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OL. XL-NO. 203.
SHENANDOAH, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1896.
ONE CENT.
WE GUARANTEE
As we will positively carry over none of our summer stock. A big line
of SUHMGR HATS, which must be sold. You ought to purchase one.
Our $1.00 Hat now S1.50. Our $2.25 Hat now $1.85.
We still sell the best $1.25 Hat In the market.
UPTODATE HAT STORE,
IS EAST CENTRE ST.
MAX LEV IT.
SHIRTWAISTS SHIRTWAISTS
A Full and Complete Line
From 50c to $1.25.
WHITE : GOODS : AND : EMBROIDERIES.
HENRIETTAS, LANSDOWNE AND SILK,
Laces, Gloves, Ribbons and
a fine graduating dress.
. I .1 pZC?!OP"' North Main St.,
VJ- O- I riv C 5, Shenandoah, Pa.
COLUMBIA BREWING
- COMPANY fttr
BUYS THE BEST
MAKES THE BEST
and SELLS THE BEST.
ALFRED
F.
MORGAN.
OLD HAY
OLD OATS
OLD WHEAT FLOUR.
To meet the wants of our trade, for
good old stock we offer to-day :
One Car Choice Old No. 1 Timothy Hay.
1,000 Bushels Old Michigan Oats.
One Car Winter Wheat Middlings.
200 Barrels Finest Quality Hinnesota Patent Flour,
Hade of AH Old Wheat.
100 Barrels High Grade Roller Flour.
10 Tons Chop.
--h At KEITER'S.
i : :
JUST OPENING-
A Large Stock of New Floor Oil Cloth.
. . Fall Styles. ..
G. W- KEITER,
" -I. I i. . f 1
SHENANDOAH, - PENNA.
THIS FINE
ROCKER
aay$lB39.
Children's Carriages $3.75
and upwards.
All Styles of
Refrigerators.
j. p.
Williams 8c Son,
South tVlaln St.
-
.BARGAINS
Proprietor.
Fans. Everything suitable for
A SHOE TALE I
Only the happy wearers of Morgan's Shoos
can appreciate weir real goouncss ot quality,
fit and durability. Tho prices are right a trial
will tell a long story. Sep our special in ladies'
shoes.
Alfred F. Morgan,
No. 11 W. Oak Street.
18
Will Resent the Inactivity if Certain
National Committeemen.
HO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE YET.
Ho Will Probably Select Persons Outside the
National Committeemen From New York,
Pennsylvania and Connecticut Can
didate Bryan to Stump the Country.
Nbw Yoiik, Aug. '14. Chairman Jones,
of tho national Romocr.itlc commltteo, It
Is said, has got down to threatening what
would be done f thcro wiib not active par
ticipation In the Irynn campaign by nil
tho jintlonnl committeemen. For tho past
few dnys tho moro radical members of the
national commltteo havo lcn urging
somo nctlon by tho chairman against tho
absent nnd supposed to lu lnnctlvo com
mitteemen, particularly from Now York,
Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Senator
Jones hnd steadfastly refused to do any
thing, and the .committee by voto on Wed
nosdny rafrulnud from Interfering.
Yesterday, however, thcro cume a change
in tho situation. Following closely tho
visit of a dolegatlon of Pennsylvania men
to Mr. Bryan,, Chairman Jones attempted
to direct tho action of tho Pennsylvania
stnto Democratic state commltteo by pro
claiming In a telegmm thnt James Kerr,
pf Clearfield, would be a proper man to
elect as chairman in placo of Mr. Wright,
resigned. Tho Ilnrrity mon did not bo-
Hovo It, and had a candidate of tholr own,
Colonol Spanglcr.
Lnto In tho afternoon a toloErnm from
Harrisburg rclatod that Mr. Spanglcr
would bo elected. It Is said that Chair
man Jones then answered that If Kerr was
not chosen ho would rosort to tho power
conforrod upon him and would romovo
Horrlty from tho national committee and
appoint Korr. Ponutor Jones was shown
tho dispatch relating to this story. Ho
read It through carefully and thon posi
tively declined to tnllt.
