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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-19
M|SSEMER FAMILY
HOLDS BIG REUNION
Cassimer Missemer Came From
Alsace-Loraine in 1888 and Set
tied in Pennsylvania
MEMBERS NUMEROUS In STATE
Grandfather of Mount Joy Editor
Built Missemer's Mill in
Lancaster County
MEMBERS NUMEROUS In STATE
BY Special Coreseondenes

Mount JOY, Pa, June 19.-On
Thursday the Missemer family re-
union was held at Pottstown; TO do
honor to Cassimer Missioner, a native
of Alsace Lorraine, France, who settled
near Germantown, Pa, on September
20, 1888, and is the progenitor of the
numerous Missemer families through
out the United States. Many of the
Missemer progeny from Lancaster
county were present at the reunion.
Jacob S. Missemer, the grandfather of
j. r. Missemer, editor and publisher
of the Mount Joy Star and News, from
whom descended all the Missemers of
Lancaster county, settled in Mount
Joy township in 1903 and built Misse-
mer mills, along the Chiques creek,
which mill he conducted for a full
half century, when his son Jacob H.
Missemer, took charge of it and ran it
another quarter of a century.-Mrs.
Harry Zeamer, of Pleasantville, Ve-
mango county, is the guest OF her
mother, Mrs. David Engle.-Clarence
Breneman Hershey is visiting friends
Paradise, a graduate of Franklin and
Marshall College, has been elected
principal of the Mount Joy Schools, to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of Prof. Charles E. Roudabush.-
DR.. w. D. Chandler, of Mount Joy, the
druggist and his father. Professor Will
liam Chandler occupy unique po-
sition as school directors, for the two
have held the office for a combined
period of over half a century.-Mrs.
Martha Brandt is on an extensive trip
to California.-Mrs. Anna Wilmer, of
Mount JOY, had arranged to attend
the Missemer family reunion at Potts
town on Thursday. but instead of that
she attended the funeral of her sister,
Mrs. Elizabeth Gruber. Both of them
are daughters of the late Jacob Mis-
semer, whose great grandfather is
the progenitor of the various Misse
mer families throughout the United
States.-Mrs. Barbara Fogelsanger, of
Shippensburg, is the guest of her cou-
sin, Mrs. Benjamin L. Garber.-Harry
n. Nissly, wife and daughter, Carrie,
left for Dayton, Ohio, where they will
spend a week.-John Whitman and
wife, Claude Alwine, Mrs. Edward AL
wine and Miss Stoley, of Hummels
town, were automobile visitors with
the family of ]. R. Missemer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-19
BOYS CAMP OUT

Tower City, Pa, June 19.-Misses
Grace Kantner, Vera Bressler and Ell
len Messner are enjoying vacation
at Myerstown, where they are attend
ing commencement exercises, - Keis-
ling and Timothy Kehlar, Emma Lew
is and Mrs. Helen Schreiner enjoyed
an auto ride to Harrisburg by way of
Lebanon.-Mr. and Mrs. Wayne KEN
lar of Lykens, spent Sunday here
Mrs, Charles Klinger and Mrs. Lydia
Kantner are visiting at Lebanon
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Machamer of
Shamokin spent Sunday with the
formers mother. Miss Florence
Lewis of Harrisburg spent Sunday
here. - Mrs. John Keiser made trip
to Williamstown on Tuesday. - John
Reinhart spent several days at Read
ing. - Allen Carl and William Welker
enjoyed several days at Rife. - Miss
Phyllis Wesh is visiting relatives at
Harrisburg. James Nunemacker,
superintendent of Greenwood Gene
terry, escorted his GLASS of boys of the
United Brethren Church to Gold Mines,
where they enjoyed several days
camping. - Harry Troutman has been
made outside foreman at Phoenix
Park, where he expects to move his
family next week. = Mr.. and Mrs.
James Troutman and daughter, who
for the last year made their home at
Allentown, have returned home.-Miss
Hattie Ludwig is seriously i'll at her
home--Miss Lena Keiser is recover
ing from an attack of grip.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-19
Lewisberry Peony Stalk
Has 81 Flowers in Bloom

