'The Somerset Herald
ElWAF.I SOU.L. T-'-iot and Fropris-tor.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Election, Tuesd3y, November 7th.
for iue Jn0E.
I) J. HOK.Vta. of Butuearl Borvinia.
E'-WAKP E-'ViVEB.of fc:i,n Borough.
l-KOmON' TAP-T,
F. !. SAYLOK. of S'KDtW. lkiwisL
F.'Jt itEi.i.-TEK ASl ttUKl'KK.
JAi'OB S. lt:U-li:,of VijiaaUotiiiT-p.
FOK TrlEASiRKR.
E E. FT j IT f'f Soni'-r. T p.
HK COMMISSIONERS,
i l sHuU.fc.of fonieM Tii
HtXEY F. BfcNETT. of s.ai-r: Tp.
FOK liiE DiSECToE,
JiV;B XfGRE'i'R.of ELade T
FoK AUI'lTuRS.
SAMl tL C. FOX, of Somerset Tirp.
I;i:aM W" BAKEE. of 6om-.-r.tt Tp.
- Iai is under the loa-l and I've got to
p'N-ii Lay," answered the Lov, dilie.-nllv-.
Li-f 1 at that woik. Cleveland is nn-U-rt!ieliii,ar.lthe
Itemocruta are all
Lolly tryin' to uocjver bitn.
CttvELAsa went fishing the other day,
and caa-Lt rheaaiatis-m. He ia now
Kursin? a "line log at Buzzard's Lay.
Wasn't it Sydney Siiiith who character
ized Cfhinjr as ' a string with a fxl at one
end sad a fiook at the other?"
It is aanficg to watch the w rippling
of the I euiocratic erpaas ia their eiforts
to a.-coarit for our present financial troti
Lles, witnoiit att Lir.ii the leat blame
tj the "i4ri2 smashers" and the wild-cut
money mdvo.tes. It is hard work this
Lot weather.
Tiie I'eaiocratic pr-ss is clamorously
denouncing the Republicans for passing
the " Sherman bill," howling that " it
must po," and vociferously be.seechicg
Republicans to help repeal it, which re
minds us of the M!ow who caught a ti
per by the tail and then yelled for help
lo iet it go.
With a I'eiiiorratio President and a
Congress over hehiiin-ly De-nocratic in
Loth branches, ti:e supjiortera of that
party are frantically appealltiz to Repub
licans t help pass sach legislation as is
necessary to save the country from the
threatened inie anil bankieptey,
brought about by fear of the destructive
policy enunciate 1 in the Chicago plat
form. Tut I'er.i.in I'.ureau has notisiel a
pn-at many pensioners throughout the
.iniitry. who are draw ing pensions un
lcrthe Act of .!une "7, lv.1i, known as
the le.en lent pcusii.n art, that payment
of their i-:ini.ns w ill be Mix'fi Jed for
ti days, during wtich time they are re
quired to show eause why they i-hould
continue to draw pension.
The tefctiniony netvasary to prevent
their lwicg dro'ied from the rolls is the
certificate of a reputab'e p.hysii ian, at
tested by two itnesses. to the effect that
the pensioner is precluded Iroin active
labor, owingto injuiiesor disability not
the result of his own vicious habits.
While the repeal of the Sherman
Act," if repealed unconditionally, inav
momentarily allay the panicy feeling in
business circles, it must be obvious to
the most obtuse that this w ill not totally
allay the prevailing fear of theenactinent
of the crude and ruinous declarations of
the Chicago platform into law. Afur
ance is felt that the Republican minority
can be relied upon to support honest
money, but it is feared that it w ill not be
able to protect the nation against the
follies and dangers of the 1'cmocratic
majority. Therefore tin; restoration of
confidence is not to le anticipated until
the coming CoDgress has defined its po
sition. Should Democratic folly go to
the extremes now thretened.then ''chaos
Las come again."
The Democrats are strenuously labor
ing to tix the responsibility for the Sher
man law to w hich they falsely attribute
all our present financial troubles oion
the Republican party. The impudence
and uctruthfulnea of their allegations
are exposed by this brief statement made
by the distinguished Senator lrom hio :
The Sherman act was a compromise
measure, and it was passed to save tiie
country from a free coinage bill that had
been passed by the Senate by an over
whelming majority. The Democrats
helped .as the Sherman bill, and now
they abuse it and blame it for all t' e fi
nancial w oes of the nation. If the Sher
man bill Lad not !een passed a tree coin
age bill wou'd.aiid the result would have
been infinitely more damaging to trie
country.
Ia addition to this statement of Mr.
Sherman it must be remembered that
w hen in the last House aa elfort was
made to repeal the law the Democrats,
w ho were in a majority of three to one,
refa-ed to allow it to be done. Is any
thing more required to prove the falsity
and cowardice of this Democratic tt
tempt to evade responsibility.
Tub New York l'rnv of the oth ir.t.
tersely and ably contrasts the onJiticn
of the country as it was a few months
since under lpublican rule, and as it is
now under Ieuiocrat:c control. Says
that journal :
I'nder Ihe Administration of Benjamin
Harrison the nation steadily grew in
prosperity and wealth. The' McKiuley
law gave a new impetus to industrial de
velopment. It built new factories and
nlarged those alrea Iv constructed.
U'ork was plentiful. Wages of latvr
were greater in tfceir punhasing power
than at any other time since the founda
tion of the llepubhc Our exports in
creased in an unprecedented degree. No
body thougtit of doub ing either the pow--r
or the purpose of the government to
maintain the absolute integrity of its cur
jrency. Confidence in the resources and
future !rcgreiof the cation was uci ver
sa!. Mr. Cleveland and his party Lave re
versed ail these conditions in a litiie
more than a hundred days. Distrust has
succeeded contidecre, contraction has
succeeded expansion, loss ban follow ed
gain. Tue prospect of free trade and a
debased currency has sent capital into
concealment and put a stop to progress.
The Admintratiou Las multiplied dis
aster by its stuhborn refusal to protect
business interests. The crash of banks,
the ruin of citizens, tee general depreci
ation of stcur.t.es in everv form Lave
rone on cntii ti e loss to the people since
Mrch i aggregates il,ttj,'J,ijJ.
