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The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-22
You Can Be " ell

When your blood is pure, rich aud
nourishing for nerves and muscles.
The bleod is the vital fluid, and when
it is poor, thin and impure you must
either suffer from some distressing
disease or you will easily fall vic
tim to sudden changes. exposure or
overwork Keep your blood pure
with Hoods Sarsaparilla aud be well.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-22

LOCAL ITEMS

50 acre farm for sale or ex
}. A. SILvERs. So If.
fselve more days Bryan will be
president.
fton is how connected with
fCity by telephone.
New York World says Bryan
Esplentiful in that city with
us,
Lanlis, distinguished elo
s', will give one If her best
at the Academy tonight.
Pc Hackett viii speak Satur-
Eh', ths 3lst inst. nv Passaic,
sues of the campaign. Give
good turnout.
Landis. of Carthage, assist.
Ae Mandolin club will give a
SH the Academy tomorrow
Admission only 10 cents.
hope to see every democrat
soue man for the county tic
Fth;s is done IL Grand victory is
siCr tho entire county ticket.
e. tie democratic county tick.
elected bya large majority,
ives every democrat 10 stand
Ind put in his vote with out a
l.
aew Masonic home Mt Wichita
Sdedicated last month, one of
ss buildings in the state, was
managed BY fire, smoke and
Snnday.
T'aences OF fraud aud corrup.
Faes from the east in this
We hear nothing said oil
E'Aern white cap and shot
Is concentrating Els spell
10 Iowa. Illinois, Indians
10 Still Hanna tells the
'nese states are going fol-
I! BY big major,ties.
Academy is going to hav.
s'endance this year. Score,
men and women are max
gements to attend, Sent
.ASgue. 40 tt
The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-22
Geo. f.. Eli;-' Meetings..

U4n. II. EiiIS' Meetings.
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-- W.. we" i1oiiie'
oaturoay oct. IL feynard.
Tuesday Oct. -, Compton S Fl
Deepwater, with ". y. Graves.
Tbrrod,y 90 Fbor. - II <.t.rt
90 ,
hAk'Eh {. CLARK 5 MEETINGS.
Thursday Oct -, Johus;own
Friday Oc5 %. Virginia
Sa.,ri.r Oct ot RaV,o,d
=, -. :,
~ o-'u''s o~'- 49, - - "''i
Uoa,.a4ay Oct % Raj u,n
r.,.4.u O,.. IN .,,.;.,
oa'uroas oc' 81 A''"''",
A sma.. frame mousse n"rccupieo'
Ia west Dutirt' vas "''ra1.i !" ednes
day morning ab'nt : "c'os&. II Is
not Known DO" the IRE "'Is'n"ted'
ont 1t Is supposed to be tue Work OF
an lncend'ary,
Mason Howell, OF Cripple Creek.
Colorado, wife ard two cA!dten. ar
rived in tbe city Tuesday Oh visit
to relatives. Slac7 locarisG il the
vest same twelve OF fifteen Years
ago Mason has been III the n.wspa
rnu uaa~1,.;a ~ - G.;.,,1a
Creek , abort time aor .n3 = nnw
engaged in mining. He began his
newspaper CARER In 'h's "tncs as
oe|h'
Geo. &. Ellis, Democratic candi
date for representative, addressed
.,'e people o' b''''Tr d. 90 N"uft
,1 Nh, c". 49,: ':.
t,,;s o.,n,o;,,n Ho ,,. ,,;.., .
rous.ng reception. the court room
being packed to the doors The
Bryan ifee SILVER eiee cinD 0, TINS
L;tss j., ~ uo,aou;na a'.;ta . nr,,, RI -
,,,ronr;o,o so,rs Mr. E,l;s ,noao
splendid speech and was greatly
applauded. When Mr. Ellis had
concluded mr. D. l. "o'fT' OF Nan
saa' aaadd " 'l5e oaa S, eaoa n"a1 Snaooh o ~
e.. prro, .nd froa s;,ror
Ane "e'''ooi"'s o' WIS oo""''
''i''''' inoe' ''l7 ''A'o ''eAe' AZ 'e'
'e'so" c''y' WITH ''e .. 'Ne ''Ee' =
The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-22

