Hon Paper— ——For He Hon The circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION! PER YEA# DR. IRVIKG H. JENNINGS, Office Hour» 9 A. M.to 12 M.m IP. M.to iP. M. DamiU*, P». IHVLT*, M. D. 425 MILL ST., DAMVILL*, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty W. P. ANGLIC, —DENTIST— OFFICK: 218 MILL STREKT. Taetb Extracted without Fata. Crown and Bridge Work * Specialty. Equipped with the latent and moat Improved Instrument* and prepared to execute the moat difficult work. DR C H. RJSYNOLDB, (FORMERLY OF CATA'H IMIV. DBNHBI.♦ Office, Opposite Boston Store, Danville, Pi Dentistry In all its branohes. Charge Moderate and all work Guaranteed Established 18W CONDENSED NEWS. More like winter. Sneezing is excused. Danville haa many visitors from the surrounding country this week. Now let tke Legislature conduct its business with promptness and dis patch. Now is the time when the bad roads movement gets in its work. The masquerade ball to be given on he evening of Jan. 21st. at Enterlines 3all in Bloomsburg promisee to be a ;reat success. A number of Danville oung people will attend. The "Standing Room Only" sign ?ould have been of good use at the ourt house yesterday. The contract for the construction of he Columbia and Montour Electric road rom Bloomsburg to Berwick has been warded to F. D. Scanlon & Co., of .'arrisburg. The ice has been considerably thinned y the mild weather of the past few »ys. A prominent physician gives some >od advice about avoiding pneu onia. He says: "Keep the top but n of your ooat buttoned." i Danville has some splendid sites for 1 )w industries and they should be free offered. The übiquitous drummsris sgain with in force and is crowding our hotels, of no other use he at least may be >oked upon as a harbinger of good mea for when business is poor he is jsent. The grip is putting many people > bed sgain and making walking ter ra of others. CQ. F members are anticipating a fins ip to the inaugural at Washington in (arch. Applications for fre* transportation t the inauguration at Washington are ready pouring into the railroad ot ;es. Railroads are losing money on their low plow investments. Two «eeks of the new century have >ne into eternity and with it many good solutions. Don't worry about winter weather, ibroary haa made a record for blis >ds. The great moving day April Ist this ar oomes on Monday. A number of tenant farmers in this Ttion will change residences in the ring. Rural landlords will not mak<)a great al of money this winter from alelgh i parties. It is only seven weeks to spring, dnk of that and throw all your sur ges of a long, blustering wint arfco the uds. Cradle Newbaker, of this city, was a •mber the Bloomsburg Wheelmen's iket ball team that defeated the Nor ds on Monday night. Superintendent James Mailer* of the nville Rolling mill is suffering: a MV i attack of grippe at his home ia Phila phia. The annual meeting of the State Let* Carriers' Association will be held In banon on Washington's "birthday, bruary 23d. V large proportion of theunale popula u of the country districts of Montour inty was iu Danville Monday, drawn jurors, witnesses or spectators at the inty court. Cdward B. Kepner, of Berwick, a sou iaw of C. C. Long, West Mahoning eet, has secured a position with the yt A Wood in Lumber Co., of Winter y, Miss. Accompanied by Mrs. pner be will leave Berwick on Friday rniog for Memphis, Tenn., where >j will take up their residence. .very other man yow asset km a rem f 'or the grip. Tkey tell yon to ce quinine, to drink hot water, to nan >mo-quinine, to drinJc lem&u juice, to :e a thousand aai one other things. 1 they are willing to bonk on their nedies, for didto/t iit <nu» them t An 1 physician saya that the beßt thing r grip is to get ia a wains corner, cud t down and stay there mil the thing ea away, and if you keep quiet it wOl tbe kog before the good effects, of s ''resting up" will b© apparsut. Montour American. "THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." VOL. 46—MO 3. READ! TO BUILD TROLLEY LIKE Contract Awarded at Harrisburg for Three Sections. At the meeting of the stockholders ' of the Montour A Columbia Railroad Company, held in Harrisburg, Mon day, the contract was awurded for the construction of the trolley line from Catawissa to Berwick. It was decided to award the contract and pro ceed with the construction of the line from Rupert to Danville just as soon as the right of way can all be secured. The contract is awarded in three sec tions —from Catawissa to Rupert, Rup ert to Bloomsburg and Bloomsburg to j Berwick. The contract price for the I three sections is $850,000. Hon. B. F. Myers, of Harrisburg, was elected president of the company; Hon. Rutus K. Polk, of Danville, vice presid ent; D. K. Waller, of Bloomsburg, trea , surer, and C. R. Miller, of