Home Paper —For the lleie ' lie circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly It will pay you t<> advertise 111 trie American SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR PR. IKYIMi li. .iE>'N 1 NCiS, Ofjirr Hour* > A. it.to /•_' M Wi Mill St.. . 112 M.to iP. M Ihiiirillf. I'a. / i sttri/rz, ai 425 Mil l ST., DANVII.I.K PA. diseases of the Stomach uii ! intes.ine* .. Specially. K • KKYNOLDa - i'F.V fiST - v 4 kKcviPt* Itxociscry m » is b.-» r c» L > I I : OTTF ' *•*»>' HSS w. Guess the ground hog has ctn.e ou ajaiu. The celebration of Washington's bir thday in Honolulu is something of a surprise. American patriotism is more highly esteemed iu the Sandwich Is lands than in some parts of the United States. There seems to lie a revival of the spirit of '76. Washington birthday celebrations throughout the couutry were on a more extensive scale than tisnal. This patriotic feeling is most commendable. WANTED. —Bright, honest young man from Danville to prepare for pay ing position in Government Mail Ser- j vice. Box one, Cedar Rapids, lowa. Newspaper men are not prime favor ites for public office. Editor Trescott, i.f the Millville Tablet failed to get a majority vote for justice of the peace, and Editor Mosnot, of the Lewistown Sentinel was 13:) votes short of being Mirgeqs of his town. The drydock Dewey has reached the Canary Islands, and while the trip across has consumed much time, its progress was sure, which after all, is the principal thing. With the salaries of insurance presi dents reduced to the amount paid the president of the United States, what is to become of their families? WANTED. —Two men in each coun ty to represeut and advertise Hard ware department, put out samples of our goods, etc. Traveling Position or Office Manager. Salary SIO.OO per ( month, cash weekly, with all expenses paid iu advance. We furnish every thing. THE COLUMBIA HOUSE, Chicago, 111. Dept. CIO, sth Ave. Captains of finance are flocking to Europe for a holiday conscious that the American jieople will keep right on working for them. Keep the Sunday night street loafer on the move. Taking medicines in the dark is a dangerous practice. All medicine bot tles should be carefully labeled and the contents of the bottles never be taken until the user knows positively what the medicine is. Sleigh bells and sleighing belles haven't had a fair chance to mingle their music this winter. The blue birds come with the spring; the jay is with us all the year around. Whenever a boy under age is seen smoking a cigarette it may be taken for granted that some one lias violated u law intended for the physical and | mental benefit of the young genera- 1 tiou. Nobody will have any sympathy fori the cold storage egg trust, which has | lost $i,000,000 on account of the mild j winter keeping the hens busy. In the United States may l>e found an immense l>ody of public sentiment in favor of divorce reform and an im mense body of private practice against j divorce reform. Dr. Wiley says that bottled whiskey Is the only kind that is safe. And it isn't safe then unless you keep it un- j der lock and key. Iu view of the change which has taken place iu our clime cautious per- , sons are now thinking of providing themselves with summer overcoats. Home Baking witt ROYAL Baking Powder The United States Agricultural Department has issued (and circulates free) a valuable report giving the results of elaborate experiments made by and under the direction of the Department, which show the great saving from baking at home, as compared with cost of buying at the bakers. All bread, cake, biscuit, crullers, etc., are very much fresher,cleaner,cheaper and more wholesome when made at home with Royal Baking Powder. HOVAt BAKING PQWO6H CO., NBW YOKK. > "THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS . OL. 52-NO !) FIRE TIIttHATEHS PUBLIC SCHOOL The borough of Washingtonville was throwu iuto a furore of excitement yesterday moruing when it was dis covered that the public school build ing was on fire. Citizens responding quickly to the call for aid succeeded in getting the fire under control with but small loss to the building. The school, which is taught by Miles J. Derr, was in session at the time, and it was one of the pupils who dis covered the tire. Great excitement en sued in the school, and the children coming from the building, spread the alarm. In a remarkably short time people from all over the little borough came tramping to the scene, carrying buckets, tubs and receptacles of any description that would hold water. The fire was in the loft of the build ing, which is very hard of access on account of there being no opening from the outside. It was necessary, there fore, to take the water into the loft