DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER
VOL. LXXVII.
TIT SUCCESSFUL
SKIN GRAFTING
Howard Geiger, the 16-year-old sou
of Levi Geiger, Limestone township,
who was so shockingly injured by be
ing dragged under a cultivator last
summer, lias now practically recover
ed after a long Bicge of over five
months of suffering. It is one of the
most remarkable cases of skin grafting
on record.
The accident will be easily recalled
by Morning News readers. On June
10th last Howard Geiger was riding a
cultivator on his father's farm. One
of the horses becoming restive struck
the tongue, which caused it to break.
As the result of this the front part of
the cultivator dropped, which caused
Howard to fall from the seat striking
the ground right in front of the teeth;
at the same moment the horses sprang
forward anil ran away dragging the
boy along under the cultivator. It was
a most shocking accident. Dragging
Howard along the horses ran fully one
fourth of a mile the boy being releas
ed as the cultivator crossed a deep
ditch, which ]>ermitted his body to
drop below the range of the teeth.
As might be imagined his body was
one mass of cuts and bruises, while his
left arm was injured to such an extent
as to make the possibility of recovery
very remote, indeed. Every vestige of
skin was stripped from the arm from
near the shoulder to the wrist. The
skin was stripped in one mass by the
action of the harrow teeth just as a
stocking is pulled downward off a hu
man limb. A surgeon's knife could
not have made a neater job of it. In
addition to this on the under side of
the arm above the elbow the muscle
itself was town away and the bono was
exposed.
Such was the case that our towns
man, Dr. R. S. Patten, then of Wash
ingtonville, was called to grapple with.
That he at once reassured the family
and set about to grow a new skin on
the flayed arm and even to restore the
use of that member attests alike to the
grip that the physician had upon liis
profession and his confidence in mod
ern methods of surgery. That he has
succeeded under the circumstances is a
splendid testimonial alike to his skill,
close application and devotion to the
welfare of his patient.
The injured arm from its contact
with the ploughed field was in a dread
ful condition and it was fully three
weeks before the physician could get
the arm clean and ready for the pro
cess of skin grafting. It was necessary
to administer anaesthetics to the pati
ent each day for a week while dress
•»g the injury.
It was nearly a month after the ac
cident before the first skin could be
grafted and then the surface to be cov
ered was of such dimensions as to
nearly discourage hope of success.
There seemed to be but practically one
source from which to obtain the skin
for the process of grafting and that
was from the boy himself. All the
rest of the family were needed to con
duct the affairs of the farm and to
have placed them under the surgeon's
knife in this way would have incapa
citated them for work.
The skin needed was taken first from
Howard's limbs and then from his
sides, cut in strips some two inches
long by one inch wide. An anaesthetic
had to be used with each operation
and but a very small surface could be
covered at one time. The body where
tlie skin had been removed had to be
given an opportunity to heal and thus
skin could be grafted only at intervals
of three weeks. Meanwhile the phy
sician succeeded in drawing the muscle
together where the bone was exposed
and the process of general healing be
gan.
Nothing more tedious along with the
paihfulness of the thing can be con
ceived of. By the first of September
after over two months of skin grafting
the greater part of the arm was still
exposed. Meanwhile the boy's limbs
and his sides were kept raw where the
skin had been removed, although care
was taken to produce healing as rapid
ly as possible.
To afford the poor boy relief the ex
periment of using tlie skin of a chick
en was tried. This was likewise dem
onstrated as a success. The skin from
under the wing of a liviug chicken
was grafted onto Howard's arm along
with the skin from the other parts of
his own body and one grew as well as
the other. through the autumn
and early winter the skin grafting
went on, Jhe last operation taking
place about three weeks ago.
Howard is now practically well again
and is assisting his father on the farm
and does all kinds of work. Despite
the discouraging outlook at the time
of the accident the boy has regained
the full use of his arm and he finds
that it is as strong as it ever was. The
only results of the accident that re
main are the deep scars that cover the
boy's body, both where the skin was
removed on his limbs-and sides ami on
his arm where* it was grafted. The
scars, however, can be easily borne,
considering that recovery has come af
ter such terrible injury and such a
long siege of doubt and suffering.
First Car.
The merry hum of the street car was
heard Tuesday when tlie first car was
put to work on the new trolley line.
The car was an object of interest and
everybody stopped to take a look at it
as it sped along over the new rails and
road bed. By the time the robbius
arrive Sunbury will have trolley ser
vice second to none.—Sunbury Item.
SHOItT SESSION
OF COURT
Pursuant'to adjournment on Tues
day evening Court convened on Satur
day morning and disposed of what
business was on hand. His Honor
Judge Little and Associates Blee and
Wagner occupied the bench.
