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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Columbia Oounty Prohibition Convention
Prohibitionists of Columbia county
met in convention at Catawissa in the
Opera House, on May i2tb, at 2
o'clock p. m. Called to order by
county chairman, W. B. Cummings,
S. W. Dickson, Berwick, was chosen
chairman and Horace Breece and
Rev. S. A. Creveling, secretaries.
Chairman Dickson appointed the
following committees . On permanent
organization, M. P. Lulz, G. A. Potter
and Thos. Seabourne. On resolutions,
Rev. M. E. McLinn, J. S. Hicks and
Rev. M. H. Albeck.
Hon. Chas. L. Hawley, of Scranton,
was the choice of the convention for
President Judge and conferees ap
pointed to meet with conferees ot
Montour county. The following are
the conierees, M. M. Albeck, VV. B.
Cummings and Horace Breece.
Senatorial conferees were appoint
ed to confer with like committes from
Lycoming, Sullivan and Montour
counties to name a candidate for State
Senate for the 24th district as follows:
Thomas Seabourne, G. A. Potter and
W. J. Bidleman.
Congressional conferees were ap
pointed to confer with like committees
from Northumberland, Sullivan and
Montour counties to name a candi
date for Congress from the 17th dis
trict, as follows : Rev. A. H. Smith,
M. P. Lutz and P. D. Black.
Two members of the State Central
committee were elected : VV. B. Cum
mings and Jacob Brobst.
Delegates and alternates to State
convention were elected as follows :
Delegates: Rev. M. M. Albeck,
Millville; Dr. \V. E. Michael, Ber
wick ; John Eves, Millville ; Rev. M.
E. McLinn, Bloomsburg ; M. P. Lutz
and wife, Bloomsburg; C. R. Cox,
Millville; S. W. Dickson, Rev. j. C.
Reeser, R. L. Kline, Jacob Baum,
Berwick; and G. A. Potter, Millville.
Alternates : P. D. Black and Mrs.
J. Utt, Rohrsburg; W.J. Bidleman,
Bloomsburg; Boyd Dodson, O. V.
Taylor, Rev. P. H. Brewster, Berwick;
Aaron Kester, Frank Wilson, Miss
Allie Kester, Mrs. John Eves, Mrs.
Rev. M. M. Albeck, Millville, and
Benj. Dyke, Millville.
The convention authorized the
county chairman to fill any vacar.cies
which may occur in the delegation of
delegates.
John Eves, of Millville and J. Harry
Eisenhower, of Centralia, were nomi
nated for Representatives to the
Legislature.
Finances were then considered.
The chairman after presenting the
need o f the party introduced Dr. C.
H. Meade, who made a strong appeal
to those present. Joseph Bruner and
J. F. Wright then passed subscription
papers and a liberal response was
made.
The Committee on Resolutions
made the following report which was
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, we look upon war with a
horror, as spreading desolation a-d
destruction on every hand, yet this is
not to be compared with the destruc
tion of life and the dearest interests of
society, the home and the church,
caused by the legalized traffic in intoxi
cating liquors. Against this fearful
curse the Prohibition party is the
people's only defense. A corrupt legis
lature and state government, squand
ering and misappropriating the people's
money, has made our state an object
of contemptuous pity among the sister
commc .wealths. A brave Prohibi
tionist has dared expose the existing
evils. Prohibitionists in the legisla
ture and gubernatorial chair can be
trusted to make and enforce such
laws as would protect further raids on
the pubb'c treasury. In view of these
things and inasmuch as no other party
is free from the saloon and other cor
rupting influences, therefote be it
Resolved, That the Prohibitionists
of Columbia County in convention
assembled atCatawissa, Pa., this 12th
day of May, 1898, recognizes Almighty
God as the source of all power in gov
ernment, to whose laws all human
enacti. 1 '.s should conform as a con
dition of national prosperity and
happiness.
2nd. That we are in favor of the
tree use of the ballot irrespective of
sex.
