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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19
Dead Men Tell No Tales

CAIRO, Ill June l5.-At 2 a NJ
yesterday James 4. Abbott, agent
of Adams Express at Golconda, was
awakened by four men, who said
they wanted him to go to his store
for a sick person. On entering bis
store they demanded an eight huu-
dred dollar express package supposed
to be in AbOott's possession. The
package had not arrived, but they
robbed Abbott Of about seventy dol,
lars BIO had on his person. Then
three CT them forced him into q skifl
and after proceeding down the river
a few miles threw him into the river,
with the remark Dead men tell nc
tales" Abbott fortunately reached
shore, returned, gave the alarm,
which resulted in the capture of q
stranger, supposed to be the Que who
remained on shore. The other three
are still at large.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19
End of the Quebec Riot.

QUEBEC, June 1.-THE city is
quiet this morning. The iaborers
have in several places resumed work
under the promise of protection The
rioters have come TO terms ard are
now at work. The volunteers will
probably leave here tonight or to-
morrow morning. Last night the
reserve force, consisting of the Prince
of Wales Rifles, Fifth Fusiliers, Eighth
Battalion Of the Royal Rifles and the
Victoria Rifles, lay in the skating
rink. The men of the Victoria Rifles,
not being supplied with great coats
nor blankets, suffered q good deal
from cold and dampness Of The baild-
ing. The funeral of the mel shot by
the military the day before yesterday
took place this afternoon. The vol
unteers were ordered under arms ia
case eff disturbance.
Laborers on the Government works,
street railway, gas works, and DIFF
ferent mills aud workshops, returned
to work to-day, in most cases at an
advance OF from fifteen to twenty-five
per cent. In all about one thousand
men resumed work, and feel perfectly
satisfied. The volunteers kept on
duty during all day. The magistrates
OF this district met to-day and ap-
pointed a permanent committee of
their number to sit daily and report
to the Government upon the actual
state of affairs. They also appointed
a deputation to mediate between The
laborers and the employers. The
inquest into the cause OF Beauduard's
death proceeded to-day. The prin
eipal witness was the Mayor, who
narrated the facts Of the riot, his off.
cial knowledge of the same, the ne
cessity for reading the riot act, the
firing by the militia, aud the lament-
able result. A verdict has not vet
been rendered. Two or three wit
nesses declared that the deceased
was s;oning the military When he got
shot.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19
Serious Halfway Accident.

TYRONE. Pc, Iuae i3-A dis
tressing accident occurred on Tues
daI four miles from Snowsboe City,
on the Helleidnie Il Snoxshoe Rail
road. Five hundred and dfty feet of
Miller Springs @tresile work, sixty-fse
feet high, fell while a passenger Train
was passing over il There were
only three passenger on the train.
VIM. Holt, candidate before the
Greenback Convention for LieGtenaDl
Governor, IA killed James L
Someryille, of BeIiefonse. several ribs
broken. aud other wise badly Injured
bis son, Harry, left leg broken.
Conductor Edward Nolan. engineer
VIM. Temple. fireman Jacob isspp
aud brakeman Roiiin Hurtoa were
severely injured, but, it is supposed,
not fatally. The cause of the acct
dent is unknown.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19
The Republican Convention in ohio

CINCINNATI, Juue I2-The Ohio
Republican State COnyesti, opened
at eleven o'clock this morDiog. ond
after the appointment cf committees.
adjourned until two O'Clock Ga re-
assembling, Hon. William Lawrence
was chosen as perm lneat presideII
Judge William White received the
nomination for Jadge # tbe Suprea.e
Court, aud Milton Barnes for Secre-
tary Ct State. The platform reaiii 70
the principles Of the Isepuhlicsn par
", as written il the history Il The
country, as specifically declared 10
the natioael platform # the party
denounces as unpltriolic heariless
end infamous the act If The Ohio
Legislature. intended and calculated
to drive from the Soldiers Orphans
Home the orphans md ebildrea al
deceased or disabled soldiers, and
demands lis unconditional repeal
opposes the further agitation Of the
financial question /; fsvors a tariff for
revenue 50 adjusted as TO secure in
cidental protection to home industry,
and condemns the Potter investiga-
tion.
George Paul was nominated for
Commissioners Of the Board Of Public
Works.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

