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SWALM'S HARDWARE STORE.
WE HAVE
CANNED
To Reduce Stock
Special Bargains
Corn.
Maryland Sugar Corn, 4 for 25c.
Fancy Northern, 3 for 25c.
Tomatoes.
Standard cold packed tomatoes,
3 for 25c.
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.
Fresh Stock California and Jamaica Oranges.
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Solid Oak Clinnila Suits.
eight pieces, - - 14.00
Full size well made couches,
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Side boards, - - 5-5
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Many are in excellent condition.
Reasons for selling are that they
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carloads of new ones, which ar-
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wo Offer a Pew
:
Baked Beans.
Picnic size, 3 for 10c.
Standard large cans, 5 for 25c
Fine quality ,very cheap, 4 for 25c
Extra quality, 3 tor 25c.
Fancy quality, 2 for 25c,
California Peaches.
Standard Yellow Crawford
2 for 25c.
Lemon clings at 15 and 18 cents
Regular 25c goods.
Salmon.
Red Alaska, 3 for 25c.
Columbia River, 2 for 25c.
Apricots and Eggs Plums, 3 cans for 25c,
. . . AND LINOLEUM.
5 cents.
KEITER'S
Congress Patiently Awaits
mittees on Foreign Relations They Will
Report a Strong War Measure.
OflGfyESS DISAPPOINTED WITH PSSflGE.
nstekd of Retaining the Feeling
cisive Action, the President
McKinley Still Hopes for a Peaceful Termi
nation of the Trouble.
There is 11 vvnr-liUe sentiment
not confined to menibers-'bf Congress. . The President's message
ltiakes it more certain, in' the opinion of nine out of ten Senators
itnil Congressmen, that hostilitiesetween the United States and
Spain will oocnr, although tilis is what the President .endeavored
lo avoid In framing his message.
The President, in private conversation to-day, expressed tlio
olief that the granting of tin
'withdrawal of Spanish troops from Cuba and tho abandonment
of the island. He further believes that if Congress will grant him
tho right to Intervene, and will go no further, he can secure the
evacuation of tho island by Spain and finally secure a stable form
of government.
The statement is made on high authority that the President is
firm in the belief that a peaceful solution is made practicable by
tho noto handed to this government yesterday by Senor Polo.
Tho efforts of the peace advocates yesterday and to-day were
directed in securing a postponement to the last moment possible
action on tlie part ot uongress. Tliey believe tltat it tnoy can
gain a few days grace Congress can bo swung around to tho posi
tion it occupied lout week, and the President saved the humilia
tion of being compelled to do what he argues he has no moral or
legal right to do. Later developments to day will determine the
huccoss or failure of their ellorts.
! Many of tho conservative members of Congress, after reading
the President's message and the consular reports, now believe the
hour has arrived for decisive action. The situation is so revolting,
our relations with Spain so unendural le, that the day and the
hour has arrived for uction by the naval .forces of the United
Htates.
A shot from an American man-of-war aimed at Morro Castle
should bo the next move, is tho expression of many heretofore
conservative statesmen.
Senator Quay is for war, and so declared in a speech in the
Senate yesterday. Ho took tho strongest ground for immediate
and impetuous action, and declared that it was now too late for
Pope, prolate or Presbyter to interfere. "Tho Spaniards," ho
said, "should not stand upon the order of going, but go at once."
Tho President has exhausted his efforts in a diplomatic
manner, and it remains for Congress to act. Will it be peace
or war ?
WASHINGTON NEWS I
Tho Latent Telegrams Ilecelved From the
National Capital Up to Four O'clock
This Afternoon.
Special to KvtN'INCl IlEllALD.
Washington, April 12.
2:50 p. hi. The Republican members of
tbn Honse Committee ou Foreign A Hairs is
divided in opinion! on the uicssago of Presi
dent JfoKlnloy. They have been unable to
a;:ro upon a plan of action and it is not
likely that tho committee will send in a reso
lution on the mcssnge to-day.
