i VOL. 32 JOHN WANAMAKER SATS THERE WILL BE REVOLT AGAINST RE PUBLICAN MISRULE. ASSAULT AGAINST BOSS1SM. Ringing Proteil Against the Unscrupulous Domination ol Present Leaders. Ex-Postmaster General John Wana maker, at a banquet of the Business Men's league in Philadelphia last Fri day evening, made a remarkable speech on national and state politics, lie was the principal speaker, and said : "The number and character of the men who have met here to-day is at once a witness to the dissatisfaction throughout the state touching the existing political conditions. It is also an evidence of your deep deter mination to do something to give to Pennsylvania a better government. I believe this gathering at this time, when the air is full of patriotism, will stand as a proof or pledge that the battle begun nearly two years ago is still in progress, and going on without limit of time, strength and money until the foes of good government are compelled to ground their arms. "The country is not prosperous Since the outset of the last presidential campaign the party, press and politi cal leaders, generally, fixed the Nov ember election of 1896 as 'the date of the beginning of good times. A full half of the year has expired since the will of the Republican party was de clarecL Thus far but one of the im portant issues of. the campaign is near ing settlement, and hardly any notice able improvement of the wretched times is manifest. This tide will soon set in strongly against the Republi can party unless the depression of business is altered. Idleness and want breed a bitter discontent which will never be overcome until there are ample employments. PEOPLE ADRIFT FROM PARTY. "The foes America has to fear are not the sullen, savage Turks nor the insurrectionists of Cuba nor the territory-grasping British, but they are our own patient and heart-tired peo ple, our own suffering, much-promised people, who, betrayed and dishearten ed, no longer have faith m their party, and will turn to any leaderships that offer promise of better times, believing that worse times can never come than those now existing. It is a terrible thing to observe public sentiment adrift and uncaptained and the people sweeping away from their affection to the old party. "The young men are growing up indifferent to Republican principles, with no respect for parties of broken platforms, who use national and state patronage in payment of election con tracts. The political religion of the nation is falling lower and lower under insults to intelligence, violation of law, reckless daring of unscrupulous bosses. . There are immeasurable depths of misfortune for this nation and state if the continued use of corporation and public moneys and the dispensation of federal and state patronage continues to be controlled in the interest of officeholders to hold office for themselves and to benefit those who desire to keep government .contracts or maintain particular pro tections through the money given by which elections are decided. ' NEW PARTY BOUND TO COME. "There will most assuredly come a day when there will be a mighty re vo't and resistance, resulting in 1 revolution that will give birth to a new political party. Laws continually despised and disregarded, legislation conceived for blackmailing purpose, speculation by public officials in trust and other stocks, while tariffs and other financial bills are pending, must surely and irrevocably alienate the people from their party and awaken a disposition and desperation to substi tute almost any wild and untried leadership with the hope of possible relief. "From some points of view it might seem that there was not much to be done except to suffer and wait. To see sixty-seven counties play a state convention, to make a platform and nominate candidates for office, while all the time it is one man that consti tutes himself the convention, himself adopts a platform, himself adopts resolutions, himself nominates candi dates, and himself adjourns, is a pitia bly and discouraging spectacle ; even if two generations of our people have become accustomed to this condition of things. The newspapers, with very few exceptions, and those not in the metropolitan cities of this state, have ' accepted the situation and are silent in the face of the gravest issues that have ever confronted the people. FIOHT A HARD ONE. "It will be no easv task