x Montmf VOL. 53—NO. 44 PR. IKYING H. JENNINGS, Office II OUT t .4. M.to 11 M 10i MM St., iP. M.to iP. M. Danville, Pa, 425 MILI. ST., DANVILLE, PA. itixeHses of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty £ CONDENSED. The longer one lives the more he learns of the mystery of humanity. There are times when an absolutely innocent man is regarded with suspic ion. A good-natnred comrade is often a friend indeed. The art of being a gentleman is in nate; it can seldom be learned. The sneaking work of the assassin of character can never be wholly un done. It is generallv true that opportnn itv once lost seldom returns. One should never spread an evil re port about a neighbor. The month which oontains Thanks giving Day cannot be other than wel come. The really great man is the last per son to suspect it. Self-confidence is one of the race's most valuable assets. Gen ins is seldom as vain as the counterfeit article. You can depend upon reaping pre cisely what you sow. The smiling face still conceals many an aching heart. Sorrow is worthless unless it be ac companied by genuine repentance. The man who hides his currency or his gold makes things hard for busi ness. There is much virtue in keeping a level head in the midst of unreasoning clamor. Charity enlarges its boundaries with the flight of time. There are more foolish persons in the world than wise ones. The United States has 260,000 school buildings, in which 460,000 teachers are at work teaching nearly 18,000,000 children. In Russia the postoffice is part of the military system, and the postman, therefore, is under a disipline as strict as army rule. The possibility of one person's fingre tip being identical with that of anoth er, is one chance in 64,000,000,000. It took 44 men 35 days to count the 1267,886,166.26 in the New York sub treasury. The cash balanced to a cent. The best explanation of the failure of The Hagne peace congress to do anything is found in the generally ac cepted theory that there was nothing for it to do. The West Coast countries of South America, are nearly two fhousand miles closer to the manufacturing districts of the United States than they are to tho manufacturing dis tricts of Europe. One of the greatest markets in the world for musical instruments is South Africa, which sponds an average of 110,000,000 a year, about 15,000,000 of which goes into pianos. The navigation of the big liner Kais er Wilhelm der Grosse, for four days without a ruder in a tumultous sea was qiute a feat in seasmanship. Negns MeneliU, of Abyssinia, has decided to give his country a constitu tional government, and as a first step has appointed a cabinet. Eleven dances by Beethoven hither to unknown, have been unearthed by some enterprising investigator in Leipsic. The water of the nantral brine springs of Droitwich is 12 times stronger than sea water. The European gold that is already on its way to this country will relieve the situation. The man who hides his lviney in an old stocking or elsewhere lua.v follow a very human impulse, but he is do ing his level best to bring abont ;< n eral distress. President Roosevelt has signed pro clamations addiLg 480,451 acres to the Califoruia national forests. Talking about. Indians, it may not be generally known that the Cherobees spend 1200,000 a year on their schools and colleges. Rio de .Tanerio has only artificial ice and only one factory to make it, with an equipment that is not up to date. The ice is sold by grocers at about two and one-half cents a pound. The old headgear which Geronimo, the Indian chief wore in his battle with General Miles has been bought by Robert W. Wells, of Washington, and will be given to the Smithsonian Institute. BOARD OF an ASKED 1011 Oar borough fathers Friday uight de cided to take action lookiug to the abatement of a couple of flagrant nuis auces, which are causing a great deal of complaint throughout the borough Ou motion of Mr. Schatz, seconded by Mr. .Tacobs.it was ordered that the board of health of the borough of Dan ville be and it is hereby requested to officially declare that the hauling of a carcass or dead body of any animal through (he streets of the borough be tween the hours of 5 a. m.and the hour of midnight of each and every day hereafter shall be a public nuis anoe to be abated according to law, unless the animal should die or be killed through accident in any of the publio thoroughfares, in which event it will be necessary to remove the carcass immediately. Ou motion of Mr. Pursel, seconded by Mr. Jacobs, it was also decided that the board of health of the bor ough