The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-24

GrOANtN-
my .....-..-..August2 q, isss
s,,.t tbe Official register Of ths
~ army bears the names oi =
tenant generals
regular term Of argument eoul'
aS !, 10 o'clock yesterday morn
I~5ee I.ongenecler presiding.
- fbe pas, % days the receivers 81
I',,.noTe l'.,I ~. & ohio railroad have or
; aino.t 900 new freight cars.
-. claim that at least One-third OF
- .,lcr,n has been ruined by the un-
oa,7 ss,,te5 rsinsal during the past forty
,r;,,s i again in state Of active
~, .. - Fo8r streams of lava are flow
avn the mountain side at the ra'e oi
4 yards an hour
blessing alike TO young ana oia ! -. III
81 - -. Txtract Of Wild Strawberry.
nrs,s specific tor dysentery' diafrh'sa
n sumner complaint
.,-,vnip was found on the premises
Bntner. near Somerset, on
- ,-4,vlast The owner can recover
& - - mon payment Of damages.
,--,;ee Brewer says that il
80 -, roos IN the Bible of such victories
l. li-u ',.f- of pswey and Schley we would
80 .-. bring ourselves to believe them
- Jobp R. Lynch, Of the Third
q -. yoluuteer Infantry tcolored)' Is
q - negro paymaster in the Yolun-
-aoalsr service. He Is an ex-Con-
a,sn :, from the state Of Mississippi.
,.-~est American flag in the eoun-
- .s :, Saturday, afternoon unfurled be-
4 ,,ro mountain tops east Of Tyrone
- feet above the surface OF the
"a River. It measures 90 by ieo
4 and is suspended IRON a galTanizsd
!. m cable. 33l) feet long.
-,,,,i,gs have changed since Major
80 now Gen. Shaner was captnred
,...orsl Wbeeler's cavalry and sent to
4 M, prison. The man who wonld nave
4 Eoabesisa that Wheeler would be serV-
4 nnser Shafter thirty six years lster
md have been considered datL
w.r,sd. Hieh-grade man or woman
- church standing, first willing TO
our business, then TO act as mana
: and correspondent here, on salary
address GENERAL MANAGER
Lock Box 9, Somerset, Pa
rAo school directors Of Southampton
rnsbin have elected the following
..bers for the ensuing school year;
I,,n,ain W. A. Hay; Comps, A. Il.
,rb. Kennels Mil, l. ". korns;
a-ns n :. Martz; Cooks, Allen r
- Sprucs Bank, Maggie Everline.
1,bp Watson Mauk, the Pennsylva-
ian who killed the confederate General
p Hin. died Friday afternoon at 4;l5
E.l,.t al his home at Centerville, IN
,.,tarlapd Valley, aged about 60 years.
me weeks ago Mr.. Meuk received a
.,roke Of paralysis, which was the cause
pf his death.
Nrclure's Magazine for September
81, 1,,,.i, an article by George b.
,Vsl5ron on "The Commercial Promise
n Cnba Porto Rico, and the Philip
,ine..r and an article by Ray Stannard
R,ker describing the elaborate and costly
.vsfem by which the news Of the war has
,sen reported for the American news
papers.
Three hundred and sixty-seven thou
sand acres Of land viii be restored tothe
,Bblie domain in Minnesota on October .
next. when entries for homestead titles
.an be made. The land is in Duluth and
rrooks.on districts, and is part Of the Red
lake Indian reservation. The area Of
,roand involved comprises sixteen town
hips
Lieut. Richmond Pearson Hobson. the
hero Of the Merrimac, was promoted Sat
lrday TO be a elE hedged naval con-
tuelor. lie has fully passed his medi-
al examination al Washington. His
re- alive rank Is that Of lieutenant. At
be time Of his service on the Nerrimae
BE- was assistant naval constructor with
he relative rank Of Lieutenant, junior
grade
Commissioner Of Pensions II. Clay
Evans says that numerous pensioners are
going to unnecessary expense in afhxiBg
internal revenue stamps to pension
papers. This is particularly the case in
regard TO pension vouchers which are
found to be stamped oitener tnan other
papers. de wishes ii to be known that
the law does not require stamps to be
placed upon any pension paper.
Before Santiago. Chaplain Brown, Of
A-izona. was seen to seize carbine Of a
wounded trooper a. the fight began to
grow fierce and worked his way to the
front Of the fighting line. Colonel ROose- /
vei demonstrated. according to the
articles Of war. chaplain" he said. '.you
are not allowed 10 handle Il frearms
''D-lhe articles Of warir came the quick
response Here's where rm needed
noW.' And there he stayed.
Patrick J. Corbett, father OF James J. +
CoTbeIt the heavyweight pugilist, on
Tuesday morning ,hst and killed his
wife and then turned the weapon upon
himself vita fatal effect. Il Is believed
That the murderer was demo nted. He had
been in extremely iil-heaith f5r some
time. belIh was instantaneous in both
cAses. Tae shooting occurred at the resi-
denee OF the C5rbeJ family in san Fran
cisco shortly before > o'clock.
A desi was c3nsumnlaied saturday bv
which the Cambria Iron Company has
eeen absorbed by larger corporation to
he known as the Cambria steel Company.
ana 10 have capital stock of S34 600 Coz.
he Cambria Company has been unable
70 compete successfully with lis great
ii'A's Ia The iron ana steel business dur
ils tae past ieH years, it Is said. on ac-
o'an' Of lis auiilutted machinery. With /
increased capital iJ J., believed The Cam
y "a company viii regain IL lost prestige.
Secretary Alger VIII not resign. and |
Ia Received from the President assuran-
. % his continued confidence and ap-
= p'se'-'ion. The President naturally re-
:, S'e'S very much the criticism Of the War
= 'A''lhent' but he has told Secretary |
!, ''ss' thai he believes The Secretary has
e ,'''s 'le ''esi he could in the circumstan- |
= ''lo deserves gratitude rather than re-
- ,,-u1-,-'e nom the country, and that he |
,l9 '-'ss mn 10 remain in his Cabinet !
80 q 'a' his Administration.
Iae School Directors Of copem.u,,b
:, usa'p haveelectei the following corns |
:, me 'e4eAsrs Tor The coming term: Dayids- |
49, ,.'.s' sem kaufman; Fash, stephen D.
ne ,,-si % ssrer, Harvey Livingston: |