THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
HOTEL LOBBY ClfAT.
In Interesting Feature of Life in
Washington.
Crrnt Men of the Kntlun Pnsslng In
Hevlew llefnre Hotel Frcnifit !
era Comment !' the Com
y at n of the Town,'
Special Wiifhlr.gton Letter. j
IN KVKKY considerable community
there Is ft hotel, nnd within its pre- ,
rlncU are often gathered the lend- ,
ing men of the entire city of county,
ueli of them having a striking Indl-
idunlity which it might be UlHicuit
to depict. During the sessions of the
eoritfress one tuny find iilmont every
vening a number of gentlemen of na
tional reputation gathered together In
any one of our many hotels and with
them also are commingled the em
jiloyes of the executive departments,
irom the humblest to the highest of
tcinls. Last evening, while conversing with
uio of the auditors for the treasury
department. In a hotel lobby, the sec
retary of the treasury approached,
but was obliged to stop and converse
with half a dozen men of eminence he
lore reaching those whom lie desired
to nee. This man, whose presence in
ny other city would uttratt the at
tention of all, walked about leisurely
iere. among other great men, just an
he might do in n hotel at the capital
if his stute, where he once ruled as
governor.
Senutor Ilannn, of Ohio, and Senator
I'liitt. of New York, two of the most
talUed-of men in the political world
during many years, came into the
lobby and spent half an hour quietly
conversing with other senators and
representatives, just as some of your
friends at home would do.
Speaker Henderson, the Hum who
controls all national legislation by his
must erf ill posit ion, cuine into the hotel
smiling- us usual, shaking hands with
everybody who greeted him, nnd lean
ing heavily on his enne as he walked
to tlje elevator and went upstairs to
Veep an engagement with u senator
who awaited his coining. There came
lso Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
the youngest nnd handsomest man in
the great legislative body, and closely
following him came the redoubtable
Senator Tillman, of South Carolinn,
the mun who indulged in fisticuff on
the floor of the senate.
F.very evening one may see n similar
panorama of great men passing in re
riew, nnd visitors to Washington ure
entertained by friends who point out
the individuals in the passing show,
ml tell of their characteristics. To
a visitor from Iowa, the writer said:
"Your idea of Senator Tillman is en
tirely wrong, lie is not a quarrel
seeker at all. He is an honest man, u
ruggedly honest man; and his soul re
volts at some of the procedures of
e.ur government which ' everybody
knows are lamentably wrong. Then,
aguin, he Is a very bitter partisan, and
unfairly tries to make party advnntuge
out of some wrongs which are only to
lie righted by non-partisan methods.
But he Is honest to the core, and as
lacking in polish as n piece of slippery
eloi. There are men who will taki
polish; but Tillman Is not one of
til em."
Senator Mason, of Illinois, entered
the hotel lobby accompanied by Itepre
scntative Hcmenwny, of Indiana, and
pretty picture they made; Metnenway
six feet tall and slender, Mason five
ft short nnd round as Santa Clans,
mud just as jolly.
Then cuine Senator McMillan, of
Uicliigun, accompanied by Mr. iiab-
VIEWING THE STATESMEN.
rock, of Wisconsin. They went to the
elevutor and followed Speaker Hender
son. The visitor saw no significance
In this, but the news instinct evolved
an idea. Mr. Curnegie was stopping
over night at the same hotel. Senutor
McMillan und Kepresentatlve Bab
eock are chairmen of the two congress
ional committees on the District of
Columbia, and they are working to
other to build up the capital city
along the lines of the original plans of
JIaj. L'Enfant. As the city expands
with the expnnsion of the republic,
these far-sighted gentlemen are bend
ing their energies and influences In the
right direction; and It was afterward
ascertained that they had seen Mr. Car
negie and secured from him a prom
ise of substantial aid in the develop
ment of the city, as it reaches out its
hands nnd gathers to Its bosom the
auburhs surrounding us even across
into Virginia; for Senator McMillan
has pending a bill to take in lands of
Virginia which comprised, the orig
inal ten mile square of this seat of
government.
Then there entered a man of mili
tary mien who strode over the lobby
'ilfi
nrcn with hasty tread. The visitor
asked thy name of the soldier, lie was
more than six feet tall, athletic, with .
