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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-08-07


HEtKss, Noxr, Aug Tho ssTesi frs
which have been prevailing in Montana for
. week show no signs Of abatement. From
Helena west. north and south. a great black
cloud Of smoke hangs over the country, and
for six days the sus. has not been seem
Granville Stuart. than whom no man in
Montana is better able 10 judge, estimates
the damage at half million dollars. At
Masonic, in western Montana, the streets.
buildings and sidewalks are covered with
ashes.
The air is like blast from furnace. The
atmosphere Is filled with crisp emberS that
have descended ike light fall ofsnow. It
Is estimated that the loss in jefferson county
from forest fires 50 Ear this season will reach
in the neighborhood Of $4,000, consisting
mainly Of common wood cut and prepared
for the market. in addition TO which al i'm
nense amount OF standing timber has been
destroy ed.
The fire Is now raging in Boulder Canon,
near Berniee, and has been most destructive
Of properly. The larger part Of the cord
wood consumed In this blaze was contracted
to the Anaconda SmeIier. In the neighbor-
hood Of the great mining camp of Phillips
burg the damage has been immense, while
the town Of granite is in imminent danger
of being destroyed. The mountains about
the city are all ablaze. and while no danger
to the city is feared, Tie heat and sitting
smoke sre almost unbearable.
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............... NEW . -..-.--
Spring ImpOrtations
NOW COMING II DAiLf

We import and buy direct from the man
efactarers and thus save you the middle
mems profit
printed India silks, latest cosorings afid s'siss
=, sc 10 s. 30 per yard. exclusive patterns spe
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We ~, are .hou ing new styles in fancy suran'
At 50c tc 81 yard.
New eolorsnzs in IN Faiiiie Fr1ncsise, surah
sllks. Gros Grain silks. Royals. Satin khadamer
We alsootIsr good values in Black silks q tns
hest makes a. We carry one ofthe largest sioc =
the year round, ia this country
View Wool suitipgs. in medium and iisnl
shades 80 inches vide. Al 90c also HeN plain ana
.tripe suitsnes at 5oe 70 = % yard. ireiudins
the very Latest ami finest imported Ifess fAo-
fies.
over 60 oOo yards Sew scotch GInghams. &c q
.oe a yard. An uneqrAied collection
American Dress Ginghanss al &c, zoe, Sc lZ1<e
and 1oe q yard. All new styles.
FRENCH saslnes at &c, soc. ssc and size, for the
very finest goods
125se and 2oc.
sc yard.
New Embroidefies, new Nnlse "DoeS' --"
Laces.
Muslin Underwear cheaper than you can make
il
Our popular sl.oo french Corset. $50 quality.
all sizes.
our new Issg Lace Curtain Catalogue Is ready
We send goods by mail And insure them against
loss. without extra charge
send in rorr orders for samples Ho~- lie
largest stock between Phnadelphia and Chicago
send ali letters 70
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-08-07
sitting Bun RAISES a Row.

STANDING Rock, OAK. August A iinal
Council was held yesterday afternoon, with
all the Chiefs presen; but Gall and Running
Antelope Grass made speech, in which he
said as his friends at the other agencies had
broken their promise not to sign the treaty
he was now willing to accep, the treaty
Mad Bear followed to the same effect, as did
Wolf Neck klace.
When the signing was about TO begin, Sit.
ting Bull, who bad come up with his band
mounted on their ponies, entered the circle
and asked to talk. This being considered
too late he was refused. II retired in anger
andl when John Grass, Mad Bear. Big
Head and Deer Face had signed the bill, be-
ing the first names, he ordered his young
men to stampede the crowd vino were gath
ering around the tables. A rush on horse.
back was made which scattered the crowd
right and left, but by the prompt action OF
Agent Mclaughlin the attempted disturb
ance was queled.
A strong force of police we're soon placed
in position and several of the young braves
taken into custody, after which Sitting Bull
retired to his camp followed by his band
This little episode over the Indians again
congregated about the tables. and the signing
went on as rapidly as four clerks could iden-
tify and iuscribe the names. About 100
names were soon taken, and it is thought
the signing will continue until the majority
Of the signatures will be obtained
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-08-07
FIemon Starts South.

