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MONTOUR COUNTY. FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1906. NO 21 DEATH OF CAPT. J. Il.
JOHNSON Captain Joseph H. Johuson, a man whose name in Danville has come to be synonymous with honor and upright living, a Inau who numbered among his list of friends almost everybody that he knew, has passed from the midst of those who had learned to love him. It has been generally known throughout town for the past two weeks that Mr. Johnson was confined to his bed with the complaint that during the past year has been fastening itself up- on him -heart trouble. His condition, although serious, did not seem extremely critical until Sunday noon, when acute pneumonia set in.
After that he grew rapidly weaker until death came at 9:50 Sunday evening. Captain Johuson was 66 years of age, having been born at Pottsville on the 18th. of March, 1840. He came to Danville when but a lad of ten years. Here for a while he was an iron worker and later entered the grocery business.
For the past ten years he has operated a dye works. He was a member of Mahoning lodge, No. 516, F. A. M.
and of Calvary Commandery, No. 37, Knights Templar. He was a prominent and consistent member of Pine Street Lutheran church for many years. He is survived by his wife and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Forred, of Plymouth.
Captain Johuson was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, holding one of the proudest service records in the State. He enlisted at the outbreak of the late Rebellion, his eulistment taking place in a hall on Ferry street at the exact spot where now stands the house in which he died. The full war history of the deceased, as taken from the official records, is a rhetorical monument that will keep silent, stately watch for ages over the dust of a hero: "Enlisted, private, April 26, 1861, Co. 14th. Pa.
Vols. Assigned to 5th. Brigade, 2nd. Division, Patterson's Army. Picket duty near Sharpsburg, action Falling Waters, occupation of Martinsburg, Advance on Bunker Hill, mustered out, August 7.
1861. "Enlisted, private, October 21, 1861, Company 93rd. Pa. Vols. Promoted to corporal.
Sergeant, October 1, 1862. 1st. Sergeant, January 1, 1863. 2nd. lieutenant, May 1, 1863.
Ist. neutenant, August 1, 1864. Captain, November 28, 1864. "Service: Assigned to Peck's Brigade, Coach's Division, 4th. Corps, Army of the Potomac, Advance on Manassas, siege of Yorktown, reconnoitre to Chickahominy River and Bottom Bridge, seven days before Richmond, Seven Pines, detailed quarter master's sergeant ambulance corps, August, 1862-January, 1863.
Chantilly, Antietam. Transferred to 3rd. Brigade, 3rd. Division, 6th. Corps, on November 9, 1862.
Fredericksburg, Burnside's second campaign, Chancellorsville second campaign, Maryes Heights, Salem Heights, Banks Ford, Gettysburg, Funkstown, Mine Run. Transferred to 2nd. Division, 6th. Corps, March 18, 1864. "In command of company from May 5, 1864.
Wilderness, Spottsylvenia, Cold Harbor, Defenses of Washington, Fort Stevens, Berryville, Strasburg, Charlestown, Bunker Hill, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, siege of Petersburg. Hacthe's Run, assault of Petersburg, Burkesville, Sailor's Creek, Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865 surrender of Lee. Marched to Danville, Va. Marched to Washington, D. 0.
Grand Review, June 8, 1865. Mustered out June 27, 1865. GROWING A SOD. The county commissioners are now fixing up the court house lawn, after which it will be sown with grass seed. The material procured from the river bridge when the latter was cleaned off a couple of weeks ago, did not prove 'sufficient for the top course and in order to complete the work it was necessary to look in some other direction for fertile and productive soil such as would grow a good sod.
Yesterday Ellis Rank was put to work with two carts hauling soil up from the meadow along Mahoning creek, which will no doubt fill the bill very nicely. The soil is obtained from the spot where John Keim obtains clay for making brick, and the commissioners in removing it do the brick maker a good turn by laying bare the deposits of clay. In a short time the court house grounds will no doubt be blooming like a rose. The grass on the south side of the building is already growing nicely and boards are very conspicuously displayed warning people to keep off the sod. '1 Did Spring Ploughing.
