The Ambler Gazette 19020123

              \ the ambler gazette vol xx.-no <*. ambler pa january 28 1902 1.25 a yea bulletin his brain frank tiedemann of fort washing ton shoots himself found liiurl in iii lied fvlinn his wife ami him unturned home friday kvenlng — bnnlnemi trouble snppnnetl tn llnve i'rr.tnl on hli mind-left » mote frank tiedemann of fort washing ton in the 48th year of his age com mitted btlicide l>y shooting hitnsclf in the temple with a s2 calibre revolver and was found by his son friday after noon at li o'clock the body was still warm but death had been instantaneous the only word left by the unfortunate man was a note to his wife in which he gave directions relative to the disposi tion of his body the deceased resided in he upper side of the johnson property summit avenue having lived there with his family a wife and son william for about four years he was the philadel phia agent for f e strausb & co of new york manufacturers of silk and woolen goods and had an office at fiog arch street philadelphia it is sup posed that business truobles had preved on his mind and that for a week pre vious he bad contemplated the rash act his plans were apparently made in every detail on some pretense he sent his wife and son to new york thursday evening and accompanied them as far as wayne junction where he bade them goodby later i n the even ing he went to the city for at midnight he was seen at spring garden street station by mr and mrs e a vogt of ambler who were well acquainted'with him mr vogt says the man did not appear his usual bright and cheery self and instead of being light-hearted and jovial he appeared dejected and paced the platform with his bend down in seemingly deep thought and abjection mrs tiedemann and son were delay ed in new yonc longer than thev an ticipated and just missed their intended train so that they caught the o.02 train from the terminal and arrived home about i o'clock they went at once to the husband's room.and on opening the door the son was bonified to iird his father lying dead across the bed in one hand resting over his heart he clasp ed a casa containing photographs of his wife and mother and in the other h held a '¦>% calibre revolver one chamber of which was empty this hand had fallen down over the shoulder after fir ing the fatal shot the ball had enter ed the right temple and waa inbedded near the left ear drum the deceased had probablv fired the shot only a short time before for the body was still warm although life was extinct he had taken a bath shaved himself and prepared his body for the change which was about to take place he was partially dierobed when discovered on his bed coroner kane of norristown was over saturday morning and viewed the remains lie decided there was no ne cessity of impaneling a jury and after examination rendered a verdict of sui cide by shooting the funeral seivices were held at the house at 10.30 o'clock tuesday morning and the body removed to philadelphia the deceased was the son of a very estimable philadelphia family his father having been a german physician of wide reputation in that city the unfortunate man was a loviiig husband and kind parent and seemed to have the greatest interest and regard for the welfare of his family in which circle he always appeared to exercise the kind liest interest gwvnedd the eepubl icanb of lower guynedd wade their nominations at a g y oth er's hotel thursday night the ticket is as follows judge of elections george b mclaughlin inspector har ry hart supervisors ralph kibble honse and george e lowerv ; school directors thomas foulds and eugene m davis ; justice of the peace b frank danehower and thomas gillen auditor walter ii jenkins ; constable richard piper town clerk jacob e white willing weidner who lives in new britain township will take charge of the maple grove farm near montgom ery square now occupied by bis father the rev u weidner about the first of april r j roberts will have a public sale of his personal property about the mid dle of february he will give up farm ing and remove to norristown he ex pects to engage in the sale of crushed stone for streets roadways etc r k kibblenouse is busy with his mill on the old jones estate which he now owns john krout who has farmed the aaron styer farm on the state road east of montgomery square has rented the sweigert farm at ivyland bucks county for the coming year and will move there about the first of april wim she lomkent mrs mabel henry who received her discharge from the municipal hospital norristown last week met with surprise upon returning home she went to lansdale on monday and made an effort to go to her former home in kulpsville by way of the stage line transporta tion was refuged her she then secured lodging for the night at the home of a friend in lansdv'e next morning she made the weary tramp with a small child in her arms to kulpaville a dis tance of about live miles there she met with a greater surprise at her former boarding place mrs alderfer denied her admittance the town was in an uproar and she again returned to luimdulit director of the poor j r kindig of i luttiulil