Hone Pajer —For lie Hone Ihe circulation ot this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS, Office flours 9A. M.to 12 M 104 Mill St.. IP. M.to bP. .1/ Danville. Pa. p SHULTZ, «. 425 MILI. ST., L)ANVI I.LC, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestine? a Specialt v DR C. H. RKYNuLini, -DENTIST— -288 Mill St.. - Danville. Ph Itentlntry in til oranerie?- Chart* M.vlenfrt KD ! -ill »• ork <*uMrHut»»ed 1 hliwtw! I'll!? CONDENSED NEWS. According to statistics murders are increasing but not so the haugiugs. The very best men available are wanted for the school board and coun cil. President Morales, of Santo Do mingo, has a broken leg. He's lucky. A man who has been leading such a strenuous life as Morales should be glad he hasn't a broken neck. WANTED.—Bright, honest young man from Danville to perpare for pay ing position in Government Mail Ser-. vice. Box one, Cedar Rapids, lowa. Mine Inspector Benjamin Evans, of the Northumberland county district, ! Friday issued his rejxirt for 1905,5h0w-1 ing that there were fatal ami 3? j non-fatal accidents, and that 17 Amer- > irans were among the killed. The new clock at the First National Bank is proving to be a great conven- j ieuce to Danville and Bloomsburg trolley patrons. The Cumberland Valley Railroad's! employes, beiguning with this mouth, I will be given an increase of 10 per j cent, in wages. Franklin and Marshall College, La ncaster, lias received SIOOO from Jacob Buclieit, of Sykesville, to buy books I on meutal and moral philosophy. Every township iu the county should petition the court for permission to, vote to abolish the ancient system of ' working out road taxes. King Edward, it is said, desires to bring about a durable agreement to i secure the peace of the world. Some I other monarchs art as if they'd like to | see it in pieces. Nobody will have any sympathy for' the State college would-be hazers be cause they got the worst of the bar gain when they attempted to haze fel- j low students. Politics should cut no figure iu the municipal election. Count Witte needs to raise 11,250, - 000,000 to run the country this year, and there seems to lie much doubt al>out where lie is going to get it. He might tap the grand dukes. Philadel phia Inquirer. WANTED.—By Chicago wholesale and mail order house, assistant man ager man or woman for this county and adjoining territory. Salary S2O and expenses paid weekly; expense money advanced. Work pleasant; posi tion permanent. No investment or ex perience required. Write at once for full particulars and enclose self-ad dressed envelope, Cooper & Co., 132 Lake Street, Chicago, 111. Those Sunday night street loafers should be chased away before they get "glued fast." One of the conditions of which Mon tour county is proud is the fact that there is no necessity for stationing any portion of the state constabulary with in her boundaries. These mounted officers would grow rusty here. Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, State Health Commissioner, made a statement as to the money cost of smallpox iu Penu ay Ivan it. Ho says that smallpox i costing the state over #2,000,(KKl a year In taxes, ami adds that he considers this an exceedingly expensive luxury, and in no sense a necessity, if the j>eo ple will all heed his warnings and be vaccinated. Mrs. Mabel Williams, daughter of Christopher Tietsworth of Elysburg, died Monday of consumption at Mt. Carmel. Deceased was 22 years of age. The funeral took place yesterday morn ing at 11 :00, interment lieing made in Sharp Ridge cemetery. Does your baking powder contain alum ? Look upon the label, Use only a powder whose label shows it to be made with cream of tartar. NOTE. Safety lies in buying only the Royal Baking Powder, which is the best cream of tartar baking powder that can be had, "THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." v OL. 52--NO 8. FAMILY HEAKLY 'SIIIIRT SESSION ASPHYXIATED! (IE COI'RT The family of John Springer, Mowrey street, escaped death from asphyxia tion by the narrowest possible margin Monday morning. During the day the entire family was ill, Mrs. Spring er, especially, being in a precarious condition. When the family retired Sunday night the fires were fixed as usual and it was thought that the stoves were closed and the draught properly ar ranged. About .'J o'clock Monday morning Mr. Springer was aroused by his wife vomiting. She was very sick. The man hastily arose but he no soon er got out of bed than he fell to the floor and was unable to arise. About this time Anna, the half-grown daughter of the family,got awake ;»ud attempted to arise. She, too, fell to the floor and lay there helpless. At this juncture .Bruce, the son, who slept in another part of the house and escaped the effects of the gas, hearing the noise made an investiga tion. Taking in the situation he quick ly threw open the windows and assist ed his father back to bed. Meanwhile the girl made her way to a window where her cries aroused the neighbors. Dr. T. B. Winterstecu was called and under his care the afflicted JMT sons soon found relief, although Mrs. Springer, who has been in poor health for some time past, seems to suffer the most. Her condition was by no means ! encouraging yesterday. Mr. Springer ) and the daughter yesterday suffered , with headache and nausea, but their recovery seems only a question of time. By some accident the plate on top of the heater in the room below became displaced. The ornament by which the plate was surmounted was found in j place, but the lid was slightly out of position permitting the fumes which should have gone up the pipe to escajie • into the room. Funeral of Miss Gearhart. All that was mortal of Miss Emeline Stuart Gearhart was consigned to the grave in Mt. Vernon cemetery Satur day afternoon. The obsequies took place from the family residence at 2 p. m., interment being private. The services were conducted by Rev. S. B. Evans,pastor of St. Paul's M. E church, of which the deceased was a member, assisted by Rev. Harry Cur tin Harman, of Milton, former pastor of St. Paul's. Tiie pall bearers were : Major C. P. Gearhart,Charles P. Han cock, A. H. Woolley, R. B. Diehl, \N. E. Gosh, and Dr. Edward Schultz. Tiie flowers, indeed, were very beautiful, and came from many differ eut sources. Two of the tributes were especially noteworthy, one being from the Daughters of the American Revolu tion, of which the deceased was a mem ber. and the other from the Order of Elks, to which Dr. .T. B. Gearhart, brother of the deceased, belongs. The following out-of-town people at tended the funeral: Mr. and Mrs. John R. Sharpless, of llazletou ; Mr. and Mrs. John R. Rote, Miss Margaret Rote and Miss Martha G., and Miss i Stella B. Sober, of Harrisburg; Mrs. John K. Kremer, Miss Elizabeth Krem er, 'hud John W. Bucher, of Lewis burg; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Kelley, of Sunbury; Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson and Miss Helen Jameson, of Berwick ; A. H. Sharpless, of Catawissa; and Mrs. Marv A. Mitchell, of Salt Lake City, Utah. A Native of Danville. William Petriken Yerrick, brother of our townsmen, Rush Yerrick and Alfred Yerrick, departed this life at his home iu Philadelphia, Tuesday, at the hour of noon. He was seventv-six vears of age. The funeral will take place on Saturday at 2 p. m. The deceased was born in Danville at the family homestead, West Mahon ing street, the site of which is occupi ed now by the brick residence of Mrs. Louisa Bloch, No. 1«. lie learned the moulding trade,but did not work very long at it in Danville, leaving when still a young man for Philadelphia, where for many years he followed his trade. The deceased is still well re membered by some of our older resi dents. Rush Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Mr. Walker, of Philadel phia, will preach at the Rush Presby terian church next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. • ■ Pursuant to adjournment on Tues . day evening Court convened 011 Satur -1 day morning and disposed of what * business was 011 hand. His Honor Judge Little ami Associates Blee and ; Wagner occupied the bench. | There were a few j>etitious present ed,but beyond these there was but lit tle business on hand. Three more townships of the county —Anthony, Derry and Limestone— have fallen into line in favor of ab olishing the work tax and adopting better methods iu road building. A petition from each of these was pre sented to Court asking for a change in the system of taxation for road pur poses. Ju each case the petition was granted. There are now but two town ships of the county that have not peti tioned the Court for a change in taxa tion as above described. A divorce was granted Saturday in the case of Albert H. Jones vs. Mrs* Elizabeth Jones. A petition was granted relating to a charter for the Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall Association. The bond of K. Olive Thompson, Committee of David Wands, was filed and approved by the Court. A petition was granted for rule on heirs, &c., to accept or refuse real estate at valuation in the case of Horace B. Bennett et. al.. vs. K.Olive Thomson. Fewer Cases of Diphtheria. Miss Bertha Cloud, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Cloud, East Mar- ket street, who was taken ill of diph theria last week, is now well along on the road to