DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER
AOL. LXXVII.
J J.BROWN,M.D,
TEE EYE A SPECIALTY-
Eye *3Bted, treated and fitted with
glasses. No Sunday Work.
'3ll Hartel 1. - -- B ocmsbing. h
Hours—l(l a. m.to 5 j>. in.
D R J. SWE 18 PORT,
DENTIST.
l T ses ODONTDNDER for the painless ex
traction of teeth. Dentistry in all
its branches and all work guar
anteed.
CHARGES REDUCED.
Opposite Opera House, Danv Me
C. WfcL'Jli.
ATTOnSKY-AT-LM.
iiuuiol Altars*? of Hontoor OounV
Ita tOT MILL STBBBT,
DANTILLB.
Charles V. Amerman,
Attoincy-at-L w Notary Public
DANVILLE. PA.
INHI'KAXCK, GEN'L LAW I'KAITK'K
VN'ITRI) 'PIIONK, 21»2
ii. 5»HUOl» nUNT.
PRESCRIPTION DRUBBIST,
opposite Opera Huuse.
'IA.WII.LI',, IKKK'i
WM. KASE WEST.
attornft-at-law.
No. 860 MILL STREET,
DAD VIII E.
CHARLES CHALPANT.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
R*. 110 MILL STREET,
DANVII I.E
WILLIAM L. SIDLER,
ATTORNEY. AT.LAM.
COt HILL AND MARKET STIMTS.
mnvilli.
laa« jcor pr»»««Tipiiori» u
ROSSMAN & SON'S PHARMACY.
146 MILL STREET, DANVILLE, PA.
Two R*|ißt«r«4 PhM-m«rliU In oharge
fire PrMh Drag* and full lint of
■•dlcliM and fnndrlM.
riMB OIOABI GOOD COLD IODA.
Patronize
A. C. AMESBURY,
Best Coal in Towtr.
BEST FOR THE
BOWELS
If yoo hftTen't a regular, healthy movement of tho
bowels every day, vou're ill or will be. Keep your
bowela open, and he well. Force. In the Hhape of
vloleut phyalc or pill poison, is dangeroun. The
• mootheat, eaaleat, moat perfect way of keeping
the bowela clear and clean la to take
EAT 'EM LIKE CANDY
Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good. Do
Good, Never Sicken. Weaken or Gripe; 10. 25 and
60 centa p*r bos. Write for free sample, and book
let on health. Addreaa 433
Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York.
KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAN
Regular Meeting of Fewing.
The Woman's Benevolent Associa
tion of Danville will hold its second
regular meeting today in its rooms in
the Thomas Beaver Free Library Build
ing for the purpose of sewing for the
poor.
The repairs on the first story of the
Library building will not interfere
with the success of the meeting, which
will be held ou the third floor, where
the apartments will be comfortably
heated. The session will begin at 9
o'clock and will last all day. It is very
much hoped that there will be a full
attendance,as there are the usual num
ber of poor families in town whose
earning capacity through old age or
illness is very much reduced or wholly
cut off. In all such cases tho neces
sities are rendered doubly urgent by
the very cold weather prevailing. The
society is anxious to get a little ahead
with is work, making clothing and
bedding to meet preseut demaud and
to have a small stock on hand so as to
be able to respond immediately when
a case is reported^where real waut and
suffering exist*.
FLED FROM FIRE
IN NIGET CLOTHES
More than a score of persons experi
enced dramatic escapes from perishing
in flames that caused a thirty thousand
dollar loss at Shamokin at an early
hour Saturday morning. The entire
fire department was called into service
and battled valiantly for over four
hours before gaining control of the
blaze.
Aroused from her slumber about 8
o'clock by stifling smoke that filled
her bedroom, Gertie Kulp, a dining
room girl at Kulp's Inn, a three-story
hotel conducted by Clayton Kulp, a
brother of Monoro H. Kulp,discovered
the building to bo on fire. Hushing
out onto the fire escape in her night
l clothing she gave the alarm. A young
man named Kramer Iteard her screams,
ran to the coruer turned in an alarm
and returned to her assistance.
Before the department arrived on the
scene the entire building seemed to be
a mass of seething flames. The house
was filled with guests playing at the
vaudeville theatre and all barely es
caped with their lives, being forced to
HeO in their night clothes, leaving
their wearing apparel and valuables
behind.
Bruce Miller, who occupied a rooln
011 the third floor, especially had a
thrilling experience. Finding all
avenues of escape cut off he tore the
bod clothing into strips and made a
rope of them. Tying one end to the
bod post he managed to reach the
ground a few T seconds before the floor
of his room gave away.
