The Somerset Ilejald. EViWAllM SCIM., Klilr and rmprielor. VEl'XESPAY t. 17. 1-6H- REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Election, Tuesday, Nov. 6th. STATE- For tlovenior Daniel H. Hastings. For Lieutenant Governor Walter Lyon. For Auditor u-i:eral Amos IL Mylin. l"i.r Secretary of Internal Affairs James V. Lr.tta. For Conjrrewman-at-I-nrjre Galusha A. Crow anJ George F. Hurt". COUNTY. f'oXORKSS: J. It. Hieks, Wair County. State Skxate: Assemiilv: Win. Henry Miller, QiiemaboiiinR Twp. Jeremiah Maurer, Stoyestown llonmiili. Jt"RV C'OMMISSIoXKIK Sitmuol J. Bow ser, Milford Township. Toon PiKKtTolt: William PulL Milford Township. " ;i) old IKiiHK-nitic times" have (rinic asrain Vk1 1" wilts per pound, cotton -r vitts kt pound, and oJ cents per liusliel for wheat. Mixistek Hayakii is on the ocean, liurryiiifi home to save Delaware to the 1 ciiiocraey, if in.-:lile. There is noth ing hut trouMe for the Democracy the oouittrv o'er. TimtEis r0 tier nut. more money jmt i-apita in this country now than tin re was seventeen years apt. This is a complete answer to the Populist howl for free coinage of silver and an in creased circulation. Sexatok MclMtEitsnx, of New Jer sey, an tiouiiccs that "his health won't jK-rmit" his U-ing a candidate for ro ciection. The Senator sees the stonn cloiids in the lilieal sky and is smart enough to get in out of the rain. Snow that you are iu earnest by go ing to the election storm or sunshine and casting your vote for the clean IJepuhliean ticket Like the old veter ans, you can then say : " I was there when the great battle was won." k Kixi.ey tour through the West lias stirred up Itcullican enthusiasm to its profoundest depths. The Kansas "ity Journal says of him : " His name iilone is a synonym for the ho- of all who are now enduring business and financial distress." The Republicans everywhere are holding the Democratic nose squarely on the protection grindstone, and a universal shriek of "calamity howlers" is the only response that come up from the sufferers. There will not lie much nose left by the ;th of Novcin-U-r. Not a letter nor a word has lieen re ceived from Mr. Cleveland endorsing Hill for (Governor of his own State. Doubtless the President is doing "a power of thinking," but his pen and tongue lioth apjiear to lie paralyzed. Meanwhile the cuckoos are in dire straits, waiting for a sign." Some of the leading Democratic jour nals are kindly warning Republicans not to nominate McKinley for Presi dent in ls:Hi. "Thanks, awfully !" The Republicans are not making nomina tions for Wti this year, and it was the advice of a sage : "Kind out what your enemy doesn't want you to do, and do it" The meeting held at Morgantown, West Virginia, on Saturday, to Imost the pilitiral fortunes of Congressman Wilson, the father of the bill of "perfi dy and dishonor,'' as Cleveland christ ened it, was largely made up of Pitts burg and South-western Pennsylvania Democratic shouters. When it comes to voting tin we gentlemen "won't lie in it" The President has again put his foot down against pernicious activity in politics by ollice-holders. This ImmIcs no gitod for Hill, Gorman fc Co. Al ready a iiiiinln r of Federal officials have loe!i eonielled to cancel engage ments made to deliver jtolitieal spivch es. Of course he reserves the right to interfere in In-half of his free trade friends and the advocates of "my jkiI iey." D.vvin R. Hii.e, the iK-iiim-rdtieean-didrtte for Governor of New York, is the same man under whose ad vice and with whose assistance J udge Maynard Mole the returns that placed the Senate in the hands of the IX-mocrats in lsil.j. The people of the State sat down on Maynard by over 1U0,000 majority, and the indications are that they will treat his master in the same way at the coming election. II jke Smith, the pilferer of the old veteran pensions, solemnly aiuerU that he sees nothing diseounigiug in the recent election iu his native State of Georgia. There was only a flump iu the Democratic majority from "VW d.iwn to 20,(Kii), and what's that in these days when everything apjK-ars to lie turning into the Rcpuhlicau iwrty? Probably Hoke is happy that his State di.ln't make a plunge like Connecticut into the lli-publican ranks. I s a speech made at Findlay, Ohio, a couple of weeks sine.', Governor Mc Kinley put the results of the coming election tersely and forcibly, as follows: " What is your verdict to lie here iu Ohio? A Democratic victory means further and longer steps in the direc tion of free trade deeper cuts and more deadly blows ujton our industrial life. A Republican victory a Repub lican I louse of Representative means that during the closing half of Mr. Cleveland's administration the ene mies of the protective system will lie unable to successfully wage further warfare um the prosierity of the ountry. On which side will you vote for more war or less war? For re newed attacks on the home industries tliat are still running, or for more in dustry at home? For still greater re duction of wages, or -more general em ployment at the old scale of wages ? You must answer at the polls. Wuo says tliat the tide is not strong ly setting against the Democracy? Ik at the six state that have voted this year for State oflivrs. Rhode Island flopped from Democratic into Re publican ranks with C'KA) majority. Oregon tumbled over from SOW Demo cratic to 7000 Republican. Iu Georgia a id Alaluuia the Democratic majori ties were reduced immensely. Arkan sas cut down Cleveland's majority aitout one-half and Georgia more than three-fourths, while Maine and Ver mont have doubled their Republican majorities. Add to this the revolt of the sugar planters in Louisiana who have come over squarely to the Ilcpult liean ranks, the cat-and-dog fight be tween the Hill and Cleveland Democ racy in New York which will almost certainly throw tiie state into the hands of the Republicans, the virtual aband onment of the IX-nioeratie canvass in this Slate, and who cannot see the set of the tide? Where the Democrats are not on the run they are on the defen sive; "the stumn' is knocked out of them," and