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Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11

locomotive passing rapidly is sufficient
to cause the same cerebral arrangement,
consequently it is absolutely necessary to
build fence ten feet IN height on each
side of the railway"
How far those grave M. DIS, each the
possessor Of nicely executed diploma
setting forth his skill and medical
knowledge, missed the mark, we leave
the fifty years of railroad history to say.
AS to anything like accurate knowledge
Of the thousand and one diseases to which
human flesh is heir, and sure remedies
for them, the impossibility lies in the fact
that we are so 'tearfully and wonderfully
made" with so many delicate nerves,
tissues, bones, arteries, and organs rend-
ering us subjectlto arrangements, diseases
and complications, that human knowledge
and human skill can neither accurately
diagnose or successfully treat. Until the
limits of human knowledge and skill are
reached, every century win laugh at
the follies of its predecessors, as this CEN
fury laughs at the folly of the Bavarian
doctors of half century ago.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
The Democrat.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER Ii 1889.

The Grand Cross of Commander of
ae Legion of Honor was bestowed upon
homas A. Edison at Paris last week. M.
Spuller, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in
Conferring the decoration upon Mr..
Edison, said it was given in honor of the
services rendered by him in science, and
for the part taken by him in the Paris
Exposition. NJ. Spuller also said that
.,merica was spledidly represented at the
Exposition, and that the presence of her
exhibits testified to the indissoluble
honds which bind France and America
together.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
Seriously Ill.

Mr. E. J. Hoar, of Philadelphia, who
escaped from Johnstown to the hills at
the time of the great flood, is lying dan
gerously i'll at Atlantic City. He is the
author of "The Legion of Honor" a
book on the foremost Irish leaders, and
was prominent in the Land League
movement with Mr. Parnell. After be-
ing in an Irish prison for a year under
the Foster Coercion. act, he came to
America and is now a naturalized citi-
zen.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
ADIsCRIINAT1SG BToaRAPHy.

Not ANY too soon for the truth of his
tory, but on the principle better late than
ever, we are to hear something approx
lmating true story of the man who is
lstly described as first in peace, first in
1T and first in the hearts of his country
Zen. In justice to his human nature, as
we'll as to his real life, we are glad to
u; Ike note of the fact that one eminentlY
Qualified by years of research is at work
. the true history of Washington's life
ON his boyhood to his death.
Weems and others who have written
lin up deal so largely in fiction, that
ley have invested him with character
holly at issue with the nature of
:. real human being. From the little
.nciful hatchet instance on down or up,
you please, through his whole life, they
i've ascribed to him attributes that have
moved him from the ranks of humanity,
:, that he looms up not as a man, with
,ssions and impulses like mankind
Issess, but as little short of demigod.
With real, instead of poetic charac-
r, such as the author proposes, he will
brought nearer to us than ever. His
aanly attributes when made konwn will
Iy him to us, so that we can feel he was
desh of our flesh and bone of our
'n'ne. " There is enough real material
n his life, as citizen, a soldier and a
.1atesman, to make it not only unneces-
',ry but foolish to lay fancy and fiction
ader contribution, as all his biographers
I've done who have copied so largely
ON Weems' highly fictitious writings.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
AsIA's ABLEsT SOLDIER.
John Hinton, the Ameer's Favorite Penn
sylvania Country Boy.
From the Somerset Demoerat

