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VOLUME VI.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Christmas ¥ Presents!
The time is here when every man, woman’ and
child is looking for Christmas presents, and the
question is—Where is the best place to go for best
selections and lowest prices?
SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER
/. H. KOONTZ. J. G. OGLE
KOONTZ & OGLE, |
Atltorneys-At-Liaw,
SOMERSET, PENNA.
Office opposite Court House.
FRANCIS J. KoOSER ERNEST O. KOOSER.
KOOSER & KOOSER,
Attorneys-At-I.aw,
SOMERSET, PA.
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STORE WILL CONVINCE YOU
that we are headquarters for good and useful pres-
J. A.
Office over Post Office.
BERKEY
Attorney-at-T.aw,
SOMERSET, Pa.
ents for the holidays. In the line of Fancy Lamps,
Fancy Glassware with Sterling Silver Mounting,
Fancy China and Porcelain Dishes, Dinner Sets,
Chamber Sets, Novelty Dishes, Fancy Manicure /
Sets, Toilet Sets, Shaving Sets, Glove and Hand-
R. E. MEYERS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Attorney-at-Iiaww,
SOMERSET, PA.
Office opposite Cook & Beerits’ Store.
kerchief Boxes, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Dolls, Me- :
dallions and Trinket Sets we can delight you.
Our Table and Pocket Cutlery, Rogers’ Silver
Knives, Forks and Spoons, Bone and Stag-handle
Office one door east of P. S. [Hay’s store.
A. M. LICHTY,
Physician and Surgeon,
SALIS3URY, PENN’A.
Knives, Forks and Carvers, Pearl-handle Pocket
Knives, Razors, ete., will be sure to please you, as
will also the prices.
OUR JEWELRY LINE consists of Ladies’ and
Gentleman’s Gold Watches, Boys’ Silver Watches, (
A.
F. SPEICHER,
Physician and Surzeon,
SALISBURY, PENNA.
Mice corner Grant and Union Streets.
Clocks, Rings, Charms, Brooches, Collar and Cuff
Buttons, Scarf Pins, Chains, Ladies’ Gold and Silk
Guards, Fountain Pens, Pearl-handle Pens, ete.
Our Notion line consists of many useful presents
The Jeweler and Optician.
Spectacles for 50 es.
= Have your eyes
correctly fitted by a
practical optician,
wide experiece.
TW. GURLIEY,
Meyersdale, Pa.
in the way of Fancy Towels, Napkins, Tablecloths,
Silent Cloth for Tables, Handkerchiefs, Gloves,
Neckwear, as well as an entire stock of Shoes, Hats
and Clothing.
In our Grocery line we have many good things
that go to make up a good Christmas dinner.
Salisbury Ifack Tanne,
SCHRAMM BROS, Proprietors.
p- mn.
ry 1p. m,ar-
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6 p. m,, arriving at
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TEN PER CENT. DISCOUNT
on Clothing, Overcoats, Ladies’ and Children’s
Wraps that we are giving you the benefit of during
this month.
5 et
P. L. Livengood,
Will Clerk Your Sales
at reasonable rates and furnish
all Notes, Sale Papers, ete.
When you come to us for your
sale bills, don’t forget that you
can also get a elerk at Tue
Stan oflice.
Ord Street, Salisbury, Pa.
k Lick Supply Co.
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An immense stock of Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s
Clothing. A fine assortment of Trousers, elegantly tail-
ored, made in New York, and will compare favorably
with those you buy from the best tailors.
them to fit.
We guarantee
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They consist of Men’s Winter Tans, Patent Leather,
Patent Enamel, Box Calf, Willow Calf, Vici Kid, ete.
At the same store is where the best Men’s Working
Shoes are bought, also the best shoes for women. We
have them in all the best, fanciest and most subtantial
makes.
Here is where the school children like to have their
shoes bought. “They are the real thing,” is what the
boys and girls say.
Port Grape Wine
used in San Fr
non
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SPEER,
IINAL
cer in America.
