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THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES. 10 WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1896. EPISCOPALIANS Ifl COUVEflTIOH C0TT0LENE C0TT0LENE COTTOLENE C0TT0LEJTE Aren't you tired of cooking flASTIJiGS OPEHS A JiEW HOSPITAL KEYS OF THE SHARON EDIFICE TURNED OVER BY THE GOVERNOR. and eating soggy, greasy, lard-shortened food? Use COTTOLENE the vegetable SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS Elections Held Yesterday in Every County In the State. The School Directors In all the counties of the State held meetings yesterday and elected County Superintendents for the ensuing three years.

In many cases the present in-cumbenuts were returned for another term. In several of the counties politics figured In the elections, but no trouble in making selections was reported from any county. The salary question was discussed by nearly all the boards, and In fully one-half of the counties the salary of the Superintendent was Increased, and in only one county was It decreased. Many City and Borough Boards also held meetings and selected City and Borough School Superintendents. The results of the elections throughout the State are as follows: Charles F.

Foster, Superintendent of the Chester City Schools, was re-elected by the School Board. He has held the position for many years. A new school district was formed by the South Chester School Board, aud Professor 3. C. Hackenberry, who has been supervising principal of the schools for the past two years, was elected Superintendent.

W. F. Zumbero was elected Superintendent of Franklin county's schools, at the salary of $1,500. A. G.

C. Smith, of Media, was re-elected Superintendent of Schools of Delaware county for his fourth term. C. D. Bogart, of Pittsburg, was elected Superintendent of Public Schools of Shenandoah for a term of three years.

Professor Eli M. Ilapp, of Hamburg, was elected Countv Superintendent of Public Schools of Berks, to succeed Professor William M. Zechmau. The salary was reduced from $2,500 to $2,000 per annum. Professor J.

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GATHERING AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. 112TH ENTIRE DIOCESE REPRESENTED The 112th Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Pennsylvania Was Held in St. Lake's Church Yesterday Two Hundred Delegates Were Present Bishop Whitaker Was Too 111 to Attend, But Sent His Annual Address Eloquent Address by Dr. Blanch-ard More Money Needed to Prosecute the Mission Work Another Meeting To-day. The one hundred and twelfth annual convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Pennsylvania met in St.

Luke's Church, Thirteenth street, near Spruce, yesterday morning. Upwards of two hundred delegates attended. The rectors and laymen of all the Episcopal churches in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties were present. The rector of the church constituted its clerical delegate and in addition three lay delegates were chosen by the congregation. Owing to the absence of Bishop Whitaker, who has been 111 for several days.

Rev. Dr. Benjamin Watson presided at the opening session. The convention opened with the impressive liturgy of service, which was read by Dr. Watson.

The annual sermon was preached by Rev. Joseph W. Blanehard, D. rector of St. James Church, "who took as his text St.

Mark 17: "Come ye after me and I will make you fishers of men." "The call to those two disciples," the reverend gentleman said, "had come sounding down through the ages and was now being echoed to the church. There are," he continued, "two thoughts In connection with the words of the text. First, they tell men what they are to do, and second, they tell what Christ Is to do." The sermon was delivered with an earnestness and a solemnity that went to the hearts of all. The sermon emphasized the need for a "diocesan consciousness" which would take the place of a "parochial consciousness" and give to the church broader views of the problems which confront It. Speaking of the diocese, the preacher called attention to the fact that it was the largest in the country, having 43.000 communicants and over 300 clergymen.

"The church," said the speaker, "was not facing a past, but a present and a futureit was facing in this city a popula-tlon-of 1,200,000 and in the diocese a population of 1,600,000." Bishop Whi taker's Address. The afternoon session convened at 2.30 o'clock, with the Rev. J. DeWolf Perry, D. presiding.

The regular order of business was taken up, and after reports had been read by the chairmen of the various committees the Bishop's address was read to the convention by the secretary. It referred to the fact that owing to the Bishop's illness the address was not so full and complete as It otherwise would have been. Tributes were paid to the memories of several workers in the church who have died since the meeting of the last convention. Mention was made of the fact that the number of men confirmed during the past year was much larger than It had been in any previous year. There was no remarkable activity In church building, but still progress and improvement could be noted in every direction.

A committee of three, whose duty it was to report to the convention the names of ten clergymen to serve as church triers, nominated for the purpose Joseph M. Blanchard, W. N. MeVfcker, David L. Bates, Simeon C.

Hill, R. P. Eastman, W. B. Bodine, J.

