((Ml III ,111 WW VOL 38. BLOOMSBURG. PA. THURSDAY. JULY 2a, 1903. NO. 30 BURIAL OF SOLDIERS. The Commissioners Revise the List of Men to Bury the Heroes. $50 Now The Allowance. By a recent ac. of the legislature, the Commissioners ot each county of the State, are vested with au thority to appoint a sufficient num ber of suitable persons iu each ward and township of their county, whose expenses are to be borne by the county, to look after and provide for the burial of any honorably dis charged soldiers, sailors or marine, who served in the army or navv of the United States, during any war in which it has been engaged, and whose means are insufficient to de fray the necessary burial expsnses. It also provides for a headstone. In pursuance of this act tne Com missioners of this county have ap pointed the following gentlemen to serve tor three years: Beaver Philip Rabuck, Levi W. Michael. Benton Borough George Hirleman, Russel Karns. Benton Township Geo. W, Gib- bons, G. W. Knouse. Berwick Borough Jcnkin Evans J. P. Hay than. Bloom i st. W. O. Holmes. Bloom 2d Robt. Morris. Bloom 3d John Cadman. Bloom 4th J. II. Fahringer. Briarcreek C. II. Campbell, Simeon Bostian. Catawissa Township Geo. L. Murray. Catawissa Boro Charles Schmick Thos. IS. Harder. Centralia 1st Dr. R. M. Lashell. Centralia 2d John R. Porter. Center Wesley R. Price, Hiram Hetler. Cleveland John Johnson, Win. Hand. Conyngham E.N. Patrick Cain. Conyngham W. N. James Car Tigan. Conyngham S. W. Mich ael Dixon. Conyngham W. Geo. Lanahan. Fishingcreek E. L. M. Crevel ing, B. W. Hess. Fishingcreek W. James M. Ammcrman. Franklin Peter Schlee, Henry Gotshall. Greenwood E. Peter Hayman, J. II. Bright. Greenwood V. Joseph Eves, Michael Hawk. Hemlock Uoyd T. Rider, B. F. Whitenight. Jackson Henry J. Hirleman, Frank Derr. Locust Wm. Fetterman, Josiah Bernineer. Madison Geo. S. Lee, Baltis Sterling. Main Theo. Fox, M. V. B. Kostenbauder. Mfflin Jared Wintersteen, J. G. Swank. Millville Cyrus Demott.Tillman Stadler. Montour Geo. W. Mears, Geo. Y. Mowery. Mt. Pleasant Sam' I Hart, Isaac Mordan. Orange James F.Trump.Abram Kline. Pine N. Abe Bennett, W. L Lyons, Pine S. W. H. Hayman, Isaac M. Lyons. Roaringcreek John Hampton, Clint Helwig. Scott E. Emanuel Garrison, W. E. Dietterich. Scott W. R. C. Johnson, John Crawford. Sugarloaf N. Jerre Vansickle, Richard Hess. Suearloaf S. Tames N. Pennington, W. S. Kase. Stillwater Elias P. Bender Orangeville Jacob Trivelpiece, Jos. Fleckenstine. West Berwick Borough Edward Bntz, D. A. Michael. Formerly the Commissioners were allowed to pay toward the burial expenses $35 exclusive of the head stone, but amendment to the act made by the Legislature of 1903 makes it possible for the Commis sioners to allow $50 for the burial, exclusive of the price of the head stone. ATTENDING ELK CONVENTION- Bloomsburg is represented at the Convention of the Order of Elks in Baltimore this week by Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hess, I. A. Snyder, John Gross, Andrew Evans, Chas II. Reice, W. II. Henrie, J. R Fowler and E. M. Savidge. The latter after the convention is over will go to New York City for a few days after which he will sail for Europe, to spend a month or two ANOTHER BILL. Grade Crossing to be Fought to the Bitter End by Rail road Company. Will Delay the Work. That the Pennsylvania Railroad Company proposes to fight to the bitter end the grade crossing at the river biidge at Miffiinville, was made patent on Tuesday, when its at torney Hon. H. M. Hinckley, of Danville, and L. E. Waller of Wilkes-Barre, appeared at the Court House and filed with Pro thonotary Terwilliger a bill in equity against the County Com missioners, contractor C. H. Reim ard, sub-contractor, the King Bridge Company and the Super visors of Mifflin township. With it are presented the reasons why an injunction restraining the construc tion of the bridge should be granted. It is extremely difficult to predict at this time just what the outcome of the matter will be. The County Commissioners appear to be some what reticent. About the only thing that they give out is that they will be ready when the time arrives. The reasons, as filed by the rail road company's solicitors are as follows : 1 "That it is a corporation of the state ot Pennsylvania owning and for twenty years has been and now is operating a railroad upon the south shore of the Susquehanna River and passing through the vil lage of Miffiinville in Mifflin town ship and County of Columbia afore said. 2. That William Bogert, George W. Sterner and W. H. Fisher are Commissioners of Columbia county; that Charles Reimard is a contractor with said Commissioners and the King Bridge Company is sub-con tractor with said Reimard, and are engaged in the construction of an iron and steel highway bridge sup ported by stone abutments and piers across the Susquehauna river at said villags of Miffiinville, and that sud Samuel kuechtand William J. Hosier are supervisors of the afore said township, of Mifflin, 011 which the south end of said bridge is lo cated. 