Home Paper -—-Far lie Home he circulation ol this paper is in leasing rapid!) it will pay you i) advertise in the Amekic.w INSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR DR IRVING 11. JENNINGS, nkxusr. — ■ 'ffia liu»r« ,1. M •> ri »/ MM r. M. ' i /' M ihiaviile. I'a. ? 1 SKlil.T'/., Jl. 42. MII.I ST., Danviu.K, I'A. . i of the .Stomach and Intestines a Specialty cii sslii iwS Dry Christmas. The fifth day before. Clean out the chimney. Christmas stocks are going. ' Church choirs are busy. Clear the way now for Sauta Claus. People are doing their Christmas shopping. A slight snowfall would mak* good sleighing You can almost hear the honk of Santa's automobile Toe ice uiau is not pleased with the winter thus far. Don't vait uutil the last minute to do your shopping. The regular attendaut at Sunday school is about to be rewarded. Sleighing snow would be an accept able gift from the weather man. The generous heart aud the liberal hand find plentv to do these days. The rain didn't keep the shoppers off tie streets Saturday night. Thefts have been so frequet t iu the rural sections of Berks, Chester aud Montgomery counties that many farm ers have joined to raise S4OO for the purchase of bloodhounds for the pur pose of tracking the thieves. With a diamond a thief cut a square extending about two feet each way in j a plate glass window of a clothing store on Market street, Philadelphia, ; eariv on Thursday morning, drove iu the cut section, and stole two fine fur lint-d overcoats valued at #325. For the third time within the last fifteen mouths burglars have entered Philip Cohu's clothiug store at Pal myra, Lebanon county, and carried ofT clothing to the value of #6OO. A team , was used to take the goods away. Reports from Cuba indicate that pro- J sperity and tranquility prevail through out Cuba, that everybody is satisfied except a few political aspirants and that the administration of Governor Ma goon is a great success. The cashier of the Farmers' aud Drovers' National bank, of Waynes- ] burg, which was closed on Wednesday by orders from the comptroller of the ! currency, says that the bank is sound j aud its closing was due to spite work ! on the part of certain persons known - to the bank. A number of counterfeit .silver dol lars were circulated iu Harrisburg on | Saturday, most of them having beer j passed upon farmers iu the market j houses. The dates are 1887 and 1896 The police believe the counterfeits ; were coiued in the city. While Erwiu Schmoyer, a farmer of , Lehigh couuty, was trying to kill a bull, the animal hurled hitn iuto a stall where a horse was standing. It i frighteued tho horse aud he begau 1 kicking, injuring Schmoyer so bauly that he may not recover. There's time for much frosty weath er before the flowers bloom. Early Saturday moruiugfive nia-ked men robbed the bank at Shortville, near Canaudaigua, N. Y. of securities worth about #30,003,#4.000 in currency aud #175 iu silver and copper coius. The latter weighed eighty pouuds. The Sharon "Telegraph" tells its readers that a session of the Legislat ure must last 100 days. This would be a terrible thing if it were true, but fortnnarely there is no law requiring anything of the kind. The New York Sun has figured out that iu President Roosevelt's last mess age there are one hundred and twenty five thousand letters, aud that if the new spelling idea had been carried out in its writing, only one hundred and thirty-four characters would have been saved. The many Danville friends of Mrs. G. G. Kulp, of Shamokin,who recent ly uuderwent a serious operation in a Philadelphia Hospital, will be gratifi ed to know that she has returned home very much improved. Cli is'mas gifts from shippers must not be accepted by employes of the Pennsylvania road. Iu the light of past investigations,says the New York American, this may not please the shippers so much a might be expected BASKET BAI L ON CHRISTMAS The Favorite Piitston Boys Will be Danville's Opponents. Tlie favorite Pittston Basket Ball Team is the attraction offered for Christmas afteruo »n Tlie game will be played in the Arm >ry,beginning at 2 :80 o'clock sharp. For Dauville the following will play: Price, center; Johnson aud Gil , re. forwards; Sechler, Russell aud uiger, guards. Pittston will bring her usual fast, strong aggregation to Dauville for this game. Admission 25 cents. Dance after Game. Remember the time aud place: Christmas—Armory—2:30 Sharp. Ev ybody Coxae! "THIS COI NTRV WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS.' • OTj. 52-N O 51, ID Willi 111 OF MASONIC RUES DANVILLE INDUSTRIES I M. F. Gulick, whose death occurred iu Philadelphia ou Thursday,was con signed to the grave iu Fairview ceme tery Suutlay afternoou. Tlie funeral, which took place from the family resi deuce. South Danville,at 1:30 o'clock, was very largely atteuded,among those present being a large number of per sons from out of town. The deceased