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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-25
Disastrous Fire Threatens Espy.


A disastrous fire threatened yesterday
afternoon to wipe ont the village of
Espy. Two barns were destroyed, to-
gether with large quantity of farm
produce and many implements.
The fire started in the barn on
George Tustin's farm, tenanted by c..
A. Edwards. The flames we're first dis
covered by two little girls, and as they
gave the alarm William Terwilliger,
general manager of the @. & NJ. troll
ley with gang of twenty section
hands, arrived on the spot.
The barn was locked and no effort
was made to even open the doors. AL
most entire attention was directed to
prevent the conflagration from spread
ing to the surrounding buildings. The
village of Espy is entirely without fire
protection, and the fire fighters had no
other apparatus than buckets.
The fire soon communicated to the
barn on the property of Miss Martha
f. Abbot, leaving that also a total
wreck With the two large buildings
a mass of flames the burning brands
and sparks rose high i'll the air and
driven by the strong wind fell over
the entire town
The home on the Tustin place was
on fire dozen times. At one time ten
houses in the village were burning.
Hundreds of people came from Blooms
burg and Berwick and the interven-
ing territory, the report having gotten
abroad that Espy was burning down.
The fire steamer was brought up from
Bloomsbury and did good service. Ev-
cry we'll in the village was pumped
dry.
On the Tustin place, beside the large
barn, smoke house and two large
sheds were burned. Destroyed with
the barn, were 3 heifers, 3 steers,
hogs, 80 chickens. 300 bu. oats. 500
bu. corn, car of fertilizer. IL tons
straw. 2 tons hay, and also complete
equipment of farming implements, all
of which were entirely new.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-25
CUTTERS.

On motion it was ordered that the
borough sink forty feet of lSinch pipe
across Water street at the foot of Pine
street to the river and that the prop
erty owners on Pine street between
Front and Water streets be notified to
pave or cobble their cutters. The
property owners On both sides of Front
street between Pine and Church
streets. it was also ordered should be
notified to cohble or pave their gut
ters.
On motion it was ordered that a gut
ter be cut to relieve Wall street of
some of the water that now washes
that thorou zhfare very badly at times
of heavy rains.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-25

The Department of Pubic frintlng
at Washington has a payroll OF nearly
5000 persons.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-25
BILLIARDS. RUN.

II. NJ. Hinckley. attorney for Mr..
Blizzard. sent communication to
council calling attention to the filled
up and dirty condition Of Billiards.
run, the creek adopted by the borough
as a Sc ewer, aud urging that the stream
be cleaned to prevent damage to prop
erty. On motion it was ordered that
the matter be referred to the commit
tee on streets and bridges, it to
notify the P. & r. railway company
of the condition of the stream and to
urge that it proceed to have it clean
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-25

1t is an evidence of strength if we
are able to let go our weaknesses.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-25
JOB PRINTING

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
1s prepared at all times to ex-
ecute in the neatest manner.
JOB PRINTING
Ofall Kinds and Description
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-25
sUP'T OF CONSTRUCTION

On motion of Mr.. Jacobs il was ord
cred that P. J. Keefer be appointed
superintendent of construction in
conjunction with his present posi-
tion at superintendent of the water
works at an additional salary of $40. 90
per mouth between the present and
Gapt lct
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-25
EMPLOYEES WAGES.

Mr.. Russell moved that the engine
ers and firemen at the water works re-
ceive an advance, the wages of the
former to be raised from 81. 5 to So. %
and the latter from OIL 30 to $l75 per
day. The motion was lost by the fol-
lowing vote:
Yeas-Russell, Deutsch, Jacobs,
Hughes and Schatz
Nays-Sweisfort, Dietz, Mover, Ever
hart. Finnigan, and Angle.
Mr.. Dietz moved that the firemen' S
wages be raised to sl.75 per day. On
motion of Mr.. Jacobs this was amend
ed to read 'sl. 70 per day" The lat
ter motion carried by the following
vote:
Yeas-Sweisfort, Dietz, Meyer, Ever
hart, Jacobs, Finnigan and Angle.
Nays-Russell, DsuUsch, Hughes and
| Schatz
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-09

lS m. Uuton Man lllotify pour ySutal
alslslat thAs ~ 4honA IlntaikI
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-09
THE REMEDY OF
WORkMEN'S INSURANCE

