The SomersetHegId. KDVrARU SCULL. Editor and Proprietor. JnneT. 1W. Ohio R?puL!ieans swm to be in good hbijw for another majority in six fig ure yo party can t fouud iiliinr to t4nd up fur the truMs Democrats mut reurue. liteir weary rrrch for a pia tuouut i't. If the Democrats were not ia doubt about reafiinnlcR silver tbty would uot be so violiut in protecting thitt they ill rifVfr omit it uutkr any conceiva l.ls circuinslaiuts. No t Nt kktaix ound come from the Ohio Iput.licsna ou the subject of trust-.. Their platform gives Demo crats chance to aree with Ki-publi-ciimon toe tr.i!-t issue IT will Ik: tntied that wheat aud other commodities continue to beol.liv i us of the silver question. The nji Jng link between silverand prices ought to settle the old ratio humbug. THE signs of the time all iudicate that the uest Republican National Con veution will be the most harmonious ever held, and that McKiuley and Ho bart will be nominated by acclamation.. Nearly every Democratic County Judge in the State seems to be in the race for that Supreme (Viurt Judgeship. It isn't often that a lVnxx ratic nomi nation in this .Stale is equivalent U an flection. OE.viaiAL UiajsiVEKXuii, the veteran Ohio Congressman, thinks the narrow thirteen llcpublican majority in the next Congress will be an advantage rather than a draw back. He says: "A margin of thirteen gives a sufficient working majority, and injures thor ough discipline and organization." Tkkke will be eleven contests in the jiext House of representatives. Two of these are from Virginia, two from North Carolina, two from South Caro lina, one from Alabama, one from Mis sissippi, aud three from Kentucky. In all except one of the South Carolina oases the evidence has been taken and filed with the Clerk of the House. Inform ation as to the whereabouts of Assemblyman Koontz's boom for Htate Chairman is being eagerly sought by the frieuds of that gentleman. When last heard from it bad been side tracked at Altoona, some ix weeks fiuce, where, it is said, it was punctured by a diminutive gold brick. It was a juatter of considerable surprise to many if his friends w hen Assembly man Kooutz allowed the designated time to pass by without registering bis name with Chairman Berkley after his brill iant fpurt in Blair county. Assembly man Koontz has evidently concluded that discretion is the belter part of valor. The Cuban iusurgents are giving up their guns and accepting their money. There will Is? no difficulty ou this score. A few malignants are in Cuba, and their influence will be used against the Amer icans. Their influence, however, will Jiot prevail against the spirit of the bus iness element and of the intelligent people in general, who want stable and progressive government. Theonly way in which such government can lie bad is in making the American connection Immanent. These two ingredients of the Cuban population will le found to Lave the msjority on their side when the voting takes place which is to de cide tbe island's future form of govern ment. The Hekald confesses to a feeling of regret, if not disappointment, that the last day for announcing candidates l:rts gone by without Representatives Kooutz and Kendall registering as can didates for delegates to the Republican State Convention. It would only have lieeu the proper and manly thing for them to do, aud then their Republicau constituents would have Lad au oppor tunity of approving or condemning their course at Harrisburg during the recent session of the Legislature. True it is, they have each put up a represent ative. The former is represented by bis ftlm AvhHUt, "Danny" Horner, and the latter by his fellow insurgent, John Ji. lioose, aud the electiou or defeat of these two gentlemen will be construed into an indorsement or disapproval of the record made by Representatives Koontz and Kendall; but it would have been much more satisfactory to the vot ers of the county to have bad them come boldly out in person, instead of by proxy. Satiuday was the last day on which persons desiring to be candidates at the Republican primary election on June 24th could register their names with County Chairman B-rkW-y and be duly announced as candidates. By reference to ourannouncement columns it will be seen that tbe names of a number of as pirants have been added sitn-e our last issue. The list is now made up, and from it the Republicm voters of the county can select the men of their choice, the men whom they think the most deserving, the men best qualified for the various positions, aud cast their ballots for them at tbe primary, regard less of tbe few self-seeking individuals w ho, under the guise of a "McKiuley League," a "compare notes" meeting, or a gathering to " 'learn the voters bow to Tote intelligently,"-Lave at tempted to select from the list of aspi rants a set of candidates for their fellow-Republicans to support. Everj candidate on the ticket is entitled to a fair field and to honorable treatment at the hands of his opponent. The re- maiader of the campaign should be conducted in a spirit of fairness, hon esty and good-nature, so that tbe suc cessful candidates, wboevjr they may be, will be in a position to demand and receive the cordial support of their op ponents as well as of every other Re publican voter ia the county thia fall. Some of the Democratic newspapers are ia a terrible state of mind because President McKiuley has seen fit to re lease from the operation of the civil service system about four thousand ofli cea that are now held by