THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA.
U. S. MARINE COUPS.
Command of Thia Body Transferred
to Gen. Elliott.
New Chief In One of the Moat I'opnlnr
Utttrera In I he Service nnd llua
Dun Kavrllent Work lu
Many riui'ca.
The formal transfer of the command
of the I'ntted States marine corps lroiu
jvlaj. Gun. Charles Heywood to
Oen. George F. lilliott took place re
cently at the headquarters of the corps
In Washington, and was attended by all
he ollicers of the corps stationed In
nat city. There were no special
.jrmalltles beyond the reading of the
. :Hclal orders for the retirement of Gen.
...ay wood and the assignment of Gen.
-lllott to the command. Each of the
.jffloers made a short address suitable
to the occasion, and ut their conclusion
the two held a reception to allow the
members of the coips to take official
leave of their retiring commander, and
Ito pay their reispects to the new com
mandant The clerical force of the of
fice also called In a body and paid Its
respects.
Gen. Elliott Is one of the most popular
and efficient officers in the service. His
promotion was based entirely on merit,
and mainly In recognition of his meri
torious services during the Spanish
war and the Insurrection In the Philip
pines. A native of Alabama, he was appointed
a second lieutenant In the marine corps
from New York October 12, 1870.
When Gen. Elliott was attached to
the Motiongahela, of the South Atlantic
etatJon, In 1875, yellow fever broke out
cn that vessel while she was lying In
the harbor of Rio de Janeiro. Despite
the fact that he could have had leave
pnd gone to the mountains, he of his own
volition remained with the ship and his
men, and when the aelsstant surgeon
of the vessel was taken down with fever,
vnluntoArerl t aaatat th anrrpnn In lin
far as his ability would permit, and be j
performed valuable service.
: He served with the marine battalion i
In the railroad strikes of 1S77, and In I
)ST5 served under Gen. Heywood with
the marine battalion on the Isthmus of :
raf.pma. j
While in command of the marine guard
of the flagship Baltimore, of the Asiatic
! QEN. GEORGE P. ELLIOTT.
(New Commandant of tha Unitad Statas
i Marina Corps.)
'station. In 1894, he marched his guard
from Chemulpo to Seoul to protect the
'American legation at the latter place,
the Chinese-Japanese war being In
progress and Corea, the scene of hoatlll
I ties. This was a night march of 31
miles, accomplished in 11 hours. Gen.
Elliott commanded the legation guard
for three months subsequent to this
itlme.
; The scene of hostilities having been
'transferred, he was ordered with the
marine guard to Tientsin, which he
helped to protect during the winter.
Later on, at the request of Mr. Denby,
jthen American minister at Peking, he
acted as aid to that official on the occa
sion to the first audience ever granted
(by the Chinese emperor to foreigners.
;Ib order to perform this duty Gen. El
liott was compelled to make the trip on
horseback, passing through about 25,000
undisciplined Chinese tro6ps, suffering
constant insult and running no little
personal risk.
During the Spanish-American war, In
1898, Gen. Elliott commanded company
C of the marine battalion during the
four days' battle at Guantanamo, Cuba,
and later, while in command of a battal
ion of 250 men, defeated the Spanish In
. spirited battle at Cuzco Valley, after
killing and taking a number of prison
ers In addition to destroying the wells
which were the source of the enemy's
water supply. This fight resulted in
giving security to the marine camp on
Guantanamo Hill, and for his conduct
In this battle the president advanced
Elliott three numbers for "eminent and
conspicuous conduct in battle."
. Gen. Elliott having been ordered to
the Philippines, In command of a bat
talion of marines on October 8, 1899, de
feated the enemy over very bad ground,
and captured, by direet assault, a posi
tion at Novaleta which had been deemed
impregnable by the Spanish and before
which they once lost an entire regiment.
For this service he received a commend
atory letter from the secretary of the
navy. He has had almost 14 years at sea
and foreign service, and has always
rendered a good account of himself.
Burled Trtaiora of Jeanita.
About 100 years ago, when the Jesuits
were banished from Mexico, It was
known that they ponsesed vast wealth,
but they took very little of it with them.
What they did with it was a mystery. A
very old man, Pierre Guire, says that
about $20,000,000 of it was buried be
neuth the old cathedral In the little town
of Typozottan, and it Is bellotd to rot
there jet.
I
BUILT AROUND A tree.
From the Hoof of nn Old llnrn In Kf
netinnk, Mr,, Hlaea Fine
Old Klin.
Its broad and beautifully shadrd I
slrrelg are a feature which slrongly ap- !
