The Conshohocken Recorder, April 23, 1901

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No. 2019 CONSHOHOCKEV, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1901 $1 PLIi YEAR
NOTLS OF OUR TOWN
ITEMS OF INTEREST CONCERNING
THE PEOPLE OF OUR
BOROUGH
V\ lien Mi - Carrii Nation
Hcsn vs sum.' i e, i. ation,
(ir lively occupation,
wni. due deliberation,
And mini determination.
Bhe leaves hei habitation,
Ami makes a demonstration
Against Intoxication,
ball,
»l> .ries.
cleaning;.
lit' cream so<ia.
Mrs. \v. A. Cooper has returned
from Atlantic City.
A Boston Ten will l>e given at the
hiu.ic of Mr. William Hallowell on
Blghtli avenue tins evening) in .ilii of
tin building hud of the Baptist
Church.
iha Wile ami Mies Pearl
Hank, of Norristown and Mr. Frank
Kline- of Philadelphia were visiting
in this borough mi Sunday at the res-idence
u( Mr. Wright Spare.
A tea will be given In the Parish
linn.;.' »f Calvary Church mi Wednes-day
evening. An entertainment will
be glvi D by the oholr in the upperroom
ol iii- building beginning at eight
o'clock,
Bmnia Townaend ami Samuel Town-send
were united in matrimony, by
Rev, .i. i". Bheppard on Saturday even
ing. Following the eeremony a recep-tion
was held at their home on F.lni
street.
Mr. Charles Boylan formerly of the
Ward Hotel of this borough, w'hleh he
reoenUy sold to Mr. McConathy. of
mont has bought the Montgomery
House from Mrs. Corrigan and took
i on Saturday.
win n tin -,!>.- to lie "destructive''
an,i runaways are not "exriting." then
deaths will no longer be considered
sad," and "quiet" weddings will be
nut loud: then, and not till than, will
all reporters be deaf, dumb, and blind.
.lames Murphy tiled on Saturday at
his home, corner of spring Mill ave-nue
and lones street The funsral
were held this morning
at eight o'clock. Mass was cele-d
;II St Matthew's Church, the in-ter
in being made in St. Matthew's
I rj.
Charles Nagle. a well known stone
mason dli d on Friday night at his
home on Sixth avenue, after a linger-
Ing illness. Deoassed is survived by
a wife two SOUS and a daughter. The
funeral services occurred at 1 o'clock
this afternoon. Interment was made
ai Barren Hill Cemetery.
The tlrsl sheet of tin iron made In
this borough Is now in (he Recorder
Office. 1' was rolled In Mr. Stanford's
Plymouth Hollintl Mill ami was tinned
at tin- Philadelphia establishment of
Merchant ■ Company. This is the be-ginning
of an industry that may have
■pit iiilhl result! for this borough.
Mr. Qeorg) Koch, of this borough
entertained a huge number of friends
at his home on Saturday evening.
Person:- were present from NorrlBtOWn,
Manayunk, Philadelphia ami this bor-ough.
Music was furnlBned by the
Jacobs orchestra from West Manayunk.
Mandolin solos were played by Mr. and
Mrs. Chas Sloan of Philadelphia.
Oliver l!. KcClements, WHO for sever-al
mouths past has been an assistant
In the drug store of Coroner Charles
11. Ashton, iiunor of Arch and Airy
streets, Norristown, has tendered his
nation to take effect on Saturday
of this (reek Mr. M. elements has ac-cepted
a similar position with Phar-macist
C. F. McCoy, of this borough
ami will i lit. I' the lower store, Fayette
1 above Him on Monday of next
Mr. John Duffy's leg was amputated
on Saturday afternoon by Drs. Hall
ami Highley at his home on Fayette
street. The amputation was made nec-essary
by blood poisoning that result-ed
from a slight cut on one of his toes.
The cut was made ahoul three months
ago, anil nothing was thought of It at
the time, hut it did not heal ami bis
whole loot in came painful. Dr. Hall
W8 i onsulted who diagnosed the caw
as blood poisoning. The foot was
I .1 hut grew- worse, and the ampu-tation
was decided on to relieve Mr.
Hufty from pain and to prevent the
spread of the poisoning to the other
parts of the body. He stood the opera-tion
very well and is doing nicely. His
recovery is expected.
While conducting services in St.
Mark's Church on Sunday morning.
