First National Bank,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
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With over 4000 National Banks doing business
in the United States this linnk stands 4 1 &t on the
Roll of Honor in the United States and lGth in
the State of Pennsylvania, making it the Strongest
I'ank in the County.
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do buire wit tle bet bkrk.
E. W. M. LOW, President,
J. M. STAYER, Vice Pres.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
Established 1837. Consolidated 18G9
Published Every Thursday Morning,
At Moomslmrg, the County Scat of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. EI.WELL, Editor.
D. T. TASKEK, Local Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, EoRfcvt an.
Terms : Inside the county $1.00 n year
in advance; $1.50 if not paid in advance.
Outside the county, f I.25 a year, strictly in
Atfvonce.
AU communications should be addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, HloomslmrR, fa.
THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1902.
STRIKEBS IN BATTLE AT SHUNAM-DOAH-
Four Officers Shot. One Man Beaten to
Death, and Many Others Injured.
The situatioa at Shenandoah is
serious. The police and strik
ers clashed last night. The con
flict was a bloody one, four offi
cers were shot, one fatally, one man
was beaten to death and at least
fifty miners were mere or less hurt.
It is feared that many deaths will
result. Never before were such
scenes enacted iu Shenandoah.
The riots of 1900 sink into insig
nificance when compared with it.
Centre street, which is one of the
principal streeets of the town, was
in the hands of the infuriated mob.
Joseph Beddall, a leading merchant
and cousin of Sheriff Beddall, was
brutally clubbed to death, and up
wards of three score ot strikers
whose names at this writing could
not be ascertained, were shot hv
policemen and it is expected that
many deaths will result.
Sheriff Beddall arrived from
Pottsyille at 7:45 o'clock yesterday
morning with a posse of deputies,
lie took up his headquarters at the
Ferguson hotel. '
The trouble started about 6
o'clock last evening, when Deputy
Sheriff Thomas Beddall attempted
to escort two non-union workers
through the strikers' line of pickets.
The workmen were dressed ui their
street clothes, but one of them car
ried a bundle under his arm and
this aroused the suspicion of the
strikers.
The bundle was torn from him
.and when it was found to contain a
blouse and overalls the man was
taken from the deputy and beat al
most to death. In the meantime
Beddall opened fire on the mob
which had gathered by this time
and emptied his revolver.
Two ot the shots took effect, one
man being shot in the leg and the
other in the foot. The deputy and
the other strike breaker were nnw
compelled to fly for their lives and
took refuge in the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad depot.
The depot was soon surrounded
by an angry mob of 5,000, which
was becoming more threatening
and demonstrative every moment.
Joseph Beddall, a hardware mer
chant and brother of the deputy
sheriff, was seen making his way
through the crowd in an effort to
reach his brother, and the mob be
lieving that he was carrying am
munition to those inside the depot,
seized him and beat him with clubs
and billies into insensibility. He
died en route to tjie Miners' hospi
tal. 1
Shortly after this the entire
borough police force arrived on the
scene and escorted the deputy
sheriff and his man to an engine
which had been backed into the
depot for that purpose. When the
mob realized that their prey was
about to escape they surrounded
the engine and the engineer was
afraid to move. In a few moments,
however, the police fired a volley
dispersing the crowd for a brief
period and the engineer turned on
full steam and got away with his
men.
Stones were now thrown thick
and fast about the heads of the
police, whereupon Chief John Fry
E. B. TUSTIN Vice Pres.
E. F. CARPENTER, Cashier
gave the order to fire. At the first
volley the mob fell back and several
were seen to fall. Their retreat,
however, was but momenta! y.
They turned and with stones, re
volvers and even a few shot guns
they charged on the little baud ol
policemen and made them fly Jor
their lives.
The policemen turned in their
flight at short intervals and fired
volley after volley at their merci
less persuers, but the mob seemed
thoroughly infuriated and smoking
revolvers seemed to have 110 terrors
for them. When the Lehigh rail
road crossing was reached, a pass
ing freight train blocked the prog
ress of the police, two of whom
were caught and brutally beaten
One of them, Stiney Yacopski, will
die. It is estimated that upwards
of one thousand shots were fired
and the wonder is that more fatali
ties did not result.
More than twenty strikers, all of
whom were foreigners, were shot
and at least two of them will die.
The doctors of the town dressed
the wounds of nearly forty strikers
all of whom are foreigners. Four
out of the six policemen were shot
Chief Fry received a slight wound
in the hand; Yacopsky was shot in
the neck and may die; Ringheiser
was shot in the hand and back, not
serious; Laurites was shot in seve
ral places and cannot recover.
The following printed notice was
posted by the mine workers all over
town last night.