2:55 p. nr. Tho House Corarutttoo on For
eign affairs will not report a resolution to tbo
House to-day At noon the cbramitteo took a
recess until three o'clock this afternoon.
3:00 p. m. Democratic members of House
Committee on Foreign Affairs agreed on reso
lutions rotative to the President's messago,
declaring for the Indtpendonce of Cuba and
armed intervention by tho United States.
Tho Republican members of the committeo,
however, are still divided.
4 p. m. Tho Republican members of the
House Committee ou Foreign Affairs are
coming together ou resolutions for Immediate
intervention.
Senator Cannon said this afternoon that he
regurded war as inevitable; that tbo United
States will Intervene, nnd intervention
moans war.
CongreeHlounl Santlmcnt.
Washington, April 12. Tho Republican
Congiessiunal sentiment is centralizing
against tho recognition of independence for
Cuba, but favorable to a speedy intervention.
The Houso Committeo on Foreign Affairs
expects to have Consnl-General Lo before it
this afternoon.
In the Senate- to-day Senator Lindsay
offered a resolution directing President Mc
Kinley to act In concert with tho govern
ment. The Pope's Shnro tn It,
Rome, April 12. In nu interview Cardinal
Itampolla, Papal Sccietary of the State,
declared that ho was satisfied and hopeful uf
tho outcome of tho Pope's latest actiou, Ho
added : "I am oxpectiui? a telegram from
Washington which may announce au ap
preaching bolutlou of tho dllllculty."
the Report of the Com
in Favor of Quick and De
J-las Aroused it Anew
WASHi2f(iTOJf, April 12.
in Washington to-duy, unci it is
armistice is preliminary to the
Significant Sentiment.
Washington, April 12. Tho Republican
steering committeo of the House met this
morning and adjourned until this afternoou
to await the action of the Committee ou
Foreign Affairs.
lhey are generally agree to yield rccog
nition of the existing government in Cuba
but favor immediate intervention nnd a dec
laration that whatever lopernment is ulti
mutely recognised in Cuba shall be republic
in form and free from the sovereignty of
Sprin.
Mason For War.
Washington, April 12. Senator William
K. Mason, of Illinois, delivered a speech to
tbo Sonato to-day declaring himself in favor
of war,
May Await Oon. I.ee.
Washing ten, April 12, 3 p. m. The Stnato
Committeo on Fortign Relatiens resumed its
sittings this morning with all the members
in attendance They hope to scud in a re
port on the President's messago to-day, but
may delay it until they hear what Counsel
General Lee has to say.
It is stated that tho Consul-General will
not arrivo until about four o'clock, and too
lata to appear before the committee.
r.ce Knroute.
Richmond, Va April 12. Consul-General
Lee made a brief stop, aud short speech
the citizens, at the railway statiou here to
day. Ho said : "I cannot talk to you now
This is time for action not for talk."
Delimit Spanish Sentiment.
Madrid, April 12. Tho "Liberal" to-day
says, "America considers Spain unable t
maintain sovereignty in Cuba. We have put
up with everything, but cannot aud will not
submit this question." Complete tranquility
provails here to-day.
Cruisers Xuarlng Home.
Halifax. April 12. Tho United States
cruisers Sun Franciseo and New Orlcan
(Amazonas) sailed for New York this mom
lug, after coaling here.
Spain's Other War.
London, April 12. Advices received from
Manilla show that the- rebellion in tilt Phil
llplue Islands is increasing. Tho Insurgeuts
now have 10,000 men under arms. Tho
Amoricau consul has left Manilla.
The Opera llouso Jloux.
There will bo no opera houso built at Mt.
Curracl by Shenandoah capital. It was
rumored tho Messrs. Bradlgan would erect
one ou the silo of the old Mt. Carmol House,
destroyed by lire, but that property is offered
I for sale In bulk or in single lots.
CUBAN MESSAGE.
CUIIAN INSUltOKNTS 1IAVIJ NOT YIIT
i:aisni:i nuconNinoN.
l'reslilent Submit Ills VIhhk to tho Con
cross Ho Favors Inter cntloii,
Congrcafl Aftkori For Fouor.
