I The i Somerset Herald. ' X DWilU) SCUI-1., Editor and Proprietor. WKOXESOAY- Sfanli 15. l!. All investi;;ati'u roads ia Harris burg Meeiu to lead to Democratic crook edness. The bill incressine the minimum m L t t-mi t mcvii fuoiilhs pa.-d the ,xiMt- and is likely to tie enacted into a law at the present Heaion. Attkxkv D. T. Watson, f Pitt- bur, has written liovertior Stone, dcJ dining the apjoiritntent tendered mm to tbe Sujreuie Court llench. This far that investigating commit tee has found that Democrats tried to induce Democrats to vote for a Demo crat for United Btatjs Senator, which 8enis to ba a crime in the eyes of the Mugwum ps. tKXATtK Jt"AV left Washington for Florida for a much-needed rest, last Weduesday. He will return in about two weeks, invigorated and refreshed, and prepared to push hi senatorial candidacy to a successful conclusion. The ' old man" isn't licked yet, by long odds. The Democratic party is up to its old tricks and will go down to defeat by the same old toboggan. It has taken a stand against holding the Philip pines, and in its next national conven tion will probably point with pride to the plauk lu its platform of 1.!, de claring the war to le a failure. Skxatok Ukauv, of Philadelphia, has introduced a bill in the Senate that makes it compulsory for every qualified voter to cast a ballot at each and every general election, and prescribing a pen alty for failure to do so; also, an act regulating primary elections, requiring every voter to participate in such elec tions of his party. A Vienna professor of economic sci ence declares that American exports threaten the commercial life of Eu rope, If our products and manufac tures are better and cheaper than any thit can be obtained in Europe, the Austrian will be apt to order them if thc-y get a chance. In Mine liues of prodi Mion the Americans are unri valed. Whenever tJeneral :is raises a ritle in defense of the Stars and Stripes he is charged by the anti-expansionists with the desfgu of exterminating the Filipino, "just as the Indians were exterminated." If that be his purpose lie can not find much encouragement in the success of his countrymen in "exterminating" the Indians, of whom about 300,000 are still drawing rations at the old stand. The President desires the coiuiuis hion alniut to meet in the Philippines "to exercise due respect for all tbe ide als, customs and institutions of the tribes and races which cocipose the population, emphasizing upon ail occa sions the just and benevolent inten tions of the Government of the United States." The well-disposd natives will gladly accept this policy as soon as Ajuinaldo's thugs are put down. O.vly three new law; have been add ed to the statute books by the present Legislature. One is the constables' fee bill, and was enacted before the Spring elections. Another authorizes the Penu sylvinia Caual Company to abaudon it canal from Newton Hamilton to Duncan' Islaud. The third allows eourU to appoint masters iu divorce proceedings. These three measures orig inated in the House of Kepresentatives and are all that have gone to the Gov ernor. The Delaware Legislature adjourned Monday afternoon without electing a United States Senator to succeed Hon. George Gray. The seat of ex-Senator Gray will remain vacant until the General Assembly of li'Ol shall have chosen his successor. Oa the final bal lot, the fourteenth of the day and the one hundred and thirteenth during the Hossion, John Edward Addicks, Repub lican, had 21 votes, while the remain ing II Republican votes and the IS Democratic votes were scattered among a number of candidates. 1k General W. H. K xtutz, of Som erset, receives a majority of the votes of the Republicans of lilair county for JSlate Chairman, says the AltoouaTrib une, the result will be an endorsement of treason. General Koontz is now, and has been since the meeting of the legislature, in alliance with the Dem ocrats, and has lont no opportunity to injure the party which sent him to Harrisburg. We trust that every Re publican in Illair county who abhors treachery and believes in party organi se ition will scratch the name of Koontz from his ticket. The recent Congress as a billion and a half dollar Cougress. The coun try, too, is a billion and a half dollar country at this time. The expansion iu expenditures was chiefly due to tbe war, though, of course, part of il was caused by an increase in population and business, The growth in inhabitants and industrial activity will continue. It will be advisable to practice economy ia public expenditure wherever this cin bedone without iujury to the serv ice, but at tbe same time it is well to bsar in mind that the Government of can not be run for the same amount of maney that was used in 179 or 1SS9. Somerset county will only be enti tled to two delegates in the coming Re publican State Convention, while in the hist one she had three. We only polled 4007 voles for Governor Stone, and representation in the State Con vention is fixed on a ratio of one dele gate for each 2)00 votes. The date for the convention has not been definitely decided upon, but the probabilities are that it will be held in the month of June, and if so it will necessitate the holding of our primary election on a date earlier than that prescribed by tbe party rules, the fourth Saturday in June. The bill providing for a minimum school term of seven months passed the House by an overwhelming major ity, the vote on final passage being 141 to JL Much to the disappointment of many of their constituents tbe voice of neither of Somerset county's Repre sentatives was raised in opposition to the bill, so far as we have been able to discover, and if raised, it was without influence or effect, ae the large major ity in favor of the bill would indicate. We presume the time of Representa tives Kendall and Koontz is m fully occupied io asisliug their fellow-bolt- ' trs and Democratic allies to .reveut the re-eipik,n of Mr. Quay thkt they have no time to spare n measure in which their