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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
The Fayette Mormon Craze.

FAYETrE CITY, June 3D.-Thc Mormon
craze in this nciglIborhuod. instead of dying
out, seems to gain strength. Several of the
new members have had alleged representa-
lions from heaven directing them To fake
additional wives. This new phase of the
matter has stirred the community deeper
than ever, and il will not be safe for any
Iolygamous marriages I" he attempted. one
of the parties directed to plural marriage j.
AN old man. past ~ wears of age. The riti-
zcns have brought the Rev. Charles Frazier,
formcly of Salt Lake City, here from Greens
burg To- combat the Mormon missionaries.
He has been %lccturiug here for several nights
on Mormuni>m Ia crowded houses. Al the
conclusion of II ofhi> lectures It prominent
Mormon arose and denounced him a. a ial~i-
fer. Violence would have been doHc to him,
hut Frazier implurcd the audicuc, To- let him
20 unmoIcSicd. The physicians here have
abandoned several of their cI~c> among the
MurTnonS on account of the patients claim
ing that God had instructed them not to take
the prescribed medicines. Several Mormon
families have Sold oft their good, and are
brplariup 10 migrate Ia tab.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Divorced From a Dead Man.

NEW York, July An interesting divorce
ease. now being tried in this city. is that of
Kitty Y. pcr-icksou. who sues To have sci
aside q Grr-cc of divurc, against her in ISIS.
The fl.t> disclosed arc that the couple were
married in 1873, and lived together for 10
years. when the husband accused the wife of
unfaithiullrs>. II" induced her To sign 4
separation aErr.mcnt. b; which he WAS Civ
cl the children. with the condition that, if
lac eyer learned tlat the charges he made
again,l iief were false, the children were To-
be- returned ro her.
Subsequently hc sued for divorce, and
made out, by the all pf detective i ease up
Oh which the court granted the decree on
February }. 1855. at ; o'clock In the after
noon. Al 10 o'clock on the morning of that
day, Mrs. Derrick~on alleges, the husband
died. and she now demands the divorce ir
set aside, having been granted To Il dead
man. Considerable property. and the Gus
tody of the children. is understood to hinge
upon the decision in the case.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Determined suicide

Cmc,Go. July 3.-Richard Jones, an En-
glishman, forty years of age, who was con-
sidercd in railway circles one of the most ex-
pert accountants in America. was found
dead in his room at the Austin Hotel this
morning. On the bureau in his room was
found a letter addressed to his friend, Charles
+. Shaw. Ii ran as follows
DEAR CHARLIE: -Goodwin promised To-
leave So that he borrowed from me al the no.
tel. but did not do 50. Will you please tell
him To- pay Ilallowcd. between State and
Wabash, forty cents and Neufclt twenty-five
cents? That, | think. covers my whisky
bills. | will my carcass L. some medical in
stitutc for them To try and find out why the
mental and physical machinery nf my sys-
TEN did not pull together. With kin re-
garls Ia the boys, who tried So hard la make
a bad egg good, | am yours in death, AZ well
a. in life. Dick JOKES.
Beside the latter lay an open phial which
had contained onc-cighth of an ounce of the
s~ulpliate of morphia, and it told the story OF
the mans death. He had made two prcvi-
Gus attempts To take his lift-onc in Mon
trcal and the other in this city last Christ
mas. At various times he was connected
with the Canadian Pacific, the Chicago Bur
lington and Quincy and the Michigan Cen
trail Railway Company. He was III the en-
plov of the Central Traffic Association at the
time of his death. He was Il hard drinkcr
and had been on a spree for the last two
weeks.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Chased by a Panther.

