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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
L!3,oaua v:3nneso surgeon :s
Gi ven Freedom of City.
k FAREWELL Ll'XCIIEON TENDERED.
The Profftunr I'rnlaril Amrrlrt and
Exitrraurd I'K-amire at C'urdlnl
Reception Kversnbere
NEW YORK, Dec. 31. IYofossor
IMolph Lorcnz, the famous Virniicno
Mirwon, was the truest ut n fiirowell
luncheon tendered liiiu ut tlie Hard
ware club ly AUIonmn AValkley, Sulli
van and Stewort, the cotnniitteo np
)olnted to present to lilm the nwltl
ions adopted by the board of alder
ien, which was presented to the pro
resnor at the city hall at 3 o'clock In the
afternoon.
The luncheon vnn of an infortnnl
Character, and then was no npecch
hjnkinjc. Immediately after the lunch
eon the committee and quests accoin
panlcd Dr. Lorenz to tlie city hull,
tebere a reception was tendered ulin.
- As the doctor entered the corridor of
the city hall he was escorted up the
tnaln Htnlrcnse to the governor's rHmi,
Which was lined with a force of police
men. Dr. IiOrenz was shown by Alder-
rROFKSSOU I.OREXZ.
man S ullivnn the g oil paintinjjs of the
parly governors of the state. Later Pro
fessor Lorenz took a position to the
rlfilit of the old table that formerly be
longed to George WushltiRlon.. Alder
man Walkley, tukiiiK a position in front
bf the professor, delivered an address.
At Ihe conclusion of Alderman Walk
ley's remarks Alderman Sullivan step
ped forward with the album contalnlnj?
the engrossed resolutions and presented
't to the professor.
At the conclusion of the speeches Pro
fessor Lurens: bowed his acknowledg
ments and said:
"When I first put my foot on this soil
three mouths nso, I had a sense of op
pression because of the greatness of
this place. A feeling of clumsiness came
Upon me. I had no idea then of the
magnificent leave taking yon have pre
pared for me in this hour. Nor could I
have any idea of the reception that
Would meet me everywhere in this
country from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific coast.
"In olden times the freedom of cities
used to be given to princes and victo
rious warriors. Today you are confer
ring the freedom of the city upon a
V l-oor and humble physician.
. NM.I.. V x ....
x am luiii-ii oi jour csieein is a proor
that In, America wealth or position Is
t ot esteemed higher than work done for
the relief of Buffering humanity. This
token of your esteem is a further proof
that this city is not only unique In its
Wealth, lint unique In its charities.
"I rejoice In this great honor till the
more because I am far from regarding
It as a personal one, but I am proud to
belong to a profession to which this
honor Is due. I thank you from the bot
tom of my heart, and I assure you that
I leave your glorious country with
great regret and with the .highest admi
ration for America and American peo
ple." New York Ktute ( linrltlpa.
ALBANY, N. Y.. Dec. li!.-The an
nual report to the governor of the fiscal
supervisor of state charities for tlie fis
cal year ended Sept. 30 shows that the
fifteen Institutions under the Jurisdic
tion of the department had n total av
erage population for the year of
7,940.(52 and cost the state for malnte
uancu 'fl.401,3W.21 and for improve
ments and betterments .$.,!.,!7,!i7L,.72, a
total of $l,73t),340..)3. The total cost of
super vising the expenditure of this sum
of money was if 18,5114.28, or a trlUe
over 1 per cent. '
Ellclna Give Home to Maioni,
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2J.-Ai a
Christmas gift to the Masonic fraterni
ty William L. Elklns announced his in
tention to establish a home for the or
phan daughters of Slusons. The gift,
which Is expected to amount to $1,000,
000, Is the largest ever made to any
fraternal organization in the world, and
the institution which Mr. Elklns pur
poses to found and endow will be with
out a counterpart anywhere.
SHiillim.i'M KiiKMr Crop,
WASHINGTON, Pee. 31.-Kstlmatea
of the sugar crop in Santiago, Cuba,
transmitted to the state department by
Consul noladay ut that city, place the
crop for l!)o:i at l.'.'i.OOO bugs, an in
crease of 72,215 bugs over that for the
' year now closing. The consul adds
that grinding began about the middle
of December.
The Ilrinuit Seek Warmer Climate.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 20,-Wll-11am
Jennings Bryan und his family
have left here on an extended trip to
the tropical part of the state of Veru
(,'rua.
VAN COTT LOST ALL.
ftanr TarVa t'oatinairt VUtfia
MUplnrrd Trnat,
NEW YORK. Dec. Sl.-Charietj A.
