Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, January 28, 1909, Image 1

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    VOL. 55—NO. 4
DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
Office Hours
A. it.to 12 .»/. 101, Mill St.,
IP. iV. to iP. M. Danville, Pa,
HIIUTTZ, M.
425 Mn.i. ST., DANVILLE, PA,
Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines
a Specialty
ITEMS CONDENSED.
A fire at Wilkes-Barre on Saturday
badly damaged the old First National
bauk building causing a loss of $40,-
000.
J. S Bnah, of near Pottstowu, feil
in his barn on Saturday and broke his
leg—the fifth time that he I.as had
limbs fractured.
Benjamin Ward,of Chester, has cross
ed the Atlantic ocean 136 times, cov- j
eriug nearly a half million miles ou !
the billowy deep.
John Claypole, aged 38 years, was
shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff
James Matter, of Butler county, dur- j
ing the raid of a large cocking main
at Prayville, near Butler, ou Friday i
night.
Isaac Reynolds, of Lancaster, has
been sued twenty-oue times within a
few years for neglecting his wife and j
three children. He had been directed I
to pay $3 per week for their support.
Chester Chandler, of West Chester, {
bought a turkey from a West Marlbor
ough farmer at twenty-eight ceuts a
poirud, but as there were two pounds
of corn in its crop.he claims tho price 1
was too high.
William Hixson, aged 14 years, while j
skating ou the Lehigh river at Kaston,
ou Saturday, broke through the ice
and was drowned.
After a chase of three weeks Const
able Terrell, of Plttsbrug, arrested on j
Saturday D. C. McAfee, a former real
estate man of that city.ou a charge of
passing a worthless check on a city
barber. McAfee was found by the con
stable under a bed at his home, al
though told that ha was not at home.
The 960 women graduates of Bryu
Uawr college have undertaken to raise
an additional endowment fund off 1,- 1
000,000, and SIOO,OOO is already in
sight.
The epidemic of typhoid fever in J
Beading has abated aud Miss Alice M.
O'Hallorau, chief of the staff of train
ed nurses, has retuured to Philadel- j
phia with all the other nurses from
that city. During the epidemic since
October there were 670 cases in the
city.
The municipal water plaut of Frank
lin shows an annnal profit of about
$15,000.
M. H. Toole, of Scrauton, a reserve
ofliaer of the city police force, has
been arrested ou a charge of robbing
K. K. Keenau, a traveling man,of SSO.
Johu Likowitz, aged it„years, who
broke through the ice in a deep mine
hole, near limaus, Lehigh county, was ,
rescued fromsdowuing°by the bravery
and skilPof HenryJSohanzanbaoh.ased
13 years
While Peter HuLinger, of Heading,
aged 80 years, was ou his way early
ou Sunday morning to fish for suck
ers, he was struck bv an engine ou
tho Pennsylvania rmlroad hridgfi and
seveily iujured that ho uiav die.
Mrs. Agnes S uitli. n„'ed 6'.i years, an
itimatf of the'Okl People's home, in
Darby, Delaware^ctuuty, was so bad
!v burned on Saturday by her clothing
taking fire from a red-hot stive tlm*
she die ! of her injuries ou Sunday
moruiug.
Daniel L. Gerhart, of Palm, Mont
gomery county, while trying to -drive
a spike on Saturday, missed It aud hit
his thumb striking off the nail und
inflicting a painful woon 1. lll< m-xt
door neighbor, Rdwiu Kiaus*, wlu'le
laughing over the aooidsnt, <-ippti
and fell on a boardwalk, fracturing
several ribs.
While Mr. aud Mrs Willlan Kow
hart.of Jamison City, Oolu .ibia oui -
ty. were ou their wnv lr :ne front
Ricketts inn sleigh, Ssiturdm night,
their h irse slipped and f«;l down an
embankment fifty feet higl . lurrying
sleigh and acnipauts along, but they
escaped serious injury.
