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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-03-18

1910, which makes the leaders oil
the PENNSYLVANIA miners feel conf
dent of winning out i'll going into
convention on March 23 at Scran-
ton TO consider the ultimatum O.
the hard coal operators.
The call for the Scranton conven-
tion of the three Pennsylvania an
thracite districts was issued Satur-
day, and while the miners leaders,
with very few exceptions, were rot
given to strike talk, they denied
tha. their position is as weak as
might be supposed. They admitted
frankly that the Pennsylvania stu
ton at this time is against the min
ers, that the unions are not as
strong as they ought TO be, that
trade conditions are not as favora-
BILE as might be wished and that in
a general way the operators appear
to hold a very strong position this
year.
But, while making all these ad-
missions, the leaders predicted that
if the operators intended to take
advantage for three full years of
the miners present predicament,
they will find themselves reckoning
without their host. They say that
the spring of 1910 will turn the ta-
bles on the operators entirely in
case the Scranton convention de-
clines to accept the operators ulti-
matum. In that case, the majority
of the leaders are opposed to order
ing strike and favor to let the
men remain at work without agree
inent with the operators.
Then when the Spring of 1910 is
reached the $4,000 United Mine
Workers of America will all be re-
leased from contracts, may all make
common cause in presenting their
demands, may shut off the entire
coal supply of the country and in a
short battle reach favorable conclu-
sions.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-03-18
Find $4,000 Shortage.
Missing Tax Collectors Accounts Examined
al Berwick.

An examination of the accounts
of Tax Collector John Sutton, of
Berwick, who has been missing for
three weeks. indicates a shortage
of about SIS, The examina-
ton was made by Borough Solici-
tor Alex. c. Jackson and J. c..
Jayne, and most of the shortage is
i'll the tax collection cor 1908
Sutton disappeared three weeks
ago and was last seen III Wilkes
Barre. Since then nothing has
been learned of his whereabouts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-03-18

Please take notice that the undersign-
ed Auditor, appointed by the Orphans
Court of Columbia County to make dis
tribution of the funds in the hands of
the Executor of William L. Hirlinger,
late of said county, deceased, to and
among the parties legally entitled there
to, will sit to discharge the duties of his
appointment, at the Office of Fred Ikeler
Esq, in the First National Bank build
ing in the town of Bloomsbury, on Wed.
nesday, March 3Ist., 1909. at two o'clock
p. M. when and where all parties inter-
ested. or having claims against said es-
tate, must appear and present the same,
or be forever prevented from sharing in
said fund.
FRANK keller,
3'II'3t Auditor.
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Signed by the Governor.

Governor Stuart has approved
these bills:
Appropriating SIS, 900 to cover a
deficiency to pay the tuition in
State Normal Schools.
Authorizing counties, cities, towns,
boroughs and other municipal di-
visions to appropriate money and
convey land for armories.
Providing for the appointment of
Commission to act with New
York and New Jersey Commissions
in ascertaining the cost of acquiring
toll bridges across the Delaware
River.
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HOW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
.eward for any case of Catarrh
nat cannot be cured by Halls
atarrh Cure.
!. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
We. the undersigned, have known
4. ]. Cheney for the last S years,
nd believe him perfectly honor.
ole in all business transactions
nd financially able to carry ont
ny obligations made by his firm,
lALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
lholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in.
.rnally, acting directly upon the
iood and mucous surfaces of the
,s.em. Testimonials sent free
rice rs cents per bottle. Sold b,
u Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills 70,
constipation
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-03-18
Election in M. E. Church.

A meeting of the official board of
the M. E. church was held in the
library room of the church last
Thursday evening when the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Sec
retary, {. H. Kline; Treasurer,
L. N. Meyer. The pastor by
reason OF his position is president
OF the board. A number of matters
relative to the years work were
taken up and acted upon.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-03-18
Card Signs For Sale.

The following printed card signs
are kept in stock at the COLUMBIAN
OFFICE:
No Admittance.
For Sale.
This Property for Sale.
This Property for Rent.
This Room for Rent.
Post No Bills.
Keep off the Grass, and others.
Window Cards. Step Cards, Troll
ley Advertising Cards, and Card
Signs of any kind, up to 22 by 2S
inches in size, white or colors,
printed on short notice. If.
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AUDITORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that the
undersigned Auditor appointed by
the Orphans Court of Columbia county
to make distribution of the funds in
the hands of the Administrators OF
Daniel ]. Sullivan late of Bloomsbury,
Columbia County, Penna. deceased, to
and among the parties legally entitled
thereto, will sit to discharge the duties
of his appointment, at his Office in the
Town of Bloomsbury, on Friday, April
End. 1909, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said
day when and where all parties inter-
ested or having claims against said
estate, must appear and present the
same, OF be forever debarred from
sharing in said fund.
JOHN G. FREEZE.
AUDITOR.
March 8, 1909. t. a.
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INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC.

