The Somerset Herald.
EOWARU KCULU EJllor and Proprietor.
WEP.NFJsOAT.
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REPUBLICANNOMINATIONS
STATE TICKET.
For Slate Tr.-Mytir.M-, JAM KS N. BEA
COM. For Auditor General, LEVI
McCAULEY.
COUNTY TICKET.
For Poor Director MAX ASSES
8HUEMAKEIL
For Jury Coninilssioner-EPHRAIM
COLEMAN.
Vote for James S. Beacon- for State
Treasurer.
Vote for Mauasm-s Shoemaker for
Tour Director.
Vote for Epliraitu Coleman for Jury
Coiumist-ioner.
Vote for the one-armed soldier, Levi
G. Mct'auley, for Auditor General.
Place a X in the circle at the top of
the IUpulilicjiu column, and thus vote
the straight Ilepuhlican ticket
From presen. indications the Repub
lican State ticket will be elected by not
less than I-'jO,") plurality.
Greater New York is a seething
mass of political excitement. There
are three huudred political meetings
there every night.
When Congress assembles again it
will find the capitol thoroughly reno
vated. 'When it meets a year later the
IVnux-ratic deficit will prolmbly lie
n listing.
Precipe vr Mt Kixley and the Re-
lublit-an party liave legislated to open
the mill, and the miutu, too. There
is a hundred million dollars more nioa
ey in circulation now than a year ago.
Dollar wheat seems to be here to
stay. The advance in price is steady
and continuous, and the farmer is cor
respondingly happy. And it is all to
be blamed on th advance agent of
prosperity.
It is predicted that Tuesday, No
vember 2, will be a bright and pleasant
day. It is also predicted that Wednes
day, November 3, will be a bright and
pleasant day for some people, but not
ho bright and pleasant for others.
Babies are checked at the door of
one church in Kansas City and left in
charge of women, in the same way that
bicycles, packages, etc., are cared for.
No way has yet be-'U found to prevent
the babies from crying.
The stories of famine and disease
which are coming from Alaska take the
romance out of the accounts of those
who brought the gold down earlier in
the season. It is well to be rich, but to
starve for it is another matter.
Nehraska this year will 6ell $105,-
000,000 worth of grain outside the state
after reserving ?M),000,000 worth for
home consumption. Under such cir
cumstances Mr. Bryan should acknowl
edge himself lieakn on wheat as uell
as on silver.
Every factory histle that calls men
U woik this yar sounds for returning
rosrity, and agtinst the long era of
stagnation and distress that harassed a
Fuffering nation fT four dreary years
of want and jan.c under a calamity
administration.
The Republicacs have a good ticket
composed of men rJio are qualified in
every way to fi 1 the offices for which
they have beeu nominated. Get out
the vote, and let us elect our candidates
by a rousing major ;iy such as we gave
last year.
Khoevaker an l Coi-EMAX are the
staudard-bearers of the Republican
party in SomeTst-t county this fall.
They have a claim on the good citia-ns
of the county liecauxe U.ey are good
citizens themselves.. Every oue should
vote for Shoemaker and (" leman.
Let every Republican get out and
do his simple duty. There may be dan
ger from over-con fi lence, it is as im
jMirtant this year as it was last year
that every Republican vote should be
polled, for the result in some of the
states is of national import, and free
silver ueeds a death-blow.
i. The terrible aceidert on the New
York Central, as usual, developed an
amount of bravery and heroism in the
work of rescue which gejierally comes
to the surface at such times, proving
the uoble impulses inherent in human
nature when a sudden demand takes it
out of itself and couceutratee its ener
gies on others.
Goon officials are a credit to the
county. Though the office of Jury
Commissioner is a minor one, it is just
as important that it be filled by a com
etent official as any other county
office. The Republican candidate,
Ephrahu Coleman, is an honest, capa
ble young man, and will make a care
ful and iminstaking official. Vote for
Coleaiau.
Presihent MiKixley aprently
paid little attention to the ugly attack
made upon Henry D. Say lor, of Mont
gomery county, by his political oppo
nenU members of the Business Men's
league. Friday the president decided
to give Mr. Saylor an important Culmn
consulship at a salary of f.1,500 per
year. The appointment of Senator Say
lor will prove a creditable one In every
way to the McKlnley administration.
James 8. Beacom is one of the most
deserving and popular of Westmore
land county Republicans. To him is
due much of the credit for the tin-less
and faithful organizing work that made
Westmoreland Republican. I le should
reciive the vote of eery Republican of
Somerset county, and also of those
Democrats who take no stock in the
free silver platform on which the Dem
ocratic candidate stands.
The Democratic managers do ncj
u good judgment even in engineering
their canards. Their latest attack upon
Senator Hanna and the McKlnley ad
ministration U that the former last
year uegiiatd for the sale of the Pa
cific railroad to favored parties in recog
nition of huge campaign contributions,
but a little investigation nhows that the
sale was ordered by the preceding Dem
ocratic administration, and that the
sale is to the highest bidder, without
favors to anybody.
The Iemocratse orators who were
expecting to make mincemeat of the
feature of the Dingley law relating to
the exportation of American manufac
tures have lapsed into singular sileuce.
Nor aie they making comparisons of
the cxpurUtions under the new law
and those of a year ago under the Wil
son law. For their exclusive informa
tion attention is directed to the fact that
those importations aggregated during
the second month of the Dingley law
$luVi(,(M) as against Vi,7.V;,M in the
oirn-spoitiling month of last year.
