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THURSDAY, U'LY 13, 1S99.
Democratic State Ticket.
FOR JUUr.E OF SUPREME COURT,
SAMUEL L. MESTREZAT,
of Fayette County.
FOR JUDOE OF SUPERIOR COURT,
CHARLES J. RKILLY,
of Lycoming County.
FOR STATE TREASURER,
WILLIAM T. CREASY,
of Columbia County.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TIOKET-
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
W. H. FISHER, '
from the South Side.
WILLIAM KRICKBAUM,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
of Locust Twp.
FOR
TROTHONOTARY AND CLERK OF
THE COURTS,
WILLIAM H. HENRIE,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
J. C. RUTTER, JR.,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
JOHN G. HARMAN,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITORS,
WM. BOGERT,
of Scott Twp.
G. H. SHARPLESS,
of Catawissa.
The wife of Bishop Cyrus D. Foss
of the M. K. church, favors the
whipping post for wife beaters.
Admiral Cervera has been excul
pated from any blame for his de
feat at Santiago, by a Spanish court
martial.
Kx-Chairman of the Democratic
State Committee, John M. Carman,
is suffering from a severe attack of
typhoid fever, at his home in Nan
ticoke. Judge Savidge has commanded
the Commissioners of Northumber
land county by mandamus to levy a
bicycle tax lor the construction and
maintenance of side paths.
Lord Bercsford, of England, has
expressed the opinion that owing
to climatic and certain other condi
tions, the United States will exper
ience almost endless trouble in the
Philippines It is quite certain up
to date that our troubles over there
are not growing any less.
Word comes from a source quite
reliable that Dr. Nathan C. Schaff
er, State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, will accept the princi
palship ot the Kutztown State Nor
mal School, which position was re
cently offered him. The Doctor was
formerly principal of the institution.
Chauncey M. Depew, Seuator
elect, of New York, says that he
may vote to seat M. S. Quay in the
United States Senate, and all others
appointed by the Governors after
the adjournment of the Legislatures,
provided that he can be satisfied
that the interpretation of the law
on'the subject would justify him in
so doing.
Governor Roosevelt was sum
moned to Washington by the Pres
ident on Saturday, to hold a consul
tation over the Philippine situation.
Secretary Alger was not invited to
be present, and was greatly sur
prised at the President's action.
The latter wanted to consult Roose
velt as to his opinion on the offic
ers who were to fill the leading
posts. It is believed that the real
object in summoning Roosevelt was
to offer him Alger's place as Secre
tary of War, and it is generally
hoped that this is true.
Some of the stalwart Republican
papers are trying to read the insur
gent members and what they call
ths pirate press out of the party.
In fact they say that they have no
business in the coming State Con
vention ; should have nothing to
do with the making of the ticket
and the platform, and may vote
with the Democrats or the Prohibi
tionists, as they please. And these
same papers are croaking about dis
sensions and lack of harmony in
the Democratic party.. Queer,
isn't it ? Ex.
PENNSYLVANIA TOR BRY4N-
Ex-Congressman Korr Talks ot the Keystone
Democracy.
" There will be a sharp contest,"
said Representative Kerr, of Penn
sylvania, "for the control of the
Pennsylvania delegation to the next
Democratic National Convention.
The regular Democracy, the sup
orters of the Chicago platform,
will select the majority of the dele
gates, in my opinion, but the gold
Democrats of Philadelphia and the
money centres will make a hard
fight for supremacy in the delega
tion." Mr. Kerr's attention was called
to the recent statements that Colo
nel Guffey, the Democratic national
committeeman from Peunsylvania,
had formed an alliance with Mr.
Harrity, the gold Democrat and
former national committeeman.
" I take Colonel Guffey's word
for it," replied Mr. Kerr, "that he
is a supporter of Bryan and the
Chicago platform. I will not be
lieve that lie has allied himself with
any interests which would be inimi
cal to Bryan and free silver."
Mr. Kerr said he was well aware
of the gossip as to the efforts of the
anti-silver Democrats to control the
next National Convention. It was
his opinion that possibly the Chic
ago platform might be modified in
some respects, leaving the salient
features untouched, but that what
ever was done in this direction
would be done by the friends of
Bryan and silver, and not by their
enemies.
" The majority of the Democratic
party will write that platform," he
said, " and the majority is for sil
ver and Bryan."
State Elections This Year.
This is a decidedly off year in
politics, and while there will be
elections in eleven states, in only a
tew 01 them will the contest rise to
national significance or influence on
next year s great quadrennial bat
tie for President. Kiections will be
held as follows in November next :
Iowa Governor, state officers
and legislature.