¢ wine sold and
isco and Sacra-
mento was from Speer's Passaic
N. J., vineyards, was shipped
around Cape llorn before there |
was any railroad to California, |
and are now being used by physi- |
cians and first familics there ag |
the richest and best wine to be had
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The first na
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The juice of the Portugal Port
Wine grape grown in N. J.is thick
and rich sameas the juice of pears |
andother fruits grown here. From
California pears you can squeeze |
water as from a sponge; so
with all fruits grown in Califor-
nia; while those grown in New
Jersey are solid in substance—less |
juice but thick and richer. The |
New Jersey apples, for instance,
make a cider that was always
popular the world over. If you
want a wine for sickness or for
entertainments don’t take cheap,
watery wines but choose a first
class old, full bodied, high grade
wine from Speer's Passaic vine-
yards, _ Sold by Druggists.
SALISBURY, PA.
We arc always LEE R DIRIG the new styles.
in Re » Our new Catalog for 1901,
containing complete illustra-
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We will be pleased to send
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Our motto is
STYLE, ELEGANCE,
DURABILITY, PROMPT-
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It will pay you to write for price.
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The tamp that doesn’t flare up or smoke, or cause you
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Other lamps may he offered you as * just as good ""—
they may be, in some respects, bus for all around good-
ness, there's only one. I Vew Rochester. To make
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Old Lamps Made New.
We can fill every lamp want. No matter whether you
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Send for Catalogue.
For sale by Rutter & Will,
Mevenspare, Pa.
HANNA DECLARES
QUAY CAN'T WIN.
The National Chairman Says He
Does Not Believe His Suc-
cess at All Possible,
| TRYING TO WIN THE HOUSE
Ex-Senator Andrexvs Managing
Quay’s Campaign and His Cam-
paign Fund—But Both House and
Senate Will Go Against the Head
of the Machine Without a Doubt.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
Harrisburg, Dec. 11.—The political
quiet of the past week, which will con-
tinue on until about Christmas, is the
calm before the storm. The whole
state, together with the three political
parties, are apparently at rest, gather
ing themselves together for a spring,
so it would seem.
But this is only on the surface. The
fact is that the Quay people are quiet-
ly moving Heaven and earth to pur-
chase enough votes to give Quay a ma-
jority in the caucus. Thus far they
have met with complete failure. To
add to their discomfiture, some of the
men who were elected as openly avow-
ed Quay men have refused to sign an
agreement to enter the caucus and sub-
sequently vote for Quay.
WON'T SIGN FOR QUAY.
It is an open secret that three mem-
bers of the machine delegation in Phil-
adelphia have refused to sign this Quay
pledge, while there are six more in
the state in the same position. These
cases are known to the anti-Quay peo-
ple; in some of the instances the mem-
bers have reported it themselves. It
is not because these members-elect are
not Quay men, and would not vote for
Quay at a word, if they thought he
could win.
that M. 8. Quay cannot win, and they
do not propose to tie themselves up to
a lost cause.
There are three Quay men from three
northern tier counties who have served
notice on the machine leaders that un-
less these leaders can show them in-
disputable proof that they have enough
members to elect Quay they will not
consider either the caucus proposition
or Quay’s candidacy.
ANDREWS AT WORK.
As stated in my letter of last week,
ex-Senator Andrews, of Crawford coun-
ty, has taken charge of Quay’s cam-
paign. Three days of each week he is
| domiciled at the Hotel Walton in Phil-
adelphia, where he meets the members
from all parts of the state, to whom he
| sends transportation and a request to
call on him. It is very generally un-
derstood that ex-Senator Andrews has
at his disposal a very large contingent
fund, and that it will be used if the op-
portunity offers.
The anti-Quay Republicans will or-
ganize the house, with twenty odd
votes to spare. The Quay machine has
already lost the senate. It will be or-
ganized in default of all that the ma-
chine can do, and the patronage that
| the leaders are depending upon to help
them in their contest will be lost to
them. These statements are not idle
claims, but are based upon facts in the
possession of the anti-Quay organiza-
tion, and the truth of which will be
amply demonstrated at the opening of
the legislature.
