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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-02-14

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-02-14

Swell Boy-Tm going to have my
choice between bicycle and gun.
Common Boy-Hully gee, amt dat
great? Me mudder's goin' to let me
choose tween bein' vaXinated and hav-
in a tooth drored.-Detroit Free Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-02-14

JELL-O, THE NEW DESSERT, pleases all
the family. -Four havors Lemon, Orange
Raspberry and strawberry AT your grocers
Ioc. I4d4t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-02-14
A kiss can't be described by the tongue
but it can be expressed by the lips.

A VETERANS STONY George Lewis, of
Shamokin, Pa, writes: 81 am eighty years
of age l have been troubled with catarrh
for fifty years, and in my time have used a
great many catarrh cures, hut never had any
relief until used DR.. Agnew's Catarrhal
Powder. One box cured me completely"
so cents. I3
Sold by {. A. Kleim
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-02-14
GET ~Y

That's the morning call of Chanticleer.
It's welcome cry to well man. But
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-02-14

The beauty of cheeks and women are
judged from the same standr roint--iace and
figure.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-02-14
Saturday, Feb. o.
Ex-King Milan of Servia is very ill.,

Ex-King Milan of Servia is very i'll.
Anti-Jesuits created disorder in Mad
rid.
Union Pacific issued S40,000,000 bonds
for Southern Pacific purchase.
Nearly a foot of snow fell in Kansas
and Missouri.
Boer refugees at Pretoria are reported
to number over 60,000.
The bark Calburga, given up for lost,
has arrived at Bermuda with crew starry
ing.
The Bank of England has invited
tenders for an f11,000,000 per cent
loan
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-02-14
DISTRESSING STOMACH DlsEAsl

People who pay doctors bills are satisfied
of the PHYSICIANS ability to heel himself.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-02-14
Friday. Feb. x.

The Italian ministry has resigned.
Emperor William arrived at Homburg.
One hundred deaths from the cold re-
ported at Canton.
Five hundred lives were lost in an oil
fire at Baku, Russia.
Ice in the bays and rivers seriously in
terfered with navigation at New York.
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Taking evidence was begun in New
York in the second trial of DIR. Kennedy
for murder.
Rev. w. S. Ament, American mission
ary arrested by French troops lear Pc
king, has been released
Thursday, Feb. Z.
Lorenzo Priori was put to death in Sing
Sing.
AntiChristian Science legislation was
killed in Missouri legislature.
Kruger was cheered and Victoria Kissed
at Chicago pro-Boer meeting.
Ferryboats and other craft were seri.
ously delayed by ice in New York harbor
Bill introduced in Danish folkething
authorizing foreign loan of 25,O00,000
kroner.
Many persons were killed and injured
by petroleum fire at Baku, Russian Trans
caucasia.
The Washington times., 1901-10-16
POSTAGE STAMP CERTIFICATES.
Suggested Issue Convenient
Form of Sending Money.

The Postmaster General yesterday re-
ceived letter from John NJ. Hubbard,
assistant postmaster at the Chicago post
office, suggesting the issuance of postage
stamp certificates to take the place of
ordinary stamps when used as currency
in letters.
Mr.. Hubbard suggests that country pur-
chasers on mail order and other business
houses could use these certificates as a
substitute for the stamps which they are
accustomed to send with their small
orders and which the consignees accept
for their face value. The certificates
could in turn be redeemed at the nearest
postoffice in stamps or in cash at a small
discount. The promoter of this scheme
hopes by this means to see the large post
offices given credit for their full amount
of business, part of which they are now
robbed of, he says, because of the mail
order houses using the stamps they re
ceive through the mails from country
customers.
The plan is said to have received the
endorsement of the National Association
of Postmasters. and the Postmaster Cen
eral said yesterday that 1t seemed to meet
all requirements, and was not likely TO
meet with abuse or perversion. At the
coming session of Congress 1t is probable
that Postmaster General Smith may
embody Mr.. Hubbards suggestion in the
form of a bill and ask for its favorable
consideration,
The Washington times., 1901-10-16
PERSONAL.

