Home Paper —'For tlie llfliim — — I lit* circulation ol tli'is paper is in i rea c !t!j* rapidly It "'!l pay you t<> advertise in the AMERICAN*. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR 1)K. 1 KYI N<i 11. .1 KNMN(JS, Office Hours it .4. .!/ to /•_' .1/ l»i Mill .sr., I /' I/. to i /' 1/ Ihinrille. I'l Mill i/i"/., i»i. i». 4 - _'. r ) Mii.i ST., DANVII.I r. I'A. ihseuses of the Stomach :m<i Intestines a Specinltv | \\ I*. %><•» K, DENTIST ili Kiri -IS .Mii i. I:kki trill I \lr»l-tfil wllllieil I •••111. I'row it :*inl Hi nl: •• Work !• I'eelii 11 y. K |lll|l|» 'I « II I| III'- ill'-it Mil I IIIIKI illl|iroVC(l 1 111) I II luelils It nil |>i I I I ||< ••\t-ciilf I lit' urn -l •11 (t i<-II 11 uni k. I>K. O. 11. HKYNOU>S, —DKNTHT - 288 Mill - St., Danville, Pa. 1 >i'iilirttry in all it.- launches. Charges Moderate and all work (In iranteed Kstablisllnd lS'.li (IIM>I:NSI:II M:\VS. Next conies Labor Day. Comfort ami shirt waist liavn sent fashion to the rear. Most people have lecovered from the tlav of days Danville has numerous excellent sites for new industries. Now the honest farmer will make busy with the harvest. The vietinis of tetanus are now com ing to the front The kissing Imp lias heen opeiating in Pottsville hut II at II ill ly avoided those boodlers who have been black mailing school teacher-'. There is a great deal ot wireless electricity abroad this July. Summer is upon u>—and this i-- no Hummer dream. The hay fever victims will M>OII be off to the mountains. Having extracted the powder grains ami splinters from his anatomy the American small hoy is ready for tl.e next hunch of trouble that may wander his way. From a weather point of view Julv so far is an improvement on June. Weeds are growing high along the river bank. A baby girl has brightened the home ot Walter Swank, Nassau strecct. Mary Emerson who is to star next season in the new play, '"His Majesty and the Maid." is one of the youngest stars in America. Possessed ot an un usually brilliant singing voice, she studied for a while for tin concert stage. In studying the role ol Juliet in Gounod's Opera of Homeo and Juliet, she showed so much dramatic instinct that her instructor advised her to enter the dramatic field. She took his advice and her suh.-oqucnt career testifies to his good judgment If some of the July dividends come in the shape of good weather We will oe satisfied. The two National Guard companies disbanded by General Stewart d< served their fate. The State is wa-ting good money iu keeping on the rolls organ izations that do not reach the standard of efficiency. The state merchants' convention will t ike place in the lla/.leton Opera House, August 11tli. 12th aud i:iih. The promoters intend to make the oiiveution a tiig affair. Betwci n ISTa ind -100 delegates are expected to he in it tendance. Danville people are warned to lie on lie lookout for two shrewd fakirs who ire touring this part of the state. They iretend to be deaf and dumb and have /ictimized hundreds of familie-. They ,vi re recently arrested at lla/.leton .vhile under the influence of liquor, mil that is how they unconsciously jave t hem selves away. The green apple is getting ready to ;et after young Am. ric;» now since he toy pistol has had its innings. The short crop of hay should result II a less number of hay fever cases. The law passed by the last legisla ure prohibiting the sah of toy pistols s practically a dead letter Many of he little weapons were disponed of his year. Picuic prospects are having a good uing effect on the Sund iy school bov Hot waves are beginning to play a iart now. Keports front all parts ol the coun ry show that the crop of blank car ridge victims was above the avcrape. Philadelphia philanthropists are troiij; on taking care of the children, ut utterly neglectful of the grown-up I torals. The demands made upon the Pullman impany for sleeping ears and parlor trs have never been heavier than now : ml all roads are wauling more ol the ullnian e(|uipment Whether people avel short or long distances they em to he tending more and more to te use of the Pullman car, because it fers advantages not found in nio- t of ie regular pa -cnger coaches. A baby girl has arrived at the home I'homas Martin, Spruce street I he more thermomi t> r- there are to ok at, the hotter the wcafhci renin- June ifra In »t< - aie now beginning i mix with the plain people Mo nhmt 2V iu c i MTUIL "THIS COI'NTRV WILL NHVHk lilt IiNTIkIiLY FKKK UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS VOL. 4S--NO J7. ItURGLAKY AT I Ivufus Vastine's grocery was burg I laii/ed Tuesdav night and goods fi | the value of sonic seven or eight dol lars were carried off. The store is a one story building situated some thirty yards east of Mr. Vastine's residence, opposite the rail way station. The burglar effected an entrance al the rear window, which