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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
W0MAN'S AUXILIARY.
Annual Convention Met At WilIamsp ort.

The annual convention of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the Diocese
,of Harrisburg, of the Episcopal
Church, was held in Williamsport
OH Wednesday. St. Paul s church,
Bloomsbury was represented by
thirteen. Mrs. G. w. Funston
took a parry in her touring car,
consisting Of Mrs. Paul E. Writ,
Mrs. Geo. +. Elwell and Mrs. J.
R. Schuyler. Mrs. Geo. S. Rob-
bins in her touring car took Rev.
J. w. Diggles, Mrs. H. H. Grotz,
Mrs. ]. L. Dillon, Miss Dora Marr
and the Misses Vannatta.
Others present from here were
Mrs. Johnston of Rupert, and Miss
Mary Samuels. St. Paul's delega-
tion was next to the largest one
present.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
WITH SUICIDAL INTENT
Two Girls at Carpet Mill rook L1u:anlu

Two girls working in the Magee
Carpet Mill, were found asleep at
their looms on Monday afternoon
by Joseph Marshall, a foreman in
the spinning department. His ef-
forts to arouse them did not sue
ceed, and the finding of lauda-
mum bottle gave a clue to the cause
of their condition.
The girls names are Mary Eek
erd and Kathryn Hopper, and they
reside at Almedia. They were
taken to the main Office and a ply
sitian summoned, and in a short
time they were sufficiently recover
ed to walk off the effects of the
poison.
AT the noon hour they came up
town and procured bottle of laud
anum. They took some of it at
the time, and more at intervals, so
that they did not become uncon-
scious until about 3 o'clock. Their
girl friends say that love affairs are
the cause of their rash act.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
DEEDS RECORDED.

The following deeds have recent
ly been entered on record by Re.
corder of Deeds Frank w. Miller:
J. w. Karschner and wife to G..
w. Rhoads for property in Mifflin
township.
VIM. A. Tubbs and wife to Earl
Dresher for property in Benton
township.
John Erwin ct al to Moses Straus-
ser for property in Catawissa town.
ship.
c. P. Pfahler ct al to Catawissa
National Bank for property in Cat
awissa.
John Mourey and wife to F. G..
Kostenbauder for property in Aris-
tes.
J. N. Webb and wife to Anna T..
Miner for property in Bloomsbury,
John Lavelle aud wife to Marga-
ret Lavelle for property in Blooms
burg.
Abraham Ranck to Lloyd Davis
for property i'll Berwick.
Hannah Z. Tewksbury ct al to
c. P. Pfahler ct al for property in
Catawissa.
Perry Buckalew estate to A. w.
Buckalew for property in Fishing
Creek.
Eliza Arnwine estate to J. A. r.
vim for property in Greenwood.
J. A. Irwin to Lattimer Heacock
for property in Greenwood.
D. Clyde Hess and wife to E. c.
Hartman for property in Benton.
II. w. George and wife to Fred
Blass for property in Aristes.
Edwin Hughes estate to Wei
lington Strict Tor property in West
Berwick.
Emma f. Ferguson to Martha
V. Mcbride for property in Blooms
burg.
c. w. Miller and wife to L. +.
Waller for property in Bloomsburg.
Locust Mountain Coal and Iron
Company to Centralia School Dis
trict for property in Centralia.
Fred keller, trustee, to Theo.
Mericle for property in Blooms
burg.
Hannah Sigmund ct al to Sarah
Rhoades ct al for property in Cleve.
land township.
A. B. MacCrea and wife to P. O.
S. of A. Hall Association for prop
erty in Berwick.
Abraham Martz and wife to John
Bowman ct al for property in Briar
Creek.
Daniel Derr estate to Vim. H.
Hauck for property in Espy.
Martha Gilbert to E. H. Gilbert
for property in Briar Creek.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
GONE TO PETERSBURG.

