THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
THE COLUMBIAN.
KSTAU1.ISHKI) 1866.
HE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
I.STABI.IS11KI) 1S37. Consolidated 1869.
Published Kvkrv Thursday Mornino,
At IMoomstmrg, the County Scat of
Columhia County, Pennsylvania.
GKO. K. EI.WKLl, Editor.
1). .1. TASKKK, Local Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Eokkmas.
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Terms : Inside the county $ 1.00 si year
n advance; $ 1.50 if not paid in advance.
Outside the county, 5 1. 25 a year, strictly in
tdvance.
All communication should be addressed
THE COLUMBIAN,
IJloomsUirg, I'a.
J THURSDAY, SKI'TKMBER 27, 19."
Democratic Ticket.
NATIONAL.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM J. BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
KOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ADLAI E. STEVENSON,
of Illinois.
8TATE.
FOR AUDITOR GEXERAI.,
P. GRAY MEEK,
of Centre Co.
FOR COXGRESSMEN'-AT-LARGE,
N. M. EDWARDS,
of Lvcoming Co.
HENRY E. GRIMM,
of Bucks Co.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS-AT LARGE
A. II. CofTroth. of Somerset.
Francis Shunk Brown, Pniladelphia.
Andrew Caul, of Elk.
Otto Germer, of Erie.
EOH DISTRICT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Hugh Moore,
Henry FornbcrRpr.
Mat hew DllinaD,
V. Horace Honking.
Adam K. Walch,
N. M. Ellis
Alhre lit Kneule,
DavU .1. I'eamull,
L. V. KelfT.
Dr. Mccormick,
Joseph O'Brien,
Tnomas Maloney,
James Hell,
V. s. Hasilnirs,
K. Scott Aiuiucrmnn,
Dr. Dallas Harnliurt,
Harvey w. Haines,
Warn-n Wnrt 11 Halley,
Wcsli-y V. Uurfty,
Samuel V. Mack,
John F. Pauley,
J. C. Kelly,
John T. Hro.T,
J. . CnrmU-havl,
I. . Klteliey,
Kimball.
Michael .Mullet,
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COUNTY.
FOR CONGRESS,
RUFUS K. POLK,
of Danville.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
WILLIAM T. CREASY,
(South Side)
of Catawissa Twp.
FRED. IKELER,
(North Side)
of Bloomsburg.
FOR SHERIFF,
DANIEL KNORR,
of Locust Twp.
FOR CORONER,
DR. B. F. SHARPLESS,
of Catawissa.
FOR JURY COMMISSIONER,
DAVID A. SHULTZ,
of Madison Twp.
To The Votera of Columbia County.
It is urged by your County Chair
man that you organize "Bryan and
Stevenson Clubs" in every election
district in Columbia County. Do
this at once. C. A. Small,
County Chairman.
The population of Psnnsylvania
will be something over 6,000,000,
and is the second state in size in the
union, New YorK State leading
with about 7,000,000.
Since the decision of Judge Fann
ing, of the Towanda courts, to the
effect that there can be no compul
sory vaccination by order of school
boards, they have found trouble in
that town to keep children at
school.
The charge made by some Re
publican papers that Col. Bryan in
stigated the coal strike, is as malic
ious as it is senseless, and should
react upon the party that makes it.
It would be just as reasonable for
the Democrats to charge President
McKinley with responsibility for
the great disaster at Galveston.
Judge Refuses to Hear Garman.
A very interesting political inci
dent occurred in Wilkes-Barre last
week. Judges Woodward and Ed
wards were on the bench when Ex
State Democratic Chairman John
M. Garman advanced to try a sure
ty case.
Judge Woodward looked at him
and frowned darkly.
"Is this your case ?" he asked.
"Yes, your Honor," said Gar
man. "I must refuse to hear auy case
in which you appear," said Judge
Woodward sharply, and, turning
to Judge Edwards, he said : "Will
yon hear the case ?"
