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CONDENSED \I:WS.
Bloomsburg fair week,
limiting season opens Saturday.
Too 1 mves are covering the ground
plentifully now.
Early risers eat their breakfasts by
caudle light now.
Chicken thieves are at work on East
Mahoning street.
One set of boilers at the Water
Works is being repainted.
Take notice that the Indian summer
s putting on its red and yellow paint.
Take the trolley to Bloomsburg fair.
You will enjoy the ride.
It these are the melancholy days,let
joy be uuconfined.
The weather man promises some
thing good for the immediate future.
Run interfered with all work on
he new bridge piers yesterday.
Peaches aro Incoming smaller and
will soon disappear.
Making cider and boiling apple but
ter is quite a business at present.
The Martin grocery has a fine new
delivery wagon on the slreets.
Hallow E'en parties are being ar
ranged.
Cold weather is coming alone HJ if
it meant business. Rut don't forget
that with the coining of the coal man
the ice man goes
Pennsylvania is one of the most pro
sjieious States in the Union, as set
forth at the session of the Pennsyl
vania Bankers' Association.
It. is reported that the Pomona
Grange will sue West Chester as a
polluter of streams from which farm
ers' cows must drink.
Harry E. Johns has accepted a posi
ticn with the Danville aud Blooms
burg Trolley Company as engineer at
the power house at Grovania.
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in this county and adjoining territor
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with Expenses advanced each Mon
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now an anthracite coal magnate. He
is one of the principal stockholders of
the Buffalo Coal Company which re
cently bought the Natalie colliery,
near Mt. Carmel.
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Tlils is the season of the year when
squirrels and other wise animals pre
pare for the cold months to come. As
many prognostications are based on
the hahita of the denizens of the for
ests, predictions covering the kind of
weather for the coming winter will
soon be on tap.
Charles M. Leslier, of Point town
ship Northumberland county, is not
only a successful all around farmer,
but be is noted as an apple producer.
The yield from his apple orchard this
year is 4000 bushels.
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VOL. 49--NO 41.
ORDINANCE
WAS-MB
I The ordinance providing for the un
do igr t le crossing at the Philadelphia
1 & Reading tracks at A street was
pas-ed oil iiiree readings and finally
at the ir meeting of Council Fri
day siii I much other business of iu
' terest was transacted during a lengthy
session.
Iu the absence of President Davis,
Mr. Vastine was made President pro
tem. The following members answer
ed roll call: Messrs. Vastine, Reif
suyder.Boyer, Fenstermacher, Swank,
Goeser, Dietrich, D. Gibson, Lloyd
and J. Gibson. The minutes of the
last regular and two special meetings
were approved as read by Cleik Pat
ton.
Borough Engiueer George F. Reef
er gave an estimate of the cost of
work done to date by Contractor I). J.
Rogers as $14,2154, with a balanco of
$6,292 due Mr. Rogers.
A petition of the Philadelphia &
Reading railroad company signed by
Division Supeiiutendeuc. Turk and ;
praying the privilege of closing a part
of Cross street and provision for the
A street undergrade crossing, the rail
road to waive all claims that might
otherwise arise was accepted and
placed on file.
Treasurer Harry Ellenbogen reported
a balance on baud of $11,'.'98.84.
A resolution was passed authorizing
the Burgess to enter into an agreement
with the railroad and trolley people in
the A street crossing matter,relieving
the Borough from all damage.
Mr. Reifsnyder reported that he ex
pects the new bonds to arrive iu a few
days. He secured the permission of
Council to fill in at the canal on Ferry >
street, having completed work on j
Church street.
A motion of Mr. Goeser to have all
pavements on Mill streit put at the
proper grade as quickly as possible
was passed.
Mr. Fenstermacher reported progress
on the wall at the Water Works.
Mr. Swank reported for the Ordin
ance Committee and the ordinance
granting the closing of a pait of Cross
street and the extenison of A street j
under the Philadelphia & Reading
tracks, the Danville and Bloomsburg I
Street Railway Company to bear all
expenses of the extenison and ro dam- |
ages to fall on the Borough, was read, j
The ordinance passed on first reading, j
also on second and third readings af
ter the rules were suspended and was
passed finally on motion of Mr. Boyer,
seconded by Mr. Fenstermacher The
agreement of the Burgess aud the trol
ley people was read before the ordin
ance was passed.
It was decided to change the cellar
dutrance to the Schram plumbing shop
in the City Hall building from Mill
street to the south side of the build
ing, near the canal.
