8 THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUROPA. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOO..iSBURG, PA. THURSDAY, DKCKMHKH 19, 1007 THE CONTESTED ELECTION. Muring In the Proceedings to Oust Judge Krickbaum. A hearing was held before Judge Evan9 on Wednesday m the pro ceedings instituted to contest the election of Associate Judge Wil liam Krickbautn at the recent elec tion. It will le reniemliered that the latter was declared elected by a majority of 3 1. Geo. M. Hughes, the defeated Republican candidate, represented bv C. C. Yettcr, Ksq., claims that owing to irregularities in the vote in Mifflin township, Whitney Hess persisting in serving as judge of election in place of the regularly elected officer, the entire vote should be thrown out. This would make sufficient change in the entire vote to give Hughes a majority. The petition was filed during court and the iSth fixed for a hear ing. Judge Krickbautn, represent ed by Fred Ikeler, Esq., has filed his answer, which is as follows: krickbavm's answer. William Krickbaum, respondent In above proceedings, reserving to himself the right to object and ex cept to the many errors in said pe tition contained, and to the juris diction of the said Court to enter tain the same, makes answer there to as follows: 1st That the facts set forth in the first and second paragraphs of said petition are true. 2nd That respondent denies "that the said election of the said William Krickbanm to said office was undue and illegal and the re turn thereof not correct." That the facts alleged in ;;;rM petition as reasons why said election was ille gal, not being set forth in separate . paragraphs, consecutively number ed, the respondent cannot make answer nec.rliii; to specific para graphs, but for general answer to the state'v."!!t- in said petition, he answers as follows: That in the election district of the township of Mi.Hiii, in said county, at the general election held November ;, William Krick baum received 107 votes and Geo. M. Hughes received 30 votes for the office of Associate judge; that the said votes were all cast by le gal voters of the said district, with out any fraud, mistake, discrimina tion or improper conduct whatso ever, and thai the result of the election in said district of Mifflin township, wherein and whereby William Krickbaum received 107 votes and George M. Hughes re ceived 39 votes, for the said office of Associate Judge, was not chang ed, altered or affected by any act, manner or thing, on the part of the persons who constituted the elec tion board in said district, and your Respondent hereby especially de nies that there was any fraud, de ceit, mistake or conduct upon the part of said election officers iu re ceiving, counting, returning and certifying the votes cast iu said election district, or that said votes were illegallytaud fraudulently cast, received, counted and returned; and the Respondent further denies that any act of any of the election officers of the district in any way gave him any undue advantage in the election or resulted in his re ceiving more votes, or the said Hughes less votes, than were in fact received, counted and returned us aforesaid. 3rd. The Respondent further specially denies "That many voters by the fraudulent and illegal con duct of the election board, were prevented from voting and that the actual result of the election in Col umbia County for Associate Judge was changed by the false, deceitful and fraudulent conduct of the elec tion board, and especially of said All Humors Are Impure mutters which the skin, liver, klrineyt anil other organs cannot take care Of without help. rimplos, bolls, eczema and other erup tions, loss of appetite, that tired feeling, bilious turns, fits of indigestion, dull bead aches and many other troubles are due to them. They are removed by Hood's Sarsaparilla In usual liquid form or In chocolated tablets known as 6f tab. lOOdoaw. Two Large Sior.cs Passed From Bladder. John .Tnlirinton, of "10 E. 2d 8t, l'Uintti'iil,iN. J., who fur over 14 yciua hiitf hem tux collector of that city, wrltfi: "About throe J'i'urH ii(-o I Iici;:im to miller wlttl titvwlful itniim in mv kidney.. I Wh? uInu ut limes very biliou.,bllt my moht HurioiiH trouDiu wtw wita try water. Somi'timei I could Lurilly i.uss It. anil when I did It wan Mtendril uith iiumt excru- ciutinu tmiim. Notliini; helped .t mi' in.il 1 l.c(;au to di-spiilr. I de- i - ciaea to try DR. KENNEDY'S Whitney I less who illegally acted as judge thereof," but on the other hand your Respondent avers that the action of said Whitney Hess in acting as judge of the election in no way affected, changed or altered the result of said election, or aided or diminished the number of votes received by the Respondent or Geo. M. Hughes. 4th. For further answer to the statements alleged in the petition your Respondent avers that at the Feburary election, 1907, in said district of Mifflin, one A. K. John son was duly elected as judge of the election, to serve for the en suing year," but at the next follow ing election of the district, to wit, the June Primary election, the said A. K. Johnson did not attend, and that thereupon the Inspector who had received the highest number of votes appointed Whitney Hess as the judge of election, in the place of said Johnson, who thereupon took the oath in the manner and form as prescribed by law for that purpose, and acted as judge during said June election, that on the1 morning of Nov. 7th, 1907, the j said Whitney Hess appeared at the I polling place in said Mifflin town- j ship election district, and at the ' opening of said election continued to act as judge thereof by virtue of j his previous appointment ; and that afterwards the said A. K. Johnson ' also appeared at the polling place and demanded to be sworn in as judge of election, which demand was refused by the remaining mem bers of the election board, acting uj)ou the beliet that the previous appointment of the said Whitney Hess and his previous action under such appointment constituted him the legal judge of election ; that the said v hitney Hess assisted 111 receiving the votes cast at said poll ing place and in counting the same, and signed the return thereof, but your Respondent denies that his action in that respect was fraudu lent, false, deceitful or in the least degree prejudicial to the rights of George M. Hughes, as a candidate at said election, but on the other hand avers that the action of Whit ney Hess as a judge of said elec tion and of the remaining members of the election board in refusing the request of A. E. Johnson to be sworn and act as judge, did not have the effect of changing a sin gle vote cast at the election, or .of depriving any elector who desired to vote of his free and untramelled right so to do, nor did it affect in the least degree the result of the election. 