VOL. Ai; NO Ift ITEMS CONDENSED. criiltWlTY NKAKIA Kll,ls Cnrlosity nearly cost the life « 1 vi ii old Calvin Wilkinpon.of 123 Mul berry street, Harrishntg, wlifn he got hold of the family coal oil can and ■Hank a quantity Just Jto sec how coal oil tasted. It evidently did not taste verv well so he told his parent* all ■»bout it. They hustled him over to the hospital dis|ensarv where milliard water was administered and his life was saved. I.KISI'RKIiY DEER—B. M lleisey, of liock Haven, had an odd 1 xperiein e recently while in the orchard of his brother at Haneyville, Clinton coun ty. He was picking apples when Ins attention was attracted by a strange noise in the bushes. Suddenly a doe leaped to its feet and stood gazing at him. Then a fawn followed and took its stand by the side of the doe. Last but not least a large buck was aroused and when it saw Mr. Heisey started leisurely away, followed by another fawn. The quartet passed along the fence for some distance, did not ap pear to be at all frightened and final ly disappeared in the woods. NARROW ESCAPE—Peter Bitting, of Newport, had a remarkable escape from serious injury a few days ago. He was driving over the tracks of a siding at that place and tiainmen did not notice his approach and started a car in on the siding. It struck the wagon on which Mr. Bitting was driv ing and lie was thrown out and under the car. The horse was also caught and dragged for about thirty feet when the car left the track. Mr. Bitting managed to free himself from the wreckage and was taken to the office of a physician, where it was found that he had escaped with a few slight j injuries. The horse also escaped, but the wagon was demolished TOUCHED MULE'S TENDER SPOT—Lather Bowser.son of Andrew Bowser, of Henderson township, Hun tingdon county, was kicked by a ninle and rendered unconscious. The boy was driving the animal and touched it ou a tender spot, with the result that the lad was kicked on the head and the physician who was summoned found it nceessary to putin a nnmber of stitches in closing the wound. SOMEHOOMMOTION.— Some com motion was caused in the home of Street Commissioner John C. Reed, of West Chester, by an explosion in a cook stove which tore the stove to pieces and caused much damage to the kitchen. The explosion is attributed to a dynamite cap left in the coal at the mines. CHEAPEST PAYS BEST.—At the meeting of the executive committee of the Allentown fair, the statement of the officers, showed that the profits for this year's exhibition amounted to ,?4,:tsß. It is said that no other fair in the world which charges only 25 cents admission is so prosperous. OLD FREIGHTER DEAD—George Geigley.the oldest inhabitant of Birds boro, is (lend of gangrene at the age of!) 2 years. He was one of the few survivors of the Conestoga wagon freighters who hauled goods between the east and the west before the rail road came. NEED THE BRUSHES.-Examina tion made by the Reading Dental so ciety, lias disclosed that only 4,849 Reading school children use tooth brushes out of 8,925 examined between the ages of 5 and 17. Those had more than 52,000 cavities to be filled up. DARED TO DEATH—Several boys whose homes are in Columbia were daring cacli other to touch a broken electric light wire dangling from a polo when Daniel Laudcnberger, aged 7 years, jumped and grabbed it with a lirrn hold. He was killed instantly and his body could not be released until the power had been turned off. NEVER HAVE MOVED.-Mr. and ilrs. Jacob L. Bower, of Birdsboro, celebrated their golden wedding an niversary in the Bower homestead, where they began housekeeping 50 years ago, and which has been in pos session of the Bower family for KiS years. "YOU BET"—The Pottstown High School Literary society debated the question "Resolved That corporal punishment should be abolished" and the affirmative side won with a whoop. GROWING BIG ONES.