By an operation upon John Glawln
ski, of Reading, suffering from cancer
of the stomach,surgeons formed a new
channel around the involved portions
of his stomach, which when healed
will give the patient means of taking
nourishment and prevent him from
starving to death.
Two bronz« tablets commemorating
the settlement made ou the Delaware
by the Dutch aud Swedes, in 1628 and
1638, respectively, will be preßeuted
to the city of Philadelphia on Satur
day, February H, by the Pennsylvania
sooiety of Colonial Wars. The pre
sentation ceremonies will take place
on the south plaza at oity hall, where
the me norialn are to be erected.
two ins
HELD KB
License court was held Friday.
All the applications were granted
with the exception of the ones relat
! ing to the Mooresburg hotel aud Farm
-1 ers' hotel, this city.
His Honor Judge Evans aud Associ
ates Blee and Welliver were on the
beuoh. After looking over the papers
the court announced that all the ap
plications would be granted with the
exception of the two above alluded to,
which seemed to involve some irregul
arity. It was necessary, however, that
the cuurt hear some testimony as to
character in those cases where new
applicants applied for old stands.
In the latter category there were two
namely. Mrs. Luoretia Beaver, who
applied for license at the Strawberry
ridge hotel, formerly kept by her hus
band, the late Charles Beaver, aud
Harry Cox, formerly landlord of the
hotel at Pino Snmmit,Columbia coun
ty, an "rplicant for license at the ho
tel »t Exchange.
Among those who testified to the
"gcod moral character and temperate
habits" of Mrs. Beaver were Hon.
Alexander Billiueyer. John Smith.
Jonathan Mourar and Charles Vartz.
Those who testified in favor of Mr.
Oox were John Lora of this city, and
William Ball and James Smith of Piue
Summit township.
William Eckert, and Charles Bur
nell, applicants for license respective
ly at tho Farmers' hotel and the hotel
at Mooresbnrg, were called before
court It appears that the license at
Mooresburg is in the name of William
Eckert, who last December assumed
charge of the Farmers' hotel,this city,
the license of which house is in
the name of Charles Rausch. In ex
plaining the terms under which he
operated the hotel at Moore''org
Charles Burnell stated that after de
ducting all expenses from the gross
receipts he was to tnrn the balance
over to William Eckert, the proprie
tor. This arrangement was to be tem
porary, however, only until license
court. William Eckert explained that
he had purchased the fixtures at the
Farmers' hotel, hut said that the bill
of sale had been made out in his wife's
name. He admitted that the pr<.t ti of
the bnsinesa nccured to himself.
Judge Evans explained that it is a
violation of the law for a man to hold
two licenses. In the present case, while
the license had not been transferred,
the evidence, lie said, showed that the
applicant, William Eckert, was re
ceiving the profits of two licensed
houses, which was just what the law
was aiming to prevent
Speaking for hi'iisMf Judge Evans
sai I in view of the infraction ha could
not grant the license the present year.
Both licenses involved were held over
until Saturday, .lannar« : Oth.
The court explained that the order
previously made requiring all licens
ed houses to close their bars a' 12
o'clock midnight and to keep vheni
closed until 5 a. m. still remains in
fores. The court also stated that there
is much complaint in Mout 'iir county
ou the score of Sunday sailing Judge
Evans said ha was inclined to believe
that the liquor law is being violated
here in this manner. He took occas
ion ta warn all licensees that any mnu
found guilty of Sunday soiling or of
violating the liquor law in nnv other
\\ '.v will be obliged to ray the full
penally. In conclusion he significant
ly remarked: "In Montour touury,
hereafter there will be no miniu tm
penalties imposed for violation of the
liquor law "
ALh X FUSI I: R
WITHDRAWS
\I zander Foster, who received the
n.i'iublieau nomination fo> chief bur
g s' of Danville ban will. r<i«n from
the ticket.
