DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER V OL. LXXVII. PLANS TO BE HUGH MODIFIED The trustees held a regular meeting Hospital for the Insane Thnrs day, the following being present: W. L. Gouger, H. M. Scliooh. of Dan ville; Dr. B. H. Detwiler.of Williauis port; Howaril Lyon, of Hughesville: W. K. Sliay, of Watsontown and Dr. Shoemaker,of Wilkes-Barre. The plans ami specifications of the heat, light, ami power plant were approved ; bids will In- iuviteil immediately and pros pects are that before the close of next mouth work ou the plant will bo well under way. Philip H. .Johnson, of Philadelphia, the architect, was present at the meet ing. He submitted two sets of plans and specifications for tiie heat, light and power plant—one on the site first selected at the coal dump just west of the hospital buildings and the other at the rear of the hospital taking in the present steam power plant whero the compressor maintained in connec tion with the filter system is installed. The two sets of plans and specifica tions were gotten up at the request of the board of trustees, who of late have found some objection to the site at tlie coal dump at the terminus of the switch, which was the site originally considered in connection with the heat, light and power plant. The priuciiml circumstance which weigiied in favor of the site at the coal dump was that coal could be unloaded from thenars at the door and that the hauling now necessary could be ob viated. Later, however, the trustees began to take other things into consid eration and arrived at conclusions, which make it more than probable that auother site may bo selected and that Hie plans conceived of a year ago as to heat, light and power may be much modified. As things stand at present the trus tees are much in favor of enlarging or practically rebuilding the preseut "boiler house"and installing there the heat, light and power plaut. In the first place they declare that they dis like to depart from the original plan or arrangement of the hospital build ings, which^for; all the years of their history have a model and af ter which a large number of other in- Ntitutions are patterned. They see a large number of advantages in the pres ent location 6f the boiler house— enough to more than counterbalance what would he gained by eliminating the hauling:. In the first place by remodeling the present boiler house iuto the heat,light and Jpower plaut, connection can be made with the system of buildiugs by means of the present lines of pipe, whereas if the site at the coal dump he selected au underground conduit of brick at least seven feet deep will have to be constructed for a distance of one thousand feet to carry the steam pipe aud the electric current. The con struction of this conduit will be a big item iu itself,to which must be added the fact that iu covering this loug dis tance there will be a considerable loss of power both iu steam and electricity which will goon as long as the in stitution stands. It was the intention at first to dis place steam in t lie laundry as a motive power and in its place to install an electric motor. Should there be a change in site the fine corliss en gine will be retained in the laundry :tud strain continued in use. The pres ent pumping station, with its separate boiler and engine will also be retain ed. The plans ami specifications for the heat, light ami power plant at each of the two sites were approved. Adver tiseing for bids on both | laus will t»egin today. The bids will he open ed at a regular meeting of the trus tees at the Hospital for the Insane ou April 10. The contract will be awarded immediately afterward. The amount of the appropriation for the heat, light juid power plant is .S9I,(XX). Want* Dead Snakes. J. K. Owen, State demonstrator and lecturer on the San Jose scale, in a lecture delivered at Stroudsburg in cidentally made an appeal for dead hii.-ikes in the interest of zoology and to help along the good work of Prof essor H. A. Surface, at Harrisburg. Monroe county farmers were given to understand that anyone sending a dead snake to Professor H. A. Surface at Harrisburg. was entitled to a copy of the snake book of Pennsylvania,and that the book can be secured in no oth er way. Farmers state that the coming sum mer will be a great snake season, as the warm winter has caused the rep tiles to shed their winter coats early. $16,509 in Auto Fees. Up to the present there are 5,508 au-1 tomobiles licensed to run in Pennsyl vania, that beiug the number of the j last certificate issued at the State High- ! way Department. During the last 1 month the demand for certificates has fallefi off somewhat, owing to the bad weather,but with the return of spring and good weather there will be a boom in the demand for licenses and tags. At a license the department of autos ought to be more than self-supjiortiug. As yet the department has not receiv ed any notification of violation of the law. University President Here. Kev. Charles T. Aikens,president of