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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
TROLLEY War WAC
Ed At BERWICK

The first actual battle in the trolley
war at Berwick was fought out Tues
dav evening before the Town Council,
its intensity proving that the engage
ments heretofore were mere SkirmiSheS.
The town hall where the meeting was
held was filled 10 overlooking with
citizens Interested i'll the outome. \.
W. Duv and Grant Herring, of Blooms
burg. addressed the Council on behalf
of the Columbia and MOntour Com
panv, while MesserS. \. G. SickleS and
Eastman spoke for the new Berwick.
Suberban and Nescopeck Railway
Each of these companies have secured
charters to operate trolley line in
Berwick and the outskirts of that
place, as we'll as in Nescopeck. The
fight. therefore. is as to which company
the Berwick Council will grant the
privilege of using the streets.
The contentious of the G, & NJ were
mostly along the line that they by
right deserved the privilege, as they
were the pioneer trolley company i'll
this section, that they were not a pap
er company as was their rival, and
that as they were all local people they
would do more for Berwick than out
siders who were only interested i'll the
town as a place of investment Mr..
~
Duy said he has the written consent of
the Commissioners TO run his line
across the new bridge from Berwick
to Nescopeck. If granted the ordin-
ance. transfer could be made from their
present line to the new extension with
out extra charge.
On the other hand Mr.. Sickles claim
ed that Berwick was now his home,
that he had a large amount of capital
invested there, and that his company
had at heart the best interests of the
growing town of Berwick, and We're
in a position to do more for the town
than the G. K NJ. company could do.
His company is a strictly local com
pany, of local capital, would employ
local men, they would build large
power plant on the river and would
supply cheap electric power to the
town of Berwick, and would i'll other
ways greatly benefit the town.
Exciting tits between the representa-
tives of both sides were frequent oc-
currences, and at times the proceedings
We're most exciting.
One Of these warm scenes arose over
an ordinance which lay prepared on
the council table. 1t was charged that
the paper had been prepared or revised
bv Mr. Duy, but this he emphatically
denied.
After hearing the arguments on both
sides. Council decided to postpone ac-
tion on the matter until "a later date.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
STATE WINS
WATER GAP SUIT

STROUDSBURG, Jan. 9.-The
mountain scenery is not to be further
destroyed at the Delaware Water Gap,
and the hotel men at the resort are
happy and jubilent over the victory.
Judge Staples handed down his op-
inion in the action brought by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ag-
ainst the D. l.. & w Railroad Com
pany to cause the latter to remove the
stone crusher at the Gap.
The court orders "A continuance of
the injunction. This means that the
crusher must 20. but the case will be
appealed. The fight against the huge
stone crusher, which was built by the
Lackawanna Railroad at a cost of
500, 600 to crush stone 10 ballast the
road, has been stubbornlv fought by
former Judge Wilton \. Erdman. At
torney General Hampton L. Carson as
sisted Judge Erdman when the case
was finally argued
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
MILEAGE HOLD UP
SCORED BY BROWN

