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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

Frank Shaffer, son of our former
towpsman J. d. Shaffer, of Wilkes
Barre, has signed to pitch for the
Sioux City base ball team of the
Western League, the coming sea-
son. AL Newton, another Normal
School player is with this team. 1t
may also interest some of our read
ers to know that Fogarty, who
covered second base Tor Normal
during the early part of last season
is now playing with Poughkeepsie
of the Hudson River League.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
WANTED.

Greasy and Wells of Bloomsbury
Pa. want rs teams to haul lumber
from three of their saw mills, to
their lumber yard at Bloomsbury,
Pa distance of 8 miles. Good
fair prices will be paid. at.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

A Sunday School Convention will
be held in the M. L. church, Mill
vile Saturday evening April 90.
Myron l. Low, Pres. Of the county
organization will be present, and
make an address.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

The Lyman II. Howe moving
picture show was given before a
large audience at the Opera House
Monday evening The entertain
ment was under the auspices of the
Band. The net receipts were about
$4,000.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

Major E. w. Hale died at his
home at Towanda on Friday, aged
50 years. In 1850 he took the CEN
sus in Bradford county, and was
one of the electors that chose Pres
ident Lincoln in 1864. For many
years he was largely interested in
the lumber and milling business.
He was also interested in the build
ing Of the North Branch canal.
Major Hale was favorably known
by many people in Bloomsbury.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

Hon. Fred Ikeler has accepted
an invitation to deliver the COM
mencement address at the Trevor
ton High School, of which Lindley
H. Dennis is principal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

The Bloomsbury Lumber &
Manufacturing Co.'S. plant is a
busy place these days, making
doors, sash, &C., shipping away a
car load every week. Their grow.
ing business has already made their
plant too small to keep up with
their many orders.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

Hon. X. R. and Mrs. Little left
yesterday for New York State,
where the Judge hopes to regain
his health. his physician having
advised absolute rest. He will be
away until the second week of May
court. Judge Staples of the Wy
oming Monroe district will preside
during the first week.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

The gallery will be thrown open
for the Wheelmen's Minstre,s to-
night at IS cents. 1t has been
thoroughly cleaned, and will seat
two hundred comfortably.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

The tearing down of old cars is
the chief occupation at the Blooms
burg Car Mfg. Co.'S. plant. One
thousand old Erie cars will be sent
there soon to be taken apart.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

Col. J. G.. Freeze will attend a
reception to be given to Bishop
Darlington this evening in Harris
burg.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

Painters are Frightening the
appearance of DR.. H. w. Mercy
nolds' house on the corner of West
and Third Street.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

William H. Coffman who signed
a contract to play base ball with
the Wilmington team this season
has decided to remain with the
United States Express Co. here.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

Hon. S. P. Wolverton of Sun
bury, has been appointed by the
Supreme Court as d member of the
State Board of law examiners.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

The members of St. Margaret's s
Guild will give supper in the
Parish House on Saturday, May 6.
beginning at 5 o'clock. Supper IS
cents, ice cream and cake extra. ct
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

w. H. Brooke has opened an
Office in the Ent building, where he
has an agency for the Fidelity
Mutual Life Insurance Co.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

Harry R. Stees has opened a law
Office in the Hartman building in
the rooms formerly occupied by DR..
II. V. Hover.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Estate or Rachae, H. Gtrton, Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that letters testament
airy ON TIE estate OF Rachael M Girton, deceas-
ed have been granted to the undersigned ex-
ecutor. All persons having claims against said
estate are requested TO present the same TO
AT st. WIN. CHRISMAN, Executor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

Summer cars were called into
requisition on the Danviile and
Bloomsbury Street Railway on
Sunday.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

Hear the latest New York sue
cess, Williams and Van Alstyne's S
great ballad hit, "In The Shade OF
The Old Apple Tree" at the
Wheelmen's big minstrels tonight.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

Mount Vesuvius is active again,
and is emitting smoke. ashes and
Ted-hot stone.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

HENRY w. CHAMPLIN, M. D.,
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SPECIALIST
Ent Building, Bloomsburg, Pa
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

Isaiah Raber has purchased the
Chas. H. Reimard property on
East Seventh Street.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
Spring Dress Goods

You will find the most complete line of the leading
Spring Dress Materials at THE CLARK STORE and at
the lowest prices. 1t will pay you them if you
need dress goods
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

The Paul +. Writ pen factory
resumed work on Monday.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

The click of the lawn mower can
now be heard.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
LOCAL NEWS.

