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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-12
FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.
Mississippi River Rises Above tn,
Danger Line.


MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 1.-THE
river is above thirty-hve feet on the
guage and rising. The current is swift
er and more driftwood is running than
at any previous time during the pres
ent rise. These signs are taken as in
dicating that there will he rapid in
crease i'm the speed of the rise
At NatcheZ every precaution that can
be devised is being adopted TO prevent
any attempt ut cutting the levec and
constant watch is maintained by
armed men. Heavy rains yesterday
added to the gravity of the situation.
The river rose three-tenths of foot
and is now 2.5 feet above the danger
line, which facts have intensified the
feeling of apprehension. The steamer
Betsey Ann brought in $50 people from
the flooded district between here and
Bayou Sara. The steamers st. Joseph
and Senator Cordill also are doing con-
siderable relief work between Natchez
and Nicksburg.
dispatch from Jackson says that
owing to the apprehension felt through
out the Delta country on account Of the
high water in the Mississippi river Gov
ernor Longino has ordered Warden
Henry of the board of control to go at
once TO Clarksdale, where the levee
board is in session. Available forces
Of state convicts have been rushed to
the water front to strengthen the weak
portions of the levees.
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SEVENTEEN DROWN.
Boat Carrying sixty Capsized In
Angry Flood.

GLENS FALLS, n. Y, March o.
Bst two bodies of the victims of the
Sp'crs Falls tragedy of Saturday have
been recovered. those of Fred Ferron
and Pasqualc Caferelli. A gang Of
trained river men are searching the
river below the dam and are breaking
up ice and log jams. This work will
be kept up as long as there is any hope.
Two of the sixteen men not account
ed for have turned up, and the latest
information given out by the officials
of the company fixes the number Of
dead and missing at seventeen.
The accident was caused by the cap
sizing of a ferryboat which is oper-
atcd by a stout cable extending from
shore to shore. a crowd composed of
fellow workmen of the victims wit
messed the disaster
1t is understood that there were more
than sixty men in the boat.
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The Connecticut,. Keel Laid.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE first
keel plate of the battleship Connecticut,
the first large battleship to be con-
structed In a government navy yard
and the largest war vessel ever laid
down for the United States, was laid
yesterday in the navy yard in Brook
lyn. There We're no ceremonies in con-
nectlon with the laying of the plate,
and the only persons present were Con-
structor Capps and few other officers
directly engaged in the work on the
shin
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A BUFFALO TRAGEDY
Lawyer Pennell Killed In
stantly, Wife Badly Hurt.
PROMINENT FIGURE IN BURDlCK CASE
Automobile In which They Were
Riding suddenly Neercd and
Plunged Into n stone
Quarry.

BUFFALO, March 11.-Ghastly as
was the death of Il. l.. Burdick, dou-
bly, grewsOme tragedy occurred late
Yesterday when Arthur X. Pennell, one
If the chief figures in the investigation
" the Burdick murder, was hurled
leadlong into eternity. Mr.. Pennell
yns out riding in his electric automo-
lie with Mrs. Pennell. They were on
Iensington avenue. near Fillmore av-
5uue skimming along the edge OF the
Gehres stone quarry, which is huge
rock ribbed hole in the ground on the
right side of the avenue going out. Mr..
Pennelrs hat blew off. The automobile
swerved. and In some ineXplieable man
ner it lenped over the curb into the
abyss below. Pennell was killed in
stantly. bis head being crushed to an
unrecognizabe mass. Mrs. Pcnnell was
Injured so severely that the surgeons
at the Sisters hospital, to which she
was taken, said her chances of recov-
cry were very slight.
Two boys saw the tragedy. They
were too far away to know positively
just how II happened Mrs. Pennell
when found was unable to speak She
was only semiconscious won taken to
the hospital and could speak no CO.
herent words. After the operations,
performed Immediately by DR.. Eugene
Smith in the hope of saving her life,
she lapsed into unconsciousncss, and
hence there can be no true version OF
precisely how the accident occurred.
Mr. Penneli left his office in the Aus
tin building ut 4:05 o'clock. He went to
his home at POS Cleveland avenue. a
friend who called up Mr.. Pennell on the
telephone about > O'Clock was informed
that Mr. Pennell WAS in, but that he
was just gsng out for drive. He in-
formed the friend that he would be
back between $50 and I O'Clock and
made an appointment with him for
that hour.
1t was learned afterward that the
matter mentioned in the telephone talk
was something he considered most serl-
Gus and which weighed heavily upon
him. It was in connection with the
Burdick case
TO reporter some days ago he said;
ABOUT this case of Burdck. l have
told the authorities | went away to
New York before the murder and that
met Mrs. Burdicli while | was away.
In fact, saw Mrs. Burdick near New
York two or three days before the MUIR
or of Mr.. Burdick. | came home again
Wednesday, the day before the muir
der. | have told it frankly, and the
meeting WAS n proper one. But they
seem determined to drag all this bust
ness out in the papers. ! would do any
thing to stop it,
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bryan at Michigan state Convention

