T Tr V t The Somerset ileraia. L . " ! EDWARD SCULL. Editor and Proprietor. ....May i 18h REPUBLICAN SJATE TlUvtl. CongTtme-t larg. Jai.iU4 A UaW,uf uur!iai.ua. ISAMrKL A. lMVKM-oKT, of Krie. lectort-at-Large. J.im-oh Wharton, Philadelphia. Aloxand. r E. I'atton,C Hartleld. William WillieroW, Allegheny. ryt-r I- Kitn'x'riy. Mit. District Elector. . . t .IlH-nrrC rmwt. i A!l.-n 1!. Itorke. Hi J. It. lirown. --. '.. zj u ..,.11...- ;i7 I'n-d. H. rJti'm. 7 liT,nid M-ve"rs. is. C. lirown - r. V wli, MTacVrt. IS.. K. H. Shimlell. 1 l. i.h H HU.I.W1. a. K-..rff.-T,fnk. ' . III. - " Y"iBKSS. F. J. Koo-f.r, of Somen Iior. HulJet lo dec ision of the Mstriet Ouafc-renoe. Wk. II. Miixer, of tjiiemahonine Twp. M". H. Sax seb, of Somerset ISor. ASSiK-IATKl"IHiE. (itAJ. I5i.a k, of Ieyerdalc Hor. SHERIFF. M. H. Hartwrll, of Itockwood lior. 1'R.iTIIoSOTABV. II. F. Harbox, of Somerset ISor. RKolSTKR &. RKCORPKB. J. M. Covrnt, of JcmierTwp. TRKASl'RER. Wm. Winters of Somerset Twp. txrXTV COM .MISSION KB. Oro. F. Kimmei., of Milford Twp. iAitKiKi. tioon, of Somerset Twp. rooKl.lRK.ToR. Jai-ou W. P-k, of Summit Twp. Arl'ITORS. Jkkkmiah Kiioaiw, of Somerset IW. IL J. JtowM AX, of Brotbersv&Uey Twp. Wmi.K it is iuitc "ertain that the lituhliean convention at St. Iwis will stdopt the pold standard, the IK-mo-rraiie eoiivention at Chieago will most likely go for free silver. It is confidentially whispered by lose friends of Mr. Cleveland that if the IViiio-ratic National convention adopts the gold standard the President will a'-ain consent to I a candidate. Thk Missouri KepuMican state eon vent ion was la-gun on Tuewlay in St. J.iscph, and was marked by a bitter struggle for control by the factions led respTi-tively by Chauncey I. Filley and Richard t". Kerens. The convention leilared against unlimited free wlver coinage, au'l instructed the delegates to St. Iouis in favor of MeKinley. It is understood that in case Governor Morton's name is presented to the St Ixuis convention, Chauncey M. Ik-pew will make the tiH'h. Oov. Hastings will present Mr. Quay's name; ex-fJov Ft.raker will nominate Mr. MeKinley Senator Henry Cabot Lodge will sjxk for lleed, and Representative Hender son for Allison. Thkke will Ik? !1S delegates in the St. Louis convention. General Gros vernor, who has charge of the MeKin ley table, claims that his candidate will have .j!rj instructed or pledged dele gates, and claims that the Ohio man will 1 in a position to control the tem- lorary organization, and to dictate the -oiiiTnittee on contested seats. O.vk year ago, vegetation, which was far advanced, was licing cut down by related hard frosts. No such calamity is yet indicated by weather conditions anywhere in the I'nited States, and it is more likely, every day, that this ex traordinary spring will pass on into 'stimuK-r without late frosts or other se vere set-backs to crops and foliage. The Montana Republican convention declared for free coinage. Charles Q. Johnson, of Silver Row, offered a sub stitute resolution, that the delegates to St. Louis walk out of the convention if nothing is done for silver. The resolu tion was laid on the table. Senators Carter and Mantle, Congressman Hart inan, T. G. Marshall, J. W. Strevelle and Alexander Metzell were elected lelegatcs to St- lyouis. They go unui-stru.-ted. Tin: unforeseen necessity of building it ball suitable for the Republican Na tional convention has entailed an addi tional exjiense of fj),fxi upon the Rusi-Vies- Men's League, w hich body secured the convention and assunil the finan cial responsibility. To meet thisotitley the league has issued an announcement thst they had secured a nuniUr of ad mission tickets front the National Re publican committee slid would sell them at forty dollars a seat. Thk unit rule was enforced at the Re yniblicaii state convention at Dover, le!aware, on Tuesday, and the Addicks fiction carried the day. There was a Wt of the Higgins adherents towards wening, and at a separate convention they nominated other delegates and en dorsed MeKinley for president. No choice for president was expressed in the platform adopted by the regular eonvent'ion, but the delegates ttre un Si.TitoAl to lie for f nay. Chic Kiwi's postmaster, Washington Hesing, who was apioiiited by Presi dent Cleveland and is his close personal friend, is quoted as having said: "I culled on the president recently at the White House. He informed me iu un equivocal language tliat under no cir cumstances would he again be iu the field. He said there was tine reason alone tliat wot Id prevent it. Tliat is Lis beiiltlu He would not survive the labor .f another four years. He feels that he must leout of doors and take exercise in order to prolong his days. He proposes to travel and take life eas ier in the future. He informed me that lie would not even accept the nomina tion if made, explaining that lie had all the honor it was possible to attain in the exalted position he occupies, and that he would have the risk of dcfcaL" A Wash i sarcts corresondeiit of the Philadelphia J,'trtl says: "Senator Quay des not entertain Piatt's view s either about MeKinley or alsnit his prospects. He has refused to say any thing for publication against MeKin ley, and he has regarded the nomina tion of MeKinley as proliable e ver since the Vermont and Illinois conventions. There is undoubtedly a difference be tween Quay and Tlatt, which may widen into a breach, because of the dif ferent views they hol.L Quay thwarted Piatt's plan for bringing Harrison out against MeKinley by saying that lie preferred McKiuiey to Harrison, and he has refused to tak nirt ;n riit'- l.ublic atU;ks on W. KinK.v'- i I and present slier.. on ,. -n- r, Cr.n iM.i i.i . . 