THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA. NEW REPUBLIC BORN Cuba Becomes a Free and In dependent Nation. PRESIDENT PALM A IS INAUGURATED. fllmple Ceremony of Trnnofrr Took I' In re at Soon lienernl Wood Lower Amerlenn I'lnw nnd naUra I'uba'a Kiiililoni. HAVANA, May 21. With the haul Injc down nt noon of the stars nnd stripes of the I'nlted States nnd the hoisting In Its place of the lone star flng of Cuba on Morro castle, ('almnns fortress nnd the executive palace the Itibnii people entered into possession f their country and became rcsponsl ile for Its future. 'fomas Kslrada Talma became presi dent und, with the Cuban congress, as sumes active control of the Island. Governor General Wood, who for throe years has represented the authority of the United States, went aboard the cruiser Brooklyn, awaiting him in the harbor, and the troops of the T lilted Stnlps embarked on a steamship. The process of the transfer was very simple. Scnor Palma uttached his signature to n document as president of the Cu ban republic nftcr an exchange of con gratulations, and the veteran General Mnxiino Gomez ascended to the roof of the palace, where he was accorded an Immense reception. General Wood personally lowered tho Amerlenn colors, which were saluted, and with his own hand hoisted the Cu ban flag as nn act of the T'nited States, General Gomez nsslstlng. The natal day of the republic found Havana urrayed like a queen for her crowning. There was not n residence, preten tious or humble, that did not bear upon its quaint facade some emblem in hon or of the event. The many nrches erected nt the entrances of plazas by political societies, fraternal clubs, resi dents of various civil divisions of the city and business organizations bad an air of real grandeur. Tho scafToldlng was covered with canvas painted In Im itation of marble, and from a distance the Illusion was complete. The whole city seemed suddenly bur led under a forest of waving banners. The decorations along the water front were exceedingly lavish, and all PRESIDENT TALMA. the shipping in the harbor was dressed in gala attire. The majority of the ships flew the American ensign at the main and the Cuban colors at the fore or mlzzen. The United Stutes armored cruiser Brooklyn, which takes General Wood . away, and the steamer Morro Castle i of the Ward line, on which the troops ' embarked, as well as the foreign war ships which had been sent by their , governments to be present nt the birth of the new republic were dressed with Btreums of slgnul flags fore and aft, man-of-war fashion. Much curiosity was aroused by a statue of Freedom which had been raised during the nIit In Central park upon the pedestal where for centuries a statue of Queen Isabella had stood. During the morning a bountiful breakfast was given to several thou sand poor children by Mr. I'nino of Boston, who has passed the winter In Havana for many years. Governor General Wood In handing . over the government of Cuba to Presi dent l'lilmn and the Cuban congress delivered to them the following letter from' the president of the United States: "On the 20th, of this month the mili tary government of Cuba will, by my direction, transfer to you the control and government of the Island of Cuba, to be thenceforth exercised under the provisions of the constitution adopted by your constitutional convention as on that day promulgated, und he will ' thereupon declare the occupation of Cuba by the United Stntes to bo nt nn end. "At the snme time 1 desire to express to you tho sincere friendship und good wlslies of the United Slates und our most earnest hopes for tho stability and success of your government, for tho blessings of peace. Justice, prosper ity and ordered freedom among your people und for enduring friendship be tween the republic of the United States and the republic of Cuba." . Before the Brooklyn was hull down on the horizon tho Cubans resumed their festivities. In the afternoon there was a yacht regatta in tho harbor, and ashore there was a review of 14,000 school children by President Talma. At noon a solemn high mass In honor of the republic was celebrated In ull the churches of the Island, und at 4 iuivuk a T Dmim was suug at the cntlieilrnl. At the unmo hour the Cuban rortKrowa rtroHnlmod tho constitution. At nlKht tho whole rlty wan llluml tinted, and n ftrent rtyroteelinlc display wns made from tho wnlls of Morro castle nnd Cnlinnns fortress. LA8T DAY IN CUBA. General Wood nnd fttnff Flnlh Their Work. HAVANA, May 20.