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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-10-17

TOLEDO, o., oct. 12.-Cresceus yes
terday afternoon lowered the worlds
trotting record on half mile track
one-quarter Of a second. The record
was previously held by himself, hav-
ing been made on the Toledo track one
year ago. 1t was 2O9&. He trotted
yesterday afternoon for the benefit Of
the charitable institutions of the city.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-10-17

MolineuN was placed on trial before
Recorder John w. Goff in part of the
court of general sessions on Nov. 4,
1899. The trial lasted more than three
months. The verdict of guilty was
rendered on Feb II, 1900.
Two days later Molneux was SEN
fenced to die in the electric chair at
Sing Sing in the week beginning March
2G, 1900. He was taken to the death
house at Sing Sing prison that same
day. \ stay pending an appeal was
procuretby Molineux's counsel at once,
and more than n year was spent in
preparing the papers in the appeal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-10-17
Notable balloon Prip.

PARIS, Oct. 14.-Considerable inter-
est is manifested in the attempt Of the
Comte de la Vaulx, the aeronaut who
left Les Sablettes, near Toulon, Satur-
day night on a balloon voyage across
the Mediterranean with view Of test
ing the possibility of using balloons be-
tween France, Corsica and Algeria In
time Of war.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-10-17
Four Trninmen Killed.

NORTH BAY, Ont, Oct 14.-Two
miles east of Macley's Station an east
bound cattle train and a westbound
freight collided while going thirty miles
an hour. Both engines were demolish-
ed, twenty or more cars were reduced
TO kindling wood, and four trainmen
were Killed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-10-17

MANILA, Oct. 14.-The military au-
thortes have received word that Gen
eral Miguel Malyar, the insurgent
leader, is believed to have left the
province Of Batangas, Luzon, and to
be planning an operation in the PROV
ince Of Bulacan, where insurgent con-
scription has been progressing recent
ly. The country is mountainous and
well adapted to guerrilla warfare.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-10-17
NEW TRIAL GRANTED
Court Of Appeals Finds Fol
Molineux,
THE JUDGES WERE UNANIMOUS.
Held Tint Trial Court Erred In Rc-
ceiving Bnrnet's Declaration.
Error ON HANDWRITING
Evidence Also.

ALBANY, Oct. 1G-Roland Il. Moli.
ncuX gets a new trial. The court Of ap.
peals has handed down decision re.
versing the Judgment of conviction of
murder in the first degree against him
and granting him new trial. FoI
months MolineuX has been in Sing
Sing prison awaiting death under sen.
tence for the murder by poison of Mrs.
katherine J. Adams. This case was
argued before the court of appeals at
Buffalo on June 2S, David Il. Hill ask.
ing the court to confirm the lower
courts conviction of MolneuX, while
John G. Milburn of Buffalo appeared
for MolineuX, arguing for n new trial.
All the members of the court favor
granting Molineux "A new trial. the
opinion being written by Judge Werner
and being about 25,00O words long.
The only subject about which the
members of the court differ in their
opinions relates to the testimony in
troduced tending to show that Moll-
neuX caused the death of Barnet by the
same method as that used in taking the
life of Mrs. Adams Four of the mem
bers of the court Judges O'Brien. Bart
lett Nann and Werner, agree that the
evidence should not have been receiv-
ed. and the reason for it is stated in
the opinions written by Judges O'Brien
and Werner.
The other three judges. Chief Judge
Parker, Gray and Haight, hold that
that evidence is admissible in that the
evidence in the Barnet case pointing
toward MolineuX tends to identify him
us the person who killed Mrs. Adams
while attempting TO take the life of
Cornish by means of that rare poison
known as cyanide of mercury. the
chief judge and Judge Gray writing
opinions to that effect.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-10-17
.ig Money order business.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE forth
coming report of Superintendent Met
calfe of the money order system will
postoliices throughout the country dur
ing the past fiscal year reached total
of $500, 100000 in round numbers. This
is an increase Of almost $40,000,000
over the previous year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-10-17
Fifteenth suicide In the Family.

NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn, Oct. 10
The body of II. j. Briggs, one of the
last survivors of family famous fer
It's suicides, has been found in the
woods Il mile from his LONE in Sher-
man, hanging from tree by halter.
Fifteen members of the Briggs family
have committed suicide, including the
paternal ancestors Of Il. j. Briggs for
several generations.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-10-17
Loving Gun For Linton.

