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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-03
Funeral of Solomon Cherry

Solomon Cherry, the well-known
engineer on the 5. II. q W. division
of the Pennsylvania railroad, whose
death occurred at Nescopeck Tuesday,
will be consigned TO the grave III the
new cemetery at Sunbury On Friday.
The remains will be taken TO Sunbury
on the train that passes South Danville
at II 10 p m. The funeral will be
held from the residence of Mrs. Haupt,
Sunbury. at O'Clock
The deceased was former resident
of Danville, his wife before marriage
being Miss Emma Clara Albeck of this
place. Besides his wife two daughters,
Florence and Clara. survive.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-03
COMMISSIONERS
PLAN CHANGES

The county commissioners at thelI
regular weekly meeting Saturday, de-
cided on a system of very important
improvements at the court house, which
together with new paint and several
other necessary repairs will give Mon
tour county a building. which will
compare in all respects with the best
in this section.
Ii j. proposed TO fix up the lawn all
around the court house TO correspond
with the northern side. where the
ground has been carefully graded and
grass seed sown. while the whole is
temporarily enclosed by a neat wire
fence. The wall will be rebuilt at the
rear of the grounds and a gravel drive
way provided for bringing coal into
the building.
The outbuilding southwest of the
court house will be abolished and a
lavatory system viii he installed in
The improvements Of course make the
presen, lavatOrv in the second story
Of the court house unnecessary and the
space there will be devoted to other
purposes.
The county commissioners have plan
ned 20 connect the building with the
sewer which extends westward out
Market street and at the court house
grounds turns southwark trayersing
the alley toward the river \ pipe
viii be sunk in the lower lawn, eX-
tending from rhe front of the court
house diagonally 10 the southwest cor
ner of the grounds where connection
will be established. This will make
it possible 10 sink the drain leading
from the court house at such "A depth
a. may be required in order to insure
successful operation of the system.
The contract for painting the court
house has not rs yet been awarded. On
Saturday little more was done than to
discuss the color of the paint to be US
ed The commissioners seemed to be
unanimous in the view that some 9TH
"a uulu1 tirau Iv,i ur UrICK coIur snouIu
be employed in order 10 afford change
for the eve. The color that will most
likely he selected will be stone col
or. The work of painting as well as
work on the new layatory, il was stat
ed Saturday, will begin in short
time
II was reported to the commission
err that loaing AT the approach to the
river bridge on the Dauville side has
become very great nuisance. During
the evening crowd, of young men and
bJys assemble there and by their pro
fame and obscene language make il
very unpleasant not only for families
living near but also for persons pass
ing backwards and forwards over the
bridge On motion il was ordered that
the clerk lay the matter before the
borough council at its next meeting
aud that that body Toe asked 10 have
the police take the matter up.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-03
Sizes up the Situation.

The Wellsboro Advocate, which is
opposed to the old style of road build
ing and sees no sense in following pre-
cedent if precedent has been found to
be wrong, sizes up the situation III
the following terse and truthful man
ner: 'That annual spasm of dragging
the mud ont Of the bitches into the
middle of the road to be washed back
again, popularity misnamed roadmak
ing, has commenced
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-03
Coal Digger Being Repaired.

LeDuc's steam dredger 'Clty of
Paris which figured IN the sensation
al accident at the Catawissa river
bridge "A few weeks ago. when its
machinery was pulled overheard by
the low hanging telephone wires, Is
being repaired az Catawisst and viii
soon be ready 70 resume operations on
the river near Bloom
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-03
VIII 30 Buried on Friday.

The funeral of the late Sharach Fry.
who died on Sunday took place yester-
day afternoon at 30 O'Clock and was
largely attended. The services were
conducted by Rev. DR.. Mccormack,
pastor of Grove Presbyterian church,
Of which the deceased was a member.
The pail bearers were Robert Adams,
Hugh Curry, w b. Gearhart, J. b
Gearhart. w l.. Mcclure and Alex.
Foster. Interment was made in. ODD
Fellows' cemetery
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-03

