I I The SomegetHeralcL IDnBD 3CUI-U Editor and Proprietor. WKDXEoDAY- Nov-ralr The outiiry w now convinced that the sun of Free Silver has set never to 'rise griio. With official returns from H coun ties, unofficial, Col. W. A. Stone's plurality is 13J,404- Thanks. ivi.ms 1av t.u;ht to W es pecially fervent in 'ul.a, Frto J''"0 ami the riiiIi'-iii-H. The iixt presidential election will s'iow this "ountry just as lirm for Sound Money as did the last. The result iu Nevada is Mill in doult. Wheii Free .Silver wabbles in the sage bru-th the end is uot fur away. The Republican plurality iu Ohio is Cl.tWJ, agaiost 2(XJJ laat year, and 47, (KW iu lSJi. It is scarcely worth while to talk furtlier aboJt Free Silver in that .Slate. The rep-Hied pluralities in the recent election foot up T.'tl.WK) lU'publicau, 4;,0!K) Democratic, giviur the Repub licans a lead on the popular vote of 27,(ki). Yor - Cai lev c'aides the people for their lack of independence iu voting. The trouble in, -the independent voUr of the S Hita it usually full of buck shot that he cau't get to the pulls. In l2 the Detuocals of Connecticut gave Cleveland votes. The Dem ocratic vote this year was f;4,2"l. It is a fair peciiuen of the effects of the Chicago platform. The Wan;. maker followers are advis ing their members of the legislature not to go into the Republican cauinis. Of course ; butif they had the major ity how they wuuld d.-uounee such a suggestion. The Loudon pajxrs express the be lief that the Spanish comaiisoioners will finally yield to the American de mands. This opinion has been lxld from the htart- The point is not so iu ich whether Spanish pride will yield, but how long American patience will hold out. The final result never was iu doubL The euemy's country is nearer home to liryau ti,an xt was ia 1V' i- 11 is north, south, east and west of him. It is iu his own State, for the most im portant office to be filled by the Ne braska election, that for United States Senator, was carried by the Republi cans. Except in a few very small tpots the entire I'uited States is in lSitt the enemy's country to all repudiators, money sharps and financial bunko men. Secretary of the Navy Long says the general purpose of the McKinley administration is to provide reveuue laws, to maintain the national credit, and abundantly supply the natioual treasury, promote the industrial and commercial welfare of the country, tafeguard the soundness of the curren cy and encourage the unification of all Mectious of the coaulry. The program lias beeu steadily adhered to and a suc cessful war fought in addition. James Israel., the well-known po litical writer for the Pittsburg Dispatch, in a recent forecast of probable Repub lican nominations to till prospective vacancies on the Superior Court bench, presents the name of District Attorney It bert S. Murphy, of Cambria county, an i adds that the name of Mr. Murphy is being favorably considered by the State Republican leaders. The nomin ation of Mr. Murphy would te a fitting recognition of a section of the State th.it has not been honored with a rep resentative on the Superior Court lench, and at the same time would be a merited tribute to the conceded legal ability of one of the most promising oung men of the Commonwealth. Iu addition to his recognized lrgtl attain ments Mr. Murphy is a dignified, ge n'.al gentleman, one who wins frieut's wherever he goes. It is ridiculous for the Mugwumps in this State to attempt to control the Legislature, says the Harrisb-jrg Tele graph. The majority of the men elect ed to the legislature from Pennsylva nia are Republican? who believe in the rale of the majority, and they have ljea caucus men all their lives. They will go into the caucus for Sjieaker and United States Senator, and whatever a myority of the caucus decides to do, all will stand by that decision, and the Mugwumps and Democrats combined cannot control matters. Men who have been fighting the regular Republican organization for years are now arroga ting to themselves the right to reap the f ruiU of the great victory ir this State. They will wake up before long to find how badly they have fooled themselves. The next legislature will be organized aid controlled by Rjpublieauf, and that Is all there Is about it. Any at tempts to bring about anythiug else will result in failure. The anti-Q iay leaders believe they will succeed in forming a combination with tb Democrats to control the House. They oner to divide the offices and committee honors with them if they will vote ftr Gen. W. H. Koontz, of Somerset, for Speaker. The Demo cratic leaders favor the proposition, as they have everything to gain and noth ing to lose. The question with them, though, is whether they can induce all tbeir colleagues to niake Mch a bar gain. Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph. Items like the above, which appear almost daily in the Democratic and Wanamaker papers of the State, must be extremely distasteful to Assemblyman-elect Koontz, who was elected by R -publican votes and was instructed by popular vote as well as by resolution of the Republican County Committee to support M. S. Quay for fid ted States Senator. Writers of these items either do not understand the circumstances aurrounding the electiou of Assembly man Koontz, or they have formed a mean estimate of his Republicanism when they suggest that he will not cany out the expressed will of his con tituenU, but that he will forsake the party that elevated him and w'.ll join hands with the Democrats iu the or ganization of the House and the elec tion of a United States Senator. Discreet persons wil. resist the temptation to write the obituary of the Democratic party at this time, but the temptation is certainly great. The De mocracy, in its long and crooked ca- r i t, has often seemed to be at death's ior, but it h u never been closer to the graveyard than it appears to be at this inoaiMit, In ls;4 it carried onlv three out of twn:y-five Ststef, bt t eleven S a'e in the Democratic region were out of the Union at that time, and the Democracy had a reasonable assurance that it would regain most of these when they got back to their old places. Moreover, the Democracy at that time bad a few able and courageous leader, while no men of that quality are In sight