NEWS: Cambria Freeman; 1905; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, 21 Jul 1905 Volume 39, Number 28 Items Local and Personal Mr. D. D. Pryce, our popular townsman, was pretty badly used up last evening in an attempt to control his horse, which was trying to run off. He was dragged along the road several squares and received quite a number of cuts and bruises about the face and hands. Dr. Donald H. Shoemaker, accompanied by his mother, departed for Atlantic City, Thursday afternoon to remain for several weeks. Dr. Earl Jones, Dr. Shoemaker's assistant, will look after the dental establishment during his absence. While driving to Carrolltown last Sunday morning, Ed Krug and Henry Rosenhammer of this place were surprised to see a bear come out of a field near the half-way house and cross the road in front of them. Miss Martha, daughter of ex-Sheriff and Mrs. Elmer E. Davis of Johnstown, who had been visiting her friends, Misses Minda Abrams and Francis Thompson here, departed for her home Wednesday. Mont Jones and wife of Braddock are visiting relatives in Ebensburg. Mr. Jones was a resident of Johnstown more than a dozen years ago and is well known in this place, this being his native town. Miss Emma Tredennick, Miss Nary Kinkead and Miss Myrtle Jones of Johnstown, who are visiting Postmaster and Mrs. Festus Lloyd of Julian Street, drove overland last Friday to Loretto. The Hon. Alvin Evans of this place will leave New York this week for Europe where he will spend the next few weeks. He will tour the continent and also spend sometime in Wales. Rabbi Harrison delivered a lecture at the Mountain Assembly on Thursday evening that excited marvelous interest and has been discussed freely. His subject was "America's Disgrace." Editor L. E. Kaylor the Cambria TRIBUNE has leased his cottage near the Belmont summer hotel to a family which is here for several weeks. Harry Hammer of Pittsburg who has rented the Hughes house, Park street, spent Saturday and Sunday with his family which is now located there. Mr. W. N. Bolsinger returned home Friday from Pittsburg where he has been looking up a boiler with which to heat the Central Hotel this winter. Miss Anna B. Hancher will give a reception to her private dancing class in the Opera House tonight. Boney's orchestra will preside. Mrs. L. E. Kaylor is visiting relatives in Johnstown. Next week she will leave for a visit to her former home in St. Louis, Mo. Col. D. D. Henderson, former speaker of the national house of representatives, is suffering from paresis. George D. MacBaine of the MOUNTAINEER-HERALD was in Johnstown Saturday and Sunday with friends. Mr. Carl Dick has returned from Baltimore where he attended the Christian Endeavor convention. George Kinkead and F. B. Jones went over to Altoona Tuesday afternoon to witness the ball game. George B. Stineman and son of South Fork paid THE FREEMAN a pleasant call on Wednesday. Frank Gates is home from State college on a short visit. Mr. Adam Shettig, one of Carrolltown's respected citizens, was among the Ebensburg visitors this week and paid this office a pleasant call. If your umbrella needs a rib send it to Cal Port. Cresson Items Cresson, July 16 The Cresson Machine company is building an addition to its plant. C. A. Buck is building a summer cottage at the Summit, which will be used by himself and his family as a summer home. Luke Sanker is erecting a large side building at his place. The new asphalt walk is being laid on First street in front of the McAteer grocery. This will make a complete stretch of asphalt along the entire street. Conrad Wendroth is increasing the height of the wall at the foot of his reservoir for the purpose of deepening the water and increasing the volume. This reservoir supplies the Anderson House and a number of private dwellings. Late News of County Jacob Detrick of Maple avenue is the latest Johnstowner to be poisoned by eating alleged impure food. After having eaten some canned meat and a quantity of fruit at a meal several days ago he took sick and ptomaine poisoning developed. He was removed to the Memorial Hospital where it was stated that his [two words faded] resembled that of the late Edward Mayhew but was not as yet to the most dangerous stage. Additional Locals The Congregational Ladies' Aid society will meet Saturday at the home of Mrs. Alex Evans. The Presbyterian Lawn fete Tuesday night was well patronized through the evening and about $100 was the amount netted. While whetling his cradle the other day Charles Evans of Cambria township, slipped and the knife of the cradle cut a severe gash across his right hand which he has not been able to use since. Messrs. Phil Bender and Frank Gibson spent a few days this week down about Dysart fishing and brought home 34 very nice trout, one of which measured 11½ inches. They came across a large rattlesnake on one of their trips which escaped. Henry Falkimer of Blacklick township was in town Tuesday exhibiting the skin of a rattlesnake which he killed Monday near the operations of the Keystone Coal Company at Pindleton. The snake measured 5 feet 6 inches in length and 13 rattles and a button are shown at the end of the tail. Mr. Falkimer has refused an offer of $10 for the snake skin. Starts for North Pole New York, July 16 The Roosevelt, in which Capt. Robert