THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG- PA. Gnrerlng Minor Happen tags from all Over the Globe. HOME AND FOREIQN Ohmptled and Condensed for the Unity Reader A Complete Record f European Despatches and Im portant Event from Everywhere Soiled Down for lla-ity PrruaoL Rear Admiral Evans defended the American navy In an Interview in Washington. Independent cigar manufacturers In Havana Hiillt from the Trust and ill factories will be opened, the Trust yielding to the strikers' de mand B. Thousands of Elks gathered at Philadelphia for their annual Con tention. Central American diplomats at XTaahlngton expressed themselves in :'avor of a conference for the nego tiation of a Central American peace reaty, with the 1'iJter States and .lexico as referees. Twelve Greek establishments and ;wo Syrian shops in Itoanoke. Va., ere wrecked liy h mob in rioting .suiting from n dispuia over a sand, rich. The International Commission for Iclentific AeronaiilicK planned to nake meterologienl observations In ill parts or the world from kites and j&Iloons sent up to high altitudes. Governor Hiiglns vetoed the bill appropriating; $ir,(riO as pay for .hose who acted aa counsel for Otto velsey in the removal proceedings Brought uguinsi him. ExpertB assert that, a new gliding raft, invented by Peter Cooper Hew. tt, of New York 1h the immediate orerunner of the mile a minute ves. ol, and thai Liverpool in thirty -ours from New York is the next top. Edward M. Shopurd addressed the Ulnois liar As. odai ion in aalesburg a favor of removing the dollar mark rojn capital stock of corporations. A Maryland jury upheld the "un written law" by freeing Mrs. Mary Jowle and her son accused of tour er. Nuval officers are fearful thnt the attic ship lleet will be unable to aadlly obtain coal on Its -cruise by te Magellan's Strait route. Members of the Public Utilities loard for three timi's dhx-ussed the allocs features of the transporta ion problems in New York. By unainhious vote the New York loard of Magistrates decided to ask ar an increase of salary from $7,000 .1 year to $9,000. Members of the N. Y. commission 'aat is to investigate conditions in '.ie National Gunrd and suggest re jrms organized conmittees. Plnkerton detectives were notified at $20,000 worth of diamonds had 'issappearod fro mthe safe of J. M. teballos In New York city. Reported f nding of explosives on dry dock Dewey at Olongapo, P. "., caused the authorities to keep a .lose watch on the structure. Charles H. Moyer took the witness -tand at the Haywood trial and dir- rtly contradicted the testimony of rarry Orchard. Baron Speck von Sternburg, the German Ambassador, returned to .vmerlca and denied reports that he ntended to resign. Admiral Baron Yamamato, Japan, naval strategist, arrived from Eu. ope and expressed ardent peace sen. '.fmenta. President Roosevelt harvested his rbp at Sagamore Hill and won a re futation as a "wonder" at pitching bay. The armored cruisers Tennessee nd Washington arc to proceed to .to Pacific ahead of the battle ships -J the Atlantic fleet. ' Reports that the United States Is 'ufeotlatlng to obtain a naval station at Magdalena Bay were denied by enor Manlscal Minister of Foreign vffairs. A Paris editor sees a shadow of rar In the transfer of the Amorlcnn Meet to the Pacific. Mr. John I). Rockefeller celebrated f.ls sixty-eighth birthday by watching .he Olympic Cup golf tournamont ut Cleveland. Judge Landls, in Chicago, announ. ed that he would pronounce sentence gainst the Standard Oil Company a August 3. Washington received official news aat President Zelays. of Nlcaragun, ias fitting out gunboats to convey roops to iuvudo Salvador, Judge McCall denied Howard Quid's application to have strlckeu rorn the record cert:i!n mutter In its wife's suit for u separation. United Stute3 Senator llurnhnm declared tlit the plan to son! bat tleships to the Pacific was a very vise one. New customs regulations ado;tol jy the Treasury Department will re--nove objectionable features of tho present system of examining bag- Admiral Yamamoto, the Japanese naval strategist, saw American war tJilne being built at Quincy Mats. i.h.vy orchard, recalled In tiiv. Haywood trail, admitted that In sanity runs In his family, an uncle having .hanged himself In Canada. Harrlman methods