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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
Looking glasses, all sizes in stock or TO
order, can be had at the right price at
SNYDER's ART STORE
Will Save Candidates Money.

J. Clark Campbell, a Representative in
the Legislature from Westmoreland cOun
ty, has introduced bill to protect candi
dates for public Office from the political
boodler." The act has been framed by
Congressman Edward z. Robbins. In
some respects the act is similar TO the one
now in force in New York State. BY the
grating Of the feature IN the existing
election laws it is hoped TO better the con-
ditlon Of pslitics in the State.
The bill provides that every candidate
TO he voted for at the primary, special or
regular election shall within 10 days aftsr
such election file an itemized statement,
showing in detail all the moneys con-
tributed or expended directly or indirect
ly 10y himself or through any other per-
son in aid of his election. Such state
ment shall give the names of the various
persons who receive such money, specify
the nature of each item and the purpose
for which it was expended or contributed,
and shall be sworn 10.
Candidates for State offices shall file
this statement with the office of the Sec
retary of State, and other candidates with
the prothonotary of the county, except
for such elections as occur the third
Tuesday of February, when the state
ments shall be filed with the clerk of
courts. Any candidate failing to file such
statement within the prescribed time
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
not exceeding 500, or Imprisonment not
exceeding one year, or both, or either,
at the discretion of the court. The act
shall not entail any expense on cities or
counties.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
Invented Perpetual Motion.

BRADFORD, Pa, March 2l.-James NJ.
Aldrige is in the lookup here charged
with defrauding several parties by induc-
ing them to become his partners in a
wonderful motor which he has invented.
He was arrested at Cleveland last Friday
night, and brought here to-day. Aid
ridge has invented perpetual motion
machine. 1t runs by its own force, and
the power may be multiplied as the size
of the machine is increased. No cleo
tricity, steam, compressed air or any
other power is required save the sim
pie one of weight so arranged as To over
come gravity and impel the machine to
run.
Two wheels are placed on shan. At
tached to the wheels are weights. On
the upward turn these weights are drawn
by gearing toward the shaft. On the
downward turn the weights move out so
as TO describe a circle. While weights
are pulling the wheel on one side those
on the other side are drawn inward so
As to lose their balancing power. Thus
the motion is secured. 1t will run until
the machine wears out. II is a complete
solution Of perpetual motion, the inventor
claims. But, instead of having it pat
ented, Aldridge used the device for Sc
curing money from investors. lie is said
to have gone from place to place selling
shares in the machine, and then, after
obtaining the cash, would drop out of
sight.
He was here recently and placed stock
in his contrivsnce, and with the money
went 20 Cleveland, where he was arrest
ed. The man has been q resident of this
section for a long time, and it Is known
that he has been at work on the device
for eight years. a practical test by re-
liable people here to-day shows the ma
chine to be all that is claimed for it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
KILLED BY DETECTIVES.
A Kidnapsr Who Came to Death.

HoUsroS, Tex, March ls.-Thc most
daring attempt at crime ever known here
was frustrated this morning at o'clock,
when detectives killed Walter Hughes
as he was i'm the act of entering the house
of Frank Dunn, wealthy resident oil
this city. The police received informa-
ton some time ago that a scheme was
on foot 10 kidnap Dunn's little daughter.
The purpose of the kidnapers was to keep
the girl in captivity and demand $4,000
ransom for restoring her TO her parents.
Detectives have been on guard at Mr..
Dunn's house for several nights, but no
developments occurred until this morn
ing, when it was discovered man was
attempting 10 force one of the windows
of the Dunn residence. One of the oiii-
GERS inadvertently attracted the atten-
ton of the marauder, who, finding be
was discovered, drew revolver, and
fired twice at the detective. The detec-
tive then opened fire and the intruder
fell dead. Hughes was a railroad man but
lately had been working a. carpenter.
He had rented house near Dunn's and
under the floor OF one of the rooms had
dug cave in which the kidnapped child
was to be secreted until the ransom was
paid. At a point some distance from the
city Hughes had arranged a number of
tin boxes, where he intended to direct
that the ransom money be deposited.
Hughes also intended to give notice that
if any watch was kept over these deposi-
torities it would result in the death of the
child.
When Hughes body was searched a
revolver, a keen edged butcher knife and
bottle of chloroform was found. An
immense crowd has gathered in and
around the morgue where the body lies.
Mrs. Hughes has been arrested, but
will not talk.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
Duel With a Tragic Ending.

