Hon Paper -—For lie Heme Ihe circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise 111 the AMEKK AN SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR DK. IKVIN(i 11.1 KNNIMJS, Office Hour* y A. V to 11 M K'4 MM St., i I'. M.to 4l' W IhtnvtlU, l'n. | 1 IS 111 1.T7., M. 425 Mil l St., Danviii.k, I'a. diseases of the Stomach and 1 ntestine> a Specialt •• | V\ . P. A DENTIST OfKIl t: -1 S Mill eeth Kxtracteil without I' t luwnaod Bridge Wo h s |n?rlalty. equipped Willi tilt- latest and most Improved luMrn.i i i,IIHI■ o-N<) 125. TAX RATE FIXED AT EIGHT MILLS Sewer extensions promise to be the j order of the day from now ou. Two additional petitions were presented to the Borough Council Friday. One was signed by a dozen property own ers on the West side ot Mill street. Third Ward, respectfully asking that the Borough build a sewer tor the use of the abutting properties through the. alley West of Mill street to connect with the large sewer passing down Scolder's run. The signers were as follows: .1 B. Oleaver, John H. Goes er,P. C. Murray & Sou. S. Y. Thomp son, M. L)., Lewis Titel, S. J. Welli ver. George F. Smith, P. I*. Swentek, O. S Lyon. Eliaa Maier, S. Dreifuss aud Frank Jameson. On motion the petition was referred to tha Committee ou Sewers. A petition was also received from Samuel Werkheiser, J. Poster's Sous and George S Tillson asking that the sewer heing constructed be extended from Lower Mulberry street to Blooui street through the alley joining prop erties of Mrs. Samuel Goldsmith, Sa muel Werkheiser, Charles Hauver and others and that the signers be per mitted to connect with the same. The latter petition was aNo referred to the Committee on Sewers. A communication was received trom Borough Solicitor Gearhart stating that he has finally succeeded in effect ing a settlement in the case of Dens berger vs. the Borough of Danville aud enclosing a release an.l a deed for right of wav, which the Solicitor sug gested he recorded in the Recorder's office. The Solicitor's report showed that |120.45 have been disbursed for damages and costs in the case On motion the Solicitor's action in the premises was approved by Council and his suggestions as to recording deed, ike. , were ordered carried out. Un motion it was decided that ttie Borough tax rate be fixed at 8 mills', the same as last year. On motion it was ordered that the Street Commissioner exercise a close watch over the streets where torn up for the construction of the trolley tracks and see to it that they are put in as good a condition as they were before work began. Much objection was urged against the use of cinder and ashes 111 repairing the streets by the trolley companies. Limestone was recommended. Mr. lieifsnyder (nought up the sub ject of garbage and ash cans, which be thought ought to be installed along Mill street to assist in enforcing the garbage law. He quoted prices, which showed that caus could be bought at 11.80 apiece or at s2l. (SO per dozen. On motion of Mr. Boyer, seconded by Mr. Reifsuyder, it was ordered that one dozen garbage cans be purchased, and installed at intervals along Mill street. 011 motion the Market Master was instructed to enforce the ordinance, which permits the vendors to occupy 011 the sidewalk only w space eight feet by three feet along I lie curb. It was the sense of Council that those at tending the curb stone market occupy more space than is allotted to them. On motion it was ordered that mar ket be held on Monday, .luly 3rd, in view of the fact that Tuesday follow iug, the icgular market day, is July 4th, when the streets will be too much crowded to permit the holding of mar ket. The letter of President Jruesdale to J. H. Goeser relative to the drainage nuisance in the canal, which w as print ed in these columns, was read before 1 Council last night. On motion it was ordered that the Secretary notify President Truesdale j that the Sewer Committee of Council and representatives of the Board of Trade are ready to meet representa tives of the 1). L. & W. Railroad Com pauy at any time relative to abating the canal nuisance. On motion it was ordered that four extra policemen be employed at sl2 per day to serve on the Fourth of July. Wei-ley Hollobaugh and Lewis Wray, members of the Washington Hose Com pany, appeared before Council asking that a system of repairs be made to place their building in a sanitary con dition. On motion it was ordered that bids be invited for such repairs as aie needed. l'lie Building Committee will decide what is necessary. Mr. Goeser called attention to the dangerous condition of the P. it K crossing at Confer street, describing two narrow escapes which occurred there daring the past week. On mo tion it was ordered that the P. & R Railroad Company he requested to in stall a watchman at the Center street crossing anil to place an electric bell at each of the other crossings in the Borough where there is no watchman. The following members were present at Council Friday night: Reifsnyrb-r, Vastiue, Sweisfort, Gibson, Hughes, Magill, Boyer, Diotz, Jacobs, Goeser and Fensterniacber. The following bills were approved for payment: BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Regul ir Employes $115.00 Standard Oas Co 2.tW Edward Lunger an. 00 J St. Joseph's Church 30.00 1 Harry Patton ijo. 00 Labor on Siwer 2t>B.SU Harman Knpp 1 00 WATER DEPARTMENT Regular Employes ... $137. on 1 P. & R. Coal & Iron Co 101. Curiy & Co 215.21 Franklin Boyer 25.70 P. H. Fount 59.35 Standard Gas Co ... 