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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
Covering Minor happen-
lngs from all Over
the Globe.
HOME AND FOREIGN
Compiled and Condensed for tho
Busy Rcadcr---A Complete Record
of European Dispatches and Ini-
portant Events from Everywhere
Boiled Down for Hasty Perusal

Mrs. Daniel Rhoades Hanna.
daughter-in-law of the late Senator
Hanna, of Ohio, brought suit for d.
vorce, charging cruelty and abandon
ment.
Counsel for the leaders of the
Christian Science Church will refuse
to accept service in an equity suit
brought by Mrs. Eddys son to pro-
tect her interests.
Grover Cleveland submitted n
brief to the Association of Life In
surance Presidents condemning GER
tain threatened legislation.
1t was announced in New York
that the Grand Jury will at once
take action in placing responsibility
for the New York Central's Brew
ster express wreck.
Speaker Joseph Cannon and
party of members of Congress sailed
for the West Indies and Panama.
Governor Hughes is to be asked
to close gambling houses which are
now wide open In Albany.
Navy officers declared that British
navy target practice scores were far
inferior to those made by Ameri-
cans.
Sailors of the Sylph sent flowers
to Archie" Roosevelt, son of the
President, who is i'll with diphtheria
at the White House.
District Attorney Jerome of New
York managed to get Harry Thaw's
expert alienists to make admissions
that were considered weakening to
the insanity defence.
John Nelson came all the way
from California to be forgiven in
court of lie he told in obtaining
naturalization papers twenty-six
years ago.
twenty-five hundred children OF
Public School No. Sc, New York,
marched from the blazing building,
few Of them knowing it was on fire.
President Roosevelt will outwit
the Senators who opposed his forest
preservation policy by creating
great forest reserves before the act
forbidding this course becomes a
law.
Archie Roosevelt, son of the Presi-
dent, is quarantined in the White
House, suffering rom diptheria.
John C. Spooner, for sixteen years
United States Senator from Wiscon-
sin, resigned.
Edward II. Hartman visited
Washington, citicised President
Roosevelt's course and made a So
cial call on the President.
Bids for the construction of two
2O,OO-ton battle ships will probab-
ly not be asked for before July.
Minority members of the House
Banking and Currency Committee
reported the asset currency provi-
ded by the Fowler bill unnecessary
and useless.
One man, a watchman, is missing,
and four others were slightly injured
In the dynamite explosion which oc-
Cured at Homestead, N. j., the
Jersey end Of the Pennsylvania
tunnel.
Seveal engineers are to sail for
the Congo Free State to prepare for
mining operations on the Thomas r.
Ryan concession.
Twelve persons diverted from su-
icide In seventy-two hours was a re-
port made by the Salvation Army.
Letters written by Harry X. Thaw
since the beginning of his trial will
be used as the basis for an applica-
tion for a commission in lunacy to
examine him.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
Mrs. Mary Baker EG ",

ring. first reader of the Christian
5cience Church in this city.
Mr.. Baker sues as the next friend
af Mrs. Eddy.
The petition, besides asking for
an accounting of all financial trans
actions in which Mrs. Eddy is inter-
ested, demands restitution in case
any wrongdoing is discovered; asks
lor an injunction restraining the re-
dpondents from transferring any of
her property during litigation or IN
erfering in any way, and winds up
~ applying for the appointment of
! receiver.
The trustees of the church in Bcs-
On, familiarly known as the Mother
,hurch, because it was the first edi-
Ice of any size built exclusively for
he use of the Christian Scientists,
re named in the bill as Alfred Bar
ow, Irving c. Tomlison, and john
on Knapp, Chase and Armstrong,
IL of Boston.
The bill is made returnable at the
tpril term OF the Merrimac county
superior Court. which will meet on
he first Tuesday OF next month.
Those of the trustees and directors
vho could be reached had little to
ay, pleading ignorance of the de-
ails.
Alfred Barlow, a director OF the
fother Church and Also head of the
publication committee, could not be
,eached.
The Rev. Irving c. Tonlison, for
nerly first reader in the church
rere, said that he had no opinion TO
express on the suit Ira o. KNAPP,
another Of the directors, said: IL
tnow nothing about it, am a d.
~ector, not trustee, by the way, of
he affairs of the Mother Church. -
Stephen H. Chace, another de-
,endant, resides in Fall River. He
vas indignant when asked about the
suit and expressed the opinion that
Y was part of a family row." He
lid not see how the Christian
Sciense Church was interested
Gen. Frank s. Streeter, Mrs. Eddy's
legal adviser, refused to give any
Information as to the course to be
taken in regard to the equity pro.
ceedings, but he said the acton
would In no way interfere with the
Christian Science Church.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
FOREIGN NEWS.

