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MESSED NEWS.
Milder weather will be welcome.
The Father of his country comes next.
Mrs. Erwin Hunter in on the sick
list.
Ash Wednesday services were well
attended.
There will be a graphophone enter
tainment at the United Evangelical
Church on Saturday night. Admission
10 cents.
The voter KNOWS he lias the power
to choose.
Charles Beyers is very ill of inflamma
tory rheumatism at his home on Mill
street.
It is to be hoped that the valentines
will be decent this year, though nobody
would venture the hope that they might
be handsome or artistic.
Miss Sadie Laidacker of South Dan
ville, is visiting relatives in Washing
tonville.
Fourth entertainment of the Y. M. C.
A. Course will be held in the Opera
House tomorrow evening.
Cold weather has spoiled what fun
there was in truancy.
William Sweitzer is critically ill at
his home on Grand street.
Dehorning of cattle scientifically and
successfully don** by Thomas Gething.
successor to Geo B. Kase.
Charles Hershey, Ferry street, is con
fined to his bed by an attack of rheu
matism.
The man who is too indifferent to
vote needs looking after. See that he
gets to the polls.
George Freeze and David Unger, of
South Danville, have opened up a tin
shop at the latter s place.
St. Valentine's day, February 14, will
be observed this year with greater pomp
than ever before. This year's crop of
valentines is now ready and the designs
are even more elaborate and beautiful
than in former years.
Miss Elizabeth Fisher, of Catawissa,
spent yesterday with relatives in South
Danville and Riverside.
February weather has so far been
rigidly winterisli, making happy the
prophets, goosebone and otherwise who
declared that we would have an old
fashioned winter.
Danville is one of the most eligibly
located cities in the state for manufac
turing jmrposes. Investors should note
this fact.
Soon the High School senior will be
the object of attention.
Enjoy the sports of winter all you can
while they last.
It is at last dawning tijKm the minds
of the renters of this city that the in
crease of industries will encourage the j
building of more houses which will cer
tainly result in the reduction of rents.
Mrs. Henry Lyon entertained auuin- |
ber of friends at Progressive Euchre last
evening at her home on Lower Mul- i
berry street.
Hereafter the fellow who wails f<>r an
old-fashioned winter will get himself
very much disliked.
Jasse Carey foreman at the Shovel
Works is lying ill with pneumonia
at his home on Bloom street.
St. Valentine's day to-morrow. The j
Post Office employes are looking for the
usual volume of mail.
The anniversary of Lincoln's birth is
being more generally and more widely
observed each year. In nearly every
state of the Union February 12 has been
made a legal holiday, and it is not very
far off when the day will be considered
equally as important, and of as much
Interest, as February 22. the birthday of
Washington
The carpenter work at the Reading
Iprtn works is now practically completed
and according to appearance the 16-inch
and the 20-inch mill will be ready to
start up by the middle of the present
month at the farthest,thus bringing the
whole plant into operation. Tlx' car
penters have a couple of cranes to build
which will be the work of only a day or
so. At several parts of the mill the
roof remains to be finished, but this is a
work that can proceed after the works
are started. The only task which may
cause delay is the adjusting of the blast
pipes, which are some distance from
completion. '
Mmtcruf J®Si
•THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS."
VOL. 47—NO 7.
I HOME
WIPED OCT
Destruction Wrought by Fire in East End
Last Night.
About 9:15 o'clock last night the en
tire heavens east of town were illuminat -
ed with a ruddy glow, which left no
doubt that a fierce fire was raging in
that locality. Hundreds of people breath
less with excitement poured along East
Market street and other thoroughfares
leading in that direction,firmly convinc
ed that the Stove Works or the Shovel
Factory was burning down.
The fire proved to In? at a dwelling J
owned by Henry Densberger on the hill
above the Stove Works, North of Wall
street. The nearest fire plugs, were at
the Stove Works and the Shovel Fact
ory, beyond the reach of the longest
hose. The alarm of fire had been promp- ,
tly sounded and each of the fire com- j
panies started out, but arriving at the j
upper end of the borough and learning
of the location of the fire they saw the
utter futility of attempting to get any j
water on the burning house and there
fore they turned and retraced their steps.
In less than half an hour after the fire
was discovered the house was in ashes
and nothing remained to show that a
dwelling once occupied the site, but a j
clothes line bearing the week's wash
which was stretched where the back
yard had been.
Mr. Densberger, an inspector at Howe
& Polk s, is on night turn this week.
His wife and four children were to spend
the night alone. Mrs. Densberger. with
one of her children, little Ida,was spend
ing a little while at a neighbor's house.
