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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
LESSON TO TRAIN ROBBERS.
Eighteen Years Sentence for Morgan, Of
Acquia Greek Fame.

Eighteen years in prison was the Sc
we're and salutary sentence me;ed ont
! Thursday, at Stafford Court House, Va,
to Charles Morgan, the convicted Ac1uis.
creek train robber. Governor O'Ferrall
forcibly expressed the public approval
of the verdict by telegraphing his con-
| gratula;ions to Prosecuting Attorney
White, adding:
Train robbers viii seek some other
state for their nefarious work. Virginia
juries will uphold the law"
II took only ten minutes after the Pros
ecuting Attorney closed his argument
for the jury to report a verdict, which
was as follows:
We, the jury, find the prisoner,
Charles Morgan, alias Charles Augustus
Morganthal, guilty as charged in the in
dictment and fix his term of confinement
in the penitentiary at Is years.
The judge asked Morgan if he had
anything to say why sentence should not
be pronounced. Half raising himself,
Morgan said:
. was not ready for the trial and had
tttfat AaA.sA NbfAAAl Allttt inns
of Court. ! was not physically or men
tally i'm condition TO he tried and did not
want 70 be tried in this condition.
THE JUDGES SEVERE TALK.
The Court sees no reason in that for
not passing sentence said Judge Ashton.
You have had a fair trial The jury is
one Of the best. You have had able coun-
SCI. In view Of the very strong evidence
in the case, you are very fortunate in not
suffering the extreme penalty OF the law.
The Judgment of the Court is that You be
taken to the penitentiary OF this State
and there confined for 4 period OF eigh-
teen years, bat the execution of the sell
tence will be suspended until the 5th day
of April, to enable your counsel 10 apply
for an appeal"
Motions of the prisoners counsel for
new trial, and for an arrest of Judgment.
were overruled by the Judge. The four
other cases against Morgan were contin-
ueG. The ease of Charles J. Searcey.
Moagan's accomplice in the robbery, was
likewise continued.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
An Eager and Nipping WIND.

y continuous down pour of rain. iucle-
ment. weather, generally in winter and
spring, are uniayorable to all classes OF
invali,ls. But warmth and activity in
fused iato the circulation coun.cracts
these influences and interpose a defense
against them. IoStetter's Stomach Bit
terS, most thorough and effective of
stomachics and tonics, not only enriches
the blood, but acceleratcS its circulation.
For a chill, or premoHitory symptoms Of
rheumatism and kidney complaint,
particularly prevalent at these seasons. it
is the best possible remedy. 1t is also
invaluable for dyspepsia, liver complaint,
constipation and nervousness. Never set
out on winter or spring journey without
it. Elderly persons ana the delicate aad
convalescent are greatly aided by Il.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06

THE Normal Schools of this State
ought to be self-sustaining, but from
all accounts they are not, and they
have been getting a nice whack at the
State funds. In the last five years, ac-
cording 10 a communication submitted
t. the Senate 10y State Treasurer jack
son, the Normal Schools have received
Sl,913, 800, of which 5000 was for
Improvements. This year they are
asking the State TO give them $500. coo.
which is altogether too much of fat
pium 10 dele out to institutions that
ought to be able 10 take care of them
selves. They do not give free scholar
ships, and they charge for everything.
Splendidly equipped with almost ever
ything that goes with modern college
or university, these Normal Schools
should attract sufficient patronage to
pat them on paying basis. but year
after year they come To the State and
hold out their hats for more. The pres
ent Legislature, with Governor Has
ting's warning to go slow on appropri-
ating money, will hardly deal out
SsG0,000 of the States cash to these
schools.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
Texan Bandits Stop a Train.

DALLAS, Tex, Feb. 2S.-The boldest
train robbery ever committed in the Sta e
took place near this city last evening. Is
armed men holding up the Houston &
Texas Central Express.
The bandits cut loose the express and
baggage ears from the engine and forced
Engineer Tom Averett To run north two
or three miles. There they t )ppei and
compelled the express messenger to open
the express car and admit them. They
plundered the safe, taking up a number
of ofpackages.
Afer they had finished with the car
they shot out the headlight and other
illuminatiOns and told tine engineer he
could go back. They then scattered
to the timbers of White Rock Creek
Bottoms, where il i presumed they had
comrades and horses i'm waiting.
In running back TO the train Engineer
Ayeret had no lights or signals to guide
him and he crashed into the cars.
smashing several sets of bumpers. The
passengers had hidden their effects
under and about the seats. The shock
t. the ear sent watches, money and mis-
esllaneous valuables jingling and cla.-
tering around the floor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
Tae G. A. R. Of Pennsrlzapia.