At best only about 10 or II per cent
Of workmen have even the shadow Of
a legal claim, yet the other 80 or SO
per cent, who are untitled for any la
Dor by industrial injuries, suffer just
as much as those whose employers
can be proved negligent. Says Prof
Charles R. Henderson in the February
magazine issue Of Charities and The
Commons Of New York:
What we must now seek is protec-
ton for all injured workmen, not re-
venge for a few. Give US universal in
surance and all employers and en-
ployes will have a direct and tangible
interest in guarding against injuries
which raise the insurance premiums.
single Illustration from a conhden-
tial source. The manager Of the in
surance department Of great corpor-
alton write me:
Many personal injury accidents
cost less money than heretofore, by
reason Of the fact that in addition to
protective measures we installed sys-
tenn Of first aid This was a means
OF shortening disabilities. Prior to
April, 1905, the, average disability OF
shopmen, on account of personal in.
jury, was sixteen days. BY prompt ap-
plication Of first aid IN an antiseptic
form, this has been reduced to eleven
days
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-09

Mr.. Union Man:-Notify your print
or that the Bell Phone is Unfair.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-09
THE PRINTERS UNION
IS THE OLDEST
Trade Organization Today in
America of All Labor
Bodies.
Is Recognized as a Conservative
and Admirably Managed
Union.

The great strike in the book and job
printing industry. in which the Interna-
tional Tpyograph ical Union Of North
America and the United Typothetae OF
America have been pitted against each
other for eighteen months, has attract
ed considerable attention to trade-un-
ion methods and the history OF trade
organiza lions. The international Ty-
graphical Union was formed in 1852,
and has had a successful and progress
sive existence since that time. Pre-
vious to 1862, there were many local
association or uniops of printers, and
tiops was held as early as 1884.
The international Typographical
Union is recognized as a. conservative
organization, and this is borne out by
the effort that was made by the officers
of the union to peaceably adjust the
eight-hour contention with the employ
ers before the strike was entered into.
| This strike has been marvel Of fnan-
| ciering. The International Typograph-
| ical Union has a membership Of about
| forty seven thousand, and, with the ex-
| ception Of about fifty thousand dollars
these forty-seven thousand members
have raised by assessment more than
! 100000 for the conduct Of their strike
for the eight-hour day. The assessment
was at first so cents per week, then ID
| per cent of all wages earned. The 10
per cent assessment was effective fo1
nine months. It was then reduced to
per cent, later to per cent, and is now
3 per cent. The method Of levying the
assessment Is also worthy Of explana-
ton. It was not placed by a conven-
ton, nor by the officers Of the organi-
cation. The proposition was submitted
| to a referendum vote. The proposal tc
levy so cents per. week received a ma
jority Of nearly twenty thousand votes
and the proposal to levy a 10 per cent
assessment received majority of more
than eighteen thousand votes.
! The international Typographical
Union also conducts Home at Colo.
RADIO Springs, known as the Unior
Printers Home. This institution was
erected and is maintained by the Inter-
national Typographical Union for It's
| aged and diseased members. Thus fal
the union, in erecting and carrying or
this part Of it's philanthropic work, has
expended more than five hundred thou.
! sand dollars in about twelve years
time. There are at the present time
at the Union Printers Home about one
hundred and fifty inmates.
Local Typogra phical unions also have
their benefit features, such a caring fol-
sick members, assisting those who may
be temporarily out Of work, and buria
funds which are contributed to by al
members. long these lines thousands
Of dollars are expended every year.
The headquarters of the Information
al Typographical Union have been To-
Gated at Indianapolis, Ind, for several
years.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-09

