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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
8 DEAD IN PINE BEACH FIRE.
Heavy Property Loss Outside James.
town Exposition Grounds.

Heavy Property Loss Outside James,
town Exposition Grounds.
Norfolk. June 28.-Six blocks of
smouldertng ruins mark the track of
the ffrs which swept Pine Beach,
laying low ifty hotels, saloons, eat
ing houses and stores, destroying
100000 worth Of property, costing
the lives of possibly five persons, and
endangering the negro building, In
side Inn. and several State buildings
within the Exposition grounds. An
explosion of gasoline stove In the
rear Of the Berkeley Hotel caused
the fire.
Larry Harrison, negro, Was found
mortally burned under the Hotel
Berkeley; a man Is believed to have
perished In the National Club, Mary
land Avenue, and two women and a
baby are believed to have been
caught when the walls of the Hamp-
ton Roads fell in.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
FINANCIAL

Wabash directors prevnted tn
Junction proceedings by interest pay
ment on "B" d0benture bonds.
Nearly s1sO,OOO. 900 was paid out
In July l disbursements for dividends,
interest and other credits.
u. H. Hartman explained that his
arrest at the Yale-Harvard boat race
was due to a misunderstanding on
his part.
After early advances stocks de-
clined toward the markets close.
Brazil & Co. will take over S6, 900,
900 short term note issues of Chesa-
peake & Ohio.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
Destroy New Mexico Town.

Ml Paso, Texas, June est Is
reported that the town of Guadala-
jara, near San Antonio, in Socorro
County, N. M, has been washed away
by floods.
Another report Is that the old
church at Seneca, on the Mexican
side of the Rio Grande. below El
Paso, has been wrecked by high
waters and that some bodies In the
ancient cemetery were washed out.
The church was built in the sixteen
tn century.
All tho buildings in both towns
were OF adobe. No loss of life is
reported.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
JOHN DIS BARGAIN AUTOS.
Has Eight, Worth 1900, on the As
SCISSORS Rolls.

Cleveland, July 2.-Automobiles
in Cleveland suddenly drop In value
when the Assessor makes his annual
visit. Our supposed millionaire auto
lists must be riding In second hand
manhinss- The average value on
which their owners pay taxes is 800.
Mayor johnson is the only Cleve-
lander according to the tax dupli-
cate, who can engage In a real stylish
and comfortable auto ride. He has
three machines, valued at 34.7O0.
When John D. Rockefeller is In
Cleveland he rides in eight convey
ances. all valued at $1,000. Samuel
MRther. one OF Cisveland's 3 wealthiest
men. rides In a $50 auto, and Alex
Wi1ton. millionaire auto manufact-
urer. says he uses a 5000 oar.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04

Peace Conference at The Hague,
spoke successfully in favor of the
principal of the exemption of private
property from capture on the high
seas.
Iron and steel manufacturers In
Great Britain are combining to COM
bat American and German compeu-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont gave
a dinner at the Ritz Hotel in recog-
milton Of the courtesies they have re-
ceived in the French capital.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
Armored Cruisers in Far
East to be Withdrawn
to the Coast.
DUE TO RISE IN JAPAN
DW Naval Policy Includes the Forti-
ncation Of the philippines and
Hawaii--Presidcnt Determines to
transfer Powerful Atlantic Fleet
b the Western Ocean.

