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The Somerset - Herald
EDWA.RD SCCLL, Kditor and Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY..
January J. law.
On Monday began the year in which
William MoKiulty will for a second
time t elected President or these Unit
ed S'ates.
31 av the Newt Ver have for this
country as much prwrity as the old
one exiericin.v!. Then w ill we indeed
be a glad natiou.
It was a white Christmas, with &
golden tinge of jnpenty, the forerun
ner of a year proaii.-iug busy times and
generous relurtis.
Sexitok JtNt, of Arkaiirns, warns
the Ii.-iub!k-u puny that it will hae
to fj-e its record ou the gold standard.
The Republicans intend to do that very
thiug, and Jo do it on pur(fse.
The Atkinson anti-expaiisiouists in
B.jston will have another year iu which
to look back and pjnder ou how fool
isa they were ia isrj. They cerainly
made large pale-gray jucks t,t thcni
fceives. Gexkkal Wood ibiuks that the Cu
haus may te ready for self governaieut
within two years. Some of the agita
tors are disappiuU-d liecause the Gen
eral failed to fix the jeriod at two
weeks.
(Jexekal Lawtox's cuclryroen
have promptly given a token of sym
pathy for his family that fjot-s deeper
tiiau words, and will s'atid as the tiit
aud most iiajortaat tribute to liis brill
iant services.
Aooxai.ho' s newspaper organ is re
ported to liave U'en revived somewhere
in a rnoiintaiu cave. !t must have re
cei ved a fresh supply of American Tagal
exchanges to encourage another trial
and fcupp!y ma'ter to till up with.
The dead of the Maine have reached
a resting place "'n American soil, which
is well, iu view of the uncertain fjture
of Cuba, and the intense desire f Cu
bn agitators to add another to the
of revolutionary Spanish-Arm-ricau re
publics.
Investigation" proves that the
called tissue ballots iu Kentucky were
not printed on tissue pier, and that
they were used in a large number 'f
Democratic counties. The tiielelit s
clutch d at any flimsy pretext to beat
the voters.
A Mi'-ntsota patkk sm.vs the eun
ty banks are tilled with farmers' de
posits. Good crops and go-d politics
ire a strong team for prosperi'y on tlie
farms, and many people have discov
ered tsince IS!Wi that the right stamp of
j)litics is indispensable to rcuud out
ttner blessings.
It is intimated that the census -f
C'ula will show a larger population jn
the island than was expected. Estim
ates frotr careful authorities on the
gr-Miod put the number of inhabitants
at about l,i:),0., which is 2J,iK) or
3)3,0X1 more than has been commonly
supposed. Another fact which will
ciuse general surprise is that the pro
jor!ion of negroes in the island is found
to tie much smaller than lias been im
agined. The ratio, it is now believed,
will be founil much below that iu Mis
sissippi, South Carolina and Louisiana.
The race pr blem in Cuba, it is clear,
will never be as serious as many per
sons have anticipated.
Last week Judges Urown and Mes
trrzat drew lots for seniority of com
mission as Judges of the Supreme Court,
aud Judge Brown drew the senior com
mission. This is the third timo that
the lot has been cat f.r seniority on
the bench of tbe Supreme Court It
lirst occurred in ISM, when Paxson and
Woodward were elected, and the seni
ority fell to Paxson, the Republican
JuJge, Next, iu lsss. Judges M--Col-luia
and Mitchell drew lots, and Judge
McColIutu, the Democrat, won. In the
cie of Judges Brown and Mestrezat,
the Uepublicau won, the seniority sip
piarlng to alternate between the polit
ic J parties.
The IIekai.ii acknowledges the re
ceipt of a communication from a val
ued su Wriher of forty years' standing,
who teems to think that the grand old
U-publieun party is going to the dem
nition low-wows lecanse paid ageuts
of a newspaper have discovered that a
biillot-box was siutfed at the recent
election iu the city of Philadelphia.
The Herald does not condone otleuses
against the ballot end Lopes that every
eoutidrel who has polluted, or who at
tempts to pollute the ballot, will p:-ed-ily
be detected and severely punished,
but at the same time we are not bliud
to the fact that the system complained
of in Philadelphia was built up uudr
the regime of a discredited political
boss, who now poes s one of the
leaders of the select coterie of million
aire politicians who are engaged in the
work of destroying the Ilepublican or
gmiza'.ion of Pennsylvania,
Is adopting the modern methods of
warfare, the British are is pinning to
look alive, and have already caught up
with Spain on one point. General Gat
acre has decided to work the "rtcou
centrado" business on nou combatants.
He has issued an order rtouiring all
males over twelve years old. living
within a radius of twelve miles of a
Il-itish camp, Dorth f S'erVs'roru, and
outside of towns o village, io either
ft beyond that radius, or form camps
near the British camp, ai;d there re
main until further notice, under pain
of arrest. To the Boers in such camp
it is to I "root, hog, or die," they
will be required to provide f . r them-
lvts. It will be interesting to observe
:ow tffectually this order can lie t-n-torxvd.
