The Somerset Herald. EDWARD 8CTJLL, Editor and Proprietor. WEDrTESDAY. Jn , ISA i f..frnnU I M mother to the horrible fatal i - ties which' have thus for crowdeJ the calendar of 18S3 calamities. with terrfble Dispatches from Queens town, Ire land, announce that Senator Cam eron and family landed there safely on Tuesday of last week. Ox Sundaylast, 3d inst, the B. & O. road with its connecting lines West, commenced running a fast train between New York and St Louis, the time to be reduced to 38 hours. The new Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue, Mr. Walter Evans, en tered upon the duties of bis office on the 1st inst. General Raum intro ducing him to the heads of the De partment. There is a newspaper rumor that the New York Democrats propose boosting Chauncey F. Black as a candidate for Vice President, for the purpose of checking the aspirations of Samuel J. Randall for President The courts in Lancaster were ad journed last week on account of the small pox in the county prison. The judges thinking it not right to sub ject jurors and others to the risk of contagion by bringing persons out of jail for trial in court There has been fourteen eases of small pox in the Lancaster county prison, of which one has, so far, proved fatal. The authorities now think they have it under control, as most of the prisoners affeccted are convalescing. The Legislative Conference Com mittee, now having in charge the Congressional apportionment bill, is composed of McCracken and Steh man (Republicans,) and Wolverton (Dem.) for the Senate, and Evans and Nicholson (Democrats,) and Colburn (Rep.) for the House. The office of iieeorder of the City of Philadelphia, which was about as old as the city itself, dating back to 1701, was last week legislated out of existence. This is styled reform, but it looks more like political vin dictiveness -abolishing an office be cause the Democracy could not con trol it Small potatoe politicians may scoff and sneer, and attempt to be little General Grant, but the world will go on admiring and remember ing the man from the "Appomattox apple tree," long after his detainers have been forgotten and mingled with the dirt from whence they sprung. It is alleged that Governor Patti- son has aspirations for Mr. Gamer on's seat in the Senate. As his At torney General Cassidy publicly booked himself for this position some time since, there will be dis cord in the happy family, unless one or the other of these aspiring gentle men curbs his ambition. The vexed question of whether or not instrumental music shall be al lowed in the churches of the United Presbyterian denomination, was set tled in the General Assembly, held at Pittsburg, last week, by a vote of 149 to 70. The minority filed a pro test, but as there is no higher court than the General Assembly, the mat ter may be regarded as settled finally. The Republican Congressional a . .a t Ml i j i r r Apportionment dm passea uie sen ate on Tuesday of last week, and was sent to the Democratic House, which refused to concur in it A confer ence committee of each House has been appointed, but there is not much probability of their agreeing, and so the present apportionment will stand, unless the Governor car ries out the threat made by his friends, and calls an extra session of the legislature. The "Free Pipe Bill" finally pass ed the House at Harrisburg, on Fri day last, and the oil men are jubi lant By means of controlling the pipe lines oi the State, and its com bination with the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Standard Oil Company has had a monopoly of the oil trade ' of the country, and has grown as ar rogant as it has grown rich. This bill, allowing other pipe lines to be constructed, the same as railroads are built under our Free railroad law, virtually terminates the monop oly of transporting oil by pipe lines to the seaboard, possessed bv the Standard Company, and trees inde pendent refiners and producers from its control. Of coarse, the Standard will struggle to retain its grip on the trade, but by the passage of this bill opportunity is given for competition and monopoly is no longer sustain ed by the laws of the State. The news from PitUburg, that the iron manufacturers have agreed with their workmen to continue the old acale of prices, and that there will be do strike, will be gratifying to the people of this State and of the entire country. We trust that the tears of the manufacturers, as to their ability to continue operating their works, at present prices, may not be realiz ed, and that after a losing struggle for months, they will not be com pelled to shut down for lack of a safe margin of profit A suspension of the iron works meant also a stop to coal mining and coke making, and us ooacaeat ex&roed iXleaess of thousands of men, beside those di rectly interested in operating the mills. The general public do not care much about the causes leading to this action of the mill owners, but it is understood that failure to agree among themselves, and fear that their trade would be diverted to oth er places, that would profit by the reduced production and thus obtain higher prices for their product, led to . a a .It i lltnM will the result, At an event, v no strike at present. What are known as the "Vander- l;h p.Hrmul bills." on the passage of which the immediate construction of the "Harrisburg and Western Railroad" appeared to be dependent have finally been disposed of, and if the assertion of those at the head of this corporation are to be accepted as true, the work of construction through this and adjacent counties will soon be commenced. These bills there are four of them passed both Houses some ten days since, and were held by the Governor until Friday last, when he affixed his sig nature to two of them, and returned the other two to the benate lor amendment, in compliance with a joint resolution recalling them. On Saturday the amendments were adopted and it is understood they also, or at least one of them, will now be signed by the Governor. Of the two signed, one allows railroad companies to change their termini and build only part cf the route when they can use another road for the balance, and the other extends the time of those companies which have not fulfilled the provisions of their charter. These laws were deemed necessary because it is con templated to reach Pittsburg by a connection