DETROIT, MiCh., March 1l.-With-
out the presence of William j. Bryan.
who made an address at the morning
session, yesterdays Democratic state
armory in this city would have been
featureless. Judge George l.. Yaple of
Mendon, who is the nominee for su-
premc judge for Il term Of ten years to
succeed Judge Frank a. Hooker was
nominated without any other name be-
ing presented to the convention. For
regent of the state university yelling
ton Il. Burt Of Saginaw was left in un-
disputed possession Of the field before
the first ballot was completed.
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COSTLY DOCK FIRE.
Property valued ut 100000 De-
stroyed ut Portland, Ore.

properly Nalueu I" SObU,ooO De-
stroyed ut Portland, ore.
PORTLAND, Ore, March 11.-Fire
broke out shortly before noon on Nicto-
ria dock, on the east side of the Villa
mette river and north of the railroad
bridge. and burned fiercely for two
hours, destroying property of an esti-
mated value of 100000.
The fire spread TO the Irving dock ad-
joining, and the two docks, together
with about $4,000 bushels of wheat
We're destroyed. Several other build
lngs and about twenty freight cars
were destroyed. The fire department
was handicapped badly on account of
being able TO put water only on one
side of the burning dock. The two
docks are about 800 feet long by 200
feet deep.
1t is rumored that the fire was start
ed by cigarette thrown on the floor.
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General Franklin Dead.

HARTFORD, Conn, March O.
Major General William Buel Franklin
is dead at his home in this city, aged
eighty years. He had been in failing
health for several years and had failed
perceptibly since the death Of his wife
three years ago. He was born in
Franklin, Pa. General Franklin was
graduated from West Point in 1913
and was a classmate of General L. S.
Grant. He served in the Mexican and
civil wsrs.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-12

LONDON, March 10.-The Daily Mail
correspondent at Shanghai telegraphs
that the rebellion in the Kwapgsi prov
ince is spreading seriously. Several
villages have been captured, and au-
thority of the government in that prov
ince is practically at an end. The popu-
lar hatred for the Christians, adds the
correspondent, is displayed in the Shan
tung province by the destruction of the
churches.
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EOur NIuY Die.

MONTREAL March 9.-It is feared
four Of the persons crushed in the col
lapse OF the Allan line shed will die.
1t is estimated that fully 800 persons
were on tsp Of the long low building
watching The steamer Montreal burn
at midnight when the structure col
lapsed. Only one was killed. Fifty
seven persons were treated at the hos
pitfalls. and large number were treat
ed by their own physicians.
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Ticket scaIpers Enjoined.

ST. LOUIS, March l0.-ln the circuit
court Judge Wood has made perma-
nent the temporary injunction granted
last October against Bennett Wasser-
men ct al, ticket scalpers, restraining
them from buying and selling worlds
fair excursion tickets. The temporary
injunction was granted at the instance
of all the railroads entering st, Louis
and was argued recently.
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NiI SuAnicinuA neniha.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE 700 or
more passengers and all the crew Of
the steamer Karamania, which report
ed six strange and sudden deaths on
her trip from Marseilles on her arrival
here, were sent to Hoffman's island for
detention and examination on the as
sumption by Health Officer Doty that
the deaths might have been caused by
Asiatic cholera.
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CUMBERLAND, Nd, March 9,-Six
persons were burned to death and one
was fatally injured as the result of a
fire in small hotel at Letter, a mining
town near Elkins, w. Va. Several per-
sons escaped with minor injuries by
jumping from second story window.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-12

