THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA.
ESTABLISHED 18m.
Tuc Cotumlta gcmtwnt,
KSTABi.ISHF.n 18.17. CONSOLIDATED 1809.
PUBLISHED SVKUY FH1DAY MOKNINU
at illoomshurif, the county seat ot Columbia
County, Pennsylvania.
OKO. IS. KLWELL KD1TOR.
I. J. JAMISON, Assistast Editor.
GEO. C. KOAN, FORBMAN.
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TUB COLUMBIAN,
Hloomsburg, Pa.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2S, 1894.
Russia lias 35,000 Soldiers massed
at Vladivostok. If Russia keeps out
of the present war slie will do well.
Secretary Carlisle recently ordered
the revenue cutters Grant, at Port
Townsend, and the Rush, at San
Francisco, to proceed northward in
search of nine American vessels which
are eleven days overdue from British
Columbia ports.
It is only six weeks or so since the
Ivanhoe foundered in the Northern
l'acific Ocean, and much uneasiness
is felt for the safety of the missing
vessels.
In the Annual Report of the Ssc
retary of the Treasury for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1894, the total
receipts are given as $372,803,498.
29 and the total expenditures as $442,
605,758.87, the expenditures amount
ing to $69,803,260.58 more than the
government receipts. Though these
figures seem large in a business point
of view, they are insignificant when
we consider the resources and possi
bilities of this great government.
We must admit it to be a little
difficult to determine what is true and
what false in the foreign dispatches
concerning China and Japan. A re
cent dispatch from our minister at
Pekin ays there is not a word of
truth in the printed report that the
Empress of China committed suicide
after being slapped by his royal nibs.
the Emperor. The euphonious name
of the queenly young wife of the Em
peror is said to be " To Ho Na La,'
and still she lives.
Dispatches from Minister Denby to
the State Department, dated the 21st
inst., are to the effect that the Chinese
government has finally decided to
send two envoys to Japan to treat for
peace. Chang Tin Huan and Chao
are the dignitaries in whose hanijs the
important matter is entrusted. But
there is nothing certain as to the
terms of the treaty as yet, or as to
whether an armistice will be declared
pending the consummation of the
treaty.
Congress having taken the usual
holiday adjournment, it has been in
timated that many of them will be
obliged to 50 home to crow instead of
turkey ; but that is nothing more nor
less than unadulterated sarcasm. The
modern statesman can sit down to
crow with considerable grace, so long
as his eating it don t sour his consti
tuents against him, or defeat him
There is worse fare than political
crow and the modern statesman knows
all about that bird.
Is is understood from an authorita
tive source that Governor-elect Hast
ings has found it necessary to ca'l a
halt upon applicants for ofhee and
their friends, who have daily been
Desieging his home at Belleionte.
He will devote the remainder o
the time before inauguration day to
preparing his inaugural address and
arranging personal and business mat
ters. His time since election day has
Deen given almost exclusively to h
friends.
Lawlessness in Indian Territory.
The reign of lawlessness in Indian
1 erntory, which has caused the In
terior Department of the United
states Government to urge an lmme
diate extension of judicial rule over
that region and its reorganization, if
possible, recalls the carnival of crime
that used to prevail in that equally
queer realm of No Man's Land, be
yond the Cherokee Strip. Owing to
the piecemeal establishment of boun
dary lines this tract of land, three
degrees in length from east to west
and one-half of a degree from north
to south, was, curiously enough, omit
ted from all territorial organizations.
For nearly two-score years No Man's
Land was every man's land ; it was a
country without law or order. It be
came a rendezvous and asylum for the
worst criminals! for these fugitives
were free from arrest. Crime held
high carnival, and yet no attempt was
ever made to punish a criminal until
the famous Haymeadows massacre.
. The trial of those six murderers cost
the Federal Government nearly $200,
000, and the men escaped by a sub
sequent reversal of the death verdict.
No Man's Land was then speedily
annexed to Oklahoma, and that exam
ple is the proper precedent for Con
gress in regard to the Indian Territory
problem. Record.
