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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

Canton. the home Of Major Mckinley
ut was openly charged on the floor OF
the convention that the Campbell dele
gates were paid s. a day to attend this
convention, lust as they were paid to go
10 the polls and vote for Mr. Warwick
last fall; that 25 per cent. Of the voters
in Stark county were purchassble, and
that 1000 had been hired to vote Tor
Warwick in order to defeat Mckinley /;
that the five editors Of Democratic papers
in the county were renegade Republi-
cans. who had been bought by the Camp
bell and Warwick wing of the Democ-
racy. These and other charges were
made in Major McKinley's district, not
by MeKinIey's friends but by his enc
mics. and by those who participated IN
the steal of McKinley's district. These
Democrats did more than make the
charges they offered 10 prove them, and
one delegate presented his account book
with the names Of 1000 votels who were
Maid TO vote for Warwick, with the prices,
but Governor Campbells friends would
not allow him to read the interesting
schedule" Both factions of the party
contributed to this testimony Of its
venality and corruption. And yet, IN
the face of these admissions, Democrats
have the gall to talk about Doodle cam
paign on part of the Republicans!
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
A Boy Forced to be a surslar.

PITTsBURG, July 0.-Little Charlie Snow
den, bright chap of but eight summers,
fell into the hands of the Pittsburg police
about midnight last night, and told such q
blood-curdling tale in such a convincing
way that be has been turned over to the
Humane Society for safe-keeping until the
proper authorities can be heard from.
Charlie says his father is professional
thief holding forth at Wheeling, and because
he wanted to trsin the lad up as a burglar
the boy fled to Pittsburg. The boy declares
that his father, whose name is George Snow
den, is the leader of gang. IL was their
practice 10 use the lad to crawl through win
dows and coal holes of the houses they want
ed to burglarize. If he refused they threat
ened to kill him.
Recently, when the gang supposed Char
lie to be asleep. they one night planned a
desperate burglary near Wheeling. Next
day the boy heard that the old man they
robbed was killed in the encounter. Charlie
wanted to tell the police, but was afraid, 50
be did the next best thing-he ran away.
Inspector AcAleese IS confident the boy is
not telling fsirytale, and he has taken the
case in hand
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
Rrother AGAINST Rrother.

BUTLER, Pa, July l2.-What will likely
turn out 10 be a murder occurred in Jeifer-
son township last night. For long time
bad blood has ENLISTED between John and
Adam Mininger, brothers. Last night John
drove up to his brothers barn and wanted
to feed his horse. Permission being refused
he advanced toward Adam in threatening
manner, and applied vile epithets to both
Adam and his wife, who was milking the
COWS.
As John neared him, Adam drew 3s-cal-
iber bulldog revolver and opened fire. The
first shot struck about two inches above
Johns heart, who started to run to a neigh
bor's house. He was closely followed by
his brother, who succeeded in firing four
more shots into his head.
The PROSTATE man was taken into the
house of neighbor and a doctor summoned
who succeeded in extracting the four balls
from his head, but could not get out the one
above the heart. He is still living, but the
doctor says he cannot recover. He is a bad
character and has served terms in both pen
tientiary and work house.
Adam came TO town shortly after the
shooting and surrendered himself to the au-
thorities and is now in jail.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
raIk WIN ssorstarx blaine.


