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EBENSRUKO, CAMBRIA CO., PA.,
FRIDAY,
APRIL.', is!C.
Biu.f have been introduced in con
gress for tbe erection or statutes in
Washington of Samuel S. Randa'l and
Wm. D. Kelley, at a cost of i 50, 000
each.
Coxgress and McKiuley together
should be able to give that promised
wave of prosperity a boost which will
result in its getting a decisive move on
iUetf. We are still waiting.
H. Clay Evass, of Tennesee, recent
ly apioiuted commissioner of pensions,
after an interviewi with president Mc
Kinley, told some senators that the civil
service order will be revoked, which
makes the appointment of pension exam
iners contingent upon their passing a
civil service.examination.
Tm Hood situation in the Mississippi
delta is unparallelled. In the delta
proper five counties are for the most
part under water, nd at Rosedale, Miss,
the river is 50 miles wide. It is esti
mated that 800 towns and cities, are
under water. 10,000 people are ren
dered homeless, . and desolation is the
cD'.y term expressive of tbe condition
of that portion of the Mississippi valley.
The new ballot law now pending in
the legislature provides a simple form
of ballot for the unwieldy one we are
compelled to use in Pennsylvania. It
was prepared by the ballot reform as
sociation of the state. It does away
with party columns and groups the can
didates for each olllce to be voted for,
requiring the voter to mark every can
didate for whom he wishes to vote. No
name appears more than once upon the
ballot, although all the party designa
tions for each candidate are printed.
The directions about voting are simple
and easily understood, and independent
voting is made just as easy as straight
party voting. Any man who can read
his ballot can find the names of the
candidates of his choice, and those who
cannot read can be assisted by someone
who can.
The Australian ballot system, says
the Philadelphia Ilnonl, has been will
fully twistrd out of shape for parti
san purposes in nearly every Ptate of
the Union where it has been adopted.
It intended to furnish the voter an op
lortunity of free choice and security
against observation. It bas been so
amended and bedevilled as to make it a
perplexity and a defeat of free choice
except under conditions of difficulty.
House bill 2:U, now under consideration
in the Legislature, embodies an effort to
give the people the advantages of the
Austrrlian system in its simplicity with
out the intricate, bothersome and
cumbersome modifications imposed
upon it in our present law. Xo white
man in the Legislature can afford to
vote against bill 231. Such a vote be
speaks an opponent of fair elections,
fair play and honest politics.
Isolated local elections, says the
rittsburg 1'osl, are of little value as in
dicative of the political drift, but be
come of importance when occuring in a
great numbers in widely separated states.
They all tell the same story of reaction
against the Republican party. A week
or two ago the town elections in New
York and some parts of New Errigland
showed great Democratic gains. The
elections this week in Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan and Illinois are even more de
cided. Large Republican majorities in
important cities have been reversed or
greatly reduced. It is admitted they
indicate an agrgessive opposition, a get
ting into good form as to organization,
and equally a weakness and falling of
on the Republican 9ide.
This is not diflicult to account for. A
party new in adminstration always
loses when it comes to apportioning the
spoils of victory. But there is a more
significant lesson in the recent election
Republican pledges of the great thing.
thejadvance agent of prosperity would
do have turned out a bitter mockery
Times are not improving with the great
producing class. Wages are on the
down grade. Products are falling in
price. It is clear the purchasing power
of the people is at its lowest ebb. And
all the remedy tbe NcKinley admin
istration and the Republican party has
to propose, with that disturbing element
an extra session in progress, is a mons
trous bill to increase the taxation of the
people, which has still further embar
rassed business. Currency reform of
any kind is shelved, at the dictation of
trusts interested in tariff jobs. The
pretense of international bimetallism
sustaining the basic principle of the free
coinage party, is simply making con
verts to the right side, who look through
the pretense and grasp the essentials of
renewed prosiierity. On the other hand
the gold JJemocrats and independents
are insulted and bumilated by the re
vival of McKinley taxes in a more
odious and oppressive form ihan was
everdreamed of. It was not for this
they changed their party relations
They feel that they have been deceived
and duped.
We believe the reaction against the
Republican administration and party
will gather accumulating force. The
congiessional elections next year, like
the election of 1S1H3, following the Mc
Jviniey uml, will show the return of
a large Democratic majority to the lower
house. Tbe Democratic party is pul
ling itself together, full of hope and de
termination. The divisions of List year
are disappearing and great multitudes,
realizing the shallowness of Republican
pledges and the enormity of McKinley
remedies, are gathering about the old
camp fires. Hence the sweep of Demo
cratic victories at the spring elections.
The Johnstcwn Tribune of Tuesday
has the following, to which we heartily
concur: J
Mr. Stioeman introduced in the Hen- j
ate yesterday, and Mr Reese in the J
House, a bill amending the act relating j
to collection of taxes in Cambria County j
so as to give the County Treasurer, in
lieu of tne five per cent, now allowed by
la"" on all taxs collected and paid out
by him, an annual comjieusauon of
-i.0O0.
We most emphaticaly ay that this
bill will not meet the requirements of
the occasion. Three thousand dollars
for the collection and disbursement of
taxes would be an enormous sum; far
more than should be given for th-ee
months' work and expenses of $300
which will easily cover that part of the
Treasurer's duties.