5th. Your Respondent admits that the petition of one C. E. Whitenight, a copy of whi.h is set forth in the petition of the contest ants was presented to the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia Coun ty, on November 9, 1907, and that the Court made an order thereon as set forth in said petition, but de nies that these facts, or any of thetn are material or relevant to the present proceedings." The answer concludes with a prayer that the petition be dismiss ed and discharged. A number of witnesses were call ed, and after the hearing and argu ment, the Judge took the papers. In Asylum for Thirty-Five Yen. William Jones, the first patient admitted to the Hospital for the In sane at Danville, who is still at the institution, is dying, says the Dan ville News. The patient in ques tion has a remarkable record. Not only was William Jones the first patient admitted to the hospit al at Danville, but he spent twenty years in the Hospital for the Insane at Harrisburg before he was incar cerated at the Danville institution. Altogether he has been a charge of Montour county for a period of fifty-five years. He was. committed to the Hospital for.' the Insane at Danville in December, 187a, thirty five years ago. He has cost Mon tour county annually $91. ?5, or a total of $5,081.75 for the thirty-five years he was a charge. In view of the patient's approach ing death the hospital authorities instituted an inquiry concerning his antecedents and relatives. In the case of a patient's death it is al ways customary to notify the rela tives when these can be found to the end that they may come forward and claim the body. During the thirty-five years in which William Jones has been a patient at tha hospital he has never caused any trouble. He has always been quiet and easily ninnaged. AVORITE REMEDY fori heard to much about lit pood rcnnlt. It helped na So that I kept it ui "'"1 now i have not taken tuj for a year uiiUiini in koo'I hiialili. 1 never have any paioa, uiy appi tite in guod, and my old btllou. s.M baa left me. Hurir.f; llio tiimt I wu tak ing l?'vorlt l.'iiit(ly 1 m..nl (wo quite) large atone., nnit J littvo nover Lena trou bled with UiT bltt.liUir alure." Write to Dr. David Kennedy' Bona, Hondout, N. T. for a free Billable Loiiluor Or. David Kennedy's Fa,vorlleIlemety,the great Kidney, Liver and Wood. USdlciue, large bottle il,00, at all UruwlaU. Chicago Short Line. Directors of the New York, Pitts burg & Chicago Railway, the pro posed short trunk line through Pennsylvania, projected by J. P. Ramsey, Jr., former president of the Wabash, authorized the send ing out of five corps of engineers for a revision of the line between Pittsburg and the summit of the Allegheny mountains. This is pre paratory to the beginning of actual work on the project next spring. The directors elected Mr. Ramsey president of the company, and ac tual operations will be under his di rect supervision. According to re ports made to the directors, recon naissance through the mountains shows that the maximum eastbound grade to the summit of the Alleghe ny mountains, at Sandy Ridge, can be reduced to 16 feet to the mile. This can be accomplished, it is claimed, with a decided improve ment iu the curvature, and in a dis tance of 108 miles, compared with 183 miles on the Pennsylvania, at a point directly south of and a little east of Tyrone. Coming west the Ramsey line, it is averred, will have a maximum grade of 70 feet to the mile for eight miles, the remainder being 20 feet to the mile. In the 108 miles to the summit the Ram sey line will have, it is claimed, a less total curvature than on the first 50 miles out of Pittsburg ou the Pennsylvania. The total distance on the New York, Pittsburg & Chicago to Suubury, on the Sus quehanna River, is 183 miles, and it the Reading system is used from that point to New York, the total distance from Pittsburg to the me tropolis will be 383 miles, compared with 440 miles, the distance on the Pennsylvania. U. S. Court Sessions May be Held at Sunbury. Sessions of United States court are to be held in Sunbury in the near future and in connection there with the town is in line for a hand-. some new government building. These facts were learned from United States District Attorney C. B. Witmer, recently, who mailed a supplement to an act of assembly creating the middle district court of Pennsylvania to United States Sen ator Penrose, which will provide for sessions of the United States district and circuit courts in Sun bury. At these sessions all busi ness will be transacted with the ex ception of cases which have to be tried by jury. This means thut it will be but a short time until a government building will be located in Sunbifrv and the United States court will meet there, the same as it meets at Williamsport, Harris burg and Scrauton, and transact all regular court business. , . m ELECTION NOTICE. The nmiunl mcetinR of the stockhold ers of the Bloomsburg National Bank, of bloomsburg, Pa., for the election of directors for the ensuing year, will bo liclil at their banking room, Tuesday, January 14th, 1908, between the hours of 11 and 13 a. ni. VM. II. HIDLAY, l2-l2-4t Cashier. ELECTION NOTICE. The annual meeting of the Stockhold ers of The Fanners National Bank of Bloomsburg, Pa , for the election of Di rectors will take place at their banking room, Tuesday. January 14th. IqdS, be tween the hours of 2 and 4 p. m. M. MILLEISEN, 12-5-4L Cashier. ELECTION NOTICE. The annual meeting of the policy hold ers of the Kriarcreek Farmers' Mutuul Insurance Company of Lime Ridge, l'a., will be held at the ball of Centre Grange No, 5( P. of II. on Tuesday, January 14th, njoS between the hours of 10 a. m, and 2 p. ni. for the election of twelve Directors to serve fur the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before said meeting. II. II. BROWN, 12-12-te. Secretary. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Kstnle of Martha F. Iltirtmnv, late of Vlooms- Notice is hereby given that letters tes tamentary on the estate of Martha F. Hartman. late of Bloomsburg, County of Columbia, Pa., have been granted to A. N. 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