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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
Stubborn Faith Crrists.

CANTON, o., Jan. Emma Stevens
mas been judged by the probate court As
subject to epileptic fits and ordered
sent to an asylum for epileptics. While
attending the Church of God about two
weeks ago Miss Stevens fell in fit, from
which she has never fully recovered. For
some time friends would not allow ply
sician TO be called. asserting that the
trouble was not a physical ailment, but
that she had fallen into a trance from
which she would recover in due time.
The friends are strong believers in the
'''faith cure" Later it was thought best
to have the services of physician, al
though this was done under protest from
several relatives of the young woman.
Last Thursday night about midnight she
was taken To a creek and immersed.
This caused more trouble. She has been
having several spasms daily, and finall v
complaint was flied in the court as to the
treatment she was receiving. An exami-
nation was made by the city physician
and Judge Wise ordered her taken to the
asylum. The church people still assert
that she does not have epilepsy, the testi-
mony of physicians Notwithstanding.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

eron as a member of the United States
Senate from Pennsylvania The line
up was had on the craftsmanship OF the
caucus. Perry NJ. Lytle was the Pen
rose, and Ward r. Bliss the Wanama-
ker candidate, the former defeating the
latter by vote of 9S TO Il. The Pen
rose lead will be greatly increased i'll
the joint caucus by Senators aud Men,
bers, when il is probable that Senator
Quay's estimate of l50 for Penrose to 90
for Wanamaker will be found to be not
far out of the way. Even should the
Wanamaker adherents refuse to go into
caucus or to be bound 10y the decision
of the CAUCUS, they can not, by com
bining with the Democrats, defeat PEN
rose, who has a clear majority of the
combined vote of both Houses
Hon. Henry X. Boyer, of Philadel-
phia, wss unanimously nominated for
Speaker of the House; Jere. B. Rex, of
Huntingdon county, was nominated
without opposition for Chief Clerk, as
was A. ID. Fetterolf, of Montgomery
county. for Resident Clerk. Represent
ative Miller, of Somerset county, was
made member of the House Slate
committee. An adjournment will prob
ably be had to-day until Monday, 18th,
when a United States Senator, in the
person of Mr.. Penrose, will be formally
elected.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
Welded Her Wounded wooer.

WEBSTER CITY, Jan. 4-The fact that
her lover, Paul Sutton, had just been I'LL
ed with buckshot by her father did not
deter Mary Hargreaves, a pretty girl of IL.
from carrying out her intention to marry
her choice yesterday. Sutton worked for
Mary's father, farmer, as a farmland,
and the farmers daughter fell in love.
Elder Hargreaves did not fancy the
match. but Mary and Paul persisted in
love-making. A week ago Paul was dis
charged and warned 70 keep away. Yes
terday Sutton called at Hargreave's home
and asked to see his daughter. The old
man grabbed shotgun and told him 10
leave. Sutton hesitateG, and Hargreaves
emptied both barrels in Sutton's shonl-
der.
Sutton ran to a neighbor, who dressed
the wound. Before the task was complete
a note came from the young lady express
ing sympathy and promising to meet her
lover in any place he might name and be
married. The ceremony was performed
an hour later at Oakland Valley.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
A Woman Pastor WEEDS.

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Jan. 1.-Rev. Caro-
line j. Bartlett, pastor of the Peoples
Church. surprised her flock last evening
by wedding DIR. \. w. Craine, patholo-
gist.
The local papers contained a general
invitation from Miss Bartlett to recep-
ton at her church last evening. AT o
o'clock musical programme was begun,
during which Rev. Miss Bartl EFT with
drew. A little later she and DIR. Craine
entered the church and walked down diff
ferent aisles unattended, meeting in front
of the platform, where each plighted his
and her troth, and then their union was
legalized by Rev. jenkins Lloyd Jones.
IL was the Peoples Church Of which
Infidel Bob Ingersoll said:
II like the church. The object of il is
to make people better, kinder and nearer.
just by developing the brain and civiliz-
ing the heart. The church is character
builder. If there were similar place
near my home l would join il, if the
members would permit me-"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
The Greatest Monarch

