-'1 88 83 -a DO YOU WANT 7 frari fubic through a fro grtufvt, dtgmfiea, influential journal Hie the 1IKHALD columns. THE HERALD Crea tes business because of its inmvn Urge circulation and renders rich results In its advertisers. W 83--- - " 83 VOL. XIIL-NO, 85. SHENANDOAH. PA.. MONDAY. APRIL 4 1898. ONE CENT wnmg fijli let A Better Than Klondike. Invest your money to receive full value for the same. where you are sure Solid Oak Fancy Base Extension Tab'e, - Iron Bedsteads, Solid Oak Chanila Suits, eight pieces, $3.75 $ 3-50 14.00 A MGEFUlt SOLUTION Radicals Cannot Change Presi dent From His Position. Parlor Suits, 5 pieces', Wood seated chairs, Cane seated chairs, $18.00 45 75 J. P. Williams & Son, Full size well made couches, spring seat, full fringed, $ 3.75 Sideboards, - - 5-5 13 S. Main Street, SHENANDOAH, PA. a fflEssaoE TopHHoai or Wednesday. Buggies and Carriages For Sale.. The President, His Supporters Say, Means to Recognize the Independence of Cuba Shortly, Provided Spain Does Not Recede From Her Present Position The President's Mes sage will be an Able and Exhaustive Public Document. Will be sold comparatively cheap. Many are in excellent condition. Reasons for selling are that they 51 have been replaced with several carloads of new ones, which rived this week. ar- COR. WHITE AND LLOYD STS. SHENANDOAH, PA. B's sale Is a profit winner for horsemen, MANSION HOUSE STABLES, MAHANOY CITY. WATCH FOR SPRING ANNOUNCEMENT J. J. PRICE'S, North Main St., Shenandoah, Pa. EVAN J. DAVIES. Livery and Undertaking, No. 13 North Jardin St. W! -tsfr I BOTTLE Beer, Weiss Beer, Ale, Porter. l'nvate iannly orders will receive prompt attention. Leave them at the office, we will do the rest. Columbia Brewing Company. BICYCLES fob 1898. $50.00 WiLL BUY A VICTOR. $40.00 WILL BUY A G END RON. $35.00 WILL BUY A DEV10REST. $25.00 WILL BUY A WARRANTED WHEEL. All standard make wheels, that you will run no risk in buying Bring your old wheel in and we will over-haul and repair it now. Have it ready for you to ride the first fine day. SWALM'S HARDWARE STORE. WE HAVE TOO MANY CANNED GOODS. To Reduces Stock wo Offer a Few Special Dargalns : Corn. Maryland Sugar Corn, 4 for 25c. Fancy Northern, 3 for 25c. Tomatoes. Extra size and fancy quality, 2 for 25c. Peas. Extra early June, 4 for 25c. Sifted early June, 3 for 25c. Fancy quality, sweet and tender, 2 for 25c. Gooseberries, 5 for 35c, Washington, April 4, 3:00 p. in. President McKinlcy is for peace, and ho will not swerve from what he regards as his plain duty. The oxtroiuist of both sides the radical war advocates and the peaee-ut-any-prico theorists will not cliungo.'khitu. The situation as it stands to-day : Tlio President will probably send his message o Congress to-morrow, and possibly not until "Wednesday. It will bo an mportant and exhaustive document ; patriotic in tone, and the Maino question will occupy an important part in the message: Tlie message will bo one of the most elaborately prepared documents that ever eminated from the White House. Tlio President believes that the events of the world are making for peace ; and ho will say to Congress that tlio only intervention warranted, and the only kind he could recommend, is ntervention for tho purposo of roltoviiif; 200,000 wretchod inhabitants of Cuba, now supported by public and private charity. Should Spain, how ever, hereafter commit an overt act ho would not be slow to rcommend a declaration of war for the protection of the national honor. Leading Administration members of Congress, after a secret conference ut the White House to-day, say the President's message will be sent to Congress about Wednesday. The President will take 11 very Arm and de termined attitude, and means to carry out his former policy. Ho intends recognizing Cuban independence officially, and will take action shortly. In conversation with leading members of Congress to-day, who have tho confidence of tho Administration, the President told them there was no truth in the report that this government had agreed to allow tho Pope to act as arbitrator in the affairs of tlio United States and Spain. A special dospatch from Madrid received here this