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Itewslondenseo.
Very few pot»on* atbmpbd to r..»d
thi whole of the president's last m« -•*-
■B' Thosi who did ri*d it »r« proof
readers.
In France the doctor'# claim on the
estate of a deceased patient ha* pre
cedenoe of all others
The adventurous small boy begins
to ftirnish thrilling items to the re
porters by venturing on the ice about
this time of year.
"By having ffi.ooo to homeless
cats." suggest? tbi Detroit Fri-e Press
"a Detroit woman at h ast preventid
her money from being thrown to the
dogs *'
Each person in the Cnited States
oses 10 matches a day.
In London there are 747,000 school
children, 480,000 of them over 7 years
of age, and of theme 30,800 are half
time wage-earners.
In nine year- the immigration to
Canada from Great Britain and Ire
land ha- in reased from 26,000 annual
ly to 177,000. The question is, how
many of them removed later onto the
United Stares
The new harbor works at Tokio will
cost |10,000,000. money is being
raised by the Japanese government by
a foreign loan
In ronnd figures the area of India is
1,,"i00,000 square miles; the United
St»tes 3,."t00.00"- and Rc —ia. iicJuduig
Sibeiia, 8,000.000.
An unauthenticated report trim
Norfolk. Va.. says that 500 men have
disappeared from the ba'tleehip fleet
wituiu twenty four hours
About 30,000 Italians have returned
ui their native land dor.ng the las*
ten days, according to a .-able message
from Naples.
Premier Stolypin has made some
thing of a fizzle in bis effort to be the
Speaker Cannon of the Russian doo
ma: at least the Omaha Bee thinks so.
Char lei Pumphrey. a 1;* year old
ell boy, convicted in Omaha of the
murder of Ham Pak. proprietor of a
Chinese restaurant, lias been wntenced
to life imprisonment
Tbe art critic of the Tcpeka Journal
declares that "tbe eagle on tbe §2O
gold coin looks like a sick turkey"
Miss Jennie Beidelman, of
bem, aged 25 years, died in agon/ on
Monday as a result of taking a ■*>-*- of
earbolic acid given to tier by !# moth
er by mistake for epeom sal*
Two men were thrown nt tS - ir
beds aud a cat!l >*ril<V% was almost
destroyed tire in New Haven, Fay
ette comty. on Sunday night, by an
explc ion of gas Tiie men wer- badly
bu^-
Ttiere are 1,4 >4 applications for li
quor I: -cse in Schuylkill county tl.is
year, which is about 300 lets than last
year, when only about 1.100 were
granted. Half tbe applicants this year
have i umiMlmii i against them
On Sunday evening while Jacor
Wescc-e. a leading member of B*tt any
Unit* i Evangelical chcreh in Eastoa.
va- l -:- nicg to a sermon 112 t»n » ed by
the R#v W J Tell, cf All'ritown,
was attacked with heart ?a:lcrt an-i
died in a few minate-
Fire destroyed a foreign bearding
house in South Bethlehem on Sunday
aight in which Stephen Uras-ick lost
hi* life and several other bcarxier
were badly burned Tbe fire, it is
• fated, was started fr m a < .garett
that »a- smoking
Tbe wholesale ! ; qoor -iealers. brew
ers and bottlers of Lai. -ter decided
to give no Christmas pr«~ at* to their
customers this year, bnt i. Head do
nate the money usually so r i adrd
to charities They met oa in ncay
and tiieir joint -ontriNot ;on» an. Br -
ed to which wr divided between
St Jos '.i t hospital.the General hos
pital ami tbe city board of charities
While little 3-year-old Minnie Ros
enbnm. of Columbia, was writing a
letter to Santa Class on Monday to
t-11 kio what site wanted for C'srift
mas,the accidentally (.Jt the pen hold
er inverted, and in lowering her Lead
to write, the point cf tbe pen was
thrust into tfc- left eveball. inflict its
a serious wound which c_ay eanse the
loss of that eye
Ti»omas L.and Sarah Hazelett. of
alley City, Minn., have given #lO.-
000 to Wesley college.at Grand Forks,
that State, to endow a professorship
devoted to the promotion cf Christian
education
DELATING 10
CMS TREES
Chri«traa* trees are beginning te
come into town Some are very »*e««i
tifnl #p*ciw»ens ODiMn are not an
large, bnt nevertheless they an-wet
the porpnw and will no dotiht a»«-im
to bring a great deal of Christmas
rheet into tbe ration* hou~*hnhbi
Ttere would -wm to be another
*ide of tbe matter relating to tbe -.«*>
Ject of Christmas tree*, which is less
joyoo* in it>- aspect. Thi* is the -tdc
afl.M-t nig the farmers or property own
ers.frotn who** land* the frees are cnt
A well-known oitir-en who owns
land within a couple of miles o* t»aii
ville,state* that the cutting of Christ
mas trees by persons that w ithoot
"leave or license" invade bis prem
ises has become a great nnisane. The
gentleman, however, is philanthrop-
Irally inclined and is vety kindly re
garded by all classes because of his
good works No one would more
willingly or with better spirit eonttib
ute to the general Christmas cheer
than he.
