NEWS: Items from The Cambria Freeman, January 22, 1904, Cambria County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, January 22, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 4 Local Items T. L. McNamara is still confined to his home. A. J. Gutwald of Gallitzin was in town on Tuesday. Mrs. Margaret Tibbott has returned from Philadelphia. Ex-Judge Thomas has returned from a trip to Altoona. Jno. Evans of Vetera has purchased the Rocket store at Windber. Joseph Bengele of Gallitzin transacted business here on Wednesday. Miss Jane Keating of Wilmore is seriously ill with a dropsical affection. Services were held in the jail Friday afternoon by the local W. C. T. C. The condition of Miss Emma Craver of this place is still regarded as critical. Jno. Cunningham of Nantyglo transacted business in this place on Saturday. Hugh Brown on Thursday took charge of the Central Hotel in this place. Miss Blanche McDermitt of Johnstown is visiting at the home of M. D. Bearer. Anthony Rieger of Garman's Mills was visiting relatives in this place on Thursday. John Bracken, Gallitzin's hustling insurance man, spent several days here this week. Herman Williams of Homestead, Pa., visited his sister, Mrs. Jas G. Hasson on Saturday. George A. Davis of this place still wears the proud smile of the happy father. Another girl. Mrs. T. M. Richards and daughter, Lottie, of this place are visiting friends in Pittsburg and Zanesville. Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Fitzgerald of South Fork visited the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fes Lloyd. James Peach and family will move to Altoona next week. Mr. Peach has secured employment in the shops. Henry Byrne, a venerable old citizen of this place, is somewhat improved after an illness of about six weeks. Reports indicate that the people in the vicinity of Nantyglo are fairly falling over each other in their efforts to be vaccinated. Congressman Alvin Evan of Washington is recovering from a serious illness which will be good news to his many friends in this place. The "Yellow Dog Club," as it is commonly called, a popular Johnstown social organization, entertained a number of friends at a dinner on Sunday. Schettig Bros., the local hardware machine firm, have purchased the buildings near the depot occupied by A. E. Marsh. This move is quite in line with the business policy of the Messrs. Schettig as they have been growing in a business way ever since their advent here. The stockholders of the First National Bank of Carrolltown have elected the following directors for the year 1904: A. W. Buck, C. A. Sharbaugh, T. A. Sharbaugh, C. C. Adams, Rembrandt Peale, E. R. Jackman, H. J. Eckenrode, Henry Kumenacker, A. R. Clark, James H. Allport, E. M. Binder, H. J. Van Dusen and Thomas Barnes. The quarantine period has been expired for the family of John T. Blair. Their little child has fully recovered. Reach an Agreement The congregation of St. Patrick's Catholic Church at Gallitzin and the P. R. R. between whom there has been differences threatening legal contest in the matter of the railroad company running the new Gallitzin tunnel under part of the church property has come to an amicable agreement, whereby the church gets the sum of $8,000 for the right of way and the Pennsylvania people give a bond of $150,000 for the property during the course of the construction and subsequent damage after the completion of the tunnel. The St. Patrick property is quite extensive, consisting of the church, school house, convent and fair hall. The announcement of the settlement of the differences exiting between the congregation and the railroad company was made at the regular services Sunday. Lawyer H. H. Myers of this place represented the P. R. R. in the negotiations. Baker to Return W. W. Baker who until last year was proprietor of the Dunlo Hotel will this year return to his South Fork house, the Baker Hotel, he having filed his license petition and will take charge of the hotel March 1. A number of improvements to the house are contemplated by Mr. Baker. Johnstown Nurse in Charge Miss Minnie Stahl, daughter of J. Park Stahl of No. 1096 Horace street, Eighth Ward, Johnstown, was recently elected nurse of the patients at the county home and has already centered upon her duties at the institution, where she has eight or ten invalids to care for. Miss Stahl is a graduate of the Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital Training School for Nurses. Miner's Quizzed The following miners of Barnesboro were in Patton last week taking the examination for mine foreman: James Caldwell, John McCormick, Sr.; John McGowan, William Scollins, D. B. Williams, John Metcalf, Harry Goodall, A. C. Martz, Harry Duke, Mike Musser, Fred Thiel, James Stepffenson, Richard Vogel and Harry Phillips. To Exclude Women A Philadelphia dispatch says: "Women vocalists are to be excluded from participation in the choral services of the Catholic churches. Boy choirs are to take their places. A decree of Pope Pious X has just reached this country, directing that this order become operative in every Roman Catholic church in the United States. It has been the chief topic among Catholic clergymen in the city for several days past. The music of the churches will not suffer materially by the order, as some of the finest choirs in the United States are now composed exclusively of men and boys, the latter furnishing exquisite voices for the higher register in sacred music. In Contempt Blandburg