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Oisease* of the Stomach and Intestine?

a Specialty

uiIEM NEWS.Get in the ice crop.

The coal man is busy.

Investigate the candidates.Candidates will now get busy.

Again the yell, "Shut that door!"

The river is still too high to close.The cold snap is helping to deplete

the stock of the merchants.This is the kind of weather that

makes good ice.

While Frank Moyer was making ex-cavations for a row of new houses in

Reading a few days ago, he uneartheda nest of forty-two snakes, measuring

from nine inches to two feet in length.

The records and tabulations for 1906made at the national capital show that

the grand total expended in buildingduring the year throughout the coun-try was 1604,690,000.

Keep vour horses warm by blanket-ing them when yon stop and hitchthem in the open.

The local aspirants for office are get-

ting busy. There will be a full field topick from by election day.Any grippe in your family now? The

doctors are all kept on the jump nowa-

days.If you don't think it is cold these

mornings try a walk across the riverbridge.

It's the people who have neglected to

do their duty who complain mostabout the results.

If the people do not rule themselvesit is their own fault.

Two hundred female employees inHessel, Rains & Co's handkerchieffactory in quit work lastFriday because a foreman who haddispleased the oj erators, was not dis-

charged.John Wailich, of Bethlehem, a few

days ago saved from drowning two

youug skaters who broke through theice, but all three are now threathenedwith pnemonia, because of their icybath.

The ioe harvest on the Poconomountains, Monroe county.is on again

and fine clean ice.ten to twelve inchesthick, is being stored. Hundreds ofmen and all available teams are atwork.

Cruel treatment and being compelledby her husband to take in washing to

t make a living, were the reasons givenby Mr*. Almira McAlarney.of Wilkes-Baire, for asking for a divorce. Thedivorce was granted.

\u2666 The biggest sleigh ride ever held inNew England took place in Water-bury. Couu., on Saturday when RalphN. Blaikeslee, who conducts a largefreight handling business, took 6,000children for a free sleigh ride throughthe city.

Miss Laura Leighow, of Jerseytown,who has been suffering with rheum-atism for some time, is convalescing.

The last report of the Pittsburg postoffice shows the greatest per centageof profit of any post office in the coun-try.

A Mormon church was dedicated inPhiladelphia ou Sunday with a con-gregation of over 200.

Sleighing continues good, but a lit-tle more snow would help it.

Mrs. Krum, of Strawberry Ridge, isrecovering from a protracted i»'jess.

Retribution sometimes flags on thejourney but she generally overtakesher victim.

About thirty women were nominat-ed in Philadelphia at the primaries on

Saturday for school directors in thedifferent wards.

While Patrick Salmon,aged 85 years,of Mahanoy City, was descending astairway on Snuday night, carrying a

lighted lamp, he fell aud before helparrived he was burned so badly thathe died at the Miners' hopsital.

A bill has been introduced in the

national house of representatives auth-orizing the president to appoiut a com-nission to inquire iuto the tariff qoes-

i iu all its phases, including the?ability of maximum aud minimluties.

®e"ause his wife refused to quitjug boarders Viucent Drocowski.

of Chester, armed with a revolver,drove his wife aud four children andall the hoarders out of the home. Theyappealed to the police and Drocowskiwas required to give bouds to keep thepeace.

Professor Theodore Schott, of Man-heim, Germany, a German specialist

on the heart who has been visitingthis country, has seen ex-GovernorHiegins, of New York, aud declaresthat his case, while critical, is nothopeless.

Count Tolstoy, the great Russianwriter,is again reported critically ill.Owing to his advanced age his recov-ery is extremely doubtful.

Adam Ray, sou of Seth Schuman, ofAllentown, died on Monday morningof brain fever, aged 9 mouths,and two

later the child's mother, aged-?"M, died of disease.

"TIU.S COI NTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALLOF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS."

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HI BE RENDEREDUS BENEFIT

The oratorio. "The Holy City,"

which proved such a success iu Dau-ville, will be rendered in Bloomsburg

in the very near future for the benefitof the Joseph Ratti hospital, if theplaus set on foot last Saturday can besuccessfully carried out

That the Joseph Ratti hospital is asplendid charity no one will deny.

That Danville,along with other neigh-boring towns, profits immensely from

the institution is equally pateut to all

who take any note of events. Anymovement in our town,therefore, that

would show proper appreciation of the

charity, and contribute something to

the support of the hospital can not but

meet the approval of all grateful andright-minded people.

