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QUEBEC CONFERENCE.
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DELEGATES BEGIN THE SECOND
k WEEK OF THE CONVENTION.
Diltlitloni Expected ThU Week. Receu
Next Fridflf. It le Thought That
. No Conclusion* Will Bo Reached Thli
Week.
Quebec. Aug. 30.—After brief ad
journment the members of the Joint
commission to adjust the differences
between Canada and the United States
resumed their labors Monday. The
'United States commissioners met at
ten o'clock to consider some of the
many petitions and memorials receiv
ed from those sections and trade or
ganizations of the United States affect
ed by negotiations.
Many delegations are expected In
Quebec this week, among others one
from the Boston chamber of commerce
and another from western lumbermen.
The former will advocate modifications
of trade arrangements, the latter that
the duty on sawed lumber from Can
ada be maintained. The Ontario gov
ernment, which Imposed an export
duty on logs sent to the states In re
taliation for the United States duty
against the Importation of Canadian
lumber, will probably defend Its case
before the Canadian commissioners
during the week. The Nova Scotia
memorial to the Canadian commission
ers, asking Sir Louis Davles, minister
of marine and fisheries In Canada, to
offer the United States on behalf of
that maritime province free access to
Inshore fisheries and all the privileges
enjoyed by Canadian fishermen In re
turn for entrance to Porto Rico and
Cuban ports, under the customs tariff
Imposed on American imports, will also
be considered by the Rrltlsh represent
atives.
The Joint meetings of the commis
sioners were resumed yesterday after
noon to continue until next Friday,
when an adjournment will take place
until September 20. Sir Wilfrid Lau
rler and Mr Pope, who were attend
ing the funeral of the late I>r. I.au
rler at Athabaska, were expected back
in time for the prmler to be present.
Sir James Winter, premier of New
foundland, also returned to Quebec
from the west.
The Garrison club of Quebec will
give a reception to thte commissioners
and their families on Thursday, but
nearly all the festivities prepared for
the visiting delegates will be given on
their reassembling after September
20.
The civic ball, the unveiling of the
Champiain monument, and the gover
nor general's reception are on the pro
gramme for the returning commission
ers. Great preparations are under
way for the vice regal function In the
citadel, when ord and Lady Aberdeen
take up residence in the fortress quar
ters.
It Is understood that the proceedings
of the conference so far have consisted
of a preparation and comprehensive
review of the contentions of each side,
and that the two programmes will this
week be presented for comparison,
agreement and compromise. Conclu
sions may be reached on the minor dis
putes, but there is little likelihood of
the trades question, with its allied
lumber and building Interests, receiv
ing final treatment before the adjourn
ment. Sir James Winter Is pressing
for the settlement of the Atlantic fish
eries dispute at once, as the presence
of the imperial commission on the
French shore dispute will necessitate
his almost immediate return to New
foundland. Other topics, Including the
Behring Sea dispute, the Atlantic fish
eries, alien labor laws, and mining
rights, will probably be discussed this
week.
The Accident to the Mlxry Ninth,
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 30.—The to
tal death list from Sunday night's ac
cident on the Louisville and Nashville
railroad. In which a train bearing six
companies of the Sixty-ninth New
York regiment was wrecked, remains
at two, Private Potter Farley and
Quartermaster Sergeant Frank Glen
nan, both. o£ Company M. Sergeant J.
J. Manning of Company E. reported
yesterday morning as having died, is
suffering from a compound fracture of
the spine, and, though still alive, Is
expected to die.
None of the others la thought to be
seriously hurt, although about twenty
five privates are at the hospital suf
fering from bruises, shocks and other
minor injuries.
A number of the regiment left here
for Huntnville at four o'clock yester
day morning.
More Troops Mastered Out.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 30.—The fol
lowing troops have been ordered mus
tered out:
Ninth Massachusetts, from Montauk
to South Framlngton, Mass., where
they will be mustered out; Seventh Il
linois from Middletown to Springfield:
First Illinois from Montauk to Spring
field; Filth Illinois, Lexington to
Springfield; Sixty-fifth New York from
Camp Alger to Buffalo; Fifth Ohio in
fantry from Fernandlna, Fla., to Co
lumbus, Ohio; First Wisconsin from
Jacksonville to Camp Douglass, Wis.;
Third United States volunteer cavalry
(Griggsby's) at Chlckamauga; Fourth
Texas at Austin, Tex.
