iWoiitciiiT American. VOL. 53—NO. 35 DR. IRVING H. JFXNINGS. Office Bourn 1. I/, to V 104 ViH St.. I I'. M.to jP. '/• Danville, i'<>. SSHI.T/., "i /. 425 >T., IJanvilj.K, PA. f 'he "-toiniicli nn«l Intestines •Siecialty tTENIS CONDENSED. Vacation days are nearing a close. There are many things in the past that we ought to forget. Dreaming about the past isn't likely to improve the present. The habit of enjoying the present is one everybody should cultivate. The frost will soon be on the pump kin. The average temperature of the year in England has risen just over a de gree in the last half century. In 1830 the world contained only 210 miles of railway; now there are over 350,000 miles of line. The coal consumption a head is greater in England than of any other countrv. The Japanese lover, instead of an engagement ring, may give his future bride a piece of beautiful silk to be worn as a sash. The faithful toiler is sure to find it "better farther on." Most of us are frail enough to keep us properly humble. Pain is nature's danger signal and should be heeded at once. A pleasant word or a kindly deed may save a soul from death. Few men and women are uniformly a=; good as they'd like to be. Every citizen should take an interest in local and national politics. Experience ought to be a first class teacher, but seldom is The muddled brain never does very good work. One can never afford to do less than one's best. Much valuable labor is done with the brain as well as the muscle. The price of anthracite coal in Phil adelphia has been raised to $7 for a long ton of 2,240 pounds. Industry and sobriety are secrets of a successful life. August- leaves some pleasant memor ies and some otherwise. Every citizen who adds to the world's useful things is a laborer. The whole laud honors the laboring man who honors his calling. Religion and labor should be boon companions and strong allies. The nation signally prospers when labor and capital are at peace. Fireproof writing paper is the latest novelty. This makes it all the more daugerous to be a statesman. Tevas gives Taft a royal reception because the secretary is architectural ly the Texas of the cabinet-. Speaker Cannon says he has no presidential bee, yet when he is alone something that, seems as large as a canar\ comes and buzz7.es sweetly in his eni From the Soudan comes the report of a fierce fight between a lion and a government engineer, which ended in the dentil of the latter—an English man named C. H. Salmon. Whoever was responsible for the late slump in stocks may now pride him self on the good deed,as it is reported to have broken up gambling at Sara toga. The water ol Yellow Breeches creek, Cumberland county,which has always been a dull yellow, is turning to a deep red. The cause for the change is not known. Ohio doctors axe against Foraker. They think his actions in regard to the pure food bill goto prove that he is a quack statesman. Profetsor Scheimanu, who puts Presi dent Roosevelt in a class with Wash ington, Jackson atsd Lincoln, will hardly be called onto grace the presi dent's gallery of undesirables It occurs to the paragrapher of th<- Chicago News that he is a poor speci men of defaulter who cannot find a woman to blame it on. The lives of some men are n real in- ' spiration to their fellows. The English language is alive and is j therefore constantly growing. Some of the new words recently in vented are rather startling. Noise and harmony seldom have any very intimate connection. Comedy follows close upon the hells of tragedy along the road of life. The primitive passions of love aud hate are still great forces in the world. There are occasions when a little experience is worth a whole lot of self-assurance. BOLD BUMS IKE RICH II A bold robbery was perpetrated at J. H. Fry's music store, Mill street, on Thursday night. A fiue eighteen dollar mandolin, along with much ! other property was stolen. ; Mr. Fry's establishment is situated on the west side of Mill street a short | distance north of the canal. His room ! is full 01 musical instruments of all 1 kinds,in addition to which the shelves j are loaded with miscellaneous sup | plies, consisting of strings for viclins, j guitars, &c. j When Mr. Fry opened his store i Friday inorniug ne was surprised to | notice that the rear window was rais j ed. The next thing to attract his eye was a large assortment of glass jars, j and small pasteboard boxes, piled up lon the counter, all empty, although j the evening before they were full of i violin and other strings and occupied I their accustomed places on the shelves. I It became evident, enough to Mr. Fry that he had been robbed and, pro ceeding to the rear of the store and ' looking out of the window, he saw a ladder leaning against, the house, which explained how the robbers had gained i entrance. The store room, while nearly on a level with Mill street in front, at. the rear is the height of one full story above the