THK CITIZEN. WILLIAM C.NF.GLEY - - Publisher THURSDAY, JUI/Y 26, 1900 REPUBLICAN TICKET. For President. WILLIAM MCKISLE*. of Ohio. For Vice President. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, of Sew York- Electors-at-Lars-. C'LABESCE WOLF, of Philadelphia. FRANK H. BRBL. of Merer ß. A. B. ROSIKTS. of Montgomery W. C. ABSOLD. of Clearfield. DISTRICT ELECTORS. Edwin S. Staart. W. W. Glbh». Geort: F. Hoffman. Geonre C. Blauon. I>ar.lel I iirtt'DWOod. William M Haje*. Charles W. Cressxnan. Robert H. sayre. J. Frank Keller. Russeli W. Icivenport. Jaires M'Ar. Wliliaß: J. Har%ey. Bobcrt Allison. Jacob L Hauer. John II brown. <ieor*e Weymouth. Cori«:» H JuawO. Tl.omp* !!. T Frank Small. Henry A. tirlpp. Morris J. LewU. Robert Pltcalrn. David Edjfar Parke. Tboma® s. Cra«e. Oeortre W. Johnston. William Hardwick. Howard 11. Clayson. Harry 11. Wilson Auditor General. E. 11. HABDEXBEHGH- Congressmen-at-large GALCSHA A. GROW. R. H. FOERDERER. For Congress. J. B SHOWALTF.R. For State Senate, A. G. WILLIAMS. For Assembly. J. B MATES, N. H. THOMPSON. For Jnry Commissioner. JOHN G. CHRISTY. POLITICAL. Gov. Stone s appointment of Charles Miller of Franklin 'Sibley s partner; to be Major General of the National Guard. is a disappointment for Gen. Gobin who wa»s entitled to the appoint ment. At Harrisbnrg. yesterday, Judge Sim onton. of the Dauphin county court, handed down an opinion adjudging valid the certificate of nomination of Gen. William A. Kooutz and Samuel A. Ken dall, the anti-Quay candidates for Assem bly In Somerset county, and declaring invalid the certificate of the contestants. Following is a list of the political candidates so far named, with their parties: Republican—William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt Democratic— William J. Bryan and A. E. Stevenson Populist—William J. Bryan andChas. A. Towne. Silver Republican -William J. Bryan and A. E. Stevenson Prohibition —John G. Wooley, of Illi nois,and H. B. Metoalf.of Rhode Island. Populist (middle of the road) Whar ton Barker, of Pennsylvania, and Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota United Christian —Rev. F. E. Clark, of Massachusetts, and Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, of Kansas Social Democrat— Eugene V Debs of Indiana, and John Harriman, of Cali fornia. De Leon Socialist--J. F Maloney, of Massachusetts, and Valentine Remmill, of Pennsylvania. ■ Our Cipher Code. Secretary Hay s faith in the genuine ness of Minister Conger s dispatch is bawd on the fact that it is written in the State Department's cipher and is in reply to a message in the same cipher. The cipher code of the State Depart ment is what is known as a symbol code, and while it is not so complex as that nx.f| hv the navy, it is said to be aljso liiliiljTiniianml'l for anyone, even a cipher expert, to read it or to write a message in it without the use of the code book. The symbols used are figures arranged in groups to represent words. Its basis is a system of key numbers which change the signification of the symbols. The code is thus capable of several transpositions, and to still fnrther in crease the difficulty of its translation by nnanthorized J persons there are two basic systems. One is iu use by half the embassies and legations and the other is in use by the other half. Then any diplomatic officer having either one of these basic systems can completely change the entire code by changing the key number, and this can be done without previous notice to the Department. It is done by a j»eculiar arrangement of groups of nnml»ers so that the message shows on It* face to the experts in the Department that the code is changed While it is impossible for even a cipher expert without the code book to handle this cipher successfully, an ex pert could soon learn to read and write messages. It is for this reason that the State Department very rarely publishes exact translations of cipher messages, as these translation taken in connection with the cipher messages which might be stolen from the wires would enable an expert to build up the code and read future messages. Kentucky's Muriler Trial. Little Interest is displayed bv j<ersons ontside of the State of Ken tuck v in the trial of Powers and others for the mur der of William Ooebel. the claimant to the Governorship of Kentucky on the Democratic ticket. The case is too familiar to all to require a restatement of its details There has never Is-en the •lightest positive clue as to the man who fired the shot, and from present indi cations it looks as if the trial would ac complish little in clearing up the mystery. By plaeing a huge reward before the people (sloo,oooj for information con cerning the killing of Mr <ioebel. the Kentucky Legislature pat. a premium npon perjury and has taken all interest out of the trial At this distance it looks seriously as though the Powers case was a first class lying match in which the various witnesses were trying to secure a fortune by presenting stories that have little or no basis of truth in them What can be thought of a case where one of the principal witnesses for the prosecution, an eye witness to the unhappy event, states under cross examination that Ooebel did not fall on the spot that is marked in the capital yard, t/flf six feet away from it, thus taking him entirely out of the line of fire from the Executive Unllding, from which the prosecution is 'Tying to prove the shot came. It Is pretty certain that the trial is iu tended, uot to discover the real criminal in the case, but to make political capital against the Republican party It may even is- doubted whether those who have the case in hand care about the outcome. All that they want to prove is that an armed horde under the con trol of Republican leaders and with the consent of the Republican Governor in yad«d Frankfort. Philadelphia Imjuir er. L'NCR.K SAM is a very rich man at present. He has $425,000,000 in gold, in his strong boxes. .liM'kflvllle. Home of our yonng people went with the excursion to Corineaut Lake, hint week Work Is progressing on tie- bonse of C. H Shonff in Jacksville Mi*s Hannah Hoyle bit- been on the *i» k list Miss Amanda McNees and Miss Alice Mc(>»nne'l of Harlansbtirx were the guests of Mr and Mrs. M Reichert recently. Mr. and Mr* J 11. I'izor are enter taining mimriier boardirx from All<- uh'-ny arid New Cantle Mr A Varihom and wift- had a Mrth day p»rty for their daughter. May, on Saturday evening butt Coojier liron. an- ont with their threnber and report a fiar yeild of wheat. Mi«« Ma <tardie rim visiting her ninNr Mrs. W. I*. Stickle of Kan Claire. Mcut Ano.V, THfc CHINESE WAR. Last week the Chintz army war- said 'o ntiraW OC«J men armed with modern rifles, and divided into four corps, one to attack the Russians in Manchuria.one to protect Pekin. and retake Tien Tsin, and the others for •perations in the southern states. The Governor- of the different provinces were acknowledging Prince Tuan as Emperor and obeying his orders. The Chinese fleet was in the southern sea Russia w«*s said to be an army of 300,000 by rail to Manchuria Rn<-ia Germany and France were said to have come to an understanding as to future operations, the Russian- refused to give up a part of a railroad they had seized, and th.