OoHh Aihtoh, tne AmeerB taVOrtte Penn
sylvania Country Boy.
| From the Somerset Democrat.
Nearly forty years ago, in South Hun
tington township, Westmoreland county,
lived John Hinton. He was an orphan
boy. rude and uneducated, and had
wandered there from the neighborhood OF
Masontown, Fayette county. With no
known relatives, he was kicked from one
family to another till manhood, enlisting
then in the war. AT the close he
helped to escort the Cherokees
beyond the Mississippi. From Indian
Territory he went to New Orleans
and shipped as common sailor on a yes.
sci bound for tho East Indies. At the
Bay of Madras, CT the western shores of
the Bay of Bengal, he deserted anG en-
listed in a British regiment. He served
many years, and during the memorable
Sepoy rebellion was noted for his daring
bravery. At his discharge he was pre-
sented with a gold medal by the Gov.
ernor-General himself
He is next heard of travelling in cara
van from Delhi, westward across the
Indus River, through Afghauistan and
Persia, to Turkey and back. In time,
from trading, he became immensely
wealthy and was the owner of five cara
vans, containing $4,000 horses and camels
and fifty elephants. In 1873 he visited
Cabul, the capital of Afghanistan, for
copper, great quantities of which are
there mined and smelted. His magnifi-
cent retipue attracted the attention of the
Ameer, and was invited to an audience,
an homer never before received by Chris.
tian. A present of 100 of his best horses and
"A three-tu-ked elephant made the Ameer
his eternal friend. When yearly 1t was
followed by similar presents, besides
camels and merchandise, John Hinton
gained the monopoly Of trade from the
summit of the Aindoo Kosh Mountain to
the confines of the Bellochistan, and in
real power is second only TO the Ameer
himself.
About 1880 he was made Military Com
mander of the District of Herat and in
1876 suppressed local rebellion to the
great satisfaction of his sovereign.
Trained in the arts of war among the
savages of North America and among the
superstItious natives of India, where he
became thoroughly familiar with British
soldiers and the resources, together with
his years of service as the idolized COM
mander of the Mahometan tribes, to tens
of thousand half civilized men, he is to-
day the ablest soldier in Asia.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11

hrs DanaB Inreo score ears ana Ten.
The Saturday Globe, New York.
The greatest man that ever lifted pen
to make newspaper in this or any
other country, is Charles A. Dana. We
speak of him purely as a genius and a
journalist. and with no reference to cur
rent political discussions. Cobbett and
Greeley wrote downright English, and
made a sort of popular newspaper with o
clear purpose and some degree of consist.
ency. But Mr.. Dana writes English in
greater purity and strength than any
newspaper man ever wrote it, and he has
made newspaper editing profession, a
science-not quite exact to be sure, but
with canons which are inviolable. 1t is
by reason of this achievement that his
large shadow will eventually project over
the world and down the ages.
The Boston Pibt-John Boyle O'Rielly
big enough TO apprehend bigness, says {:
Mr.. Charles A. Dana, editor of the
New York Sun, was seventy years of age
on the 9Th inst. We congratulate him.
not on his years, but his achievements
and his sympathies. We have known men
of seventy who were only more insignifi-
cant and destable than when they were
thirty. Life cannot be measured by
muscle. We know Jumps of animated
muscle that are older than Mr.. Dana ;
that eat and drink carefully, selishly, in
diligently, but they have not lived two
noble days in their whole existence
Charles A. Dana, from first to last, has
been living, throbbing, helpful, kindly.
large-hearted, wide-souled man. He
has united the two qualities, dreamer
and practical manager, in an extraordinary
degree. He has been a great sue
cess, because his heart kept him In the
right drift even if his head led him into
passing flights of error. And the healthy
man who is in the right drift will win in
the end; he has only to wait. The alb
normal success OF the man who builds on
an accidental rock outside the human
current, does not count There must be
exclamation points; but their work and
influence die with the surprise of their
life. The two greatest things about Dana
are his perfect Democracy and his perfect
journalism. He is Democrat as soundly
as is a stone. He stands on the ground,
with the people, all the time. No right
could go down unhelped while such
man was within bailing or
striking distance. He has made
the model newspaper of America
and the world. Other men may have
pushed their papers to higher circulation,
but they were publishers, not editors
Greeley NAV be mentioned with him. and
Bowles, of Springfield, and Watterson, Of
Louisville; but they nowhere equal Dana
in the precise, scholarly, orderly, humane,
cosmopolitan, practical and picturesque
school of journalism which he has
founded. All successful daily papers in
the future, not only in America but in
Europe, where journalism is still besotted
with heavy conventionalities, are sure to
follow the methods illustrated by the New
York Sun. More power to you, Mr..
Dana You are good Democrat and a
great editor, and you were both long
before you were seventy" --r n -
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
THE FLOOD COMMISSION.
What Secretary Kremer Has to Say About
Paying Out the Money.