Ttie p:rty of des'rui-tion has proven
t-:e to its record. The last time it Lad
full control of the Government it wr-cked
the nation. It has been robbing the na
tion at the rate of f iVj.iMj.'Ju) a mouth
since tirov r Cleveland was inaugurated.
In view of these facis the assertions of
1 "emocratic orators like Crisp and Mc
Miilin at Tammany Hall are supremely
ridiculous as well as utterly false. The
nation Las good cause to fear the results
of the rule of men w ho falsify as well as
destroy.
"Pi i: nt, the pension lUt" goes mer
rily on. It is reported from Pittsburgh
that more than a Lund red pensioners,
whose pensions are payable at the office
there, Laveleen dropped from the rolls
and that at last five hundred have been
dropped at tbe Philadelphia office. TLua
at the sweet will cf Hoke Smith, Stcre-
Ury of th Interior, these old soldiers or
snldiers' w Mows, w ithout previous notice,
witliout the riirht guaranteed the mean
est criminal of Wing heard in self de-
fen.-, ire branded aa
1 frauds" and
'6 ia iiers" and held up to public scorn.
Such Ligh handed tyranny ana brutal
ity Las heretofore been unheard of.
The-ie people had their claims examined
andadjorfieatedby the proper authori
ties, and were drawing their pensions as
a legal right, and to be summarily depriv
ed of them at the mere dicta of an offi
cial is a gTOss wrong and an outrage. Pre
snmed'y they were properly granted, and
if on re-examiaation the proof was fonud
defective, they "were entitled to a Lear
Bgand the right, if possible, to cure the
defect. If Mr. Hoke Smith dilers with
his predecessor in Lis interpretation of
the lair, there Ls a higher power to decide
between them, and this should have been
apiea!ed to before branding these unfor
tunates as '"swindlers" and summarily
strikins them from the rolls. True, these
esses can 1 taken np to the Court of List
resort, bat the valiant Secretary Las little
fear of litigation with a poor pensioner
dependent upon his pittance of three or
twelve dollars per month.
We do not hold that there may not be
persons drawing pensions obtained by
fraud, but if such there be, the public is
entitled to know it,andthe courts should
ptas opon them. Let us have done w ith
this daily attempt to make political cap
ital by this Star Chamber method of
"purging the rolls." Come out into the
open, Mr. secretary, and let the peopl e
Snow why these old veterans are brand
ed as rcgues and swindlers by the prefs
of your party.
Whes the President issued his procla
mation convening Congress in extra ses-t-ion
ou the 7th of next month it was
taken for granted that he felt assured of a
majority suiiicient to repeal the so-called
'Si.erman Act" From recent outjoia
ings it now appears that he " reckoned
without the host" and that the silver
c.en are determined to exact a -yuJ ; o
.jtio f-.r their absent to the repeal. They
demand either free coinage of silver or
an issue of currency by State banks.
Tnat the Administration is bent upon
the repeal of the .Sherman Act cannot be
doubted, and thai it is a determinedly
hostile to free coinage scarcely admits of
cavil, so, therefore, it will be driven to a
choice between a continuance of the
Sherman law or its repeal conditioned
upon the issuing of not less than forty
four kinds of State bank notes, limited
in amount only by State legislation. Eat
here again another dilliculty will hae
t ) be encountered. The silver men w ill
tight w lid-cat money determinedly, be
cause its issuance will lead to the cessa
tion of silver purebmes by the Treasury.
That there will be a protracted struggle
ia Congress Wfore the Sherman act can
lie retK-aled now apiear3 to be inevita-
j Me, ai.d that it will eventually be repeal
ed is so;:iehat problematical. Mean
while theunit rtaintv w ill Lave a still fc.r-
! ther depressing effect on the business of
the country, and add to the lack of con
fidence fro:o w hich it is now so severely
suffering.
When Congress convenes we doubt not
that the Repuulican representatives will
be found willing to vote for the uncondi
tional rejeal of the Sherman Act, but
that they will assent to either free coin
age or wild-cat currency is not for a mo
ment to be anti ipate 1. If either of these
schemes are adopted, it must be by the
votes of the maj jrity party. Republicans
believe that we now have the best mon
ied system ti e country has ever enjoyed,
and they also believe w ith Senator Sher
man "that no money should be allowed
in this country w Lit-h Las not back of it
the full guarantee of the United States
government" We anticipate, therefoie,
that while the representatives of the Ee
publlcan party in the coming session of
Congress w ill do all in their pow er to sus
tain our present satisfactory financial
system they wil! set their faces like flint
against any scheme for the manufacture
of "cheap money" or the debasement of
our present currency.
If evil to our currency omes, it must
come through the unaided folly, or
w orse of the present party in power.
Justice Blatchford Dead,
Newport, E. I., July T. Associate Justice
Blalchford, of the I'nlied Slales Siipreiue
Court, uird at T:J'i this evening, af.er a de
cline of several weeks. Old age ws the
caue.
Samuel l:tchford, the son of Ulihard
Miiford llla'.chford. a dlstinguii-bed lawyer,
was born in New York on March It. I--1,
and pradusted at Columbia College in IS.".?.
Two ye?ii laier he became private secretary
to Gov. William II. Seward, and wa secre
tary ou tiie vloveruor's military stairtiil
W". Ue was admitted in 1st.' and in l')"
was made a counsellor of the Supreme Court
of :iie I'mted States. In the same year he
formed a 'law partnership at Auburn N. Y.
with W. H. Seward and Christopher Mcr
gan. In ls;i7, while residing in New York
City lie was appointed district judjeoflhe
CniteJ Stales Court fir the Southern dis
trict of New York. In lssj be was appoint
ed an Associate Justice of the United Stales
Supreme Court. He was made a trustee of
Columbia College in I-".
The Tornado Predicted.
Wasbim ton, July s. A special bulletin
was isvied fr.im the Weather Bureau to-day.
