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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-21

A hum of excitement ran through the
GALLERIES as the vice president in calm
tones announced the defeat of the motion
to refer, adding that the question was
now on the adoption of the resolution.
Ii seemed likely that a final vote would
be taken at once. but Fairbanks took the
tioor for his first speech. He was glad
he said. TO observe that there was no DIFF
ference among senator's in regard TO their
desire for the welfare of Cuba. The most
desirable course WAS to tender the good
Offices of the United States in the cause
of peace and the ultimate independence of
the island. Referring to the st. Louis
platform. Fairbanks said he fairly re-
pudiated the Interpretation of Thurston
on the Cuban resolution. The platform
was for the exercise of the good offices
Of the United States. while the pending
resolution was for recognition of Cuban
belligerency The senator spoke of the
misery and want prevailing In this coun-
try. Manufacturers were alike discour-
aged. They were not suffering from
Weyier but from the delays of the tariff
Pass the tariff" was the cry. Fairbanks
then offered the following substitute for
the Morgan resolution:
Resolved That the congress OF the
United States views with deep solicitude
the deplora BILE civil strife In the island Of
Cuba. which is so destructive to life and
property, and which is embarrassing and
destroying the commerce of the United
States with Cuba. The highest motives
Of humanity and public interset require
the immediate cessation OF hostilities and
the establishment of peace, and that the
president shall in friendly spirit render
the good offices of the United States to
Spain TO the end that hloodshed shall
speedily stop and that honorable and per-
manent peace may be established in the
island of Cuba: and, further. that the
president in a spirit of amity. tender the
good offices of the United States 10 Spain
in an endeayor to secure the independence
of Cuba upon terms alike honorable and
just TO all powers concerned: and IL the
president shall be unable by such friendly
intercession 10 secure the independence Of
Cuba within a reasonable time. he shall
communicate the facts TO congress with
his recommendations"
Canery of Louisiana said the fate Of
this resolution was plain. in view of the
vote Just taken. He spoke Of the unusual
course in which the senate was embark
ing. setting aside all precedents and the
consideration of committee in order 10
force through the resolution. Inflam-
matory statements from the Cuban junta
were the basis on which the senate was
asked 10 act Canery entered his vigor-
Gus protest against this course.
Morgan than moved to lay on the table
the Fairbanks substitute A yea and nay
vote was taken on this motion. as follows:
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10
Rode Off With Captives.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Feb. 5.-The battle re-
ported to have taken place at the Sac and
Fox agency yesterday, in which four per-
sons were killed, is ascertained to have
occurred at Stroude, in the eastern part of
Lincoln county. Two weeks ago while
quarreling over some land James Griffis
was shot and nearly killed and his father
slightly wounded by Henry Lustin.
Lustin was arrested, but admitted to bail
Wednesday. Old man Griiiis and three
of his sons, accompanied by four other
men. rode into Stroude and compelled
everybody to close their stores and hide,
saying there was going to be battle.
Several hours later as Henry Lustin. his
son, Everett, James Furber and a man
named Robinson were entering the town
they were ambuscaded and compelled TO
surrender by the other crowd, who bound
them TO horses and rode off into the
Creek country with them. Later they
released Fnrber, who returned and said
they had declared they would hang old
man Lustin and shoot his son and Robin
son. A posse was organized at Chand-
Ter yesterday TO go DO the rescue of the
three men carried of, but there is little
hope of reaching them in the woods and
mountains. A message from Stroude
late last evening says that report has
reached there that Henry Lustin and
Robinson have been found dead hanging
to trees and their bodies riddled with
bullets.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10
Dr.. Rothrock's Heavy Loss.

