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The Somerset Herald.
EDWARD 6 CULL, Editor and Proprietor.
WEDSKDAV.
EEPHELICASJOffliTIOSS.
FOU ITX-U'EXT,
;EX. EENJ. IIAKRISOX,
OF INDIANA.
FOU VICE F" RESIDENT,
WIIITF.LAW REID,
OF NEW YOEK.
STATE.
FOB ELECTUE3-AT-LAEGE.
JOSES, WILLIAM WOOD.J.F.DCNLAJ,
WILLI AM H. EA.YEX.
FOE COSGKEMEX-AT-LAW'E.
ALEXANDER Mcr-DWELL.
WiLLI IM LILLY.
JUDICIARY.
tor jcuge or the sn-REVE rorr.T.
JuBS LEAN", c.l Blair County.
COUNTY.
FOR roNRESS,
EDWARD SeTLL,of Somerset.
E abject to the Jtvision of the lis rrtct ooi.rerenco.
FOR AF.?F.MBLY,
EI'ERAIM V. li.LLER.of Kockwood.
JOHX C, WELLEK, of liU.'orJ u.nii.ip.
FOU I.I?TKI'T ATTOUXEY.
1. A. EEKKEY. of SviuerseL
FOE P0O3 IHP.ECTOK,
J. D. VFJiiLE. f Somerset townUiip.
It is now believed that Cleveland will
tarry Texas and Miseisfcif-jM.
"The dark horses" that have been so
uuch talked about were not movers.
Indiana Democrats will modestly
lease btand back. Illinois has the pole.
Ti-epat was t'.i lonst day of the
voir, and to Hill and F.uies it was the
baldest.
P.en- is a bi-r p iliticil figure now
than Le was in lsS, and he was able to
do Grover then.
II e has oly tire rheumatism now. It
will be paralysis w hen the vote is count
ed in November.
Thk W man to say "lam a Demo
crat" was Juhn L. Sullivan. No man in
the audience disputed it.
It is safe to say that Senator Hill will
never steal another Legislature or organ
ic a mid-winter convention for txe in
Jane.
JI Kixi.tr "touched the button" when
.e not: lied the President ol his nomina
tion. The people w ill do the rest in No
vember. The Republican majority in Oregon
has reached 9,KK?--oralwnt 2,000 greater
than four years ao0. That is nut a bad
showing.
It is a square Cght this time between
Protection and Free Trade. This issue
has been ir.ade too clear for anybody to
be deceived.
( i.rveLAXDs sclie-i will be brought
cut in book form. Cleveland's pension
vetoes are already written in the Learts
el Union veteraae.
At a meeting of the Ilepul. iran Na
tional Committee held ia Washington
Citr Monday, William J. Campbell, of
Illinois, was unanimously elected chair
man of the Committee.
rnoTEcrii n" - reciprocity honest mon
ey and an administration second to none
in its wisdom , patriotism and statesman
ship, are emblazoned upon Republican
banners. They make a platform alone
w ithout any other printed test.
Tnn Democracy must Lave credit for
courage, a quiiity often lacking in politi
cians. It took courage to nominate Mr.
Cleveland in the face cf Tammany's
threats, and it took some to openly take
g! ouud in lavr of Free Trade. Rut they
JiJ both.
IJaruison and i l are the candidates
i f the buhines ;eop!e cf the nation. It
would be a little strange if the commer
cial and buuines' men of the Nation
fchouldturn a.:dr from a grand era ef
rroperity, and harce to uncertainty.
There is not a thir.sinj man in the land
that !-::' J hope to better business by the
excitement ol political changes.
F - a years Grover Cleveland was
Leicii ty an untried msn, and opon is
sues not tested. To-day he will be call
ed to meet National ifvnes fully tested,
that speak eloquently in their own ele
f.'tise, and a standard-Wearer whose rep
utation a a safe, patriotic, wise, humane,
cat ftil s. .'psman, is second to none who
iiavepre Jed him in his great cilice.
Who can 'oubt tie resu't?
How thoseSyrjcuK gt ntlemen will en-j.-.y
rcobinj it in on Tammany and the
Hill sooner from now until November.
They can leal the Tammany tiger with a
tow string inside cf a month. All such
animals are cowards w hen soundly w hij
'd, and nothing w as ever more sonndly
thrashed than Taairj-.any h;i3 been. Its
eyesare bunged, its n'e out of joint, and
every uriseie port ruled bhuk and blue.
J i ne 2:'. is a memorable date in the his
tory ef the I emo-iai:c rarty. On that
day, thirty-two years ago, two Democrat
ic Presidential tickets were put in the
field, one headed t y Stephen A. Dong
lass, the other by John C. I'.reckinridge.
T' e result is too well known to need
iu - than mere svjrsiion. On the
Kim. "sy of that month, in the current
year, lje National convention which
suited the New York Democracy and d
ar in'.i d the Indiana IVmoe racy, finit
ed its rk and paed out of txisten
and Uitj history.
The Democratic deliverance on the
r i. If question is as follows :
We denounce Republican protection
us a fraud, a robbery of the great majori
ty of the American people for the bene
llt of the few. We declare it to be a fun
damental principle of the ltemocratic
rrty that the Federal Government lias
n constitutional power to i r. oHe and
co'lect taritr duties, rsnj fur i t j,uq-,
t.f rxrr.tuf or,y. and we demand that the
collection (f bach taxes shall be limit
ed to the necessities tf the Government
w heii in-cestly and economically admin
istered." This makes tie direct Uiit, Trotec
t:onor Free Trade. The people niht
now prepare to dc-cide it at the coming
trltviion.
The ticket put in the f.sid by the Dem
ocrats is the frtrongwt that they coald
make. Ascomiared to a ticket headed
by Hill it may be described as formida
ble. Mr. CleveSn J represents a princi
ple. Mr. Hill would have represented
the appetite for place only. So thor
oughly does Mr. Cleveland represent a
principle that Mr. Wattrson well said
of him. " He will be his ovrn platform."
