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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27
ROBBERY BY APPORT|ONAENT.

A Gross Injustice Perpetrated by. the
Republican Party Upon the Demo-
cratic Citizens of Pennsylvania.
How One Republican Has a Greater
Representation Than Five Demo-
crats--Ienoring the Constitution to
Serve Party Ends--C Candidate Gobfn's
Share in the Crime aud the Spoil.
The present constitution of Pennsyl-
vania was enacted in 1873. and went
into operation on Jan. 1, 1874 Section
Is Of Article 2 is as follows: 1.-THE gen.
eral assembly, at is first session after
the adoption of this constitution, and
Immediately after each United States
decennial census. shall apportion the
state into senatorial and representative
Districts" ETC., etc.
A like provision Is made with refer
ence to the judiciary Of the state, and
common fairness suggests that the con-
gressional districts should be apportion-
ed Just as frequently and at the same
times
How the Republican party in Pensyl-
vania has treated the mandatory pro-
visions of the constitution above
quoted Is shown in the fact that the
last apportionments were enacted as
follows:
Senatorial. 1874: representative. 1887:
congressional, 1887.
For "a wears. therefore. they have
been persistenly refusing to do, with
reference to the senatorial apportion-
ment. what the fundamental law COM
mands; for ten years they have been
similarly derelict with reference to the
representative apportionment, and for
like number of years they have al
lowed a congressional apportionment 20
stand. which. by a fair rendering of the
peoples will. should at that time have
been set aside.
The reason is plain. They derive a
large advantage in representation from
their remissness. Not only do they
shut out the Democrats from their fair
share of senator's and members, but
they also checkmate that element of
their own party that chafes at boss
ism" and the innumerable evils that
always attach to II.
To illustrate the gross injustice of
these procedures to the Democratic
party: In the senate Of 1897 there were
A Republicans and 6 Democrats. In
1896 the Republicans reached their high
water mark as to majorities in the vote
for president. In that year there were
cast for Mckinley 72S,300 votes, and for
Bryan 433,22S votes. BY dividing the
number Of senators for each party into
the party vote 1t will be found that
. a . TO IA E a.
Bears the >,Ihe Kind You Have Always Bought
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27

Ii the small boy doesn't give his
mother the slip, it may be that she
gives him the slipper.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27
You Should Know

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salt rheum, dyspepsia, catarrh, rheu-
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Hoods Pills are prompt and eff
cient, easy to take. easy to operate.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27

Excess for ordinary expenses
IN 1881 ............ ...'....S o,iUU,oo5
And this says nothing of the fact
that the state treasurer in making up
his estimates of expenses for the year
ending Nov. 80, 1898 (Which reach a
total of s17,346,S23, as against an an
ticipated revenue of $11,561, ,000), in
cludes, among others, the following
items:
State tax due counties. 81 sos, ,255
School app'n 1897 due. e.......... 3.439, 1893
Due U. of P. on app'n 1885,. $4,000
Due w. u. on app'n 1S95....... $4,000
Appropriation for new capitol
expected to have been paid in
1897 and appropriated for that
year ........................... 275,ooO
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27

Payments 1897, less interest,
etc. (sec. Rep. treas, p. 23) s12, 76S. .615
Payments 1883, less loans re-
deemed, interest, premiums
and u. s. bonds purchased
(see aud. gen. rep, p. 151 :. 4.336,9T
Excess of current payments
for 1897 S.43l,b3S
Cost of schools, charities, in
sane, penitentiaries, ETC., '97 s 7,172,316
Same, 1883 .................... 2,44O,84O
Excess for 1897. 97..............$ 4,73, ,475
Excess of total payments in
1897 Observation-Disclosures. S,431 ,53S
Excess for schools, etc., in
1877 .......................S 4,13l,4Tb
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27

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5,34O, ,253
The account, fully made up, there
fore, stands about as follows:
Excess payments of 1897 over
1888, exclusive of charities.
schools, penitentiaries, in
sane, interest, loans, etc. SO, zoo, ,063
Moneys that were appropriated
to schools, charities. ETC.. and
should have been paid in 1897,
but remained unpaid at end
$5.34O,25s
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27