CUMBERLAND, Md, March 20.-Frank
b. Thompson, wealthy lumberman of
Davis, w. Va, was shot in a duel with
Colonel Robert Eastman, also of Davis, in
passenger coach at Parsons, w. Va, on
Thursday night, and died here this morn
ing.
Mr.. Thompson was brought here on
special train to have the operation of lap
arotomy performed. His wound was
clean perforation of the bowels, the bull
let passing through the body. He also
suffered from wound in the arm and leg.
Colonel Eastman is under arrest at Da-
Wis. lie received three flesh wounds.
one on the side of the head and the 9TH
ers in the side. Eastman is the pioneer
settler of the Blackwater region. He and
Thompson bore each other grudge.
W. II. Davis, who was in the train when
the shooting occurred. says that when
Mr.. Thompson took his seat in the car,
Colonel Eastman called out There are
traitors in the trainr' He then approach
ed Thompson and slapped him with his
open hand, after a few words had been
exchanged. Thompson jumped to his
feet in the aisle and both men pulled
their pistols, but no one knows who fired
the first shot. The shooting caused a
panic among the passengers, many of
whom jumped through the car windows.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
The County Paid for Toddy.

Among the old papers unearthed in re-
moving the county documents from the
Greensburg court house are the court
records at Hannastown under X ng
George III. In those days three ca. es
per month of both civil and criminal y as
the average of the court business.
Another interesting point discovered
10y the searehers after the relics among
the old papers is that Westmoreland
county, then embracing all the counties
round about, in those early days paid ex-
pense accounts of officials that seem now
very odd, and would scarcely be enter
tanned were similar ones 10 be presente d
in this age. The following are sample
bills fled and paid:
September 2. 1893. To expense bring
ing John Neal from Uniontown to
Greensburg: To = breakfasts, 3s. 81; II
pint of wine, Is, I0Id.; at Mount Pleas
ant, oats and whisky; Is; lOld.; at I'm
iontown, for sundries, los. l0td.; at Con-
nellsiown, sundries, o.. iid.; at Mount
Pleasant, horse feed and whisky. Is.
l0ld.; feed and whisky, Is. IOld.; one gal
whisky, SIS; 10 supplies and whisky, rs.
I'D; to men and horses days, e.. Is.
SID The commissioners thought the
bill too high and Mr.. Brandin relin-
quished three dollars of it,
County of Westmoreland to Samuel
Parr, Dr.. June l6, 1904. Expense accru-
ing at an arbitration between the COM
missioners and James Montgomery: To
four qnarts of oats, Is. Cd, to four glasses
of toddy, 7s. 6d.'
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
Gary Will Follow Suit.

WASHINGTON, March 20.-Postmaster
General Gary will continue the old policy
as TO distributing patronage of the post
offices, and he announced to-day that he
would not deviate from the practice fol-
lowed by past administrations. This, as
a general rule. gives to every Senator the
privilege of recommending a postmaster
for his home postoffice and allots to each
Republican Senator the largest postoffce-
in his district, which, however, in the
case of a Senator not of the Republican
faith, will go to the Republican committee
or other reference. With these eXcep-
tions, the Republican Representatives are
usually permitted to name the postmast-
ers for their respective districts. In
Democratic districts the selection is left
to a referee, or perhaps to Republican
Senator. The Congressional delegations
will have to keep themselves posted as to
the dates of expiration Of terms of post
masters. as the old custom ofthe depart
ment of sending notice to Senators and
Representatives of eNpirations of post
masters commissions, which was stop
ped by Postmaster General Bissell, will
not be resumed
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24

PENDING a motion for the transfer
of retail liquor dealers license at last
weeks term of court, Judge Longen-
ecker took occasion to notify the men,
bers of the bar, and through them
their clients, that when petitions for
licenses next come 10 be heard he will
expect each applicant TO be present in
court and to make answer under oath
as 10 whether he has violated any OF
the provisions of the liquor license
laws during the year last past, and as
TO whether he has complied with the
request of the Court relative to closing
his bar at not later than ten O'Clock
p. m. The Judge stated that there had
been considerable complaint in regard
to certain dealers neglecting to pay at
tention to the Courts request in regard
to closing at ten O'Clock, and that
hereafter the neglect or refusal to do
so on the part of any licensed dealer
would be taken into consideration
when the parties so doing next asked
that license be granted them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
Civil Service Run Mad.