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
Extract From Report of the Secretary Of
the Treasury.
On the 1st day of July last the
total cash in the Treasury, excluding
current liabilities, but including a
gold reserve of $64,873,024, was
$116,626,221 1 and on the 1st day of
November, the total cash, excluding
current liabilities, but including $61,
361,826 in gold, was $106,992,734,
showing a decrease of $9,633,487.
The excess of expenditures over re
ceipts during the last fiscal year was
$69,803,260, and during the first five
months of the present fiscal year, $a i,-
737,367.9a. It is not believed, how
ever, that this difference between the
receipts and expenditures will con
tinue in the same proportion until the
close of the year, and, accordingly, I
have estimated a deficiency of $20,
000,000 at that time. Owing to the
large importitions of raw sugar in
anticipation of the passage of the
tariff act of August 28, 1894, the
duties collected upon that article up
to December 1st amounted to only
$3,022,000, and, of course nothing
has yet been realized from the tax on
incomes, as its payment cannot be
legally enforced until after July 1,
1895. But there is reason to believe
that the importations of sugar must
be resumed at an early date and con
tinued upon a scale which will yield a
large revenue from that source during
the remainder of the year, and it is
probable, also, that on account of the
penalties which may be incurred tor
nonpayment within ten days after
July 1, a considerable part of the in
come tax will be realized in time to
be available. As the reduced rates
of duty on manufactures of wool will
take effect on January 1, 1895, the
importations of that class of goods
will doubtless be greatly increased at
ter that date, and, consequently, a
considerable addition to the revenue
may be reasonably anticipated from
that source. If these expectations
should be to any considerable extent
disappointed, the year will close with
a greater deficiency than has been
estimated.
My opinion is that the laws now in
force will yield an ample revenue for
the fiscal year 1896, as all their pro
visions will then be operative, and the
prospective improvement in the busi
ness of the country, if realized, will
greatly increase the resources from
which taxes are collected, and, accord
ingly, a surplus of $28,814,920 is
estimated for that year.
In my last annual report I called
attention to the unsatisfactory condi
tion of our financial legislation, and
especially to the issue and redemption
of circulating notes by the Govern
ment, and the inability of the Secre
tary of the Treasury, under existing
laws, to make prompt and adequate
provision for the support of the pub
lie credit. The experience of the past
ear has confirmed and strengthened
the opinions then expressed, and I
therefore respectfully but most earn
estly urge upon Congress the necessity
for remedial legislation during its
present session. The well-known de
fects in our financial system and the
serious nature of the evils threatened
by them have done more during the
last two years to impair the credit of
the Government and tne people of
the United States, at home and
abroad, and to check our industrial
and commercial progress than all
other things combined, and our first
and plainest duty is to provide, if
possible, some effective method for
the prompt and permanent relief of
the country from the consequences of
the present unwise policy.
Business on the Pacific Coast.
A recent letter from a P' iladelphian,
now resident on the Pacific coast, has
the following interesting information
1 have just returned from a trip
north through the Puget Sound
country. Business matters are very
dull there, indeed, but somewhat
better than I found last spring, and
with more hope with reference to the
future. The shipments of grain are
active, and the shipments of flour
from this coast to China and Japan
are unusually large, with more offer
ings than the steamers are able to
carry. Not only is this due to the in
creased' demand on account of the
war, but by many claimed to be owing
to the substitution of the use of flour
for .rice in the Eastern countries.
Business matters in San Francisco
are very dull, but with some slight
signs of improvement.
If we shall be enabled to, pav tor
the silks and tea we buy of the Japan
ese and Chinese with breadstuffs,
petroleum and cottons, the basis for
a mutually profitable trade will have
been laid. The war now raging in
the East will doub'Jess result in some
enlargement of the trade of the
United States with both Japan arid
China. The distresses of nations are
often the inciting cause of reciprocal
relations, begun under the pressure
of necessity, but continued because of
newly discovered advantage.
Just nowJew York and Philadel
phia are indulging in the commenda
b e amusement of calling each other
black and unholy. The hard words
they say about each other seem to be
true to nature.
