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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-22

Judge Kimmel has had a force OF work
men employed for several days cleaning up
the Court Honse grounds.
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Potatoes for Sale. .

Car load choice Dakota Reds, in stock,
good for table use or seed. Potatoes are
scarce and high in price, which is no fault
your orders which will be filed at current
price.
Respectfully,
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READING, April II. - Reading Railroad
General Superintendent Sweigar;, of Phila-
delphia, and Superintendent Bonzano, of
this city, went to Harrisburg this afternoon
TO make arrangements for the opening of
the company's new branch from Harrisburg
to Shippensburg. The last spike which will
complete this western link of the Reading
Railroad was driven at point six miles
southwest Of Harrisburg, at o'clock this
evening. This new branch will be known
as the Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pitts
burgh Railroad
Crossing the Snsquehanna over a monster
bridge at Harrisburg, as a continuation Of
the Lebanon Valley Railroad from this city,
it was built by the Reading Company as far
as Bowmansdale, and with a connection
with the Potomac road extends to Shippens-
burg, with further connections with the
Western Maryland and Baltimore and Ohio
road The line is now virtually complete
to Pittsburgh and the coke regions, thus
supplying the want which the South Penn
was designed to fill. The road will be open
ed for freight traffic in few days, and pass
enger trains will commence running some
time in May. The company expects to do a
large western trade over this route. The
South Penn organization Is still maintained,
but it is safe to say that all intentions of
building it have now been abandoned since
the Reading road has completed its own
western outlet.
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THE NEW FIRM
~------O F.
JOhnP. Knable &CO.,

are determined unload al the stock Of the firm Of Knable
huster sale viii include all the and desirable goods select
cd COR ifyou and We Will
not until the right the height Of the
son. will offer some astonishing Gducions in all lines.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-22
New Spring
CLOTHING 5!

We desire to call the attention
Of the citizens of Somerset, and the
County generally, to our elegant
line Of Spring and summer CLOTH
ING, in Mems, Youths, Boys aud
Childrcns Suits, of all the latest
styles and patterns. Our counters
are loaded with the above named
goods and the prices are very low.
Persons needing anything in the
Spring Clothing line viii do well
and save money by calling to ex-
anime our goods before making
their Spring purchases. You will
be greatly surprised to see the nice
line we carry, and we will gladly
show you through our stock and
satisfy you that we carry the best
line in Somerset County.
SPRING CARPETS +!
A full line of Carpets in
Body Brassels,
Tapestry Brussels,
All wool 3-ply,
All wool 13 pair Extra Super,
Union Extra Super,
Double and Twisted Cotton Chain,
Damask and Stair Carpets,
Rags and Hemps,
Floor, Table and Stair Oil Cloths,
Smyrna and Cocoa Rugs, and
Carpet Paper.
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS.
Everything pertaining to this
class of goods.
Mems, Youths and Boys Over.
shirts,
Laundried Dress Shirts,
The best unlaundried shirt made at
so cts,
Neckwear, Cuffs and Collars,
Plain and fancy striped Underwear,
Hosiery, Gloves, &C., &c, in all the
latest novelties.
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Ornar Mo.

WHEREAS, as the ladies of r. P. c. Post.
added very greatly to the enjoyment on the
occasion of the late celebration of the quarto
centennial of the Grand Army of the Re
public, therefore,
Resolued, that we hereby tender our CRATE
full acknowledgment to the kind ladies for
their excellent lunch of coffee, sandwiches
and cake, with the assurance that while their
surprise was as complete as those of Shilo
more enjoyable and il was less disastrous.
COMMITTEE.
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The trout fishing season opened last Wed
nesday.
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CALVIN w. GRANGER.
Another Murder in Somerset Coun-

Would create great excitement, bat would
not surprise the people more tina the bar
gains Prilts & Kantner are giving in pict-
ures, mouidings, baby carriages, wagons,
hammocks, base ball goods, fishing lines,
hooks, flies, sneads and poles, books, fine
stationery and everything kept in first
class book store.
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Spring Dress Goods

to select from. All new styles and shades,
and prices that will astonish you all
800 pieces of new striped Plaid Dress Cling
hams, all new styles.
so pieces Of new Percals for boys waists.
so Outing Cloths from &c. to 15c.
that are beauties.
100 of new light Cslicoes at cents
that are handsome.
Thousands OF yards of the very best dark
calicOes at cents.
Any quantity of good dark Calicoes at 4
cents.
so pieces OF Crown Satines at 12 cents, the
best in the market.
so of new printed Challies at cents.
They are great bargains. New
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LACE CURTAINS