Bloomsburg, secretary. PRIMARIES ON JAN. 25. A meeting was held by the members of the Republican borough committee at Hotel Oliver Monday tvejto decide upon a time for holding the primaries for nominating candidates lor borough of fices, to be voted on at the election in February. George R. Sechler presided and H. £. Seidel acted as secretary. A motion was carried directing that the primaries be held at the polling places in the different wards on Friday evening January 25, between the hours of seven and nine o'clock. Interest In Ooort. It is seldom that any session of county court arouses so much interest as is be ing shown in this week's Bession. A side from the Wintersteen trial, many other cases are attracting much atten tion. It has been but a few months since the jail has been without a prison er and the officials were congratulating themselyes on the lawful state of the county. But the jail has been filled up to a great extent in a short time and several of the prisoners who have al ready spent several weeks there await- I ing trial, now have to go back to serve sentences. First Visit in Fifteen Years. Thomas C. Hunt, of Laramie, Wyom ing, a former Danville resident, arrived i Monday eve. for a visit with his uncle i Charles M. Johnston on Grand street. This is Mr. Hunt's first visit to Danville i in fifteen years. During the war with ; Spain he served with Torrey's Rough Riders, Company C, Second Regiment, i Wyoming Cavalry. i Death of a Bright Ohild. John, the two and a half years old son , of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Tooley.Mill street, ( died at 3:80 o'clock yesterday morning, from spinal meningitis. This death is a j particularly sad one, for he was the only son and an exceedingly bright little ] fellow. The funeral will be held on Fri- ( day morning at eleven o'clock from St.i Joseph's church. Interment will be in , the Catholic cemetery. j Will Olose This Evening. i The last of the revival services at St. I Peter's M. E. Church, South Danville, < will be held this evening. As many of the congregation hold tickets for the Y. M. C. A. entertainment Friday evening it has been decided to close the meet ings to-night. During the three weeks i of the revival the attendance has been very large. I Sketch of Bev. 0. H. Day.i Thursday's Philadelphia Inquirer con- 1 tained a photograph and sketch of the Rev. Gideon H. Day, of Riverside, who is spoken of as the oldest Methodist clergyman in Pennsylvania. He is eighty-four years old and is commonly spoken of as the "father of the confer ence," although he has been on the | superannuated list for twelve years. Jury of Inquest. A jury of inquest sat in one of the offices in the courthouse yesterday to take evidence concerning the property and alleged lunacy of Samson Pickens, an inmate of the State Hospital, to de termine what disposition shall be made of his property. Basket Ball on January 25. Manager Frank Newbaker has arrang ed a basket ball game to be played at Armory Hall between the first team of Dickinson College and the Danville team on Friday January 25. This will be a very interesting game. Bookmiller—Barnhart. William B. Bookmiller and Miss Har riott Savilla Barnhart were married by the Rev. O. G. Heck at the Trinity M. E. parsonage at six o'clock Tuesday eve. They were attended by Charles Barn hart and Miss Margaret Bookmiller. To Execute Deed. Judge Little yesterday granted an order directing Sheriff Breckbill to ex ecute a deed for the property of Cyrus Bardole, of Anthony township, which was sold by Sheriff Maiers while he was in office. Question of Finances. The board of directors of the Y. M. C. I.A. held a meeting in the Association hall llaat evening to arrange for raising the money necessary to pay off the indebted ness of SI,OOO and to plan for the run ning expenses for the ooniing yea*-. DANVILLE, PA.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1901. CONTRACTS EOR MAIL SERVICE ) Returns Daily Expected From the Post Of fice Department. i Returns are daily expected from Wash ington awarding the contracts for the rural mail routes centering at Danville. ■ Bids for thesa contracts were closed on December 4 and they must be awarded i before February 1. The contracts are for carrying the mail for four years from t July 1, 1901. Several new propositions enter into these contracts that mean much to the people living along the routes, to the carriers and to senders of mail. There are three rural routes centering in this city, along which daily return trips are made. The one starting at Paxinos includes Elysburg, Quitman, Bear Gap and Union Corner. The one from Snydertown takes in Rushtown, Stonington, Klinesgrove and Riverside. The third is to Kaseville and return. Heretofore a person living iu any part of the United States could hold these contracts, sub-letting