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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-02

ed, Is ffaught with great danger. Even If
she escapes with her life, it is only to live .
martyr to untold agony. This is needless.
Thousands of women have found Q sure,
and certain remedy and have spoken IN no
uncertain words Of it almost miraculous
action
This remedy is DR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-.
scription. 1t acts directly upon the organs
that make wifehood and motherhood pos.
sible. It gives them health and vigor. II
stops weakening drains, allays Inflammation
and soothes pain The nerves no longer
tortured, resume their natural function OF
directing the healthy action Of IN the organs
of the body. Under its benign influence the
weak, sickly, nervous, fretful invalid, be.
comes q robust, capable, helpful, smiable
wife, fitted for the duties of motherhood.
All good druggists sell It.
Three years ago." writes Mrs. ]. N. Messler.
Of 1874 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York. y. Y,
was given mp by some of the best physicians In
this city. They said there was no cure for me-
unless would 60 20 q hoepital and have an op
GRAFTON Performed; could not walk aIoss tn:
room for the pain In my side; Thought wo.ld
and after I had taken three bottles / could Worl.
walk, and ride. I could write a year and moi
praise your medicine enough"
Dr. .Pierce's book, "The Common Sense
Medical Adviser" is treasure in any fam.
lily. 1t contains 1908 pages and 800 illustra
tons. copy FREE to every person who
will send to the Worlds Dispensary Med.
ical Association, Buffalo. N. Y, Fl one-cer.
stamps, to pay the cost of mailing ou,G
For cloth binding, send 81 stamps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-02
Special In Eireworks.
Six punches fire crackers SC.

Of1 UuuCHo6 uI0 Ck6CK6TB DC.
100 giant crackers Csc.
4-ball Roman candles 10c per
dozen.
Sky rockets, per dozen, 10c.
Flags, per dozen. Sc.
Everything In the fireworks line in
proportion at Eckhart's, Twentieth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-02
Fourth Of JAY Rates,

July 8, 4 and the c.. r. 1. 4 p.
railway will sell round trip tickets
to all stations within . radius Of 200
miles at one and one-third fare. Re-
turn limit July 6.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-02
Dean atap Hin.

Doo'e stop HSms
He has bad attack Of colo and 10
making for . drug store for . bottle
OF Foley's Collie cure. Is cents and
so cents. Sold BY n. p. Bahnsen and
T. H. Thomas. druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-02

when bilious or oossive eat Q Cas-
caret. candy cathartic, cure guaran-
ND, 10 cents, IS cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-02

DesfA grimly
liars the passage
way through the
door Of happiness
fer thousands mp
on thousands Of
wistful women.
The woman whose
nerves are hacked
by pain, an d
whose strength il
sapped by debili-
tating drains, due
to weakness and
disease Of the or
gans peculiar to
women, cannot be
happy. She is not
only shut out from
happiness. but
death daily con.
fronts her. Ma
-ternity, to q wo-
man thus a6ict,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-02
Licensed to Wed.


1t 10 folly to build upon a poor found
alton. either In architecture or in
health. A foundation of sand 10 in
secure. and to deaden symptoms BY
narcotics or nerve compounds ID
equally dangerous and deceptive.
The true way to build up health is
to make your blood pure, rich and
nourishing by taking Hoods Sarsa-
Parilla.
Hoods pills aot easily and prompt
ly on the liver and bowels. Cure
sick headache.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Aged Hermits Gone.

With the recent death of Miss Rache
Hooper, aged 20 years. at Sideling Hill
Pa. remarkable family becomes ex
iiHct, three aged members having dieC
within six weeks. John b. Hooper,
brother, died, and his demise was shortly
followed by that of his two sisters.
They lived secluded, held no social in.
tercourse with their neighbors and had
no religious convictions. By frugality
and economy they accumulated a consid-
erable sum of money, which in their old
age they refused to spend for the neces-
saries of life, living almost entirely upon
the charity of their neighbors. They did
not believe in banks or investments. but
secreted their money about their dilapi-
dated buildings.
Two years ago midnight marauders
subjected them to torture and secured a
large sum of money. Amer the death OF
John Hooper neighbors began to search
for hidden money, even raising up flat
stones in adjoining fields. Some $500 or
81 600 in gold and silver was eventually
found slowed away in old tin cans and
coffee pots. Rachel, the aged and decrep-
it sister who was living during these
scenes, WAS mentally and physically in
capable of making any remonstranee
against them. Finally an administrator
was appointed who restored order and
will legally dispose of the estate, which
includes farm. The Hoopers LEFT no
descendants or relatives in Fulton eoun-
ty.-Philadelphia Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Girls Story of Wife Murder.

