THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. n son every abundance. only want to tell you par ent; that we carry in stock the 44 Owl Calf " Shoes for boys. W. C. McKINNEY, Bloomsburg, Pa. NO. 8 EAST MAIN ST. THE COLUMBIAN. 8LOOMSBURO. PA. J. S. Williams & Son, BLOOMSBURG, PA.. Public Sale Criers and General Auctioneers. nr-Klftcu years exporlonoe. Mtlsfaoilon miarantKNl. Best returns of any sale crl-rs In tt," cttnn bf the xtBte. Write for terms and dates. We never disappoint oar patrons, l-i BALES. Saturday, March 4TH. W. H. and John II. Sitler, administra trators of Levi Shier, deceased, will sell a valuable farm in Briarcreek township, at 10 o'clock a. m. See advertisement. At the same time and place will be sold a lot of grain, pork, chickens, farm utensils, household goods, &c. Friday, March 10. L. K. Hartman, of Berwick, will sell at public sale, at the farm of Reuben Kisner's estate, in Salem Twp., Luzerne county, a lot of personal property, consisting of horses, cows, cultivators, plows, harrows, etc. Sale to commence at 10 a. m. , Rumor has it that the Jackson & Woodin car shops, at Berwick, were . last week sold to the Federal Steel Trust. The Trust, for several years past, has been anxious to pur chase this plant, because, owing to its complete equipment, was able to enter into direct competition. The price said to have been paid was $1,300,000. Ilenaty la Illood Deep. Clean blood means a clenn skin. No beauty without it. C'ascarets, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from the body, liegin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. FLORIDA- the Season via Railroad. last Tour of Pannsylvania The last of the present series of popular Pennsylvania . Railroad personally-conducted tours to Jackson ville will leave New York and 'Phila delphia by special tram of Pullman Palace cars on Tuesday, March 7. Round-trip tickets, valid to return on regular trains until May 31 1899, and including railway transportation in each direction, and Pullman accom odations (one berth) and meals on special train going, will be sold at the following rates; New York, $50.00; Philadelphia, $48.00; Canandaigua, $52.85; Erie, $54 85; Wilkes-Barre, 5o.3S; Pittsburg, $53 00; and at proportionate rates from other points. For tickets, itineraries, and full information apply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, 1106 Broadway, New York; Thomas Purdy, Passenger Agent Long Branch District, 789 Broad Street, Newark, N. J.; Thos. E. Watt, Passenger Agent Western Dis trict, Pittsburg, Pa.; or address Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Phila delphia. Hope for Mr. Kipling. New York, March 1. To-day brought something of relief to the friends of Mr. Kipling. The physicians, while not over sanguine, are a shade more hope ful to-day than they were yesterday, for the author passed an easier night last night and seemed to rest more easily this morning. With the apparent change for the better, however slight, as indicated by the doctor's bulletins, It would seem that the real crisis of the disease is past. It now remains a question of whether or not enough strength remains to combat the disease In the remainder of its course. When Dr. Dunham was asked about this this morning he merely said tfiat the facts of the case would have to be inferred from the bulletins. The above is the Inference. . The very fact that he is no worse.' said the doctor, "shows that he is get ting along. 1 shouldn't care to say, though, that he la getting better." Will Exchange fine new Dak Bed Room Suits and BrusselsCarpets for Carpet Mill Bonds. Box 40 "5, Bloomsburg, Pa. 3.3 PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM CacaruMt ftud iwautiliej th bill. Promote! a laiurUoit growth. Neve fails to Beitoro Gray Hair to ita Youthful Color. Cuxei W'ftlp diiraieaii tiRir itUiug, ADVICE Is free. That's the rea- one gets it in We offer none, OUR FILIPINO FRIENDS LESS ACTIVE. They An Ilcll.vcd to be Hnnning Short of Ammunition. Manila, Philippine Islands, March 1. Captain David S. Elliott and one pri vate of Company Q, Twentieth Kan sas Infantry, were seriously wounded yesterday morning at Caloocan. The Insurgents In the neighborhood of Manila are believed to be running short of ammunition, as their firing by night haB been considerably slackened. The American troops are under orders never to take the Initiative, and to re ply to the Insurgents only when their firing becomes unusually active. There has been a recent Improvement In the American trenches all around the line, making them practically Im pregnable. General Miller bns prohibited the sale of Intoxicants at Hollo. The rebels at Malabon