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at Bloomsurit, the County sent of Columbia
county, Pennsylvania.
Tsars: luside the county, 11.00 a year In ad'
Tanco; fi.50 It not paid In advance Outside
tue county, l.So a year, strictly In advance.
All communications should be addressed to
TUB COLUMBIAN,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1893.
The call of the Democratic County
chairman for the Delegate election
and convention appears in this issue.
Two weeks publication of this call
would be a compliance with the party
rules, but owing to the large number
of candidates, and some changes in
the number of delegates, chairman
Mercer inserts it now, this giving four
weeks' notice before the convention.
A CLEAN CAMPAIGN.
Thus lar the canvas of the county
by the several candidates for office
has been a clean one. No false ru
mors have been started, no ill feeling
has been engendered between oppos
ing candidates, and every man seems
to be running on his own merits, and
not by attempting to decry the others.
This is as it should be, and the can
didates are to be commended, and the
people congratulated that such is the
case. Let this sort of campaign be
continued to the end.
Speaking of the financial situation,
the Philadelphia Timet says :
"There is now nothing to warrant
apprehensions of protracted financial
depression or of renewed panic in val
ues. Congress will meet in less than
a month ; the President's message will
be a land-mark in our financial history
on the side ot honest money ; the silver
purchase feature of the Sherman act
will be repealed, and every advance in
financial legislation will be in the line
of a sound financial system. Surely
no injurious legislation can be possible,
for the Presidential veto would stand
as a bulwark of safety against it ; and
the pressing needs of all business in
terests throughout the country cannot
fail to impress Congress in favor of a
positive departure toward the highest
standard of public credit."
A special dispatch to the World
from Washington on Monday gives
the strength of the Senate on the re
peal of the Sherman silver bill. A
caref'il poll shows shows 48 in favor of
repeal and 39 against with one Sen
ator,vho will succeed Senator Stanford
of California, not considered.
Among tin's list Senators Cameron and
Quay of Pennsylvania, are reported as
being in favor of the repeal. The two
parties are about evenly divided on
the question. The republicans will
vote for the repeal, but will be slow to
vote for any substitute, for they do
not wish to give the democrats any
credit for the good that will thereby
ftilow if a proper substitute can be
agreed upon. Delay may still further
complicate the financial situation, and
the republicans will make such an ef
fort The records of the postoffice depart
ment shows that during the first four
months of the present administration
ended July 4th, 1893 the total number
of presidential Postmasters appointed
was 434, as againt 578 appointed dur
ing the first four months of Mr. Harri
son's administration, and 323 during
the first four months of Mr. Cleve
land's former administration.
As to the appointment of fourth
class postmasters, the records show
during the first four months of the
present administration there were
5,730 made on resignations
and death, and 3,226 on remov
als, making a total of 8,956. The
number appointed on resignations and
death during the corresponding period
in Mr. Harrison's administration was
3,649, and on removals 7,460, making
a total of 11,109. There were, there
fore, 4,264 more fourth class postmas
ters appointed on removals during the
first four months of the late adminis
tration than during the corresponding
in this.
Only One Size Postal Card. '
Postmaster General Bissell has de
aided to abandon the three sizes of
postal cards now in use and to substi
tute one size for both single and re
ply cards. With that purpose in view,
the specifications which have been
sent to prospective bidders for the
contract of furnishing the postal ser
vice with cards during the next four
years call for a single card of the uni
form size of three and one half by five
and one-half inches. This is what is
known as the international size, it be
ing used generally by the countries
comprising the international postal
uijiou. The double or reply card now
in use will be continued with the size
when folded reduced to that of the
international card. These two cards
will take the place of the small or
ladies' card, the medium and the large
card and the large return card.
WAiraoToi Limi
Washington, July 10, 1893.