Garman was silent for a minute,
and then, smiling, turned to Judge
Edwards and went on with his case.
The ill-feeling is due to a speech
. made by Garman in the Democratic
convention some time ago, where
tnere was a bitter fight. He re
ferred to Woodward as "the Judge
wno let the fifty murderers of Lat
timer walk the streets free when
they should have been in 1 ail.
Judge Woodward took the remark
much to heart and was deeply in-
censea.
WASHINGTON.
From Mir Keculnr Correspondent,
Washington, Sept. 24, 1900.
Mr. McKinley's fellow Imperial
ist, the Emperor of Germany, not
having a slumping political cam
paign on his hands, has notified
his American imitator that he must
fish, cut bait or get out of the Chi
nese boat. Mr. McKinlev found
this notification in the shape of
the demand uf the German Emperor
that the Chinese officials who insti
gated the attacks on foreigners shall
be punished before Germany will
participate in negotiations with
China, when he paid Washington
one of his periodical visits last week,
and with it was a communication
asking in diplomatic language what
he was going to do about it. There
was a hurrying and scurrying, and
with the assistance of some Assist
ant Secretaries and those members
of the cabinet who are not on the
stump or taking things easy away
from their offices, a reply to Ger
many's communication was con
cocted and sent off. It was not
made public, but there is little
doubt that it was a plea for delay
enough to carry the matter beyond
the election. It is plain enough
that Germany means to make war
on China, and now that Count
Waldersee, the German Commander-in-Chief,
is on the ground,
the Kaiser wants to know whether
Mr. McKinley is going io help him
or not, and Mr. McKinley wants to
find out whether he is going to be
ae-elected before giving a positive
reply. If re-elected he may con
sider that an endorsement of imper
ialism and conclude to add a slice of
China to his imperial domain.
Boss Hanna and his crowd, in
cluding Mr. McKinley, have lost
no opportunity to humiliate Senator
Foraker for several years past, but
last week Mr. McKinley sent for
Senator Foraker and begged him
to put his shoulder to the McKinley
wheel in Ohio. Nothing could tell
the story of Mr. McKinley's fright
m plainer terms.
Major Daniel O'Driscoll, who
was, previous to this Administra
tion, an ardent Republican, was one
of the speakers at a meeting held
under the auspi.es of the Central
Bryan and Stevenson Club, last
week. He said : "Before the Re
publican party became the party of
conquest and imperialism it stood
for all that any patriotic American
could wish for, but since it had at
its head such men as President Mc
Kinley and Senator Hanna not only
are ilia old men turning away but
they are followed by the young
men. A party that will not keep
promises is not a party to tie to. As
a sample of these non-kept promises
we have but to point to the natives
of Porto Rico. Do you wonder that
those Porto Ricans sigh for the re
turn of the Spanish rule? I don't."
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Democrats around the Congres
sional Committee Headquarters are
delighted with that Chicago speech
of Boss Hanna, in which he so far
lost his head as to say : "I believe
that there is not a trust in the entire
U. S." They believe that this
assertion on the part 01" Hanna will
be worth many thousands of votes
to Bryan and Stevenson and the
Democratic candidates for Congress,
because it is so manifestly false that
it will disgust intelligent men who
have heretofore voted the Republi
can ticket. To say that there isn't
a trust in the U. S. when there isn't
a family in the country which
doesn't know and feel by the surest
test, increase in its '.iving expenses,
of the existence of numerous trusts,
is as ridiculous as to say that black
is white. The Republican platform
recognized the existence of trusts,
as did the letters of acceptance of
Mr. McKinley and Mr. Roosevelt,
but Hanna says there are no Ousts.
After making such an assertion,
Mr. Hanna cannot expect the peo
ple to believe anything he says
about other issues of the campaign.
If Hanna can only be kept talking
in that strain, the election of Bryan
and Stevenson can be made unan
imous. Mr. McKinley is beinsr
urged by many to try to muzzle
Hanna.
