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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-03-10

Hon. WILLIAM A. WALLACE pre-.
sented has resignation as State Sen
Ator on "Wednesday last, the Sd inst.
and took his seat as L. S. Senator al
Washington on the following day
This is what our Democratic friends
facetiously term, rotation in Office
out Of one good Office into q better
pun
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-03-10
A Huge Mistake at a Georgia Hotel

AUGUSTA, GA, March 4.-There
was quite a sensation here TODAY,
caused by what was supposed to De
a practical enforcement Of the Civil
Rights bill. William Il. Hatch. Of
Providence, Rhode Island, on route
to Jacksonville, Florida. arrived at
the Plantes' Hotel and secured a
room for himself and another whom
he registered as Moses Daily. Both
appeared in the dining-room together,
and took seats at the table. Com
siderable surprise and some feeling
prevailed, as Daily appeared TO be a
colOred man. The news soon spread
over the city, and there was quite a
cOmmotion for awhile. On iuves,i-
CATION it turned out that Daily is a
full-blooded Pequot Indian employed
as a nurse by Hatch, who Is az in-
valid on his way to Florida.
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Fatal Accident on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad.

CUMBERLAND, Mp, March p
Mrs. Wm. Harvey, wife of one of
the judges Of the Orphans Court Of
Garrett county, was killed this morn
ing at Deer Park, while walking on
the railroad track. The engineer
blew the whistle but the old lady be-
came confGsed, was struck by the en-
CINE and instantly killed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-03-10

a bankrupt treasury, and a govern
ment betrayed into the hands Of
traitors, and now returning to partial
power, it proposes to ask the people
to trust it again, on the assumed
ground that the party that saved the
Union, destroyed secession, abolished
slavery, and lifted the Republic to the
front rank Of nations, is no longer
worthy Of confidence or possessed Of
The attributes Of common honesty.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-03-10

The passage of the Civil Rights
Till is stirring up the blatant fools Of
the South. Several tavern keepers
ia Maryland and other Southern
States have published notices that
their honses have been closed for fear
ii niger" might seek entertainment
tbereat. There are ten chances TO
Oae that these sensitive landlords
were sucked by negro nurses, played
with negroes as boys, and have held
close communion with them all their
lives, aud now forsooth, they arc
eternally disgraced If a negro enters
their hostelry.
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Reported strike atIrwin Niaes.

1t was stated yesterday that the
Penn Gas and Coal Company, at
Irwin Station, bad given notice Of a
reduction in wages from seventy to
City cents per ton, and that a similar
notice had been given at the West
morelsnd Coal Compsny's mines.
Tbe men ut once determined to
strike, and it is said that they are
unanimous in their opposition. There
are about one thousand men EN-.
ployed in the several mines at that
place.
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ACCORDING TO the Albany Journal.
q New York gentleman lately spent g
Sunday in Richmond, Va, and be.
log a cburch-going man, attended d.
vine service. The clergyman under
whose m%inistrations be sat startled
his ears and reused bis indignation
BY including in one Of his prayers
this significant petition: God bless
our whole country-from he Poto-
mac Il. HE Gtlf.7
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rur Rennhlican State

THE Republican State Centre.
Committee met at Harrisburg %
Thursday last (4th,1 and agreed to
hold the rext State Convention ID
Lancaster on the Goth Of May next
The Democratic State Committee
met at Harrisburg at the same time
and fixed tue Convention Of that par
~ at Erie, and the time, September
Och
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The BIack Hills Expedition.

Sioux CRY, Iowa, March .
john Gordon, who led the Black
Hills expedition from here ia October
last, returned yesterday. The par.
ty remaining in the bills numbers
tweHty-six, and are well satisfied
with their prospects. They are
strongly fortified, and are anxiouslv
awaiting achievements. Gordon re-
turns about the middle of April, and
Is confident that be can make the
TRIP IN twenty days with q mule team.
lie brings letters to friends of the
party remaining in the hills and ine
specimens of gold.
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The Democrats Of New York take
as naturally to rebels and traitors as
Young ducks do 10 water. Not con-
tent with having the late private sec
rotary OF JEFF Davis made secretary
to the Mayor Of that city, that same
iunctionary has just appointed as
Commissioner of Public v orks Fitz
Jshn Porter, who was casbiered from
the Union army, a branded and dis
graced man, for characterization that
led to a rebel victory, and a defeat Of
the Unien army.
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THE statement that New Mexi'

