The Conshohocken Recorder, June 11, 1901

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No. 3023 CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1901 $1 PER VHAH
NOUS OF OUR TOWN
ITEMS OF INTEREST CONCERNING
THE PEOPLE OF OUR
BOROUGH
Alcotl cliili will meat :n the
home HI ,\hs A. Cnvanagh on Kiiurlh
avenui 'in. .venlng.
I .1,1 I irk. Ill New Castle. I ''I
;111• i Miss Mllllgaa of si. Qeorge, Del.,
are rUltlng Mlai Whttaaok. ol Fifth
■venue
George Bmlth Port win win- a fair
in the 0. A. it. Hill beginning on Oc-iniiii
". inii cloning on the 19th of the
■sine month,
John Breen, of Oladwjn, ■ oaniltdate
fen- the Republican nonilnntlon of
sin in. ni Intown on Saturday look-ing
up ins i iiaiiccs tof deicgat,■
The laal meeting ol the Clerical
Brotherhood ol Philadelphia was held
on Monday mornlngi will) a paper by
Rev, C S Olmatead, of Bala. Tat next
regular meeting will be In September,
Mrs. .iniiii n. Klngsley, who lias been
ng ber daughter, Mis. Charles I..
Wills, ol 824 Fayetta street, hai re-turned
in her home in Syracuse, N. Y.
Charlee Wells, urtrted by local
talent add friends from Philadelphia,
will give a ciinceil in the Presbyterian
Church next month. Tin' proceed! will
r i lie mortgage fund.
The Junior Chapter, No. S3, ol the
Brotherhood of si. Andrew, of Calvary
church, win give an entertalnmeni in
the Pariah Building of the church on
i huradaj evi nlng, al S o'clock.
The Chlldren'i nay exerclaea at thi
\i i:. Church on Bunday evening were
largely attended ami win. of a mosi
Interesting kimi. TMe altar al the
ly decorated with flow-i
bile ' an.ii i, s adorned the walls
ni" the Bdlflee. The program wai run-in
a mort pleaaing manner,
I In. Way- ami Means Commit) 'I
Town Council had a meeting in the
r*owu Hall last ntghl ami awarded the
Igh In.in of til.000. The sinvi ss
fill l.iilili i was Missis. W. .1. Haves ,V
Son of Cleveland, Ohio, anil the prom-lum
I'ld was 1987.00. The next lowest
r named a premium of $92185,
Mr. Blwond O. OrtUp, an insurance
i residing si 518 Aster Ml eel
Norristown who is well known here
married on Tuesday evening, June
llh. in MIM Manila Seliaiier. of Phila-delphia.
The ceremony was private,
ami was performed by Rev. A. Krcck-
M. ai the Dvangellcal parsonage mi
Cherry itreet The couple will reside
in Norrlrtown.
Tin- Btreel Committee has given the
contract to Alfre d Nobllt, of Wert
Conshobocken for iho smiling of Kim
i from Maple west to the horoiiRh
line, the grading of Third avenue from
Hairy Street to Spring Mill avenue,
an.I Hie taking out of the rooks on
Ipiing Mill avenue from Harry street
lo Us Intersection with Third avenue.
The price Is to he 88189.76. Mr. Noh-lit
will begin work Immediately and
expects io iinish before sold weather
ins.
\ double re-nnlon was held at the
Inline of Mi. Aaron Merkle. No. 112
Bart Fourth avenue, mi Bunday after-noon
:aiil evening. In the afternoon a
prayer meeting was held, Mrs. Klla
Naie of West Conshobocken being In
\ most enjoyable supper was
. I. 'I here wile I wo tallies spread.
Al the flrst, covers were laid only for
iin- :iisi generation of the family
Which Included Mr. ami Mrs. Anron
Merkle, 8r., Mr. ami Mrs. Jacob Smith,
01 iliis borough, Mr. and Mrs. William
Bourne, ol Philadelphia; Mr. ami Mrs.
Addisiiii Allen, ol Brooklyn, N. Y.:
Mr, Martin Miller, of llurrlshurg. and
n Miller, who lately returned
fiom the West. At Ihe second table
coven were laid for the second gener-atinn.
which included Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Merkle, Mr. and Mrs. William
lo, Mr. and Mrs. John Merkle. Mr.
and Mrs. Aaron Merkle, Jr., Mrs Klla
Ni, Mrs Kninia Ulsllne. Miss Ida
Merkll Miss Annie Smith and Mi.
John Bowers,
Making believe Is a game which ma-ny
i i'i' play. One woman who has
millionaire Instincts of generosity go-ing
up town In the trolley one day, see-
Ing no people who seemed lo he worth
watching, and having nothing to read,
presented herself with a legacy, and
then proceeded t" give a good part of
it away. She set aside In the flrst
place enough money to give herself a
comfortable income all her life, set
aside 16,000 which she would D
traveling, anil the rest of the fortune
L, divided among her friends and
people Whom she knew needed money
for this. thai, and the other. Some had
n hundred or two dollars, some had a
thousand, In some were given presents
of things that they needed greatly, and
well, I In- woman who was distribut-ing
her wealth SO generously was hav-ing
the mort delightful time in the
world, her generous heart expanding
as she gave, when suddenly the sound
of the conductor's voice came to her
ears
i renton Cut-off" he called.
