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HLOOMSRURG, PA., THURSDAY FEBRUARY no, 1D0S.
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THE TOWN ELECTION.
The election in Bloomsburg pass
ed oft quietly on Tuesday. The
vote was not a full poll, though of
very good proportions.
The following is the vote cast for
the several offices:
PRESIDKNT OF TOWN COUNCIL.
1st 2d 3d 4th Tot
Phillips. R m 104 Ml 85 430
Coleman, 1) 155 170 '2tt'2 181 714
MliMUEKS OF COUNCIL.
Stinor, U HO 7i 179 845 BSlj
IVily, 11 7H 27H 1! 64 50?i
Zoi-lor, U HI 7ir 215 l 44
Union, I) 114123 3 262 ht!:!J
Niivlor, I) 1HH 223 150 1)5 (155
Ui-lWr, I) 00 70 153 1IW 4sl
Fishu- In.l.. .. 7 21 112 60 l!(l
Kunyoii. lVo...lr!ll 14J 215 155 fl.SS
iWel, CwaC.llMlj l'-4 140 100 OiMiJ
Magee 3'J4J 332J 218 111 10HU
SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
Urown, It MS 103 i!2H 132 081
Meiver. 1) 104 1S2 243 101 7U0
CONSTABLE.
Whitpnlght,n.l3 120 155 00 41)8
But., I) 15 1 200 202 210 82U
AUDITOR.
Burton, K 197 222 2;2 150 807
(Sands, H 71 110 212 U7 4!J0
Freeze, 1) 122 140 233 2"ty 740
Btroh, I) 1211 !)1 184 174 670
REGISTRY ASSESSORS.
E. Myero, It.. ..107 107
W. Barrett, D..U7 117
It. MonK R... Ml 101
Hweppenh'r, 1) 11K) li0
M. Lewis. It... 211 211
I). K Veis,I 144 144
C. Kiwhner, It. 110 110
Roy Oirton. D. 154 154
JUDGE OF ELECTION.
T. E. Kami, R. 68 68
C.L Pi-nsyl. D.M3 103
W K.DIet'ck H 124 124
Geo. Hi'llK, It... 130 13U
W. H.Webb, H 221 221
G. B. Murtlii.D 12S 128
K. Heawwk, It. 63 63
John Fry, I).... 1U6 190
INSPECTOR.
F. B.Rupert. It..lll 111
CU.Furman,P112 112
JoH.Uarrirton.R 148 148
KH.JoIum'n D 110 110
W.KKhalterH 187 187
E.J.Stetler, I 148 148
J W. Bancln It 64 64
H. Knorr, D... 18 189
The handsome vote received by
James Magee is a high compliment
to him, especially so as his name
was not printed on the ballots, so
that his friends had to write his
name or use a sticker. His vote
was 1089, the highest by several
hundred on the ticket. This vote
shows that Mr. Magee's course
since he has been a member of the
council has met with the hearty
approval of a large majority of the
voters.
C. W. Runyan was also an inde
pendent candidate, and he, too was
endorsed by a handsome vote. He
has been on the council for several
years, and is a valuable member.
John Deily and J. E. Zeigler,
Republicans, were defeated, and
the council will stand now, II . C.
Rulou, A. B. Naylor, Democrats;
Jacob Stiner, Republican; Arthur
Pursel, Coca Cola; James Magee,
Independent; C. W. Runyan, Peo
ples, with James II. Coleman,
Democrat, President. Only one
Republican on the regular ticket
was elected to council.
J. C Brown and J. H. Mercer
were re-elected school directors
without opposition and H. S. Bar
ton, P. H. Freeze and A. H. Stroh
were elected auditors and Miles
Betz constable.
Surrendered Himself;
Frauk Kablc, a rural mail carrier
of Pottsville, has surrendered him
self to Justice P. ' J. Martin for the
murder of his own baby, twenty
five years ago by drowning it in
Mahantongo creek. He said the
matter has prayed on his mind so
much that he felt compelled to confess.
