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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
THE COLUMBIAN.
l.STAl'.LlSIIED iSOO.
.HE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
AiTAUt.istiKP 1837. Consolidated iSGg.
FUBLISIIKI) K.VKRV THURSDAY MORNINO,
At liloomsburg, the County Sent of
Columliin County, Pennsylvania.
CKO. K. KI.WKi.L, Kditou.
1). J. TASKEK, Local Editor.
CI KG. C. KUAN, Foreman.
Terms : Inside the county $t.oo a year
In advance; $1.50 if not .iiil in advance.
Outside the county, $1.25 a year, strictly in
dvance.
Ml communications should 1e addressed
THE COLUMBIAN,
Ulooinsliurg, I'a.
VHURSDAV, DIXEMBEK 7, 1900.
WASHINGTON-
From ryiir Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Dec. 24, 1900
Mr. McKinley is eating the crow
prepared for him by the Senate
when it thoroughly Americanized
the Ilav-Pauncefute treaty before
ratifying it, as though lie enjoyed
crow as much as he did Christmas
turkey. But that isn't strange. lie
is always in favor of what the
majority favors. He has heard
from the people as well as from the
Senate, and will direct that the
amended treaty be forwarded to the
British Government with as much
complacency as though it hadn't
been amended at all. Secretary
Hay made it easier for hira by giv
ing out an official statement saying
that he was personally responsible
for the wording of the original
treaty, and that it was agreed to by
the British Ambassador without
the crossing of a "t" or the dotting
of an "i." This action of Mr. Hay
was but following the example of
Alger who made himself a scape
goat to save Mr. McKinley's feel
ings. It is the belief of most Sen
ators that England will accept the
amended treaty, but many of them
do not hesitate to say that it is per
fectly immaterial to them whether
she does or not.
Senator Ilanna took occasion be
fore Congress adjourned until Jan
uary 3. for the holiday recess, to do
some vigorous cracking of the party
whip over the heads of those Re
publican Senators who have dared
to express opposition to the Ship
subsidy bill. He threatened them
with all sorts of things if they did
not get into line for the bill by the
time Congress reassembled, and ad
ded that no Republican who oppos
ed the bill need expect any favori
from the administration. Whether
those tactics will win cannot be told
until the Senate is again in session.
m
Extravagance is in the Washing
ton atmosphere, and all sorts and
conditions of men are trying to get
some of the Treasury surplus which
they expect Congress to appropriate
at this session. When the House
committee on Rivers and Harbors
met, at the beginning of the session,
it was understood by the members
that the bill to be prepared should
not carry a total of more thau $40,
000,000. That understanding was
knocked into a cocked hat by the
provisional agreement by the com
mittee to items in the bill which,
with provision for continuing con
tracts, nearly doubled the amount
first named. That frightened the
committee, and. a decision was
reached to cut. the total of the ap
propriations carried by the- bill
down to $60,000,000, which will in
the opinion of most persons, be a
sizable amount.
Close friends of the administra
tion admit that Mr. McKinley and
his Cabinet are in a state of anxiety
concerning the decision that the U.
S. Supreme Court will hand down
in the cases involving the Constitu
tionality of the McKinley policy
toward the islands acquired from
Spain, which were argued this week
in other words, whether the Con
stitution follows the flag where it is
permanently raised. Attorney Gen.
Griggs made the argument against
that contention, and lawyers say it
was one of the ablest he ever made.
It is not known, of course, what
the decision, which is expected
some time in January, will be, but
the preponderance of legal opinion,
entirely outside of politics, seems to
be that it will be against the admin
istration. That opinion is privately
held by many who support Mr.
McKinley.
Mr. McKinley's nomination of
Mr. J. G. A. Irishman, of Pa., to
be U. S. Minister to Turkey, is con
sidered to be an official acknowl
edgement of the failure of the series
of bluffs, beginning with the de
parture from Constantinople of U.
S. Minister Straus and ending with
the call of the battleship Kentucky
at Smyrna, Turkey, to make the
Sultan pay' the claims of American
missionaries for property destroyed
by Turkish mobs, leaving the Sul
tan the winner, as the claims have
not been paid.