never In-fore were there such auspicious, such certain signs of an over helming victory. Kx-1kesiiext Hakkisox has taken the stump in his own State and ismak ing a series of speeches in his own in imitable manner to immense crowds that gather to hear him. We cull from them a few striking iwssages for the U-nefit of our readers : " Can the workingmen expect to liave good wages w hen the mills don't pay any dividends to the stockholders? Can the farmer expect to have good prices for his crops when the workingnian is not eitt ploved or getting good wages?" " " Not long ago we heard a great deal from iK-tnocratic newspapers at a time when the country was prosperous and when that prosperity was generally dis tributed among all the people, a great deal of talk aliout a time when the rich w ere all getting richer ami the poor were get ting iioorer and by way of curing that condition of things, which did i; exist the Democrats said that they would bring in a time when the rich would all get jioorer and the poor all get richer. Hut instead of that they have illustrated the general truth that we prosper together ami that we suffer together by bringing in a time when w e are all getting poorer together. The polic y of a party that is to lie ai-ceptcd by a people should lie a poli cy that brings and maintains a general policy aud that appeals to men in all pur suits in life. Iet us stop to think of the promises that w ere made to us, lieeause out of this experience you ought to leant. Kxierience is a hard school, Init its les sons abide w ith us longer than any other. " The Democrats talked to the lalring man aliout the oppression of the twin", especially as it was related to his coat. The appeal made to you was to smash the taritT, the suggestion lieing that your wages would remain as good as they had lieen, but that everything you Imught would le cheaper. You were told that it would lie a good thing to smash this tariff umbrella under which you and your employers had lieen walkingtogethernnd sharing the lienefits of its protection. You were told that you w ere getting too much of the drip, but you found when you had smashed the umbrella that in the very nature of things he had an -cumulation and had provided himself with a rublier coat while you were left in your shirt sleeves. "Just before the radical change in our responsible government the country was in the highest state of prosperity; our foreign trade was larger than it had ever lieen in the history of this country and the lieauty of it was that it was something like s-ji,( i,t i larger iu exports than in imports. "Kveryliody knows that everybody was busy. Kveryliody knows that every mill w as running. The comforts of life as dis tributed among our i-eojile were greater than ever ln-fore. Hut wheat was low and some of our farmer.! liecaine discon tented. Some one told me of alK-mo-cratie orator iu M issotiri who apcaled to the farmers w hether they had ever known a time ln-fore when it took four bushels of wheat to shoe a horse. But now what do we see? Wheat has not appreciated, but h:is gone lower than ever In-fore in the memory of any farmer who hears me. It has In-en hard to get enough of it in the shape of flour sometimes in the home of the workingiiwn, but it has ln-en so cheap that it has iu soiuc places gone into the hot; trough. "And the gates of C:istle Harden, which always swung inward to the working man, have lneii swinging outwanL "The choice of a Congress pledged to put the Chicago platform into legislation introduced an element of uncertainty that made it impossible for any manufacturer or merchant to go on with his work if he gave the Democratic party any credit for sincerity. "These gentl en now tell yon that they want to break down the fences. Tliat is what Mr. Wilson told his Kuglish friends the other day, that he w;is en gaged in tearing down fences. Xow, fetu-es are for two jiurjioscs. I was raised on a farm ami have some experi ence. They are to keep things out or to keep them in, one or the other. The fence around the cornfield is to keep stock out, the fence around the pasture field is to kc-p st.n-k in. What dn-s tearing theiil down imply? That all of the range stock outside will get into our pastures and tliat our i-atile will share the range with them. I stall out with this proposition, tliat there is not enough grass on the range for the rattle that are out there already. I make this second proposition, that the grass inside of our fences litis been better and the cattle slicker and ln-tter in Ikhic and richer in condition than those out on the range. If we equalize these things and let this wild-horned and hungry stock from" the range into our fields we won't have a much crass for our own stock as w e had ln-fore, " They talk to us aliout wanting more foreign markets, and concluding jniiiited out the rich and exclusive market of Culia as well as other markets that had lie?u thrown away with the reciprocity feature of the McKinley bill. Tammany's Death Struggle. From the Pittntmrg t'ommerckil-Gazrtte. The Tammany Democracy of Xew York city, after a good deal of friction, have succeeded iu placing in nomination a city and eouuty ticket. The greatest dillictilty was iu the selection of a satis factory candidate for mayor. The braves were in tavorof Hugh J. Crant, hut that gentleman positively refused the U0 of his name. An attempt was made to stam iede the delegates to his supHrt, but it failed, and the choice fell uihiii Nathan Straus. Thus the issue ln-tween Tamma ny and anti-Taunuany ; honesty and corruption in government ; the overthrow of machine rule or its perpetuation; the toleration of official blackmailing or iU suppression; the shielding of vice and crime or the enforcement of the laws iu a word, the Issue between decency and intolerable delisuichery has ln-en square ly raised and will lie fearlessly met by those w ho favor reform. The Recorder says: "Party is now sunk out of sight iu the uprising of all the people who seek to rescue this fair city from the murderous grip w hich the Tammany tiger has fast ened upon iu throat ; to save our