The Somerset Herald
WARD SCULL. EJitor and Prci-rieJor
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Election, Tuesday, November "th.
FOR A-.i. HTE Jllxir.
I. 1. HOKNER. of toiaerm-t Borw-rh.
FOE SHERIFF,
FDWALI) HO- pVEE. of Ber'.ia Iiorpngh.
F'.K I'KOTnONoTARV,
F. F. SAY1R. of Soxerwt Brotieh
FOR BEOISTEB AND RECOl-.I'ER.
JACOB S. MILLER, of If a' maUoriiag Tirp.
FOR TREASURER.
E. F PL jH.of Fnro-rwt Twp.
FOR COMMISSIONERS,
B. F. 6UOBKK. of Somerset Tp.
HENRY F. HARNETT, of Sumrrwt Tp.
FOR ItK'R L'REOTOR,
jAf'B ITjhElOR. of S:iai!e Tap.
FOR AU'ITORs.
FAMl'EL C. f'), of sV..nH!- Tap.
WILLIAM V'. RACER, of Si 1 HO.
If there was a rresiJential or ft gener
a Congressional election this fall, what
a prompt an." onconilitional repeal of the
Democratic party there would be.
Whlati;! re-uts a bushel anJ bread ri
occurring in New Yorlf. Are these
the good times an.l imreaseil wages so
lavishly prorijifel by the Democrats dur
ing last j ear's Presidential campaign ?
Iii.ini l platform, like all prornifes,
are made to be broken. The present
funk in the Democratic party, for fear
that the instructions of the Chicago plat
form will be carried out, is most amus
ing. While the President lishes and Con
eress talks, a million of skilled workmen
are out of employment and know not
bow to procure bread for their wives and
little ones. Truly these are Democratic
times.
I M bti.l- the thousands of men who
are daily Ix-ifiit thrown out of employ
ment by the stoppage of mills and fac to
ries throughout the country realize the
d;t!t-reni e between the times under Har
rison and the times t:cd r Cleveland.
Anls't the dtisirei.l Mr. Laurence Keal
liiio's Jemo rat'!c candidate for i iov
ernr.r to liebsle with overnor McKfn
ley, the Chicago l.,i r-(j---in aptly says:
He reminds one of the boy who had
drawn his coat to receive a lickinir, when
h remarked. "Stop now, dad, lot's arpy.' "
The projnr-i.tion to change the ratio be
tween ?oid aud silver from to 1, to iM
to 1, i.-, simjily a p.- ;isa! to steal !-ss
than waa at first intended. Any propo
sition to put less titan a fill dollar's
worth of silver in a dollar is a proposi
tion to steal, and the men who advocate
it, cover it over by any sophi-try they
n.ay, are advo atinp theft.
Tins liemiK-ratic Loni;res3 ij,,es tioth
ins but talk, talk, wbile the " poor man's
little dinner pail" goes empty and " soup
houses" are being established to feed the
thousands of destitute and starving
workmen thrown out nf employment.
This is the 'Vhir.e" which so many
thoughtless people wore deluded into
voting for last year.
That the President was tricked bv his
supposed friends into calling this extra
ordinary session of Congress there can
no doubt. Good, simple man, he was
led to lelieve that his wishes would 1
clx-yed and that the desired financial
legislation would s on lie accomplished.
Instead, be fiuds a majority of his party
in loth houses arrayed against his policy
and grave doubts expressed as to the
soundness of his Democracy.
All the present financial and other
troubles from w hich the country is suffer
ing are charged up by the Democratic
leaders and editors to the so-called
"Sherman law," and yet with both hous
es of Congress containing iVinocratic
majorities, and the l'resident recom
mending it repeal, the law still remains
in full fun, and if repealed, it w ill onlv
bed one by Kepubiican members coming
to the rescue of the Iemocratic minority-
I. vst year was a "season of general
prosperity such as never blessed a nation
living in the light of civilization." It
was the result of Kepublican legislation,
but the people were fat and saucy, and
listened to the tempter that promised
them still higher w ages and still greater
luxuries, and songht to get them, by vot
ing the Democracy into power. They
have I emocracy. but where is the in
creased pros;.enty or better w ages prom
ised ? A nm!:itude of idle workmen are
io asking these questions.
A malk ! rumor having been circu
lated some time since that more than I'iA'
National banks have failed, Mr. Jickles,
Comptroller of the Currency, has deemed
it his duty to make a public contradic
tion of the falsehood. He says that
there are nearly :; National banks in
the country; that only iio have suspend
ed ; that a considerable majority of lhee
have already resumed payment or have
applied for iiermission t resume; thr.t
only .T, of them are actually in the hands
of receivers, and that most of those stiil
in the hands of Uie bank examiners will
reopen. Most of the suspended banks
were small institutions situated in those
part of the country which are most af
fected by the silver cra.e, and were ex
posed to an unreasonable excitement.
Considering these facts, it must 1 admit
ted that our National banking institutions
have proved their solidity, and are en
titled to the increased conrjdeuce of the
whole busintss community.
lioVEu.uJt Paths. s has insued proc
lamation notifying the people of he State
that Thursday, September 7th, w ill be
Pennsylvania Day" at the Columbian
Exposition, and inviting the citizens of
Pennsyi.ania, and the representative of
ail her interest participating ia this ex-l-osilion,
and the officials of all the iuu-
uicipahtiesand uther political sub-divisions
of the Sute to join in making this
occasion worthy ot the commonwealth
in whose honor it has been devised. He
recommends and request the people of
Pennsylvania to visit the World's Fair at
that time and to assemble at the Pennsyl
vania State building to participate in the
commemoratixe exercises. He especially
invites the people of other states, for
merly citizens of Pennsylvania or kind
red with our people in blood, sympathy
or interest, to join with the residents of
our Commonwealth in this celebration,
and invokes for it the interest and hear
ty co-operation of ail w ho honor the his
tory and rejoice in the prjsiierity of
Pennsylvania.
