NEWS: Items from The Cambria Freeman, June 24, 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, June 24, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 26 Local and Personal The Nicolas mines at Glasgow have been closed down, which means a loss of about $4,000 a month to that community. A standard toll line will be constructed between Ebensburg and Patton by the Cambria Telephone and Telegraph Company. Mr. Thomas Heist was in Ebensburg this week. Reardon Brown has recovered from his recent illness. A boy choir is being trained at the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Thomas Pollock is visiting her daughter, Miss Pollock. Geo. D. Kinkead is spending a few days in Emporium, Pa. Judge Barker left on Saturday for a two weeks trip through Maine. Morgan Evans has returned from Ann Arbor for his summer vacation. A bouncy boy baby arrived at the home of John E. Thompson on Monday. Mrs. Jeff Evans and three children are visiting relatives in Reynoldsville. H. E. Crouse and family of Gallitzin spent a few days in town this week. Mrs. Frank Jarvis of Belle Vernon is visiting her mother, Mrs. Ellen Owens. Mrs. Bunker of Philadelphia is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bart McCabe. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Jones returned on Monday from a brief visit to Pittsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Berg and daughter of Salina, Kansas, are visiting relatives in town. Messrs. James T. Miller and Simon Miller of Carrolltown paid Ebensburg a business visit Saturday. Mr. Frank Hettler of Altoona is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Tibbott in this pace. Mrs. Link of Conemaugh is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Evans of the East ward. Mr. John Hennesy of St. Augustine paid this office a pleasant call while in town on business Wednesday. Mrs. Wm. Richardson and family have moved to Swissvale, Pa., where they will reside permanently. Mrs. Ella Plank and son, Harland, of Cristonia, Pa., are the guests of Miss Bird Roberts in this place. Mrs. Will Smith and daughter, of Aspinwall, Pa., are visiting Mrs. Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Huntley. Commissioner Stutzman and family have moved into the property on Ogle street recently sold by County Superintendent Jones. Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Lane and little daughter of Dalton, N. Y., are visiting Mr. Lane's brother, Mr. Deck Lane of the Central Hotel, this place. Miss Victoria Brown has returned to her home in Pittsburg after a brief visit in this place with her sister, Mrs. Walter Bolsinger. Messrs. W. B. Hogan and F. B. Buterbaugh of Wehrum and J. C. Bennett of Mechanicsburg, Indiana county, paid The FREEMAN office a pleasant call Monday. Mrs. James McCabe with her daughter, Miss Agnes, and son, Patrick, of Vintondale, were among the visitors in town Friday and paid this office a pleasant call. Mr. Joseph Davis, the genial clerk at the New York Bargain Store in this place, had two fingers of his right hand badly bruised Wednesday evening by a window falling on them. Mr. Richard Rowland has sold the timber and surface of his 264-acre farm at North Ebensburg to F. J. Hartman, Esq., of Ebensburg for $5,000. Mrs. Wm. Horn and children are visiting relatives in this place. Notes of the County John Edminston, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Edminston, of Patton, has returned home after an absence of four years with Uncle Sam's navy. During his absence he has seen service in the Philippines, China and Japan, besides cruising almost every big body of water on both sides of the world. The Carroll Township School directors have reorganized for the ensuing year selecting W. A. Luther, President; C. W. Meisel, Secretary; and John Spranger, Treasurer. The Summit House, above Cresson, conducted by J. F. Fisher has opened for the summer season. The buildings have been remodeled and repainted and the surroundings put in fine shape. Mrs. W. I. Stineman and son, Frank, returned to their home in South Fork on Tuesday. Bright News from Patton At the earnest solicitation of President Roosevelt, our fellow citizen, Col. Jesse E. Dale, started on Saturday for Chicago, to be present at the sessions of the Republican National Convention, he being an alternate delegate from this district. Teddy desired some one to be on the ground who understood political tactics and had heard of our neighbor's fame as a "wire-pulling" diplomat and was so importunate in his request that the Colonel had not the heart to refuse. Prof. J. A. Ferguson of Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J., spent several days with this brother, Dr. H. W. Ferguson of this place. He was so enamored by Patton and its people that he could scarcely tear himself away. Mr. and Mrs. D. Walter Ritchie have gone to Huntingdon for a ten days visit. E. J. Radcliffe, a student at Bucknell University, is at home for the summer vacation. Miss Eva Crain returned last week from an extended visit at Philipsburg and other places. We are glad to know her health was greatly benefited by the change of air and scenery. At a meeting of stockholders of the Huntingdon & Clearfield Telephone Co. held June 15th at Clearfield, our townsman, Mr. W. H. Denlinger was re-elected a member of the board of directors. Last Friday several of our society folk drove to Cherrytree to attend a social function given by Mr. and Mrs. Mahaffey in honor of the arrival home from school of one son and two daughters. At a meeting of the School Board Monday evening the following teachers were elected for the