After drswing attention to the recent de
structive norms in the West, it siiy? :
"I'l the grtater nuiaher of these caes the
Weather Bureau has given warning from
twelve to twenty-four hours iu advai.ee and
in the case of the Iowa tjrnaJo messages
were se-.t the preceding night to every
Weather Burau section in the State stating
that severe local Morms were likely to occur
in Iowa on Thursday, the "lib. These warn
ing were disseminated as widely as jicssihle
throughout the State by telephone and tele
graph during the day and people within
reach of these agencies were cautioiied to be
on their guard."
Swift Noose for a Fiend.
Babd-aell, Kv., July 7. A noose instead
of the threatened torch ended the life to day
of Charles J. Miller, the mulatto and sup
posed outrager of John Bay's two daught
ers near this place, Wednesday. This tem.
peri ng of mercy at tbe last moment was on
ly due to the lingering doubt in Father Bay's
mind as to the fellow's guilt.
Fully oooo bowling men, eager for a
roasting, surrounded the negro and his
guards, and there was great disjrust at this
change of programme. After the mulatto
Lad been swung high in the air from a tele
graph pole, his body was died with bullets
and then cut down and burned to a crisp on
the fire on which the crazed citizens had
hujied to burn bim alive.
Killed Himself In Coffin.
Wae.i5eb. Idaho, July 8. Placing him
self in a coffin out in the woods, Henry Mer
rill, who shot Jones Ellison, an old man of
iIO, June 23, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head. Boys out bunt
ing found the body, beside which was a pis
and this note :
July, Ista My bondsmen are free, and
I will be in a few minutes. I Lave all I
want of this world. Goodbye.
T"H. MtEElU."
Cot C landers From a Horse.
IfoiTZDALE. Fa., July s Dr. Bridges, of
the State Board of Agriculture, bas killed
four slandered horses iu this place, and is
looking for two more. He found a stshle
hand here atTecrea with glanders, which he
caught from the Loner, and who cannot
recover.
OLD GLORY AND THE BELL.
Two Priceless Revolutionary Treas
ures Joined at th World's Fair.
Woklo's i'Aia ;.isr, Chicago. July
i The old Liberty iiell was to-day en
wrapped, amid cheers and sung, within the
sacred folds of the firt American flag, the
glorious old Stiira and Stripes made by Bet
ty Iloe in the historic Philadelphia bouse.
Although born of a sudden inspiration, the
l'.riotic ceremony proved the feature of the
day throughout the entire Fair. When the
the sunlight fell on the Tendeylvania build
icK this morning it khsed a hundred flag
The one on the top of the lofty Independ
ence belfry si ire rljated proudly above the
whole flig adorned village of the States.
Within the old LiUrty bell was embowered
in a perfect grotto of palnis, ferns and flow
ers, while around its auciett sides and rim
was wound a beautiful garland of roses.
The handsome frame itailf was almost Lid
den with flags.
Hampton L. Carson delivered the oration
j-istasa storm brjke, and he talked to the
tois of umbrellas for an hour. At the end
he was roundly cheered. The ceremonies
took place in front of the administration
building.
Till FI AO A5D THE EEL L.
Comrciisloner Woo-lside proposed that all
go over to the Pennsylvania building and
lay the famous old Paul Jones flig on the
Liberty BeiL The suggestion was adopted
and the doors were closed, and the im
promptu services inaugurated with the sing
ing of " Philadelphia, My Beloved." by a
Pittsburgh chorus of four sisters and broth
ers. Oraj-haired little Mrs. Slarlord then
stepped forward, amid cheers, und wrapped
the old flag, with its twelvestars, around the
I-ibrrty Bell.
The choir struck up " The Star Spangled
Banner," aud all the spectators joined in the
thrilling chorus. Above, in the rotunda,
hung the large painting of Betsy Boss pre
senting the flag to Washington. Near by
stood one of the guards of the day, holding
in his hand the standard flog of America,
woven from the cocoons ol twenty-live
States and Used as escort for the old bell on
its trip of triumph to Chicago.
SALCTED WITH A Bt SPEED OCXS.
Independence Day was ushered in with a
salute of loogans. The reverberations of
the cannon had scarcely died away when
the procession of eop!e 1 3 Jaikson Park be
gan. A prelude to the rxercises of the day con
skied of a procesiion of the leading partici
pants from the City liail to the Administra
tion building. Heading the line was a car
riage occupied by Mrs. Perry Siaffjrd, of
Martha's Ymyard, and two friends, wto
heid and at intervels waved that priceless
reiic, the original il lg under which Paul
Jones saiie.1 with the authority of Congress.
Inside the ea e the procession was received
by the J-J,i "l' f xhibit-jrs drawn up in mili
tary order and each bearing an American
Hag.
VICE FUEiIDEXT STEVENSos's WEUTOXE.
Vice President Stevenson appeared, arm in
arm with Director General Davis, and was
given a royal we'.oome by the :JiO,M specta
tors. His address was frequently interrupt
ed by applause, which reached a climax dur
ing the singing of '' Columbia, the Gem of
the cea:i," which followed.
Mayor Carter Harrison was very dramat
ic. He waved a bunch of red and white
carnations from the grave of Thomas Jeff
erson, at his audience, and then, picking up
the maguiliceM sword worn by Andrew
Jackson, he waved it round his head, just as
the first rain drops began to fail, and ahout
ed above the roars of the audience:
' Men and women of America. Let every
American swear at this moment and by this
twurd that be stands ready to draw his
sword in the defets of this country."
Forward to the stand, like the roar of a
tidal wave, sweeping inland, came the voic
es of tens of tuoa.-ands of resolute mea and
the weaker voices of thousands of the gent
ler sex : ' Yes, yes. we swear, we swear."
It was during Mayor Harrison' address
that the boar of noon arrived and Mrs. Staf
ford, with shaking hands, pulled the old flag
to the top of a imall flag pjle at the same
moment that Mrs. Madge Wagner and Miss
Minnie F. Mickley pressed the button which
started the ringing of the new Columbian
bell, in the foundry at Troy, N. Y. At the
conclusion of the singing of " The Star
Spangled Banner," Hampton L. Carsan, of
Philadelphia, as introduced as the orator
of the day.
Just Escaped the Crave.