at this moment. In the places once adorned by such men as Jackson, Calhoun and Jefferson Davis there are now Rryan, Railey, Stone and Altgeld. Such a fall as this would seem to por tend death, yet the Democracy has bro ken out of the hands of the gravedigger so often that it may elude that person age now. It is bard to see what par ticular good the Bryaniles can do in the world, but iu a republic two parties are uecesary, and the Democracy is probably as well qualified to play the role f an !slructiinist as any jiarly could le which would be fouuded on its ruins. In the electiou of 1iS no State Is more conspicuous thau Kansas. The heartiest congratulations of the Repub lican pari j- are due for decisive eupport at aa imiortaut crisis. There was noth ing half-way about the triumph in Kansas. It was practically a clean sweep. A itf-puoucan plurality oi T-iU has takeu the place of the Bryan plurality of 12,2;9. Republican State officers from Governor down will suc ceed Fusiouists. The Legislature is Re publican on j jint ballot. Beyond all this is a n-sult of the highest natioual importance. Two years ago the Kan sas I lepublicans elected but two of eight Congressmen. This year they elected seven. The gain of five seats ia a House so closely balanced is a mutter of the first moment. Full control of all departments of the Government hinged upon congressional gains in the vest. Kansas leads all the States iu this restect. No other Slate ia the Union gave the Republicans a gain of five ructnliers. Those that avoided loss es are considered to have done well. Massachusetts lost two Republican members, Pennsylvania lo&t seven. Though Ohio doubled its plurality, its delegation iemains numerically the same. Kmsus is at the head of the Republican column iu the extremely close but successful fight for tle House. The efforts of the local Combine or gan to drag the Hekald down to its own low level would be amusing were it not so pitiful. While ostensibly sup porting the Rpulican ticket the 'fake'' organ made itself a sewer through which the Wanamaker mana gers poured out all their vile filth on the head of the Republican candidate for Governor. Week in and week out it published columns of stu!F derogato ry to Col. Stone and his friends, and while too cowardly to editorialy advise its readers to vote against Lint it never uttered a word iu his favor or support. Throughout the eutire campaign it tried to sow discord among the Repub licans of the cjunty. Now that the election is over it braz-mly and falsely charges others with doing what it did, and impudently accuses the Herald of not supporting Congressman elect Thropp. Since the first Republi can ticket was nominated down to the present time the Hekald has never fai ed to give loyal support to every candidate on the ticket, as its readers can testify. B-Jt what do the figures show. Two years ago Mr. Thropp and Mr. Hicks were both on the ticket for Congress, neither of them being r gu larly nominated. At that election the Ukiiai.k and its friends supported Mr. Hicks while the "fakir" and its f 1 lowers supported Mr. Thropp, and the rvsult was : I licks. K . 4H Tlimpp, it vn I-Nituira, It 22M Hicks over Thropp . Stt Hicks over Thropp and Mi'Xamara 1 Ixi This year Mr. Thropp being the reg ular Republican nominee, received the 1Ii:kai.1)'s most cordial support, and the result was : Thropp, R Wi Wallers 1 1M3 Thropp's majority . !M These fi cures sp?ak more eloquently than words in showing not only whom the Herald supported but the inabili ty of the "fakirs" to materially aid or harm a Republican candidate. Col. S'one's total vote in the county was 4(1)7, while Mr. Thropp's was 43:59. This surely would no! indicate that any of Col. Stone's friends had failed to mipKrt Mr. Thropp. Mr. Thropp is neither a "fakir" nor a fool and he knows to whom is due the credit for the splendid vote he got in Somerset county, and that "saved his bacon" in the district. Deiperat Conriou. CV.i.rMBi-s, O, November 18. There was a desperate attempt made by two con victs to escape from the penitentiary at about eight o'clock this morniug, as a re sult of which Guard Charles B. Lauter buuh, of Mount Vernon, was shot aud killed, w hile convicts O'Xeil and Atkin son received injuries of a serious nature, ami both are now in the prison hospital. By some means convicts O'Xeil and At kinson, who are serving fifteen years each for robhery committed in Cleveland, ob tained possession of a revolver, and pro ceeded to carry out a bold plsn to escaps. One covered his face with a handkerchief and went inn the broom shop, where he held up Guard Liins and took his re volver. He then returned to the boe shop, where the other man joined hiui. aud they opened fire on Guard Lauter- bugli, who was in charge of that depart ment. The guard was shot three times and aluioxt instantly killed. The sound of the shooting reached the other officials in the prison, and tbey came on the run to investigate. Guard Gump was the first on the scene and, taking in the situation at a glance, opened fire on the two pris oners. This was returned, and a regular battle was in progress until the revolvers of all the participants were emptied. In the fray Atkinson was shot down and se riously injured, and as soon as the guns were emptied. Guard Gump rushed in with his cane and almost beat O'Xeil to death lxfore the prisoner would surren der. The men were taken to the hospi tal, where their injuries wera attended to. Atkinson was shot iu the body, lie is not thought to be seriously hurt, but O'Xeil w as beaten about the head so thkt his injuries may result fatally. The other prisoners in the shop where the kh.ioting occurred took no part in the atfair, but it ia understood that they were ready to follow if the effm-U of the two leaders proved successful. Previous to making the outbreak, one of the two pris oners forced a third man to place a laddc r against the outside of the penitentiary wall, so that when they bad Ibugnt their way out of the shops they oould shoot down the wall guard and make their es cape by that route. EELP TOTJS 8T0XACE. Waat it Required Waaa Tea Ear Dji peptia er Xadigattioa. The pains of indigestion and dyspepsia are caused by w eaknesa of the stomach. Your stomach needs to be strengthened. The