VOL. 34
BLOOMSBURG, PA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1899.
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, A FATAL ACCIDENT.
tDWASD E. RALSTON INSTANTLY
KILLED.
Whilt Dilvlng Down Sleep Hill the Hone
Became Unmanageable, Throwing the
Occupanli Out ol the Wagon Ed
ward Thornton, a Companion,
Slightly Cut and Bruised.
A fatal runaway accident, in which
Edward E. Ralston lost his life, and
Edward Thornton, a Philadelphia
salesman, was severely rut and bruised,
occurred near Mifflinville Monday af
ternoon, about twoA.iucK.
Mr. Ralston was employed by the
L. T. Sharpless Company as traveling
salesman, and Jie and Thornton had
started out early Monday morning to
solicit orders. They were driving
down what is commonly known as
the sawmill hill, about midway be
tween Mainville and Mifflinville. The
road, being shaded by the hill, so that
the sun seldom strikes it, was very
icy, and the horse, a rather small an
imal; being unable to hold back the
vehicle, was allowed to trot dos'n the
hill at a pretty lively gait. The two
gentlemen were conversing pleasantly,
little thinking of the impending calam
ity, when suddenly, at the foot of
the hill, the horse, instead of
crossing the bridge, which spanned a
small stream, sheered abruptly to one
side, tipping the wagon, and hurling
the occupants over a steep embank
ment. Ralston alighted upon his
head, crushing his skull, awj died al
most instantly. His companion es
caped with but a few bruises.
Mr. Thornton says that immedi
ately after being thrown from the
wagon, he glanced, around and saw
Ralston make an attempt to rise. His
effort was in vain, however, and he
fell back dead.
The body was brought down on the
4:31 train on the Pennsylvania Rail
road and conveyed to his home on
East street. .
The deceased was a son of Josiah
Ralston and was born at Irondale,
April 20, 1863, and had he lived un
til the coming April would have been
36 years of age. He was a good citi
zen, upright, honest and industrious,
and was respected by all citizens, In
the family circle he proved a model
husband and an affectionate father,
and his sudden death is viewed with
deep regret by all. A wife, formerly
a Miss Hippensteel, and two small
sons, survive.
1 he tuneral services will be con
ducted at his late residence, this after
noon at two o clock, by Rev. M. E
McLinn, of the Lutheran church, and
the remains laid to rest in Rosemont
cemetery.
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lira. Louisa Baker.
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Mrs. Louisa Baker died at her home
in the rear of the Farmers National
Bank, Thursday evening of last week.
She was well known by nearly every
body in town and has resided here for
a long time.
Mrs. Baker was born in Germany,
May a?, 1818 and was therefore 60
years, and 8 months of age. Herhus
band, Nicholas Baker, died in 1868.
'Mrs. Baker had been confined to the
house for a long time, being very poor
ly at times, and her death was not at
all unexpected. She is survived by
one daughter Katharine, wife of Ed
ward Correll and a grandson Paul.
The funeral services were held in
the Lutheran church Monday after
noon.conductedby Rev. M. E. M'Linn,
and burial in Rosemont cemetery.
Mrs- Jane J. Bowman-
Mrs. Jane J. Bowman, relict of U.
A. Bowman, died pt the residence of
her son Robert S. Bowman at Ber
wick Wednesday morniiig of last week
after a few days illness. She was
nearly 82 years of age. She is sur
vived by all of her children, Albert of
Nanticoke, Mrs. Sarah A. Schuyler of
Lycoming county, Charles S., who re
sides in the State of Washington, and
George of West Virginia. She was a
resident of Columbia county, was born
near Bloomsburg and resided the
greater part of her life a fe.v miles be
' low Berwick. The funeral took place
Friday afternoon wilh interment at
Mifflinville.
Fred B. Hartman has been re-nominated
for the Town Council by the
Prohibitionists. He served on the
Council during the past year, and has
made a faithful and efficient member.
He has many friends, regardless of
party affiliations, and he will probably
be re-elected.
EAGLES HAVE A SMOKER.
SIR OIGB.T8 1NU THEIR FRIENBS
' ENJOY THEMSELVES
With Mutio and Refreshments -F. B. Hart-
man and W. H. Brooko the Speakers
of the Evening A Large
Crowd Present.
