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EDWARD 6CULL, Editor end Proprietor.
EEFDBUCAK DOMINATIONS.
NATIONAL.
FOR rKESIDEXT,
JE.. BEN J. HARRISON",
OF INDIANA.
FOE VICE PRESIDENT,
WHITELAW KLID,
OF NEW YoRK.
STATE.
FOB ELECT0R3-AT-LARGE.
JONES, WILLIAM WOOD. J. F. Dl'SLAT,
WILLIAM H. 6aYEX
FOR COSGBEsSMEX-AT-LAKGE.
ALKIAN'iER HcDOWELL,
WILLI LILLY,
JUDICIARY.
FOR JCDGE OF TlTfc 6CPEEME COURT.
JOHN DEAS of Elair County.
COUNTY.
FOE CONGRES3,
JOilAH D. III'.KS, of Blair County.
TCA ASSEMBLY,
ECHRA1M l). NILLER.OI Rockwood.
JoHX C. WLLLEK, of M:Lrord towuhlp.
FOB DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
J. A. BEKKEY. of tt-merket.
FOR roOR DIRECTOR,
J. D. WEI-.LE. of Somerset towniidP
Tn4rf)El'S
M acVeagh.
Stevens cilel Lira Vain
Th e Third party nitcars in Georgia
oliiira that the DjinocraUs'.uir-d the bal
lot boxes. The ni.i of ths Ij:nooriic
majority makes it l.i that way.
The Southern Domoerac y doesn't resori
to oratory to off.'t the arguments of Third
party Fpeakera. The b-k number egg is
the favorite wea;n f or such emerge ncies
down there.
Two point are of groat iiuj.ottance at
the coming election. The first is to get
ont the n'iublican vote, and the next to
instruct the voters how to prepare their
ballots unler the new law.
di.D r.ctii L'asa has tired of yelling
"force bill" and "negro domination" to
bis "stuffed prophet," and has braved the
dangers of Euruj and the cholera rather
than kee-it up an il November.
The Ko'.'u men of A lab am are loud in
their Jriuitids for Federal protection at
the poll?, They are not wrois either.
In the meantime the Alliance wen in the
North are uniting with I Vtnocrats.
WuocvtB would have supposed that
any political party in this country would
advocate a return to the State Lank wild-
cut currency ? And yet such la the posi
tion of the Democratic party in this Citu-
piijjn.
Fknsoveii, the Democratic tiovernor
of Oregon, is out against Cleveland and
Bays he will vole tin third party ticket,
and that Cleveland "has neither person
al qualities, intellectual endowments or
political sagacity."
Is Mr. Clevelanla letter of acceptance,
he remarks that he has not changed bis
sentiments on the tariff since 1SSS. Very
probable indeed ; neither lias the count
ry changed its opinion of Sir. C. since
that time, as he a ill find out very soon.
iroveb Cleveland elidn t do any
fighting during the war, but the way he
slaughtered pensions after he got into the
White Hons? must have made the heart?
of his South' rn admirers leap with joy.
The record of his pension vetoes is the
highest proof of hi Democracy.
IIeitblk ass have ojienly declared
that there has been no such thing re
cently as an honest election in the South.
White IVmocrats of the South are them
selves furninhiu ths evidence that
'there has not been an honest election
in the South in twenty rears."
The question of maintaining wages is
the issue. Perhaps if the manufacturers
in any one protected industry could
aree that under free trade they could
and would pay present waes, theie
might be two sides to the question. As it
is now, the testimony is all one way.
The unfortunate George W. Delamater
had his cup of misery filled to the brim
Thursdav, when the Crawford countv
court convicted him of embezzlement.
Mr. Iteiamater mould have been a great
deal better off if he had left politics alone
and confined hiainelf to banking. The
two will not harmonize.
i'EMxr.ATi. journals arestiil vigorous
ly hoaling, "No force bill"; "No negro
dominaUon !" and yet they are hugging
themselves over the alleged fact that
their pretended majorities at the late
elections in Florida, Georgia and Alaba
ma Tere o Jtaine J by the negroes desert
ing the Kep'jblican party and voting the
Democratic tictet.
It i stated that Mr. James Kerr, clerk
of the House of Representatives at Wash
ington, cbrms that the Democrats will
Lave not leas than thirty niaj jrity in the
next House.
Oa the other hand II on. EI ward Mc
pherson, clerk of the House during 6uc
cea-ive Republican Administrations in
that body, and who has a National repu-
fati"n as a political statistician, gives it as
his opinion that tie U p-j jlicans will be
in the majority in the next House.
Secketary Fostku's speech at Freder
ick, Md., last week, was a splendid vindi
catijn of Republican policy. He showed
that during this Adsiintrat:on nearly
f .,'".J,LVt,tr1 of the puMic debt has been
cleared off, fil.OiKi.OOO of bonds have
leen extended at 2 per c.ct, the lowest
known rate, and although the Democrat
ic House, by its enormous appropriations,
has d me its worst to leave the govern
ment mith a dtluit, the receipts from
customs are increasing at the rate of f 3,-
OtKt.lVX) a month, and the Treasury is in
good condition.