Ss A.vrosjo, Tex , July 8. Miss Ida
Ban n. est, a beautiful girl. 111 years of age,
who came here a few months sgo from
Nc-uwald, Saxony, is lying at her Lome
here apparently dead. It is a case of sus
eiidtd animation. She has been in that
Condition fjr three days. She has had five
such attacks. '
In one of them, about three years ago, she
was in a catalept'c condition for five das,
during which time her friends and relatives
were so fully per.maded that she was dead
that she was not only dressed in ber shroud,
but placed in her collin and would have been
buried but for the protestatious of Ler
mother.
A physician applied a red hot iron to her
foot. The girl winced perceptibly and s:gh.
ed. This scared the physician, as well as
theamily, and all but Ler mother hurried
away.
In a short time after the girl regained con
sciousness and was ravenously hungry.
SLe ate everything put before her until her
mother feared she would kill heVseif. Ever
since then, after each spell, when she re
gains consciousness, she eats heartily and is
as stout and healthy as possible for from
one to three months, when she is seized with
another sjh-11.
An Innocent Man Hanged.
In nJ, George Watkins, with a comely
young wife, r:o"ed from Kansas to a county
adjoining Fayetteville, Ark., and Settled on
the homestead of Andy Hedgepetb, a
wealthy planter. Watkins soon became
aware of unholy relations bet ween Hedgopetb
and Mrs. Watkins. Top two men went to
maiket in Hed'epeth's wagon. Hedgepeth
returned alone.
The absence of Watkins awakened sus
picion and He.lgpjlh and the woman were
arrested. The woman at the trial stated
that she and Hedgepeth bad agreed to kill
her husband, but denied any knowledge of
the murder. The evidence was circumstan
tial, but in a string aud unbroken chain.
The case was carried to the Supreme Court,
reversed and at the second trial Hedgepeth
was again convicted and hanged.
It is now learned by Hedgepeth's counsel
that Watkins ia living in his old borue in
Kansa.", where be had been all the time
since hisdisapearance.
A Death-Trap of Flames.
Cuicaoo, July 10. The cold storage ware
bouse and iue skating rink, situated near tbe
Sixty-fourth stieet entrance to the Exposi
tion grounds, burned to the grounds in a
little over an hour thisaf'ernoon, sending to
death, as far as known, at least IS men and
injuring M others.
The full meat of Ihe death wrought may
never he known, aa the building collapsed
totally in so short a time af er the fire started
that many people entered the building, hop
ing to render aid before tbe peril under
which ihey were placing themselves was re
alized, were caught like rats in a trap and
met their doom.
Hall's Creat Damage.
Ream sc. Pa. July ".The farmers in
Berks county, across whose farms the bail
storm moved Wednesday evening, esti mats
that their oats crop was damaged to the ex
lent of 30 bushels to the acre, or about two
thirds of the yield expected. The o harv
ested wheat in all sections was at least half
destroyed! The cherry trees were stripped
bare of all their fruit Potato tips were cut
to the ground and In some apple orchards
the trees were bruised so Lard they will die.
CYCLONEIN IOWA.
FIFTY-THREE ARE DEAD.
Pomkmoy, Iowa, July 7. Fi5iy-threedi-ad,
seventy-five fatal'y injured and one hund
red and fifty with broken limbs, cuts and
bruises more or less severe.
Fobt Dorx.E, lows, July 7. The most
terrible cyclone in the history of Iowa swept
over this section last evening. Pomeroy, a
town of 'J"0 inhabitants, in Calhoun comi
ty, was practically wiped out. Between M
and lot) persons were killed and nearly -JoO
were irjurei, many of whom will die. The
utmost confusion followed the advent of
the ttarm, and it was several Lours before
the condition of affaire there was known.
As soon as the true stats of attain was
learned relief trains over the Illinois Cen
tral were sent out with a corps of physi
cians, tents and provisions. The town was
in total darkness and the streets were filled
with the wrecks of homes and business
houses. The scenes .were appalling, as men
with lanterns went about in tbe debris. In
some Instances entire families were wiped
out, the mangled remains being found in the
ruins of their homes. The cries of the in
jured were heartrending, and the general
confusion was increased by the wailing of
the survivors who were separated from
friends, or who had relatives in the wrecks.
The work of rescue was slow and the train
load of helpers made little headway.
The southern balf of the town was razed.
There is no place there to care for the injur
ed, and a church which was just outside the
track of the storm was turned into a hospi
tal. In here tbe surgeons worked by the aid
of lanterns and lamps. Those with broken
bones were stretched upon the long jews,
whiie others who needed surgical attention
on lts severe injuries were compelled to
stand or lie upon the floor tJ await their
turn.
The dead were laid out upon the ground
in a vacant lot at the edge of the devastated
district. Through the narrow a;sles left be
tween the dead bodies the survivors passed,
locking for lost ones. In the confusion it
was inipossibie to secure a list of the fatali
ties. AH telegraph communication was cut
off and trains could only be run to the edge
of tbe town.
The storm broke about 7 o'clock in the
evening. All day long the clouds were scur
rying across the sky, and an occasional
shower would he followed by a Lot burst of
sunshine. Just before dark great banks of
black clouds massed in the southwest and
another in the west. Just before 7 o'clock
the two threatening piles moved toward one
another and then joined. The clouds took
on a green lint, which was pierced with the
sun's rays for a moment. Then darkness
set in rapidly. The elements seemed to form
about the combined clouds, though scarcely
a bretze stirred the tree tops iu the streets of
Pumeroy.
Those who were watching the phenomena
say that a column of smoke like a cloud
dropped to the ground and gathered in
strength as it advanced toward the town.
They recognized it as a cyclone and gave
the alarm. Many sought shelter in cellars
and others mounted horses to flee from the
jath of the coming destruction. There was
a dash of bail, a blinding flash of lightning
and deafening .eals of thunder, w hile men
and women ran wildly about the streets,
shouting and gesticulatirg.