It was a happy conception, there-

fore, on the part of somebody that thehome talent of Danville should renderthe oratorio in Bloomsburg wholly as

a benefit of the Joseph Ratti hospital.

That the people of Bloomsburg willbe sure of a high class entertainmentno one will doubt after the two satis-factory renditions in this city last

week. If they rise equal to their op-

portunities and turn out en masse the jfull object will be accomplished.

The director 01 'ie oratorio had aninterview with A. Z. Schoch, presi-dent of the Bloomsburg National bank

and a member of the board of trustees

of the Joseph Ratti hospital, and Mr.Schoch regards the proposition withthe kindliest favor and is at present

casting about to find a suitable build-ing for the entertainment. The idea

is sure to be popular iu Bloomsburgand no one questions success.

The oratorio will iu all probability

be given in Bloomsburg the week af-

ter next. W. R. Miller, geueral mau-ager of the Danville aud Bloomsburgtrolley company, in order to assist theproject, has volunteered to cransport

the singers to Bloomsburg and back

without cost.At a later date our home talent pro-

poses to reader the oratorio in Snuburyas a benefit for the Mary M. Packerhospital.

Samuel Mills for Poor Director.Watkin Evans has been nominated

by the Republicans as borough audit-or aud Samuel Mills as overseer of thepoor of the Danville aud Mationingpoor district.

The borougli aud district conven-tions of that party were held at theMontour house Saturday night.

F. W. Magill was chosen presidentand W. 11. Woodside ami O. F. Youug

secretaries. The same officers servedin both conventions.

The district convention was heldfirst, delegates being present as fol-lows: First ward, Thomas A. Evans:

second ward.W 11. Woodside and Wil-liam lies: third ward, O. F. Youug

and Seth Lormor; fourtli ward, Frank

Magill and John Mitchell; Mahoningtownship, Michael Scott and WilliamHonser.

There was uo oppostion to Sa nuel

Mills for overseer of the poor. Forauditor at the primaries Friday night

Watkin Evain, the nominee, received

the support of the first and the fourth

wards.

Revisiting Town.Arthur F. Alward and wife,of Belle-

wood,arrived in this citv yesterday fora visit at the home of D C. Hunt.

Mr. Alward, who is an old resident ofDanville and knew Brigadier General

Bnbb when a boy, catuo over to Dan-ville hoping to meet the general He

was disappointed to find that General

Bubb had left Danville aud he wouldhave to forego the pleasure of meetinghim at this time.

Mr. Alward putin the time very ipleasantly circulating atnoug other old jfriends in Danville. His father was iBenjamin Alward, well rememberedby old residents as captain of a packet jboat and one who was prominent in 'the town affairs iu the olden days

Death of John Coleman.James Coleman, a highly esteemed

resident of the third ward, depart/ .this life last night at 9 o'clock. He |had been ill for nearly a year, death ,

being due to a complication of dis- |

eases.The deceased was 45 years of age aud j

is survived by a wife, three sons andfour daughters: Patrick, Michael and iWilliam, Mary (Mrs. Michael Burk),

Nellie, Alice aud Catherine. Anuie,

a daughter, departed this life teumouths ago.

The deceased was born in Wales,aud

came to this country with his parents

wh<*ft lie was 12 years of age. He wasa puddler and for many years was em-ployed at the Reading iron work®.

Lunacy Commission.

Iu response to a petition from rela-tives, Judge Savitlge Wednesday morn-ing,appointed a commission to inquireinto the mental condition of AugustusS. Ointer, an aged resident of River-

side. The appointments were Dr.Smith, of Riverside; J. H. McDevitt,

J. P. Carpenter, of Sunbury.? Sun-bury Item.

Raised $14,500.

A committee of 100, appointed toraiße 135,000 for the erection of a

Young Men'B Christian associationbuilding in Berwick, Columbia coun-ty,reported subscriptions to the amount

of sl4 000 after two days work, aud

there is little duobt but that the de-aired amount will be secured.

DANVILLE. PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY :?), 1907

Hi OFFICIALSIILOCAL CiP

Colonel C. W. Eckman camp, No.23, Sons of Veterans, at its next reg-

ular meeting, Thursday night, will

have with it three of the most distin-

guished members of the order?State

Cooimauder Ramsey, of Reading;j State Secretary McNulty, of Philadel-phia, and Major Geueral Reed of the

Sons of Veterans Reserves.The meeting will be open to all sons

of veterans, as well as veterans aud

grandsons of veterans. It is much re-

gretted by those who nave the welfare'of the order at heart that Col. C. W.