In the Union Pacifio reorganization and the Chin ago end Alton "deal" were condemn, ed In the report of the Interstate commerce Commission. FOREIGN XKW8- Desiring to perfect General Por ter's proposal on debt collection, South American delegates to the peace conference favor a modifica tion, says a cable from Tho Hague. Oermany is seriously alarmed at the success of the French war ball oon Patrle and the news that France has sixty others stored on tho fron tier. Charges that campaign funds were contributed in England for the pur pose of obtaining peerages and other honors came up for debate in Parll ment. Scores of persons lost their lives and much damage was done by ex tensive Hoods in Germany. Much Interest is shown among the delegates to the Peace Conference at The llnnue In regard to the approach, lng discussion of the American pro" posal retallng to the collection of debt. London's Stock Exchauge was ml. ed by New York, prices there declln. lng In response to the check to tho advance here, says a dspalch. The trial of the German govern ment's military airship was satisfac torily carried out lit secret, ueord ing to a despatch. Mr. A. H. Lambert, of the Aero Club, of St. IajuIs, according to a despatch from Paris is making as cents from St. Cloud to gain experi ence for the international balloon cup race. Seoul despatches quoted the Corea News, a British owned paper, to tho effect that the American fleet should be sent to the Far Kast at once. - Toklo despatches declared that the Japanese Cabinet is standing oil very shaky ground. It Is regarded as certain that tho delegates to the peace conference will come to an agreement regarding the delay to twenty-four hours be tween a declaration of wnr and tho opening if hostilities. According to an Antwerp despatch tho law of desertion has done much to discourage the Belgian stokers' strike. Seoul despatches reported a state of panic in the Palace, and n fear that the Japanese would take steps to annex the country at once. English papers in China upheld the right of the Americans to send their lleet to the Pacific. Count Tornielll, Italian delegate at The Hague Peaco Conference, has made a draught of a proposition in regard to bombardments, embodying tho American proposals. SI'OliTIN NEWS. Beals C. Wright and Karl Bohr, American lawn tennis experts, de feated Messrs. Brookes and Wilding in tho doubles match of the inter national series for the Davis Cup. GUddeu tourists on their Eastern run were stuck In the mud In India na and a fanner made $54 pulling the cars out with plough horses. The Belgians defeated Christ Church College of Oxford by a length In the final for the Grand Challange Cup at Henley. James R. Keene's Cabochon won the Spindrift Stake at the Coney Is land Jockey Club course and H. P. Whitney's Dlnna Ken won a mile race In 1:392-5, equalling the fastest mile yet run at the meeting. Jerome D. Travers and E. M. By ers, New Jersoy golfers, are the only survivors In the tournament for tho national amateur golf championship. Miss May Sutton, of California, de. feated Miss Wilson in the lawn tennis tournament in England for the Welsh championship. Meadow Brook's Freebooter four defeated the Dedham second poloisti In the first match for the Rockaway Hunting Club Cup at Cedarhurst. Walter J. Travis finished first in the qualifying round for the national amateur golf championship. NEW AM INK FEAT. Difficult Summit of One of the Moun. tains Achieved. Geneva, July 16. Five Swiss AL, plnlsts have conquered the hiterto uncllmbed peak of Ponclone Cavajt nols, in Ticino, which is 9,000 feet high. Many previous attempts full ed owing to the preclpltousness of the peak, which resembles the Mat terhorn. It will be recalled that the latter defied climbers for generations. Paris, July 10. The celebration of the achievement of French liberty war marred by nn attempt on the life of President Fallieres. On his re turn from the military display at the Lonsrhnmn raiecource, a man fired two shots at him near the, Klysee Gardens. Both missed the President. It Is pof.nU le that it was tho work of anarchists, but it Is believed, al most with certainty, that tho act was that of n lunatic. The man was Im mediately arrested. San Francisco, July 18. Dr. Ed ward M. Taylor, in charge of Hast ing! Law