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VOL. 55—NO 13
DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
Office Hour*
A. U. to 11 M 10i Mill St.,
IP. M.to iP. M. Danville, Pa.
HIIIILT'/,, M.
425 Alii,l Sr., DANVILLE, PA.
Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines
.i Specialty
ITEMS CONDENSED.
The State Normal School at Blooms
burg, Pa , will open for the Spring
term on Monday. March 29tli, 1909.
The laboratories, library and gym
nasium, the uew halls of the literary
societies and the Model School are
pleasing to all earnesr students.
For further information address. D.
J. Waller, Jr.. Principal
Joseph Banks.a stationary eugimrr .
has been arrested at York, charged
with throwing vitriol on his wife for
the purpose of reveuge.
After suffering a long time with
what she thought was indigestion Mrs i
William A. Wingart, of Norristown, !
vomited a small frog.
The principals of the various public j
schools of Chester have been instruct- i
ed to allow no child to leave school in
charge of any person whose credenti
als are at all suspicions.
Lebanon city councils have suffered
a veto in their efforts to effect a re
peal of the old borough ordinance pro
hibiting the setting off of fireworks ;
on July 4.
Blias Smead, a fanner of Minor
township, Lancaster county, is in a
serious condition as the resnlt of in- .
juries he received by the bursting of a
circular saw.
Despoddent bao&nse he was out of
work and having no prospects of get- j
ting any, Addißon Gehrig, of Allen
town, took a dose of arsenic with sui
oidal intent and will probably die.
2 Charles Trego.a farnier.residlng near
Ooatesville, was attacked by a boar as
he went into a peh to drive t:ie pork- j
ers out and severely gored in the leg i
before he could be rescued.
Peter Nelson, of Oil City, found t.
human sknll in a garbage can and the
matter caused some excitement until
an investigation showed that the skull
had been stolen from the offloe of a
physician.
Playing around a brush fire with I
several companions at South Bethle
hem, Little Mary Sablns' clothing
caught fire'and she was so frightfully
burned that death resulted in a short
t imp
The longest and shortest men in
Washington county arc inmates of the
county homo. They arc Earl McCon- j
nell,wli&«wsi£hs less than fifty pounds
and is under two and one-half feet in j
height, and Pat Bane, who is seven
feet two inches tall.
Luzerne county's $2,000,000 court j
house is being'destroyed more rapidly j
in proportion than it took to construct
it. A breaker owned by the Lehigh j
Valley Coal company is causing the
destruction by sending down coal dirt
by the ton This is blackening the ex- |
terior and settling on the heartiful
marble pillars and line furnishings.
The city of Reading has two juvenile
organizations, the members of wl.ijii
dovote every momeut of their spare
time to the industry of the needle and
thimble, their work heing sold and
the proceeds given to oharitv.
Contracting membranous (.roup from |
nursing her three children who are
down with the disease, Mrs. Harold
D. Bihler, of Pottavllle, 35 years old.
clicked to death Saturday within
twelve hours from the time sue was
seized with ttie malady.
For stealing a two-cent nswspapar,
Thomas Smith.a colored man of North
Wilkes Barre, was fined $3.50. The
»smo dose administered to some of the
newspaper stealers in Danville might
put a stop to the habit which some
people here have acquired.
Schuylkill county's streams owing I
to the former presence of sulphur in
them from iniu'rjg opeations are de
void of trout. Sportsmen are now en
gaged in stocking them on an exten
sive scale and several hundred thou
sand fry will bo distributed this sea
son.
M. L. Firing,of Mouocacy, the mail
carrier between the railroad stntion
and the borough postofflce bar, during
the past thirteen years, traveled 43,255
miles, making eight trips of one mile
eaoh way and one trip of two miles
every day. He has In all that time
never missed a day.
According to an opinion of Juuge
Carnahan, tho Allegheny county work
house, being a county institution and
receiving no aid from the State, has
the right to hire out prisoners. The
decision was given in the case of a
number of labor organizations who
sought to restrain Superintendent
Leslie from letting out prisoners on
contract.
11. J. MIS
ILL HE
On April Ist W, J. Armey, Western
I Union Telegraph operator in this city,
j will retire after forty-two yearß - faith
ful service. His plaoe will be filled
; by William Dyer of the south side.
