iUantuur mm American. Oik OP VOL. "»4—NO. 20 T I H. lUVINU 11. .1 KNNINHS, IHCXUST. A. M • • t '/ MM Mm MM I P. 1/ 112» i /' M Jhintillt. /*f the Danville de partment to laud the next convention for this oity iu I'JU. The lire fighters of Danville realize that they have a difficult task before them when they endeavor to wrest the convention from the other towns which will goto Ilaz leton bent on a similar errand, but the local department is going after the proposition ia a manner calculated to win. Already circular letters have been sent out to all the towns iu the six counties telling of the advantages of Danville as a convention city and re questing that delegates be instructed to vote for Danville in 190!). Three important committees were appointed Saturday evening as fol lows: ' MUSIO: -A. C. Roat, Edward Gib sou, John Tooey and John G. Waite. TRANSPORTATION :-Harr.v Trum bower, David Evans, Alfred Mellin, Theodore Baker aud William Shultz. PUBLICITY ;—John G. Waite, David Evans, Theodore Baker and Alfred Mellin. The meeting adjourned to meet at the call of Chief William Shultz to hear the reports of the committees. DEATH OF HRST ANNA E. THOHPSON Mrs. Anna E. Tiiompson departed this life at her home. Bloom street, at I! a. in., Monday afterathree weeks' illness. She was a woman beloved and held in the very highest esteem throughout the community. Her death is regarded as a great loss. Mrs. Thompson was the widow of Dr S Y. Thompson, who departed this life two years ago last fall. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Cameron Shultz and Miss Olive Thomp son of this city. She was born at Hamp3tead, Carroll county, Md., the daughter of the Rev. Oliver Ege and Mrs. Susanna Thompson Ege. Two brothers, the Rev. Thompson P. Ege of Oaks and Professor A, H. Ege of Mechauicsburg, survive, along with one sister, Mrs. J. Edgar Zug of Bowie, Md. Mrs. Thompson was a zealous and devoted member of St. Paul's M. E. church. She was a ceutral figure in all the church's varied activities, while beyond the church her initia tive aud oounsel proved poteut factors among the forces brought to play in the community for the general uplift of the masses. She was a woman of culture and re finement. She was a true philanthro pist and was always seeking some prac tical way to aid the deserving poor. For very many years she was the presi dent of the Woman's Benevolent so- j ciety of Danville, au organization which under her guiding haud accom plished an infinite amount of good,re lieving actual waut and bringing back to disconsolate hearts hope aud sun shine. DEATH OF MRS. AMELIA McCLOUGHAN Mrs. Amelia McCloughan, widow of John McCloughan, departed this lifo at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Salter, at Rtishtown, at 3 o'clock yes- : terday morning. She was taken ill on Saturday. The deceased was MS years of age. She is survived by a sou and a (laugh- i ter, also by two brothers, Peter J, | Iveefer of this city and Jacob Keefer, who occupies the homestead in Rush | township. A sister of the deceased, [ Mrs. Stroll, of Sunbury, died about | two mouths ago. Petor J. and Jacob Keefer are the only survivors of afam- J ily of eight, three brothers dying dur ing the last six years. The funeral will be held from the : residence at 10 o'clock Friday morn- I lng. Interment will be made at Rush ; Presbytgrian cemetery. FARMERS ARE PLANTING CORN The farmers have now entered upon the work of corn planting. At most ; places the sowing of outs is complet ed. At the farm connected with the hos pital tor the insane they are planting corn this week. Planting this crop proves a very big job at the hospital ! farm. This year there are sixty acres i of corn ground to be planted. The old I method of planting corn by hand is i pretty generally abandoned. At the i hospital farm patent corn planters are ' used exclusively. ] DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. MAY 14, 1908 Rev. Dr. McCormack will preach the baccalaureate sermon to the senior class of the high school at the Grove Presbyterian church on Sunday even ing, May 31. Hon H. M. Hinckley will deliver the address to the graduating class at the annual commencement on Thurs day, Juue 4th. Secretary Ortli read communications from Rev. Dr McCormack and Hou. H M. Hinckley, both thanking the hoard for the mark of confidence and stating that they would accept the honor. lavitatlons were extended to Dr. McCormack and Mr. Hinckley nt the previous meeting. On motion of Mr. Fischer, a vote of thanks was extended to Treasurer M. H. Schratn for his wise foresight iu depositing the school funds in such a way as to realize interest ou the same. | Over §lO4 have been placed to the school district's credit as interest which is au unprecedented state of at fairs iu the school board's experience. Mr. Fischer reported that he had waited upon the management of the opera house and learned that the