was protect (1 by a drop shutter. I!v breaking out of the hinges he succeeded in getting the shutter open,after which he sei in ed to know exactly what to do in order to ctlect an entrance. Breaking one ol the panes of glass lie inserted his arm and without difficulty removed an up riglil stick insert* 1 alongside between the lower sash and the top to prevent any one on the outside from raising the window. The goods which were found miss ing consisted of a lot ot chew ing to bacco, half a bunch of bananas and a box of candy. The quantity of tobacco carried off can not he exactly deter mined, but Mr. Vastine thinks that the goods stolen in value do not amount to ten dollars A Penny-in the-slot machine which hung in front of I lie store was also stolen. This was found yi stcrday morning lying along the railroad a short distance below the station. It had been broken open with the expectation no doubt of finding money. The pennies had all been re moved the evening before and nothing remained in the box but some seventy < enls' worth of chewing gum, which the burglar seized. Mr. Vastine is looking for an in dividual, a stranger who was in his store Tuesday, whom he rather more than suspects is guilty nf the burglary. The in in, who was an observing sort of a fellow, Mr. Vastine says, made a small purchase and he is sure that he would recognize him, if ho should see him. Another Flood Stops Work. Another discouraging and most un expected delay has occurred at the sewer. Work wib in progress Monday and Tuesday and the damage of the previous flood, which held up work during last week had just been re paired when another freshet has come along, flooding the trench as badly as before and which will make work im possible during the rest of the week. The high wafer, which seems due to rains near the headwaters, was not dreamed of here. When the men quit work Tuesday evening the river was still falling and everything s. enied favorable for steady work. Their sur prise yesterday can be imagined,there fore, when assembling at the sewer they found that the river had arisen about three feet and the trench was badly flooded. The river continued to rise during the greater pait of yester day and it is impossible to say when work can be resumed on the sewer. The steam pnmp started Tuesday noon was found to be a failure owing to the presence of sand in the water which interfered with the action of the valves. Council has ordered a four-inch centrifugal pump, which is expected to arrive today. There seems to lie no doubt but that the latter pump will meet tin* water difficulty after the river once becomes normal, as it has an extraordinary capacity and is constructed to stand any amount of sand and gravel, even mud, which il raises to the surface as readily as water. Accident Mars a Picuic. An accident occurred dining a pic nic on the Cycle Path Tuesday after noon,which revealed a remarkable de gree of fortitude on the part of a hoy and showed a great ileal of thought ful conduct all around. A party of about twenty young peo ple chaperoned by Mrs. S. F. Hicki tfs were enjoying themselves in 'lie vi* in it y of the spring at the further end of the path when liny N vi v.!. in the act of catching a ball • .p <1 and fell dislocating the kneecap < I his right limb. Iu the absence of a doctor the MII ; man himself set to work trying to •• duce the dislocation. Notw > I h '.el ing the intense pain incident il to -■ H, an operation he stii"k to i! in.1.1 he actually succeeded in getting tie > cap hack into place. In view of some exigen simil ir lo this Mr- Kickctts had pi ■ \ il I:i l-i I tie of liniment, which proved \ii useful in allaying the pain. The limb was carefully bandaged after which ilie hoy was aide to walk home. Polandurs Arr sted And Fined, Stanley Barron and Philip Sihow, Northumberland street, were arrested by Officers Mincemoyer and Voris Sat urday afternoon for being drunk and disorderly. Justice Pare placed upon each of them in addition to two 10l lars cost seven dollars . fine, live of which belongs to the Borough and two to the School 1 loard. The men arretted Were l'olauders w ho started out to celebrate the Fourth of July when they got into a fight. Each of them secured In- liberty h\ paying fine and costs. Inspecting the Damage. The regular claim agents and dam ago adjusters of the P. it K are m ik ing the round- of the hranclu - these days looking up their claims prcsint ed by land owners for damages,result - ing from lire along the route They make regular trips for tin- purpose and nearly always succeed in t tiling every claim satisfactorily FIREMEN'S PICNIC ; A IIIC, SUCCESS The firemen's picnic at DeWitt's i Park under the auspices oft lie Friend ship Fire Company, Fourth or July was a well rounded success. Every r ' thing seemed to come the Firemen's way. There was not a -erious casualty