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dUc (Columbia Jicmocrat,
ESTABLISHED 1837. CONSOLIDATED 1869.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
Hloomstiui'v, the County seat ol Columbia
Couuty, Pennsylvania.
,EO. K. I.LWELL EDITOR.
D. J. TASKKH, LOCAL EDITOR.
GEO. C. ROAN, FORKMAN.
TRRllS;—Tnslflc the county SI.OO a year In ad
vance; $1.50 it not paid In advance outside
he county, $1.25 a year, strictly In advance.
All communications should bo addressed to
THE COLUMBIAN,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1898.
The Democratic State Conven
tion will meet in Altoona on the
29th inst. Among the persons
named as possible nominees for
Governor are Geo. A. Jenks, Judge
Gordon, Senator Wolverton, R. E-
Pattison, J. A. Guffey, J. H. Coch
ran, and Judge Yerkes.
The Philadelphia Press of Tuesday
in commenting on our article of last
week on the Judgeship, seems to think
it quite strange that the Democrats of
this district do not want a Republican
Judge, and suggests that the judiciary
ought to be non-partisan. Just so,
but the Press ' idea of non-partisan
ship seems to be always that Demo
crats should elect Republican Judges.
Whoever heard of its wanting to elect
a Democratic Judge in a Republican
district ? With singular inconsistency,
in the same issue of the paper the
Press figures out that two Republi
cans ought to be elected to the Super
ior Court this fall, though the Demo
crats have but one Judge out of seven
on that bench. We agree that the
Judiciary should be non-partisan, bnt
we don't agree that we ought to give
the Republicans the earth.
KRIOKBAUM'S RETIREMENT.
The Sentinel Announces that old age and
ill health Compel Him to give up Party
Leadership.
"The party must have leaders.
Some one must blaze the way for the
party and but few men are equal to
the task. Mr. Krickbaum has for
years stood at the helm, watching
carefully the party's interests, but age
and physical weakness compel him to
retire and his retirement calls for some
one to take his place. Among all the
men in out party, Senator Herring
and Mr. Rhawn are by nature and
endowments qualified to lead."
Sentinel, June 17.
The Democratic Outlook-
One thing appears to have been
pretty well accomplished by the dis
cussions which have preceded deter
minate action by the coming Demo
cratic State Convention at Altoona.
The list of weaklings among the
candidates for the Governorship and
for the other State offices has been
very much reduced in number.
There is a disposition to consider
the names of strong men only. It is
a generally entertained opinion
among candid observers of all parties
that the Democrats have a chance
to elect an entirely fit man as the
next Governor of the State, and
that they have no chance to impose
an unfit man upon the electors.
On account of the unmitigated
badness of the late Legislature and
of the complete failure of the Repu
blican party to redeem its specific
platform pledges of reform thou
sands of Republicans in the State
are not willing to make their par
tisanship the shield for undisguised
and persistent corruption and mis
government. The rebellion in the
Republican ranks has taken the
shape of open and obstinate out
break. It is no longer a matter of
doubt that a clean and capable
Democratic ticket, pledged to re
formed State government, would
command the suffrages of thousands
of voters, who would only cast their
ballots for such a ticket as the single
hopeful means within reach of put
ting an end to an odious and intol
erable leadership.
It would be a consuming shame
if the representative Democrats in
convention at Altoona should not
meet the revolting Republicans and
independents halfway, and put in
nomination candidates whose fitness
would command general consent.
There is no lack of such men.
"The Record" has carefully ab
stained from naming any preference
of its own ; but it is exceedingly
desirous that the people of Pennsyl
vania shall have at the hands of the
Democratic party an opportunity of
regeneration and reform in the
management of their State affairs.
The doorway is wide open tor Dem
ocratic success. Nothing is needed
but the nomination of a strong,
clean man on a straight platform
upon which all the friends of honest
government could stand with good
conscience and without the surrend
er of honest convictions.— Record.
WASHINGTON.
From our Wojjular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, June 20, 1898.
