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public. Had the jury failed to agree,
had they been irreconcilably divided
there might have been ground to
charge that q portion of them had
been tampered with or bribed, but
it is not consonant with fairness or
common sense to assume that the
entire twelve men were corrupt, were
tampered with, and are pe1urers,
We do not assume that the defend.
ants were guiltless, but it is only fair
to the jurors, and right of itself, to
assume that the evidence was not to
their minds, sufficient to justify
verdict of guilty" If, after cases
are tried in our courts, the verdict Of
newspaper scribblers, or bar room
juntas, are to be accepted, in prefer
ence to the findings of twelve men
who have sworn to conscientiously
perform their duties, then the sooner
courts and juries are abolished, and
disputed matters of fact and of law
are relegated to debating societies,
and township meetings for discus
sion, the better will it be. But if the
law, and the decisions of the courts
and juries are to be respected and
enforced, the current, ribald, IRE
sponsible newspaper clamor of the
day raust cease.
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THE Pittsburgh Dispatch puoiisnss
d, interview with Senator Stewart,
in which he is reported to have said
that his course in the coming cam
paign. win depend largely on the
conduct of the State Conyenuon'
and the character of its candidates
and that the same is true ct the ma
iority of the Independent Republi.
cans and the Philadelphia Record
states that Chairman Mckee will
call the Independent State Conven-
ton together soon after the 1lth OF
July next, when it will determine
whether to indorse the State ticket
nominated by the Stalwarts or not
These announcements are intend
ed as a menace to the coming State
Convention. which we hope that
hodv will have the good sense to TO-
tally disregard. Let the delegates
organize in accordance with the
rules adopted at the last
Convention, nominate the candidates
designated by majority of the body
without knuckling to any sore head
leaders or would be "bosses," ano
adjourn. The Republicans OF the
State are in favor of unity. and are
in no humor to endure a repetinoI
of the trickery of last campaign
They will not submit to the thlmbi'
rippers game, Heads, l win, tails
Won lose" Honest men will feel
themselves bound by a decision o
the majority of convention which
they voluntarily enter, and In whos'
proceedings they participate =; trick
sters will not. The latter may de
feat bu. they cannot coerce the par
tv Give us fair Convention ano
a good ticket, and we will agree tc
take the chances, despite the efforts
of a few disgruntled politicians wn'
assume to dictate TO the party.
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AFTER an exhaustive trial running
through six months the "Star route
conspirators" have been acquitted by
q Jury OF the country. The news
papers that tried the case and con-
yicted the defendants in advance,
are now busily denouncing the jury
because It did not agree with them.
This thing of trying cases in the
daily newspapers and villifying ju-
rors, sworn 10 do their duty, because
they do not find verdicts to please
the scribes, is fast becoming 4 crying
evil, and is rspidly sspping public
confidence in the only method known
to the law Of obtaining final resuls.
In this case, the Government en-
ployed the best legal talent it could
command, and laboriously endeavor.
ed TO convict the men believed 10 have
wroaged it, butthejury,the sworn ar.
bitsrs of the facts presented, decided
that they we're not sufficient 70 con-
vict Their finding was accepted by
the court, and it should be by the
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THE VERDICT INrnE STAR ROUTE
TRIAL.


