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The Somerset Herald
XDWA.RD SCULL, Editor and Proprietor.
WKDKXSDAT-
.Octo!r 7, 1W
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATE.
FOE ACDITOK GENERAL,
GEX. DAYTD McM. GREGG, of Bark.
FOR STATE TREASTIIER,
CAFT. J0H5 W. MOKRISOX, of Allegheny.
COXSTTTTTIOSAt COSVESTIOK DELEGATES,
llab C. WeT, f
Hfniu Krearorr. I
William I. en1r. Delaware.
Uu HalL Lauiphin.
F.aal Readier. Northampton.
H. K1wms. Larkawana.
H. C. Mt amuck. Lf eoming.
ror?f S. Sdamidt. York.
Japb H. Foraerov. echuy.kliL.
Cm Elder, (ami-ria.
iotaa Oena, Bedford,
J hn S. Lambie, I
William K- Ber. Allegheny.
JimMiL Hr,rn, Mercer.
T. V. fowler! y. La kawana,
Mjrru L. alauflma. Ltturc.
COUNTY.
FOR PRESIDENT JUDGE.
tmvns J. KOOSEB. ESQ., of Bomenset
Hubjtct to tha decision of the Dtetrict Con
ference.
FOR ASSK'UTE JUDGE,
'OAH BIESECKER. of Queniahoning Twp.
FOR J CRT COMMISSIONER,
DANIEL W. BATLOR, of Somerset Twp.
FOR PlKlR HOUSE DIRECTOR,
JOSEPH L. MILLER, of Somerset Twp.
Is rittebarg on Sunday last the ther
mometer climbed op to 84. The intense
beat compelled even the most devout to
absent themselves from the churefces.
If the democratic party had lU way
two-thirds of the workshops in this
country would be closed. It is now en
gaged in an attempt to prevent the man
ufacture of tin in the united fctates, ana
resort is had to the most biazen and
wholesale lying to imprras upon the pub
lic the idea that tin is not now being
made in this country.
Ths Democratic clubs bad their inning
si Wtteburc last week, and the way they
pounded old John Bardder about tne
head and eves was quite shocking. The !
j doctrines of Jefferson and Jackson were
ignored for the time being, and Bardsley
was bung and quartered and his remains
gib-betted as a warning to a!i evil doers,
particularly to deepoilers 01 ouier peop.e a
goods. In brief, the flower of the Dem-
rocrary there assembled clamoerea cp to
the highest seats in the synagogue,
thanked God that they were not sinners
and thieves, as are all Eepublicaas, and
pointed to Bardsley as the great villain of
the aee. whose iniquities were the resu.t
of the doctrine of Republicanism. Theft,
embeitlement and breach of trust, ac
cording to these " holier than thou " gen
tlemen, were crimes heretofore unknown
until the discovery of Bardsley's pecula
tions Droved that the entire Republican
party of this Commonwealth is permeated
with dishonesty and is unfit to De en
trusted with public affairs.
Alas, for the vanity and uncertainty
of human calculations ! These over vir
tuous gentlemen, like unto Haoian, were
erecting a gallows for another, whereupon
they were to be hung. While they were
chuckling and robbing their hands .in
glee over their arraignment of all Repub
licans as thieves, because one of tbeir
number had betrayed his trust, and pro
fessing to believe that because of his
wrone doing no Republican cin be trust
ed, one of the shining lights ol tneir
party, a member of a family honored
throughout the State lUiam li. inn
a former preacher of the gospel, now a
president of two banks, was plotting his
own ruin and has since been arrested and
imprisoned for despoiling the creditors of
the institutions over which he presided,
and for making false entries in the books
for the purpose of covering up his crimes.
Far be it from us to exult over the
downfall of any man. or to add a feather
weight to the misery of those who sutler
far his lanee from honest V. W e but use
this man's disgrace to point the moral
and expose the wretched tactics of those
ho attempt to run a political campaign
on the allegation that a majority of the
electors of the Commonwealth are cor
rupt, because one of their number turned
roeue and betrayed his oincial trust.
If no Republican is to be trusted be
cause John Bardsley turned rascal, does
it not follow by a parity of reasoning
that no Democrat can be trusted because
H. Dill has fallen? A mere state
ment of the proposition is sufficient to
show the wretched hypocrisy and petti
fogging of the Democratic campaign man
agers.
BANKS CLOSE THEIR DOORS
The Prairie Fires.
At a meeting of the Pittsburg Bar As
sociation, held last Saturday, a resolution
was passed against the holding of a Con
stitutional Convention, for the reason
that the present Constitution is adapted
to the people in all material respects, and
that it contains within itself ample pro-viui.-.na
for its amendment when neces
sary. And so say we all.
Th Democratic party in the West
inMtn't mwrr ta know " whether it is
afoot or on horseback" on the silver
question. Governor Campbell says : "I
will chance it and stand by the Ohio
platform." Congressman Mills, speaking
for the party, openly repudiate it ; while
Governor Boies, in Iowa, dodges the issue
and jumps behind a tree every time sil
ver is mentioned.
Tars two cents per pound bounty which
is awarded to American sugar by the
McHinley bill, by way of compensation
for admitting sugar free, has had the
effect of stimulating sorghum and beet
sugar manufacturing in Western States,
where such a result was least expected.
The United States Government has a
labratory at Fort Scott, Kan., w here sta
tistics have been gathered for some weeks
past, from which it appears that not less
than 27.000,000 pounds of sorghum and
Leet sugar will be produced this year in
Carnm. Nebraska, Utah and California.
The Kansans are devoting themselves
largely to the sorghum sugar product,
while beet sugar is the specialty in the
other States named.
Governor Pattios will go down into
Listory as "Extra Session Bob." His
Excellency is possessed with the idea
that he alone understands the wants of
the Commonwealth, and that his will
should be law. During his former term
he set himself up against the Legislature
and called an extra session at an expense
of a better part of a million of dollars in
vain attempt to coerce it into passing
an apportionent bill to 6uit his views.
