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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-06-24
His Preference.

Eyes. optimists look more cheerful
but. ns customers, prefer pessimists.
"Why, Mr.. CutandslashY'
"Well, optimists, as rule, VIII TAKE
their wives to the theatre instead o.
having their tailor bilis."-ChicagS
Record. So ..
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-06-24

Two Irishmen travelling on the Balti'
more and Ohio railroad came to mile.
post, when one Of them exclaimed
TREAD aisy. Pat; here lies a man
who was one hundred and eight years
old. His name was Miles-from Bal
timnren
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-06-24
Before and After.

"Julia, you know how George USED
to love to stuff my sleeves in before
we were marrledT'
"Yes."'
"Well, now he says: Great Scot
can't you get some kind of jacket thai
YOU can get into by yourself|
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-06-24
For the Inventor of Clocks.

Mrs. O'Toole- They do say, Path
rick. thot there's new baby born
iy'ry tonne tn clock ticks"
Mr.. O'Toole-- "Then bad luck t tn
haythen thot invinted clocks."-Th
Bits.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-06-24

The best way to avoid scalp dis
eases, hair falling out, and premature
badness, is to use the best preventive
known for that purpose--Halrs Hair
Renewer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-06-24
Philadelphia & Reading R'y
In erect May 90, 1897.
TRAINS LEAVE BLOOMSBURG

In erect May ~, 1875.
TRAINS LEAVE BLOOMSBURY
For New York, Philadelphia, Reading Potts.
vile, Tamaqua, weekdays ll.iS q; m o,o,
i For Danville and Milton, weekdays, 7.S5 a. M,
For Catawissa weekdays 1855, ll.45 a. M, 1920,
F For S' Rupert weekdays7s5 ll.45a. M, l2.ac $3.50
'YS For esa Baltimore, washington and the West via
B. & o. r. r., through trains leave Reading Ter
minal, Philadelphia, $40, 7,s5, iiss 2, M, $40
s'4s' III D. m, Additional trains from "a and
Chestnut street station, weekdays, ls5, b9l,
23 p. m. sundays, 1875, s23 p. M
TRAINS FOR BLoUMsBURG,
Leave New York via Philadelphia 500
m, and via Easton y.l0a. m,
Leave Philadelphia 1905 a. m.
Leave Reading ll.55 a. m.
Leave Pott sville 1890 p. N.
Leave Tamaqua ~ a, M,
Leave Williamsport weekdays lo'2o m' a'Sop
Leave catawissa weekdays 700, ,s.aoa' m. l.sO
Leave Rupert, weekdays, 7.Os, s.a7. a. M, li'Se
l.S7, 8 40, 623
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION.
| Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut Street wharf
| and South Street wharf for Atlantic city.
| WEKK-pAYs-Express, 800, a. M, zoo, (Satur-
days only, 1.9O) 200, 400 4.30, 500 p. m. Ac-
| com. 500 a. M. 800, $50 p. m.
sUNDAY-Express. 500 500, 1000 am. Accom-.
Leave Atlantic olty, depot, WEEK,pAys-
Accom-. ia5, sl5 a. M, 40 p. m. sUNDAys-Ex-
press, AGO, $780, s0Op. m. Accommodation 7'lS
| a. m, 4.l5 p. m.
Parlor cars on all express trains.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-06-24

Sold by Druggists, or sent prepaid on
receipt of price, Csc, or 8 for 81.
DIR. HUMPHREYS HOMEOPATHIC MANUAL
OF DISEASES MAILED FREE.
Humphreys Med. Co., Ill William St., N. Y
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-06-24

Daily, except sunday. Daily. Flag station.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping cars run on
through trains between SunDury, Wlilam,sPsSiio Ps,ia
and Erie between Sunbury and Phlladelpnla
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pltts:
burg and the west r,.,,o.
For further information apply 10 Tlckee
Agents yooD
Gen'l. Manager. Gen. Pass' Agt'
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
PENNsYLVANlA'S NEW CAPITOL.
An Imposing Group of Building to Ee
Erected in Harrisburg.

