NEWS: Cambria Freeman; 24 Aug 1906; 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, 24 Aug 1906 Volume 40, Number 33 Items Local and Personal Carl R. McKenrick and family of 221 E. Lafayette Ave., Baltimore, Md., who spent a vacation with his parents, J. F. McKenrick of Ebensburg, returned home on Saturday. Mr. McKenrick has held a position in the office of J. Kemp Bartlett, a prominent attorney of Baltimore for several years past. George Kinkead of Ebensburg was in the city Friday as the guest of John Horten of the Vendome Hotel. He is an old-time fried of Tom Walker and came to the city to see him twirl in one of the Johnstown-Williamsport contests Friday afternoon on the point. (Johnstown TRIBUNE) The Misses Amelia, Ada and Zitella Wertz of Johnstown are the guests of the Misses Rosalind and Bessie Darragh, in this place. Their brothers, Herbert and Elbert, also came here Monday afternoon and are camping at Lake Rowena with Robert and Russell Leech. Griffith, Somerville & Griffith, the dairymen, were so unfortunate as to lose another cow last week, making the third within a short time. The other two were killed by lightning and this one was found dead in the field some time ago; they also lost a horse. Walter Port, who spent the past ten months in Savannah, Ga., has returned to his home in this place, where he will spend sometime. While in Savannah he was in the employ of the Central of Georgia Railway Co., in the capacity of car accountant's clerk. Miss Maude Shoemaker of Horne's Store, Pittsburg, is spending her vacation with her parents on corner Julian St. and Highland Avenue. She was accompanied by Miss Deitrick of East Liberty, Pa. Geo. L. Bearer who has been rusticating in Ebensburg and Susquehanna township for the past two weeks left on Tuesday for Pittsburg where he is employed by the U. S. Steel Company. Miss Mary G. Lloyd spent the past two Sundays in Altoona acting as organist in the Broad Avenue Presbyterian church during the absence of the regular organist. Mine Inspector Josiah Evans, accompanied by his family and Mrs. W. Reese and children, also of Johnstown, are spending several days at the Metropolitan Hotel. Mason William McClarren having finished the brick work on the new residence of Francis brothers, departed this week for Salix where he has a contract. Judge Barker and M. D. Kittell, Esq., arrived home the early part of the week from their fishing trip to Maine and report having a fine time. William Brown of Lilly, one of THE FREEMAN's valued subscribers, was in the county capital Tuesday and paid this office a friendly call. John E. Thomas was taken ill with neuralgia Saturday but after quite a painful experience for a day or two is feeling better now. Mr. and Mrs. Cord Snyder and son, of Snowshoe, have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Barker for a few days this week. George Porch is spending a brief vacation at Atlantic City. Joseph Gutwald of Gallitzin was in town on business Tuesday. John B. Dick of near Vintondale was a visitor in town Wednesday. Evan Powell and family of Johnstown are spending a few days in town. Dr. Charles O'Hara visited his mother, Mrs. John O'Hara here Friday last. Dr. and Mrs. Williams of Latrobe are spending several weeks in Ebensburg. Miss Ella Evans of Patton is the guest of Mrs. M. J. Stoltz at the Mountain House. Miss Eslier Notley of Cherrytree has been visiting her friend, Miss Margaret Richards here. Wm. Krug, with his wife and child were here from Pittsburg this week visiting his parents. James Eberlein of Pittsburg is spending a week's vacation in this place at the home of W. D. Port. Harry Humphreys of Cresson is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Humphreys in this place. Dr. F. B. Roberts, accompanied by Thomas Siviter of Pittsburg, is visiting the family of Cham T. Roberts. Mrs. W. Milton Brown who has been spending some time here returned to her home in Johnstown Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Webster Griffith and Thomas and George Griffith of Ebensburg were in Johnstown Tuesday. George E. Owens and family of Philadelphia are guests of his mother, Mrs. C. J. Owens in the Mountain town. The Misses Myers of Canton, O., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. Frank James of the Centre ward, this place. George D. Kennedy and wife had as their guests at Fenwycke Hall last week his mother and his son of Cumberland, Md. Robert E. Treese and daughter, Miss Verle, of this place, spent several days in Huntingdon Pa., during the past week. Late News of County J. J. McCormick of Spangler has accepted a position with the Spangler Brewing Company as traveling representative for that concern and will start "on the road" within the next few days. Adjudged guilty of removing ten little wild turkeys from their nest, Abraham Sanders of Cogan Station near Williamsport has been fined $250.00 by the alderman before whom the case was tried. A cannonball unearthed by the Kerbaugh construction company while excavating for the Pennsylvania railroad between Derry and Bradenville is supposed by people conversant with the subject to be a relic of the famous Forbes march and to have been lost by the Forbes artillery when it crossed Chestnut Ridge on the march from Fort Ligonier to Hannahstown in the spring of 1763. The route marked by felled trees to allow the passage of artillery is still visible along the side of the ridge and the