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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06

Elizabethport, N. j.. Feb. 4.--Bra-
vaio characteristic OF the old Wild
West marked the robbery of four men
at Elizabethpoi :, N. j., by two arm
ed highwaymen who entered a troll
ley car which l;y on a siding. With
drawn revolvers the thieves advanced
on Motorman Thomas Delaney and
Conductor Harry Brown. Both threw
up their hands and two passengers
followed suit. Sixty three dollars
In addition to stickpins and watches
were obtained.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06

Nyack, Feb. 3.-Three boys were
drowned in the Hudson off New Ny
ack Oh Friday afternoon at o'clock
only one nights freezing. The boys
were Evans Steele, IL years old. son
of Charles teele of Nyack; Harold
Dixon. IL years old. son of John H.
Dixon, of New Nyack. and Hans New
ton Kraft, son of Edward Kraft, a
cigar manufacturer of Central Nyack.
These three boys were the only ones
who ventured SO far out on the ice,
day in the announcement Of the
ing skating nearer the shore. where
the ice was afer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
Schwab Buys Mexican Mines.

City of Mexico, Feb. 3.-The larg-
est mining transaction ever made in
Mexico is about to be closed In the
Santa Tulalia district, State of Chi
huahua
Charles M. Schwab and Malcolm
Macdonald of Tonopah, New, and as
sociates are to take over the famous
Peteosi Ducoa TERRA. Baltimore and
other mines of Santa Tulalia. The
sum to be paid is upward Of $6,00O,-
600. The principal owners of the
properties are Grant G.. Schley of
Newport and Dennie Sullivan of
Denver.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06

A London news agency publishes a
dispatcl from Tangier saying that
there has been a battle between the
French and the Moors near Settat,
Morocco, in which 10000 Moors we're
killed or wounded, and In which the
French losses amount to 160 men,
Including four officers.
Cuban negroes are making plans to
induce others of their race not to
start a revolution when the republic
Is established.
Special cable dispatches from
Punta Arenas tell of the voyage OF
the American battle ship fleet from
Rio and the Preparations for the pas
sage of the dangerous part Of Magel-
Ian Strait.
Pirates robbed the wreck ship Oscar
Woermann.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Wholesale Prices of Farm Produce
Quoted for the Week.

Wholesale Prices of Farm Produce
Quoted for the Week.
WHnAr.-No. 2 Red, 81 .04a l.O5X
No. Northern Duluth. Sl.2OA.
OoRN .-No.2, 65a68c.
OATs.-Mixed. 58Itc. White. B6I<aeso.
AHK.--4c. per quart.
BUTTER Western, extra, 82a32c.
Firsts,-29a31e State dairy, finest
--30a30c.
CHKksE.-Statc. full cream, 15>fals1zc.
Esos.-Nearby, Fancy, aSasoo. State.
Good to choice. 25a27c. Western.
Firsts-23c
hsEvhs,-Cisy dressed. 7>ia9,So.
CALvEs--City dressed. 8al4c. Cosn-
try dressed, per ID. 7al2c.
sHEEP.-Per 100 lb.. t3. 6Oa5. 80.
Hoas.-Ave. per 100 lb 81. s5a49 O.
HAy.-Prime, 100 lbs. Sl.o7 al.OO.
srRAw.-Long rye. 60a7oc.
LIVE rouLrRr.-Fowls, per ID. 1870
Chickens, Spring. per h.. lie
Ducks. per lb.. i8c Turkeys,
l2lSc, Je.. .la. ~
DREssnD PoULrRY.-Turkcys, per ID.
l2al6c Fowls. per h.. l0AiSl.
Chickens. Phila., per lb.. 22as5c.
vxGHrAnLEs. Potatoes. L. l.. per bbl.
ea.ooaa.sO Onions. White, Per bill
--laLQ.hh.QQ. -.-.....----,-----..-- -..--------
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
MAKE PAPER FROM FLAX.
Excellent Product Can Re Mn1ufac-
turcd from Stalks.

