Bone Paper -—.Fur His Hi«t 'he circulation ol this paper >-> in creasing rapidly. I> will pay \ou •o advertise in the \mkkican SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR PK. 115 V INi • li. .11 NNISCS. —it a\/ is i Dfllrr 11 !>■» it i a. i/ I-, r: / /«; J/-"'.' > ,/• 1/ j / )•' /'•' -'• >"•' | H <4lll 1/1"/ . '• Mi: - PANv 11.1 i-. I'* .license* ' • -> 'iihicli :.ild lliles,illes - jM-ci dl v. 1 h ' * r - •h'' v '* > •tj 5 -i.. - ;•»nv e, ' * l utiry *ii hL' j* ItTHUrfr—b Mcltr.lf . i • croftf H? , ».l I (ONIHNSEH NEWS. Cupid is getting busy again. Spring is getting a tinner grip * The gardner maker is getting bu>y. If money talks it ought always to talk good cents. A little chillv around the edges in the mornings. Keep one ear open now for the strains of the hand organ. The man who pays the bills is not likely to forger Easter in a hurry. Keep up the tight on the San Jose scale. Half an effort is as bail as no effort at all. To the gardiiei spades just now are trumps, but fur the average local base hall enthusiast there's nothing like the club on the diamond. Lawrence Connolly has accepted a position in the office of the Hanover brew ing company. Put an unskilled man with a saw in the top of a tree and he can accomplish more damage in an hour than can be repaired by nature in n dozen years. And there are many innocent persons who falsely imaigne that this kind of work is "tree trimming." It would be a good thing to have an unobstructed view of the eapitol. but it would bo just as well to refrain from cutting down any of the tree that surround the building. Michael Guushaw, living near Haz letou, is in jail awaiting trial for cruelly lieating his aged parents be cause his mother refused to give him meat for supper on Friday. You couldn't convince the average young woman that "beauty unadorn ed is adorned the most." Perfection is seldom found in this frail world, although one lias little difficulty in finding its professors. The bunnies and the chicks may now take a place in the rear of the world's stage while other performers come to tlie front. Cmbrella menders and traveling tinkers of all kinds have been warn ed by Chester's new chief ut police i > keep out of the city. Kentucky has passed a law prohibit ing " Uncle Tom's Cabin" shows with in the limits of the state. It has been announced in Chicago that the ('oininonwealth Trust and Sav ing bank, an institution promoted by organized labor, will open its doors for business on May lit. Lest you forget: Take a look about your premises »ud note where a little cleaning up would improve the ap pearauce of things. There is always room for improvement. There should be a law providing a jieualty for the destruction of trailing arbutus vines. No lover of this sweet ;tnd fragrant flower will tear the plant up by the roots and others should not he allowed to do so. Everywhere the tree butcher is be ing bumped and his future is dark. Every ruined tree with its gaunt arms and disfigured trunk is a.stand ing pro test against the fell >w who calls him self a trimmer. The Reading police have been ord ered to wear their blue suits and brass buttons in the preseut period of rest lessne-S around the mines, ou the pre sumption that the unruly fellow i-> more afraid of a man in uniform than he is of a man in plain clothes. ROYAL Baking Powder Ma.kes Clean Brea.d With Royal Baking Powder there is no m!xin<* with the hands, no sweat ot the brow. Perfect eleanliness,greatest faeility, sweet, (lean, healthful food. Ful! instructions ri the " Roval Haker and i'astrv ( ook hook, tor ir.uk; all kinds ot lucid, hiscuit and cake with Koval Powder. (it a. s t<> any address. NORIL BAKING POWOTN co , 100 V.ILU«M -IT , NLVV Y HK. - ' ' "THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER Hl* I ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." . OL. r>:!--N() n; TIH'STEES AGREE ON SITE The trustees of the hospital for the insane, who, it seems, held different views to where the new heat, light -iii.l power p ant ought to be located, have come to :in agreemeut concerning ; the site. The new heat, light and j power plant will be located at the rear |of the main hospital building on the 'site at present occupied by the lumber vii rd. There were some things to recom mend the site for the heat, light and power plant originally selected, at the coal dump, west of tlie hospital build iugs, not the least of which was the fact that fuel could bo unloaded direct ly from the cars into the coal bins that feed the boilers,thereby eliminat ing the expense of re-handling the coal as migiit be necessary if another site were selected. Among the disadvantages taken into consideration by the trustees was the