The Somerset Herald. EDWARD HCCLL, Editor and Proprietor. WEDNESDAY July 1, 1896 REPUBLICAN NATIONALTICKET President. William MKisi.ey, of Ohio. Vice President. Garkkt A. Hobakt, of New Jersey. REPUBLICAN JTATE TICKET. Congress men-at- Large. ;aH !ii A A ti:w, of Suwiuohanna. Mil el A. IAVKsrRT,rf Krie. Electors-at-lMge. Joseph Wharton, Philadelphia. Alexander E. Fatton, Clearfield. 'W illiam Witherow, Allegheny. Peter L. Kimberly. Mercer. District Electors. 1 Ir J P t'5- Henry C. Prevost- 1 . Allen H. Korke. :!. J. H. Jn S. I-rank It. liendley. 17. 1-rod. H. Kat-m. . I.nid:.l. MeyersJlS. '. Hrown Sji r. Wm. M-Tairaart- It. II. himtell. ... J -pli II. Hu.ld. 11. 3. lieiv ;. T-.wank. - ,n i.- ..1.... !! ll f. s. John I nit. Wi.i.N.K.iHdoll.h. V. H.nrj' I.. Johnson. r .,-.........-. l). J..lm H. Ijtndih. 1 1. Kv.-rvtt W nrren 12. It. W. Wild.-. I i. Harrison llall. 14. I. W. Miller. iY. Kit 'il K. Alrami. Jli. lsadorSoticl. S. W'illuuii Sehnur. A. Jos. C Ouiijiiiell. F. J. KoosER, ofSotiierset Bor. Unmeet to decision of the Wstrlct Coufcrcnoe. ASSEMBLY. Wm. II. Mti.i.ER, of Queuiahoning Twp. V. II. Saxxkh, of Somerset Bor. ASSOCIATE Jl'IHiE. ; y.n. J. Ulack, of Meyersdale Bor. SHERIFF. M. II. Hartzell, of Ilockwood Bor. PROTIIONOTARV. II. F. Barron, of Somerset Bor. KKKISTKR A RKOORfiER. J. M. Cover, of Jenner Twp. TREASl'RER. Wm. Winters of Somerset Twp. OorNTV CVI.MJIISSIONKR. ;eo. F. Kim mel, of Mil for J Twp. i ; aerikl ;ooi, of Somerset Twp. POOR DIRECTOR. Jacob W. Twk, of Summit Twp. AI'IUTOR. Jeremiah Rhoaiis, of Somerset Bor. B. J. Bowman, of BrotJiersvalley Twp. One of the charges brought against McKinley l.y the Democrats is that he Hacks hi own Itoots ! The It'j.ublican party i pledged to the kind of a dollar that conies up to the inscription on its face. If the Cuban insurgents can hold out until March J, lsi7, they will Ik? sure of receiving substantial aid and comfort from the United States. J Jot 1 1 McKinley and Iloliart, like i Sariicld, taught school in their early lays. Lincoln saw little of sc-hool-liouses, but he trained one star pupil, himself, under countless disadvantages. IJuvebxor Altgeld was unanimously renominated for-tiovemor by the Illin ois Democratic State Convention at Pe oria last week. Altgeld and the free silver forces were in entire control, and the platform dec-lares for independent free silver coinage at the ratio of 10 to 1. Thp.ee hundred years sgo the Duke of Alva, who was the General Weyler of hi time, killed by torture 1S,0(I0 of the bra vert and best people in Holland. The Hollanders were not conquered, but have kept step with enlightened government and civilization, which is far more than can lie said of their oj pressors. The Ohio regiment in which McKin ley enlisted as a private had Rosecrans for Colonel, Stanley Matthews for I jeu tenaut Colonel, and Rutherford R. Hayes for Major. A regiment which turned out the commander of a great army, a memlier of the United States Supreme ( 'ourt, and two Presidents, av--ragcs up pretty well. ASotheu Ohio man to the front William H. Harrison in 140, U. S. Jrant in W.S, R. R. Hayes in 17;, James A. (iarfield in Isso, Rcnjamia Harrison in 1S, and William McKin ley in ls".i. Although CJrant and the latter Harrison hailed from other states when nominated, both were natives of i liio. "Will the line stretch out to the -rek of doom".'"' FitoM every part of the Delaware Peninsula comes the good news that the peach crop has never shown a fairer promise than this year. Some of the most experienced peach growers say that the so-called June "drop" is about over, having occurred in May, on ac count of the very hot weather which prevailed in April, and that they can now form some Idea of the size of the crop. Democratic State conventions were held iu New York, Ohio, Indiana aad Texas on Wednesday last. New York, sis was expected, declared plainly and liruily f-r the gold standard until inter national bimctalisiit Ui-omes practica IdV, and instructed her 72 delegates to net as a unit iu procuring such a decla ration at the Chicago National con veil ti"ii. Ohio, on llieotlu r hand, instruct -d her 4i delegates under the unit rule to support free silver at 10 to 1. Texas tJso declared unequivocally for free ilver, as did also Indiana. The Republicans of the 1st congress ional district of Maine have not yet nominated their candidate for the next Congress. They jvostpoued this cere mony iu order to await developments at St. loui. There seems to Is? no tc ctsiviu for further delay on their part, and it lecolues necessary for Thomas IS. Revd to ut once inform his old con stituency as to whether he is in their bands for farther service as their repre- ntali ve in Congress. Maine elects her :iigres.smcn iu September, and the imdidates must all tie put into the field without further delay. It is devoutly to be hoped that Mr. Reed will decide to remain la Congress. He will still be needed there to lead his party on the fl.iorof the House, or to direct it from the chair. The following named States, eighteen in number, can safely be counted on to give Republican majorities this fall: Cmux-Ucut, D.-laware, Illimis, Indi ana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massa chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin. This will give the Rejublican 2r;s electoral vote, or 14 in excess of the number needed for a choice. It w ill be a majority of Tii, though, over the combined oppnoi tiou, for all that will be left for the De mocrats, Populists and the rest of the non-Republican dements will be Sib votss. The Republicans, however, are reasonably sure to carry several addi tional States, but the Meuai-D w ill not rlaiin them until the returns fciring iLem to the party come iu. , It voi lp be altogether unfair to take the demonstration made here Sat urday night, on an auonyruous call for a ratification meeting, as an index of tl enthusiasm with which the nomin ation of McKinley and Jlobart was re ceived by the Republicans of Somerset county. The nomination of Major Mc Kinley bad already been ratified in the heart of every true Republican and be liever in American manhood and Am erican principles. The Republicans of Somerset county are ardently lor me ticket, and will show their loyalty in November by polling an unprecedented majority for it from