through a hole in the ceiling of the school room. The loft was dark and the air thick with smoke, but the flames soon succumbed to the deter- I mined efforts of the fire fighters. The fire is attributed to the fact ' that the pi]>e leading from the stove was too near a joist in the loft,and on account of the cold weather a heavy draft was kept on the stove, which served to ignite the timbers. The loss to the school property is in considerable. No session was held yes terday afternoon, but school will be resumed this morning as usual. Ineependent Telephone Line. A movement is on foot iu Valley and West Hemlock townships to establish a telephone system, wholly independ ent of any other rural system, which will place the farmers iu communica tion with Danville The farmers are very much in earn est and have already held a meeting and effected an organization. Their plan is to build a pole line from Swe noda to Mausdale, flaking in Kaseville. From Mausdale their plan is to use the pole line of the United Telephone com pauy and they have already submitted a proposition to the United people. They want to string two wires on the poles of the latter company, connect ing the independent system with Dan ville exchange. Just what arrange ment with reference to the wires they will make with the United Telephone people, or whether the two companies will be able to get together at all can uot be determined at this time. The group of fanners see some ad vantages in being on a line wholly with themselves, where they would be required to share, in the responsibility of keeping up only a limited number of poles. They believe that the service would be perfectly satisfactory by rea son of the proximity of the new sys tem to Danville and the ease and iu expeusiveness with which they might get their wires carried into the ex change at that place—provided of course that the United Telephone com pany agree to accept their proposition. Death of Mrs. Christopher Kleim. Mrs Addie Johnson Kleim, wife of Christopher Kleim, of Bloomsburg, died yesterday morning about 2 o'clock Death was due to a complication of diseases. The deceased was 44 years and 7 mouths of age. Mrs. Kleim was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Johnson, of Jerseytown. The follow ing sisters and brothers survive: Mrs. Thomas Derr, of White Hall; Mrs. Daniel Welliver, Jerseytown; Mrs. D. A. Beckley, of Harrisburg; Mrs. Reu ben Harris, of Meriden, Conn. ; and Charles Johnson, of Benedict, Neb. ; William and C. M. Johnson,of Jersey town. The funeral, which will bo private,takes place from the late home on Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. San Francisco is to have one of the greatest military posts in the world and then Chinatown will no longer constitute the city's chief claim to fame. IIIIICE LITTLE PASSES A WAT Hon. R. R. Little, president judge of this district, died at his home in Bloomsburg at five minutes after four o'clock Monday afternoon. The condition of Judge Little who has beeu seriously ill since his break down in court ou Thursday, February 9th,took a serious turn Saturday night by developing into pneumonia. Since Sunday noon he was unconscious. He was attended during the last few days of his illness by his sister-in-law, Dr. Ruth Tustiu.who came to Bloomsburg from Maine, where she has a medical practice. Robert R. Little was born at Ber wick May 30th, 1852, and was the sou of Ephraim H., and Eliza (Seibert; Lit tle. He was eight years of age when his parents moved from Berwick to Bloomsburg, and there he was reared, receiving a good education in the Bloomsburg State Normal School from which he was graduated in 1872. He subsequently entered tho University of Rochester at Rochester, New York, and then attended Hamilton College, at Clinton, New York. In 1873 he entered his father's office and applied himself with such dilig ence as to be able to pass the har ex amination two years later. He im mediately became his father's partner and he practiced law under the firm name of E. H. and R. R. Little until the former's retirement. Judge Little after that practiced alone. He served as district attorney from 1575 to 188!, two terms in all, and filled out two terms as county solicitor. He was al so solicitor for the council of Blooms burg for ouo term. He was elected president judge of the twenty-sixth judicial district on November Bth, 1898. October 15th, 1878, Judge Little was united in marriage with Deborah T. Tustin, of Bloomsburg, and they were the parents of three children: Henry J.,uow of Light Street; Isaiah T. and Catherine T., who reside at home. Socially he was a member of Washing ton Lodge, No. 205, F. & A., being past master of that order; he was also a member of the P. O. S. of