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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
TO PURCHASE
new HOSE

The question of new hose occupied "A
great deal of the time at the meeting
of council Friday night.
Two gentlemen were present before
counciI-one of the firm of Wise q
Bailey, agents for the Bay State hose,
and the other, Henry II. Early, repre-
Senting the Eureka and Paragon hose.
The bids were opened, after which
a report of John Eisenhart and \.
G Angle, fire committee, was read,
recommending that the contract for
supplying the borough fire department
with 1900 feet of fire hose be awarded
to the Welliver Hardware company for
the paragon brand of hose manufac t
ured by the Eureka Fire Hose com
pany, at 80 cents per foot.
The committee on fire reported IN
favor of extending the borough water
to Gulick' addition; the question left
for council to decide was whether a
two inch pipe carrying water for do
mestjc purposes only should be laid or
four inch pipe TO afford fire prOtec-
tion should be employed. 1t was esti-
mated that the two-inch pipe would
cost some 5000, scarcely half as much
as the fouT-inch main. On motion OF
Mr.. Hughes, seconded by Mr.. Rus
sell, it was ordered that 4-inch main
be laid to GuliCk' 5 addition.
On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was ord
cred that a special license of five dol
lars per month be granted Achenbach
q Moore for operating shooting gallery.
On motion of Mr.. Boyer ii was ord
cred that the street commissioner he
instructed to make necessary repairs
on the street in cooperative court
On motion of Mr.. Boyer it was ord
cred that new mating be purchased
for the hallway of the city building.
The following petition was received
and acted upon:
I'VE the undeTsi gned respectfully
request that the borough extend the
sewer through the alley i'll the rear of
our residences that wc may be able TO
connect with same. tSigned) George
NJ .Gearhart, COrdelia f. Gearhart,
Anna \. Edmondson.
Mr.. Sweisfort said that the commit
tee on sewers was prepared to recon-
mend that the sewer be extended up
each allev, north and south Of East
Market, from Ferry to Pine street
Mr. Sweisfort'S recommendation
prevailed with council and on motion
it was ordered that the sewer be eX-
tended along both alleys.
On motion of Mr. Bedca il was ord
cred that the arc light at the entrance
to the hospital for the insane be Ie-
moved from that point to Day street,
some three hundred feet westward
On motion of DR.. Sweisfort 1t was
ordered that the Superintendent of the
light plant be instructed 10 install an
additional arc light in West MahOn-
ing street, near the foot bridge, at an
early date as possible.
On motion Of Mr. Jacobs the secre-
tarv was instructed TO notify the d.
l.. e W. Railroad company TO replank
the crossing at the alley east of Mill
street, which has been in bad repair
since the siding was constructed at
that point
On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was ord
cred that hereafter in repairing cross
ings on all the principal streets pay
ing blocks be used instead of stone.
The following members were pres
ent Gibson, Vastine, Sweisfort, Rus
sell, Angle, Hughes, Boyer, Dietz,
Bedea, Jacobs and Eisenhart.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
RAISING MONEY FOR
salvation ARMY


\ man appeared in this city yester-
day and began the work Of soliciting
money for the Salvation army. What
success he met with is uncertain, but
from now on hc is likely to be en-
harrassed by the fact that he tallies
with the description given of a Saliva
tion army worker i'll Berwick, who is
regarded as an impostOr The strang-
er working here is entitled to the bene-
fit Of every doubt and it is not impOs-
sible that he may be able To make n
satisfactory explanation.
The Bloomsbury Daily Of last
evening stated that stranger in the
garb of "A Salvation army worker ap-
peared in Bloomsburg Berwick and
other places in this vicinity last week
and on claim that his organization
was about to resume work in this sec
tion proceeded to solicit money. He
stated that the army would establish a
barracks at Berwick the coming sum
mer. He pointed out the good work
done by the army i'll Berwick i'll 1904 )
and on the strength of his representa-
tions he is alleged to have raised about
one hundred dollars. The Daily"
goes on to say:
1t now appears that the man was a
fakir-at least he is not working un
der the authority of the regular Saliva
tiOn army organization, and is not
known to them. william O. Hunter,
of Philadelphia, general secretary of
the Salvation army, was sent a clipping
from the Berwick Enterprise referring
to the collection being made at that
place Mr. Hunter now sends word
that he knows no such person, the man
was never sent out by the OrganiZa-
tiOn, and the army had no intention
of resuming work in this section in
the near future.
The man, who appeared in Danville
soliciting, wore a salvation army garb
and corresponded to the description of
the person soliciting money in Blooms
burg and Berwick and alluded to in
the above paragraph. The description
printed in the Bloomsbury Daily is as
follows: A tall man with dark hair
and mustache, of uncommon intellig
ence and a good talker, although hav
ing a pronounced German accent. "
The stranger made at least a partial
canvass of our business street. So far
as could be determined he did not sue
ceed in getting any money. Neither
could he be located here last evening,
although the police in view of the
above coincidence were anxious to
have an interview with him.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24