BAR HAKBoR, Ne. July l9.-"Dying, eh p
said Secretary ofState James g. Blaine, when
called upon by acorespondent today. Wei,
Iguess not much. ! am feeling first-rste to-
dav. To be sure the weather is triie too
hot and sultry and rather fatigues me. but
other than that am in pretty good spirits
and expect TO be myself again soon.
The correspondent then settled down for
a pleasant chat. and in discussing the yari-
Gus absurd reports circulated about bis
health Mr.. Blaine said: There has been
good deal of imagination worked in with
few facts into the reports
"A curious thing about newspapers,
said the Secretary, is that while one gels
thing outrageously wrong on one side an
other gets it Just as wrong on the other try
ing to contradict it. They ike sensation.
They viii stretch fact. They imagine that
a truth would not be interesting TO their
readers. Now have been i'll, not as i'll ss
some would have me, and certainly not as
risky as Others have made out, running
over the bills, riding horseback and chasing
squirrels with my grandchildren.
Mrs. Blaine is kind enough to read two
hours a day to me, though tell her she will
be sick from such action. She reads all the
editorials in the noted dailies. and once in
while, to feed my fancy, she turns on to
magazine and Sits the ideas of the literati.
Il have had nothing to do with office
sinre 1 arrived in Bar Haror. Ny physician
put his foot right down and said if ever l
expected TO get well must stop thinking
and rest.
"You are not interested in the political
rumOTs then ?"
No, at all. Why should they interest
me? ! am happy among the trees Win ny
wife and children. / know they are false
and when am well enough l will prove
them false. Now / am simply getting my
self into shape to deny them and MI my
post al the Capital
1t has been rumored thst you will be q
candidate for President next year.
To this question the Plumed knight gave
no reply. he simply settled back comforta-
blv in his bamboo rocker and laughed q
good healthy laugh, which started from his
boots and never stopped rising till ii reached
his cheeks, where that noticeable dimple
shook with fun.
Just then Mrs. Blaine entered She was
in good spirits and said she would be glad to
contradict any false statement about her
husbands health. He has been very sick,
though" said she, "snd We were very much
worried. We have been 50 unfortunate nj
late feel that any mishap that turns up
may prove fatal. But dear me- he Is 50
much better now that he is contentedly set
tied at Bar HsrbOr. that our fears are drawn
away by fsets-"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
WIN Try to Get Rain,


WAsHISsroS, July s.-Colonel Dyren-
forth. of the Department of Agriculture,
with two assistants, left here to-day for the
interior Of Texas, where he will make fur
theE experiments in the feasibility of pro-
ducing rain in arid rigions by exploding
balloons charged with oxygen and hydrogen
at considerable height in the air. Tests
will also be made in exploding dynamite
attached to the tails Of huge kites, in connec-
ton with the theory that rain may be pro-
dnced by the conclusion of explosions in
midAir.
The dynamite is 10 be exploded in the
same manner as are the balloons, that is, by
a slender wire leading TO the kites aud con-
nected with an electric battery on the
ground. Colonel Dyrenforth will seek some
sequestered spot in Texas where the noise
win not disturb any one and then make a
thorough and exhaustive experiment as to
whether or not rain can be produced when
needed by means Of explosions near the
clouds.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
Honey Bees a plague.

DANvILLE, KY, July 1l.-This section IN
Washington county, near this city, Is just
now suffering from a honey-bee plague
There never have been 50 many bee trees in
the forests, and this spring the bees have
taken possession of the houses, barns and
churches in Springfield, the county seat.
A number Of swarms have occupied the attic
Of the Court House. A large swarm settled
in lawyers Office and stopped his business
for some days until he could starye them
out.
Two or three swarms, coming from diff
ferent directions, settled on Colonel Thomas
Grundy's house. 1t is built of brick. but a
crack in one end of it let them in between
the ceiling of the lower and the floor Of the
second story. Here they became so trouble
some that an effort 20 dislodge them was
made, but failed The crack in the wall was
cemented, and they crawled cut into the
rooms wherever there was crack or space
around the windows and doors. The dining
room was abandoned by the family and
given up 10 the new guests, but as they could
not get back to the swarms they perished by
the bucketful.
Yesterday swarm alighted on Pedes-
trian, and he had struggle 10 keep from
being smothered or stung TO death.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
Why He Runs for Governor.

VIM Mckinley, Jr., in New York Recorder
The Republican party is right, and there
fore must win. II has always been right
From 1856 TO 1891 it has been conspicuous
", comsgeOusly and effectively for the
whole country.
1t has never been against the country
Never for a moment in the !hirty-five years
of its life has il ever been suspected of being
against the country.
Ii has obeyed the Constitution, and would
have everybody else obey it. 1t believes in
that instrument, and placed in it the great
cardinal principle ofequality among men
1t has brought the country to the highest
financial standing and credit.
It has, by its industrial policy, secured TO
the United States the first rank in manufact-
ures. in mining and in agriculture and, TO
the masses of the country, the largest re-
wards for their labor, genius and energy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
state Crop Bulletin.