morning announces : "Minister AVoodford received yesterday an important communication from Washington in reference to Spain's attitude. Gen. Woodford refused to say anything touching upon the crisis, oxcept that the situation is vitally grave. He believes Spain will be induced to do justice to Cuba. The public ex pectation here now is nothing but war." Your correspondent called at the Wlnto House to-day to verify the abovo, but the officials were very reticent. Tlio President mailo an import ant statement, however, to the effect that he was hourly expecting a cable gram from .Prime Minister Sagasta notifying the American government of formal proposition for armistice to Cuban insurgents. Many take tins to 1 , . -ill, 1... t ... 1IT 1 mean that peace negotiations are sun 111 prui-uss uutweou vvasiiiiigiou anu Madrid. Senor Qnesada, representing the Cuban Jantu at Washington, said to day that the Cubans would never consent to an armistico until their inde pendence was recognized. Until that time tlio Cubans would not cease hghting. Commodore W. S. Schley notilleu the .Navy department to-day that the Hying squadron was ready to sail at an hour's notice. The House committee on Foreign Auairs met this morning with aoors securely locked, and no cards were allowed to bo taken in to members of the committee. It is believed the session was a stormy one. After adjourn ment it was announced that tho committee would take no dellnito action to-day as to tho report. Nothing will bo done iu Congress to-day. The members of tho committee were pledged to secrecy before adjournment. Tho committee will meet again to-morrow. INDEPENDENCE FOR THE CUBANS. ltesoltltiou Introduced Into tint Hoiira To- Dliy To Tluit i:n't'it. Special to llr.liAI.Ii. Washington, April I, 3:30. Heprcscntatlvo W. W. Grout, of Vermont, introduced a Joint resolution in tho IIouso to-day recognizing the Independence) of Cuba, and authorizing the President to expend out of tho fifty million dollars appropriation, f!00,000 for food for the rccouccntrados. Tho Navy department to-day tcltgraphed the Auxiliary Cruiser hoard at New York io purchaso Immediately ten vessels for aux iliary navy. Tho movements iu the Navy department to-day woro moro actlvo than ever before since tho war clould appeared. GOURT AT POTTSVlIihE Michael Hemming Sentenced by Judge Koch This Morning;. STRONG PLEAS FOR MERCY MADE The Prosecutors Joined In With Them The Court Imposed a Eentenco of Two Years After a Pathetic Review of the Circumstances Arguing the Meyers Case. Spiiln Wants War. Special to Evenino Hkiiai.d. London, April 4. The Spanish Ambassa dor at this place gave out a remarkahlo in terview to-day, in which ho says oflicial Spain wants peace, but the people aie eager for war. Ho says Spain would inflict Incalculable in jury upon the United States iu a war that would last years. He says tho "American Heat is manned by mercenaries of no practical experience, who could not hold not aralnst Spain. Consequently wo do not fear war." Movements of Wwrsliijis. Special to Uvenino Herald. Callo, Peru., April 4. The United Statos battleship Oregon arrived this morning nt liueenstowu. The Spanish torpedo boat de stroyer Osado tailed for l'errol, Spain, this morning. Spain's new warship Garibaldi, bought of Italy, is now ready to sail for Barcelona. Tho Spanish government has decided to Itnniedately romovo from foreign waters all tho warships it has rteontly purchased. Bagnstit Hopes lor l'oacu. BpecInl.to.IIcitALD. London, April 4. A adrid special des patch this afternoon says Sagasta this Dom ing "Impresses tho hopo that peaceful con sideration would influence the American politicians, declaring the people's meditation practically the last chance of averting war." Five Hundred Lives Lost. Special to Kviziino Heualu. Itidgeway,- 111., April 4 Shawneetowu borrow, caused by tho bursting of levee, grows hourly. It was estimated this morn ing by the Mayor that fully five hundred lives are lost iu the deluge. Seo particular ou third pago. Ed. Mr. Mojer Loaves. J. Arthur Moyer to-day moved to South ampton, Pa., where he will engago in tho re. tail shoo business. Mr. Mover was the mam er