THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. NOTES FROM GOTHAM THE EXCITING ELECTION IN GREAT ER NEW YORK. Tk Rnlt a ftiirprlne The tlrmnrlmble Tribute to Ilnrjr Ueorge Women fur tfca Klondjtk Couutrjr Optinlnit of the Magnificent New Astoria Hotel. No city election ever before held In till olty has created bo much excite ment as that of thla year. This Is owing to the fact that the Democrats, naturally In the majority, have been out of political control for the past three years and of course made a de termined effort to win, while the op position was equally anxious to retain its control. The result was by no means a surprise, except In the size ol the majorities. The election of Judge Van Wyck was foretold two weeks be fore the election and the size of his ma Jority was unquestionably Increased by the sudden death of Henry George. But surprising; as the result appears to be at first glance, the real fact Is that Mr. Van Wyck has received but a few mor votes In the Greater New York than Mr. Bryan received last year, when he waa beaten by a largre majority. It Is clearly a case of a divided opposition, The vote polled for Tracy and Low waa greater by more than 20.000 than that polled by Van Wyck, and" besides this there were over 20,000 more votes cast for Henry George and P. J. Glea son. While, therefore. Tammany wins by more than 85,000 over lta highest single opponent, it Is still more than 40,000 in a minority of the total vote polled, in the midst, therefore, of all the rejoicing and exhuberance of spirit the cold and calculating politician It looking at that aggregated majority ol 40,000 adverse votes, and wondering what will be in the ballot boxes the next time they are opened. Tho election places the Tammany Democracy In complete control of the government of the great city. The leg Mlatlve branches, composed of a coun cil and a board of Aldermen, Is strong, ly Democratic and If patronage and party power Is of any real benefit In building up a party Tammany has the greatest opportunity It has had In many years. Henry George is dead, bul the enthusiasm which he evoked in his followers unquestionably lives. Hie funeral was one of the most re markable ever held in this city. Ter thousand people attended in the great crystal palace and thrice that numbci were kept on the outsiue by the police after every seat in the vast palace had been filled. Before nine o'clock in the morning, as the boily lay in state three thousnnd persons passed and toolt a look at the dead leader. If the names ef all of fhem were printed none would be recognized beyond their own fam ily circle. An elevated railroad engi neer, grimy and in overalls and Jumper .'orced h.s way to the front behind a woman whose clothing must have coel more than his earnings in a month. He paused when he reached the casket, bent over the face that was lifelike even in death, murmured a few words that mush have gone straight to the throne and moved away, weeping, and not ashamed of his tears. Fifty chil dren who had been at mass in a neigh borin Catholic church, came silent and reverent, as they approached the cas ket. A tiny girl clutched a rose and dropped the flower on the glas3 that waa over the dead face. "My papa tolo me to do that. He Is sick in bed." An aged woman, tottering with the weigh) of four score years, walked painfull) along with the crowd. Somebody with a kind heart went to her rescue and lec her out of the line and up to the cen tre of mourning. She stood for full two minutes, her gray head bowed tears running down her cheeks and Tailing on the glass above the dead. "Virgin most merciful," she prayed "speak to your biassed son for thi man." Of such were the tributes of the masses to the dead philosopher and friend of mankind. The public cere monies were no less remarkable, and, the unique spectacle of a funeral ora tion aplaudcd to the echo was prob ably witnessed for tbe first time in this city. Not alone was there the ap plause of hand and foot, but even cheers resounded through the build ing, and the bereaved widow clad in the oablliments of woe, lifted her veil and smiled at this surprising tribute to het dead. Judge Van Wyck First Mayor of Greater New York. The first demonstration of the kind occurred when Dr. McGlynn rounded out one of his eloquent sentences with the name of Henry George. It startled the sedate citizens who were seated on the platform. And the demonstration came again and again. Such a sight bad never before been seen at a funer al. Whether the committee on funeral