Major Isaac b. Brown, in an inter
view concerning the Pennsylvania rail
road mileage book, for which $50 is
charged. the additional $40 being held
as guarantee that no one but the
purchaser can use it, says there are
features about the mileage book which
are annoying and appear to be in vio-
lation of the spirit of the constitution,
and the protests of the travelling public
and the Internal Affairs department
have been disregarded
If the company'S charter permits it
TO make such demands then its action
is legal if, on the contrary, the ac-
emulation of hundreds of thousands
Of dollars, as a deposit from the pur-
chasers of mileage books, is not auth
orized by law, then the company's ac-
tion is illegal Major Brown cites the
constitution to show that mo corpora
tion shall engage in any business 9th
er than that expressly authorized in
its charter. and no carrying company
shall directly or Indirectly engage i'll
any other business. He holds that tins
holding up of the $40 by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company is dangerous
ly near the banking business, and prop
er regard for the depositors would
suggest the payment of interest on de-
posits.
THE fact is, concludes Major
Brown, that the mileage book put on
tine market some two or three years ago
was not the result of the best thought
i'll connection with the transportation
of passengers, but those who conceived
the idea are not willing to acknowl-
edge the wrong inflicted upon the pub
lie. as they would do by abandoning
the scheme 1t should-however, be alb
andoned just the same. =
"The Homeless 26, " an organization
of travelling men, numbering thousands
i'll Pennsylvania, with offices in Pitts
burg, has addressed letter to Govern
or Pennypacker calling attention to
the unjustness of the Pennsylvania
railroads demand for an extra ten
dollars before it will issue twenty
dollar mileage ticket, and asking
whether any reform legislation to pre-
vent this would be considered at the
coming extra session. The Governor
replied that the suggestion wcIld be
carefully considered. Commercial or
CARNATIONS all over the country are
taking the matter up, and if nothing
is done at the coming extra session, the
subject will certainly get before the
regular session in 1907.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
Power nf NiaRRrn

What makes Niagara falls power
possible Is the fact that Lake Superior,
Lake Michigan. Lake Huron and Lake
Erie. with n combined area OF 10000
square miles. representing the reser-
voIrs OF some 250.O0O square miles Of
watershed, are situated GOO feet above
the sea level The great volume Of wa
ter falling over the vast territory flows
on its natural course TO the Atlantic
ocean with but slight descent until
1t is brought into the narrow Niagara
river, when. In the rapids just above
the falls, il declines fifty-tve feet and
then, with a single plunge. drops into
the abyss - feet below. Eminent en-
gineers have computed that 275,O0O Gu
bic feet of water pass over the falls
every second. representing in theoret-
Ical energy Oy or 6.0O0,000 horsepower
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
MINOR MATTERS
Or INTEREST
ONLY TWO NECESSARY.

The Bloomsbury Press revives "a story
first told by DR., Anspach, formerly
pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church,
this city. at a social function during
the meeting of the synod in Blooms
burg some years ago. The scene of the
story was laid in Easton, where at the
time the knights Templar were i'll
conclave. A Northampton county
Dutchman seeing the Templars march
ing, their plumes tossed by the breezes,
was impressed sufficiently to inquire
''Not vas dot Those are the Tenn
plarS--a Masonic organization. -" Dere
no good. " why not inquired a by
stander. "Dere'S no use for dose org
anizations. Dere's use for only two
organizatiOns-der Lutheran church
and der Democratic party.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11

DANGEROUS WALKING.

The fall of snow and the cold wealth
er which cOngeals every bit of water
that finds its way into the streets have
rendered the sidewalks quite treacher-
Gus and falls are frequent, although up
TO the present no broken bones sustain
ed in this way have been recorded. Ex-
cept i'll the case of persons still youth
full fractured bone RECEIVERS but slow
ly or not at all and an injury of this
sort is apt TO cast shadow over the
whole remaining life The necessity
of exercising caution in walking,
therefore, is quite obvious.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
EXEOUTRIX'S NOTICE,

Estate of Mary A. Faux, late of the
Borough Of Danville i'll the County
of Montour and State ofd Pennsyl-
vania, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary upon the above estate
have been granted to the undersigned.
Al.persons indebted to the said estate
are required to make payment and
those having claims or demands against
the said estate, Will make known the
same without delay to
MARTHA DIEFFENBACHER,
Executrix of Mary A. Faux, deceased.
EDWARD SAYRE GEARHART.
Counsel
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
Falsehood has an infnity OF com
binations, but truth has only one mode
cf being Rousseau

