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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-01-27

YESTERDAY was the time appointed
~ ths Attorney General of the Safe.
Mr.. kirkpatrick, for a conference with
a committee com posed Of three Knights
of Labor selected by the striking en-
ployes of the Reading Railroad and
Reading Coal and Iron Companies, to
hear their complaint that these corpor-
ations are violating the Constitution OF
the State by mining and transport
Ing coal, when the prerogstiye OF the
Railroad Company Is merely TO carry
coal, and that the subdivision OF the
corporation into a railroad company and
a coal company should not, in the eyes
OF the law, protect it from prosecution.
We cannot, of course, in our presen.
number say what action was taken in
the matter. The Pittsburg Dispatch, a
Republican authority, referring to the
proposed conference some DAYS ago.
said:
IL is announced that the Knights OF
Labor think OF petition;ug Attorney
General kirkpatrick TO move against
the Reading road for violation of its
charter. The Knights cannot have
taken the bearings of the present State
administration il thay suppose that
their appeal will result in ANYTHING ex-
eept their own disappointment and cha
grin. Our excellent Governor General
Beaver, declared himself "yours for
service but that programme so far as
can be seen does not contemplate apv
meddling with corporations that rpn
counter TO the public interests. Attor-
Eey General Kirkpatrick was appealed
to for the enforcement of the clear pro-
visions OF the Pennsylvania constitution
and the Pennsylvania statue agaius. the
late telegraph consolidation, but in vain.
Here was a clear case IL ever there
was one. He will no. do anything in the
Reading mater.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-01-27

The strike OF the employees OF the
Reading Railroad and OF the Reading
Iron and Coal Company still continues
with but little prospect OF an amicable
adjustment being reached. The employ
ers and the working men are both
necessarily losing heavily every day and
the business men in the region effected
by the strike are sorely perplexed at the
dismal outlook Of affairs. Arbitration
seems now to be out of the question as
Mr.. COrbin, President OF the company,
refuses absolutely to consent to it,
although the miners themselves would
no doubt accede to that method of set
Ting the trouble. 1t is estimated that
the strike involves loss TO the laboring
men every week of million of dollars.
The great mistake at the first was in
not submitting the dispute to arbitration
before the strike was declared.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-01-27

THE Philadelphia clergymen feel par
ticula;ly sore over the working of the
marriage law OF this State which
requires license. They claim that 1t
has largely diverted the marrying Nusi-
ness over the Delaware to C",mden in
New Jersey, This seems to be true for
there were celebrated in Camden during
last year 49lS marriages, or 4, 2S4 more
than were celebrated during the year
1856 just before the Pennsylvania law
went into effect. The Legislature of
New Jersey which is now in session In
tends passing a marriage law similar to
the one in force in this State, and if 1t
does il will restore to the Philadelphia
clergymen their former monopoly.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-01-27
Value OF Eggs for Food.

Many of our best farmers have arrived
at the conclusion that poultry raising is
the most profitable thing they can ca
gage in. Or the egg alone the London
Standard, after stating of what it is
composed, mentions the various pur-
poses for which it is used.
Every element, the writer says, that
is necessary TO the support of man is
contained within the limits of an egg
shell, in the best proportions and In the
most pslatable form. Plain boiled, they
are wholesome. The masters ot French
cookery, however, affirm that il is easy
to dress them in more than 500 different
ways, each method not only economical.
but salutary in the highest degree. No
honest appetite ever yet rejected an egg
in some guise. 1t is nutriment in the
most portable form and in the most con-
centrated shape. Whole nations OF
mankind rarely touch any other animal
food. Kings eat them plain as readily
as do the humble tradesman. After the
victory of Muhldorf, when the Kaiser
Ludwig sat at meal with his burggrafs
and great captains, he determined on a
piece OF ldxurv-''one egg to every man,
and two to the excellently valiant
Schwepperman. Far more than fish
for it is watery diet-eggs are the
scholars fare. They contain phosphOr-
US, which is brain food, and sulphur,
which performs variety of functions
in the economy. And they are the best of
nutriment for children, for. in COM
pact form, they contain everything that
is necessary for the growth of the youth
fnl frame. Eggs are, however, moi only
food-they are medicine also. The
white is the most efficacious of remedies
for burns, and the oil extractable from
the yolk is regarded by the Russians as
an almost miraculous salye for cuts,
bruises, and scratches.
a raw egg, if swallowed in time, will
effectually detach a fish bone fast ened
In the throat, and the white OF two eggs
will render the deadly corrosive subli-
mate as harmless as a dose OF calomel.
They strengthen the consumptive, in !
vigoTate the feeble, and rer55rr the
most susceptible all but proof against
laundice in its -nore malignant phase.
Ihey can also be drunk IN the shape of
that egg flip'' which sustains the
0ratorical efforts of modern statesmen.
The merits OF eggs do not even end
here. In France alone the wine clariii-
eTs use more than so. 600 900 a year, and
the Alsatians consume fully IS. 00O, 900
in calico printing aud for dressing the
leather used in making the finest OF
French kid gloves. Finally, not to
mention various ether employmeGts for
eggs in the arts, they may, of course,
almost without trouble on the farmers
part, be converted into fowls, which.
in any shape, are profitable TO the seller
and welcome to the buyer. Even egg
shells ara valuable, for allopath and
homeopath alike agree in regarding
them as the purest of carbonic of
lime Scientific American
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-01-27

