THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Ell S 1 Barn urn and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth" Sold to Rivals. RINGLINGS BUY IT Tbe Five UroiliiTs Xnw Own Three of the Lm-gol Circuses On Karth. Price raid to Mrs Jiimo A. Bulk' Was $.410,000. Shown to be Hun Separately. New Vorl:, Oct. 24. The Barnum ft Da! Icy Circus was purchased by Singling nroi.:;ord for $410,000, and the faaiouc i)l,! ptoperty, with all Its nimals and paraphernalia will be turned oor to the new owners at Bridgeport, Conn., where tbe show Bas already gone Into Winter quar ters. Newg of tho sale enme by cable from London, where the English Stockholders, S.ROO In number, met lod ratified the gale of the American rights In the show by Mrs. James A. Bailey, widow of one of the men who made the Barnum and Bailey Circus famous. Thin cabled announ cement wr.s verified at the Bartniin ft Bailey c f.-e", at ?7 West Twenty second Street, and by John Rlngling, who Is stopping nt the Waldorf-Astoria. Tho pure' Bailey She -a tters pn.c" circus bu. i-: Barn tun of the Barnum & Iviy the Rlngling bro I. .i 'nopoly of the !l America. Tbe 'ley Fhow was their greatest rival. Thy Ringllngs now own outrli.'.t tV.i'o of the largest alrcusra o , uaith tho Forepaugh- Sells Show, r rT .n.i . Bailey's, and their own illnyltiii' Brothers' Circus. The names of the three shows will remain as they are, and each will tour the ( -vji.try r.u a separate at traction. Il.U.(!OXS START. ill nise Without Mihup In Inter national Race. St. Louis, Oct. 23. The Internat ional balloon race was started from tbe ouclosod concourse In Forest Park in the western part of this city practically ou schedule time in tbe presence of 60,000 cheering spectators. Just as the contesting eraft were disappearing from sight It could be seen that the United States, piloted by Major H. B. Her My and Arthur L. Atherholt, was loading. It was flying close to the around mhlle the Pommern, which Had Btarted just before It, was at least 1,000 feet above It. The United States, could be seen directly under the German balloon and a great hurrah broke from the erowd as tho United States passed tts rival. The Pommern In starting beaded for the north. After a flight at a few hundred yards It suddenly veered to the west. The last balloon tide St. Louts, started almost due west. Scared Pollcemnn Swoons. New York, Oct. 23. During the unannounced visits of the Police Commissioners, thoir secretaries and tike Inspectors to the various station houses, (Flrst Deputy O'Keeffe and Inspector fiarklns dropped Into the Central' Park Arsenal shortly after 8 o'colck'fn the morning. Aa they tarried down the long hallway lead ing to the desk room they met Po liceman Cunningham, who had the station house post that morning. "Where's the lieutenant?" snap ped Commissioner O'Keeffe. "In hla room," the policeman snapped back. "Whereupon the Deputy Commiss ioner flushed his shield and said sharply: "I'm Deputy Commissioner O'Kee ffe." Straightway Policeman Cunning ham fell to the floor unconscious. The doctors my he sustained a slight tttroke of parnlysls. A Polka Hotted Sun. Pittsburg. Oct. 23. John A. Bras heart, the Pittsburg astronomer, mid on Monday: "During tho last six or eight days the surface of the sun has been lit erally covered with spots. A day or two ago several of the greatest spots could be sefin without a telescope. We have found five great groups ex tending to the equatorial region, where they do not usually occur. . "One grcnt group covers probably 100,000 square miles. It is one of the most beautiful sights observed since last February, when a great pot was discovered. It la difficult to predict whether or not the spots will cause a magnetic disturbance on the earth." Constant Kaln On a Spot. Glasgow, Ky., Oct. 24. The reol dmts of this Bection of the State have been interested during the past tour weeks by tho strange phenorn unon of a fine mint or rain which has beou falling in a space of about Swenty-flve feet square. Since the report was first circulated tho seen.) Has boon visited by several hundred people. Tho spt-ce v - hero the mist la falling Included tho r.pot where Dill Eartly was slain lai:t May by his brother-in-Jaw, Vrn Smith, tnd since it was discovered four vee!