"In view of the disturbances that
have occurred in Shenandoah with
in the past twenty-four hours, iu
utter disregard to the teachings
and principals of the United Mine
orkers as an organization and
contrary to the explicit instruction
of the leaders, we call upon all
members of the United Mine Work
ers to at once do all in their power
to suppress lawlessness, and to aid
the officers in every way to main
tain peace and good order."
The Eighth and Twelfth Regi
ments have been ordered out, and
arrived at Shenandoah this morn
ing. We clip the following from
Saturday's issue of the Harrisburg
Telegraph.
" State Chairman Creasy, of the
Democratic State Committee, was
at his desk yesterday winding up
the week's work, and will go to
Catawissa this afternoon to look up
the apple crop and incidentally to
pluck a lew ears of his new corn,
which he was advised by telephone
is now ripe enough to be eaten.
Mr. Creasy says that the candi
dates of Democratic State ticket
will be formally notified that they
are "It" some time in September,
and that he arranged with the De
mocrats of Berks to have charge of
the entire affair. The notification
meeting will be held either at
Neversink or Mount Penn Park,
either of which is well fixed to ac
commodate a great crowd such as
is expected."
.
Dug Up a Box of Money.
Farmer. Building a Fence, Finds $3400
That Had Long Been Hidden.
Benjamin Sauerwine, a Lehigh
county farmer, near Saegersville.found
a box containing $3400, and he is now
endeavoring to find the owner. He
was engaged in digging post holes for
a fence when he unearthed the box.
It was filled with notes and coin.
Some of the notes were quite mouldy,
and the money had evidently been
buiied a long time.
damping Party.
A party of prominent young men,
mostly from Harrisburg will arrive
at Roariugcreek on Saturday, for a
two weeks outing. The party will
include K. R. Dasher, William
Breitinger, Krnest Reamer, Louis
Greneawalt, II. C. Weaver, Wil
liam Bennett and John Daugherty
of Harrisburg, Frank Kisenhour,
of Carlisle and Joseph Snyder, of
Lancaster.
THE COLUMBIAN,
P- 0- S- of A. Picuio to May Aug Park.
The eleventh annual excursion and
picnic of V. C, No. 319, P. O. S. of
A , of Bloomsburg, will picnic at Nay
Aug Paik, Scranton, Pa, on Satur
day, August 16, 1902.
Nay Aug ParK is acknowledged by
all to be the most beautilul park in
Eastern Pennsylvania. The City of
Scranton apprdpriated and expended
last season $100,000 to beautify and
maintain it. It is equipped with the
best of buildings and all the popular
amusements of a city park. It has
the most beautiful scenery to t
found anywhere, some of which is at
tractive Nay Aug Falls, the Span
ning Bridge, a real Coal Mine, one
hundred and fifty feet under ground,
and lighted by electricity, one of the
finest Menageries in the State, a large
lake, stocked with gold fish. Mountain
scenery unparalleled.
AU those interested in Blooms
burg's Centennial celebration should
patronize the excursion, as filty per
cent, ol the net proceeds will be
given towards making it a success".
This excursion will be run over the
1). L. & V. Railroad to Scranton,
thence by trolley to the park. First
class refreshments can be secured on
the grounds at popular prices.
Trains leave Bloomsburg 7:30 a.
m., sharp, stopping at Espy, Lime
Ridge and Berwick only.
Fare, from Bloomsburg and above:
Adults, $1.25; children, 65 cents.
Catawissa; Adults, $1.35; children,
75 cents, including- trolley fare.
Trolley leaves Catawissa bridge at
6:40 a. m , sharp. Tickets will be on
sale at bridge on morning of excur
sion. Baskets should beclitinctly mark
ed to avoid loss. By order of
Committee.
,
lie Claims Millions.
Claiming to be the original owner of
$60,000,000 worth of most valuable
coal land in Pennsylvania, and with
out any money with which to pay his
car fare to Harrisburg, O. H. vheeler,
a prominent lawyer, during the Civil
War, appeared in Altoonaon Monday
and was an object of pathetic inter
est. His story is probably more re
markable than that of any American
or foreign claimant in modem history
and differs from many in that the best
legal talent in Philadelphia indorses
his claim as genuine.
Wheeler was once Deputy Attorney
General of the Commonwealth. What
led to the ultimate col'apse of his
mind was his being retained as coun
sel by descendants of those having
the original deed to many valuable
mining tracts in Westmoreland coun
ty, this state, originally given by their
first owner, F.obert Morris, of Revo
lutionary fame, to John Nicholson.
It the decendants of the people to
whom Morris gave the land are the
real owners, Wheeler, who is now the
last living representative of the alleged
interests, is entitled to the land.
Light Companies May Consolidate,
The Dauphin countv court filed an
opinion last week deciding that elec
tric light and gas companies chartered
under the general corporation act of
1874 may consolidate. The question
arose in the case of a bill filed by the
commonwealth at the instance of At
torney General Elkin to enjoin the
Huntingdon Gas company and the
Huntingdon Electric Light company
from consolidating.