The Weather Crop Bulletin, issued by the
Pennsylvania State Weather Service in CO
operation with the United States Weather
Bureau, for the week ending July 10, 1891,
remarks
The temperature during the past week has
been considerably below the normal, an ap-
parent deficiency Of from 10 10 degrees per
day throughout the State The lack of sun
shine and cold has retarded the growth Of
corn. Rain has been plentiful, and in many
places too much has fallen to be Of benefit
to crops.
Harvesting and haying is progressing.
Large crops have been housed and much
more is ready TO reap. The late rsins have
delayed The harvest The yield Of wheat is
reported as excellent and OF fine quality.
The oats crop viii be larger than was antic-
ipated.
The heavy hail-stO-m Of the 81 did much
damage TO corn, tobacco and fruit in the
central portions Of the Stale. The storm
was very severe in some localities, and its
course extended along the SusqaehAnna
River through the S;Ste.
The crops as a whole are reported as being
in very satisfactory condition, and the sea
20 = ssrardaa =. 4 nrasperons one,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

TIE success of Secretary Foster in re
funding the outstanding !. per cent.
bonds at = per cent has knocked silly
the Democratic calamity howlers. So
low a rate of interest has never before
been reached in this country. While
we are being told by the Democratic
press that money is scarce, that free silver
coinage must be adopted to increase the
amount Of currency needed for business
the government finds money 50 plenty
that it has no difficulty in getting over
fffy millions az > per cent This fact
proves also the utter fslsity of the
charge, coming from the same source,
that the Treasury is bankrupt. The
truth is. and everybody knows it, that
the credit Of our government is 50 good
that it can borrow money at lower rate
than any other nation on the globe, and
because this is the result of Republican
financial management the silly attempt
is made by the Democratic press to alarm
the country with tales Of impending
bankruptcy and ruin.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
Torn by Moving Machine.

ALLIANCE, o., July III. B. Whipple, a
farmer near Atwaer, near here, was thrown
from moving machine near here to-day, in
front of the knives. He was terribly man
gled and one leg vas severed.
The two-year-oid son offarmer John Lew
is, near Palmyra, went to the field to see his
father NOW grass with a machine. Unob-
served in the high timothy, his father ran
upon HIM with the cutter bar. and the child
was shockingly nangled, one arm being en-
tireiy severdd.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
Entirely too Strict.

KANSAS CRY, July 8. There is n serious
split in the Hedrickite branch of the Nor
mon church at Independence, No. A ma
jority of the members have withdrawn from
the church and are seeking admission to the
recognized branch all because Elder Hall,
chief OF the Hedrick branch, tried to insti-
tute cert ain reforms among his followers.
He required the sisters to dress in plain
black dresses and sun bonnets without rib
bons laces and frills. He forbade the men
to use tobacco. Disobedience, be said,
would be punished with expulsion. The
frivolous brethren and sisters, however,
rather than give up their tobacco and their
frills gave up their church, which now only
consists of i3 N embers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
So. .ooo,o 900 for Maple SAP.

WAsHISsroS, D. c., July s.-Msple sugar
growers seem TO be budding by the score
from every limb Of every tree that looks like
either a maple or an oak in the country.
The new sugar bounty of , cents per pound
explains the beds. From present indica-
tons, based upon recent research, the output
of maple sugar Is to be computed at about
45OO0O,ooo pounds, the bounty on which
win be 50, 10000 Internal revenue officers
are beginning to Be amazed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
a Whole Town Scared.