P'-als to thp many sumnvr tourist who
visit Kmiirbiink, Me. Every one of ,
the thoroughfares hading through the '
business center of thv town, loraily
t.nown as Mausam village, Is bordered (
on both sides by stately elms and spread
ing maples. Summer Etreet, for the half
mile between the Boston and Maine Fta
tion and the town house corner, et, the
eastern end of the village, Is almost a
continuous, line of shade, the tree tops
touching, only the center of the street
being reached by the sun's rays.
On Main street, opposite the Ocrnn
bank, stand six lofty elms that were
planted the day of the battle of Lexing
ton. The Lexington elms they are called.
They were crippled In the Ice storm of
THE STORER BARN. '
(Built Around a Hi Tree to Save It from
Destruction.) )
t
1SS5, but have nearly recovered their
shapeliness.
The most remarkable trees within the I
town are located on the old Storer place,
near the site of the shoe factory which
was burned last spring. One of these
Is known as the Lafayette elm. When
Gen. Lafayette made hl carriage tour
from Massachuetts to Maine he tarried
a day in Kennebunk. He was enter
tained by Squire Storer and his aristo
cratic dame, who was a Cutts, of Vir
ginia, j
A garden party was given in his hon
or, all the village folks attending, and
dinner was served under the shade of
this great elm, whose spreading branch
es to-day cover more territory than
those of any other known tree In this
section of the state.
The Storer mansion Is now owned by
the heirs of William Parsons, whose
family occupied It many years. After his
death his sons, who had acquired wealth
in business, passed their summers here.
The house is a large, square, roomy
structure, whose timbers, hewed a cen
tury ago, are as sound to-day as the
trunks of the great trees which border
the estate. Behind the house Is a cu
riosity which hundreds of persons come
here annually to see.
Years ago Mr. Parsons enlarged the
Storer barn, and, not wishing to destroy
an elm that stood in the way of the
proposed enlargement, built around it.
The great branches of the tree proert
through the roof of the barn, and tower
more than 50 feet above It. Sheets of
lead, made fast under the shingles, so
closely circle the branches as to prevent
leaking. These sheets of lead have to
be occasionally readjusted to allow for
the growth of the tree. Lattice work
extending nearly to the eaves allows the
tree trunk contact with air and sun
shine. MISS GLADYS DEACON.
Rumor Hna Thla Ilcantlfal American
Girl Eovaited to the Rich
Duka of Norfolk.
Miss Gladys Deacon, who, It is again
rumored, is engaged to the Duke of
Norfolk, earl marshal of England, has
won notoriety by reports of her en
gagements to various European nobles
and also to the crown prince of Ger
many. The latter affair, which was
sensationally exploited In the Paris
papers during August, 1902 is said to
MISS GLADYS DEACON.
(American Beauty Reported to Be Engaged
to Duke or Norfolk.)
have caused violent scenes between
the tmperor and his son. Miss Dea
con, who is a handsome and vivacious
girl, is the daughter of Edward Park'
er Deacon, who, February 17, 1892, at
Cannes, France, shot and killed Ed'
ward Abellle, a wealthy Frenchman,
whom he believed to be the lover ol
Mrs. Deacon. Deacon served a shorl
term In a French prison for the crime,
and died In an Insane asylum at Horn-
erville, Mass.. in 1901.
Tartar Bmlvranta,
From St. Petersburg come reports o
an unceasing flow of Tartar emlgratlor
to Constantinople from the Crimea.
WKATH OVKtt ALASKA
.lay Caus-e Canada to Ad-ipt Policy
tf Retaliation.
Profiler l.nnrlor 'Will rnrtnnlnte l)f.
Iiinnd for Inrirprnilent Treaty
l'owrr itiirWeil liy 1 filled
" Support of III flirty.
Laurler's trumpet call for treaty mak
ing power Independently of England
joes like wildfire wherever the govern- I
me nt has followers throughout the Cana-
llan dominion. The prime minister
means business. He Is supported on this
great national and Imperial Issue by a
iolld cabinet. The rank and file of his
party from the Atlantic to the Pacific
stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
It Is bad policy at such a moment for
paper like the London Globe to charge
Laurler with disloyalty. If proof of
Laurler's backing Is needed, It Is to be
found to overflowing in columns usually
regarded as the organs of the political
party at present In power In Ottawa.
In the same issue that carried the
news to the people of Canada that
Laurler had declared In connection with
the Alaskan award that Canada as a de
pendency of the British crown did not
enjoy powers sufficient for the main
tenance of her rights appeared prompt
ditortal endorsement of the notice thus
served on England.