Ex-Senator Quay himself is decidedly
uneasy, and shows it by the repeated
conferences that he has been having
with Senator Andrews and the machine
leaders. Within the past ten days Sen-
ator Quay has visited Philadelphia
three times, each time spending hours
in close conference with the men who
are managing his campaign.
HANNA AGAINST QUAY.
Mr. Quay has another good reason
for worriment over the situation in
view of the interview with National
Chairman Hanna in Washington last
week. In this interview Senator Han-
na stated that all indications pointed
to the fact that Mr. Quay would not re-
turn to Washington as a senator. Com-
ing from such a source this is signifi-
cant. If it means anything it means
that the administration at Washington
regards Mr. Quay as a back number,
| who is to be treated as such.
Senator Hanna would not speak dis-
paragingly of Senator Quay’s chances
of returning to the senate if there was
the slightest chance of his ever re-
turning to his old seat. But as the na-
tional chairman, it is Senator Hanna's
business to keep thoroughly posted on
all conditions, and when he expresses
the opinion that Quay will not go back
to the senate he is convinced by facts
and figures that such return is impos-
sible.
A NEW ASHBRIDGE SCHEME.
The Quay-Ashbridge machine in
Philadelphia, finding that it could not
convince any sane politician that Quay
would be elected, has been working the
scheme which was referred to in these
letters several weeks ago, viz: that of
asking the anti-Quay members to join
the Quayites in organizing the house
on a Republican basis. This is equiv-
alent to requesting the lamb to lie with
the jackal, but inside the latter.
No anti-Quay member-elect has been
fooled by this dodge. The anti-ma-
chine members of the legislature, ir-
respective of party, will organize the
house and senate against the Quay ma-
chine. The secret of the machine's
hold heretofore has been its patronage.
This will be taken from the machine,
and shorn of its power it will have
nothing to trade upon, and must neces-
sarily fall to pieces.
The Republican voters of Pennsyl-
vania should take a good, long look at
the- Quay machine and its operations
for the next 30 days, for after that it
will see this machine no more.
Ocronrr exports aggregated nearly
$2,000,000,000 and it is now certain that
the year 1900 will show up the largest
exports in the history of our foreign
commerce. This is the sort of expan-
sion that Statesman Bryan calls “greedy
commercialism.” It's the kind, hos-
ever, that keeps the wheels going and
s steady work and good wages. —
make
C Usville Courier ( Dem.)
Gili
For Hoarseness.
Benj. Ingerson, of Hutton, Ind. says
lie had not spoken a word above a
whisper for months, and one bottle of
Forey’s Hoxey axp Tar restored his
voice. It is used largely by speakers
and singers.” Take no substitute. Milj-
er & Shaler.
But it is a self evident fact |
MACHINE CLAIMS
GROWING FEEBLER
Andrews Put to Work as a Last
Resort to Try and Save
the Day For Quay.
HOUSE IN ANTI-QUAY IIANDS.
ers—If the Machine Is So Sure of
Quay’s Re-election Why Is It in
Such an Uneasy State ?—Quay Is
Skeptical and Seeks Infromation
From an Unofficial Source.
(From Our Own Corre spondent.)
Harrisburg, Dec. 4—The policy of
the Quay machine in claiming every-
thing in sight is not working as har-
moniously and as smoothly as its oper-
ators would like. The showing made
by the Democrats and anti-Quay Re-
publicans has taken the heart out of
a good many of them, and in despair
Mr. Quay and his leaders have finally
resorted to some of their old schemes.