recovery. She is already able to sit up. The disease was of a 1 very malignant type. Hut ;wti toxin was early administered and this to gether with the excellent medical at tendance and good nursing seems to have been jxiteut in bringing about the best of results. Miss Clond, who is a pupil of the Higli School, is much beloved by her teachers and school mates and the fav orable tidings from the sick room are hailed as very good news, indeed. It is worthy of note in tl:is connection that Miss Cloud's enforced absence j from her classes occasioned by her i 11- | ness is the first time that site has lost lat school in seven years. In all this time she has never been absent so muck _ as a half a day. Dr. Shultz, Secretary of the Board of Health, states that there is a gradu al diminution in the number of cases of diphtheria. Now and then a new case breaks out, hut these are more than counterbalanced by the number ( of places where the quarantine is rais- , ed. As usual at this season diphtheria , is in evidence over the country gener- ( ally, although at no place nearby lias it assumed the form of an epidemic. Among the now cases reported within { a day or so is one in Mahoning town ship. t Ripper Repeal Bill Reported. The House Municipal Corporations committee yesterday morning decided to report favorably the Philadelphia "ripj»er" repeal bill,and held over the Greater Pittsburg bill, on which an open hearing will he held on Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. It wasquiek work on the "ripper," but the Republican members are tumbling over each other in hastening to the call for reform leg islation. THE CHAPLAIN IS FACETIOUS. When the House met yesterday morn ing, Chaplain Moore, who, on tlie two previous days had attracted attention by his prayers, offered the following: "O Lord, we commend Thy blessing to rest upon these dear Representa tives. We verily believe that there is not a man on the door that money or political influence could constrain to puncture the dear old Constitution of this State. May these Representatives quickly consummate the legislation of this session and goto their homes and loved ones and then they can afford to patiently wait their judgment day in November." MR. CREASY'B TWO RILLS. Mr. Creasy,of Columbia, introduced two bills in which Grangers of the State have been deeply interested for years. One provides that the State shall return to tlie counties nine-tenths of the personal property tax instead of three-fourths, as now, and the other provides that all license fees shall be returned by counties instead of a part being taken by the State. If the two hills are both passeil and become laws a difference of considerably over a half million dollars will be made in the revenue of the State. Mr. Fow, of Philadelphia, introduc ed a bill to provide for the salaries and expenses of the members, etc. Mr. Ainmermau introduced a resolu ;i:••• requiring the Insurance Commis sion to report the amount of fees re ceived last year, which was amended to include the Secretary of the Com monwealth, and passed. At 10:25 o'clock the House adjourn- I ed until 10 o'clock this morning. I The two bills which were in trod uc ( e«l on Monday by Mr. Pusey, of Dela -1 ware, placing the Secretary of the j Commonwealth on a salary of £l<>, 000 1 per annum and the Insurance Coni- I missioner upon a salary ot SB,OOO per annum, and abolishing all fees in the two offices, were rejxirted favorably from committee yesterday morning and will appear on the calendar this morning. DANVILLK. PA.. JANBAKY 18, 1!)0<>. DESTRUCTIVE: FIRE AT STOVE Wol'KS The Stove Works was the scene of a destructive fire Monday. For an hour or more the fate of the prosperous and steady running plant hung trembling in the balance; that it was not de stroyed was due solely to the good management, the well directed and heroic efforts of the firemen. The fire abounded in sensational feat urcs. To begin with it was located in the part of the plant in which extra ordinary precautions are taken to avoid fire—the portion in which are stored the patterns needed for the various lines of stoves and furnaces manufac tured and which represent a value of at least $75,000. "To protect this por tion of the plant in case tire should break out elsewhere about the place the doors 011 the outside are lined with sheet iron, while the windows are pro tected with shutters also lined 011 the outside with iron. The very precau tions adopted to exclude the (ire from the patterns yesterday served to confine the flames to that portion of the build ings and probably prevented wholesale destruction. The fire broke out a very few min utes after 7 o'clock. William