was uotitied uud it was midnight when tin destitute woman arid her child were convevud to the alnmhouse hood's pills cure liver ilia bit lou»ru indigestion headache easy to take easy to operate a 8c i»*«-tt aitn r«v nnrristown pa jan 17 i 102 kilitoi a inlilcr gazette " dear sir picupp discontinue the farm for rent advertisement for john s hex as the f:mn has been rented to eugene k kenderdlbi john ii rex willow orove proachlng every night in the m k church except saturday the shooting match between the hat bora and willow grove inn clubs at blue rocks came off on thursday at the willow irove grounds and romilted in a victory for the hatboro club by 24 flights 10 men were selected from each club each shooting at 25 rocks p w triebles has the contract for digging the cellar of david a nolan's new house on the doylestowh pike j.cathprwoofi robinson has this week had a cellar dug for a large kitchen in connection with his new hotel on park avenue p t triebelf and a force of workmen under his supervision did the work on account of ill health william f stofile the night foreman at the traction company's car barn here has none to his home in lancaster county and frank knlinor has been filling his place howard cooper formerly agent at the linden street station of the reading railway at camden n j if he suc cessor of w b gheen at the reading railway station here an attempt was made by thieves to enter the rothwell mansion one even ing recently thev were evidently frightened oil by the dog david marines who was the violin soloist at willow grove last summer with the damrosch orchestra and who is also by the way a brother-in-law of mr damrosch has formed a new string quartet and is giving concerts in new york d w sill is assisting in the office of the harry kates company miss emma raab entertained the ladies aid society at her heme on york pike on thursday evening louisa canpton aged 66 years died on monday of last week at her home on welsh road the funeral was held on thursday with services in the m e church interment at northwood ceme tery she was the mother-in-law of samuel keeble the spencer barn which was destroy ed by ire was insured as follows the liverpool london & globe company s follows crops 50 implements 95 and 40 on wagons and harness a total of 4!)0 the policy is for s10oo but the balance is on live stock and furniture the harry kates company has secur ed the contract for new buildings to take the place of those recently destroy ed by fire for george k liikens near jarrettown the barn and overshoot will be about 30x45 feet stone stable high and frame above the wagon house will be about 20x24 feet the shorver plah of construction will be followed this plan useb two or three light timbers btrongly spiked together in place of one heavy timber pinned and mortised economy in construction and great strength are claimed for this new plan the spencer barn on the welsh road was a notable example of this construction broad axe charles stout visite 1 inflourtown on saturday dr alfred g seymour has been making several professional calls in our neighborhood j h brinton will move from the widmayer property in the spring morris o'donneil of ardmore spent sunday with his parents mr and mrs john o'donneil hance fitzgerald of philadelphia visited his family here last sunday mr and mrs john glending of rox borough visited mrs swaincott this week harry h hinkle of ambler was the guest of his friend charles stout on sunday afternoon william klatz for a long time in the enaplov of c c biddle biit more recently of carbon county is lying very ill with consumption r g cadwallader has finished filling his ice house from cassell's dam with ice 18 inches thick k t price has al so filled his ice house from the same place elsie a swaincott spent thursday with miss rex of handy hill several of our young men attended the social at centre square last week miss carrie bennett of narcissa vis ited hero last week john schreiber did some threshing on 1'hursdav william c swaincott has completed a job for george collins of springhouse miss sallie j mclaughlin attended a party at prospectville last saturday evening lester n jones in repainting mr o donnell's new residence at blue bell mr o c biddle will not remove to ambler before aug 15 worcester karmer meeting the worcester farmers union with over 300 members.said to be the strong est fanners organization in the state has elected the following officers president jesse s kriebel vice presi dent john k heebner secretary a naos h schuiu assistant secretary abra ham k dreshcr treasurer george k kriebel the meeting endorsed jason sexton for re-election as a member of the utam board of agriculture at the meeting the union discussed the ques tion what can we do to make our farm homes more convenient more comfortable und more attractive a b«que«t to upper cjwynedd school ihe school directors o upper gwyn edd have accepted u giftof|50 willed by the late lizzio h jones of south dakota with which to purchase library books to be used by the west point and gwynedd western schools miss jones was for a number of years teacher of the above named school and at her death kindly remembered them by wil ing them the sum of 0 william k heebner and j m kensteriuacher school directors with kllwoud hoot exfecuor of the lonea estate comprise a ommi tt«e to purchase ttie books ¦ , tickets nominated both parties select candidates for ambler offices kepnbllcnii slnt.