Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, October 13, 1904, Image 1
Home Paper —For the Heme I lit- circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR UK. IKY INC. 11.1 KNNINCSS, J) A'A 71S T. Office Ilourt 9A. M.to 11 J/ MM St > I M.to i /'. M Ihinrille, I'u SUM,!/., M. 425 Mii.i. ST., S'ANVII.II:, PA. i)iseases of Ihe Stonmeli mid Inlesiinps r. Specialty |yr. w p. A %M.K. DENTIST OfUCK: '-'IS MI 1.1. STRKKT. eelli Kxtnieted without I' <'rown 11tl Isriili;<* Work a specialty. Kqnl)>i>»-<l uit l. I lie Int. si and n ost Improved I iislruiiieiils nurt prepared to execute the most ditticult work. DR C. H. REYNOLDS, —DENTIST— -288 Mill St., - Danville, Pa. Dentistry in all its branches. Charges Moderate and all work Guaranteed. Established 1W92. 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. WANTED.—Special Representative in this county and adjoining territor ies, to represent and advertise an old established business bouse of solid tluancial standing. Salary s2l weekly, with Expenses advanced each Mon day by check direct from headquarters. Horse aud buggy furnished when nec es ;ary position permanent. Address Blew Bros. & Co., Dept. A., Monon Bldg., Chicago, 111. Ex-President (trover Cleveland is 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. WANTED.—An active Salesman; one who speaks English and Pennsyl vania German. State age; references; whether married or single anil lowest salary. Address "A" Morning News office. 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. A MATTER OF HEALTH POWDER Absolutely Pure HAS HO SUBSTITUTE Montour smk American. '' > —'VL ■' "THIS COUNTRY WILL NHVHR HE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." 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.