Last week, relying upon his advices
from Washington that the army had
started for Cuba, Admiral Sampson
captured Guantanamo Bay, where he
will establish a navy supply station,
and landed 600 marines to hold a
position from which his shells had
driven Spanish troops and where he
hopes to put a cable station. For
three days they successfully maintain
ed an almost continuous night and
day fight with a force of Spaniards
outnumbering them five to one, but
there is little doubt that these marines
would have been to a man killed had
they not been reinforced by a consid
erable body of insurgents. Thanks
to the Cuhan insurgents, the marines,
with the exception of a tew who were
killed—some of the corpses being bar
barously mutilated by the Spaniards—
still hold the position they were sent
to hold, and Sampson says can do so
until the army arrives.
Some of his colleagues are disposed
to poke a little fun at Senator "Billy"
Mason, of 111., because of the marked
discrepancy between that portion of
his speech to the Illinois republican
state Convention, in which he said of
the conduct of the war : "We went
out to the world as a good Samaritan,
and while performing the act of a
good Samaritan I want no larceny on
behalf of my country," and the follow
ing sentence in the platform adopted
by the convention : "Resolved, that
the U. S. should hold ail of the pos
sessions it has conquered and may
conquer from Spain."
So many members of the party
favored the annexation of Hawaii that
it was deemed inadvisable to have the
democratic House caucus take any
more positive action against annexa
tion than the adoption of a resolution
declaring annexation dangerous and
unwise and that it reverses our tradi
tional policy and may lead to colonial
aggrandizement and ultimately to the
destruction of republican institutions.
The vote upon the resolution was 50
to 17, but more than fifty of the
democratic members of the House
were absent from the caucus. Upon
the vote by which the House adopted
the resolution for the annexation of
Hawaii 18 democrats voted aye and
78 no, while a number were purpose
ly absent. The total vote was 210
to 92.
Representative Vincent, of Kansas,
is so much like Senator Sullivan, who
succeeded the late Senator George,
of Miss., that the two men are con
stantly being taken for each other.
The Senate this week adopted
without a division the resolution offer
ed by Senator Lodge, instructing the
committee on Claims to investigate
the statement that a lobbyist had re
ceived 35 per cent ot the amount
recently appropriated by Congress to
pay a war claim of the book publish
ing house of the Southern Methodist
Church, but while the matter was un
der discussion there was some plain
talk. Senator Morgan charged that
the resolution was intended for politi
cal effect, and asked why it did not
include an investigation of the pay
ment to lobbyists of 50 per cent, of
the $388,000 recently appropriated
by Congress to pay claims of the
heirs of John Roach, the shipbuilder.
It was not claimed by anybody that
the claim of the Southern Methodists
was not a perfectly just one, but the
objection was to their having employ
ed a lobbyist to push their bill. Sena
tor Pasco, who was instrumental in
getting the bill through, stated in the
course of a speech that "there is an
obligation upon high church authori
ties to conduct an investigation of the
action of some of its officials." The
whole thing is a sort of tempest in a
teapot. Although Senators must
know as well as anybody else that there
are hundreds of attorneys in Wash
ington whose principal employment is
prompting legislation—in common
parlance, lobbying—yet they invariab
ly become excited whenever any par
ticular case of lobbying happens to be
mentioned in public. This claim al
though admitted to be just had been
before Congress for more than twenty
years, and in hiring an attorney to
help them push it through those inter
ested only followed the common prac~
tice, except that they agreed to pay
too much.
"AND THE C&T CAME BAOK"
The Spanish fleet, at Cadiz,which
has made so many starts so many
times to reinforce Cervera; to bring
supplies to Blanco, at Havana; to
bombard Boston, New York,
Charleston, and other American
cities; to go to the Philippines to
fight Dewey, and has tried several
other bluffs, always turns up at
Cadiz again after a few hours ab
sence, without frightening anybody.
If they will just stay quietly at
home a little longer, perhaps Com
modore Schley may call on them in
Spanish waters.
General Shaffer and 16,000 troops,
with a fleet of sixty vessels, arrived
off Santiago on Tuesday, and have
probably landed by this time.
tue COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURC. PA
OPPOSED TO GOUQUEsT-
William J. Bryan's First Public Utterance
On the War.