Nevertheless on l>eha!f of a large
class of landowners situated like him
self he asks this pa|*r to voice a pro
test against tres|mssing and the indis
criminate slaughter of thrifty young
evergreens. One of his tracts, on
which he is tiying to cultivate a grove
last Christmas, he declares, was very
badly mutilated by persons, who sut
reptitiously cat out the liest and most
promising trees.
In some instanoes ttie gentleman is
willing to concede that the trees are
cut thoughtlessly and he is constrain
ed to believe that if tbe matter be
properly brought home to such people
and they are h*d to see the injustice
they will desist and in procuring
Chri-tm&s trees hereafter will employ
altogether different means
There is scarcely anv donbt but that
sufficient Christmas trees can Is- ob
tained to supply every household
without resorting to any means tnat
provoke resentment. The property
owner willing to contribute a tree t.j
the Cliristma- festivities certainly
should have the privilege of deciding
which of the evergreens is to be sac -
rificed even if he is not to i valise any
thin* from it iu a pscaolaiy wa%
WORK INO MEN
ON THE TRAJTP
Tuesday Ctfef-of-Poliee Msnce
moyer oamrM&i up the cumber of per
sons tha: gtave applied for lodging in
the ioc'Sp thus far during the present
year, "Aiich ends January Ist. The
numijPT sheltered is just 80S.
rfffing the last couple of weeks a
change has been noticed in
Tj* personnel of those applying for
Jfodzittg. Those who bear the osnal
ear marks of tbe hobo in the form of
dissipated countenance and soiled and
ragged clothing are slightly in the
minority, while the greater number,
as indicated bv their appearance, art
jast what they represent themselves to
be—wage earners out of a job, but wili
ng to work-
Retrenchment at industrial establish
ments has betttie quite genetai At
some places large numbers of men
have been thrown out of employm. ut
and it is in an effort to set-are work
that th»y are tramping over tbe couc
try. Many have families dependent
upon tliem and are already in reduced
t;rcumstances Such are glad of the
friendly warmth of the lockup in
which to s[« cd the night.
Two men. who represented tt.em
selvt - as carpenters appealed to Chief
Mince mover for shelter last night.
Titer had tramped a long distance,
hoping to obtain work on the new
buildings at tbe hospital for the in
sane. whieb they had been infomel
were to be erected this winter.
On Monday night seven men were
- Itered ;on Sunday night there were
eight. On each occasion nearly half
the cumber seemed to be working
men
Mrs Sarah A Trevor, of Philadel
phia, *ho died recently at the age of
91 years, has bequeathed near'y all her
-stat- of about 13G0.0C0 to charities
-onnected with the Baptist church,
among the benefi aries being Crozer
seminary, the home and foreign mis
sion board and home for incurables
All the love letters written to ler by
!jer husband before they were married
»he directed to be placed in bercaske?
