WASHINGTON
from our Kctfitl.ir Correspondent.
Washington, I). C, March 16, 19ns.
An titfly land fraud almost under
the dome of the Capitol has been
discovered within the last week
whereby the Government has been
defrauded of land worth a very con
siderable stun and only by a mere
chance avoided losing another vain
able tract, senator Latter exposed
the transaction in the .Senate and
that body immediately repealed the
law which conveyed to Hiebcr hi
last title, the Secretary of War hav
ing delaj ed acting uiler that enact
nient. It is not known what the
House will do in the matter as it is
evident that in that chamber there
are powerful influences at work to
hush the whole matter up. For the
entire parcel of land, Dieber appears
to nave paid about $5,000 the par
cel containing about 20 acres, and
for a small part of the land he re
cently refused to accept from tht
Pennsylvania Railroad $15,000
cash. 1 lie ooverunient haslreadv
expended $300,000 for improving
the Anacostia River on which this
land, which carries the riparian
rights, abuts, and it is proposed to
expend a very much larger sum.
The records show that for the last
transaction Representative Bar
tholdt of Missouri was responsible
and Mr. Bartholdt has made a
statement saying that the action of
his committee was perfectly proper
nnd regular, but there is every in
dication that the Senate will ex
press a different opinion. It is as
sumed in the Senate that Bieber
must have exerted very powerful
influence in the House to secure
such favorable legislation.
Bieber was formerly assistant fire
marshall of the District of Colum
bia. He became ill and through
the kind influence of Speaker Can
non he secured a pension of $00 a
mouth for life, although he is still
a man of middle age and is now in
excellent health. He has recently
neen engaged in an ettort to hav
the two delegates from the District
instructed to vote for Speaker Can
11011 111 the Republican Nationa
Convention. When asked on the
night after Senator Carter made the
expose in the Senate what he hac:
to say regarding it, Bieber said that
he was "too busy with local politics
10 uisctiss tne matter.
The fighting in the Republican
ranks is becoming more and more
bitter every day. A Republican
Representative, Mr. Acheson, of
Pennsylvania, has recently inspired
a report to the ellect that Cecil
Lyon, the Republican National
Committeeman from Texas, was
collecting from postmasters in that
state 10 per cent of their salaries as
a campaign fund. Then the Presi
dent came back at Mr. Acheson and
pointed out that a Republican, but
not tecil lvyon had attempted to
make such a collection, that he had
been prosecuted by direction of the
i i-esideut and that only last week
the Supreme Court of the United
States had decided the case against
me saia Kepuolican who is now
liable to a fine of $60,000 and ira
pnsonment for thirty years. The
political end of the fight is inter
esting, however, from the fact that
this arrays Acheson against the
President and vice versa, and as
Acheson is having a very hard fight
in his district against a nrominent
Pennsylvania Elk. it is now he-
lieved the Congressman will be de-
leaiea.
The most brilliant speech which
has yet been heard on the Aldrich
bill was made last week by Senator
Bailey of Texas. Mr. Bailey spoke
tor three and one half hours and
held the attention of an audience
which crowded both the Senate and
the galleries, many Democrats com
ing over from the House to listen
wr. Bailey opposed the Aldrich
measure because he believes that
the banks should be allowed to
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous sur
face. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions
irom reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive
from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
o-, Toledo, O., contains no mer
cury, and is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure
ou get Hie genuine. It is takeu
internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testi
monials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c
Per bottle.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Scctt's Emulsion is Cod Liver Oil
antl IIypcpV.o;.phites prepared so that it is
easily diccJcd by little folks. '
Consequently the baby that is fed on
Scott's Emulsion is a sturdy, rosy
cheeked little fellow full of health and vigor.
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ALL DRUCGISTSi
issue no money and that such issue
should be confined to the eovern
ment. He indicated, however, that
if he could not tret his substitute.
providing for $r,ooo million emer-'
geucy Treasury notes, he would
vote for the Aldrich bill.
Congress seems prepared to pass
the Frye resolution which provides
that the material for the Panama
Canal must be carried in American
vessels unless the prices charged
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uiv tAiui uunuie. ur course mis
exception makes the bill seem fair
on its face, but the fact is that
under such a bill the Secretary of
War will feel compelled to pay at
least 50 per cent more to American
ships than is asked by foreign ves
sel owners, and even it when asked
still higher prices by Americans
there will be a howl of indignation
from the vessel owners if he dares
to employ foreign ships. That was
the case with the vessels carrying
coal to the Pacific for the current
battleship cruise, it will be remem
bered, although the Secretary did
fly in the face of the shipowners
and charter a number of foreign
vessels.
