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CONDENSED NEWS.
Painters have had a brisk season.
Chicken thieves arc again at work in
this section.
The church revival season will soon
■pen.
The forests are arrayed in beautiful
oiors.
The Bon-Tons at the Opera House
,-ery night this week.
Reports from the country public
hools are very encouraging. The
hools, this year, have good teachers.
The same pen wielders who, every
ring, try to prove that there will be
i peach crop are now telling stories
trees that yield twelve bushels of
aches and are a foot in diameter.
It is wicked togo chestnutting on Snn
y but lots of people do it all the same,
'ai ties after autumn leaves are now
* order of the day.
"ailing leaves litter the gutters,
he growiug wheat already presents a
i appearance.
•ctober is generally one of the most
utifnl mouths of the year.
here should be a general cleaning up
iremises before winter sets in as a
-anti >n against contagious diseases,
he Bon Ton Ideals are pleasing thea
goers this week.
msideriug the fact that the list of
laities on the foot ball field are in
sing daily, the gridiron season may
onsidered as well under way.
ae number of people who are taken
;ame and have the top of their heads
n off promises to be quite as large
tiring any previous hunting sea
my of the farmers in the surround
valleys are putting up trespass
•es notifying hunters not to tramp
their land in search of game.
■ the enactment of the new trespass
>y the last legislature the farmers
ell protected and it would be well
sirtsmen to remember this,
members of Myrtle Lodge, No.
. O O. F.. with their fami ies are j
•steil to be present at the lodge ;
Saturday evening, Oct. 19 h, to at
the 27th anniversary,
e Ladies' Aid society of St. Peter's
. church, Riverside, will hold a
en supper in the basement of the
•h on Thursday evening, October |
Tickets 25 cents.
* game laws seem rather stiff and
essive, but if they protect the game j
it becomes plenty again the object
e framers will have been accomp-
I. Every good citizen of Ihe state,
that end in*iew, should obey the
nd thus do his best towards the
rvation of the game.
tfces are scarce in Danville at pres
iT persons looking for dwellings,
illy of four and five rooms, have
eatest difficulty in being accout
red.
• late fall flowers known as chrys
mums will be as much the rage
ea»on as t hew ever were.
trainmen wearing their h- ivv
r suits have suffered from the warm
er weather.
•we who have outdoor work are
atisfied with this mild weather.
President's Thanksgiving procla
n will soon be dne.
is are l>eing made for the annual
•rs' institute. It will be held week
vember 18th.
>ber has been furnishing us with
ine weather.
il celery growers are getting fine
3.
/
keys are beginning to roost high,
y few "hoboes" reach Danville
T. B. Holloway, son of Hon. \V
llow&y, who has been t>eiiou->ly iii
home in Philadelphia for a few
ast, was reported as somewhat
yesterday.
• Irish Exile" at the Opera House
it.
proclamation issued from the de
•nt of publiw instruction Friday,
r 25, h«*s been designated as an
irlKir day.and teachers and pupils
public schools are requested to
a the day by the planting of trees
ler suitable exercises.
"THIS COT NTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS.'
VOL. 40—NO HI.
lilt. MEREDITH
IIMI.ECTEII
Four of the Trustees Tender Their Resigna
tion.
The trustees at the Hospital for the
Insane held a regular quarterly meeting
Thursday. The following were present:
James Scarlet, Esq., 11. M. Schocli, \V.
L. Gouger, Hon. W. K. Holloway, Dr.
B. 11. Detweiler, Howard Lvon, Dr. O.
F. Harvey, F. W. Crider and Hon. M.
H. Kulp.
Among other business transacted Dr.
H. 1?. Meredith was re-elected Superint
endent of the Hospital for the Insane.
The term covers a period of ten years.
Jatnes Scarlet, Ksq., Dr. (). E. Har
vey, Hon. W. K. Holloway and Dr. L 5.
11. Detweiler who opposed tin re-elec
tiou of Dr. Meredith, <>n-Tiiursilay tend
ered their resignation as tiustees to take
effect immediately. In presenting their
resignations to Governor stone the four
trustees explain I hat they are not in
sympathy with the choice of Superin
tending phyMcian, feeling that the care
and treatment of the insane and the ,
management of the institution are not
what medical skill and modern treat
ment demand.
The re-election of Dr. Meredith meets
with general approval. Hit live trustees
who so stanchlv supported hi* nomina
tion are fully informed as to his integrity j
and qualifications and believe that in j
his treatment of the insane and manage
ment of the institution he is conforming |
to scientific and advanced methods. His :
practical training under his eminent !
predecessor gives him an advantage ami
enables him to til' the high and responsi
ble position with ability and in a man
ner which thoroughly mr t s the approv- ,
al of his skillful and trained co-workers
in the institution. The Hospital is open
to public scrutiny and the high stun!- j
ard attained and the excellent conduct
of affairs both as to treatment and man
agement are commente 1 upon and prat
ed throughout the State.