3rd. That we hereby reaffirm the
principles of our national and state
platforms by recognizing the liquor
traffic as the national foe to every pur
pose for which the government exists,
and declaring its overthrow to be the
dominant issue in American politics.
4th. That as we present the broad
purpose of the commonweal against
the common foe, with the high object
expressed in our platform and with
the determination of earnest people
irrespective of previous party affilia
tions, to work and to vote for the
triumph of these grand principles which
shall ensure to our noble common
wealth an era of glory and prosperity
hitherto unknown.
M. H. ALBECK, )
M. E. MCLINN, vCom.
J. S. HICKS, )
The following resolution was intro
duced by VV. B. Cummings and unani
mously adopted :
Resolved, that it is the unanimous
voice of this body that the delegates
representing the Columbia County
Prohibition party at the state conven
tion shall cast their influence and vote
for the nomination for Governor for
Dr. S. C. Swallow, the hero of reform
in Pennsylvania politics and for Ster
ling VV. Dickson, of Berwick, Lieu
tenant Governor.
Rev. M. M. Albeck offered the
following resolution which was adopt
ed unanimously :
Resolved, that inasmuch as the
press is a mighty factor in influencing
public opinion by educating the popu
lar mind and inasmuch as the Pro
hibition party of Columbia county has
no officially recognized organ, there
fore,
Resolved, that the Columbia County
Prohibition party in convention as
sembled in Catawissa this twelfth day
of May 1898 does hereby unanimous
ly endorse and adopt as its official
organ the publication known as
"Good Tidings," edited and publish
ed by VV. B. Cummings, and
Resolved, that we give the publica
tion our hearty support in every way
and commend it to the careful atten
tion of the general public.
The Congressional Conferees ap
pointed asked for instructions. Mo
tion adopted to leave matter entirely
in their hands as to candidate.
The Senatorial Conferees appoint
ed asked for instructions. Motion
adopted to leave matter entirely in
their hands as to candidate.
An able outline plan of coming
campaign was heard by convention
from Rev. M. M. Albeck. After full
discussion following resolution was
adopted:
Rezo/ved, that the committee on
Meeting be authorized to obtain
volunteer speakers for campaign work,
the appointments and arrangements
for speakers to be in the hands of this
committee, and that each speaker be
authorized to solicit funds for county
work, the speakers expense to be paid
from county funds.
Resolved, , that at one meeting held
at each place an enrollment of
Swallow voters be made and returned
to the county chairman as a basis for
estimates.
After many suggestions from vari
ous delegates on the conduct of the
coming campaign, state of the party,
etc., and no further business appear
ing the convention at 5:20 adjourned
to the Banquet hall, second floor of
Ervin's Confectionery where a feast
was spread for the inner man by host
P. B. Ervin. Rev. M. M. Albeck was
toastmaster. The following were the
toasts and responses:
"The Saloon Power in Politics"
M. P. Lutz.
"The Logical Attitude of a Christ
ian Toward the Liquor Traffic" Rev.
M. E. McLinn.
"Prohibition Politics vs Old Party
Politics" C. R. Cox.
"Our County Organizatioh" Tho
mas Seabourne.
"Dr. Swallow as a Patriot" S. W.
Dickson.
"The Outlook and How Can We
Take Capital Hill" Dr. Meade.
The day closed by a Mass Meeting
in the Opera House at 8 o'clock, ad
dressed by Dr. Meade and Rev. A.
H. Smith.
H. BREECE, Secretary.
Married.
On Saturday morning May 14th
at the parsonage of Trinity Reform
ed Church, by the Rev. C. H.
Brandt, Mr. Harry H. Mcßride
and Lizzie E. Rice both of Blooms
burg.
Zry Ihe COL UMBLAN a year.
THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA.
GLADSTONE'S END NEAR.
Thfl Attending l'hynlclnns Expect Hie
I)enth Within Twenty-fonr Hours.
London, May IS.—Henry Gladstone,
third son of the ex-premler, left Lon
don for Hawarden by special train. He
had been summoned to his father's bed
side, as the venerable statesman Is
sinking rapidly.