The amount the Treasurer received
last year, according to the records, was
10,506 4S from all sources, though we
learn he got $700 more, which we
cannot trace. But let his income stand
as $10,50 4S for last year and a trille
less for the two precediug years. Of
this sum $0,715 0 was received for
"collection of taxes," and the balance,
or $3,700 C2, for liquor licenses, mer
cantile tax, and other sources in which
the measure introduced yesterday con
templates no change, and which would
therefore add as much to the Treasur
ers salary hereafter as heretofore. To
this add the J4.000 for the collection of
taxes and his salary is still $7,710 02,
or entirely too much for the four months
of work and the $500 expense which will
cover every duty the Treasurer has to
perform.
Messrs. 8tinemau and Reese: You
do not size up the occasion. Because
you get at least $10 a day for doing little
or nothing you need not think a naif
dozen or more favoritrs should be paid
extraordinary salaries out of the pockets
of people who work ten hours a day, or
night, for from 1 to 2.
The bill should be either amended or
withdrawn and reconstructed, for, al
though it will save the county between
two and three thousand dollars annually,
it should save twice that amount Bet
ter repeal the present special act entire
ly, and let Cambria County come under
the general bill for the pay of county
officers which will probably soon be pas
sed. We would remind Senator Stineman
and Assemblyman Reese that people are
getting tired working to pay officehold
ers at ten times their value.
As the executive, senate and assem
bly of this state are all Republican, any
bill fixing the salary of the county
treasurer that the managers of the paity
in this county see fit to fasten upon the
people will be passed and approved
without any question. The Republi
cans have it all in their own hands and
the responsibility belongs to them, en
tirely. The present salary, as we have
said before, is outrageous the salary
fixed by the proposed bill of Messrs
Stineman and Reese is some better but
the sum of near $S,(00 per year will
still be a huge robtiery of the people
when the services rendered by the ot'.i
cial are taken into consideration, and as
the Tribvnf, says, the bill should !
amended or withdrawn.
Messrs. Stinenan and Reese have now
an opportunity to "play fair"' with the
taxpayers and they are esj'Cted to do
so. A little concession by the party
managers, leaving the salary at nearly
$S,t00 per year will not be thankfully
received and will not te easily digested
by the people. A bill fixing the eutire
salary of tbe county treasurer at not less
than two or more than three thousand
dollars per annum will give ample com.
pensation for all the duties of the
office and there will be no lack of can
didates eager and anxious for the office.
The sugar trust, from March 4 until
April 2, according to elaborate tables in
the New York "I1W," gathered from
consumers $025,000 of extra profit on
the mere prospect of the Dingley bill
becoming a law. Standard refined
sugar has risen in that time 5 10 of a
cent per pound. The sugar trust, ac
cording to the testimony of its officers,
fixes the price upon refined sugar and
puts out each year 2,400,000,000 pounds
of the 3,000,000,000 pounds annually
consumed m this countiy, or 200,000,
000 pounds each month. With an in
creased margin of profit, therefore, of
5-10 of a cent a pouud for the first
month of McKinley's administration,
its increased profit from the consumer
for the month has been $025,000.
With the same increased margin of
profit for refining, the sugar trust would
make an increased profit from the con
sumer in a year twelve times as much,
or $7,500,000, or for ihe term of Mc
Kinley's administration $30,000,000.
That would build seven or eight first
class armored battle-ships for the navy.
For this, among other things, were pro
tective tariffs invented.
We were told lefore the election of
McKinley that his election would re
sult in the restoration of confidence,
and in consequence in the return of
prosperity. Four months have passed.
McKinley is now discharging the duties
of President, and the dark pall of
business depression still haDgs over us,
notwithstanding there was greater pomp
and display of wealth at the inaugura
tion of McKinley than ever known be
fore; a magnificence equalling the dis
play at the coronation of an emperor.
The fact still remains that gaunt misery
stalks abroad iu the land, and more
people are being fed by the hand of
chaiiiy than ever before. It is true that
some of the over-pampered trusts and
combinations have started up tneir
works at reduced wages, still the great
army of laborers remains unemployed.
The farmers are finding it more difficult
to pay taxes and interest than hereto
fore, and the product in labor is still
falling in prices.
jHEN'Diile committee on mterestate
commerce met at Washington on Wed
nesday for the purpose, if possible, of
mapping out a policy in regard to rail
road legislation during the present Con
gress. No resjlt was accomplished be
yond agreeing to the appointment by
the chairman of a sub-committee to de
termine upon the advisability of grant
ing hearings on the bill before the com
mittee.
A Paring Kebherj-.
Chicago, April 2 A daring rohlry
was committed iu the business district
to-day. A messenger employed by. the
wholesale woolen firm of Kuh, Nathan
A Fisher, was robted of $50, after being
leaten iuto insensibility by two men,
one of whom had leen sent with the boy
to protect him and the firm's money.
Detectives are searching for he roblers
The messenger is io the hospital at tbe
point of death. He is Chris Schult, a
seventeen-year-old lad who was the
trusted messenger of the firm.
One of the robbers was Edward Wil
son, employed by the firm as a team
ster. The other assistant is not known.
Both Schuitz and Wilson have been in
the employ of Kuh, Nathan A Fisher for
several years, and were always sent to
the tanks together, sometimes with
thousands of dollars at a time.
