The Somerset Herald CO VTA. ED 8CUIX Editor ud Proprietor. WKDNKsUAY June s, lAfc. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. OoVF.KSatt, WILLIAM . STUNK. I.ltrTE5A5T WVtltSOK. J. P. h. ;. '''AS. SB UETiRY K ISTf.ESAt. AIFAIUS, JA-Mt-J W. LA.TTA. Jl lX.K OK KI I'KUIOB roi'tT, WILLIAM W. I-OUTLR. COSiEEK-AT-I.AK;K. U A Ll'SU A A. O IK t W. K A M L DA V KN Iu UT COUNTY. F. J. KOOsEK, of Somerwt (SMiliject to division of District Conn-reiico.) CTATK SENATE, J. J. HOULITZELU M-yerIale. (Subject to decision of Dmtrtct Conference.) AssmliLV, W!l. H. KiMJNTZ, Somerset. H. A. KKNDALL, MhjItsiLiIc. ASSOCIATE Jl'DGK, A. F. DICKEY, Noim-rset Township. MSTRIfT ATTOUSEr, KUFT."4 E. MEYKIiS, Somen. mo.1 HIEKCTOK, ADAM S. MILLER, oraerset Towni-uip It skems the Somerset county dele gates couldn't pick the winner. Let every lb-publican turn in now and do his U-st for Ilie w bole tik t. As Admiral Sannw" t-nid !o Admi ral Schley: "It's a lng time bctwetn shots." Axi William A. Stone will le the next Governor. We may all be happy yet, you N't. It is all over but the shouting. The next (Jovernor of Pennsylvania will te William A. Stone. The wheat crop is reported in fine condition, and the golden fields never deserved the adjective more than at present quotations. Three old mildiers on the ticket, and the war is still raging. It appeals to every man who wore the bine in the sixties and to every man who wears the blue to-day. It is estimated that the war con tracts thus far amount to over ?.'!H),- OuO.Otxi. The country would ! Utter 01T if the naval expenditures had lieen made live years ago. Starving out Havana will probably lie a slow ojeration, but a city docs not live by food alone. The susj-nsion of business throughout Cuba must make many of its inhabitants feel tired. ADMIRAL Iiewev's fleet is larger by three captured gunboats than it was when he entered Manila Hay. After the Monterey and Charleston reach him he will be ready to defy the whole navy of Spain. Hawaii will come to us as a gift, the Philippines were knocked oil" the perch we are going to buy St. Thomas, and Cuba is soon to fall into our liasket. I'ncle Sam is becoming enthusiastic on the Island tieslioii. Vex ezi ei.a has selected ex-President Harrison as its chief counsel in the lioundary arbitration proceedings to le giu in Paris next year. The choice phows good judgment, and insures a Kearchiug test of the questions iu vol ved. A sox of General Grant is a Driga- lier General, his grandson is an aid to (Jen. Fitzhugh Iee, his widow has ac epted the presidency of the Women's National War Relief Association, and bis daughter has resumed her Ameri can citizenship. The patriotism of the Grant family may lie relied on. At LAST the "Slate of Allegheny," as Abraham Lincoln used to call it, Las a candidate for Governor. For yean Allegheny has been striving to have a full fledged gubernatorial ticket and at last she has succeeded. Alle gheny eouuty should give William A Sloue at least thirtv thousand tut- Capt. Ciias. V. Gridi.ey, com mauder of the flagship Olympia and one of the heroes of the brilliant vieto ry at Manila, died at Kobe, Japan, on June 4th, while on his return to Amer ica. His death is supposed to have re sulted from injuries sustaiued in the battle of Manila. He leaves a wife and three children, residents of Erie, Pa. As the Herald had predicted for weeks jast Colonel William A. Stone of Allegheny, was nominated on the first ballot by the Republicans of Pennsylvania as their candidate for Governor, at their State Convention last week. Ia the nomination of Colonel Stone the Republican party of Pennsylvania has spoken after a canvass as free and fair and open as was ever held in this S ate, He made ami won the fight on his own merits. The nomination is an excellent one and the jirfy will en dorse it at the jmlls next November. The other candidates are tried and true men, who have deserved the hon ors given them. Altogether the ticket is an unusually strong one. It is un assailable. It cannot fail at the polls. That "General" William H. Koontz would le greatly chagrined at the niea- gerne of his vote at Hit recent pri mary election was to lie expected, Iwt that he would devote almost tlie entire space of his ersouaI organ in self-land at ion and in reviling and ab-i.-ing the more than S.ftK) Stalwart lit publicans if the county who refused to vote for liiru was scarcely to be anlk iated. Of CHirse due allowance must be made for the keen disappointment naturally felt by a candidate whose friends tiastful!y liroclaimed before the election would have from 1,5m) to 2..VM majority, and who only slipped through by the skin of his teeth, by a plurality in fact less than the majority claimed for him iu lim two home nvcinets, Somerset lior wgh and township. And, on the other baud, was tt not to 1 reasonably .x peeled that after a considerable major ity of ute voters erf the county had cast their ba'lots against him, and his home precincts, polling one-sixth the en tire vote oC the county, hid severely rebuked bin by giving his fd'ow townsman ud opponent, CupL W. II. Sncer. ik much larger vote than he re ceived, be would have &eeted bis Domination in a spirit of gratitude, of meek nes and humility, the hope that his past political sins would be forgiven, and that by a manly, straight forward course would earn and receive the loya! supjiort of every Republican voter iu tlte county this fall. Although over 3,300 .Stalwart Kepub- licana cast their votes for Senator Quay, thus itre--siRsr their choice of a candi date fr Ceiled Slates Senator, and in structing their legislative nomine- on the senatorial question, Candidate Koontz openly proclaims