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at Bloomermrg, the Count y scat of Columbia
county, Pennsylvania.
TBRK: Inside the county, 91.00 a year In ad
vance; ti-W " not paid In advance Outside
the county, H.ib a year, strictly In advance.
All communications should he addressed to
TUB COLUMBIAN,
Blootnsburg, Pa.
FRIDAY, Al'GUST 4, 1893.
0. A. ZLEM WITHDEAWS.
To The Democratic Voters of
Columbia County:
Having announced my name as a
candidate for County Treasurer and
solicited the support of many of you.
I now deem it due to you to announce
publicly that owing to my sickness, I
have been unable to look after my
interests and am still unable to can
vas therefore I have concluded to
withdraw my name as a candidate. I
am very grateful to the Democracy of
the County for the manner in which
you have treated me during my first
canvas.
Very Respectfully Yours,
C. A. Kleim.
Stop the Scare.
It would be well for all persons in
terested in business to understand
that this country is not going to smash
just yet. With ample money in the
country to transact all its business;
with the people generally solvent;
with the crops more bountiful than
ever before, and with all the most
progressive energies of the most pros
perous country in the world, a frantic
fright may paralyze business for a brief
season but the people will speedily re
cover. It is only a question of stop
ping the scare ; a scare that had some
shadow of cause when Europe feared
our departure from a sound financial
policy, but for which there is no reas
onable excuse at this time.
The sensible business-like interview
given in to-day's paper from John
Field, one of our most broad-gauged
and successful merchants, will be read
with peculiar interest by the public
!;enerally. It shows by incontestable
acts what every intelligent person
should understand who studies the
present disturbed condition, but com
ing from a practical merchant, record
ing the experience of his own mer
cantile transactions, he reaches the
marrow of the issue with directness,
and proves that whenever the foolish
scare can be halted, business will as
sume its usual serenity and values will
be speedily restored.
One of the most important deliver
ances made since the recent business
disturbance began conies from Wil
liam C. Whitney, ex-Secretary of the
Navy. He is a practical business
roan; a practical politician, and a
practical statesman who takes the
broadest view of the whole business
complication. He first calls upon the
country to stop the scare, and at once
puts to shame the petty panic-breeding
partisan organs which are trying to in
tensify panic for party ends. He sim
ply speaks the plain truth when he
says that the repeal of the silver pur
chase law is Ma paliative, not a pana.
cea." It is the present roost threaten
ing of the ills that confront us, and
therefore it should be first dealt with.
Only those who seek to advance party
At the cost of business tranquility, or
:seek to protect monopoly taxes by
-terrorizing business, could demand
-that tariff revision should be postponed
indefinitely to quell a money panic.
Mr. Whitney strikes at ths very root
-of the issue when he declares that our
government "is now supported by a
tax not upon property, but upon con.
sumption," and that it is "assessed not
upon what men own, but upon what
they eat, and drink, and wear." ; Such
a policy of taxation must sooner or
later, and soon at the latest, paralyse
industry, commerce and trade, and it
is the fountain of the multiplied ills
which now disturb the masses of the
people. We can reach business pros
perity again first, by restoring the
government to honest money and the
highest standard of credit ; and, sec
ond, by reducing taxes as far as may
be possible upon our industries and
the necessaries of life. These two
reforms must go hand in hand. Eith
er would accomplish much good, but
there cannot be any complete restora
tion of business prosperity until both
shall have fully been accomplished.
In the meantime, let us stop the
scare. It is senseless and destiuctive.
There is every reason why we should
have faith in our government's credit ;
in our country's resources and in our
selves ; and whenever we shall reach
that point, panic will end, values will
be restored to a just standard, and
business prosperity will come as surely
as the morning succeeds the night.
Times.
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Washington, July 31. President
Cleveland, all his cabinet, Speaker
Crisp and most members of Congress
will return to Washington this week, pre
pared to grapple with the most serious
condition of affairs this country has
known for years, anJ that democratic
statesmanship and wisdom will find a
way out that will be safe, if it does
not at first meet with the approval of
everybody, is as certain as that Con
gress will meet next Monday. It is
particularly noticeable that this is the
predominating sentiment among demo
cratic Congressmen already in Wash
ington. However wide apart they
may now be, they are all certain that
some way will be found for getting to
gether in the end.