Iron grny hnlr and mustache, nnd with
shoulders squared like a commanding
ofllcer on dress parade. And yet, he in
not a man who is ever on dress parade;
n plain man of the plain people. It
was Senator Dubois, of Idaho, who,
us a yoimg man in I SSL'S, turned against
the political party in which he had
been born anil nurtured, because he
honestly be'ieved that tills nation
needed u change in its monetary sys
tem. There were ol her men of prominence,
the mention of whose names alone
would fill t his column, but there came
into the hotel a government clerk who
had something of more than usual
OlUUCItED TO LEAVE II IS CHAIR.
moment to tell. l!y the way, there
are men in the execut ive departments,
many of whom are worthy to sit in
jbi"" aAVawwKM HUM
jwm I mi
the senate or any other high public
place, and this man is one of them. He
is a veteran in the civil service, and
also a veteran of thecivil wnr. He wus
at one time an intimate friend of Gen
Grant, und of others in that glorioiu
galaxy of soldiers and statesmen. He
said:
"1 nm a mere automaton, a calcula
tor of figures by columns; but once
upon u time my brain was used for re
flection altogether, and soincl inn's
even now I think thoughts. The com
missioner of Indian a flairs may bear
honest man, and I presume that he is
'The auditor for the interior depart
ment may be an honest man, nnd 1
presume that he is. Hut, as a govern
ment clerk, examining accounts anil
auditing them, 1 am well assured that
there is, and for many yenrs has been,
a lot of corruption in the Indian of
fice. This palpable fact ought to be
known to the commissioner; or it
ought to be discovered by the auditor.
Hut, us n matter of fact, neither one of
these officials seems to go beyond the
routine duty of compelling the clerks
to be at their desks on time; nnd any
amount of corruption might be car
ried on under their honest noses, with
out their august knowledge."
Another clerk came in whom the
writer has lopg known as a leading and
enthusiastic worker for the perpetua
tion of the glories of the Grand Army
of the Kepublie, and he also hod some
thing of unusual interest to narrate.
lie said: "I was with Sherman, and
marched from Atlanta to the sea nnd
then tip through the. CarolimiK to the
national capitul. On the afternoon
of the grand review in May.
when 'Sherman's Hummers' marched
Inwn the hill south of the rnpitnl,
we saw n canvas banner stretched
clenr across the south front of
that big building ai which we
read the words: 'The nation will never
forget, and can never repay, its debt of
gratit ude to the soldiers of the union.'
We ull felt proud then. This afternoon
one of my old comrades, who lost a leg
in battle, wus insulted and degraded by
a man who never did a thing for his
country except draw salary from its
treasury. My old comrade works in a
bookkeeping division where clerks
must stund all duy long. Hecuuse my
comrade was unable to stand all day,
on one leg, and took a chair to his work,
he was insulted and browbeaten by the
chief of his division, nnd this in one
generation from the time when the
nation was so grateful to the boys in
blue."
While this, old soldier was talking,
In came IJepresentative Wadsworth, of
New York, chairman of the committee
of agriculture. As he went to the desk
of the hotel clerk, one of the em
ployes of the department of agricul
ture said to the writer: "There goes
an enemy of agriculture. He is not in
harmony with the secretary of agri
culture. Instead of using liis position
to help along our department, he ham
pers us In every way. He even went so
far as to go to the president, who Is
from his state, nnd make verbal charges
ngninst the secretary. Of course the
president informed the secretary and
asked him what he had to sny, nnd he
demolished the slanders very quickly.
Then, when Mr. Wadsworth came to
the department to talk about more
seeds and documents Jor his district,
what the secretary said to him would
make interesting rending for 'the
public at large.
Kvery night there are gatherings of
this sort, and there Is a limitless caul
dron of deportment gossip seething in
the hotel lobbies. Probably it might
prove to be interesting, with the ap
proval of the editor ,to tell some of the
stories of department life, in the fu
ture, us they are told,by the talented
gentlemen and ladies and gentlemen
who do the actual work of performing
the details of procedure In the govern
ment, for which the cnbinet ministers
receive credit and approbation. That
would be a way of seeing the govern
ment from away inside neur the heart
of the machinery.
BMITII D, FRT,
The ORIGINAL and MOST SMOKED
long cut tobacco in all the United
States, manufactured with the express
purpose of blending the two qualities,
that of a good smoke and a good chew.
' It is made of ripe, sweetened
"Bur ley," the only tobacco from
which a perfect combination of
smoking and chewing tobacco can
be made.
Gail 3 Ax Navy is known by the
distinctive character of its blue wrap
per (which has many imitators), it
being to-day identically the same as
forty years ago, and it now stands
for the quality that it did then. You
get the very best, and take no chances,
when you buy Gail G Ax Navy.
GOOD MARKETS-
Farmor ol Pennsylvania Can Easily Dispose
of All ol His Products at Fair Prices.