(n ngo, there hue been uo intarruptlon day or night. e.tnxEGTrs dffends xronora. Debates With Lord Rosclery on the Itaco Question. Edinburgh, Oct. 24. Andrew Carnegie and Lord Rosebery gave to a big audience at the Philosophi cal Institution their views on the negro problem In tho United States. Mr. Carnegie strongly champion ed the negroes. He traced their de velopment from slaves to citizens, tho gradual decrease of Illiteracy among them, their general Inclusion in church organizations and the en ormous expenditure of money for churches and schools. Lord Uosebory declared that there w:is danger in dealing with vast masses of voters, of underrating the Individual Importance, he mi'ght, : v . - . -i ' vo:.. .'':'; j. .' VV'' i i lit KY V: f x is- f, H. -i- '.tots. .r r". n'jk.':' ANDREW CARNEGIE. indeed, t;;iy tiie solemnity, of a vote. Looldns coolly an.! historically back with critici.-iii, which Is no easy now, of what was done in hot blood and colling uii the old picture of a chain- ed slave appealing to a white man, saying, "Am I not a man and bro ther?" he could not help thinking tho wine answer would have been, "A man? Yes, A brother? Yes, but If you think you have proved your fitness for tho suffrage and full citizenship, no." PKESIhEXT'S Hl'XTING TltlP. Party Ate All tho Game They Shot Except a Wildcat. Stamboul, La., Oct 22. "We eot three bears, six deer, one wild tur key, twelve squirrels, one duck, one opossum, and one wildcat. We ate them all except the wildcat, and there were times when we almost felt as If we could eat It." This was President Roosevelt's summary of the results of his hunt on Bayou Tensas and Bear Lake. He arrived at the residence of Leo Shields, where he will be a guest un til he departs for Vlckaburg. He came In on a full gallop, accompan ied by about a dozen hunting com panions, and the cavalade presented a picturesque appearance. The President is slightly more bronzed than when he entered the wilderness fifteen days ago, and his skin, as well as his clothes, bore evidence of contact with the cne and other brush. "Yes, we got throe bears," he add ed, "all that we saw;' and I think It Is a pretty good record. ' I am per fectly satisfied." Alcohol n Costly Fuel. Norfolk, Va.t Oct. 22.t As the re sult of a merles of experiments at the United States Geological Survey's fuel-testing plant at the Jamestown Exposition to determine the relative fuel valjo of certain fuel products, it has bv:n found that It takes one bud a half gallons of denatured alco hol to picJuce as much power as a gellon of gusollne, although alcohol costs about twice aa much as the gas oline. The experiments were carried on for about six weeks. Few? Lent Him Wings. Morrlstovu, N. J., Oct. 23. "Say, Sheriff, what will I get on this charge?" wild Samuel Babcock to Depjty Sheriff Malin Clark at the court house. "Oh, u term at Trenton," was the reply. "Not on your life," said Babcock ae he broke from tho grasp of Con stable Cornelius Holly and ran. Neither th; constable nor the Deputy Sheriff could run fast, and Babcock escaped. $o.OO(),OMO For Orphan Glrln. Philadelphia, Oct. 24. It was an nounced that the will of Robert N. Carson, a millionaire of this city, who died suddenly In a theatre here recently, provides for a 15.000,000 institution for orphan girls, pattern ed after Glrard College In Philadel phia, which Is exclusively for boys. The bequest becomes effective after tbe death of the widow, Mrs. Frances Carson. T institution will be lo cated at Flourtown, Just over the city line in Montgomery County. Fool bull Player Killed. Chicago, Oct. 22. W. C. Alhrecht, 20 yeara old. died of Injuries us tnlned in n football game. Alhrecht was playing right guard. While lining; up after a scrimmage hj foil unconscious. He was found t.-. be uuiTuing from cerebral hem MThage. which caused his death a few bourn litor. fc.Vto .;" - -. ';. 'Hi'!