The Somerset Herald, j
3 WARD SCCLL, Editor and Proprietor.
WKDNE.SU.VV.
April 21, ixr. j
An Iitiliaua jii!jr has An UUd th.it
i.l. i..-.. i.f ti'lciiho'.iit' t-onvt-rstttioH
-an le usil in a rivil suit. I
This lime last jear the Ann-riran i
pexpio were anxious in. w
verve. It wins lfke ainient history.
I'KHf has susiK'tMied the coinage of
silver at the government niiut. It is a
losing busint-s-, and IVru U tired of it.
Only one town in Rhode Island was
carried by the Democrats. The reac
tion on the tariff will never accom
plish anything at this rate.
The quiet substitution of Democrats
for Republicans that went forward un
der Mr. Cleveland should nw be thor
oughly ventilated in the interest of
civil service reform.
It looks as if the Cuban war is lie
ginning to end. Forty thousand Span
ish troops are to Ik? withdrawn from
Cuba, under the pretense that the rev
olution is quelled.
Ik anybody wants a good olyect-b's-n!a
of the Bryan brand of finances, let
him study the work of Weykr in Cu
ba. He is piling up a lot of trouble in
the way of paper money issued on no
ba.sis at all.
One hundred and two fourth-class
postmasters were appointed ou
Wednesday, which leads to the su-pi-cion
that somebody is getting pie frcm
this administration.
Pkksihext McKixlky Ihm appoint
ed Hon. is V. Hall, of Harns
burg, as a nMiiUr of the Rjard of
Visitors to the Tutted States Military
Academy at West Point.
Skxatok it AY has been suffering
from an attack of Urippe at his home
in Washington, but hopes to be suffi
ciently recovered to spend a day or two
in Harrisburg the latter part of this
week.
The Kansas proposition to tax "in
ordinate weulth" is attracting some at
t -lilion, and there is a general desire to
iiear how the term is defined in Kan
s is. It is unfair to start the discussion
without an exact statement o;i this
ji-iiiit.
It looks very much as if there" w ill
lo no apportionment bills passed sit
this ?.-s!on of tlie L ?gis!aturc. Th'-re
are s i many legislators w ho ar.i eon
tctit to ; t well enough alone that any
proposition to make any haige is
frowned upon. Th-re can be no hope
f .r apportionment tio.v until af:er tl.e
ceiKUsif 1' HI is taken.
Thk newspaptTs of the cities along
the Mississippi are doing fine work in
collecting money and food for the suf
ferers. All this is in addition to the
work of the government. More mon
ey can be used, but the outlook now is
that there will be little positive suffer
ing for either food or shelter. At the
same time, the condition of the people
is pitiable.
At the Xew York east conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church the
question of Sunday bicycle riding was
discussed at length. The result was
the adoption of the following: "We
are convinced that the use of the bicy
cle for pleasure puqves on the Sab
bath is a serious misuse of that day,
mid the sign of a decline of a religious
Iif; when members of the Christian
church indulge therein."
The United States supreme court has
lately rendered decisions of interest to
the public. Oue of these declares that
state and county authorities may seize
tiie bocks, time locks and personal
property of banks in order to facilitate
the collection of a Slate tax on the
bank's capital. Another decision says
that a law requiring the trains of a
railway wholly within a given state to
stop at county seats through which
they pass is valid.
Til: Democratic attack on the Ding
ley bill might have some force if the
Democrats had ever shown any ability
iu constructing tariff measures them
selves. The full measure of their capa
bilities in this direction is revealed by
the "perfidy and dishonor'' tariff
which President Cleveland denounced,
which lie refused to sign, and which,
getting on the statute liook by the ex
piration of the time limit, lias proved
to be worthless for revenue or protec
tion. The Rryan element of the house of
representatives attempted to follow the
example set by the party last fall and
again co-operate with the Populists,
this time by supporting Jerry Simpson
in his attack on Speaker Reed for fail
ure to appoint examinees. The Rai
ley faction rallied, called a caucus, and
voted down the proprvi: ion two to one.
Thus the Ilailvyitcs in the house of rep
resentatives have ilirly turned the
Rryanites down, jnd will probably
keep them there.
"Thk position taken by the iK-mo-cratic
party in Is'.m will not be surrend
ered," says Mr. Rryan, which means
that the free silver, income tax and anti-Supreme
Court follies and scandals
of the Chicago platform will lie stuck
ti by the Popoeratie party. This, if
true, is great news for the Republicans.
It means they are likely to get a big
ger majority in I'.ir) thsn Jlwy did iu
lv.tsi. No party or coalition having
any mch creed as that promulgated
by the Bryan iten last ytar can ever
carry this country.
The union soldiers fared badly un
der the Cleveland administration.
More than a thousand of them were
dismissed from the government ser
vice in Washington city alono by that
administration and comparatively fi-w
fcoldiers appointed to fill the vacancies
th is created. One of the first things
done by the new administration was to
f about reinstating these dismissed
e ildiers. Secretary Wilson, of the ag
ricultural department, reinstate! a
dozen or more in his (department dur
ing tl.e first week in April, and the
heads of the other departments ar fol
lowing the same plan, so that it is
probable that most of the dismissed
soldiers will be restored to their posi
tions during the first half year of the
new administration.
With ix the past two or three days
the reports from the flooded districts in
the Mississippi Valley show that acci
dents attended with log of life have
become very frequent. In a majority
of instances the people whoe lives
were lost were making a hard struggle
to escajie to place of safety from their
homes, that were wirrounded by water.
