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iuch MONDAY, JULY 4, ISM. URGENT PLEA FOR (Continued from First Page.) their national birthday, so should we sieep ours. "It is fitting that we should keep jB reen in our memories the great bless sings that God hath wrought out for us, for the establishment of American independence was one of the greatest means of patriotism. "How then should it be celebrated? Well, of course, there should be flags and bunting in abundance. And, since government and all power and authority are from God, and since our independence was from God.

I believe it lational domain consisted of ia intM low of 47. Then of a little strip along he Atlantic coast, 1,300 miles long and few hundred miles wide; now It is ,000 miles wide, with Alaska, Hawaii orto Rico and the Philippine's thrown n. The sun never seta on oni n.rt i omain. How rich that domain with the aily ttries jutu dispatch, pom, penita. I control the markets of the fof a.

Nation's At 7.SO p. m. on that flnt Fourth at Julv had a special Independence Day service was 14 AAA AAA wnI.lnn maof hav 1WL. lllH THla Bfcl 111 I MH flnrl AQ AM PR I III I RTH 0O0.0O0. and room for several hundred Country," Roy Wanner: "The Story Ortll I I UUH I 11 more.

Then we had four col Independence Day." Miss Edith Frame; leges, now we have colleges by the nun titract nm tne Declaration or inae drL Then we had not a single daily pendence." George ''jBrxtract newspaper, now we have tens of thou from speech of John Adams," A. Cope sands cverv mornini and night, giving. land Callen; "Stand by the Flag," Miss iim an eDlloma at the world's happen Estella Kutz: "The National Kla Inss and Dleadlna for human rights. Miss May Saurbier: "The American Then we traveled In stage coach, now Flag," Miss Edith Keeler: "The Per we travel on palaces on wheels at the manence of Our Union," John Auchen rate of a mile a minute. Then it took bach "The Destiny of Our.

six monuii to cross tne vuiiuucmwmw n.m i.tvd in six days. Then we had neither rail Rev. Samuel McWilUams preached a events of all history. It has meant more roads or tnlein anh or telephone. for the world and humanity than we I we have hundreds of thousands of miles can well imagine.

Next to our redemp of each. Then we had not a single tion on Calvary it is one of the world's common school, now the little red school greatest events. house, the people's university, is seen "Tomorrow we will again celebrate everywhere. Then we had slavery, a this great anniversary. How shall we blot on the freedom we boasted and celebrate It? I fear the celebration of for which our fathers bled and died, the Fourth of July has lost its dignity.

1 now there is not a slave in the land. The day has come to be one largely of Then we were at daggers points and noise and carousal and revelry. The bloody war with Mother England, now day is looked forward to by many as we are reconciled and understand each one on which to have a big dissipation. other better, and mother and daughter No wonder some women object to holi 1 have clasped hands to lead the world days. for.

said a certain woman. Evervon to srreatness and freedom. Then holiday, for us. means a Yes. we were a little power, isolated and would be supremely fitting to spend an if Nero or Iscariot or Satan were at hour in the house of God, in song and the head; that has'nt moral backbone prayer and speech and thanksgiving, enough to throw off the party yoke.

Then, in the afternoon, it might be well i What we need today is more indepen to have a parade and at the close of dence, more men who will vote for men the parade have musio and 'patriotic who hate covetousness, who love reight We should read the Declara eousness and justice. tion of Independence and especially "But a greater peril still is political trp to impress upon the young the prin corruption that debauches the ballot ciples for which our fathers fought and I box; that hoists men of glaring dis died, and set before them the heroes honesty and vileness into office; that and the deeds of those great and glor ious days and try thus to qualify, both young and old, for nobler citizenship. In the evening bonfires might be built and bells be rung and the community, unitedly, give a pyrotechnic display that would outrival the glories of the stars. That, to my mind, would be a rational celebration of a grand event, and would plunders the public treasury; that taxes the people to provide fat offices for henchmen; that passes a 'ripper' bill through our legislature and will give away trolley franchises, in to favorites for nothing, which are worth ten millions of dollars, and for which millions have been offered that will blackmail and fasten corrup result in noble and lasting impressions 1 tion, such as prevailed in New York, tor country and for God. St.

Louis and Minneapolis. But I am "Such a celebration would not be fol not a pessemlst. We will some day lowed the next morning by a heavy have a new Declaration of Indepen head and a bad taste in the mouth, dence. I have faith in the people. Mr.