arrangements intended it or not. there appeared to be a set purpose to bring together orators of a different tempera ment and representative of different conditions of life. The Rev. Dr. Ly man Abbott, successor of Henry Ward Ueecher in Plymouth church, delivered an nd dress ::ifm, cool and conserva tive, but nevertheless highly eulogis tic of the dead leader. The Itev, Dr. O. GottheU, a leader among the He-i brews, spoke from the broad platform of humanity in general. And then af ter him came the Rev. Dr. Edward Mc piyDQ, full of Ore and f-oergy, speak YJm, ing as one who had lost a dear frlenc and in full sympathy with the object! and aims of the philosopher who had passed. Last of all came John S. Cros by, of Missouri, once Clerk of the Mis souri Assembly, a man of strong elo quence, implicit faith in the Henrj George theories, anil so carried awaj by tho strength of his convictions that h.V speech closely verged on the po litical and evoked repeated rounds ol fiplause. The testimony to the nobility of hit nature came from all men from thost who differed from him wholly In his economic views, from those who differ ed from his in part, and from those who were fully In accord with him. The steamship City of Columbia li being fitted up for a voyage to the Klondike region. She will begin or the morning of December 1 the Ions, trip around Cape Horn, and will have on board along the prospectors lor the yellow metal thirty-five New Yorli women. The band of women is headet by Mrs. Hannah 8. Gould, of No. 2u West Twenty-second street, who hai Interested herself in several buslnesi enterprises in tnie city. The fortune seekers expect to arrive at St. Michael in May, and the start for Daweon Clt will be made soon afterward. Onlj half a dozen of the women have signi fied their intention of working claims The other members of the band will open boarding houses and establish shops. A portable hospital will be taken along, in charge of which wili be one of the party, who has been grad uated as a professional nurse. Others w-W set up In Dawson City) a clut house, which will be run In opposition to the saloons, where refreshment and entertainment win be provided. A small circulating library will be taken along, and the books will be placed at the disposal of the patrons of the club. The splendors of the new Astoria Hotel have been thrown open In the good cause of charity. It was an ex pensive luxury 6 watch children per form on a stage, to dance In the Astot Gallery, to listen to a Seidl concert and to eee "Rosemary" in the great ball room, yet nobody begrudged the price. There waa endless surprise In store In the Theatre of the Astoria. for those who strolled through the Ca net suite of apartments and offices, the dining hall, the cafe, the Palm Room tho Caen Foyer, the Myrtle Room, the Colonial Itoora, tho smokers' prome nade, the club rooms, the sun parlors the kitchens and the great wine cellars Noboily but an Astor could think ol fitting up a hotel in such extravagance. It will be difficult indeed to find people who can live and move easily amid such grandeur. The series of enter tainments given were devised by Mrs. Richard Irvln for tho benefit of the chaiUice in which she and her Inti mates are principally interested. The receipts were very larse, whether de rived from a natural curiosity to in spect a splendid edifice or from John Drew's popularity and the charm oi Seidl's orchestra. The weather alone was unpropitlous, but in spite of a drenching rain and the end of a moat excifing political campaign a crowd f charming women, beautifully dressed, and a host ol well known men fairly overran the Astoria, sipping their pleasures first from the dance, then from the concert hall, again from the theatre, and last of all from tho suppei room, which until a late hour main tained an apearance of preat animation and enjoyment. - The death In Georgia of another base ball player has awakened the lectin tors of that State to a realizing Bense of the dangers to life which this very rough sport entaUs, and a bill Is to be pnssed positively prohibiting the play ing of the game in the State. There are some who advocate milder treat ment, and believe that the sport can be regulated within certain lines and con tinued as a valuable athletic game But public sentiment is rapidly crystaHzlng in opposition to the game as it is at present played, and whether the bill becomes law or not, the University cluh of Georgia will be disbanded, and nev er reorganized f)nn,t Fret. Fretting is the fruitful source of weakness