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The Somerset Herald.
EDWARD RCl-LU Editor d Proprietor.
1S95
THEBK are 73,030,0.) pennies in cir
culation in this country. The little
...iu h sai.l to be .barbed at the rate
of lM)aday.
UEW.KKATs'are sbedJing t.-aw 1-oiu-,
hs they allege, -Tom" lived has
p .iled hi" presidential chances by ao
c.pling the Speakership.
Th kke yearsg the Democrat were
1, .vk liuii a'out the enormous surplus in
the Treasury; now, under their admin
itruti..u of affairs, there Is a deficit of
,i,re than ?l'ii.y0.
The outpuTof gold from the Alaska
mines for 1 is estimated to I
',,n kl,oK).
Tiie total sum originally paid Rus
sia f ,r Alaska was K.JMM").
The New York Jlntl'l is for the
renom-nation of Cleveland, on the
thoorv that "it is never wise to swop
hor.es while crossing a stream." We
are of the opinion that the stream was
-rosst-d at the late elections, and Cleve
land was dumped in the mire.
Senatok Joiix Shekmas, writing
to Kx-I'o-iniaster Russell, of Rich
mond. Va., on the Presidential ques
tion savs: "I think that McKinley on
the whole is the iK-st fitted for the of
" fice, tifing a man of smooth and
"even t-miHT, of g.Hd habits, Iiouor-
"able character and marked ability.
"invitii.-i rcinnot do I letter than to
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" give him its support."
The Fifty-fourth Congress convened
in Washington at noon on Monday,
and the House was organized by the
election of Thomas R. Reed as Speak
er, Major Alexander McDowell, of this
State, as clerk, lleiijamin F. Russell, of
Missouri, as S..Tgeant-at-Arms, .
liam J. (Jlenii, of New York, as Door-
keeiier, and Joseph C. McElroy, of
Ohio, as Postmaster.
In the la- House the Democrats had
a iiiH'oritv of 94, while in this Hour
the Republicans have a majority of
14 , which will probably le increased
by the settlciiient of a number of con
tested seats.
The political whirligig has again
placel Thomas li. Reed in the Speak
er's chair, but under very different
auspices from those under which lie
.occupied it in the Fifty-first Congress.
Then he had but a meager majority at
his back, and was confronted by a
turbuleut and truculent Democratic
minority that hail previously boasted
that it would control legislation in the
House.
The sceiies of turbulence verging on
riot, that occurred during the early
days of the session, are remeniliered
b- all who felt interest in public af
fairs. To Mr. Reed s courage and
firmness, then displayed, the country
owes its preservation from humiliation
and disgrace ; but so acrimonious was
the feeling of the minority that Mr.
li-.-ed left the chair at the end of the
m.-ssioii w ithout the usual compliment
ary vote of thanks. Mr. Heed -now re
turns to the speakership with more
than a two-thirds majority at his back,
the most emphatically vindicated
stall's man of his day ; while the mob
that shouted "czar, tyrant, usurper,"
and vilified and denounced him, is
prostrate in the dust of humiliation at
their utter overthrow.
In all our political history there is
nothing c.im parable to the second
c c.ning of Mr. Speaker Reel.
Rit;7i .f nomy is to lie the watch
word of the present Republican m
gress, say the dispatches from Wash
ington. We hope that this is not
merely roaring in the index, but that
t h . declaration will Unenforced to the
letter. Kxtravagant appropriations
was the rock on which the last Rcpuls
licaii Congress was nearly wrecked.
The "billion dollar Congress"' was a
patent cry in the succeeding elections.
Ry rigid economy is not meant, as we
und'-r-itand it, the pirsimonious,
cheesi'-p.iriiig p licy of Holinan and
his di'invjgic satellites by which the
on -tract ion of great public works was
di-IayeJ, the building up of our new
navy retarded, and appropriations so
cat down that effective work in the
improvement in river- and harbors was
sadly crippled, bjt it im-ans that a dol
lar will not be expanded unnecessarily,
and that appropriations will he reduced
t th? lowest p tint consistent with the
needs of the ( J vernnu'iit.
T'.ia Treasury, under the policy of the
pr'iit administration, has been ellipt
ic I, the p iblic d.-bt has !jcn increased
by many millions and business so
neirly wrecked, is lr.it slowly re
covering, and therefore the needs of
t'ie c untry d.-mnnd economy and a
ri;i:l scrjtiny of all appropriations.
With x tariff that d es not produce
iffi.-ient revenue to d.-fray the expt-n-sof
the !.vern:iK'iit, and our Na
tional indebtedness daily increasing,
the nec-.sity for ci-onouiy is s.'lf ap
parent. I'ntil the R -publicans again
m iuto full p wer and their well
tested financial policy ha again re
plenished the treasury, rigid eeonomy
iu i4 !. t'.ii watch-word of all wise
-id prudent legislators When the
c raatry is again restoreil to the cjndi
tion existing under the Harris in admin
istrAtioa, m re lib.Tal appropriations
einb' mil,-, and new pjbiie works
ai J n.w pj'olic bjildingi euti b? ap
propriated for and carried oa. Hit it
i t'.u d Jty of this C m.rr.s to enforci?
the ni t rigid ee.Kiomy in all its aj
pr.ijiriations. Setter Time for Farmers.
Seeretary Hoi ton, in bis annual report,
makra the clever and agreeable statement
th:i liettor tiinen tt the farmers are just
nttnad, aitd the value of land will iinTcase.
Tbc farmers w ill 1 bsppy to learn all
this and Lake tke secretary al bis word.
They have lieen wuiling fir a turn in the
title for years something that would
lring wliit up to the dollar mark and
tl-ir aTes to a figure outride those met
ilk at a slieritTs sale, and the chance
fir improvement is eidnt!y justilieil by
fm-t. Tit ine-rcase of millions to the
istpulalion and the demand in foreign
nat kets are tit foetor in this tield of
f romise ftr the fanners. Secretary Mor
ton has also act a lesson in economy in
xpenrfiuirt io bis deart tuent, nt of
-.lC323 aoprojiriau-d during the past
two fiscal years, ft.Ui.SX have lieen re
turned to the treasury as the unexpeud
cJ balance.
