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DIRECTORS :
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Gi:o. S. Robhins,
J. M. Staver.
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Dr. E. W. M. Low,
Dr. J. II. Vastixe,
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DTJE3LAR AND VIRE-PEOOF VAVLT3.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
Estauusiird 1837. Consolidated 1869
Published Evkry Thursday Morning,
At Hloomsbur. the County Scat of
Columbia Countv, Pennsylvania.
GEO. K. KI.WKi.I,, Editor.
1), J. TASKKR, Local Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, 1'orwias,
Tbrms: Insiile the county 11.00 a year
tn advance ; $1.50 if not paid in a lvance.
Outside the county, $ 1.25 a year, strictly in
Advance.
All communications should be addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, HloomslmrR, l'a.
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1902.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I-OR STATE SENATOR,
J. HENRY COCHRAN,
of Lycoming Co.
Subject to the decision of the
Senatorial Conferrees of the 24th
Distiict.
KOR CONGRESS,
ANDREW L. FRITZ,
of Bloomsburg.
Subject to the decision of
Congressional Conferrees of
17th District. ' .
the
the
The following announcements
are subject to the decision of the
Democratic party of Columbia
County:
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
C. A. SMALL,
of Catawissa.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
HON. FRED. IKELER,
of Bloom sburg.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
HON. WILLIAM T. CREASY,
of Catawissa Township.
FOR PROTIIONOTA'RY AND CLERK OF
THE COURTS,
R. 11. ZARR,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR
PROTIIONOTARY AND
CLERK
OF THE COURTS,
JOHN K. MILLER,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
J. C. RUTTER, JR.,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR,
GEO. H. SIIARPLESS,
of Catawissa.
FOR
COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
(South Side)
WILLIAM II . FISHER,
of Main Twp.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
(Noith Side)
GEO. W. STERNER,
of Bloomsburg.
Prince Henry, of Prussia, ar
rived in New York on Sunday, and
is now undergoing the ordeal of
being received and seeing the
country.
Geo. W. Sterner announces this
week as a candidate for County
Commissioner. He is well known
throughout the county, having
served two terms as Register and
Recorder very satisfactorily. He
served in the Civil War, and has
always been a staunch Democrat.
Two years ago he made a good
run for the Legislature, but was
deteated by Fred Ikeler. Esq. He
solicits the support of the Demo
cratic voters at the primaties.
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When the first rural free delivery
routes were established the pay of
carriers was $300 a year. The
compensation was increased by the
Postmaster General to $400 and
then to $500, but the pay is still
considered too little, petitions ask
ing for $600. Congress will take
up the matter and it need not be
surprising if. the pay amounts to
$1,200. It certainly will be from
$700 to $1,000 within a few years.
As carriers are now under civil ser
vice rules, thev are assured of
steady work at living wages.
- Prksidknt
Vice Prks't
Cashikr
Asst. Cashikr
E. B. TrsTiN,
Louis Gross,
Literature is the latest to come
under the ban of a trust. A syndi
cate is formed, each member of
which agrees to slwre a part of the
cost of eettinsr out a new book. It
is claimed that a book by a good
author brings more returns to a
syndicate than the much raved over
copper mines or oil wells.
We present this week the name
of William H. Fisher as a candi
date for County Commissioner. Mr.
Fisher is asking for a second term,
in accordance with the usage of the
Democratic patty. He is entitled
to it because he has served the peo
ple faithfully and well. He has
been prompt in the performance ot
his duties, courteous at all times,
and careful and intelligent in con
ducting the business of the county.
No other name is yet announced
from the south side.
CANDIDATE FOE OONQKESS.
We clip the
following from
the
MUlville Tablet:
11011. Andrew l,. rmz needs
110 introduction at our hands. His
four terms in the State Legislature
with his excellent work there, and
his successful business career in
this county give him a high stand
ing as a Legislator and citizen
wnue 1. tienry Cochran was
laboring in the Senate for the pass
age oi the bill which put the cost
on the state 'for rebuilding bridges
over the rivers and streams declared
to be public highways, Mr. Fritz
was at work in the lower House
for the passage of the same bill
there. So what is true oftheoue
is true ot the other, and as Mr.
Cochran will be the nominee for
reelection to the Senate, Mr. Fritz
should be promoted from a state to
a National Legislature.' When in
the Legislature he proved to be
true to his constituents, and during
his fourth term he was honored by
being made tue Caucus nominee
for Speaker. He is a lawyer of
ability and has risen to his preseut
position from that of a farmer s boy
up among the hills of Sugarloaf.
