2 FIGHT IN SANTIAGO DESTRUCTIVE BOMBARDMENT BV GUNS ON LAND AND SEA. Attack on the City Reopened at IJaybreal —Randolph'! Butteries on Land Bfpii Firing—War Vessels Off Shore Shallot [( the City With Precision. Slboney, July 13.—The investment of Santiago Is progressing, and the capt ure of the city in a short time is inevi table. The American and Cuban lines are now surrounding the entire city making the arrival of Spanish rein forcements impossible. The idea of carrying the cttv by as sault has been given up, and the plan now is to harrass the Spaniards with a c-ontlnual fire from the American bat teries. carefully aimed, the riflemen at the same time shooting only at such particular marks as may be presented by exposed Spaniards. No general en gagement is expected, as an assault upon the enemy's works would be too costly to the lives of our troops. The Spaniards show a desire to re main in the entrenchments and act up on the defensive only. Our sharpshoot ers along the trail are gradually pick ing off the Spanish sharpshooters hid den in trees. The bombardment on Monday began at <5 o'clock in the morning. General Randolph's field battery, stationed on the ridge surrounding the town to the east, opened the fire. General Ran dolph's gunners obeyed to the 'etter General Pliafter's orders to fire only at a mark, and the shooting was slow but very effective. The damage to property In the city as the result of the bambnrdmeut is enormous. The loss of life In the town, however, 1s unknown, but probably few Spanish soldiers were hurt. The reply of the Spaniards to 'he Are of the Americans practically am ounted to nothing. In the morc.ing four shots were fired by them, hut none was effective. In the meantime the Brooklyn and the New York lay "ff Aguadnres. They were in communication with Genera' Shatter by means of wigwag signals to the signal corps men on shore, and thence by telephone to headquarters. The New York llred three shots to And the range, waiting after each shot for a report from the shore as to the effect. At half past nine o'clock the New York got the range and there were wildly enthusiastic cheers on board when thn fact was signalled from the shore. The Brooklyn steamed up and began a slow file. Later the Indiana began firing rapidly, frequently double shots. All of the ships used eight-inch guns. The range was 5,500 yards. Tne shots passed over the ridge and their point of striking or the effect of their ex plosion could not be seen from the sea. The signal corps on the ridge reported that 101 of the 100 shots fired wore ef fective. The !a,st shots struck in the vicinity of the Cathedral, well Into the city. Admiral Sampson was notified at 12.45 o'clock by General Shatter that a flag of truce had been raised, and it was supposed that it had been hoisted l>v the Spaniards. Commodore Schley left the Brooklyn and went to Silioney. From there he telegraphed to General 'Shatter ami learned (that It was Shat ter himself who had called the truce, having sent Major Nobis of bis staff under a flag of truce as the bearer of a sealed note to the Spanish comman der demanding, surrender. MANY PRIZES CAPTURED. i Tin Wary Re'ehes Key West In Charge of c Prite Crew. Key West, F la.. July 13.—The prize Wary, with a cargo of provisions, cap tured by the St. Louis ten miles off Santa Cruz, has been brought in here by a prize crew. Ensign Albrecht, Mid shipman Davy and Sergeant Feeny, from the St. Louis. The sloop Nichol son has been captured by the Hist off Manzanlllo. She has not been brought fn yet. The schooner Three Bells and several others have been captured between Manzanillo and Jamaica with suppilPS for Manzanllio while trying to run the blockade. Most of them fly the Eng lish flag. Many Spaniards at Jamaica are buying ail kinds of supplies to spud to Cuba at risk of a great loss. The prizes are expected to arrive here at any time. Secre'arr Alger's -ot Ciimin-ndad. Washington, July 13—Frederick Al ger, sjn of the secretary of war, and a captain in the adjutant general's de partment. has been distinguishing him self before Santiago and has earned . * the Warm commendation of his supe rior couched in such terms as to make it apparent that it was not called for by of his relationship to Seeretary Alger. The official reports show that young Alger, fn his zeal to got to the front seized a_ rifle and Joined the First Infantry in" order to get ashore with the first body of troops. Since that time, attached to General Duffield's brigade, he has rendered most Important service. *' De-cat, d Chinese Troops. Canton. July 13.--The rebels have now captured nine towns and have defeated the Imperial*troops west of Woo Chow. riacards have been posted at Woo Chow, declaring war against the offi cials and warning the Inhabitants to depart before the rebels attack the town. The authorities here have purchased 3.000 rifles and are negotiating for a number of machine guns. Wounded M-n on the Solars. | Washington. P. C., July 13.—Word has been received from the naval hos pital ship Solace that she has aboard about forty naval wounded and a num ber of Spanish wounded. The remain ing accommodations will be gLven to the wounded from the army. It is expected she will arrive fn the next few dayß. Falling Urldgr Kills Two. ri Boston, Mass., July 13.