The Somerset Herald EDWARD SCX'LL, EJilor nl Proprietor. WEI'KErDAV A'51-"1 9i REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Election, Tuesday, November 7lh. TOP. AX'IATE JUDGE. D j. "f Somerset Bcmaifh. FOR SHERIFF. EDWARD DO 'VER. of Eer!:a Broiigii. FOR I'KOTHONoTABY, F r EAVLOE. of Suaenrt Borouph 'f&E KfctilSTEK AND RECORDER, JACOB S. MILLER, of Qumalior.ing Tp. FOR TREASURER, E- E. PUSH, of SmeM Tup. F'R COMMISSIONERS, S. I". 6HOBKK. of Asritrset Tp. HENRY F. .HARNETT of mi m-lTwp. FOR PO.R DIRECTOR, JACOB Mi :UE'.oR,"f .ale Twp. FoK AIMTOKS. SAMUEL C. FOX. of S..Jnwt Twp. WILLIAM W. BAKER, of BumcrwtTwD. (ni.rj iJ ic session and the i ouutry Las ite ear at the tele phone h-s-h. The Republican party couid win hands down if a new election was to be held to-morrow. Sin e the pasij,'e of the so-called Eiand silver law there has been coined GS'.y.Ot;, 74 tiiver dollars Tat friends of tx-I'resiJent Harrison in Indiana are orpaniiing for the purpose of makiEg him the coruinee in IS'."!. The country is short of money ; the Administration is Bhort of confidence, and laboring men are short of work. Pot any one believe if the lU-publi-can party had remained in power that the present calamitous times would have been broc-ht upn the country? iX handri-d thousand wen, mill hands and others in New York and the New Euplaiid states, are now out of emi.ley tuei.t.and we are only on the threshold of our troubieF. The farmers ia our neighboring county of Ihmtingdi.n are pilfering from a piayue of pr.irs!icji.ers. Countless snarms of them are destroying every prnwing thinirin their path. Wl have Cleveland and a JVmocratic Cuiifjr. s.-, which i.as just assembled. N.iw let us have that "dollar wheat"and the " cheap break fsit table" that was promised the lalmriiie man. We are not hearing from onr Demo cratic brt-thren so uioch abo-it the taxes on "the poor man's little dinner pail" .s we did a year j;;a. The poor man is t.ut of ok, and the little pail is empty. Isi.v a year since the I Vmoirary was how linj; for '"a t hance." Now they have i t ... .... i It, na liiUItllU'les uo vnni mrm are piteonjly frying for a little change wherewith to supiort themselves and families. We have not heard lately that Demo cratic refrain so popular a yearagi : " (.rover ! i.Tcver I Your more years of G rover '. In r go, nit tl.ey go, Tbeu t 11 be in clover." The Ja.ly failure of banks in the S uth and West is an object lesson, show ing the public the inevitable result that would follow the Ieniocraiic demand for the rejieal of the Slate bank tax. The country would be llxided with the wil.l-c-at notes of these rotten institutions. The Grand Army l'ostin Koine. Ohio, a few days since, burned Hoke Smith in etlipy f.r taking away the j-ensiou of on old soldier who was dependent upon it for a living. Numerous other Posts throughout the country have adopted resolutions denouncing Hoke for the war he is makine on the jiensioners. Not ai! the silver that lies in the moun ains of this country, if coined and dumped into our money market, conld compensate the American people for the present condition of our industries, nor relieve the Administration, now in pow er, from its responsibility for the demor alization and prostration of business. The government now has in its vaults $130,000,000 ounces of fine silver, which cost f llS.rxiO.OOO. It would take five years tocoin this into silver dollars with the present capacity of the government mints, and vet some of oi.r Statesmen in sist that we should go on buying and sta king up all the silver that can be dug out cf the earth. A i.eaicx j Cleveland organ plaintive ly cries, "This is a time fr patriotism," and another declares " The crisis de mands that partisanship be laid aside in considering the financial question." IVarly beloved, you should have address ed your plaints to the Chicago Conven tion. To "lock tiie stable door afier the horse has been stolen" is admitted a world-wide folly. With manufactories all over the coun try shu'ting down, railway and other corporations reducing their pay roll", bants susend;ng and compelled to re fuse loans, business failures a daily oc currence, and tens of thousands of work men being thrown out of employment, intelligent toilers are beginning to real ise that the "change"' for w hich so many of them voted has reallv come. The country demands that this shall te a business Congress, and the sooner it buckles down to business the better it will be for ti e future of its members. The iitiancii.1 question should be taken hold of in earnest and disposed of at an early day. The people w ant to be reliev ed from the uncertainties of the present, They are not in the mood to be put off ly long w imied speecnes, but demand action! action! Ix riKEv, the Commissioner of Ten sions, tries to evade responsibility for uronping from the rolls old and destitute pensioners by alleging that he is only en forcing the plain letter cf the pension laws passed by Republican Congresses, and that Republicans ron the boards which sustain his action. Too thin! too thin, Mr. Ihren! You appoint the loards, give them instructions, according to yonr view s of the law, and ail they can do is to obev orders. At the caucus of IVmcoratic Congress men held at Washington on Saturday night, Speaker Crisp and Clerk Kerr were unanimously re-nominated, there leing no other candidates. Yoder, of Ohio, w as knocked out for Sergeant at Arms by Snow of Illinois, and A. B. Hurt, of Tennessee, w as nominated for Door keeper. W ith