The Somerset Herald.
B9VT4BD SCl'IX, Editor and Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY
... March 2. ISPS'.
Et tu, Lancaster!
Whexevkr there is uy lighting go
ing ou at Manila the Tenth IVnDhjlva
ilia ia sure to he in it.
It is just possible tbatthe Wanatua
ker combination didn't know that Lan
caster ounty was loaded.
Mr. EttVAV has dr.ii-d Aliab and
IsLen lielsbazz-ir. If hi diieful
j.r-hevie f l'.w are like thf of
is'.x;, nobody need lie disturbed.
Thk K-j.ublican State Convention
will be held iu HarrUburg some time
1o the latter part of August. The exact
date has not yet been determined upon.
If Bolter Koontz and the Hod. John
Palzell had delivered a few more anti
Quay speeches in Lancaster there is no
telling what the Quay majority would
have beeu.
The Ilnode Island Democrats neg
lected to say a word in their platform
ubout expansion or free fcilver. They
Haved all their rhetoric fir the subject
.f "beef."
A xiwxi:k's jury iu Arkansas, sit
ting on the bodies of three colored men
who had !een hanged and shot to
death, brought in a verdict of "frozen
to death."
Thekk are two kinds of New York
Democrats, two kinds of banquets, and
nobody knows how umtiy kinds uiil
wilnli visions of the admirers of Thomas
Jefferson.
California's new law requiring
newspaper communications to be sign
ed by the writer is a good thing. At
last "Old Subscriber" is to lie unmark
ed, and "1'ro Kono Publico" made to
disclose his real name.
Mr. Bryan has been inspecting "the
wonderful development of the iron dis
trict around r.inniiigham, Ala." The
U'lmirati'Ui he exp'n-ssed failed to rec
ognize the fact that all he saw is due to
the R pulilicitn protective o!iry.
A MKMlihK of the Illinois Legisla
ture, a farmer by vocation, eaid in a
speech that it cost more to get grain
from the barn to the nearest town than
to send it on to Liverpool. This cor
rectly states the tax imjosed by the av
t rae dirt road.
Mil. liiiYAN Kays the Chicago plat
form fits JelTersouiau principles io pres
ent conditions. When he voted for
Weaver in ItM he found the same vir
tues iu the wild -eyed Populist platform
f his candidate. The great Jefferson,
iii Bryan's hands, can be adjusted to
anything on earth.
The Slate Convention of the Peo
ple's Party of Pennsylvania will he
held in Philadelphia on Wednesday,
May id, ISM, to nominate candidates
f.r istate Treasurer, Justice of the Su-
prenie Court, Judge of the Superior
Court, and for such other business as
may projerly come before it.
The Republicans of Somerset counly
will hold their primary election on Sat
urday, June "4. There are already a
number of candidates in the field for
the various county offices, some of
whom have commenced au active can
vass of the county. As there is a full
-ouuty ticket to he uomiuated this
year, the list of candidates will 1 a
large oue.
Seven" negroes iu Arkansas and three
in Mississippi were lynched by mobs
List week. The men had not commit
ted any crime, hut it as strongly tu
Hi-ted that they were going to avenge
the deaths of some other negroes ho
were lyuched some time ago. That is
a new proposition hanging a n an
through fear that he may commit a
i ime.
A has been introduced in the
Senate by Senator Mitchell, of Jeil'er-H-m,
which provides that the convicts
in the penal institutions of the State
Khali t put to work on the roads iu the
townships ia w hich the institutions are
located, and that the money earned by
their lah;r shall baapplksl to the main
tenance of those institutions. IK'pu-ti-
who are to be paid two dollars per
d.iy, are to have charge of the convicts
while engaged at work. While it is
very desirable that convicts should he
employed, we question whether, under
this bill, the cost of the deputies would
not exceed the wages earned by the
convicts; lesides, the entire penal code
of the State would have to he changed
in order to make working on the roads
part of the penalty for crime.
The main purpose f.r which town
councils exist is to Pjwild, wisely and
economically, the people's money. Just
now there are some important matters
before our city fathers that should re
ceive prompt and careful attention.
Oje of them is the introduction of a
complete system of sewerage, and the
other is the refunding of the borough's
indebtedness and replacing it at a lower
rate of interest. The debt incurred in
the construction of the public water
works, now something over $J0O00,
was negotiated at 5 per cent, and taxes.
There is no question that this debt can
b floated at a much lower rate of in
est, possibly at 3i per cent, and cer
tainly at 4 per ceut. The work of re
funding should be commenced at once
and go speedily onward. The citizens
of the borough look for this to le a
hanner year for the wise and eeonom
ie.il management of their municipal
affairs. We hope they will not be dis
appointed. The sweeping victories won by the
Stalwart Republicans in the severs!
ctunties in which primary elections
were held Saturday are a plain warn
ing to the bolters at Harrishurg that
their guerilla methods are abhorred
and condemned by the Republican sen
timent of the State. With astonishing
unanimity every county that has jet
voted Las sustained the position taken
by the friends of Senator Quay, ai.d in
every instance the fight has been made
txpiarely on the Quay and auti Quay
issue. The majorities given to the
Quay candidates in 1-aneaster county
were so large as to surprise even the
successful candidates themselves, who,
while confident of success, had not
hoped for the majorities they received.
The eight delegates to the State Con
vention are all staunch friends of
Quay. In Montour county the Repub
licans elected James Scarlett as dele
gate to the State Convention, and pass
ed resolutions calling upon the Repre
sentative from Montour to support Sen- '
ttar Qi:y lit the United States Senate. '
In Fuller county t-vo delegates were
elected fcy the Q;iay peephs. Abd so it j
;il go alt over the State, and when
the Convention meets, the regular lie
publicans will be iu control, and will
do what U best for the Republican
party. There is small consolation for
the bolters and kickers anywhere now
adays. The first change of consequence in the
Senatorial farce that has been enacted
at Uarrisburg for the past several
months occurred when the joint-assembly
convened yesterday, and the
" bolters," under the leadership of
Senator Flinn, cast their entire vote
for Hon. John Da'aell. The ballot re
suited : Quay, 87 ; Jenks, GO ; Dalzell,
51, leaving Senator Q'Jay 17 votes short
of an elect ion. The concentration of
the "insiirgeut" vole on Tlalell h
doubtless a part of the scheme of the
wily Flinn to eliminate the Hon. John
from the contest as, jier program, he
will be dropped after one or two balloU
and another of the candidates for
whom some of the "bolters'' have
been voting will be taken up. The
present week may see the end of
the deadlock, but Te doubt it.
