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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13
Business Men as Firebugs.

Mouteal, Sept. S.-The greatest arson
conspiracy that has everibeenconcoted IN
America was unearthed here yesterday
Warrants are out for ten of the most
prominent merchants in the city, and
three of them have already been arrest
ed
The thing started with the arrest of
three men, Jenkins, Moore and -CloreS.
About five weeks ago. these men were
arrested for setting fire to the wholesale
store of Boyd, GILES & Co, Boyd, the
senior member suddenly leftfOr Europe,
and when ClOres, after his arrest, turned
Queens evidence, it was found that
Boyd was connected with the matter,
approved of it and procured part of the
receipts which the insurance adjusters
awarded as damages.
The evidence showed that there was
a widespread conspiracy, which has
ramifcation IN the States and all
through Canada, 1t was found that the
conspirators were in the habit of setting
fire to places by means of a clock-work
arrangement This was made of an
alarm clock with the bell taken off
On top was thin glass bowl of sulphur
ic acid and below 1t a bowl containing
menthlylatcd spirits. When the hour
came for the clock to strike the alarm
| the hammer broke the glass bowl, anC
the sulphuric acid burst into flame
| igniting the building.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13
sioux Making Threats.

Chamberlain. 5. D., September
The Sioux at Rosebud Agency, under
the leadership of Hollow Horn bear
powerful and influential chief, nave
warned Indian Agent Wright and hls
ennIovees to vacate the agency within
twenty-one days They threaten to burn
tbe AGENCY buildings. \ determination
ON the part of the agency to reduce rates
Maid Indians for hauling freight from
Valentine, Neb., to the agency from hi
~ to twenty FIVE cents a hundred Is the
cause.
The Indians took mortal offense and
runners sent to distant camps brought to
the agency about 5000 angry and ex-
cited Indians. Their wrath was partly
appeased by promise to pay 80 cents
per hundred. Crow Dog, the slayer OF
Spotted Tail. has been lodged IN the
agency jail for the part he took IN the
present difficulty.
Fort Niobrara is the nearest military
post, but the troops are absent on the
regular summer field exercises. Iufor-
nation from Valentine says that settler;
adjacent to the reservation are becom
ing uneasy at the attitude OF the In
dians.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13
tirr- r-Eu,embed Miners.

Houghton, Mich, Sept S.-Ihlrty-
five doomed men are entombed in the
Osceola copper mines, with no possibility
of recovery OF their bodies until fire
which has started at noon yesterday Is
extin guished. which may not be for
months.
The fire started on the 37th level,
>, 600 feet below the surface. The under
ground workings are heavily tmbered
with pine and as the fire spread 1t gem
Grated great quantities of carbonlc acid
gas, which sank to the lower level, so
that death from suffocation is certain to
all in the mine.
1t is the opinion of some of the oldest
officials of the mine that the fire was the
work of an incendiary. They say there
is no other reason for the fire started In
that portion of the mine, as no oil waste
or rubbish is used or accumulated there,
and the timber work is out of reach OF
the lamps of the miners hats.
All the doomed miners might have
escaped had they needed warnings, as
Capt. Edwards, who was the first to
detect the existence of fire. dispatched
messengers to every slope where the
miners were working. By going a
roundabout way, all the men-in the
lower level OF No. shaft might have
escaped, but they preferred the shorter
route of assent by that shaft, and when
they got up to the 18th level they found
themselves cut off. Some passed into
lateral drifts, expecting, to reach Other
shafts.
Capt. White descended with Anton
SacySk who said he had left his father
on a lower level, but Secysk los his
head, and finding him unmanageable
| Can't. White abandoned him to his fate
pushing forward to the south workings
| of the mine and reaching th'
surface in safety-the only one of thu
party in No 4 shaft to escape. H'
reported that the trammen had Offered
to carry one of the drill boys to the sur
face but the boy was so frightened n
refused to move and was left to perish
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13
Factory Girl in Luck.