AVeTHBg ....s.. .5o.UU
1t has already been stated that the
fost of the insane to the state of Wis
sonsin, where they are cared for in the
counties, ETC.. is s1.75, and "the quality
Of care is excellent" says our board of
public charities. and the board further
says (See report 1896, page 5) I'm
Pennsylvania there now is some excel
lent county and municipal care Of the
insane, at far less per capita cost than
that charged in the state hospitals ~
A board of charities. whose officials
would give less of their time to moving
about the state doing the work of the
machine ana the perty which 1t con-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27

G.U1 III
An infinitely, more intelligent and sat-
tsfactory record of the sessions pro-
eeedings could have been compressed
into about 1000 to 1900 pages without
'saerihcing word of the "eloquence" of
.he senators and members which, It is
needless to say, is. as a rule, far more
'anusive than edifying. An index that
would be really useful for reference
purposes could be put into 200 pages,
and this is making a liberal allow
ance. The 2.237 page index to the 1897
volumes Is, in fact, no index at all.
It is full of errors. It has countless
repetitions. And these are 80 embar-
RAISING that on the rare occasions when
the Record must be referred to. the
seeker after information is likely to
be driven half frantic by the difficult
ties he will encounter in obtaining IT.
For instance, IAN act to regulate suits
Drought by and against foreign cor
porations doing business In this COM
monweaith. to which certificates have
been or may be issued. etc." is in
,iexed under the word Issued" Was
shere ever a padding for robbery SO
bold or method of indexing more COM
pletely imbecile? And this is but a
sample of hundreds of similar in
stances of the fraud. What is referred
The sun., 1898-02-18

The severe storm which was central on the New
England coast On Wednesday moved northeastward
ward Newfoundland yesterday. The winds had
diminished In force on the middle Atlantic coast.
but continued nigh from the northwest on the New
England coast IN the morning. There Il second
storm developing In the Central States. trough of
low pressure extended from the upper lake region
southwest TO Texas. attended by cloudy and threat.
ening conditions over its entire area, with heavy
rain falling In tho lower Mississippi Valley and Texas
and snow In the lake rsgons.
In front OF tho Storm through the Mississippi Ohio
and Tennessee valleys and lake regions the tempcra.
turc was rising very rapidly and warmer weather
was fast spreading eastward. The storm Is followed
by u decided cold wave.
In this city yesterday 1t was clear and cOder low
est onicia temperature l3'. highest 37'i average
humidity 90 per cent wind westerly. average veloc.
ity miles hour: barometer, corrected to
sea level. at A NJ. 80.l7, . p. NJ. 1928.
The thermom ter at the United States Weather Bu-
registered the temperature yesterday follows:
The sun., 1898-02-18
Hoston symphony Orchestra.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra gave last
evening the third of this season concerts In the
Metropolitan to far-sized audience. The pro.
grsmme was both piquant and unique. There
was bit OF Beethoven in tho shape of his
"Egmont" overture TO give soldity and
gravity and matter.of-fact severity to tho
scheme. but there was an ample quantity
music which followed this to color dozen con.
ccrls. Between BerlioZ and Rncsky Korsakoff
such tone painting was presented as would
satisfy tho most romantic soul to absolute
safety. The Russian composer was represented
by bis beautiful symphonic Suite, opus 49,
Mrs Benchs symphony called Gaelic" WAS
interesting. Curiosity to hear the first sym
phony written by woman ever played here
lent an extra impetus to listening, which few
attractions could have brought about. And
graceful writing, music that flowed along spon.
taneously, whose chief characteristics were
two serenity and feminine persuasiveness.
The sun., 1898-02-18
CAUSES OF THE MILL STRIKE.
Further InvcstiRatIob OF the Causes or the New
England Labor Trouble.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Feb. 1.-THE legislative
committee investigating the causes of the cot
ton mill labor troubles in Massachusetts gave
hearing in the rooms of the Board OF Trade this
morning. The operatives and tho Arkwright
Club were represented to-day. The manufac-
turers did not appear, and they say that the
hearing does not concern them. During tho
forenoon the men before the committee were
Secretary o'Donncll of the Spinners' Association
and Secretary Tansey of tho Carders' Union.
The committee had prepared list of questions
which were put to the men, Secretary O'Donnell
gave his views upon the Dingley tariff and
its effect upon manufacturing IN New Eng
land. Southern competition. and tho wage
question. lie said that tho average pay week
of n mule spinner in this city is $ll. for in some
cases it goes rs high as $l3. lie said that tho
spinners work siXty-sx hours week. for while
TO clean and oil their own mules, 30 that no time
Will be wasted.
Secretary Tanscy was questioned in tho same
manner as ODonncll. In the afternoon Mr..
Tansey and Secretary Jackson of the Slashers'
Union were before the committee and answered
appeared for the ArEwriEht Club. At the after. @
noon session he asked Secretary Tansey to what
manufacturers were investing in Southern bust
ness. He was request ed to answer that himself,
cussion with Representative Donohue. and tho
argument was becoming heated when Senator
Moran called halt and went on with the regu-
NEW BEDFORD. Mass, Feb. 1.-THE State
Board of Arbitration offered its assistance to
effect settlement Of the cotton mills strike this
afternoon. Richard p. Barry. the labor member
OF the board. came here and held several hours
talk with the Secretaries of the local unions.
Before leaving the city he said that he found o
Willingness on the part Of the strike leaders to
meet the manufacturers, and he believed they
were now ready TO make an honest effort to
come to terms with the mill men; Mr.. Barry
said with positiveness that he could find no EVIL
dence OF any break in the strikers ranks. but he
was satisfied that a compromise might bo
effected. He returned to Boston this evening to
confer with the other members Of the board.
Secretary Ross of the spinners Is seriously i'll
and unable to accompany the Committee on
Labor, of which he is House Chairman. on Its
tour. The strike council now has twenty-six
collectors on the road Reports from New York
and Philadelphia are encouraging; but the funds
those actually in need. The council Is now con-
sdeIinga direct appeal to the American Feder-
alton OF Labor for financial assistance.
The sun., 1898-02-18
THE LAT7IMER MURDER TRIAL.
Prosecutions witnesses Contradict Themselves
ON Cross FIX n miuntion.