Is fit subject for pity i'll is troubled
with dyspepsia. while his poorest subject
who digests properly may well be envied
by a prince thus afflicted. The dyspeptics
Of every cline and nation owe a debt of
gratitude to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
which rescues them from one or the most
obstinate and troublesome complaints
against which medical skill is directed.
On this continent, in Europe and the
tropics, this sterling remedy is pre-emi-
nently and justly popular, not only as a
stomaehic. but also as a means ofprevent-
ing and curing malarial, rheumatic, kid
ney, bilious and nervous disorders 1t
improves appetite and sleep, hastens con-
valescence and the acquisition of vigor
after exhansting malaiies, aud counter
acts the infirmitieS OF age. a wineglass-
ful taken before retiring has tendency
TO promote tranquil, health yielding
sleep, boon much coveted by nervous
invGlids.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

Mr.. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN has
struck his proper gait, and it is much
slower than the pace he was travelling
a few weeks ago when the people lifted
up their voices in protest against the
waste of so much raw material in the
way of wind. His lecture tour having
proved dismal failure and losing
venture for the enterprising manager
who thought he had a good thing in
William, the ex-candidate for the Pres
idency has subsided and will eventually
get back TO earth again. Flying is very
nice, William, but it is the lighting
that gives one all the trouble.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
Reduced Rates to Washington on Aceoui t
Of the Inauguration via Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.

For the benefit of those who desire 10
attend the ceremonies incident to the in
augnration of President-elect Mckinley,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
sell excursion tickets to Washington
March !, 2, 3. and 4. valid to return March
TO 6, at the following rates From New
Yor SEQ; Philadelphia, $40; Balti-
more. sl.60; Harrisburg. s. e5: Williams
port, SD; Buffalo. SLIP; Rochester.
sl0.4s; Altoona end Pittsburg. $1,000 ;
and from all other stations on the Penn
sylvanid system at reduced rates.
This Inauguration will be most inter
esting event. and VIII undoubtedly at
tract a large nnmber of people from ev-
cry section of the country.
Tho magnificent facilities Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad make this line the IA
voriie route to the national capital IT all
times. and its enormous equipment and
splendid terminal advantages at Wash
ington make il especially popular on such
occasions.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

ENGLAND's new cruiser, the Power
ful, is undoubtedly the most formida-
BILE .war-ship in the world, and in every
way entitled to be called floating fort
ress. She is 5SS feet long and II wide,
aud her hull contains 100 steam engines
for various uses. Her speed OF twenty
two knots an hour is prodIee1 by rs, i97
horsepower, and one eoaling will carry
her $500 knots. For offense she has
guns that throw eight tons of steel a
minute. In other words, she can direct
upon an enemy 266 pounds of steel shot
a second, and keep il up without cessa-
ton. Modern war-ships are gradually
approaching the Great Eastern's $50
feet in length and So in width.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

CONSIDERABLE bitterness has been
displayed in the preliminary skirmish-
ing of the Senatorial contest in this
State, says the Harrisburg Telegraph.
There is no excuse for public men losing
their heads and engaging in PERSONAL
tie; for which they will be sorry when
it is all over. Politics is a game at
which many play, and, as both sides
can not win, one or the other must pre-
pare for defeat. Attacks upon charac-
ter, c0wardly insinuations ana myste-
rious threatenings will do neither side
any good a dignified, manly course
is the one 10 pursue, and when the
smoke of the battle has cleared away.
there will be fewer regrets and apol-
ogies.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
Three Tots suGocated.