Binghamton. \. Y, September s.
For befriending an apparently friend>
less old man. Miss Jennie Brown, fac
lory girl of this city, has been made an
heiress. William Brown was a resident
of Newark, \ j., and recently his wife
died, leaving him alone except for three
sisters and his distant relative.
He was apparently in INDECENT circum-
stances, and was coldly received by the
sisters. Jennie, however, pitied the old
man S forlorn situation, and did all she
could to make life as comfortable as
possible for him. The sisters smiled,
but did not object, and when at last the
old gentlemen died little interest was
shown IN the event.
After the funeral, however, an attnr-
ney announced that Mr.. Brown had left
a will. This caused a sensation, as his
relatives supposed the had nothing tC
leave. None was more aStorished than
Miss Jennie, and her surprise was over
whelming when it was announced thai
she was the sole heir to $40, 900, which
| Brown had ac umulated without letting
anyone know it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13
Terrible Dynamite Explosion.

Dubuque, Ia, Sept S.-Five persons
were blown 10 instant death and three
injured by an explosion of dynamite at
Specht's Ferry, ten miles from this city
on the river side, at O'Clock this morn
ing. The dead are: Edward Lathshaw,
wife and two children and Hans Bjorn-
stad. The injured are: Mabel Lathshaw,
aged 10, still unconscious, but may re
cover; Matt Faber, will die; Ed Bench,
eye knocked out.
The government is building wing
dams on the opposite side of the river
and stone is being quarried there for the
purpose. Latshhaw had a large low
shanty where the quarrymen are board
ed and in one end of he shanty there
were stored 80 pounds of dynamite.
After breakfast a son of Latshaws
was firing at IL target near the entry and
was told to stop by the foreman, but he
went on and soon the explosion occurred
The conclusion was felt for miles. The
shanty was blown to splinters and the
Specht residence and depot were badly
damaged. A special train was at once
sent from here which brought the in
jured to the hospitals.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13
Died Dancing with Il Bride.

New York, September S.-Jacob Estes,
of Brooklyn, who sold jewelry through
the country on commission, came back
from the west a few days ago to attend
the wedding of Miss Dora Schwickey
and Samel Liebman, which took place
on Saturday, at the home of the brides
parents. Miss Schwickey is popular in the
Brownsville district, and there were
many guests at the reception. The
dancing continued until far into mid>
night.
Young Estes was the master of cere-
monies, and at the supper toasted the
bride and groom. Early in the emOrning,
while waltzing with the bride, he sud
denly turned pale. threw up his hands,
fell to the floor and died almost instant
ly.
In the excitement of the moment
three women tainted. The dance was
stopped and the guests departed at once.
Heart disease was the cause of death.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13

