Imam' BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY DECEMBER 19. 1007. NO, 49. I ADDING NEW ACCOUNTS 4T THE Farmers National Bank. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $150,000. We are constantly adding new accounts and our business is increasing at a very satisfactory rate. If you have not al ready opened an account with us, we invite you to do so now. 3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. In Point of Business Success and Financial Strength this Bank Occupies Front Rank. G M. CKEVETJNft, Pres. M. MILLEISEN". Cashier. FIRST BRIDGE VICTIM FOUND. Body of A. W. Falu Takon From River on Monday Morning. Pinned under the heavy traveler in about three feet of water the body of A. W. 1'ahs, one of the men who was at work on the ill fated Mifflinville bridge when it collapsed a week ago, was discov ered Monday morning, the only body of the seven missing to be found thus far. The river has fallen about six feet at Mifflinville since the bridge accident and an increased force of workmen was employed removing the wreckage. It was not long af ter the men had started to work that the body of Fahs was seen pinned tinder the debris. This was at 8:30 o'clock. At once all efforts were concentrated upon this one spot and piece by piece the twisted iron and steel was removed until the body w.is laic ised about two hours later. The remains were easily recognizable as those of Fahs. There were but two marks on the bodv, both slight bruises on the head, which seemed to indicate that he was stunned and drowned before he regained consciousness, or that he was pinned under the wreckage and drowned before he could extricate himself. The discovery of the body of Fahs had a marked effect. The se riousness of the calamity was forced before the minds of the workmen and the sightseers as it has not been since the day of the accident. Thus far the vague term, "miss ing," has been applied to the men who lost their lives in the catastro phe now in the case of one of the men, "missing" gives place to dead." Work of removing the wreckage from the river was pushed forward steadily all day but no more bodies were found. Decided apprehension is now being felt that the bodies of the missing men will not be found under the debris, most of the work men being of the opinion that all or nearly all have been borne down the river on the flood and will nev er be recovered. A. W. Fahs was 34 years of age and was the foreman in charge of the erection of the steel work. When he took employment at Mif flinville he removed his family from York to that village. He is sur vived by a wife and child; also by liiii tnntVipr five brothers and one sister. When the bridge collapsed he was standing at the base ot tne traveler. BURGLARS CAUGHT. The burglars who broke in Ev ans' barber shop m Danville proved n hp mnn nf that town. They were arrested in Pottsvillc a few days later on a charge ot drunkenness, nnrl in their nossession were found razors, nines and other articles answering the description ot the cmrwls stolen from Kvans. A Potts ville man who had heard of the ille robberv suspected that these might be the men, and in formed the police, and word was sent to the Chief of Police at Dan ville. He and Mr. Evaus went to PntKvill? on Wednesday, and wer surprised to find that the two men were James Sheppard and Peter Rhoden of Danville. A small por tion of the goods were recovered. The men were brought to Danville on Thursday, and pleaded guilty. They are uow in jail awaiting sen tence. Bishop Darlington of the Episco pal church will be one of the speak ers at a Sunday School Meeting to be held here in the Methodist Church on April 6th. COLLEGE PROF. LEAPS TO DEATH Prot. Goo. But Committed Suicide at Slate College. George Butz, head of the depart ment of horticulture at State col lege, committed suicide at 7:15 o'clock Saturday morning by leap ing from a window on the sixth floor of the main college building. He struck on the stone steps lead ing into the main entrance of the college. His neck was broken and almost every other bone in his body. Professor Butz had been in fail ing health for several months and his terrible act is directly traceable to melancholia and aberration due to his poor health. He had return ed only a few days ago from a san itarium in New York City, where he had been under treatment, though his health showed but little improvement. Saturday morning at 7 o'clock Professor Butz left his home near the college and crossing the campus he