MATCH CHrNK, July flames Booth. i
switch tender on the LrhigIl Valley railroad
cast Of Penn Haven Junction, WAS chased on
Tuesday night by a large pInthcr. and tooN
refuge in his Shanty until after the animal
had disappeared. Immediately after hi>
arrival at the building ne telcgraphcl 10 the
station agent to come L. his assistance with
Il loaded gun. Abe Horncr, q "nc-lcggcl
~watchman. armed himself with Il rifle. but
when he reached the switch the panther
had fled. Booth has not fully recovered
from the effects of the scare. hui j. now pre-
pared to meet his dangerous visitor day or
night. The first Booth knew uf the presence
of the animal was 10y Il terrible veil hut a
short distance from where he was standing.
The sight which met his gaze almost frozc
the blood in his veins, and for the first time
in his life although known to possess more
than the ordinary non of nerve. his
courage failed him, and be ran IL fast as his
limbs could carry him. When he arrived
al the shanty the panther Wa close at his
heels.
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BOyCOtterS Sentenced.

New York. July 2-rhc convicted boy
cottcrs of Thesis, the proprietor of 4 concert
garden were arraigncl in court to-day for
sentence. Judge Barrett made some >trung
remarks to them on the lawlc>>nc>S of the
crime of which they were convicted. He
said that it was Il violation of p.!r' 10 a
country that welcomed ~fnrcign-born citizens.
- a country that Offered freedom and tn"
privilege otright. They had violated public
rights and opinions and their ofitnSe was
not short ofblackmail. The distribution of
circulars before places of business WAS con
spiracy and punishable a. such. Their CON
duct if unpublished would lead To sayagery
They may havc been mislcd by bad advice,
but their counsel should have rcbukoi them.
They did not use the money for their own
advantage and this palliatcd their otlrn>c.
He would not impose the full penalty OF the
law. ~ they were w~orkiugmcn.
The Judge then sentenced Pau Wittzig
and Henry Huldorf to two years and ten
- '-'--., rrr-i---' .''r-rt "'si
Julius Rosenberg 10 one year and six months
Imprisonment. Daniel Dauuhau~cr, the
most violent of the boycottcr>, got three
years and eight months in the State Prison.
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Poisoned with Tartar-EmetiC.

\ Wichita .kanJ dispatch ia the New
York Hoaio t July 4>ay~: ANTHONY. county
seat of Harper county, was crowded to-day
with people tu celebrate the Fourth. JUDI,
culver. speaker of the day. wa~ Just com
mcncing. when Judge Blackburn, President
Of the meeting, and many people were seized
with severe gripping pains in the region of the
stomach. and soon it became known that
they had been poisoned by lemonade made
from tartJr-cmctic. The celebration was
abandoned, wagons and carriages were turn
eel % ambulamcc~. and search parties were
sent into tine barns. outhou~e> and along the
roads To- gather in and care for the sufferers.
I'm the hospital that had b,-a improyi~cI
sixty persons at one time lay writing witt.
pain. The local phy-iriau~ and such a.
could h%ycIII,i did everything in th,ir power
To- ullIy Tie pain. Tine live, OF many were
dr~puircd of, but all except Mr.. Northrop.
a widow. II Is believed will recover. Two If
the booths continued To- sell until stopped by
tine sheriff. vino poured out every drop. An
investigation viii hc made. avld the party
guilty of the criminal negligence will be
determined
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Mississippi Tragedy.

MERIDIAN, Miss, July IA terrible tra"-
vdy occurred five miles south Of Scooha,
kempcr county, Miss, Yesterday. The tamli-
lies of George VI. Outlet and Barlow lived in
the same house. The men were partners in
farming. and. while resting at noon, Gullctt
fell asleep. An alteration occurred between
Barlow and his wife and Mrs. Gullctt. which
aroused Gullctt. He went into the room
and asked what the matter was. Barlow
began curSing him, saving that he wanted To
kill him for some time and would do il
right then. Selling Il gun AT the same time.
Gullett sprlng To II bureau drawer for Il pi>-
tol and shot Barlow in the neck. While he
was in the act of firing, Barlow dropped the
gun and ran Ia fence. Gullctt picked up
the gun and shot him dead. Turning. he
discovered Blrtow's wife in the act of killing
his wife with an ny, whcrcqIon he fired the
remaining charge ut Mrs. Rartow. killing her
Instantly, %tiulloit surrendered To the author
iri,.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
POWderiy'S Hard Work.

