DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER VOL LXXV. PRELIMINARY- HEARING The preliminary hearing in the mat ter of tlio grado crossing at Mill strc nt begun Friday morning at 10 o'clr.cfc an I continued throughout tho day, an interested crowd filling the Court room. Numerous witnesses and expel ts jgave testimony and exciting events in Eliu work of Thursday evening, Sept femhor a>, wlieu the frog was placed liy trolley workmen and Danville oitiz fens eager for the trolley load's con struct ion, were exploited. Among other sensational incidents was the flour ishing of a revolver by a D L. & W. official. Close cross examination brought out the many objections to the overhead crossing propnsod by tin rail road people. A large number of D. L & W. offi cials arrived 011 the 11:15 train. In the part? wore 13. M. Riue, Superintend ent ot the liloorashurg division. Chief Engine, r Lincoln Biush, Division En gineer G. J. Hay, Division Hoadmas ter Scofleld, General Roadmaster P. Dowling, Chief Special Agent .1. E. A damson, Surveyor M. H. Dowdy and a large number of trainmen,engineers, surveyors, etc. Tho plaintiffs were represented by Ex-Judge E. N. Willard of tho Lack awanna eonnty court, A. 1). McOlin tofe, ot Wilkesbarro, aud lion. H. M. Hinckley of this city. Mr. llinckley asked permission of the Court that the sixth clause of the bill in equity ottered by the D. L. & W. oitmpnny be changed to read as fol lows : "That W. F. Pascoe, O. E. Lippe, W. C. Billiuan, and K. H. Koch aro partner* doing business under tho firm name of the Standard Construction Company and aro ongaged under con tract with tho Danville and Blooms bui'g Street Railway Company to con struct for said company its lino of rail way and are now engaged in the said construction, and have so located its lino of railway as to cross tho railroad of tho plaintiff at grade on Mill street iu the borough of Oanvillo aud have declared their intention to cross the tracks of tho said plaintiffs on Mill street at grade aud iu said ooustruo tiou, with that intention in view,have almost reached the track of tho plain tilT at that point and have unlawfully aud by force torn up the rails of plain tilt's railroad at said Mill street cross ing aud eudeavoieil to plaoo In posi tion a grade crossing ovor the right of way of plaintiff, groatly to the injury of the plaintiff's tracks." Counsel for both sides agreed that the tostimony taken ill both oases should be applicable to either: after whioh Mr. McClintok read the differ ent acts relatiug to merging of the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg railroad Into the D. L. & W. railroad. E. M. Riue, superintendent and A. E. Diohl, an engineer, testified that the D. L. &W. railroad crossed Mill street, after whiclrStatiou Agent G. W. Eggert was called. Mr. Eggert's testimoty was to the effect that the crossing was used a great deal aud that much traffic passed over it. Ho stated that eight passeng er and six freight trains passed ovor the crossing every woek day, besides a number of oxtras. Divisiou Roadmaster Hichard Sco fleld of Kingston, was next sworn. He testified that it was necessary to be on tho track before a train oould be seen coming. And that at this pmut the track was in sight for a distance of 750 feot in either directiou. Mr. Rino ou being recalled stated that though business was rathor dull at present, it had a great possibility of iucrease. Ho stated that 38 trains a week woro now being run. M. U. Dowdy, Engineer and W. O. Moser, draughtsman were sworn to identify a number of blue prints made for the company by them. Tlio maps were ofTerod as exhibits aud showod the location of various streets, build ings etc., relative to the case, as woll as dimensions of Mill street iu lengths aud widths from the culvert to Bloom street. A number of photographs woro also ottered as exhibits. Tlioro woie in all nine views. Division Engineer G. J. Hay testifi ed that a view oould bo had of 588 feet east of the D. L. & VV. tracks when ou Mill street crossing and 080 feet west aud that it was impossible to soo a train until within five feet of the orossiug. At this point Court adjo irnod until 1:30 p. m. John Dinoeu, tlio D. L. & VV. cross ing special watchman at Mill street, was the first wituess when Court con vened again at I:80 p. m. Ho narrat ed tlio events of the laying of the frog at this crossing, which are all woll known to the p ople of this city. He testified that he roccivcd a crack in the forehead when removing ties, which were thrown back on the track moro rapidly than they were taken off. George Kggort, the 1). L. & W. sta tion master, who was on the stand in the moruing was recalled and gave testimony similar to that of Diuoen, but added that VV. F. f'aseoe directed the work for the trolley company. He told of tlio arrival of the D. IJ. & W. train from Scranton at 3:85 a. m. aud the running of the engine on the cross ing while ties wore being thrown iu front of it. Attorney Scarlet's ques tioning brought out the acknowledg ment that the wituess had drawn a