iUontmir jligt American.
VOL. 54 NO. 38
DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
Office Hours
A. M.to 1- M. 104 MM St.,
IP. M.to iP. it. Danville, Pa.
MIIUL.TZ, M.
425 MILL ST., DANVILLE, PA.
Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines
a Specialty
ITEMS CONDENSED.
William Schubert, near Hereford, J
Berks county, lias four acres of his j
farm planted in cabbage and expects J
to have -10,000 heads for sale.
Diphtheria broken out anions
the children of the Lutheran Orphans' :
home at Topton, Berks county, and |
the institution is under quarantine.
Oliver E. Erb, a rural mail carrier j
in Lancaster county, has sued the snp- j
ervisors of Martic township, for SSOO
damages, claiming that he lost two 1
horses because of the bad condition of
the roads.
Building Inspector W. D. Colvin.of
Scranton.has been removed from office
on the charge of having neglected to
report the dangerous condition of a
fire escape that dropped a weieht on a
child's head.caußing its death, recent- i
iy-
Water is so scarce about Pottsville
that in their desperation a number of
people have been seouring their water
supply from a spring in the Barber |
cemetery, which the sexton alleges
passes beneath the graves. The water
is to be tested.
Cornelius O'Connell, of Yardley,
Delaware county, who resides across j
the canal from the Johnson trolley
power house, claims that the vibra
tions caused by the exhaust have mov- ;
ed his cookstove four inches from its
proper resting place, and lias petition- ,
ed the court to have the nuisance re- |
moved.
Twenty sunfish caught in twenty
minutes with hook and line in Perk
iomen creek, is the boasted record of
Augustus Kemmerer, of Pennsburg, j
Montgomery county.
The Rev. David Johnson, of Masou
town, Fayette county, is 92 years of ,
age and has preached at the Mennonite
church near Masontown for sixty years.
W. H. Berry, a former tax collector
of Sunbury, now conducting a restau- i
rant in Shainokin, was arrested on
Saturday on a charge of embezzlement
brought by several of his bondsmen.
He is accused of having appropriated
13,598.67 to his own use of the taxes 1
collected.
Mrg. John T. Windim, wife of a j
prominent Philadelphia architect who
resides at Devon, is the happy possess
or of one of the smallest dogs in ex- j
istence, "Mile. Atom," bought near |
Brussels, in Europe. It weighs less I
than two pounds and the price paid ,
was 11,000, or about S4O per ounce.
Grace Reformed church just com- j
pleted in Mahanoy City, at a cost of
$ 25,000, was dedicated on Sunday with
special servioes.
Tamaqua citizens are happy over a
rumor that the Lehigh Coal & Naviga
tion company will build one hundred
houses there in the near future.
Forest fires have been raging for
several days on the Blue mountains
near Shenandoah and several thousand
acres of valuable timber land have
been burned.
James McCaffrey.of Uniontown, lias
been arrested on a charge of having
burned all his wife's clothing so she
could not appear as a witness before a
grand jury against ruin.
At a meeting of the church council
of St James Lutheran church in
Reading, on Saturday, Rev. Dr. M.
O. Horine, pastor for twenty-seven
years, tendered his resignation and it
was accepted.
Zion Lutheran congregation,at Zion
ville, Lehigh county, celebrated its
one hundred and fifieth anniversary
with speoial services all day on Sun
day. Rev. D. C. Kaufman, of Emans,
is the pastor.
Peter Wright, of Erie,aged IT years,
was killed on Sunday as the result of
the accidental discharge of a double
barreled shot gun, while he was drag
ging the gun from a boat on the south
shore of Presque Isle.
Tho family of the Rev. James M.
Cain, a Methodist Episcopal minister
in Waynesburg, Green county, is sore
ly stricken with typhoid fever. A 15-
year-old daughter, Bessie, died from
the fever on Sunday morning and Mrs
Cain and three other children are
critically ill.
