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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-25
THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURY. PA.
SALES.

THURSDAY, May 9th, IooI.-Amos
Neyhard, administrator of the estate
of Thos. w. McHenry, late of Green
wood township, Columbia county, Pa.
deceased, will sell at public sale at
Jamison City, Pa, saw mill with a
IS horse power boiler and a IS horse
power engine, including belts, trucks,
shafting, etc. Sale to commence at
1 o'clock p. m.
THURSDAY, MAY 2, IooI.-A. l..
Fritz, executor of the estate of DR..
]. K. Evans, late of the Town OF
Bloomsburg, Pa, deceased, will sell,
at public sale, on the premises, valua
Bile real estate, consisting OF large
building, used as butcher shop and
dwellings for several families, situated
on Main and Jefferson SITS. Also a
brick dwelling house, lot and barn,
situate on the corner Of Third and
Jefferson SITS. Sale at 10 o'clock a. m.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-25
A VILLAGE SINKING,
Inhabitants of MayGeId, Pn., In Z
state of Terror


P1TTSTON, Pa, April 24-The min
ing village of Mayfeld, north of thii
city, is sinking into the earth. and terro.
fills the helpless inhabitants. These crowt
the streets, and they will fall into thei
mines with their homes.
Already many buildings have been de
stroyed The Greek Catholic church. on,
of the largest buildings Of the village, IL
ruined.
Fire has broken out and the Hubjal
building has been burned. 1t Is feared
that the continued settling OF the grount
will spread the flames.
The mines which underlie the village ar,
owned by the Hillside Coal and Iron com
pany and two entire veins have caved.
The settling began, according to new
which reaches this city, at an early hou
yesterday morning. when the inhabitants
We're asleep. Houses rocked and trembled
and the people fed for their lives.
The cave In caused the roadbed of the
Delaware and Hudson railroad to sink
and the rails are twisted out of shape. Ir
the Russian school there was panic
The interior walls of the schooroom
rocked, and the plaster fell from tn,
walls.
NO fatalities have been reported. Th,
town is Russian mining settlement.
The citizens declare that pillars in the
mines have been "robbed" of their depos
its in violation of the state law.
All fires In the town have been put ou
as far as possible, and the people are liv
ing in the streets
Water mains have burst, and the wa
ter supply has been cut off
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-25
There's y Balance

In the favor of all people who may hereafter patrons
store The increased patronage during the past two
made impossible patrons in the store
new store-our store and your store.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-25
STONES VETO UPHELD.
Supreme Court Affirms Legality Of Scho oil
Fund Cut by the Governor.
PHILADELPHIA, April s2.

hiLADELFhiA, hPih 90.
The supreme court to-day in an
opinion by Justice Mitchell affirmed
the decisisn of the common pleas court
of Centre county sustaining the right
of the governor to cut down the APP
preparation made by the legislature for
the support of the public schools.
Judge Mestrezat filed a dissenting
opinion.
This decision was rendered on the
appeal taken from the judgment enter
ed by Judge Love, in the common
pleas court of Centre county, in favor
of the defendant in the case of the at
torney general at the relation of Pat
ton township against State Treasurer
Barnett. This was an application for
a mandamus upon the state treasurer
to compel him to pay to Patton town.
ship the proportion of the appropria-
tion made by the legislature to which
the township was entitled for the sup
port OF its public schools. The suit
was begun because the state treasurer
had refused to pay more than the pro-
portion of the appropriation due it on
the basis of the amount fixed by the
governor, which was $I,ooo,ooo less
than had been appropriated by the
legislature.
1t was contended that the governor,
while he might veto an entire item,
could not decrease the amount appro-
priated in that item and approve the
item to the extent to which he had
fixed the sum. 1t was further con-
tended that the Centre county COM
mon pleas court had no jurisdiction in
the matter because all suits against the
state government or its officials must
be brought in the common pleas court
of Dauphin county. Judge Love over
ruled both of these contentious and
refused to grant the mandamus. An
appeal was then taken to the supreme
court, and on application made to II
some twenty-four school districts ol
Montgomery county were permitted to
join in the appeal as parties asking for
the mandamus.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-25