Linker, the shipper, was busy in the first floor of the warehouse wtten he saw a sheet of flame pouring into the building from the first floor of the brick annex, 011 the second and third floors of which are stored the patterns. Quick as thought he slammed the large double door shut and gave the alarm of fire. The uext moment the office sent in an alarm to the Washington Fire Com pany bv telephone. When the fire was discovered tlie D. L. & W. switch en gine was at the stove works and it was the very first to sound the alarm, whistling loud anil long. The import of the shrill whistle was at once un derstood ami when the next moment the familiar whistle of the stove works took u]i the alarm the fire was easily located even by people in the remote parts of town. The Washington Hose Company was situated conveniently near. An other favorable circumstance was that a good many members of that ompany are employed at the Stove Works and an* not only acquainted with the ins and outs of the place but yesterday were right on the ground ready for ac tion. As soon as the lire was discover ed the Stove works team was seut gal loping over to the "Washies hose house and in a few minutes cau e dashing back with the hose carriage loaded down with an abundance of hose. The Goodwill Hose Company was a close second, its carriage loaded with hose being brought over by the team of the Hanover Brewing Com pany. The two other companies were soon on the ground.the resjionse of the tire department on the whole being re markably prompt indeed. By the time the firemen arrived the flames had enveloped nearly one-half of the lower story and had burned through the floor above and was gaiu ing considerable headway in the sec ond story right among the patterns. The firemen, many of whom were em ployes and familiar with conditions realized that extreme care won Id have to be exercised in fighting the flames if any attempt was to be made to save the valuable patterns. Every precau tion would have to be taken to prevent a draught. But here another dil'ieulty presented itself. The burning wood work was all of pine and the smoke in the closed building was a dense black volume in which no human being could live; and yet to play iu through the windows with t lie hose, smashing the glass would be to admit a current of air that would hurry the flames along on their career of destruction and after all would give tlie firemen only a questionable advantage. It was considered a safer plan to carry the hose iuto the building facing the smoke as long as the men could stand it, one gang relieving the other as fast as they felt themselves being overcome by the dense smoke, which was every two or three minutes. At one time four hose were playing on the buildings— two attached to the fir*' plug recently installed east of the plant and two to the old plug iu the yard west of the plant. Such heroic work iu the face of such obstacles has never been wit nessed in Danville. Relay after relay of men would drag the hose into the burning building only to be driven out again blinded and choking after a few minutes in the dense smi ke. Their persistence, however, brought its re ward ; the flames were checked and finally wholly extinguished with only a minimum of damage wrought. A visit to works Monday re vealed the peril in which the plant stood during the fire. About one-half of the woodwork on the first floor i> nearly wholly destroyed and will have to be rebuilt aJong with a portion of the floor and some of the woodwork ou the second storv. Another minute and the flames would have been among the patterns, which are stored mostly about the middle and the northern end of tlie second floor. As it is the delicate pat terns are badly damaged. In a good manv instances the follow boards are burned; in others they are soaked with water and are warped, while the finely polished iron patterns are rust ing where drenched with water or are covered with a thick sticky substance deposited by the smoke. There are hundreds of patterns,all of which will have to be gone over; the damaged fol (Continued on page 4) I'IiHSOM. I'ABACRAI'IiS John Swanger and Miss Carrie Bill meyer, of Milton, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Fry on North Mill street. Miss Lear Gilbert, of Catawissa, is visiting at the homo of Dr. C. H. Rey nolds, East Market street. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Klase spent Sun day with relatives at Benton. Sheriff J. R. Sharpless, of Sunbury, spent Sunday with relatives in South Danville. Charles Goldsmith. Esq., of Phila delphia,spent Sunday at the Goldsmith homestead, Lower Mulberry street. Heber Minier.of Sunbury,spent Sun day at the home of li is father, William Minier, Riverside. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leighow, of Bloomsburg,spent Sunday at the home of County Commissioner George M. Leighow, Honeymoon street C. E. Keofer.of Sunbury. spent Sun day with friends in this city. Mrs. Charles Watson, Sr., arrived in this city Saturday from Philadelphia for a visit at the home of her sister, Mrs. I. H. Jennings, West Market street. Evangelist W. D. Laumnster was in this city yesterday,having finished his engagement at Northumberland. Mr. Lanmaster willJeave today for Blooms burg where he will conduct a series of meetings under the auspices of tlie Young People's Societies and the Y. M. C. A. Walter W. Buyer, of Milrov, was a visitor in this city yesterday. Mrs. Frank Cochelle attended the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Morgan and Thomas Brennan at Plymouth Tuesday Miss Margaret Annnerman attended the Brennan-Morgan wedding at Ply mouth Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam A. McCoy, Mr and Mrs. G. Fred Jacobs and Mr. and Mrs. A. IJ. Voris attended the recep tion given yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. John L. Voris, of Pottsgrove in honor of Mr. and Mr-. Gilbert Voris. Mrs McCloud, of Sunbury, formerly Miss Wilhelm, of this city, was a vis itor in Danville yesterday. William Hunt, who for the past sev eral years has been located at Pitts burg, i> visiting his parents, Mr. and Mr-. I). I', limit, West Mali mills? street. Mr. Hunt has accepted a posi tion at Johnstown and will leave for that place Saturday. Hon. R. Scott Ammerman spent last evening in this city. Prothonotary Thomas Lawler, of Suuburv, spent last evening with friends in this city. Reterred to Our Councilmen. Danville, Fa., Jan. Hith, 19>*>. To The Montour American One of the most striking features of a town is the neat and attractive ap pearance of"it streets and the side walks and its .sanitation. The last Legislature of Pennsylvania undoubted ly thought so when if passed an Act prohibiting the throwing of waste pa|>er, sweepings, ashes, household waste,nail* or rubbish of any kind in to any street, in any city, borough or township of the C >mmonwealtli, affix ing upon the violator the c ist of pros ecution aad the forfeit and paying of a fine not exceeding ten dollars, for each and every such offence, and pro viding that in default of the payment thereof the violator shall be committ ed and imprisoned in the County jail of the pro]>er county for a period not exceeding ten days. The Act referred to was approved on the 20th day of April A. D. 1»05. Notwithstanding, the enactment of this meritorious legislation it is a not orious fact that some of the streets in our town have had wagon loads of ashes, containing nails, broken dishes and tin cans, deposited on them evid ently for the purpose of tilliug up a low place in such streets. We think the town should have a due regard for the law and be possessed of more civic pride than to use a prohibited article for street material. This is not intended to criticise but simply to suggest what we believe to be for the betterment of our town- If a stranger, coijtemplatiug locating here, should pass along this particular street and see the above described con dition, what would be his impression of our town? Let all public improve ments bear such appearance as will cause praiseworthy comment. R. T. Elks Entertain. Danville Lodge, No. ?.Vt, B. P. O. Elks, entertained a number of the gentlemen friends of the members at the rooms in the Grone building last evening. The large room on the third floor, which lends itself easily to the hand of the decorator, was tastily and beatifullv decked for the occasion. Here a number of tables had been pro vided where the members ami their guests might play cards. In the social rooms on the second floor other games were in progress. During the evening refreshments were served. Last evening's affair is but one of a series of delightful entertainments that the Klks have been giving from time to time. The following committee was in charge of last night's social: Ralph Kisui-r. Edward Purpur, Arthur 11. Wool ley, Edward Ellcnbogen. Harry P. Phile, H. B. Dielil and Ohurles H. Snyder. Mrs. Ellen Hendricks, the wife of Roger Hendricks of Valley township, departed this life sit noon 011 Tuesday. Her demise removes one of the old and highly esteemed residents of Valley township. She was eighty years of age, her death being due to the ail ment,-. of advanced years. She had been ill since October. Besides her husband Mrs. Hendricks is survived By a son and daughter: Horace Hendricks of Berwick and Mrs. F. P. A] tpleman of Valley township, this