The Somerset Herald.
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EDWAED SCULL, Editor and Proprietor.
WEimESDAT J" U.
At the close of the session, the Re
publicans of the Senate elected Sen
ator Mylin of Lancaster, as President
of ih& body, as the successor of Rev-
burn.
The Ohio branch of the "Progress
ive Dunkards" are collecting funds
to build a college at Ashland in that
State. This is progressing in the
right direction.
The Republican State Convention
of Ohio, last week endorsed the ad
ministration of President Arthur.
We presume it will not be deuied
that they are "Garfield Republi
cans ?"
Thb Legislature adjourned on
Wednesday last, and was called to
gether again on Thursday. Of course
Mr. Pattison could not resist the in
evitable Democratic inclination to
blunder.
The wicked Inter Ocean says "The
Democratic leaders whoop whisky
up, and the rank and file whoop it
down, but you could run a locomo
tive without steam, easier than the
Democratic partv without this
fluid."
The Ohio Republicans in State
Convention, on Wednesday last,
threw to the breeze their flag, in
scribed with "Protection to American
industry." On the same day the
Iowa Democratic State Convention
declared in favor of a "tariff for Rev
enue only." These two conventions
have sounded the key-note of the
next Presidential campaign.
Bkcacse the Republican Senate
would not agree to let the Democrat
ic Houpe. district the State according
to its sweet will, all the apportion
ment bills failed, and Governor Pat
tison, hoping to bulldoze the Senate
into a surrender of the rights of the
people, has called an extra session.
His "Excellency" may live long
enough to learn that "You may lead
ahorse to water, but you can't com
pel him to drink."
Every day that our reform Legis
lature is constrained to remain in
extra session, by the act of our re
form Governor, will cost the tax pay
ers of the State about four thousand
dollars. Four thousand dollars a
day for a couple of months, will
prove rather a costly experiment to
test whether Republican Legislators
will cringe at the crack of the Dem
ocratic whip.
When to the outrageous squander
ing of the people's money by the late
Legislature, in extravagant appro
priations, comes to be added the ex
penses of a prolonged session of one
hundred and fifty days, and the
costs of an extra session of probably
sixty days, the honest tax payers of
the State will be forced to the con
clusion that they have paid mon
strously dear for the "Democratic
Reform" whistle.
The Independent Democratic cir
cular hunt after "Bosses," indulged
in last fall, has proven to be a rather
expensive luxury, and one that the
people of ibis State are not likely to
repeat during the next quarter of a
century. If the fellows that enjoyed
the sport, could only be made foot
the bills, it would measurably even
up things, but, unfortunately, the
entire people Ore taxed with the
costs. '
Republicans of the Legislature,
stick ! Fight it out on the line you
have adopted, if it takes all summer.
Don be bulldozed, don't be coerced,
don't yMd an iota on compulsion.
No concession to threats, no yielding
to mere brute force stick! The
people are at your backs. They ad
mire manly firmness ; they will de
nounce cringing to stolen power
stick! Remember the cry of your
forefathers: "Millions for defense,
not one cent for tribute !"
The people have been deliberately
cheated out of a reapportionment of
the State under which they might be
justly represented in Congress and
the Legislature.
The Democratic leaders in the
Legislature perpetrated this outrage
with malice aforethought, refusing to
yield to their political opponents
anything like fairness and justice in
the composition of the districts.
Shall this great wrong go unre
bcked und unrepaired ? Let the in
dependent and fair minded people of
all parties speak out on this burning
question.
There is no election for Members
of Congress or of the Legislature this
year, and there is therefore no ex
cuse for the indecent haste of this
forced extra session. Not a single
interest f the State, or of the people
would have suffered if it had been
postponed until next winter. A
postponement until then would have
given time for any excitement en
gendered by the failure to pass ap
portionment bills, to have cooled,
would nave given members ample
time to have consulted with their
constituents, would have given the
people time to coolly examine the
question for themselves. But time
for deliberation was not what Gov.
Pattison and his advisers wanted.
They hoped by reason of the torrid
heat of midsummer, and the further
compulsory absence of members
from their homes and their personal
business affairs, to compel concession
to their U";"st demands. Ws will
c r-V Vv:s transparent trick
- S intj tLe LULXL,
Judge Forakxr, who was nomi-
n.itpd last week for Governor of
Ohio, is young and vigorous, with a
6trong brain and clear record. lie
was a soldier from sixteen until
nineteen, and educated himself af
terward, graduated from Cornell in
1SG8, was elected to the Superior
Bench in 1880 and resigned in two
years from overwork. He is now
only 38 years old, but is known for
his sagacity, tact and dignity. His
name has already met with favor
throughout the State, and his nomi
nation, after Sherman's tacit refusal,
followed as a matter of course.
Both Houses of the Legislature
mi 1
met in extra session on mursaay
last, and after organization, and after
the introduction of apportionment
bills in both Houses, adjourned for
twelve days, or until the 19th msL
As the pay of the members ($10 per
day) runs on during the adjourn
ment the new sessio thus starts out
with a dead loss of about $50,000
The resolution for this adjournment
originated in a Democratic caucus
was offered by a Democrat in the
House, and was forced through by
Democratic votes against Republican
protest A Republican member of
fered a resolution, that no pay should
be allowed during the recess, but
this was howled down. This is
beautiful commentary on the reform
protestations with which the country
has been surfeited before and since
the last election.