Ay lpubli5in Can Win.
navfiie tioen taterviewml In Kansas
City, Mo, editor Whitelaw Iteid "can sot
pretend to say in which direction th
It "publican Presidential nomination may
fall; but bets altogether clear that wbo-
Mver the nominee shall be, be w ill be
1 cted. The tide is in our direction.
December t.
REED AGAIX
AS SPEAKER.
Houm EepnbUeanf Hm Kim by Aeela-
mitioa.
Washington, V. .ov. .-"
nwh r incoming Republican Congresa-
i.w m Mr. Reed's apartment al-
. r Vila f H urine- his re-I
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nii,.n houm to-dav. iwt he stooa n. an i
RHiilinelv. remembering how he was to I
w honored at the caucus to-night-
PmmnilTatS o'clock Mr. Hooker, ol
New York, secretary of the caucus, took j
the Chair The test oi me re.iic
strength of the McIowell ticket and its I
.. iwo-n in the rote ou the I
election of chairman of the raucua. Mr.
William A. Stone, of Pennsylvania, who
has I teen the principal manager for Me- I
n.ipll and those associated with bun.
nominated General Charles II. (irosve- J cities more good than the country dis
nor, of Ohio, while Mr. IWilliver, of Iowa. I tricbs and for this reason should lie up-
w ho represented the Henderson lorces, i
projiosed the name of Mr. Henderson, of I
low a. At the conclusion or the rou-caii
the vote stood loo for Grosvenor and 3 I
for Henderson. I
This showed the presence of 228 mem- I
bers, and it diselosed the fart that the
McDowell forces had not overrated their
strenetu. I
Mr. Hopkins of Illinois, placed .Mr.
Ellis, of Oregon, in nomination for sec- I
retarv of the caucus for the fifty-fourth I
Congress. Mr. Mercer, oi -eiiraKa, i
nominated Mr. Hooker, of ew 1 orK.
Mr. Ellis was elected by a vote of 1JH to
OROW NOMINATES REED.
On motion of Mr. Grow, of Pennsyl
vania, Thomas It. Reed, of Maine, was
nominated for Speaker and elected by
acclamation.
On motion of Mr. Fayne, oi ew ork.
a committee of three was appointed to
conduct Mr. Reed to the hall. The com
mittee consisted of Mr. Payne, Galusba
A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, and Cannon,
of Illinois.
Mr. It-ed on enterine the hall was
loudlv applauded. Taking a position in
the area before the presiding officer's
desk, and speaking in an easy conversa
tional tone, be said:
Kit. skkd's spkech.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: For
the honor which you have conferred upon
me I teuder you my sincere thanks. I
am, however, not in the least liable to
confound with my own personality this
tribute of your kindness. I bad once the
gissl fortune to be so placed that I rep
resented as well as I was able the pa
triotic sense of a great party, and It .is
to that patriotic sense of our party thai
you tender the tribute of your matured
as you did yourtemporary approval. His
tory will accord us praise for what we
did in the Fifty-first Congress, and it
may accord us its praise in this for w hat
we did not do.
MfST RESTORE CONFIDENCE TO BfSINKSS.
We have, unfortunately, a divided Gov
ernment, which naturally leads to small
result. But there are times when rest is
?s health-giving as exereite. We nniRt
not forget that our first and greatest duty
is to do all we can to restore confidence to
tmsiness that we must avoid all iKisiness
legislation except in the direction ofim-
proving business. Rather than run risks
we can afford to wait until well-matured
plans eive us assurances of permanent
benefit. Crude and lia-.tv legislation
isabove all things to be shunned.
Could we cause our immense popular
majority to overflow into other branches
of the Government, and could we have
full control, we would create not a per- I
feet world, perhaps but a w orld rather 1
more tit to live in than we have lately I
had.
revenue FOR TIIE oovernment.
Even as things are, I do not for a mo-
n.... do..l.t that our patriotic instincts
will lead us to make every sacrifice ex
cept of principle to rescue our country
from iLs temporary disaster. Not only
have we If en elected by the overwhelm"
ingvoteof the people as their servants,
Isit as a House of Representatives of
which we are the majority. The right to
initiate taxation of the people is by the
Constitution placed in our hands as a
sacred trust which we have no right to
surrender and u liich all parties, however
they differ on other things will assuredly
maintain.
That we shall lie ready at all times to
furnish adequate revenue forthe Govern
ment according to our sense of public
oiity no man can doubt,
OCR FOREIUX RELATION
This is the great nation of this hemi
sphere, and while we have no desire to in
tetfere w ith other nations we shall main
tain our position herewith firmness and
self-res pect, and at the same time w ith
careful consideration of fa.-ts and that
conservatism of action which shall leave
no lKid question to trouble our future.
In this I trust the whole Government in
all its branches will lie iu accord with
each oilier and with the people.
NOMINATIONS FOR OTHER OFFICES,
With Mr. Reed's departure from the
Hall th? work of pla-ing tin candidates
for Clerk in nomination liegan. Mr. Ial
E'll. of Pennsylvania, presented the
name of Alexander McDowell, of Perm
sylvania, and Mr. Cannon, of Illinois,
performed a similar service for his late
colleague, Mr. Henderson, of th:it Slate.
The roll was cabled and Mr. McDowell
was elected by a vote of VA to 74.
IenJ. F. Russell, of Missouri, was elect
ed Sergeant-at-.rui ; Win. S. Glenn,
of New York, wjm elected d r-kj?p?r;
Rev. Mr. Fisher, of Kansas, was elected
Chaplain; anj Mr. McKIroy, ofOaio,
was elected p;wt-nivter.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
At the Democratic caucus th? following
nominations were made: Speaker, Chas
R. Crisp, of Georgia; Clerk, James Kerr,
of Pennsylvania; Dsirkeeper, A. It.
Hart, of Mississippi; Nrgeaiit-at-.rii:a,
H'.raian W. Snow, of Illinois; Postmas
ter, John T. Ross, of Maryland; Chap
lain, KJ-ard It. Ragby, of Virginia.
Killed 11, Bat Seeda't Hang.
Omaha, Ncl., Nov. 2S George Davis
colored, accused of displacing rails and
causing a wreck on the Rock Islam!
road near Lincoln, in August of
last year, iu which 11 persons were kill
ed, has lieen convicted of murder in the
second degree and recommended to clem
ency. Good Beealta
Come from long experience. The Cin
derella Stoves itid Ranges are the result
of over thirty-five years' experience;they
have every new feature that is of value
to a housekeeper, and are good bakers
and perfict masters. Sold by
James H. Holderbai'x,
Somerset, Pa.
