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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-11-12
DEATHIN AN INSTANT
Frank MagilI, Aged Thirteen
Years, Jumped on Moving
Train-FallS and is Killed.
BODY CUT IN TWO.

Death came in au instant to thir-
teen year old Frank Magill Friday
morning. The sad affair occurred
on the d. L. & w. Railroad near
the Catharine street crossing at
about half past eight o'clock. The
boy was on his way to school from
his home on Eighth street. When
he reached the crossing a long
freight train blocked the way.
With that reckless disregard of
danger so characteristic OF the period
of youth, he began jumping on and
off the cars, and finally climbed to
the top of one of the cars. when he
presumably lost his balance and
fell. He landed on the rail and
several cars passed over him
almost completely seivering his
body and cutting one OF his arms
off. o. w. Drake who was stand
ing near at hand, was made an un-
willing witness of the shocking ac-
cident Immediately tagged the
train and hastened to the unfortun-
ate boys side, but life had deserted
the little earthly tenement, death
having been instantaneous.
The remains were removed to the
home of his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
J. w. Magill. The mother when
she was made acquainted with what
had happened was completely over
come with grief. and the scene as
the inanimate form of her little son
was carried into the homse beggars
description.
The father, who was at his work
in the power house Of the American
Electric Light Company reached the
scene of the accident just as the
body was being lifted from the rail-
road.
1t appears that the boy had been
in the habit of jumping on and of
the train and that only day or two
previous had been admonished about
it.
The funeral took place on Sun
day. Services were conducted al
the Methodist Mission by Rev
Shambach. pastor of the Evangelical
church, and was largely attended
The children of the Fifth Stree
School where he attended were pre-
sent in a body. The pail bearers
six in number, chosen from hi:
classmates, walked beside the hears'
bearing floral tributes. The spec
tacle was very impressive and a
the cortege moved along every heaI
was touched with pity. Intermen
was made in Rosemont Cemetery
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-11-12
MRS. SUSAN FAIRMAN.

Mrs. Susan Fairman died at her
home, corner of Main and Center
Street at twenty minutes past four
O'Clock this morning, after an i'll
ness of several weeks. Death was
due to a complication of diseases.
Mrs. Fairman came to Bloomsbury
about two years ago, since which
time she has conducted the White
House Restaurant. She was sixty
one years of age and is survived by
the following children /; Mary and
Thomas living at home, Catharine
who resides near Almedia, Thomas
of Mifflinville, James of Berwick
and William living a short distance
above Orangeville. The funeral
will take place Saturday afternoon
at one O'Clock. Interment will be
made in the family plot in the AL
media Cemetery,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-11-12
ROUTE OF TROLLEY
The Town Council Passes Or
dinance Granting Right of
Way to New Company
Will Go Up Fifth Street.

The ordinance formerly passed
by the Town Council granting to
the Bloomsbury & Danville Electric
Railway Company the right to enter
town and to construct its line over
certain streets, was at Thursday
nights meeting of Council. repealed
owing to the failure of the company
to fulfill the requirements, and an
other ordinance granted to the Dan
vile & Bloomsbury Electric Rail
way Company. The new company
is composed largely of local people.
The proposed route of the road will
cross Fishingcreek at Evans rock,
near Boone's dam, and will 60 over
the tracks of the Columbia and
Montour Electric railway by over
head crossing, running through the
Boone and Webb farms, coming
out little south Of the Columbia
county fair grounds and will extend
up fifth street to the Scott township
line. at which point it will ultimate
ly connect with the Bloomsbury &
Benton Electric Railway the fran
chise of which is controlled by the
same people, thus avoiding the
Light Street hill.
As mas been already stated in
these columns, the right of way has,
for large portion of the distance at
least, been secured, and we have
every reason to look for an early
start in the construction work.
From Fifth street up to Main the
! new company will run its cars over
the tracks of the Columbia & Mon
tour company, which according to
Solicitor Fred Ikeler can be done
under the act of 1901.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-11-12

John w. Vogeps big minstrels
delighted packed house last night.
The performance from start to
finish was par excellence. Two of
the particularly clever features were
the Indian club manipulator and
the Melrose troupe Of acrobats. A
notable feature abou. Vogel's Minis
trels is that they not only make
friends hut hold them, and an an
nual visit to this big show is a
matter of course with our people.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-11-12

