The Somerset Herald WARD ftCUUk Editor and Proprietor, WKDMdsUAY.. Mr ix. is. Gen". Gomez thinks it wi!l take six months to drive the Spanish out of Cul. U.vT.r. Sam's navy is all right, aud his army will prove all rigtt just as soon as it is given a chance. Aktkk that Spanish l!wt is dispow-d of, the fall of Havana will aoon follow. And then Cula w ill he free. ClIAKI-KS II. A LI-EX, of MVsachu uetts, Las been appointed Assistant Sec retary of the Navy, to succeed Theo dore Iiooserelt, who resigned to become Colonel of a regiment of cowboys. Admiral.3 Karapson and Schley do not mean to let that Spanish fleet escape if they can help iL They have located it n-jff, and woe betide it if they get close enough to reach it with shot and fchell. The "General" only brought Lis ieby 'Mule mosquito fleet into action last week. We are told that we are to hear the thunder of the big guns of the blockading squadron later on. Well, we shall nee what we shall see. A rain has given Key West all the water it needs for the present, but Ha vana has run bhort not only of water, but of provisions of all kinds. The blockade has been proving effectual, aud it will not take long for the army and uavy of the United States to do the rest. The fact is coming out with increased distinctness that the loyal Republican of Somerset county do not intend to allow their party organization which they have so steadfastly maintained all these years to pass into the hands of the "fakirs," disorganizes, and party wreckers who, for at least eighteen years, Lave worked unceasingly for its overthrow. When the "General" instituted Lb proceedtngs in liliel last week he Kearoely anticipated that his "blufT would le "called" so quickly, and that he would be iu court on the s&meeharge before the week as out. We suggested last we-k that a "bluif ' with one whi'e ''chip" was scarcely worth trymf "Four-of-a-kini" is a pretty good "hand," but may he win who holds the best c.r-ls. Some of the profes-ed Republican papers of the State which can not con eeal their anxiety to start an iudepend ut ticket to defeat the nominee of th State convention, openly declare theii intention of opiosing any candidate that Senator tJ iay may favor. This i supreme political idiocy. To carry jxt tonal spite to the extent of oposiug r. man beeausthe ersou you hate is h's friend is a very low depth of tin anness. Dksekvkk honors have Unn fcliow ered Uxu Commodore Ihwev. First and foremost he has revived the grate ful thanks of the American people. He lias been made a Hear Admiral; Con press has passed congratulatory resold tions.and in big and little towns all over the country there have b?en and are be ing held Dewey meetings to celebrate the victory. And yet it issaid that Dew ey was very loth to accept command ol the Pacific Squadron, aud little nival omeers who wouidu t accept servic- under him are resting in Washington, and metaphorical .y kicking themselves from Sunlay morn till very hte Satur day night. Sl'AIX has sent large reinforcem; lit." of troops to lrto Kieo recently. Th'as conduct is characteristic of Spain's pol icy. The larger the army the Span iard h ive in Porto Eieo the weaker they will b , for the soldiers will have no way to defend themselves. No fleet will conn over to protect them, aud they could quickly ba cut off from contact with the outer world and starved into sur render if the Americans wanted simply to blockade them and bottle them up. B it the Americans will be more merci ful to the Spaniards in Porto Uieo thau was their own country. That is, the Americans will batter down the de fences of San Juan, the island's capital an J stronghold, capture that place, and then if the Spaniards on the rest of the Island refuse to surrender, an Ameri can army will be shipped to the island t crush them into submission. State Chairman John P. Elkin, w ho is conceded on all bides to be one of the shrewdest politicians in the State, hat given out a table showing what candi dates all the delegates tVu far elected it the State convention will support for the gubernatorial nomination aud prov ing conclusively that CjI. W. A. Stone will be the nominee. According to Mr. Eikiu, 301 of the 3j' delegates to the Republican State convention have been elected. Of this uumber lie claims h7 are for W, A. Stone. Tue CI delegates yet to le elected will come fr mi 19 counties. Of this number Mr. K kin claims 43 for Stone, giving him 2 i more thau the 1-S2 necessary t nom inate. Mr. Elkiu al-o claims that I u-gresi-niaii Stoue wilt receive th votes of all the delegates instructed forC. W. Stone, Congressman Iieisenriiig, Con gressman Council and ex-Secretary of th Commonwealth Recdi-r, i:i all which would make the Sloue vote -j2 Of the 01 delegates yet to 1 elected, Mr. Elkin claims 4.1 for Colonel Stone, and puts 1$ iu the doubtful lint. The county "combine" organs are apparently laboring utider the impres sion that the intelligent Repablican voters of the couuty are as stupid and foolish as they have nidj th -a -Ives appear when thy urge Iv-publijius to vote against Capt. W. H. Sauneron the ground that he did not support a bill introduced at the last session of the legislature for the purpose of compell ing railroad companies to red-joe pas senger rates to two cents per mile IS" their innocent souls! There isn't a schoolboy in the county who does not know that the Pennsylvania IliUr.iad Company under its charter entered iuto a contract with the Commonwealth to fix its charges at three aud four cents per mile, and so high an authority as the late Judge Jeremiah S. Black has declared that the legislature CJuld not abrogate this contract- Do the "x m Liners" think for a moment that Gen eral Kooutx, who is railroad director and railroad lawyer, would rote in favor of such a measure. Mr. Kntz 1 I not only aoes not pay iare on tue tx. & , O. but rides on a spesia! train when he Wants to. i Under which flag. Republicans Every Republican -oter iu the county should attend the primary election on the 2sth. The issue V, be decided then is a clearly defined one, and should be wttled in a manner thai will leave no room for cavil or com plaint The loyal Republicans of the county will do bat tle under the party flag with the g&i lant Quay aud Stone as their leaders. The men who have for years been bolt ing party caui-use, voting against jarty nominee, refusing to submit to the will of the majority, and in every oilier way trvin to disrupt the party organiza tion, will be arrayed under the llig of th? defeated and disgruntled politician, Jhn Wanamaker, whose local leader U 'O.