Speaker Crisp has gone home to
get as much rest as possible before the
extra session, which public opinion
here thinks will run into the regular
session which promises to be longer
than the usual long session, and those
of his friends who are in Washington
merely smile to see the antics of the
Jerry Simpson party, which is so far
only sure of one vote, although it may
get those of all the populists. The
Jerry Simpsonites, or to be exact Jerry
Simpson, has hatched up a wonderful
scheme for the defeat of Mr. Crisp by
a combination of populists, republi
cans and silver democrats, who are to
support Representative Julius C. Bur
rows of Michigan, for Speaker. Jerry's
whole structure is awry. He starts
out by assuming that the silver demo
crats do not wish Mr. Crisp re elected
Speaker, an assumption that there are
absolutely no facts to support. No
Speaker ever presided over the House
with more fairness than Mr. Crisp j
not once during the last Congress was
he even accused of making a decision
or ruling tinctured in the slightest de
gree with prejudice for or against any
measure. Therefore it is nonsense to
say that anybody is oppos;d to him on
account of a fear that he will be un
fair : he doesn't know how to be un
fair.
Jerry's next assumption is also
wrong. No democrat, whatever his
individual opinion on the silver ques
tion, would bolt his party caucus to
vote for such a radical republican as
Burrows during his long Congressional
career has shown himself to be, even
if Burrows ;ould get the republican
caucus nomination, which he cannot
do as long as Tom Reed maintains
his ascendency over the republican
Representatives, and there is nothing
to indicate that it has been broken.
So the Jerry Simpson party may never
grow beyond its originator, as it is by
no means certain that the other popu
lists will follow his lead in anything ;
those who were in the last House
didn't do it to any extent.
The re-election of Speaker Crisp is,
of course, a certainty, and it is ex
tremely probable that he will enjoy
tne unusual honor of receiving the
nomination by the unanimous vote of
the democratic caucus ; and there will
be no split in the democratic party up
on either the speakership or any other
(natter. The leaders of the party rec
ognize that a wide difference of opin
ion exists in the party as to what finan
cial legislation is necessary, but they
are certain that after a careful and
calm discussion of the points of differ
ence a common ground will be reach
ed unon which everv democrat can
stand, and which will thoroughly re
store public confidence and renew the
prosperity of the country, now suffer
ing because of republican legislation
which the administration must neces
sarily obey until it is repealed. The
vaponngs of demagogues of the Jerry
aimpson stripe will cut no figure in
the next House.
Senator Vorhees has nut, as has
been repeatedly stated in republican
papers, changed his position on the
silver question. He favors the repeal
of the Sherman law, but that is no
change, as he voted against it in the
Senate and told the friends of silver
who voted for it that they had made a
mistake which they would live to re-
gret.
Secretary Gresham says that the
administration has at no time officially
criticised any act of Minister Blount
That ought to put a stop to the silly
ue apparently originated m Hawaii
that Minister Blount had been cen
sured because of his preventing the
arrest 01 Mr. iNorahott, the correspon
dent by the pinchbeck government of
Hawaii, because or his letters criticis
ing that government and its methods.
Another batch of pensioners have
been dropped from the Philadelphia
district making a total of about 500
dropped in that district since the ex
amination of the rolls, was commenced
All of these were pensions granted
under the act of 1890, commonly
known as the dependent pension bill,.
Owinz to a chanee in the contract
for printing the Patent Office Gazette,
which contains the weekly list of pa
tents granted, the last number was
four days late in getting out, and Com
missioner Seymour says there may be
some delay for several weeks on ac
count of the change.
There is a class of writers for the
press that always lose their heads en
tirely when a prominent person is the
least unwell. Notwithstanding all the
silly rot that has been printed about
Mr. Cleveland's dangerous illness, it
can be possitively stated that the
toothache and a slight attack of rheu
matism was as near "dangerous illness
as he has been and further that he is
daily attending to his official duties
and is in constant communication
with Private Secretary Thurbor, who
remains at the White House.
"Be sure you get AyerV is au im
portant caution to all in search of a
thoroughly - reliable blood purifier,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla being the one on
which there can be no manner of
doubt. It has stood the test of nearly
half a century, and has long been con
sidered the standard.
Deeds, mortgages and note books
of all kinds at the Columbian office,
tf.
Pensioners Ifnat Prove
THEY ARK COMPLETELY DISABLED.