with the Pittsburg and Youghiogheny road near Connells ville, while the charter of the road designates Wheeling as its eventual western termini, and because there were doubts whether the charter of the "Southern Pennsylvania," now the Harrisburg and Western, was not forfeited by reason of not having fulfilled its charter within the requi site legal time, f The other two bills j returned for amendment, and which are substantially the same, remove the restriction of the general railroad law on capital stock and boads of SGO.OOO per mile and make it $250, 000 per mile. The Vanderbilt peo ple hold that SG0,000 per mile is to tally insufficient to build a first class double track road, such as they pro pose to construct, but the Governor, while not disputing this fact, took the ground that under the general law the issue of bonds would be twice the capital stock, and if that were true, and if he should approve the bill in its then shape, new com panies could raise $500,000 per mile by their bonds, and $250,000 by their capital stock, making a total of $750, OOO'per mile, which he thought en tirely too high. He offered, however, to sign a bill limiting the amount of stock and bonds to be issued to $450,000 per mile, which was assent ed to and the bills were returned to the legislature, the amendment drawn up by Senator Wallace, and promptly passed by both Houses. It is taken for granted that the Gov ernor will sign the amended bill not withstanding the strong opposition that has been lately developed by the Philadelphians, who fear that the opening of a new line from New York via Harrisburg to Pittsburg, may be injurious to that city. Now that the necessary legislation has been obtained, and1 thus, according to their own statement, the only ob stacle removed, we presume that construction on the tunnels and oth er heavy work, will be commenced this season and pushed with vigor. The construction of this road is of vast importance to the people of this county, and we congratulate .i i ii i , em on we auspiviuuu uuuuu. The nrice of lumber will not like ly advance with a demand for tim ber to build the Democratic platform It can be made of three planks two inches wide : Free trade, all the of fices, and free whisky. Inter Ocean. Such Stair. Pittsburg Telegraph. This is the kind of stuff which the Philadelphia Times prints as politi cal wisdom concerning the forthcom ing Republican State Convention: "The old machine leaders are arrant; ing for complete control of the con vention, but they do not care to both er themselves about candidates for the two unimportant offices to be fill ed this year. They will concede the selection of these to the convention. People not so wise as the Timet might be inclined to ask what the old macmne leaders are arranging to control it tney "concede" the can didates. The Irou Sltuattoa. PiTTSBCRfi, May 31. A conference of the iron manutacturers and the Amalgamated Association commit tee this afternoon resulted in the manuiacturers signing last year s scale wnicn is so.ou per ton for pud dling. This action happily avoids a strike and insures the ruuninz of all the mills in the west for at least one year longer. The manufacturers who have all along persisted that they would not pay more than $5,and wbo were supposed to have a solid front, give as a reason for the unex pected action that they had positive information that a number of the western miners had made arrange ments to continue at the old scale with the condition that if the manufacturers here were successful the workmen would accept the same wages, and rather than submit to seeing their trade going to other places they decided to pay the wages demanded by the Amalgamated As sociation. President Jarrett of the latter says the scale is signed uncon cuuonauy, ana cnaracierizes it as a victory without a battle." Intense satisfaction is expressed on all aides over toe settlement as a strike was regarded as inevitable, and to Pitts burg an indefinite shutting down of iron mUls means not only a aenouc loss to those c?fted in that cartao clu industry bet to every other in- crsay aaa peseta as wta. BROOKLYN HUGE PililC. Fourteen Persons Killed and Many Injured. PARTICULARS OP THE ACCIDENT. Brooklyn, May 31. There was a crush at the steps at the New York approach of the Brooklyn bridge this afternoon. A panic followed and at least fourteen persons were killed an and many wounded. The crush be gan shortly before 4. At that hour there were thousands of people on e bridge, most ot tnem coming from Brooklvn. The air was eleas and brisk, and the people were walk ing rapidly. As the crowd approach ed the short flight of steps, those in front pushed back for fear they would be precipitated over the steps, a dis tance of about six feet These peo ple, in drawing back from the steps, made the nucleus of the jam, for the thousands behind them pushed on unheeding. Almost instantly the people began to shout "Stand back," and "give us room." Meanwhile the crowd from New York, which was at the foot of the steps, got blockaded. The men at the head of the New York crowd fought their way back, leaving clear the space at the foot of the steps. The snouting and crowd ing from the Brooklyn side increas ed. It was utterly inexplicable. The people in the advance guard of the Brooklyn throng were pusnea in spite of themselves toward the steps. They seemed to have a hor ror of going oyer the stepB, although the flight is only five or six feet high. They locked arms and push ed furiously against the . thousands coming steadily over from Brooklyn. In a few minutes at a point just above the steps there was a slow yielding to the frightful pressure from behind, and the front of the crowd was forced nearer the edge of the steps. Women and children were screaming for help and men were shouting confusedly. Umbrel las, parcels, and canes were thrown over the rails at the side by the peo ple who needed their hands to fight their way out of the desperate crowd. the death trample. At last with a . single shriek that cut through the clamor of thousands of voices, a young girl who lost her footing on the perilous edge, fell head long. She struck the pathway at the foot of the steps and lay for a moment She raised herself on her hands and would have got up, but in another moment she was buried four deep under the bodies of others who fell over the steps after