No More Yellow Fever Cases.
Washington, Aug. 31.—Dr. Wyman,
surgeon general of the Marine hos
pital service, has received encouraging
news regarding the yellow fever situa
tion from both Key West and Galves
ton.
At the former place no new cases
have developed In the last three or
four days and he is of the opinion that
no fever exists there now. There are
no new cases reported at Galveston and
the quarantine established against the
city has been raised, but It is contin
ued against Fort Point, where the
troops are quartered.
The geveuty-Flrsl Welcomed Home.
The Seventy-first regiment, with a
little over four hundred men In line,
reached the Battery Monday afternoon.
The regiment left Camp Wlkoff at 7.45
In the morning. They came through
Long Island City and were" taken to
Manhattan by boat. A tremendous
crowd were on hand to greet the sol
diers. The regiment had a triumphal
procession to its armory.
GOV. BLACK AT CAMP THOMAS
Governor Says llkirtvt of Suffering There
Are Grots Ex:tggai*tttioiis.
Chattanoga, Aug. 31.—Governor Black
ipemt the entire day yesterday to Camp
Thomas with the New Tork soldiers.
He would hot allow the officers to ac
company him through the camp, and
went alone, saying;
"If the men have anything to tell
let them tell It."
Into almost every company street of
every New York regiment the governor
went. He shook hands with the men,
chatted with them here and there, and
visited every hospital where soldiers
are confined.
Everywhere the governor was receiv
ed with manifestations of approval and
gladness. He camo to see and he cer
tainly saw. Nothing escaped his scru
tiny.
At night he returned to the city, after
messing with Colonel Green of the
regiment. At his room In the Read
house Governor Black gave out an In
terview for the press. He said:
"When I arrived here I was pre
pared for anything. I had been led to
believe that the camp was a hell on
•arth, and that death and destruction
lurked In the very atmosphere. These
statements are gross exaggerations and
misrepresentations of the conditions
as I found them.
"I can only speak of to-day and have
no knowledge of what has been.
"I came here to Inspect and criticise
and this Is my criticism:
"In all my life I never saw a better
conducted hospital than the Sternberg
hospital built by General Breckinridge.
It is admirable in obstruction and is
conducted with the utmost care and
system.
"The New York sick have not been
treated as well as they should have
been. They have had a harder time
than the sick of any other regiments.
MERRITT LEAVES MANfLA
Will Take Part In Peace Conference.
Manila. Aug. 30.—The United States
transport China left here to-day, hav
ing on board Major General Merritt
and his staff. The general Is bound for
Paris, where he will take part In the
Spanish-American peace conference.
General tis is acting governor of Ma
nila.
General Greene and General Babcock,
with their staffs, are bound for Wash
ington.
Opaclble, the insurgent leader, Is go
ing to Hong Kong in order to confer
with the insurgent Junta there. He
will receive Agulnaldo's final Instruc
tions by cable. Agonolllo, another of
the insurgent leaders Is going to Wash
ington. It is considered probable that
the Insurgent Junta of Hong Kong will
send a delegate to the Paris peace con
ference.
Aguinaldo remains at Bakoor. Hun
dreds of unarmed Insurgents visited
Manila yesterdny. Rear Admiral Dew
ey has declined to permit the coast
wise steamers to resume running, pen
ding a settlement of the Philippine
question.
General Rlos, the Spanish governor
of the Visayas Islands, Is reported to
have proclaimed himself governor gen
eral of the Spanish dominions in the
Philippine Islands, and to have invited
the adherents of Spain to rally at
110110.
The remains of E. H. Rawson-Walk
er, the former British consul here, who
died before the surrender of Manila to
the American forces, and which were
temporarily lodged In the Catholic ce
metery, were Interred to-day In the
Protestant burial place.