- Japs refused to allow their army to proceed towards Pekin excepting under command of a Japanese general. On Friday the Shanghai correspondent of the London '-Express cabled that a Chinese merchant who had just arrived from Pekin gives horrible details of the massacre. He says he saw Eur j>ean women hanled into the street by shriek ing Boxers who stripped them and hacked them to pieces. Their dissever ed limbs were tossed to the crowd ar.d carried off in triumph. Some were already dead, having been shot by foreign civilians. '•He says he taw Chinese soldiers carrying the bodi.rs of white children aloft on their spears, while their companions -hot at their bodi'*>. H«* gives other details too horrible to I** particularized, "It seems that the Boxer leaders had organized a plan, including the offering of rewards of rich loot for the annihila tion of Europeans throughout China, and that Prince Tuan s generals have been emphasizing the opportunity the soldiers have of seizing the white women." At Washington President McKinley appointed W W Rockhill a special commissioner to go to China and report upon the responsibility of the Chinese Government. Rockhill lived in China for years. On Friday Wn Ting Fang received a cablegram from Shanghai, enclosing a cipher answer for Secy Hay from Minister Conger and saying In British legation, under continued shot and shell fire from Chinese troops. relief only can prevent general mas sacre. " Sec y Hay believed the message to be genuine and sent word to Remey to "Use and urge every possible en deavor for relief The answer was not dated, and in London it was believed to be a fake, or an old and untransmitted message from Conger. Tien Tsin was reported to be burning. From St Petersburg came a report of a victory for the Russians over the Chinese at a town along the Amur river, and the killing of 2,000 Chinese. On Saturday Minister Wn Ting at Washington furnished the State Dep t. with several telegrams from China say ing the foreign Ministers were safe, and nnder the care of the Imperial Govern ment excepting the German up to the 20th, or Friday. From Russian sources earn': word that Chinese regular troops aided by irreg ulars, in all about 120,000, are in open war against Russia. They not only de manded the withdrawal of the Russians from Chinese territory, but after the Russian refusal to withdraw the Chinese assumed the offensive and drove off the Russians from railroad construction and are undertaking hostile operations against Harbin, Blagovestchensk and others towns, shelling the last named place. What makes the Chinese hostilities extremely dangerous, however, is the fact that the Chinese, by a series of re cently constructed forts and redoubts, absolutely command the navigation of the Amur river for a distance of ~0 versts, thus preventing Russian troop transports on the only route open at jeast until those fortifications shall have been taken by the Russians. Though the Russian censorship is again most severe regarding the tele grams, news reached Berlin. Saturday from St. Petersburg that Blagovest chensk had been taken by the Chinese, who seized large amounts of money in the Rosso-Chinese bank there. All reports agree that the Russian government now considers that Russia is actual!;-- at war with China, that, the shilly shaliy policy hitherto maintained will fx; dropped; that Russia is now hurriedly preparing for a serious cam paign in North China, separate from the other powers and that Russia will not be able nor willing under these altered circumstances to i»ear an adequate share in the Tien Tsin Pekin campaign The Russian forces available along the border and throughout North China are stated to comprise 2# battalions of the line, 27 battalions of reserves, 17 Cossack regiments and 17 field lotteries, altogether abont 7>*,000 men. Regarding the efforts of the Chinese to make alliance with the Japanese, the following letters were published Kmperor of China to lOnipcror of Japan. "The emperor of China deplores the assassination of Mugiyama A kirn, the chancellor of the Japanese legat ion at Pekin. The powers, suspecting the court of I'ekin of hating the Christians, owing to the people having slaughtered the Christians, have occupied the Tiku forts The outlook is more ari'l more distnrbed, We, O great emperor, are of the opinion that if the j>owers should attempt to rive China, Japan would then hold the balance of |>ower in the far east, between this country and those jiowers that are looking for a chance to obtain new possessions not only in China but also in the East "Should China fail successfully to re sist the invaders even Japan's imlejs n ile,nee may be threatened Japan stand ing on the wiine footing as China, should cast aside all differences ami try to pre serve the national existence of China, now occupied in impressing the rioters, and enter into an alliance with the country whose destiny is on the same line as its own. This will succeed in dispelling the trouble and restoring order. We therefore all sincerely apply to the emperor of Japan to take such measures to restore affairs to their nor mal condition an may t«- necessary. and we wf.it in expectation for a prompt and favorable reply " limperor ol Japan to Kinjierer of China. The emperor of Japan reciprocates the wishes of the emperor of ( hina. He has received the report of the ninr der of Sugigama Heis deeply concerned at the confirmation fn the of the state merit that the rioters are increasingly active ' We hear that the foreign ministers and their suites in Pekin have la-en in vested and attacked, also that certain ministers have been murdered. The imiterial ministers seem unable either to supjs-Hs the rioters International law proclaims the persons of the ministers sacred. If the Clinese government is not co-operating with rioters matters may yet be easily settled The duty of the emperor of < in runs to work for this The troops were sent to Taku solely to suppress the rioters and to relieve the ministers, and with no other aim what ever. "The Chlneae govermnent'M relief of the iiilnmtertt would th»? I*e><t way to avert diMwter. Japan will not hfhitat< to hulii (.'hint* if China would only make prompt effortn to xtippreHft the riot* and relieve the mininter* Japan MIIHII pro tecl the intere-m of China when tlx time comet* for negotiation*!. Mori lay brought the umial crop of HhanKhai lien. The Chiueee government in striving to contol the rebels: the Empress i gvtting ready to fle«. to the mountain.