All novelists of today do not work with
the rush of the age. Kipling began on
kim" eight years ago and David Chris
tie Murray has been working seven years
on his new novel. soon to be published.
John T.. Andrus, said to be worth $50
000.O00. has been nominated for Mayor by
the Republicans Of Yonkers.
1t is interesting to note that of the new
scholarships for Southern teachers, under
appointment OF Teachers College. Colum-
bia University, Tuskegee Normal and In
dustrial Institute is honored by three;
Charles Winter Wood teacher OF English
and elocution there; Edna Amelia Speers.
also of the Institute. and Edward Harri-
son Carry. graduate OF the Institute and
teacher in Texas public schools.
Some Eastern writer's have been telling
that Sidney Cooper. the English painter.
now in his nineties, is the oldest living
artist. At least two French painters are
older than he-Le Sourd Beauregard, now
1Gl, and Adolphe Joseph Thiac, born in
1903
The Rev Charles Henry Brent, who
has been nominated for Bishop of the
Philippines by the Episcopal General Con-
vention, was born in Newcastle, Ont, in
1852, and was graduated from Trinity Col
lege Toronto. In 1884. His first clerical
charge was at st. Paufs Pro-Cathedral
Buffalo where he was an assistant for
the first year after his entrance into the
ministry. In 1885 Mr.. Brent went to BOs-
ton to work in the High Church parish
of st. John the Evangelist, under Father
Hall, who later became Bishop OF Yer
mont. In 1891. on Father Halls elevation
to the bishoprio. Mr.. Brent was trans
ferred to St. Stephens Church, where he
has siRce remained.
The Washington times., 1901-10-16
THE DEPARTMENT OF ALASKA.
Military Control Abandoned to Civil
Authorities.

The Adjutant General yesterday re-
ceived the following despatch from Cen
e-ai Randall, at Dutch Harbor. Alaska,
dated October 5:
Department of Alaska discontinued
September 80. Leave tonight for Valdez
and Skagway.
General Randall has also advised the
department that the transport Seward
had arrived at Dutch Harbor from st.
Michaels and that he and his staff and
men would embark on that vessel for
Valdez and Skagway.
From there he will go to Vancouver
and assume charge of the Department of
Columbia. which has been under the COM
mand of Gen. S. 3. NJ. Young of the De-
partment of California.
The abolishment of the Department of
Alaska is one of the steps taken by Sec
retary Root in the direction of consolda-
ton and economy. General Randall was
sent to Alaska as Military Governor near
ly two years ago. Now that a civil gov
ernment has been established there is no
longer any necessity for maintaining a
military department.
The War Department has also with
drawn. all military control of Nome and
turned 1t over to the Department of the
Interior
Major Charles A Booth. Seventh In
fantry, has been ordered to Fort Davis,
Alaska, TO assume command of that post
The Washington times., 1901-10-16
GROVER CLEVELAND HONORED.
Elected n Life Member of the Prince
ton Trustees.


PRINCETON. N. j.. oct. 15-The an
nual fall meeting of the board of trustees
| of Princeton University was held here
this afternoon. Grover Cleveland was
elected to life membership on the board
! to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death
of the Rev. DIR. George T. Purves, late
pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church. In New York. A committee com
posed of H. Stafford Little, of Trenton
John A. Stewart of New York: NJ. Taylor
Pyne. of Princeton, and Bayard Henry, OF
Philadelphia, notified Mr.. Cleveland at his
home here Of his election. He proceeded
Immediately to the university library,
where he accepted the election and took
the oath of office.
The five alumni trustees who were elect
ed to the board last June by popular bal
lot among the graduates were also sworn
in, and the term of each was determined
by lot. as follows: James Laughlin, il.
of PittsbUrg, for one year: David B. Jones,
of Chicago, for two years; John L. Cad
walader, of New York, for three years;
John d. Davis, OF st. Louis, for four
years, ard Alexander Van Rensselaer,, of
Philadelphia, for five years. Hereafter
one trustee Wi be elected by the alumni
each year for term of five years.
The announcement was made that the
sum of $3.50 yearly for a term of hve
years had been provided by an anonymous
person for the maintenance and develop
ment of the classical seminary; also, John
d. Davis reported to the board that the
university is the residuary legatee of the
estate of DR.. John S. Layre, OF Missouri,
S15,oJ0 of which is row available
Henry G. Duffeld, assistant treasurer
of the university, was appointed treasurer
to fill the vacancy caused by the death OF
E. C. Osborne, and J. F. Thompson, of
New York, was elected curator of the
grounds and buildings. This office also
was held by the late Mr.. Osborne. Eight
assistants were added to the faculty roll.
A committee of three was selected to
represent the board of trustees at Yale's
bicentennial celebration, and President
Patton, Dean S. R. Winans and Graduate
Dean A. F. West were chosen to repre-
sent the faculty. 1t was decided TO omit
the annual commemoration day exercises
on October 22-- In his report President
Patton announced total OF .239 students
in the undergraduate departments, as
compared with 1,161 last year. The in
crease is mostly in the scientific side.
An interesting incident of the meeting
was the recording OF the fact that the
Rev. DR.. Elijah r. Caven, of Philadelphia,
clerk of the board, was absent today for
the second time in the fortytwo years
he has served in that office.
The Washington times., 1901-10-16
AMERICANS WHO DIE ABROAD
Auditor Timme Recommends Lesis-
Iation to Provide for Estates.