New York, July Mr.. Puwderly IS still
stopping at the Barrett House. in this city.
trying to adjust the differences of the street
car men and their employers. His plans
were arranged So that he could leave the city
for scranton IN Friday. but he found 81
much business needing his attention that II
was impossible for him To- leave before
another week. IL i working for the
Knights of Labor on an average of eighteen
or twenty hours a day. and. in view of the
hot weather coming nn. his health will De
materially impaired before lac j. through
with his work.
The action of the police on thursday night.
in refusing to leave the hall in Cooper Union
while District Assembly No. - was in ~e>-
sion, has greatly irritatcd Powdcrly, and n,
says he intends To call upon Superintendent
Murray before leaving the city for the pur-
pose of fixing Captain McCullagh's rcspon~i-
bility in the matter. He said that lac would
convince McCullagh that he has no right tu
refer To Knights of Labor a. Communists
and Anarchists or To break up Il secret meet
ing of knights by ordering his men To re-
main in II hall hired by Knights for a pur
poSe not inimical To- the public.
Regarding the conviction of the b~uycnttrr,
lac would express no decided opinion except
that the boycotts for which they had bccr
convicted had not been levied by the Knight.
of Labor. The %boycottcrS had, moreover
carried the thing to an extreme in this ease
a. they had interfered with the persona.
rights of Others and not merely attempted {,
damage their business by pctcclblc methods
Regarding the troubles of the street ear mcI
he likewise refused To- talk much. His wor
ricl. anxious look denoted that the cuisines.
pressing him on every side was becoming ;
terror To him and only the faintc~t kind of
smile crossed his face when he was asked I,
give an opinion of Cardinal Tasche-eaU'.
proclamation relating to the Knights of 1t
Dor. lie said that hc had no opinion Ia cN
press.
If in health Mr.. Powdcrly will attend III,
Central Labor Union demonstration In In
ion Square Tomorrow.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
D~-i. r., OO;ISrt -H--~e'S~o ~

BoSToN. July 1.-Riclarl J. Lane, Pre>i-
dent of the Abingdon National Bank. who
was arrested in Portland late lIst night. was
arraigncd before the United States Commi>-
,ioncr's court in thi, city this morning.
Bank-FXamincr tatchcll testified that the
examination of the banks affair, had not
been completed, but that the funds frau,Iu-
Icntly obtained would probably amount Ia
Sl3j, 900. Oftbi> sum Sio.ooU j. represented
by note, in different uaHcs 10 cover drafts On
the redemption agent of the bank, and about
5000 represents oycrIrlfts. Counsel for
Lane explained that his client had gone tp
Portland on business Of the Bank. The Dis
trict Attorney said the Government claimed
HAT Lane had Lpl large sums OF NOTES pIi
which the names, other than Lance, wcro
straw" names. H. asked that bail bc fixed
AT $4,000. Commissioner I%iallct fixed the
bail at $4,000. aud the case was continued
till July T..
The Abingdon National Bank stopped pay
mcnt thi. morning. No money will b. paid
out until after a meeting of tie Directors.
Last evening at the close >of banking hours
the bank had Sln.U10 on hand. 1t Is
thought that the shortage will amount la
nearly $1,000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Mr.. BerCher in London,

LONDON, June D.-Rev. Henry Ward
BeeclIer and Mrs. Beechcr arrived in London
to- day. They were met al the depot by DR.
Parker, the pastor of the City Temple. and
his wife, and given Il most affcctionate greet
ing. The party were at once driven To DIR
Parkcr'S house, in st. Johns Wood. Mr..
Beccher is in good health but says he intend,
to rest before lecturing or preaching. He i,
full to-day of the great treat enjoyed by him
at Liverpool yesterday, of listening to Mr.
t'ladstonc'> marvellous orItnry and Watching
the enthusiasm of the vast audience.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
ConSpiratorS Convicted.