K. Murphy, T. S. Rumsey, T. A.

Diddoll and R. W. Micon. The thirty-seventh annual report of the Board of Missions of the SHADOWGRAPH OP DR. Diocese of Pennsylvania was then made to the convention.

The board reported that one hundred and sixty-five parishes and organized missions had been asked to contribute definite sums for the work of the diocesan missions, and that of these one hundred and thirty-three had given all or more than they were asked to; eleven had responded In part, and twenty-one had given nothing. Attention was called to the three largely-attended missionary mass meetings which had been held since the coming of Arch deacon Brady, to stir up Interest in missions. The loss of the Rev. Dr. S.

D. McConnell by nis removal to Brooklyn was reverted to. and to him the success of the convocation's system was declared to be In a large measure due. The board recommended the adop tion or the following resolution: "Resolved, That the parishes of the diocese be requested to contribute durfng the current year the sum of at least This resolution provoked considerable discussion. Many of the delegntes wanted the amount raised to $20,000 or $25,000, and after much debate the matter waa left over to be further considered to-day.

Great Missionary Work. Archdeacon Brady, by request, addressed the convention. He stated that missionary work In the outlying districts was being done with remarkable activity, and as to parochial missions the results were simply astonishing. These missions were being sustained with a generosity that was unparalleled. He spoke of the great need of money for evangelizing the Italians, French.

Jews, Chinese and negroes, and said there was no need to seek to extend the work in Pennsylvania unlil that now undertaken was better supported. More money was needed. It was not a question of work, but one of money with which to do the work. 0 The reports of the convocations of Chester, West Philadelphia, Norristown, Ger mantown. Northeast Philadelphia aud Southeast Philadelphia all showed the need of money to carry on the work.

Some of the speakers stated that there was no necessity to go abroad to seek the heathen when there are any number of them right In our own midst. The Church House Club extended an Invitation to the members of the convention to visit the Church House between the hours of 1 and 3 P. M. to-day and partake of the hospitality of the club. It was also announced that the reception which was to be tendered delegates at Bishop Whltaker's house to-night, would be tendered them at the Church House at the same time Instead, owing to the Bishop's Illness.

Dr. John Ashhurst, upon request, addressed GREAT shortening. COMPANY, Chicago, 132 N. Delaware REAL ESTATE NEWS A List of Permits Issued and Transfers Recorded Yesterday. George L.

Parker, real estate broker, 2019 Fairmount avenue, has just sold the three-story brick dwelling No. 871 North Twenty-third street to William F. Sauter TRANSFERS. Afton street, north side, 50 feet east Eighteenth street, H. R.

Deacon to E. T. Howey, May 2, 1896, 13x59, $1,800. Almond street, southeast side, and Clearfield street, northeast side, A. T.

Wadsworth to W. J. Espey, May 4, 1S90, 111.6x140, $5,500. street, west side, 90 feet north Ontario street, J. Harapson to A.

E. Ervln, May 4, 1898, 10x70, $450. Birch street, northeast side, and Amber street, southeast side, 475.8x51.8; Birch street, southwest side, and Amber street, southenst side, 476.4x51.8, George E. Kaer to Joseph Hoel, May 1, 189G, mortgages nominal. Butler street, north side, 109.8 feet east Sixteenth Rtreet, H.

Brocklehurst to H. L. Murphy, May 2. 1896, 15.7x77, $.1,000. Broad and Somerset streets, southeast corner, Lehigh Avenue Railway Company to E.

W. Porter, April 30, 1890, 20x265, Chew street, north side, 9S feet east of Twentv-first, J. McAndrews to M. McAn-drews, April 28, 189t. 24.6x125.

$850. Catharine street. No. 318. J.

Wtldman to E. Bass. Mnv 1, 1890, 16.0x91.6, mortgage of $2,200, S1.550. Cavuca street south side. 17.10 feet east of Sixteenth.

C. A. Stnrck to G. F. Grey, May 4, 1896, 18.6x06.6, mortgage of $1,200, nominal.

CallowhlM street 207.2V2 feet west of Fifty-eighth, D. V. Thorn to W. R. Brown, Mav 1, 1896, containing 1 5-1000 acres, mortgage of $2,000, $5,000.

Cabot street No. ls40. M. McAndrews to J. McAndrews, April 1 1896, 10x40.6, $1,800.

Christian street. No. P. F. Lowry to J.

McManus, May 1, 1896, 16x60, nominal. Coulter street, southeast side, and Wakefield street northeast side, OG.l'x.V.; Coulter southeast side, and Wakefield street, southwest side, 87.6x354.11. Jacob R. Heltz to James Mole, May 1, 1896, mortgages of $121,400, nominal. East Chelten avenue, northwest side.