Axotuek week of oncertaiuty and dis
trust has rolled around, miiis are closing,
thousands of men are daily being throw n
out of employ tuent, distrust and lack of
Conudenrw ia naril.T. i .
Tetthi. lmZ AZ "T.
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WEDXKsDAY "
iig but tala; talk; threshing over thrice
threshed straw, an 1 si it is ordered to
continue until the ".Nth irst. The House
was as well prepared to vote on the silver
qu-stion on the first day of its session as
it will be on Monday next, but what
caretbe Eemocratic factions contending
for mastery for the interests of the peo
ple if a petty advantage can be obtained
one over the other. The Senate has, if
possible, been more derilect of duty than
has leen the house. It hasn't even taken
up the iiuancia! question, but has sleepi
ly and defiantly refused to male an ellort
to relieve the country, careiess of its anx
iety and distress, and even if the House
comes to a vote there is no telling when
it wi'l actively take np and act upon the
ali-abscirbins issue of the hour. The
question is simply one of "honest
money" arid so-called statesmen higgle
and wriggle and delay action. It is the
uncertainty thatkillj. liven if the worst
comes to the worst, business must and
wiil adjust itself to the inevitable.
Let it not be forgotten that this is a
IVmocratic Congress, Democratic in both
Houses and that a Democratic faction
right is the cause of all this delay and of
ail the ominous clouds overhanging the
entire business of the country. It is a
repetition of the old, old story of Nero
fiddling while Home burned.
McKinleylsm vs. Clevelandism.
From the X. Y. Tress.
Some of our free trade contemporaries
are s-juabbling over the definition of
McKiuIeyism. The '.. will g'adly de
fine McKinleyisiu.and we hope that the
definition w ill be accepted.
McKin'eyism.as applied to the tariff
l"gis'.ation formulated by William Mi
Kinley, chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee of the 1'iftv-tirst Con
gress, represents the most advanced tariff
bill ever enacted by an American Con
gress. That act as it stands on the statute
books to-day represents the broadest
statesmanship.
Jt extended the free list, reducing the
average ad valorem rate on all imported
merchandise to a triile over 20 per cent.
It gave the masse of the j-eople the
great boon of free sugar.
It gave the manufacturers free raw ma
terial wherever this could b". done with
out destroying an American industry or
impoverishing American labor.
It redu'.d duties wherever it was pos
sible to do so without injury ta American
manufactur. s.
It fearlessly increased duties wherever
bv so doing it was t-ossible to establish
on this side of the Atlantic an industry
employing American labor and American
capital.
It strengthened the administration of
the customs laws by substituting spVciiic
for ad valorem duties, thereby decreasing
the possibilities of fraud.
It adjusted rates of duties to the needs
of business with the one patriotic aim of
employing the largest amount of Ameri
can capital or the greatest numler of
American artisans for the benefit of the
home market.
That, in brief, is Mi Kinleyism. What
were the results?
No sooner was the law enacted than the
current began to ran in our direction
the direction of the United States. Mills,
factories and workshops began to spring
up all over the country. Many large in
dostrits moved their entire plants to this
country. The manufacture of tin plate,
i varicus other metals. of pearl buttons,
of 'ice, of plush and a hundred other
(Mmmodities was established. v ages
stiffened. Additional hands were em
ployed. New factories were built. The
country was prosperous. The working
classes w ere employed. To say that Mc
kinley ism increased the cost of anything
cannot for an instant be sustained, for
even such a rabid free trade organ as the
New York E'--niug I '!. admits that never
in thebistc-rv of the country hastheAmer-
ican workman been able ti purchase so
much for a given sum of money as dur
ing this period.
Had Mckinleyism been aoowed to
stand this prosperity would i.ave contin
ued. The present depression and indus
trial ruin would have been averted. In
placeof McKiuIeyism, with it3 prosperi
ty, its high wages and abundant work,
the nation is now threatened with the
blight of Clevelandism. The very heart's
core of the country its industries are
to be destroyed. The wages of labor, so
free trade organs coldly annoum-e, must
le reduced. They are too Ligh, they
proclaim. If the passage of these free
trade law s means ruin, w hy ruin it must
be. Clevelandism means broken finan
cial institutions, shrinkage of values, re
duced wages, men and women out of em
ployment, ruined manufacturers, closed
workshops.
It won't take long, if matters continue
as they are just now. for the wage earn
ers of the I'nited States to obtain a very
clear and very enif hatic detinitk n of the
difference between McKinleyisiu an 1
Cievelandism.
"wanted a Change and Have It.
"I have bun abroad for six months," said
J. Manchester Hayues. of Maine, for many
years a member of the Republican National
Couiruiuee aii-i m old friend of James (j.
llia:r:e. 'When I left the country was in
a r rospero;s condition, but I find that a
great change has taken place since then,
llusineaj is depressed and Ihousa .d of men
are out of employ ment. It is impossible not
to conmct the success of the Democratic par
ty last fall with the financial depression and
hard limvs that prevail. The si'.uaiiori is
the logical result of the great Democratic
victory. Ojr people wanted a change' and
they have got it with a vengeance. Tney are
pay-lug for their experience, but let us hope
ttial they will pruli: by it. TLe men who
will sutler must perhaps are the very ones
w ho brought alout the 'change.' I refer to
the working class. Had thry nuppoited the
Kepublican candidates last year Mr. Cleve
land and the Democratic pary would not
no I ia possession of t!ie govern m-ut.