The new Pennsylvania State Capitol, as
designed by Henry Ives Cobb, OF Chicago,
will be an imposing group Of buildings, so
arranged that from every point Of Tiew the
same impression Of simple and dignifed
massiveness will be given. The central
dome will br placed ut the intersection OF
State and .aDtol streets so that four dill
feront vistas will open toward it. The leg
islative halls will he in the central buildings
and on either side, connected by wings.
will be two departmental buildings. The
appropriation OF $3.50 900 is not large
enough to permit the erection OF the whole
structure ut once, but it is thought that the
legislative halls and enough committee
rooms for pressing needs can be put up
with that sum, and in all probability COM
pleted within a year from the 1st OF Janu-
ary. The dome and departmental building
can then be erected later. 1t Is proposed
by the architect that the exterior OF the
building shall be constructed OF Pennsyl-
vania granite or marble, the framework OF
steel and the interior walls and partitions
of brick and hollow tile. The legislative
building is to be 100 feet high to the base
OF the dome and the dome ninety-six feet
higher. The entrance to the capitol will
be from West State street. A wide corri-
dor leads to the rotunda, where elevators
run to the floor above, on which are the
legislative chambers. The Senate will have
the western end OF the building and the
House the eastern end. Each hall will re-
ceiye light from three sides. Each Is to
have gallery, above which is large space
for caucus and other rooms.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
THE NEWS ePlTOMlZED.
Washington Items.

The Bering Sea Conference held another
meeting. at which statistics showing the
rapid destruction OF the seal herd this year
were presented.
The President appointed Sariis Summer
field United States Attorney for the Dis
trict of Nevada.
The American Government in its last re-
ply to Spain declares that the United States
has made the greatest efforts to stop fiji
clustering. and has employed many officials
and expended large sun Of money to that
end.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
decided to issue an order in compliance
with the petition Of the American Ware
housemen's Association. requiring rail-
roads to publish on their tariff sheets a
uniform time for the delivery Of freight OF
all classes.
Experts OF the United States, England
and Canada met at the State Department
to consider measures for the better Protec-
ton OF seal life in Bering Sea.
Negotiations for n treaty with Great Brit
ain for the protection OF the seals were
opened in Washington.
The Government has decided to send
the Bear and the Thrasher to BerinC Sea
with supplies for the ice-bound whaling
fleet.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
A Peruvian permanent exhibition of

A Peruvian permanent exhibition of
all classes of manufactured goods is
to be established by the Government
of that country at Lima, Peru, and the
exposition will be opened on Decem-
Der next. The Government of Peru
proposes in this manner to foster
trade, and offers advantageous terms
to American manufacturers. All e1-
hibits will be exempt from custom and
consular fees, and exhibitors have the
option of showing their goods for six
months or longer if special arrange
ments are made 1t is noted that
preference will be given to manufac-
lures most used in Peru, such as agri-
cultural implements, mining machin-
cry, electrical appliances of all de-
scriptions and or-saving machinery.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18

Bishop FitzGerald was spending the sum
mer in Ocean Grove when DR.. Stokes died,
and preached an eloquent funeral sermon.
referring in glowing terms to the record OF
the deceased. The Bishop was then re-
Guested to temporarily assume the duties
OF the President, aud, until the close OF the
hummer season, presided at all public ser
vices in the Ocean Grove Auditorium.
Bishop FitzGerald is sixty years old.
lie was lawyer in early life. In 1851,
when great revival occurred in the Gen.
trail Methodist Church, in Newark, he
was converted. The law was abandoned,
and he became an itinerant preacher. In
1881 he was elected Recording Secretary
OF the Methodist Missionary Society,
and his duties assigned him to work
in New York. For scvsn years he held
this position. and in 1888 was chosen gen.
eral superintendent. His career as Bis
hop has been marked by much ability. In
February, 1890 Bishop FitzGeraid was ap-
pointed by his colleagues to be President
of the Epworth League, in which capacity
he served for more than six years.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18

The Herald's selection fos this work is
the Rev. George H. Hepworth, "whose
character as q Christian clergyman, and
whose sermons, as published every Sunday
in the Herald for years, gives assurance OF
full sympathy with his co-relisionists in all
demands for religious freedom, while bis
experience as an observer. writer and
trained journalist, will assure rigid execI-
tion OF his mission. DR.. Hepworth has an
assistant thoroughly familiar with the
country and the Sultan's people, and Is ac-
companied by the Sultan's secretaries. He
is also escorted by cavalry to protect him
from the rowing bands Of brigands that in
fest the country"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
PRACTICAL RAILROAD EDUCATION.
The Novel Proposition of An Eastern
College Professor.

