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SKETCH OF WILLIAM CONNELL.
Something About the Man Nominated
NV ReDublicaus of This District.

William Connell. the nominee of the
Republicans of this district for congress,
was born at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
His father, James COnnellp was a native
of Scotland. and his mother. whose maiden
name was Susan Melville. was a native of
Nova Scotia, and was of Irish and Amer
ican descent. Mr.. Connell did not have
many advantages In his boyhood, for his
parents, though Industrious and worthy.
were not possessed of means beyond their
ordinary wants. Nevertheless he made
good use Of his meagre opportunities and
acquired sufficient knowledge of the
usual English branches of education to
form reliable foundation upon which to
build in later years.
In 1874 his parents removed from Nova
Scotia to Pennsylvania settling in Lu-
zerne county. Here William who accom-
panied them found employment as driver
boy in the coal mines for mining was then
as now the chief industry of that district
and colliery work presented almost the
sole opening for persons without capital
settling therein. The outlook was not at
all a promising one and would have dis
couraged a lad of ordinary stamina. But
young Connell was not one to remain idle.
He gladly embraced the opportunity to
earn his living and help his parents and
did what came to his hand with zeal and
intelligence.
In time he became workman in the
mines and remained thus occupied nearly
ten years during which he sagaciously
mastered all the intricacles Of the employ
ment and thus prepared himself for the
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and his qualifications for the Office. He
had served one term with credit and
efficiency and it would be an act of wis.,
dom on the part of the convention to
nominate him. He also referred to Mr..
Squier's years Of newspaper work.
MR.. KIEFER NAMED.
+. d. Jenkins named A. F.. Kiefer, Of
the Thirteenth ward, and paid him a
handsome compliment, and Thomas
Gwynne did a similar service for John
U. Hopewell. Of Providence. Attorney
c. l.. Battenberg made a neat speech in
nominating Frank II. Stiles, of the
Ninth ward of this city. b. S. Rey-
nolds nominated T. ]. Matthews, Of
Spring Brook. and H. C. Hatton placed
the name Of J. w. Benjamin before the
convention. The climax Of the oratory
came when Major Everett Warren
placed the name of Fred. L. Ward be-
fore the convention. He said the Re-
publican party had always been the
party of fair play and he branded as in
famous the effort that was being made
to defeat Mr.. Ward by besmirching his
fair name. AS he warmed up he grew
very earnest and held the close atten-
ton of the audience until he finished.
He closed by prOnouncing the name
Of Ward. which was greeted by loud
cheering that continued for several sec.
onds. That speech undoubtedly nomi-
mated Ward. The nomination was Sec
onded by John G. McAskie. The first
ballot resulted as follows:
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the nominees Of the convention by the
chair. At this point the privilege Of the
floor was extended to f.. E. RObathan.
who. on behalf Of Louis Conrad. pre-
sented the chairman with u Mckinley
and Hobart cane.
The nominating Of the candidates for
auditor caused a great deal of oratory.
some of 1t of very fervid character.
Horace Z. Hand nominated John Z.
Rink, of the Nineteenth ward. and paid
high tribute to the worth and efficiency
the gentleman has displayed during the
time he has been filling the office OF
auditor. Alderman w. 8. Millar nomi-
mated B. F. Squier. and spoke of that
gentleman's high character and worth
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that has been said as to his personal
worth. standing and prominence As a clt-
izen OF this district, l say to you, gentle
men Of the convention. he who knows
best what each and every class demands.
what will AFFECT the manufacturing and
mining interests Is best qualified to repre-
sent this district in congress.
KNOWS THE VALUE OF TOLL.
If you desire as a candidate one who
knows the value Of toll, one who Is ac-
quainted with the manufacturing indus
tries of our county, one who has ever been
wise and prudent in the investment Of
capital, so that 1t would give the greatest
benefit to the greatest number, IL all
these you desire your candidate to possess.
then the gentleman who has been named
Is pre-eminently qualified for the posi-
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CONNELL
NAMED FOR CONGRESS