fired upon th cruiser CalUio from the Jungle yester day while Rear Admiral Dewey was visiting the Monadnock. Three shells were dropped by the monitor Into the Malabon church, demolishing the struc ture and killing a number of rebels who were Inside. A factory at Malolos Is reported to be running day and night to supply ammunition for the insurgents. T ignorance of the natives Is shown ny the fact that they have collected empty Springfield shells and are refilling them. More than two thousand of these cartridges have been discovered In houses in Tandacan by an officer of the Washington volunteers. The cruiser Charleston and the gun boat Concord have gone on a ten days' cruitie, presumably looking for filibusters. It is believed that arms are being landad In small quantities at northern ports. Everything was absolutely quiet on Monday evening, both inside and out side the city. The commissioners, appointed by President McKlnley to study the con ditions in the islands are expected to arrive here Saturday. Otla Kctpnrts Mnnila, Quirt. Washington, D. C, March 1. The war department has received the fol lowing dispatch from Major General Otis, under date of Manila, February 28: "A battalion of Twenty-third infan try sailed for Cebu on the 26th Inst. A battalion of California volunteers will sail for Negros to-morrow. Every thing has been quiet here for the past three days." This message gave to the govern ment the greatest encouragement In re gard to the Philippine situation that has been felt for several days. It Is now believed by the authorities that their fears of foreign complications were groundless. Calm consideration has shown the administration officers that their anx iety was due almost entirely to the message from Admiral Dewey about "political reasons" demanding the pre sence of the battleship Oregon at Ma nila. As nothing further on that sub ject has been received from Dewey, and General Otis has not said anything in his reports about danger of foreign meddling, the authorities are now sat isfied that they had nothing to fear on that score. General Otls's report of sending troop to Cebu and Negros is regard ed aa Important. It shows, the officers say .that the military conditions at Manila have so improved that Gener al Otis can afford to send two battal ions of our regular troops to garrison the islands of Cebu and Negros. If, it is argued, there were any fear on the part of General Otis that he did not have a large enough force to protect his present position against any army that Aguinaldo might be able to bring against him, he would not reduce his command by sending part of two of hla best regiments to places where they could not be called on for service. The dispatch of these two battalions Is taken as an Indication that General Otis is satisfied that Aguinaldo la pre paring to surrender. Otherwise he would want all the men he could ob tain to make the decisive blow for which the war department officers un derstand he Is preparing, awaiting only the arrival of the rest of the rein forcements of regular troops from the United States before starting an ag gressive campaign. In one of his dispatches he said that if these reinforcements were at Ma nila he could put down the rebellion in twenty days. In anticipation of the surrender of Aguinaldo, who, it la believed here, cannot hold out much longer, and will be unable to withstand another com blned assault of the American troopt the officers are speculating as to what General Otis will do with the F.ipln chieftain. As Otis has full authority tt, deal with the situation he has not been prompted from Washington as to the manner In which he is expected to treat Aguinaldo when that person offers to make submission. Tain Unnecessary in Chii.ubirth. Pain is no lonuer necessary in childbirth Its causes, being understood, nre easily over come, the labor beinrj made short. e.is nnd free from danger, morninrr sickness, swelled limbs, and like evils readily cured. Cut this out; it may save your life, suffer not a day longer, but send us 3 cent stamp and receive in aeaiea envelope lull particulars, testiinon litis, coiitmential letter. & Address, Frank Thomas & Co., Haiti old. 3-2 6 m OA. 1TORIA. Bears th Bignatrut of 'to Kind You Have Always BougH ONE JL'IIORTOUCHED Thomas Jarvis Says Quay Men Approached Him. ADVANCES WERE REPELLED The Point llr'fre shoe Mutter Aa-erts That Il Wants to See the. Chffl-ges of Jury Tampering Sifted to the ltottoni for Coiikt'lvnce Sake-Th Ilarrlibnrg Deadlock Hold. Philadelphia, Ta., March 1. Specula tion as to the cause of the sudden stop page of proceedings In the trial of Sen ator Quay for conspiracy to misuse the funds of the