Setting out hurriedly she spent I
cents to get boms again from an in-
IIII.IC not so large as that she had ar-ranged
for herself In the cars, and her
dream was so Interrupted thai she bad
to give up for the time being the fur-ther
distribution of her Imaginary
S i allll.
st Matthew's Temperance Society
win be chartered and made a beneficial
society.
in. William M. Hall has been ap-pointed
i \ccutor Of the estate uf Musi S
Kllpotrlek ol this borough.
In day is Hie last ilay that borough
and school taxes can he paid without
having the live per cent, added.
Mr. ami Mrs. n I' stenipie enter-tained
Ihe choir of Calvary Church at
their home mi Hector street on Satin
day i" aping, in celebration of the re-turn
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stenipie
from their wedding tour.
Miss Maggie, the daughter of Mr.
Qranville Halnes, died this morning
at her home in the North Bud. She
was taken sick on Saturday and he-oame
unconscious yesterday, She could
in it he roused and died in that state
this morning, it la supposed that per-itonitis
eanseil her death. Coroner
Aehton will hold an autopsy this after-noon
A woman who has made a study of
eats declares that a meal diet Is Ihe
only kind for them, and that nothing
ran he worse than milk. This, she de-olares,
is responsible fur the early de-mise
of so many much -loved Toms and
Tahhys. I'et cats become extremely
fastidious in their diet. The diet of
three which are humored proves this.
One eats only raw beet, and the most,
delicious porterhouse steak from the
family table he refuses with disdain.
toother has lo have his beef broiled
fresh for him, and will touch nothing
else. \ third eats only liver, and Dial
must he only partially cooked, not
much more than heated through,though
he will eat it raw. Beef he will not
touch, nor liver when it is overdone.
AMl-RICAN COVERING
PLANT BURNLil)
,'
THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE DE
STROYED BY FIRE ON SUN
DAY NIGHT
FOR THE PINES
THE ALAN WOOD COMPANY OF
THIS BOROUGH NOT TO SEM.
OUT TO IT
A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
"Of a gasoline stove burned a lady
here frightfully," writes N. B, rainier,
of Klrkman, la. "The bent doctors
couldn't heal the running sore that
followed, hut riucklen's Arnica Snlve
entirely cured her." Infallible for Cuts.
Corns, Sores. Ilolls. nmlses. Skin
Diseases and Piles. 25e. nt William
Neville's drilK stove i inner of Fnyctte
siie.i aiiil Kirat avenue.
A lawn fete was held yesterday af-ternoon
at "Dolobran," Havertord, the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Clement A.
Qrlscont, for ihe iicnciit of "ThePines,"
this borough. The grounds wen- beau
tifully decorated with palms, roses ami
plants.
Bnpper was served on Ihe lawn and
an entertainment followed. The pro-gram
was as follows: Piano solo, "Et-
Incelles." MosxkowskL Mr. Sheppard
K. Kollock: soprano solo. Croup of
of the seventeenth century,
Downs, Agnes Thomson; harp solo,
"caprice," Qodard, Mi** Dorothy John-stone;
contralto solo. "Ariso," from
i.a Mori lie Jeanne i'Are., iiemherg.
Miss Lucy M nlison l.elimann. baritone
sold. "Toreador Song" (Carmen), llizet.
Mr Henri G, Scott; soprano solo, s.
Ilel Iistgefuhl." Nevins. Ii. "Heryews
ruliing." Wickede, Agnes Thomson;
harp solo. "Cavallerls RustJcana," Miss
Johnstone. contralto solo. "A Guest,"
Miss Lucy Miwlison Lehmann: bari-tone
solo, "Under ihe Rose," Mr. ll. ('..
Scott; soprano solo. "(Jood-hye." Miss
\gnes Thomson; harp solo, "Roman-ia.
Miss Dorothy Johnstone; contral-to
solo. "Call Me Hack." Miss Lucy
MadlSOn Lehmann.
Tlie patronesses were Mrs. Pierce
\riher. Mrs. Thomas O. Ashton, Mrs,
Matthew Halrd, Mrs. Samuel Bottle,
Miss Manila c. Middle. Mrs. Clymer
Brooke, Mrs. Samuel R. Drown. Mrs.
William M. Brownbaek, Miss Katha-rine
K, Oaasatt, Mrs Charles H. Clark,
Mrs William A. Cooper. MrB. T. lie
Wilt Cuyler, Mr. .1. O, Darlington. Mrs.
Jacob Bckfeldt, Mrs. Rudolph Bills,
Mrs. Rodman D. Ellison, Mrs. Theo-dore
N. Ely. Mrs. Allen Evans. Mrs.
Charles S. Farniim. Mrs. Horace II.
Furncss. Jr., Mrs. Robert O. Gamble,
Mrs Lincoln Godfrey, Mrs. Clement A.
Orlscom, Mrs. Rodman R. Grisoom,
Mrs William W. Orlscom. Mrs. James
Hanghton, Mrs. William Heyl, Mrs.
Wllmer W. Hoopes, Mrs. W. MnrPhcr-son
llornor. Mrs F.dward C. lungerieli.
Mrs, Hoi ace C Jones, Mrs. Waller l.lp-pineoil.
Mrs. John W. Logan, Miss A.
It. Miller. Mrs. I). Leeds Miller. Mrs.
I. Union Miller. Mrs. Stephen Morris.
Mrs. Dyron P. Moulton. Mrs. Frank L.
Nenll. Mrs. William S. Perot. Jr., Mrs.
i Phlller. Mrs. William R. Phll-ler.
Mrs. Theodore W, Reath, Mrs.
Henry II. Itcdib, Mrs. O. Brlnton Rob-erts.
Mrs. Qeorge B, Itoliftrts. Mrs.
