DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER VOL. LXXVI. TOWN IMPERILED JY FLAMES Washingtonville had a Are Friday aud nothing but a timely discovery aud the fact that there was an abund ance of help ou hand prevented (he greater part of the town from being laid in ashes. The fire occurred between half past 12 aud 1 o'clock ou the premises of Miss Sara Qeiger,a maiden lady, who lives uear the Lutheran church. The boose is a frame oue and when discov- j eied tho flames were eating their way | oat betweeu the plank on the side of the building. There is uo fire department iii Wash ingtonville aud in the absence of alarm by bell the word that there was a fire had to be passod about from mouth to mouth. Several persons oaily on the ground, had good lungs, however, and they shouted "Fire" with so much euergy aud emphasis that it was only the matter of a few minutes until the whole town knew that a house was burning. Iu a few minutes the greater part cf the town, men, womon and children were on the scene of the fire audit was ouly a minute or so latei until they had resolved themselves into an orderly buoket brigade and were ham at work. The crowd was soon aug mented by people from the farms and others who were driving through town but had tied their horses aud rushed to the fire hoping iff be of assistance. Every haud that volunteered was needed. The burning dwelling was situated iu a uest of dried out wooden buildings of the older sort, at the end of the borough in the direction from which the wiud was blowing in a strong aud steady current. The prin cipal street of the town was in irn niiuent danger and whether it could be saved or uot depended w holly upon whether or uot the fire could bo ex tinguislied before it got any further thau Miss Geiger's dwelling. Everybody worked with tl>e energy boru of desperation. The fire, which originated in the chimney, was ruling in the iuterior of the wall between the plauk and the planter So that al though literally hogsheads of water were carried to the spot and dashed upon the baildiug it mado little or no impression ou the fire. The only r< - course lay in partially demolishing the house in order to get at the seat of the lire. In a short time, there tore, the plaster and lathing were ripped off the walls on both the upper and the lower story on the inside, the roof was torn oIT the porches and the ohiuiuev demolished teu feot from the roof downward. In process of time the house looked as though it had passed through an earthquake, hut the tfre was extinguished. Miss Ginger estimates her loss at S3OO. J here was an insurance. Bloomsburg Expects to Win. The Hloomsburg Daily has the fol lowing to say about thn basket ball team from ten miles up the road, which will play the local five at the Armory Friday evening: "The local basket hall enthusiasts are now formulating plans for the coming soason. It is the purpose of the local promoters to got together as stroug a combination of piayers as possible, and only tho verv best of teams will be played. "The best of the local ability has been secured to which will IR added several star players to be secured else where. "The first gaire of the season will be on Friday evening when the local men goto Danville to plav the team of that town,and they are going there to wiu." That souuds pretty good and it is altogether likely that the visitors will put up a fine game,but as to their winning—well, you cau't always tell. There are five boys from right here at home, who hive been practicing hard for some time, and they put up a mighty good article of basket ball. Anyway they will make that com bination of players "hump." Rogers' Paving Contract. Contractor D. J. Rogers,who has on hand a stieet paving ooutract in Hloomsburg,is delayed just at present by the non arrival of brick. He says he will finish the pavement in a few days. Meanwhile Mr. Rogers is busy get ting out stone for tho now Polish Cathedral in Mt. (Jarmel. This will be one of the largest and most impos ing churches in this section of the state. Tlia building will ho 150x70 feet. Mr. Kogors Is dressing only a small | quantity of the stouo in his Danville ' yard. In all two huulred and fifty carloads of stone will he lequired, whioh lie is having shipped from In- ! diaua and from Chester in this state. | Marble will enter largely into the con j struction of the church. Six hundred | marble slabs will pave the space ah->ut the altar, in a Iditinu to which will ' appear twelve marble columns, with massive and ornate liases and i ap*. j Started Up Again. The Danville Rolling Mill, which wa-* o'diged to shut ilowu Saturday owing to a hrokon roll.started up yes terday morning, repairs being com pleted. The present was the first de lay of AII) note that has occurred since the plant started np last spring. It is one of our hnsieat little industries and has added its full quoto to tho general prosperity. TEMPERANCE SUNDAHIiSERVEI) Sunday