Paying Out the Money.
Saturday Secretary Kremer handed
us the following letter concerning the dis
trubution OF the money intended for the
flood sufferers. 1t is not as definite an
announcement as the people would like
to hear, and JUST when the paying will
commence, is not stated. Mr.. Kremer
says:
To the Editor orthe Jo,,nstoton Democrat
SIR: Earnest inquiries having repeat.
edlv been made as to when the Commits.
sion will begin paying the 81 100000 ap-
propriate at their last meeting for the
sufferers in the Conemaugh Valley, it
seems proper that should make the fol-
lowing statement
The Committee of Inquiry have made
their recommendations, except as to a
few cases, concerning which they are
waiting further information, as to the
claims now comprised under classes 1, 2,
and 3, These recommendations have
been in every case examined, in connec-
tion with all the papers filed, and either
aPPAOtSu VI ChduBC5 suBBcsIeu Dy me.
The sheets have been referred to the
members of the Commission, and as soon
as learn that the work has received their
approval, payments to the persons in
these classes will be made delay from
this cause cannot exceed some days.
The Committee of Inquiry have been
working day and night and have about
completed the first paper distribution of
classes and 8. In figures as large as
those under their consideration, both as
to losses and appropriations, the totals
could not be expected to be correct, and
their first tIial sheet will require their
careful revision. When this is completed
the Commission will at once pass upon
it, and payments will be made without
delay.
What has seemed TO be delay in the
distribution has been only, on the part of
the committee engaged in the work, a
conscientious care that there should ap-
pear in the final result as few mistakes as
possible. J.B. KREMER,
Secretary
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
1850 METEoRoLoGIoALLY CoNsID-
Erred.

Exceptional as this year has been in its
lanifold and terrible calamities, 1t has
counterpart in its sudden and severe
.amospheric changes, as well as in its long
>pells of bad weather. With the excep-
ON of a few warm days in June and
.ong in the last week of July we did
0t have enough of warm weather in
'ne, July and August to entittle them to
called aummer months-th they being
ore like the changeable and muggy,
nd cold ones of a dlsagreeable spring.
The weather, from early in March to
Ie present, has shown perverse incli-
rtionto Jump suddenly from one extreme
another, so much so that the weather
hreau at Washington, with all its tele-
-aphiclsids:and facilities, was constantly
filed in trying to forecast it for even
senty-four hours. Though at times all
g conditions North, South, East and
test were favorable to a settled state
s good, pleasant weather, a few
'urs would usher in a cyclone, OF
=. rain-storm that devastated whole
=. ctions of the country, or that
-ept homes, and even towns out
existence. The imaginary weather
Hk seemed to revel in the work of sur
rises.
The few warm, pleasant days of week
- so since were suddenly succeeded by
ell of shivering, chilly weather that
Jught winter wraps and heavy over
Gts to the front, and made December
IS necessity; while the drizzling,
d, dismal rains created a sufficient
antity of mud to necessitate the con-
mt use of rubber foot wear. Now that
ere is little let up in this kind of try
weather, it is devoutly hoped that
pleasant falls we read about, and
iich used to be referred to under the
'etic name of Indian summers, may
.gor us with one of their best specimens.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
The Following Have Been Granted Since
Our Last Report.
AP. II. r.. Employe Killed.

William Shehan, an employe of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at the Blairsville
Intersection, while at work on the line
Thursday evening near Gray's station,
was struck by freight train and almost
instantly killed. He was taken to Derry,
where his body was prepared for burial
He claimed he had son on the Phila del
phia police force.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
Tho Fourth Victim Dies.

Harry Connell, aged twenty.six years,
one of the men who was buried at the
Braddock blast furnace, died at the Mercy
Hospital, Pittsburgh, at 1910 Friday morn
ing. The doctor said his death was caused
by exhaustion occasioned by the injuries he
received al the time. He was married but
four months and resided in Braddock,
where the body was sent Saturday. The
funeral took place Sunday.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
A Coal Miner Killed.

Andrew May, coal miner, living in
Mansfield, near Pittsburgh, was killed on
the Panhandle road near that place, Fri
day afternoon. He was walking on the
tracks, when he was struck by the cars
and killed almost instantly. Coroner Nc
Dowell visited Mansfield Friday evening
and held an inquest on the remains satur-
day morning.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
Bill S STILL PRESENTED.
The Pittsburgh Relief Committee Subject
to More Delays.

