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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Railroad Accident.

PfTrsBuRG, March 20.-Ofiicial
reports to the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company says; The eastwarp
bound Chicago limited express was
coming down the FraRklin grade,
three miles east of Salem, Ohio, at
the rate of forty miles an hour this
morning, when tie engine struck an
obstruction ofsome kind, and, jump
ing the track, went over the embank-
ment. thirty feet. The entire train
! left the rails, but only the baggage
and smoking cars were upset. When
the engine overturned the boiler
exploded with terrific force, and
James Richards, the engineer, and
Charles Rhoees, the fireman, were
blown 400 yards distant and
instantly killed. Baggage-master
Beisel and Brakeman Lands were
slightly injured.
A train was sent out from Pitts
burg Immediately after news of the
accident was received to which the
passengers were transferred. They
were all able to go through to their
destination. This is the first seri-
Gus accident that has happened to
the New York and Chicago limited
express since it began running near
ly three years ago.
As yet no definite cause can bs
assigned for the accident, but the
, opinion is expressed that an OBJ
struction had maliciously been pla-
ced on the track in such a way that
! the engineer could not notice it il
time to avert the disaster.
: The combination smoking anc
baggage car followed the engine ovel
| the embankment when the accident
occurred, and landed on the boiler
with such violence as to force tht
driving wheels through the floor, the
= car being demolished completely
The dining car was thrown over or
its side and slid down the embank
ment and was completely wrecked
The remaining two cars were forced
from the track and the trucks of the
forward car were thrown u distance
of twenty feet. Both cars were bad
ly damaged. For few moments
after the explosion the interior ofthe
sleeping car was scene of inextri-
cable confusion. The screams of the
lady passengers were heart-rending,
and the cries of strong men could be
heard above the din, calling for help
Some little time elapsed before any
attempt was made to ascertain the
extent of the accident. owing to the
excitement and to the fact that ev-
cry person was either unconscious
or imprisoned. The first person to
emerge from the wreck was the col
ored porter, who, although badly
bruised, succeeded in breaking the
windows of the sleeping car, which
afforded an avenue of escape, and
one by one the passengers crawled
out. 1t was soon a.certained that
none of them had been seriously in
jured, although eleven were more or
less seriously cut or bruised.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26

If the Democratic party does not
revise and reform the present iniquit-
Gus tariff, it should give way to an
organization that viii do it.-Nash-
riHc World.
The New Testament tells of par
ty who offered to give away all the
kingdoms Of the world, with appa-
rently no more thought as to wheth-
er they were his to give than the
Democratic party has as to whether
it has anything to give away. 1t has
already given away any chance it
may have had of electing the next
President by its war on the tariff,
and about the only thing it has left
to give away" is a worthless major.
ity in Congress and few tidal wave
Governors that nobody would take
as a present.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
A Big Mortgage Recorded.

UYIoNTowN, march 19.-The lar
gest mortgage ever recorded in Fay
cite county was entered in the recor-
der's office here yesterday. 1t was for
one million dollars and was given
by the Chicago and Connelsville
Coke and Iron Company, of which
Judge Leisenring, of Mauch Chunk,
is president, and whose works are
located at East and West Leisenring
this county. The company own
eight thousand acres of coal land
here, which they are developing
with eight hundred coke ovens.
The mortgage is given in favor OF
the fidelity Trust and Safe Deposit
and Insurance Company of Phila-
delphia to secure bonds to the
amount ofS1 100000 issued by the
coke company. The bonds bear
six per cent, and are redeemable in
five or fifteen years. The document
was executed in Philadelphia
March IA.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Victims of TrichinOsis.

LATRoBE, March 1S.-A family
named Shulthers (Gsrmans,) con-
sisting of husband and wife and two
brothers, formerly residing in Wash
ington county, where they lost their
home and suffered severely by the
recent floods. In their destitution
they secured some fresh pork, of
which they ate greeedily without
cooking, and with no other condi-
ment than salt. This occurred about
three weeks ago. In the meantime
they removed to Loyal Hanna, and
the men went to work in the coal
mine there. A few days passed
when all of the family were taken
i'll with symptoms of trichinosis.
The woman, Mrs. Maria Shulthers,
died and was buried Yesterday, and
her husbands death is hourly ex-
pected. The two brothers are grad
ually getting worse and in all proba-
! bility will die.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Burglar Shot Dead.