Under the leadership of Mr. Oscar Vastine a number of neighbors with teams assembled at the home of Mr. Clarence Philips, Mahoning township, Monday, and rendered considerable assistance by doing the greater part of his spring plowing. The social feature was much enjoyed. All were feasted on the good things furnished by the hostess and her assistant, Mrs.
Oscar Vastine. Those present were: Oscar Vastine, Clarence Hendershot, Michael McGraw, John Casey, E. L. White, Arthur Stetler, Jasper Stetler, Alfred Diehl, William Miller, Charles Arter, Jasper Philips and B. L.
Diehl, all of whom hope for the return of health and strength of their friend. EXAMINING DOG'S HEAD There is a slight mad dog scare in the vicinity of Strawberry Ridge, as the result of which Charles Reeder, a young man of that place, may go to the Pasteur iustitute for treatment. The young man bitten is the son of George Reeder, a prominent resident. The bite was inflicted quite two weeks ago by Mr. Reeder's own dog.
The exact circ*mstances of the case have not been it seems that there was something about the dog that aroused suspicion that he might have been afflicted with rabies. The wound was cauterized but as time wore 011 all things seemed to cause a feeling of disquietude and in order to allay fears at the suggestion of Dr. Shuman, the family physician, it was decided to send the head of the dog, which had been killed, in to Veterinarian J. O. Reed, the local representative of the State live stock sanitary board.
When Dr. Reed received the dog's head he immediately forwarded it to Philadelphia for a bacteriological test by Dr. Leonard Pearson, the State veterinarian. Dr. Reed yesterday received a letter from State veterinarian Pearson report ing progress.
The dog's head, he said, was in such shape as to exclude the practicability of the microscopic or speedy test and made it necessary to resort to the slower test of inoculating rabbits, to ascertain whether or not rabies was present. At almost any day a report based on the rabbit experiment may be received from the live stock sanitary board. Meanwhile the. State veterinarian advised Dr. Reed that if in his opinion the dog showed symptoms of rabies it would be well to have the young man bitten to take a course at the Pasteur institute without delay.
Just what course would be pursued Dr. Reed yesterday could not state. Fractured Knee Cap Discovesed. A most remarkable case was brought to notice yesterday when it was discovered that a young man, Charles Foust, of Danville, who was hurt by a fall last autumn, had been existing for the past six months with a fractured knee cap, totally unaware the serious nature of his injuries. Last fall Mr.
Foust, who resides with his sister, Mrs. Truitt, Gulick's addition, was carrying a pail of water at his home when he fell, injuring his leg. He was confined to the house for two weeks and received medical attention. Later he began to make his way about with the aid of a cane, but his injuries to improve. Yesterday morning he visited the office of Dr.
Harpel, who at once diagnosed the case as a fractured knee cap. Several other physicians were called into consultation upon the case, among them being Dr. I. G. Barber, who was able to make arrangements for the young man to receive treatment at the Mary Packer hospital at Sunbury.
Since his fall the unfortunate young man has been in almost constant agon zing pain. He looks but the shadow of his former robust self, and has the appearance of having undergone a wasting illness. Yesterday he told his pitiable story to the doctors and received their disheartening verdict, the tears streamed down his cheeks. Since his fall, nature has been at work upon the fractured knee cap, with the result that the broken edges of bone have become covered with callus that before the process of mending can begin it will be necessary to scrape the two edges of the fractured bone. Even then the doctors doubt if a thorough and permanent cure can be effected.
Mr. Foust will go to the Sunbury hospital this morning. 'Installing a New Boiler. E. J.
LeDuc, proprietor of the "City of Paris," which was stripped of its boiler by low-hanging wires while passing under the river bridge at Catawissa, Tuesday, will not permit the serious mishap to interfere with the digging of coal to, any extent. Mr. LeDue left for Wilkes-Barre yesterday to purchase a new boiler and what other machinery may be needed to equip the craft and make it perfectly sea worthy. The of had a thrilling experience and the members of the crew may feel thankful that they did not go into the river along with the boiler. The life boat was also swept overboard and the crew was obliged to stick to the dismantled craft.