county. Two brothers of the de ceaseil, John Albright of Wilkes-Barre and Franklin Albright of Philadelphia also survive. The funeral will fake place, Satur day,meeting at the late residence near Mausdale at 11 a. 111. Services will be held at the Mausdale Reformed church of which the deceased was a member for nearly forty years. Interment will be made in Bright's cemetery. The deceased, who before marriage was Ellen Albright, was a native of Upper Providence township, Mont gomery County, and belonged to the group of well-known families from that township of Montgomery County, who about 18eople to move to Montour. They were preced ed, in 1850, by George Surver and fam ily. John Hendricks, brother of Roger, Joel Thomas and Jonathan Kirkner came up from Montgomery County about 1838. The two former settled in Valley township and the latter in An thony, where the family at present re mains and is prominently identified with the affairs of the township. It was at a still earlier date, probably as far back as 18 M, that Jesse Conway, who settled in Valley township, Abram Moore, who bought a farm near White Hall and John Roberts, who located at Exchange, turned their backs on the already densely populated section of the State in Montgomery County and sought cheaper land in Montour. Not one of this trio is any longer living. Jesse Conway died in this county a few years ago. Abram Moore after many years removed back to Mont gomery where in the fullness of time he'was gathered to liis fathers. John Roberts sjtcnt only a couple of years in Montour. He was a man of fine attainments, fond of research and was a musician of marked ability. He hail but little in common with life on a Montour County farm and after a couple of years' experiment he sold out and removed to Philadelphia. He died a few years ago. Among other Montgomery county people who came to Montour at the same time were George Supplee, who settled near Jerseytowu, and J. P. Bare, former Justice of the Peace of Danville, who accompanied the Hendricks family. To Abolish Mileage Excess. "The Homeless 2tf," an organization with SitN) members having for its ob ject the promotion among commercial, business and professional men of acqua intance,good fellowship and the mutu al interest of each other, has petition ed the secretary of internal affairs to proceed against the Pennsylvania rail road company for transcending its corporate functions and infringing up on the rights of citizens by retaining in addition to the price of #2O for a 1000-mile mileage book #lO as a forfeit if any but the purchaser shall use the IN >ok. "The Homeless 2e youd individual redress, he shall cer tify the matter to the Attorney Gener al, who shall proceed to redress the same by a proceeding in court. Mr. Williams diaries that the Penn sylvania railroad company transcends its functions aud infringes on the rights of citizens because charging #2O for a 1000-mile mileage book and an additional sum of $lO, which latter is refunded if the ticket is used exclu sively by the origiual purchaser and lawful owner. This, the petitioner holds,is illegal, and he pravs Secretary Brown to take such action as the law and constitu tion provide. Secretary Brown, who i< in accord with all efforts to abolish the #lO retention scheme,will consider the matter and if he finds he can do so will lay the matter before Attorney General Carson with a request to take it to court. EST Al3 LISHED CN 1855 |LICENSE CHERT TOMORROW , License Court will be held tomor row, January 19th, at 10 o'colck a. m. . tor hotel, wholesale liquor stores, dis tillers, brewers and bottlers. As far as known at present His Honor Judge Little will preside. There are just a round forty of ap plications, thirty-one being in Dan ville. In Anthony township there is one; in Derry township, two; in Lib erty township, one; iu Valley towu ship, three; in Washingtonvilie, two. In Danville there are twenty-three ap plicants for hotel license; four applic ants for restaurant license ; two applic ants for wholesale liquor license and two applicants ofr brewery license. Iu the list advertised this year there are no new applicants; neither have any remonstrances been filed against granting any of the applications. The matter of licenses, therefore,to morrow will be very easily disposed of and tlie session of Court need not necessarily occupy much time. The application of George F. Oyster for distillery license, which lias been in the column for many years past, is absent from the list this year. The reason assigned is that the distillery which has been a landm .k near Wash ingtonville for so long, is going out of business owing to the changed condi tions, which