Mr. Amies' record is remarkable not
i only because of loug term of service j
' but also bv reason of the fidelity witli j
which he adhered to his post. This
will bßflome plaiu when it is stated j
I that during his long service Mr. Armes
! never had a vacation iu the nsual
I sense of that term. As a matter of
i faot, with the exception of a few
week's illness he was absent from liis |
post ouly one day.
Mr. Armes was one of the pioneers j
iu telegraphy. He learned operating ;
under B. li. Geaihatt at the old Phil- i
adelphia and Heading station The
first position he held was uuder the ,
Susquehanna Telegraph company, '
wh we liut extended from llnrrisburg
to Danville, 110 entered the employ
ment nf this company June 12, 18(53, j
an t hhd charge of the offi *n in Pac
ville until he was drafted, on Novem
ber 1, 1864. On December 14, 1864, he ,
entered the array as a member of the
United States telegraph corp?. He re
mained in the army until October lit, :
1865.
One of Mr. Armes' most valued pos
sessions is a h&udscniely engraved
document, issued by the government,
showing his honorable discharge. Mr. '
Artnes is a member of the Society of
the United States Military Telograph !
corps, of which Andrew Carnegie and
ather prominent men of our count y ,
are honorary members. The certificate
of membership relating to tiiis organ
ization, which is very handsome, is
another possession which Mr. Armes
values highly.
After the war Mr. Armes came home
and obtained a position at the P. & H.
depot. He remained there six months
working at nights. He was next call
ed to Williamsport,where he remained 1
eif'h* months. r
On February 12, 1867, lie returned
to Danville, entering the office of the
Western Union Telegraph company. 1
which was then a new oonoeru. The
office was iu the Oonkling building,
which occupied the present site of the
Danville National bank. Iu 1872 the j
Western Union office was moved over
to the eastern side of Mil] street in the
building now occupied by A. H.
Grone. In 1874 it was moved to A lie- 1
bach's jewelry store, now the Baldy
house, in ISBO the office was establish- ,
ed at the present quarters,No 2C9 Mill I
street.
During ai! this time over forty-two
years, Mr Amies was continuously iu
charge He received 310 vacation,
neither did he ask for one. As a mat
ter of fa"the was absent only one day
ou a Fourth of July, which 1
some years jisjo he spent iu Williams
port as a guost of the telephone com- i
pany that had its exchange in the
Western Union office iia-e.
On December 4,1903. Mr Armes was
takeu ill. He resumed his post Feb
ruary 1, 1904. This period of less than
two months together witli the day j
spent in Williamsport represents the
entire time lie was off duty while in
the Western Union's employ. During
the year or more that Mr. Aruies v,as
employed in Danville before euterii'g
the army he was absent from his post
only two days, occnpieii by a business
trip to Philadelphia
Mr. Armos was a very expert operat
or in his time, but long service has
I to tell upon him. His geueral j
I health it good, however, ana he no
, lauht has many yea:s before him and
| a ill enjoy life in his retirement.
WilliiiM Dyer,who will succeed Mr.
Aiusvs in file Westorn Union cilice
re v : .it present in the employ of
I the Pennsylvania Railroad company }
and has charge of the telegraph office
at W T olverton.
GOLD MEDAL
MAY BE SI:EN
The gold medal offered tho gradual
i iug class of the high school as a prize
i for the best essay on tuberculosis may
be seen in the window of J. W. Lore's
jewelry store.
It is of 10-karat gold, in the form of
! a double cross, the symbol employed
! the worl.l over by the societies engag
led in the crusade against tuberculosis'
j The design was execured by Joweler
IJ. W. Lore. Above the double cross
j and to which the chain is attached is
a curved bar of gold, which is in the
exact form of the baoillusof consump
tion, enlarged sixty thousand times.
It bears the inscription: "Prize Essay"
The gold medal is offered the gradu
ates of the high sohooi by Dr. G. A
Stook, who has charge of the tuber
culosis dispensary at Danville.
April 15th is the date fixed for hand
ing in the essays.