What appears to have been q very
cunning attempt on the part Of Cana
dian railway agents to recruit large
numbers Of Russian workmen for en-
ployment on the new east-to-west
trunk line has been frustrated by the
International . Socialist Bureau. The
agents proposed to the Workmen's
Council OF St. Petersburg to provide
work for, 10000 men in, Canada, which
is located in Brussels, Belgium. The
council decided to get into communica-
ton with the organised workers Of the
Dominion, In order to ascertain their
wishes in the matter, while the Social
int Bureau condemned the scheme as
being one which must be detrimental
to the interests Of the Canadian work
men,, and forwarded the resolution to
all labor orEanixat ions. tn Russia.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-09
PLANS FRUSTRATED.

= Mr.. Union Man Notify your barber
that the Bell Phone IL Unfair
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-09

tail feathers from several magnificent
gentlemen. The game is still young.
His enemies will remember. But the
people will not forget.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-25

When a French naval ship took fire, not long ago, the fire was permitted to reach the mag azine and nearly a thousand lives were lost, in addition to the destruction of the vessel. When the U. s. Battleship In diana took fire recently, apicked crew officers and men went into the magazine and carried out all the ammunition, despite the fact that many of the shells and anu milton boxes were so hot they blistered the hands of the men handling them. This recalls the remark of a noted Englishman, that "only an Anglo-Saxon should be permitted to carry fire arms"
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-25
The Farmers Wife

Is very careful about her churn. She scalds it thoroughly after using, and gives it a sun bath to Sweeten it. She knows that if her churn is sour it will taint the butter that is made in it. The stomach is churn. In the stomach and digestive and nutrtive tracts are performed pro- ceSSeS which are almost exactly like the churning of butter. Is it not apparent then that if this stomach-churn is foul it makes foul all which is put into it?
 The evil of a foul stomach is not alone the bad taste in the mouth and the foul breath caused by it, but the corruption of the pure current of blood and the dissem- ination of disease throughout the body. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery makes the sour and foul stomach sweet. It does for the stomach what the washing and sun bath do for the echuTn-absolutciy removes every t1int;ng or cOrrupting eie- mrnt In this way it cures blotches, pimpleS, eruDtionS, ScrOfUloUS SwellingS, sores, or open eating ulcers and all humorS or diseases arising from bad blood.
 If you have bitter, nasty, foul taste in VOLT mouth. coated tongue, foul breath, are weak and easily tired, feel depressed and dcSpondent, have frequent headaches, q. ...zy attacks, gnawing or distress in Stom- ach. conStipated CT irregular bowels, sour or bitter riSingS after eating and poor appetite, these symptoms, or any consider able number of them. indicate that you are suffering from biliouSneSS. torpid or lazy liver with the usual accompanying indi- gestion, or dyspepsia and their attendant Arrangements.
 The best vagsptS hneMIps- MEEIps- ta medical SCI ence IQE Lls- s-cQ1EoII Ihe a9ox9 symptoms 1.s end c0nd tionS. as atfeSseGlI tbe. writings of leading ~IeacherS- -practitiQpeTS Of all the several schools of medical pracltce. have been skillfnllE~ald-- haIno1ionSly combined in Dr.. Pierce,S- -Gnlden-Ned niscnYery- That this is absolutely true will be readily proven to your satisfaction if you will but mail postal card request to Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y., for free copy of his booklet of extracts from the standard medical authorities. giving the names of all the ingredients entering into his wOrld-famed medicines and show ing what the most eminent medical men of the age say of then. .
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-25
The Philippine Assembly.