Crisp an Speaker appoint ing all the Committees, and Hurt con trolling about one hundred subordinate appointments, the Stuth has as usual tauged the patronage and will conlror (lot only the legislation but all the spoils. I One of the crowning glories of the Re publican party is the fact that nnder its rule there has alw as been work at good wage fT all who were willing to work. Now, w ith ocly Cve months of lui oc rat io rule, multitude of men have been forced into idleness, public charity is be ing taxed to feed the unemployed, and in the city of Denver and other western tow ns soup houses have been established and rations hsve been issued to keep from actual starvation the men thrown out of employment. Kuforeed idleness and lack of food is driving men to crime, and tramps are leginning to infest ill parts of the country. The Republican Congressional caucus went throtgh the motions of nominating candidates for ollicers of the House, on Saturday evening last. Asa matter of course, ex-Speaker Reed and other olii cersof the House in the olst Congress were unanimously placed in nomination. Mr. Reed's nomination was made by ac clamation, and after prolonged cheering Mr. Reed responded in one of hischarae teristie speeches : Four months eko, he said, they had left Congress and returned to their homes, with the country in a prosperous condition. All the mills were running, the spindles play ing, furnaces roaring, labor employed every where, and the people happy. " Now,"' he continued, "we are called back to find an extraordinary business depression, distrust in ail circles and ageueral demoraiizilion of the itr.aiices of the country, a condition pre cipitated by Democratic failure to legislate. In thiiftmergency the Democrats call npon the Republicans to by aside all partisan ship, forget anything that has been done in the past and join with the Democrats to get them out of their present trouble' There.waa no attempt on the part of Mr. Reed to outline a party policy, and be clow-d by saying the Republican party would te found discharging its duty in a way to fit in with the broad measure of its pabt record, and it could be a?Ved 1 1 do no more. Congress convened on Monday at noon. The House was organized by the election of the nominees of the Demo cratic caucus held on Saturday evening. After the administration of the oath of othce to the newly elected otllcers and tnem!ers, the usual committee to act in conjunction with a similar Senate com mittee to inform the President that both houses w ere ready for busineas was ap pointed and later in the day reported that the President would, on to-morrow (Tuesday), send in his message in writ ing. An adjournment was then had un til Tuesday. The Senate having organ ized on 4th of March last, was ready for business at once, and the death of Sena tor Sanford.of California, being announc ed, the customary adjournment for a day was taken. Democracy ana Disaster. From Uie 0wepo Tiiae. There were 557 failures last week, ex clusive of banks. When Democracy gets on top everything under it suders. Pledge and Fulfillment. Fruto the I'tica H rM, Promise "Cleveland and 1.25 wheat." Performance, July 1 Sir, Cleveland and fiO.ooJ wheat. That Dollar Wheat. From the Koobe-ttr I'emocrut n'l Clirjak'.e. If you see a former standing i:i a field kicking himself it is not necessary to ak what is the matter. lie voted the IX'in ocralic ticket last fall. A Financial Organ's View. From the New York Financier. Uncertainty about prospective values in manufactured articles has done more to paralyze the indastrits of the United Slates than any uncertainty about silver legislation. He Must Rely On Republicans. From the portiatnl On rmiar. A Democratic President will be com pelled to rely on Republican votes in Senate and House to carry out the policy he w ill recommend to Congress at the special session he has called. Mistaken. From the Lawrence Journal. It has been less than a year 6ince the Democratic hosts assnred the country that we would all be in clover when Cleveland went in. The Democratic hosts evidently mistook the bramble thicket for a clover field. The Country Should Ba Inform ed From the Rochester Iwmocrat and Chronicle, If protection is not to 1 destroyed no tice to that effect should be given from Washington. The country is in a state of direful doubt and uncertainty. It knows nothing of the conditions that will gov ern business affairs six months hence. This ignorance, together with a fear that the doctrines proclaimed at Chicago may be enforced, is responsible for nine-tenths of the present disorder and depression. The Republican Party. M.. J. Fileii Foster. The Republican arty is the party of action ; its breath is progress ; its speech is the language of the w orld ; its dialect is the rhtteric of the home and the farm and the shop ; its shibboleths might be written on the white wails of any church ; it studies political conditions, w eighs popular sentiment and seizes the earliest hour to crystallize that sentiment into w ise legislation. Its heroic constit uencies are the thinking, moving, vital elements of American life. Too Cheap. Froin the New York Frew. To obtain cheapness for commodities is tLe first and last purpose of the British poli cy cf free trade which has been forced npon this country. To reach this end British ag riculture has been deliberately sacrificed by the rulers of Entlaud. To achieve this re ult British cottons often have been loaded with o0 per cent, of adulterants, and British shoddy