and failure. Fretlulness is enlisted in the corps of sappers and miners and engages to undermine man hood. It will sap love of home, and disrupt the most hallowed friendship. Don't fret. If you have a complaint to utter, do it in a frank and manly way. There are grievances, and you are quite likely to have your share; then speak out; but don't carry your grievances everywhere. If need be, let there bo a storm; let the lightning flash; let the thunder roll, and the rain pour; but don't be eternally drizzling. Don't. After the tempest, let the suit shine. The sturdy oak tranFforms its boughs into whip cords, and its leaves into whip-lashes, and cracks its defiance In tho face of the storm, but it has con tump t for the gnawing worm, drilling Its way to its heart. After tho storm, there is growing, vigorous life. After the worm, death. Don't be a worm. Don't fret. It is fnid that the lump chimney work er of IClwood, Marion, Muncio and Alex andria will form a co-operative company and will operate a cliimiipy factory ut Windfall, Ind, The Hint gluss manufac turers rcfiiHO to open their factories, and the men have bct-n idlo since Juno 30. Some of the condor shot In the Andes Mountains have a spread of wing from fifteen to twenty feet. METEORS AND METEORITES. Stone unit Iron VlKltor From lntemtel Inr ftpnee. The return of Perry from Greenland with an enormous mass of iron which hae been thought to be a meteorite re viver a number of questions os to the origin, composition and size of that class of objects. In ft few instance these "skystones," as they have some times been called, have been worshiped or at least regarded with peculiar rever ence. The sacred Kaaba stone at Mec ca Is believed to be of meteorite origin. And for four centuries there has hung suspended In a little Christian church at Ennisheim, Alsnre, a bit of rock that was actually seen to fall from the heavens. In fact, this is the earliest in cident of the' kind of which there is a definite record, although the phenome non has been refered to by many an c'.et writers more or less vaguely. By far the largest umlwr of specimens that have been found, however, are of unknown age. No one has witnessed their descent. Indeed, their real char acter has In some instances log remal ed unsuspected. There was preserved in the town house of Elbogen Bohemia, for several centuries a stone which was jot lecogn'zrd as a mete.irlte until 1811. The "signet Iron" of Tucson. Arlcona, and another chuck of metal found near Etaunton. Va., were used as anvils, and one of them rendered service In a stone fence and also in a house wall before the collectors got hold of them. Astronomers distinguish between "shooting stars," or meteors, and me teorites. The former which are by far the most numerous, are due to the pas sage throuKh our atmosphere of stones which rarely weigh more than a few grains, and which are burned up during the short period of their visibility. The velocity with which they move, somewhere from ten to fifteen miles a second, develops enough friction as soon as they enter tho carthh's aerial envelope to render them incandescent. Lord Kelvin says that It is as if they were immersed in a blowpipe flame at a temperature of several thousand de grees Fahrenheit. Professor Newton of Yale once estimated that the num ber of these tiny objects that come into the atmosphere of ie entire globe la from 10.000,000 to ",000.000 daivy! But those mnns which are large enough to survive this firey ordeal are, relatively speaking, exceedingly rare. Pcrhail not move than a dozen are wn in the course of a year, and it Is doubtful it any more than a very few hundred fall without witnesses in that period of time. Thece may weigh from a few ounces to several tons. The flight of the lare ones is often attend ed by a nimbi ins or roaring sound, and also by explosions. The unequal heating of any mineral tends to cracUlt irto pieces. It is only for a few seconds that the meteorite is subjected to a high temperature, and only the surface Is acted unon. Thin may be made to glow brillantly. and the thin, vr.rntoh like coating found on these visitors from outer space shows that a little of ihe material has actually been fused. The strange pits, or "thumbmarka," which are eo characteristic of tho ex terior if aerolites, are usually account ed for by the combustion of portions of the mans, and thus accord additional evidence of the heat endured. Yet specimens have been picked up immedi ately after fall.ng and found to have re tained so much of their original