Lewisberry, June 10 Dean R.
Hudson, a student at Dickinson SEM
mary, Williamsport, is spending the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Rudi-
sill, of Meadowbrook farm. Mr..
Hudson is preparing for the ministry.
Mrs. Edward Jackson and son,
Charles Edward, are spending several
weeks with relatives at Stewards
town.-Harold, Frances and Alberta
Baker, of near Pittsburgh, are spend
ing some time with friends in town.
They formerly resided here and are
children of DIR. and Mrs. NJ. H. Baker.
Harold lately served on the battleship
Wyoming.-The Junior league of the
Methodist Episcopal church will hold
its annual picnic on Thursday.-Miss
Josephine Croll of York, Is spending
some time with her uncle and aunt
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis c. Wise.-Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Miller and children,
Gladys, Roy and Harvey, spent Sun
day with relatives at Goldsboro.-The
Rev. David L. Dixon of Mt. Holly
Springs, was in town this week.-Mr.
and Mrs. w. H. Erney and children,
Gilbert and Helen, Miss Sylvia Erney.
Miss Helen Spahr, Mr.. and Mrs. Scott
Nebinger, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Bailets and children, of New Cum
berland, spent Sunday here.-George
Sassaman and Charles Kunkel of New
Cumberland spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. E. c. Wise.-Herbert Will
fred. Evelyn and Walter Sealover, of
Kralltown, spent Sunday with rela-
tives in town.-Miss Rena Franken-
berger of Williamsport, is a guest at
the home of her mother, Mrs. Re-
becca Frankenberger.-M Margaret
Nebinger has a peony stalk in her
yard that has 81 flowers blooming on
it, and also some buds. - Preaching
services will be held by the pastor in
the Methodist Episcopal church both
morning and eevning on Sunday. Miss
Mary C. Rudisill is leader of the
Senior Epworth League service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-19
BAss FISHING POOR

Millersburg, Pa, June 19.-Bass
fishermen on the Susquehanna river
at this point report small catches,
although the river is in good condi-
ton for the sport.-A slide of earth
and stone at the mountain near Del
malta on Monday delayed traffic on
the Pennsylvania railroad several
hours as both tracks were covered
The slide is said to have been caused
by heavy blast in stone quarry
Harry Zimmerman, who was badly
scalded at Mcclellan last week. is
said to be improving. - Mrs. Harry
Miller, who underwent an operation in
the Medico-Chi Hospital at Philadel-
phia several weeks ago, has returned
to her home here and is rapidly re-
covering her health. - The Wesley
Boys Brigade festival was great sue
cess financially, enough being realized
TO pay off all of their Indebtedness.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-19
ElizabethviIle People Visiting
Panama-PaciGc Exposition
Br SpsetaI Corresbonderee

Elizabethville, Pa, June 19.-The
Rev. HI. E. Miller and family, of Leba-
non, spent several days with A NJ.
Lamberton.-The graduating class of
1915 enjoyed a picnic near Klingers-
town on Thursday, the guests of one
of the class, Forrest F. Lenker.-
Messrs. Howard L. Weaver and Jay
r. Eby spent several days at the
Capital City.-Mr and Mrs. William
H. Keboch, of Allentown. spent Mon
day with I. S. Daniel.-G. Fred Bolts
left for Chautauqua, n. Y, where he
expects to spend some time.-Lewis
G. Burlington left on Friday for Read
ing. where he will join a company of
Shriners enroute to the Danama Ex-
position.-Misses Ella and Beula
Shut will leave for the exposition on
Tuesday.-Miss Irene Bressler presid-
ed at pipeorgan recital at Shoe
makersville on Sunday.-Jitney SER
vice has been installed here by D. A.
Wert.-Mrs. Merrill Johnson and
daughter of Montandon, spent some
time with his father, L. H. Zefgler.
Mrs. H. NJ. Miller was at Lykens
this week at the Christian Endeavor
convention.-Stanley Bolton has sue
ceeded Warren ]. Daniel as umpire
of the Lykens Valley League-Edi-
tor NJ. A. Miller spent Tuesday at the
Capital City.-Professor NJ. E. Stine
spent several days at Port Carbon.
Mrs. John Miller and children, of
Harrisburg, spent several days with
her sister, Mrs. I. w. Mattis.-war-
rem F. Swab and family are home
from La Plume.-J. E. Lentz was at
Pine Grove this Week.-Mrs. Margaret
Barr spent several days at Harris
burg.-Mrs. Sarah Snyder has return
ed from visit at Philadelphia.-Clai
1oke spent several days at Harris
burg and Carlisle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-19
New Principal Chosen For
Greencastle High School
By Special Correspondence