Legal advertisements on page 7,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08
The Moses Of Magic.

The5death Of Robert Houdin at st.
SGeryais, France, June 18th, 1871,
marked the passing Of one Of the
greatest magicians the world has ever
known.
Houdin's forte was his mechanical
ingenuity. His father, a matchmaker
of moderate means, was DESTROYS of
his becoming an attorney and edu.
Gated him with that object in view.
The study of law had no fascination
fort young man, however, and he
soon abandoned the uncongenial pur.
suit to- become his fathers appren-
5tice. 1t was during this apprentice
ship that he took up the study Of
magic, purely by accident.
TO him we are indebted for a com.
plete revolution in the art of con.
3jurlng. He discarded the long table
Sdraperies and flowing robes Of his
predecessors and appeared in evening
dress, using tables OF very little
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08

ough and Victor Herbert's beautiful
musical extravaganza, which will be
presented at the Grand Opera House
next Saturday with an all.star cast, Is
receiving a brilliant reception from
the public in every city of the north
and Of the south so far as the show
has penetrated into Dixieland.
Glen McDonough's genius enabled
him to take the delightful nursery
stories Babes in the Woods and
treat them in that manner peculiarly
his own, which adds interest to these
fairy stories so dear to the hearts OK
every child. The opening act shows
a party being given on the lawn Of
Contrary Mary Piper. Boy Blue,
Jack and Jill, Simple Simon, Little
Red Riding Hood, Bo.peep who lost
her sheep, and all the other fairy
story people are there. In the midst
of this gala affair Old Barnaby, uncle
OF Alan and Jane, appears on the
scene and informs the children thpr
Alan and Jane have been lost at sea
The scene Of festivity is ruthlessly
DESTROYED, and Contrary Mary Pipe.
(Alan's sweetheart) tells Barnaby
that she does not believe that her di.
minutive lover Alan and his sist r
Jane are dead, and she and her brotl-
or Tom Tom the Piper's Son stea.
away to look for them.
AS the play develops Alan and
Jane appear on the scene disguised
as Gypsy children. The audience IS
let into the secret that they have been
saved, but the Widow Piper and the
two sailors who abducted them do
not know this: and right here occurs
some situations which are excru.
tiatingly funny. Alan inveigles Rod.
denigo, the sentimental rufflan who
abducted him, by pretending to read
his hand. He tells the widow, whom
the adventurer is trying to marry,
that the fellow has a wife and a good
many children, and in holy horror,
this dame, the mother OF thirteen
children, abandons her sutton.
In the succeeding acts, Alan and
lane are again In trouble, for Old
Rarnaby, pretending to be delighted
at their rescue, sends them ostensi
bly, to his new home. To get to this
home the children have to pass
through a deep wood in which is 10
Gated the deadly vail Of spiders. They
are again abandoned by Barnaby, VIII:
believes they will surely be destroyed
this time and he will be able to MARI,
Contrary Mary Piper, as we'll as g.:
Alan and James wealth, OF which b
Is custodian. It is over this scent
where Alan and Jane wandering hant
in hand, are soon lost in the woods
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08
FAIRMONT

depth, thus raising the art of magic
from chlld's play to a Science.
The foundation Of Houdin's great
success lay in his ability to invent
and build his own tricks and illusions,
many of which are used by magicians
of the present day with but few
changes from their original forms,
for strange as 1t may seem, there are
very few magicians who possess any
mechanical ingenuity. There is a
noted exception to this rule in Keene,
the inyentor.magician, who was born
in America only a few years prior to
the death Of his illustrlous ~predeces.
sor. Like Houdin, Keene is original
and is a mechanical genius, having
produced more new Illusions in his
professional career than any per.
former now before the public. Keene
will be seen here next week.
Babes In tToyIand."
"Babes in T%oyland," Glen McDon.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08
THE FAMOUS SONG III, VI CAN'T 30 that SUM- N NeAsEs N sroylANDn