state and of the People's Hank Is growing rather than abating. That the rrr.son for a discontinuance of the case is sensational Is known. The original intimation that the rea son for the postponement was a dis covery of an attempt to tamper with the Jurors came from a trustworthy source, and no one associated with the prosecution has yet seen fit to deny published stories ascribing the delay in the trial to such a cause. One of the men In the panel declared without reserve that he had been ap proached. He is Thomas Jarvis. who has a shoe store at 1,617 Point Breeze avenue. Mr. Jarvis said to a report er: , "Speaking for myself, I will say that one or two men have been to see me rlRht here In this store In relation to the case." "Do you mean to say they approach ed you with the expressed Intention of Influencing you one way or the other In the case of Senator Quay?" "I could take no other meaning from their visit and their words." "Who were they?" "I can answer by saying that they were men whom I know to be politic ians In the business of politics and they have not visited me in years." "Of what shade of political belief were they did they favor Senator Quay?" "I should say they did." "What did they say to you?" "They did not say much. I saw at once what they came for and I shut them off. I let them see that the busi ness was distasteful to me and they soon gave it up." "Did they intimate that they would like you to be intimate to the sena tor?" "That was my Interpretation." "Was money offered you, or were you in any other way persuaded?" "I did not let them get that far. You can say," Jarvis added with decided emphasis, "that I for one will be glad to see these charges sifted to the very bottom, and J hereby put myself on record that I will do whatever I can towards clearing them up. The char gea are a reflection on every man who is in that panel." Quay Dradlork Holds. Harrisburg, Pa., March 1. The thirty-sixth Joint ballot of the Pennsylva nia legislature In the United States senatorial contest resulted in the fol lowing vote: Quay 85, Jenka 67, Dalzell 11, Stewart 7. Stone 4, Huff 6, Irvln 6, Tubba 2, Rica 2, Grow 1, Wldener 2, Rlter 2, Markle 1, Smith 1. Total 196. Necessary to a choice 99. No election. It Is generally expected that some thing important will happen within the next twenty-four hours, but nobody Is willing to venture a prediction aa to the nature of the break. Congressman Joseph C. Sibley is here and there is a report that fifty Dem ocrats are desirous of going to the anti-Quay men and forcing an election at once. This move Is feared b ythe anti-Quay managers for the reason that any slump from the Democrats may free other Democrats, who would go to the support of Senator Quay and assure hla election. For the present, therefore. there will be no change, but it may come to-morrow. The chairman of the bribery investi gation committee said yesterday that the Investigation would proceed with out delay. He said that there was no disposition to conceal anything, but that the light would be turned on with out fear or favor. The committee will be called together this week. Wall Street Hear, a Humor. New York, March 1. Rumors that the government officers at Washing ton had received some news of a dis turbing nature from Admiral Dewey gave a brief scare to Wall street yes terday and resulted in the selling of stocks and a slight shake down In values. One of the rumors was that Dewey had sunk a German warship. This rumor was really a repetition of one that was set afloat in Wall street last Saturday. It was denied, however, dispatches from the best information sources in Washington stating that there had been no change in affairs in the Phil ippines. The denials served to Induce a rally in the stock market. Death of Kx-!iov. J. Mndlaon Wella, New Orleans, March 1. Ex-Governor J. Madison Wells of Louisiana died yesterday at his home in Lecompte. J. Madison Wells had a most unsav ory political reputation. When Gen eral Sheridan was sent down to Bettle Louisiana affairs in 1867 he found Wella acting as governor and removed him, on the ground of wrongfully applying the sum of four million dollars voted for the repair of the levee. Later on he was chairman of the returning board of 1876, which declared the elec tion of President Hayes. Tna Pope Reported 111, Rome, March 1. A report is current here that the Pope has been taken sud denly ill, and that the usual audience at the Vatican have been suspended for the present, lluttlrshlp Oregnn Sails. Honolulu, Hawaii, February 23, via San Francisco, March 1. The battle ship Oregon, accompanied by the col lier Iris, sailed for Manila on Febru ary 20. i THE BEEF