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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
Pensions for Lehigh Valley Men.

The Lehigh Valley r. r. has es.
tablished pension fund for superan-
uated and injured employees. The
money for the fund is derived from
the passenger fares of the employees of
the company and their families. Up
to several months ago it was custom
airy to furnish free transportation to
the employees and their families, but
this privilege was abused, and the
officials decided to withdraw it and
make a low rate of a half cent a mile
instead. The receipts from this
source were so large that the directors
subsequently decided to set aside
one-half of the receipts from this
source as pension fund. The work
ing details of the plan have not yet
been fully completed, and the man
agement of it is at present in charge
of second vice president Robert II.
Sayre and general superintendent
Rolin II. Wilbur-Et.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
Curious Find of a Miner.

One of the most curious carbon
ferrous fossils ever found in the an
thracite coal fields was discovered in
the Dodge mine at Scranton, the
other day by John B. Davis, a miner
living in that city. 1t was the head
and neck of a woman's figure, the
features being regular and clearly
defined. The fossil weighs sixty-fve
pounds and is composed of fire clay.
1t is twenty-four inches high, fourteen
inches from the tip of the nose to the
back of the heed, and the neck is
nine inches in diameter. The con-
vultions on the top of the head resem
bic curls Of hair and they end in a
knot such as is worn at present in
arranging the hair. The miner found
it embedded in a solid piece of fire
clay, and it dropped entire when the
chunk was broken.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
Burpee's Farm Annual for 1896.

Larger and more complete than
ever before, this is now a handsome
book of IS4 pages, with elegant
colored plates and hundreds of illus.
tratlons from nature, deserving its
wel[known reputation as The Lead
ing American Seed Catalogue" While
the price is ten cents, it is mailed
FREE to all planters who name this
paper and write to the publishers, w.
Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia.
Beautifully bound, the cover, paint
ed in ten coIors, appropriately shows
on front the new Dwarf Sweet Pea,
CUPID, the floral aoonder ofMe age,
which grows only five inches high,
completely covered with bloom. The
back, pictures portion of Fordhook
Farm, above which is displayed the
well-known motto, Burpee's Seeds
Grow"
Within is presented a feast OF good
things-spread over 1874 pages, all
well worth reading. An interesting
account of Fordhook the model
seed farm of Americas followed by
a review of useful Books on garden
and farm topics, - free as premiums.
Then come tie Choicest Vegetables,
best strains of each, including rare
Novelties of unusual merit Improved
Farm Seeds and Finest Flower Seeds.
including many novelties of rich
beauty; the celebrated Scott Roses
and other selected Plants, such as
cannot be had of the local florist, but
which can be sent safely by mail.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
A Unique Will.

Register of Wills Davenport, Mon,
day admitted to probate the will of
the late Thomas Bestford, of Duryea.
The document is one of the most
unique and brief ever filed in the
office. Ii is written with a pencil on
a small sheet of paper torn from a
note book and is about 25Xs inches
in size. A verbatim copy of the
peculiar instrument follows:
Sept. I9, 1895, / rite this for to let
nown that leve all my money and
all am worth to Mary Ann Hart and
my goun and shooting things to the
same one after death of me-
"wrote and signed by thomas best
ford, Duryea Pa"
The estate is valued at $500 G..
?. Halsey was appointed executor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
A Monstrosity,

An unusual freak of nature was
born at Beechtree recently. The
details are authentic but the parents
names are omitted for obvious reasons.
When born, the child, male, had
three heads, two growing out of each
side of the central one, Immediately
behind the ears. The central head
was nearly perfect, except that it was
tiattened slightly on the top, but the
two heads growing out of either side,
while small, were almost perfectly de-
veloped. The child lived few DAYS.
The parents were offered a considera-
BILE sum to allow the doctors to have
possession of it, but they refused and
1t was buried in the Catholic ceme-
tery.-DnBOis Express.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
Are Legal Tender.

The man who kicks about accept
ing worn silver coins will do well to
famiharize himself with decision of
the United States Supreme court
rendered last week, declaring that
silver coins are legal tender as long
as they bear the semblance of coin.
OF course this decision referred only
to coins worn by circulation. Mutt
lated and defaced coin are not legal
tender, even if they are new.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
A Great Offer.