05 Thursday last Governor Tat-
tison called a special session of the
legislature to pass the apportionment
bills, all of which failed at the regu
lar session. Extra sessions of the
Legislature have been frequently
called heretofore, on extraordinary
occasions, brought about by the ne
cessities of war, or by revulsions of
business, but this is the first one ev
er called by reason of political per
verseness,or for purely political pur
poses. Nothing but Democratic cus
sednesss, and Democratic lust for
office and power, prevented the pas
sage of fair bills at the late session,
and now a Democratic Governor
calls, at large expense to the people,
an extra session, with the hope of
bulldozing the Republicans into ac
cepting bills, which after a session of
five months they could not be induc
ed to acquiesce in. In accidental
power, brought about by divisions
in the Republican ranks, and know
ing that their control of the Legisla
ture is only evanescent, the lead
ers of that party are determined to
wring, if possible, from the domi
nant party in the State, concessions
that will tend to their benefit long
after the people have deprived them
of the temporary power with which,
in an ill advised moment, they en
trusted them. It is to be remember
ed that the apportionment of the
State into Congressional, Senatorial
and Legislative dtstricts stands for
ten years, and it is an unjust in
crease in their proportion of the
members of Congress and of the Sen
ate, for this term of years, that the
Democratic leaders are now strug
gling to secure. The failure to pass
these apportionment bills during the
protracted session just closed, and
the immediate call for this extra ses
sion, are simply political movements
in pursuance of a matured scheme,
by which the Democratic leaders
hope to steal certain offices from the
majority party of the State. They
know that their power is accidental
and not likely to be renewed within
the next decade, and that they have
nothing to lose by this exhibition of
greed, this squandering of the peo
ple's money in an attempt to force
unfair apportionments, and therefore
the attempt to coerce Republicans
into the concessions they demand.
Not only Pennsylvania, but the peo
ple of the entire Union, are interest
ed in this struggle. The representa
tion of the State in both Houses of
Congress for the next ten years is
involved, and the entire country
will look to our Republican Senators
to 6tand together and insist that
their party is not only entitled to a
fair apportionment, but that they
shall have it
It is a most humiliating sight to
behold a Governor, elected as a non
partisan, a reformer, a pure and con
scientious man, thus lend himself to
a base use of party power, for the
purpose of furthering the interests
of a partisan, who on accepting the
office of his legal adviser, openly
declared himself a candidate for U.
S. Senator, and is now struggling to
obtain that position, by a forced
gerrymander of the Senatorial dis
tricts in an extra session of the Leg
islature, called by the Reform Gov
ernor, for that sole purpose. We
have an abiding faith in the integri
ty, the manhood, the self respect of
the Republican Senators, and feel
assured that inptead of being whip
ped like cripging school boys, into
making concessions, they will stand
by the apportionment which in a
spirit of honesty they matured
and honestly voted for.
Population the The True Basta of
Apportionment,
The Democrats of our Legislature
wanted to base the Congressional
apportionment upon political lines,
and not upon population, as com
manded by the law. The theory of
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we iaw is mat an oi the people are
entitled to representation men, wo
men and children, and this is right
To base apportionment upon politi
cal lines as the dominant thought,
has led to all the gerrymandering
complained of, and fairness is only
to be found in adherence to the law
in its letter and spirit A division of
the population of Pennsylvania by
counties shows that the $4 Republi
can counties have a population of
2,659,000, while the 31 Democratic
counties have only 1,558,000 a dif
ference of nearly two to one in favor
of the Republicans, and as the Dem
ocratic counties are grouped together,
there is no way to make an appor
tionment bfd upn population,
which can the . more ;
tin--' Vrf
. iiX 4 i vj,
given less than 18 with 28 as the to
tal. This basis was adopted by the
Senate, and the discussion which
followed showed that fairness and
logic alike supported this view. The
Democrats have not in twenty years
been able to elect more than this
proportion, save in the tidal waves of
1874 and 1S5
Glance at the view that apportion
ments ought to be based upon po
litical lines. In New York this year
the Democrats have denied a popu
lation of 2,500,000 from New York
city to Albany a single Republican
member of Congress, while in the
South out of 107 members the Re
publicans are given only 13, though
the population which the Republi
cans represent is nearly if not quite
as great as that represented by the
Democrats. In the South the Re
publicans are deprived, we ought to
say robbed of 50 members of Con
gress, who are fraudulently displac
ed by Democrats misrepresenting
the population. This makes a dif
ference of 100 votes in the House, as
it votes upon political and tana
measures, counting 50 taken from
the Republicans and 50 given' to the
Democrats and no otner correct ac-
count can be made.
These facts illlustrate the injustice
of basing apportionment measures
upon party divisions. There is but
one right wav. and that is to follow
the laws, base them upon popula
tion, and in forming the districts so
associate the counties that as few as
possible may be misrepresented.
Upon this theory, erected by the
law itself, the Republican party of
Pennsylvania will go to the people.
and the coming elections, and the
popular sense of fair play will 6US'
tain it Media American.
The Ohio Candidate.
Joseph B. Foraker, the candidate
of the Republicans of Ohio for Uov
ernor, comes irom jn.ngiisn stock,
and a few generations back the name
f w I -I 1
was spelled r ouracre. He was born
in Highland county, Ohio, July 5,
1816. was given a common school
education, and at the age of fifteen
left the farm to clerk in a store. At
the breaking of the war in 1S16,
when he was but seventeen, he was
first to enlist in Captain Glenn s
company, in liillsboro. He served
throughout the war, coming out of
the army a captain. He then went
to the Ohio Wesleyan university,
and in 1869, in the first class .sent
out by Cornell. In 1S69 he was ad
mitted to the bar in Cincinnati, and
ten years later was elected J udge of
the Superior Court, serving with
credit till 1882, when ill-health com
pelled his resignation, lie has
since engaged in the practice of law,
and haying regained his health, has
a large practice. He is a member
of the Methodist Church, but is lib
eral in his religious views. He is a
man of rather large presence. His
height i3 six feet He has gray eyes
deeply set, a high, square forehead,
and wears a mustache, but no whisk
ers. A $1,000 Foot Race.
