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Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22
THREE MORE BODIES FOUND.
A Girl In the Stonycreek, a Boy at Shei
idan, and Woman Near Lincol
Bridge.

A Girl in the Stonycreek, a Boy at Sher-
idan, and a Woman Near Lincoln
Bridge.
Saturday morning about 0 o'clock the
body of little girl was found in the
Stonycreek, back of the Brethren Church.
1t was taken to the morgue and is de-
scribed as follows
No. sos, little girl, height three feet
nine inches, very light hair, short gray
flannel dress with brass button, trimmed
with three rows narrow braid one and
one-half inches from bottom, also three
rows down trout. black hose, springfield
button shoes.
Three boys from Sheridan station re-
ported having found the body Of a body
of boy yesterday morning. A wagon
was sent for it. The description in as
follows:
No, 504. boy, knee breeches, brown
and black striped, gray flannel shirt with
collar, blue calico shirt-waist with light
chain stripe.
The searchers for the dead found the
body of woman yesterday afternoon
about O'Clock just below the Lincoln
bridge. 1t had been buried in the sand
After being removed to the morgue de-
scription was obtained, which is as fol-
lows:
No. 503, woman, light brown hair. an.
parently curly, height five feet two inches.
canton flannel under.waist, no upper
teeth, three double teeth and one small
tooth out on right side lower jaw. on left
side, first and fourth double teeth out.
The clothing was all torn from the body.
Many who have seen the body think it to
be that of Mrs. II. NJ. Ogle, the Western
Union Telegraph operator.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22

BOlva A. Lockwood delivered her lee
lure, " The Paris Exposition and Social
and Political Life IN Paris aad London, ,"
to fair sized audience at the Grace NJ.
e. Church, Philadelphia, Thursday night.
She depicted the passage across the Al.
lantc and the trip up The Rhine in u
graphic and eloquent manner.
" Germauys idea Of education" she
said, "is to make good fighters. Every.
body there drinks beer and the students
still fight duels. II might be said that
some of the Germans are beer barrels in
the morning and barrels of beer at night
The punishment for violating the rules oil
some of the social clubs is frequently 8
sentence to drink beer till the chairman
gives the drinker permission TO stop
Students convicted of fighting duels are
confined in solitary cells, where they
have TO sit on what seemed to me to be
the hardest of hard wood chairs.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22
CARTER IN JAIL.
After Preliminary Hearing He is Taken
to Ebensburg and Placed in the Keep
ing of Sheriff stineman.

After Preliminary Hearing He is Taken
to Ebensburg and Placed in the Keep
ing of Sheriff stineman
Charles Carter, the coored man who
fatally shot John Matthews, also colored,
In Conemaugh borough about two weeks
ago, was given preliminary hearing at
Squire William McKee's office on Bed
ford street, Saturday morning. The prin-
cipal witness was w. Ii. Cooper. His
testimony was IS follows:
On the night of the shooting was at the
house Of John Henry Roberts, in Cone
maugh borough, corner of Church and
Main streets; saw Charles Carter and
those three ladies there isis McGonigal,
Lucy k0ontz, and Emma Dunnl; went
there with Matthews; Carter and Mat
thews bad few words did not take it
as being quarrel; after the few words |
heard two shots; did not hear thu third
one Carter fired the shots; ne FREQ at
Matthews; he Matthewsl cried: Oh,
Cooper, he is killing me-" told me to
take him to the doctor right away was
shot on both sides of breast; his shirt
was on fire; Iput out the fire left the
house Immediately; next seen him TCsr-
ter on the 18th in custody # Constable
Connery, Brindle, and mygelf went to
East Conemaugh no police were about
don't know whal ihe words between Car
Ter aud Matthews were about.
Sis" McGonigal, Lucy Koontz. and
Emma Dunn gave testimony. which was
nothing more than cOrroborative of
Coopcr's.
These parties are all detained as wit
ness : and will he kept III custody unless
they give ball Tor their appearance to tes-
tity in Court.
Mrs Roberts, wife of John Henry Rob
crls, al whose house the murder was
con milted, has entered bail for her ap-
! penrnlce as II witness.
Carter was taken to tie Ebensburg jail
on Saturday afternoon.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22
IT WAS LITTLE IRENE saumAkEr.
The Body of the Little Girl Found on FRI
day so Identified-The Shumaker Fami-
Iy la the Flood