mills have maltiplitd in number. That coinmoJities might be cheapened in the United States many Americans went to the polls in November last and voted to overthrow that system of protection to home injustry nnder which the workman earned vastiy higher wagts with which to purchase the slightly dearer coat. The result longed for by Ieroot.ratic voters and promised by Democratic journal? and politicians has been speedily secured. Before Mr. Cleveland had been in office a month the era of cheapness had betin. Woul is cheap beyond precedent because of the certainty that the duties w ill be re moved. But the misguided manufacturer who longed for free w ool and cheap wool has stopped bis machinery or is running it on part time. Cotton is so cheap that th planter must give ten bairn to pay a debt w hicb a few years ago he could have paid with rive bales; but the cotton mi Is are closing their doors and the market ia choked with cheap cotton goods. Never waa iron ore so cheap as at this moment, and never was iron worth so little money ; but not a pick is struck in the ore mines of Like Su perior; furnaces bave gone out of blast in all part of the country, and the mills are (hut ting down, because they cannot sell their product. During this week wheat touched lower figures thaa any recorded in history ; but, in the n)4uufjcturi:ig towns, idle men (wtrm in ti e sircta waiting fur a chance to buy bread, fiiiveria cheaper to-day than it hat been siuce the time of Abraham; but the mines are ch sed, hordes of miners are pressing Eastward in search of work and in ail the silver country paralysis has befallen business. Cheapness without parallel has been gain ed by the mere menace on"ered to home In dustry by the success of the Democratic party; but more than one hundred banks have suspended since the accession of that party to power intlicted cheapness npon the country. The number of coinoi rcial fail urts has doubled since March 4, in compari son with tbi corresponding period last year, and a nation which was at the top notch of prosperity on year airo fcas been plunged into a condition of severe depression. Cheap ness has come, but with it also bave come the compulsory idleness of thousand of men, the cessation of wage payments to great masses of consumers, the stagnation of fade and the substiiut-on of apprehension, consternation and dismay for the buoyancy, cheerfulness and energetic movement of one year ago. The nation is having an object lesson from which it may learn by bitter experience the nature of the benefits that are oftered by the cheapening of prices. Those benefits come solely to a few persons who are not produ cers of wealth. To the men who create wealth, and w ho give vital power to all the progressive forces of the country. theYuatter of first importance ia tbat the producershall obtain a lair return for his effort, whether he be wage earner, capitalist or farmer ; and to accomplish this he must have protection from conijietition wilh foreigners who make cheapness tlieir god, sacrificing to it the in terests of the men who toil in the mill and in tte field. It w ill be well to consider what if the mere threat of economic revo lution toward cheapness has thus filled t.'ie laud with disaster and rtlin will be the probable consequences to the nation of an attempt to embody that threat in anti-tarilT legislation. McKlnley on Hard Times. New York, Aug. 7. Gov. McKinley, of Ohio, writes in to-day's Prcst as follows : "We have nothing to fear but ourselves. We have everything that we had last year except confidence and prosperity. WLat wa bave this year that we did not have last yetr is the new management which the people last November put in charge of the government a management pledged by every party obligation to the abandonment of a protective tarifl. The business people of this country, believing that the Democrats will keep their solemn pledges, are forced to prepare for the change. Sensitive capital and business, assured the storm is to come, try to get out of it and under shelter. If the new political management dots not mean to carry out the policy promised, and I sincere ly hoeit does not, good conscience and good morals demand that it allay the universal alarm by promptly announcing that it has abandoned it. "The charge from protection to a tariif for revenue only is so great, so sweeping, tbat every thoughtful roan knows it will be followed by a revolution in values and wages of labor. To make the changeata time like this would be a great calamity. It should be the aim of every one to bring the country back to the prosperity it so re cently lost. " Politics should not be permitted to deter any of us from jH-rfurming a plain duty. The iKiliiics which interfere with the return of good times should be reformed. Our country first is the true American sentiment. All should j 'tin in a patrioticetfort to restore confidence, give steadiness and integrity to our finances, employment to our millions of workmen and the country an opportunity for its grtatest development. The congress assembling to-day has a rare opportunity to serve its country and its countrymen." Farmers Fifcht To Death. Ntw.vac, O., Aug 5. The Smith farm, near Chatham, was the scene to-day of a shooting allair, which resulted in the instant death of one of the participants and the wounding of three others, one prubably fatally. Washington Smith, the owner of the farm, has a son-in-law, William Howell who tad planted sortie wheat oa the Smith farm on shares. There had