THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. THE COLUMBIAN. ESTAliUSUKI) iS6ft. HE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, AiTAliUSIlKD 187. CONSOLIDATED 1S69. 1'uni.isiiF.i) Kvkky Thursday Mornino, At Hloomslnirg, the County Scat of Columbia Cotmtv, Pennsylvania. C.KO. E. Et.WKt.L, Editor 11. J. TASKEK, I-ocM. Editor. GEO. C. KOAN, Foreman. Terms: Inside the county $1.00 a year n advance t $1.50 If not paid in alvnnce. Outside the county, $1,250 jenr, strictly in advance. All communications should lie addressed THE COLUMBIAN. JMoomsiiurj;, Fa. VHUKSDAY, NOVEMBER 2i, 1900. The population of Pennsylvania, as announced by the Census Bureau, 136302,115, against 5,258,0141011 years ago. This is an increase 1, 044,101, or 19.8 per cent. The Superior Court on Monday sustained the act of June 7, 1895, which makes it a misdemeanor for anv person to en Race in the busi ness of an undertaker without regis terinR with the State Board of Undertakers. I he act was brought before the court on the appeal of D. S. Ilanley, who was convicted un der the statute in lvne county. Insists on Bigger Army. "To protect American soldiers and life, to stamp out guerilla war fare, to create such permanency of power that every man, woman and child in the Philippines will know that we mean to stamp out this warfare. In addition, to send there an army so large and permanent that it can accomplish those four objects." That is "Our Duty to the Phil ippines," according to a lecture de livered at New York on Friday by President Jacob Schurnian, of Cor nell University, before the Baptist Social Union. "General Lawtoti told me," de clared the speaker, "that an army of 100,000 men would be needed, and reports from the islands prove it. I hope and pray that Congress will not consider the matter in a penny-wise and pound-foolish way. Do not send a sufficient force, but an overwhelming force. I pray that Congress will give us an army large enough to wind up the busi ness. ' ' - The Democratio Plan. General MaiArthur tells us that there will be need of a large army in the Philippines for a long time to come ; in fact, that our possession of the country will be held only by the force of arms, and it will then not be an undisturbed possession. We understand his ad vice to be that the Filipinos are united in their resistance to our possession, and tint they will dis turb it by all the artifice and power at their command. He tells us that they change their apparent at titude towards us as the occasion demands, and while ready to co operate with us and to be friendly with us in appearance, are always hostile in fact. The policy of the administration of this country, which has put us in this hopeless position in the Philippines, has been approved by the country, and the administration has been chartered to continue it ; and to maintain the war, which has no prospect of an end, in the pacific submission of the country. The pacification is much like that which confronts England in her attempt to subdue the Boers, but our un dertaking is far the less promising of the two. , Our administration is not to be congratulated upon the job before it, though it has now four years given it for its accomplishment. How patient the people will con tinue to be, under the great ex penditure of blood and treasure in the effort to hold the Pnilippines, we await with much curiosity to see. We do not think that they will long remain of the opinion that the game is worth the candle ; and we shall not be surprised to see a complete change of front upon the part of our administration, under the popular dissatisfaction which is sure sometime to appear over the inadequate results of our military occupation by these unprofitable lands. The only way in which our control of them can be held is the Democratic plan ; controlling them through their own people. If we can get them to erect a government under our protection we will clear ly be relieved of the need of keep ing among them an army for their subjection, and our obligation will be but to protect them from loreign aggression. We have little "doubt that the press of the situation will compel the Republican admin istration to adopt the Democratic p!au of treating with the Filipinos on the basis of their independence and self-government ; so evident does it seem to be that it is the only practicable plan of relieving itself of its white elephaut. Lancaster intelligencer. . WASHINGTON. From fur Krgular Correspondent. Washington, Nov. 16, 1900 If radical republicans can have their way the coming session of Congress will see a political fight not equaled in intensity and bitterness since the re publican1! tiied to pass the notorious Force bill. The object now is the same as it was then to curtail the political power of the South. The bill under the new census provides for a reduction of the representation in Congress and of the electoral votes of nearly every one of the southern stater. Needless to say that the democrats in the House and Senate will to a nan fight such a bill to the last ditch with every lsgislative weapon at their com mand, and those weapons can be made effective enough in the Senate, it not in the House, to block all busi ness for the entire session if it be comes necessary to prevent action on the bill. Mr. McKinley does not at present favor this scheme, but tiiat gives no assurance that he will not favor it later. He is a follower, not a leader, of his party, and he is likely to repeat his Porto Rican somersault, if the radicals can control the republican caucuses of the House and Senate. Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, seems to be hankering after the leadership of the radicals in the Senate. The Carnegie armor trust gets a contract . aggregating $17,000,000, and the Midvale Steel Co., which under bid the trust, in the first place, gets left. That is the sum and sub stance of Secretary Long's dickering with the steel trust for a price on armour for new warships. A statement was this week officially given out denying that this govern ment was in any wy hampering the negotiations with China, as charged by American correspondents of Lon don papers, and asserting that Minis ter Conger and Mr. Rockhill have authority to act in their discretion up on all matters of detail connected with the negotiations. m Senator Vest, of Mo., returned to Washington last week in better physi cal condition than he has been for five or six years, and his talk indicates his intention ro take his oldiime active part in the business of the Senate at the coming session of Congress. Sen ator Vest has opinions on all things political and does not hesitate to ex press them. He said of the proposi tion to reorganize the democratic party: "It is nonsense to talk reorgan ization of the party at this time. All that the democrats can do is to await developments in the future and renew our allegiance to the principles of the party as announced by Jefferson." speaking of Mr. McKinley s re-election. Senator Vest said: "There is no cause for discouragement to democrats in the result of the election History has simply repeated itself. No politi cal party in this country has ever been able to defeat an administration which was carrying on a foreign war. The Federal party was destroyed because of its opposition to the war of 1812. Thousands of patriotic citizens, who were really opposed to the foreign policy of Mr. McKinley, vrJted for him because they thought that we should first end the war in the Philip pines and then settle other questions connected with the archipelago. And nothing was more freely heard in the campaign from conservative men than the argument that it would not do to discredit our government by withdraw ing the troops from the Philippines while armed opposition to the govern ment existed there. I believe this feeling did more for President Mc Kinley than any other one factor in the election." It is said that the order for Russell B. Harrison's honorable discharge from the volunteer service he has been a Lieut. Col. of volunteers which was last week issued by the War Depart ment, was instigated by feeling against his father, ex-President Harrison, for not having been more active m his support of Mr. KcKinley in the cam paign. The reason giveh was that his services were no longer required, but the fact that other volunteer of ficers are being sent to the Philippines on every transport prevents its accept ance by those who think his discharge a whack at his father. Political parties are like individuals, the more they get the more they want. Boss Hanna has ordered that Senator Blackburn's right to his seat shall be contested, This may or may not fol low, as Boss Hanna has found out long ago that there are a number of republican Senators who will not be bossed by him. Senator Blackburn's term will.not begin until March 4, next. It is quite safe to say that he will get the seat he was elected to fill, notwithstanding the big republican majority in the Senate. Mr. McKinley's request made to the Cabinet last week, that each of them retain their portfolios under the new administration, which has been The "Best is the Cheapest' Experience tenches that good clothes wear longest, good food gives best nutrition, and a good medicine that cures disease is naturally the best and cheapest. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best medi cine money can buy, because it cures when all others fail. Poor Health "Hid poor httlth for years, pins in shoulders, buck And hips, tuith constant headache, nervousness And no Appetite. Used Hood's SrspAritta, ffdined strength And an work hurd lt dy: f heArtily And sleep tuetl. Hook it becAuse it helped my husbAnd to tvhom it gA-vt strength." Mrs. E. J. Giffels, Moose Like, Minn. Jlccd2 Hood't Ptjlt far liver till ; th mm Irrltnllmr sn4 onlv othtrtlo to Uk wTtKUuoTi Brartll widely exploited as something extra ordinary, was in reality but a bit of buncombe,, a sort of official certificate of character for each of the gentlemen who are members of the Cabinet. It is not probable that any President who was ever re-elected failed to ask the members of his cabinet to remain with him, although there is no record of any of them having chosen Mr. M- Kinley s way of doing it a speech at a cabinet meeting. Nothing is more certain than that there will be changes in the Cabinet when the next admin istration begins. (Jive Thanks. Governor William Stone Issues His Annual Proclamation. Governor William A. Stone has is sued his annual Thanksgiving day proclamation. "Following the example of the President of the United States, who, in obedience to a national custom hallowed by long and glad observance, has set apart a day of praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for the unprecedented blessings with which He has filled and crowned the preced ing year, 1, vvnnam A. stone, gover-1 ernor of the commonwealth of Penn-1 sylvama, do hereby name Thursday, Nov. 29, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. "The citizens of our commonwealth have enjoyed a condition of unusual prosperity. Labor has had a constant employment at food wages, our crops have been bountiful and the various products of industry have found new markets in all parts of the world. No great calamity or epidemic has visited us and the general health of our people has been excellent. Our state has continued its steady and healthy ad vance toward a higher citizenship and the future is bright and promising. "Let us on this day put aside our usual cares and labor and join with one another in manifesting our grati tude to the Divine source of these multiplied evidences of progress and humangdevelopment. " 1 o this end I advise that religious exercises be conducted in all churches and that devout prayers be offered to Almighty God for a continuance of His guidance and care. Let us es pecially remember the sick, needy and the poor and endeavor in so far as in our power to see that no one within the limits of our commonwealth shall be in want. 'Given under my hand and the great seal of the state at the city of tiarnsburg this tenth day of Novem ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand and nine hundred, and of the commonwealth the one hundred and twenty-fifth. , William A. Stone. "By the governor : "W. W. Griest, secretary of the com monwealth." The Widow of Garfield's Slayer to Wed The Lancaster Intelligencer says that 'Mrs. Anna Dunmire, formerly wife of Lnarles J. uuiteau, the assas sin of President Garfield has taken out a license to wed one Enoch Allen of that city. She possesses consider able vivacity and talked freely con cerning her first husband. "My first husband," she said, "was Charles T. Guiteau, who was hanged. After that I matried Mr. Dunmire. Charles was no more insane than you are. He was no common murderer. He was a political offender. Many a time I visited him in jail, and just before he was taken to be killed I was the last to bid him good by. I have always been good to my husbands." . Longer Term In Normal Schools. The principals and trustees of the tljirteen State normal schools decided at a conference at the Department of Public Instruction to consolidate the elementary course of study and the regular normal course, adding French, German and Greek as elective studies. This means that students must .spend three years at the schools before they can be regularly graduated. Hereto fore they have been given diplomas at the end of two years. 44 WHEN w r-x le can always be The Seaboard Air Line Railway. Florida and WcsHndia Short Line is Positive ly tha Shortest Route to Southern Pines and Plnchurst, N. C, and Camden, 3. C, iho Famous Winter Re torts of the Carolinas. Winter excursion tickets are now on sale to Southern Pines and Pinehurst, and similar tickets to Camden may be purohased at principal points south of anil including Washington, D. C. Double dailv service and through Pull man drawing room and buffet sleeping cars from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, ashington and Richmond Trains arrive and depart at Pennsyl vania Railroad stations; also direct connections via Steamer Lines are made at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va. For further information call on or ad dress W. C. Shoemaker, General Eastern Passenger Agent, 1206 Broad way, New York j C. L. Longsdort, New England Passenger Agent, 306 Washington street, Boston Mass.; W. M. McConnell, General Agent, 1434 New York ayenue, Washington, D. C. or the General Passenger Agent at Portsmouth, Va. E. St. John, L. S. Allen, V.