HARRISBURG, Feb. DIR. J. T. Roth
rock, the head Of the Forestry Commits
sion, was the severest sufferer from the
Capitol Ere. He has spent his life gath
ering data about the forests, taking the
temperature in different parts OF the
State. noting the depth and volume of
water in streams before and afler the
timber was removed, the causes of floods,
securing photographs OF wooded country
and the denuded sections swept by one
of the terrible fires that do so much dam
age annually, valuable slides showing
forest conditions and the work of confla-
grafton, which were used for stereopticon
views in his lectures. All this material
is gone, destroyed by the fire, and the
worst is il can never be replaced, and it
can not be measured by money.
But the Doctor is accustomed to fire
and its work Of havoc. If he could only
beat into the heads of Legislators the ne
cessity of strict legal precautions to pre-
vent the yearly destruction of what few
trees remain on the mountains in the
State be would view his loss with more
complacency.
Another attempt will be made to pass
a forestry bill this winter. The trouble
in the past has been to prepare meas
ure that would be acceptable 10 the peo-
pie living in the rough and cultivated
sections of the State. The law must be
general in character, and the employ
ment of fire WardeuS is resented aS a usa-
less expense by farmers who own a
woodland that furnishes picnic ground
for tho neighboring Sunday schools.
Something must be done to stop the for
e. fires.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10
Future Meeting Place.

Grace Methodist Episcopal church has
been selected as the future meeting place
of both branches of the general assembly
for the rest of the session, and men are
putting in steam heating and electric
lighting apparatus, and arrangements
have been made for the construction OF
desks for the members in this temporary
Capitol building. Twenty seven years
ago, while the Grace church was build
ing, number Of quicksands were dis
covered and the construction of the foun-
dations was delayed. The members of
the church had no place to worship on
Sundays and the state authorities grant
ed them the use of the hall of the House
of Representatives. They never forgot
the privileges they were accorded. and
when fire had devastated their former
temporary house of worship and left the
Legislators homeless. the first thought of
the older members of the flock was to re-
pay the act of kindness OF over a quarter
of century ago by giving up their
church to the use of the legislature for
the next four or five months.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10
Rev. Abbott and Jonah.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-This is part of a
statement made to-day by Rev. DIR. Ly-
man Abbott, of Plymouth Church, in re-
sponse TO recent criticism on his lectures
on The Bible Literature" ''There is moth
ing any more ireverent in the opinion that
the Book of Jonah is satirical fiction,
an opinion that has long been entertain
ed by eminent scholars in the church.
than in the opinion that the parable of
the trees in the Book of Judges is satire
on the political methods of the men of
Shechen, or the opinion that the story of
the Good Samaritan or the Prodigal Son
is fiction.
II have no doubt that the general eff
feet of the discussion will not only cause
the Bible TO be more read and better uD-
derstood than before, but will also cause
the truths contained in the Bible TO be
more revered and honored. While 1
had some letters of criticism and protest
| have had none which indicates either
that the writer himself has had his faith
weakened, or that he knows anyone
whose faith has been weakened by these
sermons.
81 think the counsel given by DIR. John
Watson Ian MacLaren) TO the students
at Yale is wise counsel: Ministers might
very well copy the etiquette of the medi-
cal profession, which is distinguished by
the respect It's members show to one
another. No minister should criticise a
minister in public
II have every reason 10 believe that
Plymouth Church is an absolute unit in
supporting its PASTOR"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10

The board of County Auditors COM
pleted their lab6rs last Thursday morn
ing, when they signed their report aud
placed il on file in the Prothonotary's
Office. The most significant feature of
the report is the concluding para
graphs in which County Commissioner
;. L. Shober is surcharged 1852. ii sc;
County Commissioner Barnett is sur
charged S34S.14 Is, and County COM
missioner Hay is surcharged S2SG.06l.
The surcharging is the result of coun-
ty orders which majority of the board
held were improperly drawn and paid.
The Auditors add foot-note to their
report in which they say that the sum
Of Sl6j has been paid into the Commits
sioners' office which remains unac-
counted for.
THE total receipts of the county, as
will be seen by the report for the year,
were $50, ,O00.39, and the total expendi-
lures were 500, 1885. The indebted
ness of the county is s2l, 1885, while
the outstanding taxes due the county
amount TO S2l, ,0S663. In a foot-note
the Commissioners say that the amount
of taxes due the county will be greatly
reduced by reason Of commissions, eX-
onerations, rebates, etc. How much
this reduction will amount TO they do
not undertake 20 say, but it will proba
bly, reach 5000.
The expenditures Of the county have
grown 10 an alarming extent during
the year just closed, amounting in the
aggregate TO some $4,000 in excess of
those for the year 1885.
The present board of Commissioners
is confronted with an empty treasury
and outstanding orders amounting to
almost SlS,000 remaining unpaid.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10
The Coming Of Better Times.

