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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
Tourists Effects Duty Free.

WASHINGTON, j. G., Sept. IA clear
and very interesting ruling was to-day
rendered concerning the duties applicable
TO personal baggage brought from
abroad under the new Dingley Tariff
law. The ruling comes from Assist ant
Secretary of the Treasury Howell, and
interpreis paragraph 697, in regard to the
free admission of wearing apparel. This
is held 10 include all such effects actually
taken out of this country by the tourist
and brought back, with slO0 worth addi-
tional purchased abroad. But only
American tourists, moving from place TO
place in foreign countries, can be entitled
to such free entry
For instance, residents Of the United
States" will, under the law, cease TO be
such residents and will become non
residents, if they remain abroad two
years and live in single place during
half that period. All others viii retain
the advantages of residents, and can
bring back with them. duty free, all per-
sonal baggage they took from the United
States and in addition 500 worth pur-
chased abroad.
The new regulations also define the
words similar personal effects" to mean
that those articles must be similar TO
! articles first mentioned in the law, such
as wearing apparel, articles Of personal
adornment, and for the toilet. For in
stance, if a traveller brings gun or bi-
cycle of foreign make, these do not come
under the wearing apparel clause, and
are dutiable under the law.
Secretary Gage, in accordance with
this ruling, has sent new instructions
TO all collectors of customs, and all in
coming passengers will be fully advised
| of the rulings effects.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
Elder Looted Charities.

CHIcAGo. H., Sept. 4.-Charles NJ.
Charnley. elder of the Fourth Presbyter-
ian Church, treasurer of the National
Presbyterian Aid Society. treasurer OF
the Fourth Presbyterian Benevolent So
ciety, a man whose model record for
thirty years has been cited as an exim-
pie. is a fugitive, embezler and forger.
OF the funds i'm his control he lost $780,
O0o in speculation. Besides this sum he
lost his own private fortune, estimated at
$4,000. This Sis. 600 was divided almost
equally between the Chicago Board Of
and Wall Street. Experts are now ur-
tangling the books and trying to learn
something definite about the amount
stolen.
Charnley'> last report to the Board
showed cash assets of more than So, 600.
Secretary T.. c. Ray did not like the re-
port, and began an investigation. lie
fmEd tho books had been manipulated,
and in one ease. where the books showed
$4,000 in bank. the bank showed slG3.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
Horrors Of a Fiea's Bite.

NEW YORK, Sept six months ago a
flea bit the leg of Mrs. /. J. Pinkney, of
West One Hundred aud Thirty-Secon
street. The bite grew first 10 he painful
and then agonizing. Then the leg began
TO swell caiil il WAS twice its normal size.
The poison went throughout her sys-
tenn. Her hearing was affected. She
suffered from insomnia, walking the
lloor almost constantly. Her hair turned
from beautiful natural golden 10 pal
lid white.
~ last the disease yielded totreatment.
Her nervous system has suffered shock
from which it might never fully recover.
4 day or two ago she WAS taken for a
drive. \ gnat flew against her face.
Mrs. Pinkney gave a scream OF terror
and fought of the harmless insect as if il
was a venomOus thing. After short
time she was seized with nervous chill.
Flies, mosquitoes and other small ten
ants of the air possessed a real horror for
the long tortured woman.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
Civil Service Knot Cut.

WASHINGTON, ID. C.. Sept. 3.-COllector 3.
of Internal Revenue Brady of Richmond,
Va, has raised a point in regard to the
appointment Of his deputies and clerks
which may have great effect on deputy
collectors OF internal revenue all over the
country.
These clerks were put under the Civil
Service law by President Cleveland's or
der, and have felt safe since President
Mckinley declared no removals should
be made without cause, but, despite this
fact, the law relating to the appointment
of such officials provides that they shall
be appointed by each collector, and spec
ifies that the appointments shall be made
by an instrument in writing, drawn by
the collector himself In the present
instance it is held by Collector Brady
and also 10y the Treasury officials that
collector may refuse 10 appoint the
deputies employed by his predecessor,
and that his refusal terminates their pc
riod of service.
1t will thus be seen how far-reaching Is
Collector Brady's act, for he is the first
collector TO avail himself of the old law
regarding the appointment of deputies,
and he has apparently established pre-
cedent that will be closely followed.
Several thousand deputy collectors
throughout the country will probably be
affected 10y Collector Brady's action.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08

The Information Supplied by This
Barber viii Prove of Inestimable
Value in this Vicinity.

