flow Papr -—For Hie Home Ihe circulation oi this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTIONS! PER YEAR DK. 1 KYIN(i H. ,IENMN(»S. Ojtice Hours « .1. .»/. to 12 At. 10 b M' ll ,Sf - 1.1/. to i P. M DunriUf . I'u. j i *iirl/I"/-, .ii. 4125 MIL.I, ST., DANVIII.K, PA. Diseases of the Stomach :TIII ! Intes«incs A Specialt V | \V. I*. AKUI.K, —DENTIST OFFIC. 21S Mil l -TCKKI. Mtli Kxtrao without P Crow<l ISrhlue Work JI S|HH'ialty. *:<|iifp|H'<t \* 'th * > lat< *t and n ' >st improved I iixl niHM'iils <1 pivparcd l«» «• \• nt•• t lie moMt difficult »rk. DR. C. H REYNOLDS, -DE. 'IST— -2XB Mill St., - Danville, Pa. Dentistry in all its hi ches. Charges Moderate and all v. k Guaranteed. Established lv<lt2. CONDENSED ; WANTED.-An active lesinan ; oiie who speaks English and 'eniisyl vania German. State age; r -euces; whether married or single a» owest snlary. Addres- "A" Morniti News ollice. | WANTED.—Special Represent ive in this county and adjoining territor ies, to represent and advertise an old established business house of solid liuancial standing. Salary s2l weekly, with Expenses advanced each Men day by check direct from headquarters. Horse and huggv furnished when nec es ;ary position 112 etinaneiit. Address Blew Bros. & Co., Dept A.. Morion Bldg , Chicago, 111. Beautiful tall weather. The Annapolis Naval Academy foot ball team gave Princeton a severe jolt by defeating then) at Annapolis on Saturday 10 to VI A young man from Sliamokin, driv ing to the Blomsburg fair on Friday, had the misfortune to break his buggy in the middle of the creek at Cata wissa, so in order to get to the shore he mounted his horse's back and had to procure another wagon to get his huggy out of th" creek. The story that General Superintend ent Dice, of the Reading Company, is to assume the same position with the Lake Shore line, and that Superintend ent Turk, of the Sliamokin division,is to be tranlerred to the Jersey Central Railroad, is officially denied. Warnx r weatln r Butchering will soon be the rage. The chestnut crop is reported to be fully ripe. The weather man is now making himself solid with the people. The residence of Dr. Paules at Ferry and Bloom street-, is b» ing improved by a new coat of paint. Somebody should invent a loadlcss gun for the use of the amateur hunt er. Walk all you cau this season of the year. The air is bracing and tho ex ercise is worth ton- of medicine. Michael Powers, who is in the nine ties, being one of Danville's oldest citizens, on Sunday enjoyed his first trolley ride, taking it then on the new Danville & Blooms! urg line While hunting on Saturday in th vicinity ot Frosty Valley, llarrv Bit ter and John Girton succeeded in bag ging seven fine gray squirrels. Miss Bertha Gallaml, the young actress who is starring in "Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall," was reared in Ashland. It won Id he well fur preparations for Christmas shopping to begin. That is tor paterfamilias to open a new oheck book. A deal for the Foiepaugh & Sells Brothers' Shows has been closed by A. G. Fields, the minstrel,delivery to he made November 2:ird at Columbus, Ohio. No, this is not Indian Summer! Wo first have Squaw Winter, :ibout the first or second week of November,then after the leaves aie all off the trees aud there comes a reaction from the snow squalls and cold weather of Squaw Winter, we have our Indian Summer. Now that the hunting season is on, the duties of the game wardens will B« no sinecure A MATTER OF HEALTH IfH 1 *AK.N<S POWDER Absolutely Pure HAS HO SU Jillontour American. 'THIS COUNTRY WII.L NKVKk Hit KNTIRHLY FRltli UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALLOI- ITS OWN DEMANDSWITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." VOL. 40—NO 42. Illll: DHSTHOVS HOSPITAL BARN A tiro of oukuown origin swept over j tho State 111-win Hospital property yes t terilay afternoon and left a wake ot ruthloss destruction, consuming a cost- Iv cattlo barn, tlie largest on the farm, in w Itioli machinery and crops went up in smoke aud steers that could not he rescued were incinerated. The loss is roughly estimated at $20,000 hut may exceed that amount, and to offset it there is §15,800 insurance. At about 3:30 o'clock boys named Sliultz and Beagle, workiug on the place, discovered the fire and gave the alarm. J. 6. Warner, the man in charge of the hospital farm, hastened for the hospital hose and states that whereas only a little smoke was issu ing troni the structure then the entire barn was a seething, roaring mass of fierce flames when he returned. The scene was one of interne exoitement, frighteued cattle lowing and stamping ami terrified IIORS shrilly squealing. The mild jiatieuts who were working in the fields came rushing into the fire in droves, hot were looked after and occasioned no disorder. The flames first