1 turn. If he had thought that McKin- . John h nix. H.-nrv L. Johnson. Zi. r- enneim.-r. lev could be besten, Quay's courts lat- ts might iVe w-n duron-m, but, believing that MeKinley is likely to he iin.tHl he thinks Mr. Piatt is sim- j,ly providing ammunition tonne com mon cneniT, ju.t as Chandler was doing iu denouncing the fat-frying methods of Manager Hanna. Mr. Piatt is for de-perate fighting U the List minute at i St. Louis, while Mr. Quay is disposed toward harmony and peaee-making with a view to the carapaifm." Thk voice of cousenative Republic ans throughout the couutry i accu rately set forth in the following, from the St. iAiuis Globe-IXmotrat: "There are certain politicians who refuse to be lieve that MeKinley will be nominated, notwithstanding the manifestly deci sive drift in his favor. They cite pre cedents to prove tliat nis Bui-cmu strength is likely to Kvome a source of weakness when the convention meew bv causing a combination of all the t. oon.ii.l-itea ncaiurtt him. He is now. tliev sav. much in the position or Seward in ISM, of Rlaine in 1S7C, and of Grant in lsso. But these cases are not analogous. The conditions that now prevail are significantly diHerent from those which then existed. There was a strong and bitter personal antag onism in all of the three instances men tioned, as well as a pronounced feeling that defeat would follow the nomina tion of the men in question. There Is no uch opposition to MeKinley. l nose who prefer other candidates are not hos tile to him in any malicious sense, and are not saying that the succ-ss of the party would be Imperiled by his nom ination. They honor ana auimrt mm, and are ready to give him their enthu siastic support in the event that he car ries the convention. The precedents of the defeat of leading candidates do not count against him, therefore, and mav as well be dismissed from consider- . .... at ion. It is well to Keep iu mum iut- fact, furthermore, that MeKinley has a large reserve power as a second-eboice candidate. The fctate that are com mitted to Rtd, Allium, Morton and Quay can not be combined on anybody for the pun of beating the Ohio man. They are all friendly to him, and a majority of their delegate will vote for him whenever they are released from tlair obligations to local favorites. This is not a matter of conjecture, but of positive information." E;gU Tribute to Lincoln. Wasiiixoto. May 14. The fi,ilouinu high tribute to the memory of Abraham Lincoln is contained in a lavorable re tort to the Senate to-day on the Cullom hill to ere-t at Gettysburg a g.Vi,(n) tutue of the martyred President: "The name of the great President must ever 1 associated with tLe IwJtlefield. His eloquent addret at the dodicaiioa of the soldiers' monument will live in his tory as long as the battle is remembered or the Republic lasts. In that peerless address on that hallowed ground, he ex hibited to the world the depth of his in creased devotion to the caiie aud showed how unreservedly be was personally 'dilieated to tbo unAuished work.' which was destined ui to be tiuished until his own life's bld was poured out upon the altar of his country. His burn imr. patriotic words thrilled the whole country, and aroused and cheered by his example, the people took on new courage, 'and highly resolved that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this union, under (i.id shall have new l.irth of freedom, and that the govern ment of the piple, !y the people aud for the .eople shall not perish from the earth.' ' "What could lie mor appropriate than the prortosed statue of the man who guve utterance to these noble sentiments, and bravely led the way and bore the heat and Isirden of the day, and finally per ished like the common soldier to make this union perpetual? The heroes buried on that famous field will lie honored anew by the presence of this statue of their commander-in-chief. It announce to all fut ore generations that it was heie, on the field of Gettysburg, that the thun ders of war and the eloquence of patriot ism brought forth a new nation and a new birth of freedom which, under the blessjnps of Owl, shall last forever." Applet from Australia. Apples ripened this year and success fully transported a distance of miles were recently received by a Provi dence, H. I., fruit dealer. They were grown in Tasmania, Australasia, says the Itoston llrrahl, and were shipped by way of the Suez Canal to indou, thence to Southampton, from which port they were brought to New York by the Amer ican Liner New York, arriving about fifty days after being picked from the trees. This proliably is the champion long distance apple shipment on record in this country. The fruit is not very large, ir is it especially handsome, but it'is in fine eoudition and the aroma cer tainly is delightful, while the llavor is very good. The app!e are separately wrnppsl in paper of old style, and the crates also show their foreign manufac ture. The shipment was partly as an ex periment and partly to furnish a curiosi ty to Provident) people who are interest ed in fruits. AVhat the Shakers of Mount Lebanop know inor about than anyliody else, is the use of lu-rlts and how to 1k healthy. They have si tidied the