When the striped pole of sign which
now indicates barber shop. was eni-
plOyed 10 let the public know where cup
ping or blcod-letting was professionally
performed, close shaves were a daily oc-
currence, not the easy removal of the
hirsute or hairy adOrnment of the head
and face, but close shaves from entering
eternity. Mere than one unfortunate en-
tered the barber surgeons doorway 10
leave IL n corpse. or 80 weak that weeks
were required TO get the victim of mall
Practice on his feet. Blood-letting was
used for every thing from Il heartache
10 corn. aud pain in the iOins was in
variably treated with two inciSions. one
on each side of the spine Like plaster :
and liniments these helped from the coun-
ter-irritatiG=. they created, and we may
presume that had Mr.. Fred. Saul. barber.
OF No. - Fifth street, Sharon. Pa. lived
IN the time of George Ill. of England
IN place of taking the course he did q
short time ago with his back, blood-let-
ting would have been resortsd to. Read
how he treated his trouble. Mr.. Saul
says: Two dollars spent for Doan's Kid
ney Pills did for me what two hundred
dollars spent for other remedies failed
10 accomplish. IL ] had known of and
used Doan's Kidney Pills when ] was
hrSt taken with kidney troubles. now flye
or SIX years ago, ] would have been saved
an immense amount of suffering The
pain in my back WIS SO severe that I could
not stoop or lift anything without twing-
es through the loiEs. At night ] could
not sleep. and rose in the morning unre-
freshed. There was too frequent action
of the kidney secretions. On learning
of D0an's Kidney Pills, / procured them
at drug store, and took them according
20 directions. Their use benefited me
very quickly, and continued TO improve
until | could sleep well. the pains and
lameness disappeared. and my health was
better IN every way"
Doan's Kidney Pills. for sale by all
dealers. Price 20 cents. Mailed by
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. y. Y. soc
aEeEts for the L. :. Remember the name
-lDOans-and take DO substitute.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08

THE Jeffersonian, or Gold Democrats
have decided not TO nominate a ticket
in Pennsylvania this year, but to vote
as their cOnsciences dictate. which
means that they will not support the
Bryan ticket nominated at Reading.
and that more than likely they will
support the Republican ticket because
of its manly and honest declaration for
sound money. There is no eonsidera
ble difference of opinion as to whether
the Jeffersonians should have nomina-
ted ticket, but they know their busf-
ness, and they are the best judges OF
what they can and can not do. The
one fact is evident and that is that
they will not support the nondescript
ticket nominated at Reading, for they
could not afford to stultify themselves
10y so voting.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
Millions, Bat Didn't Pa.

CHIcAoo. Ill. Sept. 3-Although } his
fortune has grown to s5.090.000 in gold
during the little more than year that
he has spent in the Yukon gold fields,
Frank Phiscator, who was in this city
yesterday, and has just returned from
the Klondike country, says that this is
an ineommensurate reward for all the
hardship and suffering the dreary jour
ney to the North entailed.
IL was with money that he had earned
at his old home. in Baroda, Mich, that
Phiscator went, in February year ago,
to the far Northern gold fields to win or
lose. IL started out alone for Juneau, -
said he, telling a reporter Of his expe-
riences, 'and that part of the journey
was nothing. The work and hardship
began there picked up a companion,
and we started Off for Dyea, in a small
boat. Wewere nearly drowned several
times, but even tnAt was nothing To what
came after.
with another i'm our party-a chap
named Charles Fifer, which made rs
three-we sbouldered provisions for two
years and mining tools and tramped off
lowell, we didn't know where.
ut is impossible to describe ell we
suffered when we got into the heart OF
that frozen region. The snow was a
shrOud that enveloped everything and
fell in folds, through which it WAS inn
possible 10 see.
I'VE got to Crater Lake, cheated death
a dozen times. and at Bennet Lake built
boat and dared things as far as Lake
Tagus. At the Lewis River we saw a
party drown and freeze in the rushing
water. 1t was after SO days like this that
we reached the Yukon. Circle City was
the next place. and then we went on to
Bonanza and camping-place near the
mouth of FL Dorado. At the creek a
mile and half away, the picks were
brought out, and we began the tiresome
search. The FIRST pan yielded p cents and
we danced with joy. Next day we map
ped out the claims.
I'VE went up the FL Dorado, and my
second pan brought a s. nugget. We
did not doubt then that we had made our
pile. We almost cried for joy that night
Thirty claims were mapped out. took
No. l, and there is not one of the 80 but is
worth at least 81, 10000.
During the summer we worked over
space So feet long by 35 feet wide. and 4
feet deep, and took out sl9.OSI. The big
gest pan was So, but a man named Ber-
ry picked his dirt and got 1896. Nuggets
ran from sl5 to $40. We were almost de-
| lirious.
$50, after al our suffering and toll. we
| did strike it-and struck it rich. But
God help those who have started this fall.
Not one quarter Of them will get out
| aiiVe-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08