Ernest G. Timme, Auditor for the State
Department, has made his report for the
fiscal year ending June go 1901 In which
he makes a number of important recon-
mendations. Among other things he calls
attention to the necessity for additional
legislation providing for the proper set
tlement of estates of American citizens
who die abroad.
He also suggests the propriety and
necessity of securing the enactment of
the following provision to be inserted in
tho diplomatic and consular appropria-
tion act, for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1903:
provided. That hereafter the issuing of
a new appointment and commission to
any consular officer of the United States
shall not affect or annul any existing
bond, but the same shall remain in force
and apply to such new appointment and
commission.
Should such provision become a law
he says, II would further suggest that the
same should be embodied in the bonds
thereafter required of consular officers
so that each surety may have full notice
of the nature and extent of his liability
at the time Of the execution of the bond
The proposed legislation will make one
bond sufficient in cases where consular Of
ficers are appointed during a recess of the
Senate, but will not prevent the Depart
ment Of State requiring new bond of
any consular officer when there are spe-
cial reasons therefor. 1t will relieve con-
sular officers so appointed of the trouble
and Inconvenience of executing new
bonds after they have reached their re-
spective posts. when their permanent
commissions are received. and will enable
the accounting officers to settle their ac-
counts properly"
The Washington times., 1901-10-16

last week, Mr.. Grout. fusion candidate
for comptroller, made a bold assault
upon the Tammany chief, just as Judge
Jerome assailed Farrell of the gamblers
syndicate, and his nominee for district
attorney on the same evening. In part
Mr.. Grout said:
81 have been waiting in this campaign for
somebody to renew the old, old question hung
at Croker often. which angers him so much'
Where did you get tT and / understand why
the people do not ask that question. lhey
know where he gets it. They know he gets II
out of us, the citizens Of New York, and what
they want TO know now is How can We stop
you from getting itY
''If there be a proper reason for men allying
themselves in politics because OF the particular
race from which they spring, there is pecuilar
reason for which very large part OF the sensloie
citizens of New York should be with us. you
must be aware as | am that if ever there was
a country which has suffered from the particu-
lar abuse Of absentee landlordism it is Ireland
! should think that every lrisiman on the !dce
of this earth, more than any other nation;
would know what that means, and they would
vote to down that absentee landlord, kich-
ard Croker. / believe that when the votes are
counted in the districts where most Of the Irish
live. there will be a vote that will astound
Tammany Hail."
1t is indeed passing strange that
Irishmen should be expected to rally
to the support of az absentee landlord,
who spends the princely income derived
from some source on costly estate
and racing stable in England, and, as
Mr.. Grout truly observes, the election
returns probably may show that absen-
teeism is no more popular with them
here than it would be were they back
on the old sod.
The Washington times., 1901-10-16
SchIen,s IindicafiOn.