Hi v .1 'I". C.lailhill was taken 111 and
was compelled to be removed to his
home. He had Just stepped forward to
make the announcements, prior to de-llvering
his sermon, when he was tak-en
ill. Members of the congregation
hastened to his side and found die min-ister
suffering severely and unable to
• continue. Elder J. 'Warren Sllchter
took charge of the service, which was
Changed to one of prayer for the pastor
and then dismissed. Though he later
recovered from the attack, Rev. oiad-hlll
was unable to conduct the evening
service. He Is considerably improved
now, lie has been suffering from rheu-matism
for some time, which has at-tacked
his heart.
"A neighbor ran In with a bottle of
Ohnmherlain's Colic. Cholera and Di-arrhoea
Remedy when my son was suf-fering
with severe cramps and was giv-en
up as beyond hope by my rogular
physician, who stands high In his pro-fession.
After administering three dos-es
of It, my son regained consciousness
and recovered entirely, within twenty-four
hours," says Mrs. Mary Haller. of
Mi Crawford, Vt. This Remedy is for
sale by Win. Neville.
Long clays.
The loafers are out.
QOOd for growing things.
The Pan-American Exposition at
Buffalo; will open May 1.
James Fogarty. of Connaughtown, Is
COB fined to his home by Illness.
The Alan Wood Company had an-oib.
r puddling furnace started yester-daj.
Constable M. F. Stemple Is conllmii
io bis home, threatened with pneumo-nia.
Mi" Clover A. C. will give a hop In
I'. (). S. of A. Hall on Saturday even-
Ing. There Will lie a prize waltz.
Miss M. McShane, who was visiting
her sister, Mrs. Henry M. Tracy, has
returned to her home in Montreal.
The puddling furnaces of the Ply-mo
ilh Rolling Mill were started yes-terday.
There are now alwut 100 men
employed in the mill.
Mi. and Mrs. Charles I.ttkcns have
returned home from Atlantic City. Mr.
Lukcns and family will sail for En-rope
on Saturday of next week.
This evening Miss Jennie Hefllefln-gOT
"ill he married to William Griffith.
Ih»- clerk at the Pennsylvania Roil
Road freight office, at the home of the
bride's parents on north Elm street
Caladoninn A. C. will start a series
of dances In the P. 0. 8. of A. Hall
lasting through the season, commenc-ing
April 27. Jnmes Cooney will he
lloor manager.
The banquet and rece-ptlon to the Y.
M. A A. basket ball team, was tend-reil
to them by the athletic association
on Friday evening in their rooms In
the Murray building. About fifty
persons were present. Mr. and Mrs.
Edward l.ightham led the march.
The Treasurer, Mrs. J. K. Weaver, of
Woman's Auxiliary Charily Hospital,
reports the following contributions
from Lutheran churches of Montgom-ery
county for the month of March
1901:
Fort Washington Sunday school, per
Mrs. T. F. Conover, $3.
St Mark's, Consholiocken, per Mrs.
Wm. P. Ely. J12.26.
Whitcmarsh, per Mrs. M. F. Scheetz.
!- supplies, |1.50.
St. Peter's. Barren Hill, per Mrs.
Daniel Stalcy, JU.68.
Cash contributions, per Miss Kate
Hulling*. $13.25.
The novelty of seeing a girl with red
hair and finding the white horse has
taken i- back seat and the more excit-ing
experience of counting the women
With blue dresses and white yokes has
i.il - n its place" said a lady. "About
:til minutes on Fayette street most any
evening will convlnrc any resonnble
person that this style of dress Is the
most popular of modern times. In that
length of time a dozen or more dresses
aiade of that kind of material and In
(hat manner were counted. That, of
course did not Include the light blues,
purples and other colors made In that
style. It would not be hard to find
enough of these uniforms on the street
to form a regiment.
THE JELC0 MINSTRELS
The Jelco Minstrels, which Is com-posed
of the Printing Department of
the J. Ellwood Lee Co., of this bor-ingh
gave their first entertainment in
(!. A. R. Hall on last Saturday evening.
Notwithstanding the very Inclement
weather there was a very large and en-ihiisinstic
attendance. They were as-sisted
by several local singers In ad-dition
to the orchestra of 10 pieces. The
following Is the programme which was
ao well rendered hat the company has
. iced numerous requests to repeat
(lie performance:
The performance opened with the
troupe singing "Kubc Jenkins." The
curtain was then drawn aside and pre-ented
a delightful scene of eleven
sailors with blue blouses and white
trousers and four men. Mr. Nathan
A'illliims and Harry Mailman. Tam-
IKXJ: and Mr. L. F. Magee and James
Myce. Hones. Mr. Williams sang "My
Dnrk Virginia Rose," Mr. Dale, tenor,
Message to Mother." Mr. Mailman,
tnd song, "Queen of Charcoal Alley;"
li. (b-orge Addy. "I Wonder If She's
Walling." This ended the first part of
(he performance and the premier end
men were Introduced, Mr. Charles and
William Bateman, who sang a parody
entitled "Our Boarding House." Mr.
