The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, July 15, 1909, Image 1
ffilr ft Mil BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY JULY 15, 1909. NO 28. Aw in ii, in 11 111 I III III WHEN YOU WANT TO? Open a bank Account Have a Check Cashed Borrow Money, or Make an Investment CALL ON THE OLD RELIABLE The Farmers National Bank OF BLOOMSBURG. Capital, 860.000 Surplus 8100,000 J M. CHEVEUNG, Pres. M. MILLEISEN, Cashier. DIRECTORS J. L. MOYRR W. L. White N. U. Funk C. W. Runyon 3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. SYSTEM OF 'UMPIRES CHANGED. Game With Bloom lo Bo Played Over-Meeting ot Managers. A meeting of managers of the Susquehanna league was held at Bloomsburg Sunday atteruoon at which important action was taken, which promises to remove some of the causes of friction which pre viously existed. The meeting primarily was held for the purpose of changing the umpire system. All the managers were present, along with Fred A. Steiber, president of the league. It was decided that hereafter on ly one umpire shall officiate during a game. The staff of umpires is as follows: Fisher, Nauticoke; Swee ny, Alden; Remalty, Shickshinny; Hagenbuch, Bloomsburg. Jones of Nanticoke and Yerrick, of Danville, were selected as substitutes. It was provided that none of the umpires are to officiate in the towns in which they reside or have an interest. The umpires shall be paid five dollars a game and seven dol lars for a double header. The um pires are to bear their own expens es. STEIBER RESIGNS. Fred A. Steiber, president of the Susquehanna league, lenuereu ma rociurnatinn fmsicMiiucr business en gagements as a reason. His resig nation was accepted to take effect at the last of July. DANVIILLE'S PROTEST. Danville's protest to the game played at Bloomsburg on July 5th taken tin. Without taking a vote on the subject Manager Titel, of the Bloomsburg team made the proposition that the game De piay- ed over. To tins proposition o man K. Hoffmau. manager of the Danville team, acquiesced. It was Ac(pA thnt the came be played at Bloomsburg on some date to be agreed upon later. The protest of Danville to the Nanticoke game was laid on the table for further consideration. When this protest was taken up Manager Hoffman; of Danville, had not yet arrived. Hess, mana crr nf thp Mnnriooke team, declar eJ that no arrangement had been made that an umpire De pin on uur ing the course of the game. MAYOCK EXPELLED. Mayock, who signed with Dan ville while under contract with Shickshinny, was expelled from the league. Pitcher Reynard, who signed with Shickshinny while un der a contract with Nauticoke, was also expelled from the league. Resolution was adopted ordering that everv athletic organization or manager of same found guilty of tampering with the players o. another team be fined not more than $25 and in default of payment be expelled trom tne league. BARN BURNED. The barn connected with the New Park Hotel at Towanda was destroyed by fire last week Tuesday afternoon. Two horses were sui focated. and a quantity of hay and oats burned. The origin of the fire is a mvsterv. When first dis .covered the interior of the building was all ablaze. The hotel aud other structures were saved by the good work of the firemen. The property belongs to the estate of the late Judge El welt. There is some insurance. Dr. W. P. Eveland. formerly of town and now president of Dick iusou Seminary, underwent an op eration iu the Williamsport hospi tal last week, aiid is how convalescing. C. M. Crkveling C. A. Klkim Dr. J. J. Brown M. Milleisen MRS. WILLIAM H. G1LM0RE. Mrs. Emma Wicht Gilmore, wife of William II. Gilmore, de parted this life on Monday night at 10.30 o'clock. She was stricken with paralysis in the morning not long after eating a light breakfast, aud soon became unconscious, in which condition she passed peace fully away. She was apparently in her usual health when $he arose in the morn ing, tor some time she r.as been failing, and had had several attacks of illness. On Wednesday of last week she had a slight attack of pa ralysis but had seemingly recover ed from it. Mrs. Gilmore was a daughter of the late Mrs. Clara Wicht. She was nearly sixty-six years of age. She was greatly interested in the G. A. R. of whioh her husband is a member, and frequently