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diseases of the Stomach and Intestines

a Specialty

ITEMS CONDENSED.Whiie climbing out of a slate quar

ry Michael Jaeneska, of Slatedale,

slipped aud fell back into a deep pool,in which he was drowned.

William Coggins, aged 23 years, a

night clerk in the postoffice at Pitts-burg, has been arrested on the charge

of embezzlement. He was held in bailfor a hearing.

Good grass seed is so scarce in Berkscounty that farmers are paying $2 perbushel for the same. One farmer is

lucky enough to have 1,000 bushels of

it.

The qouncil of Pottsville has refus-ed the demand made by the volunteerfire companies for rental of buildings

which they erected for the housing oftheir apparatus. The councilmeu de-clare the volunteer department is more

expensive than a paid one would be.

For the past six weeks Elizabeth,

the young daughter of Charles Mc-Gonigal, of Chester, lias complained

of an acute pain in her chest. A day

or two ago she had a violent coughingspell and coughed up a safety pin

which had been the cause of all thetrouble.

Clinton Loch, proprietor of a hotelat Limeport, Lehigh county, was re-

cently convicted of violating the liqu-or laws. It was alleged that he fnr-nished beer for a wedding party wherethe bride and groom were only 17years

of age. Loch was fined SI,OOO andsentenced to fort, days in jail.

This story comes from Chester coun-

ty wilds. Guests of the French Creekhotel were sunning themselves on theporch when a strange animal came outof the woods and passed within a fewyards of the hostelry. It prove! to bea wild cat A party was formed to

hunt and kill the animal, but it madet_'ood its escape.

The Lancaster county grand jury

has recommended to the court that theinmates of the Children's Home befurnished butter three times a day andthat springs be placed on their beds.There must be a mighty parsimoniousset of officials in charge of that in-stitution when a grand jury finds itnecessary to take sucii action.

Mrs. Sarah Neidig and Mrs. MaryNeidig brought suit at Suuburyagainst the Reading Railroad com-pany,asking for damages for the deathof the former's husband and six more

relatives who were killed by being

6truck by a train about two years ago.The case has been settled. Mrs. SarahNeidig receives SBOO and Mrs. Mary

Neidig S4OO This is an averaga of a

fraction over sl7l for each life.

Berks county continues to have a

considerable number of snuff users, as

at the county almshouse the bill forsnutr for the use of inmates last year

was $5.80.

The oxide department of the NewJersey Zinc compauy, at South Beth-lehem. has resumed operations, giv-ing employment to one hundred men.

The temperature in Pittsburg on

Saturday, officially recorded, was 85degrees, which breaks all records for

heat in April during the thirty yearsthe local weather bureau has been

keeping a record.

Robert Eastburn, aged 75 years, whohad been justice of the peace in Yard-ley, Bucks county, for thirty years,

died on Satruday. He is survived by

his fourth wife, whom he marriedabout two months ago.

Charles A. Orner, a Civil war vet-eran, who had been a railroader forthirty-one years, fell under a Penn-sylvania railroad train on which hewas braking, on Friday at Suubury,

and was killed.

Louis Corso, an employe o 112 theAmerican Car and Foundry company,

at Berwick, aged 30 years, was struckin the neck by a piece of iron thrown

Ironi one of the steel shears, and bledto death in a few minutes on Satur-day.

Probably the oldest traveling sales-man on the road today in this State isSheni Siegelmyer, of Mifflinburg,

Union county. He is in his £4thyear, yet he sells as many goods'as aman of 50 years, and is a jolly goodfellow.

While workmen were demolishing apiggery in Crawford county, on Sat-urday, they got onto an excitingr fightas they came upon an immense colony

of rats beneath the floor of the build-ing. Many got away, but the Dum-

ber Milled filled two bushel baskets.

\u25a0I (ISTO JURORS

A special session of court was heldSaturday morning,at which some very

important action was taken relating

to the third trial of Peler Dietrich,

which is expected to take place at theMay term.