Pottsville, Pa., June 7. The
100-yard foot race at Mahoning City
this afternoon, between Harry Iewis
of Parsons, Luzern county, and Wil
liam Miley of Summit Hill, Carbon
county, for $1,000, drew an immense
crowd. Owing to a heavy storm the
race was posponed for several hours.
The track was heavy, and slow time
was the result Lewis took the lead
from the start, and after going seven-
tv-five yards turned round to look
for his competitor. He won by four
yards in li minutes. Miley slipped
at the pistol shot and lost several
yards. He had the bad side of the
track also. About $10,000 changed
hands on the result Wheat, the
colored printer of Pittsburg, challeng
ed the winner to run for f 1,000, but
the offer was declined.
A Strange but Fulal Accident.
Reading, June 5. William J.
Swoyer, a young man of this city,
met with a strange and perhaps fa
tal accident recently, and he ispow
in a very precarious condition, the
result of a great loss of blood. Sev
eral days ago he was struck npon
the nose by a comrade more in fun
than in anger. He felt no ill-effects
at first, but the force of the blow, it
seems, severed an artery and broke
a email bone. Six hours afterwards
there was a flow of blood, which
has continued with slight cessations
ever since. He is now in the hands
of three doctors, who have his nose
closed with plugs. It is feared that
the blood will clog up his brain and
cause his death. When they are re
moved there is almost an incessant
flow of blood from his nostrils.
Swoyer has now lost many quarts
of blood.
The Victim or Her Own Crime.
New York, June 5. On May 23
the artificial flower factory No. 190
Green street owned by Mrs. Louise
Guedau, a French woman, 62 years
old, was destroyed by fire. Mrs.
Guedau ran up the stairs when the
fire broke out and warned her work
men and the other occupants of the
house. She herself was the only
one who failed to escape, and her
body was burned to a crisp. She
was much praised for her heroic
seif-saerilice. At the Coroner's in-
SUest, held to-day. it was learned
or the first time that she had tried
to induce two of her workmen to
burn the house, in order to obtain
the insurance on it, as she was finan
cially embarrassed. There is every
reason to suppose that, failing in her
attempts to induce them to become
incendiaries, she assumed that role
herself.
Oil Strmck bjr Ldghtninff.
TrrcsviLLE, June 6. Tank No.
1,477, of the United Pipe Line, lo
cated on the Fox farm, five miles
from Olean, New York, was struck
by lightning during a heavy storm,
at twelve o'clock last night, and im
mediately began burning, and this
evening is not yet extinguished.
The capacity was thirty five thou
sand barrels, but it was not full at
the time. At four o'clock this af
ternoon tank No. 2, at Muncy Sta
tion, having a capacity of thirty-five
thousand barrels and holding ninety-five
hundred barrels of crude, on
the Tidewater Line, took Jfire from
lightning.
Dica from the Effect of the Heat.
McKeesport, June 10. Alfred
Olson, Swede who has been in the
country, but three months, was over
come by the heat while at work in
the National Rolling Mill on Satur
day, ne was taken home in an
unconscious condition and notwith
standing all his exertions the man
did not regain consciousness and
died in two hours. He was about
35 years old and a powerfully built
man. He did not work at the fur
nace but was a laborer, and the
vtn-at was , what caused the
Bread or Blood.
St. Locre, June 7. Information
was received here this evening that
a band of 300 to 400 striking miners
left Belleville, 111., this afternoon
bearing a banner having "Bread or
Blood" inscribed thereon in bold let
ters. Nobody seemed to know their
destination or what their particular
mission was, but various theories
soon got into circulation and one of
them was that the strikers had gone
to Pinckneyville to liberate the mi
ners who were placed in jail there
yesterday in default of bail for unru
ly conduct Another was that they
had gone to Collinsville, where the
Abbey and other machine mines are
situated, and which were the scene
of the first riotous demonstration
made by the strikers nearly two
weeks ago. The latter theory is prob
ably correct, for very late to-night
dispatches were received from Col
linsville stating that several strangers
had arrived in town who are regard
ed as the advance guard of the main
body of strikers. Dispatches have
been received there that a demon
stration will probably be made at
the Abbey mines on the Collinsville
pike in the morning, but whether a
hostile one or merely a private con
ference with the machine workers is
not known at this writing. If the
former, there will be warm work, for
all the men engaged in these mines
are well armed with revolvers and
double barreled shot guns, and are
said to be under orders to fire upon
any advancing party who lay hands
upon any 01 the mining property,
Deputy Sheriffs are also there and
prompt resistance will be made. to
any unlawful acts committed by the
strikers. It is said that the party
that left Belleville passed through
Alma and Casevilie, where they ex
pected reinforcements, ana it is
thought that they will be about six
hundred strong when they arrive at
Collinsville, which will probably be
about daylight It is not thought
here that hostile demonstrations will
be made by the strikers, but if one
is made the mine owners are fully
prepared to meet it and blood will
e shed.
Latest Crop Report.
Cclcmbus, June 7. Secretary
Chamberlain furnishes the June crop
report of the Ohio State Board of Ag
riculture, based on ten hundred and
twenty township reports which have
been received, and gives the follow
ing per centages, compared with the
condition of the crops at the. same
date in 18S2 : Wheat, 52 per cent,
or twenty-three and a quarter mil
lion probable bushels against forty
five and a half million in 1882. Bar
ley, acreage 91, condition 77. Oats,
acreage 1UU, condition w. uorn,
acreage 104, condition 79. Flax,
acreage 87. Clover, acreage 72, con
dition 88. Potatoes, acreage 101,
condition 88. Fruits are compared
with a fuil crop as follows : Apples,
67, peaches, 48, pears, 65, grapes, 84,
berries, 46.
Official dispatches received from
other States give the following per
centage of the condition of the wheat
compared with June 1, 1882: Indi
ana 66. Iowa 86 Tennessee S2, Kan
sas 71, Kentucky 50, Wisconsin 86,
Nebraska, spring wheat 111, Minne
sota SS, Illinois 38, Michigan 64,
California 87. lhese twelve states
ast vear produced 367,000,000 bush
els, and the above percentage indi
cates that they will produce this year
only 257,000,000, making a probable
shortage of 120,000,000 bushels.