Strikers Placed Under Bonds to Keep Peace The Blandburg injunction cases were disposed of by Judge O'Connor at argument court on Monday. Harry Reed, William Kuhn, William Gunn, George Vincent, John Eish and Mike Stankemic, against whom injunctions had been issued and who were afterward brought into court to answer a charge of contempt were held for the costs in the case and directed to furnish bonds to the amount of $5.00 each, to observe the order for the court in the future. The total costs were about $500. Motions and Petitions **[first part of sentence totally faded from newspaper]of use Wrought Iron Range Company vs. J. M. Remmel and C. E. Remmel as overruled on the request of the defendants' counsel. The hearing of the case of D. W. Howard vs. Elizabeth Duffy, rule to show cause was held over until February. The rule to show cause in the case of E. L. Singer and J. E. Rager vs. John Patrick and Mike Bendick was discharged. The argument of a rule to show cause in the case of the Standard Underground Cable Company vs. the Johnstown Telephone Company, to be heard in Johnstown. The hearing of arguments as to the exceptions filed to the bond in the condemnation of the land of L. J. Bearer by the Spangler Water Company, continued. Upon the rule to show cause in the case of John Vogle vs. John and Elizabeth Becker being made absolute, the case was settled as per papers filed. The hearing of argument on the rule to show cause in the case of Fred Zipf vs. The Consumers Light, Heat and Power company was appointed for Johnstown at 1:30 p.m., January 22nd. The case of Jacob Yost, Trustee vs. Joseph Gray, a bill in equity will be heard before Judge O'Connor in Ebensburg, March 3d. The two cases (or trial) before the orphans' court were continued by common consent. The retail liquor license granted to John Manion of the Central Hotel in Ebensburg was transferred to Hugh Brown at the same place. The argument for a new trial in the case of Frank Davis of Johnstown, convicted of murder was postponed owing to the illness of the district attorney. Must Face Court In argument court Judge Francis J. O'Connor made a statement of far reaching importance to the applicants for liquor license in Cambria county. It was to the effect that unless sickness or other cause absolutely prevented, every applicant should appear in person in license court this year to submit to any interrogations as the court might deem advisable to venture. Last year the court made the same request but later excepted the license applicants of Johnstown whom he heard in his office in Johnstown. This year, however, all liquor license applicants are requested to come to Ebensburg and appear before his honor when license court opens. Judge O'Connor also issued a special warning to applicants. He said the Brooks' license law expressly provides that recipients of liquor licenses shall be persons "of good moral character and temperate habits." He further said he would insist upon sober men in the business. Regarding the granting of licenses to women, his honor said that while he would not say that he would not grant them licenses, he was inclined to be guided by the policy of Judge Barker, his predecessor. The policy of the latter was that he would grant no licenses to women except in the case of the death of husband who might leave an estate in a condition requiring some time for the surviving wife or heirs to settle. County News Gallitzin is doing its best to prevent race suicide. The Gallitzin Fire company held its first annual ball on Wednesday evening. Sub-district No. 3 of District No. 2, U. M. W. of A., holds its annual convention February 18th. The Lilly Cornet Band gives a festival and oyster supper in the Black Cross Hall Saturday evening. H. C. Glotfelty, who recently purchased the Lafayette Hotel at Hastings, has moved his family from Connellsville to Hastings. E. Will Green, formerly editor of the Patton COURIER, has been nominated by President Roosevelt to succeed himself as postmaster at Patton. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley of Gallitzin are the happy parents of a baby girl while Mr. and Mrs. Charles Yeckley are proud of their little son. Over seven hundred deaths occurred in Johnstown during the year just past, forty one more than the year 1902 while in the year 1903, 1219 births were recorded. Freeman B. Williams of Patton who is reported to represent an eastern syndicate is taking up options on the Chest and Blacklick creeks in order to make tests for gas and oil. The majority of the options are on the percentage basis. The Puritan Coal Company has decided to abandon its workings at Hastings and the rails and machinery are being taken out. It is said that the company will make another opening to tap the same vein as soon as the coal trade brightens. Miss Stella Eckenrode, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Eckenrode of Carrolltown and a sister of Mrs. F. C. Sharbaugh of this place is lying in a serious condition at her home in Carrolltown from the effects of internal hemorrhages. Several days ago C. W. C. Stephens of Carroll township brought an action of ejectment against the Bakerton Land and Improvement Company to recover the possession of a lot of ground located in Carroll township. The plaintiff and defendant agreed to the location of the land and jointly they have filed an abstract of the title to the disputed property together with the plaintiff's statement. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Gallitzin on Tuesday of last week, the following officers were chosen: President, Elmer Nelson; Cashier, W. D. Gilson; Assistant Cashier, W. H. Weston; Directors, Elmer Nelson, R. Dignan, George Ehrenfeld, G. F. MacDonald, F. U. Ferguson, Peter Gutwald, W. H. Weston, George W. Flowers and J. R. Smith. Bessie Baker, a Hastings girl of about fifteen years, was arrested at Cresson last week where she had gone after taking a valuable fur wrap from Mrs. Brumbaugh, by whom she was employed. Mrs. Brumbaugh values the wrap at $75. Bessie said she thought it was worth only a dollar or two or she would not have taken it. In default of bail she was brought to jail to await the next term of court. Amandus Entler and his sister, Sadie, left St. Boniface a few days ago for Dayton, O., where their father, Lewis Entler, has purchased a hotel. They, with their brother, George, also a resident of St. Boniface, will conduct the business until spring when the whole family will join them. Charming Social Event Attorney and Mrs. Franck C. Sharbaugh entertained a number of their Carrolltown and Ebensburg friends Thursday evening of last week with a dinner at the Mountain House and an evening of cards and music later at the Sharbaugh house on Crawford Street. The dinner was served at 7:30 o'clock at the Mountain House. At the conclusion of the repast the party danced for a while in the parlors of the hotel and were then driven in a sleigh to the Sharbaugh residence, where the remaining hours of the evening were spent in a very pleasant manner. Mr. and Mrs. Sharbaugh's guest were Mrs. A. Eckenrode of Carrolltown; Mrs. George Porch of Ebensburg; the Misses Hattie Sharbaugh, Anna and Mary Thomas, Bertha Sharbaugh, Stella Eckenrode, all of Carrolltown; Katharine Beck of Pittsburg; Messrs. George Porch, H. H. Myers, Thomas Osborn, Philip N. Shettig, William McGuire and Charles Hasson, all of Ebensburg. Heptosophs Banquet The annual banquet of Ebensburg Conclave, No. 367, I. O. Heptasophs, was held Tuesday evening in the Hotel Bender, beginning at 7 o'clock. The menu was very elaborate and the fourscore persons present did full justice to it. Following the banquet there was card playing and dancing. Maitland's orchestra of Gallitzin furnishing the music. Mrs. Leo McKenrick won the lady's prize, a fancy tray and William Davis landed the men' prize, a collar and cuff box. Among the guests were the District Deputy Supreme Archon, Capt. Robert I. Johnson, of Johnstown who had instituted the conclave. The officers of the body include Archon, A. W. Buck; Secretary James McClune; Treasurer, Robert Scanlan; Financier, Lester Larimer. Cambria Boy Prominent F. R. Bracken, a former Gallitzin young man, who is a son of Michael Bracken, Sr., of Gallitzin, and a brother of the Messrs. John P., Michael and William Bracken of Gallitzin and of J. Hayden and Paul Bracken of Johnstown, was one of the Philadelphia attorneys who last week in behalf of George Wharton Pepper, receiver for the Bay State Gas company, filed the bills against J. Edward Addicks, the Delaware millionaire in the United States courts of Philadelphia. The names of Mr. Bracken and his associates are appended to the documents Mr. Bracken located in Philadelphia some years ago where he has built up a large and lucrative practice. Sunday School Elects Officers The Methodist Episcopal Sunday school of Barnesboro has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Superintendent, Milton Spencer; assistant superintendent, William Winebarg; secretary, Margery Thornton; treasurer, Susanna Allsop; teachers, John Hill, Mrs. J. D. Ritter, Mrs. H. J. Schuchart, Mrs. J. W. Reed, Mrs. William Winebarg, Susanna Allsop and Mollie Bougher. The officers of the Baptist Sunday school for the ensuing year are as follows: Superintendent, Clarence Brigham; assistant superintendent, William Fish; secretary, Fred Allsop; treasurer, Olive Ritter; librarians, Ethel Meredith and Violet Winters; teachers, D. D. Lewis, H. C. Williams, Henry Williams, Rev. Jacquemin, Mrs. Brigham, Olive Ritter and Mary Ritter. Elect Officers The Ebensburg Knights of Columbus at a recent meeting installed the following named gentlemen into office for the year 1904: Grand Knight, P. J. Little, Ebensburg Deputy Grand Knight, C. J. Lynch, Cresson Recorder, F. C. Sharbaugh, Ebensburg Financial secretary, Luke T. Sanker, Loretto Chaplain, The Rev. J. J. Deasy, Gallitzin Treasurer, James V. Scanlan, Ebensburg Chancellor, James Campbell, Hastings Inside Guard, J. T. Blair, Ebensburg Outside Guard, Aloysius Skelly, Ebensburg Advocate, J. F. McKenrick, Trustees, A. W. Buck and A. J. Darragh, both of Ebensburg and C. F. Buck of Cresson F. J. Hartmann, Esq. of Ebensburg is district state secretary New Lodge at Cresson Several members of Ebensburg Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows on Friday evening last assisted at the institution of Cresson Lodge No. 724, which was organized by District Deputy James King of Johnstown. The lodge began its career with a membership of seventy four. Odd fellows from Gallitzin and Wilmore were also present. Following are the names of the county-seaters present. William Humphreys, H. P. Davis, W. H. Pruner, A. J. Water and J. A. Pierey. Those from Wilmore Lodge were Isiah Lyman and Milton Sherbine and Irvin N. Sipe. The following are the officers: Nobel Grand, A. Gallagher; Vice Grand, C. L. Schoff; recording secretary, R. H. Costello; financial secretary, C. Hall; treasurer, W. H. Wilson.