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Evening journal., 1896-08-17
RAsE eALL.
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.

At Cincinnati-
Cincinnati. -. / 21s 3 0 s-1O
st. Louis. ..... 0 @ o 0 B. 4
Cinoinnati-Hits, 10; errors, g St.
Leuis-Hits, g.; errors, 3.
At Louisville
Louisyllle...... 0 0 0 0 0 2 o. 0 o. 9
Chicago. o.......... 0 O 0 0 ? o.
Louisville-Hits, g. errors, l. Chicago
Hits s; errors, 3.
Evening journal., 1896-08-17
M.nrehnnse 1,urned.

LYONS. y. Y, Aug. 17.-George W
Rankerd's f''ui, warehouse, containing 7i
tons Of baled hay, 1880 bushels of beans
ana n carload Of dried fruit. was totally
destroyed by fire. Building valued al
-. 200; insured for Sc, 500. Contents val.
nsd al $4,000; insured for $4,000.
Evening journal., 1896-08-17
Bitten BY a Pet. Dog.

While playing with a pet dog last
ysnIng, 4-yszrs- old Howard Given.
viug on Lincoln street near Front, was
|tten In the neck DR.. T. A. Hitch pul
IL stitches In the wound.
Evening journal., 1896-08-17
ZEN Five Stories.

NRw YORK, Aug. 17-Two-year-old
Rosie Connor fell from fifth story win
ow last night to tho pavement and was
|illad
Evening journal., 1896-08-17
REDUCED
ROCKING CHAIRS.

plenty of yet but cannot guarantee Just the desired
ones will be here if not acted promptly Porch Rockers
7sc S7c ooc $Ls5 $I75, $2oo. Cobber-sea Rockers,
finest quality S2a5 upwards Many Of them worth double
what we're asking
Evening journal., 1896-08-17

The steamer Laurada, referred to in the
Madrid dispatch, has figured frequently In
the claims made by Spanish authorities
that American merchant steamers were
engaged IN llbustering operations. In
January last the then captain of the vessel
was indicted In the federal courts of South
Carolina but was acquitted after jury
trial. Frequent references have been made
TO the experience Of the Laurada at May
port, Fla. in May last. The captain on
that occasion failed to take out health pa
pers required by the law, and this led TO
the surveillance Of the Laurada bya Span
ish war vessel. 1t was claimed that ten
Cubans were located on board and that
quantities of war material and dynamite
were thrown In the water after the Span
ish war vessel put in an appearance 1t
was also represented at the time of the ap-
pearance of the Spanish cruiser that 30 men
were drowned owing to the preoipitous
haste in getting ashore to avoid apprehen-
sion. Tho Spanish authorities claimed
that the United States had taken no pro-
ceedings toward eondemning the vessel
or arms in accordance with the neutrality
laws.
Evening journal., 1896-08-17
WANTED AN IDEA STsssssfaIss y sssss sInsis

th'ng 10 nsfanf7 Protect your ideas they may
oiire vnu wealth Wfite JOHN WFDDEh.
2tHN ~ 60. fafent attcipev-. Washington.
;. g.. fur N'~.r - So pfizs oner.
Evening journal., 1896-08-17

PARLOR These to receive the mid summer cut and
Paror Suits that here are the right
RuIT% kind-nade in woTk-rooms-a
middle profit saved 10 commence with, and
add to this saving reduction in price and you have money
enough saved on suit to purchase other needed
furniture
All upholstered Suits of pieces, $27 90 upwards
Cherry frame Suits, upholstered with tapestry, $4,000
upwards.
Evening journal., 1896-08-17
Tho Case Of the Laurada.

MADRID, Aug. 1.-THE Duke Of Tetu-
an, Spanish minister of foreign affairs,
has received a Washington dispatch giving
satisfactory assurances regarding the al
legged alibustering expedition Of the Lau-
rada
Evening journal., 1896-08-17
MONEY SAVING
TIMES.

Those chairs we told
you of are going rapidly.
Some lots have been
entirely exhausted; others
Evening journal., 1896-08-17

One hundred quarter-sawed
combination Washstands, 3
feet long by 20 inches wide,
worth 81 so, selling row for
So 90. is one of The great
brgains that comes our way.
L. -. -
Evening journal., 1896-08-17

Ottomans, or Hassocks as you like
TO call them, a new lot just in, made
OF fine Wilton and Brussels carpets,
soc each.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-04

The following persons have been drawn
to serve as Jurors at the regular
term of court beginning Monday, Decem-
Der IL, ls.6:
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-04
Dog Told of Suicide.