225 feet southwest of Royer, D. Fitzpatrick to O. Jester. April 27, 186. 25x153.3, $1,300.

Emerald street, northwest side 86 feet noheast of Tioga, F. B. Neilson to M. Jones. Anril 29.

1896. 111x162. eround rent of $240, nominal. Kiirhth street, o. i44o ivorth.

A. LHckev to F. Josten, April 29, 1896, 16x102.9,, $2,700. Eleventh and Moyamensing avenue, northeast corner, T. Gibson to J.F.Betz.

March 23, 1896. 22.8x67.6, ground rent of $90. $2,100. Fairview avenue, southeast side, and Eighty-eighth street southwest side, W. G.

Hill to J. Batory, April 25, 1896, 25x100, $120. Fifteenth street, east side, 85.6 feet south of Suyder avenue, G. Mowbray to J. B.

Reichner, April 29, 1896, 16x60, $3,275. mrry-ronrrn street, soutnwest slue, and Gray's avenue, northwest side, Eugene Raymond to Jnne E. Uber, May 4, 1896, 175x 300, mortgage of $8,000, $20,000. Fifty-ninth street, east side, 294 feet north of Media, I. Ellis to A.

Wrlggins, March 30, 1896, 24x96.9 11-16, $400. George and St. John streets, northeast corner, M. RWehert to F. Jann, April 23, 1896, 18x77, $5,000.

Hamilton street, north side. 196 feet east of Nineteenth, Alfred C. Gibson to Hamilton Real Estate Company, April 20, 1896, 99.9V2sl78.11, $22,000. Kensington avenue. Nos.

3019-21, G. F. Parker to J. Shuttlework, May 2, 1896, each 16x66. $5,000.

Lancaster avenue. No. 4225. J. Stewart Hall to Benjamin F.

Bailey, Mav 4, 1M96, 20x95.314. mortgage of $4,600. $5,400. Same sold Beniamin F. Bailey to Emma H.

Hall, May 4. 1896. mortgages of $4,600 $5,400. Mnrkoe street, west side, 82.8 feet south of Westminster avenne, E. Howard to J.

B. McHugh, April 29, 1896, 14.4x70.2, ground rent of $90, $500. Mavfleld street. No. 637, F.

Woelfel to J. Berkovits. April 30. 1896, 14x50. $2,100.

Mercy street, south side, 358 feet west of Front street, B. W. Cooper to L. Lnndreth, Mav 2. 1SH6.

13x46, ground rent of $48. $25. Mt. Holly street, N'o. 1519, L.

G. Welschen-1 I (Chicago's Washington Hesing, Postmaster of the Gives His Opinion of to of N. NEW SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS Elections Held in Every County Yesterday for New School Superintendents and. Also In Many Boroughs for Borouch SuperintendentsAn Unsuccessful Test of One of the Armor Plates for the New Battleship Iowa at the Bethlehem Iron Company's Works News From All Over the State. Sharon, May 5.

Governor Hastings formally opened the new Sbamn-Sharpsville Hospital, in this city, to-day. The Governor arrived in Sharon at 11 o'clock on a special train, accompanied by Auditor General Amos Mylin, State Treasurer Benjamin Haywood and Assistant Auditor General C. W. Ray, Judge Wallace, of Lawrence county, and Judge Miller, of Mercer county. They were escorted to the home of Simon Verkins by State Senator Fruit and Ales McDowell, where they dined.

To-night the party were taken to the hospital, where over two thousand people were gathered. The Governor then addressed the large audience and surrendered the keys. Other prominent speakers were present and made addresses. It was decided to-night that the name of the hospital be changed to the C. H.

Buhl Hospital. Mr. Buhl, now deceased, was at one time one of Sharon's foremost manufacturers, who gave largely to the completing of the new hospital. COULD NOT STAND DISGRACE A Nanticoke Resident Commits Suicide After Being Accused of Embezzlement. Special Telegram to The Times.

Wilkesbarre. May 5. Last evening Steve Bartos, of Nanticoke, swore out a warrant for the arrest of Julius Tahy, of that place, charging him with embezzlement. Tahy was taken before Squire Gruver. who held him in $500 ball for his appearance at eonrt this evening.

At 11 o'clock this morning Tahy took a heavy dose of "rough on rats," and when discovered was in a critical condition. Dr. Evans was called, but despite his efforts Tahy sank until 3 o'clock this afternoon when he died. Bartns alleges that on December HI he gave Tahy $MS4 to send a relative in Hungary, and a few days ago learned that the money never reached its destination. MINNIE SW ANGER'S CASE The Young Altonna Girl Who Poisoned Her Uncle Placed In an Institution.