The Novel Proposition of An Eastern
College Professor.
A novel proposition was made not long,
ago to the receivers ofthe Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. The B. and o. has branch
running from what Is known az Alexaudria
Junction, near Washington, to Shepherds
on the Potomac River. where car ferry
is operated In connection with the lines
leading south from the Capitol. A pro-
fessor of an Eastern college desired to
lease this short stretch Of track for the
purpose OF educating young men in practi.
cal railroad work. In his letter he explained
that he thought there was a wide field for
bright and energetic boys who could be
thoroughly well grounded in the practical
side OF railroading provided they could be
educated on regular line Of road. He be-
lieved that by the employment Of veteran
railroad men as teachers, that the boys
could profltably spend two or three years
working as trainmen, flremen, engineers,
switchmen, station agents, and In other
capacities required In the railroad service,
As this branch OF the B. and o. is OF con-
siderable value, the receivers were COM
pelled to decline the offer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
Foreign.

The President OF Nicaragua is sending a
commission 10 the United States empowered
to sell the National Railroad and steam
boats of that country; another revolution
is imminent.
A German warship is preparing to go to
Hayti to enforce the demand for indemnity
for the Imprisonment Of the German Lued-
ers.
The eruption of Mount Vesuyius is in
creasing in violence.
King Oscar and others OF Sweden are
raising fund to equip Swedish Polar ex-
pedition in 1895.
The Spanish Government, finding it i'm
possible to raise the proposed loan OF So
00o, 900 pesetas, intends to convoke the
Cortes at the earliest possible moment with
the view to obtaining more credits for
building warships and rearming the vessels
Spain now has.
Arthur ,Tweedy, British Tice-Consul ae
Santo Domingo. has been arrested, ac1
cused Of obtaining money by fraudulent
pretences.
The ioiners' union in Glasgow, Scotland,
has forbidden its members to hang doors
made in the United States or to use joinery
which has been imported from America.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
DROPPED DEAD THROUGH GRIEF.
Father of SwindIer Lascelles's Bride
Dies Because of Shame.

Father of Swindler Lascelles's Bride
Dies Because of Shame.
Alexander Pelky, the father OF the wife
Of Sidney Lascelles, the bogus Lord Beres-
ford, dropped dead at Fitzgerald. Ga, his
death being fastened by keen sense o!
the disgrace OF his daughter.
Beresford was released from the peni-
tentiary few months ago and cut wide
swath in Fitzgerald. In spite OF the fact
that he had been divorced, he captured the
heart of Miss Clara Pelky, whose father de-
nounced him as an adyenturer and refused
his sanction to the marriage.
They defied him, had the ceremony per-
formed and took wedding trip. They re-
turned for few days and disappeared
again. An investigation Of Lascelles's az
fairs showed that he had swindled many
business houses.
The father Of his wife never recovered
from the shock. and has gradually declined
in health until his death, which the physi-
clans say was induced BY. excessive grief.
He leaves property valued at $50, 900. As
Mrs. Lascelles is his only child, she will
doubtless inherit it.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
To Cure Baking Horses.

Electricity is used in the latest
method Of curing balky horses. u is
applied by wires connected with the bit
and crupper of the stubbora animal
and dry storage battery. Pressing
the button completes the circuit.
Thomas Rodgers, ho"seman of Av-
alon, Pa, was arrested W days ago
at the instance Of the Western Penn
sylvania Society for the Pre- ention CT
Cruelty to Animals. 1t was said that
his use of electricity in curing a balky
horse was cruel. He explained that the
animal on which the electric current
had been used was blooded horse,
worth 81 600 if he could be induced to
pull. Rodgers had consulted veter-
mary and the electric arrangement
was the result.
When the horse was hitched up he
spread his four legs and refused to
bulge. The current was turned on and
the horse started off at good gait.
Every day for week the horse re-
ceived a lesson, and it apparently
made a permanent cure, as the horse
soon pulled without the use of the
current.
Justice William Griscom decided that
the electricity used, which was three
volt current, was not cruel. and he
discharged Mr.. Rcdgers.-New York
World.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
MASSACRE OF SIKHS.
Thirty-Five Soldiers and an Officer Killed
by Insurgent Indians.