attended soldiers' reunions with him. She was a staunch friend of Friend ship Fire Company, of which her husband was for many years the leading spirit. Mrs. Gilmore was a woman of most generous and kindly disposi tion. In her younger days she was the friend of those in affliction and was ever - ready to assist in cases of illness and death. - Her benevo lences were many, though her char ity was not of the ostentatious kind. She was possessed of keen humor and quick wit. The deceased was born in Allen- town, and came to Bloomsburg when two years of age, and spent the balance of her life here. Her father was born iu Germany and her mother in Allentown. In 186 she was married to Wil liam H. Gilmore, by whom she is survived, with the following chil dren: Mrs. W. B. Taylor. Mrs. Charles Wilson, Charles and Harry of Blooinsbure. and William. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Llewellyn Prosserof Ashland, end Mrs. Clara Kuapp of town. The fnueral was held this Thurs day afternoon at two o'clock, at the residence, Rev. J. W. Diggles rector of St. Paul's Church, of which Mrs. Gilmore was a mem ber, officiating. There were many beautiful floral oiieriugs. The pall bearers were Prof. G. E. Wilbur, Geo. IS. lilwell, fcsq., Harry S. Barton, Gerald Gross, Tohn Lewis and Luther Benshaw. The inter jient was made in Rose- mout cemetery. MILEAGE BOOKS GOOD AS MONEY. The Pennsylvania railroad may accept mileage the same as money hoiks will be used not only for the payment of the regular railroad fare, but for excess tare, excess baggage, cigars dinners, HrinVe tins etc.. if a plan suereest- ed by a passenger official is carried out. The new scneme was um i;nt at a rprpiit nieetintr of pas cr.wf officials and it Is believed that the new system will be inau gurated by the Pennsylvania. Should the practice of using mile age books for the payment of all trains in dining cars, etc., be adopted, it is believed that the mileage dooks wm dcwjuic more popular than ever betore. 1 m - 1 " MORE NEW MACHINERY. ailed ill the COL umbian Printing House last week a new Boston Wire omcner, This machine is used for binding pamphlets, and is capauic inz wire staples through a book a i.nif inch thick. It is the only machine of that kind and ca It has. been fully tested, and is giving eutire satistacuon. is net I 'Experience if is long rciremlitJ Experience iti lnvtir.;l, In Ini'l ncsi ventures, uric! vrn txptii ence In sclictin Pan'; rny !-c ccstly cr.J iSersf:: MIa-jI. Va.i ul'il U j pcn?Kce sr r!i WE WANT YOUK BUSINESS AND ASSURE YOU OF" CONTINUED EXCELLENT SERVICE. THER100MSBUIIG rJATIOilAyBANK ! I j BLOOMSBURG. PENNl ; ENOCH ARDEN IN REAL LIFE. Rev. John Tag g art Returned to Hemlock Townthio to Find Wifo Wedded to Another. After absenting himself from his wife find family for twenty-one years, John Taggart, formerly Rev. John Taggart, a preacher iu the Methodist Protestant church, and a modern Enoch Ardeu, turned up at the home of his wife in Hemlock township, Columbia county on Fri day, only to find that she had been married for many years to another and that her second husband, John Van Horn, was now in the county jail, serving a sentence following his conviction of a crime in which Taggart's son was ths prosecutor and which implicated Van Horn's own daughter. Now after a few days in his old home Taggart has again left for parts unknown, stat ing that the talk occasioned by his return was too much for him to stand. Siranger than fiction is this story, involving a one time prominent man of the cloth, aud those upon whom he depended. It was back iu the winter of 1887 and 1888 that Taggart, then an active clergyman of the Methodist Protestant denom ination, wedded Eliza Ivey, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Ivey, of Bloomsburg. To them in 1888 there was born a son, and then the tongues of the gossips began to wag, with the result that Rev. Tag gart threw up his charge and left, ostensibly to find work. From that day until Friday not a word was heard of him. His wife heard a report that he had been drowned in the Johnstown flood and never hearing of him, concluded that he had there met his fate. Thrown upon her own resources, Mrs. Tag gart came to Bloomsburg and se cured employment as a domestic in the home of C. W. Miller, Esq., and after