I VOL. 30.
BLOOMSBURG, PA. THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1901.
NO. 12
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Yandcrslice Fend
The Latter Appointed County
Commissioner, But Has Not
Yet Qualified.
Quite an excitement was created
las Friday afternoon by the an
nouncement that the Court had ap
pointed T. J. Vanderslice as a county
commissioner, to fill the vacancy
caused by the removal of William
Krickbaum. The law provides that
the appointment shall be made for the
unexpired term, so that if Mr. Van
derslice qualifies for the office he will
serve untl January ist, 1903.
It is said that the appointment was
made by President Judge Little and
the Republican Associate Judge,
Kurtz, Judge Fox refusing to assent
to it. It is also said that Vanderslice
is hesitating about accepting. What
his own reasons may be for hesitating
we do not know, but it is certain that
the prevailing sentiment among his
friends, as well as his foes, is that it
would be a mistake for him to accept,
under all the circumstances of the
case.
It may be that the appointment is
premature, for Messrs. Rhawn &
Small, of counsel for Krickbaum, went
to Philadelphia on Monday, and on
Tuesday morning appeared in the
Supreme Court a.id presented a peti
tion asking that the appeal taken by
Mr. Krickbaum to that court be
made a supersedeas, that is, that all
proceedings be stayed until a final
decision, in which event Krickbaum
will continue to hold the office until
the Supreme Court decides otherwise.
The petition is as follows :
Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, Ex
Relatione, John
G. Hakman, Dis
trict Attorney,
vs.
William Krickbaum.
In the Su
preme Court
of Pennsyl
vania. No. 116,
January T.,
1901.
To the Honorable the Judges of said
Court:
The petition of William Krickbaum
respondent below, and the appellant
m this Court, lespectfully represents
1. That on the nth day of March,
iqoi, the Court of Common Pleas of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in
certain quo warranto proceedings as
of No. 6 December Term 1900,
adjudged the petitioner of unlawfully
holding and exercising the office of
Commissioner of the said county of
Columbia, and awarded a writ of in
junction, without notice to the pe
titioner and bond from the relator,
enjoining him from exercising the
office of Commissioner as aforesaid.
2. That the said petitioner was
elected Commissioner of the said
County for the term of three years
commencing the first Monday of Jan
uary 1900.
3. That on the fifteenth day of
March, 1901, the petitioner appealed
according to law to this Court as of
the above entitled Term and No. from
the said judgment of the Court of
Common Pleas aforesaid.
4. That the said judgment of
ouster and exclusion against the pe
titioner as aforesaid is based entirely
upon the fact that the petitioner'while
exercising the office of County Com
missioner as aforesaid became one of
the sureties on the bond of the Treas
urer of the said county.
5. That the suggestion for the
writ of quo warranto as filed by the
said relator at the special instance and
upon the written request of the said
T. J. Vanderslice, charging inter alia,
that the said petitioner was unlawfully
holding and exercising the office of
County Commissioner as aforesaid,
because he was one of the sureties on
the bond of the said County Treas
urer as aforesaid.
6. That it appears upon the face
of the record and by the proceedings
had in the same case, as a fact not
controverted, or denied, that at the
time the petitioner to wit, the nth
day of December, 1S99, the said T.
J. Vanderslice was the counsel of the
said Treasurer and the private counsel
of the petitioner, and as such counsel
advised the petitioner, that it was
proper for him, a'though one of the
Commissioners, of the said county to
become one of the sureties on the
said bond.
'7. That the said T. J. Vanderslice
after the rendition of the said judg
ment of ouster and exclusion and in-
junction against the petitioner as
Commissioner aforesaid was, to wit,
on the icth day ot March. 1001
appointed by the said Court of Com
mon Pleas to fill the unexpired term
of the petitioner, as Commissioner
8. That the delay on the part of
the said T. J. Vanderslice of more
than one year in requesting the proper
authority to proceed against the pe
titioner by quo warranto, to remove
him from office in connection with
the advice given to the petitioner,
that it was not improper for him to
become one of the sureties on the
said Treasurer's bond, and the
appointment hs aforesaid of the siid
T. J. Vanderslice in place of said
petitioner as Commissioner of the
said County, makes it perfectly mani
fest that a mere spirit ot personal
revenge was the animating cause ot
the said T. J. Vanderslice instituting
yroceeding against the petitioner to
remove him from the office of County
Commissioner as aforesaid.