"Is tho statement untruof " ho wasosked.
"I don't care to talk," ho answered.
"May It bo said, then, that It Is truef"
"I havo no time to talk about It or
bother about denying it," ho answered,
and then retired to his room.
When lio recolved u telegram later say
lng that Garman, in whoso favor Spanglcr
had rotlrod, had lwcn elected over Kerr,
thus giving tho victory to tho Harrlty
people, senator Jones is said to have mado
the threat that all national committee
men who did not take nil active part In
tho campaign would bo ousted from the
committee.
A friend of Mr. Harrity nnd the Now
York state committeeman, Shechnii, said,
when tho matter was mentioned :
"I don't think that Sonator Jones is so
lacking in political knowledge as to make
that statement. I ho fact is, ho cannot re'
move any member of tho national coni'
mltteo, and It is a question whether tho
commltteo ltselr can do that. The na
tional commltteo Is not a legislative body,
and is not a Judge of its own members'
qualifications. Too only way a member
can bo removed Is by the stato committeo
from his homo state. Senator Jones has
nuulo a mistake,"
Later in tho night a friend of Senator
Jones told what may really bo tho plan ot
the natlonnl chairman in disciplining tho
alleged obstinate momuers of tho commit'
tee. Ho said:
"I think that Chairman Jonos' attitude
has been misconstrued in this matter. Ho
will not, as has boon stated, attempt to re
move tho members from Now York, Con
necticut and Pennsylvania who havo not
takonnny part in our proceedings, but he
will do this: By resolutions of tho national
commlttoo tho chairman, in making up
his campaign nnd executive committees,
was given power to select persons outside
of tho national committee. The states of
Now York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania
will uo represented on those committees,
but not by tholr national committeemen.
Mr. James Kerr will probably be chosen
for Pennsylvania, Mr. Alexander Troup
for Connecticut, and probably Mr. Wil
liam Sulzor for Now York, although tho
latter matter may bo loft open until tho
Now York state Democrotlo convention
ineots."
Chairman Jonos sont word to all tho
nowspapor men that he had not yet his
commltteo lists fully. In tho meantime
tho mutter of soloctlng a national head
quarters city remains unsettled, but It Is
concodod that Washington stands the best
chanco of obtaining it.
Candidate Bryan was in conferonco yos
terduy with thoso members of the national
commltteo who aro In tho city. Ono of the
things which was decided upon nt tho
meeting was that Mr. Bryan will travel
the country over, addressing tho crowds
from tho rear of a railroad car. Ho will
enter actlvoly Into tho campaign about
Sopt. 1, and contluuo on tho stump until
the election. In order to obtain a much
needed rest and to prepare the letter of ac
ceptance before tho speech making begins
ho will spend the next two weeks nt somo
quiet placo not yet decided upon. Tho visit
to Buth, Mo., will therefore bo postponed
until tho latter part of Soptombor, when
Mr. Bryan will maken number of speeches
iu Now England.
Why Ilryun Item! Hit Speech.
New York, Aug. 14. Hon. W, J. Bryan
explained to a representative of tho As
sociated Press his reasons for reading his
speech in reply to tho notification of his
nomination ut Madison Square Garden.
Ho said: "Knowing that It would bo
printed In full I thought It more Impor
tant that It should reach in correct form
tho millions who will read It than that the
delivery should pleaso tho fuw thousands
who wore presont. It is always unfortu
nate when a speaker la compelled to read
a political speoch, but In this Instance I
thought It best not torlskthoorrors whjeii
uiwuya urouji mm me report ox an oxwnj-,
rjoranuoua snooch." J'
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Ocean Trout So l'ound.
Carload fresh Ocean Trout to-morrowl
uiuiiiiiiu, cxuuruuy, August jam. lurpni
siding Lehigh Valley freight yard, Car ojJ
about 0 a.m. ' J
Atlantic Fibu Co! h
FATAL FLOOD NEAR PITTSBURG.