The pension bureau has notified a
great many pensioners throughout the
entire country who are drawing pen
sions under the act of June 27th, 1890,
which is known as the Dependent
pension act. that payment of their
pensions will be suspended for sixty
days, during which time they are re
quired to show cause why they should
continue to draw pensions. The tes
timony necessary to prevent their be
ing dropped from the rolls is the cer
tificate of a reputable physician, at
tested by two witnesses to the effect
that the pensioner is precluded from
active labor owing to injuries or disa
bility not the result of his own vicious
habits.
In case no attention is paid to the
department notification within sixty
days the pensioner will be dropped
trom the roll. On the other hand,
should the necessary certificate, prop
erly drawn up and signed, be forward
ed to the pension bureau, the pension
er will be renuested to atDear before
the board of medical examiners for
examination as to his condition.
This action is pursuant to the recent
rulings of Secretary Smith to the ef
fect that a pensioner undei act of
June 27, 1890, drawing pension for
total disability must be shown to be
physically incapable of manual labor.
I he board of review appointed to car
ry into effect that decision is now go
ing over all of the ca:es of June 27th,
1890, probably 100,000 in number,
and selecting those cases which show
in the record that the pensioner may
not be incapacitated from manual la
bor.
In the cases thus selected the pen
sioners are notified as before stated,
to prove their total disability to the
department or cease to draw pensions.
Under Secretary bmiths rulings the
department holds that a man who can
work should not draw a pension foi
total disability. It is estimated at
the pension office, although the work
has but recently been begun, that
something over 1,000 suspensions have
already been made.
Unfortunate Luke of Veragna.
The country was startled a few dajs
ago by the statement that our late no
ble visitor from Spain, the Duke of
Veragua, had lost his entire fortune
during his absence trom Spain by the
peifidy of a pretended friend. A sym
pathetic appeal came to the people of
the United States to aid the lineal de
scended of Columbus by generous
contributions to restore the fortune
lost by the betrayal of his confidence.
The full facts relating to the Duke's
financial grief are now given to the
public, and it is bi'i.nly the old, old
story of gambling for speedy fortune
and losing an. Before he started for
this coin. try he gathered up $350,000
and sent it to a Paris broker with in
structions to invest it to secure the
largest returns, and the broker struck
the wrong side of the market and lost,
resulting in a Duke and his large fam
ily without fortune to maintain their
dignity as Spanish nobles. Even the
sacred bull farm of the Duke, where
he gained large profits by growing
bulls for the Spanish bull fights, is
levied on and likely to pass into the
hands of Spaniards of common clay.
The noble duke is eminently human
as is shown by his game of hazard to
double fortune and then whimperir.g
like a whipped boy when he lost. He
blames the Paris brokers just as all
who rush into Wall street, New York,
or Fourth street Philadelphia, and
lose, complain of the robbery of brok
ers who simply obeyed orders. With
art ample fortune even for' a Duke of
Spain, he deliberately gambled and
lost as millions have done before him,
and he should blame none but him
self. The people of this country cherish
great reverence for the memory of
Columbus, as is shown by their grand
celebration of his achievement; but
they are not likely to sympathize very
deeply in their pockets to refund a
fortune lost by a several century de
scendant who gambled away a fortune
in the vain hope of doubling it If the
noble Duke would profit by his mis
fortune, let him get down to some
thing like the hard work of his illus
trious ancestor, and he will add fresh
lustre to his nobility by illustrating
that industry is the noblest of all hu
man pursuits. Times.
South Carolina's Liquor Law.
It is plain that the new law is to be
a dead letter ; people are not going
to be defrauded of their liquor, the
law to the contrary notwithstanding.
The statute has in advance been
knocked on the head by the immense
importation of liquor nominally fos
private consumption, and the legisla
tion must, therefore, be futile. It ir
also unjust ; for the well-to-do people
who have been able to lay in abundunt
stores of liquors before the law goes
into force are given an undoubted ad
vantage over the poorer and impecu
nious citizens who have not been able
to make such provision. JVeio Or
leant Times Democrat.
A lot of new notes of the sharpest
kind have just been printed and are
for sale at this office. Also common
receipts, estate receipts, and collec
tors' receipts, neatly bound in books
of 25, 50 and 100. tf.
