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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19
Advance DETAIL
Leaves TODAY

The national guardsmcn are now ON
the eve of their departure for annual
encampment at Gettysburg. The boys
of company +, larh regiment, began
to get busy yesterday and today their
will be few idle moments for them
The advance detail of five men Will
leave on the 8 O'Clock Pennsy train
this morning. The company proper
consisting of sixty five men will leave
tomorrow noon. At a. IN. Saturday
camp will be formally opened.
The encampment, although entail
ing upon the soldiers duties of more
or less arduous nature, yet affords
many pleasant experiences and the
boys of company f are looking for
ward with glee to the weeks outing.
Tie heaviest responsibility and the
hardest work falls upon the advance
detail, who have all the baggage to
h2ndle, the tents to pitch and much
other work to do.
The guard Will remain in camp just
one week, returning home on Saturday
the 2Sth inst. Just what the program
will be for camp is not known by the
rank and file Captain Gearhart of the
local company yesterday stated that 50
much concerning camp, evidently un-
founded, mas been printed in the big
dailies, that without exception the
commands are wholly at sea rs to what
is in store for them.
That the long practice marches,
which were a feature of last years en-
campment, Will be repeated this year
is by no means certain. There may be
short marches, but it is not likely that
the guardsmen will remain out over
night On Thursday the 26th inst, the
annual inspection will take place and
on the day following in all probability
tbp ,ravpruor'S TpVieW will he held.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19
Tri- State Contest Close.

The people of the Tri-State cities are
witnessing a quality of baseball as
good as is to be seen in the big leagues
and the contests between the six clubs
is almost if not wholly the record for
closeness. For the past week or two
there have been several interesting re-
versals of position resulting from the
loss of a game or two by one or the
other of the clubs.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19
Better Cattle Treatment.

The Reading Railway company has
issued instructions to its trainmen
relative to live stock while in transit.
This is in accordance with the new
law. Cattle, sheep and swine must
not be confined in a car for more than
twenty eight consecutive hours with
out being unloaded and kept in pen
five hours for rest, food and water.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19
Will Invite State Convention.

The Shamokin fire department in
regular monthly session Monday pass
ed a resolution extending an invita-
tion to the State Firemen' S association
to meet there in 1907. The department.
will send number of delegates to the
State convention to be held in Gettys-
burg the first week in August and
large delegations of the several COM
panies will attend so that hard fight
will be made to secure the convention
for next wear
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19
School for Hello Girls.

A new departure i'll the telephone
business hereabouts is the establish
ment of a training school for operators
at the building of the Pennsylvania
Telephone Co. at Scranton. No applic-
ant under Il will be accepted. The
company believes that this method OF
instructing girls will prepare them to
fill all emergencies.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19
Subjected to Severe Test.

The fifteen hundred feet of Paragon
hose recently purchased by the bor-
ough of the Eureka Fire Hose COM
pany was tested last night Some
minor defects were discovered, but the
hose in the main seemed TO stand the
pressure pretty we'll The test was
made under pressure of two hundred
pounds furnished by the borough fire
engine, which was stationed at the plug
at the corner of Factory and Water
streets. The hose from the engine was
stretched out along Water street in two
parallel lines for a distance of $50 feet.
When it is explained that the ordin-
airy pressure eXerted by the water
works during fire is 80 to 80 pounds
the severity of the test to which the
hose was subjected at 200 pounds will
be readily appreciated. The body of
the hose at no place revealed any de-
feet, although there was a leak of
greater or less volume at over one-half
of the joints. This was especially
noticeable where the old couplings
were used, although some rather bad
leaks occurred where new couplings
were employed.
Messrs. Dietz, Angle and Eisenhart,
the committee on fire, along with some
two hundred interested spectators,
were present at the test, which occupi-
ed nearly an hour. The committee does
not seem to regard the defective coupl-
ings in a very serious light. 1t is the
general opinion that the Eureka Hose
company will send an expert here to
overhaul the couplings. All that will
be needed will be to expand an inner
ring, making the joints perfectly wat
er tight, after which the hose will
stand any sort of a test
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19
New Market Wagon.