WILKES BARRE. May 2.-Whilt
strike talk in the towns and hamlet.
of the region is hot because of the
shooting and bloodshed at Mt Carmel,
John Mitchell and the union leaders
propose preventing any pTecipitate ac-
tion on the part Of the delegates to the
tri-district convention in bringing on
"A strike because of the Mt. Carmel
affair. The delegates, while yariously
instructed by their locals, will be ask
ed by President Mitchell to give the
issues their fullest consideration and
best Judgment No strike will be vot-
ed unless the delegates feel that their
best interests would be served by such
action From present indications the
convention will be in session three
days and the final vote to strike will
not be taken Thursday.
! MITCHELL HAD NOTHING TO SAY
John Mitchell left here today for
! Scranton, where he will meet the mem
| bers of the sab scale committee at ,
O'Clock this afternoon and prepare the
report Of the negotiations that were
entered into with the operators look
ing to a settlement Of differences.
/ This report will be read to the dele
gates on Friday and will be made the
basis for general discussion by the de-
iegates Just what attitude President
Mitchell Will take before the delegates
i'll reference to the pro, ositions advanc-
ed by the operators cannot be learned.
He had nothing TO say on the situation
this morning The majority of dele
gates, so far as any information is OBJ
tainable, are instructed to follow the
direction of President Mitchell. which
has practically placed the situation
upon the shoulders of the miners lead
CT
ONE OF THE RUMOKS HEARD.
y report was heard this morning
that after the report Of the scale com
mittce had been heard several delegates
would express the opinion that in view
of the fact that as the only difference
between the operators and miners was
a question of arbitration Oh one de
mand, that of wages. the scale com
mittee should be directed TO return to
New York aud renew negotiations
with the 0urTut0rs To arrive at "A settle Z
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-03
B. E, Club EntertainS.

The b. f. club, composed OF a mum
ber of young ladies of town, entertain
ed at progressive luncheon and euchre
Friday evening. During the evening
seven houses were visited The menu
was as follows:
Cream of Corn Breadsticks
Miss Clara Detwiler
Oysters on the half shell-Wafers.
Miss Annie Steinbrenner.
Potato Chips-N Veal Loaf.
Miss Lorine Phillips
Deviled Eggs-Olivcs.
Miss Sara Beaver
Chicken Salad Sandwiches.
Miss Marion Jones
Fruit -Nuts-Mints
Miss Florence Price
Ice Cream-Cabe.
Miss Grace Shepperson.
At Miss Shepperson's home th'
guests were given Il progressive euchrr
In addition TO the young ladies men
toned there were present Miss Lucil.
Evans, Messrs. Thomas Fultz, viii l.
Mccoy, George Jacobs, Jay Sechler
Will Jones, Harry Woods. william
Hancock and William Books
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-03
Invented High Explosive.

Peter 4. Kline, bloomsbury man,
D. now i'm Washington, d. g., on bust
ness connected with the patenting Of
a new kind of explosive powder that
he has discovered. Mr. Kline claims
that a quantity of his powder Will do
more actual work than double the
quantity of any other powder made
It can De sold az cents pound
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-03
Sunbury S-DanviIIe A. A. 3.

The Sunbury amateurs defeated the
Danville A. A. in base ball game
played at Sunbury Saturday for the
benefit of the San Francisco sufferers.
ccore S-3
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-03

Now rises up the pessimist to declare
that the nation is sending too much
money TO San Francisco. But his name
is not ON the list of contributors.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-03

There are two items in the San
Frarsisco news of brave and encourag
ing import: Lovers continue to marry,
and about as much is asked for corner
lots as before the earthquake.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-03
JOB PRINT TING

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 tnat he
Is prepared at all times TO ex-
ecute in the neatest manner.
JOB PRINTING
Ofall Kinds and Description
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26
Queer Foods of Eplcures.

Harriet Quimby in Leslies Weekly
 History tells us that Confucius liked sharks fins and sea-slugs and birds nests. Well and good. If man with an in- tellect like that of the great Chinese philosopher found these, to us, unusual food palatable they must be worth try ing. Then there are the preserved grape leaves, the pickled squash, and the dried okra of the Syrians. These people of the Orient were civilized long before America was even thought of being dis covered, so there Is no reason, argues the epicure, why their knowledge and choice of foods should not be well worth Investigating. The other countries have their special delicacies which, if they are and form an agreeable and inexpensive addition to the daily menus of the aver age mortal who must eat. Bear steak from the west, kangaroo tails, pickled, which come from Australia, preserved goldfish from the Nile. canned abalone from California, and dried goose from Sweden are only a few of the queer foods kept for sale in the New York mar kets and sold in quantities every day.
 Until recently people who relished snails were regarded with sentiments which savored of digust, but that notion has changed. and at the present time that delicacy can be procured in almost any of the first-cass hotels and cafes in New York. In order to meet the growing de- mand, one of the largest caterers in the city imports 25000 snails every week from Brittany. where the best snails are grown
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26

