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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-12
siIesia's Fatal Mine Fire.

Berlin, June 1.-THE fire in the mining
pit near Antonien Hutte, Prussian Sill
esia, is still raging but it's extension to
other parts of the mine has been prevented.
Fifty of the entombed miners were taken
out unconscious during the night, but all
were resuscitated.
Up to noon to-day IS bodies had been re-
covered. Nobody appears to know even APP
proximately how many men there were in
the mine at the time of the disaster.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-12

New York, June 1.-THE following dis
patch of to-days date from Rev. j. r.
Hicks's at Shanghai was received at the
office of the Methodist missionary society
in this city this morning: Property at
Chengtu destroyed; missionaries all safe"
These advices," said DR.. Baldwin, re-
cording secretary of the society, ARE Off
cial and while confirming the reports Of
property loss, should set at rest the ru-
mors of a massacre of the missionaries.
There was no massacre"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-12
Presidency os ItaIy's Parliament.

Rome, June lin the Chamber Of Dep
uties to-day Sgnor villa, the government
candidate, was elected president Of that
body, receiving 26S votes The Duke OF Cae-
TAM, the opposition candidate, received
1856 votes. The result is regarded as a great
victory for the government. as several
members of the ministry are wholly out Of
sympathy with Signor Villa The an
nouncement Of the election of Slgnor villa
was received with prolonged applause.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-12

Samuel c. Hammond, a San Francisco
butcher. for a long time a member of the
Stock Raisers' Association, has found time
in the last sixgyears to 50 far develop a
fad for cactus growing that his collection
has few equals. The number Of varieties in
his possession Is $50 which is doubled and
trebled when account Is taken of his gratis
slips and duplicates.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-12

pitable. Finally. when IL looked as if she
would have To go home and ask who she
4 was. the cashier whom she knew. en-
tered said: Good morning. Mrs. - and
the country was saved
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-12

-Skllful as Ever.-Edward. Isn't Dick
going OFF in his writings
Forrest: / haven't noticed 1t.
Edward 1t seems TO me he has lost that
exquisite delicacy OF touch he used to
have
Forrest (ruefullD: BY Jove, You
wouldn't think SO II you had seen MIN
chelle Life
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-12

Sold throughou, the world. Price. CurrcusA, soc.:
Soar, 75e.; RBsoLvENT, S.. POTTER DRvc AND
CHIN CORP, sole Props. Boston, Mass. Gan
about the SKIN and Blood" o. pages, mailed free.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-12
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING At SEA.
The whole Steamer Electrified and
Her COmpasscS Demagnetized.

Mobile. Ala, June 10.-The British steam
err Clearwater, from Puerto Cortez, ar
rived to-day and reports that when on her
outward trip from Mobile, June Sd, she was
struck by lightning, the whole vessel be-
ing electrified. The foremost was shat
tered and one of the blades of her propel-
Ter carried away. The eompasses were de-
magnetised and altered 40 degrees.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
Candidates for the GaIloZs.

At a farmhouse about nine miles wesf
Of Cory, Erie county, Nrs. Hanlihan
aged eighty-iive years, lies at the poinI
Of death from injuries received early on
! Tuesday morning.
| One part of the house in which she
I lives IS occupied by family named Cal
ahare. Shortly after L o'clock Monday
night three masked men entered the house
and demanded her money. She protest
ed that She had no money, whereupon
the ruaiams assailed her gith club and
choked the poor old woman almost to
death. The family in the other part o.
the house, who had been awakened, in
te-posed, bat they ,vera frightened into
Submission. The fiends then took a
lighted lamp ana set her hair on fire.
burning her neck, face and head in ter
rible manner. One Of the men also as
saaited her. Meanwhile the other two
searched the house until they secured
50.
While the dastardly work was pro-
crossing one of the Calahane family man
aged to escape and The neighborhood was
soon aroused. The masked men then
made their escape. firing their revolyers
as they ran. The old woman was fonnd
almost dead, her hair burned from her
head, hey teeth Knocked ont, and several
ribs broken. About two hours later the
robbers appeared al the house of Thomas
Moore, AZ LeBoeuf Station, aud fight
atss,saT j., ~ hif.ls Moore .,-aS al,.,at L an
ed. They secured Sl6 there. The whole
country Is mp in arms. but no trace Of the
robbers has been found.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
Wide WAGON Tires.