The democratic campaign commit
tee was in session Monday making
arrangements for the final wind up
in the county.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-22

Tam O'Shanters 25, 40, -5,.
Lace ueekwear 75c, 81.
Table covers 80. 15c. Sl,extra val.
White aprons 25, 35. soc,
Stylish umbrellas 81, Sl.a5. $3.50.
81 75. 50, 81 50. So.
New patterns IN carpets.
Good fnor oil cloths 25. 30. 35c
square yd,
Beautiful new lace curtains.
Visit our
The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-22

Hoods Pills are the best after
dinner pill; assist digestion, cure
headache. % cents.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12
A Peculiar Mania.

NEW YORK, Feb, s.-Prof. Daniel L..
Dowd, who for several years has con-
Quoted an establishment for physical and
vocal culture in East Fourteenth street,
was committed to Bellevue Hospital for
mental examination yesterday.
His mania took the form OF gastrOnom-
ic excesses, which rivaled those of some
ofthe later Roman Emperors. lie got
into the habit OF going about 10 restau-
rants and gorging himself with the most
amazing quantity of food, sometimes
spending as much as $40 and Slj on a
single meal. lie would then go home,
insert the tube Of a stomach pump into
bis stomach and deliberately remove all
tEat be bad eaten. Having thoroughly
pumped himself out he would return 70
tia restaurant, engulf another dinner and
returning home again have recourse to
the stomach pump.
This process nc would repeat four or
five times a day, insisting all the while
that he had discove red new system of
diet, which would result in making him
the strongest man in the world. He even
attempted to make converts among his
pupils,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12
Disssotors Claim The Body OF a Pauper,
Once Bonanza King.

CHICAGO. Feb. 9-All that was mortal
o. Edwin Fields, who once counted his
money 10y the millions, lies on disseet-
lug table at the school of anatomy. He
died pauper.
The story of Fields life is one of ro-
nance. His career began in the mining
districts OF Tombstone, Arizona. He
squatted upon Whist were considered
worthless claims when the town was in
its infancy. He had gone to Tombstone
without dollar. When the boom be-
gan the 'Gilded Age" the principal
claim owned by Fields, was on the main
lead. There were several claimants, but
Fields finally won, and sold the ''Giided
Ager for SG0o0J0. He reserved the sur
face. about % acres. ON this was situated
the business part of Tombstone. lie
sold 25-foot lots as high rs Sj,e9O, and for
wears his rents amounted 10 over $1,000 a
month.
Then commenced career of extrava-
gance When water in Tombstone sold
for five cents a gallon, Fields took three
baths a day. He wore the whitest offlan-
mel suits, aud changed after each bath.
His expenditures averaged no less than
SlO0 a day. After milking Tombstone
dry. Fields went 10 st. Louis to speculate
in grain. but he soon lost the larger por-
ton of his fortune. Then he came TO
Chicago, and was speedily reduced to
poverty. For a while he worked at var
ious hotels in the city as store-keeper,
seldom receiving more than Sli month.
Worry and advancing years finally caused
him to succumb. For a few weeks he lay
sick al cheap lodging house. He was
forcibly carried from there to the hospital,
and after few days sent to thepoor house
al Dunning, where he died.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12
Award Of Bonds.

