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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
singeriy Gives il Up.

The Philadelphia Record, owned by w
NJ. Singerly, Democratic candidate for
governor, speaking of Congressman Me
Aleer's defeat for denomination in the 3D.
district, says: THE failure to nominate
Congressman McAleer for reelection was
the most stupid and brutal political blum
der that has been perpetrated in Phila-
delphia politics for many day. No reas-
on can be assigned for the disgraceful
proceedings except the gratifying OF ma
lignant personal pique and spite on part
of few ward leaders, who are i'm politics
for what they can make out of it. indif-
ferent TO the consequences of their ac-
tons
In another editorial the Record, says:
THE action Of those Democrats who con-
trolled the convention i'm the Sd district il
may as well be confessed now as 80 DAYS
hence, will thoroughly demoralize, dis
hearten and defeat Democratic effort 10
poll full Democratic vote in this city in
November. From this time forth the can
vass should be waged throughout the
State with view To election of as many
congressman, senators, representatives
and county officials as possible. without
special effort for the State ticket The
State ticket has been doomed by the prac-
teal abandonment of organized action in
Philadelphia, where 10000 Democrsis
have allowed themselves to he handled
and delivered into the control of a few
Incompatible ringsters, roosiers and ruff
fans"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
Gladstone's Notable Flop.

London, Sept. 22-Mr. Gladstone, in
reply to a request for his views as to the
proper method of dealing with the House
of Lords, declines to talk or write, be-
cause ofhis retirement from the leadership
of his party. The eX-Premier has, how
ever, thrown a bombshell by addressin 2
letter To the Bishop of Chester against
local option. In this letter Mr.. Gladstone
declares that if local option pretends to be
a remedy of the evils of drinking, it is
little better than an imposture. The
principle of the Gothenburg system,
which practically sanctions moderate
drinking, he maintains to be the only one
permissible or at all tenable. and, to the
great amazement of both the Gladstonians
and the Conservatives, adds that for long
years he has been strongly of this opin-
ion.
The temperance party in Great Bri-
tain has been highly scandalized by this
declaration, and their organs recall the
fact that when Mr.. Gladstone last came
into power il was largely in consequence
of his having repeatedly pledged himself
to secure the passage of a local option
measure.
Since Mr.. GladstOne's retirement, Sir
William Harcourt, who is his successor
in the leadership of the party, has re-
newed the pledges made, absolutely and
unqualifiedly committing the Govern
ment u the introduction of a local op-
ton bill before the dissolution of Parlia-
ment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
The Solid South Breaking.

Louisiana is apparently destined to the
honorable distinction of making the first
break in the solid South. The revolt of
the planters and the formal transfer OF
their political allegiance to the Republi-
can party mark the beginning of the end
of the unnatural and un-American see
tionalism in party affairs which for more
than twenty years has stood as a barrier
10 Southern development and progress.
The Louisiana uprising against the
Democracy is a State movement, pure
and simple, free from any semblance of
suggestion or interference from outsiders,
and ii is inspired and supported by an
intelligent conviction that the material
interests of the people must depend for
their protection and advancement upon
the principles and policies of the Repub-
lican party. The business sense of the
State is i'm rebellion against the leaders
and dogmas of the Democratic party; and
before its sturdy attacks the Solid South
is in fair way to go to pieces, never to
be restored again.-N. y. Tribune.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
A Red-Eot Stone Fell.

TOPEKA, Kan, Sept 2&-Colonel Con
nors, who came here from Ste, ems county
tells remarkable story about the falling
of a mete0rite near Huguton, in South
western Kansas, yesterday morning. He
said it set the prairie on fire and stampeded
a heard of cattle. The body, he says, was
about the size OF cOcoanut and weighed
. pounds.
The people Of that section are greatly
excited over this remarkable occurrence.
The meieorite fell from clear sky, com
ing unannounced, except by whistling
sound as il shot through the air. 1t was
red not and was secured by cowboy,
who afterward sold il to a school teacher
for So Colonel Connors said the fire
started 10y this redhot missile burned over
three sections before the people could plow
fire guards As a check. He says it is one
of the most remarkable occurrences of the
kind that he ever heard of.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
Massacred by Indians.


