The Somerset Herald
EDWARD 8CCLL, Editor and Proprietor.
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WEDNESDAY-
June 22, 1S92.
EEPDBUCAHlfflATI0N3.
AriOXAX.
FOE rr;E.?IDE-T,
G EN". TENJ. HARKISOX.
OF I.VMANA.
rOK VICllPKESIDENT,
AVHITELAW T.EID,
OF N'EW YOEK.
STATE.
FOR ELECTORS-AT-LAECiE,
B. F. JOSES, WIIXUM WOGP, J. F. Ii'-M-AT,
WILLIAM H. SAYEX.
FOE CONEEiiaEX-AT-LAEGE,
ALEXASI'EP. SIcIKlWELL.
WiLUiM LILLY.
JUDICIARY.
FuK JCIxiE OF THE sri'EF.SIE COIKT.
JuHX IjEaN, of B'.air County.
COUNTY.
FOE CO.VJfcESS,
EIiWARP & X'LL, of Some-reel.
Bul.iect to the decision of the (IiMrict conference.
FOR ASSEMBLY,
EI'lIRAIM I). MILLER, of IK kwood.
JOHN C. WELLER, of Mi'ford township.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
J. A. I1ERKEV. of sunerset.
FOR POOR MEECTOR,
J. I). WKIGLE, of Somerset township.
It is the fie'i J of favorite eons aaiiiMt
CicveVn-1, with lung oIJs in favor of
Cieveiaml.
In Harrison beat Cleveland in
New York H. 374. Inlvi' he ou-ht to
make it 40.W.
Certainly, make it Cleveland and
Boies and a square fight Ilepubiicaca
will ask nothing better.
P.EriBLirASs are on the track. Trot
out your best movers, br"er IVffiocrats,
and the sport will iepin.
Tns Democracy now has to face a par
ty which has its blood op and has al
ready caught its second wind.
It is remarkable how rapidly all Re
publicans are coming to think everything
at Minneapolis was for the best.
It is plei.-a-t to learn that the wife of
President Harrison basso far recovered
as to be now considered out of danger.
Is 1SS lienjamin Harrison received
2.T. electoral vutes and Orover Cleveland
ItS. In 1S'.'2, the ICS will be still short
er. All over the country Republican rati
fication meetings are being held, which
uieuns that Republicans are united and
Larnionioufl.
Tuk harp of one string, w hich plays
"He Can't Carry New York," is about
played out It don't charm the people
as it once did.
It matters not who the candidates of
the Chicago convention will be, Republi
cans are ready, and never more united
and enthusiastic
I'emdckat are assembl;ng in Chicago
to name a candidate, but the President
was nominated a week or more ago.
Democrats have a way of being behind
hand. Tiieke are twenty-nine tin plate manu
factories in the United States and more
ciming. Tin plate kicks Iemocrats
downstairs, and then kicks thetn after
thev are down.
"Look out for Pattison!" is the cry of
the men who think the Pennsylvania
tiovernor may make the landing at Chi
cago. And the politicians are looking
out for him, bet even the strongest micro
scope doesn't reveal his boom.
It is pleasant to note the deep sympa
thy of Democratic organs for ex -Secretary
P.laine. Eat they will deceive nobody
in this. Had he been nominated they
would Lave revamped their old slanders
and rehearsed them with a relish.
8 norm Senator Gorman be the Demo
cratic nominee the "force bill" would be
come the issue and tariff reform would be
lain on the sheif. On such an issue the
Democrats would escape one embarrass
ment the support of the English free
traders.
rKEsiiEXT Haecisox will be re-elected
by the people for the same reason that
Le was nominated by the delegates from
the people. The party could not have a
better platform than President Harris
on's administration has made ready. Its
w isdom and statesmanship, at home and
abroad, are so marked as to need no de
fense to enemies nor no explanation to
friends. Able, honest, patriotic, wise, ju
dicious, are words which express current
opinion of the Harrison administration.
The Republicans of les Moines, la.,
i.idaynght rat'lied the Minneapolis
ticket and platform. Hon. J. S. Clarkson
w as the principal speaker. In hisspeech
he said that " all P.epublh-ans to-day are
Harrison men, there will be no sulking
in the Republicin ranks. Those who
were for Elaine are now for the man who
won in a fair fight and will deliver their
votes to the nominee. Where the fight
is thickest, there the Elaine men will be
fucd." These utterances mere received
w ith tremendous applause.
riiiLAHEU'niA, some time ago, abolish
ed r ipping as a punishment ia the pub
lic schools. The methods of punishment
however, weie left to the diretion of
the leathers. It is a misfortune that
some teachers are lacking in heart, judg
ment and sound sense. Recently one of
the teachers punished a little 11 year-old
girl, by mating her walk np and down
the Wharton School stain" twenty five
times in rapid succession. The child
went home, went to bed in a fainting, ex
hausted condition, and died. The pun
ishment for such a crime should be sure
and severe.
The Demutratic House cut the pension
appropriations down to the lowest notch,
not leaving ecfiicient to pay the pension
ers at present cn the py ro'.e. TLe Re
publican Senate very promptly put the
figures up eufficient to cover thess on the
roll and U ave a margin for estimated in
crease, but the sum is not yet up to thw
estimates of the department There
oight not to he any quibbling over this
important subject The money is there
and :t could n t be devoted ti a better
purr.?. The Senate should siaer.d the
bill sj as to bring the sara appropriated
tip U the departiaent.il estimate.
Senator Hale, of Maine, gave voSc to
an imporUct truth when, in the tempest
of the fight over the rrcsiJential nomi
nation, he said :
"Then people who tlW of any rupture
over then-fBit of the convention are mis
taken in their judgment of the composi
t ion of the Ipubhcan party. A conven
tion where there is a conUtft, and trie
b!oM of the delegates is stirred with ex
citement and feeling is always better for
the party than when the convention is
dull and rtcpid and partakes of the char
acter of a were ratification meeting. It
is the latter which the irty has need to
fear, and not the former."