The Republican candidate for Toor
Director this year is Manasses Shoema
ker, one of the substantial and repre
sentative farmers of Somerset town
ship. The office of Poor Director in a
county of Somerset's proportions is one
of great importance, and one in which
tax-payers are greatly concerned. It is
necessary that the county's unfortu
nates are properly cared for and made
as comfortable as possible, and at the
same time that this great work is econ
omically accomplished. Practical ex
perience and business tact are necessary
to success, and these qualities Mr. Shoe
maker possesses. Citizens, irrespective
of partj should vote for Shoemaker for
Poor Director.
Don't forget that an Auditor Gen
eral and a State Treasurer are to be
elected next Tuesday. The campaign
has progressed so quietly, and there is
such a certainty of a Itepublican vic
tory, that the vote may be light. This
would be a great mistake. The admin
istration which the Itepublieans strove
so hard to elect last year promises to be
a grand success, and to show a want of
appreciation on the part of the Repub
licans of Pennsylvania would be a fatal
mistake. Any serious falling off in our
majority would be paraded by our polit
ical enemies as an evidence that public
seiitimeut had changed. Let every
Committeeman see that there are no
6tay-at-hoxies in his precinct. Let ev
ery Republican in the county go to the
polls on Tuesday, Nov. 2d, and vote the
straight Republican ticket.
Th is is considered an off year in pol
ilics,but with the Republicans of Som
erset county there should be no such
thing as an off year. This is a year in
which we should not only elect our
ticket, but we should increase our last
year's handsome majority. This we
can easily do, but in rdr to do so we
must get out our vote. This Chairman
Berkley is anxious to have done, and
would urge the County Committeemen
to see that there are no stay-at-homes
in their lesjiective districts on the sec
ond dav of next November. Tt ere are
always some in each dist 'ict who are
slow about turning out, ro matter how
important the issues at stake. These
voters should be sought out early in the
dav and taken to the perils. With this
atteuded to, and these votes safely in
the iiallot box not later than noon on
election day, the Committenen can
then feel secure and absolutely certain
that Somerset county -a ill give the rep
resentatives of protection to home in
dustries at least 3,000 majority. Repub
lican Committeemen, will you not
pledge yourselves to see that the stay-
at-homes are gotten to the polls not
later than one o'clock on election day
The Pennsylvania Association of
War Veterans' Clubs has issued an ad
dress to the comraJ.-s in this State to
stand by the Republican nominees and
vote the straight Republican ticket.
"Major McCauley," the address says,
"is a one-armed soldier who did his
duty bravely on the ttattle-field and suf
fered in the terrible prison-pens of the
K.uth. The veterans ha-re been lion.
orl and recognized in his nomination
ai.d should loyally support him and the
ticket he is on. The Hon. James S.
Iiacom is a splendid representative of
the young Republicans. While he is
young iu jears lie is a veterau in the
rauks of the party workers. He is a
gt ntleman of scholarly attainments and
In. nest purposes. He has succeeded in
lil-t by his own exertions, and has the
coifidencv and esteem of his friends
aiii neighbors in a marked degree.
Tl ese are the words of patriots, and,
coding from the men who fought the
battles of the Union, they are entitled
to the giavest consideration. Every
vi :eran in the State should answer this
battle-cry, for it is to his iuterest. The
acMress further says: "The battle for
th vctera rights has uot ended yet,
Is t has oi ly begun in the national ad
m uistrati n, and it is the duty of ev.-ry
so'diT to assist in keeping Pennsylva
ni t in the jiepublican ranks and there
by upholding President McKinley."
n old fraldi r is full., aroused this
yt tr, and the side issues that are sought
to be dragged iuto the campaign are n- i
gcing to fool him.
Death Trap For a Burglar.
PiTTsHrito, Oct. 2-J. With diamonds,
rings, watches ami chains worth fciVXIon
hi-i person Thomas Oiwal.l, of Baltimore,
whom the police branded as a notorious
crook, killed himself in the act of eom
ni'ling a burglary at Ktna lant night.
Hijiiniuie'ojen tho door of Jacob Tilum
lin s'h shoe store, on Bridge ntrfH.-t, and the
opcuing of the door pullet a string that
discharged a g in loaded with buckshot
and set as a trap for jo -4. such an occasion.
The victim received the entire charge
in his groin, and died Boon afterward
w ithout saying a word about himself or
his crime. A satchel that he carried con
tained an assortment of skeleton keys
and other belonging? of burglars.
Careleit Sheriff Fined.
Xtw York, Oct, 2i K Ward F. Fer
guson, Sheriff of Lenawee County, Mich.,
was today fined fiW by Recorder Ooff for
permitting a prisoner to escape from Lis
custu.lv. The fine was paid.
Ferguson was sent to this city by the
Michigan authorities to bring back Anton
Christianson who was wanted for an al
leged defalcation. Cbristianson, who bad
engaged passage on an ocean steamship,
paid the amount of bis defalcation to Fer
guson, and the sheriff, without consulting
the New York authorities, allowed Chris
tianson to go free.
Four Xea Ground to Fieeei.
Jousstowx, Pa., Oct. 22. Four men
met horrible deaths on the Pennsylvania
railroad late last night in a cut near Sum
merhill, this county. The engineer and
fireman of the train thmgit they passed
over an obstruction and stopped th? en
gine. On going back they found headi,
legs, arms aud quivering pieces of flesh
scattered about promiscuously, and blood
and brains were found five feet upon the
tender. None of the bodies have bene
identified.
Stepped Ont of Her Coffin.