under her head-
While walking on tbe tragic cf the
Pennsylvania railroad, near Flatiacd,
Montgomery couctv.cn :-cnday night,
Ida Bell, aged 17 years, and Fannie
Briiiioer. aged IS, of Betzwood, were
•truck and killed by a t as-enger loro
. 'jjot.ve Miss Brenner's father was
killed at tbe same place two years ago
Daniel Xevin was fined t* and costs
by Judge Sadler, of the municipal
court of Chicago, jnst because Xevin
went to sleep in the court room and
i , ruffled the dignity of justice by boist
' erec- snoring
DAHVILLK, PA., THTOMIAY. DKCKMRKR iw»7
run or loi
1 NEXT HI
Dm ing tbe lax oo«ple nf
112 ltere havr Iwn mor. prisoner* it% tt*e
comity jail than in any period «112 eqaal
length dating twanv year* paat Dur
ing th»* time for every |>ri»o»et re
leased two ot more were c-nerulb
committed
(Hi fTidav night nine were Mhißil
the bars Bv Saturday night the n*m
her had fallen to eight tW tliepe ait
are awaiting trial, the majority of
tliem having change- erf laroeny Hang
ing over their head* Two are doing
time
It has frequently occurred at this
time of year that tbe Montour oonnt*
jail was empty and that the midwin
ter term oT conrt was practically eall
ed off for the want of bu-inees Con
ditions are aluigether different this
winter and if the nntnber of men held
-in jail and ontside of it form a
criterion there will be plenty of wori.
for court nejet month.
SCARLET DRAWS
FIRST BLOOD
SCRAXTOX, Dec. lb.
James Scarlet, of Danville,alio pro
cured the evidence that indicted the
State capitol grafters, and who will
try these indictments at Harrisburg,
beginning nest month, won a notable
federal victory in court here vester
day. He resisted and secured the over
ruling of the Powder trust's demurrer
to the government's prosecution
Mr. Scarlet argued that every para
graph in the hill -bowed that there
was a conspiracy ; that there was a
combination to restrain trade, f at the
<*omlduati<>n had been doing so for a
number of yeiars; that these were facts,
which the government intended to
prove, aud would prove. He said that
the Powder trc-t had a capital of #30,-
000.000 and t'iai it controllsvi or manu
facturedeigSSty lire per e,-ut of the
p< ader and e*pU,-;ves niauufaeturcl
in the Cuited States for tin
trust had argued that the bill laiixi
rpecific complaint, and that the Do
Pont <- mpany.tbe alleged (wreut cocu
]»uy. only lisld a minority of nieir
stock They further held that t.it
court i.ad no jurisdiction in tl<e case,
aud that tiie arguments brought fot
ward by tiie government attorneys
were founded on conclusions, not on
facts revealed Jndge Archbald. in
overruling the demurrer, -aid tbe al
legations were snch as presented them
selvas to his judgment as sufficient to
sustain the bill. The defendants would
be given an opportunity at the trial
to contravene them, if they were cot
facts
REAL ESTATE
CHANGES HANDS
Two very important
changes hav> taken place in Danville.
Although neither of the two has as
yet become a matter of record, yet it
is being freely discussed by persons
familiar with the transaction.
Tbe block on Mill street belonging
to tbe estate of the late Saul Lyon lias
been purchased by Hon James Fos:er
for #B,OOO. It is regarded as a vety
valuable property, containing, on the
first flocr.twocommodiou-store rooms,
occupied respectively by Emerick's
ten-c-eM store and the Xickeloid. On
the second floor are tbe dental room*
of Dr. C. H. Reynolds. The rest of
ti<e building is cat up into living ap
artments.
THE GROXE BUILDING
The Elks' ball association at its last
meeting decided to purchase the Grone
: building.i-?rner of Mill and East Mali
oaiog streets at #13,500. Tbe Elks, it
appears, had a thirty days' option on
the building at the above figure and
their action is equivalent to the trans
fer of the property.
I The Grone building, in which the
Post Office is installed in addition to
the lodge of Elks, is likewise regarded
as a very valuable property. Aside
from its choice location the building
is practically- new
FUNERAL OF
J. M. GETHING
The funeial of Je«se Maneely Geth
ing, whose death occurred Thursday
night, took place at 9 o'clock from
St. Hubert's German Catholic church,
R- T. Father Foin conducting the ser
vices. Interment was made in St.
Hubart'y cemetery.
Tbe deceased was a member of I. O.
R. M . No. 77 and of the A. A. of I.
3. & T. W. and a large number of the
members of both orders were present
at the funeral. The pall bearers were
James Connolley. Albert Gill, Theo
dore Baker, Harry Winneger, Frank
McCaffrey, and John Winneger. The
floral tributes were numerous and
beautiful and were piesented by the
lodges and friends of the deceased
i
Miss Alice Lovett left yesterday for
a visit with friends in Philadelphia.