The Pennsylvania Department of the
q. y r. was in session at Williamspori
last week.
-Adjutant-General Morrison's
report shows that there were seven new
Posts mustered in during the year and
six disbanded. The total gain in mem
bership was y117; members in good stand
ing on December 3lst last, a, l0l +; number
remaining suspended, 2,36I; number Of
Posts, G22; number of members dropped.
7Sl; number to whom relief was given,
l,6S3; amount expended for relief, S2s.-
1916.
Assistant-Q -QuaTtermasteT-Ge Lev
ering's report showed a balance of -. 572.
The receipts during the year were SI4. 300:
expenditures. sll,7S7; available for the
relief fund, sass. The encampment
then proceeded with the election of Off
Gers, as follows: Department Command
er. II. ii. Cummings, Tidioute: Senior
Vice Department Commander. Thomas
NJ. Fields, Connellsville; Junior Vice
Department Commander, Lemon BGeh.
Reading; Department Medical Director,
DIR. w. b. Stiles, Philadelphia; Depart
ment Chaplain, John W. Sayres, Read
ing.
Retiring Department Commander
Emslie was made the recipient of costly
silver punch bowl, as testimonial from
the members of his staff. Other officials
also received remembrsaees.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
Three Executions.

ATLANTA, Ga, March Joe Dean :
coal black negro, who murdered ~ b
Leigh, a farmer of Campbell, for his mon.
ey, was hanged in Fairburn to-day. The
execution was to be private, but a crowd
of 5000 people tore down the high fence
erected around the gallowS and made il
public. The wretched man had to bc
hanged twice. The first time the rope
broke.
PLATTsNoUTH, Neb., March HARRY
Hill, the murderer of Matthew Akeson,
a Cass county IA mer, was hanged to-day.
His neck was broken by the fall. The
crime was committed November |, 1893.
during an attempts at robbery. Mrs. Axe
son was nearly beaten to death by John
Benwell, Hills partner, who is now sery-
ing life sentence for the crime.
FRANKFORT, Ky, March 1.-George
Magee was hanged at G::;0a. IN. His crime
was the killing of Thomas, colored con-
Wet IN the p penitentiary, on July ; last.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
DELIGHTFUL JAUNT To THE NA
TI0NAL CAPITOL.
Low Rates via B. & o.

Have You ever treated yoGrself To a
visit to the capitol for the nation? II not,
havn't you often waited for AN opportu-
nifty to do 80, 10 see its public buildings,
visit its museums, art galleries, arsenais,
parks and public and private Institutions?
Possibly when you had the time, the ex-
pense was 4 serious drawback. BY tax
ing advantage of the low rate excursions
offered oy the b. & o., this item is reduc-
ed to a minium and really places the
trip within the reach OF all. The next
excursion via b. & o. II. II. is announced
for Thursday, March nth. Write to the
nearest b. ~ o. agent for an illustrated
gu ide to the capitol, giving description
and cuts Of the principal public build
ings and map, also detailed informa-
ton in regard 10 the itinerary.
The following table will show the rate
and train schedule from stations in this
vicinity
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06

Two Years ago the Democratic party
took control of all departments of the
National Government IL had cap
jured the White House and both wings
Of the Capitol. For the first time in
thirty-four years il had it i'm it, power
10 govern the country according to its
own unchecked will. And just that it
proposed to do. Its tone was grand
and lofty. " Wea the people - cried
its spokesmen. 1--WE ask no odds of
anybody. We have arrived. and we
have come to stay" Republicans
were explicitly and emphaticaIly told
that they must take back seats. Moth
ing was wanted from them but silence.
''and-little of that" They need offer
no suggestions, even. If they did, they
would not be needed. The glorious old
Democratic party, the party of Jeffer-
son, and jackson, and Cleveland
spare the mark was in the saddle
once more, and was going to run things
in its Own swee: way. Houp-la Clear
the track
Two Years ago, that was. March {,
1885 But what a long, long time il
seems, the dreary space between that
day and this, 4, Formany things have
happened, and the condition that con-
fronts us now Is far other than il was.
March 1. 1898. But within three
months of that halcyon and vOciferous
date the Democratic party was down
on its marrow-bones, begging the de
spised Republican minority for Heav-
ems sake to come forward and help il
out of its awful scrape. The very
spokesmen who had been most eXult-
ant and arrogant We're now most tear
fully clamOrous in their appeals for aid.
They called upon the Republican party |
as whole, and upon those leaders of it |
whom they had most denounced and |
insulted, imploring them, for the sake |
of the suffering country, in the name /
of common patriotism, to lift the rul-
ing party out of the pit Of its own dig
ging into which il had fallen. The
Republicans were willing to do So
overlooking party differences as they
W Jald in ease of foreign war for, in
dee |, calamity a great as that had !
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
items Of Interest.