The uatimely death OF County Super
intendent William j. Cramer. al his
tather's residence near Loretto, on
Monday last, has caused a sincere and
genuine feeling OF sorrow throughout the
county. He was quite young man and
has been cut down just at the thresh-
hold o. what promised to be a bright
and useful career. lie was as modsst
As Re was deserving and hIs brief ad-
minis ration of the school affairs of the
county was highly cTeditabIe to him
self and satisfactory To the people.
Under the Act of Assembly of Nav
1854 regulating The election of County
Superin,endents, his successor will be
appointed by the State Superintendent
ard will hold the CiIice until The mex,
tTiennial Convention OF The school
directors of the county, winch Will be
on the hfss Tuesday in May 1890.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-01-27

TIE gift Of President Cleveland to
Pope Leo NIII was presented on last
Saturday afternoon by Archbishop
Ryan, Of Philadelphia, in the throne
room of the vatican by the American
delegation. There were also present
members OF the Noble Guard, in their
bright snowy uniforms, and attaches of
the papsl court. DR.. O'Connell, secretary
OF the American college, translated the
Presidents dedication. The Pope lis
tened with the utmost satisfaction, ex-
amined the gift carefully and expressed
his admiration for the exquisite
taste and neatness of its execution. 1t
was "A special pleasure, he said, to re-
ceive copy OF the Constitution OF the
United States,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-01-27

ISAAC r. KAUFFNAN, L. T. Kauff-
man, Adam 5. Fry, Samuel -. Henry
and &. Z. Tilman, who were the off,
GERS Of the primary election held last
May in the Ind:antown district, Ian
caster county, were tried last week in
the Quarter Sessions Court of that
county for conspiracy in making false
returns and adding ballots to the poll,
and we're found guiltyon every count in
the indictment. IL is well for the Off
GERS of primary elections everywhere to
to bear in mind that uuder an Act of
Assembly passed few years ago, frauds
at primary elections are punished just
the same as though they were commit
ted at the. general election in Noyem-
ber.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-01-27

Investigation by New York State
Commission OF the methods OF capital
punishment practiced in modern
countries shows the disfavor with which
the gsllows is regarded. In but three
out of thirty-six countries is hanging in
vogue as a means OF destroying the lives
of condemned caimInals. The Com
mission has reported to the State Legis-
lature in favor Of electricity as the best
agent for carrying out sentences of
death, and has recommended privacy
in executions and strict Limitation of
publicity as regards The details. The
suggestions made embody a reform that
has been too long delayed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-01-27

