NEWS: Items from the Altoona Mirror, October 2, 1899, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich & Alice James Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ News Items from the Altoona Mirror, Monday Evening, October 2, 1899 COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS. The October term of quarter sessions court convened this morning at 10 o'clock, Judge Bell presiding. The grand jurors were called and sworn. Mr. Charles Swoyer of Altoona was appointed foreman. H. Al. McGraw, constable of Logan township, was appointed to attend to the wants of the grand jurors. The following decisions were announced by Judge Bell. Joseph Pavona vs. Gregory DeJuris, rule to quash capias or discharge defendant on common bail - defendant is discharged on common bail. E. H. Diener vs. Wopsononock Hotel Co., rule to dissolve foreign attachments. Henry F. Stains, executor, vs. Post 168, G.A.R., certiorari - judgment reversed. M. F. Beamer vs. Mary Brooks, et al., certiorari - judgment reversed. Winn & Nicholson vs. Mary C. Harnler?, et. al, certiorari - judgment reversed. Trimble, Sides & Co. vs. H. E. Mullen, rule to open judgment - rule discharged. Washington B. & L. Association vs. Bridget Sharkey, rule for judgment for warrant of sufficient affidavit of defense - rule discharged. L. W. Flanigan vs. Geo. Kruger, et al., rule for judgment for want of sufficient affidavit of defense - rule discharged. Exceptions to report of Edmund Shaw, esq., auditor in the estate of A. F. Olmes, deceased - exceptions overruled. Greevey vs. Bloomhart, et al., rule to file appeal nunc pro t? - rule discharged. Somers Bros. & Co., F. G. Albright, rule to open judgment - discharged. Florence A. Wilt vs. David M. Wilt, rule to enforce attachment is discharged. Rule to quash attachment is made absolute. The County of Blair vs. John Loudon, et al, rule to satisfy judgment - rule absolute. MOTIONS AND PETITIONS Joseph R. Burket vs. Margaret E. Burket, subpoena awarded returnable next term. R. J. Goodall was appointed commissioner in the divorce case of William vs. Retta Neil. Jacob C. Hicks, committee of A. L. Hicks, a lunatic, is authorized to pay the Pennsylvania hospital for keeping the lunatic. Report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the propriety of dividing the Seventh ward, Altoona, into two more election districts, confirmed nisi. In the assigned estate of Gardner, Morrow & Co., the sale of the Riddle farm in Frankstown township to W. I. Woodcock, esq., for $37.50, is confirmed nisi. Supplemental report of O. H. Hewit, auditor in the estate of Samuel B. Rhoades, deceased, confirmed nisi. An inquest was awarded for the partition of the estate of Ellen Powell, deceased. A. O. Templeton, esq., was appointed commissioner in the divorce case of P. J. Fitzpatrick vs. Grace Fitzpatrick. In the estate of Joseph Slippey, deceased, the sale of a tract of land in Frankstown township, containing forty acres to W. C. Smith, for $13 per acre, is confirmed, nisi. In the estate of Geo. G. Hooper, deceased, the sale of a piece of land in Logan township to Mrs. Cora A. Gesser, for $5, confirmed nisi. Citation awarded, returnable at argument court, upon the administrators of Adolphus Clapper, deceased, to file an account of decedent's guardianship of John T. Findley. Rule awarded, returnable at argument court to show cause why J. H. Smith, esq., trustee to sell the real estate of Sarah Smith, deceased, should not be discharged. The report of A. G. Pascoe, auditor in the estate of Mullen Page, deceased, confirmed nisi. The auditor finds the following conclusions of law as applicable to the case: The bequest of $500 to the Altoona hospital is valid. The bequest of $500 to Mountain City Lodge, No. 281, Free and Accepted Masons, of Altoona, is valid. The bequest of $500 to the Masonic Home, of Philadelphia, is valid, the said home being a charity within the meaning of the act of April 26, 1855. The bequest of $1,000 to the Eighth Avenue Methodist church, Altoona, is void. The bequest of $250 to the Fairview Cemetery association, of Altoona, is not for a religious or charitable use and is therefore valid. The bequest of $250 to the Quick Charity Fund, of Altoona, is void. The bequest of $500 to the Second Presbyterian church, Altoona, is void. And all void bequests go into the residue. CARRIED A WHITE LIGHT. At Tyrone, on Saturday, Coroner McCartney took the sworn testimony of the crew that had charge of