In the midst of this wild excitement the
cyclone swept down ujion the doomed town,
aud iu a moment completed iis work of de
struction and paused on to tiud other vic
tims. The wires being badly crippled, the
particulars are hard to get A dispatch re
ceived this morning slated that Zi deal per
sons aad 711 injured had been taken from the
ruins. It was alsj stated two cyclones
struck Tomeroy, one between 1 and 5 o'clock
in the afternoon and the second b.-tween 7
and 3 o'clock.
Riddling Tillman's Rum Law.
CmBLEsTos, S. C, July 8. The decision
of Judge Hudson, at Darlington, yesterday
that the so-called Dispensary act fathered by
Governor Tillman is unconstitutional is a
hard blow to the Tillmanites, while it has
given great encouragement to the old liquor
dealers. Judge Hudson is called one of the
ablest lawyers in the State, and while an
aoii-Tillman Democrat, is noted for Lis
unpartisan conduct on tiie bench.
The chief ground for declaring the law
unconstitutional is that by taking business
away from individuals the State has created
a monopoly for itself in the sale of liipior.
Incidentally Judge Hudson decided that
railroads are not prohibited from bringing
whisky into the State from outside Slates;
that when the sale of liquor is prohibited by
a State law, a citizen cannot sell it; but if
it is his property railroads can deliver it to
him.
Judge Hudson farther decided that a
dispensary could not be opened at Dar
lington, because the person named as dis
penser had been illegally appointed, not
having obtained a majority of freehold voters
of the town, as required by the law.
Il is probable that injunctions will be ap
plied for in the other counties where dis
pensaries are established, in which case the
State will be badly crippled, even in the
event that the Supreme C ourt does not sus
tain Judge Hudrin's decision, for it will tie
up this mammoth industry, with expenses
and interest on unpaid stock accumulating
daily.
To Be Burled Alive.
Toleio, (., July 7. Seymour, the famous
mind reader, has arrived in Toledo on bis
way to Chicago, where he will attempt a
test that, if successful, will give bim more
fame than ever. Seymour is going to Chica
go to be buried alive after the manner of the
F.ast Indians, w ho say Ihey can suspend an
imation for any period by controlling the
heart and mind.
"My coffin Las gone on ahead," said Mr.
Seymour. "It was made in Syracuse. It is
a Ctc-simileof the one in which General
Grant's remains are buried and il cost $ t,r)
It is made in three sections, one fitting the
other. I will be buried six feet deep in the
coiKn. Signals will be arranged so that if
things don't go right I can communicate
with the soldiers on the outside who will
guard the grave. Directly after I am buried
a crop of barley will be sowed over the grave.
I will remain buried until the germs sprout,
grow, ripen and are harvested. Then tbe
disinterment will take place. I will not
come back to earth until September 24th
I am positive that I can do it, and the
scientific men who are assisting me to
conduct the experiment are commencing to
think so too."
A Yorkshire Mine Horror.
Loxno.x, July 4. About noon to-day the
workers in Ingram's Colliery, in Thornhill,
Yorkshire, numbering ll" men and boys,
wereca ight by an explosion of gas which
was heard by (be men at the pit mouth.
They tried to communicate with the work
ing, but found that the interior bad been cut
off from tbe shaft.
The pit managerc organized an exploring
party and descended slowly through the
smoke. They were dri ven back repeatedly,
and eventually give up their purpose of pen
etrating to the working before tbe foul gas
could be cleared away.
Afier taking np tbe bodies found at tbe
bottom of the abaft tbe rescue party waittd
for several hours before making another de
scent. About the middle of the evening
they went down again. Tbe gas cleared otf
r.eir the shaft and they were able to exam
ine part of tbe working. The bodies of the
miners lay in heaps. Many were sent to the
surface.
His Lilass Eye Explodes.
roTTSTOws, Pa , July C For several years
William Brosius bas worn a glass eye. One
of his natural optics bad been destroyed
while be was employe- in tbe bridge works.
LaAt evening as be was walking along tbe
street the artificial eye exploded from no
apparent cause. The sharp edges of tbe
broken glass cut the socket about tbe eye,
causing a severe hemorrhage.
News Items.
Ex-Prident Ha.-ri-on is sojourning at
Cape i'ay.
Because be had no work, John Christian
Landed himself in frout ol his sweetheart's
door in Boston.
A $JtMAM fire visited le'rdls, Butler
county, Pa-, on the 41b. wnu an entire
block of buildings were consumed.
Joseph L. Curtis, ex-Sheriff of Brooke
county, W. Vs., has disappeared from Wel
lersburg. short in Lis accounts lO.lM).
Mm. F.llen Pollock, of New Y'ork, has se
cured a verdict of sgait.st her father-in-law
for aleiuating ber husband's affec
tions. EH Davis, an old soldier, died on Saturday
from lockjaw caused by the bite of a (at, at
West Chester. He suffered only a shoil
time.
Advices from China state that 10,"Xi per
sons bave trisbed in floods and under fall
ing bouses in Maniugfor, and at least 1
on the banks of the Walling Biver.
A Missouri law permitting the sale to tbe
highest bidder at public auction of tbe time
and labor of vagrants has been declared un
constitutional by the supreme court of that
state.
Tbe Kentucky Legislature, after being in
session 531 days, adjourned sine die on Mon
day. The cost to Ihe state was $oiJ,0 and
hereafter sessions will be limited by law to
50 days.
Miss Julia Force, of Atlanta, Ga.. who
murdered her two sisters, "so that she
would be hanged and disgrace ber brother,"
as she said. Las been found not guilty, fche
is insane and will be sent to an asylum.
While workmen were digging a cellar in
North Braddock the other day they found
two cannon balls, each weighingsix pounds.
They are relics of the defeat of General Brad
dock in 1773, an I will be placed in the Car
negie library at Braddock.
Moses Williams, colored, lives on a farm
about five miles east of Feyeltviile, Texas.
He ia 65 years old, but no one would take
bim to be more than about o. He was
married twice, and bad lorn to bim 1".
children. By the first wife he had 23 chil
dren three boys and twenty girls aud by
his second 22 children t boy and Jo gins.
He says he bas about to grand-children.
