THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. KOTCOODAMERICASS John Ilays Hammond Makes Notable Speech In London. IN C LO M A X I ACS ROUGHLY HANDLED 'A Well Mennlnit lint lllncreillteti CIukk." Snn (In- I'M in mm ICiml nrrr I'lrn I'ur (ieiif-rotm Trent nicnl !' llnem by ItrltlKh. LONDON', April 12:!. "I must ndvlsp fan not to i'iiy too much attention to ihe xtr,ivn;:niit expressions of friend 'ilp of n 'crtstln well inclining lint dls edl'cil li'su-H called in America 'Anglo mines." " 'i'lint uns the keynote of n ."( li made ly John I In. vs. Hammond, ' AllltTlcHII engineer, ISt night 1C- ? it notable gathering. Including Lord vy and others Interested In Anglo- "iiiojin mid Sonili African mutters, t a dinner given In honor of Mr. Hum I.. end's return to Knglnnd. With pun fciit sentences Mr. Iliiininond explain ed to lil: Kngllsh audience tin" depth f nnd reason for American tyinpiitliy tyith tin- l'.oers, nnd. "11 emidid though n genuine friend of Anglo-Sax-n friendship," he impressed his hear H'H with Great ttritain's tot 11 1 hick of '.Tort to counteract the pro-ltoer sontl iient in the I'nltod States. With equal tr.'ukncs.s Mr. Ilninniond lilted that Brent r.rltain be generous in her tie put imIh. "Vonr Alnerlean friends," ho Seclaivd, "most earnestly hope that In irmuging terms of ponce wise liberali ty will be shown to the Hoers." Such n statement coming from one irho in the sume speech referred to his Imprisonment at Pretoria 011 account of Sis ant! l'.oer tendencies produced 11 fntl'ir striking etTect. The American n.tigl:.phnhcs enme in for eipial crltl- ilsin with the Anglomanlacs In Mr. Hammond's remarks. "Itoth of those hisses." said Mr. 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 . "are the lotsam uud Jetsam of the American population. The citizens who cont use the importnnt body of our popu ntion are the exponents of Amorlcan- 111 in its hlKhest form. They are the (rue Americans, whether of Hrltlsh, 3ennan or whatever uWestry. It is a irite but nevertheless an almost lrre- dstible argument that our nations Ihonld stand together because blood is (bicker than water. In default of oth- kr reasons this sentiment on many ucmonible occasions has prevailed and laved the day. "But we must be prepared hencefor ward to urge our claims for conjoint fiction respecting important interna tional issues upon not a racial but a u'oral basis namely, that our claim is t just one for I believe that to both ations Justice is the cornerstone of heir international structure." To this conservative and unbiased i.'ction of the Ajnerlcan community :.r. Hammond averred that "England -a not condescended to explain." fo this lack of condescension Mr. Sammond attributed the "general pro- poer sentiment" which he found upon Ms return to the United States in 11KK). the speaker pointed out that American impressions of the Iloer war were de lved from the political emissaries of ihe Hoers and the writings nnd speeeb- fs of the British pro-Boors, under ivhlch circumstances, he saldi it was lot surprising that the "corrupt Trans- raal oligarchy, masquerading under he name of the 'little sister republic,' lad secured the nld and sympathy of Imerlca. However much we British ml 'Americans differ from the Boers Jolitically, we are compelled to ad mire the plucky light made by the un fortunate and deluded Boers now uu- ler arms." A Farm lland'a He venue. YOIIK. Pa.. April The large barn If C. C. Wolf, eight miles southwest of fork, was destroyed by an Incendiary Jre during the night. Forty head of .'at beef cattle and ten horses and miles perished in the flames. Ilejiry Eberly, who had been employed at the place for three years, came to York luring the day and gave himself up to :he authorities. He confessed to Mr- jig the barn, saying he did it for re- renge on uecount of bad treatment ho received from his employer. Dike Win Shrievalty Flalit. NEW YORK. April 18,-The appel ate division of the supreme court has jnmleil down a unanimous decision de eding the Kings county shrlcvultj con- rest In favor of Colonel Norman S. Dike, appointed by Governor Odell to lueeeed Charles tiudeii, und reversing ;he decision of Judge tlaynor