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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-07

The Lafayette Post, No. 20, and Woman's
Relief Corps No. 10 held a meeting last
evening at the Church of Our Father, Ger
ner Thirteenth and l. streets, for the pur
pose of installing the officers for the en-
suing year.
Tie meeting was opened with an ad
dress by Post Commander DR.. Lawrence
Wilson.
The installation of the officers of the
Woman's Relief Corps, No. 10, next fol-
lowed, with Mrs. Ida V. Hendricks as in
Sailing officer The ladies who assumed
office were: President, Mrs. Laura Wheel
er; senior vice president, Mrs. Vina Cal
houn; junior vice president, Mrs. Marion
Gregory; treasurer, Mrs. Georgiana Cham
bers; secretary, Miss Adelaide Wilton;
chaplain, Mrs. Jane Brideham: conductor,
Mrs. Mary Mangan; guard Mrs. Gertrude Nc
Elwee; assistant conductor, Miss Kate
Steinal; assistant guard, Mrs Laura Cham
berlin.
MAJOR Dennis O'Connor officiated at the
installation of officers for the Lafayette
lost. The officers for the ensuing year
are: Commander, NJ. "A. Dillon; senior
vice commander, Hugh w. Burns junior
vice commander, Martin. v. Hotel; adj
jutant, S. F. Hamilton; Guartermaster, DIR.
Lawrence; chaplain, Charles F. Benja-
mine; surgeon, DIR. Casper r. Weber; Off
Ger of the day, Lorenzo d. Dumples; off
Ger of the guard, Warner Hurley; quarter
master sergeant, w W Chambers, and ser
geant, Major Charles Katzenstein.
A pleasing program of 4rccitations and
vocal and instrumental nusic was rendered
during the evening, .,,.,,e.,.... va.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-07
Considered a High Honor.

The head OF the Smithsonian has larger
forces at his command, and q wider field
for his operations than any other person
in u similar position in the United States
He holds unique relations with the leading
men in science and literature throughout
the world. A part OF the work under him is
the interchange of the results Of research
with the great societies of science and
learning of the civilized nations. For honor
and usefulness the place is unsurpassed by
any.
From the first the secretary has chosen
for his assistant a man who has in turn
become the chief executive Prof Henry
named DR. Baird as his nearest and most
efficient aid. and when Baird came to be
secretary he chose Prof Langley. 1t is
altogether probable that in the ordinary
course DR.. Goode would have taken Secre-
tary Langley's place. Many reasons are
given why it is well that this should be the
policy OF the institution Most important.
perhaps, is the desirablity of continuity
in the plans and operations There is no
other way provided fol securing this re-
suit.
In consequence Of the fact that the assist
ant Will one day tee the secretary, the posi-
ton commands the attention Of men OF the
highest rank in the scientific world. Sew
eral rumors have been afloat as To the
choice at this time, but none of them Could
be traced TO good authority. Prof. Lang
ley alone. SO far a. can be learned, knows
who VIII receive the honor, and it is even
doubtful if lie knows at this time. There
has been considerable discussion Of names
Prof f. W True, wiso has been in charge
OF the office since the death Of Dr. Goode.
has naturally been talked Of; also several
other persons prominent in the present Of
fetal corps of the institution have been
mentioned and more or less discussed. But
there is no one whom conditions indicate
with any certainty as the man. 1t is said
upon good authority that when President
David Starr Jordan, OF Leland Stanford
University, was here short time ago. ne
was approached with the suggestion that
he could be appointed il il was known tina.
lie would accept.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-07

IS Children's & it { e d
Hoods and Caps, formerly
sod for 25, 35, so and soc,
for. .12l%c each
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16
A Furlough to Get Married.

