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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-01

flee, as it is still officially designated
upon its great seal, and of its real mil
itary head are closely complementary
and interdependent; and, their busi-
ness hours being sharply synchronous.
nothing is more natural than that the
period and pursuits of leisure of these
two pen should be strictly coincident.
Every evening between six o'clock
and eight, and frequently in the early
morning hours, before officaldom is
awake, the clattering canter of
two fine horses which bear him
and his chief of staff is heard
in one part of the district and
nearby states or another, and on half
holidays or dull days, and sometimes on
Sundays, very distant points are
reached. Virginia battlefields are vis-
lied and the surrounding country be-
yond the sight of the tall marble shaft
of the Washington monument is thor
oughly explored.
During these long journeys, often ex-
ceedng 40 miles from start to finish,
perpleXing problems of policy and ad-
ministration are solved under con-
genial influences, with utter disregard
of the eXasperating red tape tangles
fastened upon the army through long
inaction and congressional apathy.
With clear heads from the eXhilaration
of purer atmosphere than ever pene-
trates the war department building.
the two men are often credited with
reaching conclusions of inestimable
value to the president-conclusio
deeply affecting the domestic and in.
ternational relations of the republic
and the welfare of the people.
The picture reproduced from the
New York Tribune was taken at Mount
Vernon, the home of Washingt on,
where Secretary Root and Gen. Corbin
spent an hour or two to rest their
horses during 46-mile ride one day
last month.
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ROOT LIKES CORBIN.
An Official Friendship That Is the
Talk of Washington.
Secretary of war and Adiutant Gem
ernl of the Army spend Much of
Their Time in Taking
Eauestrian Exercise.

Since Elihu Root came to Washing
ton as secretary of war, IA months ago
he has acquired the habit of an in
veterate equestrian, although he had
probably not ridden on horseback more
than 100 miles altogether in the other
81 years of his life. 1t is seldom that
a man of his age develops such en-
thusiasm for an eNacting form of eX-
ercise when seductive golf links are
on every hand, and its only satisfying
explanation involves he great fancy he
has evidently taken to Adjt Gen. Cor
bin. who has been his preceptor in
military as well as in other mysteries
of Washington life. No more notable
exhibition of intimacy between pub
Tic men at the national capital is re-
called in recent years than that popu-
larly referred to as the conspicuous
hobnobbishness of Root and Corbin,"
upon whom about equally the presi-
dent is supposed to depend for the con-
duct of that department which has
practically become the most important
and powerful of the governments great
establishments.
The offices of the two men, consti-
tuting part of suite, are separated
by a single door that swings almost
constantly, While the headquarters of
all other army officers are scattered
along other floors of the big building
devoted exclusively to fighting and for
eign affairs. those of the general com
manding being situated at the extreme
distant limit of the structure. This
neighborliness is undoubtedly as the
secretary would now wish to have it,
although it was none of his making,
for he found the arrangement when he
came just as it had been under half a
dozen of his predecessors. The duties
of the civilian director of the war Of
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OFF ON A DARING VOYAGE.
Fishing Boat with Crew of Six Hin.
Keen Started ON Dash to
the North Pole.

There has just sailed from Ham,
burg what may be set down as among
the most daring band of arctic explor-
ers on record. The little vessel is
the Matador. common North sea
fishing-boat with a register of but
Al tons. 1t depends wholly on sail
power. The crew consists of six
men, the owner and captain being
Lieut.. Won Bauendahl. His plan after
leaving Iromsoe. is to sail as far
north as the ice will permit; then
he Will abandon his little vessel and
force his way ahead with sleds. AS
to his return. that will be guided bv
circumstances, says contemporary.
: Though the Matador is so small
yet the expedition takes along enough
provisions and fuel to last three wears
Ihls is packed in water-tight boxes
so constructed that they can be used
either as rafts or boats. They have
runners also. and so can be used ms
sieds. Capt. Won Bauendahl has spent
ms entire fortune in preparation for
the trip. He is IS years old and has
passed II years at sea. He and his
crew are enthusiastic and EXPRESSED
themselves as confident that tbey
would return with the secret of tho
pole in their possession.
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Four of a Family Drowned.

