The Somerset Herald
EDWARD SCCLL, Editor nl Proprietor.
July 30, IS82.
EEPUEUCiHJOMIlfAllOKS.
INTIOAJL.
FOE PRESIDENT,
OEX. BEXJ. HAERISOX,
OF IXlUJUf A.
POB VICE PRESIDENT,
AVHITELAW EEII
OF XEW YORK.
STATE.
FOE ELECTOR AT-LAEGE.
JONES, Wrj-LUM WOOD, J. r. 1LNLAJ,
WILLIAM H. fcAYES.
FOE CO.VGEESSMEX-AT-LAKGE,
ALEXANDER MoDOWELL.
WlIiUM LILLY.
JUDICIAL x.
FOR JCKGE OF Tilt SUPREME COVET,
JOHN I'EAS at Blir Counij.
COUNfY.
FOE CONGRESS.
ED W A ED C TLL, of Somenet.
8 oljct to the JWoa of the district conference.
FCK ASSEMBLY,
EI'HEAIM O. MILLER, of Ro. kwood
JOHS C WELLEE, of Milford lonliip.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
t. A. EERKEY. of Somerset
FOE PfOR DIRECTOR,
J. D. WEIGLE, of Komerset township.
Tut People's larty condemns money
campaign, and therefore it baa aJoptel
the plan of, making it assesBmenta in
wheat, ten acres to each county. The
People's party managers are very success
ful In whipping t!e devil round the
stump.
Kansas lt most interested just now in
gathering in a crop of feed for the world.
he is in need of 'JQ,Cld extra laborers.
Some of the great lines of railway are
sending laborers free and others at a nom
inal rate. It is said without extra labor
ers from ft?en to twenty million bushels
of grain will go to waste.
The general election in England Las
overthrown the Conservative govern
ment, and Mr. Ciladstine is selecting bis
fourth Cabinet, preparatory to taking the
leadership in English government a flairs
for the fourth time. The first Cabinet
over which Mr. Gladstone presided was
foimed Iecembr 9, IStiS.
Ths Democrats are still confident of
carrying New Jersey, but forty-five Iem
ocratic judges of election have been sent
to prison for ballot-box stuffing, and there
are more of them on trial. The men who
manipulated the Democratic majorities
w ill not be at the polls next November,
and the Democratic party is in danger.
That fence around Carnegie's steel
plant was built three years ago, and the
"iron-clad" scows for the Pinkertons
were only lined with sheet iron, the same
as all scow s are. The Congressiona1. in
vestigation has about destroyed all that
romance about the Scotchman's great
preparations for battle at Fort Frick.
Tiie great question as to w ho fired the
first shot, remains unsettled. That is the
most important question at Homestead.
Tin Xew York H'orM says: "It can be
announced on the very best of authority
that William F. Harritv, of Pennsylvania,
will be the Chairman of the Campaign
Committee of the National Democratic
organization. Mr. Harrity has consented
to accept the honor. He at first declined
to listen to the appeals of prominent
members of the party, who urged him to
become campaign manager, but finally
yielded to the influences which have
ben brought to Dear upon him. If noth
ing unexpected! should happen between
now and next 'Wednesday, be will be se
lected by the National Committee.
It is nothing very strange to have to
"call out the mili.ia to suppress rioters.'
It is one of the things for which it was
organized. Old Virginia, " the mother of
Presidents," has during the past ten years
called out her militia upon thirty-three
different occasions. Texas, during the
past sixteen years, has called out her mi
litia twenty-nine times, while peaceable
Iowa, during the same period, has called
npon her militia to do riot duty just
twenty times. Pennsylvania Las had
some sad experience w ith rioters. Dur
ing the great riots at Pittsburgh her fine
ly drilled militia were treated jufct rs
badly by the mob as were the Tinker
tons at Ilouieettaul.
The Farmers' Alliance threatens the
defeat of the Democracy in more than
one Southern Mate. Protection, too, will
be helpful to the Republican party, par
ticularly in Alabama and Louisiana. AH
that the South needs is a fair count, and
more than a majority of the Southern
States would cast their electoral votes for
Harrison. Ex-Governor Warmouth, of
Louisiana, says his state believes in pro
tection, and that it will go Republican
tLis fall. It is worth while, we think,
for the Republican party to make new
departure by making a speaking canvass
of the Southern States. A campaign of
education in the South would be a novel
but useful thing.
The procession down Pennsylvania av
enue which the Grand Army of the Re
public pro; oses to make a feature of its
national encampment in Washington in
September will not be as large as that
memorable review of the returning Union
eterans it the chee of the war, but it
will be very impressive. None but mem
beisof the order will march. Theremay
be 100,000 of them. The " boys in blue "
a'l over Die country ate anxious to meet
once more in life at the national capt.aL
Thirty y ars have paasod since they took
the field, and the processbn will be of
im n old in life's experiences, if not in
j ars; but the loyalty of men who om-e
fought for country knows no fki'.ing.
Tabu f is a tax in the sense that the
fiT.ce that the farmer builds around Li;
garden or Lis curn-fild is a tax paid by
the farmer. It is a tax that consists of
the cost of the cons'ructiun and mainte
nance of the fence. And, vet, the fence
most be constructed and maintained, or
the t-esjiaaeing animals of the neighbor
hood would destroy the entire proceeds
of the labor, and the fruits of the land, of
the farmer. The tariff is also a tax, in
that the cost of its const) uetion and
maintenance may be said to be paid by
the people ; but the loss due to a submis
sion to the commercial trespass that is
thus repelled would be greater than the
loss due to the maintenance of the tar i if.
The necessity for the maintenance of
order at Homestead ought to be clear to
every man of ordinary intelligence among
the strikers. Another outbreak of disor
der will certainly forfeit all that the
strikers are fighting for. Succem for the
workiagmen in their contest with the
company can be won only by popular
sympathy with their position and popu
lar belief in the justice of their cause.
The strikers drew down on themselves
tbe severe censure of all rigfct thinking
men by their on defiance of law and
their forcible reirore of property to which
they had no right The State of Penn
sylvania has restored the reigTi of law
and turned the property over to its legal
owners. It remains for the strikers to see
that no further outbreak of violence oc
cnis within their ranks. The mighty
force of public opinion will not tolerate
organized invasion of the rights of prop
erty or rebellion against the laws of an
American State.
