The Somerset Herald.
EDWARD SCULL, EJitor and Proprietor.
WEDXESDAY-
.March 7, 1394.
Comi'aki vs are odious, bat jast think
of the difference between the present
Democratic times and those ve had un
der the Harrison Administration.
After three weeks of a deadlock in
the Honse, ?i!ver-dn!lar Bland succeeded
in "rounding up" his Democratic herd
and passing his "tiat money" bilL
Pevnsvlvasia has now ten Democrat
ic Congressmen. If they had been be
fore the people for re-election two weeks
since there wouldn't have been enough
of them left for seed.
The President is bagging ducks down
in the Dismal swamp. When he returns
to the city he will devote Lis attention
to bagging cuckoos. The tariff bill will
tLen be before the Senate.
At the late election the Democrats
carried only four Congressional districts
in this State, and of these in the 4th
(McAleer's) district they had only 201
majority, and in the 19th ( Beltzhoover'e)
their majority was 370.
A s exchange aaya jfr. Cleveland "at
tributes all the party's troubles to the
disgruntled and insubordinate Demo
crats." Of course. It is the old story of
the eleven obstinate jurors who stood out
against the other fellow who knew he
was right
Cokiiett, who knocked the stuffing out
of Mitchell down in Florida, pounded
him to a jelly and wiped upthe floor
with him, has just been acquitted by the
court at Jacksonville on the ground that
it was not a prize fight, only a boxing
match, and therefore no law was violat
ed. The conviction of the ballot-box staf
fers and repeat ra in ew York goes
merrily on. McKane, the boss, and half
a score of Lis compatriots, Lave been
railroaded through the courts into the
penitentiary, and at least a score more
have been indicted and are awaiting
trial.
Di riv; President Harrison's Adminis
tration the public debt was reduced two
hundred and fifty-nine million, seventy
three thousand, two-hundred and forty
dollars. During the past month of Feb
ruary the public debt was increased forty
million, sixty-fnr thousand, two-h und-r-d
and fifteen dollars.
C-'VTCakv to custom, on motion of Mr.
Ho'man. Mr. Grow was sworn in as a
tueuitK-r cf the House before the certio
rate of his election had been received by
the clerk. There was no disputing that
one hundred and eighty-eight thousand,
two hundred and ninety-four majority,
the report of which had preceded Liru.
"Sam" Josephs, if Philadelphia, the
poet-laureate of the Democracy, who
sang so sweetly of "Grover, trover, and
then we'll be in clover," has failed of his
expected reward. Apparently (irover
hath no music in Lis soul, and the Mar
ehalship for which the poet sang and
longed has gone to another. " Sam" is
now humming :
'Tas ever tfcu from t!ii!dhoul' hour,
I've seen my foodttt lmpes decay, &c., kc."
The public is promised, within a fw
days, a sight of the Wilson bill as
amended by the Senate committee. T.u
mor insists that some vital changes in it
have been made. Among others, that
coal, iron and leal ores, and sugar Lave
been taken from the free and placed up
on the dutiable list. There has been a
vast deal of kicking on the part of Dem
ocratic Senators, and it will be interest
ing as well as instructive to watch tbe
President bring the cuckoos into camp.
Pkior to starting on a trip aronnd the
world, Andrew Carnegie promised to du
plicate every dollar raised for the em
ployment of the poor in Pittsburg during
the months of January and February.
The sum raised exceeds $l",C-00 and Mr.
Carnegie will have to draw on his bank
ers for that amount. The j int subscrip
tions of the citizens and of Mr. Carnegie
is keeping over four thousand men, most
of whom have families, employed, and
obviating a vast amount of misery and
suffering.
On Friday last, March 2d, Hon. Galo
sh A. Grow took the oath of ollice and
a.-urued his place in the House as Con-trressman-at
-large from Pennsylvania. It
is more than thirty years since Mr.
Grow served as Speaker of the House,
a.nd the only one of his then colleagues
now in that body Mr. Holman, of Indi
ana escorted him to the Speaker's desk
to take the oath. Congratulations were
showered uj-on hire from both sides of
the chamber. His stalwart presence,
liacked by his one-hundred and eighty
eight thousand, two hundred and ninety
fonr majority, will be a constant remind
er to the House of Pennsylvania's views
regarding Protection to home industries.
WiiE.v Galosh A. Grow asumed the
chair as Speaker of the House in the
Thirty-seventh Congress, at the called
session on July 4th, ISol, the war fever
was at its height and treason was ram
pant in and about the capitol. Those
were perilous times, and the mettle of
the aua and his loyalty to country may
be gnaged by thr follow ing brief extract
from the speech he delivered on taking
the chair:
" As the guardians of the rights and
Iltterties of the people, it becomes your
paramount duty to niake it honored at
home as it is abroad. The Government
that cannot command the loyalty of its
own citizens deserves the contempt of
the world, lie who would tear down
thu grandest temple of cuDfctitutiocal
litierty, thus blasting forever the hop
tf. the growth of humanity, because it
freemen, in the mode prescribed by the
Constitution, select a Chief Magistrate
notaoceptible to him, is a parricide to
iiis raue, and should be regarded as an
nemy to mankind, ice I Dion once
t-u) ed is a shattered vase that no
huimn rower can reconstruct in its
original symmetry. 'Coarse stones when
they are broken may be cemented again
precious ones never.' "
Tuc passage by the Houe of the
Eland bill" providing for the eoitage
cf the oalled eeignorage or profit of
the silver botiion now in the Treasury,
m nothing leas than a crime against the
currency of the conctry, and is another
viieoce of the inability of the Demo
cratic i.rty to manage the finances of
the Government.