the engine that run over and killed four men near Elizabeth Furnace last Tuesday evening. Engineer J. C. Curry said: "We left the Altoona yard at or about 8 o'clock, going east on No. 1 track, passing through Ale's cut about fifteen or twenty minutes after eight. We had a good white light on the tender, according to regulations when running backwards; also a lamp ready should the first one fail in any way. We were running at from twenty to thirty miles an hour. The cabin car was behind. The crew was all in except the engineer and fireman. The night was very dark and we kept the whistle blowing almost constantly. Did not know we had run over anything until we saw blood on the engine in the Tyrone yard; then hoped it would prove to be a dog or hog." Conductor Edmiston said he knew little about the accident as he was in the cabin fixing his manifests, but he was considerably annoyed by the constant blowing of the whistle. Fireman S. A. Keith also confirmed the statement made by the engineer. NEWS IN RAILROAD CIRCLES Items of Interest to Railroaders all Along the Line. The Indianapolis battery went west on a special train at 10:30 last night. It is said the Reading railway will have 1,000 additional cars built at once in its own shops. Timothy Sullivan, assistant baggage master at Tyrone has returned from a two weeks' visit to Chicago and the west. Superintendent J. M. Wallis' private car, No. 160, has received a new coat of paint and was turned out of the shop this morning looking as bright as a new pin. A freight engine jumped the track near Portage this morning and rolled down the embankment. Fortunately the engineer and fireman got off in time to prevent being injured. Al McLaughlin, one of the car inspectors at the passenger depot, was feeling rather sore this morning. He made his first long trip on a -- ?-- yesterday, riding the wheel to Canoe Creek and back. R. B. Freeman, assistant train master, Tyrone division, who, with Mrs. Freeman and sons, James and Harry, have been visiting friends in Salt Lake City, Utah, returned to their home in Tyrone on Saturday. The old story of a desire on the part of the Baldwin Locomotive works management to removed from the city of Philadelphia is again on the annual tour of newspapers. In the meantime the Baldwin corporation is at the same old stand, making extensions whenever necessary. The Vintondale depot has just been completed and the town's first agent, Mr. Brennan, formerly of the Frugality station, took charge of it today. Mr. Byers, formerly telegraph operator at Ebensburg station, takes Mr. Brennan's place at Frugality. Agent F. I. Smith of Kaylor station has resigned his position. - Ebensburg Mountaineer. About midnight Saturday night as a freight train, in charge of an Altoona crew, was backing over the South Fork branch, and near Ehrenfeld the brakeman on the end of the train thought he saw a bundle of some kind lying on the track directly in front of the train. He signaled the engineer to stop, ran forward and found five Hungarians dead drunk between the rails. He summoned the remainder of the crew and carried the men off the railroad. The Pennsylvania railroad, in both its passenger and freight departments, is doing an enormous business at present. The former has actually exceeded the record of 1893, World's fair year. One day last week a freight record at Altoona was smashed, when almost 3,000 cars, loaded with eastern merchandise, passed west, while freight shipments to the east have been averaging over 5,000 cars daily. THE GREATEST OF POSERS. His Work Requires Steady Nerves in Order to Be Successful. Few people in Altoona can retain an expression on their face longer than a few moments without moving the muscles. It is said to be next to an impossibility for anyone to pose and retain the same expression for forty minutes. However, there is a young man in the city who is doing still more. Today he will pose in The One Price Clothing Co.'s window for a period of one hour and five minutes, the longest on record for any one to keep from moving a muscle of the face. This young man's name is Harry Kauffman and he is the greatest poser in the country today. When he is not traveling over the country giving exhibitions he is in demand by some of the greatest artists in New York city. His work here has never had an equal. He represents various characters as wax figures. His movements are mechanical, even the eyes, and until he steps from the window