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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20

From the chieaso Inter ocean.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean
The statements made by Mr.. Have
meyer, head of the sugar trust, to the
Senatorial investigating committee,
Wednesday, fell far short Of making a
clean breast of the matter, bat they
certainly had some elements Of frank
ness.
1t goes without saying that all trusts
are formed for private gain and not for
public benefit His initial confession
on that score amounts 10 nothing. All
business associations excepting divi-
dends are of that nature. The central
point Of his statement Is that the OBJ
ject and effect Of the trust a. the case
now stands l. 10 make the public pay
: of cent more per pound for sugar
than it would cost did no trust exist,
and under the schedule adopted 10y the
Senate the other day the profits of the
trust would be fully cent per pound
Before passing 10 any other part of the
confession ii i well To see just what
this means.
The consumption of sugar last year
in this country amounted TO ISL, ,9lI
tons. that i, long tons. In other
words, 4,2S7, so, $40 pounds, 6.as pounds
per capita Of the population of the
United States. Under the new tariff
bill the trust would get, on this basis,
considerably over S43,Oo0O00 a year,
and a. i Il now il gets in the vicinity
of Sl6,0)0,001, or more than the total
value OF all the refinerics in the coun-
try in 1870.
There is really nc excuse for this. To
say that the refining Of sugar cannot
be carried on in this country without
making one grand monopoly out Of the
four hundred or 50 plants Is equivalent
to saying that one of two things should
he done, either the business should be
abandoned and foreigners allowed 10
do il all, OF il should become a govern
ment monopoly. If from the nature of
the case monopoly Is Necessary, let the
people get the benefit Of it. The total
plants are worth some Sl4,OOO,OOO. and
employ les than 5000 persons, or did
in 1880. There may be now 10000, at
the outside. II would he an easy mat
ter for the government 10 handle an
industry as small and as simple a. that
OF course we are not advocating that,
only showing that ON Mr. Havemeyer's
own figures it would be far preferable
TO the perpetuation Of the trust.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
A New Danger in Milk.

DIR. z. NJ. Gatchel, of West Chester, Pa,
has within week examined about 700
COWS for tuberculosis. Only few eases
were found. He thinks that il viii not
he long before all the herds have passed
inspection and milk from that county may
once more be shipped 10 Philadelphia.
In speaking of his examinations, DR..
Gatchel made this startling observation !:
"There is one other evil / wish to call
your. attention to. That is in regard to
using the milk Of herd of cattle on the
days Immediately following the operation
of dehorning. / have examined quite a
number Of cattle after they were dehorn-
ed and found that their temperature arose
10 lOl, l0i, and i'm some cases, as high a.
los. \ period Of eight or nine days
elapsed before their temperature went
down to nearly the normal. During that
period the owners continued shipping the
milk TO Philadelphia. When a cows
temperature runs up TO lOi or upward her
milk is positively unfit for use, and, /
dare say, may be deadly to infants"
The custom of dehorning cattle is prac-
ticed 10y majority of the Chester farm
ers. This statement viii probably lead
to a halt in this dehorning business or To
the stopping of the shipment Of the dis
eased milk
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
Trieksd By Tramps.

II has just come 10 the surface that a
practical, though novel joke was perpe-
trated upon the Board ofIIealth Of lewis
town, Pa. 1t seems that tramp took
sick there with a mild attack ofsmall-pox.
The Health Board naturally quarantined
the ease and employed volunteer nurse
who proved subsequently to be another
tramp, to take care Of him.
No one went near the place, Of course,
and in few days the tramp nurse re-
ported to the Board that his patient had
died. The Board Of Health then abr
lied the nurse to bury the body and pre-
sent his bill for the services rendered.
The body was inferred as directed. and a
bill presented for sll5, which was prompt
ly paid.
1t has since dawned upon the Lewis
town fGnctionaries that the whole business
was put-up job by the tramps to beat
the borough, as the grave was sub
sequently opened and the coffin was
empty.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
To Blow Up the Capitol.