of the iilpreine court ordering Colonel Dike 'o hand over the papers and records of ihe sheriff's ollice to Uuden. Five etcro Children Starved. MEMPHIS, Ti.nii., April The Heath of Qve negro children from star vation in reported from Haywood coun ty, al.out forty miles north of Mem phis. They were the children of .11m Mills, who ";'ft them several weeks ago ustemlhly To find work. The family Ived In 1111 Isolated spot, and their con- jltion was not discovered until they ivere beyond help. Mother ( llr. Illllls llenil. WOODBINK. Ia., April 21,-Mrs. Margaret K. H'llis, motlier of Uev, Dr. Newell Ilwlght Hillis of llrooklyn. Is dead here. Mrs. Hillis had been suf fering for several months from the ef fects of a paralytic stroke. Her son ciune to Woodbine when she waa lirst stricken, hut returned to Brooklyn alt er his mother rallied from the effects. t'oxd)' l-'lre at Qulntey. 111. QPINOY, 111., April 22.rire which 01'lginutcd in the (ieni City sawmill de stroyed property valued at $:W0,X)O uid caused the death of one woman from shock. After 'consuming the snw- t mill and planing mill, the lire burned 'ivcr 'nearly ten uciW piled with lum ber. GREAT 8TORY WRITER DEAD. Frank It. Ktnckton Aoitilenly I'maea Avrny In Wnahlnsrton. WASHINGTON, April 21.-Krnnk It. Stockton, the well known novelist. Is dead in this city. The cause of Mr. Stockton's death was paralysis immediately resulting from u hemorrhage in the brain lie was a guest nt the banquet held Wednesday night of the Nntlonal Academy of Sciences, when he was taken suddenly and mysteriously 111. The nllinent did not nt that time ap pear to be serious, nnd for awhile the sufferer seemed to be Improving, but a change for the worse came yesterday FUANK It. STOCKTON. morning, nnd death occurred nt 11 o'clock. By his bedside when the end came were his wife, who was a Miss Tuttle of Virginia, nnd her sister. lie was sixty-eight years of age. The body will be taken to Philadelphia for Inter ment. Mr. Stockton spent the past winter in New York and had done very little literary work, preferring to rest. After a visit of nearly a mouth to Atlantic City he came to Washington so that he might attend the banquet of the scieu- testa, intending then to go to his beau-' tjful home in Cuarlestowu, W. Va. Mr. Stockton was a rnuaueipuiun Dy birth, in early life was nn engraver and draftsman, but soon abandoned this occupation for Journalism. Many years ago, however, he retired wholly from newspaper work and devoted himself to literature. Ills reputation as a story writer was worldwide. THE STEAMSHIP TRUST. The Great Merger Combine to Hart a Capital of 17.0,000,000. NEW YORK, April 23.-The transat lantic steamship combination formed by J. P. Morgan will have a capital of $170,000,000, of which $00,000,000 will be 0 per cent cumulative preferred stock, $(!0,000,000 common stock and $50,000,000 4V'a Pr cent debentures. The underwriting syndicate has sub-' scribed $50,000,000, 40 per cent of which was placed abroad and the re mainder here. As yet the company has barely gone beyond the organization stage. The corporate title is still unde termined. As announced last week, the combina tion will have an American charter, but those in authority decline to make known at this time the state in which the company will be Incorporated. It is authoritatively stated that a "working arrangement" has been made with the German lines North German Iloyd and Hamburg-American as a result of which the relations between the new combination and the German companies promise to be altogether har monious. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Cloning Stork Quotation. Money on call firm at 44 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4(aoi per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at .S7M)-I.&7A for demand and at $4.854 for 60 days. Posted ratt-8. J4.S6 and $4.88'. Commercial bills, $4.M) and 4.88H. Uovernment bonds firm. State bonds inactive. Kallroad bonds irregular. Closing prices: Atchison 9KH N. Y. Central... 15S CC..C.& St. L..105 Onturto & West. Si Reading Rock Island ,...1724 St. Paul im Sugar Refinery. 1224 Texas Pacific ... 41 Union Pacific ...103H Wabash pref. .. 