6 THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. A Qyarter Centuiry of Smccess OFFICERS. JOHW F. DRYDHN, Lustra D. Ward. Vice President. Forrest F. Drydrn, Becretary. T. C. Enr.ANCHARD, 8upt. or Real Kitatc. Wilbur S. Johnson, Cashier. ICDWARD II. IlAMILL, 1 Robert L.Biirragr, Medicnl Director!. Frederic A. Boyle, Axal.tlfitit Cashier. Valkntinr Riker, Lhslis I. Ward, J Hurrvisors. croHinsr cr. Harter Building. A HEROIC DEATH. Ueatpnant Commander Holier Per Inlieil In Klre 4n Gunboat. CAVITK, April 1. At 7 o'clock yes terday morning a fire was discovered in the Ballroom of the United States gunboat Petrol, Lieutenant Commander Jesse Mimit Itoper commanding. The sailrootu is a small compartment ud joining the mueaziue. The heat was intense, tho smoke suffocating and the Barnes difficult to extinguish. Lieutenant Commander Roper was the first to descend into the hold, but he was forced to return to the deck. Others tfcen went down. Seaman Patrick To er was prostrated and about to perish when Lieutenant Commander Itoper en deavored to rescue him and was suffo cated in the attempt. Lieutenant Josiah Slutts McKean and Cadet Lewis suffered severely in briugins ate body of Lieutenant Commander Ho- . ier to the deck. Twenty-two of the crew wore proxtrat 4, Touer. Evans, Flaherty, Larson, -Kassler, Cahey, Burton, Smith. Sullivan a4 Forsboou seriouidy, but oil will re ooer. The contents of the Ballroom were de "yed, but the damage to the rtinhoat was slight. The origin of the fire has at been ascertained. PoHsibly it was a or spontaneous combustion. Amerlrun lleet Hoaar Com pan r. NEW YOKK. April 3. At a meeting 'if tae stockholders of the American Beet Socar company held in Jersey City the ila .board of directors was re-elected. TWe Annual report showed that tho .mount of sugar produced was 33,3.11, 'f0 pounds and the net profits $55, .134.47. The preferred slock drew divl- 1 amounting to $!M0,O0i. Ettvhfaakrs In llmonrf . BUPAI'KST, April 3.KHith.uake aucks yesterday visited a wide region m aoutboiuteni Hungary, mi severul wuv slififfeu down. Sf.nr York Murkrlt. FLOUR Bute and western ruled dull tna lower to null; Minnesota utiteiiis., H'i( ;.30; winter itrnlifhts. t:i.4rfi3.KS; winter ex ru U.4!ri2.w: winter patents, ..ttf 4. WHKAT Woik and considerably lower wine to buurinh calileu, BHnirnl vtillinif or both accounts and lower northwest rtarketa; May.. 70 1-WulS H-ltlc; July, 1) 13-16c. RYK Steady; MU'te, 5tiii ,"c. , c. L t., New fork, cur Iota; '.No. 2 western, 61Vc, . o. n, atioat. CORN Hroko sliur ply apraln under tnn tnuea uiilcisclinff, vreuk enliles und tib rnc of prominent support; Muy, i.'ti' .3c.; July 4H l-ltidi1V- OAT Slow und jrfwker with corn; rack, white, Htnte, :'.V-u'M'ic ; truck, hlt, weBtnrn, SZ'jsac. 'ORK Quiet; mess, i5.507i 16.50; family. 16.5017. LARI Steady; jirlme western steam. 176c. BUTTER Firm; state rfairy, 1521e.: reamrry. Wn'i'ic. CHll;8i5Flnn; fancy, Jorffe, colored nd white, lliyllVtcj fancy, small, colored, 'Mc; fancy, small, white, Yi'tvl'iVtC. KGOft StronK ; state and Pennsylvania, ,t mark, UMsli 14c.; wemern, at mark, 13o. BlIOAIl Kaw llrm; fair r.-tlnlPK, 17-32c; centrifugal, test, 4 1-32'v 4 1-ltic. ; tflnd suady; crushed, 6.75c; powdered, i. 36c. TURPENTINE Dull at 86V437o. aCOIAH8Ktf-Steady; New Orluans, 32 C&-Qulet; iJomeatie, 8SH4c.; Japan, jTAUJW-Bt.ady; city, T4o.i coun- President. F.dgar B. Ward. ad V. frcs. & Counsel. Horace Allino Treasurer. Jacob E. Ward, Counsel. F. C. Blancitard, fiupervisor I,uan Dept. Jons K. Gore, Actuary. Edward Cray, Assistaut Sccrctnry. F. II. Johnston, Assistant Actuary. W. T. Watson, Asst. Medical Director. sjtjo.005 WRITE FO" information. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Notable Events of the Week HrleflJ and Tersely Told. Frince Louis Napoleon has arrived in Tnris on a visit. J. Tierpont Morgan has sailed from !New York for Europe. A BritUh officer was Assaulted by Frenchmen at Tien-tsin. Tho Hussinn minister of the Interioi was shot at, but the plot to assassinate him failed. It is stated that the Turkish govern ment is at last fast pledged to pay American missionary claims. Gold has been discovered near Aren dal, Norway, on the Skager-ftack, 30 miles northeast of Christiansaud. The strike of the painters and paper hangers in Oswego, N. Y has ended, the master painters agreeing to the union schedule for 22Vj cents an hour and nine hours to constitute a day's work. -Tuesday, April 2. Lord Sulisbuty is reported to bo recov ering. M. Waldeck-Roussoan, the French pre mier, is suffering from an abscess in the throat. There was n panic in the sultan's pal ace at Constantinople because of an .earthquake. The wages of the employees of the Glasgow Iron company at Pottstown, I'a., have been raised. Calvin T. Titus, tho firt soldier to scale the Poking wall, has been appoint ed a cadet at West Point. Colonel Hobert L. Meade, marine corps, U. K. N., has been made a brigadier gen eral by brevet for bravery at Tieu-tsiu. v Monday, April 1. The diary of Major Andre, he Revo lutionary spy, has been found in Eng land. A fire in Kansas City destroyed fill )(), 000 worth of property. Five firemen were injured. The sttumer Ophor, wilh the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall on board, ar rived at Port Said. The son of ox- 'oiifcrcssman Cww.'cy of lxM'kport, N. Y., wiw arrested in Sun Juan, Porto JJico, in connection with uV leged postal frauds. The university boat race on the 'J'hatiK'S was won by the Oxford crew, defeating Cambridge by hnjf n length. The Uev. John Jasper, the aged negro Bsptiht preacher who hel tho theory which he expressed as '"IVio sun do more," diisd in Richmond at the uge of 8U. A anarchist recently returned from tho United Htutes has been arrested in Home on a ehurge of being unueerned In a plot to dwdroy the Jives of the king and (um'0 of Jialy. Tlie state (1e,iirtment Was called Mln-Jt-r I -non lis from Caracas to Washing ton, desiring t fonsult him regarding issues villi Venezuela, which are said to be growing more acute. Saturday, Murck 80. A son was born to Prince Bismarck. Japan is apparently preparing for war. A Newark boy was buried three hours In a sand bank. The president appointed Captain 13. M. Bbepard a rear admiral. Lieutenant General Kool wag appoint ed rolnjster of. war of JUolland. UNPARALLELED IN THE HISTORY INSURANCE IN FORCK, end of 1900, over INSURANCE WRITTEN AND PLACED, during 1900, over 249 PAID POLICY-HOLDERS, in 25 years, over ASSETS, end of 1900, over - - - -INCOME, during 1900, over -PAID POLICY-HOLDERS, during 1900, over SURPLUS, end of 1900, over -POLICIES IN FORCE, end of 1900, over - ONLY AMrRICA lift INSURANCC COMPANY AWARD! D A CO10 Ml DAI AT PARIS INURNATIOKAl fXPOSmOS, WOO. The Best in Protection, Profitable Investment, The Most Liberal Conditions ra BRANCH OFFICE IN BLOOMSBURG, PA., 3VC.Xj-3STE3"y7 ASSIST JLILTT STJPT., BLOOnSBURQ, PA. Hain and East Streets. Five Filipinos were hanged in Manila for the murder of an Englishman. The sultan of Turkey, fearing assas sins, has excluded tourists from the pal ace precincts. Two tons of American flags have been ordered for Fourth of July celebration in Porto Hieo. ' Friday, March 29. The Philippine commission met the sul tan of Sulu. The cruiser New York sailed from Tan gier for Manila. Tnrkish authorities condemned three Bulgarians to death for treason. Nineteen students are said to huve died of injuries received during riots at St. Pe tersburg. Charles Motnin, first assistant examiner in the United States patent office, com mitted suicide, l'nrt of the crew .of the British ship Tsyclie wore rescued after beiug 