THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. ESTABLISHED 1869. Ue eWuntfjta democrat, ESTABLISHED 1837. CONSOLIDATED 1809. CBL1SUE3 VKHV TUfWHDAY MOKK1NO t Hlooinsburg, the County seat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. .4 HO. E. ELWELL Editor. I). J. TASKEK, Local Kditoh. KO. ('. HOAX, FOKBMAN. V.tn.ns: Inside tne county fl.OOayearln ad nooj $1.50 If not paid lu advance Outalde he county, $1.85 a year, strictly in advance, 4 U communications should be addressed to TIIK COLUMBIAN. Bloomsburg, Pa. THLKMJAY, OCTOBER 21, 1897. Democratic) State Ticket- FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, WALTER E. RITTER ol Lycoming county. FOR STAl K TREASl'RER, M. E. BROWN of Indiana county. Democratic County Ticket. FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE, A. U. 1IERR1JNG of Orangeville, FOR SHERIFF, W. W. BLACK of Rohrjlmrg. FOR JURY COMMISSIONER, G. B. HUMMER of Sugarloaf. FOR CORONER, W. A. GERRITV of Ccntralia. ATTENTION, DEMOCRATS. The Democratic County Committee is exerting every effort toward the re organization of our party in this county upon such broad minded principles tli it their work cannot fail to prove t xli permanent and effective for the common good of our Democracy. The re-organization includes not a fcorcd few, but every Democratic Voter in Columbia conntv. K.vrv voter is requested to be a vigilance committee within himself and to real ize that he, and every Democrat has important work to do in this and all future campaigns. Every Democrat is un?ed to assume upon himself the responsibilities of nis voting district and to take personal pride in having the entire vote of his own aisinct ponea on the and of No- vemDer. It is a part of the dan of the ing election to have the vote cast at an eariy nour in the day ; this is an important feature, and all eond Dem. ocrats ai e urged to set the example for their friends and neighbors by go ing to the polls early in the morning 11 possiDie, or at all events not later than 2 o'clock in the afternoon. This valuable suggestion applies to all Dem ocrats wunout exception, and all are urged to accept and to act upon it with a hearty good will. We have never witnessed in any campaign, and more particularly in an off year, so much interest displayed by the average voter, as we see at the present time. This is both pleasing and gratifying to note, and offers conclusive evidence that the Democrats of our county are awakened to a sense of individual duty and are resolved to wrest our Democ racy from her past lethargy and to re store to our county her former pres tige of being the Banner Democratic County of the old Keystone State. Judging from the present harmony existing within our ranks, from the fair methods and great activity of our Standing Committee, from the general dissatisfaction of all parties with the present State and National Adminis tration, we predict, and feel safe in as serting it, that at our coming election the Democratic majority in this county will be greater than it has been for several years. Let us stand together in union and in harmony for the noble cause of our Democracy, and place the organization of our county in such a condition that we can roll up a ma jority of 3000 votes for a Democratic Governor next fall. Go to the polls early and vote the straight Democratic ticket, Tuesday, November the 2nd. Aged Couple to Wed. There probably never has been a wedding like the one which will occur in Watertown, N. Y., on October 20, the bride being 91, and the groom, 88. The former is the widow of John A. Sherman, who left to his widow a for tune and a splendid mansion. The groom is B. F. Hunt, of Bridgeport, Conn. He has had two wives. Mr. Hunt and Mrs. Sherman were schoolmates many years ago, and when he went to Waterloo this sum mer to visit old friends, Mrs. Sherman was among the number. It was then that Mr. Hunt's fancy turned to thoughts of love. He proposed, and was accepted, and the wedding is to be a grand affair, and as gay as flow ers, music and money, can make it. MANY VICTORIES. As Recorded for the Democrats in - the Municipal Elections Held Thus Far This Year What They Mean as Distinguished from What the Disappointed Republican Leaders Would Have the People Think They Mean. One of the most difficult tasks im posed upon the Republican leaden this year is that of explaining that the result of the bye elections are evi dences of an increasing popular lean ing to non-partisanship in municipal and state affairs and in no wise indi cate reaction against Republican rule. Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Canton, Newark, Jersey City, Indian apolis, Chattanooga, Nashville, and practically all the other cities that have chosen municipal officers in 1897, have reversed the verdict of last fall and given the Democracy pleasing and in many instances decid edly remarkable triumphs. It is just a little bit astonishing, if all this be as our Republican friends contend, nothing more than an ex pression of the desire of the people of our cities to divorce their city governments from partisan politics, that the Democrats should have been so uniformly the gainers in the pro cess. Such a fact would indicate that, however it may be as to national affairs, Republicans cannot according to the belief of our best citizens, be safely entrusted with the administra tion of our municipal governments. And if thev be thus faithless as to a few things, how can they be held faithful as to many ? Another remarkable circumstance, that comes into conflict with the Re publican view, h the fact that in nearly all these cities that have re pudiated Republicanism and come over to Democracy, or have so largply increased the Democratic majorities. the Democrats have run" upon plat forms re-aftirming the principles of the party faith as last year laid down, nationally, at Chicago. It is more than probable that the verdict with which our Republican friends are satisfying themselves is born rather of their desires than of a dispassionate review of the facts. And it is probable also that they know, quite as well as we do, that the potent factor in all these victories was the fact that the working people were not voting under such duress as last fall, that they are not satisfied with the complete failure of the Republi can administration to redeem the promises made by its leaders in the presidential campaign, and that they are making ready in every section to have their revenge for the deception and try political sailing on another lack from now on. The withdrawal of Swallow and Thompson, with counsel to their following to turn in for Brown and Ritter, would be a sensible procedure. in the interest of a consolidation of the reform forces. There is no way in which they could give more con vincing proof of their loyalty to the cause of reform, and the sincerity of tneir proposed desire for the downing of the Quay machine. Notice to the Democratic Voters. We are authorized to announce to the Democratic Voteis of Columbia County that a Beautiful Flag will be presented to the Election District polling the greatest percentage of an increased Democratic Vote over and above the vote of 1896. You will notice that the result is to be determined by the percentage and not by the number of votes : thus making it fair to all Districts regard less of size or the number of voters therein. The committee appointed to decide the contest and award the flag are the following competent gentle men : Prof. John K. Miller, County Supt Prof. E. E. Garr. Principal Berwick High School. Prof. W. C. Johnson, Ex-Countv Supt. Get out vour whole vote. One voter staying at home may lose the flag for your District. Let every Democrat vote and vote straight. State News Epitomized- Governor Hastings may eo to Ohio next week to assist Mark Hanna in his campaign. Instead of eold and silver. David Bechtel, lessee of a South Mountain farm, near Reading, found a mica quarry, for which he refused $13,000. Over 2.000 excursionists, from all over the State, toured the Gettys burg battle field on Saturday. The Pennsylvania Steel Works. near Harrisburg, have 1,000 more men at work than they had a year ago. Peter Subris unwittingly walked into a dynamite blast in a quarry near Clearfield on Saturday and his body was blown to atoms. With a bocus check for $8.oo a stranger swindled Undertaker J. S. Calvert, at Jersey Shore, and got him to chase all over the county lookinc for a bogus corpse. THJ3 ONLY PROBLEM. Will the Democrats Come Out ? If so, Brown and Ritter Will Both be elected The Absurdity of the Pro posal That 433,000 Shall Abandon the Field to an Insignificant 19,000. Probably the most inexcusable blunder a Democratic voter could make would be the casting of a vote for either Swallow or Thompson. Each of these gentlemen may prove a useful instrumentality for reform, but only to the extent of the votes they may succeed in luring from the Re publican party. Every Democratic vote given to either will be a vote lost to the good cause at stake and a half vote for Republican ring rule. Democratic administration in 1883 and again in 1896, though only partial, checked extravagance and closed the door to a considerable ex tent against thievery. And this boom was secured because the Democrats in those years were wise enough not to throw away their strength upon Prohibitionists or Independents, but allowed the Republicans a monopoly of that business and themselves voted