to being through Our agency. 1t
only has power to submit to the
United States for approval a plan or
constitution Tor a representative
government. If we reject it out
right the existing status continues.
They can do nothing. But if the
notifications and conditions which
we propose are accepted then they
can proceed to organize a represent
ative government. And until such
a government is organized the
troops of the United States in my
opinion, cannot be completely with
drawn. / am firmly convinced that
the convention, after it hears the re-
port of the commission which it has
sent here, will accept the Platt
amendment. l believe that the
members of the commission will
learn much of value to Cuba on
their visit here, and that soon after
their return the constitutional Con-
vention will take favorable action. 4"
Every republican President from
Grant to Mckinley has had dreams
of establishing a respectable white
republican party in the South, but
every effort to MAKE the dream
reality has miserably failed. For
that reason President McKinley's
effort in that line, in South Carolina
is more amusing than alarming to
Southern democrats. Senator Nc
Laurin, who has been for all practi-
cal purposes an administration
Senator for several years, although
he only actually withdrew from the
democratic caucus Just before the
adjournment of the last session of
Congress, is expected to act as
President McKinley's assistant in
present attempt to turn the dream
into a reality. The first open move
was the appointment of John G.
Capers, gold democrat, to succeed
a republican as United States Dis
trict Attorney for South Carolina.
The next is awaited with more or
less curiosity.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-25
Tuesday, April 3Oth.

ORCHESTRA, 6 pieces, p m. to p. m. Up.
REFR ESHMENTS served to all who attend a.
appreciation of their presence coffee tea and ca
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-25

Aguinaldo says that the other
Filipino chiefs will surrender, and
protests that his efforts for peace
are entirely sincere.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-25
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, April 22nd

Washington, April 22nd 1901.
Denials having been rendered
ridiculous by press dispatches from
Manila giving names and details,
War Department officials now con-
fess that there have been extensive
frauds i'll the commissary branch of
the army in the Philippines, and
announce with a flourish of honesty
and virtue that an official investiga-
ton is now being made with view
to the exposure and punishment of
all those who have been guilty Of
wrong-doing This announcement
would have carried more weight
with the disin terested public had
it not been accompanied by another
saying that the conduct of the in
vestigation had been placed in the
hands of Adjutant General Corbin.
General Miles is the commander of
the army, and as such should have
directed that investigation, and il
the truth, and the whole truth, re-
gardless Of whose toes might be
trod on, had been sought, it would
have been allowed to remain in his
hands, where it properly belonged
he had proven his fearlessness i'll
uncovering fraud in the embalmed
beef cases But if the object of
the investigation be to whitewash
the guilty officers who have Repub-
lican political pull, and to make
scapegoats of those who have not,
the choice of General Corbin to di-
rect it was wise. He has a record
of political partisanship never
equaled by any holder of major
generals commission in the United
States Army, and there have been
some radical partisans in the army,
too, while General Miles has never
been a partisan and is suspected of
believing in Democratic principles.
Major George B. Davis, one of the
officers said to be implicated in the
frauds, is now in Washington on
sick leave. He has been connected
with the commissary branch of the
army for several years, and was re-
garded as General Eagan's right
hand man when he was Commissary
General. Major Davis was at the
War Department last week and was
questioned by Commissary General
Weston. He denied the charge
cabled from Manila that the books
of Evans & Co., government con-
tractors, showed that sums of money
had been paid to him and other Of
ficers also that he had any knowl-
edge Of wrong-doing on the part of
either officers or contractors, and
announced his willingness to return
to Manila at once and assist in the
investigation. He might be able to
render valuable assistance in the
whitewashing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-25

Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chi
cago, whose third election to that
Office has caused his name to be
more or less talked of in connection
with national politics, spent the
most of last week in Washington,
quietly resting. Asked the blunt
question, whether he had any in
tention of entering the national po-
litical arena, Mr.. Harrison replied !:
II am not fooling with national
politics. 1t is enough for me now
to attend to my duties in Chicago.
When asked what the Illinois Leg
islature was likely to do, Mr.. Har-
rison said: THE Republicans in
that body have done almost nothing
outside of a discussion of appor-
tionment bills. They have quar-
rel among themselves over the sub
ject, and I should not be surprised
if the Legislature adjourned with
out passing any measure for appor-
tionment."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-25