Greencastle, Pa, June 19.-An en-
tire family in Greencastle is down
with typhoid fever. They are Mr..
and Mrs. Clinton Shank and two chill
dren.-The stable in the rear of East
Madison street, occupied by ]. S. and
J. W. Crunkleton as slaughter
house was destroyed by fire Monday.
Harry Grove, of Mercers-
burg Academy, has been elected
principal of the Greencastle High
school to succeed Professor w. G.
Brinser, resigned. Professor Grove
will be married to Miss Wilkinson, of
York, the latter part of June.-The
Franklin County Medical Association
met in Greencastle Tuesday. Physi-
clans from all over the country were in
attendance.-Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Poper are receiving congratulations
on the birth of a son Tuesday.-Eld-
ridge Stumbaugh is home from Leba-
non Valley College.-Henry Martin,
Carlisle, was graduated rom Wash
ington and Lee University this week.
Mr.. Martin took the honors of his
class and had the highest average
obtained in the school for a num-
Der of years.-Miss Alice Jones, st.
Louis, Mo, is the guest of Miss Sue
Craig. Miss Craig entertained in her
honor on Tuesday evening.-Mrs.
Margaret Goetz and Mrs. Martha
Kennedy have returned from a visit
at Mechanicsburg.- Miss Teresa
Phillippy has returned from Damas-
Gus, Pa, where she has been teaching
school.-Mrs. Hays Gordon and sons,
of Pittsburgh, are guests of Mrs.
Grace Sites.-Mrs. E. A. Matthews
has returned to New York, after a
visit with Mrs. Gertrude Phillips
Ellis Easton, Pittsburgh, is visiting
his father.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-19
MOTOR TO STATE COLLEGE

InonpSontoWn. Pa, June &c. C.
Zeigler, A. P. Dimm, Alan Dimm.
Charles Gordling, Mr.. and Mrs. M. E,
Schlegel and children, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Dorwart, Elmer Brubaker, Hud-
son Brubaker, Ira H. Sieber, Ira Lou
denslager, B. H. Brauthopper, Kurtz
Leyder, Il. T. Nelson, B. ]. Carroll.
John Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. M. w
Hostchler, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hostch
Ter. Irwin Barton and Walter Barton.
Miss Tillie Lantz, Ralph Freed and AL
bert Bishop motored to State College
on Tuesday.-Miss Bertha Myers, of
Mfllerstown. spent the weekend with
her sister, Mrs. Arthur Thompson
Mrs. Eva Tennis was called to the
home of David Musser, near McAlis-
tervtlle, her sister. Mrs. Musser, being
seriously ill.-The junior baseball team
VIII hold festival on the school lawn
this evening.-The P. o. S. of A. hall
at Center will be dedicated tomorrow
afternoon.-Warren Ward and family
of Pennsylvania Furnace, spent Sunday
here.-Mr. and Mrs. w. r. Long, Miss
Mollie Dimm and Miss Pearl Halde-
man motored to Meiserville, Palace,
Oriental and Mount Pleasant on Mon
day-Mr. and Mrs. Mckee, of Mt.
Union, are visiting their daughter Mrs.
A. Carver, at the Methodist parson-
age.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-19

Just then to a large brick house. stately
The children rushed in. silverwings was greatly
Surprised to magnificent grandeur about
Everything big that shout
There steps much hgher'n the top of her head
There sweetpeas which grew in a bed!
fountain playing. A bird a
Sang "Chirp chrp-a-dee chirp-a -dee-dee
Then into the house in the n eye
The children trouping. shouting myi
Dear mother what we've brought home
found them while we did roam!"
Mother you. Well put them in vater"
siverngs shivered where had they brought her?
Were about? But she soon felt at ease,
the water only about knees
Watch next Fairy snverwings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-19
HUNDREDS OF AUTOMOBILES
By Special Coresbonderee

