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VOL. 53—NO. 50
DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
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A.M. to MM- 104 Mill St..
1 I*. M. to i M. Danville. Pa.
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425 MILL ST., DANVILLK, PA.
ihseases of the Stomach and Intestines
a Specialty
ITERS CONDENSED.
Great Britain owns more land of
Nortli America than the United States.
The number of persons to the Bquare
uiile in this country is 17, while in
Bnglaud it is 480.
The length of the foot should be one
aitxh the height of a well-formed per
son.
Los Angeles has over thirty-five wo-
Men who are earning their living as
barbers.
There are now upward of 400 bunches
of grapes on the famous vine at Harnp
tn Court Palace, England, which is
186 years old.
The mines of the world employ 5.-
#OO,OOO persons, and more than one
third of them are in the British Em
pire.
When the telephone wires are over
land the speed of transmission is at
the rate of 16,000 miles a second ; when
the wire 9 are through cables under the
sea the speed is only 6020 miles a sec
ond.
Berlin now has over 6,000 cabs with
taximetres -dials indicating the dis
tance traversed and cost to the pass
enger.
There are no paupers in the Gold
coast Colony, and there are neither
lunatic asylum, refornatory nor poor
house.
Ten carloads of Christmas trees,
number, 10,000 trees, arrived in Pitts
burg on Tuesday from Vermont. About
40,000 more will be shipped to the
smoky city.
Experiments made in Germany show
that butter keeps best if mixed with 3
to 5 per cent, of salt. If the percent
age of salt is over 6 the result is less
satisfactory
The Australian government gives
her aged citizens a pension of nearly
60 per week.
Emperor Francis Joseph,of Austria,
is said to be ono of the finest liugu isfs
in Europe.
By the birth of the little son and
heir to Prince and Princess Alexander
of Teck, the number of unmarried
English princes is now increased to
eleven.
Dewet, who so stoutly led the Boer
forces in their final resistance, has
now assumed the role of Cincinnatus,
heing minister of agriculture in the
Orange Free State.
The government's new blue book
shows that 306,000 persons are now
employed in the country's civil ser
vice.
Flour orders from the Orient have
togo to Manitoba because of the in
ability of the Pacific Coast flour mills
to fill them even at an advance in
prices
In howiston Me., there is a Jvoung
woman cobbler, and in New York
state a blacksmith shop is run by
three women.
In his half hour private talk with
Secretary Taft the Russian czar com
plimented American sanitation on the
Isthmus of Panama.
Walking arm in arm on the Pennsyl
vania railroad tracks west of Home
wood, Beaver'connty,on Sunday night,
Robert Freed, aged 23, aud Miss Ray
back. aged 18 years,'who were shortly
to be married, were Btruck and in
stantly killed l>y a passenger train.
Another couple who were with them
escaped by jumping from the track.
Mrs. Caroline McKahau, who sued
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad com
pany to recover $30,000 damages for
the death of her husband iu a grade
crossing accident at Clays. Hie, Wash
ington county, a year ago. ias been
awarded $5,000.
Saturday was the fifty-first wedding
anniversary of Mr. aud Mrs. Thomas
B. Scott, of Butler, Mr. Scott spent
the day serving as a grand juror. A
year ago the golden wedding celebra
tion had beeu planned but did not
o<inie off owing to the serious illness
of Mr. Scott at the time.
The new law aud order society of
Schnylkill county claims to have evid
ence to prove that there are over 150
saloons in that county where liquors
can be procured on Sundays,by giving
particular raps aud a specified pass
word at a rear door, while the front
doors are kept closed.
The Salvation Array of Milwank.te
is going to furnish shoes for 300 chil
dren on Christmas and fill 250 baskets
r the poor on Christmas day.
sun con
AWARDS CONTRACT
The borough council Friday night
awarded the contract for an addition
al engine and generator for the bor
ough light plant to the AUis-Chalmers
company at its bid of SB6OO.