The Charleston, Suth Carolina, Krt$
and Vvurur, Detn, recently printed the
following editorial :
We look upon the Grand Army of the
ReDahlic&Jt fair trim nran M
It is an enemy cf the Republic, for, what- I
ever may nave been lis original purpose,
it is now a hnge machine for bullying
members. It is a menace to the North
as well as to the South. People of -
the ZWrtft are gradually awakening to
ine net oi tne injustice ana iniquity or
the enormous pemi n, hich buy the
eold.er vote and enrich the pension
agents, and we have no fear of increasing
their animosity by auv thrust we may
jnateat this grand army of beggars.
WEE XESDAY -.October. 1Z 1M-
4 sent the late election m uW.,
Lere are . few facts worthy of considera
tion by EcpQlmcan voters :
At the election in lsW. the total im-
ocraticyute polled was 77, .13?, while tte
orpiaa polled ouly 23,5j0 votes, pvin
the Deniccrats a niaj -only oi w.iw m i"
State and the solid Conpreasional delega
tion ef ten member. Now it is claimed,
that at the election of last week the Dem
ocrat hare a majority exceeding d.diw,
or witnin oi mc muv
rote polled in 18C0.
a -v1
How is that, fur counting ana iau-
dozinj; under the campaign cry oi o
force LilL" ""o negro doinina' ion V
Th Kn-Klux-Klaa is revived ia Ten
nessee, They c&l! themselves "'White
Caps" now, but their methods are the
same as those of the old Ku-Klux. Farm
er Patrick fn, of Montgomery county,
has found posted on his door, accompa
nied with a ban lie of switches, the fol
lowing notice, which is a copy of similar
ones 6erved in the State :
September 2G, 1S'.2.
Mr. Patrick Boon You are this day
notified bv the laws of our land to not
vote or influence' others to vote Third
partv.and if yon do, woe unto yon. If
talk'will not do we will try timber ; yoo
said you was Democrat when you voted
in primary.
White Caps.
These are the Democrats who are howl
ing "No force bill ; no negro domina
tion r
Appaestly the Democrats f Georgia
"outdid" themselves in counting the votes
cast at the election last week, and gen
eral shout is sent p by their brethren
throughout the country over their sur
prising majority.
Well informed people know that it was
only a question of "counting" and there
fore would not have felt surprised had
the majority been double that announc
ed. Nothing could be more ab6urd than
the jubilation of the Democracy over
their rid'jnj in Georgia. The only ticket
in the field against them was that of the
Alliance roper, and when General Wea
ver, their candidate for President, and
Mrs. Lease attempted to make speethea
in behalf of their party they were met
with a fusilade of stones and odoriferous
e gs, and absolutely and literally driven
from the Stale,
With this suppression of free speech
the campaign virtually ended, and the
country was prepared to receive just such
return as are now being published and
gloried over by the Northern Democra
cy. Some of our Democratic friends appear
to be hysterically delighted, over a letter
published by Hon. Wayne MacVesgh,
announcing his intention to "upport Mr.
Cleveland f r President.
Much importance is attempted to be
attached to this announcement of Sir.
MacVeagh, because for a brief period lie
as a member of the Garfield Cabinet,
but it is well known throughout Penn
sylvania that for years be has been a
Mugwump and a malcontent. Like oth
er professed Republicans that we wot of,
he bolted the ticket in and since
then has remained di.-jruntled, and, it is
understood, has never feinee voted s clean
party ticket. It is alleged alsj that he
voted for Cleveland in 1SSS. Mr. Mac
Veigh is an able lawyer and a forcible
speaker, and the principal reawn be as
signs for his support of the Democratic
Presidential candidate i his hostility to
prelection. His open declaration, now
made, has long since been discounted,
and the fact is self evident that the Dem
ocracy have neither gained a convert or
t vote.
hile the Democrats are shouting
ver their "Magnificent victory" at the
late election in Georgia, it may not be
amias to refer to a couple of striking in
stances of the way they procure and hold
their solid Congressional delegation, of
ten members, in that State.
Take for example the Sixth district,
composed of eleven counties, now repre
sented by Hon. James II. Dlount, who
was elected without opposition, receiving
the entire vote cast, which was 5,8X), be
ing an average of 200 votes to each coun
ty. Or take the Eighth district, embrac
ing twelve counties, the present repre
sentative being Hon. Thomas G. Lam-
sou, who was also elected without opp -
HiUon. The entire vote returned as cast.
was 3, 103, or an average of 2il votes to a
county.
Compare these figures with those of
any district or county in Pennsylvania,
and you will have an idea of the equality
jfreprsentation in Congress as between
the North and tha South, and the potent
reason why the Solid South is so intense
ly opposed to a Fed-eral elec tion bill, or a
free badot and a fair count.
See here Rre'r Woodruff: As Hamlet
casually remarked to the player, "Leave
your damnable faces and begin." Let ns
not burst in ignorance. If you have cny
knowledge, direct or indirect, of tha pur-
bass of the Republican Congressional
nomination in this district, talk it out
like a little man and don't try to damn
your opponent with innuendoes and
baseless insinuations.