The anchor was thrown overboard but it could not hold the big coal digger, which became the sport of the swift current. In a short time the rope snapped in two and the anchor clung to the bottom of the river, while the boat bearing the men, swung down the stream The anchor is the second one lost by Mr. LeDue within a couple of weeks, the other one lying in the river here below the bridge. Mr. LeDuc expects to find plenty of river coal in the vicinity of Bloomsburg, which will no doubt be very much in demand during the summer, especially if there should be a prolonged miners' strike.
By the time the river falls to the proper level he expects to have his coal digger equipped he will at once begin to dig coal. The life boat, of the "'City of which was swept overboard in the accident later was caught in the river here and taken into shore. Appointed Auditor. William C. Johnston, of Bloomsburg, has been appointed auditor by the auditor general as agent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to reaudit the accounts and dockets of J.
C. Ratter, Jr. the entire time that he served as recorder of Columbia county. MASONIC RITES PERFORMED All that was mortal of Captain Joseph H. Johnson was consigned to the grave in Odd Fellows' cemetery yesterday.
Not in many years has a funeral taken place that has caused such an outpouring of our own citizens and brought here so many people from neighboring places, a fact which most eloquently attested to the high standing and personal popularity of the deceased. The funeral took place from Pine Street Lutheran church at 1:30 p. m. Rev. Dr.
Shindel, pastor of Pine Street Lutheran church, is just recovering from an illness and was not physical-, ly equal to the task of conducting the funeral. In his place Rev. U. G. Myers of Catawissa officiated.
Rev. Mr. Myers knew the deceased for many years and he paid a noble tribute to his memory. Among the musical numbers rendered at the funeral was a beautiful solo, Face to Face, by Mrs. Arthur Matchett of Middletown: also a quartette Abide With by Mrs.
W. R. Paules, Miss Anna Fry, Robert Jacobs and Sam A. McCoy. The deceased belonged to Mahoning lodge No.
516, F. A. and he was signally honored by the members of the Masonic Fraternity. It would be difficult to recall an occasion when a larger number of the white gloved fraternity were in line to follow a brother to the grave Taking in lodge 516 and the sister lodge 224, present by invitation, there were in the procession at least fifty members. The deceased had a fine war record.
He was a member of the Union Veteran Legion, but he was none the' less bound to the members of GA. R. and to all veterans by the ties of comradeship, so that among those who gathered around his bier yesterday a large proportion were survivors of the Civil war. In selecting the pall bearers the honors were equally divided between the two organizations of veterans. The remains were carried by D.
R. Eckman, Dr. Jno. Sweisfort, and George Mears, of Rupert, representing the Union Veteran Legion and W. M.
Heddens, Thomas Mensch of Catawissa and Johu Levers of Milton, representing the G. A. R. The flowers formed a very beautiful tribute and comprised a large shield, in which were interwoven the letters, V. from the Union Veteran Legion; a large compass and square wrought in flowers, the Masonic emblem, as a tribute from Mahoning Lodge No.
516. There was also a beautiful offering from the Sunday school class of Street Lutheran church taught by Mrs. Johnson, wife of the deceased as well as a large number of floral gifts from individual friends. The funeral was taken to Odd Fellows' cemetery on two trolley cars, which met at Walnut and Pine streets. The Masonic fraternity in two that faced each other occupied the sidewalk and extended nearly all the way from the church to Walnut street.
Between the two columns of Freemasons, who stood with uncovered heads, the casket on which was piled a rich profusion of flowers, was slowly and reverently borne aloug. The remains were placed in the first car which was occupied by the relatives and intimate friends of the family. The second car was given over to the masons and was crowded. At the grave the burial rites of the Masonic order were observed. The following out-of-town persons were at the funeral: James D.
Evans, J. (Towney) Howe and Mrs. Anne VanBuskirk, of Scranton; Mrs. Sarah Forred and Alfred Forred, Plymouth; Mrs. Wesley Eyer, of Bloomsburg.
Among the prominent Masons were: A. L. Fritz, Isaiah Hagenbuch, R. F. Vanderslice and Charles Reice of Bloomsburg.
Among the members of the Union Veteran Legion were: Captain J. B. Robinson, J. H. Maize, C.
