2 OUR COAST SIGNALS. IMPOSSIBLE FOR A HOSTILE SHIP TO APPROACH UNOBSERVED. Over TITO Thousand Observers from REI Harbor to Galveston on Doty—Reports from Stations Received Dally—How ths System Works. Washing-tan, May 24.—After several weeks of work along the entire stretch of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, the navy department has completed the most comprehensive and efficient sys tem for observing the approach of a hostile fleet that has ever been put intG operation. A new bureau has been cre ated for this purpose, known as the Coast Signal Service, in charge of Cap tain Bartlett, who attends to this as well as the naval board of Information. The system has the serviced of 2,300 men stretched along the coast from Bar Harbor, Me., to Galveston. Tex. These are divided into thirty-four cen tral stations about .-ixty to one hundred miles apart. The stations are in turn connected by telegraph with the coast signal office of the navy department, and operators are on duty night and day keeping the navy department in constant telegraphic touch with the en tire stretch of Atlantic and Gulf coasts. , -! Secretary Long projected this plan a month ago, and $75,000 was set aside to establish the points of observation along the coast. After selecting the 31 central points from Maine to Texas, rush orders were given to build obser vation towers and towers tor the ob * y servers. The naval militia was drawn to man the different observation towers, and five militiamen, with the rank of naval quartermasters, are now on duty at each of these stations. The towers are completed and also the small houses for their living purposes. There are 233 of these militiamen now in service. Other Assistance. The next step was to have the light house service made an adjunct to this coast observation. This was done through the co-operation of the treas ury department, and the lighthouse force of 1,200 men, scattered from Maine and Texas, is assisting the work of observation. The life saving service was brought into similar co-operation, so that 1,060 life savers are added to the observation force. The thirty-four central stations, with the numerous lighthouses and life saving stations, make a complete chain of observation points, all connected by telegraph or telephone with one another and with the navy department. By arrangement with the telegraph companies the reports from these ob servers take precedence over the pri vate telegraphic business, so that tho navy department is enabled to get im mediate telegraphic notice of the ap proach of any hostile fleet or suspic ious ship. Work Thoroughly Sye'emallzed. The work of observation has been tiioroughiy systematized. Watches are kept in the towers throughout the day and night. The life saving crews in particular are assigned to night duty, and they patrol the beach throughout the night, on the outlook for approach ing ships. All 'the central points and the observers ha\e been supplied with telescopes and full appliances for ma rine observation. They are also sup plied with torches, rockets and other paraphernalia for signaling. The results already secured have shown tile efficiency of the plans adop ted. Naval vessels pausing along the coast are able to signal day or night by torches and otherwise with the na val observers along the beach and these signals are immediately telegraphed to the navy department here. Thus the naval vessels can be kept in constant communication with the department without the necessity of coming into port. With the system in Ms present per fected condition the navy department i feels assured that it knows exactly the condition of affairs along the entire stretch of Atlantic and Gulf coast The system is simply a precautionary one, as the department has had no tea son to believe that Spanish ships were menacing points along the const. It is further believed that Spain is endeavoring to transfer Important in | terests in the Philippines in a way to bring foreign Influences to bear for the purpose of restraining the operations ot this government. Altogether the Philippines are now regarded us tile key to the situation, their possession in volving- great interests and possibly most important events in the future. It is said that there is not the least doubt or hesltaii n on the part of the administration with rcspeot to the pol icy to be pursued and that possession is to be taken of the entire group of is lands. Martial Honor* for Soldiers Dead. Tampa, Flu., May 25,-There was a military funeral under the pines of lakeland yesterday, when the body of Weslie S. Brass, Company I, Second Massachusetts, who died of pneumonia, WUR sent North. His company was de tailed to escort the body to the train, but every other company in the regi ment volunteered to march behind it also, and all the citizens In Lakeland lined the sandy streets and stood with heads uncovered as tt passed. Spain's N-w Foreign Minister. Madrid, May 25.—Duke Almodovar rie Rio has accepted the portfolio of minis ter for foreign affairs, offered to but declined by Senor Leon y Castillo, the Spanish ambassador at Paris. The duke said that he did not desire the office, but that he accepted it on patriotic grounds. Irlslimrn Against An Alliance-. Chicago, Mav 25.—The United Irish . ■ Societies of Chicago, at a big mass meeting in Central Music Hall, presided over by John M. Smyth, a prominent merchant, adopted resolutions emphati cally condemning the suggested alli ance between the United States and Great Britain. The Oneida Going Key West. Philadelphia, Mav 25.