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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Cost of the War.
It is estimated that the war with
Spain has cost Uncle Sam $150,000,-
000, of which $98,000,000 have been
actually paid out of the treasury. Be
ginning with March 1, when the first
increases in the expenditures in anti
cipation of war became apparent in
the daily expenditures of the treasury,
the actual disbursements on this ac
count have been approximately as
follows:
March—Armv, $600,000 ; navy,
$2 ,400,000 ; total, $3,000,000.
April—Army, $1,200,000 ; navy,
$9,800,000; total, $11,000,000.
May—Army, $12,000,000; navy,
$7,000,000; total, $19,000,000.
June —Army, $16,500,000 j navy,
$6,500,000; total, $23,000,000.
July—Army, $29,500,000 ; navy,
$5,500,000; total, $35,000,000.
To August 13 —Army, $5,500,000;
navy, $1,500,000; total, $7,000,000.
Total charged to war department,
$65,300,000; total charged to navy
department, $32,700,000; grand total,
$98,000,000. The appropriations
made by congress on account of the
war aggregated about $360,000,000
and cover the time to January 1, 1899.
Oolumbus and Santiago.
The voyage of Columbus, the dis
coverer of the Spanish Main, are of
more than usual interest to-day. His
second voyage is especially interesting.
He sailed from Palos, Spain, on
Sept. 25, 1493, with 17 vessels and
1,500 men, discovering the island of
Dominica on the 3d of November.
Leaving there he landed on several of
the Caribbee islands, and had several
conflicts with the natives. Then he
coasted along Porto Rico, and proba
bly called in at San Juan, so recently
bombarded by Admiral Sampson. On
the 25th of November he reached the
harbor of La Navidad, on the coast of
Hayti. He found that the colony of
43 men he left there (the first Span
ish settlement in the New World) had
beep killed by hostile Indians. In
December, on a new site farther east,
he founded Isabella,the first European
town m the New World. He explor
ed the interior, and in the spring set
sail westward, when he discovered the
south coast of Cuba and called it San
tiago, where now, 400 years later, his
fellow countrymen were besieged by
the American fleet.
McOlure's Magazine for September.
In Mc Chip?s Magazine for Septem
ber, Mr. George E. Graham describes
the destruction of Admiral Cervera's
fleet, as he himself had the good for
tune to see the work done from Com
modere Schley's flagship, the "Brook
lyn"; and Mr. W. A. M. Goode
describes it as he too saw it, from
Admiral Sampson's flagship, the "New
York." Together the two papers give
a complete and most vivid account of
what was undoubtedly the most
picturesque event of all the war ; and
being illustrated with portraits of all
the commanders, pictures of all the
ships, and views of all the wrecks,
largely from photographs taken by the
authors, they leave nothing to be
desired.
Some very interesting reminiscences
and letters ot Mary Todd Lincoln, the
w.fe of President Lincoln, are given
in an article by her sister, Emily Todd
Helm. The Indian chief Two Moon's
story of General Custer's last fight, as
taken down by Mr. Hamlin Garland,
has, besides its value as being the
Indian's version of a famous battle be
tween him and the white man, that of
a charming quaintnessand ingenuous
ness. An exposition, by Mr. George
B. Waldroti, of 'The Commercial
Promise of Cuba, Porto Rico, and
the Philippines," presents the possibili
ties of our recent conquests in most
eloquent figures.
Other features of the number—in
addition to several short stories of un
usual interest—are a fully illustrated
article giving some marvelous facts
regarding the action of volcanoes, by
Cleveland MolTett, and an account of
"How the News of the War is Re
ported," by Ray Stannard Baker.
THE S. S. MCCT.URF. CO.,
141-155 East ,25th Street, New York.
Exception.-, to the certificate of
nomination of R. R. Little as
Judge, were tiled at Harrisburg on
Wednesday by Judge Herring's
counsel.
State News.
—Aged Mrs. Jane Jackman, of
Shamokin, fell down stairs and killed
herself.
—Mystery surrounds the death of
an unknown man whose body was
found in a barn near Hazleton.
I —Sixty-seven year-old Charles S.
Lacian of South Bethlehem, was mar
ried on Monday to Mary Smith,
aged 65.
—Falling from a trolley car at
Kingston on Tuesday, Mrs. George
R. Stairbird of Wilkes-Barre was in
stantly killed.
—Walter Wellman of Scranton has
been held for court, to answer the
charge of pulling teeth in defiance of
the new law for the protection of den
tists.
—The handsome S7OOO soldiers'
monument now in course of erection
at Shamokin in honor of the heroes
who fell during the Civil War, will be
unveiled on Saturday, October 1.
