NEWS: Items from the Cambria Freeman, February 27, 1903, Cambria County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright July 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, February 27, 1903 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. Jacob Burkey, of this place, is visiting friends in Altoona. For the first time in many months Altoona is free from smallpox. H. H. Myers, Esq., of this place, was in Johnstown on Tuesday. P. F. Dillon, of Elder township, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Saturday. Mr. Francis Illig, of Carroll township, spent a few hours in town on Monday. Mr. Michael Bopp, of Croyle township, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Thursday. During the past week Bloom & Skelly slaughtered a beef which dressed 1,000 pounds. Mrs. Frank Jervis is very ill at the home of her mother, Mrs. Charles J. Owens, in this place. Mr. Phillip Shoemaker, of Wilmerding, spent the past week in Ebensburg visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Shoemaker. Mr. Leonce Shields of Pittsburgh spent a few days in Ebensburg this week visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Shields. On account of a freight wreck at Winterset on Saturday night passengers were delayed until near midnight to reaching Ebensburg. Monday was observed as a legal holiday in honor of the anniversary of Washington's birthday although the date proper came Sunday. Mrs. Margaret Bock, of Morrellville, having been adjudged insane by a commission in lunacy, was on Friday, taken to Dixmont by Sheriff Davis. Mrs. Ellen Williams and daughter, Miss Ella, of Carrolltown, were in Ebensburg on Tuesday in attendance at the funeral of Mrs. Susan Williams. Mr. C. J. Hogue and wife, of Cresson, and Mr. Felix Yost, of Carroll township, attended the funeral of Mrs. Susan Williams in this place, on Tuesday. Mr. Herman Williams and wife, of Vandergrift, Pa., spent several days in town this week, being called here by the death of the former's mother, Mrs. Susan Williams. Mr. H. B. Kelly, agent at the P. R. R. Station in this place, has handed in his resignation to take effect March 1st, and return to his home in Mifflin to accept another position. The school directors of Altoona have decided to add manual training and kindergartens to the public schools of the city, both systems to be put in operation at the beginning of the next school term. James Brussel, aged 21 years, and a brakeman in the yard at Altoona, while riding on top of a box car at midnight Sunday night was struck by the Fourth street bridge and suffered a laceration of the scalp. He had his wound dressed at the hospital. M. D. Kittell, Esq., Mrs. Maude Collins and Miss Blanche Henry, all of this place, went down to Pittsburg on Monday for the purpose of attending the ceremonies incident to the consecration of Rev. Regis Canevan, as coadjutor bishop of the Pittsburg diocese. The Ebensburg Cornet band gave an enjoyable concert in the opera house on Tuesday night to a good sized audience. The band rendered a very fine program and cleared about $75 by the concert. Besides the band music there were solos by Miss Louis McNamara, Elmer Davis, H. H. Myers and Harvey Tibbott. Thomas Phillips shot and fatally wounded Frank Berringer, another Italian at a boarding house at Wehrum on Saturday. The men had quarreled and Phillips shot the other man in the back. The shooter was arrested and turned over to the Sheriff of Indiana county, who lodged him in jail. This was the second shooting at Wehrum in a week. By a decision of the United States Supreme court in Washington Monday, the Carnegie Steel company scored a final victory over the Cambria Steel company in the celebrated "mixer" case. The decision has no bearing upon the validity of the patent held by the Pittsburg concern, but merely a question as to which of the litigants shall pay the costs. They amount to $2,700. William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, will be in Johnstown Monday evening next, March 2d, and will deliver a public lecture in the Johnstown Opera House under the auspices of the Johnstown Economic circle. The evening promises to be notable and the many admirers of Mr. Bryan should not fail of the opportunity to hear him. Hon. Alvin Evans, Col. S. W. Davis, Lemon Reed, Esq., Messrs. Web. Griffith, T. L. Gibson and others of our citizens went down to Harrisburg this Thursday morning for the purpose of appearing before the Legislative Committee on counties and townships. It is needless to remark that they are solidly against the taking of any territory off Cambria for the purpose of making a new county. While Lin. Lloyd, the eldest son of Postmaster Lloyd, was dancing on a small box on Saturday afternoon at his home, in this place, the box took a tumble and as a result, Master Lin., is now nursing a broken arm. A small bone of the right arm was fractured and the elbow out of place, but we are glad to state that after Dr. Davison got through with him the fracture was reduced, the elbow back in place and no serious results expected. A special train will run from Cresson to Vintondale and return stopping at all stations on Thursday evening, March 19th for the purpose of conveying passengers to the Grand Lenten Entertainment to take place in the Catholic church at the latter place by the New York Entertainment company. It is expected that a great many people