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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-07-09

There is more Catarrh in this sec
tion of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For great many years
doctors pronounced it a local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable,
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease, and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is
the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful.
1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials Address,
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best. I'M.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-07-09
FOR 4 BALE OF HAY.
Part Of San Francisco Was Once Sold
at Very Low Price.

was offered all of Telegraph
hill from Powell street to the bay for
bottle of whiskey in 1886" said
Adam Schaeffer recently as he waited
at the new city hall for the ambulance
to take him to the aims house, and
1 told the man who wanted to make
the bargain to 50 10 the devil"
AS Adam Schseffer sat waiting fer
the ambulance he was the typical pic
ture of the Oldest inhabitant He
was 73 years old on the sth of this
month. He had been only few
weeks in San Francisco, having
travelled all the way from Arizona to
find place where he could pass the
remainder Of his days. Schaeff,er is
penniless. He has no money and no
friends. His only properties on earth
are the Gold Cup and Queen Victoria
silver mines on the border line be-
tween Nevada and Arizona territory,
but he was forced to abandon them
when the silver question became an
important factor Of finance.
"That killed. me- said the old
man. "lf ever This money question
is settled and silver is worth its full
value again, / will make money.
Once was paying 6S men So a day
each to work for me. Now I have to
go to the almshouse because l have
no food
Schaefier was born in Lancashire,
Pa. and was one Of the first men to
set foot in Yerba Buena. He says
he was once offered the lot on which
the Palace hotel stands for $58 by a
Mexican, but he refused the offer.
He bought the new city hall site and
q number Of adjacent lots for $4o7.
and when he told his friends of the
purchase they laughed at him.
"Every one called me fool" said
Schaeffer, "but ! insisted that l had
made a good bargain. On the day
following tie sale was made fun OF
by every one who met me, and my
friends called me the sand dune fool
On the second day their taunts be-
came so unbearaDle that l could stand
them no longer so sold the property
to a man who had just come to town
for $500 When | told my friends
Aow easily l had made $97, they told
ME that 1 had 80 i'd of a worthless
piece of property very easily.
"An interesting part of my first
days in San Francisco was the trade
that Spaniard tried to make me for
a bottle of whisky. He owned
Telegraph hill, and the whisky. The
property in those days was known as
whisky hill and this Spaniard offer
ed me all that land in exchange for
my bottle of liquor. l told him that
it was not worth it. He then asked
me if l couldn't find some one who
would make trade, as he was anxious
to get rid of the hill. found a man
named Becker and introduced him to
the Spaniard. The Spaniard gave
Becker whisky hill for bale of hay"
Schaeiier enlisted in the United
States army and fought during the
Mexican war Then he went east
and returned to Arizona. Several
years of his life were spent in South
Africa, but the Pacific coast always
had fascination for him, and so he
returned here and began an active
life as a miner. He made sufficient
money in California to buy the Gold
Cup and Queen Victoria, and in the
full blast of their prosperity and just
as fortune was knocking at his door
the silver panic came and ruined him.
San HaHciSc0 E1amiNer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-07-09
The New Woman la Maine.

The new woman made a good show
ing in the election at fremont Me, a
few days ago In several towns in
Maine this year there We're women
candidates for places on the school
boards, and in most cases they were
not encouraged strongly. But in Tre-
mont, though party lines were drawn
closely in the case Of other candidates.
all united to elect the woman member
of the school board. and she went in az
the head OF the poll.-New York sun.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-07-09
Dire Threat,

"See here, Muggsey, don't you gimme
no CUFF, I'll hit you In ds back of de
neck"
BE jist like you to git behind a Teller
and"
Nav, won't git behind you, neider.
I'll jist stand In front o. you an poke
me fist clean t'roo,"-Cincinnati En-
quirer ..,... .....,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-07-09