of Danville be requested to offici ally declare that the rnuning of all kinds of waste water Into any of the gutters or alleys in the borough of Danville hereafter shall be a public nuisance to be abated according to law. Borough Electrician Newton Smith presented a statement relating to the cost of operating the municipal light plant for October. Eighty-two tons of coal were consumed at $2 75 per ton. The plant was in operation 357 hours, 10 minutes. The total cost of operating the plant for the month was 1381.68. On motion of Mr. Russell, seconded by Mr. Everhart, it was ordered that a duplicate engine and dynamo be pur chased for the electric light plant; al so a new hot water heater. On motion it was ordered that specifications be procured and bids for the now unit invited from manufacturing plants. Treasurer Ellenbogen presented his report, which showed that up to date there has been paid into the treasury as a part of the park fund, $1037.50. The statement of finances also show ed that f1H1.43 have been received from the auditor general as a fund for the relief of disabled firemen. The latter sum was on motion ordered paid to Sam A. McCoy, treasurer of the Fire men's Relief association. The treasurer's statement showed a total balance on hand of $t>20?.55. Oil motion of Mr. Schatzthe annual bond of the Danville and Sunbury Transit company was approved by oounoil. On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was ordered that the action taken at the previous meetiity? relating to the Pet riken cemetery be rescinded and that the proceedings looking to the legal abandonment of the cemetery be again taken up and pushed forward to a con clusion. The following members were pres ent: Sweisfort, Pursel, Jacobs, Ever hart, Dietz, Russell, Deutsch, Angle and Schatz. The following bills were approved for payment: Regular employes . $132.50 Standard Gas company .25 People's Goal Yard 2 90 Borough Auditors 18.0u Trumbower & Werklieiser 47.(>7 Danville Sto. & Mfg. Co 1.50 J. H. Cole 208.88 Labor & Hauling at Park . 221.20 Labor on Monument .. . 42.85 Montour County Democrat .. 12 75 A. F. Hartmau 15.75 Pettiboue Bros. Mfg. Co 2.75 Labor & Hauling 122.45 D. L. & W. R. R. Co 21.67 Welliver Hd'w Co 29.40 Francis Hartman 1.50 James Gibson 18.00 Standard Eleo Light Co. 2.50 L. P. Clark &Co . 17,85 WATER DEP T. P. & R. Freight 112 102.35 Regular employes 173.90 Friendship Fire Co 25.52 D. C. Hunt .50 J. H. Cole 12.57 Standard Gas Co 2.47 Sam'l Sainsbur.v . 3.00 A. M. Peters 2 64 Benton B. Brown 7.50 LEFT FOR TRIP - AROUND THE WORLD Randall Jacobs, midshipman, U. S. N.,after a visit of several weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Fred Jacobs, left Sunday night for Boston, where he will join his ship, the U. S. S. Illinois. Midshipman Jacobs on December 15th will loave ou the trip around the world which has been made the sub ject of so much comment in the news papers recently. The fleet will sail to the Pacific by way of Cape Horn, and after holding spring target practice of Santa Barbara, California, will cross the Pacific to the Philippines, and likely return to the eastern coast of the United States by way of the Suez canal, arriving some time next fall. DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1907 POSES AS A DETECTIVE It seems quite probable that a lun atic is running at large in this section loaded down with money. On last. Saturday morning an odd individual, who in all his movements was the embodiment of mystery, ap peared at Ijatshaw's hotel nt Rupert. He refreshed himself a couple of times at the bar and remained for dinner. He was dressed in ill-assorted cloth ing, not a single garment being in beeping with any of the others. When the hour of noon arrived he appeared very drunk and occasioueda good deal of annoyance at the table. | The fact was recalled.however, that he was sober when he arrived at the hotel and that he had taken but two | i or three drinks while there,the quant- ! i ity imbibed being quite insufficient to ! produce in the average man such an i advanced stage of intoxication. The conclusion was finally reached about ; the hotel that the man was a detective and that he was only "playing off." Among the persons who took dinner at the hotel was a Danville man. who I was looking after some business mat | ters at Rupert. The intoxicated in i dividual was very anxious that our townsman should drink with him. He repeated his request several times only jto meet with refusal each time. J)iu | ally he remarked : | "Maybe you think I haven't got any 1 money—look here." , As he