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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28
WOMAN MURDERED.
A Widow Killed Near MunCy
Valley Her Skull Crushed
With a Club.
MYSTERY UNSOLVED.

Mrs. Sarah Whitmire, a widow
aged So years, was brutally muir
dered Wednesday night, December
goth in her home near the town OF
Muncy Valley, just over the Ly-
coming line in Sullivan county
where she lived alone.
Charles Flick, of Penn township,
on his way home from Muncy
Valley, discovered the crime, and,
returning to Muncy Valley, gave
the alarm.
The woman was found with her
skull crushed and a club covered
with blood and hair lay near her.
She died few hours afterward
without regaining consciousness.
There were evidences of desper.
ate struggle, the walls and furniture
of her home being bespattered with
blood. Robbery is supposed to have
been the motive, as the house had
been thoroughly ransacked. Mrs.
Whitmire was supposed to have
concealed in her home insurance
money which she received after her
husbands death.
The tracks OF horse and buggy
and the prints of lumbermen's shoes
were found near the house.
Rev. S. B. Bidlack, who passed
the place at 1918 saw horse tied
to telephone pole and later the
same horse and wagon passed him
in great haste.
Coroner McHenry arrived at the
scene of tie murder late in the after
noon, and with District Attorney
Hill conducted an investigation,
the jury rendering verdict to the
effect that Mrs. Whitmire was muir
dered by some person unknown to
the jurors.
The mystery surrounding the
murder has not yet been solved by
the authorities of Sullivan county,
and the probability is that it will
not be unless something unexpect-
edly develops to lead to the appre-
hension of the brute who killed the
widow.
Aside from the few short gray
hairs found on one OF the sticks OF
stove wood used as bludgeon by
the murderer, nothing has been
ascerta;ned that may be used as a
clue to ultimately establish the
identity OF the man who killed the
woman. Officers who have been at
work on the case do not hesitate to
say that they have not the slightest
suspicion as to the guilty party.
Few people hold to the theory
that the murder was committed tor
the purpose of robbery. They say
the woman did not have any money;
and that such was the case was no
secret. Mrs. William McFadden,
a step daughter of the murdered
woman, tells of a significant occur
renee. On July 4 last Mrs. Whit
mire was living in the village.
During the night man had rudely
awakened Mrs. Whitmire by plac-
ing his hand upon her face, She
screamed, and the fellow fled,
though after reaching the ground
he stood beneath the window and
held colloquy with the woman,
though she was unable to identity
him. He was a man of small sta
ture. He informed her that he
would not obey her command to re-
move the ladder. but when she
threatened to shoot he did take the
ladder down and then ran away.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28
B. T. Zarr Married

B. f. Zarr Esq. was married TO
Mrs. Flora Hutchins of Scranton
on Wednesday. She is the widow
of George Hutchirs, a former pro-
prietor Of the Susquehanna House.
Catawissa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28

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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
IS CHEERED IN CHURCH
President Attends Remarkable Services
in Colorado, Attired as
Hunter

Glenwood Springs, Colo, May l.
Unique in the history of Colorado was
the church service held at the Old Blue
schoolhouse on West Divide creek Sun
day, attended by President Roosevelt
and his hunting party and all the ranch
men and their families for miles around
The sermon by Rev. Mr.. Mann was of
an unusual kind. 1t began with a story,
teemed with slang of the Western flavor
and was full of advice suited to a CON
gregation inuring itself to the hardshps
of mountain life. 1t touched on the re-
spOnsibilities of the position of President
After the minister had concluded, the
President spoke for about ten minutes
His party came on horseback and they
were dressed in their hunting clothes
They had no others at the camp The
President had discarded only MS leather
ward proper churchgojng raiment. The
clothes of DR.. Alexander Lambert and
the guides were even rougher
The voices of the President and Dr.
Lambert could be heard above the 9th
ers in the singing.
1t was at the conclusion of his re-
marks, when he leaned forward and
beamed q welcome that took in every
one in the congregation, that the Presi-
den looked his best. He was the picture
of rugged health as he said:
And now | want to shake hands with
all of YOU There are a good many of
you, so don't stampede or get to milling
AS the President made use of these
cattle terms the applause was terrific.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03