appeared on the south side of the barn and when that was eaten through they greedily lick ed up part after part of the big struct ure, sending volumes of sparks sky ward, but fortunately not where they seriously endangered other property, there being no wind to whirl them on the main hospital buildings. The men connected with the hospital were quick to begin battling with the fiery ele ment, aud being familiar with the location of the fire hose aud appara tus did good work. The Second anil Third Ward Danville companies re sponded to an alarm and woiked with excellent effect, but of course the in flammable nature of the contents of the barn made any attempt to quench the furious flames folly. All that could be (lone was to play streams on the numerous surrounding buildings. This was done and they were saved. The horse stable roof was kept drench ed and a store building was kept wet. Tho buildings adjoining tho cattle barn, however, were damaged, but even ta save them at all was doing well. I Six streams of water from the Hospit- j al reservoir were played on the fire. Henry M. Schoch, a trustee of the Hospital, had been at the main build- | ing and was just driving away when the fire broke out. He assisted in driv ing the cattle from the building. Ollieials and everyone about the place lent willing hands to do everything they could to keep the disaster within the smallest confines possible. The cows were in an enclosure near the barn and were safe.although terrified. Six steers were iu the flaming struct ure and only two of them could be rescued, the others perishing. The fire was an unconquerable one and beam atter beam weakened,totter ed and fell as the flames gaiued head way until at, 4:45 o'clock the big stack of hay and grain iu the loft and the surrounding timbers crashed iu, the whole structure collapsing. As it did so great clouds of densely black smoke rolled up). The heat during the pro gress of the fire was so intense as to keep the hundreds of persons who gathered on the grouuds at a safe dis tance from the burning structure. The corn ciib and contents were the first part of the building togo Eventual ly the flames attacked aud damaged the ice house and slaughter house. The new silo, with a capacity of 150 tons,which was just finished this sum mer, costing |SOO, was destroyed. It had been filled not more than two weeks ago with the product of two fields ot corn. The burn was totally destroyed with all of its contents, which Mr. Waruer described as best he could remember under the exciting circumstances. There were 100 tons of hay, much straw, 1200 bushels of wheat, over 500 bushels of oats, machinery worth over SIOOO and other contents of a minor nature. The only explanation that seeuis to offer as to the origin of the fire is spontaneous combustion, which of course might easily have happened in the well filled building. Mr. Warner says not more than au hour prior to the discovery of the fire he was iu the barn, but not iu the part where the flames broke out. At that time there w is no intimation of the approaching destruction of the big concern. On September 1), IH*.K ! , the old barn was destroyed, with a loss of about $14,000. The ham that yesterday was reduced to ashes was erected on the site of the first one, hut was larger, finer and more modern and substanti al Its loss for the second time places the hospital at great inconvenience, leaving the scores of cows without shelter. Temporary sheds for them * ill lie built at once. The new barn was erected at a cost <,f about $ 12,000. As it is wholly gone mrl |ikt wise 11 hig stuck that it con rained the IUHS will run easily to S2O. (KM), this sum including the damage (lull ■ to the other structures that were burned but not destroyed W. 11. (Jrth went uver th«* records of the amounts ot insurance and found a total of $15,- s ii i-i til-id on the buildings that were horned, distributed as follows: barn, ■JM.ooo , contents, $5,000; ice house, i'-iOO; corn crib, S3OO. The silo had been MI I ceutly completed that it was . not insured. 11 i -li Vii'ley farmers are indignant over the in inner in which hunters tf • pa s uver their lands and help ■ heiusclves to anything they happen to find at hand. Although the season i- not <et opened irianv rabbits have l,n n -Lor in that locality and the I tanners declare that the hunters are so hold that thev tun them into tie , backyards and shoot thein there. {IIHOWNIiII 11 WASIIISaoMIUE ' Samuel Henderson for the past fif- J teen years employed in the care of I Hon. Alexander Billmeyer's deer park at Washingtonville. w»s accidentally ' drowned about 5 o'clock Tuesday even- I ing. He had been sent to what is known as the "lower meadow" after the cows and to reach it had to cross a creek, passing over a log that span ned it. Falling into the water, nine i feet deep at that