Hollid ays burg. May 5. Minnie Svran-ger, the 12-year-old Altonna girl who poisoned her uncle, William McGregor, by placing a dose of "rough on rats" in his coffee, was this morning sentenced by Judge Bell to the care and custody of the Children's Aid Society of Western Pennsylvania, in the society's institute at Pittsburg. The girl's grandmother, who also drank the deadly mixture, narrowly escaped death. The child's motive was to secure her grandfather's life insurance money.

Delaware County's Contested Audltorship. Special Telegram to THE TIMES. Chester, May 5. It will be necessnry for the Republican County Convention to reassemble to straighten out the matter of the nomination of a County Auditor. At the March convention Elias H.

West was declared to be the nominee of the party. It appeared later that the majority of the delegates were instructed to vote for Martin G. Vance for the office. Under the rules the instructions are binding, and where a dispute arises the instructions are counted regardless of the wishes of the delegate. The county committee took the matter up and found that Vance had a majority of the Instructions.

The chances are that the case will be taken to court, as friends of West say they will insist that the county convention cannot undo what it has done, whether that action was illegal or not. Bucks Connty School Directors. Special Telegram to The Times. Doyle stown. May 5.

The annual meeting of the Bucks County School Directors' Association was held here this afternoon and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, William Wyn-koop. of Newtown; vice presidents, William H. Moon, of Lower Makefield, and Benjamin Hough of Warrington; secretary, Charles Wilkinson, of Warwick: executive committee W. W. Hurley, of Rolebury; Thaddeus Kenderdine.

of Newtown; David Palmer, of Lower Maketield: John G. Cryon, of Bensa- Inm, and Holmes DeCoursey, of Warminster. After the reading of quite a number or lnreresnng papers ine convention journed, to meet again In October. ad- A Postmaster Under Suspension. Special Telesrara to THE TIMES.

Altoona, May 5. Postmaster J. W. McDonald, of Portage, Is on ten days' suspension, pending the straightening of his accounts, which are reported to be $1,000 short. A year ago John A.

Troxall was Tostmaster, but he was found guilty of embezzlement in office, and was convicted at the November term of the United States District Court and sent to the Penitentiary. A. B. Smith succeeded Mr. Troxall, but his term of orflce was short, as his accounts were round to ne wrong.

He made good his shortage and went free, being succeeded by McDonald, who is now under suspension. Miss Esther Thompson Is temporarily in charge of the office. Forest Eire Raging Near Milford. Special Telegram to THE TIMER. Milford, May 5.

A bad forest fire Is now burning in Milford and West Fall townships, about four miles from this village. It started in Porter township on Sunday and already burned over five miles of heavy timber. Pierce's saw-mill on Mill creek was burned this morning and half a dozen bams and several miles of fences are gone. Farmers to the number of fifty are fighting the flames, which are approaching the turnpike between Milford and Port Jervis. Will Keep His Money in Bank Hereafter.

Special Telegram to The Times. Allentown, May 5. Henry Keiser, a wealthy resident of Alburtis, came to town to-day with $3,000 in gold and three bags of silver, aggregating several thousand dollars more, which he deposited in a bank. He had been keeping the money In his house, but a day or two ago a grandson found the hiding-pace and appropriated $100. The youngster's grandfather soon grew suspicious and counted his money and found the $100 shortage.

The Heading Archdeaconry. Special Telegram to The Times. Reading, May 6. The spring meeting of the Archdeaconry of Reading ended to-night. The Archdeaconry has chiefly to do with local mission work and the business was on this line exclusively.

All reports were of a very encouraging nature. Addresses were made by Rev. C. L. Fitchott, of Lansford; Rev.

J. B. May, of Pottsville, and Rev. E. B.

Smith, of Hazleton. A Salvation Army Jubilee. Special Telegram to The Times. Pottstown, May 5. The Salvation Army celebrated the marriage of one of their leading memhers, Thomas Aitendorfer, to Miss Clara Liggett, a well-known public school teacher.

They were married in Philadelphia by Brigadier Will tarn Evans. The event was styled a jubilee welcome to a Salvation Army bridegroom and his bride. Primitive Methodists in Session. Special Telegram to The Times. Shamokin, May 5.