Senator Qiay is the nominee of the
Republican party and is clearly enti
tled to an election. Far better let the
session pass without an election rather
than the regularly nominated candi
date retire and the majority submit to
the dictation of the small mint'ity.
There is much more than the elect. on
of a United Suites Senator at stake an.
the majority w ho have been steadfastly
voting for Senator Q'lay owe it to them
selves and the Republicans of the State
to continue to do so until he is elected
r voluntarily withdraws from the con
test. If there is no election the people
will pUce the responsibility where it
Ulongs, at the hands the boiling mi
nority. I n a lengthy editorial, under the head
of "The R'p lblicaus settling their ac
counts with the Bolters," ou the result
of the Republican primary elections re
cently held iu a number of the couuties
of the Suite, the Philadelphia Inquirer
of Monday says, among other things:-
"The people are speaking just as rap
idly as they can jteak, and on Wednes
day next Delaware couuty will join the
solid column of anti-guerilla counties.
There has not been enough bolting sen
timent in that county to put a ticket in
the field.
'There is no longer even a lingering
duht as to the attitude of lVnnsylva
n x R.'publiyns, but what do politi
cal boae like Flinn and Martin care
f.r public sentiment? Their crusade
agiiiist majority rule is entirely per
sonal. There are still several members
of the Legislature whose fealty to these
men is stronger than their fealty to
their party. Frighteued by the grow
ing public denunciation of their meth
ods, the bosses, in all probability, will
cill ujKon their heuchmen to join them
in their guerilla raid at onoe. They
dare not wait much longer. They
threaten to do their worst this week.
' Well, let them do it, but we warn
them that the Republican voters are
showing their power and are only
awaiting the opportunity to end the
political career of bolters. Every bolter
has taken his political life in his hand,
the counties are giving them fair no
tice, aud so far as David Martin is con
cerned his dictatorship n Philadelphia
will end iu ju-t one more week, when
his influence will be confined to his
own ward. So far as David is concern
ed, the jig is up.
"Let Flinnism aud Martinisai and
Wauamakerism crack the whip and
assemble every last betrayer of the
party and take the consequences. The
sentimeut of the State is squarely iu
favor of majority rule, and regularity
must he maintained at all hazirds. It
would be far better to go withoutaSeu
ator than to surrender to party wreck
ers, for, in the end, these wreckers will
he scattered by the votes of the people
and party regularity, aud majority rule
triumph once more."
llKI'ISPSKSTATIVK KooXTZ should at
once have a bill parsed making the
"fmd-killer" a State office, and the first
task assigned that worthy should be to
cure for the ponderous individual who
presides over the editorial columns of
his personal "fake" organ. The latest
ctl'ort on the part of the personal organ
to "fake" its readers and create the im
pression that Representative Koontz
and Kendall fought the seven months'
school bill was made last week in the
publication of an alleged speech made
by Representative Kendall on the sub
ject. Before readiug this speech we
were at a loss to account for the in"
mense majority 141 to 41 by which
the bill passed the House, but now all
things are clear. Among several other
things Representative Kendall is alleg
ed to have said:
"I see no necessity for the passage of
this bill because, as I have said, the law
now covers every phase that you may
desire in this direction. If you want
seven mouths, a-k vour schHl board to
give it to voj, or if you want
twelve months, ask your school board
to g've you twelve months."
Now, as the State school laws specifi
cally provide that the maximum term
shall not exceed ten months, when Rep
resentative Kendall calmly informed
his colleagues that they could have
twelve months for the asking, they
were doubtlessly startled at the speak
er's lack of know ledge of the school
laws, and very naturally concluded
that a couuty whose Representative
could make such a statement must be
iu a very benighted condition, and
greatly In need of an extension of the
school term and, therefore, promptly
voted for it.
But where was Bolter Koontz, be of
the silver tongue, while the school bill
was under discussion ? If he could find
time to visit, Lebanon, Blair, Lancas
ter and other counties to deliver bitter
factional teeche8 in an effort to dis
rupt and demoralize the party which
honored him with an election, he sure
ly ought to have been able to have giv
en at least a few minutes to the discus
sion of a question in which hiscon
tlitsiTitg were so greatly interested had
hedeirtd to do so. Bolter Koontz's
first allegiance seems to be to Wan a
maker aud his first duty to "lick"
Quay, the wauts and interests of Lis
Constituents being a minor considera
tion. Give tht Children a Drink
culled Orain-O. It is a delicious, aripe
tir.ing, nourishing food drirk to take tbe
place of lice. Sold by all groeers and
liked by all w ho have used it tentuse
when properly prepared it tastes like the
finest coffee but is free from all its injur
ious properties. (irnin-O aids digestion
and Mrenetben tbe nerves. It is not a
stimulant but health builder, and chil
dren, a well aa adulu, can drink it with
grem benellu OAu about 1 as much as
eutlee. 15 and 25c
State Senator John W. Crawford, of
Allegheny, has announced his candidacy
for the Republican nomination for State
Treasurer. Senator Crawford is a banker
residing in Duquesne. He was an anti
iny candidate for State Treasurer two
years ago. H has been voting for Quay '
in tne present V uited States Senatorial
coiitL j
THREE QUAY VICTORIES.
Tho Friends of Senator Quay Were
in Every Contest Sa'urday. Un
precedented Majorities ia
Lancaster, Montour Ee
pudiate the Bolters.
Butler in Line
For Quay.
Lancaster, March 27. The result of
Saturday's Republican county prim try
election was a sweeping Qiay victory all
along the line, the def -at of the anti Quay
combination being of an even more crush
ing character than it was three years ago.