E. B. Kemper, who conducts a tail
oring shop in the same building, with
his wifo and nine children also baroly
escaped being burned to death. Sever
al of the children were overcome by
the smoke and had to bo carried from
the building by the firemen.
The fire was supposed to have start
ed from an overheated stove in Kemp
er's tailoring shop. The hotel build
ing was owned by Attorney J. Q.
Adams,whose loss is estimated at $lO,-
000. Insurance covers about one-half ,
the loss. Kemper figures his loss at j
SB,OOO with scarcely any insurance. I
Kulp's loss-will reach almost $4,000, i
with some insurance. Valuables and
personal effects lost by the guests
places the total loss at a figure esti
mated to be $30,000.
No Flag Over State Capitol.
Why does not the flag of the nation
fly over the new oapitol at Harris- j
burg? It has been the practice from j
time immemorial for the flag to fly
whenever the Legislature is in session,
but there has been never a flag floating
in the breeze at the present extra ses
sion, and there is cause for wonder.
At the regular meeting of Camp No.
18, P. O. S. of A., of Harrisburgjield
on Monday evening the following res
olutions were adopted:
"Whereas. Many lovers of the old
flag have noticed with regret and pain
that the new capitol building appears
to be designed and is neariug comple
tion without auy evidence of a place
or a staff to fly the flag of our coun
try.
"Whereas, Prior to the destruction
of the old capitol building the Penn
sylvania General Assembly never held ,
a session without the flag flying above
the building they occupied.
"Resolved, by Washington camp,
No. Iti, P. (X S. of A. that we call the
attention of the Speaker of the House
and President of the Senate to the fact
that thus far the sessions of the Leg
islature have been held without "Old
Glory" flying above their heads in the
present building."
To Improve Catawissa Branch.
The Philadelphia <& Reading Rail
way Company are shaping for a num
ber of important, improvements along
the Catawissa branch the coming sum
mer. Paramouut among the improve- .
meuts contemplated wi4l be the possi
ble abandonment of Ryan's tunnel and
the extension of Alta siding north of
Loftv for a distance of 700 feet. With
this plan in view a corps of surveyors
are engaged at Ryan's tunnel. The
plan as far as can be ascertaine I is to
make a new road bed for a distance
around the side of Ryan's mountain,
which will reduce the curve of the j
road and permit of the abandonment
of the tunnel. The plan lias been un
der consideration for some timo and |
judging from present indications it j
will soon be brought to a successful,
issue. The extension of Alta siding
will shortly be commenced. It is be
ing done on accouut of the increased
traffic on this jwirt of the system.
Priest Gives Courtship Code.
Father Beruott Sundav laid down
the following rules in regard to court
ship for the young people of St. Nich
olas' German Catholic church,
Wilkes-Barre :
Street flirtatious aro not looked up
on with favor.
No courtship should be longer than
• six mouths, if at the end of that time
• the young man does not propose then
1 it is timo to dismiss him, as there are
just as good fish in the sea as ever
> were caught.
:j In recoiving male company girls
r should make the hours between 8 and
• 10 o'clock p. m.and calls should be
7 received only once a week.
1 Purchased by James J. Dal ley.
The property of Lydia E. Gross,
Gulick's Addition, was sold at sheriff's
J sale at the courthouse, Saturday
\ | morning, the purchaser being James
J. Dai ley. The consideration was $520.
-PLEDGED BUT TO TRUTH, TO LIBKBTT AJTD LAW—WO FAVOB SWATS US AHB HO Tin BHST.I. Awm."
DANVILLE, MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 190(5.
THROWN OUT
OKARRIAGE
A bad driving accident occurred just
beyond Mausdalo on the Washiugton
ville road, Sunday, in which Robert
Farusworth, wife and children were
thrown out of the carriage sustaining
bruises of more or less severity and nar
rowly escaping injuries of a graver
sort.
It happened about 11 o'clock in the
forenoon. Mr. Farusworth with his
family consisting of wife and little
son anil daughter, were driving into
Danville to call upon relatives. Driv
ing two spirited horses they were ap
proaching Mausdnle from Fenstermach
er's corner and had readied a point
some three hundred yards west of the
Reformed church when the king bolt
broke, which caused the front part of
the carriage to drop to the ground,
throwing all four of the occupants out.
The horses, frightened by the accid
ent gave a-spring forward and drag
ging the front wheels after them ran
toward Mausdalo.