MILWAUKEE. Wis. July 4-Tu-uight. after
having been out twcntv-tircr hours. the
jury on the trial of the Anarchist lcId,-~.
Frank IIirth, Carl Simon and Anton Palm.
found them guilty Of c~un>pjrin- 10 burn the
Cuurt-hou~c and destroy the records. and of
melting m"b> To- riot. For twenty honr> the
ballot stood ten for conviction and two for
acquittal. Oncof the jurors who j. alleged
To- be Il Socialist voted for conviction after the
first few ballots. The maximum sentence
fr riot or c~on>piring To riot * one years
Imprisonment ur q fine not exceeding ~IJl.
Iiirth lisa cigar maker, and wa~ manager of
the ru-opcrativc factory started here after the
great strike several years ara. Simon j. :.
frantic Anarchist, Palm i AIrlwuJI-tin-
i-her and has been In this country hut Il short
time. Neither he nor Simon can speak
English. The prisoners arr all married unI
have large families.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
State Supp lies.

HARRISBURG, July 2-Cuntrayts were
awarded to-day To- successful bidders for the
furnishing of supplies to the State. John
Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, WAS given the
contract To furnish stationery Ia the Senate
and House AT 81 per cent. below the maxi
mum price fixed 10y the State, and Ia the de
Iartment at Sj,275. The contract for paint
ing and frc>coing the department was awAr-
ded Ia John Gibson. of Philadelphia. al 81
$50, and the Supreme Court room To F.. \.
Nicholas, of Philadelphia, at 5000
The Harrisburg Electric Light Company
was the lucky bidder for furnishing combi-
nation electric light fixtures at S7,il0. \
large number of smaller ontra cts were
given out, running the aggregate up to about
$1,000.
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Bloody Fight for a Baby.

GAINESVILLE. ca, July 4-Tn Ivy Log
district. of Union County.a shocking tragedy
has just occurred. Robert Whitmorc had
betrayed Il Miss Hardness. and after She b.
came Il mother he abandoned her and mar
ried a Miss Hughes. The wife took the baby
To raise, bur Miss Hardness, repcnting her
parting with the baby. secured possession of
ii and refused To give it up. Robert Whit
more, accompanied by his brother Wharton.
armed themselves and went To the Harknee>'
home To secure the child. Miss Hardness
two brothers, Harry and Edward. who were
well armed, were at home and refused To- let
the baby go. In the battle which followed
both Whitmores were killed. Harry Hark-
ness was MORALLY wounded and Edward
Hardness quite seriously.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Mr.. BIaine'S Book.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 3.-Judgc liam
mond, of the United States Court, to-day
forwarded Ia bc filed. his opinion involving
the copyright of James &. Biainc'> Twenty
Years of Congress" The case was argued
before judge Hammond, while holding
court for Judge Sage, in Ohio. and * of
highly iml,"rtant interest To- the book trade
in the United States, a. it * said To- 20 fur
thcr than amy previous decision in the pro-
lection of the authors property i'll books.
The Publishing company sells Blainc'S book
only 10y subscription and has lone every
thing possible I" keep ii away from the gen
crl trade; but an agent ~ whom they sent
copies for delivery sold tlc book to a dealer
and loCkctci the money. some copies of
this purchase wcrc procured 10y the Ohio
merchant without notice of the fraud. and
Judge Hammond c%njnin~ him from selling
them, holding it " piracy ON the copyright
to sell without the authors consent >urrcI,-
t%itinu>ly obtained copies of the genuine print
H. much H. it j. To- sell unlawfully printed
copies. The opinion holds that it is the duty
of the proposed dealer, when he knows the
book i sold only 10y subscription, To- make
inquiry Is equivalent to notice of any fraud.
The act uf Congress is held To- have confer
rcd on the author Il %moHnloly Of sale, which
i itself Il property incident. and that one i
entitled To- be- protected III the exclusive use
of that which j. exclusively his. Tbs fol
lowing quotation from the opinion will cx-
plain it, Importance and scope of argument.
ito NOT cXalt literary property above
other kind. nor hedge it about with Il divini-
" of right and remedy, but place it III the
category nf all the sort. only finding, that
because ofthp delicate and peculiar %clIarac-
%tcristirs il j, especially liable to piratical
depreciation like that attempted i'll this ease.
whereby the owner lou>c> his fair profits,
and Congress has provided a. Il convey for
it~ fleet of rights and remedies particularly
adapted for defense against pirates, whether
they sail under the black flag of the mar
a,s,iiI,- ItfItVr - ia, vrIi"a,, ii"-- II ""n.
mrrcc displayed for purpose of spoliation.
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Life Term in Prison Begun.