If the nomination of Mr. Hicks, was
procarel corruptly, as yoa have frequent
ly insinuated in the columns of the Dr,u-
nrr,U, and you hive anv knowledge of it,
you owe it to the people of this district,
regardless of party aliiliations, to expose
he scandal. It is not fair, nor manly to
attack aa opp jnent's character for probi
:y, particularly in a community w here
he has been ging in and out before the
people for a score of year?, on mere con
jecture, or suspicions, or oa unaulhenti-
cated rumors. The electors of this Con
gressional district have a stake in this
matter. Mr. Hicks u before them is a
regularly nominated candidate present
ed, and his nomination persistently urg
ed by the Republicans of Blair county,
hose en Jorsement is accepted as a guar
anty of his personal worth, and if yoa
know that they are mistaken in their es
timate of the man it is your duty to en
lighten them. We have looked in vain
through every j jurnal in the district for
even an intimation against bis reputa
tion, and find them all silent, and the
raie o: law us that the best evidence of
good character is the fact that it is not
called in question in the community
here the person resides. We detest
mere mud-elinging, Bre'r Woodrafl! as
we think you do, so in the language of
the stteet, -Put op, or shut op."
Th ikRjc has been a "good deal " of sa ear
ing and counter-swearing within the past
few days over an alleged attempt by the
Uemocratic man lgers, to cheat the Re
publican voters and carry this State for
Cleveland and his gang. The charges in
brief are that, a blanket ticket so large
that but a few presses in the State could
print it was to be ordered. Arrange
ments were then bo be made to have the
tickets printed first for the Demo:ratis
coanties) and thus, the time being too
short, deprive the Ripubliean counties
in many instances of the ability to hold
fil'ct.!oar th t of tickets. Happi-
tMs contemplated fraud has bee a
given ay, by a sub-official lemo-
cratic bUtkerskite, and its exposure has
,r a r . i .
V"?.
Speaking of the muddle about the bal-
lots under the new law, the Hirri-iburjr
T Lg.h talks in this sensible w ay :
There is no reason why the Republi
rn in lenmvlvania shonld lose theii
head? over this difficulty about the bal
lot. The Fpeci m en bal lot, as prepared by
tk State DeDartment, requires a sheet
fifty-two inch-s long. The law says that
the ticket ei.a'.l be printed in type no
smaller than brevier. There is nothing
to prevent the ticket bing printed on a
sheet ten inches smaller than the speci
men now bein? nreDared by the State
Derailment. There i a fireat deal of
wasted space, and unless the Republic
ans mean to lose the electoral vote of the
Sute, and the Legislature and the Unit
ed States Senator, tney nau Deiter oe tax
ing a hand in the preparation of these
ballots tnemsei ies. as we unuerstana i
the Secretary of the Commonwealth, nn
der certain restrictions, is authorized to
adopt a ballot, but there is nothing in
the law that gives him the right to dic
tate the size of the spread-eagls type and
the thick rules that are used in the spec
imen ballot. A ballot that is six inches
long, 4 inches wide, in a type not smaller
than brevier, with tlie name oi an me
candidates npot it, grouped, as indicated
in the specitaen ballot, is a sufficient bal
lot under the 'aw. A great deal of this
confusion seems to be the resalt of design
on the part of Itemocrats and weakness
on the part of tlie Republicans who have
this matter in charge. Let them say
what the law means. The Secretary of
the Commonwealth is not the sole judge
cf its meaning. So far as we can see there
is no reason w hy the tickets in all the
counties should not be printed. There
are few Drintire offices in these days in
w h ich there are not presses large enough
to nnnttheballotsevenifthesheetis ht
tv-two inches. Unless the supreme idio-
cV that controlled the Republicans when
th v passed this law is to continue during
the campaign to the lotw of the State and
confusion of the counties, the Republican
leaders and managers must assert them
selves and at once.
The Ballot to Be Voted.
Secretary of State Harrity, has finally de
cided that the official ballot shall be 52
inches long by 22 inches wide, and in the
three columns would be given the Republi
can, tlie JOrmocrauc ana lue iromaiuon.
Peoples and Socialistic Labor tickets, the
laittr three in one column.
Thick of a ticket over four feet long and
within two inihts of two feet in width
and you have some idea of what is coming.
Charles II. Mullen, who is an extensive
paper manufactuer, with mills at Mount
Holly Springs, Cumberland county, and
who wes a cali jii&l delegate to Minneapolis,
said this about the Baker blanket ballot :
' There is not pa!er of that odd size or
ou,:h paper to cot and print one-te:;th of
the number of ballots, .'c'xiJ, that will be
required in this State this year, and you can
say for me that there is not product or stock
enough in the marke'.s-of America to allow
such a thins to be done. It is a question if
all the milis in tr.is country, were they to
be-in on the contract to-day, could turn out
the per needed for such a job in time, and
am certain they could not be printed.
That is how the final decia'on brings mat
ters to a head j.iit cow.
' Why, do you know what su:-h a job
means? continued Mr. s: alien. Let me
indicate it The tickets must be printed for
G7 counties perforated, gummed, numbered
and bound in books more than 52 inches
long by 22 ir.cLes wide.
" They mut be run through a number
ing machine twice, ana me law contem
plates this work to be done in six days'
time. The Secretary of State files his cer
tificates of nomination ten days before elec
tion and four days before election the bal
lets mut be d.stnbuUd. This is not in
cluding the tpeeioien ballots to be furnish
ed by the county eomniis&iouers, an exact
pattern of the otticial ballot.
' Bear this in mind. It is simply iniios-
f ible to get the paper stock required or to
find a printing press that can do the work.
This is the latent development," said Mr.
Mullen. " and it is saturated wifh interest
to the voters."
Sickles' Opinion of Cleveland.