top to bottom. The truest and best, as well as the fairest estimate of a man's character is that which is gathered from what his neighbors say alout him. Especially is this true in small cities, where every body knows everyb' au1 everybody's busiuess. Out in Canton, Ohio, where William McKinley has resided all his life, his neighbors are talking about him, and this, taken from the Canton Repository, i6 what they are saying 'Ha is the man from Canton. The Ohio man: the man and the name lion ,.ro" l.vall Americans: and vet our own plain, unassuming fellow citizen. Here w his home; here are his family tradi tions, his household gods. He has won the people's faith by his valorous de fense of their most vital interests; he has won the people's hearts by U-ing of. and with. them. He was the prop of hisaged father; he hasa mother whom ne auorvs, "' c de and a home that he cherishes, asturdy citizenship that he prizes above all honors. He goes forth Into the na tional conflict from among us and from his own ."state f Ohio into the broad area of the creat Republic, not recom mended by vast possessions, not as a connucrinirheroin war. but as a simple, plain man of the common people, citi- izeu v imam .iciviuie( lhwui And what higher tribute could a man uaut from his fellow citizens? They are proud of him, and they waut the world to know it. The notification commltie, fonsht- iugof one niemUr frm every .State and territory, waited uion Major Me- iCinlev. Mondav afternoon, at his home in Canton. Senator Thurston who was the permanent presiding of ficer of tlie it- Louis Convention, made a characteristic address, iu which he said that the nomination had been made in obedience to the popular de mand. Continuing he said : "Your nomination rueans more than an indorsement of protective tiiritf. of reci procity, of Bound money, and of honest finance, for ail of w hich vou have my steadfastly stood: it means an indorse ment of your heroic youth, sour fruitful years of arduous pulilic service, your wierlinn patriotism, vour stalwart Amert- ranism, your christian character, and the purity, fidelity and simplicity of your nrivate lil. In all these things you are the typical American; for all these things you are tlia chosen leader of the people, ihI cive vou Htreneth to o liearthe hon ors and meet the duties of that great of fice for which you are now nominated, and to which vou will le elected, that vour administration will enhance the diirnity and power and trlory of this re- nubile, and secure the gaiety, weuare aim happiness of its liberty-loving people." Major McKinley replied briefly to the ol!icial notification, but his words w ere as nlain as lamruasre can make them. He said in conclusion: "The platform adopted by the Kepubl can National convenliou laa received my careful consideration and uaa my mi oualitied approval. It is a maitr ol gratification to me, as I am sure it Uiiit tie to you ana itepuoiieans everywuere, to ail our neoiile. that the exures- sionsot its declaration of principles are so direct, clear and emphatic They are to-i plain aud pxisitive to leave any chance for dou I it or question as to their purport or meaning, km you win not expei me to discuss its provisions at length or in anv detail at this time. It will, however, he nir duty and pleasure at some future day to tnaWe to you, and through you to the great party you mrceni a more for mal aeit-ptauce oi me uomiuaiiuu ieu dereJ me. Aa Object Lettoa. Baltimore "American" (Rep ). In Continental times, when eurrene was scarce, tobacco was the measure of value in Virginia and Maryland. All commodities were exchanged for tobacco, the numlier of pounds of tobacco denot Ing the value .f the commodities, just as the number of dollars for which an article is now sold indicates its value. Tobacco was the medium of esehange liecause it was the least fluctuating of the commodities produced in the New World, and would always bring about the same price in the Old World. Had any one proposed to make corn or oats or potatoes a measure of value or a general medium of exchange, aa well as toliacco, he would have lieen In the same position as the free silver people of to-day, except that he would have been more excusable because to bacco was a poor substitute for gold, and it might have occurred to him that where the currency basis was so fluctuat ing already it would make little differ ence if it was made more so, and yet had such a proposal lieen adopted, there would have lieen inextricable confusion. A colonist would have lieen rich or poor according to the measure of value by which he estimated his possessions. While one might lie worth so many Miunds or hogsheads of toliacco, another would lie worth only a few hundred bushels of potatoes and still another so many barrels of corn. The experiment would not have lasted long, however. The first year's crop would have settled the matter. Had potatoes been ele vated to the dignity of toh.vo, in ac-cor-bin.-e with the views of the biuietal ist of those days, every farmer would have plunged into the potato business. A few years ago, when potatoes were selling for a dollar ami a quarter a bush el, a gentleman v. l.o knew uioro almut I.ree.k tragedies than agrii-uliure rented a fine farm near the bay shore. He se lected iotatoes as his maiu crop, and so did a great many oilier fanners. He planted aliout h"i0 acres in potatoes, ami he made the greatest crop that had ever been heard of in that part of Maryland. He rlled all of the barns and outhouses of the place with potatoes, and finally filled the cellars of the very haudsome old mansion in w hicti he resided. Pota toes dropied suddenly to ten cents a bushel, and when he shipped a few bushels to Baltimore he found he was out of pocket. Meanwhile, they began to rot, and he compromised by paying ten rents a lmshel, to all w ho would bring their teams and haul the potatoes away. That is what would happen to the cur rency were silver adopted as the measure ut value, XcZinley's Home Popularity. Indianaiolis Journal. It took three gerrymanders to got Major McKinley out of Congress. He was elect ed in 1K. In 173 he was legislated into a district framed to give 2,000 demo cratic majority, but was re-elected by In 1(M his district was reconstruct ed, but he carried it by over 2, (TO ma jority. The