Xot an anti Quay name will appear on
the county ticket, nor bare tbey captured
a single State delegate. It is the old story
of the victory of perfect organization over
mere sentiment for the result shows that
I lie claims of the anti-Q'iay leaders that
they were well orgniz-l were without
foundation.
The total vote polled was about KX).
The defeat of the anti-Quayiles was more
overwhelming than in any contest for
a number of years. In the Northern dis
trict the Quay delegates are elected by
about 2.000 votes ; in the Southern by
about 1,0.10, and in the city by about l.SOO
On the county officers the vote will not
vry greatly.
Ex-Senator Kautfinan's own district
in Columbia went Quay two to one, and
in the entire borough tbey secured
hundred majority, and this in face of the
fait that Columbia last year gave the
ex -Senator a majority of 900. Senator
Milton Kby, of the Southern Senatorial
district, who pledget! himself to desert
the Quay ranks ai Uarrisburg if his dis
trict returned anti-Quay delegates, will
not have to sever his connection with his
old leader on this account. lie worked
for the anti-Quay ticket in his own elec
tion district. Paradise township, and car
ried it for the antis by 1(10 majority. The
Q iay people elected a Urge majority of
the County Committeemen.
The Montour county Republican Com
mittee on Saturday elected James Scar
let delegate to the State Convention and
Thomas J. Price, alternate. Both are
Quay men. The committee also passed
resolutions indorsing tbe course of Rep
resentative James Foster in supporting
Quay and declare the sentiment of Mon
tour Republicans to be in favor of tbe
coutinuance of tbe "system of organiza
tion which has given the Republican par
ty so many splendid victories."
Bi'TI.kk, March 27. A tremendous
vote was polled at the Republiean pri
mary election Saturday. Tbe contest for
county offices was close aud bitter. Slates
were badly smashed and results are
somen bat iu doubt. A. (i. Williams ana
Joseph Graham, both staunch adherents
of Senator Quay, were unanimously
ehoscu as delegates to the State Conven
tion. STONE 05 SCHOOL FUHDS.
Mors Tixft or Smaller Appropriation!
Heeeiiary.
Governor Stone on Friday wrote the
following letter to J. Ii. Ilershey ofMc-
Reexport, who asked him for his views
on tbe pioposrd reduction of the public
school appropriation :
"I have been very much misquoted in
the newspapers. I au not opposed to tbe
appropriation for the public schools, and
regard it a very wise aud judicious appro
priation of tbe public revenue, but the
amount heretofore appropriated Is not in
proportion to the amount of reveune re
ceived by the State. We have appropri
ated ."i,oG0,000 anuunlly, while our reve
nues are only f 11,000, 04) aud generally
less than i hat, so that the appropriation
to t he public schools is moie than oue-
bslf of the entire revenues received by
the state. We have accumulated a float
ing indebtedness over and above the state
funded debt of neariy $1,000,008, which the
state has not paid and cannot pay. This
appropriation to tbe public schools is un
reasonable, considering the reveuue rais
ed. We have to support the state govern
ment ; we have to maintain tbe National
guard ; we have to care for the insane and
the inmates of penitentiaries, besides we
have schools for feeble minded children,
sebools for soldiers' orphans, schools for
blind and for deaf and dumb children,
and these are state institutions that have
to be maintained out of the revenues of
tbe stats.
"-Vow, we have reached a oondition that
is not an easy one. We have the floating
debt of nearly H0u0,&0. Past legisla
tures have Iteen appropriating more than
the revenue anticipated. I am simply
trying to do oue of two thiugs, and of
course the legislature must elect which it
will be. Either increase the revenue or
reduce the appropriations. I find that
cutting off appropriation to a few schools
ami even to private charities will not give
us enough money to continue this large
appropriation t tbe public schools and
maintain tbMe institutions of the state
to whii-h the state is beholden. We can
not fund our floating debt. It must be
paid. The stato treasury now is nearly
nut of available tat ill. The treasurer of
the state is compelled to request corpora
tions to advance money on taxes that are
nl due until the next fiseal Tear, in
order to pay tbe necessary expenses of the
state. 'J bis is a deplorable oondition, and
one for which there is no excuse. I am
simply trying to preserve the credit of
tbe state, which can only be done by pay
ing tbe honest debts of tbe state. If tbe
legislature refuses to provide additional
revenue. I think it better to reduce the
appropriations to the publio schools a lit
tle, than to go on increasing our floating
debt. We must be just before we can be
charitable. This is my position. It is
tbe only position I have ever taken.
"The members of tb9 legislature and
senators are naturally interested in pro
curing appropriations for hospitals and
private institutions of learnlnz in their
respective districts. Sufficient regard has
not been given to tbe revenues of the
state. I feel it to be my duty, occupying
the rosition that I do, to try and make
accounts balance.
"I thank you very much for your letter
and appreciate your aid in this attempt,
which I believe to be just and right, and
which I shall not hesitate to carry out in
so far as I am able. Very truly yours.
"William A. Stoxk."
ine iiaupnin county constables were
Thursdiy paid $4, 7 Jam overdue fees as
the result of a recent snpreine court de
cision.
A letter to Mrs. Pinkham Brought
Health to Mrs. Archambo,
(LITTt m au, riXIBAU HO. J,JViJ
Dear Mrs. Rixeham For two
years I felt tired and so weak and dizzy
that some days I could hardly go
around the house. Backache and head
uche all the time and my food would
not digest and bad such pains in the
womb and troubled with lencorrhaa
and kidneys were affected.
"After "birth of each child I grew
weaker, and hearing so much of the
good you had done, I wrote to yon and
have taken six bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkhatu's Vegetable Compound, one
box of Lozenges, one box of Liver Tills,
one package of Sanative Wash, and to
day I am feeling as wed as I ever did.
When I get up in tho morning I feel as
fresh as I did when a girl and eat and
sleep well and do all of my work. If
ever I fetl weak again shall know
where to get my strength. I know
yonr medicinecured me." Mrs. Saiosa.
Akcbambo, Charmcmost, Mass.