Mahomet, III., Oct 2-t-Mrs. A. L.
Hannah, w ifeof a farmer living near here,
was resuscitated to-day. 21 hours after
having been pronounced dead. When ar
rangements for the funeral were far ad
vanced, she rose in her coffin and asked
for a drink ot water. She is now improv
ing and will recover.
Political Hotaa.
Net Tuesday Is election day.
forget it.
Nevada is now the only state in the
country in which former Confederate sol
diers, not amnestied, have not the right
of suffrage. It is quite evident that out
in Nevada the civil war is not over.
It is announced that ex-CJovcrnor Pat-
tison is g in to make a fow speeches for
the Democratic state ticket. Evidently
Br'er I'atliwm is uot done ilh olitica
yet. lie doubtless has an eye on next
year's Democratic state convention.
Saya the Philadelphia Inquirer: "Mr.
C C. Kauffmau, of Iaucster county, and
one or two others have been in Washing
ton trying to prevent the appointment of
Undo Senator Saylor, of Montgomery
ounty, to a mission. These would-bes
are the foes of Kepub!in organization in
the state, and their affiliations in Phila
delphia are with that detestable lobby
which advocated the Mutual Automatic
theft, and which is now trying Vr rob
Philadelphia of her valuable gas works
franchise."
The following estimate has been pre
pared, by a person of some political ex
perience, of the probable results of the
election in Greater New York: It figures
on a total vote of 525,000. Deducting troui
this 40,000, includ ing defective ballots
and the votes cast for Gleason and the
prohibitionists and the socialist candi
date, leaves 435,000 votes to le divided
among the (bar leading candidates.
The estimate also figures 170,000 votes
for Lowe and George combined, leaving
310,000 votes to be divided between Tracy
and Van Wyck. That is as far as the es
timate goes. It is known, however, that
iu Tammany they are figuring upon a
vote of 1.1j,0li0 for Tracy, which would
leave 17.,000 lor Van Wyck, sufficient to
give him a plurality of some 40,000. Upon
one fact all the political leaders seem to
be agreed, and that is that whatever can
didate receives I75,0o0 votes is certain to
be elected.
W. A. Stone, Western Pennsylvania's
candidate for the Republican nomination
for governor, has been endorsed by a
number of leading G. A. R. members of
this section. A letter sigued by fourteen
active veterans, requesting support and
iulluence in behalf of Stone, has been
prepared for distribution among the sol
dier voters of the state. Among the sign
era are Brigadier General William Blake-
ly, recently elected Commander-in-Chief
of the Union Veteran Legion ; Major Kd
ward A. MoiiUxth, candidate for gov
ernor in the convention which nominated
George W. Delamater; also Brigadier
General W. A. Robinson, Lieutenant
Hugh Morrison and others. Comrade
Stone enlisted when under IS years of
age from Tioga county. Pa., February 10,
In 4, and served until the close o? 'he war,
being mustered out second lieutenant. He
is a member of Post Allegheny City
lie was chairman of the sub-appropria
tion committee on pensions in congress,
and watched the interests of soldiers.
KINETZE5 KILLED 15 A WEECK.
Terrible Accident on tna Hew York Central.
The worst accident in the history of the
New York Central Railroad happened
Sunday morning, just before daylight,
between Garrison's and Highland. The
olllcial statement of the company shows
that at least nineteen pcrsrii lost their
lives, and probably as many more were
injured. The wrecked train, the Buffalo
and New York special, was running
along a level aud straight stretch of track
w hen, with. mt an instant's warning and
for some reason unknown the solid liank
gave way, carrying with it a wall of
stone more than a yard thick, and th
engine and six of the cars of the heavy
train plunged into the Hudson river.
It all happened in less thin a moment.
In less time than it takes to tell it the
water was rushing into the cars, and the
passengers, most of them awakened from
sleep, panic-stricken and shrieking for
help, were musing hither and thither
trying to escaje from what seemed cer
tain death. There were some who quick
ly recovered and with axes and such tools
as were in the cars, broke the win
dows and cut their way out.
The accident seems to have been due to
a strange conjiinilion of causes. A north
east storm piled the waters into Ling
Island Sound and New York buy, aud at
Saturday's midnight high tide they were
pushed up the Hudson as through a fun
nel. Unusually high water was recorded
all along the river. A long drought left
the roadbed dry, and the water weakened
it. The river at this point is deep, close
to shore and the current sweeps the re
timing wall with force. High lid" means
swifter current, perhaps- slight shifting
of the channel to the east. The least in
security of ledge rock or sand bottom
meant a slide. The slide came the in
stant the engine reached the we k spot,
and the train sbot into the riv r. The
yielding water meant little shock, hence
the small injured list The result was
akin to a stoamlat accident, the natsen
gers were either dro .ne.I or escaped
whole.
Hmbaad Faid For Wife'f Pain.
NoHMsTow, Pa Oct 2!. One of th
mxt remarkable verdicts in rocuut legal
annals was rendered in Court here to day.
John B. LiP Jr., and his wife, Lizzie,
had sued William Gi- ther, wh, as they
dainietl, had severely injured Mrs. Logan
in a driving accident on Thanksgiving
night Inst year.
Physicians testiand at the trial thtt Mrs.
Logan was not so seriously injured rxs
she claimed. So the jury, after several
days' deliberation, rendered a verdict of
fie) damages for the husband, on acount
of his wife's services while laid up as a
result of the accident, but not one cent
f jr the wife, who suffered tho pain that
yielded fJ0to Mr. Logan.
