4 xt Columbian. ESTABLISHED 18fi. ? lie (Tolumbia Democrat, KMTBi,ISHKn 1STT. CONSOMHATRP IUHM!IIK. t' EKY THURSDAY MoKMMU illoomnburv, the County nt, of Columbia Cointr, l'ennsvlvanla. GKO. R. KLWKLL EntTOB. l, J. TAXKKK, Lor AT KniTOK. (,KU. KUAN, FOKIUAN. Tumi:-Innlrtefnejour.ty ,1.00 a yearln nil. rince; il.M If not paid In uttvun.-f Outside lie count v, a year, strictly In nrtvunor. U coiuinuulcat lonsHlinulrt te uddresscd to TUK C-OLUM HI AN. Bloomxburtf, Pa. VHURSDAV, NOVEMBER aj, 1899. A match between Jim Jeffries, the heavy weight champion of the vorld, and Jim Corbett has been jrranged. The fight is to be for $20,000 a side. The youngest prisoner ever con fined in the Lancaster County jail was placed there last week. Wal ter Taeeart. aced 7 vears. is charged with setting fire to two ! tracts oi woodland. He does not realize his position, and says that while he slept his father started the fire. To set fire wantonly to wood land is a grave crime, but to send a 7-year-old child to jail is an even worse offense. Some of the retiring boards of County Commissioners may be in terested in an Act of Assembly that was approved last April. . Tlrs statute empowers the present boards to elect clerks, and thus anticipate the Commissioners who are to as sume office in January next. The act pertains to the appointments of chief clerks to the Commissioners in such counties where the people do not elect clerks. The first and second sections of the act read : " That the County Commissioners of the several counties within this Commonwealth shall constitute a bogrd ; a majority of them shall have authority to appoint a compe tent person as clerk. That the clerk so appointed shall hold his office for the term of three years, and in case of a vacancy by death, resignation or removal for cause his successor shall serve for the unexpired term for which he was appointed, and shall receive such salary as the Commissioners shall determine." It has been the custom hereto fore for' Commissioners to appoint their clerks annually, and it would seem a little unfair for retiring boards to choose a subordinate of ficer for the full term of their suc cessors. Nevertheless the law gives this privilege. THE BOLD-GUT DEMOCRACY, What are the Democrats of the State going to do about the Phila delphia end of their party ? Creasy was sold out here by the local leaders. The vote for Mr. Tommy Ryan proves that. The local leaders always sell out the Democracy to the Republican machine whenever the machine wants to buy. That is the reason why there is in Philadelphia no Democratic party worth mentioning., The Ryans and Donnellys are in politics for business. The Demo crats of the city and State kuow this perfectly well. Yet they tolerate the Ryans and Donnellys, with the result that their party here is sunk to a condition of helplessness that is only less apparent than its state of degradation. Mr. Guffey, member of the Demo cratic National Committee, threat ened before the election that should there be another sellout, a conven tion would be called for the purpose of expelling the Ryans and Don nellys from the party. When is that convention to be lit. Id ? North American. The Shame ot Philadelphia. What makes this election fraud case all the worse is the fact that a number of the principals are hold ing positions under the Government at Washington, while others occupy municipal offices of trust in .Phila delphia. It seems as though there were nolimit to the ramifications of the corrupt machine that controls the city of Philadelphia. It im ports its tools from Washington, New Jersey, from Delaware, from Maryland, and possibly from even more distant points. Philadelphia appears to be hopelessly in the clutches of this far-reaching ma chine and there seems to be no es cape from it. Elections in that city are as much of a farce as were ,. those in South Carolina and Miss issippi in the days of Klu-Klux dominance. The difference is only in method. In the South the pop ular will was defeated by violence, in Philadelphia it is defeated by fraud. A few of the hired tools of the corrupt machine are in the toils of the law, but ttie greater villains, who organize the plans, provide the money and engineer the gigantic frauds, will in all human probabil ity escape. Wilkes Bar re RtcorJ. Quay and the Senate. Mathew Stanley Quay was ap pointed by the Governor ol Penn sylvania to be a Senator of the Unit ed States, after the Legislature of his State had failed to elect him and had adjourned, and expects to be seated by the votes of a