The present Mrs. pinkham's experi
ence in treating femah Ills la unparal
leled; for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department of
ber great bnsiness, treating by letter
as many a a hundred thousand ailing
women a year. All women who suffer
are invlU'd to write to Mrs. Pinkham
at Lynr., Mass., for advice, which will
be promptly given without charge.
A last Wr ts ArlUBfaa.
TrsBK4?fAf Art., Man n 21 A ra-e
war ia on in Little River county and
duringthe last forty-eight boors an indefi
nite number of negroes have met their
death at the hands of tbe white popula
tion. Seven are known to have leen
lynched and the work is not yet done.
Tbe bodies of tbe victims of tbe mob's
vengeance are banging to tbe limits of
trees iu various partsof theeuuaty. The
country is in a state of most intense ex
citement. White men are collecting in
mobs, heavily armed and determined,
and the negroes are fleeing for their lives.
The exact number of negroes who have
been summarily dealt with may never 1 e
known. Seven bodies have been found
and other victims are being hunted and
will meet a similai fate when run to
earth.
Little River county is in the extreme
southwest corner of the stato. bordered
on the west by the Indian Territory and
ou the south by Teias. The negro
population U large and has for a loug
time proved very troublesome. Fre
quent murders have occurred and thefts
aud hgbts have become common af
fairs. Texareana. Ark., March 24. Details
of tbe wholesale lynching reported to
have occurred in Little Kiver county,
Arkansas, are slow in coming iu. Three
more dead negroes have been fonnd in
Red River bottoms, between Xew Boston,
Texas, and Rocky Comfort, Arkansas,
two of them, Joe King and Moses Jones,
having been hanged or shot to death.
The third body was stripped entirely
naked when found. A justice of the
peace held an inquest over these bodies
to-day and a verdict was returned by the
jury declaring "the men came to their
death from natural causes or were frozen
to death." The verdict is regarded as a
gruesome joke.
There is some doubt as to where these
lynching occurred, it being near the
State line, and was either in Little River
county, Arkansas, or in Kowie county,
Texas. The inquest was held by a Texas
justice of tbe peace.
m -
Inflamtd and Granulated Eyelid.
Is there anything more disfiguring to a
face or more disagreeable than inflamed
or granulated eyelids T These result from
a multitudeof causes, and respond quick
ly to proper treatment. Such treatment
may be had at tbe hands of Dr.. A. Sig-
mann, 804 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, for
merly of Vienna, Austria, who has en
joyed tbe advantage of years of study
and practice in tbe greatest hospital of
tbe world, situated in that city, and is
prepared to give any cases relating to bis
specialties Eye, Kar, Nose and Throat
the most thorough scientific treatment
possible. During bis short stay in this
city he has already secured a long list of
patients to whom he can refer any per
son desiring to gain information regard
ing his skill and success.
Tortured by Saraget.
San Francisco, March 23. A letter
from Capt. McQuesten, surgeon of the
twenty-sixth regulars, now at Manila,
tells of the release of A. R. Peters, a pho
tographer, who was captured and tortur
ed by the Filipinos. He was thrust into
a filthy jail where he was visited by a na
tive captain, who tested his sword on his
body and threatened to kill him. Tbe
rebel chief then called in a number of
naked savages, all armed, who executed
a war dance and made passes at Peters,
oue of which wounded him in the arm.
The next morning he was taken to Malo-
los, where he found eight Americans, two
Englishmen and a Spaniard. He finally
secured his release through the interven
tion of American officials. "The savages
who attacked Peters," continues Capt
McQoesten, "were head buntersand can
nibals. Tbey live in the Interior an 1 will
not show any mercy to any white man
who may fall into their hands."
Es Murdered Hit Children.
McPukrson, Kan., March 21 Jol n
A. Moore, who murdered his five chil
dren at Hutchinson and who was brought
here as a precaution against a threatened
lynching, confessed his crime yesterday
before a notary public Tbe prisoner
said he had quarreled with bi wife and
that a separation was talked of, in which
event he feared that his children would
come under tbe control of bis wife's fam
ily, whom he dislikes. It was brooding
over the prospect of his children being
reared amid such surroundings, he de
posed, that prompted him to crush their
skulls with a hatchet, cut their throats
and fired the bouse in which their bodies
lay.
TrnanU' Parents are Fined.
Coatksvili.e, Pa.. March 23. The
heads of nine families who hive not
been sending their children to school
were given hearings before 'Squire M jer
to-day, on the charge of not complying
with tbe Compulsory Education law.
Six of the defendants were fined $1 each
and saddled with the costs; in one cae
the Hue was remitted, and in tbe other
two cases prosecution was withdrawn
tbe parents proving that tbe absence of
of their children from school was una'
voidable. '
A Big Ship Load of Dead Soldiers.
Wasiiinoton, March 23. The trans
port Crook, formerly the Roumanian,
has sailed from Santiago with the re
mains of 334 soldiers, who were killed
or died in Cuba, and IA) from Porto Rico.
The Crook will arrive in New York on
Tuesday, where arrangements will be
made to send the remains of soldiers to
tbeir former homes where requested
Where no requests are mule and the re
mains are unknown they will be sent to
tbe Arlington national cemetery, A
salute will be fired from Governor's
island whan the Crook arrives.
She's a Prisoner by Choice.
Is diana pol is, lod., March 21 Mrs.
Ar.gust Schmidt, convicted live years ago
of murder, and serving a ten years' sen
tence, was paroled yesterday by Govern
or Mount. She flatly refused the pardon,
said she was willing to serve ber time,
and tbe Governor withdrew tbe clemency.
Mrs. Schmidt had rented her farm to
Oscar Walton, and in a quarrel over a
division of the crops she shot and killed
bim. She set up the plea of self defense,
asserting that Walton struck her aud
was about to strike her agaiu when she
shot hiiu.
Xid Winter Excorticnt to Waehiagtog.-
Yery Lew Bates. Baltimore Ohio
Eailroad.