Eighty Primitive Methodist ministers were present at the opening session of the Pennsylvania Conference of that church here to-day. The afternoon meeting was devoted to the preliminary business. This evening devotional services were held. The conference will take up Us routiae work to-morrow. Phifada.

del to F. M. Knoedel, May 4, 1896, 14x46, $950. New street, No. 115, L.

Rosin to B. Brody, May 4. ISittl. 17.6x73.6, $3,600. Newkirk street.

No. 12M, H. Gnvnor to R. McDonald, April 23, 1896, 15x47.6, ground rent $48, $525. Park avenue, No.

2301, James A. Clampltt to Anthonv M. Zane, May 2, 1896, 18x107, mortgages $10,000. $1,000. Pine and Ninth streets, southeast corner, Patrick J.

Ryan to Young Woman's Boarding Home Association, April 27, 1896, 22x162, $13,000. Pnii-Ellena street, northwest side, E. T. Stotesbury to F. E.

P. Ward, April 23, 1896, 33.4x134.2. $7,000. Poplar and Ninth streets, southwest corner, R. De Cou to R.

P. De Coii, November 20, 1S94, 46.2x53, ground rent $103.95, $2,600. Poquessing avenue, southwest side. Thirty-fifth ward, L. J.

Ridge to E. Carter, April 28, 1896, 53.6x129.2, mortgages $2,500, nominal. Ridge avenue, No. 3257, O. A.

Guenthner to J. A. Goll, April 25, 1890, 15.0x74.1,, $4,300. Summer street, south side, 70 feet west of Fifteenth street, C. C.

Roberts to A. Berg- strom. May isuti, ni.sxfii, $3,025. Snyder avenue. No.

517, M. Viereck to J. Robinson, April 30, 1896, 18x62.6, $2,330. Somerset street, south side, and east side of Philip street, M. If.

Smith to J. R. Barber, April 28, 1896, 15x50. mortgage $2,000, $2,000. Susquehanna avenue, northeast side, 113.4 feet northwest of Belgrade street, H.

B. Luffberry to the Peon Asylum for Indigent Widows and Single Women of the District of Kensington, April 28, 1896, 18x123.5, $4,000. Sixth street, east side, 20 feet north of Huntingdon sfeet, w. K. Huckley to W.

muuiis, Ajtru 1v-jo, lOXldU-lU'i, mort gage or j.uuu, Sixteenth street, No, 4314 North, J. B. Huefner to A. Lieh. May 2, 1S96, 14x69, mortgage of $1,000, $600.

Tioga street, No. 1824, K. I. Hartman to M. schaertio.

May 4, ikuu. 20x138, nominal. Tenth street, No. 3009 North, 0. I.

Convery to J. Forbes, May 1, 1896, 15x69.6, mortgage of $1,800, $1,000. Tenth street, east side, 300 feet south of Ruseomb street, W. H. Eastburn to A.

Weber. May 2. 1896, 80x138.1134, $1,124. Tenth street, east side, ISO feet north of Champlost street, R. Hope to E.

W. Vau-deerift, March 14, 1896, 20x85.314. $200. Twelfth street, west side. 29.9 feet south Dauphin street, A.

H. Ross to C. Klebe, April 24, 1896, 118.3H by irregular shape, $8,000. Twenty-second street, east side, 33 feet south of Fernon street, A. Moore to A.

Munion. May 4, 1896, 16x66, ground rent of $84. $1,600. Thirty-three and One-half street, east side, 115.6 feet and 129.1 l'fc feet north of Cumberland street, J. F.

Moss to Horace H. Taylor. April 29. 1890. 28.11Vjx4S.6.

$3,200. Westmoreland street. No. 1839, E. de S.

Kennedy to K. Bauer, February 25. 1896, 14x73.112, mortgage of $1,400, nominal. Windsor avenue. No.

4810, H. B. Helfrlch G. E. Gaskill.

May 4, 1896, 25x113, mortgage of $6,250, $350. Woodstock street, east side, 123 feet north Tasker street, G. F. pfander to J. Pflegeu, May 1, 1896, 14x50, $1,200.

A Delightful Public Evenlnc" The first "Public Evening" of the Young People's Lyceum of the Church of the Epiphany, Chestnut and Eighteenth streets, was given last night under the direction of Miss Maude A. Cobb, with the assistance of Mrs. Hackett-Cooper, contralto; Miss Helen Davis Fogg, violinist, and Miss Lederman, pianist. Among the many prominent young people taking part were Miss Adeie Y. Cobb, Miss Gengenbach, Miss Rountree, Miss Mo-rozzi, Miss Joly, Miss Kayser, Miss Barger, Miss Brown.