Mr. Gladstone passed a bad night. His
sleep was broken and he was much
weaker this morning. At 4 o'clock yes
terday he appeared to have weakened
greatly since morning.
A bulletin irsued by Mr. Gladstone's
physicians at Hawarden says there has
been a serious failure in his strength
within the last six hours.
WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE.
His pulse is with difficulty perceptible
at the wrist, his extremities are cold
and very little nourishment can be
taken.
Jt is the opinion of the doctors -that
unless there is a speedy anu decided
rally Mr. Gladstone cannot live twenty
four hours longer.
William Ewart Gladstone was born In
Liverpool December 29, ISO 9. He en
tered Eton at twelve. He graduated
from Oxford In 1831, with the highest
honors. At twenty-two years of age he
was returned to the House of Com
mons as a Tory from the borough of
Newark. He became a Liberal between
1850 and 1860. He was made prime
minister of England in 1868. He intro
duced the Irish Lund Bill in 1870 and
the Home Rule bill in 1886. The latter
was defeated and Gladstone resigned.
In 1592 he became premier again. In
March, 1594, he resigned and retired af
ter sixty-two years of active political
life.
He was married In 1539 to Catherine
Glynne, daughter of Sir Thomas R.
Glynne. They were never separated for
more than a day in nearly sixty years.
They had eight children, five of whom
are living.
NEW SPANISH TRICK.
Schooner Ret Adrift by Itlunco to Wreck
Our Torpedo Hoots.
Key West, May , IS. —The gunboat
Wilmington reported that yesterday
she sank a schooner heavily loaded and
set adrift by Spaniards to wreck our
ships.
Captain Todd saw the schooner,
which was of about sixty tons burden
and dismantled, beating along toward
Matanzas, In line of our ships. Car
wheels and iron were on the deck, and
If the wreck had struck a torpedo boat
it would have sunk her. Wires were
seen running along the schooner's side
and it was feared to send a boat be
cause of probable electrical arrange
ment and powder aboard. Consequent
ly Captain Todd sunk her with four
shots. The schooner disappeared amid
the cheers of the Wilmington's crew.
Every conceivable thing in the way of
barrels and boxes floated away after
the schooner went down. Captain Todd
said it was evidently a new Spanish
trick. The boat had prooably been set
adrift at Havana and had floated thirty
miles.
Could Tnkc Cardenas.
The Wilmington people said that Car
denas could have been taken on the 11th
with 1,000 men, and the Winslow
avenged. The city Is stilll smouldering
from the effects of the bombardment.
They heard that Blanco notified Ma
drid that the two Spanish gunboats In
L'ardenas bay were totally disabled by
the American fire and that the town
was at the Americans' mercy. The
gunboats have not stirred since the
bombardment.
BLANCO'S CONSCRIPTION ORDER.
What Refugee ut Kingston Sny of Condi
tions lu Havana.
Kingston, Jamaica, May 17.—The Cu
ban provisional governnlbnt has direct
ed insurgent sympathizers not to try to
evade, in garrison cities, General Blan
co's conscription order forcing into the
ranks of the volunteers all males from
15 to 45 years of age. Refugees who re
cently arrived heye by the French
steamer Fulton from Havana, and who
have since been released from quaran
tine, say that the Cubans in Havana
are joining the volunteers by hundreds.
Spain is thus arming enemies ready to
rise at an oppoitune time and desert.
The Spaniards In Havana, for a com
munal police purpose, spy out Cuban
sympathizers and cause their arrest.
Our Agent Sees Gomel.
Key West, Fla„ May 18.—The gun
boat Wilmington brought former
American Vice Consul Jova here. He
Is the bearer of important dispatches to
this government.
Jova reached the Cuban coast on
Wednesday in a small boat, with Pilot
Daniel Broche and was chased by a
Spanish gunboat, but escaped. He was
joined by Cubans and reached General
Gomez's camp in one day at Reforma
Santa Clara. He stayed there one day
und reports Gomez as anxious to know
when the Americans will move on
Cuba.