The boats or small skiffs they had at
hand were but poor afTain", and when
heavily loaded were unable to stand
the strain, and soon foundered, throw
ing their occupants on the mercy of
the raging rivers. The record of these
occurrences has Iw.-'iie a very long
on, pitd adds a niv4 resting feat
ure to the havoc that the A'khIs have
wrought.
The heivicsl sufferers from the AinhIs
are, no doubt, the or i-opl, some of
them white, but the majority of them
the colored lal Mirers, who have Ioet
their all. It is among this class that
the mortality from these accidents lias
been the heaviest. The sufferings of
the survivors apieal to the sympathies
of the whole country. They may not
have been the possessors of much in
the way of property,, but what they
did have is now all gone.
Surrender of the Combine.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The surrender .of the once-powerful
Combine, the iiiot detectable and con
temptible political machine mihw the
days of Tweed, is pitiable in iu abject
completeness.
Mayor Warwick is lagging for the
e ruiulw which fall from the political ta
ble, and is seeking to save himself from
utter otl iteration. Mr. Martin, the chief
of the combine, is going around like a
mendicant askiiiff the poor privilege of
leing permitted to fight in the ranks.
To this bitter end has the organization
come.
Prohibition Convention.
To the Prohibitionists of Somerset
count':
A call is hereby issued to tbe Prohi
bition isLs of Somerset county, to meet in
county covenlion iu the Kvangelical
church at IJerlin, on Thursday, May C,
ls.7,at 2p., m. f.irthe purpose of selecting
delegates lo the State convention and
transactingsuch other business as may
come liefore the convention.
There will be a mass meeting in the
evening, to be addressed by Hon. II. 1).
Patton, Kx-State Chairman.
All prohibitionist of the county are
cordially urged to interest themselves
in the success of the convention.
If P. COLLIN'S PHI-:!! GROKK,
County Sec'y. Co. Chairman.
Teachers' Placet Sold.
Baltimore, Md., April 16. The pub
lication of statements made by women
teachers in the public schools of this city
ami by their friends that they paid
money to politicians to secure their posi
tions lias caused a sensation. A leading
newspaper demands that an investigation
h made and a majority of tho citizens
think the same.
While dining with a friend the other
day a Baltimore teacher made no secret
saying that she had paid for her position,
tier chief cause of complaint seemed to
I that she had lieen charsl "i more
for it than lunl most of the other teachers
iu the ychooL
She said that she paid $S for her
place, of which amount S-Vt was in cash,
and hei brother had given his note for
i :50, w hich she had paid oft". The mon
ey was given, she said, tot he leader oft h
ward, but it was understood that it was
to go lo the eoinin.isshir.er w ho pivc her
the appointment.
Waat3 to Hold His Job.
;r.KKXsnrr.!, pa., April 1!). Public
school atVaiis at Sutcrvillc are a'.l torn up
over the summary dismissal by the
board of directors of the principal, Fran
cis Null. Prof. Null was discharged on
Saturday, and Belle Martin was selected
to fill the vacancy. This nnruing Prof.
Null appeared at the schools and refused
to vacate. Roth the old and the new
principal Insist upon running tho
schools. The alleged cause ol Prof. Null's
discharge was abscence from his charge
two days, the lioard of directors being
led to believe that the professor had been
working during that time for the Second
Avenue Traction company, whose line it
is proposed shall run through Sutervi'Je.
It is charged that Null was procuring
rights of way for the company. Squir
McXirew nine here to-day to obtain legal
advice in the matter. Null has only six
days to serve as principal, and he propos
es to finish his term, even should the
courts have to be appealed to.
Senators and Patronage.
Wasiiixotox, I). C, April IV Mnch
misunderstanding has arisen over re
ports that have been quite generally cir
culated that the patronage privileges of
Senators have been extended aud that
their indorsement will le required on all
post ohiee applications. This is erron
eous, ami Postmaster General Gary has
had frequent occasion recently to correct
this impression.
The policy that has lieen practiced
heretofore in the distribution of ollieesi
will le followed by this Adminstralion.
and tha prerogatives enjoyed by Repre
sentatives in the past will be continued
Congressmen will have the naming of
the post otlices in their district as a gen
eral rule, w hile Senators can name their
homes olliees and some large cities, on an
amicable understanding between the
Senators and Representative.
Toand a Will in the Grave.
IxniAXAOLis. I ml., April !. For
nearly a dozen years the heirs of Jacob
Kissinger, a wealthy citizen of Leaven
worth, have lieeu fighting over his estate.
Every time one of tbe eight children
reached his majority a new legal fight
came. To settle ths question of the age
of the last child a family Bible buried
with Kissinger was dug up yesterday.
It was 3lso found to contain his will made
iu lssi. It was witnessed regularlv. The
will made the in it'uer the gaardian and
distributed thq property e piiliy atinng
the children after the widow received her
third. To-day all pendingsuiu were dis
til issed.
Dog Saved Kany Lives.
Wii.i.iavspokt, Pa., April l.V At Jer
sey Shore, 12 miles west of this city, early
this morning, an Knglish setter dog sav
ed tho lives of a score of persons. Land
lord tlunkle, of the Hotel Punkle, was
awakened at 2 a. in. by his dog, w hich
always sleep in his bedroom, rubbing
its nose on his lace. The hotel was on
fire, and the 2s guests were awakened.
but it was necessary for sine of them to
ba helped to the ground with ladders.
Charles Campbell, aged GO years, was
found unconscious on the floor. The loss
w ill aggregate ?2,.V).
