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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
A Hurricane In SPAN.

MADRID, May IA terrible hur-
ricane has just swept across me mid
middle of Spain. In this city 20
persons are known TO have been in
stantly killed, and 200 Others have
been seriously injured. The wind
struck the city with the suddenness
of lightning. Tram-cars and cabs
were dislodged and telegraph wires
everywhere tern from their poles.
The parks in and about the city
were deva,tated, and in some cases
entirely denuded. Oae church tow
er was Flown down. A number OF
houses ia the suburbs were entirely
wrecked, and of the many cottages
on the outskirts OF the capital which
were blown from their foundations
and wrecked some where so COM
pletely and quickly broken up and
scattered by the wind that they may
be said to have simply vanished be-
fore the storm. Telegraphic COM
m~unication has been SO completely
cut off that it Is impossible as yet TO
Obtain news from the provinces, but
ii il believed that the ruin wrought
by the hurricane has been wide
surrad
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
A Ghastly Discovery.

CHICAGO, May 14.-The Coroner
received a dispatch this morning
from +. A. Vogt, a trustee of the town
Of Cicero, near this city, which said
that nine boxes, containing the bod
les of children and adults had been
found about half a mile south Of
Oak Park. Up to eleven o'clock nc
other particulars concerning the dis
coyery were to be had. The facts
as known created excitement in po-
lice circles, one of the theories adj
vanced being that the corpses were
those OF Anarchists who had died
from injuries received in the Hay
market explosion and in subsequent
fights with the police in the south
western part of the city.
There have been rumors that q
number eff dead Anarchists were Sc
cretly buried by their comrades
and it was thought hat the bodies
found might be those disposed of in
that manner.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Hanged by a Mob.

P~REsCoTT, KAN, May 13.-The de-
tails OF "a shocking murder. the per
p%etrator of which met death at the
hands of Judge Lynch, were devel-
oped at a Coroner's inquest held a
short distance from here yesterday.
The victim was Miss Minnie Grimes,
aged II, who had lived with II. h.
Spencer, one of Linn county's Oldest
farmers, for a long time. The muir
derer was f. Lyles, aged 2S, a re-
jected sutton of Miss Grimes. On
Tuesday Lyies left his brothers
house TO visit the Spencers. He
stopped at a country store on his
way and purchased a box of car
tridges. When near Spenc~rs house,
he met Miss Grimes returning home
from school. He again asked her
to marry him, and when she refused
he deliberately shot her. The girl
started to run home, but Lyles kept
up his fire until he had emptied his
revolver. Twice he deliberately re-
loaded, firing in all fourteen shots.
The second shot was the fatal one.
Not satisfied with this he cut the
girls throat and beat her brains out
with IA club He then went on to
Mr.. Spencer's house and told of his
crime. Mr.. Spencer held him until
an officer arrived, and the pair start
ed for this place. News of the MUIR
der rapidly spread, and a mob CON-
gregated, took Lyles from the con-
stable, and hanged him to n tree.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
A Double Killing Conspiracy.

NEILLsvILLE, Wis, May 5.-This
county has been thrown into a state
of great excitement through the dis
covery of a. horrible crime. Last
Sunday Harry Wright, a farmer
living in the northern part of the
county. died very suddenly. Sus-
picions were aroused at the cause OF
his death. The body was disinter-
red by relatives and the stomach
sent to Chicago for analysis. A
post mortem, which was also held.
developed symptoms of poisoning.
Wednesday Mrs. Wright was arrest
ed, just as she was about to leave
the county, and lodged in Jail here,
on a charge of murder. A warrant
was also issued for a man named
Daniel Allen, who was suspected OF
having a hand in the transaction.
Last night Mrs. Wright broke
down, and made a confession, giving
the details of n of the most hor-
rible crimes ever known in the State.
The statement of the woman is to
the effect that Allen and herself had
been intimate for the past year and
a-half. Both were married. Their
passion led to the formation of q
plan that included the murder of
Wright and Mrs. Allen. 1t was ar
ranged that Mrs Wright should
first make away with her husband.
After he was dead and buried and
the excitement had worn off Allen
was to do the same with his wife,
after which the two were to marry.
In accordance with the agreement
Mrs. Wright secured poison and,
two weeks before Wright's death,
succeeded in giving him a dose. In
her excitement the woman gave too
much and the result was only to
make her husband very sick. He
had hardly recovered from the eff
fects of the first when a second dose
of poison was mixed by Allen. This
did the work. Allen is-now in Jail
here
1t is rumored that large crowds OF
Wright's neighbors are gathering to
lynch the guilty couple. In view OF
any such contingency the Jail is
strongly guarded.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