Lewistown, Pa, June 19.-On one
Sunday recently 507 automobiles pass
ed down the State Highway east of
Lewistown.-Miss Mildred Wentz,
student at Combs Musical school, Phil
adelphia, is home on a vacation.-Earl
Childs graduated from the Annapolis
Naval Academy.-Charles M. Smith, of
Stony Ridge. has strawberry crop
that is bring him in $500 an acre
Postmaster Allen Orr caught some fine
trout in a mountain stream on Wed
nesday.-West Black, after a trip over
the United States for several years,
is visiting his home here.-Trout from
1S to q inches in length are being
caught in Honey Creek.-Lewistown is
to have a sane Fourth of July-Miss
Rose Hoffman, daughter of Moses
Hoffman, of Harrisburg, is spending
some time here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-19

sfverwings Goes Giants Castle.
Changed to the form of bug small and ugly.
Wrapped in the clover tight and so snugly
silverwings swiftly carried away
Carried away by her captors so gay
Loud was their laughter and great their JOY.
Pure was their pleasure quite without alloy.
Look! We've found a clover for dear sweet mamma
And buttonhole daisy dear kind papal
Wen rush up them with our hands hind our backs
Wen shut eyes! then give three loud smacks
Crying open them open them, see what we've found
Arising right out in the fields from the groundl
oh my but these wonderful flowers pretty!"
Thus clappng their hands Jack Sue and Betty
Said slverwngs: Pray what is going to happen7
/ never have heard such wild shoutin and clappinS
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-19

women of 40, L
used DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescrip-
tion. lit is just
right for that pc
riod of life, and I
do not hesitate to
recommen d it,
MRS. MARY e.
LUCAS, No. 1163
Otter St., Frank
lin. Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-19
HEALTH OF WOMEN
WRECKED BY IGNORANCE
"A Prominent Pennsylvania
WOman's Advice.

Franklin, Pc. - when passing
through the symptoms which come to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-26
MISS OWEN CHAMPION TYPIST.
Again wins Contest with I38
Words u Minute for Hour,

Miss Margaret y. Owen, worlds
champion typist. went herself ono bot
ter in the ninth annual International
typewriting contest. held yesterday at
the SiNty-ninth Regiment Armory. Miss
Owens previous record was 1872 words
per minute. YESTERDAY. for one solid
hour, SHE tapped the keys at tho rate
OF 1856 words per minute. and carried
off t~r!umphantly the $1,000 International
trophy.
Emil T~rofzscr, who held the cham.
pionship for some time. went West last
year and withdrew from typewrlt!ng
contests. so he wasn't thero yesterday,
other typists famed for their speed
were present, including Miss Rose Fritz,
Miss Bessie Friedman and Thomas Ehr-
ich. Three contests were going at tho
same time. the professional. tho anna
tour and the novice classy, and tho
scene WAS a tense one when, at the
stroke of ) T.. NJ. the signal was given
and fifty sets of fingers hit the wires.
Nc one was allowed inside the enclosure
where the contest was held, but eager
relatives and s~wccthearts crowded out
side.
william +. Oswald. who came out
first in the amateur half hour contest,
had an average of 1877 words a minute.
Miss Hortense Stollmitz. In the novice
class. Won the prize by writing an aver
age of ~ words for fifteen minutes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-26
HOLD GIRL IN MURDER CASE.
-. Louis Waitress May Give Clue
to Vowdcu ! er,