Such a celebration would honor God and Lincoln truly said You cna fool some country and re discover this great and I people all the time. You can fool all glorious day. If this day is to be I the people sometimes. But you can largely one of deafening noise and dan not fool all the people all the gerous explosions and carousing and I "And now. how can we make our drunkenness, it would better not be ob Fourth of July mean something? How served at all.

I plead for a better and can we be true to our trust? If our a more rational observance of our great forefathers suffered, bled and died that naiiuiidi iiuuudy. we mignt De tree ana nave sucn a gior "And what have we to celebrate and ious heritage, then surely, great duties rejoice over tomorrow well, tnere is devolve upon us. Weil, we can cner civil liberty, and that is a grand thing. Ush the public schools. We can diffuse wc ait not in oonaage to anyone, wnen intelligence lntelligence win go a great we read of the blood red tyrannies of Spain and Italy and Russia and Turkey, where men were downtrodden like slaves; where, they were the property of the state and existed for the state; where they were hardly allowed to act or think or speak for themselves; where they were kept in abject poverty in vi.

i. ii i it 1 1 ana were driven to battle like dumb driven way towards preserving our liberties and heritage and averting the perils that hang over our nation's brow. Let no hostile power lay Its hand upon our public schools. Let us strive to make them more efficient every year." We can stand for better recognition of the Sab bath day, and, by example and precept, do all we can to secure a better ob had no will or right of their own, I "We can fight the liquor eviL When ijicn ougiii to rejoice over our civil tne Turks outraged and slaughtered imertles. We have but to remember jpoor Cuba a few years ago.

"Yes, when we remember the restriction on speech and press in European today, and recall the treatment of the citizens of Poland, Finland, Armenia and Kishinev, Russia, with all the horrors of their prisons and Siberian mines and exiles, then we ought to rejoice over our civil liberties. In a land where every man is free as the air about him and the skies above him, where every man is free to express himself with tongue and pen; free to go hither and thither without restraint and has a voice in the government of the Armenians we grew red in the face; when Spain oppressed the Cubans we went to war and spent blood and lives and great treasure. "Very well, the liquor traffic is doing greater damage to our people, by far, than this. It is worse than a hundred General Slocum horrors every year. If the citizenship of the land rise in their might they can make this foe bite the dust.

Our descendants will be ashamed of us unless we do. "We can exercise a better citizenship. Let us break away from bitter partisanship, tear off the political collar and be free and independent to vote as we country ana can rise to tne highest pray, and vote for God and country nonors oi tne nation, tnere is cause for vote for men who love righteousness rejoicing. Another matter for rejoicing and hate covetousness. What the peo is religious liberty.

When we think or pie ought to do is to put religion and our forefathers, who were told how to conscience into politics. Some people worship according to prescribed doc say religion and politics will not mix. trines and forms and to submit to hier 1 But they will where there is any re archies, no matter how corrupt and 1 ligion to mix with, the brilliant Ingalls cruel: when we think how they were to the contrary, notwithstanding. The treated when they refused: when we re decalogue and the Sermon on the Mount call the horrible Spanish inquisition should have much to do with our poli with its pillories, thumbscrews, dungeon tics. lorrors, racks, knives and death; when 1 "We can do our duty by gospellzing we recall the St.

Bartholomew massacre the land, spread the church, convert and the Smithfield fires; recall all the the unconverted, take our country for martyrs who died, and the rest who God. That will be the noblest and best eie ariven irotn nome and lost their patriotism. That will be the new pa now patriotic sermon in ue reopie cuurca last evening, taKing for his theme. "Safeguards of the CORNERSTONE LAID INTERESTING SERVICES AT THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH. The cornerstone for the new church of the Hope Lutheran congregation, to be erected at the northeast comer of on this day, tens of thousands get fear confined to self, today we are a world Front and Greenwich streets, was laid i ui jy anuiK ana aeme tnemseives ana power witn no superior.

lorae hib abuse their wives and children. What some of the national blessings, to re sl dishonor to God, what a commentary joice over on this great, anniversary upon true freedom, to get drunk on the day. JFourth of July! If on any day our peo I "But while, on the Fourth' of July, we pie ought to be sober it ought to be on will have many things' to rejoice over, the natal dav of our renublic Home I we will have some thincrs to deplore. with impressive ceremonies Sunday af ternoon. The service incident to the laying of the stone, which began at 3 o'clock, was conducted by the Rev.

