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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-06
WARS END NEAR.
II Is Thought Kruger md Stcyn Are
Preparing to Flee.

PRETORIA, Sept. 3.--Mr. Kruger and
Mr.. Steyn have gone to Barberton. 1t is
believed that they are preparing for
flight. The general opinion is that the
war is now very near the end. but should
the Beers construct strongholds in the
bush, on the yeldt or elsewhere and begin
system Of raids the British would re.
quire further large supplies of horses.
General Butler moved II miles north
westward along the Lydenburg road and
crossed the Crocodile river TO Badfontein.
He found the Beers concentrating in the
Crocodile mountains.
A force of Beers under Commandant
Them broke through the British lines and
captured and burned supply train at
Kip River Station, taking 30 prisoners.
Brabant's horse proceeded thither, re.
captured all the prisoners and drove the
Beers into the hills.
Colonel Plumer dispersed a small com.
mando under Commandant Pretorius east
of Pinaar's river, capturing 26 Beers, q
number of wagons and q quantity of cat.
tie and rifles.
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Trustee Meeting.

The incorporated Trustees of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
diocese of Central Pennsylvania held
a meeting in Bloomsburg on Wednes
day. This board holds title to church
property in the Diocese, and has
charge of certain trust funds.
The members are: Col. John G.
Freeze, Chancellor: S. L. Brown,
Wilkes-Barre; w. r. Butler, Mauch
Chunk; B. F. Meyers, Harrisburg;
Guy Farquhar, Pottsville; Col. w. F.
Reynolds, Bellefonte; who were pres
ent. The members of the beard who
were not present are: Bishop Talbo,
who is in Europe, and William H.
Sayre, of South Bethlehem.
Among other business the board
declined to accept the eXecutorship
of the will of the late Miss Mary X.
Snyder, of Selinsgrove, because OF
lack of power in their charter.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue OF writ OF Fl. Fa., issued out OF
the Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia Coun-
W. pennsylvania, and 10 me directed, there VIII
De exposed to public sale, at the Court House,
In Bloomsbury, County and State aforesaid, on
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 1900,
al TWO o'clock p. m, all that certain piece, or
parcel OF ground, situate on the northwest
corner OF Eighth and jefferson streets, in the
Iown OF Bloomsbury, Pennsylvania, known
ana designated as No. 2s, in the Sloan Addition
10 said town, bounded on the north by Front
Alley, and on the west by lot No. 20, owned by
O. P. Sloan, being forty-eight feet front on
Eighth street, by one hundred and eighty-six
ieet In depth on jefferson street, whereon are
erected nearly new two and one-half story
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE
and other outbuildings, good well OF water
on the lot.
seized taken in execution, at the suit OF The
cooperative Building Bank VS.. Charles F. Ney-
hard' ana to be sold as the prope rty OF Charles
F. Neyhard.
W. W BLACK,
X, r. JonN, Atty sher,n
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UNDER A COMMISSION
Filipinos Do Not Seem to Ap-
preciate the New Regime.
MAJORITY OF ISLANDERS WANT PEACE
Insurgents Exercise n Reign of Ter
ror md Hinder Work of the
Peace Commit sioners-Many
Islands Now Tranquil