CHICAGO, Oct. lU.-At the Chicago
Athletic club last evening banqSet
was given in honor of Sir Thomas Lip
ton, and he was also made the recipient
of a massive silver loving cup present
ed by his friends in Chicago.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-10-17

Forty Vessels and Many Lives Lost.
BERNN, Oct. 11.-Thus far reports
have been received of the loss of some
forty vessels in the North sea during
the recent storms. Many lives have
been lost.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-10-17

The worst thing about life insurance is
that we never live to enjoy it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-10-17

The study of music requires an ability to
read between the lines.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-10-17
O n ~ IT oRrA.

Bears the n Inc klOd You Have Always Bought
Signature Of &>MzzIZa<
The Washington times., 1901-10-27
VIVA VoCE VOTING.
How Elections Were Conducted in
the Old Days.

The proposition Of the Rev. DR.. Richard
McIlwaine. a member of the Virginia
Constitutional Convention, to return to
viva voce voting at elections revives
many interesting memories. This method
of voting was general In this country for
many years and survived In Virginia
until the civil war period. In Maryland it
was abandoned seventy-iive or eighty
years ago, and voting by ballot was intro
duced, with the idea that it would pro-
mote secrecy and do away with the coer-
cion of employees by their employers In
this expectation the advocates of the new
Dlan We're disappointed. as il was found
that If an employe was to be coerced or
a voter brbcd II wah perfectly feasible to
make him vote an open or "A marked ticket
This Introduction OF the Australian sys-
ten of voting in recent years had the
same object in view. but again there were
disappointments IS means were soon dis
covered for defeating this object. Other
The Washington times., 1901-10-27
THE STATUS OF A VOLUNTEER.
Court-Nnrtial Finding Against
Capt. Il. c. Demfng Opposed.

The Circuit Court of Appeals in Mis-
souri, will soon render a decision upon the
case of Capt. p. c. Deming. formerly a
volunteer subsistence officer, under arrest
for alleged completely in the so-called
commissary frauds in the Philippines.
Should Deming win his point many per-
sons now in confinement upon similar
charges will have to be released. The
case IS consequently being watched with
considerable interest.
Deming's lawyers applied for his re-
lease on a writ of habeas corpus on the
ground that he was Illegally tried by a
court-martial upon which sat a number of
officers of the Regular Army. Article z
of the Articles OF War was quoted as sus-
tanning the point that a volunteer officer
brought before a military court must be
tried by volunteer officers exclusively.
The civil court to which Demi1g made
application recently. held that the volun-
teer establishment to which Deming be
longed, was not, in fact. a volunteer"
army in the accepted sense IF the term;
that the officers and men who made up
the so-called volunteer force were in
reality short term regulars. and that it
was quite regular and proper that Off
GERS OF the Regular Army should sit on
as Deming. The latters attorneys are not
satisfied with this decision and have now
appealed the case to a higher court.
The War Department proposes 90 fight
the question and will take the case TO
the United States Supreme Court, if nee
essary. In the meantime, General L. II.
Crowder. who is a lieutenant colonel in
the Judge Advocate Generals Office, has
been assigned to the case. lie arrived
in Washington yesterday and At once en-
tered upon the work of defending the de-
rartmcntal position, giving up the unex-
pred portion Of his leave. after a service
in the Philippines. in order to do this
work
The significance of the decision rests
I'm the possibility that it win have direct
bearing on sd dfmsuy cases in which the
conditions of trial were similar TO that
of Deming One Of the cases. for instance,
is that of Refd.s another volunteer sub
sistence Officer v ho is now in prison in
Manila and whose case has gone to the
President. il E the civil courts decide
admits of no such discretionary interpre-
tation AS haS3prcvailed in the army and
as has been held by the lower court in
the Demng case then there will he some
rare OCCURRENCES. The volunteers, if tried
by regulars ad who are now imprisoned,
must be promptlys released from confine-
ment; fines Truste be returned and the
record of dishonorable discharge and dis
missal fastened upon the accused by the
Illegal military process must be cleared.
In most instances the retrial of the Of
Tenders will be Impossible.
The Washington times., 1901-10-27
Extra Large Wash Tubs