Mr. Farusworth and family so un
ceremoniously dumped by the road
side gathered themselves up and were
glad to find that no bones were brok
en. Mr. Farusworth sustained some
rather bad bruises about his face, while
the little boy had a badly contused
wound on the mouth. Each one of the
family yesterday were suffering from
the effects of the jar and bruises sus
tained.
| The horses were caught near the
church and taken back t * the scene of |
the accident. Beyond the loss of the
kingbolt the carriage was not badly
! injured, but the trip to' Danville was
abandoned for the time being.
Funeral of Mrs. Sechler.
All that was mortal of Mrs. John M.
Sechler was consigned to her last rest
i ing place in Odd Fellows' cemetery
Monday afternoon.
The funeral took place from the
j Mahoning Presbyterian church and j
was largely attended. The services j
I were conducted by the Rev. J. E. j
j Hutchison, pastor of the Mahouiug
Presbyterian church, whoso remarks I
; constituted a most, beautiful tribute to I
the memory of the deceased.
By request Mr. W. R. Miller ren
dered very beautifully a solo entitled,
j'' When the Mists Have Cleared Away.''
There was also a very beautiful quar
tette rendered by W. R. Miller, J. B.
I McOoy, Misses Sara Vastiue and Ella
i Lyon. The pall bearers were as fol
lows : Howard B. Schultz, James
! Shultz, Dr. Robbius, David Shelhart,
i Theodore Doster and D. C. Huut.
j The following persons from out of
' town attended the funeral: Rev. J.
D. Cook and family, of Renovo; Mr.
and Mrs. Springer, of Georgetown.
Del. ; J. Morgan Cook, wife aud daugh
ter, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Ida Mc-
Niuch, of Watsontowu, and Mont.
Rishel, of Utica, N. Y.
Train Wreckers sent to Jail.
In default of $"3000 bail Martin Gold
;en and John McAvoy, the two young
! men who are charged with the serious
crime of attempting to wreck the
i Pennsylvania Flyer, near Nescopeck,
last Friday were remanded to the Luz
erne county prison. The hearing took
place Tuesday before Alderman Pol
j lock at Wilkes-Barre aud the evidence
against the young meu was *«rv con
vincing.
The most important witness was lit
tle Herbert Parker, who, together with
his 11-year-old brother, was responsi
ble in averting a horrible accident
which would have uudoubtedly result
\ ed in a large death list. The little fel
! low is but 12 years of age aud resides
uear Nescopeck, where the attempt was
i made to wreck the train. He swore
that he saw the defendants tamper with
i the switch and throw it open so that
the train which was due iu about ten
minutes would crash into the blind
siding. The evidence was of a damag
-1 ing character the boy identifying the
defendants as the guilty parties.
Peter Golden, a trackwalkor, em
j ployed by the Penusylvnaia railroad,
and who was flotified by the little
Parker boys that the switch bad been
! thrown was called. His testimony was
to the effect that he was walking down
i the track toward Nescopeck aud saw
the two men accused of the crime pro-
I ceediug up the railroad towards Wilkes
I Barre. When he ncared the switch he
, j was notified by the Parker boys that
1 two men had tampered with it aud he
I at once suspected that the men he saw
a few minutes before had something
to do with the dastardly work. It is
, understood that detectives of the com
pany have iu their possession a num
'l ber of important facts which will be
' [ brought out later iu connection with
' 1 the case.
To File 500 Remonstrances.
Declaring that Luzerne county is
,! the worst county in the State for liqu
.' or traffic, Rev. W. L. Riley, snperin-
J1 tendent of the Anti-Saloon League,
, I says that he is preparing to file 500 re
r j monstrances in license court. There
1 are 1500 applicants for licenses,Bso be
ing for new places. Rev. Mr. Riley
j j said: "I say without fear of con-
I tradiction that with respect to the
| liquor traffic, Luzerne county is pre
i eminently the worst couuty in the
I State. This condition will not con
j tiutie when the Christian sentiment of
• ! the community is aroused."'
«
y At auy rate the insurance investiga
s tlon has been short, sharp aud to the
I. j point.
FIRE COMPANY
Will BUILD BARN
James Freeze, Thomas' Evans and
James Crotty, a committee from the
Washington Hose Company, appeared
before' Council Friday with a very
liberal proposition relating to the
building of a stable for the use of that,
fire company. They explained the need
of a stable in connection with their
hose house in order to keep their horses
where they could use them in running
to fires. The building they have in
view is one of 24 feet x 16 feet, built ad
joining the hose house immediately in
the rear, the present tower to be re
moved back to make room for the stable
The fire company projmses to build the
stable at its own expense,asking noth
ing more of council than the mere per
mission to put up the building.