revolver, but ho donied pointing it at Mr. Pacsoo or any particular person, and said ho drew it while ou the com (Continued on Fourth Page.) slllllO FOR WATER WORKS Tho Council mot in special session H'riday to receive plans and speoifi ciit niis for the undergrade roadway at A street, which the Hliiladelphia & Heading Railway Clump my was es pecte.l to present hut the riilroad offi - oia's wero nut pro our. I'r sidont Davis was iu the chair and all members of Council responded to roll call: Messrs Vastiue, Keifsuyder, Swank, Boyor, Foustermaohor, Gooser, Montgomery, Doitrich, David Gibson, Lloyd and Josoph Gibson. Mr. Goeser, when the consideration of the undergrade orossiug matter was under way offered a resolution to no tify the Philadelphia & Reading Hail way Company to putin writing tlieir proposition, and Burgess Fursel sug gested having a meeting of the Ooun oilmen, railroad officials and trolley pooplo libxt Wednesday night, prior to the rogular meeting,so that intelligent and defiuito action can he taken at the regular meeting. The clerk was in structed to commuuioate with the rail road poople to try to have them get thoir loproseutativos here next Wed nesday. A conuiiauicatiou of Borough En gineer George 112. Keefor to the Board of Water Commissioners was read ad vocating the building of n Hiopo or re taining wall from the north abutment of Stato highway bridge to the Water Works. For a 200 foot wall with 3 foot bottom and P., foot top and an eleva tion corresponding witli the bate coarse of the Water Works building, footing of concrete 4 foot by 18 inches to be I feot belo.v the natural snrfaoe, the estimatod cost is {2,200. This includes the county's share, or the oost would bo $l, BHILL AW*." DANVILLE, MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1904 MR. BARRETT'S TRAGIC DEATH Cornelius Barrett, son of Mrs. Mary Barrett, of Railroad street, near the East end. was found deail 011 the Phil adeplhia al Bank, of Catawissa, mashed a fing er. A. R. Anthouy, train dispatcher. ; had a narrow eßOape. The uninjured j members of tho aufortuuate orew as- I sister! tho others,all of whom aro bed { fast, except Solomon Feustermacher. Tho gridiron gladiators will now covor thnmsolvoH with mud, gore and glory to their fullest desire. TO IMPROVE THE TROLLEY ROAD The Columbia and Montour trolley road is to be extensively improved and a new powor plaut that will ocoupy a 50x50 foot building will be erected at Berwiok. In it will be installed a 200 kilowatt generator and a 850 horso power engine. It will be just au aux iliary plant. A 150 kilowatt rotary oonverter will bo stationed at Willow Grove, where now there is a 100 kilo watt oonverter, and the uew one will make it possible to continue operation even if accident should befall one machine This work will be done within six months. A charter has been granted for the Berwick belt line, an extension of the Columbia and Montour, which will reach Nescopeck as soon as the bridge is up. It will ran up Market street, Berwiok, to the steel plaut and will connect at West Berwick with the present system. RFD Routes are Increasing A second successful year for the rural free delivery system in Montour i-oun ty closed last week, ou Septembei 80. The R. F. D. routes are especially serviceable for the people living far from post offices and all of the farmers are warm in their praise of it. That the rural delivery system has given satisfaction and provon a great con voniouoe is evidenced by au increase in the mail handled in this section, which has been fcllowod by alike growth of the number of routes. In fact there are now just about twice as many of them as there were a year ago. There is no gainsaying that it is a very fine thing for the men on the farm to be ablo to take au hour after breakfast for looking over his oity newspaper, fresh from the press aud received the same morning it is pub lished. When it is recalled that the news even of his own section hitherto did not reach tho farmer until it was a couple days old it can readily be un deistood that the rural froe delivery means something to tho country folks, giving them equal advautages with their city friends so tar as mail facil ities go. Y. M. C. A. Notes. The miuing town of Douglas, Ari zona, ou the southwestern frontier, whioh doubled its population last year aud now has (i.OOO people,mostly men, is to have a Y. M. C. A. clubhouse costiug $30,000. It will help to relieve the hard conditiona of life in this raw town, where the saloon is the popular meeting place. Tho El Paso aud South western Company has recently offored |5,000 toward this building, and one of the smelter companies has contribut ed an equal sum, and it is oxpected that at least 110,000 will be secured from business mou and miners in tho camp. Great interest has boeu man ifested in the project by the meu.who demand a popular headquarters aud a chance to spend their spare time iu do cent surroundings. C. G. Titus, a Topeka, Kali., man who has boon sec rotary there for six yoara is to shape the now organization. Mr. Titns