previously been fomehjtter words in regard to the division of tl is wheat, and Howe 1 had been wanted by Smith not to attempt to thrash it. This morning Howell and his son Edward, accompanied by a number of machine bands, made their appearance on the field. They were met by old man Smith and his two sons. Asa and Charley. Without the in terchange of words, Asa opened fire on the Howells with a revolver. The attacked rty replied with shooters. After a number ofshots had been exchanged, Asa Smith fell to the ground killed, and Charley fell with a bullet through his lungs. Washington Smith, who took no part in the battle, was wounded in the hip by a stray bullet and William Howell was shot in the knee. Attacked By an Eagle. Toledo. Ang. 7. The only golden eagle evtr seen in this part of the country is a captive at the residence of Joseph Maynes in this city. Yesterday morning Mr. Haynes, with Peter Banjuin, went frog fishing in the marshes along the Ottowa river. Maynes got after a monster frog. He was about to get it when a monstrous eagle swooped down npon him. It seized him between the shoul der blades, its sharp talons piercing through his oveicoat and undercoat and cutting inlo the llesb. The bird beat its wings and lifted Maynes from his feet. Maynes weighs 131 pounds, so the burden seemed too great f. r the bird, ar.d while attempting the third time to get Maynes into the air it was struck on the head Ly the latter with his frog Fpear. He got one arm around the bird's neck and pounded it on the bead with his club. Itar quin kicked it into insensibility. While it was in this condition a rope was procured and tbe bird was tied to a tree. It measures 7 feet 0 inches across the witigs, weighs 35 pounds and stands 3 feet 2 inches. Feeding Wheat to Hogs. Fostowa, O , Ang. 1. A large number of farmers in this vicinity are feeding their wheat to bogs, rather than sell it at the low prices now ruling. Hogs are quoted at from to to t7 a hundred, according to grade, and it is estimated that a bushel of wheat prop erly ground and prepare and fed with a lit tle other feed to give variety, will put from fifteen to twenty pounds of flesh on a healthy hog. This being the case the farm er can easily realize a dollar a bushel for his wheat and save the trouble of hauling it to market. In one case just west of here a farmer turned lo0 head of hogs into his wl-.eat field, not even taking (he trouble to harvest it, and it is said the pirkers are do ing fine on their new provender. A Robber In Prayer Meeting. CorN !L Bu ffs. August 2 Tbe newest thing in the robbery line occurred here last night. An unknown man walked into a prayer meeting and drawing a revolver or dered tbe entire congregation to throw np tbeir hands. Charles (Jotf, who was praying at the time, promptly rose to his feet and grappled witli the would-be-robber. In the tussle which followed the revolver was discharged, but the ball fortunately struck a tru worn by Goff and was deflect ed. Tbe robber then fled. A panic prevail ed among the female portion of the congre gation during tbe struggle, but no one was injured. Ehot For Stealing Food. Kast Liverpool, O., Aug. 5. While rob bing a potato patch near Brilliant, this county, last night, John McDonnal and Charles Just is were wounded, the latter fatal'y, by Lewis Dower, the owner of the place. For some ti me farmers and gardeners in and around Brilliant bave been annoyed by petty thieves, and Dower concluded to put a stop to it. He loaded his gnn with bird abot, and when Justia and McDonnal appeared last night pened fins npon them. The wounded men are employes of the Bril liant Mill, out of employment, and needed tbe potatoes tor their starving families. New Items. It is calculated in New York tbat fc'W.ooo, 000 of gold is coming this y from Kng Und to America. The imprisonment clause of tbe Geary act is declared unconstitutional by Federal Judge Ross, of California. Already 100, people have flerf from Na ples to escape cholera. Tha official reports of tbe deaths are far below the real figures. Within a month there were bJO deaths throughout Frrooe from cholera. 81 nee tbe middle of May there have been ol deaths in Marseilles. Inheritance of a fTo.'MI estate from her father, Patrick Bretinan, of Kansas City, in duced Sister Frances Antoinette to leave the convent forever. Death descended like a flash upon a party of nine pleasure seekers who were yachting on Lake George, N. Y-, Friday night. Sev en of the drowned were women. A money belt worn by John Beverly, a negro, saved his life Friday when John Johnson, of Harrisburg, shut him for admir ing Mrs. Johnson. Knocking down her sister, Mrs. Thomas O'Neill, because she interfered in cooking, Mrs. Allen Tierney, of Bridgeport, Conn., poured scalding water on her, causing critic al injuries. Five men were killed and four badly hurt by the explosion of tbe boiler of a farm en gine, near Newark, Ohio, Monday night. A strawstack was fired and the bodies of tbe dead horribly burned. Low water caused the explosion. Ex-Vice President Levi P. Morton's im mense new barn at Eilerlee, N. Y., chicken bouse and outbuildings, together with cue hundred head of Jersey cattle and all farm horses, were destroyed by fire Vednesday morning. Loss, $JiJJ,0uO. Queen Victoria has now passed the record of Henry III, w ho ruled M years and 29 days, and has reigned longer th an any Eng lish sovereign save George HI, who ruied from October 2o, 1700, to January 20, 1S;0, a period of 59 years and 97 days. The grand jury at