A Prediction That Will Come Tru.
From Bourke Cockrma's Speech inCtlcaso.
I believe it was the distinguished pinlle
mao from Massachusetts General Collins
who declared there were no Democrats in
this Union who would vote against that
ticket ; but there are behind him two heroes
whose deeds have not escaped tbe attention
of history two heroes who haveledthe
Union armies to victory, and who have
never made faces at the vanquihed foe ; and
tbey will tell you here that tbe soldier vole
of the State of New York, of whom they are
25,000 at least Democratic, will not support
tbe nomination of Mr. Cleveland, and did
not support it in 1 ssS. General Sickles rose
in his place among the New York delegation
and said: "No, no, never. There were
three cheers and hisses heard about the hall
and in the galleries
A Plea for Fair Play.
I run tbe Mail and Eipreu.
The Colored National Convention, held at
Cincinnati on tbe iib of July, expressed a
movement which merits the synittby and
thoughtful attention of tbe whole country.
The delegates made throughout a strong pica
in behalf of tbe colored rar, not for special
laws nor special favors, but merely for jus
tice, and lor a fair and eual opportunity
m itb white men in tbe race of life. In tbe
light of their treatment in the South, both
at the -Kills and in courts of justice, and con
sidering bow often, especially of late, mob
rale has condemned and executed colored
men without a trial for crimes of which
they have been accused, it is not without
reason that tbey make this apial to the
nation.
The colored people of this country consti
tute more than one-ninth of the total popu
lation. They are American citizens, and as
such are entitled to protection in all tbeir
rights of citizenship. Beyond this they
have an especial claim upon ns, fur, as one
of their speakers says :
They wrought out a material portion of
the nation's wealth by two hundred years
of unrequited toil; tbey astonished the
world by their cemleaesa under extreme
provocation. Tbey enter their freedom des
titute of all things except the b;ib:t of labor
and tbe practice of obedience; destitute of
education, t!;e inheritance of every American
child ; destitute of property, thonph their
labor had created millions of wealth ; of
homes, though they have builded thousands
of homes fur others.
Thomas H. Carter the Man.
Niw York, July 17. After a lengthy
consideration of the merits of tbe various
persons suggested fur tbe position. Tbos. H.
Carter, of Montana, was on Saturday made
chairman of the Republican National
Committee, to serve instead of W. J.
Campbell, of Illinois, resigned. The meeting
was held in the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
although the informal selection of Mr.
Carter was made while tbe members of tbe
Executive Committee were at 'unch.
Mr. Carter was one of the five persons
originally suggested for tbe place by Pres
ident Harrison, but he at the time declined
to serve. Although but thirty-eight yjurs
old, Mr. Carter has had an exceptionally
brilliant career, lie is a lawyer of marked
ability and has twice represented his district
in Congress. Ife was selected as secretary of
the National Committee a very responsible
position at the time of tbe election of Mr.
Clarkson to tbe chairmanship. At present
he is Commissioner of the General Land
Oflice at Washington, but this position he
will immediately resign.
The Executive Committee appointed a
temjioray secretary in Mr. Carter's place,
but left him tbe privilege cf sleeting a
permanent one at his leisure. It is believed
that either McComas, of Maryland, C. L.
Magoe, of Pittsburg, or William O'BraJley,
of Kentucky, will be given the position.
The Richest Colored Woman.
Acgi'fta, Ga., July 15. Mrs. Amanda
Dickson was to-day married to Nathan Too-
mer by Bishop Halsey. All these parties
are colored. M rs. Dickson is tbe richest col
ored woman in tbe world. Her father was
Daniel Dickson, the phenomenal white plan
ter who died in 1SS3. Dickson was of a
highly respectable family. As a planter he
was of national reputation. When the war
broke out he Lad 5"0 slaves. Ife accepted
tbe new order of things when peace was es
tablished, keeping his old slaves as hired
help.
When he died in his relatives were in
high feather over tbe distribution of '",
worth of property. The will created a
sensation, because in it he recognized Aman
da, the daughter of his limiseiroinan, Julia,
as his daughter. It seems that prior to his
death he had paid a Massachusetts white
man named Eubanksa round sura of money
to marry Amanda. The will was hotly
contested, but tbe courts held it regular and
Amanda relumed to Georgia. What has be
come ofFubanks is not known, but his wife
to-day married a coal black negro named Na
than Tooruer.
A Mill Shattered.
A battle occurred at the Frisco Mine and
Gem Mine, at Gem, Idaho, Monday morning,
which resulted in the killing two union men
and ten guards at the mines. Several otbers
mere wounded. During th f ght tbe Frisco
Mine mill was blown cp with dynamite and
completely wrecked. The non-union men
surrendered and were taken to the Miners's
Union teadquarters at Gem.
The cause of the strike was the demand
of the union miners of tbe district for .V)
per day for every man working under
ground. Tbe mine owners held that un
skilUd laborers should be paid only $.:.
When tbe miners refused to accept the scale
the mines were cloed. The owners declar
ed that excessive freight rates were tbe cause
of tbe reduction.
The lockout was begun April 1st, by the
Mine Owners' Association, and Snuo miners
were thrown out of work. Since then the
mine owners have been making a struggle
to run tbeir mines with non-union mea and
guards.
Tbe tension Las bten great for month?,
and the opinion has prevailed that oniy a
spark was needed to start the flames of riot.
Tbe example at Uomstead and tbe Jeei-iou
of the United States courts at Bjise, making
a perpetual injunction arainst the Mineis"
Union brought matters to a head.
United States troops row hire control.
Stabbed by a Soldier.
Fn-rsBi ao, July is. Captain Frank C.
Calhoun, foreman of Devor's undertaking
establishment, an old soldier, was fatally
stabbed in the abdomen with a bajonet this
morning by David Lester, a private in tbe
Fourteenth regiment. Lester and a com
panion named Hook were intoxicated and
tried to (,rce their way into Devor's when
Calhoun iuterferred. A wrangle ensued, and
Inciter ran Lis bayonet into Calhoun'a ab
domen. le;er and Hook are hi jail. Cal
houn is still living, but cannot recover.