30 days in an open boat. The president received P. C. Knox and invited him to be attorney general. Mr. Kimix did not announce his acceptance. The Kentucky court of appeuls grunt ed new trials to Caleb Powers and James Howard, sentenced for the murder of Governor Goebel. Thnmday, March 2N. The landscape painter Gaziu died at Nice. President Hadley of Yale proposed a college trust. Ohio miners and operatbrs agreed. Changes In wages favor the former. Blizzard in western Nebraska and east ern Colorado reported very disastrous to cattle. Chandler Hale, son of Senator Hale, was selected for secretary of legation at The Hague. A continuous period of sleighing. Just ing from 1 to IIS duys, according to the locality, reported in northern jjew Jllli.. I LOO Ml 5 ORDERED HOME. The Scorpion to IIi-Ihk Our Minister j I'rom ( urucim. WASHINGTON. April 2. Minister Loomis, at Caracas, who has been or dered home in connection with the dif ferences between this country and Vene zuela, has been directed by the state de partment to embark on the gunboat Scor pion und proceed to Han Juan, Porto Itieo, where he will sail for home on a .jfUMNonger vessel. The Scorpion was or dered back to La Guayra to take Mr. Looinig away. Copies of cartoons and translations of newspaper attacks on Minister LooniU pulijithcd in Venezuelan papers have been m-eived at the state department. They aiv believed here to reflect the bit ter feclijiK of the official set at Caracas against Mr. Loomis and the United States government. One cartoon repre sents Mr. Ijiomis holding out one hand to President Castro In n friendly fasti- Ion, and whilc in the other he holds a knife is rcuchinir over Custro's shoulder to stub him in tlie back. Another shows Mr. lyoomi wilh two faces, one of the worse forms of insult that can be placed on a man in Latin-America. Tn-enty Tnrklsh Moldlvrs Drowned. JIDDAII, AriiUu, April if.-Thu Turk ish transport Asian has been wrecked near Ycmbo. Twtuty suluiey were diowuvd. 604 ft? Life Insurance, Absolute ARE OFFERED BY INSURANCE I'rlnce I.I ltrinrntnar to hnnKhal. T1KN-TSIN, April 3. LI Hung Chang, with his bodyguard, is returning to Shuugliai. He is indisposed. Steamers are detained at his disposal, and he is expected to arrive here Thursday. A company of Germans defeated 1,000 Chi nese robbers March 31 seven miles north of Tieu-tsiu, killing 11 and wounding 50. It is reported that a dozen foreigners were co-operating wilh the robbers. The Germans captured 30 carts ami a gun. 'What He Said. "My wealthy uncle spoke very nice Jy of yon, Henrietta," said Mr. Meek ton; "very nicely, indeed. I'm sure you would have been flattered if you could have heard him." "Indeed.'" "Yes. His tribute to your personal charms was most graceful, and at the same time his recognition of your store of Information, such as most people need a lifetime to acquire, was con vincingly sincere." "i should like to know precisely what he said." "I can recall his exact language," Mr. Meektun went on, in gentle inno cence. "He said you looked like 25 and talked like )." Washington Star. Am an OfTavt. "Hairpins have gone up, bub," snid the notion store woman to the kid who said he wanted two cents' worth for his mother. "Don't I git eight for two cents any more?" he asked. "No; only six." "All right; pimtne six. Pn had ma by the hair when I came away, and I guess she can make six hairpins do by the time the racket is over and I get home." Chicago Daily News. MAYDOLE'S HAMMER. (Benson's Plaster Is Pain's Master.) Wlion Maydole was told tliat he made "a pretty good hummer," ha said, "No, I don't make a 'pretty good hammer,' I make, the best hammer that ever vat made." Every carpenter who saw a Maydole ham mer wanted oue. It was of the best ma terial, perfectly balanced, and tlie head never flew off. Hammers wore