A despatch from Teheran says
that trouble is brewing throughout
Persia.
Russia's second Duma, according
to a despatch, was opened in st.
Petersburg and M. Golovin was
elected president. the sitting being
followed by rioting in the streets.
Maximum schedules Of duties are
proposed in France in order to force
tariff concessions from other nations
Two United States gunboats are to
be sent to Central America, where
1t is feared the three other republics
will join Honduras in her war
against Nicaragua.
The Dakota. sunk off the coast Of
Japan. was reported abandoned with
her bow under and still sinking.
On the eve of the opening of the
new Russian Duma, says a special
cable from st. Petersburg, the Tsar
has approved the opening address by
NJ. Golobeff in behalf of the Minis
try.
The German cruiser First Bis
marck has left Manila. a despatch
says. and the American armored
cruisers are leaving for China, to
proceed up the Yangtse River as far
as Nanking.
A new argument for the Channel
tunnel, which finds favor with the
English public. according to a Lon
don special, is that London would
become a transcontinental railway
terminus.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
Peace Throughout Republic.

Panama, Mar. 7.-As a set-off to
persistent rumors that a revolution
airy outbreak is imminent in Colom-
bia A. Vasques Cobo, the Colombian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, says:
THE reports of revolution in Colom-
bia are malicious and may be denied.
The people unanimously desire
peace, and absolute peace reigns
throughout the republic. Proof OF
this is found in the fact that the
National Assembly has been con-
voked to meet here on April l."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
Joe Letter Found Guilty.

DuQuoin, ILL.,, March 5.-Joseph
Letter, proprietor of the Zeigier Col
liery, the scene Of many labor con-
flicts. was ound guilty Of employing
a mine examiner who did not hold
. certificate at the time Of the ex-
plosion in April. 1908, in which sixty
men we're killed.
There are two other cases against
Letter, charging unlawful storage of
powder in the mine and constructing
mine rooms without crosscuts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07

Laxity Of French judges Is result
ing in great increase II crime In the
country. according to a despatch.
Horse meat sales. says des-
patch from Paris, have doubled In
that city in eight years.
To promote ambidexterity Canon
Lyleton, master OF Eton, prescribes
writing with the left hand for stu
dents offences.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
Put to Death in Chair.

Sing Sing, N. Y, March Frank
Furlong. who killed his aunt. Mrs.
Margaret Keeler, In New York City
in 1904. was put to death in the
electric chair in Sing Sing Prison.
Furlong was twenty-one years of
age, and was the fifty-ninth man to
die in the electric chair of the
prison. There are six condemned
men still In the death-house.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
Whining Post Revived.

Baltimore. March THE whip.
ping post is to be revived in Mary
land, after having been In disuse for
twenty years.
Sadler Brooks, colored. was sent
enced to-day to receive nine lashes,
in addition to jail sentence OF two
months, for brutallybeating his ife
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
Mountain Slips in Valley.

Naples, March THE mountain
in the province of Potenza. near
Montemurro, is slipping into the val
ley. The roaring of the valanche was
heard for a considerable distance.
trees were uprooted and the whole
country was devastated. Five thou
sand persons are homeless and the
scene Is one of desolation. 1t is
feared that the whole village will
be covered over.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
Beaten to Death by Witch Doctor.

Monterey, Mexico, March 7.-Ac-
cording to her own confession, Mrs.
Refugia Flores, a witch doctress"
of Santiago, N. L., beat sick man to
death recently In that place. His
family held him on the bed under
the assurance from Mrs. Flores that
she was driving out the witches and
that the horrible cries and groans of
the dying man were in reality the
cries of the witches.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
Ex-secretary shaw's New Place.