-John Con rad of Pottstown is exhibiting three pumpkins, weighing 157, 10;! and 7»! pounds respectively that were grown at Schultzville on a vine that boro 28. SECOND CROP POTATOS. —M. A. Wentzel of Shamrock, Ims raised a second crop of Early Rose potatoes, nearly as large as tlm first. Miss Jennie Kelso of this city was removed to the Joseph Ratti Hospital, at Bloomsburg, yesterday, where she underwent an operation. Her condi tion was very promising last evening. iHontnut' American. jpu jpu IMPROVEMENT OF FRONT STREET Piopcrtv owners nn Kast Front street presented it pet it inn t<> flic borough council Friday night asking that llv«« 1 n<|iii«tbe paved with vitrlfl«*«l brick. 1 Thi' pet 111 en was accepted 111111 action was taki 11 looking to tlio holding of a meeting to hear objections. the en» act ment of a lequired ordinance, etc. A petit inn was received from a maj nritv «»f property owners on Front street between the western building line of Kerry street and the eastern building line of Hail road street, res pectfully, petitioning ami requesting oaucil to enact an ordinance requir inn anil providing for the grading antl paving with vitrified paving brick and curbing with stone of all of said por tion of the above street. The petition was signed by the fol lowing: Joseph Heini, 11. K. Kdnionil , son, John Hixson, Hunter estate, Dan ville Structural Tubing Co., T. W. Bedca, E. A. Adams, George E. Ornd orf, W. \V. Davis, Wesley Hollobaugh, Mrs. W. 1., Clark,T. W. Bartholomew, E Connan.Mrs. Martha Y. Gearhart, Mrs. Joseph L. Eranie, T. J. Price, Trustee, Danville Foundry and Mach ine Co., Wallace A. Hoover, Julius Heim, D. H. Fetternian.D. B. Heddens, W. L. Gouger, Mrs. Harriet 1. Myer ly. Lillio M. Furpur, R. L. Marks, Harry Ellenbogen, Joseph Heim, trus ! tees of B'nai /.ion congregation, E. Herbert Myerly, Edward F. Bell, T. J. Jones, George A. Meyers, J. V. Gillaspy.A. 1). Myerly and George L. Rowe. On motion of Mr. Heim it was ord ered that the above petition be accept ed and filed ol' record for further ac tion of council. On motion of Mr. Heim a resolution was passed providing that a twelve days' public notice by hand hills post ed on line of proposed improvement be given that the town council will meet on Friday, November is, HIIO, at :8 o'clock, j). 111., for the purpose of hearing objections to the proposition ' to pave and curb said part of East Front street and also then and there 1 to consider the propriety of the enact ! ment of the necessary ordinance. On motion of Mr. Heim it was ord- ered that as soon as the chief burgess approves the foregoing resolution the secretary be directed to sign, attach the borough seal and to post along the line of the proposed improvement the notices provided for in said resolu tion. The following communication was received from Charles P. Gear hart, district attorney of Montonr county : "At October sessions, 11)10, of tlie court of Montour county, the const able of the second ward of the borough of Danville returned as follows, to wit: 'Street in bad condition from Front to Gtand. From corner of Honey moon to Cooper and to Mowrey; stone and garbage in same.' "I beg to advise you that unless the defects so reported be promptly repair ed it shall be my duty to apply the law for your neglect in this behalf. " Street Commissioner Keefer report ed that the street reported to court had been fixed up as far as possible tinder existiug circumstances. The sidewalks, he said, are in such a bad condition as to make proper repairs impracticable at present. On motion the secretary was in structed to order four extra car loads ot coal each week in order that a sufficiently large supply may oe got ten on hand for winter use. On motion of Mr. Jones Borough Electrician Smith was authorized to purchase a dozen electric light poles; also 150 pounds of magnet wire. On motion of Mr. Curry it was ord ered that the third quarterly appro priation due the lire department be paid. On motion of Mr. Marshall it was ordered that the benches be removed from Memorial paiL and stored away in the basement of city hall. The following bill- were approved for payment: WATER DEP'T K"unhir employes $15:1,50 IViui orii Drug & Chemical Co ;)s.TB Freight on coal 12D.00 DanvilleF'd'y& Machine Co . 