HOME FROM CHICK AM AUGA
M 8 Invalids of the Bth Rsgiment Arrive
Hers.
New Tork, Aug. 31. —Two hundred
and slxty-elght soldiers of the Eighth
New York volunteer regiment arrived
in this city at 3 o'clock yesterday over
the New York Central railroad from
Chlckamauga Park.
A crowd of fully two thousand per
sons, composed chiefly of anxious rela
tives and friends of the soldiers, many
of whom were known to be In a seri
ous condition, had gathered at the
Grand Central station to await the ar
rival of the train.
The hospital authorities In this city
had made ample provision for the ac
commodation of the Invalids upon their
arrival, and ambulances were on hand
at the station to receive them.
The train stopped at 138 th street and
let off thirty-one members of the regi
ment who came from Mount Vernon.
The others came direct to thlß city and
left the train at the Grand Central
station.
fttack Tit I It. of Camp Alger.
Washington, Aug. 30.—Before leav
ing Washington Governor Black said
regarding his Investigation of the New
York troops In camp here:
"This is real war. It is no pleasure
trip. Neither does It In the least re
semble a state camp for instruction.
The privations complained of by the
troops In camp I consider merely the
necessary privations of war. Under
stand that this applies only to Camp
Alger as far as I saw tt. If we are
able to come through the war without
further hardships to our men, then
the United States has cause for con
gratulation.
"I admit that the men have under
gone hardships. They may undergo
even worse ones In the future, though
that Is unlikely In the case of New
York men, for the state will probably
take care of them as soon as possible.
But the present condition of affairs
at Camp Alger, while hard, is in no
sense an Intolerable situation."
The President's Plant.
Cleveland, Aug. 31.—President Mc-
Klnley, has announced that he will
leave here for Canton on Thursday,
staying there two hours. He will then
proeeed directly to New York, re
maining there Just long enough to get
a train for Montauk Point.
Mrs. McKlnley will remain In New
York while the president Is at Mon
tauk Point.
Poor Million in Gold Dnst.
Chicago, Aug. 31.—Word has been re
ceived by the North American Trans
portation Company of the arrival at
Seattle of the 'Roanoke from the Yu
kon with four millions in gold dust
from the Klondike.
COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA.
QEN. GARCIA HAS RE&IONEB. 5
The Cuban Aonrnmiint Amomptm BrniH
h ofjHta Attitude Toverd Amerlre.
Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 30.—General
Lawton, the commander ot the Ameri
can troops In the province of Santiago,
received advices from most reliable
sources this morning that the Cuban
government had relieved Major Gen
eral Calixto Garcia from the command
of the Cuban troops In the eastern part
of the Island. It Is understood that he
will be succeeded by General Lacret.
General Lawton understands that
the release of General Garcia was due
to his sulky conduct toward the Amer
icans, caused by General Shatter's re
fusal to allow the Cuban troops to en
ter Santiago, which furnished a bad
example for the Cuban soldiers, a ma
jority of whom at this end ot the Island
are not pleased by the exclusive occu
pation of Santiago and Guantanamo
and the administration of the govern
ment by the Americans.
General Demetrlo Castillo, the Cuban
military governor of Santiago for two
years, has been advanced to the grade
of brigadier general.
General Lacret has gone to Santa
Crux, on the south coast of the Island
near Santiago, for the purpose of hold
ing a conference with Generals Castillo
and Pedro Perez, relative to a scheme
for the disposition or the armed Cu
bans In the province of Santiago.
General Lawton continues to receive
reports of lawless acts by armed bands
of Cubans upon planters.
AGUINALDO TO THE POWERS
He Asks for Recognition or the Philip
pine Republic.
Manila, Aug. 31.—Aguinaldo, the In
surgent leader, has issued a memorial
addressed to all the foreign powers re
citing the fact that the Filipinos have
formed a goversment under the con
stitution adapted on June 23.
He adds that the Filipino forces have
since carried on a campaign of liberty,
taken forty provinces, and have reduc
ed Manila. They have nine thousand
prisoners.
Peace and tranquility prevail In the
conquered provinces, and there is no
resistance to Agulnaldo's authority.