Six Icnplo llend nnd Tliou.uuiU of Dol
lars 111 l'ropi'rty Ilentroy cil.
PITT8IWUO, Aug. U, Yostordny this
city and vicinity was visited by ono of tho
heavlost nnd most persistent downpours
of rain that hns been seen hero for years.
It tarried death and destruction with It,
and os a result six lives wcro sacrificed
nnd thousands of dollars' worth of prop
erty laid to waste.
1 ho dead arq ; Mrs. Susan Auld, widow.
aged 74 i Mrs, Ellen Popploton, widow,
aged t9 ; Mrs. Floronco Robinson, her
daughter, aged, 31; Omlel SchalTcr, aged
lu years; Mnrtln Corcoran, Infant; un
known man.
.ifor nn hour t.hn dnwnivmr wnn terrific.
It Ihon let up slightly, nnd in throo hours
B.Sl inches had fallen, l.SU of this being
precipitated during tho first hour.
A torrent of eighteen feet came rushing
dotvn and struck the Uoblnson residence
with tcrriblo forco, carrying It from its
foundations nnd toppling It ovor into tho
swirling flood. Tho houso, collapsing as
It SVas carried along, wa3 lodged against
soriio willows along tho bank and tho oc
cupants, who had clung with dosperntion
to (ho ruins, wcro onablod by supcrhumun
efforts to inalto tholr oscapo to land all
except tho throo womon mentioned above.
DoIIavcn, n small oil town on tho Pltts
bn r ix und Western railroad, about ten
miles from hero, had to bear tho brunt
of tho storm's fury, and It was thero most
of tho lives were lost. Tho little town of
GOO Inhabitants Is situated In a valley just
ut tho junction of two creeks, and every
heavy storm fills these creeks and floods
portions of tho placo. When tho storm
burst tho house of James Uoblnson was
mndo a placo of rofugo by ten pooplo. Of
this number throo women were drowned.
Little Mnrtln Cochran was in bed sick
with scarlet fever when tho flood entered
hlsfather's houso. Tho shock and exposure
brought his life to an end within an hour
or two.
Omlel SchnfTcr was stmidlntt on tho
Pittsburg and Western bridge at Pharps-
uurg, with thousands of others, watching
tho high waters. Ho attempted to catch a
pleco of driftwood, lost his bulanco nnd
was caught by tho torrent and hurled Into
eternity.
Tho other victim was an unknown man
whoso body was scon floating down G or
Head creek past Uo Havon.
Condemned Murderer Hies in" I'rison,
Philadelphia, Aug. 14. After being
in nrison nently ten years, the death sen
tenco hnnnlnir over his head all tho while,
Oscar Hugo Webber died at tho county
prison yesterday. Although Wobbcr was
convicted of murder of the first degree
and' sentenced to death, tho sentence was
novcr Imposed, bocuusa of tho belief that
the prisoner was Insane. Governor Boavor
did not sign tho death warrant, and his
successors followed tho sumo plan. Woo-
ber killed William H. Martin, a South
stroot jeweler, on Deo. 0, 18S0.
At Ilreen's Itl.ilto Cafe.
Cream of tomato soup will bo served as
frco lunch to-morrow morning. Plenty for
everybody.
.Meals served at all hours.
Open Air Coneert To-nl(;lit.
Tho following is tho program Jlmt will lio
given at mo open uir concert ny tuo urnui
Band on Keller's awning to-night :
1. "R and M. Cadet's March," Herder
2. Ovcrture'Herlln in Joy and Horrow"..Conrudl
3. "Itussian Ciirrlao Souk" .Thornton
4. "Austrfnn Kctrett" Meln
5. "The. C'oiUetto Characteristic I)aiic-o"...Souso
0. "ttplsmics in ft roiieeinans i.llo" lues-
crfptivo pleco) beeves
Synopsis : Police Catherine; for duty j roll cnll j
the lonely patrol; tho crentnjr hymn; tho
merry dance; serenade.; drunken party; tho
arrest; the Krand parade.