Should the Bri'ish prove as
i:o-essful as the Spaniards wt-re in Cu
ba, they may red uc t he u urn ber of nrn
ombatanca, through starvation, much
more largely than they have been
lih to diminish the uututerof fight
ing Boers by the bullet.
Ccsmitiionirt Kefote to lUcogaiz a Oik
El. cud by Tbeir Fiodeecstort.
Mrma, Pa Jan. !. The re election of
Cuariea P. Adams as Commissioners'
lerk in I'elanare county for aDotber
iria of throe years, as tbe final act of tbe
outgoing CommisKioDer. was taken op
as a matter of context by tbe new board
f worn iu to-day. Tbe new Commission
ers' first art was to elect William P. Hip
pie president of tbe board, and then they
decided not to reoogniz Adams.
It is not likely tbe old board memlrs
miring will make much loss over tbe
turning duwu of their man. nnd if Adams
wants' be put-itWi he will first have to
Ul thr qucation in the ouutu.
EXPECTS A VOTE OJ QUAY.
.
Scatter Penrct Lsokt for it la T
Washixotox. D. C, Jan. L Senator
Penrose aaid to-night be expected a vote
on tbe Quay caoe in the Senate by the
15:h of January. Of course, be expect
tbe result will be favor.ill to Colonel
Quay, although be does not give out tbe
roaier of Senator whose affirmative
vole will be neemsary to bring bis ex
pectaiions to realization.
He looks for a report on tbe case from
tbe Committee on Privilege and Elec
tions on Monday next, ,aii.1 believes tbe
discusaiou in tbe Senate will not be pro
tr4"toJ. He onneedes that it is probable
the ooinniitlee's refKtrt will le unfavora
ble to Colonel Quay, but '' not think
this will have much, if any, effect on tbe
Senate, wbcie the tiudinjs of Committee!
have less weight than tbey do in tbe
House.
Colonel Quay is expected to return to
Washington to morrow from Pittsburg.
They Bait in Arlington.
Washington, IJoc 2S The remains of
the 14 ) victims of tbe Maine disaster
brought from Havana by tbe battleship
Texas were buried to day with full mili
tary honors upon a knoll in Arlington
ceineiery. The exercises were in charge
of Capt. Sigsbee, now of the Texas, wbo
was (aptain of the Maine on that fateful
nigbt when his ship was blown up in
Havana harbor, two years ago. Admiral
Dewey, Mj. Gen. Miles and his staff.
aud many other ollicers of tbn ai tny and
navy were present. Several troops of
cavalry, a ba'.t&lion of marines, and a
detachment of sailors were drawn np
about the flsg-draped caskets.
D'atpite ttia c l 1 over l,'i spnetator
witnessed the ceremonies. Si uple Pro
testant and Roman Catholic fuceral ser
vices were conducted by Chaplain Clark,
of tbe Naval academy, and Father Chad-
wick, chaplain of the Maine. A detach
ment of marines fired a balule for the
dead anil a bogler soundd 4-taps." Tbe
cerem nies lasted barely 20 minutes.
Among tbe sailors of the Texas piesect
was Jeremiah Shea, wbo had a miracu
lous escape on tbe night of the explosion,
being blown out of the stoke bole. He
was introduced to the presidunt by Capt.
Sigslee.
To aro;e is Tares Diyi.
New York, Dec. 2S. James Gresbam,
of Brooklyn, has found capital to dem
onstrate tbe commercial value of bis
corkscrew boat for which is anticipated
a speed of oO miles per hour. A syndicate
of New York capitalists has agreed to
furnish fVj.WM with which to build astnall
boat ou his plan with tbe understanding
that if it demonstrates its ability to ap
proximate the speed which the models
have reached, the syndicate will furnish
su 111. -lent capital to build a mail boat.
The inventor promises that his craft will
cross the Atlautic in less than three days.
Tbe vessel, the construction of which ia
being arranged fur at the Newport News
ship yards, is not intruded for passenger
service but only for tho conveyance of
mails and fast freight and for use at life
saving stations. The boat is cylindiical
in shape wilb a serpeutine flange like a
corkscrew from bor to stem, arid tbe
outer sh-ll revolves through the water,
while the inner compartment maintains,
its qu;poise.
Four Burned to Death.
Milton, Y. Va., January 1. Two miles
west of here, in Cabel county, the coun
try borne of William Ellis was burned at
2 o'clock this mornicg. Ellis, his wife and
two children, boys, aged 8 and 12 years.
were all burucd to death.
Theouly member of tbe family who
escaped death was a 10 yetr-old boy, wu
wakened at tbe smell of tire, and run
ning tbro-igh tbe lliue-',jutiipnd from an
upstairs win Jo. The utile fellow then
ran almost a mile through the snow, clad
only iu bia nigbt clothes, to give tbe
alarm to the nearest neighbor. Ilia body
was badly burned.
