Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, April 09, 1908, Image 1
gbsmimt 3Munrittut VOL. 54—NO. 15 DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS, Office Hour* A. M.to 12 M. lUi Mill St., 1 I'. M.to iP. it. Danville, Pa, P NHULTZ, M. 4M11.L ST., DANVII.LK, PA. diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty 5 CONDENSED. While on his way home from work in the early morning a Pittslon man, John Early, found the dead body of a man lying on the railroad tracks. He drew the remains to one side and look ing in the dead man's face was hor rified to discover that it was his own father. Patrick Early. William Gicking, one of Hazleton's best known citizens, suffering from disease of the heart, had been warned by his physician not to raise his left hand above his head. Walking along the street while a gale was blowing he unconsciously threw up both hands to prevent his hat blowing off when he dropped to the sidewalk, dying al most instantly. One of tho magical attractions at the annual meeting of the Odd Fel lows' Anniversary association at Sha raobin on the 28th inst., will betnelody by twenty bauds. It will be a great day for the small boy. It is believed that tiie threatened strike of the street car men of Pitts burg will be adjusted by au amicable agreement between the men and their employers before the time fixed for the srike arrives. They are having serious trouble in finding road supervisors in some sec tions of Westmoreland county. It is a thankless job under exiting conditions and tiie wonder is that so many con sent to perform it. Iu Chester county 24.7 miles of State road have been completed. Chester county's application for State aid readies a total of 287.6 miles. This county has tho largest number of miles completed and applied for under State aid. According to an Allentown telegram the largest blast in the history of the cement business was put off the other day when Mrs. Frederick Franks, wife of the manager of the Bath Portland Cement company, touched theeleotric button which exploded 22,000 pounds of dynamite and dislodged 5,000 tons of cement rock in the company's quar ry- The mayor of McKeesport has been making au ineffectual search for the recently passed oity ordinance requir ing street car corporations to beep their cars iu sanitary condition. The city clerk is certain he put it on the mayor's desk and the latter is positive he never saw it. Sumner B. Frick,associate editor of the Norristown Herald,died of uremia a few hours before the time fixed for the funeral of the Herald's editor-in chief,Morgan R. Wills, who died three days before his associate. By the arrest of Patrolmen John Kelly, Albert R. Sithens, Clement M. Luckenbill and John W. Straub, at tached to the Fifth and Race street station, Philadelphia, on charges of having aided a 19-year-old boy named Harry Kothenberger, in a series of sys tematic robberies in the heart of the city au amazing revelation of official dishonesty became public. The state dairy and food division has purchased many samples of canned goods in groceries throughout tlie state, outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and have sent them to chemists for analysis and report. The sampling was ordered by Commission er Koust, who will personally snperin tend some of the work In its annnal report, just made pub lic, the state bureau of railways de clares that some of the railway legis lation adopted by the legislature f>f 1907 was " improvident and insufficient ly considered." Prominent people in Pittsburg are planning for an elaborate celebration of the 150 th anniversary of the naming of the city. It is proposed to observe the event on or about November 28. There are 722 students enrolled at the West Chester State Normal school for the spring term. Many of the unemployed men of Pottstown, Montgomery county, will cultivate some of tiie vacant lots about the town. The firm of George W. Beard & Co., of Reading, has begun the" eroction of bank and office building in Kaston that is to cost $245,000. Seven fine Guernsey cows owned by Morris L. Clothier, of Rosemont, near Philadelphia, were poisoned in some mysterious way a few days ago and two of them have died. Mine workers in the vicinity of Kit tanning have agreed to renew year's scale of wages. uroiaake fur STREET USUI The subjeot of paving East Market street came tip before council Friday eve for the first time in many mouths. The actiou taken indicates that coun cil is unanimously in favor of paving the street or a portion of it, whenever such an improvement may seem ad visable. Mr. Cleaver moved that tho borough solicitor be instructed to frame an ordinance for the paving of East Market street. The motion was im mediately seconded and being put to vote passed without a dissenting voice. Mr. Deutsch reported that the com mittee on streets and bridges had ex amined Weßt Mahoning streefc