They were deluded into voting for Clevj
la:id by miire;ireenta;ion aud false promi
ses. Jl tbeir ye are not opened to the truth
already they will be before the expiration
of the next f;ir years. '
Clamor About the Sherman Law.
. nuu u oeu:un;uii 10 imagine a more
ridiculous sjk tacle than that which is rre-
; aeriteu ry the organs of the Democratic par
iy in tLeir franlic attempts to humbug the
people into believing tliat the Sherman la
is resm.ihie for the paralysis of credit and
the closing of factories. List fail these same
organs were loudly a-sailiug the McKinl. y
tann. ihe Sherman law, though in full
vi.nuu. nuiiuiui issue ana mere was
no effort to make it an issue. If the law is
as ruinous to commerce as the Democrats
now dec-are it to be. why were they i!eut
abo.it it then? And why did the Democrats
In Congress refuse to permit i:s repeal at the
lut session r TLe lemocratic how! against
the Sherman law is demagogy of the most
contemptible sort.
Queer Kansas Politics.
The republican state committie of Kan
sas has undertaken to furnish seed w heat
and fyoj l.j the destitute farmers in the
western portion of the state. A plan to sup
ply them was ia charge of the Governor,
but it is charged that his agents in the work
who are organizers of the Farmers' Alli
ance are d.mjuding that the farmers mu-t
"o - . - l jomtb. alliance before
tney can secure seta wheat.
Populist Financiering.
Wash:.n;to;, D. 0., Aug. IS. Senator
Pefler, of Kansas, introduwd in the Senate
to-day (by reijaest; two financial bills, one
of which provides for the issue of tix hun
dred million do! lam of legal tender money
on sheets of aluminium or ailk-threaded pa
per as the peopie my prefer.
The amount ii to be covered into the
Treasury as surplus ni mey," and a call for
all the outstanding interest-bearing bonds ia
to be made, and they are to be redeemed at
Mr and paid " from the surplus fund."
Trie second measure is headed " The New
Pilver Hi!!," and directs the Secretary of the
Treasury to f'.irchase all g ildand silver bull
ion and subsidiary coins oflVred at any price
less the cost of transiurtation and mintage,
without regard to the price ill any foreign
country.
The bullion purchased is to be coined in
to standard coins at a ratio of l'i to 1. No
reserve is to be held except a sufficiency to
meet the genera! indebtedness of the Gov
ernment. For every dollar of gold and sil
ver coined the Government is to issue two
in greenbacks to supply the pl?ce of nation
al hank noU-s.
No special amount of bullion is to be
purchased monthly, but the purchase is to
be made so as to keep the mints running at
thtir full capacity. In payment all three
kinds of currency are to be Used, and dis
crimination against any special class of it is
prohibited.
Saved Her Baby From a Snake.
t'AXLASn, III.. Aug. i. Mrs James Wil
liamson had a terrifying experience witn a
rattlesnake to day. She left her baby in its
cradle at the open door to do ber housework.
Returning to look in the crib in an hour she
was horrified to find a line of mottled green
and black of a snake nestled closely to the
form cf the sleeping little one. The ugly head
w as raised aud resting over the child's arm,
w ith the eyes keeping drowsy watch over
it.
The mother sank nearly fainting on the
floor, but with a parent's bravery realized
that the snake must be dislodged at any
cost to herself. She armed herself with a
pistol suddenly bent over the cradle aud
with a rapid movement laid bold of the
snake by the end of its tail and as suddenly
gave it a jerk which landed it over the side
of the bed on the Boor. The creature made
at her with npl.fted bead, but aiming
steadily the put a bullet through its body.
Although it again tried to attack her she
fired again and again and succeeded in kid
it. g it. As it died it flung itself upon ber
foot and struck the shoe with its fang. The
blow served only to entangle it in the shoe
laces, to which it was still clinging when
ber husband reached her, he having beard
the shots and ran to her assistance.
Moonshinlng In Jail.
EiKMistiHAM, Ala., Aug. 10. Da infor
mation of Bui Parker, Iieputy Collector
Tutweiler went to the county jail heae to
day and visited the cell of Charles Wellborn,
a noted sw iudier. where he captured a mini
ature illicit still which Wellborn has made
aud has had in operation for some time in
j ii. The stiil was hidden under a table and
was improvised from a bucket, in which
were a piece of curled gas pipe as a
worm, three tin boxes as fermenters and a
spittoon as a furnace. Molasses, apples and
the like, furnished the prisoners as food,
were used as material for making the rum.
Wellborn had a trial before Commissioner
Hunter for illicit distilling. The still was
prod oced in court and Wellborn seemed to
delight in explaining its operation. It had
a daily capacity for one gallon. Wellborn
was bound over in the sum of JJ'J". The
jail has been full of moonshiners, and from
these Wellborn learned to make the whisky.
We'.lborn's record reads like a romance.
Two years ago he ha i an oihce here. Big
consignments of goods were shipped to him,
for which he never paid. After his arrest
for fraudulent use of the mails be forged a
bond and escaped, goingto New York, where
he stole a yacht and sailed for Flo rida.
There he robbed a railroad ticket office and
was sent to the penitentiary. He turned up
next in Texa, w here he swindled people out
of several thousand acres of land. He was
arrested in New- Orleans several months ago
and brought back here to jail.