1T. IoUIS. oct. 2i.-MisS Isabel Hart
mlu. - years old. It waitress. is held by
the Iplio. IN connection with the murder
of Robert /. I.uwdcu, an attorney, whose
body was fuuud in ms apartments sun
day afternoon hy hi. bride Of eight days.
No ON, i~ tlloWod to sr, Miss Hartman.
but according to tine police, she has
stated that sne w.ts Il friend of kowdcn
uld kucA Tat i- generally carried a
bag cUutalniug several hundred dollars.
she said thai sh. last saw HIM about
two weeks ago, when he Informed Ior
OF ms approaching marriage. ts"ir
Klein, a moving picture operator, ana
Miss ~llur'uau's i]ian",r'. Was released
after b"inE questioned 10y tn police.
tn, authorities also are looking for
tlo occupants NJ a large black touring
ear which was seen IN an alley in the
rear OF IioWdcu'S apartments early Sun
day morning. \ woman residing IN Il
house adjoining the alley stated that she
was awakened by loud voices and on
going to the window saw several men
enter an automobile, which then backed
out OF the alley. \ patrolman also saw
tho car leaving the alloy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-26
Must Carr. Ou, WIN of People.

III legislation Is to he direct. II the
law of the state and the nation arc
to lie mad 1T the polls upon The irit.t-
tive OF u group of men who have ideas
they wish 10 propose. III" dignity aud
the power Of representative assemblies
must decline, Eut If that system Is
not TO prevail, then representative as
semblios must loo made TO do their work
according to the viii Of The people they
represent"
Tho senator then took up tho pro
visions for reforming and simplifying
judicial procedure. calling attention to
the present system by which AN honest
man going into court to redress a WRONG
or assert a right Is ohstrur,cd and frus-
trated hy thc refined and subtle mys-
t.rics Of the technical law. II" argued
that the old procedure Was regulated ic-
cordiug to tho higher trained, ingenious
intellect oil tho best pracilsei lawyers.
and that that was all wrong, 70 Soma"
laughter H. said he knew bcrtusc IN" had
had some experience In legal procedure
What the new Constitution does Is to
make tho judicial procedure familiar TO
the intelligence of the farmer and the
mcrchau. and the laborcr. restoring II f"
a plain basis of honesty and opportunity
lie came ncNt to the discussion Of
the short ballot provision, the simpll-
fi,dtlon of the State government into
seventeen great departments, all ~.
sponsible 10 the Governor. Under the
old and present system, there Was no
accountability, No responsibility for
loose business methods that would have
wrecked an Industrial corporation no
tendency to restrict extravaganza. Now
the departments are made accountable.
Busincsslikc methods are provided for.
The senator warmly defended tho
1900 .I
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-26
G@RIFBNHAGBN CALLS
ON CTS TO RBTRACT
Says Endorsement of Smith and
Attack on Himself Is
Outrageous.
DEMANDS

Tho action Of the Citizens Union in
lacking on to It's Endorsement Of Alfred
e. Smith, the Democratic candidate for
Sheriff. a paragraph reading: I'VE arc
indorsing Mr.. Smith In tho expectation
that he will improve the conditions in
the sberifrs Office" caused Sheriff Max
r. 0rirenhagen to aSsack certain Of
lcers" Of tho union in several campaign
speeches yesterday. The Sheriff said he
was privileged { o talk as he did for the
reason that no was q political child Of
the union" having Decn Endorsed by
that organization every time he sought
office.
There's something rotten in Den
mark" the Sheriff said as he squared
his shoulders at the Dol day meeting at
Union Square. corner OF Sixteenth
street. "and I propose exposing that rot
ennes until the real honest men who
comprise the bone and sine of the
Citizens Union demand and receive an
explanation from the certain officers who
engineered the Endorsement OF Smith and
attempted to cast reflection. unjust and
undeserved, on my conduct OF the ONCE
Of Sheriff.
81 have demanded that explanation. 1t
was uue iht- 4 uetldIiucu u VI III iia
who has a lot to do with directing the
affairs OF the Citizens Union. lie has
not yet seen fit TO comply. My entrance
Into the campaign now Is TO drag a reply
from him and the others associated with
him.
Last Friday / sent a letter by special
messenger to Mr.. william Schieffclin de-
handing an explanation and giving him
unit. this Monday \. NJ TO answer. Mr..
Schieffelin has not answered nor have
the officers responsible for their out
rageous acts answered. am driven to
the conclusion that that miserable work
which vent forth to the people AS the
work OF the Citizens Union as n body
was really the work of a certain one or
other officer of the union who has al
entirely Interior motive for his conduct.
! shall name names at another time.
THAT Endorsement constituted in itself
a challenge and an attack upon my adj
ministration as Sheriff. and II has al
ready done more TO bring dlscredit upo
the Citizens Union than any action 1t has
ever taken or could take
How In the name of everything de-
cent the Citizens Union could heap high
praise upon n indorse the Tammany
candidate as against a man like the anti
Tamnany candidate for Sheriff, Frank
X. Bowers, and the high class. honest
and efficient things he stands for. Is more
than I can understand n more than
the reputable men In the Citizens Union
can understand"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-26
ROADS IGNORE ARBITRATION.
Boston Freight Unlons Hope for
sympathetic strike.