lies that are not true at the time that they are told. and those who tell lies knowing them to be untrue, in whole or in part. Able lawyers say that this makes a distinction between unconscious liars and conscious liars. Those who lie uatu- rally and spontaneously, without realizing it. may be fined from 8 to S100 and kept in Kirlxwood jail from twenty-four hours to thirty days For those who lie deliber- ately and premeditatedly the lowest fine is to be S25 and the liar may be kept in a dungeon thirty days.
 The introduction of the audience has caused panic. The leading liars of the town are wrought up about 1t. They meet each other on the street and with pales set faces they ask What does it mean?'
 The ordinance also picks out originators of lies. kirSwood has some very fine orgi- nal thinkers. They have fancy factories where they make thoughts that are beau- tiful; but, oh, so false. They say this is too much. They cannot give up their to- basco and go back to trite, bromide truths. They are afraid they don't know how. Some are packing up to leave town
 Several kaffee Matches planned for the late autumn will be moved up and pulled off before the next council meeting. This is to avoid embarrassing complications with the village marshal.
 Careful, scrupulous, conscientious liars
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are the only ones not dismayed by the ordinance. They have always felt that the profession was overcrowded and have yearned for greater exclusiveness. They see their dreams of an arlstocracy of liars about to come true. With the prices so high that pebian liars will have to turn their attention to something else or move to jail, they expect to have circle that will be really select.
 The hoi polloi have on recourse. When the pressure becomes too strong to bear they can go outside the city limits and lie as much as they want to, and the Firkwood constabulary will be powerless. Some of the more sangulne among them are even looking forward to the estab- lishment of a regular rendezvous for re- spectacle liars in reduced circumstances beyond the borders of the city, where they can meet at intervals and swap a few lies
 The constitutionality of the law may be attacked There are said to be a few scientific and artistic liars in the town. These may claim that a law In estraint of science and in repression of art is against public policy.
 Even the ministers are agitated They say that If the law Is passed and en- forced they will sometimes have to de- cline to preach funeral sermons for some of the best people of the town. It would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26

the criminal court Is also untrue. The prosecutor. Romaine Boyd, started a prosecution in the Mayors court and also swore out warrant against Mir. Decd meyer on the identical charge, returnable directly to the criminal court.
 We cannot conceive upon what theory the Mayor found MT Deedmeyer guilty, as there was no evidence whatever con- meeting him with the publication of this article; and furthermore, the article, which related to a candidate for office, belongs to the class known as privileged communications and could not be libelous without proof of express malice as to which there was no evidence. We have no doubt that the decision of the upper court will be fin accordance with our views. The charge in this case Is a high misdemeanor and involves the question of the freedom of speech and of the press as well as the immunity of lawyer from punishment who gives his opinion on matter submitted to him, and should not be lightly treated by the public.
 We are satisfied that your Ensley re- porter was imposed upon in this matter and we ask you In fairness to our client that you give this statement as prominent a place, including headlines, as you gave the alleged report of the trial in todays paper,
 JAMES A. MITCHELL,
 c. W, HICKMAN.
 Septen1he- o5 1e06
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26
CITY BACTERIOLOCIST
 REPORTS TESTS MADE
Will Supply Physlclans With Bottles to Collect Specimens of
 Sputum.