Miss Brannix. Miss Deveney and Miss McDonald and Messrs. Gengenbach, Vaughan, Anthony, Mills, Wrigley, Rogers, Burk and Morozzi. Str Charles Pearson a Judge. London, May 5.

Sir Charles Pearson (Conservative), M. P. for Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities, has accepted a Scotch Judgeship. This will render his seat In the House of Commons vacant.

Sir Charles Is a Queen's Counsel, and at one time was Solicitor General for Scotland. Borough Superintendent of Norristown schools for the ensuing three years, at an increased salary of $1,800. Hhe has been superintendent since 1S72. J. K.

Miller, of Bloomsburg. was elected Superintendent of Columbia county's schools. There were four candidates in the field. Mr. Miller, who is a graduate of the State Normal School of Bloomsburg, was elected on the first ballot, receiving 94 of the 154 votes cast.

The School Directors of Hazleton city, Hazle and Foster townships elected superintendents for the ensuing year. For Hazleton David A. Harman was re-elected without opposition, nfts was also. John Mulhall In Hnzle township. In Foster township Joseph Ga brio was elected.

G. T. Cooper, of Lewistoo, present superintendent of Mifflin county, was re-elected Superintendent of Schools by a vote of 67 to 7. The Carlisle School Board re-elected Professor S. B.

Shearer as Borough Superintendent of Public Schools at a salary of $1,200. The Lancaster City School Board elected Professor R. K. Ruehrle superintendent for the next three years at a salary of $2,000. The Coluubla City School Board re-elected Professor S.

H. Joinan Borough Superintendent for three years. Professor Addison Jones was elected Superintendent of West Chester School at an increased salary of $1,500. He has held the positiou for severnl years and was formerly one of the faculty of the West Chester State Normal School. Perry county School Directors re-elected Joseph M.

Arnold Superintendent of Public Schools for a term of three years. The salary was fixed at $1,000 per annum. J. George Becht, of Williainsport, was unanimously re-elected Superintendent of Schools of Lycoming county. Henry E.

Raesley, of Wellshoro, was reelected Superintendent of Schools of Tioga county, at a salary of $2,000 a year. E. F. Porter, of Uniontown, was re-elected Superintendent of Fayette County Schools, receiving 117 votes out of 2JW on the first ballot. Professor Porter is a Democrat.

C. J. Potts was re-elected Superintendent of Bedford County Schools for his third i term. I William H. Slotter was elected Superin- I tendent of Bucks county oyer S.

A. Marks, principal of Doylestown High School. This is his fourth term as Superintendent. The salary was fixed at $1,500. Professor D.

S. Keath was re-elected Superintendent of Altoona City Schools at a salary of $1,800, an Increase of Professor Keath has held the office of Superintendent since 1ST 4. The Pottstown School Board re-elected W. W. Rupert Borough Superintendent and continued his salary at $1,500 per year.

Professor Alvin Rupp was re-elected Superintendent of Lehigh County Schools at the salary of 51,500 per annum. He was also re-elected Superintendent of Allentown Schools by the Allentown School Controllers and Directors at the salary of $1,500. This is his second term as City Superintendent. Professor D. H.

Gardner wns re-elected Superintendent of York County Schools. Professor A. Wanner was re-elected Superintendent of York City Schools. Professor T. H.

Serfas was re-elected Su-nerlntendent of Monroe Couuty Schools. W. F. Hoch was elected Superintendent of iNortnnmpron wcnoois. W.

W. Cottingham was re-elected Superintendent of Easton Schools. Professor R. F. Hofllcker, of Norristown, was elected Superintendent of Montgomery Schools for the seventh successive term.

His salary was fixed at $2,500, an increase of $100. C. L. Gramley, of Rebersburg, was unanimously re-elected Superintendent of Centre County Schools. His salary was increased from $1,500 to Homer M.

Putnam, of Warren, was reelected Superintendent of Warren County Schools. George Sawyer, of Mil Rift, was re-elected Superintendent of Pike county without a dissenting vote. Professor Ira L. Bryner, of Shlppensburg, Republican, was elected Superintendent of Schools of Cumberland county, defeating A. J.

Keitzel. Democrat, the present Incumbent, by 83 lo -SO. It was an exciting contest and was not decided until the sixth ballot. F. B.

Harrison was re-elected Superintendent of Luzerne county schools. Professor G. W. Weiss was re-elected Superintendent of Schuylkill county schools. His salary was fixed at $2,050.

George W. Mcllhenny, of Harrisburg, was elected Superintendent of Dauphin county schools over Robert M. McNeal, the present incumbent. Professor M. J.