Representative Fitzpatrick, of
Ky., who was in Washington this
week, said of the political conditions
in his state : "This talk that the
Republicans are going to carry
Kentucky for Mr. McKinley and
the State ticket is most amusing.
Why, there never was a time when
the Democrats of Kentucky were in
better fighting trim. We'll give
Bryan a regular old-fashioned Dem
ocratic majority, and we'll elect
Beckham governor, too." Of the
general outlook Mr. Fitzpatrick
said : "Republicans admit to me in
private conversation that Bryan is
growing in strength every day.
Very few Republicans have I met
who say that McKinley will carry
Maryland or Delaware or West
"Keep to Your Pla.ce and
Your Place wilt Keep You.'
Without good health ne cannot keep
situations nor enjoy life. Most troubles
originate in impure blood. Hootf s Sasa
parilla makes the blood rich And pure,
And thus promotes good health, which tvil!
help you "keep your place,"
Virginia. Nearly all of the influ
ential Democrats and Independents
who supported McKinley in 1896
are for Bryan this year on the para
mount issue of imperialism and mil
itarism. Just think of it, according
to the present rates of expense for
our army it will require $150,000,
000 for its support for this fiscal
year, and there is no reduction of
the army in sight. If the policy
of imperialism is to be continued,
what will the army cost ? As a
conservative man, I give it as my
opinion that Bryan will lie elected
by as large a majority as Cleveland
received in 1892."
STRIKE EXPLAINED.
Sott Coal Operator at the Bottom ol it.
"The soft coal operators of this sec
tion of the state are in their glory
and have won a great v'ctory. For a
year past they have sent numerous
agents East to secure men to operate
their mines, but without success, but
now that the hard coal miners are on 1
strike they are securing all the' help
needed. Eighty men from Wilkes
Barre arrived at the Pennsylvania de
pot this morning and were hired at
01.ee by officials of J. C. Steinnian &
Co., of South Fork, and the Mitchell
Coal & Coke Co. The former firm is
preparing to operate day and night.
An official said : "We have at last
secured a way to get all the help need
ed, and this section will soon become
the most prosperous in the state. A
strike in the Anthracite region was
the only way we could secure the de
sired help. Work can be furnished
for three thousand miners in this im
mediate vicinity." Johnstown Demo
crat. The following, taken from the Phil
lipsburg Journal, published in the
heart ol trie soft coal region, indicates
that they are not at all in sympathy
with the workmen in the Anthracite
region, and precludes the possibility
of their going out :
" The Bituminous coal workers will
not extend any succor to thetr fellows
in the hard coal region. I his was
decided upon some time aco at a
meeting of the workers in this dis
trict. The fact is they are unable any
more than 10 fill their own orders at
present. Some of them are a little
behind on account of the scarcity of
cars this summer, but now that the
strike is on in the Anthracite region
the cars that would naturally go there
will be available to the solt coal peo
ple, and the latter can use all the
can get. All the miners in this dis
trict are working regularly, with no
thought of a sympathy strike. Hun
dreds of coal diggers from the Anthra
cite region are coming here and find
ing work."
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The Great Beading Fair-
Berks county has always been noted
for its large and highly successful agri
cultural exhibitions. The 45th annual
exhibition, to be held in the city 01"
Reading, on the 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th
of October, judging by the prepara
tions in progress, will eclipse all pre
vious efforts in that direction. Many
special attractions have been provided
and the display in every department
promises to be very fine. In fruit the
country is rarely excelled, and the
season having been favorable, a fine
assortment of varieties may be expect
ed. The races will be exciting and
diversified by a special programme of
amusements in fiont of the grand
stand, given between the heats. The
railroad companies have granted lib
eral concessions and will run excur
sions at a single rate of fare for the
found trip. Cars run direct to the
grounds. Reading is one of the most
attractive cities to visit, and is seen at
its best during the wetk of the county
fair.
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Nine Hundred Idle.
