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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-04-28
THIS is THE SMALLEST I,,mvceaNr

4 ASS-Hsar-Old Man, Thirty Inches High,
at ELM Island.
I Nnw YoRK, April 25--The smallest I'M
migrant, for age, that ever passed the i'm
migration people, was on Ellis island yes
te.dsy. He was Fritz Christen, 23 years
cid, native of Switzerland, cigarmaker,
with $a0Q, going to Stony Creek, O. He
y 2 feet inches high, with a head a
large a. that Of q medium sized man.
Registry Clerk Raczkiewicz failed to see
the dwarf as he stood before the registry
desks and the little man had to climb up
on piece Of baggage to give his pedigree.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-04-28
Allowed Mandamus Against Himself

CAMDEN, April 24.-Judge Garrison has
allowed writ of mandamus against him
self. 1t was in the contest over the incor-
poration of Riverton. The judges action
was matter of form, so that the case
could be carried to the supreme court.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-04-28

ALBANY, April 28.--The railroad COM
missloners have approved upon the appli-
cation Of G. NJ. Depew the increase of the
capital stock Of the Central railroad to
500. .00O, 900.
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The Yacht Oneida at Portsmouth.

PORTSMOUTH, Va, April 2l.-The yacht
Oneida, owned by E. g. Benedict, of New
York, has arrived in the harbor from Ha
vana. President and Mrs. Cleveland will
be entertained aboard her in New Yorl;
barbor next week
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Tn. Naval Fleet Leave. for New York.

FoRs heNRoE, April 24.-The combined
feet left here this morning for New York
to take part in the great naval review there
on Thursday next. The Spanish squad
ron with the caravals left for New York
last night.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-04-28
The Schooner Shaw Safe.

DETROIT, Mich, April GA brief dis
patch from Alpena, Mich, states that the
schooner Shaw, reported lost Monday with
all on board, is safe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-04-28
Carlisle Rejects a Proposition.

WASHINGTON, April 2G.-The secretary
of the treasury has rejected the proposition
Of the New York bankers Offering gold to
the treasury.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-04-28
Aword from tn. President,

WASHINGTON, April A.-To n news
paper representative tho president said
last night: "Ths inclinations on the
part Of the public to accept Newspaper 10
ports concerning the intentions Of thost
charged with the management Of our ma.
NonA finances seems to justify my en-.
phatic contradiction Of the statement that
the redemption Of any kind OF treasury
notes, except In gold, has 1t any time been
determined upon or contemplated by the
secretary OF the treasury, or any other
members OF the present administration.
The president and cabinet Ass absolutely
harmonious In the determination to exercise
every power conferred upon them to main
tain the public credit, to keep the public
faith and to preserve parity between gold
and silver and between all financial obli-
cations Of the government.
"While the law Of 1890, forcing the pur-
ehnse Of . hxed amount Of silver every
month, provides that the secretary Of the
treasury in his discretion may redeem In
either gold or silver the treasury notes
given IN payment Of silver purchases, yet
the declaration Of the policy Of the govern
ment to maintain the parity between the
two metals seems so clearly to regulate
this discretion as to indicate their redemp-
ton in gold.
"Of course perplexities and difficulties
have grown out OF an unfortunate finan-
cial policy which we found in vogue and
embarrassments have arisen from ill-ad-
vised financial legislation confronting us at
every turn; but with cheerful confidence
among the people and patriotic disposi-
ton to co operate, threatened dangers will
be averted pending legislative return to n
better and sounder financial policy. The
strong credit of the country still unimpaired
and the good sense Of our people, which
have never failed in time of need, are at
hand to save us from disaster"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-04-28
Next Monday q Holiday.

SPRrNeFIELD, ILL.,, April 26.-Governor
Altgled issued q proclamation yesterday
declaring next Monday holiday in honor
of the opening of the Worlds Fair at Chi
ca1o
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-04-28
The Home Rule Bill Again.