Chas. P. Elwell announces that
he will be pleased to receive all
former pupils on violin and piano
torte, as we'll as new ones. Latest
and best methods.
Terms strictly cash by the lesson
or month. Address Hotel Hidlay,
Bloomsbury, or call up on Bell
phone any afternoon between I
and 2. #
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Many Children are Sickly.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children, used bv Mother Gray, a nurse
in Children's Home, New York, Break
up Colds in "a hours, cure Feverish-
ness, Headache. Stomach Troubles,
Teething Disorders. and Destroy
Worms. AT all druggists, 25c. Sam
pie mailed Free. Address, Allen S.
Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y. 2-lS-4t.
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Judge Evans and the Montour Con.
stables.

While holding court in Danyille
last week Judge c. c. Evans, in
hearing the reports of the consta-
bles from the different districts call
ed them all before him, requested
them to stand in a row and asked
each in turn whether he had com
Piled with the act of assembly by
visiting each licensed place at least
once month since the last term OF
court, and noting whether or not
there had been any violation OF
law. Most of the constables were
not sure they had made monthly
visits. Judge Evans rebuked those
who had failed to live up to the
letter of the law.
Proceeding, the Judge said: 81,
is strange that reports of violation.
OF the liquor law in the wards anc
townships of Montour county con.
tlnually come to me at my home in
Berwick, and that you constables
who are on the ground. should
know nothing about such viola
tions." He stated that he was con
strlined to believe that liquor i.
being sold every Sunday in Dan,
vile.
One of the constables told the
court that those who were in DOS
session of discriminating evidenc,
against the saloon keepers refused
to testify. Replying, Judge Evan
instructed the constables to tax,
the names of any persons in pos
session of evidence and hand then
to the court, and they would b
compelled to tell all they knew
willingly or unwillingly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-03-18
SheriK's Sales.

AT Sheriff's sale held at the
Court House on Saturday after
noon tract of farm and wood land
situate in Jackson township, was
sold to Charles Sickels, the plain
tiff in the writ for $eos. The house
and lot of Stanley Whitmire, stu,
ate in Briar Creek township, was
sold to Alex. c. Jackson, attor-
ney, for $Ioo.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-03-18

Representative Stevens of Mime
sofa says that President Taft is in
favor of an income tax law, the
revenue thus derived to be devoted
to carrying forward internal water
way improvements.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-03-18
Hand Injured.

While working in the tapestry
department of the Magee Carpet
Mill last Saturday, Edward Girton
had his hand caught in the loom,
and two wires ran through it be-
fore he could extricate il.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-03-18
Raising Pigeons.

Millard Ent, son of Sheriff {.
b. Ent, is engaged extensively in
raising pigeons. He has shipped
away one hundred and twenty-five
during the winter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-03-18

Charles E. Rice, Jr. SON of
Judge Rice. President Judge of the
superior Court of Pennsylvania,
ana former resident of Blooms
burg. has been appointed an as
sistant in the Office Of District AT.
torney Jerome, of New York citv.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-03-18
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue. of sundry writs of Fieri Fa-
cias issued out of the Court of Common
| Fleas of Columbia County. Pennsylvan-
| ia. and to me directed, there will be sold
at public sale at the Court House in the
Sheriff's Office, in the Town of Blooms
| burg, county ana state aforesaid, on
SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1909.
at O'Clock p. NJ, the following de-
scribed real estate
All that certain piece, parcel and
tract of land situate in the township of
Sugarloaf, county of Columbia aud state
of Pennsylvania, and bounded and de.
scrbed as follows, to-wit
Beginning at post on the line of
land between Mary A. Meeker and land
of =. Fritz; thence south nine and
| one-half degrees west thirty-four rods to
4 post; thence by land of ]. p. Fritz
south thirty-six degrees. east six and
one half rods to post thence north
seventy-three degrees, east seven aud
eight tenths rods to a stone thence
north three degrees west thirty-four rods
to a stone thence north eighty degrees
west nine and one-tenth rods to the
place of beginning, containing
WV ASNEO AMI ElbI \
RODS
of land be the same more or less.
1t being the same premises which
Mary A. Meekcr and husband by deed
dated September /, 1900, and recorded
in the Recorders Office at Bloomsbury,
Pa. conveyed unto the Pennsylvania
Copper and Mining Company, and
whereon is erected
LARGE FRAME BUILDING
for use as a copper smelter, together
with fixtures and machinery therein con-
tanned consisting of engine, boiler and
copper smelling machinery.
Seized, taken in execution at the suit
of NJ. f. Shoemaker and others use VS..
The Pennsylvania Copper and Mining
Company. and at the suit of William
Faulds VS.. the Pennsylvania Copper and
Mining Company, of Central, Pa, and to
be sold as the property of the Pennsyl-
vania Copper and Mining Company.
CHARLES b. ENT,
WILLIAM CHRIsMAN, Sheriff.
]. H. MAIZE
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GA - TO RIA.
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THE OTHER SIDE.

