iUcmtnur jljiiti iran. VOL. 55—NO 12 DK. IRVING 11. JENNINGS, D Ity J IST. Office Hours A. .»/■ ton M. 104 Mill St., i P. .}/. to i P. it. Danville, Pa. p DHVLTZ, M. 425 MILL ST., DASVILLK, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. The State Normal School at Blooms- j burg, Pa , will open for the Spring i term on Monday, March 29th, 1901*. The laboratories, library and gym- | nasiuui, the new halls of the literary 1 societies and tho Model School are pleasing to all earnest students. For further information address: D. ! ,T. Waller, Jr.. Prinoipal. A flower bed of daisies has bloomed all winter in the yard of Mrs. John S. j Hughes, at Hopewell, a Sohuylkiil j ▼alley (own. The Pittsburg and Allegheny Orphan ! asylum is suffering from an epidemic j of chlckenpox, or rather its juvenile | inmates are. The Philadelphia Presbyterian or- ! phauage at Wallingford,Chester coun ty, has been qaurantined by the local board of health on account of the pre sence of scarlet fever among the in- j mates. The Huntingdon reformatory will take care of one of Lebanon county's fastest ball players during the coming season. His name is Leo Rothgaber and the trouble was aggravated as sault. Believing that her husband, was peacefully sleeping, after suffering ! great pain, Mrs. Strickland Harden, of Chester, stood by his bedside for some ! time, not knowing that he was dead. He died of pneumonia. While the Women's Foreign Mis sionary society of Lehigh presbytery was in session at Catasauqua, one of *he delegates, wife of the Rev. Mr. Sterliug, of East MatiCii Chunk, was fatally stricken with paralysis. Charles Format), of Wyaluaing, Luzerene county, noted for witty j and clever sayings, was recently ar rested on the charge of drunkenness. Upon his return home he made a noose out of a fishing line, wihch he doubled and hanged himself to a lamp hook in the middle of the dining room ceil ing. Mercer county has a productive dis trict in the Cool spring township oil field. Since it was opened thirty-eight ■wells have been completed, of which twenty-eight are good producing oil wells, eight gas wells and two dray holes. Twelve thousand feet of new road will be built as an experiment this year in Cumberland oounty. It is call- . ed terrolithic asphalt road aud is con- j structed by ploughing and grading the ( clay surface and mixing it with crude petioleum with an asphalt basis. There is a hurry up in mining in ; the anthracite district at present. Last week in the Reading district alone ov- ; er 400,000 tons were mined. An organization was recently organ- ; ized in Lancaster county the purpose j of which Is to hold county fairs. On Saturday a charter was granted by the oourt. Mrs. William Cope,of Tinicum town- ! ship, Delaware county, has been be- j queathed au estate valued at $20,000 by her uncle, who recently died in New York. Her husband iB a bridge tender in the employ of the Philadel- i ptiia and Readiug railroad. Last Saturday credentials were is sued to the 200 delegates who will represent the Ninth district at the coming tri-state convention nf United Minn Workers to be held at Sranton today. IThis district is composed of Schnvlkill,Northumberlaiin,Colum bia and Dauphin counties. Half the number elected delegates are said to have been instrnoted to vote for a tie up unless the demand for recognition is granted by the operators. An unusual state of affairs for the>io days of business depression is reported from Wilkes-Barre. There bai been a congestion of freight iu the vaids oT the Delaware and Hudson railroad in that city and in order to break it aud get things in good running order again the Pennsylvania Railroad company has agreed to loan twenty-five of its big freight engines. They were sent from Harrisburg and Sunbury A notable testimonial diuner was tendered Senator Penrose last Satur day night in Philadelphia by the mem bers of the Postmasters' association of Pennsylvania, which was in recogni tion of his work as chairman of the senate committee on postortices and postroads, and as the head of the Un ited States joint postal commission. The dinner was attended by about 350 postmasters, and there we! ) a number of invited guests, among .hem being Postmaster General Hltohoock. 