them to the car riers. The Snydertown route contract is now held by a man living in lowa. According to the new rules, the success ful bidders must live along the routes on which they bid, so that they can di rectly oversee the work or do it.tbem selves. This will give the persons carry ing the mail an opportunity to contract directly with the governmant, without giving some rich contractor an oppor tunity to make a middleman's profit. Ail of the contracts also call for the free delivery by the carrier of mail at any house along the route where a box is placed beside the road, or to any box placed beside the road by a person who may not live along the direct road. This will mean practical free rural de livery for many families living along these routes, permitting them to have their MORNING NKWS delivered daily at their doors. Applications have also been made re cently to Hon. R. K. Polk, requesting him to use his influence with the postal anthorities to have a regular free rural delivery established in Montour county. This would include a delivery at country houses that are not located along regu lar routes. Elected United States Senator With Maj ority of Five. Harrisburg, Jan. 15. —The great Sen atorial fight is ended at last. Hon. Mat thew Stanley Quay was elected to the United States Senate on the first ballot, shortly after the two houses convened at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Quay received a majority of two in the Senate and three iu the House, making a majority of five on joint bal lot. During the last two days several Republican members, who have been counted in the anti-Quay ranks, went over to the other side. The interest in this contest has been intense in this city for the past two days After the Democratic caucus was held last night,with several prominent Demo crats absent, and the announcemsnt of the desertion from anti-Quay ranks of several Republicans, the excitement was increased. When the result was an nounced this afternoon the pent up feel ings found an outlet in the wildest bursts of enthusiasm by the supporters of Mr. Quay. Beadjustment of Wages. A new notice concerning the re-ad justment of wages at the Howe & Polk Structural tubing works was posted yes terday morning. This new schedule gives an advance of live per cent in wages over the one posted several day* ago, and which was to have gone into effect yesterday. The notice posted Tuesday read: "Danville, Pa., Jan. 15, 1901. "After careful consideration, the lol lowing change in wages has been adopt ed. Except in few cases, the same wages will be paid as were paid prior to the ten per cent advance in July, 1899. This makes a reduction of just about nine per cent. It makes common labor ten and a half cents an hour. Engineers, watermen and firemen will receive the same wages as are paid for similar work elsewhere in this vicinity. The few in dividuals whose wages are not changed exactly in accordance with the above, will be promptly notified by Mr. Price. "HOWK & POLK." Death of Mrs. E. B. John. Mrs. Virgenia John died Thursday af ternoon at four o'clock at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Mill er, on East Mahoning street. For sev eral years she has guttered from con sumption, being confined to the bed much .of the time for the past five month*. She was twenty-seven years old and is survived by her husband, Ed ward B. John.and her parents. Several years ago she was a student for some time at the Pennsylvania Bible Institute, Philadelphia, where she studied with the intention of going to Central Ameri ca with her husband HS a missionary. For the "Deestrick Skule." The committee in charge of the pro posed "Deestrick Skule" entertainment met Thursday afternoon. This com mittee consists of Charles S. Ly on, Will iam J. Rogers, Jesse H. Shannon and Sam A. and John B. McCoy. The en tertainment will be given for the benetit of the Y. M. C. A. and it was decided to hold it in the opera house on the even ing of February 14. The cast will be de cided upon in a few days. This is an nounced as an interesting aud amusing entertainment, and has been given with great success iu many other place*. PERSONAL ! PARAGRAPHS. • Brief Mention of the Movement of Your Friends and Acquaintances. Mrs. John Taber is visiting friends in i Bloomsbnrg. The Rev. J. F. Hower attended the funeral of Mrs. A. S. Baumgardner in Lewisbnrg yesterday. Miss Lou Kahler. of Williamsport, is visiting her aunt Mrs. Edward Pursel, North Mill street. Miss Myrtle Snyder spent yesterday , with friends in Bloomsbnrg. Thomas Curry of Sunbury visited his parents on West Mahoning street yes terday. Frank Case, of Bloomsburg visited friends in Danville yesterday. Ralph Seidel, of Washingtonville, at tended court in this city yesterday. A. H. Pierce left yesterday for Vir ginia on a business trip. Amandus Heddens, of Washington ville, was in town yesterday. Frank Boyer, of Grovania, transacted business in town yesterday. James Steckley, of Sunbury, spent yesterday in South Danville. Miss Julia Kaufman returned to Bellefonte yesterday after a visit with friends in Rush township. Miss Aid* Bassett returned from a visit in Kingston yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. William McCloud, of Sunbury, were in this city yesterday at tending the McCloud-Ditzler wedding. Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Welsh and Mahlon Saeger, of BloomsbuJg, will be guests today at the home of I. A. Persing on Centre street. Dr. Harry Sober attended a party in Northumberland last evening. Mrs. W. A. Ditzler and daughter Miss Eva, of Muncy, attended the McCloud- Ditzler wedding in this city yesterday. J, M. Heddings will return from a business trip to Philadelphia today. Miss Mary Hoffner left yesterday for a visit in Washington, D. C. Mrs. George Vastine of Catawfesa visited friends in Danville yesterday. Bingham H. Gearhart of Williamsport Bpent several hours in Danville yester day. Theodore Kimbel of Riverside trans acted business in Sunbury yesterday. Miss Irrna Thompson, of Philadelphia, who is visiting her sister, Mrs. Richard Hullihen on Mill,street, spent yesterday in Sunbury. George Stahlnecker, who has been employed at the Bessemer steel plant, left on Saturday for Johnstown, where he has secured a position with the Cam bria Iron company. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Watson, of Philadelphia, arrived in this city Satur day evening for a visit with relatives and friends. Silas Alexander, Esq., of Socorro,New Mexico, is visiting his sister Mrs. W. C. Davis on Mill street. Mrs. Roy Foulk,of Williamsport,spent Suuday at the home of B. F. Foulk,Mul berry street. Ralph Levy, of Scranton, is a guest at the home of Joseph Heim on Church street. Miss Annie Elwell, of Chicago,lll. and George Elwell, of Cleveland, Ohio.,who attended the funeral of their father, George Elwell, Sr., on Friday, left for their homes on Saturday. John Wolverton, of Sunbury, spent Sunday at the home of Samuel Bucher, Riverside. Miss Katie Dempsey and Miss Myrtle Sweitzer visited friends at Roaring Creek Sunday. Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher returned to Bloomsburg Sunday after a visit with relatives in this city. Miss Coxey, of Philadelphia,is a guest at the home of M. E. Mcllale, Lower Mulberry street. Miss Rebecca Titley spent Sunday with Roaring Creek friends. W. H. DeLong, of the Blue Springs farm, near Washingtonville, is attending court this week. Miss Sarah Hughes left Monday for her home in Morris Run, Tioga county, after a visit with her aunt, Mrs. Thomas Andrews, corner Spruce and Ferry streets. Miss Ella Jones, of Milton, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Jones, on Eaat Market street. Mrs. John Wolverton, of Sunbury spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bucher, Riverside. Mrs. Ross Millhouse returned to Itha ca N. Y. Tuesday after a visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. George W. Miles on East Market street. Miss Nellie Jameson left Tuesday for a visit with Mrs Isaac Pursel in Brook lyn. Miss Stella Mausteller, of Milton, is a guest at the home of James Shultz, East Market street. Mrs. Thomas Cook, of Berwick is a guest at the home of Benjamin Cook on East Market street. Miss Minta Shultz left Tuesday for Hummelstown where she will spend about ten days after which she will leave for a visit with friends in Nevada, lowa. Solomon Books of New York is visit ing his family on West Mahoning street. Mrs. Emanuel Shipe, Mrs. Peter Eck man, and Mrs. T. J. Vastine, of Sun bury, spent Tuesday with South Dan ville Irietid*. GRIP ON ITS ANNUAL ROUND Plenty of it in Danville But its of a Mild Form. This is the season of the year when the grippe is expected to be abroad in the land, and from the press reports from many places, expectations are be ing realized. Danville is no exception to the rule. All of the local physicians report a prevalence of the disease in this city and surrounding country. Aside from the grippe, the doctors say that there is comparatively little sickness now, considering what is usual ly expected at this time of the year. With few exceptions the cases of grippe are of mild form, in many cases not con fining the sufferers to the house. About this time every winter for the past ten years there has been a recur rent epidemic of this disease, and each year it seems to appear in a slightly dif ferent form. The peculiar feature of the season is usually noticeable in every case. The feature this year in which the dis ease differs from past seasons is an ac companying abdominal trouble. In other respects it is much the same as heretofore, in