no person believes that it is a human being going through all the movements. Such is the case and even the doctors wonder how it is done. Mr. Kauffman has acquired it by practice. He does not drink anything but water, not even coffee, does not smoke or chew and goes to bed early. He is a fine specimen of a young man who knows how to take care of himself. He is in the window from 3 to 5 and from 7 to 9 every day this week. To see him is to see a wonder. WILL GO TO NEW YORK. Dr. Americus Enfield will move his patented mechanical device for the treatment of stomach diseases to New York, because the Everett Press has done him local damage by its frequent and violent attacks, misrepresenting his treatment, calling it the most vile and horrible names possible, and thereby frightening people from taking the treatment. - Bedford Gazette. FELL FROM A TRAIN. Joseph Forgas, a machinist by trade, but who claimed he was engaged in riding freight cars over the Pennsylvania lines in search of a position, fell from a train near Sheridan yesterday morning and severely sprained one of his legs. He was placed in the caboose of a passing train and taken west. Forgas claims to be a resident of Latrobe. FIRE SATURDAY NIGHT A small fire broke out at the residence owned by Salem Wolfe at 1814 Fourteenth avenue at 9:10 o'clock Saturday night. An alarm was turned in from box thirty-three but the services of the firemen were not needed, the flames having been extinguished by the bucket brigade before they arrived on the scene of the fire, which was supposed to have been of incendiary origin and was confined to the stairway leading to the second floor. The damage done will reach $50 as a new set of stairs will have to be put in and the plastering repaired. DOINGS OF THE CITY POLICE Cases Brought Before the Mayor and the Aldermen of Altoona. Chief Seedenburg and Special Officer Carney are in Hollidaysburg attending court today. Grocer Earlenbaugh had a hearing before Alderman Irwin on Saturday, charged with cruelty to animals. The alderman reserved his decision. Robert Davis, charged with disorderly conduct was fined $10 or ten days in jail by Acting Mayor DoByne, Saturday afternoon. Sentence was suspended during good behavior on payment of the costs, amounting to $1.50. The case of John Sheets against John Kophhammer for malicious mischief was heard by Alderman Ramey on Saturday morning. The costs were divided between the prosecutor and the defendant and the case dismissed. Thomas W. Baird and W. H. Lee, charged with violating the water department regulations, were given a hearing before Alderman DoByne on Saturday afternoon. Baird was fined $5 and costs and Lee $1.50 and costs. William Goon was arrested Saturday afternoon by Constable McFeely, on a warrant sworn out by David Michaels before Alderman O'Toole, in which he is charged with false pretense. Michaels claims that he gave Goon $8.19 to pay the freightage and drayage on his furniture. Goon kept the money and never attempted to haul the furniture. At a hearing before Alderman O'Toole he was given three days to settle the trouble. Willie Wilson, aged 14 years, of Newark, N.J., arrived in Altoona on a freight train, about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He went to police headquarters and said he had been kidnapped by a tramp last Friday. He and a friend, Douglass Day, started for New York last Friday to see the Dewey celebration. In the Newark stock yards they met a man who said he had no name or no home. He said he was going to New York and would take the boys along with him. They boarded a freight train and the first thing Willie knew they were whirling along the Trenton cut off of the Pennsylvania railroad. The tramp said he would take the boys to Pittsburg and get them a job. They arrived in Johnstown yesterday morning. When the tramp and young Day went into a restaurant to get something to eat, Willie fled to the railroad and a railroad man brought him to Altoona. He local police authorities kept him at the station over night and telegraphed to his parents. LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHED Mites of Information Brought in at the Last Moment. Mr. E. Hoover of Ehrenfeldt was a Sunday visitor in Altoona yesterday. Alderman George M. Metz attended court at Hollidaysburg this morning. Mr. B. M. Bunker returned last night. D. A. Westley and wife of the east side left this morning for a brief sojourn in Lewistown. Miss Mae