-p carried tlirouith wltli ont a hitch third ward content over s.ikiiii director democrat dimlre strife in ilephbllcan rank the republicans and democrats in ambler borough have placed tickets in the field and from now till feb 18 election day there will be a strife of warring factions and the candidates with the most votes will be elected the only contest in the borough was ut the republican primaries of the third ward where george d bradley and david stout sought the nomination for school director for the three-year term the latter secured thff nominations the democrats in the wards are looking hopefully for republican disaffection to add to the numerical count of votes en election c"ay the tickets are first ward republican — council j watson craft school director kdward leech judge of election william urban in spector samuel hamilton constable williuni sweeney democrat — council j p brenner school director jesse k davis judge of election william urban inspector william kate constable william sweeney second ward republican — council three years william walmsley two years a h cam burn school director three years dr c b hough ; two years aaron reimer judge of election john d cooper inspector warren biddle con stable john robb democrat — council albert beck three years d f marple two years school director dr f e yerkes three years james l myerp,two years judge of election john steer sr ; inspector john signs constable john mccool third ward republican council three years alex knighti jr two years joseph a buchanan school director three years david stout ; two years dr d w shelly assessor harvey rickert icon stable rafe lee judge of elections harry blankeney inspector john warner democrat council three years ed win h faust ; two years joseph a buchanan school director george d bradley three years dr d w shelly two vears assessor charles l myers inspector john warner judge of elec tion h v everham sr ; constable rafe lee borough republican — justice of the peace harrv nash auditors j.howard ozias charles jackson ; constable john robb mr nash has since ui!b>iwwa_^aau the ticket p ¦"¦ democrat—justice of the peace frank zettlemoyer auditors charles l myers harry ni block ; high constable james boileau lannlala elder hutchinson of kansas has just finished a series of preaching ap pointments in the lansdale and hat field dunkard churches he is an elderly man who has followed no other occupation but preaching for 15 years his know ledge of the bible and his memory of its contents are souiethinglwonderful.he never open the book tmt can quote readily giving chapter and verse the methodist revival meetings have been continuous since new years rev g d sweigart of the evan gelical church is on the sick list robert lownes landlord of hotel norwood has begun the projected im provements on the adjoining property lately bought by him and bricklayers ire busy tearing the walls for his stabling extension he will have space for 100 teams hitherto on busy days the carriages had to stand along the street the mason work on the extension of the stove foundry lias been completed notwithstanding the winter weather and the large structure will soon be under roof shares of lansdale national bank sell for 210 it pays 8 per cent dividends and '! per cent on deposits those of the trust company sell for 00 it pays 5 per cent dividends an:l s per cent on deposits the heebners are shipping threshers to russia whither they have sent 13 carloads mrs lambert llangey of garyville hilltown visited her son in lansdale before he was taken to the norristown hospital the latter will recover after a long illness wellington s frick for nine or 10 years past bartender and clerk at hotel norwood ban quit his position to take a similar one in philadelphia with charles lownes on spring garden street a new grocery store will be establish ed here in february by philip keller coming from doylestown ivstlu>u»e in given furuuhidga john m butler the banker who lives ut ogoou and whose son allen butler is convalescing from smallpox has giv en the municipal hospital for the use of the scores of persons in that institution who are suffering from this contagious diseaee.all the furniture.bedding hang ings pictures and carpets that were in his son's apartment the gifts are valued at nearly 1000 allen butler who is a grandson of jay cooke is rapidly recovering from the malady and is in a condition to leave that part of the house in which lie has been confined for nearly two inonths mr liutler desiring to destroy every article in his son's handsomely furnished apartments called the gard ener who has had smallpox and is no more afraid of the disease than ho is of the grip and preparations were inude in a remote corner of the estate for a lionlire with the valuable furnishing as material for the riames tin guodi were