The Senate Committee on Mili
tary Affairs has knocked out the
Army reorganization bill passed by
the House, which was' prepared by
Gen. Curbin, and credited to Secre
tary Root, by preparing a substitute
which will be reported to the Senate
when Congress reassembles. The
substitute provides for the same
number of men as the House bill,
but in the orginazation follows the
recommendations of General Miles.
It also provides for a continuance of
the army canteen, which the House
voted to abolish to please the ladies
of the V. C. T. U., who were at
the Capital in force when the vote
was taken, only .stipulating that
beer shall be the only intoxicant
sold.
Although the resolution authoriz
ing the retirement as a Captain in
the navy of Representative Boutelle,
of Me., who is now in a sanitarium
suffering with an incurable brain
trouble brought on everybody
knows how, went through the
House and Senate without objection
and is now in the hands of Mr. Mc
Kinley, there are lots of Senators
and Representatives who believe it
to be a bad precedent for Congress
to set, but who disliked to oppose
it for fear that thev would be charg
ed with lack of feeling for a poor
fellow, whose friends only asked
that he be provided with a govern
ment salary for the rest of his life.
If Congress should undertake to
provide for all such the country
would soon be kankrupt.
Poll NATIONAL HONOfi.
We Should Keep the Promise! Mado to
the Fillipinos.
Some people profess to believe
that the United States cannot be a
world power unless its authority be
spread out over a large portion of the
globe and mantained there by a stan i
ing army. They have no conception
of any power except that of brute
strength, and the idea that a country
is great and therefore strong because
it has numerous colonies find blind
acceptance with them. As a matter
cf fact a country is weakened by the
possession of distant territory, which
must be all times and which, in time
of war, must be watched with special
care lest it revolt or be stolen. Eng
land and other territcry.holding na
tions have learned this to their sorrow.
There has not been a war in which
England has engaged for years that
has not been prolonged and, in one
case at least, lost, because her terri
tories required valuable troops for
their defense and continued subjuga
tion. It is not a matter of mere senti
ment which makes the restoration of
the Philippine Islands to the natives
a desirable action. We should keep
the promises made when we accepted
Filipino help against the Spanish, for
the sake of our national woid of honor
but also for our own comfort and even
safety we should let them go. They
are not necessary to make the United
States a world power.
This country is that already. It is
more. It is the foremost power in
the world, as acknowledged by Sir
Robert Giffen at the recent meeting
of the Manchester Statistial society,
when he said:
"The United States has compelled
her recognition as a world power, and
the most powerful of all, so far as her
population and resources are con
cerned. It really has a greater Euro
pean population than any European
state. Its pre eminence cannot be
questioned."
Conquest has not made us great,
however. We have developed in
peace, and, despite,not through, wars,
for war in the end costs more than it
brings. Our greatness is the result
of natural growth, the outcome of the
constitutional seed planted by the
fathers. Our strength is in our patriotic
manhood, ready at all times to defend
the principles of liberty and equality,
and in the doubt about real prowess,
which has always existed in the minds
of the rulers of the earth. And it will
be wise to make an exact showing of
our resources in attempts to hold
stolen islands. New York News.
License Blanks
License blanks for Hotel, Restau
rant, Wholesaler, Bottler, Distiller, for
sale at this office, 10 cents each, 3
for 25 cents. 4t
TJ. Ev- Oburch Services.
Missionary meeting, on Friday
evening, at W. V. Robbins', at 7:30
p. m.
Sunday school, Sunday, at 9:15
a. m.
Preaching, on ''Eternity," at 10:30
a. m.
Junior K. L. C. E., at a p. m.
Senior K. L. C. E., at 6 p. m.
Union services, in the M. E.
Church, at 7:15 p. m. s
Watch night services, on Monday
evening, beginning at 9 p. m., con
sisting of addresses, prayer and ex
perience meetings, appropriate sing
ing, and evangelistic services. All are
very cordially invited to all these ser
vices. Strangers welcome.