Washinpton July 3.-President
Hposeveh has determined upon an
important change of American naval
Doalny along the lines of recent edi-
eU4als advocating concentration of
IN battle ship strength of the navy
m the Pacific Ocean. He has been
Qn&cA to recognize the strategic i'm
pp1tance of increased American sea
po~er In the only zone of probable
6cmble. The new policy embodies
thsse features:-
Transfer of the Atlantic feet of
sfxtsen battle ships and two armored
0uisers to the Pacific.
Withdrawal from Asiatic waters
10 the Pacific coast of the armored
cSulBsr division now In the Far East.
Withdrawal to the Atlantic of the
pnutscted cruisers now comprising
Tn bulk of the Pacific fleet
Nortificatton of the Philippines
md Hawaii and development Of their
usxa1 bases.
The first three of these changes
oan be effected. despite many diff
suaS1ss. simply by the Presidents Or
d1f. The fertilization of the insular
uuansGions In the Pacafic requires
hs0D appropriations from Congress,
wt1uh has hitherto been blind to
tda necessity.
An efforts of the Navy Department
WI be bent toward placing the At
hurefc battle ship feet, commanded
~ Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans,
m the high state of efficiency re-
gufred for the cruise of 1857 miles
0om Hampton Roads to San Fran
GD via the Straits of Magellan.
ID long voayge cannot be begun
w1ffrfn six months. and probably the
nnsat armada will not get under way
me0 late In the spring Of 1908.
II Is inevitable that diplomatic
significance will be attached to this
hanBe of policy. The movement Of
aayal forces necessary to carry It
out will take rank with the most i'm
oc1tant international policies in the
:1me OF peace.
1he Navy Department Is not yet
reo6y to announce these important
3lns, for no orders have yet been
'xnsed, but It is known in the high
- naval circles that the policy was
taenRmfned upon last week, when
aasrstary of the Navy Metcalf and
00nmel w. w. Wotherspoon, of the
upy, and Captain Richard VAIN
wight, of the navy, who are mem
'Gs Of the Army and Navy Joint
Hoard. conferred with President
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay.
Japan's Rise the Cause.
Il ts the rise of japan as a first
'1sss power In the Far East which
naaxes the necessity for strengthen
u American influence In the Pacific.
shn1d any diplomatic inquiry be
made by Japan or any other Power
- 10 the reason for concentration of
he bulk of the navy in the Pacific,
-he United States can call attention
q the fact that its possessions and
9ftR1 interests IN that ocean are sec
md TO those Of no other Power.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
Covering Minor Happen
ings from all Over
the Globe.
HOME AND FOREIGN
Compiled and Condemned for tho
Busy Reader-A Complete Record
Of European Dispatches and I'M
portant Events from Everywhere
Boiled Down for Hn~ty Perusal.

d. G. Davis, q Marietta banker,
testified In q SUIT in Pittsburg that
he was robbed OF $4,000 by a
brace" faro game in New York city
last October.
The efforts Of the defence In the
Haywood trial were centered in an
effort to prove a conspiracy between
mine owners and detectives.
Members of the Utilities Board be-
gan their work Of regulating New
York's public service corporations.
After another day OF bomb throw
Ing and rioting the strike OF the gar
bage wagon drivers in New York city
was declared officially ended. the
men deciding to return to work.
The prosecution In the Haywood
trial expects to get the confession of
Steve" Adams before the jury.
Cubans warmly praised Frank
Steinhart at a dinner given on his re-
tirement from the post Of United
States Consul General at Havana.
The armored cruisers Tennessee
and Washington will be added to the
feet now In the Pacific.
Toxic dispatches declared China
is on the eve Of great rebellion.
John D. Rockefeller was reported
at the home of his son-in-law. near
Pittsneld, Mass, guarded from re-
porters and subpoena servers.
Mexican troops guarding the Guat-
emalan frontier captured spies with
maps and plans Of defence.
Secretary Wilson, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, declared that
discoveries made by scientists In his
department during the last year
would be worth millions of dollars
to the American people
The Fall River line steamer Puri-
tan ran into the schooner Mildred A.
Pope near New Haven. but was not
seriously damaged.
San Francisco police arrested one
Frank Kelly, who says he is the mot
orman wanted In New York for an
elevated road accident.
Many leading New York bankers
declared, In interviews, that the un-
PARALLEL amount of deposits now in
the city savings banks is proof Of
unusual prosperity.
While Mayor Mcclellan of New
York was saying that the garbage
drivers strike would increase the
death rate the Central Federated
Union indorsed the strike and de-
the removal of Commissioner
Craven.
John D. Rockefeller was perempt-
orily ordered by Judge Lands to ap-
pear In the United States District
Court in Chicago on July and sub
NIT to examination.
The Board of Naval Construction
recommended the installation of tur-
btne engines in one Of the 10000 ton
battle ships.
Witnesses for the defence In the
Haywood trial denied much of the
given by Harry Orchard.
Secretary Taft denied stories of
trouble in the work on the Panama
Canal.
Through the great bravery of fire.
men two hundred men were saved
from death in a fre at the Manhattan
end Of the Thirty-fourth street tun-
mel. New York city.
With garbage aecumulating on
every hand the striking drivers Of
the Street Cleaning Department Of
New York indulged tn riots and other
disorder and the city remained un-
cleansed.
New York Central commuters wore
Of an advance In rates be-
July 1, while a reduction was
in single and return trip
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
Cornell Again Winner.

Poughkeepsie. June 28.-Cornell
again won the intercollegiate eight
cared race here this evening-and
such a race. Over the entire four
miles her crew was Tapped by Col
umbia, and in the last half mile act
ualiy passed by the Blue and White.
She won out less than 100 yards
from the finish, but by SO narrow a
margin that no one ashore corld
have been sure Of the winner.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
Japan Wants Equality.