'" A Ministerial Crisis tnmltnt. '
Pjm July 10. M. Prnl. Minister
of Flume ha reigned. A Cabinet Couu
cil wan lielJ yetterdny. AVIda dlfforenees
of opinl in as lo lha proper policy toward
tlin molM in Part becariK' aiipareut at
once and a general ministerial crUls It
imminent Mr. Dupur, Premier, wens in
the afternoon to Marly-lo-Rol to oonfer
with President Cartiot. Last evening
another cabinet meeting was callel.
Killed la Riot.
Nw York, July 10. A speolal from
KnoxTllla, Teno., ears: As the result ot
a drunken fight at Woodbine. Kjr., near
the Tennessee line, on the 4lh of July,
there was a riot there Saturday evening,
which lasted lialfau hour. City Marshal
Moi-rimer, Bud Smith nod Jim Francis,
two desperadoes, were killed. Four others
were wounded. No arrests have been
made. Ail la quiet now.
.91' Narcisse Belleaa Dying.
Kiw Yohk, July 11. A special from
Ottawa, Out, says: Word has just been
received here that Sir Narcisse Belleau,
the eldest knight and oue of the wealthiest
men In Canada, ia dying at Quebec. Sir
Narcisse was Premier of Quebec at the
time of confederation, and the first Lieu-tenaut-govemor
of that province after the
Dominion was formed. He is 87 years ot
A Socialistic Demonstration,
Vikkxa, July 10. The Socialist made
a public demonstration yesterday in favor
of universal auffrage. More than 10,000
of them attended the indoor meeting, Aa
ninny more listened to apeeches In the
City Hall square. The announcemeut ia
made semt-ofMclallr that Count Taaffe
Austrian Premier, will propose that work
inguien's chambers elect delegates to the
Keichratb.
Woald Not Venture aa Optnlea.
Nashville. Tenn., July 11. Senator
Isbam G. Harris, who baa been in this
city for a day or two, in answer to an in
quiry concerning the repeal of the Sher
man law, said that no living man in or
out of congress could tell what action con
gress would take in regard to the repeal of
the law. He aald it waa too early to haa-
ard an opinion."
This Ul Was ratal.
Crrr or Mexico, July 10. Meat-re par
ticulars have reached here of a duel fought
near Tlalnepantla between Evarleto Bar-
auca, a young law atudent of this eity,
aud Mncentlo Benavikea, wealthy young
man of Chihuahua. Pistols were used.
At the third shot Baranca received a bul
let through his heart. The causa ot , the
dual ia not known here.
Their Demands Iterated.
Wii.kesbarr. Pa., July 11. It la ru
mored here that Vice President Voorhees
of the Heading Railroad has written a let
ter to the chairman ot the Grievance Com
mittee refusing to grant the demands of
20,000 employes for less hours ot work
and more wages. It is known that hasty
calls have been tent out for meetings of
the various brotherhood
The Guilt? Ones to be Asked to Resign.
Rome, July 11. The Patrla newspaper
says that as soon as the Senate finishes
the business now in hand the closing of
the sesion will be ordered by the govern
ment with a view toward proceeding
against h11 members of parliament who are
implicated in the tank scandals. The
guilty senators will be requested to resign.
The Cone May Nut II u Iieard.
Okanoe, X. J., July 10. The case of
the uiandamiiti proceedings against Mayor
I-aurence T. Fell, of Urunge, to compel
him to sign the contract with John
O'Ronrko, tUo contractor on the High street
improvement, is at-t down for this after
noon Ix-fore the Supreme Court at Trenton
It is doubtful, however, it the case will
be heard.
Their Plan to Rsuape Discovered.
Columbus, O., July 9 A plan waadia
covered Saturday evening tor the escape
of the two condemued murderers in the
State prison. Warden James has f orbidde n
uny one to enter the annex building,
HUD U
9uk
wtucu tne men are Imprisoned.
occupants or the annex are Prank
Loon and Henry Vastine.
William Coming to the Fair.