Memphis, Tenn., has indicted Sheriff McLendon, Deputy Sheriff J. A. Perkins, Jailor Harold and Police Cap tains Chaver and Hackett for failing to do their duty in permitting Lee Walker to be taken from the jail and lynched and burt.ul two weeks ago. Several of the members of the mob were alsi indicted. Even the prisons have not escaped the bt s iness depression. Orders were issued at the Western Penitentiary at Pittsburg, Friuaj', to the effect tbat owing to the general dull ness and scarcity of orders all the factories in the prison would work only hall time af ter that day. Brooms, mats, stockings and chains are tbe principal products. Judge Stein, in the Superior Court at Chi cago, baa decided that the World's Fair di rectors and officers, who bad been directly resjiocsible for closing the Exposition on Sunday, July 23i, had violated tbe order of tbe court, and were in contempt. He fined five of tbe directors $lw0 each, another $100, and the Director General f.'oO. An appeal was taken. William Ploughtield, a farmer of Birds boro. Berks county, discovered two tramcs in his potato patch Sunday night. He at tacked them, and after a fierce fight he was stabbed to death. John Pioughfield, his brother, rushed to the rescue, but was cu t by one of the tramps and stabbed nine times. He may recover, but his wounds are deep and in dangerous places. The murder ous thieves escaped. Secretary EJge, of the state board of agri culture, says the average acre of Pennsylva nia wheat will this year give about 7o0 pounds of grain, while the average acre of hay will not give more than twice ttut weight. He advises farmers to feed their wheat at its present price. Mr. Edge says that if the present dry weather continues they must feed something in addition to pas ture, in fact in many parts of the state they are already feeding hay. It l:a just leaked out from the archives of the Pension Bureau tbat Deputy Commis sioner Bell, who baa made numerous public statements, severely condemning the disabil ity itisions of Judge Long and others, was himself in the same boat with tbe pensioners who are now hauled up for his sciutir.y. Up to the 31st of May last be drew a disability pension of $12 a mouth for " loss of teeth, indigestion and heart disease," alleged to be the result of his military service. Thinking a bed was safer than a savings institution, Mrs. Catharine McConne.ll, of Pittsburgh, drew $1,CK out of the bank Monday and hid it in tbe mattress. She was greatly prostrated Thursday when she dis covered that the money bad been stolen dur ing tbe night. It was the proceeds of the sale of her candy store. Mrs. McCounell is seventy years of age. There is no doubt tbat thieves loaf around banks in such times as these, and follow distrustful depositors home, by so doina being enabled to tell where they conceal their money which they are afraid to trust to tbe banks. Thieves Bleed a County. A dispatch from Wichita, Kan., says : The arrest of George H. Sherley, of t nis city, and C. W. Rogers, of Newton, J:as tolved the four-months mystery of tbe destruction of the public records of Harvey county, which threw the people almost into a frenzy. The crime was perpetrated March 1, the vaults of tbe Register of Deeds being broken into, and the entire records of property in the county burned. Detectives bave been at work ever sir.ce, but not until Monday were Sherley and Rogers arrested, wiih evidence sufficient, it is awerled, to convict them be yond a doubt. It is said tbat they bave evi dence that these men not only planned the arson, but psida man $o00 for doiug it. Tbey bad a mortgage on tbe only set of abstraot books in Harvey county. Soon af ter the burning of the records they foreclos ed tbe mortgage and took tbe books. Tbe citizens were wild with excitement, for noth ing was lefrto show who owned either prop erty or mortgages, and every man or wom an who wanted to convey a piece of proper ty was compelled ro pay $!0 for every trans fer to Sherley and Rogers. As there are oftentimes 20 transfers in one contract, tbe cost would sometimes reach as high as $200. This extortion caused so much excitement that the County Commiss ioners offered fabulous prices fur the books of Sherley and Rogers. The latter finally offered the books for $20,000, which the Commissioners were on the eve of accepting when tbe atresia were made. The' feeling against the men is intense, and the men will be closely guarded to avert the vengeance of tbe people. Crisp And Reed. Washisgtox, Aug. 9. Tbe Democratic caucus on Saturday evening nominated Mr. Cricp for Speaker by acclamation. There were no other candidates. Mr. Crisp responded in a rpeech in which he reminded his bearers that for the first time in 30 years the Democratic party was in full power, and was expected to exercise that power on the people's behalf. Mr. Kerr, of Pennsylvania, was also re nominated by acclamation for the office of clerk of the House. For sergeant-at arms Mr. Snow, of Illinois, defeated Mr. Yoder, of Ohio, by a vote of 96 to 95. The Republican caucus unanimously put forward as candidate for Speaker Thomas B. Reed, of Maine. Sona of Siamese Twins. Rahuiu, N. C, Aug., 5. Two perfectly formed and intelligent young white men who reside in Surry C'onnty are l)c of tbe once famous 8iamese twins, Chscgand Eng, who were joined at the sides by a large piece of flesh. Tbe twins, after retiring from the show business, married and settled in Surry Cunty. Their fauns adjointd and they would spend one nigbt at tbe house of Eng