Kentucky Governor and other
state officers.
Maryland Governor and both
rouses of the legislature.
Massachusetts Governor, state
officers, and both houses of the leg
islature. Mississippi Governor, state of
ficers and legislature.
Nebraska Justices of the Su
preme Court and two members of
the board of regents of the state
university.
New Jersey Eight state senators
and sixty members of the assembly.
New York Two justices of the
supreme court in the First judicial
district, one justice in the Fifth
district, three justices in the Eighth
district and 150 members of the
general assembly.
Ohio Governor and state offic
ers. Pennsylvania State treasurer,
two judges of the supreme court,
and one judge of the superior
court.
Virginia Secretary of state,
treasurer and minor state officers
and legislature.
Grangers Oondamn Stone.
The Tioga county Pomona
Grange, in session at Wellsboro,
representing 2,000 Grangers, paid
its respects to its former co-laborer,
Governor William A. Stone, in the
following resolutions :
" Wherkas, the Governor Jias
seen fit to cut $1,000,000 from the
school appropriation, because, as he
alleges, of lack of funds in the
State Treasury, and
" Whkkeas, there are large sums
of money due the State from cor-
nnrntiritiQ for tavpc rwrrlin i'liirVi
in our opinion,' should be collected!
and
"Whereas, the Creasy or
Grange tax bill, which was intro
duced into the last session of the
Legislature, and which would have
provided sufficient revenue for all
purposes, did not receive the sup
port of the administration. There
fore, be it
" Resolv$d, By Tioga county Po
mona Grange, No. 30, in regular
session assembled, that we dc con
demn this action of the Governor,
believing it to be a menace to the
interests of the common people, and
a protection to the corporations,
trusts and breweries of the state."
William Laudenberg and Chas.
Yale, living at Parsons, Luzerne
county, quarreled over politics Sat
urday afternoon. Laudenberg, it
is alleged, becoming very much ex
cited, went into the house for a gun.
When he returned he fired at Yale,
the ball entering the thigh. The
wound is not serious. Yale was
taken to the hospital and Lauden
berg is in the county jail.
HOOD'S PILLS cure Liver Ilia. Bil
iousness, Indigestion, Headache,
asy to take, easy to operate. 26c.
"Keep to Your Place and
Your Place will Keep You. ' '
Without good health tve cannot keep
situations nor enjoy life, Most troubles
originate in impure blood. Hood' s Sdrsa
parilla makes the blood rich and pure,
and thus promotes good health, tuhich tvilt
help you "keep your place."
hy England ia Afraid of Russia
One important reason why Eng
land ought not to assume an offeu-!
sive attitude towards Russia, if it
were otherwise desirable for her to
do so, is the weakness of her army.
A war with Russia would not be a
naval war. It would necessarily be
a land war, and England, it is well
known, with her present force and
her policy of voluntary enlistments,
could not put more than thirtv
thousand men into China. This was
asserted only the other morning in
the House of Commons, and the
government did not contradict the
statement. Indeed, it is perfectly
well understood that it rests on the
authority of Lord Wolseley himself.
It is hardly worth while to enlarge
upon the deplorable situation in
which England would find herself
if she were called upon to face Rus
sia with a force of -to, 000 men.
Russia has probably already many
more troops than this in Manchuria.
The result of a war, then, between
Russia and Great Britain, under
taken under existing conditions,
would be the total destruction of
British commerce in China, and
the invasion, and possibly the tem
porary loss, of India. And in con
sidering the possible effect of such a
war we must bear in mind the atti
tude of the people of India towards
the imperial government, which is
that of discontent, expressing itself
in riots. Surely such an attitude.
would be of immense assistance to
Russia in the invasion that would
immediately follow the breaking out
of war over China. The facts which
British statesmen are facing are stem
and threatening, and what clamor
there is in Englend for dealing of
fensively with Russia is the clamor
of ignorance an ignorance that
may not be dissipated until its vic
tims are aroused and informed
through the awful surprise which is
sure to follow the first shock of
arms. Harper's Weekly
TESTE WILL LOOK WAKLIKi.
Pennsylvania Soldiers Will be Furnished
With Guns, and Maybe, With Nurses.
The members of the Tenth regi
ment, on the trip home from San
Francisco, will be furnished with
guns and other equipments, so that
when the men arrive in Pittsburg
their reception parade will have
more of a military appearance.