worth about 5000 i wescott's david harum ambler audience becomes acquain ted with the famous character lii i-<l at the of kntertnliinmint in der flu atmplne of tbe ambler pnhllr s.i 	 i ._ mr wetcott'a novel n htngeil portrayed — large amilenc the third of tue series of entertain ments in the course under tho ausnicra of the ambler public school was held in ambler opera bouse monday evening when n inrge audience assembled mrs gielow the impersonator of southern life was the advertised entertainer but owing to a serious illness all her engage ments have been cancelled and the lec ture bureau provided mr elliott the entertainment was opened by mr car wetteran of the university of pennsyl vania brother of miss watterau of the facility of the school who gave two se lections on the violin hearts and flowers and melody in f " bein accompanied on the piano by mrs jolir 8 buchanan the selections were wol rendered and deservedly applauded principal rahn then announced the change in the form of entertainment caused by the illness of mrs gielow and stated that tbe bureau had sent mr elliott the impersonator of davi haruin to fulfill the engagement mr elliott took tho piatforni and an nounced that the plav of david ha rum ia in some ways different from the book af mr crane had found it necessary for staging to change it in places leaving some out and adding other parts to preserve the continuity the delightful novel of mr wescotts was given in three acts and the imper sonations of the different characters in the bonk were verv amusing and were carried charmingly throughout the genial warmhearted but stern banker and horse trader david harum elicit ed great laughter over the recital of his sayings and anecdotes the exper ience at newport with the boiled egg the sale of the balky horse to the dea con the transaction over the two mort gages wi i h the widow and aunt polly's visit to the theatre were all recited as natnrallv as though the real david were before the audience aunt polly mary blake anil john lennox were all given together with the other characters no well known in tbe bo.ok mr elliott gave the entire three acts and elicited much applause at his charming recital the entertainment was much enjoyed and proved a pleasing substitute for mrs gielow jarrettown a dance in odd fellows hall a birth day surprise party at a private house nd the democratic and republican primaries all coming tbe same evening wtade jarrettowa a lively place on sat urday night the republicans met in the election room lower's hotel and were prompt ly called to business by the committee man thomas f shoemaker william j devine was made temporary chair man thomas f shoemaker was then elected permanent chairman and danie f stout and e c williams secretaries the following names were then broughi before the meeting for nomination school directors albert atkinson wil liam c evaiib walter s watson su pervisors george b conway john c donat justice of the peace max kai ser constable hicks lukens ; auditor max kaiser ; town clerk edgar roberts there being no opposing candiates ex cepting for school directors the remain der of the list were declared the nom inees for school director albert at kiriroii received 198 votes william c evans 195 ; walter s wataon 15 votes the two first named are therefore the nominees the democrats nominated harrv har ner and kmanuel dewees for supervis ors george b shaffer school director louis s whitcombjubtice of the peace frank weber constable th executors of the robert a taylor estate will sell the personal property at public sale tuesday jan 28 mrs william willard is quite ill with pneumonia ervin dewees has bought the siebel property of lfi acres at blue bell pembroke cathere will start farming for himself in the spring the contract for the rebuilding of george lukens barn has been awarded to a willow grove firm the hens after being out on a strike for two or three months have started work again the ice on shoemaker's pond was har vested last week for the third time this season the special meetings at the methodist church are being continued this week fir dentroya loe plant william ii shoemaker's ice manufac turing establishment on old york road ogontb was totally destroyed by fire that started in the west end of the building at 8.:i monday evening the boilers were ready for inspection and there was no fire in the furnace the origin of the blaze is unknown the iosh is 20,000 partially covered by insurance the hose compaities of jenkintown responded to the alarm and mcceeded in saving the surrounding louses which were frequently ig nited by the intense heat and hying sparks two lar^e vats of ammonia exploded iiaking reports that were heard for niles und drawing hundreds of people o the scene the trolleys on the old york road at that point stopped run u'ng for ovur an hour a number of • uluable properties including the hell elephone exchange are within a few yards of the ice plant and were on lire several tiwe monroe brcv of penqaburg met a lonible death monday by lioing em up jy an icu elevator above green lane he wan stepping aeiuus the ire lift when he wan drawn in