Terrific Thunder Storms.
Albany, June 6. This city was
this afternoon visited by the most se
vere rain storm within the memory
of man. There was but little wind,
and the fall of water lasted only an
hour an a half, yet the damage will
reach at least $100,000. The storm
was purely local, extending hardly
beyond the city limits. "Albany is
built upon a succession of hills
which slope sharply eastward to.the
banks of the Hudson, and in ordi
nary storms the streets running east
and west become lively tributaries
to that6tream. To-day the storm
was so violent that the streets in an
incredible short time were transform
ed to rapids. The sewer openings
became choked with dirt and the
force of the water was so great that
pavements were torn up and the
stones carried down the hill for
blocks. All traffic was brought to a
standstill.
. Horse cars running north and
south on Pearl street and Broadway
were derailed and rendered uncon
trollable. Several houses in Canal
and Hudson streets, to which many
steep cross streets are tributary, were
undermined. - Heavy flag sidewalks
were torn up, and hundreds of cellars
filled with valuable merchandise,
were flooded. The engine and press
rooms of Weed, Parsons fc Co., prin
ters, were filled to a depth of six feet
and damaged paper and valuable
printers' matter to the extent of $20,-
000.
Baying; a Washington Residence.
Washington, June 8. It is said
thatLieutnant-General Sheridan has
purchased for $45,000 the residence
of Judge Aldies on Rhode Island av
enue, near the Scott circle, in the city
and will come here to live in Novem
ber next when he will relieve Gener
al Sherman of the command of the
army. General Sherman expects to
leave Washington for his trip to the
Northwest coast on the 19th inst and
to return early in October. -
Armed Lynchers.
Desison, June 7i Yesterday af
ternoon a mob attempted to lynch
Henrv Burke, who was charged with
the seduction which led to the tragic
death of Miss Baylis. Two hundred
men armed with revolvers covered
the posse which had charge of the
prisoner, but were kept at bay until
Burke could be taken in safety to the
train. The mob then withdrew to the
outskirts of the city, where they
made an effort to stop the train, but
the engineer opened wide the throt
tle and dashed off at a tremendous
speed. The prisoner was ' taken to
Dallas to guard against any. farther
attempt at lynching, and he has
been held without bail.
A Tragedy n n Indian Agency.
Washington, Jnne 8. Agent Wil
cox, of the San Carlos Indian Agency,
AsizonaTerritery, in his monthly
statement to the . Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, says: ''On the 22d
ulL. an Indian confined in the
calaboose in irons, for shooting a
squaw, became enraged at his wife,
who brought him some clean cloth
ing and delivered it to him outside
of the prison. Suddenly , he drew a
knife from her belt and plunged it
into her side four times, killing her
almost instantly, j He was fired upon
by an Indian scout as his hand was
raised for the final blow, and fell
dead by the side of his murdered
wife. The two bodies were buried
Tliomjm J efferson's Grave.
Charlottesville, June 7. The
neglected condition of the grave of
Thomas Jefferson, at Monticello,
near here, has long been the subject
or comment and the .National Gov
ernment has at last erected a monu
ment over the resting place of the
author of the Declaration of Inde
pendence. .. The people of this part
of the State for months past have
been making elaborate preparations
f jr the unveiling of the monument
on the fourth ot July next It was
supposed that thousands would
come from all parts of the country,
but, to the chagnn of the Committee
of Arrangements, the whole affair
promises to be a complete failure,
and the indications aro that the
meeting will hardly exceed the dig
nity of an ordinary crossroads gath
ering. JSot a single conspicuous
Statesman of either party has agreed
to be present Ex-President Grant
will not be present Gen. Hancock,
Senators Bayard andlhuraiHn,Gov.
Cleveland, Gov. Pattison, and oilier
expounders .of Jeffereonian princi
ples are of the number who have
not agreed to lend interest to the oc
casion by their presence. The sin
gular apathy that prevails within the
borders 01 the btate is also a disap
pointment. A citizen remarked to
day : "We have done all we could
to get up interest in the occasion.
Mob law.
Des Moines, June 3. John Ilam
ner, an idle character of Winterset,
was arrested last week and placed in
jail there for the murder of William
Newell, near Winterset, one year
ago, whose disappearance, owing to
his worthlessness, made but little
comment. Hamner was arrested on
the evidence of a man named Pugh,
cow in prison at Anamosa,on whose
statement the body was found, and
who Baid Hamner had confessed to
him the next day after the murder
that he had killed Newell for his
pension money.
The inquest found Hamner guilty
of the murder. At half-past one
o clock this morning 100 masked
men assembled at the court house
square in Winterset and, having
been refused the jail keys by the
jailer, broke into the building with
crowbars and sledges. I be mob put
a rope around Hamner's neck, after
declining his prayers to hear his
statement They led him out into
the yard : the rope was thrown over
the limb of a tree and Hamner was
pulled from the ground. The other
end of the rope was then made fast
to the fence, and one of the party
rode up to the struggling Hamner
and ended his suffering.- by a revol
ver shot through his heart
The whole party fired a revolver
volley and galloped away. There is
very little excitement at Winterset
over, the matter. Hamner was 40
years old, and his aged father lives
on a farm near that town. During
the progress of the mob's violence a
bauiii in the court house tolled an
alarm bell.
Struck by a Tornado.
Gkeenville, Tex., June 4. A tor
nado struck this place Saturday
evening with terrific force. The rain
fell in torrents for twenty minutes
and the total destruction of the town
seemed inevitable. A survey of the
city shows that 150 houses were eith
er blown down or moved from their
foundations. A large number of old
buildings were more or less damaged.