Thirty-Fire Soldiers and an officer Killed
by Insurgent Indians.
The report that native officer and thirty
five 3ikhs belonging to the British Kurram
column had been intercepted by tribesmen
in ravine in India and slaughtered Is on
cially confirmed.
1t appears that they were assisting In a
reconnaissance up the Klrmana River.
Taking short cut down hill. they came to
q ravine where the grass OF the Jungle was
burning. The flames spread so rapidly as
to completely cut of their retreat. and the
tribcsmen, seeing their predieament,
swarmed on the higher ground, hurled
down rocks upon them and closed round
the men until the whole .hirty.six were shot
or cut down. I
The SiShs fought heroically until The
very last, their officer killing two Of the
rebel chiefs with his own hands before he
fell. ~
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18

American newspaper readers, AYERS
Harper's Weekly, are excusable if
they have received of late an impress
sion that next to the wheat crop the
most notable product of this country
this year has been homicide. The
! country is big, and it accords with
reasonable expectation that in one part
or another of it killing should be in
progress eli the time. But this year,
and especially this summer, there GER
tainly seems to have been much more
than the usual amount of it, and it
will be interesting, when the returns
are all IN and some one has tabulated
thsm, to learn whether this impression
is we'll founded or not. For ten years
pest fas Chicago Tribune has kept the
run of murders and homicides SO far
As IL could, and has made an annual
report Of them. According to table
based on these reports, there were
1449 hon1icides in the county in 1886,
and 1900 in 1895. The tables show a
great but irregular annual increase.
The Tribune's estimate of the number
of lynchings is interesting. 1t gives
lss in 1886, 236 in 1892, and 16O in
1895. It shows 2O-1Oo executions to
every 100 homicides. The statistics
hf murders in Europe, as given in the
World Almanac, show that Italians kill
most readily, the average annual num-
ber of murders in Italy being 2470, or
2s.4 to every 10000 deaths. Spain
follows with ratio of 23.S. Austria's
ratio is SIS; Francis's, so; and Eng
lands IL. These European figures,
however, apply to murders alone, and
do not inelude, like the tables for the
United States, all sorts of manslaugh-
ters, justifable or otherwise.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18

After having been submerged in $50
feet of water for seven years, the treas
ure on board the steamer Skyro, sunk
off Cape Finisterre in April, 1891, has
been recovered by divers. The Skyro
sailed from Cartagena, bound for Lon
don, with q valuable cargo, including
bar silver, valued at SIS. 900. All went
well'until approaching Cape Finisterre
in foggy weather, when the vessel
struck on the Mexiddo reef, but passed
over, and went down in deep water
within twenty minutes, and about two
miles off the coast. An expedition
went out in the same year, but was
unable to secure the treasure. Last
year another effort was made, with
more powerful diving apparatus, and
resulted in ifty-nine bars being re-
covered. The working depth for the
diver was never less than 2Ss fathoms
LII feet-andit frequently exceeded
this. To obtain these bars it was
fonnd necessary to blow away the deck
with dynamite, which the diver did,
only after great difficulty, owing to
the boisterous state of the weather.
Work was compulsorily suspended in
October, but again resumed this sum-
mer with satisfactory results.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
MRS. MACK coNFESSeS.
Reveals the Shocking Story of the killing
o. william Gucldensuppe.

o. william Gucldensuppe.
Mrs. Augusta Mack, jointly indicted with
Martin Thorn, on trial in Long Island City
for the murder OF William Gueldensuppe,
in q cottage at Woodside, L. l., has made a
confession. Emanuel N. Friend, the wom-
ans counsel, was asked about the report.
"It is true" he said. "Mrs. Mack has
made confession"
Her confession agrees in every important
point with the story told by John Gotha,
the barber, who said that Thorn confessed
to him, and on whose information the po-
lice wore put on Thorn's track. Gotha's
testimony Is highly important part OF the
prosecutions case, and Mrs. Nack's story
corroborates it.
The statement made by John Gotha to.
the police was that Thorn had told him
that Mrs Mack had lured Gueldensuppe to
a cottage in Woodside, Long Island, where
he shot the bath-rubber while Mrs. Mack
waited in the garden until the decd was
done; that he afterward cut up the body
into sections, and that he and Mrs. Mack
together disposed ofthe pieces.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
MOB SURROUNDED A COURT HOUSE,
Only the Glitterlng Bayonets rs the Sol
diers Charged Dispersed 1t.