From the Baltimore American.
Vice -President-elect Hobart. in a very
lengthy interview with Frank Carpenter,
said that times ''are undoubtedly i'm
proving and when asked if he thought
the improvement would continue he
added. Think so without doubt.
With the Inauguration of a new tariff
law, which will be passed, and with the
making of the duties on goods specific,
and not ad valOrem, the times will grow
much better. and / believe we are about
to enter upon an era of great prosperity"
A week ago The American, upon di-
rect personal information from the lead
ers of the new administration and from
the most important men in trade and
manufacturing, predicted the new pros
perity. 1t Is surely coming. 1t will be
slow this month, perhaps, but the spring
viii see the advance, and there will be
very lively evidences of it just as soon as
the new administration gets into power
Already the signs are unmistakable. Ac-
cording to Duu's Review paper that
does not Naggerate-January was n
month ''of real gain" In giving last
weeks record it said: ''Ten iron works
have started up, and only two have stop
ped thirteen woolen mills have started,
and nine more are about ready to start,
while three have stopped. Similar things
are seen in other industries" The vol
ume Of business shown by clearing
exchanges is SO per cent larger than
last year.
The wise men are getting ready for
these good times, for money is TO be made
and the country is TO be blessed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10

THE two weeks which Speaker Reed
and the other Republican leaders OF the
House say is time enough for talk on
the new tariff bill seem short, and yet
intelligent discussion can do much IN
that time. The tariff is an old ques-
ton, and it is pretty well understood in
its chief features 10y many Democratic
as well as Republican Congressman.
Speed is an important consideration in
the treatment of the tariff bill. 1t
should he put on the statute book at
the earliest practicable moment, in or
der TO allow the industries affected by
il 10 adjust themselves to il rs much as
possible. Much of the talk on great
measures in Congress is irrelevant, and
Is thus obstructive in effect even when
not Intentionally 50. The speeches on
the present occasion should all be
short and pointed. Unhappily,
though this requirement can be enfore-
ed in reasonable degree in the House,
il can easily be disregarded by the Sen
OF
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10
Will Count the Vote.

To-day both houses of congress will go
through the form of counting and declar-
ing the vote which will make William
Mckinley of Ohio the next president of
the United States and Garret A. Hobart
of New Jersey vice president. State
ments as to probable protests and inter
ruptions are regarded as most unlikely
of development.
Pursuant to the law of 1857 the senate
and house of representatives will meet in
joint convention in the hall of the house
of Representatives at ! o'clock p. NJ. and
under form of proceedings prescribed
by that law the certificates sent from the
several states will be opened, the votes
cast by the electors for president and
vice-president will be counted and the
result will be declared by the vice presi-
dent of the United States This declara-
tion will be the only official notification
which Major Mckinley and Hobart will
receive of the high offices conferred upon
them. They will take official cognizance
of the facts without requiring a ''commu-
nication in writing
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10
Col. Jack Under Arrest.

HoLLIDAYsBURG, Pa, Feb. 5.-War-
rants of arrest were issued against Col.
William Jack and A. s. Morrow, suryiv-
ing partners in the defunct bank of Gard
ner, Morrow 4 Co., for the embezzlement
ofsl0,000. 1t is alleged the accused re-
ceived money on deposit when they knew
the institution to be insolvent. The pros
ecutOrs are John Vipond and Lynn
Brua, depositors. Friends of Col. ack
furnished 5000 bail for his release. The
warrant was not served on Mr. Morrow,
owing TO his illness. Both claim they
were ignorant of the banks insolvency
up until the day of failure. Col. Jack,
who was the president OF three other
banks located in Williamsburg. Martins
burg and Hollidaysburg, says that he
had not been inside the wrecked bank
for several years.
The mystery surrounding the dyna-
miting of the bank on Monday morning
last remains unsolved. The Holidays
burg Councils have offered 5000 reward
for the arrest Of the person who threw
the bomb.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10
Tour to California via Pennsylvania Rail-