Seventh ward, First district, George
Berkel; Third; district, William Gunlock.
Eighth ward, First district, w. s. Mil
lar; Second district. H. S. -Poust, ]. NJ.
Rose.
Ninth ward, First district. II. NJ. Yer
noy, j. s. Back: Second district, NJ. ID.
Hine, William Evans; Third district, Major
Warren, Captain Moir.
Tenth ward. f. A. Wenzel, Henry Moore.
Eleventh ward. First district, Jacob
Ballus, George Schank: Second district.
Al Heller; Third district, August Schmitt.
Twelfth ward, First district, John Mad
igan. Thirteenth ward. First district. T.
B. Jackson; Second district, E. D. Jen-
kins. A. r. Green; Third district, c. l..
Barrowciffe.
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QUEEN EMMA PLAIN MRS. kobe.
Former Ruler of the South Sea Is.
lands Arrives in New York.

New York, July 3O.-Mrs. Peter Kolbe
is the name of, Queen Emma. who for
merly ruled some Of the South Sea
islands. and is still power in the polit-
ical life of that sunny cline. She ar
rived yesterday on the North German
Lloyd line steamer Lain. She was
accompanied by her husband, Peter
Kolbe, who went out to the far Pacific
a German army lieutenant and became
a plantation owner and a consort of a
princes of the royal blood. 30 .
Mrs. Kolbe no longer holds the scep-
ter, as she abdicated upon her mar
riage. She is tall and portly. Her
complexion is dark and her features
show her South Sea Island ancestry.
She dresses in the height of style, and
her manner and speech show that she
knows the world thoroughly.
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One Interpretation.

'Josiar," said Mrs. Corntassel, as her
hu-band came in from feeding the pigs,
"what Is the Monroe doctrine"
"The Monroe doctrine, Mandy" ne re.
piled after moments thought, "is a
principle which lays down tibet jes' be.
cause we don't put both feet in the trough
ourselves is no sign thet we're goin' to
Encourage others to do n."-City OF Mex.
leo Herald.
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of the sound money principle IL in main
tanning Its credit and its honor.
MENACE TO THE COUNTRY.

The pseudo-Democratic platform at Chi
cago is a menace to the country and its in.
terests. The free silver heresy does not
ations hostile to our institutions, our very
system of government. 1t Is dishonorable
and revolutionary. The slogan free trade
and free silver is not and cannot be ac-
ceptable to the great body of the voters
of Lackawanna county. We therefore,
earnestly ask the men of all parties here
abouts to cooperate with us in the work
of the restoration of prosperity and securi-
ty to the American people. by the election
of a gallant soldier in the defense of the
Union, an able statesman and q true and
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MIR. KIEFER SELECTED

No votes were cast for Benjamin,
Hopewell or James. Nearly all Of their
votes went to Ward who was declared
the second nominee. On motion of AL
derman w. s. Millar the nominations of
Mr.. Ward and Mr.. Kiefer were made
by acclamation.
In accordance with the terms Of q
motion made by Major Warren, the
chairman of the convention and the
candidates We're instructed to name a
county committee after which one Of
the most business like conventions in
the history Of the county adjourned sine
die.
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opportunity" which eventually came 10
him as 1t is pretty sure to come to every
earnest. energetic man who. while toll
ing. studies to know and embrace It when
1t arrives.
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Seventy-eight was the number neces-
sary for choice and Mr.. Kiefer hav-
ing received more than that number
was announced as one of the nominees.
Another ballot was ordered and 1t re.
suited thus:
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Assassinate d by Negroes,

WADLEY, Nov. 16.-The particulars
of a horrible murder at Hodo reached
here yesterday. Joe Smith, young
white man in the employ of Captain
T. J. James, on Saturday night, at
about 8 o'clock, locked the commissa-
ry door and had just turned away
from the door when the top part OF
his head was shot away. The report
of the gun brought men, but they
could do nothing for the dying man.
He did not speak after he was shot, and
died in a few minutes. A posse with
boodhounds Immediately began the
search for the murderers. Finally
the dogs came to q negro house and
two negro men jumbed out of a win
dow and fled, bur were captured. They
were identified as Tony Spikes and
his son Bill. It seems that young
Smith had a quarrel with one of the
negroes Saturday morning, hence the
crime. Young Smith was steady 60
ing and popular.
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No Negroes Wanted There.