Hess of 50 Pine street, attorney for
Postmaster Cornelius Van Colt, le 1
clars that Mr. Van Cott has lost every !
dollar he possessed ns a result of his
venture In the National Mercantile
agency with Willis T. Cridley, whose
arrest he brought about on a charge of
falsifying the books of the company.
Lawyer Hess charges also that the i
books of tlie company were actually j
changed by Miss Edna Ranney, now I
under arrest in Syracuse. Miss Ranney, I
It Is said, Is a protegee of tlrldley's, and
when he came from Syracuse three
years ago he brought her with him. She
wns employed as it bookkeeper by the
company, and the books, according to
Hess, were changed by Grid ley's or
ders. Orldley was arraigned In the Tombs
police court and held In $4,000 bnil for ,
further hearing on Jan. 2.
Mr. Van Cott was president of tlie
company in which he lost his entire
fortune.
TWENTY-EIGHT DEAD.
Other Victim of tirnml Trunk Aerl-
Uent F.apeeteil to Uncover.
LONDON, Out., Dec. 211.-No other
deaths have occurred among the per
sons injured in Friday night's collision
at Wanstcad on the Sarnia branch of
the Grand Trunk railroad lietween Pa
cific express No. ft, westbound, and an
eastbound freight. In which twenty-
eight persons lost their lives. Informa
tion from Victoria hospital Is to the ef
fect that while several of the injured
are still in a serious condition it is ex
pected that all will recover.
One of the most pathetic features of
tin? wreck is the triple loss sustained
by the P.odley family of Port Huron in
the death of Mrs. J P.odley, her son
Clem Bodlcy anS granddaughter, little
Lottie Lynch, who died at Victoria hos
pital. The bodies of nineteen of the vic
tims have been shipjied to their isovrow
ing friends at home.
BOLD DIAMOND ROBPERY.
Window SniiiMheil nnil Ji'ivrln Worth
(SIO.OOO Set .. il Thief Cnnlured.
XKW YORK, Dec. 30.-In full view
of the passing crowds a huge plate
glass show window In the pawnshop of
R. Simpson & Co., 14 West Forty-second
street, was smashed with a Bel
gian paving block, mid 10,001) worth
of diamonds were stolen,
Only three of the gems were recov
ered after the capture of the robber. It
is believed by the police that several
men were In the Job nnd that the man
who broke the window passed the jew
els to confederates.
HUMBERTS REACH PARIS.
Alleared Siviniller Arrested In SI mix
rid Ilronitlit Ilnek For Trlul.
PARIS, Dec. 2!). The members of the
Humbert family who were arrested In
Madrid, .charged with being the prime
movers In the sensational Tarls safe
frauds, uavo reached this city lu
charge of French and Spanish police
ollicials.
They were at once taken to the city
prison, to be held pending tlie uctiou of
the authorities.
Death of Mrs. Fremont.
LOS ANGELES, Cal Dee. 29. Mrs.
Jessie Benton Fremont, widow of Gen
eral Fremont, who died Saturday night
at her home In this city, was seventy
eight years of age. Mrs. Fremont was
taken ill on Christinas morning. She
grew rapidly worse and soon lapsed
into unconsciousness, from which she
never rallied. For the past three years
the aged widow of the "Pathfinder"
had been extremely feeble as a result
of a fall in which she Buffered a dislo
cation of tlie hip, which had since pre
vented her from wulking. Mrs. Fre
mont was the daughter of Thomas II.
Benton, for thirty yours a United States
senator.
I.emon Juice a Foe to Typhoid.
CHICAGO, Dee. 30. That lemon
Juice will destroy the typhoid germs lu
water is authoritatively announced by
the Chicago health department after
careful experiments extending over the
last three days. One teaspoonful of the
juice to half a glassful of water is
known to be a good combination, and
repeated trials have Invariably pro
duced the same result every germ was
killed. The Investigation followed and
the result confirms the announcement
made on Christmas day by Dr. Asa
Ferguson, a London physician, to the
effect that lemon juice was a deudly
foe to typhoid.
Illondln Tukea 1IU Sentence.
BOSTON, Dee. 31. Joseph Wilfred
Blondiu, convicted In the second degree
for the murder of his wife, has waived
the exceptions taken by his counsel
during his trial, ubandoned uny right
to a new trial and asked for immediate
sentence in order that he may seek ex
ecutive clemency for freedom. He came
bejoro Judge Stevens today nnd was
sentenced to stute prison for life.
MUea F.ntertnlued In Peking.