constituent are interested. A(xvrpixg toSenator.Penrose, a law will le enacted by the next Congress which will make good the election of any candidate for United States Sena tor who secures a plurality vote in, both branches of tbe legislature, iustead of a majority of both branches in joint convention. Such a law at present would cusure tbe election of Senator Quay, who baa a plurality in both branches of the Legislature, and yet he is kept out of an election. The plu rality rule obtains at general election, and it is only fair that it should I ap plied to elections for United States Sen ator. If the majority rule were appli cable to all elections, there would be a Lard time to fill the oftioes, especially where three candidates were running for the same office. The Wanamakerites have started in to make a determined effort to control the next Republican State Convention and capture the State organization. Senator William Flinn Is their candi date for State Chairman and will make au aggressive light for the posi tion. It is claimed that they will carry their fight into every couuty in the State. Five delegates to the State Con vention have already been chosen and they are all pronounced adherents of Senator Quay. They were elected: two from Lawrence couuty, two from In diana and one from Union. The Union county primaries were held Saturday, and notwithstanding the fact that Senator Flinn made a stump ing tour of the county, the Quay can didate was elected by a majority of over 1000 in a pt.ll of less than 2,100. Primaries will lie held in Blair and Lancaster counties Saturday of the present week. The fight is being waged in a lively manner iu both counties and is being watched with considera ble interest throughout the State, - The joint convention of Legislators at Harrisburg continues to go through the form of balloting for a candidate for United States Senator each day without any change iu the result. Sat urday there were but ten votes cast, and Monday only ten Members and two Senators recorded their votes. Of those who voted Monday 6 cast their ballots for Qiay, 4 for Jenks, 1 for Dalell, and 1 for Irvin, As only five more weeks remain of the present session, the like lihood of an election by the present Legislature grows less each day. The fifty-odd bolting Republicans will not vote for Qiay, and they dare not vote for Jenks. They have it in their power to prevent an election at this session, and their actions indicate that they will do so. In the meantime all legislaticu is practically blocked, and the bills for tbe taxpayers to liquidate go on multi plying and increasing. The present legislature bids fair to achieve a repu tation that will put to the blush the un enviable one acquired by that of two years ago. Quay or Sobody. Tbe conditions at Harrisburg are such. says the Philadelphia Inquirer, that ei tber Matthew S. Quay will be re-elected Seuator or Pennsylvania will have to be content with but one Senator when Con gress is again in session. If there shall be no election the "insurgents" the Re publican member of the Legislature who have bolted from tbe decree of their par ty must shoulder the responsibility. They will have to face their constituents, and their antagonism to tbe great Repub lican principle of majority rule must blast then as dangerous destructiouisU and end their careers. Senator Quay is tbe party choice, made so by a two-thirds majority in a regularly called can ens, tbe machinery adopted. uotonly in Congress, but in every State of the Union for determining the popular will. Against the choice of the Republi can party of Pennsylvania a choice re corded at the polls in November as well as by tbe caucus a few individuals, for personal reasons, have revolts '. It is wrong to call these bolters "insurgents. They are revolutionists, for they would overthrow majority rule and substitute tbe brute rule of the few. It is the bounden duty of all true Re publicans at Harrisburg to fight to the bitter end this pernicious doctrine of mi nority rule. X Republican can, in hon or, desert his party and join hands with those a ho are hastening ti their own do litica! destruction. Xo Republican cm take up arms against majority rule ami remain a Republican. Let tbe revolu tionists pursue toeir dangerous course if they will and leave the great State of Pennsylvania with oi.ly half represent tion in the Senate, Far better go without a Senator than that the great foundation stone of Republicanism majority ruh should be shattered. There can lie no surrender to revolu tionists. If the latter wish to join hands with the Democrats and elect a Demo cratic successor to Senator Quay they have the power to do so. II they do not d-iretotake this final stp of party dis loyalty, then let the deadlock go on until Q'iay is re elected, the principle of ma jority rule is triumphant and the revolu tionists are overwhelmed as they will be at the Kills, Admiral Oewcj't Frail Health. A Vancouver dispatch, March 8, to The New York World aays: Captain Fraser, of Loudon, iale of the British imperial forces, arrived to-day direct from Manila, where he had the honor of diuing with Admiral Dewey. To Tbe World corres p lUiieiit Captain Fraser said : "The war at Manila will hive to iid soon or tbe life of the great American Admiral will be worth nothing. "1 dined with him at Manila within m nth, and am convinced that if he is not relieved of tbe terrible strain imposed upon biin be can not last a month longer. As he sat at the banquet table, surround ei by his staff, he looked to me like a dy ing man. His hair is snowy white, his face ashen, and he ate hardly anything. "I had the pleasure of a few minutes' conversation with him when we retired to the smoking room. Having in mind his terribly enfeebled appearance, I asked him if he thought of returning to Amer ica soon. He replied: "I would like to, but my work is by no meau finished here. When it is, and only then, m ill I return.' "I am thoroughly conviooed that only the Admiral's indomitable will has kept him up so long. The strain on him ia terrific, and the climatic conditions have reduced him to a shadow. "His o flu-era and men worship him. "As an English officer, and knowing the magnificent work he has done, I have the greatest admiratioa for him. "One of his officers said to me just be fore I left Manila: ' 'The war will be ended by tbe Admi ral aonn, or it will end him. Xomancan stand such a strain as he does in this cli mate and live long.' " Terror of "8weariBg Off" Justice of the Peace Oehlor, of East St. Louis, make the following atatemeut re girding administering oaths to persons who wish to stop drinking: "I intend to make tbe Issuance of these sworn pledges a feature of my work. I propone, also, to prosecute any of the men whu have taken tbe pledge should tbey break it. They will lie charged with per jury, and will be liable to penitentiary atnienc." 