NEWPORT, X. l., July 1.-The Dor>eys and
Emily d.. Burton were taken this morning
Ia enter upon the service of a life sentence in
the State Prison at Howard for the murder
OF their father. They were taken To the
landing in y cab. The two sisters passed
smiling on to the boat but Dorsey wore a
u look Of stern indifference. He was in
irons.
They had their picture taken yesterday.
The girls were much interested, but Dorsey
was indifferent and wept during the process.
Dorsey seems dazed and unable To remember
any particulars of the murder, but says that
he did the act. He is in Il depressed state of
mind from the relaxation Of the terrible
strain of the past nine months. He saws he
has suffered terribly when he seemed most
calm and Indifferent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Boy Burgl arS.

BURLINGTON. y. j., July Mayor Sill
path and hi> policemen have just brought tn
light the fact that a gan. of regularity organ
lied boys, from l. t. rs wears uf az. have
pcrpetratcd the series of mysterious ruhhcr-
les which have caused 81 much CONSIDERATION
here for some time past. The discovery wl>
made last night and the boys arrested IL they
were preparing to rob a icwrlry store, and
the confession of one of the BOYS named
johnson has given all their secrets away.
The police also captured Il book which the
hqyS had, and III which they kept a record of
the %rariops places they had robbed. the
plumber secured, etc. All the boys belong To-
good families, and the discovery of the no
farious business in which they were engaged
was the source of great surprise. The entire
gan will probably he sent To- the Reform
School at JamcShurg.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Shot the Intruder Dead.

W~ILNIyoroy. July Edward McNrllv. 4
young white mm u! SI~SatriS Neck, w1~
shot and killed on "Wednesday c%vcnin" by
WILLIAM Web,tc:, c"lorcd. \ grudgc had
existed bctW rca TIA. ;wr n AMI on the
evening Of the trl gcly McNeIly and another
man, both INTOXICATED, wtnt Ia Wcb>tcr's
hoISc and threat cncl 10 break down the
door. Webster warned them not 10 make
the attcmnt, but they persisted, crashing in
the dopr, w.icn hc fired al tl.cm. II hal Il
shotgun AMI the whole load entered Mcneil
ly's breast, killing him instantly. Webster
al once surrendered himself e. ti,r 4%uti,pri-
ties and his wife WAS held rs an accessory.
McNelly was 4 farm hand. employed on the
Grove Point farm. whittier he went from
Baltimore. Webster and his wife are confin-
cd in the jai! al Elkton.
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Baltimore the Cardinal City.