power of fxL They tiearly all livw to a ripe old age. The ShBker Iiigestive Cordial is pre pared by the Shukers from hertw and plunts with a Ftecia! tonic over the Mom ach. It helps the stomach digest ks fx?, anil digested fxd i the strength-maker. Strong muscles, strong body, strong brain all come from properly digested Jood. A sick stomach can le cured and diges tion made easy by Shaker Wgestive Cor diaL It etires the nausea, loss of appetite, pain in the stomach; healache, giddi ness, weak uess and all other symptoms of indigestion, certainly and permanent ly. Sold by druggists. Trial bottle 10 cents. They Saw it Coming. Lixcolv, Xeb., May 14. A. cyclone swept this section. A funnel-shaped cl.aid shot down from the storm cloud and i general stampede of t itizens for cellars and caves ensued. At the school house the children fled, pauic str iefcen to the fur nee room, amid the wildest con fusion, and many of them were hurt. The cyclone struck tho ground north of the town. Its course was northwest. The path of the storm was from' to 3rfl yard w ide, everything in its path was rard tithe ground, including several bouses. After traversing a distance of aliout two miles the cloud arose, and at a point five or six miles farther to the north dropped again to the earth, w here it is feared great damage and loss of life re sulted. Taree Votes on a School Board Cannot Carry a Measure. Deputy-School-Superintendent Stewart has decided that the action of the school Board in Dunliar Township. Favette I Comity, in electing aTownship Superin- i feeling between the two men, and to-day's tendent by three affirmative votes, is ille- scene was the culmination. In the midst gal, and that the official so chosen can- of the tumult which he created, a police not serve. A majority of all the vote of man appeared and arrested him. He was the Board is necessary to elect. I offered his liberty if he would go home : and auiet down, but Blasser declarnd ha Rich and poor alike suffer the tortures ! ltlt co,n that terrible plague, Reh- B a "es ; rjca ana poor alike r.nd in- " ; ",a nt relierand permanent cure hi Doan's Ointment. Your dealer keeps it. THE WAR LV CUBA. Amerioaa Citixeni Arretted And Sentenced to Death. On the 14th of Match, 1805, Marti and Oouiex, the Culain exiles, w ilh a handful of companions landed at Raracoa, on the eastern coast of Cuba, and proclaimed the republic The effect of this bold move was instantaneous. The news spread from end to end of the island and although the friends of Cuba thought the move ment ill-timed, hutidreds of sympathisers flocked to the patriot standard. Like a prairie fire before a brisk breeae the Sn jjlo spark of insurrection fired the dry tinder of the oppressed Cubans, and tl: relllion grew in volume as it flew west w ard, until now a Tat and healthy ar Is in progress. Spain has lost control of the island. Oeucral Weyler's campaign is a failure. His boasted trocha is a grave eighteen miles long that will be presently filled w ith brave Spanish soldiers when the rains fall and fever stalks from camp to camp. His toy forts, ditches aud tiarbed wire fences are a mockery of war. Maceo the Cuban commander lies se curely among the intrenchmenta in the rough mountains of Rinar del Rio, with or 15.0U0 armed patriots, whileOscar JustiuianL the revolutionary governor of the province, assisted by a large force of rebel police, collects taxea on cattle, milk and agricultural products taken out of his urisdiction. A large part of the popu lation of Havana province pays taxes! to the revolutionary governor, Arelio Bet ancaurt. The Captain General came to the island to put down an armed protest against cruel economic conditions and a corrupt government. Only part of the population Was engaged in the uprising. He has succeeded in intensifying the issue and uniting the Cuban peopie. All Cubans are pow rebels, whether they are fouud in the patriot ranks or in the towns and cities. He has tramp Jed under foot the autonomist and refor mist parties, both of them moderate or ganisations, recognising the sovereignty of the Spanish crown. Kvery day he drives new recruits into the insur gent army. The latest sensation is the sentence to death by the Spanish court martial of five men raptured ou board the ship Com letitor, aud it is not tiulikcry to severely strain the existing tension between tho I'uiuxl Statce and Spain. The uk-o scnUjiKteiJ are; Alfredo La- borde, Kiid to be the leader of the party and claiming birth in ,N'ew Orleans and American citizenship; Ir. Lihw Italia, also claiming American citizeiikhip, William Gildea, said to he a British sub j;ict; Owen Milton, a native of Kansas; Tftxtoro Ma.za. The defendants were captured on the schooner Competitor while she was mak ing a landing ou (he Cuitan coast in the proviuceof I'juar del Bio. That she had on boaru arms and ammunition for the insurgents is a matter of fiu. and part of her crew, or passengers, apars to have es-aped capture. When arraigned before the military court tho five defendants tublified that they had gone aboard the Competitor in witness the departure of i he expedition and had beet) compelled to ac company it. Tho verity ,f this stte- ment it is not iipcesury a this jic to consider. Milton, one of the prisoners, wtio nails Irom Arkansas, and is un doubtedly an American citizen, is repre sented Li bs the correspondent of a Flor ida newspaper. General Weyler, the Captain General of Cuba, ordered the