The court made an order directing

that Peter Dietrich, who has beenserving time since last June, be re-

moved from the Eastern penitentiary

to the Montour county prison.

To meet tha emergency of the casethe court directed the sheriff and jurycommissioners to draw from the wheelthe names of 175 persons to bo traverse

jurors for court to be held at Danvilleon May 25th at 10 a. m. The abovespecial venire has to do with the Diet-rich case exclusively and the jurors

can be employed in connection withno other case. The 36 names already

drawn are jurors in a court of com-

mon pleas and can not be used in a

homicide case.

W. Kase West presented a petition

signed by John F. Diehl, J. J. Diehl,

and C. J. Yagel, supervisors of Anth-ony township,praying that viewers be

appointed to make the necessary in-spection in connection with a county

bridge over.Buck's creek where thepublic highway leading from WhiteHall to Muncy crosses said creek on

the lands of John Smith in Anthonytownship. The petitioners represent

that the construction of the bridge at

the above point requires more expensethan is reasonable that Anthony town-

ship, being of the second class, shouldbe called upon to bear.

The court appointed James W.Lowrie, George P. Coiner and ClarkeBoone as viewers to make such orderon the subject as is required by law.

WILL BE BUILTIN THE BOROUGH

The State hospital for the insane hasa force of men employed in removing

the deposit of muck, which has great

fertilizing property, from the bottom

of the old canal on the hospital groundpreparatory to fillingup the old water

way. No definite time as yet has been

set for beginning the work of obliter-ating the old canal bed.

The opening up of the old ditch hashad the effect of draining off the fouland stagnant water, which at the hos-pital as well as any where else is a

nuisance and a menace to the publichealth. By the time the old canal isobliterated that improvement, in con-

nection with the fine macadam roadleading to the hospital will make thespot one of the mostattractive aboutthe institution.

It is not generally known that thesite of the block of houses for em-

ployes, bids for which have been ad-vertised for, is to be located at thispart of the grounds. As a matter offact the buildings are to be withinthe limits of the borough of Danvillein order to give the employes that oc-

cupy them superior school advantages.

The block of buildings will be erectedon the south side of the trolley trackas near as possible to the borough witliout leaving the hospital grounds.

The block will contain six dwell-ings. It will be three stories in height,stylish architecturally, built of thesame material as the buildings now in

coarse of erection at the hospital.

Each dwelliii2 will contain nine rooms

with bath aud all the modern appoint-ments. The front door of each willopen upon a stylish veranda and thedwellings will resemble a block on a

city street. The buildings will be com-

pleted yet during the present summer.

Chief among the employes who willoccupy them will be the electricianand engineer of the hospital.

DEATH OF MRS.MARY J. YEAGER

Mrs. Mary ,iane Yeager, widow oftiie late Conrad Yeager, died Monday

evening at the home of her daughter

in Mahanoy City, aged 71 years, 2months and 8 days.

Mrs. Yeager was a native of theSouth Side. The daughter of JosephKennedy, she was born on the home-stead farm several miles above SouthDanville. She was widely known andrelated in this vicinity.

The deceased is survived by five sons

and two daughters as follows : ElliotMonroe, of Riverside; Wilson andEugene, of Boone, Iowa: Kimber, ofShamokin, and Hudson, of Danville;

Mrs. Clinton Major,of Mahanoy City,and Estella, of Wernersville.

The funeral will take place from St.! Peter's M. E. church, Riverside, thisafternoon at 2 :30 o'clock. Interment

! will be made in Mt. Vernon cemetery

On a Vacation.

W. R. Clark, station agent on the

Pennsylvania railroad, at South Dan-ville, is absent on a two-weeks' vaca-

tion. His place is being filled by J.Thompson Ziegler, of Sonbury, asspecial agent.

DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. APRIL 30, 1908

CMIEKEIITON IE 4IU

Cousiderable time was spent at a

regular meeting of the school boardMonday night in arranging for the an-

nual commencement of the high school.

The high school committee madeseveral recommendations in the mat-

ter, which were duly discussed by theboard.