Cricaoo, July 11. Foreign Commis
sioners at the Fair declare that Emperor
William haa decided to accept the Invita
tion ot the United States to visit the Ex
position. Commissioner Wermuth will
sail tor Germany on July 80, and, it la
said, hs will return aa the Emperor's es
cort. Satisfied With the Army B11L
Bnxi. July 9. Emperor William
received yesterday Herr von Levettow,
President ot the Reichstag, and the two
new Vice Presidents. He expressed eatie
fastion with the progress of the Army Bill,
adding that a good majority for It on the
decisive vote would greatly impress other
nations.
Badly Swindled at aa Old Oaaae.
St. Joacra, Mo., July 10. John Mar
tin, a farmer, sold hts farm to three men
Saturday evening. They put the money,
which waa in large bills, Into bag. and
left it with Martin. He gave them $3,000
in email bills, for change. The $i,000
was all counterfeit The men escaped.
Trying te Breah the BeeereV
Victoria, B. C. JulylO. The steamer
Warrimoo haa arrived from Sydney,
whence aba had aailed June IV with pas
sengers and freight She is trying to
break the mail record between Sydney and
London.
Tha Hlrlke Declared OK
Burraxo, July 10. At the meeting last
eveuiug of the Central Labor Union, it
waa announced that the strike of the
Union bakers bad been declared off. Tha
atrike haa been in progress slnoe May 15th.
The Lodl Bleacher? Burned.
Hackenrack, X. J.. July 10. The
Lodl Bleachery and Dye works, of Lodl,
owned by Byrnes Brothers, of that village,
were totally destroyed by tire last even
lug. The pluut was valu ed at $100,000.
Deserter HartnoU Captured.
Nw Havkn, July 10. William Hart
nell, who deserted from David's Island,
near New York, several weeks ago, baa
been arreted here. He bad been living in
tnls city under an assumed name.
Trousers to Oo to Virginia.
Flush i so, L I., July 10. Troasers, a
promising racer, who broke the record tor
a three-quarter mile dash on the Flushing
track, July 4, has been sold by W. T. Wil
cox to a Virginia horseman.
The Great Literary Oeaarreaa.
' CaiCAOO. July 10. The World's lltaran
oengraesos will be givta to-morrow mom.
iMttiutoat wlU .mtUM
RUSSET
SHOES.
H. J. Clark's Building, Main street.
TENNIS BASE BALL
SHOES, SHOES.
Suffer in Silence.
AS MODEST SENSITIVE WOMEN liEXER
AI.LV DO.
To all such women who from some
functional derangement or weakness
need advice, we would say that Dr.
David Kennedy, one ot the best
known physicians in New York State
who has had a large experience in
curing diseases peculiar to women, of
fers his well-known Favorite Remedy
to them. It will cure you of nervous
sick headache, spineache, bloating, in
ternal heat, or scalding urines. If you
have uterine catarrh, suppressed or
painful periods, irregular menstruation
or leucorrhoea. If you have a tired
ache at the top of the head, back of
the neck, and base of the brain, or
any of the many attending evils that
are present in female complaints, you
should take Dr. David Kennedy's Fa
vorite Remedy, nude at Rondout, N.
Y., for it will dispel those tired looks,
restore and strengthen the nervous
system, and cure the most complica
ted of feminine sicknesses. It you
value good health, you use Dr. Ken
nedy s Favorite Remedy.
The Viking Ship.
Prom Harper's Weekly.
The New-Yorker who failed to see
the Viking during the few days that
the gallant little vessel was lying or
cruising in the waters of the harbor,
missed a sight that it would be almost
worth while to go to Chicago to see.
To those with a fair i
boat-building requires, the lines of the
Viking are said to have been very
satisfactory, and the soundness of their
judgment is established by the achieve
ment ot tne vessel in crossing the At
lantic against unfavorable winds, sound
and safe as an ocean-going steamer.