UPHOLDS THE ADMINISTRATION.
The Nebraska building at the
Omaha exposition was dedicated with
appropriate ceremony amid the plau
dits of thousands of the state's citi
zens. Governor Holcomb and his
staff took part in the exercises, along
with many of the state's most distin
guished residents. The principal
speaker of the day was Hon. William
J. Bryan, and the oration was notable
as being his first public declaration
on the war issue. He said in part :
"War is harsh ; it is attended by
hardship and suffering ; it means a
vast expendituie of men and money.
We may well pray for the coming of
the time, promised in Holy Writ,
when the spears shall be beaten into
pruning hooks and the swords into
plowshares ; but universal peace can
not come until justice is enthroned
throughout the world. Jehovah deals
with nations as he deals with men,
and for both decrees that the wages
of sin is death. Until the right has
triumphed in every land and love
reigns in every heart governments
must as a last resort appeal to force.
"Our nation exhausted diplomacy
in its efforts to secure a peaceful solu
tion of the Cuban question, and only
took up arms when it was compelled
to choose between war and servile
acquiescence in cruelties which would
have been a disgrace to barbarism.
"History will vindicate the position
taken by the United States in the war
with Spain. In saying this I assume
that the principles which were invok
ed in the inauguration of the war will
be observed in its prosecution and
conclusion. If a contest unlertaken
for the sake of humanity degenerates
into a war of conquest we shall find it
difficult to meet the charge of having
added hypocrisy to greed. Is our na
tional character so weak that we can
not withstand the temptation to ap
propriate the first piece of land that
comes within our reach ?
"To inflict upon the enemy all
possible harm is legitimate warfare,
but shall we contemplate a scheme
for the colonization of the Orient
merely because our fleet won a re
markable victory in the harbor of
Manila ? Our guns destroyed a
Spanish fleet, but can they destroy
that self evident truth, that govern
ments derive the just powers—not
from superior force—but from the
consent of the governed ?"'
The spirit of patriotism is strik
ing all with equal force, and the
American millionaires are showing
their willingness to battle for their
country's honor.
After the Fever
Little Cirl Was Week and Could
Not Eat —Hood's Sarsaparllla
Gave Her Appetite and Strength-
Eczema Disappearing.
"My little girl was sick for several
months with typhoid fever, and after she
got over it she was weak and did not eat.
My husband got her a bottle of Hood's
Sarsaparllla, saying It would make her
eat and give her strength —and It did.
She had taken It only a short time when
she was well and strong. Everyone who
sees her is surprised at her improvement
because Bhe was so weak and thin, but now
is fat and healthy. I am giving her
Hood's Sarsaparllla now for eczema and
the trouble Is fast disappearing. My hus
band has taken it for rheumatism and it
has done him good." MRS. CLINTON B.
COPE, Buckingham Vslley, Pennsylvania.
Hood's parilla
I. the best— ln fact the Ono True Blood Purifier.
Sold by all druggists. Price, {1; six for 13.
Hnnd'c Dili a ftre 1116 best after-dinner
1 LUUU A ■ 1119 AID DIGESTION. 260.
Note What People Say.
RAVKN CREEK, PA., May 19, 1808.
This Is to certify that we have used the Homo
Comfort Range ror ave years, and will say that
It Is perfect In every respect. It lias no equal
as a baker. We consider It by far the cheapest
range any one can buy, aa It has already saved
Its price in fuel. Will say to my neighbors buy
one and be convinced.
Respectfully,
MR. A MRS. C. E. ALBRHTSON,
MILES W. Moss,
ELIZA PHILLIPS.
Tills Is to corllfy that having used the Uome
Comfort Range for ave years we can cheerfully
recommend It to uny ODB as being the best
cooking apparatus we ever had. We llnd It a
perfect baker and cooker, a great fuel saver,
and would not part with It.
MR. M. Moss, Mossvllle, Pa.
MRS. ELIJAH URSS, Elk Grove, Pa.
FAIRMOONT SPRINGS, PA., May, 19, 1898.
