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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14
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There have been introduced into
the Legislature since the opening
of the present session bills and res
olutions creating no less than doz
ell commissions for one purpose or
another. Some of these bodies might
serve good purposes, such, for in
stance, as the railroad commission
provided for in the measure intro
duced by Representative Greasy.
The abuses which it is intended to
correct or abate are manifold and
manifest. But the constitution
lodges in the Secretary of Internal
Affairs all the power which the
measure in question would bestow
on the commission and it would be
better, therefore, to enact such leg
islation as is necessary to make the
constitutional provision effective.
There are already between fifty
and hundred Of these boards and
commissions in existence, beginning
with the Board of Public Grounds
and Buildings, which has recently
betrayed the interests of the State
by squandering millions of treasure
in the construction and furnishing
of the capitol. The purpose of these
commissions is to provide honorary
or profitable places for political de
pendents and party workers prima-
rily, and to shift responsibility for
evils, incidentally. If the powers
of the Board of Public Buildings
and Grounds had been lodged in
any individual member of the body
the abuses would never have occur
red. The shadow Of prison walls
would have admonished him to be
careful.
The constitution ofthe State vests
all legislative power in the General
Assembly. The creating of COM
missions, therefore, with legislative
power. is an infringement of the
constitution and invalid and such
commissions without such power or
for other purposes is mischievous
and dangerous. There is no occas.
ion tor commissions of any kind
and the only legislation on that snb-
ject which ought to be considered
is for the revocation Of some Of the
commissions already in existence.
1t would close up one OF the most
prolific sources of graft and stop
one of the greatest evils from which
the Commonwealth is suffering.
L the Legislators get busy along
that line. e.-BeLle,0nte Watchman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14
THE PENSION BILL.

The following is the full text OF
the pension act introduced in the
state senate by Senator Cochran;
To provide for the pensioning of
soldiers and sailors who served in
the Army or Navy of the United
States from Pennsylvania in the
Civil War of 1861, fixing the rate
of said pensions, the manner of OBJ
tanning same, and making an ap-
preparation for the payment thereof.
Section I. Be it enacted BY tie
Senate and House Of Representatives.
0ftae Commonwealth efPennsyI0an-
ir in General AssembLy met and it is
L rs6y enacted BY the authority Of tie
s ie: That any person who has
sycved in the Army and Navy of
! United States in the Civil War
one thousand eight hundred and
s:.tty-one from Pennsylvania, who
was a resident of this State at the
date Of the commencement Of his
service, and shall be resident of
this State at the time of making
application for pension as herein
after provided, shall be entitled to
a pension from this State at the rate
as hereinafter stated Provided, how
ever, That such persons shall have
been honorably discharged from
said service.
Section I. The amount to be
paid as a pension for each soldier
and sailor as set forth in Section
one hereof shall be as follows:
To those who served for one year
or less, five (5) dollars per month,
To those more than one year and
not more than two years, $7.Sc
per month.
To those who served over two
years $40 per month.
Section 8. 1t is understood tha,
this act does not include any sol.
dier or sailor who was not a resi-.
dent of this State at the time of en-,
tering the service, and who does
not reside in this State at the time
of making application hereunder.
Section a All applications for
pensions made hereunder shall be
made to the Auditor General ol
the State of Pennsylvania under
such reasonable rules and regula
tions as shall be prescribed by him
and the right to such pensions upol
such application shall be finally de.
termined by the said Auditor Gen.
eral, whose decision as to the grant.
ing or refusal of said pensions shall
be final.
Section S. The pensions to be
granted shall begin as of January
first Anno Domini one Thousand
nine hundred and eight, and shal
be payable quarterly thereafter or
the first days of April, July, Octo
Der and January of each year, bu
such pensions shall only begin al
the quarter yearly period after same
shall have been granted.
Section 6. The necessary blank.
for application and proof for pen
sions under this act shall be furn
ished by the Auditor General, auc
the expense of printing and distri
buting the same shall be paid ou
of the Treasury OF the State, anc
no charge shall be made by thu
Auditor General to such applican
for pension for services or fees il
he matter of said pensions.
Section 7. The sum of one mill
ion dollars, or so much thereof a.
may be necessary, is hereby
specifically appropr 'ated for tn,
purposes of paying the pension,
created HEREBY for the two fsca
years beginning Jnne first, 1907.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14
Envelopes

