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H. P. W I T H E R S T I N E , EDITOR. MUCH ALIVE. Ex-Senator David B. Hill is dead according to the political wiseacres, but from his appearance the past week he is very much alive. He ap- peared in the Court o£ Appeals for 4he state of New York city in the col lateral inheritance tax cases and in the Supreme Court at Brooklyn for the New York Journal iu its attempt to defeat the Brooklyn Street Rail way steal. And according to the newspapers his was a monster argu ment, and both were successful. mOEE DUTIES \ f o r COUNTY JUDGES. Assemblyman Joseph Bondy, of Onondaga County, wrestled long and earnestly with a bill last session to let county judges change about when they saw fit, , and get paid for it, and now he has a bill ready for introduc tions which pi'oposes to lighten the calendars of the supreme court and the work of supreme court justices. It provides that cases of recovery for assault, criminal conversion, seduc tion, false imprisonment, slander libel and malicious persecution, where the damage sought is less than $100 will be tried by the county judge. In Onondaga county this will be: folloNyed by an effort to have a •special county judge, but in counties where there is but one county judge, this extra work will fall on him, and an increase in salary will be the next WARNER M i L l ER~AFTER PLATT IN GOOD EARNEST. In previous years Senator Miller al ways laid down, when it came to an aossue between him and Platt, but since the Senator has found out that Piatt’s avowed friendship, on stated ^occasions, was only for Platt’s pur pose and gain, the Senator is on the war path in good earnest and is meeting with excellent success. Representatives of anti Platt Re publicans in thirty-five Assembly 4istricts of the borough of Manhat tan and the Bronx met Friday even- ang, and after the conference it was announced that it had been decided to form a new Republican organiza tion. An executive committee was aiamed, comprised of a representative trom each district, with power to •confer with representatives from similar bodies. A resolution was al so adopted requesting that Republic ans of the city take no part in the primaries of the machine Republic ans. With this determined opposi tion the Platt machine is sure to be smashed, even if it has to be at the polls. Enough of Tom Platt. DO ONE THING OR THE OTHER. The rumor that the district attor ney of Queens county intends to move the ■ Court to accept a plea of -:guilty of some minor degree of homi- -cide in Mrs. Nack’s case, that will not involve capital punishment, •seems to be based upon the popular sentiment against executing women. But Mrs. Nack’s crime was so atro- •cious that the utmost penalty of the law would be none too severe for her. The theory of capital punishment is that it not only makes the criminal suffer, but deters others from com mitting a like crime; and therefore, to exempt women from the supreme penalty would be to encourage them to murder. The logical conclusion is that either the extreme penalty should be enforced against both sex- ss, or capital punishment should be abolished. The Dingley bill is a failure. So much is admitted b y the eminent Republican^ Mr. Walker, of Massa- •cfausetts, who helped to frame it, and Who makes comments upon it in a special interview for The World Fri day morning. In the interest of “protected” industries that helped to pay for the election of a Republican 'Ghngress it imposes duties andex- •dudes imports to such an extent that •the revenues do not meet the expens- -es of the government. HANFORD’S Cnr^Mfi Of Insomnia. I 'A P E E IG H T W E E C K . Hanford’s Cel ery Cure makes the brain, quiets the nerves, re- etores vitaJity and energy to over- •worked and tired workers. Mr. T. A. Widmer, 533 Plymouth avenue, Rochester, was made to sleep by Hanford’s Celery Cure alone. He writes: “My sufferings from loss of sleep for some time were indescribable, my ap petite was poor and my nights were al most sleepless. After using two bottles of Hanford’s Celery Cure I feel like a new person. I take a small dose now and then in a half tumbler of water, then go to bed and sleep like a top. When I wake in the morning I feel fresh and rested. Words cannot express my satisfaction for the virtue and relief I found in Hanford’s Celery Cure, and 1 cheerfullyilly recommend it.’’ Hanford’s cures when others fail. Burns Cooled Instantly, B a n f o r d , ’* B a l s a m o f M y r r h , cools a barn instantly, it heals all flWi irounds le back in one night. Trial bottle 25c ^inailca every- G. C. HAXFOHD H-FO CO., Syracuse, K .T , FOR THE HOLY LAND. E.x-Governor Flower will not leave New York -On his foreign trip and two months’ visit to the Holy Land until February 4. He is to visit Egypt, Jerusalem and possibly' Con stantinople. Being questioned on political matters and spoken of as a possible candidate for Governor next fall, remarked that he “guessed not,” and added that he was “quite happy as presently situated in life.” A N O tH p n S o N D ISSUE. It is daily’ becoming more apparent to the casual observer that Mr. Me Kinley will be forced to issue a series of bonds before the first year o'f his term has expired. The average daily receipts since the passage of the Dingley bill have been $850,000, the average daily expenses $1,150,000. Under the Wilson hill the daily re ceipts were $96*>,000, with an expen diture of $1,000,000. It will thus be se seen that while the receipts have decreased $106,000 per day, the ex penditures have increased $150,000. This is a net difference pf $256,000 per day. The Tre.asury statement for the month of November shows the receipts to be $25,168,987, and the d»s1iiursements $33,261,470, causing a deficit for the month of $8,092,483. The sale of the Union Pacific rail road ma treasury, where are we to land? The news rningrning prosperity,”rosperity,” papers shout “retu p but where is it? We have a high tariff—a tariff that robs—a gold 100 cent dollar. We have had dollar wheat, and we have a rapidly dimin- ‘ ■ g treasury. We have tried tariffs, high tariffs, and every ihing, but what istherem the remedy? found in an increased is it free silver? ishing low tE . „ old thing, but what is ed yl Can it be found in an increased •mrrency, or is BURDENS UNEQUAL. What is the use of assessors in the towns placing values on large prop erties? recent decisions by Judge Dykman and other Judges show that men who have money 1 o fight the law, can have their assess ments reduced. The man -with small property who is assessed at the same rate as the large owners, has no way to fight his assessment and so pays up and thus the large property own er escapes paying his share of public burdens, and the small owner is rob bed by the unjust share of burdens placed on him.—Pori Chester Jour- BRIBERY IN YATES CiDUN- TY. If mmor is to be trusted, the grand jury of Yates county is investigating sensational bribery charges in con nection with the late election, and involving certain prominent Repub lican machine politicians, -Outside the town of Starkey, Thomas Carmo- dy, the Democratic nominee for the Assembly, had a majority of the votes. In that town, 200 Rep«blica|ns are known to have voted for Mr. Carmody; yec his opponent carried the town by the usual majority, and was declared elected by 98 votes. It is claimed that 100 donbtful Demo crats, and 200 “floaters” who never vote any ticket without pay, re ceived a large money consideration for producing the remarkable result in the town.of Starkey. It is freely talked in Yates county, that, between primaries, convention and election, one prominent Yates county Repub lican machinist spent $3,000 this year; and it is these charges which the grand jury is said to be investi gating. ENGINE AND SIXTEEN CARS PILED UP NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE. Frank'Grant, aFlai-man, Prove* a Hero Iteiiiff Aware that the Express *rraiii •Was l>ne Prom Troy, He Slops the Traill, Savini- Many nives Boushkeepsie, Bee. 13.—One of the worst freight wrecks that 'has ever oc curred on the New York Central rail road happened at 4:30 y-ester'day inom- ing at a point five miles north of this city from ah apparently trivial cause. A small section of slate rock, weighing in itho aggregate hut a tew hundred poimds, fell from 'the inland side of a T'Oek cut on to the north-Wound, track. A north-bound extra freight train of forty loaded cars, drawn hy engine 598, and running at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, struck this obstruction and the engine and sixteen cars were derailed. The locomotive kept on Its course and ran along over the ties a dis tance o f 300 feet .before it stopped. The sudden checking of the momentum