PADUcAH, KY, Nov. 17.-Four ne.
groes were seriously wounded and five
others sprinkled with buck shot last
night by mob of white men at Altoo-
ma, fifteen miles from here, on the
Tennessee River, Fifteen negroes were
engaged in cutting timber for the
Standard Oil Company. They had
been ordered to leave, being told that
no negro was allowed to stop there.
John Keeber, the foreman, decided
that there was no danger of violence,
and the negroes were sitting around
an old smoke house, when mob of
fifty men swooped down upon them
and began firing. Some of the negroes
ran into the woods and others sought
refuge in the house with the foreman.
The mob then started to burn the
house, but the foreman sued for peace
and the negroes were given twenty
five minutes in which to leave. The
seriously wounded are: Smith, fore
man; Mitchell Clark, John Boyd and
Zena Jenkins. They were brought to
this city. No effort has been made to
apprehend the mob. Not negro can
be found for miles around Altoona
to-day. Several men have.been killed
by mobs in this neighborhood before
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They Stick to Bryan.

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-The O'Brien
Democracy has made public a series
of resolutions it adopted, of which the
following are part.
Resolved, That the Young Democ.
racy of the city of New York reaffirm
their support of the national platform
of the Democratic party, and pledge
themselves anew to the support OF
that party and to the principles on
which the Presidential campaign was
conducted.
Resolved, That we recognize in Will.
liam J. Bryan a statesman worthy OF
the best days of the Democratic party,
fitted to lead patriotic men in this cri.
sis, and we offer him our renewed and
continued support.
Resolved, That the traitorous action
of men who have heretofore claimed
to be Democrats, and in the last cam
paign were supporters of either Nc.
Kinley or Palmer, was in violation OF
every principle of honesty and Demo
cratic loyalty.
Resolved, That the use of large sums
of money by the trusts, syndicates,
corporations and individuals to cor.
rupt voters at the late election, and
the system of coercion employed to
intimidate employees in the exercise OF
the right to vote as their conscience
might dictate, was criminally base and
unworthy of American citizenship.
Resolved, That in our opinion David
B. Hill. William f. Sheehan, Roswell
p. Flower, William G. Whitney. Per
ry Belmont, Thomas T. Gilroy, HUGH
J. Grant, Jacob A. Cantor, John r :.
Fellows, w. Bourke Cochran, Fred
eric R. Coudert and William Il.
Grace have forfeited all claim to be
hereafter recognized as Democrats.
Resolved, That we congratulate the
Democratic party on the fact that the
official existence of Grover Cleavland
will terminate on the 4th of March
neYt
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State will be, and even if some consti-
tutional objection was raised to the
counting of the vote of one of the
States, it would not involve enough
votes to affect the result of the election.
When the votes have been counte,l
and the results have been announced
for each candidate the Vice President
will announce that William McKin-
lev, of Ohio, having received a major.
ity of all the votes cast for President,
has been elected President of the Unit
ed States, and that Garret A. Hobart,
of New Jersey, having received a ma
iority of the votes cast for Vice Presi.
dent, is elected Vice President Of the
of the United States. He will then
adjourn the joint session Of the House
and Senate, and the Senators will
return to their own hall or Senate
chamber. If, after the canvassing of
the electoral vote, the President elect
should die before the day fixed for his
Inauguration, the Vice-President
would become President.
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BRYAN VIII Lecture.