WASHINGTON, June 14.-"You can
ask that jury whether they have any
communication to make to the
Court" said Judge Wylie to the
crier. when the criminal court hear.
ing the Star-route case reassembled
this morning.
Crier Donaldson soon returned
with a message that the jury desired
to communicate with the court.
They filed into the court room ap-
parently none the worse for their
long confinement. When they were
seated Judge Wylie said: Gentle
men of the Jury, the court has sent
for you for the purpose Of inquiring
whether you have any communica-
ton to make?n The foreman in re-
ply stated that the jury had agreod
upon q verdict, and . painful silence
fell upon the court room only TO be
broken by wild shouts of applause
when, in Q clear tone of voice, the
foreman stated that the verdict was
not guilty. \ AA q 80 - "
Immediately the decorum of 2
Court of justice was forgotten, and
cheers resounded from all quarters
of the crowded room. Mrs. s. w
Dorsey sprang to her feet, clapping
her hands and crying: GLORY to
God !" while the tears streamed
down her cheeks. There were many
other ladies in the Courtroom who
were silently weeping.
Mr.. Davidge quietly asked to have
the verdict recorded, which was
done, while the Deputy Marshals
were vainly endeavoring to quell the
tumult.
Vale leaned forward and wept
Dorsey buried his face in his hands
and then tried to quiet his hysterical
wife; but Brady, without a changt
of muscle on his features, got up anc
shook hands with each of the juror'
and then with the Judge.
S. w. Dorsey and Brady were the
recipients of many warm congratu
lations, and as they left the Court
room they were greeted with renew
ed cheers by the crowd in front O
the City Hall. When order haG
been somewhat restored by reason
of the defendants and their friends
leaving the room, Judge Wylit
turned to Juror Vernon and asked
"Nr. Vernon, how are you this morn
ing?"
Juror Vernon-"First rate, sir"
The Ceurt-I believe we have
nothing further for the jury to dc
during this term, and the Court is
prepared to discharge you finally
You have had laborious task to
perform in this case. You have beer
more than six months engaged in
this trial. Many of you have occu
pations of your own which you have
been obliged to neglect during thai
period, and though your verdict, o
course, will create dissatisfaction tt
many, yet, having been selected &C
cording to the forms of law, anG
having sworn to perform your dutie:
faithfully, the Cour. is bound to pre-
sumo that you have faithfully per
formed your duty. If you have done
so, each one according to the dictates
of his own conscience, that will be {
satisfaction to you as long as yor
live. You are therefore discharged
with the thanks Of the Court.
| In the ante-room and halls th'
Jury was beset by q throng of inter
ested persons, prominent amonl
them being the defendants and Mrs
s. w. Dorsey and Mrs. Peck, VIII
then thanked them for their verdic
with tears in their eyes.
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The Great Lard Corner.

Z CHICAGO, Juae l6.-There is con-
siderable anxiety among the provis-
ion dealers as to what tomorrow will
bring forth. McGeoch, Everingham
& Co, who failed yesteaday, where
the heaviest dealers in the West.
They had attempted to get a corner
in lard and run the price up. 1t
became known early yesterday
morning that McGeoch was selling.
Men who have been here through
all the great provision corners and
provision failures. who have witness
ed the effect of yellow fever rpanios
on the provision market, say they
never saw such sudden deprecia-
ton of property. d slsa ~ =.
July lard, which closed on Friday
night on the call 1T $11.17A, opened
at s1065 and dropped down in q
twinkling to $3.50. Phil Armour,
N. X. Fairbank and B. p. Hutchin.
son began to buy heavily. lHsy
had taken up nearly all the stock "a
the market before anybody knew
what was going on, and then they
LET the prices advance only at q slow
rate, The failure of McGeoch had
its effect on other firms. The firms
involved are Holley 4 Allen, N. B.
Crafts 4 Co, William Martin & Co.,
Ellis 4 Liehtner, Tabor 4 Wilson
aud Matthews 4 BAH. Some of these
CONCERNS profess To be able to make
good their losses on Monday. The
total amount lost by the bulls is SET
down ut a, 100000. 8 e
II is believed tonight that Nc.
Gsochs failure will xinount to moi
less than u, $4,000, but tits impos.
sihls 70 arrive at . correct estimate
Armour refuses to speak, but the
best authorities say that he has
'bagged s250,000 on the days work,
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a. when she va. Young.

Il have used Parkers' Hair bal
sam and like it better than any
similar preparation l know Of
writes Mrs. Ellen Perry, wife o
Rev. P. Perry, of ColdbroOk Springs
Mass. My hair was almost entirely
gray, but a dollar bottle of the Bal
sam has restored the softness, and
the brown color it had when l was
young-not a single gray hair left
Since / began applying the Balsam
my hair has stopped falling out, and
l find that it is perfectly harmless
and agreeable dressing"
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Children Killed.