cold the temperature of interstellar space that th"y froze the fingers. It is not likely that the momentary heat pene trates far from the surface of these strange objects. Meteorites are classified according to their composition. Nineteen out of every twenty are stony; in a very small proportion of them metal preponder ates. Iron Is the principal metallic constituent. A small proportion of nickel is mixed with it usually, and traces of copper, tin, lead and several of what are called the "rarer" metaJs have also been found. At least thirty four of the terrestrial elements have been discovered in these bodies, but no element which could not be identified. Sometimes theFe are combined ns Baits of podium, calcium and "potassium, which can be saoked out by immersing the epecime in water, but the greater part of the stony material is insoluble. Stone being more brittle than iron, tho stony meteorites are more liable to break up into small pieces than those which are metallic. It sometimes hap pens! though, that the iron is distrib uted unevenly, though In about equal proportions in an aerolite. The mass may burst into a hundretd or a thous and fraghents Just before landing. Some of these will be almost pure Iron and others merely stone. The iron is usually ductile, even though alloyed, but there is at least one specimen known that behaved like tempered steal. In 1891, while with Pepry Pro fessor Angelo Heilprin of Philadelphia picked up near Godbeaven a chunck of mineral weighing 207 pounds, which he took to be a meteorite. It waa so hard that it would scratch soft iron. Gold has not yet been detected in me teoric matter, but n small diamond was found In one of the pieces of the Can yon Diablo fall. ;;! Golil In tit Fortreait. Ever since France paid the indem nity levied by Germany at the close of the last war, thirty millions of dol lars In gold coin have been kept in the fortress of Spandau, Germany, as an emergency fund to be used only In case of war. The money iu packed in one thousand cheats, wh'.ch contain thir ty thousad dollars each. A committee visits the great treasure-vaults period ically, examines the chests, counts some of their contents, Inspects the safeguards, and makes Its formal re port in writing. The sum Is not as Important as It once was, for It would be used up lu the first few days of mobolization, and the hoarding of the coin entails a loss of four millions of marks a year in Interest to the state. To Sliiivteii 111 DUtunce. Congress is to be asked for fifteen million dollars 10 dig a canal to con nect I.ko Urle with tho lower part of Lake Michigan. Such a caual would nrve about fivo hundred miles of the diMf.nce from Chicago to lluffalo. It beliift further ecmh than the Straits of Maek'nuo, navigation would be ob structed a far shorter time by ice. The nav.gaiion cf St. Clair and Detroit riv ers wou.d bo avoided and the entire length of Lake Uuion would be saved. BEA00M HAS 120,404. McCauley's Plurality Boats That by About 12,000. Official returns from every county in the state show the vote last week for state treasurer and anditor to be as follows. State Treasurer Beacom, Rep , 37i.53 1 Krown, Dem., 244,569; Swallow, Vro., 117,430; Thompson, Intl., 15,204 total vote, 748,256. Beacom's plurality over Brown, 126, 484. Majority of other candidates over Reacom, C,2io. Auditor General McCauley, Rep., 47i3t Ritter, Dem., 268,706 j Lathrope, Pro., 57,651 1 total vote, 733658. McCauley's plurality over Ritter, 138,595 McCauley's plurality over Ritter and Lathrope, 80,944. The total vote is about 20,000 less than that for state treasurer in 1895 and nearly 450,000 less than was cast in the presidential election of last year. Reacom received 85,692 less votes than were given for Haywood lor state treasurer in 1895, and Brown's vote falls 37.912 behind that cast for Meyers, the Democratic candidate in that year. Swallow's vote is nearly 100,000 above that given to Rerry, the 1895 Prohibition candidate. The vote for Rerry was 20,779. McKinley's plurality over Rryan last year was 301,175, 'in a total vote of 1,194,355 ( his clear majority over all candidates was 262,445. Its Policies invalid. Philadelphia Underwriters' Association's Business Not Legal. Attorney General McCormick, in an opinion requested of him by Insur ance Commissioner l.ambeit as to whether the business conducted by the organization known as the Phila delphia Underwriters is legal, says there is no warrant whatever for issu ing a joint policy, and the entire trans action of this association issuing poli cies is illegal and void. The associa tion is composed of the Insurance Comnanv of Vorth Anmiri anl t)i j --w.... v.. IV, ! L'i.a A r i:..i . 