2WI IlTSI. Oklahoma's Governor vetoed the bill forbidding Christian Scientists to prac tice medicine. A gigantic coal trust to control the en tire sale of hard coal has been formed by the Morgan-Vandorbill syndicate. Claua Spreckles, the San Francisco sugar king, uses a quill pea for all his writing and carries one with him wher ever he goes. A lot of B iurbon county, Kentucky, cattle went into a tobcoo barn for shelter during the last snow, and twenty of them died from eating the tobacco. A witting angel statue in Italian marble will be erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy over Mis Winnie Davis" grave, at Richmond, Va. Mrs. Margaret K. Cody has been con victed of attempting to blackmail Ueorge and Helen Gould. She claimed to. be the first wife of their father, James Gould. Robert J. Burdc-ttc, the humorist, is en gaged to be married. His future bride is Mrs. P. C. Baker, a wealthy widow of Pasadena, Cal., where the wedding will take place about Raster. A telegram from Harrisburg says: The suit of ex-Congressman Josiah D. Hicks, of Altoona, against Rev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow, of Altoona, claiming 50,000 for criminal libel has been discontinued. John II. Evans, who was arrested Fri day in Philadelphia in the act of robbing an. uptown dwelling, was railroaded through the courts aud was sentenced to six years' imprisonment within twenty four hours of the time of his arrest. The Prothonotary of Clearfield county charged each of the 52 Constables 50 cents for filing and recording his bond last week, and there was a decided protest on tbe part of some of the Constables. Here tofore, no such fee has been charged, and the county has paid the Prothonotary 15 cents for each bond. Representative Baldwin, of Delaware county, has introduced a bill at Ilarris (Hirg levying a tax of f I on telegraph, telephoue and electric light jkiIcs in town ships and boroughs; taxing oil tank wag ons $25 annually iu each county in which they peddle, and providing for the in spection by an authorized county inspect or to be appointed by tbe Common Pleas Court for three years. The auditors of Carbon county a'4fge. says the Mauch Chunk "News," that the Count Commissioners are not advertis ing the annual statement which they, the auditors, approved, but that substitution has been perpetrated. The only notable change said to have been made in the statement was the omission of an item of 2X), which the auditors state night have been saved in an award for bridge repairs. A dispatch from Lexington ICy., says Mrs. Ellen Johnson and her fifteen-year- old son, the sister in law and nephew of Millionaire Tom Johnson, the singie-tax champion, were found by the detectives employed by Mr. Johnson. It is said that the mother and son are heirs to an estate worth nearly f 1,000,000. The heirs will send lawyers to Ireland to settle the estate which was left by the grandfather, James Rourke, A tragic ending of a tuatrimouial ven ture between two old people who met through a matrimonial agency, was made by Edward Wauuick, who after his wife hail begun proceedings for divorce, broke up her furniture, then shot himself and finally banged himself to a tree at Leb anon, Iud., on Friday. Wannick came from Flagstaff, Arizona, last August to marry his wife, then a widow. Tbe result was unhappy and divorce proceedings precipitated the above result. Henry Bpuo, a usiiveof Pensaoola, Fla., while in the operatiug chair of the Coos. county hospital, Chicago, last Saturday, permitted a physician to drive a bra awl into bis skull three quarters of an inh. A chair was then tied to the handleof the awl and swung to and fro to show that the awl was imbedded firmly. Beno is 27 years old. He is insensible to pain or any physical feeling and without sense of beat or cold or taste or smell. His presence at the hospital was due to a piece of an awl a quarter of an inch long which was im bedded in his skull from a previous ex perimentaud which be desired to have remove!. Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage, who for nearly lour years has been the pastor of the First rresbyterian Church of Wash ington, D. C, Thursday sent a letter to theS.wtion of that church tendering his resignation. He says his course is prompt-d by the increasing demands of religious journalism, in addition to which be w ants to meet face to face those persona in various parts of the world to whom be has been preaching through the news papers, probably meaning that he will travel and lecture. lis says he will con tinue to reside io Washington and will devote his time to literary work. . Politioal Hotel. There was much talk ab wt the char acter of tbe las; legislature, but tbe Dem ocrats and bolting Republicans are mak ing the present body odious in compari son witb its predecessor. Saturday's session of tbe joint assembly was the smallest on record, only twelve iU9:nbors voting. This !s tbe ballot in detail: QiayC, Jenks 4, Dlzell I, Irvin L Xo quorum, hence no election. . . There Ls a rumor in Washington that General Joe Wheeler may be the next secretary of war in' ease Alger