- i.,..- .s". g.. t.c Wv Year.
A,l.. p. . n. c.k. generously
wiz. ,-.Yyt-. In: teach us to for
xiye Du. ,E'aNur-, SOC tn il that the
straight and Irai,p" path i Sprinkled
ar;i ashes always and with banana
SIN n',,r: put pl"9ty Of silver into
our wa!,,ts ami no, any into our whisk.
ers; cement our ties of love and friend
ship nor" closely together and fill the
hearts of our wives T. OverfOwing
ith tn" freshness and enthusiasm that
were theirs at that divine moment
when we measured their lily fingers
for solitaire diamond rings and pre-
pared to camp ont on their fathers in
comes: clip the wings of riches and of
love that they may not fly out of our
window. but remain with Us forever,
and II possible clip the cook in the
same way and for similar result
r X. Munkittrick III \ew Work World
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
THE BOAST OF HEALTH.
IL often Precedes Serious II Not
Fatal sickness.

Fatal sickness.
All doctors know that just before
death the patient often experiences
what Is called a rally" nature making
apparently her last stand against the
SYN Itoms which we call death, ana IL
Is quite likely that the feeling when
induces men to boast OF health Is of the
same kind--an effort of nature TO pro
tect us against the coming sickness
which the body has recognized, though
The mind has not. The phenomenon
occurs every day in the cases or con-
Sumptive patients. who brighten up
and grow hopeful just when the disease
js about TO strike its hardest blows,
and il Is quite possible that II Is more
frequent than has yet been recognized
that the approach Of fever for exam
pie. is signaled by an unusual con-
sciousneSS Of health. Il have never
felt so we'll in my life" says the pa
ricnt. who twenty-four hours after Is
living PROSTATE and whose friends quote
his statement as illustrating once more
the ancient and depressing belief.
The boast had nothing To do with the
illness. but il preceded II. and men, at
tracted by the violent contrast, almost
instinctlvely link the two together as
in some way and to some extent cause
and effect Next time those who heard
II. IL they feel that rush Of health In
their veins. will avoid boasting Of It,
and the relation Of the two will escape
attention. Moreover. il must not be
forgotten that hoasting is Of Itself
sign OF weakness, either temporary or
permanent. and that consequently fail
ure follows boasting more frequently
than II follows silence. The perfect
driver says he Is perfect Just when he
Is most careless, and the resulting
spill is remembered when the thousand
and one escapes due TO the same driv-
er's skill and hardihOod are clean for
yOtfau npdoO SpaptatOr
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
IIurd to Please.

Nobody outside the journalistic pro-
fession has any idea how difficult 1t is
for an editor TO please some of his pa
irons. For instance, referring to a
mans reputation for carelessness in
the matter OF his toilet, a paper an
nounced. "Mr Mcguire will wash him
self before he assumes the office Of
town clerk" This made Mcguire fu-
rious, and he demanded n retraction,
which appeared thus: "Mr. Mcguire re
quests us to deny that he will wash
himself before he assumes the office OF
town clerk" oddly enough, this only
enraged Maguire the more San F-an-
disco Eews-I .ettcr
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
Ho W's This

We Offer one Hundred Dollars Reward 10
any case OF Catarrh that eau not 5e cured by
Hairs CAtarrh Cure.
We the undersigned. have known f. J
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in AL business trausac-
ions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists Toledo
o. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken interna ly,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Testimonials sent
rec. Price 75c. per bottle Sold by all drug
gists.
Hairs Family Pills are the best,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11

WILMINGTON, Del, Jan. 9.-Fed-
eral Judge Gray, of this city, who was
requested to appoint an umpire to set
tie the miners dispute in the Penn
sylvania coal regions, today reappoint-
ed Charles p. Neil, commissioner Of
labor.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11

Whereas letters of Administration d.
b. II. c. t. a. of the estate Of John
McWilliams late of Liberty township
Montour county, State of Pennsylvan-
Ia, deceased, have been granted to the
subscriber, all persons indebted to the
said estate are requested to make i'm
mediate payment, and those having
claims or demands against the estate
of said decedcnt Will make known the
same, without delay, to,
JAMES McWILIAMS.
Administrator.
r. 5. zimmerman, Attorney.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
To See Hanging.