Sen. Cockrell, who was met conf
ing out of the White House, where
he had just had talk with Presi-
dent Mckinley on the subject, said
OF the coming visit to Washington
of committee OF the Cuban Con-
stitutional Convention: THE Gu
bans do not apparently fully grasp
their status. They are not now a
government. They have no power
to treat automatically with the
United States. The present con-
stitutional convention was called in
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-25

That the Philippines must neces-
sarily be a large and continuous
source of expense to the United
States has been evident from the
day Spain goldbricked us into be-
coming their owners. A board of
naval officers, under orders from
Secretary Long, are now engaged
in preparing plans for S., 900, 900
naval station, which is to have a
81 900, 900 dry dock, at Olongapo,
Subig Bay, Luzon. Those plans
will have to receive the approval OF
Congress before they can be carried
out.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-16
After a Struggle.

George" said a fond mother to a
little 4-year-old. 'you must take the
umbrella to school with you, or you
will get wet. 1t rains hard"
II want the little one," he said,
meaning the parasol.
"No, my dear. That is for dry wealth
er. You must take this and go like a
good boy"
George did as he was bid and got to
school comfortably.
After school hours it had stopped
raining, and George trudged home
with the remnants of the umbrella un-
der his arm.
ooh, George, what have you been
doing with my umbrella" said his
mother when she saw the state it was
in.
"You should have let me had the lit.
tie one," said he. "This was such q
great one it took four Of US to pull II
through the door."-Leslie's Weekly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-16
Muzxlins III OK.

One morning u washwoman, a lady
of color-very dark color-came hastily
in and, without any preliminaries, ex-
claimed: "Sparatualism! What is spar
atualism, Miss CoraY"
My sister explained as we'll as she
could and asked why she wished to
know.
"Well, you see" she went on excited
ly. "~Sarah-she's my daughter, you
know, and she went last week to live
with a lady what says she is a sparatu-
alist, and she says If Sarah takes any
thing she'll know it. Sarah's going to
leave"-Harper's Magazine.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-16

We have before us a copy of the
Granite Falls Journal commenting Sc
verely upon the verdict by which Whit
ner was acquitted for killing Leonard
on the ground that the murder was
justifable. The Journal is right in its
structures on the verdict. Life must be
cheaply held by the Minnesota jury. 1t
may have been that there were extern
uating circumstances, but even if the
charges made against Lonard were
true. and he did cheat at cards, this
is the first time that we heard that
offense to be worthy OF death. When
yer any man loses in gambling the
temptation arises to call the winner a
cheat. and the Minnesota verdict
makes the loser the sole Judge as to
whether the winner should live or die.
The Journal contains the complete evil
dence in the case, and it appears to be
one of the most remarkable verdicts
eve recorded
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-16
A RARE VOLUME BY PENN.
Only nov Copy Is Owned b,
Quakers In Philadelphia.

Only Known Copy Is Owned by
Quakers In Philadelphia.
The only known copy of PENIS issue
of magma Charta," published in 1857
by the Bradford Press, is the property
of the Meeting For sufferings, a repre-
sentative body of the Friends yearly
meeting in Philadelphia. Its title is
1.-THE Excellent Privilege Of Liberty
and Propriety; Being the Birthright Of
the Freeborn Subjects Of England"
The copy is not generally open. to the
public.
The peculiar significance of this book
is that a half dozen years after Penn
founded his colony he wished to have
the colonists keenly realize that they
would have to stand for their rights in
the new country as well as the old,
where they had been so cruelty perse-
cuted. He wrote this book in order that
they might be informed on the consti-
tuition Of their local government and
know what We're the legal bases Of
their rights as citizens.
Curiously enough the only proof
there is that this work was William
PENIS is the statement made by Chief
Justice David Lloyd in 1928. a great
Quaker leader who was PENIS attor-
ney general at the time the book was
issued. Chief Justice Lloyd was also
at that time an intimate friend Of Will
liam Penn and consequently knew
whereof he spoke.
The volume was reproduced in fac
smile by the Philobiblon club in 1897
for a limited number of subscribers.
The original volume, however, must al
ways remain the are thing that it is,
one of the best expressions of liberty
under law that the mind Of the great
founder could Observation-Disclosures
Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-16
VANITY OF SAVAGES.
Red Men Love to Pose In Grotesaae
Attire Before the Camera.