to mar the event ; they had a delight ful dav and best of all they had the crowd. A conservative estimate places the number of people on the ground at 300(1. There were IT.Vt paid admissions. In addition to these children were ad mitted free, while during the base ball game the grounds were piaclical ly open. Everything in the line of eatables was sold out. None of the contests i advertised, outside of base ball, how- I ever, were pulled off or the reason that no one could he found willing lo enter. There was sufficient, however, to entertain the crowd. The music was good and this together with the dancing was much enjoyed. The two games of base hall afforded the lovi r- of that soort an abundance of amusement In the evening the fine display of li • - works was an attraction. All persons paying admission to the park received a numbered ticket en titling them to a chance in seven valu able prizes. The drawing took place on the dancing pavilion S itnrday night ; in the presence of a larg number nf ; spectators. None of those who held ' the lucky numbers were present The | numbers draw ing prizes are as fol- I lows: No. H7O. the gentleman's Gold Watch; No. the Silver Water I'i teller; No 2.1(5, the Ladies' Silver Watch; No. 1 ~»I*3, Cut Glass Pitcher, silver trimmed ; No 11, Toilet Case, . mirror, brush and comb, ebony trim med with silver; No. China' Cracker Howl, silver trimmed; No. &VJ, Silver Cup, gold lined. Boy Breaks Botlf Arms. Michael Coleman, 12 years of are. j son of James Coleman, llickey Alley, j j while picking cherries at South Dan j : ville Friday, fell from the tree and sustained very serious injury. lie climbed to the top of one nf the high cherry trees on the Woodruff lot nearly opposite the station and was in the act of descendinc when he hecanu' I I I dizzy and fell to the ground, a dis : tanee of nearly :s(i feet. He alighted ; on his hands and knees. The principal injury was in his arms, both of which I j had sustained a fracture. He was taken to the office of Dr. ' ! Barber, where it was discovered that jon the right arm there was a disloca | tion of one bone (t he ulna) and a fract- j ure nf the other (the radios), while on the left arm both bom s were brok en near the wrist joint. In r-'ducing ' the dislocation and setting the broken I hones Dr. Barber was assisted by Drs. j P. C. Newhakcr and T. B. Winter s'l eon. Young Homers Make a Record. Twenty-two miles in .'!."i minutes —this is the record of eight homing pigeons owned by George Stickle of this city. Mr. Stickle sent the pigeons to Ber wick by express Tuesdav, where they were liberated at :i.OT p. in. by trust worthy parties. At 3.4*2 p. m. they arrived at Danville and alighted on I heir home loft. The birds are young ones and yes terday was the third time they ever Hew. They made the trip from Ber wick last Saturday, but no effort was made to determine the time. Their record yesterday—which was over a mile in two minutes—shows what speed they are capable of attaining. Yesterday Hottest of Season. Yesterday was the hottest day of the season. During the afternoon the heat was variously reported at from '.»() to HI degrees in the shade. At the Montour House \Y. G. Kram i i - record of temperatures, which is 1 iv- conservative and reliable, 1 ■ o. ■. as f< JI ow s : 5:30 a.*m. (il de- I uri i : noon, S2 degrees; 5:30 p. m., ' '.Mi ilegri es ; (> :15 p. in , SS degree s. T!.e maximum heat yesterday was eve ,1 degrees above the hot ti st w eat h | ri x, erieiiced la-t week or previously ; luriii:: this season. People coniplain j ed a groat deal about the heat and are i already sighing for cooler weather, | ii iiniin I lu 1 of the fact that summer i< , ca:co!y more than begun. F.'ll From a 16-Foot Ladder. William B. Startzoll, the painter, J met with a bad fall Tuesday but | luckily escaped with slight injury. He was painting at the residence of | Samuel l<] •km. ail, Rushtown. Stand- I nig on a sixteen-foot ladder lie was ' working at one of the windows on the outside, ('limbing to the topmost, rung he took hold of one of the hinges at the shutter to support himself. The 1 hinge, ir seems, was poorly secured and if gave way causing him to fall to the ground Fortunately lie escaped serious injury, sustaining only a sprained wrist, lie was driven to his home in this city, but la-t evening Was able to be out. Address by Rev. Harnian. Hon. B. S. Ammermaii who is on the program for an address ~|f tin- j grauation of nurses at the Hospital i for the Insane, Thursday night, has been called to Washington a.el will j not lie all I to be lire •Il t IM tie oe in- inn. His place will be filled by KM j Harry Curtiu llarin in who will ad dress the graduates. \ I>A\Vll.l.i:. I»A.. Tin I!SI>A V .JULY !