greatest and best Ionia Is Hood's Sar aaparilla. It "goes to the right spot," relieves the pangs of dyspepsia, helps on the digestive proc, puritis and" en ricbea the blood and put the whole sys tem in a state of health. ' If yon have any stomach trouble do not hnsitate a moin tuL Take Rood's Sarsaparilla at once. 30,030,003 TOft THS FHILIFflXES. Unci Sam's Ultimatum to Ipaia. Pabis, Xovember2L The Spanish and American peace commissions met in joint session at 2 o'clock tbia afternoon. The Americans declared the United States must have the entire Philippine archipel ago a d for a treaty cession of the isl ands the Americans tendered to S; ain It is further declared that it is the purpose of the United SUts to maintain the Philippine Islands as an "opeu door" to the world's commeiea. On the terms named, the United States proposes a mutual relinquishment of all claims for indemnity, national or per sonal, subsequent to tun outbreak of the last Cuban insurrection. Xovember 2s is fixed as the dale on w hich the United States commission de sire a definite response to to-day's pro positions and all other subjects io issae here. FEMALE HOUSE THIEF. Daring Cora Cox Wh Has Often Eicaped, Ia ia Jail Again. Gcthrik, Okla,, November 20. Dora Cox, the most daring and wonderful fe male horse thief in the world, is In jtil again. She has had more blood-curdling adventures and has faded away from more jails than any male member of the fraternity in Oklahoma. About a month ago she disappeared from the jail at Kingfisher, and recently was arrested and placed in jail at Tecumseh, where she awaits the action of the grand Jury. She w as arrested with a male companion, who is supposed to be the noted horse tbief "Buckskin" Bill Broadus, who served a term in the Nebraska penitentiary and originally hailed from Chicago. Dora is not pretty, but she has a capti vating manner which softens the hearts, or the heads of jailers, and makes escape eay. Besides, she has friends on the outide, perhaps her partuers In the horse-stealing trade, and tools are smug gled ia to her by which she works br w ay through the prison walla. Dora has uot only a notorious present, but a lively past. Before she came here, down in the San Bernardino Valley, Southern California, sbe was known as Jennie Worley, alias Jennie Bunch, and is ai 1 to lie the leader of a small band who "removed" horses from Caliioruia ranches to Ariz ma. She escaped from the San Bernardiro jail through the carelessness of a deputy sheriff named Wilsey, w ho subsequently left the oouutry under a cloud. Dora is about twenty-five years of ane, with a rathe' good figure, dark skin, and deep. black eyes, which she uses with great effect. Her face is rather coarse, but her manners are agreeable and even attractive when she is disposed to make them fo. She is a daring rider, always ridos a fleet horse, and has distanced some of the moct famous riders iu the country when run nings race fr her literty. She is also an expert in throwing the lariat aud an excellent shot, and when not in jail car ries two navy revolvers in her belt. Anxiom to Avoid Aa Extra Setiion. Washington, Nov. 21. Not enou gh of the prominent Rspublin leaders have visited the capital since the election prop erly to guage seutiment regarding an ex tra session of congress in March. Cloe frii nds of the president, however, inti mate that the administration is anxious to avoid an extra session. But all wi.: depend upon the manner in which bu ness is expedited duriug the winter months. Th.we known aa "dead ducks" iu the senate the unfortunates who re tire to pi ivate life at the close of the pres ent congress include some of the most talkative men who ever sat in a legisla tive body. The wide latitude for debate under senate rules will give them a glo rious opportunity, and it is feared by Re publican managers that many obstacles will be placed in the path of urgent measures, such as appropriation bills. Should a game of obstruction be plaved by the anti-administration senators an extra session seems very probable. Tb n again, it cannot be denied that the pn m inent influences in favor of a reform of the currency looking to the absolute gold standard are industriously at .work, and have been ever since it was au assured fact that the Republicans would have a clear majority in the next senate. Tbey do not aeem t be disposed to wait until the beginning of the regular session, the first Monday in December of next year, bi t are reported to be bringing the ut most pressure to bear upon the president to have the lawmakers get down to busi ness early in the spring. Sleet aad Snow Cover tk WeiU Kansas Citt, Mo., November 21. Slet and snow have done more or less dtmiage to telephone aud telegraph wires in Kaunas City and surrounding towns within the past twelve hours, reudering cemmunication uncertain. Street rail way tratli j is hampered to a considerable degree. Trains are late in some instances. Tae storm seems to be general over Mis souri, Kansas and Nebraska. At Beatrice, Neb., the snow is blinding. Tae thermometer is 8 above zero, a fall of GO degrees in the past twenty four hours. At Abilene, Kan., three incbei of snow has fallen and the thermometer has fallen 50 degrees; at Lincoln Centre, Kan., it is b.tterly oold and five inches of snow has fallen and i drifting badly. At Leavenworth, Kan., the electric cars are tied np because of the danger from stray live wires. Thirteea Mea Killed. New York, Nov. 18 -While 20 track hands were at work upon the Pennsjl vania railway line o ir the Hackeusack. near Jersey City, to da they were run down by a local passenger train. Eleven of the workmen were killed outright and six were seriously injured. Only three escaped unhurt. When the engine which struck the laborers reached the depot in Jersey City the cowcatcher waa red with blood from the men killed. A boy. a If r the engine had stopped, picked up a hand from the cowcatcher. It bad been fever el from one of the victims, and bad been carried from the meadows to the df poton the cow catcher. First Haw Fentioner. WAsnisoTON, Nov. 13. Commissioner Evans, ot the. pension office, notified Secretary Alger to-day that Jesse T. Gates, of the 2d United States artillery, who lost part of bis npper lip in tie West Indian campaign, haa