Susquehanna university, spent Sunday in this city,and preached at the morn iug and evening services at the Pine Street Lutheran church. COIfNCII, PROCEEDING The reconstruction of North Mill street with State aid came up before council Friday and action was tak en to hurry up proceedings in the State highway department relative to the mutter to the end that work may be gin on the important improvement at the very earlie.st date possible. Mr. Vastine reviewed the proceed ings last fall which consisted of send ing in the usual petition to the State highway department. The receipt of the petition indue time was acknowl edged and there the proceedings stop ped short. He thought that something ought to be done to hurry up matters, otherwise there would be a long de lay in the highway department,which would hold back the work until late in the summer. The petition, he said, called for a brick pavement as far as Chambers street and beyoud that point a macadam road. In order to get the improvement under way Mr. Vastine moved that Borough Solicitor E. S. Gearhart be requested to proceed to Harrisburg and confer with the State highway commissioner at once,for the purpose of seeiug how soon the work can be started. Mr. Bedea seconded the motion and it carried unanimous ly- A communication was received from Borough Solicitor Gearhart raising some question as to the condition of the fire plugs and expressing the opin ion that these ought to be more fre quently examined to determine wheth er any are frozen. He called attention to a suit for many thousands of dol lars brought against the borough of Shamokin for a defective fire plug, which resulted in a $200,000 fire. This, he thought,ought to be a practical re minder, that it might be well to keep posted on the condition of the fire plugs during winter. Mr. Boyer took the view that it should be somebody's business to open the fire plugs at least once a mouth to determine if they are in good working order. Mr. Russell and Street Com missioner E. S. Miller gate it as their opinion that to open the fire plugs during the winter would be merely to invite additional freezing. A discus sion followed, when, in view of the fact that freezing weather is about ov er for this season, the matter was drop ped without any action being taken. A communication was received from the P. & R. railway company relative to the closing of Cross street,a matter which lias been hanging fire for some time past. The commuuicatiou was as follows. : Mr. Joseph Gibsou, President of Council, Dear Sir: —l beg to ask your honor able council to consider and if possi ble give the P. & R. railway some re lief in the matter of closing Cross streot in accordance with an agree ment entered into between the borough and the Bloomsburg & Danville and P. & R. railway companies. "As you perhaps know the railway company completed its part of the work and it has beou many months since the undergrade has been put in to use by the borough and the electric company and as yet the railway com pany has not been relieved of the crossing of Cross street, which was promised then. We are very much in need of the room occupied by this street for the storage of cars and trains aud will greatly appreciate anything that can be done to give us the desired relief. ,T. E. TURK, Superintendent. On motion of Mr. Sweisfort second ed by Mr. Russell it was ordered that the communication be accepted and that the secretary be instructed to com municate with Superintendent Turk, informing him that just as soon as A street is full}' completed according to contract Cross street will be vacated in accordance with the agreement. George Re ifsnyder appeared before council to ask for a permit to build a colli storage buildiug at the rear of 311 Mill street, which will be of frame sheeted with steel and covered with an asbestos roof. The building—22 A 22 feet—will staud in the rear at the ex treme end of a 150 foot lot and will be practically fire proof. On motion of Mr. Angle seconded by Mr. Kiseuhart the request was granted. The following members were present: Gibson, Vastiue.Boyer, Dietz, Bedea,, Kiseuhart. Sweisfort, Russell, Angle and Hughes. Burgess Rogers was also present. President Gibson ap|>oiiited the fol lowing committees: Finance—Vastine. Sweisfort, Fiu | negan. ; Streets and Bridges—Boyer, Vas ! tine. Hughes, Jacobs and Bedea. Printing—Hughes, Dietz Russell. Market—Dietz,Kiseuhart, Finuigau. Water—Hughes, Kiseuhart, Russell. Sewerage—Sweisfort, Russell, Dietz. Ordinance and Police —Jacobs, Vas tine, Boyer. Fire—Dietz, Angle, Kiseuhart. i Light—Vastine, Boyer, Hughes. Building—Boyer, Angle, Bedea. j Public Improvement Sweisfort. j Finuigau, Angle. | Bills and Accounts—Jacobs, Boyer, I Bedea. Electric tfght. i The P. AR. railway coiii]>auy has installed olcctric light in its station at this place. At present only the office aud waiting room are wired, eight incandescent lights being instal led. Later on the eutire statiou may be lighted up. TLKDOKD BUT TO TBUTH, TO IXBXBTT