The Pittsburgh Relief Committee Subject
to More Delays.
Treasurer w. r. Thompson, of Pitts
burgh, has recently checked over $4O0, 900
to the General Fund of the Johnstown
Flood Commission, retaining only enough
to meet certain small bills which are con
tingent in nature. 1t is remarkable fact
that bills supposed to have no existence
are springing into view almost every day.
Several came in last Friday, and upon
them the local committee will shortly pass
judgment at another meeting That bills
of any nature should be withheld for
months after having been due is what
puzzles some people. 1t may not be long,
however, before the final accounting will
be made to the public by the Pittsburgh
Relief Committee.
Governor Beavers offer to pay for the
tools iii lieu of returning the $125,OO0 is
still said to be open to consideration at
Tie hands OF the heliel COmmluee,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
DEFECTIVE KNOWLEDGE

Every once and a while men are dis
'Sering how little they know, and how
lie of what they think they
sow has anything like truthful tasis
which to rest. While this is true in
professions and beliefs it Is sadly so in
emedical world. The marked changes
at have taken place in diagnosing and
eating diseases during the past half
injury or so, and the conflicting opin-
us of the different schools of medicine
,Ow prevailing, clearly demonstrate that
: Ie practice of medicine has not yet
cached point where it can be called a
:ience, Though, like every other pro-
sssion, its history is q continuous one Of
Judy, research, experiment, and partial
'uccess, and frequent splendid achieve
ments it is as yet only in its teens. Ma
Iurity awaits it in the far distant future.
As an illustration, and about as anus
.ng one as could be conceived, take the
'ollowing wise official conclusion reached
fter much discussion by a body of
caIned physicians in the year of 1885.
he Royal College of Bavarion Doctors
0lemnlY and seriously resolved,
"That travel in cars drawn by loco.
'Otive ought to be forbidden in the inter.
t of public health, as the rapid move
nent cannot fail to produce among
e passengers the mental affection
Howu as deIirjum ,tVriosum. Even
travellers are willing to run this
d., the Government at least should
.7Oeect The public. A single talgance
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11

Meyersdale Commercial
The Johnstown Daily DEMooRAT COM
menced its second volume on Wednesday.
1t has had hard road to travel, but looks
bright and regards itself as permanently
fixed. We sincerely hope so. A paper
that survives the storms it did will never
DE and should not
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
An Interesting Visitor.

Ebensburg Freeman.
The Johnstown DAILY DEMOCRAT has
ertered on its second volume and although
it has had more than ordinary hard luck,
Is prospering and going to stay. The
DEMOCRAT is a welcome and always an
interesting visitor to our office and we
hope with each succeeding year its pros
perity may be increased.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
CAPTURE OF FIVE TOUGHS.
They Were in Hinding for Month. but
Finally Were Run Down.

They Were in Hinding for Month, but
Finally Were Run Down.
The DEMOCRAT contained full account
of the riot that the following named
toughs were engaged in while on the
Johnstown Accommodation: John Ruff
ner, John Cairnes and Pat Calrnes, of
Crab Tree, and Joseph Mccormick, of
Latrobe, and Elmer Johns, of Braden.
vile, were Saturday captured by Special
Agent, II. Houghton, of the l'ennsylva-
MIA Railroad, and charged before Squire
Morris, of Greensburg, with assaultng u
conductor of the JohnstOwn Accommoda.
tion on the 4th Of September. They be-
gan to fight on the train between Green's
burgh and Crab Tree, viii ch terminated
in an incipient riot.
Warrants were sworn out for their ar
rest, bat when search was made for
them, they had disappeared, and had been
IN hiding up to Saturday, when the detec-
tives succeeded in locating them. They
were held for trial at the November
term of court at Greensburg- Johns is a
BROTHER of the girl who was shot by her
father on September Sd.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
VIII Have a Place of Ammusem ent.