-The Inst day of the Amerlenn occupation was devoted by General Wood and his staff to clearing their desks of official business and to arranging the llnal details of the evacuation. The palace was fnlrly be sieged all day by Importunate persons GOVERNOR GENERAL WOOD, appealing for some last favor before the curtain drops. There was also a constant stream of callers to say a formal farewell, as the Spanish people are great sticklers In such matters. Resolutions adopted by many cities of the Island expressing gratitude at the American administration of Culm reached General Wood during the day, and Jose Gomez, tb" governor of Santa Clara, came personally to present a me morial from the InlMibitants of his province tilled with expressions of pro found gratitude. Final reports show that General Wood will turn over to the republic $57.700 in cash and also $1,308,(107 In bonds, against which the current liabil ities are charged. The final figures of the expenditure of Insular funds during General Wood's administration, which began Dec. 21, 180!). are $4fl,15l,Gr0.94. During the whole period of the American occupa tion the amount expended has been $59,753,523; DOINGS OF CONGRESS. Philippine Delia te Continues Omni. bm Public Bnlldlnar Bill. WASHINGTON, May 21. The sub ject of the concentration of the Inhab itants In the Philippines into camps was a leading topic of the discussion of the Philippine bill in the senate yes terday. The senate committee on public buildings nnd grounds reported the omnibus public building bill. The bill carries n net Increase over the house measure of $3,535,700, making the ag gregate appropriation of the bill $20, 1)41,150. The nppropriotion for tho New York custom house was Increased from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. For u third time within a week the house has Instructed Its conferees on matters of dispute between the senate and house. The Instructions were given on amendments In the army appropria tion bill before the conferees had even considered the mutters In controversy. A resolution offered by Mr. Hltt, chairman of the foreign affairs commit tee, felicitating Cuba on her independ ence was passed unanimously. THE TEXAS CYCLONE. Jflnety-flve Dend and One Hundred and Fifty Honaes Itased. GOLIAD. Tex.. May 21. Three of the injured in Sunday's tornado are dead, making the total number of deaths ninety-five. There were many funerals yesterday, and the same short service was observed as on the preced ing days. This city was totally swept from end to end by the rushing winds, and 150 houses were razed to the ground by the shock. The courthouse and private resi dences are being utilized to care for the injured und for preparing the dend for burial. The tornado came from the southeast at 3 o'clock in the afternoon without warning. The wires are budly demoral ized, and the details are necessarily flow. The property damage Is heavy. I.ouhet In Itnuala. TSARSKOE SELO, Russia, May 21. The czar and President Loubet have arrived here. The czur accompanied bis guest to the palace where Presi dent Loubet will reside. The president of France subsequently called upon the czar und the czarina. Nerloua 'hieanro Catastrophe. CHICAGO, May 17. During the progress of a fire which last night de stroyed the lard refinery of Armour & Co. In the Union stockyards twenty nine people were injured, five of them In a manner which will probably cause death in a short time. The loss of the company is estimated by its officers at between $700,000 and $!HK,000, with all the, chances in favor of the latter fig ure. Ktnofords Calve Way to Trust. OSWEGO, N. Y., May 17.-The Kiugsford family, which has been Iden tified with the starch manufacturing business for moro than fifty years, has retired, and their factory here has pass ed to the control of the Corn Products company. The offices of the Oswego starch factory have been removed to Chicago. The factory will reiuula at Oswego. CONDENSED DISPATCHES, ".table Event of the Week nrfeitr and Terselr Told. Henvy snow hns caused tho death of thousands of sheep In Wyoming. ""Queen WMliri,linliuTlsreported "strong enough to leave her bed for a short time dally. Waldeck-Roussenu, the French pre mier, announced his resignation, totako effect before June 1. i The French battleship Gaulols, with the military nnd naval members of the Rochambeau mission, arrived nt An napolis, ! Tneariay. Mar 20. A slight shock of earthquake wns felt In northern Cnllfornln. Ten city olliclnls nnd contractors of Toledo, O., were Indicted for bribery. Chinese troops In Chill refused to flro on Insurgents, who now number 30,000. William Taylor, retired Methodist missionary bishop, died nt Tulo Alto, Cnl. An unsuccessful attempt wns made to assassinate tho governor of Vilna, Russia. Colombian rebels are reported to bo