- etc, etc. Eighteen members of the 9th Reg. of I". S Regulars, and four marines were killed during the attack on Tieu Tsin The Shanghai correspondent of the London "Daily Mail, telegraphing on Monday, said that a letter from a Chinese official in Shantung has lieen received at Shanghai, which contains the following At the beginning of the month the foreign missionaries made several attempts to send messages out of Pekin. hut. thanks to the strict watch kept on the city, the i>eart;r- were al! caught and executed. On the 4th instant only -ton foreigners. much exhausted, were left alive in Pekin and ne night, when the hag guns were incessantly fired, it was known that all the legations and the foreigners were finished, although pre tended telegrams contradict these facta. Sir William Halliday Macartney, secretary of the Chinese, asserted that the Pekin legations are safe and are about to proceed to Tien Tsin. A dis patch from Paris says that Delcasse. French Minister of foreign affairs, ha= received a telegram from the French consul at Che Foo. dated July '2l eay ing: The governor informs me that according to reliable news from Pekin. all the foreign ministers are safe and the government is taking all neceaeary steps to deliver and protect them. The Chinese minister. Sir Chih Chen Lo Feng Luh. has communicated to the press the following dispatch from Sheng. director general of Chinese railways and telegraphs and Taotai of Shanghai dated Shanghai. July 23: "Information from Pekin dated July I*, says that the Tsung Li Vainen de puted Won Jui.an under secretary of the department to see the foreign ministers and he found everyone well without any missing, the German minister expected Gen. \ ung Lu is going to memorialize the throne to send them all under escort to Tien Tsin in the hope that the militarv operations will then be stopped." On Tuesday our State Dept. made public an appeal from the Chinese government, in the name of the Etnjieror, to President McKinley asking him to take the initiative in bringing about a settlement of the trouble, to which McKinly sent an answer based upon the' apposed survival of the foreign ministers and of violence to them ljeing only the work of the Boxers unsupport ed by their government. Minister Wu received a telegram say ing that the foreign ministers would be sent to Tien Tsin under escort. General Li commanding the Pei-Taug forts, near Taku, reports to the British officers commanding at Tong-Ku that a runner who left Pekin on .Tilly 14, re ports that Pekin was in a state of abeolute anarchy, that the regulars were fighting the Boxers,that the latter were getting the Ijetter of the struggle; that the Maxim ammunition of the legation guards was exhausted and that they were nsin* their rifles sparingly. Also that the guards recently rushed the walls and silenced the Chinese gun and that a few Chinese Princes were desirous of protecting the foreigners, but were in a minority General Li is anxious to avoid fighting the allies Sir Claude Mac Donald s message dated July 4, appealing for relief, is r garded in London as only a prelude to the absolute confirmation of the ma sacre. This is the opinion also of the Japenese Minister there. The news papers suggest that the British Minister s dispatch was held back and released about the same as Mr. Conger s undated message. Although the American and British forces are working harmoniously, the ijueation of communication between Taku and Pekin gives evidence of jealousies between the Powers and other dispatches from Tien-Tsin show that the language difficulty has been hampering the military operations. CHINA AND THE CHINESE. (From the Scientific American.) The area of ("hina is 4,218,401 English square miles. Of this territory only miles belongs to China proper, the remainder being the dependencies of Manchuria Mongolia, Thibet, Jungaria and Kast Turkestan. Notwithstanding the relatively small size of Chinaproper, it contains the bulk of the population, having 1)1*6,000,000 inhabitants out of a total jiopnlation of the kingdom of 4 fiio, 000 The present Emperor of < 'hina belongs to the Manchu dynasty, which overthrew the native dynasty of \lin>{ in the year 1 *>44. As the late Emjs-ror died suddenly, he did not designate a successor, as is the custom in China, where there exist* no law of hereditary succession. This is one of the cau.v iof the trouble in China, owing to the fact that the Empress Dowager was able to obtain ascendancy over the young Emperor, so that on September 22, IH!W, an imperial edict was issued announcing that the Emperor had resigned power to Hit) Empress Dowager, who had sir-' e retained the direction of affairs and by her dislike of foreigners has done much to foment the troubles and has made it easy for the Boxer movement to gain headway, even if she is riot directly res ponsible for their attack, as has been suggested by those who have an jnti mate knowledge of Chinese affairs On January 24, 11*00, it was declared by decree that the son of Prince Tuan should succeed the present Emperor This is generally regarded as equivalent toKwang Sn s deposition The lively interest which Prince Tuan is taking in the attacks on foreigners is easily ac Counted for by his son's right to the throne. The KOVdrnuiuDt of the Htate In bawd upon the government of the family Tne supreme direction of the Empire i* vented in the privy council or grand oonii'-il. The administration \» nnder the direction of a cabinet comprising four member*. two of Manchu and two of Chi new origin. tienhles two awdHtantn from the grent college, who have to we that nothing in done contrary to the civil and religion* lawn of the Empire Thew member* are culled mini liter* of *t.ate Under their order* are wven Itoardn of government, each of which i* presided over by n Manchu and n Chi new The iioardx are I, for civil appointment*; '!. for reverm' -*; ;i for rite* and ceremonies 1. for military affair* 5, for public works, criminal jurisdiction; 7, admiralty board Inde pendent of all government, and theo retically above the central sv\in in intra tion. if. the iJoard of l'ablic Onsom which coliHiMtn of forty or fifty member* under two presidents. They are privi leged to pre*ent any remon*trance to the sovereign, and one of them must be pre*ent at the meetings of each of I lie Oorernmcnt ix >ards. Each of the eighteen provinces j* governed by a governor general, who in rcHponHible to the Kinjx-ror for the entire admlnlstra tion, political, judicial, military and physical. He i* assisted by a council and other official* Each province) IK mindivided into department*! ruled by perfect*, and each department into di* trict*. each nrider a *e pa rate ruler Each town and village alto ban it* gov •■rriing body, and among the various rulers there IH a regular gradation if rank, each l<eing reHjioiisible to his im mediate xuperior. Political office in the general admidistration of tie- Kmplre ic lend sought after than the position of viceroy or governor in the province*, where there are opportunitre* of acijuir ing wealth. The number of foreigner* resident in the open port* of China wan I.; til at the end of IHl»w, British nib predominating. About a half of the total number of foreigners re.*ido at Shanghai Three religion* are acknowledged by the Chinew a* indigenou* and formally adopted (jonfucianiKiii. Buddhism and Taoism. The Emperor in considered the High Priest of the Empire and can alone, with hi* immediate representa tive* and ministers, perform the great religious ceremonicH Confnclnni*m i* the State religion. With the exception of the practice of niceHtral worship which i* everywhere observed through out the Kmpire and wan fully com mended by Confucius. Confui laniHin ha* little outward ceremonial The I ntndy and contemplation and attempt ed |>erforniaiicei4 of tiie moral precept* of the ancient* constitute the duties of i a Confuciunist. buddhism and I'musm present a gorgeou- ami elaborate ritual in China. The bnlk of the people arc Buddhists. There are about 30,00*1.000 Mahommedans. 1.000,000 Human C'ath lies, and 50.'HX) Protestant*. Most of the aboriginal hill tribes are still nature w- r-kipper.