The other three children, Harry aged 18, •
Herman, Hand Charles, were in the
house alone and asleep. Mrs. Densberg
er returned just in the nick of time to
save her three children from being 1
burned alive. She was no sooner on the :
premises than she detected the evid
ences of fire and in an instant the dwel
ling was in flames. By the time she got 1
her children safely on the outside 1
it was impossible to re-enter the house 1
and every article of household goods,
with the exception of two comforts, was '
consumed with the house. The house- '
hold escaped with nothing except the '
clothing they wore. 1
The homeless family was the object of
much sympathy last night, although '
kindly provided for during the night by '
neighbors. Mr. Densberger explained ]
to a reporter of this paper that the house '
—a two-story frame with an out 1
kitchen—was one which lie had built
himself about two years ago. He valued 1
it at about S9OO. He carried £7OO insur- *
ance- SSOO on the house and S2OO on the (
fnraitnre. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Densberger are utterly
at a loss to account for the origin of the
fire. There were two coal fires burning *
in the house but each of the flues, it was
stated, was perfectly safe. <
Narrow Escape From Death. 1
Through the breaking of a scaffold at
the Reading Iron Works Tuesday af
ternoon four workmen on the new build
ing narrowly escaped being killed.
One of the last appurtenances of the
mill to receive its finishing touches is
the stack belonging to furnace No. 7 in
the 16-inch mill. This Tuesday was
being topped, William B. Hauser and
George Byers, brick layers, and C. S.
Pursell and Benjamin Shepard.laborers,
being upon the scaffold.
The stack of No. 7 furnace is one of
those at the outer edge of the mill, so
that while the workmen on one side |
were probably less than ten feet above
the roof on the other they were sup
ported at least fifty feet above the groun 1
with nothing to intercept a fall.
About 1:30 o'clock there was an omin
ous sound of creaking timbers and al
most at the same moment the scaffold, '
which was heavily loaded with brick, '
nave way beneath their feet and the '
four men found themselves along with '
a mass of timbers and brick dropping '
through space.
Fortunately they were all on the in
side of the scaffold and in their fall '
thus were intercepted by the roof of the '
mill. They did not escape all injury,
i however, the two brick layers, especial
j ly, upon whom a perfect shower of
! bricks and timbers fell, were quite
| painfully bruised, although not serions
| injured.
Frost Nearly Four Feet Deep.
As a result of th< severe winter the ;
frost has attained unusual depth in the '
ground. Water has failed at many re
sidences and business places during the
last few days, the freezing occurring in
the street under three feet of ground.
On West Mahoning street yesterday the
frost was found to extend to a still
greater depth and the water pipe un
covered by the plumbers was found
frozen solid between the pavement and
the water main in the middle of the
street.
The depth attained by the frost, which
at many places may be four feet, is not
surprising considering the nature of the
winter. The several break-ups on the
river were not accompanied by any ma
terial thaw in the ground and the pro
cess of freezing on land since last fall
has gone on uninterrupted.
Chicken and Waffle Supper.
The ladies of St John's Reformed
church, Mausdale, will hold a chicken
and waffle supper on Tuesday, February
IH, from three to nine p. m., at the new
residence of J. M Heddens, Mausdale.
Should the weather be unfavorable the
supper will lie held on the following day.
The public is cordially invited. Tickets,
adults 25 cents; children under 12 years
1 15 cents By Order of Committee
DANVILLE, I\\„ Tilt HSDAY FEliliUAllY 13. 1902.
BOROUGH SOLONS
CONVENE
Contracts for Printing the Borough State
ment are Awarded.
The borough council held a special
meeting Saturday night. A bare quorum
was present consisting of \ astine, Jones,
Dougherty. McLain, M. D. L. Sechler.
Davis and Gibson- In the absence of
Chairman Keuimer Amos Vastiue was
chosen president pro tem.
A communication was received from
Harry Shick of the Second Ward dec
lining the appointment as Health < )flicer
which was tendered to him at the prev
ious meeting of council.
On motion the declination was ac
cepted ami the office left vacant until
the next regular meeting when Presid
ent Kenimer will make an appoint
ment.
A communication was received from
William V. Oglesby, Justice-of-the-
Peace. certifying that William G. Pur
sel, Burgess-elect, had appeared before
him and taken the oath of office.
Mr. Vastine reported that the bor
ough accounts had been audited and
that they were found to be correct. <>n
motion the bonds paid off during the
year, nine in number, were burned in
the presence of council.
The printing of the borongh state
ment. was next disposed of. Mr. Jones
moved that the contract be awarded to
the Montour American and the Dan
ville Intelligencer at the same rate as
last year—s2s. This was seconded by
M. D. L. Sechler. The motion carried
by the following vote
Yeas —M. D. L. Sechler, McLain,
Jones, Davis and Vastine.