David Wharton, of Philadelphia,
made an attempt to steal a ride on a
Reading railroad train at Sixth street
and Allegheny avenue on Sunday even
ing but missed the step when trying
to get on a car and slipped under the
wheels. Before the body was discover
ed twenty-five cars had passed over it,
grinding it into a (hapless mass.
lie AC! OF
on
One of the most daring acts of high
waymen|,ever perpetrated in this sec
tion took place near Mausdale Friday
night, when Thomas Malady, of Mil
ton, was held up by three desperadoes,
who in order to accomplish the rob
bery shot the horse, which fell dead in
his tracks. Mr. Malady escaped.
The police in Danville and surround
ing towns were at ouce notified, and
railway employes along all the roads
were kept on a sharp lookout for the
iesperados. Shortly before midnight
a trio answering to their description
were located at the Rupert tower on
the Heading, where that road crosses
the Pennsylvania tracks at the south
end of the Rupert bridge, and tiiere
one of the men was captured between j
one and two o'clock Satnrday morning.
Thomas Malady, who is associated
with his brother, Charles Malady, in
the livery business in Milton, drove
aver to Danville Friday and about
8 o'clock that eveuing started on the
drive homeward. As he was approach
ing the stone culvert a few hundred
yards east of the Maus flouring mill
three men suddenly materialized in
the road ahead of him. Two of them
Beized his horse while the third sprang
into the buggy and seized him by the
throat. A desperate struggle between
the highwayman and driver ensued,
[luring which the horse broke loose
from the two men who had seized him.
Mr. Malady succeeded in hurling his
assailant backward to the ground; the
horse had hardly moved a half dozen j
yards forward when one of the men 1
opened fire on the animal. Three shots j
were fired, when the horse began to
stagger and tiie next moment fell to
the ground aud expired.
Just as the horse dropped Mr. Ma- j
lady leaped out of the buggy in the
darkness and escaped from the high
waymen. Nearly overcome with ex
citement he made his way back to
Wise's hotel at Mausdale, where he
telephoned into Danville for the po
lice.
Ttie news of the desperate occurrence
created intense excitement on th
streets. F. P. Johnson witli his auto
mobile volunteered to take the officers
out to the scene of the hold-up. His
offer was accepted and it was only a j
few minutes after the word was re
seived that Officers Mincemoyer aud j
Vorie, Sheriff Williams and several
others were on their road to Mausdale.
They found the dead body of the
horse in the road. Mr. Malady, along
witli some others, iiad returned to the
scene of the hold-up, where he told
the story as related above.
Mr. Malady described the highway- j
men as being large, portly men, each
wearing a slouch hat.
WHOLE SECTION AROUSED.
Returning to Danville the officers at
once learned that several freights had
passed over the Reading going toward
Oatawissa after the hold-up. and word ;
was sent up the road to be on the look
out for the men. The operator at the
Rupert tower was the first to see them, j
They materialized near his , tower
about 11 o'clock aud he at once notifi
ed the Bloomsburg and Danville offic
ers,meanwhile keeping an eye on their
movements.
Officers Mincemoyer and Yoris,
Sheriff \Villiams aud District Attorney
Gearhart secured a team and were on
their way to Rupert tower before
twelve o'clock. The Bloomsburg pol
ice and a posse of half a dozen men
divided into two squads, one taking
the north aud one the south side of
tiie river aud moving down toward the
tower where tiie robbers were located.
The Pennsylvania train dispatcher
at Sutibury was working in conjunc
tion with the officers and was running
trains past the spot where the men
were at a fast clip. One train going
toward Suuth Danville was sped by
them at so fast a pace that they did
not- attempt to board it About 1:30
o'clock a freight going toward Wiikes-
Barre passed and it was so heavy that
sufficient speed could not be gotten up
and the men were about to get aboard
when the Bloomsburg posse swooped
down on them. Two of the men were
too slippery for the officers,and board
ed the train. The third was captured
—the one supposed to be the heaviest
of the trio.
A lew minutes after the capture the
Danville party ariived on tiie scene
aud took charge of the prisoner.
Chief Mincemoyer feels assured that
they have one of the men who perpet
rated the hold-up.
FIRST FROST
OF THE SEASON
Tiiere was a light froßt, the first of
the season, on Tuesday night. In low
places throughout ttie county the effect
was quite marked, the grass being
white. Other conditions were favor
able, however, aud the damage done
was slight.
In this city mercury went down to
42 degrees.