her. She was dead when they got her out, more than half an hour afterward. The men sprang upon the rails at the side and waved the crowds back from both the New York and Brook lyn Bides. But the people continued to crowd on toward the 6teps. No police were in eight Every minute the excitement grew worse. Men in the crowd lifted their children above their heads to save them from the crush. The people were still paying their pennies at both gates and swarming in. THT GATES CLOSED. At last the people at the New York end of the bridge understood what was happening. The gates were closed and word was sent to Brooklyn to close the gates there. Messengers were sent to the police station in Oak street, but before any outside help came the bridge police, assisted by citizens, impressed two procers' wagons into ambulance ser vice. They were loaded up with dead and dying and driven off the bridge, followed by crowds of dis tracted men and women. As the wagons came out on the street they were obliged to stop to allow a bril liantly uniformed band, playing gay music, to pass up unamam street. DISTRACTED WOMEN. The wagons were followed off the bridge bv women crving for their children and by men crying for their wives. Several of the women were half naked and many had on only rags. One woman had both her shoes torn oil, and almest an were bareheaded. There were hun dreds of them disheveled and crying. Their faces were white and in many instances were covered with dust and dirt Mrs. Edward O. Colburn, No, 187 South Eighth street, Brooklyn, came out into Chatham street, lead ing a little boy with each hand. She had lost her husband in the throng. I He had taken their youngest child wiia mm. w uur duo was uumuj; with a reporter on Chatham street, her oldest daughter, a girl of nine teen, ran up to her crying, "Where is father?" The mother answered that she did not know. Mrs. Col burn said : "It was an awfu! expe rience. I saw one woman fall back ward from the steps. As soon as she fell she was jumped upon by men who were forced after her. They trampled her to death. I was push ed up against the railing and turned around and around. My clothing was torn and 1 was exhausted. V hen I last saw my husband he was hold ing our youngest child up in the air and being earned toward the edge ofthestepsby the crowd. I clung to the railing. At last some one from above grasped my wrists and hauled me up out of the crush. A few mo ments later they got my two boys up. At that time the bodies lay three deep at the foot of the steps. One man, who was white as a sheet, struggled out of the mass with his deadchild held above his head. He was screaming. I stood by the rail looking for my husband and our oth er child. I do not know whether they are Bafe." WHERE THE BRfiXiE WAS DEFECTIVE. New York, May 31. The univer sal comment this morning respect ing the bridge horror is that the same accident is liable to happen at any time, no matter what the police re strictions may be, unless the steps are abolished, or at least divided for the two streams of pedestrians. The Superintendent of the bridge, Mr. Martin, makes this frank statement : "The foot path certainly is no safe place for such crowds as pass over the bridge. It was not intended to accommodate any such travel as we are having. As to the steps, it bad been decided to put a railing up and down the middle to divide the people going one way from those going an other. The railing would hav to be camea up someaisunce Deyona tne top of the steps, of course. We should carry it probably one ban dred feet long. This was one of the alterations we had already determin ed upon, and it is to be made at once. Then we are going to place side rail ing on the steps a little further back. Some space is now lost by them. Then, further back between the cables, we can widen the passage by placing the railinji farther apart and against the cables, and this is to be done. j "CouUnot theater Ur2icpti with ?" was asked. "Well, we could build . what is called a ramp an inclined plane from the top of the steps to a point further down the bridge, bat there would be seme danger in making the grade any steeper, especially in wet or icy weather." To the Superintendent's statement may be added that .the fact is now obvious that during those hours of the day when the transit is most lively and on holidays and Sundays, there will always be great danger of a heavy crash similar to that of yes terday unless means of relieving it be devised. Not even the bridge ca ble track for cars, now nearly com pleted, will prevent a crush at those times. inquiring, fob missing persons. A number of persons inquired at the police headquarters this morning for children or friends supposed to have been on the bridge at the time of the accident Only in one or two cases was there reason to suppose the missing persons might have been on the bridge. The Oak street police report that they have a cart load of property, taken from the anchorage, most of it being clothing torn beyond recognition. Very few articles haye been claimed. WHAT CAUSED THE PANIC. Superintendent Martin has been personally investigating the cause of the disaster, and the best informa tion he can gather leads him to be lieve the panic was caused by pick pockets. No action has been taken by the bridge trustees. THE DEAD AND INJURED. The bodies of the dead carried to the Chambers Street Hospital are being removed to day to the homes of friends, and preparations for the burial begun. All the injured in the Chambers Street Hospital are im proving. A number of inquiries were made there to-day for missing persons, but no information concern ing them could be given, as all the dead and injured have been identi fied. It is believed a full list of the dead and seriously hurt has been given. PcMtmasten Moat Stick to BiuioeM. Washington, June 2. Postmaster General Gresham to-day issued an order directing postmasters at first and second class offices to hereafter give personal attention to business and not to be absent themselves without authority granted upon written application to the Depart ment Judge Gresham said his rea son for making such a rule was ow ing to the number of defalcations that had been brought to his notice by inspectors of the post office de partment Investigation showed that the postmasters in most cases where financial difficulties bad aris en were