- . :: -iV'iV 4''.l"-- 'V;;i II Hi! 11 Covering Minor Happen ings from all Over the Globe. HOME AND FOREIGN Compiled and Condensed for the l!u3y Render A Complete Record of European Despatches and Im portant Events from Everywhere Coiled Down for nasty Perusal. President Roosevelt declared in a speech in Nashville, Tenu., the trou bles In tho financial world would not make him alter his policies in the slightest. Cromwell Dixon, fifteen years old, was cheered by 100,000 persons when he pedalled througu tho air over St. Louis In his novel sky bicycle. Four hundred delegates attended the conference ou trusts of tho Nat ional Civic Federation In Chicago, 111. Rpresentatlve Gaines, of West Virginia, declarod the people of his State would not support President Roosevelt for a third term. Two women servants in Marble head, Mass., engaged an attorney to bring suit against the wlfo of Hear Admiral Crowninshleld, alleging slander and assault. Mr. Otto Kelsey, New York State Insurnnco Superintendent, admitted on examination that ho only recently learned of stock transactions by the Mutual and Equitable companies shown in their reports of last Decem ber. Anti-vlvisectlouistk, aroused by the Rockofoller institute purchase of land for a farm ou which is to ha raised animals for experiments, pro posed to make their crusude national. Every electric car In Youkers was Idle, the striking motormen and con ductors refusing to compromise in their demands for higher wages. After making nightly trips on a ferryboat between New York und Hackensack for fifteen days, Mrs. ( O. Freer wrested her child from the custody of her sister-in-law and was served with papers in a divorce suit. By agreement of both sides, the Fish-Harrlman contest for control of the Illinois Central Railway was ad journed to December 18. The Cuban Attorney General Is ex pected to show on the trial of the alleged conspirators that the plot In cluded assassination of Americans in Cuba. Secretary of State Root expressed great satisfaction with the rosults of Tho Hague Conference. Sailors on the battle ship Kansas, under punishment for driving detec tives from the Navy Yard, fear they cannot give their annual ball In Philadelphia. The federal government seized more than $7,000 worth of cigarettes belonging to an English branch of the American Tobacco Company as a test of the Sherman Anti Trust law. Charles T. Barney was forced to resign as president of the Knicker bocker Tru6t Company In New York. Eleven New York Central conduc tors and brakemen were arrested on charges of breaking open freight cars and stealing merchandise in ship ment. William J. Bryan, In an address before the striking telegraphers, ad vocated State and national courts of arbitration. While physicians were lauding the plana of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, anti-vlvlsectlon-Ists were planning to start a fight against the Institute's vivisection farm in New Jersey. E. II. Harrlman in an Interview In Chicago said he expected the great est growth In railroads within the next generation that the world ,hus ever seen. Congress will bo asked to increase the pay of officers of the navy, army, marine corps and revenue cutter ser vice. Guatemalan and Salvadorean de legates to the Peace Conference In Washington were received in pri vate audience by President Diaz In Mexico. Captain Bermer, of the Canadian government, planted the Dominion flag on many disputed Islands in the Far North. Theodore P. Shorts asked the Public Service Commission for as sistance In having stricter rules made for street traffic to give street cars more room. The annual meeting of the Illinois Central Railroad stockholders In Chicago adjourned over night with out advantage to either the Fish or Harrlman forces . Washington despatches stated that notwithstanding the great amount of repair work the Atlantic fleet would leave for the Pacific on time. E. Benjamin Andrews, president of the University of Nebraska, ad vocated banging as a punishment for persons who libel wealthy men. Seismographs In this country, Can ada and Cuba record an earthquake of tremendous power. General Frederick D. Grant bead ed a test ride by army officers at Fort Ethen Allen. Old Bge killed David Redfleld Proctor, designer of the great Col umbian Exposition tower at Chicago, which was never built. $780,000 was given as the loss in the