The session was a lengthy one. The
routine work was rushed through as
quickly as possible in order to get at
the proposals for the new light unit,
which it was understood under the
circumstancs would form the theme
for protracted discussion before the
contract would be awarded.
The reading of the bids occupied
nearly an hour. Eacli embraced sever
al pages ot typewritten matter and
was very technical. The specifica
tions differed much, tne figures like
wise varying. It only remained for
the committee to make a selection,
selecting the best machine, embody
ing the best principle, for the money.
Each of the representatives was giv
en an opportunity to speak at length
on the relative merits of his machine,
after which the committee retired to
the adjoining room to make a selec
tion.
The committee returned to the room
after which council went into execu
tive session. The committee recom
meuded the purchasing of an engine
and generator of low speed in pref
erence to the higher speed unit. It
recommended that the bid of the Al'is-
Chalmers company at 18600 be accept
ed, as it is the lowest bid and in the
estimation of the committee the best
of all of the engines and generators
offered.
On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was
ordered that the'AUis-Chalmers prop
osition be accepted on condition that
articles in agreement Nos. 1 2 and'S be
stricken out
The following gentlemen represent
ing the different manufacturing firms
bidding were present at the meeting :
J. B. Nicholson and T, 11. Allen,
Allis Chalmers Co ; O. A. Thomas,
Fort Wayne Elec. Works; H. E. Geis
er, Orocker-Wheeler Co.; F. W. Glad
ding, Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co. ;
R. S. Beecker, Hnrrisburg Foundry
& Machine Co ; H. S. Armstrong,
Murrav Iron Works.
Mr Eiseuhauer, proprietor of the
shooting gallory, appeared before
council, asking that the monthly li
cense of five dollars be reduced. On
motion ot Mr. Everhart it was ordered
that said license be reduced to three
dollars per month.
On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was ord
ered that the clerk be instructed to
notify the D. IJ. & W. Railroad com
pany to repair the sidewalk pavement
over the canal on Mill street, which
has become very much out of repair
and has caused a couple of persons to
fall.
Mr. Oietz, chairman of the commit
tee on public improvements, reported
that work on the new park had been
suspended for the present season. A
railing will be erected to shut out
travel from Upper Mulberry street. In
this connection it was reported that
one or more parties have already viol
ated the rnl6s by driving over the
park.
The following members were pres
ent: Sweisfort, Pursel, Jacobs, Ever
liart, Moyer, Dietz, Russell, Angle,
Hughes and Schatz.
A communication was received from
Mrs. Herrington disclaiming owner
ship of the well in front of her prop
erty on Iron street. On motion of Mr.
Jacobs it was ordered that the street
commissioner be instructed to fill up
the well.
Borough Electrician Smith present
ed his report, which showed that the
cost of operating the light plant dur
ing the month of November was $493.-
88. Ninety-seven tons of coal at $2.75
per ton were cousumed. The plant was
in operation 388 hours and 40 minutes.
MISS BRUDER MEETS
WITH ACCIDENT
Miss Oussie Bruder met with a bad
full about five o'clock Tuesday eve.
She wns in the act of calling upoD
Mrs. H. M. Sober, Mill street. She
ascended the front steps but instead of
entering the dentist's rooms, she pro
ceeded along the hallway leading to
the residence portion in the rear.
At the end of the hallway is a flight
of steps six or seven in number which
in the dim light was not visible.
Down these steps Miss Bruder fell
headfirst.
The noise of the fall suon bronght
help. Miss Bruder lay at the foot of
the stairs unconscious aud remained
in that state for at least five minutes.
. She revived, but at last accounts was
suffering from a bad scalp wound an
inch and a half in length. Dr. Stock
1 administered.
Mrs. Carson May,of Coatesville, was
terribly borncil on Saturday night 1»y
the explosion of a lamp which she
tried to remove from a hall bracket.
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1907
DEIN«
K mm
The soldiors' monument committee
has selected a design for the memorial
to be erected in the new park. The
design was selected from one of the
four beautifnl oreations produced esp
ecially for the committee by the Van
Amringo Granite company,which will
build the monument.