S. J. Pealer, Lieutenant Russell
Karps and G.. w. Hirleman OF
Benton, left here on Tuesday for
Petersburg, Va, to be present at
the unveiling of a monument.
They were members of the 32nd
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and par
ticipated in the battle of Peters
burg in 1865.
Mr.. Pealer was accompanied by
his daughter, Miss Blanche, and
Mrs. Karns went with her husband.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
THE FIRE ALARM.

The custom of testing the fire
alarm at us each evening has
been abandoned, and now the full
fire alarm will be sounded every
Wednesday and Saturday evening
at 7.3o.
Some understanding should be
arranged with the 6remen so that
in case fire should happen just at
that hour, they will know that it
is genuine alarm, and not merely
a test.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
THE JUNE PRIMARIES.

Saturday was the last day 70.
filing II mination papers in orde
to get the names on the ballot TO
the election on June 5th.
Following is a full list of all the
names filed;
STATE DELEGATE CANDIDATES.
The candidates for State Dele
gates are:
Democratic &C. c. Furman
Bloomsbury; John w. Snyder, Lo-
Gust; B. E. Kashner, Scott; Percy
Brewington, Benton; M. c. Heller,
Berwick.
Republican,. N. Harry, Ber-
wick; Harrison J. Conner, Orange
vile; Avery c. Sickles, Berwick;
w. Q. Holmes, Bloomsbury.
CANDIDATES FOR SHERIFF.
The candidates for the nomina-
ton for Sheriff are:
Democratic-William P. Zchner,
Main; S. c. Beagle, Main; William
H. Miller, Mifflin; James Labor,
Berwick; Benjamin L. Faust,
Bloomsbury.
Republican-O. ID. L. Kosten-
bauder, Catawissa; Joseph E..
Sands, Mordansville.
CANDIDATES FOR JURY COMMITS
sIONER.
The candidates for jury commits
sioner are as follows:
Democratic - A. c. Hidlay,
Bloomsbury; Abner A. Evans; Bri,
arcreek; William f. Grozier, Ber-
wick.
Republican,. L. Wolverton,
Bloomsbury; James F. Trump,
Orangevilie; J. c. Parker, Green
wood; Samuel J. Harrison, Forks,
r. F. D.
CANDIDATES FOR CORONER.
The candidates for coroner are:
Democratic-Robert J. Brennan,
Centralia.
Republican-Dr. E. l.. Davis,
PROHIBITION CANDIDATES.
The Prohibition candidates are
as follows:
Coroner, DR.. John M. Gemmill,
Millville; Jury Commissioner, Is
aiah Raber, Bloomsbury; Sheriff,
William Van Houten, Berwick !;
State Delegate, A. W Ewes, lola;
Aaron Kester, Millville; Rev. R.
H. Gilbert, Berwick; Party Trea-
surer, Aaron Kester, Millville; State
Delegate, John Ewes, Millville; M.
P. Lutz, Bloomsbury; Party Secre-
tary, Edward Buck, Millville;
Party Chairman, Edward A. Doty,
Bloomsbury.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEEMEN.
The list of candidates for Demo-
cratic Committeeman is as follows:
Beaver. H. c. Krap; Benton
Boro., Harvey w Bellies; Berwick,
N. E.; George Mooney; Berwick,
S. E., Clark Bower; Berwick, N.
W., Harry L. Ent, William Mar
tin; Berwick S. W., James Fox;
Bloom Ist, Jas. H, Mercer; Bloom
end, Otto Kemper; Bloom 3rd, Z.
NJ. Savage; Bloom 4th, Francis r.
Drake; Briarcreek East, w. J.
Shotwell; Briarcreek South, Geo.
Croop; Briarcreek West, S. B.
Lamon; Catawissa township, d.
H. Fetterolf; Catawissa Borough,
Clark D. Bowers; Centralia, Ist,
Joseph Daley; Centre North, f.
B. Hess; Centre South, Tilden
Weiss; Cleveland, c. +. Slime;
Conyngham, E. N, Patrick Carey:
Conynghem w. NJ, Emanuel Le-
van; Conyngham w. No. I, David
Conyngham w. No. ?,
Thomas Horve; Conyngham S. w.
George Kelley; Fishingcreek, E.,
A. F. Creveling; Fishingcreek w.,
Dyer McHenry; Franklin, Clark
Yost; Greenwood, f. BARLEY AL
bertson; Hemlock, NJ, H. ].
Traub: Jackson, M. o. Everhart;
Locust, NJ, ]. w. Snyder; Locust
South, Leander Fetterman. Madi-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
CIVIL COURT.
Two important Damage Cases Tried With
verdicts for Plaintiffs.