should be induced to resign or ba otherwise got rid of. The President, It is saM, would ap point heeler fur manifold rea on to enthuse the south, to reward a hero, to show tbe Democrats tbe breadth of the presidential uynd and to announce that money is not tbe issue, b it that expan sion ia. Girl ia a Trane for a Tear. Sas Fraxcisco, Cal., March 12. Elida Wiltrar, ho for thirteen months has laiii ia a heavy stupor resembling death, is showing signs of reviving conscious ness, and the doctors now believe she will recover. Miss Wilbur went into a trance on the night of February 17, rS7. She had been engaged to James Dunpby for some time, but differences prevented the marriage. That night Danphy and Miss Wilbur quarreled and parted. The next morn ing Miss Wilbur was found in the strange sleep in which she has been ever since. Tbe gas was turned on, and people said it was an attempt at suicide. Dunphy is the first to rejoice, and he has asked that on her being restored to copHciousnfiSH, she shall be told that he it still waiting to claim her as his bride.' Kas Pinned Down sad Bswtcd. Dvblis, Ga., March li The charred remains of John Holland were found in the woods near, here to diy, atil th 9 ap pearance of the ground around the spot told how he met bis death. He had light ed a fire beside a stump, on which a fallen tree was resting in a tottering po sition. As he stood with his back to the blae warming himself, the stump fell on the unfortunate man, pinning him to the ground. He was slowly roasted to death. AU around the earth had been plow- ad up by the fingers of the dfwperate mau, who bad flung the turf on his back and on the tree, with the hope of extin guishing tbe fire. The Seat of the War. The following statement has been issued a bowing the total number of deaths re ported to the Adjutant General's office I botween May 1st, Island February 2sth, Killed in action, 3J9; died of wounjs, 125; died of dleae, 5,277; total, 5.7JL i Etste FistBtet. A conterer.sj between Governor Xon, Attorney General Elkin, AnditorGeneral McUauley aud members of tbe Hone Way aud Means oouuuit'.ee was held last Thursday to consider ways and dies us to meet the deficiency of $SJ),ki ia the Stale treasury, aud to raise suffi cient revenue to meet the rurreut ti- pecsea of tbe Commonwealth for the next two fiscal years. No definite action b taken, although the Governor stated that he would not sign bills making appropri ations to charitable aud penal institutions in excess of the estimated revenues fo $U.iK7,3..50. The personal property tax bill, which provides that all personal property lax sli -ill le turned into tbe State treasurv for the next lo years instead of thre fourtbs of such tax, which now gr.ea to the counties, was endorsed. This ia an Administration measure, and it is esti mated would increase the revenue ?2,io0, 000 annually. The Hosack bill, taxing one half cent a gallon on beer, ale and porter brewed in tbe State, and the Creasy taxation bill were also discussed. A strong effort will bs made by friends of tbe Administra tion to reduce the public school fund, un lets additional revenue is provided by the present Legislature. Settler in the Philippine. WAsiiiNuroN, March IS Maj. Theo dore Sternberg, paym later, V, S. A., bad written a letter from Manila to an ollicer in the War department in which be says: "I wish you would call the attention of the President and Secretary of War to this: There is not less than 10 per cent, of the volunteers who honestly wish to' remain in these islands and make homes here and engage ia agriculture, lumber ing and mining. From every point of view this should be encouraged unless America means to haul down iu flag and sneak home. The time will come when every American will recognize the value of these islands. Take but one item : Cattle thrive here ; it is the fluent stock country I aver saw. The Orient can be supplied with beef from here. No thesa soldiers wish to ba discharged hera with travel pay. This will be their capitak Those who are in earnest are willing to do anything In reason to prove it. I believe that tbey would be willing to serve out a two year's enlistment by transfer to the regular army if necessary. They would, many of them, prefer to be mustered out here with nothing rather than be compelled to gj to the States to be mustered out. There are also many regular soldiers enlisted under order 40. These men think they should be paid travel pay if they intend settling in these islands. Now ail of this is based upon the idea thU the United States wiiPre tain some sort of interest in these islands. Knowing the value of the pioneer, I say deliberately that each of these plain soldiers, young, vigorous and used to tnis climate, by remaining here wili beof inestimable value to our country. Tbe only way to Americanize these islands is by tbe example of American pioneers engaged in making homes for themselves. I take no stork iu the theory that white men cannot work in the tropics. They can, w hen workiug for themselves. At all eents the government h is here now the cream of American young manhood who are anxious to try the tiling. "I know the regulars, as a rule, don't want to hold these islands, bee use they prefer stations in the States. I know the majority of the volunteers are homesick and so color their opinions. But 1 had rather die here than see the Hag come down, and if I was 20 years younger I would make my home on a farm here." Tillaloa'i Bsiy Found ia a Cave. Santiago pb Ccbv, March 10. It wa-i reported here that the body of C.tpUin Villalon, who commanded the SpiaUb tjrpedo boat destroyer Pluton, which was sunk in the destruction of AJjiiral Cervera's squadron, his aen disc ivered in a sitting position iu an arm chair in a cave about a mile from El Morro, t the westward. Those who bring the newb suggest that his sailors propped hitn in the chair when wounded, aud then left him to bis fate. For many days a careful search was made for Captain Villalon' remains, but nothing was