INQUIRY. Gov, Rimaevelt Aakeil to Hume Day Ha Will b Able to Toatify. Washington D. C, March 1. The beef court of Inquiry convened yesterday with only oillcers present. It had been reported that Governor Roosevelt would not be called upon to testify. This was officially denied at the court. It was said that Governor Roosevelt had been sent a letter requesting him to name a day when it would be con venient for him to appear, but that he had not yet replied one way or the other. This alno disposed of the allegation that the court would Ignore the volun teer branch of the service In the in quiry. The first witnesses called have been regulars simply because they have been more convenient to secure. A number of volunteer officers have been asked to appear, and will be examined in due time. Lieutenant Ramsey testified that at his own request he was relieved of hla duties as commissary, and joined his regiment as a company commander. There he received refrigerated beef. "Did you then have any reason to believe that the refrigerated beef had been treated with chemicals?" "Nothing more than my knowledge of the treatment of beef. I have been In formed that packing houses always covered the exposed parts with a pre paration." "Do you know that?" "Oh no. I have been so informed by butchers." "What packing houses do that?" "I don't know. I am merely told that western houses do It." "But you know nothing of your own knowledge? To return to the original question, did you have any suspicion that the beef was chemically treated? Had you any reason to believe that It was?" "Well, no. I had no reason to believe so. The outside of the beef had to be trimmed off. That Is done by all butch ers." General Davis asked the witness about the canned roast beef and Lieu tenant Ramsey said he had eaten some of it once. "What was your experience with tt?" asked General Davis. "My experience is that It la a very Inferior, unpalatable article of food trie canned roast beef, not the corned beef." Replying to General Davie's further questioning, Lieutenant Ramsay de scribed In detail the work of the load ing at Tampa and unloading at Slbo ney of the rations intended for the troops. Referring to the ill health of his com pany and regiment when he rejoined It, the witness said he certainly did think the food, being coarse, had a det rimental effect on the health of the sick men. He knew nothing of the pri mary cause of their illness, but believ ed that it was aggravated by the use of the food. Asked to explain what he meant by coarse food he mentioned canned roast beef. He had seen canned roast beef before in the army. "Where?" asked General Davis. "At my own post exchange." "Was it like that eaten in Cuba?" "No, air. Not the meat. The can wan the same, but the beef was not." "How was that eaten at your poBt?" "It was very good. It would slice." "What brand was that?" "Armour & Co." Pressed closely about the canned roast beef eaten by him in Cuba, the witness said that the taste was very flat and the meat very stringy. It was chuck meat, he said, and he declared that he never saw in any can a piece of meat weighing more than an ounce. Colonel Gillespie questioned the wit ness further about the use of the ex pression "coarse food," asking him if that referred merely to food for con valescents, and if he meant to imply that the meat was not coarae for a well man. "You regarded it aa an unsuita ble food for a sick man?" "I said I did think it unsuitable food for a sick man, but I did not say It was suitable for a well man," responded the witness emphatically. Lieutenant Ramsay spoke In favora ble terms of the canned roast beef eat en in New York. Answering a question by General Davis about the practicability of un loading cattle on the hoof on the beach at Slboney, he replied: "I should consider that a very diffi cult matter." NEW YORK STATE FINANCES. Aa Effort to Keep Expenditures Within Appropriations. Albany, N. Y., March 1. The Joint aub-committee of the Senate finance and the assembly waya and means committees, appointed by the laat leg islature to Investigate the financial status of state departments, have sub mitted Ita report to the legislature and it was tabled and ordered to be print ed. Senator Higglns was chairman of this sub-committee. He reports that about ten thousand persons were found in the employment of the state In its various departments and public Insti tutions. The report saya: "For many years appropriations have been made to various departments, in stitutions and commissions in lump urns, and could be expended for eith er salaries, clerk hire, labor, repairs or other expenses, in the discretion of the head of the