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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-06-11
Coz. Mcclure of the Philadelphia

Col. Mcclure. of the Philadelphia
Times, saws that city is Republican on
a fairly matched issue, but the organ
ization. has been permitted Ito TALL
into the hands Of n set of thieves and
iohbers. men who fastened themselves
upon the party in the days of its pros
perity that they might climb into
mower by its means, who now control
il 50 completely aud with Il al the
channels Of administration i'll the city
and the State, that they openly defy
the decent sentiment Of the community
and the just demands of an outraged
public The action of the Councils
upon Thursday simply shows how de
fiant these men have become, who have
made the municipal government of
Philadelphia a burden and shame.
Not egcn their own dependant organs
OF the press dare offer excuse or paIii-
ntion for the election Of Bum and
Marks. but every newspaper that has
dared to speak OF it at al has openly
condemned il, and every decent per
son in the whole city has cried out
against 1T. y
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Meeting of County Committee.

To TIE MENBERs OF TUE DENOCRATIC
COMMITTEES OF CAMBRIA CoCTTY-GGHtte-
ulen. Iou are hereby invited to meet IN
me Grand Jury room, in The Court House
Ebensburg. on NoEDaT, the I'm day OF
JUNE next to- iix u time for holding the
next County Convention and to appoint
Senatorial coufcrecs 10 meet like conferees
from Blair county for the purpose Of choos-
Jug Senatorial delegate to the State Con
vention, and 70 attend to such other busi-
ness as may be presented for consideration
a full attendance of the members is re-
quested. j. G. LAKE,
Chairman Dem. Co. Com.
Ebensburg, May "a, 1915.
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~-,c-e>e-

SUFFICIENT time has elapsed since
Grants letter on the third term qucs-
ton to arrive at correct conclusion
as to what the public sentiment of the
country is in reference to it. The
overwhelming weight of the utterances
of the press of both parties is, that he
is not only willing but anxious for Il
third nomination, if he can get it. In
fact. his position has not been changed
from tue one he was believed to occupy
before he wrote it. 1t is a rcproach to
the country that we have a man in the
Presidential chair who. in lengthy
aGd carefully prepared document, has
completely failed to remove this vexcd
question beyond doubt or cavil. How
easy a matter it was for him 70 say to
the people whether he approved Of the
resolution of the Lancaster convention
or not Bnt he evadsd the issue and
plainly rtbulled the convention for its
attempt to limit the number of Presi-
dental terms by a resolution aimed at
his own personal ambition.
The Ohio Republican State conven-
tion. which was held few days after
the letter was given to the public, had
not faith even as large as a grain of
mustard seed in the honesty and sin
cerity OF his declarations, and sub
stantially reafirned the doctrine as
serted at lancaster
Grant can control the nomination of
himselfifthe circumstance" to which
he refers in his letter render it neces-
sary that in his own judgment he
should do 80. The negroes and car
pet baggers will send solid delegation
from the South in his favor With
the Sc he only lacks .fo,fy-siE votes of
a majority Of the electoral college, and
If his army of ofiice-holders in the
balance of the country cannot deliver
him that many delegates they are not
worth a row Of pins and will deserve
official decapitation for their ingrati-
ttlde
Grants letter has accomplished one
thing at least II has enabled the poo
PIE Of the United States, outside of
Pennsylvania, II who were heretofore
tlis5tnliy ignorants of the existence Of
such genius as Harry Whites know
that 20 has 2 local habitati:ii snd ?
name v&.hi, ,er boundaries
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DIABoIIsM IN MARYLAND.--Ou Satur-
day afternoon, near Odent0n, at the iunc-
tion Of the Baltimore and Potomac and An
napoliS Railroad, in Anne Arundel county,
:, daughter of John jackson, a farmer was
sbock,nely abused by an unknown negro
man. The young lady is aged about eigh-
teen years, most respectfully connected, and
highly respected and beloved. Before be-
ing overcome the lady fought desperately,
her clothes being torn in shreds, and her
face and neck being terribly cut and bruis>
ed. The negro made his escape, but was
captured this morning about daylight by
the pa ty which had continued the search
since Saturday in the woods and swamps.
On being taken TO the residence of Mr..