to undo the shackles which have grown upon us with the growth of years. There is no short cut across the field to victorv. As next winter's barns are to be filled only by plowing in the winter, sowing l .!. : 1 . in me spring anu reaping in ine sum mer, so must the plowing and plant ing be done for a crop of better methods in public affairs. In what has been done in the past year there is treat encouragement. First, there was a revelation of power, not believed to exist in Pennsylvania; second, that newly -revealed purpose to throw off the yoke of bossism has steadily grown; third, higher standards for legislation have been settled and bul warks have been thrown up against pernicious schemes ; fourth, the state has been kept informed and agitatio. and exposure have caused the aba.i donment of evil legislation ; fifth, dis may and discomfiture and dread ap prehension have followed the entire session of, the present legislature. A gallant little band of true men bave formed a phalanx in the senatef and not an inch has been yielded by the valiant members of the house. Those who have failed to rise with the op portunity will soon come to the day ol reckoning with their constituents when a million of people will review their acts. "The burning question of interest on state money is practically settled. The assured passage of the interest bill removes the anticipated issue on the treasuryship fight for this year, but the contest will be vigorously pushed for control of the county organizations that will have a vitr' bearing upon the great battle of '98, when thirty congressmen, a Unued States senator, twenty-five stato sena tors, 204 representatives, a governor, lieutenant governor and a secretary of internal affairs are to be elected. There ought by that time to be an upheaval. It will come by organiza tion. Let the bosses deal and deal, but let our work be real and real" MEMORIAL DA? AT ORANGEVILLE- The following details were made by Pealer Post No. 435 G. A. R. to dec orate the graves of deceased soldiers, viz. Jonestown cemetery, Wesley Eveland, Jersey Runyan, Benjamin Hess, Prof. S. J. Pealer, Samuel Har ison, John Hess and Jacob Shultz, on Saturday, May 29. ZION AND STILLWATER CEMETERIES. James Trump, James M. Ammer man, Wm. Unangst, Martyn Albert son, John Kreamer, Jacob Geisinger and Henry Lutz. MILLERTOWN AND MCHENRY CEMETERIES Jacob Trivelpiece, H. J. Conner, Calvin Herring, A. B. Herring, Alex. Rambo, H. C. Conner, O. P. Delong, Dennis Ambrose, A. W. Eveland, Abram Kline, Henry Bowman, Joseph Helderbrand and J. W. Evens. EBENEZER EAST AND WEST HIDLAY'S CEMETERIES. Wm. H. Stall. Tohn Coleman, Wm. Hess, Samuel Whitmire, Joseph Whit mire and Wm. Kisner. LIGHTSTREET CEMETERY. Robert Patterson, John Ammerman Isaac Crawford and George" Jacoby. All details to decorate and return to Orangeville at 12 o'clock noon, at which time the Ladies' Aid of the Union church will serve dinner in the academy grove for 15 cents apiece. After dinner the parade will form in the grove and march to Orangeville cemetery, decorate and return to the grove where addresses will be deliv ered by Prof. Lesher and others. Vocal music conducted by Prof. Vought. All old soldiers, the various orders, the Sunday Schools and every body are invited to be present on the occasion. A. B. White, Adjt. The brick house back of the Leader Company store on Fourth Street has been rented by the Bloomsburg Bicycle Club for their head quarters. Dr. C. S. Vanhorn, W. S. Rishton and I. G. Snyder were in Wilkesbarre on Friday buying the necessary lurm turc for the building. A. B. Herring of Orangeville, an nounces himself this week as a candi date for Associate Judge. Mr. Herring is well known through the county, having served in the office of county commissioner, and is competent to fill the position he now seeks. Those interested in fixing up the . .t Vits-Uonc' Phnrf-li Welti. .ciiie'will meet at that place Wed . . ' it... -Aft, v, th nf nuttin? the irrave-vard in otfei, BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1897. HILTON VS. BLOOMSBURG. The Central Pennsylvania League season opened here on Tuesday under very favorable circumstances. The weather was fine, the crowd good and everything went off very nicely witb the exception that we were defeated. Mayor Kocher,after addressing a few words to the people, tossed the ball to the diamond and the