ON Cross-Exn mi alton.
WILxEsBARRE, Pa, Feb 1.-THE prosecution
in the trial Of Sheriff Martin and his deputies
Is decidedly unfortunate in that the witnesses
1t relies upon to give the most damaging and
startling testimony, to say tho least, arc per-
sons of a doubtful character and a malodorous
past, or they arc 30 hopelessly tangled up in
cross-eXamination that their stories lose all
strength, IL not credence. Several incidents of
The most glaring case in point was that OF Angelo
Matz an italian Of Hazleton, who swore that he
lay on his face during the shooting. and saw
deputy come up and deliberately fire two shots
into tho body OF n wounded striker who lay in n
ditch. On cross.examinaton the witness said
the striker was dead when this took place, and
gave other answers in entire contradiction to
his former testimony.
Andrew Yesmund. tho next witness, told tho
sciously revealed the whole keynote of the situ-
alton which led to the shooting at Lattimcr.
After he had explained how he had been shot in
the leg and hip while running away at Luttimer.
he said on crosseNaminntion to Mr.. Palmer
that II he had known that the Sheriff had so
much power he would have obcyed his command
and returned home without making any attempt
to pass him. In his country there was such
q thing as Sheriff: He thought that IL the
Sheriff had a unifo and his men had uni
been obeycd readily. Neither he nor his COM
panions thought that the deputies would shoot.
The testimoney of the other witnesses exam
ined varied in no wise from that given by many
other preceding ones Robert Kay, one of the
deputies on trial. received a telegram from tho
Navy Department this afternoon, saying. that
his brother John. machiniSt on the Maine,
was among the killed.
The sun., 1898-02-18
rInlno Ca1Fr DfEs N arLEETUE.
ons 81 tAs sis nrsusht frorn Grscaiana ~
Pesry, ths Explerer.