The case of w. II. Houck VS..
he Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany was tried the second time, be-
ginning on Wednesday OF last
week. This case was treid at Feb
ruary court, and the jury dis
agreed. The suit was brought
against the railroad company for
setting fire to and burning over a
lot of timber land in Beaver town
ship.
A number of witnesses were
heard to the effect that the fire
started from locomotive OF the
defendant. The testimony of the
plaintiff closed on Thursday.
In opening the case for the de-
fendant Mr.. Waller stated that the
defense in the case would be three
fold.
First, that the defendant conf
pany had obeyed the law in every
respect, and that they would be re-
sponsible only in case negligence
was proven. They would show
that the engine which drew the
train on this particular day was
equipped with the standard, re-
cognized spark arrester.
Second, that the alleged damage
never occurred. They would show
by competent witnesses that the
land is worth as much now as 1t
was before the fire.
Third, that Charles Reichard
had been the previous owner OF
the tract in question, and that in
1903 it was burned over. That for
this damage Reichard brought suit
against the railroad company,
which was settled before the trial
by the payment of S225o by the
defendant company. That at the
time Reichard had executed a re-
lease to the company for any dam'
age in the destruction of the tim
Der on the land. They also had a
legal defense which would be sub
mitted to the Court at the proper
time.
A number of witnesses were call
ed along these lines by the defense,
and to show that the land had not
been injured as there was nothing
but scrub oak on it. The testi-
mony closed on Thursday.
The closing arguments were
made on Friday morning by Judge
Hinckley for the defendant, and
by w. II. Rhawn for the plaintiff,
after whi III Judge Evans charged
the jury. On Saturday morning
verdict was rendered in favor of the
plaintiff for $500.
Immediately after the verdict
had been taken l.. E. Waller, Esq
of counsel for defendant company
made a motion in arrest of judg-
ment and for a new trial, reasons to
be filed within the time prescribed
by the rules of Court.
THE REIMARD CASE.
The case of Howard Reimard
and Cora, his wife against the
Bloomsbury & Sullivan R. R. Co.
was next taken up.
Messrs Ikeler and Duy repre-
sented the plaintiffs and Harman
and Waller the defendants. This
was an action brought to recover
damages for alleged injuries suffer
ed by Cora Reimard through the
alleged carelessness and negligence
of the defendant company. The
facts in the case, as outlined by
Mr.. Ikeler in his opening address,
were that Mrs. Reimard resided in
Bloomsbury. That on the evening
of the 5th of November she and
her two children. aged 6 and 8
years, boarded the train at the |
Main street crossing for the pur- |
pose of going to visit her father
and mother. AT this time it was
the rule of the company to receive ]
and allow passengers to get of at
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
APPROPRIATION CUT DOWN.

Governor Stuart cut the appro.
priation of the Joseph Ratti Hospi-
tai from $4,000 down to SO, 900;
the Berwick Hospital from $1,000
to $4,000.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20

The Hazleton Sentinel says that
DR.. w. H. Hertz, end will shortly
move to Bloomsbury, and open a
dental Office.
Evening star., 1909-05-16
Concerning
Weu-knOWn peODIe.