in the habit of trusting too implicitly to their deputies, t'olitics was at the bottom of the trouble, but under the new order no postmaster that disobeyed the instructions would have an opportunity to repeat his offense. There was no necessity for postmasters to run away from their business to work up a political boom for anv one. "And while at the head of the post office depart ment," said Judge Gresham. "I shall put my foot down against such prac tices." A Criminal Mistake. St. Louis, Jnne 3. The following story comes from the Indian' Terri tory :. A terrible piece of criminal recklessness on the part of a United States Marshal, which resulted in the killing of three children, has just come to light Some three weeks since Deputy Marshal Mershon with a posse were looking for a couple of t t j il. : -l l liunui muruerers in wo vuivtuan Nation near Red river. They were Supposed to be at a certain house, and just betore daylight the omcers surrounded the place. The woman of the house with two children, aged twelve and sixteen, were sleeping out under the trees, owing to the heat, and a third child, nine years old, was sleeping in the bouse. The Marshal on riding up awoke them, and they, supposing some drunken Indians were carousing near, ran for the house to barricade the door. The Marshal without waiting for closer investigation to see whether they were the parties wanted, opened fire, killing both children and wounding the woman. They then rushed into the house ana seeing me ower ooy lying there in the dim light shot and killed bim. On discovering their mistake they left and reported they had killed three desperadoes, but the facts have just come out The Chickasaws are greatly excited over it and are determined to sift the matter to the bottom. Terrible Morm in Iadiaaa. . Indianapolis, May 29. About 6 o'clock last evening a tornado struck the town of Edinburg, Ind., follow ing a heavy rainfall. The storm lasted ten minutes and raged with great violence. The spire of the Methodist Church was blown down upon the roof of the parsonage, crushing through it to the ground, South of the town a grove of timber belonging to George Catsisger was demolished, and . four miles further south the cyclone struck the farm of J. IS. Deming, wrecking a barn kill ing Mr. Deming's son Frank and fatally injured a farm hand. Terre Haute, Ind., May 29. A double tornade swept by Clay City at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the extremeties being a mile apart Clay City, which was in the centre, escap ed with slight damage, but at Neal's Mill on one side, a house was swept out existence, six persons killed, a bridge destroyed and general havoc fnevails. On the other side, in a ittie settlement five persons were killed, houses were blown to pieces, and one child was blown away and has not yet been found. In all, twelve persons were injured, besides those killed. Trees have been blown over a wide area. VaadcrMlt Looking- to Ohio. Cleveland, 0 May 29. While William K. Vanderbilt was in Cleve land some weeks ago be contracted for the purchase of a large tract of farm land at Mentor village, near President Garfield's old home. To day the agreement was completed through an agent of Mr. Vanderbilt's. It is said that the New York mil lionaire will improve the property, and will next year erect a handsome and costly 8ummer residence, to be built entirely of stone from Lake Eric island. I Dead. Nashville, Tmul, May 31. General G. A. Buell. of the United States army, died this afternoon near this city from the effects of an oper ation perform ;i on his jaw some timwr f complicated with AN ILLINOIS LABOR RIOT. Milltljunca Fire on a Mob at Retelcke St riita M 99. The Strike of the Illinois miners, which culminat ed yesterday in rioting and blood shed, has been in progress for fully . i ii e . two wee ics. , a rernaraaoie ieaiure of its latter Btages was the active part which the wives and daughters of the miners took in preventing the new men from working the mince. These Amazons, numbering fully 300, marching in battle array and supported by about 150 miners, took possession-oi uie iuiut and work was entirely suspended through the district The militia which Governor Hamilton naa or AarmA nnt. n THiinulftV- consisting of Co. from Taylorville, Edwards- - t i i vine ana v eraen, naa oeu wuueu trated at East St Louis, so as to be in readiness to yroceed to any point threatened. They were placed un der command of Colonel Barkley, of Snrinefield. who received instruc tions from the Governor to take his orders from the Sheriff of the county in which the troops are stationed. Yenterdav morning Colonel Bark- ley was notified that the mob had taken possession ot the mines around Belleville, and that tne civu auuion ties were powerless. Immediately Ka atartjv with his three companies nn hnarH tmin and arrived at Belle ville late in the afternoon, when he learned that the mob had taken pos session of Mine No. 1, at Reinicke, a small station on the Louisville and Nashyille Railway, in St Clair coun ty, about three and a half miles west of Belleville. The military then started for that point, reaching it about 5.30 r. . From the car wm lnwa thpv m a. mob of 500 strikers and about 100 frantic women in pos session of the mine. The women had just come from Rsa Hill. and. wild with rage, were very much more demonstrative than . . J m . : l l -A tne men. j ne iraiu uu Duiuum a ravine between two high hills, and both bluffs were covered with strikers, the women having taken a possession on the summit Deputy Sheriff Anthony, of St Clair county, mounted upon a box on the depot platform, and, addressing the strik ers, said he did not desire to have trouble, but he wanted the laws complied with, and urged tne moo tn Hi an ran ne&ceablv. Before he had concluded the report of a pistol rang out on the air, loiioweu Dy iwo more shots from the summit of the hill Th rfpnutr felt a bullet whis tle past his ear,, and noticing where the smoke came from in the mob drew his pistol and fired in that di rection. This was the signal for a general fisilade from the mob, and one of the soldiers, who was just getting out of the cars, fell with a buuet through his xknee. iwe-tniras oi the militarv were still in the cars when Deputy Sheriff Anthony or dered Colonel Hartley to give me umrrl to firf and t he Colonel shouted out the command to his