have been fashions. as IN everything else.
in the consumption of tobacco. Probably
not one person chews where twenty did
in the days of Nelson. More than a cen
tury go the long clay" or the church.
warden was the fashionable pipe in the
common rooms of colleges no less than in
the village alehouse. Then smoking was
for 4 time voted bad form. and snuff
came into vogue. From the days Of the
Regency to the opening Of the Victorian
era most gentlemen and many ladies took
it. Huge silver snuff boxes were placed
on college tables at dessert-one at Cam
bridge owns a genuine rams horn adorn-
ed with Scotch pebbles-now they have
mostly retired to the pate chests. Then
the pipe came in again. Gone, except in
some by street, are the effigies Of snuff
fing Highlanders. Gone to cabinets of
curios are the boxes, little and big, of
wood. lacquer. enamel, silver. gold, and
adorned with miniatures ana jewels. Not
often do we see friends exchanging
pinches of snuff. Yet il is still consumed.
especially by workingmen, and. as the
report leads us to infer. in very c0nsid-
cradle quantities.-London Standard.
The Washington times., 1901-10-27
ENGLISH TOBACCO FASHIONS.
British Subjects Have Given u
Chewing and Snuffing.

That things are not always what they
seem. even in tobacco. is piquantly reveal
ed by the report issued recently by the
principal chemist of the Government lab
oratory. The cheap cigar. however. is
not such an unbushing fraud as once it
was. so that Calverly's warning to fresh
men. Manias vucat, hoe proetexit nomine
caules, is now less needed. But we must
still not trust too much in the name the
most we often can hope is that the tohac-
co grew at the place whose name it bears,
for large number of foreign cigars are
manufactured in England because leaf
tobacco pays much lower duty than the
cigar itself The law. however. has to
fight against adulteration. and in the
main. as we gather does 1t successfully.
Some additions are allowed. as neceSSl-
ties or improvements; but a certain num-
ber of manufacturers. If given an inch,
try to take an ell. by always mixing with
the tobacco as much as possible of any
ingredients that may legally be used \
little water, FOR instance, is required, but
not enough materially to increase the
weight
kind of oil Is wanted. but some time ago
1t was found that both this and the cake
tobacco from certain factories contained
much more oil than was Justiiiable; also
that the amount was gradually being in
creased and the practice was spreading
probably because others were doing II in
scIf-defence. Nor was this the only adul-
terant About year ago action was
again taken, and the legal limit fixed at
4 per cont. THAT a check was needed is
shown by the fact that forty-four out or
sixty-one samples were found to he adui-
terated-one-fourth with either licorice or
glycerine, the rest with salicylic acid IL
is satisfactory to learn that substantial
penaity was inflicted. 1t Is well the ar
ticle should be pure. now that the con
sumption has become so large For the
year ended last March S2l.9B pounds
of l-af tobacco and 3.34SNS ppuhds ol
man,tra ctured were imported into the
The Washington times., 1901-10-27

features of the Australian system. how
ever, are so far superior to the old plan
oi voting by private tickets as to entire
ly justify its general adoption throughout
the land; What effect the new form of
ballot adopted in Maryland will have
upon the secrecy of the vote remains to
be seen. The new law abolishes aid by
ballot clerks. and so closes one method
OF aSceftaining how a man votes
Judge Taney, in his autobiography, gives
an interesting description of a viva Voce
election in Calvert County in the year 1893.
when he was candidate for the House
OF Delegates. Members of the House
electors of Senators and the Shcriffs were
the OILY officials elected by the people in
TINS state FOR more than half century
after the State government was estab-
hshed- The Governors were elected by the
Legislature and other officials we're APP
pointed AT the time Judge fancy was a
candidate fer the Legislature he says 1t
was rot considered right in principle or
eNpedient to carry party divisions into
the concerns Of the State and nothing
was said of the politics of the candidate
but whether he was better qualified fo-
the place than his competitor. The whole
county voted at the courthouse and the
election lasted four days. The votes were
viva Voce and the sheriff held the cleo
tion. and when the polls We're closed and
the votes added up he proclaimed in a
loud voice the names of those VINO were
chosen. The candidates during the cleo
ton sat on a raised bench Immediately
behind the sheriff, so that each of them
could see and be seen by e,ary voter
When a voter came up every candidate
began to solicit his vote and to press his
own name upon him. These scenes were
occasionally enlivencd by sallieS of wit
between the voter and. the candidate, and
sometimes the voter Eave a pretty hard
hit to car didate whom he happened t.
dislike The four days We're days of no
small anxiety 10 the candidates: the poll
books being open before them. they were
always aware of the exact number of
votes eacp had received and the ebbs and
flows in their prospects.
1t is interesting To recall the fact that
in the session of 1893 to which fancy was
elected. one of the principal measures was
a bill authorizing canal between the
Chesapeake and Delaware bays. fancy
warmly supported the bill and it was
passed against the opposition of the peo-
pie of Baltimore.-Baltimore sun.
The Washington times., 1901-10-27