to the husband. who was shining his
boots for the pleasure park.
well he said. why do you bring this
back?'
Because they wouldn't take it. said
the boy. A gent came TO the door and
he was furious He told me IL | didn't
git he'd break my neck
.Humph' said the husband He closed
the blacking box suddenly. He bit his lip
and frowned. He was rather pale.
He didn't 20 to the pleasure PARK.
after all. He changed his mind and hur-
ried home. Entering the house softly. ne
stole upstairs tiptoe. His wife was
reading. She gave faint scream When
he burst like cataput into the room
and glared about him wildly.
why, George. she said. How late
you are Dinners been over an hour.
II sent a note, he said. but the boy
must have taken il to the wrong house.
His eyes searched hers suspiciousy.
~ suppose So she said. L haven't
got it,
..He looked at her again. Anybody
called?' he asked. very carelessly.
No said she.
He exhaed a long, signing breath.
Then he went down TO his cold, dry din
ner."
Evening star., 1909-05-16

not yet reached years of discretion, and
these of ten arouse the Indignation of
more sensitive natures. Spiritual aid is
quite a feature of the mission Many a
tionS of the workers here. and today
leads creditable life in this city. Sc
curing a bed is often contingent upon
attendance at the religious services. This
has resulted in hymn singing becoming
a kind of second nature to some.
have noticed that many. whose appear
ance would indicate incompetence to COM
NIT anything to memory. are familiar
with the words of all the songs sung.
A largely increased attendance is to be
seen at the gospel mission on Sunday
owing to the donation of free breakfast.
thus proving that things material must
he given with things spiritual to those
who are down and out.
Long practice has enabled some to pro-
fess conversion with every appearance
of sincerity. There is a sinister motive
in doing this-that of securing bed. 1t
is often a case of profession, not of con-
viction. though the religious benefactors
on the platform do not always know this.
Others have code of honor which
bars them from such sacrilegious per-
formance. They are not. however, averse
to the practice of panhandling. Brazen
effrontery and considerable tact are
among the requisites for successful op-
GRAFTON. PENNSYLVANIA avenue is the
scene of action for this class. Their
knowledge of human nature enables them
to choose a likely victim.
"A pathetic story. which. by the way, is
often overdone, gains sympathy that re-
suits in cash donation. Those men have
studied the art of how to live on nothing
q year AS a matter of fact, they work
much harder. on account of the embar-
rassment and mental strain, than they
work earning wages In one of the ordi-
nary walks of life. But they will not look
at things in this light. Washington is far
from being an ideal place for these people.
Requests for charity are too closely inves-
tigated and the police and plain clothes
men are too vigilant and numerous. Also
the conditions at the workhouse here in
still much fear and certain judges are re-
garded as being down on mendicants and
vagrants.
My inexperience along the lines men
toned prevented me from adopting any
of the wiles of the professional vagrant.
Besides. was looking for work and de-
sired to retain my self-respeot and be
above board. The fear most destitutes
have of being picked up by the police
did not assail me. | was careful about
my personal appearance as one can be
without means. The saying 1T isn't the
clothes that make the man seems sophis-
Evening star., 1909-05-16
One WOman'S Way.

n NDERSON C. MOTT, the southern So
= ciolosist. discussed in lecture in
Andersonvile the divorce problem.
Woman should stand up for herself"
he said II know a woman whose hus-
band decided one lovely spring evening
to take a night off at a pleasure park.
So he rang for a messenger and wrote
his wife little message to the effect
that his work would keep him at the
office till midnight or therea bouts.
THE messenger boy in delivering this
message called attention to a slight limp
~ got kicked across the street there,
num- he whined. mistook the number
and delivered your letter to the wrong
house. The man was SO mad he kicked
me-
THE wife looked up from her husbands
message absently. There was a hard gilt
ter in her eye. Suddenly she smiled.
Boy she said. here's dime for you.
Take this note back TO my husband. and
tell him about that man who kicked you.
But don't mention the mistake you made.
and don't let on you saw me at ALL
$50 the boy with the message returned
Evening star., 1909-05-16

