THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURO. PA.
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Bloomsburg, Ra.
E. W. M. LOW, -J.
M. STAVKR,
E. B. TUSTIN. -E.
F. CARPENTER,
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, - - S190.000.
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Safs XDeposit IBosres Zor DE3n.t
DIRECTORS :
Myron I. Low,
Geo. S. Robbins,
J. M. Staver.
Dr. E. W. M. Low,
Dr. J. II. Vastine,
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Accounts of banks, corporations, firms and individuals, solic
ited upon tne most liberal terms, consistent with good banking.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISIIKU 186b.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
Established 1837. Consolidated 1869
Publisiikd KvekV Thursday Morning,
At ltlnomsliurg, the County Scat of
Columbia Cotuitv, Pennsylvania.
(ir.O. K. ELWELL, Editor.
1). I. TASKEK, Local Editor.
GEO. C. KOAN, Foreman.
Terms : Inside the county $1.00 a year
in advance; .ft. 50 if not paid in aJvance.
Outside the county, $1.23 a je.-ir, strictly in
.dvance.
All communications should be addressed
THE COLUMBIAN,
Bloomsburg, Fa.
VlllkSDAV, JULY 18. 1901.
Governor Stone on Saturday last
vetoed the bill granting to people
who pay county taxes in third class
cities ,1 rebate of five per cent, if
paid within sixty days from notice,
and adding five per cent, to the
taxes if they are not settled within
six months from notice. The bill
extending to citizens of this state,
contracting debts in other states the
same exemption allowed by the
laws of the state where the debts
are contracted was also disapproved.
TOE A FUSION TICKET.
Blair Democrats in Line.
The Blair County Democratic
convention held at Altoona on Mon
day, asked the State convention of
that party to nominate for State
Treasurer Hon. Elisha A. Coray,
Jr., the aggressive independent Re
publican of Luzerne County. The
five delegates to the gathering of
the Democracy at Harrisburg on
the 15th of August were pledged to
vote for him, and all elements of
the party,, as represented in the
boom for the insurgent Legislator.
The action taken was the result
of a deliberate :ouviction that Cor
ay is the man for the Treasmership,
and the indorsement given him had
been foreshadowed.
Judge Harman Yerkes, of Berks
County, was endorsed for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Supreme
Judge and the delegates to the
State convention were instructed to
vote for him.
It is probable, if a fusion arrange
ment should be effected on a State
ticket, that there will be fusion of
Democrats and Independent Re
publicans in Blair County on nomi
nees for the local offices.
The resolutions adopted are con
fined entirely to State issues. All
the actions of the met), who, though
elected as Democrats, were instru
mental in securing the election of
Marshall as Speaker of the State
House of Representatives, and who,
with other nominal Democratic
Legislators, were the servants of the
Quay machine throughout the Leg
islative session, were condemned.
Among other things the resolu
tions say that never before in the
history of this great State has it
been so viciously misgoverned as
it is to-day. Pennsylvanians are
an upright and intelligent people,
yet they have permitted them-selves
to become the prey of a conscience
less political machine, which has
corrupted the legislative and execu
tive departments of the State govern
ments, and has even lowered the
honor and dignity of the Supreme
Court."
In indorsing Yerkes and Coray
the resolutions declare.
"The Democracy of Hair County recog
nizes the untiring efforts of lion. Elisha A.
Coray, Jr., of Luzerne County, in resisting
the machine mandates of his p.irty to loot
the Sta'e Treasury, steal the public fran
chises and destroy local self-government by
the passive of the ripper bilN, and, believ
ing that the time has now arrived whtn all
pood citizen nf this Cnmmnnw.ilth irre
spective of nartv. who believe in hnnesr nnv
crnment, should unite together to drive from
power the Republican thieves and their ren
egade Democratic allies, hereby call upon the
j.'eniocrauc Male convention to place upon
the Stale ticket ihe name of Hon. Elisha A.
