NEWS: Items from The Cambria Freeman, August 19, 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, August 19, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 33 Local and Personal One Charles Shenkenger of Johnstown has been awarded the contract for the erection of the Davis skyscraper on Centre street. The amount involved has not been divulged. Mr. and Mrs. Deck Lane returned Saturday from New York State where they spent the past month visiting friends and relatives at Mr. Lane's former home. Mrs. James S. Dick of Anaconda, Mont., with her little daughter is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McKenrick in this place. Rev. E. H. Wagenhals of Ft. Wayne, Ind., arrived here this week where he will spend several weeks with his family at their pleasant summer home. Mr. T. W. Letts formerly editor of the Carrolltown NEWS but now a resident of Jersey Short, Pa., is spending some time with relatives in this place. Mrs. A. M. Stineman and children and Miss Elizabeth Schuck of Chicago spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. D. Evans. Mrs. Edna Cobaugh and children of Johnstown are visiting Mrs. Cobaugh's parents, Steward and Mrs. Thomas Hughes. Miss Ella Clayton of Johnstown is visiting at the home of her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. George D. Pryce in Cambria township. Mr. and Mrs. John Kebler of Kane are visiting Mrs. Kebler's sisters, Mrs. Ed Luther and Mrs. Bert Boney. Mr. James C. Murray of near Summit was among the visitors in town Tuesday and while there paid this office a pleasant call. Mrs. Minerva Saxon and daughter, Inez, of Johnsonburg are visiting Mrs. Saxon's father, M. R. B. Creery. Miss Queen Sexton has returned home from Johnsonburg where she spent the past month visiting friends and relatives. Misses Julia Jones and Mary James of Kane are visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. L. Jones. Mrs. Sanders and three daughters of Pittsburg are visiting at the home of Mrs. Samuel O'Hara in the East ward. Miss Sadie Evans of Johnstown is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. D. Pryce in Cambria township. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Garman of Indiana have returned to their home after a visit in this place. Miss Mabel Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Davis of Johnstown is visiting in this place. Miss Lovell Barker left Wednesday for Baltimore, Md., where she will spend some time visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davis are entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Robert Michaels of Altoona this week. Mr. C. H. Jones of the New York Bargain Store attended the funeral of a cousin in Johnstown Friday. Misses Mary Fox and Gertrude Mulvehill of this place visited friends and relatives in Patton Sunday. Mrs. Charles White of Centre county is visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. T. J. Davison in this place. Thomas Siviter of Pittsburg has been spending the week with his family in this place. Miss Lara Jones of Johnstown spent Sunday with her father, Mr. F. B. Jones in this place. Mr. Walter Myers of Pittsburg is spending a week's vacation at his home in this place. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Davis of Johnstown spent Sunday with friends in this place. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kober of Pittsburg are visiting relatives in this place. Miss Helen Barker spent several days with friends in Johnstown during the past week. Miss Maud Shoemaker of Pittsburg is spending her vacation at her home in this place. Misses Ada and Mabel Jones are visiting relatives in McClure, Snyder county. Miss Zitella Wertz of Johnstown is the guest of Miss Fannie Lloyd in this place. John J. Bracken of Gallitzin spent several days in this place this week. Miss Margaret Murphy of Altoona is visiting her aunt, Mrs. C. M. Parrish. James Dunn of Nantyglo was transacting business here on Wednesday. Miss Alberta Gates has as her guest Miss Louise Clearwater of Wilcox, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. David D. Evans of Kane are visiting friends in town. Miss Mae Nailor of Pittsburg is visiting Mrs. Wm. Kessler in this place. Misses Anna and Ethel Shields spent Thursday in Altoona. Mr. Ed Cassidy spent several days in Altoona during the past week. Miss Elizabeth Jones is visiting relatives in Johnstown. Ex-Sheriff Geo. M. Wertz spent Tuesday in this place. Personal Items Mr. Burley Evans, son of Mr. R. D. Evans, of this place, is home from Cleveland, Ohio to spend his vacation. Burley is employed as a clerk in one of the large department stores in Cleveland. David Ludwig of Jeannette on Saturday bought the property of Jno. W., Samuel D. and Felix Ludwig of this place. The property was sold at the Court House by