ensuing year: Principal, Prof. Myers; assistant principal, Prof. Bosserman; grammar, Miss Reeder; intermediate: Misses Prindible, Lewis, Eisenhart, Walsh, Haughwout, McCreary; primary, Misses Fanning, Huston, Donegan. Salaries will be the same with a nine months term. John Seaman, the Slav miner, who secured a sum of money from Mr. Goldstein a few weeks ago, was tried and convicted last week and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Wilhelm was tried and convicted on the charge of poisoning two of our young men and he also will visit Allegheny for thirteen months. J. J. Donnelly has a novel device for cleaning store windows. It is a clever piece of mechanism and Mr. Donnelly will take pleasure in showing how it does the work. Mrs. A. H. Roohk was dangerously sick early this week but at this writing is greatly improved. Thomas Henry Echols, the pioneer colored citizen of Patton and for many years, the polite, attentive and obliging porter at the Palmer House made his advent last Sunday, attired in his summer apparel. He presented such a striking and elegant appearance that Solomon could he have seen him, would have been green with envy. Miss Rachel Sandford arrived home last Friday from Oberlin College, Ohio, and will spend the vacation months in Patton. Hon. W. C. Lingle laid aside the cares, responsibilities and perplexities of business long enough to spend several days with friends at Bellefonte which place at one period of his life, was the gentleman's home. Mrs. Lingle accompanied him. Mrs. R. S. Tozier and children went on a visit last week to New Washington. Mr. Tozier does not appear the least disconsolate and looks as if he really enjoyed the short respite. Our genial friend, Philip Deitrick, has a keen sense of humor and is very entertaining company. A few evenings ago being in a reminiscent mood, he was regaling a few of his friends, by relating some of his early struggles before he reached "easy street." He told of living on a farm at one time that was so poor he could not raise even an umbrella. At the annual convention of Altoona District, Epworth League, held at Tyrone last week, Rev. M. E. Swartz, pastor of Patton Methodist church, was elected president of the ensuing year. This is a signal honor and one worthily bestowed. Miss May Pell is the latest acquisition to the corps of polite and obliging young ladies who manipulate the switch board at the H. & C. Telephone exchange. Miss Pell is bright, quick and active and doubtless will make an efficient and popular operator. Rev. S. S. Neisser, George Boone, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whitehead and Edgar Ellsworth represented Patton at the 58th annual meeting of the Clearfield Baptist Association held at Barnesboro last week. The services of Patton physicians do not come high. Four of them attended court at Ebensburg last week and were paid for their expert testimony, the munificent sum of one dollar each. Hon. John Gowland of Philipsburg registered at the Palmer House Monday. Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Seitz have returned from Freeport where they had been visiting the Doctor's parents. Charles A. Larkens, the superintending architect of the Patton Brewery has completed his work and left town Saturday. Mr. Larkins (sic) has been here for a year and gave his entire time to managing the building operations of this extensive plant, which is pronounced by competent judges to be one of the finest breweries in Pennsylvania. It is with regret we have this gentleman leave our community for by his genial and pleasant manner he made friends of everyone. Miss Nora Gader, who is attending the normal school at Ebensburg, spent Sunday at the home of her parents. A miner employed at No. 5 was severely hurt last Monday by a large quantity of coal falling upon him. His head was badly cut and one cheek painfully lacerated. Dr. Blair was summoned who dressed the wounds and made the injured man as comfortable as possible. Miss Leona Mullen started last Monday for Williamsport where she will visit friends for a week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Roberts of Philadelphia are visiting at the cozy home of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gorsuch on Beech avenue. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tyler of Windber spent some days this week in Patton visiting son, Clark, and Clark's baby. Sunday evening was observed by the Methodist Sunday School in their Children's Day exercise. Fine music, recitations and short addresses comprised the program. Mrs. Daniel M. Harper with two of her children are making a visit at the home of friends in Allegheny City. Dow is Injured On Saturday last Neal Dow of this place was seriously injured while playing with the local team in a game against Patton. Dow was struck on the head by a pitched ball and still remains in Patton in a serious condition. A subscription has been taken up for Dow by Captain Link of the Ebensburg club. Loretto May Get Asylum The committee appointed by Bishop Eugene A. Garvey to look into the matter of the selection of a site for a new orphan asylum to be built by the members of the churches in the Altoona diocese have reported in favor of the purchase of 120 acres of ground adjoining the Children's Home at Loretto. The property in question can be purchased for $20,000. Just what the decision of the bishop will be in the matter is unknown, but it is stated that he will probably endorse the finding of the committee. It will be remembered that the entire membership of the Altoona diocese has decided to construct an