Schuitz and Wilson were sent to the
Metropolitan National lank to cul'ect
S3, 500. Taking a light delivery wagon,
the two drove to the bank, where
Schuitz procured he money, which he
put in a small satchel. The two men
then started back. In front of the Rock
Island dejiot, at Pacific avenue and Van
Buren street, a stranger called to Wilson,
and after a few words of greeting, got
into the wagon, takiug a posi ion direct
ly behind Schuitz, who was on the seat
with Wilson Suddenly he was struck
a blow on tie head. IJefore he .could
cry out he was struck a second and third
time and he Ml back unconscious into
the wagon. The two men then tied his
wrists and feet, put a gag in his mouth,
and tied a gunny sack over his head.
Then they drove rapidly to Twelfth
street, where they stopped, and, taking
the satchel containing the money, dis
apieaied.
It was over an hour afterward that
some inquisitive person discovered the
unconscious boy in tbe wagon.
Terrific F.xplosloii.
Shamokin, April 2 All the build
ings of the Shamokin Powder company
were completely wrecked by a terrific
explosion which occurred in the mill of
the company at an early hour this morn
ing. Fortunately there were no lives
lost, all the workmen having gone to
their homes.
The dwelling of David Ilann,
uel Klinger, and Daniel Osman,
er with the outbuildings aud
Eman-togeth-baius,
were badly damaged.
Tbe powder mill is located aliout five
miles from this city, but the force of
the explosion shook nearly every build
ing in the city, and many ersoiis rush
ed from their houses to ascertain the
cause of the shock.
The only person injured was Mrs.
Hann, who was badly cut about the
face and body.
The damaged residences are located
nearly half a mile from the scene of
the explosion.
Mr and Mrs. Hann and Mrs.
Klinger were buried in their lietls be
neath the debris, and boulders weighing
two hundred pounds were hurled
through the sides of their dwellings.
The loss will amoui.t to nearly $5u,OOi).
Too Young to Marry.
Atlanta, Ga., April 2 A special from
Rome. to the Constitution says that
J. P. Atkinson, the 17-year-old son C'f
the governor of Georgia, was married to
da to Ada Byrd. a 14 year-old Atlanta
girl. The bride is the granddaughter of
Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, the authoress
Governor Atkinson and C P. Byrd, the
bride's father had offered $H'0 to any
officer who would arrest the elopiog
couple and prevent them from marry
ing. The boy slipped away from the
executive mansion here yesterday morn
intC and went to Kingston. He found
his sweetheart with relatives near there.
An appointment was made for to-day
and the couple were married in the
country. Then they went to Rome and
registered as J. P. Atkinson and wife.
The police found them and notified the
governor, who left Atlanta to-night for
Rome.
Train Drops M-Tmtj-r'ive Feet.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 5. A Span of
theiOhio railway bridge gave way over
McClure avenue, Allegheny, at al.out
7:2 this morning, and a Pennsylvania
freight train which was crossing fell to
the street seventy five feet below. The
fireman and engineer received mortal
injuries. Three trainmen escaed un
hurt. The train had passed over the river.
When it was in the middle of the Mc
Clure avenue span the trestle gave way
and the engine and thirteen cars plung
ed down. The cars and coal were
scattered in every direction, completely
blocking the sireet. None of the build
ings on McClure avenue was damaged.
Several pedestraius had narrow escapes,
aud a crowded electric car passed uuder
the bridge only a fe v seconds before the
break. The passengers heard the ciash.
Stockton, Cal., April 7 Charles F.
Kleupfert, once a millonaire of the
Comstock and a strong friend of Adolph
Sutro, hanged himself in his cell here
yesterday morning. He was to have
appeared iu court yesterday to have the
date of his trial set for shooting two men
at New Hope, in this county, on Feb. 3
Kleupfert hanged himself with a silk
handkerchief, and, to guard against any
cry which he might utter while strang
ling, he wound another handkerchief
under his jaw and over his head.
When he was arrested for the double
homicide Adolph Sutro offered to go his
bail for .jpoOO.000 if he could be admitted
to bail. Kleupfert had been keeping a
store and saloon in New Hope, and on
the night of the murder he was ejected
from a saloon by two men named Bor
land and Dodge, whom he killed.
Meadville, Pa., Ap-il 2. Cambridge
Springs, a health resort about 15 miles
from here, was almost entirely destroy
ed by tire yesterday, involving a loss of
one life and a property loss of $200,000.
At about 10:30 o'clock fire was dis
covered in the notion store of Mrs.
Wellman, on Main street, and as there
is no fire department at the Springs the
llames spread rapidly. Assistance was
requested from this city, Corry and
Union City. Engines and reels were
dispatched at once, but before the fire
could be checked 30 business houses
and a dozen residences were destroyed.
Charles Hayes, a merchaut, entered his
place of business while it was in llames
to save some valuables and was crushed
by falling walls.
New York, April 2 A powerful syn
dicate is being formed to turn the
hitherto comparatively useless coast of
New Jersey into an immense center of
maritime raiiroad commerce. The
pln is to build a seawall from Liberty
Wand to Robbing Beef Light, a dis
tance of three miles. The mud Hats
within this territory are so be excavated
and the land built up with piles and
piers extending inward several thousand
feet. Cement bottoms will probably be
laid when the mud is dredged out. Then
w harves and waiehouses will be built on
the reclaimed land and, it is said, will
be leased by great railroads and steam
ship lines. i
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
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Washington, April 2nd, 1S'.7
There is no limit to Republican audacity.