Returns to the state department of
agriculture show that the Pennsyl
vania farmer has a better market for
his product than the farmer of any
slate in the union. Deputy Secretary
Martyn says thu the number of farms
in this state has increased during the
last tenyearsfrom 212,000 to 224.623,
an average of over 1,000 annually.
The actual value of the 1,896,487
meat cattle on the farms in Pennsyl
vania in 1901 was $43,063,191; the
value of ihe 943,773 dairy cows was
$29,141,561.
The profit for the year lrom the
dairy cows, if they yielded 140 pounds
of butter each at twenty cents per
pound, which Deputy Secretary Mar
tin says is a low estimate, was $27,
000,000. The actual value of the
1,531,066 sheep was $4,642,606; if
each sheep yielded four pounds of
wool, at twenty cents per pound, it
meant a revenue of $12,000,000 to
the owners.
The number of horses on the farms
in Pennsylvania last year was 590,
9S1, and their value $40,948,827.
The number of swine was 1,107,981;
their value $5,830,295.
The actual value of meat cattle,
horses, sheep and swine on the farms
in this state in 1901 was 94,484,919.
Add to this the revenue of $27,000,
000 derived from the sale of butter and
$12,000,000 from the sale of wool
brings the amount up to over $125,
000,000. The figures are compiled from the
annual returns to the department and
show the enormous value ot the farms
of Pennsylvania, which ranks sixth In
agricultural importance in the United
Stales.
The Caterpillar Pest.
To the farmer and owner of ftuit
trees the caterpillar has always been
a source of great annoyance, but not
in many years has there been so many
cocoons on the fruit and other trees
as this spring. On almost every tree
in the forest and orchard are many
cocoons in which are resting cater
pillars. In a few weeks all of these
cocoons will be opened and then will
commence the devastating act of the
caterpillars. In the valleys in this
section many good fruit bearing trees
are now leafless owing to the pest,
and many more will be in the same
state in midsummer.
For the meeting of the Imperial
Council, Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine, the Lackawanna Railroad
will sell excursion tickets to San
Francisco at the very low rate of
$66.25 for the round trip. Tickets
will be on sale May 26th to June
7th inclusive and will be good for
return for 60 days from date of sale.
For $11.00 extra tickets will be
made good in one direction via
Portland. Ask your nearest Lacka
wanna ticket agent for information
as to stopovers and other informa
tion, 2t.
SttioianiHobcQ)'
IB Au.tiMoac.4ia.
HiMiiiiiiiniiiiyiimiiiii
The Locusts Coming.
They Have Already Struck Maryland.
Be on the lookout for the much
talked of locusts. They have already
struck Maryland. The entire central
portion ot the state is in the clutches
of the terrible pests. Some idea of
the hurt they accomplish can be gath
ered from the following special from
the infested territory to the Sunday's
Philadelphia North American.
"Baltimore and Central Maryland
are in the clutches of the seventeen
year locust. Their number is esti
mated by billions, not mere thousands
of millions. Thousands of young trees
that no later than Saturday were
beautiful in the garb of early summer,
look as if a blight had fallen upon
them, evety leaf, except the stem and
veins, has been devoured. In the
parks the buzzing of the male locust
was first noted, and this presages des
truction by wholesale.
At Towson and throughout Balti
more county thousands of acres of
meadow land or grain fields lcok like
porous plasters, so close together are
the holes made by the insects. In
Louden Park, the largest cemetery of
Baltimore, the holes from which have
crawled locusts average 500 to the
grave.
From all over the countryside come
reports of the activity of crows and
sparrows in their attempts to extermi
nate the pest. The birds have so
gorged themselves that future aid lrom
them is doubted.
The locusts, while supposed to eat
every kind of shrub and leaf, have
thus far not touched cedars "and
pines."
Orops Look Well-
"The Hessian fly is not making the
ravages on the wheat crop in Pennsyl
vania this spring that it has in past
years," says Deputy Secretary of Agri
culture Martin. "The seventeen year
locusts are due next month in the
southern section of the state, and the
farmers and fruit growers in that
locality are preparing to fight this
pest.
"The oats crop is going into the
ground in fine condition," continued
Mr. Martin. "The grass made a late
start this spring, but the stand of clo
ver is most encouraging'. None of
the fruits seem to have been injured
by the late frosts and I look tor an
average crop. The prospects of a
large peach crop are especially good.
On the whole, the farmers of Pennsyl
vania have no reason o comp'ain,
and I don't know that they will."
....