Eckman camp has not grown morerapidly. NowhereMn the State is there

more excellent material out of which

to build up a strong and prospe ouscamp than is fouud iu Danville. It is

a fact pointed to with considerablepride that many of those eligible fillpositions of responsibility and areranked in the best society of Danville.

Iu Milton as well,as other places thatmight be named, where strong audprosperous camps exist,the best youug

men of the town are members of the

Sous of Veteraus. It is believed that

all that is needed, therefore, is to get

the young men of Danville properlyinterested, when the growth of tiie

order here will keep pace with that of

camps elsewhere iu the State.The visitation ou Thursday night is

designed expressly for the purpose of

arousing an interest in the order of

Sous of Veterans among those who areeligible to membership, veterans aud

grandsons of veteraus as well as sousof veterans, and it is hoped that all

those included in either of the aboveclasses will be present at the meeting.A large attendance is desired.

Orvis Oswald is commander of Col-

onel C. W. Eckman camp No. 23, Sonsof Veteraus. John P. Patton and F.

M. Herriugtou are past commanders.

Third Ward Primaries.The borougli aud district conven-

tions of the Democratic party will be

held iu the grand jury room, in thecourthouse, at 7 o'clock this evening.

The third ward primaries, the lastof the borough and district,took placelast eveuiug. Considerably before 7o'clock a large crowd assembled at the

voting booth ou Walnut street. Thechoosing of candidates began at 7

o'clock and by 7 :30 all was over.Simon Tloffniau presided at the

primary. Leslie McLalu and Michael

O'Briau were clir en as secretaries.

In the choice of candidates the voters

all seemed to be of oue mind and the

ticket was framed iu record breakingtime. Following are the nominations:

Councilman. Robert Pursel; schooldirector, Herbert Dreifuss; assessor,D.D Williams; judge of election, l

McLain; inspector, Henry Miller.William Lovett and George Jacobs

were chosen as delegates to the bor-ough aud district conventions.

For overseer of the poor the dele- !gates were instructed for P. M. Kerns, iFor auditr they were left uuiiistruct- |ed.

The interest now centers in the dis-trict aud borough conventions tonight.

For overseer of the poor P. M Kernsgoes into the convention with thedelegates of the third aud fourth

wards.who were instructed to supporthim. For the same office Thomas Wel-liver will go into the convention withthe support of the first and the secondwards. Mahoning township will have

the decidiug vote.For auditor Grant Gnlick, who was

brought forward by the second ward,was endorsed by the first ward. In thethird and fourth v the delegateswere uninstructed for auditor. Thisleaves the field open for a possible con-test for auditor.

Workman's Odd Injury.

Jacob Miller, au employe at Howeaud Samuel's pnddle mill, was thevictim of a singular accident yester-day afteruoou.

The man, who is a puddler's help-er, hart just finished his turn aud was'eaving the plant for home. He had

scarcelv more than started when hebecame aware that oue of his limbswas bleeliug profusely. An investiga-tion revealed that a blood vessel hadbeeu ruptured aud the loss of blood

was appalling.The workmen were very much alarm-

ed, bu they kuew what to do iu suchan emergency, so that while gome ad-dressed themselves to the task of fiud- Iiug a doctor,others applied such re ue- 'dies as were at haud. fr

Dr. Paules quickly arrived, but in jthe interim the flow of blood had beeu

ariested by the employes. The physi- iciau discovered au ulcer in the mau'sleg, which had eaten through the tis-

sue ana opened an artery. The manwas takeu to his home aud at last ac-counts was doing very well.

The iujury may prove quite trouble-some for a while, but the physicianstates that he will recover from t\Seffects of it iu due time.

Special Assessor.The Bloomsburg school board has

decided to employ a special assessor to

make the registration of the school

i children between the ages of 6 aud 16.

years, to increase the State appropria-tion.

Countv Convention."

The Northumberland couuty conven-tion of the Patriotic Order Sons ofAmerica, will be held at Herudou on

I Washington's brithday.

SENIORS illCLASS PLAI

The senior class of the high schoolhas in view the production of a classplay at commencement this year in-stead of the regular class day exerciseswhich were a feature last commence-ment

The senior class was represented atthe regular meeting of the schoolboard Monday by a committee com-posed of Messrs. DeWitt .Jobborn,ClydeDavis, Harry Peters and Misses Kith-eriue Marks aud Ruth Frick.