9. That the questions of law
raised tor decision by this appeal are
two, to wit:
a. Whether under section 66 of
Act of March i860, the petitioner
forfeited the office of County Com
missioner, aforesaid, by becoming
surety on the bond of the said County
Treasurer, as aforesaid. This Section
declares:
b. "It shall not be lawful for any
councilman, burgess, trustee, manager
or director of any corporation, muni
cipality or public institution, to be at
the same time a treasurer, secretary
or other officer, subordinate to te
president and directors, who shall
receive a salary therefrom or be the
surety of such officer nor shall any
member of any corporation or public
institution, or any officer or agent
thereof, be in anywise interested in
any contract for the sale or furnishing
of any supplies, or materials to be
furnished to, or for the use, of any
corporation, municipality or public
institution of which he shall be a
member or officer, or for which he
shall be an agent, nor directly nor
indirectly interested therein, nor re
ceive any reward or gratuity from any
person interested in such contract or
sale, and any person violating these
provisions or either of them shall for
feit his membership in such corpora
tion, municipality or institution, and
his office or appointment thereunder,
and be sentenced to pay a fine not
exceeding five hundred dollars; pro
vided that nothing in this section
contained shall prevent a vice presi
dent ot any bank from being a director
ot said bank or of receiving a salary
as vice president.
b. Whether the application for
the writ of quo warranto by reason ot
the said T. J. Vanderslice having
advised the petitioner as his private
counsel that it was not improper for
him to become the surety on said
Treasurer's bond although exercising
the office of County Commissioner,
10. The petitioner is advised and
believes that the judgment against
him in said proceedings in quo
warranto is not well considered, tbat
the Act of March 31, i860, cited
above does not expressly or Dy any
implication make it unlawful for
County Commissioner to become one
of the sureties of the County Treas
urer, and that the application for the
writ should have been refused on the
ground that the petitioner was advised
by his counsel as aforesaid, and the
real prosecutor, "That it was not im
proper for him to become surety as
aforesaid."
11. I hat the attairs ot the said
County of Columbia, will not in any
wise be affected or prejudiced by
allowing the petitioner to continue as
County Commissioner of the said
county pending this appeal.
The petitioner therefore respect
fully prays the Court that the said
appeal shall be a supersedeas until it
shall have been finally disposed of by
this Honorable Court and he will.
ever pray &c.
William Krickbaum
State of Pennsylvania,
County of Columbia.
ss.
William Krickbaum the foregoing
petitioner being dulv sworn according
to law deposes and says that tha facts
stated therein are true and correct to
the best of his knowledge and belief.
William Krickuaum
Sworn and subscribed before me
the 16th day ol March, A. D. 1901
C. A. Small,
Notary Public.
The petition was presented in the
Supreme Court, but there has been
no decision as yet.
On Saturday the Daily contained
Continued on Tagc 820" Col.
Newspaper Men From Three
States visit the Pan-American
Exposition at
Baffalo.
t Promises to be a Great Show.
Nearly two hundred newspaper men
from the states of New York. New
ersey and Pennsylvania were mem
bers of an excursion party that went
Buffalo last Friday to view the
progress of the Pan-American Exposi
tion. I hey were the euests of the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R.
Co., and were provided with trans
portation, meals, lodging and all the
necessities and luxuries that united to
make the trip thoroughly eniovable.
It was probably the best planned and
most elaborate affair of the kind ever
attempted in this country. The guests
were in charge of T. W. Lee, General
Passenger Agent, and he was ably as-
isted by Division Passenger Agents
M. L. Smith of Scranton, F. P. Fox
of Buffalo, E. J. Quackenbush of
Syracuse, General Superintendent T.
L. Clark of Scranton, and a number
of other officials, all of whom did all
n their power for the pleasure and
comfort of the party.
Those from this section who partici
pated were 1 C. Angle of the Dan
ville Morning A'ews, Richard W.
