Home Paper For the Home I lie circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEflfl DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS, Ojficc Hour* A. M.to 12 M lut IP. M.to 4/' M Dantillt. P»- P SHCLTZ, M. 425 Mux ST., DANVILLE, PA. Jiseases of the Stomach and Intes-inee a Specialty MEM NEWS. tiather in the ice. Slippery sidewalks. The ice men are happy. Had a sleigh ride yet v Look closely over the candidates. The ice man has another respite. Pretty fair ground hog weather, isn't it? J Death has been cutting a wide swath during the first five weeks of 1907. The real friends are never blind to our own faults. A woman can forgive an injury more easily than a slight. Many there are who loudly praise virtue to disguise their own lack of it. The boys and girls of Danville are entitled to the best education tnat can be provided. It is a great temptation to laugh when a person is seen to fall on a slip pery sidewalk. The so called elite ot many com munities cultivate everything but the mind and heart. 'Squire Jackson Levan,of Hamburg, Berks county, has served as justice of the peace and notary public for over forty years, and no appeal has ever been taken form his decisions. The license court of Schulykill coun ty has granted 1,062 liquor licenses and still has over s<io applications to consider, most of them for new stands, but with protests against all of them. While George Bickel, aged 35 years, of Stouchburg, Berks county, was shredding corn fodder his right arm was caught by the shredder and torn off at the shoulder. His condition is oritical. Mrs. Russell Sage will now be both ered more than ever by inipecu.nlons people, and be obliged to hire an ad ditional secretary to look over her cor respondence, or dump her mail by wholesale in the waste basket without having it read or sorted over. ' The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of busi ness January 31. 1907, the total debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $927,442,206, which is a decrease for the month of $7,620,G71. Chicago is having an epidemic of diphtheria and scarlet fever. The filthy and unsanitary conditions of the streets are alleged to be the cause of these contagious diseases. In the last five years the population in France—39,837,235 has increased only 890,322, or three--quarters of one per cent. In the last five years Ger many has added 750,000 to her popula tion. Earnings o 1 the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific for December broke all records The net gain iu Southern Pacific for the six mouths amounts to he full/lividend requirements_for that period. Allentown is pluming itself this week over the new federal building opened for the use of the national gov ern nent at that place. Bills for the cost of the uniform primaries are commencing to come in at the Auditor General's Department and the idea is growing that the cost is going to run pretty close to half a million dollars. Under the law the State has to pay to couuties every cent they spend for primaries. Its a poor sort of a storm that escapes being entitled the "severest of the winter." A petition asking for the reappoint ment of State Zoologist Surface aud signed by over 100 members of the house, regardless of party, has been presented to Governor Stuart. The petition was circulated by Kepresenta tive George Mcscrip, of Bradford county, and was readily signed. The mail order houses reach the peo ple by advertisments which set forth what these houses have for sale. The merchants of a city must meet the mail order houses on the same footing and let the people know what they have to offer. Colonel John Jacob Astor now has eighteen motor cars in his garage and is reported as content with that num ber for the present. Mrs. Astor, how ever who has a fair collection of her own, is still making additional pur chases. Major C. F. Closo and Captain G. R Frith, royal engineers of the Brit ish government, have come over to study our geodetic and coast survey system, which, they say, is far super ior to those of Europe. William Gray Williams, who holds a responsible position under the Wilm ington Iron company, accompanied by his wife.arrivedjin Danville last even ing for a few days' visit. Mr. and Mrs. Williams were both former resi dents of Dauville and the trip to their 0 Id home is made largely for the benefit of Mrs. Williams, who is con siderably indisposed owing to an at t»ok of la grippe. "THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS. ' OL. 53-MO 6, BIG AWARDED TO IBS' IS The contract for furnishing and set ting the curbing for the North Mill street paving job was awarded to T. L. Evans' Sons at a regular meeting of the borough council Fridyv night. There were three bidders —T. L Evans' Sons, D. .T. Rogers and the Wilkes-Barre Construction company. T. L. Evans' Sons bid for Pennsyl vania