Among the compromises already
suggested is one that appears to be
rapidly gaining ground. It is to sim
ply repeal that clause oi the Sherman
law which compels the purchase of
4,500,000 ounces of silver bullion a
month by the Treasury, or to merely
adopt an amendment to the law auth
orizing the purchase of silver to be
made or not made in the discretion of
the President, and to let it go at that
for a few months, in order to deter
mine what other silver legislation may
be necessary. A number of democrats
who favor the free coinage of silver
have announced their willingness to
support this compromise at the extra
session, leaving the question of further
silver legislation to be determined at
the regular session. Theie are not
enough members of Congress yet in
Washington to hazard a prediction as
to even the probability of the adop
tion of this compromise, and some of
those here say they prefer awaiting
the recommendations to be made by
President Cleveland's message uefore
committing themselves.
Representative Neill, oi Arkansas,
says: "The Sherman silver law is
vicious and ought to be repealed, but
bad as it is it is not responsible, in my
opinion, to any thing like as great an
extent for the financial stringency as
McKinleyism is. McKinleyism must
be wiped out before the country can
get all right again."
The financial situation is quite bad
enough without exaggerating it, and
the statement that 200 National banks
have failed since the first of January,
which has been widely published, is a
gross exaggeration. The total number
of suspensions has been 105 two in
New England, two in Eastern states,
15 in Middle and Misissippi Valley
states, 6 in Northwestern states, 55 in
Western states and 25 in Southern
states and of this number only 37
have actually gone into the hands of
receivers. Of the remainder a num
ber have resumed business and many
more have good . prospects for doing
the same shortly.
Mr. Logan Carlisle very properly
takes issue with the ridiculous state
ment made by a civil service Com
missioner Roosevelt as to the govern
ment clerks being about evenly divid
ed between the political parties. Mr.
Carlisle is chief clerk of the Treasury
and he says the statement of Roose
velt is worse than ridiculous when ap
plied to that department. He says
further: "To say that ten per cent, of
the classified clerks in the Treasury
were democrats at the beginning of
this administration would be putting
the per centage too high. In some
large bureaus there was not a single
democrat" Roosevelt's statement was
made because of Secretary Carlisle
having stated it to be his intention to
give the democrats a show by dismiss
ing the inefficient clerks in his depart
ment Deputy Commissioner Bell
says that less than ao per cent of the
classified clerks in the Pension Office
are democrats, and it would be safe to
say that the percentage will not run
over that in any of the departments.
"Republicans," said a member of
Tammany, "are talking nonsense when
they say that President Cleveland's
appointment of two democrats not
members of Tammany to be Collector
and Appraiser respectively of the port
of New York is a slap at Senator Hill
and Murphy, and their only object is
to create dissension in the democratic
party. After giving Tammany the
postmastership it was perfectly natur
al that Mr. Cleveland should reward
the wing of the party that worked tor
his nomination. As a Tammany man
I should, of course, have been glad to
have seen all the Federal offices in
New York City given to Tammany
men, but I did not expect it, and,
while I have no authority to apeak for
either of them, I am satisfied that
neither Senator Hill nor Senator
Murphy expected it. They always
take care of their friends when they
have an opportunity and they both
have too much manhood to attempt to
make a fuss because Mr. Cleveland
has exercised the same privilege. I
feel certain that no objection will be
heard when those nominations come
up for confirmation in the Senate."
Bucklen s Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles,
or no pay required. It is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price 35 cents per box.
For sale by C. A. Kleim.
Receivers Appointed -for ths American
Tube and Iron Company.
LIABILITIES OVER A MILLION.
A flutter was created in IlarTidburp,
July 7, by the appointment of receiv
ers for the American Tube and Iron
Company, of Middletown, and the
subsequent announcement that the
Harrisburg Rolling Mill Company had
shut down its works, throwing out of
employment about 400 employes. It
was rumored a few weeks ago that the
tube works would likely go to the wall
owing to the stringency of the money
market and the announcement that it
had passed into the hands of receivers
therefore did rot cause the excitement
that followed similar action on the
part of the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany. Next to the Pennsylvania Steel
Company, the Tube and Iron Com
pany carried on the most extensive
business in this vicinity, employing
1,500 hands and having offices in
many of the principal cities in the
United States. The assets of the
company are placed at $1,900,000,
while its liabilities aggregate $1,250,
000, Of the latter amount $175,000
is indebted to the Harrisburg Rolling
Mill Company, which suspended oper
ations as the best way out of the diffi
culty into which the collapse of the
Tube and Iron Works puts it.