Nine hundred men in Williamsnort
are out of employment and eight big
saw mills are standing idle because
80,000,00c feet of logs are stranded
along the West Branch and its tribu
taries. The last freshet was about
the middle of March, at which time
less than half of the season's cut of.
logs floated into the Williamsport
boom. leaving the remainder of the
stock high and dry on the banks of
the streams until today, at some points
the barkless sticks lie whitening in
yiesun 15 feet above the edge of
the diminished waterways.
Pure drugs, of all kinds, at Mer
cer's Drug & Book Store.
FULL
STAR
WE INVITE AN INSPECTION.
Our stock, for men, boys' and children, is now
ready, consisting of the latest novelties, at
THE LOWEST PRICE,
ALWAYS IN THE LEAD.
Townsend's Star Clothing House,
BLOOflSBURG, PA.
Aeronaut Falls 1000 Feet.
This afternoon, says a special from
Lancaster to the Philadelphia Press,
on Saturday, while Carl Bryan, an
aeronaut with a circus which has been
exhibiting here, was making an as
cension at Ephrata his baloon burst
at a height ol about a thousand feet.
The parachute which he intended
using when a higher altitude was
reached could not be opened until
the man was within several hundred
leet of the giound, and he finally fell
ou some telephone wires. These
broke and he dropped to the ground,
being injured about the body and legs,
but not seriously.
The circus above mentioned is
Welsh Beos which exhibited in Blooms
burg about three week's ago. An ac
cident, similar to the foregoing oc
curred at Danville the day before, and
the aeronaut was injured to such an
extent that he was unable to make an
ascension here. It berns to look as
though that is a part of the show. It
is absurd to think that a man could
fall a distance of one thousand feet,
alight amidst a lot of telephone wires,
tumble to the ground and escape in
stant death. Oh no, Messrs Welsh,
excuse us this time.
Eloorr.sbnrg Fair.
On October 9th to I2ti, inclusive,
the Philadelphia & Reading Railway
will sell excursion tickets to Blooms
burg at the low rate of single fare for
the round trip, with a minimum of
25 cents, from Williamsport, Tama
qua, and intermediate ticket stations,
on the direct line via Catawissa
branch, also from Mahanoy City,
Ashland, and principal intermediate
stations. Tickets good lor return un
til October 13th, inclusive.
Thursday and Friday, October 11
and 12, special train will leave Tama
qua 8:15 a. m., E. M. Junction, 8:30
a. in , Ringtown, 9:17 a. m, for
Bloomsburg, connecting at E. M.
Junction with regular train leaving
Ashland 7:48 a. m.
Returning, special train will leave
Bloomsburg 5:50 p. m. for Taniaqua.
Above special trains stop at all inter
mediate ticket stations in each direc
tion.
Special train will leave West Milton
8:25 a. m. (after arrival of regular
train leaving Williamsport 7:30 a. m.)
for Bloomsburg, stopping at Potts
grove, Mooresburg, Danville and Ru
pert. Returning, special train will leave
Bloomsburg 6:10 p. m., for Milton and
Williamsport, stopping at all interme
diate ticket stations.
Second-Hand Wheels
At Mercer's Drug and Book Store,
getting very scarce. We now have
left the following only : One ladies',
in good condition, at $12.00; one
Alton, new this year, $40.00 list price,
that can be bought for $25.00. This
-wheel has not been run 60 miles.
One Crescent tandem for $30.00.
This we regard as the best bargain
we nave been able to offer this vear
in tandems. If you want a new
wneel, it will pay you to get our
prices, as we will promise you a real
bargain.
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The "Farm Journal" is cheap,
but not too cheap to be good ; it is
full of ginger and gumption, and
has as many other good things in
it that you can use as any paper at
any price. We have a clubbing
arrangement, by which the Colum
bian is sent one year, and the
"Farm Journal" nearly five years,
remainder of 1900, and all of 1901,
1902, 1903 and 1904, both for $1.00.
Pay in advance and get two big
prizes.
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BLACK AND COLORED
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Once more we have demonstrated our leadership in
this important department. No stock in forty miles
shows as great variety of weaves of the worthy sort.