Be on the winning side;
vote the Republican county
ticket.
Missionary Me; ting.
The annual union praiso service of the
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary
societies of the Mahoning Presbyterian
church yesterday possessed an addition
al interest owing to the presence of a
lot of curios from China and Japan, the
property of Mr. Frank N. Kramer who
recently returned from the Philippine
Islands. Antony articles of tspecial in
terest was a Boxer uniform taken from
the dead body of one <»i the uprisers who
had fallen iu an attack upon til * foreign
troop*; also the flag under which Gener
al Weyler sailed when Governor General
of the Islands. The latter i- a Spanish
flag of some eight by six feet made of
raw silk. General Weyler upon return
ing to Spain, it is said, presented the
flag to the commander of the Manila,
the vessel which carried him home. This
gunboat after its capture by the Amer
icans was given into the custody of the
Petrel and it was while doing guard
duty on the captured vessel that Mr.
Kramer found the highly prized flag.
There was quite a scramble for relics at
the time and the officers generally had
the tirs' choice. They were searching
very diligently for this particular Hag
when it fell into the hands of our young
townsman, who in order to retain hold
of it realized that it would he necessary
to keep it effectually concealed. To this
end he wrapped the Hag around his
bodv under his clothing and thus man- ;
aged to keep th« fact of bis discovery 111 |
the dark until he had an opportunity ,
to quietly ship the relic home to te
states. Among the officers interested
none to this day know what became of
Weyler's Hag.
The meeting yesterday afternoon was
quite well attende 1. Several interesting
letters were read from missionaries at
work in foreign lamis. At the close of
the meeting refreshments were served.
Well-known Resident Passes Away.
George F. Zitfle, a we 1-known resid
ent of the Fourth Ward, died at his
home. 218 Green street, ab >ut midnight
Sunday, after a short iilness of pleuro
pneumonia. The deceased for a num
ber of years was ( mp'oyed its shipping
clerk at the Strn u il Tubing Works of
Howe & Polk. He was highly esteemed
—as an employe capable and faithful,
as a citizen, prudent and law abiding.
1.. J. P. Hofia,
Dr. J. P. Holla, of Washingtonviile,
has nearly recovered from the efleets of
his long siege of illn» Yesterday he
drove into this city to transact some
• ii- nrs and was warmly greeted b\
his old friends, who were delighted to
see him out again.
Di. If off a was accompanied by his
wife si- I the tw-> were very pleasantly
ei i ti:ied at.dinner by I)r and Mis.
K. A. Curry, West Mahoning street.
Salvation Ami}.
An inf. resting time is expected to be
had by a number of temperance workers
this evening at the Salvation Arm;, hall
Special singing, speaking will be on
the program, Prof. I. M. Kebo giving
the address of the evening. You :.re in
vited.
I). L. & W. Officials.
E. M. Uine, of Scranton Superintend
ent of the D L. & W. railroad; L. P>.
Foley, of New York, Superintendent of
Telegraph, and W. M. McUonneil, <>f
Philadelphia, Traveling Passenger Agent
made an official visit to this city yester
' day.
I " 11 SYSTEM
- A Strong Union Formed by Several Local
Companies.
3 IJy the incorporation of the Cumber
' land Valley Telephone Company sub
sidiary to the I'nited Telephone and
• Telegraph company and the I'nion of
the Schuylkill Valley Telephone com
pany a complete network of wires is ac
quired which owing to the options held
on contiguous local companies in New
York md other states threatens to be
come a formidable combine against the
Bell Telephone Company and sooner or
I lati r to bring on a war in price*,
j The I'nited Telephone and Telegraph
: company by which the Montour and
Columbia Telephone company was ab
j sorbed, control more than thirty local
: companies in the state. In less than
| si\ months the three combined compan
: ies, its officers say, will establish lonir
,• distance service between Philadelphia
j and Chicago and all important points in
New York and Pennsylvania.
i There is already a reduction in rates.
The United Company placed its party
line unlimited calls for business hours,
at Swtf and residences s'24 in the larger
cities. In the .smaller cities the rates
were $2! and $lO per year. Private lines
j were rented for jtjO to business houses
j and S4S to residences.
The I'nited Telephone and Telegraph
, Company and ii- allied organizations
i now represents a capital of more than
i $lO (MH) 000. It was organized in Janu
-1 ary, 1901, and the twenty-one local eoni
| panies in the States were combined un
der that name. The officers are: Rich
ard G. Park, president; W. I). Barnard,
i vice-president, and E. A. Scott, secret
! ary. The Board of Directors are K. G.