munici pality from the shame of untold crimes at the han Ls of a bhnnl-sucking political organization whose appetite for sjMiils is insatiable. Harmony is now established In-twecn all lovers of law and order, irre spective of party preference or party as sociation. They are united in the one grand and patriotic purjxwe of redeem ing the city from the domination of the most vicious criminal and unconsciona ble political ring that ever held power within its confines. The opposition candidate for mayor is CoJ. Strong, indorsed by the non -partisan committee of seventy ; by the great coun ty Deiuocratio organization of which Mr. (i race is the bead ; by the O'Hricn anti Taiiiiuany Democracy, the Ktcklerites, th Kfpul'lican party and a largo faction of the Herman iK-movratic organization. In addition to these forces Col. Strong will lie supported by a large lnxly of citi zens who hold allegiance with no party or faction, but vote as their judgment and conscience dictate. Decent and fair minded men of all parties have an abid ing conviction that Tammany is now en gaged in life and death struggle, and that the rotten heart of the lieust will lie stilled on Novemln-r (i. Among the promising indication of the triumph of honesty and purity over dishonesty and immorality is the fact that the good wom en of the city have organized to assist in the overthrow of Tammany. Chance for Wild Catting. The Cleveland administration has solv ed the currency problem. The rejeal of the state lmnk tax is not necessary in or der to increase haul circulation. This is the construction plaicd upon an opinion just delivered by the solicitor of the treasury at the request of Secretary Car lisle on the question as to whether coun ties may law fully issue lxmds of low de nominations that can be used for circula tion. The request for information came from Floyd county, tii in a letter addressed to the comptroller of the currency and signed by It G. Clark, a banker iu Rome, of the same state, M r. Clark stated that the county commissioners of Floyd coun ty, Ga., proposed to issue a certain amount in county bonds liearing low rate of interest in denominations of $", f 10, and $J0, that one of the purpose in view in issuing these Itouils was tho intention of using them for local currency. Mr. Clark inquired whether such action con flicts in any way with the 1'nited States banking laws. The solicitor of the treas ury, Mr. Felix A. Reeve, to whom the letter was referred by Secretary Carlisle, advised the secretary that no statute of the Cnited States prohibit the issue of county bonds in any denomination. Ae cirdingto Reeves any cunty has the rij."lt to issue Imnds when not in contro vei.tion to the constitution of tho state. As to the stole liank tax of lKT's Mr. Reeves says that the word "county" is not enumerated among the taxable eono ratiotis, persons, firms, associations, state lianks or state lianking associations, and therefore county Imnds are not subject to the iu per cent, tax. Mr. Reeves also held that the word "notes" could not In? regarded as includ ing county t Minds, and he was therefore of the opinion that the proposed issue of county Imnds w ould not be taxable under the federal statutes. A talk w ith solicitor Reeves procured from him the further statement that whither the lntnds issued by a county bore interest or not his opinion would apply the same. These iMinds, he ad mitted, could lie in denominations as low as Jl and fc!, and could In) used as a local circulating medium. The iinMirlance of the opinion is al ready appreciated in Georgia, where it is declared that the state bank problem is settled, and that it w ill ln an easy matter for the counties to provide the people w ith all the money they require. The only possible chance of conflict with the United States authorities on this question would 1 in the manufacture of these Jionds or notes in a form resembling Cuited States currency, as in tho case of the Mississippi lxuuls recently seized. This, it is said, could easily In- avoided by warning the engravers of the new mon ey not to imitate any vignette, seal or scroll work in use by the Cnited States. Good Democratic Times. Stki ukxvii.i.k, O., Oct. 10. Another illustration of how the Itemocratic free trade administration has affected the sheep raisers was given at an assignee's sale near Adena yesterday. Forty-live merino sheep sold for ii cents ; 24 sheep sold for 41 cents, while a bunch of regis tered blacktop merino bucks told for JO cents. Several Democratic sheep raisers in attendance at the sale declared -that they would vote the Republican ticket hereafter. A dealer in sheep in this coun ty has lnen paying i" cents apiece am then pelting them and burying the car- -sses. A Desperado Lynohed. I.kxi.vuton, Ky., Oct. It Oscar Mor ton, the young mountain desjH'rado, who murdered Sheriff William Sims, of Lee county, at the Beattyville fair grounds yesterday aftern-Min, was taken out of the Ileatty ville jail this morning at 1 o'clm-k by a mob of nearly Sio men and hanged from a bridge. Morton showed great coolness, and just ln-fore In-iug swung off made a short prayer asking Hod to forgive him. The sheriff had attempted to arrest Mot ton for creating a disturbance, Morton, who was intoxicated, drew two pistols and Is-gan tiring recklessly. He tired live sh its threo taking ctleet in Sims' ImmIv, front which he died in 'Jit minutes. During the tiring an unknown bystander shot Morton in the face, break ing the jaw Imiiic. Citizens tnik Morton to jail, where he remained until the mob quietly aroused the jailer and demanded the prisoner. Morton was from Breathitt county, w here he w as under V"1 iMind for kill ing James Wilson three months ago. Morton's father heard of his arrest and hastened hero last night He was camjicd iu the forest within J yards of where his son was hanged, but knew nothing of his fate until this morning. Her Nerve Failed Her. Ci.akkksvim.f, Tex., nt. li Henry Dykes' corn crib was tired last night and as he rushed out of the house to save his agricultural implements his face and breast wore tilled with b-.ickshot