Mr. Jobborn in au address.brief andto the point, explained the position of

the souior class and why it wished to

present a play as a departure from theorder of last year. The class day ex-

ercises, Mr. Jobborn said, judging fromvarious reports, had not proved inter-

esting to the public, however, mn:hthey may have expressed the cultnroof the class. A class play, it was be-lieved, would not ouly prov* more at-

tractive to the class, but would at thesame time interest the public muchmore. The class had consulted the

faculty, which was willing that the

class play be adopted, provided the

schoo.l board gave its approval. Thecommittee, he said, had been appoint-ed to wait ou the school board in ord-

er to determine with what favor the

proposition to produce a class playmight be regarded.

The subject was discussed briefly,no objection developing. On motion

of Mr. Fischer it was ordered that the

request of the tenior class be referred

to the high school committee, to actin conjunction with the faculty, theborough superintendent and the classcommittee which appear'

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before theboard, the report of the afereuce tobe preseuted at the next meeting of ;

the school board.On motiou of Mr. Fischer it was

ordered that borough superintendentGordy be sustained in his action of

installing boiled water in the differ-

ent school buildinps of the borough.

It was esteemed a wise precaution and

Mr. Pursel suggested that the matterbe carried a little further aud that the

scl. iol board purchase individualdrinking cups. He thought that the

use of the samo cup by different pupilsmight be instrumental in spreadingcontagion He thought that a cheapgranite cup to cost about five ceuMmight answer the purpose. Consider-

able discussion followed when it de-veloped that the board contemplatesinstall ug driukiug fountains iu the

school buildings soouer or later, auimprovement, which would renderdriukiug cups unnecessary The 1110

tiou beiug put to a vote was lost.The following bills were approved

for payment:Teachers and Janitors ..... . $1731.

J. H. Cole. 5 60

Charles Motteru 125'Ezra S. Haas .75Dr Geo Leniuger Chemical Co 19 40

American Book Co . 3.20Type writer supplies 9 00

The following members were pres-

ent: Burns, Orth.Swartz, Pursel,Fish,Fischer, Trumbower. Lutz, Heijs,

Grone.

South Side Wedding.Miss Hannah Conway, daughter of

Mr. aud Mrs. John Conway, of River-side, was married Tuesday at high

noon to Frank Miller at the home of

the bride's pareuts.The ceremony was performed by the

Rev. E. T. Swartz.of Scrauton, form-

erly pastor of St. Peter's M. E

church, of Riverside, before a few iu-vited guests

The guests at the wedding were Mr.and Mrs. K. L. Miller, Mr. aud Mrs.John Conway, Mr. anil Mrs. .TohuHendershot, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Cou-wav, Mrs. Mary Croinley, Mrs. Am-brose Vought, Missei Fannie Miller,

Harriet Bondman, da Conway, Mary jConway, Olive Conway, Mabel Con- |way, Frauk Appleman, Harold Cross-

ley and Leroy Conway. The bride andgroom left on the 4:31 Pennsylvania,train for a trio to Washington, D. C. |On their return they will reside at jReedsville, where the groom is em-ployed.

Affects Judges' Pay.When the judges' salary bill was

passed in the session of 1903 there wasa provision that judges should receive

uo compensation, except traveliug ex- |pouses, for holding court in other dis- jtricts to which they might be called. |Previous to that time they got $lO aday for services in other districts, andoue judge was known to draw from ;the State treasury u- arly £2,000 a yearfor sitting iu outside districts. Hy a

bill introduced by Senator Langfitt.ofAllegheny,the practice of paying itin-

erant judges is to be revived. It auth-orizes the chief justice of the Supremefourt, at the request of any court orbar association, to designate a judgeto sit in the court of a district otherthan his own. The judge so assigned

ill be entitled to receive in addi-

to his salary his nctual expensesaud $lO per day, which shall be paidout of the Strte treasury.

With the Welliver Company., Frank Alderman, recently with tiieSeltzer-Klahr Hardware company, ofPhiladelphia, as traveliug salesman,

i has accepted a position with the Wel-liver H' lware company, of this city.

Mr. Jermau formerly representedthe

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iliver company on the road.

A little more suow would help the, sleighing.

EDWARD ROBERTSGROUND 10 DEATH

Edward Roberts, a well known resi-dent of Valley township,met his deathou the P. & R. railroad near the com-

pany barn at 3 o'clock yesterday morniug. The accideut was a most shockingone, all the circumstances indicatingthat the man's foot hid become wedg-ed fast in the switch aud that thus

held fast he was struck bv a locomo-tive.