and found the thoroughfare in very bad condition. In regard to the widening of the street Mr. Deutsch reported that the committee had called upon Mr. Hecht,superintendent of Heading Irou company and had learned that he would be willing to dump cinders along tiie hank finnking West Mahon ing street, provided that the borougli would construct a trestliug to carry the locomotive. Mr. Hecht agreed to furnish the rails and ties needed. The committee recommended that the Heading Irou company's proposition be accepted. It was decided, however, to tako no further action until the committee on streets and bridges has gained further information relating to cost. &o. Mr. Angle called attention to the j bad conition of Cherry street, which, , he said, should receive a coat of lime stoue; also the bad condition of the crossing at the corner of Bloom and : Cherry streets. On motion both mat ters were referred to thecommitteo on streets and bridges which will report at next meeting. On motion of Mr. Angle the street j commissioner was instructed to make needed repairs at the "chicken steps" in the fourth ward. On motion of Mr. Cleaver it was ordered that the street commissioner be instructed to clean out Blizzard's I run. On motion of Mr. Angle ttie new curbing put dQwn by W. O. Shoop at his residence on East Market street was approved by tho boroogh council. Tho action was based on tiie recom mendation of tho committee on streets aud bridges. On motion it was ordered that tho i manager of the Charles Ohalfant prop erty on West Mahoning street be re quested to abate a nuisanoe in tho | form of bad drainage, which results I in throwing waste water into the ! street. On motion of Mr. Finnigan it was ordered that tiie parties dumping ashes ! in Cook's court, second ward, be notified to discontinue the practice. THE PUBLIC PARK. The question of resuming work on , the public park came up before coun cil. It was the sense of the members that no time should be lost in Bowing grass seed. Tho matter was left in the hands of tiie committee on publis im provements, which will get into touch with the committee of citizens that has the soliciting of funds aud other matters pertaining to the new park iu hand. FIREMAN'S APPROPRIATION. On motion of Mr. Russell it was ordered that the quarterly appropria tion be paid to the fire department. The following members were pres ent : Scliatz Russell, Cleaver, Fin nigan, Jones, Moyer, Deutson, Mar shall, Angle and Counolley. The following bills were paid by council Friday night: BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Regular employes .$127,50 1 Labor aud hauling 85.50 A. C. Amesbury 14.US) j Samuel Mills 11,60 ! J W. Lore 1.00 Labor in light department 57.00: Harrison Safety Boiler Works.. 336.35 11. B. Patton 5.00 Health Officer 6.25 ; Standard Gas Co 25 Sarah McCuen 6.00 ! Woi. F. Murphy's Sons Co 48 00 Aams Express Co 45 M. C. Lilley & Co 4 50 U. S. Express Co 45 I WATER DEPARTMENT. Regular empolyes $166 00 | P. H. Foust 70.60 Friendship Fire Co 23.22 i Aadms Express Co 55 Deane Steam Pump Co 3 90 ' Harrison Bros & Co 140.63 j Standard Gas Co 4 37 j H. R. VonDorster 127.16 j P. & R. C. & I. Co 350.00 | Labor Repairing leaks 4.50 1 While Oeoige Marquis was calling on a young woman on College Hill, at Boaver Falls, on Sunday night, some one out the hitching strap of his horse, standing outside, and the ani mal dashed over an embankment to the tracks of the Fort Wayne rail road, where It was killed by a freight train. DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. APRIL 9, 1908 HI IVOI ■ COB Notwithstanding that so much has been written nu tho subject of uniform primaries tiiere seems to he still a few poiuts that are not clear to the aver age voter. The subject was fully dis cussed by the county commissioners at their meetiug Saturday afternoon The fact was cited that on the count ing of votes, especially, in many dis tricts there is a difference of opinion, which, if not removed, it is feared, may lea I to complications of a grave sort. In view of the above the following statement prepared by the State i.e partmeut for the (information of vot ers and election officers is thoroughly apropos: '•Letters from various sources, and opinions expressed by election officers throughout the State, indicate that it is generally believed that, at the pri mary election, votes cast by the voters of oue party for a candidate of anoth er party will be consolidated and bo returned in the total vote for such can didate. For instanoe: In a district overwhelmingly Republican,the Demo crats might ignore their own candid ates—of whose election they have no hope—aud write on the Democratic ballot the name of a Republican can didate, expecting such votes to be added to the total he received as a Re publican. "This cannot be. To allow this to be done would be to defeat the princip al purpose of the primary