ELECTRIC LOCK
1 BLOCK TOWER
Tbe IVtinohsti'* r» > I road <-om|iany
at Ki*im«i4» funriit brofce pmetid
f«t an M aad block tower,"
tbe installation of «Mel means I list
aa entirely new svitem will l» em
ployed there far the band! ug of
trains
Tbe tower i* being built at tbe low
er end of the siding, at I'. M oyer's
farm about a mile and a half below
tbe station. The rails are alfeadv
bonded and attach of tbe otlwr work
ncidetital to the u»t*U»t ion of fits
new «y«te» it completed. Ti»e iw
men»e storage batteries that are to
famish electricity for operating the
signals are already on the ground The
tower itself is at Catawissa and will
be nhijiped to Riverside ia sections as
soon as the foundation is ready. The
work is in sach shape that by tbe time
tbe tower is erected the entire system
will be practically in working order
Tiie block system lias been employed
on the Pennsylvania railroad on the
Hoath side with some modifications
for a good while past; that Is, the
trains have been ran over the tactions
or blocks with just as mach assurance
of safety a* is |>oesihle where a human
being is th Ins liability to err forms a
part of tbe svst- m
As is implied by the electric lock
and block tower the train itself on
entering the block will automatically
throw tbe eiectri. signal in the tower.
That tiiis is an improvement and a
positive guarantee of safety most be
apparent to every one. An operator
will be installed ia the tower, bat
whether this implies that the instru
ments at present uaintained in the
dejwt will be removed no one seems to
know. The general impression is that
the installation of the electri' lock
and block tower means acoicplpte rev
olu'uin in the arrangement of things
ah ut the station.
The electric lock and block tower at
Soatb Danville is the first one to be iu
-talleJ on that divi-oa of the Pennsyl
vania -ystem It is said that another
tower will be iu>[alled at Xescopeik.
KRICKB\L M OUSTER
WASARGUED
Tiie oti-ter proceedings against Wil
liam Krickhaum. associate judge of
Columbia county came up before Judge
Evans at Bloomsburg yesterday morn
ing at 11 o'clock A larg.- unuiber of
witnesses were examined aud a big
crowd wain the court room during
tiie proceeding- The court teserved
its decision.
Republican County Chairman Clyde
Charles Yettcr appeared for the jieti
tioners and Fre-l Ikeler. Esq., was
counsel for the respondent. The peti
tioners who wish to ou-t Krickliaom
claim that the election iu Mifflin
township was illegal owing to the
fact that the judge of election, Whitney
Hess, I.ail no right ton rve and that
E. A. John*ou was the legally elected
jndge.
Thig was tbe second time during
Kritkbaum s long political career that
an attempt ha- beeu made to oust the
"old war horse" from oflice. The first
attempt to put him out of office was
in 1900. when he was holding the office
of county commissioner. Krickhaum
was ousted by Jndge lialsey, of Luz
erne county, but on May 13, 1901, the
Supreme conrt decided in favor of
Krickbaum, and he was re-installed.
TO INQUIRE INTO
BRIDGE DISASTER
That an official inquiry will be made
into the cause of the deaths of tho
seven victims of the awful accident at
Mifflinville, was evidenced ou Mon
day afternoon, when acting Coroner
John R. Sutton, of Berwick, visited
the scene of the accident and impanel
ed a jury. After viewing the body of
A. \V Fahs, the only victim found,
the jury was dismissed and tbe in
quest postponed indefinitely.
Following are the jurors selected by
Mr. Sntton: R. W. Smith, of Mifflin
ville, foreman; Thomas Aten.Mifflin
j ville; Clarence Stephens, of Blooms
i burg; Frank Old, Bloomsburg; J. W.
Mather, Berwick and O. E. Letteer,
Berwick.
Acting Coroner Sutton stated that
an investigation would be made, fol
lowing which witnesses wonld be sub
poenaed, and the exact cause of the ac
; cident, if possible, learned.
As soon as the necessary information
as to witnesses can be secured, the men
will be subpoenaed and the inquest
| held.
A Milk Depot.
I A milk depot to be operated in con
nection with Vincent's dairy has been
j opened at Xo. 347 Mill street. It is
the first experiment of its kind in Dan
ville. Along with milk and cream
will be sold butter, eggs, cheese and
the like. The place is in charge of
Victor Vincent, who with hts family
occupies rooms in the building.
ANOTHER DEER !
