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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-02-14

pie OF COIumOQS are on the uSt.
Sheriff T. A. Eggleston has
been in Greenwood this week on
business.
Mr.. Sam B. Johnston, of the
Delta, is spending a few days in
the city with relatives.
Miss Matte Latham. of Car
rollton, Ala, is the guest Of her
sister, Mrs. John R. Laws.
The w. C. T. u. will meet this
afternoon at three O'Clock at the
home of Mrs. H. r. Garner.
Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Oakley are
being congratulated by their
friends, on arrival of new son.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Passino
have been in the city several
days, the guests Of Mr.. ana Mrs.
Keaton.
Nes4rs. Simon and Albert
Loen will leave Saturday night
for New York to buy their spring
stock Of goods.
The City Board of Health, re-
Gently elected, organized Mon
day by the election of DR.. H. NJ.
Lanier as President and Mr.. W.
P. Stribling as Secretary.
Mr.. J. NJ. McQuown's friends
will be glad to know that he, af-
ter several days illness, is very
much better and that be hopes to
be out when the weather clears
up.
ReY. W. A Hewitt. of Colum-
bia, MISS, will preach at the First
Baptist Church on next Sunday
morning and evening. It's great
ly desired that every member of
the congregation will be out to
hear him.
Mr.. B. A. Weaver is seriously
i'll with pneumonia and his
friends and the family are great
ly alarmed at his condition. The
Commercial joins with them in
the hope, however, that he may
speedily recover.
The Independent Order of
Beavers will build Dam in Co.
Iumbus. Several prominent citi-
zens are on the charter list al
ready. Get on the charter list if
you wish to escape being carried
over the muddy waters of the
Dam.
Mr.. Joshua B. Collins, of
Washington, D. g., representing
the Bureau of the Census, is in
the city getting data from manu-
featuring enterprises that have
not complied with the request of
the Department in furnishing
statistics.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Fant have
the deepest sympathy of their
friends on account of the death
Of their little daughter, Minnie
Lee, which occurred Sunday
night, after two days intense
suffering caused by an accident
wherein she was badly burned.
The funeral of the little one was
held Monday afternoon by Rev.
l. D. Borders, and her remains
were tenderly laid to rest in
Friendship Cemetery.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-02-14

''This is no time for mirth or laughter,
'Tis the cold grey dawn Of the morning
after.''
There will be no "morning after" if
you will carry a box Of California Prune
Wafere, and take few before going 10
bed. They will fix you all right and
tnna Won m hAfnra hrna It
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-02-14
Wanted.

Agent to represent the New
York Life Insurance Co., Colum-
bus district. Address:
j. NJ. SMITH, Instructor,
Jackson, Miss.
Alaska forum., 1905-12-23
Mail Arrives Both Ways

Mail carrier Palm arrived with mai from lower river points and Fairbanks this forenoon. The outside mail in charge of Carrier Shultz arrived this afternoon. Mail will leave both ways tomorrow morning.
Alaska forum., 1905-12-23
Nor west Passage
 Found by Swede
From the Fairbanks Sunday Times

From the Fairbanks Sunday Times
 DAWSON. Dec. 9.-The Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Paci- fic, sought for years by explorers of all nations, has at last been found.
 Capt. Roald Amundsen, who made the passage, left Christiana June 17, 1903, under the patronage of King Os- car and several geographical societies. His purpose was to locate the magnetic pole and seek water passage around the northern part of the American con- tinent.
 On December 5th Amundsen, in com pany with Capt. Moggs, of the whaler Bonanza, arrived at Eagle after long weary mush overland from Hershel Island. The two men lived on the
 ne they were able to kill while en- \ te, of which they found plenty.
 Amundsen's feat in making the wat CT trip from the Atlantic to the Pacific places him in the list of the worlds greatest Arctic explorers. The route has been searched for since the days of Columbus and was, in fact, the very thing of which he was in search when he discovered America. Millions of dollars and many lives have been lost in the effort to discover this passage.
 Amundsen also located the magnetic pole near where Ross had discovered it many years ago. He camped there for two years making observations, which, he says, will be of great value to science. He also declares that the true pole is not over ninety miles from where he located. His crew of seven men is r% at Hershel Island. Amundsen is N proud of the crew and says that they are the best men that could possi- bly be had.
 Amundsen expects to return to his crew by land and finish his journey on his ship, coming out by way of the Behring Sea.
Alaska forum., 1905-12-23
Shortest Day in Year
By Bentley Col;nette