C.i urge \V. II. Itoberts. Mrs. Isaac Rob-erts.
Mrs. Thomas Roberts, Mrs. David
Ii. Ross, Miss M. E. Simmons, Mrs.
Joseph I". Sliinott. Mrs. Kdwanl Slarr,
Mm Qeorge H Stiles. Mrs. Sidney
Tbnyer, Mrs. John D. Thayer, Jr.. Miss
Prances C. Thomas, Mrs. Paul Thomp-son.
Miss Anne Thomson, Mrs. .1. Ilnr-tmi
Townsend, Mrs Ralph M. Town-send,
Mis Theodore Voorhees, Mrs.
William II. Walbaum. Mrs. Charles
Williams. Mrs. J. Randall Williams,
.1 .lames D. Wlnsor. Mrs. William
D. WlBSOr, Mrs. Rodman Wlster, Miss
Helen II. Wood and Mrs. Alan Wood.
Jr.
Those young ladles werealdes: Helen
Darlington, Mary L. Paul. Dorothea D,
Morris, Susanna Williams, iierthn Ltp-plncott,
Grace Dowe, Soiange ETunger-ieli.
Carrie Pauling. Sophia Slarr, Mar-ion
nettle. Prances 0, Grlaeom, Bllen
Klllson Miller. Augustine llniightoii.
Rachel Blddle Wood, Bleanor D. Mor-ris,
Ellzahelh MiKean Rhodes, Emily
II. Rhodes. Rebecca Wlnsor. Ellen Win-sor.
Klsie ('assail. Elizabeth W. Rob-erts,
BsthW W. Harrison. Klsle Whel-en.
M. Mulalle Lesley. Donora A. Dlx-on.
Kdilh Rawle. Umlsa Rawle. Eve-line
Walbaum. Helen Sylvester Mary
D. Qodley, Frederics Del Wind, Henri-etta
P. Ely. Kll/abetli II. Evans. Mar-garet
F. Evans, Florence McNeeley,
l.villa Cooper Lewis. Ilessle Wallace.
Fiances II. Williams. Gladys Orlscom.
.lames Morgnn, Gertrude Gilbert, Mar-jorie
Thomas, Mary Oberterffer. F.ml-
|y Riilon-Miller ami M. Aertsen.
The large plant of the America Mag-nesia
Covering Company at Plymouth
Mieting was almost completely des-troyed
by lire on Sunday evening.
The blase was discovered in one of
the drying rooms about 7.80 O'clock
by Augustus i'ie. of Plymouth, ihe
watchman at Ihe plant, and he soon
spread the alarm. A number of the
employes ol ihe company live in the
vicinity of the plant and responded
Immediately to the alarm. By tin time
however, that the res; se to the
alarm whistles was made the lire had
Darnell surprising headway and all ef-forts
io check it wme apparently ru-iile
although a desperate attempt was
made In Check Ihe llames from spread-ing.
Tlie employes on discovering that
ll would be Impossible bO save the
building turned their attention to the
rescue of their tools, and several hund-red
dollars' worth of Implements were
sand in this way. In Ihe effort to
Save the tools several of tlie men ex-perienced
narrow cscu|ics from serious
injury, tine young man was overcome
by the dense smoke in the burning
building ami it was half a, hour before
he revived.
A short lime after the blaze was
dlSOOVered, Ihe entire building was in
llames. the reflection spread in the
heavens being seen for miles around
and by 8.80 oclock several thousand
persons from Norrlslown. Conshohock
en and net rby places were congregated
about tin place. \s the rue spread,
the angry flames shot skyward carry-ing
with them great showers of sparks,
and making a very pretty sight.
AbOUt half past nine o'clock il was
apparent to the managers of the con-cern
thai unless something was done
io extinguish the flames, the magnesia
manufacturing plant situated about
sixty feet In front of the burning
Structure, would he Ignited from Un-living
sparks. Accordingly an alarm
was turned in to the Washington Hose
Company, of this borough, and Chief
Stenipie was not long In turning out
with the chemical engine which was
laden down wllli hose. The Oain
made fairly good time with their bur-den
and was not long in arriving iy
the scene of the (lames, hut were not
able to do anything lo prevent their
spiead on account of having no
force with which to force the water
through their hose. Their wnlt was
not for long for in about ten minutes
attar tlnir arrival the steam engine,
driven by Robert Elliott with his own
horses came upon Ihe scene and In a
short time the Bremen from Ihis bor-ough
were putting a stream on the
burning building. Alionl a half hour
later the Norris engine of Norristown
arrived ami both companies did excel-lent
work in preserving the building
of Ihe Magnesia company and prevent-ing
the spread of the flames to other
buildings in the vicinity.
While the lire was In progress em-ployes
armed with stout cudgels were
placed on heals around Ihe premises
and everybody except Bremen ami em-ployes
were haired from the place. The
watchmen also did their duty well and
it was a difficult matter for even a
newspaper man to gain ad in 11 tame.
While the Are was at iis worst and
the llames were breaking out fiercely
all over Hie doomed structure/, the
crowds were fearful least an explosion
of sonic kind would occur, when sud-denly
a loud report was beard, caus-ing
a scatteratlon in all directions. It
was caused by a bursting steam pipe
In one of the drying rooms. No ex-plosives
were In the burning building
or proximity. The oil is kept In a shaft
or well deep ill the ground alioul 60
feet away and the only oilier explosive
about the place Is dynamite which Is
safely stored In the ipiarries several
hundreds of yards away, out of harm's
way.