and the next wilh the family ' 0f Chang. Oneof their sous was a delegate to the Republican State Convention in this city lkst September. flEIILOETIRE. Frank Willing Leach to Give Up the Eepullican State Com mittee Secretaryship. His Health Completely liroken Down hy Overwork in tho Party's Service. !! Hai Mat SI ad Had an Interval ina; Carver and Natlunfol Polities, and II a a Keputtiua aa a Clever Tacli elan and a Skillful Organlzar. Frank Willing Learb. who since 1?S3 haa been secretary of the Republican state committee, ha determined to be relieved of the responsibilities of that position. It has announced that owing to the con li tion of his health he will not be a candi date for re-election to the secretaryship nnder any circumstances. The retirement of Mr. Leach from this important role will be felt bv tbe Republican organization throughout the state. He has long been ia touch wilh the active party men in every county in the commonwealth, and much of the responsibility of the direc tion of party affairs bus fallen upon his shoulders. Upon the advice of bis phvsician Mr. Leach has (roue to the mountains. Natu rally of a nervous temperament, he has succumbed to tbe strain upon his overtaxed, fry vr rr.ASK WILLING LEACrf. system. He attempted more than he was physically able to endure. He has not been in good health since he broke down in the Campaign of 1V.1. During this canvass ha not only satisfactorily filled tbe position of real estate deputy to the sheriff of Philadelphia, but, besides per forming the exacting work of the secre taryship of the Republican state commit tee, he acted as assistant, secretary of the Republican national committee. Fre quently be was in his office until long after midnight engaged with a stenographer on correspondence covering every state in the union. Owing to the condition of his health Mr. Iach wanted to retire hist year. General Keeiler was unwilling to accept the chairmHiisiiip, however, nuless Mr. Leach became bis chief of staff. Reecier'a SplenJlii Tribute. "I recognize in Mr. Ix ach one particu larly well qtinlinfcd for the position," General Reedcr in announcing his appoint ment. "In fact," he added, "1 do not know another man in the whole state who is as well fitted to look after tbe import ant detail work of the secretaryship. He has had loin? experience in this particular field, and I bave a very hih opinion of his ability and aptitude for tbe trying and re sponsible duties of the jMiHitiou." Many of the most influential Republican newspapers in the state gave llutteriti editoral commendation of Mr. Leach's party services in approving bis reappoint ment to tlie secretarysliip at that time. The last campaign was particularly trying upon Secretary l.eicli, owing to the addi tional work incident to the introduction of the new ballot law. Where Ietail Work Counted. While Mr. Iach has been secretary cf the state committee since 1S.S5, part of that time he was not actively engaged on the routine duties of that ofiice. Although still holding the position of secretary dur ing the stale camjiaigns of ISM alld isyo. Mr. leach was devoting nearly alt hi time to the work of assistant secretary ot, the Republican national committee. Ia the Delamater campaign, but a month before the electioii.be returned to Phila delphia, and at bis suggestion tbe city committee, of which he was a member, organized a special canvass of the Third Congressional district, with Mr. Lesch as chairman of the committee in charge of the party organization. The Republican forces made a masterly battle and re duceckthe Democratic majority in this dis trict by about U.nuo votes. Perilun Work in the Sooth. In the national campaign of 1SSS Chair man Quay assigned Mr. Leach to an im portant and perilous canvass of North Carolina. Mr. Leach took entire charge ot the Republican campaign in tbat state. He made an effective still hunt. His mis sion was oniy discovered a few days before the ehx-tton. Although bis life was threat ened be held his ground until the close of toe polls. He perfected an organization such its had never been known in any southern state !efore. Mr. Leach bad the satisfaction of knowing tli.it. thouc.li the stale was lost, three Uepublicau congress men were elected, which really saved the house of the Fifty-first congress to the Re publican (uirty, f ir. despite the Democratic wholesale count jnn in tactics the Repub licans secured the house by a majorit y of three. Chairman Eaves, tit tbe North Carolina Republican srnte committee, in a cordial letter a suted -Mr. I ich that with out his help be doubted it one of the three Republican congressmen could bave been elected. , A Tactician and flreanizer. Although be must relinquish the details of organization work for a time Mr. Leach proposes to continue an active interest and particiontiou in state politics. He expects to ne aoie to atteml the coming state con convention, to which he is a delegate. As secretarv of the l'hihiddnhia delegation and of t lie committee having Judge Fell's ennvass for the supreme bench in charge, Mr. 1-each has a particular inti rest in tbe ijHtheririg at llamshurg on Ana. so. There is no doubt that it will lie difficult to find a man as capable as Mr. Leach for the secretaryship ot the state committee. At nest it is a tn.inniess last;, there beinu no salary attached to the office, and the ouerius duties and great restionsihilities ot me ws;i!on are seldom appreciated. Mr. Leach is ndmittedlv oneof the cleverest tacticians and most skillful