Jerry Wants Information.
Washington, August 17. Immediately
after the adjournment of the House to-day,
Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, walked across
the floor to the desk of ex-S;u-aker Red for
the purpose, as he said, of a ldiug something
to his stock of information on the fiuancial
situation. There is always considerable in
tellectual exhilaration when Tom and Jerry
get together. Mr. Ueed said : " To people
ho reason in a small circle the present con
dition cf affairs is extraordinary, but if we
look at the history of the world we will re
alize the fact that nations, like individuals,
every once in awhile stop business long
enough to take stock and inventory of their
business. That is what this country is do
ing now. If the financial problem were left
alone to the great li nanciers the result
would not so nearly aj 'proximate perfection,
as a financial measure which will be evolved
from the wisdom of all minds.
" Kvery man has a niche to fill in this
world, and the Populist and Anarchist and
Socialist probably all have their mission to
perform under the direction of Providence.
Often times we learn wisdom from fools. I
have no doubt that out of this chaos there
will come is-ace aud tranquillity.
" I presume you mean me when you refer
to Populists and fools," said Jerry.
" Sot necessarily meaning you, but in
cluding you," said Mr. Ueed.
He Doesn't Drink Beer.
CmcAfto, August 17. Charles J. Guetling
arrived at the Pennsylvania building at the
World's Fair grounds at 7 o'clock to-night,
with a wheelbarrow, which he bad trundled
from Pottsville, Pa., a distance of KsO miles.
Guetling left Pottsville at noon July 12, aud
bas pushed his red, white and blue barrow
over mountains and as he declares some of
the worst roads he ever saw in his life. On
the barrow was a ki g of beer made by a
Pottsville firm. It is intact that being one
of the conditions uuder which the race is
made. The time set to accomplish the task
was thirty-one days, duelling made it in
twenty eight. Accompanying him is his
black and tan dog Prince, who apparently
seemed glad that his long journey was end
ed. The best time he made in any single
day was foity-twa miles, which he did com
ing through Ohio. He expended $Ki for
food and lodging. The brewers who brew
ed the beer will take charge of him on their
arrival here this week and he will go home
in a palace car and with a full purse. He
was taken iu charge to-night by "secretary
Gerhart and given a bath and a bed. His
barrow and contents weighed l"0ounds.
Rejected Prohibition.
Dim Moines, Ia . Aug. 17. The Stale Re
puhiican convention yester.Uy nominated
Frank I). Jac kson, of this city, for governor
and Warren S. Dongan. of Lucas county,
for lieutenant governor. The platform prac
tically abandons prohibition. The plank on
the subject is as follows :
"Prohibition is no test of Republicanism.
The general assembly has given lo the State
a prohibitory law as strong as any that bas
ever been enacted by any country. Like
any other criminal statu, e its retention, niod
ilbation or repeal must be determined by
the general assembly elected by and in sym
pathy with the people, and to them is rele
gated the subject to take sucb action as they
m-y deem ju JL and best in the matter of
maintaining the present law in those por
tions of the state where it is now or can be
made efficient, and give to the localities such
methods of controlling and regulatii-g the
li.Uor traffic as will beat advance the cause
of temperance and morality."
The fight over this reslutioa immediately
followed the nomination of Frank D. Jack
son for governor. The report of tbe com
mittee on resolutions was read by Sam it.
Clark, of Keokuk. He moved iu adoption
on behalf of the committee, which was sec
onded and carried.
They Fought Over m Clrl.
AmtncLi-HiA, Ark.. August 17. Two
well-known young men of this place recent
ly tell out over mutual prehensions to the
hand of one of the local belles and wanted
t "shoot it out," but were prevailed on by
fr'-ends to settle it in less deadly manner,
to agreed lo leave it to the strength of their
fists to decide which was the better msn.
For a time both observed the rules laid down
for aucb occasions, but oue of the combat
ants, finding that bis antagonist was getting
the better of him. and frenzied at the
tbouglil o( loeltig the girl and being con
quered by hia rival, began a novel mode of
attack by laying bold of the other's thumb
and proceeding to bite it off. The victim
tried to wrench himself loose from the teeth
that uald him, calling on the bystanders to
help him, but before they could interfere
the savage young man then fixed his teeth
in the arm of the msn be heid and bit him
to the bone.
It was necessary to choke him nearly in'.o
insensibility before he would let go, while
the attacked man fainted under the torture.
His arm turned black and swelled to such
an extent that it was thought that the bite
must have poisoned the blood and that am
putation would prove necessary, but though
it is stiil swollen and very painful be will
recover without loss of the limb. The man
who rewirted to this unusual means of con
quering his antagoulst has left for Texas,
for the other vows he will have bis life for
his cowardly attack. The girl married the
wounded man the day after the fight and is
nursing him well in order that he may fol
low his enemy.
Fiends Cripple Children.
Vienna, August 17. A gang of men have
been arrested in l'iskupitz, Croatia, because
tbey have mutilated young children. The
men have for years made a trade of crippling
children and then sending them out to beg
or selling them to others for the same pur
pose. Children were stolen or were misled with
promises to s:t the bouse kept by the gang
on the outskirts of the town. Once there
they were bound and tortured.
When the police forced their way into the
house yesterday they found two girls of 12
or 14 years with their legs broken. Another
girl of about the same age lay bound on a
bed with her right arm broken and both
eyes gouged out. Two other children, hard
y less horribly mutilated, were found on
cots in the cellar.
Many instruments which have been used
in producing physical deformities were un
covered in the celler aud were seized for
evident.
Fair Visitors Increasing.