A charter with capital stock of
S25, 900 was on Thursday granted
by the State Department to the
Buttonless Suspender Company of
Bloomsbury.
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-11-12

J. r. Townsend has hit upon
novel advertising scheme. In his
show window there is displayed
very pretty golden finished case,
containing twenty bright new silver
dollars. Alongside the case there
is big bunch of keys, but only
three of them will open the lock on
the case. One of these keys is CIV
EN- to every purchaser of dollars
worth or more of merchandise. On
December 2S, the person who pre-
sents the first key that will unlock
the case, will be given ten dollars,
the second six dollars and the third
four dollars. The idea is unique
one and is already attracting con-
siderable interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
KNOCK ON LORENZ.
Jealousy Of American Surgeons
Is Beginning to Crop Out.

New York, May Swallowing the crit
icisms Of Prof. Adol9h Lorenz's blood
less method of reducing congenital hip
dislocation at the convention of the
American Medical association, in session
this week at New Orleans. a concerted
attack upon the Austrian savant seems
scheduled for the sixth triennial con-
gress Of American physicians and sur
geons. which is to be held next week at
Washington. says the Herald.
The programme as sent out to the
members are abstracts from several
papers, in which the purpose to discuss
the blOOdless method is indicated.
The publication of limitations that
physicians had found that paralysis had
followed what is now termed the LOrenz
bloodless operation for reducing hip dis
locations is stirring up the defenders OF
and those not in accord with the LOrenz
resentment felt by American practitiOn-
ers over the fetching of the Austrian
specialist to this country to perform his
operation upon little Lolita Armour for
a fee of $4,000 and expenses of himself
and an assistant viii be made evident
DIR. Newton NJ. Shaffer, the treasurer
Of the coming congress at Washington.
says.
1T is a pity that there should be any
question about the good that Prof. LO-
renz's trip did All of his patients have
to be feasible by Prof. LOrenz despite
temporary paralysis occasionally result
ing. About the death of one patient in
Philadelphia. I do not understand thai
this untOWard result was due to Prot
I4orenz's operation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS.

The scenery and costumes in The
Sword of the King" the comedy which
viii be presented at the New Crawford
theater tonight by Miss Henrietta CrOs
man and her company, are worthy of a
special consideration. Nothing hand
somer. richer, more costly or effective
WAS ever presented on the stage. All
of these accessories are new. having
been made for Miss Crosman's recent
engagement at the Grand opera house,
Chicago. The preparation Of this pro-
duction is one of the marvels of dra-
matte achievement. More than three
tinuously night and day in completing
the stage mountings. The result was a
setting for the comedy far more hand
some and elaborate than that which
has been used in New York and the
east. Ronald MacDonalds play, THE
Sword of the King" offers liberal OPP
portunity for rich scenic effects and cos
tunes. There are five scenes, showing
handsome exteriors and interiors of
stately old English homes, while the
dress of that period calls for a gorgeous
display of velvet and silk and lace for
both sexes The play itself is intensely
interesting. without a duh moment from
curtain to curtain. The action IS rapid,
dramatic and effective The chief ele-
ment is comedy which is made the more
telling by contrast with powerful and
emotional situations. 1t has been said
Of Miss Crosman that in The Sword of
the King" she does her best work She
reveals herself both as tho Coincidence
and the emotional actress. The charac-
tiers in the play are uncommonly well
drawn and all are excellently portrayed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
TIE UP IN VICTORIA,
Where the Government Owns
Railroads, Seems Imminent.