Volcano, w. Va, May A.
George Baum. a farmer living with
his wife and family a few miles from
this place. narrowly escaped being
lvnched last night by a mob of In
dignant neighbors. The cause was
the outrageous treatment of his wife
and the feeding of her and the chill
dren on dog flesh. Mrs. Baum is Ill
with consumption and the attending
physician has prescribed cod liver
oil. Her husband cams to this
place q few daya ago and on the way
back killed a dog in the woods, rem
dered some of its fat, placed it ia a
bottle and took that and the dressed
meat home. His wife took the
grease and soon became very ill, the
symptoms being alarming. This
meat Baum represented to be NUT
ton, and cooking it, be made the
children eat it. As a result they
were also taken sick.
Yesterday some of the neighoors,
whose suspicious had been excited
followed Baum to the woods and
saw him kill and dress another dog
They as once captured him and wer'
on the point Of hanging him, when
wiser counsels prevailed and he wa:
placed in Jail. His wife and chill
dren are here very i'll.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Chicago's Wounded Policemen.

CHICAGO, Nav 12-The twenty.
three wounded officers at the coun,
ty hospital, the majority of whom
are victims Of the bomb explosion,
are all out of danger. and the physi-
clan in charge says he has no longer
fears that any of them will die. OF
fcers Jacob Halsen and Lawrence
Murphy viii have to go through the
remaining years OF their lives Grip
piles, the first minus a leg and the
other a foot, but the brave fellows
accept their situation without a muir
muir.
Charles Schumacher, the young
tailor, who was shot through the
liver by a policeman during the riot
and who has suffered great agony
ever since. died at midnight. lie
declared from the first he vas not a
Socialist.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Terrible Story from Arkansas

LITTLE Rock, May PA dog be.
longing to a farmer near this city
went mad last week, and among the
animals which it wounded, in its
wanderings about the farm. was a
mich COW. The cow showed no
signs of being Affected and it was
thought hydrophobia would not re
suit. Yesterday, however, the ami
NAL began showing symptoms OF
the disease. and at the same time
the farmers two children, who had
been nourished with the cows milk,
exhibited similar symptoms and
are in a critical condition, suffering
the most terrible agonies. The other
members of the family are also Ill,
but their symptoms are not so
alarming as those of the children.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
WRECKED BY A MASHOUT.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 13.-The east
bound passenger train on the In.
d%ianapolis, Bloomington and West.
ern Railroad, which left here at 6
o'clock last night, a into a wash.
out near New Castle, Henry county
towards midnight, with terrible eff.
feet.
The engine, baggage car and frs
passenger a plunged into the abyss
j. V. Treynar, engineer, and Jane:
Hudson, fireman, both of this city
and an unknown passenger were in.
stantly killed in the crush, and the
baggageman and conductor were Sc.
verely injured. All of the passen'
gers were more or less injured, bu,
none seriously hurt.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
A Funnel Shaped Cyclone,

LANSING, Mich, May ia cy-
clone formed a mile north of Lam
sing, at the edge of Jones lake, and
swept in a northerly direction. lev
cling fences and woods and tearing
buildings into fragments. After
forming, the whiriwind seemed to
stand still for a moment in the road
aud then moved off about as fast as
one could walk, gradually increas-
ing in size and velocity az it moved.
1t was blue-black in color and fun.
mel shaped. It Rugged the ground
all the way and did not touch the
clouds above. 1t cut a clean swath
"A quarter of a mile wide through all
the woods and orchards that came
in its way.
The largest building destroyed
was q barn OF Mr.. Shutter, on the
Downer road. which was torn to
minute fragments. His horses were
in the basement of the barn, and one
was sucked up and left on the hay
NOW, while the owner was buried
under the ruin.
The house and buildings of a fam
lily named Fairbanks we're all blown
to pieces. The whirlwind passed
across the big Chandler marsh, four
miles from here, nearly in the mid
die, striking a Michigan Central
Freight train. unroofing cars and
hurting Conductor Kane into the
ditch.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Alaska's