There were a few petitions present
ed, but beyond these there was but lit
tle business on hand.
Three more townships of the county
—Anthony, Derry and Limestone—
have fallen into line in favor of ab
olishing the work tax and adopting
better methods in road building. A
petition from each of these was pre
sented to Court asking for a change in
the system of taxation for road pur
poses. In each case the petition was
granted. There are now but two town
ships of the county that have not peti
tioned the Court for a change in taxa
tion as above described.
A divorce was granted Saturday in
the case of Albert H. Jones vs. Mrs-
Elizabeth Jones.
A petition was granted rolatiug to a
charter for the Fraternal Order of
Eagles Hall Association.
The bond of K. Olive Thompson,
Committee of David Wands, was filed
and approved by the Court.
A petition was grauted for rule on
heirs, &c., to accept or refuse real
estate at valuation in the case of
Horace B. Bennett et. al., vs. K.Olive
Thompson.
Fewer Cases of Diphtheria
Miss Bertha Cloud, daughter of Mr.
aud Mrs. Charles G. Cloud, East Mar
ket street, who was taken ill of diph
theria last week, is now well along on
the road to recovery. She is already
able to sit up. The disease was of a
very inni ignant type. But auti toxiu
was early administered and this to
gether with the excellent medical at
tendance and good nursing seems to
have been potent in bringing about
the best of results.
Miss Cloud, who is a pupil of the
High School, is much beloved by her
teachers and school mates and the fav
orable tidings from the sick room are
hailed as very good news, indeed. It
is worthy of note in this connection
that Miss Cloud's enforced absence
from her classes occasioned by her ill
ness is the first time that she has lost
at school in seven years. In all this
time she has never been absent so much
as a half a day.
Dr. Shultz, Secretary of the Board
of Health, states that there is a gradu
al diminution in the number of cases
of diphtheria. Now aud then a new
case breaks out, but these are more
than counterbalanced by the number
of places where the quarantine is rais
ed. As usual at this season diphtheria
is in evidence over the country gener
ally, although at no place nearby has
it assumed the form of an epidemic.
Among the new cases reported within
a day or so is one in Mahoning town
ship.
Ripper Repeal Bill Reported.
The House Municipal Corporations
committee yesterday morning decided
to report favorably the Philadelphia
"ripper" repeal bill,and held over the
Greater Pittsburg bill, on which au
open hearing will be held on Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock. It was quick work
on the "ripper," but the Republican
members are tumbling over each other
in hastening to the call for reform leg
islation.
THE CHAPLAIN 18 FACETIOUS.
When the House met yesterday morn
ing, Chaplain Moore, who, on the two
previous days had attracted attention
by his prayers, offered the following:
"O Lord, we commend Thy blessing
to rest upon # these dear Representa
tives. We verily believe that there is
not a man on the floor that money or
political influence could constrain to
puncture the dear old Constitution of
this State. May these Representatives
quickly consummate the legislation of
this session and goto their homes and
loved ones and then they can afford to
patiently wait their judgment day in
November."
MR. CREASY'S TWO BILLS.
Mr. Creasy,of Columbia, introduced
two bills in which Grangers of the
State have been deeply interested for
years. One provides that the State
shall return to the counties nine-tenths
of the personal property tax instead of
three-fourths, as now, and the other
provides that ail ficense fees shall be
returned by counties instead of a part
being taken by the State. If the two
"bills are both passed and become laws
a difference of considerably over a half
million dollars will be made in the
revenue of the State.
Mr. Fow, of Philadelphia, introduc
ed a bill to provide for the salaries
and expenses of the members, etc.
Mr. Ammermau introduced a resolu-
I tier requiring the Insurance Commis
sion to report the amount of fees re
ceived last year, which was amended
to include the Secretary of the Com
monwealth, and passed.
At 10:25 o'clock the House adjourn
ed until 10 o'clock this morning.
The two bills which were introduc
ed on Monday by Mr. Pnsey, of Dela
ware, placing the Secretary of the
Commonwealth on a salary of $lO, 000
per annum and the Insurance Com
missioner upon a salary ot SB,OOO per
annum, and abolishing all fees in the
two offices, were reported favorably
from committee yesterday morning
and will appear on the calendar this
morning.
"VLXDGKD BUT TO TBUTH, TO ÜBIHT AWD LAW—NO FAVOR SWA YB US AKO HO Fill WW ATA ATI'
DANVILLE. MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 190(5.
