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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Bars Women Chauffeurs.

cincinnati, March 11.-Evidently
Impressed with the death of Louis
Kline, a city Official who was run
!own by an automobile driven by a
soman, Col. Markbredt, Mayor of
sfncinnati, in message to the City
;ouncil, took steps to bar women as
shAuffeurs.
81 do not believe the running of
an automobile is the proper sphere
tOF women and would prohibit their
long so If / could have my way"
aid Mayor Markbredt. THE only
proper machine for woman to run
"a q sewing machine"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Ask for Uniform 2.Ccnt Fare.

New York, March 10.--The Amer
lean Travelling Mems League of New
York City will send a delegation Of
five to Washington to unite with the
dozens Of other delegations of Com
mercial travellers before the House
Committee on Interstate Commerce
In an argument for the passage of the
Sulzer bill, which provided for uni
form 2-cent railway rate all over the
United States when at least 1000
miles of passage is bought at one
time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Recruits Get Toilet Articles.

Washington, March 1.-THE re-
esnt order which supplies to an
1xDy recruit upon his enlistment a
ru0 kit Of toilet articles has run
tn gauntlet of judicial construction
~ has been sustained. AS a re-
mt. this is what the enlisted man
ssh in addition to his regular out
ft: Razor, brushes for hair, teeth,
having and shoes; comb, polish for
i1Ack and for tan shoes; two towels,
Noet soap, whisk broom, and last
NJ not least, lone housewife" q
- containing thread, needles, but
rnns and patches.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Gives Poison to His Babies.

Waterbury, Conn, March 9.-In a
mt of despondency because he was
unable to find employment and his
wife was obliged to go out to work
to support the family, Menotti Mont
rezza, music teacher, forced two Of
his young children to drink carbolic
acid this morning and then took a
dose himself which killed him in
stantly Willie, the three-year-old
boy died with his father, but Mary.
six years old, did not take very much
of the acid and will live.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Five Boys ut Birth.

Sikeston, Mo-, March 11.-Quint-
uplets We're born to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Calhoon, of this place, yester-
day. The babies are strong healthy
boys and weigh about six pounds
each. The father runs a saw mill
near here, and weighs about 1S0
pounds. The mother is small
woman and will no. weigh more
than 1870.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Won't Admit He Is Dead.

Grand Rapids. Mich. March 10
Judge Alfred Wolcott, OF thl Cir
cult Bench, died here of apoplexy
five minutes after he was stricken.
His wife who is Christian Scientist,
refuses to admit that he IL dead, al
though three physicians pronounced
life extinct. but she maintains that
the Christian Scientist principle that
all medicines and medical men are
In error is superior to the evidence
of her eyes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Dies as Faith Healer Prays.

Ridgewood, n. j., March 10.-Cor-
oner De Mund, of this place, was
called to Ramsey, n nearby village, to
investigate the death of Frederic
Brown, who had been treated by a
Christian Science "healer" known as
"Dr. Brown OF New York" An au-
tCpsy showed that Brown had died
OF cerebral congestion and plain star
,ation. The sick man was farmer,
forty years old, who lived with two
brothers and two sisters all ardent
believes in Christian Science.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Demand $1,000 of Priest.

Philadelphia, March 11.--Dr. Clio
vanni Prezlosi, secular priest and
distinguished Italian sociologist,
who is the guest of the Augustinian
fathers in this city, has received an
alleged BLACK Hand" letter in which
$1,000 is demanded. He is advised
You will never see Italy again If
you do not give $1,000 to the person
that pinches you after he salutes
you. Carry it with you always and
remember that | am more powerful
than the police and your God"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12

New Haven, March 11.-John r.
Stevens, former chief engineer of
he Panama Canal, has issued a
tatement regarding the canal, in
shich he prophesies failure of the
Undertaking. In this statement Mr..
.Aevens says that the canal will not
help the United States in its trade
'sith South America, as practically
all of the inhabitants of the South
I'm continent are on the east of the
.andes, so that it would be of no ad-
antage to make use of the canal to
leach them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Fort Hits at Saloons.