PORT CLINTON, O., Oct. pa
Tuadruple drowning occurred near Plas-
!er Bed, on Sandusky bay, eight miles
'ast of here, yesterday afternoon. The
drowned were the children of William
Stark Mr. Stark and the children went
or boat ride. On returning to shore
he boat became fouled in a fish pound net,
md the oarsman could neither forge the
'oat ahead nor go back. The children be-
ame frightened, and, leaning over the
;de of the small craft, it capsized, re-
alting in the four deaths. Mr.. Starl,
amc here from Toledo three weeks ago.
Ie then had Il family of wife and ten
hildren. Last week Harvey. aged 1.
led. aud the week before another child,
ged , months. also died.
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Varsity Football.

NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-All of the big
varsity football elevens, except the Uni
sersity of Pennsylvania, were scored
against Saturday. Columbia made Yale
iustle to win, II to ). in sensational
game in this city. Harvard had to play
hard football to conquer the famous Car
isle Indians by score of II to ) at
Cambridge, the red men thereby break
ng the hitherto clean record of the Grim
Son. Princeton beat Brown, IL to >, the
Providence eleven making a goal from
lhe field. The University of Pennsylva-
Iia played II remarkable game against
he Chicago university eleven, the final
figures being Il to o. Cornell disposed of
Dartmouth, 2S to q, and Annapolis out
played the strong Lehigh eleven.
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BOLD HICHWAYMEN.
Italians Murder Coke Com
pany's Paymaster.
ROBBERS GET SWIFT RETRIBUTI0N.
An Attempt to Rob Snfe Containing
$4,000 Made Near AINcrton, Pa,
In Broad Daylight--IGxcit-
ing Chase For Thieves.

PITTSBURG, Oct. 31.--to our Italian
miners attempted TO rob Pay Clerk VIII.
liam Hosler Of the Southwest Connclls.
vile Coke company while making his trip
between this city and Alverton with the
pay roll of the Alverton and Tarr works
amounting to $4,000.
Mr.. Hosler is dead; his companion,
Harry Burgess, messenger of the com.
pany, is wounded; two of the Italians
are dead, third fatally wounded, and
the fourth is in Jail.
Hosler and Burgess left this city at l
O'Clock yesterday afternoon with the safe
containing the money to pay off the men
at the Alverton and Tarr works. As they
reached the summit of the long hill above
Morewoud, just below which lies Alver.
ton, a large coke town, without a sec.
ond's warning the four Italians fired a
volley from their hiding place and sprane
forward. firing as they advanced. Mr.,
Hosler fell dead at the first volcy. Young
Burgess, though wounded, was able to
return their fire with effect, and one of
the number at the horses head fell dead.
A second later he fired his revolver in the
very face of another and as he fell his
two remaining companions became terri.
fed and. leaving the dead one, set out
with the wounded one over the hill to the
south in the direction of the Alice mines.
Burgess managed to drive on into Al
verton with the body of Mr.. Hoser and
the safe, where he gave the alarm.
Mount Pleasant and vicinity. with the
clerical force of the coke company. turn
ed out 800 strong, headed by Lieutenant
John G.. Thompson of Company Il, and
soon corraled the two. who had concealed
themselves in n field on the Durstine
farm, mile or so from this town.
A summons to surrender was answered
by volley in which one of the posse
received Il slight wound on the chest
The outlaws from their fortified position
made n fierce stand for n few minutes
until one of the posse succeeded in get
ting in their rear. He shot one through
the head, killing him instantly. The
other surrendered and was brought to
the office of Squire Rhodes and remanded
to Jail.
In the meantime another division of
the posse overhauled the third would be
robber, who had received a ghastly
wound. The ball, entering his mouth and
penetrating his head. came out at the
back of his neck He is not expected to
recover
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WAIT FOR THE DISRoDING.
Strange Fact Revealed That Goldfish
Feast on Lobstcrs when the
Latter Shed Their shells.

