VOL. •*>'•> NO t:t ITEMS CONDENSED. THEN Till CI/h'K STRUCK Fiank Roper, of ('Hilton. < •., is In the North Bltle police station, Pittsburg. Ami all because a little clock In- had under his com stmck as In 1 wa< talk ing to a policeman. John Miller.man ager of an Knot Ohio street Jewelry store, not ill oil tho authorities thai a clock hail been stolen troni tho place by a man who had tried to have a check cubed. Officer John Heck mot Holier in Hie Oiamoiid with his coat bulging and asked for information. "Just a box of candy for my girl," was the answer. Hut just at that time the little bell began to strike the hour of four and did not stop until it had finished. TOO MANY TIMES FOR HIM.— Harry Smith, of Shonadoah. has asked the court, to annual his marriage on a woman whom he declares had two bus bauds living and is believed to have married as many as half a dozen men. It is alleged that Mrs. Smith, who is a pretty woman, has a mania for mar rying- Mrs. Smith in court admitted that alio had married several times and that her first husband was a China man. She was sent to jail for one year for bigamy. 19,741.38 FOK CRUSHED FOOT In a trial lasting three days before Judge Stout of Dovlestown, the jury returned a verdicit for $9,741.3:! in favor of Miss Julia Kohoe, of Perk asie. Miss Kehoe was run down by a Heading freight train at the Market street crossing. Perkasie, and her foot injured for life. She was 16 years old when tho accident occurred, a year ago. CLAIMS RECORD OATS YIELD. —J. D. F. Kuntz, of near Titusville, Crawford county, puts in H claim for the record yield of oats. From four acres of laud he has thrashed 250 bush els of oats, weighing 37pounds to the bushel. On a calculation of 83 pounds to the bushel, His crop aver aged 73 bushels to the acre. The var iety is the famous Lincoln oats. FINK PRESENT. —During the re cent visit of Congressman Willian IS. Wilson in Sheffield, England, he was presented with a beautiful oak case oi Sheffield cutlery by the British Trades and Labor Congress held in that city, famous for the manufacture of keen blades of exuisite workmanship. BARBER TO PREACH. - Milton W. Ettinger, Macuagios barber, has laid aside his razor and moved to East Strondsburg to become the Meunonite pastor there. For some years, while following his trade, he studied dilig ently for the ministry and finally pass ed a creditable examination. AUTOMOBILE HUNTING. —Chas. Vulle and John White, while autoing near Spruce Creek clubhouse, Hunt ingdon county, Saturday night, came across a big porcupine anil, getting out|of the machine,they killed it with a club. It weighed almost 50 pounds. CHAUFFEUR DIDN'T CARE.— Dan Fusco, aged twelve years, of Al toona, started across the street when lie was struck by an automobile carry ing a Maryland tag and going very fast. The chauffeur stopped, came back, looked at the lad lying in the street with his right leg broken, cheek torn from mouth to ear and several teeth knocked out "Guess he's not badly hurt," he remarked, and board ing his car rapidly drove away. THE ONLY ONE.—I. W. Hartman, of Bloomsburg has just celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday, and is hale and hearty. At his advanced age Mr. Ilart mau has never seen a baseball gamo or a horse race. He is not against these forms of enjoyment, but never went to see them. WATCH YOUR TURKEYS.—The Mt. Union Twioe-a-week Republican says the farmers of the mountain ,iis tict of Pennsylvania, now that the hunting season is on, had best keep their flocks in sight. A turkey in the woods is likely to get a 1 lad of shot and an examination afterward. LARGE SUM FOR MASSE:-'.— Be sides leaving §(!00 for masses foi him self, his wife and otiier relatives, the will of the late William Melchoir, of Bally, provides for masses for the "repose of the poor souls who have none to pay for theni. " DIES HEARING SON-IN LAW'S FATE.—Louis Bardio, aged 23 years, of Bradford, while hunting Tuesday, was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun. When the news was carri ed to his home, Mrs. Anna Barbara, fell to the floor hKl £ks COUNTY OAVES.-Berks county : ,ias seveu large caves, either fully or partly explored, all located near a point wheie the gravel or slate from the north overlaps the limestone formation. iftantcutf COURT HELD BRIEF SESSION Court held a short session Saturday morning with President Judge C. C. Evans and Associates Hlee and Welliv et on the bench. Several Important matters were disposed of. When the jury returned a verdict fot the defendant iu the case of John C. Zaner vs. the Philadelphia and Heading Railway company, Wednes day, Edward S. Oearhart, counsel for the plaintiff, moved in arrest of judg ment anil for a new trial, reasons to be filed in ten days. On Saturday Mr. Oearhart addressed the court, explain ing that after consideration the plain tiff had decided to abide by the verd ict as rendered. Accordingly the rule was discharged. In ro the petitiou of John J. Ellis, late of Anthony township.praying for a rule upon executor to show cause why 1700 should not