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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

An official dispatch from Toxic re
ceived at the Japanese legation, at Wash
ington, states that the ratifications of
the treaty of peace between Japan and
China were exchanged at Chifu on We'd
nesday. No change was made in the
text Of the treaty as originally conclud
ed. Taking into account the recon-
mendation made by Russia, Germany
and France, the japanese government
agreed to renounce permanent posses
sion Of the Laiu Tong peninsula on con-
dition that the arrangements regarding
the terms and form Of remuneration shall
be reserved for adjustment between itself
and the government of China
This latter stipulation is construed to
mean that Japan will not surrender the
peninsula until a suitable indemnify
shall have been paid, and that it may
even be agreed between Japan and China
that the possession of Port Arthur itself
will be retained by the japanese for a
term Of years extending beyond the
date when the indemnity has been paid
in full, thus assuring to Japan not alone
the payment of the indemnity itself, but
also sufficient time to safeguard her
self against anything like a war of re-
priSal
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17
An Eminent Man III.

Washington, May 14.-Hon Hugh
McCullOch, the eminent economist and
financier, who has twice served the Uni
ted States as secretary of the treasury,
once in the cabinet of Lincoln and again
In the cabinet of President Arthur, is
now lying critically i'll at his Maryland
home, some ten miles from this CITY.
Mr. McCulloch is not suffering from any
particular disease but from the general
breaking down of the system. He was
born IN kennebuck, Me, S6 years ago.
While his physical condition is feeble.
his mind remains clear and vigorous
Dr. Stone who is attending Mr. McCul-
Tough, does not anticipate any immedi-
ate danger, but the patients advanced
age is against his recovery.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

biNhIALLi' free coinage Is possible,
says lhe Ne" "rh ""f'd'' only on "a
ratio winch equahzes the bullion value
anu come" 'aiue oi Oo'h metals hen
'''' 'ii' - -'i 's""'i '''"e oi com Il
- ,'''''' ''s '''''i'i' '''.ue Il goes l" the
ii''.,'''I- t'''' 'e''9e7 20 oe com OF money
anu becomes " e"hin"dity-
men our ra''o required i"r the silver
"'li"i' metal worth a cent or TWO more
'""h 'he metal required Tor the gold
'O'''r 'le coming oil the SILVER dollar
ceased II unsupported from circulation,
ana iu oFuer 10 acquire the necessary
'I-''''"''ai com We h'd 10 set aside the
legal ratio and com halves, quarters
"'-' with i'Ns thau the amount OF silver
required 10y the ratio.
IN IKE manner our gold coin must
disappear from circulation and become
commodity whenever our laws permit
metal OF far less value to toe coined free
Iy into legal tender dollars. Such
scaling Of debts and taxes would not
only revoIuuonlze prices but cause
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17
Died 10 win a Bet.

Shamokin, Pa. May ia crowd Of
men this morning went into a saloon
with joseph Swarlz to see him drink a
quart of whisky for wager, and they
emerged in "A little while bearing his
corpse. 1t was tradition that Swartz
could drink two quarts of the reddest
liquor at one time, and when the ques-
tIon arose as to whether ne could swallow
the quart Joe shrugged his shoulders
contemptuously- Without ceremony he
ordered the fiery liquor. Down his
throat coursed the stuff, and his eyes
sparkled. Finally the last drop was
down, aud Joe cast Il triumphant glance
at his companions. Then he sang
song and danced jig. His brain bad
been turned, and he said his nerves
tingled as though a thousand needles
were pricking him. Faster went his
feet. until he suddenly threw his arms
in the air and grew deathly pale. He
groaned, dropped to the floor and the
merry shouts of his comrades died into
eXciamations Of alarm. They rushed t.
his side, and he seemed in awful agony,
but unable TO speak. He became sense
less in few minutes and then died
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17
A Lands ide.

About O'Clock Saturday afternoon
an enormous slide of rock and earth oc-
Cured on the middle division of the
Pennsylvania railroad, short distance
east OF Mapleton Thousands OF tons OF
the mineral came down from the hillside
and for the space OF half a mile the TWO
tracks were practically covered.
4 heavy rain had been falling which
Ioosened the earth, and to make matters
worse there was cloud burst. This tor,
rent of water disIOdged the rocks and
they fell. It's support being gone the
earth followed them. 1t caused a com
plete blockade of travel. An east bound
freight train arrived ON the scene just In
time to b. caught. 50 great was the
force of the falling mass that the engine
aud seventeen of the cars were lifted
yer from the east TO the west bound
rra k Fortunately none of the crew
were injur, d, although the earth was
piled far up the sides of the cars.
Word was quickly sent out and wreck
ing crews despatched from Harrisburg,
Spruce creek, Huntingdon, MItliIn and
Altoona In addition to this all the
section men between Huntington AMI
Nlifilin and Il gr at many from the Penn
sylvarit railroad company shops were
pressed into service. The work clean
ing the mass of material from the track
consumed twenty-four hours The first
track was opened about four O'Clock on
Monday morning and by two in the
afternoon the other was ready for trains.
\ considerable amount of the work was
done during a heavy rain. The materi
al was put over the bank into the dis
used bed of the old canal along its base
During Saturday night several pas
serGer trains were sentaround by way Of
Lock Haven and the Bald Eagle Valley
railway Al trains We're running on
time again Monday afternoon.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17
Murder and Suicide.