The Democratic convention at Will
Transport on Wednesday, nominated
Benjamin F. Myers, of Harrisburg,i for
state treasurer and the following named
six gentlemen for superior judges:
Harman Yerkes, Bucks; James 5.
Moor head, Westmoreland; Peter P
Smith, Lackawanna; Charles n. Noyes,
Warren; Oliver p. Bechtel, Schuylkill,
and Christopher Magee, Allegheny,
and adopted the following platform:
First-The Democratic party in state
convention assembled hereby renews its
allegiance to and declares its faith in the
principles of Democracy as formulated
by Jefferson and illustrated by Madison,
Monroe, Jackson and Cleveland. 1t
congratulates the American people upon
the first fruits of the Democratic admin
istration, which inherited from its Re
publican predecessor bankrupt treas
ury, unwise financial legislation, i'm
paired public credit and widespread dis
aster, and, which under the sagacious,
courageous and patriotic leadership of
its great president, Grover Cleveland,
| led the people out of the slough of des
pond to the high ground and Justly
merited and received the almost univer-
sal appreciation of the people of this
| commonwealth.
Eight-We especially invite the sober
consideration of the people of this state
to the remarkable factional struggle in
the Republican party, struggle which
involved no principle or public policy,
but simply the supremacy of factiona
leaders. The worst arraignment at oul
hands of Republican misrule falls sho1
of what representative Republican news
papers and leaders testified of each 9th.
| er. The admitted prostitution of tn,
| public service, the Intervention of cor
pOrate influences, the misuse of iudicia
appointments, and the consequent pros
titution of the Judiciary, the corrupt us,
of money in the purchase of delegates
the attempted terrorism at Harrisbur,
by men of the most abandoned type
fix the high water mark of political de
bauchery. 1t nut needed to complet
its infamy, the transparent hypocric,
which led convention, thus constituted
to adopt with laughter resolution
concerning the very methods by whicl
its delegates had been selected.
Such condemnation of 1.-THE CROWN,
use of money in politics, the corporal
control of the legislature, municipa
councils, political primaries and elec
tions; the enslavement of public officer
and employees; favoritism in granting
contracts and to granting of exclusiv
franchises In public necessities Will
valuable as evidencing the truth of tn
accusations of the Democratic party il
the last quarter of century, yet com
ing from the very source which is re
sponsible for these evils, constitute tn
crowning insult to the intelligence c
forbearIng and long suffering people
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13
A Woman Alter Her Child.

San Bernardino, Cal, September o
A woman passed through this city who
had crossed the desert on a brake beam
She was discovered three days ago near
Dagget by the crew of a freight train.
She was dressed as a boy, but as soon as
the trainman brought her from under
the car they were convinced she was a
woman and she finally admitted that
she was. She refused to disclose her
identity, but said she and her husband
had been living in an eastern city and
he had deserted her, taking with him
their little girl. She heard he was in
Oregon, and had placed the little girl in
an orphanage, and, being without mon
ey, she started out to beat her way.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13
Struck by an Electric Car.

Pittsburg, Sept. 9-Late last night
Thomas Gray was hurt, perhaps fatally,
and his wife and 7-year old daughter
were also seriously injured at High
Bridge, near Grafton. Gray and family
We're returning home from visiting
friends IN Pittsbnrg. When nearing
High Bridge, and very dangerous part
OF the road, their carriage was struck by
an electric car on the west track of the
line. The carriage was smashed and
the occupants were pushed along the
rails IL front of the car considerable
distance. Mr.. Gray's legs and arms
were broken and he sustained internal
injuries. Mrs. Gray was terribly cut
about the head and shoulders. The
child's legs were broken and she was
terribly cut about the head and face.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13

The Quay reform movement" says
the'Harrisburg Patriot, Is developing the
height of absurdity. There are Repub-
lican newspapers that are familiar with
the record and the methods of Quay that
lay themselves open to suspicion of adj
vocating anything to win or of being dl-
rectcd 10y gudgeonS, Quay inaugurated
his reform movement because ne need
ed votes. He was practically whipped
the announced MS very moral intentions
But when the devil got well the devil
monk was he " Quay cannot abandon
practical politics to become a reformer
without risking defeat and extinction by
a practical politician who of course Is
nos a Ieformer.
One of the most enthusiastic OF the
QUAY organs. irritated by publication OF
the truth concerning his campaign OF
reformation, reprints the principal
blanks of his high moral platform and
then declares that whoever, Democrat,
Republican or Mugwump, lays an OBJ
stacie in the way of enforcing the prln-
CipIes which Senator Quay has so en-
phatically laid down, cannot be friend
of good government" We had been
expecting this, and we shall from time
to time call attention to the progress of
the principles laid down by Senator
| QUAY and now he and his lieutenants
! support them.
Mr. Quay is now certain that his
friends-really Quay-will control the
next state delegation to the national con.
vention. 1t is, in the opinion of Quay
the politician, to his interest that he
| control this delegation, no matter what
| Quay the reformer may think about 1t
1t may not be exactly in line with re
form politics, but it is good machine
politics. Besides, he has been tiattereC
as president maker by leading journal
and he proposes making president /
he can. To this end the state delega
ton is necessary. He means that mel
friendly to him and who will submit t
his dictation shall compose this delega
ton, and he will use the corrupt powe
of the machine to create delegation t.
his liking,
1t is said that if Quay bring out
candidate for United States senate
against Cameron the man will be J
Hay Brown. What business has Qua,
to bring out any man for United State
senator or any other office? Why shoulC
a reformer slate candidates and elec
them? Is it possible, where good gov
ernment exists, for an individual to con
troll the political affairs of a state and t,
make presidents and United States sen
ators? Is reform compatible with tn
one man power?
Quay's principles will never get be
yond the platform stage. Already wha
he said and promised in the agony Q
expected defeat Is distasteful in tn
serenity of realized victory. 1t shoul
be the earnest endeavor of every loft
minded citizen of this state to defea
Quay and his principles.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13
A Deserter Loses His Life.

