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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-20
Sad Arctic Tidings.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 13.-The
whaler Thomas Pope, Captain NIL
lard, arrived last evening from
the Arctic. She left the straits
June 81. The day before leaving
she spoke the whaler Progress, Cap
tain Barker, and from him learned
that Indians near East Cape had
found the two missing whalers Wig
liant, and from their appearance
it was evident that they had died
in the first year of their captivity in
the ice. The Indians brought away
from the Vigilant some money, a
spy glass, bomb gun and fowling
piece. The revenue cutter Corwin
has sent q sledge party in search OF
the Indians to recover the articles
named and obtain further informa-
tion.
There is no news from the Jean
nette.
THE whalcrs Mount Wollaston
and Eigilant had not previously
been seen or heard Of since, on the
10th of October 1879, they were
caught in ice about eighty miles n.
E. by E. of the spot fifty miles
S. w. of Herald Island, where James
Gordon Bennett's Arctic vessel the
Jeannette was last seen. The crews
of the two whalers numbered about
sixty men all.
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MARENGo, July 13.-The food OF
the Iowa river exceeds that of 1851.
The water in the public square is
two feet deep and hub-deep in the
principal streets, where boats are
running with ease. Scores of fami-
lies have been driven out Of their
houses and great damage has been
done to dwellings. The bridges ap-
preaching this city are gone and
travel is suspended. Thousands of
acres OF land are Hooded and the
crops ruined. The damage in the
town and to farms is not less than
s2,000,000. The mayor has issued
a proclamation warning all who are
in exposed situations to seek higher
ground. The Iowa river is from
two to three miles wide and is still
rising.
CEDAR RAPIDS, July 13.-The de-
struction of railroad, farm and city
property Immediately west of this
place by the recent storm is unpar-
allelled in the history of the region,
the railroads being the greatest suf-
ferers.
The damage to the Chicago and
Northwestern road by the block
ades last winter is very small COM
pared with what the line is now un-
dergoing.
At some points the waters are
subsiding, while at others they con-
tinue to rise. A large number of
west bound passengers are delayed
here, being unable to make any line
which reaches Council Bluffs.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids
and Northern road escaped damage
by the first storm, but the storms
and high water on that line last
night washed away several hundred
feet of track at Fraerer, on the Pa
cific division, but the line will be
open tomorrow.
The main line of the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids and Northern road is
badly damaged ana washed out
south of Laporte City, several hun
dred feet of track being gone, and
the water still rising makes it i'm
possible to repair the break.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-20

OK Saturday last the Legislature
of New York elected Hon. Warren
Miller United States Senator for the
long term, to fill the vacancy oeea-
stoned by the resignation Of Thomas
c. Platt, and i. is probable that be-
fore we go to press with this paper,
we will have the announcement that
Mr.. Lapham has been elected the
successor of Roscoe Conkling. The
fact that the deadlock in the New
York Legislature is ended, and that
that State has again two Republicans
on the floor Of the Senate to care for
her interests, will be very gratifying
news to the Republicans throughout
the country.
With two Republican Senators
from New York, and the casting
vote of the Vice President, the Sen
ate is in the hands of the Republi-
cans. But in securing the Senate
by the election of these Senator's
both present members of Congress
we fear that we have lost the power
to organize the House. Should we
carry both districts in November, OF
which there is scarce a doubt, yet, il
we are not misinformed as to the
law in New York, the vote cannot
be canvassed and certificates granted
the newly elected members until near
the middle Of December; meanwhile
Congress meeting on the first Mon
day of December, the House viii
have been organized, and lacking
these two votes the Democrats will
have the power to select its officers.
The New York Legislature after
electing the other Senator, may. and
will perhaps before it adjourns,
amend the law, as applicable 10 spe-
cial elections, and thus overcome
the difficulty, but it would have
been more iudicious, under the cir
cumstances, to have elected Senators
who are not members of the present
Congress.
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TIE credit Of the Government of
the United States is shown in the
fact that in two months il was able
to borrow s575,0oo,0O0 at 81 per
cent interest. None OF the imperial
or kingly governments Of the old
world could do the same thing in
the same time.
President GARFIELD was shot on
Saturday, July p At that time the
Treasury Department was preparing
to disburse about thirty-five mil
lions OF dollars. on account of ac-
crHed obligations. Since that day
the preparations have been COM
pleted and the payments have been
going on. Two holidays, Sd and 4th,
succeeded the frightful Saturday on
which the Presidents assassination
was attempted; but, up to Friday
night, sixteen millions have been
paid cut, of which over ten millions
were on account Of the principal and
interest Of the public debt. These
facts may be cited as proofs of the
admirable organization of the Treas
ury Department Bat it may be
said that, although the appalling
crime which has brought the chief
magistrate Of the Nation to deaths
door threw the Government into ap-
parent confusion, the machinery of
public affairs has moved right on as
though nothing had happened. No
public business has been delayed,
no mail service has shown signs of
hindrance or paralysis, and no man
who has had any legitimate business
with any branch of the national
Government has been put off until
more convenient season. Nothing
can more forcibly illustrate than
these facts the solidity and stability /
of Republican institutions.
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A Mile in a.ioi-a.
MAID s. MAKES THE FASTEST TIME ON
RECORD.