Democrat, l'rominent among the offices so releas ed are the pension examining surgeous, piivate secretaries, revenue officers, finauee clerks, etc., all of which should be filled by the beads of the depart ments with li?m they are iu close touch, and to whom, in many cases, they bear confidential relations. It U quite natural that under these condi tions the bead of a department wants men about him of bis own political faith, aud he should be empowered to appoint them from his cle party friends. A for the position of txara- iking surgeon, it is a notorious fact that in some States these officials Lav- t" persisteut in making things uncomfort able for Republican soldiers, causing them great inconvenience and in Home cases depriving them of iheir pensions rolely because they are Ilepublitis. While it is to be supposed that Repub lican examining surgeons will do their duty towards every old soldier, yt"t it is also fair to presume that they will in no way harass the veterans. The Pres ident had good reason for taking these offices from the civil serviv examina tion. It is only the Democratic and' Mugwump newspapers that will how I, aod perhap b vil r advocates tx,ay Tieep a few ters, but nobody iiiiuds them. Smtihing the Fiiin IaiergeiU. From the PhUaddjuU Inquirer. The primaries of Saturday were but repetition of the primaries of tbe suc cowive Saturdays for fmi weeks pant. It was a pretty geueral sweeping up and Heading out of the Flinn Martin iusur geuU. Thin sort of thing has uot to be an old story. Kvidently, tbe Repuhlicacaof Pennsylvania 1-elieve in majority rule ml have no use for the Flinn parly wreckers and the Marliu lio'tir. The K publican victory in Chester county is parti;ularly iuineaot and im portant. Chester has been notable for its independent thought Only in Novem ber last tbe insurgent element joined hands with the Democrats and elected a fusion legislative ticket. But Chester has repented. The antics of the insurennu at Harrisburg may have pleased Pemocrats, but not Republican, Tbe campaign of vilification, falsehood and persecution, which w as brought up with a round turn by the vindication of Quay by the verdict of the jury, was too much for fair-minded men, and although the bolters fought for their very political existence at the pri maries lliey w ere liealen ami repudiated and were uriahle to name a single candi dal fr a single onice. Chester comity has reversed herself just as did lilair county ouly a short time a-'O. Everywhere the insurgents are being taught that the cost of party treachery is political death. Representative Coray, of Luzerne county, is repudiated by the overwhelming defeat of his friends in the county, while in Franklin county the tri umph of Representatives Kreps and Brit ton, w bo refused to be lead it? to the camp of the party wreckers, is complete. What a lonely time Flinn and Martin will have at the coming Stale Convention. All For HcKmley. From the Harrisburg Telegraph. From all indications tbe Republican leaders in Pennsylvania aud New York are practically unanimous for the renom ination of President McKiuley. Recently Senator Piatt, of New York, in aa inter view in the Philadelphia Inquirer, aa nounced that he would very cheerfully support Fre&ident McKiuley fvir ronom- ination and was quito certain that he would be re-elected. Following this canto an interview with Senator Quay, of this State, in the "Telegraph," from our Washington correspriuJent, in which the senior Seuator took strong grounds for the renominatiou and re-election of PreM dent McKiuley. In quick succession came the open declarations of Senator Penrose and State Chairman Kikin that they, too, favored the renoininsition of President MeKinley, and that the senti nient for hitn was stroug all over the I'uited States. Pennsylvania and New York are admittedly the two foremost States in the CniorH-aud they stand for all that is best in wealth, industry, business, eulihtenment aud common sense. When the leaders of the dominant party in those two States declare fr a man for President so far in advance it stands to reason that that candidate will have very little trout le in securing a renomination and prohably less in being re elected. The nomination aud re-election of Presi dent MeKinley is therefore assured, and if there lie any other Republican wbj cherished hopes that licbtuing might strike him, he may as well take in his lightuing rods at once and join the MeKin ley procession. Nest year is going to be a MeKinley year that w ill far eclipse lSti, and there will be so little opposition to the Presideut that he will be practically elected uuanitnously. The leaders are for him and tbe rank and tile have always been for him, aud w hat more could he ask of the American people? Political Botes ' Says the Mugwump Philadelphia Led ger. "What's the use of holding state conventions and pretending to nominate and elect men to ollice, anyway?" Well, there isn't atiy use, so far as the Ledger aud its insurgent constituency are concerned. They are bolters having no use for party councils unless they can dominate such councils. At the Bedford oouuty Republican con vention the following ticket was nomi nated : Prothonotary, James Cleaver Sherilf, Samuel F. Gats; Register and Recorder, F.Jgar R. Home; Iistrict At torney. Alvln L. Little; Treasurer, John W. Imler; Commissioners, Samuel S, Baker, and Iuiel W. Hoekenberry Poor Director, Martin 1 Situs; Auditors. AUiert L. Nycuia and John Hoover Coroner, M. A. Sloner. Dr. J. J. Hanks and T. C