a mild form. All cases are accompanied by aching bones, a general lassitude, cold in the head, etc. While physicians differ in opinion as to whether the weather is responsible tor the disease, they all agree that such weather as has predominatsd for the past two weeks and particularly for the past two days, tends to increase it, Assigned to Attend President's Inaugura tion in Washington. The members of Company F are hap py. For some time they have hoped that they would be included iu the Pennsylvania troops that are togo to Washington on March 4to witness the inauguration of President McKinley. Now they know that they have been as signed for that pleasant work. Three regiments will go out of the Third bri gade, and it has been decided that the Fourth and Twelfth shall be two of those regiments, it being undecided whether the Ninth or Thirteenth shall be the other one. This is always looked upon by mem bers of the National Guard as one of the most pleasant assignments. It gives the members of the company free transpor tation to the national capital and their board while they are there. It also gives them an opportunity to witness the in auguration, an event which many peo ple are willing to pay their way across the continent to see. New Chapel and Other Improvements at Holy family Orphanage. Ground was broken on Saturday for an import&nt addition to the group of buildings comprising the Holy Family Orphange. The most important im provement will be a new chapel building forty-two by sixty feet in size, to be erected south east of the main building. The chapel will be a handsome struc ture, with elaborate interior decorations on both the side walls and ceiling. It will contain a two manual pipe organ. An addition will also be built to the main building. It will contain twenty eight rooms, and will be used as a home for the sisters and some of the children. It will contain all of the modern im provements, with a steam laundry and drying room in the basement. The plans for these improvements have been drawn by the Kev. Henry Dissellcampe, of Wilkesbarre. Rev. A. M. Feeser is in charge ot the Orphan age. The contracts have not been award ed yet, but it is expected that they soou will be. Interesting Addresses at Mahoning Pres byterian Church. Two large congregations at the Ma honing Presbyterian church Sunday listened to interesting addresses deliver ed by the Rev. J. 11. Laughlin, a return ed missionary from China. Mr. I.augh lin's mission was located in the Shan Tung province, the hot-bed or the Boxer movement. At the evening service he gave an instructive account of the recent troubles in China, and described the thrilling experiences of several of the missionaries with whom he was former ly associated. In regard to the causes that Ie«I up to the troubles, he said the stories were false which claimed that one of the things that incited the Chinese against the Christian nations was the fact that ■ some of the Missionaries had cheated] the natives. He said that in the end he i believes the recent troubles will be a | good thing, because it will result in a more settled condition, making it possi- j qle for a rapid advance of missionary work. Large Congregations. The meetings at the First Baptist church this week have aroused much in terest and the audiences are growing larger every night. The Rev. Joseph A. Bennett of the Baltimore Avenue Baptist church. Philadelphia,preaches a sermon on popular themes each night, and all who leave heard him, are very well pleased. These meetings will be con tinued every evening next week. High School Athletes. At a meeting of the High School Ath letic Association held yesterday after noon it was decided to purchase a large picture of the football team, which, af. ter being neatly framed, will be present ed to the High School. A committee was appointed to audit the accounts after which the meeting adjourned. FIRST TERM OF COUNTY COURT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Important Cases Being Tried Each Day. To-day. The Attendance at Seven cases disposed of, two of them tried, was the record of the first day of the first term of Montour county court of the Twentieth century. This j leaves five cases to be tried before the Wintersteen murder trial is reached. Judge R. R. Little is presiding and As sociates Thompson and Blee are with him on the bench. The court room was crowded most of the day, all of the seals in the ladies' gallery being occupied. When the court convened Monday morning Associate Judge Frank G. Blee occupied his seat on the bench for the first time. All of the Grand Jurors answered to their names, except Thomas B. Schuyler of Limestone township, who was excus ed. Patrick Kerns was appointed fore man after which the jury was sworn and instructed and retired to consider the criminal