Four Twine KaAe Two.
Canton, O., Nov. :. Harry and
Sadie Poorman, twins of this city, w ere
married to Florence and Philip Slay
man, resjicctively, who are also twins,
at the Slay man home, in Reach City.
The ceremonies occurred licfore the same
company, hut each couple had its own
attendants.
Hone Seti a Town Gold-Sad.
New York, Nov. 2S. A horse in Flat
bash is responsible for half the town be
ing gold mad. Tho horse the other day
picked up in its shoe a'gold guinea, coined
in the mint of George II, in 17j!. Tradi
tion has it that large quantities of gold
were Isiried in Flatbash before the Revo
lution, and many times the gold fever has
revived and ieople have dug over acres
in the search for this buried treasure.
To-day being a holiday, Flatbuehers
and many Rrooklyuite celebrated by
shoveling Virt near where the horse
picked up the coin. They worked and
sweat and swore until several vity lots
looked like newly-plowed fields but not
even a copper penuy appeared. Finally j
the people who own the laud bad to call !
nn the police to save the new streets aud
lots from destruction.
What tht Farmers Want.
Special Agent Frank X. Moore, of the
State Department or Agriculture, is a
uieniljcr of the State Grange, and is re
ojtiiUp1 throughout Pennsylvania an the
representative in the Legislature of the
fanning element of the State. In an in
terview with a TittslHirg Times reimrter
he discussed a numlier of queationa
touching on the farmers' wanta aua
nolilical need. Said h
Tho farmers of Pennsylvania have
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i,een misrepresenieu regarumg ineir u-
,nainls from the Legislature. They do
not want legislation so mueii m mcjr
wont to be let alone, and ho as lo prev em
lne passage of adverse legislation. At
me lasi session iimreiaws in-iivuimn
farmers were passed than in 10 years
nrovinns. At the same time, we want a
nutnlHT of things from the next session.
m,i I think w e stand a good show ol se
curing them. The farmers are in favor
of the forestry bill to a man. It does me
ported by Pittsburgers. llsteps are ui.-
en to preserve the forests, the crops are
materially benentea, long uroiiius we
greatly diminished and the city water
supply more assured and more uniform.
The bill to lie introduced will provide for
the appointment of fire wardens, w hose
Uuty u will be to extinguish the contia-
grations, and more stringent legislation
against hunters and the careless use or
inflammable materials.
Another thing the Grange w 111 ask will
be for equality or taxation, ana tnai aii
property excepting that devoted to chan-
table purposes lie subjected to proper
taxes. The elei-tric railways are taxed at
the highest rate at present, and no in
crease is demanded, but there is great
inequality in the amount piid by corKir-
atioiis and steam railroads we ask that
the property of the latter be taxed one
mill. Real estate in Pennsylvania at
present rays three-fourths of the taxes.
while the personal property, in which is
included machinery in mills, stock in
stores and money in bunk, is worth more
than the real estate. Our aim is to secure
higher rate on that class than on real
estate. The move is the outgrowth oi me
tax conference, in session for the last four
years, composed of five men from each
of the six leading industries of the State,
Joseph I. Weeks is president.
Hut the most iniMrtant thing we shall
demand will be the right to electric rail
roads to carry freight and express matter
the same as steam roads. The former
penetrate districts where the others can
not and will not be operated with profit.
thus affecting the farming element. It is
a matter of personal comfort with them.
This Is lielng worked up, and a strong
effort made to have a bill passed. Last
year a bill calling for this passed the
House, but failed iu the Senate.
The farmers of Pennsylvania have
made as much progress as any other in
diistry in the land, and at no time have
their products lecn put on the market in
such good shape and at such low prices.
The Grange has much to do with this
and has lieen responsible for much of
their improvement.
Doctor! Mend a Broken Seek.
Cleveland, O., Nov. 2S. Two Cleve
land surgeons Charles R. Hum is ton and
Samuel IX Knestlin, have cast precedent
aside and completely menuea a oroKen
neck and saved a life. They have brongl;
to recovery r.rwin Keidel, a 14-year-old
Imy, who sustained a complete fracture
of the third cervical vertebrae on
August 24. There is no ease throughemt
the world where this has ever been ae
eoiiiplished Is-fore,
The lad"s neck was snapped iieneath
heavy wagon wheel and doubled unde
I his body, anil the driver and others
I beard the vertebrae crack. The fracture
be suslamea is annnounceu. in me a-
counts oi executions ny naugiug, nerc-
in it is stated: "The neck was
and death was instantaneous."
broken
Ir. Kaestlin happened to be i mined i
ately on the spot. Noticing that respire
tion had ceased, he held the lad's head so
that it returned. While thus held, hero
ic surgery was undertaken ami an iin
movable iron cage was applied. This
has been kept on tho boy's bead till his
broken neck is now completely mended
A Welcome Utter of '96.
The licginniiig of the new year will
have a welcome usher iu the shape of
fresh almanac, descriptive of the origin,
nature and uses of the national tonic and
alterative. Hosteller's Stomach Hitters.
Combined with the descriptive matter
will lie found calendar and astronomical
calculations alisoiutcly reliable for cor
rectness, statistics illustrations verses
carefully selected, and other mental food
highly profitable and entertaining. On
this pamphlet, published and printed an
nually by The Hostetter Company, of
Pittsburg, CO hands are employed iu the
mechanical department alone, Kleven
mouths are devoted to its preparation.
It is prH-urable free, of druggists and
country dealers everywhere, and is
printed in Knglish, German, French,
Spanish. Welsh, Norwegian, Holland,
Swedish and llohcinian.
No Fe7er at Calif rnia Hormtl.
California, Pa., Nov. 29, 1XG.
Editor Herald:
Sir Inasmuch as a rumor has lieen
circulated at the County Institute that a
nuinlM-r of the students including sever
al from Somerset county, are stricken
withtyhoid fever, we l'g leave to in
form the people of Somerset county that
the report is a false one. There bus lieen
no serious illness r.t the Normal this
term, much less any fever. We can not
sec why such an erroneous report should
lie circulated; but one of two things js
evident eithiir thn originator of it was not
acquainted with affairs at the school, or
the object was to prevent persons who
are thinking of taking a Normal courttt
from cutting to California. Should tho
latter lie the case we would say that fuw
sc!ihils if any, cm sh iw s-i.-a a g s.l
health rocord as California. X
The Largest Oak Board.