divided into two classes 1st, Maydole'g; 2d, all tlie rest. Plasters are separated by the same lino of cleavage; 1st, Benson's Porous Plaster 2d, all the rest. When, for rheumatic pain, a cold, a cough, kidney troublu or any other disease or ailment that may be treated externally, you ask for n plawtur, any hon est, reputable druggist w ill give you a lien sou's. He knowt it is incomparably the liest, and he assumes that you know it too. As tlie name of Maydole stood for hammers the name of Benson stands for piaster tho "real tiling." All the medicinal poten cies tli lit are valuable in a plaster are in Benson's. Capsioum, Strengthening and Belludonna plaster are out of date. An army of physicians and druggists, and millions of the people, have written of Benson's Plasters as a remedy to be trusted. Benson's Plasters have fifty-five highlit award. Accept no substitute. For sale by all druggista, or we will pre pay postage on any number orderod iu the United States, on receipt of 2.rio. each. Beabury A Johnson. Mto. Chemists. N.Y. OF LIFE INSURANCE. MILLIONS MILLIONS Twenty - 49 MILLIONS 40 MILLIONS 24 MILLIONS 7 MILLIONS 6 MILLIONS 4 MILLIONS S3 CO. OF AMERICA. It Made a Difference. "No," he said, "I will not pay you for that quart of milk. My wife thought, it was chalk mixture ami gave it to the children for medicine." "Then," replied the honest milk man, "the bill will be $1.25. 1 used to be a druggist, and prescription work costs money." Baltimore American. ON A PAR A TICKET OVER THK N. V. CENTRAL AND DR. HUMPHREYS' SI'KCIFICS. Geo. II. Daniels, K,q., General Passenger Agent of the N. Y. C. R. K., at a public dinner nt the Waldorf, said : "For yean I have taken ni medicine but Humphreys' Specifics. My parents ted the whole family on these little pills; never had any other remedy in the house, and I am die smallest of eleven children. So much for Humph reys' Specifics. I should advise all those who are raising children to get packages of it and curry it with them. It is the most re- liable thing you can get except a ticket over the New York Central." "77" breaks up . colds that hang on. Dr. Humphreys' 'book mailed free. Humphreys' Medicine Co., Cor. William and John Sts New York. Some men live so rapidly as to die of old age at 40. What Shall wb Have for Dessert? 1 ms question arises in trie family every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try Jcll-O, a delicious dessert. Prepared in two min utes. No baking I add hot water and set to cool. Flavors s Lemon, orange, raspberry and strawberry. At your grocers. 10c. 3 I4d WANTED. Reliable Man for Manager of Branch Olfice we wish to open in this vicin ity. If your record is O. K. here is an op. portunity. Kindly give good reference when writing. The A. T. Morris Wholes i.b House, Cincinnati, Ohio. Illustrated catalogue, 4c, stamps. (i2t2 2I "Come ofl" is the messatie of snrine to the storm door. Bought Vestkrdav Cured To-Dav. Mr9. O. C. Bur'., of 26 Broadway.New York, says: "I am surprised and delighted at the chance for the better in niv case in one dav from the use of Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Pow der. It worked like magic there s no ex cuse for a person suffering pain with this remedy within icach, 50 tents. sold by C A. Kleim. 41 Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures swollen, sore, hot, callous, aching, sweating fe-t, corns and bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Sample mailed FRKF. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. 