Newark, March 10.-Governor
John Franklin Fort presiding at the
observance of the twenty-seventh an
niversary Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association warned the Pro-
testant churches that II they would
protect youths they would have to
keep them out of the saloons. which
threw open their doors every day
and much of the night as meeting
place for young men and old. He
referred to the 1,400 saloons in this
city as temptations to young men.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Indifferent to Millions,

Worcester. Mass, March 10.-John
7. Dover, Secretary OF the Athol
Branch, Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, was informed to-day that he
had inherited 100000 by the
death In Melbourne a month ago, of
an uncle, Thomas Wallace. Dover
says he thinks so little of money
that he would not go there for it,
and that he intends to remain q
Woodworking secretary OF the asso-
citation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12

Omaha, Neb.. March S.-That
prosperity and confidence have re-
turned to tho West Is shown by in.
dustrial reports and plans for devel-
opments around Omaha which re-
quire the Investment of millions OF
collars. One big contract is for in
dependent car-repairing shops at
Omaha. the grounds OF which will
cover 800 acres. Contracts were al
so let for 800 cottages to house the
workmen.
Building permits both in the resi-
dental and business districts, show
handsome increase over those of last
year at this time, and real estate
transactions are on the increase.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
BAN ON BETTING NEWS.
Los Angeles Council Passes Ordi-
nance Affecting Newspapers.

Los Angeles, March 1.-THE City
Council to-day over the veto of
Mayor Harper passed an ordinance
which will prohibit selling or giving
away in Los Angeles any new spaper
or any publication containing infor-
nation regarding betting on any con-
test of any sort. This not only COW
ers horse racing but all forms Of
athletics.
The new law prohibits tips on any
event and entries may not be pub
lshed unless they run in alphabet
cal order, uniform type, flush with
the left side column rule. II en-
forced this would bar nearly every
newspaper In America containing
sporting news.
The general impression here is
that the law will be ignored by the
daily newspapers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
May Extradite Roy.

Paris, March eff the United
States Government should really de-
sire 1t. Paul Emile Roy probably will
be taken to New Hampshire for trial
for the murder Of George A. Carkin,
brother of Mrs. Roy, who Is better
known as Glacia Gala.
Despite the influence that is being
brought to bear there is reason to
believe that a request from the
United States would be promptly
grarted. No such request has been
received as yet.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Twenty-One Funerals in One.

Cleveland. March 11.-When
twenty-one fower-strewn little white
coffins were placed beneath the
ground In Lake View Cemetery
the last of the 1877 charred bodies Of
children who lost their lives in the
burning of the Lake View School in
Coliingwood we're laid to rest The
collins contained the bodies of the
seventeen unidentified children and
four that were claimed at the last
moment. All were buried together
in the big public funeral.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Charges Against DIR. Day.

New York, March 9.-Because he
called the acts of President Roose-
welt anarchistic, and in other ways
condemned the acts of the Chief Ex-
ecutive, the Rev. Dr. James r. Day,
Chancellor of Syracuse University,
must face charges made against him
by the Rev. George A. Cooke Of
Brandon, VT, member of the Troy
Conference of the Methodist Episco.
pal Church,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Wholesale Prices of Farm Products
Quoted for the Week.

quoted for the Week.
WHEAT--No. 2. Red. $1.04h q
s1-05h.
No. 1 Northern Duluth. $1.21.
CORN-No. 2, 64@71c.
OATS-Mixed. white. b7hc.
MlLK-3 NC per quart.
BUTTER-Western firsts, 2S S@29c.
State Dairy 25c.
CHEESE-State, full cream, is u a
Ice.
EGaS-State and nearby, fancy.
eco 27c; do, good to choice "a %
Csc. western firsts 21hc.
BEEVES-City Dressed, 7@9c.
CALVES-City Dressed, Sh @13c.
per lb.; country .ressed SO 13c.
per ID.
SHEEP-Per 1OC lb., $3.50.
HOGS-Live per 100 lbs, 5000
$50.
HAY-Prime per 100 lbs, $1.O0.
STRAW-Long rye, COG zoe.
LIVE POULTRY-Chickens per h..
11h.; Turkeys, per lb., lac;
Ducks per lb., 15c; Fowls per b..
lac.
DRESSED OULTRY-Turkeys per
H., 12Q 18c.; Fowls per lb.. 100
l4hc.; Chickens. Phila., per lb,,
rs CSC.
ONlONS-Whita, per bbi.. 5000
$500.
VEGETABLES-Potatoes L. l., per
bbl.. $2.5OQ$2.75. 49,.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12