Kow be has called an extra session of the
Senate, of doubtful legality, at a propable
expense of half a million of dollars for
the purpose of having it overslaugh the
work Inch a committee had been ap
pointed to do. The taxpayers of the
tate are paying very dearly for their
Pattisan whistle.
F.LLODAI.C X. D., Oct. i X.L. Sherman,
who has just arrived from the Missouri river
country, one hundred miles west of here,
confirms the report of the very destructive
Ere in Emmons county last week, and tells
of a still greater conflagration on the prairies
west of the Mississippi river. He states that
a fire raced there for several days and burned
over a region 3u0 miles long and 200 miles
wide, destroying immense quantities of bay
belonging to the burners, ranchmen and In
dians, alao burning and stampeding beyond
recovery manr valuable herds of horses, cat
tle and sheep, and probably resulting in the
loss of many human lives, though nothing
authentic on that score is yet obtainable.
The region that was swept over by the names
is described as a vast plain of death and des
olation, the a -fuiness of which can in some
measure be felt when standing alone in its
miita, but which no words can describe.
The fire is said to have been started by a
buftklo bone picker, that he might be better
able to find the oV-ject of his search. Realiz
ing the calamity he had been the cause of.
he if said to have fled. A price has been set
upon his head, and if he is caught be will die
at the end of a rope.
Mitculll, S. 1)., Oct 1. The prairie fire
which swept over portions of Aurora and
Jerauld counties recently was productive of
more damage than at first reported. The
extent of the loes to farmers, in the de
struction of grain in the stack, barns and
other buildings, is indicated by the fact that
suits for damages against the Milwaukee
railroad to the extent of f-tf.ono have already
beea filed. The area burned over includes
strip variously estimated to be five miles
in width, starting from the centre of Aurora
connty, and extending north through that
and Jerauld county, thirty or forty miles
from the starting point But few farm dwel
lings were burned, the damage consisting in
the burning up of grain and outbuildings, as
well as some stock. One farmer lost Vi.uuu,
while the majority lost lesser amounts.
The insulting implication inline Dem
ocratic State platform that everyRepub
Jican is a thief, or particep criminit in
Bardsley's thefts, should be an induce
ment to every man in the party to poll
his vote in vindication of his own honor
and manhood. Besides this, the coming
election ;wiil have a most important
bearing on the Presidential election of
next year. Our State and County tickets
are entitled to every Republican vote
that can be polled, and the taxpayers
surely do not want half a million or more
of their money wasted on a needless Con
stitutional Convention. For these and
nasaerous other good reasons every Re
publican voter should feel it a duty to
come to the polls.
The publication in another column of
the sheriff's proclamation, giving notice
of the time and place of holding the
coming general election, will undoubted
ly attract attention to the anomaly of
voting for delegates to a possible Con
stitutional convention, while at the same
time, mayhap, the voter will be opposed
to the calling of a convention and will
Tote agaiust it.
o far as we have learned public senti
ment, a la rye majority of the voters aad
taxpayers of this county are opposed to
the calling of a convention, because it
will lead to the expenditure of many
thousands of the people's money, and be
cause, in their judgment, the principle
proposed to be changed abolishing the
numbering of the b&Cot by the election
cficers is a very salutory provision, a
prevention of frrud, and in case of a con
test, such, as is now going on in this Con
tjressiooal district, a sure means of prov
ing the intent aad desire of the voter.
Tickets will be furnished at the polls
"For the Convention " and "Against the
Convention," as well as for delegates to
the Convention, and it will be neossaary
for those w ho vote ajaitut the Convention
to vote at the same time far delegates,
Lecaoae if a majority of the electors in
the State sboald vote for a Convention,
they will want this county represented
ia it by detegaUs of their own choice.
Remember, therefore, tfcat each elector
should vcte for his party delegates, or
those bis own choice, even while he is
voting against the Convention, so that
Le may be properly represented in the
Convention, if one is called against his
jrisbes.
Death In a Mine.
Mahoxev Citt, Ta , Oct. 3. By a terrific
explosion in the Richardson Colliery, owned
and operated by the Philadelphia Reading
Coal and Iron Co-, to-day, probably a dozen
lives were lost. Win field Mack and another
man were taken out dead, and J. F. Brenuan,
Thomas Conville, Michael Grant and three
others perhaps fatally injured.
Shortly before quitting time this evening
gas accumulated in one of the gangways.
and without a moments warning a loud re
port was heard, followed by the falling of
an immense quantity of coal, which en
tombed 14 men and cut off all means of es
cape. As soon as the explosion occurred the
men in all parts of the mine battened to the
spot, but were powerless to render any as
sistance. They were thunderstruck when
they realized the perilous position that their
comrades were placed in and at once sent
word to the surface, and the company's offi
cials were notified of the disaster.
A rescuing party at once set to work, and
not until late this evening did they find any
of the men. After digging through coal and
rock for a distance of 50 yards e;ght of the
men were reached, two of whom had been
crushed to death by the falling debris. The
other six are fatally burned. There are still
six men imprisoned and they cannot be
reached until to-morrow, when life will
doubtless be extinct.
A Handsome West VlrginlatMoon
Miner Captursd In Lincoln Co.
PABiEEshcaw, W, Va., Sept. 30." Hand
some " Lucy McClure, the richest and by far
the most daring of famous Wast Virginia
moonshiners, has finally been captunrd in
the wilds of Lincoln county. For a year
she has been openly selling illicit and ragged
whisky all along the line of the new Norfolk
and W astern road, and time and time again
she has eluded capture.
She is an expert rifle shot and always car
ried a Winchester ritie slung across the sad
dle of her sorrel mare, the fleetest animal In
the State.
This morning Marshal Harris, with two
companions, got the drop on ths young
woman. Lacy McClure is only 24 and
pretty as she is darinx, bat there wasn t a
man in the State dared make lor to the little
wildcat. Shs has employed ooonaal and
says the jail can't bold her.
A Train Attacked by Tramps.