The campaign, the memorial says, was
conducted with due regard to the rules
of civilized warfare.
He asks for the recognition of the In
dependence of the Philippine republic,
or, falling In that, to grant the Fili
pinos belligerent rights. The United
States are not mentioned in the memo
rial.
General Merrltt and General Greene
sailed on the transport China for Hong
Kong to-day. General Merrltt will
leave Hong Kong on Saturday for
Paris. He takes Majors Hale and
Stromber and Captain Mott as his
aides.
General Greene will go direct to
Washington. General Babcock and
Major Sturgis have also sailed for the
United States with reports.
General Otis has assumed command
of the department of the Pacific an
the Eighth army ecrps.
Sickness In Porto Itlco.
Washington. Aug. 30. —Representa-
tive Wndsworth of New York, who has
Just returned from a trip to Porto Ri
co. visited the war department and
had a conference with Secretary Alger.
He said sickness among the troops In
Porto Rico was bebomlng as great as
at Santiago. Ten per cent, of the men,
he said, were suffering from typhoid
and malarial fevers. Tropical rains oc
curred almost dally and men were
forced to sleep on the damp ground, i
These reports of Increasing sickness
among the Porto Rico troops have
alarmed officials and General Miles
was yesterday cabled orders directing
him to embark for the, United States
with all possible dispatch all troops he
can spare. I
The New York cavalry will be sent
north without Its horses. Gen. Miles
Is Instructed to notify the department
the date of the departure of the troops
and the ships on which they sail. |
Four Mountain Climbers Killed.
Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 80.—Dr,
John Hopkinson, an English electrical
engineer .and his son and two daugh
ters have been killed while ascending
the Dents de Velalvl In the Canton ol
Valals, the mountains of which are
among the highest In Europe, and
which are exposed to furious torrents
and destructive avalanches. The par
ty had gone on their perilous trip with
out the assistance of a guide.
Dr. Hopkinson had intended start
ing for New York on September 28, the
trip to be made In connection with a
syndicate which he was forming foi
the purpose of developing his Inven
tions.
Amliasnmlor Hay's Return.
London. Aug. 30.—Colonel John Hay,
the retiring United States ambassa
dor t othe court of St. James, who has
accepted the portfolio of secretary ol
state In Washington, In succession to
Judge William R. Day, who has been
appointed one of the United States
peace commissioners, went to Osbornei
Isle of Wight, yesterday, In order to
dine and sleep there, and bid farewell
to Queen Vlcturia, who starts for Scot
land on Wednesday.
Colonel Hay's letter of recall has not
yet arrived here, and will probably be
presented by his successor. Mrs. Hay
was also invited to Osborne, but Is ab
sent on the continent. The royal yacht
met Colonel Hay at Portsmouth and
conveyed him to Cowes.
Over Thirty Person* Poisoned.
Hlllsboro, Mo.. Aug. 30.—Over thirty
persons were poisoned at a barbecue
given at Morse Hill, and. but for the
prompt attendance of physicians. It is
probable several deaths would have
occurred.
Over a score are In a very serloaa
condition, but on a fair way to recov
ery. It is supposed some one placed
Paris green In the meat.
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Auckland, New Zealand, Aug. 3fc—
Advlcea received here from Apia aay
that King Malietoa of Samoa died on
August 22. Pending the selection of
his successor the government Is con
ducted by the British, German and
American consuls, with the chief Jus
tice acting as president
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Caught,
A country merchant from a west
ern rural district visited the city to
purchase goods. His proper punish
ment for a shabby trick is recorded
thus:
He bought a cheap but pretty table
caster, for which he paid a dollar. On
reaching home he put on it a tag
marked sl4, and made a present of
it to a Methodist preacher, whose
church his family attended. The
minister took the package home, after
thanking the donor, but the next day
he fetched the caster, with the tag at
tached, back to the merchant, and
said to him:
"I am too poor in this world's goods
to display so valuable a caster on my
table, and if you have no objection I
should like to return it and take sl4
worth of gioceries in its stead."
The merchant could do nothing but
assent to so reasonable a proposition.
