THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. First National Bank, Bloomsburg, Pa. o "With over 4000 National Banks doing business in the United States this ank stands 41?t on the Koll of Honor in the United States and'IGth in the State of Pennsylvania, making it the Strongest Itenk in the County. lkke io rqitkke, do buiqe witl tle be$t bki)k. o E. W. M. LOW, President, E. 13. TUSTIN Vice Pres. J. M. STAVER, Vice Pres. E. F. CARPENTER, Cashier THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED 1 866. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, EsTBi.isiiF.n 1837. Consolidated 1869 I'lniusiiEi) Evkrv Thursday Morning, At liloomsburg, the County Scat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. GEO. E. EI.WELL, Editor. 1). J. TASKER, Local Editor. GEO. C. ROAN, Eoruman. Terms: Inside the county $1.00 a year in advance; $1.50 if not paid in advance. Outside the county, $1.25 a yenr, strictly in Advance. All communications should be addressed THE COLUMBIAN, BloomsbiirR, Ta. THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1902. OFl'IOIAL MINUTES OF OONURES StONAL CONFERENCE. Laporte, Pa., August 14th, 1902. The regularly appointed Congres sional conference of the 16th Con gressonal District of Pennsylvania, composed of the Counties of Colum bia, Montour, Northumberland and Sullivan, met at Laporte, Pa., on Thursday August 14th, 1902. Pursuant to notice they assembled at the Public House of F. Gallagher. An organization was effected by the election of J. F. Gibbons of North umberland County as Chairman, and V. A. Sechler of Montour and W. C. Johnson of Columbia, as Secretaries. On the calling of the roll the fol lowing conferrees were present and responded: W. V. Black of Colum . Lia and W. C. Johnston of Colum bia; J. F. Ellis and W. A. Sechler of Montour; W. P. Stellmach and J. F. Gibbons of Northumberland; and Frank Magargel and D. F. McCarty, of Sullivan. Mr. Ellis of Montour nominated Hon. Charles H. Dickennan of Milton, Pa., for the full regular term for Congress for the 16th Con gressional District of Pa. Mr. Stellmach seconded the nomi nation. W. C. Johnston of Columbia nominated Hon. A. L. Fritz of Bloomsburg, Pa. Mr. Black seconded the nomina tion. It was moved and seconded that nominations close. Carried. Mr. Fritz then in a few well chosen words stated that as the people by their votes had already indicated their choice; that as Mr. Dickerman had carried Montour County by a close vote which practi cally decided the matter in his favor, it was thought best by Mr. Fritz's friends in the district in cluding the leaders of the party in Sullivan Co., not to carry on the contest in that County. Therefore Mr. Fritz said as Mr. Dickerman had carried three Counties the duties of the Conferees would not be very arduous, and that he cheer fully withdrew his name as a candi date and instructed his conferees to cast their vote for Mr. Dickerman remarking that the party with him ' ns its candidate has a strong one aud a good man. A motion was then made that Mr. Dickerman be nominated by accla mation. Seconded. Carried. Mr. Dickennan nominated by acclama tion. Mr. Dickerman being called upon, in a very able manner expressed his appreciation of the honor con feired upon him, and spoke of the courtesy with which the canvass had been made, and discussed briefly the political outlook. Mr. Sechler of Montour moved that when the conference adjourned that it adjourn subject to the call of the chairman. The motion was seconded by Mr. Stellmach. Car ried. Atter filling out the necessary nomination papers, it was moved and seconded that the conference adjourn subject to the call of the chairman. Carried. Conference adjourned. John F. Gibbons, President. W. A. Skchler f c . . Win. C Johnston Secretaries. LESERVES A CELEBRATION. In speaking of Bloomsbure's Centennial Celebration, the Record of Wilkes-Barre, in its issue of Saturday says: "Next week, continuing for two days, the people of Bloomsburg, Columbia County, will celebrate the centennial of that pretty country town. For a town that has existed for a period of a hundred years Bloomsburg is not large territori ally, nor yet populous, but it has a number of advantages which many more pretentious towns do not possess. It is a wholesome town, is well supplied with churches and other institutions which ate the recognized evidences of the Chris tianity, the morality and the nnel ligence of a community. It abounds in business enterprises which speak well for the prosperity of the people, and it teems with beautiful homes which speak more loudly than words of the comfort, happiness and contentment of the population All things considered, Blooms burg deserves a celebration of its centennial anniversary, aud no doubt the enterprising people of the