orgauizers in mo suite. The Iron Kins Falls for S2.604 OOO Robert H. Coleman, tbe " Iron King" of the Lebanon Valhy, and a millionaire several times over, confessed judgment Fri day night in favor of his brother-in-law and one of his attorneys Archibald Rogers of New York, aggregating $oUt!jit), which with other lieus previously entered, swells the aggregate to $2,0i4,0Ui). Pennsylvania Exhibits at the World's Fair. Are ahead of them 11, chiefly among them is the display of pure liquors manufactured in tbe stale. It is conceded that no rye whiskies made in the world can equal those made in Pennsylvania, more especially Silver Age, Duq'.KStie or Bear Creek, these three brands bead the list of pure li ves, and are so well known that every reputabie dealer sells them. North, East, Kotuli and West they lead all others, because they are pure; because they are reliable, and because tbey are tfinjulants that strengthen and invigorate. Tbey aie sold at prices within tbe reach of all, and are sold upon their merits for purity and strength. Silver Age. $1 ,tl; DnqtieW, $1 !'; Bear Creek. $l,io, full standard quarts. A.k your dtaler for tbem ; Insist on tiaving theiu. and if you cannot be supplied, send to Max Klein, Allegheny, Pa. Price list of all liquors sent on application. All goods pack ed neatly and secuiely. Max Kleis, Al legheny, Pa. How we Crow Old. The thread that binds os to life is most frequently severed ere the meridian of life Is reached in the case of persons who neglect obvious means to renew failing ctrength Vigor, no less thesouroe of happiness than tbe condition of long life, can be created and perpetuated where it does not exist. I bou sands who bave experienced or are cognizant including many physicians of eminence of iheeffect of HoMeiter'a cl omarh Bitters, bear testimony to its wondrous elticacy as a creator of strength in feeble coiisiitutions, and debilitated and shattered systems. A tteady performance of tbe bodily functions, renewed appetite, llesb and nigbtly repose at ended the use of this thorough ami stand ard renovant. Lse no losal tonic represent ed t be akin to or resemble it in etIWts in iir place. IVtnand the genuine, which is an acknowledged remedy for indigestion, mala ria, nervriasnrM, eoi.s'ication. liver and kid ney complainu and rbeumatum. SUMMER GOODS Bonglt at Greatly Reduced Prices, to arrive thi3 reck and will be Sold at Prices Way Down OLR SILK and dress goods de partment is loaded with nice new summer roous in all the new shades. IX GINGHAMS, ctallica, percals; eatines light and dark prints, wi will have an endless varictv to of fer at prices way down. ALL the latest stvles in white roods, embroideried flouncings, ham burg ed srings, handkerchiefs, just in. laces, ribbons stockings, Ac A new line of shirtings, cretones. tickings, bleached and ed muslins. unbleach IN carpets, ruirs, portiers. lace cur- tains, and oil clothes, Ave will of fer special inducements to buyers, Having purchased a large line of new goods at greatly reduced pri ces, we want to give our customers the benefit of buying new goods cheap during the summer months Parker & Parker. EDGGIES, WAGONS an3 CARTS. Just Arrived A car load of the finest Buggies ever brought to Somerset. THE WORLD BEATER IS THE DIAMOND SPRING, has no equal for the monev for hard driving and easy riding. -IIAVE OX HAXD- The Anderson Coil pnnrj u Buggy Dexter Qneen Fairy " " Brewster Side bar u Thomas Coil " National Side '' I ALSO HANDLE The Owensboro Farm Wagon, At Prices Away Down. Stcond hmi'UJ hun'i'n ami W-wont taken ill ill'7i(i,;. Call at K. L. Simpson's NEW WARE ROOMS, Patriot St.., - Somerset, Fa. ;i5. 815. lis. Fifteen Dollars has a power to draw, if correctly invested, which icats a lottery. For Fifteen Dol ars you can draw a nice Chamber uite no blank tickets. Every Fifteen Dollars deposited gets one Suite SUUE. It's like srettinir dol- ar for dollar. You have seen or heard of our 1 6 Suite. What you saw or heard of in that Suite you can fiud in this and more, you save a dollar too, which is an item to most of us. One tiling sure, if you buy one of these $15 Suites you get a reliable article from a reliable firm. The Suite will "stand bv"vou and wc stand bv " the Suite. HENDERSON FURNITURE CO., JOHNSTOWN. PA. Pi' Romedr for Catarrb la tha BM, Ea4nt la Fie, and ClMapeM. Bold bf &nunrlu or aent by bi0 Oto. K. T. lUbum, Wama, Pa. Li $150,000 CLEARANCE SALE. ENTIRE WHOLESALE STOCK To Be Cleared Out. We have decided to entirely do away with our immense wholesale department. Commencing July 1st, we will sell our entire whole gale stock over the retail counters at less than wholesale prices $150,000 worth will be sold at pric es that will attract crowds of cus tomers from far and near. Why not you? Here is a list of the de partments : Wraps and Jackets. Woolen Dress Good. Wash Dress Goods. Silks and Velvets. Millinery. Shoes Hosiery and Underwear. Cloves. Notions. Trimmings. Carpets. Curtains. Linens. Domestics, etc. This is no buncome, but a genuine bonafide Clearance Sale of our en tire wholesale stock. It's a dry good- chance unparallelled and un precedented. The entire content? of six floors $150,000 worth r goods to be sold over our retail counters at practically vour own prices. Dont miss this Sale. If you can't come, Write I Campbell & Dick. 81, 83, 85, 87 and 89 Fifth Ave. PITTSBURG. .A.E.UHL. My Spring Stock is complete in every line, qualities of Goods are the best, styles newest and pretti est and prices lowest. The prudent buyer will find