William R. Trone, a young silk weaver of
Allentown, Pa., did not take kindly to the
idea of marrying a girl whom he wasengag
ed lo wed in two weeks and so be threw him
self in the Lehigh Canal. His body wss
found floating in the water Saturday morn
ing. His parents had no knowledge of bis
whereabouts until the body was brought to
their home that afternoon.
A scia! from Boyalton, Ohio, srtys :
James KirtianJ, a meal dealer, 4 years old,
ou Monday saw his 3 ytar-old daughter
Barbara standing where she would be caught
by tbe falling ruins of an undermined buiid
ing. He sprang toward her, throwing Ler
Uon the ground, leaned over her and re
ceived the full force of the falling bricks
opon bis bead and back. The little girl
esaied without serious injury, but the fath
er was instantly killed..
Tuesday night; a gang of four thieve
forced an entrance into the general store of
H. H. Kiddie, at Lock port, Westmoreland
county, but before they had sm-ceeded in
getting any plunder Mr. Bid. lie, Who lives
in tbe same building, heard them and raised
an alarm, when the quartette beat a hasty
lelieat. In departing they opened fire upon
Mr. Riddle, who returned it, shooting oneof
them in the shoulder. They, however, all
escaped.
Alliceand Ella Fishell, sisters, of Latrobe,
who have been employed as domestics at
Mrs. Alexander's, No. 14 Aoderson street,
Allegheny, were arrested Friday by detect
ive Steele, of Pittsburgh, for stealing $s.
The money beroiiged to John Atnew. who
left it under'his pillow, where it was louud
by tbe girls and divided equally. They
were starting for Latrobe when arrested and
committed in default of bail for court. Tbe
girls ran away from very res;ectable parents
after attempting suicide.
Birds of Passag e.
Between this and tbe other side of the broad
Atlantic, in the shape of tourists, commer
cial travelers and mariners, agents "on the
road," steamboat captains, ship's surgeons
an.l ail sorts and conditions of travelers,
emigrant and new settlers appreciate and
testily to the preventive and remedial prop
erties of Hosteller's Stomach Flitters in sea
sickness, nausea, malarial and rheumatic
trouble, and ail disorders of the stomach,
liver aud bowels. Against the prejudicial
intluetices of climate, crudely cooked or un
accustomed diet and impure water, il is a
sovereign safeguard, and has been so regarded
ut me traveling pun.ic lor over a third ol a
century. No form of malarial fever, from
the calentura of the Pacific and the broken
Roue lever ol the Mississippi, to its milder
typs, can resist the curative action of this
benignant preserver and restorer of beiltti, a
veritable boon to persons in feeble health or
liable to incur disease.
Kansas Democrats Want Some of
the Pork.
iue mcst reruarsauie resolution ever
adopted by a political convention was that
agreed to by the Kice county Iemocrals in
Kansas, in dt lining the terms upon which
they would enter into a fusion with the IV.-
uiints. The latter were t)ld that they must
uiviue iue ouicers in line wuu tue lollowiug
rt dilution :
" UtfJrcl. That we demand of Populists
at the next election part of tbe hog which is
to be killed and that we mu-l have of the
aforesaid porker some part of the meat lo
cated back of the neck ; that we will not be
content with jowls any longr. but we must
Lave either shoulder or side bacon."
The State'a Forests.
Dr. J. T. Bothrock. of West Chester, bota
nist member cf the state forestry commis
sion, was in consultation with Gov. Patti
son, at Harrisbiirg, last week . Dr. Both
rocc bas completed all arrangements to
spend the summer among the forests of the
slate with a buckhjard ami a pair cf Texas
ponies. He propoms to pass carefully over
the wooded portions of the state during the
two years which elapse before Lis report
must be made and note the kind of wood.
Its probable value, its area and the area of
land not cleared but not of any value for
agricultural purposes.
The set creating the forestry commission
authorizes Ihe commission to examine into
and report on the desirability of the state
purchasing and owning'the forest land along
the watersheds of tbe slate's leading water
courses. It is claimed that this forest laud
is of much more value to the slate on ac
count of its effect upon rainfall and climate
than it is to its present owners and that
therefore it should be under the direct con
trol of the state.
How to Avoid Spring Fever.
Spring Fever, or that "tired" feeling, is
occasioned by an excess of heal in the hu
man body. Tbe diet necessary to maintain
animal beat during winter is no longer nec
essary during tbe warm mouths of spring
snd summer, and a change is not only ben
eficial but necessary. To avoid any unpleas
ant results, and to keep up vitality the sys
tem should be stimulated by the use of a lit
tle pure whiskey. Physicians throughout
tbe country unite in prescribing and recom
mending the whiskies bottled by Max
Klein, on account of their purity and gener
al excellence, and the known reliability of
his Silver Age, Doquesne and Bear Creek
recommend them to all. Send for catalogue
of all kinds of liquors, mailed free, to
Max Klein,
82 Federal 8L, Allegheny, P.
. mm-
Mt. Morlah Items.
Dr. Joseph Crist is still suffering from the
effects of the injuries Le sustained at tbe
Miller barn raising some time ago. It is to
be hoped the physician will succeed in heal
ing himself in good time.
Cherries are riiw and unusually plenty,
but they are of an inferior quality this sea
son. Apple trees bloomed very freely this
spring, but the young fruit has been drop
ping from the trees, snd unless the prema
ture dropping reaata tbe crop will be a very
light one.
David Buechley and wife, of Johnstown,
are here for the purpose of visiting their old
Lome ai.d birthplace. X.
SUMMER GOODS
Boibt at Greatly
Reduced Prices,
to arrive this week and will be
Sold at Prices
Way Down.
OUR SILK anl tires rools de
partment is loaded with nice new
summer goods in all the new
shades.
IX UIXGIIAMj?, dallies, pereals.
satiucs light and dark prints, we
will have an endless variety to of
fer at iriees way down.
ALL the latest styles ia white rroods,
embroideried llouncings, hain
lur edirintrs-, laces, ribbons,
handkerchiefs, stocking;-', Ac,
just in.
A new line of shirtinjrs, cretones,
tickings, bleached and unbleach
ed muslins.