-nera!" William IL Koontz. It is a fight to the finish between the be liever iu Republican policy, party or ganization and majority rule on the one side, and party bolters, kickers and disoruanizers on theother. As between the two no loyal Republican can Li faff in nmkinir choice. The issue is fairly and souarely made. Choose ye, Republicans, under which flag you will do battle. The vitriolic screed poured upon the character of gentlemen who are not candidates for oflioe at the instigation aud secret onnivance of those who are seekiQg to be elevated to honorable po sitions by the votes of the Republicans of the couuty, will not divert the atten tion of the honest and intelligent voters from the issues before them. The senior editor of the Herald has lived more than fifty of the eighty years of his life among the people of Somerset county. He has occupied high aud responsible positions of honor and trust by reason of tlie confldence reposed in him by the voters of the county. His private life has b?en as unsullied as his public ca reer; aud to-day, when the shadows are falling about him, he continues toenjoy the conn Jtuee and res pect of his neigh bors and the people of the county. Can the gentlemen who have seen their ab- normil thirst for public honors cruelly frustrated by their own acts and deeds lay the record of their daily lives before the eyes of a fccrutinizing public and see th-i poisoned arrows of jealousy and ha'red fall harmlessly at their feet as Mr. Scull has done? The Herald has no desire to dis ci se the secret hiding-places of closely guarded skeletons, but libel suits may have a tendency to render silence no longer a virtue. William IL Kooxtz has repeatedly declared during the past few weeks that he "did not desire to beacandi- dati for the Legislature," that he "did not think it wise to sacrifice his law practice for the purpose of going to Harrisl urg, but that "the importuni ties of his friends were so earnest and persistent that he could not refuse to be a candidate." Who are these earnest an 1 persistent friends of Mr. Kooutz who are so anxious to have him repre sent Somerset couuty in the Geueral Am'jly? We'll venture to say that there was not a loyal aud consistent R 'publican among them, while, on the other hand, the "frieuds" who impor tuned him to stand as a candidate t re numbered among those who for years past have been striving to disrupt the Ri'publiciii party under the guidance of the "Cieneral," those who have held "faV primaries and set up mock election polls, as was done a few years since iu Somerset township. They may all lie loyal and earnest political frien Is of Mr. IC'ioutz, but he will certainly not claim that they are loyal nd consistent members of the Repub lican party. Among other political friends of the "General's" who perhaps irged him to stand as a candidate are several Pniladelphia papers who have threatened to bolt the nominations nadj at the State convention, uuless hey are permitted to name the candi dates. The jieople of Pennsylvania are mak ng the nomination for Governor iu heir own way this year, and a uomin- ttiou which they make can not lie eaten on election day. It is more ban likely that William A. Stoue, who, is a boy of eighteen, fought in the auks and won his promotion by heroic ttiiduet upon the battlefield, will lie .he nouiineeof the Republican conven ion. If so, his majority will besome hii.g tremendous at the polls this fall. The party of McKiuley is intact in Pennsylvania this year, and the soldier vy of eighteen, now a man wise in -itatismanship, and with a national rep utation, would seem to be a proper per nn to lead it to glorious victory. The -candidates for delegates in this county who will support Colonel Stone are Ed ward Hoover, J. W. Peck and D. E. Wagner. The eiibal formed by Blaukenburg, Van Valkenberg Ivauffman and Kooutz to try and foist John Wanamaker on the party a.3 their candidate for Gjv- eruor have selected IsataU GooJ. Henry F. Barron and Charles F. Cook as their candidates for dele gates. Kauifinaa was a candidate for reflection to the State Senate from Lancaster county, and the Republicans of that county rose iu their might and smote him hip and thigh aud defeated Uim by au overwhelming majority. The Iiepublicans of Somerset county will have an opportunity to smite an-'i-her member of this pretentious cabal, VV. H. Kooutz, on the :Mh inst., aud we luiss oar guess if they prove less loyal to their party than did the Repub licans of Lancaster county. Sammary of tht War'Kewi. Wednesday the navy and Mate drpart- nipiits were notified that t be Span i-h fleet had arrived at Cadiz from Capo Verd ; ibis report, ailbouch received as correct. afterwards turned out, to be untrue, and Kri.lay morning, the flyiug squadron sailed from Hampton It ad for the pur- p.weof joining Admiral Hampton's fleet and assist In destroying the enemy's IteeL Sinco then tho American and Spanish fleoLs have been playing hide and se?k. bat the report of a doctsire bailie is mo mentarily expected. lien. Wesley