war Ret apart an Temper ance Sunday in the Presbytorian nliureh. On this date generally the ministers of that denomination preach ed an effective totup°rance sermon. , Following are some of tho points cf Rev. Dr. McCormack's sermon. He handtod the subject in his usual force ful and original manner A good siz ed congregation had turned out. at tho Grove church, all without exception commending the pastor's elTort. The text was founded on Romans XIV-21 : "It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wiue, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth." Taking as a topio the broad subject of "Temperance" Dr. McCormack said: "When we join tho cliuroh we cease to be able to look at tiling* mere ly in thoir relation to ourselves; we are in houor bound to look at them in their relation to the life of every oth er member. In the text Paul speaks of abstinence not for a man's own sake but for the sake of others. Oue who realizes his own weakness abstains for his own sake; another person, who re cognizes tho weakness of those around him, abstains for their sake. This chapter tfTgns tho importauoe of con science. Thin is a question on which there is no room for a difference of opinion. As a follower of Christ a man's duty is perfectly clear ; he must bo a total abstainer. You all admit that there may be cir cumstances when it would he wrong for you to drink—when you know you are running a serious risk by doing it. The nurse and physician have to take risks in mastering the plague. Rusi uess men are bound to take risks ; oth erwise the wheols of commerce would stand still; but risks that can b9 avoid ed should uot be taken. I believe that iu taking a drink a man runs riass that might be avoided. Theie is no place whore drink is nec essary. The social cup does not feed nor sustain. Granted, if you liho.that it is a medicine. Further there are things nobody should risk ; character of his o*rn chil dren—his own soul Youi character has reached a stage in which it is pretty w. 11 fixed aud the danger of you ever becomiug a drunkard is very remote. But what of your children The man who drinks also risks Ins own charac ter. The risk in your caso you say is suiill, but every drunkard was once a moderate drinkor. Men do not de liberately become drunkards. "Let those who staud beware lest they fall." Abstain for personal safoty. 1. It is wrone for you to drink v\li3U scu know it is an occasion of stumbling to others. This is to Christ ian people an unanswerable argument. Tho strong language of temperance ad vocat« s is no uood excuse for turning a deaf ear. Our national drink bill is eiiorm iu«. Tho victims belong to all olasses. to both sexes. 2. Is solf sacrifice a pait of the Christian's duty? "Take up thy cro c s and follow me." But why should a man givo up drink what difference will it make—why should a man give up what he likes? The life of the drunken wretch, the besotted scamp stands out as a red signal of danger. Satan does not take the innocent young man to the Justice's court ou Monday morning to persuade liiiu that a lit'lm wine or beet is good for him. Rut on Sunday ho takes him to church —points out tho respectable church member, Sunday school teacher or elder, who is a moderate drinker, and discourses ou their illustrious virtues. That is a plea the young inau can not answer or withstand. A respectable, temperate man is worth 10,000 drunkards iu tho devil's battle for the souls of the youth of our laud. Again by having drink iu your house you plam it in the way of your chil dren and frieuds. It is for each of us to weigh these things up. There is no doubt but that you think of somethiug to he said on the othei side. I believe you will agreo that moderation is the highest form of temperauco; it is self contiol. That sounds well enough but it is Pagan morality, not Christianity, which has taught us there is something higher thau self-coutrol and that is self-deni al. Again,you say total abstinence may he necessary for some, but it is a con fession of weakness; moderation is the ideal—moderation is freedom—but is i t ? The modi rate driuker has reserved his strougost argument for the last. He has the authority of Paul for his position. Rut surely Paul's theologic al insight did not mako him an infall able medical adviser. Wliou I want i advioe as to diet I do not consult Rev. Dr. Pattou, of Princeton, but Di. i Thompson, of R'oom street. We who 1 profess to follow Christ should not | judge one another,but standing in the I presence of our Lord we repeat the ■ words: "It is good not to oat flesh, j nor to drink wine, nor to do anything j whereby thy brother stumbleth. ' Athletics Rewarded. As a reward for wiuiing the Ameri i cau Loague base hall championship 1 pennant the 18 players of the Phila ! delphia club were presented by Presi -1 dent Shib.