From the Lancaster Inquirer.
The esteemed Public Ledger in refer
ring TO the intention of the Mckinley ad-
ministration 10 give each postmaster
four years term, takes occasion TO remark
that the true policy would be to continue
them in office indefinitely so long as their
duties were properly performed. Taking
the soundness of this doctrine for granted
we can see no good reason why it should
not apply TO all the offices under our gov
ernment. IL it should apply TO postmast-
ers why not TO all state, county and town.
ship officers? This is really what the ul
ira doctrines of the civil service radicals
runs TO. What is sauce for the goose Is
sauce for the gander-or should be-
Their doctrine is: IF we have a good
postmaster keep him III during good be-
haviour." "All right; but If we have good
Governor of the State, or Il good Presi-
dent of the United States, shall we not do
likewise with him? If not, why not2
The thoughtful man will tell you; be-
cause it would establish an office holding
class which is contrary to the genius of
our institutions. and at war with the fun
damental principles of our Republican
government.
The wise men who founded our govern
ment deemed it advisable that officers to
carry it out should be chosen for short
terms, and that their fitness and qualiti-
cations should frequently be passed upon
10y the supreme tribunal Of public opin-
ion. There was wisdom and rare fore
sight in this policy and when the nation
departs from it to any great extent it will
have begun the destruction of the foun-
dation on which our theory of govern
nent rests
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
The New Ambassadors.

1t is tribute to literature TO say that
the two prize appointments in the diplo-
matte service are best known by their
contributions 10 the magazines and the
press. The ambassador to Great Britain
occupies the first place in Importance,
for the most of our leading international
questions are with that country, and Col.
John Hay, although admitted as law
yer, and although for many years secre-
tary TO President Lincoln, Is a literary
man above all else, and a journalist
mainly. He belongs TO the era which
produced Whitelaw Reid and others of
his class, and he is a man of great ability,
who will fill the position with safety to
the country's interest and with satisfac-
ton to the nations pride. 1t is very GER
tain that he will not commit the blunders
of Bayard through too much talk, for he
is a man who thinks twice before he
speaks. Mr.. Henry White, who will be
secretary of the legation, has had years
of experience in the office and is a nat
ural diplOmatist.
General Horace Porter. who will go %
France, is one of those bright, exhaust
less men, of whom it is impossible to
say too much. He is just about sixty
years old, with all the honors of the
brilliant soldier, the able lawyer and the
distinguished writer thick upon him. A
man who was promoted five times in
four years for gallant, faithful and meri-
torious service on the field,'' and who
was picked out by Grant as the man on
whom to depend in the thick of the fight,
has merit in him to the full, and in what
ever capacity he has served since the
war he has done his duty splendidly.
There is not a better after-dinner speaker
in the country, and it shows the Presi-
dents appreciation of fitness when it is
said that General Porter can match the
French in all the graces of speech, wit
and courtesy which are so valuable in
diplomatic and social life.
Both appointments are admirable. and
il is hoped that those that are to4ollow
will measure up to the high standard
which they set.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
Beaming With Smiles

Are the countenances of people who have
found speedy and thorough relief from
malarial, kidney, bilious, dyspeptie or
nervous troubles through the aid of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. Such counten-
ances are very numerous. So are letters
from their owners attesting the efficacy
of the great family medicine. Among
the signals of distress thrown out by the
stomach, bowels and liver in a state OF
disorder, are sick headache, heartburn.
nausea, loss of appetite, sallowness of the
skin and eyeballs, and an uncertain state
of the bowels. They should be needed at
once. Ifthe Bitters are resorted Ia, the
woe-begone look which accompanies
sickness will give way to cheerful looks
produced Ly renewed health. If you are
drifting on the coast of disease, throw an
anchor to windward by summoning the
Bitters to your assistance. 1t will keep
you in safety.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
Heavy B. & o. Expenditures