M. C. Horine, D. pastor of St. James church and president of the Mlnisterium people think they can't have a good There is Sabbath desecration, which is of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the time without the free use of alcohol, so bold and so and for form provided in the Liturgy.

Rev. H. Last Fourth of July a brewer in Al 1 whose extension great efforts are being W. Warmkessel, the pastor of Hope toona boasted that he sold 1,000 kegs of I understand much i.sabhatn congregation, witn trowel in nana, per toeer. desecration is going on in and about "Another doubtful use of this day Is Reading.

This was not always thus, the fearful noise and waste of powder. 1 Our forefathers were a Sabbath keep Millions of dollars will be spent for ing, a Sabbath loving people. And fireworks which. I believe, could be there is the rum traffic, which Is the put to better use. Yes, If the money greatest national peril today, and which, eral Council Sunday School Book, list spent in Reading, as a rule, for Are is slaying 100,000 of our men and women of names of charter members and the works was seen on a single pile it would annually; which is the cause of three amounts of their contributions, names be amazing.

The amount spent through fourths of the crimes and murders' of and amounts of all subscriptions of out the nation is appalling, and all of the land; which beggars homes and members and friends of the congrega lt blown Into the air. I have known pauperizes wives and children; which men who did not pay their honest debts in Jails and pententiaries and court spend $15 to $20 on this day for pyro house trials costs our nation ten times technics. And the noise of this day, in the amount she gets in license fees; some cities, is unspeakable and distress 1 which is debauching politics and is dicing. Several days previous this noise fating the policies of parties; which has begins, but especially from midnight of its clutch upon the throat of the nation, the 3rd to midnight of the 4th the and dominates both our great political noise is deafening and almost intoler parties. able.

For people who are sick and who 1 "Another, great evil is Mammon ism. nave sensitive nerves the noise is ex I Our people are money mad. Greed is cruciating. They dread its coming and a national disease. We worship the rejoice when It is over.

Many thou 1 mighty dollar. This disease prevails sands would flee from the city to the from the child up to the white headed juiet country was it not for the menace 1 octogenarian. The question is 'How of fireworks to their properties. Yes, can I get rich And, to get wealth, many Ares have thus been started and 1 some men will sacrifice everything true people will be maimed for life. Hands and good.

They will stoop to selflsh jjreat loss of property occurred. And, ness, cruelty and dishonesty and vio what is worse, many young and older late every rule of the decalogue, and and fingers will be blown off, eyes will the Sermon on the Mount. The age be blown out and mortal wounds in here is Mammonistic. Where are our flicted and little children mangled. Longfellows and Whlttiers and Haw "Last year over 400 boys and men died thornes and Bancrofts and Wendell of tetanus, or lockjaw, as a result of Phllipps' today? They are impossible, fourth of July wounds.

Over 4,000 were It is money, gold, stocks, pork, wheat, maimed and blinded and killed. This is railroads, coal, oil, factories. I tell you too costly a sacrifice to be offered upon 'Man does not live by bread the altars of patriotism. Only last week i Mammon! sm would dethrone God, aban a fearful explosion took place, in Phila don the church, quit missions and wor delphia, killing and maiming a large ship dirt, number. It is a dangerous business I "Other perils are those of wealth and and is being carried to extremes.

1 1 poverty, with Dives and Lazarus side hope to see the day when much of the by side, with one man owning one or Fourth of July noise and danger will two or three hundred millions, and the toe prohibited. I believe it would be a other as poor as Lazarus. Goldsmith well said: '111 fares the land, to hasten ills a pray. When wealth accumulates and men "Another peril is partisanship. Yes, I mean the partisanship that wears the collar, that will vote the straight ticket formed the act of laying the stone in the name of the Triune God.

The pastor announced that the following articles were placed in the stone: Holy Bible, General Council Church Book, Gen tion to date, names of the superintend ent, officers and teachers of the Sunday school, copies of The Lutheran, Orphans' Home paper, Reading Times, Eagle and Lutheran almanac, coins of 1904, by laws, and names of the present vestry and building committee. At the conclusion of these ceremonies the large congregation was invited to proceed to the basement of the new church, where, sheltered from the hot rays of the sun, further services were held, under the direction of the pastor. The service opened with the singing of "A Mighty Fortress is our God." Then followed an eloquent and profound sermon bv Rev. Dr. Horine, who took for his text Ephesians ii, 20 "And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Chri3t Himself being the chief corner stone." Addresses followed by Rev.

