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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
Commissions Issued.

Commissions have recently been is
sued to the following officers Of the
Twelfth regiment, y c. p Captain,
Lucian H. Guyon, CO. L, Sunbury,
with rank from Jan. 5, 1904, vice John
W. Weaver, to retired list First Lieut.
enant Samuel E ElIoitt, Co. +, Sun
bury, with rank from Jan. 3, 1904,
vice Lusian II. Guyon, to captain
Second Lieutenant William H. Neyin,
Co +, Sunbury, with rank from Jan
3, 1904, vice Samuel f. Elliott to first
lieutenant. Second Lieutenant George
II. Sanders. Co G, ,Williamsport. with
rank from Dec. % 1903, vice Joseph
lyman, resigned Captain John b.
Beck, Co. /, Wihlamsport, with rank
from Jan. $, 1904, vice Lewis j. Fish
er, commission expired First Lieuten-
amt PMazatte Hopkins, Co. l. Will
Transport, with rank from Jan S,lgo4.
vice John D. Beck, TO captain. Sec
und Lieutenant Walker W Duhield.
Co. /, Williamsport, with rank from
Jan. $. l9O4 vice Parazette Hopkins.
to first lieutenant
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
Merchants Who Will Change.

A number of our merchants will
change location between this aud April
lst and in every instance the new
leases provide for general fixing up of
the premises. A moving while disa-
greeable task, usually means better
ment of conditions and renewed ener-
gy.
Among other changes TO be made is
that of the Bargain Store, conducted
by Abe Rosenstein, from the City Hall
building to the large store room in the
Henry Meyer block, formerly occupied
by the Boston store. The room will be
thoroughly overhauled After the
change is made the store will be
known as The Peoples Store
The Racket Store conducted by
George Wintersteen will take posses.
sion of the City Hall store room. \
numb3r of alterations and improve
ments will also be made at this place.
Newsdealer Martin Landau will
move into the room vacated by Mr.
Wintersteen. The room now occupied
by Mr. Landau, has been leased by
John Weir, who Will conduct con
fectionery and tobacco store.
Jeweler George H. Smith will also
change location about March lst. Mr..
Smith has leased the store room in the
! Brown building, formerly occupied by
| the Stieff Piano Company.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
SCHOOL, BOARD
IN SESSION

Nv - A4A - " a
Robert Adams Of the First Ward wa
elected school director at a regula
meeting of School Board Monday t,
succeed John L. Evans, who tendcret
his resignation owing to ill health.
Pursuant to action taken at the pre-
vious meeting Secretary w. II. Orrl
wrote to Mr.. Evans, who is sojourn
ing at Albuquerque, n. NJ, to SCI
when he would be able to return In
reply Mr.. Evans stated that while h,
is improving in health it does not seen
( likely that he can return before mex
spring a year. Under the circumst
anoes, he thought the proper course
/ would be for him to tender his resig
nation, which he enclosed in the letter
Mr. Evans resignation was read be
fore the Board and ON motion of G. p
Hancock it was accepted.
Mr.. Hancock explained that as a
successor for Mr.. Evans, who will holG
the office until June, 1905, he had sell
ectod Robert Adams and with some
difficulty had succeeded in securing
his consent to serve.
Dir. Adams was therefore nominated
by Mr. Hancock and unanimously
elected. \ messenger was dispatched
to inform him of his election, where.
upon he came to the High School
Building where the oath of Office was
administered by Notary Public \. H..
Grona, after which Mr.. Adams took
his seat among the directors
Treasurer Schram presented a state
ment Of finances to date which showed
a net cash balance on hand of 50, l7S. :
Il.
Nj Pursel reported that new
clock is neeued in the third school
of the Second Ward. On motion the
matter was referred TO the supply com
mittee
Mr. Burns of the latter committee
asked why in replacing clocks worn
out in the schools the Rempe clock
could not be used .as it was one OF the
most up-to-date known, would run
two years without winding and was
the product of a home industry. 1t
was the sense of the Board that unless
the difference in price be too great
Mr.. Rempe clock in every instance
should have the preference.
The Pennsylvania State Educational
Association convenes at Harrisburg,
Wednesday and Thursday Chairman
p j. Keefer and w O. Greene were
delegates from the Borough of Dan
vile. Mr. Greene last evening re-
ported that owing TO the pressure of
business he would be unable 10 attend
the convention and he asked that some
one be appointed to fill his place.
On motion of Mr.. Greene w. H.
OEth vrus viIvsou i'is suIptIuute 10
represent Danville in the Educational
Convention.
Truant Officer Young presented his
report which showed that there are
ninety five children out of school ow-
ing 10 illness twenty are detained at
home for want of shoes; there were
five cases of truanoy.
The following directors were pres
ent at last nights meeting: Keeter,
Orth, Greene, Burns, Pursel, Harpel,
Werkheiser, Won Blohn, Fischer, Han
cock, Byerly and Adams.
Certain charges having been pre-
ferred against the janitor of the Third
Ward school by parents of pupils the
matter was referred to Grievance Com
mittee for investigation. The outcome
Of the matter was that the charges
were considered sustained and the
janitor on the recommendation of the
committee was summarily dismissed.
The following bills were approved
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
for payment
Whistle Will Tell When Ice Moves.