sunshine, and at the close Of his ai-
dress WIS ovesccme With fitigue.
He was conducted - the residence
of General James q Wilson 10 Oh
tain rest aud refreshmenf, but 90 the
door step be tainted and fell back
sards, striking his bead oa tbe stone
platform lie Was removed 10 his
oSn hume, but failed to recJvef suf-
icieut Consciousness 10 recognize
his relatives and frisuds lie Ilnger
ID until about five o'clock on Wedncs
day mUruing, when death ended al
Thus has closed the career Of one OF
The brightest lights CT American III
ers.ure.
The funeral sill lake place at All
Souls Church, corner Of Twentieth
street and Fourth avenue, puuciu-
ally al 10 A. " on Friday, June H..
The friends are kindly requested not
TO send flowers They are all invi
ted 10 be present, without further no
tice.
10 the afternoon the remaios will
be privately taken to Roslyu. Long
island, for interment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

ONE Of the strong holds" of the
Democracy is hostility to the Nation.
al banks, and yet those institutions
since their establishment, have paid
SlsS,O 00, 600 OF taxes to the govern.
ment.
Give the Democracy their sweet
viii, and these taxes will be added 10
the peoples burdens.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19
An Asrosiess Murder.

Chicago, Jane Ian ~s.rociou:
and uBprovoked murder was commit
ted at 8 O'Clock last evening in the
suburban town of Lake by William
Cary, who shot Max Hegwein, a
brother Of his (Cary's) divorced wife,
inaic,iDg a wound which proved fataI
in about halt an hoHr. Cary was q
drunken %loafer, who has been making
himself i~nsuferable since his divorce,
and Hegwein has been acting as pro.
rector of bis sister and her children.
The murderer is still OF large. His
motive was purely revenge.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19
The Point for tbe Voter 60 Consider
From the Albany Evening Journal.

All through its later history the
Democratic party has demonstrated
that il can not be trusted that o just
regard to the public welfare requires
that it should be kept out of power.
The Republican party, admitting oil
that its most severe critic can bring
up against il, is entitled TO the conf.
deDce of the country, whose great in.
terests il has served SO faithfully in
trying times Of war and peace and
between which and all revolutionary
schemes it will continue to stand like
a wall Of triple brass.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

Tue New York EUeniRg Post
holds that, if the Democratic theory
in the investigation scheme is tested
by the letter Of the President recall.
ing Anderson's appointment as Con-
sui, it falls at once. The Post inclines
to the opinion that il will be difficult
for the Democrats to save any part Of
their case from the jeeripg coRtempt
of the whole continent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

THE Democrats in Congress re-
fuse to include Oregon in the fraud
Investigation" being made by the
Potter Committee, because they
knew that it was susceptible Of proof
that Samuel J. Tilden attempted to
bay an electoral vote in that State.
"Phansy their phelinks" when Judge
Levisee, their own witness, proved
that the great reformer bad also
tried to bay one in Louisiana.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19
Fertile STERN in Canton, China.

WASHINGTON, June l0.-The Con
sui at Canton reports to the Depart
ment of State that a terrible tornado
passed oEer that city on the llth o.
April last. causing great destructiop
of life and property. The whirlwind
came from the sea 10 the form of q
water-spout and struck the shore on
the foreign settlement of Stameen,
passing thence in q nortbeasterly
direction through the crowded par
of the City Of Canton. The average
breadth Of the track left by the tr,
nado is coo feet. Although many
houses were destroyed in The foreign
settlement, no life was lostthere, and
The cases Of remarkable escape from
death were numerous. The United
States Consulate was just beyond
the track OF the storm, and no Amefi-
eau property was damaged. 10 the
native city il is estimated that 10000
persons were killed. Owing TO the
nGrrowness Of the street, the work of
removing the dead bodies from the
wreck made slow progress, and would
take several weeks to accomplish.
The weather wss very hot, and
the fearful stencil from decomposing
bodies led many TO fear the outbreak
Of a pestileBce.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