WLKEsBARRE, Pa. July I2-This morn
ing at O'Clock disastrous csye-in occur
red at the old slope of the Kingston Coal
Company, near Larksville, five miles from
this city, and he.inhabitants of that village,
which is built directly over the mine are in
great fear of their lives and their property.
The cave-in was caused by the swapping of
the old timbers in the slope
For hundreds of feet in all directions the
surface is coyered with large seams and
cracks, some Of them foot wide and ex-
tending down into the works A number Of
houses in the vicinity are damaged. A
dozen men were at work in the mines at the
time, but they all escaped through second
opening.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
A Remarkable Case.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, July "A case which
will attract attention in medical circles is
reported to-day from Lamar. Arkansas. Ms.
Elizs Ryan, 50 years Of age, who has been
totally blind for 80 years. had tooth pulled
srom the upper jaw. The root of the tooth
was nearly an inch in length.
When it was extracted Ms. Ryan COM
planned Of intense pain in her eyes, and
later cried out that she conld see plainly, her
sight having been restored.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
Riches, Beer and Poison.

PrrTsBURe, Pa, July l2.-Martin Farrell
this morning drank pint of beer contain
about two ounces of paris green. The poi
son is supposed to have been put in the liquor
by Mrs. Farrell, who recently expressed a
determination to get rid of her husband in a
way of her own. The wife several years ago
inherited a fortune of over $4,000, and the
couple have been drinking and quarreling
ever since. They got on a spree last night,
and when Farrell arose this morning to take
another swig of the beer he took the poison.
The doctors got around with a pump in
time to save his life Mrs. Farrelrs dress
was smeared with the poison, and she was
locked up.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

WHEN the Republicans first came into
power a Democratic National Admins
tration had Just obtained loan OF s2o,-
OO0yOOO at y per cent. now Republi-
can Administration is placing loan oil
double that amount at , per cent Ihe
difference between Democratic and Re
publican financeering needs no further
comment
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
Lancasters Wild Hog.

LANCASTER, July "a wild hog which
has been troubling the farmers Of Lancaster
county for some time was caught this morn.
ing, but not before it gave posse of Is men
a chase for two long hours. He was caught
alive, tied and taken to the village, where
scores Of people gathered around 20 see
him
He is long, thin, white animal and can
run like deer. The animal did great deal
of damage to the crops during the night and
slept during the day, and his conduct be-
came so bad that the farmers organized a
posse with the foregoing result.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

The Democratic press lets no opportu-
nifty escape TO denounce the wasteful and
iniquitous pension laws. As there is
about e million Of voters personally in
terested in these laws, it is matter Of
much moment TO them TO know what
the Democratic party intends to do about
them. Do they intend to wipe these
laws from the statute books? If not,
then why keep up the howl against laws
they do not propose TO repeal?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

DowN in Louisiana they are not in
love with Mr.. Cleveland, the Farmers
Alliance wing Of the Democracy having
declared against the ex-President be-
cause, as-one Of their ortors announced,
he "has succumbed TO the influence of
Wall street. Notwithstanding the con-
slant efforts Of the friends of Mr.. Cleye-
land to bolster up his candidacy, his
chances of success in the next Demo-
cratic National Convention are not rosy
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
farm Hands wanted out west.

FARGO. OAK, July 9-There is an unusu-
ally excellent stand of wheat in Minnesota
and North Dakota. The rains have been
seasonsble and the growing temperature
just right. The Red River Valley, in which
there has never been a general failure, prom
ises TO beat its best record, when it produced
35,0O00O0 bushels Of wheat. There is much
anxiety among the farmers there owing to
the scarcity of hands. and il is feared that
eOnsiSersblo srAia VIII be lost unless help "a
secured. Farmers are offering from s. to
$3.50 per day and board for harvesters.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

A lot of Missouri white Caps" few
nights since, attempted to whip citizen.
The mans wife shot two Of them with
rife and drove the balance away The
State ought to pension that woman ior
her resistance Of mob law.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

A dispatch from Vernon, Texas, says
ethe farmers are in distress. They had
calculated on twenty bushels Of wheat to
the acre, and it is threshing out thirty,
and they have to build new bins and
buy new sacks Another argument for
the Alliance party.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

president HARRISON has appointed q
grandson of old Ben Wade, grandson
of General Sherman, a son Of General
Baldy Smith, and son Of Commodore
Ramsay as cadets at West Point There
is nothing in blood if they don't, every
one. make good and true soldiers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

"THE Lord intended this for Repub-
Iican year, and the Lord doesn't make
any mistakes. never in my life saw
such prospect for the farmers in Ohio
IS at present, says Congressman Enocks,
of Ironton, Ohio. Republicanism and
prosperity are Synonymous terms in this
country. 1t is as impossible to make the
people vote the Democratic ticket when
they are prosperous as it is to make a
child cry when it is happy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
a Dog Cause. Trouble in a church.