Cotton spinning was performed by
hand wheels until 1703
IJANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. APRIL 1, 1909
NEW SPEEIFI
CATIOHS ORDERED
The borough council held a special
meutiug Monday eve for the purpose of
awarding the contract for painting
city hall. At the last uiouieut, how
ever, it was decided not togo on with
the work, owing to the fact that the
specifications according to wliioh bids
were invited did not include the paint
ing of the rear of the building.
There were two proposals. These
were opened and a discussion follow- :
ed, when it was the sense of some of
the members that it would be very 111- ■
advised to omit the rear part of the
building.
Ou motion of Mr. Pursel it was ord- 1
ered that all bids be rejected an I new
plans and specifications including the I
painting of the rear be drawn up aud
ou tiieso bids be invited. The specid J
cations aro to provide that the front I
and southern sides of the building be i
painted first,completing them if possi- <
ble by April 27th, the Odd Fellows' j
anniversary.
The meeting was called to order at
8 o'clock with the following members
present: Scliatz, Fiunlgan,Pursel,lies,
Everhart. Deutsch, Marshall, Curry, }
Jones, Conuolley and Vou laloliu.
Ou motion of Mr. Everhart it was
ordered that a white rubber coat be
purchased for the chief of the fire de
partment and a black one for each of !
the four assistant engineers.
DR. DIXON HEARD FROM.
Secretary Patton read a rather point- ;
ed communication from Health Com
missioner Samuel G. Dixon in reply
to a communication from the borough j
council dated March 20th, dwelling on
the subject, "Municipal Sewage Dis
posal Problem In Danville, Pa."
Dr. Dixon asserts that the Governor,
attorney general aud commissioner of
health have never agreed that a req
uisition should be made upon Dan- '
villa borough for the construction,
maintenance and operation of mauui
oipal sewage disposal plant. In justice !
t-i his col league". •!><» yot,ernor cf tin
State and the attorney (general, Dr.
Dixon asks for the borough's authority
in the following statement contained
in the communication of March 20th.
"In the matter of the requisition
made on the borough of Dacviile by
the State department of health for the !
preparation of plans for and the con
struction. maintenance and operation
of a -evM.ge disposal plant."
WHAT THE PERMIT IMPLIES.
The health commissioner says:
"There was issced over my signature
ou the sixth day of July, ISOB, a per
mit to the bocongh of Danville to
mate sewer extensions under certain
conditions and stipulations
the couditions ,iud stipulations accorn
pan.lug all permits for sewerage.
That permit call i for the preparation
of a complete plan for sewering the
whclu borough and conveying the sew -
age to one outlet and for tiie purifica
tion of the sewage before it was dis
charged into the river. It was the plan
that was called far to be submitted ou
or before July 1, 1909, and not the
building of anything.
The cost of the preparation of such
a plan is small ami the beuefifc of the
same aro self-evident; but nowhere in
the persiit was it Stipulated, or the
idea ootveyel, that the sewers should
be built all over the borough, cr that
the sewage treatment plant must be
huilf.
"However, whenever the borough
elects to lay a sewer down iu an}
street it u.cst conform with this gen
eral plan aud when the time couics
when it is ueces'ary to ta'-ie the sew
age out of the river the town will be
in the best condition to meet the pro
blem. Al! of this is fully set forth in
the argument. Even the borrowing
capacity of the town is set forth in
the said permit; the reason is given
why the borough is uot circumstanced
so that it cau assume tho cost of erec
tion of sewage disposal works now."
THE PENALTY INCURRED
Dr. Dixon staus that provided Dan
ville borough complies with the terms
of the permit there is no reason to ap
prehend that an extension of the time
in which sewage may be discharged
in the river will uot be granted.
Continuing Dr. Dixon savs: "Local
authorities should realize that the dis
charge of sewage is a temporary priv
| ilege and that ultimately the sewage
I must be discontinued from going into
I State waters. How long that time
| shall be we cannot say today; but if
j the borough shonld refuse or neglect
j to comply with tho conditions of the
I permit and went onto build sewers
I and did build them in defiance of the
conditions of the permit, then on the
first day of Joly, 1910, when the per
mit expires, there would be a penalty
for every day beyoud that time in
which the town continued to put sew
age into the river.