THE statement that New Mexico
and Colorado were both admitted as
States Of this Union was premature
At the close Of the session the bill
for the admission Of Colorado was
finally passed, while that for the adj
r,,ssion Of New Mexico was rejected.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-03-10

Two OF the new Democratic L. s
Senators who took their seats at ID,
extra session commenced on Friday
last, are thus described by the specia
correspondent ofthe Baltimore liner
icaR:
Bruce, the colored Senator from Missis-
sippi. and the only representative OF hi:
race in the Senate, is a large, muscular
uaRn of good face and figure. His com
plexiOn is far from black, being OF q
svarthy saffron hue. He has a good head,
well glued on a broad pair of shoulders.
Ills presence is manly and unassuming.
lie looks as il he had something in him
which viii crop out before he returns To
she shades Of private life. Wallace, SEN
ator SCOTS successor, is evidently a canny
Scot, not remarkably pleasing in his looks,
but impresses one that he Is made up of
that tenacious element Of frmness f0s
which his countrymen are noted"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-03-10

The new revenue law increasing
the tax on whiskey and tobacco went
into operation at midnight of the Sd
inst. The Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue has decided that spirits
that were in the cistern room or
warehouse prior to midnight OF the
I'd inst. are subject only to the for
mer dsty Of seventy cents per gal
on, bat that all that was run after
midsigbt Of that day must pay the
increased duty of ninety cents.
Cigars, properly packed aud stamp
ed on the morning of the Sd, will be
unaffected by the change, but all CT
gsrs ia the hands of the manufac.
tarer on that morning that were not
already packed and stamped must
pay the increased duty of six dollars.
Manufacturers holding stamps at that
time can have item exchanged, but
cRnnet legally use the old ones.
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Somerset County. Pa, 70 me directed. there viii
be exposed TO public sale. on the premises. in Jen-
n~erville borough, on
Saturday. Mqrch 20, 1875,
at O'Clock D. m. the following real estate. late
the property of jeremiah II. Shafer, deceased,
via.
mol The home place, containing q acres.
more OF less, adjoining lands Of Henry W. AIau-
rer, John Brooks and the GreeBsbgrg and Sfovs
town turnpike, having thereon erected a two story
house, store house, barn and other outbuildiaes.
No. ?. A piece Of land containing 4 acre. more
OF less, aeloialng No. i the Lutheran parsonage
property and the GTeensbHrg and S.oystowa turn
pike.
TERMS.|One half Of the purchase money 20
remain a lien ON the premises. the interest 10 BE-
paid annually TO Harriet Shatfer, widow. during
heF lie, AMI at heF death the principal sum 10 o.
PAL 10 the heirs and legal repres natives Of Jer-
emiah II. Smaller: One-third Of balance on confr-
nation OF sale and remainder in two equal anna
al payments, to be secured by Judgment: twenty
per cent. Of hand money 20 be paid as soon as uro--
cFty il Knocked down.
HARRIET SHAFFER.
frI-4 Tr~aHam
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c.S 70 con per day. Agents wanted. All
Pc ~ D%O classes Of working people Of both
sexes, young and old, make more money az work
for US, in their own localities, during their spare
offer employment that will pay handsomely fer
every hours work. Full particulars, terms, sc,
sent free. Send Us your address at once. Don't
delay. Now IS the time. Don't look for wofs or
business elsewhcre until you have learned what
We oee-. G.. STfNsoN < Co, Portland, lie.
iau1y
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Notice Is hereby given that John Rfail.cr. Of
Berlin Borough, S0meryct County, Ra., aud Cata-
arine, his wife, by deed Of voluntary assignment.
have assigned ali the estate. real and personal. Of
the said John Brailier. TO George johnson and
Peter Suder, Of said county, in trust for the bene-
mt OF the creditors OF the said John Brallier. all
persons. therefore. indebted to the said John Bral-
lier, viii present their claims to the undersigned
1870, at the house Of John Brallier. IN Berlin BOr-
Ough. GEORGE JOHNSON,
PETER SUDER.
febl0. Trustees.
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HARRISBURG, PA, March 5, 1919
SENATE.