of immoral or unprofessionaI conduct; 734A
requiring additional room and teacher
where pupils in school exceed sixty: 267A
to investment Of trust funds; 34SA, Iocat-
ing responsibility for sale of liquor where
liquor is delivered and not where sold
One bill was unfavorably reported, No
4OSA, cutting down figures for publication
of official ballots in newspapers. The Sen
ate adjourned until Monday night.
Senator ROehr introduced resolution in
the Senate on the evening of May 1, provid-
ing for final adjournment of the Legisla
ture May 49, The Senate ordered to en-
grossment bill reported by the committee
on corporations providing for state board
of commissioners for the Lewis and Clark
exposition and making an appropriation of
$4,000. The Senate concurred in ten AS
sembly bills of local and private nature.
The bill permitting the land commissioners
to lend trust funds to the Appleton light
infantry to build an armory was ordered
engrossed. The SWenhOlt resolution me-
mOrializing Congress to provide one or
more government hatcherieS for Wisconsin
was cOncurred in
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
The END OF THE GRIP
REACHED AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF
COMPLICATED TROUBLES,
Deafness, Kissing Sounds in Head. Stomach,
disorder, Palpitation of IFeartand
Debility Overcome at Tat

Deaihess' missing Sounds in Head Stomach
Disofder' PalPitation of Heart and
Debility Overcome at Last.
Mr.. Newman certainly had q very
tough time with the grip, and it is M
wonder that he thinks that the remedy
that cured him can't be beat. His case
shows how profoundly grip poisons the
system and how obstinately it resists all
ordinary efforts to eradicate it.
Few cases can be worse than Mr. New
mans for he had head, heart and stom-.
ach troubles combined with great weak
ness. He recently said:
"The attack of grip which had eight
years ago left me in very bad fix.
became nearly deaf and my head ached
continually and was filled with Kissing
ana roaring sounds. My heart Guttered
and had regular running-away spells.
MY stomach was SO sore that [ could
hardly bear touch on that part Of NV.
body. I had great deal of pain in tha,
region of my liver and the doctor said
that organ was enlarged. My kidneys
ached SO at times that I could hardly
stand.''
Didn't you give up and go to bed?''
he was asked
No, I simply wouldn't. My head.
and my back ached dreadfully, but /.
obstinately dragged myself about, kept
growing worse and finally ran down to,
almost nothing"
" What did you do to get relief?'
First [ tried q doctor, but he did me-
no good. Then I took all kinds of ad-
vertised preparations but nothing proved
helpful until began to use DR. Williams
Pink Pills. AS soon as I got them [
knew that [ had at last hit the right
remedy for my case. The very first box
did more for me- than anything else I
had ever taken. They gave me- relief
right away and in three months they
positively cured me. I think I was.
scarcely ever i'll better health in my life.
than [ am at present"
Mr.. William A Newman is a we'll.
known Camden county farmer, living at
Sagrada, Missouri. His case was q Sc.
we're test for any remedy, but DR.. VIII
Hams Pink Pills met every requirement..
Other remedies merely drive the poison.
Of the grip into hiding, but DR. Williams
Pink Pills drive it out of the systeLas
They are sold by every druggist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
CARS GIFTS FOR
MAY DAY ARE MANY
St. Petersburg in Holiday Attire Today
but Rumors Of Prospective Blood
shed Continue.

st. Petersburg, April 29.-This city
wore holiday aspect today. Neverthe,
less stories of bomb throwing in the
churches at midnight and of pillage and
bloodshed tomorrow continue to circu-
late.
a decree conceding liberty of worship
to the old believers and abolisning the
religious disabilities Of the Roman Cath
Ollie and other Christian communities,
and OF the Mohammedans, will be pub
lished tomorrow.
Emperor Nicholas Easter gifts in adj
dition consist of a series of rescripts and
Ikases. One of the imperial announce
ments RENTS the peasants arrearages
of taxes and on back payments on land,
amounting to about S37. 100000. Pardon
will be extended to certain classes Of
prisoners.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
EDUCATORS WRECKED.
Robert c. Ogden's Party in a Railway
Collision Near Green
vile, s. c.