AND lO.W —MO VAVOB SWATS US IMS HO Vlil SWtT.I. AH" DANVILLE. MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 190(J. [NEW INDUSTRY FOR RIVERSIDE A new industry is looming up in Riverside, which if plans do not mis carry, promises to become an import ant factor in the growth and develop ment of our neighboring borough. The industry is nothing less that a plant I for the manufacture of fine hosiery. Riverside is a charming place, but it is deficient in industries,those fami lies who reside there in the main be ing obliged to look to Danville for em ployment. Along with its broad ave nues that make the place desirable for residences it has scores of admirable manufacturing sites. The trolley line in course of construction has attracted attention to Riverside and in light of all the facts it would seem that a new era has dawned upon the town. Among the manufacturing concerns of Philadelphia that are cramped for room and desire to establish a plant where help is plentiful is the Adams Hosiery company. W. K. Adams, a member of the firm, wiiose attention had been called to the advantages ex isting at Riverside,a few days ago paid that place a visit to look over the ground. During his stay of a couple of days duration he was in the hands of W. T. Sheppersou, Eli Hoover, Dr. DeWitt, W. R. Clark and other lead ing spirits, who made it clear to him that the borough stood ready to wel come an industry such as his and had inducements to offer that lie could not ignore. Mr. Adams had with him specimens of the product of his plant, which spoke for itself, being the finest and most ex]>eiisive grade of work. He also exhibited letters from houses with which he dealt that made it clear that his product was in general demand and that he could sell all the hose that he could manufacture. Mr. Slieppersou and his associates took it upon themselves to offer the firm free of eost a plot of ground 200 feet wide fronting on the Pennsylvania railroad and to exempt the industry from the payment of local tax for the period of' ten years. The plot of ground offered was form erly used lor tlie manufacture of fire brick and contains a roomy and sub stantial building. Mr. Adams was much pleased not only with the loca tion and the natural advantage*, but also with the inducements and the generous terms proposed by the citi zens There is only one point in which he is in doubt, that is on the question of help. Mr. Slieppersou, however, has confidence that hands in sufficient number can be procured to keep a good-sized plant in operation. As things stand at present it seems that the Adams Hosiery Company may start up in Riverside. The proposi tion is that the building, formerly the brick plaut.be remodeled to start up in , the manufacture of flue hosiery,so that a fair number of hands may be in structed in the work while the other portion of the plant is being built. After a year's experiment if it should be demonstrated that help in sufficient numbers can not be obtained in River side the proposition will be abandon ed. Will Remove Canal Bridge. The bridge over the abandoned can- | al at Beaver street,one of the very few canal bridges remaining in the bor ough. is beiug removed to make way [ for a culvert at the spot. To accom [ modate the bridge there is a steep lgrade at each end, which makes haul ing difficult, in addition to which the bridge was long ago condemned as un safe and the public was warned not to use it. The warning however,was not heed ed and the public regardless of danger have continued to use the bridge. The old structure, however, is at last at the end of its career. Beaver street, it seems, is uotf a public thoroughfare, but belongs to the two industries loc ated north of the canal. The Stove and Manufacturing company, therefore, for some time past has stood ready to remove the-bridge and fill in the canal constructing a culvert to take its place as was done by the borougli at other points,as soon as the D. L. &W. rail road company would co-operate, lay ing pipe of suitable dimensions as it did at Church street. The owners of the canal it would seem are its anxious as the borough is to get rid of the old bridges and are willing enough to co operate with the stove works. A few days ago a large quantity of terra cotta pipe two feet in diameter was unloaded at the spot and yesterday a force of railroad employes were at work layiitg the pipe. By night the job was nearly completed, although the men were obliged to wade water nearly knee deep and worked against tremendous odds. The Stove ami Manufacturing com pany now stands ready to fulfill its part of the contract. The bridge will IK; removed at any day and work of building the culvert will begin. There will not be much interruption to trav- j el, as the Stove and Manufacturing 1 company has a big accumulation of j ashes, cinder, etc., available, which will suffice to fill up the spot sufficient- I ly to make the road passable. Simul- | taneously with the filling up with ashes cinder,etc. ,the street will