Coray, Jr., for State Treasurer.
"In orde- that a corrective may be applied
and that the government of the State be
properly officered, we recommend for the
Democratic nomination for Justice of the
Supreme Court the Hon. Ilerman'Yerkes,
Judge of the JJucks County Couris. Con
spicuous for learning as a jurist, forsoiv.d
judgment and unimpeachable integrity, he is
in every way fitted to restore the impaired
dignity of the Supreme bench."
- President
Vice Pres't
Cashier
Asst. Cashier
E. B. Tustin,
Louis Gross,
The Democracy's Imty.
HiK Columbian, published at
Bloomsburg, Columbia County, is
of the opinion that ths Democratic
party must shake itself loose from
u- t ti: 1
me isepuuiiean mncnine 11 11 is
ever to hope for success. The
Columbian is right. The party
must cut loose from .Quayism
and in so doing it must set adrift
that element of sc-called Democracy
that has for years acted in accord
with the machine, has done its work
and accepted its rewards.
So long as the State Democracy
retains its Donnellys and its Ryans
and permits them to share in its
management so long will it be
without influence. It will be the
stronger without them. That ele
ment which has so long worked
hand in hand with the machine has
no right to masquerade under the
name of Democracy. It is to all
intents and purposes an adjunct of
the Quay machine and should share
its name as' it , shares its infamy.
The state Democracy can no longer
tolerate such traitors in its camn.
They are not Democrats and should
be lorced into the Quay ranks,
where they rightly belong.
The Democracy, thprffrrt must
purge itself of its own undesirable
.
elements; it must not only cut loose
from Quay, but from everv thinsr
that savors of Quayism. It is tak
ing the right course in Philadelphia
and has only to continue in that
course to win success, for it will
deserve success and will rally to its
standard every respectable Dem
ocratic and Independent voter.
It is not likely to have the sup
port of the Ryan-Donnelly annex,
but it can well afford to do with
out it. In fact, it will be the strong
er without it. This gang has never
done anything but betray the party
to the machine. That is its mission;
that is what it is paid for. It should
be promptly repudiated and there
is increasing evidence that it will
be. Erie Herald.
Measure Creating Hew Places Disapproved.
Governor Stone has vetoed the
bill providing for the relief of indi
gent Union soldiers, sailors and
marines and the indigent wives,
widows and minor children of indi
gent or deceased Uuion soldiers,
sailors or marines by the levying ot
a tax of one-tenth of one mill by
County Commissioners, which fund
is to be distributed by soldiers' re
lief committees and commissions.
"The enactment of this bill,"
says the Governor, "would create a
soldiers' pauper list and would place
this honorable class of our citizen
ship in the position of objects of
charity, and I am sure that the old
soldiers and those dependent upon
them would very properly resent
such action. In addition to this, the
tax thus levied would be so small
that fully one-half of it would be
eaten up by the cost of the collec
tion and quite a proportion of the
balance by the committees and
commissions in the various wards,
townships, boroughs and counties
charged with its distribution. It
is needless to say that I am in favor
of all legislation which will benefit
me soldiers, sailors and marines,
but I do not consider that this is a
measure in their interest."
Special Arrangements for Through Bag
gage Checks.
For Participants In Philadelphia It Reading's
Atlantic City Excursions, Aug. 1 and 11.
Arrangements have been made
whereby Excursionists purchasing
Excursion tickets to Atlantic City on
either ot above named Excursions,
can by the payment of ten cents
additional to cover transfer through
Philadelphia in each, direction of same,
have their baggagevchecked through
to Atlantic City. Full particulars of
Agents.
tjtopt tlie Co nun
and WurkM oil' tlie :ulrt.
Laxat Ivh Urmni) (JiiIiiIiim 'riM.ita .h.. o nnA
luoueUay. No euro, uo pay, 1'rlce, io.
DOINGS OF OOUHOIL.