- According to custom it is time
for Columbia County to have the
representative 111 Congress, since
both Montour and Northumberland
have had a Democratic Representa
tive since Columbia. Mr. Fritz is
a strong candidate and will make a
good congressman."
In reference to the bill authoriz
ing the state to rebuild bridges
over rivers and streams declared to
be public highways, what is said of
Mr. Fritz working for the bill in
the House is also true of Mr. Creasy
This bill was passed in 1895 which
was Mr. Fritz's last term in the
Legislature and Mr. Creasy's first
term.
SENATOEIAL DIGNITY.
Senators McLaurin and Tillman,
of South Carolina, are bitter per
sonal enemies. On Saturday last,
in a speech in the United SMUes
Senate, Tillman charged McLaurin
with having voted fof the Spanish
peace treaty by promises of state
oatronaee. This statement was
denounced by McLaurin as a "will
ful and malicious lie," whereupon
Tillman rushed for him and struck
him, and they had a free fight on
the floor of the Senate. Both were
declared to be in contempt, and a
committee was appointed to inves
tigate Tillman's charges. The
P -esident bad invited Tillman to be
present at the dinner to Prince
Henry at the White House on Mon
day, but on the latter's refusal to
withdraw his acceptance the invita
tion was cancelled. Both Senators
have been debarred from participa
tion in the proceedings of the Sen
ate, pending a decision in tneir
case. The Senate has the power
to imprison them for contempt, or
to expel them. The dignity of the
Senate demands that such action
will be taken as to prevent such oc
currences in the future.
WASHINGTON.
rom our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, February 21, 1902.
That the House of Representatives
has ceased to be a deliberative body
and has degenerated into a mere
machine doing the bidding of a small
number of men, by courtesy called
leaders but actually dictators, Ins
been appreciated for a number of
years by those in close touch with Us
workings, but never in its history have
the high-handed and tyrannical meth
ods adopted by the present Speaker
and his colleagues to secure the pas
sage of the war revenue repeal bill
been equalled or even approached.
The nroceedincs last mondav were a
source of humiliation to every member
of the House possessed of sufhcient
intelligence to comprehend their
meaning.
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Appreciating that a large contingent
of their own parly, and consequently
of the republican members, were ur
gent in their demands foi tariff reform
and would seize the opportunity to
amend the measure framed by the
Ways and Means Committee, appre
ciating their own inability as leaders
and intent on securing their own ends
and protecting the vested interests
whose money has. long perpetuated
republican rule, the leaders anticipat
ed the introduction of the revenue re
duction bill by proposing for adoption
a rule which not only limited the de
bate on a measure calculated to re
duce the revenues of the government
by $75,000,000 per annum but posi
tively prohibited the amending of the
same in any manner. Mr. Richard
son, the democratic leader, protested
and appealed to the rulings of Speak
er Reed, but to no avail. Mr. Hend
erson repudiated all known authorities
and declared himself supreme. On
an appeal from the chair the rulings
of the Speaker were sustained by a
strict party vote. Mr. Kicnanlson
appreciating the futility of appeals to
logic and patriotism and realizing the
powerlessness of minority, requested
an immediate vote and the measure
carried without one minute's discus
sion of its provisions, one moment's
deliberation, and a precedent had
been established of the gravest portent
to the future of the nation.
Simultaneously with the above ac-1
tion of the House, the Senate was
establishing another precedent which
portends no good to this country.
The last named body, on Monday,
ratified the treaty by which the Unit
ed States purchases the Danish West
Indies and in so doing the argument
was advanced on the floor of ihe Sen
ate that because the Monroe doctrine
precludes the acquirement of addi
tional territory on this hemisphere.and
these islands were for sale, the United
States must purchase them. Would
the same argument apply to Hayti,
for instance, and to all the possessions
ot European countries in South
America ? When European govern
ments have extracted, by means of
misgovernment, etc., all the wealth of
these countries and desires to be rid
ot the wrecks will the United States
have to purchase them ? This is not
a party question for the vote was
practically unanimous for the ratifica
tion of the treaty, but it is a serious
question.
Since the passage of the revenue
bill the House has accomplished no
important legislation. The Senate has
passed the bill providing fcr a per
manent census bureau and has fixed
upon next . Monday for final debate
and vote on the Philippine revenue
bill. The Senate Committee on Agn-
culture is considering the olemarganne
bill and the indications are that it will
pass. It is quite probable that the
committee will eliminate the clause
relating to renovated butter for, as a
Senator from Iowa pointed out yester
day when I asked him of the likhhood
of the bill s passing the Senate, Con
gress has no authority to legislate in
regard to the manufacture of any food
product unless it is on the ground that
it is for the purpose of raising revenue
and there is no tax placed on renovat
Qoldi
" I had a terrible cold and could
hardly breathe. I then tried Ayer'a
Cherry Pectoral, and it gave me im
mediate relief."