Sanderson were elected dc-Ie gate to the State convention aud not in structed. E. M. Petinell was chosen chairman ,f the County Committee. The People's party held its State con vention iu Philadelphia last week and nominated the following ticket ; Judge of Supreme Court. John H. Stevenson of Allegheny ; JadVe Superior tVmrt, N L Atwood, Erie county ; State Treasurer, Justus Waikins, Ti'ga county. The fol lowing were elocted delegate at -large U the next imtioiial convention : I.. V Olds. Erie; lr. C. F. Taylor, Philadel phia; T. P. Ryuder, Erie; W. M. Deish er, Berks; Abraham Mattis, I'niphin J. P. Correll, Northampton ; Just-is Watkins, Tiogs ; J. H. Sfvenson. Alie gheny. T. P. Ryuder was elected chair man of the State cotnmitteo. The St, Louis People's party platform was in dorsed. Caterpillars Stop a Train. Montreal, May 31. Caterpillars have held up s train on the St. Giiilloume- Farnham branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway. They crept along the road, and in places presented columns nearly six inches deep on the rails. The train came along and plunged into the slow-moving mass; caterpillars were killed by the millions, and tbeir bodies got into tbe wheels, around the driving rods ami among all the machinery of the locomotive, completely clogging it and brmgmg the train to a standstill. Th "Wife Was the Bou. New York, June 1. In his defense against his wife's an it for livnr,A nn i ground of cruelty. El ward K. Fryatt. a Brooklyn trolley conductor, claims that for years khe waa cruel to bim, having made him scrub floors, wash disbea.make beds, wash and iron and do other house work. The couple have been tna-ried 12 yea, and Fryatt says his wife early told him she w as the bra. Some time ago be bought a piano and started to take lemons, but she made it ao unpleasant for him he had to stop. The husband says he was made to sleep fa the kitchen and his wife would not let any or his friends call on him. The wife has applied for alimony and counsel fees pending tbe suit. Mothers lose their dread for "that ter rible second summer" when they have nr. FowW'i Extract of Wild Strawberry in the house. Nature's spesiQc for bowel complaint of every sort. XeK:cly' Xea Wia ia Chla. CoLt.-MBCs O., June 2. Senator Ban na's force in the R ?publican State Con ventioa woti to-day in hodini style, and Judge tieorge K. Nah, the candi date of the Han n faction, was nomi- uaUsd ou lue eeouud ballot for Governor, whereupon tbe noisy Forakerites gra e- ful:y accepted the situaliou, aud made it onaniuioui w lib a hearty whoop. Tbe nominee for Lieutenant Governor, ex -Congressman John A. Caldwell, Utbe favorite of Cincinnati "Ik)-w"' George B. Cox, whilo otlior Ave nominations were distril sited am-ing those of le- distinct party atfiiiallous. H ANSA AND COX IN' CONTROL. What w as generally called tbe Hidus- Cox combination controlled a larga ma jority of the SU delegates, but it did uot exercise its power beyond tbe nomina- i;s of Nh aud Caldwell. The con ference l which Senator li'vnna, Mr. Cox and others reached a watisfrctory understanding did not conclude until 9 a. m., an hour before the convention assembled. It was all over then with Mr. Daugherty and other Foraker can didates. W. I. Guilbert, Auditor of State, and Frank HiiiTinan, member of the Board of Public Works, were nominated for second terms without opposition. Outside of the unusually animated contests for the nominations, the feature of the convention was its universal iu- dirseiuent of President MeKinley. When the plank ia the platform "com mending the President for the judicious modifications of the civil service rulus recently promulgated, was read, there was a very enthusiastic demonstration." Allowance For Volunteer. Washi.noton, June 1. Secretary Alger has caused the (Quartermaster General to make a careful computation or toe tciieagalhe Philippine voluuteers from eso'a state would be entitled to shonld they bo mustered ont at Sau Francisco, aud has also atlacht! to tbe statement a schedule of the railroad rates that each rnau would be required to pay out of his own pocket in the event that he elected to take the travel allowance. -- - Otis Manila: Volunteers mustered out at San Francisco will receive travel pay approximately as follows: Moo of companies Colorado, f9 tofU5; Idaho, to $1 ; Iowa, fx: to f 110; Kansas, fs3 lojl.il; Montana, ?V5 to $.Si; Nebraska, f71 to $117; Nevada, J.V. to North Dakota, $sii to $1 3J ; Oregon, t',1 to fd : Pennsylvania, f 127 to J2U1 ; South Dako ta, to ?:.M; Teuuessee, 107 to f 169; Ctah.3o to S-"'7; Washington, 39 to $o2 ; Wyoming, $-V to $57; Minnesota, f S9 to lii Of course, the higher sums are graded among non-commissioned officers. Rail road fares are: San Francisco to SL, Lmisand Fargo, JH; Chieago.JH; Wash ington and Philadelphia", New York. iiU; Salt Lake, ?24; Lincoln aud Topeka, S7; D38 Moines, ?10; Sioux Falls, fU ; Cheyenne and Denver, J'ia, not including subsistence. (ilicers, of course, get larger sums. Submit these facta to each regi ment and let them determine by vote whether they will be mustered out at San Francisco aud take travel piy, or in their own states, transported by government. Cahle vote of each regiment. BLEW UP A PACIFIC TSAIS. Four obbrs' Daring Hold-Up of a Weitera Express. Omaha, Neb., June 2 1 u or i.?r to ob tain the apparently small amount of val uables in the express safe, train robbers took dep?rate chaneft-i bqfjre daylight this morning, hel 1 up the first section ot Unioit Pucide express train