BosToN, March 19.-At FIVE o clock
this morning James Donovan was
discovered by Officer Kendall in the
basement of house on Boylston
place which he had entered with
burglarious intent. The officer Sc
cured Donovan. On the way to the
station-house the prisoher tripped
Kendall and getting possession Of the
officers club beat him brutally on
the head. Kendall succeeded in
drawing his revolver and shooting
Donovan the ball entering his mouth
and taking effect in his head Do
novan died fifteen minutes later.
While Officer Burnett, who assist
ed Officer Kendall in carrying Don
ovan to the station, was cleaning
the blood from his coat he was ac-
cidentally shot through the calf of
his leg by his own revolver, which
fell from his pocket.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Two Brothers Hanged for Murder

LOUISVILLE, March 21.-Rudolph
and Champ Fitzpatrick were hanged
this afternoon at Columbia, Adair
county, in this State, a place twenty
five miles from a telegraph station,
for the brutal murder of Miller
Brewster. The execution was wit
messed by five thousand persons.
The condemned men seemed re-
signed to their fate. The scaifold
was ii double one and so arranged
that the drops fell at the same mo-
ment. The execution passed off
quietly. When the men were pro
nounced dead the bodies were turn
ed over to their friends. The crime
for which the Fitzpatrick brothers
were hanged WAS committed at
Nashville on August 6, 1888. The
brothers and their victim had been
employed on the farm of James
Perry, who made a favorite Of Brews-
ter. This fact gave rise to jealousy
and hatred on the part of the Fltz-
patricks and led to the murder.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
The Wrong Man Hanged.

JACKSON GA, March 23.-Four
years ago two negroes Were arrested
in Hall county charged with assault
ing a white woman. They were
tried and found guilty. One WAS
hanged and the other sent TO the
chain gang for life. Since then
enough evidence has been found to
satisfy the community where the
crime was committed that the con-
victed negroes were innocent. As
the negro now in the chain gang was
citizen of Jackson county the resi-
dents of that county placed the mat
ter before the last grand jury, and
after an investigation they decided
to request the grand jury of Hall
county to ask the governor for the
negro's pardon. There is of course
no doubt he will be freed.
The Jackson county authorities
are also believed to be in possession
of facts which will lead to the con
viction of the criminal, who has
been living all these years within a
few miles of the scene Of the crime
and the execution. The publicity OF
the present discovery has caused
great excitement, especially among
the negroes, and there is little doubt
that lynching will follow ifthe citi-
zens learn the name of the real cul-
prit. The crime was an exceedingly
brutal one, the victim making a des-
perate fight with her assailants.
She was finally left for dead in a
small patch of woods. The unfortu-
nate negro who was hanged died
protesting his innocence, but the
circumstantial evidence against him
was so strong that his story was dis
credited. The negro now in the
chain ganghas always protested his
pnpappa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Andrew Peterson Tried,

SALT LAKE, March 19.-Andrew
Peterson, a delegate to Congress in
1882, and an. ayowed Polygamist,
who was indicted under the Ed.
munds law for registering and vot-
ing, is now on trial. Chief Justice
Hunter allowed seven Polygamist
Mormons to sit on the jury. One of
them has three wives. All seven
swore that they believed the Divine
law superior to the laws of Congress,
They believed polygamy was right,
and revealed from God, and would
obey God rather than Congress. The
defendant admits marriage accord
ing to the Mormon law, but saws
the marriage was by proxy for eter-
nifty, and not for q time.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26

1t is announced that Cambria
county Republicans have declared
for James g. Blaine for President.
This practically settles the status of
the delegates to Chicago from this
Congressional district. Blair coun.
ty Republicans at their recent con-
vention pronounced for the "Plumed
Knight" and the sentiment in Bed
ford county is known to be strongly
in his favor. The delegates to the
Chicago convention viii be selected
in his interests. Shall or shall thev
not be men true to the party ? This
is vet to be settled.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Narrow Escape from Death.