The Body of the Little Girl Found on FRI
day Identified-The ShumaIxer Fami-
ly In the Flood.
The body of the little girl found en- Fri
day was identified as that Of Irene Grace,
daughter of MIR. j. NJ. Shumaker The
body WAS inferred in Grand View Sur
day morning. Her age was four and one =
half years. Her body was found near
where all the rest of Mr. Shumaker'S
children we're found. The three others
drowned were John 5, aged II years /;
Edith May, aged Z. years and months,
and Walter, aged eighteen months Mrs.
Shumaker was also drownrd. Her body
was found near the PoDlsr street bridge,
and inferred in Grand VieS.
Mr.. Shnmakcr and hi family with two
other persons, eight in all were at his
home at No. 315 Locust street, when the
water came upon them He was on the
first floor; all the res 0,re ON The second.
The house was brokti 10 pieces before it
had moved rs far as the middle OF the
street. Two large elm trees .hut stood in
front of it are thought to have prevented
the house from moving oT whole The
Main in the neiShnurHOld Of Swank's
Hardware Building, and on 10 the
Slonycreek, Here Mr. Shumaker
first Was able to open ais eyes so thai he
could see. He wa hen not far from the
spot where the three OF MS children were
found. The current then took down the
Stonycrcek The Fiuukin street bridge
was yet on its foundation Mr. Shu.
maker WAS disabled so that he couId not
help himself. and fluatri down the strcan
with the current. The bridge left its
moorings before he reached it, the Kern
willie end going first /; swung almost
around to righI tugie with the street
before 1t started down stream. Mr.. Shit
maker thinks he Was The first person who
passed through where the bridge had
stood. He went on down to the bend of
the Stonycreek, below where Akers &
Banners slaughter house stands. Here
he met the back current, and was taken
up part way through Kernyillc. 1t vas
ut that same place that the Franklin
street bridge was dropped by the water,
lhe two currents probably neutralizing
Zach other for time nj that point.
Mr. Shumaker lay for some weeks be-
fore he was able 10 be about. In the
meantime his wife had been found and
buried. He did not kaow 1t, however,
until he found her jcwelry in possession
of the Committee on Yaluables. She had
bern buried as No. . from the Kernvlle
Morgue. But when Mr. Shumaker came
to look for her body he could not find 1t.
Il is presumed that omebody. in = mis-
take, took the body of his wife. More
than thirty graves wsrc opened in the
hope of finding her, but il was all to no
purpose. The children all rest in Grand
View, and all that Mr. Shumakel has of
his once pleasant ONE and happy family.
excepting a few relies, exists only in
memory
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22
rHrY KIoK AeA1Nsr nrrorn.
Senators Quay and Cameron Object to
Postmaster Fied's Policy.

Senators Quay and Cameron Object to
Postmaster Fied's Policy.
Philadelphia Special In New York World
There is row brewing between Post
master-General Wanamaker and the two
Pennsylvania Senators which threatens
to be the political sensation of the winter
The trouble is all over Postmaster Field
in this city, who proposed to run the
office in defiance of the political friends
of Quay and Cameron. Quay yielded as
gracefully as possible to Wanamaker's
selection of Field, who is an ultra re-
former, and who, in the recent Committee
of One Hundred fight, denounced Quay.
1t was hoped by Quay that Field could
be induced to modify his civil service
stand and to help Z" the boys" in at the
back gate quietly. But recent events
have convinced the Senator that Field
means to ignore the politicians and to
manage the postoffice in his aud Wana-
makers own way. This has led the two
Senators to give it out that they propose
to hang up Fields appointment in the
Senate, and, if he will not yield to their
wishes, to have him rejected.
The friends of Quay and Cameron are
openly boasting that Field will not be
confirmed and that new Postoflice deal
will be forced upon Wanamaker. The
frieais of Field say thnt they doubt the
accuracy of the statements in regard TO
Quay's attitude, but they add that the
new Postmaster will not rive in y point
that he proposes to ruE to the Office in hi>
own way on business principles, and he
doesn't care whether be is confirmed or
not. slr. Field refuses to talk, but II
close personal friend said tonight that
Quay hnd Cameron would find that Wan
auaker could and would iil Int as hard as
they could, and That any attempt to de-
feat Fields confirmation would precipi.
tate fight with Wanamaker, vino would
be supported by the President. The
atfdh has created decided sensation in
Pennsylvania politics. A friend of Sena.
Tor Quay said 10 night: The boys
don't think that Quay can afford to lei
Field run the Posloiiice and keep all the
Democrats IN placed there by Har-
rity; yet that is what we are afraid he
Will do, as it IS asserted that civil service
be strictly construed, and, although this
might result in many of the present cm-
ployes being turned out, most of them
would remain. If that Is to be done
Quay is bound to fght Field to keep up
his prestige in the rank and file of the
party. Should there be a fight in the
Senate against Fields confirmation Cam.
eron can control some Democratic Sena-
tors and the the tangls between Hampton
and Wanamakcr will help in that dircc-
tion. think the fight will come.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22
At I!Ome Again.