SENAfE
Mr.. Wood offered q concurrent
resolution for a joint committee to
investigate the differences between
capital and labor and report at the
next session.
Mr.. Strang said it would amount
to nothing; a concurrent resolution
was not a law, and unless the inyes-
tigation vas ordered by law, it
would be useless. He wanted to
oblige members who asked for this
committee, but would not vote for
anything short Of a bill on the sub
ject comforting legal powers on the
committee.
At Mr.. Strang's suggestion the
resolution was changed to a joint
resolution, referred, reported back,
printed and passed first reading.
The following passed finally:
An act to repeal an act entitled "a
supplement to an act relating to
county treasurers," approved April
lS, A. d.. 1874.
The following passed second read
ing:
A supplement to an act, approved
the LIST day of May, A. ID. 1873, en-
titled IAN act to amend and consoli-
date the several acts relating to
game and game fish, further re-
stricting the time for the taking of
woodcock and speckled trout.
An act in relation to taxes on
trades, professions and occupations,
substituting a poll tax in lieu thereof.
a further supplement TO the act
entitled, "a further supplement to
the act regulating elections in this
Commonwealth" approved January
80, a. D.. 1874.
An act to prevent fraud and fraud
ulent practices upon or by hotel
keepers, inn keepers and boarding.
house keepers.
An act fixing a common basis from
which to calculate the earnings of
miners or persons working in coal
mines.
The Senate adjourned ill Tuesday
night.
BOUSE.
The morning session was occapied
with the discussion of the bill for es-
adjustment Of new counties in this
Commonwealth. The bill was yari-
ously amended and passed second
reading.
The following passed second read
ing:
An act 10 provide for the settle
ment Of the claim of Emanuel Peter.
An act to provide for the expenses
required by an act entitled An act
to provide for the continuance of the
maintenance OF the destitute children
of permanently disabled soldiers and
sailors of the State approved April
3, A. d. 1879.
An act to provide for the support
Of the Northern Home for FriendIess
Children.
An act making an appropriation
for the salaries of the officers and for
the repairs Of the Western Peniten-
tiary, aid for books and stationary
for prisoners
An act making appropriations for
the support of the Pennsylvania In
stitution for the Deaf and Dumb, and
FOR enlarging the buildings to accom-
modate IN additional number Of
pupils.
An act TO provide for an appropri-
alton to the State Hospital for the
Insane at Warren.
The House adirurned till Monday
afternoon, at twu p'ricck.
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There are too many men out of work
in New York to enable labor to sue
cessfulIy dispute with capital. If
the Y. M. G A. could only induce
the corporations to pay their men
decentIy, they would do a greater
work than the distribution of coffee.
DEGENERATION.
The great scandal still drags its
slow length along. The Tilton peo-
pie rested the case with the testi-
mony of Mrs. MouIton, and now
Beecher has his innings. Mrs. Moui-
ton was "a surprise to everybody.
Her testimony was clear and explicit
against Beecher, and besides, she is
more difficult TO impeach than any
of the other witnesses. Beecher
himself has put upon record his idea
OF her in more ways than one, and
his statements Of her absolute truths
fitness must count terribly against
him now. Eyarts tried all sorts Of
expedieats to find a flaw in her state
mont, but without avail. She was
by all odds the most dangerous wit
ness to Beecher that has yet been
called.
The defense OF Beecher will be, Of
course, what was foreshadowed in
his statements last summer, viz: hat
the procedure has been first to last a
conspiracy arranged to extort money
from him and to ruin him. He can
take no other line without classifying
his previous statements. He may
succeed in establishing this, but tits
difficult at this writing to see how.
Of course no one knows what wit
nesses he has, or to what they may
testify, but it seems impossible that
he should successfully break down
Tilton, Moulton, the woman Carey,
Richards, the brother of Mrs. TiltUn,
and Mrs. Moulton. But We shall
see, or rather hear what we shall
hear. Let US hope hat justice will
be done, and that the right mes will
feel the scourge.
BUSINESS
still lags. The importers and jobbers
are doing comparatively nothing,
and the agents for home manuiactu-
rersH are in the same condition; yet
the feeling is more hopeful than it
has been. The merchants insist hat
the stocks are nearly exhausted, hat
the people nave money and that
they must have goods very soon.
They all look for a revival of business
in the spring, and for a thoroughly
prosperous season. May their hopes
be realized.
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HOUSE.