London, June 28.-The Daily
Nails Toxic correspondent says that
apparently Japan and the United
States have agreed that the existing
treaty shall be replaced by a new
treaty In 1909, when, the correspon-
dent says, Japan will fight hard to
place her subjects ON an equal foot
ing with Europeans.
Until then, 1t is added, no serious
difficulty Is dreaded
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
tSOEs 1851 MILES IN "a HOURS.
4. r. Edge Makes an Average OF SO
Miles an Hour.

London, July 2.-In twenty-four
hours 8. r. Edge, in his six-cylinder
Nap4er motorcar travelled !. 1.581 miles
Ind 1910 yards over the Brooklands
racing track at Weybridge. No
other man since the world began
ver travelled 30 far in one day or
sarne within several hundred miles of
ioing 1t.
Mf. Bdge's average was almost ex-
sctly sixty-stx miles per hour, and
nothing approaching that speed had
wen been maintained for twenty
our hours by motorcar, railroad
rain, or any other locomotive appar-
atus.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
American.
Standard Jury Discharged.

Findlay, Ohio. July 2.-The jury
in the case of the State Of Ohio
against the Standard Oil Company,
charged with violating the anti trust
laws. reported to Judge Duncan that
1t had been found impossible to agree
upon a verdict. The court there
upon ordered the jury discharged.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
IOHG TRIP FOR MIR. sTRAUs.
as1stary VIII Visit All Our Chief
Immigrant Stations.

washington, June 28.-Secretary
Dzaus Of the Department of Com
unno0 and Labor, accompanied by
M. Stratus and his private secre-
EsN T. L. Weed. will leave Wash
'noeQn Saturday on the most extern
i've trip ever undertaken by the head
II that department. He will be alb
aan4 about two months. In that time
"a VIII VISIT all the important stat
'on Of the department In the North
srn, Western. and southern part Of
fhs country, and win mako two
7sakT sojourn in the Hawaiian Is
aun.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
N. Y. MARKET LETTER

NrToh our opeCiai correspondent
WHEAT.--The wheat market opepe,
nervous and ruled irregular dur,ns
the early part OF the week. with ths
tendency Of prices downward. Iater
In the week there was sharp raI,v
but values again reacted and IN.
market closed steady. Cable advice.
from Liverpool we're disappoin,,n.
since they made poor response "a
the advance scored In our markot.
The professional element. and "a
some extent outsiders also, favo,ad
the bear side, believing that cron
damage news had been greatly s,1
aggerated and that the recent fsvo,.
able weather would go a long w,,
toward restoring the crop to normal
conditions. The English morta,.
were Influenced.
CORN.-Trading In corn WINS % Cat,
dimensions only, but the underton.
was steady. There we're numeror,
reports of backward ness In the an.
pearance of the crop notwiths,and-
Ing the favorable weather, and tbI.
together with good shipping de.
mand prompted light Offerings ana
encouraged speculative support
CHEESE--.The upward tendency a,
prices was checked. all interests ba-
Ing satisfied that Thrusday's ad-
vance to IL VI C for small and l2n,
for large cheese will give this mar.
ket about all the stock 1t can handle
at the extreme figures. Complaint.
are numerous concerning the heated
cond tion of many well-known factor.
les. About every handler has ON
hand accumulations. Supplies OF
large sizes are not as liberal a.
small. but there has been a limitsd
demand this week for export.
LIVE POULTRY.-Jobbe will h.
obliged to carry over about six cars
of heavy-weighing fowls and a few
lots of ducks and roosters. Spr,ns
chickens have sold freely this wset
and close clearances were efrectsd.
Small sizes of fowls have been want
ed to the full extent Of the offerings
but heavyweights dragged and closed
weak.
WHEAT
July. l.os1S Sept. ..1o5 Dec. OK
Corn
July so Sept, .o2s% Dec.. . Ok
oATs.-Mixed, @ 5l,sa5aho.
MILK
Exchange price for standard quail
ity Is 1ac. per quart.
BUTTER
CREAMERY.-Western, extra 3 a4a. .a5x
Firsts 2Saa4c. State dairy, finest aas
CHEESE
State, full cream. .ala1s Small. .iax
EaGs
Jorsey-Fancy. a20c Statehood TO
choice. .lSal9 Western-Firsts. ALI
BERvEs. dres'd. sae1so.
CALvEs.--City dres'd. s1saI21sc. Coun.
try dressed per ID. 6a1Oc.
SHKRP.-Per 100 Id. S3. 5Os7. 80.
HoGs.-Live per 100 lb 80. 75a6.80
Country dressed per lb. 8Aa93ac. Il
HAY.-Prime, 100 lbs, $l.25.
STRAw.-Long rye, 65a7Oc.
LIVE POULTRY
EowLS.--Psr lb. al4. Il
CHICKENs.-Spring, per h., a9oc. 1J
DUCKs.-Per ID. al8c. ~
GEEsE.-Per lb. al0
DRESSED POULTRY
TURKEYs.-Per lb. 14c.
FowLs.-Per lb. 12al8c.
Il
PorAroEs.-Old bbl., asl.T5. ri,
CUcUhBKRs.-Basket. 81. l.OOa2. so.
ONIoss.-White, per Dbl. $2.25a9.TG
LErTUcE.-Basket, .6Oca. 700.
SPISAcH.-Barrel, .6Oca76o.
bEETs- per 100 bunohes. $8. .0oa5.0o
STRAwBERRIEs.-6 6al4c.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
TO IMPROVE CUSTOM SERVICE.
New Set Of Regulations To Be Issued
In q Few Weeks.