Representative Tawney is again
shouting economy and he declares
there will be no public building bill
this year and that provision will be
made for only two battleships il he
has his way. He says he is deter
mined to keep the total appropria
tions down to the limit for the cur
rent year, $920,000,000 but it will
be interesting to see if Mr. Tawney
raises his voice against the pernici
ous pension legislation whereby it
is proposed to put all the old sol
diers' widows who are not entitled
to a pension under the existing
laws, on the rolls at $12 a mouth,
thus increasing the pension budget
by about 515,000,000 a year. That
is a measure with which it is ex
pected to make Republican votes
ard perhaps promote the candidacy
of Speaker Cannon. Cannon makes
Tawney chairman of Appropria
tions, and so it goes.
There has been a little more
variety in Democratic politics this
week. Several representatives of
Judge George Grey of Delaware
have been m Washington looking
over the ground and the action of
the Minnesota Democratic com
mittee in endorsing Governor John
son adds somewhat to the gayety
of the situation although there Is as
yet no indication that Mr. Bryan
will meet with any serious opposi
tion in the Denver convention.
Justice Triumphant
Crime in bieh places has at last I
found merited condemnation by the 1
aw in Pennsylvania. The verdict
of the Capitol jury at Harrisburg
gives every citizen of this Common
wealth occasion to carry his head
up proudly and affords him ground
for honest gratification. Not that
there is or should be any feeling of
triumph over the convicted men,
once the trusted stewards of the
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people and now branded as felotis
their downfall gives cause for
sorrow, not for rejeicing. But past
experience the almost invariable
failure of prosecutions involving
charges of the malversation of pub
lic funds made the outlook hope
less that knavery and criminal com
placency in public offices could be
brought within reach of the arm of
the law.
The impression that legal quillets
and quiddities formed insuperable
obstacles to any attempt to reform
existing abuses through penal pro
cess blighted regenerative move
ments and deadened civic spirit
Wrongdoers felt safe in repeating
with a leer Tweed's famous query :
"What are you going to do about
it?" And it seem :d veritably as if
nothing could be done.
The news from Harrisburg pioves
that "things are different," indeed,
in Pennsylvania, and there is a pro
mise in it that things will stay differ
ent. Unless the rulings of the trial
Court should be found to have been
so greatly
in error as to justify a j
reversal of judgment on appeal
and in view of the simplicity of the
legal questions involved there is
little to fear on that score the
possibility of success in future pro
secutions of political conspirators
has been wonderfully increased. It
will not be requisite to produce in
proof of such conspiracy the cou-
fessions of the conspirators or seal-
ed articles of agreement between
them signed with their own blood,
Juries will be permitted to draw 1
che natural inferences from the acts '
of dishonest or criminally conipla- ,
cent custodians of public moneys or
occupants of offices of trust.
l he same rules that apply to
conspiracies against individuals ap
ply to conspiracies against the peo
ple. The finger of scorn can no
longer be pointed at this community
as out that is not ouly corrupt but
content in its corruption it is a
proud day for the Commonwealth
and a proud day for the Demo
cratic State Treasurer, whose vig
ilance and rugged honesty were the
means of discovering the crime and
bringing the great criminals to the
bar of justice. Phila. Record.
Sawdust Kills Fish.
State Fish Commissioner Meehan
has instructed his wardens that
hereafter sawdust will be consider
ed a "poison" under Section 26 of
i the Act of 1901, relative to the pol
lution of streams, and that they
prosecute all persons who pollute
streams with this substance. Saw
dust in the streams is a source of
constant annoyance to the wardeus
who have streams in lumber regions
under their surveillance, and there
is scarcely a district in Pennsylva-
nia which is not more or less affect
ed. Manv mills get rid of sawdust
by dumping it into the streams,
and it kills the fish by choking up
their gills. Only one law was ever
passed directly bearing upon this
matter, and that one is nearly a
century old, and according to Com
missioner Mehan does not cover the
ground.
ILBS'AwTTD-IBaLDM IPfllLlLS
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BLOOMSBUfcfl,
On Trail of Fortunea Heir.
Boy ot Romantic Carrrr Soin to To Tcslorrd
to Lux: ry.
A definite clew In t en discov
ered by detectives, of LiieriK
county who tor the past five weeks
have been searching for Paul James, j
a young man who b.-lieves he is a
lMini1ess orphan, but for whom 1
parents and a fortune are waiting j
in lew ork 1 he boy, placed 111
an orphan asylum in New York by
his mother 17 years ago, after the
mysterious disappearance of his
father, was some years later sent to
a farm in Susquehanna county, but
ran away in September, 1905 The
detectives have traced him from
place to place in upper Pennsyl
vania and lower New York States,
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wnere ne worKeu in small noteis
and have now learned that he en
listed in the army and is now pro
bably stationed in Cuba.