ID. G. Hunt has rebuilt one of Will
II. Suffers market wagons and 1t Is
now one of the handsomest vehicles
connected with the curbstone market.
On one side of the wagon in large let
ters appears the name "Sunnyside
having reference to Mr.. Suter's farm
at Riverside Heights.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19
Boy Drowned at
Old Steel Plant
PARAGRAPHS


The Misses Margaret and Elizabeth
Raup, of Milton, are guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs w. H. Andy,
Market square.
Mrs Frank Bergner and son John
left Saturday for a visit with rela-
tives at Nescopeck.
Mrs. ]. S. Prout and daughter Vio-
let, of WiconiscO, are guests at the
home of Thomas Prout, Grand street.
Miss Anna Thornton left Saturday
for a visit with relatives at Watson
town and Milton.
DR.. Harry Klase, of Philadelphia, is
visiting at the home of his pare nts
Mr.. and Mrs Jesse Klase, Water street.
Guy Williams spent Sunday with
his sister Lois. in Nanticoke.
Miss Grace Laird, of Philadelphia,
is a guest at the home of DR. H. Hen
shillwood.
Miss Gertrude Meyers arrived Satur-
day from Philadelphia for visit with
relatives in this city.
Miss Lilly Hamburg, of Philadel-
phia, arrived Saturday for visit at
the home of Mrs. Moses Bloch, Mul.
berry street
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Clifton Mallieu,
of Flatbush, Long Island, arrived Sat
urday for a visit at the home of the
latter's father, Mr.. William NJ. Lloyd.
East Front street
Mr. and Mrs Frank Klase, of Ben
ton, spent Sunday at the home of Mr..
Klase's 5 parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Klase, Water street.
Mrs William Kershner. of Berwick,
is visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Q. b Sweit2er, Grand
street
Mrs. William Pattison and niece,
Miss Helen Kramer spent yesterday
afternoon with friends in Sunbury.
Hiram Purdy, of Sunbury, was a
business visitor in this city yesterday.
Evan Beyan and John E. Williams
left on Mondav for trip to England
and Wales.
Jacob .Jaffe, of New York City, is
visiting his son, Jacob II. Miller, pro
prietor of the home store, Mill street.
Mrs. Elias Maier and Mrs Eli Rosen-
thai left yesterday for a trip to At
lantic City and Philadelphia
Mrs. Charles Haney and son James,
of Mausdale, called on friends in this
city yesterday.
d. O. Mccormick was business
visitor at Ringtown yesterday,
Mrs. j. ID. Vanhorn, of Philadelphia
aud Mr. and Mrs. James Acor, of
Pottsgrove, were the guests yesterday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. j. d.
Starr, Bloom street
Mrs. Webster Foust and daughter
Ethel and Mabel left yesterday for a
visit with ID. +. Dietfenbacher at Will
Transport.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lunger and SON
Robert left yesterday morning for a
visit with friends at Lewistown.
Miss Mildred Geiger, of Northum-
berland, is visiting at the home of
William Laidaker, South Danville.
Mrs. w. II. n. Walker and daugh
ter Mary will leave today for a trip to
Philadelphia, Atlantic City and Balti-
more.
S. J. Dougherty, p. q r. operator
at Grovania, left yesterday for Har-
risburg, where he will work during
the n. G.. p. encampment.
Charles l.. Mowrer has returned to
PHILADELPHIA after Il two weeks vaca-
tion spent at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs +. NJ. Mowrer, Straw
berry Ridge
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19
Bloomsbury Man a Knight.

Joseph Ratti, of Bloomsbury, one OF
that towns most foremost and Phil
anthropic citizens and founder OF the
Joseph Ratti hospital there. is on a
visit to his native country of Italy and
King Victor Emanuel has conferred
upon him the order of knighthood.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19
SAD DEATH Of
DANV|LLE Woman