3.60 HvEiiiEii) ntossmi; VOTED DOWN Tlit) residents of (Jearhart township Saturday put the stamp of deep «1 is approval ou tlif> overhead crossing at the Pennsylvania tra< 1.-,nn Mill street South of the river bridge. Pursuant to the special notices sent out a meet ing took place at which only tour votes were cast in favor of the over head crossing while seventy one votes were recorded against it. The meeting took place at the usual voting place between the hours of t> and 8 o'clock. The special notices stat ed that the overhead crossing would be discussed and a vote would be tak en to reveal the sentiment of the citi zens of the township. The sequence, however, showed that the electors had attended to the detail of discussion before the election and when they ar rived at the meeting il was with their minds unalterably made tip. Few made much of a stay. They came by twos and threes and in groups ot halt' a dozen, quietly deposited their votes and retired A special election boaid was sworn in consisting of the two supervisois, P (). Haylor and G. M. Kichards, A. D. Myerly,Edward Hummer and H. J. Bird. The plans for the overhead cross ing were on exhibition at the election booth am! were examined by nearly all who voted. The plans, while made by the railroad company, were pro cured from the Danville and Sunbury Trolley Company,to which,along with estimates of cost, they had been sub mitted by the Pennsylvania people ask ing that they be adopted. The people of Qearhart township, therefore,had means of knowing what they were voting ffir. The great length of the overhead work and the height at which it will have to be carried seems to constitute the principal ob jection. The estimated cost is about' 127,000. Of this the Pennsylvania Kaiiroad Company is willing to as same #15,000. The plans for inspec tion were pictured from the trolley company by the township with the consent of the railroad company. The voting continued from »i to 8 o'clock. Promptly at the latter hour the polls were declared closed and the vote was catefully counted, the result being as above stated—four for and seventy-one against an overhead cross log House Struck by Lightning. During the thunder storm last even ing about six o'clock the residence of H:».rry Redding, No. ;2lf> Koust street, was struck by lightning and the family severely shocked. Mr. Redding was sitting on his hack porch. His son Harry, aged 17, was about to leave the yard with a wheel barrow and was approaching the south side of the house when his father sug gested that he go around the north side in which direction lie had just started, when the lightning stroke oc curred passing around the house from the east,tearing away a portion of the porch roof, splitting one ot the posts, ripping up part of the floor, and scat tering pieces in all directions. By acting on his father's advice and taking the opposite side of the house the young man undoubtedly saved hi life. Mrs. Redding who was in the rear room was shocked, her tir-t im pression being that she had been shot. The lightning affected Mr. Redding more than any other member of the family,as he was only eight feet from where the bolt entered the house. One leg was nearly deprived of sensation and for two hours afterward was numb. Jacob Winters, who WM in the rear of a lot on the opposite side of the street, was knocked down by the shock. River liridge Lighted up. The bridge was lighted up last night for the first, a convenience which was much appreciated under the darkiuss of the cloudy rainy skies. Kach of the posts contained two elec tric light bulbs, with the exception of the two on each abutment,which were not lighted. Superintendent West ex plained to a representative of the News that the remaining lights at each end would be in service by Saturday night. A pressure of work along some other lines and a shortage of material are given as the reasons why the lights are notjtll on at present. The long row of bright lights as seen from either end on approaching the bridge sets the structure off very nice ly while the light shed on each side walk although not of remarkable bril liancy,yet is quite snflicient for walk ing, enabling one to avoid obstacles and to recognize acquaintances. heaviest Rain of Season. The rain yesterday called a halt on the several improvements under way aiout town, alt hough it was very time ly and most highly appreciated by the farmers. A finely developed wheat crop and a good yield of hay with pos sibly the exception of clover is assur ed. One of the heaviest showers of the season visited this section last even ing It came from the West about. (> o'clock culminating in it downpour, which overtaxed the spouting and made a river of Mill street where pav ed. The rain covered a wide area and was if possible heavier at Washington ville than at Danville. Like the show ers which preceded it during the day the rain was unaccompanied by wind or by any marked electrical manifesta tion. Ir was of the sort to accomplish thti greatest amount of good to the growing crops with the least amount of damage possible to the farmer. MAX I U.K. l'A.. TIiri.SDAY .1 I NK 1!:'. 