\of that club,with $8181.49, to bo divided equally among the inen. This is tho amount of the Phil adelphia club's portion of tho roceipts for tho first four games of tho world's ( championship sorio.s with fclio New ( York National Loagaoclub. The Phil adelphia players alsorecoivod s<>B4B 4(1 as their portion of tho receipts of the world's series allotted to them by the national commission. -PLKDQKD BUT TO TBUTH, TO LXBJKBTT AHB LAW—NO FAVOR BWATB US AND SO FKAB SHALL AWI" DANVILLE. MONTOUR COUNTY. PA.. FRIDAY, OCToBEIi 2), 1905. DARING THEFT OKIIICKENS A chicken theft of the very boldest type was perpetrated Sunday night at the homo of Mr. aud Mrs. Andrew Woniger, corner of A aud Spring streets. The Wenigers have always imagin ed their coops to bo safe from the dep redations of chicken thieves, on ac count of the aio light on the corner whero their home is situated. This daring rascal, however, was not deter red by the illumination, nor did he even wait until a late hour to make the raid. Mr. Woniger had retired aud Mrs. Weniger was about to do so at 10 o'clook when a slight noise attracted her attention to the rear of the house. There she saw the man emerging from the chickeu coop. Mrs. Weuiger's de mand for an explanation only served to oause the rogue to make a hurried exit and disappear. Mrs. Weniger thought she had fright-, eued tho thief away without his booty but an examination of the coop yes terday morning showed that two of tho finest chickens were missing. Mrs. Weniger is confident that she recognizod the thief, and she promises to institute proceedings unless the chickens are returned or she is reim bursed for her loss. Small Ballot. * The secretary of the Commonwealth is making up tho form of the official ballot for tho election next month. Ry reason of the small number of offices to bo filled this year and the lin'itcd number of nominees for those offices, the ballot will be much smaller than last year. Aside from state treasurer, justice of the supreme court and judge of the superior oourt, the ouly state oilicos to be filled are common pleas and associate judges. Common pleas judges will be oleoted iu twelve coun ties and associate judges in eleven counties. Tho contest for common pleas judges iu several districts are already very exciting aud will bring out a heavy vote for an "off year." Associate judges will be elected in Clinton, Elk, Forest, Fulton, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour, Sullivan, Union, Warren and Wyoming counties. Al legheny, Philadelphia,Tioga and West moreland are the only counties iu which thoro is no fight for common pleas judges where judges are to be elected. Both parties have nominated the regular Republican candidates iu these four counties,thus insuring their election without tho trouble and ex* pense of a campaign. Popular Couple Harried. Tho Gregory homestead, corner of Church and Waluut streets, was the scene of a quiet wedding last evening, when Miss Nello Gregory became the bride of David R. Kokiuan, of this city. The ceremony was performed at 7 o'clock by Rev. Dr. McCormack, pastor of tho Grove Presbyterian church. The wedding was an exceed ingly quiet affair, none but the im mediate family being present. Imme diately after the ceremony the newly wedded couple were driveu to Sooth Danville where they took the 7:51 Pennsylvania train for a trip to Phil adelphia aud New York. The bride is an accomplished lady and a leading member of our corps of publio school teachers. She enjoys a wide acquaintance aud is highly es teemed. The groom ia one of our leadlug business men. He is very widely kuown aud is popular everywhere. The en tiro community unites in fervent congratulations aud well wishes. Sustained a Broken Nose. Richard Fogle, of Riverside, is con fined to his home with a brokeu nose. Tho accident was sustained yestor day afternoon. Mr. Fogle is a pud dler, and is employed at the Reading Iron Works. He was engaged iu hand ling some iron when a bar thrown by another person struck him ou the nose. Tho injury iuflictod was a most painful one, a deep cut ooourring on the bridge of the noso and the under lying bone being badly shattered.|The injured man made his way to the office of Dr. P. 0. Newbakor, who dressed tho injury aud made a very good job of it. He moulded tho shattered par ticles of bono back into place, after which he stitched the gash aud plast ored tlio whole firmly over. A broken nose is bad enough, but it is an injury that need not cause a man to lose very much time. Mr. Fogle will probably be out again in a few days. Hearing on the South Side. The ironotony of life on the South Side was slightly relieved yestorday afternoon by the appearance of a group of people, among whom was the Constable of the township,moving with duo dignity and deliberation to ward the office of Justice of the Peace H. S. Vastine, which is situated at the upper end of South Danville. The fact soou became kuown that there had been an arrest aud that the parties were assembling for a hearing. The complainant in the rase was