Mr.. Zern moved to take up the
bill to repeal the Local Option law
The motion was opposed by
Messrs. Wolfe and Stewart, but car
ried--yeas LOG, nays 81.
Mr.. Christy spoke ia opposition to
the bill.
Mr.. Wolfe attempted to speak, bat
was cut off by the previous question.
The bill then passed-yeas 1874,
NAYS "a.
The House passed the following
bills:
To fix the compensation of arbi-
traitors.
Authorizing common pleas judges
to hold orphans courts in certain
cases.
The House passed nine bills and
held three sessions to day. An even
ing session was held to consider the
bill repeating the tax on bituminOus
coal on first reading.
Mr.. Foster raised the point that
the bill was unconstitutional.
Messrs. Mitchell, Christy, Morgan,
Long and Carson defended the bill
and argued the injustice of imposing
a revenue tax on bituminous, as on
anthracite coal
Mr.. HUM claimed that the injus-
tiee was more fanciful than real, if
the cost of mining was considered.
If the tax on coal was repealed,
Representatives must be prepared to
restore the tax on real estate or see
a deficit in the Treasury.
Mr.. Reighard, Chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations, and
Mr.. Talley, Chairman Of the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, argue
that the Treasury could not stand
the proposed reduction in taxation.
Mr.. Irwin also opposed taking of
the tax and argued that taxation
should fall on corporations.
Mr.. Mitchell argued in favor Of
taking the tax of bituminous coal and
claimed that the Treasury could
stand it very well even it it became
necessary TO cut down some Phila-
delphia corporation.
Mr.. Fincher claimed that if the tax
was taken off bituminous it should
also be taken off anthracite coal.
The was rejected on first reading,
by 40 yeas to l24 nays.
Adjourned.
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MAPLE
SCHELL s. WILSON.
A LLEGHENY CITY STAIR BUILDIvSG
WOOD TURNING SHOP

Novels. Balusters, Hand Rails. with Joints cut
and bolted ready to hang, furnished on short no
tiee. WIN. PEOPLES. Cor. Webster street and
Graham alley.
Inquire Of q. @. BASSETT. agent rr Somerset
and Vicinity. -
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ouR NEW York LETTER.
NEW YORK, March ., 1915.
The CAUSE OF TROUBLE.

II 1A1T1 VI - DAA
SIR: Thurlow Weed having lived
eighty years in this world. has a why
for almost every wherefore. Hav-
ling given reasons enough for the
troubles in the Republican party, he
has nndertaken, in a letter recently
written, to show how we can return
to specie payments, or rather why
we do not come TO il. He charges
all our financial troubles to the ex'
travagance of our women and chill
dfen. He asserts that there are TO-
600 ladies in New York whose GUS
tunes, when in full dress, cest at
least 81, 900 each, and that the same
ladies fifteen wears ago ". Md have
made. quite as fine a show on $3.50
each. Also, that ter thousand chill
dren cost now from 500 to $3.50
each for dress, against $40 to $25
fifteen a ago. This is all very
well, Mr.. Weed, bat how about the
extravaganza of the men. True it is
that the goods used by the ladies all
come from Europe, and that gold
goes from here there to pay for them;
but have the sterner sex no eXtrava-
gances to answer for How about
boots at $50 per pair, made OF i'm
ported leather How about the
thousands Of young men, and old
ones, TOO, who keep their measures
in Paris, and who use up ten or a
dozen suits per year, at fancy French
prices? How about the French
wines: the French b~randies, aad the
French almost everything else that
that class of men use, and use exclu-
siYely. How about the men whose
cigars, at % to so cents each, come
from Havana, whose eating is half
imported, and who go abroad so reg
ularly to enjoy pleasures which,
thank Heaven, are not as yet ac-
climated here.
The fact is, Mr.: Weed, the men Of
New York, and Of the country OF
large, are just as extravagaGt as the
women, and if anything. more so;
and when contraction is forced upon
the country, both sexes will be COM
PEELED to give up their weaknesses.
AN EXAMPLE.
This terrible extravaganza is not
produced by the really rich men of
the country. The richest Of them
live very simply. Daniel Drew
liVes as plainly as though be was
worth less than some millions, and
so does Peter Cooper. A 7. Stewart,
the great merchant, whose wealth
has mounted up till he does not
know himself how much be is worth,
rides in omnibuses TO and from his
place of business half the time, and
be has been seen on the box beside
the driver of his delivery wagon. or
course, he has carriages, but they
are for use and not display. One
young man who failed for $500, 900,
but whose wife was conveniently en-
doweG with a very large estate be-
fore the failure, remarked that Stew
art was rich enough to afford to so
ride
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-03-10