men. The troops filed rapidly out of the cars and poured a volley into thestrikeM with deadly effect The latter re treated, but returning the fire, where upon a second volley was given py the military. The mob, men and women alike, scattered and ran helter-skelter through the gullies and ravines. After the smoke cleared away it was found that one of the strikers bad been instantly aiuea and another shot through the head so that he cannot recover. A third was shot through the hip. Several made their escape, leaving oiooay trails behind them. Twenty-six of the mob were made prisoners and are now held by the nMipra in their eamn. Com Dan V F. of Edwardsyille, numbering forty- five men, remain at iteinicae witn the prisoners. The Taylorville and Verden companies left late last night for home, but are under orders to hold themselves in readiness to move on Collinsville, where trouble is an ticipated. Beaten by a Priest. Cleveland, May 30. A Catholic priest named Julius Butzen, employ ed as a school teacher in the parish school here, was arrested to-day for infliftintr Rerious injuries on a boy named James McMahon. The boy missed a lesson in arithmetic, and the te&cher. to make an example of him. hrntallv whioped him with a heavy cane. The lad has been con fined to his bed ever since the whip administered nealv a year ago. He will be a cripple for life. A portion of bis hip-bone has been removed. His left leg is twi6t nnt nf ahune and is covered with running sores. His arms and legs are simply skin and bones, and the bov's entire body has wasted away until every bone seems about to hnrat thrnnph its covering of skin. Butzen gave bail for bis appearance on oaiuraay, wiieu uib uiai wme up in th nnlicft court Theiniured lad will be broughr in on a litter to give his testimony. The other school children will testify as to his being beaten, and Dr. Vance and other witnesses will swear to facts as to the boy's condition. Discovery of a Marder. Uniontown, May 30. A few days ago George Hagerman, living near Perryopolis, this county, while hew ing timber in the woods fell from the log with a stroke of appoplexy. He was found several hours after ward in an unconscious condition. from which he never rallied. Next day, while bis grave was being dug, the workmen found the body of a man two or three feet under the surface, who had been dumped into the hole, three feel long, witn nis every-day clothes on and without a coffin. The discovery recalled the fact that a few years ago three stran mud a nhort visit to the place. One of them soon afterward myste riously disappeared and tne oiners then went away. It is believed this in thn man an d that he was murder ed by his two companions, as a fire bad been made over tne grave to cover up the traces. Arreat ofaa old Horaa Thief. IfrfWicirt TnnR1. Pa.. Jane 1. Ike Shaffer, ef Allegheny City for- a . ma I A J I . many ot this place, tne notea aorse thidf and (toiler in counterfeit mon ey, was arrested yesterday near Mer- cersburg ana toagea in we x ranaiin county jail at Chambersburg on the rliarM nf ' knHa atlinr A horM VMM.KV Vft wvw.-. 1 had been stolen the night previous . . !! 1 ni .A irom aenry Angiemuier, ana onaa er was found lurking near the stolen animal.- The number of horses stol ed by Shaffer exceeds 100, and he haa hn Annvirted on aeveral occa sions but pardoned. He in about 84 Jears ui age. n ius uuiooi, niH uggies, harness and other property have been stolen in this vicinity within the past few days, and sever al arrests lunre been made. A Horrible Death on the Pla. aa. St Pirn- Minn Mav 30. Early on Monday morning last a party of men started out from Winnipeg, M anitnh. tn vprifV tha resorts of the finding of the body of William Kittson, the son oi lammoaore xuw son, who escaped from the Smallpox hospital several days ago and whose remains were said to have Deen found under circumstances of pecu liar horror. After crossing a bridge two miles Northwest of Winnipeg they continued in a westerly direc tion the other two miles. Soon a white speck on the prairie was dis tinguished. Approaching nearer the body was discovered, ana tne party, in order to avoid danger, ap- nhcA it hv mftkint & circuit. lmvwvuvh aw - O When nearing the body a large ea gle feasting itself on the flesh flew away. Louis Kittson, Williams brother, was the first to reach the body and recognize his brothor. He burst into tears. The body was al most unrecognizable. One ear and a part of the face were eaten by the . a a . 1 eagle. The body was lying on tne riirht aide, with lees drawn UP. torn. badly puffed and swollen. The feet, . . f . 1 vi 1 legs and lace were penecuy oiacx. It looked as if he had lain down to sleep. The head was lying on the right arm. The body was covered only by a night-shirt, badly tattered, andi lying in a slight hollow. Water t thA rfpnth of four inches covered a quarter of an acre of ground around it. How Kittsen walked five miles thajt night, through the sloughs, swamps and rough places, without boots or clothes, before lying down to die. is a mvsterv. It is feared that those of the party who. approached too near the Doay may contract me disease. An inquest is demanded by Kittson's friends, also a rigid in- inry inio an me lacia ui wio raoe. t is feared that a iurv cannot be procured to sit on the body. A Maniac' Spirit. Esie, Pa., June 1. The keeper of insane men in the Almshouse nere yesterday morning was attacked house here yesterday was attacked by George Collier, an inmate under treatment for about two years. The keeper is a powerful man and to this' circumstance, as well as his agility, he owes his life. Collier rushed upon him from concealment with a knife, but was disarmed. Almost immediately after the knife was taken away be said to the keep er: Air. Mahoney, I was command ed by a spirit to cut off your head and stick it on a pole, but that order has just now been revoked. I want you to take the knite and cut my head off before Mr. Brown does it" Kneeling down he bent his neck for the stroke. "Hurry up. Use the knife : it's sharp enough." He was put in a cell and will be transferred to Warren. Deco rattan Day Episode. Salida, Col., May 31. Two drunken miners last evening created a disturbance, and the City Marshall attempted, to arrest them. One of them, named Evans, attacked the marshal with a knife, and the latter shot and killed him. The other, miner, Thomas