planning nttneks on Cnrtagenn, Colon r and Pannnia. Nine English tourists and four bont men were drowned In a squall on tho lukes of Killaruey. Many persons were killed nnd much property destroyed by a hurricane In the province of Scinde, British Indlu. By a vote of nearly 8.000,000 shares to (1,000 the bond conversion plan of the steel trust went through ut u meeting in Hoboken. Monday. May in. Cloudbursts In Kansas, Missouri and Iowa did much damage. King Alexander accepted the resigna tion of the Servian cabinet. Heavy falls of snow were reported In Colorado. High winds accompanied the storm. . Stock barns near Racine, Wis., were struck by lightning and 102 horses burned to death. General Tort er, .United States embas sador to France, returned for a visit after five years' absence. Saturday, May 17, Three hundred people were made homeless by flood at Grent Falls, Mon. President Butler of Columbia univer sity was announced ns commencement orator at the University of Pennsyl vania. Turkish troops nt Monnstir, Macedo nia, mutinied for back puy. Kaiser Wilhelm advocates building expensive railway stutlons lu German cities. Meat riots continued on the eost side In New York city. Several arrests were made. The price of anthracite conl wns nd vunced $1 a ton owing to the miners' strike. Frldny, May 10, East sldo women in New York caus ed a riot in trying to prevent snle of kosher meat. Five lives were lost In a fire which destroyed the American hotel at Point Pleasant, Vn. Six men were hurt In a wreck of Forepaugh & Sells Bros.' canvas train at Marysville, Pa. The hearing of the state's case against the beef trust was begun at Al buny before a referee. Charles M. Schwab announced a sum mer home for poor children on his new ly acquired Stnten Island property. Reed Smoot, apostlo of the Mormon church in Utah, announced himself a candidate for the United States senate. R. F. Baptist, once a slave in 'Vir ginia, gave $1,000 to found a scholar ship at Tuskegee Institute For Negroes. The Philadelphia Record was sold at auction to William S. Stenger of that city for $2,300,000. Several New York ers bid. Thursday, May IS. The resignation of Eurl Hopotoun, first governor general of Australia, was announced. Lord Kitchener reported that Boer delegates were gathering at Vereenig nig for the peace conference. Fire ut Huntington, W. Va., destroy ed a lumber yard nnd twenty houses. The loss Is estimated at $220,000. A federal Jury in Indianapolis began investigation of the beef trust's meth ods at the suggestion of Attorney Gen eral Knox. Carried Dark to Quebec. MONTREAL, May 20.-Colonel Gay nor and Cuptaln Greene have won tho first skirmish in the fight against ex tradition to the United States, and again the two men are in the old city of Quebec, where they believe proceed ing); to force them to return to the United States to answer the charge of defrauding the United States govern ment can be successfully fought. Geaeral Uairnn's Victory. THENIX, Ariz., May 19. After a long and bitter struggle in the Mexlcun courts and on the Mexlcun plains Gen eral Charles P. Engnu, ex-commlssnry general of the United Stutes army, hns won possession nnd clear title to 2,500, 000 acres of mining laud lu western Mexico. The property Is large enough und rich enough to make a Europcau kingdom. Tobacco Workers Get a Itulae, NEW YORK, May 20.-The P. Loril lurd company has advanced the wages of all employees under the grude of foreman 10 per cent. Two thousand get the benefit of the Increase, which hus been authorized by the directors of the Continental Tobucco company. Vegetarian Onttvalked Meat Kutcr, BERLIN, Muy 21. Kurl Mann, the vegetarian, has won the international iedestrlan match from Berlin to Dres den. The distance covered was 125 miles, and Mann's time wus 27h. 13m. 14ViiS. The next mau, a meat euter, An ished lh. 45m. behind Munn. ANOTIIERERUPTION. Fierce Actions of Mont Peleo Terrorize Islanders. MORNING PANIC AT FORT DE FRANCE Shower of Stones Drive People to Shelter of Honln In Harbor K plimionn Heard In rlali liorlnK lalantln. FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, May 21. Yesterday nioriiliiir. at 5:30 n thick, heavy cloud, lit up by flashes of lightning and tho rising sun, rose from Mont Pelee. The people of Fort do France nt once became panic strick en and In scant nttlre rushed excited ly through the streets of tho town. Stones from tho volcano ns big as hn zel nuts fell In the streets. Many of the inhabitants hurriedly embarked on the vessels in the harbor, nnd It was with difficulty that they were eventu ally reassured. At 7 o'clock, however, the excitement was over, and the peo ple became calm. The phenomenon was similar to tho eruption of Thursday, May 8, but not so severe. Governor L'Henrre will leave here on the French cruiser Suchet to Inform himself of the situation nt St. Pierre. The cloud which Issued from Mont Pelee was composed of cinders. It Is estimated 20.000 people rushed Into tho streets of the town shrieking nnd praying. A tidal wave has destroyed a por tion of the Ullage of On-bet. A number of tho Inhabitants of Fort de France have embarked on the avail able vessels of the harbor and Intend to seek refuge on the Island of Guade loupe. OTHER ISLANDS DISTURBED. Loud Iteportu Heard nnd Fiery t'londa Seen at Dominion. ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indies, May 21. It has been reported here from St. Kitts, in the Leeward group, that Monday night nnd yesterday morn ing noises similar to those heard May 8 were ugain audible, but louder and with greater distinctness. Some of the houses were slightly shaken by the concussion. From the British island of Antigua and the French Island of Guadeloupe very loud detonations from the south east are reported. Another report which hns reached here from the British Island of DO' million Is to the effect that nt 5:30 o'clock In tho morning a curious, nwe Inspiring, fiery cloud, surmounted by a fleecy white cap resembling highly pol Ished silver, was seen from Rosen u, on the west const of Dominica, In the southeast. This phenomenon caused alarm In Dominica, especially as light ning followed In Its wake. A later report from Castries, St. Lu cia, confirms the previous statement that Mont Pelee bad again erupted and adds that another eruption back of the town of Fort de France is very likely to occur. Amerlenn Jorkeva Ahead. ! BERLIN, May 21. Nate Hill, the American Jockey, won the Saxon Derby on Dr. l.emke's Alciblades at Dresden. Alciblades was n rank out alder, and when Hill appeared on the horse the spectators guyed and Jeered him. But Hill got a good start and kept to the front all the way. The fla ,lsh of the race was close, and the American Jockey' received an ovation from the crowd. Ellwood, an Amerl enn, rode Don Augosto, u winner in the contest for the 20,000 mark ($5,000) purse at Stuttgart. News has also reached here from Warsaw, Russian Poland, that another American Jockey, Johnny Morgan, is riding an average of three winners there a day. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. C'loaliiw Stock Quotatlona. Money on cull quiet at 464V4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4i&5 per cent. Hterllns exchange easier, with actual liusinena In bankers' bills at f4.s7l.4M.879i for demand and at 14.8464.84 for CO days. Posted rates, 4.854 and 14.118. Com mercial bills, $4.834.844. Bar silver, MHc. Mexlcun dollars, 41 4o. Government bonds steady. State bonds Inactive. Rail road bonds steady. Closing prices: Atchison 97H N. Y. Central. .,1554 C.,C.,C.& St. L.. 10314 Ontario & West. 33 Ches. & Ohio.... 4CV4 Reading 62ft People's Gas.... 101 Rock Inland ,...171 lel. & Hudson.. 174 St. Paul 16S Erie 36 Sugar Refinery. 12774 Uen. Electrlo....31(i Texas Pacltlo ... 40(4 Louis. & NuHh..l4li Union Paulno ,104'4 Manhattan Con. 131 Wabash pref. .. 43Vt Mlnsourl Pac... 98 West. Union .... 90 New York Markets. FLOUR Quiet, but steady: Minnesota patents, J4.liXa4.2S; winter straights, tJ.ia 4(4; winter extras, $3.15U3.40: winter pat ents. )3.Of4.25. WliKAT Generally stendy on small northwest receipts and further rains In the spring wheat belt; July, 8U1V&80 ll-16c; September, W(u-t: RYE Steady; stale, 62fi03c, o. I. f., New York, car lots; No. 2 western, W!c, f. e. b., it float. CORN Firm and higher on small re ceipts and fair cash demand; September, 44jiiitSo. OATS Ruled dull and about steady; track, white, state, MVj'yuuc; track, white, western, &oyuc. PORK yulet; mess, J1S&18.60; fumlly, S19.6UIH-20. " LARD Easy ; prime western steam, lO.tiUC. BUTTER Steady; Btute dairy, 18ViSj'21o. s creuinery, lU'yidHc. CHKHBK Quiet and firm; now. state, full cream, small, colored, choice. Vity iiC. white, li'tc; large, colored, HVfcu.; huge, while, ll'4c KGG8 Firm; Btate and Pennsylvania, 17c; westetrn, at murk, fMrav,p. TURPKNTINK Dull at 4740. MOLASSES SteuUy; New Orleans, 33 41o, u ICR Steady; domestic, iWc.; Ja pan. i'n ic. TALLOW Steady; city. 6T4c; country, CV'7e. HAY Steady; shipping, 65U65c; good to choice, 87Vs'i!i&c. Live Stork Market. CATTLE Steady; choice. 6.9i7.25; prime, $ii.5i5i.MJ; good, 0.80i(6.U; veal calves, J7f7.W. HOGS Slow; prime heavy hogs, S7.40i$ T.DO: mediuinH. 7.2uru7.30j heavy Yorkers, l7.lSfc7.ao; light do., 74jll0; pigs, IB.!)