'.rant Itolton, "She's Mine, all Mine,"
Ir. Win. Bateman, "Just Because she
made them goo-goo eyes," Mr. Albert
itittenhnuse. - "Only a Rosebud;" Mr.
Charles Bateman, "Night was made for
"oons;" Mr, Wlnfleld Hartzell. "The
Storm Fiend;" Mr. Ellas Ootwals,
Asleep in the Deep;" Mr. BenJ. Evans
end Quartette. "One Little Word," all
i f which was vigorously applauded.
Master Eddie Williams and Miss Wil-liams
were next in order In their Iniml-ible
darkiy songs and the Bateman
bothers in their Impersonation Liza
'lioinpson and Sam Jackson was very
. reditably rendered. The Jelco Man-dolin
Club also received a large share
i f the applause and are deserving of
spaeml mention. Misses Ella and Mag-la
Addy and Mr. L. Frank Magee car-i
led away the honors of the evening In
: Sketch entitled "Tom's Return." In
which they more than fulfilled expecta-tions.
Mr. Nathan Williams, the manager,
has had numerous requests to repeat
the performance. The officers are
Nathan Williams, President and Mana-
\lr. C. C. Parker, Treasurer, Mr.
Joan C.oldi-ti. Stage Manager; anil Mr.
Oeorge 0. Young. Musical director.
Dr. Mason K. Mover, Dentist 16 1st ave
WRECK ON PLYMOUTH BRANCH
A head-on collision which occurred
on Saturday morning on the Plymouth
branch of the Beading Railway, near
Tyrol station, resulted in the death of
one man and the injury of several
others. The accident occurred a few
minutes after 7 o'clock, just after pas-senger
(rain No. 970 left Tyrol station,
west bound. The engine of this train
was struck head on by the engine of
a coal train going east.
The forco of the collision shattered
the windows of the passenger coaches
and threw passengers from their seats.
engineer John Fallows, of the pass-enger
train, of Conshohocken. was in-stantly
killed, and Orant Elsie, fireman
of the coal (rain, was seriously injured.
The scene of the accident Is three
miles from Conshohocken. A wreck-ing
crew had the damaged cars re-moved
and the track, a single one,open
for resumption of traffic by noon.
There were severnl passengers cut by
flying glass and bruised by being hurl-ed
from their seats, but no case of a
serious nature except those mentioned
were reported to the Reading officials
In Philadelphia.
Coroner Ashton stated yesterday
that he has as yet been unable to de-cide
when ho will hoM the inquest on
the death of Joseph Fallows, thi en-gineer,
who was killed in Saturday
morning's wreck on the Plymouth
Railroad. It will be held, however as
soon as possible.
Ornnt Kislny. the fireman who was
badly Injured In the wreck Is doing
nicely at the Jewish Hospital, Phila-delphia,
nnd Is expected to he about In
several weeks.
Miss Brooke of Plymouth, who was
also injured in the wreck, has recov-ered
sufficiently to lie about.
Fallows, the dead engineer will be
burled on Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock from his Oreland borne. Be-sides
having his skull fractured he was
crushed generally, being caught, be-tween
the two locomotives, and be-fore
be could be removed his legs were
burned to the knees, as his engine
caught fire In the collision. In his
death a widow is left with six small
children. He was in his thirty-sixth
yesr.
The crew of the passenger train con-sisted
of conductor George Ely. engi-neer
JoBcph Fallows, fireman John R.
MaII-nan. Imggagemaster Charles Lylc,
Brakemen Charles McCool and Horace
Heffelflnger. All escaped injury ex-cept
Fallows, who was killed, and Ely,
who had his moiKh cut and Injured by
being hurled to the floor of the ear in
the colllson.
ODDS AND ENDS.
The Tennessee House of Representa-tives
has passed a bill which provides
that members of that body shall be
"docked" the full amount of their per
diem allowance for each day's absence
from the legislative sessions.
■ as
Representative Haldomnn says the
Orphans' Court bill will become a law.
We hope the bill he introduced making
the Mercantile Appraiser an elective
officer, will also pass. It Is one of the
best bills In our opinion, which has
been introduced at this session.—Jen-kintown
Times-Chronicle.