Washington, April 11. The president
today sent the following meMage to
congress:
The Congress of the United States:
Obedient to that precept of the con
stitution which commands the presi
dent to give from time to time
to the congress Information of the
state of the Union, nnd to rec
ommend to their consideration such
measures ns he shall judca nec
essary nnd expedient, It becomes
my duty now to address your body with
regard to the grave crisis that has
arisen In the relations of the United
States to Spain by reason of the war
fare that for more than three years has
raged In the neighboring Island of
Cuba. I do so because of the intimate
connection of the Cuban question with
the state ot our own Union and the
grave relation the course which it Is
now Incumbent upon the nation to
adopt must needs bear to the tra
ditional policy of our government If it
Is to accord with the precepts laid down
by the founders of the republic and re
ligiously observed by succeeding ad
ministrations to the present day.
The present revolution Is but the suc
cessor or other similar insurrections
which have occurred In Cuba against
the dominion of Spain, extending over a
psrlod of nearly half a century, each
of which, during Its progress, has sub
jected the United States to great effort
and expense In enforcing its neutral
ity laws, caused .enormous losses to
American trade and commerce, caused
Irritation, annoyance and disturbance
among our citizens, and by the exer
cise of cruel, barbarous and uncivilized
practices of warfare, shocked the sen
sibilities and offended the humane sym
pathies of our people.
ltnyngort by Flro nml Sword.
Since the present revolution began In
February, 1895, this country has seen
the fertllo domain at our threshold rav
aged by fire and sword In the course
of a strugglo unequaled In the history
of the Island and rarely paralleled' as
to the number of the combatants and
the bitterness of the contest by any
revolution of modern times where
dependent people striving to be free
have been oppressed by tho power of the
sovereign state. Our people have be
held a once prosperous community re
duced to comparative want, Its lucra
tive commerce virtually paralyzed, Its
exceptional productiveness diminished,
Its fields laid waste, its mills In ruins
and Its people perishing by tens of
thousands from hunger and destitu
tion. We have found ourselves con
strained, In the observance of that
strict neutrality which our laws en
Join and which the law of nations
commands, to police our own waters
and watch our own seaports In preven
tion of any unlawful act In aid of the
Cubans. Our trade has suffered, the
capital Invested by our citizens In Cu
ba has been largely lost nnd the tem
per and forbearance of our people
have been so sorely tried as to beget a
perilous unrest among our own cit
izens, which has Inevitably found lt3
expression from time to time In
the national legislature, so that Is
sues wholly external to our body
politic engross attention and stand
in the way of close devotion to
domestic advancement that becomes
a self contained commonwealth
whose primal maxim has been the
avoidance of all foreign entangle
ments. All this must needs awaken,
and has Indeed aroused, the utmost
concern on tho part of this govern
ment, as well during my predecessor's
term as In my own.
President Cleveland's I'onco Kfforts.
In April, 1S9G, the evils from which
our country suffered through the Cu
ban war became so onerous that my
predecessor made an effort to bring
about a peace through tho mediation of
this government in any way that
might tend to an honorable adjustment
of the contest between ' Spain and her
revolted colony, on the basis of some
effective scheme of self government for
Cuba under the flag and sovereignty of
Spain. It failed, through the refusal
of the Spanish government then In
power to consider any form of media
tion, or uideed any plan of settlement
which did not begin with tho actual
submission of tho Insurgents to the
mother country, and then only on such
terms as Spain herself might see fit
to grant. Tho war continued unabated
The reslstence of the insurgents was in
no wise diminished.
The efforts of Spain were Increased,
both by the dispatch of fresh levies to
Cuba and bv the addition to the hor
rors of the strife of a new and Inhuman
phase happily unprecedented In the
modern history of civilized Christian
peoples. The policy of devastation and
concentration, Inaugurated by the cap
tain general's bando of October, 1S06,
In the province of Plnnr del Hlo, was
thence extended to embrace all ot tho
Continued on Second Pace.
