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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-06-14
The Twelfth Census.

Throughout the United State
now an army o! enumrrators ar,
taking the twelfth census.
The questions which all persons
will be called on to answer are Il,
follows:
l. Surname, christian ramc, in.
itial.
2. Residence street, number OF
house.
3. Relation of each member to
the head of the family.
4. Color or race.
5. Sex.
6. Age at last birthday.
7. Day, month and year when
born.
s. Are you single. married, wild
ow, wilo Ncr or divorced ?
9. Number of years married.
10. How many children?
II. Number of children living.
II. Sex of these children.
l3. Where were YOU born. If
in the United States, give state or
territory if of foreign birth give
name of country only.
II. Where was your father born
Your mother? Same conditions
as the ioregolng.)
Is. If ot foreign birth, when did
YOU come to the United States?
16. How many years have you
resided in the United States?
II. Have YOU been naturalizcd'
How many years since You became
a citizen?
Is. What is your occupation,
trade or profession? (This question
applies to all persons ten years OF
age or over.
10. How many months during
the year are you employed?
20. How many months have
you attended school?
q. Can you read?
%. Can you write!
23. Give the main facts concern
mo vonr pLiIcatinu
"a. DO You own the house in
which You live?
%. DO YOU rent the house in
which you live? If YOU own the
house, is it free or morlgaged? (The
same conditions apply to farmers.)
From the instructions received by
the men who are taking the censu:
it is clear that the work will be don,
with as much consideration for the
feelings of the community as pos.
sible. So the average citizen, male
or female, need not have any sensa.
tion as he or she would experienc,
if contemplating a visit to the den,
tist or photographer. You need moi
look with suspicion upon the census
taker when he comes to ask ques
tions of all sorts. The sancity o
the information YOU will give hin
has been impressed upon him by th'
Observation-Disclosures \ o,
have no right to communicate t.
any person any information obtained
by you in the discharge of your of
fetal duties. "By SO doing" thu
the law declares, you will rende
yourself liable, upon the conviction
to a fine not exceeding $500. You
are not permitted to show you
schedules, when filed, nor to retail
copies OF the same; and it is you
duty to destroy all imperfect copie
not returned to your supervisor. l
at the close of the enumeration yo,
are asked what is the population o
your district or any portion thereof
reply that you are forbidden by law
not to answer. All such requests
whether from newspapers or indlvid'
uals are to be referred to the direc.
tor OF the census"
Committed Suicide.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-06-14

NJ. l.. Wagensellcr, a travelling
salesman of Selinsgrove, was at the
county seat Tuesday.
We are always glad to publish
the news, if it is sent to us, but send
it in time. We received an account
of Memorial Day (written June 5
and mailed June 9Th, one week after
Memorial Day. 1t arrived too
late for our issue last week. If we
would publish it this week il would
be two weeks after its occurrence.
Send news in Monday. 1t certainly
should not reach us later than early
Tuesday morning, but Monday if
possible.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-06-14
LOCAL NEWS.
Weeks News Dished up in
Small Quantities--Visitors in
Town During the Past
Week--Other News
of Interest.