General Sickles is the gallant Soldier-
Democrat who told the Chicago convention
that if Cleveland were nominated 20,0
Democratic soldiers in New York state
would not vote for him. It was in a similar
outburst of indignation over Cleveland's at
titude towards the soldier, that he declared
himself as follows to his comrades at the
Grand Army encampment last week :
"You are going home now, and there is
something I want you to take home with
you. Ponder it ; teach it to your children ;
tell it to your neighbors. It is the truth.
that the jieople of the United States will see
that no man is ever elected to an office of
profit and trust iu this county, who opposes
the payment of pensions to the soldier of the
rebellion."
Stevenson as President.
"Suppose Grover Cleveland should be
elected President of the Uuited States and
should die in office. Mr. Stevenson, in such
event, would become President," says the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Think of it ! An ex-Knight of the Golden
Circle honored by the highest office in the
greatest land the world has ever known.
The Chief Magistracy of this country is
not a thing to be granted to any man with
out some thought as to his qualifications to
acceptably fill and properly adorn the posi
lion.
W ould you vote for Adlai E. Stevenson
for President 7
If not, do not vote for him for Vice Presi
dent, for if elected to the latter effice he
may, before the term is over, Ie called upon
to fill the former.
The selection of the second candidate on
the National ticket is as important as that of
the first. Let tie voter think of that before
casiing his ballot.
Hon. Whitelaw Rsid is a man of clean
record, of National reputation, of sound
principles and oi brain. He would grace
the first office of the United States.
No More Cholera In New York.
The Cholera scare has completely died
out la New York no new cases have been
reported in the last week. There are only
three patients in quarantine and these are in
a fair way of recovery. Dr. Jenkins and his
assistants expect no more cases. All vessels
are still held at quarantine for a short
time and then allowed to proced to their
docks. Throughout the country all precau
tions against a cholera epidemic have been
ithdrawn.
In Europe the plague still continues to
rae. In Hamburg typhoid fver has ad
ded its ravages to those of cholera. Business
is at a 8laud,till and thousands lack suffi
cient food to keep them from starving. In
fant mortality is increasing. The physicians
6ar that the scarcity of fuod and clothes
among the unemployed will result in a series
oi minor epidemics inrougtiout tlie winter.
About 10, men have been thrown out of
employmemr.t in Hamburg alone.
Crover'a Contribution.
New i ohk, Oct. 9. Grover Cleveland has
contributed $10,00o to the Democratic cam
paign fund. This announcement was made
at headquarters yesterday. Three weeks
ago he banded his check for that amonnt to
Treasurer Robert B. Roosevelt and by him
sent throagh the Holand trust Company.
It is also leported that Mr. Cleveland's
personal friends. E C Benedict, Mr. Whit
ney aid Mr. Dukinrcn each contributed
$10,000. The amount oi CLairtnan Harrity 's
check was 25.
Ex CovernorHoyt's Captured Sword
Returned.
Wilkesbabbe, Ta., Oct. 7. Ex Governor
Hoyt, of Pennsylvania, to day received from
Lieutenant G. F. Raworth. of Atlanta, Ga ,
his sword, which was captured in a battle
during the late war. Mr. Hoyt was much
affected by the gift Touching correspond
ence passe-d between tlie Union soldier and
Confederate previous to the return of the
sword.
Death Rather Than Blindness.
Lascastkr, Pa, Oct. 6. John Myers hang
ed himself to a chestnut tree this morning.
His eyesight was gradually failing, and
rather than be blind be decided to kill himself.
Tennyson Is Dead.
LosDrni, Oct, 6. Lord Tennyson died at
1 :3o a. X.
Immediately after the death f.f Lord Tenny
son, the representiye of the Associated Press
hsd an interview with S.r Andrew Clark,
one of the physicians who attended the poet
laureate. Sir Andrew said that Lord Tenny
son's death was the most glorious he had
ever seen. There was no artificial light in
the room and the chamber was almost in
darkness, save where a broad flood of moon
light poured in through the western window.
The moon's rays fell across the bed upon
wich the dying man lay. bathing him in
their pure light and forming a Rembrandt
like back ground to the scene. All was
silent save the soughing of the autumn wind
as it gently played through the trees snr
ronndinc the house, a fUtinr requiem for
the gentle poet, who sang of love and the
beauties of nature. Motionless Lord Tenny
son lay npon his couch, the tide of his life
gently and slowly ebbing out into the ocean
of the infinite. No rocks of pain or sorrow
checked its course or caused a ripple upon
the outgoing tide. As peacefully and as
gently as be bad lived, so be died, looking
nntil the end into the eyes of those dear to
him. All the members of his family were
by the bedside.
So gentle and painless was bis passing
away that the family did not know he
had gone until Dr. Clark broke the news to
Lady Tennyson, who bore the closing scenes
of her great trial well in spite of her ex
tremely delicate health.
Cooley'a Treasure.
Three more members of the Cooley gang
were jailed at Uniontown yesterday. They
are Frank Cooley ' two handsome sisters
and his 15 vear-old brother. Constable Wil
son and Deputy Sheriff Pegg went to the
Cooley residence yesterday in company with
W. Laughead to search for stolen goods.
Thev went without any anticipation of
resistance, for that famous robber rendezv
ous had been rob edofits terrors. A care
ful search of the house from top to bottom
gave them no clue to the stolen treasures
they felt sure were hidden ou the premises
that have so lonir been the headquarters of
the outlaw band. They then began a system
atic search of the outbuildings. Every corner
of the stable and smoke-house was explored.