Ekie, Pa., Oct 4. Charles Sturgis and Ed
ward O'Hara, two young single men, mold
era by trade, living in Buffalo, started late
la-t night for Eric to spend Sunday, taking
passage on a Lake Erie freight train. When
a short distance from Danairk tbey were
attacked by tramps, wbo demanded their
money- Tbey resisted and one of the tramps
shot birgi throng u the abdomen, and
O'Hara, whih attempting to rescue him, was
frightfully stabbed ia the back by one of the
high wsj men. O'Hara, although weakened
by the loss of blood, carried his companion
to a Nickel Plate train, and brought bim to
the hospital ia this city. Sturgis has been
baptized and has received the last rites of the
Catholic church. He cannot possibly sur
vive. A gang of tramps have frequently at
tacked and driven train crews from their
trains in that same locality.
Failures that Excits Clearfield and j
Houtzdaie.
nor-rDLC P , Spt- ?. The Houtzda'.e
Bank and the First National Bank of Gear-
field, instutians of which Bev. W. H. Dill is
tb president, and which are controlled by
Mr. Dill and his associates, closed their
doors to-day. It has been developed that the
Clearfield bank has beea weak for soras time
and that it ha been carried along by ths
Houtzdaie back. The load finally became
too heavy and both went down.
The Houtzdaie Bank closed its doors at
10:0 o'clock. This is the same institution
with which W. B. Hamilton was connected
aa teller. Hamilton is now serving a fiv
years term in the Western Penitentiary for
embezzling its funds. After the Hamilton
disclosures the bank changed hands, W. H.
Dill, cf Cleaifield, becoming its purchaser
and afterward its president, with John B.
VI cG rath, of Houtzdaie, as cashier.
Since the Houtzdaie Bank changed bands
i has done a larg business in tne way ol
deposits, the higb character of John B. Mo
Grathand tb reputed great wealth of it
president causing it to become at once popu
lar. The Hoatzdale Cbeckweighnien Ass
ciaiion. an association of miners, had a
balance of $2,0UU in the bank. Every one of
no less than a dozen secret and beneficial so
cieties deposited in it, the Knight of Pythias
having a balance of f-uO. The borough and
several township treasurers are depositors,
one treasurer having as much as $4,000 to
his credit in the aggregate. The Hungarian
and Swede miners have locked up in the
bank between ftf.,000 and $70,0W. Individ
ual deposits from $13,(K down, among the
depositors being several widow and trust
f.,r orrthana. Several business men are
known to be left without one dollar.
McGralb's first intimation of the closing of
the Clearfield bank was ths notification by
the holder of a check that the bank had
closed, when ha at once closed tbe
doors of Houtzdaie bank. The deposits.
The deposit are upwards of $1U0,0u0. Ths
amount of assets depends entirely on tbe
rli!it nf the Mt-nritM- Kolrt in liM nf
the money, and of this the cashier baa no
personal knowledge.
McGralh has made an assignment to John
P-rrer. the la'izest depositor, and will ask
that a receiver b appointed.
TUE CCIXAHS AT CLEiBfllXP.
Cleabkiild, Fa., Sept. 30. When ths
early risers of this morning saw a notice on
the doors of the First National Bank stating
that it had suspended payment, there were
numerous remarks of " 1 told you so," be
cause for the ait ten month the drain on
this bauk was heavier than was healthy for
it.
Yesterday some $Ji was taken out, and
tbe collapse was the result. Tbe pnncipal
stotkboMei of tl bank reaide here, and
are at present wondering hew much of the
loss they w ill be liable for. A Bank Exam
iner is expected here from Washington to
night to take charge of the bank.
Hovtzbale, Fa , Oct. 1. Cashier McGrath
was seen to-day and said that, though the
deposit in the bank reached over tJ0,0iO,
there were less than $0fi,Uiu currency in tbe
bank when it cloved how much less he
would not say. He also said that President
Diil, wbo alo owned the Clearfield bank,
bad removed a grvat amount of money from
tbe local bauk lately, giving a bis reasons
that tbe Houtzdaie vaults were not safe, and
that it would be safer in the Clearfield bank
When depositors were informed they were
likely to receive less than 5o per cent, of
their money the lower classes formed in
squads and shouted execrations and threat
agaiust the officers. Tbeir anger is bound
l.u
Bank Extaiiuf Miller was telegraphed
for and now has the bank in charge, with
experts going over the books. Ke will make
no statement whatever. It is thought other
back may suffer greatly unles tba hope of
the friends of the president are realized and
both banks shall pay in full.
Before the word got to Houtzdaie that a
receeiver had been appointed the Hungari
ans had Cashier McGrath arrested, and they
are on their way hereto make information
against Dill.
The cCJoer from Houtzdaie arrived here
at 7 o'clock this evening with the warrant
for Dill and entered the residence and ar
rested him. He accompanied tbe officers to
Justice McCullough's off.ee. The warrant
charges him with embezzling a deposit of
15 XI. It was issued on lha information of a
female depositor. He was held in $2,000
bail, which was furnished by James Mitch
ell and W. It. McPhereon.
Upon leaving the office a half dozen drun
ken Hurgarians from Houtzdal set upon
him, but were restrained from doing any
harm by tbe officers. Dill was hurried to
bis residence by his attorney. The Houtz
daie ctficers say be will be ar rotted upon
other warrants tp-morrow.
CLSAariEtD, Oct. 2. The most interesting
feature of tbe several exciting incident fol
lowing the collapse of the Clearfield and
Houtzdaie Banks wa tbe arrest of Presi
dent Dill and his subsequent frenzied efforts
to secure bail. Tbe warrant sworn out by
Bank Examiner Miller, wbo has charge of
the Clearfield Bank, before Justice McCul-
lough, charges that "Win. H. Dill, president
of the First National Bank of Clsarfield, did
on the 14tb day sf July, l&tl, with intnt to
cheat, injure and defraud the First National
Bank, make a false entry in the cash book of
tbe bank, via: An entry of $1000 aad otber
false entries to ths injury of tba bank."
When the news spread that Diil was to be
arrested the trouble with depositor broke
out anew, and excitement to-night is almost
as great a when tbe bank failed.
a SEARCH FOB SAIL.