LONDON, June 16.-An accident
from a crush occurred at children's
entertainment at Sunderland, Eng
land, this evening, and IT'S of the
children were killed.
From the details thus far received
it appears that an entertainment
had been given in Victoria Hall by
conjurer, which was attended
almost altogether by children, seve-
raj thousand being present. The
accident, which was SO direful in its
effects, occurred at the close of the
performance. The body of the hall
had been entirely cleared of its occu'
pants when some 1 200 of the little
ones came rushing down stairs from
the gallery. e- ..-.-r ira ~
At the top of the first flight Of
stairs there was a door which opened
only twenty inches, and thus but
one child was permitted to pass
through at a time. At this point
Wnllc Tie udSS Vi CuliuIcu WCie
pushing forward, some of them fell
and were unable to rise, owing to the
Others crowding on. The result was
q great number were pushed down
trampled on and suffocated.
The scene was terrible, and no eff
fort could stop the mad rush of the
affrighted children. They came or
pell-mell, though, strangely, without
much shouting, and soon IT'S o
them were knocked down and suffo
Gated to death by others tramphns
upon them. The greater number O
the bodies, which were badly man
gled from the trampling, laid sever
or eight deep. The ages of the 17s
children known to have been killed
, ranged from 4 to IA years.
The excitement in the town wher
the news o. the disaster spread wa:
terrific. Great crowds of person:
rushed to the scene until at least
10000 people surrounded the hall
The feeling was so intense that ths
authorities ordered out the Sixty
eighth Infantry to preserve order.
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TIE Republicans of Ohio have
taken a bold stand on the liquor
question, and thereby run great rlsk
of losing the German vote. which
may lead to their defeat and s ye.'
the Prohibitionists have nominated
separate ticket. thus playing into
The hands of the enemies of temper
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WOOLF'S
Mammoth Clothing and Furnishing Establishment
~ T0TF MAIN STREET
MAIN STREET,
.JOhnStOwn. Pa.