A., of the Orange and of Caldwell Consis tory. He was for many years a mem ber of the trustees of the Bloomsburg State Normal School, a director of the Rosemont Cemetery Company and of the Bloomsburg Water Company. In religious attachments he was a mem ber of the Baptist church. Repairs Nearly Completed. The repairs on the Thomas Beaver Free Library are practically complet ed and the building will no doubt be throwu open yet during the present week. The walls were completed first and they show up most beautifully. The woodwork was nearly finished yester day anil for today nothing remains but to apply some finishing touches. The woodwork of the library is exception ally fine and ornate. Probably no otti er building in this section contains such fine specimens of wood carving. The quality of the wood, too, is fine and under the painter's brush, the whole has taken on a lustre and a beauty, ; which makes the interior appear like ; a new building. The walls of the ladies' reading room are calcimined an electric green with the ceiling yellow or cream col or. The men's reading room is finish ed in terra cotta, the ceiling being of ; a somewhat lighter hue. The color employed in the hallway is also terra ! cotta, a shade lighter tnau the calci- I mine in the men's reading room. The 1 colors have been carefuly selected to I harmonize with the building as a whole ■ and the general effect could not be im- | proved upon. In the library proper, where the books are kept and the patrons are waited upon the wainscoting and the I base work of the system of shelves ; have beeu carefully uoue over and polished up to correspond with the woodwork in the other portions of the , building. The floor in this part has ' beeu polished and the books have been removed from the shelves and the lat ter renovated, after which the books were replaced. The effect has been to give this part of the building a clean- j uess aud freshness which is apparent as soon as one inhales the air. The chairs,the tables aud all the ap purtenances have been polished to look like new. Especial care has beeu be stowed upon the stairway with its fine decorations. It is polished clear to the top of the second story, as far as the woodwork is exposed to the eye from the lower floor. After today but little will remain to be done but to put down the rugs and redress the chandeliers. Jesse Beaver yesterday stated that he thought the building might be open by Saturday. Work on the repairs began about the first of the month. COLDEST OF THE SEASON. Mercury yesterday did not get down to zero within 8 or 10 degrees, but the daj - was very disagreeable and in effect was the coldest day of the season. This was due to the effect of the high northwest wind prevailing, which cut through the clothing. The weather continued shaip during the night, al though the wind subsided somewhat. By last evening the river was pretty well filled with floating ice, Hie sec ond crop of the season. It is not con sidered likely that the river will close any more this season. Now for the reign of the March lion. DANVILLE. PA., TIIUKSDAV MAKCII 1. ISMX>. jEEIIIWAIIT COEIIT I'KOCEEIIffiS The grand jury in the case of Com monwealth vs. Peter Dietrich Mon day afternoon returned a verdict of murder. convened at 10 a. in. with His Honor Judge C. B. Staples aud As sociates Frank G. Blee and Charles Wagner on the bench. Busiuess at once began to move briskly along. W. G. Bird was appointed tipstaff to wait up on the grand jury and Charles Rudy and Amos Albeck tipstaff's to wait up on the court. The grand jurors were called. Ttie whole number—twenty four—being present the court asked if I there was not one who wished to be 1 jxcused. Two responded, David Gib -1 son aud George W. Miles. Ttie latter, hi the eldest man, was permitted to ttidraw. John C. Campbell was worn as foreman of ttie grand jury, after which the whole body was sworn and Judge Staples proceeded with his | charge. Iu defining their duty to the grand I jurors ttie court emphasized the im -1 portance of secrecy, which he declar ! ed.is a point of the obligation not ob serve! as it should be. At consider able length Judge Staples explained i the importance of secrecv iu its rela -1 tiou to a full and uutrammeled per formance of duty by ttie grand jury, j it becomes the duty of grand jurors, ! tie said,to see to it that the laws pass ed by ttie legislature are strictly ob served in their respective communit ies. It is their duty if they know of any bawdy houses, gambling places, violation of ttie liquor law, or viola ; tiou of any sort that is injurious to j the morals of the community upon meeting together to report the same 1 to the other members of the grand | jury. Unless ttie grand jurors live up