Chica-h), Aug. 3.1 The week just closed
was a record breaker in point of attendance.
The number of visitors during theseven days
was 7'.,0,i76, an increase over last wek of
110,;!7S. The average for the week, omitting
last Sunday, on which day but Is 340 paid
admissions were reo rded, is lJS.fiO.I. Yester
day's attendance was ltio.tisl, being the best
day of the Fair, with the exception of July
4, when 23,373 paid admissions were
registered. The record is very gratifying to
the Exposition management, and with a
little help from the railroads in the matter of
excursion rates, they expect to see a great
increase from this time ou.
Director General Davis thinks the country
people increased the attendance during the
week, and predicts that many of that class
will visit the Fair later, as their harvest
work is now about finished.
Sliver Men Flop.
Wasiiisoton, Aug 21. The beginning of
the third week of the special session finds
the anti silver men stronger than they were
a week a;o. Whether the discussion in the
bouse has changed anybody's mind or not,
it bas developed some unexpected things,
and shown that some of the people who
were with the eilveriies are not unwilling to
vote for an unconditional repeal, aud take
chances on getting some silver legislation
later on. And it is quite probable that the
more the discussion goes on the greater the
number of people will be found witn this
feeling.
The statement was made to-day in iosi
tive terms that four or five southern sen
ators who have been counted as silver men
have indicated their determination to fol
low the lead of Senator Yoorhtes, and vote
for unconditional repeal.
The Alliance Encampment.
Mt. Grxtna, Ta , Aug. Cm. The annual
encampment of the National Farmers Al
liance was opened here to-day. Ilev. T.
DeWitt Tal mage delivered a sermon, which
was listened to by several thousand people.
The program for the week includes these
speakers : Gov. Ignatius Donnelly, of Min
nesota ; Ben Terrell, of Texas, national
lecturtr of the Farmers' Alliance: Gen.
James B. Weaver, of Iowa; Thomas Watson,
of Georgia ; Mrs. Mary E. Lease, of Kansas ;
Gov. Waite, of Colorado ; United States
Senator Stewart, of Nevada; Rilph Beau
mont, of New York ; J. H. Turner, of
Georgia.
Apple Like Hailstones.
Bcffalo. Miss , Aug. 13. At about :::3d
yesterday afternoon a storm came upon
Buffalo from the southwest. The wind blew
with great force aud it was accompanied by
a hailstorm lasting lo minutes. Hailstones
as large as appies I.-il. Lvery ex
posed pane of glass on the west side of every
building was smashed. After the storm the
roofs were covered with snow, as in winter.
Man v.trees were blown down and there were
several narrow escapes from runaway
teams. There is no g!as now in town and
windows are boarded up until a supply can
be bad. The weight of the storm fell farther
south. Corn is badly damaged.
Western Kansas Wants to BeaState
Tor-EKA, Kan., Aug. is The question of
dividing Kansas and making the new State
of Lincoln out of the western half is
being urged again. Representative Hopkins,
of Finney County, telis people here lLat if
they oiler serious ol jtction to division the
Republicans of Western Kansas will join
with the Populists and move the capital to
McPherson or some central point.
"We will set up a State of our own, and
if the Kist fight it, Topeta will be made a
whistling station aud the capital moved 1 VI
miles west."
Twenty Murders In Their Wake.
Bikmini.ham, Ala., Aug. 18. The five re
maining members of the Meachimgang of
outlaws, who were surrounded by the Sher
iffs posee in a swamp near Jackson, escaped
the vigilance of tbe pose last night and
crossed the line into Mississippi. They will
be lynched if they attempt to return. Since
the Clark County war began fuily twenty
members of the gang have been killed
Three spies were tied to trees aud shot this
week.
Shot While Making a Call.
HoLiPAveNiiHi, Pa., Aug. at. Walter
Geiser, a young Altooua druggist, paid a
social call upon a daughter of Joseph Reed
of this city last night. Ashe was departing
from the house he was struck in tbe breast
by a pistol bullet fired by a person in the
outer darkness.
Tbe would be murderer, wbo is supposed
to be some discarded lover of tbe girl, es
caped. Geiser's wound may prove fatal.
Hard Times at Tyrone.
Ttaoxa, Ang 2i. The mills of the Morri
son Si Cass Paper Company in this place
closed down last evening, throwing 250 men
out of employment, Scanjty of orders,
caused by the present depression in business
is tbe cause of tbe shut-down. This is the
first time the mills have been obliged to
suspend operation in 15 years.
The w irks of tbe Tyrone Iron Company
have also closed, laying off I V) men. The
entire working force of the Tyrone division
of tbe Pennsylvania Railroad have been re
duced 25 per cent,
I
A Gentleman .
Who formerly resided In Connecticut, but
Who now resides In Honolulu, writrs: "For
29 years past, my wife
and 1 li.'vr used Aver's
Hair lcor, and we
attribute i it Uie dark
hair which she and I
now have, while hun
dreds of our acquaint
ances, ten or a dozes
yean yoiinp-r than we,
are either ray-heded.
white, or Uald. Whea
asi.ed how our hair tins
retained it color and
fullness, we reply, By
the use of Aver'a Hair
Vigor nothing else.'"
In 1. my afliaiieed
was nearly bald, and
'$ the hair
tig " u
every
day. I
I D d u ced
her to use
AVer's Hair Vlor. and very soon. It ut
only checked any further loss of hair, but
produced an entirely new grow th, w hi li lias
remained luxuriant and glossy to this day.