The winter soltice of 1905 occurred at II: :59 m on the 21st inst. the time when the earth was nearest the sun was 40 minutes later. This marked the period of the shortest daylight in these Northern attitudes and the longest day in the Southern hemisphere.
 The winter soltice, and the perihelion or the time the earth is nearest to the sun, were simultaneous in the year A. D. 1250, but since then there has been gradual separation, the period is now 10 degrees. This degree of separation will slowly increase, until in a period estimated at 10, 425 years the circle will be completed and the present conditions be reversed.
 This change, thought it will, occur at a far distant time, would lead us to be- lieve that Alaska is destined to again experience another glacial period, or, tha4 the transference of Antarctic con- ditions to our present north, might de- stroy the balance of the terrestrial dis tribution of water areas, and Alaska be submerged.
 Either condition is possible, and it might appear the dictates of wisdom to leave it's consideration to future ages, when it will in all probability be taken up with better means of information than we now possess.
Alaska forum., 1905-12-23
Assay Office k; Thief
 An Artistic One
From the Fairbanks News.

From the Fairbanks News
 SEATTLE, Dec. 6.-Secret service men have been taking advantage of the full possession of the property of Geo. Adams, late cashier of. the Seattle ss- say office. They have been exploring every part of the grounds of the hand some residence of Adams, and with re- suits that have literally astonished the natives of Seattle. Under three tons of coal in the basement of the house a strong box was found which, upon be- ing broken open, was found to contain gold dust to the value of $1O, 1000.
 Under the floor of the garage, where was stored the handsome and costly au- tomobile of the embezzler, was found another strong box containing another $10,0O0. In the house was found elab- crate paraphernalia for the execution of this thief's plans. Every day brings forth some revelation of this scheme of thievery that adds to the amazement of the people, and especially to the friends of Adams, who.. in spite of the splen- dor of his style of living, seems to have been wholly above suspicion. Friends speak of his air of dignity and reserve and confidence as the very personifca- tion of a man of probity. Now that the real condition has been revealed these friends wonder the more that they were deceived, seeing that the mans expen- ses so greatly outran his income, tho of course he accounted for that in var ious apparently legitimate ways. The sum embedded is now said to exceed S2(O. GOO.
Alaska forum., 1905-12-23
Witte Calls For Help

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 4.-Witte is appealing to the zemstovists to come to his rescue, and of the government authority in the crisis. They make no effective response.
Alaska forum., 1905-12-23
City of Moscow Burning

MOSCOW, Dec. 3. 3.-Incendiary fires have been raging for three days. The burned area is very extensive and the fire still rages. Hundreds of buildings have been destroyed.
 Miners meeting: What Cheer Bar!!!
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-10-25
Relcher,s Home to Be Sold.

Paterson, N. j., Oct. 24.-'The his
toric Dey residence at Preakness foot
of Preakness mountains, ow le. by the
absconding mayor William II. Belcher
is to be sold on foreclosure proceed.
ings. There are two mortgages
against the property. There is pos
sibility that a historical society nay
step in and acquire the spacious house
which was the headquart ,rs of Wash
ington during the operations of the
American forces around Ne- York In
the latter part of the Revelation. The
house is in a remarkable state of pres.
ervation and has the large and com
modious rooms of the finer Kind OF old
colonial residence.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-10-25
Monday.

New town started in Indiana to
demonstrate the beauties of temper
ance. provision being made that lots
shall revert to grantor If intoxicants
are sold.
As the result of the strike of the
printers at the Schenectady plant of
the General Electric company. the COM
pany has decided to abandon It's print
Ing department.
In every part of the British empire
Saturday and wherever a British
man.of.war floats, the Tooth annivers-
airy of Nelson's victory over the com
bined fleets of France and Spain off
Cape Trafalgar was celebrated.
Fred Rack, a plucky bootblack OF
San Francisco, who is touring the
world for the purpose of shining the
shoes of the rulers of all nations, gains
access to President Loubet at Paris
aud gives his boots brilliant polish.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-10-25
Neoro Shoots White Boy.

Altoona, Oct. 23. - stop, or III
shoot" declared Bert Delydge. negro
to Ralph Williams, young white boy
aged 13 years, In the schoolyard at
Scotia Friday afternoon. No atten
ton was paid to the remark, which
was presumed to be made in Jest. The
negro aimed directly at the boy and
fired. The bullet lodged in the lads
left leg. While being brought to the
hospital here by his father, George w
Williams, the boy died on the train
Delydge was recently released from
the Huntingdon reformatory.
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ThursdaY.