"The law makers have vested the dis
cretionary power in suoh matters in
the hands of Its highest executive, the
governor, with two oolleagnes, the at-
ELKS ill
lILTON LICE
i Danville lodge. No. 754, B. P. O. I
j lvks, paid a fraternal visit to Milton
! lodge. No. 943, Tuesday eve, the Mil
| ton lodge entertaiuirg the Danville
brethren as a return for the pleasant
I visit paid to this city some weeks ago
; The Danville contingent about 75 j
strong, and a< compani, ~ i y n e ("ata- 1
wissa baud, left for Milton ou n Read
ing special at 7:30 and arriviug at
their destination at 8 o'clock, they i
were met by almost the entire mem
bership of the Miltou bilge accom
panied by a band. An impromptu par
ade was formed and the combined dele
gations marched to the social rooms of
the Milfoil lodge at Broadwnv and.
Bound avenur, where a mcst pleasant
evening was sj ent.
The Milton Elks outdid themselves (
in the way of hospitality, an I suc
ceeded in showing the visitors an oc
casion so pleasurable that it will live
long iu the memories of thosa present.
The following were among those of
Danville lodge, who made the trip:
Ralph Kisuer, Harry Phile, Thomas j
Murray, Joseph Patton, Charles Pit
er, Saiuuel .Tohnsou, James M. Irland,
John F. Tooley, James Martin. Clar
ence Haupt, Harry M, Sober, Frank
C. Angle, T J. Price, Charles 11. Sny
der, Edward Purpur, W. W. W'elliver,
George M. West, A. O. Amesbury,
Samuel Marks, W. Kase West, Thomas
G. Vincent, W. ,T. Rogers, A. J.
Leuiger, Paul Andrews, F. M. Owen,
Simon Ellenbogen, Edward Ellenbog
eu, Fred W. Howe, M. H. Sohram, .J
H Cole, John R. Jacobs, John C.
Peifer, Harry Cromwell, (ieorge W.
Eggert, A. M. Dietrich, S. K. Hoff
man, William Ellenbogou, Harry Kl
leubogen, Thomas Delauey, Edward
Fallon,Eli Millard,Theodore Hoffman,
Joseph Lechner, Clarence E. Pi ifer,
James liyan, F. G. Peters Samuel
Bloch, Gecrge R. Secliler, Charles O.
Cloud. John P. Peck worth, Emil
Gaertuer, C. W. Ruckle, Will G.
Brown, John W T" - «»»,Ohorl> > s l euig
er, Thomas Wtlsh, iarvey Dietrich,
Elias Maier.
NISW SUI KS
AND HELMETS
The l orough council has decided to
purchase new suits including helmets
for the iwo borough policemen. The
outfit in both cases will be of the reg
ulatiou sort suited to summer wear.
Council appreciates the attitude
maintained by the o£icers during the
outbreak of rabies in this city last
year when both without the least ques
tion or quibbling entered on the
crusade aud rendered efficient service
iu speedily stamping out the disease
Several very complimentary addresses
relating to the policemen wer, made
during the session of council Monday
night.
Bloom Odd Fellows Coming.
Ata meeting of V.iu Camp lodge.
No. 140, 1. O O. F., of Bloorusbnrg,
held Monday eveiiint', it was decided
that the lodge would attend tha meet
ing of the Odd Fellows' Anniversary
a-sociafiou iu this i:h in a body, ac
companied by the t'itizet h' baud, of
BlooniAburg. The Indue has a member
ship of 19;), having u.adi» rsmarkhbk)
strides in membership pinee fuor years
ago wl.'.ii the rullc conln ued bott
thirty-five name*.
The first newspaper advertismenf
appeared ,11 1652.
toruey geseral aud tl>e commissi! mi
of health, aud the commissioner of
health Is the executive officer of this
determining board. Without power to
compel a municipality to live up to
the tern.-, it would be useless to issue
a permit."
JOINT PLANT NOT FEASIBLE.
After touching on the borough's bor
row iug capacity, which is $36,707.
Dr. Dixon asks: "Therefore, what is
the meaning of all the argument [in
this communication which >ou have
addressed to me - Has council read the
I permit and does it know what is con
tained therein? Plain language was
used aud ruuoh space was taken to ex
plain everything in fall."