I PIrrsEuRe, July g. The fact
INT the famous trotter, Maud S.,
uas 81 appear ut the New Driving
Park to-day drew an immense au
dience, there being no fewer than
'80l0 persons preseht- About Ill
O'Clock there was a heavy shower,
making the track very heavy, 50
much 50 that Captain Stone had
half concluded not to trot the mare,
but toward noon the sun shone
brightly-snel the. track was scraped.
When Maud S. appeared on the
trac3sit vas ,pr6hounced il excellent
condition. The mares appearance
was the signal for great applause.
She went around the track several
times, and then Bair, her driver,
gave the signal that he was ready,
and started amid the widest excite
ment, the mare moving off rs though
she did not touch ground at all. The
spectators were in raptures as they
beheld her fairly sailing through
the air, but when the time was an
nounced at 2.10l (beating her rec
ord at 2.10i), the best in the world
the vast concourse 6as spellbound.
Vociferous cheering at length broke
out, and then commenced a lively
inquiry. Several persons said the
time was quarter of a second less,
and one of the judges thought SO,
too; but the official decision was
bulletined at 2.10I, and everybody
became satisfied. The track had
been rolled ten feet from the pole,
while it measures q mile but three
feet from it, and it is thought the
mare lost two seconds by getting
away from the three.feet line. She
made the first quarter in SO, the
half in 1.03l the three quarters in
1925 and the mile in 2.f0l. After
the trotting two jockeys led the
mare off the track, Bair walking be-
hind with uncovered head amid
the cheers Of thousands who had
risen to their feet. Mr.. Brainard,
President of the association, ran on
to the track and cheered lustily'
and then everybody joined in again.
Mr.. Vanderbilt telegraphed Captain
Stone to ''let her out" for all that
was in her, and Bair did so.
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A RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Five Persons Injured ON the New Jcr-
scy Southern Rail-
road.

LAKE WooD, N. j., July 12.-The
early New Jersey Southern morning
train out Of Red Bank met with an
accident on the br., Q ween here
and Manchester Il . o'clock this
morning.
The accident was caused by the
train jumping a frog. The train
consisted of an engine, baggage
car and a passenger coach. The en-
CINE and baggage Car crossed the
bridge in safety, but thecoach, which
was in the rear, plunged into the
lake. -Four OFT of the eleven passen-
gers managed to get out without
aid, and helped to free their less
fortunate companions.
Andrew Robbins, the conductor,
lay among the debris, apparently
dead, tightly squeezed between the
trucks and demolished car roof.
He was the first brought ashore.
A lady named Robinson, living
at Lakewood, was next attended to.
She sustained the fracture of 4
limb.
Two little children who were trav-
cling in care of Mrs. Robinson
were found huddled together in
each others arms under the wrecked
coach, apparently uninjured.
Major W. J. Parmentier, General
Freight Superintendent of the road,
was sitting by the side of Caleb
Wright, the travelling supervisor
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, when
the car plunged into the lake.
Wright escaped unhurt, but Par
mentier received injuries so serious
that the physicians would not per-
NIT his removal to his home at Red
Bank tonight. Two other persons
were slightly injured. Probably the
only fatal result of the accident will
be in the case of conductor Rob-
bins.
The bridge is completely wrecked,
but this afternoon trains ran on
schedule time, the only delay being
chat caused by the transfer of pas
scngers by foot bridge over the
wreck
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-20