Theological dignity does not count
for much when compelled to wrestle
with baiky bicycle. The silent
two-wheeIed steed is no respector Of
persons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-04

ferred to the captains record as bully,
Williams, who was down in front,
started for Col. Stone, shaking his list,
but he was pulled back. Jack Chinn
then began to shout at Stone. He was
wild with rage but he was suppressed,
and Col. Stone kept on. BlackburD's
vengeance against ex Speaker A. }.
Carroll, who prevented his election, nc
said, was the cause of the unseating OF
the sixth and seventh ward delegations,
of which Carroll was member.
T. T. Finn, of Franklin, defended the
majority report, denying all of Colonel
Stones charges.
The majority report was adopted by
vote OF CTS to 214. The unseated
delegates then left the hall.
The expected bolt of the remaining
Louisville sound money delegates did
not take place. The COMMITTEES Oh per-
manent organization made its report.
The report named Hon. Charles *.
Wheeler, of McCracken, for perma-
nent chairman.
William Goebel was named as mem
Der for the State at large of the State
central committee.
The naming of George S Fulton and
Gus Richardson as members of the
State executive and State central COM
mittees from the fourth, met with spirit
ed opposition because the district went
republican last fall. Richardson was
also declared to be ineligible because
ne was an employee of Secretary Car
Isle. The delegates from this district
we're sent out to effect a settlement.
The amendment to name William
Goebel, of Covington, member OF tie
State central committee from the State
at large caused spirited fight.
The platform as agreed upon by the
committee last night favors a dollar
worth neither more nor less than one
hundred cents; favors bi-me tallism and
to that end demands the flee and un-
limited coinage of both gold and silver
at the ratio of 16 TO as standar
money with equal legal tender power,
independent of the action of any other
nation. 1t holds that the Secretary OF
the Treasury should redeem all the coin
obligations in gold or silver, as may be
more convenient, and it is opposed to
the issue of bonds in time of peace
for the maintenance of the gold reserve
or for any other purpose, and is OPP
posed to the national banking system.
1t opposes any contraction of the cur
rency by the retirement of greenbacks
or otherwise. The platform declares for
,, the imposition and collection of tariff
duties for the purposes eff revenue only.
1t opposes the enactment of laws, the
purpose of which is to sustain or en-
force any religious tenet or sect, or the
application of any religious test as
qualification for public office, and in
structs the delegates to cast the vote OF
the State as unit for Hon. ]. S. c.
Blackburn for President Of the United
States.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-04
Foreign News.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, June 1.-The Porte
has received information that disease,
which is believed to be plague, has be-
come prevalent among the men COM
prising a regiment of Hamdieh cavalry,
stationed at GAIA Oghnasr in the Vilayet
of Bitlis, Asia Minor, and inquiry into
the nature of the disease has been Or
dered.
LONDON, June 4.-The principal
event of to.day's racing on Epson
Downs was the great Surrey breeders
foal plate of 200 sovereigns for 3 year.
olds, five furlongs. the race being won
by Lord Rosebery's Chelandry.
LONDON, June 4.-Mr. J. B. Robin
son, the South African millionaire who
is now in London, received dispatch
to-day from Pretoria, the capital of the
South African republic, saying that
John Hays Hammond, the American
mining engineer; Colonel Francis
Rhodes, brother of Cecil Rhodes; George
Farrar aud Lionel Phillips, the four
leaders of the johannesburg reform
committee, whose sentence to death
was committed to fifteen years impris-
onment, will be released from custody
tomorrow.
CoSsTANTINoPLE. June As result of
the outbreak in the island of Crete / 500 ar
rests have been made, including 173 students
at the military college who are suspected of
being in sympathy with The movement Many
officials have been deported to distant pro-
vinccs and some have been secretly put to
death.
ATHENS Jurc 4.-Cretan refugees report
that all business onthe island is at standstill
been pillsged.
LONDON, June An the House of Com.
mons to-day Sir Matthew White Ridley, home
secretary, said, in reply TO questions, that he
saw no reason for extending any clcmency to
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, who is serving
life term Of Imprisonment in the Woking
prison for the murder of her husband.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-04
LOUDoUN NOTES.

Rev. NJ. E. McLinn, who for the past
six years has been pastor of the Luth-
eran Church at Lovettsville, has re-
signed his charge to take effect June
18th. Mr.. McLinn will leave about the
Goth for Bloomsbury, Pa, where he
takes charge of church.
Miss Bessie Heaton narrowly escaped
death from a lightning stroke one day
last week at her home near Short Hills
Church. She was in the yard while q
storm was coming up and the lightning
struck tree but n few feet from her.
She was severely shocked and rendered
unconscious for some time. We are
glad to learn, however, that she has
entirely recovered.
Information has just been received
in Leesburg of the recent death at his
home in Little Sioux, Harrison county,
Iowa, of Col. Addison Cochran, and
that by his will be had bequeathed to
several Loudoun relatives legacies in
his estate, which is a handsome one,
being estimated at about $500, 00O.-
Loud0un Mirror.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-04
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS.