living there for a time, became the wife of Samuel Van Horn in a ceremony iu Blooms burg June 28, 1892. After their marriage they moved to Glen Lyon where Van Horn was employed around the coal mines and two years later moved back to Hemlock township. By her mar riage to Van Horn two children were born, a daughter of fourteen summers Who figured in the recent case for which Van Horn is serving time, aud a boy seven years of age. It was with the family affairs in this condition with the husband and father in jail since the May sessions for nonpayment of a $100 fiue, that Taggart found them up on his return. Taggart said that he left his wife and baby to seek relief from troub les that were burdening him and breaking him down. He lost con trol of himself and when he finally came to himself he found that his wife had again married and rather than stir up any trouble he allow ed the matter to remain as it was and to keep his whereibouts uu kuowu. He would not have re turned now, he stated, had he not learned of the trouble his family have been having and he felt it was his duty to render them any assistance in his power. During all those years, he stated, he had no communication with his wife and she supposed him dead and knew nothing to the coutrary until he walked into the nouse last Fri day. When asked where he had been all these twenty-one years he re plied that it would be impossible to ll j; .'; -n 1 j easily gabs J but yA I ' r ll "-.'J - ' -tmmoii. 1.0 - -.. - . trr-r I rTrnil.rr v&ur ,V. ',V .' V '-n MRS. MARTIN RANDALL. Mrs. Martin Randall died at her home on Catharine street last Sat urday night, having beeu stricken with paralysis at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Her age was nearly 79 years. She was a member of the Evangelical church. Six months ago her husband broke his hip by a fall, and ban been confined to his bed since that time. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Mrs. Solomon Hursh with whom she resided, and Mrs. M. H. Rhodes, of Eighth street A sister Mrs. Rebecca Stroh, of Selinsgrove, and two grand children also survive. The funeral was held on Tues day afternoon, Rev. E. B. Bailey officiating. TENDERED A BANQUET. Having resigned as Principal of the Benton schools, Prof. E. E. Beare and wife have departed from Benton. Before leaviug he was teudered several banquets by hts admiring friends, the last one being on Monday evening. He was popular as a teacher and as a man, and his departure from Benton is generally regretted. Prof, and Mrs. Beare spent Tuesday with County Supennten dent aud Mrs. Evans and from here left for their home. HOSPITAL MONEY UNCERTAIN. The hospital authorities are yet in the dark as to whether the $5 ,ooo appropriation bill, sigued by Governor Stuart at the close cf the last session of the Legislature, will be availabte for the hospital with out the necessity of railing $10,000 here, and an effort will soon agaiu be made to ascertain the exact facts in the matter. An efiort with that end iu view was made some time ago, but no definite information was obtained. AGED WOMAN DEAD. Mrs. Delilah Hagenbuch died at the home ot ler daughter, Mrs. 11. L. Vanderslice, in centre town shin, on Tuesdav. aeed 70 vears She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Vanderslice. and Mrs. W. E. Creasv of Esov. and two brothers. William and Harvey Creveling of Bloomsburg. The funeral was held this after noon from her daughter's home, and the services coucluded at Hidlay church, where the remains were buried. tell, as be had jeen almost every wherenorth, south, tast and wrtt even as far as Honolulu. He fol lowed the trade of painting and pa per hanging and had preached from time to time. It was his pur pose, he stated, to take his family to some section of the country where they were not known and strt life over again, as the chil dren had 110 future before them in this section of the country under the condition of things. To this arrangement Mrs. Taggart, or Van Horn, has agreed. Taggart came to Bloomsburg Sunday evening and took the D. L. & W. truiu for parts unknown, but stated to his wife, before go ing, that he intended making a home for her and the children else where and would then send for her. w Townsend's I 48 . 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