FAMILY NEARLY
ASPHYXIATED
The family of JOIIII Springer, Mo wrey
street, escupeil death from asphyxia
tion by the narrowest possible margin
Monday morning. During the day
the entire family was ill, Mrs. Spring
er, especially, being in a precarious
condition.
When the family retired Sunday
night the fires were fixed as usual and
it was thought that the stoves were
closed and the draught properly ar
ranged. About 8 o'clock Monday
morning Mr. Springer was aroused by
his wife vomiting. She was very sick.
The man hastily arose but he no soon
er got out of bed than he fell to the
floor and was unable to arise. About
this time Anna, the half-grown
daughter of the family,got awake and
attempted to arise. She, too, fell to
the floor and lav there helpless.
At this juncture Bruce, the sou,
who slejit in another part of the house
and escaped the effects of the gas,
hearing the noise made an investiga
tion. Taking in the situation he quick
ly threw open the windows and assist
ed his father back to bed. Meanwhile
the girl made her way to a window
where her cries aroused the neighbors.
Dr. T. B. Winterste'en was called
and under his cate the afflicted per
sons soon fouud relief, although Mrs.
Springer, who has been in poor health
for some time past, seems to suffer the
most. Her condition was by no means
encouraging yesterday. Mr. Springer
and the daughter yesterday suffered
with headache and nausea, but their
recovery seems only a question of time.
By some accident the plate on top of
the heater in the room below became
displaced. The ornament by which ;
the plate was surmounted was found in
place, but the lid was slightly out of
position permitting the fumes which
should have goue up the pipe to escape
into the room.
Funeral of Miss (iearhart.
All that was mortal of Miss Emeline
Stuart Gearhart was consigned to the
grave in Mt. Vernon cemetery Satur
day afternoon. The obsequies took
place from the family residence at 2
p. m., interment being private.
The services were conducted by Rev.
|S. B. Evans, pastor of St. Paul's M. E.
church, of which the deceased was a
member, assisted by Rev. Harry Cur
tin Harman, of Milton, former pastor
of St. Paul's. The pall bearers were :
Major C. P. Gearhart,Charles P. Han
cock, A. H. Woolley, R. B. Diehl, W.
E. Gosh, and Dr. Edward Schultz.
The flowers, indeed, were very
beautiful, and came from many differ
out sources. Two of the tributes were
especially noteworthy, one being from
the Daughters of the American Revolu
tion,of which the deceased was a mem
ber, and the other from the Order of
Elks, to which Dr. J. B. Gearhart,
brother of the deceased, belongs.
The following out-of-town people at
tended the fuueral: Mr. and Mrs.
John R. Sharpless, of Hazletou; Mr.
and Mrs. John R. Rote, Miss Margaret
Rote and Miss Martha G., and Miss
Stella B. Sober, of Harrisburg; Mrs.
John K. Kremer, Miss Elizabeth Krem
er, and John W. Bucher, of Lewis
burg ; Mr. aud Mrs. R. E. Kelley, of
Suubury; Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson and
Miss Helen Jameson, of Berwick; A.
H. Sharpless, of Catawissa ; and Mrs.
Marv A. Mitchell, of Salt Lake City,
Utah.'
Garfield Literary Society.
The Garfield Literary Society held
its regular meeting in the High School
room Friday afternoon and the fol
lowing program was rendered:
Recitation—"Lakeside," Miss Pat
ton.
Piano Solo, Miss Mary Jenkins.
Declamation— 'The Soldier's Last
Salute," Mr. Heim.
Debate : Resolved, '' That the gov
ernment should have control of Rail
roads and Telegraphs.'' The affirma
tive side was represented by Mr. Mor
ris and Miss Hiatt; the negative by
Mr. Latimer and Miss Mauger.
The Judges, Mr. Peters, Miss Kase
and Mr. McDermott, dceided in favor
of the affirmative.
(Open discussion of subject by So
ciety).
Piano Solo, Miss Finnigan.
Recitation—'' The Frost Spirit,''
Miss McClow.
Selection from '' Grand Opera,'' Glee
Club.
A Native of Danville.
William Petriken Yerrick, brother
of our townsmen, Rush Yerrick and
Alfred Yerrick, departed this life at
his home in Philadelphia, Tuesday, at j
the hour of Ho was seventy-six
years of age. The funeral will take
place on Saturday at 2 p. m.
The deceased was born in Danville
at the family homestead, West Mahon
ing street, the site of which is occupi
ed now by the brick residence of Mrs.
Louisa Bloch, No. 16. He learned the
moulding trade,but did not work very
long at it in Danville, leaving when
still a vouug man for Philadelphia,
where for many years he followed his
trade. The deceased is still well re
membered by some of our older resi
dents.