A general tie-up of all coal mines,
anthracite and bituminous, in the
United States in April, 1910, is the
-fump card held in reserve oy the
liners, who have been embittered
y the refusal of the coal operators
grant any concessions whatever
the three Pennsylvania anthra-
ite districts.
1t is fact that all bituminous
greements expire on March 81,
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AUDITORS NOTICE.

March 8, 1909. t. a.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-05-20
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens at Harvard where Col Rupert Winter L. <. A., visiting, saw the suicide of young Mercer. He met Cary Mercer, brother of tn" dead student. Three years later, in Chicago. in l935, Col Winter overheard Cary Mercer ap- parently planning to kidnap Archie. the scoloncls ward, and to gain possession ef Aunt RebecCa Winters millions. A Mss Smith was mentioned apparently as eonspirator great financial magnate was aboard the train on which Col Win ter met his Aunt Rebecca. Miss smith and Archie. Col Winter learned that the financial magnate is Edwin $, keatcham. Winter. aided by Archie, clevcrly frus- frated hold.up & on the train lie took kor sEeU onsiy disappeared in Frisco Blood in nearby room at the hotel caused fears for the boys life. The lads voice was heard . over the telephone, however. and min ate later a woman's voice-that or Miss Smith. Col. Winter and a detective set o,R for the empty mansion owned by arnold d Harvard graduate. They were met with an explosion within. Mercer appeared He assured Winter that Archie had returned The colonel saw vision f1itting from the supposedly haunted plnt1se It was Miss Janet Smith. Col. Winter to himself admitted that he loved Miss smith. Mercer told Winter that Archie had overheard plans for a coup and had been kidnapped one eff Mercer friends on returning the boy to hls aunt had been arrested for speeding and when he returned from the police station 10 ms auto the lad was gone. Mercer confessed sae was forcibly dctaipiHg keatcham. Mercer told his life story, relating how Keatcham and his scouudrel secretary. Atkins had ruined him. the blow killing his wife. Mercer was holding him prison ,ar Sn order that he could not get control of q railroad which was the pct project ot the father of his college friend. Ena.co't Tracy Aunt Rchccca saw Archie Tn cab with two men. Then he NaHifhed.
 She followed in an auto, into the Chinese district and by the use of mysterious Chinese jade ornament she secured that the boy would bo returned. Arcuia returned and told his story, Atkins. for rner secretUr, to KcatyEan5 being his .sncnnd l.llnunNr.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-05-20
CHAPTER Xll.-continued.

"'Archle.' the colonel mterjectei here. was one of the men a little icl- low, clean -shavcn, with round black head, blue eyes--one cf his eyes winks little faster than the otber2'
 Yes, sir. How did you Ilnow2"
 q didn't know, guessed Well get ~ on: they wanted to pump you when they got you safely out of sight?'
 "Yes." Archie said they put me into the sweat-boX, all right
 Did you tell them anything?" asked Mrs Winter.
 Archie looked at her reprcachfully. Did she think that he had gone to boarding school for nothing? He eX- plained that, being a stranger in the town, he could not tell anything about where he'd been. There was all agent at ihe house trying to sell stoves and they let him take him off back to tho hotel The man seemed to know all ab1ut who he (Archie) was, and about his having gone away. The men asked him an awful lot of questions about how he was taken away lie said he didn't know, and hcd promised 1ot tc tell. He couldn't ten. Te9 said he would havo to go to jail if hc didn't tell, because the men who mad }iu were such bad men lut he didn' tell
 Did thcy try 10 frightcn you--tC make you teli?' said Mrs. Winter.
 "oh, they bluffed a little" returned Archie, carclessly yet the keen eyei or him--eyes both worldly-wise anC shrowd- noted that the lads colol shifted and he winced tho least in the world over some remembrance.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-05-20