PEKING, Dee. 2t. The ladies of the
American legation and General Miles
and ills party were entertained ut
luncheon yesterday by the dowager
empress and the emperor. United
States Minister Conger also gave a
large diplomatic dinner in honor of the
general. Today the minister enter
tained ut dinner a number of Chinese
otUclulB to meet General Miles.
Coul. I Not Fix Illume.
TRINIDAD, Colo., Dee. 30.-The Jury
that held uu Inquest over the bodies of
eight men killed In tho collision be
tween freight trains on the Colorado
nnd Southern railroad last Wednesday
night returned a verdict that It was un
able to attuch blame to uuy one.
Reported Defeat of Moorish
Army Verified.
IWO TIIOUSASD LOST IN BATTLE.
Cireat Ilxi'llpnn'iit nl Fea Tlie I'opii"
lallon Maid to lie llontlle to Sul
tan nnil ItoiKly tn Follow
the Pretender.
LONDON, Dec. LU-Tlio complete
rout nt Tazii of the Moorish Imperial
army by rebels under the leadership
of the pretender to the throne, which
wns reported Dee. 23, has now been
ollicially confirmed. The Imperial forces
abandoned their guns, rl'les, ammuni
tion, tents and beasts of burden nnd
lli-d precipitately to Fez.
A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco,
dated Dec. 2d, says that on Dec. 23
lo.otio shereelian troops commanded by
a brother of the sultan's minister of
war received orders to concentrate and
take the offensive against tlie pretend
er at Taz:i. Before the shcrcctians
moved upon Mm the pretender at
tacked them with large bodies of cav-
' airy. The Imperial army was sur
rounded, completely routed nnd tied In
disorder towird Fez, abandoning all
material of war. The first fugitives
arrived at Fez on the morning of Dee.
24.
i The gates of Fez lire nt present shut,
shops there are closed, and the popu
lation Is excited, but there has been
no disorder. Tlie European colony of
Fez, numbering about twenty persons,
is taking steps to leave the town, but
I appears to bf satisfied that It is iu no
' imminent danger, although the situa
tion is regnrded as serious.
I It is said that the pretender's follow
ers have received numerous additions
since his successes, and he is already
j negotiating with the tribes of the Wed
! ma wch vnllev. Tho population of Fez
is said to be generally hostile to the
sultan and ready to acclaim any pre
tender who will guarantee the towu
from pillage.
No details of the imperial losses have
yet been received here, lint It Is ru
mored that 2.00(1 of the sultan's sol
diers were killed or wounded. The au
thorities here are trying to minimize
tlie disaster. It Is declared that a sec
tion of the imperial troops sent as re
enforcements deserted to the rebels
und aided in driving the loyal troops
back to Fez.
MOROCCO'S TROUBLES. j
Fnmlue Now Fenrt-d Foreigners
AiIvIhi-iI to Flee,
TANGIER, Morocco, Dec. 31. For
eigners in the Interior of Morocco have
been advised to make for the coast, as
in-ovisions are scarce and communica
tions are almost closed. The pretender
himself is reported to be twenty miles
from Fez.
It is also reported that the sultan
has been foiled by the rebels, who are
Investing Fez, In uu attempt to break
out of that city. I
The rebels have cut the aqueduct
which supplies Fez with water. That
city Is now practically without water, j
Unless the Kabyle tribesmen from the
south come to the succor of Fez the
place must surrender within three
days.
Addlck (inlnn u Vote.
DOVER. Del.. Dee. 31 J. Edward
Addieks won another assemblyman in
a special election In Kent county's
Ninth representative district, called by
Governor llunn to vote off n tie In the
November election between James Wil
bur Powell (Union Rep.) and Solomon
Sapp (Dem.). Where the men were tied
before at 424 yesterday's election re
sulted in Sapp receiving only 304 votes,
while Powell jumped to -I'.Mi, giving the
latter n plurality of 15)2. Addieks will
now have twenty-two votes on joint
ballot for United States senator to
sturt with. Twenty-seven votes are
necessary.
lloycot tern Enjoined.
CINCINNATI, ()., Dec. 31.-.Tudge
Cochran of the United States district
court, sitting in Covington, Ky., has
granted au injunction against the
Clothing Cutters and Trimmers' union
forbidding it to continue a boycott
against Mayer, Scheuer, Ofl'ner & Co.,
wholesale clothiers of Cincinnati. The
complaint against the defendants wns
that they mailed matter to customers
of the plaintiff firm endeavoring to
cuuse the withholding of trade. The
court held that organizations of this
kind have no right to attempt to per
suade persons to withhold their custom.
t'linlly Ulase In Marlboro, Mil a.