7. "The 1'ostlllon Waltz" Farhbaeh
8. "HI. Capital! March" Sousa
Kendrick Houso Free Luiicll.
Cream of tomato to-night.
Hot lunch to-morrow morning.
Deviled Crabs, 10 cents.
Hard Shell Crabs, 5 cents.
Water Will lie Cut Mil'.
Superintendent Iletteridgo says that at
least 30 per cent, of tho consumers aro still
In arrears for water rents, notwithstanding
his notice that ho will shut off tho supply of
all delinquent. The time of grace expires
next V cdncsday night and tho superintend
ent says that ho will commonco turning olf
tho water on Thursday morning on all pro
perties for which the water rents' aro not
paid. Unless tho number of delinquents is
greatly reduced lu the meantimo soino lively
times may ho looked fur.
Uranium New Itestuurnnt.
Hot ltiuch will bo served to-night and to
morrow morning,
The Horse flot Illllky.
Last evening whllo two young ladies of
town, who had been enjoying a drive, woro
aliglitlnlng from tho carriage at tho corner of
Centre and Jardln streets, tho horse became
Ixtlky and started to hack on tho side-walk.
With tho hind part on the pavement the
vehiclo suddenly tilted, when Jauios (Jalvin,
tho tailor, who is always an tho alort when
tho fair sex Is In distress, came to tho rescue
and avoided any further mishap.
rish 0c. round Cleaned.
Atlantic Fish Co., of Long Branch, X. J.,
will sell a carload of fish to-morrow morning,
Lehigh Valley freight yard. Cur open at
0 a.m.
Fell l'rom a Tree.
William Jawalsklc, eight years old, fell
from a trco on tho Ilraudonvillo hill yester
day afternoon and sustained severe body
bruises. Ho was attended at his humc,
corner of White and Lloyd streets, by Dr.
W. N. Stein.
At lllckert's Cafe To-morrow.
SpriflQIfcn.
HardlBkabs,
C'hlcJfcystor and clam soup.
West Shenandoah Idle.
West Shenandoah colliory was idle to day.
IrgttflJJAii-iaorfilnit a fall of rock occurred In
laTA? ,, ... ... ....
inu coaiery wus unauie io siun
ml time, but will rosumo en
pkinp at CutllwUsn,
Sof Olrardvllle people wont into
o Susquehanna, near Cutawissa,
rhey havo a splendidly equipped
ui enjoy mo under tho touts for
Bwcets,
ii wns iiiiBii
Result of the Inquest In the Richards
Case.
HOW THE YOUNG MAN WAS KILLED
Witnesses Say That it la Necessary to
Make Slope Repairs During Working
Hours, But It Is Not Allowed While
the Cars Are In Motion.
Deputy Coroner Manley and a jury com
prising F. J. llrcutian, John Scanlun, James
J. Powell, Patrick Connors, Joseph Manley
and P. J. Flaherty, held an inquest iu tho
caso of William C. liichunls, Jr., tho young
man who was killed in the slope of tho west
Shenandoah colliery by hoing struck by a
car while engnyed in doing some repair work.
The Deputy Coroner and Mino Inspector
William Stein conducted the examination of
witnesses and directed tho lino of inquiry
as to whether tho performance of repair
work in tho sloro during working hours was
not a great danger In that colliery. Tho
witnesses said that no work was done while
tho rope was in motion in tho slope, hut
wliilo tho car wus at the top, and the instruc
tions of tho insido foreman wero that when
tho ropo was in motion the repairsmen should
cither step behind tho column pipo, or Into
siiiiio heading, or other convenient opening.