of the Factory shoo storo in town and spent tho past fow weeks in disposing of tho stock and closing up tho business. In his de parture ho takes with him the good wishes of this community. During Ills residence bore hu made warm friends and tho Uekai.d oins tliem iu wishes for success in his new undertaking. Baked Beans. Picnic size, 3 for 10c. Standard large cans, 5 for 25c Ifiue quality, very cheap, 4 for 25c lixtra quality, 3lor 25c. Fancy qunlityflpfor 25c. California Reaches. Yellow Crawford, 5c Imon. Red Alaska, 3 for 25c. Columbia River, 2 for 25c. Apricots and Eggs Plums, 3 cans for 25c. Standard 2 for Lemon Clings at 15 and 18 Cents. Regular 25c Goods. Fresh Stock California and Jamaica Oranges. NEW CARPETS. FLOOR OIL CLOTHS . . . AND LINOLEUM. NEW PATTERNS, MORE ADDITIONS TO THE NAVY. Vessels That Will be Quickly Truusicrreu Into Fighters. Washington-, April 4. Lieutenant Commander Colwell has purchased for the uovernment from the Thames Iron works, in England, a 16 gun cruiser of 1,800 tons, and capa ble of 1G knots an hour. Tho vessel was built for the Rovernment of Peru during the war between that country and Chile, and was detained by the British government on account of the neutrality laws. She hns Just been modernized at a cost of $25,000, and was purchased for considerably below the cost of building. The government has also purchased from P. A. B. Widener, of Philadelphia, tho steam yacht Josephine, and from M. C. D. Borden, of New York, the steam yacht Sovereign. These will be quickly trans formed into war vessels. The Spanish minister has received a dispatch from Havana stating that the autonomist cabinet there has nddress ed an appeal to the insurgents asking to arranse an armistice for the pur pose of arriving at terms for peace. The insurgents are appealed to on the ground that they are all Cubans and should unite for peace and liberty, which all want. The appeal also states that Spain is willing to enlarge the present scope of autonomy. A dispatch from Galveston, Tex., an nounces a visit by General William M. Graham, commander of the department of the south, who is on a tour of In spection of the fortifications of his de partment. When asked If there will be war tho general replied: "It looks that way," Dispatches from Madrid and London asserting that the pope has been agreed upon ns mediator between this country and Spain are officially denied, so far as this country is concerned. A Paris dispatch says: The fact that M. Cambon, French ambansador at Washington, has been Instructed to act for Spain In the event of the departure of Honor Polo y llcrnabe shows that M. Ilanotnux bus made another clever move, In which tho neutrality of Franco Is qualified by a show of In fluence exercised necessarily on behalf of Spain and placing France In tho po sltlon of a humane protector, without more than moral responsibility. CAN CONGRESS BE RESTRAINED ? Do you want a good Tapestry Brussels at 60 cents worth 75 cents. At KEITER'S. A l'lentlng Work, Tho Ulster number of tho Parish Advo cate, publishen by Rot. Jiobert O'Hoylo, pas tor of the Trlnty Kcforuied church, has made Its appearance. It is a very neat issue and contains many Interesting and well written artiolvs ou bul Jects pertaining to the parish, At Ki'pchln.UI'n Arcade Cafe. Sour krolit, pork,mashed potatoes to-night. Hot lunch to-morrow morning, The I'aity Leaders Kxtreraely Anxious Over 11 Wrench, WASHINGTON, April 4. The great question is whether con gress can be restrained until the mes sage Is transmitted. All realize the difficult and arduous task of preparing our case for tho world's inspection and the care which must he exercised, and there seems to be no disposition to "unduly" hasten the president. The party leaders are extremely anxious to avoid a breach with the executive such ns would occur If congress were to take the Initiative. After a careful canvass of the situation they believe the radical Republicans can be held In line a few days longer, until Wednesday at least After that what might happen If the president asks for further delay Is problematical. Mr. Bromwell, of Ohio, for Instance, who says he hopes he will not be