Miss BERTHE Erhart is visiting Miss
Minerva Stctler.
Mrs. Chas. Spaid has been very
III the past few days.
O. r. McCoole was called to Drift
wood by the death of his sister.
Geo. ID. Goodling, of Meiserville,
was at the county seat Saturday.
Miss Ida Beaver, of Altoona, Is
visiting her parents in this borough.
Miriam Smith and Maud Moatz
are at Mifilinburg visiting relatives.
State College of Centre Co., Pa,
has an advertisement in the Posi-.
Road t. 4-5-l3t.
Mrs. d. X. Haas and son, of Sha-
nokin, are visiting relatives at this
,lace.
Misses Sue Beaver and Gertrude
Dunkelberger are visiting friends in
Shamokin.
James Beaver, the fruit dealer, of
NIiHlinburg, was at our county seat
last week.
Miss Belle Bibighaus, of Mifliln-
burg, was visiting relatives at this
lsce last week.
j. Calvin Schoch was at Gettys-
burg last week taking in the g. A.
R. Encampment.
Mrs. John w. Runkle was visit
ng her sister, Mrs. John CAN'T, who
5 sick at Mifflinburg.
J. S. Boop and wife, Of Mitiiin-
burg, were at the county seat last
week attending court.
Prof. +. G. BowersoX is one OF
The examiners of the Bloomsbury
State Normal school this week.
Miss Bertha katz, of George
tOwn, is visiting her brother, Hay
mond and wife, on Market street.
F. C. Bowcrsox and family were
|n Union county last week taking
ln outing and fishing along the
rout streams.
T. II. Harter, editor ofthe Belle
fonte Gazette, and wife were in town
few days during the past week
visiting friends.
L. II. Bowersox, of this place, was
taken away to a hospital for treat
hent. We hope the patient may
improve rapidly.
A very interesting Children's day
exercise was held at Hassinger's
rFhrch Sunday evening. Quite q
humber of Middleburgers were pres
ent.
Mrs. Joseph Bowersox fell out Of
the back door one day last week
and broke the s:nall bone in hel
arm and cut her ear and head. She
> getting along as well as can be
expected.
The cornerstone of the United
Evangelical church at Smithgrove
wlll be laid June Oath, at 2 o'clock
P. m. Rev. S. Aurand, of Centre.
ville, will officiate. All are cordial
y invited to be present.
Curtin Bowersox has received ar
entire new threshing outfit. 1t is
paid to be the latest and most i'm
proved threshing outfit in this sec.
lon. 1t is certainly very hand
some lot OF machinery.
The summer term of the Free
burg Musical College will open
July 16, 1900. The school is con-
aacted by H. B. Meyer. 1t is one
the best musical colleges in Gen.
al Pennsylvania and it has given
many young people inthis section
musical education that the institu-
on is q household word over 9
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-06-14
Letters Granted.

Letters of administration in the
estate OF Amelia Erdlev, late OF
Franklin township, were granted to
Morris Erdlcy and Henry a. Rauch.
Marriage Licenses.
VIM. b. Nipple, SeIinsgrove,
Mary f. WoIgcmuth,
I Samuel Gilbert, Beaver Springs,
| Bertha A. NJ. Kobel L"
I ID. NJ. Crossgrovc, Mitllinburg,
| katherine Kline, kratzcrville.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-06-14
IN COMBINATION WITH THE POST.

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NV "''''N 'iuDblnG
combinations with tbn D,vr m
Wv ''i' - Ic
rates quoted are very lnw
The Farm Jouru,I n,on,,l,
almost five wears ,nJtbn N,J'li,ii,, ~.
Posrone vcar. n,iJ il, ,J,ann" e. m1
T,,
nyr;cui,,,ni ',"i ,n ','' ~ one "i the best
tn,,s from a, ''lVrS puphShcd II CON
and ,r.a,. - & =" =" Pns'S each month
the the farmer Iahorara"d working man. 70
Inc New York Tri-Weckly Tri-
pune ana the Middlcburg PosT, one
ear, Pa'o III advance, only Sl.75.
we,n,.,v s%% Ws%EIy s,,i i is pHhlshGd Monday.
iroroT'i"" i".s nn% .,, o, % sSnseri6cr. on date q
npto.dn,e daily family nrwspap"q /" sp"r""sFlT fGr
nv a,
ne New l Ork Weekly Tribunp
,nl tL, \J:lu ~
an" 'iic Nlu'lIcDurg IOST, one wear.
n,il in ,I,.,,, ~
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The WcrkI, r,u,,, .,,
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02
A LETTER FROM GOODNoW.
Our Consul General at Shanghai
Tells of Conditions in a Let
ter to His Brother.