Mrs. William Chapman and the party arraigned was Mrs. W. O. Mainzer. The cliargo was assault and battery. Tho hearing took place about 2 o'clock. Witnesses wore examined and the case deliberated upon,after which Justice Vastine decided to held the defendant for court. Rail was fixed at five hnndred dollars, whioh was easily procured. PUPIL TEACHER TAKES CHARGE ProfeHsor Shaw, Prinoipal of tlm Third Ward Orammar School, who in HUlTeriug with au attack of diphtheria was reported by his physioian yester day as doing very well under the oir oumstanoeß.the disease being well un der control aud not at all of a malig nant type. Miss Kale Seesholtz, one of the pu pil teaohers eleoted, yesterday after noon temporarily relieved Boroofth Superintendent Gordy.who had charge of tho Third ward grammar school following Professor Shaw'B illuoss. The Borough Superintendent has reg [ ular duties to perform in the line rf actual supervision, which may at any time call him away. So that while his attainments aud experience make him a first class teacher in any of the grades it is impracticable for him to act as a substitute for more than a very brief interval. In oases of sickness ulTucting the lower grades the pupil teachers come Into play very uioely aud geueraly do satisfactory work. The grammar school, however, iB a pretty difficult propositiou for a young woman to tackle whose schooling and experience is withiu the limit implied wheu pu pil teachers are considered. Neverthe less Miss Seesholtz essayed the task and with tho effective aid of the Boroogh Superintendent got along very nicely. Miss Seesholtz will oontinue iu oharge, the Borougii Superintendent lookiug in at iutervals to see that things go rightly,until next Monday night wheu tho School Board holds a regular meet ing. It' necessary, othtr arrangements may then be made. rtlnisterlal Association. The Ministerial Association of Dan ville yosterday morning held its first meeting since June, when the pastors begau to prepare for their summer va cation?. The attendance was fairly good. The lutontion was to have made ar rangements for the Uuiou Thanksgiv ing service,but owing to the fact that one or more of the ministers were ab sent it was decided to postpone mak ing arrangements until uext Monday The proliflo seasou and the genera prosperity prevailing ought to oall forth a fervent thanksgiving this sea son and nothing less than the usual interesting program will suffice. " Rabbi Joseph Zeisler of the B'uai Zion congregation was elected a mem ber of the Ministerial Assooiation yes terday. No one feels a deeper interest in the moral and religions welfare of the towu than Kabbi Zeisler and he expects to affiliate fully with the as sociation aud to labor shonlder to shoulder with the members for the good of the town and community. Kabbi Zoisler yesterday stated that the JewUli congregation will join the Christian denominations in a Union Thanksgiving servioe. Complete Program for Reunion. All plans have been completed for the reunion of the Spanish-American War Veterans, at Sunbury, October 28th, and now it is up to the woather man to famish the roal goods in liis lino for the evout to terminate suc cessfully. The program of events for tlio day is as follows: •AFTERNOON SESSION. Reooption and registration of mem bers, 1:15 to 2 :15. Business meeting at 2:15. Invocation Rev. A. W. Anderson, of Company A. Music, Qaakin's Military Band. Address of welcome, P. P. Smith, ohief burgess. Response, 001. J. B. Ooryell. Musio, Gaskin's Military Band. (ieneral business of the Association. Eleotion of officers Seleotion of plaoe for next meeting. Music, Oaskin's Military Band. Supper at Market House, from 5 to 6:30 p. m. Music, Oaskin's Military Band. Street parade to].ihe Court House, from the Armory, at 7 :30 p. m. Sunbury Polioe. Oaskin'B Military Band. Twelfth Regiment, P. V. I. Camp fire at the courthouse at 8 p. m. Toastmaxter, Lt. Col. O. M. Clem ent. Overture, Oaskin's Military Band. In Memoriam, Our Deceased Com rades. (Each organization will be called upon to report the number of deceas ed comrades). Q Vooalsolo, "Face to Face, " Katli erine O. Grant. Taps, E. J. Mehaffoy. Third Brigade, First Division, Sec ond Corps, General J. P. S. Gobin. Our llegimeutal Commander, Col. J. B. Ooryell. Vocal solo, T. B. MafTett, Co. G. Our Comrades In Arms, Col. W. P. Bowman, First P. V. I. Musio, Gaskin's Military Band. Short speeches by members of var ious companies. Musio, Male Quartette. More speech* s from the companies. Music, Gaskin's Military Kami Pennsylvania in the Spanish-.Viiiori can War, Gen. T. J. Stowart These are Btrenoous days in many households. Its a problem whether to get a now dress a nd wear tlio uhi ha made over, or make the old diess and get a new hat. But whatever the solu tion, the average wife will liiako the best of the problem and be » winner for the husband. THRILLING ESCAPE FROM DEATH Residents of the Tliir<l Ward