End Ot Endless Ohain-
The Wilkes Barre postoffice has
finished forwarding to the senders the
mail matter that has been accumulat
ing for VanKirk and Robbins, Mho
used the endless chain combination
for selling fountain pens. 45,000
postals and 25,000 letters were sent
to the dead letter office, besides near
ly 100,000 letters and postals to the
parties writing them, and so ends one
of the biggest get rich quick schemes
that probably was ever devised.
B
THE LOTTERY IN ITALY.
An InntUndnn I niter Control of the
Juvrrnnieti 'I lint Work Injur?
to tlie I'eople,
Ono of h" curses of modern Italy
Is the lottery. An Knglisli traveler,
neenrdinu 1" Ihe riiiliilcllim Satur
day Kvptiinjr l'ost. thiiM deserilies the
Imld flint this institution Ikir onlho
people:
"Saturday In oil the principal
towns of Italy is n lottery-day. The
lotteries nre instituted liy the pov
ernincnt, which draws 11 eniiKideralilo
revenue from them. All Italians
without exception, tnUe part in them,
nnd their greatest nnxiety is to
choose a lucky nuniher. In south
ern Italy the lottery has practically
become n necessity. People, talk of
It nil the week, consult monks, priests
and certain individuals who hnve the
reputation of heinjf nlile to forecast
the winning numbers. In Nnples if
n man has no money for a ticket he
will even sell his bed to get one.
Not content with nil kinds of other
expeditions, Neapolitan women of
a certain rank on the eve of the
lottery go in crowds to the ceme
tery. There the spectacle Ls most
weird. Disheveled women throng- the
avenues of the cemetery, calling on
the dead to tell them lucky numbers.
They H li t candles and place other
offerings on the tombs of those
whom they think could bring them
good luck."
A Uniqno Feature-
A feature of the service at New
York's new $5,000,000 hotel, the As
tor, will be an automatic dish remov
er. Waiters will waste no time in
carrying dishes from the tables. They
wdl simply transfer the dishes from
the table to the "remover" and pres
to! the soiled china will be whisked
automatically to the washing room.
CHARTER NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby Riven that Rn application
will tie niaiie to thn Governor of Pennsylvania
on Friday June Atli, under thn Act of As
sembly entitled "An Act. to provide for the In
corporation and rriilatlon of certain corpora
tions," approved April 1ST I, and the supple,
menll thereto, by William 11. Khnwn. Jesse K.
Hlmrpless, Heiiben .1. Khuiiian,JeortfeB. Kliawn
and ( harles K. Itnndall for the charter of an
lnteneded cornoratlon, to be called the"('ata
vlasa Car and Foundry Oompany,"tho character
and object of which Is the manufacture of cars
of all kinds, car wheels and any article of com
merce from wood or Iron or both, and for those
purposes to have and poss' ss and enjoy all the
rlirhts, benefits and privileges of gala act of As
sembly and supplements thereto.
5-15 4t. W. U. KHAWN Solicitor.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
In rt-estate of Louisa Ann Young, laU of Orange
tocnliii. Col. Co. Pa., aeceaiwd.
Notice Is hereby (flven that lettersof adminis
tration on the estate of Louisa Ann Young, late
of Orange township, deceased, have been
granted to the undersigned administrator to
whom all parsons Indebted to said estate are
requested to mane payments, and those having
claims or demands will make known the same
without delay to
Clinton Hkkbimi, B. P. CADMAN,
Atty. Administrator
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Kit Wilson, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that letters of adminis
tration with tne will annexed on the estate
of Kit Wilson, deceased, have been granted to
Thomas A. Murdockto whom all persons In
debted to said estate are requested to make
pay ment, and those having claims or demands
will make known tin same without delay to
THOMAS A. MUKDOl K.
or to Administrator.
John o. Fhkrze, Atty , t llton. Pa.
Bloomsburg, Pa. 4-20 bt.
EXECUTRIX' NOTICE.
Estate of Ell Jones, late of Btomnstjurg, Pa.
Notice Is hereby given that letters testament
ary on the estate of Ell Jones, late of the town
of Hloomsburg, county of Columbia, Pa , deceas
ed, have been granted to Mrs. Lavlna Jones,
resident of said town, to whom all persons In
debted to said estate are requested to make
payment, and thos having claims or demands
will make known the same without delay.
SIKS. LAVIXA JONKS,
Executrix,
5-861 Blooiusburg, Pa.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate, of Harriet Roan, late of Bloomsburg, Pa.,
deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that letters of adminis
tration on the estate of Harrt-t Koan, late of
the town of Hloomsburg, county of Columbia,
Pft., deceased, have been granted to the under
signed ailmin'sirator to whom all persons In
debted to said estate are requested to make
pavment, and those having claims or demands
will make known the same without delav to
GEOKGK C. KOAN,
Administrator.