The works are owned by the Ameri-can
Magnesia Covering Company, of
which Mr. W. S. Griffith is superinten-dent
He lives near the works and di-rected
Ihe employees and firemen
while the buildings were burning.
The plant is situated in back of Ply-mouth
Meeting between the (iennan-lown
and Ridge pikes. There are he-sides
Hie destroyed building, a large
sized planl where the raw magnesia
taken from Ihe quarries is put through
its flrst process and turned Into pipe
covering; a packing department •«■
imallei building where girls are em-ployed
and the engine room where the
live boilers are located and where Ihe
hoi air is generated.
The destroyed structure was Hie
largest building on the premises. II
was built In an I. Shape. The main
part ol lie building was 2IOxr.O feet
and the I ..tension WM 118x60 !"• I in
dimensions. The walls of the main
part were of stone and about :ir, feet
high while the extensions walls win
built of wood COVend with galvanized
sheet-iron.
Ihe main part of the building was
used for slock and packing rooms on
Hi, flrst floor and planing department
on Hie second floor, and in Ihe wing or
extension of 'he building were located
the drying rooms. .
It was In the centre of Ihe latter
part of the structure that Ihe blaze • HDP IT CTPPI
originated and although Ha- exact A U
cause oi tlie lire Is not dellliitely
known, there are several theorlei ad
tranced. The managers ami superin
tendenl are extremely reticent in con-versing
mi the matter, Prom the eon
raraatlon gathered about the premises
during tlie conflagration there I
parently a verj roaatble cause of the
origin of Ihe blaze. In the diving
i ts ate located a number of large
fans, which revolve at a Dumber of
revolutions a second. These falls were
operated from shaftings which were
placed near the ceiling of the drying
'i in rooms are exceedingly
dry and as tlie lire originated near Hie
top of one of the rooms, ii 's believed
Dial the shafting, revolving so rapidly,
and fm almost 18 h s with a slop of
but to minutes, became so hot that
sparks mual have I u caused by the
friction, and-the ceiling of the drying
room Ignited In Ihe pail of Ihe build-ing
where the lir iglnateil. This is
merely a theory however ami could
not he verified as the authorities would
not talk on the subject of the origin.
I'ln loss lo Ihe plant will he greater
than was at lirsl supposed. One of the
managers of the concern stated thai
Ihe hiss to Ihe buildings would amount
In al I 850,441 while the stock urn
sisling of blocks, coverings, flttlng
lumber, etc. would be about 886,000,
Then the loss of valuable machinery.
ihe patents of which makes ii extreme-ly
valuable will make the antln
almost $inn.not) at a rough estimate.
He also said thai Ihe insurance will
not near cover the loss.
The houses were occupied by Ihe
families of Charles QuImby.Jame
ley, Janus Bel tS and Frank Heller.
Qultnby loot nearly all his belongings,
While Ihe others had considerable fur-niture
destroyed,
When It was seen that the bouses
were doomed several of the workmen
started to assist Qulmby in removing
his furniture. "Never mind me; help
the Others." said Qulmby. It was af
lerward learned that his furniture WBI
Insured, while Parlay, Behests ami iid-ler
did not carry any Insurance.
COMPANY
WfcST CONSHOHOCKliN
CALVARY CHURCH NOTES
There was a good attendance it ihe
Ihe o'clock service on Sunday I
noon. The twilight service is usual
iv a popular one, never butting more
than one hour, giving ample lime for
Mi. evening meal afterwards,
There was a fine meeting of (he
Men's Guild last evening after Ihe bus-in
ss. there was a social hour, Caterer
Bens furnished ice cream and cake I'm
• he occasion.
Services were tiehl Ihis morning, be-ing
SI. Barnabas' Hay. or as it i-ed
in England "Barnaby the bright"
The boys of ihe junior Brotherhood
with assistance, will give an entertain-ment,
consisting of games ami cha-rades,
on Thursday evening for the
benefit of the mortgage fund. II should
he understood that there Is no moil-gage
on Ihe Church: It Is on the Rec-tory
anil is being rapidly diminished.
There will he a. flower seivii. I'm
Ihe children next Sunday, a a p. m.
The children will bring flowers to hi
given next day to iiu- hospitals. Ap-propriate
music and a shorl address
by, the rector.
Sunday was a beautiful day anil a
large ' ongn gatloi eras at Calvary
church, A class oftthirteen P"is,.ns
was presented by the Rector snd con-firmed
by Hie BUhOP of Ihe Diocese.
Bishop Whii'iker jie.niieii a strong
sermon on "The Holy Comforter" ami
made a most fatherly and aft'.'. I i' nale
address lo the newly conllrnied.
THE RINKER CASE
The Hist ease called in Court No.
I before Judge Weiuul. was thai of
M, Mary It inker vs. The Borough of
Conshobocken, in which she claimed
In recover damages for injuries sus-laineil
by falling on a defective
no nt in front of John Lymhs pt |
The plaintiff testified that on Ihe
i-,!h of July, late In the evening, whlli
, ; her way to the grooary. -m" s1, PI" '
Into a hole in Ihe sidewalk and i. II
heavily to the sidewalk. She called in
Dr. Highley and it was f id that She
had sever illusions of Hie arms m.!
mil was imdei III'' doctor's care
for Hoc" or four weeks. Tlie plaintiff
Showed thai she was capable of
Ing 81.26 a day. and while she is mil
i„ rmanently disabled, yet she is not
iiciriy so strong as previously.