The warrant was issued at once to Con
stable Goodfellow, who proceeded to Dill's
handsome residence, where be took the
banker in charge. Dill asked to be allowed
to remain in his own bouse until he secured
bail. Hi request being granted, tbe officer
remained closely with hi prisoner, mmd mea:
sengers wera tent in all directions looking
for friend wbo would be able te go on a
large bail bond.
Alter oonsidexabl argument Examiner
Miller agreed to make the bail $2,000 con
ditiotial for Dill' appearance at the next
Quarter Sessions, and another scurry was
made for bail to rid Dill of the officer's un
welcome presence. A. E. Fatten, cashier oi
the Curweosville Bank and a son-in-law of
Banker Dill, then came down and signed the
bail bond and four other good names had
been secured, when consternation was cre
ated by Examiner Miller and ths District
Attorney reappearing upon ths scene. Miller
staling that other discrepancies bad been dis
covered amounting to $30,000 and that ad
ditional bail, ia all $20,000, must be fur
nished. Then began anotbef hijnt for bail,
but at S o'clock this evening another and
Anal bo cab wa exploded from Hootadala.
an urs wa tuseatesed.
At tnat Dour a oonauuis arrived witn a
warrant sworn out in HouUiala, charging
Dill with the embezzlement of $5,000. This
created a panic among the bondsmen and it
was impossible to secure another dollar bail
for Dill, wbo remained in hi home closely
guarded by officers, two deputies being sent
there this evening. Dill went to jail to
night, although the olSjers said they would
try and keep biro in hi own house until
tha arrival of Tniied Slate District Attorney
Lyon and United States Marshal Harrah,
both of Pittsburg, who bats been telegraph
ed for and will arrive bsrs to-morrow morn
ing. .
Only One Escaped.
Ilnui. Ark. Oct- 2. Details of tee
lynching of the negro cotton pickers have
been received here.
Deputies Frank Mills and Jessie Hod,
who bar been with Sheriff Domes: tne
past three days in pursuit of the rioters, ar
rived in this city yesterday, and reported as
follow :
Wednesday afternoon they succeeded in
locating 13 of ths worst of the rioting negroes
in s cane-brake near Cat Island. Tbe negroes
bad been trying to work tbeir way towards
President's Island and thence row on to
Memphis.
The sheriffs posse called upon them to
surrender. The negroes answered by a vol
ley of shots, and made a dash to escape.
Two were killed, two escaped, and nine were
captured. There nine were disarmed and
given ia charge of Deputies Mills and
Hodges wbo started with them to Marianna,
ths county seat
A few miles back of Hackley Landing tbe
deputies found themselves and prisoners sur
rounded by a crowd of masked men, mount
ed and armed. They demanded tbe prison
era, but the deputies expostulated with them
and begged that they be not deterred from
tbe peaceful discharge of their duty, which
was to laud the prisoners in jail to be dealt
with by law. Tbe masked party were deter
mined, however, as tbey outnumbered tbe
deputies 25 to 1, and they took charge of the
nine prisoners, marched them Into a thicket
and banged them. The same party must
have met tbe steamer James Lee at Hackley
Landing and captured the wounded man re
ferred to.
From these accounts it appears that only
one man escaped oat of the 13 who bad
taken refuge in the canebrake, two being
killed tbe sheriffs posse and 20 by the
masked mob. Tbe negroes were mostly, it
is thought, from Memphis, though several
were killed who lived in the vicinity of Cat
Island.
A Third Bank Falls.
PBiLurorso, Pa., Oct. 5. This quiet
little city was electrified to-day by tbe post
ing of the following announcement upon tbe
doors of the Phillipsburg Bank, supposed to
be one ol tbe strongest private institutions
in this part of the State :
Th mnrJnned drmand of onr depositors
is greater than we can meet at once. VV e j
dweoi it best for all tbeir interests to suspend
payment and liquidate our affairs. We arm
ly believe we can pay every deposit in full.
1'IUET JOS Is, lasuier.
Ever since the Clear!'.eld Bank closed and
the HonUdale Bank failed, the Phillipsburg
Institution baa experienced an unprecedentad
run. The misers and tbeir friends first took
alarm from tbe reports from Hoatzdale and
began an open onslaught upon the local
bauk, gathering there in line and steadily
drawing their deposits of from $5ft0 to $1,000
without a word of comment from either
side. Tbe bank stood the pressure easily,
and paid out thousands of dollars within
the last three banking days.
Then tbe heavy depositors took fnght and
began a quiet checking of their balances.
which resulted in the announcement to-day.
Officers of the bank bad feared a run and
bad made every preparation for tbe worst.
but with every check paid out there seemed
two more rapping at the gate, and to-day
they decided to attempt to tem the current
no longer.
. . .CO.
Highest of all in Leavening Power U. 5x Oort Kcport, Aug. x7,
ABSQ1SJTELY PVUE
Hold Your Corn.
Cotton Plenty.
Daring Robbery of a New York Cen
tral Car.
Utica, if. Y., Sept, 13 Matked robber
held up the express agent in the special
American express train on the New York
Central Railroad between here and Little
Falls early tbi morning. It ia not known
bow much plunder the daring disciples of
Jetoe James got, but it is supposed lo be
more than $1,000, and may be ten times that
sum.
R. A. Moore Is the express agent and has
been in tbe company' employ for eleven
years. Tbe story of tbe robbery is as follows:
Wbil working among tbe packages in the
central compartment of the express car,
which was the rear car of the train, Moore
wa confronted by a masked man with a re
volver in his band. The intruder fired
shot at the agent to frighten him, and w hile
S second man at the door kept Moore covered
itb a pistol tbe robber inside the car
searched tbe safe. He looked over the let
ters, bundles an ? packages, and, alter select
ing what be wasted, backed to the door.
The entrance had been enecttd through a
hole 15 by 17 inches which the bold burglars
bad sawed in the front door of tbe car.
Through this opening the robber went out.
He then stooped down, pulled the air brake
stopped the train, jumped oil and tied.
Moore was so dazed he could scaroeiy ted
the other trainmen what the trouble was.