department, and the va rious salaries or wages paid for labor performed In each department la fre quently entirely dependent upon the business ability, conservatism, gener osity, favoritism or caprice of the beads of the departments. These heads, without exceptlos, consider themselves the best judges of the value of the services performed by each em ploye." Senator Higglns Introduced two bills carrying out some of the recommenda tions of his report. One of them em powers the governor to appoint and at pleasure remove, a financial secretary at a salary of four thousand dollars, who must be a certified public accoun tant. The 'financial secretary la au thorized to Investigate the accounts of any one expending state moneys. The second bill provides that no state department or employe shall con tract Indebtedness on behalf of the state In an amount In excess of the appropriation available for the pur pose. It la also provided that moneys ap propriated for a specific purpose shall not be expended for any other pur pose. . ; THE BROADWAY CLOSING OUT SALE We offer our en t m m tire stock at a great reduction from our former low prices to close out by March 25th. The time is short, prices are deeply cut. Call early and secure bar gains. Acrcncy for Iluttcrick Fashions. Respectfully Submitted to the Hash Trado Only by W MM CASH IIE, Mover's New Building, Main Street, BLOOMSBURG. 1 KS:. -.-rt.TrA .m TTffal i ou can save money on Pianos and Or Bans. oa will always find the- largest mock, nest makes and lowest prices. PIANOS, From $175.00 and Upwards. ORGANS, From $50.00 and Upward! We sell on the installment plan. Pianos, 25.00 down and $10.00 per month. Or gans, f 10.00 down, f e.ooper month. Lib etal discount for cash, Sheet Music, at one nan price. Musical merchandise of kinds. We handle Genuine Singer High Arm SEWING MACHINES f 5.00 down and $3.00 per month. We also handle the Demurest Sewing Machine, from $19.50 and upwards. Sewing Machine Needles and Oil for all makes of Sewing Aiacmnes. Jlest makes ot WASH MACHINES FROM $4.00 UP TO $9.00. J. SALTZER. Music Rooms No. 115 West Main St., below Market, Bloomsburg, Pa. 3ml! To Make Room for SPRING STOCK -o We will give decided Bargains in Shoes dur ing the mnth of Feb ruary. W. H. Moore's. Con. Second and Iho.m Sts. Rloonisburg, Pa. 1A1 li 1 M. I 1 1 II .1 J 1 1 I II, ! , I . Bargains WEEKLY CHATS JONAS LONO'S SONS. VVii.kes-Harrf, Pa., Thursday, Feb. 23, 1 899. Our Great Showing of New Carpets and Wall Papers on Third Floor. Never was there a Finer Showing. A Larger Show- ng or a more Advantage ously Priced Collection of Reliable Makes. Such an other Assembly of Beautl- ul Carpets and Wall Pa- i at St pers is not to oe round Wilkes-Barre or In Northern Pennsylvania The Assortment Wiltons, Axministcrs, Wilton Velvets, Velvets. Body Brussels, fa pest ry Brussels, Flemished Tapestries, Agras, Rajahs, fhree Plys Ingrains, Mattings, Linoleums, Oil Cloths. The Qualities. Besides being entirely new pat- :crns direct lrom the very best makers, such as the Bigelow Mills; :he Lowell Mills, the Hartford Mills and other rnills of world Aide reputation, every yard is itamped with the maker's guaran :ce. Fiie Prices. There never was a time when rve were better prepared to sell ,-ou carpets at such low prices, and we guarantee that worthy and standard makes can be bought from us at prices much less than pou'll be able to match them for it any other house selling goods jf equal qualities. This week we offer a special line of Axminister, in new Spring pat terns at per yard jl.OO. Tapestry Brussels Carpet, en tirely new patterns, at per yard 55c Out of town patrons will find it to their advantage to consult ns about carpet prices. We will furnish estimates free of charge. Remember that we pay the freight charges of all carpet purchases. WALL PAPERS. For Spring of '99 floral desiga in natural colors on white ground, are very new, either with or with out border ; also large patterns in bright colorings to be used for Frieze with plain walls and plain ceiling. We shall be pleased to iiibmit samples to furnish estimates, to give you suggestions, at any time ; write us about wall papers. Our prices are for double rolls Sc., Gc, 7c, 8c. and ioc. Borders and ceilings to match, Felt Papers 30 inches wide, for louble roll 30c. The Dinners we serve in our RESTAURANT have a reputation for their goodness. Out of town patrons will find our Restaurant on Fifth Floor a pleasant place to (line. Lunches are served at alt hours, regular dinners are ready at 11:30 o'clock A. M. Price 25 Cents. Great Department Store, Cor. W. Market St. and Public Sq.;
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