On motion of Mr. Boyer it was decid
ed that the Are company be granted
privilege to build the stable as propos
ed, umler the supervision of the build
ing committee of council.
On motion of Mr. Reifsnyder it was
ordered that the street commissioner
be instructed to make repairs on East
Front street before Heister Foust's
residence, where the drainage is very
defective, the result being that the
water runs into Mr. Foust's cellar.
Mr. Reifsnyder reported that the
street commissioner has installed the
necessary guard rails at the canal cul
verts at Ferrv aud Church streets.
Iu view of the probability of a strike
i among the coal minors it was the sens e
of the councilmen that the borough
should lay in a heavy stock of coal at
the water works. The matter was dis
cussed at length- It was decided that
larger quantities of coal be purchased
—three car loads from the D. L. & VV.
railroad and three from the P. & R.
company to the end that a stock of
coal be acquired to meet future em
ergencies.
On motion it was ordered tliat an
arc light be installed at the lower end
of Factory street to light np the ex
torior of the water works, where dark
i ness now prevails ami where more or
1 less stealing of coal, etc., from the
j borough has been takiug place,
j Mr. Sweisfort called attention to the
fact that between passenger trains on
Sundays the gatemau at the D. L. &
W. crossing on Mill street does not
seem to be on duty. On Sunday a party,
who was accustomed to seeing the
gates fall, narrowly escaped being run
over by a passing freight train. On
motion of Mr. Sweisfort the secretary
was instructed to write to the D. L.
& W. railroad company, notifying it
of the narrow escape at the crossing
aud informing the company that the
borough insists upon the watchman
beiug on duty Sundays the same as on
any other day.
Treasurer Elleubogou presented a
statement of finances to date, which
showed a cash balance on hard of
15661.49.
The following members were pres
ent : Vastiue, Goeser, Reifsnyder,
Fenstermacher, Swoißfort, Dietz, Boy
er aud Magill.
The following bills wore approved
for payment. :
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT.
Regular employes $115.00
Tax on borough bonds 181.20
Auditing borough accouuts . v 2.00
E. W. Peters (Com.) 195.00
Harry B. Pattou .. 80.00
Foster Bros. 16.90
Robert J. Pegg ... 16.18
Freight aud hauling 2.50
Atlantic Refining C 0.... 88.67
Rumsey Elec. Mfg. Co 5.70
H. R. Moore 66
W. Li. Gouger 50
Labor and hauling 45.68
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Regular employes. . . 1187.00
Labor on water 12.75
Auditors 2.00
E. W. Peters (Com.) 10.00
John H. Goosor . 25.63
Joseph Lcchner 19.18
Washington Fire Co .. 1.85
Tax on water bonds 808.00
Ellis Rank 5.88
Ii L. & W. R. R. Co 218.59
H. R. Moore 4.41
J. P. Pattou 8.00
Party Near Washingtonville.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, of near
Washingtonville, entertained a party
of friends Saturday iu honor of their
' daughter Kathryn's eighth birthday.
The day was pleasantly spent with
games aud music aud an excellent din
ner was served.
Those present were : Mrs. Jenkins,
Mrs. C. Springer, Mrs. William Clark,
Mrs. Robert Farusworth, Mrs. Eman
uel Mourer, Hazel Clark, Stella Ware,
Annie Ware, Edna Springer, Hilda
Clark, Miuuie Tanner, Laura Farus
worth, Mollie Mourer, Florence Tan
ner, Lizzie Robbins, Edith Miller,
Thelma Miller, Mary Springer and
j Robert Farusworth, Jr.
Moral Wave at Shamokin.
There are people in Shamokin who
■ believe that Shamokin should be bet
" ter than Shamokin really is, that is
3 morally better. Thev want to wash
" the place out; aud the people who think
" she does not need it are the people who
" i don't often wash themselves. A public
3 meet ing was held on Sunday afternoon
• at. which steps were taken to set the
3 machinery in motion that will give
" the town a scouring out and make it
112 cloaner and better in every way. How
successful these offorts are going to be
the futrue must tell.
e No boy who has the least self res
' poot will amoks cigarette*.
WATER RACK
EXPLODES
The freezing weather Tuesday
morning brought about an explosion
iu the water back installed in connec
tion with the cook stove at the resi
dence of Mrs. S. M. Triimbower, East
Market street, which not only wreck
ed the water back but also blew the
stove to pieces, broke the kitcheu fur
niture aud set the room on fire. It was
only by the turning of a hand that
Mrs. Trumbower was uot caught in
the explosion, aud badly injured.