OF 500 cases Of alleged heroism sub.
mitted to 1t the Carnegie hero fund
commission has found only 10 worthy
of medals.
Holders Of bonds repudiated by re-
constructed Southern states appealed
to the president to obtain payment by
arbitration.
With rendezvous at Martinique, the
French war ships will be ready to
blockade Venezuela, but will give
General Castro an opportunity to com.
promise matters.
President Roosevelt and party ar
rived In Richmond, Va, on his South.
ern trip. He proceeded at once to the
Capital Square, where he addressed
a large assemblage.
Senator Dubois of Idaho, who visited
the Philippines in the Taft party, de-
clared the Filipino hated Americans
and would eventually make trouble for
the United States.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-10-25
POLITICIANS SEEKING COVER.
Borrowers From Smashed Allegheny
Bank Taking Up Their Paper.

Pittsburg, Oct. 23.-A legal battle
will be begun today with the opening
Of the courts to compel Bank Examin
er Cunningham to divulge who were
the borrowers from the Enterprise Ma
tional bank.
The movement is political in its ma
ture as 1t is asserted that the banb
was ruined through the fact that II
carried $7S2,000 in state funds ant
that Pennsylvania politicians haC
loans of the bank to the extent o,
100000, using their influence with tn,
state treasury to compel the bank tc
lend them this money.
Examiner Cunningham has turnet
over all the notes found in the bank
to the Bank of Pittsburg through which
the Enterprise bank cleared. AS sooi
as this was announced 100000 il
notes were lifted by persons who are
alleged to be unwilling to have il
known they were among the borrow
ers. OF this amount large sum was
known as political paper.
The announcement that the examin
er found a note left by Cashier Clarl
in which he implicated living men ha!
been denied by Cunningham. Others
insist that such a confession exists
and they intend to wrest it from the
bank examiner in the courts.
William U. Andrews, representative
from New York and one of the mer
interested in the Pennsylvania De
velopment company, has been charged
with being one of the men implicated
by Clark In the alleged confession
Mr.. Andrews was interviewed on the
subject. He stoutly denied that he had
anything to do with the breaking oi
the bank. He was told that three
notes signed by him were found In the
bank, and after he had made indignant
denials that any paper existed he
said that if any paper with his name
was found in the bank those notes
were forgeries.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-10-25
s74s,425, 1923 Gold In U. S. Treasury.

Washington, Oct. 24.-In his annual
report United States Treasurer Treat
saws that the continued Increase in the
circulation is a matter for Just pride
and has attracted the admiration and
attention of the financiers of the world.
During the year the general stock Of
money grew s79,6OO,729, making a per
capita circulation of S3108. There
was a continued increase In the pro-
portion of gold and national bank notes
in circulation. No other government
has ever held so much gold as the
$74S,425, 1923 in the United States treas.
ury In the middle of October. Expend-
itures during the past two years ex-
ceeded receipts by more than $4,000 e
OO0, accounted for by the purchase Of
the Panama canal property.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-10-25
Tuesday,.

Sundays collisions and other acct
dents on the water In various parts of
the country result in the drowning Of
II persons.
A light engine on the Lake Shore
struck and killed Conductor Mcclellan
OF Erie and Fireman Wilson of Bu2-
falo near Silver Creek Monday morn.
ing
Miss Alice Roosevelt will be the
guest of Il. II. Hartman on the special
train in which he will try to make the
fastest transcontinental trip ever
known.
Former Congressman Jere Simpson
died yesterday at Wichita, Kan
Crowds on the streets of Toxic hail
Admiral Togo as a conquering hero as
he makes his triumphal entry into tho
Japanese capital.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-10-25
ERIE AND DUTcHEss couNrlEs
Population of Erie Increased 1896,
and That of Duchess Increased 49,