Co'.lc.p-p also acting presi dent of Cooper Medical Collcse was clccte'. !'uyor cf San Francisco. I A Manifesto After Visit of Admiral Yamamoto and ' Japan's Ambassador. SITUATION DISCUSSED. Huron and Viscount Aokl Go In Spe cial Cur to Oyster Ray Hourlnqj Gift to President. Jupanese Ofil cluU Highly Pleased With Result , of Interview With Notion's Chief. New York, July 17. Following a visit from Admiral Baron Yamamoto and Viscount Aokl, the Japanese Am. bassador, to Oystor Bay, where they had luncheon with him, the Presi dent issued a statement in which he spoke of the relations between this country and Japan as satisfactory. "The President," to quote tho words of the manifesto, "had a long Interview with Admiral Baron Yamo. oto and it was most satisfactory In every way. It simply confirmed what had already been made clear by Ambasador Aolcl the thoroughly good understanding between the two governments and the fundamental friendliness between tho two na tions," Captain Kondo, chief aide to the Admiral, presented to the President a small Japanese cabinet of lacquer work, which he had carried to Oy--ster Bay. The box is of exquisite workmanship, and is inlaid with Jade. The token was presented as the personal gift of the Admiral. Trip In Special Cur. Admiral Yamamoto left the Hol land House, where he is staying, and was driven to the Long Island ferry. Captain Kondo carried the present all the way, even declining the in vitation of the brakoman on the car to take charge of it until tho destirm. tlon had been reached. When an an. Xlous inquirer referred to tho some what bulky package the Captain said that it might be luncheon for all he knew, and then smiled broadly. Tho trio had a special car on tho regular train to themselves. They were attired in long coats and high hats and there was nothing of the official in their appearance. An au tomobile sent by tho President was in waiting for them at the Oyster Bay station, although Mr. Loeb, the President's secretary, was not there to meet them, ns had been expected. The distinguished guests were shown to the automobile by the newspaper men and soon after that they were en route for Sagamore Hill They were received with much cord iality by the President. Among the other guests at luncheon wore Rob ert Bacon, Assistant Secretary of State; Mrs. Bacon. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Morgnn and Herbert Parsons, of New York. Mr. Parsons has been in conference with the President for several days as chairman of the Rep. ubllcan County Committee with re gard to the appointment of a post master for this city. The luncheon was characterized by a lack of all formality and the Japanese visitors chatted in an animated manner with the Chief Executivo and his guests. The Admiral presented the cabinet as a token of his personal regard. It was much admired by the Presi dent and by the Americans of the party. The Admiral later said that any feeling which Japan may have had because of occurrences on the Paci fic coast was directed solely against tho people of that section, and that there was no possible chance of there being any misunderstanding between the two governments on account of it. He said that he felt that the meeting with the President had done much to remove any possibility of a misunderstanding between the two nations. LUMBER DEALERS SENT TO JAIL Pleaded Guilty, Expecting Nominal Fines, and Got Six Months. Toledo, Ohio July 17. Twenty three lumber dealers were sentenced to six months each In the workhouso for violation of the Valentine anti trust law. Two bridge men of Cleveland got like sentences here for similar viola, tlon of law in this city. Nine brick manufacturers were fin. ed $1,000 each. The lumber dealers pleaded guilty under the expectation that only nom. lnal fines would be Imposed. The charge Is that of conspiring to pool Interests for the prevention of competition. Within ten days the brick men must pay their fines and the costs or go to Jail. The lumter dealers get ten days in which to ar range their business affairs before they may begin their sentence at the workhouse. The defendants are worth in the aggregate perhaps $20,000,000. Having pleaded guilty they have no right of appeal from the sentence. Slew Man Who Slew His Cut. Boston ( Mass., July 16. Glusppe