SAN DIEGO, CAL, Sept. pa savage
case of revenge is reported from the
Pichango Indian reservation school al
Tcmescula, the victim being Mary J.
Plait. uhc teacher of the Indian school
Friday night her house and school were
burned, and investigation showed the
charred remains of her body i'm the ashes
Her little s-year-old niece has made
revelations which show that the teacher
was killed and the building burned by
the Indians, who resented the dismissal
from the school of Francisco Gaush, an
Indian boy, and who believed the tales
he told of gross abuse by the teacher.
These are the identical Indians that
Helen Hunt Jackson writes about in
"Ramona- Temescula is the scene oi
the last refuge of Alessiandro, and neal
the school-house on the reservation il
shown the place where the original OF
Alessiandro was shot down by a white
man. The Indians are docile, usually,
but they are intensely suspicious and, a.
in this cuse, when they believe any
wrong has been done them their savage
,,att, 70 ..ou,ac ont
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26

into the markets of the world 10
compete with the products OF pauper
labor? Ia short, haven't they had
their own sweet viii in shaping the
policy of the country for the past eight
cen months? Haven't they all the Of
fees under the government filed with
their adberents? And yet they have
'.fhe shaSesn and the leaders are not
rushing to the front. Here's Governor
Flower, of the great State of New
York, declining denomination.
Here's Col. SingerIy, of this State,
abandoning his contest for Governor
almost before the battle is set, and
here's scores of Congressional nomina-
tons throughout the country going a
begging. All OF which moves Us to i'll
quire what's the matter with the De
mocracy? But one conclusion can be
arrived at They see the handwriting
on the wall and are fleeing from the
wrath to come.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
Prepared for death.

LoGANsPoRT, Ind, Sept. 23.-Any night
the past week, as the moon rose through
the tops of the tall and lonely woods about
that historic spot known as Battle Ground,
the uncanny spectacle of an aged and
bearded figure, spading solemnly away
at the turf beneath the pines, might have
been witnessed by the adventurous
visitor.
For many years Allanson Dewitt has
lived near Battle Ground III a rude log
cabin, unloving and unloved, and has
spent his days of idleness at his desk and
books. Rnmor has it that i'm his younger
DAYS he was crossed i'm love and retired 10
the solitude of his forest home to brood
over his misfortunes and live life of
melancholy contemplation. Constant
brooding over his earlier disappointment
had its inevitable effect. He has become
misanthrope.
Not only has e completed the digging
of his own gray bnt he has ordered his
own monument and composed his own
epitaph. The former is a plain and
unassuming granite shaft and its inscrip-
tion will read as follows, his directions To
the letterer being that no capital letter
should be used, other than that in God -
bachelor lies beneath this sod
who disobeyed the laws of God
advice to others thus give,
don't live bach as i did live.
regret!
When completed the dealer has orders
| to erect the stone at the head of the newly
excavated grave, and what the next
chapter in this unnatural tale may bc
| time alone can tell.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
F;fsy-iwo Dead.

ALaoNA, Ia, Sept, PA cyclone pass
ell through this county about 5o'clock
last night. So far a. reported So people
were killed and 30 injured. several OF
them fatally The little town OF Cylinder
% miles west of this place on the Mil
wauiee road, Il is reported, was swept
from the face of the earth. About 25
miles north Of that place family named
Goulden. four in number. were killed.
Eliminating all apparent duplication of
names Of dead, the following is fairly ac-
curate: Near Algona, I3; north of Wes-
ley, Is; north of Britt, 8; at Leroy, 3; at
Spring Valley, ); near Usage, 5; north of
Mason City, 4. Total, y.
The town of Whittemore u miles west
of Algona, was unharmed, but Robert
Stevenson, living four miles north, was
killed, and his wife probably fatally in
jured. The wife and children of Fred
Pompe in Fenton township were in their
house, which was completely wrecked,
but they were covered up by the falling
wall, and not one of them was hurt. The
horse barn was completely blown away.
Five horses were unharmed.
George w. Beavers, living three miles
north Of Algona, had just gotten home
from the fair. He got into the house with
his wife and two children and an adopted
son, and was just getting down in the
cellar, when the cyclone struck the house,
completely demolishing it. The whole
family were covered with the ruins.
Beavers had the baby in his arms, and
with it he made his way north TO the
house of Geo. Christian Dau, his father
in-law, for help. His wife was just dying
when he returned, and his little girl
gasped Papa, papa" and expired. The
wreck here was complete, nothing re-
manning OF the hansdome house and barn.
The sight at Myron Schneck's was
even a more complete picture of desola-
ton. Two immense barns and the house
were made into kindling wood. Schneck' {
wife and child were carried 100 feet, and
when found were under a heavy oak
beam. Both were badly hurt and Mrs.
Schneck was unconscious.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
Gave Her Hand for a Vote.