explosion at Fontanet, Ind. FOREIGN NEWS- Crown Prince Frledrlch Wllhelm took the chief part in the launching of the new North German Lloyd steamship, the Prinz Frledrlch Wll helm, a special Hamburg despatch Etates. Mr. Collin M. Ingersoll, sent to Europe by Mayor McClellnn to study paving conditions, said the streets of Paris were much better paved than those of New York, according to a special despatch. The French troops killed sixty Moors in a battle near Casablanca. Throe French soldiers were slain. The Chinese government has or dered war ships sent to investigate the reported seizure by Japan of Pratad Island, according to a special cable despatch from Shanghai. Tho Austrian Emperor was report- 1 H tn 1i crrnwlnir fltrntlprr rflltlillv. Mulal Hafld, the pretender to the throne of Morocco, defeated the forces of his brother, the Sultan Abd-el-Azlz, in the first pitched bat tle. Elections in Russia are sufficiently advanced to indicate that tho con servative element will control tho j third Parliament. j Rear Admllar MeGowan, In a spc I clal cable despatch from Paris, ar j gues for continual practice in the ! navy and favors the Ainci-iciui i'.cvt's cruise Into tho raclfic. A special despatch from St. Peters burg states that Countess Kumoyska, who was reported to have been in.ir dured, has been recognized in War saw in disguise. Admiral Germlnet, chief of r.l:e French Mediterranean squadron, 'ie ciarua that the great British b.ittle fchlp Dreadnought Is the result' of mistaken ideas about the value of big guns. According to a despatch from Tan gier, France has proposed to Spain that the latter country accept a mon etary equivalent for hor interests In Morocco. Secretary of War Taft formally opened the Philippine Assembly In Manila. The British editor of the Corean Daily News was put under bond to cease criticism of the Japanese In Corean In tbe British Consular Court SPORTING NEWS. More than three thousand five hundred entries were benched at the English Kennel Club's fifty-second annual show, held in the Crystal Palace. H. R. Brandt's Tow McGrath won the Gowanus Stakes at the Jamaica race track. Hamilton Grange women lawn ten nis experts defeated their rivals from the West Side L.T.C. ARRESTED IN RUSSIA. William Walling and His Wife Token Into Custody. London, Oct. 22. Despatches from St. Petersburg state that Wil liam English Walling, who Is 1 es cribed as a wealthy American So cialist, has been arrested there at the Hotel de France, together with his wife and his sister-in-law, Miss Stransky. Tbe police also arrested four Finns, Including tbe wife of Prof. Malmberg of Helsingfors. The Finns are supposed to be Socialists. Mr. Walling has spent consider able time In Russia watching the progress of the revolution. He Is a grandson of William H. EngUHh, who was the Democratic cand.date for the Vice Presidency la 1880. St. Petersburg, Oct. 22. William English Walling of Indianapolis, Ind,; his wife and his sister-in-law, Miss Rose Stransky, were arrested In this city by gendarmes because of their association with several members of the Finnish Progressive Party. A representative of the American Empassy appeared at the headquar ters In their behalf. Illness of Gen- ISooth. Chicago, Oct. 22. Gen. William Booth, Commander in Chief of the Salvation Army, is 111 at the hone of Commander George A. Klbley, 244 Ashland Boulevard, In this city, threatened with pneumonia. While there Is nothing alarming In the General's present condition, his advanced age and the severity of the cold which attacked him Ifst week give his Army officials in this city cause for no little uneasiness. Balloon For Ills Srocklnfi. St. Louis, Oct. 24. A balloon will be a Christmas present to Max Flels chman of Cincinnati from his wife. Mrs. FleiBchinan came to St. Louis for the balloon race, and was one of the few women who gained admit tance to the starting field. She gave an order to Leo Stevens for a ball oon to cost $2,700, and said It was destined to go In Mr. Flelschman'i stocking. Ilersey's Balloon Lands. Caledonia, Ont, Oct. 24. Tbe balloon United States landed 12 miles south of Hamilton -In the pro vince of Ontario at 6:15 on Tues- J day