f le olumMmt. ESTABLISHED I860. She (ToIumM.1 Jcmorrat, STABL18HED 1837. CONSOLIDATED 1868 -PCBLI8BED BY GEO. E. EL WELL EVEHY FRIDAY MOUSINU at Bloomsburg, the County neat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. TlMm-Inside the county, $1.00 a year In sa vanna! ii.M if not paid In advance Outside the county, ti.ss a year, strictly In advance. All communications should he addressed to TUB COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, Pa. FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1893. Governor Pattison on Saturday last appointed Hon. John B. Storm to the bench of the Carbon-Monroe district, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Drcher. Mr. Storm is well known in this section having served the district in Congress from March 4th, to March 4th, 2887. Judge Reeder of Northampton County, has given a decision that only Justices of the Peace and con stables elected since the passage of the new act regulating fees, can pro fit by the increase. The decision will bar every justice and constable in the State, and only apply after the elec tion of next spring. The old fee bill must be used until newly elected Jus tices and constables take their oath of office. 50 DANGER OF A PANIC. WHAT COMPTROLLER ECKELS SAYS. Comptroller of the Currency James H. Eckels, was the guest of his prede cessor, ex-Comptroller A. B. Hepburn, at dinner at the Union League club in New York last Tuesday evening. The affair was stated by the disting uished diners to be purely a social af fair, given as a compliment to the new comptroller and for the purpose of enabling him to meet the New York bankers. Comptroller Eckels, in response to a few words of welcome from his host, ex-Comptroller Hepburn said : When I accepted the invitation to be present this evening it was that I might indulge myself in the personal pleasure of meeting some of the rep resentatives of the great financial in stitutions in your city. I did not then nor do I now intend to make a form al address, but there are one or two things that may not be inappropriate to the time or occasion. The condition which confronts the American people is one that deserves the thoughtful attention of every citi zen who has at heart the interest of the country. It is not a time of pan ic, because we have passed the peri od in our history when a panic is a possibility, but it is one of a slow liq uidation, the result of undue specula tion and unwise financial legislation. Nothing is to be gained by taking on a fright that is unwarranted by either the immediate past or the immediate future. What the American people ought to do in the midst of the failures that have occurred is not to give way to uncalled for alarm, but to study the character of the institutions which have failed, the causes which have produced them and the localities in which they have occurred. After such a study, let them view the solvent institutions everywhere about them and the conclusion that must irresist ibly follow is that the legitimate life of the country is not threatened, but instead will come out of the present turmoil the stronger for having passed through it. In conservative business centres the failures have been few either in banking or other lines. Bad banking at any and at all times is dangerous and must inevitably bring disaster up on those who engage in it. The present stringency has simply hastened the closing of some banks because they were inherently weak, others have closed as a resultant ef fect of having kept alive the opera tions of speculators in the extreme West and in portions of the South. The art has not vet heen HisrrvjrH I of making something out of nothing and the financier who stakes his all upon an unbuilt citv reaehincr out in. I to the waste places of the earth must 1 Knrr oKm.fc iU . . ' C 1 1 ""6 "uuui me ruin ui nis own ana kindred institutions which have trust ed in him and pinned their faith to assets yet unborn. Disasters have fallen upon the spec ulative institutions in boom cities of the states of Washington, California, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri which have in turn injured solvent ones, but the states of New England and the east and the Middle states and those of the northwest, not less of the south have thus far escaped and will, be cause the foundations upon which they are buikled is of rock and not of sand. J Such a review as that which I have 1 indicated ran not hut hav thf pflfort of quieting the fears of the timid and , encouraging tnose who nave thus tar maintained an unswerving faith in the ij speedy coming of better times. ; ' It ought to check those who invite disaster by withdrawing from solvent institutions the money which the de nositor cannot possibly use. The peo ple are hoping and asking much from the banks of the country. In turn the banks have the right of consider ate treatment from the people. Let those who have so long transacted business with ;the banking institutions have sufficient confidence in them to know and feel that, if in years past they have proved