Colonel Balm Anderson, of Kentucky.
tells how he WAS won over to the opposi-
ton to Breckenridge. Said he: You
see. am a widower without children,
and did not see why Bill should not go
to Congress about as long rs he wanted
to, but a woman who lives near Paris
changed my mind.
For long time have been after her
to marry me, and she was putting me off.
But few weeks ago l met her and she
told me If ! would work against the
Colonel she would marry me as soon as
the election was over. I then took of
my coat and fit Billy about As hard rs a
man was ever fit. II was the women OF
my state that killed the Colonel
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26

THE fight in the Democratic ranks
in the Third Congressional district in
Philadelphia, which eliminated in the
chea ting of Congressman McAleer out
of denomination promised him, has
so disguised Mr.. Singerly, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor, that he
has virtually thrown up the sponge
and abandoned tue contest. From
this time FORTH" says Mr.. Singerly,
''the canvass should he waged without
special effort for the State ticket, "
which plainly means that he is out of
the race and that the Democratic party
is admittedly dead in Pennsylvania.
This abandonment of his hopeless cam
paign by the Democratic candidate for
Governor means not only that all hope
of unity in the party is abandoned, but
that henceforth peace among the war
ring factions is not anticipated and
that every candidate is left to guard his
own head by his own personal efforts.
The leader having shown the white
feather and ran away from the conflict,
the cry of every man for himself and
the devil take the hindmost is sounded
Throughout the Democratic camp, and
the hosts of free trade are on the dead
run. In all history there never has
been so humiliating a stampede of the
''untempered Democracy"
There has never been doubt of the
election of General Hastings by an
overwhelming majority, but this aban-
donment of the contest 10y Singerly
will add many thousands to the count.
Not only this, but it almost certainly
assures the election of a Republican
Congressman from the Third district,
always hitherto Democratic, and rem
ders doubtful every other Democratic
| district i'm the State.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
AREccRn-aRE.x1Ka BATTLE.
The Conflict at Yuen the Worst Upon the
Sees in Century.

LONDON, Sept. 22.-All Europe is de-
vouring eagerly every fresh detail as i
comes from the scene of what is now de-
ciared to be the greatest naval battle of
the century. Interest in the war in the
East has been intense, both on the Conti-
nent and i'm England throughout the
week. Jspan's great land victory. al
though perhaps more important i'm the de-
cisions of the issue between the two coun-
tries, commands little attention compared
with the first test of modern war vessels
in action in the terrific conflict at the
mouth of the Yaiu. 1t now is almost the
unanimous opinion of the naval authori-
ties of this country that the advantage of
the battle lay on the side of Japan.
CHINA TERRIBLY PUNISHED.
To-day's Central News dispatches from
Toxic are regarded as the most reliable
version of the engagement. These tele-
grams supplemented by the japanese
War Minister'S advices to the Mikado's
Ministers here, in Washington and at
other capitals, agree i'm saying the battle
took place on the 18th instant between ii
tuiift>t
with six torpedo boats, and lasted from
p. m. to p. IN. The Chinese men-of-war
Yang-Wei, Chas Yung, each 1850 tons /;
the Lai- -Yuen, 300 tons, and the Ching
Yuen, 300 tons, were sunk, and the Ting
Yuen, 1885 tons, and the Ping Yuen, 29o0
! tons, caught fire. The rest ofthe Chinese
fleet were heavily damaged and fled TO
the westward.
On the Japanese side the Akagi, 622
tons; Matsu-Shima, 427S tons, and the
I Hiyei, 22Si tons, were more or less dam
aged, but returned safely to the japanese
temporary naval station at Hai-Yang-Tao.
The Japanese loss was officers and 80
warrant officers and men killed and 100
wounded.
Some lessons of the conflict are already
drawn from the admitted facts. Most
naval men express surprise that il prov
| ed so easy to practically disable modern
warship. All accounts agree, however,
that the battle was fought with such fero-
cious courage and bravado that many un-
necessary risks were run which would
not be likely To be undertaken in an en-
gagement between ships of the Great
! Powers Lord Charles Beresford, the
ideal British naval commander, thinks
the battle proves the advantage of fast
cruisers over battleships.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
A Mile in POS 3-4.