Pesry, the Hxnlerer.
Kessuh or Kusshan, chief Of tribe Of Es.
kimon OF tho north Of Greenland, who was ono
Of the marty of six brought to this city last fall
by Lieut., Peary, died at Bellevue Hospital last
night. He was SO years old. The party ar
rived here on Sept. 80 on tho steam bark Hope.
For several days tho vessel was open to Wis
itors for tho inspection OF tho big metcorlte In
tho hold and the Eskimo camp on deck. The
Eskimos had skin tepee pitched near the fore
mast, and their dogs and sledgcs and n fishing
kayak were near 1t. Tho leader of the party
was old Nooktah, q son of Chief Koolootoonah
of Netuluni. who. In 1853, plotted to murder
DR.. Hayes and his party. With him were his
wife and daughter. Kessuh was the chief Of
q neighboring tribc. With him were Wecsta:
kupski, fellow tribesman, aud his 9-yearold
When the Hope was unoadcd the Eskimos
went to the American Museum of Natural His.
tory. where thoy lived in the basement. twas
intended to study them and their Language, re-
ligion, and general customs, and, at the same
time they were to help Lieut.. Peary in ar
ranging his ethnological collection from Green
land. The party was to return this year..
On Oct. so tho six Eskimos, who had all con.
tracted severe colds with complications. were
improved under treatment and We're finally dis
charged. Kessuh went back on Jan. 4, having
experienced a relapse. He succumbed to
Not the least Of the disadvantages under
which the hospital doctors labored in treating
the Eskimos was q lack of tho rich fat foods to
which they are accustomed and which they
have cravod constantly since they have been
here. Kessuh's .,comrade, Weetakupski. Is
one Of the Eskimos at the formers bedside
when he died. Weetakupski expressed little
sorrow at his chiefs death, and soon returned
to his own bed. The Eskimo mode of mourn
ing and burial is very simple; all the effects of
a dead person. including his house, arc de.
stroyed and the man is quickly forgotten.
There will be an autopsy on Kessuh's body to-
day, and then the skeleton will be mounted for
tho American Museum Of Natural History.
The sun., 1898-02-18
moreover 81, pnoorrrM
Penee Psns,sus usIa Up--s.lav,es chsppsd ans
Luxuries Aha,tshed.

The police pensioners in Brooklyn. whose
quarterly payments came due at tho close OF last
month, were disappointed yesterday whom they
received notification from the main oflco that
for the present they would only receive their
January stipends. The November and Decem.
ber payments have been held up" pending an
investigation in regard to the Sl2. 900 shortage
in the Brooklyn police pension fund.
Charities Commissioner simis for tho bor-
oughs of Brooklyn and Queens has recommends
cd these reductions of salaries and the abolition
OF these offices. to tako effect on Feb. %:
Bernard Lamb. from s9,5oo to se, 800, Daniel J.
sgeo to saooo George 30 Brown ~ SqoT rom te
sha ssaon ESa S,tck 70 'eH
from $1,000 TO $1,000; James vance. % $1,000,
a6olIshedi !. J. o'conneii, Nj. r., from sl,son TO
assT KnkeI from 900 ton to sOoG GILBERT @ Hicks
s9400 ebllisncd; Charles Kraushaar from 81 500 10
liam Murray, from Sl,sOO TO 81 1905 4. L. Collins,
SI.goO.
Mr. simis says that no has been forced to
ec9n9mizo by the decrease in tho salary oppro-
The three surgeons in tho Fire Department in
Brooklyn have been notified that the horse and
wagon hitherto furnished to them at the ex-
and Charles WieEert, who was receiving S3 a
day as their driver. was dismissed.
Deputy Fire CommissISner s.H, Tully made this
comes to question of frcs Wo are one depart
mont In that respect, you may be sure. Com
missioner Scannell early in January issued an
order for the fre boats either aide OF the river
to go to nres along the water front. no matter in
which OF the boroughs the blaze might be. The
s 4 Of sT ts the As
outbreak Of a large confagration on either side
Of tho river. or course there 10 always q
danger In drawing all tho companies from a
wide area, no matter how critical tho situation
may be. BY making use of the full force on
both sides Of the river in q crisis much may bo
gained In safety. We were all on hand at head
ready to rush a dozen companies across the
bridge at a moments notice II it had been neces-
sary. But 1t was not, the dcpartment in
Manhattan was able to tske care Of the fire
without any help"
The Board Of Directors of the Brooklyn Free
Library met yesterday and reorganized for the
year by realecting David A. Boody President, r
Ross Appleton, Secretary, and II. f. Gunnison.
TreRaurer.
The sun., 1898-02-18
EDWARD f. LINTON ASSIGNS.
Private Banker and Real Estnte Dealer in
BrookIyp-vnl Fay in Fuii, II Hs said.