Opera House Entertainments Will Not
Subject to a License Hereafter.
be
. The July meeting of the Town
council was held Thursday even
ing last. Th2 coterie of trentlemen.
whose duty it is to look after the
interests of the municipality, were
all present. There was nothing
other than routine business before
uie Doay, excepting the ordinance
in xeiation to public amusements,
which was nullified as below
stated.
Mr. DiefTenbach reoorts a number
of complaints relative to the plant
ing ot poles by the Columbia &
Montour Electric Railwav. and
asks if the Company cannot use the
poles tnat are already erected along
the streets. It was the sense of the
Council that thev had 110 iurisdic
tion in the matter, and that the
courts were the proper place to de
termine it.
Mr. Webb states that the Colum
bia & Montour Electric Railway
Company desire to kuow what color
the poles are to be painted. On
motion, duly seconded, it was de
cided that they should be painted a
dark or metallic brown.
Mr. uieDeuDacn reports com
plaints that the sink where the dish
water from the St. Elmo Hotel is
inrown creates a smell and is a
nuisance. On motion, duly sec
onded, the Secretary was instructed
to notity tne property owner to con
nect with sewer.
Report of liehts for Aoril. Mav
and Tune, referred to the Commit
tee on Light, with instructions to
deduct trorn the amount of the Com
pany's bill the sum of 43. 80 for
lights out during those mouths.
un motion, du v seconded, the
matter of the crossing at alley, near
rea nastman s. reterred to the
Street Committee with oower to act
Li. J. Clark requests that the gut
ter in tront ot his property on
rourtn street oe coboied. On mo
tion, duly seconded, erutter is to. be
cobbled trorn Iron street to- alley
On motion, duly seconded, the
matter of repairing First street was
reterred to the btreet Committee.
with power to act.
Walk in front of Dr. Hower's
property on Third street reported
in bad condition. On motion, duly
seconded, the secretary was in
structed to notity him to repair
same.
Mr. Webb reports that a number
of crossings in the western part of
tne town are badly needed, while
others are in bad condition. He
also suggested the propriety of lay
ing a vitrihed brick crossing be
tween the Exchange Hotel and the
Court House, and on his motion,
duly seconded, an eight-foot cross
ing was directed to be laid between
these two crossings.
Report of Finance Committee.
including the amount of expendi
ture of the different departments,
was read, and on motion, duly
seconded, was accepted. The tax
rate tor the ensuing year was fixed
at nine mills, the same as last year.
Walk in front of the Robbins
property 011 Ceutre street reported
in bad condition. On motion, dulv
seconded, secretary was directed to
notity owner to repair the same.
Mr. Dieftenbach reports bad hole
on Eighth Street. Referred to Street
Committee with power to act.
Street Commissioner Nevhard re
ports that crossing is badly needed
at corner of Third and Barton
Streets, and states that if Council
will furnish a barrel of cement and
do the hauling that he and Mr.
Kabb will do the work. On motion
duly seconded, the reauest was
granted.
On motion, dulv :econded. the
stone crossings on Main Street, be
tween Tosiah Ralston and the
Cen.ral Hotel and the Episcopal
c'uircnandj. K. Schuyler, are to
be taken up and replaced with cross
ings of vitrified brick, five feet in
width.
On motion, duly seconded, secre
tary was instructed to order a car of
brick.
Grant Herriner. Esa..
before Council, on behalf of T. R.
Fowler, whom he represented, and
asiced that the ordinance relating to
amusements be modihed so as to
exempt from license all entertain
ments in the Opera House, and
making it apply to exhibitions only
under canvas. On motion duly
seconded, the solicitor is to be
instructed to amend Ordinance
No. 1, Section 7, so as to read that
"All entertainments in the Opera
House are to be exempted from li
cense, with the proviso that the
proprietor of said Opera House ad
mit free at each entertainment at
least three police for the purpose
of Maintaining order."