The Washington Posi- published, Mon
day, an exposure Of an alleged plot which
had for its object the destruction of the
Capitol and perhaps other government
buildings, which had been slowly devel-
oping for several weeks past. The Secret
Service and police authorities, however,
have been kept informed of the move
ments OF the plotters and would have
been enabled 10 thwart them had their
Vaccinations approached actual violence.
According to the story, the plot was
formed at the time Coxey's army was
marching to the Capitol, and reports Of
it, existence came from various points.
Omaha, Chicago and Piitsburg among
them. Honore Jaxon, an Indian half
breed. is said to have been at the head of
the plotters.
The detectives obtained the formula for
making the explosive 10 be used. They
had chemist fill small prescription,
and he placed it on window sill in the
sun. In few moments there was an ex-
plOsion. \ great deal Of noise did not
accompany the explosion, but there was a
terrible concussion. and a most nauseat-
ing and binding smoke. A cat which
was in the room died in few seconds
from the effects of the vapor.
An OCCASION for the use Of the explO-
sive the Anarchists hope, it is said, i To
he furnished 10y the arrival Of that part of
Frye's industrial army now in Cumber-
land Valley Under cover of disturb
anee produced by them the plot against
the Capitol is 20 be carried ont. I'm sup
port Of this, il is said that a number of
Chicago's anarchists of the most rabid
type are with that army.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
Gen. Rosser,s FierY speeeh.

At the reunion of the cavalry in Rich
mond, Va, recently Gen. Rosser made a
fiery speech. He said: "The great prin-
ciples for which we fought have been
dishonored. but they are not dead. We
are now only an ambulance corps. But
we are here to-day TO do honor 10 the men
who fell, for we love their memory as we
love our God. The men who overran US
remind me of the l0custs which are now
infesting portions Of this state. They
couldn't whip Us, but they devoured our
substance. The army that devoured US
was an army Of substitutes. We killed
all the substitutes, and the men whom
they represented stopped at home and
made money and now draw pensions.
despise the man who gives United States
money to pensioner. This country can't
stand when it makes one citizen support
another. / shall never vote for Con-
gresham who Is in favor of government
pensions. would say 70 Massachusetts,
You pay your pensioners n Virginia pays
hers"
General Rosser then went ON to say that
the G. 4. r. was banded together to get
pensions, and if he had been at Birming-
ham he would have voted against the
proposition to invite them to Atlanta. He
did not want them 10 come TO Richmond.
'-Some time ago" he concluded. 1--WE
unveiled a monument 10 the greatest
general who ever lived. To-day we un-
IL.
soldiers who ever lived, and in time we
viii unveil a monument 10 the president
of the coniederacy. But we are mOcked
at the north, and viii live TO see the
Yankee army march again through the
south and pull down our monuments. /
don't know what sort of stuff the rising
generation are made Of but if you and
are living there'll be bloOdshed when
that i DONE
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20

THE cost per capita Of maintenance
and education of the pupils in the Sol
diers' Orphans Schools of the State for
the year ending May Slst, 1894, was
SlS996, or four cents less than the per
capita allowed by law. The average
attendance i'm the schools during the
year was 55S. There are now 7l2 pa-
pills ia the schools and thirteen others
provided for by the commission in
schools outside Of those under it juriS-
dietian. \ number Of discharges will
oocur during July and August, the va
cation period, and the commission de
sires to have all the applications for
admissions made as early a possible in
order that il may Ike enabled to decide
a. Ia the continuance Of all the schools
now in existence during the current
year. 4 circular letter has been issued
by the commission 10 the Grand Army
posts Of the State stating that with
proper attention every soldiers or sail
or's orphan can be cared for in the
schools now i'm existence, but unless
applications are received in sufficient
quantity during another year one at
least will he closed. Children eligible
Tor admission must be between five and
fourteen wears Of age.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
Echoes From the Past.
Fnm the Hartford Counnt.