| MANILA. Sept 3. 49, The Fiipino
seem incapable of realizing the scope ant
purpose of the legislative functions Of
the commission of peace. There is n,
possibility of separating the legislativ,
| from the executive branches of the gov
ernmcnt and therefore the commission
announcement of its assumption Of powei
| Sept ! has met with childish comment,
at the hands of the Spaniards and for
eigners, who jealousy sneer at the new
arrangement, as they are apt to do al
every beneficial innovation on the part OF
the United States authorities.
The commission enters upon the gov.
ernmental field under the following condi.
tons:
A majority of the islanders desire peace
and the resumption of business under the
Americans. but they are so cowed by n
long series of murderous atrocities and
destruction Of property by their armed
countrymcn that they dare not actively
show their feelings, especially because
experience has taught them what such an
expression of sentiment will bring upon
them from the mercilcssly revengeful reb-
els. genuine reign of terror is eXerciS.
ed by insurgents and ladrones over
peaceful countryfolk in order to collect
the revenue and recruits their operations
require, and widespread vengeance is
wreaked in the vicinity of garrisoned
towns
In northern Luzon the status quo i
fairly well maintained, and the people in
that quarter are quiet and engaged in
planting, except in the provinces Of Nue-
va Ecija and Rulacan, where there has
been recent outburst of rebel and In.
drone activity. But in southern Luzon
conditions are far from satisfactory. Life
there is not safe outside the garrisoned
towns. Travellers are subject TO ambush
by guerrillas. Rarely does day pass
without an encounter between the United
States troops and the insurgents or la
drones, resulting in casualties.
There are $4,000 troops in that district.
General Bates commanding. and in three
regiments over third of the men are
sick. The activity of the enemy increased
last month. There is evidence that the
insurgents have come into possession Of
new rifles and that they wish to annihi.
late some small American garrison for
the sake of the political effect in the
United States.
Conditions in the Nisayas continue
virtually unchanged The lack of troops
IN Samar prevents aggression. Negros.
Romblon, Masbate, Sibuyan, Tablas and
Bohol are tranquil, all desiring civil gov
ernments. Mindanao is also tranquil. ex-
cepting the districts of Teagayan and
Surigam, where occasional encounters
with the Filipinos occur The enemy's
fighting force there is limited. but it has
number of rifles. The surrenders, al.
though they have noticeably decreased
since May. continue.
Twelve Americans. including two cap
tains and two lieutenants, have been
killed during the past two weeks. The
official reports of the encounters in which
these casualties occurred are meager.
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Buckhorn Festival.

A festival will be held at Buckhorn,
next Saturday evening, September 8,
at the School House, for the benefit
of the Buckhorn Cornet Band. A
chicken and waffle supper will be
served in addition to other refresh
ments Supper IS and IS cents. The
Bloomsburg Band will furnish music
for the occasion. Everybody invited.
The following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg, Pa, postoffice, and
will be sent to the dead letter Office
Sept IS, 1900, Persons calling for
these letters will please say "that they
were advertised Sept. 4, 1900"
Mr.. Sam Clark, Rev. J. w. Craw-
ford, Mr.. A. G. Chrswell, Mr.. Perry
Evans (2), Mr.. E. McConville, Rev.
George A. PAUL, Mist Greco Santo,
Miss Pearl Weiss.
>One cent will be charged on each
letter advertised.
o B. MELLlcK, P. M.
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MILLER, Att
SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue OF a writ OF Fl. Fa, issued out d
the Court Of Common Pleas OF Columbia County
Pennsylvania, and TO me directed there VIII os
exposed to public sale at the Court House 10
Bloomsbury, County and State aforesaid Oh
SATURDAY, SEPT. goth, 1900
at o'clock p. m, all that certain lot or pes
OF ground, situate In Hopkins addition 70
Bloomsbury, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
bounded and described as follows TO wit "
ginning at post on Chestnut alley andlo now
owned by Herring, and running thence along
said lot north eastwardly two hundred aN
thirty feet TO an alley, thence along said all9
south eastwardly fitty-one feet TO POSI-
corner OF lot OF Susanna Beers, theDn
along the same southwestwardly two hunaT~
and thirteen feet six inches TO Chestnut alleN
and thence along said alley northwestWanS
forty-eight feet TO place of beginning wheTeA
is erected one aud one half story
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE
Seized, taken into execution at the suit q
Camp No. 3l9 p. o. S. OF A. VS.. C. A Rlchellll"
and Maria Richeldiher and 10 be sold as tAs
property OF Maria Richeldiaer.
KELLER KELLER, W. W. BLACh
Attorneys Sheriff.
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Improvements on the Pennsylvania.


The extensive repairs, which have
been in progress on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, below Danville, during the
past few months, have all been com
pleted, and gives the road double
track from Riverside 10 point below
Kipp's Run.
These Improvements, however, are
not the extent Of what the company
intend making in this vicinity. A
local citizen, while in Harrisburg, re-
Gently visited the Office of a promi.
nent official of the road In CONVEX
satlon with an attache of the office
this gentleman learned that the con-
struction of road along the canal
bank, from Danville to Berwick,
which has been much discussed, is
improbable, although a switch may
be run across the river to Danville.
The intention of the company, &C
cordlng to this Office attache, is to cut
away portion of the Blue Hill, just
above South Danville, and to con-
struct another track. The work will
likely commence this fall.-SmbHyy
DaiT.
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Second Hand Wheels