be advanced to him in accordance with the provisions of will, the rule as prayed for was granted by the court, returnable at next term. In re. Com. vs. Win Wintersteen, a habeas corpus proceeding, the court handed down an opinion. The writ was issued for the purpose of obtaining the custody of Myrtle Appleman, now about six years of age, at the instance of tho father, Clyde Appleman. The opinion sets forth that "Myrtle has a good Christiau home anil that she will grow up surrounded by Christ ian influences. Her grand patents are abundantly able to provide for their grand children financially. "At the same time,if the custody of Mrytle were given to the father, Clyde B. Appleman,she likewise would have a good Christian home surrounded by Christian influences. "The general rule is that a father has tho legal right to the custody of his infant child : but in contests be tween the father aud third parties the courts regard the interests of the child as superior to the legal right of the father and this is especially true when by reason of the tender ago of the child and other circumstances it would bo for the best interest and welfare of the child to remain where it is. "And now, October 22, ISHO. it is ordered that the custody of the child. Myrtle Appleman. be remanded to William Wintersteeis, the respondent. "And it is further ordered that the j father, Clyde Appleman and the grand father, and members of the grand f a . flier's family, on the father's side, shall be permitted to visit with and | see Myrtle Appleman at the home of the respondent ar least once every two weeks at suitable times in the day time or the evening up until S o'clock until further order of the court. The petitioner ami the respondent each to pay half of the record costs, neither the petitioner nor respondent to file a bill of costs for witnesses. AMERICAN FOOTBALL The current number of"The Out look" contains an article on the 1 "Tendencies in luter-Collegiate Foot ball" written by Donald Grant Her ring, son of Hon. Giant Herring of Sunbury The article is written at the sugges tion of Mr. Francis C. Woodman,head master of Morristowu school, who was himself a member of the Harvard team from ISB4-87. Visiting England to study football Mr. Woodring called on Mr. Herring.a Princeton man, then at Merton college, Oxford, and discussed the present situation in American foot ball. Mr. Herring's chief desire is to see football in American colleges played in the spirit of a game for the health ful recieation and enjoyment of the players, and he is further concerned to point out the admitcdly dangerous features and urge that they be elimin ated. 50 PERISH ON GUNBOAT PORT AU FKIXOE. HAYTI.Oct. 26. A report reached here today that the Haytiau gunboat Libertehas been lost off Port de Paix, following an explos ion of her boilers. Twenty survivors are reported to have been rescued, but more than fifty others, including a number of high ranking officers of the Haytiau army, are believed to have gone down with the vessel. The Liberte sailed from this port on Monday, having on board a number of army officers, who were proceeding to take command of the military divis ions of the northern department, in addition to the reuglar officers and crew of the gunboat. The cause of the disaster is as yet unknown. The will of a Montgomery county physician provides that his horse "Billy" shall be well taken care of. Self-interest keeps some men from giving his satimc majesty his dne. DANVILLE, I'A., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1910 HELD FOR COURT WITHOUT BAIL Klmer Halderman, John and May berry Ernest, whose arrest* were not ed iu a previous issue, were given a hearing before Justice of the Peace Guy Jacohy in Hloonmburg Saturday afternoon. They were hold for court without hail. The information was lodged by A. T. Keller and M. M Tliarp, sjiecial officers of the Pennsylvania Railroad company The three men were charg ed with the burglary of S. R. Oyer's store at Nnmidia,September 24th last. A large number of witnesses were ex amined. among whom was S. J. Wel liver, Jr., of this city, who identified a chisel found near Nnmidia after the robbery as one of the kind that lie sold Emer Halderman about two months ago. District attorney Small conducted the hearing. The defendants were represented by Attorney Win. Chris small, who subjected each of the wit nesses to a rigiil cross examination. S. R. Dyer proprietor of the store robbed was the first witness. Edgar Erdman.who lives near Numi dia, identified the chisel offered in evidence as one found by him in his cornfield, about 18 feet from the fence on September 27th. A. T. Keller,special officer, testified that upon trial be found the chisel to fit. in the marks made by the burglars at the store, even the nicks in the tool showing in the wood. S. .T NVelliver, Jr., testified that the chisel, which was new, corresponded —in size, make and in all respects with one that he sold Elmer Ilalder man about two months ago. The sale was made about 1 o'clock in the after noon. Halderman purchased