It will be remembered that in the
legislative session of two years ago,
when it became apparent that Mr. Quay
was not going to have the walkover
that his friends had predicted, he sent
for Hon. W. H. Andrews, ex-senator
from Crawford county, to take hold of
his demoralized canvass. The canvass
had gone to the dogs. Penrose, Elkin,
Durham, Reeder, Eyre and all the rest
of the machine leaders and lieutenants
had failed to accomplish results, and
then Andrews was called upon as a last
resort.
History is repeating
same thing is occurring today. All the
leaders have tried their hand upen
Quay’s canvass for return, and all have
failed. And now Andrews has bocn
called upon to try and save the sink-
ing ship.
ANDREWS TO THE RESCUE.
But Andrews cannot do it. Ie is
disheartened. He feels that he has not
been treated right by the rest of the
machine managers, and he is less dis-
posed now to help Quay than he ever
was, although he is putting up a “bluff”
at the job.
Not only is Andrews, who is a
shrewd politician, aware that he can-
not win any of the anti-Quay men
over to his side, but he has been com-
pelled to abandon hope as to the Dem-
ocrats. The recent conferences which
Col. Guffey has held with Democraiic
members-elect of the legislature, and
the declaration by Col. Guffey and
these men that they will stand Ly the
Democratic party as against the Quay
machine has left Licut. Gen. Andrews
without a hope.
This is tue situation as it exists to-
day. As pointed out in my letter of
last week, Insurance Commisioner
Durham and a party of his friends
started for Florida as soon as the an-
nouncement was made that Andrews
was to take care of the Quay interests
in the state. They threw up their hands
as far as the state was concerned. An-
other strange feature show g how far
this demoralization has gor was the
action of Quay himself in ing an
casiern member-elect of the iture
to ascertain for him how many votes
he would have in the legislature. The
excuse given for this action was that
the state leaders and the Ashbridge
administration in Philadelphia had
been giving him (Quay) figures which
were not reliable.
QUAY'S SPECIAL AGENT.
This member came to Philadelphia
during the past week and held a num-
bor of conferences with Quayites who
were not leaders of the machine. He
also held conferences with a number
of legislators from nearby counties,
with the result that he confessed to a
personal friend that Quay’s case was
“mighty shaky.” To any discerning
politician this means that Quay’s case
is practically hopeless. This man vis-
ited Philadelphia during the absence
of Commissioner Durham in Florida,
and conducted his investigations inde-
pendent of machine influ e.
The death in Philadelphia on Satur-
day last of Hon. William F. Stewart,
“the father of the house,” removes an
anti-Quay vote. Mr. Stewart was one
of the staunchest opponents of the ma-
chine, and a gentleman whose upright-
ness, absolute honesty and political 1n-
tegrity were beyond doubt. re won
and held the respect and admiration of
every man with whom he became as-
sociated in politics.
THE DEATH OF STEWART.
But the death of Stewart dces not
impair the fortunes of the anti-Quay
cause. Several more votes could be
lost by death, or from other cause, and
the sceptre of power would not depart
from it. The fact is that the majority
against Quay and the machine is so
large that there is no danger now of
the machine being able to organize the
house or to elect Mr. Qua nd the
senate will also be organized by the
anti-Quay forces and the Democrats.
Discriminating readers who are not
swayed by partisan bias cannot have
failed to notice—first, that the anti-
Quay men are simply claiming persis-
tently, but emphatically, they have
done from the first, that they have Mr,
Quay whipped and the machine defeat-
ed; second, that the Quay forces and
the machine leaders, while claiming
that Quay has all the votes he needsand
will be elected on the first ballot, are
yet having Mr. Quay write appealing
letters to members of the legislature to
vote for him, and are even going so far
as to suggest that Quay go into a num-
ber of the Republican cour hold
meetings and make speeches and urge
the doubtful Republican mi: mbere-elect
to support him for senator.
Now if this sort of thing is not an
admission of defeat, the claims
is? The
whole thing is too tran I nt. Mr.
Quay is defeated, and he knows it,
and another Republican, who does not
bear the brand of the machine, will re-
place him at Washington.