WAsHINGTOS. u. c., Feb. S.-The al
lotment Of the new four per cent. bonds
WAS made this afternoon at the Treasury
Department, and gives nearly four-ffths
of the entire amount Tor S3S,Oi, i,610) TO
New York This is regarded as an indi-
cation that many bids from other cities
were made through New York banks
and brokers, so that the official distribu-
tion is not very accurate measurement
of the actual distribution throughout the
country when the bonds finally reach
the hands of the successful bidders.
Geographically considered, the bonds
are distributed, in round figures, * fol-
lows: New York, s7s,OO0,OGO; New Eng
land, S9,0OO,O00; Eastern States (other
than New York, S5.50O,O)0; Western
States, $4,000; Central States sl3,GO0,-
coo; Southern States, sl,250,G90.
1t is impossible to give the exact aver
age rate at which the bonds awarded
was made. but it was close to Ill, at
which the interest realized will be slight
ly less than 3s per cent. The exact aver
age rate may not be computed for week
or more by Treasury officials.
The proceeds of the sale will be slight
ly above Slll,0o0,Oo0. They cannot he
less than sll0, 6S7, 200, because that would
have been the amount if the entire award
had been made to the Morgan syndicate,
and every bid accepted at above that rate
increases the net proceeds ofthe sale. 1t
is possible that the proceeds viii go
slightly above slll,OOO,0C0, but for all
practical purposes that viii be etheamount
covered into the Treasury as the result
of the new issue
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12

TIE WAYS and Means Committee Of
she House is going to report 4 Yesolu-
zion authorizing il 10 investigate the
question of Determinations in tariff
suade against this country by foreign
nations, and the effects of the repeal of
fhe reciprocity treaties. This resolution
will undoubtedly ise passed, and will
lead to the development OF some inn
p9rtant facts. Ii will he shown that
sh;s country has Lost over SO, ,tt5o, 900 in
export trade a. the result Of the repeal
ky the Democratic party of the .eeiPre-
city treaties. In addition, the fact tina,
our products are being Disseminated
against 10y Germany, France and other
countries as a result OF the passage Of
the new tariff law, while at the same
time those countries have enormously
increased their exports 10 the United
states, will be brought out. For iR-
stance. in the eleven months ending
with November, the imports Of wOolen
goods were ssS, AZ, 735 greater than for
the eleven months Of 1874. These ina
ports are coming To considerable ex-
tent from Germany, which country, ~
a result of the reciprocity treaty's re-
peal, has excluded American agricultu-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12
Mistake Cost His Life.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, Feb. 9.-John Gala
CHER was shot and almost instantly kill
ell by George Frederick al the latter's
;some in Cool Spring Hollow last night
Frederick lives by himself near the
Stewart coke works, at the entrance to
the hollow, and Gallagher lived i'm Yaug-
eT hollow, two miles beyond. Gallagher
was in town last night and got drunk.
on the way home he stopped st Freier-
sek's house and demanded admission,
which was refused. He went 10 a kiteh-
en- door and broke it in, and Frederick
ordered him out Gallagher refused TO
ge. aud in a seusfle which enSuei, Fred
eriek WAS thrown against q stove and
painfully injured. He got an army
musket, when Gallagher sPrang Ut him
and tried 10 take the gun. Frecerick
says he was being overpowered and fired
to save his life. The load entered Gala
gher's groin. disemboweling him. Fred
erick summoned some neighbOrs and al
50 called in Coroner Smith who was
passing and who administered 10 the dy-
iGg man. Gallagher lived but - min
uIes. Go4oHer Smith brought Frederick
to Jail. Ii is eiaiR.ed by Gallagher's fam
lily that he thought hs y2s i'm the house
Of his friend. John King. WHO lives next
door 10 Frederick. Gallagher was az Oh
man; So i Frederick.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12
Ingalls, Booms Mckinley.