The American Tube and Iron Com
pany has a plant at Youngstown, Ohio,
as well as at Middletown, and enjoyed
a good reputation in many parts of the
country. Colonel James Young, the
millionaire farmer, is its president.
He and R. C. Neal, president of the
Harrisburg Rolling Mill Company, are
creditors, and instituted the proceed
ings in the Dauphin County Court for
the appointment of receivers. Neither
of the Judges of the court was in town,
and Judge Latimer, of York county,
conducted the necessary business.
The receivers are A. S. Matheson,
general manager of the American
Tube and Iron Company ; A. W.
Momeyer, secretary and treasurer of
the corporation, and R. C. Neal, presi
dent of the Harrisburg Rolling Mill
Company. They have given a bond ,
of $100,000.
The annual output of the tube and
iron works has amounted to $5,000,
000. The Middletown Works are
valued at nearly $1,200,000, and
there is owing the company about
$700,000.
The company was organized in 1874
with a capital of $1,000,000, divided
into 20,000 shares.
There are no judgments or mort
gages or bonded debt against the com
pany and the statement is made by its
officers that it will soon be on its feet
again if given proper time to recover
from its misfortune. Colonel Young,
president of the company, says : "The
company started with a production of
about 1,500 tons per annum and has
steadily increased business until its
production reached about 1 20,000
tons per annum when running to its
full capacity. The company's assets
would wipe out all liabilities, and
leave the plant clear to the stockhold
ers. There are no judgments, mort
gages or preferences. The present
condition of the company has been
brought about by the existing strained
financial situation of the country.
It is impossible to get a fair pro
portion of collections and what
col ections are obtained consist
largely of notes or commercial
paper, which it is impossible to have
discounted or use to a sufficient ex
tent. "The American Tube and Iron
Company has enjoyed the highest line
of credit, which has never been abused
or taken advantage of by it Under
ordinary conditions of trade and finan
ces the company's ability to continue
meeting its obligations would be un
questioned." As an after-dinner pill, to strength
en the stomach, assist digestion, and
correct any bilious tendencies, AVer's
Pills are considered the best. Being
sugar-coated, they are as agreeable as
any confection, and may be taken by
the most delicate.
The "Time-Saver" is a guide to the
Wotld's Fair that deserves its name.
It names and locates 5,000 of the
most interesting things on the Expo
sition grounds, grading them accord
ing to their importance. No other
guide does this. The visitor who uses
a "Time-Saver" can see the Fair in
one-third of the time usually occupied
and find without difficulty everything
he wants to see. An encyclopedia of
World's Fair information that can be
carried in your breast pocket. Com
piled by a newspaper man, who in
spected every exhibit on the grounds.
Not sold on the Exposition grounds 1
but nothing sold there will take its
place. Ask your newsdealer for it, or
send 25 cents to W. E. Hamilton,
Room 12, No. 283 South Clark St.,
Chicago, 111.
Fall is approaching and the even
ings will soon begin to grow longer,
and good reading matter will be in
demand. The Columbian and the
New York Weekly World makes an
excellent combination, and they cost
o-ily $1.80 for one year. Try them.
Good complexion, good blood and
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using Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills,
at.
WAR BARELY AVERTED
France Backs Down Before
England.
SIAM VY1ELD3 ALL TO FRANCE.
Lord IunilaAfu!n IUntliisiiUhe Him
self as t rlptomt-Ort llrltaln Will
Not TsleW) Blockade Leaa-thy Nego
tiation Epetet.
Bakokok, July 20. Ths Siamese Gov
ernment at a meeting of ths Ministry yes
terday, over which the King presided,
greed to nil the demand of France and at
once telegrapliod the fact to the French
Government. Thie ends all danger of
wu
London, July 31. Beyond question the
Siamese affair brought France and Great
Britain much nearer hostilities than the
public have reallied. The Earl of Rose
bery, British Foreign Secretary, haa had
virtually a free hand In the negotiation
with France, and baa found en able iup
portcr In the Marqul of Dufferin, British
Ambassador in Paris, Each haa main
tained dignified attitude far removed
from bluster, but firm beyond any misun
derstanding. Together they Impressed on
the French official mind unmistakably
their intention not to let anybody ride
roughshod over British interests in the East.