E. Peary, hopes to reach the North Pole started on her long voyage Sunday. Capt. Peary and a party of guests were on board at the start and remained with the ship on her trip down the bay but they left her at the Narrows, returning to the city on a tug. Capt. Peary started Sunday night by rail from Sidney, Cape Breton, where he will join the ship. On board the vessel, besides the explorer's party, were a number of guests and newspaper men who accompanied the ship as far as Sandy Hook where they were taken off by a navy tug sent out by Admiral Coghlan. Guests at Ebensburg Inn Harry K. Thaw, the son of the Millionaire Thaw family of Pittsburg and his wife, formerly Miss Evelyn Nesbitt, at one time an actress, are guests at the Ebensburg Inn, Ebensburg. Young Mr. and Mrs. Thaw were in the public eye for some time several months ago. It will be remembered that following a trip to Europe taken by Miss Nesbitt and Mr. Thaw, it was announced that they were married. This brought forth a statement from the young man's family to the effect that if such was the case he would be practically disinherited. A great deal of a row was raised especially in the newspapers of New York. Finally Mr. Thaw and Miss Nesbitt who is very beautiful were married and the journalists of the metropolis allowed them to rest. Mr. and Mrs. Thaw are staying at the Ebensburg hostelry for a short time only. Girl Falls 20 Feet Through a Skylight Mary Stunshock, a Slavish kitchen girl employed at the Merchant's Hotel in Johnstown, fell 20 feet through a skylight from the upper floors of the building Tuesday and landed in the lobby. A fractured left arm and several cuts and bruises were the only injuries sustained. She was taken to the Memorial Hospital. Fell into Old Mine A very curious accident occurred recently on the James Dixon farm in Blacklick township, Indiana county. While Charles Dixon was cutting a field of grass, using a mowing machine and team of horses, the ground suddenly opened beneath them and in a trace, driver, horses and machine had apparently disappeared in the bowels of the earth. The cause of the accident was the caving in of the ground above a coal mine and the whole outfit had landed in the mine. It was necessary to take the horses and machine out through the mine, a distance of at least three quarters of a mile. Another curious part of the accident is the fact that driver, horses and machine escaped serious injury. All the damage that resulted was the breaking of some harness and minor parts of the mowing machine. Fell Down Steps Mrs. Conrad Wenderoth of Cresson, while descending the steps of the Cresson post office building, fell to the bottom and was seriously injured. Mrs. Wenderoth is the mother of Attorney John W. Kephart of this place. Passed Dental Exams The following young men from this section of the state were among the successful applicants for certificates at the recent examinations of the state dental board: George F. Gorman and Ira C. McCue of Johnstown; Harvey A. Guntz of Derry; John W. Updegrafz of Bolivar; Moulton Jones of Johnstown; Albert C. Kunkle of Greensburg; Francis R. Mellon of Patton; Earl H. Park of Marion Center; Ezra S. Saylor of Meyersdale; Elmer F. Shaulis of Somerset; Walter N. Goldsmith of Connellsville; Germaine C. Wehrle and David L. Yingling of Altoona. Automobile for Sale Will sell at a sacrifice. Cadillac run-about, model-individual seats. In perfect condition, having been run less than 300 miles. Very full and a great hill climber, taking all grades in this section of the country. Demonstrations given if desired. Address, Lock Box 292, Patton, Pa. Frogging and Fishing Frog-hunting is a favorite sport among Ebensburgers and guests who are spending the season at the various summer hostelries around here. The favorite hunting grounds seem to be Lake Rowena and its surrounding swamps where the agile "critters" abound in large numbers. The fishing too in Lake Rowena seems to be unusually good this year, a number of finny beauties of different varieties having been landed by followers of the rod and reel. Editor Stineman is Home Editor Harvey C. Stineman of the South Fork RECORD who had been traveling through the west since the annual meeting of the National Editorial Association at Guthrie, Okla., has arrived home. He reported having had a most delightful trip. David and Benjamin, Et Al. Warriors Bold "Mix Up" While Working on the Streets and Certain Things Happen to Both – May Recover There was something doing in the line of free exhibition for the lover of pugilistic exercises yesterday afternoon. "Dave" Powell and "Ben" Hoover were working peacefully side by side on some street improvements below the Bender Hotel when a warm discussion arose. Whether the trouble started through one or the other working harder than his colleague or whether the two got to quarreling over politics can not be ascertained. The first intimation that bystanders had of any "diffkilty" was a sudden lunge made by one of the men for the other. It is said that Powell made an attempt to seize "Ben" by his beer guzzler, when "Ben" objected and grew very wroth. The wily "Dave" thereupon changed his tactics and satisfied himself with any hold that he could get. Then "Ben" left off digging with his little pick and rose up in great wrath and smote David