Had a See ia Hli Head.
WoosTKB, O., Oct. iX Henry Limbaeh,
of Fredericksburg, bad an unusual ex
perience iu having an operation performed
to extract a bee from his head. He was
taken ill with a terrible pain in the head,
but after consulting several physicians,
could get no relief. He at last came to
Wofster and consulted Dr. Hugh A Hart,
an ear physician, who discovered a good
sized bee in the patient's right ear. Since
extrai-tion he has fully recovered.
Every Woman
Who takes pride in her borne should ex
amine the Cinderella Stoves aud Ranges,
they are made of the best material, care
fully constructed, with a view of meeting
every requirement of the housekeeper.
Special attention is paid to cleanliness
aud economy. Sold by.
Jas. B. Uoi.DKRBar,
Somerset.
Tried to Duplicate a Kobhery.
. Ujiiontowx, Pa., Oct. 2f. Constable
Rush, of Shinbone, arrived here last
night with Albert TeaU, of West Virgin
ia, w ho is now in jail. Saturday night
while in James )' Neil's store Teats loot
ed the money drawer of about 3L Then
he spent the money in the store. After
waiting till the money was hack in the
drawer again he made a second raid, but
was caught. He was locked up in the
store aud held there till Constable Rush
arrived. , . .
More SO-Ceat Wool.
Cadiz, O., Oct 25. J. B.t C. W. and
Samuel Baxter, of Hopedale, brought in
about 20.000 pounds of wool which they
had sold for 30 cents a pound. Each
wagon was decorated with flags and was
placarded in large letters "Prosperity
Has Arrived." The procession was head
ed by the Cadiz band and marched
through the streets.
Silas Cray Will Be Oivea HU Freedom.
From the H.irrtxbur Teprr.ph.
"It is all wrong to hang Silas Gray, as
Jack Ret lis confessed to me in the West
ern Penitentiary that he had done the
deed."
These were the wonts that were scrawl
ed upon a postal card received by the ed
itor of the Harrisburg Telegraph, a few
years ago, and they saved the life of a
man who was last night reooiutueuded to
executive clemency by the Board of Par
dous. It is an interesting story and will
bear the telling now.
Iu February, 1S77, Mrs. Mary Mel' rea
dy, who for some years had been living
in a cabin on the northern edge of West
moreland county, near Apollo, tlisap
peared. In April, 1S7, fifteen months af
ter the disappearance, some boys fishing
in tho river found an old skull on a sand
bar. Upon the inquest being held on the
skull, Silas Gray, who for years had pur
sued various occupations, was charged
with the murder of Mrs. McCready, and
in the spring of 12 was convicted of
murder in the first degree. The circum
stances of his conviction were peculiar.
He was brought to trial from the peniten
tiary, after having served a term as acces
sory to horse stealing. Preceding his case
James Ward was tried for the murder of
the Means sisters. It was an atrocious
murder of a couple of old maiden ladies,
and the murder was complicated with
bu rglary and assault To the amazement
of everybody the jury in the Ward case
found only a second degree verdict Tho
mob almost rose at them. Silas Gray, a
convicted horse thief, was put on trial the
next case on the list also for the murder
of a woman, and three of the Ward jurors
were drawn on the jury that tried hiin.
Under these circumstances be was con
victed of murder in the first degree. The
evidence was such that fifty-one members
of the Westmoreland county bar, includ
ing the leaders of it immediately peti
tioned for a commutation of sentence. The
date of execution was fixed. Gray saw
and heard the carpenters put the gallows
together upon which he was to be hanged.
All appeals for mercy had failed, when a
newspaper correspondent happening to
be in Harrisburg at an unusual time,
came upon an unusual train of half a
dozen circumstances, any one of which
being absent would have broken the link
in the chain, and in pursuance of which
he got a confession from oue Jack Pettis
that he, and n t Gray, had committed the
murder. This confession was submitted
to Governor Paulson at midnight, and the
case was run so close that the commuta
tion of sentence from hanging to impris
onment for life was only issued in time to
send Silas Gray to the penitentiary for
life on the day set for his execution.
Since that time George II. Welsbons, of
Pittsburg, the newspaper correspondent
who discovered the evidence on which
the sentence was o;nnnited, has collected
evidence going to confirm the ooufession
of Fetus that he, and nrl Gray, commit
ted the murder, and presented to the I'r.r
don Board last wc"k an attidavit from
Tohnston Dickson, who was the star wit
ness for the presecution, that his testi
mony upon t'.o trial was beyond the
truth.
The application f-ir a pardon was back
ed by all the oiliiMrs of the Western Peni
tentiary, by the petition of both the frit
ting judges in Westmoreland county and
oth-r officials, melting forth that they do
not believe tha verdict wis justified by
the evidenc '. Mr. Welshons became in
terested iu the case from reading in the
Telegram a postal card from Hiram Puw
ermaster, a i ex-convict, of the Cumber
land Valley, who wrote to the edit r the
words which begin this article.
Mi. WeLshons has quit the protession of
journalism siu -e bo became interested in
the Gray case and is now a lawyer. He
eloquently presented the case of Gray be
fore the Pardon Board. He told the story
of bow be became interested in the case
to a Telegraph man. .
"Happe diig in Harrisburg one day I
made an engagement with another news
paper man, which he failed to kep.
While waiting foi him at the Postal Tel
egraph office I picked up the Telegraph
and glancing over the local pages saw a
little item, with a one-line bead which at
tracted my attention. It was the refer
ence to Hiram Bowermaster's postal card.