IX carpets, rnrrs, portiers, lace cur
tains, and oil clothes, we will of
fer sjecial inducements to buyer
Having purchased a larjre line of
new goods at greatly reduced pri
ces, we want to gie our customers
the benefit of buying new good;
cheap during the summer months.
Parker &
Parker.
BUGGIES, WAGONS aM CARTS.
Just .Arrived
A car load of
the finest Buggies ever brought
to Somerset.
THE WORLD BEATER
-13 THE
DIAMOND SPRING,
has no equal for the money for
hard driving and easy riding.
IUVE OX HANI)
The Anderson Coil
prin
g Eutrcrv
" Pexter Queen
" Fairy " "
u Brewster Side Laru
" Thomas Coil "
u Xational Side u
I ALSO HANDLE
The Owensboro Farm Wagon,
At Trice Away Down.
S,t u)nl hnii'l- 'l limj'j'u und Wmj'mt lulm
ill jWniife.
Call at
E. L. Simpson's
NEW WARE ROOMS,
Patriot St.., - Somerset, I'a.
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE,
OETTYSBURG. PA.
FOUNDED Itt 1832.
tji ree Fan1tT. Two full roure of stndc
Ciassiml and Stientihe. rttfc:iil course- Ui all
detriments. vbserrafor. La iMirat. tries and
Ut w orTnnasium. Six large buii'tinir. stiuu
heat- j.ihrants g',t volume-. Exjx-nse low.
l Iirtnient of llv.-iene and Physical Culoire in
eharireot ex;ertenced physician. Acreibie by
fre.-.ieel Kaiiroail triiis. " Ux-Al-on on li.e lint
tlci'Cld of oeltyibuix. mot ieasant and healthy.
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT,
In aeparate huiMiiiKa. fot boy anil yuii? men
re.rin for hiisinenj. or College. iinlr sinK-ial
care of tLe Princij! and three asMKants. revti
Ing with ?tnool in the l.uo.i.ii. Fall term
otei S.-(rt. Ttn. 1 ror Cantlogu1. adilreiw
H. IV. M.-KNI.,nr. n I.. I.U !.. I'resuleut, or
Kev. . ii. KUNUKK. A. M. Princii.al.
ijettysburs. Pa.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of William Stull, deceased.
Having bendulr appointed Auditor by the
Orpbaiu' Court of Homer-el county. I'a.. iu the
above estate, to make a distribution of the tuud
in the banil of the Administrator to and among
ttvwe legally entitled thereto. I wiil attenil to the
dutie of Kid appointment ThiirUy, Aug. .1. at
luo'riock . M , aiiHYortice ia Someinei, Pa.,
when aud. h here all pf-nti cu ao-nd.
Htl) W. 1I1LSE' KFR.
Auditor.
EXE
Cl'TORS' NOTICE.
iu&ute of George Rink, decease, late of Jenaer
toMQMlip.
letter teamen Ury oo tne almTe ete hT
inn Uen ?p-ntei lotxitr uii-!. tie. hj ike prop
er tnthorur, nntii is tiertt' riven tH perMus
liidfliUMi tn ttti Ute lo make iiiiturdiiitv j.mt
men. ibxe iiavmij flam i.in.-t tl: tame
will ivrrnt Kit- ra duly auiUents teJ f.r I tie
roe n I on ThurM.ay. Auu( 17th. I., ml tbe of
fice of Jaiues M. Cover, in Jt-nuer X Rla.
J A M V. S -M. roVKK,
JACOB J. BOWMAN'.
fcxecutora.
DMIXISTRATOR-S NOTICE.
lure-estate of George Mock, deceased, lute of
hhade towi)np soiarret cstulitv.
LetlertM.f administration bavins hein issued
to the under igned ny the proper authority no
tice 1 berehv Klven to all partiea iudehied to
aidesiate to make Immediate payment of th?
name ami all parties havin rlaloi arainst Mid
e-tate. to present them duly autbenti- nurd to me
on or :rl"ore the l"th day of Aurut, i-.ci, at t.te
reideuc uf the deeeaUl lor torment and hel
lemeul StMl'KL CAULK,
Administrator of George Mock.
hui KncKi Vl li.if tlii.
CuukS fc rep. Tmna boi Cl
ini fi.i ryw arorw.yfL
a-1
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$150,000
nri
m
ENTIRE
WHOLESALE STOCK
To Be Cleared Out.
We have decided to entirely do
away with our immense wholesale
department. Commencing July
1st, we will sell our entire whole
sale stock over the retail counters
at le.-s than wholesale prices
$I'jO;0DO worth will be sold at pric
es that will attract crowds cf cus
tomers from far and near. Why
not you ? Here is a list of the de
partments :
Wraps and Jackets.
Woolen Dress Goods.
Wash Dress Ccods.
Silks and Velvets.
Millinery.
Shoes.
Hosiery and Underwear.
Gloves.
Notions.
Trimmings.
Carpets.
Curtains.
Linens.
Domestics, etc.
This is no buncome. but a genuine
bonafide Clearance Sale of our en
tire wholesale stock. It's a dry
good- chance unparalleled and un
precedented. The entire contents
of sis floors $l.jfl.U," worth of
goods to be sold ovi.-r our retail
counters
prices.
at practically your own
Don't miss this Sale.
If you can't come, Write I
Campbell & D:ck
81, 83, 85, S7 and 89 Fifth Ave.
PITTSBURG.
MRS. A. E. UHL.
Jly Spring Stotk is complete ia
every line, qualities of (Joodd are
the best, styles newest and pretti
est and priees lowe-t.
The prudent buyer will find it
greatly to his or her advantage to
examine my stoek before purehas
ing. PBESS GOODS
A complete lino of Dress Goods
of all the newest qualities,
styles, shades and kiu'Js. at
very low prices.
SILKS-L
A large assortment plain. black,
colored, plaid, figured and
changable silks, l'riee rang
ing from SDe to $l.o0
WORSTED GOODS
A complete line of Cashmeres.
Henriettas. Serges. Whipcords.
Diagonals in many styhs and
colors. Trices from 12 1- to
$1.2.3.
WASH GOODS
A complete assortment of
Dress Ging!ians. cv. D SO,;.
Linon D Inde, U 1-2 to loe.