-. The army of China comprises "the Eight Banners." nominally containing about :ioo,ooo men. The national army whose nominal strength is abont 550, <•00, has about 200.000 available for war. Besides these forces there are mercenary troodsready in emergencies and Mon golians anil other irregular cavalry. Th- latter are nominally SO MJOO strong, but like everything else in China they largely exist on paper. The}* number really but 20,000 and are of no military value. The total land army on a p«*ace footing is put at 300,000 men. and on a war footing of about 1.000,000. but the armv. as a whole, has no nnity of co bension. There is no proper decipline, the drill is merely physical exercise and many of the weapons are long since obsolete but since April, 1*95, British firms have shipped to China 71 guns of position. 123 fi<-ld guns and '.297 machine „'iins and a German tirm has supplied China with 460.000 Mauser rifles and 3,- "00,000 rounds of ammunition in the same period. From this it will be seen that the Chinese are not as backward as regards war material, as has been sup posed. Supplies of ammunition for the guns have been adequate. The Chinese navy during the war with Japan disap pointed those who regarded it as an effective fighting force. Some modern vessels have sine© been added to the fleet. Peking is at once interesting, despic able. superlatively beautiful.disgusting- Ivfilthy, and, in short, a city of contra dictions. Originally a Tartar encamp ment. lie gun by the cordes that swarmed to the eastern part of China. Peking soon lieeame a fortified city of much strength. Here the Tartar rulers lived, -surrounded by their Manchu followers fearing the white man's usurpation far less than the numerical preponderance A the Chinese. So, in order to protect themselves from unexpected assault, they constructed a huge wall around their city—for China is a land of walls—and for a time lived in toler able security. Gradually, however, the Chinese, realizing to some extent their power, be gan a rival city adjoining the Tartar fortress. They, too, built a wall, and as the Tartar- did, whenever a workman died, his body was entomls-d within the wall. In this manner, it is estimated, that one million human beings found their last resting places in the wall surrounding Peking. While the Chines-- city is of some interest, both from n sociological and architectural viewpoint, yet the Tartar city is the more important, for within its precincts is the "Forbidden," or Purple City, where lives Kwang Sn, the unfortunately progressive monarch of the Chinese. The Forbidden City is n city of night, for there the denizens of the palace of the Son of Heaven awaken and begin their life Little is known of the Forbidden City, for within the memory of man not half a dozen whites have entered it. All that is known is that it contains the palaces of the Emperor, and. what is perhaps more interesting, the famous coal hill. This immense heap of coal was accumulated for tie* in case the city was Lesioged. Ih>- hill is sr-vernl hundred feet high and contains bun dredsof thousands of tons of coal Whenever the Emperor was about to 1 rive the Forbidden City, for some religious or State function, the legations of the foreign nations have been notified, so that no unholy eye might rest upon the puny form and sallow face of Kwang Su. The entire route to be traversed was curtained off and thou sands of soldiers line the so-called streets, so that no Peeping-Tom could ply his trade. But despite all such pre cautions, the well-known Oriental propensity for money, exceptionally strong in the< hine. •, enabled foreigners to see Kwang Sa at close range. They beheld a shrinking, slight figure, dressed plainly and utterly eclipsed by the gorgeous apparel of his retinue Th'- rest of Peking is very much like allCh ; neis cities picturesquely corifn« ing and terrible dirty. Streets run in bizarre fashion, totally oblivions of their beginning and end, aimlessly wandering from bad to worse, fringed on l*>tb sides by hovels and palaces in confusion. Dogs and pigs meander al/out, jostle equally offensive beggars and unkempt children; stuffy litters uspended on long bamboo poles and carried by coolies, make life a burden odors, concentrated l»eyoiid the power of descriptive writiug to portray, over whelm tin- nostrils, the effluvia of hk> • of non-sanitation, drawn heavenward by the torrid sun, spreads disease; the chatter of a thousand gutteral Mongols, and Chinese is intermingled with the yelping of the dogs, the squealing of th< l»ix w . the screaming of the children, and the load cries of th'' coolies such i Peking. Of course, there are parts in the out lying hills wher»- the rich mandarins and merchants live, where true Oriental luxury can Is- found There; magnifi cent palace-like dwellings dot th" land scape, surrounded by idyllic gardens. The art and imagination of the Chinese architect have found full scope for h'S talent, and as a result, these habitation nr»! ft credit, externally and internally all save the sanitation, of which the Chinese are in blissful ignorance Yet t,h< wealthy have luxury, even though a coolie taken the place of an electric fan to cool his fevered brow. Taken nil in all. China and tin- Chinese make mi interesting study from any viewpoint, but it is wrong to underestimate their brain |*»wer in such stndv, for they are far more ad yanced tfian is generally conceded L»-t China be civilized, and the world will witness as great a metamorphosis as that which so astonished th'- world when .lapan emerged from her chrysalis of Middle Age conservatism srid provincialism 'l'hc Financial Ability of (Jliina. It has been heretofore the fashion among civilized nations in th'-ir dealings with ' /'hina to a slio of ternary as an indemnity for outrages or in payment for service# rendered. The former ac '-'united for the German "lease" of Kiao Chou. and the latter for the Russian <»• etipation of the Llaosting Peninsula When the duty of accounting com«-s for the recent pillage arid slaughter of foreign residents in China, it is highly d< sirable that the land grabbing in'-thod of reprisal should !«• replaced by uriliiinry jKtfiiniary turin nt iritlfrntiity To jiUHh nny farther the jir<«'. NH uf 111» ittitutioK foreign forChire -e p.nveri tm Ihecoant, and foreign H|ih«rtt« of in Huenee for native control in Mi»- Ilint'T land, would rneau the break up t.f the Empire with all the portentooK COI.H«. tiuei.ee* winch tiiat would entail Amonic till the I;r»-tit JKIWHTH tint t'nitml Utatei* has nothing to K»irt arid every thing lo lon' by the fnrtin-r dlmnetiilmr merit of China, and it in there fort- a (jnnMliori of vitiil ttoeHetjtience to our merchant* aini inannfar'tiircro whether trie Oovennneiil of i'ekiri can r<- pond to the very large tleiuandi" which w i:l inevitinbly >.• maile upon it a« the roHiilt of the rei«n of anarchy for which it hit* iieen directly renpoimible * lima i« potentially, a very rich country, but actually a very poor one Putting to one nidi theiincMH/tiiif what lln llmpiri could Ik- mad.! to yield undi rll rovern m.