blue stone at seventy-one cents per lineal foot with octagonal corners at $3.50 each. D. J. Rogers' bid provided for straight curb, quarry stone cut,for the sum of eighty-five cents per lineal foot all round corners at eight dollars each. The Wilkes-Barre construction com pany's bid called for stone curb in ac cordance with specifications at eighty five cents per lineal foot for straight curb and two dollars for curved curb. On motion of Mr. Vastine it was ordered that tire contract for curbing and headers in Wyoming blua stone be awarded to T. L. Evans' Sons. Another delegation of citizeus from the fourth ward was present at the meeting of council last night to fur ther protest aga J nst the vacating of the Cross street crossing by the P. & R. railway company. William Kase West, Esq.. presented the matter on behalf of the residents. Mr. West was i emphatic iu his demaid that the resi dents north of the P. & R. railway be given some better and more conveni ent way of getting across the track than is afforded by the undergrade crossing. He advised that until A street be formally accepted from the Danville and Bloomsburg trolley com pany council require the P. & R. railway company to maintain a cross ing at Cross street. On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was ord ered that the clerk address a com munication to the P. & R. railway company requesting it to open the crossing on Cross street and also to keep the Railroad street crossing open. On motion the borough council ac cepted an invitation from the county commissioners to be present at the meeting of the township supervisors of Montour county to be held in the courthouse, Danville, Thursday, Feb ruary, 7, 1907. The following members were pres ent: Gibson, Jacobs, Woodside, Dietz, Vastine, Sweisfort, Russell, Angle and Hughes. Electrician Newton Smith presented his report for operating the municipal electric light plant duiing January, which showed a total cost of $303 79. The plant was in operation 346 hours and 15 minutes. Seventy-seven tons of . coal were consumed. WATER DEPARTMENT. P. H. Foust, Agent $105.20 J. H. Goeser & Co 3.00 Harmon Rupp . .50 Friendship Fire Co 26 27 Jas. Gibson 15.00 Regular employes 157.00 BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. j Regular employes slls 00 W. G. Brown 4.50 Atlantic Ref Co 27.66 Jas. Gibson 2.25 The Gem, printing 68.00 B B. Brown 4.25 Labor and hauling 39.50 F. Hartman 1.50 Welliver Hdw Co .60 Getting Rid of the Snow. Snow is a troublesome factor on a paved street and when the latter hap pens to be a business street of town it becomes doubly a nuisance. When melting begins there is no way for the water to escape except through the regular outlets into the sewer. Under the constant traffic it is nearly impossible to keep a water way open and the result is that along with the slush are pools of water, which make it very bad for pedestrians when they attempt to cross the street. The first essential of course, is to keep a water way open at the lowest portion of the paving along each curb, but it is there that the snow,augment ed by what is shoveled from the side walks lies the deepest A glance at Mill street reveals the magnitude of the task before the street commissioner before he succeeds in getting the snow removed from the enrb. Yesterday he had his shovel brigade at work leveling down the big heaps of snow that lined the curb on the west side of Mill street to prepare a place for the curbstone market this morning. Death of Mrs. Hary Songer. Mrs. Mary Songer died at t»«e home of her uaughter, Mrs. Edward Blee, Cross street, shortly after 12 o'clock yesterday morning. The deceased was the widow of Abram Songer, who departed this life about twelve years ago. She was a former resident of Shannondale. Clar ion county, but removed to Danville about five years ago to reside with her daughter, whosejhusband, Ed ward Blee, is a son of Associate Judge Frank G. Blee. The deceased was aged sixty-seven years. She was taken ill last August and until death ensued. One son and two daughters survive: George Songer,*of Marienville, Forest county; Mrs. Blee, of this city, and Mrs. William Yarner, of Reedsburg, Clarion county. The fuueral will take place on Sat urday at 9 a. m.from St. Joseph's Catholic church. Interment in St. Jo seph's cemetery. ID DAVIS' ■Ol ESCAPE Of the number of persons struck by the cars annually, comparatively few survive to relate their experience ; still fewer nfter meeting with such an ac cident escape without an injury or with injuries so slight as to be hardly wortli taking into account. To the lucky few making up the lat ter class belongs Fred Davis, a sixteen year-old boy, who resides with his grandmother, Mrs. Mullen, on Upper Mulberry street. Fred was Btruck by the cars on the Centre street crossing Friday night and hurled sixteen feet and