Borne Paper —-.For lie Home The circulation ot this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR PR. IRYIKG 11. .JENNINGS, Office Hour* ■J A. M.to 12 M 104 MM St.. Ir. M.to iP. M. Uanvillt. Pa. Slll I.T/., Jl. 425 MILI. ST., DANVILLE. I'A. diseases of the Stomach and Intestines .. Specialty. i)R C. H. RKYNuLi^, - DENTIST- Mill St.. DanvtJle, I J n Dentistry H i It- tirancce*. Charge Vlod«r-»te nd .11 orir Un>tr>tui«eri IWi'J 10NIWSF.II NEWiC Water from an artesian well at Os tond which has been wasted for 50 years has now been discovered to possess medicinal qualities similar to the wat ers of Vichy. Japanese proprietors of three large mo ern apartment houses for Orientals in San Francisco have decreed that no children shall lie allowed within their walls. Frederick VIII, the new King of Denmark, is said to be in the habit of inviting editors of leading political organs to attend at the castlo to dis cuss the different political issues of the day. WANTED. —Two men in each coun ty to represent and advertise Hard ware department, put out samples of our goods, etc. Traveling Position or Office Manager. Salary $90.00 jier month, cash weekly, with all expenses paid in advance. We furnish every thing. THE COLUMBIA HOUSE, Chicago, 111. Dept. 610, 234 sth Ave. The A. C. & F. plant at Berwick, built 1350 cars in February. This ex ceeds by 235 the largest previous month ly record. Conductors of Reading train.- that block street crossings at South Bethle hem are promptly arrested aqd the first one got oft with a #5 tine and the costs. George B. Jacobs is able to be upon the street- after a five weeks' illness. Mud has been substituted for the frozen ruts on the country roads. President Roosevelt's favorite break fast is corn pone, with New Orleans molasses, bacon, watercress, and a big baked potato. He likes beans, ii" they are served the Boston way, a habit which survives his old Harvard days. No matter how they may differ with regard to all other questions in the Orient, the powers are practically a unit now in wishing that China may not wake up too much. Shandrach Bray is dead at his home on Sand mountain, Ala. He is believ ed to have been the last survivor of the Saminole war of 1836. WANTED.—Bright, honest young man from Danville to prepare for pay ing position in Government Mail Ser vice. Box one, Cedar Rapids, lowa. The first trolley car was run over the new Suubury-Northumberland riv er bridge on Sunday. One consolation of this spring is the fact that no oue need worry about the danger of ice, gorges. Indeed, an ice gorge would be a novelty, just now. The arbor day proclamation deserves the sincere consideration of every thinking person. Farmers are no longer apprehensive that the fruit crop will be damaged by the peculiar weather of this winter. The Pennsylvania railroad's report shows that its net income last year was |38,000,000. It is going to be diffi cult for politicians to understand why a road so prosperous will not invite its friends to an occasional fret- ride. A Chinese paper s;tys; "The Stand ard Oil Companv is trying to get closer to the public." It has long been within touching distance. What more does it want? Heavy-weight prize-fighters are be coming as scarce as heavy-weight poli ticians. Buckwheat Cakes made with Royal Baking Powder Are delicious and wholesome—a perfect cold weather breakfast food. Made in the morning; no yeast, no "set ting" over night; never sour, never cause in digestion. To make a perfect buckwheat cake, and a thousand other dainty dishes, see the " Royal Baker and Pastry Cook." Mailed tree to any address. ROYAL BAKINQ POWDER CO., NEW YORK. • ' ' '* : ' * *"_ "THIS COl NTRV WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITII ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." v OL. r»:»-NO 10 WAS IT A CASE OF SI'Il'lll!? The bull terrier, which distinguish ed himself by holding up a supposed burglar in the dwelling of Franklin Hover, Honeymoon street, came to an ignoble death by hanging Tuesday night .iust one week after the exciting event. It is a curious episode. Never before perhaps was there a dog that perform ed a feat that was so widely exploited in the newspapers—that figured in such absurd and gross exaggeration. The newspapers for a thousand miles or more told how the er mit in all cases has been procured be left in the hands of the policemen and street commissioner of the borough. Mr. Dietz reported that the citizens of the upper end are of the opinion that a dyke should be erected above the borough to protect the town in times of flood. He asked whether un der the present law assistance is not due from the State. The matter was discussed at some length, but no ac tion was taken. The following members were pres ent : Gibson, Fenstermacher, Dietz, Boyer, Reifsnyder, Vastine, Sweisfort, Magill and Hughes. e enters a chimney. When the fire companies ar \ rived the flames had gained such head way that nothing could be done but keep tlie fire from spreading to the ad jacent buildings. Very little of the furniture was sav ed, nothing being rescued from the upstairs. All of the family's cloth ing was burned. Mr. Stookey carried ' no insurance. ' ESTABLISHED 1X1855 11)1)11 ICCIDENT l\ MILMIIIXC One of the oddest of all accidents that ever occurred ou the rail took place at South Danville yesterday af