I can reeommend this preparation lo all In
need of a genuine hair-restorer. It Is all
that it is claimed to be."-Antonio Alarrun,
Bastrop, Tex.
AYER'S
HAIR VIGOR
News Items.
City Kditor King, of the Philadelphia
JV;, figures out that it would take 23 years
for a person to see the world's fair if he gave
an average of three minutes to each exhibit.
The Midway is not included in the compu
tation.
On July IS the reign of Queen Yictoria
equalled that of Henry VIII. who ruled for
fifty-six years, twenty-nine days. George
HI, who ruled for fifty nine years, was the
only other British monarch who reigned
longer than bas the Queen.
An invasion of grasshoppers as marked as
as that of lS7o-7tl occurred at Fort Scott,
Kas , Wednesday night. They appeared
from the south and by morning had laid
waste ail lawns, stripped trees and were so
thick that the ground was almost covered.
About ."o(j0 unemployed men in New
York on Thursday took frctble possession
oftwohallsforthepurpr.se of holding
mass meeting. Tbey were finally driven
out by tbe police, but not until all tbe fur
niture in the halls was demolished. Seven
teen arrests were made.
All the grand army posts in West Virgin
ia hae passed resolutions Condemning the
administration's pension policy with refer
ence to suspensions nnder the act of 1S;k.
The point urged in the resolutions is that
the proper plan would be to prove the fraud
before the pensioner is dropped.
Colonel Charles V. Lincoln, late deputy
commissioner of pensions and a prominent
candidate for commander in-chief of the G
A. R., is authori ty for the statement that an
effort ia soon to be made to prove, through
the courts, that the suspension of pensions
granted under tbe act of Jane 27, 1SM, are
illegal.
A peculiar petition' is circulating in Ches
ler county. Pa , asking the farmers not to
make cider, except jat enough for the man
ufacture of apple-butter. These anti-bard
cider people object to the farmers extracting
apple juice and storing it in btrrels for win
ter use. Many farmers laugh at the zeal of
the opixinents of cider.
Seven lives were extinguished in the
twinkling of an eye Thursday nnr-'ng by
the collapse of a Richmond and Danville
railroad trestleeast of Milton, N. C, prc!pi
tating three cars into the Dan river, j feet
below. The cars were smashed into kind
ling wood, and many of the imprisoned vic
tims must have passed from sleep into death
without a second's warning.
The Oliver Iron and Steel Com pan v, of
Pittsburg, was, Thursday, placed in the
hands of a receiver, H. W. Oliver, senior
member of the firm, being appointed. The
capital of the company is $l,ty'.0'. and
the indebtedness oolOu. The failure is
attributed to the stringency in the money
market, but, if reasonable time is given, the
company expect to satisfy all the liabilities.
It is said that the other Oliver corporations
are not affected.
Some unknown persons removd tbe head
of the murderer Will-am West from the
grave, last Friday night. West.it will be
remembered, was hanged in ls:l for mur
dering the Crouch family, and was buried
near Centrevillc, Washington county. It
was rumored at tbe time that West was not
' dead, aud it was later given out that his
body bad been taken from the grave. Both
rumors were proven false. Last Friday
night the grave was opened, but the vandals
were frightened away before they got tfce
corp.- out. Iu their haste they pulled the
Lead eff the body aud disappeared with it.
The city attorney of Pittsburgh construes
that the provisions of the new law relating
to free text books does not contemplate tie
borrowing of money or going into debt for
the purchase of supplies and books, and thtt
while the free text book act ol May, IS!1:;, is
ruaudatory stiii the board's not compelled
to enforce the same, when it has not the
means to do so and bas no legal way of ob
taining funds until the appropriations are
made for tbe year. This law is genera! in
its application and will interest our local
beards of public education.
A Beaver Falls, Pa., dispatch says : The
climax of a fiendish act committed on Mon
day was the death Tuesday night of thrte
boys, Jarus and Burgess Reed and James
Carney. TI.ey had planned to dig out a
woodchuck that hsd taken refuge in a pile
of stone: near Honiewcod. Frank Graham,
a youth of 17 years, learned of the yourg
hunters' intentions and plotted a terrible
surprise. He concealed, it is alleged, a can
of powder among the stories, attached a fuse
and when the three lads neared the spot,
touched a match to it. He crept to a safe
distance, it is said, and watched the res nit.
The three young hunters were fearfully
bruised aud burned by the explosion. Tbey
were taken to their homes, but all three
have died. Graham is still at large.
Pennsylvania Exhibits at the
World's Fair.
Are ahead of them all. chietiv amona then-
is ILe display of pure liquors manufactured
in me siaie. n is conceaeu trial no rve
hiskies made in the world eau eoual those
made in Pennsylvania, more especially Sd-er
Age, Duotiesne or Bear Creek, t hese three
brands bead the list of pure Ryes, and are so
well known that every reputable dealer sells
them. North, Hast, South and West they
lead all others, beta use they arnre ; becau-a
tbey are reliable, and because tbey are
stimulants that strengthen and invigorate.
They are sold at prices within tbe reach of
all, and are sold upon their merits for purity
and strength. Silver Age, $1 .'ai ; Duqtiesne,
it 2"; Hear Creek. $1.00, (nil standard quarts.
Ask your dealer for them ; Insist on Laving
them, and if yon cannot be supplied, send in
Max Klein, Allegheny, Pa. Price list of all
liquors sent on application. All gooilspack
ed neatly and securely. Max Klein, Al
legheny, Pa.
How wa Crow Old.