obliged to part company with the president, says he will vote with the Democrats If necessary to overrule the speaker after Wednesday. Mr. Cooper, of Wisconsin, has made a similar statement. Mr. Grout, Vermont Republican, to day introduced a resolution appro priating $1,000,000 to raise the hull of the Maine. "If she was blown up,' eald he, "wo can well afford to spend a million to demonstrate that fact Her hull could be raised bv building coffer dams. If she was blown up the truth should be known. Murder will out." Representative Bishop, Michigan Re publican, says that the members of his delegation, although strongly for ac tlon, are willing to give the president a reasonable time. "There may be In fluenccs making for peace of which we know nothing," said lie, "and we ought to defer a few davs If Mr. Mc KInley desires. Besides, every day adds to our war preparations." The prospect of European mediation has aroused the keenest Interest throughout diplomatic circles here. It had been expected that France would be tho first to act by a tender of her cood olllces. hut as yet the French am bassador, M. Cambon, has received no Instructions in this line. There Is the same anticipation, but lack of definite notion In British, German and other dlplomatjo rnjjrters. Holy Wek. This is the saddest week or tlio wuole sea' soil of I.ont. as it is corumonieratlve of tho crucifixion. The services is tlx Catholic churches aro unusually impressive. On Holy Thursday and Good Friday the principal masses will ha at 9 o'clock. Oa Holy Saturday the mass will ha at 7, On Weduosday and Friday ovcnlngs thoro will be tho usual Louten devotion, Max rrecliurg I'ohhed. Max Frccburg, who conducts a general storo hero, was stopped on tho highway west of Ashland on Saturday, by two young men about S3 years of ago. They pointed a re. volver at him and demauded ins money, and secured all ho had with him, about f27. llicy gave mm back So touts to pay Ins car fare, and told him to proceed on his journey homeward. They took his watch and milo age nook irom ins pockets, out wero mag nanimous aud returned them. They otlercd him no violence aud after wishing him good morning, started oil towards Cmtralia Frechurg reported tho robbery to tho Chief Burgess at Ashland, and messages wero sent to nearby towns. Tho robbers havo not been captured. Feast of the l'assovor. Comraeucing ou Wednesday evening, the orthodox Hebrews will ausorvo the feast of the Passover, one oi the most important celebrations of their people. Services will be bold all day on tho following Thursday and Friday, and tho closing of tho feast will be calobratod with all-day sorvices in tho synagogue on Wednesday and Thursday of the following week. All members in good standing will wear tho talith, a scaif thrown over their shoulders, during these services. HATS TRIMMED FREE -AT THE- BON TON, 29 N. Main St., Shenandoah. Marriage Licenses, Patrick Hughes, of Heekschervillo, and Annie Egan, of Jit. Lnffee. James Johnson, Winfichl, Union county, and JIaggio U. GradvlIU, of Shenandoah. ICallroarf ltoml. Tho Lehigh Valley Railroad Company has given notice to tho holders of its bonds known as tho first mortgage bonds of 1SUS, that It has arranged with Droxel & Company to purchase said bonds, amounting to $."),. ouu.uuu, irom me precont noiuers at parou Jun 1. Tho bonds aro to he extended for a period ot titty years, with interest at 4 per cent. Lcavo your orders for names on Kastereggs at XI. L. Kemmerer's, 35 N. Main St. 4-4-0t Hut One Naturalized. Naturalization court was held on Satur day, and but one applicant put in appearance, the court facetiously remarking thut possibly the foreigners in the country wore too busy getting ready for war. lno person granted naturalization papers was Louis JIarsinkaV' age, a Lithuanian, of Shenandoah. He passed a most creditable examination. M. SI. Burlio asked tha three applicants, for whom ho was tho attorney, should be post poned. Church Numh, Itev. A. M. Stlrk, of Allentowu, presiding elder, officiated at communion service in tho United Kvaugclical church ou North Jardin streot yesterday morning. POWDER Absolutely Puro Pottsvillo, April 1. James