makes it impossible for a small plant of its kind to compete with the large distilleries that have grown up in recent years. Mr. Oyster, who is now of advanced years, will retire. Many years ago the plant was oi»erated by Butler and Oyster. Shot by His Brother. While the two boys of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. P. Schwalberg, of Nescopeck, were at play yesterday morning, Rob ert, aged 14 years, shot his brother Carlton,aged years,through the body with a 38-calibre revolver, the latter dying inside of eight minutes. The two youngsters were awakened by their mother about eight o'clock, but before coming down stairs they started to romp around the room in their night dresses, as young lads are wont to do. One had a toy pitsol, which had been a gift of Kris Kingle, and the other bethought himself of a 38-calibre re volver kept locked up in the bureau drawer by their father. The lads got the key,and unlocking the drawer took out the gun, four chambers of which were loaded. Not knowing the danger, the two lads then started to snap the guns at each other, the younger armed with the toy pistol, and the older one hold ing the partly loaded revolver. When the cylinder had been turned to a load ed chamber, the cartridge was dis charged and the bullet entered the younger brother's body just under the shoulder and over the ribs. It pierced the body and came out at the back be tween the backbone and the fourth rib, and lodged in the wall of the room The bullet was later extracted from the wall by the lad who fired the gun. When shot, the boy at once scream ed from pain and fright,and ran down | stairs. Mrs. Schwalberg started up the stairs when she heard the shot,and had reached but the fourth step when the injured lad fell into her arms. She bore him down to the kitchen floor, where lie died in about eight minutes. The older lad Robert, without wait ing to dress, ran down the street in his night gown for Dr. .T. J. Myer, whose house is three blocks distant. The doctor at once hastened to the Schwalberg house, but the boy breath ed his last just as the doctor reached there. The Hoy who was shot was one of six children, and both parents are peo ple well know in Nescopeck. Sustained Stroke in Store Alone. Stricken with apoplexy while alone in his place of business at the corner of Third and Walnut streets, Suubury. Harry C. Wallize, grocervmau, lay in an unconscious stupor on the floor all night long. Mr. Wallize was stricken some time before midnight Tuesday. His clerk, Harry Snyder, left the store about half past nine o'clock Tuesday night. At that time Mr. Wallize was in good health and spirits and cheerfully bade his clerk good night. When Snyder arrived at the store Wednesday morn ing he discovered Mr. Wallize lying 011 the floor between the door and counter. His head rested in a small pool of blood, caused by a deep gash in his forehead and he was unconscious and breathing exceedingly heavily. Help was summoned and the victim was removed to the Mary M. Packer Hospital. The last reports were that the condition of the patient showed no improvement. The mouey drawer WHS opeu and the c mteuts were soattered ou the counter and over the floor. The belief that Mr. Wallize was in the ait of settling liis cash account for the day when lie was striokeu or was going to lock the front door. Mr. Wallize is aged fit years and is the father of Arthur B. Wallize, form er instructor in the Suuburv High school,autl who is now superintendent of the Milton schools. Have Private Tutors, The vaccination tempest lias partly subsided in Lock Haven, but the prob lem is still far from settlement. The teachers continue to strictly enforce the law,and pay no heed to the wishes of the directors for a liberal interpre tation when it comes to immune for delicate children, says a report from Lock Haven. Each week a few more children are vaccinated, and re-enter school, but more than one-third of the full enrollment is still out. Some of the well-to-do families, who decline to permit their children to be vaccin ated, have established kindergartens in their homes, and have engaged private instructors. JOB PRINTING The offic 3 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 tnat he is prepared at ail times to ex ecute in the neatest manner. JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Description MO:(TOII rs PART IN CHEAT REFORM Little Montour is cutting as promi nent a figure iu the great reform move ment on foot as any of her big sister counties of the Commonwealth. On Tuesday afternoon R. S. Ammer man, Montour's Representative, intro duced a bill in the Legislature at Har risburg entitled an "Act to Regulate the