1 .1. 1 1 1. . iiiv.iauiiii ui 1 n.mucijiiiKi, uoiii incorporated under different chattels. The Attorney General says corpora tions cannot form a copartnership un less expressly authorized, and agree ments between companies which create a partnership between the parties thereto are void. Policies of insurance issued by such an Associa tion are in contravention of the Act of Assembly of February 4, 1870, which also provides a penalty for its violation. For these reasons and for the further reason that the State has no jurisdiction over the association known as the Philadelphia Under writers the Insurance Commissioner is advised that its business is illegal. It is understood that a number of policies have already been issued by this association. Don't Neglect a Head Cold Catarrh will result if you do. If you have Headache, Foul Breath, Pain in Forehead, Dropping in the Throat, Dryness in the Nose, t indicates this troublesome disease. Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder will relieve a cold in 10 minutes and will cure Chronic Catarrh. No failure, sure, safe, pleas ant and harmless. 30. Sold by C. A. Kieim. Maidens Ward Off Triflers. Cape May Girls Organizo for Matrimonial Protection. A new and altogether unique organ ization has been formed by a number of attractive and marriageable young women, of Cape May who find time hanging heavy on their hands during the winter months. The title of the new organization is the Bachelor Maids' Club, anu its avowed objects are the cultivation of the social ameni ties of the season and mutual protec tion of interests along matrimonial lines. Just how this latter feature is to be looked after is one of the secrets, but it is understood that a sharp es pionage is to be kept upon the records of the young men, so that ample warn ing may be given the members' as to the movements of young men. The club has adopted a constitu tion and by-lavs, with attached penal ties for violations. One of thj funda mental rules, adopted by a majority of one after long and heated argument, is that no member mav ar.r..r an offer of marriage without the unani. mous consent of the club membership. It is probable that this rule will be broken before the winter is half over, but the younc women declare that they are very much in earnest in rend ing inemseives to 'ether. A social tea will be given once each month at the home of some member. The club will attend to all the arrangements for these functions and meet all the neces sary expenses. The sterner sex will be represented, but the most r.m.d.l discrimination as to invitations will be exercised. Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. 10c. 4 , Iy "A perfect try "f tti Mctifnt Walter aim BREAKFAST COCOA !! mm Jfci EiUbllihed t t 1780. fie mire thkt vou grt the genuine article, made at WALTER ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, Fruits and Mz SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Maillard's Fine Candies. Frei?h Every Week. .uix-x Goons u. Gpecialtt, SOLE AGENTS KOR F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Sole affpnts for the following brands of Cigars- Honry Clay, Loadros, Normal, Indian Priacoss, Samson, Silver Ash Bloomsburg Pa. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, MATTING, or OAIi CLOTH, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT W. M. BKOWEM 2nd Door above Court House. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. Peaasylvania Day at Chickrimanga Bat tlefield, November 15. Reduced Rates to Ch.-.Mnnooga via Penn tylvania Railroad. For Pennsylvania Day at Chicka mauga Battlefield, Chattanooga. Term., November 15, 1 897, when the monuments marking the movements of Pennsylvania troops in that great battle will be dedicated, the Penn sylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets from all points on its line in Pennsylvania at the ex tremely low rate of one cent a mile, short-line distance, tickets to be sold November 9 to 13, good to leave Chattanooga returning until Novem ber 23, 1897, inclusive. Tickets via Pittsburg will be sold going and returning via same route, or going via Cincinnati and Lexing ton, returning via Nashville and Louisville, or vice versa. 