trial of the men before a military tribunal instead of a civil court, unheeding the prot4 of Mr. Williams, the I'nited Slates Consul General. Ac cording to the provisions of the treaty be tween this Government and Spain, uo citizen of the I'nited States, residing iu Spain, her adjacent islands or her ul tramarine possfkMuns, charged w ilh sedi lion, treason or conspiracy- against Spain shall be subject to trial by any exception al tribunal, loit exclusively by the onlin ary jurisdiction, except in the case of be ing captured w ilh arm in hand. There were uruis on board the Competitor, hut it is not clear that the prisoner were taken "arms in hand." General Weyler appears to have resolved the thsjU, there was any, against the defendants, and has, by ignoring the protest of our Consul General, raised a clear issue of fact, of which the United States must de mand a settlement before the death sen tence shall lie executed. The Spanish authorities at Havana have placed the responsibility of executing death sentences upon the members of the Ctnnjietitor's crew upon the Madrid gov ernment. General Weyler said that he would resign his post if Spain changed her view on actuiit of the protest ot the Cnited States and failed to execute the men. Tiie Madrid government is said to have placed the full control of the re bellion in Weyler's hands. It is understood that the Spanish gov eminent has refused to accept General Weyler's resignation and has ordered him to remain at his post. The fej.anisii Cortes was opened at Mad rid on Wednesday, the Queen Regent reading the spttech from the throne in person. It dealt almost exbiusivdy with the Cuban situation, and contained this passage: "In the United Stula, notwith standing the great efforts that part of the public opinion has succeeded in making in a contrary sense, the Presi dent and his government hare not de parted from the line of conduct that cor- resjionds to the loyal friendship that has existed between the two countries from the beginning of the cxistem-e of that Re public. Fietended She wis Fccr. U.nioxtowx, Pa., May U. Attorney Cooper and Yau Swearingen have filed in the Orphans' court the inventory and sp praist merit of the personal property of tho late Rlizatieth B. Cook, of Bridge port. The personal estate as shown bv Iht! appraisement amounts to $."it,!KM5. Miss C& lived entirely alone. She seemed to consider herself very poor, and sh e lived strictly In accordance with that belief. But the inventory of her estate shows that she was the owner of over ?-J?,000 of bank ttock. She also had over fiS.mo in cash on deposit, and was the holder often shares of stock in the Pitts burg, Yiiginia and Charleston railroad company. Nearly ? jOO in gold coin and $100 in silver coin and hank notes was found sealed up tight in an old fruit can in her home after her death. In addition to her personal estate she leaves a hense and lot iu Bridgeport valued at $.',500. The total value of her ttate is therefore nearly S.Xt.000, which would sec in to be a right comfortable inheritance. Miss Cook died alone, without medical attention or friend" present, and the exact circumstances of her death are not known She was found lying upon the floor some time after her death. Her nearest living relatives, and the persons to t w horn her estate will descend, are nephews and nieces and grand nephews and nieces. Tried te Shoot The Corpte. York Pa, May 17. An uproar was created to-day at the funeral of George Brougher by his son-in-law, Oscar Blas ser. The latter insisted that he could not be happy until he had shot a few ballets into the corpse. Quiet remonstrances were of no avail, and when Blasser bran dished his weapon and declared he would shoot the dead man, the excitement among the people present became intense. Kver since B!aer first paid attentions L Hrniirl would not rest till he had shot the dead man. He was then locked op. Rlasser man member of Ridge Avenue Methodist Church and his conduct treated a sensation. Terrifle Sweep ef Death S.HERMA5, Texas, May li-Thi cliy was visited by the worst cyclone in the! history of North Texas, about 5 o'clock this cvenlag. The path of the destroyer was 150 yards wide. It struck the city at the west end of Post Oak creek and swept in a westerly direction for several blocks and then spread and spent its force. The track of the cyclone is a gruesome sight, the devastation being complete. houses, trees, foneos, in fact, everything iniwpath being destroyed. The loss of life w ill probably reach H with as many more bruised and wounded. The city hall, and a atore room, have been turned iuto temporary hospitals, and 13 braised, mangled and mutilated bodies are await ing identification. Nearly every house iu the Fairview addition has been turn ed into a hospital. It is said the cyclone struck the ball park while a game was in progress, and that part of the Sherman and of the San Antonio team and many spectators were killed. TWO lll'XPRED ARK DEAD. Shebmax, Tex., May K The horror- stricken people of Grayson and Denton counties have been engaged for the last 24 hours in tho work of recovering aud counting the dead victims of yesterday's cyclone and alleviating the sufferings of the injured. Two hundred corpses, by a conserva tive estimate from all poinst stricken by the fury of the elements, may cover the fatalities. Another hundred men, wo men and children have already been re ported seriously Injured, but two score of these sufferers are not expected to live. The wounded in the neigh borhood of Sherman are scattered over territory ten miles in length, and are being cared for by friends and strangers, which renders the task of gathering the names very difficult in the midst of the accompany ing floods and debris. A million dollars will not cover the property loss. Eeduoed Bate to Washington. The Young Peoplo's Society of Christ ian Endeavor will bold their Annua) Meeting in Washington, July 7 to l'J. For th9 occasion t he B. A O. R. R. Co. will sell tickets from ajl points op its lines, Fast of the hio River o Ayashington, at ene single fare for the round trip, July 6 to 8, inclusive; valid for return passage until 15. inclusive, with the privilege of an additional extension until July . 