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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 18<J0 t-ame to Montour, set
tling in Valley and Anthony town
ships—who for many years following
were identified with affairs in their
respective communities, but who as
time wears on are one by one falling
under the burden of years and yield
ing their places to others.
It was in 18(50 that the deceased along
with iier husband. Roger Hendricks,
came to Montour County, settling on
a farm on the Washingtonville Road,
where the family lived until a few
years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks were about
the last of the Montgomery j>eople 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 2<i," which is a State
association, regularly chartered, pre
sents its petition through S. M. Wil
liams, a member. Mr. Williams says
he is advised that it is the special
duty of the secretary of internal affairs
to exercise a watchful supervision ov
er railroad and other business corpora
tions of the State, and in case any
c tizeus shall charge under oath that a
corporation is transcending its corpor
ate functions or infringing upon rights
of individual citizens the secretary
shall investigate the charges, and re
quire a special report from the corpo
rat ion.
Should the secretary believe the
charges are jn-t. and the matter l>e
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.
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being furnished with a large
assortment of job letter and
fancy type and job material
generally, the Publisher an
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ecute in the neatest manner.
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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.