On motion, Thursday, June 4th, was

fixed as the date for holding com-

mencement. It was ordered that theclass be permitted to manage thefinances of the affair and that theschool board contribute ten dollars,the

usual sum.On motion of Mr. Sechler it was

ordered that commencement be held iuthe opera house, provided the properterms can be made. On motion of Mr.Burns it was ordered that the secre-tary write to Hon. H. M. Hinckley to

determine whether he can be securedto deliver an address to the graduat-

ing class.On motion of Dr Barber it was ord-

ered that the baccalaureate sermon be

preached iu the Grove Presbyterianchurch by the Kev. Dr. McCormack

On motion of Mr. Pursel it was ord-ered that the grammar school com-

mencement, which last year was heldin the Y. M. C. A. hall, this year be

held in the respective school build-ings. As implied, each grammarschool will hold its own commence-

ment instead of consolidating in onebody as was done last year. The na-

ture of the exercises will be left in

the hands of the borough superintend-ent.

Mr. Sechler presented the applica-tion of Miss Katheriue Rogers for apermanent certificate. The boardsatisfied itself that Miss Rogers pos-

sesses a professional certificate and isin all respects eligible for a permanent

certificate, after which it was orderedthat the officers of the board be re-

quested to sign the application.The borough superintendent report-

ed that Miss Pickard.a primary teach-er of the first ward, is iu ill healthand may not be able to teach herschool any mora the present year. Onmotion, the matter of a substitute for

Miss Pickard was left in the hands ofthe borough superintendent.

The following bills were approved

for payment:Teachers & Janitors f1851.50Geo. F. Reifsnyder 128.40A. C. Amesbcry 7.50

The following members were pres-ent: Purßel. Orth, Swarts, Burns.Redding. Foulk, Barber,Kislier, Sech-ler, Heiss, Cole aud Fish. ChairmanPursel being absent, at the opening ofthe session, Mr. Fisher was chosenpresident pro tem.

A FIELD riEETTO BE HELD HERE

Under the direction of James O.Ainsworth, physical director of theDanville Y. M. C. A., the prelimi-nary preparations are now in progressfor a big amateur athletic meet to beheld park on Saturday,May 23rd. The meet will he held un-der the auspices of the Danville High

School Athletic association and thelocal Y. M. C. A.

A field meet of this kind is a de-parture from anything ever held be-

fore in Danville or probably in thissection. It is the intention to haveteams from the high schools of thesurrounding towns, Y. M. C. A. teams

and the representatives of other ama-

teur organizations participate.The events will iuclude running at

100 yards. 220 yards, 440 yards and a

mile; a mile relay, also broad jump,high jump and shot put. For eachevent there will he three prizes?gold,

silver aud bronze medals. A silvercup will be the trophy for the win-ning team in the relay race.

The success of the meet will dependlargely on the responses received fromthe different schools and organizations

that will be invited to participate,butthe promoters anticipate that therewill be no difficulty in inducing a

number of teams to attend. Ifthe out-

come of this meet warrants, the affairwill be made au annual occurrence.

AFTER ABSENCEOF FIFTY YEARS

B. C. MoWilliams, of Fort Scott,

Kan., a former resident, is revisiting

Danville after au absence of fifty

years.Mr. McWilliams is a cousin of Hon.

Alexander Billmeyer as well as of J.!O. and D B. Hoddens of this city.

! For a few days past he has been visit-ing the latter. Mr. McWilliams findsmany and marked changes in Danvilleand throughout the county.

He IB engaged in farming in Kansas.He speaks highly of the opportunitiesof that section as well as of the en-

lightenment and enterprise of the peo-ple.

IranOF USUI

The members of Montour Castle, No.186, K. Q. E, in a body" attended div-

ine services at the Grove Presbyterian

church Sunday morning. The ser-

mon delivered by the pastor, the Rev.Dr. McCormack, v>as an able and ap-

propriate one, the theme being TheCastle of Mansoul.