New YORK, March 2l.-Marcus
Gerber and his family, consisting OF
wife and year-old child, had mar
row escape from being burned to
death at their residence, No. 137
Ludlow street, this morning. The
family occupied part OF the tourty
floor in the building, which ls SIX
story tenement. AT about hali-past
2 o'clock this morning Mrs. Gerber
was awakened from sleep by hearing
the baby cry. She saw that an
apartment was in flames, and aweke
her husband, who for few mo-
ments was bewildered by the horror
of the situation. To escape into the
hallway it was necessary TOR him to
pass from the bedroom through the
room which was on fire. He picked
up the child and wrapped shawl
around its head. With his wife and
child he managed to make his way
from the bedroom to the door of the
living room leading into the hall
way. The distance ne had to go was
about three yards. They succeeded
in getting out of the room. Mr.
Gerber's hair was almost burned of
and his wife's hair was also badly
singed. The eight families living on
the two floors above and the three
living on the same floor, who were
aroused from their slumbers by the
outcries of the Gerber family, mana
ged to make their way to root amid
the binding smoke which filled the
Railways. The eight families Lying
on the second and third floors and
the two families living back of the
stores on the ground floor made
their way to the street, many OF them
in their night clothes. For a time
there was considerable excitement
in the house and panic prevailed
One of the inmates ran to the house
of Engine Company No. II, at No, 81
Ludlow street, and gave the alarm
That company extinguished the fire
in about an hour. Mr.. Gerbers los;
is about $500. The damage to the
! building is only about S1O0.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Sabin : View.

New YORK, March Ex-senator
Sabin, chairman of the republican
national committee, is in town, en-
route to Chicago, to attend a meet
ing of that committee on Saturday
next when arrangements will be
made for the national convention
In an int rview to-day he said that
he was in favor of nominating any
candidate for the presidency who
will carry the state of New York and
the country and the delegates from
Minnesota will doubtless take the
same view. He believed the nation
al committee would open its head
quarters for the campaign in this
city next month.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Killed by a Tree Top.

PORTLAND, March 21.-Yesterday
Joseph Fish, living near Stone
Church, met with a singular death.
He was engaged in telling trees. He
climbed into a tree and cut off the
top. He then descended to the
ground. The top had lodged in
falling, and while trying to dislodge
it, it careened and the butt fell on
the unfortunate man. crushing in
his chest and killing him. He was
20 years old.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Black Desperades.

ST. LOUIS, March 20.-Three ne
groes named Lewis, Freeman and
Anderson. boarded several freight
trains near East st. Louis late last
night and to-day, and with drawn
revolvers overawed the conductors
and brakemen and robbed the cars.
AT noon to-day a posse headed by
Alderman Green, St. Louis, attacked
the negroes six miles from the city.
After an exchange of over forty shots
the negroes were arrested and placed
in Jail. Anderson received a load
of buckshot in his side and arm.
Alderman Green was shot in the
knee and was brought back TO the
city in a wagon.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Young Disciples of Jesse James

BosToN, March 20.-A gang of
fifteen boys was arrested at South
Boston last night, and three of their
leaders held for examination. Ma
ny small larcenies are charged to
them, their raids being planned in
an old cellar, which they called
their "den." Coleman O'Donnel, a
leading spirit, sixteen years old,
had recently been released from the
reformatory institution. Their ages
range from twelve to fifteen. They
had a peculiar lang, age, known
only to the members of the gang
and for hours they mystified the
officers of the station with their
conversation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Peculiar Trance.

READING, March 23.-Nellie Him
melrich, pretty, dark haired girl OF
fourteen, is now lying in semi-un-
conscious condition at the house OF
Frederick Reinhold. At intervals
her mind is sufficiently rational to
admit of her speaking intelligently.
The fiirl was baptized in the icy wa
ter OF the river here last Sunday, and
since then has been laboring under
much religious excitement Her
pastor is the Rev. Mr. Musselman, of
the Evangelical Mennonite church,
who is almost constantly in attend
ance. He says: Il have no doubt
but that she is in the same condi-
ton as was st. John when he was a
witness of the wonders of heaven,
described in the book of Revelation.
1t is given to but few people to ex-
perience such a manifestation, and l
believe the girl is divinely favored.
She is given a glimpse of the great
beyond so that she can tell US, her
friends, of what she saw.
To the preacher she said; 81 am
in heaven. | can see Jesus and
many beautiful angels. | don
want to come back. The angels have
crowns on their heads and trumpetS
in their hands. heal the grandesi
music. The streets are all of gold
and everything is beautiful and
bright. The angels crowns are made
of lilies and stars, and they are al
dressed in white"
The girl gives graphic descriptions
of what she sees, and relates biblica
facts which, it is asserted, she neve
knew before her present condition
Her language is far above that which
she customarily uses. Large mum
bers of people call. When in
trance her body becomes perfectly
stiff, and she is apparently uncon
| SpiOus
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
A Lover Killed.