that he wi.l not obev the instructions thus given him hy a large majority of his constit uents, and utiuues through bis ier sonal orean to malign, deride and alume Senator Quay and his political friends; and this, too, in the face of the fact that he received much ls than one- ha'f of the vol cast at the recent pri mary, whilti Senator Quay received a considerable majority, despite the raot-t earnest eflVrts of Candidate lvoonir. and his friends to have his (iiaj'a) name scratched from the ticket- Fora"Model LesrUlative Candidate, "One Whom the People do Love to Honor." as his fulsome organ receuiiy styled him, to receive lew than one- half the votes cast; to have the enure vote of one or more precincts illed against him; to be defeated in his own home nreciiicts where h has spent the almost seventy years of his life is, we confess, somewhat humiliating, but it affords no escuse for a candidate on the ticket, a uominee of the party, to vent his snleen by coarse abuse of those wuo opposed him at the pritrutry, and, in the name of common decency, in the name of a majority of the Republican voters of the county, in the name of the 3,341 i-talwart Republicans who rent their lallots for Senator Quay, we say to Candidate KoonU that this sort of thing must cease. Call off your dogs, "rt;n ?ral," or there is danger of fieir starting up game that you are not gunning for. While every ItepubUcan voter owes it to himself to support the entire ticket, Slate and omuty, it is sin-cmlly iueum- ln-nt upon the candidates on the county ticket ta sive the State ticket their loyal and earnest support. Will Can didate Kooutz do so." TU Hero of Sintiigo. Ax assistant naval constructor, hith erto engaged in the routine duties of school -teaching, and a dilapidated tramp steamer lately used as a coal hulk these are not on the face of the case promUing material for the build ing of an heroic saga. 1 here is not in them much that is reminiscent of el son with the glass at his blind eye, or Farragut lashed to the rigging. One would instinctively look elsewhither for stirring deeds. These are only the fittings of an age of commonplace, in which veins are filled with water in stead of IiI.kmI, ami passions are regu lated by measure and weight. Put in that instinct would 1 forever wrong. For In an hour in Santiago Ray that man and that ship gained immortality of fame for the sheer tpleudor of delib erate daring such as King (af and his Rerserks might have loved to see. Inside the bay was the Spanish fleet, half a dozen sujierb fighting shijis, and the shores were lined with batteries and the bit torn dotted with mines and tor p sines like that which destroyed the M line. Outside lay the American fleet. And the problem was to block the nar row gatewiy so that the Spaniards could not get out. It was to that task that this man addressed himself, with his seven comrades and the old coal hulk. There was noneof the dash and excitement of battle in the job, no blaz ing and thuudering of big guns and darting of torpedoes. At least there w.ts none on Hobson's side. He and his men and their defenceless ship sail ed slowly into the awful trap wilhou a stroke in their own defence. A lit eral hail of shot and shell swept down up u them. The chances were that tu:?y would be riddled, or blown to at onu. Rut calmly and steadily the ship was moved forward until the narrowest part of the channel was reached. Then an anchor was cast out at the bow. In instant jeril of death they waited pa tieutly, as inch by inch the tide swung the great hulk around. At last she lay right aeror the channel, her length reaching almost from shore to shore. Then they dropjied another anchor at the stern, ta hold her fast in that posi lion. Then, as Orenville said after his immorUl light, the word was given "Sink me the ship, Master Gunner Sink her! Split her iu twain!" Aft by the hands of her own crew the ship was sunk, effectually barring the har bor against Cervera's exit or Caniar' entrance. The work was done. Then seeing there was no escape in their open skiHT through the storm of shot and shell that fell about them, Holwon and his seven calmly rowed to the nearest Spanish ship, who guns were lielch- ingout death against them, and gave themselves up a prisoners of war! That is the simple story, and you will not surpass it in all the tales of chivalry. For that discretion which is the better part of valor, and that un flinching valor which is the highest of all discretion, the deed commands rec ognition among the most heroic deeds of all time. No wonder the Spaniards, brave men themselves, applauded it and treated the prisouers as distin guished guests. The human race ap- p!aiids an act that gilds mere clay with glory, and the navies of the world dip flags in salutation to the sunken coal- hulk. The name of Holnon is added to the list that already bears the names of Dewey and of Farragut, of Perry and IVcatur. It was a small proceed ing, cornered with their great battles. P.ut its results arc not insignificant in themselves while the manner of its doing showed its doers to be possessed of the highest heroism known in mor tal conflict the heroism that goes to the performance of supreme duty with out a single stimulus save the fact that it is duty, and that in the face of all but certain death. That in this case death did not prove a certainty, but every one of the gallant eight came out from the fearful ordeal unscathed, is cause for exultation second to none in the whole resplendent drama. New York TrilMioe. Iaiuranc agenti and Leaf Tobacco Daaleri to b Taxed. Following are some of the provisions of tlm war revenue bill as it now stands : lusifatx agenU shall