obituary iik.v lilt wtlt.iam h conari the ucv dr william h oormrdjec retary of the pennsylvania p>»pt.ifit ien eral association died at his home in philadelphia on thursday after hav ing mtffered for a year from progressive paralysis he was born ut montgomery square uld was ordained as a llnptiflt minister in lh(i2 foi 14 years he wns pastor of pavisville baptist church and daring his ministry the church was built he was later pastor of the first baptist church of bristol he was li years old through his energetic labors many new baptist churches were organized he waa n forceful preacher and a wise leader in 18r the honornrv degree of dootot of divinity was conferred upon him by bucknell university the parents of the deceased were jacob and ann cqnard who resided for a numbei of years at centre si]tinre mrs eaphernla lowerv of ambler is a sister the father of the deceased was one of the founders of mount vleasant baptist church ambler and lies buried in the cemetery adjoining funeral services were held monday afternoon at themantau baptist church west philadelphia where the decaesed held his membership about 800 peo ple assembled to pay a last tribute about l"»0 clergymen members of the ministers conference members of the board of trustees of tbe state mission society of which he was secretary at the time of ids death attended in a body president george weston of cronier theological seminary rev george pelt assistant pastor of grace baptist church philadelphia and rev jacob walker d d , pastor of man tan baptist church delivered eulogies in terment was made at west laurel hill jacob h grater « jacob h grater of worcester died from kidney trouble friday evening jan 10 in the 83d year of bis age de ceased was a resident of worcester township for|npwards of jo years he was born feb 28,1819 ou tbe old gra ter homestead now the model farm in skippack township in 1844 he married mary llunsicker and removed to near belfry on the farm now occupied bv a b schultz about 18o4 deceased re moved his family to centre point and has resided there ever since deceased was a horse dealer for about 20 years for fully 40 years he was a director of the montgomery national bank of kor ristown antl for several vears was a director of the montgomery trust com panv but resigned he served as a school director and as town clerk of worcester township he was one of the first trustees of trinity church skippack be was the father of five children one died in infancy and linwood the youngest of the children passed away in 1803 the surviving children are catharine wife of isaac d heebner of lansdale margaret wife of chester k schultz belfry and mary jane wife of isaac k mover of norristown the widow of the deceas ed also survives and is aged 70 years he is survived by one brother and one sister — abraham grater of collegeville in his 8/'th year and mrs elizabeth land is of gratersford nged 06 years he is also survived by 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren the fun eral was held last thursday from his late residence centre point and was largely attended bine bell the sewing circle met at the home of miss elsie hoover on tuesday mrs seibel held a sale of her real estate and personal property on wed nesday mr dewees of dresbertown bodght the property the ladies mite societv will hold its monthly social at the home of mrs wihner r whittock on thursday even ing eugene conard and wife spent satur day and sunday in philadelphia mrs channing harvey of lewisburg is visiting at mrs sarah shoemaker's chalkley styer has returned from a two weeks visit in bucks county a large number of friends gave mr and mrs walter shaefl a delightful sur firise on tuesday evening all present tad a jolly good time refreshments were served and the party broke up with tfood wishes for the host and his family those present were mr and mrs walter shaefl miss ma shaefl mr and mrs samuel shearer mr and mrs david walkei and son clarence mr and mrs walter bright mr and mrs carroll richards mrs jesse shoe maker misses anna kate and gertrude shoemaker mrs harry ziegler mr howard ziegler mr and mrs edward i'hipps misses edith clara and letty phipps;mr and mrs john preston miss hester preston mr and mrs lewis biddle mr and mrs harry tip pin master daniel n tippin mr and mrs albert shook miss clara shook mr and mrs william moore misses alice and katie conard miss bessie mcdowell miss clara hoover mr and mrs harry hoover misses kmijia and elsie hoover mr and mrs walter de prefontaini • master c leroy depre fontaine mrs william frantz miss ion frantz mi and mrs george kossiter miss may rossiter mr and mrs iteorgo zimmerman mr aud mih harper nice miss laura weidner mr harold hoover mr george davis mr william rodenbuugh the board increased pettlt iron co of ambler elects seven directors a<1.