Clevela nd and free trade are synonyms.
A Kentucky voter said in substance, dur
im the lasts ssion of the recently ad
journed tonvention, that.the meaning of
Cleveland's nomination was tne aamis
Bion of all foreirn goods free from tariff.
tax, toll, duty, or impost of any kind.ex-
c -pt in so far as revenue for government
was absolutely nectseary." And that is
just w hat it does mean.
Such a platform hardly can be accept
able to the American wage-earner. Rut
it w ill gain the earnest, almost finatical
support of the Southern employers w ho
boast of the cheap labor at their com
mand, and it will be gepported with mis
taken zeal by many Southern farmers
who think they w ill be benefited great
ly if thev can bur cheap imported goods,
forgetful that cheap imports are destruc
tive of that home market which now
consnmes nine-tenths of the agricultural
produce of the country, and that pre
vents nearly the whole of it from enter
ing into unprotected competition with
the products of the worse than pauper
labor of India, and of the wretched peas
ants of Central and Eastern Europe.
The nomination of Mr. Cleveland ne
cessitates a campaign of education and
eliminates the vulgar element of person
ality from the struggle.
The Vice Presidential nomination is
good of its kind. Mr. Stevenson is a gen
tleman, "with all that that implies." He
cann ,t be considered as a statesman, or
i. an orator of great ability. He is just a
pleasant irentleman w ho will carry the
full strength of his party in all the States,
and who-e nomination will be gratifying
to many Republicans in Illinois who are
proud of his friendship. But he will
take no votes from the Republicans eith
er in his own or in other States.
While the ticket is the strongest that
could have been made, w e do not consid
er it as strong. No ticket based upon a
free-trade platform can be strong. We
shall confess ourselves mistaken u the
Republican majority in 1S'J2 be not con
siderably greater than that of 1SS3.
Cleveland and his Party.
From tLe Kcw York tribune.
Mr. Cleveland's esjecial weakness, how
ever, is ia his own party. He cannot com
mand iia full stretifrth. He will lose thou
sands of Democratic votes from among that
lartre body of Democrats who regard him as
neither the model of holinesj LU Mugwump
worshipers allege nor as a Democrat, but as
a poser and a humbug. They remember
Lis tiresome platitudes, his recksuiffian
moraliziugs, hia dreary murniurings about
being overwhelmed with a sense of respon
sibility, and then they recall the Hon. Eu
gjne Hig'ins aud the Thompson-Hedden
lesrirue in the custom house, hypocritically
o.L-t-t wi'.h Mr. Burt in the naval ofliee and
Mr. Pearson in the postollice. They recall
the Fellows letter and the different rules of
political conduct applied to the Republican
Collector iu Pennsylvania and the Ieno
cralic Collector in Indiana. Thsy contrast
the Civil Service principle ap; lied in ilus
wumpian Boston with those applied in Sen
ator Gorman's city of Baltimore, and they
wiil vote, as they think, against a man who
is neither one tLim; nor another, who has
neither the courage of good profession nor the
courage of had practice, but who weakly and
foolishly attempts to stand out in the lichl
as better than his party while in the dark
playing spoilsman and politician.
Deoew Is Just Satisfied.
New Voce, June -!5. t'hatinoey M. Ie
pew, when asked what he thought of the
work of the convention, said :
" I am delighted. I have fc.r the past year
been a consent advocate of Mr. Cleve
land s nomination. i: fore I left for Minn
elolis I made a prediction tat Harrison
would be nominated by the Republicans. I
also predicted that Cleveland would be nom
inated by the Democratic Convention. My
third predictionwas that Harrison would be
elected.
" It is a novel situation in American poli
tics. The nomination was made of a man
in the face of the unanimous and nncora
promising opos.ition of the entire organiza
tion of his party in his own Siate.
" As to his chances of success, I nfcr you
to the fact that Governor Flower, I.ieutenaut
Governor Shcehan, Edward Murphy, chair
man of the IVmocratic S:ate organization,
arid Bifhard Croker, leader of the organiza
tion ia tt:is city, all declared while at Chica
go, and, I believe, utij-r lh.-ir hands and
seals, that Cleveland, if nomiuaU-d, could
not possibly carry this State.
" Ihe result means a complete change in
the control of the organiz-lion. William C.
Whitney will become, of necessity, the lead
er of the Democracy aud tbe director of its
policy. Charles S. Fairchild will be placed
m control of the State organization and Wil
liam R. Ura will be the sole arbitrator of
the Federal patronage in the city of New
Yotk.
" ILe result Las tea the funeral of a
grtat many Democratic holies. The corpse
may march in the procession, b'lt tbe
Coroner's service will be required just the
sanic'
What He Thinks of It.
New Yoke, June 21. Senator Matthew
S. Miay telegraphs the New York WViJ
from Washington as follows: "The nomi
nation of Mr. Cleveland iu connection with
the free trade plank ia the Democratic plat
form will largely increase the U'.'publi.Mn
majority iu Pennsylvania inj in the K.cctor
a! Colh-gc. R is my belief that the Republi
can eirc oral t:cet will pre.'ad in the States
currU d by the IVj ubih-ari party in l'S, in
ali the States admitted sine HsS. and in the
Siates of Connecticut and West Virginia."
Democrats Dissatisfied.
Wahimtox, June i". The nomir.atlou
of Cleveland falls flat here. It was a fore
gone conrlu-ion with those who had favor
ed him and creates most intense dNatisfac
tion with a very large element of tbe party.
The somhern men and silver men are in
tensely displeased. They say the silver fea
ture of the platform is no better than the
Republicans', and it is practically an indorse
ment of Harrison's course. They say open
ly if the third party nominates strong men
on a free silverp'.a'form. and at the same
time drt'ifl the unreasonable feature of iu
pit! form, it will cirry Georgia, South Caro
lina, North Carolina and TenDesee and the
western silver Statis, a-.d throw thee'ection
into the houe, where the silver people hnve
more otes than either the Republicans or
silver Democrats.