S. Furman, Lewis Cohen, Jacob Kellar, R. C. Buckalew, Zachariah Thomas, Elias Utt, Theodore Mendenhall, of Bloomsburg; P. J.
Baylor, William Minier, Riverside; Dr. P. C. Newbaker, Dr. Jno.
Sweisfort, D. R. Eckman, Charles Woods and Michael Breckbill of Danville. Taboo Big Beers. A movement is on foot among the hotel proprietors and saloon keepers of the county to form an organization for their mutual protection.
A preliminary meeting has already been held and a committee of seven is now at work drafting a constitution and by-laws. It is expected that every liquor man in the county will become a member. One of the objects of the organization will be to watch the proceedings of the legislature at Harrisburg and use influence to obtain changes in the laws governing the issuance of licenses, The matter of abolishing free lunches and the use of large glasses for beer have already been considered. Miss Bertha Kase Entertains. Miss Bertha Kase entertained a number of her friends at a taffy pull Saturday evening at her home in South Danville, in honor of Miss Irene Humphrey.
The guests were: Misses Jessie Kimerer, Edith Kramer, Katherine Vastine, Messrs. Edwin Moore, John A. Kase, Will L. McCoy, Robert M. Jacobs and Charles A.
Hartt. Now that summer is near, the suggestion is made by Good Health that everybody ought to live on the porch -read, sew, eat, lounge and nap there. SAN FRANCISCO REAL INFERNO DUE TO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE Worst Earthquake in American History Visited Upon San Francisco Yesterday -Indescribable Damage Done- -Fires Still Burning and Fire Fighters Are Powerless. The most horrible and the greatest earthquake in American history occurred yesterday morning at San Francisco and the magnitude of the horror seems to grow with each succeding bulletin. It destroyed telegraph and railroad facilities.
There were a succession of shocks, many of them thot great destructive violence and messages indicate that a large part of the city's business section has been razed to the ground and the debris is on fire without adequate water protection to fight the flames. Other bulletins indicate a loss of life that cannot be measured in the confusion attending the cataclysm. The earthquake shocks ceased at 8:30, eastern time, having commenced at 5:13, and it is probable that the worst is over so far as the movements of the earth are concerned. But the awful fire fiend still remains to be reckoned with. Panic has reigned in the city since the first shock, none knowing when another upheaval might render them homeless, or hurl about them buildings of the sort that have already fallen.
The worst feature, after the earth quake shocks had passed, arose from the fires which broke out simultaneously in many parts of the city and seemed to be spreading in every direction. Late messages indicate that the flames are fast approaching the magnificent docks and wharves for which the harbor of San Francisco is famous and that these may fall victims to the devouring monster which broke water mains and destroyed fire apparatus. The most alarming part the dire event is that each succeeding telegram increases rather than diminishes the terrible news. SAN FRANCISCO, April Francisco was partially wrecked by earthquake at 5:10 this morning. Shock lasted three minutes.
A thousand buildings damaged and destroyed. Loss of life reported great. No water and fires all over city. All wires except one gone. City hall, costing seven 1 millions in ruins.
Modern buildings suffered less than brick and frame. Terror and excitement indescribable. Most people asleep and rushed into streets undressed. Buildings swayed and crashed, burying occupants. Panic in down town hotels.
Lick house badly damaged but no loss of life report ed there. The Palace and St. Francis hotels stood the shock. People flocked to the telegraph offices to send messages to friends and were frantic because there were 110 wires. The greater damage was done to buildngs south of Market street, where mostly they are frame and tenement houses.
Fires occurred in every block in that district. 8 A. the confusion which reigns everywhere it is almost imposgible to learn details of the disaster caused by the earthquake this morning. In general it may be said that the district lying between Market and Howard streets from the bay as far west as the City Hall has been badly wrecked. The hotels in the vicinity of Third and Market streets were badly shaken up but there seemed to be no loss of life.