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 2s.-Charles
Goodnow has just received a letter
from his brother, Consul General John
Goodnow, at Shanghai, in which the
latter intimates that the conditions are
even worse than has been indicated in
his official cablegrams. He writes:
Chinese are leaving this city at the
rate of 1900 or 5000 a day. The pur-
pose of their going or their destination
is not known"
While he does not say So, Mr.. Good
now evidently believes that they are
being modified somewhere. Many of
those leaving, he says, have had close
relations with the Europeans, and if
their departure had been on accout of
war by the allies, some of them, he
thinks, would certainly have made
their fears known to their white
friends. The Europeans, therefore,
nave organized a body of volunteers.
and have refused to admit any natives
to it, although several offered their
services. This illustrates the suspicion
with which all natives are regarded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02
En- ROUTE TO TEN TS|N.
Allegation That the Surviving Dip.
lomats Are On the Way Reit-
Grated From Shanghai.
GRAVE SUSPICION OF DEEPLAID PLOT.
May Have Been Marched Away From
pekinE, Under Escort, Only Ia
be Ambushed and Massacred by
the ROxera While En- Route te
Tien Tsfn.

London, July 81, 1880 a. m.-Re
ports from Shanghai reiterate the al
legation hat the surviving members o.
the diplomatic corps nave already left
Pekin on their way to Tien Tsin, and
add that the foreigners are being cs
corted by troops of Jung-Lu, com,
mander-in-chief of the Chinese forces
This move is stated to be the out
come of very stormy interviews be.
Tween Ii Hung Chang and the for
eign consuls, and to have been taken
in the hope of abating the wrath OF
the powers and delaying the advance
of the allies toward Pekin.
Advices received from the same
sources state that half the foreigners
in pekin have been killed or wounded,
or have died as the result of the priva.
tions they had undergone.
simultaneously comes a cable dis
patch to the Daily Mail from Shang-
hal, announcing that a letter had been
received from Sir Claude Macdonald,
the British minister t China. under
ddAG III ChI1t. u vs. saying III q
tons were under constant fire and that
three were still standing, but that the
foreigners were receiving 70 assist
ance from the authorities. Owing &c
the ~cowardice of the Chinese, Sin
Claude wrote, it was hoped the lega.
TONERS would be able to hold out fol-
a fortnight, but if they were pressed
their resistance could not last more
than four days at the utmost.
Suspicion of Deep Laid Plot.
The alleged departure of the minis
tiers from Pekin has led to a reasser
ten of the belief that the story is
part of a deep-laid plan by China to
conceal the date of the massacre at
Pekin, the suggestion being that Chi
nese officials will claim that the min,
listers left Pekin under a strong escort,
but were ambushed and massacred by
Boexrs en- route to Tien Tsin. How
ever, although it is still believed a
massacre has occurred of the foreign
colony at Pekin, the disposition now
is 10 think the ministers were some
how rescued from a tragic fate.
Missionaries Murdered.
In missionary circles at Shanghai
according to a dispatch received here.
it has been learned that all the mis-
sionaries at Pao Ting, in the province
of Pe-Chi-Li, have been murdered. All
Of the people of the mission at Annoy,
province of Fo KEN, are reported well.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02
BY mourning At P[k|n
The Only Way, According to Belief
in England, that the Truth
Can Be Revealed.
Ii HUAG CHANCES SHANGHAI RESIDENCE.
Recurrence of Reports of the MurdeF
of Missionaries in Sha~n-Si-Cana-
dian missionaries Have a Terri
bile Experience En Route to
Shanghai and safety.