The thread that binds us to life is most
frequently revered ere the meridian of lite is
reached in the case ol persona wbo neglect
obvious means to renew failing ctrentta
Vigor, no less the source of happiness than
the condition of long lile. can be created aod
per-jietuated where it doea not exist. hu
aands who have experienced or are cognisant
including many physicians of eminence
of iheetTect of Hostetter H omw h Bitters,
bear testimony to its wondrous crbcacv as a
creator of irrtsngth in feeble constitutions.
and debilitated aud shattered syltrus. A
steady performance of the IxKlily functions,
renewed appetite, tlmh and nightly repose
attended tbe use of this thorough and stand
ard renovant. l;e no losal tonic represent
ed to be akin to or resemble it in erWis in
itsplace. Demand tbe genuine, which is an
acknowledged remedy for indigevtion, roa'a
ria. nervousness. oi:aiii.rinn lirr mnA kLl.
ney complaints and rheumatism.
pa
mm
mm
GODS
mi
Bought at Greatly
Reduced Prices,
to arrive this week and will lc
Sold at Prices
Way Down.
OUR SILK and -Ires eocxls de
partment id loaded with nice new
sumiuer goods in all the new
shades.
IX GINGHAMS, dailies, percals.
satinea light and dark print, we
will have a endless variety to of
fer at prices way down.
ALL the latest styles ia white goodd,
cmbroideried flouncing:1, haui
Imrg edging, lace", ribbon?,
handkerchiefs-, stockings, Ac,
just in.
A new line of shirtings, cretones,
tickings, bleached and unbleach
ed muslins.
IX carpets, nirs, portiers, lace cur
tains, and oil clothes, we 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.
BUGGIES, WAGONS ant CARTS.
Ju.st .Arrived
A car load of
the finest Buggies ever brought
to Somerset.
THE WORLD BEATER.
IS THE
DIAMOND SPRING,
Las no etiual for the money for
hard driving and easy riding.
II AVE ON HAXD
The Anderson Coil Spring Buggy
" Dexter Queen " e "
" Fairy u " "
" Brewster Side bar u "
" Thomas Coil "
" National Side " "
I ALSO HANDLE
The Ovvensboro Farm Wagon,
At Prices Away Down.
fscoiul Jitiiiilnl U'fj';i:f m.. H'.fyviw latni
i;i ILcthattiji'.
Call at
E. L. Simpson's
MEW WARE BOOMS,
Patriot St.., - Somerset, Fa.
115.
S15.
115.
Fifteen Dollars has a power to
draw, if correctly invested, which
beats a lottery. For Fifteen Dol
lars vou can draw a nice Chamber
Suite no blank tickets. Every
Fifteen Dollars deposited gets one
Suite SURE. It's like getting dol
lar for dollar.
You have seen or heard of our
tlC Suiie. What you saw or heard
of ia tbat Suite you can find in this
and more, you save a dollar too,
which is an item to most of us.
One thiig sure, if you buy one of
these $15 Suites you get a reliable
article from a reliable firm. The
Suite will "stand by" you and we
" tard by " the Suite.
HENDERSON
FURNITURE CO.,
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
sum 4nm m ama for Ha abm
builm. in it. . i ir.ini nm i
11 a Um Jc TkM.M . fsaaanw.
If tlMaaa
nl T.K .It Ui
n ' -
$150,000
CL-EARAltCE 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
sale 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 fur and near. hy
not you? Here is a list of the de
partments :
Wraps and Jackets.
Woolen Dress Goods.
Wash Dress Goods.
Silks and Velvets.
Millinery.
Shoes.
Hosiery and Underwear.
Gloves.
Notions.
Trimming!.
Carpets.
Curtains.
Linens.
Domestics, etc.
This is no buncoiae. but a genuine
bonafide Clearance Sale of our en
tire wholesale stock. It's a dry
good- chance un parallelled and un
precedented. The entire contents
of sis floors $loO,0i worth of
goods to be sold over our retail
counters at practically your own
prices.
Don't miss this Sale.
If you can't come, Write I
Campbell & Dick.
81, 83, 85, 7 aud 89 Fifth Ave.
PITTSBURG.
MRS. A. E. UHL.
My Spring Stock is complete in
every line, ualities of (Joods are
the best, styles newest and pretti
est and prices lowe.-t.
The prudent buyer will find it
greatly to his or her advantage to
examine my stock before purchas
ing. DRESS GOODS
A complete line of Dress Goods
of all the newest ;ualities
shies, shades and kinds, at
very low prices.
SILKS
A large assortment plain. black,
colored, plaid, figured and
chan-rable silks. Price rang
ing from .r)0c to $1.50
WORSTED GOODS
A complete line of Cashmere-!,
Henriettas. Serges. Whipcords.
Diagonals in many style and
colors. Trices from 12 1-2 to
$1.25.
WASH GOODS
A complete assortment of
Dress Ginulian-s, !"c. to 30c
Linon D Inde, 12 1-2 to 15o.
Many new styles of Dre.-s
Good? from id to 25o. Out
ing Flannels from 7 to 12 1-2.
DRESS TRIMMINGS
An immense line of Dress
Trimmiii'jrs, rneluding Velvets.
Silks, Laces, Gimps, in all
shades, also beautiful irides
cent styles.
HAM BURGS
The largest and Crest assort
ment of Hamburg Edgings and
Flouncin gs ever seen in Som
erset. Trices low.
LACES
A great stock of laces f the
kinds that are now most fash
ionable, in Silk, Linen and
Cotton, in Elack, Cream and
White.
CURTAINS
Curtains in Nottingham, Irish
Toint and Tamboured, '.Oets
to $12.00 per pair, poles 20c.