It is now the duty of every Republican
as far as in him lies to help prove the
truth of Senator 1 Ia'.e's assertion.
The death of Emmons Eiaiue will be
the second terrible blow to fall cpon the
ex-Secretary of State, who found so much
consolation in his two stalwart sens, both
of whom gave promise of inheriting his
own greatness. Mr. Elaine regarded
Walker as the nil who inherited most of
Lis statesmanship, and Emmons as the
one who had hie father's clear business
insight The death of these two promis
ing sons ia their prime is a blow that
would stagger such a man as Mr. Elaine
was in his years of greatest strength,
but comir.g at a time when Lis own
health has been impaired, it is a blow
which only those who Lave lost such
children can measure or appreciate.
The Mother of Vice Presidents.
SL LouiMj'.ole-I'eaiocrai.
Virginia may be the mother of Presidents
and Kentucky of Sia.ers of the Eon,
but New York is decidedly anJeniphatical'y
the mother of Vice Presidents. Eight N'ew
Yorkers Aaron Burr. George Clinton,
Laniel 1. Tompkins, Martin Van Buren,
Millard Fillmore. William A. Wheeler,
Chester A. Arthur, and Levi P. Morton
are on the roll already. WLllelaw Eeid
wi'J make tbe ninth.
Two Convention Echoes.
"Our honor is pledged to continue tbe
contest for a free and honest ballot until this
question is settled in the right. It is not
tLe nc?ro alone wlio is dU-francbi-d, it is
every American." Arplause. Fassett
"There is a nobler future even than bring
ing prof H-ri!y to a country boforf tbe Ite
puhlican party. Applause Arid that fu
ture i to j;ive every citizen of the United
States liberty ofthought and action. Cheers.
Wealth and prosperity art- noble hut human
liberty is magnificent." T. B. Reed.
Will Depew Succeed Blaine?
Washi;tuS, Jane IS. Cbauncey M.
LVpt w, who is dow on a visit to this city, is
likely to succeed Mr. Elaine a Secretary of
State. It is understood that he is weakening
under the continual pressure of the President
and that he will purge himself of corj-ora-tion
taint by severing his connection with
the Vanderbilts and enter the Cabinet with
tbe undr-vtandirg that he wiil continue as
Secretary of State in cae of republican
success in N"ovemler. It is said that Mr.
IVpew reached this, conclusion this afternoon
after he hal taken luncheon alone with tbe
P'esiJent The conference lasted over one
hour.
Whitelaw Reld's Career.
Whitelaw Keid. the unanimous choice of
the convention for Yice President was born
near Xeuia, . " tober 27, 137. He stud
ied at Miami I'niversity, from which he
graduated in 3 sj. He at once took a lively
interest in politics, making sj-eeches in tbe
Fremont campaign on the Republican side
and soon became editor of the Xenia AYr.
At the opening of the civil war he became
the correspon Jent of the Cincinnati Gazette,
with headquarters at Washington. His let
ters on current politics at that time attracted
much attention by their thorough informa
tion and pungent style. From Washington
he made excursions to the army wherever
active operations were promised. He served
as aid-ds-camp to Gen. Rosecrans in the
Yet Virginia campaign of 1G1, and was at
the battles of Shiloh and Gettysburg. He
was elected Librarian of the House of Rep
resentatives in 1;3 and served three years.
After the war Le engirt d in cotton planting
ia Louisiana, and wrote a book on the
South, entitled " After the War." He then
returned to Ohio and wrote " Obio and the
War," which is pronounced the most impor
tant State history of the war. On tbe con
clusion of this labor, he went to New York
en the invitation of Horace Greeley and be
came an edlt-jrial writer on the Tribune.
Upon the death of Mr. Greeley ia 1S72, Mr.
Reid became editor and principal owner of
the paper. In 17S he wa appointed by the
Legislature of New York a life regent of the
University. With this exception he declin
ed ail offers of public employment for a
period of twenty years, preferring to devote
his energies to tbe Tribune. He was olTered
ty r.-esi dent Hayes the po.-t of Minister to
Germany, and a similar position by Presi
dent Garfield, bjtb of which Le decline!.
President Harrison's oflVr of the appoint
ment as Minister to France was accepted,
however, and in this important position Mr.
Reid distinguished Lim-eif. He recently
resigned this po-ition and returned home a
few weeks ago to resume his journalistic ca
reer, but only to be met with tbe unsolicited
otleroftbe Vice Presidential nomination,
which was so enthusiastically tendered him
at the National Convention.
The New Methods.
From the Chicago I ntc r Orvan.
Every hour that brings the act n ill ties of
tbe campaign nearer lends weight to Mr.
lejew' prophetic declaration that it will be
one of "new methods." The traditions of
the Republican party are transcendent'y glo
rious. Rut no party can live on tbe glory
of tbe past The purpose of pa-U tlory is to
inspire these who achieved it to new eiTjrts.
Tbe mission of the Republican part is an
eternal one. The party may perisb, the
mission wiil endure. For the party "was
maue stroDg out of weakness" simply and
only by devoting itself to the mission of hu
manity. It has freed a race from bondage;
it has endowed ail native American citizens
oi .miej-.ca w;ia lue rig:u to aiu :n rnsn.ag tiie
laws of ibis Republic. It must endow them
with tie oer ts well as with the right, and
then the Erst and second gieat purjio-es of
the prty will be fulfilled.