orphan asylum, nothing of the kind being established within the diocese. Davis Hears Warrant Sheriff Samuel Lenhart has received from the executive department in Harrisburg the death warrant of Frank Davis, the colored man, who is in jail here for the murder of Laura Taylor, also colored, on the Frankstown road, Johnstown, last fall. The full text of the warrant is as follows: "In the Name and by Authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Executive Department, High Sheriff of the county of Cambria or your successor in office, greeting: "Whereas at a court of over and terminer and general jail delivery held at Ebensburg in and for the county of Cambria, September sessions, 1903, a certain Frank Davis was tried upon a certain indictment charging him with the crime of murder and was on the nineteenth day of December, Anno Domini, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Three, found guilty of murder in the first degree and was thereupon, to wit, On the Twenty-fifth day of March, Anno Domini One Thousand Nine Hundred and Four, sentenced by the said court, that he, the said Frank Davis, be taken to the jail of the county of Cambria, thence to the place of execution, and that he be hanged by the neck until dead." "Now, therefore, This is to authorize and require you, the said Samuel Lenhart, Esquire, high sheriff of the county of Cambria as aforesaid or you successor in office, to cause the sentence of the said court of over and terminer and general jail delivery to be executed upon the said Frank Davis on the Eleventh day of August, Anno Domini, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Four, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m., and 3 o'clock p.m. in the manner directed by the seventy-sixth section of the act of the general assembly of this Commonwealth, approved the Thirty first of March, Anno Dominic, One Thousand Eight Hundred and [words blacked out], titled, "An act to consolidate, [word blacked out] and amend the laws of this Commonwealth, relating to penal proceedings" and for amending this, shall be your sufficient warrant." "Given under my hand and the great seal of the State of the city of Harrisburg, this Fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Four and of the Commonwealth, the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth. By the Governor, S. M. Pennypacker; Frank, M. Fuller, Sec'y. of the Commonwealth." Sheriff Reads Warrant Since Davis was sentenced to be hung he has spent the most of his time thinking of his coming death and perusing his bible. Those meditations were broken into Monday evening about 7 o'clock when Sheriff Lenhart, Deputy Sheriff Bearer and Warden Reynolds entered the cell in which the condemned man is spending his last few days on earth. Davis seemed to know what the officers wanted with him. He arose and shook hands with all of them and listened quietly while Sheriff Lenhart read the death warrant. Then he again shook hands with the officers, thanking the sheriff and stating that he was ready to die. The condemned man told the sheriff that he had two requests to make. First, he said, he would like a warm breakfast every day. His second request was that the execution be as private as possible. Davis told the sheriff that he had committed the murder of the Taylor woman and was prepared to suffer the consequences but he wanted to leave the world as quietly as possible and wanted no curious gaping crowd present when he dropped into eternity. For this reason the people who will see the execution of Davis will be only those allowed by the laws of the State. The sheriff will grant both requests of Davis. Cresson May Incorporate The recent raids of sneak thieves and safe crackers at Cresson have revived the agitation for the incorporation of the town into a borough. As it is now, the town is unable to hire policemen to protect the lives and property of its residents, but if Cresson was a borough policemen could be hired and something done to drive from the place the suspicious characters which are now seen there daily. The fact that for months past there have been employed on the building and tunneling operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Gallitzin a very cosmopolitan crowd of laborers is said by some to be responsible for the thievery and robbery which has taken place in that section of the county. In the very near future, however, these men will be discharged and residents then expect a robbery to be a rare occurrence. Plumbing Overhauled The plumbing in the county jail is being overhauled. It will be remembered that owing to defects in the valves that allowed a constant stream of water to flow through the pipes the last water bill for the county jail was unusually high. As a consequence the Commissioners are having the defect remedied. Will Come from Afar From Patton, Barnesboro, Hastings, Spangler, Nantyglo, Vintondale, Cresson, Wilmore, Summerhill, South Fork, Johnstown, in fact from all over the county comes the word: "We are coming to Ebensburg to spend the Fourth." From present indications we are going to have a glorious time. At the Fair Ground all is preparation for the big races and every horse to go in them is being jogged daily and put in shape for the track. At present there are fifteen horses in the stables at the grounds as follows: Ira Bloom, four; Ed Shoemaker, two; Wm. Kimball, three; T. Stanton Davis, one; Joseph Shoemaker, one; Webster Griffith, one; W. R. Thompson, one; Mr. Hanburger, two. Not all of these animals however are there for the races, some of them being colts and others for other