On returning ova had a small boat
In hiding waiting for the Wilmington,
when a Spanish gunboau appeared to
head him off. The Wilmington fright
ened oft the gunboat which at six miles
began to fire furiously.
Jova says Spanish troops are all be
ing hurried westward, as an Ameri
can attack is expected there.
TO THE WHEELMEN OF BLOOMS
BURG, PA-
The following letter is published by
request :
Dear Friends :
The preservation of the American
Sabbath is of vital importance to this
Republic. It is not only essential to
the life and growth of the christian
church but it is equally essential to
the perpetuity and prosperity of the
State. This christian nation can not
long maintain its moral character,
and its moral influence over the other
nations of the Earth if we forget God
and ignore his holy day. A land
without a Sabbath is a land seriously
lacking in morals and true religion,
and is an unsafe and undesirable
place in which to live. Nearly all our
great men have definitely testified
that to the Christian Sabbath we owe
both our civil and religious liberty.
Daniel Webster said : "The longer I
live the more highly I estimate the
Sabbath, and the more grateful do I
feel to those who impress its impror
tance on the community." Charles
Sumner said : "If we would preserve
our political liberties we must sanctify
as well as fortify the Republic, mak
ing it at once citadel and temple."
Ralph Waldo Emerson called Sunday
"the core of civilization." It is clear
ly evident that the welfare of the
church and of the state alike depend
upon the preservation of our Sunday.
Patriotism unites her voice with that
of religion in calling upon all our peo
ple to keep sacred God's holy day.
Within the past few years the bicy
i cle has been introduced among us and
is a source of great pleasure to thou
sands. So enjoyable is the use of
it that many are tempted to employ
it not only on week days but also on
Sunday. An untold number of young
men and women who formerly respect
ed the Sabbath, many of whom regu
larly attended the church and Sunday
School Services, now spend a part or
all of tin's day in riding through the
country on their wheels. So general
has the practice become that thinking
men and women all over the land are
greatly grieved and alarmed about it,
and are raising their voice of warning ;
and it is simply because of our sincere
interest in the welfare of this commun
ity that we take the liberty of sending
you this letter. We kindly ask the
young men and women of Bloomsburg
to grant us their confidence am? hear
ty co operation in considering and
settling this question which is of such
vital importance to the nation. The
young people have more to do with
determining what the future of this
Republic shall be than they know or
th.nk. And consider for a moment:
What is to become of the young men
and women themselves, a majority of
whom are among the most honored
and respected among us, if they
ignore the Fourth Commandment,
neglect God's house, and give them
selves to seeking pleasure on God's
day ? What is to be their influence
over others, and what is to be the
effect of all this on the nation itself ?
Edward Everett Hale of Boston, says:
"When a club of high-minded, moral,
and intellectual young men mount
their bicycles on Sunday morning, by
public appointment, and ride to New
port, they say far more distinctly than
any words can say that so far as they
are concerned they mean that the
next generation shall have no Sunday."
A prominent banker of Boston, not a
church member, recently said : "The
bicycle is doing more to desttoy Sun
day and oppose the church than any
other modern institution." These
are but samples of the utterances of
thoughtful people on this subject. In
many communities "Sunday runs" are
arranged for almost every week. The
young men go out in groups or as
clubs to some town or city and take
dinner, which has been previously
ordered. At these dinners intoxicat
ing liquors are often used and in
some instances young men hitherto
total abstainers take their first lessons
in drinking intoxicating beverages.
The Sunday riders not only are absent
from church themselves but they dis
turb those who do go. We are glad
to say that the bicycle club of our
town, by its constitution, is utterly
opposed to Sunday club runs. We
heartily congratulate the members on
this noble stand and trust that no
backward step in this particular will
ever be taken by them. But it is to
the individual wheelmen that we now
make our plea. Most of the bicycle
riders are young men and women.
They are in the near future to hold
the positions of responsibility and
trust in home and church and state.