of the locomotive and forward cars, with the pressure from behind of the part of the train that remained on the track, caused the derailed cars to come to gether In the cut something like an ac- cordeon. so that they were jammed into the cut from side to side in zig-zag po sitions. Both tracks and the road bed were torn up for a distance o f 250 feet. The \wrecked cars were loaded with all! kinds of general merchandise—cases e. furniture, pianos, fruits, furs for a military regiment in Canada, canned \goods and machinery. About of medicine, furniture, pianos,_ fruits, s r a m iii le-half of the freight remained free from damage. On the engine were Patrick ,0’Hagen, engineer; Joseph Heberer, fireman, of West Albany, and Prank Grant, flagman, of neer was slightly ,ny, and Prank Grant, head •f Poughkeepsie. The engi- ilightly bruised and the fire man’s back was -badly strained from being thrown down in the cab. Grant, fact is probably due the salvation of the fast night expr<•ess “ from Troy, with •ers. Grant the flagman, was uninjured, and to that its load of sleeping .passengen realized! Immediately that it was his duty to -warn the southbound trains, several of which were even then due. He jumped from his cab and ran up the track swinging his red lantern as h^ ran. He was none too soon, for the Troy express was then in the block ahead and running very fast. But the engineer saw the flagman’s lantern and came to a stop within a quarter of a mile of the \wreck. The injured fireman was taken to Al bany in a sleeping car. The accident caused almost complete cessation of traffic, passenger trains th and south of the tie through mail and limited trains were run between New Palmer Iguse Drug Store Kodaks FOR Presents iss was then in the block ein® block Teck all dray. The through mail i York and Albany over the Harlem di vision of \the Boston and Albany rail road via Chatham, while special trains were made up at Poughkeepsie to ac commodate passengers between here and Albany. There were about 150 passengers on the morning express trains that -were stalled north of th^ wreck, and which were sent hack to Albany at noon and run to New York by the improvised route. The fast mail which carries the New York newspapers to all points north and west was stalled here all day with about sixty tons of newspapers de signed for places throughout the State. M o t h e r M c K i n l e y H e a d . Canton. Dec. 18.—^Mis. McKinley died shortly after 2 o ’clock yesterday morn ing. All of her children and other immediate relatives were at her bed side. 'She did not suffer any in her last ly passed from the deep palsied sleep in which she had I almost constantly for the past ten days, into >the sleep of death. The end was most beautiful in its quiet and peacefulness. Mrs. McKin ley seemed to sleep so soundly that it was difficult to tell whether she had yet breathed her last. This condition continued for half an hour. There was no struggle. She seemed to sleep her life away. The president and all of her family were by her side. There was no recognition, however; her last oon- Bciousness was hours 'before her death. All through the trying campaign of President McKinley she watched her son with deep interest. She was a fre quent caller at his house, and was .greet- et by many of the visiting delegations of Republicans. She accompanied the president to the inauguration, riding in the special train, and remained in Washington until Mr. and Mrs. Mc Kinley had ibecome settled in their new home. Then she returned to Canton^ Gloversville Tragedy. Gloversville. Dec. 13.—^Two years ago last August Samuel Mills, of •Johnstown, in a fit o f jealousy shot his wife and then attempted suicide hy cut- ng h Mills W'Us sent to the Albany peniten tiary. He \was released recently and re turned to Johnstown. During his ab sence Mrs. Mills has received attem tions from a notorious character known as “Nigger” Denmark. Saturday night Mills went to hie \wife’s home, and, finding Denmark there, drew a revolv er and shot his wife as she ran from the house. ’The b her clotiiing, not then returned to the house and shot Denmark, the bullet lodging in his left eye. Mills .then put two bullets in his own head and will die, Denmark is seriously injured and will probably re- Havana Dlscoai 'Havana, Dec. 13.