1 i-4-2t. Counties not Liable. A Decision Affecting Magistrates and Con stables. Judge Stewart, at Chambersburg, recently filed an opinion that affects all the magistrates .and constables in the state, and will materially reduce their incomes. Recently Magistrate John A. Seiders, of that place, brought suit against the county commissioners to recover fees in a summary case where the defendant had gone to jail for the costs. The commissioners, upon the advice of the county solici tor, refused to pay the bills, and a case stated was prepared for an appeal to the court. Judge Stewart, in his decision dis posing of the case, says it falls within the ruling of the supreme court in the case of Crawford county vs. Barr, 9a Pennsylvania State Reports, 359. Ac cording to the interpretation of the law as made by this court, in all cases of drunkenness, disorderly conduct, violation of the game la s, tresspass and similar offences, where the parties are found guilty and sent to jail for non-payment of fines and costs, the county is not liable for the costs, and the magistrates and constables get nothing for their work. For many years the fees and ex penses in such cases have always been paid in most counties of the state. Lawyers hold that the effect of Tnd Stewart's decision is to make inopera tive nearly all attempts to enforce the law in the class of cases mentioned. as the constables will retuse to venture the loss of time and expense in making such arrests. Why Ha Cannot- We clip the following from an ex change : "Can an editor be a Chris tian ?" is a query now going the rounds. We have tried the combina tion and have found out negatively. An editor can be a hypocrite, but as for being an upright, straight-forward, conscientious Christian well, not however ! It is delinquent subscribers and a few other deadbeats that knock the props from under his feet and bring his gray hairs in sorrow to the pooi house. orrtfr nf excHlrnce In mnnnfuct Baker x Cos H Absolutely Pure Delicious Nutritious. j Costs Less than One Cent a Cup. i ? DORCHESTER. MASS. H ....By. BAKER A CO. Ltd. Persoaally-OonJucted Toura via Penn sylvania KailroaJ. Skason ok 1897-8. The Personally-Conducted Tourist System of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company is tiie highest perfection yet attained in railway travel ; it affords all the comforts and conveniences of modern railway equipment, and at the same time eliminates all anxiety and annoyance inseparably connected with individual travel. For the season of '97 and '9S it has arranged for the following tours : California. Four tours, leaving New York, Philadelphia, and Pitts burg January 8, January 27, February 16, and March 19. With the excep tion of the first party going and the lost returning, ,all of these parties will travel by the "Golden Gate Special" between New York and California, stopping at interesting points cn route. J' lor ida. Four tours to Jackson ville will leave . New York and Phila delphia January 25, February 8 and 22, and March 8. The first three admit of a sojourn of two weeks in the "Flowery State." Tickets for the fourth tour will be good to return by regular trains until May 31, 1S9S. Tickets for the above tours will be sold from all principal stations on the Pennsylvania Railroad. For detailed itineraries, giving rates and full information, address Thos. E. Watt, Passenger Agent Western District, Pittsburg, Pa. ; E. S. Har rar, Division Ticket Agent, Williams port, Pa. ; or Geo. W. Boyd, Assist ant General Passenger Agent, Phila delphia. 11-4-2L Starved Eatber than Boir. Mother Perished and Children Nearly Shared Hor Awful Fate. Povettystricken to the last degree, and too proud to beg, Mrs. Joseph Goshak, the wife of a Mt. Carmel miner, died Friday from starvation, after untold suffering. Hunger his long been known in the family. Fri day morning Goshak, though weak from want of food, left his wile in bed and went out to hunt for work. Ort his return at noon he found her life less body. Two of her children, who were in critical condition for lack of something to eat, were afterward fed by neighbors. Some time ago Goshak sent to Austria for his family. He had a few hundred dollais, and upon their arrival his wife became ill. Then he grew sick, and their savings were finally exhausted. The family kept their poverty a secret. There is a Class of People Who are injured by the UFe of coffie. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN O, made of pure grains, that takes the place ofcoffoe. The most delicate stomach receives it with out distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over as much. Chil Iren may drink it witn great benefi'. 15c and 25c per pack age. Try it. Ask for GRAIN O- 11 1 i-4tJ ,