The text was taken from Proverbs4th ohapter and 23rd verse: "Above

all that thou guardest.keep thy heart. "

Dr. McOorniack introduced his ser-

mon by a few words of welcome ad-dressed to the visiting knights. Theirpresence at the house of prayer, hesai l,attested to the fact that they rec-

ognized religion as an essential part

of life and that no society can exist

without its influence. Continuing thespeaker said: "There is a little oldbook on my study shelf entitled 'TheHoly War' and therein we read :

'There was rfared in the midst of this

town a famous and stately palace ; for

strength it might be calle a castle; forpleasantness a paradise; for largeness

a palace so copious as to contain thewhole world.' Bunyan, the Bedford-shire tinner, has in this pictorial way

given us a portrait of the 'Castle ofMansoul,' employing the things he hasread in the Biole aud the things hediscovered in his own heart. By thiscastle Buryan means the heart and hisdescription is just a p»ge out of theBible and one of his inimitable pict-

ures as an illustration. The text needsno further illustration or explanationand I will make use of my time inseeking to enforce it. 'Above all thatthou guardest. keep thy heart.'

THE HEAHT."The heart is the key to the situa-

tion ; in it are the issues of life. Thereis no remedy for a bad heart aud no

substitute for a good one. We are of-ten concerned about what we do, butwe are not half conoerned enough

about what we are. We need to get

further back. Conduct Is the stream,

the flowing stream of our life If we

would cleanse the stream we must see

to it that the fountain head is pure.'Let the words of my mouth and themeditation of my heart be acceptableto thy sight, O Lord.' We are to bringinto captivity every thought.

THE GATES OF MANSOUL."This famous castle has five gates,

which are the five senses. At the fivegates place sentinels so that the castlebe duly guarded. The first sentinel iswatchfulness. It is the prerogative ofman to control himself. When we loseself-control we lose the power of man-

hood. There cau be no self controlwithout effort. The second sentinel is

diligence. 'Eternal vigilence is theprice of liberty.' Without vigilanceyou are lost; look diligently to your-

selves.

THE EYE GATE."This is one of the easiest to at-

tack: evil assails us most readilythrough this gate and the castle yieldsthe heart is corrupted and the life

spoiled. Well may we pray with thepsalmist: 'Turn away mine eyes from

beholding vnuity.'

THE EAR GATE."Give heed how ye hear is an ap-

ostolic injunction worthy of our most

earnest attention and consideration.Knowing the danger let us guard wellthe entrance of the castle and keep a

watch on our ears.

GOOD."The castle of mansoul must be gov-

erned witti good. An empty heart isthe devil's workshop. The weeds ofthe world grow rapidly in the court ofthe empty castle.

OBEDIENCE."The true knight is an obedient sol-

dier. He listens, he follows the com-

mand of his captain. The captain incharge of the castle of mansoul is our

Lord Jesus Christ. The Castle is His;he built it for himself alone. Yet hewill never force his way in. The Kinghas committed the keeping of the cas-

tle to the men of the town, but hecomes to us, knocking at the door ofeach heart saying :*'Let me in.' "

A COUPLE OFPERFORMING BEARS

Two clever performing bears enter-

tained the people along Mill street yes-terday afternoon.

Tiie bears were in charge of a coupleof Italians, who as they sang andprodded the bears along proved by no

means the least interesting half of theshow.

One of the bears was a very largefellow, and was probably the best per-former of the two. Both weie gooddancers as dancing bears go ; they couldturn somersaults, wrestle, climb tele-graph poles, &c.

Driftwood had a holiday on Monday

in honor ofj;theHdedication of themonument erected by the State in

commemoration of tiie departure of

three companies under Kane,which formed the nucleus of the Buck-tail regiment.

FOUND DEADIN HEIDI

Our readers will be surprised andpained to learn of the sudden death ofMiss Hannah Welliver.a widely knownresident of West Hemlock township.

Miss Welliver Tuesday morning was

found dead in the orchard of her littlefarm. Death had evidently occurredthe evening before and the body hadlain out all night.