are talking over a vory narrow and con sequently a thrilling escape,which oc curred at the Ceuter street crossing a | day or RO ago when in Hpito of the jingling l»*» 11 H a buggy containing a | gentleman and lady (Reaped being 'struck by a locomotive by the narrow est kind ot a margin, j There were Reveral eyewitnesses ot the affair. The baggy oatnc down Cen ter street, the track toward Rloom strec t being clear, while the view toward Spruce Rtreet was obstructed by Albert Lloyd's IIOURC. The bnggv stopped op poßite Mr. Lloyd'fl hoofle, bat the fact that the signals were ringing did not seem suffijient to convinco the driver that the oars were near at hand and ho called to a lady on the lower Ride of the crossing evidently asking her whether it would be safe to croRR, bat which she misunderstood an 1 think ing that he had asked her wt other the cars were coming nodded in the affirm ative. The result was that he drove upon the track only to tiud that the flwitch engine was right on the spot. For a moment a dreadful »ccid<nt seemed unavoidable. The trainmen yelled, the lady IU the baggy scream ed, while the bystanders gesticulated and joined in the choruti with cries of wartiiug. All this happened while the baggy glided over the crowing RO CIORC to the locomotive that the latter must have grazed the wheels. Mrs. Albert Lloyd, who was an eye witueHß of the affair yeßterday stated that there is Acarcely a day bat that people take dreadful risks at that point, paying no attention whate-er to the signals. The crossing is a very dangerous one and Mrs Lloyd has fre quently stopped people aud thus pre vented accidents. Tho bells, she says, if properly regulated and obfiorved, would afford an excellent protection. They add a sen-e of security and re move much of the dread formerly felt by roflidonts that the orossings would at any day bo the scene of an accid* ent. Several persons who witnessed the narrow escape described abovo exone rate the diiver from blame. The bells they say are ringing too lnaoh of the time with no oars in sight. An inst ance is cited that occurred ou Monday moruiug when the bells rang (or fifty minutes by the watch, tho perform ance of the signals being due to the fact that a portion of a train occupied the western eud of the block while switching was iu progress at the Head iug Iron Works. At such times it is urged that no man with whom timo is a factor could afford to hold up bin horse until the bells stopped ringing, bat would be inclined to take the risk and endeavor to affect a crossing. Whether the sigual system or the traveling public are at fault tho fact remains that since the bells have been installed, as revealed by the recent narrow escape, conditions, if possible, are more favorable for accident than before. It does not seem unlikely that a change will be made iu the system before long. Meanwhile it behooves the public, who are the parties exposed to casualty, goto the extreme limit in the exercise of precaution and if necessary to cross while the bells are ringing not to do so without first tak ing a view up aud down tho track. Father of 28 Children. Barton Garrison, of Berwick, is the father of twenty-eight children, bat only eight of them are liviug. The youngest, a daughter, was born three weeks ago. Mr. Garrison's record would make glad the heart of President Roosevelt were he bat to know of it, and it is one that has not been equalled iu this section. Mr. Garrison is a remarkable individual. He is aged over (15 years aud ifl an halo and hearty as a man of 40. All his life he has been employed with the A. O. & F. Co. At oue time he was employed stocking no less than eight cupolas aud he is still employed in the foundry, where he is seldom, if ever, off-duty, knowing but very lit tle sickaesß. His measure of grief has been a full oue. In the oemotory at Berwick is a row of sixteen tombstones marking the graves of a wife aud fifteen ohildren. Fourteen children died of diphtheria and one of black dinhtheria during the epidemic in Berwick about fifteeu years ago. At oue time threo children died within throe weeks. Mr. Garrison has been married three times. Pupils to Carry Boiled Water. The IKK) school children of Berwick have beon notified that in future if they desire a drink of water during sohool hours they must bring it to school in bottles and that the water most bn boiled. No papil will be al lowed to drink out of auothor's bottle. Tho water will be furnished by the schools. This is to ain in preventing an outbreak of typhoid fover. Hack Party. A hack pint? from this city was en- j lert.iinod at t:>e limiio of John Row j den,lie.ir Uui.in Corner yesti r.lay. The ' following w«re in the party: Mrs. | livin Valium, Mr and Mrs. William! [Andy,Mrs Oiewitt,Mrs. K A. Carry, >! Mrfl. Lizzie Fisher, Mrs O. H. Roy- ! j nolds, Mrs. Wright. Mrs. James Fost er, Mrs W. G. Brown, Mrs. Frank i Jam* son, Mrs. W. J. Rogers, Miss Bertha Newhaker and