act, which ainn to prevent the voters of one party from participating in the nomination of the candidates of another party. Any names written in a Democratic party ballot must be counted only as votes for Democrats, and be listed on the returns as Democratic votes, and vice versa "This matter should be brought to tho attention of all election officers,so that the votes cast may be properly computed and returned; otherwise these officers, laboring under a misap prehension, may assist in defeating the will of the party majority." MAN AND WOMAN IN THE LOCK-UP A man and woman gloriously drunk oaused big excitement in the neigh borhood of the P. & R. station Mon day night. Later the couple—husband and wife—made it interesting for the police as the latter piloted them to the borough lock-up. It was between 11 and 12 o'clock when the oflioers were called to the P. &R. station. The man, an umbrella mender, it was said, was abusing his wife. The police found the couple on Walnut street, both intoxicated and disorderly iu the extreme. Tho man resented interference from the oflicers in terms that were more forceful than elegant. It was a shame, he said, that au old soldier who had fought and bled for his country couldn't walk on American soil with out being interfered with by police officers. The adjectives that the man applied to express the contempt with which he regarded the bluecoats were scandalous iu the extreme. Finding that there was no other al ternative than to yield and goto the lock-up tho umbella man turned to his wife and remarked : "Como on, Jen, old girl, wo'll get even with them yet." After a moment he added with a curse: "Hereafter tho country can take care of itself; I'll do no more fighting—not if an old soldier can't walk over the free soil of America without being iuterfered with by a couple of policemen." Iu his allusion to tho officers he[ngain employed some choice adjectives, which did not elev ate the man any in the opinion of the policemen. The woman presented a shocking ap pearance. Her hair, disheveled, hung down over hor shoulders while her face bore marks whero she had been struck. The man insisted that he had a right to beat his wife, while the woman.evidently of the same opinion, threw lier arms around his neck and declared that he was one of the best and loveliest men in tiie world. When the party arrived at the un dergrade the 11:20 trolley car came down A street. Hailing the car the officers and the two prisoners mounted the car. It was a picturesque sight that presented itselt to the passengers, while the language was the opposite of edifying. Luckily the run was short. Arriving at the lockup tho couple orpated another scene. The hastily al ready had four occupants and the man and woman made the place so hideous witli their noise and profanity that one of the bums sooner than spend the night there promised to start immedi ately and walk all the way to North umberland if given permission to leave. Tuesday morning the man and wo man war< released on condition that they woi, Id leave town forthwith. So far as known they kept their word and meandered on toward fresh fields. 11 RESUME 11 Ofi PARK Pursuant, to actiou of oounoil Ira O. Everhart, chairman of the committee of public property and public im provement, has taseu up tho matter of the public park and will euiteavor to got the solicitors at work again to the end that money ne.'ded to complete the work may be obtained without delay. The very first thing for which mon ey will be needed is the sowing of grass seed. This work, Mr. Ever hard says, should be done immediate ly. Coincident with the seeding of the tract the small amount of grading that remains to bo done should be com pleted. The soliciting last year was in the hands of a committee of twelve citiz ens, three members being chosen from each ward, which acted jointly with the committee on public improvements of council. Through the aggressiveness of the finance committee enough money was collected to carry the work 011 the park to its present stage. The money was paid in as fast as needed to liquidate the bills and when the advent of winter made further work 011 tho park impracticable there still remained due from the subscrib ers a considerable balance, which is relied upon by the committee to assist in finishing the park. Money will be needed immediately but before additional subscriptions are solicited those who have subscribed and have not paid ovor the money will be waited upon ny the solicitors. To complete the park ! t is not known how much money will be needed over and above svhat has been pledged but it is believed that the solicitors will have to renew their canvass. ATHLETIC FIELD FOR Y M. C. A. The local Y. M. C A. has been granted the n.se of the tract between the dismantled Grove furnaces and tho old canal for an athletic field. Under tho direction of Physical Di rector J. C. A