met and hailed a number of students and several of the professors. A severe snow storm prevailed at the time. So far as the students or professors observed Professor Butz showed nothing ex traordinary in his actions. Professor Butz, at that moment, doubtless had the plan for his self destruction formed. He went into the main college building and di rectly to the sixth floor, where, trom a window overlooking the col lege and the campus, he leaped in to .space. Nobody, so far as is known, saw him drop, but his mangled, broken body was found on the great stone steps of the col lege a very few minutes after he was met by the students on the campus. He had been a member of the faculty of State college for ovtr twenty years and was considered one of the best authorities on horti culture in Pennsylvania. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. The Danville Morning News makes a good suggestion about Christmas shopping. It says: The are two way of doing your Christmas shop ping one way is good aud wise and the other isn't. The way that isn't good and wise is to start out blindly, in a haphazard way to do the shops with the hope that some thing suitable will turn up in the course of your wanderings. The other way to decide at home upon some definite idea and then start out for the store of the most pro gressive shopkeeper who handles the line you have in view and you are pretty sure to be better satisfied and you won't get nearly so tired and worn out. MUST CLEAN PAVEMENTS. On Monday Street Commissioner Josiah Giger, acting under orders from the President of Town Council had the snow removed from the pavements of nineteen property owners who had failed to comply with the ordinance. Twenty per cent, will be added to the cost as a penalty. CHICKENS FOR JAPAN. T? Tifpufrv will shin this I V " i week two coops ot wnue riymouwi Rock chickens to R. Gross, Tokio, Japan. There will be ten chickens, and the express charges will be $48. It will be five weeks before they reach their destination. SOLDIERS' MONUMENT. The county commissioners have twelve different designs for monu ments, submitted by six different parties. No choice has yet been made. COMPTROLLER'S CALL. REPORT OF THK CONDITION OK At the Close of Business December 3d, 1907. RESOURCES. Loans and Invest- ments . $536,406.50 Furniture and Fix- tures - - 8,000.00 Cash and Reserve 118,006.72 $662,413.22 $662,413.22 3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits WE RESPECTFULLY SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS. Wm. H. Hidl'AY, Cashier. A.Z. Sciioch. President. FIRE CHIEF ELECTED. The election for Chief Engineer of the Fire Department was held in the Town Hall on Monday night. Mayor Coleman acted as judge of election. There are 229 firemen in the different companies in good standing, but only 99 votes were cast. The contest was between Lewis Coira and F. R. Drake, both of the Rescues, for Chief. The vote was as follows: Coira, 54; Drake, 45. For 1st Assistant C. C. Funnan of the Winonas defeated William East man; Otto Kemper of the Libert js defeated Charles Hyssong for 2nd Assistant, and John W. Lewis of the Friendship was elected 3rd As sistant without opposition. It was a very quiet election. THE BRIDGE DISASTER. Up to this time 110 more bodies of victims of the Mifflinville bridge disaster have been recovered. Search is being made along the river by two men employed by the York Bridge Co. and it is said it will be coutinued down as far as Sunbury. A thorough investigation of the cause of the disaster is promised, and Deputy Coroner John R. Sut ton of Berwick has empanelled the following jury : R. W. Smith, aud Thomas Auten, Mifflin ; Clarence Stevens and Frank Aul, Blooms burg ; I. W. Mather and O. E. Leteer, Berwick. The time for a hearing has not been fixed. TRAMPS. During the past two weeks an unusually large u umber of "tour ists" have been in town. Some of them bear the earmarks of the genuine hobo, but others look as though they might be what they say they are, men looking for work. Some of them quite well dressed have gone from house to house asking for food. Bloomsburg has not been troubled much with tramps for some time, but they are now on the increase. Some of them are the real thing, and when refused they become in solent. THE CRAFTSMAN DANCE. Elaborate preparations are being made for the ball to be given by the Craftsman Club in the Club rooms and banquet hall of Cald well Consistory Temple on the evening of Friday, December 27th. The music