killing him instantly. The assassin was recognized by Dykes' son, w ho had followed his father into the yard A posse was organized, and An drew Jackson, the accused man, was captured. Mrs. Dykes asked the posse to let her shoot the assassin w hen captured. Jack son was taken to her home, and a double barrelled shotgun, loaded aud cocked, was put in her hands. She raised the gun to her face, tnk aim, hesitated, and lowering the gun, asked tliat the law ln allowed to take its course. The posse started for the county jail with the prisoner, but were overtaken by a moli. A rope was placed around the prisoner's neck and while the mob was in the act of hanging him, the Sheriff and bjs deputies dashed up and took the prisoner front the wouhl-lie lynchers and hurried hint oft' to jail. There is intense excitement. China Suing for Peace. SitAXOHAl, Oct. li The minor is cur rent here that the Chinese Government h.Mt In-gun negotiations with Japan for peat. China, it is said, has offered to acknow ledge (U independence of Korea and pay a war indemnity to Jpaiu The advance wing of the Japanese is reported to lie seven days' march froii Moukdcn. The white fleet holds the northern part of tho Gulf of Peehili to prvut the retreat of the Chinese sea? ward after the luittle which is expected The two Japanese students w ho wore surrendered to thit t'hiilesv iiuthuritius by the American Consul have I wen Istr. liarously executed at Nanking by order of the Viceroy. Driven Crazy by a Parrot Moxtkkkv, Ky., Oct. 14. Mrs. William Rider brought a parrot home with her, which was the first bird of the kind ever seen here. Two weeks a ago a wotuau who hal never seen a parrot came to visit Mrs. Rider. While the visitor was talk ing the parrot broke out and inquired : "Is that so?" The woman screamed in fright and the parrot assured her that she was a bald beadid prevaricator, and that tho Gates of I lory were forever closed against her. The poor woman has lnen crazy ever since, and imagines every Hri she sees H the evil in disguise. A TRAIX ROBBERY. AND NEAR WASHINGTON, TOO- Over $150,000 Secured by the Mask ed Bandits Last Night WashixoTox, Oct IX All Washing ton was astounded this morning to learn that seven masked men had held up a train last night w ithin a few miles of tho National Capital, captured a sum sup posed to lie in the neighlMirlmod offl.V), 1X10 to $IVk) and escaped on the engine with their Innity. This crime will proba bly be mailo the subject of proposed leg islation at the next session of Congress to provide fitting punishment for attempts to imperil inter State commerce. The train "held up" was the north-ltound ex press on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad, which left Rich mond, Ya., at 7 o'clock last night. The robbery occurred near Aqua creek, be tween It rooks Station and Wide Water, a wild part of the country suited for the punoue. It is not known where the rob bers boarded the train, and the first inti mation anylnxly had that trouble was brewing wan when two men junin.-d from the coal car into the cabin and level ing revolvers at the engineer aud fireman ordered theiu to stop the train, which was runuiiig forty miles an hour. The engineer hesitated, but when informed that he must stop or be killed he closed the throttle. The fireman and engineer were com pelled to sit quietly on the bank along side the track. Then tho lutndits, all masked, made for the express car, which was in charge of Messenger J. S. Crutch field. One of the robbers tired at the messengers and theu threw a stick of dy namite, which shattered tho front of the car. Then they opened the door. One rubber came iu and made Crutchiield ojH-n the safe. He took everything, but threw away a package containing ti,oiiO. The roblier made the messenger open an other safe, which contained nothing. Crutchiield thinks there may have Inieii i"i,io0 in the packages stolen. The rob bery occupied about twenty minutes, Tho night was dark. The luindils com pelled thu engineer and ciew to uncouple the locomotive, juuicd aboard and made good their escape in the direction of the Potomac river. The robln-rs aresupM ed to have left the engine before it passed Wide Water after oieiiing the throttle. The train dispatchers at Wide Water comprehended that something was wrong and telegraphed ahead to Ijuaiitico to look out for a w ild engine. A switch was thrown open just outside of luaiuico, and when the engine arrived it was run onto a switch and crashed into a uumin-rof empty freight cars. The engine and cars area complete wreck. The long Atlanta sKi ial was standing on the inaiii truck at O.uantico and narrowly escaped lieing struck by the runaway engine. The de layed train arrived iu Washington at 1:17, a little over two hours behind lime. There were seven jmhsUiI clerks in the ear ahead of the express car. The ostal car had many sacks of registered mail, but no effort was made to touch them. When the robln?ry had ln-en completed and within ten minutes a rille express car had started form New York, The railroad comiany has offered a reward offl.'MU each for the capture of the robbers. THK 1KAIX AKU1VKS IX JKIISKY t'lTV. Nkw Yokk, Oct 21 The train which was held up last night near (Juantico reached the Pennsylvania station in Jer sey City at SM't this morning, bringing with it a badly shattered express car. The Adams F.xprcss company's messen gers left the train and went at once to the headquarters iu this city. They reported that all of their safes were riiled liy the robln-rs. It is supjxised that thu robbers obtained ln-twec-n 1."jO,KJ and fcAJO,"oO The officials of the Adams express com pany, in charge of the car at the Jersey City station, claimed th.