The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-08-03
NEWS AND OTHER NOrlN.S.

renomnated.
Work in the +. K. K. shoopS. Altoona.
has been extended from three to four DAYS
a week.
California was shaken by an earth
quake Sunday evening which was followed
by the falling of brilliant meteor.
-SI!verware valued at several hundred
dollars was taken from the house of J. W.
Atkins. OF Beaver Pa, by burglars Nor
day night.
State Senator Foley. of Reno. Nev..
was fatally shot by Mrs. NJ. \. uarIly. an
artist in her studio. The cause O: the
shooting is not known.
New England delegates TO the conven-
tion of Catholic Abstinence societies. at
ST. Paul, Min. next month. have decided
not To ride in Pullman ears.
AT meeting of the Clearfield region
miners, Wednesday. it was decided IL con-
time the strike until the operators agree
to pay the compromise rates.
-Ex Banker Rockafclluw. of Wilkes
barre. convicted of embezLlement. has
been taken To the penitrntiary on SEN
tence Uf two and one halt years.
DR.. John McKinley's storeroom at
New Castle, Pa. occupied by James Rig
by'S family, burned On Tuesday with So
200 less. The occupants escaped III their
night clothes.
The warehouse and stables of the Geo.
w. Knox express company, Washington.
d. c., have been destroyed 10y fire. Three
| tiremen were killed. Two hundred horses
periShed in the flames. Loss, S3uD,oo0.
Rodgers, officers of the American Railway
Union. have been released from jail at
Chicago ON 5000 bail each. Hearing of
the various cases against then. has been
postponed until September ,.
William Walker and John England.
while fishing in the Big Sandy near Paints
vile, W. Va, discovered on their hook
| what they thought was large fish. but
upon drawing il ashore they found that il
was dead child about years Old. There
is no clue as To whom the child belonged.
The freight traffic Oh the Pennsylvania
railroad continues heavier now than ii has
been for long time past. There is great
shipment of grain from the west and the
coal that is being moved eastward from
the West Virginia field il du important
item ia the much improved railroad husi-
ness.
"A secret compact has been arranged
between the Argentine Republic
and Great Britain by which Jabez Bal
four, the fugitive eX-member of Paria-
nent, who is wanted in England on ac-
count of his connection with several col
lapSed companies, Will be surrendered re
gardlesS of the eXtradition treaty between
these TWO countries.
While making excavations in Evalyn
addition to Anderson, Ind, workingmen
unearthed several bodies that ethnOlogiStS
are unable To place. They are about
seven feet in height and proportionately
well formed. All the bodies were found in
a sitting or standing position. and invar!-
ably faced the east. Upon this the theory
= advanced that they were sun worship
eTS.
The Chicago steel mills which were
closed during the strike started up on
Monday morning with 300 men. The
Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad
strikers are Clamoring to resume their old
places, and they will be taken back so far
as it does not interfere with men already
at work. Work is being resumed in all
the railroad shops. aud by the end of this
week the last echo of the strike will nave
been heard.
While John EoiSer. of Hanover. Pa,
was driving with Nicholas Wagner :
wagon load of pop bottles, between Lit
! tleston and Taneytown, on Friday after
noon. a bolt of lightning PLAYED a pretty
prank on him and the wagon. He saw il
dart along the chains which supported the
wagon tongue. Then he collapsed. When
a stranger entered the wagon and shook
keiSer out of his numhneSS. three miles
further ON. all the wire-topped bottles uu
one side of the wagon were broken. These
had been good conductor"
DR.. c. Beck was visiting his sweet
heart, Miss Grace Cohee, at Newhcrn. Ind.
on Sunday night, when she took it into
her head To frighten him by playiny ghost.
| She left him on the veranda. saying She
was going for a drink. She threw sheet
| over her head and came npon him sudden
| ly from around the house. DIR. Beck drew
| his revolver and called on the figure tn
| stop. He called three times but the girl
| needed him not. The doctor shot twice.
| One ball entered Miss CUhee'S abdomen
and another is logged in her leg. She will
| probably die.