Excellent Product Can Bc Mn1ufac-
turcd from Stalks.
st. Paul, Mimi. Feb. 6.-That a
fine grade OF paper can be made from
North Dakota fax Is the conclusion
reached by an Eastern expert to
whom a sample of the flax straw
was sent some time ago by the Com
mercial club of Grand Forks.
A sample OF the bleached pulp
which has been made, has arrived
from the East. The fax had not
been screened but the sample was ex-
cellent, and the expert stated that he
believed that it would be suitable for
first class paper when screened. Spec
ial apparatus is being installed In an
Eastern paper mill In order to test
the North Dakota product. On ac-
count of the vast amount Of flax
raised in North Dakota the tests are
looked upon as very important.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
In Message the President
Denounces illegal
Corporations.
STOCK GAMBLING ALSO
Says Il Is No Better than Wagering
In Lotteries and Race Track-De-
MES that He was Responsible for
Recent Financial Stringency-
Further Control OF Railroads.

Washington, Feb. 3.-President
Roosevelts special message sent on
Friday to Congress, besides making
many recommendations contained
caustic attacks on certain corpora
dons. defense of his policies and a
disavowal of responsibility for the
recent financial stringency.
Speaking of the Standard Oil Com
pany the message says:
The methods by which the Stand
ard Oil people and those engaged in
the other combinations of which 1
have spoken have achieved great
frtunes can only be justified by the
advocacy of a system of morality
which would also Justify every form
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06

Albany, n. Y, Feb. Assembly
man George A. Voss, Of Kings, has
invited Andrew Carnegie and Edward
Everett Hale to personally appear be-
fore the Legislature to urge the pac-
sage of his old-age pension bill. The
bill grants every native resident Of
the state Of sixty years or over, who
has no other means OF support. pen
sion of $12 a month. provided he has
lived here continuously quarter OF
q century.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
Two Die Under Ice.

Beaver Falls, Penn, Feb. g.
Locked in each others arms. Miss
Zella Wylie, aged 10. daughter OF
the Rev. II. c. Wylie. pastor of the
First Reformed Presbyterian Church
of Williamsburg, Penn. and r. c..
Patterson. aged 81, of Greensburg,
went down to death under the ice
o, the Beaver River this afternoon.
The couple had been engaged TO
be married two years, and the we'd
ding would have taken place next
summer after they had been grad
uated from Geneva College.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
New Fleet for Far East.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The Govern
ment is assembling and preparing for
dispatch to the Philippines another
battleship squadron to Join Admiral
Evans feet.
1t has become known authoritative
ly that the administration plans to
have the Evans feet return by way
Of the Suez Canal. But by the time
Admiral Evans is ready to weigh
anchor In the Philippines his feet
will have been supplemented by SIX
battleships and two armored cruisers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
Posed rs a Man.

Louisville, Feb. 3.-After mas
querading for seven years as she al
mits In boys clothing. Jimmy AL
len," twenty years old, porter on the
Louisville and Kentucky River Packet
Company's steamer Falls City, was
arrested on Friday and found to be
a girl.
She said that she had been living
with a family at Terre Haute. Ind
When thirteen years of age they rep
rimanded her for acting like tom
boy" and she ran away.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
Steamship Burns at Sea.

Halifax. N. g.. Feb. 5.-The steam
er St. Cuthbert was burned to the wa
ter's edge off the Nova Scotian coast
during blizzard. Fifteen members
of the crew were drowned by the
swamping Of a small boat In which
they attempted to leave after the fire
had broken out. The thirty-seyen
other members of the crew. including
the captain, were 4 rescued by the
White Star liner Cymric.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
Wheat Pool Broken.

Chicago, Feb. 3.-Inability of the
coeterie of partners of the brokerage
and grain elevator concern OF Bart
lett, Frazier & Darlington to agree
among themselves as to the methods
by which the affairs of the house
should be handled. resulted on Fri
day in the announcement of the
firms intention to discontinue its
New York stock and cotton business
on April /. The company's ultimate
purpose is to eliminate all its va
ried branches of business except that
involving grains.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06