Menemeyer, then shot the Marshal, Deputy Marshal Bathurst and a man named Gannon. He then started for the- mountains with a party of citizens in pursuit, and before he was captured he shot and killed William H. Brown, one of the pursuers. Gannon has since died, and Bathurst and Stingley are in a critical condition, There is strong talk of lynching Minemeyer. Dart a c Burglars. Habtford, Conn., May 30. A few weeks ago two old ladies named Ellsworth were forced to give up their valuables to burglars, and a month ago a young lady was out raged by. a 'burglar. Early this morning a burglar got into Julius Steel's house, and Stel's son, a young man, engaged in a hand-to-hand encounter with the robber, in which Steel was shot in the right side and had tijree bullets put through his right arm. He emptied a revolver at the burglar, but the latter escap ed. . Fayette 1-rimarlea. Uniontown, Pa., June 3. Yes terday was a regular field day for Searight in the Fayette county pri maries. In the judicial fight he car ried most of the heavy voting dis tricts and his friends to-day are claiming that his majority will reachl,500 to 2,000. ' The race for Sheriff is close be tween Sterling and Dean, with the odds apparently in favor of Sterling. For District Attorney the fight is between Cochrane and Hertzog. the former nrobablv winning. Elias Hatfield is probably nomi nated for Poor House Director, Dr. J. A. Button for Coroner and A. J. Gilmore for County Surveyor. The last two candidates had no opposi tion. A Man Badly Broken Up. Uniontown, May 31. William Sproul, a cinder hauler at Oliphant furnace, near here, this evening had his right leg broken in two places and his head badly hurt by a cage coming down on him. Both cages were up and he walked under to get a drink. : One of the cages came down as be stepped under. Sproul is a young man about 30 years old and unmarried. Another Victim of an Old Fend. Chattanooga, Tens., May 31. A terrible murder occurred at Helen wood, Tenn., Sunday. In an affray betweem members of a family, two Cecil brothers were killed by the Smith boys, One of the murders, Robert Smith, was seen by his pur suers to-day and was killed while resisting arrest , Arreted on Snaploioa. Williavsport, May 29. The facta elicited in the Coroner's exami nation in the case of Charles Hank er, whose body was recently found hanging in a barn on the farm of Samuel Cook, near Jersey Shore, thie county, points unmistakably to foul play. - The authorities haye taken Cook into custody, and he will be tried upon the charge of murdering Hanker. Shot and Killed. Scbabton, May 28. Pat Hoar was arrested early this morning for killing James Norton at a wedding last night Hoar was one of a sere nading party who enlivened the oc casion by shooting revolvers. He confessed to haying shot Norton, but says tne snooting was accidental. Norton was 35 years old, and leaves a wife and fite children. When he was shot he was leading his 8 year old boy by the hand. TwnStorma. Council Bluffs, Iowo, June. 2. The rain storm of last evening was unprecedented in 'force. It began shortly before 6 o'clock and contin ued until y o'clock. Daring much of the time the rain fell with such force that its effect upon those ex posed to it was similar to that of a heavy shower-bath. At times it would almost take a person's breath away. There was no wind. The rear wall of the new opera house in course of erection has fall en. It was over fifty feet high. The side walls are cracked, and are liable to fall as they settle. All the bridges as far down as Eighth street are gone, including two stone bridgts which alone cost nearly 120,000. Hundreds of families living ad jacent to the creek were driven from their nomes ana many nouses were more or less damaged. In many cases the furniture in the houses is a total loss. A number ot houses were dashed to pieces as they float ed off. One heavy iron bridge with a 50-foot span was carried a distance of more than two blocks, and its heavy iron girders and stringers were bent and warped as if they had been mere wire ropes. The damage is estimated at oUO.OUO. No lives were lost New Orleans, June 2. The Times Democrat s Crystal Springs (Misa.) special says : Mrs. May field's store was struck by lightning. Miss Clara Cook was killed. She was sur rounded by several ladies, all of whom escaped. Another Phcpnix Park Mnrderer. Dublin, June 2. Thomas Caffrey, the fourth of the Phoenix Park mur derers brought to the gallows, was hanged in Kilmainham Jail at eight o'clock this morning. During a fare well interview with his mother yes terday Caffrey broke down com pletely. The crowd outside the pris on this morning was very small, numbering only tbout fifty persons. Among these were the mother and brother of the prisoner and a woman who had been present at all the exe cutions of men convicted of the mur der of Lord Frederick CavCndish andMr.Burk and prayed for the condemned. Caffrey was composed when on the scaffold. His death was instantaneous. Caffrey wrote a letter to his mother last evening, in which he said: "I hope you will never have cause to blush for my name. As I am paying the penalty of my crime in this world I hope I won't have to suffer for it in the next" Incendiaries. Minneapolis, May 29. About midnight last night a fire broke out here, which destroyed L. Duensing's feed store and a number of barns near by, on South Washington St Duensing's loss is $5,000. Before the fire was under control, Wheaton, Reynolds & Co.'s sash and door fac tory, on the east side of the city, was found to be in flames, and Averill, Russell & Carpenter's paper ware house, in South Minneapolis, was al so discovered to be on fire. Whea ton, Reynolds fe Co.'s loss is $100, 000; Averill, Russell & Carpenter's loss is $7,000, the other losses are small but numerous. It is supposed that all the fires were the work of in cendiaries. .Saffacated. ; Troy, May 28. At Schuylerville, this afternoon, Nicholas Vanden burg, while digging a well, noticed that. a laborer who had descended into,' the opening was suffocating from the effects of gas. He attempt ed to rescue the man, but met the same fate. Mrs. Vandenburg, wbo was on the ground, urged the other workmen to descend the aparture and rescue the men, but they refus ed. She descended herself and was also overcome. All three were then brought to the surface, Vandenburg and