majority of the Senate. Henry W. Corbett was appointed by the Governor of Oregon to be a Senator of the United States, the Legislature of that State having fail ed to elect. He applied to be seat ed, and tbc Senate, on February 28, 189S, by a vote of 50 to 19, declar ed him to be not entitled to take his seat as a member of the body. One of the Senators who voted with the majority to exclude Corbett was Penrose, Republican, of Pennsyl vania. The majority vote against Cor bett was made tin of 17 Republicans and 33 Democrats, Populists and silver men. The vote to seat Cor bett was wholly Republican. The Republicans at that time lacked a majority of the Senate. The Re publicans will have in the next Sen ate a clear majority of 14 to begin with. Six Democrats who voted to exclude Corbett have been succeed ed by Republicans. The 19 Sena tors who voted to seat Corbett, ex cepting Senator Morrill, of Veunont, are still in the Senate, and Vermont has a Republican in Morrill's place. It will be evident, after these fig ures and facts have been considered that a very interesting contest ap proaches. In February, 1898, near ly half the Republican members of the Senate voted against encourag ing an aspirant for the Senate to hope to get in, after a deadlock, by appointment. If all the opposition Senators and half the Republican Senators decide to stand by the re cord Quay will be rejected by a larger majority than that against Corbett. It the 17 Senators who voted against Corbett maintain their former position their votes and those of the opposition will, in a full Seu ate, exclude Quay by a decisive majority. Quay is said to be very confident. He will be voted for by Mr. Hoar, Mr. Frye, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Foraker, Mr. Lodge and other eminent Re publicans. But these Senators all voted for Corbett at a time when, if all the Republicans present had voted for Corbett and all the other Senators present had voted against him, he would have been admitted. There is no rule of the Senate re quiring that the body shall be con sistent in its voting. There are traditions that sometimes constrain the body to respect its recorded de cisions in such matters as this The debate on Corbett's case did not develop any opinion strongly sup porting the theory that the other way to become a Senator, next to the proper way of being elected, is to contrive a deadlock and trust to a friendly Governor to appoint a candidate! not acceptable to the people of the State to be represent ed. New York Times, Nov. 16. Mercantile Tax Law. The new mercantile tax law makes a radical departure from the old law, and business men will be affected differently. Under the old law merchants were divided into classes and taxed accordingly. Thus merchants swearing they did not do a business of $1 ,ooo per annum were not taxed at all. Those doing from $2,000 to $5,000 paid $7 tax; from $5,000 to $10,000, paid $10 tax; from $10,000 to $15,000, paid $12. 50; from $15,000 to $20,000, $15 tax, and so on up to the highest class, which was a business of $300, 000 and upwards, for which the tax was $200. Under the new law classes are abolished entirely and every retail vendor must pay a mercantile license of $2, and 1 mill additional on every dollar of busi ness done. The wholesalers must pay a tax of $3 and a half mill ad ditional for every dollar's worth of business done. When the matter was discussed in committee at Har risburg it was claimed that the small corner grocer, doing a business of from $1,000 to $10,000 annually, under the old law had to pay a mercantile lax of from 3 to 7 per cent, on his sales, while the mer chants doing a business of from $50,000 up would only pay from to r mill on their business. This, it was state!, made the old law un just to the small merchant, because of the grading of the tax, and gave all the advantage to the big stores. Under the new Jaw, the merchant doing a business of $t,ooo must pay $2, and one mill on the $1,000 of sales, making a total of $3, where he formerly had to pay $7. The merchant doing $300,000 of busi ness, under the old law, had to pay $200. Under the new act his mer cantile tax will, be $302. The change in this legislation means that the small dealer, even if he does less than 4 1,000 business.must pay $2, besides a few cents in mill age, while the" big merchant will have to pay a large increase. When the bill was originally introduced 44 Honest Labor Bears a Lovely Face' There is nothing more pleasing to took upon than a hearty, ruddy face, gained by honest