grave of a British soldier, with head and foot stones placed there by comrades, still remains. Items of Interest While handling a colt out at the Fair Grounds last week, Hughie McCullough had a couple of his ribs broken and was otherwise bruised up in consequence of which Hughie is taking a vacation. The celebrated fish dam at Vetera broke during the high rains last week, carrying with it all the fish which it contained. Al Meisel says he saw one catfish go down the creek which was four feet long but he was unable to catch it. A quaint old relic in the shape of a meat fork about three feet long was found in the attic of the Collins stone house the other day. In ancient times meat was broiled over the blaze in the fireplace on these forks and doubtless many a savory piece of venison was done up to the queen's taste on the implement under discussion. It can be seen at the barber shop of Robert Treese. Imbesi Has Been Caught Italian Wanted for Portage Holdup and Robbery is Now Under Arrest in Italy Francesco Imbesi, alleged murderer and highwayman, generally believed to have been the ringleader in the famous Portage holdup more than two years ago will be tried in his own country and his own province. The evidence at command of District Attorney J. W. Leech will be presented before a commission as soon as the Italian courts forward the necessary documents and this evidence forwarded in turn to the courts of that country. Whether or not Imbesi will be represented by Counsel while the evidence is being taken is not known, although it is generally believed that if his friends are fit to employ counsel here he would be permitted to cross examine the witnesses and to present such other witnesses as he sees fit. District Attorney Leech is confident that he can forward testimony sufficient to insure a conviction and a sentence of life imprisonment, the extreme penalty in Italy. Wants Bail Portage Man in Jail on Murder Charge Wants Out Attorney Percey Allen Rose has instituted habeas corpus proceedings before Judge O'Connor, looking to the administration to bail of Edward Bortman, now confined in the county jail at Ebensburg. Bortman is accused of being one of a crowd of five white men who it is alleged on June 18th last kicked to death John Alexander, colored, on the streets of Portage. Alexander, it will be remembered, got into a row with the crowd of white men while drinking at the bar of a Portage hotel. In the young (sic) riot which followed the colored man was so badly pummeled that he died within a few minutes after officers had checked the conflict. Bortman, it is alleged, was in the gang which killed the negro but his counsel claims the evidence against him is such that the charge of murder could not possibly be against him. If the habeas corpus writ is granted, therefore, it will be argued that the specification of the crime be changed and the prisoner admitted to bail. Thought Bees were After Him Peculiar Hallucination of Young Man Recommended to Dixmont William T. Edwards, aged twenty-one years of Blacklick township, who has suffered for months from the terrible hallucination that he was pursued by swarms of bees was adjudged insane here Tuesday by a commission composed of Dr. F. C. Jones, A. J. Waters and Attorney Philip N. Shettig. He had been confined for the past few days in the hospital ward at the County Jail to prevent him from injuring himself. The case is particularly sad because an elder brother of the young man was committed to Dixmont for similar reasons a little more than a year ago. Brought Gold Nuggets A. J. Overton, a prominent gold mining operator at Salisbury, N. C., was in town a short time Monday, having stopped off on a short visit to friends in Ebensburg. Mr. Overton had with him some gold nuggets which he brought from the scene of his mining operations in North Carolina. The specimens were very fine ones, several dozen in number and were examined with interest by Ebensburg people. W. L. Main Show Coming Charles Philips, general press agent for the Walter L. Main shows, arrived in Johnstown Wednesday and expects to remain a few days. He is there in advance of the show which will likely be seen on the Point grounds about the middle of September Mr. Philips says the Main aggregation is practically three shows this year. With the regular circus features, combining the Col. Cummins Wild West, which appeared at Buffalo Exposition; "Fire and Flame," a successful Coney Island attraction and a number of acts from the New York Hippodrome. Happy Outing Chest Springs Folks Picnic Near Carrolltown Chest Springs, August 18 Under the spreading branches of the trees in Miller's Grove near Carrolltown, there assembled on Wednesday a merry party of Chest Springs picnickers. Dinner was eaten there and so well pleased were the members of the party that the supper cloth was spread in the same place. And then a pleasant drive home in the cool of the evening the route by way of Patton being used brought a pleasant day and a pleasant outing to a close. During the afternoon the young people visited the ball grounds in Carrolltown and witnessed a game between the married men of Carrolltown and the married men of Chest Springs. The latter were victorious by the score of 11 to 8. Those in the party were the following: Mrs. Dr. Somerville, Mrs. William Cannon of Altoona; Mrs. Henry Pfiester, Mrs. A. M. Burkett, Mrs. Albert Buck, Mrs. Charles