II is probably news to the majority
OF people to know that the red or
rock Goldfish is a bitter enemy of the
lobster that has just crawled out of
his shell and is soft and unable to
protect himself, says the Lewiston
(Me) Journal. During shedding time
these Holsters crawl up under project
ing rocks where the seaweed and kelp
are thick and where they find pro-
tected places in which to go through
the process of slipping out of their
old shells and taking on new coat
of mail, so to speak. For some days
after shedding the Holsters are weak
and unable to cope with those fish
that wage war upon them. This fact
the Goldfish seem intuitively to know,
and they will swarm around these re-
treats in great numbers and wait for
the shedders to crawl out.
An old lobster fisherman said the
other morning that many times he
had stopped his dory over large
number of these red Goldfish and
watched their operations He had
even dropped his line down and dan
gled tempting bait within few feet
or them. Unless it happened to fall
directly in front of their noses, how
ever, they would seldom take it. as
they were after lobster meat. When
the thin-shelled Holsters would crawl
out from beneath the protecting sea-
weed the Goldfish would dart at them
and strike them fierce blows with
their tails, disabling them completely.
They would then fall to and devour
the helpless crustaceans. This per-
formance the lobster fisherman said
he had witnessed many times. The
shedding season is now practically
over, and the shells of the Holsters are
becoming firm and hard and they are
fully able to take care of themselves.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-An order
has been issued at the war department
discontinuing ON Nov. 10 the military
division Of Cuba and the departments
of western Cuba and eastern Cuba and
establishing in their stead the depart
ment of Cuba, with General Leonard
Wood in command and with headquarters
at Havana. General Fitz-Hugh Lee is
relieved from the command of the de.
partment of western Cuba and ordered
to Omaha, where he will relieve Gen
eral Merriam of the command OF the de
partment of the Missouri General Il. $.
Otis is ordered 10 Chicago and assigned
to the command of the department of the
lakes, relieving General j. II. Wade.
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Over Twenty Millions of Gold

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 20.-A total of
$50, 16G,6S1 worth of gold dust and bull
lion has been received at the Seattle as
say office during the present year. Fol
lowing are official figures showing the
amount of gold dust and bullion received
between Jan. l and Oct. 4, 1900: Num-
ber of deposits, COPS; ounces of gold and
bullion. LAB, 1863; from Cape Nome, 81
i1O.42I; other Alaskan points. S462 S93:
total from Alaska, SO. 1890; from Brit
ish Columbia (Atlin). S493,116; Yukon
district CKlondike). S16,374 ,4SS: Wash
ngton, Oregon, Idaho and foreign gold
DIN, S12o,I62. Since Oct. "a the office
has received an additional $150.000 from
Nome and $4,000 from other points.
The probabilities are that before the sea-
son closes Nome will have furnished So
900 600
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RAILROAD NOTES.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.

REDUCED RATES TO WILLGAMspoRT-Ac
COUNT STATE COLLEGE rs. BUCKNELL Foor.
BALL GAME, Nov. S.-For the benefit Of
those desiring to witress the football con.
test between the teams of Bucknell and
State College, at Williamsport, on Novem.
her !, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell excursion tickets from Bellcfonte,
Troy, Remove, Mifflnburg, East Bloomshurg,
Shamokin, Harrisburg, and intermediate
stations, at rate of single fare for the round
uip (no rate less than IS cents. These
tickets will be sold only on November & and
will be good for return passage until Nov. s,
WINTER EXCURSION TICKETS On No.
vember the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. will
place on sale, at its principal ticket Offices,
excursion tickets to all Prominent Winter
resorts in New Jersey, Virginia, North and
Sou,h Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Cuba and
Central America. The tickets will he sold
at the usual low rates, with the usual return
limits.
The magnificent facilities of the Perrsy
vania Railroad, with its many connections
and through train service. make this the IA
vorite line for Winter travel.
An illustrated book, descriptive of Winter
resorts, and giving routes of travel and rates
for tickets, will be furnished free after No
vemher l, on application 20 ticket agents
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Cnrncns Severely Shni<cm.

CARACAS, Venezuela. Oct. 3G.-At
+4d a. IN. yesterday Caracas was visit.
i 10y severe earthquake. Fifteen per-
2ns were killed and many others in,
Ired. Great damage was done to build
lgs, including the Pantheon and the
aurches. The United States legation
as badly damaged but all the occupants
'caped unhurt. President Castro, who
'aped from balcony on the second floor
the government house, had one Of his
IS broken. Mr. William Henry Dove
N Haggard the British minister, had
miraculous escape, the second floor OF
re British legation having fallen upon
i'm and buried him in the debris.
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Is RICH ONCE MORE.
Lucky Baldwin Reputed to Be a
Millionaire Again.
Through Pluck and Good business
Management This unique west
ern Character gains Fresh
supply of wealth.