The'Thirteenth Regiment men, who h ave
the most undesirable quarters, those at Lat.
timer, varied the monotony of inactive life
in the field on Tuesday by a pleasant little
incident.
Private Gibbs, OF Company A, from
Scranton, had made request for furlough.
His commander was averse to granting leave,
except for good cause.
The q" soldier boy" blushed little, and
said he had an engagement to get married the
next day. The furlough was granted
When Gibbs left The camp a squad of hi:
company, headed by fife and drum corps,
escorted HIM to the cars and showered ric,
upon him. They carried crude banners
reading: "We're Going Home to be Mar
ried," with other faceous legends; sounded
the .eveil'e aud piayei 1.-The Girl l Left Be
hind Me"
Even this little afiair served to show how
| completely overawcd the strikers are by the
presence of the troops The sound OF the
drums gathered crowd of them within a
few moments, and they watched the fun
mixing with incomprehensible and fright
ened eyes.
a night or two ago, when taps were
sounded In the Lattimer camp at o'clock
the call SO scared the foreigners that ther
was a stampede for the surrounding woods il
| the fear that an attack was to be made.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16
o8b ACRES,

being the same tract OF land which Edward
Richie and wife by deed dated the 18th day OF
Dec. 1881. granted and conveyed 10 l. X. Tit
man, recorded Jan. 81, 1884 in Deed Book 81 p.
lg1.
The second MISUNDERSTANDING at post, a
corner OF land OF Thomas Poke; thence along
line OF said Poke, south 80 degrees east 40 per-
ches 10 post; south As degrees east 81 2.lO
perches TO post, thence by land OF Edward
Richie, south 20 degrees west 90 $40 perches TO
a rock oak; south 70 degrees west 70 5-lO per-
ches TO chestnut, north 2H degrees east 10 $40
perches to white pine; south 70 degrees west
Aperches TO post; thence by land OF James
Masters, north IN degrees west lls perches to
post on bank OF creek; north 42N degrees east
IS perches TO a hemlock, south 7sk degrees east
So perches to white pine north 2SIf degrees
east l3 perches to post north 4sH degrees
east 80 $40 perches to post, south S7,$ de-
grees east IS perches TO post south sk de-
grees west aS perches TO post, north S'k de
grees west AZ $40 perches TO the place OF be-
ginning, containing Ijs Acres II Perches
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16
Election Board Off To Jail.

Matthew McHugh, Conrad Keil-
man, Michael Deegan, Charles Long
acre and Charles Walker, composing
the Election Board officers in the
Fourth ward, South Bethlehem, on
Monday pleaded guilty to violation of
the election law last fall, and were
each sentenced by Judge Scott to pay
fine of $2oo and suffer 60 days
imprisonment. These officers ne.
elected to keep the numbers on the
voting check list and to tile the ballot
sheets with their returns. They also
failed to subscribe their names to
their oaths.
The Court held that they should
have acquainted themselves with their
duties, as such neglect courted cleo
tion contests.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL

Germany now has electric light In
over 1000 postal cars, and Austria is
about to adopt the same system.
A Frenchman has patented de-
vice whereby passengers may be land.
ed in safety from railway trains run
ming at full speed.
Coal tar, when used for dyes, yields
sixteen shades of blue, the same num-
Der of yellow tints, twelve of orange,
nine Of violet, and numerous other
colors and shades.
A method of transporting grain
through iron pipes, by means of sue
ton, from distant farms to the sea-
board, has been devised by an lnven-
tor IN Orlando, Fla.
There are snails actually resem-
bling thorns. This species remained
for long time undiscovered, until a
close observer saw one of these
rhorns walking around the branch.
Scarlet seems to be the color mos,
conspicuous in bright sunshine, and
scarlet flowers are commonest in dry
and sunny climates, where their color
gives them an advantage in their
struggle with other flowers for the at
tentions of butterflies and other pollen
bearers.
A microscope examination oi
mother of pearl shows the smell to be
made up Of very fine lines SO closely
put together that the white light l:
broken up into its prismatic colors
and we get the so-called "play o
colors." Taking careful cast o
such she'll the wax cast will yielc
the same prismatlc effects.
A new electric invention is a sim
| pie device by which an electrical cur
rent of high potential can be uniform
ly decreased in volume or strength. O
both. at the will of the operator. TIL,
instrument or apparatus is in tht
nature OF rheostat, and can be useC
whenever a graded current is desired
|-EAeehicity.
An eminent physician states tina
typhoid fever can be washed out O
the system by water. He gives hi
patients what would amount TO eigh
or ten ounces an hour of s,erilize,
water. In cases of cholera, wher
the system secrets large amount Q
fluid, enormous quantities of no
water are Of great benefit.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16