Tbe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad l a
made arrangements for a series of popular
mid-winter excursions to Washington, at
one fark fur the RorNO TRirv allowing
ten DAY limit on tickets iueluding day
of sale. These excursions will be run on
February 2Nt, March 2d and April lTtb,
I" (9. Tickets will be good going ou reg
ular trains of tbe above dates and good
to return on regular trains within ten
Days including date of sale.
Do not miss these splendid opportuni
ties to visit the National Capital during
the session of Congress.
Call on A. W. Bauman, Agent B. A O.
R. R., for fuil information.
Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Svrt d so m
specially adapted to the needs of chil
dren. Pleasant to take; soothing in its
influence. It is the remedy of all reme
dies for every form of throit and lurg
disease.
e
Governor Gaze, of California, has at.
tached bis signature to tne Moore bouse
bill, requiring ail articles published in
tbe newspapers and periodicals of Cali
fornia referring to individuals, to bare
the true name of tbe wriier affixed.
Telegraphic dispatches are, by spscial
l ovisien, exemp: ir. m this law.
FIERCE F1GHTC.G
AROUXD MANILA.
IntargMU' tot Heavy While Haay Amer
ican Were Killed.
TEXTH IH THE THICK 07 THE TIGHT.
One man killed and flmr wounded is
tbe first official report of tbe casualties
in tho Teuth Reginiuut, as result if
Sunday's atuck oa the insurgents. All
of them were private soldiers:
DEAD. - -
Private Alexander Newill, Co.E, Mt.
Plenknt ; aged 25 years ; unmarried,
wounded.
Private Chas. C. Wasker. Co. C, Union
town, wounded severely in t1 e back ;
aged 23 years and unmarried.
Private Eugene R. Morgan, Co. D,
Connellsville; wounded slightly in foot ;
aged lis years and unmarried.
Private Vernon Kelley, Co. K,
Wayncsburg. severely wounded in
baud ; aged 24 years and unmarried.
Frost; residence and nature of
wounds not stated ; no such name ap
pears on the official roster of the regi
ment. Manila. March 23.-7:3) p. m. The
United States troops, under Brig. Gen.
Lloyd Wheaton, eaptnred the town of
Malinta, beyond tbe Tuliahan river, to
day after a sharp fight. " Col. Henry C.
Egbert, of the Twenty second regular
infantry, was killed. Prince Loewen-
stein, formerly aide de camp on the staff
of Brigadier General Miller at Ilnilo,
somehow got in front of the firing line
and was shot in'the side, dying almost in
stantly. A German who accompanied
him was wounded.
Tbe American casualties to-day were
much lighter than those of yesterday, the
total lossess thus far reported since the
engagement commenced being 4o killed
and 1 to wounded.
General Wheaton entered Malinta,
which is a small village of huts, at 1
oVlock this aaernoou. Tbe United States
gunboat Helena and other gunboats have
beeu shelling Malabon, about a mile
northwest of Caloocan for several hours.
The iusurgeuta made a tierce resistance
to the American advance up the railroad
at Malinta.
Evidently anticipating a bombardment
by the fleet, 1,0)0 rebels vacated Malalc.n
last night, leaving a few to burn the
town.
By 11 o'clock in the morning the only
building of importance not destroyed in
the center of tbe town was a large stone
church.
Genera Wbeaton's heailquai tera last
night was a half mile south of tbe river on
tbe railroad. .The opposite bank was pro
tected by a block house 'and entrench
ments. Occasionally the artillery and In
fantry lired across the stream. Finally
the euginecrs moved a construction train
up to the bridge, the iron frame work of
which remained, and began to replace
the floor.
While this was golug on the Second
Oregon regiment crossed the river on the
left and the Twenty-second regulars on
the right, with four compaules of the
Twenty-thivd iufmtry supporting the
latter regiment. A rising clear ground
stretched away half a mile to Malinta,
situated on its crest.
In front of tbe village were strong
Filipino entrenchments, but no Filipinos
were to bo seen. Apparently they had
fled. The Twenty-second regiment ap
proached diagonally, with General Whea
ton aud his staff close behind, and scouts
closely observing the ground. When the
Americans were within about 3o0 yards
of the entrenchments the Filipinos sud
denly volleyed heavily. Tbe Twenty
second, which was holding the center,
suffered considerably, but with tbe
Oregon iaus on tbe left anil the Kansas on
the right in the woods, the fighting was
kept up for half an hour. The twenty
s tooud infantry advancing up the slope
through tbe thick grass under the hot
tost fire.
General Wbeaton and his staff were all
the time under a rain of bullets. Colouel
Egbert, who was iu the thickest of the
fighting, was shot in the abdomen. He
was placed on a stretcher, and an attempt
was made to carry him to the cars, but he
died on the way. It was a most affecting
scane. General Wheaton, baring his
bead, said : "You have done nobly."
C donel Egbert g:tsped iu reply : "I
in ist die, I am too old."
No Filipinos were found in the trenches.
Though apparently their force was much
smallei- than that of the Americans, tbey
hul an immense advantage in position
ail an opportunity to retreat.
Insurgent papers received hero from
M didossbow that Aguiualdo is endeavor
ing to deceive bis followers into the be
li if that they sre winning great victories.
All the recent engagements are proclaim
el as Americau defeats. The papers
d4icribe the insurgents meeting with the
A-nerican forces at various points and
end their accounts with tbe assertion that
the Americans retired to their original
lines alter suffering great slaughter.
The fighting furnished a specimen of
the ditMculties with which the Americans
hive t contend. The Filipinos never,
except opposite Malabon, permitted tbeir
opponents to get within several hundred
yards of them. They would fire a few
volleys from their c ver, and then scuttle
back to another cover, repeating these
tactics for miles, many of tui trenches
and gullies and connecting paths through
tbe cane and brush, enabling them to re
treat unseen.
The problem the Americans have to
face is to drive or lure the insurgents to
tight in force. The trenches seem thinly
manned, except in the viciuity of Mala
bon.' The Americans, fighting a hid leu
foe, suffered greater loss iu proportion
than did the enemy. The hfes of the
Filipinos had formerly been estimated
from tho number of bodies found scatter
ed in the swamp and through the brush.
a larger percentage or the enemy's
wounded died than of the Americans,
many of them perishing from neglect, the
Americans naturally attending their own
men first. The wounded, after treatment
in the field hospitals, were brought to tbe
Manila hospital by train. Several trips
were made from Caloocan to tbe city.