The agricultural department, Washing
ton. has issued a bulletin, compiled by
Gen. Roy Stone, of Pennsylvania, special
agent in charge Of road inquiry, contain
ing information concerning the use OF
wide tires on wagon wheels. Mr.. Stone
regards it of special Importance in the
maintenance Of public highways that the
vehicles used on them shall have tires oi
greater width than are now in general
use.
Extracts from the State laws represent
ing the width of tire TO be used on vehi-
cles are given. some OF which offer re-
bate Of a portion Of the highway tax on
wagons with rims or tires moi less than
three and three and a half inches in
width. Ohio makes il unlawful 10 trans
port over macademized, gravel or stone
roads. many vehicle having tire of less
than three inches in width. burden OF
more than 2,0o0 poands. Indiana has a
law against hauling on wet gravel road
a load Of over 2,O00 0pounds on narrow
tired wagon or over $50 pounds on a
broad tired wagon. Kentucky makes {.
distinction in favor OF broad tired wag-
ons in fixing toll rates. The results OF
experiments with wide tires in various
states are also given.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
Hyonotized Into Murder.

BALTIMORE Md, April 20.-The ques-
ton of hypnotic influence will play a
prominent part in the coming trial, at
Denton, of Marshall f. Price, under in
dietment for the murder of Sallie Dean, a
thirteen-year-old school girl.
The physicians who examined the ex-
humed remains of the girl were unable
TO discover any indication of criminal
assault before the murder. The authorizes
are accordingly at a loss for a motive for
the crime.
To-day Dr. John Morris, noted ex-
pert on insanity diseases, visited Price
at the Jail and had long talk with him.
Tonight Dr. Morris and that he felt confi-
dent that the State would be unable to
show any motive for the crime. The
physician also made this remarkable
statement:
"Price's belief may be the result of
hallucination, but ii is, nevertheless,
firmly fixed in his mind. lie was led
to say and do the things which have laid
the foundation for his indictment, by a
plan conceived and executed by wills
stronger than his own, and when under
influences to which his physical nature
was unaccustomed.
II am inclined TO think that his trial
viii develop some very important, not to
say startling. circumstance connected
with this case.
This question OF person subjected TO
the domination of stronger will be-
lieving thing TO be true which has no
existence in fact is not new. The med
zeal books are full of such cases."
Sallie Dean, a girl, was murdered on
her way TO school about four weeks ago
at Centon, Nd. Price, the village black
smith, was arrested after he protested
to have had remarkable dream, in
which he was directed where to find the
knife with which The girl had been slain.
To save him from the fury of the mob
he was removed here for safety. He
then made confession, ir which ne inn
plicated Grant Cochran, school teacher,
but against whom there is no evidence
up to this time. Cochran is generally be-
licved to be innocent
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
MAGNIFICENT Justice.

Speaking OF the Income tax law "a the
supreme court has left it, the Philadelphia
Inquirer says:
you are an investor in real estate and
derive your income from the rentals You
are not Obliged to pay an income tax. The
supreme court has declared such d tax TO
be unconstitutional. But if you employ
a clerk or private secretary 10 look after
your interests and think enough of him
to pay him salary OF more than Sl,c00,
his income above that sum must be taxed,
for the court has declared its inability TO
decide whether such tax i uncon-
stitntional or not.
Ifyou are an investor in state, county
and municipal bonds, no matter how
large your income may be, you have
nothing TO pay to the government. Bnt
the clerk who looks after your bonds mus
settle with the government for the privi
lege of being your employe.
This is how the income tax works in
brief. What magnificent justice! What
great brain power must have been ax-
pended in the supreme Court room
What sleepleSs nights.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
Ths Case Of Rsr. ]. c. Wood.


