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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-12-05
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Condensed Telegrams Gathered At RAN
dom from Various Places.

Condensed Telegrams Gathered AZ RAN
dom from Various Places.
The Berlin National Zeitung says that
DIR. Koch has declined to accept national
money testimonial.
Gen. Miles is reported ~ regarding the
outlook 'r She Indian country ms threaten
ing Frost md snow, however. are break
ing mp the ghost dances.
Application is to be made to place The
Syracuse Journal in the hands of receiver.
and it is believed that the Hiscock- -Belden
political fight has something TO do with 1t.
The Swedish citizens of New York have
sent letter TO Secretary Tracy express
ing their gratitude at the honors shown by
the United States government to the mem
ory Of John Ericsson. mo other man."
says the letter, 'of foreign birth has been
so honored."
The chair of political economy in Har-
ward university has been offered to DR.. Ed
mund j. James, professor in the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania.
Baby Bunting" (Clara CampbelD has
won her suit against Charles Arbuckle.
the coffee merchant OF New York. The
court of last resort has affirmed the judg-
ment for $4,000 against Arbuckle.
An autopsy made Dec. on the body Of
John B. Townsend at Englewood, N. j.,
revealed bullet in his brain aud makes It
reasonably sure that he was murdered. The
autopsy was held at the instance of County
Prosecutor Campbell of Hackensack, de-
spite the vigorous protests of the dead
mems relatives. The body was taken from
their possession while the funeral services
were in progress.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-12-05
General Markets.

NEW YoRK, Dec g. FLoUR-Steady on a
fair demand; city mill extras, S5.156D540 for
West indies; Minnesota extra, x3900b.50; fine,
S2,6sd3.5O; superfine, $a1603s0.
WHEAT-Opened strong and &c. higher, and
further advanced 1ac. in the early trading Then
the market reached 1sc., and at noon was firm;
receipts, 50 800 bushels' shipments s9,767 BUSH
els; No. red winter, ST. 04. cash; do, December,
Si.ovs; do, January, slO594; do, May, S1.0714.
CoRN-opened firm at Nc advance, and at
noon was duh and unchanged; receipts, 1850
bushels; shipments, a, ,465 bushels; No. mixed,
6o13c, cash; do, December, 6o34c. do. January,
601sc.
oATs-Quiet; receipts 122,0oO bushels; ship
ments, go bushels; No. 9 mixed, cash, 5ol6c /;
May, 5lLlc
LARD Quiet; January, S6s5; February, s6.46
MoLASSES-D New Orleans, s2@4Oc
BUFTER-Steady; western creamery, fancy,
s71a02Sc.
HEESE-Steadier; western fat, 619l4c.
EGGS-Strong and higher; state fresh, ,29Ql soc. ;
western, do, 27G29c.
sUGAR-Retiued quiet; cut loaf and crushed
e8-4c.; granulated, SIC; mold A, 9 S1646l4c.
TALLOW-Duil; prime city, $50 4s4c.
CoFFEE-steady; fair Rio cargoes, ao1ae.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-12-05
BIG PHILADELPHIA FAILURE.
B. X. Jamison d Co. Go Under for $500
600 or al 600. 900.

ooo 81 200, ,OOo..
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29--The failure of
B. X. Jamison & Co., bankers and brokers,
has been announced on the Stock Ex-
change. The firm has made an assignment
to Samuel Justine Thompson. The liabil-
tiles of the firm are variously estimated at
from 100000 to 81, ,000O 600, but no figures
whatever have been given out on which to
base this estimate.
State Treasurer Boyer verifes tho report
that the state has SIS, 600 deposited with
the company. He has no fear, however.
that the state will lose the money through
the firms failure.
The only statement that could be OBJ
tanned from the firm regarding their diff
cuities was the following:
sour assignment is due to the stringency
the money market and the impossibiiity
of replacing loans called by the banks
Also To the fact that we have been COM
PEELED to sustain enterprises with which
our name has been connected"
b. X. Jamisou, the head of the firm, Is
largely interested in the Edison Electric
Light company, Of this city, being its vice
president. He Is also director in the
Fourth Street National bank, the West
philadelphia Bank aud Safe Deposit COM
psny, and the West Philadelphia Mutual
Saving Fund and Trust company
He is also treasurer of the famous Glover
club and one of its best known members.
The firm consists OF B. K. Jamison, Will
lam NJ Stewart, j. Henry Kershaw, Philip
+. Kelly and Arnold G. Plummer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-12-05