$4,000 Envelopes carried in
stock at the COLUMBIAN Office.
The line includes drug envelopes,
pay, coin, baronial, commercial
sizes, number 6, on, 6A. 9. 10
and II, catalog, &c. Prices range
from 81. so per 1000 printed, up to
$500. Largest stock in the coun-
ty to select from.
Entrance through Roy's Jewelry
Sore. If
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14

Two ten. cent magazines are free
with every copy of "7he PAlAadei.
phia Sunday Press" In one there
are short stories, good drawings,
clever descriptive articles, verse,
good fun and strong serial. The
woman's magazine section in colors
is far superior to anything else in
its line. 1t has timely hints and
advice as to fashions, articles on
practical physical culture. art need.
le-work patterns, and a new series
of millinery patterns by one of the
formost authorities.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14

Bloomsbury Souvenir Books, 4S
half tone pictures, rs cents, at the
COLUMBIAN office. IF.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14

Card signs mo Trespassing" for
sale at this Office. They are print
ed in accordance with the late act
of 1903. Price S cents each. If
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
POINTS TO DANGERS
ABOUT YOUNG LIVES
Evangelist Urges That Great
er Care Be Taken.
FEW PLACES QUITE SAFE.

Wednesday night was a good one
for the U. B. revival. There were
more people In attendance than at any
other time except Sunday night. Mr..
Shannon's subject was Young Life, Its
Possibilities and It's Perils."
Among other things he declared that
many men invest more money in
books and papers on the mating and
rearing Of fouls and beasts than they
40 for Information concerning the
proper mating of human beings and
the prenatal and post-natal influences
that are to bless or curseu the race.
The children not only manifest the ma
tive characteristics seen in the parents
but unless they come in contact with
influences outside of the home they'll
speak tn language of the home and
never rise above it. One strong point
in training him up the way he should
60, is for the parents to go that way
themselves, and not simply talk about
it.
But says one, we cannot always have
these young lives under our own care.
That is true, and we cannot be too
careful as to their companions and
especially the adults. The influence
Oh children with children is a small
thing compared with the influence Of
adults with children The man who
said that we are part of all we ever
met, did not miss the truth very far
Mr.. Shannon appealed to the people
to name the places in Richmond to
which young people may go and be per-
fectly safe, either private social func-
tions or places of public resort Mr.
Shannon has promisd to continue the
discussion.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
INSPECTION TRAINS
PASS THROUGH CITY
No Stop Was Made in Rich
mond, There Not Being
Even a Hesitation.
THROUGH TO COLUMBUS. O.
EACH TRAIN CARRIED AN IN.
SPECTION CAR IN FRONT OF
THE ENGINE AND TWO HAD
CARS FRONT AND BACK.

Four inspection trains bearing Gen
eral Manager G. L. Peck and J. J.
Turner, second vice-president and
many under officials passed through
Richmond shortly after nine o'clock
this morning. The occasion was the
annual track inspection of the Penn
sylvania lines west. Not one of the
sections stopped in Richmond, going
on to Columbus.
The four trains were met by a large
delegation of local Pennsylvania rail-
road men at the station. A number
of friends of officials were also there
Supervisors H. Mann and r. L. Adams
Superintendent Nettleton Neff and En-
gineer of Maintenance Of Way, Guy
Scott, were members of the inspection
crew They joined the inspection
trains at Pittsburg, Pa, Monday morn
ing and have been with the company
since. Ross Harris, an old Richmond
boy, now engineer of maintenance of
way on the Toledo division, was also
a member of the inspection party.
Each train carried a regular inspec-
ton car in front of the engine. Two
trains had inspection cars both on the
front and the rear. The trip will end
in Pittsburg Friday Or Saturday and
local officials accompanying the party
will return to Richmond from that
point. Supervisors Of the local divis-
ions hope to land one Of the prizes
given for the best bit of roadbed on
the lines west of Pittsburg. This will
not be announced for some time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
Clever WITH the Cards.