Monday night was a red leticr night
for the Knights of the Golcien Eagle
of Bloomsburg. Invitations had been
extended and all the preliminary ar
rangements made for a general good
time. At the conclusion of the busi
ness of the regular weekly session the
Castle, friends in large numbers began
filing into the hall, and by 8:30 o'clock
the room, which is about 25 by 50
feet in size was completely filled up.
Numerous small tables were placed
all through the room, around wnich
those present seated themselves, and
began playing progressive euchre. In
order to prevent the game from as
suming a monotonous phase,the prize,
one of Paul E. Wirt's best fountain
pens,was offered to the person making
the best record.
Wilbur Hower, Tames Goss and
Harry Myers added greatly to the
pleasure of the occasion by discours
ing sweet music throughout the entire
evening.
F. B. Hartman made the address
of welcome and W. H. Brooke treated
the assemblage to a few witty sayings.
Refreshments were served consist
ing of sandwiches, crackers, pickles and
coffee, and judging from the amount
required to go around, they just suited
the appetites. Progressive euchre was
then resumed and continued until
nearly twelve o'clock. The pen was
gathered in by Silas Kitchen, -while
the booby prize, a jumping jack, fell
to Theodore Smith.
We almost forgot to mention the
cigars and pipes. Well, the smoke was
so thick that it was almost impossible
to recognize anyone from one end of
the room to the other.
The whole evening was replete with
pleasantness, during which jollity,
good fellowship and merriment reigned
supreme.
It may not be out of place to state
that Theta Castle is one of the very
best secret societies in town and the
membership is constantly increasing.
EARING BURliLARS.
Masked Men Terrorize the Residents of
Catawissa Valley.
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The residents of the Catawissa Val
ley are thoroughly aroused over the
depredations of a gang of masked
burglars who were operating in that
vicinity on Wednesday night. Between
8 and 0 o'clock five masked men
broke in the door of Johu Hazledine'i
residence near the bottom of Locust
mountain slope and about a mile east
of Ringtown. They bound and gagged
Mr. and Mrs. Hazledine and their
daughter, Sarah, and then ransacked
the house from garret to cellar. They
secured about $900 which was kept in
a bureau drawer. Then they helped
themselves to refreshments and before
leaving the house one of the men
played a couple of selections on the
organ. When they left the house they
cut across the fields in the direction of
Ringtown.
Peter Coleman was the first to dis
cover the condition in which the burg
lars had left the members of the
Hazledine family and after releasing
them he started out to arouse the
neighborhood. At the house of Peter
Harris, about a half mile east o
Hazleaine s he receiveil no response
to his knocking and bursting open the
door he found Harris arid his wife
securely bound and gagged in 'their
chairs. There it was said the robbers
had secured $265 in cash and a quan
tity of jewelry.' There is no doubt
that the same gang perpetrated both
robberies,although only four men made
their appearance at the Harris house
Telephone Companies to Unite,
Twenty-six independent telephone
companies, within many miles of
Pittsburg, are negotiating to unite
their interests. The proposition does
not include a combination of capital
which aggregates $5,000,000, each
company to remain independent in
that particular but to give subscribers
the advantage of various connections
which include some 25,000 telephones.
the lines extending as far north as
Erie, and east, to Altoona.
Don't forget the band concert at
the Opera House Friday night of next
wee"k. A first class evening's enter
tainment is guaranteed.
BIG FIRE AT LIGHTSTREET
TWO HOUSES AND TWO BARNS TO
TALLY DESTROYED
Monday Night, The Fire Started In a
Small Shed Of Incendiary Origin
A Heavy Loss, With a
Smalt Insurance.
A destructive fire, which, for' a
time, threatened the entire village,
broke out at Lightstreet at seven
o'clock Monday night. William Pur
sel, who resides near by, had just
eaten his supper, and was on hit' way
up town to learn the latest intelli
gence, as is always his custom, alter
the day s work is over, when nis at
tention was attracted by a light in a
pig pen, owned by Silas Young. He
hastened to the building, made an in
vestigation, and found that the entire
interior of the .structure was on tire.
An alarm was given, to which the res
idents promptly responded, and in a
short time, men, women and chil
dren, with buckets of water, were ev
erywhere in evidence. The flame:,
fanned by a slight northern wind,
leaped across the road to a dwelling
house, owned Dy the John A. Fun-
ston estate. From here it spread to
a double house, belonging to Charles
Rink. Silas Young s barn was next
ignited, and like some huge serpent,
the coils of fire and destruction closed
rapid'.y in until the four buildings,with
all theij" contents, were entirely con
sumed. The fire fighters were pow
erless before the angry flames, and
the very best they could do was to
keep it from spreading. When it is
considered that the store building of
Silas Young is only about fifteen feet
from where the conflagration started.
one can easily imagine the amount of
labor it required to keep it from
catching.