ternoon, which demonstrates that in railroading no matter how much care is exercised it is impossible to detect all the sources of danger and forestall accidents. In the first place it should be ex plained that during yesterday owing to the accident at Rupert Tuesday night there was a great freight con gestion at South Danvillj. Two large extras, east, were lying upon the sid ing all day waiting tor orders to move. The eutire siding from the lower end 1 of Riverside to the station was occupi ed, with the exception of a break of some thirty feet at the crossing below the freight house. Immediately above the crossing stood the caboose of one extra and immediately below the en gine of the extra following after. About half past three o'clock an ex tra, west, drawn by engine No. 2673, came down the track. Receiving ord ers at the station it started off at the usual rate of speed, and had probably attained ten miles an hour when it reached the crossing below the freight house. At that spot without the least warn ing the cylinder and steam chest broke loose from the locomotive aud fell to the ground. The huge driving rod, which clung to the wheels, struck the 1 ground with each revolution and in an instant was bent into a corkscrew, while the cylinder aud steam chest | rammed in between the two tracks as | the moving train forced them along, ripped up the iuuer rail of the siding and dama.'ed the road badly. The es caping steam was soon shut off and the train brought to a stop without auy one sustaining injury. The several crews of railroaders ly ing at South Danville last night stated that the accident was of a sort that they had never heard of in all their experience. Had auy oue told them previous to yesterday that sucli au ac cident could occur they would have laughed at him. It was a bare theory with them that at some time the cyl inder had received a bump, which had caused a slight break that became larg er aud larger as time wore on. Had it dropped ten feet further east ward it would have ploughed iuto the caboose of the first extra, which was tilled with the waiting craw wrecking the car and no doubt causing loss of life. Had it fallen ten feet further i westward it would have struck the en gine of the second extra, no dcubt causing much damage and throwing it from the tracK. The railroaders could not help but shudder when they reflected what might have occurred had the steam ' client and cylinder fallen while the train was rounding Blue Hill. Owing to the want of room at that poiut there could have been but oue result—the engine would have beeu thrown dowu over the embankment iuto the river. The locomotive that suffered the mis hap is one of the largest ou the road— of the big "B—6, A" type. It was ou the siding at South Dauville last night while/lie cylinder aud steam chest.au immense mass weighing many tons, lay on the railroad where it had fall en. Pastor Invited to Retnrn. At the Fourth Quarterly Conference held at St. Paul's M. E. church Mon day night, Rev. S. B. Evans, who has been pastor there for the last two years, was invited to return. A com mittee was also appointed to attend the annual session of the Central Penn sylvania conference, which will con vene at Altoona ou March 28th,for the purpose of looking after the interest of St. Paul's M. E. church in the mat ter of appointments. There was a large representation of the congregation present at the quart erly conference. The utmost harmony prevailed aud the action taken relat ing to Rev. S. B. Evans' return was unanimous. Those present expressed themselves as highly gratified with Rev. Mr. Evans' pastorate. In the matter of making converts he lias been especial ly sucessful and has added a large num ber of new members to the church.the number of accessions surpassing those of several preceding pastorates. Rev. S. B. Evans was commended for his zeal aud hard work, his pastorate ou the whole being declared very effec tive. What changes the appointments may show is uncertain. It happens to be a year when more or less changes will occur am mg the important charges of the conference and these it is only na tural will lead to other changes and there may be a geueral moving about. In face of such conditions it is hard to tell what effect such au invitation as extended by St. Paul's may have upon the Bishop making tlie appoint ments and whether Rev. S. B. Evans (ir any other pastor in Danville will be returned or assigned to some other charge. l ire Damaged Boiler Works. The extensive plant of the E. Keeler Company, one of the finest equipped boiler and smoke-stack works in the j country,aud oue of Williamport's most, j important industries, was damaged I thousands of dollars by a fire that broke out in what is known as the new part of the nest of buildings, at about j 1:4o o'clock yesterday morning, and i which for a time threatened the entire j plant with destruction, so fierce were ' the flames. The fire department was j quickly on the scene, however, and { soon had the plant surrounded with hose aud streams playing on the flames and the fire was under control by 2 :30 o'clock,although the firemen remained on duty for several hours afterward. It is not known how the fire started. , JOB PRINTING The nffic • of the AMERICAN being furn shed with a large assortment of j >b letter aud fancy typ anc< job material gene