The Sunbury AmerjcaH headed G
death list with the word Medical
II that editor ever gets into a Doctors
hands, be may expect to be sent to
join the majority.
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THE BEGGARS.

The number Of professional beg
CARS who are now infesting the city
is absolutely fearful. They haunt
Offices TO a degree that makes life un-
bearable. Half of them make trade
of some sort a preteNt, carrying for
sale such light goods as matches,
blaeking, etc, but the other half ask
for aims without qualification. Stur-
dy men claim to be unable to get
work and women have the usual
story of sick husbands and childreh.
OF course a very large per cent. OF
the professionals are foreigners, and
very frequently the mistakes they
make are funny. Let it be known
that the manufacture Of placards for
beggars is a regular business, and
that the beggar can furnish himself
or herself with any cause of distress
that may be thought to be most et-
fective. One boy who sits on Union
Square, an Italian, displayed a pla-
card on which was written This
poor woman was left a widow with
four small children" He displayed
this placard two days, when it was
shifted TO something more in accor-
dance with the actual situation.
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SENATE.

HARRISBURG, PA, March 3, 1915.
The Finance Committee reported
back the Pipe Line bill, with the
statement that its passage would eur.
tail the revenues of the State and
that a provision to make up q def
cheney by taxing pipe lines must orig.
mate. as n revenue measure, in the
I House.
The following bills were reported
negatively:
For the purchase of Purdon's Di-
gest.
For the prevention of cruelty to
animals.
To impose a la TO pay for sheep
worried by dogs.
The following bills were read in
place:
Mr.. McMullan-Thc Pipe Line bill
pending in the House.
Mr.. Lemoa-To establish "a State
detective force.
The following passed finally:
An act TO protect the children of
this Commonwealth in their rights to
acquire useful trades-yeas 80, nays
Z.
An act fixing the salaries of the
judges of the Supreme Court, of The
judges of the several judicial distr cts
and of the separate orphans courts
yeas 81. nays l6.
The bill authorizing appeals from
assessments in this Commonwealth
to the Court of Common Pleas, was
lost-yeas %, nays 20-not a eonsti-
tntional majority.
The House bill to remedy irregu-
i%arities in sealing jury wheels, pass
ei first reading.
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In consequence OF the warm win
tiers of 1874, tie ice companies more
than doubled the price of that very
necessary article last summer putting
it entirely out of the reach OF
the poorer classes, and troub-
ling those better of 10 have all they
wanted. This winter has made such
ice as has o been seen for years.
! The | o :ks are any thickness you
want, from IS inches to four feet and
as hard and solid as granite. The
question is, will lee be any cheaper?
The supplying of the great city is,
unfortunately, in the hands of two
companies-the Knickerbocker and
the Wasbington-and they own all
the best fields near the city, which,
with their splendid organization and
immense capital, enable them to buy
out or kill all rivals. When other
companies are started these grim
monsters put down prices to below
the living point until they are driven
out, and then up it goes again. In
this way they have managed to keep
the trade in their own hands, very
securely. The prices of last summer
will be maintained if it is possible to
do it, for the ice companies have no
more souls than the railroad, tele-
graph and express companies. The
people will be compelled to pay the
last cent at can be extorted from
them, for they never did rave sense
enough to give opposition companies
their support till they were able to
stand alone.
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0RPHAYs' COURT SALE.
Saturday, Harch 20, 1915,

by virtue OF an order Of The Orphans Court Of
Somerset County. Pa. 20 me directed. there VIII
be exposed TO public sale. on the premises. in Jen-
neryille bOrouyh on