An examination of the express car showed
that the robber overlooked a package con
taining $5,000 in paper money. Much of tbe
stolen valuables consists of jewelry.
Xew Obleass, La, Oct. 5. Despite the
reported small cotton crop, all the railroads
centreing in this citv have been rushing
cotton in here at a lively rale dunng Sep
tember, and the results are extremely grati
fying. The Louisville and Xaihville reports
the Alabama crop 2100 bales ahead of last
year. The Texas aud Pacific out war J bus
iness for September surpassed all expecta
tions, and the Qneen and Crescent's Septem
ber handling of Alabama and Missippi cot
ton was oOuu bales in excess of Septc mber a
year ago.
Indian Outbreak in Mexico.
Sas Autosio, Tex., Oct. 5. John H. Par-
ton, an American, who for the past two
rears, has been erimred in mining near
Metztilian, in the State of Hidalgo, Mexico,
arrived here yesterday. He brings informa
tion of a bloody Indian outbreak which has
for some time been in progress in the District
of Tulamengo, in that State. Tbe trouble
is an outgrowth of a dispute between several
colonies of Spaniard and Germans and the
Indians, the new settlers attempting to settle
on the lands of the natives. The Indians
resist their attempts to evict tbem, and much
bloodshed has resulted. Tbe colonists have
aptea!ed to the Government for protection.
and several battalions of troops are on their
way to the scene of the trouble.
Chicago, Oct 2. Tbe Alliance is out.m-
t
leg a areolar letter to be sent oroaccasi
amocg the farmer, telling them to bold
their corn. The circular says tnat the for
eign demand will be 30 percent greater than
last year, when 83 377,9-w bushels were
shipped.
JHERIFF'S SALE.
Bt virtue of a certain writ of Fieri Facias
hailed oot of thel'ourt of Common Plena "t
boraerwt Omntv, Pa.. ant to me rtlre.-Ul,
there will expou-d to nuMie ale. wl the ilwrt
nimse. in somerset uorouisn, a i
P. M., on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1S91,
All the right tlt'.e. Intern 'and rtalm of S. A.
Prau, Admr.of Wm. Rtxlrty dee ana J. K. .we
MilUn. of. in and to the following described real
estate, aituate in tlie town of Peu-robunr. in Ad
dison lowmhlp. Somerset emintT. ra, viz :
Lota N"a 17 ana i, in pimn 01 Mia uwn,
and on tbe sou: ft ride of iba National nl, and
beirtnninr at a stake at tbe corner of Maiden al
lev and the turnpike, one perrh from tot No. 1,
ineore along mid mad south 74 drf reea eat I
pen-he to corner or lot x 21, theuce sou In IS
decree west ID perches to a ataie, oorUt 74 de
gree w perches to Maiden alley, theuce wtih
aaid allev north 16 degrees east 10 perehea to tbe
place 'of beginning, containing SO perches of
land, with tne appurtenaneea.
ALSO
Lot Xo. 23 In plan of nald town, an.1 on tbe
north aMeof the National road, and beicisninx at
slake on aul rua-1, and on lha et mla or
SomerM-t street and running ihenr along tbe
said mreet North U degrees Kat 10 pen-bea to a
ptake' thence by land of Geo. W. Turney North
74 degree i-t 4 perches to lot Xo. 21. thence
with said lot North 1 degree wis 10 perches to
tlie National Boad. thence vita it South 74 de
gree al 4 pen-be to the placa of U-ginuing,
comainiuj;4i percbe of land, with the appurte
nance.
AL90-
Lota N.m. 2ft and J on the plan of aaid town
and on the North l-le of the Naiional road and
brarinning at a utake oa aaid road toi-nce North
16 ileirree Ka-t ten IU perches lo a Mate- Nnrtn
74 derree Wet 8 perchen to itake. south 16 de
gree W t 10 ierrhe to tbe National Koad tben-e
alone aaid road hotith M decree Kiut perctu-a
lo the im4 oi ueieliiiiinir. rontaiuin: ) perch-
en of laud, with the auourtenaiM-e. being the
name lot of Kn.-tmJ rouveved bv Wa. koddy to
Marcaret rranu and Jlarr Kol1 ty ilwl datol
aah day of Nov. 'sit recorded at Somerset' Pa.iu
Arel Keeortl vol. no, page l-j, Ac.
taken in execution a the property or M. a.
Venn. Admr. of Wm. Koddy, dec d , aud J. K.
McMillan at toe suit of tbe rommonwealtb of
lvuii.- lvauia ue of (jeo J. Black, el al.
Ex-Congrssmari Turney Dsad.
GaEMiwav., Pa, Oct. t.-Ex Congress
man Jacob Turney, the diitinguued law
yer and Democratic politician of this county,
ia dead. Five weeks KO he Was a!tl:c!d
with a sore foot. Oat'grene set in, and the
member was amputated at the ankle. He
suffered greatly from the effect of the opera
tion, aad this afteroooa at t-iJ breathed bis
last.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve hi the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains
Corns, and all Skin Kruptiona, and positive
ly cures Piles, or no pay required. It ia
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
moneyvefunded. Price 25 cents per box.
JEPORT
OF THE CONDITION
First National Bank
OF SOMERSET, at Somerset, In tbe State
of Pennsylvania, al the close of buincM, Sept.
2i:b, lUiL
RESOURCES:
Loan and discounts t llS.to 33
ierlrafuiieTjretand unsecured 61
U. 8. Bond to secure cnvuium. l:!, w
IKie from approved n-aerre altera. Ii.i-11 !T7
Jue from mlit-r National Haimd 7,i-i 41
Due from Stale Kank and hankers.. i'u 2H
Hankina-hottoi. Fnniiiire and fixture. 7.&-.1 17
t'urrem expeUM-s aad Uxoa paid 614 3
Premiums on l!. 8. bon-K.. . 2. 0
Check aud other ruh items . Li"
Bill of other ltuk - WOW
r'raviiotia.1 paper currency, nickels and
ccuu. M fo
Specie V- jo
Ix-tral-ten ler note. uu
kudempibiu fund with I'. S. Treasurer 5
per cent of circulation..-. J.vl 00
TotaL
..tlM.Ott f!