Nays—Dougherty and Gibson.
M. D L. Sechler reported that the
new suction hose for the borough fire
engine had arrived, but that it did not
meet general approval in that it was
bound with wire, and would probably
not prove durable. On motion the mat
ter was laid over until the next meet
ing night when it will be more fullv
discussed and accepted or rejected.
Among the important business on
hand was the renewing of insurance on
City Hall. The insurance is composed
of two policies of S3OOO each, one expir
ing on the 13th inst and the other on the
16th inst. D. R. Williams was present
before council and asked that he be per
mitted to write the insurance, explain
ing that he formerly was a member of
the firm of W. H. Ammerman & Co.
which at present holds the risk.
Mr. Gibson moved that the insurance
be given to Mr. Williams Mr. Dough
erty moved that it be placed in the
company represented by W. H. Ammer
man. A vote resulted as tollowoi
Williams Gibson, Davis, Sechler.
Ammerman Dougherty, Vastine.
Jones and McLean.
The writing of the insurance was ac
cordingly given to W. 11. Ammerman.
Tax Collector Edward W. Peters was
present with a list of exonerations tak
ing in the four wards of the borough.
An hour or more was occupied in
reading the list of delinquents and dis
cussing their claims for exoneration.
The cases all with very few exceptions
were considered worthy and the exon
erations allowed.
An order for $420, representing state
tax on loans, was drawn in favor of the
Treasurer.
Mr. Laumaster Accepts.
Our readers will be glad to learn that
W. D. Laumaster has decided to ac
cept the call extended to him by the
board of directors and will return to
General Secretaryship of the V. M. C.
A. His decision was made known at a
meeting of directors held Friday at
which the following members were pre
sent: H. B. Shultz. Sam. A. McCoy,
Beverly Musseluiau, .T. W. Swartz, Dr.
Robbins, T. C. Curry, Samuel Werk
heiser, W. V. Oglesby, W. L. McClure,
A. 11. Grone, R. .1. Pegg, James Foster
and W. I). Laumaster.
Mr. Laumaster lias engagements to
April the Ist, which he must fill. He
had plans for several evangelistic cam
paigns during the summer, which he
has decided to cancel. It was only aft
er mature deliberation that he decided
to return to his old post at the Y. M. C.
A., believing that it was for the best in
terest of the work and all concerned
that the old relations be resumed.
In the interim between the present
and April Ist, when Mr. Laumaster will
assume charge, the building will be
open at the same hours as at present.
W. Y. Oglesby. Esq., will be in charge
during each afternoon. At evening the
board of directors will be responsible for
the building and one or other of these
will be present in person.
Old Time Dance.
A series of old time dances will be
given in the Armory during the next
two months. The first of these enjoy
able affairs will take place on Fri
day evening. A good orchestra has
been engaged to furnish the music
The following is the committee Simon
Ellenbogen, Thomas Welch, Thomas
Murray, Ed. F. Williams, Edward
Czechowiez and Philip Benzbach.
A Creditable Piece of Work.
The members of council are very pro
nounced in their praise of the lwtrough
statement prepared by Clerk of Council
Harry B. Pat ton. It is certainly as
neat a piece of typewritten work as we
have ever been permitted to examine.
Voluminous as it is, from beginning to
end there is evidence of the most pains
taking care. accuracy of computation,
while the statement free from erasures
is as clean as the printed page <>n the
whole it is a credit to the young clerk.
PERSONAL
PAHJMAriIS.
Brief Mention of the Doings of Your
Friends and Acquaintances.
Mrs. P. ('. Blecher. of East Danville,
left yesterday for a visit with friends in
Milton.
Mrs. O. C. Riemer. of Lewisbnrg,
spent yesterday at the home of Mrs. R.
K. Polk on Bloom street.
Miss Flora Sheets, of Montandon, who
has been visiting Mrs. Sadie Kennedy at
Riverside, left yesterday for Espy to vis
it friends.
Mrs. Henry Trutt, of this city, left
yesterday morning for Millersbnrg to
attend the funeral of her brother, the
late John Wert.
Miss Dora Arehart. of Sauth Dent,
Indiana, returned home yesterday after
a visit with friends in this city.
Rev. J. A. Huber. of this city, spent
several hours in Northumberland yes
terday afternoon.
Mif-a Edna Newberry, of Milton, re
turned home yesterday after a visi
with friends in this city.
Mr. and Peter Fenstermacher, of
Riverside, returned home yesterday af
ter a visit with friends in Ashland.