PTTrsBuRe, August Rev T. +. Flemon
alias Neldell, the colored preacher. wanted
in South Carolina to plead 10 an indictment
for murder, is now on his way South in
charge Of Deputy Marshal ssrom. Of ige-
field, South Carolina.
The prisoner was taken from the county
jail this afternoon upon receipt of the order
from Governor Beaver and lodged in the
Central police station. where be remained
until $50 this evening, when about fifty po.
licemen formed a ring around the entrance
and Yeldell was showed along by the oflicers
and placed in a patrol wagon, which was
hurriedly driven 10 the depot Il had been
expected that the colorcd people would make
riotous demonstration and there were
about thousand Of them in the neighbor-
hood, but they were outwitted \ number
Of them ran for some distance after the pa.
troll wagon, but gave ny the chase when they
saw it was too far away.
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rnraIIs on ProhIbItIon

Senator ingalls, n the Forum
Kansas has abolished the saloon. The
open dram-shop traffic IS as extinct as the
sale Of indulgences. A drunkarsl is plie-
nomenon. Tie barkeeper has joined the
tronbadour. the crusader and the mound
builder. The. brewery, the distiliery and the
bonded warehouse are known only 10 the
archse9logist. Il seems incredible that among
population OF I,790.OOO extending from
the Missouri river to Colorado. and from
Nebraska to oklahoma, there IS not place
where the thirsty or hilarions wayiarer can
enter, and laying down a coin demand his
glass Of beer. This doea not imply that ab-
soluiue drought prevails everywhere, or that
50 social irrigation las entirely disappeared
Bu, the habit Of drinking IS dying out
Temptation being removed from the young
and the infrm. they have been fortified and
redeemed. The liquor seller, being proscrib-
ed. il an outlay. aud lis vocation disreputa-
ble. Drinking. being stigmatized, is out Of
fashion, and the consumption Of inioxieants
has enormously DECREASED. Intelligent and
conservative observers estimate the reduction
at a. per cent /, it cannot be less than Is.
Prohibition prohibits. The prediction Of
its opponents has not been verified immi-
grafton has not been repeIled, nor has capi-
tai been diverted from the state. The period
has been one Of unexamPled growth and
development
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William and the warshIps.

LoSDoN, August s.--Empenor William,
the Prince of Wales and Prince Albert Vic.
tor yesterday inspected number of repre-
sentative British ships at Portsmouth, after
which they returned TO Osborne House for q
family dinner. Emperor William wore the
undress uniform Of a British admiral.
Emperor William has conferred upon the
Queen the command Of the First Dragon
Guard Of Berlin, and upon the Duke OF
Cambridge the honorable colonelcy Of a reg
iment Of infantry. The document confer
ring the appointment upon the Queen
begins
Mos; ilustrious Grandmother Il is a
special honor for me TO be able TO enroll you
in an army in which your sons and grandsons
and ether relations have filled honorable po-
silons for many years.
The Queen in return has made the Empe.
ror an honorary Admiral Of the British
navy. This rank has been conferred upon
10 other German Prince since the time Of
Frederick the Great
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-08-07
Gold in Ohio.

CINCINNATI. August 3-FOr several years
gold in small quantities has been fonnd in
Clermont county, this State, not more than
20 miles from Cincinnati inexperienced men
have worked over the ground at intervals. and
in their small findings have made probably
s. 80 day each, Abont a week ago two ex-
perienced miners. who had received speci-
mems of the ore from the farm of John Wood,
in Clermont county, looked over the ground
thoroughly and then went to work They
say that adiscovery like they have made. if
made anywhere in the mining regions Of the
West, would attract 1000 miners within As
hours. The miners are Mr. Baldwin and
]. s. Jennings. The former Is native New
Yorker and the latter is an 0hioan Both
were astonished to-day to learn that their
business in Clermont county, had been found
out by the newspapers, and gaveu what in
formation they had very reluctantly.
tempts were ever made to tunnel into the
bill where gold is found. Only placer min
ing has been carried on, and that by inexpe-
rienced men Not painful OF the earth can
be gathered up anywhere about this hill in
which traces Of gold can't be found. Usually
the gold is in minute specks, but frequently
buttons Of good size are discovered, some as
large as buckshot.
So confident are the miners that they have
struck rich lead that they have perfected
plans to sink a shafi and a; once begin tun-
neling to the spot whence the surface gold
comes
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Secures a conviot's Pardon.