Mr Charged!
Warrants Issued for Seven of
the Strikers.
TEST OF STRENGTH.
The Strike at Homestead is
now a Question of Re
sources. FRICK TEMPTS THE MEN.
Pitts bubo, July IS. Tbere was no change
in tbe situation at the lower and upper mills
to-day. The foundry, forge and mechanical
departments ware still in operation, and tbe
yard men were at work, but everything else
a1 it tbe bix plants was still. None of the
men who quit last week respondep this
morning to the company's tnvitation to re
turn to work.
TO EI PBORECrTED TO MXHII.
Secretary Lovejoy, of the Carnegie com
pany, was seen to-day and said more men
were applying for work than were needed
t this tSne. He refused, however, to talk
about the number of men in the mill. Be
ferring to the men killed in the riot he said
it was the intention of the firm to prosecute
as accessories to murder all persons on the
company's property at the time of the kill
ing of the Pinkerton men. The cases were
now in tbe hands of tbe company 'slawyers'
aad would be pushed to the end.
CHARGED WITH MI KI'EE.
Finerain, July IS. This afternoon in
formations were made before Alderman Mc
Masters for murder against Hugh O'Donuell,
John McLuckie, Sylvester, Critchlow, Antho
ny Flaherty, Samuel Berket, James Flanna
gaa, and Hugh Ross.
These men are all leaders f the strike at
Homestead, and they are charged with the
murder of T. J. Connors and Silas Wayne
two of the Pinkerton men killed in the riots.
Warrants have been issued, and it is prob
ble the men will be arrested this afternoon,
with the exception of Hugh O'Donncll, who
is out of tbe city.
Tbe informations were made by T. F. T.
Lovejoy, S.-cretary of the Carnegie Steel
Company.
The Constables left at once for Homestead
and are now looking for the men.
The news created a great deal of excite
ment among the strikers, as it was believed
by them that nothing would be done for the
present, at least.
SrEoEKS M LltklE l'aKE!(DE8S.
When the constables returned to the office
of Alderman HcMaster they found that
Burgess John McLuckie had predceeded
them, and hod surrendered himself. W. J.
Brennen, attorney for the Amalgamated As
sociation, was there conferring with Mr.
McLuckie, The latter was told by the Al
derman to remain in the office. Mr. Mc
Luckie said he would, and said furthermore
that he bad dispatched a friend to Home
stead after the Eve defendents who were
there to bring them to Pittsburgh. They
were to surrender themse'.ves also, Mr. Mc
Luckie said.
A number of Mr. McLuckie's friends mem
bers of the Amalgamated Association, soon
arrived. The question was asked :
"Mr. McLuckie, were you in the fight at
all?"
"That is a question I propose to have sift
ed in the court. It is all a mistake to call
Mr. O'Donnell and myself leaders. We were
among the smallest people in the whole
town. I was a member of the Amaigama
Association. I don't know whether I am
at present, or not. I might as well come
out with it, and say that informations will
be made against H. C. Frick. We will make
informations against Carnegie, Frick and
Potter. Whether against rnyone else I can
not tell yet We will make this man Frick
come down on his knees so hard the sound
will be heard in the farthest corner of civili
zation. Informations against these people
are now being prer-ared.
m'lcckie goes to jail.
At S o'clock in the evening none of Mr.
M'Luikie's co-defendants in tbe case had ap
peared, and Alderman McMasters committed
bim to jail. Before the commitment the
prisoner had a consultation with Attorney
lirennen, who told him that an effort would
be made to have him and the other defend
ants released on bail this morning.
Burgess McLuckie started to jail in charge
of Conr-table M. J. Price, and accompanied
by Jere Dougherty, an Amalgamated Asso
ciation oRicial, and Thomas Cogan and Geo.
Clark, two mill workers. At the entrance to
the jail McLuckie shook hands warmly
with his friends and went inside. In the
prison office the warden searched the pris
oner, and as Price handed over the commit
ment the warden a.-ked, " What is your
name ?''
"John McLuckie, of Homestead," was the
reply.
No further conversation passed between
tbe two. Nothing of an objectionable na
ture was found in the defendant's pockets.
One article taken from them was the key to
the Homestead lockup.
The bearing was set for next Friday, but
no hour was fixed.
It is the purpose, as above stated, to go
into court this morning and secure permis
sion to bail tbe prisoner and other defend
ants. Opinions as to whether this could be
done varied last night.
Homcted, July 1;. TLe strike is set
tling down to a question of stamina and re
sources. Tbe locked out men, while they
have lost not one inch of ground, yet are
gravely alert to tbe situation. They realize
that the presence of the militia is an obsta
cle to even a legitimate appeal to non-nnion
men coming here, and so, while holding
their position with ranks unbroken, their
committee is to-day on a visit to Duquesne
for tbe purpose of testing the feeling of the
men iu tbe mills tbere as to a strike for sym
pathy. Tbey may be here by midnight and
the news they bring will either materially
rejoice their comrades, or will confirm them
in a sullen resoluteness to triumph or to fail
together.
Futile as any resistance would have been
to the admission of non-nnion men into the
mills, the very fact that a gang, possibly ap
proximating 1X, is within the fence clean
ing the furnaces and making preparation for
a reojning, has had a depressing effect on
many. The policy was played by the com
pany with that ery end in view. Did they
put in at once 2,0"J0 or S.Ouu men an era of
lawlessness and reprisal m:ght have fol
lowed. TEMPTING THE WAVERINO.
As it is tbey are tempting back any wa
vering ones, Tbey slowly augment the
number of non-onion men, and are very
careful to display signs of activity about the
plant, at tbe same time offering places to the
loc ked out men if they will come in before
all of tbe positions will have been filled.
Tbere can be no question of the power of
such a temp;ation.
It is that ahich the association has most
to fear. It requires c-juraje of a peculiar
force for a man with a family to stand out
and see his place open to him, but ready to
be taken by another, a:id particularly, aj in
the situation at the preseuet moment, when
tbe tun union men imj enter without fear
of bodily harm.