1.50 Hover Brothers .. 38.40 Standard Gas Co 1.50 A. M. Peters 5.57 Jewell Filtration Co 81.50 Washington Fire Co 1.00 M. G. Lilley Co 2.8!) Adams Express Co 55 Labor in Light Dep't 13.75 Kutnsey Electrical Co »>B.tSO Adams Express Co 0,0 [ Wallace A. Hoover 1.25 BdROUGH DEP'T Labor and Hauling $313.05 A. F. Hartman 5.33 Reading Iron Co 18.98 George F. Keefer... 92.00 Regular Employes 117.60 Charles E. Vori's 7.35 Standard Gas Co 50 People's Coal Yard 24.35 Charles W. C00k... 2.80 W. W. Welliver '////, 1(53!35 DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 IHIO VOTE IN MONTOUR COUNTY n I! 7 112 ? 7 | | 112 fi( I Hl| £:II:r| 5 ; .112 - 2 2 <*•-»• a * -t ? ix s r 2 5 *?*•:: g -3 : § a : O?■$I§:: ■ : : Is : > :•■•!' : ! : : I - ! H . . ! ''..'l T' K • : : : : i SOVKRNOK. I.'ii> t R I i(« 62 u* :,i it hi 12 u m;:« | >#* ; 6 429 > Octal, It I A? H4 *6 71 1591141 HO I 2* 16 j3l V 44 1* il2 4911 I Kerry, K > 281 147 j 112 129 41 16 |? 54 4u 82 7136,18 |2* j 10IN j I.IKI'TKN ANT I.OVKRNOR Kovuolds. It U4 m 73 112 16 11 14 17 * 4* 6 26 !' 6 455 Qlwrjr, l> 93 1 60 I 106 69 71 IHI4* 146 27 43 j ;I 4H 21 : 111 673 | Gibbotiey, K 1 71 lit,» 795 24 7j 96 17 2ft 4li I4j 32 1 6!17 I Ml i si ( \ OK tNTKRNAI, AI I'AIIIS 1 lloiick. H 102 (52 7(1 67 | IS ! 12 til 111 11 41 7 j 0 II 7.j 117 Blakslt-e |> *7 59 97 nil (is i 23 46 46 30 44 M 4* 22 21 65s Chki'V K ' 18ft H7 «» m 85 5 2H 44 111 ! 44 I » ! ill ; 4 15 607 CONUUKSS. McHenry, K 7ft 1 78 ! 77 53 47 15 18 37 11 45 j 6 I 2!! 14 6 514 McHenry, D t» 74 94 59 17 15 52 117 32 43 10 46 2s is 630 Harter, K '"1 »2 j9B 112 16 7 22 34 16 61 j 2 2(> :: |s ms SKXATOR IN i.KN'I. ASSKMIILY Yetter K . Iftl 103 116 so 32 14 10 1* 11 411 I * 30 11 13 643 ISoneß 'd. 11:1 1 iH# 120 |B3j 22 511 |651421 65 111 54 27 j29 |l 925 REPRESENTATIVE. Amnierman, D. P. K 1»» ! ?•» U» j 107 171 18 54 59 11» 58 ;13 31 |h 134 880 Newbuker j 834 j 187 187 j 157 | 43 j22 j 3* 156, 36 j K6 N 77 , 18 jls | 1154 TENER'S VOTE SINKS TO 20 THOUSAND 1 PHILADELPHIA, Nov. St. .Toliu K. Tenor's plurality for gover nor of Pennsylvania may bo as low as 30,000, or even much less when com plete figures from all of the sixty seven counties in the State are in. Estimates from sixty three of the counties give the Rephulican candid ate a lead of about 28,000 and the miss ing comities —Klk, Northampton, Pike and Snyder—are expected to -how pluralities for William H. Berry, the Keystone party candidate for Gover nor. Webster Grim, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, ran far be hind his two opponents. Philadelphia gave Tener a greatly reduced plurality.he currying the city bv 45,254 votes over Berry. Philadel phia's vote was needed by Tener to win as the estimates show that Berry, polled sufficient independent votes to carry the State outside of the Phila delphia stronghold of Republicanism. Congressman John M. Reynolds,Re publican,for lieutenant governor, and Henry Ilouck. Republican, for secre tary of internal affairs, were elected by pluralities approximately the same GREAT LANDSLIDE FOR DEMOCRATS NEW YORK, Nov. a. More complete returns today front the elections held throughout the country yesterday serve to emphasize rather than diminish the Democratic landslide. There is hardly a section of the entire nation where the Republi can vote did not slump notably and in many cases disastrously. The Sixty-second confess will be Democratic by a tine working major-1 ity, while in the United States senate j the Republicans will have only a scant ! lead over their opponents. Four influential eastern States New York, Massachusetts. Connecticut anil j New Jersey, take their places at the head of the procession with Demo- j cratic governors nnd strong Demo- ! cratic representation in their legida tures. Ohio, too, is Democratic. GREAT LEADERS MEET DEFEAT. The two great leaders of the Repub lican