In the Court of Enquiry yesterday
Lieutenant Commander Sears, who was
Commodore Schley's flag lieutenant dur
ing the West Indian campaign, detailed
the story of the naval battle and the
circumstances and events antecedent to
it In every particular he corroborated
the evidence of Captain Cook, given on
the day preceding, and hence his tes-
timony does not require review at this
time. Mr.. Sears was sharply cross-ex-
amined by the judge advocate, but his
clear recollection of the movements of
the fleet and of the battle incidents was
unshaken. 1t was this officer who, after
the end of the engagement, carried
Commodore Schley's report to the Navy
Department to the cable station to be
filed, and was met by Lieutenant Com
mander Staunton, of Admiral Samp-
son $ staff, who. ordered its suppression.
That report was offered in evidence, but
not admitted, on the ground that as 1t
had not been forwarded it did not seem
to have become an official document.
Mr. Rayner reserved argument on that
point for future occasion. There is
little doubt that in another connection
the report will get on the record. 1t
will be proved, as a necessary incident
to the enquiry into Admiral Schley's
conduct during the battle off Santiago,
that he was acting throughout it as
commander-in-chief of the American
fleet. Having so acted, and having re-
ceived the surrender of Admiral Ger
vera, it was his right to report the ac-
ton.
Sampson's assumption that, although
he had left the vicinity and did not re-
turn to it for an hour and quarter
after the last Spanish vessel had sub
mitted, he was in command during the
battle, may have satisfied the Naviga-
ton Bureau and the judge advocates
office that he ought to have the prize
money fairly earned by Commodore
SchIey, but it win hardly convince the
Court that a man who wins great ma
tional victory is not entitled to report
it to the Government.
The Washington times., 1901-10-16
A CHANGED INTERPRETATION
Chinese RevisitinG Native Land
Given Longer Time to Return.

The legal restrictions governing the re-
turn to this country of Chinese laborers
who have been temporarily absent in
China have recently experienced a new
and somewhat changed Interpretation
from the Attorney General. As the law
now stands it reads as follows:
Under the Chinese exclusion laws q
Chinese laborer who was registered under
the act Of 1898 and who desires to pay a
visit to his native land makes applica-
ton to the collector of customs at the
port through which he proposes to leave
the United States for a document known
as a return certificate. which is furnished
him or depositing his registration cert'fi-
cate and which entities him to readmission
at any time up to one year from the date
of his leaving this country.
An act of Congress approved September
Is, 1883. which had for its purpose the
carrying out Of certain provisions of
treaty then pending but which was ulti-
mately never ratified by the United
States, provided that when such Chinese
laborers who went back upon return
certificates" but were unable to return
within the prescribed year because of
sickness or other disability, male appli-
cation for re-en;ry they should present a
consular officer at the port or place
through which they left China, and also
? certificate issued by the Chinese con-
sular officer most available in this coun-
try showing that the excessive absence
was due to one of the reasons above
stated.
This requirement has obtained for years
but has just been overturned by an opin-
ion of the Attorney General, who holds
that the treaty between the United States
and China al proved December $, 1874. and
which provided only for Il certificate by
the Chinese consular officer In this coun-
try. supersodes the act of Congress ap-
proved September Is. lSSS. referred to.
AS the certificates last mentioned appear
to be purely formal in character and do
not vary a particle in any case, IL will
be seen that the period during which
Chinese laborer may absent himself from
the United States is in effect doubled in
every case.
While II does not appear that the mat
ter is one of paramount Importance. it
may afford an interesting subject for con-
sideration in the next Congress, when the
question of extending the Chinese eXclu-
sion act Is being considered.
The Washington times., 1901-10-16
The Government of the Philippines.