England's Candidate.
Ixoo!, Jane 2t The Sir sar : "Mr
Cleveland is the best tyf of the American
statesman. If he does not win in the corc
in election it will be because he is too
sound a reformer. Formerly there were
Democrats who Mill ilun t.- n..w:...i
.v , . . VV
ideas. The effects of the McKinley Tariff
law have won them mimd mnA VI .t;..e
of the Democrats are cow united on a tariff
reform profrraro."
The ii J-f MVS- Pmn, t,
standpoint, the contest take on M ini.
est l y the bold adoption of the Chicago con
vention ci a iran-, tree trade program.
Whether the r.ew departure rii: pain or lose
votts remains to be t-en. The McKinley
TarirTlaw seems to be considerably more
popular than it was when it was first intro
duced, a bonmifol lu,TT.t Mi,'n!inff K
farmers to bear its pressure without feeling
quezl "
The Democratic Platform.
The platform erected by tbe Democrats
at Chicago is a structure which is weak at
every Joint. No architect supervised its
erection. From an architectural point of
view it doe not rival the big shanty called
the Wiftwaffi, iu which the Democratic
Convention was held.
The platform i too long by far. So many
of its planks are rotten it cannot sustain
any weight. It may do, howeTcr, lor a
scaffold on which to politically execute the
Democratic nominees next November.
The ponderosity of the language of the
platform is only equaled by its verbosity
and Ttpidity.
Every word in their T-riff plank is a nail
in the coftin of the IVuioeraey. Tbeir
declaration for Free Traile will not capture
votes. Tbe New York Sin, a staunch Iem
ocratic paper, raid only last Thursday :
The Free-Trade Issue in New York has
always proved a losing one for Democrats.
" American mechanics, almost
without exception, are opposed to Free
Trade From experience in
their own country tbe German-Americans
are Protectionists Among the
industrial voters of New York City, a cosmo
politan center of population, a Free-Trade
cry is, therefore, always dangerous to the
Democracy.
What ia tiue of New York is true of other
parts of the country. If the Democrats do
not believe this now they will be compelled
to believe it in November.
In its feeble tirade against Protection and
Reciprocity, the platform In Section 4
refers to the United Slates as a "country
whose articles of export are almost exclu
sively agricultural." For the ten months
ending April 30, 1S!'2, 74,83 per cent, of our
exports were agricultural products, and IS,
51 per cent, of cur exports were manu
factures. What of that? Look at our im
ports. Daring tbe same period only 2,54
per cent, of our free imports were manu
factured articles ; only 33,51 of our dutiable
imports were manufactured articles, and
only 10,64 of what are classed by the Treas
ury as our free and dutiable imports were
articles which were manufactured.
Our vast borne market is what sustains
our manufacturers and the great army of
people who work in our factories and mills.
Democratic Free-Traders would deprive all
of these ol their means of living.
The silver plank in the Democra'ic plat
form is purely and undisguisedly a straddle,
and, like straddles, will please nobedr.
The conclusion of the platform is refresh
ing. It reads : " I'pon this statement of
principles aud policies the Democratic party
asks the intelligent judgment of the Ameri
can people." It is needless to say that the
judgment of the American people will be so
keenly intelligent that the Democratic na
tional ticket will be snowed under to the
depth of several feet at ihe coming election.
Dastard's Work.
Chicago, June 2C. Five square miles of
territory adjacent to the village of Dauphin,
a suburb of this city, are buried beneath a
rlood to-night, and a thousand or more
houses between State street and Lake Michi
gan are at the mercy of the waves, which a
strong east wind has forced through the
basement and first floors.
The great body of water which has been
collecting in the region has broken all bar
riers, and this afternoon broke the last bar
rier at Eighty-seventh street, rushing down
with terriiic force upon Grand crossing,
whose citizens are panic stricken by the
sight of a sea of rising water generally in
vading every home, driving householders
either from their dwellings or to the second
stories. At the present writing there is not
less than two feet of water in the streets.
Every basement is flooded and the founda
tions of a number of building are weakened.
Tbe immediate cause of the Hood is the
breaking of tbe Eighty-seventh street bank
due to the accumulation of water during the
recent storm.
Grand crossing at midnight was in despair.
At Fordhara and Dauphin park the suffer
ing was only less in the degree that there
were fewer to suffer and a less number to ex
perience the terror of a possible death before
morning in waters, which were rising at the
rate of an inch an hour. Every effort is be
ing made by those overtaken by the flood to
escape with their families.
It is only by means of improvisd rafts
movement from one point to another is pos
sible. Vp to the present no loss cf life is
reported, hut rescuing parties have started to
help those whose perilous condition give rise
to a ff ar for their safety. Two boys were
drowned in that part of the west branch
known as Mud lake to-day.
There is a rumor that the flood has been
caused by the embankment being cut as the
result of a rivalry between raal estate men
The water is at a standstill and it is not
likely that any deaths will occur from
drowning. There is no outlet, however, so
that it will only disappear by soaking through
he soft earth aud evaporation. As a conse
quence an outbreak of typhoid or some other
distase is feared.
Bolts the Ticket.
Dexveb, Col, Jane 23. The ZNnty
3I.Kiiilain Scut has bolted the Democratic
ticket on account af the Convention's action
on the silver question.
The paper has heretofore been the leading
Democratic organ in the Far West.
Drank too Much Water.
Paris, June 22. Three workmen em
ployed in a plaster quarry in the town of
Argentine, eleven miles from Versailles,
made a wa'er to day as to which of them
could swallow the most water. One man
imbibed twelve quarts of the fluid, aaoth
nil)' oiarts, and the third seven quarts. In
a short time the three men were taken vio
lently sick and ail died ia a few hours.
Junior Mechanics Elect Officers.