United Kingdom. Rather more than p
000.000 pounds of this was again exported.
but over IS, 900 pounds remained, and
We suppose had for its epitaph, pulyis ct
unibra-snuff and smoke. In fact, we use
on an average a little over two pounds
a head yearly. The increase has been
marked during the last ten years. From
1871 when a little less than fourteen
ounces a head was consumed, there has
been a gradual rise of something like
three ounces n decade. but during the last
ten years the annual consumption has
been Increased by seven ounces. This is
mostly due to the habit OF cigarette
smoking. which has extended to women.
and is the delight of street urchins. The
custom has its drawbacks
The ambitious youth after trial of the
old-fashioned Pipe sometimes found that
sensations worse than those of a Channel
passage did not encourage him to perse-
we're. but the midness of the cigarette
tempts to unrestricted consumption. Doc
tors however tell us that tobacco in this
form is less harmless than ii seems, and
make 1t responsible for neurasthenia and
something like angina pectoris But there
The Washington times., 1901-10-27
FUNERAL OF CADET o'REILLY.
Naval Student Buried Mt Arlington
with Military Honors.

The funeral of Cadet Philip Maitland
O'ReilIy. who died at Fort Monroe, Va.
on Thursday, took place yesterday at
Arlington Cadet O'RenIy was member
Of the first class at the United States
Naval Academy During his summer va
cation he contracted typhoid fever and
he was unable to return to the Academy
in September
The pallbearers were the following
classmates of the deceased:
Cadets w. Lee Pryor of Missouri; Le-
roy Brooks. jr., OF Ohio; James A. Camp
bell. tr, Of Pennsylvania: Louis b. Por-
tsTfield of Alabama; Charles s. Kerrick.
OF California; Julius G. Townsen, of Iowa;
Gilbert ]. Rowcliff of Illinois. and Rich
ard Wainwright. jr., of Washington. ID. g.
The b"dy bearers were eight marines
from the Washington Barracks.
The Washington times., 1901-10-27
ARREST TO FOLLOW RELEASE.
King. Whose Term Expires Today
Charged with IA New offence.

4 warrant was issued yesterday by Uni
ted States Commissioner Mills for the ar
rest Of Larry. alias Albert King, now
serving a term of Imprisonment in the
District Jail
King is now serving a sentence for the
larceny Of a check for $500 from j. Il.
Pepper. OF Virginia. His term Of i'm
pris1nment will expire tomorrow. He
will. IL IS stated. be arrested as soon as
be steps out Of the jail.
The charge upon which King win be re-
arrested h. for having a counterfeit Uni
ted States Treasury note in his posses
sion. This offence was committed In the
State of iowa in 1898.
The Washington times., 1901-10-27
VISITORS WITNESS A STRIKE.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Sees an Unex.
pected Event in Iown.