point, he must have : struggled helplessly until death over came him, being unable to swim and there being no one near to rescue him. Harry Billmeyer saw the cows re- I turning without Henderson and sur j mised that something was wrong. An t investigation resulted iu the finding of the man's lifeless body floating on | the surface of the water. His person | bore no marks of violence and his j clothes even were not disarranged, so | it was evident that he must have lost j his balance and plunged from the log into the stream. Before going to work for Mr. Bill meyer, Mr. Henderson was employed in this city by Mrs. A. A. Geisinger, as a gardener. Tho only relatives who survive him are a sister, Mrs. Sarah J. Branch, of Burlington, N. J.,and a brother, Wil liam Henderson, who lives in England. The deceased was born in England and was sixty-eight years old. i *th of r\rs. Edward Corman. Nb. of the death of Mrs. Sallio Corman, wife of Water Commission er Edward Cormau, will he sadly re ceived by the many friends of the de ceased. She passed away at her home on East Market street Sunday morn ing. Mrs. Corman had been ailing for about a year. Daring the last couple of weeks her condition was very ser ious and in spite ot everything that could be done to overcome disease she succumbed,passing away at I iliOo'clock Sunday morning. Neuralgia, which went to her heart, was tho cause of death. The (leceased was almost 45 yoars. Besides her husband she leaves a sou aud daughter, John aud Eleanor. She also is survived by a sister, Mrs. Samuel Vought, of Elysburg. Tho family has the sympithy of the community in their bereavement, tor Mrs. Corman was a woman who was held in high regard. The funeral of Mrs. Edward Corman, J which occurred at 2 o'clock Tuesday I afternoon from her late home. East Market street, was largely attended Impressive servi es were conducted by | the Rev. Edward Haughton, of Crliist 1 Episcopal church. The following were the pall bearers: F. C. Angle, George Maiers.John Hix son and Charles G. Cloud. Interment was made in Odd Fellows' cemetery, i Present from a distance at the lon- , eral were: Dr. and Mrs. H. Bierman of Bloomsburg; Hiram Woodruff and wife, of Elysburg; Mrs. Elias Wood- ! ruff of Riverside; Mrs. John Mcßride and daughter, Mrs. Maine Pope, of Philadelphia; Miss L.ulu Ely and Mrs. Johnson,of Bloo**isburg; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bird, of M Canuel; and Will iam Corman, of Sen. ton. Light Question Will Come Up. Council will hold a regular meeting , tomorrow evening. Nothing of un usual importance and interest is ex pected to come up except the question of providing light tor the city for the next mouth or so. The light contract expires on Nov ember 1 at which time it was thought the municipal plant would be ready to operate. The indication now is that the new plant will not be in service until December 1, at the earliest. In consequence a temporary provision for light must be made. It is understood ! that the Standard Electric Light coin- j pauy will continue supplying light J aud the matter promises to be easily adjusted, but the temporary contract will have to fix a date when the Stand ard Electric Light Company is to cease lighting the city.iu one month or two or whatever length of tirno may be j considered necessary. Hit Highwayman Stinging Blow. Harry Deihl, 18-years-old sou of I>. ! W. Diilil, of Strawberry Ridge, was j held up a night or two ago when ho | was returning to his home at about 10 o'clock,having been to the post office, i A tall,heavy man ordered him to stop and demanded his money and when young Deihl, who thought ho was the I victim of some joker, went to proceed the shining barrel ot a revolver barred his advance. Thrusting the weapon into Delhi's face, the footpad with an oath again called to the young man to give up his | money. The reply, however, was a stinging blow between the eyes of the man with the revolver, knocking him into the gutter. Deihl, needless to say. at once made tracks for Straw berry Ridge aud escaped from the highwayman, of whom nothing has since been heard. loot Ball on Saturday. The Danville Football Team, an ! organiza ion made up of Dauville's best players, will play the Sunhury High school football team at DeWitVs PHIk next. Saturday afternoon. The game will be called at three o'clock. Admission 15 cents. The leaves nr» losing their grip on 1 tho trees. DANVILLE. I'A.. TIIUISKDAY OCTOISKI! -O. 1001. I INSTITUTE OF TEACHERS C. W. Dorr, the Montour County Superintendent of Schools, and City Superintendent Gordy.of the Danville schools, are perfecting arrangements j lor the approaching annual Teachers' , Institute that is to be held in this city jin November. The iustitute usually j comes in the week following Thanks j giving, which this year falls on Nov ember 24, and in