ground. For this reason it was not considered necessary to fasten ! the window,which was some fourteen | feet above the ground and almost im mediately over the bed of the creek, which gave the window an actual height of nearly twenty feet. The ladder used by the burglars was one stolen from the premises of Elias Maier adjoining. It was too short to reach to the window, but by standing on the topmost round, the burglar could very easily raise the window and succeed in crawling into filestore. In order to bring the ladder into prop er position under the window it was necessary to rest one side of the lad der on the retaining wall of the creek and to allow the other side piece to project without support over the creek bed. To secure the ladder so that it would bear the weight of a man the burglars had tied the lower end of the ladder to t'he fence, using an old piece of rope, which may have been found about the spot. Mr. Fry is unable to tell just how much may have been stolen Besides the line mandolin missed other instru ments of less value may have been car ried away. He was unable to recall Fridiy just how many instruments were on hand Thursday night. Twen ty large jars containing violin,guitar, banjo and other strings, along with one hundred small pasteboard boxes al so filled with strings, were relieved of their contents. Mr. Fry estimates his loss at over a hundred dollars. The burglars, it is believed, were persons acquainted with the premises. The ladder used was taken from the rear end of the adjoining lot where it would not have been very easily found by strangers. Beside the empty boxes on the counter yesterday morning lay a large envelope on which the following was inscribed in Roman letters: "I no play, butta I sella mandolina. Gooda mon. Igo Scrantona. " But little importance is to be at tached to the above. The intention was no doubt rather to taunt Mr. Fry aiter the robbery than to make any serious attempt to put him on a false clue. LADY THROWN FROH CARRIAGE A driving accident occurred at the comer of Mill and East Market streets Friday afternoon, which atforded au I exciting spectacle. ] Early in the afternoon Liveryman | George W. Hoke, accompanied by his ; wife, his son and Mrs. Sam Rebman, ' in twc buggies drove over to Riverside , Heights. The accident occurred on the | return -trip. Mr. Hoke with Mrs. Reb man were in the first carriage, while Mrs. Hoke and her son followed close ly behind. All went well until they reached the Montour house. Mr. Hoke's horse was gritty, but the liv eryman says he had him under con trol. In order to turn the corner with out mishap he described a wide curve, which threw the horse a little too near the curbing at Mr. Sidler's resi dence. To make matters worse the animal slipped on the paving and in attempting to regain his feet plunged forward, striking the tree. With a crash one side of the shafts went to. pieces, while Mrs. Rebman as the bug gy came to sudden stop fell out upon the sidewalk. Everyone thought the woman must be seriously injured. George W. Miles rushing to the spot picked her up. She was momentarily dazed by the shock, but by the time she was upon her feet she seemed all right and explained that she had escaped injury. It was indeed a close call and caused consid erable excitement for awhile. DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 5, 1907 MOST 1 IE. ejpu Montour Castle, No. 186, K. G. E., of Danville, joruueyed over to Milton on Monday to attend the annual re union of the Susquehanna district. So imposing was the appearance of the local knights that the committee awarded them the prize for the best appearing castle in the parade. The Danville castle also had the largest number of men in line, seventy-five, but- could not. lake that prize as the rules forbid more than one prize be ing awarded to any castle. A special train conveyed the Dan ville kuights and'their friends to Mil ton,and returning brought them home late Monday night. In the morning 180 tickets,were sold,and the in after noon a large number made the trip The reunion took the form of a pic nic and a feature was the twilight parade. It was an innovation and was a decidedly successful one. The scene presented by the uniformed knights marching along amid a great display of fireworks was decidedly attractive. DISTRICT DEPUTY SUPREME ARChON A convention of the Heptasophs of district No. 3>i was held at. the Baldy house yesterday afternoon for the pur pose of electing a district deputy sup reme archou aud an alternate. The convention was called to order at 2 o'clock with the following con claves represented : by .1. F. Prowant, Bloomsburg by H. M. Sommers, Pottsville by D. J. Jones, Hazleton by H. T. Thrash, Berwick by George Walker, Lock Haven by W. W. Miller, Milton by John J. Kelly and Danville by Charles G. Cloud. Arthur M. Peters, of this city, was chosen district deputy supreme archou anil W. L. Waiuriglit, of Lewisburg, was