Eggert, Danville Gem, W. O. Greene,
Danville Democrat, C. L. Randall,
Catawissa News Jtcm, J. C Brown,
Bloomsburg Republican, W. Krick
baum, Sentinel, J. C. Rutter J., rep
resenting the Daily, and Geo. E.
Elwell, The Columbian.
On reaching Scranton Friday noon
a luncheon was served in the station
dining room. ,
The train left New York Friday
morning and consisted of six Pullman
cars, inetrip irom Mew York to
Buffalo was made in faster tims than
the fast regular train of the Lacka
wanna railroad. Leaving Hoboken,
the train ran to Scranton in three
hours and twenty-one minutes. Leav-
ng Scranton at 1.10 p. m., the train
arrived at Buffalo at exactly 6.54.
This made the time for the trip, in
cluding all stops, nine hours and five
minutes. Taking out the time for the
stops at Dover, Washington, Strouds
burg, Binghamton, Owego, Elmira,
Bath and Mount Morris, a total of
eighteen minutes, the exact running
time for the 410 miles was eight hours
and forty-seven minutes. The last
fifty miles from Linwood to Buffalo
were made in forty-four minutes, the
tram for short distances of the fifty
miles reaching the speed of sixty-nine
and one-eighth miles per hour.
Great improvements have been
made in the Lackawanna road during
the last year, and it k in splendid con
dition. Visitors to the Exposition this
summer will do well to arrange to go
over this road, as it is one of the most
direct, one of the besc equipped, and
passes through a beautiful section of
the country.
Upon our arrival at nuttalo we
were met by officials of the ran
American Exposition, and the Buffalo
Press Club, and escorted to Hotel
Broezel, where an elaborate dinner
was served. From 9 to 11:30 we
were entertained charmingly by the
'Buffalo Press Club in the rooms of the
Ellicolt Club, alter which the visitors
returned to their berths in the Pull
man sleepers.
baturday morning ureaktast was
served at Hotel Broezel, and at 10.00
o'clock the paity boarded special cars
and weie taken out to the exposition
grounds, where they beheld the mar
vels that have been wrought thus far
in constructing the beautiful city where
the Pan American exposition will be
given. The buildings are only partially
constructed, but a very good idea was
obtained of the beauty and symmetry
of the picture they will present when
completed.
The most striking feature of th
construction part ot the exposition is
the electric tower, a central building
over 400 feet in height, flanked on
either side by graceful semi-circular
wings. At night it will be a blaze of
light, and from the front of it wi
pour a miniature Niagara of water,
under which will be many colore
electric lights, which will give th
water wonderful prismatic effects.
Alter spending several hours in
making a tour of inspection, in charge
of comDetent cuides. the visitors were
It w '
entertained at lunch in the service
building, and during Saturday after
noon some went to Niagara Falls to
s'ee the great ice bridge, while others
made a round of the points of inter
est in the city of Buffalo.
At 6:30 a banquet was served at
the Genesee Hotel, and at 10 o'clock
the train started for home, reaching
Scranton at 4:45 Sunday morning.
hrough the foresight of the officials,
all who stopped at Scranton were put
in one sleeper, and the car was side
tracked and the occupants were not
obliged to arise until 7 o'clock in the
morning, an arrangement that was
greatly appreciated. The Bloomsburg
party reacned home at noon on Sun
day, and ihey are unanimous in de
claring it a most delightful trip. Next
week we will print a full page de
scription of the Exposition, with a
picture, and shall keep our readers in
formed of the progress of what prom
ises to be the greatest show on earth.
boy siior.
A pigeon shooting match took
place at Oak Grove on Wednesday
fternoon. It is customary for boys
to gather outside the bounds for the
purpose of catching wounded birds
that fall out of bounds. It is also
customary for boys to have guns to
shoot at birds that fly beyond the
bounds. George Loreman, 14 years
old, son of Samuel Loreman, was one
the former on this occasion, and
-loyd Shaffer, a young married man
was one ot the bushwhackers with
gun. Shaffer had been cautioned
several times about shooting in the
direction of the contestants and
pectators. An injured pigeon was
about to light when Shaffer fired at it
ust as Loreman ran around the
nd of a car, to get the bird. The
boy was shot in the groin, breast, ear
and toot, and is seriously injured.