None, probably, is so free from designs and colorings
that cannot be approved by people of tefined taste.
Present indications are that smooth fabrics will be
most favored this season. In these we show a great va
riety, in the most beautiful new shades. Following is
our price-range on a lew staples :
BLACK DRESS GOODS.
Plain Cheviots, 56c to
$1 50.
Storm Serges, 50c to
$1 20.
Camel's I lair Suitings,
50c to $1.40.
Zebelines, $1 50 and $2.
French Poplins, $1 00.
French Melrose, Si 29.
Broadcloths, 75c to $1 30.
Venetian Cloth, $1 10 to
$2 25.
Plain Granites, 56 to 75c.
OUTING FLANNEL
1TIGIIT R0E23.
You can make yourselves
comfortable these cool
evenings if you buy some
of our Outing Flannel
Night Robes. We have
them, for ladies and gen
tlemen, and we have not
forgotten the children, and
at prices it won't pay you
to make them.
TOILET SOAP.
There is no excuse for
you not to keep clean.when
you can buy pure White
Castile Soap at 5c a cake,
the same a you pay 10c.
3 cakes of good Toilet
Soap for 10c. 3 cakes of
Cosmo Buttermilk for 21c.
fhls 1S housecleaning time and you may want some
Led-Room Furniture, or a Sideboard to brighten up
your dining toom, or some other Furniture. Don't for
get, if you will give us a chance we can save you money
on these goods. Let us prove it to you.
R P. PURSEL.
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Miltoa Fair-
On October 2d to 5th, inclusive,
the Philadelphia & Reading Railway
will sell excursion tickets to Milton,
from Williamsport, Catawissa, Blooms
burg, Shamokin, Mt. Carmel, and in
termediate ticket stations, at rate of
single fare for the round trip, with a
minimum of 25 cents. Tickets good
for return until October 6th, inclu
sive. The following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg, Pa., postofiice, and
will be sent to the dead letter office
Oct. 9, 1900. Persons calling for
these letters will please say " thit they
were advertised Sept. 27, 1900" :
Mr. A. G. Chriswell, Mr. E. H.
Briody.
One cent will be charged on each
letter advertised.
O B. Meluck, P. M.
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The Kind You Have Always Bought
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COLORED DRESS GOODS.
Whipcords, $1 00.
French Poplins, 80c.
Venetian Cloth, $1 00 to
$2 25.
Broadcloths,75c to $1 50.
Storm Serges, 50c to
$t 20.
Plain Cheviots, 560 to Si.
Mohairs, 56c.
Henriettas, 50c to $1 co.
Granites, 50c to 75c.
Surah Serge, 50c to 75c.
1SCCA GLOVES, Fcr Ladies.
We put on sale two num
bers, in Grey Moca Gloves.
The best goods for the
money we have ever of
fered. These goods come
right from the factory.
Price, $1 00 and $1 50.
OUR TAILOR-MADE SUITS.
We carry, at all times, a
greater stock and larger
assortment of Women's
Tailor-Made Suits than
any house in Bloomsburg.
The suits we sell at $12 00
we don't think are equalled
at the price.
MUSLIN.
10 Yds unbleached mus
lin for 50c. Some Heavy
Unbleached Muslin at 6c.
Tbe Hebrew New 'Year.
The Hebrew New Vear began
Monday, Sept., 24. At sunset on the
previous evening the New Vear, 566't
the fall holidays, known as the high
l.oly days in the Jewish calendar, are
ushered in. For some time preced
ing the New Year, or Rosh ILishana,
the synagogues and smaller places of
worship at e renovated and put in good
order for the approaching year. Min
isters are secured lor such pulpits s
have been without a spiritual director,
if only to cover the period of the holy
days, from the New Year to the Feast
of Tabernacles,, Tishri, 15 (October
8). The interesting holy day is the
day of Atonement, or Vom K.pPur
which occurs ten days after l'u1 Ne
Year.
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