game was on. For two innings neither side count ed, but our boys broke the ice in the beginning of the third, and by the aid of some good stick work scored two runs. This little lead did not dis courage the visitors, for in their half of the same inning four men crossed tffe rubber. Both sides were blanked for the next two innings. A two base hit and a single netted one more run for Bloom in the sixth. The home team used the stick to good effect in their half of the seventh and scored two more runs. At this stage of the game the score was 5 to 4 in our favor, but it was too good to last, for the Milton boys in their half of the seventh made four more counts, and in the next inning two more of their men made the circuit of the bases. The lead could not be overcome, and Bloomsburg's first league game has to be tallied in the lost. The Milton aggregation play a very nice steady game. Both pitchers were hit pretty freely. Dunn suffered the least but his wildness at critical times is mainly responsible for our defeat. Our boys batted in very hard luck. Several times wun tnc oases lull and no one out they would make hard drivers but each time right at some fielder. The same teams play here to-morrow. The score : Bloom o o 2 o o 1 2 o o 5 Milton o 0400042 x 10 Two base hits, Bloom 5, Milton 3 Double plays, Milton 3. Errors, Bloom 5, Milton s- Batteries, Dunn and Goodhart, Crawford and Mulhall. Umpire, Forred. The League team and the High School played a practice game at the park,-Saturday afternoon. Laubach did the twirling for the High School for four innings when he gave way to Williams, and Drum was in the box for the Leaguers. Admission to the ground was free, and everybody seem ed to take advantage of it, as a large crowd was on hand. The score at the end of the ninth inning was 1 2 to 1 in favor of the Leaguers. NORMAL 14 LAFAYETTE 4, A fairly good crowd found their way to Normal field yesterday after noon to witness the Lafayette Nor- m-ii rratn tuKiVVi mun nrnmlip nf was ereatlv disappointed, as the visi. tors put up the poorest article of base o 4i ' . . hall spfin here this seasnn. The Nor- mal wac an encv winner Srntp t a a Base ball stock in Uloomsburg was away above par last night when the news reached here that our boys had downed the Shamokinites by the good score of io to 2. The news was so good that several people were inclin ed not to believe the report, but when Pop Watts wired over saying that but four hits were made on Posner, all doubt was cleared away. Here's hoping that they repeat the perform ance to-day. Base Kail Sobedule- The following is the schedule of the Central Pennsylvania League till May 28th. Tuesday, 18 Pottsville at William- sport ; Milton at Bloomsburg. Wednesday, 10 ronsvuie ai Wilhamsport ; Bloomsburg at Shamo kin. Thursday. 20 Bloomsburg at Shamokin 1 Pottsville at Milton. Friday, 2 1 Pottsville at Shamokin; Milton at Bloomsburg. Saturday, 22 Shamokin at Milton; Bloomsburg at Pottsville Monday, 24 Milton at Pottsville, Shamokin at Williamsport, Tuesday, 25 Milton at Shanokin; Williamsport at Bloomsburg. Wednesday, ao Williamsport at Shamokin ; Bloomsburg at Miltoa Thursday 27 Williamsport at Potts ville ; Shamokin at Bloomsburg. Friday, 2 Bloomsburg at William- sport 5 Pottsville at Milton. T. E. Rovs was invited to call on Mavor Kocher on Wednesday morn ing, and while there he dropped $3.20 into the town treasury. This is at the rate of six cents a foot for riding his bicvele on the pavement in front - of his residence on Market street for ahrmf en feer ahmit seven o'clock in the morning, when no one was I sight, except a policeman, THE G0MINQ FAIR. The management of the Columbia County Agricultural Society,' have concluded to return., to the former custom of making Wednesday the first day of the fair instead of Tues day. This year's exhibition will open on October 13th. The following are the purses for the races, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, '97. 2.35 Class, trotting purse $300 2.10 Class, trot or pace. . 300 300 2.30 Class, pacing 3.00 Class, trot or pace, horses owned in county by farmers at least 30 days 130 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, '97. 