The and buildings as well as the Western Union building have been badly wrecked. The large department stores in the neighborhood were also ruined, but the earthquake occurred at an hour when they were empty and no loss of life is reported. The Valencia hotel, bewteen Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets, on Valencia street, a five story frame building, toppled over into the street, burying seventy-five persons in the debris, only the top story remaining intact. Farther east on Market street toward the ferry slips, is a section occupied by cheap lodging houses and hotels, and here the loss of life is reported to be very great, though the extent of it could not be ascertained at this hour. Fires are burning in a number of places along Market street and the water mains having' burst, the authorities have resorted to dynamite to check the progress of the flames.
The residence section of the city while badly shaken, reports no loss of life or erious damage. LOSS OVER $100,000,000 As Associated Press dispatch last night said that conservative estimates placed the loss in San Francisco well over $100,000,000, and growing larger with each report. LELAND STANFORD DEMOLISHED Leland Stanford university, the greatest school of the West, and in many particulars the finest in the world, was number practically demolished. One student, from Nebraska, was killed. BETWEEN 500 AND 700 KILLED Late Associated Press dispatches last night placed the killed between 500 and 700.
The figures are constantly changing, however, and it is impossible to tell as yet the extent of the fatalties. Lent will soon be a memory--just like the umbrella some one borrowed of you. MASKED ROBBERS BOLD OUTRACE Like the star chapter of the most thrilling piece of fiction on the deeds of bad men in the far west is the story of a bold robbery that was committed along the border limits of Sunbury Tuesday night. The scene of the outrageous event was the home of John Lower, trackwalker for the Pennsylvania railroad company. Mr.
Lower resides in a small house near the creek bridge below the dam on the outskirts of Sunbury. Bidding his wife and three children goodbye he left his home after supper Tuesday evening. Sometime between ten and eleven o'clock Mrs. Lower was aroused out of her sleep by a banging at the front door. Before she realized what was going on the front door was battered open and three men, all wearing black masks over their faces, entered her room and dragged her from the bed.
Frightening the defenseless woman into submission by telling her that if she made but a single outcry or attempted to give an alarm in any way that they would kill her, and displaying large revolvers the robbers roughly seated Mrs. Lower on a chair. The next act of the masked robbers was to gag their victim and tie her securely to the chair. Before they completed their work she had sustained a number of scratches on her face and bruises on her body. 1 During the time consumed by such operations the eldest of the three children was awakened and seeing the men in the room became frightened and began to scream.
One of the three men rushed to the bed, grabbed the child and shook it roughly, but discontinued his act of violence upon receiving promises that it would remain quiet. Leaving one of their party to stand guard over Mrs. Lower in the bed room the other two robbers made a systematic search of the entire house for plunder. Bureau drawers were turned upside down on the floor, closets were ransacked and every nook and corner was carefully searched. The entire reward the robbers reaped was ninety-five cents in cash and seventeen packages of chewing tobacco.
Without releasing their victim the robbers hurried from the house and made their escape. Mr. Lower when he returned home for lunch about midnight found his wife in the same condition she had been left by her assailants. Although she was unable to see their faces, from their dress, general makeup, and speech, Mrs. Lower believes that the masked robbers were tramps, who came and departed on a freight train.
"Jesus of Nazareth." An audience that taxed the capacity of the Grove Presbyterian church heard a most finished rendition of Oswald Allen's cantata, "Jesus of Nazareth," Sunday afternoon. A great deal of the charm of the occasion lay in the fact that it was an undertaking entirely new in Danville. In many of the large cities the cantata is used on occasions of sacred importance, and the unqualified success of its first usage in Danville a repetition most desirable to those who admire this class of music. The Grove church had been beautifully decorated for the'occasion. Long before 4:30, the time given out for the beginning of the cantata, every seat in the church auditorium was occupied, and people who came later were seated in the Sunday school room.
The chorus of twenty voices, had been rehearsed under the direction of Mr. Irvin Vannan, and the ensemble work was rendered with a finished excellence that. was a credit to the capability director, and to the individual worth of each member of the choir. It was thought during the earlier part of the week that Miss Emma Gearhart, who sang the leading soprano role, would be unable to sing on account of a severe cold. She recovered sufficiently, however, to be at the final rehearsal Saturday evening, and yesterday rendered the soprano solos of the cantata with charming effect.