LONDON, April 22.-The home rule bill
was again debated in the house Of COM
mons last evening and passed SECOND read
Ing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-04-28
AFATAL WRECK NEAR SOMERSET.
Three Persons Instantly Killed and Two
Fatally Injured.

SOMERSET, April 26.-A passenger train
on the Baree Rocks railroad was derailed
four miles south of here last night on a
steep incline.
John E. Pyle, his wife and daughter,
who were riding on the engine were crush
ed to death. Engineer Nef and his son
were fatally injured The accident caused
great excitement here. Besides those kill
ed and fatally injured, a dozen or moro
were badly bruised and shaken up.
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STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKET.
philadelphia Stock Market,

ket was very dull to-day. There were fraction
al advances In st. Paul, Atchison, Northern
Pacific preferred and Heading, while Lehigh
changed In price.
mr..
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-04-28
The GOLD is ALL RIGHT
Uncle Sam not To be Allowed
to Suffer Badly.
THE TREASURY Nor1N BAD SHAPE

Secretary Carlisle says the supply is In
creasing-The Treasury to Continue the
Policy Now Being Pursued what Presi-
dent Cleveland Says.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-The gold re.
serve, depleted Friday, is intact doday,
offers aggiegating nearly 81, 900, 600 having
been received and accepted by the sccre.
tary during Saturday. Secretary Carlisle
says he did not think, In justice to those
who were disposed to supply the govern.
ment with gold, that their names should
be published, and for that reason alone he
did not think 1t wise to state names and
places from which the offers came 1t Is
believed, however, that thc west again
came to the relief.
He said that the treasury would continue
the policy now being pursued of paying out
gold for the treasury coin notes, and that
at an early hour Saturday, when it seemed
that the reserve would be encroached upon,
he directed the sub treasurer at New York
to continue paying these notes as hereto
fore. He was therefore ut loss to under
stand how any uncertainty prevailed in the
public mind as to the action of the treas
ury department In the premises.
The exaggerated stories which gained
circulation to the effect that President
Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle had
had q serious Misunderstanding which
might lead to the resignation of Mr.. Carl.
isle are officially denied by members Of the
cabinet and officials Of the treasury depart
ment. The relations which exist to-day
between Secretary Carlisle and the presi-
dent are as cordial us they have ever been.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
like A Serpent OF FIRE
Bethany, Pa, Surrounded By a River
of Burning Oil
A CYCLONE IN INDIANAPOLIS
Killed by Illuminating Gas-The Bark
Louis Abandoned at Sea-E. o.
Graves for U. s. Treasurer

NEW YORK, March PA Sun special
from Bethany, w. Va, says: Several
miles above here, in Pennsylvania,
near the source of Buffalo creek, an oil
well has been opened recently. Large
quantities of oil have been coming
down the creek since Sunday night.
The students here set the oil on fire on
Monday night at $3.50 O'clock. The fire
spread across the creek and started
down stream in flash, leaving train
of flame nearly seventy feet high. Soon
Bethany was in semicircle Of flame,
and the creek looked like a serpent of
fire, nearly two miles long, A dense
smoke, which almost suflocated the
people of Bethany, arose and at the end
of two hours every road was blockaded
by wagons containing persons who had
come in from miles to see the fire. Not
until twenty-four hours had elapsed
did the flames die out. Bethany col
lege students enjoyed the excitement
very much. The water in the creek
was nearly boiling when the fire had
gone out, and when it had sufficiently
cooled, more than 100 students and
part of the faculty went in bathing.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
Killed in Mine Explosion

PoTTsvILLE, Pa. March 24-Two
workmen were killed and one badly, if
not fatally, injured by the explosion of
gas in the Oakland colliery, near Min
ersville, this morning. When the men
came to work this morning they were
gas, but they had not been working
half an hour when a terrific explosion
occurred, hurting coal, rocks and tim
bers in all directions. The killed are
William Durcell, and one so badly dis
figured AS to be unrecognizable. The
injured are John Morgan, William
James, David Davis, jr., and another
unrecognized.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
Saddle Thieves in Jail