consequence will open on Monday, November 28, continuing j throughout the week. An effort is being made to secure thoroughly competent instructors to give the institute the highest possible ! standard of work. Several prominent men have already been engaged, in cluding James M. Coughlin.of Wilkes batre and Professor Wilbur, of the Bloombsurg Normal. A lady from a Boston training school probably will ba here and one or two other leading ed ucatori may come to Danville for a day or so during the institute. The schools of this city, have au efficient force of teachers, numbering thirty-one In all. These teachers will all be on hand at the institute ready themselves to be taught. The annual gatherings of this kind are always highly profitable, as those who attend them get new ideas aud learn the ap proved modern methods of successful instruction. When all arrangements are made for the sessions to be held next month and the program is com pleted in detail it will call for a very interesting line of work. Plunged Into River. J. T. Healy, 35 years old. of this city, the superintendent of line work for the United Telephone and Tele graph company, yesterday morning at Sunbury plunged from a bridge into the river and sustained injuries that necessitated his removal to the Maty Packer Hospital. Mr. Healy was assisting in putting a line over the river at the Reading railroad bridge and was working on a small platform on the outside of the bridge. The breaking of a holt in the platform precipitated him upon a pile of stones near the base ol a pier that was out of the water. He was whirl ed off" ot the stones into the river and was rescued by H. C. Grady,a Lewis burg lineman, who went to his assist ance with a boat. An examination disclosed the fact that he broke no bones. His injuries are not consnered dangerous and a re port from the Mary Packer Hospital last night was to the effect that he was getting along very well. Superintendent Healy and his wife boards at Eekert's, Mill street. They ame to Danvillo about two months ago from near Mt. Carmel. Opening of Basket Ball Season. The first basket ball game in which the newly organized Danville Old Timers team will participate will be played iu the Armory next Friday evening with the Bloomsburg team as Danville's opponents. The personnel of Dauville's aggrega tion will include such well known names as Sechler, Klase,Gaskins,Rus sell, Dougherty and Welliver. The members of the team for some time past have been practicing for this game. Last year the Bloomsburg team defeated the Danville boys, so licit a great effort will be made to wipe out that defeat. The game will be called at 8:30 o'clock. After the game a dance will bo held. Music will be furnished by Metherell's orchestra. A Pretty Church Wedding. William E. Rudy ami Miss Anna Frees, both of Danville, were united in marriage at 10 o'clock yesterday morning iu Shiloh Reformed church, Bloom street,the Rev. George E. Lim bert performing the ceremony. Miss Edith Rees played Mendelssohn's wedding march. Tho wedding was at tended by Mrs. G. E. Limbert, Mrs. Rudy, Mrs. Henry Rempe, Misses Grace and Cora Jiudy, Carrol Krum ami Mary Krum,Mr. and Mrs. Charles Seitz, Mrs. John McCall and William Rtes. Mr. and Mrs. Rudy left on the noou train for Washington on their wed ding tour. On returning to this city they will reside oil Railroad street. To Open Another Stretch of Street Another stretch of the new Mill street paving is expected to bo thrown open on Saturday, extending almost to Tooey & Heuning's grocery store. It is also likely that the paving will he entirely completed to the D. L. & \\. crossing by Saturday night. Yesterday the concreting between the car rails was about finished as far as the rail road. The placing of the trolley curve at Bloom and Mill streets now is under way As near as it can goto the D. L. W. crossing the track of the elec tric railway is to bo laid at once from the point where the curve now is be ing put in. Band is Given Trolley Ride. Stoes' band enjoyed a trolley ride to Bloombsurg last evening as the guests of Superintendent W. F. Pascoe. One of the summer cars was used to accom modate the band, aud was followed by another car load ot people attraoted by tho rnusio. Several selections were played before the cars left Bloom street crossing. The ride was greatly enjoyed and the kindness of Mr. Pas coe was thoroughly appreciated by tho musicians riitiuuriis Paul I). Lohr and I). Edward Bogard lot Berwick,spoilt Sunday in Danville. Attorney Harry Bare ot Buffalo, New York,«pent Sunday with his par ents on Lower Mulberry street. Mrs. Samuel Kemp and two daugh ters, Misses Lizzie and Mabel, of Bloombs'.iig,spent Sunday at the home of W. H. Wya-it, East Mahoning street. Misses Jennie and Pauline Waite spent Sunday with friends near Bloomsburg. S. M Field, of South