yet his iujuries were so slight that Saturday evening he was able to leave the house and to spend an hour or so with his boyhood companions. Fred is employed at the Structural TubiDg works. The accident occnrred Friday evening about 6 :30 o'clock as he was on his way home from work with another boy by the name of Thomas Foust. They were walking on the P. & R. track aud had reached the Centre street crossing when a push er running tender first came along be hind them. After passing the Bloom street cross ing the engine took on more steam and flew forward at a good speed. The engineer sounded the whstle for the crossing, but in spite of the warning the boy was struck and hurled out in the middle of the street. As soon as the locomotive could be stopped it was baefced up to the cross ing and the fireman quickly dismount ed to make an investigation. To the surprise of all the boy. by that time, was on his feet. He de clared that lie was not hurt, and pick ing up his dinner bucket he started for hom.e To say the boy wholly escaped would not be in accordance with facts. He was bruised where he was struck by the locomotive ard badly jarred by the impact when he struck tfie hard frozen ground. He was obliged to keep his bed the greater part of the day Saturday. The story as told by the two t>oys > 8 as follows : As they approached the crossing they heard the locomotive whistle. To get out of the way Fred climbed up on a heap of snow near the track, which had been left there by the workmen when the crossing was shoveled off. Just as the engine came along Fred slipped and fell down against it. He was struct just below the right should er by a corner of the tender and thrown with terrific force, luckily striking the ground several feet from the track. As the engine dashed by the boy lay in the street insensible. His companion flew to his side, hard ly dreaming but that Fred was fatally or at least very seriously hurt. He lifted him to his feet, but the injured boy staggered a few steps and then fell to the ground again. By the time the pusher had returned he had arisen and was able to walk. He was still dazed when he reached home and suffered considerable pain. Dr. Shultz. the family physician, be ing called, made ail examination and concluded that no bones were broken. Neither did the physician see any evidence of internal injuries. On Sat urday the boy's back was badly swol len where he was struck by the push er ; he was unable to stand in an erect position and altogether he felt very badly as the result of the accident. It was thought, however, that all un pleasant effects would wear off 'n a day or so. New Division Superintendent. George B. Wright, who formerly had charge of the local telephone system in this district, but who for tfie past several years has been located at Bing hamton, New York, as general super intendent of the York State Telephone company, has returned to this section, and will fill the position recently vac ated by the resignation of H. N. Dan iel Mr. Wright will be remembered by mauy Dauville people as the first sup erintendent of the Montour and Col umbia telephone company when that system was putin operation here. When the Montour and Columbia was absorbed by the United Telephone and Telegraph company Mr. Wright re mained in this section having charge of this district uuder the new com pany. Later Mr. Wright went to Bing liamton to take charge of the York State Telephone company's lines, where he has remained until now. The district of which Mr. Wright will have charge has been enlaigcd since the resignation of Mr. Daniel, and now extends north to Williams port, west to Lewistown and south to Pottsville. In additiou to this Mr. Wright will retain the general super intendency of the York State com pauy, which covers Broom, Tioga and Chemung counties in that State. Mr. Wright will make his head quarters at Williansport, and will be gin his work theTe today. Rich in Coal. The wealth of Pennsylvania's coal mines is better appreciated when it is known that their value is more than five times the worth of the mineial products of any other State, and five times the aggregate value of the min eral products of the great gold bearing states of California and Colorado. Few of us get all that wo want at the exact time that we wa«'t <t, DANVILLE. PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1907. PEIER OHO ' BACK IN JAIL Peter Dietrich, convicted of murder in the secoud degree aud sentenced to 14 years iu the penitentiary, who two weeks ago was admitted to bail, pend ing the determination of au appeal to the supreme court, after the brief in terval of freedom,jwas Friday evening remanded to the custody of the sheriff and is again behind the bars. The canse of it all is explained in the peti tion of the bondsmen. Dietrich fell a victim to is old enemy, strong drink, and was