to their obligation as to secrecy the members in all cases will not feel free to report violations of law wherever found and the ends of justice to that extent will be interfered with. The court reported that there were no violations of the law returned by the constables. It was explained that there was but one case togo before the grand jury the present term. This, however, was a very important bill charging one of our citizens with murder. Ttie court at length defined what constitutes murder in the first degree. There would be but oue couut in the indictment. It was ttie grand jury's duty only to make out a prima facie case and it had nothing to do with deciding upon the question of degree. The court called attention to the new law as to roads, which goes into effect this year and under which the duties of the supervisors are much different from what they were before. It becomes ttie duties of ttie grand jur ors to look after the enforcement of the new road law. The supervisors must undertsand that tliev have not merely a perfunctory duty to perform. The new road law does uot relieve them. If ttie roads are neglected they can not shift ttie responsibility to the road commissioners, but the supervis ors themselves will he held responsi ble and cau bo brought into court and fined for neglect of duty. Attention was called to ttie new law as to automobiles. 111 this relation al so the supervisors have an important duty to perform, and the grand jurors should see to it that it is not neglect ed. Merely to observe the speed regu lation is not all that is required of the chauffeur. He must a'so have regard to the place he is in. The speed ]>er mitted on a stretch of country roads would not be safe in swinging around a curve or at other places where a view ahead is obstructed. Here again a duty devolves upon the supervisors: at ev ery corner or bend in the road where a growth of bushes tends to obstruct the j view ahead these should be cut down j by the township to the end that auto drivers may be able to see danger ahead and thus regulate speed accordingly. It becomes the duty of the grand jur ors not only to see to it t hat automo biles comply with the law, but al so that ttie township supervisors at tend to their duty by seeing to it that the bushes are removed as above de scribed. Judge Staples explained to the grand jurors that Judge R. R. Little, Presi- | dent Judge of this district, was lying at j the point of death. Iu case of his de- j mise he said some complications might j arise relating to holding court here ■ and he therefore requested the grand 1 jury to proceed with the busiuess of ttie session as expeditiously as possi- I ble. Some miscellaneous matters were at- i tended to, after which court adjourn ed until 2p. 111. By 11 :30 o'clock ttie j grand jury had heard the more itnpo-t --ant witnesses and it likewise adjourn ed until 2 o'clock. Constables present made their returns as follows: Amos Albeck, An thony township: Philip Boyer, Cooper township: George Pursel,Derry town ship; Charles L. Gouger. Limestone township; William S. Bogert, Liberty township; Charles 11. Rudy, Mahon ing township; G. W. Bennett, Valley township; Mont. Gearhart,West Hem lock township; William E. Bird, Lime stone township; McClellan Dielil, Washingtonville ; W. E. Young, First Ward, Danville; Edward Ritter, Sec ond Ward; B. B. Brown, Third Ward; Benjamin Cook, Fourth Ward. Soon after court reconvened at 2 p. m.the grand jury came into court re turning as above stated a true bill in (Continued 011 page 4) PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Miss Helen Peacock, of Bloomsburg, was the guest of Miss Florence Voris over Sunday. Henry Rempe, of Lock Haven, is spending a few days with friends in this city. Miss Julia Huber, of West Cousho hocken,is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Andrew Russell, Front street. Miss Trenton Hummer,of Rushtown, left 011 Saturday for a visit with rel atives in New York. Edwin F. Williams, of Johnstown, spent Sunday with his family in this city. Bruce Beunett, of Wilkes-Barre, spent Sunday with frieurls in this city. Miss Margaret Michael, of Clarks town, is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Tillson, Pine street. Oliver Wertz, of Lewistown, spent Sunday with Danville friends. Miss Edna Roth, of Shamokin, is a guest at the home of D. C. Hunt, West Mahoning street. Rev. E. B. Dunn has left for Milton to attend the annual conference of the United Evangelical church. Mrs. Harvey Miller, of Suubury, speut yesterday with friends iu this city. J. A. Merrill, of Valley township, was in this city yesterday. Mr and Mrs. A. 11. K»iser attend ed the funeral of Mrs. John Keiser at West Milton yesterday. J. J. Murray, of