'II by depositing tickets with Joint Agent at Washington. Tickets will also he on sale at stations of all connecting lines. Delegates should not Joso sight of tho fact that all B. & O. trains run via Wash ington. The Biggeat Fool at Large Is the individual who persistently neg lects his health, and the means of preserv ing and reUring it," Many pertons who are not constitutional idiots do tint. They arc genuine objects of compassion as we-lj as censure. Afuilureof appetite, loss of sleep and flesh, impaired digestion, au uncertain state of the bowels and symp toms of biliousness are so many warn ingsofthe approach of disease. To dis regard them is abject folly, which offend ed nature in due time punishes severely, ;f not fatally. That genial and thorough ly reliable preventive of bodily mischief in the shape of chronic disease. Hostel ler's Stomach Bitters, will, if resorted to in time, avert those disorders, to the re moval of which it is also fully adequate, Among these are chronic indigestion. liver complaint, kidney troubles, const i p:Uion, nervousness, rheumatism and malaria, Bdaced Bate to St. Lenti. The Rcpuhluiaii National Convention will meet in St. Louis Junolijth. l'or this occasion the B. AO. It. It. Co., will sell Excursion Tickets from all stations on its line East of the Ohio River for all trains June 12 to 1, inclusive, valid for return passugd uj.'fil June 21, at one fare for the round trip. The Baltimore A Ohio is a direct line to Si. Louis, running two solid vesti billed fast express trains with through Pullman Sleeping Cars attacheil every day in the year. For rates aud other information apply to nearest B. A O. Ticket Agent, Dr. Brig gi oa Church TTnity. La.vcasteb. Pa., May 14. "It is donU ful," said the Rev. Charles A.-Brigga, Professor of Biblical Theology In the Union seminary. New York, to the graduating class of the Theological semi nary of the Reformed church In the United States, last night, "if all of Christ's Apostles themselves could receive ordina tion in some of the denomination of the Christian church" to-day." This remark was made in an address upon church unity. Dr. Briggs also said that the German Reformed church tieciipies the Lest position to mediate for the union of the contentious branches of the Christian church, with the Apostles' creed as the baptismal symbol and the Nicone creed as the sufficient statement of the Christian faith. He deplored di visions which are founded upon prejudi ces or traditions of race, national senti ment, social condition, doctrine, worship and church government. V Dr. Briggs also said there was no neces sity for the organisation of the Solvation army to go Into the slums, much less for the Volunteers, to reach the artisan classes. Excursion! to The National Capital. The Baltimore A Ohio R. R. w ill sell excursion tickets to Washington at re duced rates from Pittsburg, Wheeling, Parkersburg, Lexington and all inter mediate ticket stations for all trains Thursday, May 21st, lsfiti. Side trips ha velso lieen arranged to points of interest within easy reach of the Capital. We have below a list of stations in this vicinity, showing the time of trains and rates of fare: Rock wood 10 40 a. ra. Johnstown . 7 SloyeUiwu ii Somerset tiui " Mevemdalc 11 Ot " HyiulinHn..... 44 Cumberland l:!35p.n 12 !' p. m 2:1 -8 25 S :a " 12 47 " 132 " 2 15 fon 7itt 0Hi) 4 H5 4 V. . Parlor cars on the day Express. Sleep ing cars on the night Express. Correspondingly low rates from other stations. ' Tickets will be good ten days, and will be valid for passage from Washington to Baltimore at any time w ithin the life of the ticket For Pullman Car accommodations and other information, address nearest B. A O. agent Iion't forget the date, Thursday, May 21st Bedneed Bates to PitUtorg. The Prohibition National Convention will meet in Pittsburg May 27th to 20th. For this occasion the B. A O. R. R. Co. will sell Excursion Tickets from all points on its lines for all trains of May 2Kb to 2th, inclusive, valid for return passage until May 30th, at one single fare for the round trip. Tickets will also be sold at coupon sta tions of all connecting lines. The B. A O. maintains a double service of fast express trains, with through Pull man cars attached, between Philadel phia, Baltimore, Washington and Pitts burg. Be sure your ticket reads via "Picturesque B. A O." Bedford Epringi Property to be Bold. The prtpertyof the Bedftud Springs Company will be put up at public sale at at the Bedford Conrt House on Tuesday June!). l.Oti, to satisfy the holders of seventy-five, bonds of the denomination of f l.noo each, w L h were secured by the Men-bants' Trust Company of Philadel phia. The sale will be made sublect to a mortgaga of C,0O), with interest unpaid thereon from October 1, 15, Wonderl tt Telegraphy. New York. May Pl.