Many new styles of Pre.--Goods
from D to 2m (bit
ing Flannels from 7 to 12 1-2.
PRESS TRIMMINGS
An immense line of Dre-s
Trimmings, including Velvets.
Silks, Laces, Gimps, in all
shades, also beautiful hide--,
cent styles.
HAMBURG?
The largest and finest assort
ment of Hamburg Edgings and
Flouneiitgs ever scon in Som
erset. Prices low.
LACES
A great stoek of laces of the
kinds that are now most fash
ionable, in Silk, Linen an 1
Cotton, in Black, Cream and
White.
CURTAIN'S
Curtains in Nottingham, Irish
Point and Tamboured. "0rts
to $12.00 per pair, poles 20c.
CURTAIN SCRIMS
Curtain Scrims, 5 to 1" cts.
SASH CURTAINS
A large assortment of styles.
STOCKIXG.S
The largest stock ever shown
iu Somerset, in fast black and
colors. Priees and colors
guaranteed.
GLOVE.V-
A full assortment of kid. silk,
and cotton gloves and mitts.
WRAPS, CAPES, REEFERS, etc
My stock of Ladies' and Miss
es' capes, reefers and blazers
is very large, containing all
the newest and most styli.-h
makes. Prices ran go from
$1.50 to $15.00.
MILLINERY GOODS
My Millinery Goods have been
selected with great care and is
the largest and finest assort
ment at the lowest prices.
ONE IN A HUNDRED
Not one of a hundred pndty
and useful articles that I have
in stoek can be mentioned for
want of f-paee ia this paper.
Come and see that the half has
not been told about the hand
some goods and I?w prices.
Mij$. jl E. Uhl
riTDinnii
SALE
ULrinfin M
J as. S. Holderbauni
1
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I a 'Mr I.. 1 1 'ff
il x.s-e - (
i - . j ' : l --
iU:s Ho-.:i
durable iii.k.c ta lb-- (:
not be broken by he
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HAVE IX STOCK
End Spring, Brewsto: Side Bar Spring
Dexter Queen Spring, Dupei
Coil Spring Buggies,
AT 1TJCKS TO SUIT ALL HUYhHS.
Our line .f Hair,
where com!'
rs. Whips. Lap Rubes, etc
tilio.'i can't reach fur saitu
JAMES B. HQLDERBAUPil
IP. A, SCHELL,
DEALER IN
STOVES, RANGES, HEATERS
and Kitchen Furnishin ITS.
MANUFACTURER OF
TIN. SHEET-IRON AND COPPER YARE,
SUGAR PANS. SAP BUCKETS. SCOOPS
AND SYRUP CANS
both round and square at !owe-t possible priees.
Tin aad Steel RooSntr, Tin and Galvanized Iron Spouting for ll ju-c,
and Barns, -ut up in best manner.
Estimates furnished for heating buiMing by .-team, hot water and h t
air withoi.: charge
P. A. SCHELL
MAIN CROSS ST. - SOMERSET, PA
'-rOUR CLOTHING IS
Bit 1-U.-J1
in
Style,
in
Workmanship,
llight
in
Price.
MINTIMIER
122 Clinton St.,
in
nt.
More Records Broken !
Quirk's Great Furniture Emporium Has Done It !
e3, exorbitant
priees for
is. first chi.-s
hair-
ture
Ma:
have
:re?s(s.
been
nocked ia the head at
s.
MiA lw
As evidence of the fact call at No.
Pa
opposite the Cmnpany More, where t.ie greatest bargains can be nail
on terms to suit purchaser.
Six Mammoth Departments
Its Kind in
Ivm. A f
1 rv -
I "opt. i
."ve t . I
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I-ihcVGMis. (
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Clot!. Huts. ;
I :.r;i:.-!iln-' mLs. )
i
iVr.t. II (Iroccl-l-I.
; t." K-Fee.I. F--jr
Country pn utice
F.-yt!.::,r,-ro t..;. f,
M ire. J ire anil n"
SL.-s tli it FIT and W1-1AR-tl.el..w-t:
It; aili'Llsiiitr t r
ever t --r--. i H.r -1
any -i..l;.
Cl .H.lnuf.r it'l t.iank
1
t 1 oft very
Mien in
VVli.lil-
rvT-iLIMOTH BETA 1 3d STORE,
JOHN THOMAS & SONS,
240-248 Mam St., JOHNSTOWN, Pa.
Cinderella Stoves
Their
Cleanli-
ness
Lessens
Labor.
it 7 r- ' r--v- tl
T Twill pay you to examine the QUEEN CINDERELLA RANG Ft e
for you buy. It has all the latest improvements, and is sold jruar-3
teed to lie a good baker. It has the direct draft danger, by which yea
enn have a fire in one-half the time required with the ordinary Rang'
This is a valuable feature when you want atjuhk lire for early breakfast.
TThas aa extra large high oven, thoroughly ventilated. The volume
of inflowing al out.'lowing air can be regulated at will ; this insure
a perfect baker, and no burning on the top. It has tiie Triplex shaki:
grate, which is the perfection cf convenience and cleanliness. It is es
pecially durable, having three separate sides, or the advantage of three
grates in one, and not easily warped by the action of the fire.
Manufacture"! I t LeHAVES JL CO-. Lijiiiu J, I v.'.-Mirsli. sso..! aca u'larantctst hj
JAMES C. HOLDERBAmr, Somerset,- Pa
Kri.-singer k Kurtz, Perlin, Ta., and P. J. Coor .t Son, Moyersdale. Ta
IlF.MFMBFR "Things -lone well and with a euro, exempt tht-insekes from fr
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is complete ond at
;;tv.
Call an.
& OGELVIE,
J HNSTOWN, PA.
Rel - tea - K Pureai'--. De.-ks, Tails
Parlor Sets, and ail kinds of Fur-
wj U..4a MvWv.
1H Washington Street, John-to'-vn
Each the Largest Store
Johnstown.
ii 1 in a tlr-t cla-s Frv (L-m!
r ii-n. '.; tli.m t".. r lie.'re '
Ury the it-st. Friers
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and
Ranges.
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