RUNS 1 GANTLET
The v»ntareao»e deer which some
two week* ago ran the gantlet among
tbe farmers of Ku*h toanship. North
sttibertatid o.Mißty, hail the temerity
to reappear on Tnewlat, very nearly
retracing u» step* over the cultivated
■eld*. Yeeterdav morning it was still
reconnoitring in the vicinity, neat
tiie head of Pine Swamp Hollow
Tiie deer this trip became especially
conspicuous on the farm of J. C ('art,
jmrt Iwlow Kipps Hun. where »cari-el>
a hundred yards from the farm h«n«
it paused aud. with head erect, gar-ed
into the window of the dining rootn
wl»er< the family was seated around
the dinner table
There is no question whatever as to
the truth of the story Mr, Carr, who
was in this city yesterday afternoon,
himself related the facts to a repre
sentative of this paper. The deer, he
said, was a "spike" buck weighing
about l.'iO pounds and corresponds pre
cisely to tbe description of the other
deer that appeared a couple of weeks
ago. The deer on that occasion pa-ted
through Mr. Carr's farm, but the fact
was learned only by the tracks, a- the
animal crossed the river in the night
It was a matter of great tegret to
Mr Carr's family that the deer passed
during the night,cau-ing them to miss
the interesting spectacle Imagine the
mingled emotions of surprise and de
light, therefore, that filled the mind
of Mrs. Carr on Tuesday when she
happened to look op and beheld the
deer,the very soul of grace and action,
standing outside the window as if pos
ing for her especial ben. fit.
Mr Carr himself was not at home
The decided not to disturb the
deer, conteut to watch its movements
A moment later, however, the animal
hounded away and with a single lent)
leared the top of a high fence
Ye-tetdav morning the same de< r
was vt-e'i on the McGloughau farm at
the hea iof l J ine Swamp Hollow The
deer was not «een during the day, al
though t. l mow was full of traeks
On Mr Carr's farm the tracks iu the
snow showed that the deer had parti
ally circled the house before it decid
ed to pause and observe the movements
of the familj at the midday meal
The deer was traced from the farm
house back to the river where it had
crossed from the Point township side.
The tracks showed where the auimal
had emerged from the river, climbed
up over the bank, made its way
through J C. Richard's field and leap
ed over the fence into Mr. Carr's farm.
DANVILLE H. 5. 20
MILTON H. S. 36
The Dauville high school basket ball
teaui was defeated by the Milton high
school seniors on Tuesday evening at
the latter place, by a score of 20 to 3ti.
This was the first game plaved by
the Dauville high school team, aud
the local students made a good show
iug. The Milton boys are all old and
tried players, while several of the
local- were playing their first exhibi
tion game. The Danville team held
their opponents to a tie score until
just a few before the end of
the second half.
The line up:
DANVILLE H. S. MILTON H. S
Kase forward Falls
Peters forward.. Dagget
Sechler center. Fleckeustein
McDermott guard . Paul
: Dai ley guard ... Raup
Goals from field : Peters t>, Sechler
1, McDermott 3, Fall- 10, Daggefc 3,
Fleckeustein 2, Paul 2. Goals from
fouls: Dagget 2
DEATH OF MRS
JOHN BURNS
Mrs. John Burns,Sidler hill, depart
ed this life at 7 o'clock yesterday
moiuing after a brief illness. Besides
her husband the deceased is survived
;by five children. She wav forty-two
years of age. The decease*; ivas a well
known and esteemed woman.
The funeral will be held at 9 a. m.,
1 Saturday, from St. Joseph's Catholic
1 church. Interment in St. Joseph's
cemetery.
Austin Mellor, of York, a Civil war
veteran 72 years of age. was found dead
iu his bed on Monday morning with
the bed soaked with blood and a gash
|in his wrist. Suicide was suspected
until Charles Carroll, another veteran
who had slept with him, said Mellor
had been seized with a tit and had cut
his wrist by thrusting it through a
window pane.
Board of Stewards.
The regular monthly meeting of the
; board of stewards, of St. Peter's M.
K. church, will be held at the home
of W. R. Clark, South Danville, Sat
urday evening, at 8 o'clock.
The oldest mayor in Ohio presides
| over the civic destines of Baruhill, iu
| the person of Alexander F. Oliver,
who is 85 years old.