-tt only the pouch es ami safes liad Int-n ransacked, and other packages frith c.ir remaining in-tai-C Xaiieal Instruments. Yiolins, Mandolins, (iititars. Banjos and other stringed instruments at Snyder's drug store. Gould's Big Check for Taxes. Lakewimid, N. J., Oct. 11. Ocorge J. (it hi Id to-day scut to Tax Collector Todd, of Iakewood township, his check for yn, In-iug the amount of his taxes on assessed valuation of Sjo.l.n.iil for personal property at the rate of $I.M per $ I'"'. Mr. Oould left here too early last spring to In-asked the amount of his personal property, aud returned front Kit rope tm late in the fall, so Township Assessor Robbins was compelled to set his own valuation. That M r. Hould was pleased w ith the assessment there seemed to In no doiilit, for as soon as lie returned from abroad he sent his check for the amount ISy his taking up his residence and paying taxes here he saves just one-half of what he would have to pay iu New York. For this falls sowing I will furnish Dis solved Pure S. C. Hone at $1'5 per ton. Phosphates at f 18 aud &l up to ?.!0 per ton for fine ground Itone Meal. lA-t me have your orders early. A. C. Davis, Somerset la Jewelry Far Minion Work. Nicw Yokk, Oi-t. li At a meeting of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, which closed its 11th convention Sunday. Iouise Shepard, an evangelist, promised that there should In an offering of gold and silver for the work of the alliau-e. In a whirl of religious fervor men and women marched up the aisles to the altar and left gold and silver watches, diamond pins and rings and jewelry of all forms to lm sold in the iutcrcst of missionary work. The altar of the Tain-made was piled high with the offerings. ( tne man gave a deed for a farm, while others gave sums of money ranging from $-i,(XX to $1. More thau $j0,0JJ was sub scribed during the day. Sinder Twine for cash in j-Ib bales. We sell Sisal Twine for 7 cents and Manilla for 8 cents per lb. New twine just received and guaranteed. Jambs It IIoLtiKRBArx. Ballets Fly ia a Church. Yokk, Pa., K-C 15. With a jug of cider iu one hand, and a repeating rille in the other, William l'attisou, an escaicd mad man from the Harrisburg asylum, entered Moil nt )1 i vet Church yesterday and t h re w the congrgation of 97 iersons into a panic, by firing right and left No one dared approach the maniac and he aimed his bullets at windows, pulpit stoves anil pews, firing in all shots. Men, women and children sought safety in flight OiVu-er Shi u'i captured Pattisou a fevt Imurs later and brought him to this place, where he is now locked up. On Deck This Week. A large line of Fishing Tackle now on sale at J as. It. HoLliKitBAfM. A Hat Weleems for Hormons. Ckntkrtowx, Ky., Oct. It Elders Freeman and Mercer, Mormon mission aries, who have converted 50 people in this vicinity, mostly women, to their faith, were visited by a party of indignant citizens at 1 o'clock Friday in. truing and given a coat of tor and f -at hers. The two were then ordered to leave at once, which they promised to do. Mr. Isaac Jones, of this pla-e, has ac ccpted the agency of the Kliuira limiting Co., New York, This is one of the largest and tiest rooting companies in existence, Mr. Jones will ln at all times prepared to repair or paint metal roofing, or to furnish new roofing of the famous "Climax" brand, the oldest and best roofing in the market. TWO XES HOLD UP A T2AIT. They Escape With Your Bug J Containing SACKAMKXTO, Cai., Oct. li The east bound overland express, duo hero at 9 o'clm-k last night was held no alnuit six niiles out of t)e city and robbed of four: sacks of ni-'iiey by two men, whoescaicd w ith their 1mm.Iv. The amount of Money in the sacks was $"il,i. The robln-rs first held nil the track walker, and taking his torpedoes and signal lantern fruit hint, flagged tho train iu proper fashion, indicating that likely they were railroad men. They then covered Kngineer William Scott i.nd Fireman Lincoln w ith rifles, and forced them to uncouple tho express car and engine from the rest of the train and run ahead, w ith the robbers on board, to a point between two trestles. While tho nneiMipliiig was being done the conductor and brakemaii appeared, but were scared away by bulleto. When the sjsit ln-tween the trestles was reached, F.xprcss Mes senger Fage wa ordered to open the door of the car. He replied with two shots, which narrowly missed Scott and Lin coln. The robln-rs threatened to kill the latter unless Page opened thedmir, which he did. Page gave up his keys anJ the robln-rs forced Scott and Lincoln t't carry the money to the engine, which was un coupled, boarded anil started toward S:ie ramciito. Some distance away they stopxsl and reversing tho engine desert ed it with the money ami disappeared. The engine lianged into tho express c-ar without damage, and tho train was brought iu here several hours late. Lincoln says he can identify the rol-In-rs, and the country is being scoured for them. James Colton, a tramp who was lienting his way to Sacramento from Suisun, proliably saw more of tho robliery than any one else. His story is as follows: "The first thing I knew about any trou ble was when the torpedo went off. It seemed to light tho ear. I said to Mau ley, another tramp, who was riding with nie on the forward platform of tho blind 'iJgage car. There goes a torpedo; some thing's wrong. I swung out on the steps and looked ahead and saw two figures on the track, swinging lanterns. One had a red and the other a while lantern. As the train slowed up, I dimlied up on the I Kick end of the tender and lay down, while Haiiley went inside the storm dmirs. The next thing I saw the two rol-In-rs run up on each side of the engine. They were dressed in close-fitting white suits, wore high, peaked while caps, ex actly like the pictures I have seen of the White Caps' iu ta ' lint. They looked like clowns iu a circus. They had Win chester nib's, but no pistols or cartridge belts that I could see. Tho big one tired his rille off and said to the engineer, Viet down out of that au l be quick about it.' The engineer replied: 'I will, I will, don't kill me, I'll mind you.' The engi neer aud fireman accompanied the rob bers, who kept Miking them with their guns. The tall one said : Viet a move on you.' They went lmek and uncoupled tho express car from the others and brought the fireman and engineer hack to the engine. "The tall man stmnl on the platform of tho express car and said to the engineer : 'Pull out, now, d lively, and