Iu alluding to the sewage disposal
plant being built at the hospital for
the insane the communication states :
) "It would have been useless for the
I State to have joined with Danville in
' the building of a sewer system, be
cause the State could not build a treat"
meut plant big enough to handle its
sewage and that of the town and he
cause Danville cannot in the near fut
ure afford to build with its own money
sewage disposal works."
On motion of Mr. Pursel it wbb ord
ered that Dr. Dixon's communication
be accepted and referred to the bor
ough solioitor for reply.
On motion of Mr. Pursel the bond of
#SOOO furnished by the Danville aud
Hnnbnry Transit company was approv
ed by oooncll.
ENCOIUG
JBH
Secretary Vincent of the oommittee
of arrangements is beginning to re
ceive letters from the lodges in the
distriot in reply to the invitations
sent out. The first communications re
ceived are encouraging in the extreme
revealing a degree of euchusiasm that !
augurs well for the succeEs of the Oftd
Fellows' anniversary.
A letter reoeived from Berwick 1
Lodge No. 2-4(5, I. O. O. F,, Tuesday
stated that that lodge would be repre
sented in Danville on the anniversary
by several hundred members. It will
be accompanied by the Berwick Ccrnet |
band of forty-one pieces.
The latest information relative to [
the anniversary from Williamsport is
to the effect that at least one thousand
Udd Fellows of that city will be iu
Danville on April 27. They will come
iu a special train accompanied by
Repasz band.
The Odd Fellowß of Montgomery
have notified the committee that a
good-sized delegation will he present
from that place accompanied by a
band. Northumberland will send a
contingent of several hundred Odd Fel
lows accompanied by the Northnmber- ,
land baud. Sunlmry will also be well
represented and will probably be ac
companied with a Sunbury baud.
That the towns up the river will
each send iu a large contingent of Odd
Fellows seems to be a foregone conclu
sion. In order to facilitate the journey !
to and from Danville an effort has been
set on foot to secure the running of a
special train over the D. L. & \V. :
Railroad on tlie data of the uuniver
vary.
LI BERT Y TYV P.
WOMAN DEAD
Mrs. Sarah Anu Starner, widow oT
B. O. Starner, died at her home in
Liberty township, Monday night ci
heart disease. The deceased has been
111 some weeks.
Mrs. Starner was aged 76 years and j
is survived by one sou and thr9e daugh
ters : William, Mrs. William Patter- 1
sou, Mrs. William Ooruelison and Mrs.
Hilkert.all of Liberty township. Mrs.
Starner was a widely known and lov- j
able woman who will be miesad by a
wide circle of friends. She was a
staunch member of the Oak Grove
Lutheran church.
The funeral will place Tliure
day morning from the home at JO '
o'clock. Interment will be ma in in
the Oah Grove oeun tery.
BUSINESS MEN'S
ASSOCIATION
Repeated inquiry is made concern- i
ing the new board uf trade, theorgaa
izatiou of whioh was agitated some
weeks ago. Duriug the last few v>eeks j
nothing has been heard of theproposi j
tion. All agree that there is a need of
suoh an organization in Danville.
President of Council Andrew Schatz
Tuesday stated that it is his inten j
tion to take the matter up in the very '
near future and urge the organization
of a body to look after the business in
terests of the town He was not sure
whether this board would take the
form of previous organizations or
would be composed of merchants and
!)• known as a business men's associa- j
tion. Personally he is rather inclined j
toward the latter
A CHANG- IN
DIV Si ON MA \
io.lay W. G. llillor, wtio for tome
mouths has been in charge of the local
division of the American Telephoi •
company, with headquarters in Dan
ville, will leave for Pottsville, wlier
I lie will take up the duties of manage!
of the Pottsville district. Mr. Milir
has made a wide circle of friends iu
this city. By his courtesy and oner; •
the Danville exchange of the Aiiieii
can Union, which was in a disorganiz
ed state when he came, has been grc; t
ly improved,
John Powell, at present manager cf
the Shamokin district caa.es to the
local division. He will in I; < his head
quarters at Bloomsburg.
REV. DUNVILLE
OUT OF CHURCH
The connection of Rev. W. J. P.