New York. Mar. Leslie M.
Shaw, who retired Monday from tAe
Secretaryship OF the Treasury. has
assumed the dulles of President of
the Carnegie Trust Company He
received many congratulating
friend. For the present he and his
family will reside at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
Pure Food Mania, Refuses to Eat

Louisville, KY, March Worry
over the pure food agitation is given
by the relatives Mrs. Leona Long
as the principal cause of her mental
arrangement. For four days, they
say, she has refused to taste any
food, saying she fears she will be
poisoned. Relatives say the pure
food campaign became a mania with
her.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
FINANCIAL.

There were severe declines in the
prices of stocks, the trading being
the heaviest for the year.
The Japanese conversion loan of
$115.000,0o0 to redeem the s110.-,
100000 bond issue of 1904 will be
financed in London and Paris.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
Killed in Train Hold-Up.

Pittsburg, Kan, March IA Mis-
souri, Pacific passenger train was
held up near here by two masked
men. The passengers made a show
of fight and in the melee which
followed negro was killed and a
white man wounded. Both were
passengers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
Platt Says He'll Serve Out His Term.

Washington. March 7.-Senator
Platt to-day, formally authorized
denial of reports that 1t is his in
tention to resign his seat in the
Senate. He announced his purpose
to remain in the sspSts until the ex-
piration of his term on March 1,
1909 .-.-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
GOV. swETTENHAM REIlt.i-,.
Man Who Insulted Admiral Davis
Refuses to Stay in Office.

London, March Tn the House
of Commons, Winston Churchill,
Under Secretary for the Colonies,
said that on January 2S Sir. Alex
ander Swettenham, Governor OF
Jamaica. applied for permission to
retire on the ground Of age. An or.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
BAILEY BACK IN THE SENATE.
Warmly Greeted by Friends as lie
Entered the Chamber.

Washington, March Senator
Joseph w. Bailey of Texas again
made his appearance on the floor
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
NEW YORK MARKETS.

Wholesale Prices of Farm Produce
Quoted for the Week.
The Milk Exchange price for stan
dard quality Is &c. per Qt.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
MOUNTAIN GUIDES FAIL HER.
Miss Peck Will Make Another Attempt
Upon the Highest Andean Peak.

Miss Annie Peck, whose chief pleas.
ure is climbing mountains, has re.
turned to New York from Peru, beaten
In her attempt to climb the highest
of the Andes, beaten not by the noun
tain itself, but the worthlessness of
the men she employed as guides and
porters on the expedition. She is con-
yinced that she would have reached
the summit but for the faults of her
men and says she Is going back with
Swiss mountain men to make another
attempt.
AS 1t was she reached a height of
$4,000 feet, being then about 1000 feet
above the summit. This was at her
first attempt. One of her men deserted
and the rest got drunk on the alcohol
which was carried as fuel for cook.
ing. Besides they were all afraid of
the trip and especially as they ap-
preached the top of the mountain, of
which they have a superstitious dread.
The second attempt was like the
first, except that the men gave out
sooner and So less progress was made
before the attempt had to be aband-
oned.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
Steel Rope HauIs Trains.

The renewing of the rope used daily
In pulling all the London trains out OF
Glasgow from Queen street high level
station over the Cowlairs gradient,
| the first mile and a half of which is
so steep as to exceed the power of the
locomotive, has just been completed,
says an English journal. The rope,
which Is made of steel wire and is
three miles long, costs $4,000 and lasts
from ten to twelve months. 1t is end.
less, and lies on the surface of the
up and down tracks supported on
iron pulleys, dipping underground at
either end. At Glasgow each train is
fastened on to it by a chain arrange-
ment, and the rope, being set in mo-
ton by the stationary engine at Cow
lairs, pulls the train to the summit,
'from which point it continues the
Journey unassisted.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
His Fathers Error.