been aw ard ed the first pension on account of tie Spanish war. The president and secretary of war each took an interest in this case. Galea called on them in person soon after the close of the campaign and con vine d them of the merits of his ease. lavfntor Eeoloy latd. PniLAt.i:i.rHiA, Nov. 18. Jhn W, Keeley, the inventor of the Keeley motor, died to-day at his home in this city of pneumonia, lie waa taken ill on Saturday hut and continued to grow worse until his death. Mr. Keeley wra sixty one years of age and leaves a widow. Big fees Tot Lawyer i. Washisgtojt, D. C, Nov. 17. Ex President Benjamin Harrison haa been retained by Venezuela to represent that Government tefore the Arbitration Com mission that site in Paris within a short time to settle the dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela over boundary lines. General Harrison ia said to have received a retaining fee of (100,000, Ex-Secretary Tracy is said to he an as sociate wiih General Harrison, and h e retainer ia reported to be f'O.OtiO. I PAIS TALES 07 AH AG1ZEXZHT. f rbbably Freparing t Tiald t the laev ltabl. . Madrid, November 20 In political circles it ia asserted that an agreement baa been reached between the peace com missioners in Paris. The government, it is eemi-ofBcially announced, intends to notify the Cuban bondholder i.h it Sptii will not pay the Cutuiu debt, w hich u ill ; not be mentioned iu the pwce tresty. j The government considers ii-t-u com pletely freed from these eigag-tni;ts. which fall upon the nation exercising j sovereignty and collecting taxes in Cuba, j Paris, November 20 The Spaiih-h j . . . i- i peae commissioners navo oeen noiiin-u that the United States commissioner w ill bs ready to treai. with them in Joint sts sion to-morrow afternoon. Unless the Spaniards have an adjute reason for further delay, the two commissions will join iu the most important meeting thus far held. The American commissioners, iu a w r it tea communication, will declare that the third article of the protocol, regarding ths Philippines, is capable of only cue fair con- miction, that no arbitration is needed to elucidate its terms, and the United States cannot admit any other power to tigure here pnrely as a lexicolo gist. They will maintain that the two commissions are charged to determine whether Spain or the United States shall in future own the Philippines. This will be accompanied by a clear declaration that the United Status will possess the Philippines. Following thi declaration the American ommiasioners will lay before the Span iards two alternatives. First, to accej t a sum of money from th? United States an 1 to cede and evac uate the Philippines. Second, to lose the Philippines to the United Stales by conquest, with the pos sibility of other territorial losses to in d minify the United States for the added etpouae of conquest. This communication may not form ally be designated as' an ultimatum, but it will lack ntught of the conclusiveness in licated by t.tat word. This will be so p'ain that the Spanish commUsioneis will scai eel y haggle for more money on th) first alternative nor cherish any d ubt of American action under the sec O ld, should tho first be declined. No one here, except the American com ui'saioners, knows how much will be tendered Spain as tho cheapest and most humane way of settling the ditlicully. She is exceedingly anxious to escape tho Philippine debt, and possibly the sum to be olferod may bo determined by an an alysis of that debt, which consists of f i0, OJO.OuO in bonds, on w hicb she realized lj.000,000. Of the latter amount she is believed to have expended some $10,000, 00)or JILOOO.OUO in fighting the Uuited Scales, and a part in attempting to quell the Philippine insurrection. A reasonable guess at thesum fortender would be f 20,000,0), though it may fill blow that. The Cuban question may come up again to-morrow. The American commission ers had thought the decision on that point finished, but the Spauish eomm's'.ioners are reported f have declared that tbe mortgages imposed by Spiin on ttie Cabin, as well as on the Philippine reve nues must not tie impaired or question ed. This would compel the Auiericau commisHioners scon and probably to morrow to demand whether Spain means to repudiate the plain compact of the protocol to relinquish sovereignty over aud title to Cuba. Three weeks pg j the Spanish commissicners accepted the Cuban article in the protocol without con ditions, save that its embodimetit in the treaty should depend only upon an agree ment here on all the articles in the pro tocol. Recently, however, Spain's representa tives have said tbit the Cuban matter had oeen only temporarily pa-wed, and was still in abeyance. Politieal Sotee. The Alts.ua Times is convinced that the "Independent Republicans" who were elected by the aid of Democratic votes should support George A. Jenks for Uuited States Senator. It .s a matter of no importance what they do, since they will cut no figure during the session. Alloona Tribune. . . The peculiarity of the returns which the anti-Quay newspapers priut ia that tbey are not returns of the men who were elected to the Legislature, but of those who were not. When the time comes thase original oompulors will find that thsy have slipped a cog aud that the re sult will be quite contrary to tbeir hopes. We cannot say expectations, as we do not believe they have any expectation of pre venting the re-election of Senator Quay. Harrisburg Telegraph. Following Senator Quay's offer offlO, (KJU for the conviction of bribers in the pending senatorial contests, John Wana maker has deposited f-U),l in a Phila delphia bank for the same purpove. The free silver candidate for governor of Nevada has a plurality of 10 votes, with the vote of a company of soldiers on the Pacific, bound for Manila which is ex pected to overcome it, still to be heard from. . . The Hon. Jere Hex, of Huntingdon, an nounces his candidacy for chief clerk of the house of representatives at 11 arris -burg. He is capable and deserving. Dr. Swallow says he is done running for office. He thinks Wanamaker is the man to run against Q lay. No doubt Quay hopes so, too. Jerry Simpson, defeated Kansas popu list congressman, says, "I have not quit politics by any means; I am still