Aa Eager Lover Balked.
LixciTreit, April It An unusual pe
tition was presented to court yesterday
by Garfield Sloner, of this city, wh
wants to weL but caunot. The petition
9"ts forth that be is in bis eighteenth
year, a son of the late Isaac Stoner, and
that he wishes to marry Miss Ida Stahl,
fift3ii years of age; that h'.i mother
refuses to consent to the ni.arri.-iga, and
the court is asked to appoiut Albert A.
Onney guardian ad litem t give c .nnt
to the marriage The court refused t
grant the petition, a under the law the
boy's mother is the only peron wh
can give consent to hi nurriaja. RjU
tives of tbe boy state that he is only fif
teen years old, having misrepresented
bis age to the court.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
been inquiring into tbe subject of foreign
markets for American products and one
conclusion be has reached is hit th9
butter trade should be extended. IU
says the English bought f M.Wti,OtK worth
of butter last year; the United States
supplied, perhaps, 1 per cent of it, or
little over f ),M worth, while Denmark
supplied over fcS,W,Oui) worth.
DOGS OF WAR LOOSE.
Fifty Thousand Troopt FigM:X oa ta
Greo-Tarkua Frontier.
BATTLES OK LAND AUO "WATER.
Following quickly tbe actual outbreak
of war between Greece and Turkey the
regular troops of both countries find
themselves engaged in armed conflict of
the fiercest character on the Thessalian
frontier, which according to the latest re
jiorts, is ablaze with the murderous lire
of the coiiilmtaiits.
The Greek Government having lieen
notified by the Sultan that diplomatic re
lations between tho two countries had
been severed. King George accepted the
issue and at one recalled his Minister
from Constantinople.
All along the frontier the opposing
forces are keeping up an active cannon
ading, and on the sea operations have
been begun following the sinking of a
Greek steamer in the Gulf of Art by a
Turkish battery, which was subsequent
ly stormed and destroyed by land and
water forces of the Greeks.
The Turkish commander, Edbem Pas
ha, is leading the main body of the Sul
tan's forces across tbe border. There has
been desperate lighting as they advanc
ed, but the Greek forces, after heroic de
fenses in the mountain passes, have re
treated, and tbe Turks, Hushed by tem
porary victory, are making Larissa their
objective point. Preparations for it de
fense have been well planned, and a des
perate battle may be expected at that
point. The Greek reserves have been
called out, and troops are being dispatch
ed to the point from Athens, where the
wildest war spirit prevails. The Turks
are equally impetuous, and their forces
thus far appear to have been better
handled than those of Greece.
VICTORIES ABOUT EVEN.
Larissa, Greece, April 19. At five
o'clock this afternoon it was announced
that the Greeks have defeated the Turk
ish attack on Reveni, northwest of Laris
sa and not far from the important posi
tion of Tyrnoya. Crown Prince Constant-
iu has goue to Tyrnoya, which was the
objective poiut of the Turkish movement.
as it is on the direct road between the
Greek headquarters at Larissa and the
Turkish headquarters at Klassona. Two
Greek brigades have entered Turkish
territory and penetrated to Dainasi,
northeast of Zirkos. Another division
is endeavoring to flank the Turks, who
are retreating in disorder.
While, however, the Turks have been
defeated at Reveni, they have won a vie
tory at Gritzovali. They attacked the
Greek brigade commanded by Gen. Mas
iropas, which gave way under the Turk
ish assault, but was formed again. Tho
Greeks are n w attempting to recapture
Gritzovalio, where heavy lighting has
leen in progress since noon.
Fighting continued to-day at the en
trance of th Gulf of Arta. The firing at
Prevesss was desultory because the sea
was loo rough to permit of effective gun
nery by the Greek fleet, but the remain
ing Turkish forts were destroyed and
4,(iO Grec ks were landed to occupy tho
position. The Turkish authorities hsivo
proclaimed the gulf close! to all but
Turkish ships.
TfiiKISII ri.AN hkkkatkp.
Gen Smolenitz is in command cf H.ouo
Greeks at Reveni. At this point Kdham
Pasha, closely pressed was nearly taken
prisoner. His plan was to force the pass
of Ilcveni, to enter the plain of Larissa.
to cut off the retreat of the Greek army
w ith his cavalry, and thus take Larissa
without resistance. Rut this plan was
defeated.
Capt. Tagarde. who was wounded at
Gritzovali, shot himself in order to avoid
falling into the hands of tbe Turks. The
Greeks report that the Turks lost ,WM
killed and wounded at Reveni, but th.s
estimate is proliahly excessive.
AMERICAS IXTKREST IX THK WAR.
Washixotox, April 1!. Tho State do.
partment to-day made an official an
nouncement of the cipher dispatch re
ceived last night from Minister Terrell
at Constantinople It contains merely
statement as to the outbreak of the war
and that the 40,(kk) subjects of Greece in
Turkey are required to leave the latter
country within l.'i days. The Greek gov.
eminent requires all subjects of military
age reserved for military duty. Turkish
troops are scattered along the border of
Thessaly and caunot quickly concentrate
for decisive battle. This may enable the
Greek army to fight them in detail.
While the sympathies of the army ofll
eers lie largely with the Greeks, they ful
ly expect that the Turks will prevail in
the end if allowed to wage war on
trammeled by the interference of other
powers. The War Department experts
say that Turkey, on paper at least, has
one of the most formidable armies in the
world, besides which that of Greece is
absolutely insignificant in numliers. The
Turkish forces have had the beuelit of
thorough training by German army ofti
cers, the best drill masters in the world.