—8y the giv ing way of a number of piles on the new bridge which Is being built be tween the Charles River bridge and the Warren bridge here two men were kil led yesterday and several severely in jured. ... PORTO RICO COMES NEXT. Believed That the Expedition to That In land Will I,cnv In Ten Pay*. Washington, D. C., July 13.—1t Is pre dicted at the war department that the Porto Rican expedition will be off In side of ten days. Already troops are being gathered on the sea coast preliminary to the dis patch of transports bound for San Juan. Two light batteries, consisting of Troops C and M of the Seventh United States artillery left Fort Myer Mon day night for Tampa under orders to proceed to San Juan with the flrst transports that leave. General Ernst's brigade, composed of the Third Illinois, Fourth Pennsylva nia and Fourth Ohio, which was origi nally slated for Santiago, Is to go to Porto Rico and as soon as the neces sary ships can be provided for those troops and the two batteries of artil lery, ihey will sail for Tampa. The department intends to withdraw from Santiago after the fall of that city, practically all the white triiops now there. The place Is to be garrison ed by colored troops and by the regi ments of lmmunes now being recruited In Louisiana and other southern states. General Wyman of the Marine Hos pital service has reported to the war department that the city of Santlag) Is a perfect hot bed of yellow fever In midsummer and that It will be unsafe for any but immunes to remain In the place. The department Is now arranging to send immune nurses to Santiago to ac company the troops that are to sup plant the white soldiers now at that place. Several surgeons have been de tailed to go to New Orleans and enlist immune nurses. LA BOURGOGNE INQUIRY. Government Inve-tlgn'lon at nulifax Copt. Ifenderaon Testifies, Halifax, N. S., July 13.—The govern ment inquiry into the cause of the loss of the steamship Bourgogne and the damage to the ship Cromartyshire com menced yesterday. The Investigation is likely to be prolonged, a. ail parties have retained eminent local counsel to represent them. The inquiry is most Important, as actions for damages or actions for manslaughter may be foun ded upon the conclusion reached. Captain Henderson, master of the Cromartyshire, was first called. As near as he could remember It was five o'clock when, while in the chart room, he heard a steamer's fog whistle. The captain asked the chief officer if ha heard it, and he replied "No." fn a minute or so it was heard again. All on deck heard the whistle at this time. The direction of the sound of the stea mer's whistle could not be located un til the last blast Just before the col lision. The approaching ship's wh's'lo sounded on the port bow. He could do nothing. The steamer struck the 'n stant after he saw her bow. It was Just like a flash. Two ships' models were produced, showing the point of con- ' tact. The ship's log, which has already been published, was then read by the court. The court then adjourned until this morning. , DIVISION OF PRIZE MONEY. Admlrnt Sampson Will Get 8110,000 foi the Destruction! of Pervera's Fleet. Washington, July 13.—0n the basis of a calculation made on reports al ready received as to the work of the various* vessels of Sampson's fleet in the capture and destruction of Cerve ra's ships, it is unofficially estimated that Admiral Sampson will receive $lO,- 000 In prize money, Commodore Schley $4,000 and the captains of the ships en gaged In the fight each $2,500. The amount that will go to the sail ors cannot yet be even approximately estimated, but will possibly be as low as $25 to each man. It will probably be necessary for Congress to appropri ate the money. The navy department has already be gun the work of making up the esti mates of Dewey's prize captures at Manila. EXPLOSION KILLS FIFTEEN MEN. Pompton I.nkc Powder Mill Blown Up With Pea-rut Results. Dover, N. J.. July 13.—A most dis astrous explosion occurred in the' Pompton Lake powder mill yesterday. Fifteen men were killed and about a score wounded. Some of the members of the Third New Jersey volunteers, who acted as guard around the works, Hre among those killed. At least a doz en of the guards are among the woun ded. The identification of the dead has not yet been made. The wounded were removed to the Paterson city hospital on a special train over the Delaware and Lackawanna road. It was 11 o'clock when the explosion occurred. The frame buildings were shattered by the force and the report I was heard for miles. Kpwetth League Ponvntlefi. Saratoga Springs, July 13.—The sev enth annual convention of the Second General Conference district of the Kp worth League of the Methodist Epis copal church will bring together here on Thursday from fifteen hundred to two thousand delegates. The district embraces New York and portions of New Jersey. Delaware and Pennsylva nia. An interesting programme has been arranged for July 14 to 17, In-, elusive. Yank re Pn'a o H-a. New York, July 13.