But new progrts grew out of the gnat
mission of the jarty. Rate slavery has
ceased to exist ; class slavery must not be
permitted to take root ; no hereditary class
of laborers must be born on tbe oil of this
Nation. In tbe great array of iudastrv the
marshal's baton must be hidden in every
private' knapsack. Every American man
must have fieedora to dj the best that be
can do for himself, according to the measure
of his ability.
That this may he achieved it is necessary
ll-at education be free to all, for aa ignorant
body cf laborerj generally is a hereditary
body of laborers. It is necessary also that
the pay of labor be good. For a poverty
si ric ken diss of laborers generally is a he
reditary body of laborers. That American
wases may be good it is needful to protect
the American laborer from bavins bis work
placed in unprotected cjmp. u'tion with the
work of the ill-paid Earojiean laborer. Hence
the Republican party resoles in favor of pro
tection to American industries, and one of
tbe "new methods" of the cam;ojgn wiil be
educational a to tbe humanitarian quality
of protection.
But after schools haTe been placed within
reach of every American child, and anr fair
pay fur good work has been placed within
reach of every American man, another form
of protection is needed. It is again? t trusts
and combines.
Protection by legislation agilnst trusts is
needful that the w,-e earner neither shall
have to pay an unduly h:,;h price for what
he bays with his wages, norsl-al! te prevent
ed by gigantic combi nations of capital from
employing bis saving in small manufac
tures. The path from the rank of employ
ed to that of employer must I s kept free
from anifi. ial obstructions.
An exrsf'.tijn of the Lcmanitariau
tendency of political economy und?r Repub
lican interpretation, must be cne of ' the
new methods" of this campaign. I
CLEVELAND SURE.
DEMOCRATS itf CHICAGO.
Chicago, June With tbe beat of
drums the blare of trumpets, the ceaseless
tramp of fresh additions to the Democrat
forces already assembled in the city, the
waving of banners, ail th uiauifeiaUous of
exuberant enthusiasm common to a nation
al political campaign, the day immediately
preceeding the convention ojens. The hotel
corridors re-echo the incessant hum of con
versation and the cheers with which the
names of the favorite candilites are greeted
by their respective admirers. After a night's
rest, in which the energies of the delegates
Lave become recuperated, the bustling ac
tivity of every section is more notable than
it has been any day np to the present
OOEMAS A CA!i DIPATE-
Tbe most important development in the
situation is the report that notwithstanding
his emphatic declaration to the contrary,
Gorman will consent to be a candidate, and
ti.at whether he give his consent or not the
anti-Cleveland elements wiil take advantage
of his name as the most formidable one upon
which they can unite.
With all this Cleveland's supporters still
maintain that he is so far ia the lead no
one can point out how be is to be defeated.
I-ast night bis ;success was practically con
ceded ia all the camps.
osiHiASXiors acsca.
Chicato, Jane 2r, It cannot be said to be
exactly fear, but there is just a trifle of
nervousness pervading the Cleveland camp
to-day, and it is all due to the Gorman
movement. When one maets a Cleveland
man he will pooh-pooh the idea that the
Gorman wave amounts to anythir.g,;and
wind up by asking you what you know of
the matter, showing an interest that is lll-
disguised. The Cleveland men continue
ta'kative of their strength, while the opposi
tion are reticent but actively at work. They
by no means give np defeating Cleveland,
biit have practically abandoned securing the
prize lor Kill. Of coarse, they maintain
their Hill lines, but their hope to-day seems
t rest on the Gorman combination and a
Irtak in the south. It docs nut look en
couraging to thetn, but they are fighters.
THE SEV TO TU StTfATlOS.
Chicaco, June 20. The Pennsylvania del
egation, or rather "Boss" Harri'y and his
lieutenant, bold the key to the Democratic
.residential situation. With Ct uninstrucled
voles at their bak, they can by a desertion
of the Cleveland banner at this critical
juncture make the nomination of "the man
of destiny" an impossibility, and virtually
name the nominee from among the dark
horses who will stand chaCng in their stalls
until Starter Btice laps the gong to clear the
track for the second beat of the white bouse
sweeiistakes, which is to be finally decided
on the national course in November next.
Lacey Resigns.
WASHiNfcTos. June 15. Und er the date of
June 0th. E. S. Lscsy handed to the Secreta
ry of the Treasury for transmittal la the
President his resignation of the ofiioe of
Comptroller of the Currency to take effect on
the 3oth iust In his letter to the President
he says that considerations of great impor
tance to him personally makes it necessary
that be should retire from the ortieial posi
tion which he now holds by his appoint
ment. A Famous Priest Dead.
P:TTki Eiiu. June lo. The Rev. Father
Joseph Mollinger, priest of the Church of
the Most Holy Name, Mount Troy, Alle
gheny, and for twenty j ears famous because
of the cures wrought by Lini in the name of
St. Anthony, died at 2:15 o'clock this after
noon. His death was the result of an un
successful operation to remedy a rupture of
the stomach, which was aggravated by his
exertions on Monday, when 10,ou0 patients
awaited before his chapel to receive the St
Anthony Day blessing.
After be had given the blessing on Mon
day Father Mollinger fainted. He thought
a short rest would revive him, and caused
an announcement to be made that he would
deliver individual blessings yesterday. But
instead of recovering he grew rapidly weak
er, and the rupture, which was of years'
standing, caused intense pain. Himself a
BkiileJ physician. Father Mollinger at once
realize.! his danger and summoned three
leading surgeons of Pittsburgh to a consulta
tion. They worked with him until this
morning, and then decided that only in a
difficult operation was there any hope for
the distinguished patient.