third time is the charm. In 1!)0 he was put in a district w hich was considered good for 2,ft10 IiemocnUic ma jority and was defeated by 300 votes. In that way our friends the enemy helped to demonstrate McKinley's popularity. Quay Haaaa's Eight Bower. Canton, O,, June 20. Notwithstand ing the various s-ateinents from here and from Mr. II anna, at Cleveland, there is little doubt that Senator Quay, of Penn sylvania, will tie a member of the Execu tive Committee, which will have charge of the McKinley campaign, under the ad vice of Mr. Hanna himself. It will lie oliserved that Mr. Hanna does not deny I that Senator Quay haa been offered the ' chairmanship. Hanua expects to eon- ! duct the fight himself, but he wants Quay's practical knowledge to assist hitu. 1 It is dollars to cents that Quay -will lie ) uanra s rignt imwer in the game tor the great Presidential stakes. On thl Btrnnjl at Canton. Eastern Ohio turned out to ratify the nomination of McKinley aud Hobart at Canton, Saturday, at least ten thousand straneers being present. The speaker j uther than Major McKinley were uon. harles A. Orosveuor, Charles fcmory Smith and Congressman It. W. Taylor, of lliio. When McKinley appearod uiwn the speaker's stand he w as given an ovation. He spoke as follows: My fcllow-citizous: I thank you ior this magnificent demonstration. I think know just what It means. It Is In no uiim personal, but It is the assurance of the interest which you feel In the great questions w hich are to lie consiuereu i this great campaign, and whieb are to oe scllled by the American people at the en suing election. It means, my fellow-citi- rens, that you are attached by every tie of fealty and affection to the great funda mental doctrines of the ltepublican party. It meaus that you intend by your votes to w rite into public law and into permanent statutes what you believe will be for the best interests of all the people. Republican principles do not perish; they have not suffered by Uercat; tney have not suffered by their temporary re- eetion by the people. They are brighter and more glorious to-day than they have ever been before. They are endeared to every American heart. Their defeat be- f..a iVia American neoole has never brought good to any American interests. and their triumph has brought good to the American people. WHAT OF T11E BAI.IXVTS? And, my fellow-citizens, these prin ciples are to be tried before you this year, What will your answer he in jNovemnerr What are these principles, my country men f A protective tariff that takes care of every American interest and serves the highest good of American labor. A prin ciple that insists that our work shall be done at home, and not abroad. A recip rocity that, w hile seeking out the world's market for our surplus products, w ill never yield up a single day's work that belongs to the American workingman, And then a sound dollar as sound as the (iovemment, and as untarnished as its flag. A dollar that is good, not only t home, but giod wherever trade goes. A dollar that is as good in the hands of the farmer and the workingman as in the hands of the manufacturer or the capi talist. These great principles, emblazoned a3 they will upon the banners of the Repub- lioau partv, are bound to bring triumph in November, J firmly believe, and, will carry messages of cwoftiness auu oap- Piness to avery American home and every American fireside. I thank vou. uiv txMiutrymen, for this demonstration of your good-will. I am glad to welcome you to my home city, eify near and dear to me by every tie of affection; a city to which I owe so much, We are all proud to have you here to-day, and my advice to the Mayor is to have the census taken at this time. Hanna on the Issue. A special dispatch from Cleveland, dated Thursday, has this: "The thou sands of workmen who are employed in the iiiann factories of this country don' care an iota about this question of Free Silver," said the Hen. Mark A. Hanna. "They say they don't, and it is apparent that what the industrial classes of Amer ica want is better times and some assur ance that they will ere long receiv lietter wages, or at last a stipend equal to that which they were getting before the financial depression which followed the Democratic victory of ls?i "Iain convinced of the correctness of what I am saying, because I talked with the men on this subject I have from five thousand to six thousand men in my employ, and I know by personal in vestigatiou that the men who are work ing in the shops and in the mines care very little or nothing about the w hole financial ouestion. They recognize the fact that it is one of the Issues of the cam paign, but that is about as far as their in terest goes. It is- the farmers and the debtor class of the country who argue the Free Silver matter. "The workingmen want prosperity, and they realize the fat that this much- desired condition can come only aa a re sult of remedial measures in the case of our Protective Tariff. The nomination of McKinley on a Gold platform Is goin to stimulate industry. It will bring back to this country much of the capital whi was w itbdrawn by foreign investors, an its effect will lie felt in an equal degree among local capitalists. Why, I myself know of enterprises involving an invest mentof millions of dollars whose con summation was purposely delayed until the projectors could ascertain the char acter of the declarations in the St Louis platform." Alive at His Funeral. Lorenzo Bow McKinney, one of the most prominent farmers of Scioto county iliio, aud for years a recognized leader of the Democratic party, oliserved his fun eral with solemn rites at Fallen Timber, last Sunday. Mr. McKinney was 80 years old on June 17th, and it was with the firmly fixed idea that he will not liv the year out, that he requested the singu lar performance of a funeral oration pro nounced over the subject in vigorous life. The services were held in an im mouse grove 20 miles from Portsmouth and fully 7) people were present to w it ness the singular performance. At i o clock Sunday the highway was crowded w ith carnages and before the time of beginning the services arrived the road for half a mile on each side of the grove was so choked with vehicles that many could not get within reach of the place aud turned back in despair. The