After this will come a reorganization
of the party upon lines which wlil give
every man a chance. The first thing to
do is to rid the state and party of
Quayism. After that matters will
adjust themselves in the inte ts of
true Republicanism, and a pait that
does not have to blush for its existence
and tke men who lead it.
itself. The
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Mr. Quay is certain that he will be
returned to the United States Senate;
his opponents are just as certain that
Le will not be; the people are certain
that neither side is certain of the out-
come, and with all these certainties
is an uncertainty about it that
us conclude that it not best
to be certain that there is any certain-
ty to be counted on, except the uncer-
tainty that hangs over all— Watchman.
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as well as health, because they thought
their kidney dis e was incurable.
Forey’s Kinney Cure is a positive cure
for the discouraged and disconsolate.
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DEFINES “METROPOLIS.”
A Windber Man Makes a Thrust at
Meyersdale,
The following communication from
Windber last week appeared in the
Somerset Democrat. It is undoubted-
ly a thrust at some of the people of
Meyersdale, especially at its oldest, yet
most insignificant newspaper organ,
the Commercial :
It is the business of a newspaper to
| boom the town in which it is published.
| It is fitting and proper that all honor-
a = F T cjudiced Rend- |
Some Facts For Unprejudiced Rexd- | able means should be used by the press
| to advance the interests of the busi-
ness men who are its patrons. But
brag and bluster as well as mis-state-
ments will dot go among our people. It
is commendable to take pride in the de-
velopment of one’s neighborhood, but
it is contemptible to allow this pride to
approprite what rightly belongs to an-
other. That the term city should be
applied to a town of 3,000 is ridiculous.
The term metropolis can be applied |
only to cities, and then only to cities |
that are either cpitals, most pepulous,
or financial centers. Sometimes, how-
ever, the Greek derivationis applied,
and the idea of seniority 1s prominent.
If the leading towns of Somerset coun-
ty were cities, Somerset could lay claim
to metropolitan honors on account of
being the seat of government and the
greatest financial center. Windber
could do likewise, because of her popu- |
lation and commerce; and no one will
dispute the fact that Berlin is the old-
est town in the county aud could lay
claim to title on those grounds.
The Elk Lick or Salisbury coal region
is where it always has been. So named
by all geological writers, and while we
do not approve of a chronic kicker, it is
the duty of the editor at Salisbury to
kick, and to kick vigorously when oth-
ers seek to rob his community of its
just prerogatives. DeMocrAT.
Windber, Pa., Dec 1, 1900.
In reference to the Windber man’s
communication to our contemporary,
Tir Star will state that it has always
kicked against calling this the Meyers-
dale coal region, for it never was nor
never will be. Of course we cannot pre-
vent the old pair of drawers that pre-
sides over the Meyersdale Commercial
from calling our northern suburb the
“Metropolis” if it chooses to do so, bat
the fact remains ,nevertheless,that Mey-
ersdale is neither a city nor the me-
tropolis of Somerset county. Neither
can we prohibit it from calling this coal
region whatever it pleases, but regard-
less of what name it may apply, it is
the Elk Lick coal region just the same,
and for its size, Salisbury, which is in
the heart of the Elk Lick coal region,
continues to be the best business town
in the county.
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A Familiar Sound.
From the ITuntingdon Journal.
“I shall be elected Senator on the
first ballot,” declares M. S. Quay. Have
you ever heard the remark before?