ever found to Indicate where or how be died. The Captain of ths Pjrt Sjott will go by tug to-morrow to ascertain whether there is auy truth in the story, and if the body is found it will be brought here for burial, subject to instructions later from the Spanish government. This dispatch does not agree with oc currences which followed the destruction of the Pluton. Lieutenant Commiuler Wainwright, of the Gloucester, hit b th Captain Villalon, of the Pluton. and the captain of the Furor on the Gloucester as prisoners. Captain Villalon give a co respondent a written order addressed to the Spaniards, picked up by the Wandi, a dispatch boat, instructiug them to come on board the Gloucester and surrender. This they diL Inflamed and Granulated Eyelids. Is there anything more disfiguring to a face or more disagreeable than in flamed or granulated eyelids ? These remit from a moltitudeof causes, and respond quick ly to proper treatment. Such treatment may be had at tbe hands of Dr. A. Sig mann, 804 Penu Ave.. Pittwburg, for merly of Vienna, Austria, who baa en Joyed the advantage of years of study and practice in the greatest hospital of the world, situated in that city, and is prepared to give any cases relating to bis specialties Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat the roost thorough scientific treatment possible. During bis short stay in this city he has already secured a long list of patients to whom ho can refer any per son desiring to gain information regard ing his skill and suc4s. No Senator from Utah. SaTlt Lask Citt, Utah, March 10. At midnight President Nebeker declared the Joint Assembly adjourned, no Sena tor having lieeo chosen, and the Legisla live session expired to day. The McC'une supporter are claiming that they scored a partial victory by the defeat of Frank J. Cannon,, and Mc- Cune's friends hive nominate! him in advance for the Senatorship two years hence. The Republicans are j ibilant over the fact that on account of the party dissensions, the Legislature, overwhelm iiig:y ujmocratio, mi lanea to elect a United States Senator. FL03IDA. List Tear of the Seaeoa via Fenaeylvaaia Railroad. The last of tbe present series of popular Pennsylvania Railroad personally-conducted tours to Jacksonville will leave New York and Philadelphia by special train of Pullman Palace cars on Tuesday, March 7. R mi nd trip tickets, valid to return on re pilar trains uutil May 31, 1S8, and in cluding railway transportation in each diiection, and Pullman accommodationa (one berth I and meals on special train a'.- ixg. will be sold at the following rates : ew Wk. f50.00; Philadelphia, ftSOO: Cauandaigna, fca 85; Erie, ?54 85; Wilkea harre, f35j Pittsburg, $53 00; and at proportionate rates from other points. For tickets, itineraries and full informa tion apply to ticket agents; Tourist Agnt, 115 Broadway, Xew York; 7S3 Broad Street, Newark, iT. J. ; Thos. E. 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Round trip tickets ill be sold at rates quoted below, good going on special train indi cated, or on train No. 4, leaving Pittsburg at X:'M p. in . and carrying through sleep ing cars to Washington. Npwial train of through parlor cars and coaebes will be run on the following schedule: Train leaves. Ilate. Pitulnitx K 00 A. M. Connei Isvi lie "at. 7 : 7 :$ " fii Johnstown 10 J; Cumberland h l" Washington Arrive 7:1j Tickets will be good returning on any regular train, except the Pennsvlvania Limited, until April 8, Mav 0 and May M respectively, anil to stop otTat Baltimore within limit. Holders or special exeursibn tickets to Washington can pnrrhasn. at the Penn sylvania Railroad Ticket Otticew in Wash ington, excursion tickets to Richmond at rate of fl.OO, and to Old Point Comfort all rail ) at. jtt u; at the offices of the Nor folk and Washington Steamboat Compa ny, excursion tickets (not including meals and staterooms on steamers) to Old Point Comfort or Norfolk, Va.. at ft.Vl, and to Virginia Beach at JI.50; Washington to Mt. Vernon and return, via electric railway, 50 cents. Should tbe number of passengers not be sufficient to warrant the running of a special train, the company reserves the right to carry participants iu this excur sion on regular train. Tickets on sale in Pittsburg, at I'm ion Ticketolliis, 3i!0 Kifth Avenue, and Union Station, and at all stations mentioned above. For full information apply to agents or Thomas E. Watt, Passenger AKint Western District. Fifth Avenue aud Sinitngttld street, Pittsburg. Hew Ue of tbe Telephone. GAf.r.ATlx, Tenn., Mareu 1L An inci dent happened here after the recent storm which iuiliates a new use for the telephone. J. T. Dunham, attorney, had an app lintment to try a lawsuit at Cas tiliau Springs, eight miles from here, but the weaih )r wis s r il l and the saow so deep that he would n it mike the trip, but remained at home and employed the telephone, through which he conducted the suit. Through his instructions the witnesses were examined, and after all the evidence was in Mr. Dunham made bis argument to the court over tbe 'phone. A decision was quickly rendered in his favor. This is the first case of the kind on record, and there is much interest among lawyers as to whether it will serve as a precedent Sid Winter Erooreione to Waikiagtoa. Tery Low Eatei. Baltimore ft 0hi Sailroad. ' The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ba made arrangements for a series of popular mid-winter excursions to Washington, at onk kark for the bocnp TRIP, allowing tks day limit on tickets iucluding day of sale. These excursions will be run on February 21st, March 2d and April 13th, 1SU9. .Tickets will be good going on reg ular trains of the above dates and good to return on regular trains within teic Days, including dale of sale. Do not miss these splendid opportuni lies to visit the National Capital during the session of Congress. Call on A. W. Ban man. Agent B. A O R. R., for fuil information. The Hntband ran off. WasHisriTo.v, D. C, March 12 The largest pension