The man arrested by Officer Leitch
on Thursday evening for stealing sad
dies in Ferndale was brought before
Justice Gallaher yesterday for trial.
He gave his name as w. Fl. McCurry,
and at the request of +. II. Farnham,
who appeared for his defense, the case
was continued until o'clock today.
The other man who was i'm company
with McCurry when the saddles were
brought up for trial at the same time
upon charge Of vagrancy. He gave
the name of n. j. Curry and was
placed under $500 bonds for good
behavior for three months, and being
unable to furnish the bonds was COM
mitted to jail.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
Wants TO Go East

a man giving his name as Harts-
horn tried to purchase a ticket to st.
Paul over the Canadian Pacific yester-
day, offering draft for $50 in pay
ment. Agent OConnor did not like
the looks of the party, or the collateral
he offered, and refused to accept the
draft in payment for IA ticket. Harts-
horn then called upon Agent Chetham
of the Northern Pacific and prevailed
upon him to issu a ticket in exchange
for the draft. The agent took care to
make the ticket good for the purchaser
only, but within very few hours it
was sold. or put up as security for a
loan of SO, and the original buyer was
under arrest for trying to beat 4 board
ing house. He succeeded in raising s.
more on the ticket TO pay the boarding
house account, and last evening was
ready to go East if he could find some
way of redeeming his ticket.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
Incorporation Papers Executed and
Forwarded to Olympia
TO BEGIN BUSINESS AT ONCE
Logging on Lake Whatcom-aave a
Draft for Ticket-Water
Front Notes

The articles of incorporation and by
laws of the Bellingham Bay Fish com.
pany were executed yesterday and for
warded to Olympia to be filed with the
secretary of state. A meeting of the
subscribers to the stock was held
at the Office of B. w. Benson yes
terday at which all the incorporation
papers were signed and executed. The
incorporators are p. w. Strader, j. A
Johanson and b. w. Benson. The
trustees to serve the first three months
are b. w. Benson, =. w. Strader, J. A.
Johanson, Edmund COsgrove and
Hugh Eldridge. As soon as the GER
tificate of incorporation is returned
from the secretary of state the board Of
trustees will meet and organize. 1t is
expected that the corporation will
begin business by the middle of next
week. Arrangements have been made
for securing the Hill-WelbOn wharf for
the use of the company. A schooner of
about 22-tons burden, now being built at
Tacoma, has been secured by Mr..
Buschman for the company. Another
schooner Of seventy or eighty tons will
be procured for fishing in Alaska wa
ters. Mr.. Buschman will be general
superintendent Of the company, and j.
A. Johanson business manager.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
colville CATTLE Starving

SPOKANE, March 24-News has
come to Spokane that some of the
farmers and stockmen living at Col
Vile and vicinity are killing their cat
tie to keep them from starving to
death. The snow is yet two feet deep
on level there, and it is next to i'm
possible to get hay. The wholesale
slaughter of cattle, however, as yet has
been confined to few ranchmen who
failed to harvest "a sufficient quantity
of hay TO feed their stock during the
long winter.
This has been the severest winter in
the Colville valley in eighteen years,
and the loss of livestock will be about
the same as it was eighteen years ago
During that winter it was estimated
that 90 per cent of the cattle of that
vicinity died of cold and starvation,
and this years loss will probably reach
that estimate.
Butchers are going through the
country and getting beef from dead
cattle. Some has been, it is believed,
shipped to Spokane, and the health
officers are looking ii up.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
Logging on Lake Whateom

There is considerable activity in the
logging business on Lake WhatcOm.
w. ;. Rembaugh, who recently moved
his camp from Chuckanut to South
bay, started up yesterday and will put
about $1,000 feet per day into the lake.
He has purchased the Douglass claim,
containing about {, 100000 feet of stump
age. He has made arrangements with
the B. B. d f.. railway for the trans
pOrtation of his product to tide water.
McGorrisk d Rice's camp is again
working full force of men and teams,
and the output will soon be greatly in
creased. They are now getting out
twenty cords Of shingle bolts per day
for the Cook d Clark mill, and 20,0OO
feet of logs.
Isensee d Rae have been running a
full force of men for several days.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
Work Delayed BY auioksands