The Galesburg, Illinois, track now
holds the worlds record for trotting. Alix
clipping quarter of n second of her
record there "Wednesday afternoon, going
the mile in 20j9. 1t was one of the grand
est achievements ever witnessed by man.
The day was all that could be desired,
the hot sun putting the track in perfect
order. To witness the trial of Alix and
the other events no less than 20,0)0 people
were on the grounds.
Alix is a much better gated mare than
Nancy Hanks, and when at full speed she
is the poetry of motion. Her stride is
phenomenal, being something like -
feet when she is trotting 30 gait. She
is very neat, blood-like mare and, as
she is but 6 years old and sound, there is
no telling how fast she will go before the
close of the season.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
Suit for Breach of Promise Against Dead
Man Instituted

BoSToN, Mass, Sept. 2l.-Miss Mary f.
Bartlett. of Revere, has brought suit for
sIj0.Oo0 damages against the estate of the
late DIR. Henry J. Bigelow for alleged
breach of promise of marriage made by
the doctor some time before his death.
She claims that she fully believes that the
doctor would have kept his promise had
not death interviewed. After his decease
Miss Bartlett tried to recover from his
executors the sum of slJ0.09O which she
claimed the doctor promised her if she
remained true to him, but they refused to
surrender that sum. Hence this novel
suit for breach of promise which will be
tried in the Middlesex court next week.
DIR. BigelOw was one of the leading sur
geons of the country. Miss Bartlett
comes from one of the oldest families in
the state and is highly respected.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
Crusade on Root Beer.

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa, Sept. pa
crusade has been begun upon root beer,
and the temperance people of this county
will hunt for another beverage. In an
Temperance Union the county president
asserted that root beer contained some
alcohol and should therefore not be
touched by the members of that organi-
zation. Ii was also stated that the per-
centage of alcohol in root beer increased
with age, and that at seventeen days il
contained more alcohol than lager beer.
This has caused CONSERVATION among
those women who have signed the pledge
to abstain from all alcoholic drinks.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26

IN their desperate search for a Gu
bernatorial candidate TO run against
Levi =. Morton, the Democrats of New
York are casting longing eyes upon
Senator David B. Hill, who Is person.
ally the strongest candidate they could
enter for the race. But Hill is ''fer-
ninst' Cleveland, and consistently and
unfalteringly opposed the present tariff
bill, while Cleveland pattered and fall
tered and eventually laid down on his
belly and permitted il to become oper-
ative without his sanction. For his
opposition to the bill Hill was de
nOunced as traitor by the Cleveland
cuckoOs and gibbeted by the Admins
tration journals, and Yet more impossi-
ble things have happened than the
nomination of David Ii. Hal as the
Democratic candidate for Governor of
New York. The humiliation of requir-
ing the Cleveland Democrats who have
scarce ceased denOuncing Hill a. a
traitor TO swallow their convictions of
the man and abandon their alleged
views ON the tariff would stump any
other body of men than those styling
themselves tariff reform" Democrats,
but 80 frequently have they been COM
PEELED 10 eat their unsavory mess of
crow under this administration that
the country will not he surprised TO see
the nomination of Hill gulped down
with scarce a murmur. What does
consistency or honesty or principle
amount to when placed in the balance
against necessity or hope of Democratic
success
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
Tillmsn Oh Cleveland.