MerriU, commanding the department of the east, has been selected as military governor of the Philippine I-J in I-. Pians fur starting a military ex- podi'.ioa from the Paciuc coast arc being rapidly pushed, and it is probaU that ).tti troops vill sail from San Franeisc? for Manila this week. A feeling is rapidly growing through out the c-jun'.ry iu favor of retaining pos- rssion of the Philippine Islands. It is urged that we should have a coaling sta t'on and base of supply in the Orient. and that the com mere of the islands is rth an enormous sum. Tho war department has determined that the army of invasion for Cuba shall oe large enough to make a short and ef fective campaign in the rear of Havana iu conjunction with the fleet that is to at tack the city from the harbor. At least U,ftjO men are to be laodel. Toa main expedition will not start, it is eaid until after our ships bavo destroys! the Spanish fleet. Admiral Sampson's fleet bombarded Porto Ilioo at iuinris Friday morning. Morro f; rt made a foeb'.e noistauce, but her guus were toon sileticei, and in a few minutes ths fort was iu ruiuf, Thous- aoj, 0f people fled to the interior of ihe island for safety. opened the fire. The battleship Indiana i A FIERCE FIGHT 1ST Aa OrEcer aid Four Sailori Xillad oa Torpedo Boat "Winilow. Five American sailors were slain and four wounded In a terrific engagement Wednenday afternoon in the harbor of Cardenas, on the northern owMt of Cuba, east of Havana. The cruiser Wilming ton and the torpedo Ixwt Winslow and the gunboats Marhla and Hudson ap proached the hatlior f r the purpose of attacking several Spanish gunlxwts, a signal station and tho batteries at tho mouth of the harbor. The torpedo boat Wiuslow, being the lightest of draught, was signaled to enter the harbor and at tack a Spanish gunboat. Amazing as was the order, hopeless as the charge of Balaklava, it was heroically obeyed. As the Win-low, under orders of tho commander of tho Wilmington, entered the hartior, the concentrated fire of the inisked shore batteries and the Spanish gunboats was directed opon tho little tomedo boaL Shot riddled hoi. Her boiler was knocked out. She drifted helplessly. A shell exploded in the very face of Ensign Bagley and a crow of men on the deck of the Winslow. Tho ens.gn was Instantly killed. Half a dozen more fell four dying. . The American ships withdrew, having burned a gunboat, destroyed a part of tho town and crippled, and perhaps destroy ed two torpedo boat destroyers. It Is understood at Washington that Austrian and French gunners wore taken to Cuba on the Montserrat and the French steamer Lafayette, and that theirs was tho niarkmauship that directed the destructive fire upon the Wiuslow. DECISIVE BATTLE. HARDLY TO BE AVOIDED MUCH LOHGER. Eampion't and Scfcley'i Fleti Seeping a Cloie Watch for the Spaniards. According to tho latest official infortna tion the Cape Verde squadron is still at Curacoa, Holland's little island posses sion near the Venezuela coast. It has been ascertained that they put in there to coal Admiral Sampson's fleet is off Cape Hay- tien. Tho last heard from Commodore Schley's squadron was off Key West ready to joiu Sampson iu an effort to destroy the enemy's lleet. It is rumored that the forts at Havana are short of ammunition and that the SpaniKh fleet will make a depereate ef fort to run the blockade in order to sup ply the forts. It is also rumored that the Spanish strategists have succeeded in sending another fleet to the West Ind'ea. This re port is discredited at Washiugton. An engagement is reported between the Mosquito boat Eagle and a Spanish gun- lioat, which came out from Cieufuegos after the Marblehead and Nashville had completed the work of cutting the cable, The Eagle was struck several times but her injuries are trilling. Four troops of Pennsylvania infantry and three of cavalry will form part of the expedition to sail from the Pacific coast to tho Philippine Islands to support Rear Admiral Pewey. Seven Regiments of Pennsylvania in fantry, four batteri of light artillery and eight troops of cavalry have been ordere; to Chicauiauga. Four batallionsof Penn sylvauia infautry have been ordered to Washington, where they will camp ten m:!os from the city. The remainder of the Pennsylvania troops it is said will be sent to New York, where they will be used for coast dofense. Dispatches from Madrid say that on Monday Senor Scgasta placed tho resig nations of the Spanish ministry iu the hands of the Qieen. Segasta has been charged to form a new cabinet. The Gubernatorial Cauvaii. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Public interest is so lacking in the Blankenburg- Kauffuian - Van Valken berg movement that the Inquirer has not been following it very closely. Some of the Martin Magoe Combine papers report that Mr. Kauffuian. of late a Slate Sena tor from Lancaster county, has been talk uig again, and from these reports we loarn that his speech was partially devot ed to the "Belshazxars" of the Repobli can party, the "Babylonian autocrats,' and etc on, whatever this may mean. His language is much better understood when he says that "the time has come to estab lish the government in all iu details in the hands, not of calutls, but of those who represent the people" meaning, we resume. Senator Kauffman, Mr. Blank enburg, the Van Valkenbergs aud their friends. Backed by Mr. Martin and Mr- Magee, who iiioxt certainly represent the Bel shaxzars and the Babolonian autocrats, if there are such persons in Pennsylvania, it is a little difficult to nuderstand bow the Blaukenburg Kauffman-Van Valk enberg pretenders could escape just criti cisin as forming a cabal in their own right. It is certain that toe Republican voters of Pennsylvania hold this view, and the fellow-citizens of Mr. Kauffman have risen in their might