Suubury, transact ed business in tliis city yesterday. Roger Hendricks, of Valley town ship, was a visitor iu tliis city yester day. Bruce McCracken, of South Dan ville, was a Mausdale visitor yester day. Mrs. Rebecca Sweeney, of this city, attended the funeral of Mrs. Jesse Shultz at Mausdale yesterday. Miss Hazel Harmau returned to Mil ton yesterday morning after a visit with Miss Frances Welliver. Miss Grace Brown, of Selinsgrove,is visiting friends iu this city. Dr. McHenrv, of Benton, was a vis itor in this citv vestenlalv. Mrs. W. A. Waite, of Sugar Notch, is visiting at the home of John G. Waite, Ferry street. C. J. Fisher, of Catawissa, trans acted business in this city yesterday. Misses Nelle Lower and Sara Sher wood, of Berwick, are visiting friends in Danville. Death of Airs. John .Marshall. Sarah E.,wife of John M. Marshall, West Market street, departed this life yesterday morning after a long siege of illness. She was nearly a life-loug resident of Danville, a generous, kind hearted woman, whose death lias caus ed much sorrow. She will bo greatly missed not only iu her own household, but throughout the community. Mrs. Marshall was 01 years of age. A sad circumstance connected with her death was the fact that only last fall aloug with her husbaud she moved in to the cozy family residence 011 West Market street, just then completed. She was taken ill in the early part of Nov ember. only a week after moving. From the middle of November until her death she was confined to her bed. During this whole period her suffer ings were intense. Death came to her relief at 7 :30 o'clock yesterday morn ing. The deceased is survived by her hus band, one son, George A. Marshall, of Baltimore, and oue daughter, Mrs. Charles G. Cloud, of this city. She is also survived by three brothers, Samuel Kelley.of Mooresburg : William Kelley, of Unityville,aud B. F. Kelley of this city. A half-sister, Mrs. Alverna Kline, of Benton, also survives. The funeral will take place on Sat urday at 2:30 p. m..from the late resi dence. Interment will be made in the Lutheran cemetery. A REMARKABLE RECORD. Ttie death of Judge Little of this district, creates a vacancy that will be filled by the governor. The appointee will serve until January 1, 1907, when he will be succeeded by a judge elect ed iu November. The district lias a remarkable record. Ttie successor of Judge Little will be the third appoint ed judge during a period of less than twenty years. Judge Elwell, who was ttie most distinguished of the Colum bia jurists was serving tiis third term when he resigned on account of ill health and ex-Judge Hincklev was ap pointed to succeed him. Judge Ikeler was subsequently elected, and died during the last year of his term. Ex- Judge Herring was appointed to till ttie vacancy. At ttie ensuing election Judge Little was elected and his death creates the third vacancy in as many terms Eiks' Reunion at Philadelphia. In behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Governor Pennypacker has invited the grand lodge of ttie Benevolent Order of Elks to hold its 1907 reunion and convention in Phila delphia. Ttie governor's letter,togeth er with the formal invitation which was extended by Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia, and the cordial promises of welcome given by business men generally, will bo carried by Philadel phia lodge to Denver, where this year's convention is to be held. LOOKING AFTER AITENDANCE A pupil was excused from attendance at school on the strength of a physi cian's certificate at the meeting of the board"] Monday, as provided for by a new rule adopted to make it impossi ble for parents to shield children when out of school by falsely representing them as ill. A good bit of this, it is alleged,was done by thoughtless and irresponsible parents or guardians. The only way the truant officer could see out of it iu sucti cases was to refuse to accept the excuse offered and to hold the parent or guardian responsible until excused by ttie school board, which, if there is any doubt, of course will demand conclusive evidence in the form of a physician's certificate. Ttie case last night was not in the questionable class, but it illustrated how nicely the rule works. The cer tificate, issued by one of our leading physicians,was addressed to the teach er and explained conditions at home relating to sickness that would impose something akiu to hardship 011 the family, if the child could not be kept at home for a few days. The board relying on the physician's judgment decided to excuse the pupil for the time being and on motion the secretary was directed to "ok" the doctor's certificate aud return it to the teacher with instructions that she no tify the truant officer of the