pay $12. Kvery person. Arm or corporation having an office or place .if business and acting as Hirer. t, etc.. aa!l be regarded as an insur ance agent. Healers in leaf tohvovt whose annual sales shall not exceed OO.lXk) pounds shall eiit h pay $ti; where tlte annual tales ex ceed U3,(Kt pounds, and do not exceed pounds, $12; over lOG.Ouu pounds, 121. The provision requiring a stamp to h placed on certain medicines was amend ed so as to exempt reciires or prescrip tions written by practicing physicians and surgeons, "or which may be put op or compounded by a druggist or phar macist" p. . Everybody's liable to Itching piles. Uicli and poor, old and young terrible thetonura they suffer. Only one sure ciu; Oosq's Ointment. Absolutely safe; can't tail. ( For Sala. Two thoroughbred Poland-China Soars ready for service. A. S. KlUMEL, Btjrliu, Pa. COL STOE ON obin for Lieutenant-Governor and tbe Other Officials Renominated A Winning Ticket and -Strong Platform. TELE TICIET For Governor Colonel William A. -ir Lieutenant Governor General For Secretary of Internal Affairs For Judge of the Superior Court William W. Porter, of I mla. 'or ConTczsmen-at-Large Galusha IIarkisb' r(, June 2. It was a peace ful oonvet'.n and quick, too, for after it began ojierations there was no adjourn ment until the end w as reached. So peaceful was it that when the hand some and stalwart' junior Senator, Boies Penrose, was oratorically bombarding Spain, a sparrow flew in and winged lt w ay to the staee, where it alighted ana bobbed iu head aud daintily bopped about entirely careless of results. The convention had no elements alut it to frighten even the sparrow, and the bird circled around and remained for a lime an Interested spectator. This peacea! ile convention made up a w arlike ticket, Colonel Stone, for Gover nor; CJeneral tiobin, for Lieutenant Gov ernor, ana General latta, ior reeriarjr ui Internal Affairs, made a strong combina tion of fighters, and they w ill carry the Republican standard over the hills and valleys of Pennsylvania. With Superior Court Judge Porter ana Congressman-at-Large Grow and Daven port renominated, the ticket was com plete. The little attempt to create opposition to Ijitta fell flat, of course, and the effort of Congressman Arnold, of the Clearfield' district, to defeat Daveuport by a deal with the Combine, an organization to which he has been opposed, was a failure. THE CONVENTION A CREPIT. The convention was a credit to the He- pnhli.-an party. The galleries were in clined to be a little Ixiislerous at times. Init the liest of order prevailed on the I floor, there were no angry contentions auKing the delegates aud neither Penrose nor tbe permanent chairman, Frank W. YVuealon, of Wilkesbarre, had a ruling disputed, or a serious ruling to make, for that matter. No bitter personal words w ere spoken and the speeches were all good. Tom Marshall, of Allegheny, not "GloriiMis Old Tom," but bis son, made the nominating speech for Colonel Wil liam A. Stone, and skeb-bed his career as a soldier and civiliau. It was a splendid record that he gave Stone. Ex-SenaUir Allen, of Warren couuty, did the houors for Charles W. Stone, aud did them well, too. The speech that aroused the most en thusiasm was that of C. F. Chidsey, of Northampton eouuty,' who named Gen. Frank Reeder. It was a tribute to Reeder which was ricbly deservenl. Reeder had been attacked iu his own home in a most reckless aud unjustifiable maimer by the Van Valkeuberg combination, and the presence here of the Northampton dele gates for Roedor and this speech of Chid sey's were Ihe answers of General Read er's Irieuds. CHIIISKV'S POINTER SPEECH. Refore the single liallot upon which SUne was nominated was announced, tbe Reeder delegates changed their votes and recorded them for Stone. Chidsej'a speech was pointed in its denunciations of traitors as was a call to the Republican party to storm the hidden mines and tor pedoes of slander just as Dewey had de fied the torpedoes in Manila Bay. It took immensely w ith the crowd, which prov ed that there was every intention upon the part of the spectators to fight under the Hag next November. ' The surprise of the convention was the w ithdrawal of John Wanamaker as a can didate. J. M. Huston, of David Martin's district delegation, made the nominating speech for Wanatnaker, but the moment he had concluded A. S. L. Shields was on his feet and presented a letter from his candidate. It was tho linal attempt to defeat Colonel Stone. Tbe letter was au attack upon tbe Republican organization, charging it with using its power to en force machine methods aud then throw ing the Wanamaker support to Charles V. Stono. No reference was made to tbe Martin and Magee ma bines, which have !een responsible forsc much evil in tbe two cities. LANE'S REPLY TO WANAMAKER. David II. Lane cbaracterid it as the most armgoant display of bussisiu ever seen in a convention and his characteri zation started an outburst of cheers. Kvery body took the letter to mean that if Colonel Stone should bo nominated there would 1 an independent movement, but the convention refused to be scared by the threat. Charles W. Stone's own fol lowing now had added to it the Wana maker delegates and the ta controlled by Martin and Magee, but it was not enough. The vote was )!S for William A. Stone and Mi for Charles W. Stone, a majority of 55. The Council delegates went to the suc cessful candidate, as did most of the Leisenring men. A sell EM E TIIAT PAILER. Colonel Stone lost the four Clearfield county delegates, w hich he should have had. Tli is was liecause Congressman Arnold took them over to the other camp on a deal which was to bring the strength