It liore no date, but as I am a native of
Westmoreland county and was somewhat
familiar with the case of Silas Gray I de
termined to learn more about it Hunting
up the janitor of the Telegraph building
be permitted n:e to go through the copy
liasket of tho day ami I found the postal
trd. The postmark was almost too dim
to make anything out of it, but I remem
bered tliat some years previous 1 had
traveled from New York to Pittsburg
and retuin for the purpo e of writing up
the postal railway system. W. Joiixd
Hughes was then chief clerk of the xstal
service iu Harrisburg aud I remember d
that 1 hs'l met him while on the trip to
whUh I refer. Going his office in the
Government building 1 showed him the
postal card and together we tried to make
out the postmark. Ila.ing agreed wi'i
Mr. Hughes that it lot. ed like Va!nt t
Uottotn, a small village back of New v ill. ,
I started up theCuiube- land Valley lt d
road the uext morning ud the conduct .
on the t tin gave me the first clue. IIo
said he knew of a faniil of Bowermaslei
in F' inklin county, an I getting off the
train at Newvil) I was driven to tLu
place where I had been directed. It was
not long before I found relative of the
family who told me tha; Hiram had re
cently returned from serving a term in
the penitentiary.
"Learning that Bowermaster was inter
ested in a young woman in the neighbor
hood, I found the girl and with much
simpering she admitted that Hiram had
spent the evening with her. He hail then
started for his brother's place in the foot
hills of the .South Mountain. Hiring a
team with two negroes as drivers we
started for the mountains through a
snow storm. After two days a'ld once
losing our way we reached the place. My
companions were afraid to go near the
cabin and wanted to signal their ap
proach by yelling, but 1 opposed this,
fearing that Hiram would take flight, in
asmuch that he seldom had callers except
officers of the law.
"Leaving the wagon I walked to the
cabin and after a parley was admitted.
Hiram was putting away a rilleasl en
tered the door. After some palaver aud
denying that I was a newspaper man, but
Silas Gray's lawyer, Hiram told me the
story of Pettis' confession an 1 wont with
me across the monntain to a notary pub
lic, where ho made the allidavit that I
presented to Governor Pattison in time
to save Gray's life. I reached Harrisburg
at midnight and at once proceeded to the
Kxeculive Mansion, where I had an in
terview with the Governor and secured a
commutation of the death sentence to life
imprisonment"
Pitlis hanged himself in the peniten
tiary within two months of the expiration
of his sentence, npon being informed that
he would be tried for the crime when his
sentence expired. This confirmed the
truth of his confession.
This has been a celebrated case in the
Pennsylvania law books, on account of
the peculiarity of the proof alleged and
sustained in the trial as to the corpus
delicti.
leg Saves a Crippled Hunter
William si-ort. Pa., Oct. 21. While
out huntiug squirrels and phea-taut the
other day Henry W. Philips, of Brown
township, bad a thrilling experience.
He was climbing a bee tree to sea h iw h
could get at the honey, when the yelps of
his terrier below led him to look down.
He was horrified to see that a full-grown
black I oar was shinning np the tree
douUIoss also in quest of the honey.
Then Phillips yelled like mad. The
bear wai surprised, scooted down the
tree and shambled off at a lively paoe.
As the man tried to follow suit a decayed
limb broke, le fell on a jagged rock,
fracturing his leg above the ankle.
Kew 8tate Capitol.
Tho capitol oommlwMn, Friday morn
ing, selected Henry I ve Chl, of Chicago,
the architect for the new capitol, ami
chose his design. Mr. Cobb w ill at once
set to work on the working drawings, and
will have them ready iu aWit nix weeks.
Two weeks will lie allowed contr-tors to
bid on the construction. It will probably
be the first of the "ear lefore the work is
under way. M r. Cobb says the work tan
be completed iu a year, and the building
ready for occupancy ty the legislature. I
The architect was highly recommended
by the commissioners. He designed tho
fisheries buildings at the World's Fair,
and is at present supervising architect of
tho United States postoffice building,
Chicago.
His plan carries out the ideas of the
commission regarding a group ot build
ings, with the exception that Instead of
stuttering them over the grounds they
are all under one roof. The central build
ing' is the capitol, the house fronting on
Fourth street nd the senate on Third
street with light and air at the front and
sides. The department buildings will he
at either side of the capitol, connected
with it by structures that will contain
rooms for various purposes.
The main building will be surmounted
by a large dome. At present the appro
priation will only admit of the buildings
of the capitol proper, aud future legisla
tures will have to provide for the wings
and connecting building. The front of
the new capitol will be 112 feet but with
wings and departmental buildings It will
have a frontage of aliout l.fjoO feet There
will be numerous rooms for every possi
ble purpise, aud they are located very
conveniently for legislative purposes.
THE W0KLD BOLLS OH.
Cycles Come and Go, Tet Cnitomt Virtually
Bemainlhe Same.
There is nothing new. AH is adaptation,
remodelation, revision aud reconstruct
ing. The fundamental principle of hon
est business, a successful business, is
truth, sincerity, probity, reliability and
trustworthiness. Briefly and strictly
all is honesty. It took years for W. K.
Gillespie, wholesale grocer. Seventh
Ave., Pittsbarg, Pa, to demonstrate to
the trade the merit of bis establishment
II is reward has been increasing growth.
His projected new house attests this.
Do you scratch and scratch and wonder
what's the matter? Ioan'8 Ointment will
instantly relieve and permanently cure
any itchy disease of the skin, n matter
of how loug standing.