From the Hartford CouEnt
Two years ago this summer Grover
Cleveland thought that the tariff involved
a aqnestion Of morals, that greed and sell
fishness were very bad things and that it
wouldn't do to permit injustice 10 taint
the spirit Of right and equity" He said
50 in his letter of acceptance. Professor
Wilson has, We believe, the original OF
that document.
He said another thing in his letter.
" Every governmental concession he
said, 70 clamOrous favoritesr-Sav. for
instance. concession Of Ss4.0O0OG0 10
Cord Meyer. Havemeyer Ct al" invites
corruption in political affairs.n
Year before las Mr.. Cleveland was
very earnestly OF the opinion that it was
all wrong ~ TO construct sugar schedules
and things like that as To swell directly
the accumulations Of favored few" He
said 50 in his speech at the Madison
Square Garden.
As recently as ayear ago last November
Mr.. Cleveland considered il the most ur-
gent Of patriotic duties to Withstand "a the
perversion Of our Government to the fur
therance Of limited and special interests. -
lie expressed this conviction and urged
fidelity 10 this duty in his speech al the
LeDOx Lyceum.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20

HUNTINGTON, Pa. June IA paltry
reward of stolen articles. which he pawn
ed for 81. induced Edward Couch 10 give
William r. Miller, ex-city Auditor and
a leading furniture dealer. fatal dose of
poison The victim died soon after drink
ing the deadly mixture OF laudanum. and
his murderer. after being chased to Ty-
rome, was landed in Jail
Miller was member Of the firm of q.
Ashman Miller 4 Son, furniture dealers.
Yesterday afternoon Miller. feeling un-
well. resorted TO stimulants, which slight
" affected him. While in this condition
he was accosted by Couch. recently re
leased from prison, who shadowed him
all the afternoon and finally lured hiin
into house kept by Mrs. Jennie Nash in
West Huntingdon. In the morning
Couch had purchased a vial Of laudanum
at Wills grocery, with the evident inten-
ton of playing the 'knock-ont'' trick on
some unsuspecting victim. Before the
COroner's Jury it was shown that he con-
fided TO a friend that he would put Mil
Ter to sleep" On entering the Nash house
Couch procured a whisky glass and, pour
ing it half full of laudanum, went into the
kitchen and filed the glass up with water.
He returned to where Miller was lying
down, locked the doors, and, as circum-
stances show, dosed him with the poison.
HE RoBBED HIS VICTIM.
Couch then relieved his victim of his
gold watch and chain, valuable ring and
sum of money. He opened the rear
door then, and quietly slipped out. by
this time Miller had become unconscious,
and his gasping for breath alarmed the
inmates of the house. They notified his
young wife and sent DIR. \. d. Brum-
baugh to the husband, hut ten minutes
after the physicians arrival Miller was
dead.
His death, Or. Brumbaugh declared
before the Coroner's Jury this evening,
was solely due to narcotic poison.
While Miller lay dying, Couch visited
various hotel bars and attempted to pawn
the watch and ring. Thepoliee were in
formed, and Couch, becoming alarmed,
escaped on a west-bound freight train
The police of all the neighboring towns
We're notified, and at o'clock this morn
ing Officer Barr, of Tyrone, located Couch
in a poker joint in that place, and at once
arrested him. He had pawned his booty
for six dollars in Tyrone, and only two
dollars were left when he was arrested.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
Kings in Blaekmailing.

For some time past a Senatorial Com
mittee has been at work investigating the
methods of the Police Department Of New
York city. Senator LeXOw is chairman.
and the probe has been put in so deep as
to show great corruption among Police
Commissioners, and nearly all persons
attached to the force. Blackmail has been
levied on everybody that it has been pos
sible 10 get one cent from. Including
s., ,l39. lf7.6i for salaries the police of that
city extort from the people the enormous
sum Of about sl5,010,O0O.
The testimony brought out by the Lex
Ow Legislative Investigating Committee,
now i'm session in New York. shows that
the police, in addition 10 their salaries
from the city, have had an additional in
come contributed by the keepers Of disor-
derly houses. saloons, gambling houses,
merchants and push-cart peddlers. This
extra income is called paying protec-
ton by those who pay. BY the public it
is sometimes called blackmail. The pO-
lice probably called ii perquisites.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
The Col strike Ended.