James Salerno, the Williamsport
murderer, has just twenty light more
days to live and it is estimated that
there have already been between five
and six hundred applications from per
sons anxious to see the hanging. Many
of them will be disappointed
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11

Shenandoah council enacted cur
few law to go into effect as soon as
legally practicable. Nine O'Clock is
the hour set for minors under Is years
to be off the streets the fine 10 be i'm
posed upon parents or guardians for
non compliance of which to be s5.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11

The Russian rebellion continues in
the Baltic provinces The Government
reports successes. but an eyewitness
declares that in most of Courland the
rebels are supreme Hardly one of the
famous feudal castles remains and
priceless works of art have been de
stroyed Bands of peasants roam the
countryside committing acts of van
dalism In the southeast disorders CON
tinue. Open warfare is said to be un-
der way at Sifis. The troops have
..sed artillery ON attacking mobs.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
Scranton Loses Shops.

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan 10-ThC
Lackawanna passenger repair shops, on
South Washington avenue, will be
moved in "A few weeks to Kingsland,
\. j.. where the mammoth shops of the
road for building and repairing pass
enger coaches are now rapidly near,
ing completion.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
Executors Notice.

Estate Of Aaron Williams, late of the
Borough of Danville, in the Coun-
ty Of Montour and State of Penn
sylyania, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary on the above estate have
been granted to the undersigned. All
persons indebted to the said estate are
required to make payment and those
having claims or demands against the
said estate Will make known the same
without delay to
THOMAS b. WILLIAMS,
JOHN B. RICHINGS,
Executors Of Aaron Williams, deceased.
ED. SAYRE GEARHART, Counsel
Danyille, Pa. Jany 8th, 1906.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11

If the Sullivan county authorities
would employ detective instead Of
Offering a comparatively small reward
there might be some chance of the
Whitmire murder mystery being solv-
oil
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
Baby is Record Breaker.

CONNELLSVILLE, Pa, Jan. 10
The largest newly born baby on record
arrived at the home of Frank Cocheal,
an engineer on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, last Saturday. The baby
when dressed, weighed 20 pounds and
10 ounces. President Roosevelt has
been notified.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
His Women Folk

What beautiful home you have"
said the old time friend
You mustn't let mother and the girls
hear you speak Of IL 50 patronizingly,"
answered Mr.. CumroX. This amt a
home: this is n residence Washing
ton Star
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11

illC h!G4lGyS are your
blood purifiers, they fiji
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
Of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matlSm come from eX-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due TO neglected
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11


NAMES OF APPLICANT.
'-yi'I Vile : Hotel irL4''"' H. - "'i'' ia"
J,mes G Haddons Ist ,,.,rd D.r,,i1la
James Y. Gillaspv. lst ward. Dan
vile, Hotel
Carl LitZ, lst ward, DanvilA- Hotel
l'"lifi i'iI1i - r4 Heddens' lst ward, Dan
>l'i'' ii"'el ....-. ...... .......
i'""Ifl Hdtoi MARKS ISt ward Danville,
'''''i ...... ..--. .......-. .--
William c. Williams. lst ward Dan
ilo'el ........ ............ .........
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
OF CourAe lie Did.

Bragg tells me he got mixed up IN
a scrap yesterday"
did he get the best OF itT"
"Of course: otherwise he wouldn't
have said anything about it."-Ihila-
delphia Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11


Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
II used TO be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys.
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Or. Kilner' s
Swamp-ROot, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures Of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits E~T|
by all druggists in fifty SssiiTeYk .s:ss
cent and one-dollar sz- HI III
es. You may have a st@.. sI4s 4. .ssssfEssgo sso
sample bottle by mail Home OF swami. Root
free. also pamphlet telling you how 10 find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. 7.
Don't make any mistake, but remem
Der the name, Swanp-Root. DR. Xii
mer's Swamp-RoOt, and the addres
BinghamtOn. Ny e. on every bottles
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
List cf Applications for License
In Montour County at January Session, 1906.