J. J. Kuendig, D. in the German language; Rev. F.

K. Huntzlnger, Rev. J. F. Snyder and Rev.

C. E. Klstler, the pastor making a brief closing address. After the singing of another hymn, the audience was dismissed with the benediction by Rev. Dr.

Horine. MATRIMONIAL EVENTS Joseph H. Beamensderfer, 367 Schuylkill avenue, and Amanda, daughter of John Wagg, 1336 Cotton street, were married on Saturday evening by Rev. W. H.

Myers at the parish house of Grace Lutheran church. There was no reception. 4. Wallace F. Staudt, of Summit Hill, and Laura daughter of AdamWald man, 130 North Front street, were married at the home of the bride's parents on Saturday evening by Rev.

Philip J. Kirchner, assistant pastor of; St. John Lutheran church. A reception followed to the immediate families and relatives. I The'wedding of Amos S.

Angstadt, 346 North Eleventh street, and Miss Katie Schmidt, 427 Mulberry street, took place at the home of the bride on Saturday evening. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. J. J.

Kuendig. Miss Cath arine Schmidt was the maid of honor and George Schmidt best man. A reception was held. William McLaughlin, 114 North Third street, and Sarah, daughter of Moses Drupp, 115 North River street, were married Saturday afternoon by Rev. W.

J. Kershner at his parsonage. A private wedding was that of Wilson Bertram. 631 North Ninth street, and Sarah, daughter of George Ernst, 1033 Greenwich street, which was performed by Rev. F.

K. Huntzinger at his par sonage on Saturday evening. A reception followed to the two families at the home of the groom. On Saturday morning William Leicey, 637 Mulberry street, and Mary, daughter of John Trievel, of Stony Creek, were married at the parsonage of Rev. Jv.

Huntzinger. Harrv Mathlas. of Shanesvllle, and Mlsa Junie W. Mover, of Bechtelsville, were privately married on Saturday by Rev. M.

H. Mishler at nis parsonage, 534 Franklin street. Harvey W. Beard. 804 Bingaman street, and Bessie daughter of Samuel D.

Hyman, of Mohn's Store, were married on Saturday by Rev. W. J. Kershner at his parsonage. They will go to housekeeping in this city.

4 Morris B. Kiefer and Sallie daughter of Samuel G. and Susanna Keiser, both of Fleetwood, were married by Rev. F. K.

Huntzinger on Saturday af ternoon. Alfred H. Frey. 1635 Centre avenue. and Mary daughter of John K.

Wanner, 136 Bern street, were married on Saturday evening by Rev. J. Franklin Snvder. A short reception followed at the home of the bride. The wedding of George L.

Dieffen bach and Laura daughter of Wil liam Stout, both of 231 Mulberry street, took nlace on Saturday evening. Rev. F. K. Huntzinger performed the cere mony at his parsonage.

A snort recep tion followed at the above address. Rev. James Tonkin, pastor of St. Matthew Evangelical church, married at his parsonage, on Saturday evening, William H. Glase, 332 South Seventh street, and Mary daughter of Thomas Hartrnan, of Mt.

Penn. There was no reception. FAMILY REUNION. I There was a family reunion at the ill, as, for example, the Huguenots and triotism. Better than navies and armies residence of Mr.

and Mrs. Val "Vv Ilk. ruMunes, men we nave reason to and fortresses as a protection is Christi "em uiej TV ejoice that we have religious liberty; anity, is Godliness. That alone will sides the members of the family the church and state are separated. i save the nation and preserve our liber guests were all members of the Phil Yes, if our forefathers had reason to ties.

'The nation that does not serve harmonic band. A splendid supper was ejoice on that firHt Fmirih i c. i ii i nerved and the event was a very en uure nave we today. 'men our alteth a nation hut sin la a renroach joyauie one. to any ASSOCIATION CHANGES NAME.

PATRIOTIC SERVICES. Tne urilque Athletic association has Lavish decorations In which the decided to change the name of the or American colors predominated were ganlzation to the Arlington Athletic as used in the St. Peter Methodist Epis 1 sociation, and these officers were chos copal church yesterday and small flags en: President, John Hiester: vice presi Wf rp presented to nil nresent at th ant PlavnlnnH Wlclcel C. 11 it's variety of climate and products Sunday school service. The pastor.