alive." . R-iosevelt will take the oath of office as governor of New York on Sunday, Jan uary L Col. Stone moal wait until the third Tuesday in Jannary. . That assistant Democratic paper the Poiladelpbia Press wants a reform state treasurer elected next year to succeed Bsaoom. It asks who shall it be? The answer is easy Dr. Swallow. . A Connellsville correspondent in the Pitt burg Sunday Post aays: The Democrat who is put up for speak er will undoubtedly cit a largi figure in the next session, bectuse it now looks as tbongh the indapendent republicans will go into caucus with tbem. If this is done the Republican rule will be dangerously embarrassed. Jud je Koontz, of Sorae'set, goes to the House this session as an independent Re publican, and he strongly favors a j iut caucus. He is bitterly opposed to Q lay ism, an 1 will bi the bigzest obstacle in its way in the se-wion of '9J. a " If the enemies of Senator Q lay will hire Wrecker Wanamaker and the Phila delphia Proas to espouse the re election of the Sjnatr. tbey may have some chance to defeat him. Whatever catwe Wanamaker and the Press support in Pennsylvania seems pretty sure to lose. Goo ti Law for a Hucbaad. Reapixo, Pa, Nov. 17. Pretty Flor ence Reinbart, the belle of Albany town ship, daughter of William Reinbart, has employed counsel to present a petition to Court asking for the appointment of a guardian who will consent to her obtain ing a marriage license. It appear that a young man of the township won the afTrtcliona of Florence and she told her mother of the engagement , and obtained b.r consent. She then told her father ab Mit R, but he became obstir.a'e and re f iwd to liin to the proposal. The mnher has since died and the futhr f till remains firm, and may now hsve t snswer Florence la a beariog be f J.t ise liian J. STILL DICKERING I! The Van Yalkenberg-Blankenbarg Combine at Tbeir Old Game. BUT THEY WILL FAIL AGAIN. An Attempt to Throw the Speakerahip of the House to the Democracy in a Lat Des perate Effort toCaptnre thf United State Senatorsbip The Party Wreckers Be ponsible For tha Defeat of Republican Congressmen and Candidates For th Legislature. (Special Correspondence.) Harrisburg, Nov. 22. Plans are al ready under way for the inauguration of -Colonel William A. Stone as gov ernor of Pennsylvania, and for the or ganization of the legislature, which will in January next undoubtedly re-elect Colonel Matthew Stanley Quay to the United Statea senate. Colonel Stone, who since the election has been taking a well earned rest, la expected here shortly, when the local Republicans hope to have an opportunity to confer with him regarding the proposed plans for his Inauguration. So great was the interest aroused among Republican of Pennsylvania in the late gubernatorial tlectlon. which was largely due to the fear of the election of the Democratic candidate. Mr. Jenks. that it is ex pected that the Installation of Colonel Stone in the governor' chair will be the occasion of the gathering of one of the largest crowds that has ever been assembled here to witness an event of this character. The feeling of resentment at the guerrilla campaign waged by John Wanamaker- and his associates against Colonel Stone was fittingly expressed by the Republicans cf the Keystone state in the magnifi cent plurality, over 120.000. given their candidate at the polls- This feeling will be accentuated at the inauguration cf Colonel Stone by a popular demon stration which will put the seal of con demnation on the whole Wanamaker-Dienkenburg-Van Valkenberg outfit. From the outset the Wanamaker game has been a game of bluff, pure and simple, and In every case it has resulted in complete failure. Dut with a supply of nerve apparently as un limited and inexhaustible as their mwney barrels, these political adven turers continue their tactics of disor ganization and now announce their In tention to prevent. If possible, the hold ing of the time honored Republican caucus, both for the selection of a Re publican speaker of the house of rep resentatives and the naming of a Re publican candidate for the United States senate. They are putting out the most absurd and ridiculous claims in the hope of debarring Republicans from entering their party's caucus. THE SAME OLD DEMOCRATS. Commenting on the latest move of these selfish manipulators a member of congrers. who has Just been re elected, while stopping off here on his way to Washington, had this to say: '"In Its latest pronunciamento. ex plniniug "how it was done," the niank rnburg - Van Valkenberg Iluslness League had a good deal to say about the larjre number of anti-Quay men it had circled to the legislature. For in ftanre. In the proclamation referred to it was stated that 'in 12 out of 13 coun ties visited by John Wanamaker and other speakers under the auspices of this league during the last three weeks of the campaign all elected anti-Quay members of the legislature." "Tpon the same principle that a spade should be called a spade, a Dem ocrat should te called a Democrat wherever he Is found. The truth Is, In the 12 counties referred to Iemocrats were elected out-and-out. dled-ln-the-wool, yard-wide Democrats, disciples of William J. Bryan and advocates of free 6ilver. That 1 the kind of 'anti-Quay' members elected to the legislature through the aid of John Wanamaker and the ISIankenburg-Van Valkenberg Business League. And that was pre cisely what this coterie of ambitious statesmen planned and strove hard to accomplish for six months prior to Nov. 8, to wit. the election of Demo crats to the legislature. "What are the facts? Last spring the Iilankenburg-Van Valkenberg Busi ness League made a fight at the Re publican primaries In a score or more of counties In behalf of certain candi dates for the legislature, but were overwhelmingly defeated. In only one county of the state, where there was a contest, were the friends of Senator Quay unsuccessful, and the result there was due solely to a fight for the congressional nomination. When, there fore, the primaries were over and all the nominations had been made the I!lankenburg-Van Valkenlierg Business League discovered that of the 229 Re publican nominees for the senate and house not more than ten of them were tinder their control or in sympathy with their