School Director David Morgan was tho first
witness. Ho bus been insido foreman at tho
colliery for about 17 years. Ho said Kichnrds,
tho victim, worked in the slopo about two
years. George Lorah, who has been engaged
at the same work about 11 years, was closo
to Richards at tho timo of tho accident. Tho
repairmen aro lustructed to keep out of tho
load and if they see anything wrong with
tho pultlcs to attend to It whllo tho wagons
aro stopped on th6 slope. Mr. Morgan said
ho had frequently warned tho men to keep
out of the road of wagons.
Q. Do you think it is right to havo men
employed on tho slope during hoisting hours.
or do yon think it is n violation of tho initio
law iu doing so ?
A. I don't think it was wrong to havo
them there. Very often things go wrong on
tho slopo and wo have to repair between
trips.
Q. What wns the causo of tho accident ?
A. That is something I could not say,
Richards and Lorah had agreed to pull out
pullies between trips. Lonih was up the
slope about SO feet above tho young man and
had his pulley out and got out of tho way
and didn't take notico whether Richards
wns or not. Tho car passed him and struck
Richards. Lorah turned to look down and
saw a light, but could not sco Richards. Ho
rang tho bell and stopped tho wagon.
George Lorah testified that ho hns been
employed oyer 20 years on tho repairs In tho
colliery and nearly 0 years regularly in the
slopo. Richards worked with him sineo
April, 180.1. They wero supposed to keep
tho pullies in tho slopo in repair. .Men are
not allowed to walk up and down tho slope.
Tho placo at which Richards was caught was
about 83 yams from tho top of the slope
Lonih wns 31 feet abovo tho young man.
Tho slopo is 500 yards deep. Lorah said ho
hnd taken out a pulley and Richards was to
tako ono out, but for somo reason ho didn't.
Roth men wero working ou tho samo tnick
Lorah left tho truck as soon ns tho car (oft
the top.
In answer to a question by Mino Inspector
Stein as to what chance of escape tho men
would havo if tho car should leave the top
without belug attached to the ropo and leave
the track in tho slopo so as to be diverted to
tho place where the men would stand for
safety, Lorah said tho chances would bu all
right, as thcro would bo the column pipo be
tween tho track and tho men.
Mr. Morgun said they never had a car
jump tho road in tho slopo in going down.
There aro guido rails thero. Ho said ho had
seen a car go clear from tho top to tho bottom
oven before the guido rails wcro iu nnd tho
cur did not jump tho track.
Thomas McCormlck, a contractor, said ho
had worked in tho colliery for 23 years and
hnd worked on tho repairs olf nnd on. Ho
said he wouldn't consider It safe to work iu
tho slopo during tho hoisting and the men
wero always Instructed to leave when the
hoisting was going on.
McCormlck was asked if ho was not hurt
in tho slopo somo timo ngo, and upon answer
ing in the affirmative, gave this version of
it : "I was going down the slopo in tho mum
lug before wo started to hoist. They wcro
lowering men on ono sido nnd empty cars on
tho other, I was examining somo repair
work that had been done when a wagon
struck and knocked mo down. I had no
time to get out of tho way. I hnd no busi
ness to walk down at all." McCormlck
added that men who did not keep olf tho
slopo while coal was being hoisted violated
tho law themselves by failing to obey the
Instructions of the otllcials.
Christ, llcrncr, Frnnz Gilbert nnd Reuben
Roso wero also oxamined, but their testi
mony was not of a material character.
Just before tho inqtist closed William C.
Richards, Sr., tho father of tho victim, ap
poured beforo tho Jury and said, "I hopo
thero will bo no blame attached to anyone
I don't, for my part, sco where there can bo
any blame."
The jury rendered tho following verdict:
"That tho snld William C. Richrrds, Jr.,
death was cnuscd by being struck by nn
empty trip of curs, while they woro descend
ing tho slopo ai the West Shenandoah colliery,
nnd was the result of un accldeut."
At Kepchlmkl'a Arcade Cafe.
Clam soup for frco luuch to-night.
Hot lunch to-morrow morning.
Meals served at all hours.