Mr.. Aaron Davis and his mother are
occupying their old home at the corner
of Vine aud kim streets. The house was
badly wrecked by the flood but has since
been removed. 1t is not the house that
Mrs. Davis formerly occupied but one
that was washed on her lot by the flood
destroyed. MIR. Davis formerly lived in
Woodvale but lost his wife and three
children i'll the flood. None of their
bodies have been found, although he has
been watching all the operations of re-
moving the unknown dead in the hope of
finding some one of the lost ones. His
home will be with his mother for the
present
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22
The Fire Companies.

The Assistance Fire Company have
contracted with Hoover, Hughes & Co.,
for the erection of frame building ON
the site of their former headquarters, on
Washington street. The building will be
twenty-five by forty-four feet and will
have bell tower thirty feet high. 1t will
be erected at once and it is intended to
have it completed by the time their new
steamer arrives.
The Good Will boys are reioiced to see
their new building ready for the roof.
They arc also located at their old place
en- Stonycreek street at the northern end
of the South Side bridge.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22
About Finger Nails,

A white mark on the nail bespeaks mis-
fortune.
Pale or lead-coored nails indicate mel
aucholy people.
People with narrow nails are ambitious
and quarrclsome.
Broad nails indicate gentle, timld and
bashful nature.
Lovers of knowledge and ibelal senti-
ment have round nails.
Small nails Indicate littlcness of mind,
obsunacy and conrcl.
Choleric, martial men, delighting in
war, have red and spotted lis.
Nails growing into the flesh at the
points or sides indicate luxurious tastes.
People with very pale nails are subject
to much intrmity of the flesh and perse-
cution by neiShbors and friends.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22

WADE HAMAToN, of South Carolina,
seems to have had an understanding with
Postmaster General Wanamaker that one
Gibbes, a namesake of the ex.rebel and
postmaster at Columbia, in tic Palmetto
State, should not be removed without
consulting him. Two weeks ago B. h.
Clayton was appointed to The position,
without Hamplon's knowing that il was
to be done. This angercd the General
and he wrote the Chief Postmaster a
scathing letter. The latter, however,
kept COOL and politely stated that there
was no intention of commissioning Clay.
ton till his predecessors term had expired.
Among Republicans there is wonder, that
Wanamaker ever took Hampton into
consultation or made any promises to
him.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22
THE ENGAGED GIRL.
What a Difference BetrothaI Makes in Her
Manner.

London Truth.
Have you ever noticed what differ
ence there is in girls manner when she
gets engaged TO be married She flirts
rs much as ever, OF course and even lit
tic II ore, for il seems as though Il semi
appropriated damsel has more charms for
the male tlirts than those whose hearts
have not capitulAted. The difference lies
in the manner TO other girls of the cngas-
cd one. Even tie gGntlesi and incest
assume slight airs of superiority,a ,as though
the problem OF settlement in life having
been settled for them, they were new
competent to guide and advise all other
young women.
If the iiance be young aud handsome,
they are generally too much absorbed in
him to pay much attention to any one
else but if he be middle-aged and very
rich they find abundance of leisure to
place at the disposal of their friends.
This they employ principally in discuss
ing their own prospects, settling what
color their liveries shall be and in ar
ranging the various details of their estab-
iishment. But little egotism is pardon
able at such time, and they are seldom
so wholly occupied with their own con-
Germs as to forget to quietly patronize
their girl friends. " You must marry
well, Lucy. You shall come and stay
with me, and we will see what can be
done" Or, Mary, you must give up
young Brown. He will not be able to
give you a carriage for years and years,
if ever. | shall have dark tan-colored
liveries, picked out with crimson" etc.
Then, if anything occurs to back off the
engagement, and the girl sinks back into
the ranks of the unengaged, her position
is all the more disagreeable if she has put
on lot of style during her betrothal.
But, perhaps, the girl who is lavishly in
love with her fiance is the greatest bore
Of all
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22
TIE STATE Bo .np OF HEALTH.
The New District-The Wisdom of the Law
Creating the Board.