was given a Masonic burial. Among the members 01 the aucieut fraternity, that followed the body to its last restiug place, besides those of Mahoning lodge No. 516, F. & A. M., of which the deceased was a member, were those belonging to Dan ville lodge. No. 224. F. & A. M., and other lodges of the order situated near by. At 13:30 o'clock some forty Freo ! mason- 1 assembled in the lodge room, opera house block, where the burial service was performed. At 1:30 o'clock iu three hacks the members of the i fraternity proceeded to the late resi- J deuce, wheuce they joined the cortege to the cemetery. The pallbearers chos en from among the Freemasons were • as follows: Lafayette Sechler. M. H. Schram, Dr. N. M. Smith, Jerome Flood, Wallace Hoover and \V. R. j Clark. The officiating clergyman was Rev j Edward Haughton, rector of Christ Episcopal church. A quartette consist- | ing of Mis 9 Weiss, Mrs William®, W li. Miller and Harry Tit-lev rendered; "Nearer My God to Thee" and "Lead Kindly Light." At the conclusion of the church ser- ! vice at tlie grave the beantifnl Mason- j ic rites were performed, Frank .Tame- j son being worshipful master and M j G. Youngman,chaplain. Among the floral tributes was a ' beautiful emblem from the Freemasons another irom the li. P. O. of Elks, of ; this city, iu addition to a large num- j ber of other offerings from- individual friends. The following persons from out of town attended the funeral: MissSallie j Thompson, Miss Niua Thompson, Miss j Lou Thompson, of Philadelphia;! Thomas Ely, Reading; Mr. and Mrs. ! Lloyd Weingardner, of Muucy; Miss Elizabeth Bucher. Charles Sidler and I Silas Thurston, of Suubury; D. A. 1 Michael aud family, of Berwick ; D. ! L. Grnver and wife, Ray Gruver aud ; wife and F. B. Rhone, of Rupert; J. C. Ivy, of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Loremau, aud Daniel Huber. of Catawissa: Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Oberdorf and George Steinert, of Mt. Pleasant. P. () Box Rent Raised. A new schedule rolatiug to post | office boxes has been adopted by rhe j post office department, which results in materially raising the box rates per quarter. Box rent lates it appears, have been fixed heretofore upon no established basis with the result that at certain i large post offl -es rates are lower than at many small offices: that the cli for small boxes is iu inauy cases high er than that which should he made for large boxes; that rents are sometimes collected at the same rate for boxes of all siz ,j s; aid that at post offices of like class,iu the same vicinity, equip ped with similar boxes, rents are col lided at widely different rates. It was in order to remedy these conditions aud to provide a defluite aud satisfac tory rule for the collectiou of box rents that the new schedule, based up on the bind aud capacity of boxes and the gross receipts at post offices has been adopted. The new schedule affects the box rates at the Danville post office as fol lows : The reut for the smallest boxes has , been raised from 50 ceuts to 60 cents; reut for the medium-sized boxes, from 50 ceuts to 75 ceuts, aud reut for the drawers from 75 ceuts to SI.OO per quarter. Water System lor Ctnutery. The Odd Fellows are installing a very fine improvement at their cemo- i tery east of the borough, which will j be much appreciated by those who own lots the e. The improvement is ; nothing less than an extensive water I system, arranged to accommodate ev- 112 erv portiou of tl e cemetery. During the autu mi a well 125 feet deep was bored, which will yield a never failing supply of water. A build ing, some fourteen by fifteen feet, is beiug completed, iu which will be in stalled the engine, pump aud tank. This is located on the highest point, which is near the center of the grounds. From the pumping station iron pipe will be sunk below the limit of frost, leading to every part of the cemetery. At convenient points all about, the grounds hydrauts will be installed Tlie eugiue ami pump, which are furnished by a Willimnsport firm, are already on the ground ready to be iu -talled. The tank w ill be of ir u aud of sufficient capacity to meet all re quirements. The plaut will be putin operation is soon as completed, which will be in a few weeks' time. Hurley Baylor, the sexton, will be iu charge. "NOW Is TFIE ACCEPTED TIME." It is too late now to advise anybody to do their Christmas shopping early, for the rush is ou in the stores in full force, and growing greater all the time. Still every day that you put it off makes it worse A bulletin, entitled "Census of Manufactures; 1905," issued by the Uuited States department of commerce and labor,contains some very interest ing statistics relatiug to Danville, showing, among other things, that there are 31 industrial establishments ! iu this city with a capital of #1,571,- ! 