HANOVER, Pa, Jan. Last evening
the three little children of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Duttera. who reside in the coun-
try about four miles from this place,
were suffocated. Mrs. Duttera left home
to see neighbor, and locked her three
small children and pet dog in the
house. When she returned she discov-
cred smoke issuing from the house and
entering through the front door, she fell
through the flor, which was badly
burned. She landed in the cellar. Quick
iy crossing to the steps, she ascendei to
the first floor, where she fonnd her three
little ones with their dog, all bundled to-
gether in corner of the room dead.
1t is supposed that spark from the
stove fell on the carpet, causing a smoth-
cred fire that soon filled the room with
smoke and burned the floor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
Bound. Gagged, and Robbed.

Another brutal outrage by robbers in
Westmoreland County occurred about ]
O'Clock Wednesday morning. Mrs. Bar
bara Hartman, an aged woman living
alone AT Penn Station, being the victim.
Two masked men forced their way into
her house. and on being told she had no
money. beat herunmercifully bound and
gagged her, and threw her on the floor of
an adjoining room. They then searched
the place. securing s..
After several hours of work Mrs.
Hartman succeeded in freeing herself
and arOusing the neighbors, but the viii
lians made good their escape. The old
lady is in very critical condition. and
the chances of her recovery very slight,
she being eighty years of age.
The guilty parties are believed to be
residents of Penn or Jeanette. and if
they are captured will be sever ely dealt
with.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
Mr.. Kelley a True Prophet.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3I.-The late w. d.
Kelley, of Philadelphia. more commonly
known as pig Iron'' Kelley, made the
prediction in the House shortly before his
death that it would not be many years
befnre the cotton growers of the South
would ba knocking at the doors of Con-
gress for tariff on their product. The
prediction came true when W. ID. Craig,
of Mississippi. representing the cotton
growers of the Mississippi Valley, appear
ed before the Ways and Means Commit
tee and asked that duty of 3 cents per
poand be imposed upon Egyptian cotton.
The imports offoreign cotton. nine-tenths
of which comes from Egypt, for the first
ten months of this year as.aJunted to over
S5.000.090, an increase OF over Sl,000,ooO
over those for the same period of last year.
While this may not seem large, yet it is
not without its effect upon the home pro-
duct, and this, with the probabilities of a
continued increase, leads to the demand
for protection and the consequent fulfill
ment of pig Iron' Kelley's prophecy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
AYERS PILLS Cure Liver and Stomach TIOutIes.
Mrs. Anna M. Rudolph Restored
10 Sight.

y. Rudolph. Of Dubois. Pa, began 70 lose
her sigIt five years ago For two years she
has been unable 20 read. and got around poor
y. cataract having blinded both eyes On
November , she went 10 Dr. S1dier. tire eye
and ear specialist, S1i Penn avenue. Pitisburg,
who removed the cataract in 50 perfect and
successful a manner rs 10 give but the slight
c-t pain by the operation. and none since
Her eyes were not bandaged. and she had pCr-
feet freedom of her room and position
DIR. Stdier's skill and success in cataract has
not been cNcellcd in the worlds history, ne
having restored To sight iao ont of the last ios
successive cassss. Of all ages up 10 - years.
When il Is remembered that > years ago one
haif To one-fourth Of all eases operated upon
were failures, the DOCTORS success il phenOni-
email
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
Took the Judges 500, o,ooo Box.

HoLLIDAYsBURG, Pa, Jan. 2.-The re-
cent failure OF the banking house Of
Gardner Morrow K Co., of Holidays
burg, viii result in many sensational
suits in Court. The strong box or casket
containing the securities and title papers
of the estate of the late Judge James
Gardner, the senior partner in the bank,
has been impounded in the Blair county
court to help pay the claims of the de-
positOrs.
This box is said to hold 500, 900 worth
of United States bonds, sum Sufficient
to pay one-third of the banks indebted
ness. 1t will be opened in Court on
Monday by Judge John NJ. Bailey, of
Huntington county in the presence Of
District Attorney Hammond and the
many depositors.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
Crimes Of 1896.