Miiiy of the ii:boni hurried to tbe
scjne, but tbe house u ia smoking
ruins, and a search brought to light the
remains of the family. They bad appar
ently beeu smothered to dfuuh and died
in their beds.
Hearer Killing than Ca.ing
New Castle, Pa., Dec. 31. Mrs. John
Mrozek, of West Reynolds, is lying in a
set iojs condition as tbe result of an at
tempt of one of her boarders to cure her
of a sprained ankle. Mrs. Mrnzjc and
her b'.isband are Austrians and keep 14
boarders. Several days ago she sprained
her aukle and baJ to go to bed. One of
the boarders wha professed to know
something about doctoriu' said that
the smoke of gunpowder would cure tbe
sprain. He placed throe fourths of a
pound of powder on a pan near the bed
and asked Mrs. Mrcz-k H put her ankle
over it. Before applying the match be
called in the whole U boarders to witness
thecjre. They formed a circle around
the pan aud the match was applied. In
stantly there was an explosion that shook
the house. Mrs. Mroiak's leg from the
ankle to tbe knee was burned to a crisp.
Tour of the boarders were painfully
burned about the face and h mils, nnd tbe
bed on which Mrs. Mrozek lay was set
on fire. It was with dillicuity that she
was saved from being burned alive.
All tired out
Once a day's wotk didn't use him
Bp SO
Now he comes home with an aching
back, aching head, aching limbs, feel
ing tired, miserable, discouraged.
It's he kidneys.
The backache is kidney che, tired
kidneys
They are not filtering the blood as
they should are leaving the uric acid
and other poisons in the system
The kidneys must be strengthened
Weil kidneys auc a well man.
Doah's Kidney Pills
Make well kidneys they are not a
urw medicine not an experiment
they've bten tested and thousands en
dorse their merit. Here's a case of it:
Mr. T. W. Otto, oi 914 Seventeenth
street, furniture dealer, Altoona, Pa.,
sys:
Is 1 I rave testimonial to Donn's
Kiducv riilv after havin? un-rfiilK- s.i
that remedy when ail others had failed to
niie me. I have remained quite free from
the kidney trouble of which lhe cured me
three years ago, and I can aaatrorgly recom
mend tbem win as I did then, for I have not
felt the need of a kidney remedy since,
u it h me tliey proved as permanent a they
were efleciive."
Doan's Kidnev Pills for sale h all
dealers. Price 50 cents. Mailed
hy 1-osler-Milbnrn Co., Buffalo. K.
V.. ttilf agents for the United States.
Keitiruilier the came, Doaa's, an I
'.ate no suttnule.
Try Grain 01 Try Grain-0!
Ak your Grocer to-day to thow yon a
packairH of (iKAIN-O. the pew fond
drink that Ukm the place of coffee. The !
children may driuk it without injury hm :
-tl th adult. All wbo try it, like it. I
GRAIN' fl has that rich al brown of
.His'Da or Java, but it is ina1 fnnii pue
trains, and the rn't delicate sUtmacb
rwTivw it witb'HH distress. tbe price
of ooffee, I5e. and 2-i ets. per package .
Sold by all grocers.
Two million Americans suitor tbe tor
turins; pangs of dyspepsia. No n"d to.
Burdock BlooJ Bitters cures. At any
rug store.
MORE INSURGENT
SCANDAL CROPS OPT
David Martin's Strtragliold. tie
Tax Office, Now Under Pire.
ANTI-QUAY MAN INVOLVED.
Timely Comment I'posi Attesnpts t
Mrkr Par4laal Capital Oat (
l:lectloai taitt la th Qawker
City. " ,
Philadelphia, Jaa. 2. The old adage
about people living in glass houses
comes to mind In the latest scandal
that Is attached to what lc known as
the insurgent outfit in Pennsylvania
politics.
Now the Martin camp In this city
is invaded and there is a popular clam
or for an investigation of the tax office,
which has been for years a poli'lcal
stronghold of David Martin, who is
now chairman of the executive com
mittee of the insurgents' organization,
which is fighting the leaders of the
regular Republican organization. While
Martin, Flinn of Allegheny and other
of the same stripe have been malign
ing Colonel Quay, Governor Stone and
other stalwart Republicans who have
blocked their way in their effort to get
control of the Republican organization,
and deal out fat jobs to themselves
and their retainers, things have not
been running exactly right In the tax
office in this city, where David Martin's
brother-in-law, Mr. Roney, is in charge.
The lax methods employed in the de
linquent tax department of this office
have led to a startling sensation upon
the discovery that tax money handed
ever to deputies employed under Mr.
Roney has never reached the city treas
ury. The people want an investigation of
the management of the office to be
made by a committee of councils, and
they will not be satisfied until this shall
be done. The tax office Is filled with
political followers of Martin, through
whose manipulations of politics he has
managed to keep his head above water
in the party organization, though he
has had a desperate struggle lately.