W. Ityau, Esq.. counsel for .Michael I'lemming, who pleaded guilty to sotting tire to the Eagle hosiery mill at JIahanoy City, was arraigned before Judge Koch this morning for sentence. In asking for mercy Mr. l!yan said : "Michael I'louiming isbcfuio the court and I desire to make an appeal in his behalf. lie is but 22 years old and this is the first time he has been in the criminal court. In fact it is thu first chargo over brought agaiust him. According to tho testimony of two of tho defendants Flem lningnasuot a regular associate of theirs, but they met ou this evening by accident. He left Delano that evening at 7:25 o'clock for JIahanoy City, intending to take the electric railway car to Shenandoah. Tho ex citement of tho early fires caused him to re main and ho became implicated in the burn ing of tho mill. His character provious to this, I am told, was very good and Policeman Gciger and Klcindeutz both state that it was first class beforo this trouble. Ho was a irakenian on tho Lehigh Valley railroad, living at Delano, aud they had an excellent chance to study his cliaiacteraud disposition. Tlio prosecuting commlttco of tho Town Council of Mahanoy City tell me that he keenly fcols his position and regrets his act. j Ho lias made a voluntary confession which he swoie to and signed. When I was ou gaged by him ho told mo he had nude his confession without any inducement and that he would go on the stand aud swear to tho wholo story, aud rather than commit perjury, would tako whatever sentence be got. The most roliablo aud prominent citizens of JIahauoy City nro ready to go en the stand and ask forlenisncy. Capt. Win. E. Jonos, one of tho committee whoso property was destroyed, jins in the plea for a light sentence, Tho best citizens of JIahanoy City ask you to bo leniont with him. The prosecuting committee is here. Jlr. iiamsey, tho Borough Solicitor, and Jlr. Jlarr, private counsel, all join in requesting you to be as lenient as possible W. P. Itamsay, Lsn., addressed Judgo Koch and said : It is but just that tho court should bo informed that it is tlio wish of my clients that the court should be informed that it is tho wish of my clients that the court be as lenient as possible Tho defendant appear! thoroughly pendent aud hasdone everything ho could to assist justice There was no in ducement to him that a confession would benefit him. There were no tbroats. He told all lie knew at first anti corroborated it on the witness stand iu court by tolling the same story. Without him it would have been dilhVult to convict. Judgo Koch then addressed the prisoner, who remained standing in front of the bench. Tho court said : "Michaol Flemmiug, you have heard what the counsel havo said. There were three different fires on tho night, of Jan. 23-21 at JIahanoy City the first at about 7 o'clock, tho second at about 10, and the third at 1 a. m., that at the Eagle hosiery mill. It was very disastrous. Thochuirman of the prosecuting committee, Jlr. Jones, who alone lost f 1,00U, is hero asking leniency for you. The man whose homo was burned, forty feet from the mill, has naught to say against you. Tho Borough Council that uf fercd $300 reward aud Jlr. jjanisey, their solicitor, ask the court for leniency. The fact that bears strongly with u. is that you appeared fully penitent during tho trial; and also tlut your confession was promrted by your conscience and camo from your heart. The uest day you said, "It.was tho sorriest act of my life," and you also keenly appreciate your position. It appears you were not associated with the others until after the Eichman fire, at about 11 o'clock that night, when something was said as to what a nice blaze the mill would mako." Contagion seems then to havo taken hold of you. You wero in a state of intoxication. In fact you were all intuxicatod, but that does not lemen the crime. Tin service you' have rcudored to the Commonwealth, and to tho people of JIahauoy City especially, your confession having boon dic tated by a compunction of conscience, and uot by outside influence, all ghow that in herently you are not a bad young man. You spring Irom a family known for fifteen years