When the farmers take the trouble
to consider the causes of the present
demand for their corn and wheat and
the enhancement of prices, they can
only reach one conclusion. Two
words tell the story: Short crops.
The nations now buying our surplus
are compelled to trade with us be-
cause of their own necessities, not
because OF any favoring disposition.
At the same time that they are buying
shiploads of our breadstuffs we are
making commercial war against them
by discouraging the exchange OF COM
modlties, except after the inflction of
heavy penalties. We are only re.
strained from a still more offensive
policy by treaty stlpulations. The
farmers will understand that the tariff
policy of this country tends steadily
to discourage the growth of our ex-
port trade and to thus cut them off
from their markets. They owe much
this year to the perversity of Nature,
but nothing to the obstructive perver-
sity OF pollticians.-Er.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16

There is trouble ahead in the Repu-
blican party. By the enforced resigna-
ton of Secretary of the Common
wealth Reeder, and Deputy Attorney
General Elkin, Governor Hastings
has made an open declaration OF war
against Senator Quay, and it will now
be fight to the finish between the
two factions. Following this action
of the Governor comes the arrest of
Reeder, charged with conspiracy to
libel John Wanamaker, in connection
with the alleged bribery cases at the
arrest of VanValkenburg just before
the election Of Boies Penrose to the
United States senatorship. Other
arrests have also been made, among
them being Ellery P. Ingham, ex.U.
S. District Attorney, charged with
offering member of the legislature of
Bradford county bribe in the shape
of an Office worth $4,000 a year, and
to pay him two years salary down, in
return for his support OF Penrose and
against Wanamaker for United States
Senator. Ingham is tool Of Quay,
and has always been his ardent SUP
porter. 1t was Quay's influence rather
than Ingham's merit that secured the
latters appointment to fat govern
ment Office. Reeder is publishing open
letters to Hastings, and Elkin is giving
Attorney General Mccormick a
dose of the same kind, and it seems to
be sort Of general Republican wash
day when all the political soiled linen
is being brought out and hung up to
the public gaze. When politicians
begin to tell tales on each other in
public, the people always find some
thing out. Altogether the Republican
family in this state is having a monkey
and parrot of time, and if the Dem
ocrats derive no advantage from this
quarrel, 1t will be only because of a
lack Of able leadership and common
sense. There must be unity in our
ranks, and with 1t we can whip the
enemy next year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16
ElkiDs Resigns.

Another change was made in Gov.
ernor Hastings cabinet on Friday
last by the resignation of John P. Ell
kins, Deputy Attorney General. Col.
onel w. F. Reeder, of Bellefonte,
was named as his successor.
The letter received by the Deputy
Attorney General from his chief was
couched in the same language as that
in which Governor Hastings asked for
the resignation of Secretary Reeder.
Mr.. Elkins sent in his resignation
Friday night and it was promptly &C.
cepted. Before resigning he sent a
letter to General Mccormick asking
for the reasons which demanded his
resignation. In reply the Attorney
General gave the Deputy's part in the
$4,000 bond scandal as the cause OF
his enforced retirement.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16

That frank exposure of his feelings
meets with the enthusiasm of the un-
compromising Spanish press. A
stanch Conservative journalist writes :
General Weyler is compared in
the United States with the Duke of
Alva, and that is but an acknowledge
ment Of his merits. The Duke OF
Alva was great general. He made
war with f:e and sword In the
Netherlands, but he did not lose the
Netherlands for Spain. 1t was the
Duke of Parma who lost them after
him with a milder po olicy."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16
WEYLER'S RAVAGE IN CUBA.