Danville, spent Sunday with his family near Wilkesbarre. Miss Elizabeth Everilr of Hazleton. is visiting Mr. and Mrs. David Mont gomeiy. Center street. Miss Eva McHenry of Bloomsburg, spent Sunday with Mrs D. A. Mont gomery, Centre street. Former County Commissioner Will iam E Boyer of Liberty township, was a visitor in this city yesterday. Harry Heisler of Sunbury was a vis itor in this city yesterday. L. H. Giugerich of Milton was a Danville visitor yesterday. Mrs. Lewis Evans and daughter Ruth and Mi-s Blanche Harder enjoyed a trolley rHe to Bloomsburg yesterday. George E. Gilford,of New York,rep resenting the King Bridge Company and J. Collins of Horseheads, N. Y , Superintendent of bridge construction, arrived in this city last evening. J. C. Creveling of Espy spent yes terdav afterno 'U in this city. W. H luoore and wife of Blooms burg, s;ient yesterday in this city. Mrs. John Ja obs. Sr., Mrs. E. W. Peters, Mr-. Maggie Geise. Mrs. W. H. N. Walker, Mr-. I). J. Rogers and Mrs. W. C. Bowyer took a trolley ride to Bloomsburg yist jrday afternoon. Georg ■ Biown, of Klizab tlipurt. N. ■T., is vi-iting in Danville. Mrs. Eugene Risliel, wife of Dr. Ridicl. ;m 1 child last evening arrived here from Philadelphia. W. \\. Welliver made a business trip to Grovanit yesterday afternoon. S. F. Peacock of Bloomsburg spent yestcr.lav morning in this city. 11. Mont. Smith ot Bloomsburg transacted business at the Court House yesterday. Clint IT rring of Bloomsburg trans acted legal business iu 111i ~ city yes terday. Mrs. Frank W. Fisher enjoyed a trolley rile to Bloomsburg yesterday afternoon. Charles N. Savage of Bloomsburg called on his si-:ter. Mr<. II StO'.s, West M (honing street,yc-terdav after noon. G.>orge Lunger left for Hazleton yesterday where he will spend a few days. Attorney C. O Voris of Milton transact'd tmsiue'-s at the Court House j yesterday. W Lii lfensti in of Sliamokin made | a husincs t^:11 to this city yesterday. Mi». J a anu Niece,of Williamsport, 1 who hii> hi en visiting her daughter, Mrs. J V. Cliidester, Church street, left Danville yesterday afternoon for Mun -y, where she will itiak a short visit on hr way home. William Lyon returned to Bellefonte yesterday after a visit with relatives \ in this city Mr and Mrs. Iri Everhart returned I yesterday from a visit with relatives : at Benton. Mrs. J ii Wootlside and Mrs. Eu ' gene Stead and daughter Alice enjoy !e I a trolley ride to Bloomsburg yes ! terday. Captain J. II Johnson made a busi ness trip to Blouinsburg yesterday af ternoon on the Danville and Blooms burg trolley line. Mrs. Thomas and Miss Williams of Bloouishbrg, were vi-itors in this city yester lay. Missionary Convention. A convention ot much interest is scheduled to occur in this city on November Jltli and 10th. The Woman's Hume Missionary Society of tho North umberland Presbytery then will as semble in the Mahoning Presbyterian church in annual s >ssiou Among the larger places in this Pres bytery are Williamsport, Lock Haven, Reno vo, Sunbury, Northumberland, Bloomsburg,Berwick, Mt. Carmel and Sliamokin. From all these places rep resentatives are expected. There will he 1 ram 7."i to 100 delegates In all. for whose entertainment a committee com posed ut tue following ladies now is busy miking arrangements: Miss Amelia llartmaii. Miss Louise Voris, Mrs Emma McHenry, Mrs. W. Kase West. Mi- Amos Viistine. Miss Lou W«st, Mis. John Sechler, Mrs George | Stickle IIMI Mrs. J. E. Moore. Judge l.ittle Hakes Decree. Judge Little yester lav siu-m-il i de cree requiring the Dai I *V lllooms burg Street Railway ' u npam ID nm their lino under tin !..il> I, h > A Reading railroad by n - • - ut an un dergrade crossing. '1 i- - in "iv a formal action taken iu i i . up the ! case already umicabD - r > t e railroad and trolley | j reached an agreement 1,1 " "me 'I 112 I building of the A stie 1 I Juw the railroad track- GOOD USE OF APPROPRIATION With about a dozen men engaged on the protecting wall at the Water Works the progress of operations is rapid. The wall has risen over halt of the en tire height, hut is not laid to the full length yet. So far as it has gone it shows up well audit promises to be a good, solid pile of masonry and at the same time an improvement iu the way of the appearance of the river bank. Superintendent Keefer's ferry from the third bridge pier to the shore is a new feature of this work and is prov ing an unqualified success. It is the regulation cable ferry, but is of Mr. Keefer's own construction. The flat is a small one, but it carries a good sized load ot stone, taken from the third pier, overy time it goes to shore. A horse power derrick has been placed in operation, too, over the new wall to ruse wheelbarrows loaded with dirt. The dirt is taken from a bar in the river and is used to fill iu back of the wall as fast as it