At MERGERS Drug and Book Store,
getting very scarce. We now have
left the following only: One ladies',
in good condition, at $Ia.oo; one
Alton, new this year, $4,000 list price,
that can be bought for $25.oo. This
wheel has not been run 90 miles
One Crescent tandem for $1,000.
This we regard as the best bargain
we have been able to offer this year
in tandems. If you want new
wheel, it will pay you to get our
prices, as we will promise you a real
bargain.
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CAsToEIA.
Bears the nlhs Kind You Have Always Bought
signature es &W2zAZx
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue OF writ OF Fl. Fa., issued out OF
the Court of Common Pleas OF Columbia Coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, and to me directed there
VIII be exposed TO public SALE at the Court
House, in Bloomsbury, County and State afore-
said on
SATURDAY, SEPT. 90, 1000,
at two O'Clock p m, all that certain lot OF
ground, situate on the south side OF the Ber-
wick road, In the Town of Bloomsbury, bounded
ana described as follows TO wit: Beginning at
the southwest corner OF the said Berwick road
and twenty-fOot street. thence along said
street south forty two minutes west, one hun.
dred and eighteen feet to siXteen-foot alley :.
thence along same south seyenty-four degrees
and thirty-tiye minutes west, forty-two and
thirty-eight one hundredths feet, more or less.
TO stake on other land OF Matthew McRey-
nolds; thence on line parallel TO and forty
ieet from the first above named alley, north
forty-two minutes east, one hundred and thir-
ty-two feet, more or less, to the south side OF
the Berwick road, as now laid out; thence
along same, I'm an easterly direction, forty feet
TO the place OF beginning, whereon is erected
new two and one-half story
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE.
Seized, taken in execution, at the,suit of The
Cooperative Building Bank VS. George NJ
lemon, and to be sold as the property OF George
p p 1ou, 49,. WV. BLACK,
i'' ~ "ohS' AlVy' sheriff,
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Popular Music Free.
Another Novelty Offered by The Great Pha.
delphia Sunday Press"

Every reader of the great Phila.
delphia Sunday Press" next Sunday
September 9 will receive free piece
of sheet music which cannot be pur-
chased at any music store for less than
50 cents. 1t is entitled "At an Ole
Virginia Wedding" and is certain to
become one of the most popular selec,
tlons of the year. The only way to
get it is with next Sundays Philadel'
phia "Press," and you should order a
copy from your newsdealer at once.
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A well.known doctor was COM
menting upon what has become
known as the shirt-waist fad. SNOW
that the shlrt-waist man has become
an assured fact he said, 81 suppose
the next innovation, prompted by
newspaper publicity, will be the bare
headed man. Really, l am not Jest
ing. Just as soon as the weather be-
comes cooler it would be a wise thing
to exploit and encourage the bare
headed man. OF course, it wouldn't
do for a man to 60 without any COW
ering for his head in this kind of
weather, being unused to it, he would
probably suffer from sunstroke or heat
prostration. Men wear their hats too
much. If they wore them less there
would be less headache and nervous
exhaustion, and far fewer bald heads.
There's the point to emphasize. A
man cares less about headache than
he does about his hair falling out.
Advocate the bare headed man on
the plea OF saving his hair, and he
WIN become. even more popular than
the shlrt-walst man. This is really a
sensible suggestion"
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After an illness extending over a
period of four weeks, Mrs. William
Burgess died at the Indian Indus
trial school, Carlisle, on Friday. Mr..
and Mrs. Burgess were the founders
of Greenwood Seminary. The re-
mains were taken to Millville, where
interment was made on Sunday.
The deceased was sixty FIVE years
of age.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-06

Many cars loaded with grapes are
now passing over the Pennsylvania
railroad from the south. In the
midsummer season the grapes come
up from the sunny south and in the
fall of the year they come down in
immense quantities from the Lake
Erie grape belt. 1t is reported that
the indications point to a tremend-
Gus crop of grapes in the lake belt
this year. Watermelon, canteloupe
and peach shipments are very heavy
Just now, much fine fruit going to
northern and western points.
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ConI Mine on Fire.

SHAMOKIN, Pa. Sept. 5.-Fire
broke out in No. 10 vein of the Nielsen
shaft yesterday and at n late hour last
night had become so serious that il Is
feared the entire mine will have to be
flooded The origin of the fire is un.
known. Twelve hundred men and boys
are rendered idle. The shaft is owned by
j. Langdon & Co. of Elmira, y. Y.
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Arthur sc,yaIr stricken.