that New York audiences went intp
OBSTACLES. The footsore and weary
little travellers at last seek shelter in.
the mouth Of the giant cave, when
they are tired Of wandering. They
would have been destroyed by the
bears which tracked them had II mol.
been for the Fairy Moth Queen, who
sends a giant spider to weave web
over the mouth of the cave, through
which the bears dare not pass.
In the closing acts the brilliant In,
aginativc genius Of Glen McDonough
said to be the greatest exempliner o.
American lumor is fully demonstrated
tor u complete scenic metamorpho5is
is wrought when Contrary Mary Piper
and Tom Tom run away, looking fo,.
their s%weethearts, Alan and Jane.
they drift into the realm Of Toyland.
where Contrary Mary Piper becomes
chief costume maker in the Master
Toymaker's establishment, where ho
manufactures dolls who can walk ard
talk
Alan and Jane accidentally wend
their way into Toyland too, and whul
they discover that they are followed
by Barnaby and Marma1uke. the d.,
%tectiyes OF Toyland, they hit upon the
idea Of Disgusting us the living dolls
who are to have a parade in !Toyland.
During this march the celebrated
Toyland March Is played.
The finale Is reached when through
bis treachcry, Barnaby, having dis.
covered Alan's identity, forces Con.
trary Mary to marry him, or declares
he will expose Alan as the murderer
Of the Master Toymaker. Just as his
plans appear to come 10 fruition, Alan
not being claimed as the husband by
any Of the widows Of Toyland, which
you'd cause his pardon to be granted
Barnaby drinks poisoned wine, dyine
instantly; and Contrary Mary, who il
then a widow, complies With the stat
lie of Toyland law, which says thu!
any widow can marry a condemned
man and save him, claims Alan a
her husband, and all the fairy stor,
book celebrities find their troubles a
an end.
1t will be Of interest to theatre-goer
to know that this splendid company Q
over eighty people, is headed by tn
famous comedian Little Chip" VIII
has been especially engaged for til
leading role Of Alan.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08

reconstructed, will be- uecd by E. j.
Morgan as a startling vehicle next
season.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08

4x1s4aAfHflEs4 tHEt8BNN Ste9eG1hN
PLAYS Till not smipfising When
iop pdasidefs III ana etd man
u Of doing thing sS new
ssntng IN q half Way Manner they
are after results and love q mus
sal comedy and bright clean bur
;lssquee, will admit when they See
3slIoity Toitys that these men who.
stand alone in their class, achieved
Symarkable results @lthithis, themost
successful OF all their many costly
and beautiful productions The book
Is by Edgar Smith; the music b.
john Strcmbers, and a. al thu dis
tinctly original AID unilpc stage.
business taught by Iullaa Mitchell,
has icon retained, It Is hardly nee:
essary 10 say that those Who tcyel In
5his class Of amusement, asyc IN store
tlle. \ reat OF the season. The company
IS q large ore, consisting Of over
ilfty people, and comprises = nnmbcii
Of welt known Broadwaj fayorites,.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08
ROOSEVELT MEN9iN CHARGE.
Clerical Forces Of the Departments to
G Be R~eorganized.

WASHINGTON, D.. G., April s.
1t was announced semi.oflcially yes:
that a general reorganization
Of the clerical forces Of the entire
Treasury Department, including the
six auditing divisions will take place
July 4 and that this will be dolEaes
along lines suggested by the Presi
dent to Secretary Shaw before the
Chief Executives; departure for, the
West. In this reorganization 1t will,
be the object to place In office for
the more important places men who
are more closely identified with MI
Roosevelt in a personal way than
any who are now drawing salaries
from the government.
Some intimation Of such an inter,.
ton was held out several days ago.
when It was announced that MI.
Frederick e. Rittman, auditor Of the
War Department. had resigned and
would be succeeded by al new man Of
the Presidents selection on May /.
Mr.. Rlttman was appointed under
the Mckinley administration and at
the special request Of Senator Hanna,
with whom he had been both a per
sonal and business associate IN Cleye,
land. In this, 1t is believed. Is fore
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08
GOSSIP OF III A c

