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BLOOMSBVRG, PA., THURSDAY, MAY iS, 1905.
NO. 20
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CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $140,000.
We are constantly adding new accounts and our business
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ready opened an account with us, we invite you to do so now.
In Point of Business Success and Financial
Strength this Bank Occupies Front Rank.
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MET DEATH ON
B. & S. RAILROAD.
Failod to Hoar Warning, War
ren Albortson Wa3 Run
Down and Killed.
HIS HEARING DEFECTIVE.
Warren Albertson met instant
death on the bloomsdurg and Sul
livan Railroad, about half past sev
en o'clock Sunday evening. The
accident occured a short distance
this side of Benton. Albcrtson
had spent the day or a portion of it
at the home of his sister, Mrs. Clark
Dildine, and was returning to lietf
ton by way of the railroad. Engi
neer Lautnig observed him and
several others, who were some dis
tance ahead of Albcrtson, and blew
the whistle. All left the track but
Albertson, who because of impaired
hearing failed to catch the warning
and the engineer being unable to
stop, owing to the short distance,
an acute curve having obscured the
vision until he was close upon
him, he was run down and instant
ly killed. There was a deep gash
in his head, his left arm was brok
en, one foot was completely severed
and the other leg was broken. The
body was placed in the train and
taken to Benton, where undertaker
Iia McIIenry took charge of it and
prepared it for burial. Beside his
mother, Albertson is survived by
several brothers and sisters. One
sister, Miss Martha Albertson, is
employed by the Berwick Store
Company, and it is said, a brother
also works there.
He was twenty-five years of age,
and was employed at Knouse's saw
mill at Benton.
TROLLEY UAB OSAStiED INTO
B. & S. TRAIN.
A steep incline, and the ineffec
tiveness of the hand brake, a sys
tem in use on all the single truck
cars of the Columbia and Montour
Electric Railway, caused a trolley
mishap at the Main street crossing
of the Bloomsburg and Sullivan
Railroad Thursday afternoon, which
came within an ace of being fatal,
the fact that it was not, was not
far short of a miracle. So far as we
know no one was hurt, but the
door on one of the box cars was
crushed in and the end of trolley
car No. 5 was reduced to a mass of
splinters.
The accident occured shortly be
fore three o'clock. The car left
the Square in charge of conductor
Harry Christian and raotorman
William Tremley, on a regular trip
to Catawissa. It had proceeded only
a few vards below the summit of
the Main Street hill, when the mot
ormon heard the noise of the train
and immediately reversed the mot
or and applied the brake with all
the strength at his command, but
the incline bad given the car such
a velocity that it could not be
stopped, and before the passengers
could be warned, it crashed into
the train. The passengers, seven
in number, were pitched forward,
but none were seriously injured.
Motorman Tremley pluckily stuck
to his post until the car struck the
train.
The train was a combination
freight and passenger, and was in
charge of conductor Charles Turner.
The car was completely derailed
and turned crossways in the road.
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tion will be held at Wilkesbarre,
June 15 and 16.
TRAGIC DETAILS OF
AWFUL DISASTER.
Two Deaths on Friday Increase
Mortality's List to Twenty-Two.
TOTAL INJURED IS 134,
These cold figures, says the
Ilarrisburg Patriot tell the tale of
Thursday's South Ilarrisburg
horror.
Twenty-two known to have died.
One hundred and thirty-four in
jured. The total number of deaths re
sulting from the crash of the sec
ond section of Cleveland and Cin
cinnati express into a car of dyna
mite in a previously wrecked freight
train will never be known as it is
believed that some of the bodies
were so completely cremated that
no trace was left of them.
Of those known to be dead, six
teen have been positively identified.
Eight of the number who are dead
succumbed during Thursday and
Friday in the Ilarrisburg hospital,
where they were taken after the
catastrophe. All of these have been
identified.
The identified dead are :
V. L. Crabbe, Pittsburg, burns
over entire body, son-in-law of
Robert Pitcairn.
Paul Bright, Pittsburg, burns
over entire body.
George Zeiger, Pittsburg, burns
over entire body.
James R. Phillips, Pittsburg,
burns of body.
Albert Crosby, Philadelphia, pass
enger conductor.
Italian baby, daughter of Mrs.
Marnia, of New York, who is in
the hospital.
Mrs. Robert G. Dougherty, Phila
delphia. C. Kuhlman, 1203 North Avenue,
Altoona, identified by letter written
to him by W. S. Windslow, 714
Asbury avenue, Ocean City, N. J.
J. F. Silverman, of Silverman &
Walters, clothiers, of Philadelphia,
identified by diamond stick-pin and
cuff buttons on charred body.
II. K. Thomas, Philade'phia,
engineer of passenger train, killed
instantly.
Shaw, Pittsburg, burns
over body.
Samuel S. Shubert, New York
City. Died at Commonwealth Hotel.
Max Stettheimer, New York
City. Died at Ilarrisburg Hospi
tal. The charred remains of the fol
lowing taken from the wreck were
identified at the morgue on Thurs
day: Miss Yetta Robinson, 700 Cen
tral Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.
Thomas Lewis, Philadelphia,
Pullman Car Conductor.
Charles Brisiuni, Philadelphia.
Chef.
Of the 134 injured 106 received
treatment at the hospital. A num
ber of injured in more or less seri
ous condition were cared for at the
hotels.
Many persons occupied them
selves on Thursday rooting through
the charred debris, looking for
souvenirs. Men and boys could be
seen cutting buttons off of the
charred clothing, to secure as keep
sakes. While digging in the ruins in
quest of mementoes, Minnie Man,
of 11 Lochiel Row, Ilarrisburg,
came across a hand that proved to
be such a ghastly sight that many
bv-standers turned away in horror.