When the Tenth sailed from Ma
nila the guns and much of its equip
ment were left there, and since then
the committee on arrangements for
the regiment's ho ne-coming has
been exerting every effort to pro
cure guns. i ins problem was
solved by Governor .Stone, who has
informed the committee that guns
and tquipment can be had from the
National Guard.
Colonel Samuel Moody, who is a
member of the committee, said that
a train with equipment will be run
to Alliance, Ohio, and that the guns
will be given the soldiers at that
point.
Mayor Diehl received a letter
from Miss Elizabeth W. Johnson,
of Germautown, suggesting that,
as some of the boys will be so sick
that they will require nurses on the
way across the continent, she thinks
i m,,rs,-s shoi!ld be ta!ceu aflonff-
She
volunteers her services free, asking
only her expenses on the trip. She
is a trained nurse and had consid
erable experience 111 the hospital at
Camp Meade last summer.
RED
It will be
STAR
Saturday, July 1
ALL FOR FUN.
While the writer was standing in
front of a hotel in a city of consid
erable size and importance on Mon
day, he overheard a conversation,
which proved quite interesting. A
tradesman, being asked the ques
tion "How is business? " replied :
There is no business, it's all for
fun." Just then an electric car
passed with a load of happy, joy
ous people. "Do you see?" he
continued, " the cars are crowded,
the trains are loaded ; excursions
and picnics, and parties, are all the
order of the day just now ; vaca
tions are the rule, and all the money
that is in circulation is used to carry
on the fun. We fellows must wait
for our pay until the man who
promised us long ago to pay us
' next week is willing to settle,
and the chances are that next week
will never come."
There is nothing strange or ex
ceptional about the above case. It
is the same all over. The working
man looks forward to and expects
his compensation, or pay, on time,
but this question of fun is by far a
more pleasant one to anticipate than
the honest obligation and first one
to meet.
It is said that "of all centuries
the world has ever known, the
present has been the grandest and
best." We grant that this, in many
respects, is true, but if we are to
glance over the commercial lists
of people whose financial standing
is such that the honest tradesman
dare not trust him to a loaf of bread
or a peck of potatoes, we are in
clined to think that while the world
may be getting better, there are a
great many thinking people on this
mundane sphere who must realize
that not all the world can revel in
the doctrine advocated by the
tradesman above referred to, and
that, we fear, is realized by many
another, that life is " all tor fun,"
but that to the great majority
" Life is real, life is earnest." To
the lookeron fun and jollity may
seem to be the chief vocation of
life, yet underneath the froth and
foam of every-day existence there
is something more substantial and
more solid than appears on the sur
face. The following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg, Pa., postoffice, and
will be sent to the dead letter office
July 25, 1899:
M. M. A. Bennett, Eugene K.
Lynch, W. R, Smiley.
Persons callinc for the above
letters will please say that they were
advertised July 13, 1899.
O. li. Mellick, P. M.
Queen i Quality
For Women.
-$3.00.
Style, Fit, Wear.
None Better.
W. C. McKINNEY,
No. 8 East Mai St.
WATCH FOR THE
TAG SALE !
AT TOWNSEND'S
THING
CLO
Money in Your Pocket.
SALE BEGINS ON
COAL FOR
THIS
We will sell this week our Misses' 15c. Hose at
ioc. pair. These are fast black, double knee,
seamless, and one that we know will give
good service.
50 doz. all linen Towels, large size, hooked back,
good weight, hemmed ends, at I2!jc. each.
iCc. White Pique at uc. This is not a lot of
seconds, but good clean fresh goods.
20c. all Linen the smooth old fashion kind that
is being used so much for skirts, reduced to
16c. The 25c. quality reduced to iSc.
Crash from 7c. to 17c.
CRASH SKIRTS.
This is our first year for selling these goods, so
you are sure to see new goods at this store.
We start them at 39c. But we call attention
to our $2.75 skirt. These you will feel well
dressed in, made full trimmed around the
bottom, with the same goods and made of
medium weight all linen goods.
25c. India Linons this week at 20c., and our
I2)jc. India Linons at ioc.
60c. French Nansook at 49c. for this week.
F. P.
THAT BOY OF MINE
Costs me more to keep supplied with shoes than
all the rest of my family, until I went to the
Bloomsburg Store Company
and bought him the
Owl Calf Brand of Shoes
WHEN YOU WANT
Shoes That Will Wear,
Correct Fit,
Latest Styles,
Lome to us. We
Uloomsburg.
Bloomsburg Store Co., Limited.
Corner Main and Centre. ALFRED McIIENRY, Manager
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Lowest Prices,
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