a ly, the Publish* r an nounces to the public tnat he is prepared at all limes to ex ecute in the neatest m inner. JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Description I'KHCtlt TIMIN STHIKES WAGON I W. A. Heller, of this city, who re turned home from a business trip last evening, was a passenger on Lehigh Valley passeuger train No. 1, which struck a wagon loaded with two tons of dynamite and powder at Warrior Run yesterday afternoon. That he sur vived to tell the tale and that the whole train was not wrecked and blown into atoms is owing to a slight circumstance—tli<- dy-tamite was froz en. As the train, which contained along with other curs some eight or ten pull maus, was descending the mountain a wagon heavily loaded with dynamite and powder drove upon the railroad crossing a short distance south of War rior Run. Unfortunately something happened at that point aud the wagon stuck fast squarely upon the track. The driver knew the train was approaching and without wasting auy time in a fruitless attempt to move the wagon j off the track lie quickly unhitched the : horses, which, as though appreciating the danger, ran swiftly away. Meanwhile the train was approach , ing. The engineer saw the wagon i standing ou the crossiug.but owing to the steep grade aud the momentum of I the train he saw it. would be impossi ble to stop. He may or may not have known that the wagon was loaded with powder and dynamite. At all events realizing that he could not stop the ' train he decided to do the next best thing and that was to put on ail the | steam the engine would carry and if j possible to strike the wagon with ; sufficient force to hurl the whole ob struction far out of the way. The train darted ahead striking the wagon fairly, reducing it to splinters, scattering the dynamite all about the tracks aud liurliug many of the kegs of powder a hundred yards or more. The dynamite was frozen and in stead of a dreadful explosion there was a flash, a whirlwind of flame, which in the brief moment while the locomo tive dashed by enveloped engine and tender buruiug both tho engineer and fireman, the latter very seriously. In an instaut all the track about was a mass of fire. Owing to some cause, probably to the bursting of an air hose the train came to a standstill with uext to the rear car over the very spot where the wagon was struck. In this car Mr. Heller was seated. None of the passengers kuew just what had oc curred and not dreaming of the con sequences opeued the door. Underneath the cars the flames were roariug like a furnace; the fire was blazing up be tween the cars and darted in through the open door, tiie flames almost lick ing the passenger's faces. The passengers were throwu into a dreadful pauic while some thoughful persou slammed the door shut. Luck ily at the same moment the train was pulled ahead and the danger was over. The eutire train when it arrived at Wilkes-Barre bore marks of the terri ble collision with the explosives, es pecially the engine, which was expos ed to the fiercest fire. It seldom falls to the lot of a newspaper to chronicle a moro thrilling event aud the escape taking all the circumstances into con sideration is considered one of the most remarkable on record. Freight Wreck on the Pennsy. A wreck which blocked all traffic on this division of the Pennsylvania rail road all night occurred Tuesday after uoon at 5 o'clock opposite Rupert. At this poiut the Pennsylvania and the P. & R. tracks cross each other. A fast west bound Pennsy freight train approached the crossiug.but as a work train on the P. & R. was also ap proaching the bridge aud had the rights of the crossing at the time, the signalman iu the tower set his signal for the Pennsylvania train to stop,and also threw open the switch which is located about 200 feet from the cross ing for use in just such emergencies. The Pennsy train was a heavy one, however, and had gained such mo mentum that the engineer could not bring it to a stop in time to save it from running through the ojien switch. The locomotive tender, and the first following car went clear through the switch off the track, and toppled over ou their side. The engineer and fire man realized their danger in time to jump from the cab to safety just as the engine went over. Wrecking crews were summoned from Nescopeck and Suubury and af ter a hard night's work, the division was opened again to traffic yesterday morning about 8 o'clock. No one was injured by the accident, but confusion reigned ou the eutire division as a consequence of the blocking of traffic, especially at this busy season. Our Island Possessions. A good sized audience was preset 6 at the Immaunel Baptist church Sat urday evening to hear Messrs. Bailey and Riggs' illustrated lecture ou "A Visit to Our Island Possessions." Mr. Riggs spoke about Cuba and Porto Rico and Mr. Bailey about the Philippines. Both had themselves spent some time on the islands aud had brought back with them excellent views showing the differeut phases of the life there. The lecture was most interest ing and greatly enjoyed by all present. Fred Linker on No. 2. H. H. Stettlcr.the carrier on r. 112. d., No 2. made his last tripoverthe route yesterday. Today Frederick Linker will take charge of the route aud will bold the position temporarily pending the result of competitive examination.