REVENUE REFORM.
At Suggestod In the Annual Report ol Sec
retary Carlisle.
"If this country is to utilize to the
fullest extent the opportunities offered
by its geographical position, natural
resources, and the mechanical skill
and commercial enterprise of its peo
pie, it must adhere steadlastly and
aggressively to the revenue policy in
augurated by the present Congress at
its last session. The reduction of
taxation to the lowest point compa
tible with the collection of a revenue
sufficient to maintain an efficient pub
lic service is a duty which, upon the
plainest principles of justice, every
Government owes to its citizens unde'
all circumstances ; but, when the taxa
tion is imposed in such form or at
such low rates as to increase the cost
of living and obstruct the processes of
industry and trad.', this duty becomes
still more imperative, and a failure to
discharge it when the power exists is
a gross violation of the public trut
and confidence. '
"For many years our tariff laws
have been framed upon the theory
that the wealth of the country could
be increased by imposing taxes upon
the people, and that the prosperity of
our industries could be promoted by
increasing the cost of production, and
the result has bet-n that the net profits
of lauor and capital constantly dimin
ished until they reached a point which
made further development of our re
sources almost impossible. But liule
opportunity was afforded f.ir the ex
tension of our manufacturing and
mechanical industries or for the growth
of our trade at home or abroad, and
thus the farmers and other producers
of the country were confronted by a
situation which compelled them to re
ceive diminished rewards for increased
production.
"A change was demanded by every
consideration of public duly and pri
vate interest, and, although the recent
legislation did not accomplish all that
was expected or desired, it inaugurated
a policy which it is hoped and bo
lieved will ultimately result in a great
improvement in our industrial condi
tion and a corresponding enlargement
of our internal and international com
merce. In the prosecution of this
policy no temporary check or appar
ent diversion of the public mind to
other subjects should be permitted to
diminish our confidence in its final
success or weaken our determination
to maintain a consistent advocacy of
us ciaims 10 ine uvoraD'e considera
tion of the people. . On the contrary,
reverses should stimulate increased
enort, and every movement
hereafter made should be a step for
ward in the direction of freer trade
and a more equal distribution of the
rewards of industry.
"The raw materials used in the pro
duction of commodities for the use of
the people in their homes and in their
various industrial pursuits should be
free from taxation, in order that the
burdens of lapor may be lightened, the
opportunities for employment mcrcas
ed, and the necessaries of life made
more abundant and less expensive. If
our industries are to tie profitably con
ducted, reduced ccst of production
must precede or accompany reduced
prices of the finished product, and as
cheap commodities increase consump
tion the interests of all classes will be
promoted by removing the obstruc
tions which deny our skilled laborers
and artisans access to the world's
store of raw materials.
"The late act, while it places upon
the free list a considerable part of the
most important raw materials used in
our manufactures, left iron and lead
ores and bituminous coal, together
with several other articles of less con
AlmostBlind
Inflamed Eyes and Run
nlng Sores
The Success of Hood's Causes
Great Rejoicing-A Perfect Cure.
. MUm Cora Ii. r.bert
BarnesvIUn, Pa.
0. 1. Hood ft Co., Lowell, Mass.:
" I fel It a duty to stuto what Hood's Bars
parilja has done for me. I was almost MIuil,
being compelled to stuy In a darkened room on
account ot Inflammation of the eyes. I also
suffered with running sores on my body. I was
in terrible condition. My mother tried ercry
thing she knew about and 1 was atteuded by
two doctors but without helping me. Klnally
llood Harsapiirllla was recommended and I
hail not taken two bottles before I began to net
better. The Inflammation left nT eyes and Die
gores healed, and the result was that
I Became 8tronger,
and was restored to perfect health. At that
time I was only twelve years oldj now I am
nineteen and I have not since been troubled
Hood's5i'Cures
with my eyes or noticed any sign of a return ol
the sores on my body. J ean recommend Hood's
Barsaparilla as an excellent blood purifying
medicine." Miss Coba Ehikt, Barnesvllle, I'a.