The memorial will he in the form of
an obelißb seventy-three feet high
staudiug on a base thirty feet square,
the whole being constructed of fine
granite. On each corner of the base
will be a graulte ball three feet in
diameter. At the base of the obelisk
wiJJ be four figures of hsroio size one
on each side, representing the infant
ry, artillery, cavalry and the goddess
of peace. The cost of the memorial
will be about $15,000.
Little Montoui will enjoy the dis
tinction of having a mouumeut that is
unique. In this State obelisks are ex
ceedingly rare, if not wholly absent,
military memorials generally assum
ing one or another of the several forms
that is familiar. Hon. James Foster,
chairman of the soldiers' monument
committee, has been interested in the
matter of a design for six years past.
Not only has he looked over the battle
fields of Gettysburg and Antietam but
he has also examined a large number
of soldiers' monuments erected by the
Grand army posts at different towns
throughout the country. While none
of these met his ideas as to just what
a memorial should be like in order to
suit our county and the site selected
here he did obtain many ideas, which
assisted him to outline the grand me
morial that has just been adopted.
Mr Foster told the Van Amriuge
people just what he thought Montour
county wanted in the way of a monu
ment aud he made himself so clear
that the memorial produced by the
artist* captured the entire committee
at first sight. In a few days the public
will have an opportunity of judging
as to the merits of the memorial. On
Saturday Mr. Foster stated that us
soon as practicable the representation
or design of the monument as produc
ed by the Van Amringe company will
be neatly framed and placed in one of
the windows on Mill street where it
can be viewed by the passers-by. The
monument will also be reproduced on
small photographs, for the use of the
solicitors, who will canvass (lie town
during the coming winter.
As soon as the necessary formality
can be complied with a contact with
the Van Amriuge company will be ex
ecuted, after which work on the me
morial will begin in the company's
yards at Boston. Meanwhile it will be
the duty of Montour county to raise
the money for the beautiful memorial
The sum needed teems a large one,but
the committee has confidence that it
can be raised. An effort will be made
to have the monumeut erected and
paid for by the Fourth of July.
HE WAS AN "UM
BRELLA MECHANIC"
Of the small army of tramps that
infest the country, while a large per
centage are oriminal in their nature,
another proportion would appear to
bo half demented and dangerous to the
public on that score.
There is scarcely a week but one or
more of the tramps given shelter in
the lock-up show evidence of being
weak minded. A case in point occur
red on Monday. During the evening
an odd specimen of humauity turned
up at the hospital for the insane,
where he made himself obnoxious by
throwing stones against the building.
The authorities got rid of him finally
and he appeared down town, where he
got luto the lock-up.
He refused to attend to the fire dur
ing the night and iu the morning the
bastile was cold a.- an icehouse. When
he was chided for his neglect he seem
ed very much offended and reminded
the officer that he was an "umbrella
mechanic" and that being a mere
guest in the lock-up it was not his
place to "fix the fire. "He would soon
er freeze.
Tuesday night he was still about
town and found shelter in the lock
up. Along with some others of his
class hewas rnn out of town yesterday
morning.
DEATH OF
BEAVER WILLIAHS
Beaver Williams, well known about
Danville died at the county farm at 8
o'clock Tuesday morning and was
buried at the institution yesterday aft
ernoon. The cause of death was cir
rhosis of the liver.
The deceased went to the county
farm about six weeks ago. He grew
steadily worse until Tuesday, when
death brought relief. He \m forty
five years of age.
Merchants are hoping for Christmas
weather.
1 HOLIDAY
VACATION
Iu view of the prevalence of typhoid
fever in the borough tlut public schools
will adopt the precaution of boiling
the water used by the pupils for
drinking.
Dr. Barber brought the matter up
at the regular meeting of the school
board Mouday. He said he had been
approached by many persons, who
thought tnat the water used in school
should be boiled. As a physician he
believed that under the existing con
ditions,it would be a wise precaution.