• Dunville. who has been the efficient
pastor of Jamison City charge of the
M. E. church, with tin; ministry ci
the Methodist Episcopal church was
severed by the conference Monday.
. This action came about as the result
jot Mr. Dunville's declining to observe
| 'he rn le of the church which is that
j its'ministers refrain wholly from the
j use of tobacco. When the matter was
1 brought up,there was a heated discus
sion, endiug in the reqnest as stated.
! The action has created considerable
i comment both in and out of the
ohnrch.
RIIRAL ML
TERIR EXPIRES
County Superintendent O. W. Derr
was in this city on business connected
with the rural schools of the county,
yesterday. The seven months term lias
now expired and all the sohools except
a few where tiiue waß unavoidably
lost are now closed.
Including the high school in Derry
township there are now forty-eight
rural eoi.ools in Montour county. On
ly about one-third of the instructors
teach on provisional certificates and
the number each year is expected to
grow less. As a rule, Superintendent
Derr states,the rural teachers are con
scientiously striving to attain to a
higher staudard of qualification. Un
der such conditions the quality oft' (
work done in the schools must be sat
isfiir tory.
THIRTY-FOUR IN EIGHTH GRADE
The usual eighth grade examina
tions were held last Saturday at tlie
following places: Maolmtiicsville, Ma
honing township; Child's school
house. Valley township; Oak Grove,
Liberty township; California, Lime
stone township; Cross Roads, Anthony
township; Strawberry Ridge, Derry
township; Sheep's sahool house, West
Hemlock township. Cooper and May
berry townships 'had no eighth grade
pupils to take the examination.
The number of eighth grade pupils I
examined were 84, distributed through
out the county as follows: Anthouy
township, 5; Limestone township, A ;
Librety township, 5; West Hemlock
township, 5; Mahoning township, 8;
Derry township and Washingtonvllle, j
12
The county superintendent selected
the questions and will also examine
the papors.
All the eighth grade pupils that at
tain sixty-live per ceut. in every j
branch will receive a diploma issued
by the county superintendent
SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT.
The clesa o? the term completes the
first year's experiment of maintaining
a township high school. County Sup
erintendent Derr says tiie results are
most gratifying. As the high school
has a three-year course there are no
graduates this year. Three students
passed from the second to the third
year and will constitute the gtadnat
ing class next season.
The examination at the township
h ! gh school was conducted by County
Sj|ierint.endent Dorr on Tuesday. The
following subjects were embraced in
the examination: Latin, fi rat year'<
work; Caesar, first 8 looks, m
year, general historv, bonk l-'ipfrg,
agriculture, Roman I i-tor'.'.litarfui
rhetoric, English gra liuinr a:d b
COMMUNICATION
FROH !)K DIXON
County Medical Inspector Dr G A.
Stock yesterday received a c oinmun ct
tlou from State Commissioner of
Health Dr. Dixon notifying lum to ha
on the lookout, for small pox.
The steamship Merlon, which arriv
ed at Philadelphia a few days ago,hud
on board a case of small pox. Before
they could be restrained tive hundred
steerage passengers escaped and are
uow scattered over the State.
Dr. Dixon forwarded to our county
medical inspector a lb.tof the passeng
ers who are at large together with
their destinations. It transpires for
tunitely, that uou« came ta Danville,
although Williamsport, Wilkes-Sarre,
Plymouth aul a number of other places
in t! is section of tlie State me on the
lift of towus marked as destination:
ot iliH | r (liibiy infected passengers
Dr. Stock is requested to keep a
close looknut to the end that noue of
the Marion's passengers circulatt
among the people of Danville. He is
Ito thoroughly investigate every case
of illness, the symptoms tf which ap
pear in the least suspicions.
Tl BE WORKS Di l l-Al S
COMPANY F.
In a fnst game nt the armory Tues
| day night the Tube Works basket hall
team defeated Company F by the score
! of 87-39.
The teams wore evenly matched and
tor it time kept the scoring together.
In the latter part of the fiisfc half,
! however, the Tube Works five seoured
i lead which they kept the remainder
of the game Winner did the tossing
lor Tube Works. Rudy and McVey
i divided honors for Coinptuy F.