Jackson he was identified by his victim,
aud afterwards confessed the crime lie
gave hisname as John Simons. He was put
on train and taken TO Annapolis, and, not~
wiihstanding several attempts were made
to take him from his captors and lynch
him, was safely lodged in jail. The greats
est possible excitement prevails and fears
Of further attempts to lynch him have not
subsided
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THE refusal of the Lancaster con-
ra.+;on 70 nominate Butter B. Strang

THE refusal of the Lancaster con-
vention to nominate Bntter IS. Strahg
for State Treasurer was one OF those
political blunders which are commonly
regarded as worse than a crime. We
do not say this in any partisan sense,
but az our deliberate conviction, and
would express the same sentiment IN
regard to Democratic nomination
made under similar circumstances. A
political party that neglects to take
care of the men who have built up ana
sustained it deserves to die. W hlle III
no possible event ought party honors
TO I've conferred on mere brawters VINO
procIaim their own praise, 1T Is not
only it's duty hnt its clear policy to
advance those who have borne lts nag
TO the front i'm the thickest OF the fray
4 Ispuar,l is never selected to lead a
storming party, nor n corporal to
command regiment. TO use home
" phrase Which is as applicable to po-
litical movements as to every day life,
Never send boy on mans GRAND. ="
Stranr's defeat and the substitution OF
Rawle in his place presents case pre-
ciselv in point During his extended
legislative career Strang has shown
that he possesses more than ordinary
ability and has been regarded at Har-
risburr as the foremost and most
trusted leader Of his party. AS to his
honesty. he has no doubt displayed as
much Of that rare virtue as is usually
found incorporated in the average
Pennsylvania legislator. Most Re
,uhiicaus will conclude that man
who possesses these qualifications, as
well as strong party recommendations,
ought TO fill the bill, when his claims
rs a candidate for responsible State
office are presented for the action Of a
nominating convention. But instead
Of this. Strang was summarily brushed
aside to make room for Henry RawIe,
who is very little better known to the
Republicans of this State than he is to
the Republicans of Illinois. 1t will
not do to say that he is a competent
man, for Strang is also that and a
great deal more. We presume there
is not It county in the State i'll which
there could not he found at least one
Republican who is not just rs cOmpc-
tent as Eawle But that is not the
question about which we are talking.
Party services, when associated with
admitted fitness and capacity, demand
recognition, and whenever they are
sacrificed TO the demands of eXpedi-
ency, which is only another name for
cOwarlicC, indifference takes tie place
of active party devotion. No political
party can afford second rate nomi-
nation when a first class one could as
easily have been made. If the Demo
cratic State convention should be be
trayed into the nomination Of a man
for State Treasurer who has no strong
er claims to the support Of Democrats
than Rawlc confcssedlv has to the
support Of Republicans, we will not be
slow in entering our protest against ii
as one not fit to have been made.
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Mr.. MCKIRBY was young man who
served y. T. Stewart & Co. at an annual
salary of $4,000. He WAS implicitly trust
ed by the firm and was never susDected of
dishonesty until overwhelming proofs of it
we're discovered when he was on a he'd of
sickness, which terminated in his death.
Since the latter event his effects have becn
overhauled and sold and an inventory of
.hem shows the nature of his plumber and
the object to which he devoted his art of
piifering. According to the World
Ills wardrobe comprised garments of the
finest materials and most fashionable nat
/ tern. His stock of pautaloons numbered
144 pairs. OF his vests Is were sold, while
three silk dressing gowns, elaborately
trimmed, and yellow satin smoking Jack
ct went for much less than their original
cost. Several heavily embroidered smok-
ing caps, two or three dozen boots and
shoes, six pairs of slippers. six evening
dress suits. eighteen walking coats, 100
hecktIeS and two overcoats found rea0y
buyers. Two hundred and fifty pieces of
silk hose, undershiits and drawers, more
than hundred chair tides and large
collection of pillow cases and sheets bear
ing the Mckiiby monogram having been
disposed of, the auc.ioneer offered McKir-
by's library for sale. 1t consisted of 250
volumes, and having found a purchaser,
sixty seven boxes Of note paper, with the
fehirhy monogram under the hammer.
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GOLD Discoveries IN TENNESsEE.-A
correspondent of the Louisville Courier
JourUdi, writing from Clark sville, Tenn,
says:
The discovery Of gold in this State
alnrg the Little Tennessee River between
McGhee's Ferry and its mouth, has created
no little excitement ill East Tennessee
Nearly fifty years ago DIR. Troost Proces-
Sor of Chemistry and Mineralopy in the
University of Nashville, published letter
descriptive of the mineraloyy Of East Ten
nessee and of the gold regions of that sec
tion of this State. This gentleman be-
Ileved at that time that the Tennessee
Ophr contained more gold than the Afri-
can Ophir. He described the gold region
as lying ten or twelve miles south of the
Telico Plains, near the Unilsa Mountains.