Rev. S. B. Evans. DIPHTHERIA ON SOUTH SIDE Diphtheria has made its appearance on tho South Side,two children iu the family of Daniel Brady being down with the disease. Tho outbreak has caused Romethiiig akin to cousterua tiou, HH the infected household is just about opposite the public school of Goarhart township. Acting upou tho provision of the school law that school directors have power and authority to make rules and regulations to prevent the introduction and spiend of contagious and infec tious diseases among which are diph theria, diphtheretio croup, &c , the School Boaid of Goarhart township has already takon action and causod the house to be placarded. The residents naturally enteitaiu groat dread, which has increased con siderably since the second case has mado its appearance. Last night it seamed to he the consensus of opiniou on the South Side that the situation ju.-tifiMS farther action on the part of the School Hoard aud that something ought to bo done to regulate inter omrs" with the infootod place. The household afflicted has the sym pithy of everybody and an early re covery of tho two children is hoped for. Tho family would no doubt con cur iu the adoption of any regulation that would tend to prevent the spread of the disease Baptist Union in Convention. The Baptist Ministers Uuion of Feunsylvanin, in convention at Scran ton, adopted a resolution, declaring that divorce should not be grauted ou any other than the Biblical ground of uufaithfuluess, and that in this case, none but the innocent party should be permitted to remarry. Separation for other causes, in some instances, the resolution goes onto say,is necessary In tho oourso of an address on"The mission of the city church,".Rov. J. H. G. Ptdge, of Philadelphia, declar ed that life was a fitting theme for the pulpit and urged that ministers take ap its discussion. He thanked God for the disclosures brought about by the insurauce in vestigation, claiming that such pub licity was tho best means of eradicat ing this graft evil. •* Tho session was brought to a close with tho election of officers,which re sulted as follows: President, Rov. J. S. Jones, D. D., of Altoona; first vice president, Rev. J. T. Judd, D. D , of Lowisburg ; second vice president, Rev. B. F. G. McGee, D. D., of Wilkes- Barre; secretary-treasurer, Rev. S. L. Forgons, D. D., of Huntingdon. President Leaves for South. WASHINGTON, Cot. 18.— Prompt ly ou schedule time at 8:30 o'clock this moriiing, President Roosevelt started on his southern tour via the Southern railroad. Among those pres ent at the station to see him off was M. Jusserand,the French atubassador. A crowd of about 100 people, most of them railroad men cheered the Presideut as tho train pulled out. "Good bye, good bye, good bye," exclaimed tho President, waiving hia hand from the rear of tho observation car. Ho kept bowing all the way through the train shed. It was just 8:25 when the President with Mrs. Roosevelt aud the rest of the party arrived at the station. His carriago was driven to the Sixth street baggage entrance at the side of tho train shed. The presence of a squad of blue coats, plain clothes men and secret servioe men,together with Chief John Wilkie and Alick Palmer. United States Marshal for tho district assured the safety of the party. Accompanying tho President on the trip bosides those already mentioned are John Mcllheuuy, of Louisiana; John C. Greeuway,oi' Michigan; John S. Elliott, commissioner of the Interi or for Porto Rico aud Ooh L. S. Brown, geucral agout of the Southern Railway Company. Athletics Defeat Sunbury. The great Athletics played baso ball at Sunbury yesterday and were easily victorious by the score of 8 to 4. The tally does not show the com parative strength of the toams, as the Philadelphia team did not try for many runs aftor they got a few points ahead. Waddell, Dygort aud Plau? each nitohed three iuuings for tho Athletics and Sohreok caught. Per sons did the twirling for Suubury. A large number of faus from Dan ville attended the game, among whom wore Dr. G. A. Stock, A. C. Ames bury, Dave Haney, William Speisor, R. B. Dielil, Harry J£llenbogen,Thom as Tooey, Will Fallon, Benjamin Uil lespy, Earl Wren, E. F. Williams, Joseph Cankle, James Powers, Joseph Muiphy, Baldy Smith. Sain Geisey, Nick Hill, Norman Mottern aud Wil liam G Porno I. A Snake Story. 