Breaks All Seeords.
.WAsmx(iTox, II. C, April la Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Rristow
has proven himself a veritable Kansas
cycolne in his sweep of official work.
And he didn't come to Washington to
secure his office either. He just came
here on a visit of pleasure, whoa a friend
at Court suggested to him that an office
was lying around loose, aud that he had
better get some iufluential friends to
back him up in asking M.;Kinley for it
if he thought ho would like to prolong
his stay in Washington. He got some
Kansas Congressmen together, and they
visited the White House, with the result
that, after looking him over, the Presi
dent nominated bi:u for Post Office
headsman, and he is attending very
strictly to the energetic performance ol
hisduties. He appointed 127 fourth-class
postmasters to-day. Yesterday he ap.
pointed 2 , and the -Jay bjf ire, 102. Tho
otlieials iu the Post OXi Department
say that in thsir reedljction this per
forminr-e on the part of Mr. Rristow
wa never before ei i ale. I in ti3 history
of the department, and they are quite
sure that no Postmaster General ever
appointed over 103 postmasters on each of
three consecutive days.
Hoase Wrecked With Dynamite.
Johxstowx, Pa.. April Is. The house
of Mrs. Rager, widow who lives at Vhl
postortii-e, near here, was blown up and
wrecked with dynamite last night. Mrs.
Rager, her four children and John Hud
son, the postmaster, who boards with
Mrs. Rager, were in the house at the
time of the explosion and had retired.
hut no person was injured. Neither the
motive nor the identity of the dynamiter
is known.
Bockwood HormaL
A normal and intermediate school wi
be opened at Rock wood, April 20, li
ill
I-or rull information address,
O. O. Satlob.
Rock wood, Pa.
Big Hooey to See ths Queen.
Loxnox. April 17. American
lators are said to be eeuin? in their wnrlr
in the matter of leasing ud re-leasing
w indows on the route of the queen's par
ade, on the occasion of the diamond iul.i.
lee in June. One trio of New Yorkers is
said to have leased tbe whole of the win
dows of Messrs. Pawaon and Leaf, of St.
Paul's churchyard, overlooking Su
Paul's cathedral, on the Heps of which
the queen is to attend divine service, for
f22,XiO, and to have sold the lease the
same afternoon at a profit of &,00u, mak
ing the windows cost the second syndi
cate for a single day f 12,000.
One statistician has figured it out that
he total demands for windows aud
grand stands and the prices offered, from
one end o' tbe route lo tho other, aggre
gate yiso.uoo.a-o.
CI7II SERVICE BEOULATIOHS.
How the Law Has Baen Hade to Scire
Parti fan Purposes hy the Cleveland
Administration.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Inquirer has the follow i tig
say on rfie operation of the cKil service
orders issued by President Cleveland :
Representative Grosveoor, of Ohio and
other leading republicans in the senate
and house, bavo been giving a good deal
if attention during the last six weeks lo
the civil service question. The Ohio rep
resentative has mtdo a careful invaiga-
lionofthe whole question aud he finds
that ex-President Cloveland did not issue
the order taking all chiefs of bureaus and
division iu he departmental service of
the government out of the classified ser
vice until all the secretaries in the sev
eral departments had put democrats at
the head of bureaus and chief of divis
ions.
In the treasury department, where
there are eighty chiefs of divisions, sev-enty-tive
were filled by democrats. The
same conditions were discovered in the
interior department, and so on through
the entire departments.
In fact the several orders issued by ex-
President Cleveland at different times
during the last year of his administration
placed nearly every office clerk, messen
ger aud watchman in the classified ser
vice, three-fourths of whom or tbe lower
class were appointed at some period dur
ing the four yean term of the adminis
tration. Had the President and his sec
retaries divided thechiefs of bureaus and
divis ons in the departmental service
nearly equally between the two political
parties, half democrats and half republi
cans, there would be no complaint made
by the republicans agains those orders.
Rut to turn out nearly all the republicans
and put democrat in their places, aud
then lock the door and prevent any
change, was, in the judgment of all fair-
minded people, a flagrant violation of
the civil service law.
The attentiou of President McKinley
has repeatedly been called to this matter,
and -strong pressure from senators and
representatives in congress and from
prominent men outside of otlicial life.
has been and is being brought upon the
President to revoke so much of ex-Pres-
idetit Cleveland's last order as relates to
bureau and division chiefs. This pres
sure is not being exerted exclusively by
the office-seeking contingent. It is un
derstood that President McKinley has
talked over this matter with his secreta
ries, with a vie'.v of modifying the exist
ing orders and taking certain chiefs of
bureaus and divisions out of the classifi
ed service. It is not the purpose of the
President, it is understood, to make a
general attack upon civil service, a he
and his secretaries are known to lie ar
dent supporters of the merit system.
Curler the existing condition of affairs.
the republican secretaries are compelled
to depend upon democratic surroundings
for information with which to formulate
departmental jiolicics.
The democrats even concede that tho
secretaries should have their own chiefs
and assistants in order to maintain con
fidential relations, otherwise they would
lie hampered from the start in the dis
charge of their duties.
The Horrors of Cuba.
Havana, April 17. Two hundred thou
sand people arc starving to death in Cuba.
Frcm IH) to 70 die of hunger every day.
Of the 200,(XO dying wretches perhaps
3,(:t are citizens of the United States, en
gaged in peaceful pursuits. The condi
tion of the pcoplo here is so desperately
wretched it will hardly be believed in
tbe United States.