Melbourne. Victoria. May s.-AH the
stata-owned railroads of Victoria may
be tied up tonight because Of a curious
dispute between the government and the
railroad employees regarding the right Of
the latter to affiliate themselves with
the Victoria trades hall. the headquar-
tiers of trades unionism in this colony
The employees of the railroads are prac~
tically civil servants and the govern
ment claims that in case of a strike in
other trades affiliated with the trades
han the railroad men would be obliged
to strike in sympathy and therefore the
government has notified the railroad
men that unless they withdraw from
the trades hall by May II they viii be
dismissed. The engineers association
replied that unless the government
Withdrew its notification before 3
o'clock this evening they viii strike at
midnight and leave their locomotives
wherever they happen to be. The gov
eminent has guaranteed double wages
for two months to nOn-strilzers and has
notified the men that they will lose their
pensions if they strike. About 1000
railroad men are involved in the dis
quite.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08

hand The lathe engraves the network
on softened steel. and the figure in the
middle is then engraved by. hand. 1t is
now hardened and transferred to roll
er like the others.
The plates from which notes are to
be printed are of softened steel and
large enough to print four notes at once.
Four engravings of the note must,
therefore, be made on it. and this is
done by rolling the hardened steel roll
ers containing the raised pictures over
it in their appropriate places until the
pictures are pressed into its surface. The
fine lettering around the borders of the
note is transferred in the same way,
but the other lettering is put on by
hand. This process saves a great deal
of time and it secures absolute uniform
ity in the four engravings on the plate.
The back parts of the note are printed
first, and when the ink is dry the green
back is printed. to be followed by the
red stamps and numbers. It is then
signed and issued. For greater security
one part of the note is engraved and
printed at one place and another part a
another place, when it is sent to Wash
ington to be finished and signed But,
needless to say, after all this care and
all these safeguards. many slillfully ex-
ecuted counterfeits have been made and
issued. some of them so good as to de-
ceive expert judges of money. New
York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
BACK FROM THE IsTHMUS.
Subcommittee of Panama Canal
Commission Returns.

New York. May 8-Rear Admiral J.
G. Walker. General P. c. Haines and
Prof William II. Burr. composing the
subcommittee on the Panama canal
commission arrived today on the steam
er Alliancia from Colon. The commit
tee went over the line of the canal and
inspected the work. Major Black. Of
the engineers corps, remained at the
isthmus with a company of engineers
to complete the preliminary work of the
canal work The commission sailed from
here about a month ago.
Rear Admiral Walker on his arrival
today said:
Our visit to the isthmus was for in
spection only. We looked over the work
that has been and is being done and
everything appeared to be going on sat
isfactoriiy. I, of course. can not say
much about our visit and its result un-
til we make our report to the general
committee in Washington"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
OIL ON THE WATER.
A Cargo of 1000, 900 Gallons
of 1t Lost at Sea.

New York, May S.-Edgar F. Luck
enbach, one of the owners of the oil
tank steamer s. V. Luckenbach, which
is missing, said today that he had given
up hope OF the steamer ever being
heard from. The Luckenbach left Sa-
bine Pass, Texas. March p. for Phila-
delphia with a cargo Of 100000 gallons
of oil Her captain was George T.
Thompson of Brooklyn, and there was
a crew of 80 men. She was due at Phil
adelphia about April Is Mr. Lucken-
bach said he believed she had struck
derelict or had been cut down by
some unknown vessel. There is a pos
sibility, however, that she became dis
abled and drifted southwark out of the
course of passing vessels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
SIGNED AT LAST.
Protocols Which Provide for Settle
ment of venezuela Matter.

Washington, May Shortly before 2
o'clock last evening the concluding scene
in the Venezuelan negotiations was en-
acted at the British embassy in the pres
ence of Herbert W Bowen. Venezuela's
plenipotentiary: Signor Mayor Des Plan
chez the Italian ambassador; Sir Michael
H. Herbert, the British ambassador: Bar
on Specl Won Sfernberg, the German rep
resentative, and II. G. Derring. the secre-
tary of the British embassy. Mr.. Bowen
first signed with the three foreign repre-
sentatives a separate protocol for reference
to The Hague tribunal of the question Ut
preferential treatment for the blockade
powers in the payment of their claims
against Venezuela and Immediately after
there We're signed the conventions provid-
ing for settlement of the allies claims by
the several commissions which are 10 meet
at Caracas this summer.
Mr.. Bowen cabled to President Castro
the brief announcement: Last protocol
signed -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
Find Instant Relief and
Speedy Cure
In CutiCura Soap and CutiCuTa
Ointment
When All Other Remedies and
the Best Physicians Fail.