Governor Hastings, Adjutant General
Stewart and other well known people
will be in attendance. The ceremon
ies will be preceded by a street
parade.
—The United Mine Workers, of
the Hazleton region, aie preparing
for a gigantic demonstration on Sat
urday September 10, which will be
celebrated as Labor Day, and the first
anniversary of the Lattimer affray.
Hazleton will be the point of assem
blage for the Mine Workers of the
solid North and South sides, and this
section alone will, it is fully expected,
furnish almost 2,000.
Spain's Loss of Empire.
On his accession to the Spanish
throne in 1556, Philip II lound him
self ruler of. the greatest empire the
world had seen since Rome was at the
zenith of its power. Its navies were
famous for their greatness and they
ruled the ocean ; its armies were fam
ous for their prowess; she swayed the
destinies of Europe, had possessions
in all the continents, and may be said
to have owned the Americas, North
and South. Samuel Johnson, writing
as recently as 1740, when complain
ing of the poor people's hardships,
said:
Are there no regions yet unclaimed by
Spain ?
Quick, let us rise, those happy lands to
explore,
And bear oppressions' insolence no more.
The Spanish empire was the result
of marriages, conquest and discover
ies; its decline and fall may be ascrib
ed to the ruthless character of the
Spanish people. When Columbus dis
covered San Domingo, it had a popu
lation of 2,000,000; in 1530 this popu
lation had dwindled to 350,000.
Cortez in Mexico and Pizarro in Peru
were ideal Spanish conquerors.
In the latter part of Philip's reign
(lie died in 1 598) Spain lost all, or
neatly all, 01 her dependencies in
North Africa, and early in the next
reign, Burgundy, Naples, Sicily, and
then Milan. In 1609 the Netherlands
were lost; in 1628, Malacca, Ceylon,
Java and other islands; in 1640,
Portugal; in 1648, all claims were re
nounced to Holland, Brabant and
parts of Flanders; in 1649, were lost
Maestncht, Hertogenbosch, Breda,
Bergen-op Zoom, and many other fort
resses in the Low Countries, in which
year the crown tacitly surrendered
supremacy on the seas to Northern
Europe; in 1659 Rousillon and Car
dague were ceded to France, making
the Pyrenees the boundary between
the two countries ; in 1668 to 1672,
the last of Flanders was given up ; in
I 7°4> Gibraltai was lost; in 1791, the
Nootka Sound settlements; in 1794,
San Domingo; in 1800, Louisiana; in
JBO2, Trinidad; in 1819, Florida; from
1810-21, were lost Mexico, Venezuela,
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia,
Chile, Argentina, Banda-Oriental,
Paraguay, Patagonia, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, San Salvador,
Haiti, and numerous islands pertain
ing to the American continents, all
the possessions in the Western Hemis
phere, in fact, save Porto Rico and
Cuba, which in 1898 are taken from
her.
The future of Spanish Morocco and
of the Philippines, Caroline, Sulu,
Ladrone and Canary groups has yet
to be settled.— Memphis Commercial.
If you want lithographed bonds
certificates of stock, checks, drafts,
diplomas, 01 any thing in that line,
the COLUMBIAN office can furnish
them. See samples.
THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Buffalo Herds in Old Days.
Difference Between Seeing 10.000 Animals
and One Lone Bull.
Gazing on the scraggy remnants
of buffalo in an inclosure at Glen
Island, a Colorado tourist in the
East said :
•'They are buffaloes, I don't dis
pute that, but they are not the kind
that used to make the West look
like a moving sea. I reckon you
have read a good deal about extinct
buffalo. Ten years ago I heard
that the last buffalo had been killed
—the last one in captivity. But the
buffalo, like the Indian, dies hard.
And I read about the last Indian
long before I began shedding my
hair.
"There is a herd of buffalo in
Colorado that has been knocking
about for 30 years at least, and a
man in that State who has made the
buffalo a life study tells me he
knows of two herds. Iu 1865 there
was a big herd in the country known
as Middle Park. As the country
was settled by whites the buffalo
fell back. Hunters followed that
herd to Milk River, but in the win
ter of 1878 the weather was so se
vere that the hunters gave up the
chase. That was the great snow
winter in Colorado. The snow was
so deep that buffalo couldn't get
around. That's an actual fact.
But it never gets too deep for In
dians. That winter a band of
Indians went after the buffalo and
killed more than could be brought
away. Next spring a lot of whites
went out and got the tallow from
the dead buffaloes and made money
out ot it.
"The white hunters brought back
the news that the Indians had kill
ed every buffalo in the herd. But
that was like other buffalo stories.