Park, West Ches'er; E. M. Leader, Sha
i tnokin; W. A. P. Thompson, Coates
yille; George \V. Taft, Kennett Square,
F. G. Hobson, Norristown; If. 11. Light
Lebanon. B. F. Meyers. Harrisburg; J.
I T. Baker, Lenisburg; W. W. Rvon, Sha
mokin; Edward Davis, Philadelphia;
Ellis L. Orvis, Bellefonte; Ellis Doan,
Coatesville. C. M. Clement, Sunbury;\V.
I•. Barnard, Philadelphia; S. P. Light,
Lebanon; G. R. Van Alen, Northumber
land; J. Frank Black, Chester; Ward R.
Bliss, Chester; 1". C. Angle, Danville; E. ,
M. Yarnall, Philadelphia; R. A. Walker,
Oxford.
For Associate Judge—Dr.
S. Y. Thompson is just the
man. He will he elected by
the votes of the people.
Plant Pully Equipped.
The shovel factory after considerable
delay owing to the slow arrival of mach
inery i« now fully in operation, turning
out finished shovels ready for the trade.
The -ei of 28-inch 2-high rolls to be
use I in preparing the plate is very near
ly comp'ete I. l'he steel I■. 1 lets were
shipped some days ago. anticipating
their early arrival the two large gas fur
naces—the largest by the way in this
section—were lighted Friday. Mean
while the-hovels are being made from
purchased plate.
Although the workmen,most of whom
are new to shovel making, show a good
deal of aptitude and develop skill rapid
ly enough, the unnufaeture of shovels |
necessarily goes on slowly. There are
now 3000 dozen of shovels in the works
in a semi-manufactured state which can !
not be finished any faster than the work
men in each of the different depart- !
inents i»econie trained to their especial I
line of work. It mav not be until next [
month that 'he hands will be sufficient- ,
ly expert to enable all departments to J
urn simultaneously and at full capacity, j
I'ntil then the number of employes will !
be below the maximum number. At I
present there are about a hundred men ,
at work.
The shovels being turned out have t
been submitted to experts in the trade !
and pronounced perfectly satisfactory. I
So that although no attempt will be '
made to throw the product on the mark-'
et for two months or more there is no
doubt but that it will be well taken care '
of when an attempt is made to sell.
At Home on a Furlough.
Trooper Walter Payne, of the first
squad, Troop C, 11th I'. S. Cavalry of,
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, is visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mr- George Payne
on Lower Mulbenv street.
Mr. Payn -enlisted at the Willi.uns
poit r 'i uiting station on March 20th of
this ye;u lie was sent to Fort Maier, :
\ irgiuia, immediately and assigned to
the lltli, which is one of the five new
regiments ordered by the last Congress, j
He was then but a few weeks when
they were ordered to the barracks at
Washington. I>. C From there the j
regiment moved to Fort Eth an Allen, ,
Vermont, ;IM I thence t., Jefferson liar
racks, Missouii.
Mr. Payne is the loth enlisted man
in his regiment and stands in line for
earlv promotion, lie s.ivs that aimv ,
life is mosl p!e i-int and interesting t«»
him an l that physic,illy he has been
much benefitted. Ihe lltli cavalry will i
leave Jefferson barracks foi the Phil
ippines earlv in the vvinter, lie is home j
on a fifteen day furlough.
Maus-Fenstermacher.
Misstirnee V. Fensterinacher, of this
! city and Mr Claude I, Mans, of Milton,
I were married yesterday morning. The
| ceremony was peiformed at the resid
ence of Mi- Mi ry A.James, Mill street,
by Kev (' l>. Lerch. The bride is the
laughtei of Mi and Mi- Levi Fenster
macher, of Mausdale. The groom is a
1 well known voung man of Milton.
DANVILLE. l'A.. Tilt liSDAY. OCTOliKl! 17.1001.
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS.
Brief Mention of the Doings of Your
Friends and Acquaintances.
Misses Mary Sharpless and Surah Vas
fine, of Catawissa, ealle 1 on friends in
this city yesterday.
Miss Elizabeth Drumm, of Roaring
Creek, spent yesterday with friends in
this eity.
The Rev. Dr. W. A. McAtee left yes
terday for Pittsjurg.
Mrs. s. Fry visited Sunbury friends
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence MeCloud, of
Wilkesbarre, returned home yesterday
after a visit at the resilience of Daniel
McCloud, Spruce street.
William Williams, of Rockwood,
Somerset county, arrived in Danville
last evening for a visit with friends in
this city.
Rev. C. D. Lerch left yesterday lor
Philadelphia, where he is a delegate to
i the convention of the Eastern Synod of
the Reformed church.