But even to one with no claims to ex.
pert knowledge the vessel is very beau
tiful. It is easy to see in her the ius-
tification of her chief officer's proud
remark, when asked if she did not
ship water over her open sides, "No ;
her model is so perfect, her lines are
so fine" here he made a sweeping
gesture with both hands, illustrating
tne lines "that she wishes all the
while to be on top." But what im
presses the ordinarv observer i the
courage of their conviction shown by
me crew ot a dozen modern Norse
men, who. persuaded that the original
on which the Viking was modelled
w tVoVworthy, and that what their
. 1 , . a .
amcsiuTs nau aone mey couia Co,
took this little vessel, without a deck.
with a broad.oar for a rudder, with a
single mast and sail, with no room
aboard to swing a hammock, and hate.
ly sufficient to store the needed sur
i . .
pues, ana saiiea ner over the course
that they believed the ancient Norse
men had sailed with a like craft
turiei before the discovery which all
the world is celebrating at Chicago.
This is a striking and splendid way of
arguing a disputed question in history.
iMionc aiter tnis can say that the
Norsemen could not have reached th
shores of America on the vessels then
known.
"Brother." savs a Georeia .ditr.r
"don't stop your paper just because
yoi don't aeree with the editor. Th..
last cabbage you sent us didn't agree
wiui us cuncr, out we aian t arop you
irora our suDsenpuon list on that ac
count.
" I am Truly Thankful
For Hood's Barsapartlla. During the war I
contraoM Irpaold ferev, and teVer- and
ague, lavnw me with amlartot and mere.
"V" BUla from which I have mllornd
eer stitre, In neurulula, rheutnutUm. artrni
Eraira.Ua. aud aioeral dehlllty. Slnue I
. gun taking Hood? 8t.rsaui.riiu i h-Ji
los a day's work In hroe month. welKh 10 Ua.
rr--- jar aim am in Delter health
than an time luce tha ,, .1 h li... ... .
Cheltenham, fa. UOOaV. CiAa?;
Hood 'a Pills Cure Uror Uu. sea.
BICYCLE
SHOES,
CANDIDATES.
The follonlnK Pomona annnunop Ihclr nim.
Bsrnndlcliiles unili-rllie rule of iiin liim,'?,?'
tlcpnrtyof roliuntxa County, ei,d ni,, i.,
i lie allnn of Hip iK mocrallo mint, SL'
lion to m Hold on Tuesduy, August 8th,
For County Commissioner,
J. G, SWANK,
of Mifilin Township.
For County Commissioner,
CORNELIUS FETTF.RMAN,
of Locust Township.
For County Surveyor,
CHARLES H. MOORE,
of Orange.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
THOMAS B. HANLY,
of Bloomsburtj
For County Commissioner
MAHLON HAMLIN,
of Catawissa.
For Register and Recorder,
JOHN B. CASEY,
of Bloomsburg.
For County Treasurer,
A. B. CROOP,
of Briarcreek township.
For County Treasurer,
J. R. FOWLER,
of Pine township.
For Register and Recorder,
CHARLES B. ENT,
of Scott township.
For County Treasurer,
JOSEPH P. DEWITT,
of Greenwood township.
Fou County Treasurer,
C. A. KLEIM,
of Filoomsburi!.
For Pkoi honotary and Clerk ok
the Courts
G. M. QUICK
of Bloomsburg.
For County Treasurer,
I. J. II ESS.
of Centre township.
For County Commissioner'
JOHN N. GORDON,
of Montour township.
For County Commissioner,
CHARLES REICHART,
of Main township.
For County Commissioner,
G. M. IKELER,
of Mt Pleasant township.
Old IDEAS Exploded.
It is a time honored Idea with certain
people mat tney must pay way-up
prices in order to get good
lies, Clock), Jewelry J1
verwsr.
These Ideas we are exploding every
uy. c win convince you ol tne
error if you will droD into our store.
Articles bought of us will be engraved
wtuiuui exvra cnarge.
Writ el.., r'l.wl.n T 1 - - 1 ....
pairing neatly and promptly done and guar
antee saiisiacmry.
We are closing out our line ol Kishlnif tackle.
i j . . , .... . . .
m uaiia uuu out at. very low prices, a
rare chance to secure Bargalua.
A full line nf fttatili, anl fnnr-v lnlinnt.rv
on band at
HESS BROS.
Sign of big watch, Main 8t.
Bloomsburg, Pa