Indeed some of them are holding
these positions now. The morals ot
the community and the success of the
christian religion are largely in their
hands. We therefore confidently and
earnestly appeal to you for your own
sake, for the sake of your influence
over otheis, for the sake of the church
whose existence and success are so
essential to the welfare of the nation,
and for the sake of the nation itself
whose perpetuity and prosperity are
seriously imperiled by Sunday wheel
ing to retrain from riding your wheel
for pleasure on the Lord's day, and
to do all in your power to induce
others to fpllow your example in this
particular. With great respect,
Sincerely yours,
G. H. HEMINGWAY, B. C. CONNER,
M. E. MCLINN, C. H. BRANDT,
J. D. SMITH, G. W. CURRIN.
P. S. Many to whom this letter is
addressed are, we know, conscientious
ly opposed to the use of their wheel
for pleasure riding on the Sabbath.
Our object in sending it to them is to
invite and urge them to co-operate
with us in making sentiment in favor
of the proper observance of God's
holy day.
According to T. F. Willard, cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Led
and New York Herald stationed
at Tampa, Florida, the Cuban
leader Gomez, does not favor the
landing of American troops in Cuba
because he wants to have the glory
of driving Blanco and his soldiers
from the Island himself. If this is
true the old man's plan does not
accord with the intervention policy
of the administration. But Willard's
story has been contradicted.
THE
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are all
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will be sold at prices that will
make them quickly disappear.
Silkateen, all colors, 5c ball
No. 9 wash boilers, 4S, 75, 98c ea
' Square dinner pails, 20c ea
i Flags, from 2c doz. to $2 50 ea
Tooth brushes, 5, 10, 15c ea
I Shaving brushes, 5, 10, 15c ea
i Fans, new line, ic to $2.50 ea
I White wash brushes, 5, 10, 15c ea
1 Ladies' belts. 9c to $1.50 ea
Summer corsets, all sizes, 24c ea
Children's hats and caps, 10 to 39c ea
Children's lawn caps, 8c to $l.OO ea
Artificial flowers, 10 to 69c bunch
Umbrellas, 45, 69, 88, $1.25 ea
Lace curtains, 38, 56, 69, $1 and up
Tamboured muslin for sash curtains,
15 and 25c yd.
Aluminum key chains, 10c ea
Shirt waists, 29, 42c, to $1.48 ea
Shirt waist sets, 5. 10, 24c set
j Men's negligee shirts, 39c ea
Men's laundried percale shirts, 48c ea
Ladies' wrappers, 39, 69c $1.48 ea
Cap ruching, 18c yd
Japanese bamboo porch screens, 8 by
10 feet, $1.15 ea.
Toilet paper, 10 rolls for 25c
Floor oil cloth, 2 yds. wide, 35c yd
Mosquito netting, all colors, 5c yd
Adjustable window screens, io, 19,
25c ea.
Imported dinner sets, 100 pieces, 8 40
and $9 00 set.
Agency for Butterick Fashions.
June styles now ready.
The " Glass of Fashion " 5c each,
25c per year if called lor at our store.
Fashion sheets free to any address
by mail.
Respectfully Submitted to the
Jash Trade Only by
m BROADWAY MSI STORE,
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WILKES-BARRE, PA.,
Thursday, May 19th, 1898-
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French Nainsooks and Mulls,
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Persian Lawns, 32 inches wide,
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French Muslins, 45 inches wide,
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GLOVES.
White Kid in four button, 2
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SHOES.
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FANS.
Small Empire Fans, just the
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SUMHER UNDERWEAR.
Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Vests,
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high neck and short sleeves, with
crochet edge and tape, regular
value 29c., this week at 19c.
Ladies' Sleeveless Ribbed Vests,
crochet lace in neck and sleeve,
with tape, regular value
this week 7c.
Ladies' Fine Jersey Ribbed
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Children's Sleeveless Jersey Rib
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Ladies' seamless fast black Hose
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Ladies' extra fine 40 Gauge
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Ladies' Fancy Hose, Richilieu
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tops, at per pair 17c.
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