spoke he drew from within the inside coat pocket two one-hun dred dollar bills and flounted them in the face of the Danville man. A mo | ment later he said : | "Maybe you think that is all the money I've got—we'll see." j As he spoke he stooped and rolling 'up his trousers he reached into the top of his stocking and drew out a wad of bank notes as thick as his wrist, which he partially unrolled revealing sever al notes of large denomination. Re placing the money in his stocking, af ; ter a short time, with the same air of I braggadocio, he reached his hand in i his right hip pocket and drew out an other roll of bank notes. Things by this time began to seem i rather interesting, but the gentleman from Danville was hardly prepared for what followed, when the "drunk en" Oreosus reached his hand into his left hip pocket and brought out a roll of bills bigger than any of the others, which he exhibited to the wondering eyes of onr townsman. As the latter left the hotel the "de tective" followed him a short distance and asked him whether he knew a man by the name of Gardner. At this the Danville man showed interest and ask ed for the first name or initials. "Oh, it's information you're after— ; you want to know too much." Then affecting to think that his true char acter had been discovered he straight ened up and,apparently as soberas any I one, in a confidential tone, said to the I gentleman from Danville. I "Bay, don't put them wise up at the ! hotel. I was there last summer and got my man." At this the two men parted. Of conrse, in view of all the facts, : no one would believe that the man is " detective, although he evidently has a fad for trying to make people think so. There are good reasons for believ ing that he is the same individual who turned up in this city a couple of months ago impersonating a member of the State constabulary and who told such a harrowing tale of adven ture to the salesladies of the Globe ! Warehouse. ROBBED OF GOLD WATCH AND MONEY A daring robbery was committed at | the residence of Mrs. Emma Hill, East Market street, about half past two o'clock Monday afternoon, the vic tim or loser being Harry Landau, a boarder at the house. The thief entered Mr. Landau's room and finding the trunk locked proceed ed to break it open. He accomplished the job but went about it so awkward ly and with such little oaution that the noise was heard down stairs. Thus the robbery was immediately discovered, but not until the perpe trator had succeeded in escaping from the honse. Mr. Landau lost a gold watch and three dollars in money. The police as sisted by Mr. Landau were busy all | the afternoon searching for the rob ber. The looting of the trunk is fastened on a person pretty woll known about town, who was said to be slightly in toxicated yesterday. Whether this is ! to be taken as a mitigating circuni | stance or not may be a matter of opin ion, but certain it is that the man was keen-witted and cautions enough to keep out of the way of the police, who made a thorough canvass of a large part of the borough. As darkness approach ed the search was suspended. I Many citizens manifestly put a low ; estimate upon the franchise. THE VOTE IN MONTOUR COUNTY. 112 iif| || * | | ||| T" Z < -- * -a 5! * O "3 3. $ 2 or n> •» g. , > = 3. Z i 3. g g 3 : § '■ u:.:•• ; • e, o : > : : : 8 % j : m 5" . CD : : : : : j : STATE TREASURER. I! I I I I I I I I ~T~ John O. Sheatz, R., I 140 ill) 133 86 11 20 20 29 0 49 ■ It 35 8 13 659 Johu G. Harman, D., 827 j 115 203 137 |2B 115 99 86 j 47 80 18 ; 79 36 27 1296 COUNTY TREASURER. A. H. Grone, R., 232 139 189 136 116 20 14 [3O j 4, 72 j ill 29 19 110 911 A. J. Stein limn, D., 156 87 161 101 j33 116 109 ilOl j 54 i 63 18 ; 88 30 j35 1143 PROTHONOTARY. William Vastine, R !j 72 53 59 35 13 16 16 17 | 6 38 7 19 11 30 370 Thos. G. Vincent. P., Il 332 178 385 804 38 131 104 i9B i 53 I 109 j 33 1 105 39 ;36 1704 . I VINCENT ELECTED PMIOTM Thomas G. Vincent was elected pro thonotary of Montour county at the election Tuesday. With all the dis tricts of the county, excepting May berry township, heard from last night the returns showed that Mr. Vincent had received a total vote of 1681 as against William Vastine's 362 His majority is 1319, which is the largest ever received by any candidate in the oonnty. Andrew J. Steinman wins out lor oounty treasurer, receiving a total of 1124 votes as against A. H. Grone's 925. His majority is 199. Mayberry township polls a small vote, with a usual Democratic majority of ten and will -.ot materially affect the result. Montour oounty gives John G. Har man a