One of our exchanges quotes a promin
ent business man of Sunbury as having
said, 1.-The paving of our streets was
the making Of this town. Sunbury
used to have the reputation of being
one of the dirtiest towns in the State
and now it is one of the cleanest and
most up-to-date. Every year the bor-
ough paves one or two squares, and
now they are getting bricked streets
on the outskirts. The first paving was
put down OH Market street fourteen
years ago, and it is practically as good
as when first constructed, without cost
ing anything for repairs. This was
the testimony of an unbiased citizen
who had experienced the benefits ac-
cruing from permanent street improve
ments, both to the individual property
owner and to the community. In no
town in central Pennsylvania has there
been a more marked increase i'll real
estate values than in Sunbury, and her
good streets are largely responsible.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
At the Spanish Court.

Christmas in Spain begins with the
midnight mass, when the king and
queen mother, accompanied by the
grandeeS of the court, magniticently at
tired, 20 in state procession to the chap
ell royal of the palace in Madrid. On
Christmas morning the king and court
again attend mass In state, after which
the day is spent in merrymaking. In
the afternoon the alteration of the man
ger takes place, when "a representation
of the scene i'll Bethlehem Is unveiled
in the great hall of the palace. There
is also Christmas tree, from which
Alfonso distributes gifts. Throughout
the ensuing twelve days the court Is
all bencyolence ana gayety, and every
great institution in Madrid shares in
the royal almsgiying. The festival
closes Jan. e.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
About James Scarlet.

The Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday
in its Men and Matters About the
State" column made the following
complimentary mention Of a Danvill-
ian:
The Honorable James Scarlet, Dan
vile, known pretty well in every part
Of the United States for his signal
ability as a lawyer and his courtesy as
a gentleman, writes TO the Inquirer,
in reply to "A question, that he is not
"a candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation for governor Thoroughly con-
WINGED that the Republican nominee
viii win, yet he discerns the humor
in every county having a candidate
one county at least has two-but with
twinkling eyes he says hc isn't stand
ing for Montour. L fought for the
party he says, in effect, ''when l
was so young that | had to wear a
long coat to make me look tall. The
other fellows may hustle a while
now. And yet if Mr. Scarlet wo1ld
accept there 5 a candidate that wos,
enroll every laboring vote i'm tine -l#,.
by the mere announcement of Dol. 90
didacy, and he's equally strong sfu
the business and professional men. It's
free for all. Mr. Scarlet, this race
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
FISH VARDENS
ON THE GROUND
Fishermen Should Keep
We'll Posted on all the
Provisions of the Law.

\ couple of fish wardCns are said TO
DE ON the ground and are quietly OBJ
serving the manner in which fish are
being taken both from the river and
from Mahoning creek. Rumors that
fish are being illegally taken from the
waters here have been current for some
time past The stories, no doubt,
reached the department of fisheries at
Harrisburg, ia which event that fish
wardenS should be sent here to look
over the ground would be the logical
sequence.
Salmon brook trout, black bass,
green or Oswego bass, strawberry bass,
white bass, rock bass, blue pike, perch,
sunfsh. SuSQuehanna salmon, pickerel
are all classed by law as game fish,
and can be legally taken only with
rod. hook and line There is IA penalty
of S25 for each offenso. With the eX
ceptiou of trout none of the game fish
can be legally taken until after June
Ij, the season extending from that
date until February 10Th inclusive.
The penalty is SO for each fish illeg-
ally taken and retained. There shall
be no fishing on the first day OF the
week commonly known rs Sunday
These ani other important provisions
of the fish law should be well under
stood by persons before they indulge
in tine sport of fishing by any of the
well known methods. At the present
res rictiCus are placed upon fishermen
that would have been accounted tyran-
nical few years ago. Nevertheless
no one who desires TO see the fish pro
tected Will dispute the wisdom of
Justice Of the measures.
Local fishermen are looking forward
to very good fishing the coming sea-
son. Pass fishing which had been poor
enough for several years previously,
was exceptionally good in both the
north branch and west branch of the
SusqU ahanna last wear and the same
condi tions, il is thought, Will prevail
again. The increased number of fish
in the north branch last year would
seem 10 explode the theory that the
pollution Of the river caused by the
coal mines was killing off the bass, un-
less the better conditions be attributed
TO the fact that the coal operators may
ha sc adOuted another policy and are
permitting little or none of their coal
Girt to reach the river \ similar in
crease OF fish in the west branch. how
ever, following a corresponding period
of scarcity could not be accounted for
IN the same way and would seem to
indicate that the better conditions
must be due to some general and more
remote cause.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
Welded QUIETLY
At HIGH NOON
Miss Jessie Z. Kramer and
c. c Carpenter Married
Yesterday.