112 Martin Fish who makes a business of tunniug snake skins and rendering rattlesnake fat,made a prize killing at a locality called Indian Swamp, in Monroe couut.v. According to the Mon roe Democrat, ho happened upon a colony that had gone into winter qaaiters and killed forty of various ( sizes. Tho largest was five feet Rix !inches loug. Grove—Standen. I Miss Mary Katherine Grove,former ly of Danville, and Dr. John Arthur i Standen, of Philadelphia, wore mar ried last evening at 8 o'clock at Ash bourne. BOLD BURGLARY FRUSTRATED An unsuccessful attempt was made on Tuesday night to break into the warehouse of Hoddeus' Candy Com pany on Miii street. Whflii W. M. lieddens, who has charge of the building, opened up yes terday morning he found three panoß of glass removed from oue of the win dows in the rear and the sash partly hacked through. The glass lay on the grennd broken ; a deep notch as if done with a pen kuife wan cat into the sash from above and below at one point in dicating that the purpose was to re move the sash in order to effect an en trance, but that the burglars were frightened away before they succeed ed. The window sash was securely fastened down so that the only way to gain entrance was by the plan adopt ed. A gentleman employed in Hoddens' restaurant adjoining heard a myster ious noise in the night, which is now ascribed to the attouioted burglary. The object was no uoubt to carry oft some of the candy, a very large stock of which including a big shipment of Moxie, was on hand in the building. Had the burglars succeeded in get ting in through the window they would havo found themselves in a sort of an uox.in which nothing but empty boxes were stored. Only half the battle would have beeu fought, as the door communicating with the warehouse proper was securely bolted aud would have to have been broken down. is thought that the robbers weie diligeutly working when they heard night watchman Young approaching ou nis boat. Had they succeeded in gaiuiug r.n entrance at the right mo ment they might havo succeeded in carrying off euough choice confection* pry to stocK up a small store. Season Now Open, The legal Feaaou for shooting pheas ants and wild turkeys was ushered in ou Monday. Tho real opening day was October 15t.1i, but that occurred Sun day,hence the shooting began on Mon day. As squirrels and woodcock, whioh come into season on the Ist of October uuder the new law, are exceedingly scare,hunters have not had much sport so far and have beeu looking forward : with more pleasure to the opening of the seasou, as pheasants are plentier this year in all sections ot the State than for swiuo years past and in many places wild turkeys are also rather abundant. Hunters should remember, however, that not more thau one wild turkey can be taken ou one day by any one person ; nor more than four wild turkey* in any 0110 season. It is also unlawful for any oue person to kill in any oue day more than five ruffled grouse, commonly called pheasants, or more than ten woodcock,or more than five English, Mongolian or Chineso pheasants, or more thau twenty of either of the before named kinds in any one week ;or more than fifty of any of tlib aforesaid kinds in auy one season. Hiss Alice to Pay Duty. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 18.- Miss Alice Roosovelt is to be heavily taxed for the presonts she has accepted during her trip throughout the orient. Full customs will be levied, aud the President has directed that iu the ap praisement of the goods no special favor be shown his daughter. Just what Miss Roosevelt will havo to pay will depend entirely upon the value of the presents she has received. If they are worth $200,000, as has been stated, the duties may amount to $50,- 000. On certain classes of embroider ed silks aud jewels the rates are 60 per cent, of the value of the goods. Secretary Shaw, iuasniucii as he be lieves the goods with whiouthe Presi dent's daughter is roturuing were forced upon her from a dosire upou the part of the Orieutal giftmakers to demonstrate their friendliness for the United States was prepared to advise her to put all her dutiable presents iu a bonded warehouse with the inten tion of rocommeudiug to Congress that they be admitted free of duty, or that they bo given merely a nominal valua tion Ho submitted this proposition to Presideut Roosevelt,aud the latter re jected it immediately. He directed that the customs officials do their full duty, both iu the appraisement of the goods and the collection of the duties. Mothers After Pool Rooms. The Mothers' Club, of Jersey Shore, has commenced a orusade ou the pool rooms aud cigarettes in that town,con tending that they interfere with the good work of the local sohool boys. m A delegation of mothers called on Burgess Brioker to see what could be douo in the matter, aud the Burgess has iu accordance sent notices to the various pool room proprietors, calling their attention to the state law on the subject, aud has instructed Chief of Police Green to see that the Act of Assembly is carried out to the letter. If it is not done prosecutions will re sult. In his notice to the pool room keep ers Burgess Bricker did not mention the cigarette mattor for the reasou that there are plenty of other looal stores handling cigarettes, aud that tho pool room keepers are no more li able to bieak the law iu this respect than are the others. The war cry of the football warrior echoes and ie echoes ou the autumn atmosphere. NO. 48 BOARD OF HEALTH RECEIVES REPLY ] Dr. (J. Sliultz