A. F. Jones, daughter. Miss Nellie
and niece, Bessie Shively, of Tyrone,
left yesterday for Harrisburg after a
visit at the home of Washington Mc-
Bride, Cooper street.
Mrs. Sallie Frock, of Philadelphia, re
turned home yesterday after a visit
with her mother, Mrs. Katharine Hahn,
Walnut street.
Mrs. Israel Maier and daughter. Miss
Helen, of Sunbnry. attended the funer
al of the late Jacob Maier in this city
yesterday.
Mrs. .1. A. Campbell, of South Dan
ville, left yesterday for Catawissa to
visit friends.
Masters George and Charles Baird, of
Harrisburg, arrived yesterday to make
their home with their grandparents.Mr.
and Mrs. George Riley, Front street.
Miss Laura Miller left yesterday for
Hazleton to spend several days with (
friends.
Miss Hettie Eckman.of Roaring Creek
spent several hours with friends in this
city yesterday.
Mrs. Dora Marks, Mrs. Lena Litch
ards aud Miss Ada Marks, of New
York, arrived in this city yesterday for
a visit at the home of Abrani Rosen
stine. North Mill street.
Joseph H. Johnson, Ferry street,
•pent a few hours with friends in Sun
lmry yesterday.
Mrs. Fred Hoffman and daughter,
Miss Olive, of Shamokin, returned liome
yesterday after a visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Evan Bevan, Mill street.
Dr. A. T. DeWitt and W. W. De-
Witt, of Riverside, will leave today for
Sunbury to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Paul DeWitt, of Lower Augusta town
ship. The interment will t>e made in
Sunbury.
Miss Carrie Miller, of Williamsport,
arrived in this city yesterday for a visit
with friends.
Charles Lyon was in Sunbury yester
day.
Miss (trace Kase.of Klinesgrove.spent
yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Hudson Kase, South Danville.
Miss Jennie Davis, of Shamokin, re
turned home yesterday after a visit with
Mrs. Johnny Moyer, Mill street.
Elmer Boyer, of Berwick, spent yes
terday with his father, Levi Boyer, Riv
erside.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Tubbs and
daughter, Marie, of Benton, returned
home yesterday after a visit with An
dress Heller, Faust street.
Mrs. Kate Polk, of Adrian, Michigan,
left yesterday for Bloomsburg after a
visit with Miss Sue Miller. East Market
street.
Mrs. Lewis Byerly, Walnut street,
spent yesterday with friends in Blooms
burg.
Miss Elizabeth Marks, West Mahon
ing street, left yesterday for a visit with
friends in Philadelphia.
Miss Mary Jacobs, West Market
street, left on the 914 Pennsylvania
train yesterday morning for a visit
with friends in Philadelphia,
S. E. Pront and daughter, Martha.
Railroad street, left yesterday for a visit
with relatives in Sunbury.
*
J. L. Taylor, of Sunbury, spent yes
terday with friends in this city.
C. E. Pursley and G. F. Simmers,
special officials on the Reading Hail
road, were in this city yesterday.
Miss Margaret Weigold, First street,
left yesterday for a visit with friends in
Milton.
Mrs. William Brent, East Front
street, spent yesterday with friends In
Sunbury.
James Henderson spent yesterday in
Mt. Carmel and Shamokin.
Frank Herrington made a business
| trip to Sunbury yesterday.
George 15. Kase, of Kaseville, was in
i Sunbury yesterday.
Mrs. S. C. Books, West Mahoning
street, is visiting relatives in Northum
| berland.
Mrs. C <' Baldy and daughter, Mrs.
B F. Kellar, of Bramwell, West Vir
ginia, who are guests at the home of
J Mrs. Mary J. Deen on East Market
i street, spent last evening with friends in
Bloomsburg.
Miss Bertha Welliver, attended the
Rogers Little nuptials at Muncv yes
terday.
John Geise, of this city, was in
Bloomsburg yesterday.
SCHOOL BOARD !
IN SESSION!
A Discussion Relative to Caps and Gowns
for Commencement.
The school board met in session on
Monday night at 780 o'clock. There
were few matters, however, pertaining
to the schools that seemed to require
attention, and at H o'clock the board ad
journed.
Truant Officer Young presented his
report for the month ending .Tan. 31.
During that time he visited 114 houses.
He found that 82 pupils reported as ab
sentees were detained at home by ill
ness. Seventeen had no shoes; one be
longed to a family that had moved
away. Fourteen were guilty of tru
ancy.
Treasurer M. H. Schram presented
his report, which showed a balance on
hand of $9220. 15.