From SOC. a pair to the best. Cur
tain Scrim 5 to 10c. Swiss Cur
tains, 25c.
Table Linens, Napkins, Towels and
Crash at OLD prices.
A full line Of best Fast Colored
Hosiery. Largest assortment of
Corsets. Hanesomest of Umbrel-
las. A complete assortment Of Ia
dies Neckwear.
A full lineof Lace and Hamburg,
and Lace and Hamburg Flounc-
Jugs. Kid,Silk, and Lisle Thread.
SPRING WRAPS
As usual,my stock of Millinery
Goods will be the largest, hand
soonest and cheapest in the coun-
ty. All my Black Silk Warps
and all-wool Henriettas and
serges gere bought before
the new duties went into
effect. | will sell them
than if bought later.
for ladies. As usual my stock of millin.
cry grods will be the largest, hand
somest and cheapest in the County.
mrs. A, E. UHL,
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A BUDDING TRUNK LINE,
The Readings Western
Branch.
The Road will Connect with the West
ern Maryland and B.&O.

Philadelphia will have new line TO Pitts
burgh and ihe west tomorrow. when the
Philadelphia. Harrisburg and Pittsburgh
Railroad. as the extension of the Reading
beyond Harrisburg Is called, will be opened
for business. The completion Of this new
line marks the defeat of the conspiracy by
which the Pennsylvania Railroad strangled
the South Penn road and attempted to kill
all competition with It's own line between
the Quaker City and the west. For all the
money which the deal with the Vanderbilts
cost it, st now has only to show the half-fn-
nished tunnels of the South Penn road and
the bridge piers in the river st Harrisburg,
while the Reading has the line to the west
which its rival tried tOlshut it out Of
The last rail Of the new road was laid Sat
urday afternoon. A handsome new passen-
ger station will be built soon at Harrisburg
for the different branches Of the Reading
centring there.
The new line, which is virtually continu-
alton of the Lebanon Valley branch Of the
Reading railroad, leaves that branch about
half mile east of the passenger station in
Harrisburg. and passing through that city
by means of handsome elevated structure,
crosses the Susquehanna river on splendid
bridge, but few feet distant from the unus-
ed piers of the South Penn road. From the
south side of the river about ten miles Of
new road have been constructed to Bow
mansdale, in Cumberland county. AT that
point is reached the old Harrisburg and Po-
tomac railroad formerly a feeble dependen-
ency of the Reading, which never paid oper-
ating expenses, but which has recently baen
rebuilt and put in good shape.
This takes the Reading system to Ship
pensburg, where connection is made with
the Western Maryland Railroad. This con-
( meets with the Baltimore & Ohio at Hagers-
town, Nd, now, but ii is building a short
connecting link from WiIliamsport to Cher
~ Run, w. v, which will effect a saving Of
number of miles. BY way of the Balti-
more and Ohio the Reading will get TO all
the territory reached by that road. The new
line will be operated as part of the main
line Of the Reading, and all movements Of
trains win be regulated from the Office in
Reading.
The Importance of the opening ofthis new
line for Philadelphia lies in the fact that it
will give to this city those benefits of compe-
ton which the South Penn road was
South Penn road was planned to give.
Il opens a new route to the soft coal and
coke regions of this State, and will also give
the Reading a southwestern outlet for its
anthracite coal which ii has long needed.
In connection with the Baltimore and Ohio
and its new acquisition, the Pittsburgh and
Western Railroad, the new route will open
UP new route from this city to Chicago of
about the same length as the Pennsylvania.
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.r in order at the BARRIERS.
M. of = thirty-four story
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of the Court, besides the full charge of the
ence ofthe Court, the appeal to the Supreme
Court of Penn'a., etc, with full text Of de-
cision of Supreme Court.
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THE BIGGEST TRUST YET.