The "Twice-a-Week" edition of the
New York World formerly the Week
ly) has proved phenomenal success.
1t is a Semi-Weekly of six pages,
mailed Tuesdays and Fridays eight
columns to the page torty-eight col.
umns each issue. 1t gives the news
fully half a week ahead of any weekly
kaper, and, at the same time, retains
NJ he literary, agricultural, miscellany
1nn6nfeatures which made the
q so popular. Yet the
90 year. For sam
Jess THE WORLD, N. Y.
IS have been made by
|urnish this paper and
fek New York World
lear. Take advantage
O get your own local
Twice a. Week World
rate. If.
bnary--"Have you ever
religion ?" The Canni-
ad taste of it once | ate
missionary who was here"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
HOLIDAYS IN 1895.
How the Addition of a Day Affects Them.

The addition Of another day to
February this year throws most OF the
holidays to the end of the week. In
1895, for instance, Independence Day
came on Thursday; in 1896 it will
come on Saturday. Washington's
birthday and Decoration Day also
come on Saturday in 1896, and Christ
mas comes on Friday, Thanksgiving
Day, being always appointed for the
last Thursday of November, and
Labor Day, coming on the first Satur-
day of September, are not subject to
the mutations which affect other holi
days. Easter Sunday comes on April
5th, nine days earlier than in 1895.
This. of course, shortens the social
season prior to the beginning of Lent.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16

The city of Sydney, Australia, has
imposed fine of 81 upon any person
convicted of splitting upon the floor
OF public buildings or upon the street.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16

A law SUIT at Snow Shoe has disclos-
ed an odd condition of affairs.
Harry Lorah was arrested charged
by Roniface Mignot, with stealing
his wife, children and furniture. 1t
was shown by the evidence that Lorah
had gwen Mignot SO cents for the
woman and afterwards married her.
The case was compromised by Mignot
taking the children and cook stove
and Lorah kept the woman and the
balance of the household furnitore.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16

Mine inspector Bleyitt has COM
pleted his report for the year 1905.
The total number of accidents in the
second anthracite district was 226,
and OF these 33 were fatal These
accidents made 20 widows and 70 or
phans. The greatest number of fatal
accidents In any month of the year
occurred in December, the next high
est number in May and the least
number in September.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
DR.. DAVID KEMNEDYS
FAvORITE REMEDY

rake II morning, noon and night, and It
will cure you took the medicine as
directed, but had no confidence in cure.
as my case had been tried by so many.
After using it a week began to feel better.
and in short while after that was entirely
cured. That terrible distress, everything |
ate, breaking up sour in my throat had all
gone and have not had moments dis
comfort since. To-day there isn't health
ier man and my appetite is grand"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
Restores the Appetite.

Brysonia, Pa. Dec. IA, 1895. We
are pleased with the puzzle, which
was sent for three trademarks from
Hoods Sarsaparilla and four cents in
stamps. Hoods Sarsaparilla has been
used in cur family for three years,
and it has done more in restoring
health in the family than doctors or
any other treatment" Simon F. Funt.
Hoods Pills cure sick headache,
Indigestion.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

of the senate committee on foreign re-
latons It's tone of assumed infalli-
biljty, not to say of arrogance, is likely
to intensity the feelings and add to the
force and number of the extremists In
both houses
Representative McCreary, of Ken
tucky, of the foreign affairs committee,
did not think it proper to express his
views.
Chairman Hit and several other
members Of the foreign affairs commit
tee are out Of the city. A Republican
member who voted in the committee
last session for the resolution to recog-
nize the insurgents as belligerents.
said: THE more we study the question
of the right of this government to in
terfere in Cuba, on the broad ground of
humanity, the more plain it becomes
that we would have as much right to
free Ireland. All Of this delay and dis
cussion and trouble would have been
averted and the conflict in Cuba might
have been stopped long ago if the exec
utive had interfered on the ground of
the treatment Of American citizens.
down there, which he had right to
do
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