go till I tell you to stop.' tne of the robln-rs kept his gun aimed nt the engineer and rested it on my legs without seeing me. It was an old gun with so large a lmre that I thought it wax a musket at first. After we had gone abnit a mile the big man told the engineer t stop. The big man (-limited on the tender and saw me for the first time. He Miintcd his rille at uieand said : 'Who in the it is this?' I said: 'Don't sIkmiI, mister, I'm only a tramp.' He told me to keep quiet and 1 would Im all right Then the men couielled the engineer and liremait to go liack to the express car and call the iiiessciig..;-. The messenger In-gau to sluMtt at once, but was implored not to by the engineer. "I saw the four .come liack presently In-ariug a sack each, and heard the large man say the sacks weighed aliout "." pounds though the two carried by the railroad men were larger than the other two. They put the sacks on the engine, told us to get away from the machine and then they pulled out. As they were bringing the sacks to the engine the mes senger fired two shots at them and the engineer said: 'That d .find will kill us yet. Tho big robber laughed and said : "No he won't ; he can't hit the si.lo of a house.' They were the osdest men I ever saw. The mouth-opening in the big fellow's mask was very largj an I I could see that he had a dark mustache." Hanley, the other tramp, tells a st try similar to Colton, although his opportu nities for seeing were not so go-nl, us he was behind the st. inn d'Mr most of tii time. The World's Fair Rebuilt for the Pages of History. The "!Wk of the Builders," one of the ni' ist artistic and magnificent publication ever issued is now In-iug offered by the l'ittsburg JUxjmli-k to its readers. It is In-yond question the greatest oll'er ever made by a newspaper. See the lhxfitvh for full information. Bowman and Esher Condemned. Rkaiuxo, M. li The convention of the F.ast Pennsylvania conference of the Cnited F.vaiigclical church, and Row- man, completed its organization here this evening. The rules of the old Jrtst Pennsylvania eonferpm-e of the Kvangcl-ii-al Assm-iatioii were adopted fiir the gov ernment iif the denomination. The most ex'-iting scene of tho two days session was the adoption of the rcjMirt of the committee on resolutions, in which Rish ops F.shcr and Rowmaii are condemned iu the severest terms and it Is declared that the only remedy at hand is final sep aration. The resolutions say that the anti-Ilow-man people were time and again insult ed, their offers of arbitration spurned, their motives impugned, their a-tions misconstrued, their characters maligned, Ac It is charged that Rishops Rowman and Kshcr have "by various means of ptTsecut ion suspended from the church men w hose only offense w as a linn, but Christianlike opMisition to their schemes." The next niiti-Rowman annual confer ence will lie held at Schuylkill Haven, and it was di-i-ided to call a meeting of the general conference to convene in Na- pierville, 111., on the last Thursday of next mouth. Bide a Bioycle. Columbia, Reading Flyers, and Fash ions, iMith ladies' and gentlemen's wheels opened this week at James R. Holder ban ill's Hardware Store. Fifty PopnliiU Elected ia Georgia. Atlanta, Ja., Oct. It The formal canvass of the election returns for the legislature and the vote on the Constitu tional amendments was accepted to-day. It shows that there will Ik fifty Populists in the next licucral Assembly out of a total of 21!', and three Repulili.-ans. There are alnnit thirty contests for seats. The total vote of tha Stale was 215.0) . V' wore than that of two year ago, and the largest vote ever polled in tljo State. lawn Mowers. ' A handsome line and cl(ti)p. For salp by JAS. !$, IluI'pKRDAW. Hinckley Viotims. St. Cuirn, Minn., Oct 10. Frank Drew, a luiuln-r cruiser of Crookstou, returned from tho Hinckley district th'a morning, where for two weeks he haa ln-en searching for the Innly of William Murray, his brother-in-law. Ijist night the searchers found a ImmIj-, identified by a ring as that of Murray. The lanlii-s of two other cruiser named Kvaus and White, were fomuL During the search the unidentified remains of 11 victims were found. It is ln-lieved that many additional hmlies will yet be fonnd, wlnle not even the ashe of others who perished will be distinguishai le. . . . . : fcOTJSD KSE. Why Americans Shojld larueit'y Fsrcr the Proteotire folicy. Thomas ft. It-nit, nt New Yok. lMuentioii is the necessity of the human race, not Umk cJticalio.i, but isliii.it ion in th workings of human affairs. My lnt consolation in these time is that some lemons aiu being learned not oiii ot !ks, nit in more solid fashion, out of expe rience. Nor is the 1csmiS to be learned only Ly those w ho voted wrong. Some of us w ho voU-l ri-ht have much to un derstand ns to t i i j lobu lation of things. Perhaps the knowledge comes to us iist enough for practical life. When yenr ago w e defended protection on the grounds of infant industries, we stated gmnl grounds for the establishment of manu factures, I nit to-day protection is founded, like the prosperity of the country, uixiit wages. Iff did not In-lieve that protec tion, which is not taxation of the many for the one, hut merely a method of secur ing to everylnMly In America the markets of the country, is the Inst methinl of dis tributing among the people the Gml-giv-en gifts to enterprise of which our coun try is so full, I should not ln for it. If I did not In-liuve that protection was only a im-thinl of making this country, in the admirable language of Senator Jones, "do all of its own work," I should not de mand its retention. It is erfectly true that prositerity ofany kind leaiLs to large fortunes for those w ho have tho genius to organize great enterprises, but this is the case everywhere. Sir Joseph Whit worth, the great steel manufacturer of Kiigland tlid not die a pauper, and Lord Armstrong and the Rothchild hardly scciu in the way i. fillip tvet 1-dimeiiL My consolation w hen I see great riches for I own up to the same envy that afflicts my brethren of those who are ln-tter