be January O'Clock a. m for
Hotel Wholesale Liquor Dsts Brewers Bott with names
places &c, o
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
OVer-WOrk Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11

Notice hereby given that the named have filed with
" Oerk OF the Court
their Petitions for License which presented
day the 18th day OF January, \. D. a O'Clock a
TFOS G. VINCENT Clerk o Q. 5.
Danvile, lam. 3rd
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
Charles Beaver, Derry township,
Richard B. Moser, Derry township,
Hptal

Richard B. Moser, Derry township.
Hotel ............................
Charles Burns, Liberty township,
Hotel ...............,...........i,
W. D. Wise, Valley township, Hotel
Philip S. Moser, Valley township,
Hotel ........ .....'..........I.
Samuel K. Antrim, Valley township,
Fanny Heddens, Washingtonville.
Hotel ... So. ....................
Anandus L. Heddens, Washington
Vile, Hotel ............
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11

Fanny Heddens, Washingtonville,
Hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-18
Unfulflled Predictions.

Gen. Smith. who has come to the front In
the Philippines, is now under fire. The
punishment goes with the service. 1t eeems
to be part Of the auti-imperialst creed that
all American authority in the archipelago IS
wrong and consequently that the men who
exercise it are not what they should be
Each in turn Is abused. and in much the
same terms.
IL is amusing to recall some of the things
said Of Judge Taft when he first went TO
the Islands. That he would fail in his place
was confident prediction. How could he
sJrceed2 How was It possible for man
whose training had been wholly within the
law I'm the United States, and who had not
favored the taking over Of the Philippines.
20 adjust himself to executive functions In
The tropics over such people? And Yet Judge
raft achieved so remarkable a success that
when his promotion to the cabinet was an
Uouuced the Fiipinos. in person and by
resolutions, besought him 10 stay. He had
conducted their affairs so well, and other
wise so eudeared himself TO them, that they
felt not only admiration but a personal at
tachment for him
We were then assured that Gen. Luke
Wright was not the man for such duties
Wright after Taft would be certain 10 fail
Particulars were not very full. but the pre-
d.ctiou was rock-bottomed. The new man
would make O ness Of things as certain as
fate. But he succeeded, nevertheless. The
President was 50 pleased with the capacity
he had shown at Manila that Gen. Wright
was sent as ambassador to JaDan-a post
greatly increased in dignity and response
blity as the result Of the Russo-Japanese
war
Here then are two men who developed so
rapidly at Manila that each now holds an
Office OF national consequence The work
at Manila is by no means easy bat Is It
beyond the powers Of man who has shown
the capacity for good work Ia our broad
fields here at home? May We not hope al
ways TO find men FOR the higher posts in our
new possessions equal to what is expected
Of them IN administering affairs there for
the interests OF all? Why not? Let us try
our men by fair standards. and instead OF
condcmning them IN advance support them
with our confidence and encouragement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-18
Woman and Sweets.

Woman has undergone so many changes
since the days of grandma that she is ac-
tually losing her taste for sweets. IL this
reversal OF appetite goes much further
candy shops Will become obsolete, for young
men will decline TO longer support such In
stiturions II woman turns her face against
or closes 1t to. corrections. Men will not
submit to tho financial drain put upon them
by chocolate cream factories, narshmallow
mills and caramel foundries IL woman aban-
dons her habit of seeking consolation In
saccharine dainties. Man has enough to
keep him busy in sustaining all the buffets.
rathskellers. tonsorial emporiums. tobacco
stores shoe-shine parlors and other insti-
tutions more or less necessary to his COM
fort and beauty.
To show how woman is turning against
confectionery and sweet things generally
the following news item is subjoined:
no. l was never kissed by man In my
life, and never kissed man, not even my
husband said Mrs. Elyira Liebe during
the trial or her husbands suit for divorce
before Vice Chancellor Emery In Newark
yesterday.
You say you were never kissedy' she was
asked.
That's fact. Even during our court