party, Tuff and Roosevelt, alike met defeat in their own States. Roose velt's home town ot Oyster Ray went against him; his congressional dis-j trict chose a Democratic representa tive to replace Congressman W. \V. Cocks, Roosevelt's warm petsoual frieml; his State repudiated the Re publican candidate for governor by i fifty thousand plurality. As an addi- j tional blow, the New York State leg- | 1 islature is Democratic and will elect a i Democratic senator to succeed Chauu j eey M. Depew. President Taft today find himself j face to face with the one danger which : he has most dreaded and which he be- ' | sought the Republican voters of the nation to prevent—a hostile house of | representatives to nullify what re-! 1 mains of his legislative programme. THE SUMMARY i Summed up, the results of the var ! ious State elections were as follows: * Democratic —Alabama, Connecticut, ( Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Nev ada, New Jersey, Now York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. Republican Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Michigan, Minuesota,Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Penn sylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, ! Tennessee anil Wisconsin. as Teller's. CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION The Pennsylvania Congressional! delegation,according to the latest figu-: res received stands Republicans, 'i'i: Democrats. 1)8; with two districts doubtful a.- compared with the present | delegation of '■!'! Republicans and "> j Democrats. The donhtinl districts are the Eleven- i tli and Fourteenth. The latter district : on prevut figures favors Charles C. : Pratt, Republican, for re-election. The Republicans also sustained a slight loss in both houses of the Leg- j islatnre, a coalition of Democrats and independents defeating tegular org- j animation men in several Republican ! st lon gh olds. The legislature, how- ' lever, remains strongly Republican on ! joint ballot. SOCIALISTS ELECT MEMBERS The Socialists elected a member of tho Assembly from Perks county. He is James H. Maurer,and lie is probab ly the ti I>r representative of that party J to win a M:II in the Pennsylvania Leg- 1 1 slature. Doubtful— lowa autl Kansas Due of the most astonishing over turns was iu the rocK-ribbed Republi can Statu of Massachusetts where Eugene X, Foss, Democrat, has a maj ority of thirty thousand. Foss' campaign was made on a stiaightont tariff issue. The Massa- I chusetts legislature is Republican and j will re-elect Senator Lodge. WILSON ELECTE > ■ In New Jersey Dr. Wood row Wil- 1 son who resigned the presidency of i Princeton University, to take up the| ; work of the campaign was swept into j the governor's chair by twenty thou- j | sand votes,carrying with him a Demo-' | oratic majority in the joint session ot : ! the Legislature and insuring a Demo- j j oratic successor to Senator John Kean. I Most of New Jersey's ten Congress | men will sit with the Democratic maj- I ority in tlie Sixty-second Congress. Connecticut has eloctea a Demo cratic Governor for the first time since j ISIKi, iu the person of Judge Simeon jE. Baldwin. The chief feature of j Judge Baldwin's campaign was his long-drawn-out- controversy with Col onel Roosevelt over their respective views of compulsory compensation for ! workinguien injured iu industrial ac -1 cidents. Judge Baldwin's plurality | over Charles A. Goodwin is about | 5,000. The rest of the State olticiary | will be Republican. REPUBLICANS LOSE HEAVILY The Republicans lost heavily in j Rhode Island, re-electing Governor : Abrani J. Pothier bv a scant twelve hundred votes,as against his plurality of about twelve thousand in the last ! election. Senator Aldiich's successor ! will be a Republican. New Hampshire's new goveiuor is i Robert P. Bass, Republican, who won the nomination on a progressive plat ! form. Diminished Republican plural | ities were the rule throughout the State. Teuessee elected a fusion candidxte, Ben