THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. (f If ij it I: I, !i: It I, 4 I- Capital 100,000 STRONGEST BANKINTHECOUNTY First National Bank, OF KI-OaMSllURG, PA. STATEMENT. At the Close of Busincss.November 10th, 1904. UEOURCES. .muis, 313,13 94 S. BonJ, 5o.too.00 her Bond, :56,135.0c ildinR, 27.100.00 from Ranks and U. SjTreas. 74.159.7T ; h and Keserve, 1 29,888.31 $698,705.96 E. W. M. LOW. President, THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED 1866. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, Established 1837. Consolidated 1869 ruBLtsiiKi) Every Thursday Morning, At Bloomslmrg, the County Seat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. GEO. E. EIAVELL, Editor. D. J. TASKEK, Local Editor. GEO. C. ROAN, Fokrmas. Tekms: Inside the county 11.00 a year In advance; 1.50'if not paid in aivance. Outside the county, 1.25 a year, strictly in Advmce. All communications should le addressed THE COLUMBIAN, IJloomslmrR, Ta. THURSDAY, Al'RIL 27, 1905. Political Announcements. SUBJECT TO THE RULES OF THE DEMO CRATIC PARTY. Primary Elkction, Saturday June 10. Convention Tuesday, Junk 13th. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, J. C. RUTTER JR., of Bloomsburg. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, A. N. YOST of Bloomsburg. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, GEORGE E. CLEMENS of Berwick. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, FRANK W. MILLER of Centralia. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, THORNTON T. FREEZE of Bloomsburg, Pa. 't FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, (north side) TERRY A. HESS , of Bloomsburg. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, ISAAC REICHART of Scott Township. 1 FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, (north side) GEO. W. STERNER of Bloomsburg. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, (uorth side) WM. BOGERT. of Scott Township. FOR COUNTY TREASURER, M. II. RHODES ot Bloomsbusg, I'a. FOR COUNTY TREASURER, JOHN S. MENSCH of Montour. FOR PROTHONOTARY AND CLERK OF THE COURTS, C. M. TERWILLIGER of Bloomsburg." t FOR COUNTY AUDITOR, C. L. IIIRLEMAN of Beuton Boro. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CHRISTIAN A. SMALL of Bloomsburg. Orossing Restrained, The Supreme Court on Monday continued the injunction restraining the Danville & Bloomsburg trolley line from crossing the D. L. & W. tracks in Danville at grade. The injunction will stand until the case is finally disposed of by. the Court. Surplui f 115,01.0 LIABILITIES Capital i Nirpius and Profits (net) Circulation Deposits f 100,000.00 II4S.392.98 49,300.00 404,01298 698, 705.96 E. F. CARPENTER, Cashier. PRIMARY ELiOTION CALL. Notice hereby given to the Democratic voters of Columbia County that the Primary Election tor the purpose of vot'fuj to place in nomination, the following canui da'es to wit: One person for Prothonotary and Clerk of the Courts. One person lor Register and Re corder. ' One person for Mine Inspector. One person for County Treasurer. Two persons for County Coin missioners. One person for District Attorney. Two persons for County Auditors Will be held at the regular poll ng places (or if such places cannot be obtained then at a plac; in said district convenient to the regular polling place, which shall be deter mined bv the members of the sfnd ng Committee and the election board of such district where the regular polling place cannot be ob tained) on Saturday, June 10, 1905 between the hours of 3 and 7 o'clock m. The County Convention wi be held in the unera House in n Bloomsburg, Tuesday, June 13th at 1 1 o'clock a. m. This call is issued in accordance with Art. 2, section 10,' of the Democratic Rules of Columbia County. C. H. Dildine, Chaiaman TO DIVIDE FENNSYLVaHIA- A Pittsburg dispatch says: Pro pounding the queiy, "Was Abra ham Lincoln prophetic when he re ferred to the state of Allegheny? the Pittsburg Leader in an elaborate article on Sunday, auswers it in the affirmative, and nays there are men today who declare that the time is not fai distant when the demand for such a state will have to be conced ed, and when Western Pennsyl vania will take her place in the Union under that designation. Arguing the justice of dividing the state with the watershed of the Allegheny as a line of delimitation the writer of the article says: "Sessions of the Legislature, pre sumably held in the interest of the whole state, are degenerating into what might be called municipal councils for the benefit of Philadel phia. Once, and perhaps today Pans was France. Soon Philadel phia will be Pennsylvania. It was brought nearer that goal by the session recently closed. "The big social ulcer on the East em border is eating into the vitals of the state. There lies the strength of government by boss; from there spreads the corruption ot the ballot and intrenched there are the forces that are most threatening to the moral well being of the state. It i only possible for Philadelphia to gain predominating influence in state government by the boss trampling under his heel the consti tution and assuming in part the power that led to the American Revolution taxation without rep resentation " The writer draws an imaginary line through the state to indicate the proposed division. It starts at the centre of the northern border of Potter county, which is cut almost in