The following bills were approved
for payment.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Regular Employes $137.00
Cleaning Boilers 67.78
Labor on Retaining Wall 28.88
Philadelphia St Reading freight 48.25
P. & R. Coal and Iron Co., Coal 100.36
Frankiln Boyer, Hauling 12.07
Frank Schraru, Plumbing 1.00
John Keim, Brick 17 00
D. C. Williams, Roof Repairs 7.55
A. M. Peters. Ice ... 4.41
H. Rtipp, Repairs .... 2.0(1;
United Telephone Co. . 0.00
Standard Gas Co 8.00
Joseph Lechuer, Supplies 5.52
H. R. Moore, Hardware ... 10.30
Boyer Brothers, Cementing 6.90
Harry Patton 20.00
BOROUGH I)K PART MR NT.
i Regular Employes $ 82.50
Standard Electric Light Co 456.22
United Telephone Co .. 6.50
Standard Gas Co 2.20
United Telephone Co 18.00
Frank Schr.»tn, Plumbing 8.17
Joseph Lechuer, Supplies 12 13
Pettibone Bros, Mfg. Co 1.80
John Keim, Brick . 60.10
J. H. Kase, Sewer Pipe 17.28
Street Labor and Hauling . 199.98
H. R. Moore, Hardware 61)
Goo. F. Keefer, Engineer.. .. 82.00
Hiss (iearhart Weds.
The departure to St. Louis yester
day of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Eckman,
on their wedding tour, brought to
light a marriage that comes as a sur
prise to the friends of the groom aud
bride, respectively Melvin Eckiuau, a
well known farmer of Klinesgrove,
and Miss Alice Gearhart,of South Dan
ville. The wedding occurred last Sat
urday evening at the Mahoning Pres
byterian manse, where the Rev. .T. E.
Hutchison performed the ceremony.
The bride is a daughter of the late j
Perry Gearhart and a sister of Major
Gearhart. She was for some years a
popular and efficieit teacher in tho
South Danville aud Riverside schools.
Mr. an I Mrs. Eckman, on returning
from St. Louis, will reside pt Klines
grove.
The Big Foot Ball Games.
The big foot hall games were close
ly coutested yesterday and the scores,
which follow, are nearly all low :
Pennsylvania, 21 ; Gettysburg, 0.
Columbia, 12; Sm artbrnore.O. Harvard,
II ; Bates, 0 Princeton, 5; Lafayette,
0. Yale,6; Springfield Y. M C. A., 0.
Funeral of Ethel Hostelley.
The funeral of Miss Ethel Hosteily,
who died iu Suubury on Tuesday and
whose remains were brought, to Dan
vi I In. will take plane from St. Hull
ert'H Catholic churoh this morniug at
9 o'clock.
AN l WILL
! COME NEXT WEEK
The ontlook for the completion ot
the municipal electric light plant at
j an early date Incomes more encourag
' inj; when if is understood that imxt
week will >ee the beginning of work
on the foundations of the engine and
dynamo,which will be installed iu tho
Water Works hnilding
Word has been received that an ex
pert from Watertown, N. Y., will ar
rive here about next Monday to begin
operations, looking after the mech
anical end of tho job to insure the
placing'.of bolts and templets in their
proper positions. The templets already
have been put tog. ther at the Water
Works. The foundations can be con
structed in a few days, but it will be
necessary to let the masonry set some
time before the machinery is to be
placed on it. However, even allowing
for this there is still a chance of finish
ing at nearly the time desired if noth
ing unforseen occurs to delay the pro
gress of the work. It was originally
intended to have the plant ready to
operate, if at all possible, by Novem
ber 1, when the present light contract
expires. .
Tho installation of the light plant
will eventually make considerable
change iu the Water Works anil also
bring about an improvement, for the
iron plates now in the room where the
electrical machinery will be installed
will have to be taken up and replaced
with a coucreie and cement pavement,
which will correspond with the floor
in the other ( art of the building. The
hole for the foun lations of the light
plant engine and dynamo has been
ready for some time. While the ex
pert from Watertown is still in Dan
ville the engine is expected to arrive
and likewise the dynamo, which comes
from Philadelphia. Then they proba
bly will be placed on the bod of mas
onry and set up ready to operate be
fore the expert leaves.
B. (j. Welch in Town
Benjamin G. Welch of Hughesville,
a former well known resident of Dan
ville, is speuding a few days in this
city. Mr. Welch left Danville in JBBI
after having resided here twenty years.
When in this city Mr. Welch was
actively interested in the Hough and
Ready Iron Works. For a number of
years he was a resident of Riverside
and took a great iuteres" in the wel
fare of that Borough.