made an Issue on the ques-
ton of recognizing another ma
ton. 1t has been tacitly ad-
mitted heretofore that. as Secretary Oh
ney contends, this is a purely execu-
tive function, but Senator Cameron, the
author Of the resolution which has
given-r rise to this issue, Il is understood
has made most careful and exhaust
I've study of the constitutional aspect
OF the matter, and is firmly convinced
that congress has power to proceed
along the lines Of his resolution to rec
ognize the new republic Of course,
Secretary Olney's statement indicates
clearly that If the joint resolution
ever passes both branches of congress
and is sent to the president the lat
ter will veto it, not only on the ground
of impolicy, but also because it con-
stitutes an. Infringement of his own
prerogatiwes. Moreover, the secretary.
in his interview, goes beyond this point,
and in almost as many words says that
no attention will be paid to the will
or congress in this matter. even If the
resolution is passed over the presidents
veto.
In this case, a great conflict of
pcT efs ofstWo branches of rtfie govern
1r1tnt might be expected to follow.
though just how the issue may be made
up so that it can be reached by the
scPteIHS couil, the aFpller OF all queS-
items of constitutionality, is not clear
at present 1t is suggested, however.
that if the issue goes to that length,
congress may achieve its purpose indt-
rectly by the exercise of a power GER
tainly confded to it, exclusively. by the
constitution, namely by a declara-
ton OF war, which is, after all, In the
judgment of many authorities. only
what the recognition of the independ-
ence of Cuba under existing conditions
would mean.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

effect would it have against positive
law forbidding it, and wotiId it be
binding on the nation the people or
the courts? 1t would seem not. If the
Cuban resolution passes both houses
of congress, is vetoed by the president,
and then passes over his veto, the ex-
ecutive will be bound by his oath 70
give effect to 1t just as he Is bound
to give effect to any other law enacted
by congress-
Senator Hale, of Maine, one of the
active opponents Of the resolution,
said: Secretary Olney is clearly right.
Recognition rests with the executive
The resolution would be usurpation on
the part of congress of executive funa-
tions. 1t is we'll that Secretary Olney
has made the statement 1t will af-
ford an opportunity for the sober Sec
ond thought Of the people to find ex-
preston"
Senator Daniel, member of the com
mittee on foreign relations: The po-
sltion Of Secretary Olney is prepos-
terous. The senator was not at the
meeting yesterday. and, when asked
concerning the position, said: 'I am
not ready to say i favor the resolu
ton. | am in favor of recognizing
belligerency, but as to the independ-
ence' ! desire to study the question.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
PACIFIC FUNDING BILL.
Four Days to Be Given 1t In the
House.

House..
WASHINGTON, Dee. 1e.-The house
today adopted a special order for TAX
ing up the Pacific railroad funding bill
on January Z, and fori debate of
four days. The consideration Of the
Loud Dill relating to second-class mail
was set for January s and 6, with a
hnal vote. The day was given to ap-
preparation bills. the urgent deficiency
being passed and the legislative. exec
utive and judicial advanced to COM
pletione save the items relating to the
congressional library and the ciyiI-
seryiee rss ss,ss commission. N dz.Gip1 !,
successor of the .lafe t4exspeaRer Crisp,
when the session opened today. A let
ter from Governor Atkins5G, of Geor-
gia, stated that Mr.. Crisp had been
chosen at the special election Mr.
Dingley called attention to the fact
that the latter was not in the usuai
form of credentials, but readily yielded
to the request of Mr.. Turner Dem,
Ga.) that unanimous consent be given
for administering the oath to Mr.,
Crisp, who was greeted with hearty ap-
plause as he took his seat at the desk
formerly occupied by his father.
Mr.. Cannon (Rep., HID reported from
the committee on appropriations, an
urgent deficiency BILL carrying $751;
S62, and 1t was given immediate con-
sideration. The main Item was 500. .OG0
for the completion of naval vessels on
the stocks and in ordinary and for
other naval purposes. Mr.. Cannon ex-
planned briefly the desirabilit Of urg-
ing the work on these ships to compile
ton. The bill was then passed. with
out division.
Mr.. McMillin CDen1,, Tenn) called up.
the senate bill for government partic..
ipation in the Tennessee Centennial
exposition, to be- held next year al
Nashville, Tenn. The measure carries
100000 for a government exhibit and
$4,000 for federal building. Mr..
Bailey -(Dern.. Tex.) interposed an en-
phatic protest against bills of this
character and recited how they were
rushed through congress- All the cities
and towns in the country would take
turn In holding expositions.
Mr.. Dingley pointed out that the only
justification for government aid was
that the exposition was national and
International and he deprecated a pol
icy of federal aid to purely state expo
sitions. The Tennessee members rallied
to the support of the measure, point
Ing out the prospects of the enterprise,
and Mr. AcMillin held up views Of the
buildings. On the passage of the bill
the house divided, 127 to 25 and Mr.
Bailey made the point of no quorum
The speaker counted a quorum. and
the bill WAS passed by the foregoing
vote.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
URGENT fAvAL BILL
Passed by the e-fIouse to Prevent
Stoppage of Work.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.-An urgent
deficiency bill, the first deficiency bill
of the session, was prepared today by
the house committee on appropriations
and passed by the house Of the total
Of 1881. 1862 carried by the BILL $700, 900
is for the use of the navy department
Chief Constructor Hichborn, of the
navy department, represented that it
would be necessary to discontinue work
on vessels on the 1st of January, unless
additional appropriations were made
before that time for repairing vessels
now in docks and for steam machinery
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
BULLETIN OF
TIE ST. PFUI. GLOBE.
Weather for Today.
Fair; Westerly Winds.
PAGE I.
SUNDAY, DEC. 20, 1896.