OU II"
RILLED 0) ni
Harry Wands, of Hnnhury, son of
Mr and Mr*. John Wandt, Pine
Swamp hollow, Hnsli township, was
killed at Tin-lav afternoon
bv a slide of earth while he was em
plnyed digging a ditch.
Mr, Wand* is well known in Dan
ville having I* eii born and raised in
this ntv leaving lieie a lew vears ago.
His father ntilil several years ago owu
ed the farm opposite th* State hospit
al and which is now the property of
that institution l.ater the de eased
was employed at the Reading Irou
work*. He moved to ftaubnry about a
year ago from Klinesgrove, where he
lived on the farm of hid fat her in law.
When the aecldent happened Wands
was digging a sewer ditch between
the two hou-es no South Fourth street
in Sunhory. The ditch was less than
five feet deep and one and one-half
feet wide. A wide board was propped
against tin side ou which the dirt was
thrown to preveut it from coming in
to the ditch Wauds had laid a sec
tioti of pi]K» and stepped ha k to shovel
a covering of dirt over it, wheu the
wall caved iu coveting him to the
waist He turned and faced the slide
as it came upon him, Mr. Xeidig.wbo
was overseeing the work, saw the ac
cident from above aud leaped into the
ditch, warding off with his hands a sec
ond slide which covered the helpless
man to his neck and threatened to eu
tomb him entirely. As lie pulled away
the dirt Wamls was still breathing,
though he was unconscious when the
ground was removed from his chest.
He was pulled out just after u physi
cian arrived. By that time he was
dead.
Wands was aged about 28 years. He
is survived by a wife and two chil
dren, one a boy about 4 years old, and
the other a baby girl of 7 mouths.
JOHN W. GERRINGER
DEPARTS THIS LIFE
John W. Gerriuger, a well known
youug uiau of the third ward, depart
ed this life at his home, Xortii Mill
street, at 11 :I5 o'clock yesterday fore
noou follow ing an attack of typhoid
1 fever. The been ill for
several weeks. He had just reaovered
from an attack of pneumonia when ty
phoid fever developed. He was in a
very low condition for a week or more
prior to his death.
Ho is survived by his wife anil three
• small children ; also by his mother,
Mrs. William Gerriuger, three broth
ers, Joseph. Samuel and Theodore Ger
riuger, of this city, and two sisters,
Elizabeth (Mrs F. B. Passmore),Pitts
burg, and Anna (Mrs. 11. Hyman), of
Williamsport. He was born in Mahon
ing township near Danville. He was
an iron worker and was employed at
the Reading iron works, where he rau
a "boggy."
He was twenty-six years of age, aud
was an industrious and esteemed youug
man. He was a member of Moutour
Castle, No. 180, K. G. E., and of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, both of which
organizations are expected to turu out
at the funeral iu a body.
The fuucral will fake place at 2 p.
m.on Friday from St. Joseph's Cath
olic church. Interment in St. Joseph's
cemetery.
SIX-YEAR OLD
VICTIM OF TYPHOID
Marv Margaret Reilly, the six-year-
I old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard-
Keilly, West Mahoning street, died at
; i o'clock yesterday afternoon as the
result of an attack of typhoid fever.
: Tho child had beeu ill teu days.
The child's father is also ill of ty
i plioid fever, but yesterday was report
; ed as doing quite well.
The fuueral of the child will take
place at 2 o'clock Friday afternoou.
Interment, which will be private,will
be made in Fairview cemetery.
Pleasant Party.
A very pleasant, party of youug peo
ple from Buckhorn spent Tuesday
eveuing at the home of Mr aud Mrs.
J. H. Gulliver, r. 112. d. No. 4. The
evening was spent with games and
music. Refreshments were served. The
following were present. Misses Anna
Mcßride,Myrtle Gulliver.Lula Irviu,
Lillian Mausteller, Helen Hartuiau,
Mnud Wampole, Grace Hartman, Ona
Harris, Messrs. North Leidy, Frank
Harris, Oal Irviu, Kimber Hartman,
Ray Mausteller, Roy Deer, Clarence
Deer, Maurice Girton, Clifton Pursel,
! Merlin Gulliver,Clvde Gulliver, Willie
Gulliver, Harry Gulliver, Clarence
! Gulliver.
Fourth Quarterly Conference.