ACCOUNTS
THE
J. R. FOWLER DEAD.
After an illness of several weeks
Jeremiah R. Fowler passed away
at his home on East First street
last Saturday morning at a quarter
01 three o clock, lie was at first
seized with an acute attack of
rheumatism, and was apparently
improving, when pneumonia de
veloped, and he gradually failed
until the end came
His age was fifty-five years, and
he leaves a widow and one daughter,
Mrs. Geo. Wright, to survive him.
Mr. Fowler formerly resided at
Pine Summit where he was cugag
ed in the distillery business. For
some years he was prominent in
the Democratic politics of the
county, and in 1893 he was elected
county treasurer, which position
lie tilled tor the term of three years
Upon assuming this office he moved
to Bloomsburg where he has resid
ed ever since.
Upon retiring from office, he in
partnership with the late Peter A.
Kvans, purchased the Bloomsburg
Opera House, which he has con
ducted up to a few weeks -ago,
when he leased it to VV. R. Coff-
man. He fitted up a restaurant on
the first floor, known as the Grand
Restaurant, and conducted that un
til two years ago. He also leased
and fitted up Columbia Park, aud
managed it for a year or two, and
then sold it to the Columbia &
Montour Trolley Co. He secured
the contract for paving Main street
with brick, and completed the work
last year. He was one of the or
ganizers of the Bloomsburg Brew'
ing Co.
Mr. Fowler was a member of the
F.Iks, and his funeral took place on
1 uesday afternoon at two o clock,
the services being in charge of that
order. The pall bearers were Dis
trict Attorney C. A. Small, Sheriff
C. B. Ent, Mayor James H. Cole
man, Hon. Jhn G. Harman, A
J. Evans and Anthony Menzbach
A beautiful solo was sung by Miss
Letson of the Normal School
There were many beautiful floral
tributes.
Rev. H. C. Munro, pastor of the
Baptist church at Jerseytown, con
ducted the religious services.
SECOND BAND CONCERT.
The Citizen's Band will give
their second concert of the reason
in the Normal Auditorium, March
and. The affair will be under the
auspices of the Philo Society, and
the program promises to be an in
teresting one, appealing as it does,
to all tastes. It will include such
pumbers as the "Pilgrim's Chorus"
from Tannhauser by Wagner, the
"Crown Diamonds" Overture by
Auber, aud also embrace such num
bers as the extremely popular
"Merry Widow" waltz, a comic
opera selection on "The Royal
Chef," etc. Mr. C. O. Skeer will
sing the "Toreador" song from
Carmen and there will be a violiu
selection by Mr. Escanaverino.
The t !icert is under the musical
direction of Chas. P. Elwell and
management of E. M. Savage.
WHEELMEN'S BANQUET.
The third annual banquet of the
members of the Bloomsburg Wheel
man's Club will be held at the Ex
change Hotel on Friday eveuing,
February 2ist at 9 o'clock. The
committee having the matter in
charge are Frauk B. Rupert, John
A. Whitney, and Harry S. Barton.
Those who will respond to toasW
are Hon. John G. Harman, J. C.
Brown, S. C. Creasy, F. B. Hart
man, J. M. Clark, II. Mont. Smith
and others. The post of toast mas
ter will be filled by Geo. E. Elwell.
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THE BLOOM BALLOTS.
As something has been said in
some of the town papers about an
error that was discovered in the
printing of the Bloom ballots, it
may be well for the public to know
just how much, or rather how little
there was of it.
Charles W. Runyon filed his pa
pers as a candidate for town coun
cil, with his name spelled as above.
In making out the copy for the
printer the name was spelled with an
a instead of an o, a very natural mis
take, as there are a number of peo
ple in this county of that name
who spell it with an a.
Sometime during the printing
the u dropped out, and when re
placed was put in upside down,
making the name read "Rnnyan."
This was discovered on Monday
afternoon about four o'clock, the
ballots which had been delivered
were gathered in, the printers got
busy, and at half past nine the
Bloom ballots were all reprinted
and delivered to the commissioners.
There is scarcely a county in the
state where such errors have not
occurred. Last year the ballots
for the entire county of Luzerne
had to be reprinted on account of
some mistake in them. In this
county very few errors have occur
red, and when they have happened
it has been the fault of the person
filing the papers, and not the fault
of either the commissioners or the
printer.