dnr We snan serurv q mrRer ann more prom.
sbsc participation In foreien trade than ve nav.
ever enjoyed. and that We shah recover A propr-
Tomato participation In the ocean carrying trasfe
o. the world.
The criticisms Of the bin that have come N ma
from foreign sources may well be rejected for re-
pu9naDcy. n these critics really believe thu In,
adoption by us 0 free trade policy, or Of tariff
rates having reference solely 10 revenue would
diminish the participation Of their own countries
In the commerce Of the world, their advocaoy and
promotion Oy speech and other forms Of organ
ised efforts OF this movement among our people
ts rare exhibition Of unseinshness in trade
And on the other hand. II they sincerely belIeve
that the adoption OF protective tariff pollcv nv
this country inures 10 their profit and our hurt Il
II noticeaby strange that they should lead tho
outcry against the authors OF policy 40 heipful
to their countrymen, and crown with their favor
those who would snatch from them a suhsta ntial
share Of a trade with other lands already made
quate TO their necessities.
There Is no disposition among any Of our people
20 promote prohibitory or retaliatory Legislation
Our policies are adopted not to the hurt of others,
but 10 secure for ourselves those advantages that
fairly grow out Of Otn favored position As A na-
ton. Our form OF government, with it's Incident
OF universal suffrage makes Il imperative that va
shall save our working people from the agtatiuns
and distresses which scanl work and wnges thai
have no margin for comfort always beget But
after all thus IL done II will be found that our
markets are open o. friendly commercial ex.
changes OF enormous value TO the other great
powers.
The president then makes an ella borate
defense of the reciprocity clauses in the
Mckinley bill, and urges congress TO pro-
ceed without delay to pass the appropria-
tion bills and a bill for apportioning mem
bers under the census of 1890 Increased
subsidies for now steamship lines are rec
commended, especially TO Australia and
the northern ports OF South America The
enactment of national bankrupt law is
urged. International copyright is recon-
mended. Postal telegraph and a survey of
the arid lands with reference to irrigation
are recommended. The message closes
with an elaborate argument 10 favor OF
the federal elections law.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-12-05

WASHINGTON, Dec 9.-Mr. Campbell IN.
- introduced in the house a joint resolu-
tion directing the secretary of the interior
TO cause 10 be made a new enumeration Of
the inhabitants Of Brooklyn A preamble
10 the resolution says that the census as
announced is s0i. ST, and complaint has
been made by the citizens of Brooklyn
against the correctness and completeness
Of this census, and it is not the duty Of tho
citizens of Brooklyn TO take and return q
census. The expense, labor and response
bility Of doing so properly deyolve on the
government, and congress is requested to
pass the resolution
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-12-05

WARRINGTON, Dec. s.-The admiral OF
the Brazilian feet gave dinner at the
Arlington hotel last night to Secretary
Tracy. II was brilliant affair Among
the other guests were the secretary of state
and the other members OF the presidents
cabinet, Senior Valente, the Brazilian min
lister; Speaker Reed, Gen. Schofeld, Ad-
miral Walker, Admiral Ghsrardi and other
officers OF the army and navy of the United
States. The Marine band was in attend
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-12-05

WEST NEWTON. Pa, Dec. 3.-Edward
Taylor and Lewis Rhoades were Instantly
killed at Suterville, on the Baltimore and
Ohio road, aud Slough Booth, father-in-
law Of Rhoades, was perhaps fatally in
jared by the West Newton coal train. The
men were miners and were returning home
from Sutervihs, when the freight train
ran them down. Taylor was single, 40
years old. Rhoades and Booth each leave
q widow and several children.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-12-05

ROCHESTER,. n. Y, Dee s-The New
York State Trotting Horse Breeders asso-
citation has elected the following officers:
President, ]. w. Day; first vice president,
II. Nd. Littel; second vice president, H. A.
Moser; third vice president, C. J. Hamlin;
secretary and treasurer, NJ. E. GerviB. A
committee was appointed to negotiate
with the Central New York Horse Breed
ers' association with a view to consoli-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-12-05

NKw YORK, Dec, 3-The Indictment
against Mrs. Eva Hamilton, charging her
with conspiracy, was recommended for dis
missal by the distri-' attorney. He claims
that the charge coilld 90 be proven now
that Mr.. Hamilton was dead, Judge MAT
tine refused to entertain the motion until
ks bad evidence to sho this state of tsess.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-12-05
The r,rh, Ax.lp., p.rnall.