CmoAoo. Aug. IA dispatch from san
francisco says: Through the efforts Of Pres
ident Harrison's wife a convict in the San
Quinton prison, who was serving a seven
years sentence for forgery, was pardoned
this week by Governor Waterman. The man
had been convicted Of forgery committed
while intoxicated. Soon after Mr.. Harrison s
nomination he wrote pOem entitled The
Old Soldiers" which was published in an
evening paper. The poem described General
HarrisOn's bravery at the battle Of Resca ia
the rebellion. The poem was copied widely
on this coast, and soon after Mr.. Harrison 5
election one Of the prisoners friends sent it
10 Mrs. Harrison with brief account Of the
convict authors good life. She took an in
terest in him and he has been pardoned.
The released convict expressed great grati-
tude 20 Mrs. Harrison, and declares that her
sympathy has made man Of him. His
name is withheld, as he has the promise Of
a good position.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-08-07
Free Trade and Frotoctionist's $
Markets


Says a free trade jo'irnal " There q Sre-''
Britian. rhose trade they Asserted had been
utterly ruinss--so ruined. in fact. that the
aggregate population 0f the country vas hs-
ing on her capital. INTO which they were
gradually eating a way. Yet what are nov
he facis2 searcely profitable industry IN
the United siatc bui is at present the sub
jcct Of the competition Of British capital
seeking investment fiicrsin.
And II ii be frue-and II is--that British
capital {. seeking investment IN every sPe-
ci.s Of American ministry. :, proves beyond
Questioning that iiin market Of the tni-
ied states l. the I-st IN tie world, which i
what ,srotecfiossists assert, and Is whst pro-
lection has made it, Capital always seeks
the best and safest outlet, and that British
capital seeks an outlet toward America i
Iroof that the American prospects for trade
are the highest and suresi. English capital
forsakes free trade England and seeks pro;ec-
ted America Therefore, says our free trade
contemporary, free trade is a blessing and
protection q curse The logic is peculiar.
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Hear the canuok~ Howl.

0rTAwA, August 2.--The dullness in OIL
cid circles has been dispelled BY she recent
news OF The seizure ofa British vessel in the
Behring Sea The excitement occasioned by
the affair is intense. The Canadians cannot
understand why the American Government,
should not entertain the same opinion re-
carling International laws and the three
mile limit on the Pacific as well as Oh the
Atlantic coast.
At present the Governor General is in
direct Communication with the British Gov
ernment. which favors cautious policy.
The Canadian Government has asked Eng
land in plain language to protect their inter
ests. The press is a unit In denouncing the
seizures. or course nobody thinks Of going
10 war The dispute, however, has directed
attention TO Canada' military strength The
active military force exceeds SO 600 men. On
the basis OF the last census, Canada can put
81, 10000 men in the field
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The Figures For 1t.

HAERIsHURG, Ang. IA tabulated state.
ment has been prepared showing the amount
contributed by each state and country to the
fund in Governor Beavers bends Secretary
Kremer, Of the commission on distribution
Of relief to the Pennsylvania flood sufferers,
has had prepared a statement showing the
amounts sent to the Governor direct to the
9th Of July by the different states, terrific
ries and foreign countries This exhibit
shows an aggregate Of 81, ,0S6 0gG.93 to have
been forwarded. The amount includes 500,
900 contributed through the mayor of New
York by the people Of that city. The total
contributions. including the amount which
passed through the Governors hands, reach
about s. 10000, Of which Pennsylvania has
given more than half, only about $4,000 of
which the Governor received. One Of the
most generous contributors is California,
which through different sources, sent nearly
$4,000.
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A DErRoIT policeman had the prospect
before him OF the rescue from his grasp
Of tough by a gang Of ike ilk when
this, according to the Free Press, happen
ed "The stalwart form OF Evangelist
II. Q. Wills appeared on the scene. Wills
took in the situation at glance, handed
his prayer book to a friend, drew up his
sleeves, and then jumped into the 'immi-
nent deadly breach He went through
the crowd Of tcughs like a whirlwind
throwing men right and left until be
reached the officers side. With fists
ciinched, eyes blazing indignation, and
face set in determination, the evangelist
Eifted up his voice and said The man
that dares interfere with this officer in
the performance Of his duty has got to
meet me, DO yon hearg Evidently
everybody beard, Cor not move
was made looking toward 4 rescue, while
the officer took his prisoner to a patrol
box and pulled for the wagon The fel-
low was taken to the Woodbridge Street
Station and locked up on a charge Of dis
turbing the peace. lie gave the name Of
Tom 0'Keefe. 4 want to shake hands
~ith that man Wills said Patrolnan
Corey after the trouble was all over, for
ahere's no doubt he saved my life That
gang would have kicked me TO death in
order to rescue their friend"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-08-07
immigration Falling Off.