CINcISNATI, o., July IA land
slide occurred last night near the
mouth of the tunnel on the Cincin-
natl Northern railroad under Crown
street, Walnut Hills, where twelve
men were engaged in preparing .er
arching. One of them Franklin
Burns, the foreman, WAS on the tim
bers, and the others were below in
the bottom of the tunnel. The slid
ing earth knocked Burns off and
threw the timbers down on the men.
Burns and David Hunter were kill
ed and four Others were more or
less injured. The first report that
the tunnel itself had fallen was in
correct.
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A Youthful Eiopeme.t.

MrLFoBD, Pa. July 14.A This
town has just been the scene of a
sensational elopement, the sixth
one in this section within a year.
Ferdinand Berthond is q wealthy
manufacturer of gold watch cases
and is the part owner of a large fac
tory here run by Courvoisieur &
Berthond. Mr.. Berthond has pref
ty daughter named Josephine, and
has had, up to within a few days
a young man in his employ named
Rose. Rose and Josie fell in love,
and as the girls parents did not
seem to favor the young mans at
tentions they last night ran away
TO Dingnnan's Ferry, eight miles be-
low here, and were married. They
drove thence to Port yeryis, n Y,
the nearest railroad station, and
took train to New York. The girl
is fifteen years old, while her hus-
band is net over IS. Mr.. Berthond
win probably have them brought
back to Milford, and will, it is re-
ported, have the minister who per
formed the marriage arrested for
violating the law BY marrying these
parties without the parents con-
sent.
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Terrible Hca, in Cincinnati.


CINCINNATI July l4--Thc terri
BILE heat abatcd two or three degrees
yesterday, but il has caused no re-
duction in the number Of prostra-
tions. There have been about one
hundred cases, half of which are ia
tai. The accumulation. Of heat IN
the pavements and the walls OF
buildings i so great that fall oi
three degrees IN the temperature is
unappreciablc. Great difficulty has
been experienced in caring for the
stricken and the dead The death
rate las never been SO great in Ciil'
cinnati except during the cholera
season, thirty odd years ago. There
are many deaths credited to disease
that are really due TO the intense
heat. Physicians who passed through
that endemic state that their work
then was not SO hard as now, for the
reason that cholera patients were
much easier 10 attend. Orders
were issued yesterday that all the
fire engine houses and police sta
tions be converted into temporary
hospitals. District physicians we're
assigned to each of them, and the
firemen and police were instructed
as TO tie best measure Of resusclta-
the stricken people who were being
hourly reported TO them. There
can be no doubt but many have
died who could have been saved
had they received proper attention
at once. Precious time has been
wasted in sending for ambuiances
and conveying them to hospitals,
where they arrived too late to be re-
stored. Others who could not be
reached by the physicians or the
hospital ambulances have died mis-
cradle deaths.
A man named M'Lean was pros
trated yesterday and in an hour
was pronounced dead. He was
taken to the Morgue and placed II
ice preparatory to burial. The ice
cooled his blood and the attendant
was soon after greatly astonished to
see him rise out of the trough and
ask for his clothes.
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: embarrassment /:
AA-

As viii be seen by reference 10 lhe
proceedings of the Judicial Confer
ence, published elsewhere in these
columns, after a somewhat protract-
ed, though amicable struggle, Hon.
John Cessna has been unanimously
placed in nomination as a candidate
for President Judge OF the Courts in
this district. Mr.. Cessna is SO well
known in this district, and has served
its peopieso faithfully and acceptably
in other positions, that all personal
commendation of him would be
superauous. As a lawyer he stands
at the head Of his profession, and
his long experience at the bar, his
ripened judgment and well trained
intellect, capitally fit him for the
position to which he viii undoubt-
edly be elected in November next.
Added to these qualifications his
indomitable energy, his untiring in
dustry, his capacity for work, and
his quick perceptions always follow
ed by prompt action, will soon make
him an enviable character as a
Judge.
We feel ike congratulating our
people in advance Of the coming
era, when the proverbial laws de-
lay" will be bani-lcd from our
courts.
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THE Presidents condition is SO
much improved, and he is gaining
in health and strength so rapidly.
that the anxiety of his physicians
has given away 10 confidence in his
recovery. This news viii be a great
relief to the people of the country,
whose hearts have been wrung
with alternate fear and hope for the
past two weeks. 1t must be re-
membered, however, that. the Presi-
dent is not yet by any means a well
man, that the locat ion of the assas-
sins bullet is not yet definitely
ascertained, and that the pain and
danger of its extraction has yet to be
encountered. But the crisis is now
passed, and there is every reason
TO hope that his final recovery is
assured.
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CJLLINGS.