reactionary program. "Their next step lay in the direction cf attempted combinations with the Democrats, with a view to putting coalition legislative tickets In the field. Owing, however, to the disposition upon the part cf the Democrats to have all or nothing the Wanamaker coterie suc ceeded In effecting combinations In only four counties of the state Chester, Blair. Huntingdon and Delaware and In these only five former Republicans were nameu. the remaining nominees In the four counties mentioned being Democrat. The Blankenburg-Van Valkenberg Business League supported, therefore. In the entire state only the original ten Republicans nominated by them at the primaries, together with the five so-called Republicans who were running Independently and In the Pem ocratic column. The ten regular nomi nees were elected, being supported by the friends of Mr. Quay, though known to lie opposed to him. and in addition three of the five former Republicans two In Chester and one in Blair wer-; elected This was the absolute limit cf the Influence of Mr. Wanamaker and the Blankenburg-Van Valkenberg Busi r.ess League, so far as the election of Republican "legislators was concerned. But their efforts did not cease here. Animated by the determination to dis rupt the Republican party, should such a course be necessary in order to de feat Senator Quay, they devoted their energies In one-half of the counties of the state, where only Republican and Democratic candidates were in the field. to secure the election of the latter, and vith some success. In Schuylkill. Cambria. Crawford. Venango. Fayette, Union. Mifflin. Carbon. Wyoming. Cam eron and eight or ten other Republican counties, desperate and successful ef forts were made to defeat the regular Republican nominees, though in almost every instance they were new men, and in no way responsible for the work of the last legislature. Into these coun ties the Blankenburg-Van Valkenberg Business League not only poured tons of literature, full of misrepresentations and lies, and held meetings by the doz tns, but what was more effective con tributed thousands of dollars to the local organizations, all in the name of "reform." It Is not to be wondered at that they succeeded In electing DeniOr crats to the legislature, and they are entitled to all the credit and glory ac? companying such a procedure. Th only wonder is that their success waa., not greater, for they adopted the same tactics In at least a score of counties besides those named among others Armstrong. Beaver. Dauphin. Erie, Franklin. Lebanon. Lawrence, McKean, Warren. Perry, Potter, Snyder, Susque hanna. Washington and Westmoreland, but. thanks to the intelligence and In corruptibility of the voters of these counties, the plans of the conspirator came to naught, and the Republican nominees In these and nthercountles as sailed were elected. Had the plans of the Wanamaker cabal succeeded fully Pennsylvania would have been repre sented In the United Stales aenate by a free silver Democrat. "One cannot help admiring the sub lime assurance of the Blank.-nburg-Van Valkenberg Business League In claiming the election of. 'anti-Quay r.sembers of the legislature' In the per sons of 30 or straightout Democrats. Thour-h. wlen cne recalls Colonel Quay' services in Js3 in defeating C'eveland by the c!. ctioa of Cenetal liariUun. It H net cVffhult to Imagine WITH DEI JURATS O o a o o o o o o & o 0 o o o 0 o O a o o o CI 0 D 0 o " No use for a duster RattiSAgfe PLUG Every dealer who has handled Battle Ax knows this to be a fact. There is no old stock of Battle Ax any where: nothing but fresh goods, as Battle Ax sells five times more than any other brand in the world. All who chew it never change. Remember the name when you buy again. CCCSGOCCCCSOOCJDGOCCOOCOOO tnee iemoe-ratic legislators aa anti Quay.' " NO DANGER OP A BOLT. There ia not the slightest danger of a bolt from the Itepubllcan caucus on the organization of the house of repre sentatives. The Wanamaker outfit will be unable to unite the Democratic vote and their small contingent of Republi cans on any candidate for speaker for many reasons. In the first place the Democrats will have a candidate of their own for the speakership. They have already several aspirants for the honor of the nomination of the Demo cratic caucus for siK-ak-r. and none of th-pe men will retire in favor of a Re publican w ho is unable to command the support of his colleagues of his own party faith. "You do not suppose that the Demo cratic members are fools enough to turn In for a Wanamaker Republican for Fpcalcer. do yciu?" rt-marked one of the 1 emocratlc members-elec-t. "After pulling the Wanamaker chest nuts out of th lire." he continued, "and elcctln? his man speaker we would find John's speaker using the power of his committee appointments among the Republicans in order ti elect Wanamaker I'nited States sena tor, and thus we Democrats would be out In the cold. No, we have the big end of the proposition, and we are not going to play second fiddle to the little band of disappointed Republicans who have clustered around the Wanamaker barrel. They are entitled to another Eue. While the Democrats will turn down this latest Wanamaker proposition good and hard the Republicans who have respect for themselves and for the opinion of their Republican neighbors will be slow to Jeopardize their party standing and to have questions raised as to underlying influences that made them desert their party and enter Into a leal for the advancement of Demcracy and the selfish ends of certain indi viduals. Wanamaker and his entire combination cannot popsibly get a dozen Republicans, whatever their af filiations may be. who would have the hardihood to vote for a Democratic candidate for speaker of the houe In Republican Pennsylvania. The temper of the public mind, forcibly expressed at the late election, is such as would be promptly made manifest at an ex hibition of party treachery of this rhar ccter. The last campaign in th.s state was fought out fairly and squarely on national issues. The result of the elec tion was a signal victory for Republi canism and for the administration of President McKinley. With the presi dential rarnpainn of 1U0O about to open, anything that would advance the In terests of the