I:i assigning a reason f..i* his action
Mr. Foster last, evening explained that
his ambition doss not lie in thatdiren
■ rlotl. He hud no thought of beliic a
•anlidatfl fnr :im? office and was great-
Iv Ktirprikttl whsn he learned that h ; s
name iiad been placed on the ticket at
ihe <v;i) VMllfiou, Saturday ni«ht.
He informed George H. Seohler
chairman of the convention vesterday,
that ho would not be a candidate f.ir
the office under any circumstances.
The time is very short in which an
i other nominee may be selected.
Party from Northumberland
The following young people of
Northumberland, were enter ained at
the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur But
, ler. Mill street, on Tuesday eveniu«:
i Misses Marion, Mamie and Mvitle
Phillips, Mildred Gieger. Anna Land
back, Oeraldine Brfnnen.EtnilyC3a.sk
ius, Mina Walker.Carrie Butler. Laoj
Johnson and Sara Morgan; Messrs
j Charlie Mailey, Oharles Atherton,
IE a gene Oornwell, Dauiel Tiernet,
I Paul Sleppy, Jim Baldwin. Ri'ry
| Zerbe. Hazel Wood and Genevieve
1 Shartzer, of Danville.
DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 28, 1909
HEX FOSTER
FA# KISS
The Republicans held their borough
and district conventions at the Baldy
house on Saturday evening.
George R. Sechler was chosen presi
dent of the convention aud W. J. Burns
and E. V. Stroh secretaries.
Sath I ormor was nominated as can
didate for overseer of the poor of the
Danville aud Mahoning poor district.
The same organization answered for
both conventions. After nominating
a candidate for overseer of the poor,
the convention proceeded to select can
didates for the borough officers.
Dr. J. J. Kline, who was eudorsed
by the first ward Republicans Friday
night, having declined to run, on mo
tion his name was withdrawn from
the convention.
Alexander Foster was nominated for
burgess.
For tax receiver George F. Reif
snyder was nominated.
W. Haydn Woodside was chosen as
candidate for auditor.
Delegates were present at the con
vention as follows: First ward, George
R Sechler aud T. W. Bedea : fecoud
ward, W. J. Burus aud H. F. Deaner;
third ward, W. E. Ease and E. V.
Stroh; fourtli ward, William Jenkins
aud Alexander Mann ; Mahoning town
ship, William B. Hau»er.
HIGH WATER MARK
OF CIRCULATION
At the last regular meeting of the
trustees of the Thomas Beaver Free
Library, held Fridav night, the lib
rarian presented her annual report,
from which some interesting facts are
gleaned revealing that in point of pat
ronage the splendidly stocked library
has reached the high water mark of
popularity.
During the year of 1908 the entire
circulation of hooks amounted to 3ti,-
883. The largest circulation occurred
in March, when it footed up 8.784. In
.January and February preoediug the
circulation is given at 3,457 and 3,677,
respectively. In April it dropped to
3,137; in May to 2,<538. In July it
readied low water mark, only 2,325
volumes circulating. By last Novem
ber it had again climbed up to 3,48.'
Naturally fall and winter are the
months when most people turn to
books. During the summer they are
wooed from reading by the pleasures
of out-of-door life. As is shown by the
report, in July there were just 1,451)
volumes less in circulation than dur
ing March preceding. '
| PERSOHfILsZn
Messrs Clyde Heddens, Jack Bate i
man, Wallace Robinson, William Seidel
K. P. Oyster, Clirence Seidel. W. J-',
i Z»liff and Jacob Mart?., of Washing
tonvilie. attended the poultry show at
Sunbury jester lay.
Ambrose Prentiss and W. H Boyei
Wfre among the Dauv lie visitors tn
ihe poultry show at Sunburv yester
day.
Re*. iiud Mr-. V. Barnitzef the
tli side.sj out j ■ st.-rd'i ii. Snuhury.