purposes. It is expected that the two races will line up about as follows: Free-for-all: Joseph Shoemaker, Ed Shoemaker, Webster Griffith, Ira Bloom, Doss Kemerer. Home race: T. Stanton Davis, Ed Shoemaker, W. R. Thompson. It is expected that prizes and not purses will be put up for these races to bring them under the matinee rules. In addition to the Ebensburg band it is the intention to secure the Nantyglo Band for the day if they can be obtained. It is also expected that the Vintondale base ball team will cross bats here with the Ebensburg team. Besides these attractions there will be innumerable others. In the evening there will be a costly display of fireworks. Jury Finds Them Guilty [Transcriber's note: Most of the court news is faded from the newspaper; these were the parts most legible] The first case taken up on Monday was that of Robert Scott, charged by Oliver A. Rudy with assault and battery. Scott it is said is the man who received a jail sentence at the last term of court for working the fake deaf and dumb begging game in Gallitzin and when he was found guilty, is indicted on the present charge. Judge O'Connor simply sentenced him to pay the costs and remarked that he would investigate the case and pronounce further sentence later. Elias Edwards, the defendant and John Finn, the prosecutor in an action charging the pointing of fire arms got together and settled the case just before it was called for trial. George Hopkins charged by Frank Alaski with assault and battery was found guilty as indicted but was left off by Judge O'Connor upon the payment of the costs and $20 fine. He'll have to answer in the future if his conduct is not good. Victoria Racks and her male companion who were convicted in a charge of assault and battery last week were left off with the payment of the costs. Robbers at Dunlo Again The post office at Dunlo, Cambria county, which had already been entered and robbed of a large sum of money within the past year was again visited by robbers Thursday evening of last week. The rear window was forced open and once inside, the place was thoroughly ransacked, but nothing was secured as all the valuables had been removed when the office was closed by the postmaster, J. H. Saulsberry. Post Office Inspector Wardel was notified of the robbery and is making an investigation. James White Arrested James White of West Taylor township was arrested Thursday evening of last week by Constable Keis on a charge of surety of the peace preferred by Mabel Rager. At a hearing yesterday before justice Joseph Jenkins of West Taylor township, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve sixty days in the county jail. Charters Lately Issued Among the charters granted recently at Harrisburg was one to the Blacklick & Yellow Creek Railroad Company, capital $100,000. The company is to build a line ten miles long from Rexis, Indiana county, to Burns Summit, Clearfield County. A. W. Lee, Clearfield, is President of the company and the Directors named are Messrs. A. W. Lee, H. W. Straw, George H. Gearhart, H. J. Thompson, E. E. Lindemuth and P. T. Davis, Clearfield. The Barnesboro Industrial Co-operative Association has been chartered at Harrisburg with a capital stock of $1,185. The stockholders are George Taylor, J. W. Marsden, George W. Nicholson and J. L. Gorzion, of Barnesboro and a large number of others. Shops at Altoona Will Work Two Days a Week, Altoona, June 22: The Pennsylvania Railroad company has reduced 5,000 employees in its shops here to a two-day a week working basis. It is reported 10,000 men will be idle all of next week as a result of the company's desire to shorten the summer pay rolls. Electric Corn Popper Ferd Kerlin, an inventive genius of Altoona, has invented an electric corn popper. The pop corn is placed in a revolving apparatus which turns rapidly above a gas flame and when the corn is popped, it is conducted into a large upright cylinder, where it is formed into large balls. Advertisements Four-Fold Liniment For Man or Beast Cures Rheumatism. Neuralgia. Sprains and Bruises. At All Druggists, 25 cents, 50 cents, $1.00. Headaches Cured with Glasses, Artificial Eyes Eugene Heard Spectacle Co. Legitimate Opticians 205 Penn Avenue Off. Penn Building, Pittsburg. M. D. Kittell Attorney at Law Ebensburg, Pa. Office in Opera House Mathiot Reade Attorney at Law Ebensburg, Penna. Office on Centre street Wm. H. Sechler Attorney at Law Ebensburg, Pa. Office in Opera House H. H. Myers, Attorney at Law, Ebensburg, Pa. Office on Centre street Donald E. Dufton Attorney at Law Johnstown, Penna. T. W. Dick Attorney at Law Ebensburg, Penna. Special attention given to claims of Pension, Bounty, etc. J. F. McKenrick Attorney and Counsellor at Law Ebensburg, Pa. Office on Centre street Philip N. Shettig Attorney at Law Ebensburg, Pa. Office in Opera House building, Centre street Well Drilling And Prospecting Prospecting done with latest Diamond Drill We are also dealers in Pipes and Pumps and feel certain We can supply you with a first-class outfit at a nominal cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. Redinger Bros. Ebensburg, Pa. H. A. Shoemaker Dealer in Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces Roofing and Spouting Agricultural Implements of all kinds Tread Powers, Threshers and Separators, Iron and Wood, Pumps, Fence Wire, Etc. Etc. Etc. Ebensburg, Penna. Mules For Sale We will offer for sale at the office of the Patton Clay Manufacturing Co., Patton, after April 26, a carefully selected lot of young, heavy and thoroughly broken mules, suitable for heavy draft work. Geo. S. Good & Co.