Iemoeracy, sui-h as the election of a Democrat to preside over the house In Pennsylvania, would be indignantly resented by the Republi cans of the entire country. The tacti. s of the V.'anamakerites nrs on a par with those resi rted to in the attempt to defeat National Chairman Mark Hanna for the I'nit -d States sen ate. A similar combination waa pro posed when the Bushrellites Joined w:h the Democrats . but they failed, although one Republican state sen wlth the Democrats, but they failed, organization of the state senate, with the result that he is today the most despised and most ostracized man iu politics In the state of Ohio. But there is little dancer of Ropubli. cans in Pennsylvania following his ex ample. GUFFKY IN THE GAME. The election of a Democrat to the speakership would, of course, material ly aid Millionaire James M. Guffey, the memter of the Democratic national committee from Pennsylvania, who is a full lledffed candidate for L'nlted State senator. But the GuiTey-Wanamaker combine is bound to meet with disaster once more. The Republican party wreckers have exhausted themselves. The flood of vilifications and libelous misstate ments, the sensational arrests for po litical effect, the spending of immense sums of money to accomplish the defeat of Republican candidates for the legis lature, the Iniquitous deals with Dem ocrats and other peculiar metheds of an unprecedented campaign, have all gone for naught. There will be a Republican elected speaker of the house of representatives. Colonel Stone will 1 inaugurated gov ernor and Colonel Quay will be trium phantly ele.:td to Bucceed himself In the I'nited States senate. Wanamaher In Pennsylvania politics l!l tbing cf the past fend jjne for ever. Itwej to Bail Three Ship. Washixoton, D. C.,Not. li Admiral Dewey has informed the Navy Depart ment that he has contracted with a Hong kong firm of wreckers to raise three of the Spanish war vemels sunk in the battle of Manilla last May day. The cost of raising the ships and putting tbem in thorough repair will he Jjftt.OUO. The vessels to be raised are gunboat of li .-ge type, and in the opiuion of Chief Constructor Hich born, they will ha the very best kind of craft t ic the pro tection of United Statee interests amo-tg th Philippines and along the Asiatic cotsL Tbey are the sister ships Isla de Cuba and Isla de Luzon, and the Don Juan de Austria. Xsatfc Filling Vp With Beae. CiiABr.KKhBtno, Pa.. Nov. 17. Mita Alice Hager, residing near here, bad a tooth drawn last August, at which lime hT jaw lne was icj.ired. A growth came np on the t;ne, and has soenlarg d thai her mouth is gradually closing up. She had been in IUitimo-e, where an op. eration performed, but no relief m as atTorde L To-day ahe er.t hi New York wh-reshe will u:iderg t another e a-i:-n. 1" Pr iTf li o o o o o o o o en o o o o o o o a Q o a o & a a there 's no dust on It sells too fast" ! XTOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. .ii la hMreliv riven that In necoManc wilh the rctiuirtmouia ot IU Charter and By- . Iji itieminual meetlnK of the kic- holU- I r..r n.- fittliuivta A t'unnellDVllle K. K.C". I - ; . i will h. i. .-i.i at lot nmrini onice. corner JMI1 II Held and Water streets, in the city of r-ltts-bunth. Pa., on Monday, December 5, at II o'cltK-k a. m, for me election of a Board of IHrecUrs loner lor the eneuing year. nu for the transaction of such other husincs as may be brought before in- meeting. J. U. WAjIIIMJTOS, Jiecretary. Farm for Sale. I will sell my farm, one mile north of Sura erset, I'll aere, nearlv all iieHreo. i goixl Ktateof cultivation. iood bouse, barn orrl.nrd. iro.nl wter. a Kood first-clas larm An- person defiriMK U examine the farm wi; c.ll on Oiarles Kinaleron tiie farm, or Joh H. t'hl. Iornerwt. or the underMirued in !- nvcrerk township, his home, for tenon, ele fwnnlcn ivrn 1 April, ink, or m urr u plowin;, etc., if p jic tise I. LKVi ftlNtiLKR. Shauks Hie, Pa ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE. Estate of John W. liowers, late of Ho-.vent- vllle borough, tiomeinet couu'y, ra., dec a Letters of administration on the above es tate having been uranted io the under-ineu by the proper authority, uotM-e Is hereiV giv en to all persona knowing themselves indent ed to said mate to make immediate pHViiien and lhoe havin em inn or demands atfuin the mine to present tneni duly authent'eatec tor settlement on Thursday, lieceniberl'i at tne late ro-idence of decedent tn Hoov sville borough, Somerset countv. Pa. ssAliIK U. boWKKS, Administratrix of John W. Bowers, dee'd. ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE. In the estateof Henry jrtng. lateof Somerset township, Somerset county, Pa., dee'd. letters of administration on the above es tate having been granted to ttie undersigned by the proper authority, u rtii-e N heretiy giv en to alt M-rson indebteu to said estate tc make immediate payment, and Ihoae havliu claims aKalnst Hie tune to present them dulj authenticated for settlement, on rilday, l)ec. i A. I, Irt. at the late residence ot said deceased. G. F. LCNti. Fred. VV. ltiesecker. Administrator. A itoruey. c OURT PROCLAMATION. Whereas, The Hon. Jacob H. Iijbi Nr.( uh, President Jude of t be several Courts of Common Pleas of the several countieom poking the Pith Judu-iul IMstriet. and Jimtict of the Courts of Oyerand Terminer and -n-erul Jail Delivery, for the trial of all cubital and other offenders in the said District, and D. J. HoKMCKand KOK.K I. Kl.ACK, r-sq's.. Judges of the CtHirta of C-oinmon 1'h-u and Justices of the Courts of Oyer and Terminet and (cneral J.'M In !! very for the trial of all capital and other oifendero In the Colin I y oi Somerset, have issjed their precepts, and to me directed, for holding a Court of Common Plena and eneral Quarter Newdons of th .eace and Uenerai Jail lielirery, and Courts of Over aud Terminer at Somerset, on MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1393. Nortca is hereby ri veil to all the Justices Of the t'.