Not only wa the McKinley tariff bill
number 2 put through the house forced
is nearer true before an opportunity
had been given members to go through
even the farce of - offering amendments
to have them overruled by the chair,
instead of being voted down by the member-,
to more than about one-sixth of
the entire bill, but an amendment was
forced down the throats of the Repuli
can members which is generally conce
ded to le unconstitutional, and to be in
direct conflict with a decision handed
down by the U. S Supreme court since
the Wilson tariff bill became a 'a.
This amendment makes theduties which
will finally be imposed by the bill go
iuto effect April 1, although no one ex
pects the bill to lieconie law for at
least three moDths, and no one has any
means of knowing how the dutiee will
stand when the bill passes tbe senate.
This amendment is a bluff and simply,
intended to frighten importers into stop
ping importations wv.-. he bill is pend
ing in the senate. It it works, tbe im
porters are a timid set, as there are no
lawyers of any prominence who regard
the amendment as worth the paper it is
printed on.
Mr. McKinley is still daily wrestling
with the office seekers, but be isn't mak
ing many appointments and the few that
be is making are unsatisfactory to the
rank and file. He has sprung a new
dodge on the senators and representa
tives. When he gets ready to make a
jersonal appointment he let6 the sena
tors and representavives from the same
state know his intention, thus giving
them the opportunity to save their pres
tige by adding their endorsement. It
may be imagined that this sort of thing
isu"t pleasant to the senators and repre
sentatives, but they are afraid to kick at
this stage of the game.
Representative "Champ" Clark, of
Mr., made a semi-humorcus speech on
the tariff bili, just lefore the gag ru'
under which it was forced through the
house stopped all talk, which contained
some very serious ideas. For instance,
he said: "If this is not a sectional bill,
how does is happen that the Western
farmers find their green hides not only
on the fence, but on the free list, while
the New Ene-land shoe manufacturer has
a high tariff on his finished products?
How does it happen that the cotton
growers find their products on the free
list while the cotton manufacturers have
theirs on the protected list? I will tell
you why. It was stated with brutal
frankuess by the gentleman from Indi
ana, the -ther day, that the Southern
and Western people would have to vote
the Republican ticket or what isequiva
lent to that, vote for a high tariff, or
else be debarred from the lenefits cf
your tariff legislation." Mr. Clark's
concluding words were: "We may be
fools and leather heads and all that sort
r.f thing, but I tell you, gentlemen, the
people living west of the Allegheny
Mountains and south of the Potomac
have got sens enough to know when
they are sand-bagged and held up; and,
fools as we are, we have some rights that
the New England highwayman ought to
respect "
Senator Hansbrough's measur; enti
tled "a bill to prevent inventors and oth
er? from being deceived and defrauded
by alleged patent attorney" is now be
fore the the senate committee on pat
ents, Washington, and is intended to
put to a stop to a practice which makes
the I. S. government appear in the eyes
of some -op!e as an alttor of lottery
scheme. It makes it unlawful for pat
ent attorneys or solicitors to offer or
award any price or premium, or chance
to win one, as an inducement to lure in
vent rs into entering alleged competi
tions of ideas, and provides as jienal
ties fines of 500 to $1,000 or imprison
ment from six months to one year. The
bill also directs the Commissioner of
patents to prepare rules of practice for
patent attorneys.
Senator .raker has introduced a bill
to permit pooling by railroads. This
srcaks for itself. Only last week the
I" S Siinietiie court decided that rail-
road pooling was illegal, and now a Re
publican senator promptly comes for
ward with a bill to meet the court's de
cision and to legalize railroad pcoli g,
which is only another name far railroad
trusts. It seems that all the campaign
debt to corporations and trusts were
not paid in the tariff bill.
The new Republican members of the
senate did so much vigorous kicking
that a Republican caucus has decided to
try to fill the vacancies on senate com
mittees. Wtiether they succeed will de
pend on how much they try to erab
Senator Gorman, chairman of the Den -ocratie
steering committee, made them
a fair offer a few weeks ago that Re
publcan vacancies be filled by Republi
cans. Democratic vacancies by Demo
crats and populist vacancies by populists.
They have so far refused to accept that
offer. M
Avalanches in the Cascades.
Tacoma, Wash., April 4. An un
precedented heavy snowfall is causing
tremendous avalanches, which are
sweeping down the sides of the Cascade
mountains during tbe spring thaws now
in progress. On Friday Edward Gra
ham and Daniel Shirley, miners em
ployed at Joi n D. Rockefeller's Monte
Cristo mines, were caught by an ava
lanche in Glacier Basin aud killed.
Both struggled hard to escape. They
were hurled hundreds of feet down the
mountain si le lfore being engulfed in
an immense sliding mass, which packed
them under eight feet of snow. A party
of men from the Mystery mine im
mediately rescued the bodies.
Other miners in the Cascades have
been injured. The avalanches have
covered up or carried away roads and
greatly delayed mining noeratinnc a
large tramway in Snohomih county
was struck by one last week and collaps
ed. At Mocte Cristo there are twenty
ieei oi snow on tne ground. Several
large mines in Monte Cristo, Silverton,
and Trail Creek districts are temporarly
shut down because of the deep snow.