We purchased ono of the Ilomo comfort
Ranges live years ago and are pleased to say It
f;lves entire satisfaction; for heating and bak
ng It Is superior to al' other ranges, It taking
one-half the fuel of our cast Iron stove; also
for cleanliness It can not be surpassed: there Is
an ample supply of hot water at all times.
MRS. MARTHA SDTLIFF,
MR. O. W. HESS,
MR. & MRS. J. N. PENNINGTON,
MB. G. W. SUTLIFF.
BRNTON, PA., May, 20. 1898.
We have been using a Home Comfort Range
for live vears and are pleased to say II gives en
tire satisfaction. We would not do without
ours; would recommend it to any ono wishing a
n rat-class range.
MR. & M RS. D. M. VRRDINR.
MR. & MRS. MARTIN AI.BERTSON.
Wrought Iron Range Co., St. Louis, Mo.
B-2-lt. •
GET YOUR
JOB PRINTING
DONE AT THE
COLUMBIAN OFFICE
-4^~—'• Will offer ibis week some 4-
EXTRA GOOD BARGAINS.
We are closing out some odd sizes at cost. Our line of Summer Serges is now complete.
e £SUi2i<mSSS IXmAVS
Look elsewhere, then come to us and we will convince you that we will sell you goods that
will be satisfactory in price and quality. REMEMBER we are tailors. We can make
your Suit or sell you a ready to wear Suit. Our goods must fit and please you because we can
make them do so. DO NOT FORGET.
Townsend's Star Clothing House.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue 01 a writ ot Ft. Fa., Issued out
or the Court ot Common Pleas ot Columbia
county, Pa., and to me directed, there will be
exposed to public sale at the Court House In
Bloomsburg, I'a., on
SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1898,
at two o'clock p. m., all that certain lot, piece,
or parcel ot land, situate In the Township ot
Flshlngcreek, county and state aforesaid,
bounded and described as follows, to wit: Be
lt Inning at a post, on corner of land of C. B.
White and E. L. Lemon, south sixty-four de
grees, west one hundred and sixteen perches to
a white oak, on line of laud of John Zaner;
thence north forty-seven degrees and twenty
seven minutes west, sixty-four and slx-tonths
perches to a white oak; thence north twenty,
four and one-fourth degrees west, one huudred
and nine and three-tenths perches to a post, on
corner of land of C. B. White; thence north
sixty-tour degrees and thirteen minutes east,
ono hundred and twenty-six and five-tenths
perches to a post, In line of land of C. B. White;
thence south twenty-four degrees east, one
hundred and sixty-nine perches to a post, the
place ot hcglunlng, containing
128 ACRES
and one hundred and forty perches of land, upon
which Is erected a
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,
barn and other outbuildings.
Seized, taken In execution, at the suit of W.
W. Coleman vs. Phoebe Ellen Dewltt, and to be
sold as the property of Phoebo Ellen Dewltt.
W. W. BLACK,
HERRING, Atty. Sheriff.
At Private Sale!
A valuable farm, lying wltliln tbe limits of
THE TOWN OF BLOOMSBURG
AND CONTAINING
130 ACRES,
adjoining lands of Armstrong, Sbafer, Mifflin,
Purscl and others, whereon are erected a large
BRICK DWELLING HOUSE,
a frame barn and outbuildings, with two wells
of water at the buildings. Apply to
JOHN Q. FREEZE,
June 23-tf Bloomsburg, Pa.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate or John Stnt/tev, late of Main TtnensMp,
demised.
Notice Is hereby given that letters of admlnls
t ration on the estate of John Nlngley, late of
Main township, deceased, have been granted to
the undersigned administratrix to whom all
persons Indebted to said estate are requested
to mako payments, and those having claims or
demands will make known the same without
delay to
SARAH A. BINOI.EY,
SNYDER, Atty. Administratrix.
6-9-*
SHOES.
Good Value,
Best Styles.
Popular Prices.
Are the essential features of our care
fully selected Shoe Stock. Our 26
years experience and spot cash
buying enables us to furnish you
with the best there is for the
money.