3. That the wing walls of the south ebutnient of said highway bridge approach to within three feet of the rails of the plaintiffs railroad siding and within less than thirty feet of the rails of the main track of the plaintiffs railroad. 4. That defendants by the plans and specifications of said structure, relying upon the report of viewers confirmed by the Court of Quarter Sessions, 7th July, 1902, and by their public declarations, propose and intend to establish and con struct said bridge with a highway approach thereto from the south, iu such manner that the said highway will cross plaintiffs railroad at grade, at a place where no crossing now exists or has ever existed. That such proposed grade crossing will be a new crossing established June 1, 1902, on which date the Act of June 7. 1901, became opera tive. . That by the terms of the Act of 7th of June, 1901, P. L. 531, the crossing at grade of highways by railroads or railroads by highways, is peremptorily and universally prohibited, except in the single in stance specifically described therein. 6. That such proposed grade crossing has not been permitted by the Court of Common Pleas under the Act of June 7, 1901, P. L. 531. 7. That said proposed grade crossing is at the foot of a hill and across the, throat of plaintiffs rail road yard, where the shifting of trains and (Trilling of cars keeps said track in more frequent use and close upon the railroad station and water tank, and if constructed would be very dangerous to the public whether traveling upon the highway or upon this portion of the railroad over which the pas.euger and more than twenty freight trains of very great length pass daily. 8. That the very place of said proposed grade crossing, the high ground, along whose base at the ede of the river bank plaintiff's railroad is laid, affords a most ad vantageous opportunity lor an over head crossing to the level of the village street which is about eigh teen feet higher than the plaintiff's railroad tracks and 170 feet distant therefrom across the village com- To The Public: It Ih no longer considered a violation of banking ethics to auk for what we would like to have, and acting on the theory that what is greatly worth having if) certainly worth asking for. 0e g feomaBurg Qtaftonaf (ganft HollolN the accounts of all responsible people, promising nil the court esies that are usually extended by an obliging and carefully conducted banking house. We propose to continue to conduct our business on safe and strictly business lines, believing that such a course will be to the best advantage of the public generally, A. Z. SCHOCH, President. mon, said street being upon about the same level as the Berwick road with which said bridge connects, some five hundred feet from its north end." Wherefore, Tlaintiff prays the Honorable Court : 1. "To restrain defendants, their agents and employees, from establishing or constructing any crossing of its tracks at grade. 2. To restrain defendants, the County Commissioners and con tractors, from erecting or construct ing said bridge in such a manner as will require the highway ap proach thereto to cross the tracks of the plaintiff railroad company at grade. 