The formation of the teams ami goals
' are as follows :
Tube Works—Snyder, forward, 1;
j Weaver,forward, 1; Wooltidgs,center,
14; Winner, guard, 8 and a fouls;
i Mowrey, goerd, :: and 1 foul.
. Compauv F—Rudy, forward, 4 and
I 2 fouls Nevius. forward, 0; Deoiott,
j center. I; Landau, guard, 0; McVey,
guard, fi. Referee, Dailey.
Oar first steam engine was brought
from England in 1758.
ESTABLISHED IN 185 c
ITALICS LOSE
«IR HOI
Between Hand 12 o'clock Tuesday
night our town was aroused by the
alarm of fire. There was a general
ringing of the bells and scores of peo
ple arose from their beds and started
out in search of the tire.
The blaze was located in the eastern
end of town. It made a bright light
and the fire companies followed by
nearly a hundred people made a dash
for the fire. Upon arriving at Wall
street they found that nothing more
important had fallen a prey to the
flames than the shanty built by the pe
drone, Charley Battaglia, to be used
as a home for his Italian workmen
while employed on the sewage dispos
al p'nnt at the hospital for the insane.
The frail wooden structure went up
in a quick blaze and wheu the tire de
partment arrived the building was
petty well consumed. The Washing
ton Hose compauv, got a stream of
water on the building, but the de
struction was complete.
It appoarg that none of the Italians
were about. That the building con
tained anything of any value is doubt
ful. It is believed, however, that it
was practically empty.
How the fire originated is a mystery
The building, although a temporary
one, it is said,was constructed of good
lumber. It was about 12 feet by 14 feet
and was a story and a half high.
ENTERTAINMENTS
AT HOSPITAL
The employes' dance tonight will
close the entertainments at the hospit
al for the insane for the season.
The entertainments, especially those
of the Orpheus Glee club, have been
very successful and have been a source
of great enjoyment to the patients
The most enjoyable entertainment of
all probably was that given in amuse
ineut hall Tuesday night by a ntimber
of young ladies of the bnsnital. I*
a highly humorous production eutit
ed"Mirandy's Minstrels." No better
display of local talent was ever seen
than was shown by the performers,all
of whom were nurses. All the essent
ials of ii first-class minstrel show were
found in the entertainment. The sing
ing was of a high order and revealed
careful training. The "Lady Cork
Artists." resplendent in their cost
umes, received hearty and well-merit
ed applause from the large audience.
The jokes, which spared neither the
medical staff nor employes,made quite
a hit, being spicy and original.
The eutertainmenr closed with a
trave- entitl l"A Pink Tea." A
cake walk woe d u." tie evening.
WOULD ABOLISH
ALL FOOL'S DAY
To lay, April Ist, : known through
out Christendom us All Fool's day.
An effort is being made by the Optim
ist club of America to observe this
date as Optimist day.
The plans of the Optimist club to do
away with All Fools day and observe
April 1 as Optimist day, instead, has
incurred the displeasure of the League
of Peaoe, the president of which, Wil
liam O. McDowell, lias written to
Andrew Carnegie, president cf the
Optimist club, suggesting April 80 as
a better date.
' "The League of Peace, the letter
states, "has a better suggestion than
All Fools day for Optimists day and
that is April 80, the anniversary of
the birth ot this great Republic—the
Hope of the World —in its completed
form tinder a duly adopted written
constitution, by the inauguration on
that date 120 years ago of George
Washington as our first president.
The Optimist club, however, will
adhere to its original plan and observe
April 1 as a day "upon which evtrv
one should do scmo kind act and say
some kind thing.
MINERS CON IINUE
PRESENT AGREEMENT
NEW VfOHK. March 31
The following statement was given
out today in behalf of tl e anthracite
j coal operators:
"At the request of Mr. Thoruas L.
Lewis, who headed the committee of
anthauite mine wokers at the recent
conference with the operators in Phil
adeplhia, the operators have agreed to
continue the present agreement in
fotce on and after April 1 pending
further conferences
| "The communication from Mr. Lewis
came in the form of a letter to each
< member of the operators' committee
of seven. The members of the commit
! tee all replied that the proposed ar
rangement was acceptable to them."
Farewell to the windy mouth of
Maroh.
April Ist.