WELLsBoRo, Pa, Sept. 30.-A very dra-
L. Goodwin's alleged murder of his wife,
Effie, at Mansfield on September 3, was
disclosed in his trial here to-day. Four
teen-year-old Gertrude Taylor, who ac-
companied Goodwin on the night of the
tragedy, who supposed that she was 10
become his wife, and did not then know
that he was already married, was the
witness who told just how the alleged
crime was committed, according TO Good
wins subsequent confession to her.
The girl said that on the night of Sep
tember Goodwin, leaving her in the car
riage at Mansfield to hold his horse, was
Joined by another man near the carriage.
Soon afterward Gertrude heard several
shots fired in rapid succession, and Good
win hurried back, sprang into the wagon,
whipped up the horse and drove rapidly
back to his fathers.
Gertrude testified that she was badly
frightened, and after she had coaxed
Goodwin to tell her what had happened
he showed her a bloody revolver and told
her the tragic story in detail. He said
that he and his wife were talking, when
his friend came up and said to her:
"Listeni there is something coming"
As she turned TO look they fired bul.
let into her ear; then gave her three NOR,
AFTER she was down; and then he said h,
iran like Nv.
The defendant carefully instructed Ger
trude, she said, as TO the story which sh,
was TO tell and swear TO in case he wa,
arrested. Subsequently two officials from
the Sheriif's office, concealed near Good
wins cell and Gertrude's in the Jail
heard the prisoner repeat certain i'm
struetions to the girl as to how she SHOULD
testify.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Fosters Idea of October Weather

a warm wave will cross the west Of
Rockies country about October 9Th, great
central valleys the Sth and eastern States
the 10Th. \ cool wave will cross the west
of Rockies country about the OH, great
central valleys the llth and eastern
States the 18th.
Daring the week ending October 9th
killing frosts will occur in the northern
States and in the northern parts of the
cotton belt, reaching unusually far south
in Texas.
October will average colder than usual
east of the Rockies, except in the south
ern States, where the temperature will be
about normal. 1t will average below
normal in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
In the northern States the first third of
October will average cold, the middle
third warm and the last third medium.
The heaviest rains will occur in the
northern States about the first of the
month and from 18th 10 9th.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Court Proceedings.

Rainey Evans, colored. plead guilty TO
selling liquor without license. and was
sentenced 10 pay fine of $500. the costs
of prosecution and 10 undergo three
months imprisonment i'm the county Jail.
Winston Price entered a similar plea
and got the same sentence.
Bruce Fee, charged with larceny, was
acquitted.
Jacob Moon charged with assault and
battery on Information of his wife was
found guilty, and sentenced to six months
in Jail.
Michael Bradawiska entered plea of
guilty to larceny and got l3 months in
the pen"
Henry Kroft, Normen Boden and Geo.
Boden were convicted Of larceny and
were sent to the Huntingdon Reforma-
tory.
Frank Leyder, VIM. Hutzell and Frank
Eicher were convicted of statutory burg
larry. Motion for a new trial fled
All of the other cases on the list were
either settled or continued until Decem-
ber term
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Raided by Farmers.