—The cruiser Yan kee. which has been lying off Tornp klusville since last Wednesday, put to sea at 4 o'clock yoeterday afternoon. She Is manned ohiefly by the New York naval reserves and ha been assigned to Commodore Watson's squadron. It Vs probable that the Yankee will stop at Norfolk. Va., aa she has on board several cases of ammunition for the navy yard there. Mrs. Place at Sing Sing. Sing. Slrig, N. Y„ July 13.--Mrs. Mar- i tha Plaee, the Brooklyn murderess, ar-i rived here yesterday and was taken In a cab from the station to the prison. She was placed in the ceH occupied by Maria Barbella, who mnrdered an Ital ian la New York two years ago. THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF PENNSYLVANIA, DIVISION OF ZOOLOGY. HARRISURG, PA., July 7th, 1898. (OCT THIS OCT AND SAVE IT.] SPRAYING AND HOW TO SPRAY. Insects do much more damage now than fifty years ago. This is due to several causes. Many forms belong ing to Europe have found their way to this country, and, like the English Sparrow, have become very abundant. Many are more injurious here than in their native lands, as other insects, which attack and kill them there, have not been able to reach this coun try or have been unable to live here. Then, too, farming to-day is much more in the line of special crops than it used to be. Instead of a few fruit trees on a farm, we may have a thou sand ; instead of a potato patch, we have many acres. In the New Eng land town r,000,000 quarts of straw berries were raised in a single year. One wheatfield, in California, covered 36,000 acres. . These examples show that instead of flying miles to find food as in years past, tood is plenty and nearby, and if we add to this the great destruction of birds, the farmers' friends, for their feathers, we find that the great in crease in abundance of injurious in sects during the last quarter of a century is fully accounted for. The time has come when everyone who raises crops of any kind, must be prepared to fight these insects and protect himseli from loss as far as possible. To do this something must be known of the insects themselves, as different insects must be treated differently. Some feed by eating the leaves ; others bore into the wood, and others suck the juices of plants. For those that eat the leaves, Paris green or London purple, either dry or mixed with water, is usually the best, though in each case care must be taken that the poison be not so strong as to hurt the plant it is put on, as well as the insects. Borers usually only lay their eggs on the bark of the tree and the young borer eats into the wood. Here no poison can reach it and the only thing to do is to cover the bark with some substance, so that the insect will not lay its eggs there. For sucking insects no poison to be eaten will do any good, as they only suck the juices, and the use of some thing, which can be sprayed over the tree, which is strong enough to kill every insect it touches, is the only treatment left. The following directions for treat ment by these methods are given both in parts and for a barrel of fifty gallons. FOR INSECTS EATING LEAVES. PARIS GREEN, DRY. Paris green (very finely powdered), ift Flour or plaster, 100 lbs. Mix thoroughly, put on thinly and evenly ; best when dew is on the plants. PARIS GREEN, WET. Parts, Per bbl. Paris green 1 lb. ift Quick-lime 1 lb. J ft. Water 200 gals. 50 gals. This is too strong for the peach where oz. each of Paris green and quick-lime should be used instead of i lb. Keep the mixture well stirred while using. To make it, mix the Paris green and the lime and add enough of the water to slake the lime, stirring while hot, then add the rest of the water. Good Paris green gives far better results than the cheaper grades. LONDON PURPLE. This can be used instead of Pans green in the directions above, but is more liable to burn the leaves. FOR BORERS. Borers, which like the apple tree borer and peach borer, usually lay their eggs near the ground, may be prevented from doing this by placing wire mosquito netting around the base of the tree, like a cone, sinking the lower end in the dirt and fitting the upper end close to the trunk about fifteen inches from the ground. Whitewashing the trunk down to about three inches telow the ground, with one tablespoonful of Paris green to every pail of whitewash is also a good preventive, though not always successful. FOR SUCKING INSECTS. PLANT LICE, SCALE INSECTS, ETC. As these insects to be killed must be actually touched by the poison it is much harder to successfully destroy them. Plant lice are soft bodied and the weaken mixtures are strong enough for them. Scale insects, however, are usually covered by a hard shell, and poisons strong enough to reach them through this shell, will frequent ly injure or kill the plant, unless used in winter. \ KEROSENE EMULSION. Parts. Per bbl. , Hard soap (shaved fine) J lb. 1 lb. Water 1 gal. 2 gals. Kerosene 2 gals. 3J gals. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR BIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD "CASTQRIA," 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 fae- 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 //fr 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. March 24, 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" Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. You will realize that "they live well who live cleanly," if you use STOVE NAPTHA, the Cheapest and Best Fuel on the market. With it you can run a Vapor Stove for one-hall cent per hoyr. Give us a call and be convinced. W. O. Holmes, Bloomsburg, Pa. Eshleman & Wolf, " L. E. Wharey, ' " W. F. Hartman, Dissolve the soap in the water, which should be boiling, and while it is very hot pour the suds into the kerosene ; then churn it with a spray pump till it changes to a creamy mass, and then to a. soft, butter-like sub stance. This should keep for some time. When it is wished to use it, add one part of it to nine times as much water, mix well, and spray the plants. The water should be soft water, or else have some soda added to it. This will kill plant lice and many scale insects as well as other sucking insects. WHALE OIL SOAP. Parts. Per bbl. Whale oil soap.... 2 lbs. _ 80 lbs. Water 1 gal. 40 gals. This is much stronger than kero sene emulsion and should only be used during winter, when the trees are not growing. It can be used tor insects which cannot be killed by kerosene emulsion. SPRAYING MACHINES. A good spray pump should be own ed by every farmer as it is not expen sive and will pay for its cost many times over. Most hardware dealers either keep them or will get them. A good nozzle such as the Vermorel, McGowan or Nixon, should be used and an attachment for keeping, the mixture well stirred, in the barrel, is made to go with most pumps. Straining the mixture used, into the barrel, through a fine wire strainer, will prove an advantage. The above are general methods of treatment, and while sufficient in many cases, will not do for all. In case of doubt as to what to do for any pest, the Economic Zoologist, Department of Agriculture, Harris burg, Pa., should be consulted. H. T. FERNALD, Economic Zoologist. Schedule of Trains to Eaglesmere. Train on P. & R. leaving Blooms burg at 7.30 a. m. connects at Halls at 10.23, reaching Eaglesmere at 12.20 p. m. Train leaving Bloomsburg at 3.40 p. m. connects at Halls at 5.25 p. m., reaching Eaglesmere at 7.15 p. m. * tf Will Go to Porto Eico. The Camp Alger correspondent of the Williamsport Sun says : "The Twelfth regiment, as has been previously stated, will go to Porto Rico, and not to Santiago. The time of departure has been delayed some what, but they will depart as soon as the entire Third Brigade has been fully equipped. Each day we are receiving new equipment. The latest being hatchets, axes, shovels and webb belts." Thousands Celebrate With thankfulness their restoration to health by the use of Hood's Sarsa parilla. Think of the vast army who have been cured by this medicine— Men. women and children, who have suffered the consequences of impure blood, who have been the victims of scrofula iores, eruptions, dyspepsia, nervousness, sleeplessness. They have tried other medicines and have failed to obtain relief. They tried Hood's Sarsaparilla and it did them good. They persevered in its use and it accomplished permanent cures. Do you wonder that they praise it and recommend it to you ? , During the ninety-six years of the nineteenth century which had passed up to the Ist of January, 1897, the United States has had 11 years of war and 85 years of peace, counting the affair witti Tripoli as a year of war and not considering our Indian trou bles. This is a very peaceful record, compared with most of the countries of Europe, Turkey standing at the head of the fighting list with 37 years of war and 59 of peace ; Spain comes next, with 31 years of war and 69 of peace ; Russia, 24 years of war and 72 of peace; Italy, 23 years of war and 73 of peace ; England, 21 years of war and 75 of peace; Austria- Hungary, 17 and 79 ; Germany (ex clusive of Prussia,) 13 and 83; Swed en, 10 and 86; Portugal, 12 and 84, and Denmark, 9 and 87. oaibtohza. Bun tb Kind You Haw Always Bought, 1 Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and . CRAYONS at R. B. GROTZ, Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. *— -m*_ MDWMH. , coPVßio^nu*?, TID-BITS FOR MA* HONEY! and tender little juicelets for the chil dren, arc 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 meats is unexcelled for quality, and w send them home in fine shape. J. E. KF.IFER. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS.fflfgjj CORRECTED WEBELT. RETAIL PRICES. Butter per lb $ ,16 Eggs per dozen ,14 Lard per lb .10 Ham per pound .10 Pork, whole, per pound .06 Beef, quarter, per pound,... .07 Wheat per bushel 1.00 Oats " " 35 Rye " " .50 Wheat flour per bbl 6.00 Hay per ton 9to sro • Potatoes per bu5he1,......... 1.00 Turnips " " .25 Onions M " 100 Sweet potatoes per peck .35 Tallow per lb .05 Shoulder " " .. .09 Side meat"" .08 Vinegar, per qt / ,05 Dried apples per lb .05 Dried cherries, pitted .12 Raspberries .12 Cow Hides per lb .3 J Steer " " " .. .05 Calf Skin .80 Sheep pelts .75 Shelled corn per bus .60 Corn meal, cwt 1.25 Bran, " 1,00 Chop " 1.00 Middlings " 100 Chickens per lb new .12 " " " old .10 Turkeys " " nl Geese " " ,14 Ducks " " .08 COAL.] No. 6, delivered 2.60 " 4 and s " 3.85 " 6 at yard 2.35 " 4 and s at yard. 3.60 Ths Leading Conssmloq of AnwrlM^-^3 CARL FABLTRN, Director. Founded is 1888 tf pgp&s: * foil information. W. 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