Miss Welliver lived alone on the Iroad leading from Calvin Shultz's to

Swenoda. She was accustomed to the jhardest kind of manual labor all her jlife aud performed the most oi the jwork of her house and lot unassisted. !She was a kind hearted, generous wo-

man, always ready to do others a goodturn and consequently there were

plenty of friends to look after and as-

sist the aged woman.

Waiter Shultz, one of the neighborsliving near Miss Welliver, each morn-ing was in tiie habit of visiting theplace to see if all was well with thelonely woman. On entering the placeTuesday morning Mr. Shultz wassurprised to find the house deserted,neither was there any evidence thatthe woman had been about tiie pre-

mises during the night. The fires were

out and everything presented a cheer-less and deserted appearance Mr.Shultz proceeded to the barn, but hefound no trace of Miss Welliver there,

nor anything to indicate that she hadbeen in tiie building since the even-ing before.

Fully convinced that misfortune insome form had befallen Miss Welliver,Mr. Shultz called upon Calvin Shultz,

another neighbor, aud apprised him ofthe woman's disappearance. Togetherthe two men returned to Miss Welliv-er's home prepared to make a closescrutiny of the premises. Anothersearch failiug to reveal any trace ofthe woman about the house or barn

the men directed their steps to the or- jchard.

Here they made a gruesome discov- |ery. By the side of an old apple tree, !which had been cut down, lay tiie jdead body of Miss Welliver. In her jhands she held the axe, which she had jcarried to the spot for the purpose of |trimming out the limbs. Tiie clothiugof the dead woman was drenched with .rain that fell the night before and thebody from its exposure presented apathetic appearance.

Miss Welliver for some years hadbeen afflicted witli lie art trouble. Herphysician had warned her of the dan-ger of living alone aud several of therelatives, in return for what she haddone for them, kindly offered her a

home in their families. In every case,however, she deolined the offer, pre-ferring to live alone. And thus shedied?until the very last industriouslyimproving her time, earning her ownliving and performing many acts ofkindness for others.

There seems to be no doubt but thatdeath was due to heart failure. MissWelliver was last seen alive about 5:30

o'clock Monday evening by CalvinShultz, who drove aloug the road on

which the orchard abuts in full viewof the apple tree where Miss Welliverwas at work and where her body yes-

terday morning was found.

The deceased was sixty-two years ofage. She is survived by two brothers,

Dennis of Buckhoru and Brittaiu ofWest Hemlock township; also twonieces : Mrs. W. E. Moore and Mrs.Charles Arnwine, both of West Hem-lock township.

The funeral will take place Thurs-day, meeting at the house at 10 a. m.

Services will be held in the church at

Swenoda. Interment will bo made inthe cemetery adjoining.

LUTHERANSYNOD AT nUNCY

The forty-first annual convention ofthe Susquehanna synod will be heldin the Muncy Lutheran chr.""h, Rev.W. F. Steck, pastor, the opening ses-

sion being on Wednesday evening, May13th.

This Synod is composed of sixty-five

pastorates with sixty-four ministers,and each minister is entitled to a laydelegate, so there will be about one

hundred and thirty visiting ministersand lay delegates there. The MuncyLutheran people have just completeda handsome new church edifice, inwhich will be held the first session ofthe synod Wednesday evening, May13th, remaining in session over Sun-

day aud adjourning on Monday. Thesynod is composed of 13,000 membersand reaches as far east as Wilkes-Barre and as far west as Jersey Shore.

Attending Missionary ConventionMrs. W. H. Orth, Mrs. H. B. Ben-

nett, and Mrs. M. P. Scott left yester-

day morning for St. John's, Luzernecounty, to attend the annual meeting

of the Woman's Missionary society ofWyoming clasßis, as delegates fromShiloh Reformed church, this city.

DAME LANDS ODDFELLOWS FOR 1009? SHAMOKIN, April 28.