Alliance scheme to Put n Co-Operative
store In Every Town In the Union.
TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. 24.-In the Alli-
ance commercial convention here farm
ers were urged to hold their wheat until
next May or June. A plan was devised
for forming National Union company,
which ii successful will build up the
biggest trust ever organized in this
country. The National Union company
has been chartered in New York, with a
capital stock of sec, ,0OO, 900, of which
%. .000. 900, it Is said, is already paid up.
The plan is to put a cooperative store in
every town in the West and Northwest
and, il possible, in every town in the
Union, to be run on the same plan as the
Alliance exchange. Each town is to
have resident manager, who is to have
charge of the store and holdings Of the
company. Goods are to be purchased
by regular agents in large quantities and
shipped direct from the centers of dis.
tribution to every store. The distrib.
uting points are to be New York, Chi.
cago, Kansas City, New Orleans, and
Salt Lake or San Francisco. Goods are
to be sold at the lowest possible figures
the profits to be paid out in salaries, ex.
penses and rebates toregular purchasers.
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RUSSIAN MISERY.

Stories OF Suffering In Bessarabia Almost
notwithstanding Children for Food.
LONDON, Aug. 24.-The stories of mis-
cry received from Russia are almost in
credible. In Bessarabia peasants are
actually offering their children for sale
in order to buy food, and dealers at Con-
stantipople, hearing of this, have pur-
chased through agents in the Russian
villages considerable number of female
children. Many deaths have been caused
through famine, and families may be
found actually perishing from hunger,
and huddled together in their common
misery. The stewards of crown lands
and forests have been instructed to allow
the peasantry to enjoy free pasture and
freely to gather mushrooms, which are
largely consumed among the lower
classes of Russians, and to gather wild
fruits in the forest and woods of the
state. This, however, does not answer
the demand for substantial food.
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Business Failures.
THE HOLY COAT.
It 10 Found to BE So Tattered That II
Cannot BE Displayed.

It Is Found to BE So Tattered That 1t
Cannot BE Displayed.
BERLIN, Aug. A.-The "holy coat"
now on exhibition in the cathedral at
Treves has been examined by a textile
manufacturer who says that when the
wrappers were removed the garment
was found to be so tattered that it could
not be displayed. An aged and expe-
rienced nun managed to gum the frag-
ments together, the material being too
much worn to permit of the use Of needle
and thread. The coat is now partly over
laid with materials in which it has for
merly been wrapped, and which, having
become decayed, cannot be separated
from it. The reverse side of the coat has
also been examined by DIR. Book, OF
Aix-la- Chapelle, who states that it lis
mounted on bysus silk, which was ma
terial in use during the first century and
never later than the sixth, and which
!. was very costly. In Catholic circles these
facts are regarded as proving theauthen-
ITCHY of the relic.
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A Great Republican Demonstration at
Niles Thirty Thousand Stran.
gers Present.
Grand Industrial Parade and Speech
by Major Mckinley the Order
Of the Day.
Alliance Commercial Convention at
Topeka, KAN, Devise Plans for
Gigantic Trust.

MILES, o., Aug. 24.--The Republican
state campaign opened here with great
demonstration. Over $4,000 strangers
were in town. Ex-President Hayes
arrived in the morning and Colonel A.
L. Conger come in from Akron at the
head of strong delegation. President
T. r. Morgan, of Morgan Engineering
company, brought delegation 500
strong from Alliance and another spe-
cial train loaded to the platforms came
from Painesville A cavalry company
fifty strong put in an appearance from
Sharpesville, Pa. The city is hand
somely decorated. In the afternoon
there was great parade and industrial
display, after which mass meeting was
called to order and Major Mckinley
made his first speech of the campaign.
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f.or,,on r. Nop-f,o,nmittaI.

ATLANTA, Ga. Aug. "a. Senator Cor
don and Governor Northern had con-
ference last night concerning the action
of the the State Alliance in asking the
senator to state his views on the Ocala
platform. Senator Gordon has given
out for publication ~ short letter
to the Alliance at large, saying that his
position ON public matters had been
fully set forth in his speeches and he
was surprised that any further state
ments should be necessary. He intended
to address the people shortly and hoped
to prove to them that he was their
friend. The letter is extremely nom
committal on the very point upon which
the state Alliance wished to cross ques-
tion him.
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To Freeze Out Small Fry Breweries.

CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-Recent advices
from st. Louis concerning the brewery
interests of that city and of Chicago have
been to the effect that the big Anheuser-
Busch Brewing company has passed into
the center of an English syndicate, and
that the large Chicago breweries are
trying to force the small concerns to join
the syndicate. The latest dispatch from
St. Louis is as follows: Nv. j. Lemp
the brewer, says that he knows posi-
lively that move is soon to be inaugu
rated in Chicago by the large brewerie'
against the small fry. The war will bt
waged for the purpose of compelling
them to sell to the syndicate.
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COMMISSIONER BRAGG DEAD.

Commerce Commission Passes Away.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Secretary
Mosley, of the interstate commerce COM
mission, has received a dispatch from
Spring Lake, N. j., announcing the
death there of Commissioner Bragg.
The cause of his death is not stated in
the dispatch, and the news of his death
was great shock to his friends here.
He has been in ill-health for some time,
but wrote few days ago to Commits
sioner Morrison that he felt as well as he
had for wears.
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Gold excitement in ontario.

BEILEvLLE, Ont, Aug. "a. 1T is said
that gold of a very fine quality has been
found in the vicinity Of the gold mining
company's lands in Hastings county.
The vein is large one and win yield a
large per centage Of gold. Crowds of
prospectors are rushing to the finds, and
there is every reason to believe that ere
long the gold excitement viii be at fever
heat once more in this region.
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a Terrific Explosion Occurs I'm Paint
and Bronze Factory In New
York City.
OF the 40 Persons I'm the Building at
the Time Very Few Escape
Uninjured.
It Is Estimated That About Seventy
People Perished I'm the Awful
Catastrophe.

NEW YORK, Aug. PA terrific explo
sion took place at Shelly's paint and
bronze store at 68 Park Place, blowing
out the entire front of the store. At the
time the explosion occurred many OF
those who worked in the building were
at lunch 1t is estimated that more
than 140 boys, girls, men and women
we're in the building at the time. Those
who saw the catastrophe say that the
earth trembled when the explosion oc-
CURED, and that the fire was in the
street in couple of seconds. The dust
from the wreck rose in such clouds that
for at least three minutes nothing could
be seen of what was left standing, but
from the pail which hovered over the
wrecked building came clouds of smoke
and sheets of fame, and
YelIs and shrieks of Agony.
Out of the clouds of fire and smoke half
dozen persons emerged while from the
six-story building ON the Northeast
corner of Greenwich and Park Place
poured at least 100 working people of
both sexes and of all ages, uttering cries
of alarm. When the firemen arrived
the Taylor building, 6a to 7e Park Place,
was ablaze and the Greenwich extension
of the building ON fire. AT o'clock the
fire was under control. Half of the
Greenwich street building had been
burned while the Taylor was complete
| wreck. The losses were computed at
$150, 900 for the Taylor building and con-
tents and $4,000 for the Greenwich
street building. AS to the loss of life
the more conservative estimate, that of
Fire Chief Cushman was>that
| sixty People Perished. -
Persons who knew how many worked in
the building daily ran the list UP to 130.
Nobody had been taken ont at / 80 and
it appeared impossible to overhaul the
ruins for several hours. Eight per-
sons injured by the explosion were
taken to the Chambers street hospital.
Mike Carroll, who was employed
at 66 Park Place, says that there
was very little chance of many Of them
escaping. There were seven men en-
ployed in the kitchen and Carroll says
they must have been killed. He also saw
four girls working in the basement, mix
ing bronze, and he does not think they
could have gotten out. Carroll saw seven
persons passing the building at the time
of the explosion, and all We're Knocked
down by the shock. Before they recov-
cred the walls fell ON them and he thinks
1 they We're killed. At 80 p. m. the
i police estimated the loss of life at be-
tween sixty and seventy.
Cause of Explosion Not Known.
4 The actual cause of the explosion was
not known at o'clock. From those who
saw it most agree that there was an ex-
plosion that took place ON the first floor
of No. 72, and the front of the store oc-
cupied by Rosenfeldt was blown into the
street. Then the entire building began
to quiver and shake and then came
crashing into the street.
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MADISON. SOUTH DAKOTA, M
DuN's TRADE REVIEW.
The Volume of Business as Large as Ever
Before in Midsummer