3. Such further relief as the nature and circumstances of the case may require." The Commissioners have fifteen days iu which to file a reply to this bill of complaint. THIS GAME WAS DIFfEEEN T- The clerks were not in the hunt with the Wheelmen on Fridqy and as a result received one of the sever est trouncings administered to any team on Normal Field this season. Rabb, who in the first game pitched such clever ball was the easiest kind of a proposition on this occasion and his curves if he used any, were pounded to every corner of the lot. However, he is not all to blame, the team behind him put up a pitiful article of ball, particularly Girton and Hemingway on short and third base respectively. These two po sitions may have been played worse some time or other than they were on Friday, but the writer cannot re call an instance. On the other hand, Art Sharpless who occupied the slab for the wheelmen was at his best, his delivery completely mystified the clerks. Manager, Maize was a trine grouchv after the game, but was it any wonder. To stand out in the field and watch $25 fade away was. enough to give any man the blues. The score was 14 to 5. A good sized crowd was pre sent and the numerous sensational bits of fielding were received with thundering salvor. Taking the score of this game as the basis of estimate it would seem that the clerks' victory in the first game was either largely a matter of luck or else the wheelmen lured them on to get them to play for the purse. MOHE LAND NEEDED- The Board of Trustees of the Normal School has decided to pur chase the Charles R. Buckalew lot on the Light Street road, for $6,000. This move was necessitated by the needs of the school, as its constant growth requires more room for building. A new science building is badly needed and will have to be erected iu a very few years. Other buildings contemplated are a resi dence tor the Principal, and an Alumni building. The present athletic crounds will probably be used for building purposes and the ball field moved back on the hill. When the school was first estab lished as a Normal school the law required that there should be at least ten acres of land in the plot. Several purchases have been made since then, and still more is needed. The Normal is evidently one of the most popular schools in the state, as its growing patronage from year to year clearly indicates. - Gerald Gross was hit on the leg by a ball during the Clerk-Wheelmen game on Friday and as a re sult his leg is swollen to nearly twice its natural size. He was in jured 011 the same leg two years ago which kept him housed up for several mouths. WM, H. HIDLAY, Cashier. A Full Line of New HAMMOCKS FROM l.oo to 8.00. All this Year's. No Old Patterns Carried Over. o FOR SALE BY J.G.Wells, Cenerfal Hardware, Bloomsburg, Pa. A SAD DEATH. Benjamin Vannatta Succumbs to Small Pox Alter Short Illness, It is with feelings of extreme sadness that we chronicle the death of Benjamin Vannatta, which oc curred at his home at Glenshaw, eight miles from Pittsburg, at seven o'clock this morning. His illness was brief. A little more than a week ago he complained of feeling unwell, but his condition was not considered serious. Two days later it was discovered that he was afflict ed with small-pox. and from that time up to yesterday he was poorly. Last evening his sisters received word that he was better, but during the night he grew worse, and at seven this morning he passed away. His mother and sister had been visiting him, and only a few days before he was taken ill had left to visit a sister, Mrs. Lewis, at Pitts burg. Benjamin Vannatta was a splen did young man. His habits of life were good and he never had an enemy that any one knows of. His friends in Bloomsburg where he was born and raised, are num bered by the score. Nothing but words of admiration can be heard from all who knew him. He was of sons the most dutiful and no broth er ever treated sisters more gal lantly or kindly than did he. The deceased was about thirty years of age, and leaves to sur vive him a wife, formerly Miss Jessie Pifer, of Catawissa, and one daughter. He was a son of the late Thos. Vannatta, of Iron street. The funeral arrangements have not vet been made It is hardly likely that the remains will be brought here owing to the disease with which he died. This however has not yet. been decided - . . - PRESS BttOKEN. On Friday last while making a run of ten thousand impressions on the super-royal Universal press in the Columbian office, a roller jumped out of place and one end caught in a cog wheel, tearing away one side of the press, and damaging it so that it will have to be rebuilt. Fortunately a new half medium Gordon press had been ordered only the day before and is expected this week, so that our de lay is only temporary. Meantime our three other platen presses are kept busy. FECIAL ALE ! MENS' ALL WOOL PANTS, Were 3.00, 2.50 & 2.00 All $1.50. SEE WINDOW. Bloomsburg, Penn'a., Corner Main and Center Sts. 0 Come in and see us, we'll treat you right. The LEADER DEPT. STORE. 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