Mrs. J. O. < hikes, of Steuben, N. Y.,
returned home yesterday after a visit at
the residence of Thomas Clark, I'ront
street.
Mrs. Christian Smuil spent yesterday
| with friends in Catawissa.
Miss Anna Davis, Mill street, visited
j friends in Bloomsburg yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Hofer and son, William,
Nicholas Avenue, left yesterday for a
! visit with relatives in Pottsville.
Mrs. Laura Waters, of Philadelphia,is
visiting her father, Samuel Bailey, East
: Mahoning street.
Mrs. John Clapp, of Binghamton, N.
Y., is the gue-t of Mrs. Arthur 11. Wool
ley, West Market street.
Miss Lucy Shepperson left Saturday
for a visit with friends in Philadelphia.
Prof V. L. Gordy spent Sunday with
friends in Shamokin.
Mrs Peter Keefer spent Sunday with
friends in Shamokin.
Harry.Jones returned to Lewistown
Saturday after a visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mis. Henry Jones, West Ma
honing street.
Mrs. W. 11. Ammerniau spent s-unday
with relatives in Milton.
Mrs. 11. G. Salmon and children Iliatt,
Fllis and Margaret, were entertained,
Saturday, at the State Normal school,
Bloomsburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Rogers, of
Sunbury, spent Sunday with relatives in
this city.
Thomas Lawrence, of New \ ork, is
spending a week with Ijis parents at
Mansdale.
G. W. DeLanty, of New York, return
ed home Tuesday after a visit with his
sister, Mrs. Andrew Boat, Water street
Miss Mary Mills, a trained nurse, re
turned to New York Tuesday after a
visit with her paients, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Mills, East Market street.
Jacob Lush left yesterday for Altoona
after a visit with his sister, Mrs. John
Young, Bloom street.
Mrs. Klias Gotshall, of Shamokin, ar- I
rived in this city last evening for a visit '
with Mrs. Daniel Marshall, Fast Market
street.
Harry Billmeyer and William DeLong
of Washingtouville, spent yesterday in
this city.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Ditzler, of Al
bany, N. Y., returned home yesterday
after a visit with the former's brother,
W. S. Ditzler, M'll street.
Mrs. Alfred Mcllenry and Mr Will
iam Beckley, of Bloomsburg, are guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pentz, East
Market street.
Miss Elizabeth Yerrick and Mrs. Mina
Gay returned home last evening from a
visit with triends in Philadelphia.
Mrs. J. W. S. Robison, of Mdlon, ar
rived in this city las( evening for a visit
at the home of J. \V. Berniuger, Ferry
street.
Mrs. Mortis Ellenbogen, of Wilkes
barre, was the guest of Mrs. Rebecca
Ellenbogen, Lower Mulberry street, yes
terday.
Jacob Gidding.of Duluth.Miiui., spent
yesterday with Mis. Sunuel Goldsmith,
Lower Mulberry street.
Mrs. Anthony Frantz and daughter,
Miss Mary, of Wilkesbarre, attended the
funeral of the late George/ieffe in this
city yesterday.
Mrs. 1). W. Weikel, of Philadelphia,
arrived in this city yesterday foi a visit
with her sister, Mrs. Blecher, Cherry
street.
The Rev. J. I) Cook hit yesterday
for Renovo after a visit at the home <>f
John Sechler, Ferry street.
John Schatz, of Hazleton, visited his
brother, Andrew Schatz, Cherry street,
vest et day.
Mr and Mrs. I). K. Williams left yes
terday f'«r a visit with friends in Phila
delphia.
Mr. .tnd Mr-. K. II Kepner, who have
been tlie guests of Mrs. Kepner'- par
ent- Mr. and Mrs. ( ('. Long, West
Mahoning street, left for their home in
Memphis, Tennessee, vestei lav.
David s|](.|hai t left yesterday foi Pitts
burg, where he will attend the General
-vnod of the l'r< shyleriaii church.
Mrs. Newton Hance,of Mauch Chunk,
returned home yesterday after a visit at
the resilience of Mi . and Mr- L.(l. Lit
tle, Church street.
W. Dosh Holloway is among the Dan
ville visitors to I'fiil ulelphia.
Station Agent Philip 1 oust lett last
[ evening for a trip to Philadelphia
AFTER TEN
YEARS' ABSENCE
Frank N. Kramer's Return Home Saturday
Night.