Walls and floors were sounded, but they
gave back no echo of a hidden cavity.
At last in a small building, that had been
apparently used as a wash-house, their
search was rewarded. Beneath a secret door
under the main floor they found the robbers
treasure. There were piles of doming, some
of the very finest quality, the best bed cloth
ing selected from the stock of many a careful
housewife, and goods of every description.
A number of residents of the community
who had property stolen were sent for and
identified their lost property. The officers
placed a guard over the property, and then
notified the two sisters of the dead outlaw,
Hattie and Lida, and his brother Russe'll
that t'uey would have to accompany them to
I'niontown to answer the charge of receiv
ing and stcreting stolen goods. They did
not arreit the mother.
The girls declared they wonldn't go. The
officers said there was no way out of it. They
alternately wept and stormed, but the officers
were immovable. Finally they d-cided to
go without making a scene, and were driven
down in a carriage along with their little
brother. They appeared in the justice's
office and were formally committed to jail.
The girls were tastefully dressed. Both had
been weeping. They are both handsome and
ladylike in appearance. Lida has black eyes
and dark hair. Her sister is a blue eyed
blonde. They accompanied the officers
without a word, but they showed the
possession of the family pluck in their proud
and defiant tearing. The only words the
girls spok e were to tell the justice their little
brother's name.
Mules Will Drink Whisky.
Pittsto5, Pa , Oct, 8. A month ago the
Twin Mine caught fire and the miners had
a narrow escape. Forty mules were in the
mines and it was thought they all perUhed.
To-day access was gained to the shaft for the
fust time since the fire. Twenty-three of
the mules were dead. The livirig ones
devoured feed troughs and then fed back on
the stuffing in their collars. Three mules
kicked down the stable and feasted on hay.
Tbey will be fed for a few days on meal and
whisky.
Grasshoppers in Kansas.
Kaxsas Citt, Mo., Oct, 3. Myriads of
grasshoppers have appeared in Buchanan
and adjoining counties and are rapidly de
stroying the winter wheat The hoppers are
not of the variety that appeared in 1879, but
are the common field hopper that stays in
one locality an entire season. The warm
dry weather has hutched them cut by the
million, and unless a cold rain or ficst comes
immense damage will be done.
Crace's Bis Contribution.
New Yobe, Oct, 7. Ex-Mayor William B,
Grace made a large contribution to the
Democratic campaign fund to-day. The
money, it is understood came from Mr.
Grace personally and from the other wealthy
men in his Anti-Snapper organization.
The check is understood to have been for
a very large amount, and rumor fixed the
sum at 510",0U".
The contribution to-day is the first money
received by the National Committee from
the Anti-Snapper orgaization, which is said
to have raised and sjnt to secure
the nomination of Mr. Cleveland at Chicaco,
Killed by Moonshiners.
Washinutok, October 7. Acting Commis
sioner Wilson, of the Internal Revenue Bu
reau, received a telegram to-day from Col
lector Nuun, at Nashville, Tenn , informing
him of the killing of Deputy Collector Math
er and the mortal wounding of Deputy Col
lectors C'arwcll and Spurrier during a raid
on moonsbiuers near ruutvile, I.incoin
county, Tcuu.
An Ohio Mystery.
Toledo, O., OA. Yesterday the resi
dence of J. J. Luc key, a farmer, was noticed
to be on fue. Neighbors found both outside
doors locked. On breaking in, the bodies of
Mr. and Mrs. Luckey and their daughter
were found on the floor, at the foot of the
Mairs, burned beyoud recognition. Luckey
was teen returning borne half an hour be
fore the fire broke out
Business Change.
I have purchased the huge and carefully
selected stock of Boots and Shoes of Frank
Shivler, and will continue business in the
same room in Mammoth Black, Somerset
Pa. I shall keep in stock a full line of Foot
wear of all grades. It is no trouble to sho
goods and give prices.
Thomas Babsltt.
Dragged Half A Mile By Horses.
Nobeistows, Ta., Oct.l. When Thomas
Shoemaker, of Jarrettown, this county, was
driving home from the Germantown market
last evening, one of the reins slipped from
his band and he stooped forward to reach it
In doing so he touched one of the horses,
which kicked him, causing him to fall for
ward ont of the wagon. Shoemaker's feet
caught in the swingle tree. There it struck
and his head dragged below. The horses
galloped half a mile before they were caught.
The man was horribly cut and bruised and
is likely to die.
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ABSOLUTELY PURS
LUST CF THE
.101
Tlie Notorious Band of Out
laws Broken Up and
Their Leaders Killed
Died With Their Boots On-
CorrETViLLE, Kak., October 5. The Dal
ton gang has been exterminated. Caught in
a trap, they were to-day shot down, but not
nntil four citizens of this place yielded up
their lives in the work of extermination.
Six oi the gang rode into town this morning
and robbed the two banks of this place.
Their raid had become known to the offi
cers of the law and when the bandits at
tempted to escape they were attacked by the
marshal's Ksse. In the battle which en
sued four of the desperadoes were killed
outright and one was so badly wounded
that he has since died. The other escaped.
The robbers killed were Bob and Grant
Dalton, Tom Heddy and one whose name U
unknown. Emmet Dalton was shot
through the right lung. He cannot survive
the wound.