Sea and Wind Sweep Thing.
Lives lost vessels wrecked, seaside re
sorts damaged and towns flooded is the
ugly record of the northeasterly storm
which has raged aloi..; the coast of Vir
ginia aud New Jersey for forty-eight
hours. Two men were killed by prostrat
ed live wires at Norf- lk. TIim beach De
low New Port News is strewn with w reck
age, and it is feared a numlier of sailing
craft have been lost Near Delaware
Break-witter some schooners were wash
ed ashoro. Bowers Boai-h, Kent enmity,
Del., was flooded aud a family imprisoned
in their house by the rising waters. At
Atlantic City the tides rere tremendous.
A pai l of Young's great ocean pier and
the Board Walk off Chelsea were washed
away. The meadows were suomergtsl
aud all railway traffic suspended. Cape
May City was floodtd, the SUwkton Ho
tel being surrounded by water. Many
cottages In South Cape May were dama
ged. The lishi.ig village of Seaside, near
Highlands, N. J., is under water. The
sea there was heavier than it has been
for years. On the Long Islaud shore the
destruction is also great The loss to ore
hotel at Koekaway is estimated at ?"..CC0.
Severe storms havo also swept the great
lakes, and considerable damage to ship
ping is reported.
KN0WINGH0W PAYS.
An Engineer on the Ohio Speaks on a
Personal Matter.
When it became compulsory in the
estate of Pennsylvania for encinecra aud
other ofti'-ers of steam craft to so up for
examination, and take out Hqsrs licens
ing them to hold positions, a candidate
presented himself at au oral, whose hoo
sier apiKwrance betokened he knew very
little nlxwt navigation. nt:d less aUiit the
proM-lling force f a steiiui-lsj.it Iok
are often deceptive, nnd iu this ca the
honsicr answered quickly and corr.ct.,
very pition asked liinu One if the
examiners, a eissl-uatured official, joking
ly sjiid: 'Mr nian. you have done re
markably well, answer this: Supm.-e you
were out iu the middle of the Ohio in a
oteam-lsiat, aud your piniiis were in goo.I
working order, lsu would not draw water,
w hat woud von do?" The answer emit
as quicklv as the any of the precetluu:
"I would look over the side of the boat,
aud see if the Ohio was dry." Now this
old auecilite has nothing whatever to
do with Engineer Jas. W. Edgar, of No.
44 Seventli ave., McKeesport. Pa a ma
rine digit cr. who haa had forty years
experience iu naTigating all of the navi
gable riven of the couutry. We merely
introduce Sim i" this manner, so that if
the reader is annoyed in the same way.
he will k ow what to d.. Mr. Edgar
avs:"Foi several yeanil have had severe
tnrtihle wi-h my Milner; in fai . I had to
give up mj work on that account. 1 bad -vere
pain through my loiu and ki lucra.
aud an e: trenie weakness of the mcre
tory orgai . Headaches were fropn-ut.
and g.-uel.diy in-compan'cl l.y i1izi:ip-m.
I got Io.n ' Ki Iney Pilis a I a dru ft. re.
nti. I 1 an glad to sa.v ilu-y ta.r..i:a;
too nil k a.s away.-aul I i.ever Icli t
ter thau it tlie pieiriit . ri:.-. aiit I an.
p'e:i- 1 tti rvi-ntnineml s- 'oitl.y a r-;u
. jail's ivi.bcy 1'iKs. f r s-lc bv a.
tVl! !.!. I'i'.i ee'lls. Ms:!.-!
:-.-lei Vi" : '.... I N Y -
:ie..l tor I S. ! ca e. ?l.er tae - t-'
fff f f f f f f ff f f f tf f f ?f f W W W W
Jos. Home & Go,
: New Goods, i
If there were a pipe line from
here to Europe wo )ubl scarcely
lie receiving new g.xxls faster or
more continuously. There isn't a
day in the week, except Sunday,
which hasn't its list of notable ar
rivals. Little prices all through. That is
the whole end and aim of our
shop-kesping to give you the best
for the least Samples will tell you
how well we succeed.
A Few of the Silks.
If you are looking for medium
priced goods, ask us to send you
samples of the Fancy Taffetas and
Louisincs at
65c a yard.
Or, to go a step higher, send for
sample of the Broche Taffetas and
1 toman Stripes at
85c a yard.
But the cream of all the values
at the medium prices is found in
our remarkable
$1.00 a yard line.
We do not think that there can
le found in the country such a
good lot of silks at this price. It
consists entirely of grades of Plain
and Fancy Taffetas in Checks and
l'laids and Koman Stripes which
are nsuallr priced at $1.25 and
fl.AOayard.
SPECIAL.
We are closing out this week to 4
make room for recent large impor- 4
tations every piece of silk ami 1
woolen goods in the store w Inch 4
has been cut to less than seven
yards. These include, of course, i
t lie I st selling goods in the stock.
We refer particularly this week to 1
the goods formerly selling nt from J
8V; to --() a yard. We have 4
ii'Mik'd every pi.n-e H the lot: 4
f-iik. poplin, vl nirs. ch'-ck, stripe, 4
plaid, piuin, Mack or colored 4
63c a yard, j
PITTSBUnG, W. j
4t
20 Second "
FREE 40 Third
5 EACH MONTH
(Divinf 1897)
For tiirftrilani mm A vnar namt ftx4 full
. . .
AUTUMN
BICYCLING
with the
the crisp brown ones beneath,
along on a Columbia over the
bicycling that puts new blood
I
Coll!