NEW YORK, Nov. ,. George Yaeger,
German. > years old, ended his life
early yesterday morning by hanging
himself with a strap from the transom in
his room. The suicide lived at 81
SchOles street, Williamsburg, and occu-
pied the room with Andrew Schneren-
brean and Chris Setter.
Yaeger and Schnerenbrean spent Sat
urday evening in the room, drinking sew
eral pints of beer before going 10 bed.
AT o'clock Schnerenbrean was awak-
ene1 by the clawing of Yaeger's pet dog
at his chest. lie tried TO drive the dog
of. but the animal persisted in arousing
him. Finally he got up, and, walking to
the door. ran into Yaegers body. The
suicide was resting on his knees, with his
face toward the store window. About his
neck was tightly drawn the strap which
strangled him to death. \ policeman
WAS summoned to cut the strap. which
was the one used by Yaeger for holding
up his trousers. After fastening one end
of this strap TO the transom the suicide
had got upon his knees, and by the
weight of his body slowly strangled him
self 10 death.
Schnernbrean now believes that had he
got up when first awakened by the dog
the life Of mis- roommate might have
been saved.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-04
Minister Attempts Suicide.

Rev. ii. II. Emmett, the Indian orator
and pastor of the Springboro, Pa, Bap-
tist church. who lectured before the SOM
erset County Teachers Institute last win
ter. while mentally deranged from over
work. shot himself with suicidal intent
on Sunday morning. He returned Fri
day. after completing two weeks OF pub
lie speaking, almost prostrated. Satur-
day he prepared his sermon as usual, and
arranged for his church duties.
Sunday morning Mrs. Emmett heard
the report of a gun in the barn, and. hast
ening ont. found the doors fastened from
the inside. She ascended "A ladder 10 an
open window, jast in time to see the sec
ond shot take effect, vet, with great pres
enee Of mind. called for help. and with
her own hands put out the fire from her
husbands clothing. caused by the burn
ing powder. Rev. Mr.. Emmett had aim
ed the gun straight at his heart, but, IN
reaching for the trigger, leaned around
enough TO cause the shot 10 clean OFF the
flesh and muscles from the lower ribs,
making a serious, but not necessarily fatal
wound. The pain aud excitement nave
increased his mental weakness, and per-
manent insanity may follow.
Rev. Mr.. Emmett Is about 40 years of
age. His father was chief of the Abanick
tribe of Indians in Maine, and his moth
er a white woman of high social position,
the daughter Of well known man, once
governor of Maine. Mrs. Emmert is also
white woman, highly educated. Three
sons complete the family.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-04
A Heroine.

Because she was heroine, 13-year-old
Bessie Osborne, of Avalon, near Pitts
burg, the daughter of a Union soldier,
lay dead on Wednesday night in a strick-
en- home while her younger brother and
sister are alive. To save them Bessie
Osborne, yet q child. gave her life III ear
ly morning hours. While alone in the
house with her little brother and
sister the dwelling was wrecked by an
explosion of natural gas and Bessie was
burned. Despite her dreadful pain the
brave girl saved the lives of her brother
aud sister by getting them out of bed and
clrrying them from the wrecked and
blazing building. That the two children
are alive is undoubtedly due to the cOur
age of their sister, who faced peril at
which many men would have flinched.
With her dress blazing the girl dragged
out of bed Dale, aged years, and Edith,
aged 6. She got them down stairs in
front of the house. With cry for help
the brave girl sank exhausted from
wounds and delirious with pain. Her
clothes, hair and eyebrows were burned
of. NeighbOrs quenched the flames.
When asked why she arose so early,
the child said: God woke me up to save
my little brother and sister" The moth
er returned to their home to find it
wrecked and her girl dying.
Next Sunday would have been Bessie's
thirteenth birthday. Mrs. Osborne is the
widow of Union soldier.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-04
The PeriIs of Kissing.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Oct. 3l.-The State
Board of Health Is investigating a ease in
Columbus where a young man who per-
sisted in kissing his pretty sweetheart, al
though warned of the danger is alarming
~ i'll with diphtheria, which he is said to
have contracted in his osculatory prac-
tice.
The secretary of the Board is in favor
of interdicting all kissing, but he admits
that the task of enforcing such regula-
tion would be herculean one. II am
convinced" he says, ''of the difficulty
the Health Board will meet in trying to
taboo kissing among sweethearts- Al
though a most dangerous pastime, there
seems 10 be an inherent tendency to in
dulge in it, and we have little hope of ev-
er being able TO do away with it. / may
have 10 recommend disinfectant. All
that would be necessary would be to
rinse the teeth with it and rub il well on
the lips. That would insure devotees
against the dangers resulting from oscula-
tom
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-04
Indians Play Football.
From The Iadependent.