is the kind of mail who ought to mako the Association a popular place in such a town. Beforo becoming an As sociation secretary ho had a goneral experience as messenger boy, boot black, farm hand, student, newspaper reporter, aud policoman and daputy 6herilT. Ho thoroughly understands the conditions of life in a Western mining camp, whioh that Association "will bo expected to meet. A Busy Scene. Mill street was a busy looking thoroughfare ou Saturday night do spite the torn up condition of the sido walks. The peoplo wero out in full force. The theatre drow many people out and the advent of full shopping gave the storoH all they could handle. As has recently bhon the rule there was little dlsoider and the police had a quiet timo of i«. MONTOUR'S VOTING MEN •Tnst lit this time wheu the politi oi mis and candidates are making cal culations as to the result of the cool ing election, which will be held on Tuesday, November the Bib, the fol low ing statement of registered voters in Montonr oounty is of interest. The total number registered is 3618 voters. The appended table shows the num ber of voters of each ward, borough and township: Danville, First Ward 56# Danville, Second Ward 402 Danville, Third Ward Danville, Fourth Ward 446 Mahoning Towuship 314 Liberty Township 260 Anthony Township 232 Derry Township 188 Valley Township . 181 Liiuestjne Township..— . 157 West Hemlock Township 90 Oooper Township 84 Waslnngtonville Borough 64 Mayberry Township.. 51 Total 3618 Tho First and Third Wards of the Borough have respectively 56i) aud 580 voters registered and it has been the judgment of tho elcctiou officers of these wards that each should bv ;iivid ol into two voting precincts, as the labor imposed on the bouds as things exist at proßont, is entirely too much wheu it is considered that the pay ot election officers in a precinct polling only 100 votes is the same as for those where 500 votos are polled. Thin mat ter should receive the attention of tli9 proper authorities for the good of all concornod and if doemed advisable a division of the First, and Third wards into two precincts should be made. Touring with Sousa's Hand S. Ross Millhouse, oornetist wit'i Sousa's concert band,sonds the follow ing uewpsipor clipping from Mitchell, South Dakota. "Messrs. J. W. Richardson,R. Mill house and Henry Heidelberg,members of Mr. Sonsa's band have Imd tlioir tlrst oxporioneo in shooting prairie chickens and jack rabbits. They were taken ont Thursday by L. C. Thomas, with whom they are stopping, aud givon a touch of western hunting on tho prairie. They were successful in bagging tour prairie ohiokens aud three jack rabbits, aud they declared it was tho greatest sport they ever en joyed. Dowu in New York they said they usually got prairie chickens after they had bsen killed a week and that they were hardly worth eatiug. The party had gnat sport with Mr. Heid elberg. The first jack rabbit that pop ped caused much excitement aud they all shouted "see the wolf," for the jack labbits in this country are mam moth in size. Mr. Heidelberg was so i.fraid that it would not be shot that he attempted to run it dowu, despite tho effort of Mr. Thomas to call him baok. He tore along at an oxcitiug paoe while the jack would run a short distance aud thou stop and look de risively baok at his panting pursuer. Mr. Heidelberg fiually gave up the ohaso, aud when the next two jacks putin appearauoe he took off his hat to the fleetnesß of the South Dakota jack rabbit, aud went after him with his gun." Mr. Miilhouse was engaged by Prof. Sousa early in September. The baud is mnkiug a tour of the west, giving concerts in all the large oities. From Oct. 10 to 33, the baud will play in San Francisco aud will then work east to New York oity where a couoert will be givou Christmas night. Ou Wed nesday, December 28th, the baud will sail for England aud will makt. a tour of tlio British proviuoes and Ireland. The European tour will close with a two weeks eugageinout in the city of Loudon. Mr. Millhouse was born in Danville aud resided here until he was tweuty years of a?e. He win at one time a member of Stoes' Band aud Strick land's orchestra. Here's a Good Record The ouo solitary pritoner iu the Montour oouuty jail must bo having a lonely tiina of it indeed. Sheriff Maieis yesterday stated that he has iu oustody now just ono man out of all Montour county and unless the teud eucy to law-breaking boeomes strong er very suddenly this year will bo a record ono for the small number of prisoners. The fact that only ouo prisoner is in tlio jail is especially significant at this timo. With the improvements now making being carried on by uumorous foreigners it would be but natural if there were au unusual lot of disorder. Danville citizens and the residents generally of Montour county can be gratified over this demonstration of the peaceful, law-nbiding nature of the community. "A Break for Liberty." One of the host attractions coming to Danville will bo presented to the thoatre goiug public of this city next Saturday evening. It is the great