-nl honeatly committed to the develop merit of it« vaat untouched reMotir , i " the actual return to day from existing HOiirce. of taxation in more than enough to meet all the legitimate demanda of imperial expenditure and provide for the aervii-.i of a foreign debt runny limit iri exet'M* of that now exiMliiig. Most of thin debt it of comparatively recent origin, ♦•Mo,of>o,oo<» out of a total of Home £IIIO,OOO, iKM) having been contract ed Ix'tween IHii'i and IBIIH Kor the pay meiit of principal r.ud inter««t of 11.i ■» Hum, tiie revenue from the mitritim. ctiHU.niH and part of the internal traimit tax or likin duty, in pledged, and even on the preHcnt w ale of income the amount in wliolly ttiifllcleiit Hut the average duty now collected on imi>orU into China in but little over 1 per cent in Mil v.-r. TheTient.mn treuti" provided for a uniform ad valorem duty of Ti per ct nt. and when they were con eluded nilver wa« worth about twic. a ■ much aa it in to tiay. To revert to the original atandard of the dutiea in gold would,therefore, make a very Hubatan rial addition to the productiveness of the Chinese customs and opium tax. and a general readjustment of the whole system of export duties could, without detriment to trade, be made to yield double the present iucome. This ad ministration of the maritime customs is the one honest department of the revenue system of China. It brings in over a fourth of the whole amount paid into the Imperial Exchequer from all sources of taxation. But the peculation In the other departments of the revenue service is gross and palpable to an extent almost exceeding belief Rang Yn-Wei told the emperor that in his native district the total amount of revenue collected was £230,000.000 a year, of which only $20,000,000 found its way into the Imperial Treasury. A British consul who. some years ago, made a study of the incident of the land tax in the Province of An Hwei, r*i*>rted the following state of facts The province contains an area of 34,547,200 acres, and is described as one of the rich, level, rice provinces. Land tax i* paid on good soil at the rate of *2.50 to 3.00 j*-- year per acre, and on poorer land at the rate of #1.50 a year. In China every acre, almost every yard, in the rich provinces capable of culture is eagerly songht for. But in his report to the Imperial Govern ment the Governor of An Hwei officially stated that onlv 5,000,000 acres, or a little more than l-7th of the rich and fertile province under his control, was under cultivation, and in 1*93 he report ed the «ross yield of the land tax to be f1,140,000 aiid the net yields9lo,ooo. Even supposing that the Governor had correctly stated the number of acres, the amount of the gross revenue account ed for per acre won id have been about 25 cents, though it is certain that the amount actually collected must have averaged $2.7~> per acre in the rich, level, rice plains. The margin for peculation, even on the area reported by the Gover nor. was manifestly enormous, to ray nothing of the unaccounted for majority of the area on which land tax was un questionably collected. The unchecked dishon sty of the pro vincial Governors, who, it should be added, have to pay all the expenses of local government out of the money thev collect, has its counterpart in the bound less corruption of the Palace. The favorite eunuch of the Empress died two months ago, leaving an estate valued at 3H,000,000 taels, one-third of which was hard '-ash. and the rest in landed estates spread over the three provinces of Chihli, Snansi and Honan. This hnge fortune was accumulated in comparatively few years through bribes and "presents princes from of the Imperial House, desirous of place and power, down to the official of the seventh rank or Dis trict Magistrate who wanted his name recorded in the Grand Council Books for "immediate substantive preferment. There was nothing too sma' 1 or insignifi cant for this imperial favorite to pick up and not a few single bribes of from 240,- 000 to 660,000 tael-! were known to have come into his coffers The mans annual income from such sources is said to have been something Incredible, for once ;iuy person was "honored'' by lieing idlowed to send hi in a gift. it be came thi* dutv of such a one to repeat the coutributation at the end of each year in order not to l»e "forgotten. The Empress Dowager is accused t>v Kf>ng Yu-Wel of diverting a largo partof the W.OOO.OOOtaelsaet aside for ■i Chinese uavy to the decoration of the fih'i Park gardena.auda still larger pro portion of tin- W.000.0U0 tacls raised for railroad construction. to a similar par pose. To say that the fiscal system of China is absolutely incompatible with any theory of capable or economical government is to put the case very inilrlly. That it only needs to be administered as a whole, as well as the part of it devoted to the collection of maritime customs, to be equal to all l«OHsible demands that may be made on the Empire, will hardly be disputed, i >f eonrse, powerful influence hoth from within and from without will be found working for tie perpetuation of the pre* ent corrupt spstem, and it will require the moot vigorous and resolute action on the part of the i«owers interested in maintaining the integrity of the< liine.se Empire to effect, the vitally reform of the finances That being done the rest, however, will be easy, and it will be found that the chief source of the recurrent outbreaks of anarchy in China has been the rank dishonesty and corruption of its rulers. The Review. iliirnion.) ami Zfllirnople. ( )n Tuesday evening of last week Mrs H. li. Danhart of Zelienople friv a pleasant surprise birthday party to lier husband, it iieing his :»- r »tli birthday. About 20 of their church friends were present. A bountiful lunch was served and Mr Danhart was the recipient of two handsome rocking chairs. Mrs. Christopher Brown, an aged lady of Zeli'-n in in very jsior health at present. Martin II Sitler of Jackson township and his son Alpheos of Harmony left for Ohio on Thursday of last week where tliey atttended the funeral of 11 brother of M. 11 Hitler Jake Siggins of Forest county is at Harmony this week stopping with iiis father W V Albert (joettmun of the Western Theological Seminary conducted the church services in the I'resbyterian church at '/,< -lietmplc on Sunday ever, mg. The pastor Rev P. J. Slonaker and his family are visiting relatives at Franklin and will also stop at ( liantati ijua for ten days which will be their summer vacation Bert S. (Juitteau, of Marietta. () .who m visiting relatives at Butler at present was at Harmony over Sunday visiting his lady friend, Miss Mae Stamm of Marietta, O. He-will also attend the merchants' picnic to < 'ascadc I'ark on Thursday of this week Misses Mae Stamm and Ethel |1 Armor and Messrs Bert S. Ouittean and Charley Dindiuger left Harmony last Friday morning and drove to Muddycrcek Falls and at< a basket dinner at McConnel's mill on Slippery rock creek Mrs Win Zaylor and son Fred of IHmnison, () , are visiting relative, i at Harmony this week They recently re turned from a visit with relatives at 1 'aha. Washington. Frank Kiiox railroad agent at Wnv ren, <).. for the 1' & W , was at Har rnony the of his father K H, Knox. CiFri-d A Hartung, a ilrug clerk of I'-nn Ave Pittsburg, was at Harmony over Sunday the guest of Ids father, Rev. C. I". Hnrtung Mrs l>r W. II Button and two sous, of Hubbard, <>. are at Harmony this week the guests of Riiv and Mrs C I' Hartung Marry M Kelley ol I'ittsbnrg made a short visit at Harmony on Sunday. A large fishing camp from I'ittsbnrg is located on the limit/, and Ash farm near Harmony Junction at present The millwrights have commenced work on the new Harmony mill. This mill is 1 h*l ng painted white at present ' In Thursday of this week Zelienonle, Harmony, Evans < -ity, Callery, Mars and Valencia transported their in habitants jo lovely Cascade I'ark The excursion was the fourth annual picnic of the merchants of these railroad towns At 12 o'clock Sunday, July 22nd. Margaret wife of Win II I'enrod, of Harmony, di»d from Bright s disease of the kidneys after severe suffering for ten days The deceased was liorn at Hubbard. 