CHICAGO, Jan. There were ~
lynehings in this country in 1886, 80 less
than in 1896. Only one of the victims
was woman. The record of mob mur-
der is now attracting attention not only
of moral workers, but legislatures. or
the lynchings, l22 occurred in the south
and in the north. OF the victims, 50
were negroes and 81 whites.
The number of legal executions in 1896
was l2l. The south had S. of the eXecu-
tons and the north had SO whites exc
cnted, 20; negroes. As; Indians. 4.
There were 6,52o suicides in the United
States during 1896. OF the suicides SOS
were males and l ,442 females.
The number of murders committed
was 1862, as compared with l0,5O0 in
1895.
The amount of the embezzlements,
forgeries and bank wreckings in 1896 was
50, 465, ,92l, as compared with $40, ,42S, ,205
last year.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

SECRETARY FRANCIS, in his report
for the Interior Department, expresses
the opinion that if the rate of disposi-
ton of public lands in this country is
continued for the next thirteen years,
there will be little of the public domain
left outside of Alaska Rat Alaska is
a vast domain in i.self, and probably
10y the time other land is exhausted,
modern invention and development
will make Alaska as readily accessible
and as desirable as much of the land
that has already been disposed of. Al
aska has many valuable Resources, and
only lacks transportation tomake il i'm
portant territory now.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
To prono.e 1nternational sime.aliism

Senator Wolcotf. of Colorndo. sailed for
Europe on Saturday last The object OF
his foreign tour is TO confer with leading
bimetallists in Europe on the expedien-
cy of calling an international bimetaliic
conference.
Senator Wolcott was asked the question
as to whether or not he was going abroad
as McKinley's personal envoy. lie
smiled at the question, but positively de-
cIined to discuss the subject.
'.You can not expect me 10 answer
that was all he could be induced TO
say.
"Still. can say this" he added. ''Ny
conferences with foreign bimetaiiisis
will be entirely unofficial, and nothing l
will say will in any way commit the Ad-
ministration to any fixed policy. We are
looking for information; that is all. The
sole object of my visit will be to sound
the English sentiment on the question of
international bimetallism and 10 pro-
mote, through the bimetallists of London,
the appointment of Representatives of the
English Government to the proposed
monetary conference.
There has been great deal of corre-
spondence of late between bimetailists
in this country and the Secretary of the
Bimetallic League of London, which en-
courages US to believe that the calling of
another international monetary confer
ence in the near future is highly proba-
bic.
"Invitations have been extended to me
20 visit London for the purpose of con-
ferring with members of the League
Although Senator Wolcott did not say
so in so many words, he tacitly admitted
that he was also under instructions from
the Republican Senatorial Caucus Com
miitee, and with the understanding that
he has authority to represent the views of
Presidenr-elect Mckinley.
\ hill has been prepared by the Caucus
Committee providing for the appoint
ment by the President of commission
To represent the United States in the pro-
posed money conference. This bill is 10
! be presented 10 the full Republican Cau-
Gus for approval before being introduced
in the Senate. Ii confers upon the
President the right TO appoint delegates
to any conference which may be called
having for its object the establishment
of bimetallism. 1t is expected that this
bill, and any legislation that may be
needed to enforce it, will be passed dur
ing the present session and be approved
by President Cleveland.
The effect of this will be that when
Major Mckinley enters upon his Presi-
dental duties he will find all the prelim-
mary work cleared, and will be enabled
TO call a conference and appoint the del
egates on the part of the United States
as soon as he may wish after his inaug-
uration.
Senator Wolcott viii return to the Uni
ted States before the close of the present
Congress.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