DANVILLE- }PA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 1908
IE ill
j rail
John W. Snyder was sentenced
by Judge Evans to nine months im
prisonment in the county jail on Sat
urday morning.
Saturday was one of the regular dates
fixed for argument court. His Honor
C. O. Evans and Associates Blee and
elliver were on the bench.
Snyder, who had been committed to
jail in default of bail.was brought in
to court by Sheriff Williams. District
Attorney Gearliart presented his case
to the court., explaining that Snyder
desired to take advantage of the act
0fJ1907 and plead guilty to the indict
ment.
Mrs. Lucretia Snyder, the victim of
the alleged assault, was called to the
stand. Her sou, she said, has a viol
ent temper and she is afraid of him.
Snyder is a cripple, one of his legs be
ing amputated near the hip. He is
addicted to drink the mother, explain
ed, and it was found necessary to in
struct hotel keepers'and others not to
sell him any liquor. On Tuesday night
he was very angry and accused his
mother of "stopping the drinks" on
him. The outcome was, according to
the testimony, that he violently as
saulted his mother knocking one of
her teeth out.
After formally pleading to the in
dictment Snyder was told to Btand up
for sentence. Judge Evans asked him
what he had to say in answer to his
mother's testimony. He replied: "I
suppose I did it,if she says so: I don'
remember it."
Touching the subject of drink Judge
Evans said ho would make an order
forbidding hotel or saloon keepers to
furnish liquor to the defendant under
penalty of having their licenses revok
ed.
The court sentenced Snyder to pay
the costs of prosecution, a fine of $1
to the Commonwealth and to undergo
an imprisonment in the county jail for
a period of nine months.
ACTION IN ASSUMPSIT.
The action brought by the sheriff
against the commissioners of Montour
county to recover board for three pri
soners committed for illegal car rid
ing was taken up by Coantv Solicitor
E. S. Gearhart.
The county commissioners,Mr Gear
hart explained, allege that the act of
1878, authorizing arrests for illegal car
riding, fixes no legal liability ou the
county of Montour: also that the act
is unconstitutional. The act lias been
the cause of incessant controversy. In
some of the oouuties it is ignored al
together.
Mr. Gearhart acknowledges that
Sheriff Williams acted in good faith,
that he could not have done otherwise
than he did,as he is bound by a legal
commitment. There is an understand
ing between all parties,he said, and it
is arranged that whatever the decision
may be the outcome shall not affect
the sheriff. The object in bringing
the case is merelyjto test the validity
of the act.
The action was presented to the court
in the form of a case stated. The court
took the papers and an opinion will
probably be rendered before long.
DEDICATION OF
VOUGNT'S CHURCH
St. John's, commonly known as j
Yought's Lutheran church, in May- !
berry township about three miles from !
Elyeburg, will be dedicated on Snu
day, September 27th,with appropriate !
ceremonies.
In the morning at 10 o'clock the de
dication services will be held and the
congregation will be addressed by
Rev. W. E. Fischer, D. I) , of Sha
mokin, president of the Susquehanna
synod and by Rev. S. G. Shanuon, of
Norwood, Pa., father nf the pastor of
the church. Iu the evening Rev, U.
Myers,D. D. of Cutawissa, will preach.
The new church is a fine frame
structure of which the congregation
had every reason to be proud. It re
places another church on the same
site.
FALL ARBOR DAY
HAS BEEN NAMED
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Schaeffer lias designated October
23rd as Arbor day for the pnblic
schools of the State, and all connected
with the schools are urged '' to observe
the day by the planting'of trees and
other suitable exercises." The very
best exercises for the day, of course,
will be tree planting. It ought to be
done by every school in the State
where there iB opportunity such a
thing. It will be a wise'eourse to in
struct the Jgrowiug generation as to
the Importance not merely of planting
trees for ornament but of reforestation
and the preservation of the treeß that
now exist. Arbor day in the school
should not be a mere holiday : it should
mean business.
IB OF
J. I. FBIMH
The funeral of John W. Farnsworth
took place from Mahoning Presbyter
ian church on Saturday afternoon.
The obsequies were very largely at
tended. The turn out of Freemasons,
especially, was very large. There were
about 130 members of the fraternity
in line comprising the lodges that
make up che Masonic district of which
the deceased was district deputy grand
master.
The services were conducted by the
Rev. James Walloston Kirk, pastor of
the Mahouing Presbyterian church.
After a prayer nt the residence of the
deceased. West Mahoning street, the
funeral proceeded to the chnrch,where
the body of Freemasons had assembl
ed.
Interment was made in Fairview
cemetery. At the grave following the
church service the burial ceremouy of
the Freemasons was performed At
the invitation of George B. Jacobs,
Worshipful Master of Mahoning Lodge
No. 516, F. & A. M.,of which the de
ceased was a member, H. M. M'Killip
of Washington lodge No. 265, of
Bloomsburg, officiated as Worshipful
master at the grave. Joseph Divel was
Senior warden and George B. Jacobs
acting junior warden The Rev. J.
Conley Grimes was chaplain. The
burial rites of the fraternity were
most impressively rendered. The pall
bearers were: E. S. Miller, M. G.
Youngman, W. G. Pursel. M. H.
Schram, W. Kase West and Charles
Haney.
It was oue of the largest Masonic
funerals ever held in Danville and
probably surpassed all others in the
number of Freemasons that were pre
sent from out of town and in the num
ber of different lodges that were rep
resented. The largest contingent and
the last to arrive was from Blooms
burg, which reached Danville on the
2:10 trolley car. By this time the
lodge room in the cpera house block
was well tilled. All was in readiness
for proceeding to the funeral and the
Bloomsburg delegation, marching two
abreast, proceeded directly from the
car to the ohurch.
The following ii)«:uber» of Washing
ton lodge No. 265, F. & A. M., of
Bloomsburg, were in line :
Charles Reice, Harry Savage, Harry
Barton, Robert Vanderslice, F. Mont.
Smith, Warren H. Eyer, Carlton A.
Caswell, Robert O. Young, Eugene F.
Carpenter, Willie Law.Frank D. Den
tler. J. Lee Harman, Cortez B. Rob
bins, Albert C. D. Sheppard, William
C. Snyder, S. Pierce Hagenbuch,
George L. Law, Andrew L. Fritz,
William O. Holmes,lsaiah Hagenbuch,
Joseph L. Townsend. William ,T. Held,
Dr. Henry Bieruian. Thomas E Wild
smith, Harvey A. M'Killip.
The following other members of the
fraternity accompauied the Blooms
burg contingent: M. Henry Montra
vi lie. Lodge 401; Jacob L. Wolverton,
Lodge 444; James M. Stover, Lodge
232; J. Guy Sleppy,Lodge 323; Steph
en Seiple and John C. Orisman,Lodge
462; W. Graver Leutz, Lodge 255;
Jeremiah W. Young, Lodge 86; In
diana; T. Jefferson Vanderslice, and
George W. Keiter, sojourners.
Among other Freemasons present
from out of town lodges who arrived
at an earlier hour were the follow
ing: William A. Butt. Oriental lodge,
Orangeville; John C. Snyder, Eureka
lodge 404, Northumberland ; John C
Grimes, Knnpp lodge 462, Berwick;
P. O. Vannan, Hobasco lodge 716,
Ithaca, N. Y. ; Ira C. Schoch and
Arthur Wallize, Lafayette lodge 1!>4;
Selinsgrove: Thomas Stetier and Jos
eph L. Marks, lodge 619, Middleburg ;
Harry C. Cornelius McClay 10dge,632,
Suubury; J. Daniel Mull, Clarence
W. Scott, William E. Hawley, John
Morgan, Kobert E. Hopkins,David W.
A.Belford,lodge 236, Milton; William
H. Davis, Oscar P. Kostenbauder,
Charles S. Kline, Tobias Berniuger,
J. H. Geary, lodge 349, Catawissa.
Both Masonic lodges of Danville,
lodge No. 224 as well as lodge 516 to
which the deceased belonged were well
represented at the funeral.
HARRY LATTIHER
WAS INJURED
Harry Lattimer.son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. 11. Lattimer, East Market street,
was painfully injured Tuesday while
riding a burse at the farm of Philip
Mettler, Rush township.
Mr. Lattimer was sending the day
at the Mettler farm, and during the
afternoon a saddle was placed on one
of the horses for him to ride. No
sooner had the young man gained the
seat, than the animal took the bit in
his teeth and ran for the barn. As the
horse entered the baru door Mr. Lat
timer was swept from the horse's back.
He was badly shaken up and bruised
by the fall and his most serious injury
consisted of * cut on his head that re
quired the insertion of three stitches.
It 1B wrong to be cowardly, but cau
tion is a virtue.
FIRE ALARM
HIISIIED
J. R. Wallize appeared before the
school board Monday eve to report that
he had oompleted the contract for in
stalling the electric fire drill and gen
eral lire alarm system in the four
school buildings of the borough,insur
ing the teacherß and pupils absolute
protection in case of tire. The system
installed in the first ward building
was tested yesterday and was found to
work perfectly. The time occupied in
vacating the building at the iirst trial
bf the system was one minute and five
seconds.
Mr. Fischer reported that the build
ing aud repair committee had complet
ed the extensive system of repairs ord
ered by the school board, with the ex
ception of the railing for the new
steps at the third ward.
Mr. Burns reported that the curbing
and the gradiug at the second ward
school grounds are completed. The
directors of the second ward were com
plimented by the board on the excel
lent condition of their school grounds.
It was the sense of the members that
the grounds of the first ward suffer by
comparison and should be improved in
like manner. No action was taken.
The question of boiling water came
up before the board Monday night. Mr.
Burns, who introduced the matter,
stated that owing to the condition of
the river, he did not think that water
from the hydrants should be used for
drinkng without being boiled. Yet, it
is understood that at not none of e
school buildings in the borough is the
water being boiled at present.
A communication was received from
Mr. Savage, who sells crystal water
in town, proposing to .furnish spring
water to each of the school building"
at 25 cents daily.
On motion of Mr. Sechler the mat
ter was referred to the supply com
mittee with power to make contract
The question of installing an addi
tional typewriter in the commercial
department of the high school came up
at ttie school board meeting last night.
Three representatives of type writer
companies appeared before the board
urging the excellence of their respec
tive machines, as follows: J W.
Griflis of the Smith Premier company :
George B. Leiter, of L. C. Smith &
Brothers' company : George H. Grebe
of the Underwood company.
The following members were pres
ent: Pursel, Berber, Swarts, Burns,
Redding, Fish, Lloyd, Fischer, Sech
ler, Heiss and Cole.
Treasurer Schram presented a report
of finances to date, which showed a
cash balance on hand of $3636.37.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
Silver Springs Quarry 00.. . #58.76
Wilson Ryan 5.25
Standard Gas Co 1.56
E. L. A ten 12.30
W. H. Kocher 2.45
Robert Miller .... .. 4.50
Francis Bell 4.50
Elisha Bell 1.50
Norman E. Beyer 1.50
Seth Lormer 2.25
James Dailey 1.50
Emery Shultz 15.95
D. Appleton & Co 16.50
American Book Co 92.46
Remington Typewriter Co 11.68
Roberts & Meek 43.86
Adams Express Co 3.15
Perry Picture Co 4.2'J
Ginn & Co 20.00
Isaac Pitman Co . 17.22
Sadler Rowe & Co 3.63
Danville Sto. & Mfg. Co 40 58
Joseph Lechner 71.70
Trumbower & W'erklieiser..... 75.51
U. S. Express Co .. 1.70
BOY HELD UP
BY RAGGED NEGRO
A terrible experience was that of
thirteen year old Atwood Swank, the
son of Theodore Swank, who resides
at the mouth of Little Roaring creek,
when he was held up Sunday about
noon by a ragged negro,thrown to the
ground, gagged, then left to depart
after the man found that his pockets
were empty.
Yonng'Swauk had been to a festival
at Rushtown.and spent the night with
friends there. Sunday about noou ha
was returning to his home on foot.
About a half mile from his home he
met a negro, who grabbed him aud
threw him to the ground and placed
his knee on the boy's chest. The boy
oalled loudly for help, when the ruftian
gagged him with a handkerchief aud
then went through the boy's pockets.
Finding nothing he let ynnng Swank
proceed on his way.