0., Sept 12th, 1N37 and was HI years, 10 months and 10 days old when she died She was one of a family of 12 children. Two brothers and one sister survive her Her maiden name was Marstellar and in I*7o she married W. H I'enrod, who with their only child Bella, survive her. Her parents were Methodist* and in 1854 sue was converted and always remained in this church The funeral sermon was preached at UN!'! on Sunday afterno >n and on Monday the remains were taken to Sandy Bake and on Tuesday were in tered in New Vernon cemetery in Mercer county. Rev Walker of the M E church of that place officiating I'lie it Ileitis. S. F. Johnston, who liiih lieen pump iiitf for the Butcher 1 lil < 'o lias returned h< >ine. Miss Edna Anderson is visiting friends In Butler. There i? som»* talk of starting a J bakery in Flick, an»l that i> just what onr town nceils. Hiram Gillespie of Wolf Snmmit, W \ a., is visiting his parents and many friends of this vicinity. We are glad to say that Miss Irene Criner, who been in very i»x>r health for the last two years is slowly j recovering. A number of our young folks attend- j ed the social at F. jil. Hunter's last Fri day night. Frank Kennedy of Tarantum is spend ing a few days with J. X. Fulton and family. Harry Morrison of Butler was the giies>t of \V. 1\ Criner. Wednesday night. Capt. Ed. W'-stcrmtin is convalescent. Misses Esther Thompson and Ella Neams are their vacation on tin* Henry Flick farm. Earle Hezlep is confined to the house with a very sore arm. Geo. (rates boasts of having the best driving outfit in Flick. Joseph Fnnnan has returned from the Paris Exposition. Bert Criner spent Sunday with friends in Coopers town. W. E. Hezlep disposed of a valuable horse, last week. Miss Clara Knoch is recovering from a severe cold nndor the skillful treat ment of Dr. Sefton. The Mis-es Pearle and Reine Criner spoilt Wednesday at the Stronp and Flening residence in Cherry Valley. Aubrey Criner of the Butler Business College is home on his vacation. We are pleased to inform you of a very pleasant birthday party, which was spent at the homo of Mrs. Satia A. Sweeney who lives in the Montgomery oil field. Allegheny Co., 011 July 10, it being the 79th anniversary of her birth. She is one «>f your well preserved old ladies, who has been smoking her pipe for at least sixty-five years. She can walk three miles on a visit to her friends who reside at Flick on the farm known as the old John Criner farm, whoso daughter she was. She has one of her rooms covered with a lovely carpet which she knit with two long wooden needles and rags sewed together the same as for a woven one. We were pleased to meet our genial Commission •-r John W. Gillespie, wife and family, W. P. Criner. wife and family, one' daughter. Mary A. Large and other friends. After a bountiful dinner and a few presents, we all returned to onr homes, wishing her many returns before she takes her jonrne3* to the other shore. Kfunioii ot the !>aml»ungh Fam ily. The family of Adam Dambaugh of Unionville held a reunion on Wednes day of last week, July 18, 1900. The old conple, ten children (the married ones with their wives and husbands) and twenty grand children were pres ent, making a party of thirty-eight, who with Rev. Oliver, snt down to a substantial repast spread in the orchard. Aft* r dinner Rev. Oliver made an address, the boys played ball, and these with foot races, music, singing, etc. hel|<ed pass a pleasant afternoon. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. J. Miller of Unionville; Mr. and Mth ('has. Miller of Rochester, Mr. C W. Dambaugh of Butler; Mr. and Airs. Geo. A. McFadden of Butler; Mr. Geo. A. Dambangb and family, Henry N. Dambaugh, Albert Dambaugh and fam ily and Ed. Dambaugh all of Rochester; Miss Sadie Dambaugh and MI. Wash. Dambaugh of Unionville. There has never been any deaths in the family. Wan won Birthday Party. Four hnndred friends and relatives attended a birthday party, Tuesday at the residence of Harrison Wasson. in Washington twp, given in honor of his mother, Mrs. Margaret Wnsson. who on that day attained the age of 80 years After a great dinner, addresses wore made by Itev. Miller, of North Washing ton. Rev. Decker of West Sunbury, District Attorney, Jacob M. Painter and James M. ( 4albreath of Butler. Dr. .1. C. Groves of Anandale presided as chairman. The old lady's grand chil dren made n present of a handsome rock' jug chair. Mrs. Wasson lathe widow of William Wasson who was killed in the battle of Wilderness. She has four children living. James and Harrison »f Washington twp.,Mrs. Chits. Book of Cherry t\vp. ami Thomas of the Alaska gold fields Among the Butlerites pre sent were J. M Oalbreath and wife, .1, M. Painter snd wife, R. Rumbaugh and wife of the Nixon Home, Sheriff Boon and family Mrs Clias I' Amy and family OKATIIM. ARRAS At her parents' home, July 80, 1900, Ruth Matilda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Arras, aged 8 months. The child was one of a pair of girl twins and both were sick with cholera infantum, which caused Ruth's death. Monday little Ruth was buried and Tuesday morning her little sister died nlso. Her funeral was held, Wcdn-s day afternoon. STEIN Li/.zie, daughter of F A. and Mary E. Stein of North < >nkland, Tuesday, July 2f>, 1900, of inflamma tion, aged lit years. The funeral is Iteing held this morn iug at North < iakland WENDEER At No. !«I4 E Jefferson St., July 24. HHIO. Merl Wendler, aged I months. The mother is in an insane asylum and the location of the father is nn known. HIEEIARB At his home in Buffalo two . July HI. 1900, JaeobM. Milliard, in his 7*tli year BOLE At her home in Bellevne. Alle gheny county, Saturday, July 22, 1900, Mrs Mary A Bole, aged 79 vears F H. Bole of S Main St, was her oldest son. SHAFFER At his home in Butler, i July 22 19IKI, John Shaffer, aged 78 years. He was the father of John Shaffer of Allegheny, and Nicholas and Tony Shaffer of Butler KNOX In Forward twp., Thursday, July fi, 1900, Edith Pearl,little daugh t-er of Mr and Mrs W. A Knox,aged f j ear and M days onrniAiiY NOTKH. I»r Frederick Humphreys of New Vork. the liead of the great Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine (!0., died at Ids summer home at Monmonth Beach, N J on the Bth, in his 85th vear Itev. <i. W Sloan, formerly of East Brady, died last. Sunday, aged 75 years. John Kelly, a son of P C Kelly of the Ist ward, died in Colorado, Monday, aged 25 years. New Drunr Store. MacCaitney's Pharmacy New Room. Fresh Drugs. Everything now and fresh. Prescriptions earofnlly com pounded by a Registered Pharmacist. Trv) Our Sodu R A. MacCartney RAILROAD TIME TABLES. J > ITTSBUKG & WESTERN Railway. Schedule of Pas f'-uyoi Trains in efiect May 28, I SYQ HITLER TIME. POPART. Arrive. AlU'vheny Eipna... 