of the other side to him for Congressman-at-Largo. This was apparent as soon as the imliot for Congressmen began. Daven port's was the head aimed at, and Martiu and Msgee's combiners went solidly for Arnold, but the scheme failed. The old war horse. Grow, got 2s- ; Dav Tho Latest War Kevo Ia Brief. The Navy Department revived a dis patch Saturday from Admiral Sampson, reisirting that he succeedta in sinking the Merrimac in the chanuel of Santiago, lh work lieing carried out gallantly by Naval Constructor Hohsou and seven men. Admiral Sampson also reports that there are six of tho Spanish squadron iu the hsrlsir, all of which are unable to avoid capture or destruction. Admiral Sampson decided on Friday to close the channel at Santiago by ainki ng the Merrimac W hen he called for vol unteers to man tho boat and go to almost certain death, probably tbe entire complement of men w ith the ships, otter ed tiieir orvks. The Merrimac entered the harbor undor a hot fire aud was riddled with bullets, buthercrevr managed to anchor her at the exact spot intended and then sunk her with a torpedo. The result of Sampson's and Schley's operations at Santiago is that the Spanish squadron is effectually bottled up, with the oork in the bottle, and that Bianco and Cervera are cut off from the Madrid authorities by the cutting of the cable. . The cable cutting operations begun a month ago have been concluded and Blanco is now Isolated from the outside world, particularly from the Spanish ;ithoriii( at Madrid. Tbe last cable se vered was that running from Santiago to UaytL IjUct au.J fuller accounts of the attack on the h!iorvs tt a.stiijp show that WINS FIRST BALLOT. Stone, of Allegheny. J. P. S. Gobin, of Lebanon. General James W. Latta, of Phila. A. Grow, of Susquehanna, and S. A. Davenport, of Erie. enport 215 and Arnold m This was a good showing for Arnold, but he needed 182. General Gobin went in for Lieutenant Governor w ith plenty of votes to spare. He received K in alb Dave Martin's candidate, Cochran, who had set up York county for tbe Van Val kenberg combination, secured the magni ficent total of 32 Even Martin did not vote for him, but carried his Philadelphia combiners over to John C. Grady, who polled 70 votes. As Cochran is Martin's Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, he will have an early opportunity to ask David a few pointed questions. THE DEFEATED CANDIDATE. Charles W. Stone, while defeated, comes out of the contest cldau-handed aud with tbe respect of all. He made his canvass without a word of attack upon his rival. He has availed no one and occupies a most favorable position for future ad vancement and usefulness. He is a Re publican, and do word of complaint will fall from his lips. Uis full support will be given, as it always is, to the Republi can party. William A, Stone also has conducted his campaign in an open ud straight forward manner. His victory is a re markable one when ills taken into con sideration that all the vials of wrath of tbe Blankenburg-Vau Valkenberg com bination were poured upon his unoffend ing head and that he has had tho sturdy autagiHiism of I toss Martin, of Philadel phia, and lioss Magee, Ho could have won only by having a great mass of tho Republican people with him, and the nomination has been made by the people and absolutely tree from bossism. Never was a cleaner and clearer title to a noin (nation given by a State convention, cith er in Pennsylvania or in any other Slate in the Cuiou. WA.VAM.VKER WITHDRAWS. Mr. Wanamaker's retirement from the tight came as a t-lartling surpriso to his delegates, and it is understood that be determined upon that course only a shoit lime before his letter was read to the convention. The withdrawal is inter preted to mean that Mr. Wanamaker has placed himself in position to run as au independent candidate tor governor if he so elects. He has repeatedly in his speeches served notice on the convention that if W. A. Stone was nominated be would continue bis tight against the Quay organization. Mr. Wanamaker w ent to i hiladelphia on tho late after noon train. He declined to mako any statement, referring inquirers to his letter read to the convention. KI.KIN AO A IN AT THE HELM. The candidates and Chairman Whea lou met alter the convention and re-elect ed John P. Klkin, of Indiana, chairman of the state committee. Mr. Klkin wiil arrange a reception for the candidate at sLate headquarters in Philadelphia at which they will be formally notified of their nomination. A number of liarrisburg ladies occu pied seats iu tbe gallery wbeu the coa venlion was called to order at 11 o'clock by Slate Chairman Klkin. Senators Pen rose, Mage, Durham, Secretary of the Commonwealth Martin and other party leaders were greeted w ith applause from the galleries when they took their seats. ATTENDANCE WAS LAKI1K, The attendance was the largest since the convention of lsyu. The galleri and stage were crowded with spectators. Tbe Philadelphia delegation ocetipicd seals to the right of the stage and those from Allegheny to the lefL Congress man William Conuell, of Scranton, who withdrew last night iu W. A. Stone's favor, sat on the stage with the news paper men. Geuera! Frank Reeder, the choice of the Northampton delegation. was also a spectator from tho stage. Alter the reading of the call for the convention and the roll of delegates. General B. V. FiaLer, of West Chester, presented the name of Senator Penrose Tor temporary chairman. Nobody else was suggested aud the senator was elect ed by acclamation, aud responded with an address. COM1TTEE ON CONTESTED SEATS. The chair appointed the following com mittee on contested seats : Auditor Gen