Only last fall the stove and the wat
er back, both new, were installed in
the comfortable apartment used ns a
dining room in the Trumbower home.
On Monday night the fire went out and
Tuesday morning Mrs. Trumbower
thinking that the pipes were all right
built a fire iu the stove and proceeded
to prepare breakfast.
Mrs. Trumbower's daughter, Mrs.
Foulk, was in Wilkes-Barre aud Mrs.
Trumbower, herself expected to leave
Tuesday morning for n visit to Sha
mokin. Miss Krum, a school teacher,
who has charge of the Gravel Bank
school, just north of town, spent Mon
day night with Mrs. Trumbower.
Breakfast being ready Mrs. Trumbow
er inteudiug to call Miss Krum step
ped from the apartment containing the
water back aud stove iuto the sitting
room closing the door after hor.
At that very moment there was an
explosiou that shook the house,the ac
companying report being such as could
bo compared ouly to the noise produc
ed by the blastiug at the Bessemer fur
nace beiug dismantled. Indeed, Mrs.
Trumbower at first thought it was a
blast over at the furnace aud she re
marked to herself that it was an un
usually loud oue. The sound of brok
en dishes commingled with the report,
which came from the kitcheu, how
ever. caused her to investigate.
Opening the door a scene met her
eyes that staggered her. The stove was
in pieces, the fire was scattered over
the floor and the carpet aud furniture
was burning; the room was a general
wreck. Russell Foust, the baker, who
lives near was one of the first to re
spond to Mrs. Trumbower's call for
help and succeeded iu puttiug out the
fire.
Wholesale damage hail been wrought.
When the explosion occurred frag
ments of the water back and of the
stove itself raked the room bombard
ing the ceiling and walls and smash
ing the ohairs. One of the large stove
doors was found lying on the top of
the sideboard. The sideboard itself,
which stood ou the opposite side of the
room from the stove, was ruined, the
large glass inserted in the upper part
being shattered to fragments. The flue
lot of china which the sideboard con
tained was brokou to atoms. Oue heavy
piece of stove plate had struck the
wall just beside the door through
which Mrs. Trumbower passed the
very moment before the explosion,
tearing away the plaster and cutting
through the lath. Another fragment
of the stove struck the ceiling near the
samo spot, cutting through the paper
and making a deep indenture. The
breakfast tablo and all the furniture
was covered with soot. The walls and
the coiling are bespattered with dirt
and will have to be repapered.
A new stove was immediately in
stalled. The former stove aud water
back Lay scattered about the room aud
these were first removed. The new
stove is minus the hot water attach
ment, as Mrs. Trumbower has con
cluded that she has had about all the
experience with water backs that she
wants for the present.
The explosiou is believed to have
beon caused by the sudden freezing up
of the pipe which supplied the water
back with wator.
Tho explosion proved quite a shock
to Mrs. Trumbower. She was dread
fully frightened over her narrow es
cape, as it is very plain that had she
not left the kitcheu at tho very mo
ment she did she would have boen very
badly iujured, if not killed.
Tho loss measured in dollars aud
cents will bo considerable, but what
Mrs. Trumbower regrets tho most is
the loss of her chiuaware, which had
a peculiar value to her,nearly all of it
being the gifts of friends and render
ed doubly dear to her by reason of its
association with her early housekeep
ing and her marriod life.
No Tin Plates for Normal Boys.
A lively episode at the B'.oomsburg
State Normal School came to light ou
Tuesday whou a number of students,
passing through this city eu route to
their homes, stated that they had-been
dismissed because the faculty had de
cided to furuish them meals on tiu
plates.
It appears the students were inclined
to be unduly frolicsome at meal time,
recklessly juggling the chin* dishes.
The breaking of the chiua subjected
the institution to considerable expense
aud as a preventative tho faculty pro
posed tin utensils. This suggested pri
sou ways aud the students planned to
declare a striko the instant the tin
plate order went into effect.
Word of tho students' revolt reached
the faculty. Saturday the leaders of
the strike movement wore summoned
before Principal Welch and summarily
dismissed.
Iu Maryland they propose to make
the smoking of cigarettes ah offense
punishable by law. What is the use of
I invoking the law to inflict punishment
when the cigarettes can be relied on
to attend to it if given time?