Of the men employed in the tax office
who were sent to the legislature to
t ght Colonel Quay one of them, A. L.
Allen, was a deputy tax collector. He
was elected as a Republican, but, with
the other Martinites. he bolted the
Republican caucus until the end of tbe
session of the legislature. Allen, al
thouKh he had served as a superintend
ent of a Sunday school, surprised every
one by the venom and vindictive spirit
which he displayed throughout the
contest over the United States senator
ship. He was exceedingly offensive In
his remarks addressed to members of
the legislature while they were casting
their votes for Colonel Quay. While
the stalwarts conceded the right of
every man to vote r.s he saw fit on the
senatorship and did not molest him
in so doing, Allen was disgustingly
brutal in his altitude toward the Quay
men in his anti-Quay speeches. While
Senator Quay was In court facing his
accusers in the great conspiracy trial.
In which he was triumphantly vindi
cated, Allen shocked even some of the
Insurgents by his allusions to Colonel
Quay in connection with this case.
After Allen returned from Harris
burg many of his consituents did not
hesitate to express contempt for his
conduct.- Xo surprise was manifest
when It was announced that Al'en had
b? Ignominlously defeated for re
election as superintendent of his Sun
day school.
Vhen tbe Information became public
that Allen had left home, and that a
warrant was out for his arrest in con
nection with the alleged defalcations
in the tax office, there was little sym
pathy for him among those who were
fr.miliar with his actions In the Quay
ght.
But It was ever thus.
HYPOCRISY IS RAMPANT.
nyporrisy seems to be rampant
among the insurgents.
Anent the attempts of the Wana
maker newspaper organs to make cap
ital for tie insurgent campaign out
of the fact that election frauds have
been unearthed in this city. Editor
Theodore Hart, of the wide awake
Easton Gazette, has some timely com
ment upon the clamoring of "certain
Philadelphia newspapers in whl'-h the
Wanamaker bargain counter anvertls-
ment is always a conspicuous feature,
as he aptly designates the insurgent
organs.
Editor Hart properly demands that
all proven guilty of election frauds
shall be punished, as men guilty of
these crimes too frequently escape.
"Election frauds in Philadelphia, how
ever, as in most large cities, are to be
expected, even with the most watchful
tare," he adds, "and many such scoun
drels have been caught there and pun
ished In past years, through the vigi
lance of patriotic citizens of the Qua
ker City. But the great hue and cry
just now over these latest discoveries
sounds more like the gloating of a fac
tion over the trapping of a rival gang.
So Ions a3 the 'machinery' ground
grists for Martin, Wanamaker, Hast
ings & Co. its rascality was good poli
tics. But things are different now.
since these worthies have gotten to
gether under a 'reform' flag. The big
majority rolled up In Philadelphia for
the president made Wanamaker post
master general as a reward for gather
ing together an Immense campaign
fund, as well as the unprecedented vote
cast In the same city for Hastings for
governor, under the management of
Boss Martin, which made him Hast
ings' secretary of the commonwealth.
at?d the results of many other election
frori which the men now howling
about machine manipulated majorities
in Philadelphia directly profited, if
they were not directors or silent part
ners in the business all testify strong
ly to the hypocrisy and humbuggery
of the anti-machine movement inuagu
rated by Van Valacnburg and Martin
to purify Philadelphia politics.
"It will be observed, too, that the
newspapers which are now talking
most about election frauds in Philadel
phia have nothing to say about such
offenses elsewhere, especially where
Democrats are the guilty parties and
beneficiaries of fraud."
Attention is then directed by The
Gazette to the startling revelations of
lammany Hall election frauds in New,
York, for which Governor Roosevelt
ordered that an extraordinary grand
Jury be convened, and where convic
tions have followed in 22 cases and In
several Instances severe sentences have
been imposed.
HOG COMBINE RECALLED.
"That Philadelphia is not alone In
Its ballot frauds, or the worst of the
great cltie3 in this respect, is quite certain,-
remarkes The Gazette. "There
are others, and the nominal Republi
can newspapers that are holding up the
present Republican leaders of tbe Qua
ker City to the scorn of the country
because a few alleged election crooks
have been cornered, are overworking
the business. It will be suspected that
tf these fellows had been opposing the
Republican party, as their trappers
were, tbe public would never have
beard of their alleged offenses.