yesteiday received a reply from the Department of Health, Harrisbnrg, relative to the old oanal, which has twice been deolared a nuis ance by the looal Board of Health. Aa will be seen the State Department of Health has no specific recommenda tion to make. The local Hoard of Health took tha matter op with the Department of Health at Harrisbnrg at the request of the Borough Council, whioh was made at the last meeting one week ago. Tha reply, whioh is from the Ontmuisflon er of Health, reads as follows: Harrisbnrg, October 12, 1905. DR. O. SHULTZ, Seu'y Board of Health, Danville, Pa. Dear Dootorln answer to yoor communication of the 10th iust.,l beg to say that an I nnderstand the ques tion yoor borough lias built culverts in canal at the interseutions of tha streets crossing the old water way. The grade ot tho said culverts may dam the water up and cause It to be come stagnant. The looal authorities ahonld not per mit the publio to place animal and vegetable matter in the property oom plained of by the citizens If It has become a nuisance why do you not remove it and lien the prop erty ? Yours very trnly, SAMUEL O. DIXON. The reply from the Department of Health has beeu awaited with a good deal of iuterest.as it was believed that it would afford a practical solution of the difficulty. It is feared, however, that it hardly affords the information anticipated. It shows tiiat the Oom missioner of Health has not beeu made thoroughly familiar with the situation here, and the question arises whether if he were posted on the trne condi tions heie his advice might not assnine other shape. All of whioh suggests that further correspondence might be of avail. riiners Not Saving Honey. The following article clipped from Sunday's Philadelphia Press, contains some interesting faots given out by D. L. Manger, district passenger agent of tho Shamokin division P. & R. Rail way, who is well known in Danville: "The fear entertained in metropol itan ceuters concerning the possibility of a general anthraotte coal strike next Spring is not shared by residents be tween Tamaqua and Shamokin, judg ing from the manner in which many enjoyed themselves tho past Summer seasou. Alarmist reports were'that iu evety home theto was a tightening of house hold supplies in order to swell-an em ergency fund for the timo when mines would bo idle anil starvation stalking by ou all sides. Concerning those reports, D. L, Mauger,district passenger agent of the Shamokiu division of the Keading Railway, made tho interesting state ment Saturday that during the Sum mer excursion trips he arranged to Atlantic City, Willow Orove, Switoli baok aud Reading were attended by 18,000 persons in this section. Many more went to Lakeside Park,and Edge wood Park whioh aro in the coal re gion. He said those resorts alone drew 12,000 excursionists, who thoroughly enjoyed themselves and spent money freely. During the last week 2000 people went on exonrsions from this field to Philadelphia to attend the base ball world championship games. The past jear the region has beeu in a highly prosperous condition, aud the outlook is bright for another successful year. Wheu poverty shows Its face the mill* er is first to fight it bravely,and when good times prevail there is no one more eager to enjoy the fruits. When the Reading ran its first ex cursion train to the shore this year oflioials wore surprised to see suoh an outpouring of people. Since then Mr. Mauger, who is a very popular exoor slon agent, has met witli hearty re sponse from pleasure seekers. Edson J. Weeks, general passenger agent, also recognizing the holiday travel in the coal field, gave Mr. Mauger every enoouragemeut Iu fur thering the excursions." Action Under Trespass Law. The first action under the new 1906 trespass law, enacted for the espeoial purpose of aiding the operators In the event of a strike was taken Saturday morning at Mt. Oarmel and it was in stituted by a coal company. It appears that for some time past ooal has been taken from the culm bank of the Lehigh Valley Ooal Com pany uear Mt. Oarmel. Muoh timber has also been confiscated unlawfully. The company complied with the new law and posted notioes prohibiting trespassing. Saturday morning Paul Volka was fouud upon the company's land aud although apparently doing nothing was arrosted and taken before Justioe Armour, who gave him a hearing on the charge of trespassing. The new law allows the punishment of a tres passer for the mere act of getting sp oil another person's laud if the person has a trespass notice displayod. Volta was fouud guilty and sentenc ed to pay a fine of $5. He refused to pay and was sent to the county jaii for five days. This aotion shows the great pow«r the coal companies now havo. They can Incarcerate all miners fouud upon their premises even if no harm is intended. That the law will be nsed in case of a strike there oan be no doubt.
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