Mirrors, brush and comb sets,
collar and cuff boxes, necktie Loxes,
handkerchief boxes, jeweiry cases.
manicure sets, smokers sets and all
kinds OF sets at Mercer's Drug and
Book Store.
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Reward. For Burdiek,s shaver

BUFFALO, March 10.-Two rewards
amounting to $4,000 for the apprehen-
sion of the murderer of Edwin L. Bur
dick have been determined on, $4,000
by the board of county supervisors and
nlike sum sy the city council.
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Inventor of Paper Car wheel Dead

MORRISTOWN, n. j., March 6.-Jo-
siah Muir, the inventor OF the paper
car wheels now in use on railroads, is
dead here at the age of ninety-one
years. He was formerly large manu-
facturer Of paper and pasteboard.
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Americans Get Scandinavian Mines.
OSTERSUND, Sweden. March H.
The S!angeli copper fields, which ex'
tend on either side of the boundary be-
tween Norway and Sweden, have been
sold to an American company for 81,
100000. ,,..,..,s.
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"ytr Makes strength.

In these days when the children take violent
exercise and parents are more active than ever,
people look more TO the food they eat BY
scientific process the new cereal ..It'' coutain-
ing all the nourishment OF pure selected grain
has been so prepared as 10 make perfect food,
cooked and ready TO eat. "It" makes strength
duties. Every body likes "It". Try ''It". AT
gTocers everywhere. 2-l2l y
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championship of the world, the contest
to take place in California in July or
August, 1908, under the auspices of the
athletic club offering the largest purse.
A bill was introduced in the New
York legislature TO abolish the state
department of public instruction and
vest its duties In the board of regents.
DR.. Norman Gctman, president of the
Oneonta, Cooperstown and Richfeld
Springs railway. died in Richfield
Springs, n. V. aged seventytwo years.
Fire ut Fair Haven, Wash, destroyed
the plant of the Belingham Lumber
and Shingle company and scorched the
Northern Pacific depot and several cars
standing on the tracks.
Cornell university students living in
or near New York have been invited to
attend Columbia university during
their enforced absence from Ithaca.
About twenty-five have already ac-
cepted.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-12

Give us call and be convinced
that we are the best. Gem Stean
Laundry.
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The One Iackage I,Ne

in red printed wrappers, colors cotton, wool
or silk in same bath. Sample Ioc. ANY color.
New Peerless, Elmira, N y. at
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Saturday, March z.

Earth shocks were felt in Saxony.
Over 1000 emigrants left Liverpool
for Canada.
A murderer was hanged in the same
courtroom at Duluth in which he was
convicted.
Mr. w. Bourke Cochran was reported
i'll at Assouan, Egypt with bronchial
pneumonia.
The Canadian government introduced
n bill increasing the poll tax on Chinese
from 500 to $500.
James J. Corbett and Billy Delaney,
the latter representing James j. JEFF
fries, met In Baltimore and signed arti-
cles for a fight for the heavyweight
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
MARKING Linen

The marking Of table linen is an opera
tion that often bothers the average house,
keeper. II she be we'll TO do, she can hire
other women to embroider the initials or
monogram IN the solid white embroidery
that is so handsome-and so expensive.
or she may simply stamp her table nap
lxins and towels with a stencil and India
ink. This looks cheap, as It is. Spool em-
broidery. which is novel, easy and pretty
when done, offers a happy medium be-
tween the two. One woman who does n
good deal of ct, says the first step is to
select a spool and draw a circle family
around It on the article to be marked.
Start at the bottom Of the circle and
brler-stitch around nearly half way Then
start again at the bottom and stitch
around the other half. At the top leave
tiny space, and the effect will be that of a
dainty laurel wreath. If the wreath Is eX-
tended at the bottom In two small
straight lines crossing each other the
wreath effect is heightened. A small bow
knot at the base is also pretty. In th'
centre draw the desired initial with 9
pencil, working it finely and closely II
over and over.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
Modes for Men