-Mr. Chauncey M. Dcpew delivvred an oration on the "Progress and Future of Electricity" to an audience of about 10,00 people, as sembled in the hall of the National Elec trical Exposition, this evening. To, demonstrate the promptness or modern telegraphic service, a message written by Mr. Depew and addressed to Mr. Edward D. Adams, president of the Cataract General Electric Company, waa transmitted over the lines and connec tions of tho Postal Telegraph-Cablo Com pany from New York, via Chicago, .Loa Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Winnipeg aud Causo to London aud back, via Boston, to Now Y'ork. PlsTIXuriSUKU TKLEOBAril Ol'ERATOBS. Colonel Albert B. Chandler, president and general manager of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company, acted as the sending operator iu the north balcony, and started the messago on its long journey at 8:34 o'clock. Mr. Thomas A. Edison, w ho in his. younger days w as al- so a telegrapn operator, receiver me message in the south balcony when it came lau-k, handing a copy of his own beautiful handwriting to Mr. Adams, at fc;38 o'clock, the time occupied In carry ing the message over 13,000 miles of a part of tho Postal Company's overland and cable system being exactly 4 min utes. That portion of tho circuit lietwcen New York and Buffalo waa energized with clei;: icily generated by Niagara Falls at the plant of tho Cataract General Elect rid Company. THE MKsSAOKrt TBAXSJIITTKO. Following are the Depew and Adams messages: God created. Nature treasures and Science utilizes electrical power for the grandeur of nations and the peace of the world. CnAi KCEY M. DErEW. Mighty Niagara, Nature's wonder, serving man through the world's electric circuit, proclaims to all peoples science) triumphant and the licnevoleut Creator, Eiiwaup D. A PA MS. More Deadly Cyclcnei. Sknkca, Kan., May 17. A cyclone passed over this section ot Kansas this evening. It destroyed one-third of the residence portion of this city, The court house, school house and Catholic church were unroe'ed. Five hundred people are homeless. The dead aro two children of M. Everhees, two children of John Mc Connel, and a son of Peter Assemaeher. At Sabctha, Kan., 25 people were injur ed and 20 residences destroyed. At Frankfort, Kan lOil houses and two churches were destroyed. Twelve per sons were injured. The cyclone here was followed by heavy hail stones as largo as walnuts falling. About 70 houses are totally wrecked. Five people were to-night re ported killed and many badly hurt Siihopt Dropped. Cl.KVKl.AXP, 0-, Miy 14. Bishops Bow man and Foster were considered incapa citated for active duty and dropped by the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church after an exciting scene this morning. The report of i he committee on i-.pis- eopacy recommended the retirement of Ilisboi.s Thomas W. Bowman -aud of Bishop Randolph S. Foster. An impres sive sct-ne fdlowcd the reading of the re port Bishop Foster aud Bishop Bow man both arose and wished to relieve the coiiferem-e from any delicacy in aeting on the matter and asked permission to re tire. Bishop Bridgeinaii said the report was unkind and offered a substitute pro viding that Bishop Bowman and Bishop foster be not retired and that the Board of Bish p9 be asked to give them light work. He said these men, w ho had dono m much for Methodism should not be humiliated by the adoption of the com mlltee report Other delegates spoke in support of the substitute. Rev. Buckley argued that sentiment could not enter the subject. The committee, they said, had considered the matter carefully and had reached the conclusion according to their convictions. The substitute was finally tabled and the report adopted, re tiring the two bishops. Political Pointers. Kansas Democrats are ttlrongly for fcilver. Carlisle buttons are the latest outcrop ping upon Kcntuckiattsat Washington. California Populists have endorsed Thomas V. Cator. of Nan rrancisco. for United States (senator, New York Democrats will send a com uiittee to Chicago to aid In securing a sou mi financial plank iu the platform. Congressman Thomas Kettle, the only sound money ninn from North Carolina in the House, has been renominated and his district delegates are for Reed. Forty-three colored delegates trom Southern States to the St Louis Conven tion mot at New York and advised united action in the South agalust the "Lily Whites." All the members of the Republiian National Committee, with three execp lions (in favor of Hobart) would like Reed for Vice President, conceding the Presidential nomination to MeKinley. Jaolaon Stayed in Jail. Cixcjn-xati, O., May Id The prisoners in the Newport (Ky.,) jail sawed the hinges off a rear door at 0 o'clock to-mgbt and all escaped except Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling, the alleged murderers of Pearl Try an, who refused to leave, thinking it a plan to lynch them. Jacks. hi and Walling say thoy knew it would do them no good to go out, ns they had no friends who would hhle them from the oiih-er, and their attempt to escape would o;.ly subject them to severe confinement. Tho officers fouud them pale and trembling, for after the others had gone and thecrowd gathered they feared the officers would not .le able to control the mob, aud that a lynching