toil. They are the saving of the nation, these toilers of both sexes, strug gling for daily bread. Ture blood mts them Able to keep up the dMly round of duty At home, shop or store. If the blood has a UM or im purity, or a run down feeling comes on, the on remedy is Hood's SrspArUU, America's Grettesi Medicine for the blood. Poor Blood "5Wy blood tuts so poor tht in 'hottest wither 1 felt cold. Hood" s StrsApArin rrude me tvArm. It is the right thing m the right pUce." Htltie J. lAylor, Woodstonm, N. J. 3&Ctf SaUafxitfllk J'M'JJJJUl.l.l .1.,. V Hno4't IMiUiir llirilli ; tlx nonlrrli.tlnt n only ratli.rtlc to uk with Hoodr rpriil there was $5 tax to start with, be sides the millage. Senator Miller of Berks had this reduced to $2, for which he was thanked by the Penn sylvania Retail Grocers' Association as it saved them nearly $400,000. Teachers' Institute. A partial list of the instructors for next week'i Teacher's Annual County Institute, which opens at 2 o'clock p. m. on Monday in Normal Auditorium is as follows: Miss Louise Connolly, of Washington; Dr. Lincoln Hulley, of Bucknell University; Prof. Frank B. Pearson, of Columbus, Ohio; Prot T. J. McConnon, of Wilkesbarre; and Prof. Aldinger, of the Normal Schoo'. The music will be in charge of Prof. O. II. Yetterof this town. MR. AGOSTINO MONTEGRIKFO. The following record speaks vol umes for this great artist, and it seems superfluous to add another word in eulogy. He is an American, born in New York City, of Italian parentage, and is the foremost American tenor, hav ing sung with the greatest artists in the world, both in opera and concert, among which are such shining lights as Patti, Scaichi, Hauk, Albani, Ab bott, Calve, Lehmann, Blauvelt, Cam panari, and other great celebrities, and under such directorship as Walter Damroscli, Beergnain, Goosens, of London, Eng., Henrich, and the late lamented Anton Seidl. In 1892 he was engaged by Sir Augustus Harris as priucipalenor for the Carl Rosa Opera Company. In 1893 he was specially engaged to sing the roll of Radames in Aida, at the Royal Theater in Turin, Italy, and in the spring of the same year, he created the roll of Can io in the opera "Pagliacci" in its first production in America. He is now the principal tenor with The International Grand Operatic Company under the exclusive man agement of Mr. Corneaux Behenna of New York City. His repertoire em braces ninety-six operas, and the acts of Grand Opera to be given by this company will be staged under his experienced supervision. He will be heard here in two of his greatest roles on Monday. MISS ETHEL DU FRE, A SOUTHERN ART IST OF NOTE. Miss Du Fre is a daughter of the South, and a decided brunette. As a child she sang with remarkable power and expression, and was the object of wonder among her relatives and friends, most of whom were musicians of no ordinary ability With artistic temperament and an inherent taste for music and a marked talent tor singing she was sent to Pans, where she be came the pupil of Madame Marchesi, who predicted for her great success. That Mme, Marchesi's prediction has come true is borne out by the fact that she was engaged as Prima Donna Contralto in Brussels, Belgium, also by fc.mma Juch, and has been associ ated with some of the best musical organizations of both Europe and this country. She is under the exclusive manage v iSlOTM!MiGIHIy THANKSGIVING BARGAINS. Good Underwear 50c. the Suit. Good Winter Caps 25c. ment of Corneaux Behenna of the International Grand ODeratic Com. pany, with whom she will appear in urrana upera ana concert on Monday at the Normal Auditorium and will be heard in two of her best roles on that occasion. THE MISSES CARROLL. Miss Clara Douclas Carroll and Miss Grace Lee Carroll are sisters and were born in St. Louis, Mo. They are descendents of Charles Carroll of Carrollton (one of the signers of the declaration ol Independence), also cousins of Robert E. Lee of Virginia and the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. Miss Clara Douclas Carroll com menced her musical career, after care ful trainins by the best American in. structors, as soprano soloist of the First Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, whicn position she held for three years. Miss Grace Lee Carroll was the soloist for the famous Quintet Club of that city, and both were soloists, with the Choral Symphony and Morning Choral Societies. Thousands of dollars have been speut on their education. Thev grad uated under that world renowned in structor, Madame Marchesi, Paris, who successfully Dreoared