bo cut down | j to conform with the general level, the earth obtained by the process being used in filling up the spot. Revival Services. I Revival services arc in progress* .it the lininanuel Baptist church, Waliiut street. The preacher ill charge is Kev. Frank Gardner. The subject, for to night is "Knocking at the Door." The theme selected for tomorrow night is "Heaven;" on Saturday night, "A Prayer Meatiug iu Hell." CHANGES ON MILL STREET There will be a considerable number of changes among our business meu on Mill street this spriug. Incidental to the change of quarters, there is the usual ainouut of remodeling and reu ovation, which adds to convenience and store space aud imparts to the street au improved appearance. Cohen <Jfc Newman, who have dissolv ed partnership, will each have thorough ly modern quarters. Mr. Ooheu, who lias euterered iuto partnership with his brother, will con tinue ou at the old stand, which will have a flexible glass front, something entirely new in this section, installed at Cohen Brothers own expense. Mr. Newman as already reported has gone into business individually, aud has re moved into the Cousart buildiug, No. i 222 Mill street, which has just been remodeled at considerable expense. The Standard Gas company, George M. West, superiuteudeut, will remove from No. lltl Mill street to the Brown building, using the first floor now oc cupied by K. J. Evaus with his bar ber shop. George Bedea, the barber, who occupied the basement uuder the Reynolds building, will remove up stairs iuto the room vacated by the Standard Gas Company. W. F. Bell, the grocer, will remove from 319 to No. 202 Mill street, the building formerly occupied by the "sugar bowl. ' J. T. Fiudlay has re moved from the opera house block to No. 811 Mill street, in the building occupied by David Shelhart. George W. Hendricks, will open a tin store in the room vacated by Mr. Fiudlay in the o]>era house block. Harry Gold man of the American Stock company is selling out his stork preparatory to removing to Pittsburg. N. Z. Butter wick is also selling out his stock of jewelry. By whom the room will be occupied the coming year is uot known. J. C. Montgomery, who removed from the Kreeger building, corner of Mill and West Mahouing streets, into the room in the Vincent block, vacated by F. G. Peters, is now nicely establish ed ami has his storo well stocked up. Harry Weuck will opeu up a tobacco store in the Kreeger block. The room No. 112 Mill street, vacat ed by Mrs. J. H. Johusou, will be oc« cupied by the Adams Express Com pauy. First Pastor of Qrove Church. Rev. Charles Jewett Collins, the first pastor of the Grove Presbyteriaa church iu this city was buried iu Wilkes-Barre yesterday. Representa tives of the Grove church atteuded the fuutiral and his memory here was fur ther houored last night by special ser vices at the church to which he min istered. Rev. Charles Jewett Collius, al though an able and zealous divine,had a much longer career as a teacher than clergyman. Iu fact the pastorate at the Grove church was his first aud ouly pastorate. He was bom in Wilkes- Barre in 1825. He graduated iu Wil liams College, Massachusetts, in 1845. He was tutor iu Williams College for some time, after which he eutered the theological seminary at Princeton, graduating there in 1854. Iu 1855 he was made principal ot the Wilkes-Barre Female Institute but re signed the year following to become pastor of the Grove Presbyterian church of this city. He was ordaiued here iu 1850. His pastorate continued until 1865 and was very fruitful. There are still a few iu the Grove church who well remember Dr. Col lins after the lapse of forty years. One of these, George M. Gearhart, aloug with Rev. Dr. McCormack, present pastor, attended the funeral yesterday as representatives of Grove Presbyter ian church. Leaving Danville Rev. Dr. Collinrt became principal of the preparatory school at Princeton, where he re mained from 1874 to 1880. He was next principal of the Bradford school for boys at Rye, N. Y. In 1884 he resign ed and from that time until his death he lived in New York City, retired. The remains were taken to Wilkes- Barre on Tuesday. The funeral took place at 10 o'clock yesterday morning in the First Presbyterian church. In lieu of the regular prayer service in the Grove church last night a memori al service was held in honor of the dead pastor. Papers From a Distant Land. Miss Clara Smith has received from her sister, Mrs. Bruce Hartmau,several copies of the"The Pacific Commercial Advertiser," of Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, that contain many things of great interest and incidentally offer many surprises as to the degree of modern development that exists on the islands. "The Advertiser" is a fine 12-page 1 journal that would compare most fav orably with our metropolitan dailies, i and the news and advertisements in ! dicate that it is published in a most i progressive community. The princi -1 pal topic of the paper is the floral pa rade of