Merchants Arrested.
Six of the leading merchants of Lock
Haven have been placed under arrest
for violating the pure food laws. Each
of the merchants gave SIOO bail for a
hearing. There is a fine of S3O on each
charge.
DESTRUCTIVE EIRE
AT STOVE WORKS
The Stove Works was the scene of a
destructive fire Monday. For au hour
or more the fate of the prosperous and
steady running plant hung trembling
in the balance ; that it was not de
stroyed was due solely to the good
management, the well directed and
heroic efforts of the firemen.
The fire abounded in sensational feat
ures. To begin with it was located in
the part of the plant in which extra
ordinary precautions are taken to avoid
fire—the portion in which are stored
the patterns needed for the various
lines of stoves and furnaces manufac
tured and which represent a value of
at least $75,000. To protect this por
tion of the plant in case fire should
break out elsewhere about the place
the doors on the outside are lined with
sheet iron, while the windows are pro
tected with shutters also lined on the
outside with iron. The very precau
tions adopted to exclude the fire from
the patterns yesterday served to confine
the flames to that portion of the build
ings and probably prevented wholesale
destruction.
The fire broke out a very few min
utes after 7 o'clock. William Linker,
the shipper, was busy in the first floor
of the warehouse when he saw a sheet
of flame pouring into the building
from the first floor of the brick annex,
on the second and third floors of which
are stored the patterns. Quick as
thought he slammed the large double
door shut and gave the alarm of fire.
The next moment the office sent in an
alarm to the Washington Fire Com
pany by telephone. When the fire was
discovered the D. L. & W. switch en
gine was at the stove works and it was
the very first to sound the alarm,
whistling loud and long. The import
of the shrill whistle was at once un-1
derstood and when the next moment i
j the familiar whistle of the stove works
took up the alarm the fite was easily <
located even by people in the remote t
parts of town.
The Washington Hose Company i
was situated conveniently near. An- |
other favorable circumstance was that |
a good many members of that company j
are employed at the Stove Works and
aro not only acquainted witli the ins
and outs of the place but yesterday
were right on the ground ready for ac
tion. As soon as the fire was discover
ed the Stove works team was sent gal- j
loping over to the " hose
house and in a few minutes came I
dashing back with the hose carriage j
loaded down with an abundance of;
hose. The Goodwill Hose Company j
was a close second, its carriage loaded ,
with hose being brought over by the J
team of the Hanover Brewing Com
pany. The two other companies were j
soon on the ground, the response of the j
fire department on the whole being re
markably prompt indeed.
By the time the firemen arrived the j
flames had enveloped nearly one-half j
of the lower story and had burned
through the floor above and was gain
ing considerable headway in the sec
ond story right among the patterns, j
The firemen, many of whom were em- j
ployes and familiar with conditions j
realized that extreme care would have!
to be exercised in fighting the flames ,
if any attempt was to be made to save
the valuable patterns. Every precau
tion would have to be taken to prevent
a draught. But here another difficulty
presented itself. The burning wood
work was all of pine and the smoke in
the closed building was a dense black
volume in which no human being
could live; and yet to play in through
the windows with the hose, smashing
the glass would be to admit a current |
of air that would hurry the flames j
along on their career of destruction
and after all would give the firemen ,
only a questionable advantage. It was j
considered a safer plan to carry the
hose into the building facing the smoke j
as long as the men could stand it, one
gang relieving the other as fast as
they felt themselves being overcome by
the dense smoke, which was every two j
or three minutes. At one time four
hose were playing on the buildings
two attached to the fire plug recently
installed east of the plant and two to
the old plug in the yard west of the
plant. Sucli heroic work in the face
of such obstacles has never "been wit
nessed in Danville. Relay after relay
of men would drag the hose into the
burning building only to be driven out
again blinded and choking after a few
minutes in the dense smoke. Their
persistence, however, brought its re
ward ; the flames were checked and 1
finally wholly extinguished with only .
a minimum of damage wrought.
A visit to the works Monday re- |
vealed the peril in wliioh the plant j
stood during the fire. About one-half j
of the woodwork on the first floor is
nearly wholly destroyed and will have
to bo rebuilt along with a portion of
the floor and some of the woodwork on
the second storv.
Another minute and the flames
would have been among the patterns,
which are stored mostly about the
middle and the northern end of the
second floor. As it is the delicate pat
terns are badly Mamaged. In a good
many instances the follow boards are
burned; in others they are soaked
| with water and are warped, while the
finely polished iron patterns are rust
ing where drenched with water or are
covered with a thick sticky substance
deposited by the smoke. There are
hundreds of patterns,all of which will
have to be gone over; the damaged fol
• (Continued on page 4)
HEATH OE MRS.