!); roughs. $Vu1. SHEEP AND LAMFIS-Steady; choice wethers, !.7ii'u5.WQ; culls and commuu. li.WJ-&0; choice lumbs, 16.8(;.15. f ASTORIA AYcgctable PreparAlionTor As similating mcrooaanaucR ting rticStoinnchs and Dowel rromotcaDigcslion.Chccrrur-1 ness and uesu oniains newicr Opium.Morplune norlincraL Ts'otNahcotic. lmJ Sttjt' Mx.Smnti SlnurSrt Jtvrrmirtt - Kirm.froJ- V'Vlarf Vrl ' "TPTi Aperfccl Remedy forConstipa Tum, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Fevcrish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature ot NEW YORK. JS exact copy or wrapper. I i m ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, ToUcco Candies, Fruits and Huts SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Maillard'e Fine Candies. Freeh Every Week. trT-s 000x53 Specialty, SOLE AGENTS FOR F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Sole agents for the following branrtB of Cigars- Henry Clay, Londres, Normal, Indian Princess, Samson, Silver A Bloomsburg Pa. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, UlATTINO, or OIL CLOTH, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT W. H. M WEB'S Doois aboxe Jjirt House. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. When a boy turns his bulging pocket in side out we marvel at (he quantity nnd variety of articles he has stowed away. Odd lengths of string, marbles, a horse-chestnut, a top, brass nails, hickory-nuts, an apt le, nnd ninny more articles are garnered by this "snapper up of unconsidered trifles " We think the collection must be hard on a boy's pocket. And it is. But do we ever think of the variety and miscellany of the sub. stances we put into the pocket of our stom ach? There's the apple and the nuis, and things besides quite as indigestible as brass nails and wilh no more food value than so many marbles. And yet we wonder that the stomach "gives out." When ihe stomach' brenks down under the strain of careless eating and irregular nn-als it can be perfect ly and permanently restored to health and strength by the use of Doctor Tierce's Gold en Medical Discovery. The action of this medicine on the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition is so marked, that relief from disease is at once experienced and the headaches, liver "troubles," kidney disorders, skin eruptions and other symp toms of a diseased stomach are quickly cured. Whenever the use of a Inxative medicine is indicated, use Dr. Tierce's Tleasnnt Tellets. They act in harmony with the "Discovery" and nssist its action by purging the bowelsjjf foul accumulations. Fast Friends. Rushville, Ind. Mkssks. Ely Bros.: I have been a great sufferer from catarrh and hay fever and tried many things, but found no permanent relief until I found it in Ely's Crenm lialm abuut eight years ago, and we have been fast friends ever since. (Kev.) K. M. Bkntlev. Trove its value by investing 10 cents in trial size of Ely's Cream Balm. Druggists supply it and we mail it. Full size 50 cents. ELY BROS., 56 Warren St., New York. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Tfis Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of f&i O J. S T O II J J. Bean the 1"6 Kind You Have Always Bought For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over Thirty Years TMC etNTU eOMMHT. HI YOSS OITf. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. In re-estate of Louisa Anu Yoima, hit of Oration township, Col. Co. Pa., deceased. t,tin1nel,8.,,1,,reb.y Klven ,l,Rt letteraof admlnls tratlon on tue estate ot Loulaa Ann Young, lata SVI5"?J? 'ow'",h'l'. deceased, have bwn LiS? ,lie unOralKned administrator to wbom all parsons Indebted to said ratate are requested to mane paymontg. and thosa havlnr wit font defanytodS W"' tt""te kuown tUe Mul" Clinton Hshkino, b. F. CADMAN, Mty. Administrator The Markets. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. CORRECTED WEEKLY, RETAIL PR ICR Hutter, per pound $ 32 Eggs, per dozen , Lard, per pound , " . Ham, per pound "" ,e Beef (quarter), per pound 6 to 8 Wheal, per bushel ( Oats, do " Kye, do 65 Flour per bbl . Hay, per ton ,"" ,To Totatoes, (new), per bushel 7 10 Turnips, do . Tallow, per pound , Shoulder, do Side meat, do , Vinegar, per qt " , OJ Dried npples, per pound 06 Cow hides, do ' ' ,4 Steer do do ' f cmf Skin Sheep pelts ".'""!"" 75 Shelled corn, per bushel II Corn menl, cwt "' , I!ran, cwt Chop, cwt ) J j? Middlings, cwt t L, Chickens, per pound, new!!!'..".'.!!! 1a do do M .eese, do ... 'T Ducks. ,in do do I 08 m 1 Number 6, delivered ..' do 4 nnd 5 delivered do 6, at yard .. ?? 4 and 5, nt yard 4.5 Bean the 1 tie Kind You Haw Alwn Rm.nw 1 Nicmamre ai 11 1 AW w 1 1 - ' ii . - - - - - - - . . . "
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