WASHINGTON, May 12.-Gov.
Swineford, of Alaska, delivered an
interesting address before the House
Committee on Territories to-day, on
the resources, climate and laws of
Alaska. Alaska, he said, could
alone furnish the fish supply of the
world. 1t had valuable gold mines,
yielding as much as sixteen dollars
per ton of ore at an expense of but
one dollar and twenty cents. Its
forests were also exceedingly valua-
bic. The Governor urged that addi-
tional legislation be enacted grant
ing Alaska the same judicial security
as existed in other territories. At
present the people did not even
have the privilege of paying taxes,
and inability to secure perfect title
prevented settlers from taking up
land
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Mysterious Death of a Farmers Boy

HoLLIDAYsBURG, Pa, May r.
Isaac Stewart. a farmers lad, IA
years of age, of Allegheny township,
lost his life in a mysterious manner
on Sunday afternoon last. He Wis.
tied a neihhboring farm, and in the
evening he was found unconscious
on the road, about three miles from
his home, with a cash three inches
long and one inch deep above his
left eye, lying in a pool of his blood
There was nothing near to indicste
how the wound had been inflicted.
He was taken to his home and died
on Monday.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Date OF the Presidents Wedding.

WASHINGTON. d. c., May ia
private letter received to-day from
w. S. Bissell states that the Presi.
dents wedding, according to the
present programme, will occur in
Buffalo, June u. The latest advic.
es from Europe are to the effect that
Mr.. Folsom is suffering from a re-
lapse of the Roman fever, bat that,
if she is able to travel, there will be
no delay in the date of the wedding.
on the other hand, it the wedding
should be postponed on account OF
Mrs. Folsom's illness, it will occur
within a week after her return to
America.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Law Lake the Scott Law.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, MAY l3-The
most important work of the Ohio
Legislature this year was the enact
ment to-day of a liquor tax law sim
liar to the Scott law, which was null
lifted by a Democratic Supreme
Court in 1884. This bill will bring
into the State Treasury over $1,000
600 a year and diminish the tax rate
of counties and cities. For Hamil-
ton County alone it furnishes $780,
600 which is to be distributed to the
police and infrmary funds. Alocal
option and Sunday-closing feature is
much disliked by the liquor men,
who have fought the bill for years.
1t passed as a Republican measure.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

AT the Republican primary cleo
tons held il Allegheny County on
Saturday last. Gen. Jas. S. Negley,
the present Congressman from the
Pittsburg district, was defeated for
denomination by John Dalzell, Esq.
In the Allegheny district Col, Thorn
as NJ. Bayne, the present NJ. c., was
renominated without opposition.
Ex-Marshal James S. Rutan was
nominated for Senator in the Forty
second district over n. Voeghtly,
and in the Forty-fourth district John
c. Newmeyer received the nomina-
ton without opposition. John S,
Robb, Esq, was nominated fol
Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas No. 2.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Loss by the Strike.


PHILADELPHIA, May 15.-The
best posted iron manufacturers oil
this city stated that the labor agita-
tons have caused a loss of over one
million dollars to the iron interests
of this State alone. Until these agi-
tations were begun the iron trade
was on the v OF the best season
that it has witnessed for many years
but owing to these agitations orders
that were to have been given out
have been cOuntermanded, and this
has affected other branches of trade
dependent upon the iron trade until
the iron interests have been affected
directly and indirectly over one mil
lion dollars.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
A CYCLONE IN ILLINOIS.
The village of odeIi BADLY Wrecked