Atlantic Citt, June 2.'. To-day's session
of the National Council of the Junior Order
I'uited American Mechanics was devoted to
the consideration cf minor reports and the
election of the following officers :
National chancellor, James Cranston,
Pennsylvania; national vice chancellor, A
II. Kibbe, of New Jersey; national secretary,
E. S. Deenier, Pennsylvania ; national treas
urer, J. A. Sob!, Maryland; national con
ductor, Fred Shafcr, New York; national
warden, II. A. Fuller, Massachusetts ; in
side sentinel, J. A. Stock well, Iowa; ouuide
sentinel, C. AaJrews. Washington.
Detroit was settled on as the place for
holding the next annual council.
A resolution was adopted approving of
the formation of a ladies' degrje, known
as the Daughters of America.
Cresham Has Not Consented.
Fjcem-h Li e SeaiNtiS, Isn, June 27.
Judge Walter H. Gresham will not be the
standard bearer of tbe People's party. He
said to a reporter heie ; "I have not permitted
and shall not ermit the use of my name at
the Omahs convention. I have no right to
assume that the honor will be tendered me,
but I will say that my name will not go be-
foie the convention with my consent."
"Have you told any of the leaders of the
pirty that you would accept if nominated ?"
asked tbecompoadent.
' I have not."
lh-gaiding the People's party platform the
judge said he Leiitv.d the large portion
of it bac not in the suVtreaurr scheme, lie
refastd to give h's opinion of the Kpubli
cau and Den ,-cratic ti- kets Raying : "I have
made it a rule to never talk politics since I
have ben on the tench, and I do not care
to depart from the rule now."
He believes the principals of the third
pxty will take hold f the misses and that
it is the party of the future.
There is one effice in this country upon
which country btyisetm to have the first
mortgage. This is tbe Pnsidmt of tbe
United States. No city boy Lai e.-er ret suc
ceeded to that chair since t e fo tndation of
the eovernraent. Presidents have been
ed from ail sorts of boys steady boys and
ii'i ooys. naniivme boys and some very
ug.y and freckled-faced boys, gent'.e-natur-ed
boys and boys who s'arteJ from rude be
ginning!", but they have all, without excep
tion, oeeu bright boys, upright bovs and
country boys.
IT IS GROVER AGAIN.
NAKED AS THE PRESIDENTIAL CAN
DIDATE ON THE FIRST BALLOT.
A FREE-TRADE PLANK ADOPTED.
The sixteenth Democratic National Con
vention assembled in Chicago at noon on
Tuesday and was called to order by Senator
Calvin S. Brice, as Chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee. Hon. W. C.
Owens, of Kentucky, was (elected as the
temporary Chairman of the Convention,
and Hon. William L. Wilson, of West Vir
ginia, permanent Chairman,
The adoption of a resolution of sympathy
with James G. Blaine in his recent domestic
bereavement, coupled with ringing and long
cheers for Blaine, louder and more prolong
ed than those evoked by any other name,
formed the most remarkable incident of tbe
first session of the convention. Tbe resolu
tion was offered by Benjamin Cable, of Rock
Island, a millionaire member of the Illinois
delegation.
Tbe resolution was as follows :
"Rauleed, That this convention tender its
profound sympathy to that distinguished
American. James U. Blaine, in the heavy af
fliction which has befallen him."
Mr. E. C. Sweet, of Maine, in bis response,
said : " Mr. Chairman, in behalf of the
Maine delegation, and in behalf of the citi
xens of Mafhe, irresiective of political prej
udice, I desire to acknowledge this grateful
expression of sentiment on the part of the
National Democratic Convention toward
our most distinguished fellow-citizen in this
his hour of ailliction.
"The Democracy cf Maine, more than
any other Northern state, have experienced
political and official ostracism by the repub
lican party, and, In the days of its suprema
cy, tendered no mercy to its political oppo
nents, but, God forbid that tbe Democracy
of Maine or any slate should hesitate, to
tender their sympathy in the presence of
that grim tyrant who wipes out all political
lines, levels all ranks and lays the shepherd's
crook beside the sceptre. Long and contin
ued applause
" Of the many misfortunes and bereave
ments which have come uon the distin
guished gentleman in the past two years it
may be truly said : ' One woe upon another's
heels doth tread, so fast they follow ,' but
only in a Democratic National Convention
can we extend to him this sympathy which
comes from every section and from every
state.''
The incident was the only one out of the
commonplace during the whole ' session.
The gathering was flat and spiritless.
A SOP to the veterans.
Several vain attempts were made during
the day to ojien the vacant galleries to the
outsiders. Mr. English, of Indiana, threw
out a sop to the old soldiers by offering the
following:
44 l.rsulrtd. That the officers of this con
vention be directed to admit all ex-soldiers
of the late war to the unoccupied seats in
the galleries during the sessions of this con
vention." At this the ex-Con federates be
gan to show some signsof agitation, when a
discreet delegate from a Northern state
promptly moved to refer the whole question
to the Committee on Resolutions.
At the second day's session the Commit
tee on Credentials made a unanimous report.
The Syracuse " Anti-Snappers" were ignor
ed. The rules adopted kept in force the unit
rule. William L. Wjlson, of West Virgin
ia, was made permanent Chairman. The
platform adopted pledges the Democratic
party, if it be entrusted with power, not on
ly to defeat the Force bill, but also to relent
less opposition to the Republican policy of
profligate expenditure; declares for a revis
ion of the tariff laws and denounces the
McKinley Jaw; denounces "sham reciproci
ty ;' denounces the Sherman act of l.: ;
declares for the 14 use of both gold and silver
as the standard money of the country, and
to the coinage of both gold and silver with
out discriminating against either metal or
charge of mintage, but the dollar unit of
coinage of both metals must be of equal in
trinsic and exchangeable value, or be adjust
ed through international agreement, or by
such safeguards of legislation as shall insure
the maintenance of the purity of the two
metals, and the equal power of every dol
lar at all times iu the markets in the pay
ment cf debts ; and we demand that ail pa
per currency shall be kept at par with and
redeemable in such coin." Other planks
treat of civil service, foreign policy, immi
gration, pensions, Nicaragua Canal, World's
Fair, education, admission of Territories.