The recent flood Of qucksand in the
sewer tunnel has caused the contractors
considerable expense and delayed the
work for over week. The mud and
sand which flowed into the tunnel was
cleared out several days ago, but as
soon az the hole by which IL entered
was opened another flood took place
and the work had TO be done over
again. When enough Of the earth has
been removed to allow the workmen to
approach the broken wall the hole will
be properly plugged and the tunnel
timbered for the continuance of the
work Of boring through the hill.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
The Mackaye spectatorium

Anton Seidl, who needs no iHtroduc-
ton to the artistic world, was lately
given a view of "The MacKaye Spec
tatorium" model at Chicago. Upon
his return to New York he told an
Evening Post man that the present.
ment to be given in the Spectatorum
itself would surpass anything ever wit
messed at Bayreuth. He was extremely
enthusiastic about the undertaking
and said that it would inaugurate a
new era in the history and the method
Of stage spectacle. "The condition" I"
said Mr.. Seidl, that the spectacle must
be the grandest and most magnificent
ever witnessed, upon which the Col
umbian Celebration Company based its
offer Of unlimited means will be full
filed" Mr.. Seidl thought that 1t
would lead to grand American Bay
reuth Festival at Chicago and become
an event Of more than national i'm
Dortance
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
Cyclone in Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS, March PA cy.
clonic storm visited Indiana last night.
In this city fifty houses were wrecked
in one neighborhood in the northwest
portion, and many families are tenn
porarily homeless. At Tuetto, a sub
urb, many houses were wrecked and
several small ones carried away. Many
residents passed the night in their
cellars. The storm was accompanied
by heavy rain and severe lightning.
The cereal mills in the northwestern
part of the city had the roof blown off.
The Capital City Coffin Works were
badly damaged. Many great trees
were uprooted. Advices from all
parts of the state indicate much prop
erty damaged and some persons
MANNED No lives were lost here and
only few were injured.
At Alexandria much damage was
done to residences and business houses.
The Lippincott Glass Works were
destroyed. John Angel was killed and
several others injured.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25

SPOKANE, March 24-General Super
intendent Shields, of the Great North
ern has returned, having spent several
weeks along the western line of the
Great Northern inspecting the track
and experimenting preparation Of the
road for the beginning Of passenger
business.
He states that the work Is now
nearly completed and through passen-
ger service between st. Paul and Fair
haven will probably begin the latter
part of April.
"The track will he ready for service
about April l." he said this morning.
"Some men are still employed in sur
facing near the western end of the line
and others are at work upon depots
and tanks, the latter, however, being
now nearly completed. The road will
be all ready before the time originally
set for the opening of the road, which
is between April Is and April 80. The
exact date has not been announced
but will be decided in st. Paul.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
Riot of Armed Men in Georgia

Carroll, Ga, March 24-This town
has been in a state of panic all day,
owing to the riotous actions of eleven
masked and armed men whom nobody
dared to resist for fear of being muir
dered. Most of the victims of the
brutes' assaults were aged people, and
it is strange that the young men of the
village were too cowardly to interfere
with their deeds. They first assaulted
a woman and then knocked down with
pistol an old man Of so years who
tried to stop them. Yesterday they
whipped one woman almost to death.
After that they whipped another man
and brutally knocked down and
kicked lady 20 years old whom they
met in the street during their raid
through the town.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Rev. j. G. Wright went to Ferndale
yesterday.
Yesterday was pay day for the teach
ers OF the city schools.
The young ladies Of St Helen's Guild
will meet with Miss Mclean this after
noon at 2 O'Clock sharp.
l.. A. Dunn started yesterday for
Pasadena, Ca, whittier he goes to ac-
cept position Us civil engineer.
Miss Kate Henderson, teacher of
the Puyallup Indian school, will arrive
here today to spend her Easter vaca-
tiOn with her foster-parent Thomas
Henderson.
NJ +. Downs went to Seattle on busi-
ness yesterday. Mrs. Downs expects
to join him there early next week,
when they will start for New York, to
be absent several weeks.
The annual meetings of the Fair
haven Water company and the Electric
Light and Power company, which
were to have occurred yesterday, were
postponed one week on account of the
absence of some of the stockholders.
Thomas A. Mathews, of Fort Benton,
Mont, u friend Of Thomas Henderson,
writes that he will arrive in Fairhaven
to reside permanently some time next
month. He has already invested many
| thousand dollars in real estate here. He
has been a prominent stockraiser Of
Montana, hut has made up his mind
that he will not endure any more Of
the severe winters Of that section.
Hon. Milo Kelly, Of Tacoma, and
! Hugh White, Of Wilkeson, arrived at
The Fairhaven yesterday, to remain
here several days. Both Of these gen
tlemen own interests in the WilkesOn
Coal and Coke Company, and they
came here to visit the Fairhaven and
! Blue Canyon mines. Mr.. White is the
manager Of the Wilkeson mine. Mr..
! Kelly served i'm the last session of the
Legislature as a representative of Pierce
county.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
Bark Louis Abandoned at Sea

