VOL '27. BLOOMSKUltG. PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 lS'J-2. " NO.
:-- A'l W;l irwttWy - THE ELEOTORAL VOTE.
. . &&KJ5 Slm- I &&V&9 The result of Tuesday voting was
PRESIDENT
The following
been issued.
"Tiie gift of God to our people
during the pas: year have been so
abundant and so special that the
snirit of devout thanksgiving awaits
not a call but only the appoitment of
(day when it may have a roramcn
expression. He has stayed the
pestilence at our door; lie has
given us more love for the free civil
institutions, in the creation of which
His directing providence was so con-
snicuous. ile has wakened a deeper
reverence for law ; I le has widened
our philanthropy by a call to succor
the distress in other lands ; He has
blessed our schools and is bringing
forward a patriotic and God fearing
generation to execute His great and
benevolent designs lor our country
He has Given us a great increase in
material wealth and wide diffusion of
contentment and comfort in the homes
of our neoole t He has given I lis
grace to the sorrowing.
"Wherefore, I, Benjamin Harrison,
President of the United States, do
call upon all our people to observe as
we have been wont, Thursday, the
twenty-fourth day of this month of
November, as a day of thanksgiving
to God for His mercies and of sup
plication for His continued care and
crace.
"In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set rav hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be affix
ed.
"Done at the city of Washington
this fourth day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and nine-two
and of the independence of the United
Mates, tne one hundred and seven
tecr.th.
"Beniamin Harrison
"By John W. Foster, Secretary of
State."
Tne Plays and Players.
Newton Beers and his excellent
company have been holding forth at
the opera house this week, and
have given a scries of first class en
tertainments. The p!ays have all
been of a high order, and their pre
ssntation superb. Air. Beers is an
actor of great ability, and his im
personations of character are true to
life. His support is of much more than
ordinary ability. They will finish
their engagement here Saturday night
and should be greeted by a large
audience They are worthy and de
serving, and our people who like to
witness a first-class show should
avail themselves of the opportunity
offerch them to-night and Saturday
night. A matinee will be given
Saturday afternoon. Hutchinson,
(Kan.) Times Repub., Oct.
House, Saturday Nov. 12.
Opera
Will of Johu Collins
Tli? will of John Collingjate of Salem
Township, Luzerne Coun'y was ad
mitted to probate recently.
To his daughter Florence he leaves
th ; house in Beach Haven, which she
will possess during hei natural ITe.
After her death if she is without issue
the house is to be divided between
her two brothers, Thomas and Ira.
A farm in Briar Creek township
Coi.imhia County, is bequeathed to
the two sons, Jra and Thomas. The
wife is to enjoy the use of the entire
estate. Ira Colling and deceased's
ife are appointed executors.
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The lams Case.
The lams case could have had no
other termination than the acquittal of
Colonel Hawkins and Lieutenant
Colonel Streator. The whole case
was covered in the charge to the jury
when Judge Porter said : "It was
the duty of the officers to maintain
proper discipline and if any feeling of
insubordination arose it was their
right and duty to punish such offen
ders." As to this particular punish
ment, the court said : "If the officers
believed it was necessary so to punish
lams in order to maintain discipline
and good order, they were justified in
so doing, and they cannot be held ac
countable in any civil court."
No doubt the court would have
been justified in throwing out the pros
ecution, as was suggested by the coun
sel for the officers, but it was better to
leave the matter to the jury, so that
their acquittal should have all the
weight of a civil judgment rendered
freely by their fellow citizens. The
effect of this verdict is to affirm the
fact that the military service of the
Commonwealth is no holiday affair,
but a serious devotion to a serious
duty ; that members, of the National
Guard, when in active service, are
subject to military discipline and that
disloyal insubordination will b; pun
ished with the rigor of military law.
It would have been easy fur the
Court to affirm this principle by dis
missing tlu- complaint of lams against
hii commanding officers, but such a
judgment would not have carried the
same weight as in given to it by the
unbiased verdict of a civil jury. In a
free Commonweal' h the military
power is always subord nate to the
civil authority and subject to its re
view, but within its own field, when
actually engaged in the defense ot
public order, it will never be interfer
ed with on the complaint of dissatis
fied individuals with real or fancied
grievances to redress. Timea.