town will make it an event worth remembering and worthy of the community that has m its day con tained such men as Charles R Buckalew, Judge Elwell and some others who gave Bloomsburg a reputation which it might not other wise havs attained. No doubt visi tors in large numbers from up and down the Susquehauna will flock to Bloomsburg next week to parti cipate in the celebration of so im portant an event as the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the town. Are We Approaching a Fifty Cent Dollar , Under the Gold Standard. In a late issue of the Philadelphia "J'uwic Ledger and Times, the information was given out, that by reason of ihe discovery ot exceedingly large gold deposits and the ending of the Boers War and by which the resumption ot the Transvaal gold mines were immediately possible, and the unproved machinery used in min ing gold, the output of gold bullion would accumulate to a surplus, to such an extent, that the value of gold would depreciate 50 per cent, in the near future. From the above it would seem that the money question can never be settled by any political party upon a standard value which is not fluctuating. There is a possibility that the '-honest dollar" will again be brought in disrepute under the gold standard to satisfy the greed of th money power. We suggest that a ton of coal be made the unit of values by which to measure the values of all other com modules, gold included. Evidently there is a new money issue looming up in the near future lor campaign purposes, since gold is so rapidly fol lowing ti e trad bilver. The demote tization of silver was like a decree of divorce between husband and wife and that neithei alone, could long fulfill, or accomplish the ends for which they, were created. If gold should depreciate 50 per c -nt in value the "50 cent dollar cry" will be as promiuent as in the campaigns of 1090 and 1900. Wall Street would again be shaken from centre to circumference to find a scheme to rob the masses of .their honest earnings. A 50 cent gold dollar would be just as wicked as a 50 cent silver dollar, and the poor millionaires would be thrown :nto another frenzy of financial craze. In case of such event to whiort the Led ger alludes as probable, the people may expect the most interesting campaigns that have ever been wit nessed in this county. j. c. w. The annual Harvest Home ser vices under the pastorate of Rev. A lloutz will be held as follows Orangeville, Aug. 31 at 10:30 A. M bt. James, Sept. 7 at 10:15 A. M. ion, oepi. 7 at 2:30 r. ai. ; and Hidlay, Sept. 14 at 10:30 A. M. HABRISBURG LETTER. Quay's Boiled Foot Good Reports from the State "Birdie" Warren TrampKg for Penrose. Harrisbtirg, Aug. '02. "Pity the sorrows of a poor old man. bince hewasealled hurricc- froin his meditations in the Maine woods to put an air brake on l ennvpacker s .silly lonsrue, Quay has had no end of trials and tribulations. He had scarcely suc ceeded in getting near enough to Cousin Sam to yell at him to "dry up" when he got into a serious difficulty with Governor Stone. He undertook in his loving way to command the Governor to do cer tain things for the honor and glory of Mr. Quay. His excellency re fused, as it was the Sabbath day, aud before they parted Quay be came so insistent that the Governor lost his temper and called him some very suggestive names not found in the expurgated dictionaries. pennyp acker's opportunity. Here is another fine opportunity for Pennvpacker. Wheu he gets his think tank in working order he will, no doubt, be able to discover something noble and inspiring in all this something approaching real genius. He will perhaps des cribe in ponderous terms wherein Cousin Matthew's hadits shine superior to those of Webster, for as far as we know Dan never reached that dizzy pinnacle in the temple of fame which inspires one with the idea that the proper caper is to scald his feet. There is a wide difference of opinion as to the real cause that led the Old Man to burn himself so badly. One theory is that the wonderful eulogy and the con tinued praise of Penuypacker had led him to belieVe that he belongs to a superior order of beings and that by his pure, virtuous life of self-denial he has reached a plaue that would enable him, like the Hebrew children, to pass through a fiery furnace without the smell of fire on his garments. Others say that his prodigious intellect was so engrossed with the cares of state and solicitude lor the good of the race that he abstractedly turned the hot water on his foot, oblivious of all pain until the damage was done. FAVORABLE REPORTS. Chairman Creasy continues to re ceive most favorable reports from all parts of the state. The number of Republicans who are growing more and more disgusted with the machine is constantly increasing. The outrageous corruption coining to light in reference to the bribery and blackmail imposed by the ap propriations committee on different institutions asking the state aid is sufficient to disgust every honest man in the state, and cause him to register his protest at the ballot box against the party which makes such a condition possible. The case of the Clarion Normal School which paid ten per cent, of its appropriation to the heelers who mauipulatecl the matter in the com mittee has been fully exposed by the Philadelphia North American. It proves by the guilty persons themselves that $2,700 was paid to those who worked the bill through the committee. There are' other cases still worse that will make some high toned professors and doctors squirm when the truth comes to light. It was a great query at the time how a certain college got an appropriation but it has been learned since that a 20 percent, "rake-off" was paid to secure it. The "blood money" was accounted for in the reports by raising the president's salary. "BIRDIE" STILL WARBLES. "Birdie" Warren, of Pennsyl vania Bird Book notoriety, is going about the state promising that all sorts of good luck will come to those who will stand for Penrose. "Birdie" has been a very expen sive oinameut to the taxpayers of "I have used Ayer's HsirVicor for over thirty years. It has kept my scalp free from dandruff and has prevented my hair from turn 'nR .gray." Mrs. F. A. Soule, Billings, Mont. . There is this peculiar thing about Ayer's Hair Vigor it is a, hair food, not a dye. Your hair does not suddenly turn black, look dead and lifeless. But graduallytheold color comes back, all the rich, dark color it used to have. The hairstops falling, too. 11.00 bottle. All druijlilt. If your driiKgiHt cannot limply you, end nit one dollar and wa will exproHg you a bottle. He turn and pi ve tlie luime of your uearest exprena olllce. Ad'lrena, 1. j. a tun uu,, iowt)ii, mass. ! 1 Eczema ITott It rrddons tho slcln, Itches, oozes, dries nnrl ppnlosl So:i3 Tc-oyle call it tetter, mil!: crust or eiH j hetiin. Tiio pufforlna from It Is sometimes In fer.:;; lornl applications nro resorted to tlcT mitiKAte, but cannot cure. Jt piiici-ds from huinots Inherited or no 1,11' n 1 mid jieraiota u.itll those Luvo been removed. Road's Sar&aparllla ptiM.nvl removes mem, mis ramcaiiy n'id j'oni.nnently cured tho worat cartel, mil ii without nu equal fjr ell cutaneous eriviMoti. TlYiWi7! Fills ure tho Iw.l ruthufv.v. l'i loo "tct'iitt. the state and they will have but little patience with him. The fewer Birdie Warrens and Penroses the state has the better it will be for the public good. By the way, where do the fine gilt copies of Smull's Hand Book that are "being sent over the state with Penrose's compliments come from? There is no provision made whereby United Slates Senators are to be supplied with these books. Are they "swiped" from the num ber that should go to members of the Legislature? The members arc supposed to be treated fairly in this matter, and yet some of them in the recent shipment for 1902 did not receive a single copy in gilt nor tneir lull share in the cheaper bind ing. The writer knows that Birdie Warren's book was on sale by some ot the clerks at Harrisburjr. because he bought five copies. Perhaps isiraie will explain as he flits from flower to flower how it is that so many copies of his book were sold at 70 cents each, and how Mr. Pen rose manages to get fine gilt copies of Smull to distribute all over the state. ANDREW J. PALM. A TkEMEN DOUS CLAIM. Part of Columbia County Involved In an Important Land Suit. O. II. Wheeler, says the Ashland Advocate, who lays claim to a pait of ownership of about 10,000 acres of land in Schuylkill, Columbia and Northumberland Counties will try to prove his claims to the land in the U. S. District Courts, the case being set for trial at Pittsburg in November. Land in Columbia County now under the ownership of the P. & R. Com pany, is embraced in Wheeler s claim. Orsemus H. Wheeler, the claimant to several tracts of land in the coal region, who aroused much interest recently in his case, has stated his claim briefly as follows: "I am confident of winning my case this time.' ror thirtv vears I have been collecting the evidence and prosecuting the claim and at last the end is in sight. "To understand the case it is neces sary to go back to 1793, when Robert Morris, of Revolutionary fame, pur chased from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, twenty-hve tracts of land at ,50 a tract. That land now comprises 10,300 acres of coal land in Northumberland, Schuylkill and Columbia counties, upon . which a dozen collieries are operated, and upon which 40,000 people live. "In 1794 the land was transferred to John Nicholson, in 1825 to Wil liam P. Farrand, in 1836 to Henry K. Strong, in 1848 to Hannah Hoff and in 1849 to Stewart Newell. Newell deeded half the land to John B. Douty, who in 1872 transferred his share to me for $57,000. "In 1850"' continued Wheeler, "Franklin B. Gowen was buying tim ber land and purchased the land from a George Grant, who fraudulently claimed to be the owner. A few years later coal was discovered on the property and the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company h&s since hetd possession of the land. "For the purpose of bringing suit to recover the land Newell and I organized the Robert Morris Land and Coal Company, and in 1877 and in 1899 the cases were carried into the United States District Court at Pittsburg. ine cases pennir.g include six ejectment suits, a bill in equity and i ,1 . 1 utree uamnge suns, wur claim IS as follows: ' "For 10,300 acres of land, 000. $25.- "For 50,000,000 tons of coal taken from the land at 50 cents a ton, $25,- 000,000. "P"or timber taken from the land, $10,000,000. "Total, $60,000,000." Wheeler is the only one of the original niembeis of the Robert Mor. ris Land and Coal Company still alive. The present high price of beef is drawing the attention of farmers to the question whether it would not pay them to go into cattle raising again as was the practice many years ago. Few farmers in Penn sylvania any longer pay attention to the raising of beef cattle. Cows to replenish the dairy herds, must, of course, be raised, but young males are sent to the shambles as calves, and farmers rarely think of growing steers unless it be for their own consumption duiug the year. IN STOCK. DSQ ALL CLOTHING REDUCED - -V Call and See The Bargains We Offer. TOWKSIHB IE IP. PTJRSEL. HOUSE HOLD LINENS. WA1TE BED SPREADS. The August Sale T11 luiviiio T)rv fifimls pnulcnt people always consult what they believe to be their truest economy. In the sale ot the above to your economy. These special linens are now at their bnsr, unci this is thn onn phniH'n of n siv ninntlw In r plenish the home with these than you are in the habit of prices, jvinuiy investigate. Bleached Damasks. The Bleached Damasks start at 20 cents. 60c all linen damask 62 inches wide at 49 cents. 75c all linen damask 62 inches wide at 65 cents. 85c all linen damask 72 inches wide at 69 cents. 98c all linen damask 72 inches wide at 78 cents. 1. 10 all linen damask 72 inches wide at 89 cents. 1.45 all linen damask 72 inches wide at 1.29. 1.75 all linen damask 72 inches wide at 1.50. 2.35 all linen damask 72 inches wide at 1.85. Piilow Slips. 45x36 pillow slips I2jc. 45x36-Utica pillow slips 16c. 45x36 " hem'ched p. slips 25c. Bed Spreads. We make this the bed spread chance of the year. Can't al ways divide profits with you but we do it now. 1.25 bed spread at 95c. 275 ' 2.39 ' 2.00 " " " 1.7? The Sale of Towels Plncotton and hnen Towelings; handsome glass towel mgs all bought for this event, u, cent towelings at 84 12A cent towehngs at 1 1 cents: and so you will find them reduced .f w ix 1 i.i tAiLHLK iu F. P. Calendars fur 1903. Orders for calendars are always taken early. We have a large and beautiful line of samples on exhibition at this office, and we feel confident thar anyone who proposes to use cal endars can save money by dealing here. Our prices are lower than those of trave'ing salesmen, for we have ro expenses to pay fc rar.are etc. Call and see sample.. No obligation to buy if yo do not find what you want. tf. IIN PRICE. I IN PRICE. - H CLOTHIER A SHEETS, PILLOW SLIPS. Begins This Week. ns in linvinnr !iii iliiiirr ir emphasized items we cater needfuls at lower prices paying; yes much lower Table Damasks, Bleached or Unbleached. Every wanted grade, every want ed width, and prices cut to the very narrowest profit. Look ahead people will appreciate this chance. Unbleached table Linen . 25c Unbleached table linen at 20 cents. 45c Unbleached table linen at 3y cents. 50c Unbleached table linen at 44 cents. 56c Unbleached table linen at 45 cents. 90c Unbleached table linen at 70 cents. 1. 00 Unbleached table linen at 89 cents. Sheets and Pillow Slips. They are ready to use, and at these prices they cost you but very little more than the mat erials. An economy of labor as well as price. 81x90 sheets at . 51c 81x90 " anchor brand at 68c' 90x90 " " 7Sc 8ix9ohemstitchedsheets,anchor brand at 85 cents. 90x90 hemstitched sheets.anchor brand nt nt rnfc and Kitchen Omeu r.AUi CUSTOMER THIS WEEK, PURSEL. Silk tassels and pencils for pro grams for sale at this office. tf TAILOE-MADE SUITS-' N. S. Tingley has accepted the agency for Rdnach, 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 hne of samples to select from. His place of business is the third floor of the Columbian building. 4t.
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