Bicycles
add to the pleasure of riding at all seasons and save a Lun
drcd petty annoyances.
STANDARD OF THE WORLD
$75 TO ALL ALIKE
POPE
MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Hartford,
If Coluinbias are not properly represented in your
vicinity, let us know.
tr
JAMES 15. IIOLDERBAUM, - Columbia Dealer,
Somerset, 3?a.
A MAN'S
OBLIGATION
To bis fcunily doeen't
end with death if he
is a many man -
LIFE ASSURANCE
takes np the burden
when he is n longer
able to bear it, and tha
loved on do not have
poverty to face in ad
dition to their other
great sorrow If the
man liven lie ia only
providing for hia own
o! i age.
Th 0est I-ife Assurance
13 the new Cash Guar
antee and Loan policy
ot
The Equitable
Life Assurance
Society.
EDWARD A. WOODS, Manager,
Pittsburgh.
L. FOSDICK, General Agent,
Somerset, Fa,
WANTED AGENTSi.irEreFn:.,
burglar-proof mfn on conimlstion. A sil
dinner lor men wl thoroughly rnvax tht-ir
tTTIUirr. anil ant nrf.ine or have aohl ari
rullunti Implciunlx. liuhtiiine nxlis muinl
ituttrunMiitaniHl frail tm-N. Kclii.vc U-rri-lory
given. Aihlress The liuruc Safe A L k
Company, PilUshur, Fa.
OHIO SAWED STONE.
I have dcrlJcd to l.amlle the Ohio Sawcl
Paving Stone this mhon. All -riiM wi.-b-lnga
nice, good pavement ImmiM It-t tlu lror
Mem now. Orders can be left at W. K. SUa
er'a Ma-ble Work.
JEREMIAH RH0ADS,
Somerset, Pa.
Wanted
AGENTS
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. ir,,.,,r.
williug to work, wo an give yon employ.
meiit with G30D PAY, 1 "I u " w.irk all or
iwrt ot the nine, nn.l .t home or tmvelinir.
Tim. w.k i. LIGHT aad -JtSV. WRITE AT ONCE
t terms, rtc to
The Hawks Nursery Company,
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
TJZIZZ SALS
Real Kstate !
By virtu ofanordet of ! lo.m-d ont of
tlie Orphan Court of munersei. County. 1 .
uikIiouh directed we will expose to public
lutle on
Saturday, October 30, 1897,
At I o'clock r M.,
atthcCouse House, the following described
rl exfate of l'eler K. stutiiliK. ditMe.t :
411 the following dewrihed real etalc nil.
nale in Jelteron township. ismieret county,
lenn Ivania. I.indil and dejx-ri l-t a fol
low; Adjoining land of Itovhl i-ir iner.
Jacob J. Miaulis farm, Krtlcrtck shaulis.
Jncob Ijtvun. John II. Moore. Is.-tlHh II
liamx. tiiNirge Klick, H. K. tthnulM. V. V.
Shaulix, and otherH.conutiiiing 'JIacrvK, nxire
or lens, of which there are about 1HI acres
clear, habinre timlH-r, with mix:ir rump of
about hlree: with twvury Iioukc. Uink
barn, and other out-huildiug', gixl orchard
of fruit trTS on a public road, close to srhod
hoiiM-and chun-hc. Also, aiigar camp liM
urw. full w-t of about !: sugars kc lt-r, nud
will be sold In lots to suit buyers. Also one
copper kettle, bum-Is, Mands, tc.
Terms:
Cash, unless nt herwlse agreed n poll, on day of
sale, of which ten per cent, must lie paid or
secimsl to be paid on day of sale, balance ou
confirmation of Nile.
J. H I 111. PHILIP II. WAI.KF.lt,
Attomi-y. II. E. SIIAI'I.IS.
OcU fi, lftT. Adurrn Tnisus.
Notice Is hereby given that Ocorge W. Phll
llppl aud Jiatnna Phillippl, hl w ife, of Con
fluence borough, somerset county, ia.. have
made a voluntary assignment to me of all
tuelrcstate, real. ersonal and mixed. In trust
for the lieneflt of thecreilitorsol Niid eonre
W. Phillippl and Joanna I'hilllppl, his wife.
All ts-nsons having claims pg:ilnst said I leu.
W. Phillippl and Jolianim I'h'llippi. hi wile,
will pn-seiil them to the undersigned duly
atithenllcated, and personsowlngMiid Oeorge
W. Piiillipnl and Jo.uiua I'hilllppl, his wife
will make immediate payment to
JoHN It-HfOTT,
Asslenee,
Stimcrset, Pa.
PERCH ERON STALLION
Will stand during th month of Ocuibcrat
the farm of P. Hettley, near Home met. nt the
low price of ill! to insure a living coll len day
old. ThU horse was purrlmsed at the king
price of fjitu. his welgnt Is-ing that miiiiy
Founds, lie took first premium at thet-taie
air, Johnstown.th.ii fall. In short, he Is a
li-st-clMSK Indivlduul, havin; hern Imported
from K-nnee. and regist-rrj In htu-1 Inxik.
both of France ami America.
Farmers' sto. k Co.,
An.m H. Mi i.i vn.
Ko:isi.tsit, October 1, 1-7. Prcsidcut.
$100 Pierce Special Blejctes.
$25 Gold Watches.
FOR
Sunlight SOAP
WRAPPERS ?
ftddrett to
wine colored leaves overhead,
and yourself spinning mcrriljr
froat bitten roads is the kind of
in jour vein 8.