In the Kentucky State democratic
convention, which met at Lexington
yesterday, the silver advocates outnum-
bered their opponents three to one, but
they were not disposed to be magnani-
nous, and despite the pacific advice OF
Senator Blackburn, the gold men were
shown scant courtesy. 1t was full
convention, there being nearly twelve
hundred within the enclosure set apart
for them, all the contrasting delegations
being present in full force.
Chairman Long was the first to ex-
perience the i'll will of the silyerites.
In closing his address he said "Grover
Cleveland stands to day as the equal in
devotion to the best interests of our
government and faithful service of any
President that has preceded him, and
the country is indebted to the demo-
cratic party for his election, and I doubt
not that the convention will give him
their votes"
This was the signal for a scene. The
silver delegates yelled and shouted and
created such a distur bance that the
chairman could scarcely proceed, and
when he said "John G. Carlisle stands
before the American people as one of
the purest and ablest statesmen" they
drowned mis- voice with boots and yells.
G. J. Bronson, the free silverite, was
chosen temporary chairman over A. P.
HUMPHREYS by a big majority.
When Senator Blackburn appeared
on the platform the delegates rose as
one man and waved their hats, UNI
brellas, handkerchiefs, or whatever
else they had handy, and cheered for
several minutes before they would al
low him to speak. The Senator told of
his years of service to the party, and
said that while he had suffered much
at the hands of democrats who opposed
the policy he advocated, he bore them
no i'll will and had no animosity against
those who had fought him so bitterly.
He counseled harmony and urged his
enthusiastic friends to be generous in
this, the hour of their Victory, and
unite with the opposition, but without
surrendering any of the principles for
which they have fought so bravely.
After the appointment of committees
the convention at 4 o'clock took a re-
cess till S p. m.
The convention was called to order
at $40 last night. but the committee on
credentials, not being ready to report,
the other committees could not report.
The organization committee also had
a great deal of work to do in thorough
ly recognizing the party machinery of
the State and could not report.
Gen. P. Wat Hardin, the democratic
candidate for Governor last year. who
had Just arrived from the wedding of
his son in Washington, entered the hall
on Senator Blackburn's arm. The most
enthusiastic reception was given him.
He was almost carried upon the plat
form. Chairman Bronston had Senator
Blackburn introduce him. General
Hardin addressed the convention at
length on the abuse of the silver men
in the past two years, but counseled
peace and harmony for the future. He
believed all democrats, would soon be
together on the financial, as we'll as
other questions.
Speeches were made by Evan E. Set
tie, free silver candidate for Congress,
from the Ashland district, and others,
after which the convention adjourned
until 10 q. m. to-day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-04
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 4. 1896

Nor BECAUSE he was elected, but be-
cause the census returns show negro
majority in his district, the republican
majority in the U. S. House OF Repre-
sentatives, to-day, turned out the legally
and fairly elected representative from
that district, Mr.. Elliott, of South Caro-
lima, an intelligent aud educated gen.
tleman with large interests in the dis
trict, and gave his seat to coal
black, ignorant negro, with no ma
terial interests there, who, as
soon as he was sworn in, repaired to the
Office of the sergeant-at.arms and drew
salary, mileage, stationery fund ana
contested election expenses, amounting
in all to about eight or nine thousand
dollars. But still there are Southern
men, calling themselves democrats, who
say they will vote the republican ticket
if the Chicago convention shall declare
for free silver coinage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-04
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate yesterday when a par
tial conference report was presented on
the naval appropriation bill, Mr.. Quay
moved that the Senate recede from its
amendment reducing the number OF
battleships from four to two. This was
debated at length. A vote will be
taken on the matter to-day.
In the House partial conference re-.
port on the general deficiency bill was
agreed to, and the bill sent back to fur
Their conference. The Murray-Elliott
contested case from the First South
Carolina district was was debated for
four hours. The vote will be taken to-
day. The majority report favors the
seating of the contestant, who is col
ored man, and who was seated by the
Fifty first House in place of Elliott.
Mr.. Overstreet spoke in favor of the
claims of Murray and Mr.. Jones, of
Virginia, in favor of those of the sitting
member. Mr.. Walker challenged Mr..
Jones' assertion that Murray was to be
seated because he was colored man,
but Mr.. Jones insisted that republican
members had so informed him.
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The Brooklyn Randicap.