Gen. Weyler's orders concentrating tha
rural population in small towns and cities
is the most inhumane decree ever issued.
It is a sentence to death by hunger of a
whole people. Mothers of Cubans and
their daughters are hi favorite victims.
He says he will crush out the brood of in
surgents. Ha notice I soma cattle feeding
along the railway between Isabella Do
Gagua, the Port of Gagua La Grande, and
that city, on his present trip. He angrily
demanded of the military commandant
why all cattle had not been killed, ac
cording to his orders.
''There are only a few," replied the
commandant. "They are allowed to live
so that the people may have a little meat."
"That's why I ordered all cattle killed.
See that it is done immediately."
"Rut," responded the official, "the
troops need some meat."
"Well take what yon need for the
troops, but kill the rest aud destroy tbe
meat."
The order was olieyed.
The case of tbe Cuban paeifico is almost
hopeless. When led to exetmtion Ciey
die like martyrs. liven boys of hi (for
they are often shot) walk to the wall
erect, silent and heroic.
Kvery town and city in the island is
overcrowded. It is impossible to get
thing to eat. There is nothing to be bad
in the country. It takes very little to
support life there, aud the soil yields
quickly and overabundance of nourish
ing plants, roots and vegetables. When
the rainy season comes in May, they will
die by the thousands, for pestilence will
join Weyler in the "killing of the breed."
GBAKT MOKUMEJIT DEDICATION.
Eicarsioa Bates to New York.
On the 27th of April, in the magnificent
Mausoleum upon the bank of the Hud
son River, Columbia will enshrine the
ashes of her greatest captain. The event
is one without a parallel iu the history of
tho Nation, aud the ceremonies will le
of unwonted pomp, splendor and solem
nity. The occasion will be graced bv the
presence of the President, the Supreme
Court, and the great civic officers of th
Nation and the Slates. - The Army and
Navy, the National Guard of the States,
the Grain! Army of the Republic and
other patriotic and civic orginizitions
will unite to form tho mast superb pa
geant ever seen in America. Many for
eign nations will send special represeuta
lives and ships of war to join our own
matchless fleet in majestic procession to
the tomb of Grant.
For the occasion tho R. A (). R. R. will
sell excursion tickets at reduced rates to
New York rnd return, from all stations
on its line east of Pittsbarg, Wheeling,
Parkeisburg, up to and including Aber
deen, Md., for all trains April 2th. valid
for return until April 2iih, inclusive.
The rale from Raltimore w ill lie . 5.30
Cumberland . . . - . 10.50
Connellsvillo .... 10.5(1
And correspondingly low rate from
oilier points.
Cheeky Chicago Burglars.
Chicago, April 111. Burglars entered
me bouse of Detective Senreant Cnwdrev.
3MWincheter avenue, in the familv'n
absence. They touk the bulldog and tied
turn in a bath tub. and filled it with
water. Then they took a hearty dinner
and carried off the silver service. The
gas jets were all turned on and lighted.
They sat on Cowdrey's silk hat. and find
ing his uniform, took off tna star and
with blue ribbon tied it around the neck
of the imprisoned build g. The articles
stolen were valued at
Tbe piano in the front Dart ofthenar-
lor also received attention, and for an
hour the neighbors heard unearthly
music A note was left by the burglars
thanking Cow drey for hi kind hospital
ity and promising to call ag tin.
Try Graia-0 ! Try Graia-0! .
Ask your Grocer to-day to show rrm a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of oolTee. The chil
dren may drink it without injury as well
as the adult. All who try it liW w
GRAIX-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, but it is made from DllrA
grains, and tbe most delicate stomach re
ceives it w iihout distress. J the price of
cotlee. Lie and 25 cts per package. Sold
by all grot en.
Kilied by the Bobbers.
Soxkksworth, N. H.. April hX
While resisting the entry of two d-pcr-ate
robbers, aud during a heroin but fu
tile struggle to protect Jl.-j0,oa or more in
money and securities in the compart
ments or tbe open vault of the Great Fails
National bunk this afternoon. Cashier
Joseph A. Stickney w as murdered nr.r
the desk which he had occupied f rye.-.rs
Arter killing Stickney the murderers
ransacked the vault and fled with all I he
cash It contained w ith the exception of a
i gold piece. As near as in bo ostimia
ed, alKiut was taken, lint it is p'is-
ui!Uihiilul.iM uill ivinsidcrahly ex
ceed this sum, as no one but Ihe dead J
cashier knew the exact amount that was
in tho institution at the time. The roli
bers, after knocking Stickney down w ith
a blackjack, cut his throat. The most
remarkable feature of the robbery is the
fact that f 100,000 in bond of the United
States, which were kept in one of tbe
drawers of the big vault, and which the
robbers evidently examined hastily were
not taken. No one was aware that there
was anything wrongat the bank till nearly
2 o'clock, or an hour after the murderous
wo'k was done. The perpetrators had
ample time to escape, and this evening
scores of deputy sheriffs marshals, po
lice and citieens are scouring this section
of the State and the adjoining State of
Maine, which is just across the Salmon
Falls river. The men made their visit to
the liank at the busiest time of the day,
and wi completely did they accomplish
the robliery that only an uncertain clue
aud a very meagre description of them
was obtainable.
It has always been customary for Cash
ier Stickney and the batik clerk, Mrs.
Parker Hwazey, to close the bank at
noon and not reopen it until 2 o'clock.