Shortly after moving to Hughesville
Mr. Welch became prominent in the
bnildim* of th« Williamsnort North
Branch railway, which connects with
the Philadelphia & Reading railway at
Halls Station.
Tho great development of Eagles
mere as a summer resort can also bo
attributed in a large measure t«> Mr.
Welch's enterprise*. He built the
Eaglesmere railway, a narrow guage
read, running from Sonestown over a
heavy grade to Eaglesmere.
Through his efforts a branch of the
Chautauqua Circle was established at
Eaglesmere artd it has steadily grown
in favor since its introduction seven
years ago. In 15*00 Mr. Welch formed
a corporation known as the Eaglesmere
Light Company of which he is the
present general manager and treasurer.
firs. Patterson Passes Away.
Word was received in Danville yes
ti rday of the (hath at Philadelphia of
Mrs. Theodore F. Patterson, a former
resident of this city. Although she
had been ill about a year,the eud came
unexpectedly Tuesday evening. When
in Danville Mrs. Patterson made many
friends who will with sorrow learn of
tier demise.
Tho Patterson family removed to
Danville in the Fall of 1896,whcn Mr.
Patterson became superintendent of
tlit; Reading Iron Works. Mrs. Patter
son was a member of Christ Episcopal
church here and took an activo part in
church work. During their residence
in Danville Mr. Patterson was a vestry
man of Christ church. The family
lived here for about six years, moving
to Philadelphia iu the fall of 1902.
Mrs. Patterson is survived by her
husband, two sons, George and Dun
can, and one daughter, Abigail.
Former Danville Boy Promoted
R. H. Curtis,who about seven years
| ago went from Danville to Mt. Carmel
to work for the Prudential Insurance
Company, was so successful at Mt.
Carmel that he lias beou transferred to
Flint,Mich.,to become superintendent
of a new district created by the Pru
dential Company.
Mr. Curtis has been ranking con
tinuously for the past several years up
with the leaders, fourth place out of
12(H) assistant superintendents in the
United Slates, having been held for
some time. His agents, too, have held
Ist, 2nd and 4th position out of 12000
agents at various times. It has been a
marvelous record of able management.
Whil" in Mt. Carmel Mr. Curtis wort
a high place in the esteem of the peo
ple there and they regret his depart
ure. His Danville friends wi.l be glad
to hear of his advancement.
School Will Hold Festival.
I The Riverside Grammar School will
hold a festival on Saturday evening
on the school grounds Refreshments,
consisting of icecream, cake, candies,
etc., will be served by the pupils The
proceeds are to bf used to hoip pay lor
"The New Charnb» rs Encyclopaedia'
recently purchased by the school.
Come everybody and help a worthy
cause along
DANILLE. PA.. THURSDAY OCTOHKI! 13,1001.
A FORCIBLE REPLY 10
IIRUESDALE LEM
RESPONSE OF PRESIDENT GOESER, OF BOARD
OF TRADE, WAS MAILED TUESDAY AND LAST
NIGHT DIRECTORS ENDORSED COMMIT
TEE'S ACTION.
UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR SAFE AND SAKE FOLIC!.
Tho Board of Directors of the Board
of Trade met last night and took ac
tion ou a matter of vital interest to
every citizen who is interested in Dan
ville's welfare. Mesrss. Goeser, Cole,
Pursel, Ellenbogen, Watson, Foster,
Doctor, Reifsnyder and Special Com
mitteeman Prico were at the meeting.
The Directors wero to have met
Tuesday evening, but owing to prev
ious engagements of several of them
to attend meetings of importance Presi
dent Goeser could not get a quorum
until last night, when they voted to a
man for a policy that is perfectly safe
aud sane,progressive and public spirit
ed.
The Directors unanimously endorsed
the action of the Committee that on
Tuesday mailed to President Trues
dale, of the D. L. W., the reply of
President Goeser ot the Board of Trade
to a letter of, President Truesdale, in
which the latter replies to the letter
of the Boaril of Trade and a resolution
adopted at a meeting of the Board of
Trade and Danville citizens held on
Wednesday evening, September 28th,
tho resolution, as is well known, em
phatically declaring iu favor of a grade
crossing, which everyouo here is con
vinced is an imperative necessity.
The letter of President Truesdale to
Mr. Goeser is as follows:
October 3, 1904.
Mr. John H. Goeser,
President, Board of Trade,
Danville, Pa.