The next California tour of the Penn
sylvania Railroad will leave New York
and Philadelphia by special train of Pull
man palace cars February a, visiting the
great Mammoth Cave and stopping at
New Orleans during the Mardi Gras Car
nivai. Four weeks will be allowed on
the Pacific Coast, and two days will be
spent on the return trip at Colorado
Springs and the Garden of the Gods
Stops will also be made at Salt Lake City,
Denver, and Omaha. This is one of the
most delightful and complete tours ever
planned.
Tickets, including railroad transporta-
ton, Pullman accommodations lone
double BERTH meals q, route. carriage
drives, and hotel accommodations going
and return. and transportation in Cali
fornia. will be sold at rate of $3.50 from all
stations on the Pennsylvania Railroad
System east of Pittsburg.
Apply to ticket agents. Tourist Agent,
1876 Broad way, New York. or Geo. W.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadel-
Dhia
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10
The Presidents Secretary.

cLEYELASD, Feb. John Addison
Porter. editor of the Hartford 'Post. -
who will be President-elect McKinley's
private secretary, said in response to a
direct question. that he had been tender
ed the position and had accepted ii,
II prefer that all information regard
ing the appointment come from the other
end of the line" said Mr.. Porter, "but il
is fact that Maj. Mckinley has asked me
to accept the place, and l have told him
| would take it. The tender was made
when was in Canton yesterday"
Mr.. orter organized the first McKin-
ley club in the United States in 1891, inn
mediately after Maj. Mckinley had been
elected governor OF Ohio. From that
time up to the St. Louis convention he
was in charge of the Mckinley interests
in Connecticut
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10
Invalid Divorces.

The supreme court OF the United States
may ultimately be called upon to declare
concerning the validity ofthe divorces tha
have been ground out by the judicial
mills in the Dakotas and Oklahoma, and
should that august tribunal decide that
the divorces heretofore issued from the
mills I'm question are invalid and OF no
legal effect. there will be such an aggre-
CATION of domestic shakings-up as proba-
bly, no country In the world has ever
witnessed.
Women who now regard themselves as
wives will realize that they have been
living for a greater or lesser period under
conditions not sanctioned by the law I;
husbands will find themselves i'm the
same predicament, while the number of
children who will thus be branded with
the stamp of illegitimacy cannot be esti-
mated. The decision of Justice Russell,
of the United States supreme court, in
the now famous Mctiowan case, in which
he holds that neither the wife nor hus-
band can acquire temporary residence in
a foreign state for the purpose of secur-
ing divorce, has, in the opinion OF emil
nent lawyers, laid the groundwork for
the overthrow of the entire fake divorce
system.
The case is now pending i'm the New
York court of appeals. but whatever may
be the decision here, it has been definite
ly arranged that the matter shall be car
ried up to the United States supreme
court for a definite and final adjudication
of the questions involved. To this end it
is stated that five husbands who have
been victims of Dakota decrees have sub
scribed $4,000 each to fund for taking
the appeal to the supreme court. OF the
syndicate two reside in New York, one in
Boston. one in Philadelphia and one in
Chicago.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10
An Old Settler.

When the rheumatism first pre-empts
certain tracts of your anatomy it may be
ousted easily, but when it becomes an
old settler it is pretty hard TO bulge.
Remember this when you experience the
first twinges of this obstinate and
agOnizing disease, and attack il with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t will
then make tracks," and possibly leave
you unmolested and in peaceable possess
sion of your own comfort in the future
Perils always attend rheumatism, if it
become chronic, on account of its tenden-
cy to attack the heart. Usually it is com
plicated with kidney trouble. Certain it
is that the kidneys, when aroused by the
BiIters, will eliminate impurities which
give rise to rheumatism and dropsy. In
inclement or wet conditions of the weath h
er, the Bitters, taken in advance, will Of
ten avert rheumatic trouble Use this
genial family medicine for dyspepsia,
biliousness, headache and constipation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10
To Florida via pennsylvania Railroad.

