THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. i ht rfolumbhm. ESTABLISHED 1866. fit (TolumMa Qttaomi, JSTABulSUBD 1837. CONSOLIDATED 1869. PUBLISHED SVERY THURSDAY MORNING at Bloomsburg, the County seat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. a to. B. ELWKLL Editor. MEo. c. roan, Fori an. Tiks: Inside the county fl.OOayearln ad rance; 11.50 If not' paid lu advance Outside the oounty, $1.25 a year, strictly in advance. All communications should be addressed to THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, Fa. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1897. DEM00EATIO BTiTE COMMITTEE The Democratic State Committee met in Harrisbnrg on Wednesday, and re-elected John M. Garman Esq., "chairman. Ringing Speeches were made by Messrs. Garman, Sibley, Chauncey F. Black and others, some of which will be printed next week. The next state convention will be held at Reading. Turkey and Greece are at war. Whether the other nations of Eurone will interfere and prevent a long and bloody war, or wait until both Turkey and Ureece are weakened by war and then step in and gobble them both up, remains to be seen. Rufus E. Polk of Danville, whose name was before the Democratic con ference last fall for Congress from tnis district, was last week appointed by Governor'Hastines. as one of the Pennsylvania Commissioners to the lennessee centennial exhibition at Nashville. The Board of Pardons has filed a recommendation to the Governor to commute the death sentence of James B. Gentry to imprisonment for life. Gentry was convicted of the murder of Madce Yorke. a vounir artrpQ in Philadelphia. It was apparently a com Diooaed murder, simply because he was drunk and iealous. If a man convicted under such evidence as was produced in this case can eseane the gallows, the death penalty had better be abolished, and thus put an end to mis mockery of justice. While Grover Cleveland was yet President, he was severely criticised because he did not do something to assist Cuba in her struggle to be free from the Spanish yoke. He was call ed cowardly because he did no recognize the insurgents as bellieer. ents. What has the McKinley ad ministration done on the Cuban mat- , ter ? Not a thing. And yet it was boasted that the new republican ad ministration would end the war down there by scaring Spain to death. But Weyler still lives, and his atrocities continue, and not one single step is iaicen Dy AlcKinley and his cabinet, and Tom Reed and his congress to end the Cuban war. ' Where is the boasted strength and ability of the Republican party ? The Pop alar Reaction. The local elections earlier in the season, in New England and other sections, including our own State, showing large Democratic gains, in dicated a reaction from the Novem ber election, and were the forerunners of the revulsion that was found to fol low the election of McKinley. This change in the political current is con tinued in the result of the town and city elections which came off in Ohio, on Monday, where there has been a most decided change from the majori ties of last fall. Cincinnati, which gave a majority of 20,000 for McKinley, in November, now elects a Demo cratic Mayor by a plurality of 7,000. There is a Democratic gain of 2,000 in Mark Hanna's city of Cleveland j Canton, the, home of McKinley, goes Democratic by a handsome majority Springfield, the home of Bushnell, re verses its RennViHran Aiajority by elcciug a. Democratic Mayor; in Columbus, the capitol of the State, McKinley's majority of 3,000 is wiped out, and other towns show a similar change. These may be regarded by super ficial observers as local expressions that have but little significance j but when they are seen to occur in wide ly separated sections of the country, in New England, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois, as well as in Pennsyl vania, New Jersey and New York, as has been the case in the recent spring elections in those States, they may be regarded as the first indications of the reaction against the party that carried the presidential election last year. Such a reaction is unavoidable. It is bound to come. When a party has carried its point by gross deceptions practiced upon the people, and its promises turn out to have been reck lessly made and unfaithfully perform ed, its punishment at the hands of the people is sure to follow. Ex. Let Them Flounder in the Ditch. It is beginning to dawn upon the