fact that the coal dump is about one thousand feet away and that to select that point as a site would bo to neces sitate the construction of a massive conduit between the plant and the buildings through which to transmit the heat, light and power, that would involve an immense amount of work and would eat up a considerable slice of the appropriation of |91,- 000. In addition to this it was a ques tion whether there would not be a loss or waste of power in carrying steam and electricity so far. The outcome of the matter was that the site at the rear of the hospital was selected for the heat, light and power plant. The contract for the building will be awarded on Friday when the build ing committee of the trustees will hold a meeting at the hospital for the insane. The heat,light and power plant will be of brick,a plain one-story structure, 107 feet long and 59 feet wide. It will be built on a substantial stone found ation. Work for the Street Sprinkler. Happy springtime is here,the season of budding vegetatiou, also of dusty streets. We are just now passing through that brief though vexatious period that lies between the inclement weather < 112 early spring and the limit of possible freezing, before the street sprinkler has gone iuto commission and while the sun and the wind and the traffic of busy wheels conspire to pro duce dust—dust that blows into peo ple's faces, that blows in through the doorways and windows and soils the furniture—dust that becomes worse with each succeeding day anil from which there seems to be no earthly es cape. Where is the street sprinkler?. Many persons have asked this question dur ing the last few davs. Ask the firemen who previously assumed the contract to keeji down the dust and they will proluhly tell yon that the water sup enutendent has not yet caused to be erected the stand pi pes that supply the street sprinkler with water. Ask the water superintendent and he will tell you that until the limit of freezing weather is reached it is not safe to erect the staudpipes, as the water might freeze, which would cause the pipes to burst. There seems to be but one way out of it in this unhappy period and that is, if we are confront ed with dust, to grin ami bear it. In the present case, however, there is consolation in the fact that we have about reached the limit. A leading member of the Friendship fire company last evening stated that there is little danger of freezing after this date and judging by what he advanced the street sprinkler is looming up in the distance and in a very few days it will be on its rounds again. Kxodus Still Continues. Five hundred foreigners and a num ber of English speaking miners left Wilkes-Barre yesterday for about all the cities of importance in the coun try and others took a trip to their ua tive land How long the exodus will l« continued cannot be determined, hut it is safe to say that a great many of the foreign settlements are being 'depopulated. A car load passed through South Danville attached to the 9 o'clock passenger train. ti m. tii in- an. J. 11. |oll\SoN Captain Joseph H. Johnson, a man whose name in Danville has come to be synonymous with honor and up right living, a man who numbered among his list of friends almost every body that he knew, has passed from the midst of those who had learned to love him. It has been generally known through out town for the past two weeks that Mr. Johnson was confined to his bed with the complaint that during the past year has been fastening itself up on him—heart trouble. His condition, although serious, did not seem ex tremely critical until Sunday noon, when acute pneumonia set in. After that he grew rapidly weaker until death came at 9:50 Sunday evening. Captain Johnson was 66 years of age, having been born at Pottsville on the 18th. of March, 1840. He came to Danville when but a lad of ton years. Here for a while he was an iron work er and later entered the grocery busi ness. For the past ten years lie has operated a dye works. He was a member of .Mahoning lodge, No. 516, F. A. M.and of Calvary Commandery.No. 37,Kuights Templar. He was a prominent and consistent member of Pine Street Lutheran church for many years. He is survived by his wife and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Forred, of Plymouth. Captain Johnsuu \va- a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, holding one of the proudest service records in the State. Hi' enlisted at the outbr* ik of the late Rebellion, his enlistment taking place in a hall 011 Ferry street at the exact spo* where now stands the house in which he died. The full war history of the deceased, us taken from the official record.