The liberal mouthpiece in the capital
started off with the announcement that
sufficient was known to "warrant the be
lief the Interests of Canada are not safe
In the hands of the Imperial ministers,
who seem to be Incapable of appreci
ating the colonial viewpoint In disputes
that arise with foreign nations, and
more especially with the United States.
Like the ill-fated Stuarts, the British
ministers seem to learn nothing and for
get nothing, and their diplomacy, as it
stands revealed, is apparently as full
of sinuosities as the Yukon coast line."
This utterance serves as a fair sample
of what Canada is hearing from lead
ing exponents of liberal opinion In all
the provinces of Canada.
Opposition opinion condemns the
leader of the' government for ill consid
ered impetuosity In the matter, and an
ticipates he will find some difficulty In
receding with dignity from his position.
It has been known here for a long time
Sir Wilfrid felt strongly on the subject
of Canadian lndependenceof Great Brit
ain In regard to the treaty making pow
ers, but it was hardly supposed he would
SIR WILFRID LAURIER.
(Premier of Canada Who la Sore Over the
Alaska Decision.)
have shown his hand so soon. It must
be remembered, however, that Laurler
and his ministers have time and time
again chafed under restrictions imposed
by Downing street in the publication of
official papers which would have shown
the people of Canada and England an
attitude on the part of both governments
greatly different to that in which they
were for a time In deference to the exig
encies of the imperial authorities made
to appear.
The Chicago Tribune says that among
the suggestions airily thrown out In ,
connection with the Alaskan award to '
Uncle Sam are: A tariff wall against j
unuea states proaucis, an au-i;anaaian
railway route to divert traffic from the
American ports of Dyea and Skagway in
the Alaskan strip to Canada, the burn
ing of Lord Alverstone In effigy, and a
welcome to Aylesworth and Jette, the
Canadian commissioners at the bound
ary conference In London on their re
turn to Canada, with features that will
raise it to the dignity of a national dem
onstration. To which suggestions may
be tacked on the cheerful assurance of
the Hamilton Spectator that the man
who talks reciprocity with the United
States to-day takes his life in his hands.
Even that circumspect government or
pan, the Toronto Globe, In going ovei
to the crowd of Journalistic scoffers,
condescended to remark, with reference
to the consoling reflection of the Lon
don Financial Times that "Canada got
something," that "Canadians Influenced
by the tendencies of an age of slang will
be Inclined to add, 'in the neck. " The
opposition paper In the capital gayly
remarks that It now remains for Canada
to put up a barricade "and trim over
Uncle Samuel to the tune of $100,000,000
a year of Imports."
NotbluK Left But Ilunitbole.
Some workmen In Hosedale, Kan.,
while excavating, discovered a barrel
of whisky, which had been burled foi
over 40 years. The villagers quickly
sampled It, smacked their Hps and
pronounced it good. In less than twe
hours only the bunghole of the cask
was left.
Danirer In Rubber Tlrea.
The rubber tires on the hansom
cabs in Berlin make the movement ol
the vehicles so noiseless that many
pedestrians have been injured. A re
cent ordinance compels these cabs t(
carry bells, that the constant Jingling
may warn the people who are on foot.
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IIP 1)1
No Longer Need Be Used Where
It Is Generated.
A WONDERFUL TRIUMPH.
Electrical Development Has Caused
Water to Regain What It Had
Lost, and it Is Becoming Greater
Than Ever Electricity Cheaper
Than Steam.
One of the mot notable Instances
of industrial decline and revival In
modern times is connected with the
use of waterpowera. Speaking of
conditions In New England, the Hart
fort Courunt suys:
"A while ago waterpowers were
neglected and were regarded as re
lics of a past condition of develop
ment which, with the 'old mill,' had
been loft far behind In mechanical
progress. It Is one of the curious fin ts
of modern industry that today the
running water Is not only reltiKtatcd,
but has a higher value and a more
Important work than ever before.
Electricity In the arts and Irrigation
In agriculture have worked the
change, and to-dny a steady-flowing
stream has as sure a value ns a coal
inino."
Taking Alabama ns a single exam
ple it Is within the memory of many
yet living that steam mills were ho
rare ns to be looked upon as curiosi
ties by mont people. It was only In
localities where watcrpower, used un
der conditions then prevailing, was
entirely unavailable that steam was
used nt all. And the melhods of util
izing the waterpower, even half a
century ago, were entirely different
from those of the present day. Then
the huge overshot or breast wheels
required a high fall or they could not
be used at all, and with the old style
tub-wheels It was not much hotter, for
a fall of several feet was necessary
in order to get sullicient power with
the wheels then used.