The belief is general in mining districts
that 70 per cent. of the striking miners re-
sumed work Monday morning under the
Columbus scale of wages
This. the first general strike Ofthe Min
ers' association, began April y, and has
continued without interruption to the
present time. With an exception here
and there, the entire bituminous coal
fields have been involved. Virginia,
West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. part of
Missouri and Kentucky. comprise the ter
ritory. The struggle was tiercest in west
ern Pennsylvania. Ohio and Illinois.
Conservative estimates place the number
of men involved at 10000. These men,
according To the best Obtainable intorma-
ton yesterday, earn on an average $50
a day. The loss to the miners in wages
for the. say. fifty days duration of the
strike makes the astounding total Of sl2.-
500.eo.
That number of mine owners lost
heavily Is equally true, but it is more diff
fieult even TO approximate the loss IN
their case. Naturally, none of them will
discuss their losses. although one was
candid enough 10 say it had been heavy,
and that if the others similarly situated
rs himself lost as heavily, the operators
were out of pocket several million dol
lars.
Then, again, there is the cost 10 the
state i'm general Of maintaining order by
transportation of troops and an increase
in the civil forces in the several insurrec-
tionary counties of the several states
Properly, too, the losses of manufacture
ring plants because of lack of fuel and
those of the railroads and other means OF
lOoomOtion must be included. This loss
Is represented in the increased price paid
for coal, the advance being from sS-25 to
81. 10 and - ton. In all, upon the basis
of an operators figuring, the total loss rs
IA result of the miners strike for fifty days
will not fall short of SlO.OO0OO0
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
Crossing the Atlantic

Usually involves sea sickness. When the
waves play pitch and toss with you.
strong indeed must be the stomach that
can stand it without revolving. Tourists.
commercial travellers, yachtsmen, marin
ers, all testify that Hochstetter's stomach
Biiiers is the best remedy for the nausea
experienced in rough weather on the wa
ter. Nervous and weak travellers 10y land
often suffer from something akin to this,
and find in the bitters its sures, remedy.
No disorder of the stomache liver or bow
els is 80 obstinate that it may not he over
come by this prompt and thorough reme-
dy. Equally efficacious is it for ehills
and fever, kidney and rheumatic trouble
and nervousness. Emigrants 20 the FROM
tier should provide themselves with this
fine medicinal safeguard against the ef-
feets and yicissitudes of climate, hardship,
exposure and fatigue.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20


Is view of the thunder0us denuncia-
lions OF Protection a. "a fraud and "a
robbery Of the great majority OF the
American people for the benefit Of the
few" which nlade up the sum and sub
stance Of the last Democratic National
platform, the tariff schedules now be-
ing enacted into law by the Democratic
Senate. whereby almost every interest,
save and excepting wool, Is given a
measure Of protection, show conclusive
ly the fraudulent pretenses Of the party
now controlling the National Govern
ment. Concession after concession has
been made to the clamorous demands
OF the trusts, until the so-called revenue
bin il thing Of shreds and patches,
affording protection to monopOlies and
denying il 10 the farmers and wool
growers Of the country. Il Is simply
bin Of particulars. setting. forth the
sale Of the American manufacturers
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
No Pensions for Deserters.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June l5.-The last
administrations pension decision. that re-
enlisted deserters from the Union army
in the late war were entitled TO pensions
as they had never deserted, was set
aside by decision Of Assistant Secretary
of the Interior Reynolds yesterday The
latter holds that where claimant for pen
sion has deserted from his first service
and enlisted in another and different or
ganization, and where the War Depart
ment refuses TO remove the charge Of de
sertion or recognize the legality of the
second service, the Pension Department
can recognize no other ruling. This will
involve the immediate cancellation of
thousands of pensions already granted.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Juno I3-it IS
expected that largely increased acreage
of rye Will be sOWn next fail and that the
lSs5 crop will be l,OO),e00 bushels in
been big demand for rye, and George
K. Hopes has written scores of farmers
urging them to sow more rye. lie has
received many replies TO the effect that
the acreage viii be increased largely,
owing to the low price Of wheat.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
LHnehed a Pious Firebur.

NEW ORLEANS, La, June III. H..
Day, prominent member of the church
in Monroe, la, was lynched last night
for arson The place had had many in
cendiaTy fires recently. Last night two
fires broke ont almost simultaneously.
Bloodhounds, put on the track of the
incendiary, led to Days house. Investi-
CATION pointed 10 Day as the incendiary.
and he was jailed Later in the night a
mob broke the Jail and hanged Day on a
tree in front of the Court House.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
Saved Is Boys and Girls.