PiTtsBfBO, June IS. The remains ofFath
er Moliinger were interred in the Cemetery
of the Most Holy Same to-day. It was a
few minutes past 9 when the services over
the dead opened. By this time the crowd
had increased to between 5,000 an 0,000 per
sons, the majority being women. About
fifty priesta took part ia tbe Church cere
monies, and the procession to the cemetery,
three miles away. Tbe prorss:on was head
ed by two men, one bearing a beautiful
American flag at half-mast and heavily
draped with mourning, the other magnifi
cent silk flag of light yellow and gold the
iiag of the Tope alo heavily draped.
Left Her Two Millions.
Mapisos, Ind., June M. Tbe wife of
Thomas B. McCiain, a Methodist minister,
will gn a fortune of JJ.OiooOO in a years'
t'me,; bequeathed by an old time lover.
When she was Miss Louise Bowman a
foreigner became infatuated with her, but
s Might her hand in vain. Six years ago he
died a bachelor and left his properly to be
bers if she were alive seven vears after his
death. Next year Mrs. McClaia will receive
the legacy.
Mra. McCiain is' Indiana's poetess for the
World's Fair.
Worse Times for Russia.
St Pctebsbi iw, June 15. Oilicial rej-orts
as to the harvest prospects show that the
general outlook is much worse than it was
in theearly nummer of Hftl. Locusts Lave
destroyed tLecrtps in tLe Caucatu, the
stores of grain in which district saved the
situation last autumn. It is impossible to
hope much from Southern Russia, where
the crops have been ravaged by worms and
by tbe field marmot. The position is made
worse by the fact that at the beginning of
the laie famine a stock of grain was in store,
while now there is none. -
Blaine's Again Bereaved.
Chic';o, Jane 13. Emmons Blaine son of
ex Secretary of State James G. Blaine, died
at Lis residence in this city at 11:15 o'clock
this mcrninc Mr. Eiaiue bad been ill sev
eral days. His death was the result of blood
poisoning, originating ia a disorder of the
bowles. The death sc-?ns took p'aja ia the
great brown stone mansion of the McCor-
mick family. The wife, Mrs. Emmons
Blaine, and the couple's 2-year-old son,
MeCormick Blaine, were the only persons
present besides Mrs. Cyrns McCormick,
young Mrs. Blaine's mother. Death came
so swiftly that there ass not time to sum
mon the other members of the McCormick
family, who were in the boti at tiie time.
The Town Under Water.
Faissi kv. III., June IS X cloud burst
is reported to have taken p'ace at Cbatsworth
this county. The entire place is ender
water. The water was over two feet dn
on the Toledo. Peoria A Western and
Illinois Central railroad tracks. A high
wind prevailed which leveled small nimrt.
ures to the ground and twisted Btore fronts
out of place. At Forest the Wabash track
is nnder water, but the wind" did not blow
as strong.
No Democrat Can.
Cleveland boomer: "Senator Hiil can
not carry New York."
Hi SI boomer: "'Cleveland has not It,.
gho-t cf a chance to carry New York."
J ue people bcueve both of them, and mAA
no other Democrat can. The people of New
rk are l:red of tuckery and ekulldnggery.
CAN HARRISON wIN?
Figures Which Show That the
Chances) Favor Him.
WasHtsrrros, June 14. The unanimity
with which the ticket nominated at Minne
apolis has been accepted inaugurates the
Republican campaign of ls02 with every
prospect of success.
Tbe prospects, statistically speaking are
largely in favor of the Republican nomi
nees, aa may be seen by tbe following analy
sis of the rote:
Tbe twenty-two certain Republican states:
California, 9; Idaho, 3; Illinois, 24; Iowa,
13; Kansas, 10; Maine, 6 ; Massachusetts,
V ; Michigan, 14 ; Minnesota, 9; Montana,
2; Nebraska, 8 ; New Hampshire, 4 ; N'otth
Dakota, 3 ; Ohio, 23 ; Oregon, 4 ; Pennsylva
nia, 32 ; Rhode Island, 4 ; South Dakota, 4;
Vermont 4 ; Washington, 4 ; Wisconsin,
12, and Wyoming 3, will cast 211 Republi
can electoral voles, or but 12 less than a ma
jority of the electoral college necessary to
elect the total being 444 electoral votes.
This does not count Celorado lour and Ne
vada three votes, which would bring the
number np to 21S, or bat 5 short of s major
ity. These states will, it is claimed, not be
missing in November.
To make up this narrow margin the Pres
ident is reasonably sure of again carrying
bis own state of Indiana with 15 votes,
which will give him 10 votes to spare. But
should he fail in that the state of Connecti
cut with 6 electoral votes, which be came
within ZZ1 of carrying in 1S33 against Cleve
land, will give him one to spare, or West
Virginia, with 6 electoral votes, which he
came within 507 of carrying in 1SS3 against
Cleveland, and which state, as Conneticut
is counted as almost certain to go Republi
can, will still give him one to spare should
be fail in both Indiana anil Connecticut
Or Virginia with 12 votes, which General
Harrison came within about 12i.O of carry
ing in IsSS, will give him 7 votes to spare.
Or New York, with 30, which he carried in
1SS8 against President Cleveland, would give
him 31 votes to spare.
But omitting the seven votes of Colorado
and Nevada, the states of Coanecticut and
West Virginia, or the state of Indiana, or
the state of Virginia, or tbe state of New
York, or the state of Missouri, seventeen
votes, which is claimed as doubtful, or the
state of Tennessee, twelve votes, which is al
so claimed as doubtful, would safely land
the Republican nominees.
With their 211 certain votes the Republi
cans will have a fighting chance to capture
the necessary twelve votes to make a major
ity out of 121 votes as follows :
Colorado. 4 ; Connecticut, 6 ; Delaware,
3 ; Indiana, 15 ; Missouri, 17; Nevada, 3;
New Jersey, 10; New York, So"; Tennessee,
12; Virginia, 12; West Virginia, 6.