evening. ' ' 18 iffilflllS, Three "Chains of Banks" Pronounced Solvent by Committee. SITUATION HOPEFUL Hunkers Say That Drastic Action Aguiiisl Individuals Will 1'rjve lleiiellclnl to Institution and Their Customers Setli M. Miltikeu Chosen President of Mercantile. New York, Oct. 24. Rapid pro gress la being made by the New York Clearing House Association in the direction of eliminating disturb ing elements from bauklng institu tions and strengthening Hie general financial position. The work is being pushed steadily onward. leading bankers In the city are devoting time to confereri'-ea devising ways and mean? to ct:o gtiard. the situation. Boards of di rectors aro receiving the reslgnati -.ia of executive officers and electing their successors. Bankers fully conversant with the situation and with complete know ledge of what the Clearing Ilo.thO proposed to do talked coiifidH!,;y. They stated that tho situation wos now well In hand nnd fully under tne control of the Clearing House. The UKsuinnces given that depoilmru would be fully protected they .'elt. would entirely remove nry fear that mipht have been occasioned by the drastic steps taken against some In dividuals. Briefly summarized, the develop ments included an official statement from tho Clearing House commit: c to the effect that It bad examined all banks which wore under criticism nnd had found the'ii solvent, go far as depositors are concerned. In con sequence tho Clearing House decided to render such aid to enable these banks to pay demands as In their Judgment they saw fit. KXICKERHOCKKK SUSPENDS. Not Certuln 'Whether the Company Will Open Again in Old Form. New York, Oct. 24. After an all night conference of bankers it was learned that the Knickerbocker TrUBt Company, which shut its doors on Tuesday after the withdrawal of $8,000,000 by depositors, was re garded by those at the conference as insolvent, and that no aid was tb be extended to that institution. It was the opinion of all the bank ers at the conference that the gen eral banking situation, not only aa far as It concerned the banks, but the trust companies as well, has been very much strengthened, and no fur ther trouble is apprehended. A Knickerbocker Trust Company Director said: "There is no chance that the Knickerbocker TruBt Company will reopen in Its old form. I can say nothing more, now." Harry Thaw Raises $120,000. Pittsburg, Oct. 23. Deeds were filed In the office of the Recorder of Allegheny county whereby Harry K. Thaw transfers to his full blood rel atives his Interest In property In this city for a consideration of $120,000. Rumors are current that Thaw will transfer all his money to his rela tives In order that he may escape the responsibility of the many civil suits that are being filed against him. It Is also said that the object Is merely to raise money for his sec ond trial. President Couldn't Speak. Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 24. "Pbobably 20,000 persons were In danger of Injuries at the Central Station when President Roosevelt's special train rolled Into the train shed. It was a surging mass of humanity that could not be controll ed. The demonstration was so great that it was Impossible for the resi dent to speak. He made suveral at tempts, but finally desisted. Ho pleaded with tho crowd to have a care for the women and children. . . Ended Her Life In the Ocenn. Boston, Oct. 24. The suicide of Mrs. Christopher Schubert, who was on her way from Germany to Phila delphia, from the steamer Manltou, was reportod upon the arrival of the steamer here. Tho woman, who was In a highly nervous stato, Jumped overboard on Oct. 11, when the Manltou was one day out from Antwerp. Mr. Schu bert Is a Philadelphia tailor. Two Roys Dead From Rubles. Wllkesbarre, Penn., Oct. 24. Samuel Burnett, aged 7 years, of Maltby, and John Zeemertls of Du pont, near-by mining settlements, are doad at their homes from rabies, and Issac Burnett, aged 12 years, a brother of Samuel, and George Itoga, a neighbor, were sent to Pasteur In stitute In New York to be placed under- treatment for hydrophobia. Curtelyoo In New York. New York, Oct. 24. A conference was held betweou Secretary Cortel