New YORK, Jnnc 1.-The Brooklyn jockey
Club spricg meeting will begin this eve7ir.
at Gravcsend, when the Brooklyn Hanli-s5
for thrce-year-olds and upward AT orc mile
and quarter, will be run Henry of rs.
varro and Handspring viii not starr. l1t
Clifford, st Maxim. Nanki Pooh. Counter
Tenor, Kecnan, Sir Walter, Houpipe P4la.
din, and Lake Shore will make it interesting
although Clifford is regarded as "a certain
winner The race will be worth $1,000. If
VIII h S, 900 will 20 20 the winner SI.5u1
TO the second horse, and 5000 10 thetaM
The sun rose bright and clear and Ac gonl..
tons for the great race early this morning
We're well-nigh perfect. The track wasucyer
in better condition.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. June 4.

WASHINGTON. June 4.
The House ways and means COM
mittee this morning voted to report TO
the House adversely the Senate anti
bond bill. Only two votes in its favor
were recorded. The report says the
adoption of the bill would result In
'spanic. ruin and bankruptcy" Those
who voted to report the bill to the
House adversely were Chairman Ding
lev and Messrs. Payne, Dalzell, Hop
kins, Grosvenor, Russell, Dolliver,
Steele, Johnson. Evans and Iawney,
republicans, and Messrs. Turner and
Cobb, democrats. The two negative
votes were cast by Messrs. Wheeler
and McMillin. The bill will not be re-
ported to the House until tomorrow
and possibly not until Saturday.
Congressman Tucker OF Virginia,
who is at StauntoD, has been telegraph.
ed to return at once, as Mr.. Walker, OF
the House elections committee, has de-
termined to call up the contested cleo
ton case of Yost VS.. Tucker IN the
House tomorrow, and has been in
formed by Mr.. Speaker Reed that he
will be recognized for that purpose.
No applications for Capt. Fowle's
place as collector of internal revenue
for the upper district of Virginia have
as vet been made at the Office of Com
missioner Miller. If any have been
made, they have been presented at the
White House.
The President to day sent to the
Senate the following nominations Il.
F. Smithers, of Delaware (now deputy
consul at Osaki and Hioga, Japan to
be United States consul at Chung King,
China, and A. NJ. BROMLEY to be post
master at Franklin, Va.
Democrats from different parts OF the
Sth Congressional district of Virginia,
here to-day, say the vote for Mr.. Will
lard, of Fairfax county, in the demo.
cratic Congressional convention OF that
district will be surprising to many
people, and that the friends of that
gentleman in all the counties of the
district are actively at work for him,
and that he is already the declared Sec
ond choice of a large number OF the
delegates to that convention.
Congressman Elicit made strong
fight for the claim of the Richmond
Locomotive Works, but was unable to
succeed. That he failed, however, may
be blessing in disguise to the claim
ants, inasmuch as the claim had been
cut down $4,000 from its just amount,
which will be restored in the new bill
that will be presented at the next ses-
sion. Even Mr.. Cannon, chairman OF
the House appropriations committee,
says the claim is a just one, and that he
would have supported it if its payment
had not involved the payment of others
that have no merit.
Mrs. Cleveland and her three little girls,
Ruth, Esther and Marion, and her maid, lett
By a special car attached to the regular train
this morning for the Presidents summer cot
tage at Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts,: They
were accompanied by Mrs Olney, wife OF the
Secretary of State. her daughter Mrs. Minot
aud Mrs. Minot's children, who will pass the
summer at Falmouth, Massachusetts.
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VIRGINIA NEWS;