382 The summary of the statistics in cludes 544 municipalities iu the Unit ed States having a population of at least 8000 iu 1900. It says that our 31 , establishments arc conducted by 86 salaried officers and clerks, who re ceive yearly for their servics #66,087. Tlie number or wage earners employed here is given as 1,6J3, earning yearly $616,263. Our wage earners are divid i ed as follows: Men 16 years and over, 1,224; women 16 years and over, 245; ; children under 16 years of age, 134 The cost of the material used in Danville plants for 19»>5 wassl,lo2 209, J aud the finished products that our i plants turned out was valued at $3.- 325.227. Several of the towns iu this section ' are not mentioned in the bulletin, 1 among them beiug Bloomsburg and i Milton. This omissiou is somewhat to ' be regretted, as a comparison of the I statistics from these towns with those 1 from Danville would perhaps prove iu i terestiug. Among the towns hereabouts that j are mentioned is Suubury. There are | 32 industrial establishments in Suu j bury, with 56 salaried officers aud ! clerks. Tlie capital invested in Suti j bury establishments is #1,137,811. j This, of course,is exclusive of the rail j road, from which Suubury receives a large part of its industrial prestige. ' Closes Six Weeks' Campaign. Evangelist W. D. Laumaster after a vigorous campaign covering a period of six weeks has returned to his home iin Danville for a rest during the Christmas holidays. Mr Laumaster is now well establish ed as an evangelist aud is receiving ! calls from all sections. It is seldom ! that he is not obliged to make a choice I between two or more places, each of which want him at the same time During the six weeks just elapsed : Mr. Laumaster has been laboring iu I Berwick, Kensington, Dallastown, York county aud at Edge Hill, Chest er couuty. At Berwick he labored under the auspicas of Christ Lutheran church and the Y. M. C. A. A feature of the | latter services were noou meetings held at the plant of the American Car & Foundry company. At Kensington he labored under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. At Dal lastown he was with the Lutheran church; at Edge Hill, with the Presby teri in church. A report for the last quarter shows that Mr. Laumaster, has addressed 166 services.including regulare.augelistic meetings, Bible readings, shop aud open ait meetings. He has addressed 15,167 people. Oue huudred and seven teen conversions were made. Mr. Laumaster will spend the eutire mouth of Jauuary iu New Jersey in evangelical labors. The time will be very uearly equally divided between the Y. M. C. A. at Elizabeth aud the First Methodist church at Loug Branch. Coldest Horning of the Season. Tuesday night aud yesterday morn ing were the coldest of the seasou. At the Montour h'>use, where the records are geuerally very conservative, the thermometer's registered two degrees below zero at 5 :50 a. m. Elsewhere about town the extreme degree of cold was reported at four aud even six de grees below zero The cohl came ou very suddenly. At nine o'clock Tuesday night mercury was 20 dergees above zero; at mid night it was eight above. It remained very cold duriug yesterlay, although the sunshine aud the absence of high wiud tempered the atmosphere very much. Altogether it was not unpleas ant out of doors,provided a brisk walk afforded exercise. Soon after midnight Jack Frost got busy aud between that hour and the | dawn yesterday morning he wrought many marvels.transforming the world, usually so homely in its wintry aspect, into a veritable dreamland, where ev ery roof and wall, street and side walk, board or stone by the wayside was concealed beneath a beautiful coat of suow white down, while every tree and shrub resembled forms of del icate frostwork. Even ou the spruce and the pine trees not a particle of green was visible and yet the feathery branches and the loug sleuder needles were clearly defined, all hidden uuder the universal coat of white. As tlie morn ing wore on and the frostwork on the houses, aud on tlie trees aud shubbery sparkled like ti, ru ouds iu the bright sunshine the s< cue became oue of transcendent beauty and oersous hurrying along through the chill atmosphere were glad to brook the discomfort to pause for a moment to ta*e iu the wonderful scene t!: ■' spread out around them. There are 16,900 000 beehives, pro ducing 19,000 tons of honey, in Spain, which is the second greatest producer of houey in the world. Germany,with 2 000,000 beehives, produces 20,000 tons. DANVILLE. PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1000. CLOSED ins DNIISIS A short session of court was held Tuesday afternoon,at which his Hon or Judge Evans,made an order similar to what lias gone iuto effect in Colum bia couuty. prohibiting the sale of liquor iu auy of the hotels, saloons or restaurants of Montour county on Christmas day. Although no petitions looking to the above end were present ed to court it was generally expected, after the action taken