ever granted by the United States to a foreign-born utjx-t was allowed by the department yester day. Boletta Ingier is the beneficiary. She is the widow of Reolf Kreistotfjr Ingier, and lives in Christiania, N irway. Fran Ingier gots II WJ in a lump sum for bwk pay, and hereafter will draw $S a month from the United States Treasury. Erly in the civil war Ingier lef. his wifa,-ci:ni to A:nerici an I en listed In the Union army. The soldier husband was kilted. In due time his widow was informed, and at the end of li years she recovers from the United States Government what to many will appear rather a la'ge price for a hus band who left her to look out for her self. Cost of Dingley'e Funeral. Washinotox, March 9. Clerk Mc Dowell, of the House of Representatives, has declined to pay some of the bills sub mitted ou accouut of tbe funeral of the lae Representative Dingley, on the gro ind that they are exorbitant. The total ct of tire funeral when all the hills have been paid will be about $1,501 The largest amount is for the speciil train of fojr cars which carried the funeral party from Washington to Lew is ton. Me. This cost $1,340, including the meals served on the c.irs. This bill Mr. McDowell piid without opposition. Tbe bills on which piyaient his been suspended are those for services of various kinds at Lew into u. Luck of a Fortcne Hunter. Chicago, 111 , March 10. While seek ing in Alaska the means of becoming rich, a fortu ne of f'31,000 awaits Reginald D. Dawson in India. When Dawson went to the Klondike last year he was unaware of the wealth which ia h's, aud lawyers and detectives are endeavoring to communicate with him to notify him of his good luck. Dawson waa the husband of Ellep Archibald Dawson, for whom lawyers in Calcutta, London, New York and Chi cago have been searching nearly three years. Mrs. Dawson died three years ago in San Francisco. She was the daughter of George Archibald, of Cal cutta. India, who disinherited her when she married Dawson in Archibald died a couple of years ago. Prior to his death he relented and made his will in favor of his daughter or ber children, if she were dead. The estate to inch Dawson is heir, his wife bavins- died childless, consists of f 150,000 in real estate and $50 000 persona! property. Grain-0 Brirgt Belief to the Pofbw drinker. Coffee drinking is I a babillhat is uuivervallv imbibed in and almost as iniverssliv iiipirioi. Havn 1 you tried (r4iu n it iial nosi liiter- n e ' bl!!b e:rcl are j Kith" oiiposite. C-nre I onsets tbe alomacti. ruins the d-ii.-tion, affecta the heart and distort the whole) nf'TW svstem. Grain O tone ur iho 1 s'otnvh, aids dicstion and streM-jxhrnis the nerve. There is n sibling hut u i-ir-ishtnent ii Gnin O It. ci-rt hi o'.'ur wUe. 15 and 25c per package. Oeaeral Gats" Bepaifl- HiVAA,Mar(ih li-The Cuban m.. Ury aemu!y yesterday Pnpcachea Gen. Maximo Gome aud retuovti hi uj from command of the Ciitwu army. The charg es are that be was Insiibordinau. in mak ing the agreement to disband the army ou receiving tf.WW.wU from the United Utw. as the pay of the soldiers. To-day General Oouie isaued thU ataUmeut: -By the tie of the supreme faculties with which it is endowed, tbe assembly, representing the army only, has deposed me as commander-in-chief of the Cuban army, which grails it con forred upon me during the late war. As commander In chief I always followed the dictate of my list conscienr and the call of great internal ueed. I endeavored ill all cir c'linsuncea to fulfill my duty. The ns Bemlily considers the fact tht I do not aid it in its efforts to raise loans, which later would compromise the greatest fi nancial and politil interests of Cuba, to be an act of insubordination and of want of respect The primary cause for tbe action taken agaiust me is my con viction that Cuba should begin the exer cise of its own sovereignty as a republic of union and concord, proclaimed at Monte Cristo and sustained unimpaired on the field of battle, free from ail com promise, keeping the nation's honor spot less. As for the rest, as a sincere mau, I confess I thank them because they have relieved me of great politii-al obligations and also leave me free to return to my abandoned home, which, during SO years of continued strife for the good of this country that I love so much, has been my one aspiration. Foreigner aa I am, I did not come to serve this country by help ing it to defend is just cause as a mer cenary soldier; ai,d consequently since tbe opprosKive power of Spain has with drawn from this island and left Cuba in freedom, I have sheathed my sword, thinking I had finished the mission which I had voluntarily imposed upon myself. I am owed nothing. I retire content and satisfied at having done all I could for the benefit of my brothers. Wherever des tiny rules that I make my home there tan the Cubans depend upon a friend." The assembly is strongly censured by Cubans, and there were poptila demon strations this afternoon in favor of the deposed commander in-chief, the crowds sh nting "Long live Gomez f and "Death to the assembly !" The local press will in sist that there is no reason why tbe United Slates authorities may not continue to treat with General Gomez in the pay ment to the troops. , Powder in ia the School. CilAMBERsRfRu, March 10. When D. C. Morrison, the teacher at Scotland, opened the session for the d.iy there was a noticeable odor of burning powder in tbe room, and a few minutes later an ex plosion took place which shook the build ing. A rush was made for the doors and windows, and all the pupils made their escape. Investigation showed that dur ir.g the night the lock had been to: u from the basement door ami a bomb with a long fu-ie attached placed under the floor of the building. Theforceof the explo sion shook other buildings jn tbe vicinity and parents hurried to the school fearful leu their childreu had been injured. The school directors are making an investi gation. Fat Live Coal TJpoa Her Bed. MAasiiFiKi.n, Wis., March It. A