he has tried earnestly to do so. Were he
a professional tramp, accustomed to a
hand-to-mouth existence and an aversion
to. work, his story would be of no inter-
est. But he Is not. He Is a graduate of
Cambridge University, England, and his
knowledge of Greek and Latin and his
fluent use of the French language. for
example, are at least equal to that of
many college professors in this country.
He came from a home OF refinement and
plenty. where he had his own tennis court
and billiard table, to this land of prom
fse to-,make his fortune. Today he is in
Washington in the "doWn-and-out" class
and confidence in his ultimate success
He has tried everywhere in the city to
obtain work, and he was not particular
as to the kind of employment he obtain
ed. either. Failing to secure an oppor-
tunity to earn his daily bread through
his mental attainments. he sought exist
ence by manual labor, with the same re-
sult-no work.
Even dish washing In a dairy lunch
room was denied him on the ground
tJust from the proprietors standpoinD
that a man of his mentality would re-
main only long enough to secure a better
position. He has slept in the city's lodg
ing houses and knows them frst-hand.
He has lived with the city's Submerged"
element as one of them and knows where
of he-writeS
His story, which follows Is not that of
one sent to investigate and write from
the information which he can obtain by
a necessarily cursory research. 1t is a
first-hand story of one who wrote of his
enforced environment in the hope of max
ing a few dollars to satisfy gnawing hun
ger, to provide place to lay his head
and to stave off starvation another week
or so in order to continue his seemingly
fruitless quest for work in Washington.
He says:
Evening star., 1909-05-16
WE'D FIVE WEEKS
IN WASHINGTON ON
ELEVEN DOLLARS

customary mutual friend that touch
of nature which makes the whole world
kin. gracefully assumed the introduc
tory role, thus dispensing with all for
mality.
'Soon we were exchanging condolences
in a manner that would have suggested
a long standing friendship. instead of a
casual acquaintance. AS many as were
present. SO many were the reasons for
their presence. The majority of these
men had been guilty of contributory neg
iigence in one form or another. Here, for
instance was the victim of some vicious
habit that actually owned him. Not be-
ing his own master. he was satisfied to
be trodden under foot by cold world
that found no time to stop in the march
and progress and investigate the early
environments or other causes that had
made him mere nonentity.
Again. there was the hobo: time after
time he had determined to stay in one
place. but the wanderlust gripped him
like some incurable disease, and no soon
e. had he reached the city than he was
planning his departure. But there are
other types to be found in Washington
lodging houses. Some claimant to an
imaginary pension. who has come from
afar off to press his claim. Uncle Sam
has refused to recognize the validity of
the same, and his seeking his place OF
refuge is the indirect result. Here, also,
is young man of classical distinction.
whose evident refinement clearly indicates
that he has known better days. Then
there Is the former business man, the
depletion of whose fortune on the stock
exchange has reduced him from aff1uence
to poverty. Who knows, in such place
as this. that the unkempt individual he
is addressing is not a one-time merchant
who has been driven to the wall?
"Of course genuine criminals are con-
spicuous by their absence--to use a ster-
eotyped expression Their nefarious oc-
cupation brings sufficient returns to en-
able them to stay in a good hotel or
boarding house; besides. the rigorous
police supervision of the former places
might add to their discomfort.
"One would imagine from the unneces-
sary notices that adorn the walls of most
lodging houses that the habitues had
Evening star., 1909-05-16
The Selfish Invalid.

ENATOR DIXON. discussing certain
- tariff proposition. said:
1T is selfishness. pure selfshness. 1t
reminds me Of George Cartwright of Mis-
soula.
George Cartwright took sick and spent
a week abed. He carried on dreadfully
with his groans and complaints. His wife
said to him one night:
"'Well. George. I'd rather have the
whole family sick than you
Huh, so would t. George answered. -
Evening star., 1909-05-16
Mems Inequality.
ATHE poet Swinburne. while