Miss Jessie r. Kramer, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs William G.. Kramer and
Charles G. Carpenter were united in
matrimOny yesterday a high noon at
the home Of the brides parents, West
MahOning street. Rev. James f. Hut
Gibson, pastor Of the Mahoning Pres
byterian church, performed the Cere-
mony.
The nuptial knot was tied beneath
beautiful bower Of dog wood. The
bride wore dainty creation Of white
Swiss and carried brides roses. She
was attended by her sister, Miss Edith
Kramer, who wore a gown of white
Persian lawn and carried lilies of, the
valley Walter Kramer, of Salem,
New Jersey, brother Of the bride, act
ed as grOOmsman.
The ceremony was Of beautiful sim
plicity, only the immediate families
Of the contracting parties being pres
ent. The bride was the recipient of a
number of beautiful presents, among
them being a magnificent cut glass
berry bowl from the Sinker club, of
the Y. NJ. G. A., and beautiful lock-
ct and chain from the groom.
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter left on the
? IL d. L. d w. train for sojourn in
the POcOnO mountains, from where they
will go to Philadelphia and thence to
Trenton, New Jersey, where for the
present they will make their home
Both Mr.. and Mrs Carpenter are
young people we'll known and very
popular in Danville Mr. Carpenter
has been physical director at the local
IN c.. A. for nearly four years, and
in that time has assembled about him
a circle of close friends that includes
all classes. Mrs. Carpenter is a Dan
vile girl born and bred. She has for
some time, filled most acceptably the
position of assistant librarian at the
Thomas Beaver Free library At the
present time she is president of the
Junior Christian Endeavor society of
the MahOning Presbyterian church.
Mrs. NJ. J. Carpenter, Of GReading,
mother of the groom, and Mrs. w. F.
Pattison, of Philadelphia. were pres
ent at the wedding
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
Escaped Prisoners Captured.

Fred COnuor and Charles Becker. the
men who escaped from the Columbia
county Jail at Bloomsbury Tuesday
night. were captured at Mud Pond,
near Scranton, early Saturday morn
ing by special Officers Macken and
Fahcv of the D. l.. q ". company.
The capture was the direct result of
their coming out in the open in an at
tempt 10 get away from the scene Of
their first break for freedom. When
caught they We're on the way to Can
ada. They We're armed and desperate
and only the prompt action of the
officers prevented the ruuawayS from
adding murder to the list of their
crimes.
COnuOr and Becker were first spotted
Friday night on "a north bound ID. J..
& W. freight, which they boarded at
SpOuenbeTg's S siding at Berwick at
:3S \ workman on this train re
cogniZcd the men and the officers at
once took their trail At Duryca they
left the train and for a few hours all
trace of them was lost Passing through
Old Forge. Austin Heights and Ran
som, they arrived at Clark Summit,
from where they made for the open
country.
At Clark 5 Summit they were again
seen and recognized, and the word
wired TO Scranton. Officers Fahey and
Manken again took up the trail which
led out OF Clark $ Summit about three
miles to Mud Pond, where the fugi-
tivcs were located in a barn. \ thorough
search Of the barn, however, failed to
reveal the jail breakers, and the Oific-
ers, sure that their quarry was lurE-
ing nearby, lay out in the fields near
the road leading to Clark S Summit
About one o. clock Saturday morn
ing a farmer with lantern came along
the road, and when ne arrived at a
point near where the officers lay in
hiding, COnnor and Becker sprang up
from the side Of the road and accosted
him, asking for information about the
roads
Before the farmer had time TO ans
wer the queries the secret service men
with drawn revolvers, were upon the
fugitives, and had them covered. Con
nor and Becker were at first startled
into inactiOn, but recovering in sec
ond, Connor tried to pull his revolv-
cr. At the same instant Becker made
use Of the only weapon he had.a piece
Of coal tied in a handkerchief, and
tried to strike officer Fahey, but the
policeman was too quick for him and
felled the man with blow from his
club. In the meanwhile Officer Mack
en- had succeeded in disarming Connor.
The men were marched three mi les
into Old Forge and from there were
taken TO Scranton on special en-
gine.
Clark Summit is place where
great deal of freight changing is done,
and the captured men say they intend
ed to return there with the eXpecta-
tion Of catching fast north bound
freight with Canada as their ultimate
destination.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
Third Ward Grammar School.