Principal J. C. Carey being present
was asked if there was anything requir
ing attention among matters pertaining
V> the high school. Prof. Carey stated
hat there was a division in the graduat
ng class on the subject of caps and
jowns, .seven favoring their adoption
and seven opposing it. In view of the
tie he thought it would be expedient for
the board or the high school committee
of the same to take hold of the matter
and decide which it is to be -caps and
gowns or otherwise.
A discussion followed in which it was
made pretty clear that the board nearly
as a unit is opposed to caps and gowns.
They all agreed that the graduating
class never presented a more pleasing
appearance than last year when the
girls were dressed in white, and there
would seem to be no prospects of re
turning to the former order of things.
< hi motion the matter was referred to
the high school committee, who will re
port to the board.
The following members of the school
board were present at the meeting:
Fischer, Ortb. Burger, Barber, Green,
Fenstermacher. Keefer and Black.
The following bills were approved for
payment:
Teachers and janitors $ 1525.20
Jno. Hixon 5.05
T. K. Hale 1.00
William Miller 3.25
Standard Gas Co., 3.00
Expressage, -35
F. P. Startzell 91
W E. Young 10.00
Frank Sperring,... .50
Relief Fund For Employes.
The Reading Iron company has taken
au important step looking to the wel
fare of its employes which will meet
with wide-unread approval. At a meet
ing of the directors, Tuesday, the fol
lowing resolution was adopted:
"Resolved. That the officers of the
company be authorized to set apart
$25.000 in such securities as they deem
prudent to constitute a relief fund, the
interest to be appropriated to the re
lief of the employes of the Reading Iron
company under such terms and limita
tions as the chairman and president
may. from time to time, determine."
The office of the chairman of the
board was created. George F. Baer re
tired front the presidency of the com
pany and was elected chairman of the
board F. C. Smink, until recently vice
president, was elected president and all
other officers were re-elected.
The action of the Reading Iron com
pany in establishing a relief fund will
nowhere be hailed with greater satisfac
tion than in Danville where some seven
hundred of our citizens are enrolled
among the company's employes.
Graduating Class Selects Parts.
The senior class of the Danville high
school held a meeting on Friday night
last for the purpose of selecting parts
for the next commencement. The choice
this year falls as follows < iriitiou. Miss
Jean Curry; class history. Miss Cather
ine Rogers; class prophecy, Miss Alice
Sniull: presentation, Joy Brader; censor
ship, John Corinan. The class this
year numbers fourteen, the officers be
ing as follows President, Joy Brader;
secretary. Miss Jean Curry; assistant
secretary, Miss Luella Werkheiser;
treasurer. Miss Elsie Sainsbury: report
er. John McCaffrey.
Drove to Washingtonville.
A hack load < >f young ladies and gentle
men drove out to Washingtonville last
evening and were entertained at Fanny
Heddens' hotel. Dancing was the feat
ure of the evening. A bountiful repast
was served. Those in the party were:
Misses Grace Kellar. Mary Sidler, Cor
nelia Prout, Jennie Waite, Daisy Robin- j
ault. Clara liieck and Gertrude Robin- i
son; Messrs. Anion Keiser, Albert
Diehl, Thomas Tooey, Louis Rieck, i
William Lovett. Edward Treas and C.
S. Pursell.
G. A. R. Visitation.
Department Commander of G. A. R.
Levi McCauley, of West Chester, will
be in Bloomsburg on Friday evening
Posts from Berwick, Danville, Cata
wissa, < )rangeville and Millville will be
the guests of Ent Post on the occasion.
■ Hacks will leave Hunt's drug store at 0
p. tit. sharp on Friday evening. All
members of Goodrich Post who wish to
attend are requested to lie on hand at
the above time
Being Filled Up
The abandoned coal yard on North
umberland street, which occupies a nat
• nral hollow and consequently is flooded
with every rise of the Mahoning creek,
is being filled up level with the 1) L. <V
W. track by the Reading Iron company,
which owns the tract
WAS BURIED
JESTERDAY
Brief Sketch of Jacob Maier Who Passed
Away Monday.
The funeral of Jacob Maier took
place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Lewis Bloch, on West Mahoning street.
The event marks the passing away of
one of the most respected sires of the
local Hebrew church.
Jacob Maier was born in Mullheim,
Province of Baden. Germany, in I*l*.
In August, 1*49, he emigrated to this
country. In 1852 he came to Danville
and on April Ist of that year, which
was his birthday, he was married.
In common with the other sturdy
young Hebrews who about that time
cast their lot in the new world and set
tled at Danville Jacob Maier shouldered
his pack and as a peddler laid the founda
tion of whatever fortune he afterward
acquired. Some forty-five years ago he
embarked in the restaurant business at
the stand on Mill street at present oc
cupied by his son, Elias. It was as a
restaurateur that he is known by most
people living at present. During his
long career he made many friends who
irrespective of race or religious affilia
tion grieve to hear of his passing away.