To-day Mrs. Swazey left her desk at
noon. The cashier .remained, hsiking
over the bank's accounts, and it is.
thought he was preparing to go out when
the robbers entered .
The first suspicion that the bank ha 1
been robbed was at 2 minutes of 2, when
Frank P. Reed went up the staircase and
found that tbe thick plate glass iu the
hall door 'of the bank had been
completely shattered. He notified City
Marshal Eaton, and they broke in tho
door and fouud evidences of a desperate
struggle. On the floor on a great pool of
blood was tho lifeless body of Stickney.
His head had been nearly severed from
the body, the' robbers having cut his
throat. His head was marked with sev
eral deep gashes made by a heavy black
jack and his skull wa fractured.
Mrs. C. S. Grant has written a liook.in
which she w ill tell of her courtship and
of the home life of the Gjnoral with the
accounts of tho battles famous in the his
tory of this country when the United
States was iu the throes of the civil war.
Mrs. Grant will tell of tho General's
conversations with her. Shi will tell of
their life in the White House, and the
real inner nature of tho great General
will for the first time come to be known'
Sick Headache
Permanently Guretl
"I was troubled, a long time, with
sick headache. It was usually ac
companied w ith severe pains in the
temples and sickness at the stom
ach. I tried a good many remedies
recommended for
this complaint ; but
it was not until I be
gan taking
AYER'S
' "a.
, Fills that I received
anything like ierma
netit 1 ciicfit. A sin
gle liox of these: pills did the work
for ine, and I am now a well man."
C. II. IIi'TCiiiNC.s, East Auburn, Me.
For the rapid cure of Constipa
tion, iKspepsia, Riiiousness, Nau
sc:t, and all disorders of Stomach,
Liver, and Bowels, take
Cathartic Pills
Medal and Diploma at World's Fair.
Ask your dnggist for Afer'i Saruparilla.
EYE, EAR, NOSE AXD TECS )AT.
When you consult lr. Sadler, 8nl Penn
avenue, Pittsburgh, you get the skill of
25 years experience w ith 21.01") different
cases, the results cf which bavo not been
surpassed by the best in the profession
ttnyiricre. He has even restore ! many
who have been pronounced hopeless.
Cataract,
Iiisease of Optic
Nerve,
Iritis
Crooked Kyrs.
Granulated Lids.
Burns and Injnrier,
( atarrnal Iiealuess,
I discharges fro m
Kars-even when 10
to4l)yrs. standing.
I (i mors in l .ars.
Catarrh of Nose,
Catarrh of Throat,'
Hoarseness,
Loss of Voice,
Ulcers aud Opacities
of the Cornea,
Tumors in Lids.
"Weeping Kye,"
are all curable; the earlier treated the
better the result. Spectacles adjusted
Artificial eyes 1 iserted.
Jos. Home & Co.
Easy to Buy Them.
The goods advertised this wick are
all, in the strictest sense, GU'1 G'i:IiS
and are in the neatest and pretue-t pat
terns which we can find in the market
But they are sold from 10 lo 3ti per cent.
less than you ever got them for before.
WASH FABRICS,
Scotch Lawns, the kind that usually
cost 20 cents a yard, for Twelve and a
half cents a yard.
Dainty Dimities, stripe and floral pat
terns, 121 cent a yard, usually 15 and 20
cents.
Batistes, in unusually pretty patterns.
goods sheer and fine as a French i Irgan-
die, I2J cents a yard. "
Lappet Mulls, atiout tw;nty styles, in
mostly dark colorings, 15 cents a yard.
French Percales. 15 cent a vard. a
splendid lot of patterns. The goods are
30 inches wide. 1
Cotton Etamines, which it would take
actual handling to distinguish from asi.k
grenadine, 15 cent a yard.
Scotch Ginghams, 1n excellent pat
terns, 15 and IS cents a yard.
WASH SILKS.
The finest lot of nail ems
together, and the best grades ever tn'A at
tbe prices, as the samples will show, a
new lot of M pieces, at and 35 cent a
yard.
New things in colored Dress Good.
at 50 cents a yard, which are wonderful
bargains.
Whiteveryou want, write us for sam
ples of it. Mention this paper.
PENN AVE & FIFTH ST.,
PITTSBURG, PA.
Kait Co to Jail ard ?7 3is Tier.
Wasiuxctox, April lf. Tho f'.i r i-cuio
C urt to !: n f.i.-cd tl.e appllm'.i ei f.-ra
writ of envrari ard l.ib-:n ri j.uh n k
td I y El voi ton R. Clit'puiaii, the broker
w ho r. f.scd lo U--:!:y in the sn;;:ir '' "
la ion investigation whether Seitt-t-if-' bad
speculated in sugar si-x-Us w the ' il
son U: iif bill w.'.s !, I rc tho ttfi'iy.
Chief Justice Fuller, who delivered lho
cpitdon, held that the s"n-it-, under its
constitutional ril.t to censme urd expel
liicmirfrs. In d Hi 'j lit to investigate any
alleged improper c-.ndu'-t "f Si i.:.!or and
could compel witness' to give it.titii'Uiy.
The sentence of the Snpi run; Cunt f the
District of Columbia to thirty days in Jul
and ?:K fine was atlirmrtt, ntid Clmp-m-in's
application Or writ of cetiorari
and ha'iens corpus were denied.
Sdrs. Tiltoa is Dead.
New YoltK. April 15. Mrs. Llizabcth
R. Tilton, the wife of Hanry Ward
Beechcr'a accuser, die ! on Tuesday last
at her homo in Brooklyn. Tho news of
her death was not made public until to
day. Since the famous Beecher trial she
had lived in strict retirement. Theodore
TiJton, her husband, is in Paris, where
he has lived ever sir.ee the Bcethrr tnal.