POWDER
Absolutely Puro
TRAGIKG
ROB&EftS !
Four Now in Custody on
Case.
the Supowltz
AS MANY MORE ARE AT LARGE!
Two of the Prisoners Given a Hearing and
Committed to the County Jail Two
Others Taken Into Custody Since
and Held For a Hearing
To-night.
Indications point to a speedy breaking up
of a bin aud desperate gang cf thieves and
several law breakers who have infested this
town for over a mouth past. The tendozvous
of many of them has been at and In the
vicinity of the red bridge, on tbo eastern out
skirts of the town. One gang, the one
which raided Supowitz's warehouse Sunday
night, consists often nun. Three are now
in custody. The others are still at largo and
have the greater part of the booty with them.
The first arrests in the case were brought
about by the watchfulness and prompt actiou
of several timber bank employes at the In
dian llidgc colliery. While they were at
work yestorday they observed a half dozen,
or morcmen acting suspiciously in the lauiel
bushos near the red bridge The workmen
had heard of the Supowltz robbery aud sus
pected that tho men they saw wore titber
hiding, or about to carry away some of tb
booty. Word was sent to .Mr. Supowitz, aud
then to Justice shoemaker's office. The re
sult was that two thieves, Peter Litwyu,
alias "Rattlesnake Pete," and Harney Mc
Kerns, alias "Oregon Harney," were taken
into custody. Iiuth men are vicious looking
characters and take great prido in the fact
that their crookednoss has won for them the
alr stated. The men were kept in the
loakup until Just night, when they were
given a bearing before Justice Shoemaker.
Litwyu admitted guilt so ur as the rexvipt
of stolen goods was concerned. Ho denied
having had u hand in the stealing of any of
them. "Oregon Harney" audaciously denied
all knowledge of any robbery or stolen goods,
aud when bis attention was called to tho
stolen pair of new gum boots he was wear
ing ho still adhered to his denial.
There weie a dozen or moro witnesses
subpoenaed, but only a few proved of value.
Constable Phillips swore that he had reccivod
a message concerning tho location of the
thieves. lie wont out to the place indicated
by tbo colliery employes and found tho two
prisoners sleeping off a drunk in tho laurel
bushes. When Litwyn was raised to his feet
stolen goods fell from bis pockets. "Oregon
Harney" had four new shirts and a new cap
ou his person. Fivo stolon gum boots were
found, three pickod up and two Harney was
wearing. Tho latter was also wearing a pair
of stolen overalls.
Martin Monagbau said bo raw about eight
men at tho rendezvous. Ho saw one of tho
mou strike and knock down Litwyn, evi
dentiy a fight over the division of booty, or
liquor. Later live or six of tho gang were
seen hurrying away with some of tho stolen
goods and Monaghau and others started In
pursuit. . One of tho gang turned aud
threatened to shoot those in pursuit. The
gang got away and disappeared over the
Kehloy Hun rock and dirt banks in a westerly
direction. Monaghan and his companions
picked up three gum boots the fleeing gang
dropped. James O. S.impiell and Michael
Gibbous, corroborated tho evidence given by
Monaghan. Ihey wero with him in tho
chase. Daniel McNealis said ho was the
colliery employe sent to notify tho authori
ties of tho discovery.
Last night Joe Pickaloski, alias Joe Smith,
of Wm. Penu, was takon into custody in
Wm. Lovanowicz's saloon, on West Coal
street, by Policeman Uraitis and charged
with bciug a third member of tbo gng.
Pickaloski was arraigned beforo Justice
Shoemaker this morning, but after a consul
tation it was decldod to defer a hearing until
eight o'clock to-night. Pickaloski has been
frequently arrested, but it is said the author
ities have almost always failed to secure
convicting evidonco against him.
Max Supowltz, tho victim of the Sunday
night robbery, has now raised the figure of
his losses thereby to about $500. Litwyu
and McKerns wero takon to the Pottsvillo
jail this morning by Coustablos Phillips and
Daudo.