The Democrats can not count upon over
109 electoral votes yielded without any rea
sonable fighting chance of success, owing
to the shot gun and unscrupulous election
officers, as follows :
The solid south ia the coming campaign
is destined to receive a violent shaking up.
It is the President's purpose to urge npon
the managers of his campaign a test of the
election mtthods and Republican chances in
Deleware, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia and
West Virginia. These states cast lifiy elec
toral votes.
A change of less than 1000 votes would
have given General Harrison two of the
number, the Virginias, with eighteen votes,
in 1SSS.
The solid southern states would have 159
electoral votes or sixty-four less than a ma
jority. Should tbe Democratic nominee
carry New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
and Indiana, he would gain sixty -seven, or
but three more than necessary to elect He
must carry every one of those northern
pivotal states as well as the solid south in
order to win. If he loses Connecticut, the
smalles; of those states, he is routed.
General Harrison carried two of those
states New York and Indiana with band
some majorities in 1SS3. He will certainly
carry Indiana, which wiil be sufficient and
New York will be the battle ground of aa
aggressive contest, with at least even chances
of success.
The most sagacious Democrats concede
that they have an uphill job before them,
and even a dim chance of success will de
pend wholly upon the outcome of the con
vention at Chicago.
Awful Bridge Disaster.
Cincinnati, June 15. One of the most
fearful accidents in the history of this vicin
ity is that of the fall of the new bridge over
Licking river, between Covington and New
port Ky., which occurred this morning.
Tbe cause of the accident is surmised to be
the weakening of the wooden false work.
Tbe high river had washed out tbe earth
about the supports, and it is claimed that
one of tbe contractors said a day or two ago
that he was afraid the structure would not
stand under the weight of the heavy materi
al. To-day a force of forty-three men, nnder
the direction of Robert and William Baird,
the contractors, was engaged in putting in
place the heavy iron work on the main
span. Suddenly there was a crackling
sound of breaking timbers, a swaying of tbe
structure, and a headlong plunge of tbe
whole mass of timbers, iron and helpless
workmen into the muddy waters of the Lick
ing river, fifty feet below. It was almost
like the floundering of a ship. A very few
forms were to be seen struggling on the sur
face, the others were drowned or crushed by
the material.
Paid His Life For A Life.
Yornc, Ta., June 15. William H. Painton,
who murdered Mrs, Michael Strominger,
was tanged in the jail yard in this city this
morning shortly after 10 o'clock. He spent
tbe night reading, and then slept until
9. He kept up his spirits in good shape,
and walked to the sca:Told unaided. When
the noose slipped around his neck the
murderer smiled and said good-by to the
assembly. Several days ago Painton made
a confession, and nothing was added to it
to-day. His remains were sent to his mother
who lives at Sonestown, Sullivan County.
Painton and two Smith brothers went
to Michael Strominger's farm bouse, near
here, oa the evening of March 31, 1S01, and
found the aged farmer aud his wife sitting
in the kitchen. They demanded money,
Mrs. Strominger attempted to flee from the
bouse, but was caught, bound and her
apron thrust in her mouth. They then
forced Strominger to give them $vJ. As
they were leaving they were startled to notice
that tbe aged woman was dying. They
rushed to a neighboring physician and sent
him to see the old lady, but she was dead,
having been strangled. One of the Smith's
was sent to the initentiary for 13 years, and
the other, who confessed, was sentenced to
10 years. Piinton was convicted of murder
last January. He was 33 years old and a
pro feasional th ief.
A Fine of $1,000,000.
I.ASCASTEB, Ky June 15. Five negroes
and one white man were arrested to-day on
321 1 warrants, charged with illegal liquor
selling. The white man's name is Frank
Turner. He was fined each in 1478 ca
ses, amounting to $157,7"0.
Turner is now in jail for kidnapping an
important witness against him. A negro
named John Smith, who was engaged in the
business with Turnerconfessed to 15S5 cases.
His fine will come close to $1.0o0,ou0.
Death In Its Path.
Minneapolis, Mihs., Jane 1G. Southern
Minnesota was visited by a cyclone last
evening, in which forty or fifty lives were
lost The storm started near Jackson and
swept eastward past Minnesota Lake and
circling south, ended south of Wells. The
district school house near Shetburn was de
molished and the teacher and fifteen schol
lars are killed, only three escaping. At Lon
don a family of man, wife and child were
killed and others hurt Five miles south of
Miunessota Lake five farm bouses were de
stroyed and four people killed, one being
John Brown, whose wife and farm hand and
others were injured. At Esston three btiiid-ir-gs
were destroyed and several injured.
ITirhcst of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Riot And Murder.
A riot and probable double murder occur
red on a Ligonier Valley train at Latrobe,
Wednesday evening. Some thirty odd em
ployes of the Booth & Flinn quarries were
on the train. Soon afier it pulled out it was
found that two of the qnarrynien, John Hig
gins and Patrick Diamond, bad not purchas
ed tickets. Conductor Kuhn approached
the men, when a quarrel began, the men
evidently having been drinking. Tbe train
was stopped and Kuhn ordered the men to
get of. Hlggins and Diamond refused to
vacate the car and a riot resulted.
John Lape, brakeman, and Harry Knox,
a construction laborer, undertook to eject
the offending parties, when others of the
quarry men took np the fight Irwin Morrow
and Thomas Hornc demanded of the con
ductor and brakeman that Higgtns and
Diamond be allowed to retain their scats.
The train was at a standstill, and stones
and clubs were freely brought into play.
Fully half a hundred men figured in the
fight, many quarrymen being arrayed
against the trainmen, who were greatly
outnumbered. Morrow and Home fought
ike tigers, but the trainmen stuck to them
pluckily, and when the two quarrymen
found they were being overpowered, Morrow
picked up a piece of scantling and struck
John Lape on the bead, crushing his skull.