rises. It will be remembered that Council some time ago made an appropriation of #I,OOO to apply on the building of this wall. At the time the action was taken it was not thought that the money would go veiy f<%r in the work, but the judicious manner in which the task is bt ing done is a revelation. So tar only a few loads of stone have had ro he purchased. Now the stone is be ing taken from the river at a great saving and the wall continues togo up steadily, with the prospects of getting the whole job completed this fall and that, too, at an extremely reasonable cost. The wall has long been consid ered an absolute necessity. Its erec tion now under such favorable cir cumstances will please Dauville's pro gressive people, bent on improvement in all lines. City Clerk Serves Notices. City Clerk Harry Patton was kept busy yesterday serving the twenty-day pavement notices on the Mill street property owners. The notices were served on property holders only as far as the D. L. & W. tracks, as it is in tended to hold the others back until the street paving has progressed to a point beyond Bloom street. Io nearly evory case the notices were well received, the property owners shuwing the utmost willingness to put their sidewalks in good order. In sev eral cases the improvements were be gun yesterday. The walk in front of the Montour Houso was being length ened at one end so as to reach to the cuibing. At the Opera House Blook the old curbing was removed and mushed cinder placed in the space be tween the flagstone walk and the new c irb, as a temporary arrangement to ia>t until spring. The completion of the work called for by the notices will mean much for this city, as it will be in line with the paving improvement and will at once make Mill street more sightly and safer for travel, some of the walks at present being really danger ous Soon to Wed. The announcement of the approach ing marriage of Miss Harriet R. Woods, who formerly resided in Dan ville, to Clarence Kempthorne Bowd oii, of Philadelphia, will arouse much interest in this city, whose people have been gratified over the continuous rise in the musical world of Miss Woods, who has won recognition as au ex ceptionally able singer in both Phila delphia and New York. The wedding will occur in St. John's Episcopal church,Lansdown,of which Mr. Bowd en is organist, in the morning of Nov ember 2. The musical part of the ser vice is to 1)3 very elaborate, the talent ot Philadelphia to assist iu it. Miss Woods now sings in a leading church in the City of Brotherly Love. After leaving Danville she gaiued prominence as a vocalist when a mem ber of the Church of the Covenaut choir in Williamsport and later in Philadelphia aud Now York won the d( served praise of competent judges. Last summer, in July, she visited iu Danville and while here gave a recital in St Paul's M. E. church. At that time those who heard here were de lighted with the excellence of her sing ing, always charming but then greatly improved over the times previous that she had been hoard here. Entangled in Wires. John R. Walleze, one of the force of men employed by Superintendent Watt> in stringing the municipal light wires along Bast Market street, yes terday met with what might have been a serious accident. The reel of wire was stationed at Market Square and the wire had been placed on the poles as far ca*t as Walker's Hotel in tile Second Ward, where a number of men were doing the pulling In some man ner Mr Wall 'Ze became entangled in the coils ot wire near the r.iel and was unable to extricate himself. He was being gradually dra.vn to w ird the top of tlie first pole, power less I i -ig'ial the men at the other end ul the line F. M. Herriugtoii (lisuov- | ere, I Mr Wilh/.e's di-tn ssing plight , ail 1 telep in led to Wilker's hotel ti, notify the in II to cease pulling the i win s Then the man who hud been held i JIII- nier »\a- released. lie was i !er i■! hf.i is d llnllcv's Moving Pie' in es at the Opera .. , nli a termini) will be a j.n. i| |,11 ciu take the children. ESTAHIJISHKD IN' 1855 ISTKIINt mUIST IS INJUNCTION USES In an all day session ot court Fri day the argument on the D. L. & W. railroad and Danville and Bloomsburg trolley injunction cases was made and the spirited contests ot the opposing attorneys were followed with interest by tho crowd that filled the court room At 5:15 p. m the afternoon session ended and court adjourned. It now remains only for Judge Little to weigh the merits ot either side and as soon as he does so his decision will of course be filed. Judge Little convened court at about 10 a. m.and the argument for the railroad oompauy's side was opeued by Attorney Hinckley, who said the bills of the case were filed under the act of 1871, providing that the mode of crossing any railroad shall be such as will work least damage to