Some years ago a certain county Jan
was undergoing extensive alterations.
during which time a gang of pickpock-
cts, four in number. were arrested one
market day. Owing to the alterations
the lot were confined for a time In ona
cell. but were placed under strict sur
VIGILANCE, the care OF them being spe-
cially intrusted to the sergeant The
day after during his rounds he spied
them playing cards. when he promptly
opened the door and summoned a fell
low constable, on whose arrival the
cell and the prisoners were most care
fully searched, but no cards were
found. However, the card playing still
continued until the day on which the
pickpockets were to be sent to the as
sizes for trial. Then the superintend-
ent, very kind man and a great ia
vorite with every one. asked them as
a favor to tell him where they had hid
den the cards. They told him that as
soon as the sergeant and his comrade
entered their cell they stuck the pack
in his pocket and picked 1t again be-
fore he left. as a proof of which they
presented him with the much used
pack.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
SOCIETY NEWS
Conducted


by Miss Hilda Shute and Miss Dorothy
Quincy of Philadelphia. The invited
guests numbered thirty.
j. :. +
Guests Day was observed at the
First Presbyterian church Wednesday
evening. the meeting being unde~ the
auspices of the missionary society \
program Of music and several short
talks were given. The remainder of
the evening was spent socially.
The following ladies of Grace NJ. E
church went to New Castle today ia
attend the district convention of the
Womans' Foreign Missionary Society
Nesd9mes T. NJ Guild. w NJ Nelson
Frances Kelley, James Smith, Henry
Townsend, c. H. Thomasson and r
H. Phillips, and Miss Blanche Gun
ningham. On the program was a quar-
tet composed Of Mesdames r. II. Phil
lips. c. H. Thomasson and T. NJ
Guild and Miss Cunningham. The
convention will close with a session
Friday afternoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
A Brides Dilemma.

A humorous romance is reported
from Natal, where a youthful Hindoo
bride was recently called upon to
choose between her husband and her
jewels. The case came before the Dur
ban police court In the first instance.
where the brides parents. says the
Natal Mercury, accused her husband OF
abducting her while under thirteen
years of age. The bride, however.
claimed to be eighteen. and the magis-
trate dismissed the case. Outside the
court tug Of war took place between
the two parties for the possession OF
the bride, in the course Of which 1t APP
peared that what her parents partlcu-
larry desired was not herself. but her
jewelry. A sergeant OF police then sat
In judgment and decided that the jew
elry belonged to the parents, and the
girl must choose between her husband
and her bracelets. After some cogita-
ton she chose the husband, who
promptly unfastened the bangles from
her arms and handed them to her
parents
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
The judge In Jail.

az" said an esteemed magistrate.
spent a week in Jail before entered
on my judgeship- I ate the prison
food. / slept in a cell. I conformed
with all the prison rules. I wore the
prison clothes. / did the prison work.
Thus l learned the value OF the SEN
fences I was to mete out later on. I
got to know what a week. a month. a
year. In jail meant. AS a result I am
more merciful than most judges. I
think 1t would be a good thing II every
judge before taking Office would spend
little while I'm jail as I did. He would
then know the value of prison SEN
tences. a thing he doesn't know now.
Now he is like a cashier who attempts
to pay out money in coinage of
which he is ignorant. In Baden this
thing l speak of must be done. Every
judge in Baden before he takes his
seat on the bench is required by law
to pass weeks like common prisoner
In jail."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
THE CITY IN BRIEF

Rutte7tck's patterns. Morris & Cos
The quarterly love feast will be held
at Grace NJ. Z. church this evening.
G. R. Cause, florist. Greenh puses
National Ave. Both Phones. loft
Charles Newcom of Richmond made
a business trip to Hagerstown, We'd
nesday.
Five room house and lot will be sold
at auction on Saturday at o'clock p.
m. 1927 Ridge street. 24-2t
Mrs. Susan Underhill, of Richmond,
went to Hagerstown Wednesday TO
visit her mother, Mrs. Anna Bowers.
Auction sale of five room house and
lot at 1927 Ridge street on Saturday at
O'Clock p. m. 242t
Mrs. Smith Howe has returned to
her home in Spencerville, O., after
spending a few days here, visiting her
parents.
The Hannah Lamb home, No. 1927
Ridge street. will be sold at public auc-
ton at , o'clock, p. m, on Saturday.
242t
Mrs. Edward Peterson and her bro
Their. Mr.. Wilson Bumgardner, of Day
ton have left to visit Mrs. Peterson's
nephew, DR.. Dutrow of Bristol, Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
WOODWARD LODGE
WILL SEND TEAM
Richmond to Be Represented
At Next Sovereign Grand
Lodge Meeting.
LOCAL TEAM TO CONTEST.
1T HAS WON SEVERAL PRIZES IN
THE PAST AND is CONFIDENT
AGAIN.