the Midwinter Fiesta which is 1 a fete similar to the Mardi Gras of Now Orleans, and which takes place in Honolulu in February. The parade was a wouder of magnificance. Forty automobiles docked with Mowers were in line, besides floats of all kinds and many other features. The "Advertiser" also notes in its society column the organization of a Mask and Wig club under the auspices of the Myrtle Boat club, that will present four plays each year. Mr. aud Mrs. Hartmau are both members of the club. COMMENCEMENT ARRANGEMENTS At a meeting of the senior class of the high school held yesterday a num ber of the most important commence ment and class day arrangements were completed. Honor announcements wore also made by the faculty. First honors in the class of l!)0ti were awarded to Harry Schoch, and second honors to Miss Florence Price. Oth ers graduating with honors are Miss Isabel Bine, Miss Katheriue Gearhart, Miss Martha McOlow, George Jacobs and Will McCoy. The other members of the class are Charles F.Kostoubauder,Morris Engle, Raymond Hauser, Miss Laura Maun, Miss Floreuae Trumbower, Miss Mar garet Patton, Miss Jennie Woodside, Miss Alice Payton.Miss Dora Jenkins, Miss May Moyer, Miss Annie Steinbren ner. Miss Lucille Evans, Fred Evans, Maurice Dreifuss,Stanley Morris, Ro bert Armes, Alviu Spaide.S. J. Welliv er, Joseph Gill and Miss Mary Gill. It is the probability that all the mem bers of the class will graduate. It was decided at the class meeting to hold the class day exericses ill the courthouse at 2 o'clock in the after noon of Friday, May 25th, instead of ou May 30tli,as was originally intend ed. The commencement exercises will take place the same evening at 8 o'clock. The class chose the members who would deliver the different orations as follows: Class Oration.—Miss Martha Mc- CIow a Presentation.—Robert Amies aud George Jacobs. Mantle Oration -Alviu Spaide. Prophecy —Miss Katherine Gear liart. History.—lsabel Blue. Poem.—Will McCoy. The valedictory ami the salutatory will he delivered by the pupils who were awarded first and second honors, resi)ectively, aud will be given at the commencement exercises in the even ing. Truss 125 Feet Long. One of the largest aud heaviest pieces of frame work [for rolliug mill con struction ever made in tins section is receiving its finishing touches iu the big steel plant at the upper end of the borough—to be used in makiug some necessary repairs at the plaut of the Structural Tubiug Company. It is iu the form of gigautic truss 1*25 feet long, embodviug all the features of modern aud scieutific construction. The work is wholly in the hands of John A. Mowrey, who lias had much experience in the buildiug of bridges, mills and other heavy structures. The truss, 125 feet long, is 14x22 inches ami is made up of eleven separate sticks clamped together. Its weight is esti mated at 30 tous aud as coustructed its strength is enormous. Au expert to whom the plau was submitted by Mr. Mowrey assured him that it would ■carry 100 tous. The big truss is designed to occupy a place overhead iu the Structural Tub iug works aud will take tlie place of the smaller and lighter Ho.we truss in stalled some fourteen years ago and which from its posit ioh directly over the rolls has become much weakened from the coustant heat as well as from other causes. The truss to be displac ed is only eighty foet long, whereas the new truss will extend the whole leugth of the plaut carryiug tlie two mills of 80 aud 75 feet respectively, which center together. At each end the truss will be supported by a gigautic post made up of two separate sticks 10x18 inches. It will carry the ends of ten truses distributed at inter vals over the long spau. The timber used is southern pine, which was six weeks en route frpm the shipping point to Danville. The timber is all surfac ed. An enormous amount of work will be involved in the important repairs, as before the old truss cau be removed the entire roof system will have to be proped up; then, in putting up the new truss, which will be taken apart in moviug it from the steel plaut,false work will have to bo erected in the mill to support it while it is being put together aud adjusted to car ry its heavy burden. It will be near ly a month before the work is complet ed. ANKYLOSTOMOS. The versatile newspaj>er man of Hazleton sent a dispatch to a Philadel phia newspaper last week stating that the miner is threatened with a new danger. It is a new disease called "au kylostomos" and it is said that it was imported here from Kurope by foreign laborers. The poor miner. One would think that his dangers at present were plentiful without running in on him the aukylostomos. His dread hereafter will not be in the threacherous fall of coal, black damp, dynamite thawing and the like, but in the terrible au kylostomos. The awful name of the new disease is in itself enough to throw any able bodied miner into spasms. The ankylostomos. Great Scott! Entertained at Henry Yorks'. A party of la lies enjoyed a sled ride to the