No. 1, near Wili-ox, Wye; blew up the car contain ing th9 safe, and then the latter, using dyn unite in both instances, injured En gineer Jones, who was hit by flying debris, and escaped with their booty. lathe midst of a drenching rain, four rob'iers tioardod the traiu at Wilcox, at iO.) a. m. As the train reached the bridge, just west of Wilcox, one of the robbers crawled into tbe cab, and at tbe point of a gin ordered Engineer Jones to pull across tbe bridge and stop. LOST NO TIM R AT Til KIR WORK. Meantime, tbe others of the gang were at work iu the express car. Just as the eugiue pulle l olf the bridge there was a tremendous explosion that scattered pieces of tbe express car for a hundred feet in every direction. The end of the mail car was stove iu, and several string ers knocked out of the bridge. It required only a few minutes for the robbers to ride, the safe, which was blown open by the explosion. They took its contents, signaled their confederate on the engine, and before the passengers and train crew were aware of just what had happened were off for the mountains Fighting is Sot Yet Finiihed. Sax Francisco, June 2. Brig. Gen. Charles King, who was a passenger on the transport Puebla, which has just ar rived, shows plainly the effects of his bard campaigning. "The fighting is cot over," said Gen. King, "nor will it be uiUil there has been a complete defeat administered to the Tagolis, who are. iu fact, tbe only ones of the island tribes that are in active rebellion. I believe that if the. volunteers now in that conn try do not re enlist, it will take a very large army of new men to take the field with any hope of success. ' Gen. King said that Gen. Otis' estimate that 30.000 men would be needed to defeat the natives was very moderate, adding, "and they will have their hands full." Government of Puerte Eico. Washington, D. C, June 1. The Pu erio Rican Commission has reported to the ar Department that all classes and condition of the Puerto Ri.'an popula tion are ready aud willing to accept Am erican institutions, and to be content with them; and, in general, they recommend the establishment of such laws, general. district and municipal, as will give to the people of Puerto Rico substantially the protection and tbe same laws which are now enjoyed by the people of the United States. The report recommends that the Span ish bank bills bo redeemed, and that the bank be no longer permitted to issue cur rency. It also recommends that as soon as possible the Puerto Rican money w-hich is now in circulation be supplant ed by United States currency. Regarding concessions, the report rec ommends that they be sold to the highest bidder at public sale, all to lie subject to the control of the United Statos Govern ment. Ii tbi Steam Locomotive Doomed? Men who know say that in tbe next teu yers (.team locomotives w ill disap pear and tdeet.-ie motors will supplant them. They also say that with the new motive power Irxius w ill rush along at a minimum peed of M0 miles an boar. This will prove a blessing to those who wish to go quickly from one point to another, but no more so than Hosteller's Stomach Bitters have proved a blessing to those who wish to go quickly from sick ness to health. Tbe Bitters act at ooce npon stubborn eases of dyspepsia, Indi eestion. biliousness and liver complaint. Tbey improve the appetite, quiet the nerves, and induce sound, refreshing sleeii. The trial of a bottle will afford convincing proof. Sold at all drugstores. Does Coffet Agree Wita Tl If not, drink Grain-O-mad from pure grains. A lady writes: "The first time I made Grain-O I did not like it but after using it for one week nothing would in duce me to go lark to colfee." It nour ishes and feeds thesystem. Tbe children can dnuk it Ireely with great benerit. It is the atrengtbeuing substance of pare grams. Hp a package to-day from you r grocer, follow tbe directions in making it and you w ill bare a oVbci.Mia and heal'h fuluMe beverage foroid and youne. lie G0C3 TXIESSi A01I3T. Bpaia and tns Baited Statei Tonstlly Kin and Xk Up. Wasuinoton, V. C, JuDe 1 Diplo matic rotations with Spain, brokeu otf April 2U IsiS, were formally resumed at 11 o'clock to-day when President MeKin ley greeted Due d'Arooe, the newly ac credited Miuister to the Unite.! States, in the Blue Parlor of the Whits House. It was a uotable oceaaioo In the world's history the resumption of friendly rela tions between two nations which had been at war and in the brief struggle had chang ed the map of thw world. The tpest-hos of to-day were especially' Dotabie. They wereplain-spokeu and da void cf the usual hary diplomatic phrase ology. The ceremony was exceedingly imple. At 11 o' clock tbe two carriages ooniaiuing the Due d'Arcos, Secretary Hay and tue secretaries of the new Sjan;sb Minister, Senors Riano and Pastor, reached the White House. The party waa immediate ly ushered into the Blue Parlor. The Due was attired in his respiendeut diploma'Jc uniform. Across bis coat he wore a scar let sash, and on his breast sjiarkled the insignia of half a dozen orders, the dvz aling cros of the Order of the Catholic being the most conspicuous. He carried his jilumed chapcau in bis left hand, and the copy of his address in his right. Ou reaching the Blue Parlor they were pre sented by Secretary Hay to Colonel Bing ham, w ho remained with them while the Secretary of Sute retired for a mom ecu He immediately reappeared with Presi dent MeKinley, to whom he presented the Due d'Arooa and Senors Riano and