and smitten him hip and thigh and have defeated him by an overwhelming majority for renoin- inatiou for the Legislature. The Kauff man campaign iu Lancar county was a long and bitter one, and a must expen sive one to Mr. Kauffman aud his friends. lie used thousands of dollars in bis can vass in spite of the fact that ostensibly he deplores money in politics. He was on the stump in every section of his district, Ixit somehow his fellow-citizens decided that, after all, the Republican party was a pretty good party to tie to,and when they overhauled bis legislative record they found that in spite of his denunciations of the Legislature his pretensious were more iu theory than in practice. Is it net a little too much to hope that Repub licans of -ther counties will listen to him when the Republicans of his own county have repudiated him at the polls? But there is one thing which Mr. Kauffniau says wi'h which wo heartily agree. It is this: The way to make a party strong in pop ular ati pis rt is t" make it strong in pub lic conlid.'.ncM. The Republican parly is mistress and needs no master. This is true, and to-day there is a can vass on hand for the Gubernatorial nom ination which proves how free the Re publican party is from the dictation or control of a "master. William A. Stone, of Allegheny county; Charles W. Stone, of Warren ; William Connell, of Lv-kawanua, and John Leisenriug, of Luzerne, are all candidates, and each one of them is a candidate iu his own right, and not one of them can say that be is supported by or interfered with in any way by a "master." William A. Stone is fortunate in having the active opposi 'ion of David Martin and Chris Magee, t xa boss politicians, but beyond this op position no political "master" is taking a hand. The people are making the nomination in their own way at the primaries, anj a nomination which they make cannot be beaten on election day. It is altogether probable that William A. Stone, who, as a toy of IS, fought in the ranks and won his promotion by heroic work upon the battlefield, m ill be the nominee of the oouveution. If so, his majority will be something tremendous at the polls. The party of McKinley is intact in Pennsylvania this year, and the soldier boy of eighteen, now a man wise in statesmanship, and w ith a national repu tation, would seem to 1 a proper person to lead it to glorious victory. Xo man can cure c nniuiption. Yiu citi preveut it thojgh. Dr. Wo.xT Nor way Tine Syrup cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, a-ahm. N-fiver fails. Political Setts. Ks-Secretary of the Commonwealth Reeder announces that he is a candidate for Governor. . Hon. J. D. II ids addressed an enthusi astic gathering of Republicans at Salis bury on Thursday evening. Congressman Eraientrout has been rec ommended for bis sixth term by tho Dem ocrats of Berks county, by a vote in oou veution of 101J to I would ak the legislature to drive railroad and corporation lobbyists out of the legislative balls, and to stop the m holesale dubauchery by the use of free passes, shrieks Mr. Wanamaker. How about railroad directors and attorneys ? . John Wanamaker and W. IL Koontz agree that the present political organiza tion iu Pennsylvania is corrupt, but Wanamaker alleges that most of the cor rupt practice have becu in behalf of the grasping and grinding corporations. Koontz wilt not subscribe to this as he himself has been clly identified with aud is tho paid servaut of one of the greatest corporations in the State. . Republican primary elections were held in eight counties of the State Saturday, in seven of which the friends of SenatorQuay and Col. W. A. Stone were victorious, Wanamaker carrying hutone county, and that a Democratic one, York. The total number of delegates elected Saturday was 3, of whom 24 are for Colonel Stoue for Governor, and 0 for John Wauamaker. . Most people would be satisfied with holding the best-paying office in the county, and would be willing to allow some of their less fortunate Republican friends tho honor of representing the county in the State convention. Not so with Prolhonotary Barron. He seems to think that be is one of the elect and must necessarily be elected to every thing that's going. Some people don't seem to know when they have enough. . Candidate Koontz must have made a mistake in distributing his signals. His newspaper organs have flagged the wrong train. The uewspaper boys of course pay a full equivalent for their railroad transportation, but their solici tude fur the farmers and laboring meu who are compelled to pay three cents per mile fare is misapplied when they use it in behalf of the only man in tho county who has a band in dictating railroad management aud charges. Last Wednesday night in a speech de livered at Wellsboro, Tioga county. Millionaire John Wanamaker said: "You know that I did not seek any nom ination, and that 400 men brought it to me and forced it upon me." It is said that C. J. Harrison, J. A. Berkey, Chas. F. Cook, Jx ph Spechl, Frank B. Black, Edward Leonard, D. J. Horttr, and othfis from Somerset county who helped to fonw the nomination upon Mr. Wanamaker, traveled to and from Philadelphia on free tickets provided by political heelers of the great merchant. " In eruir.cratirg the many reforms he would bring about iu case he should be M t - " HOUSE OF REPRESENT ATI VPS OP THE Washington, I). C I f to CARD. To the. llrpubfhxtns (if Sinrrrt Cottitft; I am a candidate for Governor, and so far have conducted my campaign with results where the counties have voled that promise success. I am a candidate of my own choice, and aiu not running in the interest of anybody, but have gone Into the counties and con ducted my own canvass lefore the ieople. I would be greatly grat ified to receive the votes of Somerset couuty. All that is said