to some of those who have spokou to mo this morning. Thoro never has been a charge brought against any member of it. Your participation, therefore, is unfathomable to mo and I do not believe it can be properly explained by auyono. Wo cannot let you go. It is uecossary to im prison you. Tho Act ot Assembly makes it so. I am told from tho jail that a month's imprisonment iu your case has been aud would be us beneficial as a year iu other cases. The sentence of tho court is that you pay tho costs, $25 fine aud sorvo two years' imprisonment at t-eparate and solitary con finement and iuid labor iu the county prison. Tho other dofendauts wero givou six yoirseach and $100 fine." AWAKP FOU WAOEfl. M. M. Ilurke, Esq., to-day filed tho report of J. II. Pomeroy, Esq , auditor in the case of P. J. Hiley against P. V. Karpowski, in which au award for $ 150 was luado iu favor of Joe Labaruowski, fur a labor claim, Kar powski was engaged iu the grocery business in town and was sold out ou a $500 claim mado by Hiley. THE MBYEUS' CASE. Tho argument of tho motion for a now trial in tho caso of Couuty Commissioner Charles Jleyers was argued hefoio Judge Judge Becht.l to-day aud at a lato hour this afternoon E. 1). Smith, Esq.. Muyei's' counsel, was talking iu the case. He declared that Juror Ellas Kliuger, whoso remark consigned Jleyers to a very hot place, if ho made tho remark, did so while under tho influence of liquor, so that it was all tho more truthful and showing ills real feeling, because men aro mora likely to speak inure truthfully when half full than at most any otoar tlmo, when they would be more guarded- Judgo llcchtel : Then all you must do Is to get a man diuuk to mako him toll tho truth? Mr. Smith : I do not mean to udviso uuy such course us that. MI.N'OE NOTES. S, B. Edwards, Esq., naked for judgment for waut of affidavit of defense iu tho enso of (Continued on Fourth Page.) Our great display of Easier hats for this week is the most extensive and attractive display ever made in town. New in stvle. pretty and becoming, in trimmed and un trimmed hats. Bonnets, walking hats ar.J sailors at lowest prices. LOOK AT OUR WINDOWS. Our trimmed hats are the latest ideas of th? best American and foreign artists and exceed ingly attractive. We have the largest rollec tion of untrimmed hats in the county. Bonnets and Sailors from 49c t" $1 98 , Fancy Straw Hats, a) the latest st j les ar.J shades, from 25c to $2.3$ ; Trimmed Hats, all styles, from 49c to 312.98 s an iramcr j assortment of flowers from i4c to $' one hundred styles of fine Ribbons from 5 to 49 cents per yard. Feathers, Wings, Quills, Aigrettes and Ornaments at Lowest Prices. BON TON 29 N. Main St., Shenandoah, Pa. Plain Words About Baby Goaebes. . . Spring will soon be here and we are anxiously awaiting its balmy days. Why ? Be cause we are already prepared to have every wife call on us aud see our new and extensive Hue of Baby . . . Coaches Which we have ejected for the season of '9S. When u. "nies down to prices we can sell you wonders of makes at $5.00 and upward. 106 South Main Street, Shenandoah, Pa. SWELLEST Of The SWELL. . . . This term fully answers the de scription of our spring line of gent's th ings which we are now show ing for the early season. In the way of Easter novelt i e s we stand alone, barring all com petitors. A NAo rd on Our Winter Stock Which still remains ou our shelves. It must aud will be closed out regardless of cost to enable us to display our spring goods. We are not in the habit of stocking away any goods for future seasons. MAX LEVIT, 15 E. Centre St. Up-To-Date I Tat Store and Shenandoah's Greatest Gent's Furnishing Store. Looks Attractive. When you find greater attrac tiveness than you had expected you are pleased. If you find less, you are disappointed. When we give you more than you expected you are pleased. Those who give you less dis- i appoint you. We always please our customers, for they find the goods more than we claim for them. Come nnd sec what we give with One Pound of Daklng Powder. The largest articles iu the xuarkc T.J. BROUGHALL, 25 South Alain Street 1
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