181 n FIB I Hon. L. W. Welliver representing : the People's Ideal Telephone company | appeared before the borough council Friday eve asking that a franchise be granted his company permitting it to 1 erect poleß on the streets and alleys of j Danville. He made a strong plea ex ' plaining that the People's line of seven | hundred subscribers has already been granted a franchise by the boroughs of Munov, Picture Hocks, Hughesville, Millville, Washingtonviile and Tnr botville. The application was discussed at length, when ou motion of Mr. Fin nigau the matter was referred to com mittee on law. On motion of Mr. Cleaver it was ordered that live rubber coats be pur chased for the tira department, to be used by the chief aud four assistants. On motion of Mr. Jones the street commissioner was instructed to make repairs on the alley leading from Cooper street to the river. On action of Mr. Deutsch it was ordered that 300 feet of 1%-inoli hose be purchased to be used in Hushing Mill street. The hose is to be equipped with half-inch nozzle. On motion of Mr. Cleaver it was ordered that bids be invited for paint ing the outside of city hall. On motion the bond of Harry Ellen bogen, borough treasurer, for ten thou sand dollars was approved by council. The bond of Harry Patton, secretary and receiver of water reut, for two hundred dollars, was also approved, along with the bond of P. J. Koefer, street commissioner aud superintend- | ent of water works for live hundred dollars. Ou motion of Mr. Cleaver it waß ordered that citizens be requested to , remove ash heaps and other trash, where such has been permitted to ac- i cumulate in the alleys. The street commissioner was ordered to enforce the ordinance. On motion of Mr. Parse! it was ord ered that OUP thousand second-class paving brick be sold to William Treas j at market prioe. On motion of Mr. Pursel it was ord ered that limestone ba purchased for use in street repairs, the clerk to order | the material as needed. The following bills were approved for payment: BOROUGH DEP'T. Regular employes 111i.50 Sarah McCueu 6.00 | Jesse Klase 5.15 j Oscar Shultz 6.00 ! A. H. Grone 21.95 1 The Gem 60.00 j VV. S. Hunt 11.35 Labor and hauling 47.25 .Tere Woodring & Co 16 60 j .Tames Gibson 12.75 1 L. E Froup &Oo 98.42 | WATER DEBT Regular employes $161.40 ! P. H. J)'oUßt 53.85 Friendship Firo Co 23 69 • People's Coal yard 9;i 8!i | Labor on repairs 18.00, The following members were preH- ! ent: Sohatz. Cleaver, Joneß, Everhart, j Deutßch, Marshall. Pinnigan, Curry, j Pursel and lies. Chief Burgess A. C. ! AmesV>ury was also present at the meeting. SWEEPER JVIAY NOT BE USED Witit the advent of spriug the sub ject of keeping the Mill street paving clean has begun to occupy the aften- j tion of council. It seems quite clear that the mem bers are determined that the paving | during the coming year shall be kept : i cleaner than at any time in the past. At the last meeting of council three 1 hundred feet of special hose were ord- j i ered purchased to be used exclusively 1 in flnshiug the street. Flushing in the [i<»st was pactically impossible owing to the want of suitable IIOSD. This method of cleaning the paving will now be employed whenever tho street j seems to be in such condition as tore quire it. There i-eems to be some doubt at pre sent, whether the street sweeper will tie used the coming season. The pre vailing sentiment among the business men on the street seems to be that bet ter results were obtained during the i summer before last when the Btreet was kept clean by a man and push cart constantly employed on the job than were obtained during last summer when the Btreet sweeper was employed tiiree nights in a week. In the intervals betweeu sweeping nights it is urged that the paviug be ; comes very dirty and unsightly, while the street sweeper though efficacious enough in one sense becomes a great nuisance by throwing dust np over the sidewalks. Street sweeping was diaonssed at the last meeting of r >uncil and was re ferred to the oommittee on streets and bridges, which will decide as to what method of keeping the paving clean shall be employed during the coming year. A report will be presented at the next meeting of oonoc. The quarantine against shipments by rail and moving cattle on highways is j also raised. 