Strange to say, only one life was lost
that of a colored child ; several
persons, however, were severely in
jured. The northern end of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad freight depots were
blown off; the Methodist and color
ed churches were totally wrecked,
and the Presbyterian and Baptist
churches were also very badly dam
aged. The residences of A. D. Strong, K.
L. Lowenstein and William Wolfin
berger were torn to pieces, but none
of the inmates were seriously injur
ed. A large number of houses rest
ing on blocks and posts were blown
down or twisted off their supports
and more or less damaged, but very
few occupants were hurt A large
amount of goods was damaged by
water being blown into stores. Awn
ings, fences, etc., were swept away.
All the churches in town were dam
aged, and, in fact, but few buildings
in the place enirely escaped injury.
Meagre accounts from the sur
rounding country say the storm was
severe, and several houses in its
track were blown down and two or
three persons somewhat injured.
The losses aggregate $50,000 to $100,
000, but there is no individual loss
of any magnitude.
A Terrible Storm in Westmorland.
ScoTTDAi.E, Pa., June 7. Scottdale
and vicinity was visited by a severe
storm of rain, accompanied by thun
der and vivid flashes of lightning,
yesterday afternon. The house of
William Matthews, at June Bug
Junction, near town, on the June
Bug branch of the Southwest railroad
was struck by lightning and the roof
partially torn off. Things in the in
side of the dwelling were generally
demoralized, but the family fortun- i
ately escaped uninjured. Mrs. Mill-j
er, wife of shoemaker William Miller,
of town, was struck by the electric j
current, and her hand and arm were
seriously burned. Willie, a five-years-old
son of Mr. J. G. Anderson,
of this place, was struck on the left
foot, burning it seyerely and almost
paralyzing that member .In this
neighborhood trees were felled and
many fences wrecked. The barn 1
of James Jones, Sr., six miles from
town, was struck and caught fire,
but the flames were extinguished be
fore much damage was done. The
flash that did all the damage was fol
lowed by a terrific peal of - thunder
while the atmosphere seemed charg
ed with electric balls of fire almost
similar in color to the electric lights.
Several of our citizens were nearly
blinded and dizzy for sone time af
terwards. Tramp Killed.
-Milwaukee, June 6. An addition
to the Northwestern Marine Elevator
burst this afternoon under the pres
sure of one hunnred and fifteen thous
and bushels of wheat and two thous
and bushels slid into the river. Sev
en tramps, seen dozing in its shadow
a few minutes before, are believed to
be buried under the ruins. Loss on
buildings, 85,000.
Murdered by His Step-Son.
Petersburg, Va., June 1. At a
late hour last night Glenrop. colored,
keeper of this city, was murdered by
his stepson, Joseph Henson, a luna
tic,' who killed his victim by striking
him on the head with a fence pailing
in which there were nails. ( The nails
penetrated the skull, causing almest
instantaneous death. The mur
derer has been arrested and , lodged
in jail. " r '
A Dragon, Fly Create a Panic.
New York, June 8. A big dragon
fly, such as children call a darning
needle, flew into one of the primary
departments of the Fifth Street
Public School this afternoon. There
were 2,100 children in the building.
Of these 971 were in the primary
department, on the first floor above
the street level. When the little
girls saw the dragon fly circling over
their heads they were frightened and
began to scream, Those nearest the
door ran out and down thestairway.
Their cries were plainly heard
through the building. At this most
of the children in the main recitation
room became panic stricken and
jumping up started for the doors,
yeuing nre. ine teachers tried to
stop them, but at least one hundred
escaped down the stairway and out
to the street, shouting fire at each
breath. As the little ones ran out
their cries were taken up by men
and women and in an incredibly
short time the street was blocked by
a mob 2,000 strong, wailing, crying,
shouting and - trampeling on "each
other in their efforts to get into the
school house to their children. "
Policemen from the station near
by hurried to the house and fifteen
of them by great labor kept the
frantic parents from getting into the
ouuaing. a number of the men
went to the assistance of the teachers.
The pupils were most of them readv
for a panic and only the coolness of
the teachers and some of the older
pupils prevented it The teachers
say this is the. second time the
dragon fly has almost made a panic.
rri . . .. ...
ine cnnaren inmic it will Bew un
their ears if it gets a chance to sting
mem. 1 ne teachers have endeavor
ea to teach the girls all there is to
be known about them, but they are
f ewe. a J --
6U11 airaia. 1 he boys are less easily
iuarmeu.
Work of t he Storm.
Easton, June 8. Yesterday after
noon the residence of Henry Doug
lass was badly damaged by light
ning. Mre. Douglass, who was sit
ting in the kitchen at the time, was
knocked down by the shock and in
jured. During the same storm the
barn of Charles Chnssman, near
Pleasant Hill. Bucks county, was
struck by lightning "and was con
sumed. In many places in North
ampton county the wheat was
beaten down and corn-fields washed
by the rain.
Reading, June 8. Additional
reports received to-day show that
last night's storm was one of the
severest for years. A force of men
was kept at work nearly all night
repairing the break caused by the
wash-out at Perkiomen Junction, on
the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road. The barn of George Soreeber.
at Brecknock, Lancaster county, and
another barn at Penllyn, 'Chester
county, were struck by lightning
and destroyed, and a church at
Amityville was considerable dam
aged. Cattle and horses were killed
in various parts of the country.
JNewbcrgh, IS. i June 8. Dur
ing the severe thunder shower yes
terday afternoon the lightning struck
in the vicinity of the Laflin and
land rowder Works, four miles
west of here. Three of the powder
mills were exploded and other
buildings were more or less demol
ished. Frank Wait, an old employe,
received injuries which caused his
death in two hours. The loss to the
powder works amounts several
thousand dollars.
Lynching-of a Murderer.