806 " 912 44 N< \» Av/c« uimi*LAtk>n 8 UT> " 9 12 M A 1 r->n Mail 8 06 a.m 7 M r,N y Fxt lipw • ' - • IS M " Allegheny Kxpn-JE 3 <«o P.* 4 4 - prn C! i«ap» tij re** S 40 pin 12 1* am Allegheny Mail 550 " 7 !'• pin \ gfceorandK«i ( «•*.;• Aoooai ISO " T€§ " * . 1 - LBATEI " I< 1- A * Kant* and Bradford Mall W:66 A.M 2 60 v.u Cliri -II Aoc*.>mni<-LTUUN 4 R »* R.M 9 1* A.M CLEVELAND ami ILUCAFTO Kxpre«W. . G26 am SI N DAY TRAINS. Allegheny EXPRESS .... 806 A.M 9 12A.M Allegheny Accommodation 6 .'<o r.A 6 K1 r.M N % AMOHMMOI 101 A.M 7 03 M nricago Express i 4 » p.* .1 03 am ALLEGHENY AcconiiiK-lati-N 7 03 pm , (.>ll Satuidavs a train, known IW THE theatre traiu, UILL loave Butler at 5.50 p. in.. ARRIVING at Allegheny at 7.20; returning leave Allegheny at 11.110 P. M. Pulliuan SLEEPING earn ou CHICAGO KXPIV»W HCTUI-EU Pittsburg AND Chicago. F'-r through tickets to all points in the weet, north * -t OR * anil information regarding rout**, time OF train*, etc. apply to W. R. TCENEB, Ticket Agent, i :■ i», Mcrik Butler, I'A C. W. BAS.SKTT, (3. P. A.. Alleghery, PA II 0 DLNKLK, Sup't. W. £L. I>iv . Allfghrii* Pa. rplIE PITTSBURG, HESSE- L MER & LAKE ERIE R. R COMPANY. Time table in effect May 27, lftttO. CENTRAL TIME. >T«»rth«ard. Pally ex>« pt SunOu> S»nthward ( Read up) (Road down) ■i 14" 12 \ 11 IF IV M 1 >1 A.M. A M A.Mr M 12 FIO, 8 SO Juie I :*• 4 10 12 24 8 03ar .. Conueaot »»t 12 24 6 2H j 9 24 6 37 IT.. Ounnoaut. .lv 'I 24 4 <»9 ' li 28 7 0» iVmneautrOle 1" fll 5 M 11 10 Meadville Juiu t 11 JO ft W 11 58' 7 2«» AR Melville, ar 11 FT- 56 10 12 ;« CM lv. Meadville lv |U 12) &15 11 28 «60 ar. rl'on. L4»K«- AI 11 10 42 0 25.1 v. .(Jon. Lake. lv l 10 42 O 44 11 18 LL ar. Expo. Park ar 11 RT (Xi 10 56 6 44 lv. . Expo. Paik.lv, P. 55 ♦» «« 10 64 r, -.M 'll 23 .6 22 10 40 « I jll ST) 6 35 •. lo 10 33 r, Greenville • 11 46 ♦» 4T» ol 10 26 5 fxi Shenango '• lu 11 52 G 55 r, :nr Y ,*H» 5 23 Mercer. . 7 12 12 23 7 X* ... («» T.r. ve « If. T I' 112 1- 7 :V 4 U 0 10 UarridviUe 7 5z 12 69 4 4. r », 'j 08 Hraiu htoti 801 1 531 TT ar. . . llUlianl. .. AR; 8 66! 156 326 •; 4. r > lv. llilliard. Is «IR»IR4;"» 4 40 V Kflnter 8 1 12 4 26 « Euclid j 8 20 1 25 3 T>6 hLH Butler ' 8 fio 1 5T> 2 161 7 ««> AU«>ghenv lo *1 S 25 .A.M.] I I ! P-M I Train 0 leaying Erie at 0:80 a.m. ar rives at Slienango at 9:05. Train 10 leaving Shenango at 4 10 p. in. arrives at Erie at 6:65. J S. Matson, E. H. Utley, Rtip't Transp (Jen. I'anß. Agt. Greenville. Pa. Pittsburg. Pa. PENNSYLVANIA R t. WFSTERN PRNNSYLVANJA# DIVISION Scasnt'L* ix KrrutT June :w), 19<io f«r>!*Tf!. WEEK DAYS » A. M A M. A. M. P HI P. M. BI TI.KR... «. I.4'AVE 0 26 8 06 10 60 2 36 6 06 Saxonburg Arrive ft 64; 8 30 11 16 3 oo 6 28 Butler Junction.. " 727 BWII 40 326 663 llnth I Junction. .Leave! 7 31 8 63'1l 62 :T 26 6 63 N ITI :111 . . Airiv.- 7 I" 9"IIS "I 8 M • Tarentum 7 4-1 il 07 12 08* 342 G 07 Sprlngdale 7 62 TT 16 12 1» 3 62 ClareUMint f9 30 12 38 4 O0 .... Sharj*hurg 8 II 1)30 12 48 4 12 R. 32 Allejrheny 8 24 » 48 1 02 4 26 f. 43 A. M. A.M. P. M P. M P. M HUNDAY TRAINS.—Leave Butlor fur Alhtgheny City and principal intermediate ntationx at 7:30 a. ui., and 6:00 p. ni. NORTH. WEEK DAYS A.W.jA.M. A.M.iP. M P M Allegheny (Ity. KHARIMHURK 1 7 12 9 (»7;10 67! ... I .... riaremont ! 11 *4; ... j .... Hprlnplale 11 18* FL 'TF Turentum 7 117 I# .*l4 11 28 4«'.| 15 4fl Nationa 7 41 'J :\h 11 :»4 3 6o| fl 61 Butlei Junction. .arHve' 7 4H U 47 11 4.". 3 7 liuth'F Junction . L««av«. 7 4h u 47 12 1h 4 Or, 7 On BN*OI.L NRN 8 16 10 oi) 12 41 j I 7 JI i-i I I i:ft .arrive 8 10 8S 110 6 061 760 A. M. A M. P. M P. j»! P. M HUN DAY TRAlMß.—Leave Allegheny City for Ilut ler and princlpii intermcdiute pitatiunii at 7 16 a.m. and 1 FOR THE KA9T. Wttflki I>aj«. Sunday* A M.IA. M.jP. M.jiA. M. I' M Bt?Ti.r.ic .... . If, ft 2/»{ 10 60 2 7 ft «m> Bathr J'cl.. »r 7 27|1l 4o :t 2ft j I H 2h ft W) Butlar JV|. lr 7 4HJII 4.1 M ft-S ; H 21 m oft ar 7 51 11 4ft] 4 02!! 8 2ft H (»7 , Kl*kiii>ii.«d*« J t ." 7 Wl| M 4 07, 8 SCI Mil Lowhbiirit. ." K0712 02 4 10 M 11 H23 I'nultoii (Apollo) " HSO 12 22* 4 40 H ftM N 42 SHIIHI Tl rir " H 61,12 4!*! ft OM 21 V IH* lllulrwvlll.- „ 022 1 201 ft 41 62 V4O lllalrnvlll.. Int . " u:w 1 s:ij 6 ftoj lo oo! Altoona M 111 86 ft 4ft H6oj ft Ift .. lUnUl'iirK. " 310 10 CH>! I HO, 10 00 . . Philadelphia »I 23 4 2ft j 4 26. 4 2ft iV M. A M|A M. [A. M P M HifiiKh ImliM l>r Uia fowl l«>av«» ritt#l*urj( (Union Mttiion), M follow*: Atlantic K%i>rom, daily IfiOl.i ivnnxyivftiilii Limit*! " . .. 7:lft " l*iy JCipr *m. - 7 :«> M MaJn Linn Kxpwa*, •* MINI ** flarriMl'iirK Mall, M 12 16 vu Philadelphia KX|H«M, .. .4:60" Mail ami KiprPM dally. For Now York only. Through l»»iffut no « oiu hm 7 «M> •• Kant<m K*lf •- -. 7 1'» " F»v»? I.ln*, ' . h Jti " Pllltl'iiric Limit**!, daily, with I <O*C)IMI to N*w Turk, and al«»opiu|c cmr* to n»«w York, I'ltltiiocr** ami WimliiniMnii only. No «ilra fur. on ti.ln Into IQOO " Phllatf a6l nil, QOAQI only *lO a m Fm Atlantic <'lty (via IMawai" ltlv««r Bridge, nil mil r Mt. ). fHM A M. and x :u> P M, dally; 7 1«» I* M , dully with through Pullman »d«Mt|>intf rat For d«iMil«d Informi»tloti, addrwM Thou. K. Watt. Paaft. Ak't WiotWi I Half let, <W u* i Fifth Avium* and Mmlth f • i • ir' •t, rm-i.ui/, Pa J II IIUTCJIIHOK, j It Wonypr G« i.«<ral Mai offer. 'Jen'* I'tjtmr A«. i.t nUKKALO, KOCHKSTKK ft ° rrnsHURG RY. TIME TABLE. In effect May at), 1000. NOUTII IMU'NI' KAHTKUN TIMK *ll* 'ft | +lO +l4 '*2 ' I'ltinl' iik I !•«*<• nil. ain |> U. ||i in pin AIII'kIk IIV I I' * w MM j lm . If> 111 Kl llutl. ■ in I '• M II 8* K. i* linn '' fil < r.l IKK>nil 10 4.1 MB 12 01 . '.iWl.tlMVlllt', , . '• I'll M"iiii'"ii».'r> . ill" 1 I N . 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Iv 1 vvilli* !iii;|7 «aS 7»l 8 4" I 11111. I 1' . I. 7 111 111 .1 2 417 1.1 2 r.l iNMI .. 7 21111011 IM 7 AO; aO6 ; Oi.rn.i'l l»i «if l ll*B*jo r.h' I'm.. 1,-tin,. it • in n»ati7ii«i Hi/ Hna 7 .MI n .11 A Si l " V' |..iiiXNiit«.wiii'_v it 1 i" in! 11 4fi il 11 M 4" il 4k I« >■ n:. l .in t in i> in lAO 1 lit.mill. » 121 lli.,lillt*.l. x "I N..1111 r>.in. H ■.••! I 11..U..1, -47 I i>" 4B . ... bo ll* 4SO « » I VV. «I M'«Kt"Vi " I" MiilitK"tii.'ry vltl' II 2* • '..Wi11i..111. | It M ! 1 ml Kuril).* "i 4rt 4 57 ] It IS t.inii.,ll I 11 no linn. 1 in i'i :« j mi A ll"i(li.-»> I I- .* W Hi.. 11 ;e. ti 161 7 ill I'ltM.i an I I.rrlrn 1 him ' fI.II. I I m.hi " liiiily I hally i-xoejit Hniidtiv. Triiititt It mnl <1 nr« Moliil vcKlitiuli il, I •«Inip]m«i with hnntlitoiiiti iltiy ci.i.chi'M, I'iifu 11ml rtKtliniiiK . hair enrtt TraiiiH 2 an<l 7 liavn i'nllinaii Slft>|«'r« ' lit.twwii HtilTal" iitxl I'lttnbarg. ' EIIWAHD t:. LAVKY. (Ipil'l PtIKH AK'fllt. Ilt>chfnt4ir, N. Y M. A. BERKIMER. Funeral Director. 2455. Main St. Butler PA'j | Great Sacrifice Sale \ | No Fake, No Humbug, j We this rear's Rohes and Horse Blankets, which amount to thousands of dollars last winter before the rise in prices HU<l must pay for them September 1-t. in order to get onr rush discount. Therefore. to realize the money and hav ing too a stock, we decided to make a sacrifice sale. Beginning Friday, July 27 and continuing Until August 15, No Longer. This is a genuine sacrifice sale, no catch-penny affair. Most of the prices are l.vlow vvhok -utle, therefore we limit the quantity to each customer so that no one can take all we have of any article. Tup Hut-'cU s.clioap at fi;> 00. at this sale SKS.OO 56w00. " -M.iW Slat Buckwatton." 