1 The districts remaining in quaran tine are the townships of Kast Done gal, Itapho, Penu, Warwick, West Karl, Upper Leacock, Leacock, East Lampeter, Mauheim, Kast llemplield, West Hcmpfield. Manor, Lanoaster. Peqoea, West Lampeter, Strasburg, Providence, CJonestoga, Martlo and Drumore and the boroughs and the city of Lancaster inolnded therein, in Lancaster county, and the borough of Ulenolden in Delaware county. West Chester reports the presence of I an albino sparrow in one of its parkr. 1 CHE lis SI Grooer Harry T. Cromwell has in stitnted a suit against the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad company to recover damages for a horse which had to be killed as the resnlt of being struck by a passenger train while pass ing through this city on September 28, 1908. The accident occurred as the 5 ;44 east-bound train was approaching the station. Mr. Cromwell's delivery wag on was struck ou the Church street crossing aud thrown over into the gut ter. The horse's leg was broken and the animal had to be killed. The plaiutiff alleges that the train was rnnoiug at a "high,improper and negligent rate of speed,'' when the ac cident occurred; also that theeugineer failed to give the proper signals,notice or warning to persons using the street i and crossing. The plaintiff asks damages in the j sum of five hundred dollars. Summons were issued ou Monday and were served on the company Tu- j esday. Ralph Kisner,Esq., represents j the plaintiff, CANTON WAS ORGANIZED If local Odd Fellows ever had occas iou for pride and self-gratulation it : was last night when as the result of their labors and devotion to the prin- 1 ciples of the order a canton, the high est rank of Odd Fellowship, was in stituted in Danville. Department Commander General ,T. B. Andrews and staff of Altoona along i with uiuny distinguished Odd Fellows ! of this section were present and par ticipated in the ceremonies. A large contingent arrived via the Dauviile and Blooinsburg Electric railway com- j prising Odd Fellows from Bloomsburg, Catawissa. Berwick and other towns. The new canton was organized with 1 thirty members. The officers are as j follows: Captain Dr. Juo. Sweisfort; • llbuiw R. Richardson: ensign, R. A. Hicks; clerk, A. H. Grone ; ac- 1 countant, O. E. Shultz. After the ceremony of constituting ' tho canton was over a smoker was held. It is doubtful whether Odd Fellows anywhere in this section have hand somer quarters than the Panville i brethren. The rooms ha\e been de corated, painted aud teforniilied at a heavy expense. The fine quarters were much admired by the visitors last night. MR. AMEDON OUT ON CRUTCHES Mr. Amedon, construction engiueer of the Vau Amriuge Granite com pany. who had charge of the erection of the soldiers' monument at this place, is convalescent after a very ser ious attack of illness. When he left Danville about the holidays Mr. Amedon was suffering from a very sore foot caused by a heavy weight falling upou it. Later his condition became very serious and he was confined to his home all win ( ter. At present he is able to walk on ! crutches. The Vau Auiringe Granite com; any is desirous that the finishing touches be put upon the memorial under Mr. Amedon's direction and to that end the completion of the work will be postponed as long as possible. It was stated yesterday that it is not likely j that auything w ill be doue until the middle of April at least. It will ro i quire only a week tr ten days to com plete the memorial. CLAIH ADJUSTER OPENED 1 HE SAFE (J. D. Learned, of New York city, claim adjuster for the Fidelity & Cas ualty cinpany, with which the Farm ers bank at Exchange was insured, ar rived at Exohange yesterdav.and with the aid of a blacksmith soon had the vault door opeu. Inside was the safe, untouched, with the bank's funds intact. It is now the general opinion that the attempted robbery at Exchange last, Saturday night was not the work of expert burglars, and that the rob bers found the vault door too tough a proposition to crack, or that they were frightened away before they had gone the limit with their desper ate act. The coal and coke shipments origin ating on the Pennsylvania railroad east of Pittsburg and Erie for the week ending March 13 showed a gain over the preceding week of 110,810 short tons. The total shipments amount ed to 1,001,661 short tons _Harry|Nose, of