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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-01-09
The Stone Oas4 Now a Mystery,

The case of Mss Ellen NJ. Stone,
the American missionary who for
three months has been in the hands
of Bulgarian brigands pending the
payment of ransom Of $IIo, 900,
has entered upon new phase. 1t
has been converted into a mystery.
The State Department at Washing
ton has declined to furnish any in
formation with regard to it, upon
the ground that the discussion OF
the matter in this country was pro-
ducing a bad effect upon the brig
and mind. Consul-General Dickin-
son, whose station is at Constanti-
nople, has become convinced that
the brigands were encouraged to
refuse as the price oftheir prisoners
release the amount at his disposal
by the belief that more would
ultimately be obtained as result
oil the agitation ofthe subject in the
American papers So he advised a
policy of silence and the State De-
partnent has adopted his recon-
mendation.
Consul General Dickinson is
fertile in policies, but thus far his
policies have been barren of results
Perhaps he has at last chosen the
course which will ultimately be
successful. Perhaps the next thing
we shall hear is that Miss Stone
aud her fellow-captive have beer
surrendered. So may it be. -Ef.
.--i,-f--- ----.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-01-09
AUDITORS NOTICE.

ESTATE OF GEORGE BEAGLE, LATE OF MADISON
TOWNSHIP, ooLUMBIA.ooUSTy, Pa, DECEASED.
Notlce Is hereby given that the undersigned
auditor appointed by the Orphans Conrf of
Columbia county, 10 make distribution OF the
paiahee IN the hands OF Frederick Beagle, Ad-
n, nnilnistrator OF said deceased, as shown by his
partles legally entitled thereto; viii! sit at his
3llice 3as In the Town or Bloomsburg, on Saturday
rSpIuaIy l, lW2, at o'clock a. IN. when and
where all persons interested In said estate
na,s usI appear or forever alter be debarred from
coming In on said fund
u, :. CLINToNlH HERRING,
Si'" Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-01-09
AUDITORS NOTICE.

ESTATE OF THOMAS W. MCHESRY, LATE OF
GREENWOOD TwP,, COLUMBIA COUNTY,
PA, DECEASED
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-01-09

The old Liberty bell left Phila-
delphia on Monday on its trip to
Charleston, South Carolina, where
it will be placed in the Philadelphia
building at the Exposition.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-01-09

The undersigned appointed an auditor by
the Orphans Court OF Columbia county TO make
Administrator, Amos Neyhard, viii sit at tie
ofiice OF clinton Herring In the town OF Blooms
burg, Pa, on Friday, January 81, 1909, at nine
pointment, when and where all parties Intel
ested In the fund In the hands OF the adminis-
traitor OF said deceased will appear and prove
the same or be forever debarred from coming in
on SAID rund' &c. Il, KRElShER,
i-s-C auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-01-09

The bodies of engineer Martz
and fireman Glass who were drown
ed in the wreck at the Lycoming
creek bridge several weeks ago,
have not yet been recovered. The
Pennsy railroad company has
watchers stationed at Clark S ferry,
Rockville bridge and other points
in case the bodies come down the
river.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-01-09
THURSDAY, JANUARY g. 1902.

President Cleveland is men,
toned as probable representative
Of the United States to be present
al the coronation of King Edward.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-01-09

From November I to December
I there were upwards of 1900 peo-
pie vaccinated in Plymouth. The
situation there in regard to small
pox is somewhat improved.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-01-09
Muslin Sale! Muslin Sale!
THE GREAT
JANUARY SALE
Begins Wednesday, Jan. 8, 100
Remnants.