The celebration of the89th anniversary of the foundation ofthe first lodge of Odd Fellows in Am- jerica today gave Shamokin the biggest |day in its history. 10,000 Odd Fel- |lows, and many thousands more of ifriends, wives, sweethearts and ordiu- jary sightseers,; thronged the streets so

that in some plaoes it was with diffi- jculty that people could move.

A profusion of decorations of all 'sorts added to the gala air. Even theside streets were not neglected in thematter of gay trimming,so that whereever the visitor walked a delightfullybeautiful vista met the eye.DANVILLE WINS CONVENTION.The business meeting of tiie anniver-

sary association was held in the Sha-mokin lodge room at 11:30 this morn-ing. It was evident that there wouldbe a big fight on the choice of place to ]hold the next meeting. The favoriteswere Danville and Tyrone, and bothtowns seemed to be running abouteven. During tiie morning large ban-ners were made and taken over thetown on which were tiie words, "Votefor Danville in 1909." The individualmembers also did a great deal of workin inducing the tide of sentiment toturn in favor of Danville.

At tiie meeting tiie vote was a closeone, Danville receiving 27 votes, Ty-rone 23 and Mt. Carmel 2. The meet- |ing will be held on Tuesday, April I27th, IHO9.

BIG PARADE.The feature of the day was the mon- I

ster parade, in which it is estimated ;there were 8,000 Odd Fellows in line, iTiie Danville lodges had the largest

number of men in line?over 200 ?andthe remark was frequently heard alongthe line of march: "No wonder Dan-ville won, look at the delegation they

had." Tiie Danville delegation wascontinuously applauded.

Col. Jno. Sweisfort, of Danville,acted as marsha!| of the first divisionof the parade. Danville marched inthe second division. There were 15bands in the parade and it took thecolumn three quarters of an hour topass one point. One of the most at-tractive features of the parade were

two floats in which were the orphansfrom tiie Odd Fellows' orphanage atWeigh Scales.

OFFICERS ELECTED.At the business meeting the follow-

ing officers were elected: President,

W. H. Kiess ; secretary, H. B. Eberly:treasurer, Abe A. Myers. Out of sixty-one lodges, etc., in the district fifty-eight were represented at the meeting

HARRIED INPHILADELPHIA

Mr. Simon Ellenbogen aud MissElizabeth Lovett.two well-known andpopular young people of Danville, wereunited in the holy bonds of matrimony

in Philadelphia on Monday.Information available relating to the

happy event is very meagre. The teud-er relations existing between tiieyoung couple were by no means a se-

cret and such a denouement as has oc-

curred was the very thing looked for.When Miss Lovett went to Philadel-phia last week, followed a day or so

later by Mr. Ellenbogen,knowing ones

predicted a wedding.

A letter received yesterday by a

brother of the groom explained thatthe wedding had taken placo and thatthe couple would come back to Dan-ville to live. The letter unfortunately

neglected to state where and by whomthe nuptial knot was tied.

The groom is an intelligent youngbusiness man of industrious habits,

who is associated with his brother,Harry Ellenbogen, in the merchanttailoring business.

The bride is the daughter of Mrs.Hannah Lovett, Church street, aud is

a most highly esteemed and popularyoung lady.

DEATH OF ELYS-BURG WOMAN

Mrs Arthur Saudel.a widely knownresident of Elysburg and a native ofthat village, died Tuesday morning

after a short illness of pneumonia.The deceased was 46 years cf age.

Mrs. Sandel was the daughter of thelate William Swank, of Elysburg. Shewas a member of the St. Jacob's Luth-eran church, Mrs. San-del is survived by her husbaud andfour children: Cora, Harvey, Jesseand Oscar.

The funeral will take place Fridaymorniug at 10 o'clock from the Elys-burg M. E. church, Rev. Shannonofficiating.

Wlille playing along|the new bridgeof the Pittsburg, Harmony, Butler &

New Castle railway,Butler county, onJMonday, Jacob Mill-er, Jr., aged;l7|years, touched a liveelectrio wire instantly killed.