>. IOOIS. ! PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS ~ Mr. and Mrs. Horace Freeze and daughters. May aud Hazel, of Brook lyn, N. Y.,are visiting at the home of Mr.Freeze's mother, Mrs. Mary Freeze, on Water street. William E. Knorr and family of Bloomsburg,spent Sunday at the home ol Dr. T. B. Wintersteen, East Market street. j Lawrence Tooley of Bloomsbuig, spent Sunday in Danville. Edward Wilcox of Wilkesbarre,spent Sunday with Danville fviends. Mrs. George Wright of Lowisbnrg, spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Russell, Cedar street. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Richard of ('atawissa,.spent Sunday at the Farley home, Cherry street. J. F. Mullen of Berwick, visited relatives in this city over Sunday. Mrs. Benjamin Luton and son Ben jamin of Wilkesbarre, were guests at tie* home of Charles Kelly, Mausdalo, over Sunday. O-car Burdick of Catawissa, spent Sunday in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Harlniau of Berwick, spent Sunday at the Keefer home on Nicholas avenue. K. A. Burdick of Scranton, spent the Fourlh in this city. Ralph Foulk of Berwick,spent Sun day at his home on East Market street. ('liarles Pusey of Berwick,spent Sun day at Ins home on Vine street. William and Fred Hornberger of Youngstown, 0., arrived in this city Saturday in response to news of the serious illness of their mother, Mrs. Jacob Hornberger, Cooper street. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johns and son Willard, of Stroudsburg, and Miss Kathryn Johns of Scranton, were guests of John L.and David Evans, East Mahoning and Ferry streets, Su nday. Joseph 11. Schwartz and daughters Ethel and Marion of Plymouth were guests Fourth of July at the lesidence of Rush Yerriek, West Mahoning street. Mrs. D. J. Rogers visited relatives in Sunbury yesterday. J. 11. Goeser returned from a busi ness trip to lla/.leton yesterday. Joseph Law was a visitor iu Suribnrv yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. George Studenroth who have been guests at the home of Dr. F. K. Harpel returned to their home iu Lancaster county yesterday. Miss Martin of Spring Lake, New Jersey, is visiting her father, Frank Martin on Spring street. Miss Esther Cohen of Bloomsburg, was the guest yesterday of Miss Mann, East Front street. Thomas Elmos of Howellville,trans acted business in this city yesterday. 11. Molcuowski returned from Wilkes barre yesterday. Miss Stella Elleiihogen of Philadel phia, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Rebecca Elleiibogeu, Lower Mulberry street. John Tooley was a Shamokin visitor yesterday. Mrs. William llartman is visiting relatives in Scranton. Mrs. Max Gross will return from a visit in Lehighton today. 11. L. Smith and wife of Cairo, Mich., will return home today, after a visit with relatives in this city. Henry Kreegcr of Pittsburg, arrived in this city last evening for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Krecger, Ash street. Mrs. S. M. Oberdorf of near Klines grove spent yesterday with her sister, Miss Alice Gearhart, South Danville. Miss Mary Oakes of Paradise, has returned home after a pleasant visit with Mrs. M.(,)• Hughes and daught er, Ferry street. Miss Auuie Kbi'e has returned home after a two weeks' visit with Miss Ella Weaver at Comly and friends at Williainsport. Harry Welliver spent yesterday in Williainsport. Joseph Hoffman returned to Phila delphia yesterday after a visit with his parents on West Mahoning street. .1. 11. Fry was in Sunbury yester day. Mis., Jennie Bird returned to Mill ersvillo yesterday after a visit at the home of her mother. East Market street. Miss Heudersliott's Narrow Escape. M is.s Emeline Hendershott of Wa-li iugtonville came very nearly burning to death yesterday morning. While working about the stove liei clothing ignited. Screaming for help she ran into the yard and threw herself down in the deep grass. With the assistance of some neighbors the Haines were ex tinguished. The burns inflicted, although pain ful, are not considered serious. "Boniboy's Bridge.'' The new county bridge in Anthony township in course of erect ion,accord ing to the decision of the citizens will be known as "Boniboy's bridge" in honor of Daniel Boinhov who resides quite near. The stone work is completed; the lumber is on the ground and nothing more remains hut to await the arrival ol the stool supers!ructiir. NEW OFFICERS OF PYTHIAN KNIGHTS The newly elected officers of Beaver Lodge, No. 132, Knights of Pythias, were installed, at the regular weekly meeting, by Deputy Grand Chancellor I Harry Fields. The session was full of ' interest and several visitors from other lodges were present. Beaver Lodge is in a most prosper ous condition, the reports showing a j gratifying increase in membership and j financial strength. There are now eu ! rolled on the books of the lodge nearly 150 members. Tho officers for the cur j rent term are: Chancellor Commander, Thomas P. j Evans; Vice Chancellor, John