elected alternate, after which the meeting adjourned. HISS RUTH GEARHAiiT BECOMES A BRIDE Miss Ruth B. Gearhart,of this city, and Mr. Albert C. Savidge, of Sun bury, were united in marriage last evening. The ceremony was perform ed tiy the Rev. W. C. McCorm»ck, D D.,at the residence of the bride's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Gearhart, Ash street, at 6:30 o'clock. Miss Ava Gearhart, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid, and Mr. Harry Savidge of Sunbury, was best man. The newly wedded couple left on the 7 :51 Pennsylvania train for a trip. The bride is a most estimable aud accomplished young lady of Danville. The groom is the son of Judge C. R. Savidge of Suuburv. Only the im mediate families w»re present at the ceremony. DANVILLE HAS LOFT OF HAY HAKERS A loft of Hay Makers has been in stituted in Danville. This is a side order ot the Independent Order of Red Men, that is rapidly growing all over the country. The Danville loft, which is to be known as Mahoning loft, No. includes 35 charter members and was instituted by Herbert Chester,W. Smith aud Walter Whiteleather, all membars of the Sunbury loft. The Independent Order of Red Men is very strong in Danville, Mahoning tribe, No. 77, of this city, having 105 members and the new side order will no doubt prove very popular. SHORT SESSION OF COURT SATURDAY At a short session of court held Sat urday morning the license of the Ger mania brewery was transferred from the Foust Bros, to E. Gaertner the new proprietor. In the matter of the Birks' inquest, confirmation was postponed until the court determines whether the recent act of assembly increasing the pay of witnesses from #I.OO to #2.00 per day applies to witnesses summoned before a coroner's jury. In the estate of James Robinson,late of Liberty township, petition of the executor to sell real estate was grant ed. Mitchell—Bedea R. G. Mitchell, of Philadelphia and Miss Annie Bedea,daughter of Thomas Bedea, of this'city, were married Mon day evening at 8:30 o'clock at the par souage of the First Baptist church, Rev. John Sherman performing the ceremony. The groom is au electrician, aud was employed by Buchanan & Co., during the installation of the light plant at the hospital. Yesterday morn ing Mr and Mrs. Mitchell left for a trip to Philadelphia, afterjwhich they will goto Allentowu where Mr. Mit chell is'atjpresent employed. ATTENDANCE 111 HHIL for the first time in three mouths Tuesday were heard the sound of school hells aud the laugh and chatter of children as they thronged along the streets in merry groups. The usual degree of interest attached to the first day of school. This was not confined to the pupils, who look forward each year to the meeting of new faces in the school room, but extended to patrons and others who feel an in terest in the educational affairs ol'the community. The pupils iu a number of the grades found new teachers in charge. Two of the latter were new accessions to the corps of borough instructors—Mr. E. S. Bream, of Gettysburg, principal of the high school, and Mr. John Kase, teacher of mathematics aud science. The classes were formed and lessons were assigned yetterday but beyond these details little actual work was done. Today the real'routine of teach ing will begin. It is unfortunate that the present term opens witli a handicap. As pre dicted in a recent issue there are more pupils in the high school than can be comfortably seated in that apartment. One hundred and eighty pupils were enrolled yesterday with three more yet to appear. One hundred and fifty eight is the largest can be com fortably seated in the high school. The entire number was taken care of yesterday by placing three in a seat, which, it was understood, was only a temporary arrangement, until the school board could find some other means of relieving the over crowding. Iu the first ward grammar school 86 pupils were enrolled; in the second ward, 32; in the third ward, 47. Iu all, there are yet ten grammar school pupils to come in, but in none of the wards will the grammar school pupils overtax the seatingfcapacity. The entire number of pupils enrol ed on the opening day this year was 1133. Last year the enrollment on the first day was 1132. Last year Itio pupils were enrolled in the high school, which was the high water mark of attendance in the school's history. Yet it was 15 below this year's enrollment. Last year 65 pupils were promoted to the high school This year seventy pupils have been promoted from the grammar schools. BOARD'S SPECIAL MEETING. The school b >ard held a special meet ing last night for the purpose of de vising some means of providing seats for the non-resident pupils, thereby retaining them in the high school in stead of declining to admit them as it was feared would have to be done at the last meeting of the board. Piofessor Bream explained the diffi culty that he experienced iu seating the pupils yesterday. There