by the Wanamaker newspapers about my being slated and my campaign managed for me by others has no foundation whatever iu fact. If I am slated I am slated only by the people who have voted for me in large majorities iu nearly every county where I havemadeacontesL I have uo manager, and no one is authorized to speak for me in Somerset county except my friends who are voters in Somerset County. I appeal to the Republicans of Somerset County to stand by me in this contest, aud submit my official record as Uuittd States Attorney and Congressman as evidence of the honesty of my pur pose and the sincerity of uiy campaign. My delegates iu Somerset County are Edward Hoover, J. W. Peek and I. K. Wagner. . Respectfully, WM. A. STONE. a t elected Governor, John Wanamaker said in a speech delivered Saturday night in Northumberland county: "Before one dollar more of tax is placed upon the people I would favor the taxii g of rail road rolling stoek." How nnkind to thus refer to the candidacy of his friend Koontz, who presided at the meeting of kickers who called upon him to stand as candidate for Governor. Millionaire John evidently docs not know that rail road director Koontz is a candidate for tho legislature. . Forty-seven of the sixty-six counties in the State have already held their Repub lican primaries, and of this number Mr. John Wanamaker has carried exactly six. Three hundred and oneof the three hund red and sixty two delegates who will com pose the State convention have already been elected, and of this number exactly twenty have been instructed for John Wanamaker. Should Messrs. Good, Bar ron and Cook, tho three Wanamaker can- didat" in this county be elected they would find themselves iu a very small minority and Harrisburga very lonesome place on the day of the convention. T&e CoetaBican Coaaterfeitere. Fur many months the Costa Rican coun terfeiters have been issuing bogus notes of the government of the island until the amount, it is said, has reached l'UOO.mU. Inspectors of the secret service bureau were chiefly instrumental iu bringing the malefactors to justice. The efficiency of Hie secret ervi-e is undoubted, but it is by no means a secret, but a patent fact. that the service that Hosteller's Stomach Bitters does the weak, nervous and dys peptic is of genuine value. There have been from time to lime counterfeits of i. as there are ot the genuine Costa Rican notes, but the miniature note of band on the label and the vignette cf St. George and the Dragon, coupled with the exqui sitely finished typographical work, are not successfully imi'.al le. Any oue w ho has used the Bitters knows its admirable qualities and the features of the exterio of the bottles. This agreeable tonic ab solutely prevents and remedies malaria. rheumatism, liver complaints, kidney trouble and dyspepsia. Hj Fiwteity of Siisg Blind or Staf. MKiern science restores the ear to healthfulness io hundreds of cases which u the past have been considered incura ble. Putting off the necessary treatment causes serious damage in hundreds of cassi which might be wholly restored. In 1S77 Miss Annie Rolfe, 257 Forty fifth St. Pittsburgh, came under the treatment of Dr. Sadler, 604 Penn Ave , for a polypus and discharge from the ear. The condition was perfectly cured, and n istJT, she expressed, unsolicited, her great satisfaction for the perfect cure that had lasted so many years, and will be glad to answer any who may desire , to communicate with her. From the first of the year. Dr. Sadler has associated with hiiu au eminent European physician, Dr. A. Siguiann, of the 1 niversityof Vienna Austria, who has had an extensive expe rience in all the very latent knowledge relying to medicine, and nil who consult Drs. Sadler A Sigiuann will get the bene fit of their combined skill and cxperi-en-v, the best kno n to this age of progress. MOTHER FIELD DAT FOR QUAY AUD STOSE, Remit of Satcrday'f Sepablicaa Primariet ia tlie Stat. DATJPHI5 I0TAL TO ftTJAT. The result of Saturday primaries In Dauphin county show that the Re publicans of that county are lyal to Senatir Quay and will do nothing at their couuty convention to-day which will .le inimical to his interest. The seven dele gates to the State Convention will support Colonel W. A. Stone for Governor and Senotor McCarrcll fiir Lieutenant Gov ernor. . - Walkover ia Armstrong. I.f.ki uhi bo. May H. Tho tjuayitc had a walkover at the Armstrong county Itdpublican primaries this evening. Major Joseph O. Beale, of this place, was not opposed for Congress. For assembly George McNees and W. Fred Turner, the ttiyites, were opposed by John IHnnl' who received a very light vote. The fight of the day waa on the selcc tit n ot delegates to the State Convention. G(orge M. Higgle, It. W. MeCallip acd C. M. Ladwich were elected. F. A. Mo ral. S. K. Dixon and Dr. J. B. F. Wyaut, w.-re running in the interest of a Phila delphia candidate for Governor who cut but a small (igore in this county. The three delegates are friendly to the candidacy of Col. Win. A. Stone, of Al legheny, for Governor. Haatonr for Stone. Daxvili-e, May 1L-Tbe Ilepubliean county convention was held iu the Court House this morning. Captain John W. Farnsworth was unanimously elected a delegate to the State convention and was instructed for Congressman William A. Stone for Governor. A motion to allow tho dolegales to go uninstructad was de feMted by a cloie vote. Tho county chair man, David H. Uuckle, was chosen as al ternate. Columbia ii Quay'. Bloom km-ro. May It Kepubliean pri maries for the purpose of electing two delegates to the State convention at Har risburg were held throughout the county this afternoon.. It was a forgone conclu sion that the Quay element would be vic torious, but the fact that tho opposition placed uo delegates in tho field was a complete surprise