Chattanooga, Tenn, March 21.-
a masquerade ball was given in this
city last night. Handy Singleton
and Calvin Young were paying at
tentions to woman. About mid
night Singleton and the woman left
the ball room together and were fol-
lowed by Young, who overlook them
near the Stanton House. Young
drew a pistol and shot Singleton
through the heart, killing him in
stantly. The murderer escaped and
the woman was arrested. 1t is be-
lieved the murder was the result of
a conspiracy on part of the woman
and Ieung to get rid of Singleton,
who was at one time her lover.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Great Ride ON Thick Ice.

EscANABA. Mich, March IL
March 16.-Captain B. d. Vinegar
came by team from Washington
Island on the ice, thirty miles, a
feat never accomplished before. He
reports the ice to be thirty nine
inches thick, blue. and solid. There
is open water nearer Escanabd than
five miles south of Rock Island
There is twenty inches of snow in
the woods. which is melting fast
Weather clear and pleasant.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
A Biganist's Suicide.

DAYTON, March 20.-About two
years ago f. NJ. Eberhardt, q rich
farmer near Arcanum, married a
young and cultured girl. He lived
with her but few months when he
suddenly went to Hamilton and
married another aristocratic young
lady under the assumed name Of E.
Easton. Day before yesterday Eber-
hardt returned to his first wife and
pleaded to be taken back, but she
refused. He then threatened her,
when she called on hired help, and
he left the premises.
Last night, while she was in the
house alone he returned and after
repeating his threats, threw her vic
lently to the floor and whipping out
q knife slashed her across the throat.
When found several hours afterward
she was unconscious, but not fatal
ly injured. A posse of citizens or
ganized at once and secured the
neighborhood for Eberhardt, finally
after midnight finding him hanging
to rafter by a halter. On his
breast was the following note address
to his wife and friends
Il have made up mind to kill my,
self and am in my right mind,
do not believe my soul will be lost
and | viii meet my dear, kind wife
Mollie in the land of rest"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Lovers Take Poison.

INDIANAPOLIS, March 19.-W. Nj.
Dane, twenty years old, of Benton
vile, became enamored of girl of
thirteen, Ada Swift. Her parents OBJ
iected to a continuance of the mans
attentions to their child, on account
of her extreme youth. On Saturday
night Dane purchased two ounces OF
laudanum, giving Ada one half and
swallowing the other half himself.
The poison failed to have fatal eff
feet in either case, being an over
dose. Yesterday the father of the
girl had Dane arrested on a charge Of
attempting to poison his child. last
night Dane procured a pistol and
shot himself. He died. The girl
may recover.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26

OUT in Ohio they have just passed
a law TO give common sense a show
Hereafter, instead of challenging
men who are called to serve on ju-
ries, because they have read accounts
Of the crime for which the prisoner
is about to be tried or discussed the
evidence with their neighbors, they
viii be permitted to sit in the cases
provided their minds are not sc
preudiced by what they have read
or heard, as to make them incompe
tent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
baltimore aud Ohio Extending Its
Line.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The Bal
timore and Ohio telegraph company
is rapidly extending its lines in the
west, northwest and southwest.
Large gangs of men are constructing
between New York and Chicago and
St. Louis and Texas. 1t is estima-
ted that the wire-mileage Of the COM
pany viii be more than dovble by
midsummer. It is q notable fact
that the Western Union is reducing
its rates Just in advance of the Balti-
more and Ohio extension, and is
using the Mutual Union with which
to cut rates, hoping thereby to SO
lessen the revenues of the opposition
as to compel consolidation. This
dodge is fully understood by the
public, who are also alive to the fact
that the Baltimore and Ohio is an
opposition, founded on bedrock and
intended to be lasting. Therefore,
business men are giving it a hearty
support.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Deadly Explosion.