Little Girl Breaks Arm. Gussie, the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Bedea, Factory street. while at play Saturday afternoon fell and fractured her left elbow.
A board had been removed trom the fence enclosing the lot and the little girl was in the act of skipping through the aperture when her foot caught on the lower rail and she fell foremost through the fence striking her left arm in such a way as to fracture the bone at the elbow joint. 'Dr. C. Newbaker was called who set the broken bone. The fracture occurring as it does right on the elbow joint complicates matters somewhat, but the physician hopes that the fracture will heal without any permanent injury to the arm.
Hellman -Beyer. Hellman -Beyer. Miss Ada M. Beyer, of this city, and Charles S. Heilman, of Strawberry Ridge, were The united in matrimony urday.
nuptial knot was tied by Rev. C. D. Lerch at the home of the bride's father, Philip Beyer, corner of Nassau and Front streets, at half past four o'clock in the afternoon, the ring ceremony being employed, Some twenty guests were present. After the ceremony a fine wedding' dinner was served.
The newly wedded couple will reside at Strawberry Ridge. DEALERS UNABLE TO BUY COAL With the cessation of mining over the anthracite region--with the sequent refusal of the operators to ship a pound of coal from the mines and with a miners' strike of greater or less duration one of the probabilities of the immediate future, Danville, like many other towns of the State as far as the question of hard coal is concerned faces anything but a cheerful Simultaneously with the shut down the shipment of coal at the mines ceased. Upon inquiry yesterday it was learned that not one of our local dealers is able to procure a pound of coal. The orders placed by the local dealers are acknowledged but there is no surance when they will be filled. The card employed by the D.
L. W. company in acknowledging the receipt of orders has the following stamped upon it in red ink: "All orders subject to ability to ship and to prices when shipment is made." No one doubts that affairs in the coal region are drifting oll toward a prolonged miners' strike and naturally under the circ*mstances there is curiosity to know just what surplus coal the dealers have on hand. In all the yards here it is practically the same. The dealers are busily engaged in filling the big orders placed during February and March by local consumers who had means for purchasing a big stock of coal, the room for storing it and were astute enough to foresee that a clash between the miners and operators was unavoidable.
It may take some weeks yet to deliver all the coal previously ordered and until this is done it will be difficult to tell just what margin may remain to meet the general demand. The dealers, however, feel morally sure that by the time they have their orders all filled the quantity of coal on hand in their respective yards will not be worth taking into account. All of which implies that unless some unforeseen circ*mstance occurs to prevent a miners' strike, before the summer is half over Danville will be without coal in the dealers' yards. It is true by exercise of wise forethought probably hundreds of families have their cellars filled but there are hundreds of others- -those who purchase coal in smaller quantities, as they consume it--who will need coal and will be unable to procure it; therefore, while a miners' strike might not bring about exactly the same conditions here that prevailed three years ago, yet there would be much inconvenience and privation. The heavy snow, which fell during March was indirectly responsible for the fact that the local dealers have not a larger supply of coal on hand.
It was during this time that the dealers planned to rush out their coal to fill the large orders on hand, thereby gaining space in their yards, which they hoped to have filled by additional shipments from the mines to supply future demands in the spring and summer. The heavy snow, however, blocked the streets, or rendered them nearly impassable with slush and mud, either holding up the work or making it impossible to deliver coal with ease or facility. The consequence was before any considerable space was gained in the dealers' yards affairs between the miners and the operators reached a crisis and the mining of coal ceased. Local dealers have poor hopes of receiving any coal from the enormous surplus stored up by the railroad companies, especially if the strike should continue very long, in which the coal will all the more likely be needed by the corporations for their own use. TRAILING ARBUTUS.
Trailing arbutus, the first wildwood flower of spring, has been in full bloom for the last week and many arbutus parties have scoured the tain Arbutus, slopes which for a the dainty years ago blossoms. was quite plentiful in the woods, is gradually becoming extinct. The flower will not grow in gardens or greenhouses, but must be in woods to thrive. Persons in search the delicthe, ate clusters of flowers are too eager to obtain large bunches, and in consequence, the whole plant, roots and all, is torn from the ground. This, with the cutting of timber and numerous forest fires, threatens to make this most fragrant of flowers rare in this vicinity in a few years.