iu Columbia couuty, that such an order would be made here. Coutrary to what might be supposed liquor sellers are not as a unit opposed to rhe order. A well-known hotel keep er Tuesday explained that a good mauy of them rather like the idea of closing, as it gives them an opportun ity to eujoy Christmas with their families without feeling that they are closing their doors to legitimate trade, which will be pretty sure to drift else w here. He, himself, was oue of sever al who last year signed a petition ask ing the court to make an order closing the bars ou Christmas day. Their ae tion, he said, was so unmercifully ridiculed by other liquor dealers, who took a different view of the matter, that they did not care to repeat the experiment this year, although they are well pleased with Judge Evans' order. His Honor Judge Evans and Associ ates Frank G. Blee aud Charles A. Wagner occupied the bench. After reading the order Judge Evans ex plained that Judge Rlee did not care to have a part iu the order, which ac counts for the fact that it i- signed only by Judge Evans and Associate Charles A. Wagner. The-order is as follows: Iu the court of quarter sessions of tho peace in and for the county of Montour. Now December 18, 1906, it is hereby | ordered and directed bv the court that the clerk of the said court of quarter sessions of the peace shall have pre pared and printed a notice to this ef fect : "That every licensed place, hotel, restaurant or saloon for the sale of iu toxicatiug liquors, either spirituous, vinous or malt within this couuty shall close the bar parts of their res pective places of business ou Monday night. December 24, 1906, at twelve o'clock, midnight, and keep the same closed until five o'clock Wednesday morning, December 26,1906, to the end that uo sales of liquor shall be made on Christmas day." Iu the eveut of auy violation of this order by any licensed place, hotel, restaurant or saloon keeper aud the fact beiug brought to the attention of the court au application for license of the said place where such violation occurs will be refused. This notice to be delivered to the several coustables iu the several wards boroughs,towus aud townships through out the county and tho same to be forthwith served by the said several coustables upon the hotel, restaurant and saloon keepers and the wholesale dealers within their respective dis tricts without auy cost to tho county, it beiug part of the duty of said oflic ers to serve orders of this nature with out compensation. By tho court, CHARLES C. EVANS, P. J. C. A. WAGNER, A. J. Good skating on ihe Ponds. Skating was fairly good ou the ponds about town yesterday and a number of our young people enjoyed the sport. Ice is accumulating very fast and un less mercury takes a sudden rise it will not be very loug before every stream will be securely ice bound. Fishing creek closed Tuesday night aud yesterday it was covered with a smooth glassy surtace, tho ice being oue and a half inches thick. In a day j or so it will, no doubt, constitute a famous skating ground. Ice is accumulating very fast oti the river but there is uo probability of Us ! closing very soou owing to the height of tho water, which has risen some three feet siuco last Sunday. The rise is attributed iu part to the raius in 1 Now York State and in part the slush . ice, which is now accumulating all along its course and which has the ef fect of impediug the flow of tho wat er Brought Here for Burial. John Edwards, a former resident ot j Montour county, died at Edwardsville j on Tuesday aud will be brought to this city for burial ou Friday. Tho deceased was a brother of the , late Daniel Edwards ami a good many years ago was a re-ideut of Frosty Val ley. Twenty-three years ago his wife died and was buried iu tho Episcopal cemetery, this city. The deceased was seventy-seven years of age The body will be brought to this city from Edwardsville, Friday, ou the 12:51 p. in. train. The funeral parly will leave the train at V.'ii street, proceeding directly to tlie Kp : - eopal cemetery, where interment will take place by tho side of the wife of the deceased If ever there was au absurd mea it was that the building of a tunnel un der the English Channel might lead to tho invasion of England bv a hostile force; but that idea has delayed tho tunnel for many years and may even now defeat the bill pending iu Parlia ment for its coustructiou. lEfiSIIL George A. Fry and Michael Saudel spent Suuday with friends in Ply mouth and Wilkes-Barre. Miles Barber, of Wilkes-Barre,spent Suuday at tliw home of his parents. Dr. and Mrs. 1. G. Barber, Ferry street. William McCoy, of State College, has arrived to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents in this city. William Suyder, of Wilkes-Barre, formerly operator in tiie broker's office in this city, is spending several days with Dauville friends Miss Myra Lowe,of McKee's Heights is tho guest of