A TALK ON
FIRE ESCAPES|
John K. Robisou, of Mifflintown,
Deputy Factory Inspector, was in this
city yesterday ou official business. Mr.
i Robison iu his present capacity has
| been coming to Danville for a good
many years past. Iu conversation yes
terday he stated that iu the matter of
! fire escapes and iu equipment gener
ally Danville provides for the snfety
aud welfare of its citizens better than
a good many other towns. Buildings
three stories high and over, such as
under the law require fire escapes, in
Danville, he remarked, are not very
' numerous, but such as they are.wheth-
I cr hotels, schools, manufactories or
i other buildings they aro satisfactorily
1 equipped with life saving devices.
While on the subject of fire escapes
Mr. Robisou made an explanation that
throws light ou a very important point
which often puzzled people and led to
the suspicion that the law was not in
all cases enforced. It is not every ho
tel or other buildiug, Jio says, three
stories high or higher, that requires a
fire escape. A factory inspector, he
said, is expected to exercise his judg
ment and primarily to look after the
safety of the inmates. A building,
therefore, does uot always need fire
escapes, no matter how high if built
agaiust other structures of less height,
provided tho roofs of the adjoining
buildings afford a safe and easy means
of reaching tho ground from any part
of the tall building.
Mr. Robisou's duties do uot consist
alone of inspecting buildings in rela
tion to danger in case of fire, but he
must also see that machinery, where
auy exists, is properly protected by
guard rails aud tho like; he must also
see that all the rules are observed as
to boiler inspection.
Mr. Robisou yesterday had a kind
word to say couceruiug the proprietor
aud tho management of the silk mill
here, which employs children so exten
sively. Not only is there no evidence
of neglect, he said, along any of the
lines that provide for safety, but he
was much pleasod with tho oversight
maintained and by the generosity of
the proprietor. The boys and girls em
ployed, he said, seemed to him like a
happy and contented lot, who thorough
ly appreciate the various ways in
which they have been assisted aud be
i friended by their employer.
Tarring G. Rank is No ilore.
Tarring Graut Rauk, son of Isaac
Rauk, departed this life yesterday af
ternoon after a brief illness of typhoid
fever.
The deceased was a most highly es
teemed youug man. He belonged to
tho United Evaugelical church, this
city. He was also a member of Camp
No. 864, P. O. S. of A. Along with
his father he was employed at the
Structural Tubiug Works.
The deceased was taken ill about
January 10th, the symptoms being those
of a severe cold. He lingered along
without any sign of improvement un
til a little over a week ago when ty
phoid fever developed. The attack
provod a severe oue, death ensuing
shortly after noon yesterday.
The deceased was nineteen years of
age. He is survived by his parents, a
brother, Percy, aud a sister, Lucy.
The funeral will take place Friday
afternoon. Servicos at the family resi
dence, Foley's Court, will be private.
Public services will be held at the
United Evangelical church at 2 o'clock.
Interment will bo made at Mt. Veruou
cemetery, Riverside Heights.
Allowed Fight Closes Saloon.
During the trial of a petty assault
aud battery case from Mt. Carmel be
fore Judge Savidge iu court at Suu
bury yesterday morning it develop
ed that the fight occurred in the saloon
of Mrs. Auuie Citacuuis. This aroused
the ire of the Court aud he not only
gave the woman a severe reprimand
but directed that she close the saloon
for ten days. Iu rebuking her the
judge said : bad she turned a stream of
cold water on the brutes instead of
filliug them with beer aud then stand
idly by aud see them pummel each oth
er lie would have commended her ac
tion and seen that she did not suffer,
but as it was, she was as bad as they
were and if such a thing ever occurred
in her place agaiu he would uot com
pel her to close for ten days but would
tako away her licouse. Autliouy Bar
cosky, the assault aud battery defend
ant, was fouud guilty by the jury.
Yesterday noon tho grand jury com
pleted its labors auil was discharg
ed by tho Court. They acted on thirty
three bills aud ignored eight, retnrn
iug the remainder as truo bills. It
also recommended repairs at the coun
ty jail and tho buildiug of an addition
to the court honso.
New 'Phone Line in Columbia.
Another new telephone line was add
ed to the United Company's system on
Saturday afternoon. The new line
makos a circuit through the country
from Shickshiuuy, and connects with
the United systom at the Beutou ex
change. It passes through the towns
of Cambria, Now Columbus, Town
Hill, Cherry Hill, Huntington Mills,
Watertown aud Harveyville, and has
about 150 subscribers.
As the first of April approaches the
strike' clouds gather and the industrial
sky looks threatening. It is to be hop
. Ed the wiser counsels will prevail in
both the mine workers' and operators'
meetings and that serious trouble will
be averted. But if it must oome —we
hope It will be a fight to tho finish.
!WAS REFUSED!