Nomination of Public Officers, Providing for anil Regulating the Holding of Primary Elections and Punishing Certain Offenses* in Regard to such Primary Elections." Mr. Ainmernian's bill was approved by Committees of the Democratic Sen ators and Representatives in the Senate caucus room on Tuesday night. It is a purely reform measure and may be regarded as a supplement to the bill introduced by Senator Colpin of Lackawanna county, which is an Act "Requiring all Candidates and all Political Party Organizations to File a Sworn Statement of all Expenditures in any Campaign and Prohibiting Corporations or their Agents from Con tributing to Candidates or any Politic al Organization." Both Bills will be argued before the Elections Committee on next Monday night, Mr. Ammermau representing botli measures. Below are given a few of the many excellent provisions of Mr. Ammer mau's Bill. Section 1 provides that it shall hereafter be unlawful to be nomi nated, or to nominate or put or place in nomination, any candidate for any office in this state, to be filled by the votes of the people, including Congress men, Congressmen-at-Large, State Senators and Judges of the several courts, by, at or in any convention, or auy assemblage of delegates or repre sentatives, or in any other way, meth od or mauuer than is hereinafter provided ; Provided however, that the provisions of this Act shall not oper ate to change the system, commonly known as the conferee system, in con gressional. senatorial and judical dis tricts consisting of two or more coun ties where such systems are now in force. Section 2. There shall hereafter be held annually two primary elections and uo more; one upon the second Tuesday of January and one upon the second Tuesday of June, and at such primary elections all persons seeking nominations for offices shall be voted for by the people directly. It shall uot he lawful for any persou or persons to do or commit, or advise, or solicit, or assist, or knowingly to permit another to do or commit any of the following acts, namelv : Directly or indirectly to give or pro mise, or offer to give any money, re ward, or other valuable consideration, or promise of influence or support, to auy person for the purpose of influenc ing his or any other person's vote at a primary election. To threaten any person, or use any other means of iutimidation, in order to influence or obstruct an elector's vote at any primary election, or to in terfere with or influence the action of auy election officer in the lawful dis charge of his duties at such election. To suppress, conceal, carry away or destroy the official ballots of any party. Directly or indirectly to pay any ex penses incurred by a candidate, or any one iu his interest, in consideration of his withdrawal, or to give, offer or promise any reward,office employment or support to a candidate or to any other person in consideration of the withdrawal, or to procure the with drawal of such candidate. To act as an election officer when not duly elected or appointed,or with out being sworn according to law. To disclose how any person voted, or to permit any person not authorized bv law to inspect or learn the con tents of auy ballot,or to fail to destroy the ballots as provided by law. Knowingly to receive the vote of a person not legally qualified to vote at the place where lie offers to vote, or knowingly to refuse to receive and count the vote of a person qualified to vote at sucli place. Knowingly to receive deposit or count any ballot or ballots uot voted by a person or persons legally qualifi ed to vote. For any person other than an officer charged by law with the care of the ballots, or a person entrusted by any such officer with the care of the same for a purpose required by law, or to have in his jx>ssession outside of the voting room any official ballot, or for any person to make or have in his pos session any counterfeit of an official ballot. Any per-ou committing any of the foregoing prohibited acts shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and ou con viction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not exceeding five thousand dollars, or to undergo imprisonment for a term of not less than one year and not exceeding five years, in the penitentiary, or either or both, in the discretion of the court. All laws and parts of laws incon sistent herewith shall be and the same are hereby repealed. Former Danville Lady 111. Miss Mary E. Paul, a former well known young lady of this city, is ly ing seriously ill at her home on East Commerce street. Shamokin, suffering with a severe attack of spinal meuiu getis. ■ Let no citizen neglect the caucuses and primaries.