There are probably from twelve
to fifteen hundred names to write
and print on the February ballots,
and the wonder is that more errors
are not made, especially where
some of the papers filed have names
misspelled. For instance, one pa
per had "Thomas" spelled "toni
as," and another had "Croop"
spelled "Crmpe," and these are
only samples of the many errors.
It is not so much the fault of
those who make out the certificates
of nomination for the several town
ships, as it is the fault of the cum
bersome and imcomprehensible
election laws under which we are
new working, that mistakes are
made in filing the papers.
USE OF NORMAL AUDITORIUM.
There have been so many appli
cations for the use of the Normal
Auditorium for public entertain
ments that the Trustees have been
obliged to draw the line, as the
use of the hall for outside purposes
interferes with work of the school.
At the meeting of the Board last
Monday night the question of al
lowing the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution the use of the Audi
torium was brought up and discus
sed and the following resolution
was passed.
The Daughters of the Anerican
Revolution having made all neces
sary preparations and arrangements
to give an entertainment in the
opera house for the purpose ot rais
ing money to pay the debt incurred
in providing the marker for the site
of Fort McClure, and since such
arrangements were made the opera
house has been declared unsafe by
the Factory Inspector of this dis
trict; therefore,
Resolved; That the request to
have the use of the Normal Audi
torium in which to give this enter
tainment must be granted upon the
condition that they pay the neces
sary expense for heat, light and
janitorship. And further
Kesolved; That hereafter any
application for the use of the audi
torium must be made iu writing to
the Board of Trustees as a whole
at a regular meeting of the Board
and will be granted only for strict
ly educatioual purposes in which
the Normal School has an interest.
QWtonaf QKanft
A. Z. Sciioch. President.
THE SPRING PRIMARIES.
The next important popular poli
tical movement in Pennsylvania is
the noldiug of the spring primary
election, which is fixed for the sec
ond Saturday of April in the years
of the Presidential election. As
this is a matter that concerns the
whole State', and is practically de
cisive of the latter result in Nov
ember, the Philadelphia Press gives
the following excellent summary of
the requirements of the law:
Primaries will be held in every
election district in the Common
wealth on the same clay. Candi
dates for all offices, discrict and
county, to be filed at the next
November election, will be notni
natedat those primaries. The only
exceptions are the candidates to be
named by the State convention, and
this year these will le the candi
dates for the Presidential electors,
thirty-four in number, and one
candidate for Judge of the Superior
Court. In addition delegates to
the State aud national conventions
of all parties will be chosen at the
primaries by direct vote.
There is much information that
it is useful for intending candidates
to have at this time in order to
avoid future confusion and embar
rassment. All petitions of candi
dates seeking nomination to district
Judgeships, to Congress, the State
Senate or Representatives in the
Legislature must be filed in the of
fice of the Secretary of the Com
monwealth not later than Saturday,
March 14. All petitions for candi
dates for county offices and for
delegates to State and national con
ventions must be filed in the office
of the Coiihty Commissioners not
later than Saturday, March 21.
This requirement is uniform
throughout the State; there is no
exception to it anywhere.
These petitions must be signed
by qualified electors; in the case of
candidates for Congress, Judges of
the various Courts and State Sena
tor by 200; in the case of candidat
es for the Legislature and all county
offices by fifty, aud in the case of
candidates for all other offices and
for delegates to State and national
conventions by ten. The Primary
Election law does not specially state
where the petitions of candidates
for national and State delegates
shall be filed, but the Philadelphia
Commissioners are no doubt correct
in deciding that they must be filed
with the County Commissioners.
Where national delegates are elect
ed from districts composed of more
than one county petitions must be
filed in all the counties of the dis
trict.
A BIG LAWSUIT.
The time of the court was occu
pied last week from Wednesday to
Saturday iu the trial of the case of
the Geo. M. Newhall Engineering
Co. Ltd. against the Pennsylvania
Paper Mill Co. at Catawissa, and
the receiver, James B. Watsou.
The suit was brought to recover a
balance of $14,000 claimed to be
due the plaintiff lor machinery in
stalled. C. W. Miller and O. B.