Pastor. The President was cordial, but dignified, in his greeting. Due d'Arcos then read his address in Spanish. He stood a little in advance of his aides, fac ing tbe President, while a little to the rear and right of the President stood Secretary Hay ; Colonel Bingham and AheistantSec- retary Cortelyou stood upon the left. A VALUABLE PUBLIC ATI OS. The Pennsylvania Bailroad 1809 Summer Exeareion Boote Book. Ou June 1 the Passenger Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will publish tbe WW edition of its Summer Excursion Route Hook. This work is de signed to provide the public' w ith short descriptive notes of the principal Sum mer resorts of Eastern America, with the routes for reaching them, and the rates of faie. It contains all tbe principal sea shore and mountain resorts of the east. and over fifteen hundred different routes or combinations of mutes for reaching them. The book has been compiled with the utmost care, aud altogether is the most complete and comprehensive hand book of Summer travel ever offered to the public It is bound in a handsome and striking cover, iu colors, aud contains several maps, presenting tho exact rutes over which the tickets arc sold. It is. also pro ftisely illustrated with fine half-tone cuts of scenery at tbe various resorts and along the Hues of the Pennsylvania Railroad. On and after June 1 it may be procured at any Pennsylvania Railroad ticket of fice at the nominal price of ten cents, or, upon application to the general office. Broad Street Station, by mail for twenty cents. Gone to Bring Dreyfus. Fort pk France, Martinique, June i Tbe French cruiser Sfax left for Devils i.-land at 10 o'clock last night to take Dreyfus to France, The authorities of Cayenne foresaw four day ago that the Sfax would leave Fort de France on this mission, aud at 2 o'clock this afternoon the dispatch boat Goeland, stationed in the waters of French Guiana, left Cay enne, the capital, for Devils island, hav ing on board the superintendent of the penitentiary and the commander of tbe marine artillery. These officials are del egated by the Frcuch government to officially notify Dreyfus of the revision of his trial. Dreyfus received on Saturday from bis wife, a cable message announcing the de cision of the court of cassation. Somerset Buggy Company for bargains in Buggies, Harness and Wagons. Will save you a teu dollar bill on a good job. Try and lie convinced. A. C. Davis. A Cuban Threat Of War. Sajitiauo de Cuba. June 4. Several anonymous letters have been received by United States military officers threaten ing an uprising nul ss certain concessions, essentially preposterous, are granted. One of these communications names June 20 as the date for an outbreak. In view of the continued publication of inflammatory editorials in the local press. Governor General Brooke has issued an order directing the appointment of a press censor f.r Santiago. Tbe seditious articles have not lieen ia any sense au expression of the general opinion. WASTED Salesmen, inexperienced preferred. Position permanent. Salary paid every Saturday. Nelson Bogue, Ba tavia Nurseries, Batavia, N. Y. Byrne Threatens Seniatioa. Greensbitro, Pa., June 4. Represent a'ive William D. Wilson, of this county, who preferred attempted bribery charge against ex-Representative John R. Byrne, of Everaon, said to-day that he would not go to Harrisburg for the hearing on Tues day "unless taken there." Jle claims that be has already told his tory, and that his affidavit can be found on file at Harrixbnrg. Heeonsiders that sufficient. However.'f be is subpoenaed, Mr. Wilson says be w-ill go promptly, adding that he "has few-additional cards uphis sleeve." Mr. Byrne, who has returned home, threatens a sensatiou after the se is heard before the alderman, intimaunv that a counter suit Is to follow. COSVESTTIOS HATIOKaL EDUCATI05 ASSOCIATION, LOS ANGELES, CAL. Bedseed Bates via PeaaiylTania Bailroad. For the National Education Associa tion Convention, to be held at Los An. geles. Cab, July 11 to 14. the Pennylva nia Railroad Company will sell excur sion tickets via direct routes from points on its line, to Los Angeles. Cab, and re turn, at rate of single fare for the round trip, plus 00 membership fee. These tickets will lie sold, good going, June 24 to July 7. and, when stamped by-Joint Agent at Los Angeles, good to return, ar rivirg at final destination, uutil Septem ber a. For further information apply to Ticket Agents. 8b Crucified Eerieif. Bt RLisoTON, Vt., June .1. Possessed with tbe idea that she must crucify her self. Delia Dutnlly,42 years ol.L a domes tic in the family of C. A. Barber, drove in snocession a spike through both bands and both feet yesterday and lay down to die. She was taken to a hospital and will prohably recover. The deed was planned with great care and executed with entire disregard to pain. But one spike was used, and it was, therefore necessary to pnll it from the fleh for each new driving. Xatical College. - The summer term of the Musical Col lee, at Freeburg, Snyder county. Pa., will begin on Monday, July 17. a term of six weeks for including hoard and tuition. As all schools have vacation at thi time, it will give a good opportunity for public school teachers and echoed children to attend this term. Parent de si rinif a progressive end home like school for their aons and daughters should in-Testigst.