and the weather gave
o,cat nromise Of a beautifm dav
throuoho,t
Tho roads have ,been nronounced fine
That between Nrankato and Madison
IoLa * in snlend;d condition and that
hevond Madison Lake is almost ALWAYS
GOOD
D;,nor will bo .n;ovad At Tar;bault
ond tben the RIM IN Owatonna will be
made and the marty will return this
evening over the route taken bv. the
C,;ddan tour. throuob Waseca and Madi-
son Lake.
The following were the persons going !:
c. H. saulpauph and wife. Miss Lottie
NIa;ers and James Grierson.
Edgar Weaver and wife and son and
Misses Helen and Florv Wise.
+ E. Hickey and wife and Fred W.
Kruse and wife.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-07-08
MANKATO MOURNS HER DEATH
Funeral Services of Mrs. Kr0n Will Be
Held Saturday Morning.
Eroo, TburSdav'c naitv

From Thursdays Daily.
Mourning the death of Mrs. +. Kron,
Mankato today came into full realiza-
ton of its great loss in the taking
away of one of her most beneficent
and charitable women.
The death of Mrs. Kron occurred
yesterday afternoon at half past two
O'Clock in st. Mary's hospital at Roches-
ter. This announcement, which was
made briefly in The Free Press last
evening, was a great shock to the in
Vulnerable friends of Mrs. Kron, and
today is unmitigated, her loss being
only. more deeply and genuinely real
lied
For many years Mrs. Kron has been
known for her splendid charities. I'm
til ill health made it impossible for
her to longer continue the arduous du-
ties the office imposed. she was for
years president of st. Elizabeth Aid
society, Catholic charitable organiza
ton, and one of the two most import
ant institutions of the kind in the city
And in addition to the great good she
accomplished in directing this society
Mrs. Kron had many personal charitable
works, little of which was or will be
known, so fine was her idea of attain
ing ends in this direction. She was a
generous, charitable woman, a woman OF
broad, lovable beautiful character, q
dutiful wife, daughter and sister and 8
true friend.
Born near Milwaukee about fifty five
years ago, Mrs. Kron, whose nader
name was Clara Ulmen, came to Man
kato with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Matt Ulmen when she was only Il yeal
old, and was at the time of her deatl
one of the oldest residents of the city
She attended Mankato, schools, and be
ing prominent for many admirable traits
won an enviabte place in the hearts O
Mankato which she always enjoyed IL
after years. She was active i'll the wei
fare of st. Peter and st. Paul's churcl
and a leading member of the Ladies
Sodality, as well as st. Elizabeth Al,
society.
On the eighteenth of May, 1875, sh
was married to Mr.. Kron, and. the uniol
was ideal. Mr.. ,Kron is Frustrated witt
grief over the awful bereavement tina
rs Ais, and his sorrow is shared byt Mrs
Kronh SURVIVING brothers. and sisterf
Mesdames Mary Graeber, Emma Wat
tiers and Carolina Robel of this city