Richmond will send a crack degree
team to the sovereign grand lodge
meeting of Odd Fellows. TO be held at
Denver, Col, next year. Although
the time for the meeting is yet far off,
Woodward lodge of this city will reor-
ganize a drill team to participate In
the initiatory and third degree team
contests. Two captains will be select
ed that the work may be given in each
degree with efficiency.
The entrance into the contests is not
a new one for the Woodward degree
staff. Two years ago the local team
won second honors at the sovereign
grand lodge meeting held at Baltimore
Three years ago second honors fell to
the local team who participated in sec
ond degree work at Des Moines. la.
while four years ago two prizes were
won at Indianapolis. both in the first
and third degree contests. As the
Woodward degree staff has won hon.
ors in the past, it is confident of win
ming additional honors at Denver next
year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
NINE SUITS ARE FILED
AGAINST THE RECEIVER
Dickinson Trust Company Is
Made Defendant.
ACTION is FOR CLAIMS.

Robbins, Starr & Robbins have filed
nine suits to recover claims against
the Dickinson Trust company as re-
ceiver for the Wayne Oil company.
These suits are as follows:
W. H. Emerson VS.. Dickinson Trust
Co, receiver for Wayne Oil Co. Claim
1885,
William A. Fields VS.. Dickinson
Trust Co. receiver for Wayne Oil Co.
Claim $60.07.
Fulton Hardware Co. VS.. Dickinson
Trust Co., receiver for Wayne Oil Co.
Claim not stated.
Standard Oil Co. VS.. Dickinson
Trust Co, receiver for Wayne Oil Co.
Claim s14.50.
J. w. Headington VS.. Dickinson
Trust Co., receiver for Wayne Oil Co.
Claim s10213.
William J. Bone VS.. Dickinson Trust
Co, receiver for Wayne Oil Co.
Claim s4S0.75.
William w Floyd VS.. Dickinson
Trust Co, receiver for Wayne Oil Co.
Claim $3.50.
William E. Floyd ct al VS.. Dickinson
Trust Co, receiver for Wayne Oil Co.
Claim s573.33.
First National Bank of Portland,
Ind VS.. Dickinson Trust Co., receiver
for Wayne Oil Co. Claim $3.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
Eating Grasshoppers.

''No wonder | am brown" said a
globe trotter. 81 am just back from
the Sahara. l spent two months wan
dering with a caravan of camels over
that white expanse Of sun warmed
sand. The Sahara Is like the beach at
Atlantic City. fat immensely Of the
whitest. cleanest sand, and the stran-
gest thing did in my wanderings was
to eat desert grasshoppers. The Arabs
regard these grasshoppers as a luxury.
and / was tempted to try them, just as
in Paris | have been tempted to try
snails. The grasshoppers were good.
You plucked off the wings. the legs
and the head. and then you ate the
dried body. This morsel tasted precise
ly like an English walnut. | ate grass
hoppers several times. and when | re-
turn to the Sahara / am going to eat
them again"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
City and County
STATISTICS.
Marriage Licenses.
STATS TICS.

Leo A. Zeyen, Richmond and Ida
May Fleming, Richmond; Michael ].
Calvin, Richmond and Mary B. Gegan,
Richmond; Harry Sumwalt. Cam.
bridge City and Rose Rusk. Pennville;
John p. Harry, Hagerstown and Carrie
B. Miller, Hagerstown.
Ur Thurston, Fountain City and
Ethel Hinshaw, Williamsburg; Carl
Plat, Richmond and Anna Davis,
Richmond; Lawrence J. Gist, Rich
mond and Edith Leighton, Richmond
Oliver Miller. Richmond and Pauline
Del, Richmond; CLAUDE Duncan, Cam
bridge City and Christina Perkins,
Cambridge City.
Births.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brokamp,
SIS South 18th street, girl, first child
To Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Betten.
broke, 91S South Fourth street, boy
second child.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Sudhoff
32S South Fourth street, boy, first
child.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
TEACHERS OF LIBERTY
ON VISIT TO RICHMOND
Spent the Day at Garfield and
High Schools.
MAKEUP OF THE PARTY.