55.iiU. " 4<».<«> Top Buggies. '• -si 00. " Surrics. " 1J5.H0. " 100.00 JOO.OO, •• 71.00 " 75.00, " 55.00 Two-seated Top Spring WazoD," 00.00. " ls.oo Three-soatou top Spring Wmifon," iro.oo, " sS.OO! Bussry Harness," 20.00, " 15.tX> . 15 00. " 12.00 j •' " " 12.60. •• iI.OO ! Collars. " 1.25, " 75 | 1.50. •• 1.00 ' Teaui " " 1 60, " 1.00 I 2.25. " 1.75 Irish" " " 3.50, •• 2.75 1 Hungry Tops " 7.00, " 0.00 j s.ao, •• 7.00 1 ■" •• 10.00, " 5.50 " Wheels. " H. 50, " 7.00 10.00. " S.OO " Shifts.lron and painted.worth j2.7j.at 2.00 " Whips, worth 25c, at 15 And many other articles at equally low prices. Terms aro strictly cash. It is cash we want. It is by having the cash that we expect to make up our loss. Remember this is an extraordinary sale nnd will last untill August 15th. WE SELL KRAMER WAGONS. 8. B. MARTINCODRT & CO, Largest Wholesale and Retai Jealers in this Line in the State. S. B. MARTINCOURT, 128 East Jefferson St., J. M. LEIGHNER. BUTLER PA. r i. . . 1 ' ■ , L , , | "Skoot Prices on Dry Good* | We arc cleaning up with a vengeance to make room tur new goods. K All summer lines have been again reduced to make ■ quick sales. Our prices are well worth your while to investigate. JO f 1 5 C r,IU ' 1 I-awns and Dimities 9: jp Ulik/ l2 i 2^C ' ICIS ' I Special oflerings in Fancy Silks, Dicss Goods and Mus- lin Underwear that ar<- tempting enough to inspire a net d. JK If saving dollars is a hobby of yours, come in—we'll fIP encourage the hobby. Uh L. Stein & SonJ 10S N. MAIN STREET. SUTLER, PA S PROFESSIONAL CARUS. ' D 11. NKGLBY, ATTORNKV AT LAW. • Office In the "CITIZKN" building. ! 1 I). McJI'NKIN, FJ. ATTOKNKY-AT-LAW, Office in Relber building, corner Main 1 ami E. Cunningham Sts. Entrance on ■ E. Cunningham. [OIIN W. COULTER, T) ATTORNKV AT-LAW. Wise building, N. Diamond St., But lei S|>ecial attention given to collections and business matters. Reference: nutler Saving* Rank, or Kutler County National Rank A. T. BI.AOR. IUA MOJIIX K BLACK & MCJUNKIN, Attorueysat-lsw, Armorv Building, Hutler, I'a. Nil OOUCHBR, • ATTORN KY AT LAW. Office in Wise building. / lOULTER St IIAKIvR, V ATTOKNKYS A . '.*w. Room It., Arttiory buildup, A T. SCOTT, A. ATTOKNKV AT LAW. Office at No. 8. West Diamond Ht. But ler, I'a. 1 11. IIKEDIN, 'T • ATTOKNKV AT LAW. Office on Main St. near Court House. HW. WICK, • DKNTIBT. IIILM located in the new Stein building, with all the latest devices for Dental work. I J. DONALDSON, RF • DICNTIST. Aitificial Teeth inserted on the latest improved plan. Gold Filling! a soc ially. Office next to postofficc. n M. ZIMMERMAN 'I • PHYSICIAN AND SOKCKON Office No. 45, S. Main street, over City Pharmacy. | kR. W. I*. McILROY, I ' DKNTIHT. Formerly known as the "Peerless Painless Extractor of Teeth." Located |iennaueiitly at 111 l<ast Jefferson St., <)|>|Kx*ite Hotel Hutler. Will do dential operations of all kinds by the latest devices and up to-date methods I BLACK, LI» PHYSICIAN ANDSMOHOW New Troutnisn Building, Hutler Pa. I I |R. M D. KOTTRABA, I ' Successoi to Dr. Johnston. DICNTIST Office at No 114 It. Jefferson St., over (1. W. Miller's grocery. I|R. \rw ! 1' Office i«/» W. Diamond St., |D r Oridtam'n old office. ] Hunts 7to a. m. and t to' 3 atid 7 t< X p m ur N. BROWN, TI ■ lIOMOKOFATIItC I'll VHICIAN ANII SUKOKON Office J36 S. Main St., opp. I'. (). Night calls at office. UAMUKLM. UPPOIt k? PIIVSICIA N ANI> SIIBC.KON 200 West Cuiininghatii St OR. N. M. HOOVER 137 I{. Wayne St., office noHrs. 10 to IJ a. in. 1 and to 3 p. in, P. L. McytJISTION, V> CIVII, UNUINItKR ANII SUMVKVOK, Ollice near Court House. L. C. WICK, DKAI.KM IN LUHBER. But:(y Whip*, full raw hide, worth 50c. at 30 Huncy Whips, full raw hide, worth $1 at Whip Stocks, worth 25c, at in Whip Lushes, worth 25c. at 15 Horse Brushes, worth 20c. at 10 Horse Brushes, worth $1.25. at 1 Oil Curry Combs, worth 25c. at 10 Hammocks, w;» 3.50. at 2 o>> Hammocks, was 2.0" at 1 uo Frank Miller's Harness Soap, worth I5c,;R I" ! Harness OH. worth 25c, at 15 Axle Urease, per box. worth sc. at ;; ; Axle Urease, per box. worth HV, at :> ! Sponpe*, worth 10c. at . . 5 | Gall Cure, worth 25c. at 15 . Harness Snaps, 1 Inch or less, 3 for j liugfry Paint, worth 75c. at 50 } Bupsry l'aint. worth 45c, at 30 I Trunks, worth 2.50. at 1 50 | Trunks, worth 5.50, at .4 00 1 Trunks, worth K.OO tl 00 Telescopes In proportion. Anti-Rattlers, worth UK", at 5 Anti-Battlers worth lie. at 10 Web Halters, worth av. »t It. Sweat Pads, worth 40c. at 25 THK Farmers' National Bank, BUTLER, PENN'A. CAPITAL PAID IN, $100,000.00 Foreign axehango thought Slut sold. Spi'i'tul attention given to collections. OKFICEHB: JOHN YOt'NKINS President JOHN It I'M I'll KEY vice President H. A. It A 1 LEY Ctishler K. W. IIINWIIAM Assistant <!ashler J K. IH'T/.I.KH Teller PIREt JTORB. John Youuklim, I). 1.. ('lnclaiid, E. K. Abrains, 0. N. lloyil. W. K. Mel/ger. Henry Miller. John Humphrey. Thus. Ilays. Levi M. Wise and I'rancls Murphy. Interest paltl on lline dc|MislU<. We respectfully solicit your business. [ 1 Butler Savings Bank 1 *i_itler, i > t 1. Capiinl - - #6n,i*>t>.oo Surplus and Profits fico.nn 1 o JOB. L PURVIS ■ 'resiif. ut J. HENRY TROPTMAN Viee-l'rrsi.let.t WM. CAMPBELL, Jr. i'wl,iir LOP 18 It. STEIN 'lnlt.r PlßKt'l'Olis Joseph t. I nrvls, J. Ilenrv Tro':tman, W. I). BrMiiten. W. A. Htetn. J. N. rsmuboll. The Butler Havings Hunk 1H the Oldest Bunking Institution! n llut.li r County. Oetieral liaiikliiK Implies* IransaeUMl. We solicit a units of utl pre dueers, mer chants, farmers ami others. All business entrusted to n» »tll re'-eiva prompt attention. Interest paid on time (letum'tH •Chase Bros# 1 PIANOS I J r Are uHed in thousand* of liotuun. They've been before the people for the last 40 years, making mid gaining new friends each year. Musicians and Judges of Pianos speak a good w.ird and the highest praise for the Chase Bros. Pianos always. As state representative for the manu facturers, I am in a position to sell you a piano right, and on terms to suit your convenience in every way. Kindly call at my wareroom and ex amine for yourself the pianos they are there to be seen and heard Made and warranted to you by one of the wealth iest manufacturer! ill the country, you run urisk. Hoping to count you on my list of customers, 1 am Yours for business, W. It. NEWTON, 317 South Main St Butler Pa I West Winncld Hotel, :•) W.G. LUSK, Propr. Qf) I'irnt Clnrn Tublc hiwl /}£) (In# mid Bprinf Wnler nil tlir»tign limine. (jjj (iikkl Stiililinn W. S. & E. WICK, I>KAI.RUM IN ICiiukli him) Wnrkiwl Luiiilmt of all Ktiiilft jiiHirn. Hiihli itfld Miiiililliikh. nil Well UllfN It < »fllm mill V»nl, R. < °>iiin liiu luini ikiul Monroe Hl*., Ill'lir W" nt I'rllll lli'lH.*,, IIIJTI.KH. I'A L . S McJ U!N Kln7 Insurance and Real Estate Agent. 117 B. JBFPFRBON. BUTLER, PA PATENT ™ T IDEA. It limy mean n fortune to you. f |>ro rurc mill acll jintcntn. K S. HARRISON, l'atcnt Attorney, 4J7 l'lftli Ave., I'lttiburg, P»-
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