CLEVELAND, March ia still at
Merriam Il Morgan's oil works, in
this city, exploded this morning.
The escaping oil instantly submerg-
ed August Fisher and August Gueu-
ther, employees, and the oil taking
fire, the men were quickly burned
to death in sight of Mortified
crowd, who were unable to assist
them A rushing stream of oil over
took William Stahlman, another
employe, as he fled, and he too was
burned to death Merriam & Nor
gan's loss is s15,000 The cause of
the explosion is unknown.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Married a Negro.

ERIE, March 50-Mrs. Georgian
Griffin, the widow whose elopement
with Charles Holmes, colored hod
carrier, created a sensation here yes
terday, was found this morning con-
cealed in the house of a colored man
named Saunders. Holmes. when
the elOpement was intercepted by
the woman's mother, fled the city to
escape coat of tar and feathers. He
got off from the train at a way sta
ton, and returning met Mrs. Griffin,
who had run away from a policeman.
They went to the house of a minis
ter and were married. Mrs. Griffin
had been put in Jail by her relatives.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
A Train Wrecker Arrested.

MOUNT CARMEL, Pa, March 2f.-
Michael TORY, aged 16, was arrested
last night near Watson town while
in the act of changing switch for
purpose of wrecking an approaching
train on the philadelphia and Erie
RAILROAD. He was placed in jail at
Sunbury. Tory confessed that he
has before attempted to wreck trains
On one occasion ne asked his asseci.
ates to assist him to wreck q t7ain
and plundr the wounded passengers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-26
Graveyard Insurance Prosecution.

HARRIsBURG. March 21.-Sheriff
Sheesly to-day served notice Of as uit
in equity on G. Milton Bair, Secre-
tary of the detunct Southern Penn
sylvania Mutual Relief Association
OF Hanover, York county, one of the
graveyard concerns which was root
ed out in 1881 by the Dauphin
County Court. Receiver Weiss, in
his petition to the Court, alleges that
the officers of the company appro-
priated to their own use S65, 993,90
which did not belong to them and
which should be handed over for
distribution, and the Court is asked
to issue Il decree compelling the
insurance officials to dissorge all
money unlawfully taken. The of
fieers have fourteen days in which
TO answer.
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NOTICE.


NOTICE is hereby given that an annl,c,,i.o
WI De made 10 the Governor OF PennsylyaDia al
@ sse Executive Ofhce in the City Of Harrisburg on
INC a uay OF april, A. d., 1854 at 10 o'clock A.
", Tor letters patent incorporating THE NEvy
tohh AND PENNS fLVANIA COAL. IRON
aND aaND COkE COMPANY. The purpose OF said
SoIp0ration Is for carrying on Mechanical. Min
ing Quarrying, Manufacturing aAd selling Coaj
rue clay. Iron Ore, Iron, Coke, and other Min
e'ai substances, and the business covered nv ana
Included In the provisions Of Clause EigStsen
seetion Two, OF the Act of Assembly of agsh af
hips,i hnpan l,It and It's Supplements, and thst The
% ussss ~ oi SAID Corporation is to be transacted in
S Sne Counties OF Cambria and Somerset In The
'ate p AZ oi Pennsyysni and that said corporai on
SUBSCRIBERS FOR CHARTER
SsMrsI 1i' 5hokr New York City.
S. II BoNNELI- IL. Elizabeth. N 4
GEo- 4. BoxSELL, - pniA' r"-
WM. GULAGER. a
mayla.a, So,,.,. CofFROrH 81 RUPPEL.
'"Afi''- solicitors for Applicants forCbarIsr.
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Cars Wrecked.

ERIE, March PA Lake Shore
train was wrecked at Angola to-day,
after which the tanks exploded, set
ting fire to the entire train. A west
bound train ran into the wreck and
was also set on fire. William Fraw-
ley, OF Derby, N. Y, and n. Selvius,
OF rernham, We're caught in the
wreck, each having a leg and arm
broken. Both were covered with
burning oil, and it is feared, are IA
tally burned. Twenty-seven valua-
Bile cars Were burned.