Albany, Oct. 24.-The population of
Erie county was announced today by
the state enumeration bureau as 473,.
oS2, a gain of 1896 over the federal
census Of 1900. The distribution Of
the population In 1905 by cities and
towns with the changes since 1900 is
as follows:
Buffalo city 376,61S, inc. 24,231; Ton.
lwanda city 1904, inc. 4S3; Alden g..
4J2, inc. 81; Amherst 4,49S, Inc. 27O;
Aurora ALSO, inc. 165; Boston, 1,627,
inc. ?29; Brant 1898, inc. 278; Cheek
towaga 6,671, inc 1.515; Clarence 2.S17,
dec. 1871; Golden 1907, inc. AZ; Collins
2,602, dec. 273; Concord 4,452, inc.
$3.50; East Hamburg 2,575, dec. 225;
Eden 2,495, inc. 127; Elma 2,155, dec.
Al; Evans 2,S67, inc. 70; Grand Island
973, dec "a; Hamburg town 5,S79, inc.
1,206; Holland 1,451, inc. II; Lancas'
ter 1858, inc. 201; Marilla 1913, inc.
72; Newstead 3,772, inc. 80; North Col.
Inns 2,514, inc. 152; SARDINIA 1,S43, inc.
295; Tonawanda 1,511, inc. 3O6; Wales
1,2o7, dec. 13; West Seneca 1887. inc
9,J14; Cattaraugus Indian reservation
1851, inc. 9S; Tonawanda Indian res
ervation so, dec. 62.
The large decrease in population In
Collins town is due to the deduction
In 1905 of the inmates of the Gowanda
state hospital who were not residents
of the town but who were not similirly
deducted from the figures Of the cen
sus Of 1900.
The population of Dutchess county
is 1859, an increase of 10 over 1900.
Tie distribution of the population in
1905 by cities and towns Is as follows:
Poughkeepsie city 25,379, inc. 1850;
Armenia 2152, dec. 222; Beekman 933
dec. 1873; Clinton 1,275, dec, 95; Dover
1892, inc. 80; East Fishkill 2,O8S, inc,
11S; Fishkill 13, 3,233, inc. 217; Hyde Park
2,945, inc. 139; La Grange 1,271, dec
SO; Milan 926, dec. "a; North East
2,OG3, inc. 1G; Pawling 1870, dec. 81;
Pine Plains 1915, inc. 81; Pleasant
Valley 1,426, dec. 81; Poughkeepsie
town 5,3S5, dec. 1,435; Red Hook g.,
S74, dec. 21; Rhinebeck 3,61O, inc. 1888;
Stanford 1,641, Inc. IL Union Vale
97C, inc. 81; Wappingers 4,S40, inc. 21;
Washington 3,013, dec. 10.
The decrease in population in Pough-
keepsie town and Matteawan village
Is due to the deduction in 1905 Of the
inmates of the state hospital who were
not residents of the village, but who
were not similarly deducted from the
figures of the census of 1900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-10-25
Saturday..

Mrs. Katherine Yaeger was killed
at Buffalo by the falling of brick wall,
part of st AIMS school, which was
blown over during a fierce gale.
President Roosevelt passed through
North Carolina, and at Raleigh de-
clared himself in favor of government
control of the railroads, but against
government ownership.
D. B. Wesson, a manufacturer Of re-
vo!vers at Springfield, Mass, received
letters demanding money, under penalty
OF having his million dollar house
blown up with dynamite.
Mayor Mcclellan, speaking at Tam.
many ratification meeting, attacks the
theories of municipal ownership ex.
tremists and says the debt limitations
Of New York compel the granting Of
franchises.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-10-25
Robbed of $1,000.

Lancaster, Pa, oct. 23.-An Italian
was held up by two highwaymen neal
Herrville, seven miles south OF here
Saturday and robbed Of $4,000. He |:
the representative of an Italian banH
In Philadelphia and comes here once
a month to get money for deposit oil
men employed on the Pennsylvania
Railroad companys new line. Satur
day was pay day and the amount given
him for deposit was about $4,000
While driving to the railway station
at Herrville accompanied by a farmer
he vas held up by two men armed
with rifles and relieved of the money
The italian took the train for Phil
adelphia without notifying the Lancas
ter police of the occurrence.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-10-25
M,cALL is DEEPLY IN DEBT.
According to St. Louis Director OF New
York Life Agencies.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. "a. - Fifty
two representatives Of the New York
Life Insurance company, present at a
meeting of agents held at the Midland
hotel here, learned from Hamilton
Cooke. director of agencies of st. Louis,
that their president, John A. Mccall,
was not a rich man.
He is deeply in debt, according to
MI. Cooke, but he has protected his
family by carrying insurance on his
life to the amount Of $5O0,000 Mr.
Cooke explained that Mr.. McCalps
home is heavily mortgaged.
John T. Boone confirmed that state
ment that Mr.. Mccall is deeply in debt.
It developed later that the mortgaged
home cost Mr.. Mccall $450,OOO, and
that 1t is incumbered to the extent OF
$500, 900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-10-25
Friday.