it greatly to his or her advantage to examine my stock before purchas es. DBESS GOODS A complete line of Dress Goods of all the newest qualities styles, shades and kimis. at very low prices. SILKS A large assortment plain, black, colored, plaid, figured and chamruble silks. Price rang ing from 50e to $1.50 WORSTED GOODS A complete line of Cashmeres, Henriettas. Serges. Whipcords. Diagonals in many styles and colors. Prices from 12 1-2 to $1.25. WASH GOODS A complete assortment of Dress Ginghams, 8c. to 30c. Linon D Itide, 12 1-2 to 15c. Many new styles of Dress Goods from 10 to 2oc. Out ing Flannels from T to 12 1-2. DRESS TRIMMINGS An immense line of Dress Trimmings, including Velvets. Silks, Laces, Gimps, in all shades, also beautiful irides cent styles. IIAMBURGS The lanrest and finest assort ment of Hamburg Edgings and Flouneimrs ever seen ia Som erset. Prices low. LACES A great stock of laces of the kinds that are now most fash ionable, in Silk, Linen and Cotton, in Black, Cream and White. CURTAINS Curtains in Nottingham, Irish Point and Tamboured. 50ets to $12.00 per pair, poles 20c. CURTAIN SCRIMS Curtain Scrims, 5 to 15 cts. SASH CURTAINS A large assortment of styles. STOCKINGS The largest stock ever shown in Somerset ia fast black and colors. Prices and colors iruaranteed. GLOVES A full assortment of kid, silk, and cotton gloves and mitts. WRAPS, CAPES, REEFERS, ete. Mv stock of Ladies' and Miss es' capes, recfora and blazers is very large, containing all the newest and most stylish makes. Prices range from $1.50 to $15.00. MILLINERY GOODS My Millinery Goods have been selected with great care and is the largest and finest assort ment at the lowest prices. ONE IN A HUNDRED Not one of a hundred pretty and useful articles that I Lave in stock can be mentioned for want of space in this paper. Come and seo that the half has not been told about the hand some goods and low prices. Mrs. Ji I Uhl. Hai just received a car load r.flii our Uice Coil Spiirrg V.u.n durable mrnle its tl.o w.r!.J. nut be broken by i.cuvy loading or IP' r '- .-'. - , ' . .--T ' IA A. HAVE IX STOCK End Spring, Brewstei Side Bar Spi Dexter Queen Spring, Dupel Coil Spring Buggies, AT PRICES TO SUIT ALL BUYERS. Our line of Ilamers, Whips, Lap Robes, etc., where competition can't reach for same JAMES B. HOLDERBAUI DEALER IN STOVES, RANGES, HEATER and Kitchen Furnishings. MANUFACTURER CF TIN. SHEET-IRON AND COPPER WAR! SUGAR PANS, SAP BUCKETS. SCOOPS AND SYRUP CANS both round and square at lowe.-t possible prices. Tin and Steel Roofinar, Tin and Galvanized Iron Spouting for II and Barns, put up in best manner. Estimates furnished for heating builii i-s by steam, hot water and '. air without charge P. A. MAIN CROSS ST. OUR CLOTHING IS Ulght in Style, Uight in Fit, llight in Workmanship, night in Price. MINTIMIER 122 Clinton St., More Records Broken ! Quirk's Great Furniture Emporium Has Done It: Yes, exorbitant prices far Bedsteads, Bureaus. Desks, Ta''.. Chairs, Mattresses, Sofas, first class S. Quirk's Nstt As evidence of the fact call at No. Pa., opposite the Company Store, on terms to suit purchaser. SPRING T:J. Six Mammoth Departments Its Kind in rx-ft. a Lwrv'tiH St in-. Sh.f t!i:; ; 1. 1; Sikh's. lvr.t. c- tV.rix-t urn I Lj'!i-s' Coats. le;,t. L Cl.ithiii;.'. Hat-. Funii.-iiiu ti.HHi.-t. tiie l..',v.-t : IiiCAIifKI' ever 1. !' : any j'lvvi.. Clotlun f..r also 6-r I ri !:!.!; i inak Dfpt. E iroct-ries--7 , t.,...'v ami :. IVpt. F Fct'.l. F".'.I oft-wry .K-'r'.tt C-iTCountry jirtxlut-e taken in i-xt-lran-.'.-1 MAMMOTH RUTAItt STORE, JOHN THOMAS 240-248 Main St., JOHNSTOWN, Pa. Cinderella Stoves Their Cleanli- ness 1 VI ' .' - i Lessens :;rS.t!'.'.!. r Labor. &J Money TTwill pay you to examine the QUEEN CINDERELLA RANGED - for you buy. It has all the latest improvements, and is sold suar. teed to be a trood baker. It has the direct draft damper, by -which y " can have a tire in one-half the time required with the ordinary Bar.-" This is a valuable feature when you want a qui k fire for early breakii-t-TT has an extra large high oven, thoroughly ventilated. The vo!u"e of inflowing and outflowing air can be regulated at will ; this insure a perfect baker, and no burning on the top. It has the Triplex shaki-i' grate, w hich is the perfection of convenience and cleanliness. It is pccially durable, having three separate sides, or the advantage of thrc' grates ia one, and not easily warped by the action of the fire. Haaufacturrd bf DtHAVES & CO., Limited, riit-bursh. Soul and K'laraaUeU bjr JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM, Somerset, Pa Krissinger Sz Kurtz. Berlin, Pa., and P. J. Corer A Son., Meyersdale. Ta REMEMBER "Tbinsra done well and ith icu. rimd thimae'ves iom Holderbam .'o C;I Spring B'f.'i.'s. s t ' the taif.--t ri.'it; Trv niie. 1'h t 1 dii-. U cointdete and pialitv. Call ai; 1 el: I SCHELL SOMERSET. P;. & OGELVIE JOHNSTOWN. PA. Parlor Sets, and all kinds of F: FurniiTir: Stcrs. 113 Washington Street, JoLn.-t' - where the greatest bargains canlcU Each the Larerest Store Johnstown. . w to in' f .ini.l in a t'rst. c!:.-s Prv f,.n L.,r." ar;.i .rvTUi r n.j .-i; i.-s than ever U ;' ! KITand WEAK I'taiity the I.e.-:. l'ri. :;r 'n:i' iUr lli.-J.; i are jiret'., lien' CtaW : i r i t'Lu. ;.,o.i . Uf.t .ii-I'luy. ' in.iaknrt.' I s .!t,, y. iir. i -viu nit for-?:. 00 : Si .: tW. Cvs'm J l.ilU. I lata" in l.jr AI! new an.l frtsh, SONS, and R anges. Their Economy Saves You 4 ' If N.. -' 1,1 Lii i
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