CHICAGO, May 13--Passengers on
the Chicago and Alton train which
arrived here tonight had a remark
able experience with a cyclone. AT
Pontiac. Ill, a storm cloud WAS seen
gathering in the West and moving
in : northeast direction. As the
train sped on the storm kept coming
nearer every minute, and the pas
sengers began to realize that they
were being chased by a cyclone.
Just as the engine pulled into Odell,
ILL.,. the storm struck the town, and
the air was full OF debris. In a mo-
ment seven stores and the hotel
were unroofed, and one large brick
building nearly destroyed. Under
the wreck of the structure two chill
dren were buried. The telegraph
wires in that vicinity are reported
down.
Specials from Streator and Rock
ford, Ill, and Peru, Ind, tell of a
terrible wind and hail-storm at those
points. About $50 P. NJ. heavy,
roaring clouds from the south and
east met just over the city OF Rock
ford, and daylight was suddenly
converted into darkness, A down
pour of immense hail-stones follow.
ed, greatly damaging trees and
breaking windows. In the country
surrounding Streator the rain and
hail ragged for an hour ana a half
and the destruction visited upon
grain, fruit and all vegetation is
very great. From Peru, Ind, tele.
grams are received to the effect thai
houses we're unroofed, trees uproot'
ed and wheat blown down. A large
amount of stock is reported killed
by lightning.
JOLIET, ILL.,, May ia most DIES.
tructive cyclone is reported from.
Odell, a village forty miles south o
here on the Chicago and Alton Rail
road, this afternoon. Passengers OF
the train arriving here at 6P. NJ. state
that as the train neared Odeli they
saw the cyclone approach. First
they saw the roof of AN elevator rise
and sail off into the air and tn,
building collapse. Then the hote
and houses raised up and tumblec
! over and over like feathers and were
shattered to pieces both brick anC
frame and all sizes, from shanties &c
two-story buildings. The train wal
stopped, but as the wind was blow
ing parallel with it it was was no
upset, though brick and sticks broke
the windows. Considerable tim'
was required to remove the debris
from the track before the train coult
proceed. After the cyclone passed
the people busted themselves look
ing under the ruins of houses TO
those missing. The train reeumeC
its journey without giving the pas
sengers a chance to learn the casual
tiles but it is reported that severa
men, women and children were kill
ed and injured. The local telegraph
agents have been trying to commun
icate with the Odell operator all tb'
evening but cannot succeed, and th'
real extent of loss of life and proper
ty cannot be ascertained.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
A Cloud-Burst at Winchester.

WINCHESTER, Va, May ia
fearful storm passed over this place
last evening, lasting fifteen minutes
Two clouds of greenish cast, hanging
low, one from the northeast and the
other from the southwest met ano
burst Immediately over the city
The wind attained a great velocity
and hailstones the size of a walnut
fell from a depth of from two inches
to three feet. Trees were stripped o.
foliage, and the rain fell in torrents
filling the streets aud cellars. Every
house with a Western exposure had
all window glass destroyed. Carria.
ges were overturned i'll the roads
the occupants narrowly escaping
with their lives. The storm exten.
ded only mile on the other side o.
this place.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Most the Anarchist.


New York, May 11.-Herr Most,
the acknowledged leader of Social
lists in the United States was arrested
tonight in a disreputabie house by
Inspector Byrnes. Most is under
indictment for holding an unlawful
assemblage and for calling upon his
followers to burn, plumber, and raw.
age. He disappeared about two
weeks ago, but from his hiding place
has sent forth reams of incendiary
articles through the medium OF the
Freeheit, of which he is editor. The
inspector locked Most up in police
headquarters. He was found under
the bed in the house and groveled
like a cur when arrested.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Snake ia a Boys stomach.

LEWISTON, Me-, May 1.-THE al
most incredible story recently print
ed about the death of a boy neal
Grand Falls from hemorrhage caused
by pulling from his mouth a live
snake which had grown in his flesh
proves to be literally true. The
lads name was George Murichson,
and his age s years. He was a
bright little fellow, and lived with
his parents on a farm about four
miles from the town. Early last
winter the boy began to act strange
ly sick. He had a most v~oracious
appetite and it was impossible for
him to get enough to eat. His
friends got alarmed about him and
sent for a physicians, who began
dosing him for worms As the
winter wore on the boy grew worse
and worse. Oae day he felt some
thing crawling up from his stomach
into his throat. He almost choksd
to death, for the crawling creature
tried Intellectually to come out of
the nasal passage. In II short time
the snake (fnr such it was) forced
its way up the buys throat and
stuck its head out of his mouth.
The lads sister, who was near by,
saw the head of a serpent just be-
fore it drew back into the boys
mouth. Very soon the snake stuck
its head out Il second time and his
little sister made a grab at it and
pulled from the boys mouth a live
snake fourteen inches long. 1t had
a piece of flesh attached To its tail
nearly as large as a hens egg. The
boy lived a short time only after the
snake was taken from him, dying Of
violent hemorrhage. 1t is supposed
the boy had gone to sleep in some
field and that the snake had craw-
led down his throat The reptile
has been preserved in alcohol.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