A few months since the repeal of the
taw providing for the purchase of silver
bullion wps affected by the efforts of the
Republican party, and on the govern
ment ceasing to be a forced purchaser of
silver the price of that commodity fell to
boot one-half of its market price two
years ago, and thus the millions of buU-
n piled op in the Treasury are worth
many millions less than the price paid
for them. There is therefore no arignor
sge or profit on this bull ion, end yet the
Bland bill provides' for the coinage of
what does not really ex ist, or as
Abra-
Lara IL Hewit happily styled it,"
the
law
tifi-
coinaee of a vacnum." The present
providing for the issue of silver cer
cates, of which there is now y.w
,OJO
i ere
in Hrrnlation. also provides that
tth
shall be maintained in the Treasury
dol-
Ut for dollar of silver for every
' certifi-
rat' cut in circulation, meaning of
course
. dollar's worth of silver to make
good
the paper dollar, but to-day if liquidat
ion
was forced, or became fcecessary,
there
w-nnld be in fact not much over fifty
rcex.ta
in silver wherewith to redeem each
dol-
lar.and ret this bill provides for the
is-
Rnins? of 1VV000.000 more silver cer
:"lfi-iti-
cates. to be made eood by the supposi
tious profit on the bmhon m tne
Treas-
ory, on which, instead of a profit, tc
cre
is an actual loss of more than torty
per
cent. In addition to the coinage of
the
rnvthical seienorasre, the bill also
pro-
vides for the coinage of all the buil
ion
in the Treasury.
The pretext for this dishonest
: scheme,
which is in reality a revival of the
pro-
posed tbsurd "fiat money craze, of
some
yesrs since, is that the increased circu
;'a-
tion would assist business and
stiffen
prices, when in the face of this it is
an
undisputed fact that there are mil
tions
of idle money in the banks and sav
ing
institutions awaiting investment.
The
and
bill is dishonest and dishonorable
must bring discredit and calamity
upon
the country if it becomes a law. W
hat
the Senate will do with it can only
be
to
conjectured, but we are not prepared
believe that after his action on the rer.
repeal
of the so-called Sherman Act the Tie
dent will give itlii approval.
ONE YEAR AFTER.
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. Saturday.
At the going down of the sun to-day
the party in power will have completed
twelve months of control of the legisla
tive and administrative departments of
the Federal Government, the first in
thirty-three years. And what a period
of attempted reactionary revolution,
doubt and disaster it has been ! Within
this time the lots to the country Las been
fully equal to one year's expenditure dur
ing the great struggle for the preserva
tion of the Union. It is doubtful, indeed,
if one thousand million dollars would
begin to cover the financial loss sustain
ed, which has extended to every depart
ment and to all classes. The rich and
the very poor, those with much and
those with little, have been made to feel
the effect of the withering blight that
has come npon the country, paralyzing
industry, unsettling values, causing in
some lines of investment nnprecedentcd
shrinkage, and in others ruin.
One year ago the wheels of industry
were turning everywhere. Labor was
employed at comfortable wages. There
was a well defined fear as to 'he imme
diate future, yet there was great hopeful
ness. In view of the past career of Mr.
Cleveland, and especially of his many
and seemingly honest and earnest decla
rations of loyalty to American institu
tions, ideas and interests, it could not be
believed that serious harm would be
permitted to come to the people through
a radical change in economic policy. In
the inaugural address of last March
there was nothing to indicate such a
destructive warfare as has since been
waged upon American manufactures and
American workmen. The President in
sisted that his party should as early as
possible enter upon the work he claimed
it had been commissioned to do; but he
tried to assure the people that this might
be carried out without violence to estab
libhed industries, without a general up
rooting of the economic system, with out
irreparable loss to em plover and employ
ed, to capitalists and laborer, to landlord
and tenant, to merchant and tradesman,
to farmer, miner and lumberman.
This was Democratic tariff reform in
theory. The vision of it in practice, as
thrown across the national screen when
the Wilwn bill made its appearance,
chilled to the marrow. It came npon
the country with fearful effect, and not
withstanding the overwhelming jrotest
that has gone up from every industrial
section of the Union, these perverse tar
iff revisers Lave refused to listen. They
ignore alike the warning and the inevi
table consequences to themselves in the
immediate future of their own incom
prehensible political folly. If the Wil
son bill bad been modified in the House
in accordance with the demands of the
Demociatic protectionists, and this course
had been indorsed by the majority in
the Senate, the bill might have been a
law by this time, rnd everything in
shape for a renewal of industrial activi
ty. The country has repeatedly declared
in favor of a conservative tariff action,
and w hile it never prospered as it did
during ISi'l and lSt)2, under the present
tariff law, it would be quite willing to
see the reasonable demands of the sensi
ble critics of this statute complied with.
This is what was expected when the
Democratic party was placed in power.
Instead of carrying out such a policy,
however, those in responsible position,
inspired, directed, sustained, and con
trolled by Mr. Cleveland and those pear
to him, have pursued a radically differ
ent course, one the country was not pre
pared for and never will be prepared for;
one that has brought untold financial
loss and personal suffering ; one even the
threat of which demoralized industry,
and of necessity threw out of employ
ment, on the threshold of wintpr, hund
teds of thousands of honest and worthy
people, an immense cumb.r of whom
Lave since been compelle I to accept
charitable assistance in order to live at
all.