Tbe ultimatum of the company was pjst
ed to-day on the now famous fortress fence
a. out the mills, and is as follows :
Notice. Individual applications for em
ployment at the Homestead steel works will
be received by the General Superintendent.
either by letter or in person, until 6 p. m.
luureuai, juiy It is our desire to
retain in our st rvice all of our old emploves
whose past record is satisfactory, and who
did not take part in the attempts which have
been made to interfere wita out right to
manage our business.
fcucn of or.rold employes as do not apply
by ibe time above named will be considered
as Laving no desire to enter our emDlnvment
and the positions wbicb tbey held will be
given to other men, and those first applying
iu uavc uie cuoice Ol uuniiea positions ,
for which they are suitable. Tbis notice
will be tbe last given to tbe employes of
the works, and after non-compliance with
this the places will be filled with non-union
men.
Iu addition to this general notice each of
tbe 3,J0 locked out inea received through
tbe mail this morning a letter, of which the
following is a copy :
The Cakneme Steel Co., Lt'p, , 1
HousTTEan Steel Works, July 13. J
Data Sia : ltepairs will be resumed on
Monday morning, July IS, lhwi We wish
you to return to your old position. Work
to commence at the usual time.
Uespectfully,
J. A. PorrgB, General Sujierintendent.
SO SIOKS or DESEKTinX.
This letUr has reference more particularly
to the mechanical department, which is with
tbe iron men in tbeir fiy lit, for sympathy
only. There is an idea that some of them
may return, though no one can be found
who will admit the slightest wavering.
There are no open desertions, and so far as
may be gathered from a very general round
of tbe men there is no disposition to
abandon the cause. They admit tbat the
presence of tbe military has made possible a
temporary victory for the company, but
they say with some emphasis that it is
equally certain the military cannot remain
here ail summer.
The threat of the company tbat it will not
re-engage those most active in the present
trouble is the weak point in the ultimatum,
for the reason that so far as the iron workers
are concerned, they have a great deal of
respect for their leaders and may go to ex
tremes for their sake. On tbe other hand
the majority of the leaders are of skill, who
ran command work elsewhere, and it may
be that they will not hold their fellows to
the loyality which they would otherwise
receive.
Hope of arbitration has fled, and with the
company holding almost every trump it is
difficult to conceive how the men may be
able to do a single thing for themselves so
long as the town is practically under martial
law. Tbe troops say it is not, but their
assertions are simply a quibbling over
terms.
A Congressional investigating committee
was sent to Pittsburg by the Democratic
House to endeavor to make political capital
out of this unfortunate a.'Tair. Carnegie
officials and representatives of the
Amalgamated Association were heard at
length. The testimony adduced was a
surprise to the Democratic members. They
learned more than tbey ever knew before,
tbat the earnings of workmen in the steel
mills of Pittsburg are not on a starvation
basis, and that they are larger than those at
any manufacturing center in all Europe.
The report of this committee will prove a
very handy campaign document for the
Republican party in the coming campaign.
There has been much agitation for the
past few days to have councils return to Mr.
Carnegie the gift of tl.o00.0o0, which he
made for the erred -on of a public library in
Pittsburg. It is urged that tbat mounment
to Mr. Carnegie's generosity should not be
permitted to be built with money taken
from his workmen. A number of the
councilmen favor tbe return of the gift, but
some of them tbink it cannot be done, as
the money has been accepted and placed in
the hands of a commission.
The prospect of settling the trouble by a
conference is now more remote than ever.
A committee of the employes of the
Carnegie's city mills met Mr. Frick and
endeavored to iuduce him to oen negotia
tions with the Homestead workmen, and
Mr. Frick firmly stated that the time had
passed. He held the stand they had taken in
driving out the company's watchmen and
in assuming control of tbe mills had brought
about the stand, the firm had taken.
The borough of Homestead was prac
tically placed under martial law on Thurs
day. This is the out come of the unwarrant
ed arrest of strangers on Wednesdsy by
special policemen.
Tbe employes of the Carnegie Union
Mills in Pittsburg went on a strike at noon
Thursday out of sympathy with the locked
out men at Homestead or because the com
pany refused to confer with them. About
3o0u men are affected by tbe strike. Tbe
Beaver Falls plant, which is closed for
repairs, was to hare resumed operations on
Monday next, but the men say they will
not return to work unk-ffl the firm grants
another conference to the Homestead
workers. This action is not taken uuder
orders from the Amalgamated Association,
though sanctioned by it.
Tbe striking mills are in the union and
the scales had just been signed to the men's
satisfation. Now, the question is whether
the contract is not broken by the men strik
ing. Tbe men are afraid that the company
may take advantage of this point some
months hence, while they ars working under
the impression that the strike did not afTect
their contract. Tbe strikers action is not
approved by the leaders at Homestead.
To Arrest IOOO Miners.
Wallace, Idaho, July 1C. By General
Corlin's order Jack Wallace, the strikers'
leader in the Mission massacre, had been
a:rested at Cataldo. Three carloads of men,
besides President O'Brian, tbe secretary of
the Miners' Union, and 25 other members
of that body, were also arrested. Coroner
Sims and a provost guard were taking men
in right along during tbe evening. Several
citirens have also been placed in custody
including Robert Neill and Walter Jones,
who were formerly members of tbe Union.
It is reported tbat all members of the Union
arc to be locked up. If tbis be true, it means
the arrest of over Pi0 m-n.
Meanwhile word has come from Wash
ington, D. C, that the President has issued
a proclamation directing all persons who
menace tbe public peace in Idaho to disperse
and refrain from engaging in further
disturbance.
A Rush to Cet Thorugh.
Washi.votox, May 17. As the first
session of the Fifty-second congress draws
to an end a feverish haste and activity begin
to characterize the proceedings, and this
may naturally be expected to wax warmer
and fiercer as the week runs on. In both
houses everything must give way to the
appropriation bills, for the word has gane
out that the session will end ss soon as
these are disposed of, and everybody is
anxious to get away from the capitol. The
common expectation is that tbe session will
end next Saturday, or tbe following Monday,
at least.