LONDON, Dec S--Ths Telegraph Is not
alone IN it's opinion that there IL . good
deal OF "unconscious humor" about the
proceedings OF the Irish members In their
quarrel over the leadership. It 10 plain
that at nEeasnt . nAkzKitx sxasks A2ntnsS
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-19
Nicholson's Ruling Reversed.

Had the recent decision of the SUI
preme court, which has just been made
in the case of Palmer VS.. Shane, been
rendered four years ago it would have
saved thousands of dollars to the peo-
pie of this county. T. G. Henry & Co.
were the agents of Mr.. Palmer, who is
capitalist of Maine, to make mort
gage loans for him in this county.
They,made the loans, took the notes
and mortgages, collected the interest
and forwarded the same to Mr.. Palmer.
Mr.. NJ. A. Shane, of this county, made
a note and mortgage to Palmer Though
T. c. Henry s. Co. He had mo tran
saction with any one except 7. G.
Henry s. Co. and after the note and
mortgage were given, Henry & Co. for
warded them to Palmer. All the in
terest coupons were paid to T. G. Henry
s. Co. and when the note became due
Shane paid the principal to T. G. Henry
81 Co. But it seems that T. g. Henry
s. Co. never forwarded the money to
Palmer and when Henry s. Co. failed
Farmer sent his note and mortgage
here for foreclosure. Judge Nicholson
took the position that Notwithstanding
the fact that Mr.. Shane had done all
his business with Henry & Go. and had
had no personal transactions whatever
with Palmer, because Henry & Co. did
not have the note in their possession
at the time Shane paid them the money
it devolved upon Shane to show that
Henry & Co. had specific authority to
collect this particular note, and if
Shane failed TO do this, then, by
technical bubble of the law, Henry s.
Co., who had done all the business for
Palmer, suddenly became the agent of
Shane instead of that of Mr.. Palmer
and Mr.. Shane must bear the loss
instead of the eastern capitalist. Tie
supreme court reversed this opinion
of Judge Nicholson and says that
Henry & Co. were the agents of Mr..
Palmer, and that Mr.. Palmer and not
Mr.. Shane must look to Henry & Co.
This is simple justice. There is no
reason on earth why an eastern capital
list should be allowed to transact all his
business of loaning his money and col
lecting the interest on his loans through
Kansas loan agencies and, as soon rs
the loan agent mis-apprOpriates the
money paid to him by the borrower, be
permitted to repudiate the authority of
the agent. 1t is nothing less than
downright legal robbery. Thousands
of dollars have been lost by Kansas
farmers and many homes have been
sold under the hammer in this county
on account of this unjust view of the
law taken by the courts, and it is to be
hoped that this decision of the supreme
court will put stop to this nefariOus
method of robbery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-19

fifteen million bushels east of the
Rockies. Since May 1st worse con6i-
tions have reduced the yield twenty
three million bushels. This estimate
is conservative and leaves a crop of one
hundred and ninety-two million bushels
in the winter wheat states. The pOpu-
latiOn in those states is forty-eight
million. The wheat average is twenty
five million. Therefore the require
ments for consumption and seeding for
one year are two hundred and sixty-One
million bushels or sixty-nine million
bushels more than the prediction. If
the yield of spring wheat is as large as
last year it will be one hundred and
fifty-eight million bushels. For con-
sumption and seeding the requirements
will be eighty-seven million bushels,
which leaves surplus of seventy-One
million bushels. All but two million
bushels will be required to fill up the
shortage in the winter wheat states
Therefore it will be readily seen that
the price of wheat is bound to be high
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-19
alliance Stores

