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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-10

A suB-coMMI1sRE OF the House com.
mittee on. public buildings and grounds
mas agreed to recommend an appropriation
Of eight million six hundred and fny
thousand dollars for new custom house
In New York city. There are score or SO
Of foreign ironclads afioat that could stay
away of beyond Sandy Hook and knock
this costly house to ruins.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-10

silk braid Trimming i5c TO 75c yard.
Black silk Fringes, 50c, 75c, 81.
Dress Buckles, l0c up TO Soc.
45-Inch Lace White houncing, 6Oc a yard.
Hemstitched Lawns, S7lSc. 6Oc. 76c yard.
Torchon Laces, 1. 2, 2, ,6,7.s,S, 10 cents
No. and II SILK Ribbons at Sc and lOc yard
Boys Sateen Ties, &c.
Lace Collars, s, 8, 10, l21s, II, 20, Is cents.
Tucked Yoking, SOC a yard.
silk Mitts, i2H, H. 20, Is. s71z, 50 cents.
Cotton Gloves, loc. 1870.
Best Lislc Thread Gloves, Csc.
Black Hosiery, 10, l21,l, 25. SIX cts up tosl.
Colored Hosiery, 8, s, 10, 121S eta up to 81 So
New Corsets, rs, S7,ss, 80, IS cts, u.
10000 New Handkerchief at Sc.
New Handkerchiefs at 10. l2lS. II, 20, Is cts.
Silk Garter Web, l21Sc and 25c yard.
New Shades In Knitting Silks.
Fine Beads at l0c String.
Best Horn Buttons, &c and &c dozen.
New Pockets, 8, 10. l21s cents up tosi.
Best Ammonia, &c and 10 q bottle.
Dress Shields. 3. 6, 10, l21S to Is cts a pair.
Ladies' silk Underwear. 81. II
Mems Half lose, 5, 3. 10, l21s to 50 cents pair
Linen Towels, 8, 8, 10, TX to 50 cents each.
Umbrellas. 25c 5Oc, 75c, S71lc. u %. up to n o.
Gold Head Umbrellas, s7,Sc, 81 90 up to q 50.
Gauze Underwear, 10, l2>X 70 up to 50 cents.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-10

VAN HourES's Cocoa" Once tried, always
used" (y
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-10

na-" Don't give 1t away, but Sell It Cheap"
S.amm's advice to his clerks about the new
stock.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04
Flooded in The Mississippi.

ST. LOUIS, March 80. J. J. Hogan of
the Memphis Commercial arrived here
to-day ciTect from the flooded district
a'o0g the Mississippi River. He says
the situation IS alarming, ard that, in
his opinion, the food has not reached
the highest notch.
In the L1conic circle, which is situ-
ated IN Deshs county Arkansas, and
comprises about twenty thousand Gcres,
the scene is a heart-rendeIing one.
Ihls strip or country is Low inundated
10 depth of five to twenty feet, and
the Inhabitants number be.ween two
ano three thousand people, whites and
negroes.
Women and children are perched on
house tops and haystacks and IN the
trees Live stock not already dro wned
are maintaining a precarious existence
with their wre:ched owners, in some
instances on the roofs of residences and
elsewhere on improvised platforms of
wreckage. Starvation is telling on the
cattle, while the human victims are in
scarcely less deplorable condition as to
food.
Fiom Helena the entire Mississippi
Delta country, seaching from Vicks-
burg west 10 Shreveport and down to
New Orleans, seems doomed to de-
siruction. Mr.. Hogan reports that all
the people in the wide district threat
ened who reeliZe the true situation are
fleeing for their lives.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04
Quay and the World.

A New York correspondent of the
Pittsburg Dispatch, said he was in
formed on Monday night that Senator
Quay would ins,i. ute proceedings in
court against the New York World for
libel, claiming damages in the sum of
500, 600. A PInkerton detective is re-
spousioie for the story. He Gays hat
the author OF the political expose is be-
Ing shadowed by detectives, and that
sufficient evidence will be produced to
vlndicite the name of Senator Quay
The writer's name is Boylan, and he is
considered by his employers a brilliant
and trustworthy man who has had %
years of experience. The Worlds
managing editor. Mr.. Chambers, said
that they would welcome such proceed
ings, and further stated that their COL
umns had been exceedingly lenient to-
ward Quay, considering the proofs held
In The Background regarding the poIit-.
ical scandal. IF IL should come to
such an issue we will make it far more
interesting for Mr.. Quay" said he.
The Pennsylvania politicians seen in
and about the Fifth Avenue Hotel were
uniformly OF the opinion that no suit
would be brought by Quay or his backs
ers. Some OF them VINO know PERSONAL.
~ thing or two about the inside work
lngs of the Senator's career intimsJed
that be would hold his seat and charac-
terlstlcally say nothing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04
Kentucky Counties Heard From.