BALTIMORE. July 5.-At the Cathedral i'll
Baltimore yesterday, in the presence of a
congregation of about four thousand people.
hi> grace. James GiblrnS, Archbishop of
Baltimore. was elevated To the. holy see.
through it, apostolic delegate, Most Rev.
Peter Richard k"nrick, Archbishop of II.
Louis. To- the rank and dignity of Cardinal
Priest in the Sacred CpIlcgc of Cardinals of
the Roman Catholic Church.
The day selected for the invc>titurc was a
MOST appropriate onc. it being the twenty
fifth anniversary of Archbishop Gibbons or
dimatiGn Ia the priesthood, and the commcm-
Grafton of 1t. Paul. Very fitting, tou, was
the selection Of Apostolic DELEGATE, for the
aged and venerable Archbishop kcnrick, of
ii. Louis. while being the oldest Bishop in
America, IL also the brother of the clergy
man tthc late Archbishop Kcnrick, of Balti-
more, who died in 1879 who twenty-five
years ago yesterday clad James Gibbons with
the ordinary vc>tmcutS uf Il priest,
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10 Men Blown to Atoms.

McCNINsvrLLE, y. J.. July "A terrible
explosion occurred at the Atlantic Dynamite
C~ompany'- works at Kucvil Station, this
place. at q quarter Of eight this morning.
whereby ten men lost their lives. The dis
a,tcr occurred in the mixing establishment
which WAS totally destroyed. and the earth
surrounding it torn up over Il considerable
area. The men were preparing to mix for
the DAYS work and were all in the building.
The works At the Company are scattered over
300 or 100 acres of ground. and there are be-
tween thirty and forty buildings Oh tie prym-
i~cN. The Company employs about loomcn.
In the vapor or mixing-hou>c about - men
are usually employed. The m~i%iug-h"u~c
consisted of two Scmi-dctachcd brick build
ings ON the side of a hill. Two or three Of
the other buildings are also of brick, but
most of them are small frame structures.
This i probably one of the most extensive
manuiacturic> of it, kind i'm the country.
There was nothing left of the establish
mcnt. and nobody left To give the origin of
the explosion, every man at work iu the
building having been killed. Some OF Tn"
bodies of the men were blown To- picrc~. and
the parts gathered up cam only hc identified
by pieces Of clothing that remained ou them.
Some Of the pieces of bodies were found ou
trees. and othcr~ many yards from the SCENE
of disaster. All the buildings in town were
damaged by the r%Nplu~iou, scarcely "a pane of
rIus. hriuo Irtt uubr,kru and uut q dish I'm
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The Presidents New House.

WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE President la,
taken steps toward preparing his recently
purchased RESIDENCE, on t,corgctowu Height.
far occupations. Il i understood from TN,
architects. who Yesterday tnok out the per
nit To- inproy, the place that it viii bs
ready lay October. The house will he ell
lar.ci and rvmplc!cl tu conform 20 what l.
known rs the colonial style 1T architecture.
There Will bca high picthcI ruut with dor
mcr windows and projecting caves, the
whole being in harmony with the location.
1t j. Il lovely sre, and the cottage will he
the most picturesque of the ne~ighb,rhood.
\ good many people drive by it daily. and
would stop. too AMI cIrry AWAY pieces Of
the hou-co or fence cor something j thc place.
was not guarded.
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Kentucky Outlaws.

LOUISVILLE, July 5-An"thcr bloody
chapter i'll the Roam county tlcti"nal wa
WIS added to-day. Sheriff Rainy with Il
posse attempted To arrest the notorious Craig
Tollivar, Cook Humphreys and Inward
Logan. the principals i'll the trouble. Toll
var submitted quietly, hut Logan and his
son William and Humphreys opened lire
upon the Sheriff PISS, who returned the
fire. Sheriff Il liny was shot through the
body and mortality wounded. while hi> snu
Henry and It deputy sheriff were slightly
wounded. Logan'> son was ais" shot but
NOT fatally.
INFORMATION received reports that Logan
aud Humphreys are raising a mob of follow
nrs to Kill the Sheriff whole posse. The
doyernur has Iiccn telcgrapIiei To send troops
to Roam county At once, where all i tea-
and excitement,