"All good citizens must rejoice when
tbe law s vindicated and violators of 1
lection laws brought to Justice. It (
! Philadelphia's great shame that so 1
few of her people are sufficiently inter
ested In these matters as to be willing
to give of their time and means in v
cure honest elections without ref- !
erence to the effect upon the fortunes
of this or that political faction. The
persistent efforts of the 'insurgents' to
give the machine a black eye. in order
to further their anti-Quay crusade de
ceive nobody. Senator Quay is not
even a resident of Philadelphia, and It
is wen remembered that the machine
in that city never had Buch a tossup in
any political contest as It received at '
the hands of Senator Quay's friends in
his state chairmanship fight In 1895. '
when Boss Martin and his tool ex
Mayor Warwick Joined the notorious
hog combine to depose the Beaver
statesman from party leadership. By
the most high handed methods ever
employed by a party organization a
large majority of the Philadelphia del
egation to the Republican state con
vention was named by Boss Martin and
controlled by him as so many puppets,
hut thanks 1.t thn stalwarts throuS.-mt
Mrs. Morris Letter to
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unit to ass. naiam no. (4.J63
' I hare taken eight bottles of Lydia
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with gratifying results. I had been
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Tlad I time, I could write much more
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- " Dear Mas. Pisk ham When I com
menced the use of yonr remedies I was
very bad off. Every two weeks I was
troubled withfiowingspella which made
me very weak. I had two of the best
doctors, but they did not fcecm to help
me.
"They said my trouble was caused
from weakness and was nothing to
worryabout. Ifelttiredallthetime;had
no ambition. I was growing worse all
the time until I began the use of Lydia 11
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I am
now able to help about the house, and
am much improved In health." Mns.
A. Waxbxe, Caujcoos Depot, N. Y.
tbe 6tate, who despise would-be party
wreckers masquerading as 'reformers.'
the anti-Quay camoaitm of calumny,
greed ana spite proved a lanure, al
though backed by an unlimited cor
ruption fund and all the resources of
the most expert ballot thieves of Phil
adelphia." " 'Set a rogue to catch a rogue,' says
the old adage. It Is to be hoped that
good may come from the efforts to
ferret out fraud In Philadelphia elec
tions, but whatever the outcome may
be. It is net likely to give tbe rogue
hunters a very high place in public
opinion, knowing full well, as the peo
ple do, that the hunters of today would
more than likely have been tie hunted
of yesterday had an honest investiga
tion been made when Martin was boss
and they were 'in tho push.' "
THE ABUSE OF QUAY.
Congressman James Rankin Young.
In discussing the latest phases of the
contest over the seating of Colonel
Quay, said:
"Abusing Quay to the senators per
sonally helps the former senator. This
is plain to even a casual observer.
Those with whom Mr. Quay served for
12 years do not have to be told what
manner of man he is. Whether or
not he is the product of a bad system
of politics in Pennsylvania does not
concern them. So far as they can see,
it is the same system that has made
the state Republican ever since it wa
wrested from the Democracy. If the
system is corrupt they are not ready to
believe that Qur.y and what may be
denominated his henchmen were the
sole beneficiaries. Since the Republi
can party first gained power there
never was a presidential election that
the leaders of that party did not seek
to carry Pennsylvania, and they were
not asking any questions as to under
what system it was to be carried.
"Abusing Quay for what he has dona
to elect Republican presidents and to
help himself and his friends does not
hurt him in the senate. On tbe other
hand it creates a fellow feeling for
him. Politics is politics the world
over. This means that abusing the
other fellow all the time while holding
yourself up as the model to emulate
does not always win out. Quay per
sonally and the way the Pennsylvania
Republican organization run their end
of the politics of the state has nothing
to do with the Quay case, as it presents
itself to tbe senate. The young and
able senator from Indiana. Senator
Bcverldge. states the whole thing In a
nutshell In a letter recently published,
as follows:
" 'The ttk about Quay not having
votes enough to scat him is nonsense,
and so are the claims that he has
enough votes to seat htm. Nobody
knows just what the situation is. No
body knows, for example, how I shall
vote. I know that a great many other
senators are in exactly the same situa
tion. The whole matter is a pnre
question of constitutional construction.
All this talk about corrupt elections,
etc.. has nothing to do with the case.
Quay is not claiming through an elec
ion. Ho is claiming through an ap
pointment by the governor. The ques
tion is whether or not the governor
had a constitutional right to appoint
him.
"'I have not had time yet to give
that question the special study which
its immense importance deserve?.
When I have done so I shall know ho-v
I shall vote. For that consideration
and that consideration alone will de
termine the matter. This also is the
case with a great number of other sen
ators.' "That is tbe case in its entirety,"
added Congressman Young, "aud that
ia the way in which it will be treated
in the senate, the opinions of the
newspaper editors w ho are proclaiming
so earnestly arralnst Quay to the con
trary notwithstanding."
Spcoalatioa and Poker.
Lancaster, Pa., Jan. L The contin
ued atwence of County Treasurer E. H.
Hershey and the ugly stories concerning
his accounts which have been afloat for
week past, prepared tbe public for tbe
formal announcement to day that be ia a
defaulter and absconder.
Mr. Hersbey's Hon was in charge of tbe
office last week, endeavoring to straight
en out the books. He called County
Auditor Marsh to his aid, and they have
found a defalcation of jf'i.OOO. There ia
ou depooil ia tbe banks of thia city $il,
WO, while tbe books call for f 12G.S).
lUlod One, Injured Two.
