THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. THE MESSAGE READ Congress Receives the Presi dent's Annual Address. iUER TAKES THE OATH 13 SENATE Senator Ctillom Introtinrea an Anti trust Dill and Ucprcurntatlva Ilnll a Mcaanre Creating Gen eral Itaff Corp For Arm)-. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Intorent In the session of the somite ycxterday Uns heightened by the fact that the jrsildent'i message to congress would e read and also that General Hussell u Alger of Michigan, former secretary J war under President McKlnley, vould be sworn In to fill the vacancy aused by the death of Senator Me .itllan. One hour and fifteen minutes were consumed in reading the president's message. Almost the entire llrpub- tlcan representation were In their seats, ut not more thun half the seats on the Democratic side were occupied. The closest attention was paid to the mes sage as It wasbctng read. A number of bills and resolutions Iwerc Introduced, following a brief ex ecutive session. The resignation of the Hev. W. H. Milburn, the blind Cbapluln of the senate, was received with genuine regret. He had become ft familiar figure In the body and was personally acijuuUited with every sen ator. No action was taken on the res ignation. At 1:50 p. in. the senate adjourned but of respect to the memory of the late Charles A. Russell, representative from Connecticut. The house was in sesslou au hour and forty minutes. One hour of that time was consumed In reading the president's message. The reading was listened to with attention by members without regard to party, but without demonstration, except at the conclu sion of the reading, when the Itepub lloaus applauded generously. Mr. Cuu Uon, ch'ulrmah of the committee on appropriations, gave notice that the bill to defray the expenses of the coal strike commission would be called up today. The deaths of the late Representatives Dc Gruf feureld and Sheppard (Tax.), which occurred during the recess, were an nounced, and after adopting the cus tomary resolutions of regret the house adjourned as a further mark of re kpect to their memories. There appears to be no doubt that the president Is determined to force the consideration of antitrust measures at this session of congress. The Intro duction of a bill aimed at trusts by Senator Cullom and the reference of antitrust legislation in the house to a tubcomnilttee of the committee on Ju llclnry, of which Representative Lit lelield (Me.) is chairman, shows that the Influence of the president is para mount at the start The Cullom antitrust bill authorizes the attorney general or any district at torney to make application to the fed eral Judges for the summoning of per sons before them to answer questions as to material violations of the anti trust law in advance of the trlul of a case and requires the Judges to issue orders for the appearance of such per sons upon this application. In such cases witnesses are to be protected against prosecution on uccount of their revelation, but they ore to be deprived of the right to refuse to answer be cause of self crimination. Annual re ports are required to be made by all persons, firms or corporations engag ing In Interstate commerce. They are to be filed with the Interstate commerce commission, and they are to be subject to the scrutiny of the attorney general, but not for the general public. Representative Hull, chairman of the house committee on military affairs, In troduced a bill creating a general staff corps of the United States army. It provides that the staff be composed of officers detailed from the army at large under such rules as the president may prescribe. The proposed duties of the staff are to prepare plans for the na tional defense and for the mobiliza tion of the military forces in time of War, to investigate and report on all questions affecting the efficiency of the army and Its state of preparedness for military operations, to render profes sional aid to the secretary of war and to the general officers and other su perior commanders and to act as their agents In Informing and co-ordinating action of all the different officers In carrying out their orders. Opening- Day la Cona-reaa, WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The senate was In session twelve minutes the first day of the session, an adjournment at once being taken out of respect to the memory of the late Senator James McMillan, who died during the recess. Rarely has the historic cham ber presented such an appearance. The custom of placing flowers on the desks of senators on the opening day of a session is. one which long has been followed, but the display yesterday was admittedly the most magnificent tit any that heretofore huve been sueu. Many of the senators were early on the floor and were kept busy exchang ing greetings with old acqsaintances. The opening of the Fifty-seventh congress in the house was, as usual, a spectacular event. The galleries of the freshly decorated hall were packed to the doors with people prominent In so ciety and politics, and tho flower show on the floor, although not as elaborate aa'usual, filled tho chamber with per fume and added grace and beauty to the scene. The members were good na tured und Jovial, and there was no out cropping of partisan feeling. Speaker Henderson received a cordial reception as ho assumed the gavel, but beyond this there was no demonstration. NOTED JURIST DEAD. Jav Robert Karl Paaaea Awr M Ilia Herkimer Home. UTICA, N. Y lic. 8.