intoxicated Thursday night and Friday. The bondsmen presented a petition to the court setting forth that they had entered into recognizauce to the Com monwealth in the sum of ten thousand dollars for the appearance of Peter Dietrich, defendant, in court upon the determination of the appeal—that the said Peter Dietrich,since his being re leased upon bail, has been driukiug to excess aud they desired to be relieved from any liability that might accure upon said recognizance to the Com monwealth. They therefore,prayed the honorable court to award a bail piece to the eud that the said Peter Dietrich might be jemauded to the custody of the sheriff. The five boudsiuen, whose signatures followed, were as follows: John H. Goeser, Joseph Smith.George A. Meyers, W. C. Williams and P. P. Swentek. A short session of court was held for the purpose of acting on the petition. The ringing of the bell brought an enormous crowd to the courthouse, all expecting to see Peter Dietrich present at the proceedings relating to the bail picee. There was much disappointment on this score, as Peter Dietrich was~"al ready iu jail. He was under surveil lance during Friday, but about live o'clock he was found in au advauced stage of intoxication aud the officers, prudently took him in charge and placed him in jail, where ho was when court assembled. Judge Evans made the following order: "Aud now February 1, 1907, bail piece awarded as prayed for and the defendant remanded to the custody of the sheriff and to be held until dis charged by law. The said bondsmen are discharged front any further liability after this date. By the court. C. C. EVANS, P. J." To Wash Filter Tubs Every Day. The board of water commissioners consisting of Edward Corinau, D. J. Rogers and James T. Magill, held a regular meeting at city hall yester day afternoon, Mr. Cormau presiding. Peter J. Keefer, superintendent of the water works, was also present. The reports were mainly favorable and showed the plant to bo iu first class condition aud the service all that could he desired. Mr. Gorman, how ever,called attention to the prevalence of typhoid fever in up-the-river towns and iu view of the fact that Health Commissioner Dixon had addressed a communication to the water commis sioners of Danville urging that the water be carefully filtered, he said he cousidered it highly important that the filter tubs he cleansed or 'wash ed" at least once every twenty-four hours. At present,he explained,except during high water, the tubs are not '■ washed" oftener than every other day. Such a schedule he said, is Hard ly the proper tliiug even when no special precautions are required, for. while it might cause a little less work about the plaut.it obviously leads to an additioual consumptiou of alum, re quired to counterbalance the effect of clogged up filter beds. He thought it would be a pretty good thing to est ablish a rule which would admit of no exceptions whether the river be muddy or otherwise, that the filter tubs be washed regularly,at least once every twenty-four hours, the work to be done during the hours of daylight. The process of washing a tub requires some twenty minutes. On motion of D. J. Rogers seconded by James T. Magill it was ordered that the filter tubs be washed at least once in every twenty-four hours as proposed by Mr. Coruiau; also that an order to the above effect be served on the water superintendent. On motion it was ordered that a vacuum gauge bo purchased of the Worthingtou pump company for use iu the water works. The installation of the vacuum gauge will have the effect of making it a little easier for the eng iueers, as it will keep them iu touch with conditions affecting the pumps and obviate many tiresome trips up aud down stairs from the first floor where the light plant is installed to the lower story where the pumps are situated. Kelly Will be Tried for Bribery. The case of the taxpayers' associa tion of Couyugham township, Colum bia county, against Prof. B. F. Kelly, ex-principal of the schools of that dis trict, who is charged with bribery,will come up for trial at Bloomsburg nc.\t week. The case was scheduled for \e t<; • day, but Kelly's attorneys were in court with the excuse that the former was ill with the grip, aud thv Ju-isio Marr, of Schulykill county, one of ti.c important witnesses for the <1; fi use was detained by license court iu hi* couuty.aud therefore prayed for a cou tinuance. Judge Evaus appointed next Wednesday as the time, aud said that "it will be absolutely tried p xt week because felouy oases cau he tried even iu the absence of the defendant." PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS W. B. Rhodes arrived Saturday from Natchez, Mississippi,for a visit at the home of his mother, Mrs. Maria Rhodes, West Market street Miss Botdors, of Bucknell at Lewis hurg.was the guest over Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gearhart, Bloom street. Miss Emma Gearhart,of Lewisburg, spent Suuday at the home of her par ents, Mr. aud Mrs. ,T. B. Gearhart, Bloom street. Luther Lyou, of Philadelphia, spent Suuday iu this city as the guest of Fred Owen. Charles Oberdorf of Lewisburg,spent Sunday at the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs. J. T. Oberdorf, West Mahouing street. Reuben Boyer.of Wilkes-Barre.spent Sunday with his family on Honey moon street. Mrs. Harry Martin and Miss Laura Leniger have returned from a trip to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing ton. Charles J. Engle and Roy Strauser, of Shamokiu, spent Sunday with friends iu Danville. Miss Myrtle Sidler, of Catawissa, spent Sunday iu this city as the guest of Miss Bertha Cromwell. W. R. Miller was a visitor at Sha mokiu yesterday. Mrs Russell L. Kelley, of Sunbury, called ou friends in this city yester day. Simon Krebs returned to Somerset yesterday maruiug after a visit at the home of Charles P. Hancock, West Mark-1 street. Mrs. W. J. Bowman returued to Pittsburg yesterday morning after a visit at the home of her mother, Mrs. Mary A. Sheppersou.East Front street. Mrs. Fred Houghton aud Mrs. Charles Gerringer, of Sunbury, spent yesterday with friends iu this city. Ice Dealers Rushing Work. While none of our ice dealeisor con sumers who have ice houses to fill have thus far neglected any opportuu itv to gather iu the crystal product, it was not until yesterday that they got really busy and scarcely took a breath ing spell. The zero weather at present prevail ing is completing the work begun a week or so ago. Both ou the ponds at Castle Grove and on'the dam at Mah oning creek the ice has attained a thickness of from seven to ten inches. The average thickness is between eight and nine ice is very solid. Both at the dam and at Castle Grove all the teams available were employed yesterday. When the work is pushed it is very easy to cut a hundred loads per day at each place. The amount hauled fell little, if any, below that limit yesterday. A. M. Peters, who has room for 1,- 300 tous, begau the work ot filling his ice house yesterday. The amount that he stores away daily hardly ex ceeds a hundred tons, so that, as will be seen, lie has a very heavy contract ahead of liiiu aud the couditious will have to be all-around favorable before ne will be able to fill his ice house from the local supply. Nevertheless he is hopeful. He has no desire, he says, to repeat the experience of last sum mer, when as a result of a local short age, in common wi;h other dealers, he was obliged to rely on the big ice com panies of the Pocono region. J. L. Kline is also filling his ice house, and, like Mr. Peters, is obtain ing the ice at Castle Grove. Amoug other ice houses that are being filled from Castle Grove is the large build ing belonging to Charles Lyon's meat market. John Jacobs' Sous are liaul iug ice from the dam at Mahoning creek. At each of the latter places the work is being rushed aud a large quant ity of ice was stored away yesterday. Death of Edwin Lunger. Edwin Ellis Lunger, a well known and highly esteemed resident of the first ward, departed this life at 11 :30 o'clock Saturday night, after a pro tracted illness. The cause of death was heart dis ease. The deceased suffered from this malady for two years,although for the greater part of the time he was able to be about. Six weeks ago his condition became worse than at any time and he was obliged to take his bed. From that time until his death he was cou fiued to iiis room. The deceased was born in Dauville and is a brother of Samuel Luuger. He was a former employe of the big mill and for a period of tweuty-five years worked at rail straightening at that plaut. During the past twelve years he acted as janitor at the Mah ouiug Presbyterian church. He was aged 56 years, 11 months and 21 days and is survived by his wife, two daughters aud oue son: Misses Olive and Ada aud Fraukliu Luuger. Ho was a member of Montour Castle No 186, K G. E. He was a man of generous impulses, ft kind aud oblig ing disposition aud had many frieuda. Pocono Ice. A car load of ice shipped from Lake Pocouo was much admired at the D. L. & W station yesterday It was as Clear as crystal aud at least eighteen iuclies thick. The ice was shipped to one ot our residents, who will use it in filling his ice house. DEATH OF ILL-KNOWN MAN John M. Price, a former resident of Dauville.and father ot our townsman, Thomas J. Price, passed away at the home of his son, George Price, at Kingsbury, N. Y., on Monday night. The deceased sustained a stroke of paralysis about a year ago, and since theu has been iu feeble health. Death was due to an attack of pneumonia. Mr. Price was known to be in a pre carious condition due to the latter disease and tidings from Kiugsbury were eagerly