- the merits of the College. For catalogue addreia Henry B. Mojer. SE5JAIIC-311 KCBOXBATUSIOSTO Blind Man' Jealosiy Leads to Awful Crime. Usio.xrow.v, Ta., June a-This place w as tbe scene this morning of one cf the most horrible murders iu its history, ilra. Miuerva Mouaghau waa iuUutly killed by William C. McConnick, e-b"e ball manager, politician, contractor, Tow n Councilman, and leading business mart, w ho was jealousof the victim's daughter, Mrs. Gertrude McGcgau. McConnick has been totally blind for four years, and has len paying sttenti n to Mrs. McG-gHU. Tho cause of M-Cor-luick's jealousy is said to have been Rich ard Dirl'cndwffer. tailor's apprentice. At the inque-t to day Mrs. McGopau testified rfciiKtautly. Soe said that Mc Corniica caro to see her eaily last even ing, returning at IU r.Vlock and wantir g to know if any one else was iu the house. She told him no, and when be left locked tbe door. About 12 30 this morning she was talk ing to young DilTanderffer. she said, when ti e locked door was burst open and Me Cormick sprang iuto the room. He grasp ed a pitcher from a stand and broke it over her bead, shouting that he would kill ner. With the broken piece he con tinued to beat her as they struggled iuto tLe hall. Hearing the noise Mrs, Mouaghan came from ber room in her night dress and trid to quiet McCoruiick. She grasped his crra, which was over Mrs. McGcgaD's bead, ready to strike, and the blow in tended for the daughter was diverted aud struck tbe mother in ber neck, tearing out the arteries. Blood spurted over Mc Connick and Mrs. McGogan as the strick en woman faintly said, "He has killed me; he has cut my tb:oat ; I am dying,' and then staggering toward the bath coo m she felt. While McCormick dashed water over bis victim In an attempt to revive her, M n. McGogan escaped aod alarmed the Dcighborhood. McConnick, covered with blood, groped his way nut of the house. As Difl'enderfer had burst past MirCor mick he re-eived a bad cut iu the baek from the Infuriated man. MeCorinirk was arrested and plai-ed in charge of his brother, George A. McCor uiick, Sheriff. Diffenderffer and Mrs. McGogan were held iu flOOO bail as wit nesses. The Coroner's verdiW, rendered late to night, was that Mrs. Monaghan's death was due to a cut inflicted by McCormick. FHA5K THOMSON DIES SUDDENLY. Preiident of the Pennsylvania Bailroad Company ii no More. . Philadelphia, June5. Frank Thom son, president of the Pennsylvania Hail road company, died at 7:M o'clock this evening hI his home at Merion, a few miles out of the city. Mr. Thomson bad been ill atiout two week. He returned to bis home on May 20 from a tour of inspec tion, which he, with other officials of the company, bad made over the main and leased lines of the Pennsylvania railroad system. Tbe trip occupied about a week. Upon his rrturn home he was suffering from acute indigestion, and at once took to his b.-d and placed himself in the hands of bis physician. Mr. Thomson hail enjoyed extraordinary good health, and his relatives and friends believed he would sism rally and recover from his indisposition. His death to-night was rather sudden, and was wholly unexpect ed. Mr. Thomson was T3 years of age, and since he was a lsy had been in the service of the great railroad company of which he had been the head during the last two years, he having succeeded to the presidency in 1307 upon the death of George B. R berta. Built A Coffin For Hit Wife. Oyster Bay, N. Y., May 31. John Daun, a carpenter of this place, on Mon day last made a coffin in a lumber yard here, evading a direct answer to all in quiries as to whom it was for. This morning, how ever, about 4 o'clock, he went to the home of his wife, Eliza beth, from whom he bad been living apart, and sawed a bole through tbe door, lie then crept to a room where the woman was sleeping, carrying with him an ax, which he raised over ber bead and brought down with great force. His aim was uncertain, however, and the blow glanced, inflicting a severe wound back of the victim's ear. Mrs. I Una screamed and ber husbaud tied. Shortly afterward Daun gave himself up to the police.' Mrs. Dann has few chances for recovery. Cupid Astray ia a Wreck. WATERMo,Iowa,May 31. Two women areclaimii.g the boJy of Edwin J. Bark er, who waa killed in tbe wreck on the Burlii'gton, Cedar Rapids A Northern Railroad on Sunday morning, when nine persons were killed. One of the claim ants is Mrs. E. J. Barker, the widow cf the dead man, and she is now on her wry from Hot Spring, Ark., to take charge of the remains. The other claimant is Miss Ida Shad ville, of Fbihart, Mont, who arrived in Waterloo lost night. She declare that Barker was to have met her in Minneap olis on Sunday, and they were to have beeu married yesterday. She identified tbe remains as those of her prospective bridegroom. Said He'd Arreit Grover. Winsteh, Conn., June 2. "Here you !" exclaimed Farmer Frauk Johnson to ex President Grover Cleveland, who had just landed a large and gainey speckled trout frdm a brook running across the Johnson farm near here, "gel out of this quick, or I'll have you arrested I" Johnson has had fishermen arrested for whipping his brook, and be meant what he sai.L He also said bad words. Mr. Cleveland said nothing at all. He shouldered his rod, hung bis basket over his shoulder and started away with as much haste as be could exert. There w as a fence in bis path. He had to climb it. Mr. Cleveland was doing nobly when the fence, not built to withstand 300 pounds, collapsed into kindling wood. " When Johnson waa told of tbe fisher man's identity be was surprised, but not chagrined. "You don't say so?" he