two chisels, and tho occurrence made an impression on the witness, as the de fendant seemed indifferent as to the size. Frank Williams, who lives throe miles from Numida, about it o'clock on the night preceding the burglary saw some one walk np to the door of Dyer's store aud try the latch. Dr. A. H. Karl, of Nnmida testifi ed. About il :15 o'clock on the night preceding the robbery May berry Ern est came into his office "to see if he could not get a little whiskey for his mother," who lives about three miles from Nnmidia. Dr. Karl had frequ ently prescribed for Ernest's mother, and on this occasion gave him four ounces of whiskey. Ernest had asked for half a pint,but the doctor's excuse was that he did not have any more to spare. Between seven and eight o'clock on the night the store was robbed Bert Johnsons while talking with Wesley Raup in tho road about three miles from Numidia saw three men pass iu the direction of the latter place, one of whom ho identified as Mayberry Ernest. In appearance the other two men corresponded to John Ernest aud Halderman, who were made to change hats and stand up. When the three fellows approaching Numidia saw wit ness and Raup standing iu the road they stepped, retraced their steps a short distance anil then came on. As they passed, Mayberry "hunched" witness with his elbow. Jacob Holliday, who lives on a farm about two and a half miles from Roar- ing creek, about half past o'clock in the morning of the 24th of Septem ber saw three men.one of whom carri ed a satchel, passing that way from X timid ia. The men passed within a few feet of the witness and were walking fast. In size they correspond ed with the defendants. They also corresponded in appearance with three men that the son of the witness saw walking toward Numidia. the evening before. Officer A. T. Keller 011 being recall ed testified that when lie arrested Mayberry Ernest the latter told him that John Krn*#t and another fellow, whose name he did not know, 011 the evening of the 2:ird had gone up the road along with liim. They all had hats on like the one lie was wearing. Mayberry, according to his story,went up to Numidia and returned home about 10 o'clock. He did not know what had become of the other two. At it o'clock lie went to the store and found it closed. Officer Keller had a conversation with John Ernest also. The latter de clared that lie and Halderman that night went ont to visit Ernest's moth er and denied that they went up the roail with Mayberry. On the morning of the 24th they left the home of his mother and went back to Danville. District Attorney Small said he be lieved that the Commonwealth had made out a prima facia case, and he asked that the defendants be held for court. Justice .Tacobv stated that; to say the least the evidence created a "gravo suspicion" and lie would hold the defendants for trial at December court. The offense involved in the charge is not bailable The three men were handcuffed to gether and taken back to prison. TRUE CONDITION OF FILTER PLANT Dr. Dixon's communication to the ! borough council informing it that the filter plant is working badly and need* | overhauling by an expert lias had a ! disquieting effect upon the water tak ers. Following as it does upon an an ; alysis which revealed the borough water below par as to purity, most people without questioning the matter accept the view of tho State health commissioner and think that council should act iu the matter forthwith. The attaches of tho water works, j however, who are entitled to a hear ing, characterize Dr. Dixon's conclu sion as hasty and out of all harmony I with tho facts. They declare that the plant is in as good a condition as the ' day it was installed and challenge an investigation. In the first place attention is called to the fact that the Mortison Jewell filter system is the best and most ex pensive extant; that tho owners in installing the plant hero took every 1 pains and regard it as a model; that when they wish to demonstrate tho efficacy of their system they unvari ! ably being prospective purchasers to Danville and show them over the plant here. The filter beds, which consist of thirty-six inches of crushed quarts, are in precisely the same condition as when installed. The system could de teriorate through carelessness or neg lect only, in which event as the result of use the beds of crushed quarts might become foul and dirty. The attaches of the plant call atten tion to the fact that not only do they follow all instructions relating to washing and sterilizing but that un der certain conditions, as a precau tion, they repeat the process when not called for by the rules. Thus, it is ex plained that while the instructions call for the sterilizing of the filter tubs only once a year, owing to the presence of sewage in the river, it has always been customary to sterilize the tubs here every six mouths. The washing of the filter beds,which is a simpler process, takes place daily. Here again, in washing the settling tank, in order to secure the best re sults, a great deal of extra work is