St. Locis, June 5. A special from
nermann says: lhis citv was
thrown into a state ef intense excite
ment shortly after midnight this
morning by 'the lynching of Whit
ney, the mUrderer of Burchard. The
mob numbered about two hundred.
They surrounded the jail, guards
being stationed with drawn revolv
ers to keep back the curious crowd
wnicn was attracted by the noise
made by knocking on the doors
The jailor refused to surrender the
keys, when axes were brought out.
Whitney supposed the purpose of
the assault, and crouched upon his
cell floor, praying fervently. His
voice could be heard outside. The
Jailor was forced to lead the way to
Vhitnev 8 cell, which was then
forced open. A long rope the mob
had brought with them was placed
around his wrist Half fainting he
fell on his knees, when once in open
air, he asked leave to pray again.
This was granted, but as he contin
ued his appeals to heaven too long
he was jerked to his feet and drag"
ged through the town into a . dense
woods that covers the bluff. A doz
en of the lynching party then warn
ed the crowd not to follow, and in
timidated them by the display of re
volvers. It was expected the court
would hold a special session to try
him, but when it was announced
that the trial would go over to the
fall term the indignation was gener
al and theats of lynching were
made. The mob was quite orderly
in behavior. There was an absence
of ' the conventional masks, and
many of the lynchers were recog
nized. Terrible Death.
Philadelphia, June 9. At 5 o'
clock this morning Henry L. Fenner,
a young actor, formarly of the Arch
Street Theatre Company, poured coal
oil over his garments, set fire to them
and while declaiming a passionate
quotation from "Macbeth," fell dead
his form being a blackened, roasted
mass. The act was committed dur
ing a fit of insanity caused by great
physical suffering. Fenner was un
married and lived with his father at
No. 1531 Ward street He had been
suffering acutely from Brighfs dis
ease for two years. During the past
four or five months his maiadv be
came aggravated and his mind wav
ered at times. Within a week symp
toms of insanity grew so apparently
that a close watch had to be kept to
prevent the patient from doing some
injury to himself or wandering away
from home. About 5 o'clock this
morning Fenner, in his night clothes
stole noiselessly from his bed room
past two sleeping sentinels, and
going to the cellar, found a can of
coal oil. He then deluged himself
from head to foot with the inflamable
stuff, went into the yard, and applied
the match. In a faw minutes his
father and the friends who had been
acting as watchers were startled by
screams and yells from the madman
They rushed to the yard, and as
quick as possible Fenner was seized
and a phyician was called in. The
sufferer when asked why he 'ad
committed the horible deed, . said;
"I did it in fun," and while repeating
another quotation be fell over dea4.
Ffty Persons Roasted Alive.
' Londox, June 5. Advices have
been received from Sierra Leone, un
der date of May 25, that fifty persons
have been roasted alive for witch
craft in the Therbro district
i
Costly Cattle.
New Yobk, June 8. Soft-eyed
Jersey cows swished their tails under
a striped tent on tne Simpson Home
stead at Hunt's Point, Westchester.
yesterday. .The grounds were bright,
with flaes. It was the annual sale
from William Simpson, Jr.'s,herd
Jersey cattle. Uniformed keepers
kept the animal looking sleek and
glossy. William Easton of the
American Horse Exchange was the
auctioneer. Sixty animals were
sold. The aggiegate receipts were
$30,340. and the average price paid
for each animal was $505. The
rather small bull Torpedo, sire Mer
cury, dam Torfrida, fell to John
Nicholson for $1,100. A bid of $2,
550 by J. T. Boyd secured him the
bull IlavondOr. 1. W Arnold s
hiA of fittM PMwht the vounff cow
Alphea Lady. J. P. Brindley
Newington, Conn., captured the bull
Son of Mercury for $9O0. John I.
Holly had to run up his bid on the
cow Lady ertumnus to i,tuu
before he secured her. This auimal
is known as "the Y cow," on account
of a large letter Y in white hairs on
her left flank.
Returning After Twenty-Five Year.
Reaping, June 6 Twenty-five
years ago John Henuse was a barber
in mis city, ne men suuaemy uis
appeared. When the war broke out
his wife received a letter from him
announcing that he was in the relel
army, haying been conscripted.
After that nothing more was heard
from him and he was mourned as
dead. His children grew up and a
daughter was married. To-day
Henuse put in an appearance and
revealed himself to his wife, who is
still unmarried, and his daughter.
He says that when with the army
he marched to near Gettysburg and
one night made his escape. lie was
recaptured, put on board of a war
vessei, where he continued for some
time, and then made bis escape.
He traveled Westward, was taken
prisoner bv Indians and was held
captive for fifteen years. He learned
a number of Indian dialects and
was a member of the tribe. He
made his escape at last and went to
France and returned to America by
way of Cuba.
An Impudent Horse-Thief.
Oxford, June 4. James Nicols
stole a horso from Amos William
son, of East Nottingham, a few
nights ago, and was arrested in Lan
caster on Thursday. An officer
proceeded to take him to West
Chester jail by way of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad. When near Frazer
Station, Nitols jumped from the cars
and escaped. .
He was seen passing through h.d-
enton and Russemlle yesterday
morning, and last evening a num
ber of constables met him at Pine
Grove, Lancaster County. They
were driving and inquired of him
the road to Oak Hill. The thief re
plied : "Straight ahead. It's not the
road to Oak Hill you are after, boys,
but it's me; good-bye."
He coolly saluted them, and be
fore any of the officers could reach
the ground -the thief had swam
across the Octoraro River and disap
peared in a heavy wood. Search
was made for him but without suc
cess. As darkness was gathering,
he was last seen on top of a steep
spruce clad hill.