are 44 non-resident pupils enrolled, lit of whom are freshmen. In order to thoroughly understand the situation the school board in a body visited the high school and rec itation rooms. They found what they considered available space in both re citation rooms aud In the commercial department. Returning to the directors' room aud having resumed session,on motion of Mr. -Sechler it was ordered that the matter of seating the non-resident pupils be left in the hands of the bor ough superintendent, with the under standing that he is to utilize the avail able space—which will seat. 16 pupils —in Mrs. Coulter's room and provide seats for those remaining in the com mercial department. On motion it was also ordered that a dozen chairs be purchased for use in the room of science and mathematics. A TRIBUTE TO JAMES SCARLET Editor Hastings, of the Milton Standard,speaks as follows concerning our townsman, James Scarlet: Lawyer Scarlet has made a name for himself—an honorable name that is more endcring than riches. Here is a tribute to him from the Bellefonte Watchman : "Jim Scarlet, the Danville attorney who conducted the capitol probe, could probably have fixed him self for life financially had he not gone so conscientiously into everything. The gang would have given him any thing he asked no doubt, hut Scarlet is not that kind of a man aud he has made a name in the State that will be honored long after the time when earthly riches would avail him noth thing." Won at Alt. Carmel. In an eleven innings game of base ball at Mt. Carmel on Labor day, the White Horse team,of this city, defeat ed the Polish Giant 9 by the score of to 8. The work of McCloud and E. Buck, the Danville battery, was the feature of the game, McCloud having 15 strike outs in six innings. IE LABOR DEHionmi The picnic of Glendower lodge No. 25, A. A. of I. S. and T. W., which took place in DeWitt's park on Labor day was a well-rounded success, some four thousand people being on the ground. The lodge realized a neat sum as the proceeds of the outing. The rain during the early morning hours, it was feared, would militate against the general success of the out ing, but by 9 o'clock the sky cleared and the remainder of the day was pleasant enough. The parade, indeed, was a striking feature several hundred men being in line. Moutour lodge, A. A. of I. S. & T. W., had one hundred and fifty men in line and was led by the Ex change band. The Iron Moulders' un ion, led by the P. O. S. of A. drum corps, was a conspicuous feature. Seventy-eight moulders were in line all wearing black belts and white caps. Olendower lodge had fifty men in line and was led by the Junion drum corps. The nail mill lodge was headed by the Washington drum corps. The parade on the whole was one of the finest lab or demonstrations ever witnessed in Danville. After covering the route of parade in town the workingmen marched to the park, where two excellent address es were delivered by Llewellyn Lewis of Martin's Ferry, 0., and James B. Miucher, of Reading, officials of the A. A. of I. S. & T. W.The discourses dwelt upon the subject of labor organ ization aud proved very edifying. During the afternoon the grounds were literally packed and the mem bers of Glendower lodge were kept busy catering to the public. Dancing was in progress all day and during the evening. This along with base ball constituted the principal amusement. The game of the latter was played be tween Danville and Benton and result ed in a score of 13 to 4 in favor of the latter team. VACCINATION STILL A PROBLEM A member of the school board is authority for the statement that not a few non-resident pupils have present ed themselves for enrollment in the borough schools without being success fully vaccinated as required by law. In all cases such pupils have been re fused admittance until they comply with the law. The surprising part of the matter is that the most of these pupils have uever been vaccinated at all. A few stated that theyjhadjbeen advised by the family physician that vaccination was not necessary. Another difficulty that the school authorities face is'tlie fact that not a few of the resident pupils present certificates of vaccination on blauks other than those provided for that purpose by the State department of health, which is in violation of the law. At a special meeting of the school board Tuesday night on motion.it was ordered that in no instance will pupils not previously in attendance be ad mitted to the borough schools unless they present a certificate of vaccina tion in which a blank is used that has been furnished by the State depart ment. of health. HISS McCORHACK FRACTURES ARM Gladys, the twelve year old daugh ter of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Mc- Cormack sustained a very serious ac cident yesterday afternoon, while ex ercising on her roller skates. She was skating backwards and for wards on the walk around the church when as so