done not hinted at in the rules. The condition of the river water is closely observed and when it becomes muddy the washing of the filler beds is re peated many times daily. It is no un usual thing for the process to lie re peated eight times in ten hours. After each washing the filter beds are free from dirt no matter how muddy the river may be. The steriliz ing process is designed to remove the micro organisms or other impurities that may cling to the crushed quartz. Briefly, it consists of placing on each filter bed one hundred pounds of caus tic soda and by means of steam boiling the bed for ten hours. Workmen then shovel around the bed of quartz lay ing bare the flooring of minute screens through which the water finds its wwy out of the tub. All screens that are found defective are replaced with new ones. It is hardly claimed for the filter system that it will wholly eliminate bacteria, anil if the product of the plant contains micro-organisms it is because the river water abounds in them and not because of any careless ness or neglect on the part ofjtlie em ployes. It was stated at the water works yesterday that at nearly regular inter vals. say every other day, the river watei bears the'odor of carbolic acid, which it communicates to the filter beds A LARGE FUNERAL The funoral of Augustus Bachingei took place from St. Hubert's Catholic church,at i): 80 o'clock Saturday morn ing and was largely attended. There was solemn reqniem mass, the celebrant being the Rev. Thomas O'- Mallev.of Plymouth; deacon,the Rev. John Melchoir.of Elizabethtown; sub deacon. the Rev. A. M. Feeser, chap lain of the Holy Family Convent, this city; Master of ceremonies, the Rev. Jules Foin, rector of St. Hubert's church. In the sanctuary was the Rev. Father McCann, rector of St. Joseph's church. The Rev. Father Foin dwelt most touchingly on the life of the de ceased, speaking in both English and German. Andrew Schott, of Sunbury, rendered a solo, "Face to Face." The pall bearers were: F. C. Sheri dan, of Pittson ; George liodenhoffer, Peter Mayan, Thomas Schott, Adolf Boettinger and Jacob Baker, of this city. The following persons from out of town attended the funeral: J. F. Bachiuger,Eugene Doyle, Joseph Bren nen and wife. Francis Logue, Ambrose West, Harvey Houghton and Max Keis er, of Plymouth; Mrs. 'Alexander Zundel, of Reading; John Hertz, Jac ob Gilles and wife, Mrs. George Hertz, of Lancastei, and Mrs. Jacob Gear hart, of Millersville. SHORT SESSION OF SCHOOL BOARD The school boaid held a short session Monday night, with W. A. Sochler ill the chair. Among other members pres ent were: Messrs. Ortli,Swarfs,Marks, Shultx, Piirsel, Fischer, Heiss, Oole and Sidler. A communication was received from Chief-Engineer Snow of the State de partment of health in reply to an in quiry from Secretary Ortli as to the advisability of sinkiug wells on tho school grounds. Pursuant to action of the school board at. its last meeting the secretary wrote the department, explaining that the borough water supply is uot always pure—that at times it is so impure that in order to safeguard the health of the pupils tho board causes the water to be >.oiled; also that iu order to procure pure wat er for tho schools the board was con sidering the advisability of boring wells on the school ground to be a hunrded feet or more in depth. The object of writing was to determine whether the State department of health would approve of the wells as a source of pure water Chief Engineer Snow in his reply explained that deep-drilled wells prop rely protected from surface drainage make an excellent supply of water hut according to his idea such wells should not be necessary when a borough is supporting a filtration plant. Chief Engineer Snow advised the school board that the department on that date was writing the borough authorities of Danville regarding the condition of the filtration plant, "which is well understood by the de partment of health and lias been look ed into at various times." The department will make analysis of water from wells, if they be dug, free fit' charge. The water most be col lected in outfits furnished by the de partment. The following bills were approved for payment: D. C. Williams $ a. 33 H. S. Kauffruan... . -.00 Silver Brudell & Co H1.53 Washington Fire Co 75 American Seating Co 30.80 TRACK FINISHED The track of the Danville and Sun bury Transit Company, on East Mark et street, which has been torn up for several weeks necessitating the trans" ferring of passengers, was connected near the Mill street curve last eve n ing.and today the cats will be able (o run over the two squares oil which paving is under way. Excellent progress is being made in the laying of brick. Haiti is a factor to be reckoned witii at this season,bnt with anything like fair weather the paving will be completed next week or the week following. W. H. Lyon, who was awarded the contract for the macadam road, yes terday stated that he had not yet re ceived notification from the State highway department, but he states, assuming that he would hear from it