I. 5. SENATOR BLAIR's hobby, his
famous Educational Bill. has been pro-
nounced unconstitutional by Judge
William Strong, of this State, a retired
ex-Justlce Of the Supreme Court of the
United States. Judge Strong is deliver
ing his usual winter course OF lectures
on the Constitution before the Columbi-
an Law School ir the District of Col
umoia. In the course Of his lacfure
one night last week he was asked by a
student, if in his opinion the Blair
Educational bill was Constitutional
His reply was ~ do not see how !,
can Ae constitutional. 1t is nv opinion
that 1t is unconstitutional, aud this 7
believe to be the opinion also OF the
present Bench" After the lecture
Judge Strong said: "If were In Con-
gress L might feel mole at liberty to
discuss the Blair bill and kindred meas
ures, but am not. believe in a strict
construction OF the Constitution. more
so than most Of my Republican friends. -
This is s,Iay which shows the way
the wind is blowing il the CoasrI,u,..-1,11-
ahiy Of the B'air Gil ever comes before
the supreme Court. y trihing matter
like the Constitution, however, has no
terrors for s1ch a man as Blair, and he
will continue to ventilate his pet scheme
before the Senate to reduce the surplus
In The Treasury as long as he has life
in him. Scarcely day passes that he
does not inflict on a weary Senate q
speech Of an hours length in is favor.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-01-27
Dra'e Act OF Nebraska School Teacher
During the Blizzard

OMAHA, Jan. 17.-Mr. J. II. Aver, of
Old, Neb.. one of the secretaries OF the
State Board Of transportation, to-day
tod the World representative an inter
estlng story q the puck and good judg-
ment exhibited by young lady school
teacher OF Valley county during the re-
cent storm. Whsn last THURSDAY q
blizzard came up the teacher, Miss
Minnie Freeman, who is in her teens.
was In the little school-house of Myra
Naiie5-a:strict, with thirteen pupils
ranging in age from six to fifteen Years.
About an hour befofg~ the time for dis
missal the blizzard which sE.pt across
the level praries Of Nebraska srSuck the
schoo!-house with such force as fO\tear
Tue door from its hinges. Another ter.
rihc gnit struck the building. and in
The twinkling of an eye it caTriad away
the roof, leavinR frightened little ones
exposed to the elements.
The p!ucky teacher was eoual to the
emergency. She gathered her pupiIs
oge'heF, and securing coil of strong.
heaVy tWiDe began with the largest ones
ahd tled them all together by the arms
lhTee abreast. Taking the youngest in
her arms she tied the end of the twfne
around her own body, and with words
or encouragement started out into the
iury of storm. Selecting her wav
carefully the brave girl led her little
charges through the snow drifts and the
binding blizzard. and after a Wearisone
Journey of three quarters of a mile rba
little band reached the threshold of a
laTmhouSe and were taken in.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-01-27
Uambria freeman.
EBENsBURc. PA.
FRIDAY, JAN. q, 1888.

THE message of Governor Davis, of
Rhode island, was presented to the
Legislature last week. OF the Prohib-
itory liquor law the Governor says that
the Chief of Police for the State has
been diligent in his Office, and that the
law he was appointed to administer
has been enforced as far as the power in
his control can effect it. That the law
Is not more efficient is for want Of suffi-
cient public sentiment TO support it.
1t is thankless task to attempt to en-
force law which has not the moral
support of the community.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-01-27
Don't Exnargu,..

You cannot afford 10 vast time I'M expert
menting when your lungs are in Sancer
Consumption always seems at fret Anly q
cold. do not permit any dealer TO imS mSose
upon yon with some cheap imitation of &r
h'hg,s New Discovery for Consnua,;A
ooushs ard Colds, but be sure Won pet IN
genuine. Becsuse he can make mors -.
he may tell you he has sometime irst ptons ~
go, SuVG, i,, OF Jlst the same. Don't be deceived
out @ INSIST upon getting DR.. Kings Nan NJ
coveTy. which is guaranteed In ,i1,o CIV Nr, Dls-
al ihIoat Lung and Chest afactiona ~
IsIrs sa pom;es bo,., iIee at E James drug stoTs
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-01-27

MRS CHARLES II. HAZARD. Of Provi-
dence' X. l.. says the y. Y. World, adopts
IA new method OF contesting wills. As she
was disinherited by her father, Luther Rice.
she went to the SurroGate's Office, asked
Permission TO look at the viii, and cettiup
IT, tore IL into pieces. The authorities are
puzz.sd how to punish her Tor the act.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-01-27

II Is a hard road public man has to trav-
el IN these days. There is mayor .Iewit, .
OF New York. No more Intelligent. active
tlhcient man ever held his present Office
His days and nights are filled with earnes,
efforts to give that city the best edmiuistr,-
ton It ever had. and yet a more abused
man does not live in the United Ss,tss
faTtisanship rules the hour. and apafns, !,
honesty and efficiency are 10 protection.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-05
RATS ATE THE GREENBACKs.
An Interesting Sequel to Big
Bank DefaiCafion.