The matter was discussed at length,
when ou motion of Dr. Barber it was
ordered that the water be boiled as
during tlie prevalence of typhoid fever
last winter.
Borough Superintendent Dieffen
bacher presented a significant report
aB to the general health of the pupils.
When the schools reopened yester
day after the ten days' vacation it was
discovered that 68 pupils were put of
school ou account of illness. After a
careful examination, of these it was
discovered fourteen have the typhoid
fever.
On motion of Mr. Fischer it was
ordered that the schools close for the
holiday vacation on December 24th
and that they reopen on January 6th.
2 Mr. Fischer of the building and re
pair committee reported that the fur
nace of the third ward school build
ing is iu a state of collapse. The life
of such a furnace is about 16 years,
which is about the length of time that
has elapsed since the building was
erected aud the furuace was installed.
On motion of Mr. Swartz it was ord
ered that a new furuace be purchased
of the Danville Stove & Manufactur
ing company and be installed in the
third ward bnildingduring the Christ
mas vacation
An application was received from
Helen S. Shnunen, graduate of the
high school, for the position of pupil
teacher Ou motion of Mr. Sechler
Miss Shannou was elected as pupil
teacher in the borough schools.
On motion of Dr. Barber it ord
ered that, nil deeds relating to the
school property that are not recorded
be recorded without auy delay.
On motion of Mr. Fischer it was
ordered that the pupils of the com
mercial department be permitted- to do
work iu short hand and typewriting
for persons about town either during
school hours or at other times.
The following members were pres
ent: Pursd.Orth, Sw arts, Fish, Fisch
er, Seehler, Cole, Barber.
WATER SHOULD
BE ANALYZED
At the present time it might be very
gratifying to know for a certainty
just what the condition of our hydrant
water is. Iu view of the excellent sys
tem of filtration employed some per
sons assume that it is perfectly pure.
The opinion of these persons is
strengthened by the report of the an
alyses of the water made at long and
irregular intervals.
That a large number of citizens lack
faith in the efficacy of the Alter plant
to eliminate bacteria is quite certain.
As relates to the analysis it might al
so lie added that they see nothing in
those tests to convince them that the
water is at all times pure.
At the present time it would be very
reassuring if the water pumped into
the mains were subjected to a series
of testa covering a given period that
would be sure to reveal bacilli if any
exist. But little importance is attach
edto the analysis of water as made in
the past.
Would it not be a little short of re
markable if a small phial of water ex
tracted from the reservoir once every
year or so should happen to contain
Bome of the bacilli assuming that they
exist in certain quantities; in other
words are such tests conclusive evid
ence that theso dangerous microscopic
organisms do not exist in the reservoir
and that repeated analysis might not
show that they do exist?
It is suggested that a small quantity
of water be taken from the reservoir
weekly or even at shorter intervals if
advisable, and sent away to be prop
erly analyzed. If the water be pro
nounced pure after such a systematic
series of tests then the conclusion
would be irresistible that our water
supply is not a source of danger and a
great burden would be lilted from the
people.
Why should not the water commis
sioners. who are interested in furnish
ing our citizens with pure water, take
up this work and enter upon some
thorough and systematic test that will
settle to the satisfaction of every one
the mooted question of whether or not
the water is absolutely pure.
Just as PettT Veras, an inmate of
the Pottsville hospital from Lansford,
hade good-bye to some friends on Sun
day evening, saying "I'll soon be
well," lie dropped over dead. He was
suffering from pneumonia.
STOLEN GOODS
RECOVERED
During the last couple of days there
have been some interesting develop
ments relating to the robbery of J. 11.
Fry's music store, this city, which
took place ou the night of August 29
or the morning of the'SOth. Goods to
the value of about one-third of the
amount stolen were Monday recover
ed and identified by Mr. Fry. The
party suspected of the robbery is do
ing time in Sunbury jail.