Til,- claimant testified thai It was
liar',, on the night in question, and that
she had no knowledge of the defei ti\
sidewalk.
No amount of damages was Bl
tin, plaintiff, bin II was led to the hirj
io cipher out.
No testimony was offered by the boi
ough. it was shown that the borough
knew of tin defective condition of the
Sidewalk and that they had notified
Mr. Lynch lo repair his sidewalk
Tlie jury awarded Mrs Ulnkei * loo
da mages.
ihe Philadelphia papers on Priday
and Saturday staled thait Hie Alan
Wood c pany of this borough, was
to join tlie Conemaugh Bteel Compa-ny
thai is now being formed in Phila-delphia-
Mr Howard Wood, the pres-ident
of the Alan Wood Company, stat-ed
to-day to a representative of THE
RECORDER that there was not a word
of truth in that Statement, The com-pany
had no Intention to sell out to
ihe Gonemaugb or any other comnft>
uy.
The following is the article in ques-tion:
Papers are on file in llarri'ihurg
which may bring the Ghunbria and
Pennsylvania Steel Companies into one
corporation, to be known as the Cone-maugh
Sleel Compay. Application for
a charter is the meaning of this move,
on In-half of the Conemaugh Company,
formed to absorb or merge ihe two
Companies named, lo gather with the
Phoenix. Alan Wood, ami several min-or
steel ami iron manufacturing com-panies.
Ihe incorporation of the new
Company are Powell Slackhouse. John
W, Townsend, R. Praams Wood. David
Reeves, Bfflngbau P. Morris. John
Lowber Welsh, and Edward T. stoies-bury.
All of these men are officers
ami Directors of the Cambria Bteel
Con.pany and Messrs. Welsh and Sin
tesbnrg are also on the Hoard of the
Bethlehem Company, while BKIngham
II Morris is a Director of the Pennsyl-vania
Company.
The new Company will he capitalized
at 860,000,000, and the shareholders of
the concern to be merged will receive
stock in tin- DOW corpora I ion. A cir-ulnr
selling forth Die details of Ihe
Si henie Is lo he issued early next week.
lie- merging with the Conemairgh
steel Company is n part of the pro-gramme
which enables the Cambria
Company lo carry out Ihe recapitalisa-tion
plan, In no other way could Its
slock legally he made "full [Mild."
According to street reports, then Is
to believe thai tin- 820,000,0011
ylvania Seel underwriting syn-llcate
stock was purchased bo he turn-ed
over to the new Cambria Steel Com-pany,
the Conemaugh Company.
ihe Conemaugh Company, it is be-lieved,
will not issue new securities
Igalnal the purchase of Pennsylvania
sin el Slock, for, as 1 11 stated, the.
mlsatlon plan provided )18,-000,-
cash
riie report that Bethlehem Bteel has
irtunlly been sold by a new arrange
1111 nt of the large owners to dispose of
Huh holdings is said to be authentic.
People associated with the recent
Cambria-Pennsylvania steel negotia-tions
say that Ilethlehem will not go
into a combination with the other two
companies,
Some light seems to have been
thrown on Hie recent operations In
blocks of steel shares in Phila-delphia
by a fact which came to pass
mi Priday. Tills was the clearing
house operations of the Philadelphia
Associated Hanks. The clearings
amounted to 884,(00,000, the largest
total In the history of the Clearing
House. The average clearings arc
about $20,000,000. This figure Is re-garded
In financial circles as highly
Significant It is pointed out thai Ihe
anil given for Ihe r nt block of
twent) millions of Pennsylvania steel
common ami preferred stock, which
was disposed of by the Drexel syiuli-
.„,.. amounted to $11,500,000. The
payment of this sum would approxi-mately
account for the amount of In-
, leas,, iii clearings.
The organization of the Conemaugh
coin pany Is Ihe outcome of the propos-al
to Increase the capital stock of Hie
Cambria company from 818,000,000 to
-. Edward T. Stoteshury
aid on Pdday morning that It was
ii,,, intention of ihe Inoorporators of
the Conemaugh company to merge all
Hie smaller companies in Pennsylvan-ia
outside of the 1'nlted Slates Sleel
'■in poratlon,
He would not say whether the tnw
i.niblnation should II be successful in
Merging the small plants, would go
Into Hie United Stales Steel Corpora-ii,,„
or continue as an Independent ami
formidable competitor. J. Urwber
Welsh ami others mentioned in the ap-plication
for ■> charier would not tell
the proponed details of organization.
Ihe pot Is boiling, nnd as soon as the
dish Is cooked we will serve it," said
Mr. Welsh.
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN WEST CON
SHOIIOCKEN AND GULF
MILLS
will there he any demonstration
mi Indbpendi ni i I lay .'
Conanl Williams, of Phocnixvillc,
spent Sunday with his brother. Major
Williams, of tills borough.
.Vis Bgar P. Titzell has returned
to her home in New York, altar a two
months' visit to her sister, Mrs. A. I..
ihe regular monthly meeting of
tlie Kising Sun Building A- Loan Asso-ciation
will he held on Wednesday
evening in Donnelly's hall.
Many of our residents wltneased
H nflagratlon at tin- American Cov
ering 'us. plant at Plymouth on Bun
day ceiling from the top of "BchOOl
Hill," from where ii could he distinct-ly
seen.