A Wlrm Talirr of '97.
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Powder
CAUGHT BY LETTERS.
Z. T. Lewis, the Noted Bond
Forger, Arrested.
FLOATED $300,000 OF OHIO BONDS.
Over Four Hundred Indictment In Ohio
- Court Are Tending? ARalnttt lllm Hi
Forgeries Caumd Much Kicitenwnt
Among Hanker.
Urbaxa, O.. April 7. Z. T. Lewis,
who became a fugitive from justice
two years a;o after committing a series
of the most daring forgeries ever at
tempted in this state, lias been brought
back to Urbaii;i from Ypsilanti, Mich.,
where he was arrested. Lewis is a
physical wreck. Constant worry lias
undermined his constitution and he is
suffering severely from nervous pros
tration and rheumatism. Lewis, who
hud been counted a shrewd financier,
confined his forgeries to coun'y and
6chool district londs. The forgeries
amounted to about $.;u0,000 and the se
curities he forped were represented to
have been issued in five different Ohio
counties. He imposed upon some of
the most cautious bankers and brokers
in this section of the country as well
us many iu the bond markets of the
east.
Four hundred indictments are now
pending in various Ohio courts against
Lewis, although his arrest was made on
a warrant charging but one forgery.
The National Bank of Redemption of
Boston will back the prosecution of the
prisoner at the trial which is to be be
gun as soon as possible. When arrested
at Ypsilanti Lewis was livinp with his
family under the name of James
Leache. He consented to return to
Ohio without a requisition. When
asked if he had anything to say Lewis
replied : "Not now, but probably 1 will
talk to you later,"
Lewis was caught through his mail
ing letters to his family. When ar
rested Lewis cooly remarked he was
6orry he ever left home.
Lewis was arrested by private detec
tive Kirby of Dayton. O., who has been
on his track ever since Lewis' disap
peared from Urbana. Lewis has been
tracked ull over the country, aud once
Detective Ralph Crawford of Cinciu
uati followed him to Mexico.
Lewis was a banker and broker at
Urbana and was regarded as one of the
shrewdest financial men in the state.
The financial world wa-j shocked when
it developed that Lewis had forced
thousands of dollars worth of Dayton
city bonds and floated them. A war
rant was sworn out for Lewis' arrest, -but
he fled before the otliccrs could, ar
rest him.
THE MISSISblPP. FLOOD.
The People Are Anxiou to Know the
llnral inn of It.
Memphis, April 1. The feature of
the flood condition in the Mississippi
delta is the gradual spread of water
over an area that hitherto was never
overflowed. The upper crevasse, in Tu
iii a county, is 2,0oO feet wide, and so
great is the outpour that water from be
low the breaK is beiiifr drawn op to and
hurled out over the fertile valley
through the crevasse. All of the coun
try east to main line of Ynzoo and Mis
sissippi Valley road is Hooded, and iu
many places the water has pone over
the tracks, tilling the Yazoo river. The
fall in the main channel at Helena,
Greenville, Yicksburg and Arkansas
City is due to the tillina up of the delta
and the lower White river country.
The supreme question is the duration
nf the flo:d. If the lower levees along
Louisiana and Southeastern Arkansas
should hold, which it is ln-lieved they
will not do, the emptying of the delta
and St. Francis basin will be slow. If
they break and the river continues to
fall at Cairo the upper St. Francis basin
and the delta will be clear of water by
May 5. If this should prove true ther
will be no difficulty in growing cotton.
Hunter Chance Wanlnr.
Fuankfokt, Kt., April?. There was
tome excitement before the 2.1th ballot
was taken and many thought that an
election was at hand. Senator Ellison,
pold Democrat, started the ball rolling
for State Senator Henry 1. The Black
burn Democrats declined to vote, hop
ing to break a quourn. but the gold
Democrats voted solidly for Martin,
while the Republicans voted for Hun
ter, thus insuring a quorum. The bal
lot resulted as follows : Hunter. 5! ;
Blackburn, 42; Martin, 12; Boyle, 0 ;
Stone, 1. Present, 122 ; necessary to a
choice, t2.
lie Iefled Them.
Losnox. April 7. The parliamentary
committee inquiring into the Trans
vaal raid was again in session. Sir
William Harcourt crossexamined Sir
John Wi'.loughby with the view of
elicitin-r his reason for believing he had
imperial authority for the raid. The
witness, however, declined to say any
thing beyond admitting that he had had
private talks with Dr. Jameson on the
fiubject. the substance of which he re
fused to divulge.
Waiting on Action hy Cangre.
"W ashington-, April 7. The president
has decided to take no action in the
matter of revoking or modifying the
order of Mr. Cleveland setting aside 21
forest reserves in the west until he as
certains whether congress will legislate
on the subject. It is the general un
derstanding now that the senate will
artack an amendment to the general
deficiency appropriation bill empower
ing the president to modify or revoke
this order.
Nominations of the rreldent.
Washington. April 7. Among the
nominations sent to the senate by the
president are the following: Theodore
Roosevelt of New Y'ork. to be assistant
secretary of the navy ; Captain A. S.
Crowiiinshield, United States navy, to
be chief of the bureau of navigation in
the department of the navy ; Rev. Wil
liam O. Cassard of Maryland, to be
chaplain of the navy.