New Set Of Regulations To Be Issued
In q Few Weeks.
Washington, July An the four
months since George B. Cortelyou be-
came Secretary Of the Treasury he
has learned a great deal about the
complicated machinery for the col
lection of customs duties, and he
thinks he sees opportunities for i'm
pruvement in several directions.
Within a few weeks a new set Of Gus
toms regulations will be issued by
the Secretary. the revised rules be-
ing intended to bring the service
thoroughly up to date. The new reg
ulations will be of the greatest in
terest to importers, and they will be
OF no small concern to all Americans
who travel In foreign countries and
return home with personal baggage.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
MORSE ANCHOR FOUND INLAND.

= Discovered In Minnesota Six Feet
Below the Surface.
Crookstown, Mimi, July 2.-Con-
tractors ditching on the State Expert
mental Farm to-day found a ships
anchor Of antique pattern buried at
q depth Of six feet in solid clay under
sod that had never been broken.
The anchor Ia similar to those used
by Norsemen about nine centuries
ago.
The anchor, 1t is believed, is a
relic of Morse expedition in an era
when the Red River Valley was
portion Of Lake Winnipeg and could
be reached by sail from the Atlantic.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04

Havana July An q clash with
the police Of Holguin, In the Pro-
dnoe fSantiago resulting from tho
alleged refusal Of four American
soldiers Of the Eleventh Infantry to
pay for drinks. Corporal P. ]. Green
was shot and mortally wounded.
Green's companions were placed
under arrest.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
PRISON WALL BLOWN UP.

twenty Prisoners Escape at Sevasto-
pol--Odessa Official Slain.
Ssxastopol, July 2.-The explosion
If an internal machine here caused
The prison wall to collapse.
Twenty political prisoners escaped
through the breach.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04

Odessa, July.2.-Dr. Poppoff, Med
ical Inspector of the Harbor, has
heep Assassinated.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-04
CUBAN PROTEST. TO TAFT.
Early Independence Demanded
American MortaIIy Wounded.

American Mortally Wounded.
Havana. July 2.--Gsn. Loynaz
Castillo has sent the following tele-
gram to Secretary Of War Taft:
'"The newspapers say that eight
cen months will be required after the
completion Of the census to restore
the republic. We hope that such an
unjust and unlawful delay will not
be. 1t must not be. Cuba is an
xfous that her Independence shall be
postponed not one day beyond July
4.19OS."
Mr.. Levitt. the editor who has been
indicted for libel on eleven counts
publishes a most virulent attack on
Consul General steinhart.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-22
MAKING MONEY FLY
Work on Panama Canal
Beyond Expectations
BUT DIRT GOES TOO