Lucky" Baldwin is the title by which
T.. j. Baldwin is known far and near in
California. He used TO say. however,
that it was pluck and not luck that
brought him millions. Though TO the
public. wealth seemed TO easily flow
into his hands, in reviewing the old
mans history it appears that his re-
mark had much of truth in IT. Mr..
Baldwin was born on farm near Ra-
cine. Wis. and when boy is years old,
he took fine little horse of which he
was very proud, to South Bend. Ind.
and there his horse ran a winning race.
With his cash capital and some credit
he was able TO open a grocery store.
which prospered, and in time Baldwin
bought several wagons and horses and
started for California. BY iudicious
trading on the way. he reached san
Francisco in 1853 considerably richer
than he was when he left home. Figur-
ing that in the booming new town of
San Francisco MILLIONS of bricks would
soon be needed, he bought an interest
in a brickyard. He learned the art of
making bricks thoroughly and then
started yard for himself, and out of
this business there came to him for
tune. I'm a short time he bought liv-
cry stable, which proved TO be an eX-
celleut investment, and in five years
Mr.. Baldwin decided that he had done
we'll enough to warrant his taking a
trip around the world.
When he returned from abroad he
brought with him company of Jap
anese acrobats, who delighted the peo.
pie of San Francisco and all the mining
towns of the west and finally their
manager played them in New York 1T
the Academy of Music This tour was
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White Dove Dotcs on Music.

A Newton (Mass) young lady saw a
peculiar feature in church in Maine
town which she visited last summer
Hearing the cooling of a dove she looked
around and saw white dove perched
on the organ and listening to the music
with great appreciation. She learned
afterward that the dove had been a
regular attendant at church for eight
or ten years. being attracted by the
music. of which il was very fond. II
was 12 years old and was the pet OF a
lady who lived near. After church the
dove was taken to the Sunday school
c.ass by a boy and seemed to enjoy the
proceedings. Unlike many church.
goers the weather made no difference
to the dove, but every Sunday, summe,
and winter, he was at his post on the
organ.
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a success. After Baldwin's return to
San Francisco from New York he
bought mining stock, and in the course
of little time he discovered that there
was scheme. on foot to freeze him
out" He heard of the plans of the 9TH
er owners and did not approve of them.
Half an hour before they were to put
their plans in execution Baldwin and
some friends invaded the pace they
were holding, and with fists. chairs,
cuspidors and revolver, made things
lively for them for nearly half an hour,
until his attorney arrived with an in
junction.
After the burning of Baldwin's ho-
tel in 1898 it was supposed that the
old man was flat broke" and, though
he owned $4,000 acres of land in lower
California, this was mortgaged, as was
also the hotel. The hotel was not in
sured, and its unfortunate owner was
obliged to sell his ground for 81 ,425,-
600. This went toward paying Off
mortgages and other debts.
Last Christmas Baldwin surprised
MS iiiSHus ny announcing lndl ne was
going to Cape Nome, as he knew there
was wealth there if man only knew
how to get it. In the ruins of his ho-
tel Baldwin had some time before
rugged up sort of theater, and
there had a company of Hawaiian
dancers, who made him money. He
| engaged them to play a season in the
mining camp. He gathered other
vaudeville attractions also, fitted up
ship with provisions for eight
months, put a theater ready to be
nailed together in its hold, and sailed
away to Cape Nome.
Now the news comes to San Fran
cisco that Lucky Baldwin" has struck
it rich; that, not satisfied with the
success of his far north theater, he
took up pick and shovel and went out
into the frozen wilderness and dug
for gold, and gold he found.
Nothing but superabundance of
! pluck could have made n man of his
age determined enough to begin the
| battle of a search after wealth all
over again. The annals of California
bristle with references to the energy
and determination of many of the
| rugged men who have made the state
| their home for years, but Lucky
| Baldwin's" record holds place with
| the best of them.
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WooIIey In PennsyIyanin.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. 31.-,Iohn G.
Woolley, Prohibition nominee for presi-
dent, in his trip across central Pennsyl-
vania yesterday made total of II stops
and Is speeches Harrisburg was reach
cd for the evening rally at 7:50. An eY-
tensive parade and demonstration pre-
ceded the evening rally, which was held
ut Board of Trade hall.
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Three editions have already been prin ed
OF blggle Horse Book, an announcement of
which will be found in our adverlicinr col.
umns This little book, which is crammed
iu'l oil Information on the horse. costs but
50 cents yet we are free to say it has as
much PRACTICAL boiled-down information for
ouSy, people as books costing ten times as
much' Put it in the hands of your bows and
girls and get the hired man a copy, ro
cents, by mail address the publishers, vii.
mer Atkinson Co., Philadelphia.
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Ex-secretary Porter Very Ill.