Great Britain's protest that the block
ade of the Siamese coast was Illegal, and
her suggestion that interference with Brit
ish commerce would not be tolerated, were
tnaile with such unqualified plainoss that
the French Ministers were sobered at once
and conceded the Justice of the British
govenment's contention. There now Is
little doubt that a pacific settlement of the
dispute will be accomplished shortly. That
such is the case is attributable no lnsa to
Great Britain's attitude than to Slam'
surrender.
Bakokok, July 28. Notice haa been
given of the blockade by the French fleet
and outgoing vessels have been warned
that they must clear from Bangkok and
Koh-el-Chang before to-morrow or sub
mit to detention. The blockade will ex
tend along the entire north coast of the
Gulf of Slam.
The French fleet with M. Pavle, French
Minister Resident, have gone to Koh-ai-Chang.
The general expectation is that early la
August the Frenoh fleet will attack Bang
kok and land some 5,000 men. There is
little doubt here that France's purpose la
to make Slam a French colony.
The Siamese government Is exceedingly
uuxious to avoid open warfare. When the
gunboat Lutiu was at the Menam bar yes
terday the Foreign Minister sent to M.
Pavie a note to the effect that the King
aud his advisers were most anxioua to
maintain peace. All such efforts, how
ever, are believed by the English residents
to be vain.
Unless England Intervene to assist In
settlement of the dispute there can be little
expectation or even hope that France will
refrain from extreme measures.
Lo.vuon, July 28. The Pekin corre
sponrtent of the .Standard says: "Whilst
China is nut likely to attempt to enforce
her suzerain rights so long as the scene of
conflict shall be limited to the Menam and
the lower Mekong, I can state positively
on the highest authority that she is fully
determined to uphold her dominion on the
upper Mekong. If France encroaches above
lntitude 21 degrees she will find China in
her path."
London July 28. The Standard's Paris
correspond,. nt says: "I gather that M. l)e
velle and Lord Dufferin have agreed to a
compromise on the frontier question. The
newspaper have no inkling of this and are
as aggressive a ever."
A Pension Ruling.
Washington, Aug. 1. Assistant Sec
retary Reynold of the Interior Depart
ment has issued a rule in which he gives
notice that after Sept. 1 next, not more
than one motion for reconsideration of a
decision adverse to a claim for a pension
fee will be entertained by the department,
and as te the ene motion, strict compliance
with the requirement of the office as to
good faith are enjoined. Thia rule is issued
with a view to preventing dishonest at
torneys who may improperly receive pen
sion fees which rightfully belong to another,
from retaining the same by filling dila
torp motions for re-consideration for the
departments decision requiring the same to
be refunded.
Westlaghcaec Rectaeea.
Pitts Buaa, Pa., July 81. The working
force of the Westingbouae Airbrake com
pany at WUmerding, will, it is stated, be
further raduoed by the temporary dlsaharge
of between 300 and 800 men. Those whs
remain at work will suffer a reduction of
from 19 to 80 per cent, la wajree. Two
weeks ago 400 men were discharged. Such
reduction has not bean offered to work
men in mills la the western part of the
State for many year. It la not thought
that the workmen will make any remoa
slranoe. Protesting Agalast Net rishlag.
Asbubt Pare, N. J., July 37. The
summer cottagers and hotel guests who
find much amusement in hook and line
fishing along the New Jersey coast resorts
south of Sandy Hook have protected
against the innumerable nets that are em
ployed along the coast. A memorial is to
be sent to the FUh and Game Commis
sioner praying them to offer some relief.
The Chines Beglatratlosi Law.
Saw FnANciaco, July 81. Thomas D.
Riordan, attorney for the Chinese Six com
panies states that in connection wish Jen.
Choate of New York City, and other
counsel, be is preparing to make a second
test of the constitutionality of the Chinese
registration law at the October session of
the United States Supreme Court.