A. W. Buck, assignee. Mrs. Frank Jervis who spent the past three months at the home of her mother, Mrs. Charles Owens, in this place, will depart for Mt. Vernon, Pa., next week where she and her husband will reside in the future. Mr. A. G. Young of this place will move into the new house recently erected by Mr. Herman Apel on his premises in the East ward. Mr. Griffith of Cambria township will occupy the house vacated by Mr. Young. Conductor James Nelson who for the past four or five years has had charge of the Ebensburg branch passenger train has been transferred to the Coalport road and Ed Mower who has been an extra conductor on the Susquehanna branch of the Cambria & Clearfield division has been transferred to the Ebensburg branch. Cambria County in Brief Tuesday and Wednesday, August 30 and 31 and Thursday and Friday, September 1 and 2 will be gala days in Johnstown for then the Inter- State Fair will be in progress at the Westmont Park of the Gentlemen's Driving Park Association. Citizens of this county are discussing the "Hall of Fame" project with reference to the name of the countian who did most for the county. The names of Lieutenant Robert E. Peary, George S. King, Father Gallitzin, Daniel J. Nowell, Joseph Johns and Charles M. Schwab have been mentioned. During the recent fire in Spangler sneak thieves were numerous and bold. An Englishman whose name is not known failed to find his coat when the fire was over, although knowing where he had left it. It contained money and valuable papers to the amount of $200. A sum of money was taken from the Graffius property although the vessel containing it was left in the house. A man was met carrying away a pair of blankets, the property of Mr. Graffius and clothing disappeared in the same manner. Bright News from Patton Mr. Geo. F. Harris of Punxsutawney spent last Sunday at the home of W. H. Denlinger. Mrs. Jos. Harding of Windber who was a guest at the residence of W. C. Lingle became so ill that she was compelled to leave for home last Saturday. Her daughter, Anne, accompanied her. Miss Millie Yeckley of DuBois is visiting her friends, the Misses Donnelly. "Jake" Dinsmore returned home Saturday from a six weeks visit at Punxsutawney. We are glad to have "Jake" back for even if the town did not stop during his absence; it ran along at a slow pace. John Mahaffey our handsome and popular assistant freight agent has recovered from an attack of sickness which caused him to leave his official duties for several days. Miss Ella Evans was matron on honor at a picnic excursion one day last week. The following young misses comprised the party: Gladys and Margaret Morley, Bertha Bennett, Lucy Mellon, Annie McCormick, Josephine Short, Genevieve McCormick, Addie and Ruth Galor. They spent the day near Ebensburg, returning home in the evening tired by happy. Miss Charlotte Hubbard of Beech Creek is visiting her brothers who reside at this place. Mrs. Herbert Ford and little son, of Janesville, Wis., are being entertained at the hospitable home of Hon. W. C. Lingle. Mrs. Ford was a resident of Patton several years ago. Grace and Ruby Cowher are visiting friends in Indiana county. Thomas H. Eckols, the attentive porter at the Palmer House, has resigned his position and gone to Altoona. Thomas has been a familiar figure in our town for a long time and was respected by all. He had a happy faculty of attending to his own affairs. Now since his departure there is not a colored citizen in our Borough. Dr. B. F. Shires and Wm. Prindible drove to Madera Monday to witness a ball game. Monday afternoon Editor Decker appeared upon our streets attired in a spic span new suit of clothes looking very much like a gentleman. He informed us that he was going to Pittsburg, to be gone a whole week and wanted to show the impecunious newspaper men of the Smoky City what a prosperous country editor looked like. The Huntingdon and Clearfield Telephone exchange at Patton is now giving continuous service. A call will be answered at any hour whether day or night. P. M. P. H. P. P. E. C. William H. Denlinger, Grand Warden of the Grand Commandery K. T. Jurisdiction of Penna., started Thursday morning enroute for San Francisco where he will attend the sessions of the triennial conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of the United States. He joined Harrisburg Commandery at Tyrone and will travel with them in their Pulman coaches. The time of his absence from home will be about one month, during which he will visit every place on the Pacific Coast worth seeing. Mr. Denlinger stands high in Masonic circles and there will be an effort on the part of his friends to confer higher honors by having him dubbed and created A. D. F. C. W. E. L. M. H. L. T. G. O. A. E. C. Brown and family and Joseph E. Parnell and family