majority of 529, bis vote being 1277 as against John O. Sheatz' 648. Notwithstanding the discouraging weather forecast the climatic condi tions turned out to be nearly ideal. As was to be expected on an off year a very light vote was polled—not only in the rural districts, where the farmers took advantage of the fine weather to husk corn and do other pressing worb, but also in town, where the apathy is harder to account for. Notwithstand ing that there was a great deal of en ergetio work done by the candidates and their friends the contest passed off very quietly at the several voting places. DEATH CLAIMS OLD RESIDENT Lawrence G. Hartman, an old and respected resident of Riverside, de parted this life about noou Tuesday. The deceased was a resident of Dan ville and Riverside for at least forty years. He was a shoemaker by occu pation, but for many years of his life worked in the rolling mills of town. He was born in Germany but when an infant he was brougth by liis parents to this country. His early life was spent in Bloomsburg and vicinity. Until advancing years brought theii inlirwities he was noted for his vigor ous health and physical endurance. Death resulted from a complication of diseases. The deceased svas 70 years of age. He is survived by his wife, one son, Charles R. Hartman, of Iron street, this city,and Ada (Mrs. John Snyder) of Riverside. The funeral will be held from the late residence at 2 o'clock, Friday af ternoon. Interment will bo made at Mt. Vernon cometery. WILL PUT ON TWO WAGONS The Adams Express company, to meet the demands of its constantly growing business in Danville,has been obliged to put on another horse and wagon. The horse, a fine big bay. ar rived Monday. It is a faot that the volume of busi ness done by the Adams Express com pany in Danville at present is heavier than at any time in the history of the company. William M. Sechler, the agent, is capable and accommodating and he is always on the job. The same praise applies to Horaoe B. Bennett, the driver,and that the business should prosper in the hands of two such courteous and willing fellows is only a logical result. Mr. Sechler,himself, will take charge of one ot the wagons, his place in the office being filled by Miss Fischer, who will re-enter the company's employ. DEATH OF ROBERT DUNLAP CORNELISON Robert Dunlap Oornelison departed this life at hts home, No. 213 Church street, at 6:45 o'clock last evening aft er an illness of about three months. The deceased was sixty-nine years of age and is survived by one brother, Rev. I. A. Cornelison.of Washington, 111., and one sister, Mrs. Mary £. Olapp, of Waverly, N. Y. The funeral will be held at 3 p. m. on Friday and will be private. TETIB MB Hl,mil hib Republican County Chairman O. O. Yetter, of Bloomsburg, claims that William Krickbaam was defeated on Tuesday by a close margin by George M. Hughes for the office of associate judge of Columbia county. The newspaper returns,complete for all the districts in Columbia county, on Tuesday night gave fne election to Krickbaum by a majo-ity of 60. Yes terday when the official returns came into the courthouse at Bloomsburg this majority was reduced to 81. There were, however,ten districts which did not turn in duplicate sheets of the official returns, so that the first report from these places can not be verified until the official count takes place to day. The electioii in Columbia county centered about the judgeship fight and the people are anxiously awaiting the final decision. In tho meanwhile Krickbaum has announced that he will never again j be a candidate for of'-e. RECEPTION TO PASTOR AND WIFE A reception was tendered to Rev. L. W. SValter and wife by the congre gation of Pine Street Lutheran church on Tuesday evening. The reception, which was held in the lecture room 1 of the church, was very well attend- j ed, some three hundred persons, the; congregation and their friends, being | present. Among the guests were the members of the ministerial union of Danville with their wives, all being present with the exception of Rev. Dr. Mc- Cormaok and Rev. C. D. Lerch, both of whom had other engagements. Au entertaining program consisting of music and recitations was rendered. An address was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Foster.senior member of the min isterial union, after which refresh- \ merits consisting of ice cream and cake were served. The lecture room of the churoh was decorated with large chrysanthemums, palms, &c., and presented a very at tractive appearance. A DESIGN NOT YET SELECTED The soldiers' monument committee