Frank Eveland, a tenant in one of
the houses, lost all his furniture. A
lot of lumber, some grain, and a few
chickens, were the contents of the
barn, all of which were lost. There
was a small insurance.
It is the general opinion of the
residents that the place was fired pur
pose, as the person who first dis
covered it saw coal oil in a considera
ble quantity, running out into the
road, and the flames following it.
This is the second fire that has
visited that place within a short space
of time. Both have wrought great
damage. It isn't to be wandered at
that the people should entertain fears
for their safety. If it is the work of
a fiend, it is to be hoped that his ch
max of deviltry has been reached, for
should it continue,rates from the insur
ance companies doing business in that
section will soon become prohibitive,
OONYNGHAM S010IDE-
Popular Youno Man Ends His Life With
Laudanum.
Louis C. Lindemann committed
suicide at his . home in. Conyngham
Friday night by takipg laudanum.
It was shortly after s o'clock when
Gabriel Beirg entered Lindemann's
room and found him rolling in bed in
great agony, his face being black and
blue. On a stand close by stood an
empty two ounce laudanum bottle.
That told the tale, and physicians were
summoned. The doctors worked hard
to save their patient, but the powerful
drug had too much hold on the system
and death occured at the time men
tioned.
Lindemann was fully derermined to
do away wilh himself and had planned
to blow himself up with dynamite, the
strong explosive being found under the
pillow in the bed,as was also a butcher
knife over a foot long.
Deceased was 29 years old. lie
was born in Hazlcton. His father was
Hartman Lindemann, a pioneer rest
dent, who owned almost the entire
square upon which the Slowitzki bote
stands. Louis, about nine years ago,
tell heir to about $15,000. He was
high liver and he and his money soon
pirteil company, uespondency over
poor health likely caused the young
man to commit the rash act. A wife
and two children survive him. Mrs
Lindemann's maiden name was Ida
Shelley. She was not at home at the
time, being in Wapwallopen visiting
her parents, who are both very ill
The suicide has created considerable
excitement in the valley.
C. A. Small, Esq., of Catawissa
on Wednesday opened a law office in
room No. 15 of the First National
Bank. Mr. Small is contemplating
moving his family here in the near fu
ture.
A WESTERN DESPERADO!
SOME CLEVER DETEOTIVE WORK
AND AN IMPORTANT ARREST BY
HIOH CONSTABLE MILES BETZ.
Taken Back to Pipestone County Where He is
Indictod for Highway Robbery A Des
perate Character.
Charles Kreischer, born and raised
near Catawissa, and who later went
west, joined the army and deserted,
was arrested by Constable Miles Beiz
on Sunday, on a charge of grand lar
ceny, committed sometime in De
cember last, at or near Pipestone,
Pipestone County, Minnesota. He
assaulted and tetribly beat a young man
who had charge of a grain elevator at
that place and with whom Kreischer
was acquainted and had knowledge
that he had money upon his person.
After a hard struggle he succeeded in
getting the better of his victim and
robbed him of one hundred and seventy
dollars, placed him in the grain elevat
or and to use the language of the
Sherifl of that county, "mysteriously
disappeared."
It appears that Kreischer was form
erly from this section of Pennsylvania
and well known in and around Sha
mokin by officrrs and others, which
fact the authorities of Pipestone learn
ed through papers found in his trunk.
The Sheriff immediately corresponded
with the Sheriffs of this and adjoining
counties. A number of officers
from Northumberland County
knew him and were on his track, but
t remained for Miles Betz, Constable
of
Bloomsburg, assisted by Page
Hawkins and John Hickey, who had
earned the ficts of the case from
Sheriff Black, to capture the desper
ado on Sunday evening last at the
house of Lew Walters, in Hemlock
township, this county, where he had
gone to give his last farewell to a
young lady acquaintance. Kreischer
had been well armed, carrying two
large Colt 44 calhbre revolvers in a
belt, determined, as he says, to never
be taken alive. Fortunately for our
officers, his girl had induced him to
take the belt off that night, or, there
no doubt, that other tragedies
would have followed. The officers
got the drop on him, and he coolly
surrendered. He has been in their
custody here in Bloomsburg until
Tuesday, when Miles Betz and John
Hickey started with him for Tipestone,
Minn. Before leaving here he con
fessed his crime, and expressed his
willingness to go back with the offic
ers without making the authorities any
more expense than absolutely neces
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sary. lie stated tne man ne naa
robbed knew him, and there would
be no use in denying it ; t.iat he hal
become tired of do;lging around any
way. His captors will get $200 re
ward and all travelling expenses. The
trip will probably take a week, as
Pipestone county adjoins the line of
South Dakota.