- OF the prisoner, is made a code
PENDANT in the action. AS next of
kin she is technically the real de-
fendant, as the law presumes her
son to be insane, and therefore legal
~ dead. The action is entitled
Evelyn Florence Nesbit Thaw VS..
Harry Kendall Thaw and Mary Cop
,ey Thaw."
1t Is understood that the elder
Mrs. Thaw looks with favoc upon
zer daughter-in-law's suit and that
she is largely responsible for seeing
hat the young woman's future is so
veil provided for. She believes that
her daughter-in-law should be
.reated with the utmost considera-
ion in view of the sacrifices she
aade to save her husband from the
loctric chair.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Six Years With Broken Back.

Ellwood City, Pa, March IL
After living for six years with a
broken back complete paralytic,
Miss Effie Frishcorn, 23 years old,
died today. About six years ago.
Miss Frishcorn fell from a porch,
breaking her back.
Portions of the vertabrae were re-
moved at the time. but no hopes
were entertained for her recovery.
Ever since she has baffled all ply
sicians who have attended her by her
tenacious holding on to life, despite
her helpless condition.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Spring Coming in JERSEY.

Montclair, N. j., March 1O.-Al-
most all over the mountain top in
Montclair to-day could be seen rob-
ins in abundance and here and there
a bluebird. Robins have not been
stem in such numbers in this sec
tion so early in the season since
1888, when many were killed by the
subsequent blizzard of March 12.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12

Norfolk, Va, March 9.-The Pres
ident's yacht Mayflower, bound from
Washington, ID. c., to the Norfolk
Navy Yard. went aground near Thin
BILE Light in lower Chesapeake Bay
during a thick fog. The United
States naval collier Nero was sent
from Old Point to her assistance.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
$50, 100000 for Chinese Navy.

Pekin, March 11.-Financial rep
-esentatives of no less than ten Of
ne most important shipbuilding and
trmor manufacturing concerns Of
Treat Britain, Germany and France,
IRE at present in Pekin looking fol
0ntracts. This activity is induced
" the belief that China is about to
xpend $4,000, 900 in naval equip
.nant.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Law Frees Twelve Life Prisoners.

Albany, N. Y, March 9.--Last
years law providing that prisoners
convicted of murder in the second de-
gree should serv. an iadeterminate
sentence of not less than 20 years
instead of life imprisonment, has re-
suited, the State Board of Parole re-
Iorts, in the releis Sc of twelve life
prisoners
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Orchard Pleads Guilty.

Caldwell, Idaho. March 12.-Har-
ry Orchard before Judge Fremont
Wood, pleaded guilty to having kill
ed ex-Gov. Steunenberg by the ex-
plosion Of dynamite bomb at his
residence here Dec. 80, 1908. He
withdrew his former plea of not
guilty.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Watching Emma Goldman.

Chicago, H., March 10.-Emma
Goldman on Sunday did not make a
Public address in Chicago az had
been announced, Strict orders Is.
sued by the police to owners anc
managers of public halls left heI
without a place in which to hold s
meeting.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Four Negroes Lynched.

Mobile, Ala, March 12.-Dave Poe,
Tom Ranston and two Jenkins broth
ers, negroes, were lynched at Van
Cleave, Miss, twenty miles north of
Biloxi, Miss, by a mob of thirty men
last night. All four were hanged
to trees. The immediate cause Of
the lynching was the burning of the
warehouse of Sam Byrd last Friday
night
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Senator Proctor is Dead.

Washington, March 6.-Senator
Redfleld Proctor Of Vermont, died at
his apartments at the Champlain
here after a short illness following
an attack Of the grip. His son, Gov
ernor Fletcher Proctor Of Vermont.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Urged to Pray for Husbands.

Buffalo, March 10.-In a circular
letter addressed to the rectors OF
his diocese Bishop Cotton urges all
the unmarried spinsters of marriage
able age to pray to God to send them
suitable partners. The letter was
read In all the Catholic churches Of
the city.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Worry Causes Woman's Death.