Only a brief summary of Mr. Cleve-land's
two recent lectures on the Vene-zuela
Affair was given to the public—
the lectures having been especially
copyrlghter for appearance In the June
nnd July numbers of The Century Mag-azine.
Few except special students
are aware of the long history of the
connecllon of the United States with
the subject. Among the interesting
points brought out In the lectures and
not reported, mny be mentioned Mr.
Cleveland's scathing remarks on the
relation of the Senate to treaties for-mulated
by the executive branch of
the government. The lectures consti-tute
Mr. Cleveland's most Important
contribution to history.
• • •
Two vast schemes, combining geo-graphical
and commercial, on a mng-nlfletent
engineering .scale, are now
being discussed. One of these is the
reconversion of the great Sahara ties
crt, which was once an inland sen. to
Its former state; that Is. It is argued
a canal sixty miles long, connecting
with the Atlantic the Immense depres
slon which runs close up to the coast
n'nrly midway between the twentieth
and thirtieth parallels of latitude
would solve the problem. The water
would not, nf course, cover the entire
surface of the desert, here nnd there
l-ori iocs remaining above sea level,
these bSOOtnlng the Islands of th" new
Sahara •■■ an Another proposed en-terprise
in (his line is (hat which has
In contemplation the submersion of
(he Yuma desert In Southern Califor-nia,
and this plan. If carried on*, will
involve a tract of absolutely uninhabi-table
territory comprising nearly thir-teen
thousand square miles, and the
greater portion of which lies between
five hundred and one thousand feel
below s<a level. Prodigious as are
these plans, modern ( engineering sci-ence
views their realization as among
the, possibilities of the future.
A NOTABLE CONSHOHOCKEN WEDDING CUT OF SCHOOL AP-PROPRIATION
LEGAL
GOVERNOR STONE'S VETO OF THE
111,000408 APPROPRIATION IS
LEGAL
Courtesy of Philadelphia Inquirer.
One of the most notable weddings honeymoon in Washington and other
i VST held in the borough WUB that of
Miss Anna Cleaver De-Haven, the
daughter of Mr. John P. DeHaven and
Mr. Oscar Thompson Wood, the son of
Mr. .lames Wood.
The ceremony was performed at
eight o'clock last evening In Calvary
Episcopal Church by the rector. Rev.
Herbert J. Cook.
The, bride, who was given away hy
her father, wore a gown of heavy
white Matin, trimmed with Duchess
lace and Duchess satin and a full veil
caught together with orange blossoms.
nnd was attended by Miss Aline Wood,
of Washington, D. C. as maid of hon-or.
She was gowned In pale blue silk
mull trimmed with Renaissance wrought
with gold and chiffon. Mr. Herbert
S. Mauch was best man. The ushers
were Messrs. Charles Fulmer, lx>uis
Klabe and Ralph DeHaven, of Phila-delphia,
and C. Alan Calne of this bor-ough.
Following the ceremony a reception
was held at the residence of the bride's
parents on Fayette street.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood will spend their
places In the South.
They will be at home at No. 69 Fay-ette
street, after May 20th.
Among those present were the fol-lowing:
Mr. Charles Fulmer, i-ir. and Mrs.
Charles Wood, Miss Kmma Battelle,
Mr. and Mrs. William DeHaven and
daughter, Mrs. llettie Wood. Miss Em-ma
Gotwalsfi of Philadelphia; Miss
Nellie WoodJJMrs. and H. O. Steel, Mr.
Clarence Ijtferty, John Ijiferty, Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Ross, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard RosS, Miss Catharine DeHaven
She carried a bouquet of white roses, and Mr». i.aferty, of Wilmington. Del.;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones,
Roxborough; and Mr. and Mm.
R. H. Bate. Mr. George Wood. Mr. and
Mrs. Jonathan Cleaver. Mr. and Mrs.
J. Bllwood I.ee, Mr. and Mrs. John
Wood, Jr.. Mrs. I .aura Wood, Miss
l.aura Wood, Miss Nelye DeF. Wood,
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Rclff, Miss Ella
lielff, Mr. and Mrs. James Wood, Mr.
and Mrs. E. J. Morris Wood, Mr. Chas.
Wood. Miss Mabel Mauch, Mr. Victor
Mauch. Miss Tlllle E. Bate and Miss
Anna Bate of this borough.