TERMS.
Forst's Fabulous Luck.
Prrrsitaa, Sept. 20. That unparalelled
gusher of oil in the McDonald field. Font V
Greenlee.s new well, which is yielding 8,000
to 10,000 ban el per day, has set all ths pe
troleum world's tongues wagging about tbe
remarkable good luck which ha attended all
of Barney Font' sixty-three ventures, He
never drilled a dry bole in tbe earth. Each
well of bis sixty-three has been a remarkable
one, and be is fast becoming fabulously
rich.
Tbi new well, known as Mevy No.1, b
producing at tbe rate of at least $4 500 per
day, and Font get nearly all this revenue
in addition to that from hi other good well
bat bav not yet given out.
Convention Ticket.
HABEisBraa, Oct. 5 A number of in
quiries bare been made to the department of
state as to tbe style of tickets to be used in
voting for or against tne constitutional con
vention, and for delegates thereto and also as
to who would bear t'ue expense of printing
the tickets. In this connection the secretary
of state as vs: Tbe tickets to be voted for
or against a constitutional convention should
have no inscription whatever on the outside
and such tickets should be printed separately.
The tickets to be used for members at large
ahonld have on tbe outside the words ' dele-
eates-at-large' and should be printed separ-
tely. The tickets to be voted for district
members should have on the outside the
words 'district delegates and should be
printed separately. It will thus be seen that
there should be three separate tickets for the
use of voters who desire to vote for or against
a constitutional convention and for the elec
tion of delegates thereto. Those having to
do with tbe printing of the tickets should
carefully read section 4 of the act of asi mbly
ePDroved June 19. 1891. entitled An act to
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provide for a convention to amend the Con
stitution and tbe election of delegates there
to. There don not exist any authority for
having the tickets printed and distributed at
public expense. Xo provision having been
made for tbe use of official ballots it follows
tbe tickets will have to be supplied by the
political party organizations or by the voters
themselves, just as is the case with the tick
ets to be voted for the candidates for the va
rious offices to be filled by tbe elections to be
held next month."
The Horrors of Siberia.
BosT05. Oct. 3. Beril Sintzki, a Russian
Hebrew, wbo arrived with his family on the
steamship Kansas yesterday, tells a frightful
story of the brutality of Russian officials.
He and bis family were condemned to exile
for a trivial offense and set out for tbe mines
under a guard of J9 soldiers. Tbe officer in
charge became enamored with SinUki's 10-
year-old daughter, attd offered to release the
family if the girl were yielded up to bim
When hi advances were repulsed he tied
the girl up by tbe arms and tortured her so
she diednext day. When tbe mother la
mented ah was whipped by order of the
officer.
Several days later a hay cart passed tbe
party in which a number of Nihilists were
concealed. A barrel of drugged liquor was
dropped in tbe path of the soldiers, snd
wben tbey became stupid with the liquor,
the Nihilists swooped down upon them and
freed the prisoners. The brutal officer was
hnne bv tbe heels until dead, ity tbe as
sistance of tbe Nihilists tbe family succeeded
in reaching thia city.
The Famine In Russia.
Los do 5, Oct. 1. The St. Petersburg corre
spondent of tbe Standard states that 25,000,-
0U0 persons in Russia are unable to pay their
taxes, and that this causes a deficit in the
budget of ali.OOO.yOy. Dire distress prevails
in many sections, and the minister of
finance has just granted another million in
aid of the famine stricken people. Private
letters give heartrending accounts of the dis
tress among the people, especially in Kazan,
Samara and Munl-Novrored. Deaths are
po numerous that many people are buried
without religiot rjtes. The tribunals dis
miss cbsrges of robbery of bakeries.
Tbe government baa iagnin forbidden tbe
pre to allude to tha famine on account of
an article proposing an income tax to relieve
over-burdened peaaanta.
Winter In the West.
Reb Lopes, Most., Oct 1 Winlry
weather is prevailing in thia section.
Snow has been tailing and drifting inces
santly for the past 43 hours.
Tbe snow is now three feet deep on a level.
and business is practically at a standstill.
4 dispatch from St. Paul says : Advice
received here last night showed that rain was
falling all over North Dakota, with snow in
tbe western portion and a cold wave coming
from Montana. Tbe situation In the har
vest fields of that State Is thus made more
serious. Threshing outnu nave Men sent
out free by tb Great Northern, aud 20 more
are promised to-day. Fifty thousand bush
els of wheat remains anthreshed in the State
and ia in danger of being destroyed by the
wet wwatber.
A B. & O. Elevator Burned.
Baltimoee, Oct. 4 Elevator " A," of the
Baltimore and Onio Railroad Company s
nvs'pni and located at Locust Point, was
completely destroyed by fire about 7 A. M,
to-day, together with all the machinery aud
the 13.".ft'i bushels of wheat which it con
tained. The loss, which is heavy, is covered
by insurance. Elevator "A" cost to con-
sruct aud to put in the machinery, $..,.).
All is gone. It was erected in 1571, and is
said to have been the first elevator located on
tha Atlantic mail ll canaritv was jllO.OKI
bushels. Dnring the jiast year it has been
used for what is known ai the " Bay trade "
this is, for wheat brought in vessels up the
Chesapeake Bay.
The fire did its work quickly. Half an
hour after the discovery of tbe flames the
roof and walls bad fallen, and what was so
short a time before one of the objects of lu
turest in tbe harbor was a mass of flaming,
smoking ruins. The flames had possession
of the elevator so completely when the fire-
men arrived that it wa abandoned to its
certain fate and Ihty gave their attention to
saving the surrounding property.
NOTICE. All persons pun-haalne at the
aliove aale aid pii-rwe take notice Unit 10 iM-r
ctmt. of tlte punhae money ntul tie paid
when property u kuicknt o.iwu. oinerwtHe.