along the line will attend the entertainment. A further notice of the schedule for the train will appear hereafter. About ten days ago. Sterling Aiken shot and wounded a Wehrum bookkeeper, Welton Thomas. Reports say that Aiken shot first at Aiken,[as written in the newspaper] who is a negro. Aiken escaped, but the Wehram residents ordered all the negroes in the town, about 20, to leave the neighborhood. After several refusals the white residents took ropes and poles and attacked the negroes' shack. After an hours' work it was pulled down and the negroes, seeing their position, gave up the fight and boarded a freight train and left. Messrs. John Gittings, L. W. Kauffman and F. E. Farabaugh, county auditors, met on Monday and after going over their work of the auditors settlement, discovered that they had made an error in balancing the accounts in favor of Treasurer S. J. McClune, amounting to $7,029.87. Ex-Treasurer McClune immediately stated that he would make good whatever amount the auditors found to be correctly due. ANOTHER BAD WRECK A disastrous freight wreck was caused on the Pittsburg division, a short distance west of Kittanning Point, as 12:30 o'clock Tuesday morning by a runaway freight train ahead. A number of cars were piled up and damaged and traffic blocked. Several of the trainmen were injured. The runaway train was No. 296, eastbound and it got beyond control of the crew going down the eastern slope of the mountain. A short distance east of AG tower it crashed into the rear of No. 1602. Twenty cars were derailed and piled up over the tracks. Second section of Fast Line and second section of the Pittsburg Flyer were caught behind the wreckage. The Altoona wreck crew was ordered out to clear the tracks. One trainman, the flagman, was killed; the engineer seriously hurt and three others injured. The injured are R. E. Cooney, engineer; fatally injured: H. M. Storey, fireman, had head and left side injuries; C. W. Leech, conductor, injured about the head. They were all from Conemaugh and were taken to the Altoona hospital for treatment. GALLITZIN GIRL IN TROUBLE Tuesday morning's Pittsburg PRESS contains the following item referring to a Cambria county girl who seems to have gotten into trouble in the Smoky city. "Detectives Kelly and Riley yesterday arrested a young woman, Lulu Yingling, of Gallitzin, in a Smithfield street store for shoplifting. She was apprehended while coolly packing stolen goods in a suit case before a room full of clerks. At her room in Brighton road, Allegheny, a lot of alleged stolen goods were found." CRIMINAL LIST FOR MARCH COURT Following is the list of cases set for trial in criminal court commencing Monday, March 9th: FOR TRIAL MONDAY, MARCH 9th: Commonwealth vs. Tony Ponchton, surety; prosecutrix, Cora Green. Esther Manushewitz, surety; Ellen Rodgers. Charles Smith, fornication and bastardy; Stella Herdman. Charles Cramer, same; Margaret Ann Holmes. Christ Varner, same; Alice Munn. Jos. Christoff, same; Isabella Rumil. Edwin McCartney, same; Sarah Goodwin. Samuel Irwin, same; Annie Gates. Richard Allen, same; D. P. Thompson. Wm. Lindbloom, same; Annie Wilson. Clair Shope, same; Ada Stevens. Charles Rhoads, same; J. C. Miller Bert Egolf, same; Mary Bittner. John Nagle, same; Louisa Noel. John Zahuski, assault and battery; Mary Zahuski. John Gresco, assault and battery; Wm. Gill. Adam Yanovivic, adultery; Mike Domasic. Mary Komara, adultery; Mike Domasic. Anna Dunko, assault and battery; George Danko. Tony Ponchton, concealed weapons; Cora Green. Tony Ponchton, assault and battery; Cora Green. Mike Cline, assault and battery; Barbara Evanchak. George Kurtz, surety; Lottie Kurtz. Hugh Meehan, assault and battery; Jane Kelly. FOR TRIAL TUESDAY, MARCH 10TH Commonwealth vs. Lenra Myers, disorderly house; prosecutor, Barney McClements. Laura Myers, liquor laws; Barney McClements. Joseph Kuhn, perjury; Julia Holizack. Sophia Kuhn, perjury; Julia Holizacik. Mary Clark, liquor laws; W. H. Northcraft. John E. Kennedy, aggravated assault and battery; Edward Burns. Mike Radonorich, felonious assault and battery; Mike Yahosz. Arthur Horn, horse stealing; Marie Bolwin. Lewis Levy, larceny; Charles Musante. C. B. Ross, felonious assault and battery; George Smith. Mrs. T. J. Coy, et al., malicious mischief; George Makin. Milt Langham, aggravated assault and battery; John N. Stone. Frank Roberts, et al., burglary; John H. Walters. Frank Roberts, assault and battery with intent; George W. Moses. Julia Forgetta, larceny by bailee; Annie Cutnox. FOR TRIAL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11th Commonwealth vs. Frank Gillen, larceny by bailee; prosecutor, Benjamin Carter. Floyd Miller et al., breaking and entering; Mrs. C. H. Guist. Floyd Miller et al; malicious mischief; Franklin Berkebile. Floyd Miller et al., larceny; Mrs. C. E. Guist. Charles Howard, larceny; J. R. Downs. Andy McDonald, malicious mischief; James McGarvey. Al Rummel, mayhem; F. D. Sprague. John Dubroski, embezzlement; William Rhode. Thomas Sweet et al., larceny; William Inman. John Wolfe, obstructions; John Litsinger. H. Scott et al., conspiracy; Milton McCreery. George Shaffer, larceny; Bessie Barclay. James Hunt et al., robbery; William Lockman. Robert Notley et al., conspiracy; L. M Day. Frank Koontz, concealed weapons; Frank E. Rager. Frank Koontz, surety; Frank E. Rager. Angela Ferri, forgery; Albert Maneval.