My Dear Sir:
This will acknowledge receipt of
your letter of the 29th ultimo, inclos
ing copy of resolutions passed by your
board disapproving the action of this
company in opposing the attempted
grade crossing of our main track in
Mill street, your city, by the electric
line which is now constructing its
railway between Danville and Blooms
burg ; also calling upon this company
to withdraw opposition theieto and
permit said crossing of our main track
to be made at grade as the trolley peo- i
' From advices received from our peo
ple ou the ground, as well as copies of j
newspaper articles which have been
sent me, I have observed with much
regret that great feeling has been
aroused atnoug the people of Dauville
over our attitude in this matter, that
we are being strongly criticisad and
denounced by them therefor and that
our motives for so doing are beiug
questioned and impugned, it being
claimed that our attitude in this mat
ter is chiefly due to our opposition to
the building of this electric line for
the reason that it will probably reduce
our passenger basiuoss aud revenues. 1
desire to assure you that this feature
of the matter has not affected our ac- |
tion in the least. It is not the p licy
of this company to oppose the con
struction of electric railway lines be
cause of the competition of those lines
with it. We recognize that electric
railway lines such as the one in ques
tion are deemed essential to the pub
lic interests under modern conditions
all over this country and tint to op
pose their construction because of their
effect ou the business of steam rail
ways is the sheerest folly. This com
pany is, however, opposed to grade
crossings of its line by electric railway
lines audit policy is and will continue
to be to oppose such crossings in every
legal way possible aud we shall only
consent to their being putin after the
courts of last resort iu the various
States through which our line runs de
cide that we must permit same. We
have several reasons for our action iu
adopting and following this policy.
They are in all cases, at all times and
iu all locations very dangerous and
there has no method yet been discover
ed by which they can be made safe.
They are a source of great danger and
a constant menace to tin- lives of our
employees and our passengers aud are,
so to the employes of aud passengers
handled by the eleotrio companies aud
in our opposition to their installation
we feel that we are serving the owners
of the street railway companies and
the traveling public using their lines
even more than we are ourselves. Our
views in this matter are confirmed by
the experience we have had at differ
ent points on our lint* during tho last
year aud a half.
Within that time,in Newark, a trol
ley car crowded with children ou their
way to school got beyond control of
the men operating it and ran through
the crossing gates in front of one of
our suburban trains and was struck by
same and a large number of the chil
dren on the car were killed and many
others Injured; also the engineer of
our engine which struck the car was
ludly injured aud will be a cripple for
life.Our company was held blameless
iu this accident and the street railway
people were called upon to pay all
damages growing out ot it Their presi
dent, within the last two weeks, told
me that this acoidont had cost his
company over a quarter of a million
dollars At the time the street rail
way company built its line over our
track we objected and the matter was
taken into court and was contested all
through the courts of New Jersey but
notwithstanding our opposition the
court of last resort in that State per
mitted its construction. I'his grade
'crossing could have been avoided at an
i exp use to the street railway company
lof not to exceed 5 per cent, of what
I they paid as damages in this one a -
cideut.
Another case: About a year iu i, up
on our Bangor and Portland line, iu
i your State, after considerable i r ssure
lit id been put upon us by prominent
\ p'ople interested in an electric rail
way, we peimitteel a grade crossing of
l the main track of that line at a sta-
I tion. This crossing was put in.the
cle tri- company agreeing to equip it
i v\ith all the known appliances to pro-
I tfict it, but nevertheless within three
months after the grade crossing was
putin a car of the electric company
got. ution our maiii track, lost its pow
er and was run into by one of our
trains. This company was not to blame
and the trolley company hail to pav
damages, which I am told aggregated
enough to have paid substantially >«11
the expense that it. would have been
put to to build a bridge over our track
and avoided the grade crossing.
It is a fact beyond question that an
electric railway crossing of a steam
railroad at grade cannot bo made safe
and proof of this fact can be secured
almost any <Uy from the columns of
the newspapers. For some months
tliore has been much discussion in the
newspapers on the largo increase in
this country in tho number of people
killed and injured on and about the
railroads of this country. I inclose one
that I cut from the New York Herald
of yesterday which seems to have em
anated from the office of the Interstate
Commerce Commission at Washington,
if you will read it you will see that
the managers of the railroads of the
couutry ate being held responsible.tor
one reason or another, lor this show
ing, and they aro being called upon to
expend large sums of moiiev to better
provide against accidents and the loss
of lile ami personal injury resulting
therefrom. To my mind, there is no
question but what, to a considerable
extent, the showing made of increases
in casualties as a result of raihoad ac
cidents is duo to the number of trol
ley lines which have been permitted
to cross the tracks of the steam rail
road companies of tho couutry at
grade.