The New Distrfct-The Wisdom of the Law
Creating the Board.
Recently the State Board of Health,
through DR.. w. E. Matthews, turned
over TO Johnstown borough all the disin-
fectants and the street sprinklers owned
by the State here. The value of them is
about 81 900, and they will be the prop
erty of the Board Of Health to be organ
lied when the new city takes hold of its
affairs.
The operations of the State Board of
Health here, during the weeks following
the aood, are well remembered That they
did much for this community is certain.
In fact, it was only through the energy of
the Board of Health that the State could
do anything to help the community, ex-
cepting by using the State Military to
keep order. The Board made its report
few days ago. Among other things
done, new district, with DR.. w. e.
Matthews as inspector, has been created
of Indiana, Cambria, and Clearfield
counties. Concerning the works of the
Board in general the Philadelphia Times
says
No intelligent, public-spirited citizen
can read the anaual report of the Sesre-
tsry Of the State Board of Health, which
has just been published. without be-
ing with impressed wisdom of
the legislation creating that body.
Its excellent work in the appli-
cation of preventive measures de-
signed to ward off the outbreak of
dangerous epidemics after the June
floods and the effectiveness of the efforts
to control and circumscribe the ravages
of typhoid, diphtheria and smallpox in
the few localities in the State in which
these diseases assumed epidemic forms
during the past year, furnish all the argu-
ment necessary for the existence of the
Boaid and the extension of its powers.
The report very properly calls pariicu-
lar attention to the limited powers of the
Board under existing laws. In view of
th's NiSNOuidSihS ihNl' tHS hOhhVi 10 iuAt
any real, effective work in the interest of
the public health was accomplished at
all. The work of the past year, however,
touching AS it did the public in all parts
of the State, has been highly educational.
The necesslty of some intelligently ad-
ministered legal restraint upon the polu-
tion Of streams, the adulteration of food,
ami the existence of nuissnces prejudicial
to the health of the community has been
demonstrated as never before.
No pains should be spared during the
coming year to further educate public
sentiment in this direction. The legisla-
ton demaLded will further no private
ends, and for that reason will lack the
advocacy of those powerful influences
that control legislation for selfish pur
poses. If the necessary legislation is Sc
cured to make the Board real power
for the protection of the public health il
must be because an irresistible public
sentiment demands It, That sentiment
can be created only by demonstrating
to the public the inadequacy of existing
laws
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22

THE will of Samuel j. Tiden has been
in the Courts for three years past and
now one clause of it nus been sci aside as
not being in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York. The will WAS
well enough, and doubtless right enough,
as both Attorneys and Judges have hcen
disputing over it for three years before
they came to the present conclusion, and
another set Of Judges might have given u
different opinion. Such laws as keep
mon thus in the dark rs to their meaning.
and prevent 40 able man as 1idcn from
doing as he desired with bis own money,
are not commendable.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22

THE real causes of the change which
the elections show are not obscure. They
are eve1 more to be found in what may
be called the recent character and tone of
the party than in the public judgment of
the policy which it has adopted With
Foraker as its representative leader il
Ohio, Platt in New York, Quay in Penn.
sylvania, Dudley in Indiana, Clarkson IN
Iowa, Malone in Virginia, it is not sur
prising that it has lost much of the kind
of ascendancy which it once enjoyed.
The elections of this year show concu.
sively that in national contest il would
not be easy to forecast the result.-Har.
psf's Weekly
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22
Must Wear tho Blue