The pupils of the Third ward gram
mar school, junior grade, under the
direction of Professor Shaw, have ar
ranged the following program to be
rendered this morning at 10 o o'clock:
Glass Chorus ITO the Evening Star"
Address Robert Miller, president
First Honor Honor to Working Men
Leon Dreifuss
Recitation-''T Faithful Dog"
................... Helen mellow
Defamation" Character ........
................ :. Samuel Jacobs
Piano Solo-"The Imperial Russian
March" ............ Robert Miller
Essay. Harriet Beecher Stowe
................ Margaret Lovett
Recitatiom-"W William Tell" .......
............... Verda Wingert
Glass Journal Margaret Slider, reader
Vocal Solo-''The Umpa" ..........
Recitation-"L Little Brown Hands
........... Frank Mckinney
Glass Chorus ........ Making Hay"
Second Honor: Recitation 1.-The
Lame Boys Last Appeal"
.................. Philip Foust
Piano Solo" Forget e-Not"
............... Verda Wingert
Select Reading The Last of the
Iriquois' .......... Bessie Pitner
Recitation My Home" .... .....
..........,..... Mae Mckinney
Recitation" Last of the Red
Mem ............. James Foster
Piano Solo-''W William Tell".......
........ ............ Reber Meyer
Recitation 1.-The Tale of War go.
...... ..... William Coleman
Glass Chorus Woodland Voices
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
TONIGHT
A Free Trip to San Francisco.

At this particular time many would
be delighted to visit the ruined city of
San Francisco and view with our own
eyes the terrible destruction wrought
by the earthquake and fire of April
18th
When the entire city, save few
struggling structures were completely
DESTROYED if not by the first shocks
they were by the fierce flames that fol-
lowed in the wake of the first shocks.
A trip TO the once beautiful Golden
Gate of the west would be too eXpen
sive for many of us and many could
not spare the time, but all of us alike
have a desire to see this ruined city.
Realizing this great desire of the
masses the Edison company, the
originators of all that is best and orig
inal in moving photography, at the
first alarm instructed their staff of ex
perts then in the city of San Francisco
to make a Photographic record of ev
cry detail; this they did. Starting
with the first alarm they took photo
graphs at the rate of sixty every min
ute covering every part of the city and
every phase of the calamity until the
entire city lay in a smolderng mass OF
ruins.
These moving pictures are now be-
ing presented together with panOram-
anic view of the city before the disas-
ter, showing all the principal streets,
parks, palatial homes, sky-scrapers and
public buildings forming a complete
Photographic history OF the city be-
fore, during and after this terrible
disaster. Presented in its original
form from actual scenes by the Edison
Exhibition company, they will be Civ
EN- at the Y NJ. c. A. Hall for period
of two nights only, commencing Thurs
day, May 24th Countless limitations
will be in the field. Accept no sub
stitutes See the originals as present
ed by the Edison Exhibition COM
nanV. -
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
EnunI 10 the Occasion.

A lady entering her kitchen one
morning saw Il knife fork and plate
as well as the remains of a rabbit pie
Suspecting that certain policeman
had supped at her expense, she ques
toned the maid Jane" she said
what has become of the cold rabbit
pier II gave it to the dog, num-" re-
piled Jane. Does the dog use a knife
and fork, them" demanded the mis-
tress. Not very we'll yet, num-" said
Jane, quite unabashed. but I'm teach
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
Genesis of Cotton In America,

The first planting of cotton seed in
the colonies was in the Carolinas in the
year 1921, when seeds were planted as
an experiment In garden. Winthrop
says that in 1913 "men fell to the
manufacture of cotton, whereof we
have great stores from Barbados In
1876 IT was cultivated in the gardens
along Chesapeake bay, especially in the
vicinity of Baltimore, and at the open
Ing of the Revolution 1t was a garden
plant in New Jersey and New York.
but its real value seems to have been
almost unknown 10 the planters until
about 1850
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
attractive Home Wedding.