-, is a rhetorical monument, that will keep sil ent, stately watch for ages over the dust of a hero : "Enlisted, private, April 2*5. 1S«»1, Co. C, 11th. Pa. Vols. Assigned to sth. Brigade, 2nd. Division, Patter son's Army. Picket duty near Sharps burg, Md., action Falling Waters, oc cupation of Martiusburg, Ya. .Advance on Hunker Hill, mustered out. August 7. 1861. "Enlisted, private, October 21, 1861, Company H, 93rd. Pa. Vols. Promot ed to corporal. Sergeant, October 1, 1862. Ist. Sergeant, January 1, 1863. 2nd. lieutenant, May 1, 186:1. Ist lieutenant. August 1, 1 *64. Captain, November 28, 1864. "Service: Assigned to Peck's Bri gade, Coach's Division, 4th. Corps, Army of the Potomac, Advance on Manassas, siege of York town, recon noitre to Chickahominy River and Bottom Bridge,seven days before Rich mond, Seven Pines, detailed quarter master's sergeant ambulance corps, August, 1862 —January, 1863. Chanjil lv, Autietam. Transferred to 3rd. Brigade, 3rd. Division, 6th. Corps, on November 9, 1862. Fredericksburg, Burnside's second campaign, Chaucel lorsville second campaign, Maryes Heights, Salem Heights, Banks Ford, Gettysburg, Funkstowu, Mine Run. Transferred to 2nd. Division, 6th. Corps, March 18, 1864. "In command of company from May 5, 1864. Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Defenses of Washington, Fort Stevens, Berryville, Strasburg, Charlestown,Bunker Hill, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, siege of Petersburg. Haothe's Run, assault of Petersburg, Burkesviile, Sailor's < 'reek, Appomattox Court House, April 9,1865 ; surrender of Lee. Marched to Dan ville, Va. Marched to Washington, D. C. Grand Review, June 8, 1865. Mustered out June 27, 1865. GROWING A SOD. The county commissioners are now fixing up the courthouse lawn, after which it will be sown with grass seed. The material procured from the river bridge when the latter was cleaned off a couple of weeks ago, did not prove sufficient for the top course and in order to complete the work it was necessary to look in some other direc tion for fertile and productive soil such as would grow a gooil sod. Yes terday Ellis Rank was put to work with two carts hauling soil up from the meadow along Mahoning creek, which will no doubt fill the bill very nicely. The soil is obtained from the spot where John Keim obtains clay for making brick, and the commissioners in removing it do the brick maker a good turn by laying bare the deposits of clay. In a short time the court house grounds will aodoubt lie bloom ing like a rose. The grass on the south side of the building is already grow ing nicely and boards are very con spicuously displayed warning people to "keep off the sod." Did Spring Ploughing. Under the leadership of Mr. Oscar Vastiue a number of neighbors with teams assembled at the home of Mr. Clarence Philips,Mahoning township, Monday, aud rendered considerable as sistauce by doing the greater part of his spring plowing. The social feature was much enjoyed. All were feasted on the good things furnished by the ho*tess"and her assistant, Mrs Oscar Vastine. Those present were; Oscai Yastine,Clarence Heudershot, Michael MeGraw, John Casey, K. L. White, Arthur Stetler, Jasper Stetler, Alfred Diehl, William Miller, Charles After, Jasper Philips and 15. L. Diehl, all of whom hope for the return of health and stre ngtl i of their friend DANVILLE. PA., Till US DA Y APHIL UK P. ><><». EXAMINING DOG'S HEAD There is a slight mad dog scare iu the vicinity of Strawberry Ridge, as the result of which Charles Reeder, a young man of that place, may goto the Pasteur institute for treatment. The young man bitten is tlie sou of George lteeder, a prominent resident. The bite was inflicted quite two weeks ago by Mr. Reeder's own dog. The ex act circumstances of the case have not been learned, but it seems that there was something about the dog that aroused suspicion that he might have been afflicted with rabies. The wound was cauterized but as time wore on all things seemed to cause a feeling of disquietude anil in order to allay fears at the suggestion of Dr. Shuman, the family physician, it was decided to send the head of the dog, which had been killed, into Veterinarian J. O. Reed,the local rep resentative of tlie State livestock san itary board. When Dr. Reed received the dog's head he immediately for warded it to Philadelphia for a bacter iological test by Dr. Leonard Pearson, the State veterinarian. Dr. Reed yesterday received a letter from State veterinarian Pearson report ing progress. The dog's head, he said, was in such shape as to exclude the practicability of the microscopic or speedy test and made it necessary to resort to tlie slower test of inoculating rabbits, to ascertain whether or not rallies