Of the citizens City Marshal C. T. Connel
ly, Charles Brown and George Cudine were
killed. Cashier Thomas G. Aycr of the
First National Bank, Lucas Baldwin and
Thomas Reynolds received wounds that in
all likelihood will prove fatal. Alfred Deits
was also shot, but is expected to recover.
It bad been rumored a month ago that the
Da'.uon gang were contemplating an imme
diate raid upon the banks of this city. Ar
rangements were made to give them a warm
reception and for over a week a patrol was
maintained day and niijht to give warning
of the gang's approach. The raid did cot
take place and then came the report frcm
Deming, New Mexico, that United States
officers had had a battle with the band in
that territory and that three of the bandits
had been killed.
This report was believed here to have
been circulated by the Daltons themselves,
the intention being to divert attention from
their real intentions and to lull the people of
tlie town iu'.o a sense of security. The iee
ple, however, were not so easily deceived,
and when the report of the disaster to th
gang in New Mexico was denied vigilance
was renewed. Still the expected raid was
not made.
THE PATHOL WITUDBAWX.
Finally the patrol was withdrawn lait
Saturday, although every stranger was care
fully scrutinized as soon as he appeared on
the streets. It was 9 o'clock this mornir.g
when the Dalton gang rode into town. They
came iu tso squads of three each, and, pa-s
lug through unfreouented streets, rendez
voused in the alley in the rear of the Firs'
National Bank. They quickly tied thei
horses and without lining a moment's time
proceeded to the attack r.pon the L.-.iks.
Robert PaHon, the notorious Itader of the
gang, and Emmet, his brother, went to t!
rirjt National Bank, the other four urnie
the leadership of "Tcias Jack," or John
Moor, going to the private Lank of C. M
Cocgdon &. Co.
In the mrantime the alarm had been giv
en. The Dalton bovs were lorn and ored
in this vicinity and were well known t
nearly every man, woman anil child i
town. In their progress through the ton
tbey had been recognized. City Marshal
Connelly was quickly notified of their arri
val, and almost before the bandits bad en
tcred the bar.k he was collecting a posse to
capture them if possible, to kill them if nec
essary. He ran first to the livery stable of
Jim Spears, a dead shot with a Winchestt
and a valuable man in any fight. Then h
summoned George Cubine, a merchant
Charles Brown, a shoemaker; John Cox
express ac;it, and other citizens who could
be conveniently reached. Stationing them
about the nriare which both of the banks
facet!, be ht.-'.er.ed to augment his posse by
summoning other citizens for impromptu
police duty.
W AITED OX A TIMS Lot K.
While the Marshal was collecting his
forces the bandits, all ignorant of the trap
that was ling laid for them, were proceed
ing deliberately with their work of robbing
the banks. "Texas Jack's-' gang bad enter
ed Ganglion's bank, and with their Win
chesters leveled at Cashier B-11 and Toller
Carpenter, bad ordered them to throw up
their bands. Then "Texas Jack" searched
them for wespons. wh'le the other three
desperadoes kept them covered with their
riCc-c Finding them to roe unarmed. Cash
ier Boll was ordered to open the safe. The
cashier expls'ned that the saies door wes
controlled Ly a time lock and that it could
not by any means short of dynamite be
oiK-utd before its time was up, which would
be 10 o'clock, or in about twenty minutes.
"We'll wait," said the leader, and lie sat
down at the cashier's desk.
"How about the money drawers?" he
Sfked suddenly, and, jumping up, he walk
ed around to the cages of the paying and re
ceiving tellers and, taking the money
amounting in all to less than f'KX), dumped
it into a flour sack, with which he was sup
plied, and again sat down, while the time-
lock slowly ticked off the seconds and the
bands of the clock tardily moved towards
the hour of 10.
THE r-ALr.XS HAVE KETTLE LCCK.
Ti b and Erumet Pal ton, iu the meanwhile
were having betterluck at the First Nation
al Bank. When they entered the bank they
found within Cashier Avers, his son, Albert
Ayers, and Teller W. II. Shepperd. Noueof
them were armed, and, with leveled revolv
ers, the brother bandits easily intimidated
thrni. Albert Ayers and Teller Shepperd
were kept under the muzzles of Emmet Pal
ton's revolvers, while Bob Dalton forced
Cashier Ayers to strip th safe vault and
cash drawers of all the money contained iu
them and place it in a sack which bad been
brought along for that purpose.
rearing to leave thera behind lest they
should give the alarm before the bandits
shonld be able to mount their horses and
f senpe, the desperadoes marched the officers
of the bank cut of the door with the inten
tion cf keeping them under guard while
they made their efcape. The party made
its appearance at the door of the bank just
as Liveryman (-'peers and his companions of
the Marshal's posse took their position in
the square. When the Dalton brothers saw
the armed men in the square they appreciat
ed their peril on the instant, and leaving the
bank's officers on the steps of the bank
building ran for their horses.
As soon as they reached the sidewalk
Spear's ri fie quickly came to position. An
instant later it spoke and Bob Dalt n, the
notorious leader of the notorious gang, fell
dead in bis tracks. There was not a quiver
of a muscle after be fell. The bullet had
struck him in the right temple and plough
ed through bis brain and passed out just
above the left eye.
THE BATTLE IX THE QUAES.
Emmet Dalton had the start of bis broth
er, and before Spears could draw a bead on
bim he bad dodged behind a corner of the
bmk and was making time in the direction
of the alley where the bandits had tie! their
horses.