upon the head. The latter being without a helmet, little dreaming of war in time of peace. The implement of warfare in the hands of Benjamin caused a cut or hole to be punctured in the cranium of his antagonist. Then, David girded up on loins and sailed into Benjamin. He spat upon his hands and smote Benjamin behind the left ear, whereupon Benjamin suddenly grew tired and bowed himself low in the grass before his mighty assailant. But Benjamin, the mighty warrior, was not conquered. Although his little pick had been wrested from him, he continued hostile. He attempted to rise to his feet after having been bowed low before his conquerer but David twanged him behind the other ear and he again groveled in the dust. Before the lapse of two minutes for the time of beginning the two contestants had mauled the other until they were scarcely recognizable. Then bystanders withdrew the wrathful David from the field of battle and the sun sank low in the heavens (later in the day) as if to blot out the terrible scene. There was no Red Cross society to follow up the battlefield with nurses and stretcher but at a late hour today, both warriors are reported as resting well and hopes are entertained for their recovery. Mrs. John L. Stough Burned by Incubator Lamp Mrs. John L. Strough (sic) of the West ward was slightly burned about the face and hands Thursday in a rather curious manner. She was [word faded] a number of eggs in a chicken incubator at her home when the lamp that is used in the patent hatcher exploded from some unknown cause. She was burned about the face and hands. Her glasses saved her eyes from being injured. It is expected that she will be able to be around in a few days. Fellows Declining Stephen Fellows, convicted of murdering his wife at Barnesboro last summer and who will again face a jury in the September term of court, after being granted a new trial, is declining rapidly in health and unless the justice of the commonwealth moves more swiftly than it has since his incarceration the chances are that the gallows will never claim him. Fell Over Half a Mile Aeronaut Maloney and Montgomery Aeroplane come to Grief San Jose, Ca., July 19 Daniel Maloney who had made numerous successful ascensions with Prof. Montgomery's aeroplane fell 3,000 feet to his death at Santa Clara. Maloney had made an ascension from the grounds of Santa Clara college. About 2,000 persons watched with interest the machine as it shot upward from the collage garden, attached to a balloon. At a height of 4,000 feet Maloney cut loose from the balloon and began maneuvering the aeroplane. He sailed gracefully about then essayed a deep dip. Suddenly the machine swerved, hesitated and then turned over. It righted itself, sank down a considerable distance and turned over again. Maloney was clinging desperately to his seat and evidently endeavoring to regain control of the aeroplane but all his efforts were in vain. Again the aeroplane turned in the air, the wings came together and the man and the machine plunged straight downward, while the horrified spectators gazed helplessly. A number of cadets carried him to the college hospital. His skull was fractured and blood was flowing from his ears and mouth. He died within a short time. The aeroplane was demolished. Berkman Released Anarchist Enjoys Trip from Penitentiary to the Workhouse Alexander Berkman, the Anarchist, was Thursday released from the Western Penitentiary after serving 12 years and 10 months for shooting H. C. Frick and, accompanied by Deputy Sheriff James Haggerty and Detective T. C. Johnston, was taken into the Allegheny County Workhouse where he is to serve an additional year for carrying concealed weapons. Ex-Congressman Hicks Poisoned Ex-Congressman J. D. Hicks is seriously ill at his home at Altoona, the result of being poisoned by eating lobsters on Thursday at Hartford, Conn. He became sick in his office and his family is greatly alarmed over his condition. DEATHS Three Poor House Deaths Three deaths in close order in the county poor house is a record in the history of that institution during the last 11 years of Thomas J. Hughes' stewardship. All three of the dead were men, who succumbed to the infirmities incident to advanced age. Each was an immigrant to this country from Europe in his younger days, not one of them was married and not one is survived by any known relatives. Gen. Blackmar Dead Gen. W. W. Blackmar, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. died Sunday of intestinal nephritis. His wife was with him during his illness. The body will be embalmed and taken to the home of the family in Boston. Capt. John R. King of Baltimore, senior vice commander-in chief becomes under the law of the Grand Army of the Republic, acting commander-in-chief and will continue as such until the next national encampment. Capt. King is pension agent for Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia and has an office in Washington. Body of Paul Jones Will Reach America in a Few Days Plymouth, England, July 17 The North German Lloyd steamer, Kaiser Wilhelm H., from New York arrived here today and reported passing the latitude 44.37 north and longitude 37.12 west the American squadron commanded by Rear Admiral Sigsbee which is conveying the body of Admiral Paul Jones from France to the United States.