BATH, Me-, Sept. Arthur Sewall,
Democratic candidate for vice president
in 1896, is in critical condition at his
summer home at Small Point 16 miles
from this city. Mr.. Sewall was seized
with an attack of apopleXy at 10 o'clocl,
Sunday night and has been unconscious
most of the time since then News was
received from Small Point to the effect
that the chances for his recovery are
slight,
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A jovial, good natured lot Of
young men, connected with the
Young Mems Christian Association
at Shamokin, journeyed to town on
Monday for the expressed purpose
of lowering the colors Of the local
Y. NJ. c. A. boys at base bali. The
visiting twirler had all sorts Of
fancy twisters up his sleeve, and he
dished up variety that our boys
could not connect with and as must
naturally follow, we were vanquish-
ed to the tune of 9 to I. This was
the first attempt for the locals, and
they were unfamiliar with the finer
points Of the game. They need
practice, need it bad, and must have
it, if they want to make any kind of
a showing on the diamond.
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Corbett whips Mccoy.

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-The long
promised and long looked for meeting be.
tween James j. Corbett and Charles
c'Kid') Mccoy was held last night I'M.
der the auspices of the Twentieth Cen.
tury club at Madison Square Garden,
and in less than FIVE rounds Corbett
proved himself the better man. That
Corbett and Mccoy are the cleverest ex,
ponents Of the art of self defense among
the present generation Of the heavy.
weights goes without saying, and keen
judges of the game who saw the fight
declare that il was the clevercst exhiLi.
tion ever witnessed in the ring.
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Across EnsIi.h Channel in Balloon,

PARIS, Sept. 4.-Jacques Faure
treasurer of the Aero club, successfully
crossed the channel in balloon. He
left the Crystal palace, London. at s
o'clock Saturday night and arrived at
Alette Quas de Calais at 3 o'clock Sun
day morning. The crossing of the chan
mel occupied four hours. During this
time the aeronaut kept his balloon at
height of 700 meters.
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SALES.

SATURDAY, SEPT. s, 19oo.-A.
w. Duy, Atty, will sell at public
sale, on the premises, corner Sixth
and Catharine Sts., valuable real
estate, consisting Of house and
two lots. Sale to commence at III.
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DAYS
SALE
SHERIFF"S SALE

By virtue OF sundry wrlts OF f. Fa., issgs
out OF the Courts of Common Pleas Of Colunts,
County Pennsylvania, and to Inc directed tbe,
will be exposed to public sale at the cogr
House in Bloomsbury. county and state afrs.
said, on
SATURDAY SEPT. Goth. 1000
at o'clock p. M, all that certain messmc,.
piece or parcel OF land, situate in the townsl,
or Scott, County OF Columbia and state Of Penn,
sylvania, bounded and described as follows "a
wit: Beginning at post on corner OF land O,
c. W. Kline and right OF way Of the Lackawanps
& Bloomsbury Railroad: thence by the hitter
north seventy-seven degrees and forty minutes
east three hundred and seventy-nine and hy.
tenths feet to mark on the fence: thence by
land OF c. w. Kline north fourteen degrss
west one hundred and twenty-five feet 10
fence post thence by land now or late Of A, P.
Fowler south seventy-six degrees twenty-five
minutes west three hundred and thirteen fec
10 intersection OF fence; thence by lot Of c, ",
Kline south forty-one degrees west thrty-tva
and one-half feet to post thence by the same
south seventy-six degrees and twenty-five min
utes west forty feet to mark on the feRos;
thence by the same south fourteen degrees
east ninety-six feet to post the place Of begin
ming. containing
I ACRE AND TWO PERCHES
neat measure, excepting and reserylng the free
use OF a sixteen foot alley way on the western
and northern side OF said premises as contained
in deed from W. ]. Mccormick and Others
dated June ., 1884. Upon which there is erect
ed a two-story
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Henry Frame, an old resident OF
Espy, died OH Tuesday after ling
ering illness Of many months.
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IS doz Ladies' and Childrens white and coored bord
Handkerchiefs reduced for Thursday and Friday Sai
from SC. to 3 for IIe
200 yds. red Calico with small black figures fast co
reduced for Thursday and Friday Sale from 1c 70 %
yd Not yds. to buyer
doz. childrens tan color cotton stockings all s,e
reduced for Thursday Friday sale from &C to nrs
$50 plaid and stripe Outing Flannels reduced f
Thursday and Friday Sale from Sc to 6jc vd '
IS childrens light weight Jackets and Refers, all
from SIPS to 200, down to osc. each.
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FACTORY BUILDING.

together with the machinery therein, and as
dry house, sheds and other improvements
Seized, taken In execution, at the suit Of \
p. Fowler's use, and A. p. Fowler VS.. the Reie-
ker Furniture Company, and to be sold as tas
property OF the RedeKer Furniture Company,
W. W. BLACK,
MILLER, Atty, Sheriff.
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@MxA, ?.