Still the President is s'.iffueckeJ as
ever. The Senate, through the commit
tee having charge of the bill, has been
struggling for a month with the problems
before it ; but there is no sign from the
White House such as statesmanship im
peratively calls for under such circum
stances. Grover Cleveland, wrapped in
the mantle of his coliossal conceit, has no
use fr wUe counsellors. lie has nothing
Ut contempt for the pitiful cry that
come up from a multitude of darkened
and suffering homes. He cares nothing
for the imperious demands of the enraged
political leaders of his own party, who
with one accord have been pointing out
the breakers aud the rocks just ahead.
His Land ison the helm.and he means to
keep it there. His course has been xed ,
and be will not change it, no matter what
happens to himself or Lis followers, the
National Treasury, or the country.
The situation is exactly the reverse of
si.it it was in the winter of 1 SOI, when
the weakness, cowardice, and vacillation
of the National Executive permitted the
country to drift into the throes of the civil
war. High courage, a clear head, and a
firm hand at that crisis would have work
ed wonders. At this tito a strong man in
the Kiecutive chair, reckless of his obli
gations to the people, intoxicated with
the love of self-pride, perversely drives
ahead, d aggisg his party with him to ra
in, imperilling the credit of the Govern
ment, daily adding to the enormous losses
which have been needlessly suffered, and
intensifying the discomfort and the sor
rows of a class of people who largely form
the 'bone and sinew cf the nation.
In such a criai it behooves the litt '
handful of men in the Senate who have
the power to prevent the infliction of the
contemplated blow to American industry
to exercise it to the utmost. They snould
hold op the Wilson bill despite the
cajolery, the th reats and the intrigues of
the Administration, and the free trade
cabal that is growing bo desperate
through fearol final aeieat. And every
Republican Senator should brace himself
for the battle of his life. Any represen
tative of the treat party of the Union,
protection, and prosperity who proves
false to his trust at such a time will de
serve the everlasting condemnation of
every patriotic American citizen.
LOW PRICE Of" WHEAT.
Dollar Wheat Under Cleveland Ha
Not Yet Materialized.
The present extremely Jow price of wheat,
lets than CO cents a bushel the lowest since
ls45, except in 1S51 is suggestive of the fol
lowing interesting table, showing the lowest
and highest prices for each year aince
and up to and including la'Ji
The following is the table :
I Lowe 1 Highwt
I price per bu price per bo
Tkb.
6S
1
87
97
5
tin
t 01)
1 S7
1 67
i a
1 10
1 00
1 VI
1 i2
1
1 10
1 JO
2 40
1 s
1 M)
2 l"
1 5
1 20
1 14
1 J
1 ao
1 .V)
1 IS
1 -M
I 17
1 :&
l iw
1 t
i u;
1 M
1 10
l ii
1 :1
2 '
1 40
1 10
1 IS
1 04
1 15
1 CS
2 IS
2 70
1 65
1
1 33
1 S
I 4
1 St
1 0
1 5
3 20
2 67.
3 ti
3 ;
3 l.S
2
1
2 uO
2 IS
2 25
1 Mb
1 fid
1 60
2 M
1 :
1 6S
1 x,
1 b3
1 Mi
1 i7
1 10
1 01
US
v7:;
1 17
!
1 W,
1 2--'.
1 V,
.
17 .
lH .
N .
K'o .
lN'l .
In.2 .
1V..J .
W-4 .
lso .
lS. .
lv7 .
1V.S .
l .
1-J .
.
l-3 .
.
.
iv .
W.7 .
lv.-. .
l'wA .
1-TO .
in .
Kl .
l -o; ;
177 .
l1 .
0.1 .
!-o .
ll .
IKS-' .
1-M .
1"-", .
, ,
17
1
--V ,
1-HC .
Is-'-'
i
I
7(".
It will bt seen that the highest price was
reached after the civil war, in IjO", when
the price went to 3 55 per bushel ; and that
the lowest, tiS cents, was reached both in
and IS-jI, and never gjt so low after
1S51, until December of last year.
May wheat declined this week ia Chicago,
to ,-tx, and closed at 3si ; closing in New
York at and in liailiniore at 001 ceuts
per bushel. The grain men are anticipating
a still further break in the market, and pre
dict that wheat will go to M cents. This
will not be a pleasant thing for the firmer to
contemplate. He ai promised dollar
wheat under Cleveland, and ever since
Cleveland was inaugurated wheat has been
steadily going down.
A New Pension Ruling.
Assistant-Secretary Reynolds yesterday
decided a ca.-e which will render pensiona
ble a nieritous class of claimants under the
Act of June 27, 18'JO. who were excluded
undr the previous decisions of the Depart
ment. The case is that of Mary E , widow of
Samuel II. Walker, whose husband had
served a term of ninety days and been
honorably discharged. Walker again en
tered the service, and was commissioned
and, while serving his second ferm of ser
vice, was killed, but not in the line of duty.
Mr. Reynolds decides that though the
words '' honorably discharge.!" be interpre
ted in their broadeit sense, and held to
mean au honorable discbarge from each and
every term of service, yet death in the sec
ond term of service should be considered as
equivalent to an honorable discharge, un
less occurring under circumstances which
would have warranted a dishonorable one.
Gladstone Has Resigned.
Loxdos, March 4. At the close yesterday
of the meeting of the privy council to ar
range the prorogation of Parliament, Pre
mier Gladstone, at a private audience with
the tueen, formally tendered his resigna
tion. It will probably be publicly announc
ed to-morrow. Mr. Gladstone will retain
his seat in the House of Commons and his
party will continue to have his counsel and
services. He will shortly issue an address to
his constituents.
The operation for the removal of the cata
ract iu Mr. Gladstone's eye. which will
shortly be made, is not accompanied with
danger, and his physiciaus say his sight will
be thoroughly restored after several week's
convalescence in a darkened room.