W. Hooper, by a generous margin ; Michigan was overwhelmingly in fav ' or of Chase S. Osborn.the Republican uominee, while Wisconsin chose ' Francis E. McGovern, Republican by | a reduced plurality. MAKER MAKES PHENOMENAL RUN Dr. P. C. Xewbaker, independent ; candidate, was elected repiesentative in the general assembly at the election held Tuesday, receiving 11.VI votes as against R. Scott Ammerman's 880. ' For senator in general assembly Charles W. Soues, Democrat, wins out, in Montour county his plurality being John Cj. McHenry, who was a can didate ou both the Democratic and Re- I publican tickets, was re-elected rep resentative in congress, the combined vote being 1141, as against Dr. Matt er's (548. For governor, in Montour county William 11. Perry, Keystone candid ate, received 101s votes as against 4Jl> for John K. Tener, Republican, and j 49!) for Webster Grim, Democrat, j When Mr. Perry ran for State treasnr- i erin lUOS Montour county gave him i 1451 votes as against 5»'S for J. Lee j Plumuior. For lieutenant governor Thomas 11. Greevy,Democrat, leads with B votes. John J. Casey, the Keystone candidate,received tiOT votes and Henry Houck, Republican, 147 votes. The weather while not of the ideal >ort was not sufficiently unpleasant to keep anyone away from the polls The ground was covered with snow in the morning During the early part of the day this melted, leaving the streets and the country roads wet and muddy. The weather at times was threatening, but no rain or snow fell during the day, although the air was raw. The sidewalks dried oil' during the after noon and in town,at least, no discom fort attended being out of doors. The results indicate that something less than a full vo e was polled in any of the districts, which is not unusual, although judging from the interest shown in the general issue, during the campaign, one would have thought that practically every person entitled to a vote would have found some way of getting to the polls. Voting was slow during tho early part of the day. Up to 4 o'clock in the afternoon at the voting places in town less than half the full vote was polled. Tho I rush that occurred between that, hour and closing time swelled the vote. Although it would bo difficult to le call a campaign in which so much in terest was manifested in tho general result as during tho one just passeil yet it is remarkable that there was no 1 real contest in tho general acceptance i of that term except for ono office, that for representative in tho general as - | Kcuibly. Opposed to R. Scott Ammer man, who was on tho Democratic, the Prohibition and Keystone tickets, was Dr. P. (J. Newbaker, who was not on the ticket at all, but who was voted for by "stickers.'' The contest was generally regarded as an unusual one. A great deal of hard work was done by each of the two candidates. Probably every voter in the county was seen or was communicated with through the j mail. ■ Relating to the Stato ticket in this j county it became manifest early in the ; campaign that party lines would not lie closely drawn. There was a "Berry sentiment" that seemed to grow as j election approached, the converts ap i pareutly coming in equal numbers I from both the Republican and the 1 Democratic ranks. The issues of the j campaign were warmly discussed, but I no one seemed in any way positive as Ito tho resalts and as a rule no fore i casts were made. COAL DIRT CASE GIVEN TO JURY The Jnry in the case of Hophie (I. Kckman vs. the l m in succession taking up tin' mit- it points that Mr. Kaercher I ml ..:i i, .. show that the plaintiff ha>i f'i .