Every short piece of goods big
and measured and rolled in small bundle, you
the width the number of yards put the price
piece What pile they make They the tables
smile at that big pile of and lady took
of them along home with her. They tempting lot and
they priced SELL Cost has not been considered We invite
you to come and look at them.
Muslin Sale for Ten Days.
We will sale Wednesday morning the biggest lot of
Muslin and the best values have had offered for
long time.
10 yards of fine Unbeached Muslin 42c
yards of fine close Muslin a 4oc
yards of Unbleached Muslin, standard make, 5oc
yards of the best fine Unbeached Muslin made
yards of the best heavy muslin 6oc.
yards of Bleached Muslin, of lime but Mus
lin, 5oc
yards of Bleached Muslin good Hill Muslin 7sc.
Prints Reduced.
We will sell for days the best Indigo Blue Prints Grey
Prints Black Prints all of the Prints
yard. Not yard of cheap poor Prints in the lot.
BleaChed and, Unbleached Sheetngs.
Unbleached Sheengs worth least Sale prceI7c
The best "a Beached Sheeting made. Sale price 2sc
The best 4 Bleached Sheeting made. Sale price, I2ac
Made Sheets Made Sheets!
Come and see our sale price on Sheets
Three Lots of Dress Goods Reduced
soc. Dress Goods reduced to
"a in. All Wool Cloth reduced to 25c.
$I.oo Dress Goods reduced to 4oc
All Wool Blankets Reduced.
White Blankets Grey Blankets, and all WOOL
ia White all WOOL big, soft, fluffy fellows worth $500
reduced to $40
Ladies' and Chidren's Muslin Underwear Sale.
Our Ladies Muslin Underwear Sale will begin Janv 1902
and end Jany 1902 Be read LARGE circulars that
will be put in house town showing giving sale
BIG REDUCTIONS ON ALL LADIES AND MISSES
F. p. PURSEL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-06
4 THIEFs CRY.

II VII be observed with much interest that
the monumental election swindler OF this era is
crying Stop Their Undoubtedly the stealing
~ Stare government is q congenial business
70 David B. Hill and he has proved that when
he possesses the requisite facilities he is capa-
bic OF making an expert use Of them In 1891
when he welded the powers Of the Governors
office he found comparatively little difficulty in
procuring the admission Of q fraudulent Ger
fifcate in a Senate district and reversing the
verdict OF the people. He is in a radically
different position this year. He exercises no
official authority, but merely a recent, and
since Tuesday night, a shaken ascendancy over
defeated party organization. He cannot dis
miss county clerks and dictate betrayal of
trust on the part OF q State Board of Can
Vassers- He can, however. refresh the public
recollection Of the deliberate fraud he con-
triyed eleven years ago. and revive public
hatred Of that detestable performance. And
that apparently, Is the thing he is now inclined
10 do
50 lar as We can see there is no objection 10
such proceeding. Hill can't steal New-York
this year, or make any progress toward that
object Of his longing. The vote has been cast
and honestly counted by election boards made
Up equally from both parties There is loud
talk about the throwing out OF many valid bal
lots and the admission OF many defective bal
lots in rural districts. If ballots were thrown
cut II was because they were clearly seen 20 be
defective by two Republican and two Demo
cratic inspectors. and no ballots were counted
which were not satisfactory to the representa-
tives Of both parties. The means provided for
ascertaining the result of the election cannot
possibly be employed 70 reverse the result. Nor
is the vote 50 close as to give the slightest sup
port to an honest doubt about the facts The
latest and practically complete returns show
that the plurality for Governor odell was con-
Eiderahly underestimate IN the early hours OF
Wednesday morning. It is impregnable and
quite sufficient.
But II hin really wants 10 attempt an imita-
ton Of the fraud be accomplished In 1891, or
thinks he has something 20 gain by buster that
VII intslliby bring back 70 the surface with
al its original distinctness the record with
which he Sc tattooed. he Is entirely yelno1as 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-06
THE TWO COAL STRIKES.