frequently happens while indulging in that kind of exercise she stumbled and was unable to recover herself. As she fell forward she threw out her right arm to break her fall. In striking the ground her arm receiv ed her weight in such a way as to break both bones just above the wrist. It is a clean fracture and the injury was very painful. Dr. R. S. Patten was called, who set the broken bones and did what else was possible to relieve the pati ent. Late last evening she was rest ing fairly comfortably. Picnic at Butternut Grove. A delightful picnic was held at But ternut grove ou the Graham farm,near j Ottawa on Saturday. Dinner was serv- I ed and the afternoon was spent in dancing The music was furnished by ] the Delsite brothers, of Mausdale Will Attend Convention. James C. Connelly and A. L. Brandt, delegates respectively from Glendower and Montour lodges, A. A. of I. S. and T. W., will leave this city this morning for Reading to attend the district convention of the above order, which will meet there on Friday. PLANS FOR IKEW PARK On next Saturday, or Monday at the furthest, the committee on public im provements expects to enter upon the work of filling up and grading the new park on Bloom street where for merly the*old cemetery lay. To pre pare for that stage of the work the chahman has called a meeting of the finance committee in the council chamber at 7 :30 o'clock tonight. Each one of the solicitors is requested to bring with him liis list of subscribers. It is hoped there will be a full at tendance, as the intention of the com mittee is to get the finances into pro per shape and to plunge into the work of filling up and grading at once with the hope of completing the park, or, at least, of getting it far under way before winter. The plans for the new park, which by the way, have been completed, by Borough Surveyor Reefer, are regard ed with a great deal of interest by the public. A large oval space in the center of the graded tract is reserved for the solQiers' monument. From the central plot wide walks of pulverized limestone will radiate toward the north-west, south-west and south-east corners. In the north-east will be a rectangular terrace extending from the center to the upper end of the park. Later on a fountain may be in stalled in the center of this terrace. Along the northern side of the park will be a fifteen-foot alley,which will afford an outlet from Upper Mulberry street. At the north western corner of the park the alley will open into Kline street as the small thoroughfare is call ed which lies between the cemetery j and the P. &R. railway. A similar I outlet will be afforded at the north j eastern corner. A limestone walk ten feet wide will extend through the I middle of the park on a line witli Up per Mulberry street. The parkas grad ed will be two or three feet lower than Upper Mulberry street and pedes trians will pass ;up and down over conorete steps of artistic design. Along the oemetery on Bloom street a concrete pavement eight feet wide will be constructed. Work on this will begin at the earliest possible date to the end that the pavement may be j completed before cold weather. The long pavement will involve an enorm ous amount of work and will cost about six hundred dollars. V HARD DIGGING ON BEAVER STREET Work is not proceeding very rapidly on the installation of the six-incli wa ter main. Beaver street, whioh was connected with the East Market street main on Sunday afternoon. Much of the digging lies through a bed of cin der, which can be pierced only by means of sledge hammer aud drill. The length of the main is eight hun dred feet, which in view of the hard digging, conveys some idea of the amount of work involved. The job will not bo completed this week. Iu laying the mail' cinder is not per mitted to come into contact with the new pipe,as the short life of the main being displaced is attributed to the peculiar action of the cinder on the iron. The pipe as far as laid has been embedded in sand or clay provided by the Danville Stove aud manufacturing company. The main will connect with the stove works where a new fire plug will he installed at the company's ex pense. Birthday Surprise Party. A pleasant surprise party was tend ered Miss Minerva Winters Tuesday evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Winters, Grand street, in honor of her 22nd birthday. All kinds of games were played and music was furnished by Mont. Knorr's grapliophone. Refreshments were serv ed. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Elliot, Misses Sara and Emma Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Winters, Mr. and Mrs. Mont Kuorr,Mrs. Harry Mottern, Mrs. Clark Ashton, and daughter May, Miss Katie Wertman, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bogart- and son Samuel, Mr. and Mrs. Prank Houck, Mrs. Pierce Brill and sons Edward, George and Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Ja cob Winters,daughters Minerva, Sarah, Mary and Ida and son Jacob, Jr.. Messrs. .Tames Smith, Samuel Wel liver, William Frehaffer, George Fogle, Harry Deibert, and Edward Mvers. Plymouth Rock Chickens. A fine lot of white Plymouth Rock chickens, seventy in number arrived at this city by the Adams Express yes terday en route to the farm belonging to the hospital for the inasne. The chickens were admired by a large number of people while in this city. King Leopold has offered a prize of |30,000 for a remedy for the sleeping sickness which Is wiping out his sub jects in Africa. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 Cll ID STEM HIIB Walter Gaskins, Jr., yesterday en tered upon employment at the Read | ing Iron Works. His first day in the | mill, however, was signalized by a , very serions accident, which may crip j pie his right hand for life. | Walter was at work at the steam | hammer, which is used to flatten the | iron pipe fouud among the scrap be j fore it is placed in the shears. All went well until just about noon when j in some way two fingers of Walter's right hand were caught under the I ponderous hammer, which falls with | a weight of two thousand pounds and j they were crushed in a most shocking i manner. Along with his fingers the irou pipe ! lay under the hammer, which probab ly accounts for the fait that the bones | wern not crushed into pulp. The mem j bers injured were the index finger and | the one next to it. That the whole hand was not caught under the ham mer and crushed is owing to the mer est accident. The injured boy was taken to the home of his father, Walter L. Gaskins, West Mahoning street, where he re ceived surgical aid from Dr. P. O. Newbaker. The index finger is the one most ser iously injured, for while the bone is intact the finger is very badly crush ed, a large portion of the tissue being pinched off, leaving the tendons ex posed. Dr. Newbaker is doing all he I can to save the finger, but the chances ! are about equally divided whether he i will succeed or not. The second finger, although badly crushed, will be more likely to heal : and leave no bad results. The injury | was accompanied by intense pain and i it was necessary to administer an an aesthetic, as the result of which the vouug man was ill during the after uoon. COUNTY WILL BUILD BLOOH HONUHENT Bloomsburg, also, is to have a [fine j soldiers' and sailors' monument. This ! was practically assured yesterday when the Columbia county grand jury acted favorably on au appropriation of |B,- 000 to be devoted to that purpose. According to an act of the legislature, if two successive grand juries in a | county recommend au appropriation and the action is then sanctioned by | the court, the county commissioners 1 are authorized to make an appropria tion to be used for a monument to the memory of the sailors and soldiers to be erected at the county seat. The May grand jury of Columbia county favored the appropriation, and their action was seconded by the Sep tember grand jury yesterday after uoon. There is no doubt but that the court will add the final touch today that will make a lasting tribute in Bloomsburg a realization. More funds will be added to the SB,- 000 appropriation by private subscrip tions The monument will be erected in Market square at Bloomsburg WILL PAY ALL BILLS HIMSELF The aged man who turned up at the hospital tor the insaue in m irr. sponsi hie condition a couple of weeks ago and was later removed to the poor farm lias practically recovered and is able to account for a great deal that •occurred. He is content to remain at the poor farm until his pension falls due when he will pay all bills himself without putting the poor district of Scrauton— his home —to any expense. Drives Steer in Place of Horse. The visitors from Bloomsburg to Benton on Saturday witnessed au un usual sight on the streets at that place, when one of the young sous of Elmer Rantz, who resides on a farm iu Ben ton township, drove into town, with a steer harnessed up to a "dog cart", says the Bloomsburg Daily. Although this proved to be of con siderable interest to the Bloomsburg people,to the citizens of Benton it was a common sight, as young Rautz has been driving the steer to that town for the past year, making trips twice a'week, to sell produce from liis fath er's farm. The animal is verjt intelligent and will follow its driver anywhere he wishes, but when a stranger gets into the cart tilings go differently, as was proven when two of Benton's young men tried to drive it Saturday even ing. The steer would not budge au inch. When they tried to make it go, and hit it with a whip, it kicked the dash board nearly off the'cart. Young Rantz Saturday at'teruorm wantedjto, sell the animal and."Po: of the EXC! HH • Hotel, intended buying the steer bring the Bloomsburg base ball '• ■ t home with, had they lost the but as they won he did not 11... it necessary.
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