Iteluied to Appoint a Kerelver.
Indianapolis, April 7. Judge Allen
in the circuit court has refused to crant
the petition to set aside the selection of
Jesse H. Blair as assignee of the order
of eqnity and to appoint a receiver in
his piaco. The court held that it would
be a waste of time to ask for a receiver
unless it were shown that there had
been irregularities previous to the ap
pointment of Blair.
Divine Ilralrr In Connecticut.
Nkw Haven. April 7. Sehrader. the
Divine Healer." made his sudden ap
pearance here, as he claims after a fat
of 4' days in the mountains of Mexico
During mat time he declares that he
tasted no food and that water Mas all
that passed his lips.
Twenty Terona Killed.
Lisbon, April 7. Twrtity persons
were killed and many others were in
jured by an explosion here in a fire
works factory.
The new
Catalogue
and Fashion Journal
No 21 rea.ly about April 10
will be one of the largest ami
nmst complete mail order guides
we've ever published over 150
pages in the book prices of ev
erything we sell pictures of the
gtods on almost every page ev
ery suggestion and bit of inform
ation that will help make buying
here satisfactory and profitable
to you, no matter where you live.
J?end you address and we'll mail
a copy free, postpaid.
SILKS
the choicest wash silks we ever
ofleied at such prices:
New Crystal IJorcl Silks, 35c.
Genuine Ilabutai Wash Silks,
35c. best wash silks made.
Kaiki Silks, 25o in hand
some stripes and checks.
New Foulard and Indi Silks,
25, 35, 50, 75c, $1.00, 500
tlill'erent pieces, designs and col
orings that show an artist's
touch, splendid for full gowns
and waists.
In the interest o' your pocketbook have
us M-iid you samples of these; then you
can measure accurately the leiiiilh and
lireadth of the advantaces we oiler, aud
decide whether you'll save most money hy
tiiiyini: here. Ve want to show you hy the
most thorough test possihle tiow determin
ed we are to gel your orders on M EKIT
and we think lliey have merit enough
more than usual to win us the preference.
BOGGS&BUHL,
Allegheny, Pa.
ForTonr I'roler f lot,. fatarrah "tJures
or Tonics lor "tirrah In. liquid form to be taken
nleroally. usually contain either Mercury or
iodMe ol HoUcna. or both, wbicb are Injurious II
too Ion taken, t'atarrah l a local, not a blood
dt.-ea-e, cau?ej r.y a fudden cha one to cold or
damp weather. 1 1 Hurts In the a isal ,a5aep,
atlectiDK eye, earf atid throat, l-'old In the bead
eaui.es exceiive flow of mueiis. and if repeatedly
nettlected. the result of catarrah will lol.,-v;
revere pain In the hea l, a roarlnic sound In 'be
ears, ha t t.readth. and oltentime an flensive
dischargee. The remedy rbould b quick to al'y
In Humiliation and beal the membrane ElyV
tj nra Halm Is the arkuowleifed cure tor these
roubles and contains no mercury nor any lu
urious drug- 1'rice, 60 cent.
nov 10 W ly.
Assignee's Sale
K V..1.!'AHI.K
REAL ESTATE!
AcsiKt.ed estate o James A. Malm.
Ky virtue ol an or.ler ol aate Issuing ont of the
t;..urt ol I ounnon I'leis of Cambria ccvnir. and
lo iuc direeie.ld. there will Ik- eXMcd t .ut.i.
sale, on the brcmises. in the Seventeenth ward
1 the i ity ol Johnstown, Cambria cuuuty Pa.,
on
SATURDAY. MAY 22X1), IsOT,
AirminruHK.p.M
Ail the l.'..winir des-rited real estate, which
has hren assiitr.ed to the undetai ned by .1 vines
M in i n.l w le.
IKSi:KIPITX F PHOPEKTY.
A II that certain 'ot of around situate. Itid
and bfln In Moxatn (now m the Seventh VVar.i
ot the city ol Johnstown.) in the township ot
S'onvereek. County ol :.nitria and State ol
Penury Ivania. sain lot lcini known and design
ated '.n h .tan ! M xh am by the nnmlr of
one hall ol 7d .: the si uilieru hallol lot No 76.1 and
tiatlna a frontaue ol twenty fet on the west side
ot Park avenue nd extending bac the same
width between ;iirallel line one rnm 'rel and
w-niv leet to Koirtri alley: one hallol lot Mo.
Tf.t tm one side and hi No. 7J on the other elrte.
rd having thereon erected a
TW0-ST0UY FKAME
DweIIiiigHoii.se.
TEh.Ms UKSA1.E.
Ten per 3cnt ol purchase Jmonev to tie paid
wlu-n the property Is siruck down and tl.e re
maiiider In three month Irom dateol ei,i rma
tp.n; deterred payment. to be secu'ed hy ju,-g
rc-nt i.f :n .rlaae, with Inters!, at the uptiuu ol
tbe assignee
J I. SMITH.
Assignee ol .lames A. Maim and wiie
JaMksM WAlticks
April 2 ;.
Orphan's Court Sale
K VAU AKI.E
REAL ESTATE!