Ths first load to start for the city was
composed largely of bandaged soldiers,
who shouted, "Give 'em b 1, boys."
Manila, March 25. Gen. Mc Arthur's
divisiou, consisting of the brigades of
Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, Gen. Hale
and Gen. Hall, supplemented by Gen.
Wbeaton's brigade, advanced at daylight
and cut the enemy's f rces iu two. They
ciptured the towus of Polo and Novali
ches on the left and San Franci sco del
Monte and Mariquins on the right, clear
ing tbe rebel trenches in front of the
line north from tbe. river to Caloocan.
Taey also secured possession of the rail
road, practically cornering the flower of
Aguinaldo's army at Malabon aud in the
foot hills at Siugalon, 20 miles apart.
The troops engaged were tbe Third ar
tillery, as infantry: the Montana, Kan
sas, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Wyoming,
Colorado, South Dakota, Minnesota and
Oregon volunteers; the Third, F.-nrth,
Seveiileeth and Twcoty second regulars;
the Utah artillery and battalion aud
Twenty-third regulars.
Tbe American troop advanced on tbe
double quick, yelling fiercely and os-a-sionally
dropping in tbe grass and firing
by the volley. The natives stood until
the Americans were within 200 yard cf
their position and then broke nd ran for
tbe wood. About .10 of them were killed
in the outskirts and 70 on tbe roads.
The Montana and Kansas troops' met
the hotteMt resistance in a strip from I
which the rebels bad greatly worried the !
Americans recently during tbe uight
i
time.
Ninetr minnUs after the Mart -at 6
oVock-f 'ie whole front for a dioiance
of l:t miles to tbe n.ith hud len.Uar
en. Hale's brigade bail aimullanecusly
swept la a uoithwexterly direction, rout
ing the enemy and burning ibe town of
San Fram-isco del Monte and a i Linbcr
of acettercd ho la.
Tt. Amerliaci who were wounded ea-
JureJ tteir injuria travelr, r nt gr i.p
vIik-Ii had been br UvU.I .uioll.e r.orp.ii
singing "Comrades."
The Tenth Pennsylvania troops took
ni tlA nrisoiiers. amoug them a great naked
captain of the Macabebee tribe, an 1 one
Japanese. All the prisoner were greany
terrified, expecting to ' executed imme
diately. Elaborate arrangements were made fr
the movement. Gen. WheHtou's brigade
was placed ia the rear, and Gen. Harri
son Gray Otiss aud Gen. Hall's were
mussed behind Geu. Hale's. Underline
cover of the darkuess Gen. 0:is's and
Geu. Hale's briga 'es left their trenches
and advanced cl.n upon tlje enemy's
line without being detected. Gen. Wheat
ou'saudUeii. Hale's brigtJes occupying
tha vacated position.
At 4 o'clock the American troops break
fasted, and the Filipinos, noticing the
ciiiipfire. their buglers called V arm.
At daylight (Jon. Otis' and Geneial Hall's
brigade advanced from Lsloma church
straight through the reliel lines, cutting
the enemy's force in two.
Upou this occasion, the rebels adopted
the American tactics of holding their lire
until the attackers were about luoJ yards
distant. Tbe rebels also tired lower than
usual. The Americans fired volleys with
terrible effect and then rushed forward,
cheering and carrying everything before
them.
Tbe Montana regiments near Balin-
tanac, came upon a block bouse disguised
as a leper hospital, across the river, after
marching through the jungle. Four were
killed and 17 wounded among Gun. Me-
Arthur's artillery.
Hobart as Banning Kate.
A Washington dispatch says: The
Jekyl Island trip having caused reports
of a conference there and that Speaker
Reed would be nominated for Vice Pres
ident on the ticket with Mr. McKinley at
the next Republican Convention, it can
be stated authoritatively that politics was
litlsioed at Jekyl l-d i:i l. Soeiker Kod
declined a Vice Presidential nomination
at tbe last convention, anil no thought of
a change of view on his prt ever has
been suggested, and the Administration
leaders havo bim not in mind in this con
nection. Moreover, the statement can bo
made that tbe closest and most cordial
relations, political and personal, exist be
tween Messrs. McKinley, Hotart and
Hanna, and that for some time they have
had a definite understanding that if Mr.
McKinley was renominated his running
mate would be Garret A. Ilobart.
Eire and Fanie ia Omaha.
Comparatively Insignificant in msterid
destruction, but serious In it) harvest of
death and suffering-, was a fire tint par
tially destroyed tho Patterson Block, iu
Omaha, Tuesd iy afternoon of I ist week.
Trt'O of its victims a-e already dead, one
i not expected to live, ami r b"itt twenty
five persons are suffering with broken
limbs and burned aud la-erated llish.
The fire originated from a gisoline stove
explosion in a room in the rear of the
third floor of the building, next to the el
evator shaft. It was not discovered until
it h id spread to the adjoining apartments,
aa i the entire tlxr was filled till smoke
and fl ime.
A $73,000 Horte Fat to Death.
Lkxinoton, Ky., March 21. Tbe fa
mous American thoroughbred stallion
li uiover, fourteen years old, by Hindoo,
dam Bourbou Belle, was put to death to
day by chloroform. Gangrene of the le!t
fore foot, the result of killing of the
nerves iu it while racing, rendered the
destruction of the borso necessary. Mil
ton Young declined offers of $li,O0O and
$7.tM) for bim. Hanover led tbe winning
sires for tbe la.it three years.
"Better Be Wise
Than Rich.1'
Wise people are also rich
ivhen they know a. perfect
remedy for all annoying dis
eases of the blood, kidneys,
liver and bowels. It is
Hood's SarsaparilU, which
is perfect in its action. It
so regulates the entire sys
tem as to bring vigorous
health. It never disappoints.