He was a man of kind and generous im
pulses and many a noble deed is on
record, unostentatiously performed in
which the beneficiary was quite as often
a Gentile as a Jew.
Jacob Maier was a charter member of
B'ne Zion synagogue. He belonged also
to the B'ne Britli, a beneficial organiza
tion connected with the church. The
pall bearers will be H. L. Gross, Simon
Dreifuss, B. Benzbach and Augustus
Weil, representing the lodge, and L.
Cohen, R. L. Marks, Samuel Bloch and
Henry Dreifuss representing the church.
The services were conducted by Rabbi
Adolph Maier. Interment took place
in the Jewish cemetery.
The deceased is survived by his wife
and the following children: Sarah (Mrs
J. Heim) Israel, Alice (Mrs. Eli Rosenth
all) Mrs. Louisa E. Bloch and Elias, of
this city; Clara (Mrs, J. Ackerman) of
Boston, Mass., Eleaser, Joseph and Ger
trude (Mrs. E. Wolf) of Philadelphia.
The deceased is survived by a brother,
Solomon Maier, in Missouri. He has al
so a brother and two sisters residing in
Germany.
As a Soldier Sees It.
William J. Longenberger, a member
of Company A., 15th U. S. Infantry,
writes his mother in this city. He is
with a detachment that is stationed in
Bulan, Sorsogon, and is having some
pretty tough experiences.
He is very tired, he says, of seeing
nothine but Half H\HMrpd people, if not
wholly savages, who with the exception
of a small piece of cloth wear nothing
in the form of clothing. At the time of
writing, December 22, they had been
"hiking" for 23 days and were still on
the go.
They shot a number of the insurrectos
including a leader of the bolo men, who
was badly wanted owing to the influ
ence he exerted over his band, by whom
he was regarded with all veneration of
a god.
It was not until after the leader was
shot that his identity was discovered.
His brother was also captured and par
aded through the streets in order to
show the natives to what extent they
were in our power.
The native soldiers had been made to
believe that by wearing paper sanctifi
ed in some way by their superstitions
leader they could resist the American
bullets. Hence the poor savages expos
ed themselves to peril in all forms and
fell like flies before the American bul
lets.
The dead bodies, the letter says, lay
around on all sides unburied, in various
stages of decay, while the stench, which
had to be borne by the American soldi
ers, was something intolerable. The
letter presents a horrible picture of the
butchery of war. When a Filipino
dropped, it says, "our boys always shot
him seven or eight times, so that he
was covered with blood from head to
foot."
Birthday Surprise Party.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kenimer. East
Market street, Tuesday eve. tendered a
surprise party to their son, Frank, in
honor of his 14th birthday. The invit
ed guests were members of the D class
of the high school of which Frank is a
member. They presented him with a very
beautiful neck tie and a handsome ring
with his initials and the words "First
Division" engraved on the inside. Those
present were: Misses Gertrude Bare,
Mamie Keim, Lizzie Daniels, Bertha
Kase, Bertha Cromwell, Marie Fetter
man, Josephine Beaver, Bessie Hooley
and Jessie Kimerer; Messrs. Harry
Bedea, Alfred Esterbrook, Miles Barber,
Lawrence Connolly, John Kase, Frank
Edmondson, John Jones, William Bell
and Robert Jacobs. In addition to the
above the following ladies were pres
ent Mrs Andrew ('. Roat, Mrs. Charles
Bausch, Mrs. LewisChesnut, Mis Will
ard Fetternian, of this city, and Mrs. H.
P. Shaw, of Kingston. The favors
awarded in the game of "Dressing the
New Woman" were won by Miss Gert
rude Bare and Robert Jacobs. In the
musical contest favors were awarded to
Miss Marie Fetternian and John Kase
Landlord Dietrick Surprised.
Landlord Harvey Dietrick of the Sits
quehanna Hotel, South Danville, was
tendered a surprise party last evening
by a number of ladies and gentlemen
from Bloomsburg in honor of his 33d •
birthday A sumptuous supper was |
served '
EKTAHLISIIEI* IN 1*55.
(DANVILLE WINS j
THE SERIES |
The Game of Basket Ball in the Armory
Last Night.
The game of basketball in the Armory
last night between the local team and
Susquehanna University resulted in a
victory for Danville, t lie score being 42
to 31. Last night's game being the de
ciding one Danville wins the series.
Klase for Danville flayed a strong
game, making several long throws.
(Raskins and Secliler were also in ex
cellent form. Barry and Dougherty fill
ed the positions of Bedea and Oberdorf
and showed themselves capable of play
ing a good game.