It will aeain te exiot-i to tue at tut r.k of
the tlnl purchnAcr. Tbereaidueof the pur
chase money ni!it be paid on or l-i'(,re the
day of ciHinrniatloii, viz :Thnr1y, IWeinher
17, u ouceiiwlil be acknowiijiigtHl nutil
the purchase money k paid in full.
suerui aturice.i i3.ti.iioooi,
Oct. 7. lsL J blu-r.ff.
4 DMINISTRATOR'S N'OTICK.
hute of James B. Wcimer, late f Somcixt
I., SimnNH :o.. Pt. -1TUcnof
avlrinuksuru'itjii on lb tvvf -
tnte having lvn grunto! to tli uii'lrrMcnt'v.
by the prowr uuiiiorit y, mtli Is lirn-y iv
?n u utl ; jM-runs luil'ittt to hu1 UtU to
mult lnimiihte ptyv tiif-nt, ant ihwp huvtiiff
rlaittiM auHiiiHt the wnie will rv-Dt ttt'iu
luiv aiithnticat.Hi 1r sH-ttit'iunit on Krii,tv.
Novf tntw-r wl, at my blaw lunillh shop in
ISomerM-t ImrougU.
IHAKLM W KIM r.Il.
o 17. A-J in i n.-i rt! r.
A
DMIXISTRATOK'S NOTICE.
Cleveland Now a Father.
Niw Yobs, Oct. 4. Shortly after mid
night yesterday a healthy girl baby, weigh
inn about eight pounds, was born to ex-
President Cleveland and wife. Dr. Joseph
Bryant attended tbe mother, and tbe only
other person present was Mrs. Pcrrine Fol
som, Mrs. Cleveland's mother.
Mr. Cleveland is proud and happy and has
received congratulations from numerous
friends and also from the Democratic Coun
ty Convention, of Atchison, Kas. which
in session Saturday afternoon.
Kitate of Jaitib Aumarine late of Vpper Turkey-
loot lap.. bomerct Co.. r a., dec il.
Letter of admiui-traiioii ou tlie ahoveettate
bavin-been milled to the undcriirned by tne
proper authority maice i hereby given to all per
ftou indebted to said estate to mke immediate
pavment, aud thoe having claims aitainl tha
aame will nre-teui them 1-iiv a'lihenlumted tkr.
retllement on ptnrdT. .November 14, lsul, at tha
late residence of tbe Uec,U.
JUIl.N Al'1,1 -Iltfc,
Administrator.
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LIABILITIES:
Capital Ht.K-k paid in .'. ...
1 nlivn!cl profits.
National Bank notes uiiL-uu,dm
IuTiocrHls uni'siil-..
Inridepinintuhie-t tochi-ck
Iieniaml eenini-atesofdcp-t.it lV-t7
lue toother National Hanks
liue to Stale banks aad bankers.
TtjUd '. '.. SlM.iM 7
Staff tf Pnuuyf raiiffl, Oxivt; nf Htmmft, a.
I. Andrew Parker, Cah!er of the above-nan;!
Bank, do solemnly swear that the above ate
menl is true, to the best of my know!eig9 and
belief. . '
ANDREW PARKER,
t'a-bler.
Subscribed and sworn to before me thin Cuta day
Of Sept., I-1.
WM. II. WELFTEV,
Notary J-uiiUc
CoRaxcT Attest :
JOHN R. PfOTT,
Ku. K. MTLL.
I HHU. W. BltiECKFR.
iurecton.
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THE
FOTJTZ'S
HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS
o HrtsT wtM ! of rf.rir. Tim- r Li ko Fs
Tat. if Kwif7 l'wn itrr tr?-t !ni;r-.-,
FtUtV w- l"rtw-re will rtifv nr-i ri- enl lUmOfM sTF.
Fvrz r'nw wiTl TrtianT (vvf IS oI.k,
KmtZw- !.-W'i-n wit fru-r rrjnifT l mi.
n't crt:n twenry pr rrni jzh! make tne butler Arm
Sl.'t Wrvt.
Font" i'owrTfn wDl mr nr rr-Tfit v.'moit CVKftT
t vtz' fowrwits wiu. taiva aiit CTt4a.
&oed eeri r.
DAVID X. FOUTZ. Proprietor,
BALTIMORE, XD.
WEEK
LAST
BUT ONE, CLOSES
OCTOBER 17th.
PITTSBURGH EXPOSITION !
(THIRD SEASON'.)
aim. al taNairwai a a a . a. ftftinrvtrnfvll V " "" at- T ff
Canning Works Destroyed by Fir.. H AX OPtUtU W H U N rtitU LU tN I tU tULAI I
Thousands Visit it sud Admirt the Marveloas Combination ofthilniu atrial lad
Artistic Worlds.
IspMSAPou, Oct. 4. Shortly after
o'clock thia morning fire destroyed the can
ning works of the Van Camp Packing Com
pany. The total loss is $J ,, on which
there is $1 l(i,.VN insurance. Four firemen
were caught by a falling wail this afternoon
and badly bruised, but not fatally hurt.
fireman Martin Haley was overcome by the
heat and will probably die.
No water For the Boat.
C P P
CisciKJtATt, O., Oct. 4. Specials received
to-day report that 19 steamboats, all freight
and passenger loaded, are aground between
this city and Point Pleasant, 'Vy. Va., where
there is but one foot eight inches of water.
Teams are crossing the Ohio River at dozens
of points. It is estimated that tbe low watt i
is daily causing a Io5s of tl,, and farm;
era with grain to s.hip are put to aerious loss.
Aud Ills Inrivaled aland Score an I'nqaalllied Suecewi
THE. MAGNIFICENT
I COLLECTION II OF I! PAINTINGS I
Prononnced bv Press and Tublic to tfe Finest Ever Seen
Pittsburgh.
in
OPEN DAILY
The Rice Mills of the South.
Cmc Aoo, Oct. 5. A dispatch from Atlanta,
Ga., eeys : A movement la on foot to buy
up all the rice mill of tbe South and throw
them Into a pool. The Standard Oil Compa
ny and English capitalists are supposed to
be behind the enterprise. Between $1,000 .-
000 and $2,Ofi0,0 will be required, and tbe
working capital will be $1,010.0 V. Options
bave been secured on tbe mills at Xew Or
leans, Savannah, Charleston and Wilming
ton.