Miss Lizzie Wagner at Exchuuge. Mr. aud Mrs. J. H. Johnson of Mil ton.spent Sunday with friends in Dau ville. Miss Desuia Weisner, ot Catawissa, has returned home after a two weeks' visit with Mr. aud Mrs Charles Heil mau, Strawberry Ridge. Joe Housel and Ed Sholleuberger, of' Montgomery, spent Sunday with friends in this city. Mrs. Grant Rockefeller,of Philadel phia. is visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs. John Gulick, Church street. Edsvin Moore arrived home yester day from Princeton university to,=pend tho Christmas vacation at the home of his parents, Mr. aud Mrs J. K. Moore. Ferry street. Carlton Mcllenry, -.tu ieut at Lafa yette colloge, arrived yesterday for a several weeks' visit •>% itii his mother, Mrs. Emma Mcllenry. Centre street. George Jacobs arrived home yester day from Sasquehauua university at Selinsgrove to spend the Christmas va cation at the home of his parents, Mr. aud Mrs. W. Fred Jacobs, Mill street. Miss Estella Loweusteiu arrived from Philadelphia yesterday for to spend the holidays at the home of her parents, Mr. aud Mrs. Samuel Loweu steiu, West Marker street. Miss Loweu steiu is taking a course at the P.road Street Conservatory of Music. A Mysterious Grave. A mysterious grave, evideutly dug in the night, lias been discovered on n small island at a most isolated point iu the Fishing Creek, and whether it points to a crime or not. diligent watching lias as yet failed to leveal. A half a mile above Benton where the creek turns through the farm of Boyd Me Henry, is a small island. This is half a mile away from the public road running from Benton to Cambria, aud the road cau only be reached by climbing a very steep bill. The spot is a very secluded one, uo house is witliiu half a mile of the place and it is seldom visited by any persou. Suu day moruiug, however,Clark Shannon and Edward Vanditie were goim: through the woods when they came upon n blazed trail leading from the road to tho creek. Followiug this they uoticed a hole ou the island aud ou go iug out aud investigating found it to ho five feet, seven inches loug, aud thirty inches wide aud about the depth of au ordinary grave. The earth was piled at the side,and it boia evcr\ indication of having been dug for the burial of a growu person. Iu the sand was tho imprint of a large hand.show ing that a man was concerned in tin digging, but ou clues could be found. James Conner, who lives on the Dug roil to which the blazed trail led. was informed of t!le discovery. Thinking that the gnne was intended for the burial of a body to hide a murder, a few lrieu ls were let into the secret aud the spot has been watched uiirlit ly since that time Nodiiug was seeu by tho watchers, however, aud deep mystery surroun is the entire affair. No oue seems to know anything about the grave, and a- far as kuowu.uo oue is de»d or missing in that vicinity. Ii is thought that too grave must have beeu dug Saturday night or early Suu day moruiug judging by the freshness of the grouud, aud by the fact that no ouo was seeu going along the road or through the woods with a shovel at any time during tho day. News of the affair is becoming gen eially know throughout that sect : ou aud has occasioned great excitement among the people of that vicinity. Have Probably Passed On. The visit of expert burglars, a full account of which was printed iuNews columus yesterday, has caused a good deal of uueasiuess among house keep ers lest the thieves should decide to make a second attack. It- is safe to as sume that during the last night or so iu most households no uncertainty has existed as to whether or uot the doors were securely Listened,while iu scores of places the ordinary lock aud key has beeu reiuforted by a stout bolt. •».iii«'h is considered tho safest of all ' ks, as it leaves no opportunity for thieves to operate with false key. It is altogether likely that tiie ex i it thieves have passed ou aud that > ! trther robberies will bo reported , u Dauville for a while. At the same time precautions are always in order. There is a large deficiency in the raisiu crop this seasou, the shipments to Loudou only amounting to 4 500 tous, while tho requirements of the market aoiouut to 6,500 tous, and prices are very high. THIEVES BUSY 01 Burglars were abroad in Danville Monday night. Such visits of nocturn al marauders are not of frequent oc currence iu our town. The visitation Monday night, however, was charact erized with such bolduess and possess ed so many mystify Ing features that it stands as a first class seusatiou aud shows that Dauville, like neighboring towus, is likely at any time to fall a prey to expert robbers. Four houses, three of them adjoin ing properties, were burglarized. At neither place is it kn «wn to a certain ty just how the theives effected en trance ;uei?lier did they cause alarm at any of the houses entered. They ieft unmistakable evidence of their pres euce, however, and