3 I4d4t. Some doctors are not satisfied to let well enough alone. What's the Trouih.e ? Is it sickhead ache? Is it biliousness? Is it sluggish liver ? Is your skin sallow ? Do you feel nure i.ead than alive ? Yojr system needi toning your liver is doing iu work don't le-ort to strong drugs Dr. Agnew's Little Liver Pills, 10 cents for 40 doses, will work wonders for yu- 43 Sold by C. A. Kleim. Cupid leads anything but an aimless life. Bears th The Kind You Have Always Bought fifth Annual Statement January I, 1901. ASSETS. Bonds nnJ MortfMges, fn, 377,63 1 07 Real Estate 6,892,770 35 R.R.BonJsanJ Stock (Market Value), 12,950,092 50 Municipal Bonds (Market Value), . 3,757,966 3S U. S. Gov. BonJs (Market Value), . 1 16,750 00 Cash in Banks and Office, 2,5 34, no 31 Interest and Rents, due and accrued, 333.7 21 Loans on Collateral Securities, . . . 807,900 00 Loans on Policies 471,89163 Premiums Deferred" and in course of collection (net) . 1,357.872 4? Total $40,590,001 9) LIABILITIES. Reserve on Policies, 33724,3Q3 00 All other Liabilities 465,467 01 Surplus to Policyholders, . . . 6,410,131 92 Total 140,599.091 93 AL Hons Office, Kswark, H. Heart Disease Relieved in 30 Min utes. Dr. Agnew's cure for the Heart gives perfect relief in nil cases of organic or sympathetic heart disease in 30 minutes, and speedily effects a cure. It is a peerless rem edy for palpitation, shortness of breath, smothering spells, pain in left side, and all symptoms of a diseased heart. One dasc convinces. Sold by C. A. Kleim. 41 The egotistical letter I is always in it- Mothf.rs! Mothers! Mothers ! Haw many children are at this season feverish and constipated, wilh bad stomach' and head ache. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children will always cure. If worms art present they will certainly remove them. At all druggists, 85c. Sample mailed FREli. Addrets Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.V. 14 "A broth of a boy" must be one who ii always in the soup. Distressing Stomach Disease Perma nently cured by the masterly power of South American Nervine Tonic. Invalids need suffer no longer, because this great remedy can cure them all. It is a eurt or the whole world of stomach weakness and indigestion. The cure begins with the first dose. The relief it brings is marvellous and surprising. It makes no failure; never disappoints. N' matter how long you have suffered, your cure is certain under the use of this great health-giving force. Pleasant and always safe Sold by C. A. Kleim, druggist, irf West Main street, Bloomsburg, Pa, iy4 19 The miner couldn't earn a living unless he was kept down in the world. A Remedy for the Uriite. A remedy recommended for patients afflicted with the grippe isKFMP'S BALSAM, which is es pecially adapted for the throat and luns. Don't wait for the first symptoms of the dis ease, get a bottle to-day and keep it for use the moment it is needed. If neglected the grippe has a tendency to bring on pncuQwnit. KKMP'S BALSAM prevents this by keep ing the cough loose and tho lungs free fror inflammation. All druggists sell KEMP'S BALSAM at 25c and 50c. 3-14'U The interior decorator Bets room for im provement in his business. Have You a Skin Disease ? Tetter, salt rheum, scald head, ringworm, eczema, itch, b.irb.-r's itch, ulcers, blotches, chronic erysipelas, liver spots, prurigo, Psoriasis, or oilier eruptions of the skin what Dr. A' new's Ointment has done for others it can do for you cure you. One application giv relict. 35 cents. Sold by C. A. Kleim. 44 Relief in Six Hours. Distressing kid ney and bladder diseases relieved in si heiirs by "New Great South Amciican Ki'l nev Cure." It is a great surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving pa'" In I ladder, kidneys and back, in male or le m:dc. Relieves retention of water almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is the remedy. Sold by C. A. Kleim, druggist, 128 W. Main St , Blooms burg, Pa. 4 26 iy. When a girl has a fellow under her thuoit he is generally Miss-managed, OASTOllIA., TL. K' J 11... 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