"TTlhe clngalecs has closed Its sea;
son In Boston
Margaret Anslin is llayins Lady
Paramount.
William Gillette is soiug 70 Lon,
don about the middle Of atoy,
atary Cloves, a clever y0uNg lead
Ing woman is to appear among the.
stare next season. 4
Mary Mannerlns Is to produce AZ
special matlnne performances a new
version Of "Frou.Frou.%
reconstructed, will be- uecd by e. j.
Morgan as a startling vehicle next
season.
John Drew, r. II. so,hern, Julia
Marlowe and Nat Goodwin are to play
engagements In San Francisco be.
fore the close Of the scasna,
Forbes Robertson's Hamlet" han
been the subject Of an unusual com.
pliment-editorial praise Iii some Of
the leading papers in New York and
ELSEWHERE.
David B%elasco's contract with Hen.
rietta Crosman will revive. under the
management OF her husband. Maurice
Campbell. her first success, Mistress
Nell" 1t Is not vet decided what &C
trcss will take her place as the star
Of Sweet Kitty Bellairs.n
Pauline Hall Is negotiating will,
Francis Wilson for the purchase oI
the rights to "%Erminie." which rights
the comedian still holds. II she is sue
%ccssfnl II is her intention TO make the
rights over to her daughter, Erminie
Hall, who she believes Is a future
prima donna and who abe think:
would be successful In the opera
which gave her mother fame and for
tune. 5Ss!.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08
"Hoity lofty"

"Holty lofty"
Weber and Fields wonderful crea;
ton "Hoity Tolty," whica appears at
The Grand Opera House late this
month has been APPLY termed tile
mighty Monarch of Merry Musical
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08

ETlhe cIngalecs las eloaol rs sea:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08

Ntaryi Cloves, a clever yanNg lead
Ing woman, is TO appear among the
stare next season.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-06
HELPED THIRrv.ThREE.
Associated Charities Assisted That
Many Families With Schools Dona-

The Organized Charity Association
held its regular meeting Tuesday eve-
ming at the home of Mrs. T. j. Fletcher,
president Of the organization. Agent
NJ Il. Whitehead made a report on the
Thanksgiving work, showing that the
society had assisted thirty-three fam.
lilies from the donations given it by
the public schools. Three hundred
sixty-th three pieces of clothing, fifty-five
caps forty three pairs OF shoes forty
six pairs Of hose, twelve and one-half
bushels Of potatoes, five bushels OF
mixed vegetables, one bushel Of apples,
forty eight pumpkins, and many other
donations, including cabbages, pop
corn, bread, breakfast foods, cookies,
rice. pancake flour. jellies, seventy
three cans of fruit, vegetables, canned
sours one chicken, pickles, catsups,
and numerous other articles, went to
make up the donation of just half the
schools of the city, the other half CIV
ing their donations to the w. r. c.
The thirty-three baskets were made
up from a part of the donation. The
remainder has been placed i'm the store
room, to be used during the winter
as needed.
Mrs. Whitehead also presented the
report of work done during the month
Of November The financial report
showed cash on hand November l.,
s277; taken in since, $2.45; expended.
s1.35; balance on hand, 1897. Twenty
two families, numbering 121 persons,
received aid during the month.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-06
Ground Broken For Building so
x1lo, In Which to Make
Furnace Castings
TO EMPLOY TWENTY-FIVE MEN
New Company Being Formed and
Building Already Under Construction
For Model Foundry In Which to
Make Castings For the Lennox Fur.
nace-New Capital Interested With
Lennox Furnace Company.

Practically another factory for Mar
shalltown is the result OF the move
made by The Lennox Furnace Com
pany yesterday in breaking ground for
a foundry 5ox140 feet. on n site re-
Gently purchased of Henry Forney,
south of t1eir present factory. The
best and largest foundry In the city
will be erected Immediately, which will
employ from twenty to twenty Ave
men in the making of the iron castings
used in Lennox furnaces.
Ever since the purchase OF the fur
mace business from the Lennox Machine
Company by the local citizens now in
terested in The LennoN Furnace Com
pany. their furnace castings have been
made upon contract by the foundry of
the parent company, altho no one In
terested in the first company has ever
owned stock in the second company.
Under the management OF The
Lennox Furnace Company. how
ever the business has grown by leaps
and bounds, until the output of the
factory now trebles the furnace output
of the former company and 1t has be-
come impossible for the old company
to make the necessary furnace castings
in connection with Its engine and ma
chine castings without doubling it's
foundry capacity.
The Lennox Furnace Company have
interested Mr.. +. l.. Laubach, OF To-
wanda, Pa, a successful and practical
iron moultler, who will invest with the
furnace company stockholders In a
foundry enterprise. here. Others also
will invest and new corporation is
now being formed to manufacture iron
castings for the Lennox furnaces. Mr..
Lennox already has plans for filling
his present foundry to its capacity
with other work. SO that the new
foundry, with it's twenty-five men. will
be a new industry for Marshalltown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-06
"A MESSAGE FROM MARS"
Professor Newens, Of Ames, Appears
Before Twentieth Century Club.