safe, they are likely to do in the present emergency. Runs unon banks but destroy the interest which otherwise would protected and those who would be in- dulge in them cause to come about the thing which they say they wish to avert. In conclusion permit me to say tnat I indulge neither in extrava gance or speech of undue flattery when I say that the course followed by the banks of this great city through out the nast stress has been such as to commend them to the good wishes of everv citizen ot the renuoiic. i nere has been displayed! wisdom that has met every emergency and the sate fi nancial condition of the affairs on the nart of the banks has been a constant source of inspiration to all the coun ty . . Mr. Eckels remarks were received with applause "I was prostrated with a severe bil ious complaint," writes Erastus South- worth, of Bath, Me. "After vainly trying a number of remedies, I was finally induced to take Ayer's Pills. I had scarcely taken two boxes when I was completely cured." After tbe Repeal of the Sherman Act, What? Ls a very easy matter to allow other people to do our thinking. Its a very common occurrence to join in with the crowd and pretend to believe just as others think they do. And this is about the situation with nine-tenths of the persons who are demanding the repeal of the Sherman act, without either knowing or thinking what its effect may oe. We doubt if one man in twenty has ever considered what effects the stop ping of silver coinage in this country may have. We are confident that not one in twenty knows ; and yet al most every man you meet now is cer tain that all that is necessary to cure our supposed business, and financial, ills is to repeal the Sherman act and stop making and using silver dollars or silver certificates. Ask the first ten men you meet who favor this policy, how it is going to help our condition, and nine of them will tell you plainly they do not know ; the tenth, who is possibly some "know it all" or probably a money lender who desires to see a scarcity of monev. that the rate of interest may be high, win oegin to ten you about "restoring confidence," the necessity of a "gold basis," and the importance of keeping ourselves solid with the financial fan cies of Europe. If the repeal of the Sherman act. without any additional legislation on the Silver question, means any thing it means to make mon ey scarce by stopping the issues of sil ver certificates a certificate that every one recognizes as money and that pur chases just as much of anything need ee, or pays just as much of an indebt edness, as does a gold coin of the same amount and how making mon ey scarce in tnis country will improve business, restore confidence or benefit our condition, is a mystery that our limited financial knowledge fails to comprehend. It is impossible that new or addi- tional financial legislation is needed. But is the repeal of the Sherman act a repeal that would virtually de monetize silver, and discredit over one- half of the money now in the hands of the people all that is required ? This is the question that thinking men of the country should now con sider. It is a grave question, effect. ing every business interest and one that will have to be determined as soon as Congress meets in August, and the representatives who are to act (or the people on this subject should know what the desire of the people is what their needs require and what their wants demand. It is very plain what legislation, the bankers and money-lenders of the country want. It is equally certain that a most desperate effort is to be made to continue and increase the bonded indebtedness ot the country. but whether Congress will fall into the nnanciat trap, mat is aireaay set, is a a matter that is not so certain. With congressmen who desire to act for the best interests of the people and this country, as well as with the people themselves, the important ques Hon now is, "After the repeal of the Sherman act, what ?" Belle fonte watchman. Sunday, July 16th was the last Sun day the gates of the World's Fair will be opened. The proceeds of that day were given to the support of the fami lies who suffered on account of the fire in the Cold Storage building. The gate receipts were about $ 1 50,000. The Commissioners decided by a vote of 24 to 4 not to open the gates on the Sabbath in the future -the attendance on that day being much smaller than was anticipated, and not sufficient for the expenses incurred. Cutting Them Down. LOCHREN ISSUES AN IMPORTANT ORDER AS TO TENSIONS. Commissioner Lochren, of the pen sion bureau, issued an order directing that hereafter in making calls upon the war and navy departments for infer, mation regarding the services of appli cants for pension under the act of June 27, 1890, a request shall be made for a full military and medical history of the soldier. Hitherto these calls have asked only for the dates of the soldier's en usiniew ana discharge. 