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The Highest House In the World.
Rome, Oct. 5. The Alpine club is building
a but for signal purposes on tbe peak of
Monte Rosa at an altitude of nearly 15,ij0
feet. Tbe hut ha the highest site of any
building in tbe world. Tbe queen of Italy
has subscribed a large sum towards its erec
tion.
L. M. Woolf & Son,
IIAYE EP.I5K TIMES X0W IX TOE
Boys and
Ijilllllruii r
DEPARTMENT !
A Minister Sent to Jail.
Rxadwo, Pn Oct 6. Rev. Thillip H.
Garrett, a well known United Brethren min
ister, convicted in court here on tbe charge
of fraudulently obtaining $2Tj0 on a life in
surance policy, was this afternoon sentenced
to one year' imprisonment Be wept as bs
was led to jail.
There Will Be Three Vacant Seals.
HAauisbiio, Oct 4. There will be several
vacant scats at tbe coming extra session of
the Senate. Xo successor to Harlan, of
Chester county, who resigned to accept a po
sition in the newly created United States
appellate court, has been elected. Senator
afehard ia lying dangerously ill with typhoid
lever at bis borne in Wampum, Lawrence
county, and Senator Monagban, of Schuyl
kill, I to be married on the 14'.h, being there
fore necessarily absent
Stoned by a Mob.
St. Josefs:, Mo, Oct 3. T. T. Lyons, of
Janexville, Wisconsin, who has been lectur
ing against tbe Catbolic Cbnrcn, being re
fused the use of a ball here yesterday, started
to speak on the sidewalk. Some one threw
a stone which knocked bim down. H arose
with a revolver in hi hand and threatened
to shoot the next man who threw a stone.
His threat was answered by a volley of
rocks, and be was cbssed four blocks by a
mob yelling " Hang him !" He rushed
through tbe Gazette office and es raped.
VXT1L OCTOBER VTII, lXCLl'tlVE.
FROM 9 A. M. TO 10 P. X. POPULAR PRICES.
Csnsult your liailroad A jent for Special Excursion Rates.
Jas. B. Holderbaum,
nA3 JCST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF THE
Hench & Drumgold
ALL STEEL FRAME
SPRING-TOOTH HARROW
which Is a wonderful Improvement n
SPRING-TOOTH
HARROW.
Teeth quickly adjusted by only loowning one nut. The best
A Lawless Cans;.
JoHxtTowa, Pa, Oct 5. Yesterday even
ing a gang of roughs appeared at tbe borne
of Henry Heidorn and began to stona tbe
doors am window. Mr. Heidorn and his
family tried to protect themselves, and tbe
ruffian forced the door and struck Mrs.
Heidorn on the bead with a knife, inflicting
an ugly wound, and then felled her agtd
father to tbe floor. Mr. Heidorn and bis
son came to tbe rescue and the rowdies were
forced out of the bouse. Warrants were is
sued for six of tbe gang, among whom were
the three Kortx boys. Two of them were
arrested to-day.
TOOTH
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We are deep in tbe work of fitting out the lovs ami -ittleci-'
fitting them for school, for church, lor plav, with bright, neat,
and serviceable garment;?, all new, manufactured for m and deliver
our Stock room at tn original co.-t 25 per cent. uud?r prices paid U-
smaller dealers. This means much from tho.e who buy from u-it..
Money, Patience, all three are saved by trading where values ar cor.....
ered.
L M. WOOLF & Son,
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MR.
WILLIAM
WHmm,
"Who for many years clerked for '
Messrs. P. A. Cobaugh & t
0
afc orte stump
Tolmst own
Is now employed by tie
CLOT II I XG 11 VST LEI
Thomas. Karr k Oiiler
251 anJ 253 Main Street,
JOHNSTOWN.
John Thomas & Sons'
FOR
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twii Li. a UJa
Pulleys,
Glass,
Cuttlery,
Tools,
Crocks, Tubs,
Baskets, Halters,
Paints, Rope,
Glue, Oils,
Pumps, Wire.c
GO TO
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VEALiRS IS
General Hardware, Houaa Furtii
inj and Electrical Cocxia
83 Franklin Street,
JOH1TSTOWH.
IT WILL PAY
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TO EXAMINE THE
liMDERELLA IHAIMGE
BEFORE YOU BUY.
IT IS A GOOD BAKER
EXTRA LARGE OVEN
ITS CLEANLINESS LESSENS LABOR
ITS ECONOMY GAYES YCU MCNEY
NONE BETTER FEW AS GOOD
REMEMBER!
"THINGS DONE WELL, AND WITH A CARE.
EXEMPT THEMSELVES FROM FEAR."
JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM, Somerest,
Krissinger & Kurtz, Berlin, Pa., and P. J. Cover fc Son, Meyers
r
JUST RECEIVED
1
HOLDER
Ever Invented. The tooth Is held in position by a Ratehet, with which it con he adjust
ed so aa to wear from 15 to l.H inches tf the point of the tooth, which is (wr or flve times
as much wear or service as can be oKtaintxI from any Springtooth harrow iri existence.
Call and examine this Harrow,
JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM
Heating Stoves, Cooking Stove
Ranges, Furnaces !
BEST
ON
EARTH;
Our Prices Very Lotf
C3-CALL AND EXAMINE OUR LARGE STOCK.
Paul A.
Schell,
SOMERSET, PA
JOHNSTOWN, PA!
r:r-MA3BIOTH STORE,
240 to 248 Mam Street,
Is one of the wonders of Johnstown, with its Several Departments.
Department "A" are Dry Goods In
Department " B," Boots and Shoes. 1
Department " A" Carpets. In -.
Department "D," Clothing, Hats, and Furnishing good
Department 44 E," Groceries. Department 44 F," Feed j
For Gc:d Gssds, Cbau Gccds. and SsasomUs G:'
They cannot be excelled. An examination will conviace the e
" doubting Thomas " of Somerset County. 1
ftg-nEADQUARTERS FOR COCSTRY PRODUCE. f
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