Rev. F. Balloch: treasurer, Charles Pott elg agrlcultural and mineral! No wonder B. T. Callen.

delivered a national ser Pr. The Unique base ball team will ladstone said The United States will mon at 10.46 a. subject, "The Secret hereafter be known as the Arlington. 8. SUNDAY OAA.ES AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At Chicago R.H.E. Detroit 01021000 0 4 11 1 Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Batteries Mullin and Wood; Owen and Sullivan. Umpires King and O'Loughlin. Attendance 8,800. At St.

Louis R.H.E. Cleveland 11O10OOO 03 7 0 St. Louis 00001000 01 10 1 Batteries Rhoades and Bemis: How ell and Kahoe. Umpire Connolly. NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At Chicago R.H.E. St. Louis 23301102 719 19 2 Chicago 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 4 Batteries O'Neill and Zearfoss; Brown, Lundgren and Kling. Umpire O'Dayi Attendance 9,000. At Cincinnati R.H.E.

Pittsburg 00002000 02 7 0 Cincinnati 00000000 00 5 1 Batteries Flaherty and Smith: Hahn and Schlei. Umpire Zimmer. Attend ance 8,200. SATURDAY 0AMES The P. R.

Y. M. C. A. club won its first game Saturday afternoon since it joined the City League by defeating the St.

Peters aggregation by a score of 7 to 6. The score by innings was as follows: R.H.E. P. 00000520 07 11 4 St. Peters 30200100 06 16 6 Batteries Grles and Tobias: Smith and Swartz and Foley.

The P. R. Y. M. C.

A. and the All Scholastic will be the opposing teams in the City League game this morning. It will start at 10 o'clock. Wise will pitch for the P. R.

and Haage for the champions. Green, the new shortstop from Birdsboro, will be in the game. In the afternoon the Robeson and St. Peters will come together. St.

Peters will, have either Brltton or Swartz in the box. The Robeson will look to Gift. OTHER LOCAL GAMES. At Mlllmont Reading 5: Park side, 4. At Blandon Spruce Iona, Bland, 2.

Second and Greenwich streets grounds Calvary Reformed A. 14; St. Bar naDas A. A 4. At Hiester's Landing Albright Shenton Printers, 2: Pressmen, 3.

At Sinking Spring Jupiter, 13; Glen side A. 11. At Womelsdorf Reading Putnam, Womelsdorf, 8. At Stony Creek Jolly Rover A. 12; Stony Creek, 6.

At Wernersville Shamrock 17; Wernersvllle, 8. At Fleetwood Fleetwood, 12; Unique A. 4. At Boyertown Cinco, 10; Newmans town. 2.

At Leesport Leesport, Birdsboro, ON THE P. R. NEW STATION AT HARRISBURG TO BE OPENED IN TWO WEEKS NEWS ALONG THE LINE. Last week the P. R.

car shops turned out 19 engines, which were repaired. The locomotive shops are very busy and some of the machines are running on double time. The foundry has been on half time and will close altogether for a short time on account of the company having purchased a lot of steel castings, which les sens the work in that department. The Reading Railway will change the alignment of its main line tracks at Swedeland, and the following contracts in connection with the work have been awarded: Grading and masonry to Ryan Kelly, of Philadelphia; construction and erection of a 20 foot span steel sirder bridge to L. F.

Shoemaker of Pottstown. At present the tracks at that point pass between the stack of the Heckscher furnace and the stock house, Interfering more or less with the free operations of the furnace. Under the proposed change the tracks will be shifted from a point five eighths of a mile above Swedeland to a point one mile below it, passing east of the furnace stack and along the west bank of the Schuylkill. It has been finally decided that the new Philadelphia and Reading Railway passenger station in Harrisburg will be opened on July 17. Contractor L.

H. Focht, who is doing the work, states that the building will be positively finished at that time. G. W. Somers, a veteran" P.

R. engineer, died at the Pottsville Hospital yesterday afternoon of Injuries received at Frackville on Thursday night. He was employed as an englneman upon what is known as the "level" and was under his engine making repairs when a trip of empty cars collided with the engine. Somers was caught under one of the driving wheels and his left side was crushed before he could be extri cated. Deceased was 70 years of age and had been in the employ of the Reading road for about 30 years.