Berwick,has a sharp pieoe of iteel in an arm, whioh he has felt working up and down for seven years. MKinr SERVICES CLOSE Trinity Lutheran church was the ■oene of a most impressive service lait night when the remodeiled aud beautifi ed edifioe was re-conseerated free of all indebtedness. The service was the last of the series marking the 50th an niversary of the church, yesterday, Maroh 24th, being tho real birthday of the congregation. Rev. E. F. Rit ter, pastor of Holy Trinity church, of Scrantou, and president of the Wilkes- Barre conference occupied the pulpit for the occasion. Preceeding the service, Miss Jose phine Cousart rendered an organ re cital of fifteen minutes. The church choir also rendered two anthems. '1 he soloist of the evening was Miss Sow ers, of Shamokin, who sang with pleasing effect, "Open the Gates of the Temple." Rev. Mr. Ritter, prefacing his ser mon with some remarks appropriate to the 50th anniversary of the congrega tion and the service of rededication, took for his text, 2nd Kings, 22nd chapter, Btli to 10th verses, telling the well known story of the finding of the copv of the laws of God by Hilkiak, the high priest when the liou.se of the Lord was repaired in the days of Josiah, king of Israel. The thought brought out from this text was the uuiting of the old and the new iu the rededication aud anniversary service?. Kev. Ritter had three main thoughts in his sermon; 1st —How the old be came new ; 2nd —How iu the new the old remains; 3rd—How old and new are to remain together in the work of the church. Under the first head was pointed out how all has become new in the iuterior of Trinity Lutheran church,the furniture and furnishings, which beautify tlie house of God, and yet not without sacrifice and labor; but in the new tho old remains, the old building, the old foundations and walls, the old pulpit and altar, so al so the old Bible,the ever abidiug word of God. From the old Bible the old truths ; in the church, the old sacra ments,the old commandmeuts, the old faith. The old congregation also re mains, ever dying and yet ever living iu the life of new ones added to the flock. So there is to be iu this new yet old honse of God, an old and yet ever new lit . The old word is to be heard with r>' v love, the old gospel is to be preach e with new zeal, the old faith is to be received with new blessings. With the old faithfulness and new zeal, 1 astor aud people are to pray and lab or together for new blessings. After the sermon, the pastor, Rev. L. 1) Ulrich, led in the recoiisecr..- tion service. WHITE KUBBHK COATS EXPENSIVE At the last meeting of conui.il It was decided that the chief of the fire : department and his four assistants ; should he furnished with new robber ooata. The question that ftill remains ; to be settled is whether the coats shall he white or black. The question of color was discussed by council, all agreeing that white was preferable for the chief and his assistants, as thus arrayed they could the more easi'" be distinguished from the rank and file o.he firemen wear ing black coats. Pursuant to instructions fioui coun cil Borough Secretary H, B. Pattou wrote for prices, receiving in reply quotations showing that white robber cunts cost seven dollars and those of bl-icfe ruhbsr fo'.ir dollars. The marked difference in price was not figured on and the committee on fire declines to assume the responsib ility of deciding which color shall be adopted. The whole matter will be put up to counoil at its next meeting. FUNERAL OF G. M. SNOOP The funeral of Gideon M. Shoop ! took place yesterday afternoon and 1 was largely attended. I The services were conducted by the Kev. K H. Yocum, of Lewistown, ! former pastor of the deceased, i The pall bearers were: Dr. J. E. | Bobbins. John Keim, G. Shoop Hunt, Thomas W. Bartholomew, James O. 1 Warner and Wesley Berdine. luter i ment was made rn Fairview cemetery. | The following persons from out of ! town atteuded the funeral: George i Shoop and son, Edwin Shoop, of Har I risbnrg, W. G. Yetter, Mrs. George Gearliart ofdatawissa; Miss Derr of Lewisburg and Mrs. Zimmerman of Steelton. Mrs. Esther Hottonstein, widow of IJ. W. Hottensteiu. of Sonth Bethle hem, whose death was reported to have resulted from a blow struck by Ohar les F. Miller.proprielor of the