The shot which dropped Bob Dalton
aroused "Texas Jack's" band in Cogden's
bank, who were patiently waiting for the
time-lock of the safe to be sprung with the
hoar of 10. ilanning to the windows of the
bank they saw their leader prostrate on the
ground. Raising their rifles to their shoul
ders they fired one volley out of the win
dows. Two men fell at the volley. Cashier
Ayers Wl on the steps of his bank, shot
through the groin. Shoemaker Brown, of
ths attacking lrty in the square, was shot
through the body. He was quickly remov
ed to his shep, but died just as he was car
ried within.
The firing attracted the attention of Mar
shal Connelly, who was collec ting more men
for his poase, and with the few which he
had already gathered ran hurriedly to the
scene of the conflict. After firing their vol
ley from the windows of the bank the ban
dits, appreciating that theirouly safety lay
in flight, attempted to escape. They ran
from the door oflhe bank, firing as they
fled. The Marshal's posse in the square,
without organization of any kind, fired at
the fleeing bandits, each man for himself.
Spear's trusty A'inchester spoke twice more
in quick succession before the others of the
posse could take aim and Joec-ph Evans and
"Texas Jack" fell dead, both shot through
the head, making three dead bandits to his
credit
OSLT OSE ESCAPED.
In the general fusillade Grant Dalton, one
of the two surviving members of "Texas
Jack's" squad, Murrha! Connelly and George
Cubine and D. M. Baldwin, one of c"ngJe-'s
clerks, were mortally hit and died on the
field. Allie Oge. the only survivor of the
band, succeeded in escaping to the alley
where the horses were tied and mounting
the swiftest horse of the lot fled south in the
direction of Indian Territory.
Emmet Dalton, who had escaped from the
First National Bar.k. had already reached
the alley in safety, but he had some trouble
in getting mounted, and Allie Oee had al
ready niade his esca;e before Emmet got
fair'y started. Several of the posse, antici
pating that horses would be rtei'iired, were
already mounted and quickly pursued the
escaping bandits. Emmet Palton's horse
was no match for the fresher animals of his
pursuers. As his pursuers closed oa him he
turned suddenly iu his saddle and fired up
on his would-be cep'.ors. The latter answer
ed with a volley anj Emmet tcppled from
his horse hard hit.
He was brought back to town. Allie Ogee
had about ten minutes' start of his pursuers
and was mounted on a 3 a iff horse. He has
not yet been captured.
THE MOSEV KECOVEP.n.
After the hattie was over search wa3 made
for the money which the bandits had secur
ed from the two banks. It was found iu the
sacks where it had been plaord by the rob
bers. One sack was found under the body
of Bob Dalton, who had faiieti dead upon it
while he was e.sca!.lr g from the First Na
tional Bank. Theo'iu-rwas foui'i tightly
clenched in 'Texas Jack's" I. and. The mon
ey was restored to its rightful owneis.
Sketch of the Daltons.
The Paitons were a min.ercus funiily,
There were five boys and three gi rls. Of the
boys two areeng!!'?.! in farming, one in
Oklahoma, where tlie mother of She family
lives, and one n?ar C iT-yviile, where tiire
brotheis met their diath to-J.iy. Tlie Dalt
ons were Second cousins of ti.e t' Hed James
boys, who defied the law in Missouri for so
many yarn and through them were related
to the Youngers, who are n w serving life
terms of imprisonment in the Penitentiary
cf Minnesota.
R..b Dalton was the fir of the bovs to
enter upon a career of crime. -While he wis
scarcely more than a boy he i-.ee.em3 a cattle
thief and did a thriving business driving eff
cattle from the herds on the Cherokee strip
and taking them across Indian Te-r!icry iu
to Colorado, where he would sell the m. H
was joined soou afier he entered thebusiness
by his brother, Gratton Dalton.
Their depredations in too Territory have
been too numerous to chrouic'.e in detail,
Train after train had been held up by them,
and frequently they have beta almost with
in the clutches of the officers of the law.
They have been the subjects of long and dil
igent quests by Cnited Slates Marshals and
their deputies. Sheriffs of counties and city
marsha.s of apirins towns. Oa mure 1,1 in
one occasion before to-day pitched battles t
twfen them and their pursuers have occur
red, tut neverin thec-pen. The Palh.r.s have
heretofore always outgeneraled their ene
mies, selected tha battlefield, furtifi.ij them
selves and forced the fighting.
The affair of Ju'y 1 1 at Adair, I. T., wh'ch
was the last great affair in which the Dalt
ons were engaged, was charactcrisiic of the
Dalton boys' methods. When j -asi-eng.
train No. 2 on the Missouri, Kanjs and
Texas was a few miles from Adair two men
crawled to the engine and ordt red the en
gineer to 3'.op. As the train cam to a stand
still several confed-rate emerged from the
darkness and a lively fi;-i!a-le ensue!. The
express messenger finally f' e in and open
ed the door cf the express car. The safe was
quickly blown open and from $.,ij to
i'j.&.i) in booty secured. On July 27 the
bank at EI Rno, Oklahoma, was euttred
and robbed of about J lO X) by two tien,
who are Eupxed to have been meml?rs of
the Dalton gang. The robbers were quickly
pursued by a large mounted pekse, but got
away.
A Great Deal of Ballot-Box Stuffing
and Bribery In Georgia.