A few weeks later a herd was found
on the headwaters of Troublesome
River. It was a part of the herd
which was snow-bound. White
hunters killed some of this herd and
brought the meat to market and got
into trouble for it, because there is
a law against killing buffalo in
Colorado. This law operates against
a white man, but an Indian can
hunt and kill anything he likes and
the law never touches him.
"The last man I saw who had
seen buffalo in Colorado told me
that he had counted ten buffaloes
up 011 the North Park slope. That
was four years ago. Think of it !
He had seen buffalo, because he
had counted 'em. Ten of 'em ! I
wonder what he would 'a' thought
if he had seen 10,000 in a herd.
And I can remember the time when
it took 10,000 to make a herd. But
never again will any man see such
a herd. When buffalo herds get
scattered they don't even multiply.''
—Chicago Inter- Ocean.
"BLIND TOM'' A3 HE IS TO-DAY.
His Passion (or Music is Just as Strong as
it Ever Was.
"The name Thomas Wiggins means
nothing to the majority ot readers,"
writes John J. a' Becket in the Sept
ember ladies' Home Journal. "But
Thomas Wiggins is 'Blind Tom,' a
name familiar to hundreds of thou
sands in this country and abroad, who
have heard the piano played by this
wonderfui negro. The impression
that he is dead is a pretty general one.
As a matter of fact. Blind Tom has
never been ill a day in his life. On
the banks of the Shrewsbury River, in
a domain of over two hundred acres
of woodland, stands a picturesque
two-and-a-half-story wooden house
with a broad veranda. Here Blind
Tom is at home.
"His hands are not at all 'piano
hands.' In place of the slender, long
fingered hands which one so often
sees in great pianists, Tom's hands
are small and plump, with the thumbs
and tapering fingers quite short.
"The strongest impression I bore
away was that of the sweet, contented
life the poor, blind negro is leading.
There was pathos in it. I had expec
ted to find a wonder at the piano, and
I did, for his untaught mastery of the"
instrument is marvelous. From the
time when the Bethune family left the
dinner-table to see who could be play
ing on the piano, and discovered the
sightless pickaninny of fohr years
perched on the stool, his little hands
plucking uncanny melody from the
keyboard—from that time until now
he has had an unwavering devotion
to the instrument whose music is his
life."
Reduoed Rates to Pittsburg via Pennsyl
vania Railroad, Account Republican
State League Convention.
On account of the Republican State
League Convention, to be held at
Pittsburg, Pa., September 7 to 9, in
clusive, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has arranged to sell excur
sion tickets on September 5, 6, and
7, from all ticket stations in Pennsyl
vania to Pittsburg, at rate of a single
fare for the round trip (minimum rate,
twenty-five cents). These tickets will
be valid for return passage until Sept
ember 16, 1898, inclusive.
ALGER'S STATEMENT.
THE SECRETARY PLACES MATTERS
~ IN A NEW LIGHT.
War Department Due. Not Care to Bntei
Into Controversy. Alger Tlitoks the
Mil.a Interview Ha* Been Greatly Ku
largeri.
Washington, Aug. 31.—The Mlles-Al
ger-Corbln controversy, arising from
an alleged Interview given to a corre
spondent of the Kansas City Star by
the commanding general of the army,
appears In a new light since Secretary
Alger made a brief statement In the
matter. The secretary refused to enter
Into an extended dlscuselon of the sub
ject, and he repeated what he has
said so many times within the last few
days, that he believed General Miles
never made half of the statements
which have been credited to him.
The secretary proceeded then to an
swer some questions Which Indicated
strongly that the war department is
not disposed to take up the gauntlet
which General Miles seems to have
thrown down.
General Miles, In the opinion of the
secretary, evidently Intended to draw
the army administration Into a discus
sion which would lead to an official In
quiry which, In turn, as he confidently
believed, would clear up some matters
which he wished to have exposed In
Justice to himself.
Secretary Alger said yesterday that
the correspondent of the Kansas City-
Star was evidently desirous of secur
ing a denial of his publications from
an official source.
"That Is Just what the correspondent
won't get," added the secretary em
phatically. "The fact that General
Shatter was asked for an explanation
of a report that he had given the pro
ceedings of the round robin at Santiago
to the press has no necessary applica
tion In this case.
"At any rate," he Baid, "If we do ask
General Miles whether he gave that
Interview or not, we shall not publish
the fact, and the newspapers won't
know anything about it. There Is an
evident desire to have a controversy
on this subject, but there can be none
and the war department will take no
part In one."