|oiirn«<l meeting sf the stockholder snfictlonn the increhnn - orgrtilmtloii of i in p.iiiinl i'iiuih ¦>! mir company lor tbe 1'renent year an adjourned meeting of the stock holders of the pettit ornamental tron and kence company of ambler wap held thursday afternoon at the office of their attorneys chapman it chapman 1001 chestnut street philadelphia the entire issue of stock of the company was represented the following directors were elected : david pettitt frank pettit a e kemper harrv w riday john s buchanan j w craft and richard de cou mr craft of ambler and mr decou of philadelphia are the new members of mie board the latter is a wholesale dealer in structural iron with a large plant at thirteenth and collow till streets philadelphia he lias been connected with the pettit company as a stockholder for a number of vears and in his new relation to the company i in a position not onlv to substantially increase the business of tbe plant but his thorough knowledge of the business will be of assistance as a member of the board mr craft also before his com ing to ambler was ingaged in the iron business in norristown the directors immediately organized as follows president david pettit vice president frank pcttit secretary and treasurer a r kemper the president will have charge of the phila delphia office and be at the bead of the tinancial interests of the company as a whole mr frank pettit the vice president will remove to ambler in the spring and assume personal supervision of the manufacturing part of the busi ness the directors agreed to hold monthly meetings on the third tuesday of every month at 2 o'clock p in in tho phila delphia office 4(i north eleventh street at the next meeting on feb 18 definite plans for the conduct of the workl dur ing the year will be outlined rui <) nicer the stockholders of the philadelphia and l.cliigh valley und of the cjuakor own traction company have elected tho ollowing otlicers philadelphia ami lehigb valley trac ion company f j crilley president 1 m bates secretary and treasurer directors f j crilley 0 m hates hon k k wright l.e johnson john it boefgan sunnal rlanru john o lonecker quaker town tttotion loiiuiauy — v j rilley prtisideut ; c m bates aecre ury and treasurer directors 1 cril oy 0 m bates hon k k wright haiuiifl hun is john i llonecker miss klla mclaughlin of broad axe lias been visiting her brother george b mclaughlin during the past week a reward of $"> was paid to thomas bolden of five points for tbe return ' of a pet dog belonging tn langdon e mitchell miss carrie dcrr spent wednesday evening of last week with imies lizzie s daneliower mrs francis e bond is stopping at atlantic city nursing htr infant son who is seriously ill thomas scarlett of ambler was vis iting in the neighborhood on monday j mr and mrs richard barton enter tained a number of friends at a euchptf party at their home on saturday even inj arthur havden and wife of phila delphia have been visiting the hitter's mother mrs william fesmire during the past week carl kuebler is remodeling the old barber shop recently vacated by arthur king into a modern dwelling house arthur king and family bpent sun day with relatives in quakertown the democratic voters ot lower gwynedd township meet at the hotel on saturday evening and nominated township officers to be voted for at the public election on feb 18 miss lillie hallowell attended the peirce school alumni banquet held at boldt's bullitt building philadelphia on wednesday evening sylvester phillips superintendent of the penllyn baptist sabbath school was a caller in our village pn sunday look ing up scholars to attend the penllyn school providing a conveyance can be procured to take them back and forth from penllyn each sunday afternoon the majority in the neighborhood seem highly pleased with tho idea but we can hardly stand seeing our children attend ing a neighboring village sunday school when only a leader is needed at home to re-open our school as there is not a doubt but that a large attendance could easily be obtained we extend our many thanks to mr phillips for the in terest manifested in this matter as it is a great kindness of him and wo hope lie will meet with success seuiwtloiml arreou j herman of second street and wyoming avenue and girard woodock of ogpntz.were on jan 12 held in 1000 bail each by justice of tho peace george b wood of ogontz on the charge of larceny woodoek wan released on bail furnished by his father while herman iih locked up the men are charged with stealing two cows and were arrested upon in formation furnished by a local putcber who is said to hayo purchased the ani mals at the hearing there were pres ent a meat dealer and several dairy iii-n who identified the two men bh hone from whom they bad purchased ive stock will ii.-i their switch sellersville council lias patgedu ordi lance granting the philadelphia and l.ebigh valley traction company the irivilige of extending its tracks out uranch street bo as to lio able to get to he new power house which it bus n-uii announced will be built very short y the track will be laid on tho north side of the street and an soon as tho racks are sued for passenger tiallir the jonipuny is tequired to widen the street to 40 feet at its own expttrtbe a representiye of the company has riven tbn councilman positive assurance liut the power house would bo built vwy soon in sellersville the switch or the extension out brttacli street hail already been onlerud