The river at this place was the cent
er of all interest yesterday as was ma
tural in view Of the reports of high
water which came from points i'm
mediately above US The rise here was
at no time above the rate of foot an
hour, and during the greater part of
the day it was considerably less The
stream was viewed by hundreds of peo-
pie from the bridge aud there was much
conjecturing as to how long it would
be before the ice gorges would break
and Danville would feel the force of
the deluge.
1t was learned at the Water Works
yesterday that in the event of the ice
moving, whether day or night the
whistle at that place Will be sounded
to warn the people as was decided up
on on the occasion of the January
thaw.
The rule adopted by the County
Commissioners at that time relative
to being upon the river bridge when
the ice moves Will also be enforced.
The notices posted warning people Of
the danger, several Of which had dis
appeared, were carefully replaced yes.
terday at each end of the bridge.
These notices state that people must
not 20 nor remain upon the bridge
when the ice moves
The County Commissioners take the
view that with the enormous quantity
of ice above us and the height that
/ the river has attained conditions
would bc such should the ice gorge
suddenly break as to place the bridge
4 in great danger aud that persons by
yenturiug upon it at such a time would
/ be taking no little risk
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
NGLk,
DENTIST
CONDENSED NEWS.

y
Var i the topic now
It Valentines day next.
Ih" wo..d weerS for Baltimore
70 get out the vote means much
waste no time in placing your spring
Advertising.
Lincoln J. Cartor's emotional drama
''H., Js'r Sin, viii come to the
Osora Hon next Tuesday evening,
inr d.i : Miss JuHa Gray as a new
star.
TEa Ga-. Danville School, taught by
.ii-s Madden will have Lincoln Ex-
erciS Friday afternoon. County
Sunr uerr, Mr. Derr, Directors,
Patrons and educational friends are
cordially invited to be present.
Baltimore is already showing the
reCuperative spirit. Before the smould-
ering members die out the work of re-
building will be started. In very few
yeas Baltimore will be a new and q
grottDr city than before the fire.
Suffering from an liberated lung
JOHN Garter, the coored insane man
WHO ia bold manner robbed Polish
man on Commerce street, at Shamo-
lin, 1bout Il month ago, is reported dy.
ing in the Northumberland county Jail.
The Bennett & Moulton company at
the Opera House every evening this
wuek
Don't forget the Band dance at the
Armory Monday evening next.
All things come 10 him who waits,
except the going OF winter.
The prayerful hope of all people now
is for cessation Of horrors.
The Banks will lie closed on Friday
Lincoln 5 birthday
That cold wave was u blessing in
disguise.
A movement has been started among
the Sudbury Elks TO organize a club
10 attend the natio al convention in
Cincinnati next August. The idea is
10 lay aside a certain amount each
month from now on to paw expenses
\ similar movement is JH foot in Will
iam- port and the two clubs may act
in conjunction.
The Bloomsbury authorities have
worked 50 arduously to relieve those
citizens ruined by the recent flood
along the river that no outside relief
is necessary at this time.
The complaisance with which we
regard other peoples troubles is only
excelled by our craving for real sym
pathy when we have troubles of our
own
Is there any kind Of winter weather
that isn't seasonable:' 1t seems to
us that we have been having all sorts
of weather in all sorts of winters for
quite a certain number Of years.
In some parts Of the country the
grounding saw his shadow and in
others he did not Looks as if he were
trying to set the weather prophets at
each other
Two more new cases of smallpox
were reported at Shamokin on Thurs
day.
a gang of boy burglars has been
discovered in Allentown, and other
symptoms of Sodom morality may
be looked for at any moment.
Now, if eggs would only fall with
the river
shamokin is threatened with sauer
kraut famine
There are degrees of popularity.
Some men feel puffed up if they fail
to receive a vicious valentine on the
l4th of February.
There isn't any question about it.
People are mad as March hales over
the winter prophecies for next month.
According to a number Of travelling
men who visit this city the weather
in the south is extremely cold They
say that during the past twenty five
years the change in the southern eli.
mate has not been so great as this
year
Miss Mary Kester of Bloomsbury
has enroIIa1 ar Russall's Pusiness Col
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
Prom Par-0f Washinpton.