A NEW TRIAL
Judge C. B. Staples of the 43rd Ju
dicial Bistrict, lias liauded down an
opinion refusing a new trial iu the
case of Commonwealth vs. Francis
Woll, which was tried duriug the Nov
ember term of court, Judge Staples
specially presiding. Woll was found
guilty.
Tho opinion sots forth: "The de
fendant., was tried upou an indictment
charging him with larceny of fifty
pairs of splice plate, the projierty of the
Reading Iron Company, aud having
received the same in his possession
woll knowing them to have beon stol
en.
"Upon the trial of the case it was
conceded by tho Common \\ ealth that
the charge of larceuy could not be sus
tained, although there was consider
able question in the mind of the Court
whether the evidence would not have
warranted a verdict of guilty of that
charge.''
The testimony was reviewed in de
tail. "The defendant voluntarily de
nied," the opinion goes onto say,
"that he had any control over the
stable wherein tho juuk was found,
aud that he had not beeu iu the juuk
business for two years. Iu this ho was
contradicted. Guilty kuowledge on
the part, of the defendant » » » • may
be shown » » » » inductively by prov
iug that the defendant bought them
very much below their value or deni- :
ed their being iu his possession.
"Aud now February 5, 1906, for
reasons above stated the rule to show
cause why a now trial should uot be
granted is discharged."
C. B. STAPLES, P. J.
The defendant is directed to appear
iu open court on Tuesday, February
27, 1906, at 2 o'clock p. m.for the pur
pose of having sentence passed upon
him.
Judge Staples also handed down an
opinion and decree of conrt on ap
plication to strike off appeal in the
case of Kate E. Rank vs. Auuie M.
Kauffnian, involving an appeal of the
justice of the peace.
The court having heard argument on
the mutter makes the following order
or decree:
"Aud now February 2, 1906, upon
hearing aud argument and for the rea
son stated the rule iu the above case
is discharged. If the plaintiff desires
to file a statement it is her privilege
to do so.''
C. B. STAPLES, P. J.
Delegates Left Last Evening.
The State School Directors' Associa
tion will meet at Harrisburg this morn
ing to hold its annual convention,
which will'continue during today aud
tomorrow. The Montour Couutv School
Directors' Association will be fully
represented. W. H. Ortli and Jacob
Fischer,delegates from the Borough of
Danville, and James Shultz, Cooper
township; James Pollock,Derry town
ship, aud Joseph Wintersteen of West
Hemlock, representing the school
boards of the rural districts, left Dan
ville last evening to attend the con
vention.
The Couuty Superintendents' con
vention will be in session at the same
time. At the latter meeting Montour
county will bo ably represented by
Couuty Superintendent C. W. Dorr,of
Washingtonville.
The State convention of school di
rectors has proven very beneficial iu
tho past aud both Danville aud the
rural districts of the county have felt
themselves well repaid for the time
and money spent by the delegates. The
present convention will be no excep
tion. Matters of vital interest to the
schools aud the cause of education will
be discussed by those that have
thought deeply ou the subject and have
had much experience in public affairs.
Among the speakers will bo Gover
nor Samuel W. Peunypacker, who in
early life was a school teacher, aud
who subsequently has kept closely in
touch with educational matters. State
Superintendent N. W. Schaeffer will
also address tho convention aud will
be one of the principal speakers. M.
G. Brumbaugh, oue of tho shining
lights of the State ou pedigogy, ii on
■the list oj instructors aud last but not
least is Samuel G. Dixon,M. D.,State
Commissioner of Health, who will
give his views ou vaccination as it re
lates to the schools as woll as other
mooted subjects pertaiuing to the pub
lic health.
State Shoot at Milton.
The sixteenth annual shoot of the
Pennsylvania Sportsman's Association
will be held at Milton on the 15th,
16th, 17th and 18th of May, and will
be iu many respects the greatest event
of the kiud that ever took place iu
Central Pennsylvania. There will be
from two hundred and fifty to three
hundred of tho best type of American
sportsmen present and valuable prizes
will be competed for. Tho first three
day shooting will be at targets and the
last day's live bird shooting. The con
tests will take place on the fair ground
anil will be free. It will require a car
load of targets ond one huudred thou
sand rounds of ammunition. Milton
is the smallest town that ever has had
the distinction of entertaining the
State Sportsman's Association.
Berwick had a shooting scispe the
other night and the victim is in the
hospital and the Italian is at large.
The word Italian will soon be a sub
stitute for murderer in this part of the
country.
Vote for the best men among those
nominated for borough offices.
NO 11
A VICTIM
OFMENINGITIS
John W. Knat, son of Mr. and Mrs.