home of Henry Yorks, Kase ville, yesterday : Mrs. Grant Feuster macher, Mrs. Jacob Swayze, Mrs. Abram Laßue.Mrs. David Guest, Mrs. William Williams, Mrs. Jacob Cole, Mrs. James P. Rishel.Mrs. EliasLyon, Mrs. Josepii Jones, Mrs. Emma Woods, Mrs. Simon Hoffman and the Misses Ruth and Mat tie Sandel. SODDEN DEATH 11. UtNEIBLER Henry A. Kneibler, a widely known resident of Danville, died suddenly about 8 o'clock last evening in the Odd Fellows' rooms, city hall. Mr. Kueibler for some years past Ims acted as janitor of the order's apart ments. Last night the Heptasoplis, who meet in the Odd Fellows' rooms, were holding a meeting. While the conclave was in session Mr. Kueibler, as is customary,kept his station in the ante room. Ho seemed in the best of health and spirits and as the members arrived and passed into the lodge room he had a pleasant word for each. William Paugh was with the deceas ed when he died. He spent a few mo ments iu pleasant conversation with Mr. Kueibler, who sat iu au arm chair with oue leg thrown uegligeutly over the arm of the chair. Mr. Paugh sent in his card and in the brief moment that his back was turned he heard a strange gurgling noise from the direc tion of the chair which filled him with alarm. Quickly turning he found that the deceased had fallen over with his head upon the table and was scarcely brcathiug. Mr. Paugh flew to his side and raised him into au erect position nt the same time summoning assistance from the lodge room. Help, however, was unavailing. The man was dead in an instant, the cause of the sudden demise according to physiciaus being heart failure. The death occurring as it »lid without a moment's warning, was indeed a dreadful shock, not only to the family but also to the lodge members, who were so uear him when ho expired. The deceased was 65 years of age and is survived by a wife, two sous and three daughters: Harry G. Keibler, of Scrantou ; Arthur Kueibler, of Phila delphia;Mrs. Joseph Neal, of Wil liamsport; Mrs. Judson Still ami Mrs. N. M. Keiui, of this city. The deceased was a highly honored citizen. He was a life-long resident of Danville and was for many years a heater at the Reading Iron Works and at other industries. He was a promin ent aud devoted member of Montour Lodge, No. 109, I. O. O. F., aud also of the Mnemoloton Encampment, No. 140. The fuuerai arrangements were not perfected last evening. Made Brigadier General. •Colonel John W. Bubb of the Twelfth Infantry who has been selected to be brigadier geueral of the United States Army to All a vacancy creatod by the retirement of General Carr, was a Dan ville boy and enlisted here with a lot of others in 1881. The selection of Colonel Bubb closes a remarkable contest for the position. His promotion will be preceded by the promotion of four lieutenant colonels to the rank of brigadier geueral con ditioned upon their immediate retire ment. These are L. W. Cook, twenty fifth infantry i Joseph M. Califf, Artil lery Corps; H. R. Turrill, medical de partment, aud Crosby P. Miller, quart ermaster's department. They are to be promoted because otherwise as civil war veterans they could not in the ordinary course ever reach the grade of brigadier geueral before retirement on age. Colonel Bubb entered the military service as a private at the outbreak of the civil war. Singularly enough his first service was in the veteran regi ment which lie now commands, re-en tering it as colonel of the Twelfth In fantry, August 12, 1901. He was born on April *26, 1843, so that he must re tire on account of age in 1907. Colonel Bubb enlisted here with other DanvilleJjoys,among whom were the following: John Alward, Peter and .Tames Baylor, Oscar Kase, Isaac Mellin,Elijah and Robert Fields, John Mullen, Richard Riddle and John and William DeShay. Wreck Was riisunderstanding. It has developed that the fatal freight wreck on the P. & R. near Shamokin, Tuesday morning, in which Engineer Fink, of Tamaqua, was killed, was the consequence of a misunderstanding among the crew of the pusher on the Shamokin local freight, from which the lumber fell onto the other track. The fireman oil the pusher noticed the wood oil the track aiiri notified the conductor, who was in the caboose back of the pusher. The conductor im mediately ordered the engineer to signal to the engineer of the local to stop the train, which was done. The conductor then sent the flagman back and ordered the front brakeman togo ahead and flag any trains which might come along on the northbound 1 track, he having in mind the train which was wrecked. Two other mem- j bers of the crew were then put to work removing the lumber. Following tliis the local was again j started on its way to Shamokiu. When i the train started to move the front | brakeman, thinking that there was no further necessity for him to remain on duty and that the northbound track j had been cleared, boarded the train. ! So it happened that the train was not flagged and crashed at full speed into the pile of wood. The two brakemen, i who were left to clear the track, were almost caught and killed by the on rushing train, they jumping back and over the opposite siding just in time to escape being caught. After Long Illness. The friends of Mrs. G. Shoop Hunt were pleased to see her on the streets Saturday after a long and serious ill uess. Mrs. Hunt was confined to her home for 10 weeks. 