Two years ago it was made daily by the
plum tree statesman, and the same
prediction was shouted from the house
tops by his men, but the first ballot
came and Mr. Quay found that his
prophecy was false. Daily messages
were sent from Harrisburg that the
“old man” would certainly win the
next day and the next day, but the
naxt day and the next day came, and
so on to the closing day of the session,
and at the end Mr. Quay found himself
short double the votes he was in the
beginning. “History repeats itself,” is
a trite saying, but history does repeat
itself, and may repeat itself at Harris-
burg this winter. It will repeat itself
to the extent thar Quay will not be
el cel Senator on the first or any
other ballot, and if his legislative
property decides that it shall repeat
itself to the extent that the next
Senator shall be “Quay or nodody,”
and has the power to make it nobody,
nobody let it be. Pennsylvania has
in some degree recovered her self
respect by defeating Quay, and when
she shall place an honest and a decent
man in the seat he once held, and fill
that occupied by Penrose with a man
fit to represent her, she willteen it'ed
to survey her face in a looking glass
and turn away unabashed and unasham
ed. From claims of more than 20 votes
above the number necessary to elect,
“the friends of Senator Quay” have
dropped to a claim of only one above a
majority. And when the Legislature
meets they will find that this solitary
one has melted away, and in the soli-
tary’s place stands an adverse major-
ity of from ten to fifteen. Mr. Quay
will not be elected Senator on this
earth, and, if he will take the advice of
one who neither admires nor loves him,
he will begin to lay his plans for a seat
in the Senate of that country whither
he is destined, unless he undergoes a
complete regeneration.
Meyersdale Postoffice Burglarized.
Last Friday night burglars forced an
entrance into the Meyersdale postoflice
and blew open the safe with some
powerful explosive, but secured only a
few cents for their trouble.
The noise of the explosion was heard
by some people living in the vicinity,
but the burglars fled before the alarm
could be given.
About two miles south of Meyers-
dale they stole two horses and a buggy
from S. 8. Miller, and we are informed
that one of the horses was found the
next day near Sand Patch, while the
other animal and the buggy were re-
covered some time later at Mt. Savage.
it is believed that one of the burglars
was injured when the explosion took
place, as it is reported that blood was
discovered on the ground near Mr.
Miller’s barn, and if this is correct the
thieves likely stole the horses and
buggy to take one of their number to a
place of safety.
A report reached this town on Mon-
day to the effect that several men
were arrested at Midland, Md., who
were believed to be the burglars, but
we have heard nothing further to con-
firm the report.
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Dr. C. J. Bishop, Agnew, Mich, says:
“I have used Forey’s Hoxey axp Tar
in three very severe cases of pneumo-
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13, 1900.
RATES TO INCREASE.
Bituminous Coal Shippers May Have |
to Pay a 10 per cent. Advance.
The Philadelphia Record says: “Prob-
ably there is no more apparent evi-
ence of the interests secured by the |
Pennsylvania railroad in the Baltimore
& Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, and Nor-
folk and Western railroads, and what
it signifies both in making and main-
taining of rates than the fact that it is
the purpose to advance the tidewater
freight rates on bituminous coal 10 per
cent. on April 1, 1901.
“The Pennsylvania, Baltimore and
Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, and Nor-
folk and Western railroads control the |
entire output of bituminous coal to
tidewater, and the harmonious relations
existing between them by reasons of
the interests had in each by the Penn-
sylvania railroad, permits of a concert
of action in advancing freight rates:
especially on bituminous coal, and the
maintenance of such advance that un-
der other circumstances was scarcely
possible. The bituminous freight and |
which it is proposed to advance 10 per
cent, are as follows:
“¥rom Clearfield region to Port Li-
berty, $1.35; to South Amboy, Port
Reading, Elizabeth, $1.35; to Philadel-
phia $1.00; to Baltimore, 93 cents ; from
the Cumberland region to the above
points, $1.50, $1.45, $1.15 and $1.00 re-
spectively; from the West Virginia
fields, $1.60, $1.55, $1.25, $1.18; from
Chesapeake and Ohio points to New-
port News, $1.15, and from the Norfolk
and Western fields to Norfolk, $1.15.
“Supply and demand, and the fact
that the bituminous coal producers
have advanced the price of that com-
modity, are assigned as among the rea-
sons for the proposed advance in the
freight rates. Among the bituminous
shippers the proposed advance is not
hailed with any degree of delight. The
present rates, they contend, are high-
er than they have been for years, and
that the trade is in no condition to ad-
mit of a still further increase.”