didn't burn you or cut you or twist your arms, or try any other of their playful ways2" Mrs Winter demanded, and Janet began feeling the boys arms. breathing more quickly. The colonel only looked
 No, they didn't do thing. l knew they wouldn't too, Archie assured her, earnestly. T told them if they did anything Uncle Rupert and you would make them pay
 And you weren't frightened awaE from every one-in that hideous quar- ter?" cried Miss Smith. oh, my dear." She choked.
 Well, maybe I was little scared. I kept thinking of a rotten yarn of Kipling's; something happened to him. down in the underground quarter, in just such a hot. nasty-smelling hole. I guess, as 1 was in; you remember, Miss Janet, about the game of cards and the Mexican stabbing a Chink for cheating, and how Kipling jumped up and ran for his life, never looking around. and don't you remember that nasty bit, how he felt sure they had dealt with the greaser their own waN and he'd never get up to the light again
 I've been remembering that story all this afternoon answered Miss Smith with a shudder
 Agreeable little tale" said Aunt Rebecca, dryly Archie you must have had a right nasty quarter of an hour How did you get away"
 Why, Chink came and called the little man off; and there was a lot of talking which | couldn't hear, and the cop Was swearing, think they didA like it. But. in a minute the China man-he was an awful nice little teller he came up to me and took me o1t. led me all serts of ways, not bit like the way came in, and got nc out 10 the street. The other fellows were very polite; they told me that they were my friends and only wanted 10 find a cleW 10 my kidnapers, and the burning holes in me was only joke to give me an excuse to break my word under compulsion-why they wouldn't hurt me for the world pre- tended to be fooled, and said it was all right and looked pleasant; but I'd like to scare them the same way, once, all the same.
 The boy caught at his lip which was trembling, and ended Wi;h shahy laugh Miss Smith clenchcd the fist by her side; but she dropped the arm near Archie. and said in matterof- fact, srrightly tone: Archie, you really ought 10 90 dreas-2rd ~a h for dinner; excuse nc fer mentioning it, bat you have no idea how e'im} you are"
 The commonplace turn Of thaueat did i,s ereaad. Archie Vho had leea brac,ns himself anew aeainst tho hor ror which he remembered dropped back into his familiar habits and jumped mp consciously. "Its the dust motoring, he offered bashuliy. T ought to have washed before 1 came up. Well. that's all; we came straight here Now, may go take a bath?"
 Aunt Rebecca was lingering Q curi- ous jade loeket on her neck. She watched the boy run to the open door
 T wish you'd go into your room, colonel" said Miss Smith, and see '. -.- LI..-
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-05-20

Harvard man was dapper little shape in evening clothes. a man still young, with a round black head; if so. it was an accident not to the colo nel's liking
 Damn you," whispered Rupert Winter very softly. What is your lit tie game?'
 At once he descended. having tele- phoned Haley 10 meet him at the court. When he entered and sent his glance rapidly among the little tables. by this time filled with diners. he ex- perienced a disagreeable surprise. It did not come from the sight of Sergt Haley in his Sunday civilian clothes, stolidly reading the Call; il came from a vision of Atkins standing. lowing, animatedly talking with Janet Smith.
 Instead of approaching Haley Win ter fell back and sCribbled d few words on page of his notebook, while safely shielded by great palm. The note he dispatched to Haley, who promptly joined him. While they stood, talking on apparently indffer- ent subjects, Miss Smith passed them Whether because he was become sus- picious or because she had come upon him suddenly, she cOlored slightly. But she smiled as she saluted him and spoke in her usual tranquil tone. You are going to dine with Us, aren't you colonel?' said she T think dinner is just about to be served
 The colonel would be with them dt rcctly.
 Haley's eyes followed her; he had returned her nod and inquiry for his wife and little Nora with military salute and the assurance that they were both wonderfully well and pleased with the country
 Sure, ain't it remarkable the way that lady do keep names in her mind?' cried he. An don't she walk foine and straight? Dive been always towld thim southern ladies had the gran way wid 'cm; Oi see now 'tis thrue '" The unusual richness of Haley's brogue was a sure sign of feeling The colonel only looked grim. After he lldu ldhtu IldItS lO Il Sdlt HOOh TOT HIS confidence a nook where there were neither ears nor eyes to be feared, he would have made his way upstairs; but halfway down the office he was hailed by the manager, The manager was glad to hear that the young gen tleman was safely back He let the faint radiance of an intelligent re- spectfully tactful smile ilumine his words and intimate that his listener would have no awkward questions to parry from him. The colonel felt an aagrateul wrath. leprohensible snare of temper which did not show in his conhentially lowered voice, as he replied: Mighty lucky. too We are; the boys all right; but San Francisco is no place for an innocent kid even to take the safest-looking walk. What sort of a police system have you, any how?"
 The manager shook his head. I'm not bragging about it; nor about the Chinese quarter, either. l confess I've felt particularly uncomfortable, my self, the last day. Well-if you'll ex- cuse the advice-least said, you know" "
 The colonel nodded He prOffared