OELWETN, Iowa Oct 2s.-While Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, stephen s. Little and
". A. Read. of New York. were being
shown through the shops Of the Chicago
Great Western Railroad here by President
Stickney, 500 men walked out. They de-
nnanded the removal Of a foreman who
they say Is brutal toward them.
The strikers included boilermakers and
fnactinists. blacksmiths. carpenters and
helpers. The company declines TO grant
the demand of the strikers.
The Washington times., 1901-10-27

DIR. D. Percy Hickling, visiting physi-
clan to the Washington Asylum HosI ltal
has recommended that the resignation of
Miss Harriette Gorton as diet nurse be
accepted. to take effect on October 29, and
that Albert II. Wells be appointed pupil
nurse TO take effect October y.
The Washington times., 1901-10-27
Fred. G. Dietrich. of 6O2 F Street north

Fred. G. Dietrich of COZ F Street north
west, recently wrote to r. w. Dutton.
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department,
extending his thanks to Foreman Hooper.
of No. s Engine Company, for the man
ner in which a small fire was extinguish-
ed at his dwelling 1909 East Capitol Street.
Chief Dutton has forwarded the COM
munication to the Commissioners for their
information, with the statement that
copy of the letter had been forwarded to
Foreman Hooper.
The Washington times., 1901-10-27

| penalties on each year up to the time Of
advertisement are still collectible. be-
cause they are part and parcel of the
delinquent tax. am of the opinion
thai, under the circumstances of the
case the Commissioners would be author
lied to accept in payne mt the amount Of
the principa! tax with penalty up to the
| time of the respective invalid tax sales.
Tho Times is in receipt of an enquiry
! from a young lady, who signs herself
"A Poor Girl asking whether there are
schools at night where she can attend
free of tuition
An enquiry from the Board of Educa-
tion develops the fact that there are three
night schools where the young woman
can attend. One of them is in the
Franklin one in the jefferson. ard one in
the Gales school building. There is be-
sides an old peoples school at night in
the GTcenleaf school building, at which
adults are taught.
The night schools have sessions Mon
day Wednesday, and Friday evenings in
the buildings mentioned. beginning Mt
1.30 o'clock. The schools for young Deo-
pie are mixed schools, where both boys
and girls attend. The pupils are graded
according TO their lgvancement in studies
and are taught as in the day schools.
There are no charges made in these
schools. as they are supported as a part
of the regular work of public education.
.- |
The Commissioners have prepared draw
ings of portions of the public reservations
l73. 6S 13i, 9S. and Franklin Square. ad-
jacent to which new cement sidewalks
have been recently constructed. 1t ap-
pears that the new sidewalks are not so
wide as the old ones and that the i'm
provement has left space between the
lie nd ,,ff II la fifr,
which the Commissioners are desirous of
turning over to the officer in charge of
public buildings and grounds to be cared
for under his supervision. The drawings
Will be submitted to Col. T. A. Bingham
for that purpose.
The Washington times., 1901-10-27

The Attorney for the District yeste rday
forwarded TO the Commissioners an opin-
ion based upon The communication OF
Joseph II. Fague, attorney for the estate
OF John Il. Reuth, relating to the pay
ment of taxes for the years 1888 and 1883
on part Of lot 2s. square ~. without pen
a'ties. interest. and costs.
II appears that this property was ad-
Vertised in the delinquent tax sale FOR
1855 and again for 1888. In each advertise
ment ii was insuflicientIy and improperly
described, and the claim Is now made
that because OF this lack of description
all penalties, interest. and costs should
lie remitted upon payment of the princi-
pal Of the tax FOR each of the said years
1t does not follow" says the Attorney
from the concession. that the tax sale
for each of said years is invalid: that
thereby all penalties. which under the law
had become part of the tax at the time
OF the sale, are eNtinguished. These
The Washington times., 1901-10-27

'Heimlich GrIsse' '.....-....-..-.....NOn Fielit
[ ndeT the hcse r tt5hc
Shepard. See the Horses Foaming Name
"Mohac's Field" "................... Korba
Tears, Idle Tears 80. swallow. Swal-
lau'' SulI;va
The Washington times., 1901-10-27

Mrs Fairfax.
Bass solo. MY Little Woman .......... .Osgood
Mr. Whitney.
The Washington times., 1901-10-27

Nezzo soprano solo, Aria. ''Bcnye-
nuto'' Eugene
The Washington times., 1901-10-27

An interesting event that will be eager
ly anticipated is the repetition of the
Persian Garden" which Mrs. ii. H.
Mills gave some time ago. The enter
tainment was attended then with un-
usual success. and Mrs Mills will repeat
it this season with a strong quartette
Another bit of pleasing information is
the announcement of a series of studio
musIcales by Mrs. Mills which will be
inaugurated shortly in a recital introduce