At about 3:30 o'clock yesterdaymorning John Thomas, of Mahoningtownship,was walking the P. & Rtrack on the way to his work at thebig mill \\ -m about midway be-tween the switch of the Reading ironworks and the company barn he cameacross a dead body lying ou the rail-road. Hurrying iuto town he reportedthe matter and in response Chief-of-Police Miucemoyer, accompanied byNight Watchman Lewis Byerly tndquickly followed ty Officer Voris. hur-

ried to the scene of the accident.They arrived at the spot just as an-

other train was approaching. Chief

Miucemoyer quickly removed the bodyfrom the track while some boys rauforward and flagged the train, whichcame to a stop. A shocking sight pre-seuted itself. Ou the upper side of the

track seventy-five feet south of wherethe body was fouud lav a severed liuib,

which had been cut off at the kuee.Fragments of the other limb, whichhad beeu severed half-way betweeuthe knee and ankle aud which hadbeen literally ground to pieces werefound scattered aloug the track. Theheel aud a portiou of the foot waswedged in the switch. So tightly wasit held between the rails that it couldonly be released with the aid of a barprocured frotn the waitiug engine.The left arm was almost severed. Aterrible injury was inflicted in the re-

gion of the left hip, where there wasa deep puueture aud the bones were

shattered and protruded from the lace-rated flesh.

There would seem to be uo doubt

but that tiie u itortuuate man was nearthe frog of the switch when ttie eng-

ine. pusher No. 840. running back-wards,or tender first, passed over thatportiou of the track at 3 o'clock yes-

terday morning on its way to WestMilton. Upon arriving at the latterplace blood stains were discovered up-on the tender by both the engineer audfireman, which was the first intimatioueither had that an accident had occur-red.

Iu trying to escape it is altogetherlikely that the mau's foot got fast iu

the switch in which position he wasstruck ou the hip by the teuder audshoved or dragged tor at least seventy-five feet, where the body was found.This was indicated by cuts aud ab-rasions about tiie face iu addition tothe fatal injuries above described.

Justice of the Peace Da I ton was call-

ed to the spot. After making a very

thorough inquiry into the cause of

death and viewing closely both thebody aud the surroundings he decidedthat an inquest was unnecessary and

that the iusu came to his death as theresult of an accident, in the manner

above described.The body was colli when Chiet-of-

Police Miucemoyer arrived, whichwould indicate,assuming that the manwas struck by engine No. 840, that

death was in-tautaneous or occurredvery soon. Uudertaker Frauk Heuriewas called to the spot, who took the

remains to his undertaking establish-ment where they were prepared forburial.

Edward Roberts, the virtim of theterrible afair.was road master of Val-ley township and lived about a milefrom the Forks on the road leading to

Pnrsell's slope. He was fifty-two years

of age aud is survived by three sousaud one daughter: Clyde, William,Mark and Miss Minnie, all of Valleytownship. The daughter is a schoolteacher nyd at present has charge of

Styer's school. The wife of the deceas-ed departed this life about oje year

ago.The fuueral will take place today at

2p. ni. from the family residence.

Valley township lutermeut will bemade at Mausdale.

Tlore Nominations.The Democrats of Derry township

lia.e made the following nominations:Judge of election, Charles W. Miller;inspector, John A. Moser; auditor,

John Supervisor, Peter C. Mos-er; assessor, ieorge W. DeGreeu;

school direct .George P. Cotner aud

Frauk Martz .overseer of the poor, W.

L. WhippleThe fo'lowiug ticket has beeu select-

ed by the Republicans of Cooper town-ship: Judge of election, Johu F.

Kruni; inspector, Charles Rishel; ov-erseer of the poor, Daniel tax

receiver, C. D. Garrison ; assessor, I.W. Krum; school directors, AlonzoMauser and William Black ; supervis-ors, Wellington Wertniau aud WilliamHeimbach; auditor, I. W. K um.

Addition to Fair Grounds.

The Columbia Couuty Agriculturalsociety has purchased fiveai res of and

adjoining the present fair grounds atBloomsburg ou the west.

The society will uot* able to .ob-

tain possession of the ground untilJuly. At that time work will be start-ed on new stables aud several othersmaller buildings.that are badly need-

ed ou accouut of the present crampedquarets.

ESTABLISHED IN 1855

PERSONALi PABfHS

Percy Shade,of Buckuell university,spent Sunday with his n, other inFrosty Valley.

Miss Mary Steward has returned toher home iu New Columbus after avisit at die homo of Mr. aud MrsGeorge Thomas, Church street.

Mrs. J. W. Bowman, of Pittsburg,is visiting her mother, Mrs. MaryShepperson, Front street.

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Mrs. Irviu Vaunau will leave thismorning for a visit with friends atCoatesville.