-uce, the Coroner and Cr tlslahle within the said county of Homeric . "tut they be then and there in their proper persons with tiieir robs, reconls.imitiisitiotiH, examinations and other remem I 'ranees, to do those tliiugi. which to their ottice and In that behalf h periain to be done, and also they who will prosecute a-ainst the prisoners that are oi shall be in the Jail of Somerset County, to br then and there to prosecute against them a shall be JuhL. M. U. HARTZKI.I.. bheriff. D ISSOLUriOX NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given that the partnership Mwn Jtcolt H. Winters and William H Kannier, in the carrying on and management of the Hotel Vante-ar, at -onier--et, s-oinersel county. Pa., was dissolved uu Uie 1st day ol August A. 1. is. Ail detus to the said partnership are to be paid, and those due from th same dl-H-har-:-ed at said Hotel Vannear, where the husinew will be etMilinued by the said Jacob II. Win ters J.COB B. W'INTF.UH, W. H. KANTNHK. tiilfANTKD HAI.MEN:"-'e make no If extravagant fff'rs t.ut have a go-.d business p--.Mi.ittin for relia hie nen lo han dle our Tiger Kraiid Lubricating Oils and Circ-uses. Addresa with referer.e-i s I11K HOWARD OIL A UKK ASK CO., Cleveiiiiid, Ohio & 04 40 9Q Jos. Home & Co- f i i f $50,000 worth of S Dress Goods and Silk. We have placed picked pricts ) on these goods for a purpose. The purpose is to make room for incotn- ) ing holiday gijods. We are free to 9 ay tee mor.ey loss on these goods 9 0 is ours, we paid full price for tbem S and they are the best ot imported 2 goods. You can ask our mail or- S J der for samples if you wish. J Colored Dress Goods. $1 2oand$l 30 French Novelties, v $ oo tl " aodjl o0 French Cheviot-, ' $1 andl.au Whipoord Sniti's, j All marked to the round price ot -' )' Fancy Silks. Canele Stripe! Taffetas, I'ancy Plaids and Checked Silks, Fancy Striped TafMa-, Plaiu and Changeable Taffetas, All marked at 73C and jSsc a yarj. Black Silks. 3X10 ranis extra fine 21-inch exeellent soft fiuish lilxek TahVtta 8iik, specially 6o cts a yd. marked at J Nothing mere acceptable tn a lady in the way of a holiday gift than a drew pattern of hanW-n black ailk. Our mail order will end you the deaired length. e 3 2 525-527 P.a Jh. NTTS3U33. PA j keeley cure?! V Imwhi aH attir a4 aotxtiu. kuiltft m tha 9 ?vrawm. nnm M.na ana tior. kriealtM m m iteiiect t its n tw kusna. K THI OSLY Illl.lt mUTITI-Tl 5 ThKMrHittat.4aaFirhtv Pirniw-o Pt i Keep ... Your Kitchen Cool r I "V P. A. SCHELL'S, s X Somerset, Pa. 1847 WHEN IN WANT OF FURE ERICS, CH I 1CALS AND TOILET ARTICLES PHARMACY. Fine Chamois Skins and Bath Sponges A SPECIALTY. HOR'-'S AND WETXORE'S SUPER CR TRUiSES AND BANDAGES CONSTANTLY ON HAND. A f Corn Cvre i (111 , ( J.x.t.ael.o urot i mm". r """"" i,UU I Tr Kxnectorant 25 cenU. J 10.EY REFMCED i in cosfecT:Oslr;es ih original packages. foreign & domestic brands of Cifjars. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED. j G. W. BENFORD, Manager. . . . . m -w T-v- a WW 1 U 4 1 1 . . . i tJfViAc station for Long a U T..aa mArlaratA in 1 lit) c o. iuwc.. NMlMIUMNNNHtMC X choice goods for less prices has Ice a thid store's talk ever since it was started nearly 30 years ago convincing talk because it was Lacked up with goods and prices tbat proved what we said. We're keeping at that way it counts is the only good way for you and the store. We're at it more aggressively than ever with goods and prices. We care not what store or stores you'd place In comparison, we back our goods and prices to win to show you'll save money here get the goods at the least prices. We'll charge you nothing for samples of Silks or Dress Goods to test us by and when you order, if the goods are not same as samples sent, send the goods baik at onr expense and we'll refund your money. See what good useful all wool Dress Goods 3:1 inches wide, lac yd. Splendid all wool Dress Goods, 25c yard. All wool 48 inch Cleviotte Mixtures, 35c yard extra wide and extra good. Fine Dress Goods, 50c, 65c, S5c, $1.00 and handsome wai.st Silks G5c and 75c that will tliow this store seeks your preference on merit. You"l want the new Zti page illus trated cata'ogue for your holiday mail ordering--it's free -send for a copy now. BOGGS & BUHL, DEPARfMEMT X" Allegheny, Pa. UDITOIt'8 NOTICE. In re estate of Jonathan M'ller, dee'd. The andiTHizned auditor, duly appointed by the pn,prr authority, lo axvruiin 1 vanceiiH'iila nJ i,u.ke a dintrtbullon of the fond in the hamlHofiheadni'rioand anion th. l.lly mtitl thcrvi.v, hrrvbr alvn iute liml he will mtnd to ihedutica of hi appointment, on Kridy. Nov. is. im eret. Pa., when and where all parti in temucd may atuftl. GEO. R. WfLU Auditor. W-TEf-ReHabla men who cau put In eltherall or put of their time U. uk, "i ; r Oil, .n.t irw, from ,; mill. ft tone-. dt-aiT,, farmer, ami thrch T P'-riix.nent portion for the right man. Liberal coimuiaalon -TheCanfleld Oil Co. Cleveland, Ohio. C're a peti liz.tl Ttrtmd- mmnlnt Edacmtiom. fom mkjiam aooo. r.DLTFS: SO. 2U Fi.tb Avenue. THE - FARflHHflR , --' 7 - w 1 1 1 PATENT V ARUULeTklCTToV FEED Sawfiliil & Enefin8 Rectirtd fA itadai and HhhtstAmtud tkm w tj-- r.i .- 21. fW? t 11 - -1 1 - .- f r 1 r ii ) .,.w " v ' j .uiun.a.cn crnsg t en. ' u l" lk M4 lor lllunta IU u. A. 8. FARQUHAR CO.. Ltd YORK., FE.XNA7 ' i 1! JJ?E a new Process Clue Flame Oil tftove, wick or wickless, lurts ccd;. moa lamp oil, cheaper tLan coal. 0:.e. two or three burner. See ll.tm in tp. at ion at I V f! 10 cents . . . 1 tv NY BUI ILc SOLD - !! Distance Telephone to all points .11 fit Gtbbs Imperial Plow, i 1 Made at Canton, Ohio, theheotpt on earth, can now be seen at J. 1 ' llolocrbauin's Hardware N.i Light to handle and rery (u.-:,.4 SEE OUR... 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 -' era to protect bolt heaL f Steel Bar Lever j Corn and Garden Cultivators. I five, seven and nine shovels, wits B-'(: era and weeders. T Bar Steel Pulverizer Land Me I Corn Planters, with fertilizing attachment s Champion Hay Rakes. Farmers' Favorite Grain DnX ? 1 McCormick's Mowers and Bin;, t 1 t i 1 1 I Engines, Saw Mills and Threshers. Just Unloaded for Spring TrJa 1 Car Wire Nail. I i 1 " Barbed and 5mootb i i 1 Imperial Plows. t 1 Harrows, I I 1 Kramer Wagons. 1 " Spring Wagons. s 5 Buggies and Carriage Call aud examine my stock befor huy, f J. B. HolderbauE; SOMERSET, PA Sterlinq Silver Novelties. StarCm 2 BIM Knit. 40c Sih1 (or our illurtnited cam. icue. rtiht. m . ti R.SIEDLE&SO?iS.j? jcaitkcaa. 2S4 FIFTH AVE., PITTSBURG, P. . tr inq IN. . Too'h BUSINESS 1898 7t HO-' i to. f