On Sunday Chief-of-Police Mince
mover got onto a clew, which indicat
ed that the goods might be recovered
iu Sunbury or Shamakin. The chief
assigned the case to Officer Voris, who
accompanied by J. H. Fry Monday
morning left on the 9 o'clock Pennsyl
vania train for Sunbury. Arriving at
the latter place, following* instruc
tions, they proceeded to the county
prison, where they had an interview
with one of the prisoners, Dallas Jones,
oolored, of Shamokin, who spent some
time in Danville last summer.
Jones was asked what he knew about
the several mandolins and other booty
carried off from Mr. Fry's store. He
produced a mandolin, which he was
using in jail, that evidently had not
been stolen from Mr. Fry and he dis
claimed all knowledge of the robbery
or the whereabouts of the booty. He
was especially emphatio in the asser
tion that none of the goods would be
fouud at his home in Shamokin. He
readily handed over a new mandolin,
which he said had been left at the
jail Monday morning and concern
ing which he had no knowledge. Mr.
Fry felt convinced that this mandolin
had been stolen from his store and he
took possession of it.
Proceeding directly to Shamokin
Oflicer Voris aud Mr. Fry caused a
search warraut to be issued and pro
ceeded to search the premises of Dal
Jones, the prisoner, at that place.
They were rewarded by finding a fine
mandolin valued at eighteen dollars
and a quantity of strings of a very ex
pensive kind, all of which Mr. Fry
readily identified as'goods stolen from
his store. In the house with Jones'
wite was his mothe.r-iii-law. The wo
men explained that Jones had repre
sented that he had purchased the goods
at ail auction sale in Harrisburg and
that he regarded them as a great bar
gain.
Officer Voris am] Mr. Fry returned
to Danville ou the 2:21 Pennsylvania
train, bringing with them the two
mandolins aud the box of strings. The
value of the goods carried off by tho
robbers was not less than one hundred
dollars. The combined value of man
dolins aud the strings recovered was
scarcely more than one-third of that
amount.
Dal Jones is serving ninety days in
jail for making threats against his
wife. Before leaving Sunbury Officer
Vons left a warrant at the jail, which
will be served upon Jones as soon as
his present sentence expires, whioh
will be some time in February.
The robbery at J. H. Fry's store was
au especially bold one. A ladder had
been dragged to the rear window and
at the great risk of breaking his
neck the burglar had climbed up to
the second story, one side of the lad
der only having support, the other side
being suspended over the deep bed of
Blizzard's run. Down over this frail
support all the booty was carried. Be
sides a number of mandolins, several
shelves were stripped of their con
tents, mostly consisting of valuable
strings for musical instruments. At
the time no clew could bo discovered.
The burglar evidently desired to
convey the impression that he was au
Italian. On the ccnnter lay a large
catalogue envelope 011 the blank side
of which he had "printed" the fol
lowing with a lead pencil:
"I no play, butta sella mandolina.
Gooda mon. Igo Scrantonia."
DEATH OF MRS.
FRED WENDEL, JR.
Mrs. Frederick Wendel, Jr., a wide
ly known and highly esteemed young
married woman of this city died yes
terday morning after a two weeks' ill
ness at her home on Railroad street.
The deceased was aged 25 years, 4
months and 2 days and is survived by
her husband and two children, Walter
and Clarence. Two brothers and two
sisters also survive: Walter, Clarence,
Elsie and Mary Vonßlohn, all of Dan
ville. Before marriage Mrs. Wendel
was Miss Augnsta Pauline Vonßlolm,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Von-
Blohn, Cross street.
Mrs. Wendel was a prominent mem
ber of Si. John's German Lutheran
church. She was a faithful wife and
possessed a wide circle of friends.
The funeral will take place Satur
day afternoon at 1 o'clock from the
I home at 515 Railroad sfreet. Interment
' will be made in the Odd Fellows'
cemetery.
This will be a happy holiday season
! in Danville.