An Englishman named Hayes was
sentenced in Paris for stealing a col
lection of coins, medals and canoes
from Rev. jeremiah Zimmerman Of
Syracuse, N Y.
The new London thoroughfare con.
Meeting the Strand and Holborn,
which cost more than S30,000,000,
was opened by King Edward VII with
elaborate ceremonial.
Edward George Cunliffe, wanted in
Pittsburg for the robbery of 100000
in cash from the Adams Express COM
pany, was arrested in Bridgeport,
Conn. He made a confession.
Governor Pennypacker of Pennsyl.
vania praised Mayor Weaver of Phil
adelphia for his executive acts, but
condemned him as an enemy of reform
for trying to overthrow his party's
machine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-10-25
Murphy and Mccarren to Testify.

New York, Oct. 24.-It was stated
that Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam
many Hall, and Patrick McCarren
Democratic leader in Brooklyn, Will be
called to testify before the insurance
investigating committee. The purpose
of summoning them is to discover
whether they know anything about the
affairs of the New York Dock COM
pany, which owns wharfs and ware
house property in Brooklyn. The
Mutual Life Insurance company owns
about $3,S5O,OOO of its securities. 1t
was reported that an attempt to sell
this property to the city of New York
was made some time ago and that
Mr.. Murphy and Mr.. McCarren will be
questioned on that point.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-10-25
COUNT W|TTE PREMIER.
Russian Morning Papers Give
Prominence to the Report.

Has Advocated Complete Liberty Of
Speech, of the Press and Of Assem-
bly-Question Of Cabinet With
Responsible Premier - Decrease oil
Influence of the Grand Dukes.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 24-It was per
Bistertly reported in the clubs and in
government circles that the emperor
yesterday had appointed Count Witte
premier with the portfolio of minister
Vt finance. All the papers this morn
ing give prominence to the report.
Since his return from the United
States, Count Witte has boldly ranged
himself on the side of the Liberals and
bas not only advocated complete lib
erty Of speech, of the press and OF
assembly as necessary corollaray OF
the coming douma, but has urged the
extension of the powers Of the douma
along the lines demanded by the re-
formers. as we'll as a broader franchise
so as to admit of fuller representation
from the ranks of labor and the cul-
tured classes.
The emperor, to whom the count
personally outlined his views dis
played much sympathy with them and,
1t is learned, favored number of min.
listers suggested by the count, includ-
ing General Trepoff, assistant minis
ter of the interior, who now ranks as
one of the most broad-minded OF his
majesty's councillors and who Is under
stood to be working harmoniously with
Count Witte.
The question of appointing cabinet
with a responsible premier, to which
a faction in the ministerial ranks has
been offering stubborn opposition in
special conferences, is likely to be
decided Wednesday next.
The reception of the Countess Witte
by the empress yesterday is consid-
cred singular evidence Of the EN-
peror's determination to confide his
fortunes to the hands of Count Witte.
No other Interpretation is placed upon
It in court circles, where the reception
of the countess created tremendous
sensation.
The countess is a Jewess of ordin-
ary birth and had never before been
received at court. When M. Witte
was appointed minister in the nineties
the emperor was reported to have
said to him: Remember you are not
married"
The fixing of his wife's social status
which has been one Of Count Whites
ambitions must rank as one OF the
triumphs of his life.
The decrease Of the influence OF the
grand dukes perhaps made 1t easier
for his majesty to turn to Count Witte.
The resignation of Grand Duke Vladi'
MIR, the emperor's uncle, as command
er-in-chief of the military district OF
st. Petersburg, however, has not yet
been accepted. In rendering his resig-
nation the grand duke wrote to the en-
peror substantially as follows:
81 have served your grandfather
your father and yourself; but now
that your majesty has disgraced my
son no longer have the heart to serve
you"
The. emperor is said to favor even
depriving Grand Duke Cyril of the
title of grand duke, saying that he
should be known simply as Monsieur
Romanoff.
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Probably Buried the Money.

Bridgeport, Conn, Oct, 23. - The
Bridgeport police believe that they
have accounted satisfactorily for al
the s1O1 900 taken by Edward G. Gun
life from the Adams Express company
In Pittsburg. Mrs. Henry Clark,
chambermaid at the Arlington hotel
where Cunliffe had a room while here
told the police that on the day after
Cunliffe went to the hotel she found
some black stains like those of wet
charred paper on the carpet In his
room, and also found similar stains on
the bathroom floor, while the wash
bowl in the bathroom was clogged witt
burned paper.