Held Up By Highwaymen.
A young man, not yet out of his
teens, in the employ rf F. P. Creasy,
of McCauley s station, had a thrilling
experience on Thursday of last week.
He had taken a load of produce to
Mabanoy City, and was on his return
trip, when he was stopped by three
men, who jumped into the wagon,
and producing a bottle, told him to
take a drink. He refused to comply,
but when he was informed by one of
the men that he would have to drink,
he took two swallows. He is not able
to describe just what followed. He
sank down in the wason. under the
influence of the drug. When he re
gained consciousness, he found him
self all alone, and not a cent of his
money cone. Even his watch was net
taken. It is supposed that the sud
den effect of the drug led the outlaws
to believe that he was dead, and that
they fled to prevent capture.
Court Proceedings.
Court convened for a short session
Saturday afternoon, President Judge
Little and associates were all in at
tendance.
In re divorce, Headly Suit vs. Mary
Dellaven Suit. Decree filed. Grant
ed.
Application of R. K. Crist for hotel
license in Pine township refused.
Application ot Wm. l Uoyle anil
Dennis Rowan for restaurant license
in Conyngham, granted.
Application of Wm. Yost for rest
aurant license in Bloomsburg, refused.
Adjourned to meet February 6th at
9 o clock a. m.
THE FINAL SALE
OF THE-
ADDING & CO.
OF
Suits,
STOCK
Overcoats,
Storm Overcoats,
Boys' Reefers,
and
Men's and Boy's
Pantaloons,
is now going on. The goods are be
ing sold regardless of cost.
iverytliing Must lie
This is your last and greatest op
portunity to clothe yourself and fam
ily at almost
HALF REGULAR PRICES,
but do not delay, as the sale posi
tively closes February 1st.
FINE SHOES
At private sale. Those
who cannot attend the
auction sale of Shoes can
buy at private sale every
day until 2 p. m., and
from 4 to 7 p. m.
The Leader Department Store.
Here's a Leader.
A stair carpet made of tough
material, plain ground, with
bright stripes
15c. per yard.
Made to sell for 25 cents.
Stair Carpet.
3 Beautiful Paterns Stair
TABLE LINEN
We offer vou a special barcrain this week. An all Linen Table
Cover, fringed, made to sell for
Sets of Cover and Napkins, out
have been selling for $7.00, we
Other bargains in heavy goods.
We've got a few all wool Sweaters we wish you would take
off our hands. We'll just cut the price in half, as there are but
two colors. 'And it will pay you to take our heavy all wool Un
derwear and carry over to next Winter. We want them closed
out, and if one price won t move
CARPETS.
You cannot buy Carpets cheaper, in either New York or
Philadelphia, than you can with us, notwithstanding the so-
called cheap offerings. You
quality more cheaply trom us than anywhere else.
Come and look at our patterns. We have special prices on
patterns we do not intend running any longer. Quality just as
good as our choicest patterns.
Special prices on all grades of Ingrains.
RUGS
This is a day of Rugs. For something cheap and good
nothing fills the bill like an art square. We will give you a 9x9
all wool square for $5.00. This is the wholesale price. We can
give you a cheaper one for just half $2.50 for a 9x9.
The Leader Store Co., Ltd.,
Fourth and Harket Sts.
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AT AUCTION I
Entire' etock of Fine
Shoes, upwards of $6 U00,
to the highest bidder for
Cash. Sale every day
at 2 p. m. and 7 p m.,
until stock ia disposed of.
Closed Out By Feb. 1st.
&CO.
JfriTTwo Doors Below Postoffice.
Carpets, full width, bright color
ing 25c. per yard.
Goods just out of looms.
An all wool Filling, full width,
heavy goods
40c. per yard.
Some would charge you 50c.
$1.25, we will close out at 98c
of unbleached linen, which we
will close out at $5.50.
tliem, anotner must.
can buy your Carpets of similar
f.i