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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
shOrt.Lived Happiness.

Portsmouth, n. H., October s.
Mrs Bertha Manson, a bride of only
three days, is confined in the insane
ward at police headuarters. Before her
marriage she was Bertha Howard, OF
this city Her husband, to whom she
was married on Saturday, is George E.
Manson, of Rochester.
Immediately after the wedding they
went to Rochester, and there they took
"A team and went out driving toward Leb-
anon, where the bridegroom had former
ly worked. While returning Mason
pointed out in the Woods at East Leb-
anon the spot where Isaac Sawtelle killed
his brother Hiram. At this the wife
shrieked and leaped from the carriage.
Her mind was deranged, and it was with
difficulty that her husband got her to
this city. Here she became more vio-
lent and a physician gave her some
soothing drug.
At o'clock this morning policeman
found her walking in the middle of the
street with nothing but a night robe on.
She told them her husband had tried to
kill her.
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Tortured by Robbers.

Sharon, Pa, October Because they
would not reveal where their savings
were hidden, Henry Kaufman, an aged
farmer, and his wife, living near Fred
onia, were horribly tortured by burglars
last night and finally, compelled 10y their
sufferings, told their tormentors where
the money they sought was concealed.
Kaufman and his wife were awakened
by masked men. The burglars demand
ed to know where their money was
The old couple bravely refused, in the
face of threats, to disclose the wnerea-
bouts OF their earnings. Losing patience
the burglars bound them in bed, an bar
ing their feet began to scar the soles
with red hot pokers. The agony was
too great for the resolution of the cou-
pie, and, begging for mercy, they told
where their money was. The burglars
took the money and made their escape.
Mr.. and Mrs Kaufman are suffering
severely from the shock and their burns.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

EX GOVERNOR ANDREW G. CURTIN
died at his residence in Bellefonte, at an
early hour on Sunday morning. He
sank rapidly toward the end, his con-
scious periods becoming less and less
frequent. All the members of his fam
lily were at his bedside when he passed
gently away.
Andrew Gregg Curtin, the son of an Ir-
ishman, was born in BelIefonte. Pa. April
%, 1915. He was admitted to the bar
in 1889. He was an active Whig until
the formation of the Republican party.
with which he connected himself, and
in 1860 was the nominee of that party
for the gOvernOrship, to which office he
was elected by 1000 majority. In his
inaugural message Governor Curtin took
strong ground for coercion of the seced-
ing southern states. His admins
tration was distinguished for the zeal
and ability with which the national
government was sustained in its war
measures and for the efforts which he
put forth for the comfort of Pennsyl-
vania's volunteers in the field.
Governor Curtin's health began tC
fail in 1868, and he signified his inten
ton of accepting a foreign mission
which had been offered him as soon a.
his gubernatorial term should expire
but in the meantime he was renomina
ated and reelected by 10, 900 majority
He went to Cuba for his health in No
vember, 1865, and in the same year de
clined another offer of foreign mis-
sion. In 1869 General Grant appointed
him minister to Russia. He returned
from Russia. in 1872 and supported
Horace Greely for the Presidency
Subsequently he joined the Democratic
party, by which he was elected to con
gress for the three consecutive terms
serving from 1SS1 to 1887.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

CONGRESSMAN w. J. WILSON in an ar
ticle in the North american Rerie3c thus
graphically defines the difference be-
tween the two great parties:
The Republican party, by its tradi-
ditions and tendencies, the teachings of
It's tenders, past and present, and its
whole history, has a steady momentum
toward sectionalism, high government.
interference with local rule and local
control of elections, extravagant expen-
dltures, heavy taxes, bounties, subsidies
and exhoribitant protection. Ideas of
governmental meddling and centraliza-
ton dominate 1t; class interests hold it
firmly to evil courses" These things
are incompatible with free and pure
government. The American people
need none of these things; only a small
minority really desire them.
The Democratic party, by principle
and tendency, by the tradition of It's
elders and its steady momentum, tends
to economy, to low taxes, to revenue
tariffs, immediate responsibility to the
people, and no federal interference with
local rule. These are the very essentials
of free and pure government. If the
people want these things-and surely
they need them more than at any other
time in their history, that party, alone,
Is the instrument they TnuSt uSa To so
cure them. Upon other great issues al
so the scale turns in its favor 1t is as
trustworthy as its opponents on the
monetary question, while its ancient
financial traditions are sounder than
those of any great and longlived party
we have ever had. And-what is truly
a crowning merritt Is, and ever has
been, a national party.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

