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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.
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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. Yost, to whom all persons indebt
ed to said estate are requested to make
payment, and those having claims or
demands will make known the same
without delay.
A. N. YOST.
n-2i-6t. Executor.
Bloomsburg Souvenir Books, 48
half tone pictures, 25 cents, at the
Columbian office. tf.
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rented the new hotel on Main street
at the B. & S. R. R. and will move
in soon. He was formerly pro
prietor of the Ely House at Ply
mouth, and is a half-brother ot D.
J. Donovan of the Exchange Hotel
at Benton.
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