What makes you so stiff in your
motions?" asked the man with the in.
growing curiosity.
"You see," responded thu man ad.
dressed, when l was a little child we
lived in a cabin in the woods every
summer, and always got badly chew.
ed up with mosquitoes and chiggers
and broke out awfully with the heat"
"Yes?"
And my mother always used the
standard remedy for that sort of thing
-bathed me in water with a strong
solution Of soda. Well, one day she
went to battle me us usual and found
at the last minute that she had for
gotten the soda. Calling to my father
she asked him to run and get it for
her out of the cupboard, and he got
the laundry starch by mistake"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
Jews In Senate Chamber,

Simon Guggenheim will be the sixth
Jew to sit as a member in the United
States senate. The first Jew chosen to
thai honor was David Jules, who rep
resented Florida from March, 1870, to
March, 1853. He was born in the West
Indies and his name was David Levy.
by which he was known when he was
elected as a member of the house Of
representatives in 1S4t. The second
Jew in the senate was Judah p. Ben.
Jamin, who served from 1852 to 1857.
He also was born in the West Indies.
He represented Louisiana. BENJAMIN
F. Jonas was born in Kentucky and
represented Louisiana in the senate.
Joseph Simon was a senator from
Oregon from 1895 to 1908. lSidor Ray.
ner was chosen as a senator from
Maryland in 1904.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08

There is more Catarrh In this section of the couptrp
thah ali other diseases put together, and until the last
rev years was supposed To be incurable, For "A great
many years doctors pronounced IL a local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing
70 cure with local treatment, pronounced IL incurable.
SCIENCE mas proven Catarrh to be a constitutional dis.
ease ana therefore requires constitutional treatment.
iiait 5 oalarrh cure, manufactured by +. j. Cheney
~ Co l 1!edo, Ohio, ia tho only Constitutional cure on
lne market. 1t is taken internally In doses from 10
drops 10 a teaspo1ntnl, 1t acts directly on the blood
ana mucous surfaces Of the system, They offer one
nund' Ell dollars for any case 1t fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
TAKE Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
FEARFUL BURNING SORES.
Boy in Misery IL Years-Eczema In
Rough Scales, Itching and In
flamed-Cured by Cuticura.

IT wish to inform you that your
wonderful C%uticura has put a stop to
twelve years Of misery l passed with
my son. AS an infant I noticed on
his body a red spot and treated same
with different remedies for about five
years, but when the spot began to
get larger | put him under the care
Of doctors. Under their treatment the
disease spread to four different parts
of his body. The longer the doctors
treated him the worse it became. Dur
ing the day it would get rough and
form like scales. At night it would
be cracked, infiamed, and badly swol-
len, with terrible burning and itch.
Ing. When | think of his suffering,
1t nearly breaks my heart. His
screams could be heard downstairs.
The suffering of my son made me
full of misery. | had no ambition to
work, to eat, nor could sleep.
One doctor told me that my sons
eczema was incurable, and gave it I'D
for a bad job. One evening saw an
article in the paper about the wonder
full Cuticura and decided to give it a
trial. tell you that Cuticura Ointment
Is worth it's weight in gold, and when
/ had used the first box of Ointment
al a great improvement, and
by the time ! had used the second set
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ment, and Cuticura Resolvent, my
child was cured. He is now twelve
years old, and his skin is as fine
and smooth as silk. Michael Stein.
man, 7 Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn,
n. Y, April 16, 1906"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
NERVOUS HEADACHES
Or. Williams Pink Pills viii curs
Most Cases and Should Interest
Every Sufferer.

Nobody who has not endured the
suffering caused by nervous head.
ache a realize the awful agony OF
its victims. Worst of all. the ordin-
airy treatment cannot be relied upon
to cure nor even to give relief. Some
doctors Will say that if a person is
subject to these headaches there Is
nothing that can be done TO prevent
their recurrence.
Nervous headaches. As well as neu-
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the nerves are starved. The only
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blood and it is in taiS way that DR..
Williams Pink Pills have accom-
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Mrs. Addie Merrill. of 80 Union
Street, Auburn, Me, says: For
years ! suffered from nervous head
aches, which would come on me every
five or six weeks and continue for
several days. The pain was so severe
that would be obliged to go to bed
for three or four days each time. 1t
was particularly intense over my right
eye, l tried medicines but got no re-
lief. | mad no appetite and when
the headache passed away | felt as IL
| had been sick for a month. NV
blood was thin and | was pale, weak
and reduced in weight.
Il read about DR.. Williams Pink
Pills in a paper and decided to try
them. | first noticed that they be-
gan to give me an appetite and l
commenced to gain in weight and
color. My headaches stopped and
have not returned and | have never
felt so well as do now"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists or sent, postpaid, on
OF price, SO cents per box, six
boxes $3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medi.
cine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
THE WHITE PLAGUE
SYSTEMATIC WARFARE WAGEp
TO WlFa OUT CONSUMPTION.
Warning That lntemperanee Increases
the Liability to Contract Disease
NEGLECTED Colds a Prolific
Source.