LOUISVILLE. KY. April IA special
from Glasgow, KY, says: The news
Just received from the lower part of
Barren and Allen counties is that the
tornado on Thurs lay night did immense
damage in that section. For 10 miles
beyond Barren river and miles on this
side. 3 total of 10 miles, the storm
swept everything before il, its track
extending in width from an acre in
some places to half a mile in others.
So far as can be learned here now. Ans
drew Wins's house in Allen county was
leveled to the ground and his wife
killed George Carver's hodse was
wrecked ard his wife killed child
of Jack Green was killed Samuel
White, his wife and son were crippled.
White had fruit farm containing 80
acres and large number of bee HIVES,
and every one was blown down and
every hive carried away.
Joe Brush's house in Barren county
was Just on the edge of the tornado and
was unroo!ed, while AloDZo Whitney's
house near by was completely demol-
ished, as was also that of William But
tons. Seventeen lives in all are said to
have been los: in Allen county but
their names cannot be learned except
as above given.
A special from Litchield, KY, says /:
News of damage done in the extreme
northwestern part of Breckenrid ge
county by the recent storm has just
reached here. At Falls of Rough sew
erai houses and small bridges were
blown down and Mrs. Tom Edwards
was killed. At McDaniels. 8 OF 10
houses were more or less damaged and
the wife of John Jarboe, a merch ant of
that place, was killed outright by the
chimney being blown over and crushing
through the roof. Two children of Mr..
John Tucker are reported killed and
several other persons more or less in
jured.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04

EX SENATOR WILLIAM A. WAL
LACE, in letter to Elk Judge Edward
Harvey, OF Allentown, on Saturday
last formally announced his candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for
Governor. In his letter ex Senator
Wallace says Il am not a noisy or
aggressive candidate for the Democrat.
ic nomination for Governor of Penn
sylvanis, for appreciate the dignity OF
the place and the labors and the risks
that the nomination involves. Still. /
would be proud to lead IN united and
harmonious party in a struggle for good
government, for progressive reform,
and for political supremacy in a good
old State. If. therefore. the Democrat
ic State Convention shall, with any rea-
sonable degree of unanimity, nominate
me as its candidate for Governor upon
such a platform of principles. 1 will &C.
cept the nomination and try to be
elected"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04
An Astonishing Programme for June 2

On Monday. June 2, the census takers
will start on their rounds equipped with
a schedule of thirty questions. Among
other objects of inquiry, they are in
structed to ascertain from every citi-
zen
Whether he is suffering from acute
or chronic disease, with the name of
the disease, and the length of time the
citizen has been afflicted
Whether the citizen is defective in
mind, sight, hearing, or speech, or
whether crippled, manned. or defoTmed;
and the name OF his physical defect
Whether, in case the citizen owns a
house or farm, his house OF farm is free
from mortgage or encumbrance,
In preparation for the great campaign
OF pencil and cardboard, there is a sed-
ulous effort to inform people through
the newspapers that anybody who re-
fuses to answer the questions PROFOUND
ed by the census enuuerator will be
fined $50.
Section ?, 191 OF the Revised Statutes
provides, in fact, that every person
more than twenty years OF age shall
render true answer to the various
questions authorized by law and for a
refusal 10 answer such questions be
Sbait 20 iidOic u pcbdily OI '.OU.
But does any law authorize the un-
necessary and abominable inquisition
contemplated by the queries which we
have quoted from the enumerator's
schedule ? If a poor woman is slowly
dying with consumption or cancer, and
Is keeping the fact from her children
and the world, can the United States
Government punish her for refusing to
disclose her Dalady ? If man has q
physical defect, is he compelled to con-
ide the circumstance to :he enuuera-
tor IL he is in debt for the honse he
calls his own, can the Government
force him 10 put his mortgage on record
in the fO!ios of the Census Bureau ?
These ,hings are not the business of
the Uni'ei States Government. II
there is authority 10 any law for push
ing such questions, that law is uncon-
stitutional. The Constitution provides
for a simple enumeration of the inhabi-
tants OF the United States, not for an
inquisition into their chronic naladies.
their bodily defects, and their private
account books--N Y. lSIul.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04
A Cyclones W 0rk.