two, trending in a slightly south westerly direction, the southern ex tremity passing between Bedford on the east and Somerset on the west The counties besides Potter that would be mutilated are Cameron, Clearfield and Blair, the greater por tion of the first two named being as signed to the "state of Allegheny," while the last of the trio, with the exception of a very small slice, would remain in Pennsylvania. The population of the new state would approximately be a, 100,000 under the igco census and in that it would rank with Kentucky. Discussing the question of a capi 1 tal of the state of Allegheny, the writer magnanimously excludes Fittsburg as a possibility, and names these towns as among the promisiug candidates: Franklin, Clarion, Indiana, Brookville and Punxsutawney. WASHINGTON. From our Regular Correspondent. Washington, D. C, April 20, 1905. The Senate committee on Inter state Commerce has gotten to work nd is holding daily hearings on the subjectof railway rate legisla tion. As a starter Senator Elkins, chairman of the committee, invited nearly fifty railway men to appear before the committee and testify as to why the Government should not attempt to fix railway rates. When the railroad men have concluded their testimony "such others as may desire" will be at liberty to testify. To the unprejudiced ob server it will appear as if the com mittee was more anxious to hear the railway men than the opposi tion. Of course the railway men who comtjto Washington will have all their expenses paid by the r companies and their salaries will go on just the same, while the shipper or other opponent of the present system must come here at his own expense often leaving his business to suffer in the meantime. Senator Elkins has alsi nprealed to the Department of Justice for opinions 011 two questions as f Hows; first, Can Congress dele gate to a commission the power to fix railway rates? second; Can a federal commission allow diferen tial rates between ports without con flicting with the r.inth section of the constitution, which prohibits dis crimination between the ports of the several States? The answers to these questions are not likely to meet with the approval of some of the members of Mr. Elkins' com mittee or with that of the railway nu-n. l'oth questions have already been answered by high authorities on the subject. Senator Knox. former Attorney General has as sured your correspondent that Con gress has the right to delegate its authority to fix railway rates to a commission, and benator opooner, has informed your correspoudeut that there is nothing in the prac tice of allowing railway differen tials which conflict with the sectiou of the constitution referred to. There is, unfortunately, an ob vious disposition on the part of the Interstate Commerce committee to regard the current hearings as little short of a farce. While they are unwilling to be quoted on the subject they admit their belief that it is the intention of the chairman of the committee to conduct the hearings with the purpose of be clouding the issue rather than with the hope of elucidating it. More over, they are convinced that the Chairman, with the assistance of several members of the committee are determined to report to the Sen ate at the earliest opportunity, measure which will turuish just as little remedy for existing evils as the necessities of the situation com pel, rather than a measure which will remedy existing evils to the full extent of the power of Congress. There are some members of the committee who hope to defeat what they believe to be the purpose of the chairman. These include all the Democratic members and Sena tors Cullotn and Dolliver. If they hold together they may be able to accomplish their aim but the chances are against them. It is as serted that Mr. Elkins believes that if his committee can report to the Senate a "mild" railway measure befote the next House can effect its organization and pass a railway measure along the lines of the Townsend Esch bill, for instance, he can hold the Senate to the pro gramme reported by its committee and thus prevent the enactment of drastic legislation. In this regard, however, there are some indications that Mr. Elkins is counting with out his host. There are a number of Republican Senators, not mem bers of his committee, who declare their intention of so amending any Ayers Impure blood always shows somewhere. If the skin, then boils, pimples, rashes. If the nerves, then neuralgia, nerv ousness, depression. If the Sarsaparilla stomach, then dyspepsia, biliousness, loss of appetite. Your doctor knows the remedy, used for 60 years. frmn tlia Ciiliaii war, I win ptrfert wreck. 