was present. At almost any day a report based on the rabbit ex periment may be received from the live stock sanitary board. Meanwhile the State veterinarian advised Dr. Reed that if in his opin ion the dog showed symptoms of rabies it would be well to have the young man bitten to take a course at tin* Pasteur institute without delay. Just what course would be pursued Dr. Reed yesterday could not state. F : ractured Knee Cap Discovesed. A most remarkable case was brought to notice yesterday when it was dis covered that a young man, Charles Foust, of Danville, who was hurt by a fall last autumu, had been existing for the past six months with a fractur ed kuee cap, totally unaware of the serious nature of his injuries. Last fall Mr. Foust, who resides with his sister, Mrs. Truitt. Gulick's addition, was carrying;i pail of water at his home when he fell,injuring his leg. He was eontiued to the house for two weeks and received medical atten tion. Later lie began to make Lis way about with the aid of a cane,but Lis in juries did'uotseem to improve. Yester day morning he visited the office of Dr. Harpel.who at once diagnosed the case as a fractured knee cap. Several other physicians were called iuto consulta tion upon the case, among them being Dr. I. <r. Barber, who was able to make arrangements for the young man to receive treatment at the Mary Pack er hospital at Suubury. Since his fall the unfortunate young man has been in almost constant ago -11 zing pain. He looks but the shadow of his former robust self, and lias the appearance of having undergone a wasting illness. Yesterday as he told his pitiable story to the doctors and received their disheartening verdict, the tears streamed down his cheeks. Since his fall, nature has been at work upon the fractured knee cap, with the result that the broken edges of bone have become covered with cal lus ;so that before (lie process of mend ing can begin it will be necessary to scrape the two edges of the fractured bone. Even then the doctors doubt if a thorough and permanent cure can be effected. Mr. Foust will goto the Sun bury hospital this morning. a New Boiler. K. J. LeDue,proprietor of the "City otjl J aris," which was stripped of its boiler by low-hanging -wires while passing under the river bridge at Cat awissa, Tuesday, will not permit the serious mishap to interefere with the digging of coal to any extent. Mr. LeDuc left for Wilkes-Barre yesterday to purchase a new boiler and what oth er machinery may be needed to equip tiie ci»it and make it perfectly sea wort 1 iv. The 'City of Paris" had a thrilling experience and the members ol the crew may feel thankful that they did not go into the river along with the boiler. The life boat was also swept overboard and the crew was obliged to stick to the dismantled craft. The anchor was thrown overboard but it could not hold the big coal digger, which became the sport of the swift current. In a short time the rope snap ped in two and the anchor clung to the bottom of'tlie river,while the boat bearing the men swung down the stream The am hor i.-- the second one lost by Mr. LeDuc within a couple of weeks, the other one lying in the riv er here below the bridge. Mr. LeDuc expects to find plenty of river coal in the vicinity of Blooms burg, which will no doubt be very much i|i demand during the summer, especially if there should boa prolong ed miners' strike By the time the river falls to the proper level lie ex pecte to have his coal digger equipped and lie will at once begin to dig coal. The life boat,of the "City of Paris, which was swept overboard in the ac cident l;»ter was caught in (lie river here and taken into shore. Appointed Auditor. William < .lohn-ton. of Blooins hurg, L;i v li. n appoint< d auditor by the audiloi general nt ol the Commonwealth <t Pennsylvania tore audit the accounts and do kets of.l. C. Rutter, Jr.,for the entire time that lie served as recorder of Columbia countv. ! PERSONAL I PARAGRAPHS Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Sweutek and J daughter Pauline, Mrs. Simon Cze ; chowicz and daughter Paula spent Faster with friends at Nanticoke. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Myerly.of Mid j dletown, N. V., are guests at the | home of Dr. F. F. Harpel. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Miller and son ! spent Sunday with friends iu Potts ville. • Oscar Deauer, of Catawissa, spent Sunday at the home of.l. 11. Wood side, Mowerv street. ' Thomas Irland, of Plymouth, spent ! Sunday with relatives iu this city. Miss Bertha Kramer, of Philadel phia, is visiting relatives in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klase, of Ben ton,spent Sunday at the home of Jesse Klase, Water street. Dr. W. P. Angle, of Jersey Shore, | spent Sunday at the home of his moth er, Mrs. 11. .1. Angle, Mill street. John Kase, Miss Blanch Sechler, Miss Stella Doster, and Miss Fstella Lowenstein, students at Buckuell uni versity,.lspent Sunday with relatives in this city. Edward Harling, of Fas ton, is visit ing at the home of Mrs. L. J. Davis, Lower Mulberry street. Miles Barber,of Wilkes-Barre, spent i Faster with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. I G. Barber, Ferry street. Miss Sara Waters,of Btirnhain, spent Sunday with relatives in tiiis city, j Mr>. \rthur Matehett, of Middle j town, is a guest at the home of S. A. McCoy, Ferry street. Lawrence Tooley. of Blooinsburg, I spent Sunday at the home of his moth ! er. Vine street. J Miss Elizabeth Foster left yesterday ; for a visit with friends in Philadel phia. Ralph B. Dielil left yesterday for a trip to Philadelphia. W. L Myerly returned to Middle town, N. V.,yesterday after a visit at the home of Dr. F. F. Harpel. Miss Katheriue McCormick will i leave today for a visit with friends at ! Lewistown. Mrs. William Sechler spent yester | day with friends in Sunbury. j Mrs. W. \V Welliver will leave to | day for Scranton to attend the Simp j sou—Noble wedding. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Briutou will ! leave this morning for her trip across : the continent. She will sail for the Philippines May 2nd. Mrs. Wesley Pegg, South Danville, spent yesterday with friends at Boyd's stat ion. Mrs. Arthur Matehett, of Middle town, who lias been visitiug at the home of Sam A. McCoy, Ferry street, left yesterday for a visit with Milton friends. "Jesus of Nazareth." An audience that taxed the capacity of the Grove Presbyterian church heard a most finished rendition of Os wald Allen's cantata, "Jesus of Naza reth," Sunday afternoon. A great deal of the charm of the oc casion lay in tlie fact that it was an undertaking entirely new in Danville. In many of the large cities the cantata is used on occasions of sacred import ance, and the unqualified success of its first usage iu Danville [makes a re petition most desirable to those who [ admire this class of music. The Grove church had been beauti fully decorated for the"o;*casiou. Long before 4:80, the time given out for the beginning of the cantata,every seat in the church auditorium was occupied, and people who came later were seat ed in the Sunday school room. The chorus of twenty voices, had been rehearsed under the direction of Mr. Irviu Vannan, and the ensemble work was rendered with a finished ex cellence that was a credit to the cap ability of the director, and to the in dividual worth of each member of the choir. It was thought during the earlier part of the week that Miss Emma Gearhart.who sang the leading soprano role, would*be unable ro sing on ac count of a severe cold. She recovered sufficiently, however,to be at the final rehearsal Saturday evening, and yes terday rendered the soprano solos of the cantata with charming effect. Little (iirl Breaks Arm. Gussie, the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Bedea, Factory street, while at play Saturday after noon fell ami fractured her left elbow. A board had been removed trom the fence enclosing the lot and tlie little girl wiis in the act of skipping through the aperture when her foot caught on the lower rail and she fell foremost through the fence striking her left arm in such a way as to fracture the bone at the elbow joint. Mr. I*. ('. Newbaker was called who set the broken bone. The fracture oc curring as it does right on the elbow joint complicates nr. • ters somewhat, but the physician hopes that the frac ture will heal without anv permanent injury to the arm. State Health Commissioner Dixon is showing an appreciation of there sponsible duties of his important office, which is reassuring in the various communities of the State thai have been invaded by communicable dis ease and epidemics SI FRANCISCO REAL INFERNO DUE TO HOME 1 IE Worst Earthquake in American history Visited Upon San Francisco Yesterday —lndescribable Dam age Done—Fires Still Burning and Fire Fighters Are Powerless. The most horrible and the greatest j earthquake in American history occur- ! red yesterday morning at San Francis- j co and the magnitude of the horror ] seems to grow with each succeding bulletin. It destroyed telegraph and railroad facilities. There were a succession of shocks, j many of them of great destructive! violence and the messages indicate that a large part of the city's business : section has been razed to the ground I and the debris is on fire without ad equate water protection to fight the, flames. Other bulletins imlicatea loss