shocking tragedy occurred at Milladore. Mrs. Erhard, a wbiow, led her home to visit a neighbor and locked her two chil dren, a girl and boy, aged 3 and 5 years respectively, in the house. Tne little girl went to bed and com plained of being oo'.d. Her little brother thereupon went to the stove, scraped a few live coals together, aud laid them on the bed besiie his sister. Tbe bed clothing ignited aud burned the little one to a crisp. The kidneys are twebtatMhaptd organs tocatel in the small of the ha:k. It is the:r Juty to filter tbe blood remove, the tmrunties from it If they do not to their duty you will hive fcatl-ache or rather kidneyecr if tht lame thin. " Backa:f.e H the be'nn!ni Deletes. Erijht s diseii and Death r tr.e final revj!t unless Doan's Kidney Pills, Stp in anj change the program by re moving th cajseof the trouble making .he UiJneys strong and we'd. M A iirut iw' Urr. of M V-t Mir ssiy 'r-ft. :!, or jiy. I'm , Ji-'A't '.f i.t e-aie. a ' I.-iitOmujo has ni r--1 f. Ihi- ii T of tin- lev, I wv", kai.n ir-.m ir-r:-iH r. I li-l at '.linen ta-:ii if ikirw !e. ;! a.-l'.oir in my Idii lt i-t, tv.y kid twv. no-i.ir.juiittil bf (. Iw.r.gv. it I t'emcii.-d to 'tfio)i or l ft anrthon tveu tl.rn fw irir fert itaii'llne imi.1 Uie nrtiiriff s.H'111'n'h l'ipnisl an-! irnrle n-r aM-ntlv i-l. for relief. I l.Mrd iit Iiuni' Kid itijf P. It" i--evnB eximoriiiiary n.rit f-roriireM 1 Ji-?td. The.' t ronilir lo.r-l th rsiin and trie lumeiiei it is.tp glared laD' KMner fill are- a n-!:!..u rvin-tv muti I r-evr tifore miy mli-:;,f r, eml then, I tan noiiuttiy mocaici.d fiuan't Kuinc !l.- Doan's KMr.ey Pills are for sale fv all dfalr4 pn:e, 'o cents per hox Mailed on receipt ol i-rice t.y J1 o-ter-.V,;t,um Co., Huffa.o. N Y.. Sole aeents for the b'. S. Remember l.-i r.arae, Duan's and take no otfwr (JSlDNEY (Wiri TALK. 1 BAKER'S ART STORE. I tji Pictures, Frames, flouldins, ri Wall Paper, Window Shades, Queensware, Lamps, Station- ijj ery and Novelties. :i . . WALL A T THIS time we wish to call your attention to the fact that wecarry the Z f largest selection of Wall Paper of any dealer in tbe county. We can adorn your house with tha latest lions in all kinds of lotas, fi homier P.rnntu IJ. .!.!., rla; l bossed - , We can furnish you with all to f"i 50 per dou bio roll. Don't buy from agents who peddle gone years that have been discarded by Buy your Wall Paper at Baker's giiou, anu suave every ining ei., i.tir We don't quote prices on side-wail e dealers and then "stick you on the border. We have a!o a large stock of odda and end -patterns of "J7 and ! Vj that we alinont give away. Call and examine our line before purchasing. Sjt M . . BUILDING PAPER . . We al carry in sbck a full line of building paper at lowest prices. . .WINDOW SHADES and FIXTURES . . A full line of window shades and fixtures always carried io stock. . . PICTURES, FRAMES and MOULDINGS . . Remember, "A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever" We are amnW nr- f pared to give any picture you may bring ui or purchase from us lis appro- .!..,. .,, -.. 11 . , . . . . . ... w w I'limo-ii.ii.uiirui. i mi uu c4iuiug and be convinced thbt we have a larger assortment at tower prices than any other place in the eounty. . . LAMPS . . A complete line of lamps, chimneys, burners, wlck, frames Tor shade, and globes at rock bottom price. . . QUEENSWARE We keep an extensive line of plain and decorated IJ'ieensware. Call and RPA niir lilt IkAfi.rA nnrnKialn. ..! ,..V... , I - . ... i,i - - --" j-... .u.,iu ei quality and price. We famish Supplies for BAKERS ART ST011E, tt On Public Square, Or THE iXlCl1S Witaeseee of te taet Battle at Ifanii Tll et Oar Troops Gallantry. V .-. vica. March 8 - The steamer F ..uialda which reached JTong Kong on February 11, brought many eye wit ucsses iifth-j last battle at Manila. An i-'.uglish-. man, Hugh Brown, saya tba hjrouui cf the Amerlcaa truop a aupero. Wtita the atuck beg-n the orderlies rushed to all points of tbe city, movng 1H cu. it- work, to call tbe soldiers to arms, i Americans went at the rebels with su The h ,l .nii-it a.- to astound ail. At tho .ml nf tha first dav'a Slbtiug it is said that Aguinald.). appalled at hisiiefeat mnrmrtu loss.!, sent a mossage ti and A I- ..,lnl fiawev saving, "l-'or God's s ake ctop liiuig. I am not responsible f'r I tro.il.le .' but Admiral leey paid no hi at- tor,i.,n to him and afterwards Aguimt .1 to accepted th aitualion. The Kepublina of Mauilasays that a letter Has oeeu io-.uu offeriug the assassination o i Aguinaldo. The leading iusurgeuta y that if Aguinaldo attempts a compromise with the L'uitid States except anything short of absolute Independence, he will be killed. "Evil Dispositions Are Early Shown. " Just so evil in the blood comes out in shape of scrof ula, pimples, etc., in children and young people. Taken in time it can be eradicated by using Hood's Sarsaparilla. In older people, the aftermath of irregular living shows it self in bilious conditions, a heavy head, a foul mouth, a general bad feeling. It is the Llood, tbe impure blood, friends, which is the real cause. Purity that with Hood's Sarsaparilla and happiness will reign in your family. BlOOd Poison-" I lived In a bed of fire for ycar3 owing to blood poisoning that fol lowed small pox. It broke out ail over my body, itching intensely. Tried doctor and hospitals in vain. I ricd Hood's Sarsapa rilla. It helped. I kept at It and was en tirely cured. I could to on the housetop and stiout about It." M as. J. T. Williams, C'arhondale, Pa. Scrofula Sores -"My baby at two month liad jcrofui,. sores on cheek aiid arm. boral applications and physicians' medicine did bttle or no good. Hood's Sar saparilla cured him permanently. He is now fcair. with smooth fair ekin." Mrs. S. S. .Vrotes. Karniington JoeU feed fyfffy - Ti t Wi nrfi ft... ii i I i t Hiiod'i Pi!l rurejlrjllt:the non-lrritatinic nt i ii y i-mtlirlK: To tn k wild K w-d ti Sarapariila. 