Greenville, S. c., April 29.-Four peo-
pie were killed in the wreck of the Og-
den special, a fagman and three en-
ployes in the front dining car.
Special Runs Into Freight.
GreenyiIle, S. c., April 29.-The spe-
cial train hearing the Robert G. Ogden
educational party ran into u freight train
today just outside of Greenville None
OF the Ogden party was seriously hurt.
The engine, baggage car, library car and
two dining cars We're badly damaged
Nearly Al Asleep.
Nearly all of the party were asleep
when the accident occurred. The pas
sengers injured were in the dining car.
The fireman Oh the special train was
killed and Prof. Henry w. Farnum of
ale university had his right arm broken
and was severely cut and bruised Mrs.
tarnum was cut and bruised
The Injured.
Others hurt We're:
St. Clair McKelway of the BROOKLYN FapIn
bruised about the shoulders hy helm o
thrown through the window of the dining
car at the side Of the table at which he was
breakfasting.
r. II. ogden, secretary to R. C. Ogden.
cuts. bruises and wrenched leg.
about face and shoulders and badly
bruised.
bishop McVickar of Rhode Island shock.
Capt. John f. Mccoy, tourist agent. Penn
sylvania railroad. scalp wounds
". G. kershaw, electrician, Jersey City,
scalp wounds,
c. B; Wilcox, dining car conductor, cuts
over right eye.
D. r. Robins, dining car conductor, scalp
wounds
J. r. Hunter. engineer of wrecked spe-
cial: left leg broken and scalp wounds
Several cOlored servants, cut and bruised.
One Man Burned to Death.
After the collision the wreck caught
fire and il is feared that w w. Cunning.
one of the cooks in a dining car, was
burned to death.
When news of the wreck reached
Greenvilie. q Wrecking train and party
OF physicians were hurried to the scene.
Will Abandon the Trip.
Washington. D. c., April 29-The
Ogden party has decided to abandon it's
trip and arrangements have been made
by the Southern railway to start a spe-
cial train from GreenvilIe for New Yorl,
at once. This train will reach New
York tomorrow morning. The itinerary
which has been abandoned included
stops at Asheville, n. c., Richmond and
Hampton, Va.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
KEEPS BEES IN BEDROOM.
Culturist Does Not Let Them Gut Until
Spring.


4 large swarm of bees belonging to-
2. L. Kline of Bloomsbury, Pa. has re-
manned in his bedroom all winter and
not until spring is we'll advanced will
their quarters be removed to the garden.
Kline is an expert bee culturist. and last
fall conceived the idea of having the
swarm under his eyes all winter. Inside
his bedroom he built q hive, three sides
Of which are of glass. The bottom of
the hive is extended under the window
sash, and the bees get into the hive in
that way, but cannot get out of the hive
into the room. The swarm made about
70 pounds of honey last season, and of
this amount Kline took Is pounds, leav-
ing the remainder for the bees to feed
on during the winter. They have good
appetites, but there is still about 20
pounds of the honey left. There are
about 5000 bees in the swarm, and in a
few days the young bees are expected
to emerge from their cells. The full
grown bees have been busy during the
few days of warm weather gathering
what honey they could from the early
blossoming trees. 1t is not much. but
they can already be seen filing some Of
th cells
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
LIEGE EXPOSITION is
NOT YET COMPLETED.
Belgium Worlds Fair Opens, Although
Not bodybuilding Are Very
Beautiful.

Liege, Belgium, April 29.-The inter.
national exhibition in celebration OF the
seventy-fifth anniversary of Belgian in.
dependence was opened here Thursday
by Prince Albert of Flanders, in the
presence of the diplomatic corps, the civi
and military authorities and a consider
able number of visitors. Some time must
elapse before the exhibition will be neal
completion. The buildings generally are
handsome and the grounds, covering III
acres at the junction of the rivers Meus4
and Ourthe. are tastefuly arranged.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03

tacks OF kidney dlSOr--
ders which kept me in
the house for days at.
a time, unable to do
anything. What l suf-
fered can hardly be
told. Complications
set in, the particulars
of which [ will be
pleased to give in 4
personal interview to
any one who requires,
information. This J.
can conscienti0usly
say, Doan's Kidney
Pills caused a general
Improvement in my
health. They brought
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
EARTHQ Jake SHOCKS.
Considerable Damage Is Done Through
Out Switzerland by the
UpheavaI