Then turning to Harry Knox, Morrow
knocked him down, splitting his skull also.
Meanwhile Morrow's companion was fight
ing the quarrymen in the car, the latter
having rallied to the aid of the trainmen.
Several of the quarrymen were knocked
down and brutally kicked, three of them
being seriously injured. Both Morrow and
Home then jumped from the train snd dis
apeared iu the darknsss. They were sub
sequently arrested and lodged in jail at
Greensburg. Lape died yesterday after
noon. Knox will re-cover.
A Child Given Slow Poison.
Geeensbubg, June 17. About two years
ago Joseph A, Guthrie, a wealthy middle
aged farmer oa the Greeusburg pike, be
tween Greensburg and Latrobe, was stricken
with typhoid fever and died without a will.
The deceased left a wife and one child, a
son, Joseph, Jr., who, at the the time of his
father's death, was 2 years of age. Mrs.
Guthrie continued living on the farm. About
three months ago the son, to whom the estate
would revert at her death, was taken ill.
The attending doctors were ba.Hed, but the
child was finally given relict Ia a short
lime a relapse took place.
Mrs. Guthrie called in Dr. Donnelly, of
Latrobe, and Ir. II. W. Hitzrot, of Mc
Keesport, who held a consultation, the
result of which was the discovery that the
child was being given a poisonous drug
which was slowly killing him, but by
whom the drug was given was a mystery.
Upon learning this Mrs. Guthrie at once
gave up her country residence, and with her
child went to McKeesport to reside with
her sister, Mrs. Rev. H. D. Darbaker. Under
the treatment of Dr. Hitzrot tliechild slowly
improved, and his recovery is now exected.
Tbe boy knows the party who gave hitn the
drug, Lut isf backward about giving the
name.
Another Dam Burst.
Maha.not Cut, June Is The dam at this
place burst at about 10 o'clock last night
and Hooded the northern end of town, ren
dering the streets impassable on account of
the wreckage which the torrent of water
carried with it. The first alarm was given
by a man in a carriage who drove through
Maio street calling on the people to lly for
their lives. The whistles on the factories
also aided in spreading the news.
The jwople managed to escape for the most
part to the mountains before the water
reached them, but the residents of the north
ern portion were imprisoned in their homes
before they could flee. The water took a
westerly course after reaching tbe comer of
Center street, and the eastern end of town
was not damage. It will take a long time
to remove the immense piles of trees, tele
graph poles, stumps, fragments of houses
and other rubbish that now fill the streets.
Wild rumors are current of loss of life, but
they cannot be verified. Two lersons are
reported missing.
Tired of Oily Water.
The Western Water Company, recently
chartered at Harrisburg with a capital of
i7,f.,000, has about completed the survey
for a water line between PitUburg and In
dian Creek, the largest mountain stream in
the Fayette county mountains. The idea is
to carry the waters of Indian Creek to Pitts
burgh, there to be aW for drinking pur
poses instead of the waters of the Allegheny.
A si'e has already been located at Mill Run
for a itorage.
The Indian Creek is the nearest fresh
mountain stream to Pittsburgh. It takes its
rhe iu the Laurel Mountains, and Is alont
25 miles long. The line has been surveyed
as far as Wilmerding. Tbe plan to pipe
water to Pittsburgh is a feasible one. The
fall in elevation is between 3o0 and 500 feet
He Stole lOO Horses.
Wilkesbabbe, Pa., June 17. Abe Whip
ple, the horse thief who was shot and killed
at Lock Haven, has been credited with
stealing 1J horses. Every one of them he
stole on Friday night that being the only
time he would enter a horse stable for the
purpose of purloining a steed. He went to
church Sundays and if arrested afterward
would summon church members as
witnesses.
This Breaks the Record.
Cahos, Nev., June 10. A pair of infants
has been presented to Harrison Brecdlove,
who is 79 years old, by bis wife, who is C'?.
They are believed to be the oldest couple on
record who have been favored in this way.
It is proposed to send the father, mother
and children to the World s Fair as samples
of what it is possible to do in the far West.
Bullet-Proof Train Robbers.
San Fbancisto, Jane 12. No clue ha3
bjen found as to the identity of the two
men who so boldly robbed Secretary Gilson,
oftbejudson Manufacturing Company, on
the Barkely train yester-Iay. The robbers
got away with $15,000 in gold and silver
coin.
Tbe bnggy in which they drove away after
committing the robbery has been found. In
it were two breast-plates made of boiler iron
formed to fit over the breast and two inflat
ed rubber bigs such as base ball catchers
wear to protect the abdomen. Tbe robbers
were thus male bullet proof :n front and,
as they backed out of the car after getting
the coin, no shots could Lave taken effect
upon them.
In the baggy were also found the rlotbes
which the men wore on the train. They
had been hurriedly ripped off with a sharp
knife.
Another Western Cloudburst.
Marshall, 111., June 19. The recticn
north and west of Marshall was visited bv a
cloudburst yesterday afternoon and in an
hour West Mill creek rose, sweeping away
bridges and fences and destroying hundreds
of acres of corn and wheat The storm wrs
accompanied by the most terrific electriol
d spiay ever witnessed in this section. It is
reported that two men were killed by light
ning o l luut prairies.
tT3 n o
Wool
Wanted
AT THE
Somerset
Clothing &- Carpet
House.
ALL I CAN GET
FOR CASH!
OR IN EXCHANGE
FOR ANY KIND
OF GOODS
USUALLY KEPT
IN A GENERAL
STORE, VIZ :
Clothing, Carpets,
Oil Cloths, Mats,
Linoleums, Rugs,
Dry Goods, Notions,
Shoes, Boots,
Hats, Caps,
Trunks, Valises,
Furnishing Goods,
Etc. Etc.