Ok TUESDAY of last week Judge Ed
ward y. Willard, of Scranton. forward
ed by mail to Governor Hastings MS
resignation from the Superior Court.
His reason, he stated, was that he did
not care to be absent from his family
seven months of the year, while going
through the State in the performance
Of his official duties. He has no future
plans, except Of taking a good long rest.
His successor will be chosen by the
Governor, and will held the office by
appointment until January !, 1893. II
Is too late for the vacancy to be filled at
the election this fall. so no party can
didates viii be put before the voters
until November, lS9s. The law nro-
Vides that the incumbent shall hold
over until after the next succeeding
general election in the event that the
vacancy occurs within ninety days Of
such election.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
Rohbers Tortrre Farmers.

ERIE, Pa, Sept 4.-Volney Bull and
his son, Thurman, wealthy farmers, oi
Green county, were terribly beaten and
threatened with cremation by five bold
robbers who attacked them in their barn
few nights ago. They were knock ed
down and tied. They protested that they
had no money.
The robbers set fire TO the barn, but on
the old man promising to obtain and pay
them 500 the fire was extinguished
The robbers then took one of Bulls
teams and drove away, threatening to
return and shoot both father and son and
burn their buildings if a word WAS said
about the robbery. They were so terror
stricken that they kept the matter Sc
cret until o-day. The old man had the
money ready TO pay the robbers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08

All the right, title. Interest claim and de-
nland of \. j. Crcnier, or in. aud TO th- TO-
lowing described real estate, VIZ:
No. /. \ certain ltrm or tniet OF land Situ-
ate in Addison township. Somerset county,
Pa, containing % acres about ~ acrss clear.
balance timber, adjoining lands Of VIM.
Wright. Archibald Bri. Alfred Ringer. aud
Samuel Miller, having thereon erected a two
story frame dweiiing-hOuSs'. hank-hs ~. and
other Out-buildingS. also a Va rye sugar camp,
and fine orchard u1 the premises.
No. y certain Etrm situate in Aa!iSp1
and Elk LEX townships. Somerset county.
Pa, containing 81 ACRES. more or less. abOut
I'D acres clear. bllurce Timber. adjoining
lands uf Alfred Ringer. Here Ringer. Widow
Caster. Abe Folk and others, having thereon
erected "a one and-a- haif-Story log dwelling
house. bauk-barn and other out-buildingS.
Also fine orchard and large sugar camp
on the premises
No. 3. certain lot Of ground situate in
West Salisbury. Elk LEX township. Somerset
county, Pa, being lot No. iS5 bounded on the
North by lot No. Isl, south by lot No lSi
west by High street east by an alley, having
thereon erected good twoStory frame dwell
ing-hOuSe and stable.
No & \ certain lot OF ground situate rs
aforesaid boundctl ON the north hy lot Ma.
IN, south by Seventh street, east by salisbury
Avenue, west by an alley. being lot No. IL.
No = \ certain lot Of ground situate as
aforesaid bonded on the north by lot M.
ll9, south 10y Si Nth street. east by salisbury
Avenue. wcSi hy an alley. being lot No. liN.
Taken i'm execution. and Ia he sold as the
property of j. Cremer at the suit at T.. :.
Hay, ct al.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
FRIDAY, SEPT ,'97,
At I O'Clock p. NJ,