indue course of time, that next week he would be ready to transfer some of his men from the paving job to the road to be macadamized near the hos pital. ARRESTED FOR INCENDIARISM As a sequel to the burning of the barn of the farm of W. P. Girton, in Montour township, Columoia county, near Grovauia, on the night of Sun day, October 16th, Michael Reese was yesterday arrested by Officer Gillinger of the State constabulary,charged with setting the building on fire. Keeso has been working for Fiank Yeager on a nearby farm. Jt is alleg ed that he was drunk on the night of the fire and that he was seen to enter the barn and leave it just before the lire was discovered. Reese comes originally from Elmira, New York. He is aged about '.'ii and is single. He will be given a hearing today be fore Justice of the Peace Jacoby at Bloomsburg. Improving. Miss Lillian Trnnibowor, of this city, who was operated on for appeu dicitus at the Joseph Ratti Hospital, at Bloomsburg, a few days ago, was reported yesterday as improving. DON'T DO IT.—lf is not safe for a squirrel hunter to put his arm around a tree these days. A hunting accident recently occurred near Bradford, as a result Arthur Sink, 14 years old, is at the Bradford hospital with one arm badly shattered. He received the charge from a shotgun in the hands of another hunter. The lad'had hls'arm around the trunk of a tree and it was mistaken for a squirrel. Nearly 100 small pellets were removed from the arm. FOUR BRIDGES THROWN OPEN The thr«, 1873. He was the cne hundred and second pati ent admitted and of that number only one—William Kynu of Wvoming coun ty—now survives. During the long period of nearly thirty-eight years, during which he was a patient of the hospital and a ward of the Danville and Mahoning poor district, 7930 oth er patients were admitted and treated. | George Arnold, who was convicted of an assault on William Keefer in 190.j and sentenced to the eastern pen itentiary. was a son of the deceased patient. The son like the father later became insane and was transferred from the penitentiary to the hospital for the insane at Norristown, PLAYING HOOKY The attendance officer lias plenty to do these autumn days. Some of the boys—even very small ones—find it impossible to resist the lure of the fields and in playing hooky they won der so far away that the officer ean uot get on the trail of them. It is no uncommon thing for a half a dozen boys and upwards to be out of school at one time at this season, and it is up to the truant officer to round them up and deliver them over to the teacher, who by "precept and examp le" is expected to teach them that tru ancy is unprofitable. Yesterday officer Young brought in fonr or live truants, but two little fellows,pupils of the primary schools, eluded him, and the officer after a hard days' work had to acknowledge himself beaten. There was no trace of the boys about the borough ; neither had anyone seen them leave town, al though it is not improbable that they were in the woods. DEATH OF AGED WOMAN Mr- Marv Hay I or, widow of the late Dunk • IV.ylur died Tuesday iven ing at ('■ o'< lock at tie l.ome of her biother, Noah Krnm, Cooper town ship. Death was due to a stroke of Paralysis -ustaiiK il st veral weeks ago. The deceased vr-s a widely known and highly esteem d woman. She was aged 88 years, ! months and 14 days. SI M is survived by three daughters aud a son: Harriet (Mrs. Henry Reef er.) of Catawissa; Lvdia (Mrs. Dan iel Kashner), at home; James Baylor, of Orovania; Catherine (Mrs. Samuel Miller), of Catawissa. Also by three brothers and a sister: Gideon Krum, of Grovania; Noah and Nathan Krum of Cooper township and Miss Lydia Krum, of Mahoning township. A brother, Chailes, died several weeks ago in Ohio. Mrs. Baylor was a native of Cooper township and lived In this vicnity all her life. She was a member of St. James Reformed church at Ridgeville. The funeral will take place Satur day morning at 10 o'clock from the home of Noah Krum. Interment will be made at Lazarus cemetery. "Call of the Wild". In presenting Louis Evan Shopman's admirable play to the public, the managers of the Danville opera house feel they have been endowed with an especial privilege, so great lias been the success of the production aud so unqualified the approval it has en countered. Today '"The Call ot the Wild" stands without a pere among what may be called strong emotional dramas, and it is extremely doubtful if in many years a stronger, more virile presentation has been made up on the stage than this fascination picture of Western life. In proof of the intensely human quality that im buses the entire dramatic structure it is but necessary to point to the rec ord of three continuous seasons,during which the play has been witnessed by moro than 700,000 persons. The entire scenic equipment is new and the cast which is headed by Mr. 1' ranklin Woodruff is one of the strongest that could be secured for the various parts. This attraction is booked for next Monday evening. And the only way to impress some people is to suppress them.