school board's action. Without positive evidence that illness exists tlie truant officer finds it impos sible to cope with ttie situation. Ttie children of Charles Switzer, Montour Row. have been out of school a great deal of late aud the truant officer doubt ing that any goo 1 reason existed last evening had the fattier brought up be fore Justice Oglesby. The fat her, back ed by the mother, however, put iu a strong plea that illness really existed and was finally left off with the pro mise that he would hereafter send the children to school or furnish ttie board with indisputable evidence that sick ness exists. Professor Frank Magill was before ttie school board to ask for the pur chase of a mimeograph to be used iu the commercial department of the high school. The mimeograph,he said, is in well uigti universal use iu busi ness offices aud in order to be fully equipped for positions he thought graduates of ttie high school should be familiar with ttie u-;e of all such de vices. Ou motion it was decided to purchase a mimeograph for use in the school. O i motion it was decided also to purchase a quantity of practice paper for use in ttie commercial department. On motion Borough Superintendent Gordv was granted permission to at tend the State Convention of city aud borough Superintendents to bo hell at Altooua 011 the 7th, Bth and 9th of March. The following members were pres ent : Adams, Ortli, Burns, Pursel. Haring, Werkheiser, Trum bower, Fisch er, Ilarpel and Von Blohu. The following bills were approved for payment: Standard Gas Co $3.20 Ezra Haas 75 E. S. Drury .. 6.25 U. S. Express ... .40 E. ('. Heath Co 1.31 Remington Type Writer Co .. 3.24 Ginn & Co.. ... 0.05 FLIES IN T WINTER. Where ttie flies goto iu winter is partly solved by a discovery made by the crew of wreckers employed at the Bessemer blast furnace, who have just completed ttieir work. Upon overthrowing the walls they found flies in immense numbers, iu a torpid or lethargic state, lying in the interstices between the brick wherever the mortar had dropped out. Ttie great smoke stack especially,overthrown last week, had been sought by millions of (lies as a good place to hibernate in. Upon gathering up and sorting the brick the countless number of flies were found. Although apparently dead at first, under ttie genial sunshine of ttie mild weather then prevailing ttie flies soon began to show signs of life and began to crawl about. Ttie frost of the sue needing night, however, put them to sleep again. Whether they will survive their ill fortune and em erge from their hibernation next spring good healthy flies is oue of those questions that it would take a naturalist to an-wer. Pursel—Young Miss Agues Young, of this city, and S. W. Pursel,of Valley township,were united in matrimony last evening. Ttie ceremony took place at eight o'clock at the home of the nride, Mill street, aud was performe 1 by Rev. C. D. Lorcli,pastor of the Mausdale Reform ed church. Ttie ceremony was witnessed by ttie immediate family, in addition to which Miss Sarah Waters and Miss Olive Wertz were present as guests. After the ceremony a wedding dinner was served. Pardon Recommended. The board of pardons, at Harrisburg yesterday, following tin argument by W. E. Elmes, Esq., recommended a complete pardon for George Bellas and Jacob Naugle, the West Berwick offic ers, convicted at Bloomsburg of shoot ing Vincent Verdi, a foreigner,at Ber wick,aud who are now serviug a sen tence of two years in the eastern pen itentiary KSTAHLISIIED IN 1855 lll'' I'MIIISI CIUSCE The regular quarterly meeting of | Pomona grange No. 31, of Montour and j Northumberland counties was held in IG. A. 11. hall, this city, yesterday, j Owing to the exceedingly cold weath : er and the bad roads the attendance was slim, farmers from the northern part of the county dreading to start out on the long drive. Two sessions were held, one in the forenoon and the other in the after noon ; both were business sessions and therefore the public were excluded and : the program of recitations,music,&c., | which generally adds interest to the quarterly meeting was not in evid ence. Deputy State Secretary of Agricul i ture Mart in, accompanied by his wife, ; was present at the session of Pomona i grange. C. 11. Dildine.of Rohrsburg, member of the executive committe of the State grange, also accompanied by his wife, was present to install the ofticers-elect.of Pomona grange No. 31, as follows: Charles V. Amerman, master; A. 11. Litchard, overseer;.!. W. Lowrie, lecturer; I. A. Eschbach, steward ; Calvin Derr, assistant stew ard ; Mrs. Cora Derr, lady assistant steward; W. It. Mills, chaplain; Na than Becker, treasurer; Harvey Sones, secretary; Hon. Charles A. Wagner, gate