The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-15
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Secretary Gage has decided that hero
after new vessels OF the revenue euttor
service shall be named after tribes Of In-
dians.
The invitation to President MeKinleyiO
attend the 5Oth anniversary Of the discov-
cry Of gold in California, viii be engrav-
ed on slab of quartz, showing veins Of
gold.
The Court OF Appeals Of the District Of
CoIumbia in an opinion by Justice Shep-
herd held that trading stamps" are iileg-
al within the meaning Of the act Of Con
gress prohibiting lotteries and gin enter
prises.
Philip Hill, a negro murderer, who was
sentenced 10 be hung on wednesday, in
Pittsbarg. is legally dead aud yet he lives.
Sheriff Lowry refused to execute him in
spite of the death warrant that had been
issued by Governor Hastings. The stay
Of execution was caused by an application
OF HnPs attorneys 70 the Supreme Court
for a stay OF execution. II IS now claim
ed that Hill cannot be executed.
| A strange wedding party assembled in
Philadelphia. Wednesday night, when
more than one half Of the 100 guests were
unable to speak a word or hear a sound,
to witness the nuptials Of c. W. Water
house and Miss R0sanna Laird, both Of
whom are deaf mutes. The ceremony
was performed in the sign language, and
the responses were made by the princi-
pals in the same way.
All OF the Kentucky Colonels and all Of
( the blue grass society bellies are in tur-
moil as TO whether Miss Harriet Richard
son or Miss Bradley, daughter ofthe GOV
ernor, shall have the honor of breaking the
| bottle of champagne at the christening OF
the new battleship "Kentncky." Miss
Richardson declares that she was invited
10 perform the duty by Secretary Herbert;
meanwhile the Governor has designated
his daughter Both sides have presented
their views to the public through the
papers.
Because her lS-year-old son refused to
break stone on the stone pile con-
Quoted by the Poor Board Of Williams
port. Pa, for which they pay laborers 81
per day, % year-Old Agnes BOatman took
her sons place on the pile with a score Of
men and hammered until she became SO
weak she could work no longer. Th {
foreman of the labOrers attempted to dis
suade the woman from going to work, but
she said she wanted to shame her son.
Nathan Carey Of Smyrna, Del, it is al.
legged went to the graveyard and tore uI
the tombstone which beaded his wife's
grave, throwing It out in the road. The
explanation given for his conduct IS that
he had long heen displeased with the in
scription upon the tombstone, which read
that his wife was resting in heaven. The
trustees claim his con-uet was disorderly
Il was his first wife's tombstone and was
erected by her sisters.
The next Pennsylvania legislature
should pass a law giving county commis-
sioners the power TO establish training
schools for election boards. Clearli=ld
county is not an exception, we know, bat
some Of the returns made to our cOurts
of elections held are a disgrace to a civ
ilized community. Men who can barely
write their names, sit on election boards
and others who know as little as possible
about our laws are chosen as judges, and
these men pass upon the qualifications o.
voters. As long as election officers are
chosen without regard to fitness. the
only remedy lies in establishing training
schools.-Clearfeld Republican.