Governor Tillman's attack on Cleve-
land, Congress and Wall street were
something unique. He declared that
Cleveland was an .'old bag of beef and
that he was going to Washington with
pitch-fork and prod him in his old fat
ribs.
Following are some of the choice speci-
mems of Tiiimauesque larruping that the
Governor gave tic President and the
Democratic party:
At the Marlboro meeting he declared
that Cleveland was "either dishonest or
the most damnable traitor ever known"
At Greenville he said: Il have lost
faith in the Democratic party
AT the Winnesboro meeting the COVER
nor declared he would give 5000 If he
could get to the Senate and ''tell that old
scoundrcl in the White House what l
think of him.
At the Lexington meeting he read from
Cleveland's letter TO Mr.. Wilson and said
that Judas when he betrayed Christ with
a kiss was not blacker or more treacher-
Gus than this old scoundrel who talks
about fidelity to party pledges" Refer
ring to Cleveland's sugar utteranees, he
asked: How much sugar did Cleveland
get for writing this letter?''
A. Aiken, referring to Civeland's
writing q Chauncey Black that il was
good thing 10 organize national league
clubs il South Carolina to help make the
people redeem their pledges, he said:
''Why does 4 man have so much cheek
What has become of the Democratic plat
form on which he was nominated? As
soon as he got into Office he carried out
the trade he made with those bond-hold
ing scOandrels and thieves OF Wall street.
He called Congress together and used
his patronage 10 buy enough Congress
men and Senators to demonetize silver 10y
the repeal Of the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act. Who can trust such thieves
and scoundreis as they are? Who will
care 10 60 into another Democratic con-
Veution with them
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
He Refused to Drink.

CoRsIcANA, Ten, Sept. 23-The most
blood curdling crime in the history of
this county was committed one mile from
here this afternoon. Gid. C. Taylor, Su-
perintendent Of the Poor Farm, was rid
ing to the farm when, it is supposed, two
brothers, j. 4. and w. II. Murphy, met
him and asked him to drink with them,
and that he refused to drink, and at
tempted to arrest the Murphys and was
Weaver.
When found, Taylor was dead, his pis-
tol was in its scabbard and had not been
used. Five bullets pierced his body, and
if is supposed death was instantaneous
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
Train Robbers Foiled.

Four masked men attempted to hold up
train on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe road, near Gorin, Missouri, early on
Tuesday morning. The plot was formed
three weeks ago, and the railroad and
express officials have had spy in the
camp of the bandits ever since.
They opened fire on the robbers, and it
is believed that two are dead or wounded
i'm the woods that surround the track. and
the other, two are fleeing across the coun-
try, pursued by detectives with blood
hounds. One of the robbers shot and
wounded dad" Prescott, the engineer OF
the train
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26


THE nomination of Mr. Edwards, of
Fulton county, gives Us a most worthy,
Intelligent and admirable candidate for
Senator. We would have preferred the
denomination of Senator Critchfield
for several reasons that we could emu
merate, not the least of which is that
his experience and ability would have
been of benefit in the coming appor-
tionment of the State and other mat
ters affecting the people Of this district.
As, however, the rule of rotation pre-
vented the denomination Of our pres
ent Senator, we are gratified that he
viii have so worthy a successor. We
bespeak for Mr.. Edwards the solid Re
publican vote of the county. Let us
send him to Harrisburg with such an
endorsement a. will mark the trust
and confidence we have in his we'll
established reputation as Republican
and a gentleman of probity and worth
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26

WHEN Governor Flower heard that
Levi p. Morton had been nominated
10y the Republicans for Governor OF
New York he at once threw up the
snonre and withdrew from the canvass
he had been making for a re-aomina-
tion. THAT Flower was nipped in the
l,.sd -
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
Portland Badly scorched.

PORTLAND, ORE, Sept 22-The most
disastrous fire in the history of this city
broke out at 4:30 this afternoon. in the
dock Of the Pacific Coast Elevator Com
pany. and ragged for three hours, destroy
ing property valued at nearly 81 .5O0,0a.
Three men are supposed 10 have perish
ed i'm the elevator.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-09-26
WHAT'S the matter will the Den

WHATS the matter with the Democ-
racy? With every branch of the Ma
tional Government in their hands. its
leaders have the shakes and in all
quarters are crawling away from re-
sponsibiliiy. Haven't they succeeded
in repealing the Federal election law,
thereby giving unmatched advantages
for frauds on the ballot box? Haven't
they repealed the ''robber tariff" and
opened the doors to free trade? Haven't
they imposed an income tax on the
earnings and savings of the thrifty, so
that they can flood the country with
foreign-made goods free from duty?
Haven't they sent our manufacturers