ins worth considerable work in fixiug np the ground has al ready been accomplished by the mem bers of the gymnasium classes. But littlo more remains to b<> done than to haul sand on the ground to be used in connection with high and broad jtimp iug. The ground is well adapted to athle tic sports, while two rows of stately trees furnish refreshing shade. The field is about 125 yards in length and will afford a 2:20 track without diffi culty. In addition to running the ground will be used for jumping, pole vault ing, shot putting, parallel bars, etc. During the summer the athletic field will sustain to the Y. M. C. A. the same relation that the gymnasium does in winter. WIN T E R'S~SOJOURN IN CUBA & FLORIDA G. M. Kichart, of Kipp's Run, has returned home from a winter's so journ in Florida and Cuba. He arriv ed in this city Tuesday afternoon direct from the Province of Camagua, Cuba. Mr. Kichart spent a portion of the winter iu southern Florida. In the latter place he noted some fine busi ness opportunities. Celery is a great staple ami southern Florida is begin ning to surpass Kalamazoo, Michigan as a celery producing section. Three crops of celery a year in addition to one crop of some other veg3tablo are produced iu southern Florida whereas the raising of one crop of celery is the beßt that can be achieved in Michigan. In the province of Catuagua, Cuba, where Mr. Richart spent some time, lumbering is the principal iudustry and the country, therefore, presents a somewhat rough and uninviting ap pearance at present. Both iu southern Florida and in Cuba, even during the winter months, the heat is most intense. During his visit Mr. Ricbart. says mercury regis tered 114 degrees in the shade in Cuba and 88 degrees in the shade in Florida. RECORD FLOCK OF CHICKENS E. C. Welliver, Sidler Hill, has a flock of twenty-one liens that he claims will beat any chickens in this vicinity for long distance laying. During the month of March Mr. Welliver's twenty-one hens presented him with 410 eggs; the first three days of April he got 52 eggs—April Ist, 16; April and, 17 and April 3rd, 19. Mr. Welliver's flock are Rhode Island Reds and Buff Orpingtons, and he is very proud of their record. The State's record for Arbor day work last year by school children has been captured by Carlisle, whose pup ils of the schools planted over 300 trees. A THRILLING EXPERIENCE Miss Lou Davis, Mrs. H. M. Sober and child figured j u a dangerous ruu away Tuesday, but escaped without sustaining serious injury. The accident occurred about 2 o'clock. The persons above named, accompani ed by Clyde Davis as driver started out for a ride. The carriage used was a two-seated one. The harness, however, was in tended for a lighter vehicle and was equipped with a breast collar. Mr. Davis concluded that the horse would get along better if he changed collars, putting on a neck collar. He accord ingly drove around to the alley, stop ping outside the stable at the rear of the Davis homestead, East Front street. Here while Miss Davis. Mrs. Sober and child remained seated in the carriage he attempted to change the collars. No sooner had he removed the bridle, than the horse, catching a glimpse of the carriage top behind him, gut frightened and with a single bound es caped from Mr. Davis and dashed down the alley. It was a frightful ex perience. Thoroughly unnerved and moved by sudden impulse Miss Davis leaped out of the carriage. Striking the wheel she was hurled violently to the ground where she lay insensible, while the horse continued his mad flight down the alley. Near the Suspender factory owned by .Tulius Heim the horse in attempt ing to make a short turn fell and caus ed the carriage to upset. Mrs. Sober and child, who until that moment had held onto the carriage, were thrown out upon the ground At this juncture the horse was caught. The wagon top was broken where it came in contact with the ground. Botli Mrs. Sober and child escaped injury beyond a few bruises. Miss Davis, however, did not fare so well. Unconscious Bhe was carried to the home of her parents, where Dr. P. C. Newbaker was called. She soon rallied, however, and it was discovered that her injuries were not serious. FLOURING WILL BURGLARIZED Burglars broke into the mill owned by Haney & Frazier at South Danville 011 Monday night and abstracted a small quantity of flour. Entrance was effected through the window on the south sido of the mill where by means of a jimmy the strip was pried loose that held the window sash in place Ttie burglars were evidently after money, as every drawer and nook in the office was ransacked. They were disappointed of their expectations, as the proprietors aro not in the habit of leaving any cash in the mill. A few bagß of flour, probably less than a barrel altogether, are missing, which it is believed were carried off by the burglars. Arranging for Examination. The committee on