Organized effort is now being made
throughout the United Stated to fight
consumption. A warning is given
against i~ntemDerate habits. which in.
crease the liability to consumption.
while splitting is public places is de.
precated, as the disease is frequently
contracted from dried sputum.
Colds should not be neglected, as
they leave the lungs in a peculiarly
receptive condition for the tuburcu-
lar germ. The following simple for
mula will break up a cold in twenty.
four hours. A leading authority en-
lung trouble says that when pre-
pared from pure ingredients, it will
cure any cough that is durable.
Take half ounce Virgin Oil of Pine
(Pure); two ounces glycerine and
half pint good whisky. Shake well
and use in teaspoonful doses every
four hours.
The ingredients can be secured
from any good prescription druggist
at small cost, and to avoid substitution
should be purchased separately and
mixed in your own home.
Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure) is put
up in h%alf-ounce Walls for dispensing.
Each vial is securely sealed in a
round wooden case, with engraved
wrapper, with the name-Virgin Oil
of Pine (Pure), prepared only by
Leach Chemical Co, Cincinnati, o.
plainly printed thereon. There are
many rank limitations of Virgin Oil of
Pine (Pure), which are put out under
various names, such as Concentrated
Oil of Pine, Pine Balsam, etc. Never
accept these as a substitute for the
Pure Virgin Oil of Pine, as they will
Invariably produce nausea and never
effect the desired result.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
Cleaning Gilt Frames.

J Water should eve be put on gilt
lames. They should be wiped with
~ cloth or chamois. This applies to
| metals and %lacquered goods. After
|lacquered bed has once been wet and
it must be continually pol.
he'd, SO the best plan Is to keep ii
|y as long as possible. Reaches are
lady enemies of mirror backs, and
|arly ruin many thousands. For this
fson the old silver-back mirror is
Ssing away, and the new ones are
hted with a composition that is proof
hinst insects, but that does not give
fine reflection as the other sort.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
WhiOs.

These old New England cakes are
hot or cold. Stir to a cream
half a pound sugar and six ounces
butter. Add two well-beaten eggs, a
teaspoonful each cinnamon and salt.
ytw2 pounds flour, a compressed yeast
cake dissolved in a little lukewarm
snilk, and then enough more milk to
make a stiff batter. Beat well, cover
Eighty and set in a warm place to
Else. When light bake in small cups
well buttered.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
German Birth Rate Decreases

The births in Germany last year
were 10000 fewer and the deaths 80.
600 mor than in 1904. The birth rate
mas been sinking steadily for some
time, In 1901 it was 500 per 1000, but
last year it was only "a.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
Fuqettes.

Melt together one square choco.
|ate and two tablespoonfuls but
Ter measured level. Add two cups
sugar and one cup milk.
Boil until it forms little balls when
in cold water, then stir until
lnarly hard. Turn on to buttered
pRtes to cool, and when nearly cold
mark in squares.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
New Canadian "Homestesders'

According to the Canadian depart
ment of the interior the total number
OF new "homesteaders" in the Cana
dian northwest in the last fiscal year
was 1859; made up Of 12,4S5 Ameri,
cans, 1880 Canadians, 5,897 English,
2,193 Austrians, 1857 Scotch, 1924
Germans and 543 Irish. The total
number of immigrants from the Unit.
ed States during the first four months
OF the preesnt fiscal year was 1897.
as compared with 1864 in the same
period Of 1906 fiscal year.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
Poor Cotton Productjon-

Z Only 1865 bales of cotton were raised
br the season of 1866 in the Ger.
pan territory in Africa, comprising
area nearly as large as the entire
ferican cotton belt.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08

1t Is great folly not to part with
your own faults. which is possible,
but to try, instead, to escape from
other peoples faults, which is jmpcs.
sible.-Marcus Aurelins.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08

A cheerful lie is often better than
the solemn truth.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
aor children ~teething, softens the gums, reduces In.
nammatlon, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c a bottle.