of life j that cannot be measured in the con- ' fusion attending the cataclysm. The earthquake shocks ceased at 8:30, ; eastern time, having commenced at; 5:13, and i! is probable that the worst] is over so far as the movements of the i earth are concerned. But the awful fire fiend still remains to be reckoned! with. Panic has reigned in the city since the first shock, none knowing when another upheaval might render them j homeless,or hurl about them buildings of the sort that have already fallen, -j The worst feature, after the earth j quake shocks had passed, arose from the fi:es which broke out simultaneous ly in many parts of the city and seem ed to he spreading in every direction. Late messages indicate that the | dames are fast approaching the magni- | fieeut docks and wharves for which j the harbor of San Francisco is famous j and that these may fall victims to the ; devouring monster which broke water ; mains and destroyed fire apparatus. The most alarming part of the dire j event is that each succeeding telegram ; increases rather than diminishes the I terrible news. SAN FRANCISCO, April 18.—San Francisco was partially wrecked by earthquake at r»: 10 this morning. Shock lasted three minutes. A thou-; sand buildings damaged and destroy-1 ed. Loss of life reported great. No! water and fires all over city. All wires 112 except one gone. City hall, costing i seven millions in ruins. Modern build- j ings suffered less than brick and frame. Terror and excitement indescribable. ! Most people asleep and rushed into j streets undressed. Buildings swayed and crashed, burying occupants. Pauie in down town hotels. Lick house bad- j lv damaged but no loss of life report- J ed there. j The Palace and St. Francis hotels j stood the shock. People flocked to the j telegraph offices to Send messages to 1 friends and were frantic because there i were no wires. The greater damage! was done to buildugs south of Market J street, where mostly they are frame j and tenement houses. Fires occurred in every block in that district BA. M.—ln the confusion which reigns everywhere it is almost impos ~il»lt» to learn details of the disaster caused by the earthquake this morn ing. In general it may be said that the district lying between Market and Howard streets from the bay as far j west as the City Hall has been badly wrecked. The hotels in the vic'nity of Third and Market streets were badly shaken up but there seemed to be no loss of life. The "Call" and "Examiner" i buildings as well as the Western Un ion building have been badly wrecked. The large department stores in the neighborhood were also ruined,but the earthquake occurred at an hour when they were empty and no loss of life is reported. The Valencia hotel, bewteen Seven teenth and Eighteenth streets, on Val encia street, a live story frame build ing, toppled over into the street,bury ing seventy-live persons in tlie debris, only the top story remaining intact. Farther east on Market street toward the ferry slips, is a section occupied ' by cheap lodging houses and hotels, and here the loss of life is reported to be very great, though the extent of it could uot be ascertained at this hour. Fires are burning in a number of places along Market street and the water mains having burst, tlie author ities have resorted to dynamite to check the progress of the flames. The residence section of the city while badly shaken.reports no loss of life or erious damage. LOSS OVER $100,000,000 As Associated Press dispatch last night said that conservative estimates placed the loss in San Francisco well over $100,000,000, and growing larger with each report. LE LAN D STANFORD DEMOLISHED Leland Stanford uuiversity.the great est school of the West, and in many, particulars the finest in the world,was j practically demolished. One student, from Nebraska, was killed. BETWEEN 500 AND 700 KILLED Late Associated Press disjiatches last uiglU placed the killed between 500 and The figures are constantly changing, however, and it is impossi-. ble to tell as yet the extent of the t'atalt ics. Lent will soon be a memory—just j like the umbrella some one borrowed ' of vou. KSTABLISHET) (Nlßor> POOR OUTLOOK in COAL SITUATION NEW YORK, April 18.—The strike situation looks darker today then at any time since the operators and min ers' representatives have been holding conferences. The operators have prepared a letter to the miners answering the miners" demands for arbitration in which is said that there is nothing to arbitrate, claiming that all questions were settl ed by the previous strike commission. The reply is lengthy. Iu one place it says: "You are responsible for the suspen sion of work. There was no good rea son for ordering the men to stop work pending our negotiations, which had been delayed by you, especially iu view of the fact that we were willing to continue to pay the wages fixed by the strike commission." "NOTHING FURTHER TO OFFER" In conclusion the letter states: have no other suggestions to make than those coutaiued in our former propositions, and we regret that you have declined both of them. We have nothing further to offer." MITCHELL WON'T ACCEPT. Indianapolis, Ind. April 18.