The father was shanghaied and
takeu on a long voyage instead of
being murdered, as was at first be
lieved. An injury to his head wiped
out his memory. He turned up
later in the Colorado and Nevada
Gold fields and made a lucky strike,
which gave him a fortune. A short
time ago he regained the memory
lost 16 years before. He went to
New York and found his wife and
since then has been trying to locate
his son.
Last of Washington Elms.
The last of the famous Washing
ton elms in Old St. Paul's church
yard, New York, was laid low last
week. In Colonial days a line of
these trees extended along the
northern boundary of the church
yard from Broadway almost to the
river. President Washington, in
arriving at church from the execu
tive mansion, at Cherry street, on
Sunday mornings, invariably tied
his horse to one or the other of the
group.
The trees were cherished by gen
eratiou after ceneration of sextons.
but in spite of care bestowed they
died, one after the other.
Woman 130 Years Old.
Perhaps the oldest woman in the
United States is Miss Mena Miller,
an inmate of the York county alms
house, who, according to the rec
ords of that institution, has reach-
ed the remarkable age of 1 xo years.
Miss Miller was admitted to the
institution on January 1, i860, at
which time it was claimed she was
82 years old.- Since then she has
been an inmate continuously, with
the exception of a few weeks at a
time when she took what she called
"jiunts" between York city and
Baltimore. The last of these trips
was takeu two years ago.
Trespass Notices.
Card signs '"No Trespassing" for
sale at this office. They are print
ed in accordance with the late act
of 1903. Price 5 cents each, tf
Several residents of Blairsville
are reported to have been victimiz
ed by sharpers recently. Frank
Christian, who recently embarked
in the wholesale grocery business
to get the Italian trade, gave an
order to a traveling salesman for
$500 worth of goods, paying $250
in cash and giving his note for the
balance. A few days ago he re
ceived notice from a New York
distillery company saying they held
his order for fifteen barrels of whis
key and as soon as he makes pay
ment of the note the whiskey will
be shipped. Christian says he or
dered no whiskey, and has sent an
attorney to New York to investi
gate the matter. A fanner named
Clark Dunlap was approached by a
stranger who said he had an $80
buggy at Derry that he would sell
fcr $40, .'.nd also a lot of groceries
that he would sell for $10, away
under value. The farmer bit and
in turn was bitten, as he is unable
to locate buggy or groceries. Two
other farmers were done upon feed
propositions.
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1 iMltesllau, BUomach Massers.
Ma. each (Harris Cam, Ten Specifics, Book, ., T.
At drumrliU, or dent prepaid on rcmlpt of prion.
Humphrey!' Medicine Co., Cor. William and John
Streets, Mew York.
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Passing of the Veteran.
Thirty-Cne Thoutand Civil War Veterans
Died in 1907.
Thirty-one thousand veteran sol
diers died last year. That would
be about two army corps as their
strength usually as. They had
served their country well and lived
to a good old age. Their average
age would be little, if any, less than
seventy years. And this year is to
reap another harvest of still greater
number, perhaps 40,000 will ans
wer the last roll call this year. May
they go on in peace and may flowers
deck their graves on Memorial Day
for a thousand years.
President May Visit London.
A persistent rumor that Presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt will visit
England next year is current in
American circles in London. It is
said that he will stay six months
in London with his family and will
study the organization of the navy
and the management of the dock
yards. Story of a F2mou3 Hymn.
A popular hymn is Theotfulplfs,
"Ail glory, laud and honour." be-luiii.-inK
to tho ninth century, and said
to Isavo been written by tho poet,
wf.ik' la an Angers prison.
'1 ho author of "Hymns and Their
M. ;e:-s" quotes a legend in relation
to iLj uso on Palm Sunday, 821, to the
oliYct that when Louis the Pious,
K'nr, of Krauce. wus at Angers, he
ion., part in the usual profession of
Li y ai.d 'dersy, and as the proes
pi)sii.'d the place where St. Theo
(!u;h tne Uliihop of Orleans, had
lei;; Leon incarcerated he was seen
si:..iCii'.. at. th open window of the
ct il. and there, amid the silence of
tho tcpla he sang hia hynia, to the
(1.1'pht of the Kii'.s, who ut o-ice
,c-r.;, rud hi 111 to Le set at liberty pnd
iVfkOi'L'U to Ms ate. In some minor
Ciaihi ll'.n 1-L'C'nd Is referred to by
oiiier writer: as well.
Tho original is too long to be sung
ia modern services as P. has no few
er than seventy eight lines. Tho
verses usually found in our hymnals
are but a fragment of the original
hymn, which, with more or less ab
breviation, has been used as a pro
cessional fcr many centuries.