six moro wounded victims % the
Mexican railway horror have died, max
ing Il dead.
The National Republican League viii
hold three DAYS session at Cleveland.
O., beginning June 10 next.
81. Ioais' smallpox epidemic Is rapidly
decreasing. 5000 people having been
yaccinated in two weeks.
Accusing his brother. William, Of be-
traying his moonshining proelivities %
the Sheriff, Charles jenkins, Of Monroe
County, Tenn, killed him with stick
Superintendent Cooper, OF the United
States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Md,
has asked for the designations Of sixteen
cadets, who were deficient at the recent
examination. Among Them in the FIRST
class is 6. II. Mann, of Pennsylvania.
Two million German-Americans viii
greet Bismarck by postal card on April
lst, when he win be eighty years old.
As the cards viii he uniform, save for the
signatures, the Prince will gracefully &C
cept il rs the joke of his life.
Mrs. Phelps, of Atchison. Kan, who
tried to secure $4,000 damages from ex-
Governor Lewelling and Mayor Cloyse,
Of Atchison, on the ground that by their
announcement of the liquor law her
husband was enabled to spend his earn
ings i'm the Atchison saloons, has lost her
case.
Charles c. Richerson, seventeen years
of age, Of Lancaster, Pa, who. on the 18th
inst, iu the United States District Court
at Lancaster, pleaded guilty to sending
obscene letters, books, and pamphlets
through the mails from Lancaster, was
Thursday afternoon sentenced to seven
months imprisonment.
The Joint congressional committee
unanimously decided TO reject the statue
of Gen. Grant which was presented To the
government by the Grand Army Of the
Republic, because il is net correct re-
presentation Of Grant, and that its facial
resemblance Is 81 imperfect that il would
not be recognized unless labeled with
the generals name.
\ terrible explosion Of gas occurred in
the White Ash mine of the Santa Fe rail-
road company, three miles from Cerrillos
New Mexico, Thursday morning at II
o'clock, causing the death Of at least -
miners. The first intimation of the
disaster was Il muaied roar and clouds Of
smoke and dust rolling from the mouth
Of the mine. Nearly 3o0 men are employ
ed in the mine, bat only % were at work
when the explosion occurred. Only II of
may die yet.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
The Postmaster Generals Az.

When Postmaster General Bissell re
tires from Office he will have nearly clear
ed up the Presidential postmaster docket
At present there are about thirty offices
to be filled before March next. There
are now before The Senate for confirma-
zion II nominations. and about - are
- indor>cd that there will be no ques-
tion as to Senatorial approval. Tn,
principal offices still TO be filled are z;
Cincinnati and Cleveland.
About $40 Republican postmasters will
hold over until the next Congress meets
unless vacancies shall be caused by
deaths, designations or removals, as dur
ing the period extending from March I,
1881, to the session OF Congress, this
number We're, in the following Decem-
Der, appointed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
Gould-castellane.

NEW YORK. March 4.-The marriage ol
Miss Anna Gould, daughter of the late
Jay Gould, of this city, TO Count Paul
Ernest Boniface de Castellane was sol
elnnized to-day at noon. Archbishop Corri-
gan officiating. at the residence of her
brother, George J. Gould, Sixty-seyenth-
- and Fifth-ave.
At 1880 o'clock the relatives and less
than 100 intimate friends assembled at
the house. The wedding took place on
the first, or parlor floor. the ceremony
being performed in what is known a the
East India room.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
-Four Eore Days Of Grover.
New York sun, Dem.