SEDAiLA. Mo-. Oct i.-Report comes
from the Fuller poet Office, in the south
ern part of Benton county. of the wreck
ing OF a church and printing Office set up
there by a sect calling themselves the
brethren ofthe Church of Christ in Love
and Union"
\ man styling himself Rev. l. S. Gar
rett is at the head of the community, the
members Of which hold their property in
common. Free love is said to be one of
the tenets of their faith, and its practice
brought down upon the community the
wrath of the outsiders. In the third
story of their church building Garrett
printed paper called The World Cres-
set A hundred farmers raided the build
ing. destroyed the press, pied the forms
and threw the type into the street. Gar
rett had been warned of the raid and was
not to be found by the regulators.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Guess Work in Medicine is vsluelsss, Is
peciaily So in Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat

Hundreds of people write specialists
they have some ailment to which they
give a name, and ask if il can be cured,
and how much will it cost. Think of such
proposition one moment and see how
impossible to answer.
The worst cases of failure in medical aud
surgical work are owing 10 incorrect
diagnosis-treating for the wrong thing.
A correct knowledge of disease or con-
dition can only be gained. even by an ex-
pert, by a careful examination. There.
fore, if you have any ailment of eye, ear,
nose or throat worth spending money on
at all, do ii right by having an examina-
ton first.
DIR. Sadler, SOL Penn avenue, Pittsburg,
whose % years experience in such cases
gives him the best means of knowing,
says that three-fourths ofthe permanent
loss of sight and hearing has been caused
by such guess aoork delay.
Take advantage of the Exposition ex-
cnrsions and consult him and know what
is best.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Died a Victim Of Burglars.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. 1.-The murder
Gus assault committed upon George X.
Pyne, the well-known chief page of the
House of Representatives, by burglars in
hotel at Atlantic City five weeks ago re-
suited tonight in Mr.. Pyne's death at his
home in this city. 1t was a most violent
and brutal assault, committed in the per-
petration of bold robbery, and the per-
petI ators can be tried for homicide. They
succeeded, after beating the invalid chief
page until he was nearer dead than alive.
in getting away with his gold watch and
diamond stud. As he has finally sue
cumbed to his injuries their crime was
homicide committed during the perpetra-
tion of felony.
Mr.. Pyne had, it is true, been an in-
valid, and might have died a few
months later if he had not suffered
such a terrible assault. But the robbers
hastened his death, but il was due quite
AZ much to their assault as TO his malady.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Engagement Rings Not for Keeps.

BROOKLYN, n. Y. Sept 3O.-Justice
Lemon commented on the ethics of brok-
en- engagements yesterday in the suit OF
Miss Dora Shultz against Israel Raphael,
her former fiance, whom she accused OF
having substituted a piece of glass for
the diamond in an engagement ring.
Engagement rings" said the Justice,
''to my mind. are more of a token than
anything else. regard them as gins
which show the relations existing be-
tween parties. and when an engagement
is broken should revert TO the donor"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

Bertolette was hastily summoned Friday
morning TO attend young man named
Sherry, son of farmer, who was found
unconscious on the porch of his father
home. He had drank ''wintergreen, -
which is used by many farmers Just now
to flavor the cider they lay mp for winter
use, he said. He had a very close call.
The oil of wintergreen, if pure and
properly used, the farmers say, is all
right, but that it is all wrong if an adul-
terated article is used. The young man
says he got home late at night, and for
the want of something better poured Il
drops of the wintergreen into a tumbler
of water.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
RATHER PECULIAR.
You have Noticed This Fact Many q
Time and Probably Spoken
About IL.

10 publish in this paper an endorsa-
uon Ike that which follows without the
| endorser's permission would be fraud ana
TO publish IL without his knowledge =.
second time would be impossible. Roth
could De done repeatedly if this publica-
slon were printed IN Kalamazoo, Mich.
Ior the chances are a thousand TO one
mat few people in the western part OF
pennsylvania ever see q Kalamazoo
paper. Now. look through the coIIImns
OF this paper at the statements which an
pear IN the advertisements about medicip-
al preparations. Notice this peculiarity.
every one of them was originally obtain
el' II obtained at all. in some distant part
OF the Union. here, there and everywhere
except your own corner of this state
lead tins one, and mark the different i'm
preston II makes. Mr.. Geo. Il. Lord. OF
81 Elk street, Franklin, Pa, ex-Inspect-
or OF Schools for the county, saws: "Dur.
nag the past three years l have been en-
gagged IN the insurance business. a calling
which keeps me very busy and necessi-
tdtes a great deal of driving: perhaps not
any more than / had been doing for the
nine years previous, during which time
1 was inspector of public schools in this
county Driving, at a rough estimate.
0-OD miles year. and visiting nearly
100 schools. is it any wonder that I should
complain of a weakness of nv hack and
kidneys- / have suffered with aching
PAIN across my loins for several Years
Il not brought on by the jolting of the
iig. Il undoubtedly aggravated il. AL
though not severely painful TO Law m,
mp. II was enough to make me feel mis-
erable. | have very little faith In paten.
medicines, but i reasoned If Doan's KL
ney Pills would only perform half what
they promised. they would help me. *
got box at a drug store. In a sbort
time the entire pain and trouble had dis
appeared. IL l ever again have occasion
TO use anything of the kind. Doan's E;d-
ney Pills will be the remedy"
Doan's Kidney Pills, for sale by all
dealers. Price so cents Mailed Nv
Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. n. Y. sole
agents for the U. $. Remember the name
-Doan's-and take no substitute.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