The coming seasons neckWear will
present several minor changes from the
style which has been worn for the last
few seasons.
First, the dark and black goods which
have been worn by most men viii not
hold the same important place, for the
tendency toward fancy colors, so mark
ed in other lines Of furnishing goods,
win also be seen here.
The patterns in large figures are
bound to be popular, and then the all
over style Of goods win be shown in the
better grades.
The gray and tan worn this summer
win retain their popularity during the
fall; indeed, grays in many very pretty
effects are shown I'm all grades of goods
for the coming season.
AS to belts, the former favorites,
black and tan, are less popular than of
yore, their leadership being sharply
contested by white, blue and yellow.
Narrow hat brims are out Of it this
summer, as they were last but, on the
other hand, too exaggerated a breadth
has not had much sale. Black or dark
blue silk ribbon bands are the usua
thing, although a well-selected bant
/ for two colors in simple stripes is per.
missible.
The latest novelty in straw hats IL
known as the opera or crush hat,
thing which, while ingenious, it is al
most needless to state, is having q har,
lstruggle for life.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
Townsend
500 % lhe EvenIng IournaI-

Special TO the Evening journal
Townsend. Aug. 17.-Horace Vanhorn,
Of st. Georges, spent Sunday at thN
place
Miss Lille Gordon, Of Wilmington, IS
visiting Mr. and Mrs. George NJ. d. Hart
at their cozy home on Main street.
Edward Hart. progressive business
man. of this place has returned from "a
flying business trip to Philadelphia.
Afessrs. Marshall Crossan Joseph Cros-
san, Harry Eaton, an popular young men
of Wilmington. are visiting Lester Naylor
near this place.
Mrs. w. A. Scott, Mrs w. II. Money
Mrs. ID. b. Jones and Mrs. w. n. Watts
enjoyed the invigoratlug breezes at Re
hoboih during both Saturday and Sunday.
Colen Ferguson Is having his dwelling
house at Blackblrd station beauuhed by
a new coat of paint.
Miss Laura DonOhoe is visiting friends
in M.ddielown
Miss Estella Ryan and Miss Annie
Burke spent Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Donohoe.
Miss Adda Cleaver, of Mt. Pleasant vis-
tied here on Saturday.
Mrs VIII. Reynolds Is spending several
days at Fairmouut Somerset county. Nd.
Mrs. Clarence Stats has returned from
a visit to Brandywne Springs.
Charles Parrish Of Edge Moor, Is vis-
itng here.
Miss Lillian Har; Is visiting Mrs. Henri
etta Paryis at Mddletown.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
TENTING ON OLD CAMP GROUND
Several Families Still Enjoying 5reezcs
at Brandywine Summit.

Several families are still camping al
Brandywine Summit and are enjoying
the outing Those who are stil at the
grounds are y. y. Ridgeway and fam
ny. G.. G.. Deber and family, Mrs r..
Lobdeli, Miss Mary Crouch. j. r. Tur-
ner ana family. IT, Riley and family,
O.. X. Groves and family. II. G.. Mann
mele and family. j. Reybold and FAM
ily, g. G. Kurtz and family, J. B. Surtz
and family. W. T.. Frank ana family,
j. saville and family, s. II. Foulk and
family II. II. Sergeant and family and
Mrs Arthur Millens
Among the visitors noticed at the
grove yesterday were Mrs. H. W.
Moore. who was staying with Mrs. S
H. Foulk. Miss Pauline Creamor. of
Baltimore. with :. c. Kurtz; MIS-.
Emma Elsmere. with w. Z. Frank;
l. n. Eaton and wife, with IL. y. Ser
geant. Those who spent the day yes
terday were J. r. Kilmer and wife.
John Warren and wife and Howard
Pyle and family.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
VOTES IN MARYLAND
SOLD At AUCTION
Estimated That 100000 Was
Spent in Prince George
County Primaries