The Reading Company announced yesterday that its mines have been closed down until July 6. William Auge, aged 29, of 349 Miller street, while at work at the P. R. shops, fell from a locomotive and badly injured his left hand. The ambulance removed him to his home.

John Schwanger, engineer of the P. R. gravel train, stricken with paralysis, was removed from 711 Winter street to 1409 North 9th street in the ambu lance. Roger Althouse, master mechanic and car builder at the shops, has returned from Saratoga, where he attended the convention of carpenters and builders as a delegate. Lewis Litchie, residing on 10th street near Douglass and employed in the sheet iron department, had his left finger mashed by some castings falling on It.

George Weber, of 1235 Cotton street, machinist at the' shops, left this morning with His family for Atlantic City and Sea Isle etty. The ash pits are all completed now and In full working order. AMPHION HOT LINERS. The Amphion Base Ball club will Jour ney to Kutztown today, where they will play the Kutztown team. One game will be played in the morning and one this afternoon.

Nevin Mengel, of Boston, a member of the club, is in Reading to spend the Fourth. Samuel Raudenbush is spending sev eral days at Vlrginsvllle. Garrett Anthony, Clyde Anthony. Garrett Anthony. Arthur Weber and Edward Brown are fishing at (Sprlngmont on the Perkiomen.

FROM OVER THE BORDERS OF BERKS LANCASTER COUNTY. Thirty seven business men of Akron, Terre Hill. Ephrata, Clay, Litits and other points held a meeting for the purpose of resisting the payment of $36 each to a New York State collection agency by which they were roped In. On the farm of B. F.

Klnzer. near New Holland, Cyrus Singer started in to unload a load nf hav with hnnk time Andy Bowman began to pitch off anotner load. Bowman got done first. M. M.

Richmond, late proprietor of tne styier House, New Holland, has bought out on interest In a travelling glass blower show now at Quarryvllle ana win taKe tne road. B. L. Nolt, of Vogansville, has been elected a director of the New Holland National Band to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Cornelius Roland. While digging a well, Spang ler, of Ephrata, struck a vein of graphite.

It is ten inches thick, twenty feet below the surface and Is almost pure. J. Frank Nissley will on June 9 succeed John Fink as proprietor of the National Hotel, Bainbridge, Bernard Doyle's old stand. A young son of R. D.

Good, residing south of New Holland, was badlv in jured by being kicked with a mule. Dr. J. B. Wells, of Terre Hill, has saved the lives of twenty five horses afflicted with lockjaw in that vicinity.

uogs Kiiiea an or Eli locum twenty turkeys near Penryn. While pouring kerosene on a wood fire, Grace, the 10 year old daughter of Abraham Beech, Lancaster, was burned to death, the oil exploding and the child's clothing catching fire. t. ju. jsecK, or Yorkanna.

York coun ty, 28 years old, a railroader and white man, was granted a marriage license to marry Margaret Elizabeth Guy, 25 years old, of Lancaster, a colored woman, and wedded her. This is the third such license since the aMrriage License law went into effect. MONTGOMERY COUNTY. A new alarm system went into effect at Norrlstown Saturday. uuring tne storm that passed over tne Perkiomen Valley, the roof of St.

faui Lutheran church, near Penns burg, was damaged and part of the roof or fertuomen Seminary torn off. Boys found a human skull in a Nor nstown creek, ana the police are puzzled. There were 134 deaths In Pottstown last year, and singularly enough the same number of births. Senator elect P. C.

Knox purchased a pair of seal brown, bangtail horses ror fautt at a sale in Norrlstown. Rev. E. P. Pfatteicher, of Trinity Lutheran church, Norrlstown, will de vote his vacation to crratuitouslv heln ing reorganize St.

Mark's church. New York, whose membership was so badly demoralized by tne steamer Slocum disaster. Dr. Mary Roberts, of Consohocken. was elected assistant physician of the XMorristown insane Hospital.

Night schools are a proposed innova tion in Pottstown, under the manage ment or tne local xoung Men's Christ ian association. John Booth, of Conshohocken, took his seat as a new member of the Board of Trustees of the Norristown Insane hospital. For assaulting a girl pupil Howard Bickings, janitor of Bridgeport school, was sentenced to three and a half years in jail. Pottstown's steam road roller is now doing such good work in the mud and cinder streets that the junk dealers have given up hopes of getting a bar gain. A disastrous lightning and hail storm swept a belt of central Mont gomery count, Friday, and played havoc witn growing crops, the hail and wind leveling wheat, corn and rye.