GENERAL SHERMAN talked right
out in meetin'" the other day at an
assemblage Of the Alumni Of West
Point.
Abiding % the possibility of an
attempt being made TO disturb the
Presidents title, he declared that Mr..
Hayes, although a mild-manner gen
tleman, would be found 10 posses the
nerve 10 maintain his right if it was
assailed- In so doing be would have
tie support Of the army. This senti-
ment drew forth q burs, of applause
from the veterans as well as the
young graduates.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19
A Boiler Expiodes With Terrible Effect

BUFFALO, June l2-Tbe boiler O.
a saw mill owned Henry Wolf, at
Dayton, Cattaraugus county eXplod.
ei to-day. Wolf and bis aon were
KILLED and an unknown man had both
legs blown eff. Several other par
ties were severely injured. Tie re-
mains of VOLTS son have not va!
been found. The building was en-
tirely destroyed. Loss unknown.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19
sim Luci. Tins Far

Unless Potter and his committee
End better proofs Of wrong-doing
than they have yet adduced, the in
vestigation will cover its promoters
with ridicUle. We have no desire,
however, to PREJUDICE the case. If il
can be shown that any Of the distin-
guished Republicans whom the Dem
Oeratic members Of the committee are
seeking to implicate are culpable, we
hope they will be punished, but as
vet there seems to be no ground even
to suspect them of misconduct.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19
Execution of OonneiIy at louisville

~PoTTsvILLE, Pa, June ll.-Den-
MS, alias Buckeye Donnelly, the
Schuylkill County Mollie Mcguire,
was hanged here this morning for
the murder Of Thomas Sanger, q
miDe boss, in 1875. The execution
has been twice postponed by the
Governor, and numerous Efforts have
been made to override the decision
of the court, but the Board Of Par
dons, after a lengthy examination,
finally refused to interfere.
Donnelly arose al six O'Clock this
morning, having slept well all night.
High mass was at once celebrated in
his cell by Fathers Gallagher aud
Brennan. He appeared to be in the
best of spirits, and at the conclusion
Of the mass pertook OF a hearty break
fast, after which be attended to his
devo,ions for some time. At $50 be
was visited by his counsel, whom he
greeted cordially, and also expressed
his thanks TO them for the efforts
they had made in his behalf.
At twenty minutes past ten Dom
nelly, accompanied by Fathers Gala
CHER and Brennan, assembled the
scaffold. The doomed man paid 10
attention to those present but prayed
fervently, gazing in;ently upon q
crucifx which he held in bis hand.
When asked by the Sheriff if he had
anything to say before the sentence
of the law should be carried out, be
answered almost iaaudibly 81 have
nothing" His arms and legs were
then pinioned, and the white cap
drawn over his head and at 1926
the drop fell. The unfortunate man
struggled horribly and slowly stran-
gled to death. Fourteen minutes
after the drop fell the body was cut
down and taken in charge by a
brother Of the deceased. The exc
cuiion was romuarnfiyelv nrivate
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

SPEAKING Of Ben. Butler the Chi
cago Inter Ocean says: Benjamin
was born with that instinct which
propels the average boy in pOking q
stick into a hornets nest. simply that
he may hear the merry buzz. Ben.
is the bumble-bee-fghting hornet
ne~st-punching boy of our politics
lie simply likes TO hear things bazz,
and is somewhat reckless as to con-
sequences.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

Deacon Wilder, | want you 20
veil me how you kept Yourself aud
family 80 vel! the past se1sJU, when
all the rest # Us have been sick 80
much, and have had the doctors run
niog To us 50 long"
Bro. TayIeF, tho suswtr is very
easy. | used Hop Bitters 10 time
and kept nv family well aud saved
large dcstor bills. Three dollars'
woFth Of it kept US all well and able
- work all the tiaie, add | will var
rant 1t has c''st you end most 81 the
neighbors oue u " hundred dol
lars apiece to keep the SICK The same
time. | guess JON will take my
medicine hereafter" See Other col
umu
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19
TiIdeu's little.