Baltimore. Md, Aug 17.-Senator
McComas and Representative Mudd
are lighting for the control of the Re-
publican organization in Maryland.
Primaries were held Saturday In an the
counties in the state. Senator McCo-
mas has q little the better of 1t, but not
until the Baltimore city primaries are
held two weeks hence, viii it be deh-
nitely known who has won.
The fight Saturday was In Southern
Maryland, Representative Mudd's terri
tory. Both sides were well provided
with money, and every voter, black and
white. In Prince Georges county was
paid for his vote.
Ohice holders representing the two
factions were at the polling place AT
Marlboro, the county seat, with hand.
fuls OF one-d dollar notes. The men Will
the cash stood opposite the window an,
offered the money.
Here's a dollarl" said a Mudd MAJ
to the first voter.
"rn give you s2i" said the McComal
man, who appeared to have the larges
roll.
AAE NlAiA MAlN NAhNuA " NNAANAA III
offer, when the Mudd cashier yelled
"Threel"
Not to be outdone. the man with tn
McComas cash held out S4, and as tn
crowd was surgiug forward the vote
was compelled to take the money o
lose his place in the line.
The next voter stepped to the win
dow and got So before he was ushere
past Another man received $40 by al
lowing the contestants TO bid for hi
vote as if It were an auction sale.
All negroes Of powerful physique &c
more because they were able to kee
their places IN line. one instance wa
noted where an aged darl1ey vote wa
, bid for up TO S75, but he refused
mumbling something about sentimen
: at which the crowd laughed.
Fully $4,000 was spent, and when
was all over It was found that mo
Republicans had voted than were regl
tered, showing that Democrats took
hand.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
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FOR those who can take it, a dose OF
codliyer OH twice or three 1imes daliy
is the very pest agent Tor nesn puiiolns.
Hair a wneglassful Of pure cream may
serve as a substitute, taken AZ oIten.
Before getting into bed at night the
dumb bell exercise snouid De gone
through again, and the massaging Of
the chest with fattening lotions repeat
ed. Half glass Of warm milk should
be swallowed.
Thin people cannot learn too soon
that it is not the amount Of food taken
into the system which counts, but the
proportion of nourishment contained in
it. Selection should be made Of those
things known to be most easily di-
gested and most valuable as food. II
will not do to simply follow inclination
/ in this matter.
Bear in mind also that clothing, Will,
warm, should be light in weight. over.
exertion should be avoided, since per
spiration is not only weakening, but re
duces flesh more quickly than anything
else.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
How to Gain FIesh

1t is doubtful which most deserves
sympathy, the woman who is too stout
or she who is too thin. Both extremes
are fatal to beauty, and entirely incom-
patible with comfort. Too much flesh
makes the least exercise a trouble, and
too little gives Inadequate protection
to the nerves and vital organs.
The present article deals with the trials
Of the thin woman. Her cure is more
difficult than that of a sufferer from
too much adipose, but it is entirely pos
sible. The careful following Of a strict
regimen as to diet and exercise will
achieve wonders.
In the case of suburban dwellers a
cup Of milk warm from the COW is pre-
scribed as q draught to be taken the
first thing on awaking in the morning.
The city dweller must be content with
ordinary milk. taking care that it is at
least one-third cream, and sweetening
it lavishly.
A bath must then be taken in tepid
water, the chest being well rubbed in
a circular direction with a Turkish
wash rag or glove. After a good rub
dry with a rough towel, a fattening
IldltEAdl VI rgillt fAilN must NC M0AfNNA
into the skin of the chest and throat
Cocoa butter is excellent as is also pure
olive oil. Some excellent brands OF
cold cream are good for this purpose
1t will be found that by means Of gen.
tie friction with the palm of the hapC
or the fingers the pores viii absorl
these oils. The friction should be con
tinued for at least five minutes.
After the bath it pays TO lie dow
for a few minutes, allowing every mus
Gle to completely relax and gymnash
exercise should then be taken. The old
fashioned dumb bells are as good n
anything. Holding the arms straigh
out in front of you, raise them slowl
until they meet above your head at tn
same time drawing in a deep breati
Lower the arms, throwing them as IA
back as possible, slowly exhaling tn
air from the lungs. This should con
tinue ten or fifteen minutes, and is ex
cellent for expanding the chest and in
creasing the lung capacity. The shoul
ders should be thrown back and tn
poise Of the figure be as erect as pos
sible.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
DOINGS IN A
SOCIAL WAY
Many City Folk on Va
tiOnS Bent

Miss Meta Cotton Fell, heiress to half
a million dollars and prominent fig
ure in West Philadelphia society, was
married secretly Saturday at noon in
Chester. Pa, to her cousin, Richard L.
jerks, OF 42S South Fortieth street.
Philadelphia. The marriage was per-
formed by Alderman Garvin i'm cigar
store.
Miss Meta Cotton Fell that was, but
who is now Mrs. Richard l.. jerks, is
the granddaughter of the late George
NJ Tr6utman and cousin by marriage
Of Mrs. Van Renesselaer. Her father
was from Faulkland, Del, and died In
February Of this year. For time she
was engaged to be married TO John Sny-
der, but the engagement was broken IN
April, 1901. Miss Fell Is we'll known
in social circles in this city.