Three of the appropriation bills remain
to receive the final touches before they can
be sent to tbe President. Tbey are the
sundry civil, the fortifications and the
general deficiency appropriation bills.
One of these is already in tbe conference
stage, and the others will reach it before the
middle of the week. The points of diiTerence
are more numerous than broad in the case
of two of tbe bills, and will doobtless yield
readily to adjustment. Tbe only serious
controversy that is looked for is in connect
ion with the world's fair appropriation in
the sundry civil bill.
Four Brothers Drowned.
Pbjbcess Axk, July 13. Christopher C.
Ball, a farmer living about one mile and a
half from here, on the Shanokin river, yes
terday morning was tbe happy father of
nine children six boys and three girls.
lesterday afternoon his four oldest b:ys
ware drowned while swimming in the river
back of his farm. The names of the victims
are Willie, aged 1G ; Lewis, aged IS ; Thom
as aged 13, and John, aged 10. These, with
their brother George, agd 11, went in swim
ming. George was the last to go in. When
he began to wade out he saw that his broth
ers were in IroubV, and he hesitated. He
then taw bis brothers drown, one after an
other, within twenty feet of him, and he was
powcrksj to assist them. Tbe current was
running very strong and the water was very
deep.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Twelve Thousand Lives Bellnved
To Have Been Lost.
Svbiet, July 17. Rumors have reached
here from Tinier that there has. been a
volcanic eruption on the Island of Sangier,
one of the Philippine group, and that most
of the inhabitants have been killed. A
native from the Tatantz, who landed at
Seiangen four weeks ago, brought a remark
able story to tbe effect that several other
natives had just returned from a voyage
near Sangier. Tbey had Intended to hind
on the island, bnt were prevented by tbe
sight of mountains belching forth smoke
and Ere.
The natives reported tbat the "whole
island was on fire." The water along tbe
coast was full, they said, of half burned
wreckage, pieces of houses and charred
bodies. ' The whole population, estimated at
about 12,000, seemed to have been swept in
the sea or burned, as not a liviug soul was
to be seen. Streams of lava were still flow
ing toward the shore, showing that the
activity of the volcano had not abated.
Tbe steamship Catterthun, from China to
Sydney, brought a similar story into port
with her yesterday. Near Sangier, her
captain said, she passed through miles of
debris, dissimilar from anything he Lad
before seen at sea. Poles and sides of huts,
mo.-t of them charred and broken, were
mingled with such utensils as the natives of
Philippines nse in cooking. Many un
recognizable objects resembling charred
human trunks, were also seen. Articles of
head dress in the wreckage were identified
by a sailor who had lived in the Philippines
as peculiar to the natives of Sangier and the
near-by islands of the Philippine gro'.p.
The ship was passing through the wreckage
from 10 a. x. to 1 : 30 r. v.
These reports are partially credited here
although they are believed to have been
exaggerated. The formation of Sangier is
volcanic and several small craters near the
center of the Island are known to Lave
threatened activity during the last 10
months.
Against the Pinkertons.
Washihutos, July 14. Representative
Scott of Bloomington, 111., is after the Pink
ertons. He introduced a bill in the House
to-day intended to prevent the interstate
transortation of armed bodies of men other
than United State or States Jroops. The bill
lays heavy penalties for the violation of its
provisions. Any railroad company) which
transports armed bodies of men not United
States or State troops is made subject to a
penalty of not less than $o,0X)and imprison
ment of its ofnocrs for not less than one
year.
The transportation companies, and all per
sons aiding and abetting in the transporta
tion of such armed force are made subject to
a private action for damages by tLose who
suffer any injury as a result of their opera
tions. Killed By a Bear.
Chablestwo!, W. Vs., July I t. Yester
day Miss Belle Ramsay, a beautiful and
highly educated young lady, left home cn
Utile creek, Fayette county, for a stroll in
the mountains. When a few hundred yards
from home she was met by a ferocious bear.
The lady tried to make her escape, but was
caught by the brute and so seriously injured
that she died shortly after. She was found
by her friends.
The whole neighborhood is ont on the
hunt for the bear.
Beautiful but Awful.
Rome, July 14. Tbe eruption of Mount
Altna is rapidly increasing in violence. Im
mense streams of lava are pouring down the
mountain side and it appeira certain that
several villages and a number of dwellings
will be destroyed. All the craters are active.
me is ejecting a continuous stream of lava
several yards deep and very wide. This
stream presents the appearance of a river of
fire and is very beautiful to look at, though
it is bound to ruin much projerty.
Another of the craters is hurlirg large in
candescent rocks to an immense height,
while tbe edges of the third crater threaten
to ciumhle.
A Train Held Up.
Parso.vs, Kan., July 15. A south-bound
passeuger train on the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas was "held up" by the notorious Dal
ton gang of train robbers near Adair, Indian
Territory, bite last night. There were four
marked men in tbe gang. Tbey pursued their
usual tactics of climbing over the tender and
compelling the engineer and fireman, at the
point of revolvers, to obey their orders. One
of the gang arrested last week gave informa
tion of tbe intention to commit this rob
bery, and Chief Kenney, of the railroad po
lice, was on the train with a posse to arrest
the robbers. In tbe fight which followe-1,
an Indian policeman and two doctors, pass
engers on the train, were dangerously but
not fatally shot. None of the other passen
gers came to the assistance of the poce, and
they were forced to retreat into the cars,
tbeir revolvers being empty.
The express messenger refused to open
the car until the robbers threatened bir.i
with dynamite. Upon securing entrance
they blew open the safe and took ail the
money it contained, between fifty and seventy-five
thousand dollars. They bound the
express messenger and dumped him into a
corner, and after firing more shots to further
intimidate the thoroughly frightened pass
engers they rode avay, allowing the train
to proceed to Adair. A posse is scouring
the country to-day searching for the gang.
Honest Money.