General Weyler has at last an
nounced his war policy. What it has
been has been seen time and time
again, but not until now has it come
from his own lips. He told it at the
palace to the high officers, who re-
ceived him when he returned from
the field, and here is how he told it:
81 am not afraid" said General
Weyler, "of the charges made against
my administration. l do not try,
either. to win the title of a humane
general. War is war, and / came
here to make war. relentless, pitiless
war against the enemies of Spain.
81 never understood the wisdom of
governing with a slack hand rebel
people, and so we'll known was my
opinion in this matter that as soon as
my coming to Cubavas Captain Cen
eral was announced all the covert
enemies of Spain who lived here
among us emigrated in haste to the
United States. Had they had moth
ing to fear they would have stayed, as
others did, among the loyalists. l
was glad, then, of knowing 1t. l was
glad that they knew me.
81 know, also, that the feeling of
hostility against Spain is deeply root
ed in this country. l have done only
my duty in trying to extirpate it.
What means all the outcry against my
decree ordering the concentration Of
the pacificos Only that it was a
military measure favorable to Spain.
1t is not my fault if hundreds or thou
sands of people have to die from the
effects of a military measure. | did
not provoke this war, The revolu-
tionists cast the die, and they must
stand the consequences. To meet
the guerrilla warfare the Cubans wage
against the royal army of Spain I had
to cut off all communication between
the insurgent bands and the towns.
Such communication allowed the in
surgent bands to provide supplies for
themselves in the towns to carry on
their desultory warfare.
"The pacihcos were link between
the town conspirators and tine insur-
gents. / have severed that link.
That is all. l am not responible for
the consequences Of dire but urgent
measure imposed by the war.
~ believe that the magnanimity of
Spain is so great and the injustice of
the revolution so extraordinary that
the insurgents and their abettors do
not deserve any consideration. For
her loyal subjects Spain has reforms /;
for the rebels, what they like, war;"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16
biosI W onucrIuI "a IuIvs.

The most wonderful cave In the
world Is in the Island Of Tonga. in the
South Pacific. Byron called il "a
chapel of the seas" 1t is formed In u
rock thatsis almost surrounded by the
ocean. This rock is about sixty feet
high, and broad proportionately.
Many years ago boy, the son of a
native chief, was chasing a huge tur-
tie, when his game seemed 10 sink into
the rock. The lad watched and wait
ed until the tide fell, disclosing a small
opening in the rock about six feet un-
der low water mark.
Diving boldly, the young hunter en-
tered the aperture. and, to his surprise,
came to the surface inside the rock.
The rock was hollow, and its interior
was found afterward, when the natives
explored it with torches, to contain
many beautiful stalactites.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16
High License, Surely.

Oregon has hit upon new exped;-
ent to keep her citizens sober. Every
man who drinks is obliged to take out
a license, costing five dollars a year,
and unless armed with this document
he cannot be served with liquor at any
saloon or hotel Every six months
the names Of the persons who take
out the liceuse are to be published in
the local newspapers. so that the pub
lie may know who they are, and those
who are not authorized to drink. This
is certainly unique plan and some
what startling.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16
The Hazleton Tragedy.

Collision between bodies of the
people, whether citizens or aliens, and
the civil authorities must ever be an.
omalous under free government
and the conflict at Hazleton is not
simply anomalous, it is deplorable in
whatever aspect it may be viewed,
and most of all in the loss of life
which has resulted therefrom. The
situation is one which never should
have arisen in government of the
people by the people. Having arisen,
its larger lessons are for the morahsts
and the teachers of society; its i'm
mediate and practical duties are for
the authorities, and they are too PLAIN
to admit of discussion.
The first duty Of the State is to re-
store and maintain order. This will
not be difficult matter to do. The
Governor has been commercially
prompt, and his action in calling on
the military power has doubtless been
tha means Of saving many lives. Ri
oters invariably have a wholesome re-
spect for organized forces nor will the
terrible lesson Of Friday afternoon be
without effect in giving pause to turb-
ulence.
The reign of order being re-estab-
lished, the next duty of the authori-
ties will be to investigate the shoot
ing. 1t would be worse than useless
to subject the act of Sheriff Martin to
critical scrutiny until calmer public
mood shall have set in which will
make it possible to sift the truth from
the mass of contradictions. AT one
meeting in Hazleton the shooting has
been condemned; at another upheld.
And so it goes. The actual truth
cannot be gotten at until the whole
matter shall have been looked into to
the bottom with the judicial eye.
1t may be that the Sheriff was
hasty. 1t may be that he was not the
man for the emergency. One thing
is notwithstanding should ever be
the last resort it is only defensible
in cases of extremity which admit OF
no other alternative. Another lesson
made all the more conspicuous by the
tragedy is that the marching to and
fro of bodies of men who proceed
from mine to mine for the purpose oi
coercing workmen to drop their picks
and fall in line is a species of disor.
der involving grave menace to the
public peace and to the lives of citi
zens. and one to which the civil au.
thorites cannot afford TO be indiff,er.
ent without dereliction of duty.
The admonitions of the tragedy
are, therefore, alike tor the authorities
and for those whom circumstances
have made inimical to established or.
der; and duly needed, as lesson:
given with such terrible impressivenes:
deserve to be, their effect should be
to forever make impossible within the
confines of our State a repetition o.
the saddenlng scene at Hazlet.n.-
Phila. Reeoyd.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