Lock IIavkx, Pa, Deoember2!) Grant
Balburst, assistant poKtmaoter at Rote, in
thia county, was killed and twnotber per
sons injured to-day by an explosion ol
dyteinite io tbe weiiebmaater'a ollice ol
tbe Bellefonte Limestone Company, at
Salons, eight miles from thia city.
One of tbe men iu tbe oflice raked tbe
fire in tbe stove with a poker, and bile
it was still hot hung tbn poker on a nail
It slipped from the nail and fell into a
backet filled with dynamite and fuaea,
and a terrific explosion followed Tbe
building was blown to piecea. Batburat
wai 35 years of age.
Agniaaldo'a Wifa a Prisoner.
Manila, Jan. 1. A"tiinald'a wife, hi
sisters aud IS Filipino have Kurrendered
to Maj r March of tbe Thirty-thirw. in
fantry, at Bon toe.
Three Filipino office alxonurrendered
to M rch, and tbe Filipinc alw gave cp
twoSpaniib and two American priton
era. Tbe first movement of the general
southern advance occurred thia morning,
when two batuliona of tbe Thirty-ninth
Infantry landed and occupied Cabuyao,
on the south hide of Luguna bay. Two
Americans were killed and four were
wounded. Twenty four of the enemy's
deid were found in one hoime. One bun
dred and City prisoners and four hi im
pounder rapid fiie guna wera captured.
Powdsr asd PInm Paddiag.
London, Jan. 1. Tbe follomjng hilir
grapb inehsage has been received by w: y
of Weenen from Ladyara'th, dated d
nenday, December 27:
Tb Boers are actively tmmbardii g
the to an. One shell struck th Devon
shire meas tent, killing Captain Dalz 1
and wounding seven lieutenant."
A later dw-pateh from Laiiyorrd'.b I y
way of Weenen, dated Friday. Dec. 121,
aay :
"A 1 well. 1 L Boors have been Orb g
plnetred ahilla containing plum poddii g
a-d the compliment- .f the aeaaor.
Tut-J are Mill f.rt;fyiMtr their poaitliv
, r evidently determined to make a
rin 'ai.d."
UEEDER PREDICTS
BIG CON
When Republicans Meet at Har
risbcrg on April 25 Next
TO NAME THE STATE TICKET
Former Chairman CooperTrlla TVaat
Hp ThlnLa A'.iout tIoel
With Whom the ncpubllewai Iar
tvrata Have- Cljae AlUaae.
(SjHi'tal Correspondence.)
Harrlsburg, Jan. 2. General Frank
Reeder. chairman of the Republican
state committee, having issued nls call
for tho Republican state convemion to
meet In this city on Wednesday, April
25 next, political interest has cen
tered in the canvass for the honors to
be conferred by this convention and
the arrangements for the election of
the delegates.
General Reeder, who is giving per
sonal attcntlcn to the details of the
arrangements for the convention,
seems impressed with the idea that
this is going to be an unusually large
and Interesting gathering of Republi
cans of tbe Keystone state.
"This being presidential election
year, and the additional fact that the
Republican national convention is to
be held within the borders of our com
monwealth, should certainly arouse
Republicans in all sections of the stato
to take exceptional Interest in the af
fairs of their party organization. We
have important offices to fid at the No
vember election, those of auditor gen
eral and two congressmen-at-large.
Then there are the eight delegatcs-at-large
to the Republican national con
vention snd the presidential electors,
who have to be cho3en by the state
convention. I am glad to see that the
committee of citizens of Philadelphia
who have the arrangements for the
national convention in charge, pro
pose to seek the co-operation of the
other cities of Pennsylvania in their
plans to make tho national convention
a great success. It should be the pride
of every Pennsylvanlan. Democrats as
well as Republicans, to prove to the
Republican party national leaders that
the citizens of Pcrcsylvanla appreci
ate the complimr' of the selection of
Philadelphia as the meeting place ot
the national convention.
"The reputation for hospitality held
by the people of the Keystone state
will be fully maintained in the enter
tainment of the visitors to the na
tional convention. A suggestion has
beeu made that the Republican state
convention should make some recogni
tion of the action of the national com
mittee In selecting Philadelphia as the
convention city, and this will no doubt
be given due consideration by the com
mittee on resolutions."
STATE CONVENTION CALL.
The call for the meeting of the Re
publican state convention. Just issued
by Chairman Reeder. is as follows:
"To the Republican electors of Penn
sylvania: I am directed by the Re
publican state committee to announce
that the Republicans of Pennsylvania
by their duly chosen representatives,
will meet in convention at the Opara
House, in the ciiv of Harrisburg. on
Wedre.si'.ay. April' 2j. 1900. at 10:30
o'clock a. r.i.. for the purpose of nomi
nating candidates fcr the following
office to wit:
"One person for the office of auditor
gPIP'El.