SIN DEAD IN
DICE COLLAPSE
With a suddtn crash followed by the
slow grinding of iron and wood, the
second span of the Mifflinville bridge
collapsed Tuesday afternoon at a few
minutes before five o'clock, carrying
seven men to death and severely in
juring twice as many others.
The horrible holocaust comes at
Mifflinville as the second of two accid
ents that have overtaken the York
Bridge company during the construc
tion of the bridge across the Susque
hanna river at that point, the partly
completed bridge having beeu carried
away during the great ice flood of sev
eral years ago.
Tho being builtjout from
the Mifflinville or sooth side [of the
river. The first span, which passes
over the Pennsylvania tracks, was com
pleted and the second span was nearly
ready to swing
FINISH SPAN
The false work of the second span
had been placed in position several
days ago and work was proceeding ou
the second span when the river began
to rise Monday night. Tnesday work
was pushed with all possible speed to
finish the second span before'the river
rose to a menacing height. As Tues
day afternoon was drawing to a close
it became evident that it would be
possible to complete and swing the
second span before quittin>;~time7. k ao
all bent w'ithf thaTemfin
view.
The big traveler, which was so fami
liar a sight'to the people of Danville
who watched the construction of the
bridge at this place several years ago,
and which is used by the bridge build
ers as a moveable crane to lift and
place in position the heavy iron work,
was at the'outer end of the span. A
number of the men were perched on
top of this traveler 160 feet above the
water.
ONLY A FEW BOLTS MORE.
Five o'clock was the quitting time
and as the hour approached the men
were working like heavers. Only a
few more bolts remained to be placed
before the span would swing, when
without the slightest warning, the
false work under the heavy traveler,
its base undermined by the flood, col
lapsed with a report that was 'heard
by hundreds of'people in"'the neigh
boring village. Followed a roar i»s the
rest of the weakened structure with j
the weight of the entire span upon it j
crashed into the river, carrying into |
the icy flood to death and injury all \
of the workmen.
A HEART RENDING SCENE.
The scene that followed the fatal ac
cident baffles description. Twisted
and gnarled by the terrific strain the
massive iron pieces and heavy steel
supports became a seething mass in the
river, pinned into which aud helpless
were the bodies of the dead and injur
ed.
The loud report of the collapse told
the villagers of the catastrophe, and
men hurrying to the scene were quick
to begin the work of rescue. A re- !
markable circumstance is that there '
was no chaos.but each bent to his dr.y j
as he found it, and quietly but swift
ly aided in the work of recovering the
bodies of the dead and saving the
struggling unfortunates.
About thirty row boats were on the i
river a few minutes after the first I
crash,manned by cool and self possess
ed men who performed many thrilling
rescues.
OARING FOR THE INJURED.
As fast as the injured were remov
ed from the river they were taken to
the Pennsylvania station at Mifflin
ville and from there to the different
homes in the village. Doctors from
Mifflinville were aided by a corps of
physicians from Berwick. Houses in
the town were thrown open to the in
jured and everything was done for
the comfort of the men. r -
The work of the rescuers was great
ly hindered by the fact that the ao
cident occurred just before nightfall.
While but a few of the men had been
removed from the debris darkness fell
over the scene of the disaster, and the
men in the boats could be guided to
the unfortunates only by the light of
lanterns and torches or by the piteous
cries of some victim jammed among
the wreckage in the freezing water.
THE DEAD.
What is believed to be a complete
list of the dead is as follows :
MILLARD BOWMAN, of Mifflin
ville, married for but a year and sur
vived by his wife and baby.
A. W. FAHS, of Selinsgrove.
CHARLES OREITZER. of Selins
grove.
ADAM NUSS, of Selinsgrove.
ADAM TRUTT, of Beaver Valley.
IRYIN UPDEQRAFF, of George
town, Pa.
GEORGE B. FOX, residence un
known.