Sir Henry Ponsonby, the Queen's private
secretary, visited Lord Rosebery in London
yesterday afternoon and told him of the
Queen's wish that he accept the Premier
ship. Lord Rjsebery was unwilling to give
an immediate decision. He conferred at
length with his colleagues in the Cabinet
and delayed his acceptance until evening.
Tried to Tunnel to Freedom.
CoLt-Msia, O., March 4. The accidental
discovery of a half-finished tunnel in the
State Prison to-day prevented the early es
cape of a half dozen convicts. The projector
and chief spirit in the conspiracy to escape
was George Dawley, under sentence for for
gery. He is a fine civil engineer, and was
once the City Engineer of Ctillicolhe, O.
The gang cut a bole in the r?xr of Pat
ton's foundry, dug a subterannean room be
neath and from the bottom of this projected
their sli aft, -i inches squire, to the east
wall, 30 feet away. They encountered water
and Daw ley, knowing the distance had fig
ured the angle of the shaft necessary to
strike the surface just outside the wall.
This incline brought the water back into
the operating room, where it was taken out
in ci-ts, as was also the earth, car-ied up to
the secon d story and thrown into an unused
stack. It is known that Dawley had two
confederates, and two others are suspected.
The men bad extra suits of clothing, a lamp,
dikes, buckets and shovels to work with,
and a false door to the subterrannean room
concealel it from any one who should lift
up the door in the floor. After a fellow
convict told the warden where the mouth
of the tunnel w, he could scarcely find It.
It is pronounced the most ingenious attempt
to escape evtr made at this prison.
Robbers Fooled by an Engineer.
8t. Joseph, Mo., March 3. Beyond the
red light and torpedoes used as signals to
stop Rock Island passenger train. No. 3, in
a deep cut three miles east of this city last
night, the engineer, James D. McKinney,
saw men with guns. So be pulled tbe throt
tle wide open, and be and bis fireman drop
ped to tbe bottom of the cab as a volley of
bullets whizzed past them. He heard one
of the robbei s yell as his train ran past:
' Stop that enpine, McKinney, you
or we will kill you," at tbe same time empt
ying the contents of two revolvers in the
cab. When the train drew up at Stock
bridge it was discovered that loO bullets had
been shot through the windows of the cab
and cars, but cot a passenger was -hurt.
Tbey bad all crawled under the seats when
the firing began.
Wore Crape for an Elopement.
Ojiaha, March 4. Ada Parker, a society
leader and daughter pfH. K. Parker, and
John Lawrence, a young merchant, eloped
to Chicago last evening after being married
here.
The young woman's parents bitterly op
posed tbe match and the young couple
thought it advisable to leave the city until
the wrath of tbe father bad subsided. When
Dr. Parker discovered the elopement be
purchased an enormous piece of crape with
which he adorned his hat. Tbe young
woman U IS years and the bridegroom 22
years oli.
Another Brutal Aaaault.
STEncpsacaa, Ta., March 5. This county
is again the scene of what will prove anoth
er murder. Jackson Vallersbamp, who
lives in Middle Smitbfield, near Milford,
nine miles from Stroudsburg, is the victim.
Just before noon, as be was alone in the
house, he wss pounced upon by two men
who demanded bis money. A struggle en
sued and Val'ershamp succeeded in knock
ing the men down, and tben ran to tbe closet
and got his gun. The men were on their
feet in an instant and grappled with Valler
shanip, and in the struggle succeeding in get
ting the weapon from him. In the effort to
get possession of the gun Yallersbamp re
ceived in his breast the contents of a full
charge of shot, blowing a bole through bis
body, taking away part of the left lung and
coming out of the bare. The thieves then
robbed him of his pocketbook, containing
(23, washed their hands in a creek that runs
near the house, and escaped. The men bad
their faces and handa blacked, but in the
struggle the shirt of one of the robbers was
torn off and some of the black was rubbed
off the men's hand's and face, showing that
tbey where white. There is no clue. The
robbers ransacked the house, overlooking
(100 stored in a trunk. The neighbor
hood is up in arms and a systematic search
is being made. Two Jew peddlers ware ar
rested on suspicion by Policeman Welter of
theStroudsburg police force, but as they
gave a clear account of their movements
during the day, they were released. County
Detective Sbafer bas tbe matter in charge
and will make a thorough search for the
thieves. Vallershamp is still living, but
there is little hope of bis recovery.
Preacher's Deadly Duel.
Koscirsxo, Miss., March 3. Ia the midst
of a large throng gathered in the Atta'ie
County Court House at noon to day, a des
perate duel to tbe death with revolvers was
engaged in between Rev. W. P. Ratliffe, a
member of the Mississippi Legislature and
one of the Populist leaders of tbe State, and
Hon. S. A. Jackson, also a member of the
Legislature and a prominent Democratic
politician. Jackson was killed instantly, as
was also Samuel Russell, a by-stander, and
William Saunders, another innocent spec
tator, was carried away with but little hope
of surviving the wound he received. Rat
liffe came off unscathed, and was soon incar
cerated behind tbe bars of tbe county jail.
Ratliffe is a Populist representative in tbe
Legislature from Attalie County. Mr. Jack
son was a Democratic representative from
the same county. Ratliffe is the editor of
the Kosciusko Yindical'.
The men. long rivals in local politics, re
newed their old feud with added fierceness
recently, and out of a publication in Rat
lifle's paper, over bis own signature, grew
the tragedy of to-day.
Plot Against Carnegie.