—^The plans of the insurgents to strike a blow near the City have been checked, according to the official account, hut the concentra tion of thein forces Is such as to make It unlikely that tthe local insurgent jando will aurrender, as the Spanish au thorities have been hoping. The busi- uesa concerns of the city are much dis couraged by the actual situation. They do not look forward to a speedy end of the revolution. All say that they have abandoned the hope that the in- Bungents will surrender <w accept the conditions of autonomy. Will delight a man or woman of 50 years as well as the boy or girl of 12, or the young man or miss of 20 years, and nothing in this wide, wide world will permit of more pleasure than Kodaking (except perhaps, it is Bicycle Ko daking. ) Kodaks from $5.00 to $25.00. Dose anil Cucumber Cream An exquisite creamy preparation for Tan, Sunburn, Redness, Freck les, or any Rmighnes.'«, leaves the Skin soft, white and beautiful. Apply After Bathing. PERFUMES. We are sole agents for Roger & Gallett’s Fine Imported per fumes, the most lasting and deli cate in odor. Also the best makes of American goods. Our line is the most extensive in this vicinity. Lownef's Bon-Bons anti Chncolates in attractive boxes. We are sole agents for H uy - d e r ’ s C a n d i e s , always fresh, al ways pure. Leave your orders for Huyler’s in Fancy Baskets, especially put up for the Holiday trade. See our line o f Combs, Brushes, Manicure Goods, Fancy Atomiz ers, Military Hair Brushes, etc. Largest line in town. Plain and Gold Mounted Briear Pipes, from 75c. to $3.50. PalmerHoflse Drag Store W. H. WHITEHEAD, Prop. Gen. Weyler went to Madrid, where Palmer House Block, Herkimer, the public treated him indifferently. * THE WAY TO MAKE A MERRY CHRISTMAS Is to make others happy. Suitable and serviceable gifts make them the happiest. Our stock answers a multi tude of questions for the bewildered Holiday shopper, and makes the selection of a “happy” gift an easy task. All we ask is that you call and look at our line of Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Novelties, Watches, Clocks, Canes, Lamps, Cut Glass, . Umbrella, Gold Pens, Pencils, and Picks, which is the largest and choicest ever gathered together in this vicinity foi^your in spection. We mention a few specialties. A Genuine Barga'n, We have a Kteriing Silver JLounte'T B rush and Coii-b. in embosse.l case. Very baiKlsome design, '97 pattern , excellent qu&lity bristles s e t in celluloid, which does • n o t absorb m o isture and ketps ihe brush • 3.75 Sterling Silver Tea Spoons. W e h a v e a great variety ol’ Silver Tea Spr)ons in both plain and fancy patterns. Our l e a d e r is a handsom elv headed piitteru spoon, e x tr a good w e ight, s terling sav e r and our H o liday 7 f J P e r O set — £.$ I u of six. 1847 Rogers Bros. . K n ives a n d Forks, w a r r a n ted t rip - G n n le plate a t o n ly ......................................... UiUU Sterling Silver Novelties. W e have th e largest display of silver novelties we have ever shown, such a s M anicni'e Files, Paper C u tters, H a t and Botk M arks, Cioat H a u gers, B u tton Hook, Shoe H()i-ns, Velvet Blushes, M a tc h Safes, Seals, s-ide Co cabs. N ail Polishers, Stam p Boxes, Key C h a ins and Rings, W h isk Brooms, a n d th e prices we q u o te a re lower than can be found elsew here fo r equal quality. If you are thinking of something in Silverware our stock is varied enough for us to almost guarantee that you will find exactly what you desire in this line. J . A . S e h r o tt,' LEADING JEWELEE, Corner Main and Liberty Streets, Herkimer, N. Y. buyers. certainly eaougli of them to bewilder exacting fancies, and every piece ii itire stock is built upon bonor— ^not one piece: but all. It will be to your in come and see our line, as we are offering special inducements to Holiday One instance if you please: $ 1.25 S \ t a , i r d S luartered Oak Center Stand, size 24x24, polished finish, two shelves, well made in every way. Considered a bargain elsewhere at $2.00. We have others at any price up to $10.90. Some as low as 48c. In Mahogany, Oak, Rattan, and Willow, also many choice and exclusive designs of upholstery. White Enamel and Bamboo Easels from 40c up-Jardinier Stands from 19c up. No one can offer better Furniture. No one can offer lower Prices. JO H N O A M P H lX iX ., “Furniture and Wail Paper for Every Boom in House.” Opposite Palmer Honse, Herkim