ROGER HENDRICKS
Mrs. Ellen Hendricks, the wife of
Roger Hendricks of Valley township,
departed tins life at noon on Tuesday.
Her demise removes one of the old and
highly esteemed residents of Valley
township. She was eighty years of
age, her death being due to the ail
ments of advaucod years. She had been
ill since October.
Besides her husband Mrs. Hendricks
is survived by a son and daughter:
Horace Hendricks of Berwick and Mrs.
F. P. Appleman of Valley township,
this county. Two brothers of the de
ceased, John Albright of Wilkes-Barre
and Franklin Albright of Philadelphia
also survive.
The funeral will take place, Satur
day,meeting at the late residence near
Mausdale at 11 a. m. Services will be
held at the Mausdale Reformed church
of which the deceased was a member
for nearly forty years. Interment will
be made in Bright's cemetery.
The deceased, who before marriage
was Ellen Albright, was a native of
Up]>er Providence township, Mont
gomery County, and belonged to the
group of well-known families from
that township of Montgomery County,
who about 18H0 came to Montour, set
tling in Valley and Anthony town
ships—who for many years following
were identified with affairs in their
respective communities, but who as
time wears on are one by one falling
under the burden of years and yield
ing their places to^others.
! It was in 1800 that the deceased along
| with her husband, Roger Hendricks,
i (tame to Montour County, settling on
a farm on the Washiugtouvilie Road,
1 where the family lived until a few
! years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks were about
i the last of the Montgomery peoplo to
j move to Montour. They were preced
! Ed, in 1859, by George Surver and fam-
I ily. John Hendricks, brother of Roger,
j Joel Thomas and Jonathan Kirkner
came up from Montgomery County
about 1858. The two former settled in
Valley township and the latter in Au
| thouy, where the family at present re
j mains and is prominently identified
! with the affairs of the township. It
was at a still earlier date, probably as
I far back as 1855, that Jesse Conway,
who settled in Valley township, Abram
Mooro, who bought a farm near Wiiite
Hall and John Roberts, who located
at Exchange,turned their backs on the
I already densely populated section of the
I State in Montgomery County and
sought cheaper land in Montour. Not
'one of this trio is any longer living,
j Jesse Conway died in tliis county a
I few years ago. Abram Moore after
i many years removed back to Mout
| gomery where in the fullness of time
i he was gathered to his fathers.
John Roberts spent only a couple of
years in Montour. Ho was a man of
fine attainments, fond of research and
was a musician <rt' marked ability. He
had but little in common with life on
a Montour Couuty farm and after n
conplo of years' exporimont ho sold j
out and removed .to Philadelphia. He j
died a few years ago. Among other |
Montgomery county people who came to
Montour at the same time were George
Supplee, who settled near Jerseytowu,
and J. P. Bare, former Justice of the
Peace of Danville, who accompanied
the Hendricks family.
To Abolish Mileage Excess.
"The Homeless 26," an organization
with 8200 members having for its ob
ject the promotion among commercial,
business and professional men of acqua
intance,good fellowship and the mutu
al interest of each other, has petition
ed the secretary of internal affairs to
proceed against the Pennsylvania rail
road company for transcending its
corporate functions and infringing up
on the rights of citizens by retaining
in addition to the price of S2O for a
1000-mile mileage book sloas a forfeit
if any but the purchaser shall use the
book.
"The Homeless 26," which is a State
association, regularly chartered, pre
sents its petition through S. M. Wil
liams, a niembor. Mr. Williams says
he is advised that it is the special
duty of the secretary of internal affairs
to exercise a watchful supervision ov
er railroad and other business corpora
tions of the State, and in case any
citizens shall charge under oath that a
corporation is transcending its corpor
ate functions or infringing upon rights
of individual citizens the secretary
! shall investigate the charges, and ro
| quire a social report from the corpo
i ration.
Should tho secretary beliove the
charges are just, and the matter be
yond individual redross, ho shall cer
tify the matter to the Attorney Geuor
al, who shall proceed to redress the
same by a proceeding in court.
Mr. Williams charges that the Penn
sylvania railroad company transcends
its functions aud infringes on the
rights of citizens because charging S2O
for a 1000-mile mileage book and an
additional sum of $lO, which latter is
refunded if the ticket is used exclu
| sively by the original purchaser aud
lawful owner.
This, the petitioner holds, is illegal,
and he prays Secretary Brown to take
such action as the law aud constitu
tion provide. Secretary Brown, who
is in accord with all efforts to abolish
the $lO retention scheme, will consider
the matter and if he finds he can do so
will lay the matter before Attornoy
i General Carson with a request to take
it to court.