the road to be crossed. He cited other acts and numerous decisions aud urged as the duty of this court the determination of the possibility of avoiding a grade crossing at Mill street. He argued that the least damage to the first road aud the greater safety of the people would result from discouraging grade cross ings. Giving several Supreme Court decisions against grade crossings, he said cost and difficulties encountered in abolishing grade crossings are in the balance aga'ust life, and limb and it is the policy of this slate to prevent the increase of grade crossings Mr. Hinckley then maintained that no local sentiment may be considered, even where the welfare of toe public is at stake and informed the court that no light objections or excuses may be regarded, the citations showing that grade crossings are to be abolished ex cept in cases of imperious necessity. Here he stated that the D L. & W. is uot at all bound by the borough ordin ance giving the trolley company right of way and requiring the laying of the tracks at the accepted grade only and he further asserted that the jurisdic tion of the court is not affected by ac tion of municipalities, claiming that if so the street railways and Couucil niauic bodies might reach agreements and defeat the purpose of the act of 1871. Decisions intended to show that telephone and telegraph companies may not interfere with public travel next were offered. Mr. Hinckley con tended that it cau not be proven that it is impossible to interfere with elec trio poles aud. even if so claimed that the trolley company is at fault in hav ing chosen such a route. He further alleged that damage to property that may result from constructing an over head crossing is an element that does uot enter into the consideration of the court. Next he stated that the present dangerous nature of the crossing with only 14 trains a day is not to be pass ed upon, but the court must allow for the future. The claim of the danger of a seven per oent. grade overhead incline being greater than a grade crossing he said could be refuted by Supreme Court opinions. He then op posed his judgment against that of ; Engineer Pascoe, who testified that safety devices make grade crossings safe. After referring to the manner in which tho trolley people crossed the D. L. & W. tracks, he coucluded by asking for the injunction against the D. L. & W. to be dissolved and that against the trolley company to be made permanent. Lawyer Scarlet at 11 :30 o'clock began a reply to this argument. Not the de cisions cited,but their application have bearing on the preseut controversy, he said. Then he recited the fact that the trolley crossing at Mill street was in place aud iu use before tho injunc tion was served. The overhead cross ing is acknowledged more dangerous than the grade. The Supreme Court never has passed upon the question of the danger of the overhead crossing. Iu his brief opening statements |Mr. Scarlet maintained that the legislation of a borough Council will stand de spite the court. "To avoid a grade crossing no com pany must erect a slaughter house," he said and after briefly referring to the delay of public improvements, to obstructions that cau not be removed unless the telephone aud telegraph companies agree to the removal of poles, he scouted the idea that his legal adversary could set up his opin ion against Engineer Pascoe'sas to the efficiency ot safety devices. At a final hearing the speaker said it could be shown that the D. L. & W. has pro duced no evidence of right to traverse the streets of Danville and he further informed the court that the Supreme Court has sustained the lower court in allowing the operations of a grade crossing until the final settlement of the case. Ho caustically scored the D. L. <& W., which he claims has very little real regard for public interests in Dan ville wheu it a few years ago iu a pro spectus spoke very slightingly of this city. When the D. L. & W. was a weak,miserable, crawling thing and not a power that could defy the court he asserted that it got more dollars from this town than from any other town oil its line aud now it relumes to help the town that has helped it. The pur pose that actuates the railroads in try ing to abolish grade crossings is to be :-hle to gain greater speed, not to pro foot life, is tho view that Mr. Scarlet takes of the matter. Before Mr. Scarlet concluded court adjourned until 2 p. m A soon as court reconvened at 2 p. [Continued on Fourth Page.J 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 Of all Kinds and Description I THE V. IC. .1 ANNIVERSARY St. Paul's M. E. and the Mahoning Presbyterian churches were filled with large congregations Sunday eve'when the Young Men's Christian Association Anniversary services were held. Sev eral of the city churches were closed to allow their