'DANVILLE PITTSTON _ Afast pretty game of basket ball at the Armory Saturday evening betweeu | the Danville and Pittston Y. M. C. A. teams resulted in a victory for the locals by a score of 56-2 H. The contest was fast and snappy throughout and while the score is one sided, the game was interesting and eacli point was hotly contested. The contest was made much more pleasant for the large audience by the fact that, the small boys, who con stitute the "five cent rush," were con spicuous by their absence. As a con sequence the usual noisy disorder that has prevailed at many of the games in the past was missing and excellent or der was maintained throughout the evening. Pittston played her usual Ano game. Their play was fast and their passing excellent. Their basket tossing, how ever, was not at all accurate. The Dan ville boys, ou the contrary, hail the location of the basket down to a nicety, especially in the second half when their goal throwing was a marvel. The line-up: DANVILLE PITTSTON Peters forward . Clarke Bedea ... forward West Sechler center .. . Anthony Gilmore guard .. Trax Russell guard Miller Goals from field : Peters 8, Bedea 8, Sechler 5, Gilmore 8, Russell 8, Trax 4. Miller 8, West 8, Clarke 2, Anthony 1. Goals from fouls: Bedea 1, Peters 1. Rural 'Phones are Spreading. The People's Telephone System, which has proven so great a boon to the farm era in this vicinity continues to spread out rapidly. It is now possible to reach every township in Montour county except Mayberry, besides the phones in Northumberland and Colum bia counties that have been installed by the company. A central office lias lately been es tablished at Turbotville, and two new switch boards are under construction. New lines are constantly being pushed out; one is now being developed to Muucy, another to Dewart, and still another through Krosty Yalloy. A line from Turbotville to Lewisburg is one of the extensions of the near future. The construction work is being pushed all the time despite the winter weath er. The system now reaches Millville and among the subscribers there are L. M. Johns & Son, J. L. Reeso & Co., "The Millville Tablet," Dr. Ev erett and others. Calvin and Wilson Derr are new sub scribers'on the Milton line. Funeral of Mrs. Winters. Mrs. Sarah J. Wintern, whose death occurred in Suubury, Sunday, was con signed to the grave in Odd Fellows' cemetery yesterday afternoon. The funeral took place at 2 p m.from the residence of Mrs. Jacob Elliott,daugh ter of the deceased, No. 006 East Mar ket street. There was a large attend ance. The services were conducted by Rev. Harry Minsker, pastor of the United Evangelical church. Three sous and three grandsons acted as pall bearers as follows: Peter, Jacob and Arthur Winters, and John, Jacob and Harry Elliott. The following persons from out of town attended the funeral: Mr. and Mrs. Madison Temple of Valley town ship; Mr. and Mrs. William Forney,of Riverside ; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lewis of Catawissa; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Huffman and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Winters, of Suubury. State (lets $236,762. The State, through the auditor gen eral's department,has succeeded in re covering from the United States gov ernment the sung sum of $286, 762 for debts which it incurred during the war of 1812. The recovery of claims made by the States which assisted in the national defence iu the second war witli England was made possible by the act of congress of April IT, 1881, aud recently Louis S Wells and Henry W. Foote, of Washington, were em ployed by the auditor general to press Pennsylvania's claim at the United States treasury, with the result that the money was collected. "Best Man in the Field." The following is an extract from an article iu the Scrautou Tribuue about a smoker giveu by the Carbondale . lodges of Heptasophs in honor of Sup . rernc Archou M. G. Cohen aud Sup -1 reme Secretary S. H. Tattersoll: I "Supreme Secretary Tattersoll gave an eloquent talk. • « » » » In his talk ! lie paid the highest possible tribute j that could be giveu to the efficiency of i B. P. Harris, deputy supreme orgauiz ! er, who spent several weeks iu this i city last summer Mr. Tattersoll de i clared that Mr. Harris was unqualifi ] edly the best man iu the field of deputy j supreme organizers." Death of W. H. Conrad. ] William H. Conrad, died Tuesday | uight about eleven o'clock at his home |in Sunbury. Death was caused by a I complication of diseases. Deceased was j aged 66 years aud is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mary Wagner, of 1 Bloomsburg; Emma and Either, of j