Mr», .1. C. «"»i i '!. of Hushtouti,
• pint yesterday with I <-r fan, Charles
i 'ami-h I>, Knnl i r.«.
Mo t . :il \V« son. 112 Phi!a
ilo'phia and Mr-. ( hirles 'iVtiEwl.. 112
New York, arrived >e»t"i lav 112 r a
visit ;i* the hon oof Dr. and Mis. I.
H. Jointings Wist Mrirket street.
ZVlrs. J Moulfjom ry R tidy,of Phil
adelphia, i« a iruest at the homo of Mr.
and Mrs, P. E. Mnus, M »i:s lale.
Mrs. W. O. Friik, of Deal Beach.
New Jersey, arrived yesterday for a
visit at the home if Mrs. K. M. Friik,
West Market street.
Jacob (i >ss spoilt yesterday with I
frini'lß in S luburv.
Mrs Charles Wat-on, Jr., and son,
of Ph ltdelphi-t, arrived in
this city yesterday for a visit with
friends.
Mrs. 11. S. Beicli and Mrs. R. Mo
C rmii'.k Ic't yesterday for a visit with ]
Mr. and Mr-. Frank Keeferal Milton.
Mr. and Mrs. I"). L Rider and Mr.
and Mrs. I.evi Ki rtuer, of near Straw -
berry 11l lne, w re among the visitor?
j in this city yesterday.
Mis. O. I*. Hancock. Miss Hancock
I Mr< Arthur 11. Wool ley, Mrs. Edward
Hanghtou and Mis. Elward Nnruinn
Sco t sp<ut yesterday with friends in
! So ii bury
Arthur Reifsuyiler spent yesterday
in Snnhnrt.
M'ks I 1 n Qa'lther,Bloom street lef«
vtsterday for a visit with friends in
I'llilade phia and Middletown, Dela
ware.
Miss Dai y (Jn'ger.left yesterdav fo>
a visit witii relatives in Delaware
Oity, Delaware.
THIS RIM
IS A THRILLER
1 Pedestrians on Mill street about the
! close of market Saturday morning
were thrilled by a runaway, in which
| the horse after threading his way I
among conutless vehicles on the busy '
| thoroughfare wound up his spectacu
lar performance by leaping into anoth
lar sled, where for a brief interval he
lay snugly filling the box.
I The runaway horse belonged to
' Cromwell's grocery and was attached
!to a light sled. He escaped from the
' driver somewhere out East Mahoning
! street. He made the very best of time
as lie dnshed iu by the opera house
block and swung around the corner
| down toward Cromwell's store. On
; East Mahoning street near the post
j oflice the delivery sled struck one of
I the rutiuera of a sleigh,in which were
' seated a man aud a woman. A bad (
j accident seemed unavoidable. The
j sleigh was jerked around into the mid
: die of the street, but fortunately did
1 not upset.
| After turning the coruer the excited
I animal seemed to make a bee line for
the trolley car and another collision
| seemed imuiiueut, but he escaped by
merely a handbreiidth. There were
many vehicles iu the street directly
i in the path of the runaway, but they
all escaped, although by the very nar-
J rowest margin.
George Ferry, the expressman, witli
two horses attached to a heavy sled,
ws> in front of Lyons' meat market,'
as the runaway approached. He did
I not see the horse,however, and was in
the act of turning nrouud, his sled
standing crossways in the street when
the delivery borne at a mad gallop
I reached the spot.
The runaway animal was iu uo mood
to stop even for the sled, but showed
his contempt for the obstacle by at
tempting to leap over it at a single
bound. Handicapped by the load he
was dragging lie was unable to clear
the expressman's sled aud he fell into
the capacious box.