Frank N. Kramer returned to bis
home in this city, Saluid ly night, alter
an absence of ten years, iJe is the eldest
son of our townsman. Wiil (i. Kramer,
and as captain of a gun crew on the gun
boat Petrel played an important part in
the famous fight in Manila Bay on May
I, 1898. Marine Kramer's letters so
faithfully describing the great battle in
all its details, written to his parents and
printed in THK AMERICAN at ihe
time are well remembered by our read-
Mr. Kramer was 22 years of age when
i he left Danville. In the ten years which
| marked his absence 11a -■ been crowded
: the experience of ail ordinary life time.
His face is considerably bronze ias is
! natural with those -v . > dwell in Asiatic
! climes. Otherwi>e he has changed hut
I little. He is not enjoying tiie best of
health at present, a fact which he at
tributes to the change <>f c ea That
he is glad to be at home again and alttr
so many years to reunite with the loved
ones of the family circle goes without
; saying.
Mr. Kramer enlisted n he Marine
service live years ago. Previous to en
listing he had quite :<(i ( xtended ex
perience on sea, running for three years
on the Pacific Mail between San Fran
' ciseo and Panama.
I'pon entering the Marine service Mr.
Kranier was assigned t » the gunboat
Petrel where he was given he duties of
chief clerk and later made captain of a
gun crew. The Petrel played a brave
' and conspicuous par ;n the battle of
Manila, occupying a position in the
middle of the line, precede 1 by the flag
ship Olvmpia, the cruisers I'aiiimore
and Raleigh and followed I y t 'i" Boston
and Concord.
The Petrel sailed from M sni'a for San
Francisco June 12, flying a great home
ward bound pennant 2VS feet in length,
which was made by the Petrel's sailors.
A week was spent n Yokoham*. The
vessel arrived at Honolulu. Ju'v 25th,
reaching San Fratin»e>, August lltli.
During last month th • Petrel proceeded
to Mare Island and wen out of com
mission.
When the vessel a'lived at S in Fran
ci-o Mr. Kramei - . e onlv om oa
board belonging to the origin il crew,
who took part in 'he great naval battle.
He shared this honor with "Jerry," a
big cat which was present during the de
struction of the Spanish fleet and has
since been the highly j»riz•• I mascot of
the Petrel.
Mr. Kramer will remain about Dan
ville for «iome days. What his plans
are for the future lie has not stated, be- '
yond the fact that he has no intention
o! re-enlisting in the navy.
Sunday School Convention.
The Third Sunday School Convention
of the Fourth District of trie Danville
Conference ol the Ministerium of Penn
sylvania met in the Trinity Lutheran
church, this city, yesterday afternoon.
The opening service was conducted b v
Rev. R. P. Lent/..
An election was held of officers for the
Fourth District, which resulted as, fol
lows: President, Rev. L. I» I'lrich; i
Secretarv, Mis- Klase; Tie*surer,
David Beeber.
Rev. I). L. Fugleman, who was on the
program for discussion, "'What is the
Sunday School?'' being absent, the sub
ject was taken up by Rev. J. K. Grofl.of
Lykens. A discussion on "What is the |
Aim of the Sunday School?" which foi- I
lowed, was opened by Rev. A. P. Lentz. j
A solo was very effectively rendered !
by Miss Bessie Klase.
The evening session began at 7:30,
opening service being conducted by Rev ■
11. E C. Wahrman.
Subjects were discussed as follows:
■'Who Should Constitute Our Sunday j
Schools?'" |>y (lev. O. Reber.
"The Relation of the Church Council I
to the Sunday School," by Rev. J. N.
Wetzler, Ph. D., 1). D.
"Should Our People Attend Other
Sunday Schools Beside Their Own ?" by
11. E. C. Wahrman.
Several enjoyable musical numbers j
were rendered as follows:
An anthem by the choir.
Solo, "Dream of Paradise," by Miss
L'nger.
Violin solo, "Schuman'B Tranmerei,"
Herbert Wyle.
Quartelte, J. W. Swartz, Adam Wag
ner, William M.tiers and Grant Sowers, j
Boilers That Will Net Explode.
Howe & Polk are installing a new two
hundred and seventy-five horse power
Babcoek iV Wiicox water tube safety
boiler at the Structural Tubing Works.
The task of -etting up sucli a boiler is by
no means an easy one and the method
employed in raising the heavy mass is
quite interesting.
The Babcoek & Wilcox water tube
boiler is coining into general use. The
one in question is the fourth of the
kind installed at Howe iSi Polk's. It
is constructed on a principle entirely
different Loin the old, the water circu
lating through the tuhes. As the
name implies these boilers are perfectly
safe, as an explosion, further than it
might affect one of the tubes, is im
possible. Where used the workmen are
relieved from the dread of danger
Married.
Min n EI. i. DEKB. —In Danville on
Thursday, (iirtobei 10, 1901, by Rev. M.