Tbe President is now engaged in endeavoi-
in to bring about a monetary conference
among the great commercial uations of the
world, with a view of reaching, if possible,
some agreement regarding the freer nse uf
silver, and a corrected ratio between it and
gol.L
He says on the subject of honest money :
"I am one of those that believe tbat these
men from your shops, these farmers remote
from money centers, have the largest interest
of all the people in the world in having a
dollar that is worth one hundred cents every
day in the year, and only such. If by any
chance we should fall into a condition where
one dollar is not so good as another. 1 ven
ture the assertion that the poorer dollar will
d ) its first errand in paying some poor labor
er for his work. Therefore, in the conduct of
our public aiTiirs, I feel pledged, for one,
tbat all the influences of the government
should be on tbe side of giving the people
only good money and just as much of that
kind as we can get." Frrtidcnt ll-irnsjn't
Platform.
Eminent Facts.
The question is often asked and scarcely
ever answered, why whiskey made now is
not as pure and reliable as it was forty years
ago. It is never the less a fact that it is
made purer and better to-day than at tbat
time. With the improved methods fusil
oil and other impurities are entirely elimina
ted. A sworn statement as to the purity,
age and quality of the whiskey sold is fur
nished by one dealer who advertises full
quarts, six year old pure Penn'a Rye, at
$1.00 per quart, or six quarts for $5 ou. Sil
ver Age $1.50 pet qnsrt. Duquesne $1.25
per quart. Port; Sherry, Sweet California
Wines at 5oc A complete catalogue and
price list of all foreign and domestic liquors
mailed on application by
MAX KLEIN,
82 Federal St., Allegheny, Pa.
The Valueof Pensions.
From the rfiuburxh Times.
Tension Agent H. II. Rengiugh gave to
the 7is his ieort for the fiscal year, end
ing June 30. It is au interesting document.
Tbere are on the rolls 41.ji! pensioners. To
taem were paid out during the yeai io.'J1,
2S3 35. It will require to pay them next
year at the existing rates per month $.i,54S
909. Thia does not mean the actual amount
tbat will be expended during the coming 12
months. Mr. Bengough estimates tbat $V
000, mil will be much nearer. The increase
will be caused by additional allowances, re
issues and new pensions, which are being
granted at about 50 per day.
Tberewere granted during the year 11,215
original densious. The first jaymeut3 on
these amounted to 1,S.;2,4'J . This sum
for that number of pensions was reached,
owing to many cases where the back pay
was a big item. Increases to pensions grant
ed retpiired an exjienditure of $22;t,.;04 9".
An analysis of the 41,i3 pensioners shows
they are divided into these classes : Surviv
ors of the Civil War, 3J,t ; widows of the
Civil War soldiers, 5,073 ; mothers of Civil
war soldiers, l,!! ; fathers of C ivil War sol
diers, 510; minors orphans with guardi
ans of Civil War soldiers, 1,'31 with the
widows reported are 2,501 children under
the age of 1 years drawing 2 a month
each. The survivors of the war of 112
number 41 ; widows of soldiers in the War
of li12, 1S5; survivors of War with Mexico,
101 ; widows of Mexicnn soldiers, lixj.
There is one person drawing a pension cu
account of tbe Revolutionary War, Mrs. Sa
rah C. Hurlbot, Chatham Valley, Tia
county, a daughter of oue of General Wash
ington's minute men. who-e hitory was
printed in the Tucs two weeks a3-x There
weredrop;d from the pension rolls during
the year 4, 1:5 pensioners, with an annual
valueof '21 7. Death figured largely as
the caiue.
On the rolls at present aje three j-er-ons
who drew pensions from this oili -e while
living in Canada, and two iu Ireland. Penn
sylvania contain.: the lareest number of the
others, having 3:l,3 .'). Ohio censes next,
with .-2 ; New York, 31 ; West Virginia,
140 ; and 132 and Irrespective! in tbe West
ern abates of Kansas and Minnesota. In
Alaska tbere are two, and one each in Con
necticut, New Hampshire and Utah. In ad
dition every other State and Tirrito:y has
soldiers drawir.j mon , y from th- Pittsburg
Pension office. The highest wiiiioi-.j paid
are two for $100 each. These are la ivf ;1 l y
special acts of Congress. There are 1 2" t-jtal
disability cases, Lich py 72 mo:.:Lly, on
the rolls.
Lock Here
Would inform the ppigrvssive farmers of
Somerset County that I am asrain ia the field
with a full line of Fertilizers, ard i: y telf
or my agent wi'l call to se you to sohcit
your orders for t!;e coming E.axi.'i. My
agents this sc-ason are S. 1$. Yode.", T'.'.z
Pa., Joseph Reiman. b'taiiton's Mi'ia, Pa., V.
II. Landis, Meyersd.jle, Ta., P.jl ;mon Davis,
Normalville Pa., a:id Peter Fink, Somerset,
Pa., who is also delivering :;d shipping
agent at Somerset, where goods wiii be kept
in stock throughout the season.
I would thank all for their most liberal
patronage during j ast seasons, and hoj all
will favor myself or my agmts with your
orders for both spring aud fail crops.
Should we miss seeing you, ju.-t drop us a
line early and you ill Lave our very Lest
attention.
On behalf of the .
Su.-q iehaiina Fertilizer Co.,
A. J. Koser,
Guernsey, To.
Free Silver.
The majority of the Democratic House of
Representatives again put themselves on rec
ord yesterday in favor of the free and un
limited coinage of silver, but hy the action
of the practical ly-sol ill Republican side tbe
country is saved the disturbance that would
follow the passage of the Stewart bill until
its veto by President narrisi'n. Tbe notion
to take up the consideration of the Slevart
bill, as it passed the Senate, foiled by U; to
151. The Senate bill now remains at the
foot of the calendar, where it wii! sluuiher
the rest of the session.
Of the l.'W yeas, 1H were Democrats, 10
Alliance men, and 8 Republicans. Of the
151 nays, 91 were Democrat and tV) Repub
licans. Thus, about six-seventba of the Re
publicans vottd sgainst Free Coicie. while
considerably more than oue-half the Demo
crats voted for it. Nor did this Tote repre
sent the real Democratic Free-Silver stren ;th
of the House. Nine Democrats elected as
Free-Coinage men, changed front at the last
mment and voted against considw-riii' Free
Coinage, forthefole reason that they feared
i. would defeat tbe party at the Novcru'jer
election. Tbe Democratic House is over
whelmingly in favor of Free Si! .er, but has
not the courage to enforce its coavictious.
riitshut-Q Ojnlmrrritll.