I he companies claimed the right to
consolidate was conferred by the acts
of April 17, 1876, and May 29, 1901,
supplemental to the general corpora
tion act. The commonwealth took
the position that these acts do not
authorize the consolidation of com
panies organized for different purposes.
Committee Meeting
The regular meetine of the Cen
tennial Executive Committee will
be held tonight at 8 o'clock. Im
portant business will be transacted.
The Committee on Tarade (Civic),
Committee on Music for public
meetings, and Committee on Priv
ileges will meet at the same time
and place. Also the Committee on
Invitation.
Hair Splits
"I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor
for thirty years, it is elegant for
a bair dressing and for keeping the
hair from splitting at the ends."
J.A.Gruenenfelder,Grantfork,Ill.
Hair-splitting splits
friendships. If the hair
splitting is done on your
own head, it loses friends
for you, for every hair of
your head is a friend.
Ayer's Hair Vigor in
advance will prevent the
splitting. If the splitting
has begun, it will stop it.
11.09 1 bolllt. All druiiUts.
If your dnipiflst ciuinnt supply yon,
end ui one dollar and we will exprew
you a bottle, lie sure mid r-ive the name
Of your nearest exprosHolliVe. Adureu.
J. V. A Vkll CO., Lowell, Man.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
'Rhewnathm
What Is trm m;p of tollliif! tlm rlirumntlo
t!int hn fools nfl If his Jolnis were belnif dis
torted ?
Ho knows th.it his uff'.!r!ns3 oro very
nmdi 1I!p thi torturer of tho r.irk.
What he want to knuw l wbnt will per
tumcntly run' tils oiuciiT.
'J'l.nt, lOTontir.i; to thousands of i:r ilr tut
t'. stlmoiiluls, Is
Hood's Sarsapadlla
It promptly ncntrnlbrs tv ncid in the
blnoil on which tho ilturnsp drppiidc, com
pletely ellniiniites It, Mid ft reiiKt liens tho
system nKiilust Its return. Try Hixid's.
THE STATE AT A GLAH0E.
Six cattle out of a herd of
seven, belonging to Charles Lastire,
of Lawsville Centre, afflicted with
tuberculosis, have been killed.
About 170 suffering from the same
disease have been killed in Susque
hanna county during the present
year.
Joseph Hendler, having re
fused to accept the contract for the
building of the new Court House,
at WilkesBarre, the County Com?
missioners on Tuesday awarded the
contract to the next lowest bidder,
Wilson J. Smith. Smith's bid was
$682, 000.
John Rush, 19 years old, re
siding in North Wales, near Norris-
town, was found dead upon the
front porch of his home at an early
hour Monday morning. The young
man was a cigarette fiend and was
known to have smoked several
packs daily. It is thought that
heart failure, superinduced by the
smoking of the cigarettes, caused
his death. .
Michael Andrack, 19 years
old, climUed into a big bin of the
General Crushed Stone Company
at Redington Monday afternoon to
force down the broken stone that
had clogged at the sides. He was
caught when the clog gave way
and was buried beneath tons of
crushed rock. Half an hour elapsed
before his body was dug out.
Monday night's storm was one
of the most destructive that has
visited the farming districts in Lo
cust Valley in many years. The
downpour continued two hours,
the rain being accompanied by hail.
Ruin was visited upon the crops at
Lakeside, Locust Valley. High
Point Park and East Mahanoy
Tunnel. The homes of Daniel
Shuck and Claudius Gerber in Lo
cust Valley and John Curtis at Vul
can, suffered considerable damage
from lightning.
MINING TOR COAL.
The discovery of coal in Salem
township, recently reported for the
first time in the Independent, has
reached a more practical stage. A
slope is being run by Win. Carr a
professional miner of Milnesville.
Mr. Carr understands all the branch
es of his trade and is assisted by H.
B. Shannon, son of J. L. Shannon
who runs the pump and pushes a
wheelbarrow. He has penetrated
to the depth of 41 feet from the top
of the slope. The rock slopes at an
angle of 38 j4 feet, and Mr. Carr to
gether with Win. Mason, also a
miner, have found the eight streaks
which indicate eight benches of
coal.
Mr. Varner is determined to see
just what is in this basin and the
work of miuing, blasting and timber
ing is going right on. The present
output is growing richer in indica
tions of anthracite and the product
wheu burned, gives carbonate of
iron, silica and lime which would
indicate redashcoal. It is thought
the veins will become richer and
thicker as the work progresses.
A representative of the Independ
ent penetrated the slope and person
ally secured a number of specimens
which are to be seen at this office.
The conglomerate rock is every
where 111 evidence on the surface.