The presiding elder of the Danville
distriot. Rev. R. H. Gilbert, D. D.,
will hold tho fourth quarterly confer
ence at the W'ashingtouville M. E.
church, Friday afternoon at 2 :30.
KHTAHMRIIKh IN I*V.
10 SWELL II
QBIHB ID
Paul Juiim (if Hmditip * »»ll known
S»hnlioiii*t, h n - in Hit* cit> venter
rt»% inlliM tIIIOWM for HIM general
Ohrtatmo fn4, winch the SkintiM
Vr«m mine* nimunlh for llio jiarpntH
•>f bringing Miinhlne ami li«| ( |u
into (he live* of tli* v«r\ poor nf tin
i itiPK and loWon at a «»»a»on when ev
cry on* ultimlil tnerrv .mil nf good
chrnr.
I'nfort uinteh for Hit oaux> Danville
people have been victimised wtcntl
uiiip* by iin|H>»tor* who *ailed under
Salvation \rnn color* and tlie imult
I* that even tho*e among tin" tno»t
benevolently inclined are a litth
chary in contributing
The Salvationist realize" that this i*
a disadvantage that lie ha* to contend
with but *tat»« that Ih> I* meeting with
fair »ucci•** Home year* ago lie came
to Hanvilie and sang in the o|iera
house on the occasion of a childrea'*
entertainment given under tlii' au
spices of Ennigu and Mr*. Heift, who
then had charge of 'the SaU ition
Army in Danville.
To those of our citizen* who do not
remember Mr. Jones, in the way of
credentials he can show a salvation
army uniform and a clerical half rate
railway ticket, to say nothing of a
frank, kindly and benevolent counten
ance that no one would associate with
insincerity or any trick to deceive or
defraud.
Mr. Jones says that the Salvation
Army workers over the entire country
are now busy raising money for Christ
mas and preparing to spend it to the
best advantage. What is raised in this
section will in great part be expended
in fthe various towns of the coal
region,
HUSBAND AND WIFE
COMniTTEDTO JAIL
John Barrett and wife of Center
street were arraigned before Justice
of the Peace Dalton last night charg
ed with drunkenness, disorderly con
duct and with disturbing the neigh
borhood. In default of the usual fine
and payment of costs they were com
mitted to the county prison for ten
days.
This case as described by the police
is a tough one. The man and wife
have been intoxicated for a couple of
weeks and during that time have
sacrificed one after another various
articles embracing not only household
furniture,but even bedding and cloth
: ing. At present the house is practic
ally bare and the family is sleeping
1 on the floor. A pair of blankets, new,
which cost sl4 were sold for $1.50. A
side board which cost S2B was sacrific
ed for $4.
In the family aie several small chil
dren, who are obliged to endure the
deprivation and hardship thus shame
lessly forced upon them. During the
imprisonment of the parents the chil
dren will be lu the care oi an elder
brother, who lives at home.
I PEFSONALST 1
Dr. and Mrs. Hinsliilwood aud daugh
ter Jessie left yesterday for a two
i weaks' visit with friends in Philadel
phia.
Miss E. C. VatiHorn, of Limestone
vi lie, and Mrs. James Tanner of Oak
Grove, were visitors in Danville yes
terday.
Harry Schoeh arrived Inst evening
from Selinsgrove to spend the Christ
mas holidays at the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Schoch,
East Market street. Mr. School) is a
student nt Susquehanna university.
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Pensyl and son
Mettler hare returned from a visit
with relatives in Alexandria, Yirg-
I inia.
Charles H. Howe, of Columbia, South
Carolina, accompanied by his partner,
Captain Robertson, arrived yesterday
for a few days' visit at the home of
the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Prank VV. Howe, East Market street.
' Mr. Howe and Captain Robertson con
: duct the leading merchant tailoring
establishment at Columbia.
Miss Ida Kaufman is spending sev
eral days with friends in Berwick
Mrs. Jane Caston returned to Shen
andoah yesterday morning after a two
weeks' visit with her sister, Mrs. John
I G. Voris, Ferry street.
Mrs. John Landau, of Washington,
D. C., is spending the holidays at the
home of Joseph L. Shannon, River
i side.
Fred Roberts arrived Tusedav even
| ing from Washington, D. C., to spe"
; the holidays at the home of his | •
' ents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Robe
East Danville. Mr. Roberts is en
ed in the department of commen ,-u t
labor at Washington.