ENROLLMENT COMMITTEE
The following persons have been ap-pointed
by Superintendent R F. lint'
fecker as members of an Enrollment
Committee for the Pennsylvania State
Educational Association, which will be
held In Philadelphia July 2 to 4, 1901.
ISO doubl these parties will secure a
large enrollment from this county:
Prof. Chas A. Wagner, Ashbourne;
Prof. E. L. Flack, Abington; Prof. E.
B. Zlegler, Hatboro; Prof, Warren. R.
Ilahn, Ambler; Prof. H. H. Beldler.
Ijinsdale; Prof. T. J. Steltx, Schwenks-ville;
Prof. A. H. Gerberlch, Royers-iiinl.
Prof, E. L. IXMIX, Sunder i on;
Prof. H. E. Hartzell, 8umneytown;
Prof. A. B. Hess, Collegevllle; Prof. S.
S. Barr, Jenkintown; Prof. W. N. Leh-man,
Bridgeport, Prof. Ralph L. John-son,
West Conshohocken.
POST OFFICE RECEIPTS
BASE BALL
A 8PRING TONIC.
Everybody needs a tonic in the
spring, at this time the system crave*
a tonic. It In housecleanlng time for
your body. Llehty's Celery Nerve
Compound will tone up your nerves,
blood, kidneys and liver, and fill yon
with health and energy.
T1S EASY TO FKKL QOOD.
Countless thousands have found a
blessing to the liody In Dr. King's New
Life Pills, which positively cure Con-stipation.
Sick Headache. Dizziness.
Jaundlco, Malaria, Fever and Ague and
all Liver and Stomach troubles. Purely
vegetable; never gripe or weaken. On-ly
25c at all druggists.
Tracey. the Hatter^nnakes and sells
the best 12 stiff bats.
Read the Recorder »1 a ysar.
Conshohocken opened the season at
Base Ball Park last Saturday defeating
Sinnott's Heelers In a well played
game by the score of 19 to 11. Half the
game was played In the rain and all
went well until the opening of the
ninth Inning when the game broke up
over a decision of the umpire. Crim-ean
made a home run hit to left field
fence. A throw was made to catch him
at the plate, but the umpire declured
him safe. Conshohocken refused to ac-ccpl
hsl decision and ended the g.»me.
The score was IB to 11 in favor of
Conshohocken..
The following are the amounts of
receipts and expenses of the Consho-hocken
Post Office for the past year.
Total receipts for year ending
March 31. 1901 $12,190 90
Total expenses 3,464 85
Paid to Government 8,932 05
Total receipts last year 8.114 52
This office shows a better percentage
of results thr.u any other office In the
State.
Conshohocken will play Norristown
next Saturday at Base Ball Park. Nor-ristown
put up a pretty stiff game here
last season and a great game may lie
expected.
BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW
The April meeting of the Norristown
Assembly, Brotherhood of SL Andrew,
wll be held In All Saints Church, Nor-ristown,
Thursday April 25th.
Business meeting at 4.45 p. to.; con-ference
at 5 p. m.; tea at 6 p. m.:even-ing
prayer and sermon by the Rev.
Robert W. Forsyth, of St. Matthew's
Church, Philadelphia, at 8 p. m. Sub-ject
for Conference: "How to Vtnke
our Chapter Meetings of real service;
first. 'In relation to our members': and
second, 'In relation to our work among
men."'
NEW POSTAL ORDER
It has been determined by the post-offlce
department to break up the prac-tice
of allowing postal employees to
use their discretion about the delivery
of mall.- the address of which Is In-definite.
Recently many letters and a
great deal of second-class matter has
been mailed, addressed deliver to
"Druggist" or "Physician," If the mat-ter
cannot be issued to the addresses.
Orders have been Issued to disregard
addresses of this Indefinite character,
and postmasterB arc directed to Inform
their patrons that matter addressed In
thlB way IB not mailable. It hau also
come to the notice of the department
officials that a great many postmasters
accept for mailing matter addressed
"To the best blacksmith" or persons
of other occupations.
This Is In violation of the rules of
the department, and postmasters are
directed to refuse such matter for
mailing, and If It passes through the
malls to the office of destination It must
be regarded as matter which cannot be
delivered. The principal offenders in
his regard are persons who have for
sale eommodltldes which they wish
to advertise.
If they should happen to address a
person who cannot be found these per-sons
do not wish to waste the money
Spent! for postage and -consequently
give the postal authorities discretion-ary
powers In regard to the delivery.
The practice will be broken up by or-ders
issue by the department.
If troubled by a weak digestion, loss
of appetite, or constipation, try a few
doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. Bvery box warranted.