The largest oak lioard ever sawed was
ripped from the body of a mammoth tree
which formerly stood near Seottslmrg,
Ind. The tree was 27 feet in circumfer
ence, and was said to lie the largest per
fectly round oak in the State, It was
purchased by H. Herman, the New York
lumber dealer, for the sum of f7' and
was cut down ami sawed into Isiards.
The largest of these Iioards was 10 inches
thick, 5 feet 2t inches wide at the butt
and five feet exactly at the top. It was
feet long, and required the combined
strength of two yoke of oxen and eight
hores a whole day to move it 1 miles on
a broad-tread wagon from the saw mill to
the depot. Lumliermen say that this
was the largest oak board ever sawed in
America. .V, J.ohi'm UspttliUc,
Sentence cf Holmes.
Philadelphia. Nov. 30. In tho court
of oyer and terminer to-day Judge Ar
nold refused to grant Herman W. Mud
getts, alias II. II. Holmes who was con
victed on November ?, of tho murder in
this city on September 2, ISM, of H. F.
Pitezcl, a new trial, and sentenced the
condemned murderer to death. Holmes,
when he came into court, looked care
worn and seemed to have lost that air of
confidence which has clung to him
throughout his ordeal.
This Was a Kuicu'.ir OwL
Pen field, Pa., Dec. 1. In July, inn),
Jaoob M. Smith, a farmer living a few
miles from here, set a mink trap on top
of a chestnut post to catch an owl that
was carrying away his fowls. The next
morning the staple was broken off and
the trap was gone. On Thanksgiving
uight, this year. Smith set another trap.
fciid at 7 o'clock be found in it a largo
L Wbon l kiHwd it be discovered
his other trap aud chain last to its left
leg, the bird having carried them Du
over five years. The owl measured four j
i.ud one-half feet from tip to tip of wings
The Petition Boll.
According to the report of the Secre
tary of the Interior there were V7&1
pensioners on the roll on June .vOtli, 1 '..
Ou June 3itth, 1W4, there were a,i,
and during the year."B,IS5 new pension
ers were added and 4.2n restored to the
roll. There were 27,KbJ deaths rejsirted
during the year and 14,'itHj dropped for
other causes making 42,411 in alL The
increase over last year is fso. There
were 3!i,lS5 new claims allowed, and the
increases additionals and other changes
numbered 57,152. There were 10-VtVi
claims rejected. The number of new ap
plications filed within the year was 37,Ot)
and on June 3oth, lsu'i, the number of
pending cases was ii2,2l0. These are
represented by 4ol,t7. claimants of
whom 24S,710 are now on roll and 210,-
7oj are original claimants widows or
ependenU not upon the roll. The pend
ing cases of the latter class are 7tJ,444
less than at the beginning of the year.
Nearly all these cases that have been
pending a great length of time have leen
examined repeatedly, and are lacking in
essential evidence. Instead of filing the
required evidence claimants procure
members of Congress and other public
men to make frequent calls for status
which often require careful examination
ofthecaso to answer correctly. Over
80,0m) Congressional calls were answered
during the year.
The amount applicable to payment of
pensions during the year was $l-"i0,nos,-672,5.
of which $i:2,U7,a:J7 30 was
paid out, leaving a surplus of $10,201,
Xi5 2K. The amount appropriated for
is!i is i I40,0u0,0ia
The amou lit paid for pensions for 1S!(.j,
t i:,Sl7,3:r; 30, was S2,S7(i 2-" in excess
of the amount paid for pensions in
The act of March 2d, ISii'i, increasing all
tensions below $1 per month to that rate.
ind another act of the same date repeal
ing the act of March 3d, IWt, which for
bade payment of pensions to non-re-i-
ilenui after July 1st, lsjrj, increased the
payments during the last four months of
is; 15 aliout f7.",0iiil. It is proltahle, how
ever, that the appropriation for the pres
ent year, fltO.OKi.om, will be suffi
cient, unless pensions are increased by
further legislation, as pensions must
otherwise decrease from natural causes.
The estimates for 1SH7 are as follows:
For pensions ! 40,000,000; for surgoons
fees fsmint; for salaries of pension
agents $72,000; for clerk hire at pension
agencies f"'(',0i); for fuel at pension
agencies ?7.i0; for light at pension agen
cies f7j0; for rents at pension agencies,
J2U.070; for contingent expenses, $Ni,0iM.
The Hoard of Revision during the year
acted upon 104,100 cases, iu w hich 4,14!
pensioners were dropped from the rolls
as inH disabled in a pensionable degree,
and 2,2711 were dropped undor aaid act
and restored to the iHtnsiuns granted them
under the general law. In 20..Til cases
the rates of pensions were reduced, and
in 77,373 eases In which further evidence
was filed the pensions were continued.
Another Battle in Cuba.
Havana, Nov. 30. The column of
tDsijis commanded by Brigadier Gener
als Oliver and Luque have both lceu en
gaged twice with the insurgent forces
commanded by Maximo Gomez in the
province of Santa Clara. The insurgents
left: on the field eighty killed and car
ried off their wounded.
General Luque commanded 1,200 in
fantrymen, loo cavalrymen, and had one
piece of artillery, while General Oliver
had 1,400 infantrymen, 100 cavalrymen
and two pieces of artillery. Gomez is
rejiorted to have had 4,0;K) cavalrymen
and 2,0ki infantrymen and one piei-e of
artillery. They were drawn up in order
of buttle. General Gomez knowing that
the government forces were about to com
mence an attack upon him. The fire was
opened by the Spanish artillery.
One thousand cavalrymen under Gucr-
ra closely engaged the attention of the
infantry, but the deadly effects of the
Mauser rifles compelled a retreat. Gen
era! Gomez then ordered the whole cav
alry to attack tho en emy, but their hors
ey liecame so tired before they reached
one-half the distance that the insurgents
returned disheartened, and tho cavalry
attack upon the Spaniards ct this point
was ineffective.
Gomez next ordered ,VJ men and a can
non to the top of the hill, but the cannon
burst at the firing of tho first shot, kill
ing four men. General Oliver rushed in
at the head of 5uo of the Spanish infantry.