The efforts now being made by The
farmers through the alliance to better
their condition will doubtless in time
result successfully, and l wish them
God-speed. In The meanwhile there
will be much experimenting and many
mistakes.
The movement to establish general
stores on the cooperative plan will in
all probability be one of the failures.
L presume the farmers, thinking the
merchants are making too much profit,
reason that their goods will cost them
less in this way.
They say 1--WE will buy our stuff from
first hands, hire a man 10 weigh or
measure it out to US and thus save this
large expense of the dealers profit"
In thus figuring, however, they lose
sight of the fact proven by statistics,
that as ninety-five per cent. of those
embarking in mercantile life make a
failure, merchandising is as rule, a
losing business; quite as much so as
farming. They should bear in mind
that experience and natural adapta-
bility to the business are necessary
even to a moderate success, and that
the fortunes are the result of phenom-
email capacity or exceptionally favorable
conditions, usually both combined,
factors that make wealthy farmers
quite as often as wealthy merchants.
Now, if it be true-and it is demon
strable fact-that the average merchant
does not at present make more profit
out of his business than eight per cent.
on his money and wage of $50 or $50
per month for himself, it seems hardly
probable that the farmer could employ
some one to take his place and save
any money by the change. For we
know, on general principles, that one
personally interested in the profits can
run business more economically than
he can get some one to run it for him.
ANY one who has had opportunity for
observation and given the matter atten-
ton can tell them that in almost every
town are to be found illustrations of
the necessity of the conditions specified
for the successful conduct Of business.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-19

Geary county alliance has resolved
that ian attempt to elect full and
distinctive alliance ticket may end in a
failure which would greatly impair the
usefulness of our order. If we will be
moderate in our demands, asking only
for what we need, we viii draw support
from both the old parties, and success
is assured; but if we demand everything
and try to control all We may lose such
support and lose ALL" There seem to
be some wise heads among the alliance
members of Geary.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-19
Important Decisions.

The1ast batch of state supreme court
decisions handed down contains several
matters of more than individual in
terest. Points are decided which
embody important principles of pro-
cedure for the state at large.
a question of general interest was
decided in a case from AtchisOn coun-
ty. The electors voted in favor of
establishing county high school at
Effingham and the board of county
commissioners being about to levy a
tax for the erection of the high school
building, au action of injunction TO
restrain the levy was begun upon the
ground that the legislature haC no
authority TO pass the county high
school act. The district court decided
that the act and levy were valid and
the supreme court affirms that decision.
A question of some interest to pub
fishers of newspapers, as we'll as TO Of
ficers and the general public, was de-
cided in a case from Labette county. 1t
has for long time been a subject of
dispute whether notices of sheriffs' sales
should be published in the paper select
ed by the sheriff or whether the party in
whose favor the execution and order of
sale were issued could make the publ
cation in paper that he might select.
In many cases the mortgage or cred
itor makes special arrangements with
the publishers of newspapers to publish
theseHOtices at reduced rates, and it
has been claimed that as they must
pay the fee for publication they could
select the paper in which it should be
published. The supreme court, how
ever, decides that the duty of making
the publication is placed upon the
sheriff, and that he may choose the
newspaper in which to make the publ
cation.
The act of the legislature authoriz-
ing the board of county commissioners
to appropriate 5000 to any county agri-
cultural society which holds a fair is
decided in a Nemaha county case to
be not unconstitutional or void.
The case of the State VS.. Nick
Schaeffer, from Shawnee county, was
a conviction for the unlawful sale of
intoxicating liquors. He was con.
victed of selling hard cider, and the
supreme court holds that if hard cider
is sold in violation of the prohibitory
law the party may be convicted of an
unlawful sale, although he may not
know that the cider was in
toxicating.
1t was also decided that an assessor
has no right to change personal prop
erty list after it has been filed out and
signed by the owner of the property.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-19

Mr.. Price declares that he is an Arkansas
Valley man, distinctively; that his material
interests in the state are exclusively here
Wichita Eagle.
Such a declaration coming from a
man who has been appointed to repre-
sent Kansas at the Worlds fair is
another evidence that northwest Kan
sas is still showed to the wall. The
Arkansas Valley and Topeka have an
alliance too strong to be broken with
out determined effort and unless the
northwest realizes it and hangs together
it may as well stop talking politics and
be content to wear collar. Rees Price
is disgrace to the state as commits
sioner and the northwest should unan-
imously demand his immediate resig-
nation and the appointment of man
who will make his interest in the
matter "distiDcivetly' for the whole
state and not exclusively for the Arkan-
saS Valley.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-19
The Wheat Crop.