—New York Herald.
If you have been sick you wjll find
Hood's Sarsaparilla the best medicine
you can take to give you appetite and
strength.
Lot's Wife Island.
Lot's Wife, perhaps the strongest
island in the Pacific, is in latitude
29.41 and longitude 140.22.30 east
and is southeast of the island ofNippar,
the largest of the Japanese group.
Meares, the explorer, ran across it in
1788 and at first mistook it tor a ship.
He called it Meares' rock, but it had
very likely been discovered in ad
vance of that time by Spanish ex
plorers, who charted it as Vela rock.
The United States steamer Macedo
nian passed it in 1854, and she, too
mistook it for a sail. Its rugged peak
rises nearly 300 feet above the sea,
and it can be seen for 25 miles. There
is a great cavern in the base of the
rocky pinnacle, and the sea roars
through it with a voice of thunder. Its
diameter at the water line is about 50
feet, and it stands as an impressive
monument to the force of nature in
convulsion.
OASTORXA. !
Bean the The Kind Von Haw tiways Bought
Hobsou'a Kiss-
Lieutenant Hobson performed a
' gallant and heroic feat when he sunk
the Merrimac under the Spaniard's
fire and every loyal American rejoices
to see him honored. But the war
had other heroes, too, and so far as
history has recorded not one of these
has yet been publicly kissed by a beau
tiful young woman as a tribute to his
valor. To be sure, Hobson is not to
blame for this. He merely took what
the girl at the Long Beach Hotel
offered him. But why should there
be any discrimination in his favor, as
against Dewey and Schley and Wain
wright ? Why hasn't somebody kiss
ed Theodore Roosevelt yet ?
It would be wholly unlike Hobson
to demand especial honors. In sheer
gallantry and politeness he could not
refuse to comply with the young
woman's request. He couldn't run
away, because he is a military man,
and he had no subordinate officer at
hand whom he might have ordered to
receive the salute. He had no time
for delay, especially after the young
woman had ascertained his range and
cieared for action. There was noth
ing for it but to sail in under a Socapa
battery of two bright eyes and opeD
fire.
Hobson being thus acquitted of
any purpose to monopolize honors, it
remains to be seen whether American
girlhood is to ignore its plain duty in
making due amends to the other
heroes of the war. Let judgment be
suspended until all the men who sunk
Spanish fleets or stormed Spanish forts
have come home and placed them
selves within firing distance of the pa
triotic American young women.
The Scranton Republican says:
"The unusual occurrence of the horse
whipping of a priest was witnessed on
North Washington avenue. The
clergyman horsewhipped was Rev.
Hudour, of the Polish Independent
Church of the South Side, and the
person who administered the lashing
was Miss Agnes Mura, of Priceburg."
The priest, it seems, also publishes a
paper and printed an article about
Miss Mura which aroused her anger.
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TID-BITS FOR MA' HONEY!
and tender little 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 meats is
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them home in fine shape.
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CORRECTED WRESLT. RETAIL TRICES.
Butter per lb $ .22
Eggs per dozen .16
Lard per lb ,c 8
Ham per pound .10
Pork, whole, per pound .06
Beef, quarter, per pound.... .07
Wheat per bushel 1 00
Oats " " 40
Rye " " .50
Wheat flour per bbl 5.00
Hay per ton 9 to $lO
Potatoes per bushel, .80
Turnips " " ,j
Onions " " 100
Sweet potatoes per peck .30
Tallow per lb 05
Shoulder " " .09
Side meat " " .08
Vinegar, per qt ,05
Dried apples per lb .05
Dried cherries, pitted la
Raspberries .is
Cow Hides per lb .j|
Steer " " " .05
Calf Skin .80
Sheep pelts .75
Shelled corn per bus .60
Corn meal, cwt i.ag
®[ an ' " 95
Chop " ,93
Middlings " ,95
Chickens per lb new .12
" " "old 10
Turkeys " " tas
Geese " " .14
Ducks " " .08
COAL.
No. 6, delivered .6o
" 4 and s " 3.85
" 6 at yard a.35
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