W. C. Layton, Sidell, 111.
How will your cough
be tonight? Worse, prob
ably. For it's first a cold,
then a cough, then bron
chitis or pneumonia, .and
at last consumption.
Coughs always tend
downward. Stop this
downward tendency by
taking Ayer's Cherry Pec
toral. Thrclic: 25c, SOc.,'11. All drorfUU.
Commit your doctor, if lie iay taka It,
than ilo as lie ;. if lie toll" jou not
I Initl
to tana men utm i iuk ti. nu auuwa.
II wll mm. THr wiiiihk.
.1. u. iu i,owii, mm,
Cleanse
Your Blood
The cause of all spring humors,
pimples and eruptions, as well as
of that tired fci ling and poor nppe
titc, is found in impure, depleted
blood.
The perfect blood purifier is
Hood's Sarsnparilla, as multitudes
know by experience.
It cures all blood disensrs, from
the smallest pimple to the stubborn
scrofula sore from morning tired
ness to extreme nervous prostration.
Begin taking it TODAY.
HOOD'S
Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatest Spring Medi-
cine.
Bo sure to get Hood's.
ed bultes by lhe present measure.
Moreover the bill fails to define reno
vated butter and it will be a question
as to what is renovated and what is
not.
Representative Babcock of Wiscon
sin, assured me ycsterd.iy that he had
not given up the idea of getting his
bill to reduce the tariff on steel be
fore the House and concluded the
conversation with these words: "You
mark my words, I will get that bill be
fore the House of Representatives be
fore this season closes. There are no
'ifs' nor 'ands' about it; I will:" Speak
ing of the details of the bill Mr. Bab
cock said. "The continuance of the
present steel schedule is iniquitous.
There is absolutely no excuse for it.
They say that I would reduce the
profits of the steel trust at the expense
of the "little fellows." That i sheer
nonsense. Who are the little fellows?
Jones & Laughlin with a capital of
$20,000,000 end three mills owned by
the Pennsylvania Railroad. The three
mills owned by the Pennsylvania make
60,000 tons of steel a year, more
than the entire output of the mills of
Great Britain. The Jones & Laughlin
Company at a profit of $1 per ton on
steel can pay dividends of 5 per cent
The steel trust, during the nrst nine
moriths of its existence made a profit
of $14 per ton. If its dividends are
not large enough to suit the stock
holders they should squeeze the water
out of their stock. As a protection
to labor the tariff on steel amounts to
nothing. Practically the entire manu-
tacture is accomplished by the use of
machinery with the minimum of labor
ami the finished product is the raw
material of the manufacturers who do
employ labor. On the other hand,
everything from the agricultural imple
ment used by the farmer to the piano
in my parlor, antl the shoes I wear
contains moie or less manufactured
steel.
This morning the President's decis
ion on Admiral scniey s appeal was
made public. It bears every evidence
of having been rendered in the bureau
cratic atmosphere with which Mr,
Roosevelt has seen fit to surround
himself and the conclusions bear the
in-Jelible proof of having been induced
by the specious arguments of such
men as Long, Lemly, Hanna et alius.
Mr. Roosevelt valiantly shields him
self behind the decision of his "rever
ed predecessor" and finds no occasion
for reversing Mr. McKir.ley's judg
ment. He alleges that, while Samp
son was only, technically in command,
it was a "captain's battle". In his
efforts to avoid doing full justice to
Admiral Schley, however, he forgets
to accord credit to "the men behind
the guns" the builders of the American
ships and the manufacturers of the
American powder,
If Mr. Roosevelt imagines that his
decision will conclude the matter, he
is mistaken, as Senator Mason of Illi
nois announces his intention to push
his resolution in the Senate to the full
extent of his ability.
ORANGEVILLE NEWS-
The C. P. & W. is to be sold next
month.
Mr. L,. II. bloan s family is now
living in town.
Many cellars are flooded with water,
and most of the sidewalks have been
ankle deep with water and slush this
week.
the Lutherans will hold services
in the Union church Qn Thursday
and Friday evenings and Saturday !
afternoon.
The members of the Methodist
Church and some of their friends,
about ninety in an, went out tor a
sleigh ride on Monday evening.