Rats formed the novel feature OF a
suit OIL trial yesterday in the supreme
court before Judge O'Brien, says the
New York Morning Journal. A com
Portable little sum Of money disappeared
some time ago in a very mysterious way
and il was declared that the rodents had
made substantial meal Oft the bank
notes. The jury were unable 10 say
whether on not the rats were To blame
and were accordingly discharged.
A suit was brought by Mrs. Catharine
WinSOr against her brother, Joseph VI.
Bodine, to recover $1,000, which she
claims she gave to him for safe keeping.
Mrs. WindSor'S husband, Charles Win
sOr. was teller OF the Mercantile bank
until 1854. when shortage was discov-
cred in his accounts 10 the amount of
S200.000.
Mr.. Winsor made sudden trip TO
Europe, and il is claimed that shortly
afterward Mrs. WinsOr gave the de-
PENDANT $4,000 to keep for her until the
storm had blown over.
The proceedings against Mr.. WinsOr
were discontinued. and in 1877 lie came
to America with his wife. They lived
with Joseph II. Bodinea at New Brighton.
Staten Island, for six years after their
arrival. Suit was brought in 1855 for
the recovery OF the $4,000 placed OH de-
post. According 10 tie evidence Si,59O
of this money was eaten up by the rats,
and the balance was expended IN ar
ranging COMPROMISE OF Winsor'S af-
faipS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-05
GLOBE MONDAY MORNING MARCH g. 1888

granted to the proposed states for the
different purposes indicated. This is
an area OF land nearly as large as the
state of Indiana. They are not receiv-
ing. however, a greater number of acres
In proportion to the area of their reSpec-
tive states than have been granted to
other states, but, owing to the great
areas OF these proposed states, the six
teenth and thirty-sixth sections which
are granted for common school pur-
poses, aggregate a much larger area
than was granted for that purpose to
s9meiOf the older states, but not as large
II quantity as was granted to the state
state Of California.
The constitutional convention to as
semble in New Mexico shall submit to
the people at the time the constitution
IS submitted a separate proposition pro-
N5ding for the changing of the name of
the proposed state from that of Mexico
to that Of Montezuma: and similar
provision requires similar submission
IN the territory of Washington to Ia
coma. The committee thinks that a
change of the names of the territories
indicated would prevent confusion and
give che proposed states more distinctive
applications, but as such changes affect
more directly the people of each local
1ty, the bill provides for the submission
OF these propositions separately to a
vote OF the people of the respective
localities,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-05
WASHINGTON's COMMERCE.
The Far West Territory Shows Up
Finely in Every Way.


Washington territory, organized in
1858. contains an area of G9,994 square
miles. or A, 796. 100 acres. OF this area
4,107, 55S acres are comprised within
Indian reservations. The population
OF the territory by the census of 1880
was 66,970. The population in 1885 was
127,292, and in 1887 it was 1860, show
ing an increase between 1855 and 1887
of 1851. 1t is believed that the in
crease will be greater for the present
year. At very moderate estimate the
population at the time of the submits
sion of the constitution to the vote of
the people in November next will
amount to 10000. The amount of tax
able property for the year 1886
was $50. 6S3, sos. The assessment for
taxable purposes in 1887 was as
follows: Real estate, SOS, 205, 900, I'M
pr0yements on real estate, IS, 739, 62S,
and personal property, Sl9,0f1 ,663. This
does not include railroad property, the
railroads paying in lieu of the taxes
upon their property portion of their
gross earnings into the treasury. There
are over 1000 miles of completed rail
ways in the territory. The mineral re-
sources are undoubtedly very great.
GOld. silver, copper, coal, lead, marble,
etc. are abundant. The timber trees OF
Washington territory are of great
variety and of the best quality The
largest article of export is the yellow
and red fir, which classes as Oregon
pine. Other varieties of timber are
found i'll great abundance. The
VALUABLE TIMBER TREES
exist in vast forests in every section of
Washington territory west of the Cas-
cade mountains and will afford lum-
b + supply for many years to come.
The commercial business of Washing
ton territory is very important and con-
stantly increasing, and attention is di-
rected to statistics of the Puget Sound
customs district. The value of bonded
inward foreign goods this year in the
district will exceed $3.50, 900. There are
dOcumented at the Fort Townsend Gus
tom house this year 200 vessels. Over
1000 vessels will enter and clear at the
custom house during the current fiscal
year, besides 1000 passing in and out
under c0asting license. The export
trade Of Puget Sound in coal. lumber,
wheat, ETC., amount to ten millions an
nually. Her trade with China and
Japan and the islands of the Pacific has
magnificent prospects of development.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-05