keeper; Mrs. Montgomery, Ceres; Mrs. C. C. Billmeyer, Pomona; Mrs. A. L. Martin, Flora. Among the well known and promin ent grangers who attended the meeting were: Dr. McHeury, of Benton ; M. S. Bond and Miss Emma Lewis, of Chulaskey; Miss Eva Kurtz, Charles Black and William Beeber, of Milton, and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Merrill, of Valley township. Valley grange will provide a place for the next quarterly meeting, which will take place on Wednesday, May 30th. Benton Trolley Hay Result. Extensive trolley operations that will link every town in the anthracite coal region and make it possible to journey from Philadelphia to Shamokiu.a dis tance of about 165 miles, on electric cars, will be commenced this spring aud pressed to completion before next fall. Last week the Allentown, Tamaqua and Ashland Electric Railway com pany was incorporated at Harrisburg. William Lindsay, of Pittsburg, is the president of the compauyand it is cap italized at $.300,000. The company has had a corps of engineers working in the vicinity of Mahauoy City for sev eral weeks. It plans to build a line 1 \ between Slatington and Lehighton aud between Tamaqua and Mahauoy City, thus making it possible to journey from Allentown to Shamokin on con necting lines. When the Hazleton Traction com pauy extends its line to Delauo, and a branch is built from Mahauoy City to that place by the Schuylkill Traction Company a series of counectiug links will be established between Mahanoy City aud Scrautou, thus making it possible to jouruey by trolley from one end of the regiou to the other. The Union Traction company, of Pottsville, announces that it will on April 1 commence the work of extend ing its lines from Middleport to Tama qua and also from Pottsville to Shenan doah by way of Frackville. It is said that the Schuylkill Trac tion compauy, of which W. S. Leib, formerly Sub-Treasurer at Philadel phia, is the president, is behind all these movements, aud that the ultim ate purpose is to briug about a huge combine of all the roads in the lower anthracite region. Women's Benevolen Association. The Women's Benevolent Associa tion of Danville will hold its regular meeting today iu its rooms 011 the third floor of the Thomas Beaver Free Library. It will be an all-day session, commencing at 9a. m. The work on repairs in the library, which is now practically completed, will not inter fere with the meeting. There is a considerable amount of sewing to be done and the ladies ex pect to finish a good deal of it today. A good attendance is desired. Cold Stops Bridge Work. Owing to the severity of the weath er yesterday, no work was attempted by the bridge workers on the Cata wissa river bridge. It has been found by experience that the work of con struction canuot bo carried onto any advantage when the temperature drops below "28 or 3J degrees. Yesterday morning the mercury stood at 12 de grees, and while it gradually rose to 20 degrees at noon, none of the men were called out to work on the struc ture. /let This florning. The members of the Montour county bar will hold a meeting in the prothon otary's office at 9 o'clock this morn ing to make arrangements for attend ing the fiiueral of Judge Little,which will take place at Bloomsburg at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The bar will also pass suitable reso lutions on the death of the late Judge. There will no doubt bo a large at tendance at the funeral from Montour county. Nearly the whole bar accom panied by the courthouse officials will attend. The Danville contingent will goto Bloomsburg in a body, leaving on the 11:40 car. As previously announced the various offices of the courthouse will be closed this afteruoou out of respect to the memory of Judge Little. JOB PRINTING The r-flic of the A MERICAN being furn shed with a large assoitment of j >b letter and f*ncy typ and j>b material gme a ly, the Pub ish r an nounces to the pub'ic tnat, he i-< prepared at all times to ex ecute in the neatef-t m inner. •JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Description iieihi.\c mines I lIEVHLOI'MENTS I A hearing with some extraordinary and unlooked-for developments took place before Justice Oglesby yesterday morning, wnicli followed as an after math of the arrest of the supposed bur glar on the premises of Franklin Boy er, Tuesday night, which was accom plished under such sensational circum stances. The man arrested proved to be the toughest problem that the just ice ever faced —ei t!.