444 West. Union ... 12 dies. & Ohio.... 474 People's Gas.... IMV4 Del. & Hudson. V3 Erie 3V4 Gen. Electric... 328 Lead 18V4 Louis. & Nush..l2Gt Manhattun C'on.l34H Missouri Pac....l00 Kew York Markets. FLOUR Less active and barely steady: Minnesota patents, H.iXKu4; winter straights, 3.7(Ki3.8u; winter extras, J.lu(g 8.35; winter patents, I3.85'n4.05. WHEAT-Weakened by a wet weatner man ami ruled easy under liberal unload ing; May, 80 7-lG'uM) lB-l;o. : July, H'uKlc. llVK-nuii: slate, HUdttzc., c. 1. 1., rsew York, car lots; No. 2 western. Mc, t. a. b., afloat. CORN -opened steady on tne smnll country offerings and prosuects for cold weather, but slowly eased off with wheat; May, fi7'&tl7c. ; September, KTi'fi WViiC. OATS Steady and quiet; track, white, state, ji'fijnc. ; traca, wane, western, omp 66c. PORK Easy; mess, 116.7517.75; family, $M l!'.5(l. 1.AHU-ateaay ; prime western steam, 10. (trie. UU'n Kit steady; state oairy, Z4fiZ7e.; creamery, 2yi2Ko. CHE K8K Firm; state, full cream, small, early made, fancy, colored, 131il3Vc. ; statu, tun cream, small, eariy mane, laney, while. 1:11 13Vic. : full cream, largo, fall made, fancy, colored. 2'i(121c; full cream, large, fall made, fancy, wane, vtv.. liUGS Steady; state and IVnnsylvaula, 15c; western, at mark. 17fil8c. Sl'GAK iiaw steady; fair refining, 27,c.j centrifugal, ! test, Xhi:; relluud steady; crushed, f.i. ; powdered, 4.8Sc. Tl RPKN 1 INK yuiet at liiwfmic. KH.'K-Steady ; domestic, i'lVnU'riC, Ja pan, 4-i'( ff. TALLOW Firm; city, B'Ac; country, HAY 1'ull: shipping, UOijOSe. ; good to choice, 8SWo. llulTalo I.lve Mock Market, CATTI.K Receipts, DO head fnlrly iiti-iidv ui urevious nrl no veulH here lioOS Ileceiiils. fL.'ioo head; slow und NMi I'm. lower; Vorkers, $T'f 7. IS : IlKht do., iti.HOilii.W); mixed puckers, 7. 7.il." ; choice heavy. 7.2f(i7.3a,; iiImh. Ib.Nkhu.bu. SHKl.C AM) LAMHH-OftViliiKH, 1,G)0 head; sales very lishl and all wonlx; mar ket sensitive; choice lambs. t7.2T.i 7.1)5; aood to choice, $7.1.Vn7.JU; sheep, choice handy wethers, $l.iiiKfi.7!; comniuii to ex tra mixed, $3.7.Vj0.60; culls uud common, t!75(uj.60. LONG DEBATE BEGUN Senate Opens on Philippine Government Bill. HOUSE PASSES WEST TOin MEASURE Appropriation For Improvement nt the Military Araileiny f nt-( on forenre on Chinese Kxrlnftlon Illll Hoililtx 1 41 Agreement. WASH1NGTON, April 23.-Formal discussion of the bill temporarily to provide a governine.ii ior me 1 111 op- pine Islands was begun In the senate yesterday, Mr. Itawllns (I'tah), the leading minority member of the I'hll ipplne committee, opening the debate. He denounced the bill ns nn unwar ranted Imposition on the Filipinos, de- clarlng that it would establish one of the foulest oligarchies in the history of the world. He maintained that the Philippine commission was given too great power by the bill nnd asserted that under Its provisions the Island? would be exploited for private gain. While hp was speaking two efforts were made to maintain a quorum, the second resulting In n lively tilt among several scnotors, Mr. Scott (W. Vn.) in- tlmating that argument could not in fluonoe any senator. The house by 11 vote of 75 to 72 rejected claims attached to the omnibus claims bill by the senate aggregating $1,N00, 000, and on the heels of that fiction iioiiconeurred In the whole senate amendment (the various Items having been ruled to coixtltute a single amend- incut) and sent the bill to conference. The Military academy appropriation blll was passed after the limit of cost of the improvements at West Point had been reduced from $5.r00,(HMI to g.'t.KOO, 000 nnd the amount of the appropria tion In the bill from $3,000,000 to $2,- 000,000. The London dock charge bill was called up, but was not disposed of. The conferees on the Chinese ex- elusion bill have practically reached n mil nave pracucan.v n-nvm.-u rreenient. The main features of nate bill have been adopted, but are some alterations. au agreement. the sei L 1 . mere uiv wnuv niiciunuuo. 1 Cnliao BUI I'naaril. WASHINGTON. Anril 19.