I For sale by Wm. Neville.
The Supreme Court yesterday In an
opinion by Justice Mitchell affirmed
the d.. isioii of the Common Pleas
Court of Centre County sustaining the
right of the Governor to cut down the
appropriation made by the Legisla-ture
for the support of tho public
schools
Judge Mestrezat filed a dissenting
opinion.
This decision of Justice Mitchell
was rendered on tho appeal taken from
the Judgment entered by Judge I/ire,
In the Common Pleas Court of Centre
county. In favor of the defendant In
the case of the Attorney-Oeneral at
the relation of Patton township against
State Treasurer Barnett This was an
application for a mandamus upon the
State Treasurer to compel him to pay
to Patlon township the proportion of
the appropriation made by the Legisla-ture
to which the township was entit-led
for the support of its public schools.
The suit was begun because the State
Treasurer had refused to pay more
than ilic proportion of the appropria-tion
due it on the basis of the amount
llxeil by lb- SJovornor. which was $1,-
000.000 less than had been appropriat-ed
by the Legislature.
It was contended that the Governor,
while he might veto an entire Item,
could not decrease the amount appro-priated
in that item and approve the
item to the extent to which he had fix-ed
the sum. It was further contended
that (he Centre County Common Pleas
Court had no Jurisdiction In the matter
because all suits against the State Gov-ernment
or its officials must be brought
in the Common Pleas Court of Dauph-in
county. Judge Ix»ve overruled both
of these contentions and refused to
grant the mandamus. An appeal was
(hen taken to the Supreme Court and
on application made to It some twen-ty-
four school districts of Montgom-ery
county were permitted to Join In
the appeal as parties asking for the
mandamus.
The appeal was argued on March 11
last, and yesterday the Supreme
(Hurt's decision was rendered In an
oplnionjiy Justice Mitchell affirming
the Judgment of the lower Court. Jus-tice
Mestrezat did not agree with his
olleagues and filed a dissenting opin-ion.
In his opinion. Justice Mitchell said:
"The Governor Is an Integral part of
the law-making power of the State.
Sect ion IS of Article IV of the Con-stltution
provides that every bill which
shall have passed both houses shall be
prassnM to the Governor; If he ap-prove
he shall sign It; hut if he shall
not approve he shall return It, with
his objections, to the house in which it
shall have originated,' etc.. and no bill
therefore can become a law without
first being submitted to the Governor
for his approval or disapproval. His
disapproval, commonly known as a ve-to,
is essentially a legislative Act. The
fact that the Governor Is limited to
negation or concurrence and cannot af-firmatively
initiate or amend legisla-tion,
does not take away the legislative
character of his act, any more than the
want of power in the Senate of the
i'nlted States to originate revenue bills
changes its standing as a co-ordinate
branch of Congress.
"Both sides have sought to derive
confirmation of inelr views from the
express mandate of the Constitution
in Section 1 of Article X, that the Leg-islature
shall appropriate at least one
million dollars each year for the sup-port
of public schools.' This, the ap-pellants
claim, prevents the Governor
from exercising his veSs power at all
against npproprla.ons for the public
schools. But this argument entirely
ignores the constitutional requirement
that 'every bill" shall he submitted for
the Governor's approval. The Consti-tution
makes no exception of school
bills or any other, and such exception
would permit easy and clear violation
of the prohibition in Section 4 of Ar-ticle
IX, against the creation of a
State debt exceeding one million doll-ars
In the aggregate at any one time,
to suppl] '!i Cn Ioiicies In revenue. Sup-pose
the Legislature should appropri-ate
a sum for school purposes exceed-ing
by more than a million dollars the
entire revenue of the State. It would
he the Covcrnor's duty to veto It to
prevent the creation of a prohibited
debt. And even If the appropriation
for schools was only the constitutional
million dollars, yet if that would In-crease
an already existing debt from
deficiency of revenue beyond the pro-hibited
limit there would at once be
an Inevitable conflict between two ex-press
provisions Of the Constitution,
and it would liccome the Governor's
duty to exercise his legislative Judg-ment
wbicID was of the lesser Import-ance
and Should give way. The clear
result therefore, Is that appropriations
fjir school purposes are not excepted
In any case from the requirement of
submission to the Governor for his ap-proval.