remarked. "Well, I was after the village postoffice when be was President the last time and I didn't get iL I reckon we are about even now." What a Little Faith Did FOR MRS. ROCKWELL. LtTTEl TO Hit. riXKBAU HO. 69.SS4 "I was a great sufferer from female weakness and bad no strength. It waa impossible for me to attend to my household duties. I had tried every thing and many doctors, but found no relief. ' My sister advised me to try Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound, which I did; before using all of one bottle I felt better. I kept on with it and to my great surprise I am cured. All who suffer from female complaints fchonld give it a triaL" Mrs. Hik e, well, U'09 S. Division St., Guao Ilapids, Mich. From a CrU-f ul Newark Woman. "When I wrote to you I was very tick, had not been well for two years. The doctors did not seem to help me, and one said I could not live three ntuntha. I had womb trouble, falling, ulcers, kidney and bladder trouble. There seemed to be such a drawing and burning pain in my bowels that I t could not rest anywhere. After using i-yaia r l icitiaras vegetuMe ( urn pound and Sanative Wimi aod follow ing your advice, I feel well ainiiu and 1 stronger than ever. My bowels feel as if they had been made over new. Yjta many thanks for your help. I remain, L. U., 7i Ass St., JCew-ul, J." STALWARTS WIN GREATJVICTORIES A Perfect Landslide at 1he Re publican Primary Elections. BOLTERS HMD CUT Mil. Th ltetnrns From Chestor, Luzerne, Westmoreland. Fi aukttn, (irwue aud Other Counties Show That Insur gents Were Completely Koutoa. (Special Correspondence.) Philadelphia, June 6. Tbeie was a veritable landslide ut the Republican primary elections held throughout tho state on Saturday last. nd nnder it the insurgents were completely buried out of elsht. In this big series of counties that gave their verdict as to the sentiment in favor of party regu laritv and fealty to leulariy chosen candidates some of the most conspicu ous cf the caucus bolters In the legis lature at Harrisburg were directly ie pudiated by their o-vn ronslituenciej. Another batch of stalwart Republi cans were added to the list of dele gated to the coming state convention and tbev will help to eznrinsire the feelmK in the psrty orsniwticn against the Insurgents. CHESTER'S GREAT RECORD. The most striking returns from these counties came probably from Chester. Here the insurgents, hy a fusion with Democrats' and Prohibitionist, defeat ed the Republican candidates for the legislature and seat two Democrats and two ir.surpeuts, Randal! and Jef feris, to the bouse. The two last named, who claimed to be Republicans, joined in the insurgents' attacks on the Republican state administration end fo-.iKht the Republican caucus can didate tor the I'nitcd Statc3 senate and then had the temerity to return home and organize a movement to elect dele gates to the Republican state conven tion. They were backed by all the insurirent iiespap!i9 and there wjs an abundance of campaign funds at their disposal. Rut the people took them in hand. In this fiirht the In surgents could not have the support of the Democrats, as they had at the general election, but had to face thJ stalwart Republicans on an equal foot ing. They were defeated by au over whelming vote and the regular Re publicans elected as delegates to the state convention Paul S. Reeves of Phoenf xville; I. Robert Comfort, of West Chester; Samuel Iveson, of Ox ford, and J. Hunter Wills, of Ihiwning town. They are all friends of Senator Quay. The regulars also elected tho full county ticket. LUZERNE SPEAKS OCT. The Republicans of Lucerne county held their primaries cn the same day and the Quay forces madn a clean sweep. They eh ted their delesatcs in the whole six districts. In some of the voting precincts the vote was quito heavy, as iu some pieces the best citi zens in the district turned out to vote for the Quay delegates. This was done to show their good will for the ex senator more than anything else. A notat'.e example of this was given In Wilkcnarre, where Frank Y,'. Whcaton. Ef-q.. a leading member o' the bar. was the Quay candidate for state delegate. Mr. Wheatou had no opposition, but this did not keep the voters at home. Some of the old Re publicans of "war times," who are not in the habit of attending primary elections, came out aud voted for Mr. Whcaton. A BOLTER SUPPRESSED. Tti the Second district Sanford Steele, a friend of Senator Quay and one of the best known citizens in the county, was e'ectei. Tbe Second district "is icpresonted in the legislature by E. A. Coray, who Isilted the Republican cau cus. After the legislature adjourned it wes given out that the Insurgents would get tope: her and elect the dele gate to the state convention. B:t the regular party men notified them tha. If they did they would be beaten out of their boots. This got the Insur gents' leaders to thinking, and after a consultation they resolved not to make a fight. Samuel Salsbnrg. a popular young stalwart Republican of Plymouth, was returned from the Third district His opponent was George S. Boyle, man ager of a Republican weekly that op posed Mr. Quay's re-election to the senate.