-The Deni- ocrats und the Republican insurgents courts and this one tried in the Lacka rode rough shod over the house leaders wanna court recently. The suit was yesterday when the voting began on me L.uian reciprocny 0111. xm-, tnrew me ruling 01 u.e cuu.r u. mince or me wuoie on iue iiuesuuu the propriety of an amendment to re- move the differential from reined sug ar during the existence of the reel- proclty agreement provided for in IL he bill. Illver and Harbor BUI Pnsaed. WASHINGTON, April 22. Without a word of discussion of the merits of the measure the senate yesterday pass ed the river and harbor bill, carrying in appropriations about $70,000,000. So thoroughly had the bill been consid ered by the commerce committee that every senator was content that it should puss as reported from the com mittee. DISASTER ON THE OHIO. AppulliiiK l." of Life by Burning of Klver Steamer. CAIRO, 111.. April 2X No more bod ies have been recovered from the steamer City. of Pittsburg, which was burned Sunday. Practically nothing has been done to search the wreck for bodies. It Is fair to assume that the total number on board at the time of the fire, passengers nnd crew, from all reliable statistics given from memory by officers, was 145, and It Is known that seventy-tive were saved, which leave seventy to be accounted for. the corrected list of the lost given Is fifty, and there must be twenty bodies In the wreck or the river. The underwriters will endeavor to Investigate the burn ed hulk. At the coroner's inquest over the bodies of Cuptaiu Sylvester Doss and Miss Mario Tlsslm a verdict was ren dered that the former came to death from exhaustion and the latter from inhaling smoke, and nothing was de veloped ns to the origin, cause or re sponsibility for the disaster. Captain Phillips testified that he could not ac count for the origin of the fire unless nn electric wire had started it. Many stories have been told by survivors of their thrilling experiences In escaping from the burning decks, and some t? them are of a most startling character. The vletlniB were from points along the Ohio valley, and they hove left n trull of bereavement from Pittsburg to the Mississippi. . Fatal Fire at Dallas, Tex. DALLAS. Tex., April 21. Two per sons fatally Injured, Fire Chief Magee prostrated and 11 property loss of fully $;r0,(MiO is the result of several early uiornlng fires which occurred in this city. The first alarm was turned in from the Horsey printing establish ment, located on lower Klin street. Sev eral additional ularms from different parts of the city followed closely. Corn Duties Cause Hot Debate. LONDON, April 23. The whole of last evening in the house of commons was occupied with a heated debate of the corn duties as provided for in tho budget. At midnight Mr. Italfour, the government leader, applied the closure, and the corn duties resolution wus adopted by 2S3 to 111". Quick Conviction of a Murderer, HACKKNSACK, N. J., April IS. Teter Hernia has been convicted of murder in the first degree here, llo killed Iteruard Kanter, a butcher, who refused to give iiiin 5 cents' worth of dog meat. The trial nctiully took but nine and a half hours. Sentence wl" be pronounced later, . . Ticket Scalper Fleaded Guilty. Adolph Blau Learned Something About Tha Law on Ihe Suhjoct. Judge Kelly Wai Lenient. The first case of a man being ar raigned in the criminal courts of Lacka wanna county for ticket scalping was called before Judge Ivl wards recently. The derendant was Adolph Blau, who is the manager ol the Commercial Loan company, doing business at No. to Lackawanna avenue. The com- platnant was M. L. Smith, the district passenger agent of the Lackawanna railroad Blau pleaiied guilty upon the ailvice of his counsel and was let off with an extremly lenient sentence. It was $25 and costs. Cases in this state for ticket scalp- ing have been rare, although there has been a law apainst it on the statute hooks of Pennsylvania since the year 1863. It was only recently that the supreme court of Pennsylvania decid ed that that law is a good one and that it is a crime to scalp tickets in Penn sylvania. The D. L. & W. company some- time ago had reason to complain of ticket scalping in this city and started out to find where the trouble came from. They soon found that the tickets were being