III the Cherokee Indian settlement. He
stated that the gold occurs in small grains.
generally called gold dust, and is obtained
by the washing of a stratum of ten or twelve
inches OF soil. 1t does not appear to be
brought from distance, but to be pro-
Ouced by the disintegratiOn of the rock of
which those mountains are composed. as il
is found not only in the small rivulets OF
brooks, but also on the declivities of the
mountains and on their very summits.' I'm
speaking Of the geological formation of the
country lie says: These rocks belong IN
the series of transition, or rather to the
clay slate formation. This slate has been
filled with tubes of iron pyrites, which are
nearly in state OF decomposition, leaving
these cavities filed with yellow ochre. =
These ryriies are often auriferous, and THE
gold not being susceptible eofdecompositiou.
remains unaltcrcd, and is disseminated
through the soil 10y the disintegration OF
the rock, the lighter PARTICLES of which are
carried away by the rains, leaving The
heavier ones still remaining Who knows
but the recent discoveries made may prove
to be source Of inexaustible wealth TO the
people of East Tennessee 20
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GEORoE WAsHINGToN. hv refusing
to be a candidate for the Presidency a
third time. established what has since
been universally recognized as "the
unwritten law of the Rcpublic' on that
subject Thomas Jefferson followed
his example against powerful infu-
encc brought TO bear on him to dis
regard it. It was reserved for the
egotism and selfish ambition of Grant
to- attempt to make himself an cxcep-
ton to this unbroken precedent. The
following views of two of these men on
this question will show the difference
between the first and the SO called
second Washington:
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IMPORTANT TO THE BROOKLYN JURY
MEN, THEODORE TILDON, AND OTHERS
\ Discovery that will make George Francis
Train look happier, and will cure Mark
Twain's cold. 1t should be used by per
SONS Of sedentary nabits-such as the
Brooklyn juTymen and Judge Nelson. 1t
is also beneficial in cases where the func-
tions of the brain and heart are deraneed.
as in the severe cases of Theodore and
''Fickey." 1t also has specific influence
on the nervous system, especially the sym
pathetic, arouSing and augmenting the or
ganic functions. and thus aids in developing q
the faculties of benevolence, chcerfulnesS,
etc. If Miss Anna Dickinson had used ii,
her lectures would have been tempered
with kindly spirit of charity, and not so
bitterly satrcal and if Mrs. Stowe had
tried its virtues. she would have been con-
tent to let that little Byronic difficulty
alone. 1t is also an excellent purifier and
invigOrator for Colonel Blood 1t will regu-
late yonr system, arouse the functional
activity of your liver. dispcl melancholy,
and make you sweet-tempered, strong, ro-
bust. and happy. Go to your druggist,
buy DIR. Pier ce's Golden Medical Discove-
ry, and If You wish to know more concern
ing the physical and mental constitutions
of Individuals and the corresponding effect
upon their moral nature, read 'THE Pro
PLE's COMMON SENSE MEDICAL. ADVISER -
published by the author. r. V. Pierce, VI.
D., Buffalo, \. \. 500 post paid.
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WASUISGTOS To THE
I-sNDT l.

PEOPLE.
Friends and .felIo1r
citizens. The period
for n new election of
Il citizen to adminis-
Ter The EX"cutiv.Ciuv-
erument ofthe Uuired
States not being far
distant, and the time
actually arrived when
your thoughts must
I've employ eel I'm de
signaling the person
who Is to I've clothed
with that impIrta CT
trust, il appears 10 me
proper, especially As
it may rouduCe 10 4
more distinct expires
sion of the public
voice. Hut IshO1,ld HoiC
oDpri-e non Of he reyO-
hutton I hare torB,, n.
Ia decline being cOnSjd-
ered dDiopg the Number
ot those ont Of ,rhOHt y
chOi,c IS ~ be mate. /
beg you, ut the same
time, To do me the JUS
tic" To he assured That
this resolution has not
been taken without q
strict regard to all The
considerations aUper-
tanning 10 the relation
which binds n dutiful
citizen to his country;
and that, in with
drawing the tender of
service which silence
in my situation might
imply, I am jnfH-
enccd bY no d,nljnIrtion
ot zeoi for yo,Jr future
interest p; nc 6efcjeHc9
Of giufetifl respect for
yoUT past kindness; Rat
0b' supported by It .tt.U
coHrjCfjoP that The step
IS compatible tcith both.