managers of the high tariff scheme that they are overdoing their contract to favor the trusts and nourish the monopolies. They probably didn't intend to cut it quite as fat as they have, but the door having been open ed to the tariff beggars, it was found impossible to resist their importunities. The contract having been made with the campaign contributors, there was no putting off their demand to be repaid ten-fold. The tariff leaders who have involved themselves in obligations they can't go back on, find themselves forced to frame a tariff bill dictated by the trusts whose gains it is specially designed to in crease by giving them a greater chance o rob the people. In fact the spolia tory character of this bill is so ap parent to those who got it up and the reaction among the people against this scheme of robbery is so evident, that the head tariff managers would gladly have some opposition from the Democrats in the Senate that would modify the bill, and thus extend a helping hand by which they might be pulled from their tariff ditch but if the Democrats are wise they will of fer no amendment or obstruction, but let the party ot tariff taxation flounder in the ditch which has been of their own digging. Ar. New Civil Service Law. Grosvenor'i Bill to Give Republicans a Chance. General Grosvenor introduced an important bill in the House on Satur day, which, if paased, will make many Vacancies ill the denarrm Pntc frr if affects the Civil Service law. If it passes it will make all the Democratic clerks appointed by the Cleveland rtiiimnisirauon stand a civil service examination. The bill reads "That all officers, clerks or other persons now in the classified public service of the United States who have been employed or appointed therein since the fourth day of March, 1893, and who were not nrior to their aiH appointment or employment in the cidbsinea service 01 the Government under the act of January 16, 1883, duly examined as nreseriherl Viv eairl act, shajl within ninety days from the udaaagc 01 mis art annear hefnre the proper Board of Civil Service Ex aminers for competitive examination as said act of January 16, 1883, pre- 9ii iucsi ut sucn examination of said officers, clerks or oth er nercrmc shall not give to them any preference over other citizens duly qualified tor entry into the several classes of the public Service of the Government h.it they shall stand upon equal fooling in all resDects as to said romnetitive examination as though they had never ucen appointed to said places." Is It An Advertisement? Thev have discovered another Vir rible thing about Bryan. It is an nounced with many a flourish of the jester's rattles that at one time, snirl to be in 1884, he was an actor, play ing ".cast iynne ' with Ada Gray. Miss Gray is the discoverer of this fact, and newsnaner comment in reia tion . to it is what might have been expected. Now. admitting for the sate nf argument, that Brvan was an or tor what of it ? Actors are intelligent peo ple ana some ot them are geniuses. Mr. Brvan has shown himself to he a genius. Nobody can deny that the campaign which he practically con ducted alone last year was a brilliant one and nobodv can helittle the fnrr-a of his oratory. But there is no cam paign now. The smoke of battle has blown away.. The people of this country have asrain become AmenVan citizens, not partisans. Why not, then, cease mis snarling at the heels of a big man ? , Besides, it may not be impossible that Miss Gray needs a little advertis ing. It Bryan had 2ver acted in a company with Iter she would have known :t last year quite as well as now, ana so would other members of that company. She has chosen to make her discovery at the wane of the season when some sort of special attraction becomes necessary to in duce people to attend theaters. It therefore seems to be a lucky dis covery, if indeed there has been any THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS. The WOrSt seems to have nmtrraA . " w w.wu..WU in the Mississinni Vallev h Vi breaking of the levees on the Louis- ana siuc oeiow vicKsourg, overflow ing several entire parishes, destroying all crops, rendering people homeless and wiping out all imnrovement There seems to be some doubt whether the crreat river is nnt nn... creating permanent new channels in some places. This flood has once more demonstrated the hopelessness of confining the .Father -of. Waters to prescribed limit hv the jevee