1 his new order is important from the fact that it shows a purpose on the part of the pension officials to make a more searching inquiry than formerly into tne causes 01 the applicant s disabih ties ana ouiain irom olhcial sources whether it may not have resulted from his vicious habits. This information is material as under the act of June 17, 1090, sucn applicants are speci fically barred from receiving pensions. Threats of Silver Men. WILL BLOCK CONGRESSIONAL BUSINESS UNLESS THEIR DEMANDS ARE CON CEDED. Washington. Tulv t7 The free. silver shriekers seem to have been driven from their metal base by the general determination to repeal the Sherman law. Thev are lnduleinir in all sorts of wild threats, even to the Dlocking of congressional business, un less their silver demands are conced ed. One of their ahsurd threat i that the pro-silver senators will com bine and Drevent the confirm it ion nf any presidential nominations. With a view to sucn a combination, it is Said that agents Of the silver rnmhin are quietly canvassing the opinion of senators as to the repeal of the Sher man law, and that all who exnrew themselves as opposed to repeal are asked to join the movement to com bat all presidential nominations. This Droiect is illustrative of t recklessness of the free silverites. They would rather tie nn the and house both than to see legislation opposed to their interests and for the good of the COUntrv enacteH hut th senate is a body that does not yield to coercion. i nis COnsDirarv nf free. coinage men will be crushed as if it were an egg-shell. In the face of an effort to t1it action bv filibustering. R and Democratic senators will lay aside partisanship Ion? enough tn nut thrnnnh such legislation as the interests of th country demand. However, all the schemes of the free-silver workers are neither wild nor weak. Thev ar. .,r. ganizing for systematic work in con gress. 1 hey will be liberally supplied with money by the owners of silver mines and others interested in kern. ing up the value of the white metal. In fact, the silver forces are pre paring for the coming battle, while the other side is idle and trusting to the power of public sentiment Some rf the most active of the silver leaders are already boasting of the enormous amount 01 money tUey will command to influence congress. The use of Hall's I lair Henempr promotes the growth of the hair and restores us natural color and beauty, frees the scalp of dandruff, tetter, and all impurities. Revising the Pension List. Twenty three special examiners tiav been appointed to revise the list of pensioners under the 1 1 scrtinn of ii Act of June 27, 1890. Already 1200 have been suspended from the Phila- aeipma district, which embraces this county. The notice of suspension reads that from the evidence as exists then is not sufficient cause of disabil ity to merit the nensions. and ei'vtu days time is given to file papers of proof of disability, which if true, they will again be placed unon the npnemn 4 . r. t--..w.,. TOIL All Communications hearing upon the case must be submitted un der oath. There is no doubt that many are receiving pensions who ought not, and it is for such, that this weeding out nroresc ia miAa Tlia a 1 - ...w..-. .iv- last Commissioner of Pensions, stated tnat mere would be a deficiency of our $50,000,000 on the appropriations an were continued on the roll. Of the fiftv-twf livintr rln-r,1-ir,t,. of Queen Victoria, the first i sion after the Prince of Wales, ex- piams tne Jfreti, is his son Prince George, and the last is Princess May of Teck, The two just married, and their issue is expected to bar. the way to the throne of the daughter of the Duchess of Fife, Lady Alexandra Duff, with one exception the only link in the long chain of royal English suc cession, whose father, the Duke of Fife, does not belong to the royal caste of Europe. He is of an old family, but it was enobled only in 1759 and has the shodowiest claim of birth before that date. As matters stand now, a single death, that of yes terday's bridegroom, would make the Duchess of Fife, the daughter of the Prince of Wales, next in succession to the throne, and from her the line would pass to her daughter, whom the queen decided a year ago was to take precedence .as a duke's , daughter and not as a member of the royal house JEb- BURNHAMHELD GUILTY Verdict of Grand Jury in the World's Fair Disaster. ACCUSED OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE. 1'lre Mumhiil Murphy noil the President and Menretarr of tha Heresies Iron Com. pan? Alio Held ResponsibleWhat Di rector nf Works Burnham Bays. Chicago, July 19. After 1U prolong! Investigation the coroner's Jury lurestlgnt Ing the World's Fair cold-storage calamity reached a verdict last evening. The Jury held to tbe grand jury the following pea aoni : V. H. Burnbam, Director of Works, the World'! Fair. Fire Marshal Edward Murphy, of tha World's Fair lire department. J. B. Skinner, president of the Hercules Iron company. Charles A. McDonald, secretary and treasurer of the Hercules Iron company. The Jury reached its conclusion much more quickly than the time they were out would Indicate, as there were 16 deaths, the