Te Be Con B ruled as Judges.
World's Faik Ground. July 28. Al
the National Commission meeting yester
day the board of lady manager sent lc
the following to be confirmed as judges:
Mrs. R. S. Wallace, Oregon, horticulture;
Mrs. A. M. Edward, Nebraska, agricul
ture. Corbet Coming Home.
Chicago, Aug. 1. James J. Corbet t
starts East to-day. Within a week he will
lie at his old Asbury Park quarters to be
gin hi Ural light training for the Mitchell
fight.
Donald McXanghton Dead.
Chicago, July 81. Ex-Senator Donald
McNaugbton, of Rochester, N. V., chief
executive otUcer of the New York State
Commission at the fair, died last evening
of ulceration of the bowela.
RUSGET
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More Money.
From Harper's Weekly.
One of the sages of the People's
Party in Kansas some time ago de
livered himself at a public meeting as
follows s If all the money that is in
the banks were in the pockets of the
people, the country would be better
off." This good man was evidently
unaware of the fact that the money
which is in the banks does not belong
to the banks, but to people who de
posited it there, and can draw it out
again when thty please ; that, mean
while, this money is lent out by the
banks to people who can give suffi
cient security; and that, when so lent
out, it circulates among the people in
the channels of business, and is, there
fore, virtually in the pockets of the
people. The sage had probably ap
plied to a bank for a loan without of
fering sufficient security, and the loan
being refused, lie concluded that the
money in the banks was maliciously
withheld from the people. What he
really meant to say was, that if the
money which was in other people's
pockets were in his, he would be bet
ter off. Of which there is no doubt.
Bet this sage and his disciples will
have to consider that there are but
two honest ways of getting money
to sell something for it, or to borrow
it. So long as you have things to sell
that other people want, such as corn,
or dry-goods, or your labor, you can
always get money in exchange for
them. If you have things of value to
pledge, which the lender of money
considers sufficient security that he
will get his money back, such as land,
or wheat, or cotton, or good railroad
bonds, you can borrow moneyv The
recognition of this fact moved another
Western stump-speaker, who had turn
ed the matter over in his mind, wisely
to remark: "What we people need is
not more currency, but more collater
als" a great truth.
Deeds, mortgages and note books
of all kinds at the Columbian office.
Hood'sCures
JTre. C. U. Tit
"Every Dom Helps Me
When I take Hood's BarsaparUla, and I think It
the best medicine (or the blood. My lx-year-old
boy had (ore on hi feet, caused by FOI
ON IVY. They became so large and pain
ful be could not wear hi shoe. A week after
I began giving; him Hood' araparllla the
sore began to heal up and disappear, and when
he bad taken two bottle he wa entintly
cared." Mae, a H. Titt-s. South Ulbtou. Pa.
HOOO'g PlLLS) rarely TcgtUble, sad do
act muc, scia of (' Heidey aUdruagUt. 10.
BICYCLE
CANDIDATES.
Tim following persons announce their name
ascanrtldiitp under the rulrsof the Democra
tic party of Columbia County, and subjeet to
the action of the Democratic County conven
tion to be held on Tuesday, August nth, lmtt.
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.
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 Bloomsburn'
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. EMT,
of Scott township.
For County Treasurer,
JOSEPH P. DEWITT,
of Greenwood township.
For Prothonotary and Clerk of
the Courts
G. M. QUICK
of Bloomsburg.
For County Treasurer,
I. J. HESS,
of Centre township.
AT THE TOP
W e are at the top In the list by general cooHent
And why t Because we strive to please. We
give honest values, and while our system of
buying enables 10 sell low, we are content
with fair profit, ana give our patrons u
share In this advantage.
We are glvlncr tipeclnt Inducements until the
last 01 August la the way 01 price on our line
Watches, Clocks,
Jewelry and Silver
to show you that we appreciate the Ti ry liberal
patronage you have given us thus fur, 10 lu
Uuceyou to come attlu and also to re
duce our Btock to uiake room for our
Full and Uollduy goods. Come now
It you want, bargains.
Personal attention given to repairing of line
WatouestA-c, aud warrautod sallafaulory at
HESS BROS,
jeweleiw and stationeus.
Sign of big watch. Main St.
Blooms burg, Pa