The business meeting of Ihe W.
c. T. 0. will he held on Thursday af
ternoon al 8.80 o'clock al the home of
the President, Mis. Prank H. McGlath-ery,
corner of Cedar avenue and Wil-liams
-a ni I
One of the largest crowds thai e\
ri assembled on such an occasion ;ri
Valley Pbrga attend the baptismal ser
\ ii tea conducted there by Key. B, K
Hoffman on Bunday afternoon. There
wen- three candidates Immersed
A mad dog was the disturber of a
number of persons peaceful slumbers
at an early hour on Saturday morn-ing.
The dog came running tip ford
strict creating havoc among tin- dogs
along Ihe line, biting seyeial of them.
The dogs oreated such a noise thai
they were not long In arousing enough
people to start In pursuit of the mad
dog All the dogs that were bitten by
the afflicted animal were shot.
Children's Day asrvlcee will he
held in the tlnir Christian Church on
Sunday afternoon next, at L'.:!!! o'clock
The Interior of the church will he ela-borately
decorated and an especially
interesting program Is being prepared
for the occasion. It has been the cus-tom
of this Sunday school lo fittingly
observe this event and next Sunday's
program Will he carried out with even
increased ardor of that of former
years.
—Benjamin Reddlngton, who has
lately |, i employed In Ihe wheel-wright
shop al Hie I'encoyd Ironworks
met with a painful, though not serious
accident yesterday afternoon. Some
men. among whom was Reddlngton,
were engaged In moving a, heavy -team
drill and in so doing the drill toppled
over and Struck him in the side. He
was immediately removed to St. Tim-othy's
Hospital, where it was found
that no liones had been broken bill
that he had been terribly bruised.
GULF MILLS
'Tlsn't snfe to he a day without Dr.
Thomas' Bclectric Oil In the house.
Never can tell what moment nn acci-dent
Is going to happen.
HEAD PBBL8 LIKE ni'RSTINC,
Maybe yon were out late last nlghtl
If von had taken a Kraiises Headache
Capsule before retiring your head
would be COOl and clear this morning.
Take one now and you will he all right
in an half hour. Price l!."e.
Wm. Neville and J. Rufus llarr, W.
Conshohocken.
SEVEN YKArts IN BED.
Will wonders ever cense?" Inquire
the friends of Mrs, L. Pease, of Law-rence,
Kan. They knew she had been
unable to leave her bed in seven years
mi acciiiinl of kidney and liver trou-ble
nervous prostration and general
debility; but, "Three bottles of Bclec-tric
Bitters enabled DM lo walk." she
wrlles, "and In three months I felt like
a new person." Women suffering from
Headache. Ilackai he. .Nervousness,
Sh eplessness. Melancholy. Paint ing and
Diz/v spells will find it a priceless
blessing, Try it satisfaction is guar-anteed.
Duly 50c. at William Nevilles
drug store, comer of Fayette street
ami First avenue.
Dr. Mason K. Moyer, Dentist 10 1st avo.
Invitations arc out for Ihe wedding
„f Miss Linda Cope, daughter of Mr.
aiiil Mrs Henry S. OOPS, of Ambler,
and Irving It. Smith, of Philadelphia,
ill the Ambler Presbyterian church
to-morrow evening nt s oclock
Next Sunday will be "Did Polka'
,,i the Spring city M. E. Church.
II,,. old I |de will be conveyed to and
from the church In cabs, nnd the pastor
Rev. W. S. Piigh, will preach n special
, ,-, mi, and administer Ihe sacrament
of the Lord's Supper to the aged.
• V few months ago. food which I ale
for breakfast would not remain on m]
Stomach for half an hour. I used one
bottle of your Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
and can now eat my breakfast and
Other meals with a relish and my food
is thoroughly digested. Nothing equals
Kodol DyspepsiS Cure for ahinnuii
(roubles.' n B. Pitta, Arlington, Tex
Kodol DyspepsiS Cure digests what you
cat.
•'or sale by Win. Neville, and Clark s
drug store, West Conshohocken.
Iin Hillside Club bOUSe has boon
painted.
George Burke has secured employ-ment
in J. A. McFariand'a shops.
Mrs. Diana llicking and daughter,
Jane, are spending some Ii in Phila-delphia.
Miss Jnne Wilkinson, of Etankford.
Philadelphia, spent Saturday and Sun-day
with relatives bare,
Mrs. William Famous (nee Minnie
Mullen), a former resident lure was
renewing acquaintances last week,
Lorrle Blr.nchette, formerly n resi-ileni
of this place, but lately of Phil-adelphia,
is spending the summer here.
The Holiness Christian Association.
of West Conshohocken, held a meeting
ai the residence of A. IO. Trego, on Fri-day
evening.
Qeorge N. Berry, blacksmith, has
purchased a black pacing horse. By
the way the horse moves Mr. Uerry
will not lie In the rear in a race.
Robert McDowell, who was formerly
employed by Joseph Nohlitt, contra,
tor. of Radnor, has secured a position
i Lamer in llrown's mill.Norrlslown
Jefferson Fletcher, stable lsiss to* J.
V UcFarland, who has I n undergo
ing medical treatment In Charity Hos-pital,
Norristown, is again attending
to his dulies.
John M. Bugle, supervisor, has men
working on the roads in various places
in the township cleaning out gutters
ami otherwise putting the mads in bet
tef condition.
Tlie diris' Friendly Society bold a
smiessfiil strawberry festival mi Ihe
Gull School grounds on Saturday OM-H
Ing, This Society win hold another
festival In the near future.
I lie • hills which were so prevalent
in this vicinity last year, ha.ve made
iin II appearance already this year.
Walter Mullen was Ihe first to have
them. He is now recovering from their
efTeetS.