Of criminality on the part of a labor
1nion, and every form of violence,
corruption and fraud, from murder to
bribery and ballot-box stufflng in
politics."
Among the recommendation are
these:
Re-enactment of the Employers
liability law so as to make 1t come
within the constitutional limits laid
!own by the United States Supreme
Court.
Passing of a law to correct the
lbuse of injunctions in conflicts be-
'ween labor and capital so as to pre-
ferve the, rights of both.
Amendment to the Sherman Anti
trust law and further powers for the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
he regulation of common carriers.
Dhe resident says the Federal Gov
rnment should assume a certain
leasure of control over the physical
perstions of railroads.
Enactment of laws to prevent
ambling in securities and commod-
ties. The President says there Is
10 moral difference between gam
ling with cards, in lotteries or at
% ace tracks, and gambling on the
toe: market.
Mr.. Roosevelt devotes by far the
yreater part of his message to vindi-
alton of his policy in dealing with
operations and trusts and justifi-
alton of the methods used by off1c-
als Of his administration to bring al
eyed law-breakers to justice.
He declared these policies must be
ont.nueed II good rsults are to be
bt2ined.
The following are the most I'm
T 'ortant portions of Mr.. Roosevelt's
'iessage:
As regards the employers liability
~, advocate its immediate reen-
atment, limiting Its scope so that 1t
nsll apply only to the class of cases
to which the court says 1t can con-
titutionally apply. but strengthening
's'pfovisions within this scope. In
'rstate employment being thus COW
red by an adequate national law,
ne helc of interstate employment
Fill undoubtedly give to the perform
noe OF their duty within their field
he consideration the importance of
he subject demands.
l also urgently advise that com
rchensive act be passed providing
'or compensation by the Government
TO sll employees injured in the Gov
ernment service. Under the present
aw an injured workman in the en-
foyment of the Government has no
-smedy, and the entire burden of the
accident falls on the helpless man,
lis wife and his young children. This
= an outrage. The law should ap-
j!y to all laborers, mechanics and
'ther civilian employees of the Gov
srnfnent of the United States, in
ludfng those in the service of the
ahanaa Canal Commission and of
ne insular governments.
The same broad principle which
ghould apply to the Government
'houid ultimately be made applicab BILE
, yeH private employers.
Therc is special bill towhich |
all your attention. Secretary Taft
as urgently recommended the Inn
ediats passage of a law providing
'r'cUmpensation to employees of the
ov6fnrnent Injured In the work OF
10 Isthmian Canal. and that $780,
\ 90 be appropriated yearly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
THE LETTER IN MESSAGE.
Atchlson Auditor Docs Not know
How the President Got II.

Los Angeles. Feb. 3.--Audltor J.
w. Healy OF he Atchlson. Topeka g.
Santa Fe Railroad Company is quoted
regarding the letter from Assistant
General Traffic Manager Edward
Chambers to ex-Auditor @. A. David
son. which President Roosevelt in
corporated in his message to Con-
gress, as follows:
THAT letter was stolen from our
office. have heard of II and | can
not deny that the letter was written,
but have never seen II. I do not
know how II got into the possession
OF Francis j. Heney'
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
Pullman Workers Rewarded.

Chicago. Feb. 5.-The Pullman
Palace Car Company distributed
$174,s50 among 3.770 employees Of
its car service department. The bon.
us amounts to one months salary for
every conductor and porter who con-
tinued on the payroll Of the company
throughout 1907 and escaped demer-
its.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
So, 100000 for Szechenyis.

Budapest. Feb. "A credit of s5,-
100000 was received on Friday from
New York by the Hungarian Discount
ard Exchange Bank for the account
OF the Count and Countess Laszlo
Szechenyi.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
12 Buildings Blown Up.

Tweed. Ont, Feb. 6.-When fire.
in the ontario Powder Works reached,
the explosive building the resulting
explosion destroyed the twelve build
ings and shattered windows for miles
around. The repo- was heard thirty
miles away
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
Russian Empress Worse.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 3.-After q
season of slight gains. the condition
OF the Empress Alexandra again has
taken turn for the worse. The ner-
vous debility which is banning the
skill OF the specialists Is now compli-
case by an affection OF the eye,
which is OF such painful character
that an operation probably will bs
required. Il
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
Priceless Paintings Stolen.

Pittsburg, Feb. 4.-Five priceless
paintings have within the last few
weeks been cut from their frames and
stolen In Pittsburg. b. those who evil
IDENTITY know their business. Owners
of private galleries are in great worry
for fear there is working in Pitts
burg an organized band of picture
thieves.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
Biga,ny Easy Now I'm Jersey.

Trenton. N. j., Feb. 5.-Just be-
cause Harry Buckalew. Of Trenton,
kept secret for two years the fact
Of a marriage. after he had taken q
second partner, It has been declared
that the statute Of limitation prevents
the prosecution for bigamy of any
Jerseyman who shall go and do like
wise.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
HUGHES OIL NATIONAL ISSUES.
The Governor Touched on Nearly
Every One Of Roosevelt's Policies.