There was a terrible ti ixup. Wo
men screamed tnd n en ran from every
\ direction to render assistance. The
horse struck the Bled first with his
front feet. Iu his struggles be got in
to the box with all fours and the next
momeut fell over, aud for a brief in
' terval lay helpless in the sled. By
dint of hard struggling, however, lie
regained his feet aud escaped from
the sled box.
By this time, however, the horse
had bee 1 seized I y a couplo of men.
Mr Perry was slightly injured on
the hack, where ho was struck by the
licrso's hoofs. The delivery sled was
slightly broken but beyond this the
damage was slight.
SUCCESSFUL
YOUNG TRAPPERS
Isaiah Gresii aud Fred Seidei, of
Washingtonville, hold the record as
trappers in Montour county.
The picturesque Chllisqnnque with
its entire system of tributaries by
o'iimon consent seems to be given ov
er to these two hardy aud nature-lev
in.; young fellows. Mr. Crush takes
the sectii n below Washingtonville and
Mr. Seidei the territory above
Not only al.iug the crock but far up
the small tributaries they have set
11:. •# 112 r -!\>ne and io lording after
tie-.e 1 . v ire obliged to wnl'» fifteen
to eighteen miles dail". Tim trapping
season begins Oel >irr 16th tnd h-s s
until > arch 15th.
Mi. liresh brought .t In: of 11 its in
to ti li 3 city yesterday. While collet-t
--ing his bounty at the county commis
sioners' office he took occasion to de
scribe what success lie had met with
this season Already 1.0 has to his
oredit 230 most rn's, 7 miuks,ls opos
sums, II Hkuuks, 25 weasles aud oue
j coon.
Of the above animals of course there
; is 110 bounty ou any but minks and
j weasles. The pelts, however, all are
; valuable from a furrier's point of
view. Muskrar pelts command 30
cents a piece. A mink's pelt is worth
! from $.'.50 to $7.00 according to its
o udition. An opossum skin is worth
only 25 cents; a coon skin will bring
a dollar The pelt of a skunk is worth
| 11.00 to $1.75.
Mr. Seidei, Mr. Gresii stated, has
also beeu very successful this winter
1 and has probably a Correspond lug
number of p»lts to his credit
Charles Ketidig, a prominent and
i wealthy farmer of East Fallowfield
township, Chester county, committed
suicide 011 Tuesday, by hauging him
self, having become despondent ba
| oause of domestic troubles.
Near Bethlehem, iu the icy waters
of Mouocaoy creek Kev. J. C. Rote,
of E'lenezer Menuonite Brethren
church, ou Monday baptized eleven
converts, while the batiks of the creek
were crowded with on-lookers.
Mrs. Jesse Shannon, of South Dan
ville, was a Snnhury visitor yesterday.
SCHOOL H
Ull
The sohool board held a regular i
meeting Monday night.
Dr. Barber of the high school com- j
mittee called attention to the fact that 1
Mr. Bickel, principal of the high
soliool. is off dnty owing to illness; j
also that Mrs. Coulter was absent j
days last week owing to the death of
a relative. Mies Jamison, he said is
acting as a substitute teacher in the
high school during the principal's ill
ness, while Miss Blue was employed
during Mrs. Coulter's absence. Both
substitute teachers, he said, rendered ,
very good service. The question of sal- |
ary for the extra teachers, he said,
would now have to be settled. The
matter was discussed at length, when,
011 motion of Dr. Barber, it was ord- j
ered that Miss Jamison and Miss Blue
each be paid $3 per day for ttie time j
employed.
Borough Superintendent Dieffen
bacher reported to the board that Mr.
Bickel would be able to resume his
position as principal 011 Wednesday.
On motion regular order of business
was suspended and board heard tiie
faculty's report on text books. Mrs.
Con Iter for the faculty recommended
two additional books for use in the
high school as follows: Elements of
Knglish aud Composition by Gardner,
Kitridgeand Arnold, and Xewcomer's
English Literature. On motion of Mr.
Fischer the books were adopted as rc
commended.