Two'gentlemen were seen yesterday
indulging in two "Hot Whiskey fun. h
is" One said to the other. "It Is not
often we drink 'Icebergs' and 'Hot
Punches' in one w k, especially m the
month "Of June." thus showing the
, bangeable weather,
Mrs David II. Moyer' died at her
resilience in Norristown on Saturday
after a long illness. Deceased resided
al this place for a number of years.
having conic here from Valley Forge.
A husband and one daughter, Mrs. Ed-ward
Smith, of ibis place, survive The
funeral will occur on Tuesday morn-ing.
Interment at Merlon Square,
Wlnfleld W. Walker, who lias bOBB
employed by J. A. lioEartand lor t
number ol years, has resigned and in
connection with bis brother^ Nathan
Walker, will engage In Hie threshing
business. '| lie latter has ban in Hie
business lor many years. Wlnfleld
Walki r ims purchased a new sti am
threshing outfit and will start to work
SB soon as the grain is ready
Wlnfleld J. Pops one of the ellgi-i
at tin- Conshohocken Woolenmlll
lias secured a similar position i IS
or tiie Conabohocken rolling mills.
Benjamin Redlngton, also an engineer
at the same mill, now has a position
al Ihe PenCOyd Iron Works. Joseph
Caress, machinist at the same mill,
has a position at Hie Swedes furnace.
The Conabohocken Woolen Mill has-
"iii fid down for several woak ;
Tile funeral ol Solon Seliweyer oc-
CUITed on Saturday from bis parent's
residence at Powers, iierks county,
11,-, eased had been suffering for some
time with pulmonary trouble. Mr.
Seliweyer was a brother lo Henry A.
Seliweyer, of tile lirm uf Seliweyer A!
I.elss. proprietors of Hie King-of-
Pruesls marble quarries, ami was em-ployed
as book keeper lor this firm.
II,- was al the King of Prussia, quar-ries
for several years ami afterwards
weni to Baston, He bad many friends
ill this vicinity.
Seldom are the residents of this vil-lage
thrown into such a state ni ex-citement
as they wer i Sal unlay
when a mad dog made his appearance
biting all the canines thai came in his
path. He was a shepherd dog. of Ihe
reddish color, and of a good size.
Where he came from is unknown, lie
a Hie porch al the lliiil-ln Hand
Hotel about 7 oclock in the morning
in ! eel Into an alteration with dogs
belonging to the proprietor. Philip
Gray. Two dogs belonging to Mr. Gray
were bitten. Until were shot. The
mad dog made his way into (lie bar
room, and iii il (alternant in trying
to get him nut or shoot him. ran into
one of the dining rooms. Mr. Gray
Shot several loads into the animal,
none of which Seemed lo lake .'frecl
linage liihbs. colored, at the risk of
bis own life, went Into the room wilh a
lull and heat the animal lo death, BS
nippoaed and brought him out on
the road. After a while he again sliow-
"d signs of life, and Cilibs beat hlni
IVer the head with a shovel. Iiul toll
lid not kill him. and he was finally
shot dead by Charles Heal, who hap-pened
to he coming along the road
Ihe blood stains aliout the hotel nre
niinii s. All of the dogs about this
place which were bitten have been dis-patched.
It Is said the mad dog hit
many dogs through West Conshohock-en
before coming here. The school
children about here should consider
themselves lucky that the mad dog did
not come along later, while they wen
on Ihe road to school. If such had been
Ihe case there would have been a much
greater excitement In the village.
THE CONSHOHOCKEN
PROPHET
LIST OF JURORS
PRIiLMCIS
That all grass widdeis doli'l die with
hay lever.
♦
That some pcepii hav, a bone b r
pick every time tber inoct.
♦
I lui.1 a man i'ii. led with rage while
a woman gMs nil with roues,
♦
'I hat its a waste o' time fee a worn
in ler carry her watch on her licit.
♦
That many a fanner gits stitch) in
his side (nun sowiu on Iher ground.
♦
Thai ll don't do ti r wail fer a bill
until a oin -legged man gits on his int.
♦
That If some fellers could see tlilm-selfs
IS III hers see em. I lie WOrid d be
wiser.
♦
That many girls er not happy until
tlier lovers er broke, an then ther mad
all over agin.
♦
I hai bein ill love's (her same as beln
ill debt a feller alwiiz. seems t. i owe
an apology.
♦
That ainan is certainly trcatiil like
a dug when his wife feeds him on bark
from a Iree.
•
That many a man handles othei pea
pil's baggage and don't know bOW to
express himself.
<•
That when pecpil throw cold water
on a man's ideas, he goes in throws
cold beer into himself,
That some men talk through ther
nose tor save (her breath, so is llier
kin talk more alionl themselfs.
DIDN'T MARRY i-'on MONHY.
The Boston man, who lately married
a slcl.lv rich young woman, is happy
now, for he got Dr. King's New Life
Pills, which restored her to perfect
health, infallible for Jaundice, iili-lOUSnesS,
Malaria. I'ever. and Ague and
all Liver and stomach troubles. Gentle
lmt effective. Only Mo, at William
Neville's drug store, corner of First
nvenue and h'ayette street.
The following are the jurors for tin
pl'i'sellt week:
TRAVERSE ,11'RY—JUNK 10,
Clayton J. Kemmerer, Ambler.
Waller W. Wood, Conshohockcii.
ohn Nelll. Sr.. Coiisholiockeii.
Prank J. C. Jones, Conshohocken
John H. Clark, Conshohocken.