It Is common report around the war
office that both Secretary Alger and
the adjutant general do not want a
court of inquiry or a court martial
growing out of the Miles Interview
would result In. An officer of the war
department, whose authority Is beyond
question, declared yesterday that an
important order recently prepared by
the assistant secretary of war for pro
mulgation through the adjutant gen
eral had never been issued.
It was suppressed, he said. In the ad
jutant general's office. The adjutant
general, of course, has no discretion In
such matters: his function is merely
the transmission of orders prepared by
others. The next day an order directly
opposite In purport, and prepared by
some authority in the war department,
was Issued by the adjutant general.
General Corbln was sharply called to
account, whereupon he declared that
he had not received the first order, al
though it was personally delivered to
his office from the office of the assist
ant secretary.
General Corbln said yesterday:
"I have Issued no orders of any Im
portance except upon the authority
and by the direction of the secretary
of war or the president of the United
States. They are amply able, I take
It, to protect themselves, and so far
as I am concerned there are no ex
planations or apologies to make."
OFF FOR PORTO RICO.
The Seneca Carries the Porto Rlcan Mili
tary Commission.
Brooklyn, Aug. Sl.—The army trans
port steamer Seneca, carrying the Por
to Rlcan military commission, will sail
from this city this afternoon, and If
nothing unforeseen happens, Admiral
Schley, General W. W. Gordon and the
other members of the party will arrive
at Ponce early next Tuesday morning.
The Seneca is now lying at the foot of
Pacific street, where stores for the sol
diers in Porto Rico are being taken on
board.
"In addition to Admiral Schley and
General Gordon, Major General J. R.
Brooke is also a member of the Porto
Rlcan military commlmsslon. He Is
now In Porto Rico and will probably
Join Schley and Gordon at Ponce. There
will be about thirty members of the
Porto Rlcan party. Besides the com
missioners there will be the aids of
each commissioner, Interpreters, sten
ographers and clerks. A special postal
commission will also sail on the Sene
ca. Altogether the passengers win
number sixty.
It Is expected that the Cuban com
mission will sail from Brooklyn on the
Resolute on Saturday afternoon of this
week. The Cuban commmlssloners are
Generals Wade and Butler and Admi
ral Sampson. Lieutenant Colonel J. W.
Clous of the Judge advocate general's
department goes as recorder and legal
adviser of the commission.
SERIOUS REBELLION IN CHINA
Attack ou Canton Threatened.
Hong Kong, Aug. 31.—The Kwang
SI rebellion, which has been quiescent
for some time, shows signs of breaking
out again. The rebels are in great
force fifty miles northwest of Canton,
and are preparing to attack the city.
The viceroy of Canton having failed
to send troops to suppress the rebellion
In Hainan and protect the American
missionaries, Untted States Consul
Bedloe at Canton has made strong rep
resentations to the acting viceroy, re
iterating his demand for the prompt
suppression of the disturbances. The
uprisings appear to have been foment
ed by the Triad and Wihite Lily Socie
ties, which have combined for the pur
pose.
Oovcroor'a Island Hospital Fall.
New York, Aug. 30.—The sick sol
diers In the post and field hospitals on
Governor's Island were all doing nicely
this morjilng. Both hospitals are crow
ded to their utmost capacity. Major
Klmbull, the surgeon In charge, has
received assurances from Colonel For
woud. the chief surgeon at Camp Wl
koff, that no more patients will be sent
to him. _
Laugh and Grow Lovely.
One's general physical condition is
so closely allied to the mental that
laughing is a good, invigorating tonic
for the entire system.
A long, hearty laugh expands the
lungs, making the blood course through
the veins quickly, and this simple pro
cess gives a peach-like complexion to
the woman who laughs. And when
she laughs her eyes twinkle and the
brightness lingers there after the
laughter has died away.
Laughing, too, strengthens the mus
cles of the face and banishes that
drawn look so familiar to the sad faced
woman.
The women who have adopted the
laughing cure claim that they have
never felt so cheerful and thoroughly
good-natured before in their lives, and
their friends tell them that they are
positively growing beautiful.
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
THE
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SUPPLIES
NOW READY.
The largest stock
and lowest prices.
READ THE LIST.
Noiseless slates, 4, 8, 10, to 19c ea
Best black ink, . ec bottle
Mucilage, 3c bottle
S'ate pencils, 6, 8, 15 for ic
Wood slate pencils, 2 for ic
Lead pencil sharpeners, 3 for ic
Tablets, 1, 2, 3, 4 to 8c ea
Students' note books, 2, 3, 4c ea
Pencil boxes with lock and key, 4c ea
Colored crayons, 4c box of 12
Lead pencils, 3c per doz. and up
Rulers, 1 and 5c ea
Erasers, 2 for rc, 1, 2, 4,c ea
Book straps, 2 and 3c ea
Steel pens, 6 for ic
Just opened a new line
of Flower Pots and
Jardinieres at very
low prices.