Rev. Dr. Martyn leaves here and
takes up his duties in Canton by the
first of May. Mr. M. Megargell will
move into the house vacated by Dr.
Martyn.
The Presbyterians held their
annual Missionary Tea on Wednes
day evening. A pleasant program
had been prepared and after enjoy
ing us numbers, those present were
served with refreshments.
ine queens surprise and a
Clearing
' Out Sale.
BBC BARGAINS
In All Winter
CLOTHING.
MUST BE SOLD
To Make Room For
PRING
0
Come early and see the
Bargains at
Townsend's
CLOTHING STORE.
New Goods?
Yes, Our Store
There is no advertising theme more attractive to the aver
age woman than new goods. As
close at hand you'll want to know
supplying you with the proper
We ve clone what we believe to
tory, done carefully through
prudence just those lines that we feel su"e will meet with your
approval. You are invited to inspect these new goods and pass
judgment upon them.
Dress Goods.
Shelves laden with them,
counters laden with them, llav
ing the newest and bqst to pick
from, we naturally picked what
we knew to be the newest and
best. Come and see if we
picked right.
Hop hackings, all colors, 50c.
Prunella, " " 75c
Venetian, " " 50c.
Soliet, "' " 75c.
50 inch all wool Cheviots,
worth 75c., at 59c.
The Black Wears.
We think them handsome.
We think them better value
than we have ever offered.
Again we want you to come and
see.
Cheviots at 50c, 50c, 8 sc. 8gc.
$1.00 and $1.50, all sponged,
ready to cut into at once.
The Prunella at $1.00 is spec
lai vame.
Black Worsteds are new and
make handsome suits. 50 ins.
wide at $1.00.
Shark Skins, the newest eroods
mis season, at 50c., 89c., ana $1
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Marching Out the Silks
And very handsome thev look.
all so bright, fresh and fashion-
able. 1 here s a great many in
only waist lengths. Nothing
line getting nrst swing at new
and exclusiye merchandise of
this nature. Price, 59c. to $1.25
per yaru.
Ladies' Coats.
We have a small lot of ladies'
Coats left and thev must he
sold. We will cut the nrioe
tight in half to be sure they go.
$10.00 Coats at
55. 00.
6.09.
2.50.
3.99-
12.00
5.00
7.98
"Trip to Europe" were) given with
great success last .Friday evening by
the students of the Public Schools.
It will be repeated on Saturday even
ing of this week. Colored lights will
be used to produce some beautiful
scenic effects.
There is an opportunity of pur.
chasing the piano which the students
of the public schools had placed in
the hall. Some persons have offered
to subscribe five dollars if anyone
GOOD
is Full of Them.
the Spring outfitting time is
what this store can do towards
merchandise at te proper prices.
be trie banner buying of our his
the best markets, picked with
Ginghams and
Seersuckers.
Ginghams and Seersuckers
are, without a doubt, the scarc
est thing in the marhet. To
day rt would be impossible to
get them, but we have placed
our order early, so we have hun
dreds of pieces to show you and
at the lowest prices.
Fine Zephyr Ginghams at 8c.
I2$c Seersuckers, in short
lengths, at ioc a yard.
Fine Mercerized Ginghams at
c.
They're Buying
Furniture Here.
And one reason why they buy
furniture here is they get the
assortment to choose from.
They know that we are careful
about the maker, we keep that
which is good furniture, they
know we are prompt. We want
you to know all these things.
Perhaps you'll buy your furni
ture here. Prices ! Ob.com to
our store and we will prove to
you that we can save yoti
money.
Couches, $6.25 to $25.00.
Bed Room Suits, $18.00 to
$50.00.
Fancy Rockers, $1.85 to $14.
. Dining Chairs, $4.00 to $20 a
set.
Go-Garts.
We will put on sale next week
the biggest assortment of Go
Carts ever shown in Blooms
burg. If you have a baby in
the house you need a Go-Cart.
W e invite you to come and see
the prices we sell them at.
F. P. PUR5EL.
would take a pa per around for sub
scriptions. Now is the time to do
something while the piano is there.
Last Sunday Col. Price, Col. Rey
nolds, Mr. Drinker, Mr. Taylor, Mr.
Jones, Mr. Sterling, Mr. Woodruff
and a tew 01 tneir mends, an irum
Wilkesbarre, spent the day at Mr.
Ricketts.. A quartet ot them, who
regularly sing in St. Stephen's choir,
sang in the Presbyterian Church in
the morning and in the Union Church
in the evening. '
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