CHICAGO, Ill. May 14.-An ex.
pressman named Bies, aged fifty
years, adjusted a rope and hanged
himself from a rafter in a barn in
the real of his house this morning.
His wife found him hanging, and
her screams brought a crowd OF
neighbors to view the appalling
spectacle, but no one interfered or
attempted TO cut the rope, notwith-
standing the frantic efforts of the
suicide to release himself. Finally,
after a lapse of ten or fifteen min
utes, a policeman arrived and cut
the man down. He was then cold
in death.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
New Road TO B~Iaine's Mines.

PHILADELPHIA, May 13.-The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has determined TO enter the soft coal
region of West Virginia, and COM
pete with the Baltimore q Ohio
Company for that trade. A new
road is to be built from Cumberland
to Piedmont, a distance of 80 miles,
to tap the fields developed by Sen
ator Davis, Stephen b. Elkins and
ex- Secretary Blaine. The coal will
be brought to the Philadelphia mar
ket over the Bedford and Bridge
port, and Huntingdon and Broad
Top roads to the Main line of the
Pennsylvania, at Huntingdon. II
is claimed that about 100000 tons
will be shipped per annum.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Work of Religious Fanatics.

CITY OF MEXICO, May 15,--Very
serious fires have been raging for
for several days in the neighborhood
of Amecameca. a village lying at the
base of the ~Popocatapetl volcano.
A large force of sappers and miners
has been sent from this city to sub
due the flames. 1t is said by some
that the fires were kindled by fanat-
ic Indians in revenge for not being
allowed to have a religious process
sion during Holy Week. The Sacre
Monte was covered with beautiful
cedars and was one of the most
beautiful spots in the republic. but
is now completely devasted. Re-
ligious professions are prohibited
by the reform laws Of 1857.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Fourteen Passengers Injured,

CHICAGO, May 14.-Fourteen pas
sengers were burt by n railroad &C.
cident &c Deshler, 10, yesterday
The Baltimore and Ohio limited ex-
press was running in two sections,
and at Deshler the first section
struck a COW, which was thrown
against a switch with such force as
to partially turn it and the train
ran on to a siding. The rails spread
and threw a sleeper down a five foot
embankment, injuring fourteen of
the passengers. No one was serious
~ hurt, however, saw an old gen.
tleman, who was cut about the fore
head, back OF the head and hands.
He was brought to Chicago.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
couldn't Stand the Loss Of his Pig.


BRADFORD, May 13.--''There's
another pig dead, and now away l
goi" exclaimed Farmer Robert
Rezer of Clarion Mills, on Tuesday,
as he entered his house. He went
into a bedroom, and his wife follow
ed him in just as he had drawn a
razor across his throat and severed
the jugulsr vein and all the arteries
of the neck. He bled to death be-
fore Mrs Rezer could summon aid.
Rezer had lost three pigs during the
past week by some disease, but no
suspicion that it had affected his
mind in any way existed. He was
IS wears old.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

TAE Marietta Times gives a rather
terse explanation of the meaning OF
the fight against railroad freight dis
elimination 1t says it is the fight
of two hundred dollar and three
hundred acres in Lancaster county
against two hundred and three dol
Lar acres on the prairies of the IVES
tern States The farmers, who
about this time r thinking whom
they will send to the Legislature
this fall ought to be able to get the
bearing of Anti-D iscrinlination this
year.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

HERR MosT. the blood-and-thun-
der Anarchist of New York, whose
sole occupation was to blathe2 about
daggers and dynamite, and preach
assassination and resistance to the
law, Is proven to be an arrant cow
ard. He was captured by the po'
lice and ignobly dragged by the
heels from under the bed Of a pros
titute. where he was in hiding.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

THE imprisoned Mormons are
playing the role of saints. prosecuted
for conscience sake. They say that
rather than give up polygamy, which
they insist is a direct command OF
God, they viii abide in prison. Very
well, if they prefer nero wives
and imprisonment to one wife and
freedom, let them be accommodated.