Coitre - " Fur -42 years I had goitre, or
swellinys on my neck, which was dis
couraging and troublesome. Klieuniatisiii
aiso annoyed ne. Hood's SarsapariHa
cured me completely aud the swellim; lias
entirely dinappeard. A lady In .MUhian
raw my previuus tesiiinouiul and ued
Hood' and fta entirely cured of die name
trouble. She thanked me for recommend
ing it." Ms. Ann m-tueulaxd, fx Lovcl
Street, Kala.iiar.uu, Midi.
Poor Health iI;i i health rr
years, pains in .shoulders, back and hijx,
with constant headache, nervousness uml
no appet'te. I'sed Hood's s;irn.parl)!a,
pained strength and can work hard all day;
cat heartily and sleep well. I took it be
cause It helped my liubaiid." Mhs.
Klizarkth J. (.irrr.i.s. Moose Like, Minn.
Makes Weak Strong--1 would kivs
tt a bollle for Hood s .-arapnri!la if I
could not pet it for less, it is the best
spring medicine. It makes tbe weak strong."
AiBi.Rr A. Jciow, Duuglastown, N. Y.
ll,o. Pt:i rnre llvr ilia: Km non Irrttmrim una
u:y cathartic in i.ttt- nhH-i-dV str parll'H.
AKER'S ART STORE. 1
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Pictures, Frames, Jlouldings,
Wall Paper, Window Shades, Queensware, Lamps, Station
ery and Novelties.
5s
WALL
jQt A T Til IS time we wish to call your attention to the fa-t that weearry the J,
fj largest neleiiion of Wall I'aper of any dealer in the county. We -an Jl
aiiorn your Uoum with the latest
tions in all kinds of Whitex. Glimmer. IW
Ti b,e,, We CHn 'urniHh yon with all
!! to fj ") per iloulile roll.
fj; Ion't buy from aKenU who ped.lle sample hooks of the product of by-
Bne years that have leen discarded by public M.-te.
ei B '7 yr Wall Taper at B iter's Art Store aiid always get up to date
g"""!". and alxove everything else, f.tir treatment. ;J I
:J; We don't quote prices oo i-iile-wall And ceilinars below that of othor fet
M d.l
lers and then 'Stick" you on the
? w bv laree stock of odds
joj tbat'we alinoKt give away, fall and examine oar line before purchasing.
i . . BUILDING PAPER . .
J We carry in stock a full line of building paper at lowest prices.
l'i . . WINDOW SHADES and FIXTURES . .
.Aiuaimeoi wiikiow uluiles and tlx lures always carried in stock.
. . PICTURES, FRAMES anJ MOULDINGS . .
KemetnlH-r, "A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever." We are amn'v nre-
Pred to give any picture you may bring us or purchase from ns iu spro-
at PrMl uorniiieni. t all anl examine
and be convinced that we iiave a larger assortment at lower prices than any
;j other place in tho county.
t una
faT A complete line of lamps, rtimueys. burners, wick, framm for kha.lm 1
and gloljea at rock bottom prices. : J :
iU . . QUEENSWARE . . :V
i- atw
e Keep an extensive line of plain
anu see our line Delore puruhasing
2 quality and price.
Wa furnish Supplies for
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BAKER'S ART STOIIK
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?: Un rubhc Square,
Wtaitk ia Earns 8t;f Sc.
Washington, March 2i -The annual
rejs.rt of John Hyde, statistician of the
Agriculture, will show
f 3,i;ii in the number of horses
in . i-oontrv. accompanied hy an in
crease of J ii7!il; in total value, the av
erage value per h"d increasing irom
f ;l -AI to 4). A decrease of l.JtZi.arj in
the number of neat cuttle other than
tnihh cows is a.-compatiiel by an iiK-rea-e
of f-Vitiil.V'l in total value, the avr;e
value per bead increasing from f JJ ?J to
fJ2 7 There is an increase of Hi'i."' in
the nunils-r, of milch cows, of U','J
in total value, and of J 1 in average val
ue per head. In sheep there is an in
crease of 1,4j7.I:U in number, of fll.UT'i,
S'7 in total value, and of 29 ceuts iu aver
age value per bead. Mules show a de
crease iu nuiu!r, amounting to 5l,0ul.
and in value to Sttn.iVi. The average
value per head is jl OS higher than last
year. The decrease in swine ts I.l,'
and in value ti;UW. The total vaiue
of farm animals U eoii-ervativt!y fstim
at S: rj7 n:o ol7. an increase of f !,-
.'U'slSJ, ut ii.7 1 per cent, during the' past
year.
A little r.iht work oughtn't to make a ,
woman's ta: j;oe
AnJ it uoa:Jnt ii the kidneys wtre
""Ji'k kiJnevs are to blame lor three-,
toiirhs nl t.'ie F'n ni:stfry Ihtre is
if a!l the kidr.eys in the wor'.J be
BiaJ- strortz ard h-jiiwul, Da-Kiwiie
oulJ J:sapp:ar l.e on,;::
Doan's Kidney Pills
are makips well kiJnevs lust as fait ai
peor'e 1 t;ic;n- Tile' nev:t ,a'1-
Vr Geo. W. Clawaon. wile of the wll
km.wn rouaphuir on lit Western fvrnayl
vaitia K K.. :iv:n uu ' ampta-il -ti-et. B.a.m
v:IIe. I'a . p:o: -To ?u.i . aii'i it i tit nu.nih
.( Juae. ' 1 apl'r. c-nl Ih s Kidney
F.'.ln o.ail I -Id too run asi wli-n
the? cured me t trouMcsniiir kidi.ey cmn
.!inl ttri'i lit co!i-cuene a t?at alter'!
llii piemUnl 'ix -. Not nn.y can !
fiwrn ron ; kHAKloU but ! kr,'.fdoi
et:s !io Br anient -Ur.i!rt c.l li.i
remedy I. Imn K.di.ey ::i.uld
kitowii I "".tter.Ht I i.m i: l kid
iicv in.'j' U-. "Tin ''y U-on.r :bey a-e r-'ep.
amiion lm r. acta up to tbe reprevatat.tu
C-.a.le tor U."