BUFFALO, Feb. John J. Ingalls,, for
mer United States Senator from Kansas,
arrived here en- route TO New York.
When asked what he thought would be
the effect of Mr.. Harrison's withdrawal
from the Presidential race, he said that
the ex-President's letter greatly simpli-
fies the work of the ST. Louis convention,
and strengthens Mr.. McKinley's chances
decidedly.
"Do you think Mr.. Mckinley will he
no;ninated?''
From what have observed, Mckin-
ley's nomination seems assured. In the
South the sentiment for the great protec-
ZIONIST is overw whelming. They all want
him nominated down there. Reed will
control New England, Platt New York.
Mckinley has much strength in the
South, and Quay will control Pennsylva-
MIA. / believe, from what / know and
from my own observation, that Mekin-
ley will be nominated. He has the
West and South"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12

If one-haif Of the stories told by the
Spanish troops in Cuba are trde, then
the insurgents have good cause to COM
plain Of the atrocities Men, women
and children who are suspected of hav-
ing the slightest feeling for the Cuban
cause are shot down i'm the open streets
OF the smaller towns, and their property
confiscated. Hundreds of suspects have
been taken TO Havana and placed in the
Moro Castle, a prison, compared TO
which the ''Biaek Hole of Calcutta
was a paradise. OF course, there are
protests against this method OF warfare
but the protests are unheeded, and the
people in the prisons will probably new
ct he heard OF again. They are doomed
to death or imprisonment for life unless
the insurgents are successful, aud that
seems long ways off.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12
Items OF Interest.

/ Senator Quay believes the declination
of Harrison will benefit Mckinley.
Senator German will not go to the
Democratic National convention, either
as delegate or looker-on. Politics is not
as attractive to the Senator as it was few
years ago.
Richard Kloeitke, a carpenter, shot
apd killed his wife, his father and moth
81 aud his three children and himself,
in Chicago, on Tuesday night. Ii is sup
posed that he chloroiormed his victims
first. He had been out of work for some
time and had no money.
William Carson, eolored murderer,
who strangled his : sweetheart, met
fitting fate in state prison at Sing Sing,
" Y. lie had a quarrel with con-
vict named Feigelbaum, and got into
such a passion that his throat swelled
up and he actually choked to death with
rage.
Judge Mayham, of Albany, y. Y, h.
denied the motion for new trial for
Bat Shea. His reasons, he said. for
so deciding is that the confession of Nc
Cough was not supported by his evil
dence. There is no appeal from the de-
cision of Judge Mayham, and Shea will
be electrocuted Tuesday next.
Aiter an honorable career of forty-five
years upon the beEch Of the court Of m
mon pleas. of Philadelphia, Judge Joseph
Allison died ut l:50 o'clock Saturday
afternoon after long illness. For several
years past be lad been in failir z g b
and was nnable to regularly fake his
seat upon the bench. Joseph Allison
was born in Harrisburg, Pa, in 1919
james Daugherty was stabbed and
killed by Angelo Riegori, an Italian. near
Greensburg on Wednesday evening.
Both were employed by the Pennsylvania
railroad as section hands. The Italian
had grudge against Daugherty, and
aboat ) o'clock they became involved i'm
a dispute as TO their abilities to lifl heavy
ties. Riegori struck at Daugherty with a
pick. OF which he was quickly deprived
10y Foreman Seaman. Riegori then drew
a long and keen stiletto from his breast
and plunged it twice into Dausher;y, W no
died in a few moments. The Italian fed
and has no; yet been arrested.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12
Poison IN The Apples.

yISELANR, y. j., Feb. 6.-The family
Of II. J. Wightman, principal of th9
public schools. narrowly escaped death
from rat poison. taken in a peculiar man
ner. last night. Three days ago SIR.
Wightman's year-old daughter became
sick after eating an apple. Yesterday
his > 2-year-old son ate one of the apples
and at once became deathiy i'll. When
Mr.. WightmAn came home and found
his children in pain, he, in Jest, told his
wife he did not believe il was the apples,
and ate one TO see if he also became sick.
An hour afterwards the Principal was
suffering intensely from pains in the
stomach.
Methods of relief were hurriedly used
anu Dr. Sawyer was summoned. He
pronounced the sickness due to arsenic.
4 search was made IN the cellar, and on
beam over the basket of apples was
found box of rat poison with the cover
off and contents blown about from the
draft from an open window. The young
son Is still seriously sick, but the others
are recovering
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12
No Money in the Treasury.