Died ut the Almshouse.
Charles Uocutnus, 47 years of age, died on
Wednesday at tho Schuylkill Haven alms
house from pucumonla nnd tho funeral took
place to-day from his former residence ou
llast Raspberry alley. Interment was mado
In the Lithuanian cemetery
Illckert's Cafe.
Our frco lunch to-morrow morning will
consist of Boston Baked Beans and pork.
For Sale Clicup,
A desirable residence ou East Coal street.
Apply to M. M Uurke, uttoruey-at-law tf
SATURDAY nnd
MONDAY.
SPECIAL
SALE
OF TUBS
Ail unusual sale. We offer
strictly first-class goods.
Pine Tubs worth 65c, price 49c
" 75C, " 5.
' 85c " 65c
Cedar Tubs, best goods obtainable
Small, worth 75c, price 55c
Medium, worth $1, price 69c
L,arge, worth$i . 35, price 89c
Anticipate your needs and buy
now at this sale.
G I RVI N '
8 S. Main Street.
A Four Iurksinaii.
Samuel Small is n victim of bad marks
manship. While ho was engaged iu cleaning
a wngon nt New's daughter houso, near the
Cambridgo collier-, tho horse ran away
Small succeeded In getting his arms nronnd
the horse's neck, but failed to stop the
animal, A young limn ran out from Roberts
ice houso und tried to hit the horse with a
club, but missed his aim nnd gave Small nn
ugly cut on tho forehead. Tho horso wns
subsequently stopped.
Ftsli 5c. l'ound Cleaned.
Carload of fish on siding Lehigh Valley
freight yard, to-morrow morning, Saturday
August 15th. Largo Sou Trout, Be pound.
A Itun Away.
A horso belonging to Evan J. Duvles ran
awny on West Lloyd street this morning and
caused quite a ripple of excitement. The
wheel of tho cart was broken nnd several tieo
boxes wcro torn from their fastenings.
Soveral childron who wcro playing in the
street had a narrow escapes from being rtuv
over.
Drunk Ammonia,
George, tho 2-year-old son of Henry
Sampsell, of Ellangowan, almost ended his.
existence by drinking ammonia. The child's
mouth was severely burned.
Vanilla, Chocolate ieo cream, Oruugo Ice
daily. Scheider's, 2!l E. Ccntro street, lm
Married.
John Fluck, ono of tho prominent members
of tho Rcscuo Hook & Lndder Company, and
Mrs. Turnbull wero married last evening by
Rev. James Moore, at tho parsonago of the
Primitive Methodist church.
.Special Train For Lakeshlo.
A specinl train ou the P. & It. rallrond will
leave here to-morrow nt 0:00 11. m. for East
Malianoy Junction, returning will lea vo the
lntter place nt 0:00 p. m. Tickets will ho 2S
cents, good also on trains leaving hero at
12: IS and 3:00 p. in.
Secured it Liitko Order.
R. II. Morgan, tho West Centro street re
galia manufacturer, was at Lost Creek last
nvening and secured a nice order from tho
Lost Creek Cadets. Ho took measures for
twenty new uniforms, and when that organi
zation again appears upon parndo It will
present a better appearance than ovor.
BLANK
BOOKS
Of all kinds, styls and:
prices. The largpt and
most complete assortment
in town.
LEDGERS, SINGLE AND DOUBLE EtITRY,
JOURNALS,
DAY BOOKS,
CASH BOOKS,
BLOTTERS,
RECORDS,
JUSTICES' DOCKETS
All the above bound in cloth,
sheep, leather corners and back, or
full bound.
A full line of butcher and grocer
pass books, wagon books, order
books, &c.
We can get any special ruled
books in a few days.
F.J. Portz 8c Son,
SHENANDOAH, PA
DON'T : WORRY
USE
Kirlin's
Compound
Blackberry
Cordial.
NEVER FAILS.
Price, 2$c.
KIRLIN'S
DRUG STORE,
6 South Main Street.
I