PiTTsiiiiw), Pa., March 4. Tbe secret how
the Carnegie Steel Company came to be
docked $l0,0"O by the Navy Department
for supplying inferior iron plate is out. Four
emplcyes at Homestead entered into a con
spiracy to pass off the lower grade as premi
um plate. They kept a careful record of
every plate. Tben they retained an attorney
to bring the matter to the attention of Sec
retary Herbert. AtliJavits were made and
placed in possession of the Secretary. He
sent for Chairman Henry C. Frick and Vice
Chairman J. G. A. Lesham. At sight of tbe
affidavits of their own employes the two
managers threw np their hands. It was
agreed that President Cleveland and Mr.
Carnegie should effect a settlement and the
sum was fixed at (1 W,4t 92.
Subsequently the Navy Department paid
tbe informants 25 per cent, of this, or (i,
0. The men did not make an eq'ial divis
ion, one receiving only $-iu0. He has told
the story. Of course, all were dismissed by
tbe Carnegie Company. Tbe lawyer got
$10,M) of the $.a,0u0.
He Is Vaccinated 47 Times.
Williajcspobt, Pa., March 4. A lad of
this town ia now suffering from being vacci
nated 47 times, and his case is regarded as
about as serious as smallpox would be. His
came is Werts, and his home is on Mulberry
street. Recently tbe school board ordered
all tbe acho 1 children vaccinated, and
Werts' little sister was one of the victims.
The virus iu her arm caused an itching sen
sation, and on the sly she used her hair
brush to alleviate it. At the same time she
accommodated her brother, loaning him her
brush, which be used in lieu of a regular
tlesh brush to rub his back. Tbe virus on
the brush was effectually introduced into
the lad's system, and his parents, becoming
frightened, sent for a doctor. He came,
shook his head doubtfully and sent for
Health Officer Richter and two other physi
cians. It looked like smallpox, but the lit
tle sister divulged her secret and the whole
matter was explained. There are on young
Werts' back 47 separate places where the
vaccination is getting in its work.
Route of the Common Weal Army.
Massilloj, O., March 4. The "Common
Weal" army of J. S. Coxen, which will
march from here to Washington to person
ally lay the grievance) of the psople before
Congress, will leave here Sunday March 25.
The army is scheduled to reach Pittsburgh
April 4 and Washington May 1. Between
Massillon and Pittsburgh recruits will be
gathered at Canton, Louisville, Alliance,
Salem, Columbiana, Eist Palestine, New
Galilee, O. ; Beaver Falls, Sewiokley and
Allegheny, Pa. Between Pittsburgh and
Cumberland, Md , stops will be made at
Whitehall, Finley ville Befitleyville, Browns
ville, L'niontown, Laurel Summit, Somer
field. Pa.; Grautsvil'te, Frostbarg, iii. Tbe
army will camp under a circii tent.
Tracked By a Lost Tooth.
Altoo.va, Pa , March 4. It is dangerous
for burglars wbo have lost a tool h to leave
an impress of their molars upon a piece of
cheese, as James Terry could testify. On
Saturday morning burglars stole (200 worth
of goods from Lawrence Kimmel's store.
After they bad lecured all tbe goods they
could carry', one of tbem cut off a slice of
cheese and took a bite from it. He threw
the rest aside, and the piece of cheese was
found the next morning. It showed that
the man wbo bit in it was minus a front
tooth. On this clue James Terry, a negro,
was captured to-day. One of bis front teeth
is missing. The stolen goods have all been
recovered.
1
Killed In a Horrible Manner.
New Eitmvii i, N. J., March 1. Last
night two negroes, Henry Biker and Wil
liam Thompson, entered tbe residence of
Moore Baker, at Franklin Park, for tbe pur
pose cf robbery. Upon being discovered bj
Mrs. Baker, who was up with a sick ch:M,
the robbers killed both her and the child.
Mr. Baker tben shot one of tbe negroes
dead and fatally cut the other. Mr. B iker
was reiorted to have a large sum of money
in the bouse.
Mrs. Baker, bearing footsteps on the stairs,
opened the door and sw Thompsjn. who
carried an ax. He rushed at bar, with an
oath, and buried the blade in ber skull,
scattering the woman's brains over the
walis of the room. Thompsua then ran to
tbe bed and struck tbe baby with the ax
killing it instantly. H then aimed a blow
at Biktr, but missed hi in. Biker cioje-i
with the fiend, aud after a desperate strag
gle, during which he was badly cut, secured
the ax and buried it in tbe murderer's brain.
Tbe other burglar, Henry Baker, tried to
escape, but Baker having secured a shot
gun, fired both barrels and killed him.
Loch re n After Long's Pension.
WasHixsTos, D. C, March 1. Commiss
ioner Locbren to day sent Judge Long, of
the Michigan Supreme Court, a second for
mal notification that unlesr within thirty
days be establishes by additional evidence
his right to h's present pension rating, his
pension will be reduced to f0 a
month. This is in accord ince with Judge
Cox's decision yesterday.
A Fiend Throws a Bomb.
Tbe city of Lancaster, Fa, was thrown into
a terrible state of exeitement shortly before
midnight Thursday by tbe explosion of a
dynamite bomb ic the heart of the city,
wrecking, a prominent residence and imper
iling many lives. About haif past II o'clock
Luther nassler, connected with tbe Revenue
Office, was on his way home on North Lime
street, and when approaching the corner of
Grant street he saw a man standing at the
gaslighL Suddenly the light was extin
guished and in a moment Kassler saw tbe
man cross the street to tbe residence of Dr.
J. E. Baker, a prominent physician. The
man lighted a match and tben walked down
Grant street. In a moment there was a
deafening roar, which rocked the houses of
the vicinity and almost Knocked Hassler off
his fee.