1 lei 1 that instead of officials of rail
ways being d-'uouueed and iu some cas
es abusr d for opposing these death traps
which tiio trolley companies are try
ing to install at grade crossings over
steam railwavs they should be upheld
aud comuiendt d for the efforts they
are making, as in the case in point,
that they require trolley companies in
building their litres in all cases to put
them above or below the steam rail
way tracks and thus avoid all future
chances for loss of life and injury
As I atn advised by our people, while
it is a fact as your hoard of trade
claims in its resolutions it would not
IWiffKWttJh'ilß 'm'-'.UW f v,mt fill n XT/,i
street, it can be done very readily
either in tho hlley located between
Mill and Ferry streets or on Fer
ry street and this with compara
tively little expense to the street rail
way'line and ou grades that ate per
fectly feasible to operate trolley cars
over.
In view of tho interest taken by the
citi/.i ns ot Danville in this matter and
of the co-operation they gave the elec
tric railway people iu tho efforts the
latter made to illegally force a cross
ing of our track at Mill street week
before last, I think it is due this com
pany that the same publicity bo given
this communication to you as has been
given the trolley people and your citi
zens who aided them in stating their
position and purpose v. ith respect to
the crossing they attempted to forcibly
instill and I will thank you therefore
if you will have this communication
published in the columns of your pap
ers.
I would like in closing, to call es
pecial attention to the fact that all ac
tion taken by this company in this
matter has boeu merely to protect what
our attorneys have advised are our
legal rights in the premises and this
in an orderly manner, while the elec
tric railway people and their friends
in Danville undertook to do that ,vhich
they had no legal right to do in a man
ner that, I am informed, renders them
liable under tho criminal statutes of
the State of Pennsylvania.
Uuiler these circumstances I think
we, rather than tho electric railway
company, should have the support of
the good, law abiding citizens of your
city. Yours very truly,
W. H. Truesdale, president.
Mr. Goest r's response, as President
of tho Board of Trade, to President
Truesdale is here subjoined:
Danville, Pa., Oct. 6th, 1904.
Hon W. H. Truesdale,
President 1). L. & W. It It. Co.,
New York, N. Y.
Dear Sir;
I have yours of the 3rd iusf. relating
to Mill street cro-siua and thank you
for your full statement of objections
to tiie consideration of our resolution.
I shall lay the leply before the Board
at the next meeting and the publicity
asked for will then be given in con
nection with the proceedings.
I regret that you do not see your
way clear to grant the request. Nor
will I undertake to dispute the gener
al i roposition of what should be the
correct railway p licy of your com
pany. If not otleusive, it might seem
in bad taste for trie to assume to dic
tate. Grade crossings are assumed to be
dangerous.both to the railway and the
public. The illustrations of the ac
cident-. at Oiauge aud Newark, how
i ever.prove no more than that an over
head crossing would have eliminated
those partionalr accidents. The avoid
ance of these might save the railway
I Company and with this your duty
might seem to eud. But to how many
more dangers and how mauy more ac
cident? would the traveling public
have been subjected by an overhead
I crossing at these points? Ihe grade
crossing accidents may be duplicated
In- overln a 1 accidents, both ou steam
ti i lei tne roads. The public which
is most deeply interested is protected
from death on the grade crossing to
have Hie risk of death many times
: II ii 11 plied liy :ii overhead crossing.
Fhe :tppli nice* for stopping a car at
I grade caunot bo claimed to bo more
effective in stopping it on an incline
j and subjec ing those within the ear
an I those at either end of the incline
to injury and death. In the balancing
of risks tho public finds that you will
subject it to a greater number by in
sisting on in overhead crossing. If it.
IContinued <>n Fourth Page.]
PERSONAL
! PARAGRAPHS
Harry Morgan of Shatftokin, former
ly Superintendent of the United Tele
| phone lines in this city spent Sunday
calling on lriends in this city.
Miss Katharine Franciscus of Lewls
j town, arrived in Dauville on Saturday
; for a visit at the home of Miss Katha
j rine McCormick, Wost Market street.
Joseph Schain of Berwck,spent Sun
| day at the Lowenstoin home, West
Market street.
F. L. Kramer of Holmesburg, Pa.,
i spent Sunday with relatives in Dan
' ville.
Mrs. John G. Waite and daughter
spent Sunday with friends in Will
iamsport.