By vIMueol an alias order of the Orphans'
( urt of 'mbria connty. the undersigned ad
minlstratirot Kets S. J.n.yd. latent Cambria
township, deretscri . will expose to public sale at
the t i urt Hou.-e. Kbennburg, Penn'a.. on
SATURDAY, Al'RIL 10T1I, ISOT,
at f ,"r',, k ,ln "Hernoon. tbe lollowmg de
scribed Ktal Estate:
A ll that certain Piece or parcel ol land situate
In auibrla nwnehlp Cambria count. Penn a
t our tied and dexenhed aa follows: that is t.. sav
ai.j. inra andsul tte estate ol Wm S I.h.vd"
flevtared i . J. Jones. A. A Barker. Miss Hams!
I.e. rge Hut ey. lr. T.J. Iavli,n. Mrs. .lamei
out.g. W m l untnt and others, containing
100 ACRES,
rrVMT" TSA'KSol which are cleared, and
h. vmg th'-reon erected TWO SI'OKY PKAVK
.1:r,.u,Vd,;n Hl st- " -
TERMS OF SALE.
r.'r.'r1 cf.th Purchase money on confirma
tion ol sale and tbe remainder In two equal an
nual pa uients. with interest, to lie .cured "v
judgment bond am morigatfe or ludgmentnote
ol purchaser: the purchaser to havi the priv ege
rJVlJ ' ,h" mone,"
ca ii M.i uld he desire to do so.
Admin strator ol Kces S. l.lod. deceased.
Olivkk 1 VAxg.
Kt ensburg , Pa.. March 15. lS-.C. 1- 4,Auet,oneer-
CATARRH
CREAM BALM
J quickly
nfcwrterf.
Allayn J'nin nuri
injl nt mntoM.
ifc.ra the .Sure.
frnlrrtm the
Jfrmnrnas from
Ailtlilinmtl fnld.
JttttorM te
and Smell.
It Will Cure COLD 'N HEAD
A purtlcle Is aj, plied mu cu nosu, mj ta
Hric 60 cent, at Urugglsts orby mall
SALESMEN
WANTED
the property Is within ihree-lnurtl.s of a mile
Irom Ebcnsbiirg on the Pittsburg pike, and half
a mile mm tho K acklick railroad. 11. h",
eoL tains nine large rooms and Is In K.d repair
Oood water and large orchard.
Toaell onr hlch trails inspected Nnrserv Stork.
iany new aiccmltle olfered this Tear f.r the
nrat time, as well as tbe standard varleti.-s of n-ulta
nd ornamentala. Nw wrrviou. experience ne
eessarr. v lite for terma. atatlng a:e. etc
Uuopea, Bra. A Thosaw. Haple Area.. Hanertea.
IV eat C -neater, i'a . ,
March 28 4C
ii
niror iqQ m inp
i in 1 1 ii t ii ii iiu
w sw -
TIIK (M.l l.l I nil. i. bit
(lKH;iNATKI)THECHir.I.KI:iLU INlM sTla
It is the Largest Plow Factory in the f,.
GENUINE OLIVER CHILLED
zH Repairs Arc tte Best on tto Face cf itc Gi:i.-.
IThov stand firt ami fim-most f.r c- II.mico. dural.ilit v
wire of imitations. Tin iiatni' tll.I VKK is on all wi-ariiij; (mm. ''
oi-
this harrow anil the irafi is no mon than
inches ran la worn otT the t-cth hy 1 h use
h removed in a second.
v
ltri;iK.s. v..,
T IIAl:KS ANN
liicyci.t.
EEENSBURG
Granite and Marble
J. WILKINSON ci SON.
Manufacturers of and
The Highest Grades of Cemetery Work
From the Best Marble anl Granite prolu.el. We
iire prepared to oxerute any class of work in Iii.lin -the
1 arrest anl moft elaborate monumental memor
ials and our reputation earned by years of careful
consideration of our customers' wants should entitle
us to your potronae. All correspondence will he
answered promptly and all work guaranteed as rep
resented. Particular attention jriven to the set tin::
of work. We are also apents for the famous Cham
pion Iron Fence fur Cemetery,
Uuildings.
will find the fame reliable jroods that we have always beta
and at the lowest prices to be found in the city.
JOHN I'CONNELL
3300 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Pi.
rfold by the following dea.ers;
El!KXStCI4 H. A. Shoemaker, c
I. I. Hinder. Si'ani.kk-E. M.
K. C. tisurp'. JSocth Fukk N. S
Let Us Eeason a
1 i s"i r
If your horse .L.ts a slun-, von z,-t a hoix sh.n-r to r s. t it.
If you n.,i a isen.lesiiiL' l.-'al .)ti.ti..n s,.lve,i, v.ti ir-. t.. a !.( tr.
If you fall ul you have a Ioetoi to tell you w ha" to take.
It is their Experience and Skill You Pay For.
Then why make an exception i:i the pttrciuw of v..ur I nur-? 1:' i : - "
nniK or a .r..-iii;iun in lili. Sj.i-j, Flavoring Kxira.-i-. 1 ' - - 1 ' : , ..
cin.-s, or amthiiiir to purchase that a tore le..Icl t-. 1 ni u i ;': ' '
folly o confouiKl otialitv with .mnuiiv ..! ,r..t ;,,f..,;..r .t-.
WK1IAVE IHKIIM.
Orphans' Court Sale
OK VAI.VAHI.E
REAL ESTATE!