Mellick were the local counsel for
the plaintiff, and with tnem was
associated Col. Sheldon Potter of
Philadelphia, formerly Director of
Public Safety of that city. Fred
Ikelerand H. S. Knight of Sun
bury represented the defendants.
The defense set up was that the
machinery did not come up to the
specifications, and failed to do the
work it was guaranteed to do. The
jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff for $8000. Both sides
have moved for a new trial.
R. J. Ruhl has purchased the
Joseph Ratti property on Fifth
street. It is a fine home.
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CORNER.
EXPLOSION SHATTERED CAR
WINDOWS.
As the Buffalo Express on the
Lackwanna Railroad, which left
New York Tuesday morning at ten
o'clock was oassinc Netcone. N. T..
a powder mill a half mile away ex
ploded, shattering tne windows ot
the train, and iujuring thirty or
more passengers by the flying glass.
Mrs. Geo. E. Elwell was one of
the passengers in the parlor car at
the end of the train. Three win
dows were broken on the side op
posite the explosion, but no one
was injured except from nervous
shock.
Mrs. Tohn S. Williams was in a
day coach, and in that car nearly
every window was shattered and
many of the passengers hurt. Mrs.
Williams escaped with two slight
cuts on her face. Physicians were
telegraphed for, at the next town,
and the wounds of the injured were
dressed. Two men we:e so badly
cut that they were removed from
the train at Washington.
The train reached Scranton two
hours late, and the Bloomsburg
passengers arrived home at 8:45 in
the evening.
Woman Dropped Dead.
Ida Blackmore, one of the women
whose testimony in court sent the
Calabros and John Zongrove to the
penitentiary, on charges of white
slavery and Black Hand, fell dead
in West Berwick while going from
Dr. Davis' office to her home on
Tuesday afterdoon. She had sev
eral bruises on her body when she
visited the physician which she
said her husband had made. She
got some medicine to take later ou,
and started for home, and while
going across a field was seen to fall
and carried to a nearby house. A
physician who was called pronoun
ced her death instantaneous. The
husband says she received the
bruises by falling down stairs.
Henry Kindt of Mordansville,
died at the Joseph Ratti Hospital
this morning from appendicitis aud
gangrene of the bowels. He was
aged 49 years, and leaves a family
consisting of his widow aud eight
children. He had resided at Mor
dansville all his life.
SEWS
o3
JUDGE GEORGE C. DUY.
On Sunday, February 9th Albert
W. Duy Esq. received a telegram
stating that nis father, Judge Geo.
C. Duy, had been stricken with
paralysis at Cincinnati, Ohio. He
started at once but before he reach
ed there his father had passed away.
Judge Duy's home was in Terre
Haute, inpiana, but he was visit
ing in Cincinnati at the time of his
death. His age was eighty years.
He has visited in Bloomsburg, and
will be remembered as a tall court
ly gentteman, of most affable man
ners and strong intellectual powers.
The members of the bar of his
county passed resolutions which,
recognize him as a lawyer of pro
minence and ability, and as an ac
complished christian gentleman.
National Guard at Gettysburg.
The annual encampment of the
National Guard of Pennsylvania
next summer will probably be held
at Gettysburg. The major general,
governor, adjutant general and
thiee brigadier generals will meet
shortly and decide the matter, aud
it is said that Gettysburg will be
selected.
General J. P. S. Gobin, former
major general of the division, aud
also the solicitor of the Cornwall
and Lebanon Railroad company,
which controls the Mt. Gretna site
has talked the matter over with
national guard officials and other
railroad authorities and it is agreed
that Gettysburg has been practical
ly selected.
The delay of the State authori
ties in providing for an extension
of the State rifle range property at
Mt. Gretna is partly responsible
for the encampment being held at
Gettysburg.
It can be said with authority,
however, that the plan to make the
Pennsylvania range adaptable for
interstate competitions has by no
means been given up and that there
is every prospect of the State mak
ing purchase of additional land
necessary for the placing of addi
tional ranges and buildings to ac
commodate shooters at interstate
matches.
A fine new line of Wedding in
vitations just received at this otfice.