New YoRE. August 4.-I.ast month a.,
ZIG immigrants landed at Castle Garden
against 2s,69O in July, 1883. Every month
this year has been marked by gradual de-
cline in European immigration. Among the
reasons advanced are difficulty in finding
employment here. inducements offered by
various South American governments. and
encouragement to remain at home given by
foreign monarchies, whose surplus popula-
tion has been worked of in past years
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TEE tendency Of the Mugwump free
traders 10 side with the English against
the interests Of their own Government
and country on every permissible occa-
sion. is being again exempliied in the
Beiring Sea contention. An English
vessel was discovered pirating on the
seal fur industry Of this country, and was
seized and turned over to the jurisdiction
Of the courts. The Mugwump newspa-
pers, with great alaerity, have taken. as
usual. the side Ct the English against
their own government. and are furnish
ing the Englishmen with arguments
against the well defined American claims.
They have also assailed the President
and Secretary Blaine as If they we're the
authors Of new and aggressive policy,
when in fact they have done nothing but
execute law, passed by a Republican Sen
ate and Democratic House and signed
by Mr.. Cleveland. The law is impera-
tive and the Rdelity with which it is be-
ing enforced is Eorthy Of ali praise in
stead Of censure. Why did Republican
Senate, Democratic House and Dem
ocrafir President agree TO the measure
but because it was right, and needed,
from an American standpoint
OF course, the whole thing is matter
for adjustment by the two Nations, and
we only advert to il as evidence Of the
bot haste With which the Mngwump
free traders take sides with the English
againss protection to any Of our interests
and industries.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-08-07

PoTIsTowx, Pa, August Horace Fryer,
son Of \. b. Fryer proprietor Of the Man
sion house, died this afternoon. aged II
years, from the effects Of kick on the
breast by a COW received nearly six months
ago. His case baiiled the skin Of the ply
sicians. The young man was taken very
sick immediately after the kick, aud gradu
ally became weaker, suffering little or no
pain. To relieve the pus accumulated over
bis right lung an opening was made, and in
the matter discharged were found bread
crumbs, seeds from berries, and other small
particles Of food which he ate. The incision
was made between the third and fourth
ribs, and the physicians are al a loss to
know how these particles Of food worked
their way into the opening from the esoi,h-
agus.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-08-07
Crying for Bread.

CHICAGO, July 3l-Congressman Lawior
and other members of the Business Mems
Relief Committee left this morning with ad-
diiional supplies for the half starved lock-
edout coal miners at Streator, ILL., Mr.
Geerahty, whose business in Streator has
been well nigh ruined by the miners troub-
les, said to-day This food is to be divided
among Goo starving miners, the majority of
whom are married men with families. Il will
scarcely last two days for the poor fellows.
can truthfully say that many people are
actually starving. The babies and children
cry for bread and wallow in the muddy
streets, but their mothers have become cal
lous TO their cries and do not seem to mind
Unless the miners are given work soon or
further relief comes you will soon hear Of
deaths from actual starvation"
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A Marvellous Fast.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. Robert Marvel, Of
Pike township, this county, has reached the
fiftieth day of his fast A doctor from this
city goes out every fifth day. The doctor
said to- night that Marvel has not eaten an
ounce Of solid food in 20 days, and may
live on in this way for loo. He continued ;
" That story recently published about his
eating piece of pie aud some other things is
untrue. During all these days he has taken
several pints of milk. He is quite vigorous
and pugilistie This fasting has entirely
changed his nature. Before he was very
genial, nov he is ready TO fight anyone who
comes near his bed. have great trouble in
felIing his pulse. He strikes at me- and if |
get my hand on his wrist he twists it until
have to let go"
The disease Mr.. Marvel is suffering from.
the doctor thinks, has affected his brain. It
is disease of the arteries. Round, bony
accumulations can be felt in the arteries at
the wrist, and are probably present through
out the system. These cause paralysis of
the swallowing apparatus, which prevents
the taking in of food. Marvel is Sc years old
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Her Husbands Ghost .