Ross, one of Juniata's best known ladies, has returned home after an extended visit in the east. Last week was a busy one with Undertaker Lafferty. He prepared thirteen bodies for burial. Five of them were the remains of persons killed on the railroad. A. J. and H. W. Boller of Leechburg, Pa., spent Sunday with friends in Altoona. They are on a tour of the United States on foot and have been on the road for over two years. Rev. D. S. Lentz, pastor of the Fourth Lutheran church, has received a call to the pastorate of the Lutheran church at D--ville, Adams county, Pa. Rev. Lentz has not yet decided whether or not to accept the call. Lieutenant Egle will be at the Altamonte hotel tomorrow, the one day only, to recruit men for the Forty-seventh United States volunteer infantry. Physical examinations will be made under the direction of Dr. Hancock. Mrs. H. E. Wert, of 2--- Tenth avenue, who has been seriously ill with typhoid fever for the past four weeks is, as we are glad to state, slowly improving under the care of Dr. S. L. McCarthy. Mr. W. Ross Wilson, of Atkinson Mills, Mifflin county, is spending a few weeks visiting relatives and friends in this place. Mr. Wilson is a brother of Mrs. H. E. Wert, who has been ill with fever on Tenth avenue and Twentieth street. STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS. Henry Schilling, a well known resident, residing at 123 Seventh avenue, and a prominent member of the Frohsinn Singing society, while visiting the hall, on Ninth avenue, near Twelfth street, yesterday morning, was stricken with paralysis. His entire left side was paralyzed. He was removed to his home in a cab as soon as possible, where he was attended by a physician. No serious results are anticipated. RECRUITING OFFICE TO CLOSE. Full Quota of Men for the Forty-third Regiment Secured. Captain John S. Fair returned to the city last evening. Among the men secured at Clearfield who are known to Altoona people are Sergean David R. Sackett?, George M. Markle, Edward Hancock, Varden E. Thompson and Evan? and Charles Johnson, all late of company E, Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer infantry. The latter two are better known as "The Terrible Swedes." The Captain Saturday evening swore in five men who had been accepted at the local office during his absence. They are: James P. Moran, Raymond L. Flynn, Martin Hauser, Adam List, Thomas J. Buchanan, Eli Strayer and John C. Davison, the latter from Tyrone. The recruits were sent to Fort Ethan Allen Saturday night on Philadelphia express. The recruiting office for the Forty-third regiment will close this evening, as the full quota of men for the regiment has been secured. There was one application at the recruiting office today, after which the office closed. Captain Fair and Sergeant Douglass will leave for Fort Ethan Allen on the 11:40 train tonight. Since the office opened on September 1, there have been 344? Applications, ? of which were accepted. The Forty-third regiment is expected to sail from Manila about November 1. TYRONE NEWS ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Price of 2227 North Lincoln avenue are visiting friends at Hollidaysburg. Mrs. William Scullin with her little daughter and son, who had been visiting at the former home, at Baltimore, Md., returned home, 1046 North Lincoln avenue, yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Plummer, who spent the summer and early fall at the old Plummer homestead, Brush mountain in Snyder township, left yesterday afternoon on Pittsburg express for their home at Chicago. Miss Edith Else, after an extended visit to Philadelphia, Atlantic City and other points in New Jersey, is visiting her friend, Miss Anna Herlt, 244 East Tenth street, this place, on her way to her home at Milesburg, Centre county. Lieutenant Henry F. Egle, of the Forty Seventh United States infantry, now stationed at Camp Meade, will be at the Ward House, in this place, on Wednesday, October 4, for one day only, to enlist recruits for his regiment, which will shortly go to the Philippines. An association, to be known as the "Round Table Club," has been organized by several of the leading ladies of the Central City. The association will meet on alternate Monday evenings, the first meeting to be held this evening. The members of the association are mrs. H. C. Brooks, Mrs. Jas. S. Cunningham, Mrs. D. S. Klos, Mrs. W. L. Lowri, Mrs. G. L. Owens, Mrs. T. D. Parker, Mrs. W. L. Pascoe, Mrs. R. L. Piper, Mrs. J. P. Franciscus, Mrs. J. M. Gemmill, Mrs. G. J. Gibbs, Mrs. Samuel