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has issued an order TO conductors, brake
men and baggage-masters that while on
duty they must appear at all times in full
suits of uniform, and wear their coats
buttoned. 1t will not do for them to wear
panta,oons or vests of other material than
the regulation blue. All of the men are
obliged to sign an agreement that they
will do this. A brakeman in Harrisburg
appeared few days ago with dark pair
of pantaloons on that did not belong to
his uniform. He was laid of for ten
DAYS
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22
CHARLES GARTER ARRIVES.
He Gets Here Yesterday in Company wi
Constable Waters

He Gets Bere Yesterday In Company With
Constable Waters.
AS stated in Saturday mornings paper
Charles Carter was held in Harrisburg.
Constable Waters, of Johnstown, went
to that city, and yesterday evening re.
turned with the prisoner. Carter was
lodged in the Conemaugh borough lock
up. The principal witnesses III the case.
the Robertses and the two girls who re-
Gently served their five days, are also in
the coop" so that they will be on hand
this morning at the hearing before Squire
Mckee. The revolver with which Carter
did the shooting was obtained, he claims,
from w. II. Cooper, the principal wit
ness.
Garter had been in the Harrisburg lock-
up for ten days, and had been released
Thursday morning, but he returned to
the Jail about noon to look for the letter
containing the S. h. was to receive from
Cooper. In the meantime the officers had
been notified by Constable Waters that
he was wanted here. Garter was then
taken up and hcld till the Constable ar
rived. In Harrisburg Carter WAS known
as Charles "Gi, sou"
Carter was seen last night by report
or, but protested his innocence. the
hearing This morning will 30 far 10 deret-
mine his ta'e. The evidence given al tn,
inquest will he very damaging to nim, if
ne proves 10 be tho rgut man, aud tue
officers say he is.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22
How $4,000 rounds Was uuao {, Horse
Fower.

EONbT.
Scientific American.
When men begin first to become famil-
lar with the methods Cf measuring me-
chanical power, they often speculate or
where the breed of horses is to be found
which can keep at work raising $4,000
pounds one foot per minute, or the
equivalent, which is familiar to men ac
customed 10 pile driving by horse power,
Of raising $50 pounds 100 feet per minute.
Since SO, ,000 pounds raised one foot per
minute Is called one horse power, it is
natural for people to think that the en-
ginccrs VINO established that unit of
measurement based it on the actual work
performed by horses But that was not
the case. The horse power unit was es-
tablished by jaime Watt about century
ago, and the figures were settled in Il
curious way. Watt in his usual ga eful
manner, proceeded 70 find out the average
work which the horses of his district
could perform, and he found that the
raising of $4,000 poNnds one foot per
minute was about an actual horse power.
At this time he was employed in the
manufacture of engines, aud had almost
monopoly of the engine building trade.
Customers were so hard to find that all
kinds of artificial announcements were
considered necessary to induce power
users to buy steam engines. AS method
of encouraging business, Watt offered to
sell engines reckoning $4,000 foot pounds
to horse power, or one-third mere than
the actual. And thus, says the Manu-
fIctttrs' Gazette, what was intended as a
Temporary expedient to promote business
has been the means of giving false unit
ola very important measurement to the
| world.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22

81, 1890. The whole country viii watch
with interest this daring young American
woman, and will read eagerly the 40
counts OF her experiences as she pushes
onward. She carries in her hand a grip
sack, containing few extra articles OF
apparel. She will 60 by way of South
ampton, London, Paris, Turin, Brindisi,
the Suez Canal, Colombo (Ceylon), Sing
apore, Hong Kong, Yokohoma, and San
Francisco.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22
Tried to sIsipp IA Bill.

Officer James 0. Kelly, of Millville, in
tercepted Hungarian at the Pennsyl-
vania station yesterday evening. The
Hun owed board bill and was about to
board train without paying it. On the
way to the lookup he pulled out $40 and
offered to. pay his debt. His offer was
promptly accepted and now he is pro-
ceeding on his journey.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22

SENATORS Farwell and Cullom, of Hi.
nois, want one Campbell appointed Col.
lector of the Port at Chicago, The for.
mer is particularly active and earnest in the
advocacy of his friends case. Other scu-
ators are also in sympathy but Mr. Ben
iamin Harrison, who has the appoint
ment to make, declines to move. The
senators are becoming impatient, and
promise to prevent confirmation in the
Senate, if any one else than their choice
is appointed. 1t is believed that the
President wishes to not appoint Camp
bell.