-Kobert Earl, former Judge of the court of appeals, Is dead at his home In Herkimer. He was strlckeu with paralysis on the evening of Nov. 22 and has not since rallied. Judge Earl was born in Herkimer Kept. 10, 1S24. He graduated from Un ion college in 1S-J5 and from that col lege and also Columbia received the de gree of Lh. I). He was admitted to the bar in 1S4S, was elected county Judge iu l.STtS and served two terms. In 18(1!) he was elected to the court of appeals bench, where he remained until com pelled to retire because of the age limit in 1W)4. Though a Democrat, he re ceived the nomination from both par ties at the time of his last election. Several years ago Judge Earl found ed the Herkimer Free library by giving his magnificent liyne in that village to be used for that purpose. Mrs. Earl AlnA f'Mt. itaoi-a dm uml Hmpa nra fin ii,ui J ' in n SSwi "" children. He was for a long time pre- siding Justice of the court of appeals, I and attorneys all over the state consid- ! ered him one of the greatest Jurists of the lust half century. EX-8PEAKER REED ILL. S all era a Sodden Attack of Gaatrltia la Waaalna-ton. WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-Ex-Speaker Thomas H. Kced had a sudden ami quire severe attack of gastritis last evening. He was prostrated for a tlmo, but Dr. Gardner, who was called In, succeeded In relieving his patient. The sudden illness of the ex-speaker caused considerable alarm to his friends, but at a late hour Mr. Heed was getting on letter than had been feared earlier in the evening. At 10:45 o'clock Dr. Gardner made the following statement: "Mr. Heed had an attack of acute gastritis this evening about 0 o'clock and is resting very quietly now." COLOMBIA OUSTS CONCHA. Retirement of the Mtnlater Relieved to favor Canal Treaty. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Benor Con cha has been relieved as minister for Colombia by orders from Bogota, and It is believed that Dr. Thomas Herran, the present secretary of legation here, will be accredited minister to succeed Senor Concha in the course of a few days. Meanwhile Dr. Herran has been clothed by his government with full authority to prosecute the negotiations looking to a canal treaty with consider ably enlarged powers. ' I Udell Fnvora Lake Canal Itonte. j ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 1. Governor Odell proposes to have a 1,000 ton barge ; canal and yet save the state $20,000,- 000. He will take energetic means to ' follow out the lines of the Republican ! platform as regards canal Improvement and will commit himself to a barge ca , mil as requested by canal 'advocates In i the state; but It may- be said on ex cellent authority that he Is of the opin ion that every advantage claimed for an $S0.0O0,000 barge canal can be fully obtained at an expenditure not to ex ceed $33,000,000 or $00,00,000. In oth er words, the governor la In favor, It Is said, of what is known as the lake route, which State Engineer and Sur I veyor Bond after an exhaustive exam ination decided could be built for $42, ' 108,730, making a total when the other two canals are Improved of about $00,- 000,000. Dr. Joseph Parker Dead. LONDON, Nov. 20.-Dr. Joseph Par ker, minister of the City temple, who . had been seriously 111 for some time past. Is dead. For over thirty-two . years Dr. Farker ministered to the con- : gregatlon of the City temple. Few pul- ; pit orators were more eloquent, more outspoken or more fearless than be. i Neither rank nor money had any In- fluunce with him, and if he thought a prominent man was following a wrong course of conduct he would denounce h'lra bitterly. Among those so de nounced by him were King Edward and the sultan of Turkey. Herr Kropp Exonerated. ROME, Nov. 28. An Inquiry Insti tuted Into the scandals concerning. the I late Herr Krupp at Capri Island is said U have completely cleared the de ceased's character, and It has been decided that the government will pros ecute the newspapers which made the defamatory statement. It Is stated that the accusations against Herr Krupp have been traced to a German painter resident- in Capri, whose arrest was ordered, but he disappeared. Three Doya Killed While Hnntlna-. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 24). Har old H. Merrick, aged fourteen, a high school student f this city, accidental ly shot and killed himself while hunt ing neur Wolcott, Kan. James Gist, aged fourteen, was shot and killed at Oxford, Kan., by his brother while they were bunting. The fourteen-year-old son of H. N. Boyd of Belleville, Kan., was killed while hunting, his gun being discharged while he was pulling It through a fence. November a Hecord Month. WASHINGTON, Dec. l.-The month' just closed was exceptionally warm and especlully east of the Mississippi, where the temperature averaged 0 to 10 degrees above the November normal. In some parts of the country, as at Washington, It wus the warmest No vember In the last thirty years. The month was also dry, especially In the northern and northeastern districts. Will Not I.enve Shanghai. SHANGHAI. Dec. 2. Another hitch has occurred in the evacuation of this city by the foreign garrisons. The com manders of the German and French troops declare they will not leave be fore February. TO TRY GLENN AGAIN Major Must Answer to Cruel ty Charges Second Time. SO ORDERED FROM WASHINGTON. Action In the Samar Campaign to It lavratlKnted He la Snld to Hnva Ordered Execution of Mia lending Native Ualdea, MANILA, Dec. 3. Orders have been received from Washington directing that Major Edward F. Glenn of the Fifth Infantry shall be put on trial a second time for alleged cruelty com muted during the Samar campaign. Major Glenn is charged with having ordered the execution of several native guides for misleading the American col umn sent against the enemy's strong hold. Major Glenn himself reported the In cident, which has been the subject of an extensive Inquiry for several months past. Major General Chaffee ordered two Investigations to be made by In spectors General Colmore and Major Watts, who made inquiries. General Chaffee forwarded their reports to Sec retary Hoot before he relinquished his command and without making any rec ommendation. Secretary Hoot now or ders General Davis to formulate the charges agalrist Major Glenn and con vene a court martial. Major Glenn Is now commanding a post at Bn yam bung, district of Pan gaslnan, Luzon, and he has been or dered to hold himself in readiness to nppear here for trial. It Is expected that the trial will reopen the entlro question of the Samar campaign and consume some time. It Is said that Ma jor Glenn will Inform the court that he desires Major General Chaffee ond Brigadier General Jacob Smith to be called as witnesses, but it is possible that their depositions will be taken in stead. The price of rice has been broken, and the native operators have Insured the supply of this foodstuff at reason able rates. The Philippine commission, when a rice famine was threatened at the beginning of November, appropri ated $2,000,000 Mexican and quietly purchased upward of 20,000 tons of rice in India and on the Asiatic coast to be sold to the sufferers at a cash price which It was thought would cover Just the cost The plans of the commission were concealed iu order to prevent pos sible combinations on the part of oper ators with the view of raising prices. Its action broke the prices. The gov ernment may lose money on its pur chase, but it Is satisfied in having pro vided for the sale4 of rice to the people at a low figure. Perahlns Croaaed Mindanao. MANILA, Dec. 1. Captain Pershing, with sixty men, has completed a march across the island of Mindanao from Camp Vicars to Yllgan. This is possi bly the first time that white men have ever made the Journey. Captain Per shing visited the villages of Madaya and Marahul. On his way to Madaya he found the Moros were surprised to learn that Americans were not mon sters ten feet tall, with horns and tails. At Marahul he addressed 500 Moros, telling them of the friendly purposes of the Americans. Bank Caahler Hobbed. BILLINGS, Mont., Dec. 3. The bank at Brldger, in Carbon county, was en- tered by three masked men during the 1 lieutenant and twenty men day, and Cashier Trumbo was relieved were drowned in Sumatra as the re of $2,000. Immediately after the rob- sult of au ntta-'k Chinese, bery the men left on horseback for the ! Slam has by law adopted the gold Crow reservation. A pursuing party has beeu organized. The scene of the robbery Is In the vicinity of the famous Hole In the Wall country, for years the hiding place of thieves and des peradoes. Orandaoa For Senator Clark. BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 2. A son was born to the wife of W. A. Clurk, Jr, last evening, winning the $1,000,000 gift which Senator W. A. Clark offered to bis sous and daughters a year ago for the first grandson presented to him. tTIa ilitiirflttnH lira If d In ",B vT , ""." "-. -. New York recently gave birth to a daughter. Senator Clark. Who Is to Paris, has been notified by cable of the arrival of the prize winner. Dowager Eaipreaa Uua a Birthday. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 8. Advices received, here from Peking sa.y Xhe sixty-eighth birthday of the empress dow ager was celebrated with great eclat at Peking on Nov. 0. A newspaper says that as every tenth birthday of the empress has been an unhappy event her seventieth birthday will probably be celebrated next year, a year in advance, In order to prevent overt happenings. White Capa Not Guilty. PLYMOUTH, Mass., Dec, 2. The Jury in the case of the seven citizens of Marlon charged with participating In the famous Marion White Cap raid returned a verdict of not guilty for all of them at 1:05 o'clock this morning. The Jury retired at 3:17 p. m. yester day after a charge by Judge Harris which the defendants said satlslled them. The Erie Moat Settle. NEW YORK, Dec. 3 A jury in the United States circuit court has award ed Mrs. Isabella M. Latelle of Allen town, N. J., a verdict of $2,000 against the Erie railway for alleged false im prisonment and having ejected her by force from one of its trains. Copyright With Spain natlfled. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. It Is an nounced at the state department that the International copyright agreement with Spain of 1805 has been restored to full effect by an exchange of diplo matic notes. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. i t Rotable Eventa of the Week DrleRr j and Teraelr Told. Heavy fnlls of snow were reported In Nebraska and Wyoming. Severe storms, causing several ship wrecks, raged on the British coast. Destructive windstorms swept over portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee. The French deputies have voted $30, 0(H) for the educational and flue arts ex hibits at the St. Louis fair. t Walter Morehead has asked for an Inventory of the estate of the lato Collls I Huntington In proceedings to recover $12;i,ooo,ooo. ' Mrs. Jennie Leys has got a verdict of $100,000 damages for the death of . her husband, who was killed in the Park avenue tunnel disaster in New York city. Taeailar, Dee. 8. . The Korean cabinet has resigned, j Snow four feet deep was reported in the mountains of Pennsylvania. Admiral Dewey and staff sailed in the Mayflower for Culebra Island, t One woman was killed nnd another fatally wounded by an unknown man In Pittsburg. The merger of the Sharon and Union Steel companies, capital f 40,000,000, be came operative. I Monday, Deo. 1. ' West Tolnt defeated Annapolis at Philadelphia by a score of 22 to 8. ( Severe punishment has been inlllctcd by n British expedition upon the tur bulent Wazlrls on the Indian border. General Schulkburgcr and Messrs. Weasels and Wolmarans, former Boer deleKUtes, sailed from England for South Africa. An unconSnned report says that 1,000 deaths have resulted from a smallpox scourge In the Fund Islands, Greek archipelago. The Mad Molina of Somallland has sent Into the British camp a train of supply camels captured from the Brit ish, with a defiant message. The shipping strike at Marseilles was reported to be spreading, and many steamers He Idle at the docks. Govern ment war vessels are carrying the malls to neighboring points. Satnrdar. Nov. 20. The Michigan supreme court has de clared the stato Inheritance tax law unconstitutional. A St. Louis flier on the Big Four road was wrecked near Avon, Iud. Many persons were Injured. The honorary degree of doctor of laws was conferred upou Professor Adolf Lorenz, the noted Vienna physi cian, by the Northwestern university, Chicago. Friday, Nov. 2S. A fever epidemic is killing people by the score In the Interior of Colom bia. I The Union Pacific storehouse In Omaha has been burned; loss, $175, 000. A Utah syndicate has spent $21,000, 000 for a Mexican ranch 151) miles long. General Manning's flying column has relieved the garrison at BohoUc, Somallland. Benider Kabyles have been reported In revolt again in Morocco. Tetuan has surrendered. Secretary Wilson has phtced an em bargo on New England cattle be cause of disease. Ten persons were hurt and two se verely injured in a railroad wreck ....... r' in., til standard, and her mints have been closed to the free coinage of silver. The Illinois Central railroad has de cided to start a fast double dally train service between Chicago and New Or leans. Thnrsdar, Nov. 27. Herr Krupp was .buried at Essen. Emperor William followed the hearse on foot. The Michigan increased Its freight rates on provisions and dressed meats. Other roads will follow j Turk hag otderci g,xteen bfttter,eg of fl0i(j gun, from the Krupp works ! and 200.000 Mauser rifles. j Twentleth Century Lliultwl made m , 100 E,kfi cago. One person was killed, two fatally hurt and two are missing as the result of the collapse of an Iron furnace at Birmingham, Ala. The Hamburg-American Steamship company has decldud to add two steam ers to its New York-Mediterranean Hue for the winter season. Fourteen Deer Huntera Killed. MILWAUKEE. Wis., Dec. l.