Dr. R. B. Hardness is in receipt of the following report submitted by E. NJ Duncan, city bacteriologist:
 Birmingham, September 24, 1906 Dr. R. B. Hardness, City Health Officer,
 City:
 Dear Sir-The following is report of bacteriological tests for the week ending September 22, 1906;
 Five samples of sputum, negative to tubercle bacilli.
 One sample of blood for typhoid nega- tive to vidal recation.
 Two specimens of blood for typhoid, pos- itive to vidal reaction.
 One blood serum culture, positive to diphtheria bacilli.
 One blood serum culture, negative to diphtheria baGilli
 Two slides, positive to piplococi
 One sample of water from a we'll quite contaminated, colon bacillus not present Physicians desiring to have samples of sputum tested, if they wish 1 shall be glad to furnish them with suitable bot ties In which to collect samples This will insure more accurate tests and will aid also in guarding against the possible dam ger of Infection from samples positive to tubercle bacilli
 l would like to suggest that all physi- sians wishing to have the vidal test for typhoid fever that they let me know a day beforehand so I can have a proper culture prepared. This will save the trouble and expense of preparing a fresh culture every day. even when 1t Is not known whether 1t will be wished to have test made or not. It wastes quite a llt- tie culture medra (bouillon( to transfer typhoid culture from day to day. As soon as the work in this particular test in- creases. if necessary, then a proper cuI- ture can be kept at all times Respectfully submitted, D. M. DUNCAN,
 Bacteriolooist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26
NO LITTLE EXCITEMENT.
Not Burglar, But an Intoxicated Man
 In the House.

An. intoxicated man created no little ex- citement in the neighborhood of Tenth avenue and Twenty y-frst street yesterday afternoon, and hurried call was sent to police Headquarters Officer Joe Nix re- sponded the hurry call causing him to urge his horse through the rain to it's greatest speed.
 The person sending in the call declared that a burglar was then operating in the rear of the residence at 1928 Twenty first street. When the officer arrived at the house he was informed that the man was in the kitchen. Officer Nix approached the rear of the house and was surprised to see instead of bold burglar a man nursing bottle of whisky. When aroused from his trance, the man answered to the name of J. F. Murphy. Officer Nix brought him to the city Jail, where a charge of being drunk was docketed against him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26
FRANK DEEDMEYER
 CASE IN ENSLEY
ATTORNEYS SUBMIT REMARKS ON MONDAYS REPoRT-PoLI- TICS IN ENSLEY-REGARD
 PRIVILEGED COMM MUNIcATloNs
Tn the Editor of The Age-Herald.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
 Your account in this days issue of your paper of the prosecution In the Mayors court of Ensley against MT. Frank Deedmeyer, for criminal libel, Is incorrect in several particulars and seems most unjust to our client.
 The evidence showed without any con- tradiction that the article complained of was received by the editor of the Ensley Sun through the mail and the editor does not know who the author Is; that the editor handed this article to MT. Decd meyer with the request that he render an opinion as a lawyer, whether there was anything libelous in said article and that MT. Deedmeyer returned the article to the editor with a written statement to the effect that In his opinion the arti- cle was not libelous. The undisputed evil dence further showed that Mir Deedmeyer did not advise, or aid in, the publication of this article in question; that he owned one share of the capital stock of the Sun Publishing company. but had no voice in the management of this newspa- per and was not connected with 1t, ex- cept as its attorney. It was also shown that MT. Deedmeyer had never written anything that appeared in the Ensley Sun, except some articles bearing on the candl- dacies of Dr. Cunningham and Chief Jus tice Weakley. The statement made in your paper this morning that MT. Decd meyer had been publishing matter in the Ensley Sun. attacking the present
 
 there was no evidence of that character whatever. The statement made by you that MT. Deedmeyer was bound over to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26
QUEER ORDINANCE.
Makes It Felony to Tell a Lle in
 Town Limits.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 It Is going to mean something to be a Kirkwood liar If an ordinance now before the Board of Aldermen becomes a law Also cost something.
 The ordinance Is for the regulation and control of lying within the corporate lim- it's of Kirkwood. It provides heavy pen alties for prevarication. It will cost 80, at the least calculation, for anybody to toy with the truth. No matter if it is wobbly little fib, predestlned to early death from inanition, the price will be $5
 Whoppers will command prices all the way up to $100.
 Liars will also run the risk of being locked up from twenty -four hours to six months, according to the size of their lies.
 The ordinance was drawn up by Attor- ney Albert B. Chandler. Mir Chandler used to be newspaper reporter.
 The ordinance has two sections. one worse than the other so far as the pen alties are concerned. It divides Kirkwood liars into two classes, those who tell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26
PERSONAL.