'iNli OF TRUSTEES The Trustees of tlit) Hospital for the Insane held an aijourned meeting at ( tliu Jnstitution Tuesday, the fallow | ing members of the board beiug pres ent : Messrs. H. M Sclioch, W. L. Uouger of Danville, Hon. Alexander Billmeyer of Washingtonville, Hon. M. 11 Kuli) of Shauiokin, W. F. Shay of Watsontowu, and Dr. Shoemaker of Wilkesbarre. Philip 11 Johnson of Philadelphia, architect for the temp orary buildings to he erected at the Hospital here and who accompanied the appropriations committee of the State Legislature on its visit, to the Danville institution last winter, was also present at the meeting of Trustees yesterday. Truman Rietmeyer of Will iampsort, architect for the four uew buildings erected at the institution last year,was also at the Hospital yes terday looking up the prospects for future work. OH the 10th inst. when the first meet ing was held,none of the plans for the new work were completed. At the ad jouiued meeting yesterday Architect Johnson submitted the plans for the temporary buildings and these were approved by the Trustees. The loca tion and number of these temporary structures, which are to be one-story high, 200 feet long and lift feet wide, were not fully agreed upon by the Trustees at yesterday's meeting. The plans for the light anil power plant are not yet completed, which was something of a disappointment to the Trustees, who realize the necessity of an eaily beginning in order to insure the completion of the plant iu time for use next winter. Mr. Johnson as sored the Board of Trustees that he would have the plans ready to submit at an early dav, in plenty of time to admit of the completion of the plant before winter. The architect is a brother in law of Israel W. Durham of the Durham Mc- Niekol contract firm of Philadelphia. The Trustees yesterday were quite favorably impressed with Mr. John sou's ability as an architect and ex pressed themselves as confident that the new work designed by him would conform with the best standards. Messrs. P. Hancock. W. A. Heller and C. O. Yetter.Esq. ,of the Danville and Sanbory Street Railway Company met tbe Trustees while at the Hospital yesterday on business relating to the injunction against the trolley com pany, which was argued before Judge Staples at Danville last week. The Trustees made a proposition looking to the bringing of the trolley track from the Boroogh line up to the Hos pital entrance, which the trolley com pany is holding under brief considera tion. Robbed on Train. A bold hold-up of a Heading brake man is reported from Allenwood The brakeuian, whose name is not given out, was made to give up all the change he had, about fl, and then compelled to jump from his tram. The hold-up occurred near Allen wood, about twenty miles south of Williamsport. late Saturday night. The brakenian was on a north bound freight train, and was out ou top of the cars. Suddenly he was approach ed by two men who commanded him to throw up his hands, and he had no alternative. Then he was compelled to give up all the money lie had with him. Fortunately he had only about four dollars in his pockets at the time. This done, the men stepped back and commanded "Now you get off the train as quick as you can." The brakeuian could not realize that they inttnled to enforce such a de mand at first, but lie was soon given to understand that they meant it, and he had to crawl down the ladder of the car and make the leap. Fortunate ly the train was not running at a rapid rate at the time, and he alighted in safety. Then, getting nis bearings as well as possible, he made his way to Allenwood station Later he caught another train and went to Williams port. What became of the robbers is not known. It is quite likely that they jumped from the train themselves tar ttier on, before the disappearance of the brakie was noticed,and made their escape. I he Centre .Street Crossing. The Borough Council at its last meet ing took up the matter of the (/enter street crossing of the P. & K. Kail wav, which the members of Council consider very dangerous. The Secre tary of the Borough was instructed to write to the P. TO IIOSHT.iI, ENTRANCE The proposition made by the Trus teeH of lhe Hospital to the Danville and Sunbnry Street Railway Oompany relative to lunation of track ha-; been accepted by the latter and work will now proceed along new lines. Under the agreement the trolley com pany withdraws its exceptions to the vacation of the road between a couple of hundred feet this side of the Bor ough line and the cnlvert over the can al at the Hospital entrance. At the same time the Hospital trustees with draw the injunction granted by the Montour Ho 11 ty