causa of which they were called to consider, and each represented separate case. Tbe verdict was the same In all the oast and read as follows: '-We, the jury, find that tbe deooased came to their deaths from injuries and burns received at a fire of the cold storage building at tbe World's Fair grounds on July 10, 1898; and we, the jury. And from the evidence piesentcid that Charles A. McDonald, John B. Skinner, D. H. Burn bam and Edward W. Murphy, be held to the grand jury for criminal negllgunce, and there held until discharged by tbe course of law." Director of Works Burnbam said this morning: "This Is a great surprise to me. I was never officially notified of the unsafe condi tion of the oold storage tower and Engineer Suanklin never reported the tower as dangerous. " TIIK BANGKOK INCIDENT. Bear Admiral Hamaaa flare the flUmeee War tha Afff raMora. Paris, July 17. Rear Admiral Htt- maim, who was in command when tha gunboats Inconstante and Comets crossed tbe bar at the mouth of the Msnam river and proceeded to Bangkok, has made a brief report of the incident to the government. The gunboats did not fire on the forts at tht river's mouth, be says, until the forts, without any previ ous warning or demand, bad fired on the gunboats. il. Piivie, French Minister Residont In Bangkok, bos been Instructed to protest against the firing from the forts as an In defensible act, constituting a violation ot international law, inasmuch as the friendly relations established between France and Siam by tbe treaty of 1858, had remained unimpaired up to that time. Ihe Secretary of the Siamese Leuation in Paris denies, in an interview, that the Simnese were tbe aggressors In the affair. Tbe conflict was dne, he says, to the fact tnat the trench commanders misunder stood the orders ot their government not to cromthe bar. IIOGl'S IILAKNEY 8TONK. Colthurnt Will Make a Protoat to tttm World's Fair Directors. London, July 17. Not satisfied with his forcible declaration that no Dart of Um real Blarney Btone has been removed to the World's Fair at Chicago, and that the real stone remains intact and will not be dla- turlwd, it is starnl thiit Sir George Colt hurst, tbe present owner of Blarney CAuUe, proposes to send a delegate across tha water for the purpose of placing his protest clearly, fairly uiul squarely before tbe Irish rf-sidenta of that city and the visitors to the fair. It is also stated that Sir Guorra Cat. hurst has addressed a strong letter on ties subject to Lady Aberdeen, under wtoost auspices Blarney castle was erected. Valkyrie Wins Again. 1 Belfast, Jnly 17. The feature In the Ulster Club races off Bangor, was the Sua form displayed by the Valkyrie. She ob tained the lead early and maintained it till tbe end, finishing almost two mlnntaa ahead of the Britannia. The Calluna was a poor third, and the Satnnita was last. America Afuln Victorious. LONDON. July 17. Tha American ehm. plou swimmer, McCuakar, easily defeated theex-champion English swimmer, Flnaay, at Blackpool. The match was for $1,000 a aids. McCuakar has been challenged by the English swimmer, Nuttall. to raos ooe f 1 M .S.SF AAA . m ' "" mm ior fj.uw a sue. Mas. Bales Obtains a Dlvoreo. ' Pamh, July 17. Mme. Bulos has ob tained divorce from Charles Bnloa, tas editor of tbe Revue Dee Deux Mendes. It is reported that M. Bruneterie will adit tha magawns ior her until bar nephew reach his majority. MswTork Oats tha Lagarda Library. Bkblik, July 17. The library collected InOottingen by the Orientalist Lagarde, now dead, has been bought for the Univer sity ot the City of New York. The library contains many rare volumes. Urlffla Challeuges tha World. Chicaoo, July 17. Johnny Griffin, re cently defeated by Solly Smith before the Columbian Athletlo club, has deposited $1,000 to meet any featherweight in tha world, Solly Smith preferred, for $3,500 a side and any reasonable purse. A "Fence" Bentanoed. Buffalo, N. Y., July 14. Mrs. Mina Brose, tbe keeper of the "feuos" which was raided a few weeks ago and in which a vaHt amount of Btolen goods was found, has been sentenced to six months imprison ment. GOSSIP OF THE RING. Jem Smith, the ex-chauipiou of Euglund, Is now an ofllcer on one of the race tracks In England. Steve O'Donnell, the Australian heavy weight, has consented to train Eddie Pierce for his coming Rtruggle with George Dixon. It is clulmed that Stautou Abbott bus made over (3,000 since he came to America by meeting mediocre boxers of New York and Philadelphia. Denver Smith, Joe Goddard's conqueror, according to James J. Quinn, his backer, will soon fight again. Smith says that ha wouiu not mina tacxung soma ot the lights in Jthe heavyweight class.... RUSSET SHOES, H. J. Clark's Building, Main street. TENNIS SHOES, A New Sayings Plan. $J.00 COULD HAVE SAVED $475-00 It is my family Doctor now, many hundreds of people say that of I'r David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, and thousands more would say the same thing and save hundreds of dol lars if when they feel out of sorts, run down, pain in the back, sick head