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...FISHER'S...
!Book Store
, Dictionaries!, why of course, any price,
' from lOctM. each to WclrfUr's Iuterna-
tioual at 10.
R.uka thousanda of them. Talk alfiit
Klondike, better ro to F"U.lier' Book
Store, get a map of Alaska an.l a 10 cent
magazine telling you all about it. The
people go to this store. It in run Ly the
proprietr for the masses, the plain peo
ple of the land. Kvery Unly being treat
ed alike, the inaiMcA beii g alsive the
classes at this store. And everylly is
treated right. School liooks aud school
supplies and Fall Goods arriving every
day.
CHAS. H. FISHER.
Your
Grocer
is the man to
help you economize.
Why?
Your tiroceiy Hill is the largest nr. 1
uost iinpoiuint item of expense, how to
: educe it, t' ere fore, is the vital question.
"Ve can les-jn the cist of your bill witli-
ut 'ecreas-ng the amount or quality of
: be goods.
How?
We a: prepared to help you he
i auv of a .jni; and successful businra
iretr, cotu.inel with the le-t facilities.
t- tch as a large store, complete stock and
perfect de'ivery ytem.
Our Stock of
I'ANCY c STAPLE GROCERIES
Is Unsurpassed.
Summer
c i.- 2 I'ur line oi Mini
Specialties J
MMMN mor "-peciakies com
ri?e the bct brand: of gcodi on
the market : such as Ileinz's Key
stone Condiments, Marvin's Fanev
Cakes and Cracker?, Queen Olivce,
Jordan Shelled Almonds, Shelled
Peanuts, aloni; with a full and com
plete line of Fancy Confectioner
ies, which arc always kept FRESH.
We also carry a full line of
Smokers articles, consi.tiu of an
up-to date line of Pipes, Smoking
Tobacco, Ac.
Our
Our flour rooms
t .....i
Flour Room.J
with the best brands aird we h'vzlv
ly recommend them "World's Fair
Souvcnier," Kind's Dost," --Porter's
Boss," and we call pjocial atten
tion to our latest brand, --Gold
Heart," which is taking a big lead
over the sales of other brands.
Give it a trial !
Canning
Season! L ncar at
MMMHIN an'- n e are to
supply your wants with Mat'ou'a
Jars, Jelly Gltsses, (Iain Tliuga Ac.
Highest prices paid Air Country
Produce.
Goods delivered promptly and
free of charge.
Respectfully yours.
C00K&
BEERITS.
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5 ff JL
3 W;.' -7?Vi
V
71
Why
Rule in an oM buiriry when vou ,
get a i.cvr ):io at alinost your c
price :it
James B. Holderbaums-
My
Booties
or Road Wagon,
to show ray line,
! 1847.
e
Call :
Our Stock is complot? throuiUout ani ars sUd
pa v gord s
5iao lm-$osioil anil DozayjUi &S&h
G. W. BENF0RD, manacb
J.i rul.lic utation for Ir.K l'i-t.i:.ci Tilt pUone t a. I y n
m V. S. Katet niolcrate.
A Sensation in Furniture. Pnffrotll';
A Trade Triunmh at VU1 1 1
A UNIQUE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IX
OF FUCNITUtfE.
tm tn: : t:. . hx, l
n I KVKi: U frc "S.i h I'ricV on Kurtu' irc ; i:. v. r l
11 iisturc at smell iutt n tii'u'y i-niall 'T'in-. O :r ti-
IB '"'II rapturr the tnnle. It i jrov in l ft r a:il "
I li V ctliin the Miiaiiuly .'ic.- riv i --- r ! r-
siin'uicaiit t lu'ic Lavetski n !av. It !!! only i '
thri'U;!; our -talon mm.H t ttlo tl' :ivc i,i .lin.
Vm Pfi S i". - - l'o S'S $;0 I ,S H..: i-d SjA.
C PUi S-;t, - - 2 28 30 0 Qinr'cr.-l Sf-
t 'hhi a ('. , t'liitrotiicr, Si'Kliarils ('.Kich.-, Iinunr
Suiu, l'.irlor Suits, anl Furuitutv of rll WitnU at .- '-'
Proof of the onw.irl strides of gon.1 ta-lc in K 1 !
im..rL-ittmutitO Tlil AIOk...l f.kr All Mtf ltl-livtf.4'lii l0.tlt"4 1 1 i rt I
ture, knowing that the introduction w ill lie pic-v-miit a" ' 1 1 1 "
The entire line is new !
C. H. Coffroth,
606 Mn Cross Street, SOVERSET, r
1
AratiroehnBi u-sfeaauv-Bfj a
HU AT PRiCES fSOf-3 "t-j.O'J W 0 ;.;.oo u
is ro3TccMLr:-re and sr.
P. A. SGHELL, SOMERSET, PA. 4
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Conipri.sC everyt'.:::r t
New, Stylish atti l": -i
You get the I-iu-sh :.zi Q
ty when you buy :r ::i
Cilllv.i .1..-. .
ind exar-iiue my stock. tr:
J. B. HOLDERSAU'
3w83 I 53 5- WH
1897.
DO NOT FORGET OUR MOTTO
when in xEi:r r NvniiNi; in th:: i.im
Pure Drugs, Chemicals, Toilet Arlic!e3. "o.vj's Staniari
Trusses and Supporters." Euar-mtetd to be first in
quality ana durability.
PRICES MODERATE.
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Vast in Variety !
Low in Price!