WACO, KY, June l5.-By the upsetting
of flat boat in the Kentucky River yes
terday afternoon, Miss Carrie Bush, n
handsome young lady, was drowned. \
party OF II boys and girls were on a fish
ing excursion, and all of them were
thrown into the water, which was eight
feet deep.
\ man named Jack Sewell. who was
working in a field nearby, heard their
cries of distress, rushed to the scene and
plunged into the river. by the most
heroic efforts he brought them all safely
to shore except Miss Bush.
Several of those who were taken out
were more dead than alive, and were
resuscitated only after the most patient
work of physicians
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
Selected q Pastor BY Lot.

LANCASTER, Pa. June 15.-The Men
MONTE congregation at Salunga selected a
new minister in novel way. There were
ten applicants for the pulpit, and large
crowd gathered TO witness the ceremony
OF choosing a pastor. Bishop Brubaker
presided.
Ten Bibles were placed ON a platform,
one Of which contained IA slip of paper.
The candidate selecting the Bible con-
tanning the slip of paper was the person
called 10 the ministry. The 10 were seat
ed according to age, and the slip of paper
which designated him for the place was
drawn by Hiram Kaufman, of Landis-
vile. the youngest Of the 10, and, there
fore, the last to make the selection Orli-
nation services followed the selection.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20

and producers to the trusts that filed
the campaign boxes Of the Democratic
partv al the last Presidential election
A more shameful trade and dicker, a
more fragrant betrayal Of the peoples
interests was never made than i con-
teInplated by the so-called revenue tar
if bill now being arranged by the free
traders in the Senate.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20

C0NGRESsMAN KRIBBS, of Clarion
county, who represents the 2sth Dis
triet in Congress and was a candidate
for denomination, was badly beaten i'm
his own county at the Democratic NOM
mating convention. Mr.. kribls j. a
clever gentleman, and was elected to
the present House by plurality Of
over 100 votes. He voted for the vii
son bill and now lac has his reward.
His district gave Grow majority AT
the February election and viii proba-
bly, give Mr.. Kribbs a Republican sue
cessor in November next.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
craEed by a Dream.

WILREsBARRE. Pa, June l7.-IIaving
dreamed that his wife. who is now on a
visit to her home in the old country. had
deserted him for another man, John
Smithson, Of GeJrgetown, has become
insane. His trouble preyed ON him 50
that last Wednesday he departed from
home, leaving a note behind to say that
he intended to hang himself The woods
are being searched for his body.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20

THE.- are millions and millions OF
dollars of money in this country lying
idle. only waiting for an investment,
until the Democratic bargain and sale
now in progress in the Senate Is con-
summated. When the result Is known
this money viii flow into the channels
of trade. and business viii have to ad-
iu-t itself 10 the situation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20

THE great coal strike i settled for
the present and the mills and factories
forced 10 suspend for want Of fuel will
again resume operations. If any labor
eT or miner has been benefited 10y the
strike he has not yet been heard from.
Meanwhile many thousands Of dollars
have been lost both 10 operators and
miners, and many additional thous-
ands by mill owners and manufacturers
who were compelled To suspend work.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20

JUNE 18th, 1894, was the last Of many
dates fixed by Democratic Statesmen a
the very latest day TO which the pas
sage of the Wilson Tariff bill could be
delayed. Well, June 18th, 1894, has
come and gone, and Notwithstanding
the Democrats have a majority in both
houses the bill still hangs fire, and j.
likely 10 do 30 for some time yet.
Meanwhile business remains stagnant,
labor l. crying for bread, the public
debt i increasing and the National
Treasury i in a state Of collapse.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
ABlox Of the Fist KILLED Him.

NONoNGAHELA CITY, PA, June l4.-In
a fist fight to-day William Gibson instant
ly killed Anthony Wolfe by terrific
blow on the jugular. He is a man of un-
usual strength. He is a blacksmith, and
had been employed i'm his fathers shop.
Recently he was discharged, and Wolfe
was employed in his place. The latter
was also a strong, athletic man, and when
he heard Of Gibson's threats paid no heed
10 them. To-day the two men met in the
street and started fight, which Gibson's
fatal blow soon ended. Gibson is under
arrest.