The insurgents were soinevx hat disheart
ened and retreated. The Spanish artil
lery kept up a continuous firing of shells,
and the insurgents were compelled to
abandon their positions, finally seeking
safety iu the woods.
Tho Cubans left W) killed, and accord
ing to official advice oyer pr were wound
ed, of the troops two lieutenants, a cor
poral and eight soldiers worn killed and
eighteen persons were wounded.
Four People Drowned.
t'NioNToWN, Pa., Dee. l.- James M
In ford and his wife, John Plcku and
Laura Stevenson, of Woods Run, were
drowned in the Mouongahela river 1 1
midnight last night. They bad been in
Brownsville all afternoon, and it was
late when they started down tho river
in a skiff. When about two milas lie
low Brownsville they met tho sleimar
James G. Blaine coming up the river.
They got too clisc to the steamer ami
tho waves upset the skiff, throwing
them out into the water. l hey soon
liacame helpless and sank to the b t
torn. Tho lsslies of tho two men have
been recovered, but the women are sti l
at the I iot torn of the river.
A Great Gold Find.
Salt Lake, Vtah, Nov. 29. Recent dis
coveries of vast gold fields at Mercur,
about sixty-five miles south of Salt Iiko
City, which givo every indication of ujak
ing that pla-e one of tho largest and
richest gold mining cumps in the world,
have created intense excitement. For
alvxit two years only one property has
been operated, and that by the Merer. r
Gold Mining and Milling Company, a:d
in that period it has paid dividends of
over 500,000. It now appears that the
valley for miles in every direction con
tains ore equally as rich or richer than
the Mercur Company's property.
Within a very short period a district
of seven miles by three miles has been
almost entirely taken up, and fully 1,(00
miners and prospectors are at work.
Three new mills have been started up
and are now operating even more profit
ably than the original one. New dis
coveries are being made daily, and there
is great excitement.
The ore is of a character different
from any other gold ore iu tho world. It
bears some resemblance to quartz, and is
being treated by an adapted cyanide
process. It is of medium grade, running
f 12 to $li to the ton, although in spots
it runs as high as .in), but the quantity
of :t seems to be practically unlimited.
English exports who have thoroughly
dxamined the ground say that it is a
richer and moro extensive gold region
tnn those orsouth America, ray ore
is found at a depth of 200 feet.
"For threo years I suffered from Salt
Rheum. It covered my hands to such
an extent that I could not wash them.
Two Unties of Burdock BIixmI Hitters
cured me," Lihhie Young, Pope's Mills
St. Lawrence County, N. Y.
Mais $230 Oat of One Ceat.
Kennett Suvake, Pa., Nov. 2. Fred
T. McDonald, a druggist at this lace,
has just sold an obi copp?r coin for
J. The'coin is very rare. It is of the
date ITS.!, and on one side has the bust of
Washington and the words "Washington
and LilK-rty," and on the other "one
cent." He took the coin iu trado at his
Storp for jts fa value, oip cent.
Win ted.
To borrow f 10,0n0 for two or three years
on Pittsburg real estate. Address for
full particulars, P. O. Box 751, Pittsburg,
Penn'a.
End of the Tear Weather A La Fotter.
My laet bulletin gave forecasts of the
storm wave to cross the comment from
the2sth to Iec. 2nd, and the next will
reach the Pacific coast alsuit Urd,
cross the went of Hockics country by the
close of the 4lh, great central vallsys,
from the 5th to Till, and the eastern States
the St h. This disturbance w ill prolsihly
cause the warmest weather of the mouth,
and for the w hole of the United States the
precipitation will average lielow normal.
heavy rains and snows fulling only in
limited localities. The warm wavo will
cross the west of the Uockies country
.limit the 2nd, great central valleys the
5lb, ami the eastern States the 7th. Cool
wave will cross tho west of M-kies
OMintry aliout tlieinli, great central. val
leys the sth and eastern States tho KUh.
liecemlier temperature, will average
below normal east, and a'tove norma!
west of the ltocky mountain ridge.
Within each of these divisions more
particularly east of the Rockies locali
ties will materially differ iu average
temperature.
Draw a line from Bismarck to New
Orleans and thence to Charleston, S.
C. and you will have the center of the
cold path, on either side of which will
occur the greatest below average temper
ature departures for the coming mouth.
The temperature departures are expect
ed to average lowest at Winnipeg, Du
buque, Chicago, Kansas City, Fort
Wayne, Sail Antonio, New Orleans
Atlanta, Charleston and intermediate
Miints. The Ohio valley will average
tlow, but not so much as the other
points named. Tho lower lakes, Penn
sylvania, New York and New Kngland
Stales will average lielow, but while
there will be periods of very cold w eath
er, the average will not be very much
lelow.
Rainfall for liecemlier will 1-e a little
above normal east of the Rockies and
lielow on the Pacific slope. The lower
Missouri valley will get most, the Ohio
valley, southern Florida, western Texas,
the cast of Uockies arid countries upper
Missouri and Red River of the North
valleys least rain. On the Atlantic coast
ab nit an average rainfall may lie expected,
heaviest in Maine, Massachusetts and iu
the vicinity of Philadelphia. The upper
Mississippi valley and upper lakes will
get average rainfall, and in all tho north
ern States, east of tho Rockies the pre
cipitation w ill be principally in the form
of snow.
The coldest weather of the month
will follow the storm wave due to cross
the continent from the 101 li to 201 h.
Important to Penaionen.