Zecllola, living in Watertown, was arrested in this city charged with the murder of Charles Reed at Wuter. town last night. Zeciola, according to the police, confessed to killing Reed, Bay lug Reed bad killed his cat. Reed shot a cat which had killed gome of his chickens. CAME IS 0 MONTHS. Immigration Total for Year Wan 1 80,840, nreaklng All Previous Records. Washington, July 18. All Immi gration records In the history of the country wore broken by the returns for the fiscal year of 1907, which ended on June 30 last. The total number of Immigrants for the year was 1,286,349, against 1,100,736 for 1906. The Increase was about 6 per cent, over the greatest number of Immigrants that ever arrived In Am erica, heretofore In a single year. The figures for the entire yonr have not beon completed In detail but It is known that the grent majority of the immigrants reached this coun try in tho last six months, tho exact number for that period being 743, 962, an increase of 10 per cent, over the six months ended June 30 1906. A total of 5,962 arriving Immigrants were debarred from admission to the country in the last six months. Of the total arrivals in the last six mon ths 132,185 came from Russia. 1,0(10,(107 PLAGUE DEATHS. An Appalling Six Months' Total of Victims In India. Imdon, July 18. Returns of deaths from the plague in India show the appalling total of 1,060,067 for the six months ended June 30. The monthly totnl Is at present decreas ing, however, the death roll for June being placed at 69,064. The total for the first six months of 1007 already surpasses that for the entire twelve monthB of 1004, when 1,022,000 persons died. It Is tho highest ever recorded previous to the present yenr. 0 KILLED OX SOUTHERN HV. Passenger Trnln In Collision Near Johnson City, Tenn. Many Hurl. Johnson City, Tenn., July 16. Six persons met instant death and twenty were Injured when eastbo-.inl vestibuled train No. 42 on the South, ern Railway, was In collision with a switch engine a mile west of here. The switch engine wns in charge of a hostler, who when he saw the fant passenger train coining toward him reversed his engine and Jumped to safety. ScarccJy hod ho done so be fore the passenger crashed Into the light engine with fearful force. HURLED TO DEATH RV TORXAIK) Wind Curries n Man Up fit) Feet nnd Drops Him to the Ground. Mitchell, S. D., July 16. One fat. ality was reported as a result of a tornndo which swept this region. John M. Pense, a populist politician, took refuge from the ' approaching storm in a grove nenr his home. The wind carried him fifty feet in the air and dropped him to the ground, terribly crushed. He lived only a few minutes after Mb children reach, ed his side. Wonmn Hangs Below Bridge. Bloomfield, N. J., July 18. To ca capo being run down by an express train on the Lackawanna Railroad bridge between Bloomfield and Wnt sessing, N. J., a young woman, who refused to give her name, lowered herself on the outside of the bridge and clung to the ties until the train passed by. The train crew ran hack to assist her, but before they could reach her she had raised herself on tho bridge and disappeared toward East Orange. Woman Electrocuted in a Ruthtuh. Fort Collins, Col., July 16. Mrs. Addle Davles, aged thirty-five years, was Instantly killed while attempting to turn on an electric light. She had Just finished .bathing, and while standing in the tub reached up to turn the knob.. Her hand being wet, and, standing as she was In the water, contact with the light globe formed a circuit, and a shock of sum. cient voltage to kill her resulted. DENIES SENDING SPIES. Statement by Japanese Minister of War. Toklo, July 17. Gen. Terauchl, the Minister of War, In an Interview In regard to the reported arrest of a GEN. TERAUCHI. i Japanese spy at San Diego, Cal., said: I "There are no Japanese military ! officers In America except military attaches." The War Office, the General ern : phatlcally declared, has "never In structed any officer or amateur npy I to examine American forts." !8 vJ0mw mm fMa!Si mm m. N. Y. MAKKET LETTER (From our Special Correspondent.) WHEAT. Weakness was a couspl. ouous feature of the local wheat mar. ket during the week. Offerings wero heavy, with the demand poor as there was little or nothing In the general news of a