Nrs ". l.. Gouger of this city, died
sunday afternoon at the Gynecian
hospital DO Philadelphia. Death fol
lowed an operation that was perform
ga at tie hospital last week.
The death of Mrs. Gouger is par
ticuarly sad. following rs it does so
closely upon her marriage, which took
place ou July lth,
Mrs. Gnuger left for Philadelphia
Monday Saturday the good news was
given ont that her condition was most
satisfactory aud that an early recov-
cry was anticipated Yesterday Mr..
Gouger received a telegram from the
hospital that presaged the end 1t read,
Your " ifr has changed for the worse.
Come at once.
Mr.. Gougor left for Philadelphia ON
the 4:3l Pennsylvania train, and soon
after his departure a message was re-
ceivcd in Danville conveying the news
of Mrs. Gouger's death, which occur
red at 3 o'clock
The deceased was born near London,
England, ~ years ago She came to
America in girlhood and settled in
Dauyille. where she has since resided.
For number of years she has CON
Quoted "a millinery establishment on
Mill street Mrs. Gouger was a most
lovahlc woman. She enjoyed wide
acquaintance. and had many friends.
MrS. Gougcr is survived by one son
Percy Edward Biddlc, of Harrisburg,
and a sister whose home is in Texas.
The funeral of Mrs W J.. Gouger,
whose death occurred in Philadelphia
SUNDAY. took place from the residence
of r. W Howe, East Market street, at
, O'Clock Yesterday afternoon and was
very largely attended.
On "Wednesday, July 4th, at , o o'clock
in the afternoon the deceased was
married Yesterday afternoon, two
weeks later 10 the very day and hour,
She was consigned to the grave The
funeral services were conducted by
Rev. G. d. Lcrrh, pastor of st. John 5
Reformed church, Mausdale, who otlici-
atei at her wedding
The flowers We're very numerous and
beautiful, the tributes of individual
friends, The services were very i'm
praSsiyc a beautiful feature being two
musical selections - Lead Kindly
Light" and Jesus Lover of My Soul
rendered by "a quartette composed of
Mrs. ~. r. raulcs, Miss Lizzie Rus
sell. John Mccoy and Walter Russell
The pail bearers were: 7. J. Price,
Sam \. Mccoy. f. G.. Schoch, Fred
Howe. Il VI Yocum and Wesley
Perry.
Tho following persons from out of
town attended the funeral Percy Bid
die. Of Harrisburg John w. Gouger,
MIR Lcgch Mr. and Mrs. G. W Derr.
Mr. and Mrs -. f. Gouger, Mr. and
Mr.. Charles A. Wagner of Limestone
township: Hon G. G. Evans and
Frank L. Jackson of Berwick.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19
Just 100 Per Cent More.

Figuring yesterday on building re
pairs which ho has to do, a contractor
i'm this city found that prices have
gone up for material lo0per cent since
1898.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19
Arc Light Removed.

The arc light installed a short dis
tancc below the canal culvert on Mill
street yesterday was removed further
n1rthWard to Il point at the intersec-
tion of Swentek' 5 alley.
one OF the reasons urged for the
change is that fire plug is located at
the lower end of the alley and that
better light is needed at that point tn
guide the firemcu when it is necessary
to use the plug.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19
JOB PRINTING

The Office OF the AMERICA
being furnished with a larg
assortment of job letter and
fancy type 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
Ofall Kinds and Description
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19

Rabbits are now multiplying RAPIDLY
and country visitors report that the
next season will be a good one.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-19

Tie HU Posters National as-oCia-
son hs- decided. iu the interests Of
u0raiItv. % refuse tu post theatrical
uapers containing pictures Of Satan
Ihis beats rbe devil, and no mistake
The President j, supposed 10 be tak-
IuE vacation hat bee still manages 70
fud time 90 settle few international
disputes His play looks very much
like work TO some less strenuous peo-
pie
The National tribune., 1906-05-24

feet eight inches or thereabouts, spare
and rugged of outline, with KEEN
piercing blue eyes-eyes that simply
bore holes in man with a dob up
his sleeve. In manner Speaker Can
non is rugged" Always genial but.
just the same, there are rough edges
to him that scrape the skin when you
rub too closely. He has always been
extremely kind to the young men OF
the House, and as a Presiding Officer
he is King. Yet he is liked by all the
members, regardless of political affilia-
tions. and after the smoke and clash
of battle in the House arena he walks
down the broad main aisle with his
arms over the shoulders of the two
leading combatants, each chatting the
other. and all good friends. They are
all his boys"
1t Is safe to say that of all the Speak
ers of the House of Representatives
there has never been one more gem
timely loved by everybody than "Old
Joe Cannon Blaine was more bril-
liant, Randall more suave, Reed more
brainy-Perhaps; but Blaine was arro-
CANT, Randall was not sure, and Reed
unwisely loved an epigram. They made
enemies when it would have been Just
as easy to have created enduring
friendships.
In the short list of great Speakers
of the National House of Representa-
tives there will undoubtedly be found
the name of Joseph G. Cannon.
The National tribune., 1906-05-24
Decoration Day.
CWritten for The National Tribune by
Oney Fred Sweet)

CWritten for The National Tribune by
Oney Fred Sweet.)
There's the chirp of birds in the pine
tree tops
And there's morning dew in the grass.
The street is lined with those who've
come
To watch the procession pass.
There's the grand old Flag that floats
ahead,
There's children with fow'rs of May.
There's daddy hobblIns with the
boys
'Tis Decoration Day.
No wonder that garden and field and
wood
Have given their fairest blooms;
No wonder the petals and leaves leap
high
Beside the soldiers tOmbs.
No wonder the village band plays sweet
As they wind along their way;
No wonder the skies are blue above
'Tis Decoration Day.
But there's sort of look in daddy's face
And the boys" that go halting by,
As though their thoughts We're drifting
on
To another earth and sky.
For their minds are back to the youth
full time
When they marched as boys away,
And they're pondering bout where
they'll all be
Next Decoration Day.
The National tribune., 1906-05-24