LIGHTNING killed more people in
the United States and Canada dur
ing the month of June than were
killed by railroad accidents.
THE appointment of Hannibal
Hamlin, of Maine, as Minister to
Spain was one of the last official
acts of the President, before he was
struck down by Guiteau's bullet.
OSE of the most beautiful and az
fecting spectacles ever witnessed
since the beginning OF the worlds
history has been the spontaneous
union of the civilized nations Of the
earth in supplication to the Great
Ruler Of the destinies of man that
the American President might be
spared to his people
GEN. JoHN C. PENDErRoN, vino
served in the Mexican war, and
participated in the rebellion as a
leading officer in the Confederate
Army, died or Wednesday, at Pen
llyn, Montgomery county, Pa, in
his 9th year. He was native OF
Pennsylvania and was chiefly known
for his surrender of Yicksburg to
Gen. Grant, on the fourth of } y
1899
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4 Bank Robbery.

SIDNEY, Iowa, July 12.-The bank
of Davis d Sexton. at Riverton, was
robbed of $4,000. Two men rode
into the town about 4 p. m. yester-
day on horses stolen on Sunday
night near Sidney, and hitched their
horses back of the bank. While Mr..
Sexton was getting money from the
safe to change Il bill for them, they
leaped over the counter, placed re-
volvers at his head, took the money,
fled by the back door and rode de-
liberately away, inviting the crowd
to follow. A large company is in
pursuit. At the last account the
robbers were near the Missouri line,
and the prospect of their capture is
not good.
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The Siberian Plague.

LONDON, July 14.-A St. Peters
burgh dispatch to the Standard says
that the Siberian plague, which was
recently reported as having made
its appearance in the environs of the
city, is spreading with alarming ra-
pidity. Horses are dying by the
scores and many persons are aillict-
ed. The local authorities are help
less. owing to the want of efficient
doctors, and the fact that the peas
ants sell the skin of the beasts that
have died of the disease. A high
official has left st. Petersburg to
take active measures to arrest the
epidemic.
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Preventative Of Hydrophobia.

BALTIMORE, July 13.-As, Susie
Hunt, a twelve year old girl, was
playing with a pet cat. the animal
scratched her slightly on the hand.
This angered the girl, and she gave
the cat a severe beating. A few min
utcs after, while the girl was sitting
in a chair reading, the cat sprang
upon her and fastened its teeth in
her nose. The girls mother who
witnessed the occurrence, seized the
cat, and cutting its head off, washed
the girls face with the blood, in or
der az she said to prevent hydro
phobia.
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Saving on Star Route Service.

WASHINGTON, July IA state
ment prepared in the contract Office
of the Post Office Department shows
that the star route service has been
cut down s1,200,000 up to date.
The Second Assistant Postmaster
General says that the reductions in
the star route service cause little
complaint, and will be remedied
when the complaint is just. Ten
per cent. will have to be restor-
al
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-20
Furious Storm.

BUTLER, Pa, July 13.-The most
terrific wind and rain storm that
Butler has ever witnessed since 1857
visited this place yesterday evening
a. about 8 o'clock. The torrent of
rain was preceded by pefrect tor
nado, unroofng houses, blowing
down trees and awnings, by scores
and otherwise damaging private
dwellings and stornes. During the
one hour of its operation people
were livid with terror.
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A Calamity.