cases. McClellan Diehl, John E. Krum and George W. Bennett were appointed tipstaves. The witnesses in the Wintersteen case were notified to appear in court on Wed nesday morning. During the forenoon petitions were granted and orders were entered in several civil cases relating to estates. Several orders were entered confirming acconnting of the administrators of estates, unless exceptions are filed within four days. Wheu court convened in the afternoon one witness was examined in the case against Peter Roden, charged with as sault and battery and who is held on a peace warrant. The Judge held the case open, without permitting it togo to the Grand Jury, and he will render a de cision later. During the forenoon the Grand Jury returned an indictment against Edward ' Burke.Clyde Keefer and Charles Filling er, charging the larceny of a stove from the tool house of the Episcopal cemetery 1 When a jury was called for the trial of 1 the case in the afternoon, the three 1 boys appeared without counsel, and the 1 Court appointed C. V. Ammerman, Esq. | to defend them. Alter a consultation with the boys, ' Mr. Ammerman stated that they were ready to plead guilty to the charge 1 The Court would not accept the plea, 1 and ordered the trial continued. The request for a postponement of the case 1 was denied, as was also a second request of Mr. Ammerman to permit the entry 1 of a plea of guilty. On the trial A. N. Ammerman,Officers Mincemoyer and Voris and Justice-of 1 the-Peace Bare were examined for the 1 prosecution They told of the loss of the stove, finding it in the possession of the boys and arrest aud hearing of the 1 defendants, as it was published in this paper several weeks ago. No witnesses were sworn for the defense. The jury soon returned a verdict of 1 guilty and the Court pronounced sent ence as follows: Burke and Fillinger to each pay a fine of SSO and undergo im prisonment in the county jail for four 1 months, aud Keefer to pay $25 and be imprisoned in the county jail for one month. The Court refused to grant an order to send to the Grand Jury the case agaiiist William llonghton of-Exchange,charged by David Mitchell with violation of the . excise law. The next case called was that against William 11. Messer, indicted on the charge of larceny. William Oglesby was appointed by the Court to defend Messer. Messer was charged by D. R. Eckman, with keeping and refusing to give up goods that were delivered to the house of the defendant by mistake. The goods were valued at $7.20. This case did not go the jury until just before court adjourned, and Judge Little instructed that a sealed verdict be handed in if a decision was reached be fore morning. A nolle prosequi order was entered dismissing the case against the Super visors of Mahoning township, charged with negligence in not keeping a road in repairs. During the afternoon the Grand Jury returned a true bill against Wellington Rote, charged by Mrs. Catherine Brown with assault and battery. TUESDAY'S SESSION. Only three cases were tried in county court Tuesday. Two or three other cases have been considered by the Grand Jury, in which no reports have been ! presented. It was the intention to try j all of these cases before the Wintersteen I murder trial, but it is probable that some of them will be put over until after ! (hat cane is out of the way. Thejuryinthe case ofWilliam H. Messer charged with larceny D. R. Eckman, handed inn verdict of guilty i when court convened in the morning. The court postponed sentence until lat er. The next case tried was that of Well ington Rote, charged by Mrs Catherine Brown with assault and battery. The trial occupied but little time, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, but the defendant to pay the costs. Thomas -»aul was next tried on the charge of stealing foti. from John J. Dietrich. The jury found Saul guilty but recom mended him to tlie mercy of the court. Judge Little said that the recommenda tion was considered, and sentenced Saul to restore the property to the owner, to pay a tine of S2OO and undergo imprison ment in the Eastern Penitentiary for one year. The neit rase called was that against ESTABLISHED IX 1855. The Wintersteen Murder Trial May Begin Each Session Unusually Large. Harvey Lamberson, who was indicted on the charge of assault and battery with attempt to kill his wife. This case attracted much interest, every seat in the court room and ladies' gallery and all of the available standing room being occupied. The first witness was Lamberson's brother, Lloyd Lamberson. He testified thai on the evening ot the trouble, he heard some oue calling for help from his brother's house,and that he respond ed to the call and rescued his sister-in law from her husband. Mrs. Lamberson was the most im portant witness. Her testimony in sub stance was as follows: When her hus band returned from town on the night of the assault, he was partially intoxi cated, but not drunk. He became abu sive at onee, and accused her of unfaith fulness, something that he frequently did, without reason. She said little to him, and scon went up stairs to change her dress. He followed her, continuing his abuse, to which she did not reply. He then seized her, threw her upon the bed, struck her several times on the head, calling her names. By that time her brother-in-law had responded to her calls, entered the room and seized her husband, pulling him from her. As he was pulled away he kicked her in the side,and as she started togo down staiis he kicked ber again in the back, partial ly knocking her down stairs. After she and Lloyd Lamberson left the house,her husband followed her and threw a large stone at her. He then returned to the house, setting tire to her clothing, from which the house was destroyed. She said that Lamberson had sometimes abused her when he was not intoxicat ed. Mrs. Lloyd Lamberson testified that on the night of the trouble she heard screams and cries of "Help! Murder!" coming from her sister-in-law's house, aud that her husband at once hurried over to assist Mrs. Lamberson. She afterwards saw black and blue marks on Mrs. Lamberson's body, where her hus band had struck and kicked her. The only evidence introduced by the defense was that of IJoyd Lamberson and his wife,by whom Mr Kisner sought to prove that the defendant was insane at the time of the crime. They both testified that Lamberson frequently be came intoxicated, at which times he ap peared to have no knowledge of what he was doing, although at one time he man ifested enough will power to abstain from the use of intoxicants for a year. Judge Little charged the jury that in toxication is no eicuxe for the commis sion of a crime, although insanity may be a defense, and it rested with the jury to determine whether Lamberson was in sane at the time the crime was committ ed. The jury had not come in when court adjourned, and Judge Little instructed that a sealed verdict be handed in, if a decision was reached before Wednesday morning. Because of the illness of one of the witnesses for the defense, Dave Bar rett's attorney, Charles Chalfant, Esq., asked that the case go over the term. Judge Little, however, directed that a jury be drawn and the case begun. True bills, of several counts each, were re turned by the Grand Jury against Bar rett on four charges of robbery. WEDNESDAY'S SESSION. Interest in the proceedings of county court yesterday was greater than on the two preceding days, the court room be ing crowded to listen to the testimony in the trial of Dave Barrett on the charge of highway robbery. When court convened in the morning, the jury in the case of Harvey Lamber son.charged with assault with attempt lo kill, handed in a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation for the mercy of the court. Judge Little then suspended sentence against Lamberson, permitting him to goon his own recognizance, for his appearance at the next term of court. The trial of Dave Barrett was then re commenced. The entire jury list was nearly exhausted in securing a jury for this case, Mr. Chalfant, Barrett's at torney, freely exercised his prerogative of challenge, and the District Attorney refused to accept several men that were called to the box. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Greenawalt was the first witness called to the stand. She told of the manner in which a man entered the house of Jacob B.Cole, of East Danville.on the evening of Novem ber 11, and held up her aud Mr. Cole at the point of a revolver, compelling her togo up stairs and get her pocket book, and taking the knife from Mr. Cole's pocket. The man had a haudkerchief tied over the lower part of his face.from his nose down, but she got a good look at the upper part of his face. She escaped from the house and noti fied a neighbor, IJoyd Krum, who start ed back with her to the house, when they met a young man, whom Krum compelled togo back with them. When Krum held the lantern up to his face, she recognized this man as the one who had robbed her and Mr. Cole, and she told Mr. Krum that it was the fellow. She then testified that she recognized Dave Barrett, when he was arraigned be fore 'Squire Bare a few days ago, as the man who had robbed her. On cross examination she said that 1 she could not have been positive of this latter identification at first, because • Barrett was dressed differently than the man who robbed her, and she had never Continued on fourth page.) JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN oeing furnished with a large assortmen of job letter and fancy type and job material generally, the Publisher announces to the public that he is prepared at all times to execute in the neatest manner JOB PRINTING Of aft Kinds and Descrption. Get our prices before place your orders. 