The change for the better in business
affairs that is manifest in all parts OF the
country, says the Philadelphia Record
has brought with it a wonderful revival
of courage and confidence in the Demo
cratic party Doubt and dependency
have given way before an access of zeal
and spirit that has been as sudden in its
manifestation as it Is assuring From
all parts of Pennsylvania comes the
same glad news. The Democrats viii
go to the pools and vote in November.
There will be no Republican walk-over.
All the cocksureneSs with which Repub-
lican orators have been predicting tidal
wave of victory Is rapidly dissolving
before the reinvigorated spirit of Dem
ocracy as the fog is disipated by the
| morning sun In spite Of political
! clamor, of partial crop failure, of specu-
latiye timidity, and of the long night
| mare of economic misrule from which
the country has hardly emerged, Its
great underlying industries are gather
| ing themselves together and moving
slowly, safely and solidly forward. Like
| the giant AntGus, who grew stronger
every time he was thrown prone upon
his mother earth, the nation rises newly
vigorous from the throes of commercial
and industrial disorder and financial
panic.
Assured of honest money, of lower tax
rates, of cheaper living and of steadier
and better business, is it any wonder
that the masses of the people take heart
and hope2 Have they not reason? Dc
not they see with their own eyes the
coming on of better times? Is not the
judgment of the masses as it found ex~
preston in 1890 and 1892 vindicated by
the event? The prophets of calamity
are choked with their own false words
The tide has turned against them.
From this time forward until the day
of election the Democrats of Pennsyl
vania must prove themselves equal tc
the good fortune which has made the
shops and mills and forges and furnaces
and mines and manufactures theil
working, active allies in bringing order
out of industrial chaos and poIitica
misrule. Every election district in the
state should be disputed until the poll:
shall close on election day with all the
vim and vigor which a Just cause cac
inspire.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
HIPS Opening speech.

Albany. n. Y, October S.-On Thurs
day night Senator Hill will open the
hottest compaign the state has ever seen
by a speech in Syracuse. All things
considered this will be the most import-
ant speech he will make, for in it he will
not only outline the issues that are to
be fought out, but he will pretty
thoroughly cover them as well. This
will be the beginning Of the Senator :
campaign. The ending of it will be in
Elmira on the Saturday night preceding
election day. He will speak somewhere
nearly every night and, while many of
the dates have been fixed upon. they
will not be made public, in order to pre-
vent Republican managers from arrang
ing meetings in the same places on the
following nights
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
Hurled Into Eternity

IronwOod, Mich, October 9-John
Ravell, miner, last evening put a half
box of dynamite in the kitchen stove TO
thaw 1t out. The family, consisting of
seven persons. was gathered about the
stove, chatting over the events of the
day and conversing with a neighbor.
Mrs. Peterson. In few minutes there
was terrible explosion, which dealt out
death with an unspairing hand The
following were killed: John Ravell.
Peter Ravell, Daniel Ravell, Louise Ra-
veil, Mrs. Louise Peterson.
lnjured-Baby Clarence Ravell.
Mrs. John Ravell. Thomas RavelI.
The injured are reported in a danger
Gus condition and it is not unlikely that
the family will be exterminated as re-
suit of the fathers foolish move. The
house was blown to atoms
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
Highest of all in Leavening PowerLates Us Govt Report
R3>!aa!I! q! RsxasGi: RRskiieG
ABSOLUTELY PURE
NEWS AND oT,stn NorrNss

State Agricultural Secretary Edge :
report TO the next legislature shows gross
irregularities in farm taxation.
Migrants in Jail at Allentown will be
condemned to carry pig iron of the weight
If 175 ponnds all day as punishment
Captain George w. Kelly. chief clerk
to the adiutant general at Harrisburg. is
the sole survivor of tue Curtin admins
tration.
"A tremendous oil strike has been made
on a farm south of Blnffton. Ind. When
the drill penetrated the rock the oil came
with rush and it is estimated that the
well has produced 500 barrels. all of which
was wasted.
AT l o'clock on Wednesday morning of
last week, tremendous meteor fled with a
a kissing noise across the county. four
miles south of Reading. and then exploded
with a force that shook large section of
territory and caused great excitement
The barn of w L. Spangler. Potter's
Mills, Center county. was burned last
week. The live stock and some of the
farm implements in the barn at the time
Were saved. but the grain. hay. etc. were
destroyed. II is supposed to have been
the work of incendiarieS
The twenty-ninth annual meeting o.
;he association of the Directors of the
Poor and Charities of Pennsylvania began
in the court house at York on Tuesday
morning. Judge John W. RIttner. of
York. made the address of welcome. which
was responded to by +. Gould, of Erie, Pa
The barn of Samuel Reeser. near
ShiremanStOwn, Cumberland county. was
totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday night
\ colt aud :wO calves were all the live
stock sayed. Everything else was con-
Sumed. The loss is heavy. The fire was
caused by the explosion of lantern in the
fodder bin.
Harry Nelson, puddler'S helper at
the National rolling mill, at McKccsport.
Pa, was horribly burned by an explosion
of cinder on Tuesday evening Nelson put
a too strong flow of water on the cinder
and the hot metal scattered over his boiy
literally cooking him. 1t is feared his
sight is ruined.
Michael Welsh, an industrious miner
employed in the Penn Shaft mines at
Irwin. while returning to his home from
Larimer. Saturday night about O'Clock.
was struck 10y a train and instantly killed
His body was found lying in the South
S.de Cut some time later. His wife and
three children survive.
About $40 o'clock Sunday morning
burglars blew open the large safe in J. J.
FuIton'> grocery store at Latrobe. Over
500 in money was secured The. cpuruS-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
CORNERS in breadstnffs and nrorisio