Pacific hotel there, has sued Miller to recover SIO,OOO damages. The coroner's jury had previously exonerated Miller. ESTABLISHED IN 185 c ■p pmis »LEGISLATURE HARRISBURG, Marshy. Bishop John W. Hamilton, presid ing officer, in his opening prayer &t the annual Ceutral Pennsylvania Con ference of Methodists this morning, prayed for a better legislature in Penn sylvania. A fervent chorus of "omens" ran through the Fifth Street churoh as the kneeling delegate?, clerical and lay, and the women visitors, voiced their approval. | ''O God, give us a better legislat ure," was the bishop's prayer. "Let us have statesmen that can serve God as well as mau. Iu your divine judg ment, let us have a legislative body unafraid to do the right thing." Putting into motion the machinery, whose sound will echo in the homes of thousands, and whose vibrations will be the center of interest for its six days of revolutions, the annual conference was launched this morning at Fifth Street church for the forty tirst occasion. HEART TO HEART TALK. The Bishop, at 10 :15 o'clock, form ally opened the morning session with a heart to heart talk. "I am here as ono of you," he declared. "I am go ing to sit here with you and the sup erintendents so yon may make your impressions of me." Settiug a precedent that met with approval the prelate told the delegates to fall in line as he was desirous of shaking each by the hand. OFFICERS ELECTED. Officers were elected as follows: Secretary, J. F. Anderson; recorder, E. R. ITeckmau; assistants, Marshall Piper and J. S. Souser; statistician, H. O. Hinkle ;'assistar.ts, W.E. Kearnp, J. C. Collins, G. A. Davall, .T. V. Royer,.T. W. Shearer, G. W. Mcllnay, H. E. Crow, W. W. Banks, J. W. Long, J. W. Skilliugton, W. A. Gra ham ; treasurer, John Horning ; assist ants, £N. B. Smith, J. McK. Reily. J. K. Kniselv, B. A. Salter, J. E. A. Bucke, S. S. Carmill, J. R. Ebner, J. T. Bell. W. E. V.'atfeins, E. F. Spocsler, S. T. Rounsley. REV. BRILL'S SUSPENSION. The suspension of Rev. William Brill, pastor of St. Paul's, Danville, was the subject to which a good deal of time was devoted. The ruiDister was suspended during the middle of the conference year charged with non l ayment of debts. A court of fifteen members was ap pointed to try the case. A long discus sion ensued befora the manner of sel ecting the court wi determined. A rising vote was taken and there were; W7 f0r,12 against laying the substitute on the table. Dr. M. K. Foster, Rev. .T. K. Lloyd. Rev. John Horning were authorized as counsel far the conference iu the case. As the defendant's counsel were appointed Revs. John B. Mann.Edjiar R Heckman aud John H. Morgan. 3 Sentluieut among the delegates was that the two connsel bodies confer with the committee of fifteen and make amicable adjustment. Funds ar«» need ed. PLANS ARK COMPLETED Plans and specifications lor the grandstaud aud the fence of the base ball ground of the Danville Athletic Association were completed Monday and bids have been advertised for.The contract for the oarpenter work » ill be awarded in a few days. Ground for the grand stand has al rrady been staked off at the southern corner of the tract next to Beaver street. The grand stand will he one hundred feet long au I will cout.iin six tiers of ssats. It will hold five hundred people. The fence will be eight l'eet high. Along with the grand stand it will re quire a great deal of good lumber and 1 will constitute the biggest item of cost incurred in getting the grounds 1 in shape. The carpenter work can not be completed iu much less thau a month. The work of grading is being pus! Ed along as rapidly as possible. Ten men and two carts w ere employed yee- I terday. A fiue diamond is being con i slructed, the clay used being carted j from the meadow wesl of the ! grounds. The association feels confident that the new grounds will be ready for a i game on April 27th, the date of the Odd Fellows' anniversary. i Choosing daath by his own hand iu preference to the humiliation of liv ing to see his business confiscated and sold to satisfy his creditors, David Lark, a prominent granite and marble merchant of Frankford, Philadelphia, fatally shot himself half an hour he fore the sale was to begin, ~A Vork man who sent in a false*fire alarm is now serving a ninety-day sentence.