-The season for hunting deer In the itorthorn woods has just closed. Fatalities have been unusually frrquent In the woods this season, fourteen men having been killed while bunting deer in the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michi gan. At least eleven others have been shot and seriously wounded. Two Mllliona For Btrlkera' Aid. - INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 29. It was officially announced at the nation al headquarters of the mine workers that when the miners meet in national convention here iu January to prepare a new wage scale Secretary Wilson will report that the amount of money given by them for the strike was more than $2,000,000. Fire Deatroya Much Sweetaeaa, BHOOKVILLE, Ind., Dec. 3,-The plant of the Brookvllle Manufacturing company has been destroyed by fire; loss, $100,000, with insurance of $32, ( M M). Three carloads of candy, two car louds of canned goods and $10,000 worth of glucose and sugar were destroyed. arc The Kind You Have Always lu nso for over 3J years, .a mm and lias DCCnmnuu mairr m iwir- sonal supervision ulnco Its Infancy. SZceU&t Alin no ono to deceive yon In this. ah r,,n..i. tmifotinna TaVaft VltUVi IVI'lf ni.i view""- " Experiments that trlflo with and cntlanuer tho health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castorla Is harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare-' gorlc, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its ago is its Ruarantco. It destroys WorniH and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation nnd Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural slocp, Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. the eorr.ua eoniuHT, r atuaa.T eraccT. new vows err. ALEXAJSOElt imOTliEUti & CU. DEALERS IN Cigars, Totacco Candies, Fruits and Huts SULK AGENTS FOR Henry MaillarJ's Fine Candies. Fresh Every "Week. PtiNiT goods a. Specialty, SOLE AGENTS FOR F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Sole agent tor the following brands of Cigars Hoary Clay, Londres, llcjcr.al, Icdian Princess, Sair.ccn, Silver A fBloomsburg Pa, IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, MATTING, or OIL CLOTH, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT W. M. BMWirS a Poors aboe Uoart Ilousi. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock To accommodate those who are partial to the use of atomizers in applying liquids into the nasal passages for catarrhal troubles, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in liquid form, which will be known as Ely's Liquid Cream Balm, Trice, including the spraying tube, is 75c. Druggists or by mail. The liquid form embodies the medicinal proper ties of the solid preparation. Cream Balm is quickly absorbed by the membrane and does not dry up the secretions, but changes them to a natural and healthy character, Ely Brothers, 56 Warren street, New York, Blobb "Newlywed'a wife is a cooking school girl, and she has been feeding him on angel food." Slolib "What effect has it had on him?" Blobbs "Well. I think he has rather given up the idea of ever becoming an angel." Too Many People Dally With Ca tarrh. It' strikes one like s thunderclap, develops with a rapidity that no other dis ease does Dr, Agnew's Catarrhal Powder is the radical, quick, safe and pleasant cure that the disease demands. Use the means, prevent its deep-seating and years of dis tress, lton't dally with Catarrh, Agnew's gives relief in ten minutes. Jo cents," 49 Sold by C. A. Kleim. OASTOIUA. Bean tk M"" nave Always The Kind You Haw Always Bought SEND US A COW, Steer, Bull or Horse hide, Calf skin, Dog skin, or any other kind of hide or skin, and let U9 tan it with the hair on, soft, light, odorless and moth-proof, for robe, rug, coat or gloves. Iflit first get our CBtnlntrue, giving pilot, ami our shipping tuK tuid instruction, bo im to avoid mistake. We also buy IUW ttilH. Ti!3 CROSBY FSISIAN FUR COMPANY, 1 16 Mill Street, Kucbetlcr, IN. V. I v a 13 Rought, and which lia been lias uorno mo "itfmmiru w -1 - - .1 1.1a a. nntl Jnst-as-cood" are but; Signature of The Markets. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. CORRECTED WEEKLY. RETAIL PKICEv Butter, per pound , 30 ge. per doien w 6 Lard, per pound tj Ham, per pound m 16 Beef (quarter), per pound 6 to 8 Wheat, per bushel 100 Oats, do 40 Rye. do '"" 60 Flour per bbl 4.00 to 4 40 Hay, per ton ,4 Potatoes, (new), per bushel 65 Turnips, do Tallow, per pound 06 Shoulder, do la Side meat, do " ,g Vinegar, per qt oj Dried apples, per pound o Cow hides, do ! Steer do do ?1 caif skin ;;;;;;; ; Sheep pelts Shelled corn, per bushei.."'.'.!!!!!!!."!." 80 Corn meal, cwt 3 m Bran, cwt . chop, cwt ;; !r Middlings, cwt .'!!;!;!'.".,.""'.r. io Chickens, per pound, new io Turkeys do ... IC Ducks, do I! II xt l - COAL. Number 6, delivered , so do 4 and 5 delivered a It do 6, at yard ; t do 4 and 5, at yard 4 15 Leases, 3c each, 30c a dozen. Notices to quit, 10c a dozen. 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