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. LIT has
been definitely arranged that William
J. Bryan is to take the lecture plat
form and his first address will be de.
livered at Atlanta, Ga., early in De-
cember. His route as far as it has
been arranged will be, after leaving
Atlanta, Jacksonville, Savannah,
Charleston, Augusta, Birmingham
and New Orleans. After leaving the
latter city. Mr.. Bryan will go through
Texas, then on to California and Ore
gon and will not reach the cities of the
East before the latter part of February,
1897. The man behind the enterprise
is V. E. McBee of Norfolk, Va, the
superintendent of the Seaboard Air
Line. On election mig INT Mr.. McBee,
who had been a hard worker for the
Bryan ticket, wired TO this city offer
ing Mr.. Bryan a very large amount
for a series of lectures in case the elec-
ton should turn against him. No at
tention was paid to the matter at the
time by Mr.. Bryan, but after the de-
feat of the Democratic ticket had been
formally acknowledged by the Demo
cratic leaders, Mr.. McBee once more
renewed his offers, negotiations were
begun and the result has been that Mr..
Bryan has signed contracts for a series
of lectures under the management Of
Alexander Comstoek, who is the rep
resentative and associate of Mr.. Nc
Bee in the enterprise. The terms of
the agreement from a financial stand
point have not been made public, but
it is reliably understood that the re-
muneration which Mr.. Bryan is to re.
ceive is to exceed the salary he would
have received as President of the Unit
ed States In the event of his election
to that office. Arrangements are al
ready under way to have the delivery
of MIR. Bryan's first lecture in Atlanta
made the occasion of a great demon
stration, which will be in the nature
of monster reception. The lectures
to be delivered by Mr.. Bryan will be
non-partisan in their character and
will for the most part be upon govern
mental and social topics, as it is
expressly stipulated in the contract
that the tour shall have no political
aspect or color.
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AsPopular as Ever.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Nov. 17.-Hon:
William ] Bryan and his distinguished
party of hunters from st. Louis arrived
here this morning. The train was met
by an enthusiastic crowd, including
many railroad shop men, and before
the party could make its way up town
Mr.. Bryan was compelled to make a
short speech in response to the de-
mands of the shop men. The party
were finally escorted to the hotel by
the crowd, which cheered the Nebras.
kan's name at every step. From the
hotel balcony Mr..Bryan made another
short speech. The party left for
Chadwick, where they will be con-
veyed to the game preserves in Taney
County.
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He Skipped.

WINSTON, N. O., Nov. 19-Mr: J: B.
Buxton, a prominent lawyerof Wilkes
boro, is missing. He disappeared from
home few days ago and some very
unpleasant developments have since
been made. A warrant has been Is
sued for his arrest, charging him with
forgery and embezzlement, signing the
certificates of the county court clerk
and register upon a mortgage deed by
which he obtained money from A l..
Richardson of New York.
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GOLD BUG PROSPERITY.
A Sample OF What We May Expect Under
Its Rule.

NEW YORK, Nov. lit was an
nounced in the tapestry mills of the
Alexander Smith & Son Carpet Com
pany in Yonkers tonight thas one.half
of the force employed in the mills
would be laid off Friday and the re-
mainder by "Wednesday of next week,
and tn at the concern would shut down
until January or later. 1t was also
announced that probably the other
mills of this company would do like
wise within the next two weeks. If
this occurs, about 1000 hands will be
thrown out of employment. The cause
given is that there is no market ~fof
carpet and that the company bad on
hand manufactured stock far in adj
vance of any probable demand. The
Ne|s York Journal in commenting on
the above says: Hardly had the en-
ployes of the A. Smith & Sons Carpet
Company, of Yonkers, N. Y, had a
chance to rejoice over the restoration
of the 10 per cent. reduction, which
was made in their wages previous to
election, than they are confronted by
the statement that the mills would
close down, to renew work possibly,
but not positively, by January l.
This is severe blow to the workiny :
people, who were given to understand
that by the restoration of that reduc.
ton they were to taste the sweets of
the so-called ''good MARKET" brought
about by the election of Mckinley
and Hobart. The announcement was
made in what is known as the stapes-
try mills" situated on Palisade ave-
nue., yesterday, and it was immediate
ly circulated throughout the entire
city, creating much gossip and con.
demnation. This mill employs about
2, 500 hands. who are paid on an aver
age of $1.25 a day. A large number
of these employees are men with faml-
lies relying upon the mills as their
only support. Beginning Friday
evening, when the hands are paid off,
one-half will be thrown out of em'
ployment, and by Wednesday night
of next week the looms will have
ceased to operate. Not only does this
apply to the tapestry mills, but, twas
leRrneu, Oh SOOu dutuoilty, Iuos al!
the Smith factories in Yonkers will
cease operations within two weeks,
thus leaving no less than 1000 people
without any source of revenue. Har-
old Brown, treasurer of the company,
refuses to be interviewed on the mat
ter, but it is generally known that the
company has kept its looms at work
with practically no market for its
goods.- The Smith carpet is sold ex-
tensively in the West, where banks
refuse to make loans even to the most
reliable until business has revived in
that section. The Smith Carpet Com.
pany is easily the largest carpet man
ufacturing concern in the world. 1t
turBs out between 10000 and $4,000
yards of carpet day and has pay
roll amounting to nearly 100000 a
week. The weavers receive between
$1.2O and $l.40, which is the highest
paw of any of the laboring class OF
employees. The company is at pres
ent carrying tremendous stock. The
business men and merchants are much
disturbed over the pending depression
of business.
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Advice to Mothers.