Doao's K !rv Pills a- for sa'e by sB
ileitis. rr;s Mvl-"d fcy Fost-r-
ij:;ian U. KuM.ii). N V.. vnc aei.!
tor the IU ted -a t-en.?tiiUr tut
r.aai; D M.N S -jnJ lake r.j o'bsr.
Lace Curtains by mail
Make a feature of large va
riety of pretty styles here getting
the business boem.se everyone who
investigates and looks to their own
self interest sees it pnys to send
here pays them as to variety, style
and priee.
?eud for picture book of
new Lace Curtains Coc to $..
pair-note the choice patterns at
$1.00, $2.50, 3.50 pair.
Ju.-t the time of year now
when most every household has now
curtains to buy- and if they're to be
bought where you can buy best,
we've a strong claim for the prefet
cnee.
1ook is Iree send vour
name and address.
Wash Goods
And Novelties- -top notch a
soittncnti Sc to f 1.25. 100 sttles
choice IVrcales 12 l-2o yard
pplcndiJ ginghams 10c yard.
. White Madras for shirt
waists 0c Fine colored madias
15 aud 20J.
Imported madras and cord
fed effects 25c, 35c hands )nie stv'es
in pinks, violets and wedgewood
blues."
Semi name and address now
for new illustrated catalogue over
200 piges -pictures of the new
suits, shit t waists, skirts, etc. It's
free. Will be ready soon after 1st
April.
BOGGS & BUHL,
DEPARTMENT ' X"
Allegheny, Pa.
PAPER
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produ-t of the milK Ample selec- rj
roni.29, riain and Km- J
qualities at all pric-en from 10 cents iJ
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border. tZ
and end -patterns of '97 and
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our pioture casxs and moulding rases
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and decorated tieensware. Call :
elsewhere.
We can suit you iu both
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all kinds of Machines.
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Somerset, Pa.
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If You
Want the Best
X RANGES or
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be produced at
"nods, then call and examine our complete stock, embrace.!
in the following:
Garlands,
Majesties,
Columbians,
All guaranteed to give satisfaction and at prices to all,
ranging from $7.00 to $50.00. Call and examine.
P. A.SCHELL,
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I WHEN IN WANT OF
ICALS AND TOILET ARTICLES,
408 Main Street,
Our stock is complete.
Our Specialties:
Pine Box
Delicious
Sparkling Tcr-CoM Soda pure and refreshing 3
S with a numerous variety of flavors.
Imported and Domestic Brands of Cigars constantly
2r on hand. 3
G. W. BEN FORD, Manager
l jTr Public station for Long Distance Telephon to all poiuts ia tbeZj
U.S. Kates moderate. Sunday pay station at Hotel Vannear. -3
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Jos. Horns & Co.
1849-1899
A TESTiriONIAL.
We do a large Mad Order businss
throughout the United States we might
say we have friendly relations with peo
ple in every state in the I'nion, and to
tliow yon how our customers appreciate
our erTorts to give tliem gcxxls at. less
prices than usually prevail we subjoin
the following :
Tot i.o.v, li.i, . March 21, isiO
Jos. IIoknk .t Co ,
Dkak Sias: Kncl.wed find thirteen
cents m stamps, poKtatre due you on dim
ity sent to uie. 1 am greatly pleased with
the goods, and the samples you sent me
wf re Miperior to tlvwe from one of the
largest Chicago firms, while your prices
were luirilly half theirs.
Respectfully,
We just give you this letter as a sample
of the hundreds we receive. The lady
ordered imported dimity. We in-port
more goods of all classes than ali the
Pittsburg and Allegheny booses com! in
ed, ar.d therefore are always prepared to
quote the lowest prices on foreijja gmds.
i goods of American nauufactiire we
are iu a p-.wition to quote lower pri.-es by
reason of our immense pnrchses.
Our Spring anJ Summer
Catalogue.
It is now ready for you Just a soon as
you wild us your name. It is a la-ge H
liistrted b.k and w iil give you more
ideas ul, .it our slorp, alx.ut our mttbods
of doirg lit:sii:ess, and alrmt our low
prices ll. iti a w r.oie pue of tbis paper.
Let us have your addrtfa and we'll mail
you a copy free.
Pittsburg, pa.
Freh
Seasonable
Cut Flora, Polled Plants,
also all kinds ef Artisti.? Floral reigns
can l furi,ihed on short uoiice. Bell
Telephone at our More.
Johnsluirtt, J'a.
HEHCH & DROHGOLD'S
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w,,il ImproTfineiitiu Frlli Ve4m and
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All goods guaranteed.
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Confections in Original Packages. 5
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IT'S A TROUBLE . . .
To bake at any time.
It's more than a tronl.le if tbe liu hen
stove d't not perform its part ol
the work natiwfartorily.
Co llur cik in a u.ttrtr
bon( kf t per. Thty ate noted for thei
cleanlines economy and durability
Good bakers perfect roasters will
do everything you want tbem to do
Sold with that understanding.
James B. Holde ibaum
Gibbs Imperial Plow,
Made at Canton, Ohio, the best plow
on earth, can now be seen at J. B.
Holaoibaum's Hardware Hior
Light to handle and very Jural..
ft
OHia.
SF.E OVR...
Disc Harrows.
Steel P.ar Lever
Spike Tooth Harrows.
Steel Bar Lever
Spring Tooth Harrow With Whe-ls
Old Style
Wood Frame Harrows,
plated front and under frame with
ers to protect bolt heads.
Steel Bar Lever
Corn and Garden Cultivators,
five, seveu aud nine shovels, with HiU
ers and weeders.
T Bar Steel Pulverizer Land Roller.
Corn Planters,
with fertilizing attachment
Champion Hay Rakes.
Farmers' Favorite Grain Drill.
! McCormick's Mowers and Binders.
inresners.
Just Unloaded for Spring Trad
i Car Wire Nail.
I Barbed and Smooth V
i Imperial Plows.
I Harrows,
i " Kramer Wagon,
i Spring Wagons.
5 Buggies and Carriages
Call and examine my atock be1 1
-buy,
J. B. Holderbaum
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