L. Shindel, Mr. William Mitchell and
Miss Rho la Den. both of Danville,
ijuite a large company of guests were
present to witness this happy marri-
REPORT
I
Tardiness in School a Much Less Evil Than
Last Year.
The school board held a regular meet
, ing Monday eve with the following inem-
I bers in their places: Fischer, Uurger,
Orth, Barber, Werkheiser,Keefer,Fenst
erinacher and liyerly. The session was
a short one, the principal business be
ing the payment of bills.
I ,
j Treasurer Schrani presented his re-
I port, which showed a net balance on
; hand of $6759.-11.
Daniel K. Penny], janitor, appeared
' before the board to report the need of
' .irate bars for the Smead and Wells fur
naces of the Second Ward school build
up.:. lie told of the disadvantages he
i: is to contend with owing to the diffi
c >of getting the broken or worn out
!> rts of the furnace replaced. A set of
r.i'e bars ariived Monday after a
i >ng delay. These were found to be too
Mr. Orth explained that the firm of
whom the furnaces were bought seems
muH'le to furnish repairs as needed. On
in -tioii, therefore, it was ordered that a
pattern be made from one of the grate
bars in use at the Second Ward school
and that the furnace castings ! ereafter
be made at one of our local foundries.
On motion it was ordered that a jani
tor be employed for the Welsh Hill
school.
Superintendent Gordy presented his
iej or f,r the mcnth ending September
30. The total number of pupils in at
tendant—is 1181, just one pupil more
than during Sep'ember of last year. The
average attendance during the month
was 1087; per cent, of attendance, 92.
I'he nu'nbi rof cases of tardiness,is given
as 3_'s ; during the same month last year
the cases of tardiness ran up to 523. The
better showing under the latter head is
attributed to the vigilant work of the
truant officer. One hundred and nine
teen pupils were reported as sick during
the month. Number of visitors, 51.
!he following bills were approved for
payment:
George W. Reifsnyder. $83.99
W. E. Young 7..j()
James Dailey ,7. r ,
George W. Boat . 5.50
Joini Kinder 2.40
Seidel «fc Bausch 1.92
Si.j'.ey A lln:.*u 24.48
American Book Co 15.00
li. L. Meyers A L'o 7 20
Reading Iron Co 08
John Keini .50
Casper Diseroad 5.14
Standard Gas Co SU
S. M. Trumbower. 377.12
Emery Sliultz 4.35
George H. Smith 5.50
Mrs. Kennedy 1.00
Stamps, telegrams, &e 4 29
11. R. Moore 0.7"
Water rent 54.50
J. Hosier's Sons 3.00
Charles W. Cook will make
a good County Treasurer.
K. 0. Patent Shut-off Nozzle.
Otto ,T. Wt lp, a member of the Phila
delphia Fire Department, who was in
this city Monday working in the in
terest of the '"K C" nozzle, gave a pub
lic exhibition on Maiket Square Monday
evening to illustrate the working of the
new fire-fighting appliance. Among the
points of merit claimed for the "K C"
nozzle is that by preventing a rotary
motion it is made to throw a straight
stream, ten to tifty feet further than
any other nozzle. It throws a small
stream for incipient tires, which cau he
instantly converted into a full sized
stream. Its most valuable feature pro
bably is the attachment for throwing
spray -ahead or directly backward or
at au angle of 30 degrees. The use of
spray lias come to be an important
factor in fighting fire of late, as when
properly thrown around the fireman it
excludes the smoke and heat and en
ables him to make his way through the
burning building to the very seat of the
fire.
The "K C" nozzle throws a straight
stream and a spray of any size or at any
angle at the same time or it throws a
stream only. The nozzieis provided with
valves by which the water can be shut
off instantaneously or closed slowly,
gradually reducing the size of the stream.
Death of W. M. Geiser.
VV. M. Geiser, of Madison township,
Columbia county, died Tuesday morn
ing aged <io years. The deceased was a
prosperous farmer and well known
throughout this county. His wife, who
survives,is a daughter of the late George
Berger, a well known resident of Dan
ville. Several grown up sons and daught
ers also survive.
New Official Directory.
The I'nited Telephone iV Telegraph
Company has issued an official direc
tory for District No. 4, comprising the
Benton, Berwick, Bloomsburg, Cata
wissu, Danville, I.ewisburg, Mittlinville,
Millville, Milton, Mt. Caruicl, Northum
berland, Shamokin, Stmbury and Wat
sontown exchanges and same is n.«w be
ing placed in the hands of their many
subscribers.
Birthday Party.
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Garrett, Ferry
street, entertained about twenty-five
children 011 Monday evening in honor
of the birthday of their niece, Miss Lizzie
Campbell A very pleasant evening was
spent, aftei which refreshments were
served.