George G. Steiubrenuer of Wilkes
barre, spent Sunday at the Steinbren
ner home, East Front street.
W. Frank Toland and wife spemt
Sunday with friends in Wilkesbarre.
Mrs. M. L. Moatz and daughter,
Miss Marion of Akrou, Ohio, Mrs. D.
W. Crouse of Philadelphia, and Miss
Amanda Wittemyer of Middleburg,
Pa., are guests of Mrs. I. G. Barber,
Ferry street. Miss Marion Moatz is
employed on the local news staff of
the "Akron Times—Democrat. "
Mrs. Alexander Campbell of Brook
lyn, arrived yesterday for a visit at
the homo of Dr. S. Y. Thompson.
Couucilamn Amos Vastine made a
business trip to Suubury yesterday.
Horace Sidler of Valley township,
speut yesterday iu this city.
Mrs. Albert Smith of Wyoming, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Heury Kerns,
Mill street.
Jacob Lechuer of Williamsport, trans
acted business at the Court House yes
terday.
W. R. Clark, Pennsylvania station
agent at South Dauville, was in Will
iamsport yesterday.
Capt. .Joseph H. Johnson and wife
aud Charles E. Hauver and wite left
this morning for a visit with friends
in Bloomsburg.
Jonathan Rudy of Mahoning town
ship, made a business trip to town
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Wesley Gardner and son of
Scranton, arrived iu Danville yester
day for a visit at the home of Mrs.
Perry Deen, East Market street.
John Eisenhart, the butcher, yester
day wont to Harrisburg to attteuel the
institution of a new temple of Mystic
Shriners.
short " visit* Tiere""yoßter(tay leff 'ro?
Scranton.
McClcllan Deihl.of Washingtouville
yesterday transacted business at tho
Court House.
Mrs. Joeauu Neece.of Williamsport,
yesterday arrived in this city to visit
her daughter, Mrs. J. Y. Chidester,
Church street.
R. V. B. Lincoln, of Denver, Colo.,
is visiting his brother-in-law, Rev. S.
B. Evans. West Market street.
O. P. Rockefeller and John Haupt
of Sunbu'-y, spent yesterday iu this
city.
Miss Myrtle Suyder spent yesterday
with friends in Bloomsburg.
M. G. Watts, in charge of tho con
struction worn of tho municipal light
plant, spent yesterday in Bloomsburg.
Harry Leopold of Milton, was a vis
itor iu this city yesterday.
W. H. Curtis of Wilkesbarre, trans
acted business in Danville yesterday.
William Leiby of Northumberland,
spent yesterday in Danville.
Harry Eveland is visiting triends in
Willianispoit.
Arthur Hoddens was in Bloomsburg
yesterday.
Bank Inspector F. E. Patterson of
Wilkesbarre, was in Danville yester
day.
It. H. Savage of Suubury, was iu
Danville yesterday.
Miss Agnes Curry of Mooresburg,
was a visitor in this city yesterday.
Hlooni Councilmen's Visit
Ou Saturday evening W. F. Pasooo,
General Superintendent of tho Stand
ard Construction Company entertain
ed a number of Bloomsburg's Town
officials and others in this city.
A special trolley car leaving Blooms
burg at 8 o'clock brought the party to
Dauville and while in this city the
company partook of an elaborate col
lation served by Dan M. Heddons.
The special started oil tho return
trip about 11:30, arriving at the Fish
ing Creek bridge at midnight where
the party was transferred to the Mon
tour and Columbia line.
In the party were: C. H. Reimard,
Harry Rhodes, Charles Gulp and Josiah
(tiger ot the Bloomsburg Council;
John Lewis,town treasurer; John Con
way, manager of tho Bell Telephone
Company; Hon. Grant Herring and
Jacob E. Keefer. Ou the return trip
Councilman George Reifsnyder, F.
O. Anglo, Harry Patton and Tlieo.
Angle accompanied the party
Looking for Appropriation.
School Treasurer M. 11. Schram is
looking for tho coming of tho State
appropriation for the Danville school
district at any time now. Last year
tho money was not teccived until in
December, but this is about the time
when it should reach here.
The amount that the city will get is I
fairly substantial and helps greatly i-i
' paving the expenses of the school. The
i appropriation is something like $7,100
ESTABLISHED IX 1855
PUPILS MAI' til
TOTIIE FAIR
The School Board Mouday eve met
in regular session, the following mem
bers answering roll call: Messrs.
Trumbower, Fischer, l'ursel, Haririg.
Burns, Adams, Greene, Werkheiser,
Orth,Secretary and Dr. Harpel, Presi
dent.