Instant relief and refreshing sleep for
skin-tOrtured babies, and rest for tired,
fretted mothers, in warm baths with
Cuticura Soap and gentle anointings
with Cutcura Ointment, the great skin
cure, and purest of emollients, to be
followed IN severe cases by mild doses
of Cuticura Resolvent. This is the
purest, sweetest, most speedy, perma-
nent and economical treatment for tor
turing, dishguring, itching, burning,
bleeding, scaly, crusted and pimply
skin and scalp humOurs, eczemas, rashes
and irrftatioDs, with loss of hair, of
infants and children, as well as adults,
and is sure to succeed when all other
remedies and physicians fail.
Millions of the worlds best people
now use Cuticura Soap, assisted By
purifying and identifying the skin,
for cleansing the scalp Of crusts, scales
and dandruff, and the stopping of fall
ing hair, for softening, whitening and
soothing red, rough and sore hands. as
well as for all the purposes Of the
toilet, bath and nursery. Thousands
of women recommend Cuticura Soap,
assisted by Cuticura Ointment the great
skin cure, for annoying irritctiOns,
chahngs and weaknesses, or too free
or offensive perspiration, for ulcer
alive conditions, and for many saua-
tive, antiseptic purposes which readily
suggest themselves.
Sold throughout the world Cuteura Reselvent SOC dn
5ncnt 5oe soan 25c Drpss London. q ChaGierhouea
SCI fers ne de IA faizi Boston; l ssainnu1 Ave
~ Send for CuaeuTa SKIN BOOK
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
SAVED HIS PARROT.
Geo. B. Andrews Was About to Bleed
to Death

Washington. n. J., May s.-AtTacted
by cries of murder" help" come
quick" neighbofs of George B. An
drews, Of this place. ran to his house to
find out the cause They knew the cries
were made by his parrot, but they never
had heard it scream so loud before.
Andrews Law on the floor unconscious.
bleeding from a great cash in his neck
He had been repairing the ceiling and
had fallen from a stepladder, striking
stove. A physician took six stitches to
close the wound ana said that in only
Jew minutes Andrews would have
been dead. This is not the first time
the DarrOt has looked after the welfare
of its owner. Some years ago the house
next door caught fire. The parrots
screams awakened Andrews in time to
arouse his nei2hbors before much dam.
age was done. Andrews is a veteran of
the civil war and some time ago he ap>
piled for admission in the soldiers home
On being informed that he would be
accented. he wrote the authorities ask
ing If he would be permitted to bring
his parrot. The answer being in the
negative he decided not to go.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
$1,000 to Boston and Return $40 90

with memebeTshIp lee Of 500 added.
account of annual meeting of National
Educational association. Tickets win be
on sale via the Nickel Plate road July
I'd to 5th. inclusive, good returning from
July Sth to 18th inclusive, without be-
ing deposited with joint agent Addi-
tional limit to return not later than
September 1st can be obtained by de-
posting return portion of ticket with
Joint agent and payment Of SOC for ex-
ecution. Superior train service and ex-
ceIlent dining car meals. on American
Club plan. ranging in price from 35c
to S1.00; also a Ia carte service. Write
John Y Callahan. general agent, 113
Adams St. room 29S. Chicago. for time
of departure of trains from Chicago and
other detailed information.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
BIG MEN BACK CLEVELAND.
Morgan aud Other Flnanciers Said to
Be Behind Him.

Boston, Mass. May S.-A coterie of big
Boston and New York financiers, includ-
ing j. P Morgan and J. J. Hill, but not
including Mr.. Hartman, are looking
around for a candidate to beat ROOse-
welt because of his antitrust ideas.
A careful canvass has just been COM
pleted for them which shows that Bryan
may not be able to dictate the next
Democratic nomination and the COM
binatiOn has decided to finance the
Cleveland boom. Judge Parker it is
said, has been used merely as a Chair
warmer for Cleveland. The latter is to
be pushed steadily from now on, if the
financial interests confirm the news
they have just received from a high
Democratic source that the next Demo
cratic platform will not be based on
silver.
So far Cleveland's direct assent has
not been squarely asked It has been
rather taken for granted. Their aim is
anything to beat Roosevelt"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
Take q Trip

over the Nickel Plate Road and be con-
WINGED of it's superior train service. Sol
id through daily express trains between
Chicago, Fl. Wayne. Findlay, Fostoria,
Erie. Buffelo, New York city and Bos-
ton American Club meals. ranging in
price from 35c to s1.00. served in Nickel
Plate dining cars; also service a Ia
carte Rates always the lowest. no
excess fare charged on any train on the
Nickel Plate road. Chicago depot: Har-
rison st. and Fifth ave. City Ticket
Of1ces, III Adams St and Auditorium
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
BANK NOTE MAKING.
First Consideration Is to Balk
Schemes of Counterfeiters.