This morning a pair of gum boots were
truced to the house of an Italian at tho flats
on West Coal street, and at uoon to-day Chiot
ot Police Murphy and Watchman Martin
O'Hara arretted "Jack" Welsh. It is alleged
that Welsh sold thoTioots to tho Italian, lie
is held prisoner in tho lockup until to-night.
Welsh was ariosted with a gang a short tinio
ago, charged with robbing beer rofrigorators,
but acquitted because thero was not sufficient
evideuco.
Itfekert's Ciltu.
Bean soup, free, to-night. Potato salad
aud calf 'j liver to-morrow morning.
London o.i tho Mesimge.
London, April 12. The "Daily News,"
commenting upon Prosideut McKinlcy's
tnossagc, says that it is very strong and very
able. Itset forth the American case with
fullness and vigor, nnd loaves to further re
sponsibility with Congress, but it undoubt
edly means war uuloss Spain makes final
torms with tho insurgents aud withdraws
hor troops from Cuba. The message must
convince Europe that the case for American
Intervention is very strong.
MvlihtlzlH UnTo.
Liver and onions to-night.
Houso Cle-uuliiK,
Tho attention of housekeepers is directed
to the advertisement of Mews. Allcnbach &
Hefner, who have assumed charge of tho
bhenaudoah Itcnevatlni: Co.'s plant. They
uiako a specialty of cleaning, towinz and
layingoarpctBand ceneral nphols'ery work
ltoruii;li UoihIm Tor ttlu.
north. Apply at the
$1,100
clllco.
Hkk w.l
l-ll-0t
TaUi'ii tn tlu, AIiiimIhhiho,
Alfredo Leouardi, au Italian 30 yours of
ugu, was removed to the almshouse at Schuyl
kill Haven, suU'cring from rheumatism. Tbo
man was one of tho number employed by
Contractor M. 1'. Quluu in the oularKemeut
of one of tho Lost Crock reservoirs.
At Kcitchlnsltl'N Anttulo Cafe.
Sour krutit and pork to-night.
Hot lunch to-morrow uioruiuz.
Si eiilnl-lliinil Oikiiii I'or Sale.
In good condition. Apply at tho Hnn.u.D
oUlco. 4-lI-0t
Headache Quickly Cured.
Dr. Davis' Anti-Headacho never fails, 35c,
HATS TRIMMED FREE
AT THE-
BOM TON,
29 N. Main St., Shenandoah.
Lasdora of lo w Prices,
You will inke no mistake by shni,.int it
their millinery parlors. You'll get " be t
and pay the lowest price for it.
We make it a point to have ail qualm
from the lowest to the highest standard
We tMtke it a point to offer nothing but the
newest styles insuring you strictly up to date
We make
want.
it a point to have what you
We make it a point to cheerfully exchange
all you purchase If not thoroughl) satisfactory
We make it a point to offer bargains from
day to day as will be to your interest . Beyond
a doubt, genuine money savers.
We make it
trimmed alike.
a point not two hair o hati
BON TON
29 N. Main St., Shenandoah, Pa.
! 1 lie Reliable Wholesale and Rct.nl Milliuerv
and Milliners Suppli'
The Rich
Design s
our furniture for diniii mom,
hall and library harmotme
charming with the popular
finishes of to-day and give a
tone of solid elegance to the
home that is both pleasing and
restful.
We are making a special
showing of handsome pieces
in Oak this week. Many are
quite moderate in price.
O'NEILL,
106 South Main Street, Shenandoah, Pa,
C (
Max Levit
Means Best.1
Spring hats
shades, sent us
this week new
specially for the
spring selling.
Youmans,
Dunlap,
Knox.
The top notch of elegance
in
men s hats.
Display of spring neckwear and gloved begins
to-day.
MAX LEVIT,
15 E. Centre St.
Up-To-Date Hat 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- T
appoint you. We always
please our customers, for they
find the goods more than we
claim for them. Come aud
see what we give with
One Pound of Daklng
Powder.
The largest articles iu the market,
T.J. BROUGHALL,
25 South Main Street.