London, July 27.-While the latest
impression from the array of con-
ficting kilograms from the far east
is hat a portion of the foreign colony
at Pekin may have escaped slaughter,
Until a recent date. the general con-
sensus of the be~st-informed opinion of
Europe seems to continue to favor the
prompt action thereon, the conten-
ton being that the only possibility of
definitely ascertaining the ruth is by
the allied commanders inquiring ut
PeKin. Judging from h news from
Tien Tsin, however.recording divisions
among the admirals there, the pros
poets for a speedy advance seem to
be endangered, unless the govern
ments speedily agree upon a supreme
leader.
Ii n het Shanghai Arsenal.
kilograms from Shanghai report
that Ii Hung Chang has taken up his
abode at the arsenal, as a measure of
~pIecaution. 1t is not stated whether
he feared attack by Chinese or at
tempts of the powers to curtail his lib
critics. Apparently, the foreign con
suls at Shanghai have informed the
viceroy that unless he obtained def
mite dispatches from Pekin within five
days, they would conclude the minis
tiers had been murdered, and act ac-
cordingly.
Missionary Murders and OutraEes.
Reports are current that a number
&c
English. have~been murdered in Shan
ST.
One of the dispatches from Shang-
hal, published here, says:
The Canadian missionaries who es-
capped from Ho-Nan had a terrible eX-
perience en- route here. The natives
everywhere were hostile. The rabble
attacked the refugees, beat them and
tore the clothes from their backs. The
ladies' suffered cruel indignities."
Canton CO~nparutiveI Quiet.
The dispatch continues:
Canton remains comparatively
quiet. The natives, however, are be-
ginning to fear that reinforcement ar
irving at Hong Kong intend to attack
the Bogue forts ana occupy the city.
The military mandarin has asked the
colonial secretary at Hong Kong for
assurances hat Great Britain does not
intend to take Canton
The Japanese DivfsfOn.
A dispatch received here from Yo-
kohama states that the japanese di-
vision will all be landed ut Taku by
July 81, and will reach Tien Tsin Au-
gust g..
The legislature of New South Wales
has resolved to dispatch a military
contingent to join the imperial troops
in China.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02
SHOW TRAIN WRECKED.
One of Buffalo BiII's Men Dead and
Nine others Sent tn the
Hospital.

Detroit, Mich, July 3o.-Section one
of the Buffalo Bill Wild West shows
train suffered a severe collision neaI
Milwaukee junction, shortly before
daylight yesterday, resulting in the
smashing of a show employees sleep
ing car, containing some 40 sleeping
inmates. One of the latter is dead and
nine others are in Detroit hospitals
suffering from more or less serious
injuries.
AT the time of the collision the train,
consisting of &c wagon and stock cars,
four of the shows sleeping cars ane
aGraEd Trunkcaboose, was being trans
ferred from the Michigan Central to
the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee
road. The train was being pushed
backward from the ''Y" ut the Mil
waukee junction. when it was struck
by an outgoing Grand Trunk freight
train. The cabocse was forced on top
of the Buffalo Bills employees sleeper
No. sc, which was filed with sleeping
tent and canvasmen. When the unin-
iured men had recovered from the
shock, the wrecked sleeper was
chopped open, and the injured grad1.
ally gotten out.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02
HAVE ALREADY LEFT PEkIN.
Members of the Legation En- Route
to Tieu Tsin-OId Lii Getting
Mad at Continued I~ncreduIity.