"Two persons for the office of con-ETe--Trp
n-at-large.
"Thirty-two persons (four at large)
for presidential electors, and to choose
eight delegates and eipht alternate3-at-large
to the Republican national
convention, to be held at Philadelphia
on Tuesday, the 19th day of June next,
and for the transaction of such other
business cs may be presented.
"In accordance with the rule ndopt;d
at the state convention held in Harrls
burg on Aug. 24 last, the representa
tion in the state convention will be
based on the vote polled at the last
presidential election. Under this rule
each legislative district Is entitled to
one delegate for every 2.000 votes cast
for the presidential electors in ISOfi,
and an additional delegate for every
fraction of 2.000 votes polled in exces?
of 1.000. Each district is entitled to
the same number of delegates as rep
resented it in the convention of 1S93.
"By order of the Republican state
committee.
"FRANK REEDER. Chairman.
"Attest: Wesley R. Andrews, Charles
E. Voorhees, Secretaries."
COOPER ROASTS GUFFEY.
Former State Chairman Thomas V.
Cooper has teen paying his respects to
Colonel James M. Guflfey, he Demo
cratic leader with whom the Flinn-Martin-Wanamaker
Republican insur
gents have been working in harmony
for more than a year. Colonel Coopei
says:
"Guffcy ho is the admitted Demo
TTatic leader in Pennsylvania, the suc
cessor of Harrity and Randall and
Wallace. He has not the brains of any
of his predecessors, none of whom were
wealthy. He owes his leadership en
tirely to his wealth and liberality. Ho
is a multi-millionaire, gathsring his
millions through connection with the
Standard Oil company.
"Gtiffey being in the saddle, is seek
ing the Democratic caucus nomination
for United Stn.te3 senator over Jenks.
He is telling of a contract with leading
insurgent Republicans that he can get
their vote if he pavs the freight in
every fusion anil ether contest.
"Guffey is a Bryan Democrat since
Bryan has shovn his ability to boss
the party; he was not before. In other
words he U an opportunist, and a rich
one.
"It Is a sad commentary that only
rich men see hope of attaining their
ambition for a place in the United
States senate."
That seems like pretty plain talk,
but Colonel Cooper usually knows what
he is talking about, and he generally
hits the nail upon the head when ho
gets out his little hammer.
LAWMAKERS TO MEET.
Arrangements have been completed
ftir a reunion of the survivors of the
first legislature elected under the new
constitution. It will take place in the
senate chamber on Jan. 5, 25 years
from the date of the first meeting. Lesa
than half of the members are llviLg.
The president of the association is for
mer Auditor General Amos W. Mylin,
of Lancaster, and the secretary Is ex
Representative M. B. Embick. of Doli
ng Sprngs. Governor Stone wll make
an address of welcome, and there will
be s pee. lies by W. W. Brown, auditor
of the war department; ex-Speaker
John E. Faunce. W. J. Roney and Will
iam Vodges of Philadelphia; Congress
man W. H. Graham, of Allegheny;
Judge Harman Yerkes. of Doylestown,
nd ex-Senator Thomas V. Cooper.
Tbe pleasures obtained without labor
are of ebnrt duration.
Pr. Jameaf
Heart Bene
Fowden.
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tf
Experience teaches that
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good food gives best nutrition,
and a good medicine that
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Sarsaparilla is the best medi
cine money can buy, because
it cures ivhtn all others fail.
Poor Health -"Hid poor htdih for
yejrs, pjdns in shoulders, bju'k tnd nips,
wth constant heidAcht, nervousness nd
no Appetite. Used Hood's SirsipirOU.
gained strength And ctn fvorh turd W
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Moose Lake. Minn.
3 CccdS Sauapcrum
Hood'i Mllarura 11tt lIU : tha non-lirltatlnf an4
auly catiuuuc talaka wita""liwd aiiwuarllla.
CALIF033IA.
Tbirty-One Day' Tour via P-snn-ylvanla
Rdlroad.
The PennavivanU Railroad Company
haa arranged lor a ap;il 'J"'
ducted lo.ir IhroHBh California. I-. lea
New York and Plnld.phia on rel.nia
rv "Tin !v xpeeial Pullman drawlnir
rooiu aleepiwr r and coim'!'" at Kl
l will, the "MexH-o ,,. Calilor.-.a
Special." composed exd'ixivtly or Kull
nian parlor -amokliig. dining, drawing
room aleepinir. compartineiii. and obser
vation cara. lor tour tbioiigb Calltorina,
returning y Marrh
Komid-trio ticket, covering aM tiecea
aary expeim-. -'l7.' from ail poltila on
Pennsylvania IN.Iroud.
For further inlornmiion aoplv to ticket
aeei.: Touri-l Ag-nt. ll!i Hf;1 "IT,
New York; t Court St rwt Jr..klyn; i1'
Broad Mreei. Newark, X. J. : B Coiir
laender. Jr.. I'a-sei.r-r Aeent 15 . 1 1 in.
iMairict. Baltimore. Md. ; Colin MiuM",
pMsei't;er Airnt Southeastern District.