Every One Of Roosevelt's Policies.
New York, Feb. 8. Governor
Charles e. Hugess. speaking TO a
gathering Of nearly LOO men at
the Republican Club on Friday night,
gave his views on the so-called Ma
tional Issues" He spoke for fifty
minutes and received an ovation en-
tirely unique in the history Of the
club.
In his address, which he read. the
Governor touched on nearly every
topic which has formed the basis OF
the Roosevelt policies" and has been
Of National import for the last year
or two. Considering the number Of
subjects touched upon, the speech
seemed to be regarded as brief and
trenchant, though somewhat acade-
mic.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06

Santa Barbara, Cal, Feb. 3.--Pres-
iden. Il. p Ripley of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad on Fri
day Issued written. statemnt abso-
futly denying the charges contained
in the letter made public in the spec
ial message of President Roosevelt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
Dynamite Wrecks Bridge

Cleveland, Feb. Gall the false
work and part of the iron work onl
a briige being built at the foot OF
Eagle avenue was wrecked by dy-'
Mantle. Damage was done to nearby
factory walls and windows.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
$500 Slave now Lives on Income

$500 Slave now Lives on Income.
Lynn, Feb. Orchard Johnson,
having risen from the condition of
slavery, when he was appraised at
$4,000 at New Orleans auction sale,
has retired as bank janitor in this
city, to spend his declining days at
ease. He has accumulated a COM
potency durinf his 26 years service.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
To Make Work for Idle.

Albany, Feb. 5.-With the unani-
nous consent in the Senate Senator
Mccall of the Sixteenth District in
troduced bill authorizing the Park
Board to spend an additional sumSof
$1,500.000 for the development Of
parks and driveways.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
1000 Unemployed Riot.

Cincinnati. Feb. 4.-Police re-
serves were called out to preserve or
der at meeting Of unemployed ad-
dressed by Mother" Jones, woman
Socialist. Nearly 1000 men gath
cred at small hall and fought for
seats Of which there were only three
hundred. The fight soon became q
riot.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
Girl Drucc Witness Admits Perjury.

London, Feb. 6.-Mary Robinson,
the Druce case witness who said that
through Charles Dickens. she be-
came the outside secretary of the
Duke Of Portland and knew him also
as T. c. Druce and professed to have
kept a diary of hec association with
him. has confessed to perjury, ac-
coriing to Sir Charles Mathews, X.
q
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
Six Killed by Tornado.

, Wesson. Feb. 3.-Six persons were
killed b. tornado. which laid waste
strip of farming country three.
quarters of mile wide and several
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
Florida Hotel Durns.

Jacksonville. Fla. Feb: s.-The
Hamilton Tourist Hoteid at White
Spriags. Fla. was burned ON Friday
with several cottages. 3
Guests. barely escaped with their
lives. The loss isestimated at $780,
00v,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
.1HAN VERDICT. ACQUINAL
Jury Agreed that HIS Was
Insane at Time
of Killing.
THAW WROUGHT UP.
Justice Dowling Adjourned Court
Mt II O'Clock on Friday Night
The Jury was Then Locked Up for
the Night--Anxicty of Thaw Was
Pitiful..

New York, Feb. THE Thaw
Jury returned verdict OF not guilty
on the ground of insanity. This yor-
dict, while acquitting Harry X. Thaw
of crime. prevents his immediate re-
lease.
Absolved from criminal response
bility for the killing of Stanford
White on the Madison Square Roof
Garden, Harry r Thaw Saturday
was sent to the Matteawan Asylum
for the Criminal Insane. After being
out little more thar 25 hours the
jury in Thaws second trial in the
Criminal Branch of the Supreme
Court returned verdict of not gull
ty on the ground that Thaw was leg
ally insane when he killed White.
Immediately after the foreman had
announced the verdict Justice Dow
ling committed Thaw to the State
asylum
1t was the verdict hoped for and
expected by Thaw's family and law
yers, however. and Thaw himself had
been schooled to hope for nothing
better. 1t Is likely now that he will
be held pending the appointment of
a commission to inquire into his pres
ent mental condition.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. the prisoners
wife, and other members of the fam
lily were hopeful that his release
would be Immediately effected.
YounI Mrs. Thaw had made every
preparation to go away from New
York at once with her husband.
New York, Feb. 3.-Justice Dowl-
ing at IL o'cloc.. i riday night or
dered the key turned in the door of
t. jury room In the Criminal Court
Building, and the fate of Harry X.
Tnaw was left i'll the balance.
One report emanating from the
swarm of bluec"ated guards around
the jury room was that the jury
stood six for acquittal and six for
rilty of murder in the first de-
gree, the former half dozen basing
their verdict IN the plea of insanity
at the time OF the shooting.
Martin w. Littleton, chief coun-
sci for the prisoner, was summoned
to tie courtroom at IL o'clock. He
seemed to expect verdict and asked
a reporter whether the jury had
come In. He then aasked for the
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06
KING SF PORTUGAL AND
uNlt TO THRONE SLAIN.
Ccrlcs 7. ard Ills Sen Luiz IVilippe
Dastrrdly Murdered In Lisbon
BY Agi,atOrs who Have Been
Plotting 80 Overthrow The
Government.
GoVcrnnlcri