Rich ards ; Master at Arms, Harry Trum bower; Prelate, Reuben Boyer; Master ol Work, David Reese; Keeper of Records and Seal, John G. Waite; Master of Finance, Samuel Jackson ; Master of Exchequer, William L. Sid ler; Trustee, J. D. Evans; Inside Guard, Keely Ream ; Outside Guard, j James Wilson. Harry Fields is the ; represeutaive to the Grand Lodge, I which meets this year at Oarbondale. The rank of Knight was conferred j upon an Esquire.after which addresses were made by Manager Bright, of the ' Cuban Giants, who is a member of ! Allegheny Lodge, No. 108, New York ' City,and C. E. Shipe.of Lark in Lodge, l No. 78, Chester, Penna. Responses j were made oil behalf of Beaver Lodge ' by Grand Tribune George W. Miles and Deputy Grand Chancellor Fields. Au Awful Record. Dead 58 Seriously Injured 3,431 What a record for the Glorious Fourth! The above figures tell the horrible side ot the strenuous celebrations throughout the country on Saturday, and the reports indicate that the car nage due to the giant firecracker, the toy pistol and their fellow dealers in death and destruction was greater than in previous years. Last, year the death list throughout the country reached 21,aud the report ed injured 2,172. Tho list is growing larger and more appalling every year, and is it any wonder that the people are protesting against this reckless an useless slaughter? Down in Harrisburg no one has a right to use a pistol on the streets on the Fourth of July, and the police of that city confiscated a hundred weap ons of this sort on Saturday. Patriotism ran amuck for awhile, but the police had their orders, and tliov did their duty. If it was only the fool with the revolver who suffered it would not he half so bad, but in nine cases out of ten it is the innocent citizen that has ro pay for it with a bullet or wad somewhere in bis anatomy, and it is time to call a halt. Advance Detail for Mt. Gretna. The advance detail of Company F, Twelfth Regiment, Third Brigade, N. (J. P., left for the brigade en campment, at Mt. Gretna, this morn ing on the it:l4 Pennsylvania train. (Quartermaster Sergeant ii. W. Gross will be iu command and the others in the detail will be Privates Ralph Gaskius, George Marshall, Abraham L. Childs, B. F. Nevius, John J. Snyder and Darrah Eckman. Quartermaster Sergeant Gross is a veteran on this sort of duty and is considered one of the most efficient in the guard. He is always with the van and among the last to leave when camp is broken. He was the box car guardian last summer when the gal lant Twelfth returned from its long stay in the coal regions. While the rest of tho regiment was on dress parade at Suulmry Sergeant Gross was busy at South Danville getting boxes, bales, barrels and other camp prop erty to the armory. It was all thore, too, when the company got up from Sun bury. Eugene Moyer Remembered. Eugene Moyer, who has been unable to walk since the terrible driving ac cident last winter, in which he sus tained an injury to his spine, receiv ed a very fine token of esteem troui his friends yesteiday in the form of an outdoor self-propelling chair. The chair was procured through John Duster's Sons. It was purchased with funds raised by popular subscrip tions. Eugene has many friends and it required but little effort to realize enough to pay for the chair. There are many others who would have been glad to contribute but it was not nec essary to call upon them. The chair was haudad over to Mr. Moyer about 2 o'clock yesterday after noon. It is one of the most elegant aud modern pieces of mechanism de signed for the use of in\alids known. The chair is of oak, nicely caned and presents a most comfortable aud grace ful appearance. It is of the right shape for the back and body and is fitted with elliptical steel springs. It is pro pelled by crank movement, which can he adjusted on the right or left hand side ot the the chair to suit eith er right or left handed people. It steers very easily and runs without difficulty over uneven surfaces or up ordinary grades at a speed equal to a fast walk. Death of an Infant. The four-tnouths-ohl infant of Mr. and Mrs. George Fox, East Danville, died Sunday morning. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2p. m. In terment iu Odd Fellows' cemetery. GIVEN A TRIAL TUESDAY X. P. LeDuc gave Ms new coal dig ger a trial [Tuesday. Everything altout it was found to work admirably and all that is needed now is to i*«-t I next to a large deposit of liver coal when the machine will soon pay for itself and yield a profit to the owner. The digger, which is the first craft in the form of a steamboat which has navigated the Susquehanna at this point in many years, created quite a sensation as it came steaming down the river and passed under the bridge Tuesday afternoon. The engine, boiler and digging machinery are in stalled on a flat boat fiO feet long and wide and deep in proportion. It is propelled by steam, the paddle wheels, two in number, being at the rear and embracing the eutire width of the flat, which gives the craft an appearance resembling the stern-wheeled steam boats which ply on the Ohio river. It is equipped throughout with the most modern machinery and embraces several very ingenious inventions de vised expressly to facilitate extracting coal from the river. It is an exact counterpart of the coal diggers em ployed on Shamokin creek, which have | a capacity of 50 to 60 tons per day,and which during the miners' strike last summer contributed so largely toward relieving the coal famine. In bringing up the coal from the bottom of the river the suction meth od is employed by the digger, the system of machinery containing a re volving screen, into which the coal falls and where tlie coarse and fineaie separated and stones and the like are thrown out- Near the M-coud pier of rivet bridge yesterday the digger was put to work. There was very little coal on the river bottom at that point but what existed there was very readily pumped up, while the revolving screen showed how effectually it was capable of do ing its work. The operations were watched by a large number of people on the river bridge. The Stricken Pope. The illnoss of Pope Leo has excited the gravest concern among Catholics all over the world. With this ap prehension there will be sincere and general sympathy among members of other religous sects. When a man ill! years of age is over taken by so dangerous and insidious a disease as pneumonia, the chance of his survival seems desperately narrow. The millions of Christians who own the Pontiff as their spiritual head seem justified, therefore, in preparing for the worst. This wonderful old man has rallied from several physical pros trations during tho last few years; but there is a limit to his vitality, phenomenal as it is, and the reports from Home make it plain that the limit has been reached. This prospect will overshadow with sincere sadness tho whole world of Catholicity. Apart from his splendid intellectual attainments, the personal character of Leo XIII has been so pure, so gentle and so benignant that the respect and veneration which Catholics always feel for the spiritual potentate whom they regard as "Christ's vicar on earth," long ago deepened, in his case, into personal affection. On that account his deatli —if it be ordained that he must now die—will plunge his mighty flock in to personal mourning. Hut multitudes outside of the Cath olic pale will watch the reports from Rome with a sorrowful interest. They owe no allegiance to the Pontiff, but they recognize the greatness and the goodness of the man. There are few American non-Catholics,whether they be Protestants, Jews,or agnostics, who fiave not given their ascent to the opinion that Leo takes high rank among the really great men. not only of the past generation, but of the past century. Who can wonder if the profound impression created by the solemn thought that a historic per sonage, who has exerted a tremendous and all-pervasive influence upon Christendom, is slowly passing away, has for tho moment obliterated sec tarian lines and united everywhere men of all religious beliefs and of no religious belief with a tie of reverence and regret? Range Inspected. Fred A. Godcharles of Milton, In spector of Rifle Practice of the Twelfth Regiment, was in this city Tuesday in the performance of his official duty, j Accompanied by George Gross, Range ! Master of Company F, he went over the ground and pronounced things mainly in good shape, conforming with the regulations. The target, especially, he pronounced one of the best in this section. Miss Reinaker's Funeral. Miss Amanda K. Heinaker, whose death occurred Monday,was consigned to the grave in the Reformed cemetery yesterday afternoon. The funeral ser vices were conducted by Rev. George E. Limbert. The pall bearers were: I)r. Jno. Sweisfort, I). R Williams, 1). N. DiefTenbacher and C. C. Hitter. Burned in the Face. George Wallize who resides near Mooreshurg, while attending the Itli of July celebration in Milton was bad ly burned in the face by the discharge of a pistol held near by some person . in the crowd He is beng treated by I Dr. Thompson. KSTAIILISIIKI) r\ is Till; PElllllM 08IIIXJSCES The constitutionality of tin borough ordinances throughout tho -t:*t»•, pro hihiting hawking and p> (Idling on the streets or from door to door by sample or otherwise was sustained by Judg> Auten, of Northumberland county, in an opinion handed down Mondav morning in the Ri arick case N. L. Kearick, tho agent ot the Citizens' Wholesale Supply Company, of Columbus, Ohio, was arrested in Sunbury some time ago by Special Officer Paul Foiulrick at the in-tauc. of the Huninoss Men's Association for selling goods by sample