build ing could be had for commencement exercises at forty dollars. After con ! suiting with others of the committee, : he said, lie closed with the manage- i inent of the opera house and com- 1 mencement, therefore, will be held in < that building this year. On motion of Mr. Burns it was ord ered that the high school committee rent pianos for grammar school com- | mencement in the second aud third wards. C. E. Hale, a representative of "Fvricide,'' a new fire extiuguisher, appeared before the school board Mon day night. Before the session he gave a demonstration of the dry chemical pre paration, which pleased the board very much. Later iu the evening the mat ter was referred to the supply commit tee for investigation. The full board was present as fol- | lows: Pursel, Orth, Barber, Swarts, Burns, Redding, Fish, Fischer, Sech- ! ier, Foulke, Heiss, and Cole. The following bills were approved for payment; Standard Gas Oo $7.12 Robert J. Pegg 19.00 Montour 00. Democrat 5.00 ( Botanical Supplies 4.00! S. J. Welliver & Sons 2.80 j j Adams Ex. Co 1.45 E. C. Shultz,. 1.50 ' DIEFFENBACHER BOROUGH SUP'T An adjourned session of the trien nial convention of tlie school board of Danville, called on May sth for the purpose of electing a borough super intendent, wns held Monday night, con vening at nine o'clock immediately after the adjournment of the regular meeting. There was only one candid ate at the previous meetini? and he failed to secure a majority of the votes. In the interval several applications were received by the hoard which were read by the secretary. Among the ap | plicants were Charles E Hmrer, of llahauoy City; H. H. Weber.of Jersey Shore; Ira T. Shipman, of Sunbnrv; C. C. Oberdorf, of Mt. Carmel; Wil liam S Kobiuson, of Taylor. Jacob Fiaeher nominated D. N. Dieffenbacher. W. A. Sechler nomi nated Charles E. Hower. On motion the nominations wore closed. A viva voce vote was taken with the following result; Dieffenbacher—Orth, Barber, S warts, Redding, Fish, Fischer, Foulke.Heise and Cole. Ilower—Pursel, Sechler and Burns. Mr. Dieffenbachur receiving nine votes as against Mr. Hewer's three he was declared elected as borough super intendent t'or the next three years. HOTEL LICENSE TRANSFERRED Associate Judges F. Q. Blee and Hon. L. W. Welliver held a short ses sion of court yesterday morning. A hotel license in Derry township was transferred from R. B. Moser, to Jos eph Siegfried of Hughesvillo, a hotel man of experience, who recently pur chased the place. The hotel in question is an old and popular stand known as the Park ho tel situated just south of the borough line of Washingtonville. Mr. Moser. who has been in charge of the hotel for a good many years, will retire from active pursuits,taking up his residence at Washingtonville. The new landlord moved into the place yesterday and to day will opell up for business. Funeral at Alms House. The funeral of Mrs. Katie Helen Shutt was held Tuesday afternoon from the Danville and Mahoning alms house. There was quite a large attend ance there being a number of friendß and relatives from this city present. The services were conducted by Rev. L. Dow Ott. The second big nl>i]>tnent of fish fol lowing tlie numerous applications made for wall-eyed pike, pickerel,yel low perch, bass and sunfish.bv a dozen of oor local Waltons last fill reached this city from the hatchery at Erie Tuesday morning aud was met at tie train hy a number of those who had applied for the fish l'ry. The first consignment, received last Wednesday, consisted of wall-e4*d pike; tlie second, which arrived Tues day. comprised yellow perch and pickerel. Other shipments that are to follow aud may arrive at any day will be made up of bass aud sunfish. Never before was tfiere such a concerted movemeut set on foot among the fish erman to restock the waters of the uorth branch audit is pretty evident that the State intends to lend its full co-operation by supplying all the Qsh wanted as fast as applications are made. The shipment of wall eyed pike last week comprised fourteen cans, four of which were takeu up the stream and deposited in the numerous eddies found at the mouth of small creeks that flow iuto the river, while the remaining ten cans were taken down the river and disposed of in the same manner. The fish fry as a rule were very small, scarcely an eighth of an inch in length. It is. estimated that the shipment con tained many thousands. The yellow perch and the pickerel fry received Tuesday were still smaller in size, many of them indeed, being scarcely visible to the eye. It would be very difficult to estimate the number. The shipment comprised sixteen cans, each of which no doubt contained many thousands of fish fry. Ten cans were taken up the river Tuesday and the remaining six cans were deposited in the stream at Danville. Some facts relative to the growth aud development of fish were learned Tuesday, which indicate that