LICENSE COURT
TOMORROW
License Court will be held tomor
row, January 19th, at 10 o'colck a. m.
for hotel, wholesale liquor stores, dis
tillers, brewers and bottlers. As far
as known at present His Honor Judge
Little will preside.
There are just a round forty of ap
plications, thirty-one being in Dan
ville. In Anthony township there is
one; in Derry township, two; in Lib
erty township, one; in Valley town
ship, three; in Washiugtouville, two.
In Danville there are twenty-three ap
plicants for hotel license; four applic
ants for restaurant license ; two applic
ants for wholesale liquor license and
two applicants ofr brewery license.
In the list advertised this year there
are no new applicants; neither have
any remonstrances been filed against
granting any of the applications.
The matter of licenses, therefore,to
morrow will be very easily disposed
of and the session of Court need not
necessarily occupy much time.
The application of George F. Oyster
for distillery license, which has been
in the column for many years past, is
| absent from the list this year. The
reason assigned is that the distillery
which has been a landmark near Wash
iugtouville for so long, is going out of
business owing to the changed condi
tions, which makes it impossible for a
small plant of itskiud to compete with
the large distilleries that have grown
up in recent years. Mr. Oyster, who
is now of advanced years, will retire.
Many years ago the plant was operated
by Butler and Oyster.
Shot by His Brother.
While the two boys of Mr. and Mrs.
Jno. P. Sehwalberg, of Nescopeck,
were at play yesterday morning, Rob
ert, aged 14 years, shot his brother
Carlton,aged 9 years, through the body
with a 38-calibre revolver, the latter
dying inside of eight minutes.
The two youngsters were awakened
by their mother about eight o'clock,
but before coming down stairs they
started to romp around tlie room in
their night dresses, as young lads are
wont to do.
One had a toy pitsol, which had been
a gift of Kris Kingle, and the other
bethought himself of a iiß-calibre re
volver kept locked up in the bureau
drawer by their father. The lads got
the key,and unlocking the drawer took
out the gun, four chambers of which
.were loaded.
Not knowing the daugt<r, the two
lads then started to snap the guns at
each other, the younger armed with
the toy pistol, and the older ono hold
ing the partly loaded revolver. When
the cylinder had been turnedto a load
ed chamber, the cartridge was dis
charged and the bullet entered the
younger brother's body just under the
shoulder and over the ribs. It pierced
the body and came out at the back be
tween the backbono and the fourth
rib. and lodged in the wall of the
room The bullet was later extracted
from the wall by the lad who fired the
gun.
When shot, the boy at once scream
ed from pain and fright,and ran down
stairs. Mrs. Sehwalberg started up
the stairs when she heard the shot,and
had reached but the fourth step when
the injured lad fell into her arms. She
bore him down to the kitchen floor,
where he died in about eight minutes.
The older lad Robert, without wait
ing to dress, ran down the street in
his night gown for Dr. J. J. Myer, i
whose house is throe blocks distant. |
The doctor at once hastened to the!
Sehwalberg house, but the boy breath
ed his last just as the doctor reached
there,
Tho boy who was shot was ono of
six children, and both parents are peo
plo well know in Nesoopeck.
Sustained Stroke in Store Alone.
Stricken with apoplexy while alone
in his place of business at tho corueV
of Third and Walnut streets, Sunbury,
Harry C. Wallizo, grocerymau, lay in
an unconscious stupor on the floor all
night long.
Mr. Wallizo was stricken some time
boforo midnight Tuesday. His clerk,
Harry Snyder, left the store about half
past nine o'clock Tuesday night. At
that time Mr. Wallizo was in good
health aud spirits and cheerfully bade
his clerk good night. When Snyder
arrived at the store Weduosday morn
ing he discovered Mr. Wallize lying
on the floor between the door and
oouutor. His head rosted in a small
pool of blood, oausod by a deep gash in
his forehead aud he was unconscious
aud breathing exceedingly heavily.
Help was summoned and the victim
was removed to the Mary M. Packer
Hospital. The last - reports were that
tho condition of tho patient showed uo
improvement.
The money drawer was open and the
c mtents were scattered on the counter
and over the floor. The beliof that Mr.
Wallize was in the act of settling his
cash account for the day when he was
stricken or was going to look the front
door.
Mr. Wallize is agod 64 years and is j
the father of Arthur B. Wallize, form- :
er instructor in the Suubury High !
school,and who is now superintendent- 1
of the Milton schools.
Have Private Tutors.