trom door to door without a license. He was given a hearing before Justice < *arj;> nter, who in accordance with the borough ordinance, imposed a fine of and the costs. The defendant's counsel appealed the case to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Penn sylvania, asking to be discharged un der a writ ot habeas corpu- claiming that the ordinance was a violation of the inter-State commerce clause of the constitution of the United State- The application for a discharge wa denied by the District Court and the case referred back to the court of the county. It was argued before Judge Aoteii, H. S. Knight, of Sunbury, represent ing the business men. Monday morn ing Judge Auten handed down his opinion affirming the action of Justice Carpenter in imposing the fine of *"25, which is practically declaring the or dinance to be all right. Judge Auten also refused a new trial in the Hood case. \V. H. Hood, a Snyder county huckster was arrested for selling rabbits in tho Shaiuokin markets out of season. Tho case was tried sometime ago and was decided against Hood who made application for a new trial. Prosecuted for Food Adultration. The vigorous crusade made by l)r Warren, State Dairy and Food Com missioner, against the illegal traffic in oleomargarine during his three months service as Chief of tho Dairy and Food Division of the Department of Agri culture, has caused numerous dealers to take out the proper State licens s in order that they could handle the uncolored oleomargarine without fear of arrest and prosecution. During the months of May and June, 1902, the total receipts at the State Treasury 011 account of oleo license fees, was $4:18.50, as compared with #2413.50, for the same period in 11M>3 which clearly indicates a renewed ac tivity in the direction stated. During the past three months Dr. Warren ordered prosecution against about 200 dealers scattered throughout the various counties of the <'olllllloll wealth, for alleged violations of the several acts of Assembly relating to adulterated Dairy and Food products "Oleomargarine,' the Commissioner stated "has its rights under the laws of Pennsylvania. It has a right to be composed of lard, beef-fat, and cotton seed oil, but it must not be colored artificially in order to make it resem ble in appearance the pure deliciou product of the Jersey cow. The man who sells it over tie counter at retail or wholesale, or serves it 011 the table at the hotel, restaurant or boarding* house, can do so legally and without tear of prosecution, if he secures tin requisite license and fully complies with the act regulating the manufact ure and sale of the substitute lor but ter in Pennsylvania." Agairst Seed Distribution. The protest of the American Seed Merchants' Association, recently in session, illustrate.- the quickness with which flit! government competition will arouse vigorous protest from pri vate interests which may be affected Whether the protest will niaki am difference with the annual distribu tion of seeds produced by the Depart ment of Agriculture remains to hi seen. This free seed distribution lia- 111 the past been the subject of mat h humorous comment, though until r> eentlv it has not been taken very -er iously. It was used mainly to tic-k 1 • the political soil in doubtful congres sional districts in the hope of making it more fruitful in votes, and tie gen erative value of the seed- was not r> garded as a matter of any grit 1111 ]H>rtance. Since, however, the seed are beginning to have more valu> Hid their distribution i- I an en terprise of considerable magnitude it is but natural that the d mereh wit should object. Hy direction ot Congrt the Seen tary of Agriculture has distributed through his depart ment to const it uent - by Congressmen about :!\OOO,OOO pi-k ages of seeds. In addition tothi- fr»» distribution of seed.- the -ecu tai\ lia> established seed testing -tati> lis in which experiment- are eondueied to determine the germinating value «>t seeds that are offered for sale in »r ! ious parts of the country These te-t --, have forced the withdrawal 11• 111 th market of large quantities <>f old and j worthies- seeds New Oots. Twelve new cots otdep-d ter n>e in the county jail trrived stenlay These constitute a mueh need I mi provement at the prison and will n<> doubt be highly appreciated I \ tl <t-» who may be *0 unfortunate as to have use for them JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN furnished with .1 large assortment of job letter and fancy type and job material I generally, the Publisher an nounce- to the public that he is prepared al all times to ex cute in t lie neatest manner JOIi PRINTING Of all Kinds and Description HI-:I.I;ASI:II WM THE I.OtK I P I An obj- tl< »-011 took place iu U>« office of Justi'-. Rare y.