might follow. Jamettowa is Dead. Wednesday was the 2b7th auniversary if the settlement of Jamestown, the first English town in the United States. The day was duly celebrated. Mrs. Barney, of Jamestown island, presented to the Association for the Preservation of Vir ginia Antiquities twenty-two acres of laud connected with the fame of Captain John Smith and Nathaniel Bacon. The oldest continuous court rewords iu the country. Are those of Northampton county, in tho Virginia Pcninsnla. These, which are now being copied by authority of the State, go back to the year 1632. Prove the merit of Hood's 8arMarilU posi tive, irtect permanent Currs. Cures of scrofula in severest forms, like goitre, swelled neck, running sores, kip disease, sores in the eyes. Cures of -Salt Ilheiun, with Its Intense Kchlng and burning, scald brad, tetter, etc Cures ot Boils, Timples and all other ernp tloris due to impure blood. Cures of Dyspepsia and other troubles where a gfmd stomach tonic waa Deeded. Cures of Kbeiimatism.wbere patients were bb able to work or walk for weeks. Cures ' Catarrh by expelling the Impurities . which cause and sustain the disease. Cures ot Nervousness by properly toning ana1 feeding tlie nerves upon pure blood. Cures of That Tired Feeling by restoring strrugta. Send tor book of cures by Sarsapar ilia To C L Hood & Co., Proprietors, Lowell. Mas. -j rtMi are the besi aiter-dinn-r nOOd S HlllS pill, aid digestion. 2ic, Mood' i " - - 'i ' " - Slohohu'a Haul Say. M (ist-ow, May IH. -This is the 2li birth day of Czar Nicholas II. and is the open ing day of the letes in celebration of hi approaching corouation. The chief event to-day was tho arrival of tho Emperor and Empross and court, from St Peters burg. The Emperor looked well and the Empress appeared to lie in fine health. Her majesty was dressed In white, and the Emperor wore the colonel's uniform of the Probajcnsky regiment. The birthday reception and banquet at the palace this afternoon and evening were on a gorgeous scale. Tho r,0dti guests Included all the representatives of foreign powers and republics accredited to the coronation and the notables and statesmen of tho empire. The expendi ture incident to the functions to day. w hich Is only apreiudo to a month or more of festivities and ceremony, were nearly a quarter of a million dollars. The Czar, on the occasion of his corona tion, will alsilish every form of corporal punishment in the empire. It is expect ed that he will pardon thousands of tho convicts in Silieria. If any cow owners, readers of the II EB- alo, are troubled with the Uxte of garlic in milk or butter In the spring, let them take their cows from pasture about three hours lfore milking time, and trouble from that source w ill be at an end. As soon as the smell of garlic leaves the cow's breath, the milk drawn will be un tainted unless Pennsylvania cows are different from the Virginia article. Over Thirty Years Without Sickness. Mr. II. Wettstein, a well-known, enterprising; citizen of Byron, I1L, writes: "Before I paid much atten tion to regulating the bowels, I hardly knew a well day; but since I learned the-evil re sults of constipation, and Ihe.tnlCdt-y of - AYER'S Tills, I have not had aha dav'a sieknes3 Vi for over thirty years "AVl not one attack; tliat did not readily yield to this remedy. My wife had been, previ ous to our marriage, an invalid for years, fche had a prejudice against cathartics, but as pooh as she began to use Ayer's Tills her health was restored." Ms? tAJ Cathartic Pills Medal and Diploma at World's fair. T Restore Strength, take Ajer's Sarupartfa We Pay Cash For your neighbor! tt.liln a..- mid iicw- lier cli.iii);s of ail Kiiius. eiaizip forpurtloutun. cmpiRC eoatM'SSloN CO. CL PPINO DtrT. no. 29 E. UTH T. H. V PURITY. ... I wlmt you should look furwh-n hnr tuir wli loa or Iihup: nirs ure c.cir- auteed pure : If you I'uy froii us you Ket them dm-cl from the 1. H. IKiveiu- uieiit nUimped lurrl; there la uu bet- ter euafuulce. I Prices Speak for Themselves. ' - - - " T 7 " " :; a . 1) M IT J Sp.-cl.il price list on Wines. etct on J J appllnttlofi. No extra t-linci for Jugs X J or packing. Give usa UjaK-rdcr. J A. AN DRI ESSEN, J l-S Federal St., Allegheny, ra. J : : 1872 1896 c00 & MERITS. Gioci-ic, floor, Grain & Feed Dealers, May 13 '. SOMERSET, PA, OUR LATEST ARRIVAL ling's Best Flour" We have just unloaded our first oar of the ahove hrand of Flour. It in made from the most selected spring wheat and every aelc guaranteed to rivo sntisfac-ti-.iu In order to introduce to the trade quiek, we will sell this car at greatly re duced prices over other brands ol the same grade. iKm't miss giving it a trial. 0 rit flock of Fancy and Staple Oroet-r- h was never so largo and complete with a full line of Summer Specialties : atich an Marvin' Fancy fakes and t'raikcrn, Ilelnit's Ke.'-idonp tVndittipnt, Durkee'n Salid lreslnj, Mcadour Sweet f'heeso this l new-try It Ijcpifctt'ii (jueen Olive bulk or glass Richardson A Kohllns Potted limn, Fiiietd selected canned Salmon, Sar dines, Kippered Herring, Mackerel In Tomato Sauee, An. Fancy Strawberries AND FRESH GREEN VEGETABLES ARRIVING DAILY. I our Soap Department we have a lead er that can't bo beat 7 Cakes for 25 cents or $3.25 per Box of 100 Cakes, Guaranteed to he the lst hard water soap made. Price only good for a short time. OlR first ahipmentof New Spring Catch Lake and Potomac Herring just received and are selling at the lowest prices ever oifered. 