The visiting team carried two profes
sional players Battersby and Roberta.
Both played good games, their goal
throwing being especial -features. Dur
ing the last ten minutes the game was
the fastest ever seen on the Armory
floor.
Following is the line-up:
DANVILLE. SUSQUEHANNA.
Gaskins forward Benfer
Barn* t .. , T> ,
Bedea \ forward Battersby
Klase centre Squire
Dougliertv i , ,
Oberdorf. 112 • " uanl Roberts
Secliler guard Sinclair
SUMMARY:—GoaIs from field,Gaskins, :
4: Bedea, 1: Barry. 2: Klase, 8; Secliler. i
5; Battersby. 10: Roberts, 5. Goals from j
foals —Klase, 2: Battersby, 1. Referee, i
Newbaker. Umpires. C'zechowicz and
Wagenseller.
Victim of a Clever Thief.
A very clever thief succeeded in pil
fering $25 worth of goods from the count
er of A. H. Grone's stationery store on
Friday last.
During the forenoon a stranger enter
ed the store. He bought a couple of
common pens and then asked to see
some fountain pens. He was shown an
assortment of Paul E. Wirt pens, in
cluding some that were quite costly,
displayed in a handsome cabinet with a
glass face on which were the words:
"Paul E. Wirt Fountain Pens. The
stranger looked these over but did not
purchase any. He took occasion to re
mark, however, that he was very fa
miliar with the use of fountain pens,
touching briefly upon his experience at
college, when he had used them in pre
paring essays, and papers of various
sorts. He was a short man inclined to
ward stoutness; he wore a dark moust
ache and was of refined and clerical ap
pearance.
The stranger left, after which Will
iam Sechler. the clerk in attendance, re
placed the drawer containing the pens
in the cabinet, taking care that it was
locked, and placed the whole on the
counter where it was always kept.
About noon the cabinet with its valu
able contents was missed from the
counter. A little investigation revealed
that it had been stolen. How the light
fingered thief succeeded in removing it
is a mystery, as there is always some
one or more of the clerks about the
store, and the cabinet was much too
large*to easily conceal.
The pens were of is carat gold, while
the holders were of especial value. The
pens remaining in the cabinet with the
prices were as follows: One all-gold
holder, $0.00; one pearl holder, $5.50;
one hexagon holder with two gold bands
$4.50; four plainer pens two at £-.50 a
piece and two at $2.00 each.
A Barn Burned Down.
A barn on the farm of George Smith
on the road leading from Washington
ville to Turbotville was burned to the
ground yesterday morning. The ten
ant, J. S. Claywell, with a lighted lant
ern entered the barn before daylight for
the purpose of feeding the cattle. Plac
ing his lantern on the barn floor the
farmer climbed into the mow to throw
down hay. While thus engaged the
lantern exploded, the hay and straw in
stantly igniting.
Mr. Claywell fought desperately to
save the barn, using his coat and some
phosphate bags to smother the flames.
It was all in vain, however, and in a
few minutes the entire building was in
flames. Nearly the entire contents of
the barn, including two cows and two
pigs, were burned. The building was
partially covered with insurance.
Large Casting Poured.
Curry & Vannan Tuesday eve very sue*
cessfnlly poured a large casting in the
form of a "foreleg or spider'' of a rotary
squeezer, which is being manufactured
for one of the iron works at Harrisburg.
The weight is It!, 000 pounds and the
casting, although occasionally surpassed
in size, takes rank with the very large
pieces and that it was cast successfully
indicates that file work was in the hands
of careful and experienced men.
Curry & Vannan are rushed with
work.
Hospital Trustees Appointed.
Governor Stone on Monday made four
appointments to fill the vacancies exist
ing in the board of trustees of the Hos
pital for the Insane at this place, caus
ed by the resignation of Dr. B H. Det
weiler. James Scarlet, Esq., W K
Holloway and Dr. O. T. Harvey,in Oct
ober last.
The vacancies are filled as follows:
| Dr. B. H. Detweiler, of Williamsport:
William Field Shay of Watsontown:
Dr. A. .1. Council of Scranton, and Dr.
Levi T. Shoemaker of Wilkesbirre.
Miss Belle Foley, of Berwick, retum
;ed home last evening after a pleasant
! visit with Mi*s Anna Young on Church
I street
JOB PRINTING
The office of the AMERICAN being
furnished with a large assortmen
of job letter and fancy type and jot'
material generally, the Publisher
announces to the public that he is
prepared at all times to execute in
I the neatest manner
JOB PRINTING
Of all K Inds and Descrption.
our prices before place
| your orders.