ESTABLISHED IN 1855

ENGINE ANDai DERAILED

A freight locomotive and one carwere derailed at Sooth Danville yes-terday forenoon. The accident was nota serious'one, in itself, bot it threwseveral important trains off schedule.

The derailment occurred about 8:40o'clock a short distance above the pumping station. A west-bound freightwas pulling on the siding to let the. 9o'clock passenger train pass.

The brakeman was in the act ofthrowing the switch but before hecould insert the padlock the lever flewback, out of his hands, which left theswitch in such n position as to causederailment. Only the engine and thefront truck of the car left the track.

Fortuuately the wreck train of thisdivision.which is also the work train,was employed at Bluff only a fewmiles above. This train,carrying withit the steam crane, in repouse to a callrau down to South Dauville. Guttingttie cars loose from the derailed por-tion the work engine, hitched at therear of the train,drew the freight carsback to Boyd's station where theywere placed out of way on the siding.

The track at South Dauville, how-ever, was effectively blocked by thederailed engine and car. To take care

of the passenger traffic a special trainwas sent up from Sunbury and a trans-fer was made at the scene of the ac-

cident. Iu view of unavoidable delay,soon after the derailment occurred,thepassengers waiting at the station act-ing on advice were driven across to theD. L. & W. station, where they caught

the 9:10 west bound passenger trainand were enabled to make connectionsat Sunbury.

The Sunbury wreok train was alsocalled to South Danville, but its ser-

vices were not needed. The steamcrane belonging to the work trainmanaged to get both the engine and

car back upon the track without muchdifficulty. By 10 :30 o'clock the trackwas open.

The locomotive was not damagedany and backing to' Boyd's stationpicked up its train after which it pro-ceeded on its way. The track wasslightly damaged.

CONVENTIONENDORSES KNOX

HARRISBURG, April 29.

The Republican State conventionmet in the Majestic theatre here at

10:30 this morning. In brief the fol-lowing business was transacted:

Nominated Judge Win. D. Porter,ofAllegheny, for judge of the superiorcourt.

Nominated B F. Jones,of Pittsburg,and Morris L. Clothier, of Philadel-phia. fnr electors-at-large.

Elected Governor Edwin S. Stuartand James Elverson, of Philadelphia ;

Charles A. Rook, of Pittsburg, andRobert P. Habgood.of Bradford, dele-gates at-large to the national conven-

tion to be held iu Chicago on June 16.

Elected Congressman M. E. Olm-sted, of Harrisburg: S. A. Kendall, ofSomerset; Dr. Theo. Flood, of Mead-vine, and Henry M. Warren, Chester,

as alternates to the delegates-at-largeto the Chicago convention.

Adopted a platform declaring for aprotective tariff with no legislationaffecting it just now ; endorsing Senat-or Knox for the Presidential nomina-

tion; declaring for Seuator Penrosefor another term; praisiug the admin-

istration of Governor Stuart aud touch-ing lightlyon matters of a gent ralcharacter.

Re-elected Col. Wesley R. Andrewsprivate secretary to Senator Penrose,

chairman of the State committee for a

fourth term.

That is about all the convention did,

audit did it quickly.

FINE TROUT FROHFISHINGCREEK

Arthur Ileddens brought a very finecatch of trout into town last evening

that was caught in the Fishing creeknear Jamison City. The flsli were

eleven in number and each one was abeauty. The largest was only a trifleshort of eighteen inches in length andweighed 33

\ pounds. Three others werevery large in size and included a Cali-fornia trout,a new species with whichthe stream was recently stocked. i

The fish were caught Tuesday by MrHeddeus aud his friend Mr. Mcllenry.

ARRESTED ONSERIOUS CHARGE

George Folk was arrested in thiscity yesterday on a warrant sworn outby Henry W. Phillips ofBerwick. The

I charge was betrayal. Folk was takeninto custody while at wcrk by Offic-ers Mincemoyer and Vorig. In ouatody

of Officer Voris on the 10:<& trolleyoar he left for Berwick for a hearing

before Juatioe Kitchen.