vicinity was alive w ith all sorts of fakirs, who took advantage of the crowd and the ix -luted place to ply their trade. At the appointed hour Mr. McKinney, accompanied by eight venerable mm, who acted in a capacity corresponding to pyll-bcarers at an ordinary funeral, was fed to a platform at the lioitom of the gruvfc w hi b sloped to the road, end he was stand at ttii! war of the platform inucb as a caaket is pieued u the bearers befoie the altar. The congregation, led by an old man, sang "Jesus, Lover of My Soul." after which an earnest prayer was oflerid by the Rev. Forest Evans. Then followed a regular funeral ora tion from the text, "The time of my de parture is at baud," words written by Paul from prison to Timothy. In the course of his sermon the minister refer red to Mr. McKinney as the departed, and reviewed the many good deeds of his life as if it was already finished. Many of the friends and neighbors of the old man in the audience sobbed aloud as the minister referred to his life t if good deeds and kindness. After the sermon the congregation was invited to come forward and take leave of the man bo had left the world, and for an hour this solemn procession tiled past. Many burst into tears as they took him by the baud. After the leave taking Mr. McKinney was driven directly lioine, where he ex pects to live In absolute retirement, awaiting dissolution, which be firmly believes will onu within tha yer. At present Mr. McKinney Is In perfect health and looks good for ten years. He is a very wealthy man, and while ec centric possesses a strong mind, which has lieen cultivated by wide reading. Nona of bis children were at the funer al. He refused to talk on the ground that he was dead. Stole M oney And WhUkers Soitii Bethlehem, Pa., June 27. Tilghman Ritter, a farmer, of Dillinger, 1 Lehigh Connty, came to town yesterday, bringing with hiui $48 in his pocket and long whiskers on his chin. He fell in with a gang of local roughs and last night they put him on a trolley minus his money and his beard, of which th ey had roblied him. When be identified himself this morning after much trouble he came to town and caused the arrest of 1'reston Koch, or Coopcrsburg, who was i sent to jail as one of the thieves. 8IXTEEIT TO 0VE. A Concise Explanation of a Frequently Asked Question. What Is free coinage? What is meant by the ratio of 16 to 1? These questions asked and answered thousand of time. ill figure with renewed frequency, tth in the newspapers and In personal con- e nut lions during the next five months. t ill be oflen said when the one or the other of these questions comes np: I saw that explained in some newspaper only the other day, but don't exactly re call It." Whoreupon the speaker will perhaps proceed to drop a card to some paper to repeat the explanation, tuien oter will do well during the coming campaign to make a clipping of answers to these questions in stock, if not for him self for use as reference when the ques tions are brought up by others. Here is a condensation of an article covering the subject which will properly serve as such a clipping. Free coinage means that the posessor of bullion In any quantity can take it to the mint and have it coined into money without cost. As all coined money haa inferior metal mixed with it to impart hardness and to save it from abrasion, the difference between the weight of the pure gold and silver aud the weight of the coin with the alloy added to it represents the profit made by the government in the transaction. This profit helps to defray the cost of minting. In gold, the alloy is silver and copper. In silver the alloy is copper. A gold dollar possesses 21. grains of pure gold. This is w hat may lie called the raw material of the gold dollar which is worked up into the man ufactured article at the mint. The man ufactured article, w hen it leaves the mint in the shape of a coined gold dollar, weighs 25.2 grains, the addition of the al loy making the difference in the weight between the raw material ana tne coin, In the silver dollar there are 3711 grains of pure silver, to which enough alloy is added to raise the weight to 412 grains. Coined gold and silver are spoken of as standard gold and standard silver, to dis tinguish them from pure gold and pure silver. By dividing 412J, the number of grains in a standard silver dollar, by iV5, the number o grains in a gold dollar, the result Is 15,Ib3. w bleb la the present actual coinage ratio, though as a rule the decimal is disregarded, and the ratio 10 to I. BTBIZD 100 ALIVE. Only Three Men Escaped. Pittston. Pa., June 27. The most hor rible catastrophe that has visited the anthracite coal regions for twenty-six years to-day snufied out the lives of about 100 miners. The disaster happened in he Newton Cial Company's Twin Shaft at 3 o'clock this morning, and of all the men in the doomed pit at the time the shock came only three are known to be alive to tell the awful story. The other daring spirits who bad entered the mine to prevent tb,e Tery disaster that overtook them were buried by a great fall of coal and rock. It was the result of a squeeze that had been feared for days, and it is one of the most extensive on record in this region. At II o'els k to-night pof one body ha been recovered, aud all hope of finding any of the ill-fated miners alive has lieen abandoned. There is a hardy and beniie baud of rescuers at work, who are bra v ing dangers in many forms to aid, if may be, any in the shaft who might possibly have survived the tomb of bis com panlons. The dreadful concussion was felt for miles iu all directions, and the startled residents thought at first It was an earth quake. It is possible that a gas explo sion assisted in the great havoc wrought, The victims of to-day's accident were nearly all English-speaking miners. The others were foreigners, mostly Hungar ians aud Italians. Among the victims were M. J. Langan, Acting Mayor of Pittston, and M. J. Lynott, a Council man. Langan was inside superintend ent and Lycott inside foreman. Bank Bobbery Spoiled. Los Angeles CaL, June 2i. A most daring altempt at lank robliery was discovered by the local police a few days ago, aud the facts made public last night A suit of mud-stained clothing was re cently found in the rooms occupied by three noted crooks, which led