Owing to the fact that may magistrates
before whom pension vouchers are exe
cuted have lieen iu the habit of forward
ing such vouchers to the Pension Agent
for payment enclosed in envelopes which
do not have the proper amount of ostagc
thereon, thus putting tho Pension Agents
to the trouble and expense of paying the
over-due jiostage licfore such packages
can lie delivered, it has become necessary
for the Pension Department to adop; a
stringent rule forthe correction of such
abuses. Pension Agents have therefore
lxtn instructed by the Department at
Washington to hereafter refuse payment
of such deficient postage and to allow alt
such packages to goto the Dead Letter
Office. Speaking Umui this subject Cap'
tain Skinner the Pension Agent at Pitts
burg says, "This abuse has grown to such
promotions that I have been obliged to
pay as inucii as 1 lire) ItoKars in one
month on a-c unit of such delici. iu
postage. The fault is i..l with the pen
sioners who mail their own vouch
ers liccause a siu;iu letter stamp
is always sufficient for tho trans-
mis-sien of a single voucher, but with cer
tain magistrates and claim agent w ho arc
iu the habit of Irausmitiir.g each quarter
a large package of vouchers u iih a single
postage stamp thereon, evidently expect
ing that the PeiLsiou Agent will pay the
deficient postage rather than delay pay
ment to the pensioners. We have sought
to correct these petty abuses' by saving
the envelopes and returning them to the
sender thereof, but this course has had
little effect in stoppiug what might prop
crly lie called "a system of petty swind
ling," because we are iirtormed tha!
manyof these magistrates collect 2 ents
for postage from.every pension! r hose
vouchers they execute aud then fail to
use such stamps for the purpise intend
ed. In view, liicrctoro, of llns rect-nt or
der from the Pension Bureau at W.u-h
ington I trust that all pensioners am
magistrates in the district may pay close
attention to this matter of postage in the
future. Iftheydo not they may expect
great dflay in transmission ol checks.
bvcause all such packages deficient in
po.'.tago will surely 20 to tlu Djjd Litter
Oiiice."
From Palpit to Barroom.
Rev. Julius Feicke, who resigned the
pa.-tor.itc of the First German F.vangt I-
n-al Reformed church 111 Jersey t ltv in
September 30, hxs secured a liquor I
cense and opened a saloon at the Lorln
east corner of Fifth and Garden streels.
in Hoboken. He was while iu the pul
pit, reckoned a cood preacher. In the
saloon he is a good barkeeper.
Mr. Feicke says ho does not think
that he can do more good as a salncn
keeper that as a preacher, but be knows
that ho can make more money, ami that
is the reason ho has changed his calling
Items of Interest.
The Christian Kndeavorers of Cleveland,
oiiio, spent Thanksgiving in praying for
Robert G. Ingcrsoil.
William Mathers, a hotel proprietor of
Archville, a little hamlet about two miles
north of Tarry town, N. Y., was shot and
mortally wounded by his It -ytar-o!i
daughter Annie, on Monday Light
Malheis tried to kill his wile and bis
daughter came to her mother's defense.
cm. Arthur it. Union, head of a Ao-
York dry g xds c uicern, is having plao
ed upon his life an insiiraii-e of o er $1,
lO,ijiiit. When the negotiations are com
plcled the exact amount will lsj?l,ti,i.
a:ul he will have tho ditiiU'tion of carry
ing the heaviest life insurance of any in
dividual in New York and the second
la.-gPst in the United Slate. All of the
hr companies except one have issued
p iiicies and one raised the limit fr
?! 10,0 kl to SJ ),() and gave him a policy
for that amount.
As the most iinnortaut result of the re
cent election in Ohio ex-Governor Fur
ak ;r will be elected to the Se:iab taking
his seat March 4, 1W. Thou for tho lirs
time since the days of Bn. Wa le will
the )!ii R ;p:iblic ins h ld b lh the seats
in the Senate lielongiug ti the state.
There is not the siia I nv of d cibt alkou
Mr. Foraker's election. He was nomi
r ed by tho List state convention at the
suine time the stale ticket was put in
nomination, and tho l?pabl:oi!i iiu'in-
liers of the legislatura-eioct have sineo
their election unanimously expressed
their choice for him. The serious illness
of Senator Shnum and his advance.! age
have led to some speculation in the last
week as to who would proltahly succeed
him. Undoubtedly it would lie McKin
ley. The governor will rcLire from lliee
011 the second Monday in January, and
will once more liccome a private citizen,
lie will r -t'.ir.i to his til I home at Canton
and. occupy, it is said, the littlo house in
whieli bo and Mr-. McKinley liegan
housekeeping immediately after their
marriage, twenty-live years ago. He
will resume the practice of law, nomin
ally, though looking after his presidmi-"
tial nomination interests will undoubted
ly engage the most of his time.
II YATT-I.nX HART. Nov..R as at
the re-idenceof Harry You :i kin, (.'oni!ti
dice. Pa., by 5. ft. tirotr, Hsu,.. Mr. J. I .
Ilyait, and Miss Strati I-iiiiart, all of
Lower Turkryfoot township.'
The Magic Touch
of
Hood's Sarsaparilla
You smile at the idea. But
if you arc a sufferer from
Dyspepsia
And Indigestion, try a bottle, and b
fore you have taken half a dozen doses,
you ill involuntarily think, and no
doubt exclaim.
"That Just Hits It!"
"That soothing effect is a magie
touch" Hood's Sarsaparilla gently
tones and strengthens the stomach
and digestive organs, invigorates tha
liver, creates a natural, healthy desire
for food, gives refreshing skip, and
In chert, raises the health tone of the
entire system. Remember
Hood's
Sarsa
parilla Cures
Hood's Pill cura lirrr III MntSmtln.
Nlieus doss. Jaundice, tick headache. Indices tlom
: Facts About :
FURNITURE
We can inform the trade and public at
large that we have come out victori
ous in our deal with the furniture
manufacturers of Michigan. We got
all we asked for in the way of liar
gains, consequently all we expwted,
what more do we want? We only w ant
the trade to know that our line is bet
tor in every respect now than everlie
fore and that wc are going to contin
ue selling Furniture on a very low
liasis.
$25 and $28.00 will buy a solid
Oak Suit for the bed room, containing
six pieces, made and finished in the
very latest styles.
$18 and $20.00 takes from our floor
a nii-e suit, cither in Antique or Im
itation Waluut finish.
$28 and $30.00 pays for a niceover-
stuired or wood-frame suit for the par
lor, upholtered in lirocatelle. Milk,
Tapestry aud I'lush.
$15 and $20.00 takes one of the
same style suits upholstered iu Tap--iry.
$1.80, $1.90, $2.00. Nice Recti Rock
ers 1'iih century finish very orna
mental for the porch.
$9 and $15.00 buys a solid Oak Sidt-
IsinriL
C. H. C
606 Main Cross Street,
Somerset, - Pa.
mm
1 NEW
THE
ONLY PERFECT
FOR
J5XMIbYUSB.
Fcr Sale By
J. B. HOLDE RB AUM,
Somerset Pa.
Harper's Bazar
In 1896.