New York sun, Dem.
The second term of President Cleve-
land opened with the triumphant refrain:
-Four more years of Grover" What was
meant was that for four years from March
/, 1893, the Hon. Grover Cleveland would
be the dominant figure and the control
ling power in national affairs.
Il rests with him and with him alone
thai sUch should be the fact
Bu; he has neither led his party nor
controlled political events. Since March
1, lsi3, the Democracy has been without
a leader, and the President mas been
without the support OF his party.
Even the nominal exercise Of the re-
sponsibility entrusted II him ends at
noon next Monday. After that hour ne
viii be helpless Democratic President
without a Democratic Congress.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and part
Of Monday constitute the Insignificant
remainder of the Four more years OF
Grover
What = story of hopes betrayed, prom
ises broken, and opportunities lost!
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06

The President, Thursday, appointed
William l.. Wilson. of West Virginia. to
succeed Wilson :. Bissell as Postmaster
| General.
William /. Wilson IS best known 60 the
country in connection with his recent
| Tariff work in congress. He has been a
I Tariff student since he first entered Con-
gressional life in lss2, bat ii was NOT until
the present Congress that he became
! Chairman Of the Ways -and-Melns Com
mittee, and, ~ such, the official leader Of
the majority in the House.
Prior To his first election u Congress.
in lSS2, he had taken little part ia politics.
except being delegate 10 the Democrat
ic National Convention at Cincinnati.
and subsequently an ElectoI-at-Iarge
from West Virginia. Early in ISs2 he
was chosen President OF the University
of West Virginia. This would have fix
ed Mr.. Wilson's sphere OF work, had il
not been FOR political eruption aud par
ty split Al his home in Charleston. W. Va,
which was settled by the opposing faction
uniting on Mr.. Wilson.
The campaign was a hot one. Mr.. vii
son finally won by nine votes. lie was
then reelected TO six successive Congress
e.. He received good Committee assign
ments from the first, going on Judiciary,
Appropriations, and Ways and Means.
His experience shortly after the war as
Professor Of Law in the Columbian Col
lege, equipped him for the work of the
Judiciary Committee. II was in the tar
III work, however, that Mr.. Wilson found
his forte, and he made an exhaustive
study of il.
During the Mills Crisp contest for the
Speake-ship, Mr.. Wilson cast his lot with
Mr.. Mills. and, when Mr.. Crisp won. he
designated Mr.. Springer Chairman ofth
-and-Means Committee. When re-
elected Speaker. however. Mr.. Crisp
named Mr.. Wilson Chairman ofthe Com
mittee Of -and-Means. and in this
capacity he framed the measure which
was the basis Of the present Tariff Law.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06

Parlor cars on day Express. Sleeping
cars on the night Express.
Correspondingly low rates from other
stations.
Tickets will be good ten days, and viii
be valid for passage from Washington to
Baltimore at any time within the life Of
the ticket
For Pullman Car accommodations and
guide to points of interest in Washington
address nearest b. Il o, Agent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06

EN-GovERNoR TILIMAN, the South
Carolina Populist, says that Cleveland
financial l'olicy has pauperized the cot
ton growers. And the cotton growers
are not the only ones who feel poverty :
sharp pinch through Cleveland's fool
financiering. There are thousands OF
manufacturers and workingmen in the
North who are not doing anything
now simply because the country has
been demoralized by the Administra-
tion. And we cannot hope for any
change for the better until Cleveland
steps down and out and Republican
administration succeeds him.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
Would not sreak 70 Woman.

DERBY, Conn, March 3.-JamcS Fitz-
patrick, the famous Derby Hermit, wa,
found dead in his hat this morning. y
party found him lying dead on the floor
Half Il century ago he was very promi-
nent person, bat he was disappointed in
love, and for 10 years he has not spoken
to a woman. During this time he has
lived n a reclusc in an old hut in the
suburbs. II woman approached his
hut he would run away and hide. lie
is wealthy, but his money has not yet
been found.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
Groom So Years Old.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Feb. 2S-Anothel
striking proof was furnished here to-day
that Cupid is no respector of age Solo
mon Antry, aged Si years, of Iamy's
and Sarah Seip. aged G2 years, were mar
ried 10y Rev. J. ID. Schindel. of this city
There is quite romance connected with
the ease.
The aged groom's first wife died i'm 1861,
and for more than - years he has eourted
Miss Seip. Their children are grown up,
and Antry is upon his death bed. Tie
said he could not die in peace unless he
had first been married.
They are the oldest couple who have
ever been married in Lehigh county.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06

COUNTS are pretty high priced, ac-
cording to the latest market quotations.
Miss Anna Gould, who was married in
New York, yesterday, is said to have
paid the Count de Castellane S2,000,010
when he became her husband. She
coald have found many a better fellow,
but without the title, who would have
married her for merely his boarding
and clothing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
Notice Of Appeals.