KSTABLISIiKJ) IX IJSSS.
|OLD RECORDS
Archives Dealing With Affair as Tar Back
as 1743.
eight or ten volumes of "Penn
sylvania Archives" commencing with
1743 and printed from 'lie original doc
uments have been unearthed at the
Court House here, which at the present
day uiakt the most interesting kin 1 of
reading. The very earliest of the ar
chives comprise for the most part cor
respondence between the Governors
Hamilton (1753) and Morris (1754)
Thomas and Richard Penn, the different
military leaders and others prominent
in the administration of affairs at that
early day. The matters dwelt upon re
late solely to the first widely scattered
settlements, Indian attacks and the like.
Many of them are pathetic appeals
from the colonists to the Governor for
piotection, describing the wholesale
murders perpetrated by the savages, in
a way to make one's blood run cold.
Ihe documents are reproduced as
written, couched in the quaint phraseo
logy of the time; even the odd and ar
bitrary orthography and capitalization
are preserved. Indeed, the archives
comprise a thrilling and exhaustive his
tory of the time, told in their own way
by those who figured in the events.
It covers a time when this portion of
the state was an unoroken wilderness.
The foundations of Fort Shamokin
(Augusta) at Sunbury had not yet been
laid. The only allusion made to any
thing at all "local" is the frequent men
tion of Shickelimv and Adam Montour,
both of whom were Indians friendly to
the whites. The first allusion to Fort
Augusta occurs in a letter from Gover
nor .Morris to Governor Sharpe in 175t ! ,
which says:
"I also propose to Build a fort at
Shamokin, at the forks of Susquahana
as soon as the season will admit a pas
sage up the river, for the Mountains
North of the Kitecting are quite impas
sable for carriages."
The following postscript of a letter
written by George Croghan to R. Peters
in 1754 illustrates the quaint style
which characterizes the records.
"I'iese to Lett his honor know that
Lewes Montour has behaved himself
very well sence he Came up from Phila
delphia and I must acknowledge to his
honour that I think Now I was Roug in
what I menshoned of him to his hon
our. Mr. Patten to my opinion is very
much Bigolte l of himself; lie and An
drew Montour Dose nut agree well. If
there Can't be a stop putt to Liquors
Coming to ye \\ oods, No Man Can pre
tent to Do any Publick Business hear
for Ye Government."
The Republican vote of
this county must be gotten to
the polls in its entiretv.
The County Institute.
The thirty-sixth annual teachers' in
| stitute of Montour county will convene
in the High school, this city, on Mon
day, November 18, to continue in session
during the week.
The program as far as arranged re
veals a fine array of talent an 1 insiues
to the teachers attending a week of
profitable instruction.
Among the leading instructors ate:
Dr. Fess, of Ada, Ohio, who will dwell
upon the "History of Literature;" Dr.
Bible, Principal ot East Stroudsburg
Normal school, whose subject is "Peda
gogy;" Dr. Welsh, of the Bloonisburg
Normal school, who A 111 discourse on his
favorite theme, "Psychology," an 1 Hon
J. Q. Stewart, Deputy Superintendent of
Public Instruction, who will give several
general talks.
There will be but one night lecture,
which will be delivered by Dr. Fess, of
Ada, 0., subject to be announced later.
An interesting feature of the institute
will be class work by the teachers of the
tirst grade. The subjects actually taught
before the institute will he reading and
number work to illustrate the methods
of the Pollard system for the benefit of
a number of teachers throughout the
county who have asked that sometime
be set apart for instruction on i fi's sub
ject.
Revisiting llis Former Home.
Rev. Charles Sontag, of Washington,
D. (J., assisted at the service of Christ
Episcopal church, this city, Sunday
morning. Hev. Sontag is a native of
I this section, growing to manhood in
Danville and vicinity. He is a brother
of William Sunday, Bloom road, at
whose home he was a guest .Sunday.
Hev. Sontag was first ordained as a
, minister of the Reformed church and
soon afterward was cdled to Washing
| ton, D. C., where he became pastor of
' the Reformed church that is at present
attended by President Roosevelt and
i family. He later entered the Episco
pal church and is at present rector
I of Christ Episcopal church at Washing
; ton.
Funeral of Mrs. Lindner.
The funeral of Mrs. Frank W. Lind
! ner, of Pottsgrove, took place Monday
I «
J afternoon at 1 o'clock. The services
| were held at the family residence, Rev.
! D. L. Fogleman, pastor of the deceased,
officiating.
I Interment took place in the family
; plot at the cemetery of the Trinity Luth
eran church, Oak Grove.
Mrs. Lindner was a devoted wife, a
! kind and loving mother, an 1 esteemed
by all who knew her. She i- survived
i l»y her husband and six children besides
I her aged parents, Mr and Mrs. William
' Van Hot n.