Mr. Fischer of the building and re
pair committee reoo-iimended the u-e
of a chain arrangement on the furnace
in the third ward to inform the jani
tor of the temperature of the different
rooms. On motiou this was ordered.
The following members were pres
ent: Heiss, Oole, Burns. Redding,
Fischer, Lloyd, Fish. Barber, Ortb,
Parse!, Swarts.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
Wm. Miller t 1.50 j
Colombia School Supply Co.. . . 505.15
Roberts & Meek 10 87
Water Tax 56.00
United Telephone Co.. rent . (>.OO
O. B. Savidge 17.26
DEATH RATE
IS DECREASING
The report of the tuberculosis dis
pensary for the month just closed
>hows that one new patient was ad
mitted aud that there is a total of
twenty-six under 'reatment.
During the nio-.h patients made
forty-three visits to the dispensary.
Thirteen showed uu iucrease in
weight; nine revealed neither gain
nor loss. Four pUieuts showed loss.
Five were taking mediciue.
The nurse made fifteen visits. Three
hundred and seveuty-eight quarts of
milk and one linmlred aud twenty-nine
and a half dozen of ejfgs were snpi li
ed.
lu Danville list year thero were in
all eight cases of tabcrcul is ; s. Of
these two were from tho Holy family
convent and one win reported from
New York City. Excluding the three
above cases, which may be regarded
as imported rases, we find that the
deaths duo to tuberculosis form only
four per cent, of the town's mortality.
Nevertheless, flip whole number r.f
ca*-n ar* to ti* ousi'erol when it
conies to combat: the disease as
each case while it 1 :;ists U a centre ot
e intuzion.
During 1!)'7 cut of 113 detths 11
ware due ro tuber tilosis or consump
tion. We have for that voir, wi h the
convent olimiuated. a death r.»t«s due
to tuberculosis of 7 ti per cent
Iu 19C6 1 \clusive of the convent the
death late due t r i tuberculosis was 11 7
per cent.
It is quite apparent from the above
that owing to the crusade agaii'st tub
erculosis the death rate duo to tuber
culosis is gradually decreasing
If we include the H.ily Family con
vent iu our statistics we discover the
same gradual reduction in mortality
due to tuberculosis. In li) 06 the death
rate would thou have been, I-l per
j cent. ; iu 1907, !> per cent, aud iu IHOB,
6.3 per cent.
Visiting Relatives.
Mrs. Fred Kirbeudaii and daughters
Eleanor and Cordelia.of Wilkes-Barre,
and Mrs. Charles Gearhart and daugh
ters Louise aud Georgiann, of Kings
ton, arrived yesterday for a visit at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. George M.
Gearhart, East Market street.
365 Applicants.
Northumberland comity license
court set on Monday with Judges Sav
idge and Aut u u on the beuch. There
i were no remonstrances against 365 ap
plicants, and they were all granted
license at ouce, among them being six
j new ones. Three applicants were re
fused.
j The boy who does the very bast he
j can will succeed as a man.
111 ANNUAL
CONVENTION
The fourth annual convention of the
Moutonr county school directors' as
sociation was held in the courthouse
yesterday. Of the seventy-five direct
ors of the county hut ten were absent
during the opening session.
The convention was called to order
by Dr. I. G. Barber, president of the
school directors' association, at ten
o'clock. B. L. Diehl was elected sec- '
retary pro. tern. W. 11. Orth, the reg- 1
ular secretary, arrived later and took
charge.
Professor Lose,superintendent of the
schools of Williamsport, was intro
duced as the first speaker. He is a man
of many years' experience in school
work. lie has practical ideas relating
both to methods of teaching and the
conduct of schools by directors ; he is
a ready and a forceful speaker and his
addresses on snob occasions as vaster- ;
day arc always looked forward to
with real interest and pleasure by the
friends of education.
Professor Lose's subject yesterday
moruiug was, "Business Principles
in the Management of Schools."