-t. rday after noon which shows that a <l> partaro from tl truth 1- n> v. r wi- ami that | IT may bad T< the UM t -mharrasaiug ; eonipln at ion- At the same time a little romance in re»| lif»> e»n»« to the I surface Tie hi ro in the affair wa« the young man l>id in tie ink up who appeared 111 this eity >iuiila\ night driviug a horse which was barely able to travtti for want of -ho> -.and wliu upon l**tug 1 called to account told so many con flicting -tr s that suspicion twi'aujo general that be had not com*- by ti.a horse ami buggy honestly. Cp to ye-terday afternoon no reply had bi en received to the postal card* sent our with reference to th« affair I and it was decided that suspicion would not form a good ground for j holding the mau any longer. H was accordingly taken before : Justice Hare. The man, who still in* sisted that his name was Joseph k Walt neck, is a cripple, undersized in -tature, with bla< k hair and a fac* I covered with a stubble of black tx ard and who s|t«_-aks with a slightly foreign I accent UJKIII being asked It he knew on what ground* lie was being held be i replied that as he understood it, it was becausi he drove hi- bone with out Shoes. The justice then explained to him that he was held on other and a grat er grounds that there was a -uspiciou that he had not come by the horse and buggy honestly—a suspicion which ho was unfortunately responsible for himself by the flagrant untruths he indulged in as to where lie was from, etc. Thi- -ef uied to be a revelation to the poor fellow. 'Yes," he said "I did not tell the truth, but theri wan a reason. The Justice then further explained to him the |>r> dicanieut he was iu aud urged him to make some statement which could be relied ni>on, intimat ing in pretty plain terms that a great deal depended upon his conduct from that time on. "I will tell the truth"he ••aid," but I will not tell where I aui from You see, I have a home. I gave my father all I earned and all was well until 1 fell in love. lam twenty-five year* olfl and I want to get married. My brothers and sisters are against me I want my father to help me, but they scorn me I have earned money and I said 1 will goto another place aud earn more money aud then we will get married. So you -ee I will not tell where I am from. This trouble would be what they would like to hear and they would laugh at the girl." He then took an oath that he had come by the horse and buggy honestly or as lie put it that he had liought them. Hy ttiis time it was clear that the fellow was telling the truth or that he was a very artful deceiver. The Ju»t ice told him that in the abseuce of evidence to the contrary lie would ac cept his story and permit hiui to de part, hut only 011 condition that he would get his horse shod before leav ing town, as lie would be liable to ar rest for cruelty to animals and coold even now be held on that charge. The fellow seemed overjoyed at getting off so easily and accompanied by Chief Muicenioyer left the office at once for the livery stable to try to effect a set tl in nt with Mr. Hunter. Coal Digger in lAep Water. .\. P. Li Due having ascertained by experiment that bis eoal digger wn in good work ing order yesterday luoru nig started out for the purpose of find ing coal. About 10 o'clock the odd looking craft went -teaming down over the "ripples" in line style bound for deep water. Iu the vicinity of the "bend" or probably between that jtoint ami Chulaski-y Mr. LeDuc ex pects to find heavy deposits of river coal. The digger is of a kind adapted a* well t" deep a- to shallow water ami the various deposits of coal heretofore out of reach of un u with row txiau will this year undoubtedly l*» scooped up and placed on the market. Consult rahle prospecting may tie re quired to find the coal, which at place* may be conceal* d beneath mud. I'M der th act on of high water and the movement of ice the dejiositM, too, frequently change their |>ositioii A good-si/ed Ik I id eoal above th* bridge near the South Danville shore which was known to exist last fall i* said now to have entirely disappeared The coal li - somewhere, however, ami it 1- -af» to say that Mr LeDuc will find it. Williauixport Took the Series. Williamsport won • very game of a seri* >of three with the Pena Park team, of York, played at W lltiaiu*- ] ort. The score- were : _ Mondav Williamsport \ Peim Park l ; Tuesday Willianisport S. P« ua Park* - .; Wednesday Williamsport li, Penn Park :i Quite a number of pe«> pie from this <-ity • xpected to witne** the'giutie \ sferday ifternoon,but were iinabl* to get away Penn Park is a strong team and cam-t il. d games at Harrisburg to play this series in tlie Luml«or*< 'it \ Electric Lisjht Instated. K|e< tr 1 light vest' rday was install ed HI the freight boost of THTT Penu -vlvania railroad at South i>anvill«»f Two light- were placed in the build ing and two on the platform outside
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