60,000 Yards of Dress Goods a great many fur one purchase that's what we bought last week all at one w hack. Sixty thousand yards Amer ican Dress Goods and Suitings took such a large lot because th?y are good goods, and we got them 'way lelow the market. Selling on the same basis to make such a distribution as has nev er been known. 45 and 50 cent all wool Suit ings 39 inches wide neat mixtures 2'jc yd. 25 cent all wool mixed Suit ings 36 inches wide, 20c )d. 32 inch all wool mixed 25c Suitings, 12 1-2 and 15c. For skirts to wear with shirt waist?, girls' suits, and for ui e everyday wear, these woolens for the money never had au equals a'l who get samples will fiud it so to their profit. 50 cent Reversible Covert Suitings 40 inches wide 35c yd tan, neat green and blue-grey mixtures. Want every reader to know about and investigate this store's stock of new spring Dress Goods it's superb whether you judge by variety, or choiceness, or both. See what Dressy Novelties at 20c, 75c, $1.00. , If saving money in other lines silks, wash goods, suits,, skirts, coats, shirt waists and other Dry Goods is important as well as gettinz choice from the choicest see what this store can do write us an idea of your preference be fore you buy. Send for the new picture book of Lace Curtains. BOGGS & BUHL, DEPARTMENT X" Allegheny, Pa. PAPER . . - product of the mills. Ample fcelec- T " ' " " A 1 1 ' I . . Ero centa qualities at all prices from 10 aample books of tha product of by public tate. Art Store and always get up to date J treatment. JZJ and eeilinin below that of other M 4 : wir uuiare aura intt moulding cases ucia. ,, o ri mill you in LKltD all kinds of Machines. Somerset, Pii, !2 Everybody in vited io uitnei the ivortimj of the j (heat Majestic Steel and Malleabb jf(mA at our store. We tv ill show you how to balce biscuit h J i top and bottom, in three minutes 1 how to cook with one-half the fuel yrn i0lr i and show you an arthh- I that, if properly treated, will fust a lift; j P. A. SCHELlj SOMERSET1 Hot Biscuit and Coffee served every day from I FEB. 27th to March 4th. xmmmmmmmmmm 1 1847 . WHEN IN WANT OF PURE DRUGS CHEM ICALS AND TOILET ARTICLES, ' 40S Main Street, So irciset, Pa. 5 Our stock is complete. All goods guaranteed Our Specialties: Fine Box Stationery, "Aloha" Brand. 1 Delicious Confections in Original PacUfE E Sparkling Ice-Cold t. -with a numerous variety tr Imported and Domestic Brands of Cigars constat! t on hand. G. W. BENFORD, Manage jT-er-Public slat ion for Long Distance Telephone to all point a i U. 8. Katea moderate. Sunday pay station at Hotel Vannear. THUiUiUiUiliiUiliUiiiilU IT'S A V3L ; J 2 T i Ct Jos. Home & Co. 1849-1899 Tailor Gowns. 7 I Va 2 ' 7f X Women are inclined this seatioo more than ever to wear Tailor Made Costume. We are making an exceptionally large showing of fine garments, some of them running up over tbe 100 00 mark. Wesell many of these eostururts through the mail, and there is no reason why a woman can not order just as satisfactorily that way as if she were in the store and made a personal selection. For $10 OO we are showinir black ami blue cheviots with two styles of coals for ciioice tight fitting single breasted and double breasted box front. The oat- are silk lined and the stylish skirts are lined with a good quality of percalinc. The colors are tan. gray and blue mist urea. Kor f 12.00, f 1S.00 and $22.00 we can giva you cloth of blue, black and mixturea, the coat short and jauuty, silk lined, ami tbe skirts in shapes of ihe very latent. Our lines of Separate Skirts are esc p tiooally complete, and the demand is j int a shade greater than the supply especial bin tbe lower priced ones. ' At S"5 we have a Rlack Seree Skirt, both pltin and utriped; from these fig ores the prices rise gradnaliy to f !0 00 for a cheviot, piaid or crepon, eoiors blact and blue. Our Mail Order Depaitment will tell you all atxnit tuee g.xxi skirts and suits if ycu will only ask. Samnlea of nr of the new spring I.-eaa (ioixis also for meaDiking. PJltsburg, Pa. Freah Seasonable Cut Flowsrs, Pol'ed Plaris, also all kinds of Arti.-tic Fl- ta' Dusira can be furnished on short notice. J3ell Telephone at our store. Johnstown, l'a. HEWCH & DP.DrGCLD'S SM7M!LlSQ FHRIM A ,r-lrf.,l ImnrnwrDMHtn Prtrtto Fe4s ami . la-Hark. Hckauoaoil'arrisr: tlnraaaiM .?a'.-", m4 wnr. l ata. rllT...ra, .r. fU'Jil'Z. T" i I A if pntr. " . Vanted-An Idea Wbo Ma tVln. of rwui unib rmr v,v. I. .;""" UJI"''F WHt, JOHN WtiDIKbl-G"., wT&ZnTrJS. 9. Forcible Facts.'! ft XT'! Oar mwl.r. Improve s; K Hilling Marhla talia ' aoTiiuU. a hlhl ea oirt It- 1 r. ... ... Only :3- prDiinut. Kalts'abirk. $7.00. SatUf action Quarantml. ji 1 x pww, riiiiia bt piaUk Cat.; T-izil tapla SrK. nnmr haul mnt t liheanud. ES ' J. AMEftlCAM o. lux KMITT1NC MACHINE CC. Soda pure and refreshing-! of flavors. TROUBLE . . . To bake at arjy lime. It's more than a trouble if tbe kit. hen stove does not perform its part t the work aatis.fartorily. tCINDERELLA dolttirvtikiutmiiier 7 housekeeper. Tby are coff d for ihei cleanliness economy and durability . Good bakera perfect roasters will do everything you want theui to do Sold with that understanding-. James B. Holdeibaura Gibbs Imperial Pto, Made at Canton, Ohio, tltdtwa on es rth, can now be seen a i noiaurDauiu s tiaruwart & Light to handle and reiy 3sy SEE 0UR Disc Harrows. Steel Bar Lerer Spike Tooth Harrowi Steel Bar Lever Spring Tooth Harrow Witft Old Style Wood Frame Harrows, plated front and under frame witi era to protect bolt head I Steel Bar Lever Corn and Garden Cultivators. five, set en and nine shovels, wilt -era and weeders. T Bar Steel Pulverizer Corn Planters, with fertilizing auacbmeot Champion Hay Rakes. Farmers' Favorite Grain Orl McCormick's Mowers and Bis" Engines, Saw Mills and Threshers. Jnst Unloaded for Spring TrJ i Car Wire Nails. 1 Barbed and 5mootb I " Imperial Plows. 1 Harrows, 1 Kramer Wajon. 1 Spring Wajons. .. d -a rrrU2 I Call and examiue my stock -buy, - J. B. HolderbauCj T- TjC.KHS u:" J f SOMERSET, PA.
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