Mrs. David Seeley returned to Chi-

cago yesterday morning after a visitat the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.Shepperson, Riverside.

O. R. Shilling yesterday attendedthe funeral of a nephew at Lewisburg

Mrs. John Bowman, of Pottsgrove,called on friends in this city yester-

day.

Rev. Harry Minsber attended a min-isterial meeting at Lewisburg yester-day.

Florence aud Miriam Miusker spentyesterday at the home of their graud-motlier at Lewisburg.

Pretty Home WeddingMiss Ruth M. Boyer, of this city. ,

aud Mr. Adam Wagner,of Milton,wereunited iu matrimony Tuesday. Theceremony took place at the homo of

the bride's pueuts, Mr. aud \Trs.

Reuben Boyer, No. 306 Honeymoon |street, at 12:30 o'clock. The house .was most beautifully decorated with ,carnations, ferus aud stnilax.

The nuptial knot was tied hy theRev. L. D. Ulrich, pastor of Trinity (Lutheran church. Miss Beruice Cour-

sou, of Philadelphia, was bridesmaid .aud Mr. John Robiusou, an attache of (the hospital for the insane, w«s best ,in in. Miss Josephine Cousart reuder- \ed the wedding march from Loheu- (grin. ,

The bride wore a gown of silk pou-

tell and carried a bouquet of white |carnations. The bridesmaid wore pink (silk and »iied pink carnations.

At 2 o'clock a sumptuous weddingdinner was served. About sixty guests

were pre>ent rep uting Dauville, JWashingtonville, v . 11o? laud otherneighboring towns

The presents were very valuable and (covered a wide range. There were ail- (verware, china, liueu and ail the var- (ious articles that enter into a newlyfurnished home.

The bride is popular and beloved bya large circle of friends. The groom,who was a former resident of Wash- 1iugtouville, is widely known through-out our couuty and is much esteemed. '

IDeath of Prominent Farmer.

Jacob Wiutersteena well known aud 1highly esteemed agriculturalist of 'near Jerseytown, Malison township,Columbia count}, died Tuesday af- 112teruoou at 4 o'clock of typhoid pueu- 1monia. 1

Mr. Wintersteen was very widely 'known throughout all this section,and '

at one time was a resident of Dau- 1vilie. Nine days ago he was taken ill 1with a bad <jold which he caught '<

wdiile working about his farm Thedisease that caused his death develop- 'ed aud rapidly ran its fatal course.

The deceased was born iu Valleytownship on the farm where WilliamH. Wintersteen now lives. He was the \u25a0,sou of Mr and Mrs. Henry Winter- jsteeu, both now deceased. He is sur- jvived hy his wife and a son Charles,who resides on a farm adjoining the 'parental homestead in Madison town-

ship. Four brothers also survive:i *John, David and Henry, of Valley i 'township, aud Dr. George Winter- j *steeu. of Parkville, New York. He j 'was 59 years of age.

At one time, for several years, Mr. (

Wintersteen resided in Danville. Dur- j ?iug his residence iu this city he was ; 'the proprietor of a fiue livery stable, j *which was run iu connection with j 112the old Danville house, which stood *where the Thomas Beaver free library j *uow stands.

Poor Sleighing. 1 1Sleighing is reported as rather poor, j i

especially on the country roads. Tobegiu with the roads at- many places jwere rough, while as time wears on,under the influence of the suu, the ! |suow each day is becoming thinner.Ou the whole, however, a sleigh can ! jget along much better than a wheeled

vehicle aud sleighs largely predomin-ate. ! e

The r. 112. d. carriers are very grate-

ful for auv change that eliminates the jmud and rainy weather that were fact-

ors during the greater part of the win- (ter. As a general thing the carriers

are usiug sleighs to cover their routes jand they are not disposed to find any (fault with the sleighing.

Ice Hen Are Busy.W. S. Lawrence & Sous began cut- j

ting ice on the dam in Mahoning creek 'yesterday morning aud are obtainingau excellent product seveu or eight

inches iu thickness. The ice men areall busy b\- this time aud wagons load-ed with ice may be seen driving iu al-most every direction through town.

All that is needed is for the presentstate of weather to coutinue for a few-

days, when mauy of the smaller icehouses will be filled. That abund-

ant ice crop may yet be harvested isquite within the range of probability.

Valentines are making their appear-

ance iu local store windows.

MAN ONCAPIIOLII

HARRISBURG, Jau. 30.Governor Stuart today announced

the member.* of the committee that! will probe iuto tho alleged graft inconnection with the building of Penn-sylvania's new State capitol. Repre-

i sentative R. Scott Ammerman.of Mon-tour, is one of two Democrats on thecommittee, aud is tho sole representa-tive of his party from the house ofrepresentatives.