"Moreover, the appellants, have en-tirely
overlooked or misconceive the I
effect of a partial veto such as was giv-en
in the present case. If the disap-proval
of part and the approval of the
rest were not valid acts, then there was
no appropriation at all, and the money
already received by the schools was
Illegally paid. "For there was no exec-utive
approval of an appropriation of
111,000,000. There are but three ways
In which a bill can become a law in
this State—passage by the Legislature
and approval by the Governor; passage
by the Legislature, disapproval by the
Governor, and passage again In the
mode prescribed by the Constitution:
or passage by the I<egiilature im.l
failure of the Governor to relurn It
with his objections within the requir-ed
time. The appropriation of f 11,000,-
000 claimed in the present case, never
become law in any of these three ways,
and there Is no other."
Justice Mitchell In conclusion thai
(he writ of mandamus Itself was one
that the Court had full power to issue
for the State officer exempt from its
operation. This is a personal or of-ficial
exemption, the manifest purpose
of which was to protect a State Officer
from being taken away or Interfered
with in his official duties at the scat
of government to answer the local
Courts throughout the State. In this
case he held the objection now made
relates Into the authority of The Court
over the subject matter, but only In the
privilege, personal or official, of the ds-fendant.
THE CONSHOHOCKEN
PROPHET
PREDICTS
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN
—Miss Clara Redfearn, of Merlon
avenue is visiting in Muryland.
—Mrs. Fred Pnley, of Merion avenue,
will sail for England on Saturday. She
will be gone for several months.
A PRIVILEGED CLASS
Our esteemed nelghlior, the Ger-mantown
Guide, says:
Whene-ver ota an unoccupded and
unfenced lot In the town, of which
there are a number, there are growths
of noxious and poisonous weeds, they
should be cut down and burned. These
weeds can be easily exterminated if
the proper effort is made to do it, and
the advantage of such labor Is always
of great benefit to the people residing
near open lota
And the Independent quoting, adds:
The question of vacant lots is, indeed,
one that ought to engage the attention
of some of Germantown's citizens of a
reforming turn of mind. In winter.
as a rule, the sidewalks in front of
such premises go unclenned of snow
and Ice, and In summer they are made
unpleasantly conspicuous by a matur-ed
growth of noxious weeds, and the
dwellers on either side of these va-cant
lots are compelled to suffer he-cause
the owners of the same shirk
their responsibilities. Regarding this
very question, a writer In the Buffalo
Courier aptly says that "a man need
not be a sympathizer with Henry
Oeorge and an advocate of the single
tax to feel that the owner of unim-proved
real estate is not entitled to
special favor. The person who is hold-ing
land for a rise, neither building
upon It himself not permitting others
to do so. Is the last who ought to be
absolved from keeping his property in
that tidy and orderly condition which
Is exacted In the cose of householders,
either by ordinance or by public opin-ion,"
No truer words were ever B|x>k-en,
and It would strike the ordinary
observer that some means ought to be
devised to compel tho owners of va-cant
lots to keep the grass and weeds
cropped, and to maintain the sidewalks
and fences In proper condition, and
when the means had been found it
should be applied at least as vigorously
as in the ease of citizens who cannot
afford So hold real estate for a rise. A
walk, or drive, through almost any
portion of Germantown affords ample
evidence that, locally, the dealing with
vacant lota remains an unsolved prob-lem.
One thing Is certain, and that is,
the property owner, who keepe his
premises In good repair has a perfect
right to demand that bis efforts shall
not be neutralized by the owners of
adjacent property who grow bountiful
crops of weeds In summer, and of slush
pools nnd miniature skating ponds In
winter. There are not a few privileged
classes In America, and one of the
most obnoxious Is thai class of Indi-viduals
who, while holding real . > -
for speculative purposes, allow It to
"go to the dogs."
That u wedding ring, kin hardly be
called a coupiiu pin.
♦
That a feller usllly gits strapped af-ter
he's been tight.
♦
That no one should chews his kuin-paiiions
bin a cannibal.
a
Thai being full of ambition won't
cure an empty stomach,
♦
That now is ther time thlt shirts
with last colors start to run,
♦
That a cloudy expresshuii means
ther's a human storm u brewin.
v ♦
That some pepll try to be in ther
SWlm b'- readln stories thlt er too deep.
♦
That tar remove stains from a spring
dress, tilers nuthlti better thin scissors.
Tliat when ther foot pad steals yer
watch, its a ease of take yer time an
hurry up.
♦
That a man who makes his mark in
life, afterwards proceeds to make a
mark of himself.
♦
That when a girl marries a feller for
his money, Bhe thinks she's right, but
she's orfln left.
♦
That when a girl has too many
twists In her hair, she has tcr take a
long loaf tcr make em.