McDonald, Mrs. J. Fox, Mrs. M. Weakland; Misses Josephine, Maud and Ethel Litzinger, Genevieve Burns, Clara McGuire, Margaret Mulligan, Linnie Callihan, Mary Hurd of Chest Springs; Messrs. Richard and William Cannon of Altoona; James Karntzman and Walter Rhoes of Chest Springs. Major Allport Goes on a Hunting Trip Major James H. Allport left Thursday morning for Cresson, where he was joined by Coon Wendroth of Cresson, Dr. W. H. Moore and Charles H. Sloan of Philadelphia. The gentlemen will go to Emigrant, Mont., and from there by trail about 260 miles into Idaho and spend a couple of months hunting grizzlies and other game in the wilds of the rocky mountains. It will be a grand trip and no doubt they will return with many trophies of the hunt, even if it is necessary to purchase them. Lightning Gets Busy Barnesboro was visited by a severe storm Wednesday accompanied by much thunder and lightning. The Baptist church on Philadelphia avenue was struck and badly damaged, the force of the strike tearing out almost one entire end of the building. The same bolt killed a valuable horse which had been turned out to pasture in a field a short distance above the church. And at almost the same time the residence of Patrick McCarthy was struck by lightning. No serious damage was done to Mr. McCarthy's house however. During the heavy thunder storms which visited this section early Sunday morning lightning struck the dwelling house of Butcher A. Skelly, situated in Cambria township about one mile from Ebensburg and damaged the building considerably. Lincoln McCullough, who occupies the house was prostrated for a time by the shock. The building did not take fire. House Struck by Lightning Last Friday evening during the electrical storm which passed over this section the residence of Morris Waring was struck and the interior badly damaged. The bolt struck the flue and tearing out a brick passed on the inside to a bedroom on the second floor where it split two bedposts in halves. Continuing down to the first floor it blew out the stop in the flue and turning it around, forced it into a pair of curtains some distance away. Plaster was knocked off the ceiling and the lightning in its mischievous pranks, forced several holes about one half inch in diameter through the walls. Luckily Mrs. Waring and children were in the kitchen and escaped unscathed although one of the children was knocked down by the force of the bolt. (Carrolltown NEWS) Wedding Announcement Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Mardis of Belsano announce the marriage of their daughter, Margaret, to Rev. W. A. Sites of Harrisburg which will take place in the early part of September. Edward Reese Fatally Injured in Mills Edward Reese, aged about 23 years, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Reese of this place, met with an accident Tuesday morning while at work in the mills at Braddock and is now at a hospital in that city in a critical condition, having sustained severe injures to his back. Mr. Reese was recently married to Miss Esther McGough of Wilmore. Deadly Work on Railroad: Butts and McMahon John Butts, a man aged about 35 years, was struck by a passenger train opposite the Pennsylvania depot platform in Johnstown Thursday night shortly after 11 o'clock and almost instantly killed. While crossing the Pennsylvania railroad tracks at the Morrellville Crossing, James McMahon of West Taylor township was struck and instantly killed by a passenger train the same day. Geo. Cann was Murdered! Body of Dead Man Discovered near Spangler last Friday was that of Man who Mysteriously Disappeared a Few Weeks Ago George Cann was the name of the man whose decomposed body was found Friday afternoon on the road leading from Spangler to Hastings. The police of Barnesboro have a well defined idea as to the parties who are believed to be responsible for his death. It is believed that Cann was foully murdered and then robbed. Cann lived at Garman's Mills and while well known in that vicinity he was regarded as being somewhat eccentric. One day about five weeks ago he said he was going over to Possums' Glory to draw some money he had coming to him. After that he was not seen again in his usual haunts. Saturday Police Chief Van Buren of Barnesboro went to Possum's Glory and arrested a man named Tony Mattee, Slavish, on suspicion that he knew something about the disappearance of Cann. The fellow was taken before a justice but as the Barnesboro policeman did not know of the whereabouts of Cann, nor did he know that he was dead, he was compelled to admit that there was nothing on which to hold Mattee. Then, through the finding of a watch near the body and the identification of it by a jeweler as being Cann's, the chief found out that Cann was the dead man and had been murdered. By this time Mattee and his wife and her sister had left their home and could not be found. The police are now looking for them. Both women are Americans and are said to be well known. Can's (sic) body was found hidden in the brush about a mile from Spangler by some boys who were picking berries last Friday afternoon. Seven Men Killed Seven men were killed and twelve more were seriously injured in a wreck on the PRR at Sang Hollow near Johnstown last Sunday morning. The wreck was caused by a freight train crashing into a wreck train about 7 o'clock a. m. The killed were asleep in a rear coach of the wreck train when the crash came.