The school board, he said, most act
as a "board" and not as individuals.
No question, whether of teachers,
hooks or apparatus, should be consid
ered or discussed by the directors as
individuals,but only as a school beard.
It is when acting as individuals, in
the selection of teachers, especially,
that the school directors are apt to
make a grave mistake. It is a bad
practice to permit certain members of
the board through courtesy to control
certjiu schools of the district. These
ure all matters of sufficient iiupoit
ance to require the consideration and
sanction of the school board as a
whole. It is such boards, where the
members act as individuals, that are
the most easily victimized by agents
that seek to introduce costly and well
nigh useless school apparatus.
It is the business of the school board
j to know the law governing the schools.
No business oonceru would think of
doing business without a full knowl
| edge of the law relating to it. If is
unfortunate, the sp aker said, that
there are some directors who nre an
tagonistic to the law in some relations
and tl row obstacles in the way of its
; enforcement There should be no pla'je
1 for such a man in the school board.
Directors must not dictate to 6uper
! iutendents and teachers ou matters on
which the latter Know the most.
Teaching and consequently the teach
er existed long before <leifll"t> ?
school director v :is created. There le
some privileges that belong to tic
tern-' er that the ilirertor can not tel;e
away. The wise school hoard, II en
fore, will not dicta'e to teachers us
i i si hoc! bocks , meM-fids of woik ap
paratus, <£c., < eclnrlog that tin \
!):' r teach this way or tint wnv, bet
it will rather yit Id to the prefeu n- e
of the teachers in these respects, t•;
plaining, however, that it will hold
then responsible for giod r suits
The business of the school board
must he done with prom] tnosp. Build
ings should be repaired and nil books
and supplies purchased if good time
to the end that there may be no d" Ia \
in opening the schools.
x school di-trict shcnld alwavs li<e
| within its income. It frequently hap
pens t'lat where one generation of
; children receive it.ore than tic die*
tr er n\'i jifForl th.i lex' R -neration is
apt ri e'rf I'ss. At tl e same time
' a school district should always live up
i 1 !'» income. It is not required of a
district that itf»\e money In this
c )• lection SnpTinteudeiit I,■>>»>. advo
cat -d llmt in bnild'Ug. Inn Is li' is
sun! to raise the mou'v.
The last princip'e laid down liy II e"
speaker was that in each school dis
trict there [should be a complete and
.tocuratn s'stem nf bookkeeping Every
district should he able to determine
at a glance the exact cost of fuel,
light, books and all supplies rsed at
i any part'cular school building. It too
frequently happens because of improp
er bookkeeping fliar the reports of
s ohool districts are incomplete and in
accurate and, C'lisequeutlv worthless.
Owing to this lack of proper book keep
! ing school boards are often defrauded
by unscrupulous dealers. It Is uo un
| usual thing for school boards to pay
1 bills twice.
HON. HEED B. TIETRICK.
i Reed B. Tietrick, deputy superin
tendent of public instruction, follow
ed Superintendent Lose He delivered
a very fine address. He had been a
j farmer boy, aud for some years, a
county superintendent, he explained
He told a couple of good stories aud
by the time he was ready to begin
rightly he was on the best of terms
with the audience.
Mr. Tietrick deplored that in too
many cases on such occasions direct
ors, while willing enongh to listen
are very slow to put the new ideas
into practice. They are entertained
and enlightened but they go rigiit
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
HS BIGGER
imn
The following from the special Har
rishurg correspondence in last even
-1 ing's WillianisportlSun :
j " Kepresentative It. Scott Ammer
man. of Montour couuty, is earnestly
in favor of an appropriation of at least
iiiOO.OOO.for the State Hospital for the
, Insane at Danville but the state board
of charities has recommended that
( there be appropriated a sum very much
less; iu fact it recommends fifty per
cent. less thau the sum asked for. lo
conversation yesterday Mr. Ammer
ma:i made very clear the urgent neces
sity for an appropriation of at least
1200,000 for this hospital,Tnot only for
maintenance aud improvemnet,but ai
-o that the commonwealth may be
purged of the offense of itself doing
that which it prohibits others from
doing and punishes others for doing.
That offense is the pollution of streams
A PECULIAR SITUATION.
"Danville,like other towns iu Penn
sylvania, is required by the state de
partment of health to provide itself
with a sewage plant, and to prepare
plans therefor and for a proper sewer
system within a specified time. No
body has auy fault to find with this
proposed improvement, but it creates
3 peculiar condition at Danville. The
• town turns its sewaga into the Sus
quehanna below its corporate limits,
but sewage from the hopsital is turned
into the stream above the town. The
permanent population oi*the hospital,
including patients aud employes, is
about 1,700, and the contamination of
the water supply by sewage from such
a source can be readily reckoned. As
Mr. Ammerman points out, the com
monwealth is a" violator of its own
laws of [sanitation, aud infractor of
the enactments which are enforced
firmly when [individuals or corpora
, tions are the culprits. Danville wants
relief from the condition here outlin
| ed. and asks that the legislature make
provision for the.iiisposal of the sew
| n£e of the hospital, in addition to ap
| propriation for maintenance aud ord
inary improvements,iu order that fur
; ther pollution of the Susquehanna may
be prevented."
4 CHILDktN
DIE IN BLAZE
DUNBAR, Pa., Jan. 27.
j Four children were cremated 'and
their parents seriously injured today
in a tire which destroyed the home of
A. M. Kendall. The dead :
Ea: I Ki in a'l.e'f \ u years old, Peari
Ktt'dull, seven \-tr-, Anna Kendall,
fmir years, ula! <, two years.
Mr. aud Mrs. Kendall leaped from a
second-story window and wire dang
erously hurt. It is believed the fire
stan d from a snmll g::s -itove which
was left burnii g wlu:i the family re
tired last night.
The parents n ade repeated efforts to
reach the room occupied by their four
children when the fire was discovered,
hut were finally compelled to jump
from the window to save themselves.
The Northumberland County Bar
association oil Monday voted thar at
the aunual bauqunt iu Suubury, this
year, each attorney purcl a*e his own
' drinks if he wauts: nv, Thiswns done
to meet, the objections serving
intoxicants ;.t tlie feast.
home and "do the same thing over
again," The law gives'the school di
-1 rector almost unlimited power. It :s
1 IIP aloue that eau change conditions
in a sclioi 1 district, wlien thev are uot
oouduoive to good schools. He can do
this, but it requires backbone.
The school directors fust thought
should he to do the vpry best thing
possible fjr the children of the dis
' trict. The school director is a sort of
home missionary; he serves without
JIIV and labors for the common good.
School directors have kej t pace Willi
| teaching but not with other boards in
' business methods.S 'rretarirs of school
' boards should receive srfficient pay to
justify them in keeping a set of books
j that would matie available all the in
formation desirable.
' ' AFTERNOON SESSION.
Yesterday afternoon Deputy State
. j Superintendent Reed li. Tietrick de-
J livered an excellent addiess on "S 'uie
I Observations on School Administra
| t.iou." He was followed by Superin
tendent Lose, who took as his subject,
| "The Modern School."
' During the afternoon officers for tho
> ensuing year were elected, as fol
1 lows: President, Dr. I. U. Barber;
j vice presidents, William Burns and J.
'i M. Vought; secretary, B. L. Diehl,
1 ; treasurer, Jacob Shultz.
1 The following directors were chos
en as delegates to the State convent
' ion of school directors: J. H. Oole. J.
N Porsel, William Kry, J. Madison
i Vought aud John J. Ootoer. Michael
> Breckbtll, Alfred Diehl and George
I VanOrdstand weie chosen as alteru
t ates.