Even now, those in search of it must go to certain favored places away from the path of spring flower gatherers to be successful. The flower has two colors, pink and white. The pink flowers are generally the larger and grow in large clusters. As a rule the pink flowers grow under the leaves and in shaded places. The flowers grown in the bright sunlight are usually white, although there are exceptions both cases.
Sunlight has a tendency to darken the flower. Arbutus is the first outof plant to bloom in the spring, yet late in the fall it buds again and at times, when the fall is very late, it comes out in full bloom and a few of the fragrant sprays can be found at that time. Little Girl Bled to Death. Sylvia Porborteo, a child, bled to death at Shamokin last night as the result of severing an artery in her neck. The child had stepped upon a chair to get a drink from the sink when she slipped, and falling, broke the glass she held in her hand.
A piece of the tumbler pierced her neck, and she bled to; death before assistance could arrive. TRUSTEES AGREE ON SITE POOR OUTLOOK IN COAL SITUATION NEW YORK, April 18. -The strike situation looks darker today then at any time since the operators and miners' representatives have been holding conferences. The operators have prepared a letter to the miners answering the miners' demands for arbitration in which is said that there is nothing to arbitrate, claiming that all questions were settled by the previous strike commission. The reply is lengthy.
In one place it says: "You are responsible for the suspension of work. There was no good reason for ordering the men to stop work pending our negotiations, which had been delayed by you, especially in view of the fact that we were willing to continue to pay the wages fixed by the strike "NOTHING FURTHER TO OFFER" In conclusion the letter states: "We have 110 other suggestions to make than those contained in our former propositions, and we regret that you have declined both of them. We have nothing further to offer." MITCHELL WON'T ACCEPT. Indianapolis, Ind. April is believed by those close to President Mitchell who is here attending the soft coal miners' convention, that he will refuse to accept as final the anthracite operators' letter rejecting the miners' offer to arbitrate the different questions in dispute and that he will demand that another conference be held to try and reach a settlement.
All that Mitchell would say for publication this- morning was, we have not reached the anthracite matter He was not a little surprised at the action taken by the operators in making their flat refusal. It is the belief of many that the operators will refuse to hold another conference as they state that their reply is final. Brick Yards in Operation. John Keim has already begun the work of making brick for the season, all four of his brick yards having started up. Some brick were made on Friday, but these later were damaged by the rain.
Yesterday the season opened in earnest and taking in all four of the yards Mr. Keim has some twenty-five men employed. From now on except when the weather is rainy each of the yards will be in operation every day. A little later on two additional moulders may be put on, which willincrease the combined product of the kilns very much. Pending the adjustment of difficulties between the coal operators and the miners Mr.
Keim is uncertain as to what measure of success may attend the season's work. Should there be a shortage of anthracite coal it will be impossible for him to burn brick, as his kilns are not adapted to bituminous coal and wood suitable for the purpose here has become a commodity so scarce as to be practically out of the question. Mr. Keim is now engaged in shipping brick in large quantities, 500, 000 going to Bloomsburg and 100,000 to Sunbury. SEVERAL MORE AUTOMOBILES.
4 It is altogether likely that during the coming summer, several automobiles will be added to those now in commission in Danville and immediate vicinity. The fact is known that there are several prospective purchasers and it will probably be only a short time until the new machines are in evidence. It is also rumored that at least one automobile will be for hire and will be run in any direction out over the country roads at so much per hour. A popular route, it is believed, will be found to lie in the direction of Washingtonville and Strawberry Ridge, which have always proved favorite objective points for hack parties and others when out for pleasure. A longer ride of course, will be between Danville and Milton and Danville and Bloomsburg.
An automobile run over the river bridge through Riverside and out aver the State highway proves intensely enjoyable. Indeed, it would be difficult to turn in any direction in the midst of our delightful scenery and not find a route that would possess an especial charm in the pleasant summer weather. FINE RIDING HORSE. James Scarlet, has purchased a thoroughbred saddle horse, which is undoubtedly one of the finest little animals that ever came to town. The horse is seal brown in color with flowing mane and tail and was purchased of Mr.