♦
That its quite a conie down when
liter rich man falls from the roof to
the e-'llir an gits broke.
CALVARY CHURCH
The annual meting of tho different
organizations of the parish will take
place on Wednesday evening at the
Parish House, at 8.30.
The ladies will give a supper from 5
to 8 the same evening.
Service Thursday 0 a. m. Friday,
7.30 p. m. Confirmation in this Parish
Sunday June 8.
"I have been troubled with Indiges-tion
for ten years, have tried many
(hings and Bpent much money In no
purpose until I tried Kodol Dyspepr.la
Cure I have taken two bottles and
gotten more relief from them than all
other medicines taken. I feel more
like a boy than I have felt In twenty
years." Anderson Rlggs. of Sunny
I jme. Tex. Thousands have testified UP
did Mr. Rlggs.
William Neville, cor. First avenue
and Fayette street.
"Now good digestion waits on appe-tite,
and health on both." ,If it doesn't
try Burdock Blood Bitters.
You wll waste time ir you try to cure
indigestion or dyspepsia by starving
rourself. That only makes It worse
When you do eat heartily. You always
neeil plenty of good food properly di-gested.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Is the
result of years of scientific research
for something that would digest not
only some elements of food but every
hind. And it is the one remedy that
will do It.
William Neville, cor. First avenue
and Fayette Btreiet.
CAPRIC0US APRIL
Capricious April sustained her rep-utation
in her usual picturesque and
feminine way the past week. She kept
the flood-gates open long enough, at
intervals, to make the downpour 2.76
Inches In the thirty-six hours ending
at 8 o'clock on Sunday night. She tore
the drapery of cloud uwuy from the
unfamiliar faco of the sun In tho early
nundny afternoon and let him, only for
a few minutes, smile on tho dripping
town. It looked as If the mists were
going to be dissipated then, but they
were not. Vapor rose In big and little
geysers from thousands of roofs, cre-ating
a fog aloft. Then as suddenly as
he had appeared, the sun vanished
again. , '
At night the fickle month made be-lieve
several times that she iutended to
be real good. She left the lucky see
the new moon over their right should-ers
for a moment through a rift in tho
vapor about 9 o'clock.
Yesterday was a typical April one,
sunshine and cloud chasing each other
all day long.
DEATHS
"I had a running. Itching sore on my
leg. Suffered tortures. Dunn's Oint-ment
took away the burning and Itch-ing
Instantly, and quickly effected per-manent
cure." C. W. Lenhsrt, Bowl-ing
Green, O.
A woman who suffered for three years
from nervous prostration esys, two
bottles of Llehty's Celery Nerve Com-pound
effected a complete cure. She
hardly knows today whether she has
nerves or not. as she never feels them.
It Is certainly a wonderful remedy.
jid by William Neville and J, Ru-fin
r»arr. W. Conshor-ocken.
LENT/.—Suddenly, on April 19,
1901, George W. l.entz.
The funeral occurred this afternoon
nt 1 o'clock, front his htte residence,
Spring Mill, Montgomery County. In-teimeiit
private, at Barren Hill.
FREAS—On April 21, 1901, .1. tjulu-cy.
husband of Fannii- Press, In bis 72d
year.
The relatives and friends of the fam-ily,
also the mcmliers of Shekinah
l^iclge, No. 246, F. and A. M., are re-sp-
c linlly invited to attend die funeral
on Thursday morning, at 1" o'clock
from bis late residence. No. 1131 Wal-lace
street. Interment at Barren Hill
Cemetery.
Till-; ItKST COLD cnti-:
is one you can lake without interrup-tion
to business. One that does not
effect the head or hearing like the con
tinned use of quinine. One that cures
speedily ami haves you feeling fresh
and dear-headed. Such a one Is
Krause's Cold Cure. Price 25c,
William Neville and J. Rufus Barr,
West Conshohocken.
Diphtheria, sore throat, croup. In-stant
relief, permanent cure. Dr.
Thomas' Bclectrlc Oil. At any drug
slore.
Skin troubles, ruts, burns, scalds and
'■haflng quickly heal by the use of De-
Wltt'a Witch Hazel Salve. It is tmlta-
•ed. Be sure you get DeWitt's.
William Neville, cor. First avenue
and Fayette street.
ROYAL
ABSOLUTELY "PURE
b\MHO
POWDER
ABSOLUTELY HIM
Makes the food more delicious and wnolesome
■OVAL lAKWa MTfOtn 00., MtW YORK.
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