awaited. A message re ceived about 10 o'clock Monday night stated that he was very low. This was followed by a telegram Tuesday morniug stating that he had passed away. In response to the sad news Thomas J. Price left on the 10:19 a m. train Tuesday for Kiugsbury. John M Price was a native of Wales. He came to Dauville about 1853. He was a man of more than ordinary in telligence, gifted as a musician, and was a complete master of the art of rolling iron. He invented and pat ented several devices pertaining to rolling that now are used exclusively in the great steel works of this coun try. He lived in Danville at a day wheu Welsh and English iron-workers, at tracted here by the starting up of the big mill, were very active of the af fairs of the towu. John M. Price, by virtue of his integrity, his gifts of in tellect aud attractive personality, was easily a leader, not only of the people of the two nationalities above alluded to, but also others of the town ir respective of nationality. He was at first employed at the rolls in the big mill, but later became boss roller at the Rough and Ready iron works, a position which he held for many years. It is recalled that while he held the latter position the late Dr. Joseph Parry, the celebrated composer,then a humble mill worker, was employed on one side of the rolls. The man who had the honor of working at the op posite side of the rolls at the same time was our townsman, D. R Wil liams, the well-knowu insurance agent. Mr. Williams is able to recall many incidents relating to the every day life of both John M. Price and Dr. Parry in the days when the latter little dreamed ot the briliaut future aud the world-wide fame that was iu store for him. In 1867 with his family the deceased took up his residence in Pottsville, thouce removing to Syracuse, N. Y. Shortly before leaving Dauville Mrs. Price died and was buried iu the ceme tery ou Bloom street. From that time till his death the deceased remained a widower. Four sons and three daughters sur vive: Thomas J. Price of this city, John aud George Price, of and Frank Price the well-known detec tive of New York City ; Eleanor (Mrs. Hoskins) of New York; Miss Anuie Price, who resided with her father; and Miss-Jennie Price of Rome.N. Y. A Southerner's Experience. The fact that he would so soon en counter snow a foot deep was one of the things that VV. B. Rhodes didn't reckon ou a few days ago when he left Natchez, Miss., where flowers were blooming and soft breezes were blow ing such as we are accustomed to in May. Mr. Rhodes, however, is optimistic always, aud, uow that he is here, re gardless of the depth of the snow, he is inclined to make the best of the situation. Tomorrow he expects to be sufficiently acclimated to tnke a long sleigh ride. Mr. Rhodes brings glow ing reports from Natchez and from nearly every part of"the south. A heavy cotton crop with the very best of prices has brought about a state of prosperity that is wholly without parallel iu re cent years. Eveu the negroes have plenty of mouey. Relating to the pub lic health the best of conditious pre vail and the people are as happy aud hopeful as they are prosperous. The only circumstauce that has a depressing effect is the great flood ou the Mississippi, which has caused a vast amount of damage. For mauy miles on his jouruey northward Mr Rhodes passed through the floodswept districts aud he was enabled to esti mate at close range the amount of dev astatiou wrought. At Ciuciuuati the conditions were most deplorable as the remit of the overflow ou the Ohio river. Zero Weather Follows Snow. * The deepest suow of the season was followed yesterday morniug by a de gree of cold that has beeu parallelled only ouce or twice this season. At 5:15 o'clock according to the record at the Montour house, mercury stood at 4 de grees above zero; at 7:20 o'clock, a trifle over two hours later, it register ed at 4 degrees below. Elsewhere in this vicinity mercury is said to have gone down as far as eight degrees be low. Duriug yesterday it continued cold. Sleighing is reported as very good along the country roads as well as on the streets of town and with the pres ent temperature prevailing there is little doubt but that we shall have the suow with us for some time to come and that everybody who cares to in dulge in the sport will have au oppor tunity to enjoy a fine sleigh ride. A new industry is what Danville ueeds. ESTABLISHED IN 155."» ANNUAL 1011 OFJBECfOIS The stockholders of the Danville and Bloomsburg street railway company held their annual meeting at the Mon tour house yesterday afternoon. Officers were elected as follows: President. F. C. Angle, Esq. ; vice president, Thomas B. Illig; secretary, W C. Billmau; treasurer, Charles E. Leippe ; Judge R. H. Koch was made general solicitor aud W. R. Miller was re-elected general manager. W. R. Miller