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MAY END IN MURDER.
A Short but Decisive Scrap Be-
tween two Employes at a
Rockwood Hotel.
A bad coon with a gun may have laid
the foundation last Thursday night, at
Rockwood, for another murder case in
this county. It all depends upon
whether the other coon, who was at the
danger end of the gun, rocovers or dies.
The scene of the tragedy was the office
of the Merchants’ hotel, and the hour,
bedtime. Landlord McDonald had in
his employ two colored men, Henry
Turner, the cook, and Fred Smith, the
porter. It seems that the porter had
been taking a little too much interest
in the cook’s department, which ruffled
Mistah Turner’s feathers. On the night
in question Turner had gone to his
room for the night, but it struck him
that he had forgotten his clock, and he
went to the oflice to get it. In the of-
fice were Landlord McDonald, and the
porter, Smith. Turner and Smith, with
the landlord standing between them,
got into a serap of words, which had
not gone far when Smith whipped out a
revolver and fired, right past Mr. Mec-
Donald’s face, striking Turner near the
heart. Turner ran up stairs, with Smith
after him. Mr. McDonald followed
and eaught Smith and put him out of
the house. A doctor was sent for, and
Turner’s wound was found to be a very
dangerous one, probably fatal. He was
taken to hospital at Connellsville,
where the doctors have since been try-
ing to get him in a condition for an
operation to remove the bullet. Having
lived this long his strong constitution
may pull him through. When Smith
left the hotel after shooting Turner he
jumped an eastbound freight train,and
his next caper was an attempt to shoot
a detective who undertook to arrest
him at Cumberland. He was overpow-
ed, however, and is now serving s sen-
tence atjCumberland,where he will not
be bard to get if Turner’s wound should
prove fatal.—Somerset Standard.
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Not a Candidate.
Pittsburg Times.
Representative W. H. Koontz, of |
Somerset, Pa., is a guest at the Monon-
gahela house. He came to Pittsburg |
to attend a meeting of the board of
directors of the Pittsburg & Connells-
ville Railroad Company, of which Le is |
a member. Mr. Koontz has been ard
opponent of M. S. Quay in the latter's |
effort to get into the United States
Senate. He was an outspoken anti-
Quayite two years ago, and was elected
to the Legislature on that platform.
He was re-elected this year, although
the Quayites used every available
means to accomplish his defeat, both in
the nomination convention and at the
polls. He says he is satisfied that Quay
is at least 15 votes short of election.
“Two years ago,” continued general
Koontz, “Quay had the prestige of the
assurance that he would be appointed
by Gov. Stone in case the Legislature
failed to elect him, and the ex-Sena-
tor’s friends boasted that he would sure
ly be seated in the Senate on the Cov-
ernor’s appointment. That assurance
held his forces together at the last ses-
sion and gave him prestige which is
now lacking. The Federal office-hold-
ers have also lost interest in Mer. Quay
since he is out of the Senate. And this
will be a sad blow to the ex-Senator at
the coming session.”
Mr. Koontz said he was not a candi-
date for Speaker or any other position
in the Legislature, but that he was con-
fident the anti-Quay forces would or-
ganize both branches.
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Many persons have had the exper-
ience of Mr. Peter Sherman, of North
Stratford, N. H., who says, “For years
I suffered torture from chronic “indi-
gestion, but Kodolf Dyspepsia Cure
made a well man of me?” It di
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The Graphophone.
“It would talk!
Lord! How it talked.”
—Beaumont and Fletcher's
“Scornful Lady”.
With the approach of the holidays,
with their traditional opportunities for
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to be acceptable as the fascinating ma-
chine that tal Graphophones come
in and at prices varying
from $5 to $150, while a toy machine,
costing only $1.50, which is designed
especially for children, is the most be-
witching entertainer, for the money,
that this age of wonders has yet pro-
duced. It never fails to amuse, and is
so simple in operation that the small-
est child can manage it.