CURTAIN SCRIMS
Curtain Scrims, 5 to 15 ct?.
SASII CURTAINS
A large assortment of styles.
STOCKLNGS
The largest stock ever shown
ia Somerset, in fast black and
colors. Trices and colors
guaranteed.
GLOVES
A full assortment of kid, silk,
and cotton gloves and mitts.
WRATS, CAPES, REEFERS, etc-
My stock of Ladies' and Miss
es' capes, reefers and blazers
is very large, containing all
the newest and most stylish
makes. Trices 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 1 Lave
in stock can be mentioned for
want of ppaco in this paper.
Come and see that the half has
not been told about the hand
some goods and low prices.
E. Uhl.
i
i 1 1 -w
Mbs. . A.
JJas. B. Holcierbaum
Has just received a car lo.td of Ri
o-ir Bi'e Coil Sprin- Bn.'ies t
duraM"-:r. :it' iu I .', a -ii l i.
not Lo broken bv Leavv
HO
!
i
HAVE IX STOCK
End Spring, Brewstc; Side Bar Sprin;
Dexter Queen Spring, Dupel
Coil Spring Buggies,
AT PRICED TO SUIT ALL I-UYERS.
Oar line of Ilamers, Whip--. Lap Ilobes. etc.. is complete and a: ;.-r
where competition can't reach fur s -.hk' jua!ity. Call a::-!
JAMES B. HOLDERBAUivi.
IP. .A.. SGHELL,
DEALER IN
STOVES, RANGES, HEATERS'
and Kitchen Furnishings.
MANUFACTURER OF
TIN. SHEET-IRON AND COPPER WARE,
SUGAR PANS. SAP BUCKETS. SCOOPS
AND SYRUP CANS
both round and s-j-iare atlowe.-t possible prices.
Tin and Steel Roofing. Tin and Galvanized Iron Spouting for IFou- -and
Earns, put up i:i be.-t manner.
Estimates furnished for heating buildings by steam. Lot water and h
air witho'it ciiarg-;
P. A. SCHELL
MAIN CROSS ST. - SOMERSET. PA
OUR CLOTHING IS
Ki-ht
in
Style,
ltight
in
Fit.
liisht
in
Workmanship.
Kight
in
Price.
MINTIMIER
122 Clinton St.,
More Records Broken !
Quirk's Great Furniture Emporium Has Done It !
Yes, exorbitant prices for Iledstea-.ls, Uureai:-;. Desks, Tables
Chairs, Mattresses, Sofas, first class Parlor Sets, and uit kinds of Far
niure have been knocked in the head at
S. Odrk's Ngtf Fumihrs St:rs.
As evidence of the fact call at No. 1 1 S Washington Street, Johnsio3
Pa., opposite the Company Store, where the greatest bargains can be l.i-1
on terms to suit purchaser.
Six Mammoth Departments
Its Kind in
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lvpt. r. i Slim that i'lTa;i i WKAU .L-.Iitv I he i ?'. I'ri: . J
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Ivj.t. C I: CAUrilTS.ji'.r Sj.rr. p.il;. ':;s art- r.n-tlii-r ti.:m
Cri t ami ' ev.-r U '", ,r,.. t:r '. Ni.lay ..f l.a.'irV C-'mU Mirj.us-.-s
I.;i'l:.-s' C';:!s. (. a::v j.rt vi4HWtk.--.hty.
iN-t t. I j Cl'i'.iiiiv iiTa'l ni.iak:n.l! ..! suit f,.r ; I '!
Cl-thiifj. Hats. a!.-.. I'..r jl t",.ii. s.l.ii.). in, t, .-.;,! :x,i.' Ii.vh'mu
Funii.-liiiii; liiMMij, a d-i-iaify. .ix l si;;t jV.r Sl.in. U.ij in ail
i s'y i-s run! in:ik''-.
Ii'j)t. E ;rnvr',--ii.ii'.7:; an t i--:l,t,j. Ail m il an. I l"ri-li.
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C'j'"t oiiiitry jir-!. tak-n in rxrhaiwr t'-.r ' Is.
MAMMOTH RETAIL STORK,
JOHN THOMAS & SONS,
240-248 Ma n St, JOHNSTOWN, P a.
Cinderella Stoves and Ranees.
Their
Lessens
Labor.
TTwill pay you to examine the QUEEN CINDERELLA RANGE! e
for you buy. It has all the latest improvement--, and is sold 2'.iarii.i
teed to be a srood baker. It has the direct draft damper, by which ynj
can have a fire in one-half the time required with the ordinary Pang?
This is a valuable feature when you want a qui dt fire for early break:"..-'-TThas
an extra large high oven, thoroughly ventilated. The voh'M.e
of inflowing and outflowing air ran be regulated at will : this in.-ures
a perfect baker, and no burning on the top. It has the Triplex sJiakirg
grat' -a liich is the perfection of convenience and cleanliness. It is es
pecially durable, having three .separate shies, or tie advantage of three
grates in one, and not easily warped by the action of the fire.
Man u: lured br DiHAVEN CO.. Una::sl, nitshuryh. S.,1.,1 ac, ':a-nt-4c.l by
JAMES B. II0LDERBAUM, Some rsct, Fa
Kririner & Kurtz, Berlin, Ta and P. J. Corer A Son Mevcrsdale. Fa
RKM KM liKR "Things iloiie well aud Uh a care, exempt thenifclvw firoui fea-f
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kau.'ru' or l'.t.st lr.:l:
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& OGELVIE,
JOHNSTOWN, PA.
Each tha Largest Store cf
Johnstown.
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