permanent certifi cates, composed of Mont Derr. chair man ; Miss Prudence Blizzard and Miss Maggie Madden, will hold a meeting in the office of the county superintendent at the courthouse at 11 e. on Saturday, April 18th, the object being to set a date and make other arrangements for holding exami nation for p jiuieut certificates. An applicant to bo eligible for a permanent certificate must bo a prac tical teacher holding a professional certificate and must have the recom mendation of the board or boards of directors in whose employment he or she shall have taught for the three -proceeding annual terms. All teachers who are eligible and who wish to apply for a permanent cretificate are requested by the com mittee to have their applications iu by the date of meeting, April 18th. ENDS HER LIFE WITH FIRE HANOVER, April 8. Mrs. Joseph Carbaugh, of Berlin Junction, near Hanovor, last night iu a fit of despondency left an eight week-old child asleep iu i!s crib aud going into the back yard pouroci kero sene over her clothing and then appli ed a match. Neighbors, attracted by the blaze, harried to the scene and extinguished the flames, but not before slie had been burned so terribly that death resulted this morning. About a year ago Mrs. Carbaugh made an unsuccessful at tempt at suicide, ' and she was melan choly ever since. Tho Ladies' Aid sooiety of tho First Presbyterian church at Lancaster has decided to erect a memorial window in honor of Rev. Dr. James Y. Mit chell, for many years pastor of the church who died recently. A DOUBLE TENNIS COURT The tennis club has started work on its new court on West Market street and hopes to have it readj for use by the first of May. No finer grounds will be found iu this part of the State The plot contains two large lots and it is 150 feet long by 80 feet wide. A double court will be installed, afford ing accommodation for eight players at one time. Screens will be install ed at each end and on the left side the bleachers will be covered with cauvas. Among the enthusiasts on tennis in Danville are: W. E. Gosh, Charles Watson, Dr. Jennings, W. V. Ogles by, Esq., J. C. Aiusworth, Edward Price, Walter Lovett, William Han cock and Thomas Welsh, Esq. Only a few have as yet taken a hand in the work, of grading the new grounds. Those who have gotten busy are looking for reinforcements daily and state that those of the members who want a little exercise can find it right there on the teunis ground digging, wheeling and doing other work. Beside the work of grading the club contemplates constructing a sort of a sink hole,cobbled over on the surface, exactly in the center of the grounds, into which the water will drain when it rains leaving the ground in a con dition to dry off immediately. WOMAN HELD FOR ROBBiiWY Justice of the Peace W. V. Oglesby was aroused from his slumbers and called to his office near the hour of 12 on Tuesday night for the purpose of holding a hearing. The v —on in the toils of the law was a young colored woman, who was charged by Frank Shelhammer with the larceny of forty-two dollars. Iu lieu of her real name, which was un known, the warrant issuod contained the name of Sallie Roe. Iu due time the woman was haled before the justice. Her name was found to be Rebecca Tarr, wife of John Tarr, with whom she is not liv ing. She was formerly from Shauio kin. The complainant, Frank Shelham mer, testified that the defendant about 10 80 o'clock Tuesday night entered the otlico of Hoke's livery stable nnrt abstracted money to the amount of $42 from the complainant's pocket. The defendant stoutly denied the oharge. She was searched but no trace of the money was found about her The justice decided, however, that the complainant had made ont a prima facie case and he decided to hold the womau for court in S3OO bail. She was unable to secure a bondsman, however, and about midnight was pil oted up to 'jail, where she was to await the next term of court. The woman was released yesterday. RIVER BRIDGE NEEDS PAINT The iron work of the river bridge, following the winter, presents a very bad appearance. It clearly needs a coat of paint—quite as much for the sake of appearance as a means of preserv ing the iron. At the last term of court the grand jnry recommended that the ends of the batter posts be repainted. Those sur faces being much exposed were then nearly void of paint and were badly affected with rust. At present, however, the whole sys tem of iron work presents practically the same appearance. There is very little evidence of paint on the iron and all over the structure the rust can be seen eating its way into post and beam. Owing to this cause the impos ing system of iron work, so much ad mired when new, has lost a great d9al of its dignity and charm. Evidently, if the best care is to be taken of the bridge, the subject of re painting the strncture is one of the things that the county commissioners will have to cousider at an early day. STOLE FOR AGED MOTHER EASTON, April 7. A well-dressed young man, who had been arrested at South Bethlehem on a charge of burglary yesterday, 'pleaded guilty and w:ts sent to prison forthreo years. He said his name was Osoar Snyder, that his home was in Scran ton and that lie had stolen to keap his aged mother, a widow, from want. The story was investigated and Judge Scott, believing that Snyder had told the truth, lias modified the sentence by reducing the term of imprisonment to six months. Thirty pounds of dynamite exploded in the Pittinger stone quarry, York county, and hurled three workmen iiigii into the air, but all escaped in jnry. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 mm DIKED ER TRACTION ENIE The North Mill street paviug yes terday morning developed a sl'ght de fect, which was hardly looked for. A traction engine had just made its way out over the street, when it was found that the paving at placeß was damaged by the heavy pressure. Not only were the bricks broken, but they were found suukeu and pressed apart. The greatest amount of damage seems to have been caused by the iron cleats on the driving wheel of the engine, which, wheuever they happened to come iu contact with the brick near the edge were pretty sure to break off spalls of greater or less size, even if they did not wholly ruin the brick. A traction engine passed over the street last week but it did not seem to injure the paviug to any ap preciable extent. That damage was sustained yesterday was probably to some extent due to the rain, which affected the cushion of sand and the course of oinder in the bottom. Traction engines have come to stay and they are factors that have to be reckoned with,not only in building bridges, but, by what has occurred in North Mill street, also in the streets. From what has occurred there is reason to fear that North Mill street, paved without i concrete or grouting, is poorly adapt j ed to resisting the wear and tear of such | traflic as that to which it is exposed. BRIDGE RAILING IS DISCONNECTED The railing on the upper side of the river bridge has pulled apart again and the end that is unsupported swings outward over the river, leaving the sidewalk at that point unprotected. If persons crossing the river at night were to pause and, as is quite frequ ently done, unsuspectingly leau upon | the detatohed railing, it is very much feared that they would fall into the river. During the winter the railing pull i ed apart at nearly the same point due to the contraction of the iron caused by the cold weather. The railing was temporarily secured by stout wire and later when the iron work begun to ex pand was properly connected. Why the railing should pull apart at the pres ent seasou is hard to explain. The county commissioners will no doubt cause the rai ling to be repaired today. NEW SPRINGS FOR STREET SPRINKLER The Friendship Fire company I'B get ting its street i-priukler ready for busi ness. Among other repairs it is receiv ing a new set of springs. The superintendent of the water de partment was preparing to erect the stand pipes that furnish the street sprinkler with water yesterday when the soaking rain occurred that effec tively settled the dust. It is usually a little later thau the present date when the street sprinkler gets into commission. It is delayed until the limit of cold weather is pass ed, as there always is danger of the water freezing in the stand pipes. FAVORING A JOINT CONFERENCE INDIANAPOLIS, lud., April 8. The miners and operators of the Central Competitive Mining Fields, composed of Illiuois, ludiana, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania,agreed last night to hold an interstate wage con ference between employers and em ployes at Toledo, Ohio, on April 14. The miners and operators present at the informal conference between the miners of the whole central field and tiie operators of Ohio, Indiana and Western Pennsylvania were almost unanimously in favor of holding a joint convention for the purpose of renewing coutraets. A committee composed of ten min ers and operators were appointed to report to the conference this morning, when the session convenes. DEATH OF AGED niSSIONARY PITTSBURG, April 8. Word has been received by the United Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis sion of the death in Cairo, Egypt, of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Ourrie Ewing,77 years old, said to be the oldest mis sionary in the world both in age and point of service. Doctor Ewing was licensed by th Allegheny Presbytery, United Presby i terian Church, April 13, 1859, and I ordained in the same Presbytery as I missionary to Egypt the following year. Westminster College gave him | the degree of doctor of divinity in I 1884. In 1880 he was a delegato from i Egypt to the Pan-Presbyterian Counoll in Philadelphia.