The boy ran as fast as he oould
travel toward his home where he told
his mother of his experience. A band
of the neighbors at once started on the
trail of the negro. They tracked him
by foot prints in the dust to within a
mile and a half of Elysburg, where he
took to the field* and no further traoe
of him could be found.
HUB AT
lOOLEfS ME
Burglars entered the general store of
John F. Tooley, Mill street, Monday
night and stole the contents of the
cash drawers small quantity
of merchandise. There is no clue to
the robbers.
The burglary was not discovered un
til Tuesday morning. When the store
was opened it was found that the cash
drawerß had been rifled, while the wire
screen that covered the transom over
the bach door Wii9 torn loose, reveal
ing how the thieves had effected an
entrance. Two tags belonging to shirts
kept in stock were found lying on the
floor indicating that the shirts to
which they had been attached were
included in the booty carried off by
the thieves. Beyond these it is not
known whether anything was stolon
or not. In one of the cash drawers
there were $4.25 in ciiange; in the oth
er were |2. The cash drawer on the
dry goods side which was closed with
a combination was broken open by the
thieves. The cash drawer in the groc
ei/ counter was not locked. In the
search for money the cash register was
alßo broken open,but the burglars were
not rewarded with finding anything
inside.
In order to afford ventilation the
transom over the rear door according
to custom was left open during Mon
day night. The transom,however, was
protected with a wire screen. There
iB no doabt but that the robbers were
familiar with the store and had ob
served the open transom. All they had
to do was to climb to the top of ashed
at the rear of the store, the roof of
which reached to the transom. None
but a small-sized person, however,
could have squeezed through the nar
row space above the door.
Iu leaving the burglars passed out
through the rear door,which they left
standing open. When night watchman
Byerly passed on his beat about 3
o'clock lie saw the door open and clos
ed it,thinking that the clerks had for
got to lock it the evening before. This
would fix the hour of the robbery
about 3 a. tn.
DIET RICH TAKEN
TO WILKESBARRE
Under a change of venne the trial of
Peter Dietrich for the killing of .Tames
A. Joues will take place at Wilkes-
Barre next week. Dietrich, who was
confined in the jail at this place fol
lovriug his removal from the peniten
tiary last spring, on Saturday after
noon was removed to the Luzerne
county jail by Sheriff D. U. Williams
so as to be on hand for the trial.
The Luzerne county court has ar
ranged to have the case attached f»r
the first thing Monday. The case iu
point of interest will eclipse any mur
der trial that lias taken place in Luz
erne county for many a day. It will
be the fourth time that Peter Dietrich
has been put on trial for tiie killing
of James A. Jones, which fact asida
from t. »r circumstances of the
killing ). ent to make the case
remarkablt
Iu addition, .t is regarded as cer
tain that new testimony will be in
troduced by the Commonwealth. Off
setting this, Peter Dietrich, himself,
it is said, will go upon the stand. If
this proves true, that will he the first
time that the public has ever heard the
story of the tragedy from the lips of
the defendant.
Former Judge H. M. Hinckley will
appear as private counsel for the pros
ecution and Hon. Grant Herring will
represent the defendant. Both attor
neys are legal giants and the trial no
doubt will be a hotly contested oue.
HARCAVITCH
HAKES DENIAL
Staney Marcavitch, on being told by
his counsel, Attorney J. H. McDevitt,
of Suubury, that the Shamokin Dis
patch had published an account of a
confession of the murder of Charley
Ye-alonius, which lie was alleged to
have made to a counry official who
called on him recently, denied ab
-olutely having made any such confes
sion. He stated, as he has scores of
times before, that what lie told in the
trial was the truth and the whole
truth iu the matter. He said that
"Pimple Face" Joe struck the fatal
blow; that he was not at the cobbler
shop when the deed was committed;
that he looked iu the door just as Joe
was about to come out; that he fol
lowed Joe to an alley where the guilty
man gave him some of the mouey he
stole from the dead man to persuade
him to keep quiet. He did not hit'the
cobbler on the head with a hilly, as
the county official said he did, nor did
Joe then finish the job by striking the
cobbler on the head with a hatchet
when he saw that the was not dead.