stimulating nature. After, wards the demand became more act ive und the market closed steady. CORN. Increased offerings, owing to favornblo weather conditions and better crop reports, give corn an eas. lor undertone during the early deal lugs, but later a firmer feeling de veloped and tho marke t became steady. OATS. The market for local spot oats was steady and prices on track unchanged but lower for white, and unchanged for mixed In elevator, with only a moderately active trade. EGGS. A sale under tho call of 60 caoos of western firsts at 17 c re flects the firm position of the mar ket. The ofilclal prlceB wore left un. changed. So few lots of western will pass ofilclal inspection that members of tho commltteo do not feel war ranted In quoting figures that only represent exceptional quality. CHEESE. Tho price committee hold a very short session but made no change In the official quotations. The market Is quite firm on fancy full cream cheese, especially small sixes of colored. LIVE POULTRY. The demand this week has been of good volume and only two cars were left unsold. There were no changes noted In late prices. DRESSED POULTRY. Receipts, 1, 133 packages. The demand was of much better volume than usually ex. lsts with the wlndup of the week's business. Tho tone on fowlB was strong, but prices were no higher, the best lots seldom exceeding 14c. Broilers have sold sreely thl3 week, and only odd lots wre left unsold. Wheat Jnly. . . S' Sept 1.00 Dec. . . 1 0U July 113 Sept ti:).h Dec 3, Oats. Mixed, Q, CaoSc. Mii.k Exchange price for standard qual ity is 2Vc. per quart. p.l'TTKIl Ckkamkrt. Western, oxtrnf 2.ru.26 Firsts 24u25o. State dairy, finest tt24 CiiRKSK State, full cream.. al2. Small.. 12 Kocw Jersey Fancy. . n21c Statu Good to choice. .lHal! Western Firsts, . aid Rkeves. City dres'd. OalOc. Oalvks. City dres'd. Uaiyo. Coun try dressed jer lb. Vallc. Sheep. Per 100 lb. C3.u0a5.76. Hons. Live per 100 lb. (i.SOiiO.SO Country dressed per lb. SXjiiOo. Hay. Prime, 100 lbs., $1.20. Stuaw. Long rye, U5u7uc. Live poultry Fowls. Per lb. al4. Chickens. Spring, per lb., lTal&o. Ducks. Per lb. allle. Geese. Per lb. nlO. DltKSSKD rOULTKY Tuukeys. Per lb. 14c. Fowls. Per lb. OulUc. Vkiietahles Potatoes. Old bbl., 75co1.50. C u c c m k us . Busk e t , . 50r $ 1 . 00. Onions. White, ier bbL $2.25a3.75. Lettuce. Basket, .2.r)ca.50c. Spinach. Barrel, .o0ca75o. Beets. per lOu bunches. 82.00a.30a Stuawbehkies. 6al4o. FINANCIAL- Stocks were Irregular, but a late" decline failed to wipe out early gain. More than 8,000,000 bags of coffee were purchased by the Brazilian Pro vince of Sao Paulo, according to the Governor, In the recent campaign tor stationary prices. Though stocks were Irregular early they recovered and closed1 strong . Alexander McDonald, E. K. Stallo and W. D. Stratton sold a quarter In. terest In the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City and the' Gulf and Chlca. go roads to a syndicate formed by L, S. Berg. BASEBALL LEAGUE SUMMARIES. Standing of the Clubs. Nutionul. W. L. p. O. Chicago 08 20 .744 New York jo 28 .023 Pittsburg 45 ho m Philadelphia 42 33 .660 Boston 88 41 .440 Brooklyn 83 43 .423 Cincinnati 81 47 .807 St. Louis 19 63 .282 American. W. L. P. Chicago 61 20 Cleveland 47 81 Detroit 42 81 Philadelphia 43 83 New York 84 80 St. Louis 81 47 0. 6C2 .603 .673 .678 .466 .807 .882 .833 Boston 29 47 Washington 24 48 Earthquake Shakes Utah. Salt Lake City, July 18. Dlstlnot earthquake shocks, lasting for about oue' minute were recorded on the seismograph recently installed at the University of Utuh. The disturbance was noted at 11:59 A. M. INDIAN LAWS AND POLITICS. Oompuldory Educational KyMcm Among Ohoctnws nnd C'lilcknoimn. The Choctaws and Chickasaw bp. long to the same family of Indlnas and their governments In a arp;o measure are run Jointly, nlthoiig'i they have separate legislatures, or councils, and sepernle chiefs. Every member of the Chic-Chocs trills, man, woman and child Is worth la his own right In the neighborhood of $ IS, 000. This doesn't consist, of property given to him, writes a Tish omingo correspondent of the KaiiFag City Journal, It Is property for which he has Just us valid a title as that held by any while man to his farm. It enme ,to hint by descent. Tho only poor people In these two