0 UR warehouses are at all times stocked with the best assorted lines of Flour, Grain and Feed at the very lowest prices. Jl'ST unloaded 3 car loads" Salt, which we have liought at a very low price, and, in order to move it out quick, we will sell it at SI per Barrel. Dou't miss getting a barrel or two at this price. 0 . You are always welcome at our Head quarter Store. Call and see us. Youni resrectfully,. COOK & BEERITS, New Spring Goods ARE NOW On Sale ! And wc arc now prepared to show tho largest aud most desirable stock of New Spring DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, CARPETS, RUGS, TORTIERr?, LACE CURTAINS, ETC., In the County at prices that can't be compared. Our New Spring Stock of Ladies' Silk&Percal Waists, Ctvpes & Coats, are very desirable and at price3 to suit all. .V OUR CARPET DEPARTMENT h full of new Spring Goods in all the new and desirable pat terns and beit makes. Aha a handsome litic of Ruas, P0RTIERS, LACE CURTAINS, "WINDOW SHADES, Etc. Of eery description are cow on sale, and we are prepared to offer great bargains in every department. Parker & Parker. Now'a the buying timti and if you cart-fully consider your own self-interest, this store's going to ?-U you your new dress, materials first, because of large varieties of choice new atyles to pick front and then because the priii-a are enough lesa than you're usually aked rbr such good, to make that part esieciaHy interesting to your pocketbook aud we'll gladly submit you sample, with prices, an evidence. Fine Cortled tforeltg Striped Glughamt 2Dc one 2S inchea wide, Hc. Spec iul values iu choice New Va.-di ( Sooda at nr., 10c, 12U. to Soo. French Ortfamlie; 'Sk, 2"e., SDc. and 3"n. the m-t exquisite styles and colorings ever pro. duoed In the.- elegant summer fabric. Striped tlrasa Linen, S inehen wide, av. with groups of cords In color J of an Inch apart, of blue, violet, roe, pink, black, etc., on natural colored linen grounds. Plain Gram Linen, loo. to 4-V. Striped and figured, i5c. totl.ii. Xeic Importe l Dimities, 'Sc aud 2-V. Fine Flain Linen, In the natural color, 2ic. and 2V. deanied and thoroughly shrunk. Imported White Corded Madras Gingham, 2"ic. and tyH?. Silk Gingham, 100 wtyh-a at 2V. otbern at lc. and SV., and hotits of tither equally Import ant valucM in Novelty Press tJornls and Silks that it will be to your advantage to Mud out about. BOGGS & BUHL, Allegheny, Pa. Jos. Home & Co. A Line of Black Silks WITHOUT PARALLEL AS TO VALUE. Many silk bargains have been presented before Never the equal of this, anywhere ! 3,600 yards, $1.25, $I.SO ALL AT and $1.75. BLACK SILKS, 75c. CVinmricinor T?fr- 1 'ill caded Gross Grain, Satin Damask, PER 27-inch Satin Duchesse, Rustling YArd laiieias, ttc. Corae or send soon, for such exceptional values can not last, and we don't want dis appointment to follow your order. Sunn Ms ew PENN AVE. & FIFTH ST., PITTSBURG, PA. Brings Something New i . A Ruling or Walking Spring TtMth H irr,,... L i No dragging of frame on the ground. The lightest .-l.aft. W'ir; ikelf of trash as easily as a hay rake. Iliins as li-.-U a man on as other3 do without a loud. CALL AND SEE IT. WeTuaRANTEE IT THE EFT IN THE WORLD. 1 Sold Triiil. J. B. Holderbaurn, Somerset, Pa. The New Capello Rance. WE sell the XEW CAPELLO RANGE, guaranteed the hrr--t ar.i ii Rane of its class on the market It has very larcre and l.;-h ot. en.?, heavy grate?, linings and tops. Baking and R.vi.-:;l3 iV.ui the highest as thousands of daily users can testify. If ou the best luy a JSTJETW GAPELLOj ALSO A FULL LINE Of GRANITE, COPPER & TINWARE Milk Cans, Screen Doors and Windows, Ice Cream Freezers. Oil aid Gasoline Stoves. Call and see u?. Respectfully, A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY- 34 & 135 Clinton St., - - JOHNSTOWN, FA. Are Selling 2,500 Fur Capes for 512.50. 1,000 Ladies' Jackets for 55,00. And Other Winter Goods in Jrxrtioii James Quimi. 1847 When you are ICE COLD SODA t f Pure Drugs and Chem icals. mestic Cigars. G. VV. BENFORD, Manager. jJW-Qfth-e of Pr. S. M. ll.-H in roar of Slore, where he will wait "I""1 T ':;'IV Saturilay of each wevic. FURNITURE g Our Stock Is Lame. A thing to be considered E In bu)ing Fyniture. THICK U jrcnerally heM to tx or tin? !irt imp-rl 1 5 ahouM he the last. If you Imy for quanty you i:iy ik-o "11 i If you buy for price you gH hat you pay fr. ChaniWr Suit, Solid Oak ami Cherry, rvntainitiff sis pi.'" .. Anuiip tHK Muim, :::::: 1'arjor Suits, :::::: Siuolniar.ts, Solid (ak, : : : : : : Chair, rieiln, Springn, Muttri-vsi-i and ail oilier kinds of Kurniiur' ; lowest price. FIGURE : : : : ; Cover a multitude of sin.s, but it isn't ofsary t. undesirable ft-alurea to secure tij:nro. K-Utli-h in y''lir the dcUil of jrra l-s, thon you are readv for rf. C. H. Coffroth, '606 Main Cross Street, SOMERSET, PA. f 1 Don't Thinks f WMNtill ;,,: .. , tint (iir. ' T- .,; ' it. - ."" J. " '"' GOOD RESULTS, Coiiu- fntni ''.u i-xj- n. t,. . 15 Ar the ru i,i , r -. . :tN' ( X te n I t '1 l;. ., ,. I(. fr Tifii- jt.r:t J.i 1- v. , . , Mti-i .-tnurn v. jkt-.I att.-i::..n 1. 1 ., U lii.tklii .v 'U - w;. 5 ' ali! Tin i i , wi'i, ., A , f "" m !! v.-rv r- i ,:r n -r f a 5 intl-rt.' --. Tlit-ir -l-:i!i; t' t. :.1,l ?t J. B. Kclderbaum, i -.i scMiascr. - - - P. A. SCHELL, SOMERSET. PA. 1896. aaj isu 1 - ! Fine Imported i D2 'r. . S 'I'. - S.J1. mi'"' Btmm-n An jl M v Lnsur- 1 ft ' l)aS58(l
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