The Rev II. W. d. KirkendalI, wife
and little son William of Wenatchee,
Washington. are guests at the home of
c. c. Ritter, East Market street Rev.
Kirkeudall, who was born near Ber.
wick, until recently was pastor of a
Baptist church at Weuatchee. On
December with his wife and son he
came East Tor visit. In March they
will return to Washington whore Rev.
Kirkendall will assume the pastoratc
of another church
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
WATER DEPARTMENT
High School ys, Lewisburg A. O..

The High School basket ball team
of this city on Friday, February 18th,
will line up against the Lewisburg
Athletic Club in the Armory. The
Lewisburg aggregation is a strong one
and realizing this our boys are prac-
tioing almost daily in order that they
may score another victory.
Our High School boys played very
brilliant game with Milton on Friday
night and Lewisburg had better look
well to it's laurels or it may lose them
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
telegraph Wires Mended in a Boat.

Communication with CatawisSa and
all points, east, was cut of on the
Pennsylvania line Tuesday night by
the falling of a pole at Roaring Creek.
The break occurred at about O. clock
and until the damage was repaired,
about 10 o'clock yesterday morning,
the company had no direct means OF
knowing what state things were in
above Roaring creek
The pole which yielded to the force
of the food stood about four hundred
yards west of the station along Colonel
Eckman's farm In falling the wires
became badly entanglcd and broken.
Division Operator &. g. Gearhart
with others visited the spot yesterday
forenoon and by means of boat they
reached the spot where the pole had
fallen after which the wires were soor
ut in working order.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11

Miss Lsggit. Hiss Pearl Hoa. at
Miss Grsrn Hil three vaur- Edfas Sci
Ruar Eraak. eama very raar a--
their lives tv f-rvurre H r.# riser
Yesterday They erEr# ar urrr
rHe gorge when -H. rf f A as.-
tilted and rrer.rfsr.d All into
rhe water lHsv were r.-. vr.
GIfruItv
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11

Arthur, a faithful horse owned
by the late g. b Marklo of Hazletou
aud, upon tine latter.s death. turned
over TO AIvau Markle. president of the
Lehiph Fraction Company, succumhed
to old age. and, i'm q coffin. was buri-
cd with ceremony undera large chest
nut tIee in Halle Park
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11
JOB PRINT NTING

The Office Of the AMERICAN
being furnished with a large
assortment Of job letter and
fancy type and job material
generally, the Publisher an
nOunces to the public that he
is prepared at all times to ex-
cute in the neatest manner
JOB PRINTING
ofaIlKlnds and Description
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11

General IT, C. Corbiu. commanding
the Atlantic division, has detailed
Captain CIV Kennedy. Adiutart of
the Eighth United States infantry. r0
inspect the third brigade s. G. p.
under the provisions OF rHe present
military law
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-09-22
Simply Preposterous.

With Gov. Mcbride and nearly every
other conspicuous republican commits
sion champion driven into political
exile; with railroad owned politicians
and pledge breakers crowned with po-
litical victory, and with Mead elected
governor-Mead, who is at heart as
Farrell are against it, and who will not
say to the people anywhere, 81 am for
an appointive, regulative railroad COM
mission with all my heart and soul"-
where is the voter so confdingly simple
as to believe that an honest C mmi.siOn
bill could pass at Olympia?
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-09-22
MEAD EXPOSES RAILROAD HAND
Declares That Defeat of Commission Plank in Political Con-
venon is Equivalent to Party Instruction
Against Commission.