A Private Banker and Real Estate Dealer in
BrookIyp-Hin Fay in Fall, IL Hs said.
Edward F. Linton. as the surviving partner Of
the frm OF Edward +. Linton & Co., which con-
Quoted q private bank in the Twentysixth ward
in Brooklyn and was long engaged in extensive
real estate operations in the same district, made
a general assignment to Lawyer Sanders Shanks
for tho benefit Of creditors yesterday. The only
preferred creditors are the depositors in the pri
vate bank at 2727 Atlantic avenue. Tho total
amount on deposit was about $4,000. Outside
the dep.Hstors the only creditors are banks and
wealthy individuals and members Of Mr.. Lin
toms family. The total amount involved in the
failure has not been estimated.
Mr.. Shanks said: "The creditors are fully pro-
tected by mortgages on real estate. improved
and unimproved. In the Twenty-sSth ward. If
the hulders of these mortgages do not press and
forco sales at foreclosure see reason why
all the creditors should not be paid in full. The
real estate Is worth considerably over $3.50, 900,
and II not sacrificed II Is more than sufficient to
cover all demands. On Wednesday. when Mr..
Linton realized that his affairs were involved.
he gave directions that no moro deposits be re-
ceived.'
assignment was the fact that was under obi
cations to the Sprague Bank. which became due
and was not able to meet them Everybody
will be paid in full without question but n littlo
time must be taken and values must not bc
pushed. The last four years have been very
hard ones in the real estate market and particu-
paying $4,000 a. year to the city in taxes on
property which has been comparatively nom
productive"
Mr.. Linton settled in the East New York dis
trict about thirty years ago and has ever since
been closely identified with the development OF
that section. He was long familiarly known as
Mayor of East New York" He was proni.
nent in Republican politics and was one OF tho
Consolidation Commissioners from Brooklyn.
He was one of the organizers of the Brother
hood Baseball Association and member Of the
Canarsie Yacht Club.
The sun., 1898-02-18
ALARM IN BROOKLYN.
Senator Grady'a Bill HmperiIs the Principle or
Equality or Assessments.

The Brooklyn League. which was recently
organized to guard the interests of that bor
ough, regards Senate bill 97 as seriously imper-
illing one Of the most important provisions of
tho charter, 80 far as Brooklyn is concerned.
and request has been sent to all the legislators
from Kings county to strenuously oppose 1t.
The bill was introduced by Senator Grady
month ago. and has since been slumbering In
the committee. The clause to which the league
especially objects eliminates from the charter
the right of appeal to the courts for a review
and correction Of tho assessments by reason of
inequality of treatment as between the different
boroughs. This. ii is contended. would leave
no remedy against inequality OF assessment as
between Manhattan and Brooklyn. In its appeal
to the Brooklyn legislators the league says:
Strike these words out Of the charter and every
benet which this borough Is to drive from oida
tion ia cut on strike them out and you break the
pledge which WI given to the people OF brooklyn by
our lawmakers when they, represented by n JOINT
committee of the Legislature sitting here heard
ments the proposition TO consolidate the two cities
The league will send delegation to Albany
TO fight tho bill ut every stage of Its progress
The sun., 1898-02-18
TO BRING STATE CAMP HEREq
Ono Suggestion for the Great Charter Day
celebration.

Ono Suggestion for tho Great Charter Day
celebration.
Tho committee appointed by Mayor Van
Wyck to cooperate with the Citizens Com.
mttee In arranging for q suitable celebration of
Charter Dav on May met yesterday afternoon
in tho Aldermen's chamber, City Hall. Nearly
200 prominent men were present when Mayor
Van Wyck entered the room and took the Presi-
dents chair. He called the meeting to order,
referring to the resolution of the Municipal AS
semby under which he did so, and asked those
present to proceed at once to the election of
Chairman.
c. c. shayne nominated William D. II. Wash.
ington, the Chairman of the Citizens Commit.
tee, for tho Craftsmanship of the Mayors Com
mittee. The nomination was seconded by Gen.
ppnsnimoHsly elected Mayor Van Wyok shook ok
took tho chair. Robert b. Roosevelt was
elected Vicc.Chairman., Col; John J; Garnett
nss hsPFY what See By
he Citizens Committee and its subcommittee.
vbeS neS IF ho
by Col Garnett. The committee said that its
welcome had been most cordial and that all the
heartily in favor Of the celebration and anxious
to help make Il success The committee % sug,
landt Park instead. during the week of May 1.
This suggestion was approved by Major.Gen.
Roe, who.accompanied the committee to Albany.
discussion arose during the meeting over
q request for the calling of the roll, which was
demanded by some and opposed by others. The
roll was finally called and it was voted to con-
solidate the Citizens Committee with the
Mayors Committee under the title Of the Cen
elected honorary President of the General Com
mittee. and he. Mr.. Washington and Vice
tee to revise the sub.comn nittees which have
been at work on the details of the plans. The
meeting adjourned to Monday afternoon at
su h.cn mil will he annnunced