to the Quay faction. The only delegates voted for were J. C. Brown, of Bloouisbu rg, aud W. II. Woodling, of Berwick. Both are pro fessed Quay men and the county v ill doubtless be solid for tlie senior Senator. Stone Carriet LeUigh. Allkntows, May 14 The Republican county convention to elect de!egsts to the Stale convention ended in an nproar this stftornoon, after a session of over four hours. The convention was called to or der by Couuty Chairman Koto, and James L Marsteller, the Quay candidate, was elected chairman. This was the first tes-l f strength of Alderman Jones, the " " c i i t ecr INITED STATES. Tay 16, iSH. i ' : a a Quay leader. Five delegates to tho Stale convention, all of whom will support ioi. vt. a. Hiono lor Governor, were elected. Nortb.umierUnd'i Four for Stone. SrsM-RV, May IL The Republican primaries were held this evening and passed off quietly. Four delegates to the State convention who will support Col W. A. Stone for Governor were elected. Three and Three ia York. York, May It! The Republican pri manes lieu in mis county to-day were hotly contested. Six delegates to the State convention were elected, of w hich both factions -Quay and anti-Quay claim to have elected three, although the chances are that the six w ill be fout.d in the Wauamaker column. Quay Wine ia Adami. Gkttymii ki, Pa., May 1G. The Re publican couuty convention met iu the Court House to-day to elect delegates to the State convention. C. T. Lower and F.inmitt Harlzell were candidates for president. They represented respective ly the Q-iay aud Wauamaker factions, lower was elected, receiving .'57 votes against 22 for Hartzpll. For delegates to the State convention S. D. Mchring and It. I'. Walter (both Quay men) were ckcted. The cruiser Charleston failed Friday from San Francisco for Manila carrying a large lot of ammunition and supplies for Dewey's squadron. AN AGEDVETEHAN. Talks of the Civil War and the Legacy That Wa Left Him for His Share in It. If all the testimony now appearing iu tin public press of the Union, atu-sted to by veterans of the Civil War, about the article that forms the subject of .Mr. Ilutrli Cain's statement waa published in this paper, it would fill every column of it. From the Mississippi to the At lantic there are few daily p:iier whose columns do not contain similar stjte men:s, any one of which niipht have been elected for this issue, but the reader is asked to remember this fact. Mr. Hnirh Cain ihes at ISM Franklin street. Brad dock, Pa., only a few miles from here. Opinions from a man alutost io our midst are mucn more valuable, much more con vincing ami much nmre to be relied njwn than if the aaid opinions w-re picked up in Kalamazoo, Mich., or WooiiMK-ket, R, I. Read what he says: "I served my coun try during- the late war for six vears, three under Gen. Sherman in tlie South, and three under Gon. Sheridan iu the Shenandoah Vallev. Whether ic was the hardships and privations I endured, or what was the cause, I do not knntv, hut for many ear my kidneys troubled me, aud of recent years they were much worse. I had eerere pains through the loins, and in the kijii.-v. nud no irree nlar and unnatural condition of the accre tions, acconiKiuied by consi-lemble pniu. an.! the secretion on landing depositcj a heavy sediment. I felt geuerallv run down and unwell, when I wa advised by fm-mM to use I loan- Kidney Pills. 1 procured them at a drug store, aud used a directed. It is certifying to me to any that they accomplished womlrra, and the benefit was soon appareut after I began their use. I eontjitvd ateadilv to im prove, a ltd I have very liule indication of the trouble left, and I feel better and nenrtw-r Uan in manv a year" Iain's Kidney Pills, for sale by all dealers. Price 50 rents. Mailed bv ruotcr-Milhnro Co., RuTiilo. N. Y 0e agent for the U. S. Ren irmlrr the name Ioaii a aud take no suititute. IXSOLEXT CHALLENGE HilUoaaire 3Ircaaist Driven to Despera tion by Impending Etffst. WHY ST02TE SHOULD BS 503tI5ATEP. Iu an address delivered at Kastou, on last Friday night. John Wa;iarnaker i said : -I defy the Quay machine to nom inate W. A. Stone unless it wants the dis ruptiou of the party." Readers or the Hkr ild will recall tho fact that some time ago a dozen or more of ih kick log Republicans of Somerset county attended a meeting held in the city of Philadelphia, at which the Van Valkenbergs and Frank I-ach werathe prime movers. Gag rule prevailed and very naturally. General W. II. Kooutx presided at the meeting, follow lug out a typewritten program placed in his bauds for his guidance. "It was a cut-and-dried machine gathering of the most ap proved stripe of Ijossism," says the Phil adelphia lii'iuirer. Continuing, the same paper say: "This boss-riddeu gathering made a nomination for Gov ernor, and ever since the Blankenburg circus has been show ing admission free iu various sections of the State and threatening to '-disrupt'' the Republican party unless it should be conceded the control of the State, a cou trol which would naturally give the Biankenburgs aud the Leaches aud the Van Vslkenbergs Vansof such unsavo ry memory the offices. This tiew-fangled political machine has concentrated ail its efforts to defeat the nomination of William A. Stone npon the ground that Senator Quay is frieudly to him. Now, as a matter of fact, the contest for the Gubernatorial nomination has been conducted upon the general under standing that Senator Quay would not iuterfere in any way with the progress of events. We "defy" any candidate to say truthfully that Senator Quay has opened his luouth to any man upon the question of the nomination. The Repub lican voters have had full swing. They have overwhelmingly indicated by the electiou of delegates their desire that William A. Stone shall he their choice for Governor. Be"ause they have so in dicated because Colouel Stone practical ly has won the nomination the Blank enburg machine has bombarded Stoi.e with all its venom. It would have been the same with any ot jer candid-tto. This machine demands of Senator Quay that he shall take the Republican voters by the throat, squeeze the life out of them, and namo some other man some man acceptable, to the Blaukenburg machine. Why have not the Kiaokenbitrg poople elected delegates in sufficient niiiiitsers to nominate their own candidate? Why, when they have failed when they havo been so overwhelmingly beaten should they undertake to dictate to the people and demand of Quay that he should do for iheni what they have not been able to accomplish for themselves? What ar rant and arrogant hypocrisy it all is f They would dictate, would they? They j would choke the people 1 Colonel Stone has been bef.re tho peo ple and he has appealed to them for thir votes. They have given him their con fidence. They have practically nomi nated him as matters stand to day. This being the case the people having spoken at the polls without restraint, without any attempt at bossism we have no hesitation in saying that Congress man William A. Stone, of Allegheny couuty, should be the choice of the con vention. He cannot lie defeated unless by a display of bossisiu so gross a to carry condemnation with it. We confess a liking for Colonel Stone. VVe like him j rsecanse lie is bis own man. '-Because he entered the army when boy less than IS years of age aud fought to tho end of the War of the Rebellion, vinuing promotion for gallantry iimii (he tichl. 3 Because he wears the button of the Loyal Legion. 4 Because he has forced his way to the front ranks iu the American Congress be cause of his statesmanlike qualities. 5 Because he has gone boldly before the people and has been given their con fidence, sympathy and support. t Because the Blankenburg Leach Van Valkenlierg machine does not like him a machine not one member of which ever heard a gun fired ! 7 Because he is too honest to receive the commendation of "Dave" Martiu and "Chris" Magee splendid patriots when there is a dollar to be made. We will take Stoue because he is the choice of the people, and there was never a time yet when The Inquirer did not stand by the people. Furthermore, wo will elect him. Free Silver Democrats, Mugwumps and Copperhead there aro some of them left, it seems may vote against, him, but tho Republican party of Pennsylvania still rules the. State This is a McKinley and Stone year. It is not a year for army contractors. Cal. W. A. Stons Sseaks on R.foroi. Hi NTiNonoN, May IL Col. W. A. Stone received a magnificent ovation ou his arrival here at noon to-day. During the afternoon a steady stream of visitors from all sections of the country called on him at his hotel; many of taese being (rand Army veterans. On thir way to the Opera Houe the Colonel aud his party were escorted by a bind of music and 5x) of the veterans with a large battle ll tg. Ex -Senator Williamson was chairman of the meeting, aud the Opera House, seat ing 1,200 persons, was packed. Col. Stone spoke iu part as follows: My chief opponent, Mr. Wannmaker. deplores tho uo of money iu ttj.s cam- iiaiirn, and yet every political worker in tho counties where delegates hive been elected and in the counties that have not yet voted, knows that there is plenty o' money for distribution ainoni; the aua- maker workers. I leiieve iu political re form; I am as anxious ns any one to see reform in our part v. but I do n t believe iu reform on a cash basis. I-t Mr. Wana maker sincere? Does he res.Uy wish to work reform in the party or d-es be w ish to supplant some of the political leaders uy does be erniuv men who bail here tofore had great experience in political manipulation? Why did be employ Frank Leach, who for rears us secretary of the Republican Slate Committee, had madrt larce ai-ouaint.inef s throtighouttue Slate, knew the political worker, and bad .it-Is of their name and addresses? Is he not attempting to do by the aid of political experts just w hat he condemns in others? I have noihine personally against Mr. Wanamaker, but his cam paign for reform is Uk closely connected with men whose record for reform is such that the people may honestly dml i bis sincerity, lit complains atsmt the Ust Legislature. It ia not the last, but the next Legislature that tho (iovernor of Pennsylvania will have to deal with. Are the recgni:'.ed political leaders of Phila delphia and I'lttsbur supporting him and opposing me because tuey hope aud expect to establish reform in the party through him. or localise thev know htm lietler than the poople ho talks to? I.-t him disband his disciples and select a new act of men who w ill inspire confi dence in tho people. I am talking to aoorin? men to night hoso cause I have advocated in C-oneress for eight years. Their cause is much more important for consideration than my cause or the cause of any other candidate. I claim that there are more taliorine men in the c nntry than thore is work for tbem. What reduew the price of laihir n this country? What has prevented tho price for common labor from risinzas nigli In th scale as other eoonnouties t Why is it that in a time of great prosper ity honest and willing men can not find work? There are too many workiren iu the coiir try. In l.s-AJ td.OoO Immigrants settled In Pennsylvania and enter! into sharp com petition with the men trim work fir one foliar a uav. These immigrants are Wil li irg to work for le than this. lur work- i . ... . i. fi'eit iinvn i" rrotjew tucir wsgen m inM-t the proffered pri-eof immigrants or give up their jolis. They are struggling w ith their federation of lalr nr.d strikes in the ind-istrial regions of Pennsylvania to maintain priced that they may support their wives ami childien. They have found that the best organized strike can not compete with a shipload of immi grant. -Ve have laws that practically prohibit the importation of certain products for the benefit of capital. Why not havo law that prohibit immigration for the bcnelitof ltlsir? Let u legislate for the i erent niimlxr i f our cilizees who earn their bread by lh sweat of their brow, 1 and protect them as capital ia protected.' . .- - - . uncia Sam Says This b America's Greatest Medicine. It wU Sharpen Your Appetite, Purify nJ ; 1 ' HI X llai Vitaiizo Your Biood. Overcome Tha Tired Feeline. Get a bonla c Hood's Sarsapari!! ar.d begin ' take it TODAY, and realize the grc. good it is sure to do jou. Is America' Greatest Medicine. AU druggists Gibbs Imperial Plus, Mado at Canton, Ohio, the best plow on earth, can now be seen at J. B. Holderbauufs Hardware Store. Light to handle and very durable, SEE CUR.... Disc Harrows. Steel Bar Lever Spike Tooth Harrows. Steel Bar Lever Spring Tooth Harrow With Wheels. Old Style Wood Frame Harrows, plated front and under frame with wash era to protect bolt heads. Steel Bar I.ever Corn and Garden Cultivators, five, seven and nine shovels, with Hill ers and wecders. T Bar Steel Pulverizer Land Roller. Corn Planters, fertilizing attachment. rith Champion Hay Rakes. Farmers' Favorite Grain Drill. McCormick's Mowers and Binders Engines, Saw Mills and ' Threshers. Just Unloaded for Spring Trade. Car Wire Nails. " Barbed and Smooth Wire Imperial Plows. Harrows, Kramer Wagons. " Spring Wagons. " Buggies and Carriages. Call and examine my totk before you buy, J. B. Holderbaum SOMERSET, PA. OTICE OF IXt'OIiPOUATION. v V, TrUTUr " ,t-'"'wol Oi.ir.-I, 1 acorjHratlo:u r,:,Vo M ' r 1 . 1'a- for lly order of the Ii.nr,!. J. L. MM. I. Fit, secretary. MHItM I Jos. Home & Co. I The Sweet Girl Graduate..... Conjure up ail the words in tho dictionary and no sen teu.-e can be formed that is so particularly appropriate for the young girl about to graduate, as tho heading of this announcement. We honor it we honor the writ er w ho brought it to light. ...FOR HER... And there are a good many of "her Ibis year, we have some of the prettiest graduating fabrics ev er graduate's eyes looked upon. The time is growing apace, and all our Spring and Summer fab rics are being sold at Clearance prices. You will save big money by ordering now. t White Materials, at these materially reduced prices: 13 cents a yard for Dolled Swisses, India Liner. S3 Hu h Otgsndh, value 18ciid '.Oca jatd. 23 cents a yard for White Mulls, t Pin Dot Swisses, Organdies. French N'ainsoc.k value 30c and 33 cents. 50 cento a yard for 8 4 Organdies, Faucy Figured nxd Dotted Swisses. Mulls aud Batiste values U0; and 03 cents. You an order theoe g.iods Just as well through our Mail Order department as you could buy them personally. May we hear from you. i 5?5 527 P.m Ar. , PITTSBttG, PA 1 h Jti . . r- ' - r a ' ?-i.'tJ 15 wnsn yen A fUIl fSd COiPLET'fc UN'S FD. All OJJ Q A will AT PSIOS !J.Ca TO 75.GO 0 Tv " V V r.V r-iar.Jof tn :.ne matj:rirla V;-.' : V- Jrt-- Af:-.'i.'Mr!;nnf.?j r7,. f l ' flQl'5 fijP.NlSr2lP.G GOODS TA 13 MOST COMPLETE AND SOLO t" i P. A, SCHELL, SOMERSET, Pi, bs THINK 7 Makes 1 .u SOLD tyjjgfa) James $125 FER MONTH WE WANT A FEW MORE .MEN AS TRAVELING, LOCAL, COUNTY GENERAL OUTFIT FREK. Apply at once A. H. IMPORTED STOCK. VE HAVE HO AGENTS fctrt have oM Jirnt to tha m Mflocr fc rear s wht. sale pneca, :ylcj ot TOO itoCTMI. $rrvv a. U 8 cum, tfpnne TT. lomf rwa. IMt KiCOO. Wr.. .Vtid ELKHART CUIKIACK XXC UnVS HOUSE KEEPERS We try to justify the state ment that you caa get what you want in the Grocery line at our tore. We take paius, ako, to see that you get it just right. Xo stale or shop-worn goods on our shelves or iu our warehouse. Goods change hands too frequently for mything of that kind. How is it with our competitors ? Special at tention is always given to the FINE GrocerY TRADE 'inc Teas, Fine Cofities, Fine Spic es, Fine Canned Goods, Fine Pried Fruit?, Fine Canned Soups, Fine Confectioneries. Lut all can talk for themselves if you give them a chance. Rest place to bring your produce and best place to buy your goods. Respectfully, Cook & Beerits. ,H - t -j; I 3 M Emm 4&& i OF EVERY j . - . i . 1 li - i . -n j - jf s m v V i . , V f j " u i-t recc cook:ii ; applijn.i, s" ould bav th n examine the CINDERELLAU" ' kV. STOVES ts UANhrs ' Kitchen Work Pleasure. g:cd bakers-peefe:t roasters. J WITH THAT I XDKH Tam i, B Holderbaum. $i:5 FER WOMhf 'I Salesmen the war rounl. for territory, of : nERFNDEEN & CO., Cjhovj. s. 1 SEEDS. PI- 1 IA LTIK.-l K.7ix kia h llarricn. i.a u i7t i J. Cxitia- Koo4 Mt4 Mnk f lam. fnm CO. W. D. i ilV.- nuiim? CAR LOADS of every description arriving a: :!. REPOSITORIES, r ! Patriot Street Everv one y IS LOOKING For tlie be?t possil!e value f' their money. I claim to be al to frhow you aliere to tro for t best value at the smallest co.-t ; Carriaces, I'liaetons. Uuciies:?pn: 4 Wagons, Road Wagon-, Farm on?, Harness, Horse Goods a: I Sundries of every Je.-tr:pt:on. don't deal in hardware, dry goo j or grocei ies, but I d" claiia to , ry the largest and litic-t .tx'i 1 Vehicles and Carria.'- Sundries this pait or the eouuty up-'' j date goods, Lmg I'l-tanee .Uj and the Cradle v sh:ft I Know What I I'uy I Guarantee What I Come and judge for y..ur-e!f -4 get Trices and Terms 1 11W - j Carriages, $47.50 to SI75.C J Phaetons, 42.50 to 153-13 85 05 Buggies, 23.00 to Spring Wagons, 34.03 to 4 in n" 110-1 4 Road Wagons, 23.au w - "j Bicycles, 24.00 to 450X rut" 52.52, 23-04 Two-Horse Farm Wagons Two-Horse Farm Wagons. (l-iui-b lire.) One-Horse Wagons. Open day ana nigm -11 " " - " Sale and Exchange 1 lact f ' wrJi -nrt.3, tan Vehicles E.L.Simpson SOMERS ET, PA
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