Washington. 1 C. ; Tli. a. K. Watt. Has
aenesr Aueiit Western lmlrie'.Pittturif,
or addrew Geo. W. Boyd. Assistant tieu
eral Passenger Agont, Philadelphia.
XEXIC3 A50 CAI.IF023IA.
Forty-eix Days.' Tour via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad peraonallv
conducted tour P .Meii anl California
which leave New York and Philadel
phia on February 12 ( Pitta'iur February
Wl by special Pullman triu. itivorn a
large and interi-aun portion of Xorth
America, Mexico, California and Colo
rado are a mihl.y trio in ail that appeal,
to aud fusel o ales the tourist.
Slops will t made at San Antonio,
Tampii'oGuaniijiiata.tiua.lalnjar. Quere
Uro. Ciiv ot Mexico ( live days). Cuern
vaca. Alfiiasciietil. Ix Anife es. San
Diego. Riverside, Pasadena. San'a Bar
bara San Jose ( MU Hamilton.) Monte
San Frauciw-o (five das) Sail LakeCi'y.
Colorado Spring. Denver. Chicago, and
other poinla of iniereHt, Fourteen ilava
will beapeut iu Mexico, and uineteeii iu
Ca'ifornia.
The "Mexico and California Special,"
an exclusively Pullman train of Parlor
Smoking, Iiiiiing, Drawing-Mom Sleep
ing, ami Olisert-Mtioii cars, will be used
ovsr tbe entire route,
Rouuil trip rale, inclndine all nwwwv
ry expenses durirg entire trip, t'M from
all m inis on lh Pennsylvania Kailri d
System east of Pittshurg ;;.!. In in ruts
buru. F'or itinerary aud full inhuma
tion applv t ticket acnts; Toiiri-t
Agent. ll!i Broadway, Xew York ; -I
Court Street, Brisiklyn ; iM Kroad Sir--!,
Newark. X. J.: B. Courlaender, Jr., Ps-
enger Agent Baltimore District. Balti
more, Md ; Colin Siudd, Pawnger
Agent Southeastern District, Washing
ton, D. C ; Thos. E. Watt, Passenger
gent. Weat"ti District, Pi 'j,riii rg, or
address Geo. W. Ilovd, Assistant Ueneral
Pacengr Agent, Broad Street Staliou,
Philadelphia.
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OF
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The Sun
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Daily, by mail, . $S a year
Daily & Sunday, by mail, $3 a year.
The Sunday Sun
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in tlie world.
Price 5o. a copy. By mail $2 a year
ADORCSS THE SUN. NIW YORK.
uos. i Jorne &Co.
PITTSBURG, PA.
Immediately after CluNtinatliat
is to say, ou Tuesda, Dec. HCt'i,
three important events have their
inception. They are
The Clearance of Holiilay Goods.
Tbe Amnisl Sm!a of Women's Muslin
l't"i,rwert r.
And the rTrhitiit of Kin Dnported
Cotton.
. The two first may have more im,
portance for our Mail Orderft iends
than the latter. We can not ive
you prices at this writing on the
underwear or on the holiday floods.
Suffice to say that they will be ex
ceptionally 1 ov in fact much low
er than preceding years.
Send ia your order at once for
anything that you deire, and rest
assured that yea are getting it
away under price. However, if
you desire any pertinent questions
answered, we'll cheerfully accom
modate you if you wiil ask our
Mail Order Department
Cures Drunkenness.
V!ey
Cures Drug
Users.
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SM rla Im,
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More the Seiia of T-.te and SinHI. Xo
Mercury. No Ir iiirioiio Irog. Iternlr
six . 60 rente; Family size, $1 00 a: lirui -Iff
a r hr miI.
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INCLUDES.
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THEODORE ROOSE
VELT'S "OLIVER CROH-WELL,,--sriil
RICHARD HARDING
DAVIS'S fiction and spe
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HENRY NORMAN'S
The Russia of to-day.
Articles by WALTER
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The Worker"
SHORT STORIES by
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Henry James
Henry van Dyke
Ernest Seton-Thompson
Edith Wharton
Octave Thanct
William Allen White
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FREDERIC IRLAND'S
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YEARS AGO," by Senator
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. New York City.
yDM IX ISTRATOIl'S XOTI E
tatatx of I'aul VV-mer, late of firo.nvllle
I lranr.ilini.ii.'..il..n .1 i . .
4 - ,innini io iur U IH1. rl K n, J
by the pnir authortiv. noti. e l h-rehv
en t..il perii iiioettm to mid eatate Io
Mi ko lnim.l)Hte p-tyinei t, end lhoe having
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au:lientirtei tor pujunut, on 8aturJay
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Iron Beds : :
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