off than myself is that all these riches are of no profit to the ow tiers unless they burld railrouds, or miils, or dig illumination for the jMMrest of us out of the bowels of tho earth. The more prosperity there Is the more thero ia to distribute, and there is the chance that the worker, w hether with brain or muscle, has to wrest from his employer his share. I am not the author of this idea ; it came from a Pennsylvania workiiigmau, who declared before the committee on ways and means that if congress would only pass laws which would enable enterprise to make profits, tho workingmen would sec that they got their share. And this very day in the strike which is, or was, going on in Massachusetts, the very iiasis of the argument on U nh sides is the price of gi mm Is, and the consequent profits. The orators on the other side have al ways declared that strikes would cease when they had j,Mwer, but they have not passed away yet. On tho contrary, more liMiin in the future than we have ever hail in the past. Strikes are always unfortu nate things but not always liad things. Their sueeess consists not in their victo ries, but in their existence. Meu who see their w ay clear to profits will not refuse reeouiitcnse to tic we they employ when the great disorganization of a strike is possible under a sense of injustice on the part of organized laljor. To borrow again Mr. F.varts's illustration, the wit of which is only equalled by it wisdom, the only way thus far discovered to distribute con sumable and enjoyable wealth is first to give theehsnce to create it and then let cadi side struggle for its share. I do n4 say that this is all there ever w ill In-. I hope not No one w ill more gladly wel come than I any method for a fair and peaceful distribution. Rut there is ono thing certain, until you have profits they cannot lie divided. Why do I desire a fair distribution of profits? Is it in-cause I profess to In; the special friend of those wholalMir? Any-ImkIj- who dms that from a Militical plat form had ln-tter In? watchct I have no such motive. My moth e is the g.Msl old selfish one that such distribution leads to general prosperity, of v. hich I hope to get my share. What is the motive power that lets on tiie water and feeds in the coal and sets the machinery in motion? It is the mark et the capacity for buying, the power of purchase. IWhciicecomcs that? From the rich and the iMMir; front the rich a little, from the pMr much. If you were to give me alone for myself a mil I ion dollars, I should not sjMiid ten thousand of it incon sumable wealth, though I might put it in to plants, into works or railnuuls ; but if I were to give you a million dollars, distrib uted among you all, every cent of it would In- sK-nt not iu liKims and machinery, but in the prislucts of liMims nnd machinery. This is what makes the market the motive Miwerof production, not the large coiitri butionsof the few, hut the small contribu tions of the many. This large market al -mi makes legitimate cheapness. I say legitimate cheapm-ss, for a cheapness w ith no money to buy isa mockery to the soul, w hile cheapness with gmsl wages is the delight of life. The br.Kider and richer the market the more of each article will ln consumed, and the more there are con sumed the cheaper such will I e made. Machinery has its foundation on this. Yi u would not build a machine to make a single axe handle. You could make it infinitely cheaper by hand. A machine means a half million axe handles. Most manufacturers realize these things aud the grind fact that gmsl wages, so titr front ln-ing hostile to their progress, is its very foundation. When mamifai-turers all see their interest that way we shall witness the happy death, for this country at least, of tliat old MIiticnl economy din-trine that profits are deienilent on low wages. H isiness prosperity will then come from extension of business and not from the diminution of wages. Headers of the Hrn.M.n should not for get that J. N. Snyder, the druggist, ran fit their eyes with glasses. MARTHA WASHINGTON COOK-BOOK 320 PACES. ILLUSTRATED. One of the best Cook Honk published. It con tain recipes for all kinds of cooking-. A1m depart ments on Medicine. Lti- ?aette, and Toilut recipes, ndexed for handy refer rate. MAILED FREE, In Exchange for 20 LARGE LION HEADS cat from Lion Coffee wrappers And a 2-cent Stamp. Write f. li.t of our ocber Fine Premium.. W. havo many T&luable I'k-ture .Imj Knife, une. Sc. to Hire atmy. A tx-aullful Picture t'acd la la :rcry pjit -i f laox Currcx. W00LS0H SPICE CO, XSsSL yi is the Best BUSINESS " COLLEGER In America for ob-4 .talnlns a bread-i -winning educa tion. For cireujars P. DUrF A SONS. Pittsburg. Pa. SPECIAL NOTICE. That I will sell, until further notice, the f illowiug gooils at I lie old prices, regard less of thu advance of per gallon tax tiy the government: -.V. pure rye, 2 years, Jinn per gallon; Tippecanoe, 2 yiMirs, fii'i; tld t'aliinet, 4 years, Ji.1t) ier gallon; ltridgeMirt and ThoiniMoii's pure rye, a years, Si.'jU jH-r gallon; Finch, io ilell VVfddiilg, lillisoli's, Koliitlsoli t'o., Iloiirli in, ?l."o ht irallon; Hannisville, ItiMigherly, Moiiticello, 1 years, per gallon. California wines d'ry and sweet, from 7.V per gallon to l..'iii; 1 distinct lirainls; my own importation. Sherry and Port w ine from t" to $.11 per gal lon; also the tiiti-st Irish and Scotch whiskies at lowest wholesale rates. Call or send for stiecial price list at A. ANDRIESSEN 1SS, Federal St, Allegheny. All orders liv mail Dromnllv attended. Xv extra charge for packing. Telephone x vryr m m ar Mrs. A. E. UHL. PEOPLE EXPECT cheap goods tliij fall and I have them to distribute to my cuvtonicrs at the very Lowest Prices. A Large Stock - - of Plain and Nobby Dress Goods of the Latest Styles, at prices tliat will please. A Large Assortment of Clotlid plain and fancy at low prices. Low priced Dress Goods in large varieties. FLANNELS, FLANNELETTES. CANTON FLANNELS, SHIRTINGS, ETC., To please and suit all. Table Linens, Towels, Muslins, Sheetings, Ginghams, all cheap. Handsome Dress Trimmings in Silks, Satins, Gimps