Clifton Knorr was badly burned
about the head last Friday evening by
the explosion of a torch which he was
preparing to carry in the Republican
parade He had emptied the oil fioin
his torch, and was soldering the flash
light attachment fist, when some of
the red tire mixture ignited from the
hot iron, and caused an explosion. It
was supposed that he lu l lost the
sight of both eyes, but this fortunately
is not the case. He is rapidly im
proving, and will soon be able to be
out.
The pupils in Miss Breece's school
room held a mock elertion on Tuesday.
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COUNTY CHAIRMAN MERCER. Reading Gives Up Jersey Central. Tho E1tlon in Town.
The result of the campaign in this
county has fully demonstrated the fact
that the fi lends of James H. Mercer
made no mistake when they selected
him as Chairman of the Democratic
Standing Committee. He has been
active, earnest, energetic, untiring.
He has eff :cted thorough organization,
and with the assistance of the other
members of the committee, he has
conducted the canvass intelligently
and thoroughly. Constantly for sever
al weeks past he has given his time al
most exclusioely to the work before
him, and how well he has discharged
his duties is shown by the democratic
majority ot 2560, in this county, a
figure which has been exceeded but
tew times. lie and the elhcient se
cretary of the committee, C. B. Rob-
bins, are entitled to the thanks of
every democrat, for their unselfish
and valuable services to the party.
KILLED ON THE RAILROAD.
Josiph Hinton of Rupert was killed
on the B. & S. railrord Monday after
noon. He was a fireman of the reck
train of which Mr. Fortune is the con
ductor. When near Orangeville Mr.
Hinton jumped from acar in front of
engine, to run a head and turn the
switch; after jumping he made several
steps when his foot caught and he fell
over the track. The car passed over
him before the train could be stopped.
When picked up life was extinct.
Conductor Fortune immediately sum
mond a physician, but it was of 110
avail. The bodv was brought down
on the passenger train Monday evening
and conveyed over the Philadelphia
& Reading road to Rupert. A wile
alone survives him, to morn his sud
den death.
Bishop Eulisjn's Residence
The designs for a handsome resid
ence pf Bishop Rulison, of the
F.piscopal church, have been com
pleted by Architect Thomas Podmore,
of Wilkcsbarre; the house which is to
be built at South Bethlehem wnl be of
stone and three stories high.
The annual Harvest Home Ser
vices will be held i i the Lutheran
church Sunday morning. The church
will be trimned in the product of nat
ure's fruits and Mowers, and the
exercists will ill be by the children.
An elegant Thanksgiving dinner
will be served in the old Prisbyterian
church by the ladies of the Lutheran
church.
ANSWER FILED AX HARRISBURG TO THE
ATTORN EV GENERAL'S BILL OP
COMPLAINT.
Harrishurc, Pa., Nov. s A large
amount of evidence, documentary and
otherwise, was submitted to-day in
the hearirg before examiners
Bergner and McAlarney in the Com
monwealth's suit against the Reading
combine, shosving the location and
physical relations of the Lehigh Valley,
Jersey Central and Philadelphia and
Reading Railroads to each other and
the points at which they are alleged to
compete for business, together with
statements as to coal rates from the
various anthracite regions before and
after the lease of the Lehigh 'Valley
and Jersey Central roads.
Attorney-General Hensel and George
Nauman appeared for the Common
wealth and M. K. Olmstead lor the de
fendants.
Mr..O!mstead also filed to-day sup
plementary answers to the Philadel
phia ami Reading Railroad Company,
Central Railroad Company of New
Tersey, Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company and Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad Company to tl e Attorn
ev-General's bill of complaint. These
answers show that the lease of the Jer
sey Central road has been surren
dered.
Thanksgiving Proclamation,
Krom the IlnioUyu fcairlo.