Attorney McDevitt felt Btrongly con
cerning the alleged confession, as he
had had the utmost confidence of his
client, and is firmly convinced in his
own mind that Staney had nothing to
do with the killing of the^oobbler.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
STATE lIC
oniis
F. G. Langenheim. assistant engi
neer of the water supply commission
of the State,with Roy D. Bridges, an
assistant, was in this city yesterday
and made a series of observatons from
the river bridge to ascertain the vol
ume of water passing down the stream.
It was learned incidentally that the
river is lower than at any time since
the station was established at this
plane.
The station here was established by
and was formerly in the hands of the
United States geological survey, whose
representatives visited Danville
periodically and took the records. The
looal representative was Edward F.
Bell,engineer at the water works,who
ascertained the height of the river
and recorded the same daily.
When the State water supply com
mission, authorized by the act of May
4, 1005, was organized, the latter as
sumed charge of the station here. The
observations were continued, Mr. Bell
remaining in charge as the local rep
resentative.
During the visit of Assistant Eng
ineer Langenheim,yesterday the usual
tests were made. In order to deter
mine the velocity of the current, which
forms the basis for ascertaining the
volume of water, a small motor was
sunk into the three channels between
the piers on the northern half of the
river, where water still remains. The
apparatus was dropped into the river
from the sidewalk of the bridge,by an
ingenious device the man in charge
being enabled to note the number of
revolutions, which showed the veloc
ity of the current. Knowing the depth
of the water, from this point on it be
came a mere matter of arithmetic to
ascertain the volume of water passing
down the stream.
Of course, in order to reach an aver
age of the water supply during the
year observations as to current as well
as water levels have made at all
seasons of the year and at all stages of
the river. What adds especial interest
to the present visit of the assistant
engineer is the fact that the river is
phenomenally low. Mr. Langenheim
yesterday stated that, with the excep
tion of one of the channels, there was
hardly any perceptible current, which
renders the problem all the more diffi
cult to work out. The river, he says,
is abnormally low.surpassing the mark
of any preceding season so far as re
vealed by any data at the station. He
finds the same conditions prevailing
on every stream in this section.
Messrs. Langenheim and Briggs left
on the 12:5? IX L. & W. train yester
day afternoon. They will next make
observations on Shamosiu creek.
BLOOMSBURO MAN
STRUCK BY BklDUfc
William Smith, a Bloomsburg man,
while riding ou the top of a house ear
on his way to this city Tuesday was
struck by an overhead bridge at Rup
ert, sustaining what may prove fatal
injuries.
The accident occurred on the D. L.
& W. fast freight No. 733. Smith,
along with two companions, it seems,
boarded the train at Bloomsburg. The
bridge at Rupert is too low to permit
a man to maintain an upright posi
tion, even while sitting, on a house
car.
Smith was probably unaware[of this
and was struck ou the head and rend
ered insensible by the bridge. He fell
over and, notwithstanding the const
ant jar and the swinging motion of
the car, he maintained his place on
the roof.
At Oatawissa the train stopped,
when one of the braUemeu happened
to spy the prostrate form .of.Smith ou
top of the car. The companions of the
latter, who were ou another part of
the train, came to his'assistauce and,
still unconscious, the man was placed
iu the caboose and brought to Dan
ville.
Arriving here at about 11:30 o'clock
he wa.» carried into the station and
Dr. Cameron Shultz was called. The
doctor made a superficial examination,
after which it was decided to remove
the man to Bloomsburg on the 2:11
passenger train. The probability is
that the man's skull is fractured. Aft
er arriving here he rallied a little and
seemed conscious. By the time the
train got here, however, he had re
lapsed aud seemed worse than when
he arrived at Danville.
Bachelor of 85 Weds.
After living alone for eighty-five
years, Hugh McCarron, one of the
wealthiest men in Armstrong conuty,
Monday married Mrs. Annie B. Fitz
gerald, 55 years old, of Pittsburg, at
St. Richard's Catholic church in that
city. Rev. Father Connor officiating.
Quiet Campaign.
From present indications it would
seem that the political campaign in
Danville is to be a <ioiet one. Up to
the present no demonstrations have
been scheduled by either party.