his wife dead and the laborer alive but unconscious. Tbe Western Storms. Cincinnati, May 30. Later re- Eorts of Monday's storm from the ittle Miami Valley, say that some thing like a cloud burst occurred, flooding houses and driving people from the first floors of their dwell ings. Considerable damage was done in Shelby, Decatur, and Bar tholomew counties, Indiana. Iu Butler county, Ohio, a family near West Chester was badly injured by falling walls and great damage , was done to barns and dwellings. At Lancaster, Owen county, Indiana, W. R. Williams, his wife and chil dren, and the four Craft brothers, were killed by falling timbers, and a number of others very seriously injured. ; Hyitterioas. . Kansas City, May 29. On April 17 Miss Anna Bauerlin, twenty-five years of age, daughter of a wealthy German here, mysteriously disap peared. No clue was obtained un til yesterday, when at Boonville, 150 miles below here, on tbe jlissouri river, a body was found in the river by fishermen, and identified as that of Miss Bauerlin. There was a bul let wound in the back. The jewelry on her person was undisturbed. The tact of murder is established, but the circumstances remain a complete mystery. A Brake man Killed. Wellsvjlle, O., June 3. Harry Whitacre, a young man living here, met with a horrible death this morn ing. .' He was employed as a freight brakeman, and shortly after he left Bayard it is thought, he fell between the cars. He was not missed until tbe train bad gone 15 miles, when search revealed one of bis legs cling ing to tbe -car trucks. A following train discovered his mangled, dis membered body on the cross-ties t f a bridge at East Rochester, where he had been dragged, a distance of two miles. When found the body was stripped of every vestige of clothing.. The remains were brought here this morning. - Darlag Eaoape from Jail. Easton, June 1. Warden WhiU sell, of the Northampton County prison, noticed this evening some one ran past tbe office door from the direction of tbe cell. He inquired who it was, and found that a prison er named Frits Stark, a noted pro fessional burglar and robber, had disappeared. -Word was telephoned to police headquarters and officers started to head bim off at tbe railroad bridge, as ho had gone in that direc tion. They were a minute too late, and Stark, though seen by thejn and chased, managed to escape. He had picked the lock of the ciain door of the cell and had cleared the jail in the very presence almost of. three officials. i - nrm tit ft I I'm 0117171711111 fiT nmi- MM AMJ uULiLMK ULUI'l Largest Stock ! Latest Styles ! Best Makes ! Lowest pr .u juu. about it know I A Dealer in Dead Bodies. Chicago. June 1. County Under taker Chaffee has been indicted by the grand jury for trafficking in the bodies of dead paupers. The grand jury has also censured the board of County Commissioners for tostenng the traffic that has been going on in the nauDer dead by the prevailing system of letting the work of burial out by yearly contract. The indict ment is the result ot several days' investigation, during which it was proved that out of -14 cases in which Chaffee claimed to have found tbe friends of the dead, only in one in stance did his statement prove to be true; 43 of the bodies had been sold to the medical institutions for pur poses of dissectien and the proceeds of the sale absorbed by the county undertaker. Some time ago Chaffee left for Florida to recruit his health. He is now supposed to be in the Bermudas. It is not thought that he will return voluntarily to this city, and he will probably have to be sent for. The Fete At Moscow. Moscow, June 2. The fete at Pet roffsky Park to-day was on a colossal scale. The land upon which the entertainments were given embraced about 100 hectares. There were four immense theatres in which perform ances were given, a circus performan ce, ballets, pantomimes and proces sions of horsemen. It is estimated that fully 1,000,000 persons were at the fete. One hundred and forty wagons loaded with barrels of beer arrived on the ground during the morning, and by noon all of this sup ply of beer has been exhausted. The Czar and Czarina on their arri val in the Park during the afternoon were received with deafening cheers by the multitude. Large number of peasants had walked from the dis tance provinces to attend the fete. One of the features of this immense gathering was the lack of disturbance the pepole throughout the day behav ing in a most orderly manner. II ighway Rojberjr. Johnstown, June 3. On Saturday evening, between S and 9 o'clock, as Ed. S. Riale and M. H. Lockwood, the new pitcher of the Johnstown Base Ball Club, were returning from Davidsville in a buggy they were stopped by four men, who emerged suddenly from the woods near the top of Ben's Creek Hill, about three miles from this place. One of tbe men presented a pistol in the usual road agent Style, demanding the two gentlemen's money, which was promptly handed over, as they were unarmed and taken entirely una wares. Mr. Riale had a watch on his person, but this was not taken the highwaymen saying they want, ed only cash. The money taken amounted ot about $25. There is no clue to the perpetrators of the outrage. MUfortane of a Traveler. Hamburg, June 1. Lewis Iaeger, aged twenty-five years, a grandson of the noted Lutheran minister, Rev. G. F. J. Iaeger, deceased, returned to Hamburg from Montana Territo ry several days ago presenting a pitiable sight During last Winter, while travelling in a stage, they were caught in a "blizzard" and snow bound, and several of the passengers were frozen to death. Mr. Iaeger's injuries were so severe as to require the amputation of both legs just be low the knee. The fingers of both hands were also amputated. Absolutely Pure. Tab powaar muwm nrtmt. aaarol nf parity, We la aaa whsiMoawaM. Mot Moaoakcal Ufo artuwrr katda, ami taoaat btnUk oantUi Wit Om mttitad at few Uat. ikorl V thua m paoaphata pavdafa, Ui rnlw m (a. fcoTAi. EAXunt Powaaa Oo., 1M Wtil . ice: No matter what you buy, you it back at any time within ton .u if not soiled, your money will be ?' ' When an article fails to be price paid, we shall appreciate it t will show us the article, no matter and badly worn, and allow us tn ITamI back a satisfactory amount in cn wwc a nut-jut allowance on your puruiase. We desire to publish broadcast ft guarantee to make every article wn? yrjv;c im lur it, uut you must otherwise, how would L. M- WOOLP THE POPULAR CJlOTHIIiR John stown, Pa. s IIERIFF'S SALE: HTTlrtaaofeartmln WHnfr, . r; - w ubi or til. f Common Plea of Somerset Count a, me directed, there will h st Um Court House, la Somrrwt. p", !" Thursday, June 7. l.W at 1 e'elock P. M. ail tbe right, title. claimorttie defendant, Francla H. Yt - -" ' DOUt1, juni! ertruUeT township, Somerset euuntT p, ' Inir lamia nf Ivl 1 1 nH. T.. k v."u simmi Hm7.'