Majority and miuority reports were present
ed and the tariff plank reported by the mi
nority was adopted by the Convention after
considerable debate. An unsuccessful effort
was made to get a declaration for free win-
age, after which the platform as a whole
was adopted. Nominations being in order;
the name of Grover Cleveland was then pre
sented by Governor Abbett, of New Jersey
and that of David B. Hiil by William C
DeWitt, of New Y'ork. Several speeches
seconding the nominations were made, Hen
sel, of Lancaster, seconding the nomination
cf Cleveland in a stirring spooch. John M.
Bunorube, of Iowa, nominated Gjvernor
Boise.
The Convention was in session until near
ly four o'rlock Thursday morning. A baliot
was not reached until within a few minutes
of three o'clock, and on this Grover Cleve
land was nomiuUed for President. New
York f jught the nomination to the last, and
Bourke Cvckrau, Tammany's greatest orator,
made a speech against it that has rarely
been equalled in a national convention. It
did not change a vote, however, and New
Y'ork, with her seventy-two votes for Hill,
went down with colors flying.
Cleveland rec-yvei the solid vote of the
delegations from such Republican StattJ as
California, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Min
nesota, New Hampshire, North Da kota, Ore
gon, Pennsylvania Rhode Ldand and Wis
consin, and the nearly solid vote of Maine,
Massachusetts, Nebraska and South Dakota.
These are facts which are commented oa by
Democrats generally, and were quoted by
the opposition with more or less force, as a
means cf winning votes from Cleveland in
some of the Democratic States. The one
part of this divUion of delegations which
aided Cleveland w as the fact that Connects
cut, New Jersey and Indiana, two of which
are certainly regarded as doubtful, were a
unit for him. The Indiana vote would have
been more significant had it not been solid;
tied on a trade for the Vice Presidency, which
was not completed.
Oa Thursday afternoon tbe convention re
convened and the ticket was completed by
tue nomination of A. E. Stevenson, of Illi
nois, as Vice President. Ex Governor Grav
of Indiana; Chief Justice Allen B. Morse, of
Michigan, and John L. Mitchell, of Wiscon
sin, were clso candidate a. Governor Boies,
cf lows, refused to allow his name to be pre
tented.
Stevenson was first Assistant Postmaster
General under Cleveland.
The Iowa Cloudburst.
Msox Ctrr, Io , June 25. Cjraplete re
ports from the cloudburst that laid waste
many sections of Chickasaw county are now
in. At Fredericksburg two persons were
killed outright. The destruction to property
and growing crops will exceed I'tuO.WO in the
path of the storm. Tbe homes of twenty
eight farmers are completely dejtroyed, and
as many nore are partially wrecked. Many
of the farmers are insured, and the balanse
have decided to ask for assistance.
A Heartless Trump.
Birlikctox, Io., June 25. Jesse Mohler,
a bright young lad living with bis uncle, H.
B. Fellows, at Canton, waa entiml
frjra home two months ago by a tramp
known as "Blinkers Kelly. The tramp's
scheme was to put the boy's arm in a sling
and compel him to bee from house to hnnv
Tbe tramp, to insure complete slcs, delib
erately slammed a car door uixin the bir'
j -
arm, seiously euttmgjt and put some acid
n tae woual tbat caused it to fester.aad put-
trtfy.
Toe boy suffered exerucia'ane torture, but
afierwads succeeded in escaLimr. He ia in s
pitaibte condition and will U- a rrin:,! f.,r
life "Bii bit ra' is in jsil awaitiug trial.
ITi-hcst of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Mm
ABSOLUTELY PURE
THE FLOOD PENNED UP.
Many Towns Still Threatened With
Destruction.
Pottsville. Pa., June 23. The thousands
of little camp-fires that bumed on tbe
mountain sides all last night and the greater
part of to-day have nearly all disappeared,
and with them vanished the fears of an
awful flood. The people who deterted the
towns in tbe valley, all the way from Frack-
ville to this city, and fled to the hills, to be
out of the way of the deluge that was ex
pected from the breaking of tbe great reser
voir on Broad Mountain, have returned to
their homes. The danger is not all over yet
to-night, but the thousands of people who
encamd on the mountains are eager to
get back. Excitement still runs high and
sentniels still pace tbeir lonely beats and
keep watch over the towns and villages.
THE WATCH PISA PPEAKtMI.
The dam was tapped to such great ad
vantage to-day that the water in the reser
voir was lowered CI feet. The bole through
the breast of the dam is now nearly five
feet in diameter and a mighty torrent of wa
ter is gushing out of it.
The water company officials say that un
til the water has fallen below the level of
the breach there will be danger, and they
warn the people to be on the lookout for a
flood. Should a break occur even yet, it
would destroy much property in St. Clair
and at Port Carbon.
The anxiety and suffering of the multi
tudes that gathered on the hillsides and
waited all n.ght, every moment expecting
to hear tbe mighty roar of the deluge that
was to wipe their homes from the earth,
were fearful. It was a night that will live
in story in that section.
Cot Away With $50,000.
Wasiiimoto.s, D. C, June 2!. Elwi n J.
Ryan, a clerk in the United States Express
ollic?, is a much-sought man just at present
On last Tuesday he tucked about JoO.t"-')
worth of bank notes in bis clothes and cooly
walked off without leaving the least intima
tion of his destination.
TKEASl'KY 50TES IS SMirMEXT.
The United States Express bandies all tbe
shipments of the Treasury cash, and the notes
taken by Ryan consisted of three packages
ofnew bank notes, which had been put up in
the department and directed to out-of-town
banks.