Dr. Gardner, who was present, dressed
his wounds.
FIRE AT THE NORMAL-
This morning at five o'clock the
fire alarm sounded and the steam
whistle at the electric plant blew
vigorously. The fire was in the
laundry at the Normal School, and is
supposed to have started from an
electric wire through a board partition.
The fire burned up through into a
vacant room above. The Friendship
Fire Company was first on the ground,
and the fire was soon subdued. The
damage amounts to aboi't $500. Dur
ing the fire W. H. Housel in some
way took hold of a live electric wire
and as he was standing in water a cur
rent went through him in a manner
that made his escape a very narrow
one. It was some time before he
recovered, and he is still feeling the
effects of the shock.
BAD WEATHER 0VR ?
1
Monday the groundhog relinquished
his sway over the elements, and ac
cording to the weather prophets of
the rural districts, "the backbone of
the winter is broken."
It did look a trifle Monday as
though there is something in the 2d
ol February prediction. No sooner
were the six weeks at an end than the
sun shone out brightly, and the ther-
mometer registered near the seventy
mark. The air was warm and balmy
and the temperature the highest point
of the year.
J. G, WELLS,
Successor to S. F. Peacock
& Co., Market Square.
Razors,
and
Pocket
tees
FULLY GUARANTEED
To Give Perfect Satisfaction.
J". CK "WELL
General Hardware,
Shears
SEASON,
1901.
We have many new creations of
fine, juvenile styles. Some exquis
itely smart little things in boys' and
children's Clothing.
They are worthy of examination
and will stand comparison, in qual
ity, style, fit and price.
sis is tihiieim: i
Our men's and young men'ssuits,
in flannels, clays, cheviots, are all the
ntwest patterns.
Ask to see bur varsity and mili
tary sack suits.
We have the hip trousers.
Our negligee shirts and shirt
waists are in. Ask to see them.
Ben. Gidding
Come in and see us
The Leader Department Store.
Too early to talk of Carpets? Not a bit! 'Tis true the
weather man says March is a winter month, but April ist
is only 30 days off, and April ist means moving; to many
people. Always to the front, our spring offerings this
year are better than ever before.
15 Cts.
A yard wide carpet, good
enough for a room not
much used.
25 Cts.
Very much better. Will
stand a good deal of hard
wear.
And Our Leader, Wool Velvet,
Made, Laid and Lined, 90 Cents.
Ask our competitors to match it.
Paper Patterns, 10c.
We are sole handlers of the New. Idea paper patterns.
What's the use of vour paying 20c for a pattern we will
sell you for 10c? Come in and get a fashion sheet free.
New Shoe Department.
We can sell lower than a regular shoe store, for we
pay no rent. That means
cent
means money in your
Tailoring.
Just a word. We'll make
you a good suit, to order,
for
$15.00.
If you want to pay $20 00
to some one else, that's
Dry
It is none too early to choose materials for the Spring
Suits. We are prepared for all classes of trade from one
who wants a piece of dress goods, from 10 cents per yard
up to $1 00 per yard.
LACES AND EMBROID-
ERIES.
5 c to 40c per yard. ,
W. & B. CORSETS.
Straight front, $1 00.
A good Corset for 35c.
ECLIPSE FLANNELS.
For waists,' iSc per yard.
The Leader Store Company, Ltd. :
PRDMG
we'll treat you right.
50 Cts.
A heavy half wool filling,
artistic patterns and tasty
designs.
75 Cts.
Extra heavy all wool
Carpet. New lines of pri
vate designs.
10 per cent, at least. 10 per
pocl
Kei.
not our fault.
Drugs.
We carry a full line of
the standard drugs and
remedies.
Perfumes, of course !
New stock, just in.
Goods.
SPRING DRESS GOODS
Newest shades in Crepe-De-Chine.Prunellas
Soleils,
Venetians, Challies.
MERCERIZED DRESS
LININGS.
All shades. A complete
line.