• r »he most astute and accomplished act that ever don ned workman's apparel for disguise or merely a piece of human driftwood whose diseased mind was a perfect phantasmagoria of wild delusions. The man was dirty and unkempt and his appearance on the whole resembled more a rolling mill employe thau a professional hobo. Upon being brought into the office of Justice Oglesby about 9:30 o'clock he stepped directly up to the justice and with a foreign accent said: "Charlie Johnson." The justice asked him where he was the night before. The answer to the question aud many others that follow ed showed that the man evidently had no idea ot what he was up against or even that he had committed an over act; one vagary seemed to suggest an other to him and his statements were I irrational and contradictory. ; The only facts deduced from his dis connected and rambling talk, that bore the stamp of probability was that lie was a Swede, named Charles John sou,forty-nine years of age—that near ly all his life he had followed the sea | —that up to a receut date he had been working at the steel plant at Berwick. According to his own confession he ' was given to drink and it was a ques tion whether his derangement of mind is temporary, the result of a proloug |ed debauch.or is permanent, following j as the result of other causes. It was evident that he could not be I held accountable for his escapade in ' getting into Mr. Boyer's house. Mr. ! Boyer,himself, who was preseut at the ! hearing was one of the first to be im ! pressed with this fact. He was very anxious, however, to know how the man had gotten into 'lie house, as the front door was locked aud there was no other way open for admittance. He put the question to the man. In reply the fellow said: "Why John, the man there, let me in—the woman she was there. The other fellows—the Huns—they were on the roof. They were cutting a hole through the ceiling. I fastened the windows down; they had a lasso—they waut to hang me.'' He was reminded of the presence of the dog by one of the officers. "Oh, the dog," he said; "he no good. He just stand aud bark—he not bite." Iu reply to further questioning he saiil two other fellows came in the front door with him aud were lying on a bed besido him iu the parlor. Tiiere was an element of strong pathos iu the situation accentuated by the broken down couditiou and the sad plight the fellow was in. The justice asked: Have you been sick? There was a slight hesitancy and the Swede replied: "Yes, I have been sick. —of drinks " From what could be gathered from the mau he had come to Dauvi le from Berwick. Monday,proceeding the same day to Milton where failing to obtain work he came back to Danville on Tuesday. It was while fleeing from imaginary enemies who were pursuing him with a rope for the purpose of haugiug him that the poor fellow took refuge iu Mr. Boyer's house. He was under tlie impression that Danville was a seaport town aud in trying to account for his movements on Tuesday night he said before going into the house he had beeu down to the dock, where he had shipped on a Nova Scotiau vessel, which was lying out iu the stream. The captain and the mate had rowed into the dock aud it was with them that lie had engaged to sail, repeating the entire conversa tion that 1 between them. He was bound for Australia, he said. The justice aske l him where the dick was aud he replied: "Down below the steel plant." He seemed happy at the prospects of leaving this section, where his enemies were giving him so much trouble and quickly arising with his soiled cap in his hum started toward the door. " Hold on there!" Chief Miucemoyer called out. "where are you goiug?" "I'm going home," was the reply. Asked where his home was ho inno cently replied: "At the present time I am living iu a building down here," pointing in the direction of the lock-up. Officer Voris asked him if lie didn't know that he was under arrest. He replied to the effect that he had not beeu arrested since Saturday night. The officer asked him where he was arrested then an 1 he replied: "Here,l guess; You arrested me." It was seen that the Swede was "a hopeless case but the officers had oue more question to ask. They w inted to know why he gave two names on Tues day night. His explanation was plausi ble. It appeared that he had beeu em ployed by a contractor at Sayre, who arrived at the conclusion that there were too many Ciiarlie Johnsons iu his gang and he obliged our Swede to take the name of John Patersou. The latter explained that he was in a "big hurry to get home Tussday night" and he got the "two named mixed up." This seemed satisfactory to the justice aud the man of many stories was re manded to the lock-up. Chief Miuce moyer was undecided yesterday as to what disposition he should make of tne case. Although badly scared Fraukliu Boy er said he had sustained no loss of any consequeuce aud under the circum stances was willing to loigive all.
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