The nome OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Cornelson, Valley township, was the
scene OF "A very pretty wedding yester-
day afternoon, when their daughter,
Miss Jennie. became the bride of
Charles Appleman.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. G. d. Lerch, pastor of St Johns
Reformed church, Mausdale. The at
tcndants were Horace Appleman and
Miss Alice Appleman, brother and sis
ter of the groom. The bride was attiTed
in blue silk After the ceremony
wedding supper was served
The groom is the son of +. p. Apple
man, of Valley township, and resides
i'm Berwick. where the newly welded
couple viii make their home.
The following guests were present !:
Nr and Mrs. f. p Appleman, Misses
Bertha and Alice Appleman, Horace
and Frank Appleman, MIR. and Mrs
Horace Hendricks, Roger Hendricks,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert COrnelisOn, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles CornelisOn, Donald
Cornelison, Mr. and Mrs. W. a. Cor
Nelson. Nelson and Myrtle Cornelison,
Ada Conway, Margaret and Myrtle
Dean, Eli and Theresa Appleman, Mr.
and Mrs Alfred Bogert, Jennie NJ.
Shirc-. Nola Robbins, Blanche Bogert
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
Administrative Notice.

Estate of Mrs. Sarah f. Hoffman, late
of the Borough of Danville, County
of Montour and state of Pennsyl-
vania, deceased
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary on the above estate have
been granted to the undersigned, to
whom all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make payment,
and those having claims or demands
viii make known the same without
delay.
ANNIE II. WILLIAMS,
Administrators.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
Y Y.sterday's Base Ball Scores.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Athletics 4, Cleveland, 3, 90 inns
Detroit 3. Boston, 2.
Chicago /, New York t.
ST. Louis 10, Washington E..
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelphia o, St Louis 3.
Boston ., Pittsburg 3.
Brooklyn 4, Cincinnati /.
New York, Chicago, Rain.
TRI-STATE LEAGUE.
Williamsport :, Altoona 6.
Lancaster S. York Is.
JOuustowu 3, Harrisburg Is.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
JOB PRINT TING

The Office of the AMERICAN
being furnished with a large
assortment Of job letter and
fancy typs and job material
generally, the Publisher an
nounces to the public tnat he
is prepared at all times to ex-
ecute in the neatest manner.
JOB PRINTING
OfaIl Kinds and Description
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
What Dixon Would Say.

Many persons are heard TO remark
upon the condition of the canal in the
vicinity 'Of the Mill street culvert
which with the advent of warm wealth
er has become very offensive and con
ducive to anything else than good
health. It seems that such a thing as
keeping the ditch clean is out of the
question and about all that remains to
be done is to drain off as much of the
Objectionable matter as possible and to
disinfeCt the bottom in some way.
Several Of our citizens discussing the
matter yesterday agreed that the use
Of disinfectauts was the best sOlu ion
of the problem and named several that
might be applied among them being
quicklime.
The question that naturally suggests
itself is why water can not be kept
ont Of the canal. If this were accom-
plished everything else would be easy.
During heavy rains, of course, the
bottom might be flooded, but n deep
ditch rightly constructed would carry
off all the water and the canal would
be dry the greater part of the time.
Unless something like this is done it
viii be only a few weeks until we
have mosquitoes by the million as last
summer, 20 say nothing of the other
ways in which the stagnant old ditch
may be a detriment.
State Health Commissioner Dixon in
treating on good sanitation recently
strongly urged the necessity of get
ting rid of swamps wherever they eX-
ist pointing out their deadly effects.
What he would have to say about our
old canal if he could see it in its true
light hardly admits of any conjecture.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
New K. I. CommanderY.

\ charter was granted to the knights
Tcmplar TO organize a commandery in
Sudbury. This action was taken at
the meeting in Pittsburg yesterday
morning. The new commandery Will
be composed of about fifty members
from Suubury, Northumberland, Lewis
burg aud Sellusgroye
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24
A Prospective Bidder.

There have been rumors attuat for
the past few days that the Lcwisburg,
Milton and WstsontOwn Passenger
Railway company would be bidder
when the Danville Il Sunbury road is
put up for sale.