their straight party ticket. The situation of those years is vir tually repeated this year and the same tactics will bring an equally gratifying victory. Messrs. Brown and Ritter are at least the peers of either Swallow or Thompson in ability. They are gen tlemen of unassailed rectitude. They are SDlemnly pledged to complete and unrelenting retrenchment and reform. And they have a chance of being elected, which certainly will not be seriously declared as to either Swallow or Thompson, by any man having even the remotest comprehension of the political possibilities m Penn sylvania. Some of Swallow's super enthusias tic friends have gone so far as to give out that Mr. Brown was to withdraw in his favor. It is needless to say that there never was the least reason for expecting such a silly move, neither Mr. Brown nor his friends ever even for an instant entertained the possibility of it. It would be the rankest absurdity for an organized force of 433.000 voters to abandon the field to an insignificant minority of 19.000. and these latter handi capped by Prohibitionism, a policy the people of Pennsylvania are not likely to accept for many years to come, if ever. There is but one unsolved problem in the fight against the Treasury Ring and its iniquities. Will the Demo crats come out ? If they do, the election of Messrs. Brown and Ritter is assured. The factional feuds in the Republican party, and the disgust of the better element cf its followers evoked by the rascalities of its leaders will render it impossible for that party, to poll much more than fifty per cent, of its 1896 vote. Brown and Ritter will be the next state treasurer and auditor general if the Democrats wish it and will come to the polls to regis ter that desire. The decision of Judge Simonton merely gives the intended interpreta tion to a law specifically designed to allot to an adjunct of the Quay ma chine the pickings incident to the erection of a new capitol. The com mission can be rescued from the malign influences that now condemn it in the public estimation, through the election of Messrs. Brown and Ritter. That of itself is good enough reason for voting for these gentlemen. Pope's Gift to McKinley. London : Pope Leo has forward ed to President McKinley a copy of a magnificent book, illustrating and describing the Borghese apartments in the Vatican. Copies of this luxuri ous work, of which only 100 were printed, and of which every resource of the engraver's and printer's and the bookbinder s arts have been ex hausted, have been sent to Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, Queen victoria ana the queen regent of Spain. Collectors have offered big sums for it without avail. Sleepless Nights Run Down In Health-Constant Pains In Arms and Shoulders A Valuable Clft-Health, Appetite and Sleep Pains are Cone. "I was run down In health and could hardly keep on my feet. The loast exer tion would cause palpitation and I would feel as though I wag being smothered. My nights were sleepless and I telt worse in the morning than when I retired. My liver was out of order and I had constant pains in my arms and shoulders and numbness in my limbs. I was sometimes dizzy and would tall. My eon gave me two bottles ot Hood's Sarsaparilla and they proved of more value than a very oostly gift. In a short time after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla I had a good appetite, sleep came back to me and the pains all '.eft me." Mas. Annie E. Btetteb, 621 Marietta Ave., Lancaster, Fa. bod's s oarilla U the Hest-ln fuct the One True Blood Purifier. Bulil by ull (IniKKlats. Price tl, six tor 1 5. H,r-mil, are the Ix-Bt after-dinner IIOOU S HlllS plib, ttid digestion, we. READY FOR THE FALL OF 1897. We announce to the public that our stock for the coming season is now complete in every department We are now showing a large and new line of Woolens purchased before the new Tariff Bill went into effect which means a saving of 15 to 20 per cent, to the buyer. We are now offering Fall Suits at the old pi ices' Our line of Over CoatingsSuitings and Trouserings are more numerous than ever. We are putting up Fali Suits in City Style and at the lowest prices, conistent with good material and skilled workmanship. Four Toints We Pay Special Attention To: Correct Style, Reliable Goods, Perfect Fit and Lowest Prices. Our long experience in the business enable us to give our customers full value for their money. Our Garments are made by skilled workmen, our work we guarantee in every respect. A fine display now on exhibition in the window of JTOMN B. T0WSi"JEM, Merchant Tailor, But One Way to Save the State. There is only one way to have the state capitol built within reasonable cost and in time and that