Hammer Oldest Implement.
'he hammer, besides being a tool
of universal use. Is probably the old
est representative of a mechanic's
tool kit. Tne hammer was originally
a stone fastened to a handle wita
thongs, and It was as useful as a
weapon as a tool.
Hammers are represented on the
monuments of Egypt 20 centuries be
f&ro our era. They greatly resemble
the hammer now in use, save tnat
there were no claws on the back .'or
the extraction of nails. Ciaw ham-mr-s
were Invented some time dur
ing the Middle Ages. Illustrated
manuscript of the eleventh century
rf present carpenters with claw haru
1.1 Hammers are of all slzc3, from the
('..li.i'.y instruments used by the Jew-!.':.-.,
sh;rh we!f,h less than half an
i.i.::tc, to tiu gisantiu &o ton hummer
of alii; uailcling establishments, some
of wli.i.h have a falling force of from
1)0 to ICO tons. Every trade has its
ov.u hammer and its own way cf us
I 1;; it. Kalttmoro Sun.
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TMII5. TAlll i; IN IvFFIiCT
June I 190), nnd until j'urtlicr tice.
Cnr Irnve llloom for F.upy, A 1 media, Lime
Ridge, Berwick niul intermediate point
follows;
A. VI. t?:oo, 5:40,6:20, 7:00, 7:40, 8:20,
9.00,9:40, 10:20, ll:oo, 11:40.
P. M. I2:2r, 1 :oo, 1 :4o, 2.20, 3:00, 3:40,
4:20, 5:0.1, 5:40, 6 20. 7:00,7:40,820,9:00,
(9:40) fo:2o (11:00)
Leaving depart from Herwuk one ho
from time n yivrn nbove, commencing si
6:00 a. m.
Leave Uloom for Cntawmt,a A.M. 5:3.
6:15. t7:oo, 8:00, 9:00, tioioo, tii:.t,
12:00.
P. M. l:0O, T2:t0, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 61CX.,
l7:Oo, 8:00, 9:00, 10:20, (!l:oo)
Cnm returning depart from Otawiiua am
miiic'eMrom timeasgivenabove.
First carllmvcs Mnrkei;SfiuareforJf!er ick
on Sundays at 7:00 a. m.
First cnrlfor Catawissa Sundays 7:oo n. m.
F'irst car from lierwick for l!!ocm Sundays
leaves at 8:00 a. m .
First car leaves Catawissa Sundays at
7 30 n. m.
TFrom Power IfoiiFe.
Saturday niylit onlv. '
fl I. K. Connection.;
Wm. Tcrwilligm,
Superintendent.
Bloomsbtirg & Sullivan
Railroad.
Taking Effect Feb'y 1st, 1908, 12:05 a. m.
NOKTnwAHP.
21
A.M. r.M. P.M. A.M
HloomBburfr D LA W... 8 00 in 61 00
Bloomsrnirif Pt K 90i 2 8M 17 ...
Paper Mill 9 14 II M 8 C 0
LlKhtKtreef. H 1H 2 5.1 84 6 86
Oranirevllle ft j a p3 043 a jo
Korku 8 S 13 6 M 7 OS
2nrs f . 40 f.i 17 6 1)7 7 1
Nttllwater v w tin 7 03 7 40
Benton HMt R 83 7 13 8 16
Elnn fW 0-1 3 37 7 17 8 SO
f 'oles crpek ions j: 40 8 (6
r.aubachs in 08 J.i 4S 7 3! 8 40
rass Mere Park flom JH 47 7 "3 ....
i'entrnl 101s 3 Si 7 41 06
lamlson ntv 10 18 8 ss 7 v j.
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'entral 6 H3 10 51 4 38 7 "3 1146
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t.Rtltmchs H 03 ll 02 I 4S Jl 13 11 B8
Cnles Creek fH 12 II lift f 53 22 12 04
Rdsons ft, 11 mow f4 M f7 24 12 1
Benton 6 IS 1113 6 00 7S8 1286
Stillwater. 6 2s 1121. so 788 1246
Zaners f3S fll 29 17 T7 45 19 56
Forks 3 11 3 5 21 7 49 1 110
() nevlllp 6F10 1142 R.11 8 00 1 30'
I.lKht, Ktreot 7 00 11 50 fx g 10 1 45
Paper Mill 7 0S 11 53 6 42 8 13 1 59
Bloom. I' K 1 . 8.S5 2 16
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Trains No. 21 anl "J mixed, second clasa.
t Dally exc-rl "nnrthy. t Dallv t Nunflay
only. IKlugbtop. W. C. 8XYDEK, Supt.
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