A ITIHILEK'S
BAD INJURY
Eyeball Lacerated by a Blow From an Iron
Bar,
Benjamin Summons, a puddler em
ployed at the puddle mill of Howe &
Samuels, met with an accident Tues
day which, it is very much feared, will
result in the loss of an eye. The acci
dent was one of a kind not known to
have occurred b fore and well illustrates
the many ways in which a mill worker
is exposed to danger and the constant
care and precaution that are required.
Mr. Summons was preparing to draw
a heat. The large ball of iron occupied
a position in the furnace not quite to
his fancy. Through the door he insert
ed his "rabble"' or long iron bar used
by puddlers and with his face bent
down was in the act of turning the iron
when the heavy ball unexpectedly roll
ed over upon one end of the bar which
jerked the other end out of the puddler's
hands and caused it to strike him in
the left eye, the blow—a violent one—
falling right on the eyeball, which is
considered among physicians the most
sensitive spot on the body.
The man experienced an agony of
pain which almost drove him mad. Dr.
Wintersteen was called. Under treat
; ment the pain was somewhat subdned,
when it was found that the external
1 coat of the eyeball is lacerated.although
j so far as can be determined the pupil is
j not to any extent injured. Mr. Sum
mons was removed to his home, No. 1,
Rough and Ready street. His suffering
last evening was still intense and his
condition was such as to require close
medical attention. It will lie some time
before it will be possible to determine
whether or not the sight of the eye can
be saved.
Sensational But Not True.
The Philadelphia dailies on Sunday
contained a blood-curdling story tele
graphed from Sliamokin. describing the
naiTow escape of Borough Superintend
ent Gordy of this city, who it was al
leged missed his hold while attempting
to board a moving train at -Snydertown
and "fell forward upon his face between
the moving train and the station plat
form where he lay still until the train
passed."
Superintendent Gordy, who returned
home on Sunday, states that there is
hardly a vestige of truth in the whole
story, which it seems has grown out of
the following slight circumstance:
The car between Sunbury and Sha
mokin Saturday morning was crowded
and at • Snydertown Superintendent
Gordy stepped off upon the station plat
form. As the train suddenly start ed in
the crowd he did not succeed in boarding
the car, although he had his foot upon
the step but jumped back upon the sta
tion platform. The conductor instantly
slowed up and Superintendent Gordy
stepped aboard.
In first attempting to mount the train
he struck his head against the baggage
truck belonging to the station, slightly
cutting his forehead above the right eye.
This the Sliamokin correspondent says
was caused by the oil box of the train
• 'scraping his face" as he lay between
the moving train and the platform.
East End Mission Sabbath School.
Next Sabbath afternoon at 2 o'clock
the Mahoning Presbyterian church will
open a Mission Sabbath School in the
hall on the third floor of the A. J. Aiu
merman brick building in Sageburg.
This mission will be called the East End
Mission and its object will be to give
Bible instruction to those in that part of
the town who do not now attend church
or Sabbath school. Interesting music
will be a feature of the exercises. Let
all who do not now attend Divine ser
vices at that time, give an hnuf to the
study of God's word.
Hon. 11. M. Hinckley is interested in
the establishment of the Mission Sab
bath school and he will no don¥t be id
entified with the work when in progress.
Mr. Hinckley's zeal and ability as a re
ligious worker are well established,
while his many years' experience in Sab
bath school work eminently qualify him
for the work in hand. j
An Excellent Recital. •
With a large attendance at the re
cital given Tuesday evening in the
Church of the Covenant, all hearing
it were well pleased with the work of
the several artists, which was of the
highest excellence. Miss Harriette R.
Wood*, of Danville, the once popular
Williamsport singer was greeted with
enjoyment by former friends, who lis
tened with interest to her finished rend
erings of difficult selections replete with
the charm of skill and culture. The
numbers of Mr. Kohr. Mr. Krape and
Mrs. George were also received with
keen appreciation.—Williamsport Gaz
ette and Bulletin.
At The Beading Iron Works.
Preparations are being made to start
up the Reading Iron Works in full on
Monday next. The carpenters are about
winding up their work. They finished
the new building on Northninlierland
street, to be used as an office. &c., yes
terday afternoon. A very little work
remains to l>e done about the mill.
Later on two annexes will be built to
the portion of the works which escaped
the tire. This work, however, will not
be commenced until the advent of more
favorable weather and the arrival of
the new boilers to be installed.
Deer for Edgewood.
Alexander Billmeyer has sold 12 deer
to Hon. M. 11. Kulp, for his park. Edge
wood, near Sliamokin, 10 acres of which
have been reserved for deer,squirrels, &c
The deer will lie shipped from Washing
tonville next week.