POMFRET, y, Conn, oct. 27.-AIr John
addison Porter, formerly secretary to
resident Mckinley, lies dangerously i'll
his residence in this place, suffering
rom a disease which must ultimately
Ike him off. For many months before he
asigned his position as the confidential
ecretory of the nations executive he had
een in poor health, ana his suffering
nally made it imperative that he aban-
nn NynrL
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DISTRESSING STOMACH DISEASE Perma.
nenily cured by the mastery power OF South
American Nervine Tonic. lnvaidS need
suffer no longer, because this great remedy
can cure them all. 1t is a cure for the whole
world of stomach weakness and indigestion.
The cure begins with the first dose The
relief it brings is marvellous and surprising.
1t makes no failure; never disappoins. No
matter how long you have suffered, your
cure is certain under the use Of this great
health giving force. Pleasant and always
safe Sold by C. A. Klein, druggist, IaS
West Main street, Bloomsburg, Pa. iy4 10
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Tabloid Cnfe In Paris.

A restaurant for concentrated FOOD
is to be started in Paris by an en-
terprising French chef. The happy
olner will enjoy menu of tabloids
From the hors d'oeuvres to dessert his
entire meal will be presented to him
in a few square inches.
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Valuable Railway Franchise.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Oct. 31.-The
railway franchise which the executive
council granted to the North American
company is very valuable. 1t will per-
nit the construction Of n veritable net
work of lines in the island.
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SNEEzE AND DLow.-That is what you
must do when YOU have [. tarrh in the head.
The way to cure this di ca sc is to purify the
blood with Hoods Sarsa?arila. This med.
lcine soothes and heals the inhamed sur
faces rebulldS the delicate tissues and per.
manenly cures caiarrh by eSpeling from the
blood the scrofuloas tainls upon which it de.
penis. Be snre To- get Hoods.
The non'rritating cathallic- Hoods Pills.
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Famous Gun at Nashville.

NASHVILLE, Oct. 29.--The gun from
which the first shot in the Spanish-Amer-
lean war was fired has reached Nash
vile, which is to be its permanent home.
1t is Hotchkiss rapid fire one poundes
and comes from the gunboat Nashville
which sent a shot over the bow Of the
Snanish merchant vessel Buena Ventura,
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According to the milkman. you never miss
the water till the COW runs dry.

HELP THE OvERwoRKHD HEARTS, the
great engine which pumps life through your
system hard pressed, over.taXed, grooming
under its load because disease has clio 5ged
it DIR. Agnew's Cure for the heart Is na'
ture's lubricator and cleanser, and daily
demonstrates to heart sufferers that It is the
safest, surest, and most speedy remedy thai
medical science knows" 81
Sold by c. A. Klein.
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1t takes a lot of corks for some fellows 10
have corking good time.

A farmer, way out in Oregon, wTlung 70
the publishers Of Horse Book, advertised n
this issue, says 81 have read number ol
books on the horse; some OF them were
large and OF high price, but Biggle Ho''f
Book did me ore real good than any G'
them" The price is 50 cents, by mail; a0'
dress the publishers, Wilmer Atkinson Co.,
PHILADELPHIA,
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WHAT SHALL WE HAVE FOR DEsEFT =
This question arises in the family Gt1GY
day. Let us answer it to-day. Try JeHio'
a delicious dessert. Prepared IN Two 'a'"
utes. No baking add hot water ana Sc. So, ~
cool. Flavors: Lemon, orange rasPuei{
and strawberry. At your sroceiS. ioc loA9'
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LITTLE BRAVES. old time quarter
box "Purgers" are quitting the leII D.i,' ~
whole battalious. DR.. Agnew's Little fllS I
at 10 cents a vial are driving them out al at'
points. Because they act gently, more e,'
fectively, never pain, and are easily to tah''
Sick headache succumbs to one dose. IS
Sold by G. a. Klein. j