PORTLAND, March 2-The steamer
Alexis, of the Donaldson line, arrived
at this port yesterday afternoon from
Glasgow. She brings the news that
the bark Louis is now either direlict
or at the bottom of the ocean. The
bark was in sinking condition and
the crew were on deck, waving signals
for help. A life boat was launched
from the Alexis and the crew of ten
men rescued. Captain Lemb, of the
wrecked bark, says that on March 8 a
terrific gale was encountered and that
a hole was stove in her port bow and
the matches foated off into the sea.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
To Begin Building to Vancouver

VANCOUVER, b. c., March PA
meeting of shareholders of the Burrard
Inlet IL Fraser Valley railway was held
today, and arrangements made to
transfer the property to the Northern
Pacific on Monday. Contractors Bar
low and Dickinson and Mayor Huson,
of Tacoma, are here arranging matters.
1t is said construction will be COM
menced next week, and the road com
pleted by the end of the year.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
To Discount Canadian Money

It is rumored that an agreement has
been signed by all the banks on the
Bay by which Canadian money is to
be discounted twenty per cent on silver
and five per cent on paper. The step
has been made necessary by the action
of the Canadian banks in discounting
American money. The agreement also
includes charges for writing exchange,
the banks heretofore writing at loss.
Bellingham bay Is the only place in the
country where exchange has not been
charged. Ten days notice viii be given
the public before the agreement goes
into effect.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
Presbyterian Services

At the Presbyterian church Rev. Mr..
Floyd will take as his theme Sunday
morning, 1.-THE Faith Of Noah" a
character sketch. In the evening he
will consider, "The Rite Of the Com
munion as Means OF Grace" After
the evening service the Christian En-
deavor society will meet the pastor for
a consideration of new business.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
Enternr,ainz Shoe Firm

1t is safe to say, and without fear Of
contradiction, that no strangers ever
came into our city, started in the shoe
business and sprang into popular es-
TEEN SO quickly as the firm of O'Brien
& Graft, of the Famous Shoe House
IL was only late in November last that
thew opened their store on Thirteenth
street in Old Whatcom, but owing to
the great risk from fire and the want of
room were obliged to move into safer
and more roomy quarters at the corner
of Railroad avenue and Holly streets.
AT the present writing very few, if any,
are doing a better trade than they.
Those IN need of first class goods at
moderate prices will do well to give
them call.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-25
Work of the Cyclone In Mississippi

VIcKsBURG, March 24-Additional
cyclone news, received from rassen-
gers on the midnight train from Mem
phis, says the storm spent its force be-
tween Tunica and Shaws stations,
which are about seventy miles apart on
the railroad. At Shaws some stores
were blown down and few citizens
were wounded. At Tunica the court
house was seriously damaged and a
church and other buildings destroyed,
and school house full of negro child
rem blown to pieces. Many children
were hurt, but none seriously. It will
be a day or two before the full result of
the disaster i'm Delta is known.