CHICAGO, July ia dispatch
dated City of Mexico, July 10, says !:
Dispatches received from Oaxaca
announce the falling of a church
roof in San Mateo, killing over fifty
people. The church was being re-
built, and at ) o'clock on Tuesday
morning a workman fell from the
root. All of the others rushed to
get off at the same time, causing the
roof to fall. The worshipers below,
mostly women, were instantly kill
ed. Twenty of the workmen on the
roof were also killed and others fa-
tally wounded.
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designation OF Officers.

BALTIMORE, Nd, July 13.-At a
meeting Of the directors of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad, to-day,
the resignation of John King, as
first vice president and William
Keyser, as second vice president,
were accepted. Robert Garrett was
elected first vice president. Mr..
King stated he resigned on account
of ill-health and Mr.. Keyser in or
der to attend to his private busi-
ness.
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4 Cyclone.

YOUNGSTOWN, July ia terrific
wind storm, accompanied by heavy
rain, struck this city at 4 o'clock
this afternoon. Fifty feet of the
Wood Mower and Reaper Works,
three stories high, was blown down.
The workmen all escaped. The
Morton House and Miller House
were each struck by lightning and
considerably damaged. Houses were
unroofed and new buildings blown
down all over the city. The damage
estimated at fully thirty thousand
dollars.
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: -
Terribly sIntilated.

PoRr JERvIs, July l2-During the
terrible thunder storm of ye iterday
morning the house of John Brandt,
rear Collicson Depot, Sullivan coun-
ty, was struck by lightningand Mrs.
Brandt was instantly killed. Her
body was terribly mutilated. The
house and the dead woman's clothes
were fred, but the flames were ex-
before much damage
was done. The lightning struck in
three other places in the same neigh
borLood.
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\ Monster in Human shape.

New YORK, July 12.-The steam
er CITY of New Orleans arrived here
this morning, having on board Gui-
seppe Esposito, alias Radazzc, a no.
ted Italian brigand, who escaped
from his native country some years
ago and has since been living in
New Orleans, where he was recently
captured at the instance of the Ital-
ian Consul. He is charged with q
terrible catalogue of crimes. He
was chief of band of robbers who
infested the island of Sicily, and es-
pecially the neighborhood Of Paler-
mo, robbing, numbering and hold
ing captured travellers for ransom.
The charges against Esposito are,
first, with being member of an out
lawed band; second, with having
extorted by violence 250,000 lire /;
third, extortion through violence
of 10000 lire; fourth, four premedi-
tated murders fifth, extortion, with
violence, of 5000 lire; sixth, a second
murder with premeditation seventh.
another extortion, with violence of
10000 lire, in which the victim
died after release, through his inju-
ries'; eighth, seizure of an English
clergyman named Rose. Besides
these there are many other charges
against the brigand. He cut off the
latter's two ears before his friends
raised money to secure his release.
The English Government took this
matter up and assumed such a posi-
ton that the Italian Government
raided thoroughly the fastnesses Of
the brigands, killing many robbers
and taking many prisoners, among
them Meposito, chief Of the band.
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LITTLE Rock, Ark, July l4.-To
day has been generally observed as
a day of fasting and prayer for the
recovery of President Garfield, it
having been set apart by Governor
Churchill for that purpose. Relig-
ious services were held in all the
churches, and all the state offices
were closed, as well as number of
prominent business houses. De
spatches to the Gdze,te say the day
was generally observed throughout
the State.
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Work Of lightning.

NEWARK, July 13.-Last night
during the thunder storm John Al
len, aged thirty. while leaning out of
an upstairs window at his fathers
house near Clay Lick, this county.
was struck by lightning and instant
ly killed. The deceased was a eou-
sin of David Allen, the Democratic
candidate for probate Judge Of this
county.
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Tortured by Indians.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.-A dis
patch from FL Paso, Mexico, says :
''The body of l.. X. Pugh, son of ex-
Senator Pugh and son-in-law of ex-
Governor Hendricks, has been found
by a scout of Mexican troops near
Carrezal, chihuahua, horrily mutt
lated. He was tortured to death in
a terrible manner, and after death
three shots were fired into his bo-
dy."
1t will be remembered that Mr..
Pugh was captured a few days since
by Indians WHO attacked n mail
stage in Chihuahul.1