'self-made" man, and a good job he
did of il, too.
He clerked in a general" store, a
little crossroads country store, where
everything was kept, from a cambria
needle to a horse blanket, until he got
together $500. and that kept him in
a law office. where he got Is months
insight into legal lore. Then he moved
into Douglas County and hung out his
shingle late In 1858. In 1861 he got
into politics as States Attorney for IL
linois, an office which he held for eight
years. Thus 1t will be seen that Mr..
Cannon began to come forward as a
politician coincident with Lincoln.
Here Is a story of the way that Mr..
Cannon first met the great Illinois
commoner, whom he is said in some
ways to resemble:
First Sight of Lincoln.
Something more than year after
Mr.. Cannon started as a lawyer in
Douglas County the Republican State
Convention of 1860 met in Decatur, 60
miles away. Arch Nanderon, Mr.
Cannon and others of Douglas County
drove thither in a wagon, as did thou
sands of Illinoisans, eager to behold
the great foregathering. The Presi-
Dental campaign was just beginning,
and Lincoln was the candidate. The
Douglas contingent camped out on the
way, for it was long journey over the
prairie.
Between two brick buildings, over
The National tribune., 1906-05-24
Wife,: This is for You.
Pension A attorney,
WASHINGTON. D.

Mrs. Jane Fleck wamcso Kan. got her pension
in 90 days
Here is a letter from one of the ladies':
Gardiner. Me, March l. 1905
''Ir. Shoppell.
(S12 month"; soon Many around here have
waited much longer. believe l got n pension in
less time than any else here. My late husband
advised to have you get my pension. and
glad l took his advice. You quickly secured
increase for my neighbor, Cyrus Fowler, and he
had been trying for years.
MARY L. GRAVES"
Comrade J. l. Chapman. Wameso, Kan, writes
as follows about another of the ladies:
II write for Mrs. Jane Fleck. of this place.
say that your getting her claim through
is considered very fine. because claim
rejected when you took it up
The National tribune., 1906-05-24
SEVEN TIMES TEN.
The Man Who Yields Power Second Only to the President
70 Years Young.

Who is the most talked-of man in
the United States to-day, aside from
President Roosevelt?
Joseph G. Cannon, of the 18th Con-
gressional District of Illinois, and
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
Why?
Well, for a whole lot of reasons One
IS that he is so young. He was born
Just the other day, May Z, 1886, you
know, aid his 20 years sit as lightly
on his head as so do on the head of
of thousands of other men. And an
other is that though several years old
er than the oldest man who was ever
elected President of the United States,
he may be the standard-bearer of the
Republicans in the next campaign for
but that is another story entirely.
Being only 20 years old, Speaker
Cannon isn't bit ashamed to let peo-
pie know how young he is, and so the
other day his friends gave him a birth
day party. perfectly gorgeous party
IT was, held at the famous Arlington
Hotel, and he got flowers by the car
load, did your Uncle Joseph, just like
any pink-cheeked debutante, and he
was as proud of them as his pretty
little granddaughter will be when she
comes out a few years hence. Indeed,
he was, for he said SO.
The birthday party had $50 hosts.
1.-THE members of the House of Repre-
sentativeS request the pleasure of the
>mpany of Mr.. -" was the way the
The National tribune., 1906-05-24
+ ox's Regin1e1Atal Losses
The Greatest Of Statistical War Books.
By Lieut.-Col. WIN. F. FOX.


William
published
compilation 1t has before the public
1t list of than which
Bgades Divisions and all the Colonel
the those of
himself
authority all the which
exhausted Of the edition
The book large
We
to oursu ubscrbrs at IS
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, 9.
The National tribune., 1906-05-24
These Prisoners Ate Dog.

Editor National Tribune: / write to
ask if there are any of the boys alive
who were in the Richmond Prison at
Richmond, Va, in 1868, and who re-
member the inspection officer who came
in one cold night with little dog fol-
lowing him? The dog was captured,
skinned and divided before the officer
had finished his rounds. On his return
he wanted to know where his dog was.
but no one knew except us. The Off
Ger remarked that if the dog was not
produced he would cut our ratiOns off,
when one fellow spoke up: cut off and
be --. You won't have much TO
cut. A. Vinson, Paxton, ILL.,, one
who begged for a piece of the dog.
The National tribune., 1906-05-24