Oregon and Washington Fitliuc Vp
Portland, Or., June 7. As indi
cating the tide of immigration into
Oregon and Washington Territory,
23 steamship of three steamship
lines plyin between San Francisco
and this city landed here during the
month of May with 5.1 1 U passengers
and 29,000 tons of freight, making a
total since January 1 of 20,000 pas
sengers and 112,000 tons of freight
This ' shows a large percentage of
freight This shows a large percent
age of increase over every preceding
year. The ships of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company have
been compelled to increase their
trips from tri-monthly to weekly be
tween ban trancisco and Puget
Sound and Victoria. Traffic to
Alaska has also increased so as to
demand semi-monthly steamers
with full cargoes. The recent dis
coveries in the mining regions of
Northern Idaho' and Montana have
also served to attract settlers to these
districts.
Female Robbers.
Lebanon, June 10. Agustus Shott
last night Bat up with a sick, friend.
and shortly after 11 o'clock left for
home. At the corner of Eighth and
Lehman street three women, each
having a young man with her, ac
costed him and requested lum to
deliver over his money. Not com
plying with the d mands, Rose
Eckert and Mabala Minnich seized
hold of him and attempted to take
his money, which he resisted in the
best manner possible, being afraid
to strike owing to the young men
who stood aside watching the strug
gle. Not being able to get the mon
ey out of his pocket they seized hw
hat, when he broke away and ran
home, where he aroused his neigh
bors and made them acquainted
with the facts. Yesterday he ap
peared at the office of Squire Kreider
to prefer charges against the two
women. They were arrested, and in
default of bail placed in jail.
A Horrible Accident.
Mabysville, Perry Co., June 10.
Yesterday afternoon about one
o'clock as Harry Sloop, a twelve
year old son of Josiah Sloop, esq., of
Kye township, Perry county, who
lives about seven miles west of
Marysville, on the Fishing Creek
road, took a mule to water at the
creek. Upon, returning to the barn
the mule became frightened and
t'umped, and throwing the boy off
lis back. The hitching strap to the
bridle was very long and the lad had
unthinkingly ties it about his waist
to keep it off the ground. The strap
held when the boy fell and the beast
dragged the body about 200 yards
before it was stopped, when it was
found that the boy was tramped and
bruised into a lifeless mass.
A Summer Snow Storm.
Denver, Col., June 8. A heavy
snow storm has been in . progress
throughout this Btate since morning.
During the last few weeks there has
been an unusually heavy fall of rain.
An abundant harvest is assured.
The crops never looked more promis
ing. Reports from all parts of the
state indicate that the agricultural
!roducts of Colorado this year will
ar exceed those of any previous year
in its history. There is .an abun
dance of grass on all the cattle ran
ges. The stock is in excellent con
dition, giving evidence of a prosper
ous fall and winter. :
SPBI1 ME MIR CLOiW
Largest Stock,
Best Makes,
of
it bark at
When
of
guarantee
price paia
abont it ;
know
THE
JoMstown, Pa.
Short Horned Sale.
Harriston. 111.. June 7. Onl of
the most important and succjsful
short-horn cattle sales that has llms-
pired in this county for many fears
occurred here to-day. . The off-f ings
rnnsistetl of 75 head, the propelv of
Pickrell, Thomas & Smith,com fc-ised
chiefly of Rose of Sharon and pung
Marys. The sale was held in rrrove
on the farm of Mr. J. II. Pickr-fl, the
attendance was large, the pr iciple
West States being largely rep rent
ed. Colonel J. W. Jud offi. Sated.
The bidding was spirited, (many
prominent short-horned men (claim
ed that the result was a notabl ibooin.
Sixty females averaged $450 mhead
and fourteen males 8310. jhe re
markable feature of the sale fas that
prices were uniform and regular,
more even than usual. I As a
whole a more uniform lot a cattle
was never before offered A public
sale. This closes the annual spring
series of Central Illinois shirt-horned
sales.
Pied of Smallpox.;
Lancaster, June 6. Wlliani II.
Reilly, a colored convid in the
Lancaster County Prisorj died at
that institution yesterdayafteruoon
from smallpox. Wm J. Reilljr
came into this county frn Phila
delphia in the Fall of 187), commit
ted two burglaries, was aested with
the stolen goods in his possession,
and on conviction was smtenced to
undergo an imprissonmmt of five
years and eight mo.ths. This
makes the second death from small
pox of long term convics at this in
stitution since the epidenic made its
appearance.
The Dnnkards to Ere a College.
I
Dayton, O., June" The Pro-
gressive uunKaru l invention ad
journed this evening, Iter transac
ting considerable busiies, consisting
chiefly of reports frorr-the Commit
tee on Church Goverlment, College
and Publishing Houy. It was re
solved to erect a colleje at Ashland,
O., and committees j'ere appointed
to raise funds. The attendance to
day was about 2.000J
Superintendent Kelihley Acquitted.
iIey
Uniontown, Pa., June 10. Fred
C. Keighley, Superntendent of the
Younestown Coke Vorks, who shot
John Kane, the lealer of the Mollie
Maguires, in Apri last was tried
vpstprrlflv nriil iiniwtl4l Tvfro tA
not appear and tht evidence of his 1
witnesses even vas favorable to
Keighley.
A Uellc of he Cyclone.
LiTCHFiKLD,Ill,June4. Informa
tion was receivedto-day from a per
son at MillersvilU Christian County.
that a book contining the name of
J. F. Blackburn, of Litchfield, was
picked up aboufa mile east of that
place in the tract of the late cyclone.
The book was arried from Woods
boro, where MrJ Blackburn's house
was demolished a distance of more
than 30 miles torn the place where
it was found. ?
Kcntnt-ry Kn Kluviani.
LouisviLLE,ky., June 9. A feud
existed betwen the Jumps and
Green familie in Grant county, this
State. While John W. Green, who
is a well-to-dt farmer, was returning
to his home fom Court at Williams
town, be was waylaid by some of the
Jumps famil' and without warning
was riddled nth buckshot seventv-
two shots taMng effect in face, neck
and hand. Six of the Jumps have
been arresfel and committed to jail
charged witl the crime, and will have
hearing o Mondty.