EX-SENATOR EDMUNDS of Vermont,
is about as good a constitutional lawyer
As there is in the country, and he de-
clares that ''tO recognize as a separate
and independent state anything so
mythical as the Republic of Cuba
would put this country in a very unde-
sirable position, and one in which no
civilized nation would like TO be plac-
ed" 1t is very well, he goes on TO say,
for US to pity the condition of the peo-
pie and deplore the atrocities that are
being committed" but that is as much
a We can afford to do, as a self-respect-
ing nation, under existing circumstan-
0eS
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

OCCASIONALLY Cleveland hands out
bit of fourth-class postmaster pie, but
it is very small slice. 1t is a great
wonder he does not pat these postmas-
terships under the civil service rules,
now that he has filed them with DEM
ocrats. Nothing like keeping things
in the family.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

THERE is a plan before Congress to
introduce thousand bicycles into the
regular army, each of the forts and
military stations to have at least ten
riders fully equipped for service when
rapid transit is required. Gen. Miles,
it is said, is enthusiastically in favor of
irving the experiment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

ONE OF the Boston papers hopes to
see the day when cities will be CHM
neyless, and light, heat and power dis
tributed from plants in the suburbs.
But if there should be break in the
current, chimney and an open CRATE
would be a mighty handy reserve in a
house to tide over the time of repairs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
Kansas Turn TO Bark.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. kansas bir.fE-
day. January %, win be made State
holiday. People viii meet, irrespective
of party, to denounce the East, which
has maligned her good name because
Populism prevailed at the recent cleo
ton.
The appeal for meetings everywhere
says: Every yelping dog has had his
bark at Kansas every cesspOol of ignor-
ance, squalor and iniquity in the East
has gasped curse At Kansas. Let us
stand up for our State aud rebuke those
hOary, wrinkled, hardened sinners
Itching Piles, nights hOrrid plague, is
instantly relieved and permanently eur
ed by Doan's Ointment. Your dealer
ought to keep it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

KANSAS is entitled to ten votes in
the Electoral College, but it is likely
she will east only nine for w. ). Bry-
an, owing to the fact that w. H Lin
ton, one OF the electors, is an alleged
deserter from the Union army, and,
therefore. not qualified to serve.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

THE FACT that nearly ten per cent.
OF the ballots cast in the State of New
York at the last election were thrown
out as defective goes to show that the
Australian ballot system is good bit
Of a mystery to the good people Of that
part of the country.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

IT APPEARS to be settled that Mr..
Dingley is not TO be a member of the
Mckinley Cabinet; aud it is much cas-
Ter. by the way, TO get that sort of in
formation than to find out the names
of men who are certain to be app9.nted.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

SENATOR CAMERON's course on the
Cuban resolution has made him popl-
lar with that large element of our pop
ulation which favOrs the independence
of the island \ Washington cores
pondent SAYS his mail is filled with let
tors of con0ratulafion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

THE PAST year will long be remem-
bered on account of the great victory
in favor OF the gold standard, and the
present one will be equally remarkable
for the restoration of good times under
Panublicau rule
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

THE recent bank failures are not due
to bad banking laws, but to the fla
grant violation of good laws a bank
can not succeed when the resources are
all loaned to its officers and directors.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
Using Corn For Fuel.

OMAHA, Neb., jan. 2-As 4 result of
continued wet weather throughout the
State farmers have begun to utilize part
Of their immense corn crop for fuel, for
fear it may spoil. The market price is
only nine cents bushel and it is much
more precious for fuel.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

THE House caucus held at Harrisburg
Monday evening has practically settled
the contest between Senator Boies PEN
rose and Hon. John Wanamaker as to
which shall succeed Hon. ]. ID. Cam
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

WHILE New York is popularity re-
garded as the financial center of the
country, Boston has at least dozen
more banking institutions than has
Gotham
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

JOSEPH B. MCCULLAGH, editor of
the 81. Louis Globe Democrat, commit
ted suicide in that city on Thursday by
jumping from a third story window of
his residence.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-06

THE occasional failure Of 4 badly
managed bank does not change the
fact that every form of honestly con-
Quoted business is gradually improving