THE very able opinion delivered by
Judge Barker in the primary election
contest, to be found elsex where in these
columns, will be read with interest and
satisfaction by every Republican voter
in the county who has the best inter-
ests of the party at heart. While the
HERALD never for a moment doubted
that Chairman Berkley's Interpretation
of the party rules was correct, and that
the position taken and maintained by
him throughout the entire controversy
was right and legal, and would ultim-
ately be so held by the Court, it is ex-
tremely gratifying TO us, as we know it
will be to most of our readers, TO have
his every action fully sustained by one
of the most accomplished lawyers and
coneededly ablest judges in the state
We congratulate Chairman Berkley
on the full and complete legal vindica-
ton of his course, and we congratulate
the Republican voters of the county
upon having at the head of their party
organization SO wise an adviser, so hon
est man, so fearless leader, as Har-
vey NJ. Berkeley.
From the inception of the controversy
just decided, he was opposed by astute
and cunning lawyers who had as their
tools vicious, reckless and INSCRIPTIONS
men anxious TO do their every bidding,
eager to accomplish his overthrow and
acquire the position he so honorably
held, but he was in every way fitted for
the trust his party had reposed in him,
and the would-be politicians who have
for years been engaged in a base con-
spiracy to overthrow the party Organi-
zation met in him a ready antagonist.
He met .heir trickery with perfect fair
ness, their assembling with truth, their
dishonesty with absolute honesty, and
the outcome could not be questioned.
Their effort was to disregard the party
rules, to overthrow the party Organiza-
ton, TO foist upon the party candidates
of their own choosing, regardless of
party rules, party law and party prece-
dents; his TO observe the rules and pre-
serve them and the party organization
in their integrity, to see that the cam
didates of the party were properly and
legally nominated. His first victory
was scored when the regularly selected
delegates were admitted to the State
convention, something over a month
ago, and his second yesterday, when
the decision of the Court was placed of
record His vindicatiOn is final and
complete, and the defeat of his oppo-
nents overwhelming and disastrous.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

DEPUTY Attorney General Reeder de
cides that employers must collect the
alien tax until the court of last resort
decides that it is unconstitutional. An
Allegheny county court has declared
the law unconstitutional, but that does
not make it so. There are instances OF
even an Allegheny county court being
reversed 10y the Supreme Court.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
A Hog Ate Tax Books.

CHERRyFIELD, Me-, Oct. l.-As a re-
suit of the Investigations into the account
of Tax Collector Joseph Ward, special
town meeting has been called to elect q
new tax collector. His accounts are bad
ly muddled. There are stories of de-
ficiency of $1,000. He gave up some oi
the books, but could not produce those
of 1887 aud 1896 saying they had been
eaten by the hogs. lie had sick hog
and he claims the books fell from his
pockets into the pen and were eaten
This leaves Mr.. Ward in bad fix, but
his friends believe him innocent of any
wrong, and say he will extricate himself
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
BR'ER Kooser IS now in position TO

BR'ER Kooser is now in a position TO
crafty his vaulting ambition. He has
his own county organization, and his
own candidates, nominated at his own
primary election, and if as he has fire.
quently boasted, nine-tenths of the vot-
ers of the county are followers of his,
he can place the names of his candid
ates on the official ballot TO be voted
four weeks hence, and give the voters
an opportunity to vindicate his counsel
aud leadership. He can not, however,
appropriate the name of the Republican
party, since the Republican State Con-
vention, the highest political authority
in the State, has declared that he is not
a member of that organization, and the
Court has decided that the revolt led
by him in June last was revolutionary,
and removed him from the party ranks.
Give your offspring name, Br'er
Kooser, and the people will do the rest.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Lowers the Record.