Atl5ta, Ga., Oct, 8. Suite Chairman
Irwin, of the People's party, says there was
a great deal of ballot-box stuffing in the re
cent election ; that in Stock dale couuty the
Democrats ofL-red $10 for negro votes ; that
laboring men wp.-e told that they would be
discharged if they vo'ed for the People s
party, and that the railroiD give the sims
no'ice to their employes.
"We shall fiht right on thr iugbt the presi
dential and congressional elections in No-
rnNrr," he siid to-day. "And then we ex
pect to make a far better showing. We wiil
have Unitj-J States mirjin'.i at ih! polls in
Nvember who will pro.eH the balloting.
Taere are miiiy of our pjople who are Demo
cra'ic in state matteM and for the People's
party in national politics."
Mic Ate uto Hts Fortune.
Km istos, N. Y, ot, S Elward Kelly,
an agd fariaer living near GHtUn's Crncrs,
is known in the neighborhood as sni'w!iat
of a m-jer. II ; pla-vs no faith iu banl;s or
securities except gre-nhscks. Sjtne tinn
a.o he sold a tract of land for a large sore of
money, which he ad 1-1 to his accumulated
hoard, uiikin- iu all near'y $10,010.
This week he had occasion to examine
his treasure, which he kept secreted in an
old bot box cnncealeJ among a quantity of
newspapers. He was surprised to find that
some mice had entirely destroyed his for
tune in preparing for them-ielves winter
quarters. Not a piece of the money was
left large enough for identification. The
old man raved like a maniac when he
discovered his loss.
Geo. W. Delamater Guilty.
The jury in the embezzimtnt cases against
the Delamaters returned a verdict Thursday
morniagofgniltyaUo Hon. Goorge Walla -a
D.lamiler, and not guilty as to the other de-
'ei lints. The jary stood tea for conviction
aa.I two for acq uttai npn the first ballot
Thurslay night Mr. DJamiter received
ths verdict without flinching. The defense
ill a;tly for a new trial, and will aho
q le.ti ja the legality of the ait of 1SS'. The
defendant was a State Senator for many
years, and the Republican candidate for
Governor in lst0, when he was defeated bv
Robert E. Pattison, the present inenmbeat.
The embezzlement cha.-Ksa were the out
growth of the failure of the Delarna'er bank
ing company at Mcadeville, Pa., in December
1SJ0.
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Lias attended o-ir efforts in P1
seasons and w e sliall spare no ef
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Countj to buver? of
DRY 600DS, SQTIGHS,
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AND
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YVealso have an elegant li".e of
Press Trimmings at special low
prices. See our beautiful line of
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Our Notion Department
is overflown with all the
Latest Novelties of the season.
Our Domestic Department
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Bargains in Flannels, Muslin, Sheet
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Canton Flannels, etc.
A handsome line of dark Coc'icoo
Calicoes at 5c., Indigo Blue Cali
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0urLa.Jie3'and Children's
Cloak Department
full up of New Goods ia all the new
and desirable stvles cf the season.
A full line of
BLANKETS, SHAWLS,
Skirts, Table Covers at ex
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A new line of
Carpels,- Ms Oil His,
Jte Oil (M
Yool and Cotton carpet chain, Bating-!,
etc.
This being a new department we
will oTcr special inducements in
new stylos, at prices that can't be
compared, and can only bo bad at
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BLACK AUSTER Mrs prize at Lancas
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PARMfl wa the prli-e at the Rival Mn
OAll IIL Chester ar.-i Live ..) 11,,. sk.it.
in list, when he was ouiy two years oil.
OilPPn RoCC nm r rrran. came In .11
YUGGII UCOO reel I ae frota the it under
fill mare N.n;ariel who trotted t'O miles hil' hed
to a ran. SnclnKiild .vmile in I hour at.d 5s
miniiies, after st. .. Kini .!'. in.iiin. s he ir..n. .l
4o miies within four hours nn.i riiiishc-1 the lno
niles in ) hours. Hi minute and IT sceoad. and
showed ntsymploi.n of fetieue : ate a ievl ii-i-inetliu-!y
iiK!i 'iui? to the stahle. an r which
sue wa:ked 7 uillos to here alio was Itt'.l.
T.ie HvlnMlIirfn am Terr mmirit'.u r,r
their geuiieue.-s, speed aad eudarancc
Pafrnn l now owned bv Hon. a. II
Vai IllUi'iiStmh. of Smi.-1-vet ! .. .1
will he for the wtxiu under the ern jn.i
01 the uuicrsiqiiol,
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SOMERiKT, fA.
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Pic-nie Mugs, Planished Tin, oc
Pic-nic Knives and Forks, 8c.
Tic-nic Spoons, per dozen, 10c.
Pic-nic Folding Cups, Oc.
Pic-nic Lemon Squeezers, 9c.
Pic nic Baskets, 2.oej
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We have in stock and sell very low, Kitchen ware and ft; -of
ail kinds.
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TINGS and SEWER
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We have alo put in a nice stock of Paints, Oils, Varnishes
Colors of best make. Ready mixed paint from one pint can
received a car load of Drain Tile very cheap for farm urain i.".
Paul A. Sohell,
SOMERSET, PA.
S-- B- Agent for Domestic Sewing Machine.
OUR MAMMOTH STORE
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OUR DRV b "'UDSand NOTION DEPARTMENT is f-.
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W ith our increased facilities fur handling goods, we are
pared to meet the wants of the general public, with evcrvthin-' 1
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Where will be found n
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