-P. & G. M. Gen. Pass. Agt. The following letters are held at the Bloomsburg, Pa., postofiice, and will be sent to the dead letter office Dec. 4, 1900. Persons calling for these letters will please say "that they were advertised Nov. 22, 1900": Miss Bertha Miller, Chas. Ritter. Cards: D. A. Backus. One cent will be charged on each letter advertised. O B. Mellick, T. M. Bloie;birg at Hazletou. "Bill"' Hughes, the veteran horse man, of Hazleton, was out sleighing in that town yesterday morning, though the snow was not deep. Mr. Hughes takes pride in the claim to have been the first citizen of that city to enjoy a sleighride each season for 22 years back, and lest any of his am bitious neighbors should attempt to take the honor from him this season he appealed on Broad street yesterday morning, though the snowfall was a mere photograph, the ground being entirely bare. Shamokin Times, Fri. day. The Eminent Kidney and Bladder Specialist. The Discoverer of Swamp-Root at Work la Els Laboratory. There is a disease prevailing In this country most dangerous because so decep tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by It heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure or apoplexy are often the result of kidney disease. If kidney trouble ts allowed to ad vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by cell. Then the richness of the blood the albumen leaks out and the sufferer has Bright' Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp. Root the new dis covery is the true specific for kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. It has cured thousands of apparently hopeless cases, after all other efforts have failed. At druggists in fifty-cent and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling about Swamp Root and Its wonderful cures. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. and mention this paper. Wmmr ili Jplpl Townsend's HI Lboi YOU COME TO TOWN 1 A -.A. X I- sure snu siop ai Star Clothing House FOR YOUR &FALL The latest styles in Fall and Winter Goods, For men, boys and children. Hats, Caps, Shirts,6cc.,of the latest style, found at v'tmi riAfhii OK li UlUlllill BLOOMSBURG, PA. UMLT-1 ITT 5 ALWAYS There is nothing that pays better in this business than eteriml watchfulness. It pays us, and in paying us it is bound to pay you. Never a season known when the buying chances were better. Caused chiefly by whether conditions, makers and maker's agents an; most anxious to sell. Must sell or take an enormous loss later on. We're on the lookout for the bept, where we can buy it cheapest. This week will sell 10 yards of good unbleached muslia at oOc. Heavy muslin, same grade as Apple ton A, at Oc. per yard. This is a lot of muslin in lengths of four to ten yards. Friday morning we will put on sate a lot of Per cales dark colors, and not a bad style in the lot, at Gc. a yard just the price of calico. Reed Rockers. The cheapest ever offered in Bloomsburg. Man's size Reed Rockers, made good and strong, worth $4 00, but we will sell them for the next two weeks at $2.40. Come and see this chair. We show a big line of other Rockers. The Garment Selling. We will have lots of cold weather this winter; vnn'll tippiI a npw mat or nann. Wliv not come and choose now from this special line ? Plush Bape, 27 8 ins. long, big sweep, and trimmed with fur, at $4. 10. g A lot of $10.00 Jackets reduced to $8.40. $7 50 Misses' Jackets reduced to $0.50. These Miss Jack- fi ets are made of good cloth and the newest cut in Box Coats. j Groceries. p Our Gtocery Department is filled with the best groceries we can find. We don't try to sell this cheap truck. Good groceries are always the cheapest and we think they make trade good. Come and try them, we know we can please you. I F. P. PURSEL. ''The Atlanta Special." The route of the ''Atlanta Special" is via the Seaboard Air Line Railway, "Florida and West India Short Line," with through Pullman drawing room and buffet sleeping cars from New York. Philadelnhia. Baltimore. Wash- ington and Richmond to Athens and Atlanta, where direct connections are made in Union Depot lor Montgom ery, Macon, Ne Orleans and all points South and Southwest. Trains arrive snd depart at Pennsylvania Railroad stations. For further infor mation call on or address W. C. Shoe maker, General Eastern Passenger Aeent, 1206 Broadwav. New YorksC. L. Loegsdorf, New England Passenger Agent, 306 Washington street, Boston, Mass.j W. M. McConnell, General Ajent, 1434 New York avenue, Wash ington, U C, or the General Pas senger Agent at Portsmouth, Va. E. Sr. John, L. S.. Allen, V.-P. & G. M. Gen. Pass. Agt. mu OVERCOAT g House, ft "J1 kkbki Too Man; Careless Hunters. Many hunters escape being slaught ered by amateur nimrods only by stay ing out of the woods. The record of fatal or serious accidents among hunt ers will be a large one this year, and the list will keep on increasing as long as reckless and excitable men and boys feel that they must take to the woods with shotgun or riflle upon the rumor that game is plenty and must explode their weapons at everything that moves. If it were required by law that no boy under 16 years of age might carry a gun and that those who are over that age should take out a license for the use of deadly weapons, the number of accidents that occur among hunters would probably be small. it! 9111 WO This ilgnntur la on every Iwx of the g-onulne Laxative Bromo-Quimne tmou the (emedy tbat cures colU la ono W 1
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