Lisbon. Feb A tragedy has
bereft/ Portugal of It's monarch and
heir. On Their Majesties return
Saturday from villa vlciosa while
driving from the railway station to
the palace. on turning from the
Praca du Ersensl. several shots we're
fired at the open carriage in which
King Carlos and Queen Amelle we're
seated with their two sons.
IT was at once seen that they were
badly wounded. The carriage dash
ed at full speed into the arsenal. Up
on the arrival of doctors who were
hastily summoned, 1t was found that
Prince Manuel had a bullet wound In
his arm. The Queen tainted. Con-
sternation wa. general, but order has
not been greatly disturbed. The
King and Crown Prince were dead.
The city was in an uproar as the
result of the assassination of the
King and Crown Prince. The Kings
second son, the infant Manoei, was
slightly wounded, but Queen Amelie
who strove to save the Crown
Princes life by throwing herself upon
him. was unhurt.
A band of men waiting at the cor
ner of the Praco De Commercio and
the Rua Do Arsenal, suddenly sprang
toward the open carriage In which
thH family were driving to the palace,
and levelling carbines which they had
concealed upon them, fired. The
King and Crown Prince, upon whom
the attack was directed, were each
shot three times, and they lived only
long enough to be carried to the ma
rine arsenal nearby, where they ex-
pired.
The city now wears its usual as
pect. save for the flags flying at
half mast and the boom OF ordnance
at regular intervals in funeral salute.
The bodies of the King and Crown
Prince were conveyed last night
from the Arsenal to the Necessidades
Palace, where they are lying in state,
watched over by court dignitaries.
Members of ali classes of society
are flocking to the palace to inscribe
their names in tle register.
The approaches to the palace are
patrolled by stronL bodies of foot and
mounted police.
Prince Manuel has been proclaimed
King under the name of Manuel II.
The conspirators who Saturday shot
and killed King Carlos and Crown
Prince LuiZ in tht streets of Lisbon,
have attempted to assasslnate the
Premier Franco.
The attack was made on Senior
sassins were repulsed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-06

London, Feb. 5.-News comes from
Lisbon that the party leaders Of Por-
tugal have laid aside their animosi-
ties and have formed coalition cab
met thoroughly determined on the
preservation OF the monarchy. Franco
it is stated, has terminated his die
tatorship, convinced that to prolong
1t would be injurious to the country.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-05
The l College Boy.

When Charles Riggs & Sons
arranged for the production Of Ths
College Boy"they evide ntly had il
mind a form of entertainment thai
would appeal to all classes. That
there original ideas and subsequent
formation of them were based upon
keen observation, is known by the
remarkable favor with which the
opening has been received for thre e
consecutive seasons. The song and
comedy features embrace novelties
that appeal to every one from the
gallery to the critics in the paraquet
there are not dull moment in the
whole performance, it giving the
comedian, Bernark Riggs and sup
porting cast, ample opportunity of
demonstrating their talents as singers
dancers and farcers. The plot
sustains pretty love story and the
sorgs and musical numbers are
hits. everyone. THE COL
.LEGE BOY-One of The Finest.
At City Opera House Thursday,
Sept. 10. ."~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-05


Eddie Pteble Of this city went to
Merryfeld this morning 70 visit two
weeks with his grandparents.
Mrs. !. S. Boyer Of this city re-
turned last night from Pembina, N.
p, where she visited with friends
for week.
J. 2. Essler local agent for the
Duluth Brewing company, went to
Laporte this morning on business
for his company.
Miss Helen Huntington, daughter
of w. P. Huntington Of this city,
left this morning for st. Cloud where
she will attend the normal school
situated there.