returned last week from a sojourn of ten days at Ocean City. They had an enjoyable time and were greatly benefited by the outing. Mr. Parnell, who has been a life long sufferer from obesity, succeeded in reducing his avoirdupois to the extent of eleven pounds and is consequently enthusiastic over the trip. Dr. H. W. Ferguson who for the past year has practiced dentistry in Patton has removed to Mahaffey and will follow his profession at that place. Joe Lingle and Paul Barton returned last week from their six weeks tour through Northern New York. The boys had a good time and saw about all of that country that was worth seeing. Joe was so unfortunate as to become acquainted with some of the "Miss-Keeters" at Placid Lake and as a result his face is not what might be termed a thing of beauty. The brick layers have commenced operations on the Young & Yeager block. This building when finished will be a handsome improvement to the business section of town. It was our rare good fortune to take dinner at the picnic held last week by the Killbuck Tribe of Red Men. It was a great feed and if our aborigines subsisted on that quality of fare, it is no wonder so many of them died from dyspepsia, appendicitis and other kindred complaints. Jesse Starritt was threatened with typhoid fever last week, at least he thought so and for a day or two was a close student of his hymn book. It was simply a case of too much green corn so like Richard of old, "he is himself again." Mr. Heun Dill entertained his sister, Alice, of New York and niece, Edith Patton, of Curwensville for several days last week. James Gilliece has always had a desire to see a man executed; he had that desire gratified last week at Ebensburg. Since then he stays at home after dark and has had a fifty candle power electric light burner put in his bed room which he keeps going all night. We would request our health officer, Dr. Worrell, to take a walk along Palmer avenue and see the filthy condition of the gutters beyond Sixth avenue. Dr., please attend to this. J. T. Sauter made happy the hearts of "the old folks at home" by spending Sunday at Connellsville. Charles Potter Miller returned home Monday evening from an extended visit at Bellefonte. A drunken street brawl Monday evening created considerable excitement on Magee avenue. Constable Jackson arrested the offenders and Judge Boone fined them each five dollars. John T. Sauter and E. M. Smale have each treated the outside of their respective and respectable places of business to a coat of red paint. Such an improvement would add materially to the appearance H. A. Leiden's imposing shack. John T. Harris of Altoona, prominent in telephone circles, spent a few hours of his valuable time in Patton last Friday. The following were a party who took supper at the Palmer House last Sunday: Misses Romie Van Pelt, M. Brisbin, Kate Brisbin, Messrs. Geo. C. Harris, John van Pelt. Prof. Bosserman left last week to spend the remainder of his vacation among the Dutch of Adams county. The ball game last Saturday on Athletic field between Benedict and Patton resulted in a victory for Patton to the tune of 4 to 3. Rev. John Radcliffe, Y. M. C. A. Secretary, has been confined to his home for the past week by sickness. Patton sent the following delegation to Atlantic City Thursday morning: Mrs. T. N. Nagle, Misses Myrtle Hover, Ray Goldstein, Messrs. Barney Goldstein, O. L. Hoover and W. J. Hoover. Miss Ella O'Leary of St. Augustine and James Barrett of Mahaffey were also of the party. Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Higgins, Mrs. W. E. McCormick and Miss Laura Mitchell started Wednesday for Wellsboro and Geneva, N. Y. No Strangers Did the Job John C. Martin of New York City, owner of extensive coal lands in the vicinity of Portage and Puritan, was in Johnstown Saturday afternoon on his way from Altoona and Portage to Chautauqua Lake, N. Y., where he is spending the summer. Mr. Martin was in Washington two weeks ago Saturday when the murder and robbery between Portage and Puritan took place and was at once notified of the affair. He is a personal friend of Patrick F. Campbell, the superintendent of the Puritan Coal Company who was wounded in the hold up and is now at the Altoona Hospital where Mr. Martin spent several days last week with the injured man. Mr. Martin says he believes the outlaws are not strangers in and about Portage and feels certain they will be detected. He owns the coal lands being operated by the Portage and Puritan Coal Companies and is also understood to be interested in the companies themselves. Disastrous Fire at Spangler Spangler had one of the most destructive fires in its history last week when the double dwelling occupied by Anthony Cozei and William Biter and the residence of John Peters were consumed. The