—It is believed b3* those close to President Mitchell who is here attending the soft coal miners' convention, that he will refuse to accept as fiual the anth racite operators' letter rejecting the miners' offer to arbitrate the different questions in dispute and that he will demand that another conference be held to try and reach a settlement. All that Mitchell would say for publication this morning was, "we have not reached the anthracite mat ter yet." He was not a little surpris ed at the action taken by the operators in making their flat refusal. It is the belief of many that the op erators will refuse to hold another con ference as they state that their reply is final. Brick Yards in Operation. .Johu Keim has already beguu the work of makiug bricK fur the season, all four of his brick yards having started up. Some brick were made on Friday, but these later were damaged by the rain. Yesterday the season opened in earnest and taking in all four of the yards Mr. Keim has some twenty-five men employed. From now on except when the weather is rainy each of the yards will be in operation every day. A little later on two ad ditional moulders may be put on, which]willincrease the combined prod uct of the kilns very much. Pending the adjustment of difficul ties between the coal operators and the miners Mr. Keim is uncertain as to what measure of success may attend the season's work. Should there be a shortage of anthracite coal it will be 1 impossible for him to burn brick, as i his kilns are not adapted to bitumin ous coal and wood suitable for the purpose here has become a commodity so scarce as to be practically out of the questiou. Mr. Keim is now engaged in ship ping brick iu large quantities, 500,000 going to Bloomsburg and 100,000 to Sunbnry. j SEVERAL MORE AUTOMOBILES. It is altogether likely that during the coming summer several automo biles will be added to those now in commission in Danville and immediate vicinity. The fact is known that there are several prospective purchasers and it will probably be only a short time until the new machines are in evid ence. It is also rumored that at least one automobile will be for hire anil will he run in any direction out over the country roads at so much per hour. A popular route, it is believed, will IH> found to lie in the direction of Wasli iugtonville and Strawberry Ridge, which have always proved favorite ob jective points for hack parties and others when out for pleasure. A long er ride of course,will be between Dan ville ami Milton and Danville and Bloomsburg. An automobile run over the river bridge through Riverside and out over the State highway proves in tensely enjoyable. Indeed, it would bejdifticnlt to turn in any direction iu the midst of our delightful scenery and not fiuil a route that would pos sess an especial charm in the pleasant ' summer weather. FINE RIDINU HORSE. James Scarlet, Esq., lias purchased a thoroughbred saddle horse, which is undoubtedly one of the finest little animals that ever came to town. The horse is seal brown iu color with flow ing mane aud tail and was purchased I of Mr. Scarlet's friend, J. M. McCliu toek of Wilkes Barn- .Tames Scarlet. Jr. ,is ven much devoted to horse back riding, but the little thoroughbred, it i is understood,will be used by both fa ther and son in taking exercise. JOB PRINTING The office ot the AMERICAN being furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy typo and job material generally, the Publisher an nounces to the public tnat he is prepared at all times to ex ecute in the neatest manner. JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Description llliALl® UNABLE i Til OIL COAL With the cessation of mining over the anthracite region—with the con sequent refusal of it he operators to ship a pound of coal frpm the mines and with a miners' strike of greater or less duration one of the probabilities of the immediate future, Danville, like many other towns of the i State as far as the question of hard coal is concerned i faces anything but a cheerful outlook. Simultaneously with the shut down the shipment of coal at the mines ceas- ed. Upon inquiry yesterday it was learned that, not one of eur local deal ers is able to procure a pound of coal. The