the olice to suspect that the trio w ere tunneling under some bank or safe deposit vault Search was instituted, and it was (lis covered that the vaults of the First National Bank had lieen undermined A tunnel two and a half feet square leads from the cellar of a saloon near by to the basement of the bank. - Ju the cellar was found a tub contain ing thirty-one sticks of dynamite and quantity of giant powder. The tools used in digging were also found. Another dav's work would have su diced to weaken the vaults enough to permit the use of explosives with certain succ-ess. Meanwhile the proprietor of the saloon has disappeared, and the three crooks have also taken flight. An accomplice of the robliers was arrested yesterday, and the police are hopeful of landing their men. The First National Bank carries not less than f-XiXo in currency In its vaults at all times. Bo bv Against Snoring. New Bri'Xswick, N. J., JuneiV Be cause he snores heavily in his sleep John Barry was arrested on a warrant charg ing him with disturbing the peace. Mar tin Allien, a oornctist, made the charge against him. AHs?rt and several other families oc cupy rooms in an apartment house at No. 211 Burnett street, and all of them have lieen kept awake nights by the hi vy breathing of Barry, w ho is also a tenant there. None of those annoyed by Barry's snoring knew where the n-iise came from until Ailie;t traced it to B.ir ry's rooms. Then he awakened Barry and appealed to him to desist Barry said bo slept Is-tter for snoring, aud as he did not hear tho noise himself, did not bother about it This euraged Albert, so he appeared before Recorder Sullivan and charged Barry with being a disturber of the peace. Recorder Sullivan thought enough of the case to send a policeman after Barry and he was arraigned in court. The de fendant said that if he snored he did not know it, and what was more, he did not intend to stay up nights to prevent it Recorder Sullivan could find no law un der which be could hold Barry, and Al bert could pot suggest a plan to stop the racket, Barry was then discharged. Letter Front General Lee. fien. Fitzhugh Lee, writing from Cuba says: The Spanish authorities have treated him with great courtesy, and Cap tain-General Weyler has granted every request thus far preferre d, even allowing him to visit the prisons where the captur ed Americans are confined. Of the Spanish troojis, be says they are fairly well drijled, but under a system of tactius and manual totally different from any the General bad ever seen. As to the insurgents, they practically have control of the ialand. The'- emis saries come in and go out of the towns and cities as they will, and ha believes the entire native population is In sym pathy with thorn. As to the inhumanity of the Spanish commanders General Lee expresses him self in the plaiuest terms. "They do not regard the laws of modern war nor the usages customary among civilized na tions at alL From every quarter there is the same testimony concerning the bar barities of the Spanish soldiers. Some of the evidence I have heard would be be yond belief did I not know it to lie most reliable. The plunder of inoffensive citi zens, murder, every form of rapine, is the unvarying story of prisoners and na tives of the island, who happened to be under suspicion, and it takes very little, indeed, here, to place you under suspi- I plan HEADY FOB M BIB LET. Demecratlo Office Holders Fixed by Presi dent Cleveland. A Pittsburg Commercial correspondent writing from Washington says: One of the most interesting Incidents of this Presidential year is the unanimity with which the Democratic ofilce holders, from the President down, concede the election of the Republican ticket, and that there Is no chance for disorganized Democracy- This is frankly admitted on all sides by the fotu per anuum messenger to the 53,000 per annum Cabinet Minister. And. as was published exclusively in these dispatches two weeks ago, the President set the example by announcing that ho expected to vote the Republican ticket iu November next Thus all the ofiiee-hold ing element ex pect the Republicans to win, but they are congratulating each other because the President and his advisers have turned civil service into a farce by construing it to mean that only Democrats should be protected by it In brief, the Democratic administration while expecting the Republicans to win in November, has been bonding its ener gies to installing only Democrats iu the best places aud then covering them with the protection of civil service. While the Democrats expect to turn over the ad ministration to President McKinley next March, they are chuckling with glee be cause all the subordinate places will con tain only tried and true Democrats. It is not generally known, but It.is a fact. nevertheless, that this administration as soon as it had filled all the lucrative places in the various departments with Democrats, immediately placed them un der the civil service, so as to protect the incumbents in oilice after the discredited party had been kicked out, Aud the in cumbents proudly boast about the way that the President has trampled true civil service in the dust in order that Democrats may be provided with life po sitions. V hue. I was In the Treasury Department on Wednesday one of the watchmen said to me. "Well it looks very much as if Major McKinley would be the uext President. But, thanks to President Cleveland and Logau Carlisle, we will retain our places. The Repub licans will not daro to remove us by sus pending the civil service rules so that they can fill our places with Republi cans." Such boasting can be heard in all the departments. And they have the right to rejoice. When this administra tion came into power only the clerks were under civil service. Now every position is under civil service except the bureau officers apd the assistant secre taries. Even such an important position as the chief clerk is protected by the inagc name. And the employes, who uro really servants in the family of the higher officials, but are appointed as laborers and messengers in order that Uncle Sam should pay their salaries, are also under the civil service. The worst feature of this travesty is that the President delayed his action on til all the best positions were filled by the Democrats. Competent