The tweutv'-niiith year of Ifm-prr'
i.f.ar.l viiiniii2 in January, lKii, tiiuls it
maintaining its deserved reputation liolh
asa fashion Journal and a weekly peri
tslical for home rcudimr.
Kvery week th lUmtr presents lieauti-
Inl toilettes lor various oeiKion. Sauiloz
Ikuide and Chapu is illustrate and engrave
the newest Umi;iis from tho tinest mod
els in Paris and ilerlin. S or York Fth-
" epitoiui.cs eiirrent styles iu New
York. A foil ii"litlv iialtcrn-shect sup
plement with diagrams and directions
enables women lo cut and m ike their
own go w lis, and is of great value to tho
professional modb-te as ell as to the am
ateur dress maker. 4'hildren's clothing
receives constant attention. Fashions
for UK u arc dccrilcd in full detail bv
niaii-atiut-Iown. 'r 1'nri letter, by
Katharine lie Forest, is aspriffhtly week
ly recital of fashion, gossip, and social do-
inirs in Paris, jriven by a clever woman
in an cnterlaininir way.
Itoth the serials for Is.'! are the work of
American women. .1rx. f.Vri. bv
Maria Iconise Pool, is a striking story of
.New I'.nglainl Hie. .Mary t ilkms, in
.I'lHlllf, It l'."r J'IK. OlSCIISSCH (, i
ays inleres'.intr problems of the relations
Is l ween lalsir and capital. Short stories
will be written by l lie iiest authors.
Special lieimrt mcnts. M usic. The Out
d-ior Woman, Personals, What We Are
IsiKip. oiiien and Men, report and ilis
cuss t!.( i:i:-s of immediate interest.
Answers to Correspondents. IJueslions
receive the iersonal attention of the edi
tor, and arc answered at thf earliest prao-
ttcal.le date ailer their receipt.
The volumes of the llnznr liegin with
the first number for January of each
year. When no lime is mentioned. u In
scriptions will Is'jjin with the numlier
current at tho time of reHipt or order.
Hemittances should bo made bv isist
ollii-e Money Order or Draft, to avoid
chance of loss.
Xm'XfMiirrM n.if lo civ this mltvrtisrmrni
wanout me tsprrus uriwr tj narjirr tr iiro. M
HARPER'S PERIODICALS.
HARPER'S MAGAZINC ONE YEAR $4 00
HARPER'S WCEKtV 4 00
HARPER'S BAZAR " 4 00
HARPER'S K3U 0 TABLE " 2 00
PaUnjr frrr In all titluvrifc rM in the I'niU ii
.V'lfr, f nnatltt mtl .lenco.
Address HAKPEK B20THERS,
P. 0. Box 859, H. Y. City.
HENCH
DROBGOLD'S
SAW LLNDEtIGI IES
A wonitoftll Inultivezuent In I'rlrtlmm Vmmdm and
4iia-Hark, Bitck ototloaof t'rrUui3 HraifMl
aaanyollirrlllllisuiau'kM. l-'rk-llaa lulrk Vrrd,
te'Ki (ml Mia ia pwrr mu4 wear. bMi
I IwnUiuitagiv forlrCaimlocual prma. Also
taria Uarrawa, liar Kakra. 4'alfWalcra,
r PhiBirro. !lir llr ra, sc. Mmlfm lAu jMxtv
UEACH DKOXUOLD, Hfta Tawk, fa
OFFROTH
ft
I ft
mi
m
IF YOU'RE
THINKING OF
REFURNISHING YOUR FEET,
Remcmlier that we are Headquarter
ftr Roots, Shoes, Rubliers, Slip
pers and everything in the shoe
line from the smallest articlo up
to the largest all of the reliable,
never-rip, water-tight sort at the
lowest prices.
OUR MOTTO t
PERFECT
FITTING SHOES
AT-
PERFECT
fitting:prices.
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
George P. Stein & Co..
. 70S Main Cross St.,
SOMERSET. PA.
NEW GOODS
:omixo-
EYERY DAY
Every Freight and
Express
the la3t week Las brought us some
thing new for the
Holiday
Trade.
So that now we are prepared to
show a handsome line of
goods in every de
partment. We ask jour attention esjecially
to our large selected stock of
Ladies' COATS and WRAPS,
Children's WRAPS,
PRESS GOODS,
SILKS,
SKIRTS, Etc.
Our Notion Department is filled up
with
HANDKERCHIEFS,
GLOVES,
STOCKINGS,
TIES,
ETC.
LIanJ?oine line of
Blankets &
Comforts
Just received.
CHENILLE PORTIERS,
TADLE COVERS
and RUGS,
at priec3 way down
Wc also ask vour attention to our
large new line of
GINGHAMS,
CALICOES,
FLANNELS
OUTING CLOTHS,
Ladies' and Children's
UNDERWEAR, etc.
A full line of Gentlemen's
UNDERWEAR.
Every department is full of New
Good at prices that can't be
compared.
AT
Parker & Parker's,
Harper's Weekly
In 1896.
JTurprr't Wtrkly i a journal for the
whole country. H ileal with the event.-
of the world that are important to Auier
icaiiK.
In carrrineont thin policr. in lSUfi. Ju
lian ltulph viMiled China anil Jnpan, and
journeyeu turougi! me wawi; llicnard
llnrding Ilavin totilc a trip through the
Curihlican Sea; the evolution of the new-
navy were dcKcritied and illutrated by
ltufim V. Koeliauin: Frederie Keminctoii
rirt-Nvnted "Indies of Army and Frontier
ife; 1'iniltney Kigelow attended the
oHnniror the Kiel ( anal.
In lSi like attention will bo given to
every notable happening. The chief
events in art, literature and music and
the drama will tie artiMically presented.
W. l. Howell, in the new department,
Lite nmt Letter, will diiHtiHs in his in
teresting way lxnk and the Nocial ques
tioim of the time. K. S. Martin' upright
ly goMNip of the liivty Worht will t cm
tinned. The progress of the Transporta
tion 1'oinmiskion around the World will
lie followed, and Caspar W. Whitner will
mndiict the department of Amateur
In 1X1 will fKTnr a Presidential elec
tion. In it editorial and through its po
litical cartoon the Weekly will continue
io ne an independent advocate of good
government and Hound money.