Close upon the heels Of the submission Of the
Pennsylvania coal strike to arbitration comes
news that the comparaby great coal strike in
France is being similarly disposed of. In this
country such mode of settlement was brought
about by the personal mediation Of the Presi-
dent, and in France too, the national govern
ment has taken the initiative in bringing the
employers and workmen together It is not
too much to assume that in this France is fol-
lowing Americas example. and that it is be
cause of Mr.. Roosevelts wise and courageous
action that the French Government has taken
practical steps toward reestablishing amicable
and profitable relations between the two con
tending parties in the coal mines. Our strike
had been in progress for months before the
French strike began, the latter having been
ordered less than month ago. But the mo-
ment Mr. Roosevelt succeeded IN bringing the
antagonists INTO court of arbitration, a move
ment toward the same end as started in
France, and the two arbitrations are now pro-
ceeding simultaneously.
We printed yesterday, at length the author
itatiye reStatement Of the Pennsylvania miners
demands. These are. In brief, an increase of
90 per cent IN wages. a reduction of 20 per cent
in hours of labor, minimum rate Of pay for
q ton, a fixing Of the ton weight at 224O
pounds, ically-recognition of the
miners union by the operators. through the
making Of contracts with the union and not
with individual miners. These are the de-
mands OF the strikers as formulated by the
Shamokin convention and as now reported by
the president Of their organization TO the tribu-
nal Of arbitration.
The demands Of the French strikers are in
part similar and in part dissimilar. They ask
for the fixing Of minimum wage rate, the re-
duction OF hours OF labor, and the making of
contracts with their unions. Those demands
are practically the same in kind as those Of the
Pennsylvania miners, though they differ in de-
gree the Frenchmen not asking for as high
wages or for as short days as do those in this
country. Besides. the French strikers demand
that miners be delegated to watch over the
safety Of the mines-an end which is we'll at
tanned in Pennsylvania by other means-and
that every miner who has served for thirty
years and has reached the age Of fifty years
shan be entitled 10 a retiring pension OF two
francs-say 40 cents-a day for life. It may
be added that In France. as here there are
many workmen who do not belong 10 the unions
and who did not join the strike, and whose
sarefy and rights TO labor need TO be safe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-06
At THE WHITE HOUSE.

Washington Nov. = tSpeciaD.-President Roose-
welt returned Washington at 30 o'clock tonight
from Philadelphia, where he stopped on his way
from voting AT Oyster Bay Accompanying him
were Mrs Roosevelt and their two children, Archt-
bald and Quentin Secretaries COrtelyou and Loeb.
DIR. Lung and u number of the servants from the
Sycamore Hid home. The President and MS
family were driven TO the White House. where the
improvements though still incomplete have adj
vanced TO such an extent TO meet the immediate
demands of the Presidential household,
The two special cars assigned to the use OF the
Presidents party attached to the regular
train at Philadelphia 1t slow train. and
reached Washington thirty-hve minutes behind
schedule time IL was filled with travellers. and
Trey lined up along the train shed as the Presi-
dents party walked 10 their carriages and gave
cordial greeting to Mr.. Roosevelt.
With Cabinet meeting set for Friday, the speedy
return of all the Cabinet officers is expected Sec
retaries Hay and Root already at their desks
All the other members of the Cabinet will probably
attend the meeting. though there is some doubt
about the exact date Of Postmaster General
Payne's return The session will be held In the
the White House, generally known
as The Little White House" This will be the
first time the building will be used IL will also be
the first session Of the full Cabinet for several
months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-06
NOTES OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

Washington. Nov. (SpeeiaD--The British AM
bassador and Lady Herbert will be -he guests at
dinner tomorrow Of General and Mrs Corbin-
Mrs. Dewey will not accompany the Admiral 20
Porto Rico next month but viii leave Washington
at that time for winter visit to the South
Mrs Greedy and the younger members Of the
family have joined General Greedy at their home.
in G-st- Mrs. Greedy passed last winter at Andover
Mass. in order to be near her son, who attended
the preparatory school and has entered this years
freshman class at Yale. Miss Adola Greedy is
tinuing her college course at Bryn Mawr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert H. D. PIERCE are settled in
their new house. in LIST, which they have leased
from Mayo Hazeltire
Ex-senator and Mrs. John B. Henderson will
give a reception at Henderson Castle on the even
ing of November Is in compliment TO the Ornitho-
logical Society OF America which will begin its
SnnuaI SESSION at the National Museum on the
Mrs. George Broome will sail on November % to
join Captain Brcome Porto Rico. Mrs. Robert
ter Of Rear Admiral Rodgers and is now the guest
or her sister, Mrs. MicOu-
Mrs May CIagett Perrin and George Howard were
married to-day at noon at ST Aloysius's Church BY
FaJher Fink. 5 J. The bride entered the church
YORK Norman Bestor was best man. There were
neither maids nor ushers. The bride was attired in
s19Pphlre velvet, and white hat. trimmed with
plumeS only a small family party was present in
the church and the bridegroom and his bride left
the city almost Immediately after the service for
short wedding trip. On their return thew viii take
orlQe Is building in Sixteenth-st, next to her
mother home, which is new occupied by the
pr FIeLry howard. OF England. once attached to
the British Embassy here. and now Representing,
was MISS Cecilia Riggs, OF this city. Mr. and Mrs
Howard chose St Aoysius's for their Taarriage be-
cause ooth were baptized there, and the church IS
i wise associated with all the events their
early religious training.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-06