—The dispatch boat Oneida, which came into the Dela ware Breakwater for coal, sailed yes 1' terdny morning after having her bun kers filled. It is said that the Oneida is on her way to Key West. The aux iliary cruiser Yankee is still at the breakwater. MINNIE HAUCK'SDEBUT. llie I'ilinn Donna Henilla Her First Ven tnre on the Stage. Minnie Hauck, the famous prima ilonna, haß written the following In teresting account of her first appear ance on tho stage. She Is now living a retired life In Germany, for her days of vocal triumph are over, dVld sho looks hack with special pride to the first faltering steps In her long and successful career. She writea: "I was just about six years old when I made my first appearance on the stage. This was in Kansas City, where I was then living with my mother in one of the peculiar hotels of that time. To-day Kansas City is a town of 200,000 inhabitants. In those days it was a village, with many of the characteristics of a backwoods town. In the hotel at which we were stopping, all the theatrical companies were wont to come and it was an oc casion of intense pleasure for me to sit at the long dining table and listen to the conversation of the actor folk of that time. "So when I was about six years old there came to Kansas City a company of actors who had arranged to give a performance of a popular play called "The Golden Farmer." In this play there was a part for a child of six. It was rather long and full of sentiment. It so happened that while we were sit ting at the table the director turned to my mother and told her that the play would probably not be produced that night as the little girl cast for the child's part had been taken 111. I can't toll what prompted me to speak but I begged the director to let me act as a substitute. He told me It was Im possible as It had taken weeks to train the other child and he felt certain that I could not learn the words In the few hours left before the curtain went up. I begged so piteously that he finally consented to let me make a trial of it. "For two hours I went through the part in the hotel parlor and when the curtain finally went up on the play and the cue came for me to go on, all nervousness left me and I afcted the part with the feeling of an adept. "I was called before the curtain four times and made a tremendous hit. Tho director begged my mother to let mo travel with the company, but she re fused, and that night I remember when I went to bed I put my arms around her neck and whispered 'I will go on the stage, mother, and become a great actress.' Since then I have appeared many times before the public In all the great capitals of the world, but i can never forget the hapyinesß that followed upon the heels of that first triumph." j _ Jotfglnv Hl* Memory, One day a little girl accompanied her mother on a shopping expedition. At one of the shops they were about to visit the proprietor was in tho habit of presenting the child with a doll. As they approached the shop the little one- appeared to be very t uneasy. "Mamma," said she, "suppose Mr. Brown forgets my doll." "Oh, he won't forget," said the lady, reassuringly. "But If he does," persisted the child. "Well, then," said mamma, "we must jog his memory." They entered the shop, and the lady was soon deeply engrossed in her bar gain-huutlug business. After this was completed to her satisfaction she turn ed to go, whereupon the little one clambered on to a chair and tapped the proprietor rather smartly on the head with her tiny parasol. "What ever arc you doing, you naughty girl?" exclaimed the mother. "I'm jogging his 'remember'," said the child. Don't Wear Night Dreaace. A New Yorker who visited Canada some time ago made a trip through one of the North-Wc Jtern Territories and spent a time as the guest of a rancher. "I fixed him up as well as I could," the rancher relates, "but he complain ed that he did not like sleeping with his clothes on. So after the first night I stretched a cowskin across the shack, and told him he might undress if he liked. He took off most of his gar ments and put on a long white night dress. In the morning my foreman came In while the gentleman was still sleeping. Observing the white night dress, he said, in a whisper: " 'Rather sudden—eh?' " 'What?' I asked. " 'The death of the old man.' " 'He's not dead—he's asleep,' I ex plained. " 'Then what's he wearin" them b'iled clothes for?' was tho reply. 'Never saw a chap laid out in b'iled clothes afore, 'cept he were dead.'" The Kind of Wife to Have. A man who had been Indulging too heavily since the New Year was In duced to sign the pledge. "You must let me have It." said the wife. "I will keep it for you." So the pledge was handed over to ths wife's custody. The next day the man was drinking again as freely as before. "How is this?" asked a friend. "You signed the pledge yesterday, and.,now you are drinking again." it is all right," replied tho pledge signer In unsteady tones. "I don't have to keep that pledge. My wife says she will keep it for me. That's the kind of wife to have, old fellow. Let's have a drink!" Bigson—"l once possessed a splendid dog, who could always distinguish be tween a vagabond and a respectable person." Jlgsou—"Well, what's become ol him?" Bigson—"Oh, I was obliged to give h:m away. He bit ma!" COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURC. P- A . EDWARD BELLAMY PASSES AWAY. The Autlier of "Looking Backward" IMeit After u Lingering Illness. Spripgfleld, Mass., May 23.