tie following described real estate, io-wii l..
An ii,s rigist. title. Interest. claim and dc.
f..aisi al q. o. sinysrT. Martha \. SNYDER ana
Msr.ftl T. Fdilsr. Of la niit IA "A c..risIn it'H.
or tract OF land situate Ia Upper i"rN'.S '.'n'
tiwH-nip, Somerset county H., DoHnaeA
aud described as follows
H.,,innfng at a dogwosd. thence by land Of
Miner,'s heirs. south ~ degrees east - perch
- Ia 70 psSf; thence south ~ deEncs '7,st
Is 3 lp I,cr..hs-s To a post, thence south - de
yr.,-s u..st o. $40 pcrches Ia stones, thence
s.ufh by lands of louuk in ~ degrees east y
- riches to posi-: thence east 10 degrees norm
81 p..Fclics Ia "a beach; thence north - degrees
west. Ia "a gum y , 10 perchcs; Thence north
~ degrees f-tst, - pcrchcs tO - chfStuut;
thence by lands Of stewart tOwcn, north %
DEGREES 'st~t. % PcrciitS "a Sions~; thence
north q DEGREES west ~ tio pcrrhcS To q
white oik: thence south ~ degrces tsisi, 10
per.hcs g., q hickory: thence by lands Of
Eiizib ia Briggs north lJis degrees wesi, u
pcr.hss 10 a stone. ti-ncc north lH'a degrees
west ~ pcrches 20 stones: thence north ) 10
pcrchcs tO stones: thence by land OF Williams
south ~ degrees west, Il pcrcheS tOa cucuin-
Der: thence south III degrees vest. u 10
psrches tO an ASH tree. thence south isss de-
gret.s west, ~ $40 perches 10 rock oak; thence
south jgi, degrees west, . 30 perrhes 10
dead white oak: thence north So degrees
west 1910 pcrches 10 stones. thence north
Ia degrees east. y perches TO wild cherry;
thence north 9ii4 degrees west. = petches 70
stones; thence south 70 degrees west - perch
e 10 stones by land Of John ROmeSburg;
thence east b pcrehes tO beech tree; thence
south 81. degrees, 83 perches tO hickory:
thence north 5s4 degrees east, s. perches to
post: thence by original line west one degree
south % 10 perches to post; thence west 2
perches To post; thence south rs degrees west,
= perchcs to olace OF beginning. containing
III acres OF land. strict measure; IL being the
same as conveyed by Daniel Rhoads to W. A.
Snyder and NJ. r.. Miller ny deed dated 4th
sept. 1856 recorded Ia the Office Of the Record
er Of Deeds in and for Somerset county Pa,
In deed record vol. 81, page fi0 et seq, having
thereon erected twO-stOTy frame dwelling
house, "A large. new bank barn and other out
buildings, with the appurtenancts.
Taken In execution and Ia be sold as the
property Of Il. r. Snyder, Martha a. Snyder
IIieman.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08

in this country viii, in the aggregate.
be enormous, and through them TO the
whole people. This promise for better
prices f0r agricultural products, already
to great extent realized, is the chief
basis of the improvement i'm business,
present and prospective, which has
been lately shown. One lesson the
present advance in wheat ought thor
oughly to teach everybody, namely,
that the price of American wheat Is
fixed III America by the foreign de
mand for our surplus, and Is wholly
unaffected 10y the tariff of twenty-five
cents per bushel laid on imported
wheat. Another thing the present sit
uation emphasizes, and that Is, the
great importance of the foreign demand
for our products, whether of field or
factory.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
Ready TO Feed Europe.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 4.-Captain III.
W. Donaldson. farmer, has spent the
last fifty days in the wheat fields of Min
nesota, North and South Dakota, and
makes the follow estimate Of the crops:
Minnesota, 4, 5000 acres, average yield
Y bushels, total 100000 bushels; North
Dakota, 100000 acres. average yield IL
bushels, total 4I,0Oo,0oo bushels; South
Dakota, 2,750,ooo acres, average 5 bushels,
total p, ,000,000 bushels. Grand total for
three states, In, ,OO0,OOO bushels.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08

4 COUNTY convention of Democrats
in this State has declared for ''the teach
ings Of Jefferson, Jackson and Bryan, 4"
and for purging the party of all persons
'who do not accept the Chicago plat
form" II Jefferson and Jackson were
around they would feel highly fiatter-
ed, and if the party is ''purged" as pro-
posed, the next Republican candidate
for President can "read his title clear. -
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
New Seed Wheat.

WASHINGTON, September 4.-Consul
Heenan, of Odessa, who informed the
State Department of the poor crop of
wheat in Russia, has sent to the Agricul-
tural Department samples Of wheat which
yielded fourteen bushels to the acre,
when the average for that section was
only four bushels. lie says that in doing
so he thought it might be advantageous
to the department. to experiment with
his wheat which gave an exceptional
yield in such a very poor year.
The wheat is of spring sowing and
known as Ulka. IL is not as hard as some
varieties, bnt is a favorite for foreign buy
ers and gives better satisfaction TO milleis
than other sOft varieties.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08

All the right, title. interest, claim, and de
mand Of ISigc Neimiiier. OF, in, and to a Ger
tain piece or parcel OF land, situate in the VII
lage of BerEiey's Mills, Summit township
Somerset county, Pa, containing one acre,
bounded and described as follows: Beg n
Ming al an original corner on the bank Of the
Blue Lick Greek; thence down the same
north - degrees east, y perches 10 post;
south, rs degrees east. Ia 7-l0 perches 10 a
post: south ~ degrees west, l3 perches 20 n
post on the bank II the creek: thence along
the creek north - degrees west. i so per
ches To the place OF beginning, having there
on erected "A twO-story frame dwelling house,
a summcr-house, and "a twO-stOry frame sta
bic with the sppurtcnances-
Taken in execution and % he sold a. the
property OF Isaac Neimiiler at the suit Of Mag
gle Meyers use.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
Man Who Stole a Millionaire's Wife Lears
From Car Window.