It was while these wasteful and In
efficient methods of using watcrpow
er prevailed that steam began to take
the place of water. The rapid devel
opment of our Immense coal fields
was an active factor in the work of
relegating water to the rear. Then
steam mills and factories and shops
begun to spring up, nnd waterpower
seemed destined to become a thing of
the past. The mills rotteddown, the
great waterwheels ceased to revolve,
and fell Into decay and the unhar
nessed water laughed Its way to the
ocean. Steam relned, and water
power was descredlted.
Then electrical development began,
another revolution was the result,
and water Is not only regaining what
it had lost, but Is becoming mightier
than ever. It was soon found that
electric power could be developed at
less cost and with greater easo nnd
certainty by water than by steam
power, and that settled It. Economy,
certainty and dispatch are three lev
ers in the industrial world which will
move mountains, and all of them
work together for the reinstatement
of water. All over the country that
fluid Is being again brought under
subjection and made to perforin the
labor from which It had for a Ions'
time been freed.
And the beauty of it is thnt the
water power need not now be used
where It Is generated. R Is no loud
er necessury that the mill or shop or
factory shall nestle close beside the
running strenm, for electricity, like
light, can be diffused In all directions.
The Saviour, speaking to Nicodcmus,
said: "The wind blowetli where It
liBteth, and thou lieareat the sound
thereof, but canst not tell whence it
cometh nor whither It goeth."
Almost the same language might
be used about electric power. Man
can send it where he chooses. We
see Its effects In our shops, In our
lights, on our street cars and wher
over machinery Is used. The ordinary
man cannot tell how It comes nor
where it goes when its work Is done.
A dam Is built across a running
stream, machines are erected, wires
are laid, and straightway machinery
begins to buzz, street cars to fun, and
lights to spring up miles away as If
by magic. It Is a wonderful tri
umph of mind over matter.
And, as we have said, the great
value of this power lies in the ease
and certainty of its diffusion. We
have just read In a contemporary of
a company being organized In South
Carolina with a capital of $2,000,000
to ddvelop certain water powers In
the Piedmont region, and the state
ment Is made thnt "towns within a
radius of fifty miles are to be sup
plied by the company" with electric
power. Three years ago just above
the city of Columbus, (Ja., a dam was
built on the Chat'ahooohee Klver to
develop 10,000 horsepower. Now we
are told that not more than 1! 10 horse
power for electrical purposes Is left
for sale. It Is practically all taken
and more Is needed.
Our own city of Montgomery is an
example of what may be done and
what Is done In utilizing wnter power
thirty miles away. Tallassee's wa
ters are running our street cars, driv
ing our machinery, and lighting
streets and houses. The same thing
la taking place all over the land, and
we have only reached the frontlors,
so to speak, of the unexplored possi
bilities of electric development.
Wherever there Is water with a fall
sufficient to operate a generator there
one can be built nnd from It power
will radiate and pulsate to the sur
rounding country, tireless, noiseloKS
and unremitting. The age of s;eam
has had Its dny nnd the reign of witar
returns. Montgomery Advertiser.
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- nnil has been mado under hi per-l&J'tf-f-t'
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j-CUCU4i Allow no one to dccelvo you In this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-fts-srood aro but
Experiments that trillo with ami endanger tho health of
Infants ami Children Experience against Experiment.
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Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates the
Stomach and lJowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
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Dec. 8, 1903. Persons calling for
these letters, will please say that
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1903".
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BLOOMSBUkO MARKETS,
CORUKCTED WEEKLY. RETAIL PRICE..
Kutter, per pound gg
Ekks, per dorrn u
I. aril, per pound
Ham, per pound '.'.'.'.'it to 16
Beef (quarter), per pound 6 to 8
Wheat, per bushel t
pats, do ;;;;;;; 40
Rye, do to
Flour per bbl 4,40 to 4 8o
Hay, per ton ,J
lotatoei, per bushel jc
Turnips, do Iq
Tallow, per pound ."!"!!.""" 06
Shoulder, do .!!!!!" 10
Uncon, do jg
VineRar, per qt 0
Dried applet, per pound '. "' 7
Cow hide, do "" ,i
Steer do do '" J
cait .kin ;;;;;;; j
Sheep pelts !!""" it
Shelled corn, per bu'shei..'"'' II
Corn meal, cwt -
B'n, cwt "
Chop, cwt J Q
Middlings, cwt J 4
Chickens, spring, per pounT.""'.'.!'.'" li
T ,d0 do 0id ;;; ,5
Duck., Uo ;;;.:;:;;;;;;t J
M , , . COAL.
Number 6, delivered ... . to
do 4 and 5 deliveredV.,.".'..'".'.7' I a
do 6, at yard.
d" 4 nd 5, at yard...V.V.V.'.'.'.'" '