ATHE poet Swinburne. while demo-
crat did not believe" said an es-
sayist. 'in mems absolute equality.
walking with me one wet day on
Wimbledon Common, the poet disposed
of the equality theory shortly.
"'All men equal to one another? lie
shouted The Kongo cannibal TO Socrates
or Shakespeare? Judas Iscariot TO Jesus
Christi
She oromantically)-Oh. for the wings OF
dove,
He (practicaly,-The breast Of a turkey
for mine.-BostOn Record.
Evening star., 1909-05-16

that when my turn came I should work
without pay till proficient. and then buy
my uniform. This. of course. was out
of the question for one without means to
pay even board and room ahead for sew
eral weeks
Five hundred men are engaged on
Florida avenue laying street car lines.
but on arrival there the foreman said
that all he needed was skilled hands the
common labor being done by colored men
similar results. One morning l cleaned
windows at a tailors shop. receiving
~ cents in payment. On another occa-
sion l secured a days work at a private
house cutting grass and other odd jobs,
for which 81 was paid.
More than once 1 have stood at the
windows where typewriters are sold and
learned the order of letters on the key
board, so that some day I could start
10 practice on one with this added ad-
would think it impossible TO experience
amid the throngs of a metropolis came
over me. With just such a feeling of
solitude / sought refuge at the Cen
tral Union Mission. Very few secure
a bed without the necessary dime, and
more than little tact and diplomacy is
needed on the part of the applicant If
he requires food or clothes.
LAS 1 proffered my last dime at this
place / received ticket for a bed on
iHe III ilooI. ulO So upstairs Dc-
fore reviewing the squalid surroundings,
and. in particular, those who like my
self. had lost in the battle of life. and
made this place their rendezvous.
"All sorts and conditions of men were
congregated here. Their incongruous ap-
pearanee would have afforded excellent
subjects for character sketches The fu-
tile efforts of some to retain their for
mer appearance of responsibility pre-
sented an almost humorous aspect while
others were willfully careless in this
respect. 1t was a mixed aggregation
of adversity's victims-young and old,
diScoura Red and hopeful, educated and
Evening star., 1909-05-16
SOLD.'' -

illiterate. novices like myself and pro-
fessional 'old-timers," bearing all the
earmarks of the tramp fraternity.
Within the gloomy confines of these
four walls, still small voice" seemed
to say:
oh. for the touch Of a vanished hand
And the sound of voice that is still
The pathos of my situation was les
sened not a little by engaging in con-
versation with my brothers in distress.
Poverty had reduced us all to a COM
mon level and In the absence of the
Evening star., 1909-05-16

HERE is a young
+ II 6 / S h man in
" a Shington n o W
who has lived for
five weeks on Sill
not because he
wished to see If 1t
could be done, but
because he has
been unable to OBJ
tain regular en-
ployInent in any
capacity, though
Evening star., 1909-05-16

of money With a hundred dollars in
their pockets they eat coffee and dough-
nuts They understand the meaning of
thrift to an extent that makes them
miserly. And yet one cannot but appre-
ciate self-denial, as so often exercised by
these races.
mot so the American. the Englishman.
They are born with different traits. They
often fail to realize that it is one of the
Evening star., 1909-05-16

wider knowledge of human nature Is
mine for the experiences here related. and
I shall be better equipped in the future
to prevent a recurrence OF my present
experience.
..Have you had kindness shown, pass
II on are words that appeal to me. more
now than before. as result OF meeting
with adversely in this beautiful city of
Washington"
Evening star., 1909-05-16

Some of these unemployed men waited
six weeks for Ringling's circus to arrive.
They did not really intend to apply for
work, but 1t afforded an excuse for their
presence in Washington. No doubt, work
is hard to find here. but they never even
look for It, Sooner or later they shake
the dust of the Capital city from their
feet with the words "Washington's no
good" and others come to fill their
places.
my birth and my early training. how
ever. made it impossible for me to &C
cept this easy philosophy of life. 1
searched for work-work of any sort
earnestly, diligently. hopelessly. Work is
scarce in Washington. If you don't be-
lieve it, try 1t. For example, at one of
the street car companies l was told 1
could go on the waiting list for motor
men or conductors. The conditions were