you, who came on from Washington in response to a hurry coll, and the chief bankers of the city, headed by J. P. Morgan, at the Hotel Manhat tan, regarding tho financial situa tion. , T-ONGWORT1I RUMOR. tie Is Spoken of for Ambassador fa Germany. Washington, Oct. 24. Tho report from Berlin that Ropresentativ a Longworth, snn-ln-law of the Presi dent, has a chance of becoming ,s Ambassador to Germany, to suc?c Charlemagne Tower, when that gen- ,'"'-.1 NICHOLAS LONGWORTH. tloman retires in tho Fpr!ng, is nevn lu Wahhint,ton. It has be i n known hero f0p a time that Mr. Longv.nrtli had n ra tions for d;;doi:iatl? horvic.e, but i. was not Ik I;, vod that ro vo iM . to take a foreign post until ho j.-. l put in nt 1. vst one morn scssiot. Congro-s. Mrs. Longworth hac !... erpoclally i,i;;it to l;r.o her Lu.;Vi: i ent'.'r t!:: diplomat!.- l-Milrs, the !.;' abroad belny very ntr.'.. tho to ; BKY.VN' FKD'-KAI, CONTROL- Dechiies for Corporation Lii-en'.i und Is L'ni'.orse'.l by Tamilian v. New York, Oct. 23. William .Jen nings Bryan, speaking before an en ormous audience In Cooper Union enunciated one doctrine new to Brynnisni, reiterated all his well known views on current topics, nnd received on ovation such as Cooper Union audiences have gained a ref utation for teuderlug. Mr. Bryan, after dwelling nt soma length on the evils of centralization, exactly as ho did in' the Spring, ad vocated the Federal licensing of cor porations Booking to control 2D per cent, of tho total output of a com modity and the limiting of tho busi ness that such corporations might do to B0 per cent, of the total business In that commodity. In opening the meeting, Tammany Leader James J. Hagan declared "without foar of contradiction" that "the rank and file of the Democratic Party In New York city and State are true to William Jennings Bryan, the Thomas Jefferson of the twenti eth century," and that "all the pro fessional politicians and political editors from Buffalo and Califotnia put together" could not prevent the people from Insisting on their choice. Sulcido by Electricity. London, Oct. 22. The story of what Is believed to be the first rase of suicide by electricity was told at the Inquest at Kingston Into the death of William Brown, secretary of the local football club. Brown was engaged as a carpen tei at the electric lighting works, and It was stated that a little while be fore his death he made inquiries uu to dangerous parts of the switch board. It was supposed at the time be was anxious to avoid risking n.s life and the fullest Information was supplied him. He Makes DlnmondN. Paris, Oct. 23. It was arnounce! at a meeting of the Academy of Sci ence that M. Charetto, the chemist, had discovered an electro-chemical method of making diamonds. Specimens of M. Charette's work manship were exhibited at the meet ing. Storm Cuts Off Marconi. Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Oct. 23. A terrific galo blowing here, accom panied by alternating rain and snow storms, so that the Marconi station here 13 completely Isolated with re spect to the Inland. NEW YORK MARKETS. a-. 1 .r ii7 D .r"'"- M'l Wholesale Prfre of Farm Produce Quoted for tike Week. Wnr.AT No. 3 Red, f 1.07. No. 1 Northern Dulnth. $l.!i0. No. S hard, Winter, $1.13. Cork No. 2, 73o. No. 8 White, Kii. Oats. MixHd.ig bHo. White, C2Ja71o. Mile. 4.o. per qVart. Butteu. Western, extra, 88)a2tt. Firsts, 7u?8o. State dairy, finest 27Waii8o. Chbbsb. State, full oroam, lfljo. Eoos. Nearby, Fancy, H-laSOo. State, Good to choice, 2VaU8o. Western, Firsts, xl)u2u. Beeves. City dresued, 8al0o. Calvio, City dressed, kallo. Country dressod, per lb. lula. SHBKi-Ptr 100 lb., IU.C0a6.ii5. Hoos. Live, pr 100 lb., $a.20a7.26. Hay. Prime, 100 lb., $1.0oal.l0. Straw. Lontf ryo, 6&n70o. Livh poultry. Fowlu, Per lb. alCo- Chiukcus, Spring, per lb., nlt5n Duolui, pur lb., lUallo Turkeys, uUo. ' Dkksskd poultkt. Turkeys, per lb., lOalflo. Fowls, per lb., 12ttl5o. Chicken, Pliilu., per lb., 8iia34o. VKUKTAHUt?. t'otiuouH, L. I., par bbl, WM'tii.io. Onio'iK, White, per hbl., S9.M!m;.C'j. Lmtnoe, jx-r batl'f., 93cu91.25. Toinutou, per bux, ShuiuO.
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