From the Independent.
Those who are accustomed to think of
all Indians as barbarians of ''untutored
mind should have witnessed last Satur-
day, AT Manhattan Field. in New York
city, the football game between Yale Uni
versity and the Carlisle Indian School.
Football at best is an exceedingly rough
game, and no rules have yet been adop-
ted that have succeedingly prevented a
player from employing dishonorable and
brutal methods to win games, when he
so wishes and the umpire is not looking.
Yet it is safe to say that if all the elevens
of our schools, colleges and universities
should play i'm such clean and sports
manlike manner a. these Indians, the
game of football would not hold the
doubtful position it now has in the esti-
nation of the press aud the parents of
our sons. In the game last week the
score was close and excitement was at
the highest pitch; and ye: not once was
heard any noisy coaching or insane
talk from the indians, nor was ''slug-
ging'' or any other vicious sort of tactics
employed by them; though the same
could not be said of the opposing team.
representing the greatest athletic univer-
sity IN the United States; while on one
occasion, when an adverse decision of
doubtful character deprived them of a
touch down, amid cries of Fair play"
from the crowd, the Indians accepted the
decree with good grace, despite the fact
that otherwise the game would have been
a tie. To one who has seen nearly all the
college elevens on the football field, it is
pleasure to say that none have shown
themselves more fit To he termed civil
lied" than the Indians from the Carlisle
School.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-04
To Make a string Ball.

One of the most useful little articles for
almost any room in house Is string
ball. First, purchase bali of string,
which Will draw from the centre, select
ing any color which will suit the room in
which yoa wish 10 hang il. For n blue
ball, match the color Of the string in cro-
chet silk. and crochet cover that viii fit
the ball tightly. leaving a tiny hole in the
bottom To slip the end of the string
through. Ron a drawing thread around
the top 10 tie tightly. Then make large
bow of blue satin ribbon. Sew this on the
top, after putting the bail in the bag, and
make loop Of ineh-wido ribbon (sewinp
it under the bow, by which the ball may
be hung. II is so convenient to know JUS
where To find the string.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-04
Growth of the Tourist System.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
through its personally-eonducted tourist
system and the unexcelled standard of
high service has won an enyiable record
for itself. These tours have grown to be
thoroughly appreciated in this age of lux
urious travel, and the series announced
for the season of 90 and 90 admirably
illustrates the progress of the times.
First comes series to the Golden Gate.
starting from New York, Philadelphia,
and Harrisburg, January %, February
"a, and March y. Tourists will travel by
superbly-appointed special trains OF
Pullman compartment, drawing-room
sleeping, dining, smoking. and observa-
ton ears under the supervision of a Tour
ist Agent and Chaperon.
Next in importance comes a series OF
four To Florida-January 26. February 6
and ., and March 9. The first three adj
| nit OF two weeks in the sunny South,
while tickets for the fourth tour are good
to return by regular trains until May 81.
\ series of short tours to Washington
from New York, Philadelphia, and ada
cent points will be run on December 20
1896. January 2l, February II. March IL,
April and -, and May l3, 1897.
Old Point Comfort, Richmond, and
Washington tours will leave New York
and Philadelphia December 26, 1896, Jan
uary ., February 20, March Is. and
April 10 1887.
Handsome illustrated itineraries viii
be issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. containing full information ias
u how these tours may be pleasantly and
profitably made. These Itineraries may
be procured on personal application or by
addressing Tourist Agent, 1856 Broad
way, New York: SO Fulton Street,
Brooklyn; 7s9 Broad Sire ct. Newark, y
j., or Room All, Broad Street Station
Phi hiladeiphia,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-04