Payne Remain Interred.
Washington, June 10. The re
mains of J)hn Hovard Payne, cele
brated at . the author of "Home.
Sweet Hone, wett yesterday inter
red in Cftk Hil cemetry, in the
beautiful Bpot privided by W. W,
Corcoran, his onlf friend, and the
pageantry of the funeral procession
and the teremonrs partook ot the
character of a natonal tribute to the
memory of one wio holds a lasting
place in the heart and homes of the
American people -. ,
i .
Racine Fran a Funeral.
i
Raleigh, Jun4. At a large gath
ering of people Jear Lenoir, in this
State, at the fuiral of Wm. Schell,
an old and prominent citizen, a cu
rious incident jeeurred. The cler
gyman nnnounpd that as soon as
the funeral wasbver there would be
a marriage in he valley near the
cemetery." Thre was a regular race
to the scene, A in a few moments
John Hoover id Emma Wike step
ped forward $d were married on
the stump of
immense tree.
Latest Styles,
Lowest PricJ
No matter what yon buy, y01l fan ,
any time within ten thm I
11 not soiled, your money will be rV
an article fails to be
price paid, we shall appreciate it if
will show us the article, no matter h0 '
and badly worn, and allow us to ry
back a satisfactory amount in cash '
make a liberal allowance on your
purchase.
We desire to publish broadcast tkt
A a - 1 .
10 maive every article worU
lor it, out you must ten
otherwise, how would
"OOLP
Iajk clothiei.
China Preparing to Fight Fra,,
London, J une . A dispatch
the Exchange Telegraph Com-i
itch-, I
from Pari3 says war preparations
a great scale are being made ink
na. Tbree corps of trooDS an
readiness, and a Chinese fleet at
der orders to sail for Tonquin.
Democrats Clamoring tor Spn,
Albany, June 5. The All-'
County Democratic General CV
mittee, in convention asseiulieil;,
day, appointed a su'.-committe
inquire the reason why several ?i
departments, which now have
ocratic heds, are still fi!lel with?,
publieau clerk?. The delegate
called attention to tlie matter, '"IY
Murray, thought it was high tiaie'
enunciate the- Jacksonian princip-.
"to" the yictors lelong tiie gpuij
and denounced the retention of t-l
publicans in office as a high handr
outrage.
Religious Proscription.
New Haven, June 7. Ansonie
excited over the alleged attempt t
Father Byron to compel Catholics;
have the medical services only of D:
Conkling. A parishoner employ
a Protestant doctor fo.r his sicl w'ii
She did not improve and it waste:
ed would die. Father Evron wi-
sent lor, but refused to attend he
cause Dr. Conkling had not been eat
ployed. The woman is noirrecoj
ering Last Sunday moraine D:
Conkling went to Father Brady wit
a letter of introduction. Father Br.
dy was ill and the doctor handed th
letter to Father Daley, his assistan:
ant, asking him to announce atfb
mass that Dr. Conkling was comii.
among them to practice medicineu.
give him an introduction to the pec
pie. Daley did so. Father Bpt
at me next two masses nuor
announcements to the effect he is
glad to announce that a young Cati-
olic doctor had come among thra
and they would no longer be obliged
to have recourse to heretical murder
ers. He announced he would not
attend one woman who did not em
ploy Dr. Conkling. Father Brad'
and other prominent Catholics de
nounced the action of Father Bvrot
The matter will be brought beict
the bishop.
Absolutely Pure.
Tni pvwder mw rartoa A ourtl of pwfa
stnngth wboleaomeng. Mors raaua
than tha ordlnarr kind. n.l Mnnnt ba wU
competition with tha maltlttxta of luw Urt.
weucoi, aiam or pbuephata pointer. SU awl "
cant. Royal Bak-so rorsu Co., M WaU
M. Y.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
IiteM of Kaaben Pateroua, decM late of l
maboaing Twp., Saaarnt Co., fa.
Letter of administration on tha above e1
aavlnx been Kranted to tha antnlirnJ byU
proper antnoritr. aotioa la hereby girea " "
peraime Iwiebtatl ta aaid aetata ta aa(e tmme1
ate payment, and thoae hartnc; claim avalo1
ame will pment them duly authentic!'
settlement at the lata realdeneaof temuaed. ai1
before July 11, W83. JACOB P. POW LU
Somenet, fa., Jane t, 18U. AdmJnittraiv-
A DM INISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
btata ol Jonathan Beyer, late of SoathaBf
township, deoeaacd.
Latter ot adalnlKnUoa an the a bore
having been granted to tha anderdKoed by.1
proper aathoriiy, notioe la hereby given a thu
Indebted to the aM aetata to make Inn!"'
payment, and tnoaa having claim or 4ow
agalnM It to present them duly aathentlcaud
etilvment. at the lata residence ot deeeated.
Satarday, Jgly 14, 183.
ABRAHM BUYER.
(JLUROM MAKT1
Soxcnarr, June a AdmrW Jno. Jfc.J"-
JJXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
fcuata of Harrison Trent, late of Soawrset B&
Somerset Co., Pa., dee'd.
Letter testamentary oa above estate hvt
been granted te th undersigned by the prop
thorny, notlca It hereby given to all PrwnJr
debted to at id estate ta make immediate pr
ment, and those having claim againet It to !"
sent them duly aatbentieavid for settlement
the otttcw of 8. V. Trent, la Somerset, r-
Sat.nluy.J-.ya.l -
SAMUEL TRENT.
Bouiumt, Fa., Jane f, IMA Ewentor.
FARM WANTED!!
Of About 10O Arrea
In thi C Vmntry : any parson having , Vf
address If. O. Box No.M. Allegheny IU7 r
describing farm, stating price, etc.
fern?
ley
uOftfl.