Flower pots, 3c to 30c ea
Jardinieres, 10, 35c to $1.25 ea
Enameled steel boilers, 39, 48, 50c ea
White enameled curtain poles, 20c ea
Palm leaf fans, ic ea
Nickle plated tea strainers 10c ea
Nickle plated coffee pot stands, 10c ea
Nickle plated oil stove tea kettles, 25c
Nickle plated children's trays, 23, 4SC
Opening this week a
new line of Glass
Lamps at popular
prices.
Agency for
Butterick Fashions.
Respectfully Submitted to the
Sash Trade Only by
M BROADWAY CUB STORE,
Mover's New Building, Main Street,
BLOOMSBURG.
Shoe
Bar
gains
To close out quickly several
small lots of
=SHOES=
We will give decided bar
gains during the month
of July.
W. H. floore.
.
Coa. SECOND AND IRON STS. *
JONAS LONG'S SONS*
WEEKLY CHATS*
Wilkes-Barxe,
Thursday, Sept Ist 189SJ
Bargains at the Big Store.
The Harvest is Ripo.
Come Gathor the Grain.* 1
The Store Takes on a Harvest
Time Appearance.
Every article here has been'
thrashed in price to meet thei
stringency of the times, and like'
the grain of wheat that ripens in>
the sun, there is nothing here but
what is new and Iresh.
"Last Night of the Battleship
Maine" Is the subject of a most reallstlo
panorama which we are exhibiting on
jur second floor. Thousands came last
week to see It and all were delighted!
and pleased. For our out-of-townl
friends, who may yet want to see this;
peautiful cyclorama. It will be exhibited
another week. Exhibition free to all. '
On Second Floor.
LADIES' WRAPPERS.
Made of best quality indigo
blue, black and white and
fancy printed calicoes, made
with yoke front and back and
belt, the lot is entirely new
and would be an opportunity
at 98c.; this week's bargain
price (52c
LADIES' CRASH SKIRTS.
Here's a chance for 150
ladies to get a skirt bargain.
They are made full seven gore,
with deep hem, and sold read
ily all season at £1.25 ; this
week's bargain price . . . gQc
NOTIONS.
Extra quality Spring Hooks
and Eyes, per dozen 2 C
Victoria Dress Stays, per
dozen 11c
Silk Taffeta Seam Binding,
per piece 10c
5-yard pieces of Angora
Skirt Braid gc
Best American Pins, per
paper 3*c
DOMESTICS.
Best Yard Wide Bleached
Muslin, a yard 4c
Yard Wide Dark Percales,
i ioc. kind, a yard 7 C
Best sc. Shirting Prints, a
yard 3c
New fall styles in Calicoes,
7c. kind, a yard 5 C
Fancy Figured Flannelettes,
new fall patterns, ioc. quality,
a yard 8 C
BLANKETS.
10-4 Grey Blankets, always
50c., here 35c
12-4 White and Grey Blank
ets, regular $2.00 quality,
here $1.49
DRESS LININGS.
New Cotton Moreen, regu
lar 19c. quality 12i c
Good Canvas Facing, always
I2jc., here BJc
Best ioc. quality Silesia ... 73 c
Figured Stair Crash, r8 in
ches wide; this week a yard . (Jic
All Linen Crash, a yard ... 5°
Large size Turkish Towels. 10c
•Shelf Oil Cloth, per yard .. 5 C
HOUSE FURNISHINGS.
In the Basement.
Best Hard Wood Clothes
Pins, 5 dozen in cartons... .. s <;
ioc. quart Galvanized Water
Pails , 12c
Good size Wash Boards,
with zinc cohering 10 c
Best Cedar Wash Tubs, with
three hoops, regular value $1;
this week 75 c
5-foot Step Ladders, com
plete with bucket rack, always
75c.; this week SQ C
KAYSER'S
Pure Silk Gloves, in white,
black and colors, made with
four buttons; special, per pair. 45c
LADIES' HO6IERY.
200 dozen Ladies' Seamless
Fast Black and White Foot
Hose, regular value 15c.;
this week a pair -£Q C
Why not round up the season
jvvith a new bicycle. Autumn is
ideal wheeling time. Buy an " AN
THRACITE" ora "MONARCH."
The prices are smashed, but these
wheels never change from their
high standards.
, Wilkes-