Investigation showed that the unknown
miscreant bad placed a dynamite bomb on
tbe porch of the Baker residence and set it
off.
The Baker house was terribly shattered by
tbe explosion, and tbe family, wbo were in
bed. bad a narrow escape from fatal injuries,
the force of the explosion being suificient to
burl tbem from their beds.
Tbe front of the residence was badly
damaged, the porch being shattered and all
the windows of tbe bouse broken. In tbe
parlor, which opened on the porch, the
havoc was terrible, almost everything being
ruined.
The neighborhood, which ia a fine resi
dence section. Attorney General Hensel liv
ing close by, was aroused by the explosion.
The belief at first was that it was an earth
quake. A piece of the bomb, however, was
found a square away, having struck the
house of Dr. Frank Muhlenberg, on Orange
street.
It was made of gas pipe, and was similar
in construction to the bombs found here
within the past few weeks.
Mr. Hassler, who was the only person
who saw the bomb-thrower, was struck by a
piece of the missile, which inflicted a wound
in his leg.
This is the third attempt at bomb-throwing
within four weeks, all taking place in
tbe heart of the city. Just a week ago tbe
Pennsylvania lUhroad bridge, at Cherry
street, was badly damaged by a similar ex
plosion, and several weeks previous a big
bomb was placed against a warehouse ad
joining tbe police station, but it failed to go
off. Tbe damage to tbe Baker residence will
be heavy.
Stopping the Pensions.
Washinotos, D C, Mrrh 3 Secretary
of the Interior Suiiih to-day sent to the
House an answer from the Commissioner cf
Pensions as to why tbe provisions of the act
of Congress appproved December 21, lS'.KJ,
had not been complied with, respecting
certain cases referred to; why payments of
pensions in such caes have been withheld
since the passage of tbe act, and why notice
required by the act bad not been given.
Commissioner Locbren quotes Judge
Cox's decision to the effect that a pension
is not a vested right, and says that whether
tbe act of Dc-cember 21, W3, had the effect
of requiring him to remove the suspensions
pending at the passa-e of tbe act and order
the payment of the pensions so withheld to
be resumed, presented a very serious ques
tion.
To remove tbe suspension would cause the
payment of a large sum probably half
milliou dollars to persons having no right
to it, and wbo were fraudulently on the
rolls.
The result was so serious that, although
his own construction of the law was that it
required him to remove suspensions in all
these fraudulent cases, be bad submitted
the matter to the Attorney General, who
bis answered the following question in the
affirmative :
Where, prior to the passage of the act of
December 21, '83, referred to, the Com
missioner npon reliable lnlurtnation that a
pension was obtained by fraud or forgery
bad ordered the suspension of the payment
of tbe pension, and was proceeding in the
investigation of the case but without having
given such notice as contempIaUd in tbe
proviso of the said act, must he on the pas
sage of the act, revoke such prior order of
suspension, and allow payment of such
pension to be resumed until be shall have
given such notice after tbe lapse of time, not
less than 30 days, named in such notice?"
An Unseen Enemy.
Is more to be dreaded than an op-en and
visible one. That subtile and lurking foe,
which under the generic name of malaria
manifests itself, when it dutches us in its
tenacious grasp, in the various forms of
chilis and fever, bilious remittent, dumb
ague or ague cake, can only be effectually
guarded against by fortifying the system
against its insidious attacks with llostet
ter's Stomach Bitters, a thorough antidote
to the poison of miasma in the system; and
a safeguard against it thoronghly to be relied
npon. In tbe event of a malarious attack
avoid poisoning your system with quinine,
and use instead this wholesome remedy,
unobjectionable in taste and far more effica
cious than any drug. Use the Bitters for
dyspepsia, biliousness, constipation, kidney
complaints and rhumatism. ,
Corbett Is not Guilty.
Jacksosville, Fla., March 1. This af-
terr.oou the jury in the case against James
J. Corbett, charged with violating the laws
of Florids by engaging in a prize fight, after
being ont 16 minutes, returned the following
verdict :
We, the jury, find the defendant not
guilty."
A broad smile spread over Corbett's fai
as be heard it, and tbe sports wbo crowded
the court room would have cheered had
they not been informed by Jade Phillips
that he would send any person to jail for
contempt who d tred to express approval or
disapproval of the verdict.
Mitchell was present when the verdict
was announced and he leaned over and
grasped Corbett's hand and whispered con
gratulations. To Reorganize the Democracy.
Philadelphia, March 1. The breach in
tbe Democratic party in Pennsylvania has
been greatly widened since tbe State gave
nearly 190.000 majority for Grow last week,
and now William M. Singerly is making an
open fight against National Chairman Harri
ty and bis organization. Mr. Harrity bas re-
fused to accept the terms of peat proposed
by Mr. Singerly before the election, so tbe
latter has started In to unhorse Mr. Hirrity
in the city and State, and to reorganize the
party by leaving tbe chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee out in the cold.
He counts on the aid of nearly the entire
Democratic congressional delegation from
Pennsylvania.
Something for Nothing.
To get something for nothing is contrary
to the laws of nature and mankind ; if you
want a Range, that is a good baker and per
fect roaster, try tbe Cinderella ; it is sold at
a fair prici, and will give you good service.
It lightens labor and lessens care. Sold by
Jas. B. Holderbaum.
HEWIT WILL RETIRE.
Hollidatsbirq, Pa., March 5. B. L.
Hewlt, of this city, ex 8peaker of tbe
Pennsylvania House of Represeu fives and
conspicuous in State Republican politics
for 20 years past, bas announced that he is
ho longer a candidate for the Assembly.
He is lying ill at the Bingham House,
Philadelphia, with slight prospect of
recovery.