Abeu. ninety-fve people were killed
and several hundred painfully injured
as the result OF q tornado which struck
the city of Louisville. KY, a few min
utes past O'Clock on Thursday night
OF last week, and in a few moments had
laid level with the ground a swafh half
q mile wide and two miles long Through
parts OF the finest business end residence
sections OF the town. Thousands were
buried in the ruins, and while he
majority escaped with injuries compare
lively slight, many hundreds were pin
ioned dead or dying beneath masses OF
tangled timber and heaps of trick and
stone. Fire caught IN the ruins in
several places, and many whom the
crash had spared met a slower and
more horrible death 10 the flames.
The greatest loss OF life was in pub
lie hall where a children g dancing class
and several lodge meetings were In
progress at the moment when the tot
nado swooped upon the city. Scarce
ly a dozen OF the three or four hundred
persons who were in the building es-
saped being caught in the ruins or
those who were not crushed to death
outright, many were suffocated by es-
Gaping gas, and many we're burned 10
started In the wreck.
Horrible inciientsof less terrible na-
ture were found at every step through the
desolated district. The rector of one of
the largest churches In the city was
crushed into a shapeless mass without
a moments warning as he sat in his
home reading to his little son. who stood
at his knee. The child also was killed,
and the rector's wife so badly injured
that abe has lain low ever since under
The influence OF opistss, and kept in
ignorance OF the fate OF her husband
and son lest the shock OF learning i:
should kill her.
Children were stricken dead in their
mothers arms, fathers who
chsDced TO have left their homes Cor a
few minutes returned TO assist in dig
ging from heaps OF ruins the bodies of
their children husbands and wives
were found dead in each others arms.
and occasionally, the tornado, waxing
merciful, killed the whole family at
once, leaving none to mourn.
With these dreadful incidents we're
many marvellous escapes. People were
picked up bodily and carried long dis
tances. 10 be dropped safely to the
ground. Others crawled out almost uu-
| scratched from masses OF debris, into
which it seemsd impossible for being
to have remained alive.
After leaving Louisville the tornado
destroy ed large number of the finest
| residences in Jeffersonville. on the op-
posite side OF the river, and injured
! many persons. but killed none.
The damage TO property in Louisville
Will amount to S2 500 900.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04
Hardly a Rosy Outlook.

A special dispatch from Harrisburg TO
the Pittsburg Post. on Tuesday says
There is a great deal of quiet smiling
here over the way the alleged leaders
who have had Senator Qusy's ear at
Washington have been plating that
statesman's hair in telling him of the
rosy outlook for Delamater. The fact
is. from information received from Va
rious parts of the State. the outlook IS
not only not rosy for Delamater. but
there is an uudercurrent OF opposition
that is decidedly alarming. The expose
of the way in which Chairman Andrews
worked Cambria county for Delamater
has sci people to talking, and politicians
from different parts of the State are out
spoken in their denunciation of a cam
paign in which the State chairman uses
the party machinery 20 further the in
terests OF particular candidate.
Especially is there a kick in the oil
regions. Prominent Republicans in
that section who have been asked to De
delegates have refused on the ground
that il Delamater is a candidate, they
would not then be free to fight him,
which they propose TO do, tooth and
nail.
Especially sggravating to the free
thinking voters are the dis patches sent
out IIOIu w dSulURbpu uuucI abuIc"o
direction TO the effect that any man
who enters the field against Delamater
does so at his peril, and to the Injury
of his future political prospects," This
warning to clear the track or be smashed
will not be tameIy submitted to.
Another subject of comment is the
| absurbed habit the Delsmater people
have of claiming everything. Last
week thew claimed that Miller. the
| delegate from Snyder. was for Della
mater, when the fact is be defeated the
| Dslsmater delegate and is for Hastings.
In Harrisburg, II a vote of the people
is taken on indorsing a candidate,
! Hastings would defeat Delamater two
| to one. The delegate will be Lyman
ID. Gilbert, and he IS not pledged TO any
| candidate.
There are stories 10 the effect that
! Chris L. Magee, Wharton Barker.
James McManes. Charles W. Stone,
4 Daniel T. Hastings. William r. Leeds,
l Lewis w. ENERGY, Thomas b. Cochran,
/ Barton ID. Evans. Z. Nev:n POmerOy
and other prominent men OF the party
| will combine and make a vigorous fight
4 against Delamater on the ground that
if he is nominated there will be a
repetition of 1882. This may be in
teres:ing for Mr.. Quay to read in Phila-
deIphia Tomorrow.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04