NOTICE T. hereby given that the under
signed County Commissioners Of Somerset
county, Pa, VIII hear appeals from the Iri-
I cnnill Assessment OF isill. iu their Office in
;hc Court House, Somerset, Pa, Jas follows:
Addison and Paint townships, March n.
StOye-:Own borough, Ir-ina borough. Jen-
ner township and Jenncrtown borough,
Concmaugh and Upper Turkeyfoot town
ships, March Is.
shade and Lower Turkeyfoot townships,
March ~.
Quemahoninas township. lockwood bor-
Oush and New t'fntrcville borough March -.
Brothrrsvai.cy township and Berlin bor-
Elk Lick township and salisbury borough,
March -.
Allegheny township and New Baltimore
borough, March -.
Fairhope township, Northampton township
aud southampton township March p.
Lfrimcr township, Grccuviiie township and
Weliershurg borough, March -.
jefferson township and Middlccrcck town
ship. March -.
Stoaycrce', townshipand Lincoln township,
March y.
Black township and Milford township,
summit township. March y.
Somerset township, March -
Aryersdale borough and SOmcriield Dor
Ough, Apgil ..
Somerset borough. April l.
uglc township, Benson borough. Confluence
borough aud Cdsseiman borough, April ).
We will also hear appeals from owners OF
mineral lands and rights, as follows
Elk Lick and summit townships 4 f,Fil +
Paint and Shade townships. Aprii@
Qurhahoniug ana StOnycIeCk townships.
April 20, and the remaining districts on April
HENRY r. BARNETT,
]. e. EsrEET WILLIAM p. Hay.
Clerk. County Commissioners.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06

THE Women's National Council, in
closing up its work at Washington,
last week, urged the arbitration of all
disputes between labor and capital, and
demanded that the Government shall
pay eIlai wages for equal work, re-
gardless Of sex, and shall hold women
equally eligible with men for competi-
tive examinations.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06

By a majority of 100 Centre county
voters have decided against building an
almshOuse in that county. They prefer
TO adhere TO the old, less effective and
more expensive way OF having the poor
taken care of by overseers selected 10y
the districts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
EXECUToR's NOTICE.

Estate of Sarah Flick, late Of jefferson town
ship, Somerset county, Pa, deed.
Letters tcstamcntaTy ON the above estate
having been granted 10 tine undersigned, by
the proper authority, notice is hereby given 70
all persons indebted TO said estate 20 make iul-
mediate payment and those having claims
against the same will present them duly au-
thgnticatcd for settlement To the Executor at
the late residence OF said deed, on Monday,
March llth. l25, "a o'clock p. m, when and
where ne viii attend for that OuTpnse.
VALENTINE HAY,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06

IT Is good guess that the bill pro-
viding for another edition OF the birds
of Pennsylvania" will fail of Executive
approval. 1t is now in the hands of
the Governor, who is becoming an
adept in writing vetoes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06

a BILL has been offered in the Leg
islature to create a middle penitentiary
district, including the counties from
the New York to the Maryland line
and Cambria county on the west and
Cumberland and Lebanon on the east.
The bill provides that the penitentiary
shall be in the vicinity of Harrisburg.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06
CxEcUToR's NOTICE.

Estate of D,uici Hoisoppie, dec'd.. late Of
Pain; township, Somerset county. Ia
Letters testamcEf'try on the above estate
IA wing been granted 20 tie undersigned by
tn proper authority, notice Is hereby given 10
s.ii u .r..ins indebted To- snid estate 20 make
imnisdi4te payment, and those having claims
aa.iinsi tho same 20 present theiG dHiy au-
thenticaied FOR settlement. on Thursday, 4,
March 18TH. i%li 90 the late residence oi Dc
ceased In said township.
r. W. Bies-ckeg. JACOB HOi~DffLE,
Attorney. Executor
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06

Mr.. WILSON gets the Postmaster
Generalship beca;sse he is the worst re-
pIdiated man i'm American politics.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06

THE main feature of the Democratic
financial policy l. TO be found in the
fact that il increases the public debt
without providing any means of pay
mpnt
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06

THIS is a good time for the Republi-
can party to proceed slowly and with a
fixed determination 10 let the Demo-
Gratis go on making all of the mistakes.