-
First in consideration in making a
bank note is to prevent others from
making a counterfeit of it. Therefore,
all the notes of a certain denomination
or value must be exact duplicates of
one another If they were engraved by
hand this would not be the case. Hand
engraving is more easily counterfeited
than the work done by the process act
ually used Every note" said an Off
cial of one of the leading bank note
companies, is printed from a steel
plate, in the preparation of which many
persons take part If you will look at
a IS greenback you will see a picture
in the center, q small portrait. called a
Vlgnette, on the left, and in each of the
upper corners a network of fine lines
with q dark ground, one containing the
letter and the other the figure 5. To
make d Vignette it is first necessary to
make a large drawing on paper with
great care, and a daguerreotype is then
given to the engraver who uses a steel
point to make on 1t all the outlines of
the picture. The plate is linked and a
print is taken from it.
while the ink is still damp the print
is laid down on a. steel plate, which has
bean softened by heating it redhot and
letting it cool slowly 1t is then put in
n press and an exact copy of the out
lines is thus made on the steel plate
This the engraver finishes with his
graver. a little tool with a. three-cdrner-
ed point which cuts a clean line
without leaving a rough edge. Now
this plate is used for making other
plates, it is never used to print from.
1 must be made very hard. and this is
done by heating and cooling it quickly
"A little roller of softened steel is then
rolled over it bv a powerful machine
until its surface has been forced into all
the lines cut into the plate The out
lines of the vignette are thus transferr-
ed to the~roller in raised lines. and after
the roller is hardened it is used to roll
over plates of softened steel, and thus
makes in them sunken lines exactly
like those in the plate originally en-
graved. The center picture is engraved
and transferred TO roller. like the Wig
nette but the network in the upper cor
ners. and also on the back of SRe note,
is made By the lathe. This machine
costs SIS, 000-a price that puts it beyond
the reach of counterfeiters. It's work is
so perfect that it cannot be initiated by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
NC NICKEL Plate Road.

is the short line to the East and the
service equal to the best. You will
save time and money by travelling over
this line 1t has three through daily ex-
press trains, with through vestibuled
sleeping cars. and American Club
Meals, ranging in price from 35c to 81
are served in Nickel Plate dining cars;
also a Ia carte service Try a trip over
the Nickel Plate Road and you viii find
the service eouaFsto any between Chi
cago and the East Chicago depot: Har-
rison st. and Fifth Ave. City Ticket Of
fees. III Adams ST and Auditorium
Annex. John 7. Callahan. General
Agent, 113 Adams ST, Room 29S, Chi
cago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08

San Francisco, Cal. May S.-J. C. Filcher
commissioner for California to the St
Louis xposition-declared that this state
should have a collective exhibit of its pro-
duets, agricultural. horticultural and min
eraI on the grounds. The state building
can not be used for this purpose and it is
hoped that some arrangements can be
made to secure other accommodations tor
a composite exhibit of that kind. While
the appropriation by the state is only
$3.50 $50. the expenditures of California at
st Louis will be very largely IN OK
cess of that sum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-08
STRIKE ON THE BELL.
Telephone Employees in Cincin-
natl Demand Higher Wages.

Cincinnati, May s.-An the Iinemen.
foremen. inspectors and conduit men
of the Bell Telephone company struck
today for an increase in wages. The
manager of the company, Mr.. Bayard
Kilgore. declined to treat with a com
mittee of the union to which the man
belonged, but said he would treat with
the men individually as employees and
would pay wages corresponding to the
scale in such cities and towns. This
answer was satisfactory. The man
ager says no embarrassment has fol-
lowed the strike and that the places of
the strikers are being filed with other
men.
CITY Ticket Office. Union Pacific
Railroad. SIS Kansas avenue