1 Andrew C. Rout, Grand street, whose
) critical illness of meningitis was not
i ed in these columns a couple of weeks
■ ago, departed this life Sunday. No
i sadder death lias occurred in Danville
I in a long while.
The deceased was fourteen years of
■ age, a boy of remarkable promise. He
t was devoted to his home and to his par
-7 cuts to a degree beyond what is com
) mon iu this day when there are so
r many social attractions outside the
i parentaUiomo. He was an only child
• and as was natural lie was beloved and
idolized by his parents as only a lov
i able anil dutiful child can be. He was
t remarkably studious and made rapid
progress at school. He was a great
reader and excepting his parents books
S were his only companions. It was this
( condition of mental activity, natural
with the boy. the physician
thinks had a groat ileal to do with bring
iug about the distressing and fatal dis
ease of which he died.
The deceased took his bed three
■ weeks ago today, but he had been ail
ing for some days previously. It was
: a fearful seige of suffering practically
i hopeless from the start. He breathed
i his last at 8:80 o'clock Sunday morn
ing but had been dying since Friday
evening.
John W. Roat, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Roat, whose death occurred on
Sunday morning, was consigned to the
grave in Odd Fellows' cemetery yes
terday afternoon. The funeral was
largely attended.
Sen-ices took place in Trinity Luth
eran church at 2 o'clock and were con
ducted by Rev. L. D. Ulrich, pastor.
No more impressive funeral lias been
seen in this city for a long time.
The pall bearers were six cousins of
the deceased : Warren Roat, Harry De-
Lauty, Bruce Springer and Clyde,
Harry and Walter Swank. The remarks
of Rev. Ulrich were very touching,
very beautiful and very appropriate,
perfectly attuued in all their allusions
to the innocent young life just closed
and the deep grief of the parents, be
reft of their only child.
A quartette consisting of Sam A.
McCoy, J. B. McCoy, Miss Margaret
Ateu aud Miss Lucinda Leighow ren
dered threo beautiful selections Safe
in the Arms of Jesus," "Some Time
We Will Understand" and "When the
Mists Have Cleared Away."
The casket,of pearl grey, was nearly
covered by a profusion of beautiful
flowers which represented offerings
from the Sunday school, the pupils of
public schools aud from a large num
ber of individual friends. The Sunday
school class to which the deceased be
longed accompanied by the teacher
Mrs. Evans, was present at the funeral
iu a body and stood as a guard around
the casket. The members of the "A"
class of the First Ward grammar school,
taught by Miss Musselman, were also
present in a body and formed a dou
ble line between which the casket was
carried from the hearse to the church.
The following persons from out of
town attended the funeral: G. W.
DeLanty aud wife, of New York ; Mr.
aud Mrs. John Epler of Northumber
land; Miss Anna Van Kirk aud Wil
liam Wolfinger, of Milton; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Boyer, Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Billmeyer aud Alexander
Mattis, of Pottsgrove.
Ice Nearly Closes River.
Yesterday was slightly warmer than
on Tuesday, although at au early morn
ing hour mercury at several points
hereabout dropped down to the zero
point.
The river is very nearly closed with
ice. Abovo the bridge only a narrow
chaunel along the Soul horn shore re
mains open aud there the heavy ice
cakes move very slowly. Obviously it
will require only another night of zero
weather to close tlio river from shore
to shore. Below town about the big
bend the river has the appearance of
being practically closed.
Ice on the ponds has attained a thick
ness of six inches aud is considered a
good article. W. S. Lawreuoe today
will begin cuttiug ice on the dam in
Mahoning creek just north of Dan
villo. Yesterday he was busy getting
things in readiness—installing engine
and equipping the ice elevator. John
Jacobs' Sous of this city head the list
of those who will have their ice houses
filled with the product from Mahon
ing creek.
Air brakes After July Ist.
After July 1, 1900, there will not be
a freight or passouger car run on the
lines of the Pennsylvania railroad un
equipped witli air brakes.
This order signed by General Super
intendent of Transportation Trump,
was sent out to the various headquart
ers along the Pennsylvania railroad
yesterday.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion requires that only seventy-five
per cent, of the cars must have air
brakes.
| Another ordor from the same source
was sent out at the same time to the
effect that after January 1, 1907, no
cars will be accepted by the Pennsyl
vania railroad for movement over its
lines, which are not suitable to be
moved in heavy train service.
This latter order means that next
year every car operated by the Penn
sylvania railroad must bo in first class
condition and all inspectors will be
cautioned to see that this order is en
forced.