Kingston, New York. March IL
Mrs. Ida H. Abbey, mother of Steph-
en- H. Abbey, editor of the Ulster
Square Dealer, died as the result of
q stroke of aporlexy. 1t is believed
that Mrs. Abbey's fatal illness re-
suited from worry over her sons re-
cent troubles with citizens COM
mittee which sought to suppress the
Square Dealer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Trial of Priests $ SLAYER.

Denver, Col, March 10.-Giussep-
pc ALA will be placed on trial 60
morrow for the murder of Father
Leo Heinrichs at the altar of st.
Elizabeth's Roman Catholic Church
Sunday morning, Feb. 23. Four ex-
pert brain specialists say that AllE
Is perfectly sane.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12

Sharon, Penn, March 10.-An.
nouncement was made to-day that
the West foundry, the largest ingot
mold mandatory In the country,
will be started March 16, and at the
same time Shenango Furnace No. 3.
will 60 into blast.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Forbids Irons in the NAVY.

Washington, March 9.-Senator
Nelson has offered an amendment to
the Hale personnel bill forbidding
the use of irons as punishment in the
navy. He will urge his amendment
on the floor of the Senate II rejected
by committee.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Would Nominate Mitchell.

Chicago, March 10.-John Mitch.
ell, for years president of the United
Mine Workers Of America has been
mentioned prominently as prospec-
tive democratic candidate for Gov
ernor of Illinois. Many believe Mr.
Mitchell can be nominated at the di.
rect primaries on August and elect.
ed in November.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
Minnesota Puts johnson in Race,

st. Paul. Mimi. March 9.-After
bitter fight the Democratic State
Committee of Minnesota by vote
o: 6S to 23, adopted a resolution
indorsing Gov. John A. Johnson
Minnesota for the Democratic Pres
idential nomination.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12

Pittsburg, March 10.-Thero has
been more actual bushes placed in
the manufacturing plants here since
February than there was from Nov.
1, 1907. to the first OF February. Az
q result several thousand men, who
have been idle since last Fall. will
report for worf at once.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-12
BUSINESS Is BOOMING.
big Contracts are Let, Railroads mr..
Busy and building Goes On.

Plat.eville. Wis. March 10
There has been a general revival q,
lead and zinc mining operations in
this region. Platteville leads the
district with the Empire, Wcigle
Hodge. Acme, Royal, Stroz and
Graham.
MifIln has five mills in operation
in this region. At Hazelgreef ar
rangements are made to start six OF
the larger mines within a few DAYS
Fergus County Democrat., 1908-03-10
Silent and Dramatic.

The most dramatic of silent men
was Wallenstein, the antagonist Of
Gustavus Adolphus and the command
er Of the emperor's armies in the Thir-
ty Years war. He insisted that the
deepest silence should reign about him.
His officers took care that no loud con-
versation should disturb their general.
They knew that chamberlain had
been hanged for waking him without
orders and that an officer who would
wear clanking spurs in the command
er's presence had been secretly put
to death. In the rooms of his palace
the servants glided as if they were
phantoms, and dozen sentinels NOV
ed about his tent charged to secure
the silence the general demanded.
Chains were stretched across the
streets in order to guard him against
the disturbance of sounds. Wallen-
STEMS taciturnity, which made him
shun speech, and his love Of silence,
which caused him to be irritated at
the slightest noise, were due to his
constitutional temperament. He never
smiled, he never asked advice from
any one, and he could not endure to
be gazed at, even when giving an or
der. The soldiers, when he crossed
the camp, pretended not to see him,
knowing that curious look would
bring them punishment.
Fergus County Democrat., 1908-03-10
EnoIish Sporting Parsons.

10 the London Times q correspond
ent writes: "Once when a duke Of
Grafton was thrown into a ditch a
young curate who had been closely
competing with him for pride Of place
shouted, Lie still, your grace and
cleared him and his hunter and the
fence at bound. So pleased was the
duke with the performance that he
declared he would give the young di-
vine his first vacant living and not
long afterward carried out the prom
Use, vowing that If the curate had
stopped to pull him out Of the dixie he
would never have patronized him.
Sporting parsons are still to be found
In almost every county today who can
hold their own in the first flight when
hounds run hard and some of the keen
est fox hunters in all times have been
supplied from the ranks Of the clergy
Even the warning against their
'hawkynge, huntynge and dansynge' in
the reign Of King Henry VI. appears
to have had very little effect"
Fergus County Democrat., 1908-03-10
CATGUT STRINGS.
The Way They Are Made From the
Intestines of Sheep.