PORTLAND, ORs., April 20.-Ths reports
of Drs. \. e. johnson. Harry Lane and
4. &. Panton. the commission appointed
by Judge Stevenson, ofthe State Circuit
Court, t1 inquire into the mental condi-
ton OF REV. =. c. Wood, the Baptist min-
lister, ,gho was found glilty OF holding up
an Past Portland bank, on the ground OF
insanity, has been made public. The re-
port, after stating that the reverend gem
tleman was in the habit of reading dime
novel literature, says:
'-IIe is a man OF - years OF age, with
the impulses and Judgment of a boy OF II
to l. years, who, with his head stuffed
full ofthe ga.ish fiction of dime novels,
emulatos the conduct of the heroic Seven
Toes Peter, and sallies forth armed with
a sharp casekpife to lift the caps OF imag-
mary redskins in the persons of inoflen-
sive small children, and the degree OF las
oriininaiiiy q the time Of the robbery Is
to be measured by that of the boy. lie
occupies the border line of mental sound
ness, and, conceding the commission OF
the robbery, the proper punishment, OF
rather treatment, did the law permit it,
would be long term IN the Reform
School"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24

In the raiding OF an Illicit dis:illery
neighborhood a strange contrivance was
found near Pleasant Valley church, Ca.
The moonshiners had gone into the mid
die of 4 field and dug out room aboat Z
feet square, set in stills and covered i;
over with planks and dirt, over which
they had cultivated.
The mode of entrance was by trap
door. which door was concealed by rab-
bish and = cedar tree. They went down
a ladder. Ia tiiis hole in the ground they
had the barrels and boSss il which the
mash was made. The furnace was ia one
corner. The smoke stack projected only
about two or three inches above the
ground, having the appearance of a burn
ing stump. Three men were arrested.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
The Form OF Cath.

The act 20 amend the first section Of the
act of the twenty-iirst day of March, one
thousand seven hundred and seventy
two. entitled "An act for the relief cfsuch
1 persons rs conscientiously scruple the
taking Of an oath IN the common form, :"
/ l,y changing the common form thereof
/ Section l. BE il enacted, etc, That the
/ frs. section Of the act ofthe twenty first
/ day of March, one thousand seven hun
/ dred and seyenty-two, entitled AN act
/ for the relief OF such persons Is conscien-
1 tiously scTuple the taking of an oath IN
/ the common form,' be and the same Is
hereby amended 50 that the same shall
read as follows:-
All and all manner Of crimes, ofienSes,
matters, causes and things whatsoever TO
be inquired of, heard, tried and deter
mined or done or performed 10y virtue OF
any law Of this is.Commonwealth, or other
wise, shall and may be inquired Of, heard,
tried and determined by Judges, Alder
men, Magistrates, Justices OF the Peace
and such persons as may by law be ap-
pointed by the proper legal authorities,
witnesses and inquest, and ali other per
sons qualifying themselves, according to
their conscientious persuasioas, respec-
lively, either by taking the solemn afiir-
nation or any oath IN the usual OF COM
mon form, by laying the hand upon an
open copy Of the Holy Bible, or by lifting
up the right hand and pronouncing or
.fSSepfiu.r Ia fha F.liCAliuW words I
B.. do swear by Alinigty God, the search
or of all hearts, that VIII --, and that
as shall answer TO God ii the last great
day. which oath 50 taken by persons
aho conscienticgsly refuse to take an
oath in the common form shall be deemed
and taken in law to have the same effect
with an oath taken in common form.
Approved the 81 day Of Apil. \. ID. lSa5.
DANIEL II. Hastings.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
Poor Indeed 4.

The prospect of relief from drastic
cathariics for persons troubled with con-
siipation is poor indeed. True they act
upon the bowels, bnt this they do with
violence, and their operation tends to
weaken the intestines. and is preiudicial
tn the stomach. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitteis is an effectual laxative, but it
neither gripes nor anfeeblas. Further
more. il promotes digestion and regular
action of the liver and the kidneys. II il
an efficient barrier against and remedy
for nialarial complaints and rheumatism,
and is of great benefit to the weak, nerv-
ous and aged. As a medicinal stimulant
it cannot be surpassed. Physicians cor
daily recommend it. and ITS professional
Endorsement is fully borne out by popular
experience. Appetite and sleep are both
improved 10y this agreeable invigorant
and Alternative.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24

EvEKT o8ee ia while somebody
says that the early laws of Pennsylva-
mia made husband, who had married
a widow, responsible for her first hus-
band : debts, and to these laws Is as
Srisuted an occasional curious mar
wiage ceremony when the widow left
Saer residence and behind her every
thing with which she had been pro-
gided by the first husband and clad
enly in a smock was married on the
highway. The Honesdale Citizen saws
that no lawyer, legal reporter, legisla-
sOr or judge is on record as ever having
any knowledge Of any such law. Down
20 ISIS the husband was liable for debts
contracted by the wife before marriage.
bat he was never liable for a previous
husbands deb;s,and consequently there
never could have been any foundation
III the law for the curious marriage re
ferred TO.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24