Lucinda, wife of J. J. Shaff'er, of Jen-
ner township, died at her home at 9
o'clock ON Saturday night. Mrs. Shaffer
had been sick for several years. but was
rot compelled 10 take her bed until a few
weeks ago. She was unconscious for a
week before death came. The cause cf
her demise was a complication OF dis
eases. She was born in Jenner township
about fifty-five years ago Her mother
Lucinda Griffith-died six or seven years
ago, and her father-Wiliiam ~ Griffith
followed his wife to the other world
several years later She was a sister of
Mrs. John Thomas, Mrs. George Markle,
and David Griffith, of Johnstown;
Obadiah Griffith, of Morrellville; Abner,
of Jenner township, and Josiah, of Jen-
nertown.
Beside her husband, she is survived
bv two sons and two daughters, viz;
Morgan, OF Dale; Mrs. Minnie Hoffman,
of near Somerset; jacob and Bertha
Griffith. who are at home. The funeral
took place at > o'clock Monday afternoon,
the remains being laid 10 rest in the
Lutheran Graveyard at Jennertown.
Mrs. ShaiTer was a faithful member of
the JeunertOwn Lutheran Church. She
was a good woman, "A devoted wife, and
a loving mother, and held in the highest
esteem 10y all who knew her.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-04
A Jones' Mill Farmer Returns From
Nebraska in Wagon.

Four years ago /. J. Il. johnson, a
young Jones Mills widower, took his two
little boys and went tn farm on the shares
near Boelus, Howard county, Nebraska.
The first year he had out near ly 100 acres
of corn and got go bushels, of which he
got the half. The next year he planted
% acres and got 20 bushels, and, when
the next two seasons failed - 50 much as
return the seed, he packed his second
wife, a widow whom he married out
there and who had little boy by her
first marriage and the family into a COW
cred twO-horse wagon with about ton
and a half OF household goods and on
February 31ih last started for his old
mountain home, 100 miles eastward
He and one of the boys arrived at Mt.
Pleasant, Friday, with the team which,
with the wife, is all that Mr. Johnston
has for his foar years work, although he
is very rich in experience. Mrs. John
ston accompanied by the other boy arriv-
ei a. Jones' Mills three weeks ago, having
t.-me by rail. their expenses being paid
by = nd friends they met on the way
Mrs Joi. 'ston's son by her first husband
took sick auE died shortly after leaving
Nebraska. alt
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-04
|M'kINLErS BRIGHTEST DAY.
Unparalleled Campaign Closed at His
Canton Home.
He HAS Spoken TO A MILLION
AL Glasses and Sections Have Been Rep
resented as Listeners to His 2l4
Speeches-Foraker Guest Of Honor.

CANTON, o., Oct. 3I.-With the falling
the denonstrative features of the most
remarkable political campaign in the
history of the United States and of the
world. Canton, which has been the Re-
publican Mecca, has figured more prom
inently i'm this campaign than any other
place in the country. Pilgrimages have
been made by men and women from
every walk of life, and from all quarters
of the country. The actual campaign has
been of l22 days duration. 1t has not
been long since the formal opening but
the people did not wait for committees to
say when and where the campaign should
be opened. The masses opened it them
selves, and that, too. in the same hour
that Major Mckinley WAS named as the
Republican standard-bearer.
Eliminating Sundays, there have been
l02 days of the campaign. In that time
Major Mckinley has made 2i4 speeches,
an average of more than two day. lie
reached the maximum when on Satur-
day, September n, he spoke u times.
Nearly every one of these speeches has
been made from the front porch of his
modest little home in North Market street
or from a temporary stand at the edge of
his door yard. a very few have been
made in halls, when the weather was too
inclement for out door assemblages.
The aggregate number of people ad-
dressed is difficult to estimate. Some
have placed it at I,Oo0,OOO, some higher
and some lower.
The ballot which nominated Major
Mckinley at ST. Louis On June Is had
not been counted before a crowd was
surging about his house and demanding
a speech. IL was composed of the people
of Canton-fully 20,000 of them-who,
in response 10 the signal of the towns
fire bell, had rushed to the house. Forty
five minutes later 2OOO came on a special
train from Alliance, 20 miles east, in this
county. Soon afterward another crowd
OF 2OO0 or more came from Massillon, and
was joined here by 500 from Akron.
From that day 10 this the campaign in
Canton has been an animated one.
With many ringing cheer and many
q stirring air from two score bands, to-
days demonstration at the home of the
Republican candidate came to an end.
Senator -elec. Foraker contributed hand
somely to the brilliant close of what has
been, perhaps, the most interesting day
of the campaign. Major Mckinley met
Mr. Foraker at the station at > O'Clock,
and some one proposed three cheers for
the distinguished guest Major McKin-
ley took off his hat and led the cheering.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-04
LED.