Republican chiefs of divisions were either removed to make way for the Democrats or were re duced to minor places in order that in competent Democrats might draw the large salaries. Then the oivil service was thrown over them. And when all these changes were made ami tho protection afforded, the Democrats shout with glee and dare the incoming Republican ad ministration to interfere with thorn and their places. But another outrage that this administration has perpetrated in the name of the civil service should not be overlooked. Competent clerks, who by long service and ability hive worked themselves up to the$l,S00 limit under the civil service were reduced In salary and grade in fitvor of those w hose only recommendations were that they were Democrats and bad Democratic backing, This outrage has lieen perpetrated every department an." the instances can lie nnmliered by the hundreds. These are facts and can not lie disputed. This the fourth administration that I have lieen able to watch closely since the ad vent of civil service in American politics. and the record of this admin istration on that line is that "civil service is solely to put Iiemocrats into the best positions and keep them there without regard to their mora) characters, honesty or fitness." The Pennsylvania Eailrosd's Popular Ex cursions to the Seashore. J',0 FOR twelve DAYS. No other Summer outing -appeals so strongly to tho people of Western Penn sylvania as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's popular excursions to the seacoast of New Jersey. For years they have lieen looked forward to as the holi day event of each Summer, aud every season has seen them grow more popular. The reason of the great favor in w hich they are held Is easy to see. The rale of $10 for the round trip is phenomenally low, considering the distance and the high character of the service; the limit of twelve days just fits tho time set apart for the average vacation, and the dates of the excursions are most eouvenient'y adjust ed. There Is also the widest field for choice In the selection of the resort. At lantic City, Cape May, Sea Isle City, and Ocean City are the choicest of the Atlant ic coast resorts, and any one of them may lie visited under these arrangements. The dates cf tho excursions are July 9 ami 'A August 6 and j0, and the rates will lie as follows: Pittsburg, Union town, Connellsville, Seottdale, Greensburg, r!:itler, and Lstrolie, J10; Johnstown, ?:i.2.'; Cresson, fa.lO; Altoona. S; Tyrone, f7.'ij Clearfield, fc.90; Bedford, s..V); Huntingdon. $7.10; Milllin, i.ii; propor tionate rates from other points. A special tralu of ;iitrlr cars and day coaches-will leave Pittsburg on each of the aUive-nienthmed dates at K.'A a, m., and connect at Philadelphia with special train via the new Delaware Itiver Bridge route, binding pasaengers at Atlantic City in twelve hours from Pittsburg; or passengers may spend the night In Phil adelphia and pr.ceed Ut the shore by reg ular trains from Market Street Wharf the follow ing day. Tickets will also be good on regular trains leaving Pittsburg at 4:30 and 8:10 p. m., arriving in Philadelphia next morning, whence passengers may pro ceed to tho shore on any regular trains from Market Street Wharf that day. For detailed information iu regard to rates and time of trains apply to ticket agents, or Mr. Thomas E. Watt, District Passenger Agent, Pittsburg. Horses as "Canned Beet" Washinoton, June 23. One of the dangers that threatens the American trade with Europe is revealed by United States Consul Du Bel let. at Rheiius, France, in a report to the State Depart ment, transmitting a newspaper account of a trial in London of a driver of cruelty b horses. It appeared that the man was engaged in loading the invalided omni bus horses of London for Rotterdam and Antwerp, where "they were couverted into excellent caqned beef, which is re tailed throughout Europe in sealed boxes with American labels." This industry, which the Consul says is calculated to ruin the American export meat trade if not shipped, absorbs more than 26,000 horses anuually Wanted to be Btptiied. - Colvmm a. Mo., June 25. James Turn ner, of Ashland, this county, who was a candidate for baptism ib the Methodist church at that place, is now a candidate for the penitentiary. The night before he was to be baptized he was captured breaking into a store. He explained that he needed a new suit of clothes to be baptized in. He is now in jail here. Why suffer from indigestion? Burdock Blood Bitters cures Dyspepsia and all disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels. I'ROF. BAUGIIEK MAKES REPLY. His Statement of Pennsylvania Col lege Action. AN OPENTETTER To the Board of Trustees of Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg. Gentlemen: Your action concerning the "Franklin Professor o! Greek Lan guage and Literature" was officially com municated to him after your adjournment and without opportunity of making any response to you directly. But as that action has lieen made public unofficially nd irresponsibly, it is proper that the public should know exactly w hat it is, and accordingly, his response to you Is made in this manner. Your action, as eommui.l.-atcd by the Secretary of the Board, is as follows : 'AVsWral, That without bringing any direct, specific charge against the Frank lin Professor of Greek Language and Literature, and simply realizing that the dissatisfaction with him is too great for hiiu to lie retained with any degree of comfort to the Board of Trustees or to the harinouious working of the Administra tion of the College, we notify him of the termination of his services, according to the terms on which the Franklin Profes sorship of the Greek Language and Liter ature w as tendered hiiu by the Board of Trustees." That you bring no charge "direct" ami 'specific" or of any sort, is for the gissl reason that thero was none that would bear the light, and at once stamps your action as arbitrary. Y'our committee spent one day at Gettyaburg, inquiring luto a lew things, and went away with out being a: le to make out a case sus tained by credible evidence. From the puerile questions put to your Professor then, he was convinced of what his own consciousness already assured him, that there was nothing on w hich he could be reasonably