Mr. Hewit was the father of the pore
food bill that was vetoed bv Gov. Pattiann
in the late Legislature, and it had been his
ambition to return to tbe Legislature to
champion anew his favorite measure.
Congressman Bourke Cock ran will go to
San Antonio, Tex., this week, where he will
meet Tammany's chieftain, Richard Croker.
It is said peace has been declared between
the men.
JACOBS 022Zj
CURES FF.GHPTLY SWSLLSiMGO,
SOOTHES, SUSDUES,
News Items.
Dr. Talmage has withdrawn his res-'gna-tion
as pastor of Brooklyn TaSemacle.
The anti-Bowman conference of Central
Pennsylvania Evangelists, in ikssion in
York county, report 2t' churches under its
jurisdiction.
At Newton, Kan., Merchant E. L. Snyder
and his wife died Saturday night of some
mysterious poisou in their coffee. Their
children will probably also die.
'After eorting bis dead Newfeundland ,
encased in a.Cue casket, from Chicago to
Detroit, B. F. Austin was refused leave to
bury the animal in the city.
The executors of Congressman William
Lil'y'i estate, at Mam b Chunk, have paid
$50.00 collateral inheritance tax to the
Stale, be having bad no direct heirs.
As Special Commissioner of the Hawaiian
Provisional Government, F. W. Alexander
said, in Omaha, Saturday, on bis return trip
from Washington : " The Provisional Gov
ernment bas won tbe liht. It will give the
Queen a pension and retire her, providing
she behaves herself. Annexation has been
abandoned for the present."
In the Ohio House, yesterday, Mr. Pax
ton introduced a bill aimed at the school
book trust. It authorizes the School Book
Commission to employ competent men to
compile a series of text books and to fur
nish them free to pupiis of the public
schools. The State bas a contract with cer
tain publishers for five years, which expires
iu two years.
Judge Hazen, of Lawrence county, refused
Patrick Boyle, of Harlansburg, a liquor li
cense last spring, and one day this week
stopped at the hotel to get bis dinner and
get bis horse led. When tbe hotel people
learned the identity of their guest, they not
only refused to give him anything to eat,
but ordered him off the premises,
Zacbariab T. White was arraigned for
sentence in Nebraska City, Neb., yesterday
for hanging Secretary-of Agriculture Morton
in effigy. Tbe Judge said that hanging a
man in etligy is tbe worst insult that could
beoffered. He imposed a fine of $ and
costs. A motion for a new trial was over
ruled. White's attorneys will appval to the
Supreme Court.
About 2i) Swarthmore College, Fb iladel
pbia, students hazed J. W. Hutchinson, Jr.
a young New York City lawyer, who visited
the college Sunday night to call upon a girl
student. Half of his mustache was shaved
off and he was dragged through tbe mud by
the legs. He had warrants out for the arrest
of five students yesterday, but withdrew tbe
charges' President DeGarmo.of the college,
aked the students to apologize to Hutchin
son, but they said th-y would goto jiil first.
Hutchinson w as formerly a student there.
Ex-Speaker Grow has been assigned an
other seat and now aits next to George
Washington Murray, of South Carolina, the
only colored Congressman in the House
Ardent, a Free Soilder and Republican, as
Mr. Grow had been when he left the House
iu lNl, it doubtless never entered his mind
that in 30 years from that time a representa
tive of the people be and bis associates were
striving to free would be sitting as a member
and that he himself would sit beside him.
Mrs. George W. ChilJs yesterday sold tbe
famous country place, Wooton, near Phila.
delphia, so long owned by the late publisher.
George W. Childs Drexel is the purchaser.
and tbe price, altouga not stated, is known
to be far beyond tl'.D.'A",', perhaps two and
a half times that. Scoies of distinguishek
people from all parts of the world were
entertained there, and it was Mr. Childs' fad
to have every noted guest plant a tree.
Consequently the vast grounds covering
hundreds of acres are in some parts a forest.
On Thursday, March 1, a new law relative
to tbe state board of medical examiners,
went into effect. Section 14 of tbe act pro
vides that from and after the first day of
March, in'Ji, no person shall enter upon tbe
practice of medicine or surgery in the state
unless be or she has complied with tbe pro
visions of the act and shall exhibit to tbe
prothonotary in the county in which be or
she desires to practice medicine or surgery
a license duly granted by the state board.
After exhibiting the license and upon the
payment of one dollar the applicant shall
be registered.
A legal attempt to oust the Catholic nuns
wbo have been elected as teachers in the
Thirty-fourth-Ward Public Schools, of Pitts
burgh, will be made by tbe American Me
chanics. State-Councillor Kerr, the bead
of tbe Order iu this State, says he bas re
tained counsel to consider tbe matter. If
the attorneys advise it, Kerr will ask the
courts to declare their election void and
enjoin tbe School Board from paying sal
aries to the nuns out of the city funds.
He says the presence of the nuns iu the
habits of their Order is sectarian interfer
ence, and in itself can be construed as
teaching the Catholic religion, even if the
Sisters never mention tbe faith.
Twelve years ago James Erisinger, who
now resides near Prospect, Butler County
was driving along the Centerville road in a
buckboard, swung underneath which was a
nitro glycerine torpedo, which was being
taken to an oil well. Tbe wheel of the
vtbicle struck a stone, which flew np and
struck tbe loaded torpedo. Strange to tay,
Erisinger wa not killed, but one leg was
blown off just below the knee. He was
taken home and soon recovered. At the
time of the explcsion a vain search was
made for tbe missing leg. A day or two
ago two boys were bunting ground bogs, in
tbe vicinity of the place where tbe explosion
occurred, when they found the leg lodged in
an oak tree. It was dried and hardened, but
tbe flesh was still on the bones. They took
tbe gruesome relic home, and Saturday it
was presented to its owner, wbo gave it an
appropriate burial.