ache, bilious, loss of appetite, sleep less niehts, dyspepsia, or suffer from eruptions of the skin or any of the various ailments brought about by the impure condition of the blood, would use Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. Mr. James Cook, of Catskill, N. Y., writes us, I suffered for years with Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, and after spending $475 with doctors 1 found myself no better. I then de termined to try Dr. David Kennedy's ravonte Remedy, and alter using three bottles which cost me just $3 was cured. We always keep it in the house now, for it is our family Doctor. You tired out women 1 Half sick men, don't continue so, but try Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, it will build you up, restore the shattered constitution to permanent health and make the mind and body strong and vigorous. It is $1 per bottle and guaranteed to benefit or cure or money refunded. Renovating the White House. The absence of the President and his family at Buzzard's Bay is being taken advantage of to thoroughly ren ovate the White House and to make some domestic changes in the arrange ment of the interior. President and Mrs. Cleveland's sleeping room will be in future the chamber on the north side of the house, a favorite room with them before, and the same room used Lby President Arthur in his day. 1 ne smauer room at tne corner was used before by Mrs. Cleveland as her j boudoir, and has again been arranged for the same purpose. These two rooms were the nursery during the last ! administration and were entirely dis-1 mantled after the sickness of Mrs. Harrison. Both are now decora ted according to Mrs. Cleveland's ; taste. The President's bed chamber j is now a bed room. Mrs. Cleveland's j boudoir is being decorated in a light ! shade of blue with carpets, hangings and other accessories to match. Presi-; dent Harrison's old bed room known as the Prince of Wales room, is to be set apart for the use of the President's little daughter Ruth and her nurse. 1 he other rooms on the south side of the mansion are teserved for visitors. On the parlor floor the Red Room is being prepared for an entire ly new decoration from floor to ceil ing. All the crimson wall paper is be ing scraped off, and electric light men are sinking the wires in "the walls for the new fixtures. This room will con tinue to be a red room, but a much brighter crimson, which will help to make the apartment lighter on Winter days. The public stairway at the east side of the mansion never looked shabbier than it has lately. The army that passed over it since March had left indelible marks. The staircase has been painted and varnished and begins to make a very much better appearance. Deeds, mortgages and note books of all kinds at the Columbian office, tf. HoocTg Cures Sophie JtfcEeldiM When 7 years old began to be troubled with e tenia on the bead, earning Intense Itching and burning, and enacting iter eyes. Her mother testlnes : We Gave her six bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla sud she 1 entirely well I have taken it myself tor that tired feollng and it does me great good." Mas. William McKkldix, 404 itocx holmSt, BalUmore, Md. Pel Mood's. Hood's Pills cure all liver tils, blllousnen, taundioe, laOlguiUoo, sick headache. IB eeuta. BICYCLE G HOES, BASE BALL SHOES. CANDIDATES. The following porsnns announce their nam BRcniMlldairn under U10 iuIihoI the Dwikmtu. t 1c r-orty 01 Columbia County, and unjiMt to c lie action of the Democratic County coiinn. t Ion to be la-Id on Tuesday, August 8th, mi. For County Commissioner, G. M. IKELER, of Mt. Pleasant township. For County Commissioner, J. G. SWANK, of Mifflin Township. For County Commissioner, CORNELIUS FETTERMAN, of Locust Township. For County Surveyor, CHARLES H. MOORE, of Orange. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, THOMAS B. HANLY, of Bloomsburir- 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, oT Scott township. For County Treasurer, JOSEPH P. DEWITT, of Greenwood township. For County Treasurer, C A. KLKIM, of Bloomsburg. For Prothonotary and Ci.erk ok the Courts G. At. QUICK of Bloomsburg. For County Treasurer, I. J. HESS, of Centre township. For County Commissioner JOHN N. GORDON, of Montour township. For County Commissioner, CHARLES REICHART, of Main township. OidEDEAS Bsplodtd. It is a time honored Idea with certain people that they must pay way-up prices in order to get good ties), Clocks), Jewelry t Sil verware. These Ideas we are exploding every day. We will convince you of the error if you will drop into our store. Articles bought of us will be enyramd without extra charge. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, and Optical re. pairing neatly and l-toinptly done and tuar- antee satisfactory. Wo are closing out our line of Fishing tackle, Base bulls uud bats at very low prices. A rare chance to secure Bargains. A full line of stanl,. nnH f,. c:nur on hand at HESS BROS. 8lgn of big watch, Main St. Bloomsdurg, Fa
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