BosroN, oct. IS. - There vas no
change In the railroad freight handlers
strike situation hero to-day. Railroad
officials failed to participate In two con-
feronces arranged by Mayor Curley with
Ii view Of arbitration. In which the
unions are Willing to Join. The strikers
nov propose to seek sympathetic action
by the freight clerks, Transfers and
waterfront laborcrs.
In the meanwhile the railroads have
employed enough men to handle their
freight, Thu Boston and Maine. which
was the most seriously crippled. a cam
celled its notice of acceptance OF freight
subject TO delay.
DR., Mahoney, Health Commissioner.
says that the New Haven Railroad can
not keep Its mcn on the steamer Block
Island and that nc Is going ia vaccinate
all of the emergency crew. The railroad
is preparing to house the workmen put
side his jurisdiction.
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MIR NI,llen answered tho
letter I'm n characteristic way. and even
he smiled with the others In the court
room az his letter of December "a. 1899.
was read, The letter started off by
expressing tho writer's surprise ut Mr..
Randolph's statements and commented :
When we receive such "A cnmmunlca-
ton from YOU We begin To query for
what purpose YOU think our railroad
exists except II lie to promote the in
~torcsts Of your company. No
railroad Is bound under any existing
law to make Joint rates, billing or di-
visions with any other railroad. unless
it finds It for Its interest 50 to do. What
you aim at is to continue taking business
to or from our local points by absorhins
our arbitraries, and then YOU expect us
to furnish the necessary capital or credit
To help you deprive o stockholders ot
their earnings.
YOU ask US to advance you In cash,
as expenses, your earnings on business
to local points on our line, well knowing
hat We must give 10 four weeks credit
before we can make collections. There
is no reason founded on public con-
ycnience or necessity for the condition
OF affairs we have allowed 10 exist hith-
erto. We connect al New York with the
lines Won reach Mt N~ewburgh ana are
randv 10 make i,int tarins and divisions
y" IT,, W. can ,,,,,, ac,nnnmoda,a
~. ,nneS W. - ,""H ~ ',.,mnn.
WIS vs. nn =, nv our nwn iin"s aud d,sl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-26
Wanted own Burcn abolished.

Part OF the efficiency staff of the
Commissioner of Accounts would have
boen transferred to tho new division OF
personal service. Mr.. Tirrcll recon-
mended that his own bureau Of stand
ards he abolished. but made the nucleus
Of the new division Of personal service.
1t was also proposed TO consolidate all
Of the city . scattered testing labora-
tories. the estimated saving mere being
the largest item, s31,Ss4.
This year the Board of Estimate has
q budget allowance OF ssai.0 7i. Di-
rectors Adamson and T!rrcll estimated
that 1t could get along with 1897. i20 FOR
the next year If the consolidat!on ideas
were adopted.
Although the budget makers. in sew
sral groups. have been working sundays
rs well as dav and night on week DAYS,
the tentative budget is not finished, The
first public hearing. originally set for
yesterday and then set for to-day. has
been postponed until tomorrow. and
possibly therell he another postpone
ment. AS scheduled now, m" various
departments VIII be heard I'm alpha he'i-
cal order. beginning at - 80 tomorrow
morning In the Board ~ Estimate room
at City Hall TIL" Board OF Education
and the library trustees will be heard on
Friday afternoon. beginning at $50
o'clock.