Philadelphia, May 15.-Eli Williams.
colOred, this morning, while surprisingly
sane, started fire in the cellar of his
residence, No. 129 North Junipar street,
and then hit his wife, Mary, who was
asleep in IN bed, on the head with an
axe. As finale to the tragedy, the
negro committed suicide by blowing out
his brains with an old musket
Although the woman's skull was
crushed in, she ran to the street in her
nightclothes and gave the alarm, and
the fire was soon eXtinguished.
Williams had been i'll for some time
and had been acting strangely of late.
At four o'clock this morning he arose,
and piiiug up lot of crates and baskets
in the cellar of the small frame dwell
ing, set them on fire. When the flames
had gained a little headway, and it was
evident that they would consume the
house and also hide all traces of the
prospective murder and suicide Viii
liams set in to finish the work He was
successful so far as his own life was con
cerned, but the wife rallied despite the
fearful blow from the butt end of an axe
and saved the house from destruction.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

THE ?. r K. Will soon place in its
new Broad street station, Philadelphia.
within a few days, one Of the largest
maps in the word. 1t Will be lO5 feet
long and - feet high, giving a birds eye
view Of the United States between the
$1th and nth parallels, north latitude
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The
c1mpany's lines Will be prominently
traced, and the lines Of all other princi
pal railroads Of the Union will also be
shown 1t Will toe painted on canvass
and viii cost, when completed
about $4,000. The work will be done
10y the American Blnk Note company,
OF New York.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

GoyEENoR HASTINGS has vetoed the
senate bill enIarging the capacity of the
wIfe To sell her real property without the
JoInder Of her husband The governor
says. ''DoubtIess there are many ind
vidual cases of extreme hardship that
would be relieved if this toll. were to be- =
come law, hut. considering the best
Interests Of all the people. I am CON
strained to believe that IL would be pro
ductIve Of evil rather than good.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

ATCHIsoN, Kan, May l5.-In the
trial of James Mutt the defense intro
duced the dispositions of Mrs. Charlotte
Mutt and Joseph y. Mutt. mother and
brother of the prisoner. The deposi-
tions dwelt upon the dullness of the
prisoner, his lack of business qualitica-
tions, his poor Judgment and def
cieut mental capacity. His wife testl-
fed of Nuts reStlessness at night and
said that he had often complained of
pains i'll the head. In rebuttal, the
prosecution introduced a number of
Nuts neighbors i'll this county. They
testified to having never noticed any
thing wrong mentally with him. The
case will go to the Jury today.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

JAMES NUT, who shot Dukes in Ve
mango county. this state II years ago.
and who has been on trial At Atchisou,
X. on 81 charge Of attempt ug to take
tine Ife Of Leonard Colman. was found
guilty on "Wednesday night The dc
fau-a was insanity, as it Was in the
Duk,S case At the time Mutt assaulted
C".man he also assaulted Mrs. Jesse
Paytnn. and VIII be arraigned to answer
the other charle
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

ISvEsTIGATIoN has resulted in showing
that California is being flooded with
cheap Japanese labor, every steamer
from the Orient, Honolulu, and Victoria
bringing laborers in large numbers in
violation of the Alien Contract Labor
law. Within the last year about 10000
japanese have found employment on
farms and in vineyards, and white farm
hands are idle by thousands.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

NELSONvILLE, O, May l5.-Twenty
miners with a constable as leader
went armed with revolvers 10 the
Stalder Coal company's store and de
manded provisions for themselves and
families. The superintendent gave
them money for present wants. The
company is organizing measures to ald
the suffering.
The local miners at New Pittsburg
are giving needy miners orders on
merchants with the pledge OF the union
tn redeem them.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

GERMANY has Institutes the preIimina-
ry measures with the other Esembers OF
ihe international postal union relative 20
the issuance Of au international postage
stamp Nearly all the membcrsof the
Union have asSeutcd to the project, and a
convention Will no doubt soon be called
To discuss the basis Of the proposed
measure 1t Is thought one great nd
vantage such a stamp would posses
would be the facility it would
offer f,rthe payment Of small bills and
accounts IL foreign countries.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

The weIi>Enuwn anthracite coal OPP
orator EckIey b. Coke died at his home
az Drifton. Pa, Monday, Of pneumonia.
Deceased was aged 56 years lie leaves
wife. but no children. His estate IL
estimated at millions In politics Mr.
Coke was Democrat He served one
term in the state senate. and could have
had the nomination of mis- party for gov
erHor on several occasions mad ne CON
scented To the use OF his name.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17
Confederation Almost Homeless.