CRAwFoRpsvILLE. ND. August 5.-Th,
ghost of Christopher Hillard has come bach
to drive sleep away from the eyes of hi,
widow. Hillard died from neglect, accord
ing to the Coroner's verdict, and he appeared
in spirit from the very dsft night after the
funeral. Mrs. Hillard lives alone, and she
aiiirns that the ghost has an unco mfortabl,
habit of walking back and forth across her
bed after she lies down. She spends hel
days at home unmolested but sleeps at q
neighbors at night.
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Nrwrssr. 4 ! ta:sss-t I The United
States Cruiser Breton. HE hand-omest ersiis-
er OF all tn. vessels in tae centennial Ptge-
ant ia Xs~ YORK bar5er. was last evening
rua on a rock on the southern end Of RISE
Island, in this hsr5or. The Boston had just
completed the last Of series Of most i'm
portanf speed and manenyering trials IN
Narragsnsett Bay and was returning to her
anchorage Off Goat Island when the accident
occurred. No sooner did the cruiser strike
than off she slide. Ia an instant all the
water tight compartments were banged tight
shut, but not before the compartments Of the
doable bottom under the engine room were
completely flooded
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White Cans in Eight.

MARION, Ind, August "a band Of White
Caps in Monroe township recently dragged
from their home Widow Asmette Street and
her daughter Clara, accused of gossiping, and
after threatening to cut out their tongue S,
lashed them until blood flowed To-day
Judge St John summoned twenty witnesses
from the scene of the outrage TO tell what
they knew of the aifair, and the officer serv-
ing the summons d. overed that seven Of
the regulators had fed.
Among them were John and Charles Oil
yer, Jane and Dan Farr and John Stevens.
Half the gang are yet in the locality of the
whipping, and unless they decamp num-
Der of arrests will be made tomorrow.
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TlIlt,

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Early start for the Poornouse.

REApfNG August There is little girl
about seven years OF age at st. Catharine's
Orphan Asylum in this city who is mystify-
ing everybody. She was picked up day or
two ago out ON the three-mile- house road,
and when questioned. said she was going to
the poorhouse, as both her parents were
dead and she had no place else to go.
The spectacle of such little tot striking
out for the almshouse alone, led TO the belief
that there was something unusual in the
case, and she was brought back to the city
to see if some of her friends could be found.
She said her name was Keiser and that her
parents had died and been buried the week
before, but said she could not tell where she
lived
Inquiry developed the fact that no one by
the name OF Keiser had been buried in this
city for a long time, and she was put through
a close course of questioning in order to
find out if possible who she really was and
10 discover the motive she had for oonoealing
her name and identity.
She, however, stuck to her story, and all
efforts have filled to elicit any knowledge Of
her or TO explain her strange behavior.
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An AccompIished Foraer.

foRK, Pa, August 4.-Freierick Wrecker.
a tanner Of this city, is accused Of forging
the name Of Jacob Reiehley as endorsed TO
number Of notes aggregating, as near as can
be ascertained at present, about $, 600. Sew
eral notes amounting to 81 $40 we're given 10
the Western National Bank, while one for
$50 is held by the City Bank, one for about
500 by the York County National Bank.
md notes for an unknown amount by the
Frst National Bank. IL is expected that sew
erai others will turn up tomorrow. Wrecker
left home on Friday afternoon, and his
whereabouts are unknown. Before he left
he confessed the forgeries 10 Mr.. Reichley
and Albert Swyser, and promised 10 make
restitution.
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The Sparrow as a Traveller.

WOOSTER, OHIo, August 3-Peter H.
Stanffer. editor of the Loud0nville Adr9cafe.
is authority for the following story On the
18th of July an English sparrow flew into
his office aud was captured. The bird was
released after a tag bearing the words Lou
donville AdeOoate " and the date July D. '
was securely fastened to one of its legs
Nothing more was thought Of the matter
hence L litor StaufTer says he is greatly sur
prised to receive letter containing the leg
of the sparrow With the tag attached. The
letter was sent by Fred NJ. CIary, cashier Of
bank al Huron, South Dakota. He states
that his son killed the sparrow at Huron on
July y, eleven days after the birds release
at Loudonville