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Funeral of the Late George Zeifle Largely
Attended.
1 he funeral o! the late Georjje K. Ziefle
which took place from f-t. John's Luth
eran .iiii«•:» ai -j o'clock yesterday af
ternoon, was a Vi-ry largely attended
and impressive one. i'he deceased was
the son of th; j late John Ziefle, one of
the large circle of German re-idents who
emigrated to ihi ~ country about the
same time.niaiy of them being relatives
and others neighbors in the Fatherland.
Bound together by such ties it is not
strange that, sojourners in a strauge
land, they should maintain relations of
such a warm and fraternal type as to al
most make I hem one family.
Yesterday, therefore, was a sad day
for these people, when it became their
duty to follow to the iirave one of their
mo t loved and honored members,
stricken down in the very prime of life,
who left behind in addition to a devot
ed wife, a widowed mother, herself
tottering on the brink of the grave.
The services, which were conducted
by Rev. I). L Fogleman, were for the
most part in the German language.
Nothing was omitted that would reflect
the full measure of love and esteem in
which the. deceased was held. The
Structural Tubing works of Howe &
I'olk. at which for a period of seventeen
years the deceased was a faithful aud
trusted workman, was represented at
the funeral by some twenty employes
chosen from the various departments of
the plant. The superintendents and
the office force were also present. The
flowers—gifts from the employes of
Howe & Polk— were very beautiful, rep
resenting a large wreath and a pillow,
the latter bearing the inscription: ''Our
Friend."
The pall bearers were as follows: An
drew Schatz, Jacob Van Blohn, Herman
Peifer, Paul Knocli, George Burger and
Gustave Oelschlager.
The people want a man
like .J. C. Miller in the Pro
thonotarv's office, and they
propose to vote for him.
Eobbery and Incendrrism.
A daring act of robbery and incendi
arism was committed at Catawissa early
Tuesday morning. The robbers seem
(o have operated in a wholesale manner,
first breaking into and pillaging the old
Pennsylvania station, now used by the
company as a store or tool bouse, then
proceeding across the riverto complete
their night's work by burglarizing and
burning down the station on the L). J,. &
W . railroad.
The I>. L. iV: \Y. station at that point
as will be recalled by those familiar with
the spot was a brick building of consid
erable size containing ticket office,wait
ing room and freight house under one
roof.
As Bud Grimes, son of H. K. Grimes,
proprietor of a store near by, was pass
tug the station about 1:30 o'clock Tues
day morning, he noticed that the build
ing was on lire, the flames having al
ready eaten away a portion of the door
frame. The young man was able to
push the door open Inside nearly every
part of the building was on tire, while
books and papers already the prey of
the flames lay scattered about the floor.
Owing to the progress made by tbe
flames and the lack of facilities for fight
ing the lire, nothing could be done to
save tiie building and it was burned to
the ground.
About $-100 worth of freight was de
stroyed includingfive cases of shoes valu
ed at S2OO. All the tickets ou hand
along with the usual stock (112 supplies
were either carried away by the burglars
or destroyed by the tiro. W. D. Holmes,
the station agent, lost a type writing
machine and some valuable papers.
There is no doubt but that the station
was robbed and set on fire by the same
parties that brokeintothe old freight
house at the Pennsylvania station, as a
chisel identified as one stolen from a
chest contained in that building was
found Tuesday morning at the western
end of the bridge near the burned sta
tion.
Judge Little's Warning.
When Juilge Little sent Ttllie Davis to
tlie House of Refuge at the last term of
court he took occasion to remark that
judging from the testimony adduced
there were other girls in Danville who
had better amend their ways or they
would follow Tiliie. This was a very
significant hint, one that girls of tender
age bad enough to defy parental author
ity, had better take very seriously.
The fact is very patent to every per
son about the streets very much at night
that among those misguided persons
who seem to "love darkness rather than
light" are a large number who have not
advanced beyond the age of boyhood
and girlhood. Much of the conduct is
quite unseemly indicating that they are
standing on the very pitfalls of vice.
Why these boys and girls are not at
home at unseasonable hours is a ques
tion for the parents to explain.
Evening Party.
Mi ami Mrs. Harry Beidel, of Honey
moon stieet, entertained a number of
little folks on Tuesday evening in honor
of the eighth birthday of their daughter
Helen Those present were Misses
Mabel Keiiu, Theresa Baynhani, Helen
Chesnut, Viola Rishel, l.ucretia Burger,
Nellie Howerv, Cecil Gardway, Vinnie
Ikeler, Ethel Herring, Gussie Morgan
and Helen Shepperson. A very pleas
aul evening was spent, after which re
freshments were served.