The new capitol investigating com-mittee resolution was messaged to the

j governor at once after the house had, been informed ttiat the senate had ad-

i opted it. The governor lost no time inapproving it. Both branches havingbeen appraised of his approval the fol-lowing were appointed as the com-mittee to do the probing:

Senate? Fisher, of ludiana, aud Sis-son, of Erie, Republicans,and Dewalt,of Lehigh, Democrat.

House?Fair, Westmoreland; Shields,Wyoming; Deardeu, Philadelphia, R-epublicans ; Aminerman, Montour, Democrat.

There are five Republicans and twoDemocrats on the committee.

Railroads Turn on Government.OMAHA, Jan. 30.

That the officials of the big Westerntruuk lines intend to interpret the newinterstate law as strictly toward thegovernment as the lattor's representa-tives here forcad them toward the pub-

lic was made when the Union Pacificaud Nort iweste ;u railroads both refused to transport United States troopsfrom this city to San Fraucisco forless than the frill rate The special rate

heretofore paid was refused peremp-torily by the traffic managers of theseroads.

BIDS ADVERTISED FOR.The refusal indicated, too, that the

traffic managers had no recourse butto refuse. They had their instructionsand they stood by them. The specificcase was the need of transport'ng 600men, 500 horses aud a large amount ofequipment from Forts Robiusou audRussell to San Francisco, enroute forthe Philippines. Bids for the trans-portation were advertised in the usualway. The first surprise came whenoulv the Nortli western and the UnionPacific respouded.and with bids at theregular rates.

OFFICIALS OBDURATE.Even then the quartermaster of the

department of Missouri did not realizethe real meaning of the full rate bids.He thought there must bs some mis-take. aud sent a representative to seethe*traffic managers. When tho officer

reported hack to his superior that therailroad officials were obdurate aud refused to reduce the rates a penny the

air in the quartermaster's stores wassulphurous for some time. Never hadthe railroads taken sucli a standagainst the military authorities of theUnited States. It was almost past be-lief.

INT SPITE OF COMMISSION.This, too, in the face of the fact that

the Interstate Commerce Commission

had held that the new railroad ratelaw did not modify or aifect the orig-inal interstate commerce law in so faras it concerned reduced rates for thetransportation of troops or property

for the United States. In brief, it washeld that as the money paid to therailroads came out of the pockets .of

the taxpayers it would not be unfairnor unlawful if the railroads accordeda reduced rate to the United States.It would be in no sense a rebate, but a

straight reduction aud hence lawful.

Our Industries are Busy.It is a fact that may not have occur-

red to every person that all our in-

dustries are running along at theirfull capacity, indicating that we oughtto be enjoying the high water mark of

prosperity.This is a condition unusual at this

season of the year except during periodsof great prosperity. It is signifies- I', 1',too, that not only are our industriesin operation but also that the ;uost ofthem are rushed witli orders. It would

be interesting to know just how manypersons in Danville are workiug stead-ily taking in those who are employedat the iron works, and other big in-

dustries as well as the silk mi lis, stock-ing factory and other smaller est-ablishments. Surely no one needs tobs idle.

The conditions are such as to insure| the maximum of comfort and happi-! ness to all classes at a season of the

1 year when there is often a scarcity of

I employment and when the demandsupon the family exchequer are theheaviest.

In Danville.j A. L. Caufield, who hat charge ofthe New England and export trade of

tho.»Dauville Stove aud manufacturingcompany,arrived in this city last even-ing on business connected with the

local plant. Mr. Caufield controls anenormous volume ot business and is in

a position to note the condition oftrade. He is convinced that the fol-

lowing year will be one of almost un-precedented prosperity for the Dan-ville stove and manufacturing com-pany, He sees a great future for Dan-ville stoves.

The nineteen puddle furnaces in the

new addition to the Olney street mill

of the Reading Irou company, in Read-ing, are to be put ou double turn.

JOB PRINTINGThe office ot the AMERICAN

being furnished with a largeassortment of job letter andfancy typu and job materialgenera ly, the Publisher an-nounces to the public tnat heis prepared at all times to ex-ecute in the neatest manner.

JOB PRINTINGOf all Kinds and Descrloticn

LAUDfIH IE\u25a0ED DEATH

Elmer W. Runyan, formerly a wellkuown farmer of near Grovania, diedin convulsions yesterday morning 11his home in Bloomsburg, after havingtaken an overdose of laudanum. It isnot kuown whether he took the dosewith suicidal infeut or by accidenttook too much.