diers Charged Dispersed 1t.
The timely arrival OF troops at Carroll
ton, Pickens County, Ala, at daylight
thwarted the efforts OF mob to lynch Bud
Beard, colored, on trial there for assault
ing a seveu-year-old white child.
The lynchers were just preparing to close
in on the Court House, where the Sheriff
and dozen deputies had stood guard over
the prisoner all night, fearing that IL an
attempt was made to take him back to jail
the mob would get him, when the Warrior
Guards, OF Tuscaloosa, drove up infour
wagons and dispersed the throng. i,
Excitement was intense und the mob re-
fused to move until they saw the glittering
bayonets about to be turned upon them.
The soldiers then surrounded tho court
house, allowing none but officers OF the
court and others interested to pass the
lines. Court was reconvened ut o'clock
a. m. and the trial was proceeded with. BY
noon It was over and Beard had been SEN
fenced by Judge Pratt to hang on Decem-
her IN
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
"DYNAMlTE DICK" KILLED.
He Said He Preferred to Die With HIS
Boots On and He Did.


Charles Clifton, alias Dynamite Dick,
the notorious outlaw, was killed at the
house Of Sid Williams, fifteen miles ives. Of
Checotah, Indian Territory, by Deputy
Marshals. They had been on his trail for
three weeks and chased him all over the
Cherokee Nation, but his knowledge OF the
country enabled him to elude them. Cliff
ton refused to surrender and said he pre-
ferred to die with his boots on.
Clifton had been the terror Of the Indian
country for several years, being the head
OF one Of the boldest outlaw gangs that op-
Grated in that wild country. He got the
name OF Dynamite Dick because he used
to bore holes in his cartridges and fll them
with dynamite, which would explode with
headly effect after striking solid sub
stance. He was implicated in numerous
bank and express robberies.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
Durrant's Respite.

The California State Supreme Court
granted stay Of execution in the case OF
Durrant, who murdered two girls in San
Francisco church, because Of thu error OF
Superior Judge Durrant before the papers
in the United States Supreme Court de-
cision hnd arrived.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
KELLEY PLEADS GUILTY OF MURDER.
Asks Not to BE Hanged Until His Con-
tract With the Devil Expires.

tract With the Devil Expires.
At Dover, N. H., Joseph E. Kelley re-
tracted his plea OF not guilty to the charge
Of numbering Cashier Stickney, OF the Great
Falls National Bank, and pleaded guilty.
In addressing the court Kelley said: =.
"This question of retractinG my plea plea, all all
the date of my execution on January 1G,
1899, then. your Honor, retraet my plea
and plead guilty to the charge OF murder"
Kelley will be twenty-five years old on
January Is, 1899, and it has been his re-
peated desire for months that he should not
be hanged until after his twenty fifth birth
day, for then his contract with the devil
will expire, he says, and he Will 80 TO
heaven.
Kelley's plea was accepted and the jury
was discharged.
Kelley was pronounced guilty OF murder
in the second degree by Chief-Justice Ma
son. and sentenced to serve a term OF thir-
ty years In State prison at Concord.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
The Princeton Inn AFFAIR.

The Presbytery of New Brunswick. N.
J., accepted the withdrawal OF Professor
Shields. of Princeton University, who
signed the application for liquor license
for Princeton Inn. A resolution was
adopted calling the attention Of Presbyte-
rians to the rule Of the church respecting
the LIQUOR traffic.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
Oklahoma STAGE Robbed.

The mali stage running between
Cheyenne, Oklahoma, and Canadian was
held up bv liishwaymen, who riaed the
mail pouches and secured about S400 In
money end valuables. James Wilson, the
stage driver, has been arrested for supposed
completely in the robbery. !:
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
LOCOMOTIVE KILLS THIRTY.
An Entire Wedding Party Ground to
Pieces by an Express Train.

An Entire Wedding Party Ground to
Pieces by an Express Train.
A terrible accident has occurred near
Bielostok, Russian Poland, resulting In the
death Of thirty persons.
Avoiding party Of that number was re-
turning from the church to the home Of the
bride. All were in one wagon, huge vehi-
Gle, drawn by eight horses. The road
along which they drove crosses the railway
track on the level, and the driver, either
through carelessness or ignorance Of the
train schedule. pushed his swiftly moving
horses upon the crossing just as the ex-
press was coming up.
The locomotive struck the vehicle
squarely, killing many members OF the
party outright and mangling others 80
that they soon expired in friShtful agony.
Not member Of the party escaped.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-18
Yellow Fever Subsidinc.

The South is beginning to free itselffrom
yellow fever. Many cities are inviting
refugees to return. The quarantine re-
strictions in North Alabama have been re-
moved. New Orleans has raised the quar-
antine against oil points, but will exact
health certificates Of passengers from in
facted cities