Our line of
TODEBWEAB
and
HOSIERY
ia complete.
W. H. Moore.
Con. SECOND AND IRON STS.
Bloomsburg.
2ry the COLUMBIAN a year.
THE CHIEF POINT
IS THE STOCK.
Swarming with merchandise—that is the condition of this
oldest and largest of Bloomsburg's retail stores. AVith unlimi
ted industry aud patience, by the employment of the best skill
and the use ot a large capital, the unequaled stock now here
has been assembled. Attractions abound with the beginning
of each new week. Our store will tell when you come to it of
stutfs and goods that are the richest and most varied, and run
ning through all Lhe store are bargains to please the prudent.
Some Special Offers for This Week.
DRESS GOODS.
15 pieces ot light weight, and
light in collar, all wool, 38 in.
wide, goods we have sold all
season at 56c. Go this week
at 33c. per yd.
All wool bunting in black,
navy blue aud cream, 38 in.
wide, 2oc. per yd.
AVHITE GOODS
for June graduates and June
brides, in Organdies, French,
Nansook, Persian,Lawns,Sheere
India linen, Piques and Dimi
ties in stripes and plaids. We
have made special special
prices for this week :
Organdies 36 in. wide, 15 and 25c.
per yard. 66 in. wide, 35c., 50c., 75c
and 95c. per yard.
French ipuslins, 45 in. wide, 45c.,
50c. and 60c. per. yd.
Persian Lawn, 38 in. wide, 28c.,
35c., 45c., 50c. and 65c. per yd.
India Linen from 7c. to 40c.per yd.
Pique, 28 in wide, 14c., 16c., 18c.,
20c., 25c., 35c. to 50c. per yd.
Dimities from 10c. per yard to 30c.
per yard.
EMBROIDERIES.
AVe offer this week four
special lots of cambric embroid
ery and two lots of Swiss einb.
Cambric embroidery, lot 1, sc. per yd.
" " " 2, 10c. " "
" " " 3, 12c. ■' "
" " 4. 15c- " '•
Swiss embroidery, lot 1, 14c. " "
i 2 i 2 j C _ li t<
F, P, PURSEL.
East I CORSER'S (MUM,
street. NEW SHOE STORE. nfl
LOOK IT OYER
See if you don't need a new pair of Shoes for dress or for
work, and then come here and examine goods and prices. Men's
solid, serviceable working and plow shoes at SI.OO and $1.25.
Dress shoes, wide and narrow toes, sl.lO, $1.25, $1.75.
These shoes for the quality and price is a saving to you of from
25c. to 50c. on each pair.
We invite the women and girls that wear sizes 13,1, 2or
3to look at our job lot of shoes at 79c. Were sold at $2 and
$3. See them in front of store.
CORSER'S
Schuyler's old hardware stand. BLOOMSBURfi.
LADIES' MUSLIN
UNDERWEAR.
Special sale of muslin under
wear from June 15 to June 25.
Come in and see these lots. We
know they are marked low.
We want you to know.
Plain muslin gown worth 50c. at 29c.
Good gown with inserting in yoke,
worth 65c. at 48c.
Sailor gown with inserting and Ham
burg at neck, worth $r.25, now 89c.
Fine gown with fine inserting and
embroidery in neck and sleeves, and
insertion in yoke, worth $1.40, now
98c.
LACE CURTAINS
Are very much in demand
these days, and we don't be
lieve you can afford to overlook
the exceptional values we are
offering in Swiss Nottingham,
Irish points and Brussel nets.
Window shades, curtain pollp
and trimmings, sash rods, etc.,
all at dry goods prices.
OILCLOTH & LINOLEUMS
We aim to furnish the best
quality possible for the least
money.
GROCERY SIDE.
Our grocery side is filled
with canned goods of all kinds.
Heinz' pickled goods of all
kinds, baked beans, tomato
soup. A full line of Chase &
Sanbourn's teas and coffees,
new potatoes, Bananas, lemons,
oranges, straw berries. Best
blended flour, auy make you
want, SI.GS, —50 lbs. Call and
see what else we can show you.