The storm was so severe that it interrupted traffic for three quarters of an hour. While he was picking cherries at his home at Pottstown, a limb broke and Stephen Schroyer fell 15 feet. He alighted on a fence, the pails penetratinjr his clothing and flesh and holding him head downward, a prisoner until he managed to tree nimseir. Although no bones were broken, he was badly bruised. It has lust leaked out whv Frances Scembro, of Conshohocken, spurned the love of Thomas Wasnoski he had fallen in love with her picture and fur nished her parents money to bring her irom roiana.

She loves another. Thomas Podbilski of nearly her own age 18 years and wnom sne nas known since childhood while Wasnoski is twice her acre. Fran ces and Podbilski are to be married this month. Wasnoski must answer at court for threatening her life because she spurned nis araent wooing. Edward Thorn, of Norrlstown, twelve years old, lost an eye playing "pussy.

A companion knocked the pointed stick so nard tnat it penetrated the eyeball. xoung Louis uutlll. of Bridgeport was run over by a wagon and seriously injured. John Weyand. of Pennsburg.

has been paid $20 reward for the capture of a norse tnier. Norristown's School Board will elect a physical culture teacher. The window of John Such, who was killed by gases, due to alleged defect in machinery, has brought suit against the Warwick Iron company, of Pottstown. She has seven children. CHESTER COUNTY.

Besides President Roosevelt 1777 persons paid admissions to Washington's headquarters. Valley Forge, during June. In tears. Miss Lila Demcy, of Coates ville, a pretty bride to be, waited in vain, as her Intended husband, Roy Bunker, failed to put in an appearance at 2.30, the hour set for the wedding. With the house decorated, a big dinner elect never came.

Chester county had only 68 June brides this pear, against 78 for the pre vious June, wnen business was better. colonel Fred A. Tencate. who has been cashier of the Phoenix Iron Company for the last forty years, has retired from that office, and has been succeeded by J. Wells Pennypacker.

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. In order to bring illegal liquor dealers to terms the Sons of America and the American Mechanics' Lodge of St. Clair, have offered $100 reward for the arrest of all such dealers. After purchasing a farm and making every preparation to retire from the railroad, John Somers, of Mahanoy City, an engineer for 30 years, was caught under his own enslne at Frackville dur 'Ing the night and killed. Andrew Klefski, a young married man of Shenandoah, was bitten on the wrist by his pet pug dog three weeks ago.

He thought nothing of the wound until Wednesday, when the hand began to pain, and later his case developed into hydrphobla, and he was taken to the hospital, where he bit William Nle man, the night watchman, on the arm and attacked him with a chair. The liquor men of Schuylkill county. I on account of the flagrant violations of the Brooks law, have determined to put down all speak easiem. To 'better accomplish this preliminary steps were, taken to merge the Knights of Fidelity and Royal Arch, liquor, men's organizations. State President Lownes and State Trustee Malone, of Philadelphia, are directing the movement.

Sadwalader "Biddle, secretary of the State Board of Charities, and Mr. MacLeod, of Philadelphia, inspected the Schuylkill County Insane Asylum, where are overcrowded and fuiuiuuf i rope and two mules and at the same herded like cattle. lunatics They will recommend practical meas ures for the relief of the unfortunates. A number of Insane found huddled in jail will also be cared for. The confining of mildly affected lun atics with confirmed idiots was strongly condemned.

The fire at the Potts Colliery, which broke out last aMrch, throwing 400 men and boys out of employment, has been extinguished, and work will be resumed In several weeks. The mine was flooded, causing enormous damage. James Rowe, a one armed chute boss, stooped at a coal station near Pottsville, to remove a lump of coal from the track, when a. train struck and killed him. Rather than face death on the gallows, George Lynch, who was convicted of the murder of his wife last week committed suicide, hanging himself with quilt strips in his prison cell.

Lynch's two little daughters were the principal witnesses against him at his trial. His remorse was terrible to witness after the murder. Annoyed because boys were persistently setting off fireworks upon her doorstep, Mrs. John Muscabage, of New Philadelphia, from her window, fired a revolver into a corner crowd. George Musholo was wounded twice In the left arm and removed to the Pottsville hospital.