black cat, which has watched the com
pounding Of medicines in that store for
number of years, and which has
walked along the medicine bottles
on the shelves without doing
any damage, manifested a great
affection for the goldfish. After
making his. daily rounds Tom would
stealthily approach the jar, look in, set
tie down by its side, and sit for hours
and observe the antics of the goldfish.
The latter did not seem to desire an ac-
quaintance with the cat, but appeared
alarmed. Day after day Tom resumed
his vigil. By degrees the fish became
accustomed to Toms visits, and soon
got over its first alarm. Counting the
confidence of the fish, Tom would sit
and blink. Finally one morning the
feline made sudden lunge into the Jar
and brought out the golden fish, which
he carried to back room to 6evour.
Seeing his pet fish in the mouth of its
insidious enemy, the doctor rushed to
the rescue. The fish is now back in the
jar and is as frislly as ever, showing,
however, the marks of the cats teeth in
its sides.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-05
MoNTANA's PROGRESS.
Its Phenomenal Increase in Popu-
mi =, lation and Valuation.

The territory of Montana, organized
in 1864, comprises an area of 143,776
square miles, or 92,016,64S acres. The
population, according to the census of
1850, was 39,159. There has been no
census taken in the territory since that
time, but the rapid increase of the pop
ulation can be determined by the-votes
cast at elections held for delegates to
congress in 1884 and 1886. In 1884 the
total vote cast for delegate in con-
gress was 26,929; and in 1886, 81, 262,
being an increase during the two years
of 1898 votes. 1t is estimated that this
number of votes indicates population
of Isl, 472. With corresponding in
crease for the two succeeding years,
from 1886 to 1883. it is reasonable
to estimate population by No
yember, 1883, of 175,000. The
total receipts into the terri
toriaI treasury from taxation for the
year ending Dec. 81, 1856, were 1884 1872.
The total valuation of property assessed
in 1886 was S55.076,871. In the northern
portion of Montana there are numerous
Indian reservations, the lands within
which are excluded from the operations
of the bill and have not been subject to
taxation by the territorial government.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-05
THE MILLIONS NEVER CAME.
O'Keefe's Fabulous Fortune in In
dia Failed to Show Up.


Chicago Times.
"But for the hardship which $4,000
judgment entails upon my client, gen.
tlemen of the jury. this case would re-
veal story which is laughable. 1t
reads like Monte Crist0' or story of
the Arabian Nights" David Sullivan,
ex-county attorney, was addressing
Jury in Judge Tuthill's court. The suit
he referred to is that OF Mrs. Martha G.
King against Daniel O'Keefe. The
defendant is the man who was identi-
fed with the Calumet Iron and Steel
company strike at Cummings couple
OF years ago. The action is Oh a note
for $4,000. In 1877, Mr. Sullivan ex-
planned, the great family of O'Keefes in
Chicago were interested to learn that
Daniel O'Keefe's brother had lately
died in the East Indies, leaving an
estate valued at 24,000,0o0 rupees,
equivalent to S12,000,000. Daniel can
neither read nor write. and all he owns
is a little patch of ground in South Chi
cage. He knew Richard Ganford, since
constable, and Ganford volunteered
to 90 to England and look up the bo-
nanza if O'Keefe would pay him three
times as much as Ganford spent.
This was an indefinite bargain, but
O'Keefe made his mark to what he sup
posed was this agreement. Ganford
never went to England and the Monte
Criste fortune petered out. Nor was
the agreement ever heard of from 1877
until few months ago when it turned
up as promissory note in the hands of
Mrs. King. She got it from her son. E.
B. King, young lawyer, to whom it
had been given by Ganford prior to
Kings death. O'Keefe's defense is that
no consideration passed for the note and
that it was obtained by fraud. Mrs. King
claims that Ganford was the man who
was taken in. She will essay to prove
that Ganford maintained O'Keefe and a
large and constantly increasing family
in expectation Of the naturalization of
the Indian treasure.