construction that has been in uBu iur u many years at so tremen dous a cost . to the Government Periodically the leveea trive Ufa.. under the immense pressure to which they are subjected, and when this occurs there is nothing for the inhabi tants to do but seek personal safety and see their possessions swept away. Many portions of the Mississippi Valley are constantly subjected to tfiis water peril, and the worst of it is that there can be no permanent remedy. Levees cannot be construct ed sufficiently formidable to confine the great body of water that sweeps down into the giant stream from its numberless tributaries, great and small. The peril is not yet at its greatest height. The great question now Is whether the levees below the Red River will resist the flood. If they give way other vast tracts of agricul tural lands will be desolated of their growing crops and their improvements. There is not much doubt that the national government will have to come to the rescue with another and larger appropriation tor the relief of the sufferers, who are already number ed by thousands and may in a short time be increased to tens of thousands. The damage done by this almost unprecedented flood will be estimated by hundreds of millions of dollars. WILD PLUKGlS Iff WHEAT. The Report that the Creco-Turklsh War Had Begun Sent the Price ol Wheat Skyward. The announcement that war had been declared between Greece and Turkey set the wheat market wild on Monday. On the heels of Saturday's 4 cent rise in prices came another jump of 4c, May opening all the way from 8ic to 83'jc, so intense was the excitement prevailine at the outset. For an hour the market was in a furore, with values fluctuating so wild ly that it was next to impossible to follow their course. May reached 835c on one of its wild spurts, which proved to be the high water mark for the day. Suddenly foreign houses, local traders,, outsiders and everybody who had clamored to buy wheat turned sellers. Large profits were represented on most of the wheat thrown over and by midday the unloading process was in full swing with prices tobogganing down hill as fast as they had ascend ed. May tumbled to 8oJc before the selling movement could be checked. From this point there was a later rise to 8 2 c followed by a setback to 8ic and a subsequent rally, the close being extremely riervous. Effect on this Country. If the War it Confined to Turkey and Greece It Will Not Do Ui Much Good. Speaking of the effect Turkey's declaration of war will have on the business interest of the United States, John Bindley, President of the Pitts burg Chamber of Commerce, said: "IS the war is confined to Turkey and Greece, it will not do us much good. Both of these countries are small importing nations, and while war there will affect certain lines of trade here, it will not cause a hoom such as we would have if all Europe generally became embroiled in the difficulty. . If tne war spreads to other nations we will have such a boom here as we never had before." STRAY PARAGRAPHS. What will the powers do now ? Kept in check spring shirts. Spain has neither money nor a good excuse. Blue Monday was postponed bv Easter Monday. Now that fast season is over things will move faster. It looks now as if the European shooting match would be pulled off at last. No. Maud dear, nurserymen are not those who make baby carriages. Quit your fooling. The men who were zoinz to legislate against the bonret had to take a back seat on Sunday. It looks as if the Gulf of Mexico was going to annex a considerable portion of the Mississippi valley. Baby's Smooth, Fair Skin Is Due to Hood's 8arsaparllla-lt Cured Him of Dreadful Scrofulous Sores- Now In Good Health. "At the age'ot two months, my baby began to have sore break oat on hia right cheek. We used all the local external ap plications that we could think or bear of, to no avail. The cores spread all over one tide ot bis face. We consulted a physi cian and tried his medicine, and In a week the sore was gone. But to my surprise in two weeks more another scrofulous look ing sore made its appearance on his arm. It grew worse and worse, and when he was three months old, I began giving him Hood's Sarsaparilla. I also took Hood's Barsaparilla, and before the first bottle wot finished, the eores were well and have never returned. He Is now tour years old, but he has never had any elgn of those scrofulous sores since he was cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, for which I feel very grateful. My boy owes hia good health and smooth, fair skin to this great medicine." Una. B. B. Wosrwr, Farm ington, Delaware. Hood's Baroaparilla is sold by all drug flats, ft, six for f&. fie ears to get Hood's. Merchant mi SUITS FROM 018, OO. W.L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE In theorld. For 14 yearn this anew, by merit ftk, hu UUUnce1 all competitors. W. I Doufflnt t.Ni, $4.iii) and $YOU hot nr the productions of RkHlerl workmen, from the best material poHMhle nt these prices. Also. rl.0 and t'j.uo shoes for men, $2.M, $3.00 and 1.75 for hoys. W. l. Douglas shoes are Indnrasd by orer l.nuMiiU wearers as the best In style, fit and durability of any shoe erer offered at the prices. They are made in all the latest shapes and styles, and of eery rarl ety of leather. Tf dealer cannot supply you, write for eata logue to W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. Bold by JONES & WALTER, Bloomsburg, Pa. PENNSYLVANIA NEWS ITEMS. Tramps, at Elkhart fatally shot John Burke, of Scranton. The Wilkes-Barre Traction Com pany paid$i95,ooo in wages last year. ; While playing near a mill race at Mainville, Ralph Kesler, a 5 -year-old boy, fell in and was drowned. Manus Harkins, of East Mauch Chunk, was run over by an engine and instantly killed on Monday. Murder in the second degree was the verdict rendered at Scranton against Andrew Pollya for 'the (killing of George Sehmo. Notwithstanding the earth had opened near their homes, two families of foreign miners at Shamokin refused to vacate until ejected by violence, as they had paid a month's rnt. Theodore Eisenhower, of She nandoah, who is undfir sentence ot death in the Schuylkill County Prison for the killing of William Schwindt, devotes most of his time to reading the Bible and prayer. Congressman Kulp on Monday appointed Robert Eby to West Point, with Nathaniel Bowers as alternate. For Annapolis, Holden Richardson was named, with Benjamin Rodgers as alternate. They were selected af ter a competitive examination. William T. Brvan has iust written a most interesting letter to Captain John J. Tobias of Mt. Carmel. The ex-presidential candidate is lull of hope for the future of bimetalism and says if the friends of the cause only stand together they are sure to win. A trio of Wilhamsport wheelmen. consisting of Geo. Lawrence, H. E. Herman and Irvin Bower, were chas ed by bears near Slabtown Sunday. but succeeded in escaping. The men were wheeling along the moun tainside near Slabtown when Bower cried out. " My God, bears are after us," and sure enough two big black bears were dashing 'down the moun tain side towards them. Reaching the road the " bars " chased the frightened cyclists for nearly a mile and once nearly succeeded in catch ing Lawrence, but fear added strength to his legs and he and the others finally wheeled themselves out of dan ger and left the bears behind in a cloud of dust and mud. The Millionaire and His Olerk. Girard, the infidel millionaire of Philadelphia, on Saturday ordered all his clerks to come on the morrow to his wharf and help unload a newly arrived ship. One young man replied quietly : "Mr. Girard, I can t work on Sun days." "You know our rules ?" "Yes, I know, I have a mother to support but I can't work on Sundays. "Well, step up to the desk, and the cashier will settle with you." For three weeks the young man could find no work, but one day a banker came to Girard to ask if he could recommend a man for cashier in a new bank. The discharged young man was at once named as a suitable person. "But," said the banker, "You dis missed him." "Yes because, he would not work on Sundays. A man who would lose his place for conscience' sake would make a tiustworthy cashier." And he was appointed. The Ptarl of Days. CORNER MAIN & MARKET Sts. I TROUSERS BLOOMSBURG PA. I FROM 05-00. A CORDIAL INVITATION TO YOU To visit our store and inspect our Spring stock of Dress Goods, Ladies' Suits, Separate Skirts, Capes, Misses' and Children's Coats. Every year we try and better the store, gather new ideas and make and keep our stock up to datJ. Always mind ful of your wants, always trying to give you the best goods for the least money. ' DRESS GOODS. Any new idea or pattern you are sure to find here. We leave no stone unturned to keep our stock at the highest point of perfection. This Spring's assortment no exception to the rule. Note this one special lot. Spring Novelties, made by Folwell Bros. & Co. of Phila., warranted not to spot or shrink, at 42c the yard. Others from 23c to $1.50 the yard. WRAPPERS. Do you know the kind we sell ? The best the market affords at the least money. Think of it. A well made wrapper of light or dark mater terial, extra wide skirt with' yoke back and front, lined to the waist at 98c ea. LACE CURTAINS. 