Rev. Joseph A. Lenarkiewcz, an exile from Poland, for twenty seven years rector of St. Kaismer's Polish Roman Catholic church, died after five days" illness. He was 66 years old.

and he fore coming here was stationed In DAUPHIN COUNTY. The famous old Lochiel farm, owned by General Simon Cameron, and by him named for the Clan Cameron home in Scotland, has been divided into three parks and presented to Harrisburg by James M. Cameron, a grandson of the old statesman, to whom it was bequeathed. YORK COUNTY. Robert MeKinney, of the McSherry town base ball team, Hanover, had a narrow escape from drawnlng.

While drawing water the pump bed gave way, and he dropped Into the well. He caught, hold of the pump, and with difficulty extricated himself. In celebration of his one hundred and third birthday anniversary, George Mihm, a retired farmer near Silver un, the oldest resident In this section, walked nearly half a mile Friday, being able only to take steps about three inches long. He consumed several hours in the journey. The autopsy on the body of John Keech, of York, who was found along the Codorus Creek, shows that the man was doubtless murdered.

As yet the motive for the crime is unknown. When a bill for $11.14 for meat provided for the dogs at the eitp ond was be for the York City Councils, E. A. Demp wolf, of the Thirteenth ward, objected on the ground that the dogs have according to the bill, been fed on porterhouse steak at twenty five cents a pound, when he is willing to feed them for nothing. The appropriation for the dog' fund will, he said, not last long at this rate.

LEHIGH COUNTY. Several days ago, Mrs. E. B. Hart man, of Mountainville hone ht a fih from J.

Weil, the huckster, and while dressing it she found an alligator six inches long in the stomach. An insect having attacked and de stroyed many cabbage plants in this country, a sauerkraut famine is AT SOUTH MOUNTAIN INTERESTING PROGRAM THAT WILL BE OBSERVED AT THE STATE" ASYLUM TODAY. July 4, 1904, will be observed in a fit ting manner at the' Asylum for the Chronic Insane, at South Mountain, by an interesting program. At 9.30 o'cloclc this morning the patients, who number 800, will be marshalled in the corridors and marched to the grove where the exercises will be held. This will be the program observed: Prayer, John G.

Mc Gowan, Reading; singing, "America," by choir composed of patients and employes; reading of "Declaration of Independence," John G. Rhodes, Wernersville; music, band; address, Hon. Henry M. Dechert, president of the board nf trustees of the asylum. Philadelnhln song, Messrs.

Turner, Usner, Stevenson and Luft; address, John G. McGowan; duet, Mrs. Samuel S. Hill and Miss Min nie ncKinger; song, "Red, White and Blue." choir: address, Hon. Thomas P.

Merritt, of the board of triisteos vnai solo. Miss Lizzie I. McGowan. illrer.tni of music of the Reading public schools; Following the program, refreshments will be served, consisting of ice cream, cake and lemonade. ON NORTH FIFTH STREET.

The residents of Fifth street, hrtuwn Spring and Robeson, have completed arrangements for a grand patriotic demonstration this evening. The illuminations will be on an elAbnrntp a.Ia. i ne municipal band, under the leader prepared and the preacher, Rev. George I fh'P Lewis A. Scott, will render an Boddls, in waiting, the bride groom 1 ims is tne com niittee of arrangements: Robert L.

cnwartz, cnairman; L. Eddie Bower, secretary; Albert Miller, treasurer; Thomas Nolan, Daniel S. Dease, Herbert M. Boynton. ii.

s. Meek, Harry Egolf, Walter Russell, Miles Brendle and Charles SOME OUTINGS. The S. D. S.

will have an outing at Fields' Farm, near Womelsdorf today. The Socialists will hold a picnic at Babb's Woods today. There will be music and addresses. TOURING IN AN AUTO. Howard Longstreth and M.

Ash brook Griffith, of Philadelphia, left Reading yesterday afternoon to continue their Fourth of July outing tour to Wernersville and Lebanon, In their automobile. They left the Bellevue, Broad and Wal nut streets, at 1.30 clock Saturday afternoon and, with 40 minutes for stons. arrived in this city at 6.20 o'clock that evening. Their 14 batteries held well until a few miles from Reading, when they showed signs of playing out, and. at Ninth and Penn streets, they died entirely.

The tourists spent the night at the Monsion "mse and met a number of old friends. 1. I ijj.