CHICAGO, H.. Sept. 3.-W. Russell
Ward, the Englishman who created a
tremendous sensation in July last by
eloping with the wife of Millionaire John
Bradbury. of Los Angeles, Cal, commit
ted suicide shortly after O'Clock this
morning by leaping from the window in
his drawing room In Pullman car in
Chicago & Northwestern Railway train
Ward, who was discharged from Gus
tody at San Francisco over a week ago
for want Of prosecution under Bradbury's s
criminal charge, left the city at $50 on
Monday evening last for the East, pre-
sumably to rejoin his wife and family
i'm England. The fact of his having COM
mitted so singular suicide this morning
was not known until several hours
later
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
Men Blown 10 Atoms.

MoSoNGAHELA, Pa.-Sept. 4.-By an
explosion of nitro glycerine two men and
horse were killed, a buggy was com
pletely demolished. and the bridge across
the Monongahela Riyerso badly damaged
repaired. Windows in the vicinity were
broken, and the residents for a mile
awakened by the coneussion. One of the
men is believed to be Charles p. Ran
kin, formerly superintendent of the Wat
son Mining Company. 1t is supposed
that the meu had the glycerine in the
buggy and that sudden jar caused the
eNnlnsion
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
Will Graft New Ears.

PITTsBURG. Pa, Sept 3.-Two sorreI
mares owned by Joseph Lyvette, of Plum
township Allegheny County, had their
Friday night, John Dillon was suspected,
and is now in Jail awaiting trial on
charges of cruelty.
Lyvette advertised to have pair OF
false ears appended to the animals TO re-
dler for Solomon & Ruben. has agreed to
make calfskin ears TO match the color OF
the animals. This is the first instance OF
making artificial ears for horses.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08

THE arrival of another batch of min
ers from the gold fields, and the big fig
ures showing the rich strikes they
made, will probably add fresh stimulus
10 the KlOndike fever. If reliable in
formation were at hand Of the toiling
thousands whose pans have yielded
nothing but disappointment and hard
ship, it might serve as cure for the
fever
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08

SENATOR Wellington declares that
Notwithstanding his recent defeat by
the Maryland Republicans, he will con-
tinue to fight. Mr.. Wellington is a
warning example of the would-be boss
who simply doesn't know the moral
lesson Of a sound thrashing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
Smiles and Kisses Won.

LINCOLN, y. j., Sept. 4--The special
election for two members of the Board
of Councilmen took place to-day and re-
suited in victory for Miss Kate Moore
and Mr.. t. w. Sheldon. The defeated
candidate was Mrs. Catherine Myers.
This makes the Board equally divided
as to sex.
There was much interest in the cleo
tion, particularly on account Of the cam
paign conducted by the women candi-
dates. Mrs. Myers gave lawn party
and dispensed cake and ginger ale, while
Miss Moore secured votes with smiles
aud kisses. Most of the female residents
between the ages of II and 50 voted.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08

All the right title. interest. claim and de-
mand OF George r. COuniryman, Of in. and 10
"a certain tract OF land situate in Somerset
township, Somerset county. Pa. containing
~ acres. more or less. adjoining Lands OF
Aaron r. Bitiner. Eliza Cable. EliZa Iavmt1,
Widow NOulcr. Jacob p Friedline, the Nj.
Pleas ant pike. aud other lands of the defend
ant, having thereon erected a tW,-story frame
dwelling house hank barn and other out
buildings. with the appHrtenances.
Taken in exc sufion and Ia BE- sold rs the
property of George +. COuntrvman ~ the suit
OF Frank ID. Baker-one of the Administrt-
torS of Adfie :. Counirymln and f1r The USE
OF Jsmes Il. SaylOr.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08

All the right, title, interest, calm and de-
mand OF Ross kicrnan. Of In. and 10 a cer-
tain trict Of land situate in Ienner township,
Somerset county, IA containing about >
acnS. adjoining lands OF David VI Hammer.
Andrew Johnson, and the Cambria Iron
Company, having thereon erected small
shauty.
Taken in execution ana 70 be sold a. tho
property OF Ross Kiernan at the suit Of Val
entinc Has.