The vaccination tempest has partly
subsided in Lock Haven, but the prob
lem is still far from settlement. The
teachers continue to strictly enforce
the law,and pay 110 heed to the wishes
of the directors for a liberal interpre
tation when it comes to immune for
delicate children, says a report from
Lock Haven. Each week a few more
children aro vacoiuated, and re-enter
school, but more than*one-third of the
full enrollment is still out. Some of
the well-to-do families, who decline
to permit their childrou to be vaccin
ated, have established kiudergarteus
in their homes, and have engaged
private instructors.
MONTOUR'S PART IN
(iREAHEEORM
Little Montour is cutting as promi
nent a figure in the great reform move
ment on foot as any of her big sister
counties of the Commonwealth.
On Tuesday afternoon R. S. Ammer
mau, Montour's Representative, intro
duced a bill in the Legislature at Har
risburg entitled an "Act to Regulate
the Nomination of Public Officers,
Providing for and Regulating the
Holding of Primary Elections and
Punishing Certain Offenses*in Regard ;
to such Primary Elections."
Mr. Ammemian's bill was approved
by Committees of the Democratic Sen
ators and Representatives in the Senate I
caucus room on Tuesday night. It is j
a purely reform measure and may
be regarded as a supplement to the
bill introduced by Senator Colpin of
Lackawanna county, which is an Act
"Requiring all Candidates and all
Political Party Organizations to File
a Sworn Statement of all Expenditures
in any Campaign and Prohibiting
Corporations or their Aleuts from Con
tributing to Candidates or any Politic
al Organization."
Both Bills will be argued before the
Elections Committee on next Monday
night, Mr. Ammerman representing
both measures.
Below are given a few of the many
excellent provisions of Mr. Ammer
miiu's Bill. Section 1 provides that it
shall hereafter be unlawful to be nomi
nated, or to nominate or put or place
in nomination, any candidate for any
office in this state, to be filled by the
votes of the people, including Congress
men, Cougressmen-at-Large, State
Senators and Judges of the several
courts, by, at or in any convention, or
any assemblage of delegates or repre
sentatives, or in any other way, meth
od or manner than is hereinafter
provided ; Provided however, that the
provisions of this Act shall not oper
ate to change tlip system, commonly
known as the couferee system, in con
gressional, senatorial and judical dis
tricts consisting of two or more coun
ties where such systems are now in
force.
Section 2. There shall hereafter be
held annually two primary elections
and no more; one upon the second
Tuesday of January and one upon the
second Tuesday of June, and at such
primary elections all persons seeking
nominations for offices shall be voted
for by the people directly.
It shall not be lawful for any person
or persons to do or commit, or advise,
or solicit, or assist, or knowingly to
permit another to do or commit any of
the following acts, namelv :
Directly or indirectly to give or pro
mise, or offer to give any money, re
ward, or other valuable consideration,
or promise of influeuco or support, to
any person for the purpose of influenc
ing his or any other person's vote at a
primarv election.
To threaten any person, or use any
other means of intimidation, in order
to influence or obstruct an elector's
vote at any primary election, or to in
terfere with or influence the action of
any election offioer in the lawful dis
charge of his duties at such election.
To suppress, conceal, carry away or
destroy the official ballots of any party.
Directly or indirectly to pay any ex
penses incurred by a candidate, or any
oue in his interest, in consideration of
his withdrawal, or to give, offer or
promise any reward,office employment
or support to a candidate or to any
other person in consideration of the
withdrawal, or to procure the with
drawal of such candidate.
To act as an election officer when
not duly elected or appointed,or with
out being sworn according to law.
To disclose how any person voted,or ]
to permit any person not authorized
by law to inspeot or learn the con- j
tents of any ballot,or to fail to destroy
the ballots as provided by law.
Knowingly to receive the vote of a
person not legally qualified to vote at
the place where he offers to vote, or
knowingly to refuse to receive ami
count the vote of a person qualified to
vote at such place.
Knowingly to receive deposit or j
count any ballot or ballots not voted i
by a person or persons legally qualifi
ed to vote.
For any person other than an afficer
charged by law with the care of the
ballots, or a person entrusted by any
such officer with the care of the same
for a purpose required by law, or to
have in his possession outside of the
voting room any official ballot, or for
any person to make or have iu his pos
session any counterfeit of an official
ballot.
Any person committing any of the
foregoing prohibited acts shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con
viction thereof shall be sentenced to
pay a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars and not exceeding five thousand
dollars, or to undergo imprisonment
for a term of imt less than one year
and not exceeding five years, iu the
penitentiary, or either or both, in the
discretion of the court.