J. I. HOLBEBBADH.
MRS. A E. UHL.
Summer h here ! Summer chop
ping has begun ! Whore can a gooJ
line of Summer Pres Fabrics be
fouiiil? I an.-ver. rirht here. "We
have a complete line to show in
Silk, Wool or Wash Goou-i.
Uest guaranteed Uhtck Siik?, Black
Imlia Silk, IJengaline, I'aiileanu,
Gloriosa, Deautiful Gloria in col
or?, also Surahs.
ITaudsomc Black Silk Lace Flouncing-;,
all (jiialitie?.
A beautiful line of plain and nov
elty Bedford Cords, prices low,
all wool at SO, 5, $1.00, $1.40.
The best Black Silk Warp Henriet
tas ever shown for the prices,
$1.00 to $1.50 per yard.
46-inch Wool Henriettas in black
aud colors from 75 to $1.15
40-inch Wool Henriettas from
CO to 75 yards, black and colors.
40-inch all wool Sergo, 4( to G5
yards, Black and colors.
4f-inch all wool Serges, from 75 to
100 yards black and colors.
Beautiful 30-inch fancy striped cash-
imeres, - to oOc.
A large line of summer cloths aud
homespun cheap.
In plain, plaid, stripol. brocaded
lawns, ea.-hinere and lacea fast
black goods, ranging ia price
front 12 1-2 to 50c, 1 have great
variety.
White lawns, waiusouks, Ac, at
from 10to50cts.
A complete line of embroidered
white dress goods for infatts,
children, misses' and ladies'.
The largest and handsomest lino of
hambtirg edging and inserting?
to suit. An irninrnse line of
beautiful dress ginghams from 8
to 25ets.
A large assortment ' of ChaHies,
Fine Apple Tissues, Satteens and
other wa.-h goods from 5 to 25e.
A beautiful assortment of Galatea,
Althea and outingcloths in plain,
plaid, striped and polka spots
from 7 to 15cts.
Yard wide wash serges, 2 Oct.?.
Best shirtings, " S to 10 cts.
Dark and light calicoes, Sets.
Muslins, Sets., and up.
Apron gingham?, 5 to 8cts.
Lace curtains from 50c to $0.00 a
pair. Curtain scrim from 5 to 10c.
Curtain poles, 20cts.
A large variety of infants' and chil
drens" dresses, coats, caps and
bonnets. Ladies' .skirts, night
dresses, corsets, covers, etc., all
prices. Chenille and raw silk
table covers, portierrcs for doors
and double parlors, towels, table
linens, napkins and stamped
goods new and cheap.
A complete line of the celebrated
Y. S. F. fast black stockings,
rauginsr in price from 10 cents
to silk at $1.25.
A large variety of gloves and silk
mits, wash embroidery silks and
a great variety of fancy articles.
A great variety of new style capes,
blazers and refers for Ladies'
and children.
With an experience fjf almost "J" years in
the Miiinery business, during which time I
have learned how. when and where to bny
to the bet advantage, and at O e lnwist i ri
ces as well.n to trim iu thefkilfi.I a' d tas'eful
manner, with tbe ability and determination
to turn out the har.dscnicst and test p-joU
f-r tbe lea-it money, is a tnaranty thai my
customers wiM get more and prettier fr'Vds
than cm be ha.1 elsewhere whe-re the tame
advantages and experience d.vs not exiit.
The larjrn Vfcriety of dry pcxxU and other
gixd that I sell in addition to Millinery
pmh enable me to s?!l nt stna'Vr f - ii's
than tbe that are cont'ne.1 to one lina ef
goods alone f.;r theirprotits.
Mrs. A. E. UHL.
ENGINES,
THRESHING MACHINES.
BESTKACH!SERUTLO'.'JESTPRICES
A. B. FARQUH AR CO. YORK, PA
WANTED
WOOL!
WOOL!
WOOL!
Ten thousand pounds of washed
and unwashed wool for cash or
trade which we will pay the high
est market price for.
Wc carry the largest and best se
lected stock of Dry Goods and
Notions in the County at prices
that can't be beaten, and if you
don't want Goods we will give
vou the monev. Iking us vour
"Wool.
PABKER & PARKER.
C ARM O
The Celebrated English Hack
ney Staliion-
LfrtnmU Hi 'imy H.or-e ever iinjxirteJ iu
U this cvi.ntiy
EXPORT CERTIFICATE.
; Hackney JHorse Society-
Tr.is ! to rfrTj tl:f the trr.f r r.f the
iT'.!irtrj h-r-in:iMvT dvcriU-J hi li-rn I'l LY
Kk-.I-TEKKDintue liouk'of lUcs-oriety. viz:
N.tMK-i A KMC
; HH1.KD-
' d . R Ht or Brown.
BRKKIKR Thomas Cot. Thix-.claU,
Y.ri-hirv.
P1KK-RHCK AVSTFR.
Transfer fn.n Thomas ok to Oalirraith,
tiros., JauesviUr. V icoi in. I'. 8. A.
HKNRY V. El'KES. Secretary.
' of HAi'kney sfca-l Bcak sutiety.
03iee : 11, Chan.li St.. LvnJun, W.
BLACK AUSTER, Iir4 prUt: at Lam-aster
Entire Hone Show in 11.
f Drlfl w"n the pri' t !,l" RnTl Man
Unil IViU h.'StiT au'l Livci-pool lfre snow
in lvw, wnt:u he was only two years oi l.