BEAVER FALLS, July 13.-At the morning
services yesterday at the Baptist church dog
lodged past the Usher and fed to the pulpit,
where the Rev. Mr.. Bristol was preaching.
The pastor kicked the dog, and it howled so
loudly that half dozen other dogs ran into
the church TO find out what was wrong. The
congregation became excited, but the pastor
quieted the memoers. The man who owned
the dog and the preacher are not on COED
terms, and thereis talk of reporting the case
to the Society fOy the Prevention of Cruelty
TO Animals.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
The ProhIbI.Ion state Convention

State Chairman Patton has issued his call
for the Prohibition State Convention to
meet in the Opera House at Harrisburg, on
Wednesday, August 26. go a. m, for the
purpose of nominating candidates for State
Treasurer and Auditor General and IS can
didates for delegates-at-lsrge to the Constitu-
tional Convention provided for in the act of
Assembly approved June Is, 1891.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
A Wonderful Drill.

CHICAGO. July 9.-Fulton Gardiner, of this
city, has invented an electric drill, which,
he claims, will bore hole of any desired
depth, doing the last foot of it as easily as
the first. The power IS applied directly at
the tip, without the use of shafting, and the
only limit to the depth bored will be the
depth that the electric current can be con-
Quoted.
Gardiner brought his invention to the
notice Of the mining department of the
Worlds fair to-day. He wants 10 show it in
operation at the fair, and proposes to drill q
hole TO the center of the earth.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

In is alleged that the Democrats are
passing the hat among the importers in
New York TO raise money tosdefeat
Mckinley for Governor OF Ohio. or
course, every importer of foreign manu-
fsctures is hostile TO the Mckinley tariff
bill and will take whack at its author /;
and also, Of course, they are backed by
the Democratic press Of the country, who
in this particular are fighting the inter
ests of the nation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

II Pennsylvania should go Democratic
this fall, Governor PsttisOn will be
leading candidate for the Presidential
nomination next year, say our Demo
cratic friends. All could that little IF a."
only be eliminated Says an of-told
tale. "If the dog hadn't stopped - he
would have caught the rabbit"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

EVERY working day in the year they
make one hundred boxes Of tin at Apollo,
in our neighboring county of Armstrong,
and vet the tin plate liars insist that we
do not and cannot make tin in this
country. A score or more of factories
for the manufacture Of tin are being
erected in different parts Of the country,
as rapidly as money, skill and energy
can rush them to completion. The max
ing Of tin in this country is now q GER
tainfV
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

TEE Peoples party in Kansas has re-
jected the overtures Of the Democrats IN
that State for an alliance. One alliance
with Democrats was enough for the Kan
sas farmers Kansas will long remember
the alliance that defeated ingalls,.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

The Allegheny County Republican
Committee, on Saturday last, endorsed
the three Judges lone Of them Demo-
crat) lately appointed by Governor Pat
tison, and il looks as if there was row
on hand
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

ARE the Democrats mad because the
country is prospering2 If not, why DO
they continue to assert that the Treasury
is bankrupt, and persistentiy oppose the
establishment of new manufacturing IN
dnstries2
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

DEMOCRATIC organs are already begin
ing to charge that Mckinley viii make
his csnpaign with Doodle furnished by
the protected manufacturers" The
iilimitabie cheek Of these organs can be
conceived by reading the charges made
the other day in the Stark county Demo
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15

TIE Harrisburg Telegraph Pertinentiy
INQUIRIES. would II not be better Tor
Chairman Andrews TO 'retire under fire
than that the Republican party OF Penn
svlvapia should be retired under fire :"