The Second Baptist Church, in re-
tersburg will be dedicated Id OCTOBER
next.
The silk factory of John N. Stearns
& Co., of Petersburg, has shut down,
throwing out of employment over 4oo
people.
The wheat crop will be harvested
about ten days earlier than last year.
Preparations are now being made LOT
harvesting.
Mr.. Starke Armistead Plummer and
Miss Eliza Pope Bond were married
at the residence of the BRIDES parents
yesterday in Petersburg.
Miss Emma Bradley Howard. OF
Richmond, and Mr.. Charles b. Wills,
of Halifax, Nova Scotia, were married
in Richmond yesterday evening.
The Governor has appointed MIR. J.
G. Hankins acting secretary OF the
Commonwealth during the temporary
absence of Mr.. J. 7. Lawless from Vir-
giDia.
The contract for building the new
courthouse for Rockingham county has
been awarded to the Withrow Lum-
Der Company, of Charlestown, w. Va,
at $45, 900.
At Stanton last night Miss Lucy
Peachy Williams, daughter of l.: =.
Williams, of that city, was married to
Ewing Cockrell, son of Senator COCK
rell, of Missouri.
An effort is being made in Richmond
by some of the hard money democrats
to hold meeting and resolve to sup
port the republican candidate for presi,
dent should he be nominated on gold
platform.
Internal revenue officers raided a
large moonshine distillery on Sycamore
creek, on Tuesday, in Pittsylvanla.
The distillers fled and escaped capture.
The still and 1000 gallons of "beer"
were destroyed.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company reports April gross earnings
of 1898, 1914, an increase OF sos 1858; ex-
penses and taxes 1871, 430; increase
$145, 493, and net earnings OF Sl4O, I6o,
decrease S4O,14O.
Most of the business portion of the
town of Parksley, Accomac county,
was destroyed by fire yesterday. Inc
loss is about 100000. Nine stores, four
dwellings, q barber shop and the post
Office were destroyed.
The Confederate Memorial and Lit
erary Society met in Richmond yester-
day and perfected arrangements tor the
reception to be rendered the visiting
veterans at the Jefferson Davis mansion,
now the Confederate Museum, during
the reunion. Mrs. Davis, Miss Winnie
and Mrs. Hayes will receive on this
occasion, and it was decided also to in
vite Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, Mrs. J. E.
B. Stuart, Mrs. w. II. F. Lee and Mrs.
Fitzhugh Lee to assist them. The at.
fair will take place on the evening OF
June 80.
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Bogus DISPATCHES.

NEW YORK, June "A dispatch
from Madrid states that there is abso-
lutely no foundation for the cable dis
patches to the effect that Captain Gen
eral Weyler will retire because his to-
bacco edicts were annulled and on &C.
count of the rehearing of the Competi.
tor case next month by the supreme
court of naval appeals, or for the state
ment that an agreement exists between
Premier Canovas and the United States
that the war is to end by October, Cuba
to have autonomy, the United States to
guarantee the pacifcation of Cuba and
Spain to make concessions favorable to
trade between the United States and
Cuba,
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kentucky Democrat is.

LEXINGTON, KY, June A. The
democratic State convention was called
to order at 9:2O o'clock this morning
with the number of delegates greatly
thinned out.
The report of the committee on per-
manent organization, as adopted, ar
ranged for complete reorganization of
the party machinery from precinct COM
mitteeman up. Every gold man is to
be fired and free silver Blackburn
man appointed in bis stead. Major P.
P. Johnson, of this city, is named as
the chairman of the State central COM
mittee, and it can be stated that only
free silver men will be nominated for
Congress outside the Louisville district
this fall. New State executive and State
central committees were appointed.
Col. w. G. 2. Breckenridge was call
ed on for speech, and his appearance
on the stage brought forth torrent OF
applause. he was the first gold bug to
be given chow by the silver beetles.
He made strong speech for sound
money.
The credentials committee reported
shortly after 10 o'clock. The majority
report threw out the sound money del
egation from Graves county, the sixth
and seventh wards and half of the 9Th
and 9th wards of Louisville and half of
those from Bourbon and Kent on
counties.
1t was followed by minority report
and a protest from the sound money
men.
After some discussion the minority
report was sent back to the credentials
committee as not being regular.
Col. 81. L. Stone then made scath-
ing speech in defense of the Louisville
delegation. He was particularly severe
on Capt. Jim Williams and when he re-