FRANKFoRT, KY, Feb. 5, ls9d.-The
Republicans refused this morning TO al
low one of their number to pair with
Senator Ogilvie (Dem.) who is very ILL.,
They acknowledge that they expect him
to die.
The legislature is growing weary OF
the senatorial fight. In the house this
morning a resolution was adopted call
ing on congress 10 make the election OF
senators by the people direct. In the
senate a joint resolution was introduced
10 adjourn sine die February IL, as there
is nc money in the treasury to pay the
members until they elect a senator, and
legislation is blocked.
The sound money Democrats to-day
complimented II. T. Tyler, late Demo
cratic nominee for lieutenant governor.
The ballot stood: Hunter, 81; Blackburn,
-; Tyler, ); Bate, |.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12
Two KILLED al Greensburs.

GREENsBURG, Pa, Feb This morn
ing Edward Smith of Jeanette, mana
ger OF a department in the glass works at
Grapevilie, and Eta ROLAND, aged II
years, who also works at Grapeviile were
walking on the tracks of the Pennsyiva-
MIA railroad, en- route to work. Both
were struck by the Western Express and
instantly killed.
Smith was 30 years of age and unmar-
ried. They stepped ont of the way of a
freight train and in front of the express.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12
GEsy For Chairman.

Since ex-President Harrison declared
himself out Of the presidential race, Re
publican leaders from all sections of the
country have been urging Senator Quay
10 accept the craftsmanship Of the national
committee. and il is altogether likely he
viii be chosen To manage the next cam
baizn. provided a candidate of his
selection IS nominated. Senator Quay
has not yeS iG9icated in any way TO whom
BE viii throw his support al the ST. Louis
convention, vt pres9nt Le Is on friendly
terms with ali Of the FTeSisenii@i pos
sibilities Il il said that Il tI.6 SGnssor has
any preference. il il for Reed. aiii.GCsh
he would not object TO either Mckinley,
NJ Drion or Allison.
Senator Quay, il is thought, much more
distinctly than any one Of the presidential
aspirsi.iS of his party, benefits by the
withdrawal Gf General Harrison from the
political arena. lis friends entertain
little doub: now of his abiiiiy 20 capture
the chairma1ship of the Republican Ra-
tional committee. and they believe that
the wide recognition of the fact that he il
most likely to conduct the Republican
campaign wiz add to his influence at st.
Louis in the making of the national
ticket
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12
WIEN the bids for the slOO, ,OOO, ,ooo

WHEN the bids for the 100000, ,ooo
four per cent. bonds, offered for sale 10y
the government, were opened on last
"Wednesday. il was found that 1910 bids
were on file, amounting, all told, to
S55e. 900. .O00, or almost six times the
amount offered for sale. When il Is
remembered that these bonds have To
be paid for with gold, and that eEery
bidder knew where he could get the
gold to make good his bid, it is a won
derful revelation of the amount of that
metal in the hands of the people. II
those bonds had been offered at fixed
price. so that the people had known
precisely what their money would bring
them, the amount would have been
much greater: for, as it was, compara-
lively few people outside of brokers and
bankers could safely make the calcula-
tions required. The prices obtained
range between l10l and ll2.
This is the fourth bond issue of this
Administration, the three others being
for $50, 900, 600 each, which were nego-
tiated with syndicates, on which pre-
miums of much smaller amounts were
realized. The bonds of the last loan,
which was captured by the Morgan
syndicate at about l04l, are now selling
at II6. Out of this loan another Nor
gan syndicate secures only about sS33,
0OO. 900. 1t is estimated that by adopt
ing the popular loan plan, instead of
dickering with a syndicate, about So
O0O. 900 have been saved, and that the
losses Of the government by syndica-
ting the other loans were about $1,000
coo. The adage, Experience teaches a
dear school, +" etc, applies with unusual
force to the financial methods of the
Administration as displayed in its sale
OF bonds.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12