She immediately turned the hand
over to the railroad authorities, who
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DEMOCRATS ELECT
STATE DELEGATES
Strong Resolutions Condemn
ing Perfidy of Certain
Members of Party.
R. S. Ammerman Endorsed.
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H.Y PROOF.
There was a goodly representa
tion of Democracy at the meeting
of the County Committee held in
the Court House here on Saturday.
County Chairman Charles II. Dil
dine of Rohrsburg presided and the
following committeemen were pres
ent: Clyde I,. Hirleman, Geo. W.
Knouse, Frank Houck, J. R. Sut
ton, Geo. Hoppes, J. G. Wooley,
Frank R. Drake, S. W. Adams, D.
H. Fetterolf, C. M. Harter, John
Tighe, M. J. McDonnell, Chas. R.
Nagle, John Brofee, Andrew war-
go, R. L. Beishline, M. R Kelch
ner, Jonathan Lotetnan, S. A. Mill
er, Jesse Kahler, B. F. Fritz, J. W.
Snyder, L. II. Boody, McClellan
Megargell, A. J. Kocher, A. G.
Everett, J. M. Rider, Wm, Dietter-
ick, R. C. Johnston and Andy J.
McIIenry.
The committeemen elected Hon.
John G. Harman, Hon William T.
Creasy of Catawissa, Prank Lntz
ot Jackson township and J. R. Sut
ton of Berwick as delegates to the
Democratic State Convention to be
held at Ilarrisburg next week.
Ihe committeemen unanimously
endorsed the good services of Rep
resentatives William T. Creasy and
John G. Harman, at the last session
of the Legislature and endorsed
Hon. R. Scott Ammerman of Dan
ville for the Superior Court Judgeship.
Hon. John G. Harman spoke
earnestly in favor of nominating
but one candidate for Superior Court
Judge, as coutemplated by the
leaders of the party. 1 he Republi
can newspapers throughout the state
are harping for the nomination of
three candidates, for then the
machine of that party will be the
leading instrument in the election of
the entire court, a result which it
can easily accomplish by distribu
tion of its excess vote, or a stuffed
count in Philadelphia. One candi
date, Mr. Harman said, will thwart
the purposes of the machine and
preclude the possibility of a ''sell
out."
The treacherous conduct and per
fidy of certain members of the
party at the election last fall were
severely criticized in the following
resolutions which were unanimous
ly adopted:
Whereas, the members of the
standing committee representing
the Democracy of Columbia county
are this day in convention assem
bled. And whereas, the voices and
votes ot our representatives Hon.
William T. Creasy and Hon. John
G. Harman have always been found
with the rights of the people and
for such laws as would benept all
the people during the session of the
last Legislature.
And whereas, Hon. R. Scott
Ammerman, representative of Mon
tour county, has always lent his
voice and vote with the measures
introduced which would tend to
give equal justice to all people.
Therefore, be it
Resolved, That recognizing
services of our members of
Legislature, Hons. William
Creasy and John G. Harman,
do this day most heartily commend j which
them fur the legislative record they ; E. W
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only SI ul ill Screen which cn lie locked at
niyht.
Also a full line of Screen Honrs from 75
cents to 1.50 including Hinges, Hook and
F.ye and Knob.
For Sale by
J. Q. Wells.
merman in the last legislature and
recommend him to the voters of
Pennsylvania as a candidate for
Judge of the Superior Court ; pledge
to him our united support and in
struct our delegates to use ill hon
orable mea'ns to secure his nomina
tion. Ana it is further
Resolved, That it is the sense of
the Columbia County Democracy to
nominate only one candidate for
Judge of the Superior Court at the
coming state convention.
Whereas, self styled Democrats
have taken active part in the organi
zation of the Democratic party, and
have assisted iu the naming of
candidates and otherwise made
themselves conspicuous iu the man
agemeut of the party, prior to the
election, but who on or before the
day of election used their utmost
endeavors to defeat the Democratic
ticket, which they helped to form,
thus violating the rules of the De
mocratic party and the established
usages of party affiliations, proving
traitors to the time honored rule,
viz: That he who enters a caucus
or convention of a party and assists
in the nomination of a candidate is
in duty bound thereafter to vote
for such a candidate, and use his
best efforts to assist in his election.
Be it therefore
Resolved, That we deprecate and
condemn this violation of the rules
and usages of the party, and stigma
tize such persons as sneaks and
traitors, and hereby declare that
such persons are unfit to be mem
bers of any political organization
whatsoever, and that the Democra
tic party owes it to its loyal voters
to exclude from its councils all per
sons who have thus betrayed it.
Mr. Creasy, in a stirring speech,
offered the following resolution
which was adopted :
Resolved, That our state dele
cates use all honorable means to
secure a plank iu the Democratic
state platform to allow trolley roads
to carry freight.
Kusignatiou Aoceptod-
At a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Young Men
Christian Association held Satur
day eveuinir the resignation of
Secretary U. Grant Morgaiu was
the accented. Mr. Murgain, will there
the ; fore retire from the secretaryship on
T. I the 20th of this month, and take
we 1 hold of the confectionery business,
he last week purchased from
Woolsey
have made and pledge them a
united support in their behalf. And
Resolved, That we also recognize
the services of Hon. R. Scott Am-
The vacancy will in all probabili
ty be filled by the State Board, or
they will at least recommend a man
for the position,
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Prices?
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3 for 1 Trading Stamps
Friday, and Saturday.
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