Before in Midsummer.
NEW York, Aug. PR. G. Dun e.
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
During the past week attention has been
absorbed by great excitement in grain.
Russian orders prohibiting exports of
rye were taken as official confirmation
of the worst reports regarding the har-
vest in that country and were supported
by further reports that similar defensive
action would be taken by other govern
ments. There is little room to doubt
that foreign demand will he greater
than ever Ii prices here are not SO ad-
vanced as to check it. As yet prices are
not extraordinarily high, and are not as
high by 10 cents, with all the foreign
news, as in April last, with nothing but
a dream of famine before July to war
rant them. The general business of the
country does well, with gradual i'm
provement in nearly all branches, based
on actual increase of demand from farm
ing states. 1t may be doubted whether
there has ever been more cautious and
conservative feeling prevalent at time
when the prospect of large trade was
bright, and in scarcely any branch is
there seen disposition to venture upon
large speculative purchase. Yet the
volume of business is probably as large
as ever before at midsummer.
Condition of Trade.
AT Boston business is not very active,
but the outlook is held encouraging. At
Chicago dry goods sales fall short for the
week, though larger than last year for
the year thus far, and sales of cloth
ing and shoes are large, while receipts of
wheat exceed last years four-fold, and
of rye nine-fold, with an increase of
about third in dressed beef, lard, hides
and wool. At st. Louis largely in
creased orders are seen in nearly all
lines, and at Kansas City trade grows
more active. At st. Paul and Mime
apolis an excellent harvest means trade
prospects good, and similar reports come
from other Northwestern points. AT
the South business is still dull, though
some improvement is seen at New Or
leans and Atlanta. Money is tight at
many Southern points and collections
somewhat slow. The treasury has put
out 81 roc, 900 more than it has taken in
during the week, and the failure to OBJ
tain for extension large part of the
| Al per cent. bonds seems likely to oblige
the treasury to disburse large sums Of
| the remaining bonds Sept. /.
Business Failures.
The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the las
seven days number for the United States
100, and for Canada II, or total of 216
as compared with a total OF 227 last
week, and 231 the week previous to the
last. For the corresponding week oi
last year the figures were 1872, represent
ing 172 failures in the United States
and 20 in the Dominion of Canada.
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Got Much Gold and niad.

WINNIPEG, Man, Aug. "a. According
to reports brought in by Kish- -Peyex
Indians four white men were inland and
secured great quantity of gold. After
remaining some time they started for
Victoria, going down the Skenea in a
canoe. In passing through the Great
Death canon the canoe capsized and the
men were drowned. Two of them came
from New York, but the Indians could
not tell their names.
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ROBBED THE TREASURY.
Being Unable TO Raise Money Balm aceda
D..v r.

Being Unable TO Raise Money Balm aceda
seizes the Public Funds.
LONDON, Aug. 24.-The Times special
from Lisbon says President Balmaceda,
of Chill, being unable to borrow money,
seized the silver in the treasury of Chill,
which was security for the circulating
medium, and tried to ship il to Europe
to pay for ships and arms. He could not
get-a vessel to take it and finally per-
suaded the commander of the British
man-of-war Espiegle to convey million
dollars to Montevideo. The Times says
that this was transaction which locks
as if a British man-of-war had accom-.
plice in the robbery, and calls for inves-
tigation.
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Stampede of Teams.

DECATUR, Ills, Aug. PA stampede
of farmers teams occurred on the main
road leading from the Macon fair
grounds to the town. There were sew
eral runaways and number of people
We're thrown from their vehicles and
seriously hurt, but so far as reported
none fatally. Mrs. e. E. Lemon, of
Blue Mound, had her collar bone and
arm broken, the 12-year-old son of
William Day had his collar bone and an
arm broken, and Mrs. Mary Hays was
shockingly bruised Ten persons were
hurt and many Macon homes are CON
verted into temporary hospitals.