will be furnished by C. P. El well's orchestra of twelve pieces. A large number of invita tions have been issued to members and their friends for whom they will vouch, and at least two hun dred couples are expected. It will probably be the grandest event of the kind ever held in Bloomsburg. MEAT MARKET CHANGES HANDS. J. M. Ileddenshas sold his meat market on Centre street to Council man J. E. Zeigler, and possession was delivered last Saturday. This is the oldest stand in town, and has always borne a high reputation as a market. Mr. Zeigler is a hustler and he will no doubt keep it up to its high standard. Mr. Heddens will remove to Buffalo and engage in the meat business, having already secured a stand there. Silas Creveling, the obliging assistant, will remain with Mr. Zeigler. Miss Edna Briggs is recovering from au attack of diphtheria. LIABILITIES. Capital Stock, - $100,000.00 Surplus and Profits 47.377.40 Circulation 100,000.00 Due Banks - 6,280.33 Individual Deposits 408,755.49 DR. GILMORE COMMITS SUICIDE. Well-Known Williamsport Physician His Life with a Scalpel. Ends The Williamsport Gazette cV Bulletin of last Saturday gives the following account of the death of Dr. William J. Gilmore. The de ceased was a son-in-law of Ernest H. Sloan of Orangeville. The article follows : The news of the suicide Friday afternoon of Dr. Thomas J. Gil more, ex coroner of Lycoming cou.ity, Las shocked the entire city. Mental aberatiou, following a long illness from which the prominent young physician had recovered only a few months ago, is advanced as Hie cause of his self-destruction. With a keen scalpel hecut his throat while standing in the cellar of his office. lie was louud lifeless short ly after the noon hours lying face downward in a pool of blood. Dr. Gilmore and his wife occu pied a flat above his office. During Thursday night he suffered severely from illness and at an early hour in the morning Dr. Ilardt was called in. He was asleep when the doc tor arrived and his pulse Was nor mal. At about 9 o'clock he was able to go to his office, where he looked after his patients aud seem ed to feel all right again. A little after 12 o'clock the continued ring ing of the telephone caused Mrs. Gilmore to go to the office. She was joined there by a caller, Mrs. William Scott, of William street, who accompanied her to th; cellar wheu her suspicions led her there to investigate. In the office wete the doctor's coat aud hat and surgi cal case, from which the scalpel was missing. Mrs. Gilmore aud her frieud, Mrs. Scott, made the distressing discovery of the doctor's lifeless form on lighting their way back into a dark part of the cellar with a caudle. Beside him was the small knife that had penetrated his neck and made the fatal incision. Dr. Gilmore's surgical skill ena bled him to reach a fatal spot at one thrust of the scalpel. He severed the carotid and sub-clavian arteries on the right side of his neck and the flow of blood from these was so swift aud so copious that death came in a very short time. Mrs. Gilmore had heard her husband moving about the office not more than ten minutes before she found his body. As soon as the body was discovered the neighborhood was alarmed. Dr. Hatch was the first physician to arrive aud pronounced Dr. Gilmore dead. Undoubtedly the first cause of his suicide was the long illness that Dr. Gilmore suffered last summer. On April 16 last he married Miss Mary Lial Sloan, of Orangeville. Three weeks later he became ill with typhoid fever. Admitted to the Williamsport hospital virtually on the eve of his departure for Eu rope on a wedding trip and for atV vanced study in his profession, he improved for a time and then suf fered a relapse that threatened to cause his death any day. At the end of ten weeks he was able to leave the hospital and went to Orangeville, to recuperate. With his wife he remained there several weeks before resuming his practice. Recently he appeared to be in fair ly good health, but it is now be lieved that the long illness had left a deep impress. The doctor's wife, his father and mother all were prostrated by the shock of, his death. His father, Thomas j! Gilmore, Sr., was down town when he learned of his sou's death. He had to be assisted home in a cab. Drs. Harley and Ella N. Ritter were called to atteud Mrs. Gilmore, the mother of Dr. Gil- Gifts Worth Giving NOTHING else does quite so well for a Man's or a Boy's Christmas as something: he can wear. What he wears he'll appreciate. Man or Boy what makes so satisfactory a Christ mas Gift as a Suit, Overcoat or Rain Coat? If you do not care to invest so much, then a Hat, a Cap or any of the many things in our Toggery Depart ment. We've a host of things .that are JUST RIGHT. Our store is in Holiday attire. New styles andnew ideas will greet you at every turn. Come in and see what we can do for Him. We can settle your Christmas worry in short order. 