Brecht was re-elected Superintendent of the schools of Lancaster county. His salary was fixed at $2,500. Professor G. W. Weaver, of Curwens- ville.

was re-pleeted Superintendent of the schools of Clearfield county after a hard political fight for the office. Professor i Weaver Is a Democrat. David L. Hower, of Hollidaysburg. was elected County Superintendent of Wayne, sueceedln gJames Kennedy.

A. S. Belsel, of Mauch Chunk, was reelected County Superintendent of Carbon. W. A.

Snyder, present County Superintendent of Clinton, wns re-elected. J. W. Thomas was elected for his third ttm County Superintendent of Adams. Charles Lose, of Phillipsburg, was reelected City Superintendent of Schools of Willinmsport.

John S. Walton, who has been for nine years County Sunerintendent of Chpstnr was re-elected by a vote of 146 to 10. THINGS PENNSYLVANIAN Colonel John A. Woodward has resigned as superintendent of the Chautauqua course of home reading In agriculture of State College. Jacob Heyser.

of Chambersburg, recording clerk at the Department of Public Instruction at Harrisburg, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his wedding on Tuesday. Lieutenant A. R. Panton, Fifteenth Infantry, on duty In the office of the Adjutant General, inspected under directions of the War Department the military company located at Franklin and Marshall College on Tuesday. Lieutenant Home Is in charge of the military department of the college at Lancaster, and great progress has been made during the year.

John Atlee, son of William Aug. Atlee, of Lancaster, Is the can-tain. District Attorney John R. Jones, of Scran-ton, Is endeavoring to organize an association of the district attorneys of the sixty-seven counties of Pennsylvania. The meeting will be held In Scranton about the middle of July next, and papers will he read on matters touching criminal law and criminal courts.

Judge Edwards will deliver the principal address. FINEST FLAVOR FAIREST PRICE, Cocoa THE N. K. FAIRBANK the convention regarding the Bishop's health. He stated that there was every reason to hope that the Bishop would be convalescent in a few days.

The convention then took a recess, to convene again at 9.30 A M. to-day. LIGHT THROUGH HIS BODY Dr. A W. Goodspeed Secures an Excellent X-Kay Radiograph of His Spinal Column.

Dr. A. W. Goodspeed. who has made scores of successful X-ray shadowgraphs at the University laboratory, has succeeded In getting a likeness of his spinal column and ribs.

The ribs are somewhat dim, as the exposure was a little too long. The tube used is a modification of the English Orookes tube, and Is much larger. It was manufactured by the L. K. Knott Company, of Boston, after designs made by Dr.

Goodspeed. It is four inches In diameter. This tube was but two feet from the negative, which was 16 by 20 inches and was placed on a table, while the subject, Dr. Goodspeed. lay exactly on top of it for 45 minutes.

The distortion of the bones in the QOODSPEED'S BODY. region of the neck Is due to the proximity of the tnhe to the plate. The degree of exhaustion of the tube Is not exactly known; but it Is believed that the tube is rapidly approaching1 Its best condition and will shortly begin to deteriorate, when another one will have to be procured. In the picture of a fleshy person, the developed negative shows three degrees of density, caused by fat, muscle and bone. Dr.

Goodspeed Is of the belief, however, that the discovfry will never be of use lu studying skin diseases, but has of late spent much time In gaining true representations of the normal condition of the bones in the body of a healthy person In order that he may be able to recognize an abnormal or diseased bone when he has a picture of it before him. Dr. Goodspeed believes they will be able to treat kidney trouble bv means of the X-rays, but thinks that will be the only human organ they will be able to approach in this way. He has recently given the contract to a New York firm to make lantern slides for his plates for purposes of Instruction. His last picture is the largest and most comprehensive one of the human body yet taken.

The MennonlteCharch- Speclnl Telegram to The Times. Pottstown, May 5. The Eastern District Conference of the Mennonlte Church met in the Mennonlte Church, at Boyerstown, today, with a large attendance of ministerial and lay delegates. The opening services were conducted by Rev. B.

Grubb, of Philadelphia, the retiring president, assisted by Allen M. Fretz, of Souderton. Plana were discussed for establishing a home for the aged of the church. The Frederick Institute, at Frederick, has been purchased by the conference, aud will be used for the home. No Strike Expected Here.

There will be no strike of the Adams Express Company's employes In this city. That is what the manager, John Q. A. Herring, said yesterday morning. "Our men here, as well as in Baltimore and Washington, are not going to strike.

We are all working harmoniously together. In New York there have been some reductions in salaries, but so have there been elsewhere here in Philadelphia, as well as In other cities. It is true that the men sometimes have to work long hours. As a rule they do not work longer than some other classes of men who do not get nearly as good pay as they." Shoemaker's Case to be Argued at Erie. The appeal of Lawyer W.

H. Shoemaker, who was debarred from practicing In the Philadelphia courts for suborning witnesses during the trial of Murderer Holmes, will be argued bpfore the Superior Court when It meets at Erie, the last week of the term. If It were possible to grow finer tobacco. Five Brothers' plug might be bettered but It isn't. QUESTIONS ANSWERED Information Given to Correspondents Every Wednesday and Sunday.

J. H. think the Old Man's Home, at Powelton avenue and Thirty-ninth street, is non-sectarian. Barnes, Kansas. Write to William Cramp of Philadelphia, for such information as you want about ship-building.

Y. M. A. Webster and Worcester both give preference to the pronunciation Pmsh-ya and Rush-ya, for Prussia and Kussia, though they allow Proosh-ya and Roosh-ya. The Century gives only the first pronunciation.

Geoffrey. Tha-lf-a Is accented on the second syllable, with the i long. The-atre or the-a-ter is accented on the first syllable. To accent Thalia on the first syllable ami theatre on the second are very common errors. N.

G. We regret that we cannot give you the information you need on the subject of your debate, but want of time must be our excuse for declining. The Times often receives requests of that kind, but a moment's reflection will show you that the members of Its staff cannot undertake to respond to them. J. S.

B. A very Interesting article on the origin of surnames will shortly be published in Our Boys aud Girls page of The Times. It was prepared by one who has made a close study of the subject. The best book that we can think of for you to read is one that was published In London, 1875. It is by Charles Wareing Bardsley, and the title is "English Surnames; Their Sources and Schoolboy.

1. A prisoner of wnr Is a soldier of one side captured by the other side during hostilities. 2. In civilized warfare the death penalty Is never iuflicted upon a prisoner except, in rare cases, as mi act of retaliation for the putting to death of a prisoner held by the other side. 3.

The circumstances you recite would not make a prisoner liable to the death penalty, but if captured within the enemy's lines as a spy, he would be so liable. J. D. J. Robert Fmory Pattison, ex-Governor of Pennsylvania, was born at Quan-tlco, Maryland, December 8, 1850.

He received his education in the public schools of Philadelphia, having graduated at the Central High School, where he delivered the valedictory address. His father, Robert Henry Pattison, was a native of Maryland, but at the time of his death, February 14. 1875, was one of the most prominent Methodist Episcopal preachers of Philadelphia. M. S.

Women have the full right of suffrage in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. William A. Richards, Cheyenne, is the Governor of Wyoming; Albert W. Mclntire, Denver, of Colorado, and Heber M. Wallis, Suit Lake City, of Utah.

Woman suffrage, to a limited extent, chiefly as to taxation and school matters, exists also In the following States: Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts. Michigan, Minnesota, Montana. Nebraska New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin. A. L.

S.Nearly all the papers that publish a Sunday edition buy short stories, but few of them buy verses. The best way to find out what kind of stories are most available is to notice those that the papers print. So many writers are offering their matter that It Is impossible to sell anything that has not real merit Your best plan would be to otter what you have, and if one paper does not want it, offer it to another. Stories are not always declined by the editors because they are lacking in merit, but for many other Therefore, a story that one paper finds unavailable might suit another. V.

L. K. Lincoln did not make that remark about General The story Is that when somebody told the President that Grant was In the hi'ibit of drinking too much whisky, Lincoln answered: "Tell me what the brand is and I'll send a barrel to each of the other generals." Now. this story was a pure invention, being part of an account of an imaginary banquet at Delmon-leo's written bv Miles O'Reilly, in 1862. Miles O'Reilly 'was Charles G.

Halpiue's pen-name. The sentiment expressed by the words was not original with Mr. Halpine. A similar story Is told of George of England. Some one told him that General Wulfe was mad.

"Is he?" answered the king; "then I wish he would bite some of my other generals." 9 6 4 Si Postmaster a Leader Among Men. Great Chicago Office to the Public at Large. Foremost among the prominent men of Chicago is Washington Hesing, scholar, journalist and man of affairs. Clean cut, with advanced ideas on the ereat problems of the times, cultured and refined, the beneficiary of the best ii educational institutions of two continents, a recognized leader, and to a great extent the political guide and adviser of an element composing one-third of Chicago's population. With his many popular and business trusts Mr.

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