at two places car ried off considerable booiy. That they were experts is pretty evident. The fact that robbers had been about was first discovered by Mrs. F. W. Howe, East Market street. She arose shortly after six o'clock Tuesday morning aud was walking through tlie hallway leading from her bed cham ber. when she stumbled over some ob ject on tiie floor, which she found to he her husband's trousers. Thcs> had been left hanging on a clothes' tree at the head of the bed. By rhe side of the trousers lay Mr. Howe's pocketbook— empty. A moment's thought convinced Mrs Howe that the hou-c had been robbed and she lost uo time iu arousiug her husband. Downstairs everything was turned topsy turvey. The drawers of the sideboard were open and while the silverware and other articles revealed signs of having been handled, yet so far as could be discovered yesterday nothing was missing. About eighteen dollars iu cash were taken from the purse contained in the pocket of Mr. Howe's trousers, which seems to be all that was stolen from the premises. That tlie thieves were expert and bold i- proven by the circumstance that iu order to reach Mr. Howe's pantaloons they were obliged to enter his bed room at one side of the bed, pass around the foot to the other side of the bed. at the head of which hung his clothes. That they ran a desperate risk in this is apparent when it is ex plained that Mr. Howe is a very light sleeper, that twice during the night— ouce ab )ut one o'clock aud again about three o'clock—ho was awake for long intervals. Ou the bureau ouly a couple of feet from where Mr. Howe's clothiug liuug lay two diamond rings and a valuable breast piu containing eight diamonds belonging to Mr-?. Howe, neither of which were disturbed by the burglar-. Tuesday morning all the doors and windows were found securely locked with the exception of tlio front door, which was merely unlo ked ; it was closed and there was nothing to show that anv force had been applied. The family is willing to concede that the front door might have been left un locked by mistake on Monday night. When the family of T. .T. Price, whose line residence adjoins Mr. Howe's on the east, awoke Tuesday morning tlie discovery was made that tlie house had b.ieu visited by thieves. Down stairs every thing was turned upside down, but fortunately nothing was stoleu. While rausackiug the low er story tlie thieves had taken great precaution not to disturb the family sleeping ou the upper flo ir. That their footsteps might not be hearl oue of Mr. Price's overcoats was laid on the tloor to cover the margin left bare by the large rug iu oue of the rooms aud iver this the thieves walked back wards aud forwards. Oue of the rear doors at Mr. Price's, although closed, was fouud unlocked Tuesday morning. The key had been removed aud was found lying ou the table iu the dining room. How the robbers managed to get the door op u is a mystery. The lock was perfectly intact. The fact that the key had been removed might be taken to indicate that a false key of some sort was used by which the true key was pushed out of tho lock. All the windows were fastened. Whether the robbers were frighteued away before they made auy selection or did not discover anything that constituted the kind of booty they were after, of course is not kuowu. The house occupied by Henry Trot ter, adjoining Mr. Howe's premises ou the west was also invaded by the thieves, although nothing was stolen The burglars hero gained entrance iu the same mysterious way, leaving no marks whatever upon tho door which was fouud uulocke 1, although closed, yesterday morning. The residence of W. K. Miller, geu oral manager of the Dauville aud Bloomsburg trolley company, on Pine street, was also robb.* I ou Monday night, the booty consisting of a new overcoat au I a pair of gloves. Here the same mystery esists as to hnvv ou trace was effected, a 9 the family is perfectly sure that every do ir aud window was locked ou retiring. Yet ou arising yesterday moruiug the side door was found unlocked, although closed. Noue of the windows had been disturbed. There was nothing to in dicate that the key ban beeu removed, nor was there any sigu about tne door to show that force had beeu applied. The lower story was pretty well ran sacked but all that the robbers seemed to want was the overcoat and gloves, which belonged to Mr. Miller's son, R ibert. a fourteeu-year-old bov. » (Continued on page 4) KSTABLISHEI) IN 1855 STUBBORN IE I SIIFI COAL BUMP During some weeks past the manage ment of the Reading Iron works here, has beeu up agaiust au unusual diffi culty. Iu short, fire broke out iu the big soft roal dump west of the mill containing thousuds of tons of fuel and the problem has bee I how to get the fire extinguished. Although it is by no means nnusnal for heavy deposits of soft coal to ignite iu this way, ypt up to the present no adequate meaus have been discovered that will thor