J. W. Bentz, Pastor.
44 Think cf
But Work
On.
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If your blood is impure you cannot even
"think of ease." The blood is the
greatest susiainer of the body and when
you mike it pure by taking Hood's Sarsa
parilla you have the perfect health in
which even hard tvork becomes easy.
NEW F
ISII LAWS
Drafted At Harrlsburg For the
Protection of the Finny
Tribe.
Tney are Very Voluminous.
Provide For a Fine Of
$25 for Sunday Fish
ers and the Punish
ment of Other
Offenders.
At a recent meeting of the repre
sentatives of tiie Fish and Game
Commissioners of the State, the For
estry Commissioners, officers of the
State Board of Health and members
of the sportsmen's associations and
similar organizations at Harrisburg,
vigorous action was taken to have
laws enforced to protect fish and
game.
Heretofore objections have been
raised to bills presented because it
was stated they interfered with the
rights of other bodies seeking pro
tection, and the meeting was for the
purpose of discussing legislation that
will meet the requirements of residents
in all sections of the State. One
of the bills to be presented for en
dorsement has been prepared care
fully by the Pennsylvania Fish Pro
tcctive Association, with the assistance
of the State Fisli Commission. Most j
of those now on the statute books are
defective in character, and as a whole '
are unsatisfactory to all interests, '
commercial as well as sporting.
Before beginning the work the
association sent out more than 3,000
circulars to anglers and fish protective I
associations throughout the State, '
asking for suggestions, and, as far as '
oossibie. in the bill, whirh i im. i
completed, the suggestions have been j
carried out.
The bill is verv voluminous and '
contains about fifty sections, some of
them beincc decidedly novel. As a
whole bill is regarded bv those who
have seen it as both eomnrehensive
and fair, alike to the commercial men
and the anglers.
Section 1 defines what shall be
game fish and commercial fish. The
various species of trout, black bass,
pickerel, pike, muskelluntje. strawherru
' r J " ;
bass, pike, perch, blue pike, i. e., rock
pass anti wnite bass are designated as
Came fish, and shad, hprrintr whitA
fish, cisco, sturgeon and striped bass
i 1 1 - .
or rocs nsn are namea as tood fishes.
Section 2 prohibits fishing for any
species of game fish in any manner
except with rod, hook and line, or for
food fish with device not specifically
mentioned in the act. under npnnlt
, j
of twenty twenty-five dollars.
section 3 makes the opsn season for
trout, except lake trout, open April
15 and close on July 15; lake trout,
from January 1st to September 1st,
and bass, pike, pickerel, pike perch,
etc., from June 15th to December 31.
The penalty for violation is ten dollars
for each fish.
Other sections provide for the safety
of fish, what sizes and how many can
be taken; the use of certain nets; the
prohibition of Sunday fishing; for the
erection of fishways on dams; against
fishing in private waters; for state
reserves; punishing tne use of explo
sives; for elimination of undesirable
fish.
Section 21 permits the Fish Com
missioners to declare a close season
of any fish not protected by legislative
enactment by making public proc
lamation. But such proclamation
shall hold good only for three years.
Violation of the provisions of the
provisions of the proclamation is pun
ishable by a penalty of $25.
Section 22 permits the capture of
any fish not specifically named, game
or food fish at any time of the year
with rod, hook and line, except where
proclamation is made by the com
mission to the contrary.
Sections 23 to 29, inclusive, all
relate to legal proceedure in case of
violations.
Section 30 gives permission to the
Fish Commission to forbid the fishing
for any species of fish newly planted
for three years, after giving public
notice in three papers in the county
in which the ctream is located.
Penalty for violation, $10 for each
fish captured.
Section 33 forbids fishing on Sun
day, under a penalty of $25, and
TOWlsTSSlTD'S
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XIV1AS ! XMAS !
HOUSE 1
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We have the
Latest and
Newest Styles !
For Father,
Brother, Husband,
Or Friend !
OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT
Is now full of the newest and Satest styles
for men, boys and children, and at very low
prices.