CRISE-Peter Crise died Sept. iS.h, at
his late residence near Lavansville, aged
70 years aud p days. Being born and
brought up in this county he helped to
do pioneer work. The traits of which the
present generation enjoy. Mr.. Crise was
kind hearted, friendly, and in his advan-
ced years realized the fraiity Of life; his
l.i,h in God comforted his soul. lie was
A member Of the Evansville Lutheran
Church for many years. The funeral
was held on Sept. 70. lS9i Rev. Harkey,
ia the absence Of the pastor, officiating.
\ wife and FIVE children survive Father
Crise-
DIVEI.Y-Ida Dively (nee Friedlinel
died at the home OF her parents near La
vansville Sept, s, 1896, almost p years of
age. Consumption was the Immediate
cause Of her death. Her end was peacs-
fnl because Of her trust in Christ the Re-
deemer of all. She was member of the
Lutheran Church at Husband and many
friends survive her. Interment in the
Lavansyille Lutheran cemetery, the pas
tor. Rev. C. f. Gebhart, officiating
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-04
Our Ribbon Stock

Has never been so large and cheap as
it is this season. If you want pretty
ribbon give Us a cali.
Ladies' Cloth and Plush Capes, La
dies and Misses Jackets, we are now
receiving superb line-good quality
new styles at cheap prices.
Cloth Capes, 81, s3, 81, -, 81, TO 50.
Plush Capes, S4.75, So, 81, - to $40.
Ladies' and Misses Jackets, 81, s.. 80,
50, 81, So, 81, to s..
In Mems Ladies' and Children's
Underwear we have large stock and
have done big trade in them, We can
give extraordinary low prices.
Come and see our all-wool and cotton
Blankets, Comforts, Bed Spreads, Car
pets, Rugs, Soft Oil Cloth, Lace Cur
tains, Window Blinds, Carpet Yarns,
etc
Our Domestic Stock is full up. All
wool Flannels, Outing Cloths, Laneas-
ter Ginghams, Calicoes, Bleached and
UnbIeached Muslins, Cotton Flannels,
etc. Life is too short to mention all the
nice things and good bargains we have
TO show you. Call and see that we
mean what we advertise.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-04
Chop Wood COR a Hubby.

WILLIAMSBURG, Pa, Oct. 29.-There
was "A novel wood-cuiting contest in the
Seventh Ward of this city Tuesday, in
which five young women took part. The
girls are ali employed in the Lycoming
rubber factory and, having a holiday,
they turned their time to good account,
beside settling much disputed question
a. To which was the most entitled To
husband. The girls are Bess Mayors,
Flora Mahl, Lille Mahl. Lille Dunlap,
Belle Gouldy and Mary Russell, all pref
ty, vivacious young women, who earn
their own living and make good wages
in a rubber factory. la banter the
other day one of the girls proposed that
they have wood chopping contest, and
the one who proved herself to be the
champion cutter should be entitled 10 a
husband, while the others, it was agreed,
must wait two years before joining for
tunes with her best bean.
Tuesday morning the girls, each with a
brand new AK, bedecked with red, white
and blue ribbons, marched into the back
yard OF Widow Hartman's home and
made an assault on the woodpile. Widow
Hartman is a helpless invalid, she hav-
ing fallen and hurt herself quite badly
last winter. Her daughter Lou works in
the rubber factory. too, and she was one
of the movers in the wood-cutting
scheme, although she took no part in the
contest.
Five loads of hemlock slab wood, cut
10 stove lengths, had been delivered at
Widow Hartman's place the day before
the girls paying for it-so there was
plenty OF material for them on which TO
test their strength and skill. But the
way the ribboned axes flew and tongues
wagged was only equaled 10y the shower
of split sticks that gradually piled them
selves up around each chOpping block.
William Baskins and Joseph Schell
were there a. referees. One of the young
men. however, had a more direct interest
in the contest than being judge, for one
of the girls was his sweetheart, and,
according to the compact, if she proved
one of the losers in the contest he would
be compelled to wait two long years be-
fore she could become his wife. For four
hours the wood-chopping went on; the
girls got red in the face; they rolled up
their sleeves until their plump,
pink arms were barred almost 10 the
shoulders, and whaeked away at the
hemlock blocks as though their lives in-
stead Of a husband depended upon it.
Finally Il o'clock came, and at the end
of that time there were five weary, per-
spring girls and five big piles of nicely
split hemlock wood for Widow Hartman.
But for the life of them the referees could
not decide between the piles of wood cut
by Miss Dunlap and Miss Russell rs to
which was the larger. And, indeed, af
ter raking over all the sticks and count
ing them separately the discovery was
made that the two girls had cut exactly
alike. The contest was declared draw.
And now all the marriageable young
men of the Seventh Ward are casting
their eyes with favor in the direction OF
these fair young women who so gallantly
demonstrated their ability TO cut fire.
wood.