There is an abundance of blue clay,
and constantly increasing quantity
of sulphur is noticeable. There
may be a good coal basin here as a
physician would say, "the symp
toms are all present." Berwick
Independent.
Dog Days are Here.
The dog days are here and will
last six weeks. This season is re
garded by many persons as more un
healthy than that which immediately
precedes or succeeds it, and as being
a time when mankind are more liable
to attacks from disease through ex
posure or imprudence in their general
habits than in any other. If mere is
no foundation in fact for the belief it
is a superstition of long standing.
There are even those now who would
not for a single moment be regarded
as at all superstitious who look upon
the dog days as exercising bad in
fluences upon everything. The heat
while the dog days last is usually
more sultry and oppressive than any
other in the Eummer. Then, too,
meats and vegetables are supposed to
be in more danger of spoiling from
the effects of the weather than at any
other. Be this as it may, we will now
enter upon the dog days, and it
would be well for us to be careful in
our diet and manner of living.
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ALL CLOTHING
REDUCEJDJN PRICE.
Call and See
The Bargains We Offer.
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THE CLOTHIER
There's to be a Routing
out of Remnants and Odd Lots.
This has been a big season. That means lots of remnants
and 'odd lots? Money saving here is most pronounced, as tiiis
sale means a final cleaning up of all the left over, as reading of
the offerings will convince you of the fact that go prices have
been put upon every item.
Dress Goods I These you can
I use to good ad-
and Silks. vantage. Color
assortments may be some-what
broken, but you'll find prices
more broken. Get first fling at
these. We have cut the prices
half; some a little more than half.
50 and 36c. goods at 25 cents.
75c. all wool cheviots, 56 id.
wide, make the best skirts you
can get at 49c. per yard.
75 and 85c Silks reduced to 56c.
All Sorts of I No wash goods
3 I wintered in this
Wash Goods.! snon. whick ac
counts for the big price break on
the following lots.. The remn
ants of all the summer goods
have been measured and put on
the table as you enter the store
They have been priced to sell.
Get the first pick.
25 and 50c. Dress Goods re
duced to 19 cents.
We have put another big lot
to the 8 cent pile.
28c. Mercerized ginghams 19c.
Odd Lots of I These are pick-
rwi, tu- lings from here and
Other Thingstherf: they are all
of the surplus, odd lot sort, and
every item is most temptingly
price reduced. '
$1.00 colored shirt waist re
duced to 49 cents.
$1.25 counterpanes at 95 cts.
15 cent towels at 11 cents.
50 cent handkerchiefs at 25c.
25c. handkerchiefs at I2jc.
Children's lawn caps reduced.
Parasols reduced.
This is the week we '.rive
A big reduetion on what
F. P.
Today sounds the death knell of
July.
The following letters are hi-),
the Bloomsburg, Pa., postoflice, and
will be sent to the dead letter office
August 12, 1002. Persons calli nor fnr
these letters will please say v that they
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iurs. iviary Mem, Mr. Harry
Hollenback, John V'roe.
One cent will be charged
letter advertised.
J. C. Brown, P. M.
SIN PRICE.
Muslins at
We will put on
. I sale another lot of
Case Prices.! rmici; tv,; m0i.
Both bleached and unbleached
10 yds. of best unbleached
muslin 36in. wide at 39 cents.
10 yds. of good unbleached
muslin 36m. wide at 50 cents.
10 yds. of best unbleached
muslin 36m. wide at 60 cents
10 yds. of bleached muslin
at
50 cents.
10 yds. of bleached muslin as
good as Hill, at 75 cents.
T , TT I You will find
Ladies Hose, bargains here.
, bargains that
it
will pav vou to look nftpr
Ladies black ljose with white
feet at 12 cents.
Ladies' black hose with white
feet at 25 cents.
Ladies' black hose with white
soles at 25 cents.
Ladies' black hose lace stripes
at 1 1 J cents.
Ladies' black hose lace stripes
at 25 cents.
Ladies' black hose lace stripes
at 50 cents.
Summer Under
wear for Men.
You'll have
to choose
lots are not large.
49c Men's Underwear, shirts
and drawers, all sizes, reduced
to 35 cents.
Men's light blue underwear,
all sizes of shirts and drawers,
worth at least 30 cents each, re
duced to 21 cents.
0 er eent. offon furniture.
Go - Carts are left.
Pursel.
Silk tassels and pencils for pro
grams for tale at this office. tf
TAILOR-MADE SUITS.
N. S. Tingley has accepted the
agency for Reinach, Ullman & Co.
of Chicago, merchant tailors, and is
ready to supply made-to-measure
clothing at prices lower than can be
obtained elsewhere. He has a large
line of samples to select from. His
place of business is the third floor of
the Columwan building. 41.