London, July 27.-The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph. tel
egraphing yesterday, said:
Lii Hung Chang now states that
sonie of the members of the legations
have already left Pekin, and may be
expected shortly. He is becoming an
CRY at the skepticis.n of the consuis.
THE impression is gaining ground
here that the ministers Of the powers
to whom China has applied for media
t1on may still be alive.
"Tbe representatives of France,
Japan, Russia and the United States
have visited Ii Hung Chang, hut the
others still keep aloof.
"Trade in Shanghai is so paralyzed
that the customs revenue will not suf-
ice to- secure the payment of the next
installation the foreign loan.
Meanwhile active preparations inthe
Yang Use region for war are in prog
ress. not for war against rebels. but
against foreign powers. Junk loads OF
Chinese soldiers arl Boxers. disguised
as Coolies, arc arriving here daily. The
arsenal is full of arms. and supplies
are constantly coming in. The Nan
Kin and WI Chang garrisons are being
constantly reinforced, and the vicert.ys
admit that they can not much longer
Withstand the pressure brought to
bear by Shen and Ii Hung Chang upon
them to join the forces with Prince
Tuan.
1t is hoped that the arrival of Adj
miral Seymour here may stiiren the
backs of the foreign viceroys. and re-
Store the security III the port.
Two English missionary ladies. Miss
Whitchurch and Miss SearelI. have
Ieen murdered at Hsia Oh, in the Prov
iuce Of Shan ST. MaSsacres are also re-
I.orted from Tai Yuan and Pao Ting
Eu."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02
A MASKED NEGRO RoBBER.
He Held Up n Missouri Pacific EN-
press Messenger, But Got
Very Little Booty.

Atchison, Kas., July 2s.-Just after
the Missouri Pacific through Omaha
passenger No. 1 left Atchison at HIS,
q masked robber entered the express
car. covered John Kreiser, the mes
senger, with a revolver and demanded
the contents of the express safe.
Kreiser convinced him that the safe
could not be opened until the train
reached Omaha, and, after taking a sill
YER watch from an express package,
the robber ordered the messenger TO
apply the air brake. When the train
slowed up half a mile out of Atchison,
the robber got off and escaped. While
in the car his mask slipped down and
revealed the fact that he was a negro.
An hour later the Atchison police ar
rested a colored man, who gave his
name as Davis and he is being held.
The man says he IS from Denver.
Kreiscr will return here to see if he
can identify the suspect
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02
MADE LIGHT OF HARDsHIps
Becrs-GeneraEly Favorable
Report from I.ord Roberts.

London. July 2S.-The war office yes
ter.iay received the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts:
French and Hutton continued their
pursuit, on July 25. The former crossed
ELEPHANTS river. and from the nigh
ground on .he east bank he could see
MiddlebGrg and the eneniy retiring in
great disorder. The main road was
LOCKED for several miles with horse
me ard wagons. The enemv,S rear
was then eve miles north. Mounted
forces were still west OF the river.
Night was closing in; h rain was
falling in torrents, and Sc it was inn
possible to fellow. The night was ter
rii,le. In addition TO the rain, a strong
cast wind made the bivouac most I'M
comfortable. One officer. | regret to
say. died of exposure, and the mortal
ity among the mules and Nen vas
great. The men made light of their
hartIships. and were in famous spirits
wler | saw them yesterday.
Hunter has occupied Fourierberg,
and, SO far as | knew. did not suffer
less. He found Mrs. Steyn. wife of the
eN-president, and several OF our men
whom DeWet had captured at different
times. and whom lie was unable to
send TO Machadodcrp.
The enemy in the Bethlehem hills
are now closed in upon. Basutoland is
closed to them. Harrismith IS the only
line open, and it Will not be easy for
them 10 reach there with guns and
wagons.
"B~roadwood is still watching Chris
tan De Wet, who has taken up a posi-
ton on high hills near Reitsburg.
about seven miles south of the Eaal.
"P. De Wet, a younger brother of
Christian. surrendered ut Kroonstad
yesterday.
Barren reports from Krugersdorp
tlIat he has reconnoitercd the railway
IL Bank station, where the train was
wrecked on July 10, and been enabled
Ia replen;sh his supplies.
"MeIhuen's column. which reached
the Observation-Disclosures rail-
way. is o moving on Potchetstroom.
i;uller reports that the railway was
opened tc Heidelburc yesterday. giving
us through communication to Natal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02
THE ANTARCTIC REGION.
Interesting Report of the Cruise al
the Auxiliary Screw Bark
Southern Cross.