people to attend the services at either church above named. At St. Paul's church B. W. Mussel man presided and at the Mahoning Presbyterian James B. Watson was in charge of the interesting service. Fol lowing the organ voiu itary in each church the opening prayer was made by the Rev. E. J. Swartz in the Meth odist and the Kev. M. L. Shindel in rhe Presbyterian. The Rev. W. G. McCorinack and tiie Rev. N. E. Cleav er respectively, read the scriptures in the churches and O. K. Schilling and William D. Laumaster Pres. dent's and Secretary's and the Ladie's Auxiliary reports, first presenting the combined report of President and Sec retary. The report began with a review of the facts of the organization of the Young Men's Christian Association by George Williams, a London, England, clerk, in 1844 and dealt with the growth to over 1100,000 members,, with property investments of 120,000,000 in their baildiDgs and running expenses of $3,000,000 annually. In a g»neral way it then told of the world-wide extent of the work and described what the Association does for young men in giving them home influences, combin ed with entertainment,physical, men tal and moral instruction and develop ment. In tho educational classes their are 30,000 men and boys enrolled in the United States alone. The Y. M. C. A. now has branches in college? and schools with a membership of over 50.- 000. The boys are receiving iieeded attention and over 1)0,000 of them be long to tho Association, while over <>o,ooo railroad men also are members of the Y. M. C. A. At this point the report takes ip the local end of the work and is giveb here in full: Th* work of tho Danville Associa tion has been fairly prosperous during the past year, and we feel that good has been accomplished ;but we are not wholly satisfied with the results. We wish that greater interest had been manifested in the various departments of work, and that more members had been secured. "We trust that greater things may he brought to pass during the coming year. For this we will work and pray. Our building is oue of the finest in the state, and is well adopted to the work. All the rooms throughout are neatly furnished, well-lighted and comfortable. The reading room is sup plied with first-class periodicals and newspapers, and the game room con tains various interesting games for amusement of young men. All the fur niture has been brightened up.aipd the gymnasium and bath rooms newly painted and furnished with several new pieces of apparatus. The Sunday afternoon Men's Meet ing, rhe Sunday morning Meu's Bible Class, and the Mouday evening Bible Class for ladies and gentlemen, were well attended during the year. The Thomas Beaver Boys' Bible Class still continues popular with the boys, and is oue of the most encourag ing departments of our work. The membersip for the past year wasj2so. In the gymnasium, the past treason showed the largest and most intjerest ing classes in tho history of the As sociation, and with our present Equip ment,it is hoped that during the coma ing season many will avail themselves of the advantages oSered for physical development. The Committee and Board of Dir ectors were attentive to the duties as signed them,and through their efforts, much good work was accomplished. The Star Course of Entertainments given in the Opera House was made up of the best talent obtainable, but for some reason or other was not a finan cial success. This year it has been de cided by the Directors that the course will be omitted. The social -ide of the work received its share of attention, and from time to time, during tho year, a number of social gatherings were given for the pleasure and profit of members. Oue of the valuable feaures of As sociation membersihp, is that young men leaving home with a Y. M. C. A. ticket are accorded all privileges in Associations in other cities. This is a privilege of great value, aud will be appreciated more fully when young men are away from home. One of our present needs, in order that the work may be properly carried on, is a larger number of subscribers aud more young men and boys who will enroll as members of the Associa tion. If renewed interest on the part of the p'ople is shown,the work of the coming year will be greatly facilitated in every way. We take the position that the work is needed in Danville, and that the citizens desire to see it go forward. We also assume that the good acom plished is appreciated and understood, and for these reasons we take courage and will labor more earnestly for the accomplishment of greater good for young men. We would not be uumindful at this time of the many valuable favors ren dered to our Assonciation by both clergy and the press; also bv many private individuals, who have assisted (Continued ou Third Page.)
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