2.24 Class, trotting purse $300 2.40 Class, pacing " 300 2.45 Class, trotting " 300 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 6, '97. Free for all, trot or pace, .purse $400 2.24 Class, pacing " 300 2.29 Class, trotting " 300 $50 purse added to the horse making the best time under the present track record 2.16. The recital given at the Presbyter ian church last Friday evening, under the auspices of the Neal Mission Band, was a thoroughly enjoyable entertain ment. Mrs. Yorks, Mrs. Melick, Mrs. Rush Zarr, Miss Vida Miller and Mr. Frank Miller were the local talent who took part, and they are all so well known as vocalists and musicians that we shall not say more than that they performed their parts with their usual excellence. It is especially of Mr. L, Rooke Loomis, the pianist and organ ist of the occasion, of whom we wish to speak. Mr. Loomis has never seen the light of day, having been born blind, and yet he has attained a degree of perfection in music that is reached by but few people who are blessed with sight. His piano selections in cluded two very pretty compositions of his own, and two movements of! Beethoven s Moonlight sonata, Cour ante by Handel, part of Concerto No. 3 by Beethoven, Spinning Wheel song by Litolff. On the organ he played a prelude and fugue by Bach, and the Pilgrim s Chorus from lannhauser. His performance was characterized by accuracy, wondertul execution, deli cacy of touch, and Varied expression that showed the master hand. Though the selections were not what are best calculated to please the taste of the average audience, Mr. Loomis was listened to with wrapt attention by the entire audience. On Sunday morning he played some selections on the organ at the Presby- tenan church, and in the evening ne attended the Episcopal church, and the congregation remained after ser I if i i . rrt- vice to near mm piay. i ne ncccbsmy for a new organ was made more ap- parent than ever from the rattling of the pedals and action during his play. ing, at the latter cnurcn. Mr. i,oom is was the guest of Mr. R. V. West over Sundav. He made many friends while here. While out riding with a party of cyclers on Tuesday evening, near Lime Ridge one of the bicycles ridden bv a voung lady in the crowd struck a rut which .turned the wheel nearly crossways in the road. Warren Lee, who was riding directly back ot the young lady, could not stop in time and the two wheels collided. Both fell to the cround. but were not in meA The front wheel and fork of Leeg bicycle were bent out of shape, and he had to leave it at a farmhouse and walk home, a distance of about s;x m;es- jt was after midnight when he reached home, An eagle, measuring six feet and eight inches from tip to tip was the cause of attracting quite a crowd on Main Street Saturday morning. It was captured by means of a steel trap by one Robert Shultz, somewhere near Washingtonville. Mr. Shultz sold the bird to Peter Solleder, of this town for $2.50. All lovers of quoit pitching should be on hand and take part in the tour nament which will be held next week It will only cost twenty-five cents to enter the contest, and there will be two cash prizes, to the first and second best pitchers. For further informa Hon, call or address this office. There are probably twenty-five different makes of bicycles represent ed in this town, and among this'num ber are some very good wheels. One of the finest of the lot is the Ben Hurr, the workmanship and finish of which is first class in every way. It in you are thinking of buying a bicycle don't buy till you have seen it. Gidding's. IF YOU'VE READ Last Week's Papers you might have looked over our advertisements and the Wonderful Clothing Values offered by us. Have you been to the store? It would cer tainly surprise you to see ing you can buy for little money. Don t stand on ceremonies, come in at any time. ev Ask to see these values. Men's Splendid Suits $3.98 Men's Extra v well made all wool suits, light, dark and me dium colors, $5.00 The Swell Plaid Suits, black and blue cheviots and worsteds $7.50 Custom Tailored Dress Suit3, neat, gray hairline and fancy mixtures, black Worsteds, sack or cutaway. $ 1 0.00 Strictly all wool Boys' (4 to 15) Plaid Suits, easily worth $2.75. $2.00 Vestee, Junior, Blouse and Fauntleroy Suits, 1.48,2.00 2.50 and $3.50. QIOOING'S. T.IGflTY-HVb YEARS OLD. Mr. Benjamin McHenry completed his 85th year Thursday, and the oc casion was fittingly celebrated by a reunion of his brothers and sisters, his children, and grand-children, together with their wives or husbands