Xxx bcIoTC lhc SuklcTH. lIH5
AS evidence of the extent to which
the ornamental precedes the useful EX-
plorer Humboldt noted the fact that
the Orinoco Indians in fair weather
strutted about attired in all the tinery
they were able to procure, their faces
painted gaudily, their heads decked
with feathers, their whole aim being to
strike establishment to the beholder
and no regard whatever had for COM
fort.
When the weather was bad, Hum
boldt found that the same men would
doff their clothing and carry it about to
save it for display on future sunny
days.
The same traits are seen today in the
North American Indians, little modified
by many years of intermingling with
civilization.
That part of Pennsylvania avenue,
Washington, running from Second to
Sixth street is the favorite promenade
of visiting Indians. Portions of Sec
ond and Third streets, running off the
avenue, are filled with boarding houses
especially %patronized by the redskins
and especially avoided by the whites in
consequence.
A number of photographers in the vi
entity are the chief attractions Of this
neighborhood for the a%borigines. Moth
ing SO delights them as to strut gravely
from their boarding houses to these art
galleries to sit for solemn pictures at
Uncle Sans expense, the bill being
charged In with necessaries incidental
to a visit to the great father.
To deprive the visiting Indian of the
privilege to sit for his photograph in
full paint and feathers and a grotesque
mixture Of cheap ready made garments
with blankets and bear claws would be
the greatest hardship possible to the
chieftains.
Showing the same disposition Hum
boldt noted, the visitors get themselves
up more barbarously the closer they
get to civilization.-St. Louis Republic.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-16
State C.. f.. Convention.

Endeavor Union will be held at Cher.
okee. August 81 %. More extensive
preparations are being made this year
than aver before to make this great
gathering worthy of special attention
and state wide attendance. Every so.
ciety is entitled to representation.
Tt should be remembered thatthed dates
of the convention re nearly two months
earlier than last year.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-16
A Choice of yoweI..

He-You women have such a ridicu-
lous habit of screaming "Oh!" on every
occasion.
She-And you men have such a ride
ulous habit Of saying 81" on every oc-
casion. Indianapolis Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-16
Lost Opnortunitx.

"And you didn't hear of it?" inquired
Mrs. Gabbie.
"Not one word"
"Why, I've known it for a week, so |
supposed everybody heard Of it."-Phil-
adelphia Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-16

]. B. ROMANS co. carry the most
complete stock of white lead, mixed
paints, dry paints. varnishes, colors
in oil, and brushes. Call at their
store and look their splendid stock
v e 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-10
PUGILISII |. Lind
Relieved from Duties as Governor John
Lind Proceeds to Whip
{ ss ..:4 an Editor.
He Goes to the Office of the st.
Pani Dispatch and Assaults
4 :s.$4 i: ys3 ss.S5. H. F. Black. Il 5; 5$
He States His Mission, Asks Black
to Arise, then Knocks Him n
4 .z {,: Down. 5s= @} .!s5.:5

/ st. Paul, Jan. 8. Immediately after
being relieved of the duties of governor,
John Lind went to the office Of the Dis
patch and assaulted H. T. Black, man
aging editor just. how the affair oc-
cured is not known, but it is said that
Lind told Black to rise, saying he did
not want to hit man that was down.
Black arose when Lima knocked him
down. When Black. got up he was
knocked down again. Others inter
fered and got Lind out. Later Lird
said: ''0ne day last summer the Dis
patch accused me of treason. I sent
word that Black must retract or I would
>take occasion to make him take the
statement back. AS soon as I was re-
ieved from Office today T went to
Blacks office and told him what I had
come for. Then struck him couple
of times. That is all there is to it. 4
don't care what anybody says about me
politically, but I will let no man cali me
g traitor. If Iacan't whip him will kill
him." 1t is not known whether Black
will prosecute or not. Lind has only
one arm - q, u <.zss 3fz&&#
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-10
~ In US Il 9,1.ssS'r,Y ~ iigi<.
No2BEER.
CANTEEN AMENDMENT LAID ON
A:4. 4 "a 's5.g3. TIA ARLE. .@ ssr.