guarded in whatever settlement may be pre-
scribed by the court Of arbitration. These are
called Fellows instead Of "scabs,' and the
unionists are called reds
Such are the salient features of the two coal
strikes which are now being arbitrated- 1t will
he of interest TO see what points of resemblance
and of difference there will be between the re-
spective findings and DEGREES of the two courts.
The courts are somewhat differently consti-
tuted, that in France comprising five members
chosen by the operators and five chosen by the
strikers and meeting at the office Of the Min
lister Of Public Works in Paris There are
great and radical differences, too, between the
functions of the President o. the United States
and those of the French Government. Those
differences may well show their effects in the
results of the arbitrations. Yet it seems not
unlikely that each tribunal will do it's own work
in its own way, and reach a conclusion salts
factory to, or at least authoritative to, those
who have submitted their interests to its
charge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-06
A PUEBLO SCANDAL.

Some severe language was used the other day
a the City Hall by the women who went thither
TO address the aldermanic committee on the
subject Of overcrowding in streetcars. I'm
seemly unhealthful and indecent were a few,
and not the strongest, Of the words used to de-
scribe existing conditions. In such characterize
ton there was general agreement. There were
differences of opinion as to the remedy for the
evil. Concerning the evil itself there was none
There can be none. Even the officers OF the
street railway company themselves, If they are
properly familiar with conditions of traffic on
their own lines, must approve the accuracy Of
the strongest of the denunciatory descriptions
given by the women At the City Hall.
The simple fact advisedly and temporarily
stated. is that the streetcar service Of this Dor
ough is not Il for the patronage of self-respect-
ing women. A woman cannot ride in the aver
age streetcar without danger of gross physical
insult. During a considerable part OF the day,
including hours In which women have most
need TO use the streetcars there is a strong
probability that Q woman passenger will be
subjected TO ndgnlties which should be re-
garded as lntolerable. There are probably few
women who ever enter streetcar without
not unrea sonable fear of Ill treatment and
mental protest against being compelled thus TO
expose themselves TO II. There few men
who are not reluctant TO have their wives and
daughters ride IN streetcars, or who see them
do so without a feeling Of indignation at the
treatment they receive.
Such are the conditions which undisguisedly
and undeniably prevail to-day, and have long
prevailed, upon the chief means Of popular trans
portation IN the metropolitan borough Of the
second city in the world The fact constitutes
public scandal Of the first magnitude. What the
to-. l. .f,
there are differences of opinion. We shall not
attempt at this time TO dictate an infallible So
luton But It cannot be too strongly urged
upon the railway company and upon the rnu-
nlcipal authorities that the existing state Of
affairs IS a disgrace TO the city, 10 civilization
and to American manhood, and that the abate-
ment Of II is demanded by every consideration
Of health, Of morals. Of personal right and Of
common decency.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-06
TURNING OFF THE POWER.

Massachusetts has taken extreme measures TO
secure abundance Of leisure for the casting of
ballots on Election Days. An act adopted by the
legislature of 1902 forbids the employment of
any voters working for ANY manufacturing.
mechanical or mercantile establishment in the
two hours after the opening of the polls" 1t
has been the general practice of the managers
of mills and other industrial plants and OF
places of business Of every kind in the old Bay
State TO afford plenty of time for the men on
their payrolls to go to the election booths and
exercise the suffrage rights Of American citizens
without reductions Of pay.
Many employers in the commonwealth Of the
Puritans and the Pilgrims find fault with this
new statute. In busy cities and villages from
Cape Cod TO the western border the polling
boxes are in most instances so near the looms
and the spindIes, the machines and the offices
that qualified electors are in no need Of two
hours in which to exercise their voting privi-
Ieges. There has been no complaint that wage
earners in Massachusetts have been deprived of
opportunities for voting. May it not then be
possible that the new law will prove to have
been III advised?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-06
MRS. ROCKWELL NOTIN WILL
FRANCIS g. PALMER IGNORES HIS
GRANDNIECE IN MAKING
REQUESTS