20 Per Cent. OX ALMOST Don't Fail to Take EM GIDD Clothier, Hatter and Haberdasher. Exchange Hotel, Bloomsburg. 0 Come in and see us, we'll treat you right. more when she was overcome by the startling news of the suicide. Dr. Thomas Joseph Gilmore was born in Williamsport September 15, 1875, son of Thomas Joseph Gil more, Sr., and Elizabeth O' Conner Gilmore. In 1900 he graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and became a resi dent physician at St. Joseph's hos pital, Lancaster. He remaiued there a year before beginning his practice in Williamsport, where he speedily rose in his profession. Dr. Gilmore was affiliated with the countv. state and American Medical societies,, the Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order of Hib ernians and Benevolent and Pro tective Order of Elks. As Lycoming County Corouer, his term of office ending at the first of the present year, he won the esteem of people throughout the county. He very ably fulfilled the duties of the important office of coroner, being always careful and thorough in conducting investiga tions and at all times kindly aud considerate. He undoubtedly could have been re-elected to the office had not his rapidly growing prac tice demanded all of his time. Aside from his professional ability, Dr. Gilmore was a man of such excellent qualities as to gain him general regard. The tragic death of a young man of such promise will be sincerely regretted. THE HOLIDAY TRADE. The spirit of Christmas-tide is abroad, aud shopping is going on briskly. The stores are now at their best, and the windows and shelves are loaded with a great va riety of beautiful things for gifts The merchants of Bloomsburg, as is well known, are always in the forefront, and their stocks of goods are of such a variety of the latest things that it is unnecessary for even the most exacting person to send to the larger cities for their Christmas gifts. A visit to many of our . stores will convince every buyer of this fact. Consult the col umns of the Columbian you'll find all the up-to-date merchants bid ding tor your trade, and telling what they cau do for you. i Reduction EVERYTHING. 8 E) Advantage of It. McHENRY'S BILL. A Blow at the Paper Trust. A Washington special says that a bill to remove the tariff duties on timber, lumber, bark or wood pulp, in consonance with the recommen dation of the president's message, has been introduced in the House by Representative John G. McHen ry, the new Democratic member from the Sixteenth Pennsylvania district, who has begun his con gressional career with the distinc tion of being appointed a member of the important banking and cur rency committee. Mr. McHenry is earnestly in favor of early revision of the more iniquitous schedules of the tariff and will urge with all his power to bring this about, his pulp bill being the first step. The bill was referred to the ways and means camrrittee, which is absolutely dominated by the "stand-patters." It will there be buried for the ses sion unless the tariff revisions Re-, publicans will join with the Demo crats in a movement to force the hands of the "stand-patters" and compel them to do something for the relief of the great newspaper industry of the country from the tyrrauuy of the paper trust. SHOW WINDOW BROKEN. Four men were standing in front of J. R. Schuyler's Hardware Store last Saturday night, two of them got in an altercation. Suddenly one struck the other, knocking him in to the plate glass window, and shattering the glass. Then they all ran, three going one way and one another. Several persons heard the noise but were not near enough to recognize any of the men. Since the above was written it is said that the accident came from a friendly scuffle. The young men are reported to be making arrange ments to replace the glass. WILL AUDIT PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. Robert S. Howell, Esq., has beeu appointed by the Court au auditor to audit and adjust the ac counts of the several county officers for the year ending January 1st, 1908.
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