scenic melodrama in five acts, "A Broak for Liberty," written on tho daring escape, pursuit and subsequent death of the late Biddle brothers. Special soonery is carriod for every act mid is oomplote with all eleolrical etl'ftots. The company is well chosen aud litimbors some of the best known peo ple in the profos«ion. The production comes to this city highly recominond- THE V. M. C. A. IS IMPROVED A visit to the Young Men's Christ imi Association of Danville these days is a source of pleasure and profit. The handsome Association quarters, as fine as any in the state,now appear to bet ter advantage than ever, having beeu refitted and improved in a substantial manner. The early history of the Y. M. O. A.,erected in 1888 by the late Thomas Beaver, is well known to peoplo of Uus city, who are proad to point out the fine structure to strangers. But many of them go no farther than this, not i knowing what'an excellent work for boys and young mon is being doue by , the Association and not taking the in terest they should feel in the welfare of the Y. M. O. A. The Danville Y. M. C. A has stead ily progressed ever since its institu tion aud with the completion of the interior chauges that have recently been underway it is second to none iu the state. When tho size of the town is considered aud the cost of carryiug on the work all who are familiar with tho doingj of the Associations of oth er cities admit that the results ob tained in Dativille equal the work ac complished in any piaoa iu the coun try. The equipment of tho entire building is neat and attractive. To keep it modern, aud of course boing up-to-date is an essential in success ful work,entails considerable expanse. It is understood that even now the Danville Association is a little behind with current oxpeuses as a result of making improvements. Were the mer chants of Danville and others who are able to do so to help even to a small extent the Association oould very readily be plaood on a sound financial footing. Of course the institution is a part of a world wide organization aud is here to stay, but it is up to the people of Danville to say how it shall be conducted, whether in a way to do the best work possible or just to drag slowly along. Popular institutions of this kind play a prominent part in stamping a city bh a desirable place. Merchants who holp support a Y. M. O. A. need not look solely to religious ends but doubtless can find commercial advant ages accruing from whatever help they may give. Their clerks unquestion ably are improved through the Y. M. O. A., which benefits the city gener ally. Tho Danville Y. M. O. A. is run by efficient men. Secretary William D. Laumaster has given nine years of good service here and Physical Direct or 0. O. Oarpouter for three years has helpod the boys aud men to acquire stroug, healthy bodies. The cleauli uess and order of the local quarters are noteworthy aud the care of Janitor Frank Burguer is largely responsible for this desirable condition. What the Dauville Y. M. O. A. has may be briefly summed up as follows: A line hall that will seat 300 persons, equipped with organ and piano; num erous coay rooms for small gatherings; a beautiful parlor with music box and phonograph for eutertaiument and comfortable ohairs for re«t; <» well stocked reading room of periodicals and newspapers; a gymnasium con taining tho best of modern apparatus. The gymnasium is worthy of espec ial uotice. The shower baths have been enameled and fine white porcelain tubs tiave been installed A boiler heats the water for fcli* u.*thers aud a larger one keeps the whole Y. M. C. A. building comfortable in the cold est weather. Bright and cheerful, the rooms are very attractive to the young fellows ou a sharp frosty night aud that they appreciate it is shown by the large attondauoe. The gymnasium classes now are at work aud the meu are more enthusiastic than possibly ever before. With this noble physical work, a good spiritual atmosphere attending the men's meetings and Bible classes and the Boys' Bible class of 200 mem bers, and the sooial featnres of the right kind, the Y. M. O. A. is a safe plaoe for any boy. It is a help to any young man. It deservos the support of every citizen. Be Careful of Your Vote. Voters who desire to cast a ballot at tho election in November must soe to it that their poll tax is paid. If the voter has not paid such a tax within the last two yoars.lie cannot vote this fall. This is an important matter and Bhould be attended toatouce. Friday, October 7th, is the last day on which tho poll tax can be paid. Voters should immediately hunt up their tax receipts and learn whether or not they are oligible to vote at tlio comiug election. Work at St Hubert Church Tho addition to St. Hubert's Cath olic church, Bloom street,is beginning to show up as a solid and pretty struc ture. Tho work on tho new building is not very far from completion and the annex alroady groatly improves tho appearance of the church. The slaters now are ready to start on the roof, all of tho brick work be ing done. The lathers will