MARLBORO, Mass., Dee. 27. A tire
which broke out In the city hall at mid
night entirely destroyed that building,
which contained all of the city otlices
and departments; also the armory of
Company F, Fifth regiment, und the
Marlboro library. The total loss will
be $500,000. None of the contents or
papers of any of the departments was
saved. The library contained 25,000
volumes and documents of Incalculable
value, which cannot be replaced.
It at Cuued a Fire.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Dec. 2!).-A
large rat jumped out of a closet In the
grocery store of Mrs. Samuel Tulbow,
und she was so startled that she drop
ped a lamp. The oil caught fire, blazed
up, setting her dress on fire, and she
ran scrcninl;s to the street, where a
passerby puf out the blaze. The store
was ruined by the resulting fire.
Mother and Five Children llni-ned.
LONDON, Dee. 30. As a result of a
tire in a small house in Stepney tt Mrs.
Sehlessinger and her five young chil
dren were all burned to death iu splto
t.t the gallant attempts of tho firemen
to rescue them.
The End of the World.
Little Dot I know something my
teacher doesn't know,
j Mamnin Indeed) What Is that?
"1 know when the world is coming
to an end, ar.l she doesn't. 1 asked
i her, and she said he didn't know."
"Oh, well, who told you?"
i "I'ncle John. He Mild the world
would come to an end when children
stopped asking questions that nobody
could answer." -Tit -Bits.
I he Unit.
"Mrs. OuBhlngton, who called upon
me recently," began the conceited nnd
boorish author, "wns pleased to say
she thmurht, there wns no pen more
artistically delightful in nil the world
tlisn mine."
"She told me," replied Sinniekson,
Hint she had admired your house,
but don't you think it was unkind of
her to cull it a 'pen?'" Philadelphia
cress,
I The Faertlou One.
"I notice," remarked the facetious
one to the mnn whose face bore evi
dences of a poor barber's work, "thut
you've had n close shave recently."
The victim plnrcd. "Not us close as
yours," he finally remarked; "you're
the tenth mnn who's fired the snine
joke ut me, ami the rest are in the
hospital." Cincinnati Lomtucreiul
Tribune.
A t.nnd Snuurallon.
Tho preacher had apparently nl
most reached his peroration, but ho
hnd apparently almost reuched It be
fore, and the congregation was sus
picious. "What can I sny more?" he asked,
in impassioned tones.
"Amen," answe-cd n mnn in a buck
seat, Chicago Post.
(arcli'm Sal I urn.
"Sailor are awful forgetful, nin't
they?" asked little Elsie.
"Why. what makes you think thrt?"
Inquired her pupa.
"Because every time they leave a
place they have to weigh their anchor.
If they weren't forgetful they'd re
member the weight." Philadelphia
Press.
Inl-t.e Imiriirtnnt.
Laura Am. tie, should 1 be justi
fied in writing to a young man who
lead never written to me?
Auntie Only on very important
business, my dear.
Laura Well, this is important busi
ness. I want to marry him. Tit
Bits. An to His Veraelty.
"You think him an untruthful man?"
"My dear sir, he lies like a tailor."
"Like a tailor?"
"Yes; like a tailor who tells you pos
itively that he'll have that suit of
your done the duy after to-morrow."
Chicago Post.
Ill rnk Point.
Naggsby I wonder if Slobsleigh
realizes how many kinds of a fool he
is?
Waggby I'm afraid not. I used to
go to school with him, nnd he wns ter
ribly poor in numbers. Los Angeles
Herald.
Quite Another Qhentlnn.
"Don't strive for riches, my son.
Wealth doesn't bring happineas."
"No?"
"Certainly not."
"Well, 1 huven't heard that poverty
doe either, have you?" Chicago
Post.
ilia Cnae DrOnrd.
'Ta, whnt's a man of the hour?"
"Generally some chap who is being
condemned by one-half of the popula
tion for not doing something that he
knows the other half will condemn
him for if lie does it." Chicago Kec-ord-IIernld.
I.avilNhneafl.
He Is a modern Croesus;
Cost never daunts his eoulj
His son Is burning money,
And his cook Is burning coaL
Washington Star.
ACCUSTOMED TO IT.
"She told nie what she thought of
me, right to my face."
"And you took it in good part?"
"Oh, yes; I'm used to it. She's my
wife." X. Y. Time.
Aparofi Hale.
Mrs. Winks When is Miss llurduash
to marry the count?
lias. Pinks On Monday. ,
Mrs. Winks Oh, of course. I might
have known. Monday is bargain day,
N. Y. Weekly.
Solid Grounds.
Farmer Joues What grouuds have
you for thinking my daughter loves
you?