Hood's Pills act easily, yet promptly ana
eQlclouUy, on the liver and bowel, i&o.
Sm, (Sm HATTER,
iiimi h 1 1 1 111 -in imn
SUITS
FROM S18.00.
sequence, still dutiable, thus not only
tailing to present a consistent system
of revenue reform, but leaving some
of our most valuable industries at a
great disadvantage as compared with
ineir rivais cmiereniiy locateu. mere
are other defects consisting of ambisr-
O -
uous phraseology in some of the para-
grapns, anu excessive rates 01 outy in
some of the schedules, a correction of
which would be in harmony with a
policy of progressive reform upon a
basis of equal justice to producers and
consumers, and would not affect the
revenue to any considerable extent.
Advantage should be promptly taken
of every opportunity to remove all
these objectionable features from the
act in order that our legislation may
be made to conform, as speedily as
possible, to the pledges given to the
people and to ihe demands of public
sentiment on this subject.
J. tr. Carlisle,
Secretary of the Treasury."'
The Forty-rourth District Contest,
Judges Searle, Archbald and Rice
held a meeting at Lsporte on the
nth, m the matter of the judicial
contest in the Forty Fourth district
and decided to proceed. They issu
ed orders that all the ballot boxes in
the district be collected and placed
in the hands of proper officers until
January 3, when another meeting will
De held and the boxes will be open
ed.
ELECTION NOTICE.
The nnminl meetlnir of the onllcy holders of
the Urtaivri'Pk Farmers' Mutual Insurance
c ompany, of Lime KtdgK, Pa , will be held at
the hall Centre OrniiKt', No. M, P. of II., on Jan
uary 14, ijw.. oetween me nours or 10 a. m. ana
8 P.M.. for the election of twelve directors to
serve for the ensuing year, and for the trana.
acuon 01 mien oiner Dusiness as may proper!
come ueiure sum meeting.
II. H. BHOWN,
12-26-3U Secretary.
SPECIAL JURORS.
The following a'-e the names of the Jurors
arawD ror me Hpeciai term 01 uoinmon rieaa
Court on Jun 141 h, 1W:
Kenton HI Mcllenry. farmer.
Berwick J. W. Dleltcrlck, gent: S. W. Hess,
engineer
uioomsDurg K. Appieman, farmer j wm.
Barret. Jr.. clerk: W. 8. Fleckensllne. hotel
keeper; .Jowpli Garrison, merchant; David
oavaire, moorer.
Mrlarcreek H. O. F. Esblnka, dairyman.
Oatawlssa Boro K 8. Cleaver, tinner; Alfred
ueiger, oraKeman w. it. Henne, luoorer.
Cleveland Harrison Krelsi'hcr, runner.
Conynghara M. K. Garrlty, laborer.
Flshlnircreek J. M. Ammennan, J. P.; W. 3.
Smith, blacksmith.
Fianklln ieo. M. Bucher, men'hnnt.
Greenwood Alvln 8. Ikeler, fanner; Wm. 8.
rtt. farmer.
Hemlock Theo. Pent, farmer; Jos. Snyder,
lauorer.
Jackson John Vannatta, farmer.
Madison iharlcs lleudersholt, teamster;
John w. itoss, blacksmith.
Miniln John Creasy, merchant; Daniel Dess,
farmer.
Millvllle C. w. Eves, contractor ; W.;w. Dea-
cuuk, uiercuuni.
Montour Dunlel Frr, farmer.
Pine J. W. Lore. gent,
itoarlngcreek David Hower. farmer.
Seolt Ti. 11. Crevellnir. farmer ? K. It. 1nrp1
laborer: Chag. bhaffer, farmer; J. K. fcuellen-
uerger, ooss.
Bugarloaf J. 11. Vanslckle, hotel keeper.
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DLOOMSBURC, PA.
BRANCH OFFICES.
Jamison City, J P. Kennedy, Barber Shop,
Espy, 1. E. Miller, Uarber Shop.
Catawissa, Derr's Shoe House.
Uenton, E Litile, Jewell y store-
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dinner. Oranges that are very sweet and very
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