eral Levi G. McCauley. of Chester; D. A. Gorman, Indiana; R. S. Murphr, Cam bria; Floyd L. Kniver, Bradford; J. C Brown, Columbia; Cyrus II. Blood, Jefferson, and K. K. Smiley, Venango. Chris I. Magee, of Allegheny, suggested that the rouvention proceed with the speeches nominating candidates and that tbe representatives of the committees on permanent organization and resolutions lie ready to resirt in order when pre sented. The eommittne convonod immediately in Ihe rear of tho hall and reported Frank W. Wheaton, of W'ilkeslwrre, for chairman. The reisirt was adopted and Mr. Wheaton was elected by a.vlnma tion. His speech of acceptance w as very brief and business-like. The convention, at 4:15 p. in , adjourn ed sine die without giving the candidates at opportunity of preseiitingtliiiiselvo. eight Spaniards were killed and many more wounded. A letter secured by Secret Service olili-ers from the Montreal residence of Lieutenant Carranr, of Ihe forierSpan- Isli l.-galitiii at Washington, proves con cliiKively lluit the hemUpiarters of the Spanish spy system is located there and copies of the letter have heeu sent to the President and members of the cabinet and it is likely that the Dominion government w ill be asked to deport the Spaniards im plicated. Five transport carrying regt.lar caval ry and infantry left Mobile, Ala. Their destination is presumed to be Tampa, but they sailed under sealed orders. In an order issued by the War Depart ment, it is announced that Vermont, Dela ware and several other Slates and Terri tory exceeded their quota of troops under the first call froip. Iks President, and will not be included iutheapip4ion iiient under the second call. The War Department ha decided to establish a general hospital at Cbicka miugs. What Haagariaai Eat. The Huns. Slavs and Croliana ent a banl, dark (almost black) rye bit ad. I f w, 1. : . I.. 1. 1 . 1. rri. v .i 1 k, 'i.irr mj 11.19 luniti;, t Uf lirexd made from Oriental tloir (the specja! brand of William Iv. Gillespie, wholesale grocer, tfth and D-iq iesne Way, Pitts burg. Pa.,) is pronounced preeminently healthful tf"aue of the II mr's w hnle- sotiieness Lia!er; spoc;fy Oriental FJjr l"s bijjh grade; nioJcrato priced. LIVES OF THE CANDIDATE 3. Ttroo of tho Hoaiateo 8rvod Daring tho Civil War Centra! Latta rartioi patcd ia a Ccori of BatUei. William Alexis Sumo, of Allegheny was Uorn ID neiinar k iij-.i'k., , county. Pa., April IS. 1SK. His fattier. Israel Stone, was a farmer, v llliaiu worked upon the farm and attended tiie district school during the wiuter. In August, 13, he ran away to lUmsburg with some boy companions ho had been memliera of a cadet corps at home and eolistmL His father secured his re- lea.sn, because of his minority, through the assistance of SenalurSiiuun Ciurou. But in February, lVil, young Stone again euiisted, liecoming a private in Company A, Ous Hundred and Kigbty sevetilh Ibgiuietit, Peuusyivauia Vol unteers. While Ibis command was on its way to tbe South he leme ill and was placed in a hospital at Washington. He left the hospital to join the volunteers ealied todefond the Capital City against the threatening invasion of Generals Rreckenridge aud Kar'y. His first par ticipation in an engagement was at Six Mile Run, on August 13, and from August 19 to September 22 was with the troops besieging Petersburg. Nf it he returned with the regiment to Camp Cadwuladcr, hiladelphia. lie was made a S.woud Lieutenant on March 10, 1-Vm, aud was mustered out of the service August 3, ISiS. Governor Hartranftuow c:n:n;-- oiuued him a Lieutenant Colonel in the National Guard, in rank with the posi tion of Assistant Adjutant General of tho Thirteenth Division. C.RADl'ATK AT A NORMAL Returning home Lieutenant Stone at tended the Mansfield State Normal School, and, after being graduated, be came a teacher in the Wellsboro Acad emy, lie next read law with Hons. Ste phen II. Wilson aud J. B. Niles. He was admitted to the bar and began practice in Welisboni. In 171 ho was elected Dis trict Attorney for Tioga county fora-crm of three years. Two years after his elec tion he resigned his otliee and removed to Pittsburg. II is first law office was opened at (ill Grant street. President Hayes in 10 appointed him United Slates District Attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania. Pres ident Arthur reappointed him, but upon the advent of President Cleveland he was removed ior violation of the order against Federal ollicials being pernici ously active la politics. Colonel Stone had made speeches in the Beaver guber natorial campaign. In June, 1U0, he was nominated for Congress in a memor able convention to succeed the late Hon. Thomas M. Bayne, who declined after being nominated by the delegates pres ent. Much strife was engendered by the sulntilution of Colonel Stone for George Shiran, III., who had been the opponent of Mr. Bayne. aud the nominee there upon declii.ed. Primary elect ions were agaiu held, and Colonel Stone was again nominated. Ha has since boeu thrice elected a Representative and is now serv ing bis fourth term, which will not ex pire until March 4, lstf.l. HIS CONGRESSIONAL SERVICE. Iu Congress he has been a member of the Committee on Judiciary, on Rivers and llrtors and Appropri:itions. His work on a sub-committee of the latier has hi en chietly connected with pensions. As a meuilier of the Committee nil Riv ers and Harliors he lixs given much at te:ili hi to Ihe improvement of the Alle gheuy river. Iu the Fifty-third Congress he seen red the passage by the House of his bill rcstri.