Hy Tirtn of at alias r.rrfer Istoimr out of tie
'ilhais Inn ot t amlna -i.untT. I wille.
fijiday, Arr.iL :;otii, imit,
AT 2 II VIA K. r H..
ibe foll owlrr .lescriUd t.ro,,ty. ibe estate , i
l-iija Huttc r. deeeasrO . vii:
.-.t.'J ""l,ml""1"' r.nl situate 1n tl.
wr,l. ,,i Irle l-itv -IJ. trstti. laml.rl
rt-unty. PenDS Uanla. txomle. anil deserltn d a.
loll i.as: Kr. ntitiic nn the westeilv side of s u,er
et street, and eaienilmic dark ten irrl.es t
wh at Is Di' . r a lately knmru as- w alniit al
ley and tiiiK koi to . n the iao ot Ke'nriile
' tN t. n.l tm tfce hits I. i of KroDo.i
the title tu lnch l-erao e vested In aidKn,,
Hutler t.y deed .l tle..rKe W Kerre ,t a I., d.ied
.Marcn 10. lw ,rd re..wrteo in ,t e l,e. ..idePi
i-ltico l.,r -ai.l cumy iu Kc r i Hm.k Vol T.
lian8Jy, havlutc erected thereon a
TWO-STORY FRAME
CwcIIiiig - House,
In Hood repair, and outtiutldinirs.
TIKMSHF SAUK.
- .Trn A"' rrnl " ,te l-urrliaae mi.r,, to he r aid
hen trie .r.., erty .d:tho t alnnce ,T Ine
hall i n rontirmatlun ol sale I y t ourt. and .lie
reu.alnlDK one-halt In si n..n-.bs tti.re.tier
lseierred (.ayments to bear Inorrst at sn ir
cent, aud to Im, aeeured ty ,uda ment Kud'or
morucane. aa trustee n.y r. 4uitn.
HfcKm Ani BAI MKK.
Am li1 ,,J, A,,T So"
TTf 1 .1 il ni
wm n t o m ind m
ii mm i i uii ii nil k I r
-"Aixu U Mill
i - voi:ks -r
the
HENCH&DROMGOLD3
LiYer?piiiiiTo3!liH2;ii?:
Tin- 1 1 urruw In- (
on rouirti ami pkh.
low I.uhI ami il..- ,ir.,
oiiH-iiaif a t,ir'- -spring
tooth hart ,a.
tnati wt-itfhitiL' !".' :. ,
with a coiihiiuii il.i.t; -; t
of the h-vrr ami th- r
N. B. SWANK
-"TCoi:. MAIN A in-,,;,,,..
l"UNs-iVl.N'
Ib-alers in
Public and Privat
When You Visit
CAA. AT
finest and best se't'ctcl ?:.k,
Men's, Hoys' and ( hil.'.rtn's CI
in:. Hats, Caps and GtLti' Fi
nishing Goods to be fi'un l in
citv.
Cambria County people w!m Lt
been deal in ir with n in the :
1 II IKI 1 o II 1M.
1 liai mtfi into tl.e t.i-nir i.,
reiii't.tt. t.raltl, fultit? Ll Ci
k.trhen t'-ve.
1 tie um t creful a'tentv n
riNinpnRbi, v " !
'viitLi.rvi.iuri
L'STOVES K KANGE . J
up.u .u. I a. -
an I riotsi.ae is utl-ii- !. a. . ' -a ' f
Ther are tte re u It ! t he t-rM -lt-rr rLf . - "
ter'i-i an t wurkiiiaili 'e. J
ViU TKliruit tlfi.l tu;iliv -.. a ; . ; ST.
S'i-.ii-e'v a.i'i-t rvtri m rt t ; Tr f
ii.- i Vi iti i.i. '
S'l'tl i.t tlirir ilaral'iii'. ;!: tr?- '-
eo.iriiiinr.
-. Rtkl KS. PI Ki ll 1 Klll .
Jv.1.1 H.lll tliat QL.IiM..iJ i.
t
a rkoi.i.t w x I. J. :r' k. IIa;;v
lender, i'atto.n A. M. Tt...:i.av I .
. tieorpe V Son. t
Little.
Worts
6
m
DAYISON'S - DRUG
STOI
B. l Kuan.
REED & KEADE.
Asttorneys Jt
trlESHlKil.
. . - 1K .
ttioe on I'entre street.
ETTTELL & LITTIX
.Vttorne.vs nt lyU
EBLNSBt'KH,
m?e In ir House.
r-Sjclal attention to ariven -1:!t,,fci . i
n K'lUtilT. eie '
T FT .McKKNKR'K.
'J lTTv.tr!MVl x-SIJ rj
KBtMt l.
tfflee on IVntre stree:
IH.
II. MYKUS.
lfee ta follotiade Ko. s ' r'
DUXALD K. nrFTON.
An.iKtV..UU.
l-(W.iii(iin Hob" i'""
Do Tea WECt E
At home ortrarelmic i'h i"1'1
write U as lor rtirulars. Kl ,Cl:, 5j ;
I-ation. Y'U can or all or n i wt'
work l 1.KMIT AM' EASY. A
1--r.WliV VX!-AV
1.11 1. iV- . ' '
KoxHKSTKa. V.
Mar li V7 4m.