we will not have to wait very loug before the movement to restock the river will bear fruit. In the first place, the fish fry deposited in the river frequent the same eddy in which they are placed for an indefinite time, so that a per son interested in nature study may watch the growth and movements of the fish during a whole season. Last spring a can of fish fry that were as small as any described in Tuesday's shipment was placed in the river near the hospital grounds. These fish were closely observed during the summer. They frequented the same spot in creased in size at a regular rate. Small as they were when placed in the river in the spring by autumn they had at tained a size of to 4 inches in length. THE STATUS OF THE NEW PARK It would seem pretty plain by this time that the new patk as an attrac tion iu Danville this summer is a dream uot to be realized. The middle of May has arrived aud the plot lies precisely as abandoned last fall. Kank grass aud weeds are growing up where sod should be cultivated : the walks lie unfinished. An unsightly deposit of ashes to be used iu grading has been dumped east of the center and alto gether the spot is only a trifle mure presentable than a year ago whet the neglected graves made the spot forbid ding. Nobody seems to kuow how much work will be doue ou the park this summer uor when operations may be gin. Just at present, it is explained, the deed i.-: being executed r.ml deliv ered transferring the tract from the trutsees of the Mahoning Presbyterian congregation north to the borough of Danville. The conveyance of fiie tract in not a purely perfunctory mat ter but involves a great deai of negoti ation aud scrutiny. The church trus tees desire to secure for the grounds proper care and to make it impossible that they should ever be put to any other use than that of a public park. On the other hand the borough is care ful not to accept any terms that may prove burdensome and the parties to the transfer find it mutually to tiieir interest to"go slow". It is thoaght that some action relative to work ou the park may be taken at next meet ing of council, Friday night, but it will all depend upon whether or not the deed Ims passed. One of the borough officials Tues day stated that it was doubtful wlietli er anything would be done on the new park uutil August, at least. He felt sure that this would be tho case un less additional money conld be raised by popular subscription. If the bor ough would have to finish the tract, he said, the work would have to be postponed nntll the taxes come iu, which would not be until late in the summer. Fifty-four liens belonging to Owen Henry, of Pennsburg, Montgomery county, laid 304 eggs in one week. Danville Tuesday presented au un usual spectacle with a procession of automobiles, a rouud dozen iu num l ber, wending its way through the streets. The sight was a unique one, i uever equalled in the history of the town. Tiie party of autoinobilists,number ing some forty-five, were members of the Milton lodge, No. U13.8. P. O E., en route to Soranton to attend the third auuual State convention of Penn sylvania Elks, which convened in that city yesterday. The Milton brethren made a social call at the rooms of Lodge No. 754, B. P. O. E., of this city. There they were warmly wel comed by the members. By means of the telephone the local lodge learned that the Milton contin gent left that place about half past ten. Shortly before 11 o'clock a party of Danville Elks, in three automobiles, owned by T. J. Price, W. G. Pursel and W. W. Welliver, left the lodge room for Mausdale to meet the Milton j Elks. About 11 o'clock the procession j entered our town. The three Danville ! cars were in the lead followed by nine I automobiles from Milton, owned resp j ectively by Edward Colvin, W. E. ■ Housel. J. T. Church, W. L, Wain | wright, E. L. Lindner, Fred A. God ' charles,Edgar Summers,lra N. Higbee j and Bertram Qalbraitli. | The machines were distributed along ' the street between the Elks' building and the Montour house, while the party retired into the Elks' social rooms and partook of a lunch served by the Dan -1 ville brethren, who proved themselves -most excellent hosts. The visitors ex pressed themselves as impressed both with the warmth of the greeting aud the lavish entertainment. It was very near 12 o'clock when the Milton Elks proceeded on their way. In addition to the owners of the cars above mentioned the following from Miltou were in the party : G. Dal Fox, Edward Colvin, Harvey L. Lindner, j John DeHaag, Elwood Frymire, Wolf Dreifuss, Charles L. Hause, Robert I E. Hopkins, Walter A. Godcharles, John P. Heckenburg, Russell Karch ner, John H. Barr, Al. Cooner, Harry Lindner, ;E. E. Ritter, Charles A. I Jenkins,W. H. Kaliler,Oliver Wagner, William Hartz, Ned Church, Pearl Nogle, John M. Trego, George W. Klinger, William Dieffeuderfer, Harry E. Davis, Walter Frick., Feter Gin ! ter, James M. Fox, Harry E. Keller, , Hugh M. Marsh, Joseph Johnson, Top ! py Fosnot, Budd Harris. i G(K>D STORY FROfl GROVANIA The following odd story from Grov ania is not the conception of a "na ture faker - ' but is vouched for as true by persons on the spot. The peculiar incident took place ou the farm of Alonzo Mauser. Among Mr. Mauser's ohickeus was an old hen in which the maternal instinct was strongly developed. The hen was de termined tc hatch out a brood of ohick eus aud M'. Mauser was just as deter mined that she should not ard every time she sought the nest he thre » her off and removed the eggs. At this juncture one of the cats of the farm brought into tu. world a nestful of healthy kittens. Although so frequently baffled iu her purpose the lien had by no means abandoned the hope of being able to rear a fam ily aud as the sequel shows she was not at all particular whether her cl» 1 1 - dren were cats or chickens. Accordingly at the first opportunl f y when the mother cat was absent the old hen usurped the nest and iu a motherly way spread out her wings tenderly covering the whole Tamily of kittens. When the cat returned took her some time to realize what had oc curred. When she approached the nest the old hen with feathers bristliug flew at the cat and then for a few minutes the strangest of all battles was fought Due to mediation the con test went on record as a drawu battle. The cat was given her kittens while the zealous old heu was restrained from further interference. TOOK DINNER AT MEDDENS HOUSE A party of ladies of Shamokin were driven over to this city yesterday in a four in-hand hack belonging to Ward rop's livery. The ladies took dinner at the Heddens House. They arrived in Danville about 10 o'clock in the 1 forenoon and started for home at 5:30 last evening. lu the party were the following: Mesdames Francis Haile, Thomas Brennan, James Culbertson, Wesley Higgins, John Gibbons, John Gilger, , Nicholas McDarz. Jacob Omlor. John Williams, Henry Carey aud J. R. Mc- , Langblin. Many a man who fjets off the right | road never meant to do so. ESTABLISHED IN 18.55 The entry list for the big field meet which is to b8 held at DeWitt's park on Saturday, May 83rd,by the Danville high school and the Y M. C. A , was closed last evening. Thirty seven young men from out or town will com plete iu the games. The prompt response of the schools in the surrounding towns speaks well for the popularity of the scheme. Twenty two of the athletes who enter ed are from Sunbury and represent the Sunbury high schools and the Sunbury Y M. C. A. Berwick will send five men,who are entered in nearly all the events. Milton will also send a very strong aggregation. Eight young men from this city, whose names and entries are given be low will compete with the visitors, striving to carry off at least a fair share of the honors. Below is given the official list of en j tries: SUNBURY HIGH SCHOOL-Ray mond Stroll, Harry Smith, George Rhodes, R. F. Caldwell, Harrison B. Shipe, Roy E. Stall], Woods M. Nice ly, John O. Morgan, Frank R. Bru gard, Edward Withington, Herbert Bier. Clarence Deppen, Rav Harrison, Sir i %- ' s K"~ - iS &&_£<: ■■■■+■ ~ - A likeness of the medals that will be offered in gold, silver and bronze as first, second and third prizes in the different event?. SUNBURY Y. 31. C. A. —Kobert Schulenberd, Ed.rar Beers, William A. Long, Lluyd Maihl, Gaurge G. Sny der, Rov B. Shipe.Harry Brumbaugh, William ,T. Boyer. John F. Krohn. MILTON HIGH SCHOOL—CIaud Bub J, John M. Arndt, Carl Rippel, William L. Raup, Jr., William Frick, Vincent P. Wohlheiter, R. H. Show ers, Mark Hess, J. Fit rkcustiuo, Harry N. Daggett, BERWICK HIGH SCHOOL— David Dickson,Murray Briwn,Robert Eshel mau, Geo. E. Folliner,Casper Frautz. DANVILLE ENTRIES. The Danville relay team will be made up of Edward Hnrley, Edward Price,Lnudy Russell an 1 James Kase. Other eutries f:om this city are: A D. Reifniyuer entered for 100 yard dash, 120 yard hurdle and running broad jump; Edward Price entered for 100 yard dash, 220 yard dash, half mile run, 120 yard hurdle; James Kase entered for all events; Lundy Russell entered for all events except 12 pound shot put; Harold McClure entered for all events except 12 pound shot put Thomas G. Ryan entered for 12 pound shot put; Harry Dailey, entered fo 100 yard dash, 120 yard hurdle and run ning high jump. Johnson-Belford. South side and Henry C. Johnson of this city were united in matrimony on Tuesday evening. The nuptial knot was tied at 8 o'clock at the home of the bride No. 417 Avenue F, River side, by the Rev. John Conley Grimes, pastor of St. Peter's M. E. chrucii. An unknown stranger who wander ed into Media. Delaware county, on Sunday night in an intoxicated condi tion, owes his life to Miss Lillian Blizzard.a pretty young trained nurse, who drew him from the tracks of a trolley road just as a car was bearing upon his prostrate form.