f. Meal.t nominee declared
Pullman he railroad
plank political equivalent instruction against
The astonishing slipped this Mr. Mead had
n number
of the convention OF 100 tor rail-
nominated
Mcl'rdes commission
policy. his judgment they entirely right
The telegaphed its stan
which republican
in The
following telegram was received last night:
PULLMAN Review Spokane Wah Mead
specific
contest
REGARDS being antamo ito commission
entirely defeat of railroad commission
plank regarded 10y Mr. Mead equivalent
instruction against commission the defeat OF the railroad
Tacoma May Will
equivalent instruction against the commission
belief He not blow
hot and blow on his important issue
is the commission Notwithstanding the
expressly for the commission could
he force that republican elected in
the commission by the action OF this years
state conv ention in the commission plank
That as a precisely the railroad program The
plank order exactly that contention
may he raised before legislature
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-09-22
A CHEEKY AFTER THOUGHT
How the Political Tricks We're Manipulated
In the Republican Stat, Convention.

7, is farccal for the ia lroad organs
TO say that the railroad commission
nlank was discarded from the platform
,oecause ma iority of the delegates to
the state convention so willed. It was
rejected at the dictation of the railroad
MANAGE rs and attorneys, and when the
convention gave signs of asserting its
own will by declaring for the commits
sion and nominating Governor Alcl'rld"
in spite of the efforts OF the railroad
forces on the ground. a frantic sum
mons was sent to J. y Farrell, assistant
president of the Great Northern Kali
road company. and lifelong Democrat
to come to Tacoma and whip the way
ering leaders in line.
Mr.. Farrell responded. arriving at
Tacoma in his private car the evening
before the ticket was nominated, and
after conference with little group of
railroad officials and politicians. issued
his peremptory orders. Those orders
were promptly carried to the steering
committees of the wavering counties.
and these steering committees in turn
carried them to the convention hall.
where they were ratified without IA
break the following day
The fact that the steering committees
brought in their orders and those or
'ders were carried out by the con vention,
Seattle Post-Intelligencer in its issue
of the morning after the convention,
when that paper said:
1.-THE battles of the nominees have
been fought out, not on the floor, but
in the steering committees.
''In the convention, by decisive vote
OF 27O to 800, the Mcbride forces went
down to defeat. Spokane county's dele
cation has gone home sick and sore.
Mcbride personally, who has known
for many hours that he was beaten
badly, saddened and chagrined, is little
to be seen. Spokane, however, is less
repressed in its feelings. It's delegates
are aggressively bitter, feeling that
they have been i'll used"
Why were the Spokane delegates ag-
gressively bitter? Let the Tacoma
Ledger, another republican paper,
answer that question. On the morning
after the convention the Ledger said:
THE railroads were not content with
nall measures but forced their argu-
ments to bitter conclusions They
nailed the Mcbride program to the
WALL and clinched the pins with which
they nailed it,"
Ihere you have the plain truth, as
toid oy the Post-Intelligencer and the
Tacoma Ledger The cheeky assertion
that the delegates ran the convention
IS an after thought, put forward as "a
desperate political move when the rail-
roads realized the depth of public
anger and indignation Which they had
aroused.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-09-22
Where Can He Be Found?

Where is the voter. who is so easy
a mark as to hope that Il Legislature
elected without any pledge to vote for a
railroad commission would pass an eff
fectiye railroad commission law when
it's predecessor, to quote Mr.. Mead S
own words in order to defeat railway
commission law, had violated its ''sa-
cred pledge and promise.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-09-22
Fair Warning to All.

Any person knowing of anyone vio'at'
;pn tho law of this state relative to
dumping debris of any kind on the
public roadside of any road IN my as
trict, will please notify me ana | VIII
nroceed at once to prosecute said par
ties to the full extent of the law.
STEPHEN WoODHOuSE
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-09-22
Register II You Wish to Vote.

All voters living within the corporate
limits of I.Ilensburg, I;o,lNn and Gle
Emm, who wish to vote in the coming
election Nov. must register. All
registration must be made 20 days
prior to the day of election, as the law
requires that the registration books be
closed % days before the election.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-09-22
Pleads for Pledge Breakers.