scalped by Blau. Mr. bmith remonstrated with him and told hun not to sell the tickets of the Lacka- wanna and also called his attention to the law ol this state regarding 11. rjau Jjj S0p for a time and then wnen the New York state court decid- , -P.iinst the railroad companies in the famous case at Buffalo he thought that it gave him a license to sell, and o - . . . started up the scalping business again. Mr. Smith told him again and also called his attention to the fact that the law in New York state was not the same as the law in Pennsylvania, and tnat .he jaw ,n tms sUte was straight that the law in this state was straigiu Qut ou against the practice. Ulau wQuldn.t bdje6ve . anJ fc on 1. .... . .. , ing UIHII I1C 5 There is a big difference between the case that was in New ork state brought there by the companies against the scaiperg t0 restrain them from sell . The guit here jn cquit not ..-, ... mi . - .,i; . m the criminal court. The peculiar - part of the suit there was that it was decided against the company on me ground that they did not come into court with clean hands and when a man comes into the equity court for redress of grievances he must come there without soot or blemish. Thus it appears that while the New York courts decided against the companies they did not decide that ticket scalp ing in New York was legal. In passing sentence on Blau, Judge Kelly told him that it was on account of all the facts in the case that he was so lenient. That he felt that Blau had made a mistake in his understanding of the New York law and did not un derstand the difference between that and the law in this state. Judge Kelly stated that the law in Pennsylvania is clear and distinct, and that it positive ly makes ticket scalping a crime. It is a serious crime, too. The penally is fine and imprisonment in the peri tentiary . The court impressed the fact upon Blau that while he was lenient this time it was not to be understood that he would be so lenient with him or anyone else if they should be brought t ! .L- l - Deiore mm again on inc same u,Sc. While the I)., L. & W. company agreed to have judicial clemency ex- tended to Blau Mr. Smith stated that . . . . it was an example to anyone else that would be found scalping their tickets. They will prosecute to the full extent Of the law in cases that may arise hereafter. Major Warren appeared for the I removes the obstructions to health nnd hap company, and Messrs. Joseph O'Brien, p'mess, and delivers womanhood from the r..- o 'u t?,t, TW-..I1.. J cruel bondace of "female weakness." John F. Murphy for Blau. Arab Swallowed His Fortune. The 1'etit furlsiun (rives an ac count of a remarkable operation per formed on an Arab. The nnfortu liute son of the desert, frightened at the approach of evil-eyed strangers, swallowed his fortune of 107 francs, consisting of five-franc and two franc pieces. As it would have en dangered his life to leuve this money in it novel socurlty vault, he was operated upon, and after much search 105 francs 60 centimes were recovered. The patient was 63 jeurs vf age. A Brlentltle Pled IMper. Dr. Kobert Koch, chiefly known, in a popular way, through his efforts toward the cure of consumption, is going to net as u sort of scientific pied piper of (lermany In an attempt to rid the empire of rats, which ure supposed to be a potent factor in the spreading of contagious diseases. Ilueteria In Ink, The authorities of Mimlen, Ger. many, have made 11 bacteriological examination of school Inks. Most of he tiiieclnienx examined contained , bacteria, which, when animals were ,' j . Jnoctiloted with them, often fatal. proved OABTOHIA. Bears th ) 1,19 Kin(1 ou Have Always Bought Biuatora .4 1"' '' i-i: ANtgctable Preparation for As similating ihcFoodandRcgula ting the Stomachs and Dowels of Fromolcs Digcstion.Chrcrfur ness and Rest .Contains neitlicr (.Mum, Morphine norJlincraL TSOT HAli C OTIC . PnyJiM StrJ Six . (mm M.Wic Hirm Sr1 Mmjwm runmr. Aperfrcl Romndy forConsiipn non, Sour Skiuwh.Diarrhoca nnd Loss OF SLEEP. Tac Simile Siflnnlure of NEW YORK. mi EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. 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