Is it "overwork" that has filled this
country with nervous dyspetics?-that
takes the flesh of their bones, the vitali-
ty from their blood, and makes them
feeble, emaciated and inefficient? No.
1t is bad cooking. overeating of indigesti-
BILE stuff, and other MISUNDERSTANDING
habits.
The remedy is an artifcially digested
food such as the Shaker Digestive Cor
dial. Instead Of irritating the already in
famed stomach the Cordial gives it a
chance 10 rest by nourishing the system
itself and digesting other food taken with
it. 50 flesh and strength return. Is not
the idea rational? The Cordial is paiat-
able and relieves Immediately. NomOn-
ey risked TO decide on its value. 4 10 cent
trial bottle does that.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12

STATISTICS show that the colored
population of the South pays taxes on
Sl36, 6,000,000 worth of property. That
does not show that the black man has
been "a lazy drone, refusing to work, "
for the past thirty years. 1t is also well
20 remember that this hisaccumulation has
all been gathered under the most trying
conditions, with the great mass Of ne
eroes shut out from most of the money
making trades and professions.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12

REPRESENTATIVE Johnson, of North
Dakota, in opposing the free-coinage
substitute for the House bond bill, has
introduced into Congress new method
% dialectics. He is a sehOolmasteY by
profession. and he enforced what he
had to say by blackboard demonstra-
tions, precisely as he would drive into
the heads Of dull-witted pupils by opti-
cal persuasion the reasoning they might
not otherwise comprehend. The speech
was an admitted success. Mr.. John
soa's opponents appeared utterly una
ole to get away with either his chsrts
or his arguments.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12
Early Sugar Season.

BLOOMINGTON, H., Feb 6.-The sugar
camps of Mclean county are all busy.
The work of sugar making began two
weeks ago, three weeks earlier than ever
before known in the history of the coun-
~. The naples were never before tap
ped successfully before the middle of
February, and generally it was later than
tiiis. The flow of sap is unusually pro-
fuse and il is richer than usual in sugar.
The early aow is looked upon as an in
dication of an early spring.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12
Sensational Occurrence Which May Result
Il New Trial.

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Feb. The trial
of the Elvin murder case had very
sensational ending this morning. Elvin
was led into court between Sheriff Ingram
and Deputy McFarlane. He had evident
ly anticipated the worst, and was shrink
ing from il. The verdict WAS asked for
and the foreman announced that 1t was
murder in the first degree. When ha
heard the verdict Elvin's eyes closed and
he fell over against the deputy. He was
apparently inseusibIe, aGd was literally
carried from the court room.
Then came the strangeSi feature of tha
entire trial. :. d. Ramsey, counsel fof
the defense. stopped William II. Pen
nypacker as he came from the jury box.
They had few minutes conversation
and then Mr.. Ramsy made a sensational
announcement. In drawing the jury some
weeks ago the name of William J. Pen
nypacker of East Town was drawn from
the wheel. William II. Pennypacker of
Schuylkill was summoned 10y the deputy
sheriff to appear rs juryman and he did
so. He responded 70 the call, was placed
on the murder jury and the mistake was
not discovered until this morning.
Counse! for the defense at once applied
for a new trial, and 1t will probably be
granted.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-12
ALTHOUGH Mr.. Cleveland denour

ALTHOUGH Mr.. Cleveland denounced
and refused to sign the present tariff
bill, the Administrations and its friends
are struggling to prevent its being
changed. The record shows that du-
ring tine seventeen months Of its exist
ence it has produced deficiency Of
S74, I6i, ,296, or over s., ,00O, coo per month.
and it is now plain that the increased
public debt during Cleveland's term
will coant up to near 500, 100000. The
people of this country who went daft
on the tariff question three years since
are paying dearly for their whistle.