of Danville; W (I Billman, Thomas B. Illig, Fiauiv IJ.1 J . Lauer, and John R. Miller of Reading were elected directors. Resolutions were passed directing the attorneys for the company to pro ceed with the pending suit relative to the D. L. &• W. crossing. On motion of F. C. Angle seconded byC.P. Hancock the following resolu tions were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That it is the unanimous sense of the Danville and Bloomsburg street railway company, which i« also the owner of the Dauville aud River side street railway company, that street railway companies of this Com monwealth should be given the right under the laws of Pennsylvania to carry express matter and parcels and packages of merchandise and also the right of eminent domain, in all cases where owners whose properties abut the street unreasonably refuse their consent, to construct trolley roads on the streets in front of such properties as well also as the right of eminent domain to condemn private property wherever the topography of the ground makes it reasonably necessary to divert street railways from high ways in order to overcome physical difficulties iu grade or otherwise; sec ond, Resolved, That it is the sense of the stockholders of this company that all street railway compauies should have the, right without any interference from the courts by any process what ever to lay their tracks at grade on the streets in boroughs aud cities, wherever said streets are intersected by steam railroads at grade. Array of Fine Speakers. An unexpected and important call to another part of the Pfate will prevent State Highway Commissioner Joseph W. Hunter from appearing at the meetings of the Montour county sup ervisors at the courthouse today. While this change iu the plans is somewhat to be regretted yet ample provision has been made for two very interesting sessions, and an array of men high iu the public highway af fairs of the State will be on hand to address the supervisors. Assistant Commissioner R. I). Be man. will represent Mr. Hunter at the meetings and will make several inter esting addresses. Ab interesting figure, who will be present at the meetings today, is Hon. Jasou Sexton, of Montgomery county, who was chairinau of the first public highway committee of the Pennsyl vania legislature, in the session of 1897, when this State was just begin ning to take notice of her highways. Mr: Sexton is a Democrat, and is well versed in all the phases of road build ing and maintenance, and is au en thusiastic supporter of any measures that look toward the improvement ot the roads of Pennsylvania. Mr. Sex ton is also a member of the St ite board of agriculture. At the meeting today the supervis ors of this couutv will form an organ ization, the object of which will he that a more united effort cau be made to improvs the roads of the county. Did Justice to Capon Supper. As lustrous a galaxy of Danville's representative business nieu as was ever gathered together met last evening at the Grovauia hotel with the object of doing justice to a capon supper,and no better assurance that the repast was appreciated is needed than a glance at the list of "those present," which ap pears below. A perusal of the tempting menu will give some idea of the enjovmeut with which the occasion was attended : Oysters "n the Half Shell. Soup, Pickles, CAPON, Mashed Potatoes, Cabbage, Lettuce, Olives, Prunes, Cranberry Sauce, Cold Slaw, Orauges, Bauanas, Ice Cream, Tea, Coffee, Cocoa. Gathered around the festive board were U. Y. James, Joseph Baylor, Philip Benzbach, W. G. Pnrsel, Jos eph Heim, Sam Blocli, I. O. Lee, Ralph Kisner.L. C. Deitz, J. 11. Cole, Alfred Blecher, Hon. Henry Divel, Harry Ellenbogen, W. J. Rogers. John F. Tooley, John Eisenhart, A. L. Voris, William Limberger, George B. Jacobs, Samuel Loweustein, W. Kase West, W. L. Sidler, W. Fred Jacobs, George Younnmau, Frank Jameson, D. R. Eckmau. J. S. Raver, Williard Kisuer, Clyde Dyer. William Christy and O. E. Welliver, of Bloomsburg. Hilton Postmaster. It has been announced that Robert E. Hopkins had been appointed p it master at Milton by Presideut Roose velt aud the appointment sent to the senate for confirmation. He will suc ceed Mrs. Geltz who filled the unex pired term of her husband who died while an incumbent. jbfe^RiNfiHd' FB3IW /fg/i '* ot the Aivttsjtig^ bei'iK furnished with a* letter tfaa 1m *ft » .» aiu" job material ;<>i an nottucfcy to tHe public tnftt he IS atall ecut&:sn the neatest msMers' iufe pimnti^C Oi a.H ami DeLSxfrlS/Mi lit Ml 3 urn The -ituiition as go jsq,sjrf.ing eh ct 'hi this year will be wholly -un ique iii Anthony township, there will h but ojjo ticket in the field'.jjhat of the Democrats. It is a rather re iTi;!rk ible ,-tate of affairs, one so far as any one about the courthouse, <a iout a parallel during iunny years pa.