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Official announcement has been made that the Venezuelan affair, is, for the present at least, a closed incident ; the modus vivendi with Santo Domingo has been accepted and seems to be working without friction ; the United States has re fused to become involved in the Franco-German dispute regarding the "open door" in Morocco and now New Foundland has seized the opportunity to advance to the center of the stage and threaten American fishermen who may seek to ply their trade in New Found- land waters. Disappointed by the failure of the United States Senate to ratify the Hay-Bond reciprocity treaty naturally disappointed per haps, Premier Bond has procured the passage through the upper house of the New Foundland legis lature of retaliatory legislation which, according to the telegraphic reports from St. John's, violates the rights granted to the fishermen of this country by the treaty with Great Britain of 18 18 and which is still in force. The dispatches re late that once the Bond bill be comes a law the New roundlaud government will seize any Ameri can fishing vessel found within three miles of the coast of New Foundland, having on board bait or supplies and that unless the captain of the vessel can prove that such bait and supplies were not procured in New Foundland, the vessel and its cargo will be confis cated. Such action on the part of jSew rouudland would be clearly in violation of the rights of Ameri can fishermen as "guaranteed for ever" by the treaty cf 1818 and would be met with instant demand for reprisals by this government. It sesms probable, however, that before such a law is finally enacted the British Foreign Office will call j the attenticn of its pugnacious ( colony to the provisions of that treaty and will insist that its terms' be modified. In any event there is little likelihood of Great Britain's permitting any action, by one of its colonies which might produce strained relations between the United States and the home govern ment. Pension Decisions. By the Assistant Secretary ot the ment nl tho Interior. Depart- Contributory negligence Death Cause A person disabled by deaf ness who adopts a railroad track as a highway of travel is required to exercise that care and caution which ordinary prudence would dictate to a person in his condition 111 order to avoid barm or peril, and a failure to do so is contributory negligence and where a soldier is killed by a pass ing train while pursuing such course bis widow is not pensionable under the general law. Department parent death cause. To entitle a dependent parent to pension under section 1 of the act of June 27, 1890, it must be shown that bis or her son s death was the result of wounds, injury, casualty, or disease incurred in the service and line of duty. Line of duty personal altercation Claimant having, taken a pocket- book from a drunken comrade while the latter was asleep, and having refused to return it upon demand, was assaulted with a club and sus tained permanent injury of the left shoulder; held that the injury was not incurred in the hue of duty. Widows Adulterous cohabita tion. The open and notorious ad ulterous cohabitation of a widow bars her right to pension under the act of June 27, 1890. on account of I her husband s death. Widows Presumption of death of soldier. The evidence in this case satisfactory establishes the con tinued and unexplained absence of the above named soldier irom his home and family since November 1877. since which date no intelli gence of his existence has been re ceived, and. therefore, his death should be considered "as sufficient ly proved," in accordauce with the provisions of the act of March 13 1896. a 1 - - Constables Are Fire Wardens. A New Law Gives Them Power to Act. Constables are made fire wardens bv an act approved March 31, 1905, and are empowered to call out all their neighbors to fight forest fires. They must act under this law on pain of prosecution for failure, and are entitled to be paid fifteen cents an hour for this branch of their work. This law is a move in the right direction in that it makes it somebody's business to try to pre vent and extinguish forest fires. Fall weather. Full of wear and comfort. The proper thing on most any ordinary occasion. There is a great deal of difference in the quality of Serge, and we look to it carefully that ours is the best Then each garment is made up in the most approved fash ion, sure to suit the most exacting masculine taste. Men's and Young Men's Blue Serge Suits, Single and double breasted coats guaranteed not to fade or shrink. $10.00 to $15.00. An Unmatchable Showing of Dress Stuffs. A stock unrivaled in the county is what you will find at the PURSEL STORE this year. For a pointer, we show: Redona Crepe a firm crepe weave; new spring colors, and black. French Poplin all the de sirable spring colors and black. rrunella Cloth lor street suits; all wanted colors and black. Canadensts-a. hard twilled fabric for street suits; colors and black. Broadcloths all the favo rite spring colors and black. Cheviots iox suits and skirts, all the wanted colors and black. Storm Serges all the popular shades, also black. French Voiles street and evening shades. Silk and wool Eolienne street and evening shades, also black. F. P. BLOOMSBURG, '. JATOE'S EXPECTORANT. An almost infallible remedy. Time For A Blue Serge One of our natty blue serge suits will be a gilt edged in vestment just now. Good for Spring, Summer and early Fancy Worsted Suitings a. crisp, firm fabric, suitable for tailored suits and cos tumes. All Wool Nun's Veiling- colors and black. Fancy Dotted Voile in stylish colors, blendings. Mohair Brtllianttne a 1 1 the desirable colors and black. Mohair Sicilian and black. colors Fancy Mohatr many beautiful styles and color ings, also black. Changeable Mo hair $ (chameleon) very new and exceedingly pretty. Checked Mohairs all the desirable colors. Coiurt Suitings several pretty colors. Fancy Imported Suitings all light spring suitings. PURSEL. - PENNA. TIHIAT COUGH
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