-tin; immigration, and it is in connection w ith this measure that he came iuto general notice. The battle iu behalf of some restrictions of immigra tion, uuder bills of various authorship, has gone steadily forward since without decisive action. John p. s. c.oiun. The nominee for Lieutenant Governor, John P. H. Gobin, of Lnbanoii county, was born at Sun bury, Northumberland county, Pa., January 20. 1SI7. lie com pleted his education at the Suubury Academy. Afterward Susquehanna Uni versity conferred upon him the degree of D s-tor of Laws. He at first learned the priutiug business in the otliee of the Sun bury American, aud thou read law. Ile served in the Rebelliou from April 10, Isol, uutil January ti, lsiii;, as First Lieutenant of Company F, Klevcnlh Pennsylvania Volunteers, Captaiu Com pany C, Migor and Colonel Forty seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, and Brovet Brigadier GcneraV United Stales Volun teers. He has recently been Brigadier General commandiug the Third Bri gade. N. G. P. Ho was elected to the State Senate in lsSl, lKvs, 1SII2 and re-elect-e-1 in 1S7KL He is a Past Department Commander of the ti. A. R. and Past Grand Master of the Knights Templars of tho United Slates. JAMES W. LATTA. James W. Latta, who was re-nominated for Secretary of Intornal Affairs, was born iu Philadelphia, April !, I AW. He was admitted to the bar iu lsti), Isit en listed as a private iu company G, Gray Reserves, cn tho sameday. After succes sive promotions to a Captaincy he w as made an Adjutant General of Volunteers in lsl. He was iu the battles at Gettys burg, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor. Wil derness and many others ; was breveted Major for gallant conduct at Wiuchoster, and Lieutenant Colonel for meritorious services at Etiem-zer Church. Declining a regular army appointment, he was mustered out January 2d, lsjk!. He re sumed his law practice, and rejoined tho National Guard. Governor llartranft ap pointed him Adjutant General of the State, fie was elected Secretary of In ternal Affairs in lwi. Ha is a ia-t De partment Commander, Grand Army of tiie Republic. II ALl'SIl A A. OROW. Galusha A. Grow, ro-nominated as one of the Congrcssmen-at-Large, was liorn in Ashford, Windham county. Conn., Au gust "l. Id. He now resides iu Glrnwood, Susquehanna county, whilher his widow ed mother brought hiui when but '& years ol.L lie entered Amherst College iu ls(l, and was graduated in ISH. and three years later wii admitted to the bar. In K-tilier, ISjil, ho was elei-ted to Congress, and live consecutive times later from that district. Iu Ixi2 he was defeated in a i:ew district. M r. tirnw was eleirtud Speaker of the Mouse in the Thirty-seventh Congress in a memorable contest. He has ol'teu been a delegate to National Conventions. lSiK he was Chairman of ths State Ite pulilican Committee. From 1ST! 1 1 Is7t lie was l'reyidoiit of tho International ami 4 treat Northern Railroad. In Fel ruary, ls', he was rt turner, to Congress at a speeisi election, def -alius? Jun-'i 11. Hancock. He was re uie-tel tothe Fifiy foiirlh and Fifty-iiP.il Coiigrejses by ma jorities tint h ive b;HMi u.-ipnv luntfl I. The plurality he obtained in ls'. was 217, 11'!, tbe largest plurality recorded iu any Slate, SaMTEL A. D VVEXPOBT. Samuel A. Davenport, of Krio, was born near Walk ms, Schuyler county, N. ., January It, is.: I. Ho was educated at Krie A.-adouiy. and later was graduated from Harvard Law Scli.sd. Iu lsiO he was clc-tt.l District Attorney. Ho was elected to hU present olli.-e of Congress man at Largo by a majority of 2U:,l!o. Reduced Rates via Pennsylvania Rail road. For Reading, Pa, Sesqni - Centennial Jubilee, June 5 to 12, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion ticket from stations ou its linen in the State of Pennsylvania to Reading and re turn at reduced rate. For specific raU s and conditions apply to Ticket Agents. This ccle'iralioti protnisr- to l-c one of the groate-t events in the city's hist ry. Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, June i, 8, and !), will lie special d:iy. The celebration will cl-e wiih a grand masked carnival on Salurd.iy I ijiht, June 12. i THK FL&TF0BK. A Strong 2ocnant Adopted by tao State CoBTaticn. Following is the full t t of the fdt form adopted by the Repulilie.m Stat convention at ILtrristmrg last Th'iosday : 1. The Republican pr:y-!t Pennsylva nia, In convention assembled, rxtifiesand r affirms the. d-H-triue enunciate.! iu the , Republican Nalioua! platform adopted at., SL Louis in IsiAi, and approved by the j peopln at Ihe lsl Presidential election. 2 Wo declare our emphatic itpproxal ( ; the w ise and patriotic nmrs! of the Prca ident and Congress in the pre-M-i.t crisis. We apprecialH the Lish tUMimnhip which led the President to report to every honorable means to avoid th'i necessity of a war with Spain. The conditions "prevailing in the islam! of Cula n'.id.T Spanish control had ! . come seriously inj irioiis to our important commercial interest", and the sud'ering, misery and d?tli occasioned by Spanish cruelty and barbaiity ha.l incurred as n- j timmit amni:g Iho American people, who can not help but fe-l a generous yu,pa thy w ith people so near our ow n Isirder. ' The destruction of the Maine by Span ish agencies in the opinion of our people demanded atonement; and our negotia tions with Spain clearly developed the fact that one alternative was lef- to ihe United States, that Spain should relin quish her sovereignty over that island. and that the freedom of Cuba t-hould be recognized. With thtse purposes in view wedem nd vigorous prosecution of the war to a suc cessful conclusion, and we plodge our earnest support to th President f the United Slates iu whatever measures be may deem necessary. 