Geneva. Switzerland, April 29.-Earth-
quake shocks We're felt here at 2:45
o'clock this morning. The inhabitants
were somewhat alarmed and many of
them rushed into the streets, but the
damage done in this city was very slight.
The shocks were felt throughout the
Canton de Valois and elsewhere They
were accompanied by subterranean rum
bIngs. Some houses We're damaged in
the canton of Valois. The shocks appar-
entity were more severe at ChamoniX and
in it's neighborhood than elsewhere.
Houses were cracked and some old mon
uments were badly damaged. The church
at Argentieres was so shaken that it's
condition is dangerous.
Volcano Again Active.
Catania, Italy. April 29.-Mount
Stromboli is in eruption. There has been
q heavy fall of stones and much lava is
flowing IN two streams down opposite
sides OF the mountains. The eruption is
accompanied by slight earthquake shocks.
A German scientist, DIR. Schultz, who
tried to approach tie mountain, received
serious injuries.
Shocks Felt in France.
Lyons, France, April 29-Earthouake
shocks were felt here and at Pont Artier
md Gex between 2 and O'Clock this
morning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
The Too Careful Eater.

Whren we see an otherwise sensible
man take for his entire luncheon day aft
er day that which would not satisfy a
cat, those of US who are under the inn
preston that the organs of the body
were made to work, and not to Loaf, are
apt to reflect that many men do q deal
of orrying over things that nature is
perfectly competent to take care Of
New York Medical Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
"Skunt."

You have had crope, roke and drug
and what's the matter with skunt? A
young lady few years ago visited this
part of the country who had never seen
turpentine worked before and when she
returned to her home told them that the
pine trees down here were 'skunt' up to
the limbs.-Charlotte Observer
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
Seeing New York.

Stuyvesant-What struck you as the
funniest things you experienced when
you were at New York, Uncle Geehaw!
Uncle Geehaw (of Greenport)-Why,
havin' to climb five flights of stairs up.
into the air at 125th street to get to the
subway, an to go down three flights of
stairs at 155th street to get to the ele-
waited railroad.-Harper's Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
JOB NOT OFFERED TO CoRTELYoU
Rumor Regarding the Equitable Proves
to Be Untrue.

Washington, D. c., May AFTER
careful inquiry the Associated Press is;
able to deny the report that Postma ster
General Corie.yCu mad been agreed upon
for president Of the Equitable Assur-
ance society, as a compromise between
President Alexander of the society and
First Vice President Hyde
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
Volcano Again Active.
Beard Is Remarkable.

arrested at Appleton, Wis, charged with
drunkenness, made a strange appear
ance. One-half of his beard is perfect
Is white. while the other half is black
The colors parted precisely in the middle
of his chin. His beard has been that
WY for years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
Out of Endowment in February.

Or the 6S1 unions making returns for
February, 1905, with an aggregate mem
bership of $500. there We're 6.1 per
cent. without employment. In the pre-
cedng month 1856 unions. with a mem
bership of 74,064, reported 6.3 per cent.
without employment.-Am Fedora
Zionist
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
Fine Work.

A. curiosity in the shape of photo
graphically reproduced miniature diction-
airy has been issued by a Birmingham
manufacturer. The book is only 1$4
inches by ~ inches in size, but is SO
clearly printed that with the aid OF the
lens provided every word IS lesib.e.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03

great relief by lessenlng the pam ana
correcting the action Of the kidney Sc
cretions."
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by alE
dealers Price, 80 cents. Foster-Mil-~
burn Co., Buffalo. \. Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
She Kept Too Many Cats.

Hans Keiser, when arraigned in York
vile. \. Y. police court on charge of
abandonment and nonsupport made by
lis wife. Anna keiser, gave as his rea-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
medicine I have ever found for coughs,
and colds.-Mrs. Oscar Trip, Big Rock,
H.. March 20. 1901.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
A VOICE FROM THE PULPIT.

Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren of 81 Sixth
street. Fond du Lac, Wis, Presby
terrain clergyman, says: Il had at
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03

Coffroth and Levy, the rival fight club
managers of San Francisco. have under
taken TO do that which the California
Legislature failed utterly in accomplish
ing-suppressing glove contests on the
ccasS...-IEter Ocean.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03

sen for deserving her that she kept too
many cats. He said she kept fifty. Mrs.
keiser admitted that she had liking
for cats Before | was married | had
fifty cats. she said. but my husband
was so particular that | had to get rid
of about twenty of them The magis-
trate ordered the husband to pay his
wife So week
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
MASSACREO IN WARSAW.
Thirty-One Workman Killed and
Many Wounded.
TROOPS FIRE INTO PARADE.
St. Petersburg and Moscow Are Quiet,
but Outbreak Is Expected at
Any Moment.