San Francisco. July 2S.-The report
of Explorer Borchgrevinck, who was
sent to the Antarctic in the interest of
science, in the auxiliary screw bark
SGu1Lcrp Cross, has been received here.
The explorer says that ice was first ell
countered on December 80. 1s9S, and
that two weeks later, Oh January II,
land was first sighted. 1t proved to be
Ialleney island, but near approach was
impossible owing to the ice. For weeks
the vessel was hemmed in the packard
preparations for a long Journey to Vic
tcrialand were being perfected when
the pressure slackened q little.
The Southern Gross had been hemnled
in tor AS days, and on the night of
February II dropped anchor in Robert
som bay.
Stores were landed ut South Victoria
land. On the 23d of January a sever
southwest gale occurred. It lasted for
is hours, and two anchors We're lost.
The report states that but for the
heroic work of the men the vessel
would have been lost. On March / the
Union Jack was hcisted on Victoria
land. and on March 2 the Southern
Gross, commanded by Capt. Jensen,
sailed for New Zealand. leaving Isprcin-
r'revinck and a party of ten at the set
tIement of Cape Adare. 2,@09 miles
south of Australia
The party remained in the vicinity
of Adare for some months, experience
ing great hardships and suffering in
tcnsely from the extreme cold.
On June &c IN attempt was made to
reach the coast land to the west OF
I;ubcrtSon's bay. where the camp was
Etched, with the thermometer regis
term" 40 degrees below zero.
An island was discovered and named
Duke of York island.
On this journey The lowest temper
allure registered was experienced,
namely, 50 degrees below zero.
Subsequently, expeditions from Rob-
ertson's bay were dispatched during
August and September with the result
that valuable collections were made
and observations attended to, when
ever opportunity offered. The lane to-
island in the Admir- lity range, was Wis
itC,I. and named Gelkie island. owing
to its geological interest.
Duke of York island itself was found
tn he cut through from east to west
by broad, deep quartz reefs.
lit may here suffice to say re.
marks Mr.. Borchere1inck, "tllat min
erals of great value occur IN this We
cinity. and that undoubtedly, in time
20 RIM science will receive much sun
port from commerce which ffc prog
ress OF civilization justifes. and that
future Antarctic exploration will
rever be in want of financial support.
POLITICALLY. / took possession of Duke
of York island for Sir George Newnes.
'Geike island, which was visited ON
several occasions, is also rich in miner
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02
CATARRH

or inflammation of this delicate pink
membrane.
The system is weakened in win
ter. The delicate lining is more
susceptible to irritation or infamma-
ton, and thus we have pneumonia,
grip, colds, coughs, fevers, ETC., all
catarrhal conditions which may
easily be checked by one catarrh
cure-Pe-ru-na.
That's the only way out of it.
You may dose forever-you will
not be well until you try the true
cure and that is Pe-ru-na. You
may think your trouble is some
other disease and not catarrh. Call
it what you will, n thing is sure,
your system is affected and must be
treated, and Pe-ru-na is the only
remedy which reaches the right
place and does cure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02
Protest from Havana Merchants.

Havana, July 27.-.-Local merchants
protest against the action of Collec-
tor Bliss in refusing to allow them to
store goods free for an indefinite pc
Rod in the government building on the
eustomhouse wharf. Under the Span
ish regime they hal the privilege OF
leaving their goods in the government
warehouses and of removing them at
their convenience without paying for
storage. Collector Bliss. however. only
permits them to leave their goods on
the wharf for six days, and in the
s~torehouse for three without charge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02

Tostor, July 27.-Taa American
board of commissioners for foreign
missions received a c%ahlegram from
Rev. Henry B. Porter, . missionary of
The board. dated Che Foo, July %, con-
tanning the words "Peking alive" Rev.
Mr.. Porter, who was stationed al 1ang
Chuang. province of Shan Tung. North
China, escaped to Chez Foo after the
Boxer uprising. The cablegram con-
tanned only the two words, "Peking
alive" no ~intimation being giver as to
the evidence on which the c~onpiDtior
Was based.