and Braidcs. A Complete Assortment of hand some Wraps and Hoods for Children. Gloves, Stockings, and Underwear for Ladies aud Children. A full stock in everything. ALL, CHEAP . I I DHL PARKER & PARKER. OUR NEW FALL anfl MUTER STOCK : Which has been selected with spe cial reference to the trade of this locality, will probably surprise all who sec it by the extensive variety it offers in every line of goods which we carrv. It includes the pick of the market in fresh FALL and "WINTER STYLES, and not less astonishing thin the goods will be the Astonishing Low Prices put on them; a?toni?hiug because in the history of buying and selling we know of nothing to compare in genuine cheapness with this elegant stock of goods. We therefore propose to inaugurate THE RAREST BARGAIN SEASON we have ever presided over. Vou must see these goods, whether you buy or pot, and it will give us great pleasure to haye everybody examine and price these bargains so that they niay be convinced of our ability to make prices on best quality goods the like of whiuh is unprecedented. PARKER & PARKER SUGAR MAKERS SUPPLIES, i - WE CARRY A LARGE STOCK OF WE HANDLE THE BEST -sP. A. Main Cro Street, .... FURNITURE TKUE ECONOY LIr in liiiyinir Litoil tliinp. (ImI thin-i n--l int l- li-h rini. T:,i v, a ivrtain lianl wall of fui-Naml fivnr-s however, tliat i-taml- l " " iliilitk mid mlijr:tl firomi-. Tli-re an --rtain jrtfs Mow .. . , Knod, lnii-t Furniture tun l- Imulit. Tlio PICICKS art- our-.. I:v,i.' lea you jrt-t K-s. No u. dittoing a fact. YOU TCXOAV OUR T.IK. It coiiM-tt -f liigli and low grade Furniture, Springs, Mattree and R-frigj. , tort, at PRICES to nuit the times. C. H. COFFROTH, 606 Main Somerset, Great Inducements.; Goods reduced in price in every lino, Dry Goods, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Lace Curtain?, Ladies' Coats, Ac. Xow is the time to buy to save money and get something good. CLINTON STREET. - SO WORTH AVCUC. LltCHCy. KstuKi-a-il a.; Jtrt of h- W.-r. ni ! Tv. 1MJ. Tli" iiiii! -iuplft :uil h..juit'J'--l KnlUli I 'irniurvi.:!. aii'l lin-t-h;i:i ! tli-CHinli-y. Stmli nt nf llli -xn inhi.iitil al any tmiu. Tht- lt-t rulin:ui- 1 ,.-. dMiUtiiiini; full information M-rit (n-r to.tnv adln-s. W. K KuWAX. Hi;Mry. ' LEVI Ll IdiKX. Ph. Ii. Vr.u .-.1 VJTf 'jKSvi Tl it iL i?il H JOHN IB l SOMERS, BRO. & Established In 1876. Commission Merchants. No. 611 Liberty gtrvsl Plaids They're fash ioua! ile :im etitir livswe or in oniuliinntiiui with plain RiuhIs. I'uiversally iHHtmiing to ini-wt-! and ehililrvn, ami v-ry few women liut that can wear theut none but mn wear e-let-tiotiM from this lartce ami varil lot styles to suit every one. ALL.lt OOL CHEVIOT l'LJIDS. A ilozeti or more (liiferviit styli oilor mixtures eiiial to many of gontl at three times the priee im-luw wiile, 25 cents a yard. FINE, ALL-WOOL SUITIXQ I'LAIDS, In silk IwHtrette effeet in newest l.mwn, blue ami grtt-n "liailes upei-ially stiit el for tiiiUren's Iresj-s ami t'luaks lejfitmate vulue $l.(m a yanl 04 inch wide, to so at CO cents. Fine, All- Wool Serge rialds, Silk ami Wool VUiUlu, And other high-elaNM Plaid Materials tiie, 7.V, t.yK t fiUl, that for genuine worth, ln-auty and style, i-.ui't lie inatehed at prii-es. yEir CAMEL'S HAIR Sl'lTiSGS, Solid colored grou.iiU flecked in liar inouizinir colon-red on green, niagi-iv-ta on Mack, silver grey on lirow n, ojive on wine, t-te., iiiiMrted this Fi-ast):t, to "ell at $t.0O a yard. - IiniH.rter re:konel w ithout his hit .... Soli to us at our own terms, ami now fliis fortunate deal is offered to you U inches wide at &Q cenfs a yard 2fEir, ALL-WOOL pilESS GOODS, lU ginniiig ntiV, advance in easy rict; stes :!ile, Xn 4tk Vnz, to Finest luir ported Noveltii- to fi'ill, and w ill givo you greatest range fiir selection )ii l)i rth variety and style as well as price. Write our Mail order fir full It it, of aaiips also stmd addrtsa for new Vail iul Vi.ntur ("ataloaue, now ready. Boggs & Buhl, ALLEGHENY. PA. PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE kok WOMEN. PITTSBURG. PA. TwMity-Bfth anniml antslon U-ein S-pU-nt-tN-r 1-1 h. Uirutioii tMnulirul ana hcaithriil. ru;s rlnr imtiuii-Uii ofTi-ml iu every dr furtlii.liL. AJilrvnn. Miss R. JENNIE DEVORE, Pres. - - - - Syrup Cans Sap Buckets, SaP Spouts, Gathering Backed '' Sugar Pans, Etc., &t rock bot. ' 1 torn prices for cash, t -ket at less than half the priCe -asked for some others. It win "pay you to got our prices belore buying. SCHELL,- S0VEFSET,pA Cross Street, - JOHNSTOWN P FUR CAPES. Ve are now showing a fine new line of Fur Capes ia 24, 27, 30 & 34 Inches, ELECTRIC SEAL, WOOL SEAL, Plain and Trimmed Monkey and Cnty CAPES, At Prices Uwrr Than Toa VUli Find Iktwm 5ew York and ("hirasr. Otir reanonsi are: Ve luy Cr i-a.-h. i' p:iy s ri-nU. ami Hir otiit-r exix-!is-M ar tint -xiru:iMii; ; (lm extra iuiiii-ti l-ep:iiil fur J-y i.tsr i-.iti iu r . STENGER, - Johnstown, Pi : PITTSBURGH. PA. GO. ' avite Uie Inquiries of Buytrt and Shippers of VEGETABLES. Fruits, Nuts, Produce SHOES! SHOES! SHOES: 151i KFHrtTIoX IN : : Shoes! : : Shaver & Good M'tVKNNiiKS Th THOMAS BARN ETC. will for l!ic next 30 day sell pi"-" of their stock at Away Down Prices. TLcy have just received a nice -;f line of Mens' Pre -s --; Heavy Shoe?, ctc a!:0 a liLe of Ladies' Shoes ia Sif.-"" Opera and ritiladeh hia T; Miises Youths' a:: J dren's, Al! marked as CHEAP as ft. CHEAPEST. f Cqll and get ? " - a Barga -AT- SHAVER & GOOD'S 70S MAIN CROSS ST., j Somerset, WANT DO YOU SECURITY IN WVESTMEST If no. Jiin the American Syn.li.-i!-- ".. ic. III.. ueucriiiivl'-''' J -;3-tliciii loavrriir- for Hk- !lr-i ;1 1 l.tM it l-r ct-iil. xiiJ an fi'Hi'M Jiiniiitry Iii -r ct Kctinmry Jn ! -t Jlllll- July ilarcli i r -t .Wu-i . I' ¬ ll IWT CI I in" Ai.nl luo i-r el Scpu m May M p-r ct ... u - - t her an- receiving tli- ' , j t vim? Slmnn e.ieli. M ""' .- not Iiutlion free mi aiplii-uliiMi- ,"' airr,v iMvi'liiul l litvkx Caminl ' t'" Svmti.nle (Bm:M-li'. iu--,r-. . .. r:" iu.nk k t o., lto.mi TU I'eini I;"!""'"'- ; liurg, I'll. ; I'm J si, 1 in i
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