and a bevy of fair young great-grand chil dren who made the halls ot " fort McHenry " ring with their happy laughter, for " Grand-pap " resides with his youngest son, Sheriff J. B. McHenry. Notwithstanding the inclement weather, over one hundred assembled to do the aged man honor. He with sound mind and body enjoyed him self immensely. His descendants pre sented him with a purse of twenty five dollars as a slight expression of their good-will. Among those from a distance were : Dr. M. D. Van Horn and family from Rochester, N. Y., Dr. W. E. Michael and family of Berwick, Dr. F. Lyons and wife, from Turbotville, Dr. M. McHenry and daughter of Exchange, Alfred McHenry and family from Cambra, Ira McHenry and family of Benton, Norman McHenry and family of Orangeville, and many others. To close the day's program, a pho tographer was summoned and the merry party had their pictures taken in a group. ( FISHING SEASON. Under the existing law, bass fishing season commences on tne 30m 01 May The change was made a few years ago from the first of June, and was brought about by a former mem ber of the State lush Commission, W. L. Powell of Harrisburg, in order that fishermen might take advantage of the sport on Decoration day. The 30th of May this year falls on bunday, and whether or not it would be violat ing the law to fish for bass on Satur day we are unable to say. H. H. Rutter, son of Dr. J. C. Rutter of this town, and brother of J. C. Rutter. Tr. of the Bloomsburg Daily office, who has been the editor and proprietor of the Hughenille Mail, a neat and newsy Journal for the last fourteen years, has sold out the same to A. H. Shimp, of WUliam BPort. and gone to Muncy where he will give his entire ; attention to his recent venture, the Muncy Democrat. NO. 20 Gidding's. how much good cloth Special bargains in children's waists. All our 25c waists 19c. Friday and Saturday 3 lines of 75c and $1 Mother's Friend waists, .50 Fancy colored blouse waists with ruffle, age 3 to 8, 50c and 75c kind, .39 Beautiful White Gauze drlss waists with full ruffle, .50 EXTRA SPECIAL. 12 dozen Men's Fast Color percale shirts, with two collars and cuffs, large sizes only 15 to 17, regular $1 value to close out, .25 Boys' and men's cotton sweat ers, the 50c grade, at .19 Mens' and boys' underwear, American Balbriggan, 25 and 50 cts a Suit. DEATH OF WILLIAM G. GIRTON William G. Girton, a well known and respected citizen of Bloomsburg, died at his home on Sixth Street Fri day morning last, aged sixty-seven years. The deceased was a son of John K. Girton, who died twenty-two years ago. He came to Bloomsburg in 1874, was a soldier, a member of the Odd Fellows of Espy, and from 1888 to 189 1, served as County Com missioner. A wite and lour children survive. The funeral, conducted by Rev. M. E. McLinn, took place Tuesday afternoon. Interment in Rosemont Cemetery. GOAL ON TEE JUMP. The Reading Coal Company's May circular has been issued, and it gives notice of the advance in the price of coal. It has always been the custom of coal dealers to mark up rates as the season advances, when the sup plies of coal are laid in for the coming winter. The prices quoted in early spring are always the lowest of the year, and the prices quoted for this month are as high as those of last July, which fact is causing consider able alarm among the dealers. Each succeeding month from now on will see an advance in the price, which by the time fall arrives, will be away up. BANKING COMPANY SUED. H. A. McKiUip, receiver of Bloomsburg Iron Co., has brought several suits against the individual stockholders of the Bloomsburg Bank ing Co., to recover money deposited by him in the bank. Unless the stockholders come together and agree upon some plan tor paying their debts, many more suits are likely to follow, in which event the costs will be sever al thousand dollars. A new company, to be known as the Bloomsburg Brewing Company, was formed in town last week. The directors of the new firm are John Shigo and Peter Magagna of Freeland, and Oscar Alexander, Lesser Alexan der and J. R. Townsend of this town. Oscar Alexander is the treasurer. The solicitors, Grant Herring and Robert Buckingham were instructed to prepare the notice for incorporation. It is the intention to erect a fine, large brewery here in the near future. ,. lift
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