The winter is the season when rain
and snow and wind bring to our minds
the thought that there is no place like
home, and the brighther and more in-
teresting the home is, the better for
mankind. The long winter evenings,
with music and congenial friends to be-
guile them are the ones to which we
look back with the greatest pleasure,
And the Graphophone, the most versa-
tile of all devices for making home at-
tractive, has made its way faster than
all other mechanical entertainers, add-
ed together, and has taken a permanent
place in the affections of all classes.
And the reason for this is not far to
seek, for the Graphopone sings, it plays
the music of band, orchestra and single
instruments, it tells stories, gives reci-
tations, teaches foreign languages, and
is especially calculated to drive dull
care away. In the parlor, in the nurse-
ry, in the sick room—everywhere the
whole house over—the Graphophone
finds its place, for the variety of things
it does, enables it to meet the require-
mgnts of every taste and adapt itself to
the moods of all. When it plays a
march your spirits are stirred by the
martial strain, if it renders a song, the
naturalness with which the selection is
given brings smiles or tears, according-
ly as the song is humorous or pathetic,
and by numberless means, it wins its
way to our hearts and when it is silent
we feel as if a living, breathing mem-
ber of the household had ceased to
speak.
And besides being an entertainer of
the first magnitude, the Graphophone
is a tireless educator. It teaches the
children the newest and brightest mu-
sic, and in that way brings not only
them but their parents up to date. It
is a source of never ending satis-
faction to know a piece of music
when one hears it—to have some
knowledge of where it came from and
who wrote it. The Graphophone facili-
tates this very laudable ambition. A
popular air from a new opera, before
the Graphophone was invented, or g
new song, a dashing march or an en-
trancing waltz became familiar by ex-
tremely slow degrees, to everybody
outside of the musical few. Now the
Graphophone the world for its
audience snd is the greatest me-
dium extant, for the dissemination
of all that is new and lively and desir-
able in the fleeting music of yesterday
and of all that is grand and exalting in
the classical music of all the centuries,
including our own.
Nothing can be more interesting than
the p=aking of records at home. Those
who have never indulged in this cap-
tivating pastime have many pleasant
evenings before them. To permanent-
ly imprison the words of the children
and to store up the songs of your
friends—that is what record making at
homes means and it is alwaysa delight-
ful occupation.
A Pretty Wedding.
A very pretty wedding took place
last Thursday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Sufall, Somer-
set, Pa., when their daughter, Cora, was
married to Mr. Daniel W. Rhoads.
The house wx autifully arranged
and decorated with Mes and flowers,
and in the presence of jhout fifty
guests the ceremony was performed by
Rev. J. W. Wilson, pastor of the
ted Brethren church, of Somerset.
The organist, Mr. Oran Kantner,
played the wedding march, and the en-
tire ceremony was very pretty and im-
pressive. A sumptuous repast was
served at 11 p. m. The only thing to
mar the pleasure of the occasion was
the serious illness of the bride’s father,
who has for some time been confined
to his bed.
The young couple were the recipients
of many fine presents, and their many
friends all unite in wishing them a long
and happy life.
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN,
A New Lodge to be Instituted im
Salisbury.
A tribe of the Improved Order of
Red Men has been recruited in Salis-
bury, and the same will be instituted
on Saturday evening next. A banquet,
we understand, is to follow the insti-
tution.
About 80 or 85 charter members are
on the list, which would seem to indi-
cate that the Red Men will be the
strongest secret organization in this
town right from the start.
The order is founded on the best of
principles, and it is said that ne other
secret society can show so marvelous a
growth as that of the Red Men. It
seems to be aln ost universally conced-
ed by lodge men that the Improved
Order of Red Men is ene of the grand.
est and best organizations in the world.
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appeal from the President of the Bryan
Club of Massachusetts proving that
Bryan was a bigger man than
3 Lincoln. A confidential
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lity of the Associated Press to
carry the full of this appeal by
wire to the stributing centers
we send it direct to you.” The Assoei-
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