Tlu President has issued the custo
mary Thanksgiving proclamation. The
time fixed is long enough after the
election for everybody to determine,
from his own point of view, his pre-i-icp
rmii nf crntihide. What mav
be called non-partisan grounds of gra -
titude are sufficiently set forth oy tne
President. The pestilence has been
stayed and there is much of "content
ment and comfort" as the result of the
abundant "gilts of God" through the
fruitful yield of the earth. The earth
is apt to be right. Trouble comes
usually through the people who
inhabit the earth. As the pres
criptive last Thursday of the month
falls this year noon November 24,
that day is appointed for Thanks
giving. The weather was lovely on Tuesday,
and some said it was good republican
weather, and would bring out a big
vote for them. Now, suppose it had
rained, which they say is good demo
cratic weather. But why suppose
anything about it 1 Haven't we got
the earth, as it is ?
The first trial of the Baker bollot
law has proven quite satisfactory in
Bloomsburg. Most everybody is pleas
ed with th? system and would like to
see it continued, with some few modi
fications. For instance, as the booths
stand now anyone can see how each
voter marks his ballot. They should
be so located as to prevent this.
Although there was much interest
manifested, theie was little or no ex
citement during the day. The very
large vote polled here shows the re
sult of the thorough canvass made by
both sides. 1 he vote for president
was as follows :
1st 2d Sill 4t!i Total
Cleveland 117- 102 191 191 601
Harrison 115 91 157 89 452
Bidwell 16 13 8 4 41
Weaver 1 1 1 1 6
Cleveland's plurality was 149, every
precinct going Democratic. The vote is
larger than in 18SS, and the majority is
larger by 50. But few votes were not
polled and most of those were owing
to sickness. One prominent resident in
the tourth lost his vote by failure to
pay tax in two years. Another in the
second lost his by showing his ballot
contrary to law
Democratic headquarters were es
tablished at the Opera House, and
the Republicans spent a quiet evening
at the old Presbyterian Church. All
the news from the start fuvored the
Democrats, and there was cheering
and hornblowing until after two o'clock
when the band came out and the boys
paraded. At 1 15 the lights were put
out at Republican headquarters, and
they silently and sadly sought their
couches. It was all one way and
there was no consolation in the re
ports for them. Large sums of money
1 changed hands on the result.
Tho Democrats were kept well in
formed 011 Tuesday evening by dis
patches from William Chrismati Fsq.
who was in New York, anil by Senator
Herring who was in Philadelphia, i:i
addition to the general press dis
patches. The telephon office was al
so connected with New York by the
long distance wires, and received all
that went over them.
The horns purchased by an
enthusiastic republican down town, to
toot in the parade on Wednesday
morning, didn't toot for just the kind
of news that he expected, but they
tooted all the same.
It was a campaign c;f education, and
the people seem to have learned theii
lessons right well.
North Carolina. . ,
Ohio.
South Carolina.
Tennessee ....
Texas ... ....
Virginia
West Virginia . .
Wisconsin
fotal.
For Harrison.
Colorado
Iowa
Maine. ........
Massachusetts. . ,
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Hampshire.
North Dakota. . ,
Oregon
Pennsylvania. . .
Rhode Island. . .
Vermont
Washington ....
Total .
For Weaver.
Idaho
South Dakota
Kansas"
Minnesota
Montana
Nevada
Wyoming
Total
Necessary to a Choice 223
Lost. On Tuesday afternoon,
three ten dollar bills were lost .n
Mainjor Market streets. The finder
will be suitably rewarded by returning
same to this office.
Not a single state in the
gave Harrison as large a vote
Union
as he
received in iSSS. F.ven his own
State of Indiana voted against him,
and his own County gave an inc eas
ed Democratic majority. Montnna ihe
home of the Chairman of the lie
publican national Committee voted
for Cleveland.
Aaron Smith of Hemlock township,
brought to this office last Saturday a
Turnip that weighed S pounds It
measured 29 inches around one way
and 24 inches the other. He ays it
is a Bidwell turnip. It seems that, it
is to rapid a for a prohibitionist.
However, if any of our Cleveland
farmers can sui p i .s it, let them bri ig
around their product. , .
Capt. A. B. joiaison came up from
Washington to cast his ballot en
Tuesday.
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