Catgut strings, it is we'll known, are
made Of the intestines of sheep. The
intestines of the full grown animal are
from forty to fifty feet long.
The raw material from the stock
yards is first thoroughly cleansed Of
fat and fleshy fiber by dull knives ar
ranged on a drum turned by a crank.
The white tough membrane that is
left is then handed over to the split
ter, who deXterously splits the mate
rial into even strands by bringing it
against the blade of a safety razor set
upright in the table before him. The
strands are then spun together and
placed on the drying frames.
An American E violin string re-
quires six strands, the European four.
The strands, at one end fastened to an
upright post, are twisted together
while still damp and pliable by means
of a spinning wheel. Taken from the
drying frames, the strings are cut in
lengths, coiled and boxed in oiled pa
per for shipment To polish the strings
very fine emery paper laid on grooved
aluminium block is used. While the
strings are still on the drying frame
the covered block is passed over the
strings, polishing as many at one time
as there are grooves in the block. II
can be seen that from the manner in
which the strands are twisted the eff
feet of polishing is to weaken the
| string.
| In the essential features the process
of making the fine gut strings for sur
gical uses or the heavy strings three
eighths of an inch thick sometime:
employed for machinery betting does
not differ from the method employed
in the case Of the musical strings ex
cept that the latter are handled will
more care.-Chicago Record Herald.
Fergus County Democrat., 1908-03-10
Our School Buildings.

The frightful catastrophe which in
volyed the lives of so many pupils in
the burning of the building at Collin
wood, Ohio, should serve as warn
inc everywhere regarding the means
of safety of children in similar build
ings, and should cause careful in
quiry into the conditions in which
our own pupils are found in their
school work. Human lives are not
meant to be sacrificed in wholesale,
even at the shrine of education, and
wherever unsatisfactory conditions
exist no financial expenditure should
be allowed to weigh against the pos
sible remedying of defects or modify
ing unsafe conditions. If we even ad-
init the possibility of so-called "hre-
traps" we are criminal in any negli-
gence that will tend to continue sucl
a state of affairs.
1t is we'll that patrons of the school:
know something of the construction
of our school buildings In accord
ance with the forethought of th
board of trustees and the architec
concerned in the plan and building o
the high school. all of its interio
walls are constructed of stone. Fo
instance, all the walls surrounding
the furnace room are of stoneworl
which extends upward to the ceilin
of the assembly room upstairs; fir
originating in the furnace room of tn
basement would hence be PARTIAL
confined to the limits of the wall
mentioned. and would be slow in al
Fergus County Democrat., 1908-03-10
GOING ALONG SOME.
Bubble Drivers Bust Some Records
Down On Ormond Beach, Florida.

Ormonde, Fla, March 6,-Two
records were broken on Ormonde
beach today. M. G. Bernin. in a 60
horsepower French car, covered 100
miles in one hour IL minutes Sc is
seconds, almost three full minutes
faster than the old record of one hour
Is minutes So is seconds, established
on Ormonde beach in 1906. by Walt
er Clofford carp, in an English car.
The other record to fall was that of
the mile for middleweight cars. Ced-
rino, in a 90 horsepower Italian car,
covered the distance in IS seconds
The old record, made by Louis Chev-
rolet in 1906. was 40 3-5 seconds
Bernin made his 100 mile record in a
special match against Cedrino's car
B. Stevens driving the latter.
Fergus County Democrat., 1908-03-10
JUDITH HARDWARE COMFY
The Home of aHP People rho Think
Map of Fergus County.

At considerable cost the Demo-
crat has secured from the engraver
a supply of the Goodspeed map of
Fergus county reduced to convenient
pocket size. We have had numerous
calls for such map and are now in
nosition to furnish them at the rea-
sonable rate of 25c each. The map
is l7x2O inches in size and when fold
cd fits the pocket. For real estate
agents, and owners and prospective
investors it fills the bill. Democra,
Supply Department.