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GRANT TO GEN. HAIR
Il y " LII L, L.

IsN WHITE.
Now, for the third
term. / do not ,rupt
ii any more than / did
the first. ! would not
write or utter u word
TO change the will of
The people in express
ing and having their
choice. The question
of number of terms al
lowed to any one En-
ccutiye can only come
up fairly in the shape
of n proposition to
amend the Constitu-
tion, a shape in which
all political parties
can participate, fixing
the length of time or
the number of term J
for which any one per-
son shall he eligible
for the Office of Presi-
dent. Until such an
amendment IS odOpted
the people cannot be re-
strjcted iR hejr choice
by resolution further
hoR they are polC re-
S'rjrtod rs To age, M
ttrijH, etc. II mdnhop-
pen ia he future his
tCFH Of The cOUptrU that
70 change an Fyecutjre
because he has been
ci9ht ys0rS in oBre ,oiii
pI'ore unfortunate u
not disastrous. To re-
'1pitulate, | am not,
nor have I ever lapn
a candidate for n re-
nomination. | would
not accept a nomiua-
ton If il were tender
ed, unless IL ShOuld
come under Ssfch cir
cNIglSfdUces as 10 make
IL on i)1perdtjce duty,
circU m stances not
likely TO arise.
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AT Forestville, Butler county. on We'd
nesday. Miss Ettie Cooley fell out of win
dow and received injuries from which she
died on Saturday.
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Forest Fires.
TERRIBIS DEVASTATION In NORTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA.

Forest fires are still raging IN some sec
tions of this State, and doing much dam
age to property. Even the late rams failed
to oueicti the flames. They smouldered
for time, bat burst forth again underline
influence of sun aud wind. In the north
ern part OF Monroe county a sad state of
affairs exists, and many numbering settle
ments have been entirely destroyed. Lives
have also been lost in some quarters. In
the space of country between White Haven
and GouI6sboro fifty-two houses have been
consumed, with oarns and farming imp;e-
ments of all kinds. Hardly a house is left
complete in all this section. Much of the
stock was also killed by the flames or per-
ished for want of food. In Monroe county
alone twelve large saw mills fully equipped
and ten million feet of manu- factured lum-
Der fell before the march of the fire. -Four
stores connected with lumber companies
were likewise consumed with their stocks
of goods. Horses and cattle by the hun
dred were encircled by the flames in this
part Of the devastated region and con-
sumed. Independent of the value Ofstand-
ing timber, the loss by the present fires
in Monroe county is estimated at three
quarters of million. To this sum must
be added $40, 600 for bridges. Along Mud
river five saw-mills, with an aggregate
working capacity Of SOC, 900 feet of lumber
per day, were ieveled to the earth 30
. bbD.b IecU OF lninpef We1t III
and near this place, and the whole loss
will sum up at least half million of dol
lars. In most cases the flames travelled
with such rapidity that nothing could be
saved When the danger was seen the
only thing was to save human life, and in
/ many instances that was not possible. 4
/ funeral train was overraken in one instance,
/ and the mourners had to make haste to get
| out of the track of tie fiery current. In
! the more central portions of the State the
/ fires are not extending. Indeed, they are
/ mostly extinguished, and no fears are en-
/ tertaned that they will be Tekindled this
! season. The Clearfield visitation has not
/ been renewed and means are being carried
/ into effect to feed and clothc the hungry
! and naked, and repair speedily posi-
! BILE the ravages Of the devOuring element.
: OF course lhe fires in Monroe county and
/ that section of the State are of too recent
/ occurrence to admit of concerted action to
repair the damages or take care of the
| ruined and needy sufferers. But these
steps will be taken. In the meantime the
| usual June rains may be relied upon To put
/ out the fires on the mountain sides and al
! low men to see the full extent Of their losses
! and take steps TO repair them in the best
! possible manner. OF course the numbering
/ companies wili rebnild their mills without
loss OF time, and This will bring money into
the county and give employment to the
| people The fire scourge has been applied
! to this State in a free manner during the
! present year, but we trust the end of this
| chastisemcnt is near at hand.