The most handsome line of Millinery
Goods in Ibe County and the largest variety
at the lowest prices.
Mas. A . K. Uhu
For the Mountains and by the Sea
side. A drowsy August afternoon, the light
shimmering through the dense haves of tbe
broad-spreading beech tree; a figure lying
upon the grass holding in Lis hand a Maga
zine not too heavy jrist heavy eao-ih for
ea- y holding, tLe Csiisopolitan, forAugust;
just the sort of reading matter for a midsum
mer afternoon full cf attractive illustra
tions ; rccnes of life in the far Pbiliipbiiie
Islands, with an exj-eiicnceofaa earthquake;
photographs on tbe Atlanta Ikuch accom
pany a charming tkttch of Jersey Sail
Water Day ," by Hamlin Garland ; charm
ing Spanish bits by the artist Chas, love'y
vista, and enticing groves, illustrating a Cal
ifornia Farm Village in which Col. Fitzsim
mon describes the growth and development
of a model community of fruit farms. Of
the fiction, Henry James' "Jersey Villus"
makes delightful midsummer reading and
there is an odd story of Southern Life,
while Curiosities of Musical L: '.era! ire will
fumi-di a half hour's entertainiuenlfor every
lover of music. English hiyh s-x iety is al
ways ail interesting turjirt aii n d::u.-.sed
by one who is of it, and kuoss it thorough
ly, Henry Arthur Herbert of M Hero's, form
erly an Oilie-r of tbe Guards and aa M. P ,
gives in an entertaining way the cause of
tbe revolution which has taken place in tha
society of London daring the past thirty
years. Kven Marat Haistead's description
of the Convention at Minneapolis is breezy.
Bright and the. beautiful photographs wbiih
illustrate an article on Bridges and Bri.lge
Building would attract a very unscieuut'.c
reader. Tbe one heavy article of tbe num
ber is that cf the famous English wriier on
Evolution, St. George Mivart. It is a part
of the discusion in which he so-k to hsr
monizj tbe principles of E.'olulion with ths
doctrines of Christianity one of the moat
mportant series of pa pen ever produced in a
Magazine and attracting the aidejt attention
among religious and scientific minds, both
in England and thia country,
Here We Are Asain-Earb Wire at
2 1-4 Cents Per Pound.
The Johnstown tlood wire ia all sold, but
we have received from the fLctory a lot of
barb wire which will be sold at two twenty
five per hundred pounds. Guaranteed to
staud stretching. This is a good bargain.
Call and :ea it,
J A3. JJ. HOUIESJU'M.
SPECIAL
INDUCEMENTS
for buyers during tha months of
July a nd Vuust,
in every
DEPARTMENT.
In Elatk and Colored Silk?, India
Silks, Black ami Colored Cachmereit.
Black and Colored Serires, Bedford
Cords, Camel Hair Stripee, Dreaa
Goods of all kinds at great redaction.
Domestic
Department.
In our Domestic Iepartment we will
oiler Outing Cloths, Chaliies, Satines,
IY-rcals, Ginghams, Ciilicot-s, Shirt
ings, etc., at special low pris.
WHITE GOODS
Department.
We w ill oiler onr entire line of La
dies' and Children' Floiimiuu's,
Hamburg Edging', Lat-5, Tabic' Lin
ens, Towels, Bc.l Spreads, ladies
Muslin Underwear, etc., at prices
that will ai-toiiiiib you.
A nice liue of Chenille: Tabic Covers,
Chenille PorticM, F.aoo Curtains,
Serine, Table Oil Cloths, Stair oil
Cloths, to be clocvd ont in this sale.
NOTION
Department.
We have a nice line of Dress Trim
mings, Kibbor.s, Kncli in, Corsets,
Stockings, Buttons, etc., at reduce- !
prices.
Special low prices on raivjolii and
Gentlemsns' Furnishitg Good-1.
A nice lot of Keiiinnr.ts of Dress
Goods, Ginghams and i-i;ie a variety
of all kinds of Kemnanta cheap.
July and AuVu?t being the
dull months we propose to oiler
Special Inducements by givinir our
friends and patron? th benefit of
luiy intr trooda at reduced prices. j
PARKER & PABKEB.
CARMO
The Celebrated English Hack
ney Stallion-
EXPORT CERTIFICATE.
;i Hackney Horse Society-
This is to evr.ltt that t!.e tntnf r of ttw
ti'non brrt-inafU T iievnb-t ihi-Imiii It L
RE'.I'rt:KKIM:n!ie lkwktof ttwa-x'H.tv, viz:
i n ;amk i akmo.
K"1alei
C !.( H it Itr.wn.
UUKKI'KK TUutiua Th'.xeuJaV,
flk irt
SIKK-l:! U'K AfSIKK.
TrmL-f.T fnvn Tn-mia r-k to Oultruilh,
ISr., JnilVii. W :Mf I'. S. A.
lirSRV K. Kl KK.V. t-y.
of i: i-kr-y i'.U't l.f !; i-vx-i'tr.
Otf.re: 11. ii;,aie Lol.'ou. V.
BLACK AUSTER,
tor utire llorse show ia
PARAMO wou t Pri'1' at trie F.r.ya! Man
in wtieu he was only to years
nrt lutn nf Cnno, rm.' in di
yjeen DOSS, ivctnuelromtlie o!- l.r
tul nmrr N'Uiparie! h'i tr.".e-l Ui miV- hich-'t
to a curt. Sfit-irMi -1 Jv' iii.l -a in 1 h.ir ai-
ui.:w;is af:-T ?topitiij; ni:nu:- he :-:tif.t
to m1! w ttiiiii f-ur b.Mirs" ah. t Miishfl tltc l-1
mica in ;t luiurs. ." iniiiuu aii:t ! seti-D'S. nd
hu'cl ii' fvmpui'ii-i of I'uliL'il : ate a l'v i lin
mei"v!y ui-m ?r s nf l t.if utMo. mt'.rr u !.icb
!.e u-t-k'i T m.lcs to when- .-he a-- k-j-r.