For a long time Mrs. Tilton was al
most totally blind, but less than a year
airo she underwent a ililheult operation
and retrained her sight. Then, about a
month ago, she suffeied a paraltie stroke
which eventually caused her destn.
For the it
Kidneys, !t
Liver
r.nJ
Urinary
Organs.
5s.
few
Sv
K.
tk.
b.
'ff'HERB Is on!y on way by which j?
3 j any diiease can he cured, aad that v
la by removins the cause, whut- v
3 ever it may be. The great medical
3 utnoritirs of the day declare that near, i
Ijr everv disease is caused by
Ta tore tbeae. therefore. Is V
the only way by which health
can be tecured. Ht-re is where
5 rSrrfal am ft
ha achieved Ha great repu-
tatloB. It
ACTS DIRECTLY
3 UPON THE
KIDNEYS and LIVER
3 and by placing them In a
J healthy condition, drives
J disease and polo frcm tho
aystem.
3 Lame bottle or new style
1 emaJier nite, at yonr aruggtsl.
Iu reealalion Twetity yours
of eaocvas," In four continent. J
Warner's Sale Cure Co., Loo- r I
rinn K.ich"t. Kraiikiurt. lid- ' -
j boonui, Turunlo.
zrrrrrrrrrrrrr rv rrr
High! now vc Live th? largtst urd lot
c 1I ttion of
wash Goods
evai sb awn here, au 1 we're p itting such
stress on ch"iceiio!is of g'oi!, of color
ings, of designs for th prices as shown
that we're determined t merit your ui
ders and if ue to that (:is we will)
we'll get them.
Samples of every kind rct ly to se-d
widths and prices plainly marked the ro
nc and the good when seen, will pro
claim their own merit.
French Organdies here i:i womlr.ir.s
array fine sheer goods.
25. 39. 35C,
largest lot at the 3-1j p rice.
French Organdie Hayes striped Or
gandies the choice tine wash fabric of
the season C5e,
B'wt American Organdies, 10, V2, l-V.
Finest Imported Ilimities 1.1, Ji, 2-V-.
Other neat colored Iiniitis,fl to lc.
Linen Homespuns, in, lij, to -I'm:
New Novelties iu beauttful colorings
and designs, 3e to ".i.
Special offering of New Wsh to-oils
8 cents.
white grounds with neat colored fig
ures and fancy colored striped effects
pinks (good deep pinks) with white line
stripes fancy figured stripes in piuks
ard blues navy blue grounds in fancy
white printings splendid inexpencive
g.Mxls for dresses, waUls, wrappers, or
children's wear. I Set samples and see
what a money-saving chance this is.
Have we yonr address fir tlie new cat
alogue? You'll want a copy.
BOGGS & BUHL,
Allegheny, Pa.
is.
'3
ML
ferS DIRECT FROM MILL
Ar 'tO Which Saves vou
'J 7h tommitthn Hu$8, The Wholesaler.
E. ROSENBURGER a CO. 202-201
$5,03
Oar Grtat Barfda
I $2.93
1 SUITS fOP.
- Bco's fldonis Suits. Siies 3 ta 15,
- toitD txtra Fair of paais. ?93
Th Suitf r CU A RANTEEDtot-; tnzde from imported
Wool Cheviot, in BUtk. Diue, Orev, anj ttown, in ile from
) to 9 year of age. Made up doubif.fcrcailtti, with Sailor
Collar Collar fancy embroidered tinaj with Cast Black Alsert
TwiU Satren and Patent Waist Bands. Trimming and Work
manship the very best. Sam in Sizes for ago IJ to 15 years,
without bailor Collar. Sec Pattern's Below.
III? afPl?
O-l I I .".-'""Ail.
tiering send Post OtTc. F jjt
Tier or luicnierra a.piifts, aiM
;lHftrvdJVt an J if Urt; or SJiJti
e. MonrVchmriUiy ref.inip4 it
uclory. bwvl 2c. tjmr K t iam
te me.ure. measorinr. t 'anV. ?
TixlD
Tn
r t n rr
1
V
-AS?
rvf-J
LI.
Him?
- 1 f.v
Loot ar-ut y-1. t
yoyrscit! Mho sawsr h
frcxr. E:ccF:e-::si,r.crvc'j:r.'..:
r.rfT0s dyspe.ee: nicvi, ,1
c.zzzf Who ari ca t;.s ; ;
of ctrvous prestation s U-i
time? Tho:c vho ttia,
Oaium, chlord, bronnfs, 1 1
haiachc powders, orly nuke fl
rr.itt;rs wo:s. Iron and tit- u
tcrs 2.Z only stlmubnti. ip q
U cured, and cured ice gooJ, H
you need a fa'-mi-ir.? ior.d. r
You want new tioei, nzh
tiood; and a st.onj ners-c- Ij
Cod-'A
ohltcs is all this. It f:eds the ft
tissues, mates rich fc.cod, ar.J
strengthens the nerves. i
Book about it frj tet tie aikicj.
Fcr aali by all devzs' l 5 ti
SCOTT & nO'.VSE, y r York. j
With a
Successful.