Melha. Calve, Eames, and many others of note. They appeared iointlv in manv of the leading cities abroad, meeting witn wonderful success everywhere. During their tour abroad thev attract ed the attention of several well known English and American managers who recognized their worth and made them flattering offers to tour in England and their own country. They finally closed a contract with Mr. Corneaux Behenna, under whose management tney win remain for some time to come. Their personal appearance is very prepossessing and they hive a charm-' ing and magnetic personality. Their vocal endowments are rare, their phrasing intelligent,' and the remark able volume and range of their voices are 1 ufficient for the most, exacting requirements. Their repertoire is extensive, embracing most of the hner operas and concert numbers of the great masters. Some of the large city papers have been lavish in their praise of these "song birds of America" and too much cannot be said in their favor. They possess youth, talent and good looks, are modest and finely educated, re finement and culture being depicted in every look, word and act 5 a credit to their ancesters. They will be heard here in Grand Opera and Concert with the Inter national Grand Operatic Company on Monday next at Institute Entertainment. Queen Quality For Women $3.00. Style, Fit, Wear. None Better. W. C. McKINNEY, ' No. 8 East Main St. YOU CAN BUY FOR .00 TOWbSEWD'S Star Clothing House. F. P. PURSEL. They Ring True. We planned for sotre very exceptional value giving1 during the next few days. Bargains ? Yes, bargains, and bargains that you'll appreciate, too. By the way. that word " bargain " is of ten mjaused, and oftener, badly abused. It has been made to stand for many a humbug, many a sham not here, though. It possesses a sense and dignity when used in our store news col umns. Here it will always be given its broadest, most liberal meaning. Hence, when we say these bargains Ring True," you can depend upon the statement. Famous Jacket Offerings. We have taken (3) small lots ot ladies and misses jackets, It was all thev had of them, so we bought them away down. Black Kersey Jacket, all wool, trimmed throughout with silk, trimmed with cloth and stitch ing, and the lapels trimmed wite silk, would be cheap at $12 00. Our price, $7 50. A lot of misses jackets we sold at $5 00 reduced to $4 00. riore About Dress Goods. Yes, and again more, if we had space to print it. We can not too strongly emphasize this fall and winter dress goods equipment. The storm serges, in all col ors, 42 ins. wide, sponged ready to cut into, at 50c. Cheviots, 50 ins. wide, in all colors, at 80c. Camelshair goods,56 ins.wide. at $1 00. Blue Calico. A lot of the best blue calico we can buy, at 5c per yard. Thanksgiving Table Damasks. Lots of lookahead housekeep ers will be glad of this chance to buy a table cloth or two from F. P. railOTAL VALUES! In black serges, whip cords, brilli antines, &c, just received. Have you seen the stylish Ladies' and Gent's Fine Shoes at $2.50, worth $3.00? We have to offer Coats, Tailor-Made Suits, Collarettes, Golf Capes, Plush Capes, We have many new bargains to offer vou since our visit to the city last week. It will always pay you to give us a call. Fresh Groceries received almost daily. Corner Main and Centre. Sweet, Orr's Trousers, $1.00. A Good Suit, A Good Overcoat, Latest in Hats, $1.00. $1.00. 3fc these lots. It is a clean case of money saving: The kind we can sell you at 25c. The kind we can sell vou at 75c Washing Machines. A lot of washing machines. We will sell them to you with the understanding if they don't give satisfaction we will take them back. Price, $2 98. The Victor machine you all know what it is price, $4 75 for a short time. Regular price, $8 00. Groceries. We don't claim our groceries ' are cheaper than any other's, but we do think .that there is not another store in town has as good or fresh and clean a lot as we can give you. If you want the best pears you ever ate, try our 2 cans for 25c. Hamburg string beans are yellow in color and as nice as new beans. 2 cans for 25c. To matoes, 3 cans for 25c. These are the Sunbeam goods you well know the brand. Corn, we can give you at all prices. The best corn is 2 cans for 25c. New dried fruits of all kinds. Prunes, raisins, currants, citron, orange and lemon peal, to make good mince meat, or we can sell you good mince meat, ready to make your pies. Pursel Blooosburg'Storo Co., Limited. ALFRED McHENRY, Manager
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