OUR HAT DEPARTMENT
Is full of the latest in Soft and
Stiff Hats, Driving Caps, Toques and
Tarns. See the Yale, the latest.
SPECIAL
HOLIDAY
STYLES.
Handsome Xmas Goods.
SHIRTS. White and colored, for men
and boys.
COLLARS AND CUFFS. Linen cuffs
and collars, rubber, celluloid, &c.
HOSIERY. The celebrated "Shaw
Knit." In plain and fane v.
UNDER W EAR.--Vri'-ht's celebrated
fleece lined, Luzerne wool. In medium
and heavy weights.
HANDKERCHIEFS.- Fine, white silk
and linen handkerchiefs. Special for
Xmas.
TELESCOPES.-IIags, &c.
Handsome Xmas Coods.
GLOVES. Dress, driving and walk,
ing, in kid, Mocha, cape and buck.
SMOKING COATS. Hath robes and
pajamas.
NIGHT ROUES. In muslin and flan
nel, tlomet, &c.
SUSPENDERS. Harris celebrated
holiday ptvles, in silk, &c.
U M II R E LL A S. Self opening and self
closing, silk and Gloria.
DRESS SUIT CASES.-In leather,
canvas, Etc."
And many other suitable presents, ?t
S Dltti
BLOOMSBURG, PENN'A.
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lowraa
ummuk mmse.
Section 34 to the end of the bill
relates to the appointment of Fish
Commissioners and fish wardens and
their duties.
Sale Bills-
We have just received a number of
new cuts for sale bills, and are pre
pared 10 print the most attractive
posters in the county. Our sale
register is now open, and those con
templating sales in the spring should
leave their date now, so that there
will be no conflicting sales. All sales
for which bills are ordered at this off
ice, are announced in our sale register
free of charge until day of sale, tf
The following letters are held at
the Lloomsburg, Pa., postoffice, and
will be sent to the dead letter office
Jan. 8, jooi. Persons calling for
theseletters will please say "that they
were advertised Dec. 25, 1900":
Mr. Urvin Kline, Mrs. Gracie
Maver, Mr. J. Ii. G. Whitman, Mr.
N. D. Wolvery.
One cent will be charged on each
letter advertised.
O. B. Mellick, P. M.
Topic Card3.
A fine line of samples of Topic
Cards for Christian Endeavor, Kp
worth League and Baptist Societies
are kept at this office. Comnuttees
should call early and make tneir selec
tions so that the cards will be ready
by January 1st. This office can lur
nish them as cheap as they can be ob
tained in the city. tf
BIG
IKeo
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1 Jackets
5S
uction
IN-
Ladies' and Misses'
5r
1 and 1 Capes J
WANTliD ACTIVK MAN, OK GOOD
character, to iluliyer and collect in Pennsyl
vania fur old established manufacturing
wholesale house, $900 a year, sure pay.
Honesty more than experience required.
Our reference, any bank, in any city. Kn
closed fctlf-aildressed stamped envelope.
faiuifiicturcr3, Third Floor, 334 Dearborn
St. , Chicago. io-25-l6t.
Buckwheat.
We will pay 60c. per bushel for
good buckwheat delivered to our mill
this week.
913 tf II. V. White & Co.
Married
December 24, 1900, by Guy
Jacoby, Ksq, William Albertson and
Mary McAfee both of Pine township,
this county. ,
ThU tig-nature U on every boi of the genuine
Laxative BromO'Quinine Tablet.
the remedy thit care cola la one day
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Ladies' $5.00 and $5.50 Jack
ets, reduced to $3.98.
Ladies' $7.50,$8.50 and $10.00
Jackets, reduced to $5.00.
Ladies' and Hisses' $10,00 and
$12.00 Jackets, reduced to $7.98.
Ladies' Capes Reduced,
Children's Jackets Reduced.
Every customer who makes
purchases in our Dry Goods De
y partment, this week, to the
amount of $1.00, or more, will
be presented with one of our
Aluminum Pin Trays.
2$
F. P. PURSEL.