or justly arraigned to his hurt. This your inability to find any direct, specific, legitimate charge, is as gratifying as his own sense of faithful ness. Further, the "dissatisfaction" on which your ai-tion is based is not with his work in the department of Greek, which, he is proud to say, has always maintained, at least, its previous high standing, ami has never been challenged. Moreover the "dissatisfaction", is not on the part of the students, whether of the pastor the present, whose high estimate of the late Greek Professor's ability as a teacher aud their high regard for the department under him as a factor in the Institution's character and life, is well known. Furth er, the "dissatisfaction" is not on the part of the great Lutheran Church w hich he represented, aud which by your action haa received an insulting blow directly in the face. No! The "dissatisfaction" of which you speak respects only the 'Board of Trus tees' "degree of comfort" and "the har monious working of the Administration of the College." Thank you for so hon est a statement ! The late "Franklin Professor" has stood firmly as he could for two chief things; J-ymt, For the interests of the Lutheran Church for whose work the College was established, and which he supjMised he w as set to serve, and would serve, in the College. tSteoiflty, For thoroughness of work, a malutenance aud betterment of the tradi tional standard of the Institution, intel lectually, morally and spiritually. These are the things which have chiefly characterized your late "Franklin Pro fessor," as every one knows who knows the history of Pennsylvania College. That, holding such views and set stead fastly fbr their defense, he should be come a source of discomfort to a Board that took action undenoiuinationalizing the College, thus shaking her very foun dations, and to an Administration that. in accordance w ith its spirit and meth ods, led a too founding Board to put into the hands of the Principal of a Secondary School authority to admit men to College over the heads of the Professors in the College aud regardless of their sanction, reversing all previous custom is not straugr.' Whether the position of the late "Franklin Professor," or that of the Board and the Administration, is the liet ter for the welfare of the public, the Church or the College, we nmr aafei v al low intelligent people to decide. One thing more. There is a clear dif ferenceoften vast between an Institu tion and its Administration, just as our country is something else and more than the existing Administration. R is great blindness to confound them. Surely theVe'are always many opposed to tho existing Administration whom it would bo as great arrog nice as folly to charge with lieing opjiosed to their country ! The greatest opponent of an existing Admin istration may 1 the best friend of the country. Though yon make no clnrgo it has come indirectly to your respond from some of your b .ly, tli.it ha w.n u it true to the College, and your Committee, referred to above, had the insufferable Impudence to ask him if ho was a real friend of the College! Would God sho had more friends in her management mat would serve tier liesl interests as well ! He defies any tha least . proof of such an allegation, ami refers to his whole life and connection with the CV1 lego for sulwUDtiation. That he doe not lielieve tho present Aln in istration is true to the best interests, the tradition-. and the hopes of the College, Is quite another tiiinjj. It would hardly be allowed -even audi, a present craze the silver, 1! to 1, advocHtcs to maintain that th'? wl-o contend for a gold liasia are not true to Iheir country. Your lute "Franklin Professor" has beer, and is for a gold IklsIs educationally, as w oil as financially. By this h) docs not R Oiii that in n -, I ricks ami building cau make an cdm-at-lonal inslituti'in. Far fr ;ii it. Tint re quires men men in the Board, men in the Faculty, men in the classes. If it lie said, however, that a party and an administration must have its own kind of men to carry out its own ends and that a free silver administration would not make a gold standard advo cate its Secretary of the Treasury, the analogy is admitted. But as, in that case, the public would hold the party and the administration to accountability and reckon with them, so you will have to deal with the intelligent public and the Lutheran Church, from whom the patronage of the College comes. Y'our Jato "Franklin Professor," with much confidence, puts his twenty-tour years' faithful service against what you and the Administration have done, and his prin ciples against yours, for that arbitrament. Yours, etc, II. Lor is BAroiiEit, Lute "Franklin Professor of Greek" i n Pennsylvania College. Getty an run. Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grown, Is a line from the trite old verse we used to recite in our school boy days. It has a forcible application to those small ail ments which we are apt to disregard until they reach formidable proportions. A fit of indigestion, a slight" attack of counts pation.it is assumed, will soon pass off, but Is very apt to get worse, and In the meantime is neglected until the ailment becomes chronic, and then, if not entirely eradicated, is a censtaut annoyance and menace of worse consequences, for dis eases, recollect, beget one another. How much wiser to resort to a course of I los tetter's Stomach Bitters at the outset of the malady than to temporize with it at the start, or treat it with violeut remedies in its maturity. Bo on time with disease, or it may "floor" you. Malarious, rheu maticaud kidney complaints, dyspepsia, constipation, biliousness and nervousness are all disorders of rapid growth, and should be "nipood in the bud" bv a imsly resort to the Eitteie. Fiafs on Fnblie Schools. CiiAMrAi'iN, HI., June 27. Iu tho f'lr- cult Court Judge Wright has decided that the State law requiring the National flag to !e displayed over every school house in the Slate during school hours was unconstitutional and void. In doing so he quashed the indict ments which were recently returned by the Grand Jury against Governor Altgeld the trustees of the University of Illinois here, and the officials of the city schools for violation of the law. ere iio s People often wonder Why their nerves are so weak; why they get tired so easily; why they start at every slight but sudden sound; why they do not sleep naturally; why they have frequent headaches, indigestion and Palpitation of the Heart. The explanation is simple. It is found in that Impure blood which is contin ually feeding the nerves upon refuse instead of the element sot strength and vigor. In such condition opiate end nerve compounds simply deaden and do not cure. Hood's Sarsapsrilla feeds the nerves pure, rich, red blood; gives natural sleep, perfect digestion, self control, vigorous health, and is the true remedy (or all nervous troubles. IK! Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier, tl ; six tor $5. Prepare.1 mly by C I. Hood & Co.. Lowell, Mass. u ji rMi ewe Llvrr Ills; easy to n OOd S P I IS Uke,eay to operate, ac. Rememlier that we are Headquarters for Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Slip pers and everything in the shoe line from the smallest article up to the largest all of the reliable, never-rip, water-tight sort at the lowest prices. OUR MOTTO : PERFECT FITTING SHOES AT PERFECT FITTING PRICES. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY George P. Stein & Co.. 700 Main Cross St, SOMERSET. " PA. I PURITY. . . . I what you sh.ml.l look for when bliy- :lntf whUkeya or llipiors ; ours are iiiwr-auLi-'t pun-; if vou tiny front im you ltd llit-m Uir.-ct (YiH.i the t". S. Ouvern 4y mem st;imsil barrel ; there Is no bet 4) Ut KUar.Ui In-, t Prices Speak for Themselves 2 year ol ild, Pure Rye, per ral. a 4 7 ID It 17 S.oO 4."j0 .rj.O ..j0 T fp-cl:i! price list on Wines, etc., on T T application. No extra rharve for jugs T J or packing Glv us a trial order. a nunDirecru 1S Federal Wt., Allegheny, Pa. i AN AUCTION SALE In the New York Wholesale Drv (ioods centre is quite a dill'erent affair from one around here there hundred of thousands of dollars worth of one kind of goods are sold in a few hours. There were two auction wiles there a short time ago, on two successive davs, and we attended both of them and Isiught largely on account of the character and quality of the silks and the prices they were sold aL As a re sult thereof we submit the follow ing greatest values ever offered to any peo- pie. Rlack Rroche Taffetas, 23 inches wide, oU:. such extra wide and good silks as half a dollar never Insight be fore. I'ive Jots choice silks :-r Black Satin DuchPtse, Black Faille Franeaise, Black Satin Rhadame. Black Pegu de Soie. Black Grcs Grain, all at 50c a yard silks with tone und character like the dollar kinds.' Plain Rlack Habutai Silks, 24 inches wide, 'ito. We hope you will send for samples of any of the alsive gissls you are in terested in such gissls at the prices should bold interest for every woman und you'll get them by return mail, an. 1 they'll prove. if what we've said here dn"t that they're the most de sirable silk equal money evtr bought. dls B. & BOGGS & BUHL, Allegheny, Pa. It is as cheap As it is good: The Price of the PATRIOT Has Be.-s Mali to Fit the Timet. It is One Cent s Dsy, or (3 Whea Paid By the Year. Start the day right by reading the right kind of newspaper. The Patriot is the right kind. It is the only complete morn ing newspaper that reaches Central Penn sylvania at an early hinir of the day. It Is one of the foremost Democratic news papers in the State and theouly one print ed at the State Capital, the official and political centre of the Commonwealth. The Patriot makes a specialty of depart ment news and gives more each day than all the other State papers combined. It gives much entertaining and substantial family reading. It has (copyrighted) daily "hints for housekeepers" (a new menu for every day) and a fashion de partment, through which the latest pat terns are supplied to Patriot readers. Pennsylvania politics w ill tie of extra ordinary interest from this time on. The State Capital w ill be the centre of excit ing news. The Patriot haa exclusive opportunities for securing advance pews ora semi-public character. Special attention is given base hall and cycling events, w ith detailed reports of national league games. DAILY, every week day morning in tho year, 8:5 a year. WEEKLY, Tuesday evening of each week, M a year. TIIK DAILY will be Beut Trom now until after the election, by mail only, on receipt of f 1. THK WEEKLY will lie sent from now until after the election, by mail only, on receipt of 25 cents. TH E PATRIOT is the best advertising medium in Pennsylvania outside of Pitts burg and Philadelphia. It has a cent a word want column. Address, The Patriot Com pas y, Uaxrisburg, Pa. EVERY DAY Brings Something- New A Riding or Walking Spring Tooth Harrow. -s ' - No dragging of frame on the ground. Tie lihtet shaft. Willi : itself of trash as easily a3 a hay rake. Ituns as light uiih i a man on as others do without a load. CALL AND SEE IT. WE a mrm IN i lit WUKLD. ; Sold on Trial. I J. B. Holderbaum Somerset, Pa. B r.TTPPK7c n 'fit s? The New Capello Range. WE sell the NEW CAI'ELLO RANGE, guaranteed the Iargr,t an ! Range of its clas on tho market. It lias very large ar.d hi.-h ens, heavy grates, lining and top. Baking and Roasting ijna!: the highest as thousands of daily users can testify. If you i: the best buy a ustiew oa3?iejI-iIjC : : ALSO A FULL LINE OF : : GRANITE, COPPER TINWAR Milk Cans, Screen Doors and Window?, Ice Cream Freezer, Oil l Gasoline Stoves. Call and see us. Respectfully, A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY- QUINT'S, 134 & 136 Clinton St., - - JOHNSTOWN F Are Selling 2,500 Fur Capes for S12.5C 1,000 Ladies' Jackets for S5.00. And Other Winter Goods in Proportl James Quirm: .1847. 1896 SODA SIPIRIILTG Wlien YOU are Dry ICE f COLD SOD AISO Pure Drugs and Chem-j Fine Imported & icals. mestic Cigars. G. VV. BENFORD, Manager. jWJ-orfioe of Dr. S. M. Ik-ll in rear of Store, whore he will wait np.-n :" Saturday of each we k. I FUR g j B Our Stock Is Lariro. A thing to ba considered ; In buying Furniture. riUCI-: i generally heM to l of the first imiorMi should lie tho last. If you huy fur quality you imy w '' i f If you liny for prU-e you gat w hat you pay for. ? Clmiiilier Suits, Solid Oak and Cherry, -ontaininj six ietf. fJ. 4'- ? Antique Oak Suit, : : : : : : TarlorSuius : : : : : : : -. J." 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