In fiction the Weekly will lie eKneciallT
strong. It will publish the onlr novel of
tneyear ty v. l. Howell, and a stirring
erial of a Scotch feud, by SJl. Crockett.
The short stories selected are of uniisiial
exeellenee and interest. In every respect
Harper's Weekly will maintain "ita lead
ing place in the illustrated journalism of
ia wuriu.
The volumes of the Weekly liegin with
inn nrsi numiier lor January or each year,
nen tin ririiA it on t n. I m,. I ..
tioiiM will beein with the number current
aj, ine time oi receipt oi order.
Remittances should lie made br Post
orTir Money Order or Iiraft, to avoid
(-nance or loss.
X.-ttipapern art nut Iu r..y (Ate adirrlUmu-mJ
u-unoui tne ezpre enter uf llmyer Jt Kru'M.
HARPER'S PERIODICALS.
Mtca-a muiki om vcaa
HaKPCK'O Of, CHIT J
4 0
OO
4 SO
a oo
rUge Jrt- Ui all nVteribert ia the United
O turM, i uiumii oimi Mrs icv.
Addiesa HAEPE2 4 BB0THIS3.
T. 0. Box 59, M. T. City
The New Capello Ranq7
WE tell the NEW CAPELLO RANGE, pnarantecd tl.e ,
Range of its cla-s on the market. It has vcrj Lrgo r,,i
ri- .. ' "
ine tesi uuj a
.ti.i -
GRANITE, COPPER & ThWVA
Milk Cans, Screen Doors and Windows, Ice Cream Frt-2. r? rr
Gasoline Stoves. Call and see as. Repectfu!iv " 1
4
NOTIIIXlJ but the I?st material and workmanship enter int.. ti,. nr.:-.;
of the C'INIiKKKLLA STOVKS and RAN litis. Th.-ir il.-aiiin:.-. '...r, '
Their eomoiny save money. Sold and guaranteed by j
JAMfcS 13. HULUhKliAUiV
Great Inducements
Goods reduced in price in every li:!
Dry Goods, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Lace Curtail!
Ladies' Coats, Ac. Xow is the time to bun
.
save monev and jret something jcood.
CLINTON STREET. - - -JOHNSTOWI P
Mrs.A.LUhI.
Holiday
Goods
In great variety arc now
ready.
Ilandsome Dolls, Fancy Arti
cles, Mitts, Gloves, Hoods,
Handkerchiefs, Wraps, Etc.,
for children.
Dress
Goods
At low prices. Handkerchiefs,
Kid Gloves, Mitts, Shawls,
Wraps, Jewelry, Fancy Scarfs,
Tnrses, Card Cases, Fascina
tors, Uoods, Umbrellas, and a
great variety of useful articles
for ladies.
Handsome and Useful
Articles for Presents for Men.
Prices
On Wraps
Ar Ladies' will be slaught
ered to close out at Clearance
Sale Prices. Great bargains
in Dress Goods.
COME AND SEE.
Mm.A.E.VIlL.
1
Successful advettinera use nVminirton-a
I ountT Seat I.i,ta. They ii,Hu.! li e U ?t
towns Mit.l l,t papers. We ran ie.ia
ineud tt.em l.iidy. Send to lUmingtoa
Ln.ll.ers, New Vork, for copy.
ens, ncary prate?, uningi anu tops. iuKing ami Koa,!,,-,
the highl it as thousands of daily users can testify it" 1:
ALSO A FULL LINE OF
P. A. SCHELL
SOMERSET, p.!
Good Stcj
I" an K.i.
A Poor Or,;
th ,.r., kili, f
U-:.1.Il..r.i,.,. j
'" our" j
New Stovd
The )
Magic I
Cindered
It will i,.,; t
i
iii'i.t. an 1
A WARM PH-;
-IN- I
It Ha
a Ii Mier. '.
Somerset :i
. & B
Extending their
Christmas Money
Is nnit everyliy' l!n n;:.: l
Utile money will buy inr
in mnt stores iiiir than in Ur '
be-ne the pri-e -: ti i: i
artie'j i !es b,tc.l -profit.
If you want to find tit Us
and how we -il it. aii l i:''. '
write fur ratalosne it t-i; -
it's free.
In the meantime if v. .11 want
some if the t-et lire ;-.! -ever
!oId in a
Dry Goods Store,
Send f-ir samph-x !" the - '
Wool Fleeked Su-Iiv an.l :i j
width Chameleon .t:ii.jr.
At 25 cents.
Ten ra.-ies of d-mble w id:::
22 to .'i inches w id.-.
15 20 cents.
Re-assortment of "i!i- I': -
Suitings and Niive'.tit-.
50c, 75c, $1 00 to $5 CO:
Choice, rich, handsome tn:'- c- .
for the kind, that nm-t
attention of every shrewl. .
woman in the countrr. h''-s
(towns, and there's mighty !f ;
w ho lont Vielonj; in thH 'i
this generation.
Kvenii'gaiid We i lin.' s '
lres.leii and Printed Warr'
Cashmere or Persian r. in is J
Itrocade Iaiii.is and I'.M'
IUlchesse and I Van ! s-r"
tensive variety and ;il u-!i
w ill prove where it'-'-' y. ur n-
buv Silks.
BOGGS & BUF
Allegheny, Pa
Stengen
No. 515 MAIN STHtr
III bllv'.HC more F'ai "
Important lor vim t" ' ,
Iiuv the Merrill Krm.l ! ....
MHIieltlill tit will 11
trettlineiii of Mernlf. I- 4- 5
fr.mi sliruikini: hen :i':''"- f
ii,.-,,. i
Dress Goods Depai
Some new illurii i ti.H- 1
2V. Thinv i.ir,-.-; ,"' '
i. and ile, nl I ' " . ...'
fi r i1 rss.
You u
fluids, "ii. I vim wi:t r-."'
biiUimx for the l'im l i""1' :
LB'a.ikets ! Blankets:
Tl.. nl.t, u r.' i TM rH-':'- . .
.... i.lil Hh.nkil-: !l.i Ir-'
ruy ami luil. if "i"
11 all-wool ir of It.uns'
. up 9
Bil l aollie ol ine mi' '
,.rv ,
,,ull '''
Trve-wuol lKankcts.
iulr. j
Headquarters for Wraps faf1
Misses anJ ChMrt"- j
JOHI S TEK
MAIM
Johnstown,