THE law against the manufacture
and sale OF oleomargarine was passed
at the instance of our friends the
Changers for the protection Of their
dairy interests. The attempt TO repeal
it most signally failed in the Legisla-
tUre last week. Having prevented the
repeal of the law, il viii now be in or
der a IL has been heretofore, for the
Grangers, and other parties in interest,
10 fold theiE hands and rest content.
while tine law Il daily violated under
their eyes, and theis market ruined,
through competition with tbe bogus
article. The law will not execute il
self, and if farmers will not look after
their own interests and see 20 its en-
soseeaent, they ought TO quit COM
planning. The law is virtually a dead
setter or the statute books, and will re-
snain so, until determined effort Is
snaGe 10 enforce its penalties.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
SEED i: (: /:
POTATOES. :

! ann now prepared 10 furnish. at rea-
sonable prices, the best SEED POTA-
TOES and.SWEET CORN that the mar
ket can produce. bought last year the
highest price and best potatoes in the
state of New York and tested them.
They all did well, with the exception OF
a few kinds that could not stand the ter
ribIe drou;h. which will not put on the
market My crop was numerous last
year. From 20 pounds / raised Is BUSH
els of Magic Mrrphys, an average of IS
bushels from bushel. can furnish the
following kinds, all pure varieties:
Maggie Murphy; Everett; Early Pride;
Keystone Favorite; American Wonder;
Late King; Early Puritan; Whittier Than
Snow; Early Shamrock; Early Perfec-
tsbn; Irish Daisy; Rose of Erin; Dakota
Red; Plummer's Beauty; Helpless Fav-
orite; Six-Weeks' Potato.
All orders will be promptly filled by
mail or express. Address all commune
cations to THEo. HEIPLE,
Boucher, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
President Cleveland Says He Can Speak for
Himself

WAsHINGToE, April 22.-It is stated
that Secretary Morton desires to have it
understood that his utterances on finance
or any other subject are inspired by no
one bat himself, and that in making them
he gives forth his own ideas alone. The
interview with The Secretary. in whicl.
he proclaimed his belief in the single gold
standard, was supposed 10 bc an echo of
President Cleveland's views, but the
President said this afternoon:
am in no manner responsible for Mr.
Morton's Interview, and knew nothing of
if until | read it in the newspapers.
When have seen III to say anything to
the people on the money question or any
other subject, / have thus far found il
quite easy 10 do SO directly and on my
OWE account.
In the fight against free silver il has
been found that the impression that Seq
retary Morton spoke for the President
was dangerous to the cause of safe eur
reney, for which Mr.. Cleveland is con-
testing, though he has never stated ex=
plicitly just what he means thereby. The
free silver men use il rs am argument to
show that the President is gold mono
meiallist, and Secretary Morton is appre-
hensive of the effect of such belief.
That accounts for his denial.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24

AFTER all the loud clamer Of por-
ton of the Democratic press of the
State, against Harrity's man, Robert
=. Wright, ne was last week elected
chairman Of the State Committee by a
unanimous vote. This is claimed TO
be cordial Endorsement of the Presi-
dents financial policy. The truth IS,
she fight was against Boss Harrity
and his domineering methods, and the
Boss won.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
Thanked by a Dead Mans Wife

CHICAGO, H., April I8.-The dramatic
scene of q murdered mans wife giving
thanks for the conviction of his murder
er, was witnessed in Judge STEMS Court
to-day.
Silviero Barelli had been on trial for
the killing last November of Dominic
Parento. The evidence showed that the
shooting occurred because Parento had
thrown Barelli out of his house after the
latter had struck Mrs. Parento with his
fist. The jury returned a verdict of gull
ty to-day, recommending the death pen
atty.
Mrs. Parento, who had been constant
attendant of the trial, fell upon her
knees and poured out fcrvent prayer of
Thanksgiving that her husbands murder
er was TO meet death. She called down
blessings on the heads of the jurors. and
then, turning to the Judge, passionately
pleaded that he would see that the SEN
tence be carried out.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24

The McCook brothers, OF Ohio, won
lasting fame in the civil war rs '.the
fighting McCOoSs;" and none among
them did more for the family renown
than Major General Alexander ID. Me
Cook, who was breve,te1 NJ less !aen
Ave times for gallaatry, winning MS
first brevet a. Ball Ran and his last in
i5J5. General McCook was plac ed on
the retired list last week, he having
Reached the prescribed age of 6i years.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
Big Oil Hopes Blasted.