50 pair, worth 50c, at age 50 " " 85c, at 60c. 35 " " $i.oo, at 75c 50 " " 1.25, at$ioo. 25 165, at 1.35. 85 " " 1.9c, at 1.40. as " ' 2.00, at 1.50. 5 " " 3.25, at 1.65. 5 " " 2 50. at i-7S- 50 " " 8.65, at a.oo. S " " -75. at 2.25. 13 " " 3.00, at 2.75. IS " " 400, t 3.25. " " 3 75. at 3.ro. 12 " " 5.00, at 4.00. SEPARATE SEIETS and SUITS. We call special attention to thpsp. as they are particularly nice. Skirts that are well made, lined through out, felled seams, bound with bias velveteen binding, in Plaid, Mixed Goods, Black Serge, Figured Goods and Silk, at 1.25, 1.50, 1.87, 2.75, 3.50 to $8.00. Suits, Jackets, lined with silk, and made with fly lront skirts, same as above, $6.00 to $13.00. BLOOMSBUEQ, PA. You'd Show Good Taste If you selected your paper from our stock. Fine wall paper is like fine clothes al ways noticed and admired. We couple beauty and novelty of design with a quality of paper which is seldom equalled. All we ask is your eyes, our stock will do the rest. Room Mouldings to match all papers. WILLIAM 'H. SLATS, ESCZAHSS HOTEL 2LD. HENRY W. CHAMPLIN, M.DT BURGEON AND GYNECOLOGIST. " Office over Farmer't National Bank. Hour 10 to 12 A. M., 3 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M, Residence, Third St. Wert of Jefferson. TUKPHONE. GET YOUR JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE COLUMBIAN OFFICE mm Hatter, Misses' and children's coats and capes in profusion. SHIRT WAISTS. Just mention them. Line open for your inspection. Everything of the newest material and style, 50c to $1.50 HOSIERY. We sell the kind tnat wear well, no trash in our stock. It pays to buy that kind always. Ladies' and cliil. dren's regular made double soles, high spliced heel, absolutely fast black, at 1 5c or a for 25c. Regular price 18c. Children's have double heels. DISHES. We sell twice as many dishes as any one else in town. Why ? Because our assortment is largest and finest, and we guarantee every dish we sell. Three open stock patterns ; buy what you want fiom them ; to select from. Johnson Bros.' Semi Porcciain in its newest shapes and decorations, just in, and prettier than ever. Dinner Sets in this of 100 pieces at $12.00. Others at 7.30, 9.68, 9.75, it.oo. 13.00, 14.00 and $16.00. GROCERIES. Our stock is the largest in town. Any quality and quantity you want We sell at less margin than any one else. Canned corn, 5, 10 and lajc the can. Canned Peas, ic, 12J. 14, 15, 1 8c. Asparagus, 10c. Asparagus tips, 30c. Tomatoes, 10, 3 for 25c, isjc, and isc the can. Not all juice, but good goods. Corn starch, guaranteed perfectly pure, at 4c, 7 for 250. Country lard, we sell nothing else, 7c lb., 6c by the can. ' Country breakfast bacon and shoul der, Ferris ham and bacon. Five gal. galvanized oil can, war ranted, tilled at $1 25. Have you tried the Ceres Flour. Save money by buying a bicycle for cash. For $35 we give as good value as can be had in any $85 wheel. Our $50 bicycles for service and durability are equal to the us ual $100 wheels. We have a fevv second handed bicycles in fair condition. Our prices are the lowest considering quality and in buying from us you will not burden yourself with an unnecessary debt. We do first-class repairing at reasonable prices. Bring in your work. Bloomsburg Cycls Co., 4-l-m. Rear ot Pom oSee NOTICE. DISSOLUTION "op'pARTNEBSHIP WKw'J18?0 eiUtlnd between Ih u'l f, his own name. All olUa tumlnst tne nrm will be paid by him. "- W. O. BRYFOGLB, Bloom8bur(t,Pa..AprueYrOGUS' ELECTION NOTICE, Agreeably to the provisions of an act of A Anfr. tuVth " AprtlT W5u!a Bimmihn '.1 ot liie "tockhofderi of the mffS.hrBHrttl:y ,f8ltue and Bute Nor ti, nTi'nS!.lbe ?1ta rlct will be held od a ?"n. fl1 and "ur loc in the mimtR2?i, lu Uke Dormitory, , tne Mwn 0f KSKyV- whlcU Ume Persons will thB Bmtft,or PHod on bree years ( at S t h 2,fim? I?ur Praong will be nominated th2rJ?1 h?JL5r Ppolnt two Trustees on tu?ee jlSl WU BUrve ,or ,ert0,, 01 Anrfin -B7 f, J0UN M- CLARE, April W.VMfc secretary
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