All laws and parts of laws incon
sistent herewith shall be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Former Danville Lady 111.
Miss Mary E. Paul, a former well
known young lady of this city, is ly
ing seriously ill at her home on East
Commerce street, Shamokin, suffering
with a severe attack of spinal menin
getis.
Let no citizen neglect the caucuses
and primaries.
NO 8
ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
I FREIGHT CAIIERS
The sentiment iii favor of electric
. railways carrying freight is steadily
r growing. This is a matter of the ut
most importance to a large proportion
. of the citizens of the state who will
be greatly benefitted by a large reduc
tion in the local freight rates which
, hey are now forced to pay. It is of
particular importance to the agricul
turist s, citizens of country towns ami
storekeepers of country towns.
electric railways in every state
surrounding Pennsylvania are today
carrying freight,and tiie citizens have
found it a source of saving,much
| added convenience and a strong factor
I in contributing to the success of busi-
I ness in the suburban and rural dis
tricts.
Farm land near railroad freight sta
tions commands a much higher value
than farm land along trolley lines
remote from steam railroad stations;
if olectric railways be granted the
right to carry freight this condition
of affairs will bo reversed—farmers
living along electric lines remote from
steam railroad freight stations will in
stead of having to drive many miles
every day to a steam railroad freight
station, be enabled to load their pro
ducts on electric' railways practically
at their frout doors in many instances;
this will give them an equal advant
age to that enjoyed by farmers living
near a qfeam railroad freight station—
they will have the added advantage,
however, of cheaper freight rates on
the electric railways—more frequent
freight service and quick delivery of
freight. This should enhance the value
of all farm lauds along freight carry
ing electric railways to figures far in
excess of the values of farms now ap
proximate to steam railroad freight
stations.
The freight consigned over electric
railways would also be delivered at its
destination and not at central freight
depots from whence it would have to
be carried to its ultimate destination.
The storekeepers in the smaller towns,
and even cities of considerable size,
would be greatly benefitted by direct
freight communication by electric rail
way from their store frout with the
store front of the wholesaler from
whom they make their purchases. The
saving in haulage, as well as the sav
ing in reduced freight rates, will be
of enormous value to these business
men.
Referred to Our Councllmen.
Danville, Pa., Jan. 16th, 1906.
To The Intelligencer.
One of the most striking features of
a town is the neat and attractive ap
pearance of *it streets and the side
walks and its sanitation. The last
Legislature of Pennsylvania undoubted
ly thought so when it passed an Act
prohibiting the throwing of waste
paper, sweepings, ashes, household
waste,nails or rubbish of any kind in
to any street, in any city, borough or
township of the Commonwealth, affix
ing upon the violator the cost of pros
ecution and the forfeit and paying of
a fine not exceeding ten dollars, for
each and every such offence, and pro
viding that in default of the payment
thereof the violator shall be committ
ed and imprisoned in the County jail
of the proper county for a period not
exceeding ten days. The Act referred
to was approved on the 20th day of
April A. D. 1905.
Notwithstanding, the enactment of
this meritorious legislation it is a not
orious fact that some of the streets in
our town have had wagon loads of
ashes, containing nails, broken dishes
and tin cans, deposited on them evid
ently for the purpose of filling up a
low place in such streets. We think
the town should have a due regard for
the law and be possessed of more civic
pride than to use a prohibited article
for street material.
This is not intended to criticise but
simply to suggest what we believe to
be for the betterment of our town.
If a stranger,contemplating locating
here, should pass along this particular
street and see the above described con
dition, what would be his impression
of our town? Let all public improve
ments bear such appearance as will
•cause praiseworthy comment.
R. T.
Elks Entertain.
Danville Lodge, No. 754, B. P. O.
Elks, entertained a number of the
gentlemen friends of the members at
the rooms in the Groue building last
evening.
The large room on the third floor,
which lends itself easily to the hand
of the decorator, was tastily and
beatifully decked for the occasion.
Here a number of tables had been pro
vided where the members and their
guests might play cards. In the social
rooms on the second floor other games
were in progress. During the evening
refreshments were served.
Last evening's affair is but one of a
series of delightful entertainments that
the Elks have been giving from time
to time. The following committee was
in charge of last night's social: Ralph
Kisner, Edward Purpur, Arthur H.
Woolley, Edward Ellenbogen, Harry
P. Phile, R. B. Diehl and Charles H.
Snyder.
Wines That Rival the World.
Fine rich, old Port Wine, Burgundy,
Socialite (Claret) vin. 1881, from
Speer's vineyards, in New Jersey, old
er and are far superior to other Amer
ican wines.