S-8 6t Hloomsburg, Pa.
PROFESSIONAL CARDSJ
N. U. FUNK,
ATTORXTY-AT-tLAW,
Ifm Eats Building, Court Horn
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
A. L. FRITZ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Ofllce Bloomsburg Nat'l Bank Bldit., 2d floor.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
J. II. MAIZE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, INSURANCE AND
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Office, in I.ockard'i Building,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
C. W. MILLER,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Wirt' BttiUinc tWM,
BLOOMKBU1LO, TA.
John o. frikz. jobn a. babman
FREEZE & IIARMAN,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Offices: Cent.reSt., first doorbolowOperanouse
A. N. VOST,
ATTORNIY-AT-LAW
Wirt Building, Court House Square.
rT-ooMSBTjnc.rA.
II. R. STEES,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office in F.nt Lk'g, Ei.ccvm 1 kc, P
II. A. McKILlTk
ATTORNEY AT LA W
Columbian Building, an Hoot
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
RALPH R. JOHN, '
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hartman Building, Market Suture,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
IKELER & IKELF.R,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office back of Farmers' Nations) Hank.
BLOOMSBURG, PA
CLYDE CHAS. YETTF.R,
attorney at law,
Bloomsburo, Pa.
Office in Wirt's Building,
V. II. RIIAWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office, Corner of Third and Main SU
CATAWISSA,. PA.
CLINTON HERRING,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office with Grant Herring.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
tiT Will be in Orangeville Wednesday o
each week.
WILLIAM C. JOHNSTON,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW.
Office in Wells' Building over B. A.
Gidding's Clothing Store, Bloomsbnrg, Pi
Will be in Millville on Tuesday.
H. MONTGOMERY SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office : Wirt building, over Alexande
Bros. II-16-99
EDWARD. FLYNN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
CENTRALIA, PA.
tfomce Llddlcot building, Locust avenue-
J. S. JOHN, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and tesidence, 410 Main Si
3-70-iv BLOOMSBURG, PA
MONTOUR TRLEFHONK. BKLI. TKLCFHO
CTXS TK8TID, GLAR8B8 riTTCD.
H. BIERMAN, M. D.
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND 8UVSBO
OFFtoi hours: Offloe ft Resltfeaoe, 4th St.,
10 a. m. to p. m., 6:30 to Bp. m.
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J. J. BROWN, M. D.
THE EYE A SPECIALTY.
Eyes tested and fitted with glasses.
No Sunday work.
311 Market St., Bloomsburg, Pa.
Hours: 10 Telephone.
DR. M. J. HESS,
DENTISTRY IV ALL ITS BRANCHES,
Crown and bridge work
SPECIALTY.
Corner Main and Centre Strct .
BLOO v SFVRG PA
Columbia A Montour Telephone connection.
Dr. W. H. HOUSE,
SUKGEON DENTIST, -
Office Barton's Building, Main below Hark
BLOOMSBURG, Pa.
All styles of work done in a superior manne
and all work warranted as represented
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PA.
by the use of Gas, and free of charge wis
artificial teeth
"r be open all hour during the'day
C, WATSON McKELVY,
FIRE INSURANCE AGENT.
(Successor to B. F. llartman
Represents twelve of the strongest tiomoM
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CASH TOTAL BURPLDt
Uueen.of N. Y. 800,000 8 MS 16 L(ll
N. America, Fulla. ,oou,ooo y,730,B 2,Mij
Office First Nat'l Bank Bldg., ad 8oot.
WLose promptly adjusted and paid.
M. P. LUTZ & SON,
(SUCCESSORS TO PREAS BHOWNI .
INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
AGENTS AND BROKE S.
O
N. W. Corner Main and Centre. Stirttt,
Bloomsburo, Pa.
Represent Seventeen as goodCompa
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losses promptly adjusted and paid
at their Office.
SADE T. VANNATTA.
( Successor to C. F. Knapp.)
O EKE HAL INSURANCE
Office 238 Iron St., Bloomsbukg, Pa.
Oct. 31, IQOI.tf
CITY HOTEL,
W. A. Hartzel, Prop.
JNo. 121 West Main Street,
WLarge and convenient sample rooms, bat
.vu,.,., w nuu koiu water, ana modern co
veniences. Bar atm-IoH ...tit. K. j
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liquor. First-class livery atttched.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
G. Snyder, Proprietor,
(Oppoitethe Court House)
BLOOMSBURG, Pa.
Large and convenient ample room,, Bath
rooms, hot and cold water, and all nod
convenicrce,