3. We rejoice with the people of the nation upon the brilliant record which the Amerii-ac navy has made in the pres ent war. The i-plenid victory of the Am erican fleet under Commodore Dowry at Manila has not been rivaled in the history of naval warfare; and our poople have such confidence iu the bravery, skill and efficiency of the efli-ers and men of emr navy that they ontldeiitly look forward to equally brilliant victories in the Cuban waters. We demand that the national Govern ment shall, as rapidly as possible, in crease and build up our navy so that we shall at all times be prepared to meet the necessities of our national defense, to pro tect our merchant marine and our grow ing foreign commerce, and, with th o same object in view, we demand that the na tional Government r.ball provide ade quate coast defenses upon our seaboard of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. We congratulate the State upon the promptness with which Pennsylvania tilled the quota required by the national Government with trained and efficient volunteer soldiers. The National Guard of Pennsylvania has always !eeii a mat tor of pride wilh our peeiple, and w e ap preciate their patriotic response to the call of tho President. . Our people w ill w atch the career of Ihe Pennsylvania volunteers with alisolnto confidence in their patriotic desire and ability to uphold tho honor and the dig uity of tho Slate of Pennsylvania. 4. The Republicans of Pennsylvania re- allirm their adherence to the doctriun of protection to American industries. Two years ago our mills were ilose-d and our manufacturing, Commercial, agricultural and business interests were pnwtrated. To-day our mills are opened,., lal.or is given full employment, and a general re vival of industrial activity promises re new ed prosperity to our Sia'.o, We re all'trm Iho declaration made in the last Republican uational platform in favor of the construction of the Nicaragua Canal. We believe that the present war has demonstrated beyond eiuestton the imperative necessity of this canal for pur Hises of uational tlefeuse and for the de velopment of oar foreign and domestic commen-e, and we call ou Congress to push this work as f-pe-edily as possible, We express our gratitude to our Sena tors and to the Congressmen or this State for I heir efforts in securing such appro priations from the national Government as w ill insure the final completion of the improvements upon the Ohio, the Alle gheny and tho Monongabela Rivers, so that free slack water navigation will be secured to the people of that great manu facturing and industrial region ; and we demand that the national Government shall cuntiuue tbe appropriation for the improvement of the Delaware River un til its channel shall be of sufficient depth and width to receive the largest battle ships and the biggest vessels eif our mer chant marine into tho l"rt of Philadel phia. Recognizing that Western l'ennvyha- nia is destined to trfs-ome the man u.'ai-t ti ring center of tho world, w e demand tl at Cemgress shall make adequate provision fir the construction of a waterway be tween the slackwater navigation of the Ohio and its tributaries and the Gicut Lakes, and we express our cordial rp proval of and pledge oui earnest support to the proposed canal connecting the Great Lakes with the sealsiard. We ro-allirm the declaration in the platform of the Republican party in this State in 17 in favor e.f the law restrict ing immigration of chesp foreign labor ers, who nro unwilling and unqualified to assume the duties of citizenship, but who enter into competition with our own Amciicau woiking people. Wo heartily and cordially r-iidorte the administration of President McKinley. The Jies.p'a ef Pennsylvania appreciate his patriotism and statesmanship, and have implicit confidence in his ability to guide the Nation at this time. His judicious and patriotic course iu the present war lias won for biin the admiration am! rfeqMct of sta:emeri throughout the world. Tho purity of bis patriotism and the wisdom of his sb.tcs luauship are such that iu Iho conduct of tbe present war sectionalism h.-j disap peared and he receives the earnest sup port of the Anieri.-an people. ' We commend tho wise, varcful an.l ef ficieul administration e! the Slate Gov ernment in Its variotu departments, and heartily approve of tho fidelity with which cur Slate officials have discharged their diitits. The Republi. an party of Pciiusylvan'a is in favor f.f "good toads" through) lit tho Coinini.uwealtli, and recognizing that the State should aid In their construction, we recommend such legislation and ap propriation of public moneys as may be r .cessary for that purisise, Hirawayaen on Wheels. A wheelman of West i ii S'rwt. New Yoik, was not long since attacked, rob bed an.l !n1 senseless by two highway men mounted o:t bicycles in Central Park. R e:-.ted a's-ountsof robbe-riea by men iiioiiiitisl upon the sw ift revolving wheel liato appeared in tho papers in vaiious p iris of ihu country. In eaj-h iiisUtuce, so fir as learned they have evaded the police. Those depredators of the health, diseases of the kidneys and bladder, w ill like-vise iu all likelihood cscr.pe arrest, and pursue their atroe-ious career unchecked, unless they are arrest ed in the outset by ihe potent interven tion of H.teUcr'a Stomach Bitters, tha Guest diuretic, as w ell as tonic, knowu to modern limes. Tho genial pre ventive named is tho tiest known medicinal saf.