-.t, if at any time in the history of the county. The Republicans,as well known, are in a ! !"■■ minority in Anthony township. This will be the better un derstood when it is explained that of the '230 votes polled at any election nearly, if not quite two hundred of tlii se are cast for the Democratic can didates. Under the circumstances it is only natural that in Anthony town ship the launching of a ticket by the Republicans is attended with less en thusiasm than by the Democrats. The party leaders were a little too lake warm this year aud postponed the mat ter unf il they uuoonsciously passed the limit, 1 iter than which certificates of nominations cau not be filed. The election will be held on Tuesday, Feb ruary 19th. Tor candidates for all township and»borough offices and elec tion officers and school director the election laws provide that in the-case of certificates of nomination, at least eighteen days, and, in the case of nomination papers, fifteen days, must elaj.se h'tween the filing of the same aud the date of the election. With the close of last week, there fore, the limit was passed when any nominations could be made. Both parties in the several districts of the couufy !i;tve held their primaries with the exception of Anthony. Finding that they were shut out the party lead ers in that township have announced that they will not put a ticket in the field this spring. This action will give the Democrats a walk over aud, as above stated, will make tTie situation in Anthony un ique With uo opposition in the field it is difficult to foresee just what kind of a vote will be polled by the Demo crat-'. There will be no inducements for the Republicans to attend the elec tion. Defeat being out of the question it is not unlikely that many Demo crats will restard voting as an unneces sary expenditure of time and effort and will imitate the example of their Re publican neighbors aud remain at home. The failure to form a ticket is like ly to lead to some complications as re gards a minority inspector of elec tion, to which the Republicans are entitled, and which should be chosen at the spring election. There is a way out of the difficulty, however. It ia not generally known how an inspect or may be chosen at the last moment when an omission of this kind occurs. For general enlightenment the follow ing extract from the election laws un der the head "112 "tilling vacancies" is appended: If the minority inspector does not attend on election morning the person who received the second highest Tote for judge at the preceding election shall take his place; if the majority inspector does not attend the judge shall appoint an inspector in his stead if the judge does not attend the maj oritv inspector shall appoint a judge in his place aud if auy vacancy con tinues until 8 o'clock the qualified vot ers present at the voting place shall elect one of their number such vacancy. The Presbyterian Brothe*hood, The social at the Grove Presbyterian church on next Friday night will con stitute a decided departure and will probably inaugurate a new era as af fects the social life of the church. The purpose is to organize a branch of tlie Presbyterian brotherhood. A sumptuous supper will be served at ? o'clock sharp at which all the male members of the congregation or all the men who attend the church are in vited to be present. The supper will he served by the ladies of the congre gation and will cost each of those at tending thirty-five cents. Tiie banquet will be immediately followed by an address by Rev. Dr. \Y. O. 11 ' j ,', of Williamsport, who will explain the object and the work ing of the Presbyterian brotherhood. Preparations are already on foot at the church and a big time is anticipated. tad in the chapel or annex at the rear of the church prop r, whei i the address, accompanying the fine repast, will be delivered. The Rev. Dr. McCormack, pastor of the (h jve church, who is back of the - icial, is very much in earnest in his ff. i t to c rganize a Presbyterian broth er!, o I. Che object of the organiza tion is twofold—to better acquaint the male members with the work of tlie ohurcl/and at the same time to bring them closer together socially. It is in the 1 itl r relation that Rev. Dr. McCormack sees the wider field of use- I'ulin -s tor the brotherhood at the Grove church. The socials will con tinue t > be a regular feature. The idea seems to be popular with the men of the congregation and no doubt in a short tiin • a stroug brotherhood will he org mize lan 1 that in the future it will h.> au important factor in the life of the cougregafion. Dangerous to Bet. LI. j • r.-ou who makes an election ally know that he is vit dating a State law which provides that 1 ' he fined not more than SSOO or less thin sio, and imprisoned not less thau 10 tiavs.or more than six months.
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