LONDON, May IA dispatch to The
Times from st. Johns. y. F. published
today, says that the government admits
that the scheme Of confederation with
Canada is hopeless, unless Colonial
Secretary Bond secures reOpening of
the matter on his visit to Ottawa EX-
Speaker Emerson goes to London i'm
mediately to negotiate a loan.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

VANCEBURG, Ky, May l5.-News has
been brought here of a cloudburst in
Rock Run.creek, five miles south. All
fences from the head to the mouth Of
the creek We're washed away. John
Coles house was washed away and the
family narrowly escaped with their
lives. Crops were completely destroyed,
trees uprooted and the debris fills the
valley where pretty fields were spread
a few days ago.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

THE New York HeoH prints reports
from the mills and factories showing
tIat during the month Of April the
wagrs of 500. 900, American workmen
were increased in iron, steel cotton and
wooden mills and in mines. And all
this under the Wilson tariff.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

SAN Francisco, May 15.-Captain
J. w. Morris has started on tour
around the world in a boat - feet III
length. He is accompanied by his wife,
two seamen and a cabin boy. From an
architectural point of view the boat is
peculiar 1t is sharp at both ends with
i feet draught, and Is said to be proof
against capsiZing in the roaghe>t
weather Captain Morris will sail from
here to Australia, and from there to the
South African coast.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

ST. LOUIS. May I5.-Webster Mot,
Is years old, son of State Senator
Frederick w. Mott, and Alexander
Middleton, .Jr.. son of the proprietor of
the st. Louis and CarOnGelet Express
company. have been drowned III the
Mississippi river by the capSiZiug of
their boat James Middleton, who was
also III the boat, escaped.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17
bad Wreck In Missouri.

SmEX, Mo, May I5.-The south
bound passenger on the st. Louis and
Hannibal railway has been derailed by
a broken rail two miles from here. ard
thrown down a 20 foot embankment G.
Meyer of st. Louis was killed. Twenty
two people We're injured.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17
Smyth Succeeds Gilroy.

New YORK, May l5.-At meeting of
the Tammany society, ex-Recorder
Smyth was unanimously elected as
grand sachem. to succeed eX-Mavnr
Thomas F. Gilroy. He Will be installed
next Monday night
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

ENTERPRISE, Miss, May l5.-Oliver
Edwards and the wife of Chris Thomp-
son, both colOred, have been killed by
some unknown party on r. y. Sherl-
din's place. where they were employed.
Suspicion points TO Chris Thompson as
the murderer.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

NEW YORK, May I5.-The forty-sixth
annual convention of the Ancient Order
OF Hibernians Board of Erin is IN session
iii Tammany hall. There are present
250 delegates
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

bandit chief, and five of his companions
have been executed at AZaza The
band of outlaws to which these men be
longed terrOrized Kabylia for a long
time
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17
An Ex-Banker Suicides.

KANSAS CITY, May 15.-John Shaw.
once a banker in Warwick. Ont. has
committed suicide by taking carbolic
acid IN his room, at the Colorado hotel,
IN this city.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17
STARVING MINERS.
They Demand Provisions From
Store Near NelSonville. ..
TWENTY USED DRAWN REyOLyERS

The Superintendent of the Staider Com
pany Mines Gave Them M"ncy-Ihe
Company Organizing Measures to Aid
the Suffering.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

IT took II days to impaneI jury in
New York for the trial of police com~
missioner.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16

"The Chimes of Normandy" will be
repeated in the near future for the
benefit Of the Thirteenth regiment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16