also be gin operations at ouoe, so that it will not be long before the inside of the building will be finished. Improving the Crossing. The Philadelphia & Reading cross ing at Bloom street yo9terday was be ing improved by the laying of new timbers and the sidewalk also was be ing repaired. NO. WILL CONSTRUCT UNDERCIUDE The initiatory step to secure an un dergrade crossing at A street was tak en by Council last evening at a speci al session attended by Philadelphia & Reading railroad and Danville and Bloomsburg trolley compauy officials. Division Superintendent Turk and Statiou Agent P. H. Foust, of the Reading, and W. F. Pascoe and At torney Soarlet, looking after the trol ley interests, met with the Council* meu. In the abseuco of President Davis, Clerk Patton called the nicciittg to order. Mr. Vastiue was chosen Presi dent pro tem. The members answer ing roll call were Messrs. Vastiue, Reifsnvder, rioyer, Goeser, Montgom ery, Dietrich, D. Gibson, J. Gibson and Lloyd. After the object of the meeting was stated Mr. Pascoe was given the floor. He stated that the trolley people and railroad people had conferred with the Borough Solicitor and decided to ask for the passage of a resolution author izing the ordinance committee and Borough Solioitor to prepare an ordin ance before the regualr mooting of Council Friday evening, giving per mission for the building of tho A street undergrade crossing,which will be 30 feet wide, and the abolition of the Cross street crossing after the new one is completed aud acoepted. Mr. Reifsuydor desired to learn what expeuso the proposed changes would make for the Borough. Mr. i'ascoe showed plans and profilo for the undergrade roadway and explain ed that the ordinance would be so framed as to relievo the Borough of any expeuso whatsoovor. He stated that the railroad aud trolley compan ies would stand all of the cost of con structing the crossing aud afterward the trolley company will do just wliaS the ordinance recently passed requires —keep and maintain tho road between the rails aud two feet on eithor side of the track. He further stated that the vacation of tho Cross street cross ing would not have to occur until the undergrade shall bo completed and ac- oepted. At this point the resolution offerod by Mr. Pascoo was passod on motion of Mr. Goosor, seconded by Mr. Reif snyder. Attorney Scarlet then spoke of the need of giving the borough, the railroad and the trolley company all the proper protection which can be secured by embodying in the ordin ance all of the requirements. Superintendent Turk stated that the Reading people feel justified in asking for tho vacation of Cross street cross ing in consideration of the large sum the railroad company will have to spend for tlie improvement. (As pre viously published, the crossing will oost about $8000.) Mr. Turk believes tho crossing will really benefit Dan ville more than either the railroad or the trolley. Of course, in this connec tion it may be explained that tho do ing away with the Cross street cross ing will enable the Reading to haudlo the many trains passing over this divi sion with greater dispatch. Mr. Goeser moved that the ordin ance committee draw up a resolution covering the matter by Friday. The motion prevailed and Messrs. Swank, Reifsnyder and Montgomery will at once start on the task imposed upon them. Council at 8:30 o'clock,after receiv ing an invitation from Mr. Pascoo to take a trolley ride at 9 o'clock, ad journed to meet Friday evening next. Local Foot Ball Team Organized A number of Danville boys have or ganized a foot-ball team, and expect to play a series of games this fall. Names prominent in tho town's foot ball history are included in the list, so that a strong aggregation will bo developed from the material on hand. At a meeting held Tuesday evening Hert Slattery was elected captain aud Ben Johnson, assistant captain. Wal ter Raver was chosen to manage the team for the coming season. Challenges have bean received from Sunbury, Catawissa and Berwick. Diehl-Brondon Wedding Ralph B. Diehl, clerk at the post office and Miss Nan Brandon, daughter of Mrs. Clara Braudon, East Market street, were married yosterday morn ing at 9:30 o'clock. Tho ceremony was performed at the bride's home by the Rov. Edward Haughton, reotor of Christ Episcopal church. Only the immediate relatives of the young couple were present. Mr. and Mrs. Diehl left on the 10:19 D. L. & VV. train for a trip to New York city. Launch Tampered With? George Hulliheu's launch which his son, Charles, has been operating, is out of service, tho air mixer being brokon. Mr. Hulliheu believes some one tampered with the boat aud dam aged tho machinery. 110 will try to have it running by the end of the week. Preparatory Services. Tho Lord's Supper will be celebrat ed in Shiloh Reformed church next Sunday. Preparatory services will bo held on Friday evening at 7 :30 o'clock, at which time the Rev. J. E. Hutchi son, pastor of the Mahoning Presby terian church,will preach the sermon. AH the members of the church are urged to be present.