Prawns T. Shelly, Kast tireenvllle.
Win. I. DeTiirk, Lansdale.
Augustus A. Barman, Norristown.
Daniel Miller. Norristown.
Lewis Btritstnger, Norristown,
Daniel Yost. Jr., Norristown.
John K. I.oveit, Norristown.
T. 0. Bright, Norrlslown.
John Conway, Norristown.
Bvaa L. Krauser, Norristown.
Thomas V. Smith, Norristown,
E P. Qresh, Norristown.
Charles L. Jarrett, North Wales,
Joseph Bailey, Pottstown.
Win. A, Vanlliisklrk. Pottstown.
Charles W. I.essig, Pottstown.
lien). P. DeFraln, Pottstown
Alan A. Kauat. Pollslown
Bl \l. Trate. Pottstown,
Wm. B, Yohn. Pottstown.
Horace L Brendllnger, Pottstown.
Hillary M. Lesslg, Pottstown.
Wm. J. Crowe Rockledge.
Howard S. Penny-packer. Trnppc.
Win Johnson, Abinglon.
Uichanl II. \i n. Cheltenham.
Harry Pell, Cheltenham.
Henry N. Frederick, Flam onia.
John siiei/ei. Frederick.
v \ Help. Hatfield.
Wlnfleld s. Randall, Horsham
Thomas Murphy, Lower Merlon.
Warren P. Humphries, LowerMorion
Wm. McBlbenny, Lower Merlon.
John J. McAllister. Lower Merlon,
John Dwen. l/iwer Merlon.
Win. K, Mover. Lower Salford.
Alviti c. .Miierfei. Lower Salford.
James S. Miller, Marlborough.
Albert Itroiner. Perklomen
Owen O'Brien, Plymouth.
Samuel Btaley, Plymouth.
Sylvanus w. Zlegler, Balford.
David S. Denning. Towainciii in.
John 11 Snyilei. Towamencln.
Mahlon Mclntyre. Upper C.wy Id
Calvin K. C.raher. Upper Hanover.
Francis Zolli is. Upper Providence.
Isaiah •' Landis, Upper Providence.
John P, Preach, West I'litisgrove.
.lane I Crab;. Whlteniarsh.
Robert McFarlanil. Wliil'inaisli.
Building houses on paper Is a make
believe amusement of many men nnd
women. There is nothing more Inex-pensive
and enjoyable, and it is sur-prising
(lie number of comforts and
conveniences which are arranged by
these amateur architects. One couple
spend a considerable time off and on
investing in stocks, also on paper. The
wife Is a belter financier than the hus-band,
and usually wins, while he is a
hoo-doo of whom stock brokers would
beware. Whenever the husband In-vests
a large sum in stocks that stock
falls Immediately, but the wife Is more
fortunate, and often makes fortunes
by selling Judiciously. It Is interest-ing
to watch the stock markets with a
thought of large Investments. 1/jslng
on stock purchased on paper Is not
nying on the nerves.
CORONF.RS JURY AT FLAT ROCK
Coroner Ilugnn, of Philadelphia, In
company with a Jury and Chief Clerk
W IrOW, made a visit to Plat Rock
Dam at Sliawniotil yesterday afternoon
io investigate the surroundings of the
place where five girls and to boys were
drowned on Memorial Day.
The jury, composed of Leonard Sel-i„.,
t. ol 1819 Wilder street; M. T. Sny-dcr.
or 2123 North Twenty-eighth
sired: William A. Kills, of'J:',ul Frank-i,„
d avenue; Murk Oetsenberger, of
1720 North Bouveir street, Christo-pher
Hirneisi, of Xl:(3 North llroad
street and Jacob Boos, of 3849 North
Thirteenth street, Philadelphia, was
fli-sl taken to the breast of the dam
where Lieutenant Lush, of the Thir-teenth
district, who superintended the
recovery of the bodies, showed where
the bodies 'vent over. Afterwards Dead
Man's Bddy was Visited and two other
places.
The Inquest will be held Thursday
nine in the Coroner's Office al 10
o'clock. Aiioui twenty witnesses will
be subpoenaed, among them the own-ers
of Rose Hleii Park, John Boyli and
,,is sons, who hired out the boats and
relatives ol the victims, as well as tbJ
president and secretary of the Bint So-cial
club. The most Important evi-
,l.in,-. it is supposed, will In- given bj
John Moore, the only survivor of tha
Ill-fated boating party. After the r*
s sibilily for He accident has I n
Indefinitely fixed the jury may make
gome recommendations In order to pre-vent
similar accidents as far as Ihe
city's Jurisdiction extends on this side
of the river. The owners -f the park
have already been am (ted by the
Montgomery county officials charged
wlch maintaining a disorderly place.
The Pottstown Driving Club will
erect additional stables to accommo-date
the large list of hoi entries for
Us fall fair
Mothers lose their dread for "thai
terrible second summer" when they
have Dr. Fowler's Extract of - Wild
Strawberry In the house. Nature'
specific for bowel complaints of every
sort.
Mr James llrown. of Putsmonth. Vn. I
OVSI 90 years Of age suffered for years 0|||v ,,„,, remedy m the world that
with a bad sore on his face. Physic- wm „, on(,p ,,,„,, jtchlness of the ski
Inns could not help him. DeWitt's (n ,my p.,,., nf ttic- body; Doan's Olnt
W'itcli Basel Salve cured him pernia- „„,„, At nny drug store, r,0 cents.
nently.
For sale by Win. Neville, and Clark's
drug store, West Conshohocken
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