ELECTION LAW BREAKERS
New York. March 5 In Justice Barrett's
court this morning John Harding, an in
spector in tbe Twenty-eighth election dis
trict of tbe Fourth Assembly district, plead
ed guilty to neglect of duty aud was fined
.
Joseph Humphries, indicted for making a
false canvass as inspector in tbe Twenty. sec
ond election district of the Second Assembly
district, did not respond and Justice Barrett
declared his bond of $2,o00 forfeited.
F. J. Gallagher, inspector of the Eigh
teenth election district of the Second As
sembly district, who was Indicted for neg
lect cf duty, pleaded guilty. He is 73 years
of age aud very feeble. Justice Barrett sus
pended sentence in bis case. Sentence was
also snspended in tbe case of James P, Hy
land, another inspector in the same district.
Hyland bad also pleaded guilty. -
John S. Gegan pleaded guilty to unlawful
electioneering and was fined $200.
W. H. Rooney and Charlei II. McKenna
inspectors in ibe Fifty -first election district,'
were Mtot to prison for one year and 10
months each for making a false canvass.
They were also fined JoO each.
Thomas McMahon, whose bail was for
feited Friday, was produced to-day in court.
He pieadtd guilty to fraudulent electioneer
ing and was sentenced to one year ia the
peuitentiary.
KILLED IN A WELL
IsptASA, Pa, March 5 John Egley, who
was digging a weil on his lot, was being
drawn np by bis helper this evening. When
at the top be reached over to put some tools
on the platform whea tbe bucket ia wbi-h
be sat overturned and be fell to tbe bottom.
about 25 feet down. He lived but a few
minutes after being taken out. He leaves a
wife and several children.
EAC.S-AC.42,
ARMED WITH DYNAMITE.
Ch vaiEsros. W.Va.. March 5. It devel
oped to day that the stnsing miners had
taken 27 large dynamite cartridges to Acme
to blow np the work and destroy the store
tbe other night. At their meeting yester
day, last night and Saturday, the arrange
ment was made to arrest Mine Owner Wy
ant, bring him to Montgomery ari turn
him over to a mob of strikers. Tben it was
that the cartridges were to be thrown among
the troops who came with the sheriffs posse.
Gov. MacCorkle bas one of the bombs in bis
possession.
Tbe plan was b kill Wyant and then go
down the river to all tbe works, burning,
killing and destroying. The plan was frus
trated by Wyant's being taken to Fayette-
vilie, thus saving bis iit'e and the lives of
tbe soldiers. It is understood that the
whole plot was disclosed by a striker to-day
who could not bear the weight of it on bis
mind.
It is known now how Adkins was killed,
wbo fired the shot and everything. A man
whose name is not known now and of whom
no mention has been yet made, lies buried
oa the ridge above the tipple shot to death
by tbe sheriff's posse.
Tremcndoui excitement is raging among
the strikers to know who "peached" on
them and an attempt will be made to-night
to catch him. If found bis life will not
be worth a penny.
BURIED ALIVE FIVE HOURS.
GatiRSBcau, Pa., March 5. Buried under
a heavy fall of coal for five hours was the ex
perience of George and Henry McKenzie to
day. The young men and their father work
tV, lk'enrnuil mine, near here. The father
worked for an hour to rescue bis sons, but bis
strength failed him and he crawled to tbe en
try and summoned help. Both young men
were in almost a dying condition, but the
physicians say they will live.
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INFLUENZA,
Or La flripne, thonph occasionally epi
demic, it always more or b-ss prevalent.
The best rmed v fr this complaint
is Ayert Cherry Pectoral.
Lat Sprine. I was taken down with
La Grippe. At tims I was completely prs
. toted, and so difficult was Diy breathing
that my breast seemed as if ronfiiw-il in an
Iron eaee. I procured a botrla of Ayer'a
Cherry Pectoral, anil no sooner had I beian
taklne it than relief followed. I could not be
lieve that theeflfct wonld be so rapid and the
cure so complete. It is truly a wonderful med
icine." W. II. Williams. Crook City, S. 1.
AVER'S
Cherry Pectoral
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MAIN CROSS STREET.
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SUGAR MAKERS SUPPLIES,
WE CARRY A LARGE STOCK OF - - - -
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RAINjORSHINE
THE FURNITURE STORE OF C. H.COFFROTH IS OPENED
PROMPTLY EVERY MORNING,
AND HE GIVES : . '.
BARGAINS EVERY DAY.
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The Store is Accessible to all Highways, Byways a:
: : : : Sidewalks. : : : :
Styles are bright and merry as you
yoa thought we had.
-A HINT HERE AND THERE-r
is all we have space to give you.
C. H.
Main Crow Street,
Great Inducements.
Goods reduced
Dry Goods, Carpets,
Ladies' Coats, &c.
save money and get something good.
-JAMES
CLINTON STREET,
SPRING of 1S93.
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251 and 253, Main Street, JOHNSTOWN, FA.
Six Mammoth Departments Each the Largest Store d
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i-hoes.
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Furnishing Goods. J a peculty. Goo. I suit for $1.00. Hat. ia aJ
i. ic u t uiaaen.
Dept. E Groeeries (f luidity and All new and fresh.
iepi. r tetii. teed of every description
JfcarCovmtry produce taken in exchange for good.
STORE.
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Holderbaum,
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Oil Cloths, Lace Curtain?.
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