Professor Newens, Of Ames, Appears
Before Twentieth Century Club.
The third appearance of Professor
A. M. Newens, Of Iowa State College
before the Twentieth Century Club
Tuesday evening at the home Of Mr.. j.
p. Woodbury. was fully as enjoyable as
the first two entertainments given in
past years by this versatile man. Miss
Emma Woodbury. was hostess to the
club
Professor Newens occupies the chair
Of public speaking in the state college
at Ames. He gave an Interpretation
of the play IA Message From Mars. .
The play itself was new to nearly ev-
eryone in the audience, and intensely
interesting. Weird, yet practical with
tragical situation, 1t gave Professor
Newens ON excellent opportunity
which he improved to the entertain
ment Of the club.
The decorations Of the Woodbury.
home were in chrysanthemums and
roses. Miss Marie Shove assisted the
hostess as usher, and served frappe
in the library. In the serving Of light
refreshments during the evening, the
hostess was assisted by Misses Eunice
Kellogg, Hazel Sandoe and Grace
Brennecke and Messrs. Tom Mcickley
and Hughitt lamar. The guests of the
club were Mrs. Robert Martin, of APP
pie River, ILL.,; Mrs. T. c. Borden, Of
Chicago; Mrs. F. G. Goodman, of Min
neapolis; Mrs. p. Lee, of Mount Yer
non; Mr. William I. Crane, of Ashley;
O.: Mr.. and Mrs c. II. e. Boardman,
and Misses Anna Hecox and Ida
Shove
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-06
In the Police Court.

C. Anderson, charged with being
drunk, paid the costs In Justice Clark's
court. George Brown, of ST Louis,
and George Connolly, arrested for va
erancy, were sent to Jail for three
days.
Daisy Conger, a waitress at the
Windsor hotel. was arrested this
morning by Deputy Marshall Clark, on
a charge of larceny, filed by Mrs En-
ma Lage wife of the Officer Will Lage.
Miss Conger is charged with stealing a
fur boa. valued at $12 from FFnkle's
hall last Saturday evening. When her
room was searched This morning it is
alleged that the boa was found. The
case will be heard in Justice Clark s
court late this afternoon or Thursday
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-06
Business 10 Suspended.
MRS. PEPPERS SUDDEN DEATH
Well Known Resident Of the City Sue.
cun1bs TO Heart DiRease

We'll Known Resident Of the City Sue
cumbs to Heart Disease.
Mrs. Sarena Pepper, aged 43 years
wife of Mr.. Fred II. Pepper, sol North
Second avenue, and one of the well
known women of the northeast section
or the city, died suddenly at her home
at 1870 o'clock this morning of heart
disease. Mrs. Pepper had just arisen
from bed when she was stricken. She
lay down again, but in ten minutes was
unconscious and twenty minutes later
died. For several years Mrs. Pepper
has been in failing health, and during
recent weeks her condition has grown
gradually worse She had been sub
ject to similar attacks of heart trou-
BILE, but always rallied after q short
illness. Tuesday she was overcome,
but regained her strength again before
the day was over.
Mrs. Pepper was a member OF the
Woman's Relief Corps and the Royal
Naighbors She also belonged to the
Methodist church, in which she was an
active worker.
Mrs Sarena Johnson Pepper was
merried In this city to Mr.. Pepper on
March H. 1887. She leaves, besides
the husband. one daughter, Bessie, aged
IL years. and one sister, who lives in
Denmark.
The funeral will be held from the
residence Friday afternoon. at 2:30 o.
clock, Rev. Merle N. Smith, officiating,
Interment will be in Riverside.