The Kansas City Star has an ex-
tended article on the wheat crop. 1t
says that wheat will command high
price this fall. The reasons for this
are: First-The crop of winter wheat
will fall below the average. Second
The shortage will be so great as to re-
quire all the spring wheat raised to fill
1t, leaving little or no wheat for ex-
port. The estimated crop of wheat is
four hundred million bushels. The
government crop report of May LIST
placed the yield of winter wheat at two
hundred and seventy million bushels,
OF which three states west of the Rock
les will produce fifty-fiye million
bushels. This leaves two hundred and
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-19

Now, an expert merchant buys his
goods at least to 10 per cent. cheaper
than the average dealer, saves 5 per
cent. more by good taste and judgment
in the qualities, quantities and styles
of his purchases, and yet another i'm
portant per cent. in economies of store
expense and management. In fact, he
can make money while his neighbor-
the average dealer-does not pay clerk
hire, and the chances that a co-opera-
ton can secure the services of better
than the average dealer are exceedingly
slim.
In considering this question many
points come up that are usually over
looked by those not intimately CONVEX
SAINT with the trade in general merchan-
disc. Besides cost, carriage and selling
expense, there are other items of loss
that must be counted in all business
where the lines carried in alliance
stores are handled. Legitimate trading
eats deeply into the honest merchants
profits. Men who never intend to pay
for their goods, and consequently sell
them at ruinous prices, have to be com
peted with, and bankrupt stocks are
often thrown on the market at hall
value. There is also loss of from
TO 10 per cent. in handling produce, &
shrinkage of l to 2 per cent. in weigh
ing and measuring out bulk stuff and &
shelf depreciation of at least 8 per cent
a year on average dry goods and cloth
ing stocks insurance companies fgur
ing losses usually count more thar
double this). For twenty years there
has been also market decline of owe
l per cent. per annum to combat, no
to mention the losses through baC
credits and the carelessness or dishOn
esty of employees.
These are some of the items that g
to increase the expense of business
and make the pathway of commerce
rocky and dangerous one. They wer
largely the causes of the failure of TIT
grange stores. Does it not behoOv
our farmers, then, to thoughtfully in
vestigate before embarking in kindre'
enterprises?
There is large field for intelligen
endeavor in other directions; the faI
merS can proftably employ their en-
ergies in combating monopolies, il
eQualizing taxation, in obtaining hon
est legislation, in widening the mar
kets for their products, in cheapenin
transportation, but in this Immature
conflict with the country merchant the
are injuring their neighbors withou
benefting themselves. They are wal
ring against conditions which are the le
giitmate outgrowth of the laws of trade
The farmers, merchants and mechanic
are in the same boat; their interests Ii
parallel, and only in working tOgethe
can most good be accomplished -[JunC
ton City Union.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-19

A solid chunk of wisdom from the
Kansas City Globe: 1.-The republican
party has been the friend of the farmer,
ever his friend-it enabled him under
the homestead act, which the demo
cratic party opposed, to acquire farm
and thus putting him on his feet on his
own land, gratuitously bestowed, it has
ever legislated to protect him and
prosper him in his possessions.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-19

Here is a suggestion from the King
man Leader that has a large amount
of hard sense in it: "FOur-fifths of
the republican party of Kingmsn
county are practical farmers. Not
quite one-half of the members of the
alliance in the county are republicans.
This being the status of things, where
can the republican members of the alli-
ance best expect to get that which they
desire, in the party where they have
four-fifths or in new party where
they have not control2"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-19
So say We ALL

If Jehn A. Anderson or any other
member of the Kansas delegation in
congress returns from Washington
without having done all in his power
to have an ''Original package" bill
passed ne may expect to be relegated to
an obscurity so dense that it can be cut
into chunks. Kansas will have lie
mercy on legislators who do not obey
her clearly expressed desires.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-19

If you or any of your family should
happen to be frightfully burned or scald.
ed, what Lave you in the house to allie
viate the pain until you car get q physi.
clan? A box of Beggs' German Salve
at hard In times like this would save .
world of suffering end oftentimes doc
tor bill, as 1t has no equal in cases of thin
kind, as well as Inflammation of all kinds
G. @. Shsler druggist. NJ 2l-d&e1y