1t is authentically asserted that Messrs,
Mccain and Flynn have leased the Parke
Opera House, and propose to open it to
the public in few weeks. 1t is their in
tention to book travelling companies of
the better class, and will positively
allow no low variety companies to play
in the house. This being the only theatre
in the city these gentlemen propose to
conduct it in first-class style. The famous
orchestra from the Johnstown Opera
House has been engaged which is guar
antee of good music. The entire force
from the above named theatre will man.
ipulate the scenery. The house will be
brilliantly illuminated with electric
light. The great amount of knowledge
these gentlemen possess of the business,
coupled with their husteling ability, it is
safe to predict that success is suIe to
crown their efforts.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
Not Correct.
Ebensburg Freeman.

EDenSDuTB tTeendn.
Gibbs Hasson, the heretofore Demo-
cratic postmaster at Ebensburg, refuses to
recognize President Harrisons commie-
sion to MIR. Barker, and declines to sur.
render the office to his appointed success
sor.-J0bRStoUn Tribune.
The above is not correct. Mr. Barker,
the new postmaster, was ready to move
the post Office before he had any author.
itY to take it, and as a consequence Gibbs
Hasson declined to hand it over until he
had such authority. Gibbs commission
does not expire until the 2Sth of next
April and he would have to be
removed, suspended, or resign be-
fore there could be a job for a
new postmaster. Although perfectly
resigned to being removed or suspended,
he had not resigned, and had received no
notice of his suspension or removal. Mr..
Barker telegraphed to the department
for the necessary document which he re.
ceived on Tuesday, presented to Gibbs
Hassor on Tuesday evening, when the
Office was promptly turned over and re.
moved the same night Gibbs Hasson
did not refuse to recognize President
Harrison's Commission, but he expected
President Harrison, to do business In
business way. .ls. IN r-1
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
Iron and Steel Trade Boom.

A Pittsburgh dispatch says: The
boom in steel and iron rivals the memor-
able advance of 1884 Even when COM
pared with that time, other things con.
sidered, the advance in products of steel
and iron is h.Jro elhGrl,-D.e. steel iails
cannot to-day be bought for less than $32
per ton, ard manufacturers are quite in
dependent on those figures, for it is conf
IDENTIFY believed the price will yet reach
S35.
In the last few days Bessemer pig has
stiffened from $1S75 to $3.50 and Al
heavy consumer said to-day he doubts if
he could buy 100 or 1000 tons Tor less
than $40. This is an advance in the past
five weeks of between So and SO. AT the
office of Carnegie Bros. & Co. it was
learned that the advance is caused by the
increased cost in raw materials. "If,"
said the authority, "Bessemer pig adj
vances to $50, rail anu other products
must cost just so much more A 81 ad-
vance on pig means $5 advance on the
finished product, tor the shrinkage is
estimated at 25 per cent, and in addition
to that is the sliding scale under which
our men work. In England Bessemer
pig has risen from 40 to Sc shillings,
which cost, with the duty added, makes
the price of this foreign product in this
country far abo re our price of $40.
Moreover, our advices tell us that prices
will still go higher in EnglNnd, and of
course that has an important bearing upon
prices in this country"
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
Long and Prosperous.

ALTOONA INDEPENDENT.
The Johnstown DEMOCRAT has entered
its second year with encouraging success,
It's advertising patronage is very fine and
this is the life of journalism. The paper
passed through the great flood and sur
vived. We wish it long and prosperous
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
KILLED 1T WELL.

JohnsUown Tribune.
The DAILY DEMOCRAT to-day entered
upon its second volume. Ithas had hard
row to hoe, but has hilled it well, and we
are glad to read its own utterance of this
morning that it is "a permanent fact"
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
A Phenomenal Hotel Man.

Aho Ai@'eioAo ABes ------t4s-ls r1--=-----=------
Johnstown has aphenominal hotel man,
Mr., p. Il, Carpenter. He charges the
same price to commercial travellers that
he does to the farmer OF any other white
man. We had as good a supper there for
twenty-five cents as we ever had in the
town. This ad. is gratis. seF -A '--
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11
Brave and Newsy,

Huntingdon Local News.
The JoHNsTowN DAILY DEMOCRAT has
entered upon its second volume. 1t is a
brave and newsy Journal and is destined
to live and prosper, Notwithstanding the
reyerses it has undergone in its brief
career. h,ae1a m 9a| l ,WA.