Mr. Herring then took up the
matter of the Anna S. Walp case,
and stated that Mrs. Walo iimUts
that the claims for damages to her
property on East Fourth street
against the town be paid. He alsn
stated that Mr. Jury estimated the
cost of lowering the two houses,
Eczema
IIow It reddens the skin, Itches, oozes,
drli-n nnd ncilrnl
Some people call It tetter, milk crost or
snU rheum.
Tlio miflrrlriR from It Is sometimes In-tens'.-;
local applications are resorted to
tiiry mitigate, but cannot cure.
)t proceeds frotn humors Inherited or ac
quired and persists until these hove been
removed.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
positively removes them, has radically
und permanently cured the worst canes, and
1j without an equal for all cutaneous
eruptions.
lluul"irlLL8 ui tlie boil cathartic trlco ii emiu.
owned by her, to be $1,130.00. On
motion, duly seconded, the Secre
tary was instructed to have con
tractor look at properties in ques
tion and report at next regular
meeting.
David Jones appeared before
Council and reports that he has
completed the work of repairing the
Freeze road, and presents bill for
$ro. On motion, duly seconded, the
secretary was directed to draw order
for same.
Howard Reimard appeared before
Council and asks that grade be given
on extreme end of West Fourth
street, as he desires to lay perman
ent pavement and make other im
provements to his property. He was
informed that in order to secure the
grade asked for it would be neces
sary to present a petition to Council
coutaing the signature of a majority
of the property owners on said por
tion of West Fourth street.
Building Inspector Shaffer reports
that he has made an examination of
the public buildings, and that in his
opinion the St. Elmo, Central Hotel
and Opera House require fire es
capes. On motion, duly seconded,
the secretary was instructed to see
the proprietors and notify them to
build the same.
On motion, duly seconded, Mr.
Shaffer was instructed to visit all
mills and factories in town and as
certain the necessity for fire escape.
Special Officer Herbert Goss ap
peared beiore Council and stated
that the boys 011 Seventh street, near
his home, were maintaining a nuis
ance, and asked that body to define
his duties as to making arrests, etc.
He was informed that he should not
be over-zealous in the discharge of
his duties, and not to draw the line
too closely on the youngsters, and
they would not anoy him in the
future.
The Secretary was instructed to
draw orders for the bills approved.
I he bill of Frank Chromis for
pole and hauling was referred to
Committee on Fire and Water.
Hill road near race bridge beyond
Irondale reported in bad condition.
Reterred to Street Committee.
On motion duly seconded Mr.
Webb was instructed to see that
town men do the work of cobbling
about trolley poles.
SPECIAL session.
The Council assembled in special
meeting Tuesday evening to take
some action on paving Main street
in front of the Court House. County
Commissioner William Krickbaum
and the Commissioner's solicitor B.
F. Zarr, were present. The matter
was thoroughly discussed. A motion
was finally made, seconded and
carried that the said street is to be
paved, the cost to be borne equally
by the county, town and Electric
Railway Company. The alley be
tween the Wirt building and the
Court House is to be included and
paved.
President ot Council Frank Ikeler
is to make a contract for the same,
and submit it for approval of Council
In regard to a suitable desk for use
by members of Council and which
gave rise to no little discussion, Mr.
Kabb signified his willingness to
construct a table or derk if the town
would furnish the necessary materi
al. On motion the proposition was
accepted. He to select whatever
lumber is needed.
Gutter in front of G. W. Correll's
residence is reported in bad condi
tion. It was moved and seconded
that the same be repaired.
Eo For Edgewood.
If you want to enjoy life for a day.
make your arrangements to accom
pany the Silk Mill Employees excur
sion and picnic to Edgewood Park,
near Shamokin on Saturday, August
17m. 1 his will no doubt be the
largest excursion to leave Bloomsburg
this season. The fare including the
trolley, which runs from Shamokin to
the pic-nic grounds will be $1.10 for
adults and 60 cents for children.