Q n Para at Crnii. came in li
uSCII DcSSj reel l.ne from tuw wonder
ful m&re Xortparicl who trotted 1 j0 miit hitr hod
toar&rt. She trt::-l Li iuiUs in 1 hotir at: 1 -'
mii.ntes, after si. i(.p:r. ; niinu!e siif tr. ;
40 miles within f-..r hours a::d t:niV-d I'le !
niirs in S hir. v. ai;iui- and s-c.n-N. sud
sh'.wo-1 m symptoms of (.-Ji.rin : ate a f. imi
medially m-oii 4-;nt( to the after whiih
ste waiked ciiea to where she was kc;-t.
The Ha knev Hop nr Tory re?nsrk.iV.e. for
their geutleue-w, speed and endnrain-j.
" , -,-- r ' n"w ownwl by Hon. A. II
OclirTlvJ I'otf'roth. of Somerset. I'.. aiid
will he for ine i-asi3 under Lit rare and ihnrge
of the nu ItrkiKiieJ.
Hooch Plough,
SOMERSET. PA.
We offer special for this week,
5000 New Haven nickel alarm
clocks, warranted for two years, at
CENTS EACH.
Orders by mail receive prompt
attention.
NATHAN'S,
Wholesale Retailer, 2Sj & is; Haiti Street,
JOHNSTOWN, - - PA.
Johnstova.
. THE NEW
WHITE FRONT BUILDING !
No. 113 Clinton St., Johnstown)
'-GEIS'S OLD STAM, NOW qn.VXS.
LEADING STORE OF THE CITY
TO BUY YOUR
DM GOODS,. CARPETS. WWm FANCY GCCES, ETC.,
With economy and profit to tiie Customer. Come ar..I
JAMES (UIILTO.
Jas.
n.vs jtst r.i:cE!YF.r
Hencli &
ALL STEEL FRAME
SPRING-TOOTH HARROW
which ii a wonderful in. roven.er.f in
SPRING-TOOTH
HARROWS.
T- e!h qniekly a-!j-w -1 by .n!? !o.v.-!i:.' ,-ne tits!. The l.i t
TOOTH
HOLDER
l
i Ever Invented Tl:--bth i. held in r-
i T ' 'l tu ' lr from! ' "'
, a-mii.-ij w-ar or -rv;, , - a be obtait.vd
! ( a.l an 1 eia.i.ise tis iijrn.w,
JAMES -B. HOLDERBAUM
PAUL. A. SCHELL.
We have in stock and sell very low, Kitchen ware and fumisliiii.'s
of all kinds.
MILK TAIL?, MILK CANS, SHUTING and HAULING CAN.
?TEI LADIiERS, CLOTHES WRACK?, WASHING MA
CHINES, TL'CS, WRINGERS. WASH BOARDS, ICE
CREAM FREEZERS. SCREEN DOORS,
SCREEN WINDOWS. IRON. WOOD
and BUCKET BUMTS, IRON
BirE. VALVES and FIT
TINGS, and SEW
ER B1BE.
We have also put in a nice stock of Faints. Oils. Varnishes. Stains and
Colors of best nuke. Ready mixed paint from one pint can up.
Just received a carload of Drain Tile verv cheap for farm dnua-
a-.re.
Paul A. Schell,
X. D. Ajreat for Domestic Sewing
OUR MAMMOTH STORE!
Havin? filled the Iar-e b:iil !i:; formerly occupied bv Woo
Morrell k Co., with a large stock of
G-eneral Merchandise,
wc respectfully call the attention cf Somerset County bnvera to the fact.
Our DRV GOODS and NOTION DEPARTMENT is full of al
the late style? of Staple and Fancv Goods: while our lines of CAR
BETS, MATTINGS, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR. HARDWARE. MIL
LIN FRY GOODS, HATS, GROCERIES, etc., are full and complete
With onr increased facilities for handling goods, ve are fully pre
pared to meet the wants of the general public, with everything at Lit
torn prices.
PENH TRAFIC CO., LIMITED,
Lower End of Washington St., JOHNSTOWN, PA
J. J. SPECK.
The Leading
Wholesale Wine and Ltauon House or Western Pensylvaki.
TI-IK ArM. EC. I-IOLMKS CO.,
Di.-tiilers of 'Holmes' Best" and " Holmes" Old Economy"
rvnr. rye whisky.
All the leading Rye and Bourbon Whi.-kies in bond or tax-paid.
Importers of fin? Brandies, Gins and Wines.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST.
Telephone No. 303. - 120 Water Sf. and 153Firt Ave. PITTSBURGH PA,
Whoa ia JOHNSTOWN, don't fail to call at
. GEO. K. KLINE'S
JS EW STOW!, 241 Main St.,
Where will he found a Ccmrdete Stock of Drv Goo,!;. l,V,o nr
Gents' Furnishingj and Wraps.
including Silks, Series, Henrietta
en, Crepes and all other Novelties in the Dress Goods line. M-
complete line of Staple Goods, such as Muslins, Sheetinir. Table I
en, crashes. Ac. Uur Line or Ladies Wraps, includes Jack
Capes and New Markets of the latest Spring Stvles.
OUR MOTTO : Best Goods, Latest Styles aud Lowest I'; :
Come and see us.
G-EO. IX. KLIjNTE.
Will cost you nolhiny to exam
hne goods and compare prices.
247, 249, Main Street, JOHNSTOWN, PA.
Dry Goofls, lotions, Carpets, k
Holderbaum,
a cat. load of the.
Drumgold
it:-:! bv a E-.-ch.-r, , ; r, . .
-:'' t-"ih. whirl, U four cr -V
1'ru.a ar.y Si-riri- tovth Lorrt.w in t
'
SOMERSET, PA.
Machines.
WM. M. HOLMES-
All the Newest" thins in Dre-s G.
- '. Canada Hair. Re.if..r.I Pnr.is. W
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