oughly extinguish the firo a;> , thus prevent an anuoyauce aud loss. The fire at the Reading Iron works is no exception. Early iu the auturnu the discovery was made that the soft coal was on fire. This formed au en ormous deposit, built up around the high trestliug that carries the cars aud from which it was dumped. To get at the seat of the fire was impossible and the best that could be done was to dreucli the coal with water. Although water was regularly aud systematical ly applied but little was accomplished iu this way,the water merely running off the coal without sinking into auy depth. Meanwhile the deposit of soft coal lay there like a miniature volcano, day and night emitting clouds of smoke, aud revealing evidence that not ouly was the coal slowly but sure ly burning, but that the entire system of heavy trestliug, nearly new, was likewise being c.E-ntned by the hid den fire. When the works started up last month and the coal was needed for the furnaces an effort was made to get at the seat of the fire or at least to cut off its progress toward the schutes, which form a part of the trestling system aud which were in imminent dauger. By applying water regularly, as the coal is removed, the progress of the fire iu that direction has beeu ar rested,although the burning elsewhere is still in progress aud the deposit of coal eveu on the surface is hot. As the coal is hauled away the full damage done to the trestliug becomes apparent. The lower timbers are whol ly or iu part consumed and at least two of the large bents are robbed of their support aud as the coal is re moved are held upright by being chain ed to the top stringer. The effect of the fire is not to whol ly consume the soft coal but to buru it into something like coke,aud in this form it is still available iu the mill and is used without much unconveni ence. Pcnnsy Changes Telegraph Wires The Pennsylvania railroad compauy has force of men employed on the south side making an improvement tiiat is very importaut to the com pauy. This consists of removing the telegraph poles aud wires from the north to the south side of the track. Up to the present li;e telegraph pole? have beeu planted on the north side of the tracks at South Danville, extend ing all the way to Sunbury on that side. At a short dist.nce above the tuuk the wires were carried across the track aud thence eastward the poles were planted on the south side. There are some objections to having v ires cross the railroad track princip al among which is the fact that the action of the steam aud sulphur thrown off by the locomotives cause tne wires to rust. The Pennsy, tiierefore, wherever practicable carries the telegraph wires through under the track in the form of a cable. The railroad long ago plauued to remove the poles to the south side of the track iu South Dan ville aud Riverside, imply iug of course that the poles should be on the same side of the railroad all the way toSuu bury. To dj this, however, the rail road people at certain points were ob lige l to occupy land that came iu uu der the jurisdiction of Gearhart town ship. The supervisors saw proper to refuse the necessary premission. At present, however, the township aud the railroad compauy seem to have arrived at an agreement. The latter is contributing liberally of its road ballast to be used in highway con struction from the bridge to the sta tion, while Gearhart township in turn seems to have withdrawn its objection to the planting of telegraph poles on south side of the track. As a result the work is well under way, the poles being erected and th>' wires strung on the south side of tin 1 track. Iu order to reach the statiou it is practicable to employ the modern method of forming the wires into a cable and carrying them underground. This cable, which ruus into the tele graph office,contains some twenty-five wires, ouly ten <>f which, however, will be brought into play at present. A PAPER FROM BERWICK. The 28-page special industrial edi tion of the Berwick Enterprise thai has come to the Morning News office, shows that the Enterprise is living up to its name. C. A. Raseley.proprietor and mauager of the Berwick Enterprise started several years ago with a small weekly edition. His latest effort is from his new Hoe press recently in stalled, and is a remarkable example of energy and skill The Enterprise i now publishing eight pages regularly, audit is full of good news matter and bright advertising. Santa Claus is getting ready to get busy. JOB PRINTING The office ot the AMERICAN furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy typ job material I genera ly, the Publisher an i nouuces to the public tnat he ; is prepared at ail times to ex ecute in the neatest manner. ! JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Description fIiDS APPOIED ■ HE OF PARI The meeting of the Mummers' Par ade association for the purpose of hear ing the reports of the committees,was