—Edward Bellamy, author of "Looking Back ward," '•Equality," etc., died at his home In Chlcopee Falls Sunday morn- Ins. Mr. Bellamy had been 111 with pulmo nary trouble for a long time. His la bors on his book "Equality," undermin ed his health. When his illness assum ed a very serious phase last fall. Mr. Bellamy went to Denver, Col., to live with his brother, Frederick P. Bella my, thinking the Colorado climate would prove beneficial. When he saw that his death was but the question of ; a few weeks, he returned to Chicopee j Falls, his old home. It Is rare indeed that a man's name ! becomes a household word and remains | so for ten years, on the reputation of ; one book. "Looking Backward" was I the popular success of the year in which it was published. 'BB7, and there EDWARD BELLAMY. has been a steady demand for It ever since. The book has had an enormous sale, so great that It has been estimated that the copies sold would make a ring around the earth, placed side by side. Mr. Bellamy never traded on his sud den popularity. He did not bring out a slipshod book In six months and sell it on the strength of the first success. Ke wrote nothing for ten years and then he produced "Equality," a sequel and continuation of "Looking Back ward." Mr. Bellamy was born in 1850 at Chic opee Falls, Mass., which has always been his home. The village Is now ab sorbed into the city of Chlcopee. He lived In his old home, which was long the home of his father before him. a plain, comfortable house. His father was a Baptist clergyman, very highly thought of in the town. Mr. Bellamy entered Union College, in Schenectady, but did not graduate. He spent a year in Germany and then stud led law, but never practiced. Instead he became a newspaper man. afterward a literateur. He was a member of the staffs of the New York Evening Post, ' the Springfield Union and other pa pers. His earliest works were "Doctor Hei denhof's Process," "Miss Ludington's Sister," and many short stories in lead ing magazines. These works all possessed distinct lit erary value, especially the short sto ries, many of which were exquisite, but all have been overshadowed and forgot ten in the success of "Looking Back ward." Mr. Bellamy was one of the most modest and retiring of men. After his first pher.pmenal success a thousand op portunities for notoriety were afforded him. Offers for lecture engagements, requests for magazine articles on his own subjects and at his own terms, in ducements to send his old stories afloat upon the full sea of public favor—all were declined. He used everything in an effort to benefit the struggling masses and died as poor as he was before he achieved his great success. Much of his money was expended In an effort to make a practical demonstration or his socialis tic ideas, by means of a colony which he founded. GOVERNMENT WANTS TRANSPORTS. Will Not Submit to Extortion and Will KxorcUe Sovereign Power. Washington, May 23.—As to the Phil ippines, the acute Btage has been reach ed. The government, will, if necessary, Immediately impress into service ves sels under American registry. The government of the United States is determined, peacefully if it can, for cibly, If it must, to put United States troops aboard boats at San Francisco and to land these troops at Manila. Assistant Secretary of War Meikle john, consenting ito the use of his name, said that the government had every disposition to be reasonable and fair In its compensation for transporta tion of troops to the Philippines, but one thing might as well be distinctly .understood—that these troops had to be taken across the Pacific and put at the service of General Merritt. "We paid the City of I'ekin $30,000," said the assistant secretary, "and we have not been unwilling to pay other boats at the rate of SI,OOO per day. We think that is fair, but we arc- not willing to be duped. "We fully realize the gravity of the situation, and we have been doing the best we could; honce I authorize you to say that after reasonable advances by the government shall have been exhausted we propose to impress such beats as we may need." HAWAIIAfi ANNEXATION. rh Resolution, It Ik Said. Will Come Be fore the Hou;>. Washington, May 25.—Speaker Reed has about given up his fight against Hawaii, and announces that he will al low the annexation resolution to come before the House before the week ends. At a conference yesterday Congressman Tawney of Minnesota showed him a canvass of the House showing very few meihbers who would confess that 'they were opposed to annexation. The argument seems to have had its effect ppon the speaker, and it is now expected that the House will pass the resolution before the first of June, and that it will go to the Senate at once. To Fortify Gibraltar Bay. Gibraltar, May 24.—1t is stated that Ihe Spanish government purposes for- I tlf>ng the ports of Gibraltar bay be tona-lnar to Snaln. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS* WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS 'OUR BIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD "CASTORIA," AND "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADEMARK. I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of "CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does now bear on every the fac-simile signature of wrapper. This is the original "CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought on the and has the signature of wrap per. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company, of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. ,z>. Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in gredients of which even he does not know. "The Kind You Have Always Bought" BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. THK CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STRKKT, NEW YORK CITY. "East, west, home is best," if kept clean with SAPOLIO STOVE NAPTHA, the Cheapest and Best Fuel on the market. With it you can run a Vapor Stove for one-hall cent per hour. Give us a call and be convinced. W. O. Holmes, Bloomsburg, Pa. Eshleman & Wolf, " L. E. Wharey, W. F. Hartman, " School Children to Take Part- A national movement has been in augurated by which it is expected to replace the Maine with a new vessel- It originated in Cincinnati by a boy named W. R. Good, who conceived the idea of having the school children ot the nation raise a fund sufficient to build a new vessel, which it is propos ed to call the "American Boy." The movement claims to have the hearty approval of leading naval authorities. Impure Blood in Spriiig- This is the almost universal experi ence. Diminished perspiration during winter, rich foods and close confine ment indoors are some of the causes. A good Spring Medicine, like Hood's Sarsaparilla, is absolutely necessary to purify the blood and put the system in a healthy condition at this season. Hood's Pills are the best family cathartic and liver tonic. Gentle, reliable, sure. So brightly blazes martial ardor at Thorndike, Me., that the local corres pondent of the Belfast Age is unable to hold to his theme of spring, but breaks forth: "We not only hear the sweet warbling of birds to remind us that spring has come, but that terrible scream of the American eagle, warn ing us that an insolent foe has not only dared to pollute the fair valley of freedom with his vile and barbarous tread, beneath whose poisonous foot steps the young plants of liberty are sure to wither and die, but has drawn largely from Uncle Sam's stores, poll uted his flag and unwontly spilled American blood. These Spanish savages, reptiles in the path of pro gressive democracy, must be whipped into civilization; they have no right to the blessings of barbarism, at least on this side of the Atlantic." The Canary Islands belonging to Spain, which will undoubtedly be for feited to Uncle Sam, consist ol 7 islaqds, embracing an area of 3,256 sq. m. TenerifFe is the most import ant of the group, where the Spanish governor resides. This Island is cele brate for the Peak of Teyde, or Ten erifFe 11,400 ft. above the level of the sea. The climate is hot, but health ful. They were taken from the French in 1400. Population 239.598. This Will Interest Pensioners. A case has just been decided in the supreme court by Judge Dwight which will be of interest to pensioners. It appears that Mrs. Ann Costello, of Marengo, the widow of a pensioner of the late war, was indebted to Luther A. Smith, of that place in the sum of S2OO. Mr. Smith succeeded in getting his claim into an execution, and last summer attempted to sell Mrs. Costello's home to satisfy the execution. Mrs. Costello brought suit against Smith and the sheriff of Wayne county, through her attorney, De L. Stow, of Clyde, to restrain them selling the property. The case was tried before Judge Dwight at Lyons in January last. The court has just granted an injunction forever restrain ing the sale of the property. Sign No Papers With Strangers. Several new swindles are being worked on the fanners this year, but all of them end with a request for the intended victim's signature on a paper for some reason or other. It is al ways a safe rule to refuse to sign your name to any document submitted to you by a stranger. "Short, Sharp aad Decisive-'' Chairman Dingley's estimate that the war will cost our government $2,000,000 a day is, of course, mere ly an instance of rough figuring, yet it sets forth a very good reason in itself, if there were none better, for making the campaign short, shary and deci sive.—Philadelphia Record. The pet name in Spain for the in habitants of the United States is "American swine." There is no language so rich in abusive epithets as Spanish, and at present it is taxed to its utmost limits to convey the feel ings toward us of those who speak the tongue on its native soil in all its juicy glory. It doesn't give the farmer By the seashore any ease To think the Spanish ships may come And help him shell his peas. OABTOHIA. 7 Biuith* Kind You Haw Always Bouglk Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and CRAYONS at McKillip Bros., Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. TID BITS FOR MA' HONEY! and tender tittle juicelets for the chil dren, are all right, but papa and , 'the boys" want a good, big, juicy steak, roast or chop when business or school duties are over, and we can cater to them all. Our stock of prime meatsfc unexcelled for quality, and we send them home in fine shape. J. K. KEIFCR. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. COBBICTID WIBILY. BITAIL FBICBg. Butter per lb $ i2Q Eggs per dozen >I2 Lard per lb 0 j Hanr per pound >lO Pork, whole, per pound ,06 Beef, quarter, per pound.... 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