.:.r.u"l" - - --i - vaMva aau Wilier flti, twelve (li) acres more or len, (beln UmV with th ai.r.nrrM.... n-njunHj at .laof bi TSibL "J Tib in itmiIh. h& . . ' ALSO 11 the riicht. title, interest and cUlm tfi fondant eumpantr, tbe FUikerton Lumtn jiiiny (I.iiniieit),U. F. prdoe, Cbiinus. and to the iullowlnn real exute. to wit bo. . A certain tract ol land limit 111 on twp., Somerset county, i,. warrant In tbe name of Adam Whiu, eii V acres, strict measure, adinintnx Ul. Mnl.. In lli. ........ ... (..1 . i ' i . " ........ ... .. ..IUw ui jvtiu w LkTX VV hite. and others. No. i. A tract or land situate as afon TryeU on a warrant In tbe name of Jn, . contain inn U acres, strict measure, k ... lands warranted in the uam ot Auaa others. No. S. A tract of land situate as f.Hk reve l on a warrant in the uma c. Scnroeit, cont&inlnic 303 acres and 1 r sirii-t measure, ao)oinitiK tne Ilil Furit -James Caden elalm, land in name of Ju ; and others. No. 4. B tract of land situate as it tainina: 14s acre and M perches, adjolnls J uau riTcr, lanas warranted in tlie bum I topner White, John White and otiien, : pan oi a rraci surveyed on a warrant m ut ol Thomas White, originally acres. No. i. A tract or land situate os tfnrau Teyed on a warrant in the name f Uonwn ley. contain in ir 424 acres strict meunra. lands of surreys In the name ol AOsa laJ No. a. A tract of land situate as tfonan reyeJ oa a warrant tn tbe name of far White, containing: too acres, mors k lnr lands or Samuel Helnbaiuh. P-m.m. lonn wnita and others. nl tract, lands warranted In theaaatsliJ w nite, J ohn W hit and others. No. 10. A certain tract of land karas a ertoo Point. In Uuoer Tarkxvfoot towiuu tainins; V7& acres, strict measure, beiei surrey in tne name ot TBonus w hit, a land la the name or Christopher Waits,. Lferld HelnbaUKh and others. No. 11. A tract oi land situate ta ty neyioot lownsnip, containing ill acre) u perches, adjoining Uasselman river, lanti name of Christopher White, land of Asm ler, V?m. Snyder, and ethers, be ins put of land known as the Peter Werner tret all theeoal, iron ore, limestone, bra dsia er minerals and mineral substances, ira being on, under and contained wiuua um cl oi tn land hereinafter described, aul ta sary riicht ot war to remove said auntnli - ar( and means as mar be found oeemir In such way and manner as to do as li:a: to tne rarlac soli aa possible, vis. .- No. U. The minerals as aloresaid sf r. tract of land situate In Upper Turktrw containing 160 acres, the surface el wtuci f oy v sa. snyder, adjoining lands ol au nirmm vrainer ana otoers, Deing ot land known af tbe Peter Wei mer lam. No. 14. The Ilk minerals as aloieaa tract of land situata aaafuresald. karnn Jacob Uarhart larm. containing SMa-nit perches, adioiaimr laMS ol James EtiiiJ Hiram Cramer and others, the surtax olM is owned bv Jonathan Hover. Ne.14. Tn tbree-nilh nartof the Utocf als tn a certain tract ot land situate si timf containing -AKiif acres, ai joining .No. Is u-' ram, mau oi jonn tfroacner, t;uanuufn' aiid etnara, the snrtaoe ef which a June tsroucbcT, aad Is known aa the ipi brook lams. No, lo. Tbe undivided three-flfUiof mineral in a certain tract ef laal aforesaid, containing 92 acres and tlpaw jotaiax lands bereinbeior described u" he., lands ef Phlnejas Serhier and o ben U" race of which Is owned by Hiram Inner. the uomn Hoi brook farm. j Together with the following bulldliiti at proveinenta, vis -. No. a. Having thereon erected bar bouses (frame or plank), eo bbxtsait' three stables, and a good stationarj mill. No. i. Having thereoa erected ess r nous ( frame or plank), bank ban and as buildings. No. la. Harm thereon erected tee d"- noase ( iruH or plank); two stables emouiiuings. Also, a tram road running thmoxhoscv Taken la aucntliw at the enlt af Col- well a Co, Was. M. Perdue, J. O. Riran J Zilhnl-r at . I Notice. All persons purchasing at tb"n aula will nlM. tuli. .... i. ,k.i . MAS 1 purchase monev-u ha made anuws si t of sale will b required aa soon as tbs F1 la knocked aoem. alkmala It will be aoi 1 posed to sal at the risk of the nrst parrel tne resaiueotth purchase money man w or betore Thursday of the lint week uourt, tne tim uxed by the Court lur ui edgment or deeds, ami no deed will beacluk1 until the purchase money Is paid in full. JOHN J. SPAXtilif SherllTs OiBc. I W Somerset, May 7, 1'3. i D ISSOLUTION NOTICE. The partnership heretofore exlstiag Harrv Wame ami Jia4 Markebtle, ik'ial ' nans under the Una nam Ways a H" was uissoirea t'T mutual conwnt on ot May, 13, M.r. Wayne having dup"- wbo will eontin the business at the okl MilnMMt m.tlf. IK. '..IhI Hotel. V J. BerkebU. who is authorised to itC full llna ar fnmitnM. M. h. kui fllSJI partnership accounts, etc . St Alt rt 1 ri;--i Jacob j. bkbU"-1 Soamtsrr. Pa May 23, USX 4 DMINISTRATOIVS notic Kstt of Conrad Brant, late at ttrxb""' Twp., Somerset Co, Fa., dec'. Letters ef administration ea I he MIf having been granted to to underjws to those Indebted to ft to make irate"" ,, mmiI ...ItlinM .l.lmi ardentta? pleas present them auly authentic'' 1 llement on Saturday, May 1, M ' I residence oi ucaseu. -r HIBAM B. BBi Ml it Adu10 AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Estataof Joka W. Hayn. tataaf JSP skip, deceased. .j The undersigned. Auditor, duly tn twpnaa s Court el Somerset evey - , distribatioa ofth tuwls la the heads " neiier, aummunrawr f u - - j give bomcv laat a will avow jl said appointment at km ode ia Tr rags ea Thursday, May 4, when FE1 W. BlESWjiSJ A DMIKISTRATORS' 'TlC Estate at Jacob ten hart, late ot 31 hln flaeaaasu. Letters of admlalst ration ea ,h having been granted to the TCTa' hereby gtren to all persoas n"- r tat to auk Immediate pajt-i saving claims against in duly autnentleataa for settlement. ".),.. Id at ta aes of tb ilff2-, .gT. LL'DWIOK USHA". ABRAHAM FARM WANTED' Of About 10w Af
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