CORNERS in breadstuffS and provisions
says the Pittsburg Post, sometimes, tc
use homely phrase, "bite off more
than they can chew" This is the com.
forting condition of corner in wheat
IN California. 1t has stored up 200, ,OOO
tons of the cereal, which will not now
bring million of dollars of cost price.
Adding interest, storage, commits
sion, etc, and the corner Is out a
million and a half of dollars. The
wheat was bought as high as 116. Ex-
Senator Fair is one of the victims. but
can stand his punishment. There is a
great deal of objection by farmers
against such speculations and dealing in
options, but do not they hold up better
prices, so far as the legitimate demand
permits?
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
Veterans Murdered,

Dayton, O., October 9.-Police search
for the perpetrators of the two recent
murders of veterans of the soldiers home
On pension day develops a situation
more horrible than the terrible Bender
crimes IN the west. Forty old soldiers
have been robbed and murdered at the
NatlonEl military home here and only
passing notice has been taken of the
crimes.
The grand jury is taking hold of the
matter, and the feeling exists that the
government should place detectives here
to collect evidence against the murderers.
who have grown rich by robbing the vet
Grams. Local police authorities can go
no further than to give pointers that will
surely lead to the arrest and conviction
of the guilty ones.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
A Terrible Tragedy.

Lancaster, October 3-A terrible trag.
edy occurred to-day in Salisbury town.
ship, this county, IL which three
story brick house was blown up by dyna.
mite and the occupants, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. j. Leim, were instantly killed. A
servant, named Jackson, was seriously
injured and may die. Leim was =
wealthy and prominent citizen, residing
near Lelmvllle, and was an extensive
quarryman- Several days ago he had
trouble with his employees, consisting OF
a gang of 1taliana, and it is believed
they placed large quantity of nitro
glycerlne, used in blasting rock, under
the building while Mr.. and Mrs. Leim
were at dinner.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
Twenty MurdererS Free.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, October 7.-Ac-
cused of the murder of a peddler here
three weeks ago, Thomas Hayes and s.
Kreidler were to day sent to Jail. The
peddler was shot down, and his
companion was also wounded and both
were robbed. The affair occurred during
the day, and the failure to catch the
murderers has brought down upon the
heads of the authorities the stern cen
sure of the people. Within two years 20
men have been murdered in Luzerne
county, but not one death has been
avenged upon the scaffold. A great out
cry has gone up since this latest outrage.
and general demand is made upon the
officials to put forth efforts to capture
the offenders.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

HE Scranton Times states that Can
dldate Singerly has made the proposition
to Candid,te Hastings that they discuss
the issues of the campaign jointly in the
columns of the Philadelphia Record
Mr. SIngerly proposes to give his rival
all the space that he may desire and the
benefit of the enormous circulation of
the Record. The offer is not well receiv-
ed either by the warrior or his friends
which Is not strange. Hastings dare not
discuss the issues of the campaign and
In truth he has none to discuss. He
d was nominated at the command of certain
powerful corporations who will own him.
body and soul, in joint partnership with
Boss Quay. He will be made governor
In order that all the jobs may go in the
next legislature and to assist in still fur
ther tightening the corporation yoke
around the necks of the laboring classes.
No, Hastings would rather face a whole
regiment of feather bed soldiers than to
face discussion of the issues of the
campaign with Candidate SingerIy in
candidate Singerly's Recosd
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
The Bill Which Ought TO BE.