PEOPLE who want to maintain their
fair fame saws the Lancaster IatelliQen-
Ger, do well TO avoid the temptation TO
become .reasurers, The particular run
OF trouble now Is among State Treas
urers lalely it was among association
treasurers, bank cashiers and other like
people so distinguished for their integrity
as TO be custodians of other peoples
money.
Put not your trust in princes, we are
enjoined; put not your trust in treasur-
ers Is the command OF daily experience.
Good men go wrong; but when they
are treasurers they go with q rush. Mr..
Archer, of Mary land, was a treasurer
of the supposed>to>be-ire proof class,
of ancient lineage and fairest fame.
But he had use for mole money than he
had of bis own and borrowed from him
self the money of other people put in
his hands for safe keeping. And be
borrowed more than he could repay.
EasY is the decent to hades and easier
is it to get consent to lend to yourself
where the only consent to be got is
your own. Therefore people who want
to die happy do we'll to shun treasurs
eIship as they would sin.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04

THE steamer City of Paris the fastest
vessel ahoat. which was several days
over due and which carried over one
thousand passengers WAS towed into
port on Sunday last. Much anxiety
was felt and grave fears were enter>
tained for the safety OF the vessel. The
delay was caused by the breaking o. q
cylender on the evening Of the 18th OF
March, and the collapse of one OF the
engines, A portion Of the machinery
smashed through the steamers double
bottom when 1000 tons of water poured
in compelling the engineers and fireman
toabandon their posts and seek safety on
deck. For 120 hours the steamer float
ed helpless with the passengers in mo-
mentary fears OF going to the bottom.
A life boat was sent out in the track OF
other vessels with the hope of finding
assistance and finally came across the
Aldergate which went in search of the
City OF Paris. found her and towed her
into port in safety.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04

THE ianneries or northwestern
Pennsylvania, says the Warren Ledger,
will no doubt be heard from regarding
the proposed duty on hides. a large
portion Of the hides tanned in this part
of the country come from South Amer
lea and IL the bill passed as seems prob
able it will seriously cripple their bus
iness- Horton Crary X Co., OF Shelf
Cield. import nearly all their raw hides
and export about one half their entire
production. They could not successful
ly compete in foreign markets IL Con-
PEELED to pay big duty on the raw
goods while the tanneries in other
countries get them free. Again the
tariff on hides is bound to increase the
price of manufactured shoes to the
great mass of peopIe-snd who is bene-
fitted A few cattle kings 10 the west.
a protective tariff cannot operate
except in favor OF one class at the ex-
peE5e of another.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04

NEW YORK SAYS the ST. Louis Globe,
has not given its electoral vote to the
same party in two successive canyasses
since 1864. In 1856, 1860 and 1864 it
began it's oscillation between the par
ties in presidential years. 1t was car
ried by the Democrats i'll 1868, 1876 and
1884, and Dy the Republicans in 1872,
1850 and 1888. In 1892, If this vibrs-
tion should be kept up, the pendulum
would swing to the Democratic side.
Ballot reform is one of the agencies
which would hold that State il Repub-
lican hands In 1892, but to get ballot
reform the Republicans must elect a
Republican Governor in the canvass of
1891
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04

AFTER many weeks OF iguring, fifty
two families in Decatur, Illinois in
GLIDING many of wealth and position,
have united in novel manner of living.
They have joined together 20 maintain
a CO operative boarding house, the ex-
pense to each person for the best OF
food and cooking being Eot more than
s.. 80 a week, or lie. a meal. The la
dies take charge week about IN turn
and buy all the food, while a paid
housekeeper attends TO the details and
serving. Another similar establish>
ment Is projected.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04