nations are the white men. TIipi are no Indian almshouses. Of course tho Indians tnko good earn of their sick and afflicted, but th"y do not hnvo to provide u poor farm to keep Indigent Indians. Their only charges, aside from the afflicted, who pay their way, are the indigent whites. The Indians nro very kind to them, they give them employment or look after them If they are unablo to work and are In want. Ic was the pride of those two tribes that they didn't have a mem ber of school ago unable to read anil write and figure. They would pick out twenty-four of their bn;;htst youniT men and women each ,;ir and fend them to Eastern universi ties. After finishing their educa tion these young men and woinn would go back to their tribes and help uplift the reft. Thrlr ertlrw e:pcn?es while In the hi;; colleges of the East were borne by tho tribal governments. There two natiens n!o had n roniptilsory c-honl iw that has no equal. Kvi ry able bodied child over rdx yents of age had to go to school. There war. no way to evade the hnv. If a pavat Deeded' tile child to help with tae work the nr.tton hired a poor vh!;i nii.n to do the work so thct the c' !M co, ild stay in school nrd woe! ' vr him out of the tribal treasury. Nn State In the Union ever dov'ln;:c 1 l's coiiipuhiory school lui". to tint Hcli s; nte of perfection, nor ha one ever Ft lit Its sons and daughters off to i"J.'i sit public expev.se. Thr Chlckasaws and Choef:;ws u,-ed to own slaves. They were F'Mthcrn Indiana Indlins and fur mniiV generations lived In the slav. belt. But they were among the llivt to free their slaves, and aft"r dolus that they did something that no whit" ex-Flnve owner ever dre-iin-vl of doing. To each slave anil Ins wife and child these Indians gave forty ncres of land and then put them on their feet so that they eouM sustain themselves. These freeil nitti still own their land, and many of them have been able to accumu late enough to cducf.to their chil dren In some of the leading negro colleges of tho country. Tho Chlckasaws and C ivv, while they accord their freoilmeri nio.'t. generous treatment, never minglo with them in a socl.il w.iy. They draw the color line as rM'li.' as do the Southern whitea. Walls into a courtroom and you will se.i the Indians occupying seats ni on side of tho aisle and the uegroes on the other. Tho Indians have very rigid laws against Intermarrying with negroes. It is absolutely pnv hlbited under a severe penalty of one hundred nnd fifty lashes oa the buck. That number of lashes is almost equivalent to tho death penalty. When It comes to politics the In dians are apt. Tho campaigns ur always hot and furious. There Is more excitement among them over the election of a chief than there is among the white people over tho election of a President of tho United States. That Is saying coiuiderabM when it Is taken Into consideration that ordinarily the Indian doesn't enthuse very easily. When Chief Johson of the Chlckasaws was a can didate for re-election his telephono bill alone amounted to nearly $1,000 On the last day of the campaign rival Indians cut the wires kading to the chief's house, and he hnd to hire couriers to carry Instructions oa elijction day. The Indians are great on tele phones. The territory is a regulu. network of long distance wires. Most of the Chlckasaws and Choc taws have phone services right In their houses, although they may bo twenty miles from a town. Chief Johnson himself lives more than ten inlles from Tishomingo, the capital af the Chickasaw nation, yet he koeps In constant touch with tillm! matters by using his phone. lib) home Is built on the cottage style and would do credit to any of the big cities of tjie Kust. It Is surrounded by' big native forest trees nnd the yard Is a regular (lower garden. While jChlef Johnson's surrounding!' at home are above the average of th Chlckasaws. yet ua a rule they are all well housed and well fod. Disappearing Paper. Disappearing paper Is a novelty for use by those whoso correspond ents forget to burn the letters after their utility has ceased. It is steeped in sulphuric acid, dried and glazed, the acid being partly neutralized by ammonia vapor. It fulls to piece. ftgr..JM given time. CASTOR i A For Infants and Children, The Klse Toa Iters AlYsys BobeM )R6r;- tea y'-Z "