Harrisburg, October 9.-The commit
tee on principles of taxation appointed
by the state tax conference met here
this afternoon and discussed the kind
of bill that ought to be submitted to the
legislature. y sub>cQmmittee was ap-
pointed consisting of Leonard III
Rhone, J. ID. Weeks and c. Sturart Pat.
terson, to draft a bill to be reported to
the full committee in the near future so
that report may be submitted to the
conference in September.
Resolutions were adopted to the effect
that taxes should be levied by miIIage
on the actual value of the property and
that the income of the state, county and
minor divisions should be derived from
the classes of business whose species of
operations are confined to the divisions
named.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
The soldiers, welcome


Thrice welcome home We patriot band.
Thrice welcome to our native land:
Behold each cheek with transport glow
At your return from Mexico.
Receive our greetings, warm and true
Receive the hUnUrs justly due:
With beating hearts. OH how sincere
We welcome home each volunteer.
For many a lOn. AMI weary day.
From friends and country TAR away
In midst OF death. disease a d woe.
Among the wilds of Mexico.
True soldiers on a hostile soil
Injured TO danger, care and toll.
Mid burning sand and desert drear
Then welcome home oacn volunteer
Exposed to death in every form.
The siege, tie ambush and the storm:
Surrounded by hend-like toe,
The miscreants OF Mexico.
The hateful ioeu ans deadly steel
he vital stab no art can heal:
The dark guerrilla ever near
To haunt each gallant volunteer
fst each of you has carved a name
Full bright upon the scroll Of fame
No higher merit need you show
Ihan To have fought in Mexico.
Eyen babes unborn in luture DAYS
shall raise their voices IN your praise.
And both Old and young shall IOin To rear
A tribute To each volunteer.
Yet many a well remembered face
Is absent from this festive place
And many guard in death lies low
Beneath the sands OF Mexico.
Lot every bosom sympathize
with he who for his country dies
md pay the tribute of a tear.
To every fallen yO. .unteer
And when old enyious Time shall plough
HIS burrows on each youth fuI brow
And when each cheek shall lose ats grow
Of those who fought in Mexico
ADd when grim Death the scene shall close
aud leave them in their last repose.
A laurel wreath shall crown the bier
Oi each departed volunteer.
Then welcome back We patriot train.
Thrlce welcome to your homes again
Let every heart with rapture glow
your return from Mexico
Welcome the jOy that still survives.
Welcome your sweethearts and your wives
Welcome TO all You hold NEST dear
lheo thrice welcome every volunteer
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

REPORTS from various parts of Eastern
South Dakota and the western part of
Minnesota are to the effect that a severe
snow storm prevailed Sunday, accom-
panied by high winds and heavy rains.
The snow fall at Huron, 5. D., was
heavy and lasted for three hours, while
west and north of that city the storm
was even more severe. This is the first
snow of the season.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

Nor twenty-four hours before the
New York Republican Convention
condemned the new tariff on the ground
that 1t was passed in the inerest of the
South, the Southern sugar planters
formally abandoned the Democratic
party on the ground that the new tariff
was hostile to the interests of the South
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
Stole Dead Oman's Wealth.

Sharon, Pa, October 6.-Shortly after
the death of Mrs. John Vogan, near
Sandy Lake two weeks ago, Greedy Vo-
gon, an only son and heir of the de
ceased, left home. After he went the
will OF the deceased was found, be.
queathing S15, 600 to her son. The
money was said to be hidden under a
certain board in the kitchen. When the
house was opened to day for the purpose
of making a search it was found that
the flooring had been torn up and
the money stolen. 1t is said the son
never knew she had any money.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

ALAsKA's mail service has heretofore
been dependent upon Eskimo dogs.
Reindeers, however, are so much better
for the purpose that the government has
imported severa! families of Laplanders
to teach the natives of Alaska how to
train and use this animal.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

AT the annual meeting of the Penn
sylvania German society held last week
at Reading, Judge Pennypaeker, o.
Philadelphia, was elected president
Gen. Goblin and State Superintendent
Schaeffer, vice presidents for the ensuing
year.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

THREE hundred japanese reside in
New York City. They do not live to-
gether in a colony like many other
foreigners, because they are divided by
their interests into distinct classes, and,
in addition, they are wealthy enough to
be able to live wherever they please
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

IT is a singular coincidence that the
passage of the act repeating the Silver
Purchase law last year and the passage
of the act repeating the Mckinley tariff
this year both date from August Is
August 2S should be added to the num-
ber or our holidays, and be called Day
of Dehverance
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

SECRETARY CARLISLE has received from
A citing Attorney General Maxwell an
opinion, in which he holds that the
wo rd wool as used in the wooden
schedule of the new tariff act refers to
the hair of sheep only and that the new
and lower duties on goods made of the
hair of other animals went into effect on
the signing of the act.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

FIFTY dead bodies have been washed
ashore on the reefs at Key West, Fla.
They are believed to have been sailors
on vessels destroyed during the recent
storm along the coast.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, the aged
poet, died at his home in Boston at one
O'Clock on Monday afternoon. He was
born in 1909, the same year in which
Gladstone, Darwin, Lincoln and Edgar
Allen Poe were born. DIR. Holmes ceIe-
brated his S5th birthday on the 29th OF
last August.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

THE New York World prints a list OF
100 New Workers who will have to pay
an income tax of 1000 and upwards,
w. W. Astor's tax is set at S17S, 900.
Mrs. Hettie Green pays imore than any
other woman.