orders placed by the local dealer* are acknowledged but there is no as surance when they will bo filled. The card employed by the D. L. & W. com pany in acknowledging the receipt of orders has the following stamped upon it in red ink: "All orders subject to ability to ship and to prices when shipment is made." No one doubts that affairs in the coal region are drift ing on toward a prolonged miners strike aud naturally under the circum stances there is curiosity to know just what surplus coal the dealers have on hand. Iu all the yards here it is practical ly the same. The dealers are busily engaged iu filling the big orders plac ed daring February and March by local consumers who had means for purchasing a big stock of coal, the room for storing it and were astute enougli to foresee that a clash between the miners and operators was unavoid able. It may take some weeks yet to deliver all the coal previously ordered and until this is done it will be diffi cult to tell just what margin may re main to meet the general demaud. The dealers, however, feel morally sure that by the time they have their orders all filled the quantity of coal on hand in their respective yards will not be worth taking into account. All of which implies that unless some un foreseen circumstance occurs to pre vent a miners' strike, before the sum mer is half over Danville will be with out coal in the dealers' yards. It is true, by exercise of wise forethought probably hundreds of families have their cellars filled but there are hun dreds of others--those who purchase coal iu smaller quantities,as they con sume it—who will need coal and will be unable to procure it; therefore, while a miners' strike might not bring about exactly the same conditions here that prevailed three years ago, yet there would be much inconvenience and privation. The heavy snow, which fell during March was indirectly responsible for the fact that the local dealers have not a larger supply of coal on hand. It was during this time that the dealers plan ned to rush out their coal to fill the large orders on hand, thereby gaining space iu their yards, which they hop ed to have filled by additional ship ments from the xuiues to supply future demands in the spring and summer. The heavy snow, however,blocked the streets, or rendered them nearly im passable with slusli and mud, either holding up the work or making it im possible to deliver coal with ease or facility. The consequence was JJthat before any considerable space was gain- eil iu the dealers'yards affairs between the miiiers aud the operators reached a crisis and the mining of coal ceased. Local dealers have poor hopes of re ceiving any coal from the enormous surplus stored up by the railroad com panies, especially if the strike should continue very long, in which event the coal will all the more likely be needed by the corporations for their own use. TRAILING ARBUTUS. Trailing arbutus, the first wildwood flower of spring, has been in full bloom for the last week and many arbutus parties have scoured the moun tain slopes for the dainty blossoms. Arbutus, which a few years ago was quite plentiful iu the woods,is gradu ally becoming extinct. The flower will not grow iu gardens or green houses, but must be iu tlie woods to thrive. Persons in search of the delic ate clusters of flowers are too eager to obtain large bunches, and in consequ ence, ttie whole plant, roots and all, is torn from the ground. This, with the cutting of timber and numerous forest fires, threatens to make this most fragrant of flowers rare in this vicin ity iu a few years. Even now, those in search of it must goto certain fav ored places away from the path of spring flower gatherers to be success ful. The flower has two colors, pink aud white. The pink flowers are gen erally the larger and grow iu large clusters. As a rule the pink flowers grow under the leaves aud in shaded places. The flowers grown iu the bright sunlight are usually white, al though there are exceptions to both cases. Sunlight has a tendency to dark ou the flower. Arbutus is the first out of-door plant to bloom in the spring, yet late in the fall it buds again and at times, when the fall is very late, it conies out in full bloom and a few of the fragrant sprays can be found at that time. Little Girl Bled to Death. Sylvia Porborteo, a child, Med to death at Shamokiu last night as the result of severing an artery in her neck. The child had stepped upon » chair to get a drink from the sink when she slipjted, and falling, broke the glass she held iu her hand. A piece of the tumbler pierced her neck, aud she bled death before assistance could arrive. 8;
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