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y PRETTY DAMSEL ROBBED OF HER
GOLDEN TREssEs WHILE NAPPTNG.-A
most malicious, mischievous and DARN q
theft occurred at the residence of Fifth
avenue merchant. at Oakland, Il few after
moons ago. whereby a fascinating and pret-
ty damSel lost q luxurious head of natural
golden hair. She was guest at her friends
house. and on the occasion mentioned. had
retired for that after dinner nap common
ly INDUCED in by young ladies upon whom
idle time weighs heavily, and after an
hour of sweet repose. she arose to lind her
self as destitute of hair as an infant. She
was frightened at her own appearance and
alarmed the household with her screams of
terror and agoniZing lamentations over
the loss Other beautiful tresses. \ thorough
search of the dwelling fruTn roof to cellar
for the bold pcrpetrator Of the outrage was
at once made, but it was fruitlcss, nor was
anv trace discovered of the stolen hair.
The affair is involved in deep mystery. No
stranger was seen about the premises that
day, and the girl was entirely unconscious
of the malicious THEFT until the discovery
of her loss was made. 1t is onjectured
that she was drugged, and that no unprac c.
ticed hand performed the operation. A
singular feature of the mystery is that
whosoever committed the theft seemed only
to covet the golden ringletS, as an abun-
dance of valuable jewelry and a small sum
of money on an uncovered able in the room
remained untouched. This latter circnm-
stance leads to the further conjecture that
some Jealous gir! sought, i'll this more des-
picable than romantic way, 20 deface the
beauty of the afflicted damsel by robbing
her of it's conspicuous and crowping glory.
The incident creates quite "A flutter i'll the
circle of society in which the young lady
mo -cs. and other bellies avow that they;will
be on the alert TO gnard against losing their
own locks by attending to the locks of their
chamber doors before taking their lazy
mans after dinner Pitts6 Mrah Gnzette.
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A DUEL AND ITS REsULTs-A duel took
place in Havana, Cuba, on Friday last, be-
tween DR. AlgernOn Sydney Curtis, Of New
York, and Salvador Coitereal, n tobacco
merchant of Havana and New York. The
com batants had been intimate friends for
many years, and lived together in New
York. DI. Curtis arrived here two weeks
ago ard was stopping al CoIterears house.
He states that yesterday morning he was
awakened by Cortereal slapping his face
and accusing him of Illicit connection with
his wife. This Curtis denied, and hot
words ensued which resulted in a challenge
to fight and its acceptance. That after
noon both men proceeded in a carriage to
Mariana, without witnesses, and on arriv-
ing there dismissed the carriage. Five
shots were fired by each contestant, be
ginning at distance of twenty feet and
firing as they advanced. At the fifth dis
charge DIR. Curtis was seriously wounded
in the hip and fell to the ground, faintinp
from pain and loss of blood. Upon recov-
ering consciousness. he says he saw Cor
tereal reload his revolver, place it to his
temple and fire, killing himself Corterears s
body has been brought to this city. Il is
thought he believed his opponent dead
when he killed himself DIR. Curtis is con-
fined to his bed by .he severity of his
wound, and is under police surveillance.
DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A CAT.-Mr
Eben Smith of Bridgeton. Me-. was bitten
by cat nearly six months ago. aud died
IT is said, from its effects on the 18th nit
The circumstances, as related by the local
paper, are these s'Mr. Smith undertook
to kill a cat for neighbor, and was about
to swing the animal by the hind legs So as
to bring ber head down on a block when
she seized his hand and bit it severely. He
tore her off, dispatched her, and resumed
hlS labors. Soon, however. erviSpelatious s
intiammatio resulted which despite med
ical skill. extended gradually up his arm
to the shoulder. accompanied with severe
pain. This was followed by a general erup-
ton over his body, involving the mucous
membrane of the head and stomach alb
scesses formed in his leg, which. during
his sickness, discharged some eighty GAL
Ions of purulent matter internal assesses
formed his constitution broke down. and
he continued to grow more and more feeble
until Thursday night, he 18th ult. pre-
cisely twenty-five weeks from the day he
was taken down, when his sufferinCs were
relieved by death. Through that long PC
riod he never left his room"
The town of Marshansk, on tho riobt
hank Of the river 1spa, Russia, has been
entirely destroyed by fire. 1t had a popu-
iation of over twenty thousand and con-
tanned three churches and several nanufac-
tories and saw mills
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The town Of Marshansk, on the riobt
hank Of the river 1spa, Russia, has been
entirely destroyed by fire. 1t had popu-
iation of over twenty thousand. and con-
tanned three churches and several n,anufac-
tories and saw mills.