Scarlet's friend, J. M. McClintock of Wilkes-Barre. James Scarlet, is very much devoted to horse back riding, but the little thoroughbred, it is understood, will be used by both father and son in taking exercise. The trustees of the hospital for the insane, who, it seems, held different views as to where the new heat, light and power plant ought to be located, have come to an agreement concerning the site.
The new heat, light and power plant will be located at the rear of the main hospital building on the site at present occupied by the lumber yard. There were some things to recommend the site for the heat, light and power plant originally selected, at the coal dump, west of the hospital build ings, not the least of which was the fact that fuel could be unloaded direotly from the cars into the coal bins that feed the boilers, thereby eliminating the expense of re-handling the coal as might be necessary if another site were selected. Among the disadvantages taken into consideration by the trustees was the fact that the coal dump is about one thousand feet away and that to select that point as a site would be to necessitate the construction of a massive conduit between the plant and the buildings through which to transmit the heat, light and power, that would involve an immense amount of work and would eat up a considerable slice of the appropriation of 000. In addition to this it was a question whether there would not be a loss or waste of power in carrying steam and electricity so far. The outcome of the matter was that the site at rear of the hospital was selected for the heat, light and power plant.
The contract for the building will be awarded on Friday when the building committee of the trustees will hold a meeting at the hospital for the insane. The heat, light and power plant will be of plain one-story structure, 107 feet long and 59 feet wide. It will be built on a substantial stone foundation. Work for the Street Sprinkler. Happy springtime is here, the season of budding vegetation, also of dusty streets.
We are just now passing through that brief though vexatious period that lies between the inclement weather of early spring and the limit of possible freezing, before the street sprinkler has gone into commission and while the sun and the wind and the traffic of busy wheels conspire to produce dust--dust that blows into people's faces, that blows in through the doorways and windows and soils the furniture-dust that becomes worse with each succeeding day and from which there seems to be no earthly escape. Where is the street sprinkler? Many persons have asked this, question during the last few days. Ask the firemen who previously assumed the contract to keep down the dust and they will probably tell you that the water superintendent has not yet caused to be erected the stand pipes that supply the street sprinkler with water. Ask the water superintendent and he will tell you that until the limit of freezing weather is reached it is not safe to erect the standpipes, as the water might freeze, which would cause the pipes to burst. There seems to be but one way out of it in this unhappy period and that is, if we are confronted with dust, to grin and bear it.
In the present case, however, there is consolation in the fact that we have about reached the limit. A leading member of the Friendship fire company last evening stated that there is little danger of freezing after this date and judging by what he advanced the street sprinkler is looming up in the distance and in a very few days it will be on its rounds again. Will Patrol Tracks. The Reading railway company has inaugurated a plan through which it can save its property from damages and destruction. Commencing this week track watchmen were placed along the entire main lines, covering the road east as far as Tamaqua and west to Williamsport.
They travel in a relay system, patrolling this immediate vicinity as follows: One starts at Carbon Run and paces to Big Moungain, the next from Big Mountain to Excelsior and so on along the whole route between the points named above. Upon reaching a telegraph office they must report to the operator there, time of arriving and leaving that point, and the operators along the line make 8 report of the watchman's movements to headquarters at Tamaqua hourly. Thus is a systematic record of their doings kept ap. The whereabouts of every one on the many beats is known at all times and just where he can be found when wanted. The object of this as stated above is to protect the tracks and the property along them, the company stating that it is not going to run any risks of depredations being committed, but will try to prevent such from happening.
New Silk Mill for West Berwick. A concern known as the W. E. Baer Silk Mill after much negotiating has finally secured land in West Berwick for the erection of a silk mill at that place. Two large brick buildings will be erected at once, and it is hoped that the mill can begin operation in four months' time.
It is said that between 200 and 250 hands will be employed. The company already has large plants in operation at Patterson, N. and Lehighton, Pa the West Berwick plant will be a branch of the large mills..