Suubury. Funeral services from the I home of his brother, Isaac Conrad, on ' Eighth street, Suubury, Saturday at I 12 :80 o'clock. Interment at Riverside. NO 17 WILL START A JTOCI FABI The Maus farm, oiie of the oldest and best known estates in Montour county,owned by Mrs. Kate Jones, ac cording to present plans this spring will enter upon a new epoch as a stock farm. Horatio P. Jones, son of Mrs. Jones, the owner, purchased the fine lot of Chester White hogs at William Vastine's sale Wednesday,and these yesterday were taken to the Maus farm. Other blooded stock will be added in a short time, as it is Mr. Jones' intention to devote himself to tiie raising aud improvement of farm animals. The Maus farm was originally pur chased of the Peuus by Mrs. Jones' grandfather.Lewis Maus,in 1769. The farm descended to David D. Maus, who died in 1898, when it passed into the hands of his daughter, Mrs. Jones, present owner. The farm, which lies near town aud possesses an abundance of water and broad fertile fields is fav orably situated for stock raising. Mr. Jones in addition to being a live 9tock fancier is a gentleman of education and there is no reason why his new venture with the stock farm should not meet with abundant success. Stenographer to Return Honey. A sensation was created yesterday morning by an order promulgated In court by Associate Krickbaum, in which it is stated thatmouey amount ing to sixty dollars was illegally re ceived by Stenographer Vanderslioe, and ordering that the mouey be return ed to the County Treasury within 15 days. The court order was as follows : 44 During the year 1905, Court Steno grapher George H. Vauderslice certifi ed to the commissioners of Columbia county for taking notes in court for the following days: September 10, 1904, May 6, and July 20, 1905, at $lO per day, making thirty dollars. The i time so certified was erroneously done as no notes were taken on those days, and the money was illegally drawn from the county treasury. Now the order of the court is that the said George H. Vauderslice refund said S3O to the treasurer of Columbia county, and that this order be complied with within 15 days from this date. "And that for May 3, June 14 aud September 11, 1905, George H. Vau derslice charged the county of Mon tour S3O for takiug notes in court aud that for the samo time he also present ed like bills to the county of Colum bia, and drew the like sum of SBO. It is the opinion of the court that this was au error, and that the said George H. Vauderslice is directed also to re fund to the county of Columbia the S3O above named; and that the same be done within 15 days from this date, March 21, 1906." Lincoln Literary Society. The Lincoln Literary Society of the high school held a meeting Friday afternoon at which time the following program was reudered : Piano Solo—"Lutzspiel Overture," Miss Mae Dreifuss aud Miss Foster. Oration— Appeal for a Soldiers' Monument iu Danville, Mr. Spaide. Recitation—"Sixteen," Miss Shep person. Debate—Question: "Resolted, That. State or Federal owuership of coal mines is desirable." The affirmative was upheld by Mr. Still aud Miss Edua Gearhart. The negative was upheld by Mr. Cromwell aud Miss Sidler. The judges, Miss Magill.Mr. Metlierell and Mr. Kosteubauder decided in fav or of the affirmative. Piauo Duet—"Beu Hur Chariot Race," Miss Clayton and Miss Ethel Shannon. Reading—"Somebody's Mother" Mr Jenkins. Will be Clerk. William M. Sechler, who has held a clerkship under A. H. Grone for some years past, will be the new agent of the Adams Expross Company, as ren dered necossary by the removal of the business into the separate office. No. 122 Mill street. The removal will take place on April Ist, at which time Mr. Sechler will take charge. Horaco Bennett will con tinue on as driver of one of the wag ons. The Adams Express office has beeu in its present quarters in the book and stationery store, for nineteen years. During uiue years of that time Mr. Groue has been the agent. AN IMPORTANT ACT. The act of the recent special session of the Legislature to regulate nomina tion and election expenses, and to re quire accounts from candidates, is of the greatest importance aud should lw thoroughly understood. It defines ]Jo litical committee work and fixes re sponsibility aud a peualty is provided for any violation. Members of politioal committees as well as prospective can didates should study the provisions of this law in order that they may lie en abled to act intelligently in the fu ture. SIOOO Fire at Catawissa. The foundry of the Catawissa Oar & Castings company's plant was damag ed to the extent of |I,OOO by a fire that occurred at 6 :30 o'clock last evening. The fire was in the cupola end of the building. There was no insurance. Grammar School's Sleigh Ride. The third ward grammar school, J. H. Shaw, teacher, enjoyed a sleigh ride to Indian Run Park yesterday af ternoon. There were 36 pupils in the party and they occupied two sleds.
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