With the exception of the first men
tioned the dead are all bridge workers
Continued on 4th Page.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
■I IN
POTTSILE
Our readers will be glad to learn
that the burglars who robbecj, Thomas
J. Evans Saturday night have been
captured and that at least a portion of
the booty has been recovered. Mr.
Evans, who conducts a cigar store in
connection with his barber stop on
Bloom street near the P. & R. cross
ing. it will be recalled, has proven a
special target for burglars and has
been robbed in as many
.years past.
Following the^robber} Chief-of-Pol
ice Mincemoyer sent out to surround
ing towns a description of the goods
stolen—razors and;high priced.'tobaroo
pipes—and asking that the police keep
a lookout for suspicious characters.
Yesterday morningJMr. Evans was
called up by the chief of-polire of
Pottsville and was asked to give a
minute description of the goods stolen
from his establishment. Two men
were under arrest in Pottsville,
had a number of razors and pipes in
their possession. A brief conversation
over the 'phone sufficed to establish
the fact that the goods undoubtedly
belonged to Mr. Evans.
It was arranged that the police
should hold the men until Mr.
Evans,accompanied by an officer could
reach Pottsville to positively identify
the goods and bring the robbers back
to Danville.
Chief Mincemoyer took the matter
in hand and, accompanied by Mr.
Evans, left on the 10:17 Pennsylvania
train for Pottsville yesterday fore
noon. It was quite uncertain whether
they would be able to transact their
business in Pottsville in time to catch
the last train for Danville yesterday.
The chances were that they would not
be able to return home until this morn
ing. Meanwhile there seems to be lit
tle doubt but that they have got the
thieves and that Mr. Evans will re
cover at least a portion of his prop
erty.
LATER.
A message received from Mr. Evans
last evening stated thar, instead of
two hoboes, the robbers proved to be
well known Danville men. Mr. Evaus
also stated that Chief Mincemoyer and
himself intended to leave Pottsville
with the prisoners, last evening and
might arrive at Danville some time
during the night.
DISEASES THAT
ARE PREVALENT
The report made by the Borough
Superintendent at the meeting of the
school board Monday night to the ef
fect that sixty-eight pupils are out of
school on account of illness and that
fourteen of these have typhoid fever
has had a somewhat disquieting effect
upon the public, people being anxious
to know something about the nature
of the diseases that are prevalent.
The fact is self-evident that the pub
lio health, to whatever cause it may
be d'-.e, is below par just at this sea
s , wtiich ordinarily is not a sickly
-ime of year. The prevalence of ty
phoid fever, which is hard to account
for in itself, only partially explains
the situation. The local registrar
Tuesday stated that among (he school
children measles are becoming very
prevalent, iu addition to which there
are chicken pox and mumps. There
are a few cases of diphtheria iu town,
but with the proper precautions there
is no probability that the disease will
spread to any extent.
As relates to typhoid fever the local
registrar states that the status of the
disease in Dsuville remains at about
the sarno as at the beginning of the
month—eighteen cases.
Our physicians generally do not take
an optimistic view of the situation.
One doctor, who has already reported
eleven cases, Tuesday siated that he
had four more cases to report, while
he knows of another physician who
has three cases to report.
According to the latter authority
the new cases are those which have
been under observation for a week or
more. It is not until a case of typhoid
has progressed to a certain point that
all the symptoms develop by which it
can be differentiated from malarial or
intermittent fever. The two last nam
ed fevers are prevalent in Danville,but
it is quite apparent that up to a cer
tain stage not a few cases reallv ty
phoid are given the benefit of the
doubt and pass as milder forms of fev
ers. Thus the number of typhoid cases
reported, it would seem, is always a
little below the number that really
exists. No especial harm can result
, from this if it does not tend to throw
i people off their guard. It is hoped that
in all cases that are uuder treatment
i where uncertainty exists as to the na
| ture of the disease there will be no
neglect In the way of reasonable jm
I caution.
I Several thousand sewer plant »>•
ployes at East Liverpool, Ohio,
! agreed to accept a reduction of t«r iv
1 oents a day in the scale of wages.