The midwinter exodus has begun. The
discornforts and dangers of wet winter
weather are here, but to the southwark,
from cloudless sky, beams beautiful,
sun apon a blooming land. 4
The next Pennsylvania Railroad toni
10 jacksonville, allowing two weeks il.
Florida, will leave New York and Phila-'
delphia February
Excursion tickets. including railway
transportation. Pullman accommodations
lone BERTH. and meals eR route in both
directions while travelling on the specIay
train. will be sold at the following rates..
New York. 5000; Philadelphia, SiscO
Canandaigua, 3d.. So; Erie. s53s5; Pits
burg, $500, and at proportionate/ra rates
from other points.
For tickets, itineraries, and other in
formation apply to ticket agents, Tourist
Agent at 1876 Broadway, New York. or to
Geo. w. Boyd, Assistant General P:,ssen-
ger Agent. Broad Street Station. Phila-
delphia.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10

ELSEWHERE in this issue of the
HERALD the County Commissioners
lay before the taxpayers of the county
a statement of the receipts and expen-
ditures Of the County for the year 1895,
which we commend to the careful scru-
tiny of our readers, especially the tax
payers Of the county. Proir TO this
time the Commissioners have caused
10 be annually published statement
of the receipts and expenditures of The
county after the same had been duly
audited by the county Auditors, but it
appears that this year the Auditors
had not completed their labors until
after the period required by law for the
publication of the Commissioners an
nual statement had expired.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10
HAPPINESS FOR THOUSANDS.
The Remarkable Offer Of Great Newspaper
TO Everybody, Old and Young

TO Everybody, Old and Young.
The Philadelphia Press. in accordance
with its policy of always keeping abreast
of the times, announces a departure
which is certain to attract widespread at
tention by reason of its novelty and to
bring happiness to thousands. 1t is the
establishment of a premium department
through which men and women, boys
and girls, schools. churches, clubs and
societies can get, free of cost, the thiLgs
they have been wanting for years. but
have been unable to buy. The range of
gifts the The Philadelphia Press proposes
TO give free to those who Will make a
little effort is so great that it embraces al
most everything, useful and ornamental,
which everybody can wish for. The pro-
ject even includes the payment by The
Press of the expenses of a course in any
college or university for any number of
ambitious young men and women. The
whole plan is described in The Phil adel-
phia Press Premium List, which can be
obtained free from any agent for The
Press or will be sent by mail to any per-
son who will send two two-cent stamps TO
The Press Premium Department, Phila-
delphia
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10

FARMERS with wheat in their grana-
ries hope that Secretary Of Agriculture
Morton has made no mistake i'm his
figures. According TO his report last
years wheat crop was Az, ,6s4 600 bush
els. Roughly estimated, there have
been consumed up to this time 2)0, 600
0J0 bushels, and the exports have been
los, 900. Ii these figures are cor
rect there is not sufficient wheat to
meet demands until the next crop is
harvested, and prices will materially
advance. But has not the Secretary
overlooked considerable portion of
the supply? In view of the large sur
plus of wheat produced in this COUNTRY
for number of years il is not safe To
Jump at the conclusion that a famine
is threatened.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-02-10
In Defense Of His Mother.

HUNTINGTON, Pa, Feb. 5.-Henry
Meckbaugh was fatally shot this morn
ing by his eldest son, Henry, Jr.. who
defended his mother from his fathers
abuse. The elder Meckbaugh had been
on protracted spree and through the
night the wife and children were terrifi-
ed by his rawlings and threats. This
morning, il is said, he attacked his wife
with butcher knife, when the son inter
fered. The crazed father turned upon
the boy, who. in self-defense. fired twice
at his parent. one bullet entering the
right shoulder and the other the lung.
The son gave himself up and is now in
Jail. The wounded man can hardly re-
cover.