has not yet been able to decide upon a I design for the memorial to be erected ! in the new park. There are many beautiful monuments in existence,auy one of which would serve as a model for the memorial contemplated at Dan ville; but as is natural where there is j such a variety to select from the com mittee lias become confused at the multiplicity of designs and dreads to make a choic—at least, without a great deal of it flection. The assurance j is given, however, that a design will be chosen in a short time. Meanwhile our roaders will be, gratified to learn that the committee sees its way clear to expend fifteen | thousand dollars for a soldiers' monu- : ment. The assurance is given that the ' memorial will be a fine affair, one that will be a credit to little Montour, reflecting the patriotism and liberality of the living and perpetuating the sacrifices and the deeds of valor of those who fought their nation's bat tles. COST OF THE LATE ELECTION The cost of holding the election in Montour county was just |4t!0.84. It is worthy of mention that the return judges had all made their report and had received their pay by 11 o'clock yesterday morning. The first to ar rive was Isaac Adams of Mayberry township, who appeared at the court house at 6:80 o'clock yesterday morn ing. The item of pay for the eleotion boards, rental. &c.,amounted to #413.- 09. The cost for these in the different districts ranged from s'-'4.50 to 90. The cost of printing the Imllots amounted to (25.00; election supplies to $11.25; delivering ballots, &c., 112.50. THE HI) INSTITUTE The Montour county teachers' in- | stitnte will convene in this city on the j first week of December, beginning on Monday, the 2nd inst. ,and adjourning on Friday the 6th. Following custom the session will no doubt be held in the high school room. The school board has not yet I been asked to grant the use of the building for holding the county in stitute, but a request will be made at the next meeting. A refusal is not ap- | prehended. County Superintendent C. W. Derr, I who was in this city yesterday, stated that he is arranging for one of the best institutes ever held in Montour county. Among the instructors will be two intellectual heavyweights : Dr. Johnson Rigdon of Danville, Indiana; and Professor Francis Green, a mem ber of the faculty of the West Chester j State Normal School. Dr. Rigdon is the author of a sys tem of grammar and he will confine 1 his talks to the subject of English grammar. His instruction will be very practical in its nature. Professor Green whl dwell prinnip ally 011 the subject of literature. As during several years past music will be a prominent feature. This sub- j ject will be under the direction of Borough Superintendent D. N. Dief fenbacher, who has so ably handled this branch during several years past, j Special music consisting of solos and the like will intersperse the lect ures. The fnll program of the county in stitute will be announced in a few days. 29,845 AT WORK ON CANAL WASHINGTON, Nov. t>. During September there were brought to the Isthmus of Panama for work on 1 canal construction 783 laborers, of whom 664 were Europeans and 119 West Indians. These facts are shown j in the report of Colonel Goethals, the chairman of the commission, which is published in the latest number of the Canal Record, just received here. The Panama numbered «,- 382, making the total working force of the commission and railroad 29,845. The Record contains an interesting report by Ernest Howe, geologist of the United States Geological Survey, ; who went to the isthmus to make a . search for raw material suitable for j use in the manufacture of a high grade of Portland cement. Mr. Howe readies I the conclusion that this kind of ce inent equals the best grades mauufact : ured in the United States or Europe ; j and may be made on the Isthmus at a \ cost not greater than #1.34 a barrel. HOTEL OWNED 100 YEARS IN FAHILY 1 The'Shum&n Hotel, in Mainville, j Columbia County,known as the " Am- j erican House" which has been in the , I Shuman family for the past 100 years, ! i passed out of that family's hands on 1 ; Monday, when the place was purchas ed from A. W. Shuman, of Blooms- ; burg, by William Fenstermacher, a well known resident of Ringtown. It has been owned continuously by a I Shuman for the whole century. A. W. Shuman has owned the hotel , for the past twenty-three years, and prior to his possession it was owned by uncles and great uncles of his. At present Lorenzo Cos is running the place, but as soon as arrangements can be made Mr. Fenstermacher will ' move in the building and continue to i iun it as a hotel. narried at Parsonage. Mies Beulah Weltmer and Mr. Sid | ney Wagner, botli of Carlisle, were I married yesterday morning at the par sonage of the Shiloh Reformed church .by Rev. Jos. E. Guy. The bride is a niece of Mrs. Ross Horner, where she has been visiting for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner left yesterday after the wedding for Pittsburg where they will make their home. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 HT MOT IS 160,■ John O Sheatz.of Philadelphia,was Tuesday elected State Treasurer over John G. Harman, of Bloomsburg, by a majority ol 160.000. Columbia coun ty, Harman's home county, gave its favorite sou a fine complimentary vote, his majority in the county being 2700. Sheatz made a clean sweep of the State, surpassing the hopes of many of his most sanguine followers. His majority in Philadelphia was 106.000 and Allegheny county went 30,000 for the Republican candidate. Harman's vote Tuesday fell below Berry's showing two years ago iu ev ery county in the State except Colum bia, where the Democratic candidate polled 23 more votes than did the pres ent incumbent of the State treasurer ship in the campaign of 1905 TOWNSHIP HEALTH OFFICERS The township health officers ap pointed under the recent law to act in conjunction with the county medical inspeotor have entered upon their duties. It is the province of the township health officers to look after each case of infectious disease that occurs in the district,fumigating the dwelling after recovery, &c. At the beginning of the term it be comes the duty of the township health officer to determine whether or not the law relating to vaccination is being enforced. He visits each school to see whether the pupils have all furnished certificates of vaccination and to satisfy himself by a personal examina tion, if the certificate is lacking, whether the pupil has been successful ly vaccinated or not. Benton B. Brown of this city, who is health officer for Mahoning, Cooper and Maybsrry townships, has already made a tour of one or more of the above townships. The law relating to vaccination has never been very successfully enforced in the rural districts and as a result not a few cases are found in the schools where pupils have not been vaccinated. Whether the township health officers will be successful in bringing about a better observance of the vaccination law in the rural districts than has ob tained in the past remains to be seen. HOLD UP OF WORK ON HIGHWAY There is a holdup of work on the State highway, which is being re crowned by D. J. Rogers. Mr. Rogers has completed the road nearly as far as Hunter's park and has made an excellent job of it. On approaching the park, however, the road under the original construction is found so defeotive as to disarrange all plans. The course of stone in the roadbed at some places is found to be so thin as to amount to scarcely any road at all and ruts and hollows abound Mr. Rogers' contract calls for a course of specified thickness, which would not, be sufficient to place the highway in good shape where it has been slighted as above described. In view of the complications a sus pension of work has been ordered un til the State highway department de cides what course to pursue in the premises. NEW TROLLEY CAR IN COMMISSION The new trolley car of the Danville and Sunbury Transit company went into commission Tuesday. The car, which is a second-hand one, has re cently been overhauled and presents quite a clean and bright appearance. It is a single truck car, in which re spect it differs from the one displaced. It rides very easily, however, while the car in all respects seems to fill the bill. The other car will be overhauled, after which the two cars will be run alternately. A representative of the Danville and Sunburv Transit com pany Tuesday stated that the project to construct an undergrade Crossing would be carried out in time to reach DeWitt's Park uext summer. After the completion of the crossing on all special occasions both cars will be used. DR. GILBERT TOOK A BRIDE A wedding in which many Dan villians will be deeply interested was I solemnized in Huntingdon yester day when Dr. R. H. Gilbert, presid- I ing elder of the Danville district. I Central Pennsylvania conference of the Methodist church,and Mrs. Martha ! Crispin, widow of the late Beiij»i> i *\ Crispin,of Berwick, were mnrru The oeremony was performed ! v Rev. Dr. Evans,presiding elder t 112 ti.o Juniata district.
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