total loss is estimated at $7,400 with insurance amounting to only $2,000. The fire originated in a bread oven in the Cozei house. Mrs. Cozei who discovered it, gave the alarm and then, remembering that one of her children was sleeping in the upper part of the house, rushed in again to the rescue. Before she appeared again with the child in her arms she had sustained a number of bad burns about the face and neck. Scarcity of water hampered the efforts of the volunteer firemen in their attempt to extinguish the blaze and it was only with great difficulty that a number of neighboring buildings were saved. Sneak thieves took advantage of the excitement attending the fire and it is said that considerable valuable stuff was stolen from the burning houses. The losses and insurance are, in detail, as follows: Anthony Cozei, house and contents, $2,200; insurance $800. Wm. Biter, contents of house, $1000, no insurance; John Peters, property and contents, $4,000, insurance $1200. F. Feighner and N. Graffius sustained losses of about $100 each by reason of hot embers falling upon the roofs of their houses. McGregor Appointed James C. McGregor was on Friday appointment postmaster for Indiana to succeed the late Samuel A. Smith. Mr. McGregor is a well known Republican worker and his appointment comes as a reward for faithful service to that Republican element which for several years has dominated in the county. Must Pay $8900 In the injunction proceedings instigated by the Lincoln Company against the Springfield Coal Company, Judge O'Conner has ruled that the plaintiffs must pay $8900 to the defendants within the next thirty days if they wish the injunction to become permanent. Circus Excursions From present indications this town and community will be practically depopulated on Saturday, September 3, the date the great Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers' enormous shows united will exhibit at Johnstown. Scores of people have expressed their intention of grasping this unusual opportunity to see the greatest of all American circuses and they will see many acts never before performed. Just a partial list includes Borthos who on his bicycle leaps a chasm five feet wide; Diavolol, who loops the loop on a bicycle; Cyclone, ascending perpendicularly the "Devils' Chimney;" the Lecussons, the famous French family of wonderful equestrians; the Hungarian Magyars in singular emotional dances and wildly strenuous acrobatic performances; the renown Aurora Zouaves most marvelously drilled soldiers in the world. Then there are over a half hundred celebrated clowns, and three great herds of trained elephants, the greatest number of polar bears ever seen in one collection, fourteen full grown Artic beauties. All lines of travel will offer special low rates and the day will prove the biggest holiday of the year. The agent of these lines of travel will furnish all necessary information as to time of trains and rates of fare. There is one thing certain, and that is that these excursion arrangements will enable people who live here to see identically the same show as seen by those who live in the metropolitan cities. Patton Man Bankrupt In the United States District Court of Pittsburg on Friday a petition of bankruptcy was filed by Moses Mirken of Patton, Cambria county. His liabilities are $5,188.11 and his debts $3128.21. Attempted Robbery Three unknown men attempted to rob the store of Charles Dean at Van Ormer on Tuesday night. The attempt was unsuccessful. Loretto Holdup Loretto bobs into view with an attempted holdup. About 10 o'clock Monday evening Louis Durbin of Allegheny township was attacked by unknown men in the Schwab woods. Durbin beat off his assailants who made their escape. Charlie Says He has a Hobby Charles M. Schwab who is at the his summer home at Loretto for a short vacation, declared in an interview on Saturday that industrial schools were his hobby - not only industrial schools for boy and girls of sound body but where the cripples and deformed children may learn some useful occupation. Boys and girls, he said, who go to school are taught nothing but books, books, books and don't get an opportunity to learn how to do things with their hands. He believes, however, the time will come when industrial training will be taught in every public school. "The State will take it up," he said. "I am a Roman Catholic but I am a strong believer in the public schools. I don't believe in parochial schools." Mr. Schwab said that he and his wife had spent a great deal of money at Richmond Beach, N. Y., with the object of teaching crippled and deformed children useful occupations. But what little they had done in the philanthropic line, he said, had been so bitterly attacked that he and Mrs. Schwab were not going to do anything more just now.