F. P. wallace of Dadevire is at the Morris.
 George w. Duncan of Auburn is at the Hillman.
 J. ". Garvin of Rock Run is at the Hillman.
 o. c. Parker of New Decatur is at the Florence
 W. T. Coker of sylacauga is at the Metropolitan.
 B, H. Lawrence of Blantersville is at the Morris.
 E. S, Miller of Talladega is at the Morris today. F. S. Killian of Ft. Payne is at the Metropolitan.
 E. A. deF'unial1 of Montgomery is regis tered at the Florence. date for speaker of the legislature, is at the Morris. naJ. s. B. Thompson, general agent of u Southern railway in Atlanta, spent yesterday in Birmingham. He left last night for Atlanta and Washington.
 F. P. Pelter, assistant superintendent of the lines of the Southern railway west of Birmingham with headquarters In Co., lmbus, Miss, spent yesterday in Bir- mingham
 The Rev. Father Charles, 0. S. B. of St. Bernard college, Cullman, is in Bir- mingham He reports the attendance at St. Bernard as excellent, being about twenty-five in excess of last years at tendance ec this season of the year. The Rev. Father Ignatius, O. S. B., accom- panies Father Charles, O. s. B., to Bir- mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26

never do, they say, to have a policeman rush in when the fictitious virtues of the departed were being dwelt upon and lug the preacher away to the lookup.
 There Is no ordinary loophole in the ordinance. There will be no way to get over, under or around it. 1t is horse high pig tight and bull strong. 1t applies to any person. persons or corporation who shall utter, publish, circulate, repeat or originate, or who shall aid. assist, con- hive at or have part in the utterance. publication. repetition or origination of any report or statement, verbal or docu- mentary which shall not be true and ve- racious at the time of utterance. and so on."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses were issued from the probate clerks office yesterday as fol- lows:
 l.. F. Kenney of Birmingham to Miss Annie Looney.
 w. P Gates of Birmingham to Miss Mary Lou Renfroe of Woodlawn.
 F. J. Roberson of F'alliston to Miss Della Dix.
 Raddie Morrison of Ensley to Miss Nell Varis McC1uen.
 Jay Cooke of Birmingham to Miss Nell lie Shoneyfelt.
 L. J. Hall of Birmingham to Miss Florence Marie Crane.
 c. N Zuber of Ensley to Miss Edith Spurrier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26
Those Gentle Hints.

From the Chicago Daily News.
 The weary girl yawned
 Last night" she related, "the clock struck twenty-three times"
 "Graciousp exclaimed the lngerer, in alarm. T have heard that is a bad omen. What do you think would be the meaning if it should strike twenty-three again?"
 well, 23 means skidoo."
 And the young man picked up his hat and cane and vanished without even civil "good-night."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26
Nothing but Scraps.

From the Chicago News.
 q know how America was made" said the youthful prodigy. North America Is made out of solid stuff through and through"
 And how about South and Central America?" asked the proud father of the prodigy.
 "oh, they were made out of scraps"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26

Handsome lamp free to every bride who trades with J. B. Harris, the Furniture Man, 2121 Third Ave,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26

!. Advance Fall showing smartly tailored clothes for men-clothes for the man who cares-the products of the best makers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26
" - - . @ --s.- '-
 CITY ITEMS.

Convict Escapes.--The suuerintend. ent of the Pratt mines notified police headquarters last night of the escape of Charles Wilson alias Hugh Francis, a negro, convicted last May in Bir- mingham of grand larceny. A reward of $100 Is offered for his recapture.
 Makes Complalnts-On complaint of E. Lesser. proprietor of the Metropoli- tan hotel, Chief Wier issued instruc- tions to the officers yesterday to keep the hacks from the front of the hotel. MT. Lesser stated in his communica- tion that the stopping of hacks In front of the hotel was annoying and re- quested that the practice be discontin- ued. Chief Wier thereupon issued his order.
 Artilerymen Celebrate.---Battery D, Brandon Light Artillery, Alabama na- tional guard celebrated it's fourth an- niversary last night in the armory at the city hall After going through the regular drill. the battery was enter tained wit ha smoker, at which much pleasantly and jolity prevailed. Capt. Quinton Smith announces the battery in excellent condition. It has enjoyed a steady and healthy growth through the four years of its existence.