Some idea of the great cost of rehabili-
tating and building a large railroad sys-
tenn may be gathered from a statement
just prepared by the receivers of the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad of expenditures
made for Improvement during the first
year of the receivership. This statement
shows that total of almost s7,00O,0 900 has
been spent for locomotives, passenger
and freight equipment, extraordinary re-
pairs to equipment and expenditures
made by the engineering department in
the way of improvements to the roadbed,
structures, terminals and the construc-
ton of new alignments and miscellan-
eous improvements. These expenditures
were from March |, 1896, TO February /,
1887. An additional expenditure OF
nearly sI,OoO.OO0 will shortly be made for
$500 tons of s. pound rails, which were
ordered a short time ago
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
DispOsing eff the Offices.

WASHINGTON, March 22.-The Presi-
dent to-day sent 10 the Senate the follow
ing nominations: Binger Hermann. of
Oregon, 10 be commissioner of the gen.
eral land office; Joseph l.. Brisiow, of
Kansas, 10 be fourth assistant postmaster
general; Ernest G. Timme, of Wisconsin,
to be fifth auditor for the State and other
departments; James ID. Elliot, of South
Dakota. 10 be attorney of the United
States for the district of South Dakota
Commodore Joseph y. Miller, TO be rear
admiral.
The Senate confirmed the nominations
of Gen. Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, to
be minister to Mexico; William NJ. Os-
borne, of Massachusetts, to he consul
general at London: John X. Gowdy, of
Indiana. to be consul general at Paris.
and Joseph ii. Brigham, of Ohio, to be
assistant secretary of agriculture.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
Soldier Presidents,

President Mckinley is the fiiih soldier
President elected By the Republican par
ty since the war, viz. Grant, Hayes, Gar
field, Harrison and Mckinley. This
record i not likely to continue unbrcken
much longer. The war ended IN lso',
and man who came out of the army y
years old, would be 81 now. IL is rather
above the average age of our Presidents
when they are elected. Grant WAS ~
years old when he was elected; Hayes
was 81, Garfield was 40; Harrison was %;
Mckinley - In 1900 a man who came
out of the war - years old will be %
years old That is not too old for Pres
ident, but it is past the average. BY that
time most of the leaders and controlling
men in the Republican party will be
men who were too young to be in the
army. 1t may he that the Republican
party has elected its last soldier Presi-
dent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
Millions Lost in Cattle.

MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, March ls.-Spe-
cials to the Journal from Mandan and
Dickerson, y. d., state that it is believed
generally among cattlemen that seventy
five per cent. of range animals have al
ready suecumbed to the winter, the chi
nook of yesterday coming too late to save
them. 1t is impossible to travel over the
range, and no exact figures can be had.
Bad Land ranges, which have been over
crowded the past few years, will have but
few cattle this season. II is stated that
Pierre Wibeaux, a cattleman of Wibeaux,
Montana and Dakota, puts his losses at
81, ,O00,OO0 Last fall he put 25O, 200 youn g
cattle on the ranges, and all are dead.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
Free stop-Ovsr at Washington.

On all through tickets between the
east, west. north and south, reading via
Baltimore Il Ohio Railroad, stop-over
at Washington can be secured, without
extra charge for railroad fare, by deposit
ting the ticket, upon arrival at Washing
ton, with the B. Il o. station ticket agent
at that point. Washington Is always at
tractive to visitors, and particularly so
while Congress is in session. This ar
rangement for stop-over privilege Will
doubtless be appreciated by the public
and will bring to the National Capitol
many travellers to view its superb public
buildings, monuments, museums and
thoroughfares.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24

THE country is glad TO receive Secre-
tary Sherman's announcement that
there is henceforth to be no secrecy as
10 Cuban news. All facts that come TO
the State department from the island
are to be given to the senate and the
country. This is right. Among the
private citizens of the United States
are Oftentimes persons who have had
opportunities for knowledge with re-
gard to foreign countries, Cuba in
cluded.