The theft was not discovered until yes
terday, when word was received of the
failure of the bank note packages to arrive
at their destination.
THE A LA KM EE5T OIT.
The Express Company has sent out the
alarm to all ponits in the United States,
but have failed to find the siiehtcst clue to
the whereabouts of Ryan, who is supposed
to have left the city alone. The expr-ss
company has endeavored to keep the matter
secret.
The Treasury Department officials refuse
jo say anything about the affair.
A Rat, A Cow and A Hog.
Mo.vtrose, Pa., July 2t. Dell, an 8-year-old
son of C. L. Biers, of Hyde Park, was
out w ith his younger brother, the latter be
ing in a small wagon which Dell pulled
The wheels of the vehicle ran over the tail
of a rat. The infuriated rodent jumped at
little Dell and fastened its teeth in his linger.
The little fellow cried for help, and en deavor-
cd to shake off the rat, but without success.
He at last ran to a near-by barn against
which he swung the rat nntil the animal
was killed. The rat did not let go its hold
of the boy's finger until dead. Soon after
Dell's finger began to swell, and in a short
time the boy was in a terrible condition-
The doctor in attendance says there is a
chance for the b y's recovery.
Tbe 2-year-old danghter of Mr. John
Luddington, who resides near Troy, was
terribly gored by an angry cow. The child
was playing within a few feet of her father
and the cow caught her upon its horns and
threw her into the air. One of the horns
entered the child's mouth, lacerating the
roof or the mouth, piercing the cheek, aud
making a ragged waund near the ear. The
child will be permanently disfigured.
Jes-ss Parsons, of Columbia Cross Roads,
was seriously injured by a savage hog. He
was attempting to drive the hog into a yard
when the animal turned upon him, and
threw him to the ground, tearing open his
groin with his tusks and bitiug him in
several places. Fortunately his dog was at
hand and attracted the animal's attention
or Mr. Parsons would have been killed.
Marriage Licenses.
Harvey L. Cook and Hattie A. Miller,
both of Stonycreek township.
John N.Johnson and Mary A. Hemming
er, both cf Berlin.
William H. Baer and Mary Miller, bosh
of Greenville township.
John C. Beachy and Lizzie A. Foust, both
of Bcachdale.
Peter V. Nedrow and Venie Mjy Bird,
both cf Addison township.
William I. Risheberger and Delia G. Mil
ler, both of Jenner township.
John A. Wilhelm, of Listonhurg, and Ida
Enos, of Addison township.
James R. Smith, of Stoyestown, and Bin
nie S. Hay, of Rock wood.
J. J. StaUl and Polly Y'oder, both of Cone
maugh township.
Sirnuel Spiegel and Minnie M Cover, both
of Jenner township.
John Murray and Sadie Ringler, both o
Upper Turkey foot township.
James Hall Williams and Annie Richard
son, both of Shale township.
William G. B'.ough and Ellen Saably,
both of Conemaugh township.
Eimer E. Conrad, of Frostbarg, Md., and
Ida E. Deal, of Meyersdale.
Unas Firl and Amanda Shoemaker, both
of Summit township.
Chauncey Geiger, and Anna Lorentz, both
of Larimer township.
Milton H. McCorkle, cf Allegheny Co.,
and Mary A. Paterson, of Westmoreland
Co.
William Albert Jones and A manda Ellen
Gray, both of Elklick township.
Elmer Ellsworth, of Somerset township,
and Rosa E. Domer, of Quamahoning town
ship.
Samuel Knabel and AdaSine Custer, both
of Paint tuwhship.
Samuel Naugle, of Paint township, and
Sue Lohr, of Shade township.
William Engle. of Meyersdale, and Kate
Hodgset, of Froatbnrg, Md.
Dorsin M. Slick, of Johnstown, 'and Lucy
J. herkey, of Holsapple. Somerset Co.
I-es'ae Holsapple, of Paint township, and
Elsie L. Johns, of Hillsborough.
Samuel Thomas, of Lwer Turkeyfbo
township, aitdtLonisa Moore, of Ursina.
Harrison G. Snyder, of Rock wood, and
May Miller, of Ursina.
Lincoln Pile, of Mil ford township, and
Sadie E. Rome sburg, of Lower Turkey foot
township.
Jacob C. Deitx and Amanda Gardner, bclh
of Somerset township.
Andrew J. Ankeny and Lydia B. Shaulis,
both of Liner In township.
William n. Shultz and Ida B. Romes-
burg. both of l"pper Turkeyfoot township.
Continued success of Odontunder for pain
less extraction of teeth, inquire of those who
bave used it. Is nsed in Somerset, at Mc
Millan's Dental Room only.
fowler
An Unusual Case.
Lancaster, June 21. An unusual prose
cution Las been begun before Alderman
Ualbacb. Her.ry and Emory IiffenLach
are father and son, and own adjoining prop
erties. There has been a dispute about a
drain between their lands, and on Sunday
the son did some work on this drain. This
greatly angered the father and he sued his
son for violating the law of 17!"t by doing
unnecessary work on Sunday. On account
of tbe relationship of the parties the case
has caused quite a sensation, both being
well-known and prominent in the section
of county where they live.
Pennsylvania Crops.
Hakkisbuio, June 2.'. Secretary Edge, of
the State Board of Agriculture has received
reports from all parts of the state, from
which he is enabled to make some crop esti
mates. He sas there is an increa-'ed acre
age of wheat, and with the average yield
placed at lou, returns indicate the .crop of
lstiJ at 122, or even better, with favorable
weather at harvest time. The crop of straw
will be considerably below that cf lust year,
but up to the average of the last 10 or 12
years.
The backward and wet spring has seri
ously affected the corn, and tbe farmers will
lose 5.A0OO bushels. Oats has also suffered
from wet weather aud the cold spring.