There was a general disposi- tion to believe that that Philip, pine election demonstrated that the Flipinos were utterly in capable of self government and that the Philippine Assembly was destined to prove a failure. Secretary Taft and others who have made a study of the Philip pine problem take a wholly con trary view They say that they appreciate that the Flipinos are not capable of self govern ment and have known it all along, but the only way the Flipinos can learn is by prac- tice and the new assembly will give them an opportunity to thus acquire the art, while no measure adopted by the assembly can become law without the ap- proval of the Philippine COmmis sion, and therefore no harm can be done. On the other hand, when the assembly passes a good law it will receive the ap- proyal of the commission, which, it will be remembered, is ap- pointed by the President of the United States, and the eXulta- tion of the Filipino legislators when they have passed a good law will7constitute an incentive to further efforts along the right lines. In a word, the United States has undertaken to edu. cate the Philippine people in the difficult art of self government and it is not going to be disap- pointed, because the first at tempts along that line are crude and injudlcious.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-25
COST OF LIVING AND LABOR

According to a report just ls- sued, by the United States De partment of Labor it is shown that while the cost of many items of living has increased, wages have advanced at a greater ratio, while hours of labor have been reduced. A great mass of facts and figures accompany the re- port and the deductions can be tested by any who may be skep- tical. On the average labor, for fewer hours, is earning more, with a larger margin of wages over che advanced cost of living. Employment was never more abundant and idlers are few. The comparison is for the year 1906 with the average of the ten years covered by the last census. An advance in wages is shown of 24. ? per cent, an increase in the number of employees of 4.G per cent. By the same compari- son the retail price of the chief articles of food have advanced 15.7 per cent. For an hours la bor a workingman gets 7.3 more food supplies than in the previ- ous decade.
 Practical analysis like this dis poses of the assertion frequently heard, that for the masses the cost of living has outstripped in come. Often the many articles that cost either the same or less are overlooked. Flour and sugar are no higher than in the last census ten years. Railroad trans portation is lower, frst-class newspapers are cheaper and bet ter than in former years. The National Department of Labor goes over the subject item by item and locality by locality, an6 | ifs conclusions arc rpachp1 with unerring eXactness. This has been a perverse season in veget- ables and fruit, but the just av craze of prices cannot be ascer tained from a few exceptiona articles. When the whole felC of the income and outgo of 6 home is covered, as in this care ful, unbiased report, the situa ltion is seen to be favorable | Globe Democrat.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-25
Interesting Statistics.

According to the recently pub lished report of the interstate commerce commission the equip ment of the railroads of the United States is as follows:
 There were in the service of the crariers 51, ,672 locomotives, the increase being 3315. These locomotives, excepting 1,090, were classified as: Passenger, 12, 249; freight, 29,948, switch Ing, 8,485.
 The total number of cars of all classes was 1, 958, 912, or 116,04l more than for the year 1905. This rolling stock was thus as signed: Passenger service, 42, 262 cars; freight service, 1887, 914 cars, and company's service, 78,7 ,736 cars. These figures do not include cars owned by pri- vate commercial firms or corpo- ratiOnS.
 The average number of loco motives per 1000 miles of line was 232, and the average number of cars per 1000 miles was 8,810. The number of passenger miles per passenger locomotive was 2,055, 309, showing an increase of 6,751 miles as compared with the previous year. The nnmber of ton miles per freight locomotive was 7,232, 563, showing an in crease of 541, ,863 miles.
 The number of locomotives and cars in the service of the rail ways aggregated 2,0l0, 0,584, oi which 1,827, 789 were fitted with train brakes, or an increase for the year of 186. 394, and 1, 989, 79G were fitted with automatic coup. lers, or an increase of 1l8, 206. Nearly all the locomotives and cars in the passenger service had train brakes, and all but 72 loco motives in the same service were fitted with automatic couplers. Only 1.54 per cent of cars in the passenger service were without automatic couplers. Substan- tially all the freight locomotives had train brakes and automatic couplers. Of 1879 cars in the freight service on June 30, 1906, the nun Der fitted with train brakes was 1889, fl and with automatic couplers 1, ,820, ,854.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-25
DID NOT APPEAR IN THE SEN
 TINEL.