The session was a short one,all busi
ness being handled with dispatch.
Following the approval of the min
utes of last meeting. Mr. Adams.of the
Finance Committee, offered the report
of Treasurer M H. Schram, showing
a balance of ft'.,630.62. The report was
accepted and tiled. Mr. Adams was
authorized to destroy bond coupons
that had been paid and burned them
in the sight of the Boaid.
Mr. Orth reported that the Supply
Committee had decided not to pur
chase maps that were being considered
and the report was accepted. Mr.
Greene told of minor repairs being
made at the Fourth Ward building.
Permission was granted Mr. Adams to
procure a list of supplies needed for
the First Ward building.
Truant Officer William E. Young re
ported 95 cases of sickness, 18 truants,
20 notices served aud 14 vaccinations.
His repoit was accepted.
Mr. Fischer presented a request for
a day off for the children of the schools
to attend the Bloomsburg fair aud Mr.
Pursel torued in a petition having the
same object in view. After a little de
bating Thursday was chosen as the
day aud permission tor :he schools to
close then was given.
A motion of Mr. Greene carried
grauting the Mahoning Presbyterian
church the right to drive over the
school lot on Saturdays to get coal in
to the church cellar.
Superintendent U. L. Gordy's report
was accepted,showing 1197 pupils reg
istered in the Borough, 137 in High
School, 96 the per cent, of attendance,
248 cases of tardiness. 69 of sickness,
40 visits of the Superintendent to
teachers, 6 grade meetings, a general
meeting and 2 music grades. Tho
Superintendent further reported good
results from the new system of drill
ing the substitute teachers in the re
gular schools. He said he had shipped
away about 300 old books that will
bring 10 cents each. His action was
approved.
The followiug bills were ordered
paid:
Danville Stove Co { 4.93
Standard Gas Co 85
P. C. Murray & Son 12.60
oo 1.85
Roberts & Meek 9.50
Joseph Lechner 51.99
George H. Smith 9.00
Tourists Out in Force
Notwithstanding the fact that the
weather Sunday was not of the ideal
autumn kind,the Danville people turn
ed out in extremely large numbers to
take advantage of the first Sunday to
ride ou the trolley oars.
During tho whole day and until late
iu the evening Bloom street was
crowded with people, many of whom
came to ride, others beiug there ouly
to view tho novel sight of the trolley
in Dauville. Four cars were iu com
mission all day aud were crowded on
every trip, and a great many who
would have liked to ride were unable
to do so on account of the lack of room.
It is estimated that during the day,
at least eighteen hundred people made
the return trip from hero to Fishing
Creek. Ou one car the fares that were
mug up were especially noted, there
beiug 336. On the same car the collec
tion of fares from Grovauia to Dan
ville amounted to 122.
Heroes of the Gridiron
Columbia county on Saturday had
numerous foot ball accidents. Iu a
game between the Berwick Y. M. C.
A. Reserves and tho Catawiasa team,
at Catawissa, Charles Gee had his
nose broken and Oscar Boyles iu a
scrimmage was kicked iu the head. At
first Boyles did not seem badly hurt,
but a little later ho had to be remov
ed to a hotel aud worked with for two
hours by physiciaus, having become
delirious. Yesterday he was a little
better. A boy Lewis, of Ber
wick,came out of the game with a rib
badly bruised.
At Berwick the High School and
Hudson teams played and in making a
tackle Robert Warner fractured his
collar bone.
Office Removed.
The offices of the Danville & Blooms
burg Trolley company were moved yes
terday to Grovania, where rooms will
be occupied in the store building be
longing to C. D. Garrison.
This change was made necessary by
the inconvenient location of the offices
on Mill street. In their new rooms
the office force will be located at the
middle of the line and in close prox
imity to the power house and car
barn.
Tied Up By the Storm.
Yesterday's storm caused a suspen
sion ol' work on all of the public im
provements, paving,building the Wat
er Works wall, stringing the wires on
the borough light poles aud the
bridge operations.
The ferry bad its troubles too. The
boat carrying the bus and passengers
from the 5 :50 Pennsylvania train got
stranded on the platform on the South
side and was considerably delayed be- I
fore the ferryman could work it loose. ,
JOB PRINTING
The office of the AMERICAN
being furnished with a large
assortment of job letter and
fancy type and job material
generally, the Publisher an
nounces to the public that he
is prepared at all times to ex
cute in the neatest manner
JOB PRINTING
Ofall Kinds and Description
ANNIVERSARY
umi. c i.