is by the election ol Brown and Ritter, who, as state treasurer and auditor general, can co-operate with the governor to secure that result. There is only one way to open the books, and expose as fully as possible the rascality that has evidently been running riot in official circles in Harris burg, and that is by the election of Brown and Ritter. There is only one way to rebuke the professional managers of Republi can factions and rings who have at last disgusted the decent men of their own party, and that is by the election of Brown and Ritter. This is the only way to accomplish these things. This is the only way to turn the rascals out, because it is evi dently quite impossible to secure the election of either Swallow or Thomp son, while it is easily within the bounds of possibility to elect the Democratic candidates if good citizens will unite to do so. Good citizens of Republi can faith who are thoroughly aroused by the shameful revelations of misrule in Pennsylvania, and who are in earn est in their professions of disgust and in their eagerness to '-turn the rascals out," should vote for those candidates of high personal reputation who have a chance of winning, and should do it boldly and talk about it, in order that personal influence may be added to the force of ench ballot, and that as many as possible may be encouraged to do the same. Democrats will support their candi dates as strongly as ever, for there is no reason under the sun why they should not, but men who have held aloof from Democracy can now have no good excuse for doing so. There is no other way to rescue Pennsylvania from the unwonhy hands into which she has fallen. Ex. OHAELbS A. DANA DEAD. Charles A. Dana, Editor of the New York Sun, one of America's lead ing journals, died at his home in Glen Cove, L. I., shortly after noon on Sunday last. Mr. Dana's death had been expected and his family were at the bedside when the end came. Charles Anderson Dana was born at Hinsdale, N. H., Aug. 8, 1819. Two years later his parents removed to Gaines, Orleans county, N. Y., where on the banks of the Erie canal, and afterward in Buffalo and at Guild hall, Vt, the childhood of this remark. able man was spent. Two winter terms in a country district school and two years in college constituted the whole of Mr. Dana's experience of any system of education in which he was not himself master as well as pupil. He entered Harvard in 1839 at the age of twenty. His eyesight was seriously affected, by too close application, and he was obliged to leave his class at the end of the sopho more year. Although he was pre vented from comnletinff the rnnrce the university afterward gave him his degree. He learned to read, write and speak fluently, and with absolute t . 1 - . . accuracy, uerman. Italian, Spanish, Portugese and French. Danish. and Old Norse, and was a finished master ot ureek and Latin. Mr. Dana's active career as a jour nalist began in 1844 on Elizur Wright's Boston Chronotype. In 1847 he went to New York and became the city editor of the Tribune, for $10 a week. The French revolution of 1848 cirew mm to Europe, whence he wrote weekly letters to the Tribune, the Philadelphia North American and other papers. He remained ahrnnd eight months and then returned to me 1 rioune, where he labored with Horace Greeley. Bavard Tavlnr ami a galaxy of brilliant men. He took possession of the vi York Sun early in 1868, and from that time up to his death has been its editor. The funeral took place yesterday from his late hv.me. Services were read in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Glen Cove, L. I and interment in tne cemetery adjoining that church. George M. Pullman," the multi millionaire, railroad masnate and in. ventor of the Pullman palace car. died of heart disease at his home in Chicago at an early hour Tuesday mcrning. Mr. Pullman leaves a for tune variously estimated at from $3,000,000 to $50,000,000. lie is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter. Hatter, and October Necessities. "With the coming of Autumn's frost fringed breezes, real shopping demands appear. All preparations have ceased, and October announces stock completion. Variety now fills' the space of every department; rich colorings take the place of delicate tints and fabrics of weight and warmth command at tention. Tariff prospects caused early buying ; stock selections can't last; re-orders must cost more. It will be to your advan tage therefore to make early purchases. Don't wait. Dress Haterials. The exhibit pictures a study of Fashion from every quarter. The color artist, the man at the loom, was certainly at his best this season. For never has color blending shown up so charmingly nor the weaving so universally artistic as is seen in the new material. Full line of latest novelties for Fall Drest-es at prices to suit you, 42,4-3, 43,50. 