ney Grundy, the author of the drama
received about $4,000 in royalties.
1t Is stated that Elita Proctor Otis will
star next season In a repertoire which will
include 1.-THE Second Mrs. Tanqueray,"
Peg Wellington and London Assur-
ance."
The board OF directors Of the opera
house at New iberia, La, are considering
a plan to dispose of that property by
means of rattle. The house Is valued at
$4,000.
Beerbohm Tree says he considers Ibsen
n great playwright and that his plays
have had a greater influence upon the
contemporary drama than those of any
other writer.
At Krakow recently a theatrical man
ager obtained permission to perform
Julius Caesar" provided the soldiers
were not dressed in the uniform of the
imperial and royal Austrian army"
Both OF the De Rezkes are Obliged to
lead exceedingly abstemious lives as far as
food and drink Is concerned. They have
tendency to put on weight rapidly, and
though the big bassO Is somewhat in
different to his increasing bulk, 1t Is a
serious and important matter to the tenor.
Mrs. William Furst the wife of the
musical composer, sings nightly at two
theaters In New York. She appears as
Kate in the Rising Star Saloon in the
first act of THE Fatal Card" at Palmer's,
and sings a song. and then hurries to the
Empire to sing a sentimental song in
THE Masqueraders."
Frank Daniels is to quit the 'Princess
Bonnie" company at the end of the sea-
| son. He is to appear next year in u comic
n nf W lad /,
! the libretto Of which is by Harry b. Smith
and the music by Victor Herbert, whose
"Prlnce Ananias" made so favorable an
impression here IA week or two ago.
Paderewski, who offended the British
middle classes by declining to play to a
provincial house where the seats We're but
| five shillngs, has taken back water, and,
| in order to square himself. has devoted
| the entire proceeds of Il concert to the re-
lief fund of the families of the flooded
| miners at Hanley. He wants to clear him
| self of the imputation of money grab
| bing.
musical critic who has heard Pad
erewski play parts OF his Polish opera
| declares "that this opera of Paderewskis S
| is going to do more for his fame than even
| his playing has done, and that 1t will
mark an era not only in the great pianist
! composers career but an era in art it.
| self. 1t Is an absolutely superb work
great intensity and full of truly human
| pathos.'
| With reference to high fees to staI
| singers there are some people who think
that these sums are out of all proportion
to the artistic vslue of the singer. Such
was the opinion of the empress of Russia
when Gabrielli asked 5000 ducats to sing
| of sta ia
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16
Gathered in the
World of r1elOdy.
Interesting Notes About Musicians
At Home and Abroad.

Adelina Patti has been singing to four
generations, the great grandfathers, the
grandfathers, the fathers and the
younger generations of today. She
made her debut in New York in 1859
when she was but 1!6 years old. Her
voice has been one of the wonders Of
the age. In her later years, taking ad-
vantage of her marvelously well pre-
served voice, she has compelled man
ayers to pay her from $4,000 TO $4,000
for public appearances, and at the end
of season would realize from $250O00
to $3.50 900 as her shares of the proceeds.
Unlike not a few ladies Of her calling,
Patti knew how to invest her money,
and laid 1t away to the best advantage.
She is reported to be worth from $1,000
900 to $i,00O,0O0, while on her Welsh
castle, Craig-y-Nos, Rock of Night, she
has probably expended a million more
in improvements of various kinds.
Il Il oil
An unfinished oratorio. or rather an
oratorio in its beginning, by Joseph
Haydn, has been published. Haydn be-
gan his composition just 100 years ago,
during his second sojourn in England,
between 1894 and 1895. The Earl of
Abingdon asked him to write an ora
torio, recommending him Nedham's s
English translation Of the Latin Mare
clausum," by Seldom. for the text. AL
though Haydn had not written an ora
| torio since the completion of his
"Ritorno di Tobia," in IVA, he under
| took the work at once. But after com
! pleting two numbers-an aria for bass
and a chorus for four voices, with ac-
| compartment of orchestra-he laid the
work aside. 1t Is now for the first time
that these dhe manuscript Is in the
British museum) will be made public.
An interesting story about a violin
comes from Berlin. A Herr Vanseil
son of the well known engraver saw
violin in an old curiosity shop, took
a fancy to it, and bought it for $40. He
did not care to name the price to his
friends for fear of being laughed at
as he considered 1t somewhat excessive
One day he took it to violin-makei
for repair How great was his aston
ishment when he was told that 1t was a
genuine Amati, worth several hundred
pounds Some few days after the violin
f., was sold to a member of the opera
house orchestra for 81 500, and the pur-
| chaser of the same was offered S., 500 fol-
the instrument, which is said to be a
magnificent specimen Of the maker.
! The Schubert quintette, composed IF
John T. Watkins viii Watkins George
NJ. Dewitt, c. p. Colvin, and Howell
Davis, is one of the finest musical or
| ganizations in this section of the state.
The efforts Of this party have been
| well received wherever their voices
| have been heard, and their services are
invariably in demand for a return date.
Mrs. Lizzie Hughes -Brundage has re.
sumed her old position as solo soprano
at the Penn Avenue Baptist church
and her sweet voice is heard with great
pleasure.
Il \
"Ye olde Folkes" concert at Green
Ridge Presbyterian church last evening
was one of the most enjoyable musical
events of the week.
The Scranton Oratorio society, under
the leadership of Richard Lindsay, will