- I c. make out a case. Mr. Hinckley disputed that ' pf manently" injured itnpiles "entirely" injured—by coal dirt. He admitted that the plaintiff brought "several" suits for the reason that she did not know which company was responsible. She can only recover | ouce—for the full amount of the dam age sustained—whether it come from I one compauy or the whole number. The other cases have nothing to do with this one. The evidence showed, Mr. Hinckley said, that the defendant company was guilty nf a negligent act by placing culm on the banks ot the stream—so close that the water even in ordinary i stages might wash it away. He laid it down as a principle that i the defendant is liable only for the I injury it inflicts and can be held only I for its proportionate share of the dam | age. It was foi the jury to'deteimine, he said, whether other companies are responsible for the damage the plain i tiff has sustained and, if so, what i> S the proportionate share. In taking up the analysis of the soil |on which counsel for the defendant had dwelt to show that the plaintiff's farm bail sustained no permament i damage, Mr. Hinckley stated that the defendant's ca-e was made up of ex i ports but he said that in this matter I ho would plaeo one experienced farm jer against ten experts. The barren i field, he decalred, lies there as ir- I refutable testimony that the land has I been permanently damaged, j He ridiculed the theory that the i coal dirt came from collieries miles up the river as urged by the defend ■ ants. It was not necessary to look so far, he said,when the Catawissa creek ! three miles above the farm is black i with coal dirt. Mr. Hinckley said no attempt would be made to hold the defendant for the whole damage, but only for its pro portionate share. The defendant, he said, admitted that "all of them" have been contributing to the pollution. The Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Com pany have three operations; therefore of the eight culm banks maintained it KBTAHMBIIKD IN IH.V I- fur Mini fill till* limit* Mr Mini I,ley «ni'l thu i|i>(rt)ilM| In rM|K>h'ihl« fur three iightlm lititi ri IT had hi fii variously null mated bj (lie wline**** at nil Ihr wav from s:i.'i to The damage therefor, might hp died hi thiee •• inht lm nl ftI.OOO or l.'.avi, to which on h compensation for delay might tin added another amount not to esceed xi* per cent, of the nam each year lot the time «*mt>r»<•«■»!. six year*. I inn i>• 11 inti'l v on reconvening after the ti of in intermission ,futl|(i> Ktfuio charged the jury. He reviewed all the testimony ami afiplie-it culm on their land, protect ed against all ordinary floods They have no right, however, to dejmsit culm in a stream. The hurden in on the plaintiff tn show that the defend ant either placed culm in the creek or so near to it that ordinary floods car ried it away. If culm was placed in the creek by other companies the de fendant i« not responsible for the dam age done by if. If it is found that the damage sus tained by the plaintiff was caused by a large number of mines, the colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkes Barre Coal company being responsible for only an inconsiderable part, then the defend ant can he held only for nominal dam age, which may be ten cents or one dollar. The plaintiff claims permanent in jury. If she has failed to prove per manent injury there can be no recov ery beyond nominal damages. § In all cases the jury was to be gov erned bv the preponderance of testi mony. The verdict, the court explain ed, might be for the defendant; for nominal damages or for compensatory damages, the latter representing the full extent of injury to the farm. Verdict for the Plaintiff. The jury in the case of Sophie G Kckman vs. the Lehigh & Wilkes- Harre Coal Company, the .trial of | which occupied practically the entire week, rendered a verdict Saturday in favor ot' the plaintiff for $1417.11. The jury, which retired at a o'clock Fri ' day afternoon, reached an agreement ,at 11 o'clock that night. Following I instructions the verdict was sealed ' and presented to court at 10 o'clock | Saturday morning, i The jury found as follows: First. That the total damage sustained by ; the plaintiff is S4OOO. ! Second. That the proportion for which the defendant in this suit is liable is 11142.85 Third. Amount allowed the plain tisl for detention of payment of dam ages. $274 :.