There are titles and titles. The
title Of Hayes is President. the title
Of Tilden is Observation-Disclosures for
President. The title indicates that
he is not the occupant of the White
House, but Of that private station
which has been called 'the post of
honor" And how, it is in order TO
inquire, has be occupied that post ?
Between Gramercy-square and the
Home Of Cronin in Oregon passed
kilograms which fastened the desper-
ate attempt to steal the electoral vote
of that State directly upon Samuel
J. Tilden. Let not his title be dis.
turbed Failing in Oregon, be trans.
ported his barrel of money to Louis
lana, and did the best he could do to
seduce another elector. We say
Tilden did this, since it is plain as
Holy Writ that the $I00, 900 which
was to have been paid Lsvissee was
to have been produced from that bar.
rel. Let not his title be disturbed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

THE Augusta (Ga) Chronicle is
greatly disturbed because Fred Doug
lass, oenc a slave, addressed, by in-
vitatien, the people of New York
City on Decoration Day. 1t takes
comfort in the thought that such q
thing could not have happened in the
old DAYS Of slavery.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19
The Democratic congregational Cam
didaIe.

From the JohnstoTn Tribune.
The Freeman OF this week contains
the announcement that w. j. Baer.
ESQ, Of Somerset, "will refuse posi-.
siyely to permit his name TO go be-
fore the Congressional Conference.
As his decision in regard to his can.
didacY has been made deliberately
and is i~rrev0cable, Of course we have
nothing further to say on that point
as far as Mr.. Baer is concerned, ex.
cept 10 express our regret that be has
felt himself constrained to make it.
Ii will now be necessary to take into
consideration the next best course to
be adopted 10 reference to the can
didate, and in this connection it is
proper to a that our correspondent
gives facts and figures which seem to
point to Gea. A. Il. Coffroth, Of the
same county, as the most available
man for the emergency"
For the information Of the Freeman
we will state that the Democratic
politicians of Bedford months ago
decided that Mr.. Coflfoth was to be
the candidate that be is also booked
for the delegates in Somerset, and
that these two will, it is thought, Sc
cure his nomination, because Blair
and Cambria will not concentrate on
any one man in opposition 70 him, if,
indeed, they will oppose him al all.
There will not be much of e fight for
the nomination.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19
burglary In West Newtsa

WEST NESToS, Pa, Jure I4-H
Ii. Mark'e's store was broken into last
hight aud a quantity Of goods s~iolen,
consisting 81 boots and shoes. hats,
clothing. jewelry, &c. Ths thieves
gained an entrance by cutting apsneb
out of the rear door.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

A DRESSED meat express has
been establis nea between Chicago
and Philadelphia, By which beef
slaughtered al The former, IS deliver
ed ID the latter city by refrigerator
clrs. in sixty-four hours.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

Massey is in the investigation bust.
ness, and is giving his entire time 10
it. He thus explains the troubles be
has met with:
"All the trouble We hev is to keep
the fellows away wicl we don'r
want to testify. We bev too many
witnesses, for they don't all know
wat to swear to. For instance, Deck.
en- Pogram, the blessed old imbecile.
wanted to come on here and testify
to his givin' $500 to arm q company
Nv Dimocrsts 10 Mississippi to carry
that State for Tilden. and it toos
witty smart iggerin' 10 keep bin
away.
Tilden heZ a repUtashen for heVin.
money, aud witnesses are comm here
to Us in swarms. We shell prove that
there wuza't no sich thing ez q fair
eleckshun in Floridy or Louisiana
that ia both them states men took
cur money and then voted agin US;
that our rifle clubs wuz intimidatid,
and that our repeaters 10 Looisiana
wuz kept away from the polls by
force.
There amt agoin to be no trouble
about it. We hev men here witch will
swear to anything, and-in fact, we
hev an embarrassment Of sweayin'
materil."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

ONE of the latest feats Of that
truthful aud delightful witness, An
derson, was to swear that an agree
ment made by Weber and himself
shown him on the stand-was 9 for
gerry, and that what purported to be
his signature was also forged. The
Notary Public before whom it was
acknowledged, and both Of the sub.
scribing witnesses to il, have since
testified under oath TO It's genuine
ness, that they saw Anderson sign it,
and that their signatures thereto are
in their own proper handwriting
And it is on the testimony Of this
pHrjured kneve, Anderson, bal the
Democrats rest their charges Of fraud
against the President and Secretary
Sherman!!
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

GIN. JOHN c. FREMONT has been
nominated and confirmed as Govern
or of Oregon. The General, who
was the first Republican candidate
for President, has been lost sigh. If
by the politicians for a number OF
years, and is said to be in very strait
ened ~pecuniary circumstances.
His appointment is an excellent
one, and is q graceful recognition Of
bis early Republicanisn.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