SPRINGFIELD, H., October LIN a race
that was witnessed by sixty thousand
people, Star Pointer, on the Illinois State
Fair grounds, this afternoon not only
maintained his reputation as the king OF
PAGERS by beating Joe Patchen, but he
also lowered the worlds pacing record in
race by half a second, making the mile
in 200 IL, the record in a race having
been 2:0l, which Star Pointer made on
Saturday, September Is, at Indianapolis,
when he defeated Joe Patchen. The victor
was greeted with tremendous cheering by
the assembled thousands as he passed
under the wire in the third heat, and
the lowering of the worlds pacing record
in race was received with tumultuous
applause.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

HENRY GEORGE has been nominated
for Mayor of Greater New York by a
combination of free silver and Bryan
clubs styling themselves the United De-
mocracy. Mr.. George once polled 6S,-
600 votes as a candidate for Mayor of
New York, and if he should stay in the
field and poll the same proportion of
the vote of the consolidated city, be
would probably defeat the Tammany
candidate and leave the Msyoralty prize
10 the Republican nominee.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
To Hang for Burglary

RED LODGE, Mont, October l.-Sherif
Dun has arrested IL. NJ. Muore' and
Charles Rich.' The men are wanted at
Marshall, y. c., where they are under
sentence TO be hanged for burglary, a
capital offense in that state, if committed
after midnight. The names above given
are assumed ones. The men are broth
ers, named George and William Cody.
George Cody says he and his brother
are innocent of the crime charged. lie
says:
I'VE were convicted and sentenced To
be hanged October 4, 1894. We carried
the case up to the state Supreme Court,
and while waiting for its decision, were
induced to leave the Jail, from which
some murderers had discovered means of
escaping. We wandered to old Mexico
and California, and finally came here,
about year ago"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

THE electors Of Connecticut will this
month vote on constitutional amend
ment defining clearly that to 5c enti-
tied to franchise in that state the APP
plicant must be able to read amy sec
tion Of the constitution or of any statute
printed in the English language. At
present the language is not specified,
and the law is variOusly interpreted in
various parts of the state.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

J. A BERKEY, Esq, can now with
draw his invitation to the Republican
voters Of the county to inspect the ac-
count. in his hands as Chairman OF the
faklrs;;" but since he testified in court
that he paid the expenses of the ''fake"
primary, the question naturally arises,
Where did he get it? The members of
the Republican party, of course, are
not interested in the accounts kept by
the fake" Chairman, but information
OF such character should be made
public. Where did he get il?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

THE "fakirs" have complete
county organization, as follows Chair
man of County Committee, ]. A. Ber-
key; "Vice" Chairman, George f.
Kimmell; Executive Committee, f.
ID. Leonard, w. s. Kuhlman, S. L.
ShOber. They also have nomination
papers and candidates. Now, if they
had the people with votes back of them
they would be in the swim.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

SEPTEMBER frosts did not kill the
yellow fever germs in the South, as was
hoped; in fact, the frosts did not mate
rialize, but, on the contrary, the month
was warmer than the average. October
beg with no abatement of the dis
ease, but with the people less panicky
than before. As a general thing, resi-
dents are taking more kindly to scien-
tine measures of prevention than they
did at first, and are more ready TO put
up with some personal inconveniences
for the good Of the whole peonle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Tammany's Ticket.

NEW YORK, October 1.-The Demo
cratic city convention nominated these
candidates for Offices of Greater New
York: Mayor. Robert A. Van Wyck, ol
Manhattan; comptroller, Bird S. Coler
of Brooklyn; president of the council,
Jacob Rupert, Jr., of Manhattan.
The ticket had bsen agreed upon by the
Tammany executive committee before
the convention met, and the delegates
simply ratified the choice of the leaders
The platform makes no reference to the
Chicago platform, William ]. Bryan oi
free silver