The work of getting out the ebOS,
of the victims was begun iup.
diately. They were laid out in d.
hall, and the parents of those IN.
were admitted for the purpOss ,
identifying the bodies of Their chill
ren. Most heart-rending scs,
transpired while the work Of ids,
fication was in progress.
Some of the families whosehOu,
were so suddenly darkened lost n.
three children. One man and !.
pushed their way into the hall
which lay the bodies of the victr,
and, without betraying emotion ,
gan to scan the faces of the Ia
Recognizing the face of one of .
children, the father, pointing VI
his finger, exclaimed, ''That's Ou.
Passing on again he recognis
another and then a third. Stag.
ing in fit of agony, he cried: Y
Godl All my family gone 4
overwhelmed with grief, sank to 4
floor. In some homes there are &
children dead.
Queen Victoria sent Telegram
the Mayor of Sunderland expres.l
her grief at the disaster. Child
of the various Sunday schools d
sent kilograms of sympathy. T.
were at half mast. One Sunt
school loses thirty scholars BY
catastrophe. Many survivors
their limbs broken in the crush. O.
ers are suffering from broken ribs
rupture of internal organs. Graha
hall keeper, says children not .weI
| yards from the door came press
forward unaware of the tragedy, tt
making things ten times worse II
they really were.
The eagerness of the children
depart from the hall was caused
their desire to receive the pr
promised them. Graham TIM
the blame for the, calamity upOE
man connected with the entera
ment, who it appears fastened
door half open in order that
prizes might be given to child
one at q time while they were Il
ing the hall.
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"srRyEp HIM RIGHT" is the almost
universal comment on the killing OF
Dukes by young Mutt. And yet,
while Dukes undoubtedly deserved
death for his crimes, the manner OF
his death was not right. 1t will not
do under any circumstances. 70 ad-
init that any man has the right to
act as Judge, jury and executioner in
hi. own case. Dukes was a doubly
damned villain, but his killing by
Young Mutt is not iusti6able. If ev-
er any man was excusable for taking
the life of another this young man
is. A more maddening provocation
cannot be conceived. The fair name
and fame of beloved sister blight
ed. a father murdered in defense OF
the honor of his child, a shameless
miscarriage of justice in the aeqult-
tai of the defamer and assassin, the
constant presence and bravado ofthe
bloody wretch who wrought these
crimes, wa. a provocation to exact
atonement, scarcely to be resisted by
any man, but still, the law says that
the act of this grief maddened lad j:
murder, and in our sympathy with
him we must not forget that the law
is our only safeguard and sure ref
uge.
Put yourself in his place, and you
feel that you would have been les:
than man not to have done as hs
did. In your innermost heart you
cannot condemn him, and yet, thu
law must be respected and obeyed
or chaos has come again. 1t wal
the miscarriage, or violation of thu
law that brought about this lates
tragedy. Had Dukes been convicted
a. he should have have been, of the
murder of the father, the sons life
would not now have been in jeop
ardy, and the hearts of the wife
mother and sister would not b
wrung with double sorrow. w
hope, earnestly hope, for the deliver
ance of this lad from the last drea,
penalty OF the law, but we must no
close our eyes to the fact that he de
liberately, and with inten., and no
in the hot blood of struggle, fire'
upoa and killed the man tor who's
death he will be called upon to an
swer.
The killing under the circumstan
ces. cannot be justified, but it ma!
be excused. We do not believe tn
lad can be convicted in the commit
nity where he was raised, and wher
all the facts in this dreadful doubl
tragedy are known, but it is unden
able that James Mutt in thus avent
iug his sisters dishonor and his fail
er's murder, has placed his own lii
Ia fearful peril. rs.r .r'
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risburg, that an adjourned session of
the extra session, will be found nec-
essary. This is a feeler of public SEN
timent, presumed to emanate from
"official circles" and is said to orig.
mate in a struggle between the Wal
lace and Cassidy wings of the Demo
cratic party, who are manevering
for the United States Senatorship.
1t is suggested by those interested
that, the Congressional and Judicial
apportionment bills can be passed
in two or three weeks, and then by
an agreement to disagree on the Leg
islative apportionment bill, the pre-
text will be afforded for an adjourn
ment over until January, when an
extra session can be held, after the
lay of the land has been ascertained
by the November election.
We trust that no Republican will
be party to this scheme, if there be
such an one afoot. There was no
valid reason for calling the presen:
extra session. The pretext of the
Governor, that it was necessary be-
cause of the failure of the Legisla-
ture to adopt the apportionment
bills, is too thin. If after session
of more than one hundred and fifty
days members failed to agree, what
probability is there that they will
come together by being forced to re-
assemble in extra session? If the
differences were irreconcilable then
they are none the less so now. Each
party declares it has conceded all i,
will concede, and we assume, neither
can be coerced to yield against its
mstured judgement.
Speaking to Republicans alone
we advise that they stand firm. In
our judgment, everything was con
ceded that should be for the sake O
an agreement, and to yield more now
will be TO shoulder the responsible
ly and expense of this utterly use
less extra session. ,ra
Upon Governor Pattison and hil
advisers the responsibility now rests
| Let it remain there. There are n,
Congressional, Legislative or Judi
cial elections to be held this year
there was no emergency requiring
Executive interference, and the al
rogant assumption to the contrary
|. deserves to be rebuked. At al
, events, Republican members canno
afford to, and they will be denounce'
if they do place their party in tn
! wrong. by yielding to Executive die
J dictation. This is question highe
than mere party politics it is
question of the right of conscience
. and he is a slave who will yield hi
conscientious convictions to dicta
ton from any source.
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Cyclones In the Northwest.

MILWAUKEE, June 12.-Northern
Illinois and Southern Wisconsin
have again been swept by a cyclone.
The greatest havoc was at Beloit,
Wis. The railroad bridge across
Rock river was blown into the wa
ter, carrying with it four men on a
hand car, two of whom were killed,
Edward Holloran and John Mallory.
The Rock River Paper Mills were
unroofed and one man named Phil.
ip Gleason killed and another iniur-
ed by flying timber.
The storm cloud passed through
the main portion of the town, doing
great damage to business houses and
public edifices and injuring a num-
Der of people. The storm also passed
south of Harvard, ILL.,, demolishing
several farm houses and out build
ings and the district school house.
Two persons were badly, probably
fatally hurt About half of the vii
lage of Brush Creek, Iowa, was blown
away in tne tornaoo yesterday aIter'
noon' anG eohsideraoie Damage was
oone az iripoi' iowa. ana IN tha'
vicinity. -
ihe 'own On Noftn vernon, 'en'
cyclone which wrecked several hous.
-. anI ;v;,,.al o L. sc ...la
amona The bu;ld;nas Jas,rovaJ - p;op,e Ta..
~. Co5orsJ M % MsshaJ;s. % snd H. CT CT
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I'd nd an !m,n.nso - ano,n. ~ os ,non n.on
arsv .,.' wss ~a , ru;nsJ t nmmh.. ~ u PrOp .p,
Slsy ~: 80 We ;n;.,.sJ % u'"oe' VI pe'
PA ns.acJ IA .u.u.,
>ortsd S:usJ AZ AZ. Er;sndsh;. - J v W. ;e
= % i;s,,. - ,a-n 49,. t:Lp, sanr s.;lai ..s ~ y.
...ss ~ os | Torl . A.. 80 ~ LILIES aeS h', nU..n
aoj ~ o.hs. ~ I hn;iS;n IH -, s.aly J nouss1
.s ~. a. Ja.,.as ~ 49,. 80; .s:soyeu
=, s s,ao @ 066 - 49, ~ Hn,,sI = e.'xasa sas.'
Son, 3. vss,s o,d - ;n.,sr.tr .n i;,,.s MY,
md . man. ;r;.,.J S - ''AA Ai'e'
Fl Rshert Hochs~'s bou.o x;.h NJ.
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and 10 rsmsmbsr that the sentiment
Il the outside world .was with him.
Nutt Is cheerful, and while his man.
ner i ne ftom suy trace Of brsgga-
docia, be carried the weight Of his
imprisonment more easily than
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BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARGAIN

Notwithstanding the very low prices which we ba,,,
selling goods this season, we are compelled to nal
great reduction in order to close entire stool p
occupying on, New Store which will be ready in abon
weeks. aasas4 aas s
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Bargains No. 1.

Bargains IN Dress Suits,
Bargains in Business Suits,
Bargains in Everyday Sui
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AYY OF THE sHoTs FATAL

It's thought that any one Of these
three balls would have eaused his
death. The tvo balls that vent
through to the breast and were ex-
tracted are also in the hands Of the
Coroner. The ball that grazed the
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papers, which were not touched.
The back had four bullet holes in it
on the left side. The vest contained
nothing of any Importance, and the
holes in the vest corresponded to
those in the coat.
A WALKING ARSENAL. -
A dirk knife was found hanging
to the suspender button on his left
side, where he could grasp it in an
instant with his right hand, and in
bis right hip pocket was found the
very identical revolver with which
he shot Captain Mutt. The dirk
knife was ready for close encounter
and the revolver for long range
Many thought that the revolver used
by Mutt was the same one bis father
had at the time Dukes killed him
but it was not. 1t was . Colt 80.
calibre and not SO large as the ono
his father bad ct the time of his
death. All these things we're taken
by the Coroner. ~ - ~,
On a later examination Of tbs
wounds it wss found that three ol
tbs balls and NOT four penetrated
his body, They are SO close togeth
er that o ring four inches in diane
ter viii cover them ell. Two o.
them went clean through the body
and could be seen just through
the skin, on the right side Of thl
breast and the sther a. near the mid
die of the breast 6 could be. Thil
one fractured . rib. These ball
were pulled out and the holes pEpbe(
by the Coroner and his father, DR
w. III. Sturgeon. II was found tha
the two bullets psssed to the right o
and very near The hssxk The thin
hole was then probsd and he bsl
found lodged IN the museulsl tisssl
of the heart. This ball pessel
through the lungs 6rst and then int
the heart. -, - ~ y
AYy OF THE sHon FATAL. !"
It's thought that any one Of thes
three balls would have caused hi
death. The tvo balls that ven
through to the breast and were ex
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EDWARD scULL. Editor and Proprietor.
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Seats on sale at Sim Hart's cignr store. Prices
evening" deserved seats, 81 y; admission,
SlUO; gallery, 80 cents. Matinee-reserved
seats, LOO; admission, 70 cents.
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Avertising Directory.

KNIGHTS PYTHIAS, Elk Lodge No. 30,
i'm Fireman's Hall. Visiting brethren welcome.
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JOS. Schmidt,
AL Commerce Street. 24l
An Experienced Matchmaker

OFFERS his services to the Public. He has b,d
Sthrty years experience as head workman II III,
greatest watch factory in Geneva Si,gs,j, u tle
gsh watches in particular gen1rally rpinsd in "a.
country eY repAiEeHlturnsd cut as good AZ ns,
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The two-stOry hard-rock building, compris-
ing Nos. rs and 40. on Market street. For
particulars apply at 240 Market street.
l2-2l-lm PEREIDA BROTHERS,