-g nrd n t o i!y aiiul renal, lml also rheumatic and malarial disorders. It is at the start thai diiea-te Is Iho more easily and c iinj'letely over come. The use of the Bitters Is followed by the jjppit results in cases of dys pepsia, constipation, liver complaint and nervousness. Wool Wanted!! Farmers, bring your Wool to our Faev to:y one miio south of Somerset, We will tra.lo you goods for it or p ly you the highest cash price. Carding and spii ningdone on short notice. Good work guaranteed. Kantner A Co. Woolen Matinfai-turer. Somerset, Pa, LITTLE SUFFERER Fuca, Hands and Arms Covered Vitn Scrofulous Humors How a Cure Was Effected. " When Cvo years old mr little boy had crofula on his face, band aad arms. It was worst on his chin, although the sores on his cheeks end band! were very bad. It appeared in tho for-n of red pimple which would IciUr, break o;a aud rua and then scab over. Af-cr Oisanxarinj they would Lnali out agabi. They cauJ intense itchim; and the btllc surer r bad to be watched continually to keep hi.a from scratching tho sores. Wo Dtcarce greatly alarmed at hi condilion. My wife! mother had bad scrofula and the only medicino which hsd bdpd her was Hood's Sarsaparllia. Y7e dcci.tod to give It to our boy and we noted an improve ment in hi case very soon. Afusr giving him four bottles of Ilood'a Sarsaparllia tbe humor had all been driven out of hia blood and it has never since returned." William Bartz, 416 South Williams St., South rnd. Indiana. Yon can bur nood'a Sarsaparllia or au druggists. Be ouro to get only Hood's. i i w-tt run LIttII1:mt IlOOd S PlIlS .ru,ir.f. jtiCTnu. GIbbs Imperial Plow, Made at Canton, Ohio, the lst plow on earth, e-au now 1 seen at J. B. Holderbaum's Hardware Store, Light to handle aud very durable. g!AL . The iJ'fj th 3 MAK AT OHIO. r SEE OUR, Disc Harrows. Steel Bar Lever Spike Tooth Harrows. Steed Bar I.ever Spring Tooth Harrow Wtfh Wheels. Old Style Wood Frame Harrows, plated front and under frame with wash ers to protect bolt heads. Steel Bar Lever Corn and Garden Cultivators, five, seven and nine shovels, with Hill ers and wecders. T Bar Steel Pulverizer Land Roller. Corn Planters, with fertilizing attachment. Champion Hay Rakes. Farmers' Favorite Grain Drill. McCormick's Mowers and Binders Engines, Saw Mills and Threshers. Just Unloaded for Spring Trade. i Car Wire Nails. I Barbed and Smooth Wire I " Imperial Plows. i Harrows, i Kramer Wagons. i " Spring Wagons. 5 " Buggies and Carriages. Call and examine my sUs-k liefore yon buy, J. B. Holderbaum SOMERSET, PA. OTICE OF INCORPORATION. The Trn-ite,-s ( the it.rkw.l Church Kvanfrelii-tl Ahsk.I:iI!iu. will ni.nlv to lli. Court at Som.-nu t, Somerset Couuty, Pa, for UV.'l sjinb.oil. Ily onler e the Iloanl, J. L. WII.I.KIL sk-cnriary. Jos. Home & Co, Confidence. There is a gnat deal lu having oundeuce In the i-tore at w hich you doal. It i everything. You have heard the story of the Englishman w h. made a wager he could lane a tray it , Gold Eagles, tflo.n) in our ' money) ami aland at one end of , the lindon liridgo, cry theiit ; t. the public ;tt sixpence each, aud not ilisp.ike of a dozrm in an hour. He wild one. And J that to a nurse w ho bought it to keep the laihy from crying. J Lack of coutiden.-e, you see. Now, many h.Hises niigiit tell J you w Lai follows aud you'd scarcely believe it. But when J we assure you tha'. it's a tact, X you kuow it's absolute ly true. T 35c Organdies for 8c a yard, t There it is. They are male hy i Freree Koechlin aud Ihcy are tha finest iinpori sl Organdies. They are all new aod fresh, and Just as pretty as it la possible f.,r orga i- X dies to lie. You w ill pay any w he. e V) cents for the same grade. There are none belter. J For the Summer Dress. For the Pic-nic Ilress, For Evening Waar, there Is n 'thing better or more s cuiufi rjib'e. J Trj our Mail Order Dcpartiiimt with au order. J 575-527 Pera y. PITTS8L'FG, P X is V A When pa enn 0 - $ 0 fiji Jtif ,-''s .7 I L-4 r n i 1 1 s. xj IIX :1t:47 A. riaAT mas 15 MOST t.T LC'A" mm Makes 1 1 , n 1 ' t125 PER WONTH Ay mmJ"Vni i iff-'ff'Y ' r.h-ii -1 K Jam .vi I: VoiYlp WE WANT A FEW MORI: MEX AS TRAVELING, LOCAL, COUNTY, GENERAL OUTFIT FKEK. Aly at once for territory, of : A. H. IIERENDEEN & 10., Ccncvt, IMPORTED S'i'OCIv. 8KEI). SI I - IAI. SAVE KQ l A uu for GittUofve at ELKHART cxsjuacjc at uassiiiss 1 Anything in n m s PHAEMACY. Where you secure he!t ami protection in all nurcli:t--s maiic with J Our stock is clean and complete throi:-j!iou:. (P:rc (Dr::srs, C!:c:::iCiils &- Telle: A:::-c:. .....BENFO.D'S The largest and best bottle of Cough Cure ever rut ou th 2.1 cents. Every bottle g'j.irautcc-d. Benford's; TTSnV !!0 cent5 Testimonials Givt n on Af j !itutN u. i J Ctine Cigars of dorvign Domestic TramU I J Chewing tiuni and Lime TabMs. Ity att.l IGEO. W. BEN 5 jTsT Tubiic st-ition for Ing 4 the IT. S. 11 ites moderate. es9st93sc3e293sss3;;ss3sM; I Just Out, "It's a Bird" Columbus Royal flush, PRICE $50.00. s o a if f ror 5ale By..... J. D. SWANK, SOMERSET, PA. 7 Ki :c" - - 'A fkon i-j.co to sh.qo Q CC;-i3tr.TS AX'O ZC.:s - ;i F.WiZZi .iai tv..2 P. A. SOHELL, SOMERSET, PA. & . t THINK OF EVERY Good po'n' a perfee: cooking appliance should hsy th n examine t'. o CINDERELLA . Kiteheu Work a Ph re. EAKEUS -PERFECT ROASTERS. SoLll WITH THAT b X I I.l'.s r.v N i ! . James B Holderbaum. PER H'OMi Salesman the vear roum!. ASEHTS pmiit - t. Mun ocr tt Ics. Lils. a; rva an,i L.b r wen. co. v. r.-r. s.-i n-witALi. L.a J a I If" the Drug r FOR EXPECTORANT Iine Vr.fcctio:i-i varit ty. ,f , !. -uit "'.nil- J FORD, Manager.; Distance T- t. a. G-t-,a:-J? L U CRANK BOX Our crank Ux as seen in illustration i -in diameter, w bi.-b permits ns to use our ' it.-ut bination liall retainer and w parator. I h.-s sj.i. devit-u w ith which w e use !lls, l",!1- '"' ':1 and reduces tbe friction ; No Noise : No Breaking of Ball.
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