Graham, Mrs. W. L. Hicks, Mrs. Claude Jones, Mrs. E. C. Poorman, Mrs. Jas. Pritchard, Mrs. J. K. Ray, Mrs. W. H. Scullin, Mrs. A. A. Witter, Mrs. A. M. Wooden, Miss Vene Crawford, Miss Ella Crawford, Miss Florence Finney and Miss Nina Caldwell. The officers are: President, Mrs. G. L. Owens; vice presidents, Mrs. James Pritchard and Mrs. A. M. Wooden; secretary and treasurer, Miss Nina C. Caldwell; referees, Mr. J. M. Gemmill, Mrs. W. L. Pasco and Miss Florence Finney. LOCAL NEWS BRIEFLY GIVEN Colonel M. S. Quay celebrated his 66th birthday at Washington on Saturday. Captain Robert Johnson has received his commission as district deputy supreme, Improved Order Heptasophs, for the ensuing term of two years. Curtis Glen, Carl Schmidt and "Cooney" Schmidt were pleasantly entertained at tea last evening by their friends, the nurses at the hospital. Telegraph Operator Lowman, of Galway, on the Cambria and Clearfield division, captured alive, on last Thursday, a rattlesnake measuring three and one-half feet. Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. John H. Martin, was unfortunate enough a few days ago to fall down the cellar steps at the house of a relative at Carlisle and fractured one of her arms. Mr. Martin, who is chief clerk to General Foreman Levan, is taking his vacation at Carlisle, together with his family. The following prominent Altoona musicians have been engaged by Prof. Dai--, of Washington, D.C., to play at the Dewey reception, which takes place on Monday and Tuesday; Prof. Gipprich, Aug. Meintel, Fred Sahlor, A. W. Ebright and Ralph Dalton. This speaks in highest terms for the ability of our home musicians, as the organization which they are going to assist is among the best in the country. PURELY PERSONAL ITEMS. Arrivals, Departures and Other Facts Concerning People Known Here. Mr. Ferd. Bendheim departed for New York city last night. Nicholas Logue of the upper blacksmith shop, departed on Saturday for a trip east. Misses Julia M. Stevens and Ada Rush of this city spent Sunday with friends in Houtzdale. Mrs. M. A. Fields has returned from the east, accompanied by Mrs. J. E. Irwin of Harrisburg. Misses Jackson and Smith, both of Leeds, England, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Counsel. Clinton Shey and wife, of Seventh avenue went east on fast line this morning to visit friends. Frank E. Jamison of the Altoona bank is enjoying his vacation among friends in Cumberland, Md. Mrs. W. E. Valentine is lying ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. S. Charles, 903 Chestnut avenue. Mrs. M. A. Fields of Duncansville has returned from the east with a full line of millinery and fancy goods. Misses Gertrude and May Gilchrest, of Altoona, are guests of their uncle Mr. J. Harry Gilchrest. - Bedford Gazette Blair Johnson and wife of Fourth avenue are spending the week at Hastings, the guest of the latter's mother. Mrs. Charles P. McCrory of Pittsburg is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Dan McCrory of Chestnut avenue and Eighth street. Miss Jennie Heisler and sisters, after spending several days with their cousin, Mrs. Lizzie Moore of 825 Fifth avenue left for their home in Wilkinsburg. Oliver Howard, of the fire department truck company left last night for Washington D. C. He expects to see Dewey there. Harry J. Hemler of Littlestown, Adams county is visiting his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Franck E. Conard of 2401 West Chestnut avenue. James A. Gwin of Motive Power Clerk, C. T. Witherow's office has been appointed assistant to Shop Clerk Geo. H. Delo at Juniata shops. Amandus M. Eck, a prominent young merchant of Carrolltown of the firm of P. L. Eck & Son spent Sunday in the city with his sister, Mrs. Edward Young on Third avenue. S. Lloyd McCarthy, a student at Washington and Jefferson college at Washington, Pa., spent yesterday as the guest of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. S. L. McCarthy of Eighth avenue. Mr. W. Fred Reynolds, of Bellefonte, C. W. Moore of Madeira, Clearfield county, G. H. Adams of Latrobe and L. C. Sickler of Cresson, were guests at the Logan House yesterday. Professor Joseph Parker?, who has been in Europe for the past four months, was among the passengers on the American liner New York, which reached New York city yesterday, and arrived in Altoona on St. Louis express last night.