SI Ilayrake Eighty acres here and
a hundred In th' next county, Puck.
llr'nklnir It to Illni.
"Well," asked the anxious young
husband, "is it a boy?"
"Yes, Henry," replied the new grand
mother. "One of them is." Chicago
Tribune.
Were Off Duty.
"Twenty persons attacked by apo
plexy in one day!"
"(ice! Where wuz the police?" X.
Y. Journal.
Tlio Klntl You Have Always
la iiso for over 30 yenrs,
nnd
-f?J . sonal supervision ulneo Its Infancy.
fC4C44i Alhviviinmin in deceive von In this).
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-pond " nro hut
Experiments that trlflo with nnd endanjrer tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment
What is CASTORIA
Cnstorla Is n harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphino uor other Narcotic
Ktibstance. Its npe Is Its guarautcc. It destroys Worms
nnd allays Feverishness. Jt cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
nnd Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Ilowels, jiving healthy nnd natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
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Bears tlie
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THC CENTAUR COMMNV, TT
DEALGUSIN
Cigars, Tobacco Candies, Fruits and Kiits
SULK AC.kNTS r OK
Henry Maillard'B Finn Candies. Fresh Every Week.
i-TiT-x Goods j Specialty,
SOLK AGENTS KOR
F. F. Adams & Co's Pine Cut Chewinq Tobacco
Solo a sf out s f or tlir
Hoary Glay, Londres, Koritd, Indian Frincess, SaaEor., Silver As
Bloomsburg Pa.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
A BPET, M A T T B W G ,
or .LOTJZff,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
2 Poms abote 0irt IIoubc.
A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
Mrs. Muggins "Is dyspepsia con- "I"TTT TV I
tagious?" Mrs. Buggins "Well, I 1 HL MARKETS.
suffer a good bit from my husband's
attacks.
Blobbs "Football is uot nearly so
deadly as it used to be." Slobbs "
Just wait till they get to playing it
with automobiles "
Wigg- "Bjones is the most generous
fellow I know." Wagg "That's
right. I've heard it whispered that he
gives his wife money."
Nell "That girl from South Amer
ica, I am told is a Daughter of the
Revolution." Belle "Gracious! She
is the daughter ot five or six."
SEND US
A COW,
Steer, Bull or Horse
hide, Calf skin, Dog
skin, or any other kind
of hide or skin, and let
us tan it with the hair
on, soft, light, odorless
and moth-proof, for robe,
rug-, coat or gloves.
Hut fhst get our Catalogue,
ffiviiiR pricm, ami oursliiiiiiii(
tas und instructions, m as to
bvch I lmslutea. We also buy
luw furs. i
It.'G CROSBY FRISIAN VVK COMPANY.
1 10 Mill Street, kochesUr, IN. Y.
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It.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears tho stf '
Signature of M&ffl&Z&i
Bought, nml wlitcli lins been
lias borno Hie plpnafnro of
lias been ntario under lils per-
Signature of
MUKfttV .TKCIT. HIW lOKK CfTV.
folio wIuk branrtb of citf art-
BLOOMSBURG MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY, RETAIL PRICES.
Butter, per pound. f 2g
ER'. per dozen ' -
I.ard, per pound
j Ham, per pound ""V4 to 16
Beef (tpianer), per pound 6 to 8
j W heat, per bushel t oo
ats. d 40
Me, do jjq
Flour per bbl. 4.00 to 4 40
Potatoes, (new), per bushel...
'w ib 00
75
40
06
11
18
S
3
1 urmps, GO
Tallow, per pound.
Shoulder, do
Side meat, do
Vinegar, per qt
Dried apples, per pound
Cow hides, do
Steer tin An
Calf skin fl
Sheep pelts "!"!".'."!".'." 7?
Shelled corn, per bushei.....".".'.'.'.".'
xwi 11 meal, CVVl
Bran, cwt
Chop, cwt
Middlinoc rtut
a 00
1 20
So
Chickens, per )oun'd"new"!!!!!!!.'.'.'."! ' to
10
" do old..,
1 trkeys do
Geese, Ho
Ducks, i0
xt , - COAL.
Number 6, delivered
do 4 nnd 5 delivered'.'.'
do ft. nt- Vft.l
10
S
4
II
So
45
do 4 and S. Vt'yard.V.'.'.'.V.V.'".'.'.'. 425
JJears th yf ins Mna Ynu Hi Always
lto Kind Yen m Always Bought
Leases, 3c e;!tli, 30c a dozen.
ISotices to quit, a dozen. For
sale at this office. tf
v
OA8TOIIIA,
Bean th Tlie Kind You HavO Always Bought