GANTEEN AMENDMENT LAID ON
sS' TABLE,. . ?. -5 c s]si
Washington, Jan. s. The senate laid
on the table the committee amend dment
to the army bin providing for 4 continu-
ance Of the present canteen system. #
Mr.. Hansbroug Ugh, who has been recog-
nized as one Of the lending opponents Id
congress- con Of tho post exchange, made an
extended arg gntnent il opposition to the
ommittee amen ndment. He declared
that the use Of liquor egraded the men
and detraeted from their usefulness as
soldiers, and from their morality as men.
The sale of beer il the canteen, he said,
had been shown, quoting from q letter
from All of6cer, to beat the bottom oT
most Of the trouble and misery Of tha
soldier He hoped congress woald sig
nalize the opening of the twentieth cen
tury l,y wiping from the sta tute hooks
the anthorizing q government saloons.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-10
NORTH DAKOTA EDITOR I'M MIN
=. @*a:$',& .. II NEAPOLIS. HUI

Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. Editor
Lampman of Neche, N. D., is here buy;
ing new material for his paper, the.
.Clh1ronotype. Mr.. Lampman says that.
from his observation the present session
of the legislature il North Dakota will
not be a very exciting affair beyond the.
fact act that 9 lat the newspaper men intend to
visit Bismarck and carry the town by
storm. The press Of. his state is dis
cussing the primary election law. but he
has h g. seen no extraordinary exhibition of
sentiment Sc 10 it's favor in his part of the
state. S 5sS .S.S. mn. RI \
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-10
He WAS ON TIME.

@ Washington, 2. C.,, j az. 9. RepresentS
atiye Spalding Of North Dakota was il.
such q hurry on Saturda day TO reach the.
house that he went straight from the
depot to the capitol without taking time.
TO visit his hotel Or make q change Of
linen. fl He worried all forenoon On the
way into Washing tor, fearing that in
his tist absence the reap pportipnn nnaent bill had
been taken up and disposed Of. Il He go /.
there on time, however, and did some
tall hustling for the extra member for
his state. n II 55 s. :ss s5: $:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-10
I. SECRET WEI,L-. , X. KEPT]. ,Es],,.

Earl e.; Fleming Of Fargo stole a:
march on his friends in good shape. IT
developed recently that he was married
Aug. u to Miss Florence Van Horn, the
second daughter of Rev. and Mrs. WI.
Van Horn of Fargo and a popular stu
dent OF the Agricultural College The
marriage occurred at Detroit while both
were enjoying the summer vacation. A
few intimate friends of the contracting
couple caught on to the affair but were
pledged to secrecy till Mr.. and Mrs.
Fleming got ready to announce the
event. - =
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-10
DULUTH MARKET.
BROWNS IN TOWN.

The lively farce Browns in Town.
comes to the Atheneum Jan. IA, when
the audience will surely laugh over the
string of complications which are said
to furnish endless fun through the three
acts. The author has done some clever
work as farceur in this play, both in
ingenious arrangement and abundance
Of farcical incidents, with catchy songs,
bright music, and also in the crisp and
buoyants humor of the dialogue. The
story tells chiefly of the troubles which
surround a newly welded young couple
who wish to keep their marriages. secret
until they can devise some good reason
for breaking the news to the groon's
father, who strenuously objects to his
sons marrying until he reaches certain
age. Numerous friends and relatives
disturb the early connubial happiness
ef the young couple who hide in a nearby,
country place and assume the name Of
Brown, and the plans and subterfuges
necessary to get rid Of them are cleverly
worked out The farce is played through
out with invigorating briskness. '.