Warsaw, May 1.-7:17 p. m.-Another
collision between workmen and soldiers
is reported to have taken place at the
corner of Zlote and Sosnowa streets. y
military patrol fired on a crowd and
killed or wounded twenty persons.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
] SPORTING NEWS. i
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

Pitcher MCGEE of the Indianapolis
club has. been given his release. He was
secured fICm Buffalo III three-cornered
deal in which Newlin was traded to
Minneapolis and Ferry to Buffalo.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03

Manager Hugh Jennings of the Balti-
more Baseball club had his left arm
fractured by a blow from a ball.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03

Greenville, S. c., April 29-Four peo-
pie were killed in the wreck Of the Og-
den special, fagman and three en-
plOyeS in the front dining car
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03

The Cincinnati Post we'll remarks: ga
baseball championship is really hurdle
race paralleled on the diamond The
club that meets its difficulties with the
grim determination to surmount them is
the one that finishes high. Faint hearts
never Won q peLnalt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03

Col. Mills of the Buffalo Times sug
gests the following rules to regulate the
use of the spit BALI:
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
ORPHEUM SHOW
Is VERY FUNNY
christmas on Blackwells
island Is Amusing and
Full of Strong Singing
SKETCH BYCALIFORNIAN
Clay NJ. Greene Wrote 1t for
Lambs Club of New York,
but It Will Go Anywhere

Those that know their Orpheum as
they should saw Christmas on Black
wells Island" last week saw IL my
self last night and am sorry to have
gone without 1t for seven days. One
has heard a good deal Of the Lambs
Club Gambols. the high jinks' of the
actor folk of New York. To these frol-
les the players. as the painters and
poets here to the Bohemian Club jinks,
bring their best and brightest. Christ
mas on Blackwells Island" was written
for a "gambop' by Clay M. Greene.
Patriotism impels one to mention that
the said Greene, before he knew enough
to be a "Lamb"-or anything else-was
Californian. 1t Is greatly to our
cseoit. The sketch aforesaid is one Of
the brightest, and moreover one Of the
best sung and handled generally of any
seen here of late.
There is good. sounding "Adeste
Ffdeles" going on In male voices before
the curtain lifts. When 1t does lift you
see three cells in the Blackwell prison,
with numbers 13. IA, Is, peering through
the barred doors. They are swapping
Jokes and turkey Is their chief desire.
When they get tired of exchanging
Mr. Greene's witticisms they take to
singing. You like them both ways
Sydney Deane & Co" present the
piece. Mr.. .Deane and two of the
company have voices, one holding a
basement G that belongs at the other
end of Tetrazzinis. They have good
songs, not hint of the
DO not take the doorknob from the
But leave 1t. mother. where it was
Of yore"
kind. In fact No. 1s, Il Is
are jovially unrepentant sinners,
and their "burgling and forg-
Ing" "reminiscences make most of
the fun. The company" distinct
ly deserves labelling, particularly one
Fred Jarvis, who is capital as the Eng
lish dude 'trusty," doing" his thirty
days for killing silly person who got
In front of his automobile. The whole
sketch is f1avorsome and funny to a
degree.
Lydia Yeamans Titus leads the new
people. Mrs. Titus is amusing as
ever, and fatter than general in her
baby impersonations. She does grand
opera imitation that is new, and Of the
best. 1t Is distinctly and absurdly
reminiscent Of Maria de Marchi. of late
and revered Conried memory. Jack
Norworth, another new light, did not
get his audience to begin with last
night. But his monologue is amusing,
If it just misses hitting the center Of
things, and he has some new and funny
songs.
Herbert Brooks, with his truly mys-
terious trunk act, better any day than
Herrmann's; the Busch-Devere trio,
with their illustrated songs, and Louis
A. Simon, Grace Gardner and company
in The New Coachman." the most
strenuous rough act that has
graced the Orpheum stage for some
time, are all still high favorites.
BLANCHE PARTINGTON.
"Graustark" was produced on the
stage In this city last night for the
first time at the Grand Opera House