The Chicago Chronicle" justly OBJ
| serves that the clash between General
| Chaffee and the Supreme Court of the
Philippines is in no proper sense ques-
ton of whether the military or civil
authority is supreme in the Islands, be-
cause the so-called Taft Government is
| itself merely a branch of the War De
| partment. Essentially this is true. The
Taft Governn ent is civil in form, but
it is answerable directly to the War
Department, exactly as General Chat
fee is 1t is noteworthy, moreover, that
when the question of authority arose,
both parties at once appealed to the
Secretary of War.
From the first it has been understood
that the military commander was to
give all necessary support to the civil
authorities. and. in fact, the govern
ment of certain provinces has been
handed back absolutely to General
Chaffee Personally, Governor Taft is
a civilian, but that does not change the
fact of his complete subordination to
the War Department. If this Depart
ment chooses to act in part through
the less an exercise of military authori-
ty. 1t is a strange situation from an
American point of view.
There is no disposition anywhere at
this time to carp at the Administration
or in any way to make its work more
difficult. But when policy is adopted
that is utterly at variance from any
thing ever before known in the history
of our Government, it fairly is open to
criticism, and the people are entitled
to know why such a departure has been
taken. Everybody knows that condi-
tions III the Philippines have been much
disturbed, and that it has not been
feasible to establish civil government
everywhere throughout the archipelago.
But where there has been a pretence of
setting up such government, it should
be civil in fact, and not merely in form.
If the government really is civil, then
wherever il exists it must be paramount
to the military. But we find that it is
not, or at least that the paramountcy
is not recognized by the general com
manding the army.
We therefore have in the Philippines
a double anomaly: First, government
entirely outside of the Constitution;
and secondly, civil government, the
precise nature and powers of which no
body seems to know. When a clash
takes place between the commander Of
the military forces and the head of the
civil branch of the government, they
are told to harmorize their differences
as best they can. Five years ago, or
even three, such a condition would
have been deemed impossible under the
American flag. and it is doubtful if
modern history furnishes a parallel
For this there is yet TO be offered the
first satisfactory explanation or excuse.
Many times before has new territory
been brought under American jurisdic
ton, but never until these islands were
acquired from Spain did any such COM
plications arise. The confusion has re-
suited solely from the attempt to estab-
lish arbitrary, extra-constitutional
power. Conditions were created for
which there were no American prece-
dents, and a policy has been adopted
which requires daily and hourly viola
tions of recognized American principles.
The Washington times., 1901-10-16
The MoIineun Case.

At last the Court of Appeals of New
York has handed down the long-expect-
ed decision in the Molineux case, and,
as anticipated, the prisoner is granted
new trial The decision is very Ions
and apparently exhaustive, but we have
not at this time had an opportunity of
examining it closely. 1t appears, how
ever, that the new trial is granted by
reason of the erroneous admission of
testimony against the prisoner. AS is
well known, this consisted largely of
circumstantial evidence, the testimony
Of handwriting experts figuring to a
very unusual extent.
Without at this time scanning close
ly the fine points of the case which is
a justly celebrated one, the opinion may
safely be expressed that the reversal of
the judgment will give very general
satisfaction throughout the country.
There is a widespread feeling that,
whether guilty OF innocent, Molineux
was shamefulIy treated by the prosecu-
tion, and that testimony of handwrit-
ing experts is Of too dubious character
to be allowed much weight against a
man on trial for his life.
1t has been said that no two men
write exactly the same. This may be
true. but ii is also true that many per
sons write so nearly alike that 1t Is not
easy to distinguish letters and assign
each TO its proper author. Moreover, Il
person skilled in the use of the pen, and
having samples of another's handwrlt-
ing before him, can copy ii very closely.
Hence, in the commission of criminal
act in which writing plays part the
wrongdoer would naturally disguise his
hand as much as possible, and he could
not do SO more effectually than by max
ing a close copy of another's. Cases
may easily be imagined in which there
would be a malicious motive in thus
fastening crime upon an innocent per-
son.
But all this aside. there is no testi-
mony in which mistakes .:an more east
iy be made than in opinions concerning
handwriting where there has been any
attempt at disguise. In this case the
experts were at issue with each other.
In civil matters. frequently there is no
better evidence attainable. and IL mis-
takes occur. they are not fatal. But
where q mans life is at stake. any sort
The Washington times., 1901-10-16
The HOMO PrOnhccY.

To THE EDITOR OF THE TINES: Mr.. Chas.
w. Smiley writes to The Times, saying:
''ln your Sunday edition is published Hopes
prophecy, made 100 years ago, with explanation
of various items given in Occult Truths a
year ago.
As | was not aware OF the existence Of
Occult Truths" until now. l must stand
acquitted of the apparently implied
charge of plagiarism therefrom. The in
depreciation of the prophecy in regard to
the fourth great ruler was occult TO me
until October 3, 1901.
WM. HENRY BURR.
Mashingtnn Oct. 15