The HwknoT Horse iv t.tt reiinri'jle fur
tiieir j;euiitiie.H, spwi aiiil e D'J;.:a:i'--.
Prmrt i ounct bf !I n. A. H
IsdilllU Cort-o'.!). jf s-iiii -rtt. 1 .. a:i i
tv for i ho hua ue.I-t tii rare anJ cliart
of the tu -Wivgi.ed,
l'lKH'lt I'loiizh,
SOMF.LSLT, VA.
lohnsfoivji
fa.:
Wl
PIC-1M1C
GOODS.
Pie-nie I'Jates, per dozen, Te.
Pie-nic Mn, Phmi.-lwd Tin.
Pie-nie Knives and Forks. Sc.
Pie-nic Spoons, per dozen, 10o.
Pic nic Folding Cups, 3c.
Pic nic Lemon Sjueezer?, Oc.
Pic nic Haikets, 2-c.
NATHAN'S,
Wholesale Bsiailer.
ENGINES, mills,
THRESHING MACHINES.
BEST MACHINERY A T LOWEST PRICES
A. B. FARQUHAR CO., YORK, PA
JOHN P. KNABLE & CO.'S
. JULY CLEAEANC3 SALE!
We it'iake a rule to rarrr ovor co stock. Price wii! . ! ;. . ,;
It is our loss. Come and share ihe Lariraiojt. We onlv i;.. - ;
fuvr ve have to off-r j'uu. " '"'' :ij
ArA.SI-I GOODS.
CtVinch Chaili. 12-1-2 c trraJe, reduced to 3e.
Fine Chevrons reduced to ie. r
DEESS GOODS.
All-Wool Cheviot reduced to 2oc, was ,'iV.
All-Wool Cheviot reduced to .Vo, was 5V.
All-Wool Cheviot reduced to 50c, in 57-1 2c
INDIA SILKS.
One lino fino trrade reduced to 75c.
SUITS AND CLOAKS ALL REDUCED. j
This line we are determined t close, many at exue'-
half price. We have some elegant Paris Dresses, si'.lc i
that we will sell at about half price. They are e!ear.t -o7
Come see the many bargains all departments have t ag.'i
John P. Knable & Co.
35 Fifth Avenue. PITTSBURGH, Pi
Send for samples and share the Bargains. :
THE NEW ""1
WHITE FRONT BUILDING! ;
No. 113 Clinton St., Johnstown, Paj
GEI.-S OLD .STAI NOW QUL'X ;
LEADING STORE OF THE CITY
TO BUY YOUR
EST GOODS, CM. LK0LEC1, F1HCI GEE HE,
With economy and profit to the Customer. Come ntzJ c '
james GiTmsnx"
Jas. B. Holderbaum,
has J!v;t r.ivnn
Plencli &
ALL STEEL FRAilS
SPRING-TOOTH HARROW
wuirh is a wor.o. rf-;! im; r..-rt,uvit In
SPRING-TOOTH -
HARROWS.
Twth r'i
j
TOOTH
HOLDER
Tor riivt-nto.! Th..-U, !., f..M in .v.,;-.,,, U- a H.,t, l,. t, it ru, f ,-
: w";ir ,a ,Si,!; (' t-.-.t;;. wiu.-i, i, f:. ir ,r -
Kdl :T--'r-" u!'!:i""-! JV""1 - 'i" ' t.-tl. burrow
JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM
PAUL. A. SCHELL.
AVc have in stock and sell very low, Kitchen ware and furnM.i; -'
of all kinds.
MILK PAIIi, MILK CANS. SIIIPPIN'CI and HAULING CAV
STF.P LADDERS, CLOTIIFS WRACK?. WAS II IX G MA
CIIIXFS, TUUS WRINGERS, WASH BOARDS. ICK
CREAM FREEZERS. SCREEN DOORS,
SCREEN' WINDOWS. IRON. WOOD
and BUCKET PUMPS. IRON
PIPE. VALVES and FIT
TINGS, and SE W
EU PIPE.
Wc h:ivf also put in a nice .-tock of Paints. Oils, Varni.-hes, Stain? a:
Colors of best make. R.ady mixed paint from one pint c:tn v
dust received a ear load of Drain Tile very cheap for farm ilrui'
a-re.
Paul A. Scliell,
SOMERSET, PA.
A?ent for Domestic Sewin Machines.
OUR MAMMOTH STORE,
Having filled the Iarcrc Ltiildins
Morrell t Co., with a laro'&tock of
G-eneral JYXercha 11 disc,
we resi-jaftiUy call the attention of Sonmrset County Invers to !' '' '
Our DRV GOODS and NOTION DEPARTMENT is full of a
the late Ktvh-s of Staple and Fancy Goods; while onr lines ff fA-
Pl ITS. MATTINGS, CLOTHING. FOOTWEAR. IIARDWAhT.
LINLRY GOODS, HATS, GROCERIES, etc., are full and
N ith our increased facilities for handling troods, we ate i -)' I .
pared to meet the wants of the general public, with evervtl i:.-' 1
torn prices.
PINK THAFIC CO., LIMITED,
Lower End of Washington St., JOHNSTOWN, P
When in JOHNSTOWN, don't fail to call at
GEO. K. KLINE'S
JYU W STORE, 241 Main Sl.,
Where will Le found a Complete Stock of Prv Goods. Lathes' .
Gent-)' Furnishing and Wrap?. All the Newest' thinsrs in Pre- Go,
lccidinjr Silks, Serges, Henriettas, Camels Hair, Bedford CorJ-. V-'
en, Crepe.? and all other Novelties in the Dress Goods line. &
complete lice of Staple Goods, such as Muslins, Sheeting Table I
ens, Crashes, c. Our Line of Ladles' Wraps, includes Jii ;
Capes and New Markets of the latest Sprin Stv!e
OUR MOTTO: Best Goods, Latest StVles and Lowest
Come and see u.
GEO. K. KLINE.
a cat. load of the.
Di'umgolcl
on.? I v--f:.i!ii ne nut. T!. lst
formerly occupied ly