Experience extending over
many years in suj'plyin
the wants of our many
friends in
Dry Goods,
Dress Goods,
Ladies' & Children's
Furnishings,
wc foe! tliat we are now iu
a iii-'Uer condition to more
siioce.'sfttlly anticipate and
sujiply th; wants of our
friends than at any previ
ous period. We l-em
months atro to give orders
to manufacturers, importers
and wholesale merchants for
our pprinjr stock of
Dress Goods and
Ladies Furnishings
of all kinds. Wc talicve
our stock of Press Goods
is themort st jfch an 1 de
siralde ever shown in Som
erset; tiie game applies to
all other kinds of Goods
we carry.
All goods have Leon bought
for CASH
end are paid for. 7c are,
therefore, in a portion to
offer reat inducements to
CASH KIT VERS.
All are invited to call and ex
amine our stock before inakitis
their Spring purchases.
MRS. A. E.UHL.
TO WEARER,
Big Profits.
The Jobber and Store teener.
d,
1 mi st, NEW Y ORK CUT.
A CUSTOM M MS
IS
Gujrnted to te nvJe ticm AU
rir.;y Drub-n, Or, tij. or i.i.c
WorsteJ :ordcJ Lhiof, n ;c m !tt.-u
4?yW, livd nvr.l. mnoi:ca i merS -
trtmmcU and I'nushcJ in !e br C
Tailor irunnt?r. Vou cj.ir: d. plij.i'e it
your tow for ? 10.00. Scs 5 4 to
Th? same (food m?de for Yo -tli".., 1 ( ";
to iS, in Long Pants, Cojt a..! jr, :?
How to
measure for
Men's and
Youths Suits
Measure
around the
Hreast and
Waist ovr
the Vest, anl
from Crotch
to Heel for
Pants.
pres Uur
hrktI.l irn-i
not teelsjtu-
munj the
noney.
You toy
1 1 M
Jirect item
e"
om of 1:1
brt Clo-
13
nr.
.hin V.anu-
jciurers in
America.
1 urnr ir irATinn-. v
That ml. r Into the home thnt art, Z
I.ai tin.-!i thnii the Kit.-h. n Mtow J
a liniMt onvf nilention ix si'ven T
lo tho nianulii-1urw of the fc''
then.Dufotr;r ,he B"en
1 i..v . n. -tta
" m Imn rln v
n-.liiirenifiiMinj i;ihin: u Un uu
U.ne to in.-. ke ih. m p. rl,-, u u
lheyrethervult,.f the best XD.w
ri.-noe, inutvrlalai.tl wwkumiwl.lu
ouniunot tiuU many c.,kin - at-flian.-e
thai ci, -ly m ,
t:;it of thif hru -wir,., lhCind.ll,
neM a nu economy. "''. ih-unit.
6300 BAKERS. PERFECT ROASTERS
S..IJ with that understanding.
I
i
..UU
I. R. H.-ilHorKonrvi
A
tonic . . , t '
SCOTTS EIvTULiiUxN ct pj
ver Oil with HyFopbcs- WI
IrsirOhL
1 1 I ttx
Style.
1 -yt.v .--..4 r-i
r:
L .- . .. 'j.. r .
A COOKING
STOVE
With niunre oven nti.I tl.e K'hfu fj
of rarge willif nt l!:e r!"W
drafl nHary to te
r)Dtru-t:oii.
CALL APJD SEE THEM.
P. ATSchell.
1847.
Call and ,1 ii '-J ,
try a -drink
of -'.i
our v;Svv
lee Gold
Soda. " -. j-' - - "'.
OUR SUPPLY CF r LAVCP.S IV ILL CATiFY 7r
T103 i TAG i IDSO'uS.
TAP ThFsODA 5 F RING.
G. W,
MANAGER,
J J; j,' J S N
Ul VAHT OF FU?,rii7Uf:E?
lccx'at tkc.se price:.
A Bedroom ct for $13 CO. A IV.rlcr Z t f:r U;
A Couca for - 7 00. A Lor.::.: - :
A Rocking Chnir for COc'.-.
t' I: if.
We are in line f.r w Ith tie m f ! : ;
jil.-uitl tipn the market anJ i-tv'-irc-I to v :!
ami original ihins f'r.e an! n:iiu::t Chartil-r
TaWi-s ami Dining Chairs, Siik-hoarls, C"illi" nl- r
Con el us, war.!rolx s, tie.
t;,il tj-!a!ity, l-.v j-riits. Vi-n ar-- iiii:cl i
C. H. Coffroth,
606 M?n Cross Street,
Brings Something' New
A Riding or Walking Spring To ;. H:.rrcv.
3 (f?7
v. - t
Xo draiii. of fia.nt- or, i::.sl. 1 ; ,. ;
itself f tia.-:. :ij ; J.v v t-Ax'. i
a inan u a- others do vii!. .;
CALL AND SEC IT. VS GUARANTEE !T THE S
Hi THE WORLD.
Sold on Trial.
QU
Wi cV rjfj, Clinton St., j( J.S7i f
TnE GEAKD CENTRAL DEPOT
TVT r Ti 7 i i vi
iNew spring iviinintjij
M-:vsrnix(; cave, m:w was. :' i:r"
AND Sl'lTH.
New Spring Dress Goods in
NSW SPRING AND SUruM"-'-
Wash Goods, Dimities, Organ
All tho Novelties and Fancy Gcc
. . . . . .. . . ... . - V
v . - 1 I
. r v
' I.
P"5
. F?:UIT
- e-
- oil. r;
M j- - 3 ? i i
s. a . w3 aV a
I t a
SDYEHSET.i
EVERY DAY
If
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ti
Somerset, Pa.
0 si 1 3
Ginghams, Etc.
3
the Season