The first issue of publication devoted to "Fighting the Los Angeles Times" contains an ar ticle headed "Murder Will Out and credits it to the Sentinel. The article should have been credited to the Yuma Enterprise. The Sentinel is not fighting the Los Angeles Times. Nodoubtthe Times will feel greatly relieved to know that we are not waging war against it. As matter of fact, we believe the persist ent, continual and systematic warfare waged upon the Times has been a large factor in build ing up that paper, filling the coffers of it's owner and perhaps making him feel a little naughty and stuck up-but1 it is natural to- flight back" and Col. Otis has made the most of it.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-25
Contest Notice.
Department of the Interior, United States Land Office,
Phoenix. Arizona, September IS. 1

Phoenix Arizona, September IS, l9G7
 sufficient contest affidavit having been filed in this office by Sarah J. Cockrel, con- tcstant, against Homestead entry No. 1390 made January 30 1903, for SEA Section 2I Township 8, S Range 24, w., G. and $. R. E. and M.. by Thomas w. Knox, cOntestee. in which it is alleged that said entryman never settled npOn the land or improved the same either by himself or. agent, during his life time; that said entrynan died in Yuma, Ariz., and that none ofthe heirs have tried to improve the place and that said heirs are unknown. and absence prior to death was not caused by service in army, navy or ma rine corps of the United States, said parties are hereby notified 10 appear, respond and offer evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock a. m. on November 20. 1907, before C. II. Utting, Clerk of the District Court, at Yuma, Arizona, (and that final hearing will be held at 10 o'clock a. m on December ,, 1907, before the Register and Receiver at the Unit ed States land office in Phoenix, Arizona.
 The said contestant having, in proper affi- davit, filed September r., 1907, set forth facts which show that after due diligence personal service of this notice cannot be made, it is hereby ordered and directed that such notice be given by due and proper publication.
 FEN $. HILDRETH,
 Receiver. First publication Sept 25 l9Q7. 4w
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-25
The part which the United

The part which the United States has played in the pro mo- tion of peace between Columbia and Panama has never heen fully appreciated. Secretary Taft, his days and nights full of the heavy work and responsibilities of the War Department, the Pan- anna canal and the Philippines, set all other work aside to spend several days in New York i'll conference with the diplomatic representatives of these coun- tries, with the result that a peaceful and satisfactory agree meant was reached and that diplomatic courtesies between the two nations will be re- stored.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-25
Now that Great Britain has a

Now that Great Britain has a case of some of her own subjects ''murdering innocent Japanese, " perhaps she won't throw so many stones at the United States. Their are times when your Uncle Samuel has great difficulty in preserving his dignity and sup pressing a smile.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-25
A Square Deal.

There was once a sporting parson at Eastington,, a place on the English coast which was a faYorite landing point for wood cock at the time of their immi- grafton to England. When the birds arrived, exhausted by their long flight, everybody in the parish, including the parson, turned out to join in the sport of knocking them down with sticks. One Sunday the people were in church and the parson in the pulpit when the church door was cautiously opened and head ap- peared with beckoning finger. Well, what Is it?" asked the parSon. "COcks is come." The parson hurriedly shut up his sermon case. ''Shut tie door and lock it," he cried to the clerk. "Keep the people in the church till I've got my surplice of. Let's all have fair chance"
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-25

Two Japanese officers in dis guise are reported to have been arrested at Vladivostok, Russia, while spying on the maneuver- ing of Russian troops. We sup pose the Japs wanted to see if the maneuvering of Russian troops was any worse than that of Russian battleships.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-25

The Britons have laid it over Us on auto speed, 115 miles an hour having been made at the BroOklands motor track, Lon don, last Friday. An American immediately brought the speedy machine for $1O,CO0 and will bring it to Califcruia.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-25

About every other day it is an nounced that "the president re- fuses to touch the telegrapher's strike" Perhaps he may be fear ful of coming in contact with a live wire.