What was known as Names Oldest
school house, situated in West Gar
diner, was destroyed by fire recently.
1t was built 104 years ago.
An Atlanta man named John Smith
will soon call upon all the Smiths in
the world to contribute toward mag
nificent building to be erected in hon
or OF the name. The house is to COW
er ten acres.
There is an old philosopher prophet
and poet in California who claims that
he has solved the problem OF living
forever. He lives hermit's life, eats
only three times a week, and never
expects to die.
A st. Louis confectioner has convert
ed bicycle into an ice cream freezer,
and mounting his Wheel which, of
course, Is stationary, he esaily freezes
a seven-gallon can of ice cream in
twenty minutes.
A Cambridge, Mass, woman during
the recent very hot days hired a small
boy with a sponge to stand at a wa,
tering trough near her home and wet
the heads of all the horses as they
came up to drink.
Mr.. Edison once wished to test how
soon a message by telegraph could &c
round the world. The dispatch was
sent, and in fifty minutes it came back
and was put into Mr.. Edison's hands
as he and his friends were still sitting
at the table.
An advertisement In a Chicago pa
per reads: Il would like to communi-
cate with any and all persons who
have had at any time in life any sort
of remembrance or indication that
they ever lived before in any sort OF
animal life on this or another globe. "
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16
Cleaning Silvsrware. Etc.

Silver and plated articles should be
placed about ten minutes In the hot
water in which potatoes have been
boiled with salD. and then be rubbed
with woolen rag, and rinsed in pure
water, when the articles will not only
be free from tarnish. but perfectly
bright. Potato-water that has be ,ome
sour by standing several days answers
still better and is also excellent for
cleaning articles of steel and glass
water bottles.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16

As an item Of interest to justices OF
the peace, we note that the late Legis-
lature amended the law so that in an
appeal from any judgment, the party
appealing must make affidavit that his
appeal is not intended to delay the
case, but that he believes that in
justice has been done. Heretofore
this was necessary only in claims for
labor it now applies to all cases where
appeal is taken.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16

1t has been wisely said that " had
the Dingley bill only been in force
before the idea of Labor day struck
the originator OF 1t, there would have
been no need for any legal holiday of
that kind. Under Republican admin
istratlons, day set apart on which all
might work would be hailed with de-
light by the laboring class.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16

The first news from the south that
yellow fever was raging there, served
to frighten nearly every American,
and as an exchange puts it "there are
few hearts in these United States that
will not hope and pray that Dixie land
will be spared any visitation OF that
dreaded disease"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue Of writ OF Fl. Fa., issued out OF
the Common Pleas OF Columbia County Pa, and
to me directed, there will be exposed TO public
sale at the Court House, in Bloomsbury, Ps., on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1897,
at 2 o'clock p. NJ, All those two messuages,
tenements or tracts OF land situate in the town.
ship OF Greenwood county OF Columbia, and
state OF Pennsylvania, the first thereof bound
ed and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning
at post, corner OF land OF Thomas Poke;
thence south 2H degrees west lOOH perches;
thence north S7H degrees west Ice S-i0 perches,
north ~ degrees east IL perches, north IN de-
grees west 6s perches to post, south 70 de-
grees west Ga perches TO white pine; north sla
degrees east 10 5-lo perches TO chestnut, south
70 degrees west &c lilo perches TO rock oak;
south so degrees west Cd S-l0 perches 10 a post
south i5 degrees east ~ perches to the place OF
beginning, containing
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER I6, 1897.

Governor Hastings has appointed
William w. Porter OF Philadelphia
to the Superior bench. to fill the
vacancy caused by Judge Wizards
resignation.