There will be a larger crop than last year,
owing to an increased acre-ate. Owing to
the low prices which prevailed, the acreage
in potatoes is reduced, leaving it at about
12i,'"' acres. An average crop may be ex
jhs led. The yield of hay will be below the
average of the past ten years. Secretary
Edge says, considered as a whole, average
crops may be estimated, with an advance in
prices all along the line. Live stock is in
good shape.
Impaled on a Picket.
Pittsm iwiii. Pa.. June' 22. Patrick Mc
Laughlin, of Natrona, an employee of the
Baltimore and Ohio's ship at Glenwocd, is
a sleep walker. His roommate at midnight
discovered his absence from the bed. Look
ing out the window he was horrified to see
his companion impaled on the pickets cf the
fence beneath. The household was aroused,
a doctor seat for, and the unfortunate man
restored to consciousness. He remeiuberi-.l
nothing of the occurrence. His side is hor
ribly torn and his recovery is doubtful.
MRS. A E. UHL
bummer u here I rummer shop
ping has begun ! Where can a good
line of Summer Ilre.-s rall ies be
found ? I answer, rL'Lt here. We
have a complete line to show in
Silk, Wool or Wash Goods.
Best guaranteed Black Silks. Black
India Silk. Kenjalinc, Faiilcana,
Gloriosa, Beautiful Gloria in col-J
- ors, also Surahs.
LTandsome Black Silk Lace Flouncing-:,
all qualities.
A beautiful line of plain and nov
elty Bedford Cords, prices low,
all wool at SO, So, $1.00, $1.40.
The best Black Silk Warp Henriet
tas ever shown for the prices,
$1.00 to $1.50 per yard.
4C-inch Wool Henriettas in black
and colors from 75 to $1.15
40-inch Wool Henriettas from
CO to 75 yards, black and colors.
40-inch all wool Serge, 40 to Go
yards, Black and colors.
4C-inch all wool Serges, from 75 to
100 yards black and colors.
Beautiful 3i-inch fancy striped cash
imeres, -5 to 30c.
A large line of summer cloths and
homespun cheap.
Iu plain, plaid, striped, brocaded
lawns, ca.-hmere and lacca fast
black goods, ranging in pi ice
from 12 1-2 to 50c, I have great
variety.
White lawns, wamsooks, Ac., at
from 10 to 50cts.
A complete line of embroidered
white dress goods for infants,
children, misses' and ladies'.
The largest and handsomest lino of
hamburg edging and inseitings
to suit. An immense line of
beautiful drcs3 ginghams from 8
to 25cts.
A large assortment of Challies,
Bine Apple- Tissue?, Sutteena and
other wa.-h goods from 5 to 25c.
A beautiful assortment of Galatea,
Althca and outing cloths in plain,
plaid, striped and polka spots
from 7 to 15cts.
Yard wide wash serges, 20ets.
Best shirtings, S to 10 cts.
Dark and light calicoes, 5ct.
Muslins, 5ets., and up.
Apron ginghams, 5 to Sots.
Lace curtains from 50c to $0.00 a
pair. Curtain scrim from 5 to 10c.
Curtain poles, 20ets.
A large variety of infants" and chil
dren dresses, coats. cap3 and
bonnets. Ladies' skirts, night
dresses, corsets, covers, etc., all
price?. Chenille and raw silk
table covers, portierres for doors
and double parlors, towels, table
linens, napkins and stamped
goods new and cheap.
A complete line of the celebrated
V. S. F. fast black stockings,
ramring ia price from 10 cents
to silk at $1.25.
A large variety of gloves and silk
ruits, wash embroiderv silks ami
a great variety of fincy articles.
A great variety of new stylo capes,
blazers and refers for Ladies'
'and children.
With an experience of almost 21 years in
the Milinery business, during which time I
bave learned how. when and where to buy
to the best advantage, and at the lowest pri
ces at weilas to trim in theskilful a' d tasteful
manner, with the ability and dwerruiuatinn
to turn out the handsomest and best goexls
for the least money, ia a cuaranty that my
customers will pet more ami prettier goods
than can be hail elsewhere where the same
advantages and experience does not exist.
The lartte variety of dry pools and other
goods that I sell in addition to Millinery
goods enables me to sell at smaller profits
than those that are conliiieii to one line of
goods alone for their profits.
Mrs. A. E. UHL.
ENGINES,
Saw
Mil I C
imit-Uj
THRESHING MACHINES.
BESTMACHI'iER YATL0 WEST PRICES
A. B. FARQUHAR CO., YORK, PA
WANTED
WOOL!
WOOL!
WOOL!
Ten tiiousaml pounil of wa.-lieil
and unwa-hetl wool for eah or
trade which we will pay the high
est market price for.
We carry the lartrer-taiid bcit se
lected Block of Pry (loodd and
Notions in the County at prices
that can't be beaten, and if you
don't want Gooi- we will give
vou the money. Brintr m your
"Wool.
PARKER &PARKER.
C ARM O
The Celebrated English Hack
ney Stallion-
PiOMO if n''t j-i.t-!'y the f.m-t l.l
OAfilVlAj lin'-knt'y H'r ever imj'l.d in
to t!.u isut :rv
EXPORT CERTIFICATE.
Hackney Horse Society-
This is to cerll'y t'.iat the trarsf r of !!
Stuiiin b'-n-iniif-r 'le-riKst ha- ixs-u 1;'I.Y
ilK' -lsTKKK! In the Houksof ihe -, v.z:
SAMK-CAKMU.
toAi.Ki-i--;.
f'i 1.:K Ray i.r Prown.
lil.KKi'Kii Thuuiua Co-'k, TUixeiKiale,
Yrksir.
KlKK-lilACK Al'STKR.
Traii-f r ffo.n T!ma Cook to ti&lbraith;
' Kros., Jmusvt'u. V is' .iin. I". s. A. '
11K.NKV K. 1.1'kKN. S!r.-tT.
cf Hackney is'.uil i-.it society.