Teachers of Liberty, Ind, were in
Richmond today visiting the local
schools There are twelve in the par
ty. They arrived in the city early
this morning. The majority Of them
visited the high school and Garfield
buildings during the day. All were
pleased with the treatment accorded
while here and were very enthusiastic
over the manner in which the local
schools were conducted. In the par
ty were Supt. Thos. w. Reckords, Dor
sey Jones, Miss Mary Scott, Earl Gre
croft, B. o. Alternately, Alpha Kelley,
Nellie Ham, Adelaide Gilmore, Ethel
McDougal, Georgia Hollingsworth,
Laura Hill and Miss Cook, instructor
in music.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
OFFICIALS ARE CHOSEN
Athletic Association at Earl
ham Meets.

At a meeting of the athletic asso-
citation at Earlham college 1t was de-
cided to change the time for election
of manager of the base ball and track
teams from spring to fall and that the
advertising agent for athletics be
chosen in the fall to serve the entire
year John Heaton was chosen base
ball manager, Arthur Hotchkiss, track
manager and Roy Wollam, advertising
agent.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
DID NOT KNOW ABOUT
DEATH Of GOVERNOR
Prisoner in Penitentiary Had
Not Heard.
CALLED TO SEE PATTISON.

Columbus, O., Oct 24.-Today a
young man Of sallow complexion call
ed at the state house and inquired for
Governor Pattison. When told that
Pattison is dead he was surprised. He
was Edward Coxin, of Trumbell coun-
ty. just released from the penitentiary,
after a two years term for stealing
chickens. The governor recommend
ed him for pardon and he called to ex-
tend thanks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
Spelling by { ar.

The young French stenographer,
whose progress in English had not
kept pace with her proficiency in short
hand. was puzzling over some notes
she had taken of a recitation at a
public entertainment.
AS she Transcribed them the recita-
ton began like this:
La fanthi wurlaf swidheu.
Out panju oui pelone-
That's easy" said the expert to
whom she submitted the notes. 1T is
part Of poem that begins:
Laugh. and the world laughs with you,
Weep. and you weep alone"
Chicago Tribune.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
FIRE IN BREWING OFFICE
Blaze Was Quite Threatening
For a Time.

The fire department was called out
this morning about $50 o'clock to ex-
tinguish blaze in the office of the
Indianapolis Brewing company on
North F street. The blaze was quite
for time but it was con-
fined to the interior of the Office. The
Office was damaged considerably from
fire and water.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
If Women Couldn't Read,

"Then yol don't believe in higher
educa ton for womenT'
''Certainl, not. think it's a shame
to even teach EN- how to read. If a
woman couldn't read the bargain ad.
vertisements she wouldn't be so IN
happy over the lots OF things she can't
afford to buy"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
Law Term Exclaimed.

"Well. proceed" said the lawyer.
"The plaintiff resorted to an ingen-
ious use OF circumstantial evidence"
said the witness.
For the benefit OF the jury state In
palmer language exactly what you
mean by that" Interrupted the judge.
"Well, my meaning is that be lied"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
SCR|MMAGE FOR TONIGHT
High School Football Team
Will Make Effort.

Scrimmage will be the order of the
day with the high school football
players tonight. A grim effort is be-
ing made to whip the entire team in
shape to meet the strong high school
team of Greenville, O.. next Saturday.
The spirit of the players has been
redoubled within the past two DAYS.
and the team will finish the high
school schedule as originally arranged.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24

You needn't suffer with sick heaiache, indi-
gestion. constipation or any other troubles aris-
ing from disordered stomach. DR.. Caldweirs
syrup Pepsin viii cure you and keep you well
Tx h-keep il O. hand the year around.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
-FOUR MEN ARE KILLED
Atlantic Dynamite Company's
Plant Blows Up.

Ashland, Wis, Oct. 24-Four men
were killed this morning when the
mixing mill of the Atlantic Dynamite
Company's factory blew up at Ash
land, six miles from here. Two hun
dred pounds of nitroglycerine explod-
ed. The cause is unknown.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
or pc II uts

Not there from the drug store but put the old Mother
Nature 10 days trial of this scientific food will
Wgor energy the bacearer thinking memory
sharp snappy ideas. These the why
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-24
A MINE FOR THE POLICE
Heavy Explosives Were Found
At st. Petersburg.

st. Petersburg, Oct 24-A mine
charged with heavy explosives, was
found beneath police headquarters
here. Several arrests were made.