UNIoSTowN, Pa. April 22-The Ma
sontown oil well has turned out a big dis
appointment After reaching depth OF
2,24O feet, drilling was suspended and the
well is regarded as an eight-barrel pro-
dncer. The pump has been working five
days and there are but $50 barrels now in
the tank. This includes the flows of 40
barrels and also the surplus which had
accumulated in the well.
The Forest oil company will drill
several other wells soen. One will he
put down on the farm of Josiah Crow.
near McClellandtown. \ report was
circulated that the fiow of the Hoover
well was 10 barrels. This is ssid TO have
been given out by scalpers, who have
some territory leased on short terms and
want TO get rid of it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
4 r soord- Breaking Run.

PHILADELPHIA, April 21.-The Penn
sylvania railroad line TO Atlantic City
had a record-brealling run yesterday,
made by the special newspaper train
faom Philadelphia. Fiity-one and half
minutes after starting the train came 70 a
stop in Atlantic City. The actual run
ming time was only 45f minutes. The
distance is IS $40 miles and the average
speed was 76l miles per hour. This is
the fastest time ever made by railroad
train for the distance. From Winslow to
Abescon, n 9-l0 miles, an average speed
of 50 miles an hour was made
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
Died Of Poison in his Palpit.

Having taken poison in his pulpit, Rev.
J. NJ. Jessup fell to the floor and died in
spasms before his startled congregation,
at Sandy Ridge, Alabama, before he had
finished his sermon last Sunday.
Pastor Jessup was venerable Primi-
tive Baptist clergyman. An investiga-
ton as 20 his shocking death disclosed
the fact that he had taken a lot of strych-
nine which he carried in his pocket on
bread-crumbs topoison English sparrows
that infested his yard. He was also in
the habit of carrying sugar in his pockets
Sundays, to clear his throat for his ser
mon. lie took the strychnine by mis-
take with his sugar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
Relics OF The Confederacy

RICHMOND. VA, April 20.-The cid JEFF
ferson Davis mansion, the White House
oflhe Confederacy, which some time ago
was turned over by the city of Richmond
to the Confederate Memorial and Literary
Society, is soon to be converted by them
The property, until turned over TO the
society, was used 10y this city as public
school. II is now being put in thorough
repair. and the ground and second floors
viii be made fire poof to insure the safety
of the many valuable relics which it is
expected will be placed in the building
as soon as it Is thrown open As a museum.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24

DEMOCRATIC Senators propose to
control the United States Senate by
combih..g with the Populists. 1t
won't matter much for the next two
years. Not much in legislation can be
effected while Cleveland is in the Pres
idential chair and armed with a veto.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
Battle With Horse Thieves.

KINGwooD. W. Va, April l9.-Sheriif
Shaw was shot through the right lung
late last night, while he and three specia!
deputies were arresting four Brownsville,
Pa, hcrse thieves, one mile east Of here.
As the sherifi's posse met the four thieves
on three horses the sheriff demanded a
halt and grabbed the leaders horse, and
rs he did so the rider shot him. EX-
Sheriff Jackson fired at the man and the
ball struck pack of cigarette photo
graphs in his vest pocket and glanced
down tine riders arm, barning il, and
entered the horses neck, killing it in
stantly.
All four of the horse thieves were cap
tured. and at a preliminary hearing this
afternoon were remanded To Jail, falling
to give bond for sl,01o. Sheriff Shaw's
condition is serious.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24

SECRETARY CARLISLE, it is said,
wants to go back to the senate. Ii
would have been well for his reputa-
ton had he remained there. As sec
retary Of the treasury he is a distin-
guiSbcd f3ilura.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24

SENATOR RANSOM, of North Carroll
IA, who WAS appointed minister to
Mexico, on the death Of Minister Gray,
Is Ineligible. The salary OF minister 10
Mexico was increased while Mr.. Ram
som was member of the senate and
this fact makes his appointment lie