The anniversary of the Danville Y.
M. C. A. will be celebrated on Sunday
and special services that will be of a
very interesting nature will be held
in two churches. The attendance pro
mises to be large, most of the oliurches
of the city having given up their even
ing services for this day to allow all
their members who desire to do so to
attend the anniversary services.
The public is cordially invited to
attend one or the other of the Anniv
ersary Meeting- of the Y. M. 0. A.,
to be held simultaneously in St. Paul's
M. E. and the Mahoning Presbyterian
churches, Sunday eveuing at 7:30
o'clock. The addresses will all be
made by local pastors, and Bhort re
ports of the work will be given inter
spersed with special sinking. The
moetings iu both churches will be
brief. A collection will be taken, but
no special effort will be made to raise
funds.
W agon Struck on Railroad.
John Patton, driving a local express
wagon on Saturday afternoon, had a
startling experitnce on the railroad
and he and two children who were rid
ing with him had narrow escapes from
sustaining injuries of a serious or even
fatal nature.
The mishap occurred near the Dan
ville Structural Tubing plant at the
time Mr. Patton was hauling test
weights away from the weigh scales
set up at Bloom and Ferry streets,
where the test weights had just been
used. He was driving across the Phil
adelphia & Reading railroad tracks
where switching was being done, hav
ing been signalled togo ahead. But
before his wagon got clear of the
tracks a car shot down on him, having
beeu shunted rapidly along.
Ttie car struck the rear of the wag
on, breaking a wheel, but not demol
ishing ttie vehicle. When the collision
occurred Clyde Patton and John Aten,
boys who were in the wagon, jumped
aud a little later Mr. Patton jumped
as the wagon threatened to overturn.
All of them escaped being hurt, as did
the team.which had cleared the track.
Succeeding in Canada.
C. 0. Miller of this city received an
interesting letter from a former
towusman, Lawrence Butler, a heater
who for years was connected with the
leading iron aud steel industries of
this city and who now has accepted a
position as superintendent of the heat
ing department iu the large steel
The letter states that William Craig,
formerly connected with the Nortli
Braucli Steel Works holds the position
of assistant superintendent and mill
manager aud is operating the plant
very successfully. Theodore Ridgway,
a former Danville boy, is head roller
on one turn aud Edward Books, son of
C. S. Books of this city has charge of
the roll turning department under Mr.
Craig. Mr. Butler states that the larg
est day's output since his connection
with the plaut has been seven hunderd
tons of finished rails, eighty pounds
to the yard.
The ouly objectionable featuro to
his new home is the cold weather as
on October 2nd the snow had fallen to
a depth of 18 inches and was still
snowing and all transportation by rail
aud boat was blocked. People who are
compelled lo be outside have to wear
what are called oskimo suits. The
Danville boys are all well aud prosper
ity
Annual Reunion of the Sabre Reg
iment.
The 27th annual reunion of the
Seventh Penna. Veterans Volunteer
Cavalry will be held at Milton, Pa.,
October 25th and 26th, 1904. Major
General James H. Wilson, Commander
of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of
the Cumberland, aud Gen. Joseph
Wheeler, who commanded the Confed
erate Cavalry, have both promised to
be at this re-union. The following is
a copy of a letter received from Oen.
Wilson.
April 4, 1904.
Henry D. Loveland, Esq.,
Antes Fort, Pa.
My dear Sirßeplyiug to your let
ter of March 28th I beg to say I shall
be very glad indeed to attend the next
reunion of the 27th Peunsyvlauia Cav
arly at Milton, Pa. I hope you will
give me a few weeks' notice aud tell
me how to get from here to the place
of meeting.
I hold the memory of that regiment
iu most vivid recollection. It was cer
tainly one of the best regiments in the
U. S. Army. The memory of its glor
ious deeds should bo cherished by ev
ery patriotic Peuusylvaniau.
With kiudest regards believe me,
Yours siucerely,
James H. Wilson.
11. D. Loveland, President,
F. R. Hutohiusou,
Treas. aud Sec.,
1 (?92 Weily Ave., Pittsburg. Pa
Still Doing Grading.
County Commissioner Charles Cook,
who was in from Valley township yes
terday, reports the work on the state
road going slowly ahead. The grading
is still under way aud no macadamiz
ing has yet been started.
had Stroke of Paralysis.
Joseph H Kase, of Rushtown, a
brother of J. Hudson Ease, of South
Danville, on Sunday suffered a slight
stroke of paralysis. Yesterday lie was
reported as being on the road to re
covery.