Washington, Aug. 21.-Maior
Cocktails, chairman Of the ltshmian
Canal Commission, in report to
the War Department, says that con-
StruCtiOn work for the fiscal year
ending June so, 1908, is developing
time that the estimates for eXpendi-
lures during that fiscal year were
made-nearlH year ago.
The reports Of expenditures show
that the monthly estimated eXpendi-
ture for labor is being considerably
exceeded, and that the appropriation
for material already has been drawn
from extensively. The results, how
ever, are in proportion to the in
creased expenditures, and with q re-
duction Of the estimated unit costs.
With the present organization and
the progress which is now made, the
canal can be completed more rapidly
than by restraining expenditure
within the appropriations which
were made at the last session of
congress to continue the work until
1908. The work on the locks and
dams on eaclW terminus has been
opened and will he pushed vigorous
ly during the year, while very little
was expended at those places during
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1907.
The time Of completion of the
canal appears to depend now upon
work at Gatun, rather than work Of
l.
taken generally as the determining
feature. The progress in this direc-
ton has been faster than anticipate
ed, and the appropriation made at
the last session of congress would
not be sufficient to supply the neces-
sa?y plant to begin laying the con-
crete IN the locks and dams during
the next fiscal year, although prog
ress already made indicates that
such beginning is advisable.
In order to avoid reducing the
force, to keep within the expenditure
already authorized for the fiscal
year, the chairman of the commits
sion recommended to the Secretary
of War that the work be allowed to
proceed, and that congress be ap-
pealed to at its next session to make
good any deficiency in the funds now
available.
II the funds requested are not
provided it will be necessary to re-
dHce the rate Of expenditure to keep
within the appropriations on hand.
Eight million dollars in excess of the
appropriations already made could
De used to advantage in pushing for
ward the work during the present
year. This sum does not represent
an Increase in the cost of the canal,
but indicates simply that the work
IS being pushed more vigorously
than had been hoped for at the
time the last annual estimates were
submitted
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-22
ORGANIZERS BUSY
Among the Miners i'll the
Fairmont Region
DOING QUIET WORK

Clarksburg, w Va, Aug. 21-The
presence Of organizers in this field
for the United Mine Workers of
America has just cume TO iignt. 1t
has just developed that there are a.
number of organizers in the valley
working quietly among the miners
and to have them interested in the
organization sufficiently to make a
showing towards forming an organi-
cation in the very near future.
1t has leaked out too that Presi-
dent Mitchell Of the national organi-
Zatlon is to arrive here in about two
or three weeks and at that time the
move on the part Of the organization
IS to be open and above board. Until
mat time 1T was the intention Of the
workers 10 keep their mission under
cover.
The plans Of the miners we're to
nave a sufficient number of the min
er5 In this district, both Of the Fair
mont company and the independent
mines, to organize with a big mem
bershiD at the time Of President
Mitchell's visit here.
In their conversation with the min
ers here the organizers have made
the statement that the Organization
has the money tQ fight any resistance
on the part Of the operators. They
have declared their intention Of or
ganizing the miners in this field
1t is the claim Of many Of the OBJ
orators that the union men will find
1T tough proposition to organize the
miners here as they have been enjoy
ing more than the usual prosperity Of
late and that all are c0ntented with
| the present situation. 1t is sincerely
hoped by the business people Of this
city as well as along the entire val
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-22

now, for the first time, in full swing.
The average attendance Is about 20
600 daily and growing. North Caro-
lima Day, with $4,000 people, fur
nished the largest turnout since
Georgia Day. The buildings and
grounds are today in fine shape, and
all visitors agree that the EXPOSE
ton, as a whole, is exceptionally at
tractive. With the eating down of
expenses and the inrrCaSinG patron
age, the deficit has been materially
reduced, but the financial outcome
is still predetermined and will de-
pend, wholly upon the attendance
the next two months, which promises
to be large. The shows on the War
Path have Jared pretty we'll, all
things considered. One of them. a
spectacle, already has declared a 10
per cent dividend, and the invest
ment doubtless will yield 80 per cent
for the exposition season. The no.
tells have fallen far short of eXpecta-
tionS, but their business is now good
Poor transportation facilities by troll
ley between Norfolk and the eXposi-
ton have been the cause Of endless
and the defects have not
yet been fully corrected.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-22
WHERE ANIMALS BEAT MEN.

Minneapolis Journal.
mature taking aside" said John
Lover, the Zoo keeper, mice won t
eat Oleo. 1t is a fact. Lay 2 pat
Of cleo and a pat Of butter side by
side. and in the morning the butte:
will be gone, but the olcO will re-
main untouched.
oh, yes, some animals are incred-
IDLY nice about their food The OF
ter, when living wild, will only eat
one piece, one mouthful, out of each
fish he catches. He will land a beau
Gtul trout, but only one bite of it
from the back just behind the neck
is good enough for him. The rest
he losses aside. 4his eDicure often
kills dozen ine big trout to make
one meal.
'ChimDanZecs have very delicate
tastes. y banana or a pineapple that
% YOU seems delicious to q chimDan-
zee may be revolving. His taste is
Eeener. Grapes grown in lighthouses
where sulphur fumes are used as an
'nSecticide taste all right to man
but chimpanZec will have none Of
them.
'The ichncumOn loves eggs. HI
can tell a fresh from a stale one
simply by tapping the she'll"