10 CLOSE THE NIGHT SCHOOL Unless More Interest is Taken in it Before January 30. Unless the average attendance at the night school is largely increased before January 30, the school will be closed at that time. Director Reefer introduced a resolution to that effect at Monday eve' session of the School Board, and it was unanimously carried. All of the mem bers express regret that such action is necessary, but they f e el that they have no right to keep this school open when it is costing at the rate of $3 or $4 a month for each pupil taught. President Fischer and Directors Reef er, Lunger, Fenstermacher, Orth, Bur ger, Green, Barber, Harpel, Werkheiaer and Black were present. The report of Director Longer for the finance committee, showed that the school fund will contain enough in ex cess of tli2 amount necessary to pay the expenses of the school foi the year to warrant the paying of! of $1,500 of the school indebtedness. On Mr. Lunger's motion it was decided to pay otl three of the outstanding bonds for SSOO each. These three bonds were drawn by lot, and were No. 12, held by Joseph Long enberger; No. 2, held by MissC. Wands, and No. 115, held by Miss Simington. This leaves only |. r >,ooo indebtedness out standing against the school depaitaient of the city. The Superintendent's report for the night school for the period from Novem ber 26 to January 3 showed that the total number of pupils registered to date is 142; number in attendance during the month, 37; average daily attendance,l3; left school duringtwo months, 106. The following bills were ordered paid: William E. Young $5.00 D. L. & W. freight 35 S. M. Trumbower 9,34 Perry Pictures Co 2.94 B. G. Carpenter 7.80 Standard Ele.-tric Light Co 3.84 Standard Gas Co. 1.80 A. M. Peters 1.00 Welliver Hardware Co 45 Thos. J. Rogers & Son 1.40 H.G.Mowery 1.15 Joseph Lechner 8.25 Frank E.Sperring 33.25 J. 11. Cole 87 William Waterall & Co 5.59 Charles Uttermiller 3.46 S. J. Welliver 2.02 William Miller 2.35 Boyer & Baker 7.41 Will G. Brown 90 Adams Express Co 1.51 Taxes on house in Fourth ward... 6.30 Mrs. Haas' Sudden Death. Mrs. Amelia Haas died suddenly at her home on Mowery street at 10 o'clock on Sunday evening after being ill but a few hours. Mrs. Haas was thirty-nine years and ten months old. On Saturday evening she attended a party at the home of Mrs. Benjamin Cook on Market street. On Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock she complained of a pain in her head. At three o'clock she became un conscious, and did not regain conscious ness until she died. The only trouble of which she complained was rheumatism. She is survived by her husband, Ezra S. Haas, and nine children, Charles, Ida, Lizzie, Annie, Harry, William, Thomas, Jennie and Mabel. Death of Hon. E. M. Tewksbury. Hon. E. M. Tewksbury, died at h : s home about two miles from Catawissa on Monday afternoon. He was stricken with paralysis last Wednesday. The funeral will be held from the house on Friday afternoon at one o'clock. Mr. Tewksbury was sixty-three years old. He has long been a prominent granger, and lias taken an active part in Demo cratic politics in this county. He serv ed two terms in the State Legislature from 1891 to 1894. He is survived by a wife, one son and a daughter, Eugene V. Tewksbury, who lives at his father's home, and Mrs. J. S. Souser, of Fleming ton. Many Braves Were There. Alexander Ayers, of Peckville, great sachem of the state for the Independent Order of Kedmen, visted Mahoning tribe No. 77, on Saturday evening. A grand pow wow was held while all the braves smoked the pipe of peace. A small feed (known as lunch by pale faces) was serv ed, and Chief Ayers gave a big talk. A large number of the members of the tribe gathered at the wigwam. Hickey-McOaffrey. Miss Ellen McCaffrey and William Hickey were married Sunday after noon at St. Joseph's Catholic church the Rev. M.l. O'Reilly officiating. Miss Rose I'delhofen attended the bride and Joseph Hickey, a brother of the groom, was groomsman. Died at Mazeppa. News has been received »112 the death at Mazeppa of Mrs. A. S. Baumgardner, who died on Monday morning. She was the wife of the Rev. A. S. Baum gardner, who was formerly pastor of the United Evangelical church of this city. Will Have Double Store. Foulk & Co. ate preparing to branch out on February 1. They have rented the store at No. 321 Mill street, former ly occupied as an annex by Seidel & Bausch. The store is being repaired and an arch will be cut through connecting with the grocery of Foulk & Co. This will give the firm attractive double stores Several new lines will be carried, includ ing stationery and woodenware.
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