- Mr. Salsbnrg polled a big vote. William Davis was elected In the Fourth district, Thomas Ayres in the Fifth and William Riddle in the Sixth, all Quay men. QUAY'S FRIENDS JUBILANT. The followers of Senator Quay ar naturally Jubilant over their great vic tory. They say it is a triumph for party fealty and discipline. Kx-At-torney General Palmer says it is a triumph of party over faction. Acting Postmaster Fell says Republicans are ever true to the principles of the Re-, publican party, they do not believe In' factionalism and will not support those who seek to disrupt and wreck th party. Delegate Frank Wheaton. of the First district, said: "This victory U notice to the insurgents that they ' must fight their battlej with the Re publican party." FRANKLIN IX LINE. During the session of the legislature the Insurgents made great boasts abort what they were going to do to Representatives Kreps and Britten, of Franklin county, who were voting for Colonel Quay's re-eiectim. They pro claimed that these men should bolt their caucus oblisatkms and vote for Judge. Stewart, of their home county, who was given a complimentary vote for United i'.tatcs senator iu the hope that Kreps end Uritton might be thus drawn away from the rccnlars and afterwards got ten to vote for the real choice of many of the Insurgents and the financial lean of their outfit. John-Wanamaker. Kreps and Biltton were not to be taught by such a game and stood man fully to the end by the Republican candidate for United States aerator. All this while they were abused and misrepresented by the insurgent news paper organs. Their Republican con ttituents were not misled, however, aa chown by the result of the Republican primaries of Saturday last, when a vote tjf confidence was given thej-; members of the legislature la the election of a solid delegation of stalwarts to the Republican state convention. In every Instance throughout the county where prominent opponents of Senator Quay ran as delegate they were defeated by large majorities. Thia was especially true In Chambers burg. In the Third ward Deputy Treasurer A. S. Stover, who has always been an ardent anti-Quay man and has never been defeated as a candidate for delegate, was unmercifully slaughtsr ed. So It la in every district where a contest was made. The delegates to the state convention are Dr. R. W. Ramsey, of Chambersbv.rg: J. P. Rau huser, of Green Castle, and Burgess J. C. Crisswell. of Waynesboro. All aro strong friends of Senator Quay and will heartily indorse anything the pres ent administration may request. The county convention will adopt resolu tions strongly indorsing President Me Kinley and the Republican county committee will be absolutely In control i of the regulars. HUFF 13 SURPRISED. Out In Westmoreland county, the home of ex-CongTessnian Huff, who was voted for by tbe Insurgents for United States senator, the insurgents expected to win everything easily. To their great surprise the friends of Senator Quay caiturd three and dos- I albly four of the live delegates to the j convention. Tbe Quay men. under the t leadership of Senator Brown and State , Treasurer Iieacom. iioniinated John B. Steele, a life ling Quay man. for Judge 1 and practically named the entire ' county ticket. This was a crushing blow to the supporters of Huff, who Is very wealthy aud ambitious to control the rrty organization of his county. , The delegates to the state convention from Potter and Greae counties are aleo frinds of the regular party or guniiation. INSURGENTS' SilALL SHOWING. The insurgents find thtiir only source cf comfort ia the returns ul Saturday Evil Dispositions Are Early Shown." Jst so evil in the blood comes out in shzpe of scrof ula, pimples, etc, injhudren and yocr.g people. Txk&i in time it cmi Be eradicated by using Hood's Sarsaparilh. In older people, the aftermath cf irregular living shows it self in bilious conditions, a heavy head, a. foul mouth, a general bad feeling. It is the blood, the ii:pnre blood, friends, which is the real caue. Purify Ihat witli Hood' Sari.iparilla and happinea will reign in your family. Blood Poison-" I 11 ed m a bed of fire for years owing to blood poisoning that fol lowed small pox. It broke out all over my body. Itching intensely. Tried doctors and hospitals in vain. I tried Hood's Sarsapa rilla. Itrwfprd. I kept at It and was en tirely cured. I could po on the housetop? and shout atout it." Mas. J. T. Wujjams, Carbomlale, Pa. Scrofula Sores --My baby at two rremtli bad fcjot ila sorrs on ctxfk and arm. Local appliratioris and pliyici.irs medicine did little or no pood. Hood's or naparilla cured him permanently. Be is now four, with smooth fair skin." Mr S. S. 'Vrot.'. Farinlr.iitoa Iel. Honl'i Ptll fnrt Urrr the nnt!-trr?ttii!i and "only rathft?e ! iA'l with H J Sr p:iri!la. last from Allegheny county, where the friends of Colonel Quay concluded to make no f.pht a;aiust the Fiinn-Magec maihin-s cf Pittsburg. As the result, the seventeen deleaie to the stale convention from the district which their organization u-siially control were selected by Flinn and Magee. The five other delegates front Allegheny are supporters of Colonel Quay. The Insurgents were successful In naming the two delegates from Bed ford county earlier in the week. A harmony plan had been agreed upon by which the regulars and Insurgents were each to name one of the dele gates. Two of the insurgents broke faith In the couveiition and delivered the vote for the choice of the stal warts, so that two friends cf the boi ers were elected to the state con vention. These delegates, with the one vota in Wayne, make up the entire show ing of the insurgents. The regulars will certainly havethree fourths of the dc'.rsiitej to the state convention. Willed Wife i B.other. New York, Jjne I Tns will of the ite Sasu T. 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