EVEN the New York Tribune is pro-
testing against the duty on hides as is
proposed by the Republicans in Con-
gress in the Mckinley bill and we
would not he surprised to hear OF that
upfaltering Republican organ being de-
nounced as free trader. The Tribune
says: The Republican members of the
committee haYe not gained in conf
dence by their action regarding the
duty on hides. There was no good rea.
son for imposing the duty Of enc and a
half cents Per pound. and it was quick.
ly made clear that such a duty would
be in no way useful for protection.
The committee then voted to restore
hides to the free list. But on Saturday.
upon representations by some Western
members, another change was made a
duty OF Is per cent. was voted, with
rebate in full to exporters Of products
from dutisble hides. The duty now
proposed would obviously be Of no ben
eft to farmers Sr cattle-growers, for
the imported hides are now used mainly
In the manufacture OF goods for
export. But TO the exporters
and manufacturers OF goods for eI-
port 1t would be q vexation and need
less burden. 1t is to be hoped that the
Republican members Of the House will
not hesitate to overTule their committee
in this respect, since the committee does
not seem to have been clear in its OWL
mind. For Industrial and for political
reasons it would be better 10 keep hides
on the free list.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04

y WASHINGTON correspondent OF
the Philadelphia LEDGER, (RepubliesDl
says "Around the Capitol great sur
prise is expressed with the absolute
subseIviency o: the Republicans of
Pennsylvania, ssd the visitatlons of Re-
publican local leaders to Washington
for the purpose OF consulting with SEN
ator Quay ard obtaining his approval
OF this or that candidate is commented
upon and held up as an illustration OF
the absolute decentralization that pre-
walls in the politics of the Keystone
State. The general belief here is that
no man can receive a nomination in
Pennsylvania for any office, State or
municipal, who does not receive tick>
ct OF leave fIom Mr.. Quay. Said Re
publican Representative, speaking or
this matter This thing Will not pro-
ceed much further without receiving a
check. The people are getting disgust
ed with this machine business, and with
the class of men who are placed at the
head of affairs, and will undoubtedly
smash the machine, as they did not long
ago, when Psttison was elected over
Beaver by Republican voters. l would
not be surprised il this same thing oc-
CURED next Fall. At all events, it is
sure to come, sooner or later, and is 5e>
ing hastened by the methods that now
prevail"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04
VIII React Upon the GuIlty.

Not since the Presidency OF the Uni
ted Safe was stolen by the Republicans
for Hayes has so hsgrant a political
crime been perpetrated as the stealing
or the two Senators from Montana by
the United States Senate. 1t was ex-
pected that the alleged digni6-d and
honorable (?) American House of Lords
would at least have made an effort to
maintain its reputation, and, scoruing
to compromise itself. would have re-
ferred the whole matter back to the
people OF Montana. The temptation
Tor political power, however, proved
too great for even the great minds Of
the poDderous statesmen of the Senate
To resist, and so sophistry of the himsi-
est character was resorted to, so that a
shallow pretext might be found for
cheating the people OF a State of their
will. But even as the theft of the
Presidency led to the downfall of the
party guilty of the crime. so will this
fraud upon the citizens of Montana react
upon those responsible therefor.-Rich-
nond Times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04
Had a Circus on Board.

CAIRO, ILL.,, March 31.-Officers of
the steamer Nail City report the steamer
City or st. Paul laying at ShotweIi,s
held a complete wreck from THURSDAYS
storm. The s.. Paul had q circus on
board. 25 people and a small mepaeerie
belonging TO George Edwards. SIX of
the party are women who are living IN
a shaDty boat and the men are without
shelter. fuel. or light and for days have
had no food The spot occupied by the
party Is about an acre In extent and no
dry land is within II miles.
The steamer Nail City arrived at noon
and reports she met the storm Thurs
day at noon at Island IA, and succeeded
IN making alaudipg after three hours
hard work She had eight barges of
coal and three barges of brick and tile
which began to sink at one time, but
were all saved. The captain entered a
protest here and left for Pittsburgh.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-04

a DECISION was rendered at WASH
ington on Monday by the Court Of
claims, in the claim OF Representative
Grain against the United States for sal
ary as a member of Congress for the
month OF November, 1889, which he
failed to receive, owing to the defalca-
tion Of Cashier Silcott last Fall. The
Court sustained the position and award
ed judgment in the sum OF 1906, acting
on this decision the House OF Represen-
tatives will probably make an sppro-
prIation sufficient to cover the total
amounS of the defalcation-at least
$40, O,OOO-in order to save useless ex-
pense in the institution Of other suits
for the same end. 1t will thus be seen
that our Congressional statesmen will
not suffer in pocket from the pecula-
tions of the absconding cashier.