Hon. D. WATSON ROVE is the Re
publican, and Hon. I. VI. Kimmell
the Democratic nominee for Presi-
dent Judge il Franklin County.
Both gentlemen have many friends
in this county, over whose courts
they each formerly presided, and the
contest viii be watched with consid-
cradle interest. The district-Frank.
lin aud Fulton COUNTLESS Demo.
cratic on a fall vote by about two
hundred and fifty majority.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

THE New Orleans Times is curl
Gus to see an Iowa Democrat, and re.
marks on the subject to this effect
Iowa never by any chance elects a
Democrat, and yet the party meets
10 State and county conventions as
regular as clock-work, passes brass.
mounted resolutions, conducts a cam.
paign Of more than the average Dem
%ocratic bumptiousness, aud votes IFS
last mar on election day. They are
always defeated, but they meet the
next year, all the same, and select
their tombstone with the utmost
formality and enthusiasm"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

REPRESENTATIVE BURcHABD, Of
Illinois, threw a bomb into the Dem
ocratic camp on Friday last, and
compelled the malignsnts to face the
music by the Introduction of q reso,
luton declaring that, Whereas the
Fortv-fourth Congress had counted
the vote, and declared Rutherford B.
Hayes and William A. Wheeler
elected President and Vice Presi.
dent, therefore Resolved, That nc
subsequent Congress and neither
House had jurisdiction to revise the
action at such joint meeting, and any
attempt by either House TO annHl or
disregard such action, or title to the
Office arising therefrom would be rev.
dictionary, and is disapproved by
this House" After q great deal Of
skirmishing and %caueusing the Dem
ocrats faced the inevitable, and the
resolution was passed by a vote OF
2l5 yeas TO 81 nays. Thus while
the Potter Committe is on a hunt TO
prove that Hayes and Wheeler were
not duly elected, the House declares
that they were, and that an attempt
to dispute their title is revolutionary.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

The action taken under the prctcnse OF investi-
eating frauds In Florida and q part OF Louisiana
Is itself dishonest and irasdulent upon its face.
If the purpose was 10 purify the ballot and sessre
henest elections. why not extend the investigations
20 Georgia. Mississippi, New York, and other
States Besides. that action was taken with an
expressed purpose 70 invalidate the right Of Mr..
HAYES 10 the Presidential Office, while the leaders
in Il avow that the Only purpose IL 20 make polti-
cal capital. The first Is revolutionary; the second
dishonest
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19
william Cullen Bryant.

New YORK, June 2.-William
Cullen Bryant. ihe venerable poet
editor, died This morning al 5:35. At
, O'Clock this morning z sudden
change fer worse came over Mr..
Bryant, and bis breathing became
heavy and %s;ertorous. His daugh-
ter, Miss Bryant, and his grand
daughter, Miss Goodwin, Mr.. John
H. Graham aud his doctors were at
once summoned to bis bedside, and
remained with him to the last. He
passed away peacefully, and evident
ly suffered but little pain. He had
been unconscious ever since the day
of the accident which eaused his
death, except that for a few moments
be would eyincs signs of returning
consciousness, and would count one.
two. three, four and so on, SLOWLY.
as If testing lis memory. News Of
Mr.. BryanJ's death spread rapidly,
and most universal grief was ex-
pressed that the venerable poet was
10 more. Four days ago Que side Of
his body was paralyzsd, and late
last night the other side was similar
" stricken. His whole body was
then virtually dead, and vitality was
alone apparent in his head. Among
those who called at The house today
10 pxn-esS their svmDafhv with the
5ereaved family were Ex-Governor
TiIdeo, ex-JGdge Peabody, Chief
Justice Daily, Gen. Wilson, Rev. Or.
Osgood aDd others. His features
look wonderfully hfelike and Datur.
al, and wear Z Tranquil and peaceful
appearance. Mr.. Bryant often X
pressed the wish that be should be
buried 10 R1siyn, l. l., beside his
wife, aud his wishes in that regard
viii be respected scrupulously.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-19

THE Methodist Adrocate, published
at Atlanta, Ga, talks out in meet
ingn after this STYLE: