TUB COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA.
'Capital
1 00,000
STRONGEST BANK IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
$15,0.0
First National Bank
01?HIOOMM15UIt3, JLA.
STATEMENT.
At the Close of Business November ioth, 1904.
RESOURCES,
'..tin, $312.13194
S. ItntuU, j", 00.00
V-r Homl., i56,l!;.oo
' 1 Minp, 27.100.00
. e from Hanks amll', S. Trcas. 24,159 71
1 ttli nd Kcseive, 129,988.31
$698, 705.96
LIABILITIES
Capital
Surplus ami l'rof.ts (net)
Circulntion
Deposits .
f 100,000.00
145. .192 98
49.300. Oi)
404,012 98
$698,705.96
E. W. M. LOW, President, E. F. CARPENTER, Cashier.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1S66.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
RsTABUSHEn I837. CONSOLIDATED 1869
I'vbi.ishei) Every Thursday Morning,
At Bloomslmrji. ttif! County Scat of
Oolu;nliiu County, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. ELWELL, Editor.
D. J. TASKEK, Local Editor.
GEO. C. KOAN, Foreman.
Ttnnis: fnsirle the county $ 1. 00 a year
la advance; $ 1 .50 i f not paid in advance.
Outside the county, 41.25 a year, strictly in
Advance.
All communication should be addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, To.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1905.
Political Announcements.
SUBJECT TO THE RULES OF THE DEMO
CRATIC PARTY.
Primary Election, Saturday
June io. Convention Tuesday,
June 13th.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
(north side)
GEO. W. STERNER
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
(north side)
WM. BOGERT,
of Scott Township.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
(north side)
JERRY A. HESS
of Bloomsburg.
TOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
ISAAC REICHART
of Scott Township.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
A. N. YOST
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
J. C. RUTTER JR.,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDRR,
GEORGE E. CLEMENS
of Berwick.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
FRANK W. MILLER
of Centralia.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
JOHN S. MENSCH
of Montour.
FOR PROTHONOTARY AND CLERK
OF THE COURTS,
C. M. TERWILLIGER
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR,
C. L. II I RLE MAN
of Beuton Boro.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
CHRISTIAN A. SMALL
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
M. II. RHODES
ot Bloomsbusg, Pa.
TBE LEGISLATURE.
i The legislature began its weekly
session on Monday nitfht, and there
were some turbulent scenes. Efforts
were made in the House to have
committees discharged from the
I consideration of bills before them,
i the Democratic members leading
; the assault on the committee, charg-
! ing studied neglect of such bills as
the one providing for personal regis
tration, and that o'her bill of vai-t
importance to the public, permitttng
trolley companies to carry freight.
New bills were introduced, which
if passed will net the state several
million dollars additional revenue
from a tax placed on coal, crude oil,
and the product of whiskey distil
eries. While the state will get the
money the burdeu of this tax will
fall on the consumer, who will have
to pay it in the end. The produc
er will simply add the tax to his
selling price.
By a compromise, legislation will
bi permitted that will enable Pitts
burg and Allegheny to merge and
form a ' 'Greater Pittsburg. A
number of appropriation bills were
reported from committees.
Governor Pennypacker transmit
ted to the legislature a report of the
Commissioner to the St. Louis Ex
position. He also vetoed a number
of bills, among them one permitting
Normal Schools to condemn certain
alleys and streets donated for school
purposes.
The bill providing for personal
registration was defeated in both
Senate and House. The passage of
this bill would have been a step
towards honest elections in this
state, and that the Republican party
do not propose to permit. Personal
registration would cur down their
majority in the state more than one
half, by preventing the thousands
ot fraudulent votes in Philadelphia.
McClain of Lancaster, leader of
the Republicans in the House, de
clared that his party would assume
all responsibility for their action.
He was led into this declaration by
a challenge from our member, Hon
John G. Harmau, to the effect that
the defeat of the proposed legisla
tiou would rest upou the Republi
can party.
Representative W. T. Creasy had
offered the resolution in the House
asking for the discbarge of the com
mittee on elections from all further
consideration of the bill. McClain
asked that the resolution be defeat
ed. Mr. Creasy sent to the desk
and had read an editorial from the
Press, stating that personal regis
tration is not h partisan measure,
but a public need. However, it
was slated for defeat and defeated
it was.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
ELISHA RINGROSE
of Center Township.
Subject to the rules ot the Republi
can Party.
Primary Election Saturday, April
15th. Convention, Monday, April
17th.
Gov. Pennypacker has approved
the bill making it a misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine of from $100
to 300 for any one to give or sell a
cigarette or cigarette paper to any
person under 21. The new law
amends the act passed by the last
legislature, which merely pro
hibited the sale of cigarettes to
minors.
PEACE PROBABLE-
There are again prospects of an
early peace between Russia and
Japan. Many influences in favor
of a settlement have been brought
to bear upon the Czar, from Ger
many and France. Emperor
William has been eager to repeat
the concerted movement made alter
the fall of Port Arthur, when Ber
lin'and Washington joined in friend
ly counsel to the Czar, and Japan
co-operated to the extent of submit
ting informally terms of settlement.
That effort failed through the
stubbornness of the Czar and his ad
visers. The Kaiser, aided bv the
French government, is now making
another effort to bring about peace,
Hislsuccess depends upon the moods
of the Czar, who is as changeable
as the moon, full of superstition,
flying from one set of advisers to
another, and who has now taken to
praying two hours daily to numer
ous gods. Japan is willing to nego
tiate without the imposition of harsh
terms, and Russia now almost with
out a friend among civilized na
tions, must soon be compelled to
yield. It has been a horrible car
nage, and peace will be welcomed
everywhere.
Harvesting by electricity has
been introduced in Australia.
WASHINGTON.
I'miii our Kecul.'.r Correspondent.
Washington, 1. C, Mar. 16, V)c$.
Santo Domingo protocol is dead
and Senator Gorman, as Democrat
ic ieader of the Senate, hasse.ied
a triumph, For a time it looked as
i f enough Democratic Senators
would break away from Mr. Gor
man's leadership to ratify tbe trea
ty, but the Maryland statesman
worked quietly and iflectively and
ultimately lined up the entire min
ority in opposition to a foreign pol
icy which he regards as unwarran
ted and injud cious. There is no
doubt, however, that prominent Ke
publicans have covertly assisted the
Democratic leader in defeating this
cherished scheme of President
Roosevelt, and it is probable, too,
that Assistant Secretary of State
Loomis contributed his full share to
the defeat of the ptotocol, although
his part was played unwittingly.
The chief lactor in defeating the
treaty was the conviction that Sec
retary Loomis drafted it and caused
it to be negotiated with a view to
putting it inlo force without seeking
the advice and consent of the Sen
ate. This conviction is as largely
entertained by Republicans as by
Democrats and as, in the estimation
of all Senators, it indicates a dan
gerous tendency on the part of the
administration, the Democrats felt
it to bj their duty to administer a
rebuke in the form of rejecting the
treaty. No vote has yet been had
on tlie protocol and probably none
will be, the present intention being
to defer action until the special ses
sion to be called for next October.
Meanwhile, the President will cause
a more extensive investigation of
Dominican affairs to be made, to be
followed by a comprehensive report
on the situation to be submitted to
the Senate when it again convenes.
Republican Senators are some
what at a loss as to the best means
of disposing of the Dominican trea
ty, although they most favor refer
ring it back to the committee on
Foreign Relations. One of the pe
culiarities of the debate has been
the developement o t sentiment in
favor of annexing Santo Domingo
to the United States. This propo
sition has been vigorously espoused
by Senators Heyburn (Republican)
and Nwlands ( Democratic hut
finds little encouragement among
oilier members of the Senate, most
of whom seem to think that with
the race question in the South, Por
to Rico and the Phillipines, on its
hands the United States has quite
enough trouble without borrowing
more. Some Democrats insist that
annexation would provide a place
to which surplus negroes could be
exported, but fail to furnish partic
ulars as to the method they would
adopt to effect such exportation.
Despite the evident fact that Secre
tary Loomis blundered seriously in
his handling of the Dominican ne
gotiations, the President takes every
occasion to reiterate his high regard
for the Assistant Secretary of State
and insists that he has no thought
of displacing him or oi assigning
him to a foreign mission, at present,
although he intimates that the Sec
retary will be rewarded for his emi
nent services within the next four
years by a diplomatic post of high
rank. There may be some obstacles
to the President's programme in
this regard, however, as the Senate
does not place a high valuation on
Mr. Loomis' diplomatic attainments
and mav intimate in the President-
that his confirmation for a post of
importance would be attended with
serious difficulty.
The decision of Congress to re
turn to the several States all the
Confederate battle flags captured in
the Civil War and the prompt ap
proval by the President of the bill
authorizing such return seems to
have created much enthusiasm in
Avers
If your blood Is thin and im
pure, you are miserable all the
time. It is pure, rich blood
that invigorates, strengthens,
refreshes. You certainly know
Sarsaparilla
the medicine that brings good
health to the home, the only
medicine tested and tried for
COyears. A doctor's medicine.
"I owe my llfn, without dmilit, to Ayer'i
RirnapnrtlU. It U the must wonderful mtnll.
Cine In the worhl for nervoiiHiieBfl, Mynurela
perumiiHiit, itmi 1 cannot thank vnu eunuch."
Mun. JiKLlA McjW kll, Kuwark, N.J.
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All nrill-lHl.. r I i.wi.tl. Man.
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mmunammsr
"I 1 II I IKIMHIiil
niht greatly aid tho Sarsaparilla.
the South and complimentary letters
are daily reaching the White House
thanking the President for his part
in the legislation. Theae is little
doubt in the minds o f Southern
members of Congress that this grace
ful act on the part of Congress and
the President will contribute mate
rially to the enthusiasm of
the President's reception on the
Southern ttip he is so soon to make.
There are 544 old battle flags all
told, about 100 belonging to North
ern States and the remainder to
States which formed part of the Con
federacy. They are' all stored in
the "flag-room" ot the War Depart
ment where they have been careful
ly protected from the ravages of
time and as they were of good ma
terial originally they are said to be
an excellent state of preservation.
Some of the flags bear no mark by
which they can be identified and
some difficulty will be experienced
with regard to these, but all which
have some mark by which they can
be traced to a particular State will
be forwarded to the Governor of that
State at an early day.
1
There are again rumors of peace
between Russia and Japan current
in diplomatic citcles in Washington
although n jtliing definite seems to
be known. President Roosevelt
has expressed to both Ambassador
Cassini and Minister Takahira his
entire willingness to exert his good
offices to promote so desirable an
end but neither of these diplomats
has done more than to thank the
President and assure him that he
will be glad to avail himself of the
offer when he receives instructions
trom his government warranting
such action.
Ihe Career ot Orinie in Columbia County.
It has for lone vears been con
tended that education is a prevent
ative for crime, or, at least, a safe
guard against crime, that reduced
or mitigated its frequency to a
minimum. So urgent was this
claim set forth, that a compulsory
educational clause for attendance
upon our public schools was enact-
ed as a supplement to our school
laws.
Pet haps no county in our com
monwealth has better educational
facilities than Columbia county, nor
a higher standard for professional
aims and objects for the develop
ment of the intellectual advance
ment of the young and rising gen
eration. Perhaps no local community
prides itself more for the manifest
progress made in the line of educa
tion, than Columbia county, under
the proficient, persistent and tire
less administration of our worthy
County Superintendent, W. W.
Evans, in his efforts to raise our
public schools to the highest plane
attainable. And, notwithstanding
all these laudable and necessary im
provements, how frequently are the
people shocked with the most hor
rible crimes; above any that appear
upon our Court records, crimes that
are so abhorent, so diabolical, and
so disgusting that the temper of the
people is on the verge of dealing
summary punishment by resorting
to lynch law. Even at this present
hour, four of these despicable,
(though really pitiable,) characters
are lodged iu jail, awaiting trial in
the May Court, while, at least one,
escaped fugitive, is roaming and
hiding at large.
All the above refered to culprits,
committed crimes that deserve more
than the ordinary penalty provided
dj- law, ior crimes ot like descrip
tions and definitions.
The question is: Is it possible
that crime is making the same nrno.
ress in frequency and heinousness
as education is progressing with
rapid strides in the oath of fam
renown and refinement? Is it posi-
Die mar, t ne increasing and greater
light of civilization and Christianity,
only increases the darkness of the
night of remaining ignorance and
superstition, in which lurk the hid
eous demons, who strike their
horrible and diabolical blows in the
benighted shades of seclusion, and
almost beyond the power of detec
tion, that shock and stagger with
amazement, the community with
such frequency and enormity, as
has been the case iu Columbia
county, in less time than a year ?
Can these things be charged to
the higher facilities for humanity's
improvement in the different lines
of educational attainments, and all
other institutions for moral and re
ligious advancement? There must
be a cause for this marked Droeres
of horrible crime, which, so di
abolically demonstrates its vicious
power, all over the country.
J. C. Wenner.
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l'or Ealo.
One bond of 500, first mortgage
Columbia and Montour Telephone
Co. 5 per cent, payabla annually.
Worth full face value, but will lie
sold for $490 and interest to make
quick sale. Apply t o Geo. E.
J'.lvvcll, atty., JJloomsburg. . tf.
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Our Spring Lines In
HATS,
CLOTHING,
TOP COATS,
HOSIERY,
SHIRTS,
ECKWEAR.
UNDERWEAR
are all in awaiting your
inspection.
SEND'S
Our Spring Sale of
Lace Curtains, Some
as Little as Half Price
and where there are but two or three pairs of a
kind they run this way:
35 cent curtains at 29 cents. 1.00 curtains at
75 cents and 79 cents. 1.50 curtains at 1.15.
2.00 curtains at 1.35. 90 cent curtains at 75
cents. 1.25 curtains at 1.00. 1.75 curtains at
1.39. 2.50 curtains at 1.75. 2.75 curtains at
1.98. 3.00 curtains at 2.00.
Irish Point Curtains
Are selling during the sale at $2.70 to $8.00.
Brussels Net Curtains
Are selling during the sale at $4.50 to $7.65.
Ruffled Net Curtains
Are selling during the sale at $1.26 to $2.70.
Plain Net Curtains
Are selling during the sale at $2.70 to $4.50.
Fish Net Curtains
Are selling during the sale at $2.25 to $5.40.
F. P. PURSEL.
BLOOMSBURG,
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