This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative 4BrOm0.Q Quiiine Tablets
tne ~medf that cures a cold In one day
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$50 yds. Dress Ginghams, go in wide, reduced for
Thursday and Friday Sale from rac. to 73c. yd
IL pieces of Dress Goods, imitation wool goods, 80
in. wide. Reduced for Thursday and Friday Sale from
10 to Isc. yd. down to 7!c. yd
doz. Ladies' Ribbed Vests short sleeves, reduced
for Thursday and Friday Sale. from 19c. to for 2sc
Elysian Tacum Powder, REDUCED for Thursday and
Friday Sale from Gsc, to
IS doz plated lever Collar Buttons, reduced for
Thu rsday and Friday Sale from SC. to &C. each.
, 1900-06-28
TRAINLOAD KILLED.
DEAD
Three Cars Plunge Into a Swollen Stream
Ruins Burn Up. Completing the Ter
rible Work.

Atlanta. Ga. June PA passenger
train on the Macon branch of the
Southern railway ran into a washout
one and one-half miles north of Nc
Donough, Ga. last night and was COM
pletely wrecked.
The wreck caught fire and the entire
train, with the exception of the sleep
err, vas destroyed.
Every person on the train except the
occupants of the Pullman ear persisted.
Not Il member of the train crew eScap-
ed.
Thirty-five people in all We're killed.
A cloudburst broKe over that section
of the country about q O'Clock last
night. INT presumably washed IL n
section of the track nearly 100 feet in
length.
Into this the swiftly moving train
plunged. The storm was still raging,
and all the car windows We're closed.
The passengers, secure, AS they
thought. and sheltered comfortably
from the Indictment weather, went to
denth without an instant's warning.
The train, consisting of n baggage,
car, second class coach. first class
coach and n Pullman sleeper. was
Knocked into kindling wood by the
fail.
The wreck caught fire in n few min
utes after the fall and all the coaches
We're burned except the Pullman car.
Every person Oh the train except the
occupants of The Pullman car persisted
in the disaster. There was NJ escape
as the heavy Pullman weighted down
the others and the few alive in the
sleeper We're unable to render assist
ance TO their fellO w-passengers.
For "a hrinf fimn fbnrn NynS SiInppn
Then the occupants of the Pullman ear
recovered from their bcwilderment and
after hard work managed to get out
of their car. and found themselves on
the truck in the pouring rain. The
extent of the catastrophe was quickly
apparent.
Flames We're already seen coming
from that part of the wreck not Gov
cred by water. As the wreck began
to go to pieces under the destructive
work of both flames and flood. human
bodies tiOated out from the mass and
were carried down stream by the swift
current. The storm did not abate in
fury. Flashes of lightning added to
the steady glow of the burning train
and liz up the scene with fearful dis
tinctness.
Flngman Quiulan. who was one of
the first TO get out, mt nee started for
the nearest telegraph station. Making
his way as rapidly as possible in the
face of the binding storm. he STUN
bled into the office mt McDOnough and
after telling the night operator of the
wreck. fell fainting to the floor. Word
was quickly sen to both Atlanta and
Macon but no assistance was to be
had except In the latter city, as the in
terrupted track prevented the arrival
of any train from Macon.
, 1900-06-28

jackson, Neb.. June 22.-An armed
bani OF thirty-two men has cut "A chan
mel through Rininger's neck. or. as il
is known on the maps. Bruigher's
bend, In the Missouri river. There is
great excitement Over the matter here.
The bend is some twenty-five miles
round and not more than n quarter
OF Il mile across its neck. This neck is
low land, covered with willows and
small TIMBER. At one time. probably,
the hanne of the river ran across il,
Residents of the bottoms along the
river east of Elk point have always
contended that If n channel could be
cut through the neck and the river
Strengthened, it would prevent the re.
currence of the spring floods which
nave so frequently Overhowed the
southwestern portion of Union county.
Another result of cutting through the
neck of the bend is to throw thou.
sands of acres of excellent farming
iahd, which has been "A part of Nebras-
ka, into South Dakota, the river being
thes state boundary.