Was ever so weak a plea as Mead's
submitted to intelligent voters? ''Our
party" in effect he said in his Colfax
speech, chad railroad commission
plank two years ago, but failed to carry
out it's pledge and promise sacredly
made in convention. And finding that
we were powerless to keep our sacred
pledges. we deemed it wiser to make
no further pledges on the railroad
commission question. Therefore you
ought to elect me governor"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-09-22
No. 3S.
THE OFFICIAL VOTE OF 1902
The Total Vote Cast for Each Individual
Candidate on November 9TH 1902

The following tabulated vote of the
who are directly or Indirectly interest
ed in the result Of coming election,
November Sth 1904:
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-09-22

oicl,e, Z lummerfelt's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16
BEAUMONT REFIHxRY BURNS
Explosion Of an Oil .aAgitator Causes
Heavy Loss by Fire.

BEAUMONT, Tex, April 16.-The explo-
sion of an agitator at the No. refinery Of
the Gulf Refining Company at Port Arthur
has resulted in the almost total destruc-
ton by fire of the refinery, with a loss of
nearly half million dollars. Three men
were injured, one fatally. while fighting the
flames. The portion of the refinery where
the higher grades of oil are refined was
destroyed.
The fire is still burning and at no time
has been under control. The efforts of the
fire fighters are centered in an attempt to
save $500 barrel tank, filled with kero-
sene and in grave danger of exploding.
When the agitator exploded the top was
blown over one hundred feet in the air.
burning oil being scattered over about ten
acres of land, buildings and machinery
Instantly, the entire area seemed to burst
into flames. which have been burning stead
lily ever since. Three $1,000 barrel tanks
have blown their tops Off and are burning
Flames from them shoot into the air two
hundred feet
The injured are John Bonloss, fatally suf-
focated. Two negroes, hit on the head by
falling pipes.
The No. 3 refinery of the Gulf Refining
Company is said to be the largest inde-
pendent refinery in the world and the larg-
est of any character in Texas. 1t is capt.
talized at 81 100000. The control of the
company is in the hands of Pittsburg and
other eastern capitalists,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16
REPUBLICANS ORGANIZING.
Meetings Being Held Nightly and
Campaign Practically Under Way.

The George H. Harries Republican Club,
comprising the anti-Schase republicans In
the eighteenth legislative district, met last
night in Samaritan Hail. I'd and l streets
northwest and voted unanimous support
to the ticket which names Mr.. w. p. Van
Wickle and John w. Patterson as delegates
and Mr.. Tindall and John w. Gray as alter.
mates Speeches We're made by Messrs.
Lind, Cheshire. Mckay. Taylor and John w.
Patterson. Officers of the club were elected
as follows: Thomas Harper, president; EN-
NETT Walker vice president, and T. MUIR
free secretary.
The twenty-first district republican club
met last night at its headquarters, and
unanimously indorsed Gen. Harries for for
national committeeman. and MIR. Van Wick
10 and Mr.. Patterson delegates officers
were elected as follows: Frank Joyce.
president; George Gray, secretary; Simon
Brooks vice president, and Noah Shields,
assistant secretary.
The ticket headed by Mr.. Van wickle was
indorsed ct a meeting of the Roosevelt Ma
tional Republican Club held last night at
11th and V streets. The membership of this
club includes many from the seventh, eighth
and fourteenth districts. A call has been
issued for mass meeting to be held in the
Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, April ~.
when the pastor the Rev. George w. Lee
will deliver a special sermon
Still another Roosevelt republican club
was organized last night, and headquarters
The following officers were elected: J. H
Mcdowell, president; J. F. Trice, vice pres
iaent: J. S. Penn. secretary: Samuel ..
Hunter. treasurer. and Thos. Meulier, ser
reant- -at-arms Special meetings will be
held by this club every Monday evening
Until after the primaries.
There is every indication that the anti.
Chase element Of republicans in the De
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16
Policemen Spree in Uniform.

NEW YORK, April 16.-Daniel ]. Null
cahy. a patrolman. is under arrest charged
with shooting his friend Otto Dietenbach,
a saloon keeper Dietenbach probably will
die. Mulcahy and another policeman. both
In full uniform, went on a spree as soon as
relieved from duty today. They met Diet
enbach and the trio went to place where
liquor is sold only by the bottle. When the
clerk refused to serve drinks the unknown
policeman became enraged and drawing
his revolver fired several shots into the
floor. AS the frightened clerk ran toward
the rear of the store. Mulcahy, it is al
legged, pulled his revolver and fired after
the fleeing man. Dietenbach however,
had stepped in front of the officer and re-
ceived the bullet in his breast.