The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-07

The South Carolina Legislature has re-.
fused TO repeal the law granting s2.0Oo
from county funds 70 the estate OF any
person lynched.
Individual drinking cups for the pupils
have been introduced in the public
schools Of conestoga township. Lauczs-
ter county.
August Schmidt. a miner At the Bar
mum shan at Scranton. saved himself
from an awful plunge down the so foot
shan. Thursday. by quick action. He
Was crossing the board cover over tue
shan, just after the etrriags had deseand-
ed. when il gave way. As be plunged
downward Schmidt caught the wire rope
and held on with dsAthliks tsnacity.
He was hoisted up and lifted out. suffer
ing only a lacerAtion OF his hands.
When Helen Gould took ap the light
against the admission Of Mr.. Roberts 70
the House some iIl-natursd people said
the merits Of the case. This assertion
would seen to have been without found
alton, for Miss Gould has presented to the
New York Library the Berrian collection
OF works on MOrmonism, including $50
volumes. 800 pamphlets and several vol
umes Of newspapers
Maj. John A. LOgan's remains. en- route
from San Francisco 70 their final resting
place in youngstown. o, laid in state in
Chicago Monday afternoon Of last week.
The election Of Third Vice President 5.
NJ Provost, Of the Pennsy ylvsuia railroad,
as director Of the Baltimore & Ohio is
regarded Is the elimination Of the deal
between these two roads. The Baltimore
& Ohio road has sold to a bankers syndi-
cate ss.6o0.OO0 four per cent. bonds and
E, coo Baltimore x Ohio Southwestern
3 per cent. bonds. II is understood that
the proceeds are to be used for internal
improvement to the property.
Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, Of Wash
ington. d. c.. has presented To Msrcers-
burg Academy portrait Of ex-President
James buchanan. her uncle.
The pension bill for the fiscal year end
ing June 30 1901, which has passed the
House, carries an appropriation OF S244.- |
245.2a. This exceeds the appropriation !
for the present fiscal year by about $4,000. !
These totals ineinde. however, the cost Of
administering the Pension Bureau
Jacob Listor, who committed suicide at
Dunbar, Pa, WAS the fifth juryman on the |
famous Dukes-Nutt murder trial at Tn |
iontOwn that ended his life in that man
ner.
Mrs. Ballington Booth, of the Salvation |
Army, Is 10 open her Home for ex-Con- |
viets'' in New York city. The Home will |
provide for forty men at a time aud will |
be resting place for them while they are
obtaining work. There have been many /
protests from people living near the |
Home who fear the ex prisoners. but |
Mrs. Booth refuses TO listen TO them
Il is said that the officials Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company have decided
10 make the new Union Station in Pitts
burg about three times the size originally /
planned, and that the estimated cost, rs
it is now proposed to build, win be in the
Of S6.OOO,OoO.
Mr.. and Mrs Lee Story, Of Chester
town, Nd. were drowned in the mill
pond there Friday night. He was 20
years OF age. and she was 10 They had
been married bat week. and had just
from their honeymoon trip.
A boy weighing only "A ounces was
born Saturday 70 the wife Of Rabbi Jacob
Of Reading. Pa. The baby's
arms are the size Of mans largest fin-
ger, and lingering can be slipped to
the infant's shoulder. The legs are pro-
pOrtiOnately small. The head is the size
Of a small apple The attending physi-
sian says the little one will live.