lielil at the Baldy house last eveuing. L lie reports sl owed tliat tlie arrange ments for the parade are iu excellent shape, and the affair promises to be the fiuest demou rration of its kind tliat has ever been held iu Danville. Tiie chief marshall was chosen last evening in the person of Arthur 0. Amesbury. Assistant marshalls were named as follows: Edward Purper, William Suter, E. D. Peutz, Ralph Kisuer, Arthur Stoliler, Jasper Perry, Tlieodore Baker and Harry Rupp. Tiie route of the parade was mapped out as follows: Form at the Washing ton hose house, up Market to Honey moou, to Frout, to N T a«sau,to Market, to Ferry, to Frout, to Mill, to Cham bers. countermarch to Market, to Mar ket square and disband. The prize committee reported that while its work is not as yet finished, it could be said tliat the prizes to be offered this year would be finer than ever before, including cash prizes and the usual contributions of Danville merchants. The fiuauce committee also reported that its work of soliciting was not finished, but tliat the members were meeting with good success. A meeting of the committees will be held at the Baldy house on Satur day evening at 8 o'clock. The Typhoid at Scranton. SCR ANTON, Pa. Dec. 18. The neighborhood ot 100 new cases of typhoid developed here today, mak ing a total of about 383 There had been up to noon 239 cases reported since the first of December, fifty-four being reported up to noon for the pre ceding twenty four hours. Dr. Arudt, the city bacteriologist, gave out a statement this evening in which he gave it as his positive opin ion that the typhoid was traceable to the water from the reserve distribut ing dam at Elmhurst, which had been used for distributing during the eight weeks prior to last Saturday, when trie No. 7 dam, the regular distribu tion dam, was being cleaued out. There have only been four deaths as yet from the epidemic, but one of the physiciaus employed iu the battle against the spread of the disease stat ed today that there will likely be many deaths before the disease is stamped out. He would not be surpris ed if the number reached 100. Water from the Lake Scranton stor age reservoir is now exclusively used aud all public places, mills and the like, are furnished ouly boiled water under a penalty of SIOO. Soda water fountains aud bars are advertising "boiled water only used here." Mayor Dimtuiek aud the city health authorities are cooperating with Dr. Moultou and Engineer Wetherill, of the State departuieut of health, are workiug night aud day iu a systematic aud thorugh mauuer to stamp out the disease. W. W. Scrantou, president of the Scrautou Gas aud Water company, has notified them ij'or to do anything the djctors and engineers direct iu the way of eradicating the alleged cou 'aminatiou of the water and charge the expense to the compauy. Milkmen, at the request of the health bureau, are refusing to deliver milk in bottles to auy house. Tiie householders must provide a container into which the milk can be poured by the milkman. In Honor of Birthday. A very pleasaut partv was given at the home of Elmer D. Phillips, in Der ry township, on Tuesday eveuing, the occasion being in houor of the 26th., birthday of Mis. Win. Hollobaugh, of Valleytowuship.The evening was spent with dancing and a fine time enjoyed. Rerfeshnients were served. Those present were Mr. aud Mrs. Bet j imin Spotts, Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Hollobaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reuuer, Mr. aud Mrs. t harles Thom as, Mr. aud Mrs. Elmer D. Phillips, Mrs. Norman Leech, of Washington, D. C. ; Misses Auua Carrol, Fannie Hollobaugh, Blanche Fry, of Milton; Hva Mcurer,Mamie Yeager,Ella Andy, Mabel Dietrich, Lulu Yeager, Eva Phillips Messrs. Charles Hollobaugh William Fortuer, George Andy, Chris Springer, John Heller, Harry Arter, of Wilkes-Barre ; Charles Dyer. Wil liam Davis, Philip Confer, John Hile mau, Howard Voguetz, Peter Saudel, Archie Hilemau, Harrv Yeager, Wil liam Mart/, Charles Mourer, Ralph Diel.l, Harry Rudy, Edward Delsite, !l \rvey Foust,Samuel Lobach,Franc's Delsite, Charles Dietrich, Harvey Whipple,Mori is Moser.Adam Phillips, Charles Chappell, of New York; Wil -1 run Brittain, David Tauner, Ray A' i iifersfecu, Roy Sliulrz, Albert Tau ner. Charles Snyder, Alouzo Phillips tud Jay Thomas. IZiißine Broke Down. The south bound Pennsylvania pass enger train, due at South Danville at 4:31, was over an hour late last even ing owing to a break down at East Bloomsburg. The train was pulliug out of the East Bloomsburg station when the tire came off of one of the wheels of the locomotive. Auother engine was call ed fro > Nescopeck.aud hauled the de layed train to Sunbury. The train is due to leave East Bloomsburg at 4:CB hut did not get under way until 5:83. The up train due at South Danville at 6 :55 was ajso quite late
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