Ws take pleasure In calling your atten
ton to remedy so long needed In carry
Ing children safely through tho crltlca'
stage Of teethng. 1t Is an mcalculapie
blessing to mother and chi'd. Ii you are
disturbed at night with a sick, fretful'
teething child, use Pitts Carnlrative, 1t
will give Instant relief, and regu! ste the
bowels, and make teething safe AM: easy.
It will cure Dysentery aud Diarrhsa.
Pitts Carminative is an instant relief for
collie of infants. 1t will promota dlg"9tian'
give tone and energy to the stomach and
bowels. The sick, puny, suffering child
will soon become the fat and frolicklng Joy
of the household. 1t Is very pleasant to
the tasts and only cost IS centslper bottle.
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Fatal Fire Damp.

BERLIN, Nov. 19.--An explosion of
fire damp which has occurred in a col
liery at Recklingheusen, Westphalia,
caused the death of large number of
miners. A score of bodies have been
taken from the mine. Fifty miners
are still missing and are thought to
have perished.
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It Is Said

That of all the diseases that affect
mankind, diseases of the kidneys are
the most dangerous and fatal. If this
be so, how important it is that the
kidneys be kept in healthy condi
ton. The use of Hilton's Life for the
Liver and Kidneys will do this. 1t is
the ''ounce of prevention" in these
troubles,
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Used Poison.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 19.-Rev. J..
G. Hull. the preacher on trial charged
with attempting to poison his wife,
this afternoon pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to the State prison for six
years.
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that way the election would be thrown
into the House eff Representatives. In
such case there is no knowing who
would be President.
The House and Senate will canvass
the votes of the electors on the first
Wednesday in February. The Senate
will 90 over to the House of Represen.
tatives in a body, headed by Vice Pres.
dent Stevenson and Secretary Cox, fol.
lowed by Chief Page Stewart, over
whose shoulders will be hung by a
strap two wooden boxes containing
the precious votes. The members of
the House will rise as the Senators en-
ter two and two. The Vice President
will mount the rostrum and take a
seat at the right of Speaker Reed.
The two tellers for the Senate, (Mr.
Hale and Mr.. Blackburn otficiated
four years ago. will sit al the desk be-
low, and below them will sit the two
House tellers. The Vice President
will then take the envelopes handed
to him by Stewart in their alphabetic-
al order. In the first count the States
were taken according to geographical
location, beginning with Maine, but
since 1876 they have been taken alpha
betically. Each certificate as it is tax
en- from the envelope he will hand to
the tellers and they will read them in
turn, the Senate tellers reading the
first two and the House tellers the
next two. The vote of Alabama will
be read in full and then unanimous
consent will be asked and granted that
the remaining certificates be summa-
rlzed. A double tally of the votes
will be kept. That will be compara-
lively simple matter this time, because
it is known now what the vote OF each