The will of Francis A Palmer. the Honogenarian
bank president who died recently was Med yes
terday morning The bulk OF his estate was lefC 10
various charitable institutions ana TO the Francis
Asbury Palmer Fund There are many miner
requests but Mrs. S. d. Rockwell. the gTandnece
who is said have incurred his displeasure by
marrying against his wishes not mentioned.
The schedule hed by Mr. Palmer's lawyers. Put
ney. Twombly Putney. No. 10 Broadway. gives
the as consisting of $4,000 real and SS0OOO
personal property To his two nieces-GertTude \.
Knapp and Mary C. Kepner-Nir. Palmer left moth
ing by will. although they were mentioned in the
schedule heirs-st-law and next Of kin. The
house No. $50 aIadisOn-ave. is given to bis grand
niece Elizabeth P. Anderton and her husband.
DR.. n. B. Anderton. until the death OF both. when
1t is to go to the Francis Ashury Palmer Fund.
The majority of the requests are rendered void by
q clause which provides that 70 such legatees
he shall before his death give the amounts men
TONED nothing more shall be paid Soma OF the
requests are 5000 20 Hamilton College. Clinton.
N. Y; 5000 20 the Congregational Sunday School
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-06
amnsemenTs

ACADEMY OF MUsIc-s-The Sinsty and Nina
AMERICAN THEA TRE--e--s; lS--MsEas AhsnP-
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BROADWAY THEATRE-s-The silver supper
CASINO-e.l5-A Chinese Honeymoon
CRITERION THEATKE-s-irls
DALY'S THEATRES .l0-A Country tTifl
ErEN MuSEE-2-s-The World IN Wax.
EMPIRE THEATRE-S -20--The Mummy ara ne nun
I'oURTEENTH STREET THEAT2E-s-old Limerick
CsARRIcK THEATRES 25-Thc Stubbornness Of Gerai-
GARDEN THEATRES .I5-The JOY 81 living
lIAELEM OPERA HOUSES Is soldiers Of / t!Ile-
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE l5--Chll1ren OF kings
IRVING PLACE THEATRF-s-2 l-Alt 6edeloerg -
kEITH S-IO-aO q Il 1880 r r.--coitinuous FeT-
formance.
KNICKERBOCKER THEATFk-S-- sherlock ftolnes
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE-ll a. n--t-Very man
s:60-The Two schools. -n.,o -
MADISON SQUARE GARDES--10 a 60 1870 2 M
EKhibtion Of Flowers and sculpture. -,
MRS. OSBCRNE'S PLAYHOUSE .4o--l ofnfay fNot,
MURRAY Hill. HEATEE-2-S-Fun on the bris'ci
NEW SAVOY THEATRES -i5--A Country Mouse
NEW-KOFk--s- . iagenhecks Trained Anilais-
HEW WEST END THEATRES .lS--hrs JacA
PASTOR S-Cou-tnuous PerfoTmance - =. =.
PRINCESS THEATRE-e30-s-ao--1hs Night q u9
PROCTOR s-contnuous Performance. -.
~. NICHOLAS GARDEN-2-S0-S.8o- bostccks '7fset
Animal Arena
NTCDORlA-S:15-L Ia Gioconds.
WALLACKS THEATRE-S.2o-Ths sword OF the King
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-06

and Publishing Society, $500 70 the WestcaesIer
County Temporary Home for Destitute Children
$4,000 to the Palmer Christian College. lie Graao
Iowa; $4,000 TO Eton College North Carolina: see"
to the Union Christian College Of Meronn, Indiana.
5000 10 the Chaplin Home for the Aged and In
firm: 1000 10 the Presbyterian Church IN BEDFORD
n Y. and $500 10 establish a bed. Of which D.
Anderron Is % have contrc, at the Presbyterian
Hospital. in this city. Besides these he leaves an
annuity Of 81 20 for life his brother. James \
Palmer, OF Castle Craig Cal. and one years wages
to each OF his servants. There was suit hrougnt
by his grsndnisee. Mrs. s D. Rockwell penolnS
against Mr. Palmer az the time OF his death VI
recover two thousand shares Of stock in the Broad
way Savings Bank. Mrs. Rockwelrs lawyer. HIas'
tus s. Ransom. said yesterday that the suit would
be pressed against the estate When asked u
there any intention OF breaking the vii, ne -
piled that II was too soon 10 know what coursS
would be taken BY his client