50, 00c. Broadcloths. "We call special atteution to these goods. They are the leaders in fashion this year and we have them in all shades. 50 in. wide, equal to any sell ing at 85c, 70c yd. 52 in. wide, equal to any that bring 125, $1.00 yd. Separate Dress Patterns, no two alike, $1.25 yd. Coats & Capes. The late arrival of 50 Fall and Winter Wraps complete the stock. Parisian, to be sure in idea only, though copies, they are marvelous counter parts, would be more than double the mice if real impor tations, as it is we sell them as follows : Black, Beaver Clolh, high 3 notched collar, buttons high to the neck, newest cut, $4 (O. Equal to any $0 coat elsewhere. Black Kersey, plain tailor made, fly front, lap seams, un linpd, $0,00. Always sells for $8.00. A new rough effect cloth, also in an all wool Black Ker sey, faced with Satin Radimer, trimmed with Buckles, $0.00. Black, all wool Kersey, also in the new rough effect cloth, elegantly made, lined through out with striped and figured taffeta ; coats that pell in other stores for $15, we are offering you while they last at $11.00. It? t F-. we nave the finest line of Children's Coats, from 2 to P, years, to be found anywhere. We do not claim thfiv'ai-A 1 1 cheapest, but we do claim they are lUADE JJEST, t lT J3 EST AND Look Best when worn. TJn. ings match, and they are made Panel '''& BLOOMSBURG, PA, Powder Mill Explosion. A powder mill near Brandonville in the Catawissa Valley, owned by me oncnanooan powder works, blew UD at IUO O'clock Slindav mnrninir The detonation of the explosion was heard at considerable distance, but the inhabitants of the vicinity have Decome so accustomed to explosions at these works recentlv that thev rlul not experience much alarm. This was the fifth explosion at these works within a very brief period. The diy house exploded about two weeks ago. This time the mill building is des troyed. The cause of the explosion is unknown. No one injured. Cascarets stimulate liver, kidnevs and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. loc. 4 1 iy Gents Furnisher, with full skirt, any trifle higher in price, but also Children's and Misses' lleefere. Capes. Our line of Capes is all you can desire. We have them in Cloth. English Curl, .Astrikan, and Plush. We call special attention to the English Curl Cape at $5. Dressing Sacks. Z Anyone wishing a Drepsing Sack enn't go amiss on one of these. We have them in Blue, Red, Pink and Grav, at 00c, 100, 1.25," and $1.50. Blankets. We always pride ourselves on the quality of Blankets we sell. We have people come from the cities of Wilkesbane and Scrantou to buy Blanket of us. Why? We always have the Best Blankets for the least money. Two special ones just now, and the rest are priced in same proportion. A good Blanket at 3Gc pair, Same sold last year at 50c. Here is our Hummer, an all wool, 11-4 Blanket, full weight at $2.7G pair. Brings $4.00 at other stores. Shoes. We don't pay big rent to sell you shoes, consequently we sell cheaper than shoe stores. Our Fall Line is Complete now and here are three for a sample. Hough's Rochester Shoos, coin toe, common sense heel, kid tip. sells at shoe stores at $3.00, for $2.50 Hough's Rochester Shoes coin toe, common sense heel, $3.25. Shoe store prices $4. Laced calfskin shoes at $3. Lamps. We never tire of telling you of our Lam rs. We nre nroud of our assortment of them. It is the iinest to be found any where, and prices are lower by far. We have them in China and Metal. The metal ones are Gold Plated, and will not tarnish. AH prices, all shapes and an almost endless variety. Saimn AUDITOR'S NOTICE. K.Uat of A. J. Kran, tat of Mi Tmrn Of liloomtvurg, dnnanfd, Th undrrslgni-d auditor, apimlnted hit tlir Or lilMHK' Court of Columbia Count 1 to diurlhut balance off una In Intuit of rtrcutor ok stiaim byftrnt and Una! account, to partie rntitlrd thrrf to. wilt at hi vlttcti in lilovntshurg fur the forma hc ofh in dutlm on MoiuUw, Sonmlur l 1UI.? ... lit ....t....L .... ...I...... nil .WW. t 4 ui.Kji- 11. 711 , ivnrn 11 iu ti'wm m- noitt hinting claim tnunl apH-ar and prfseii: tli mie. or Im furmrr altnrrm from mm iir Uf mid fund . K U A1.I.KH. lO-'.'l-U. A uditur. PARKER'S ClrJCER TOM 10 ftm Lung TtoublM, TbUtj, dlnrenlng noiiurk (.m.leUlfc and t Doled tur nimkinl iuim when Il oUu irftuo.nl lailf. err mother and Invalid ahoold liv- uin nm ciM CTaaima aud brautiflea Prvmutuf a luturiant ffrowth. ffaver Tail, to Jloatora Oray llair to It. Youthful Co or Cuna acalp dlam ! faUu IIMnennAnaiu . v a. SUBSCRIBE FOll ... TUE COLUMBIA.1
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