PAGE I.
The House Favors Cuba.
Senate Resolution Excises Spain.
OIney Criticises the Resolution.
The People Anxious for War.
PAGE 2.
Fire Loss Estimated at 100000.
The Troubles of Third Street.
PAGE 3.
Expose of st. Paul Park Deal.
A Snap for an ETector.
PAGE A.
Editorial.
No Postofiice Political TricI<cry.
PAGE 5.
Sons of Revolution banquet.
Expose of Alleged somnomency.
PAGE 6.
BarnatO Buys Minnesota Mines.
Trouble Over Irish Taxation.
PAGE =.
In the Realm of Labor.
PAGE s.
legends OF the Christmas Tree.
The Federation VIII Lobby.
Complaints Against Officer HanIey.
PAGE 8.
minneapolis Grand Jury Work.
An Interview with Haney.
HOId-Ups in Flour City.
Maceo the Martyr.
PAGE 10.
Carlisle Is. Wisconsin 8.
sixty-Ffve Kinks at Portage.
PAGE IL.
Among the Whist Players.
In st. Paul Secret Societies.
PAGE II.
The Birth of Jesus.
In the World OF Music.
PAGE IL.
Christmas, 1886 UIIustration
PAGE IA.
Books Of the Hour.
Today at the Churches.
PAGE 15.
Business Mans Announcement.
PAGE 16.
Suburban Social News.
PAGE IL.
Social News of st. Paul.
A Christmas Puzzle.
PAGE 1S.
Chat With Joel Chandler Harris.
PAGE 10.
Half 81 Page OF HumOr.
Duties of Cabinet officers.
PAGE 20.
Christmas in Many Lands.
a JeweI-Trimmed Costume.
PAGE 21
The Week ut the Theaters.
PAGE 22.
Bar Silver CO Lie.
Cash Wheat in Chfcag> 20 Use.
Stock Market Active.
PAGE 23:
Santa Claus Strikes IL Laundry.
Wants of the People.
PAGE "a.
Business Mans Announcement.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

A Michigan girl bet a young man
1,000 kisses that Bryan would be elect.
ed She, began paying the bet, but a
dispute arose as to the accuracy of the.
count when some 600 had been paid
and now the work must all be dones
over again. What hardship!
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

1t has been suggested to Mr. McKin-
ley that Addison c. Harris, of Indi-
annapolis, would make a good attorney
general. This is only interesting from
the fact that Mr. Harris is the Tooth
man who has been so suggested.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

Special to the Globe.
RED WING, Mimi, Dec. ia man named
Charles Hedlund an inmate of the county
aims house. became blind over six years
ago. Last October his eyesight revived so
that he could see to walk. At present he Is
able to read large print. He Is sixty years
old. /
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
EVENTS TODAY.

Met-AIbert ChevaIier, SIS.
Grand-Siberia. S.I5.
COnOver HaII--Seibert Concert, 3.
Anna Eva Fay, SIS.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

It again looks ominous for John
Sherman. If he doesn't emigrate, he
is likely to wake up on the morning of
March 4 and find himself a member of
the cabinet in spite of himself
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
OPINION OF DAVIS.
Congress Has the Right to Recognize
Cuban Independence