Meals will be served on the Grounds
for 25 cents. Other attractive feat
ures will be fine boating, merry co-
round, pure spring water, an abund
ance ot shade, and excellent music.
Keep the date, Saturday, August 17.
in your mind.
The matter is in the hands of the
following committee: S. Harman,
president: V. Leacock. secretin-; T.
j. Morris, chairman; H. Sommers,
treasurer; R. B. Hartzel, R. S. Ptigh,
II. Reppert, D. A. Leiby, C. Chris
man, C. Foye, W. R. Gross, W. V.
liartman, A. W. Hagemeyer and T.
Oirton.
T.6wn.send,s
CLOTHING HOUSE.
THE LUCKY NUMBER,
1025,
was held by Mr. Geo. W. Hess, Jeweler, &c, Bloomsburg,
who intends to make the trip to the Buffalo Exposition.
"We have started another series ot ticket) and are now
giving one with every eale of one dollar or more, and on Au
gust 1st another drawing will take place for the last
FREE TRIR
To Buffalo Exposition,
0
We are offering big reductions in
Summer Goods, in
Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing
AT
Townsend's:
Clothing House.
Our Great
1 CLEARANCE SALE
Will begin Thursday, July 18.
We will not weary you with a long introductory as
to the importance of this sale, but simply say to you
now and here, that the sole object of this bi-summer
selling is to dispose of all surplus seasonable merchan
dise, and to that end we have carefully gone through
each section and so reduced prices that there can be no
mistake about the bargain nature of the occasion. Of
course, a week of such selling, at such prices, means a
present money loss, but what matters that when we
gain a two-fold object : We clear our shelves for the
autumn stocks, and at the same time give our public a
buying benefit that they will appreciate. Just a short
time this sale lasts, and it will make a record for itself
if money-saving plays a part in your buying economy.
lUUSllll.
io yards of Unbleached
Muslin, the kind we have
sold at 7c a yard, at 49c.
io Yds. of Bleached Mus
lin, not the kind that is
full of lime, at 52c.
10 Yds. of Bleached Mus
lin, same quality as Hill's,
at 69c.
Shirt Vaisls,
t
All our this season col
ored Shirt Waists, that sold
from$i 00 to t 7S,reduced
to 75c.
A lot.of $1 00 and $1 25
Shirt Waists reduced to
39c
Ladies' Muslin Underwear.
Odd lots of soiled or
mussed Underwear, one
fourth to one-third off.
10 per cent, discount off
of all the other Ladies'
Muslin Underwear.
Ladies' and Misses' Shoes.
A lot of Ladies and
Misses' Shoes, not all sizes,
most, of them 2 and 3
size, but good goods at 49c
a pair.
A lot of Oxford Ties,
most of them 2J and 3
sizes, reduced to 49c.
10 per cent, discount on
all our regular shoe stock.
F. P.
For Information, Ratet, tt0.,
I. L. CLARKE. T. UI I rm Lv.
. L. CLARKE,
Qan'l Suparintandant.
1 m.
to
flid - Summer
Most rronouneed Reduction
In Stocking Prices.
2jc Misses' Hose re
duced to 9c a pair.
Lawns and Dimities.
All our Lawns and Dim-
lties at ioc per vard. A
great many we sold at 20,
22 ana 25c. We don t want
to carry any over.
Parasols.
Our whole stock of Para
sols reduced at least one-
tourth in price.
A Lot of Dress Goods
At Half Price.
1 5 pieces of Dress Goods 8
worm 50 to 50c. per yard,
reaucea to 25c. White
Pique Silks at half price.
Light Silks.
A lot of Silks most of
them sold at 50 and 6octs.
per yard, but we want to
close them out so we cut
the price to 25c. per yard.
A Lot of Summer Cnr.
sets at 23c.
Remnants.
Our stock has been gone
through and the remnants
have all been taken out
and marked at a price to
sell and we have not con
sidered cost.
PURSEL.
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