OiTlce: 11, ( hn.li bl, I.oLon. W.
ter Entire Horse snow ia ls-si.
ninilfj won t!.o prize at the Ttira! Mnn
OMrtlVIL eb'ster an! l.lvrivil H.r-e Suow
lu 1-ss, wUeo be was ouly two years old.
0,,Mnn Dnnn I'arB of Car.no. eame in di
Lieen DeSS reetUneromtbe won.lrr
ful mare Nonpariel who trotted ltO miles bitchd
loarnrt. !-helrott M ."incii-s iu 1 hour and is
mintitcs, after iio.t!utf i iutinit-s siw trt'd
10 miles within fi-ur hours and finished tue 1":
niies in 'J hours, "j minutes and u7 se-cvjnd. and
shewed nosymptiims of fitturue : ate a iV-d
mediately uj-on tfoili to Ihe stable, fttter h uil-d
she walked 7 mile to where she w& kept.
The Hackney Horses an very remarkable for
their geulleuess, spots 1 au 1 endurance.
fwrmr I now ownixl bv Hon. X. It
Vvcl T 1 1 1 U CoiTroth, of S-uier:t. Fa., and
will he for the stsaxon under the care and cnarge
of the un-lertigned.
Enoch Plough.
SOME2SiX PA.
PIC-NIC
GOODS.
Fic-nic Plates, per dozen, 7c.
Pic-nic Mugs, Planished Tin, 5c.
Pic nic Knives and Forks. Sc.
Pic-nic Spoons, per dozen, 10c.
Pic-nic Folding Cops, 9c.
Tic-nie Lemon Squeezers, 9c.
Tic-nic Baskets, 25c-
NATHAN'S,
SjGhnstevv'rilj'
lolesale
Retailer
THE NEW
WHITE FRONT BUILDING!
No. 113 Clinton St., Johnstown,.
-GEIS'S OLD STAI, XOW O.L'L.V?.
LEADING STORE OF THE CITY-
TO IJUY YOUR
M GOODS, mm UMWE, FAKCY GCCrs.Fr
With economy and profit to the Customer. Ct ne at:: .
Jas. B. Holderbauni,
IIA3 Jl'ST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF Tilt.
Hench
ALL STEEL FRAME
SPRING-TOOTH HARROW
which is a wonderful improvement in
SPRING-TOOTH
HARROWS.
Teeth quickly ailjitste.l hj- onlv l.K''enitig one nut. The best
TOOTH
HOLDER
Ever lave nfe,l The t.oth is l.r-M in tuition r-r a Ratchet, wit!. hid, it o
JAMES B. HOLDERBAU1
PAUL. A. SCHELL.
"We have ia stock and sell very low, Kitchen ware and firiii.si.i:.:
of all kinds.
MILK PAIL?, MILK CAXS, SIIIITIXU and IJAULIXd CA.
STKP LADDER.-, CLOTHES WRACKS, WASHING MA
CHINES, TURS, WRIXGERS, WASH HOARDS, ICE
CREAM FREEZERS. SCREEN DOORS,
SCREEN WINDOWS. IRON. WOOD
and DUCKET PL'MPS, IRON
PirE, VALVES and FIT
TINGS, and SEW
ER PIPE.
We have also put in a nice stack of Paints, Oils. VarnMies, Stains a:
Colors of best make. Ready mixed paint from one pint can i
Just received a carload of Drain Tile very cheap for farm .iri
Paul A. Schell,
SOMERSET, PA.
X. R. A.ent for Domestic Sewing Machines.
OUR MAMMOTH STORE!
Having tilled the lar-e building formerly occupied by V"..
M-jrrcil t Co., with a large htock of
Gren era 1 LVEer cli a ncli sc.
we re
spe:tfully call the attention
Our DRY GOODS and NOTION DEPARTMENT is full of:
the late styles cf Staple and Fanev Goods : while our line of O'
PETS. MATTINGS, CLUTIILNG, FOOTWEAR, HARDWARE, Ji::.
LINE II Y GOODS, HATS, GROCERIES, etc., are full and c r, i
Wifli Mir i!im'i.f.,l f.rn.,.3 iV.- 1, .11 , .1 . . l'. , r
pared to meet the wants of the general public, with 'cvcrvthii.sr at I '
PENE TEAFIC
Lower End of Washington St., JOHNSTOWN, PA
J. J. SPECK.
T! Leading
Wholcsale Wins and Liquor House or Western Pennsylvania.
TI-IE ArM. H. I-IOLMES CO.,
Distillers of - Holmes' Rest " and Holmes" Oi l Economy"
PiRK RYE 1YIIISKY.
All the leading Rye and R.,urbon Whiskies ia bond or ta.vpa'd.
Importers of fine Rrandies, Gins and Wines.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST.
Telephone No. 305. - 120 Wat;r St and !53First Ave. PITTSBURGH T.
When in JOHNSTOWN, don't fail to call at
GEO. K. KLINE'S
SEW STOHE, 241 Main St.,
Where will be found a Complete Stock of Dry Goods. Ladie-'
Gents' Furnishings and Wraps. All the Newest thimr3 in Dre.-s Go-k-including
Silks, Serges, Henriettas, Camels Hair, Redford Cords V'-:-en,
Crepes and all other Novelties in the Dress Goods IIei AI-a
complete line of Staple Goods, such as Muslins, Sheeting. TuMe L i
ens. Crashes, etc. Our Line of LadiesT tt'raiw. in!iiil- J;u'-'
Capes and New Markets of the latest Spring Stiles.
OUR MOTTO: Best Goods, Latest Styles and Lowest E'
Come and see us.
G-EO. K. KLIjStE.
Will cost you
!))) tin7t sr
-
247, 249, Main Street, JOHNSTOWN, PA.
Dry Mi Mods, Carpets, &c.
Drumgold
of Somerset Countv btivcrs to the fn
CO., LIMITED,
WM. M. HOLMES.
nothiwj to cxtnn-
til nrt iiim''ic
J.. r.
FOSTER