He procured the laudanum at aBloomsburg drug store Tuesday even-ing, saying that he wanted it'for thetoothache. His wife leaving her hns-baud for a few minutes after his com-ing home, she returned to find the halfempty laudanum bottle on the table.Runyan said that he had drunk thepoison but did not state why.

Ruuyau became deathly ill,and phy-siciaus were summoned. They workedwith him throughout the night, andsucceeded in keeping him awake untilfour o*clock yesterday morning whenhe went iuto convulsions and deathoccurred.

Tiie deceased had two sons, C. E.and J. W. Runyan, living at home.Three sisters and two brothers sur-vive: Mrs. Anthony Hill, of nearJerseytowu ; Mrs. Jane Williams, ofSpruce Run ; Mrs. Alice Farusworth,of Pine Summit; Frauk Runyau, oflowa, and John Runyan, of Blooms-burg.

On Anxious Bench.Northumberland county license

court has ended, and Judges Savidgeaud Auteu are weighing their decis-ions in the cases where remonstranceswere filed; also the various applica-tions lor permits to conduct newstauds.

Among the later is one from WalterKeiuer, formerly of Danville, for astand of fine location on Market streetin Suubury near the Pennsylvaniarailroad tracks.

After all the testimony had beensubmitted by the Riley detectives andothers who opposed to the granting ofthese licenses, the court announcedthat no decisions would be handeddown at present, but that each wouldbe carefully considered.

The stenog-aphers were instructedto write out the testimony in each cas*

just as soon as possible and submit thesame to the court so that justice couldbe done to all parties concerned.

Much interest is beiug manifested inthe three Suubury applications,amongwhich is numbered Mr. Reiner's, andthe result of the court's decision is be-ing anxiously awaited.

During court a letter was read pro-

testing against the reuewal of a liceusein Lower Mahauoy township. The

writer, a woman, alleged that her hus-band went to the saloon in questionand got drunk. She forgot to sign her

name.The court in referring to this mat-

ter said that of course the husband gotdruuk. If he hadn't got liis load ofbooze in Lower Mahauoy he wouldQuite likely have gone to Herndon orGeorgetown or some other place. Theliceuse will be granted.

Aroused over the action of the Sha-mokiu Home Protection le gue iu fil-

ing remoustrauces agaiust t.iree of itsofficers, the Anti-Sunday Selling as-sociation of liquor men are determin- _

ed to probe to the bottom of the work

of the league aud if possible bring ac-tion against its detectives.

Receives Black Hand Notice.William J. Mansfield, of Berwick,

one of the best known citizens of thattown,and a prominent contractor, yes-

terday morning received a "Black

Hand" communication that demanded$3,000 and made his life the forfeit.

The letter that Mr. Mansfield receiv-

ed is very poorly written, on a pieceof wrapping paper. Iu one corner is a

poor drawing of a hand made blackwith pencil marks. The wording is asfollows:

"William Mansfield: Our societywants $5,000 good money and not

marked. Putin oil cloth, take toCouynsham grave yard, inside gate onright side as you go in. Put flat stone

over it. Do as you are told and all

will be well; refuse and you will notlive long. This no fun.

"ASTELLA MONDENO"

Mr. Mansfield says he will pay no

attention to the letter. He is partly

inclined to think that someone is try-ins to perpetrate a joke on him.

An Old Time Excursion.The development of this section, now

girded by steam and electric railroads

mikes interesting an advertisement

iu the Columbia Democrat of Satur-

day. Oct. 23, 1852, edited by Levi T.Tate, in which is an advertisement of

a grand excursion twice a week be-

tween Wilkes-Barre and Northumber-

land. on the packet boat Northumber-land, Captain G. Teed. The trip fromWilkes-Barre to Northumberland wasmade from 4 o'clock in the morning to

6 o'clock iu the eveuiug, providingthere were no mishaps.

Surprise Party.A pleasant surprise party was tend-

ered Mrs. Joseph Woodruff at her homein Riverside Wednesday in honor ofher birthday. A fine dinner was serv-ed. Those preseut were: Mrs. Wilbur,Mrs. L. M. Sleppy, Mrs. W. C. John-

sou aud Miss Webster, of Bloomsburg;Mrs. Kate Johns and Mrs. Trometter,

of Shamokin; Mrs. Arthur Myerly and

Miss Mary Suyder, of Danville; Mrs.Rufus Vastiue aud Mrs. E. Pegg, ofRiverside.