Cuban Independence
WASHINGTON, Dec. fg:zsenator
Davis is neither extremely radical nor
ultra conservative He authorized the
following statement of his views:
The Cameron resolution is in no
wise hostile act toward Spain and
VIII not and cannot be SO construed by
any government on earth. We have
first declared that there is a republic
of Cuba. We do not say that the
United States shall intervene or shall
hght spain. We simply announce
What we believe to be a fact Now, if
Spain takes offense at this, we cannot
help it, If war comes it will be of her
own seeking. The right of congress and
of this government to recognize as a
republic any country claiming that it
has established a republican form of
government is admitted by all powers
1t is within interna tional law In 1922
we recognized various republics, from
Mexico to Cape Horn, which were just
as unstable and illusory as the republic
of Cuba. Spain threatened then to
make a fuss, but did nothing, and a
few years afterwards when England
recognized the same republics, she
showed her teeth, but did not bite. She
will merely growl this time In fact,
she has nothing to fight about
The Cubans have just as much civil
government in Cuba as Spain has.
Neither side has any courts, for Spain,
in the part of the island she holds
maintains purely military law and
control. SO do the Insurgents in theirs.
Under these circumstances we see fit
to say that the republic of Cuba exists
It is unnecessary to say why the COM
mittee disagree with the president in
his opinion that there is no form of
government in Cuba to recognize as a
republic. 1t is sufficient to say that
congress has full power to declare It's
recognition Of the Cuban republic
Senator Davis will take part in the
discussion when the Cameron resolu-
tons come up. All the members Of
the Minnesota delegation are In favor
Of Cuban independence. It is almost
certain now that the house will pass
the resolution before vote on the
Cameron resolutions is taken In the
senate
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
Was Fatally Gored.

Special to the Globe
CHIPPEWA FALLS. Wis. Dec. 1a.-Her-
bert Barker who had an extensive dairy farm
two miles out of the city died today from
injuries inifeaed by vicious bull on Thurs
day last.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

Princeton is great at football, bat
when it comes to debate Harvard leads
handily Briefly put, pick Harvard for
head and Princeton for heels.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

War talk always enables the Wall
street bear to get in an extra dance.
The seriousness of the prospect for war
has little to do with the case
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

Capt. Gen. WeyIer's temperature
ought to go up little. He has been
burned in effigy in the United States
over sixty times.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

The scene shifts. The biggest fiction
factory in the country is not now San
Francisco, but Key West, Fla
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

Clerk Haney refuses to be inter-
viewed. 1t is Just possible that he
hasn't any words that will exactly fit
the case
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

Grover Cleveland and the gold re-
serve are the two biggest things in
Washington
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

Mckinley and the football game both
drew well in Chicago yesterday.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

Fay Templeton is again a bride This
will turn Lillian Russell green with
envy.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

Gov. Drake, of Iowa, may be said to
have one duckling less in his family.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

7hese December days are like good
pie crust; lots of shortening in them.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

Match stock continues to burn the
hands Of all Who hold it,
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

NEW YORK Dec. 19.-Arrived: Etruris
Liverpool. Sailed: Mohawk, London.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
Patents for Northwestern Inventors.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s.-List of patents
issued this week to Northwestern inventors,
reported by T. D. Merwin, patent lawyer,
80, oil and 912 Pioneer Press building ST.
Paul. Minn. and Washington, D. c.: Borre
H. Borreson, Minneapolis. Mimi. trolley pole
safety device; Stephen II. Coombs Helena
Mont. batter mixer, ETC.; Erick H. Erickson
Minneapolis, Mimi. artificial limb; Fred D.
Glover and A. H. Smith, Duluth Mimi, car
ventiiating window; Thomas Hennessy Grand
Forks. N. D., gas generator Victor Hodell
and A. Olson, Minneapolis. Minn., lumber
truck; John Kulberg and C. Brunzell, Mime
apolis, Minn:.. cloth measuring machine;
MINI, egg tester; Ira Van Tilbnrg. ST Paul
Mimi, metallic barrel Frederick T. and ]. p
Vanstrum, Minneapolis, Mimi, non-refllable
bottle; Darius c. Benjamin, Alpha, MIMI,
design fence strand
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

PAGE I.
The House FavOrs Cuba.
Senate Resolution Excises Spain.
OIney Criticises the Resolution.
The People Anxious for War.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-10-15

Our trials show US how strong a hold
we have on God.
Every house built on the sand will
sooner or later have to fall.
Keep yourself right with God. and
nothing else will be wrong.
Don't pick out the cross that shines,
Il you would bear the right one.
Some Of the DEVILS best work il done
by people who claim TO love the Lord.
The devil has never yet taken . pris-
oner who had on the whole armor Of
God, and was armed with the sword Of
the 6pirit-Ram's Horn.