large regiment: an ambulance was
found and two medical officers, just
inside the woods. few steps north
of where Sam Poffenberger's gate now
hangs, marked X on the map. The
young doctor put a flask to the Cen
erals mouth. The whisky. or what
ever it was. choked the General. and
added greatly to his distress. We put
the General into the ambulance. and
that was the last l saw of him. Lieut..
Edw. r. Whitman, 46th Pa. an Aid
to Gen. Crawford. had been sent back
by Gen. Crawford. who evidently saw
Mansfield in his fatal ride. / turned
over ambulance 60 and all to him
and returned to the regiment; but
when l arrived 1 found that Tyndale's
and Stainbrook's Brigades of Greene's
Division had swept the woods little
while after l had gone, carrying a
dozen or two of the 10th with them.
and that Gen. Gordon had followed
later with the 10th n. Y. Only 20 or
80 men of the 10th Me. were left
on the ground; the colOrs and the 9TH
ers had gone out and taken position
somewhere back of the Croasdale
Knoll
We buried some of the dead of our
regiment in the north edge of "the
bushes" near to the SmOketown road
fence. During the remainder of the
day very large number of the officers
and men of the regiment were detailed
by various medical officers to bring off
wounded men from the cornfield' and
woods, for the ambulance department
was not organized at that time as it was
later in the war, and was not equal to
the task.
We also buried the Confederate dead
that fell in our immediate front, but
somehow the cracker-bOx headboards
were marked go GEO), and this lit
tie error made trouble enough for me
as historian of the regimental associ-
alton.
At night we bivouacked north of
Sam Poffenberger's woods, and on the
18th marched into East Woods, just
beyond where we fought. halted,
stacked arms, and during the truce dis
persed to look at all the sights in our
On the 18th we were moved into the
woods again and took more extended
view of the field.
The National tribune., 1906-05-24
The Fighting I4th BrookIyn.

The survivors of the Fighting 14th
Brooklyn are moving strongly to secure
the appropriation by the New York City
Council of $500 to erect a monument
to the members of the regiment who
were killed at Bull Run. The Commit
tee which has charge of the matter are:
James McLeer, James Whitlock, COrne-
Illus ]. Mahoney, James d. Rankin. Alex
ander Barnio. Chas. F. Baldwin, Ramon
Cordona, Alfred Cranston, Harry Mich
ell, Peter W. Ostrander, Wilbur F. ROs-
sell George F. ROssel, George H. Rice.
Jacob Callos, Edward Riker, john H.
Styles and Henry White.
The National tribune., 1906-05-24
CARD.

CHoPPELL'S Claim Agency is particularly
successful in securing prompt settlement of
~ widows claims, and in getting the higher
rate of pensions for widows. Here are a
few examples:
Mrs. Mary McAlister, Savannah Ga, got her PEN
sion in 80 days.
Mrs. Marietta Cole, Sabinsville, Pa, got her
sion 80 days.
Mrs. Jennie r. Chapman, Portland, Ore, got her
pension in 4s days.
Mrs Jane Holbrook, Montevallo Mo, got her
pension in 81 days.
Mrs Caroline Gipple, Edon O.. got her pension in
GO days.
Mrs Sarah a. Settle, Alma, Ark, got her pension
in 81 days.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Hynson. Philadelphia, Pa, got
her pension in sc days.
sion in 81 days
The National tribune., 1906-05-24
Hymn for Memorial Day.
BY Surg. G.. B. Hotchkin.
CHallelujah Meter.)

This day, in concord grand,
OF God and country sing;
This day. for native land,
Accordant praises ring
To Cod our King,
Give thanks and song,
From every throng
Let music ring:
We bring the flowers of Spring
This day to noble dead,
A victor's wreath we bring
To crown each worthy head;
Where death was nigh,
For cOuntry's good.
Where soldiers stood,
They dared to die;
We laud that noble band,
EXtol with every breath
Their love for freedoms land
That saved 1t by their death;
While years shall flow
Their story bright,
Their deeds of might,
All men shall know:
o, God of Nations keep
This land from war and strife;
Give love. fraternal. deep,
Through all our country's life;
For love more long
Than death can bind
Each willing mind
In union strong.
The National tribune., 1906-05-24
The 1J4th n. Y.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a history Of my old regiment. the 154th
\. Y, in your good old National Trib-
une.-John Harper, Woodstock, Wis.
The l5hth y. y. was organized at
jamestown in September. 1862, and
mustered out June II, 1865. Col. Pat
rick H. Jones was promoted to Briga-
dier-General and Lieut.-COl. Lewis d.
Warner was in command when the rcgi-
ment was mustered out. It belonged to
the Eleventh Corps. and lost SO killed
and 1875 died from Dissatisfaction Ma
uonal Tribune.