Chicago, September 11.-Privates
Williams and Coffee, two deserters re>
strained at Fort Sheridan, twenty miles
north of here, attempted to escape this
morning while working in the rear of
the hospital.
Private Christ, who was on guard du-
ty, detected them and ordered them to
halt. They refused and the soldier fired
a number of shots at them in quick sue
cessiOn, killing Coffee and woundiug
Williams. Williams succeeded in es-
Gaping, although pursued by number
of soldiers. Coffee's body was taken to
the fort. The top of his head had been
blown completely off and his death was
instantaneous. He was regarded as a
rough customer.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13
Both Eyes Destroyed.

Pittsburg, September 11.-Dr George
a Henderson, dentist, is at the West
Penn hospital in critical condition,
the result of gunshot wounds. Both
eyes were destroyed and it is feared that
portions of his throat have been pene-
trated. James A. Carey, of No. 73I
Fifth avenue, also received a part of the
contents of the gun in his left shoulder.
His injuries are not serious. The shoot
ing resulted last evening from the acci.
dental discharge of gun at a fishing
Damp near Wellsville, Ohio Hendero
con and Carey were brought to Pittsburg
last night by I. ID. Davis, who is also a
member of the club, which is composed
of local business and professional men.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13
Kansas Town Wrecked.

Ottawa, Kansas September 9-The
town of Gridey, which has 400 inhabi-
Most of the buildings and all of the
stock of goods of every description are
utterly ruined. Yesterday a storm of
wind and rain burst on the town from
the northwest. Twelve inches of water
fell in an incredibly short time. This
deluge completed the destruction that
had not been accomplished by the wind.
Strange to say, with all the flying debris,
not person was reported injured.
Among the eighty or ninety buildings
which were raised to the ground were
the Methodist and Christian churches
and the Odd Fellows hall. No. one yet
can get in from the country on account
of the waters.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13

SECRETARY MORTON has not very
high opinion of the business sense dis
play ed in some of the legislation of the
last congress, as he has shown by his re-
fusal to spend S16S, 600 appropriated to
buy seeds for free distribution. He this
week cited another instance of bad bus
mess legislation. Congress authorized a
new edition of what Is popularity known
as the "House Book These books
will cost the government about 90 cents
each, and Secretary Morton says the
same quantity could have been
bought from the dealers in gov
eminent publications, who buy largely
from congressman, for 10 cents each
Secretary Morton Is not alone in think
ing such legislation unbusineSslike.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13
Female Crook Arrested.

Moorestown, n. j., September o
Chief of Police A. Burr arrested Fannie
Waldron. alias Fanny Spangler, crook
whose fame extends over the United
States. She has been residing here sew
eral months, and made almost daily
trips to Philadelphia. In her house was
found hack full of goods, siIverware
bearing the private mark of a Chicago
hotel, fine china from Pittsburg, table
linen, knives and forks in abundance q
gold watch and chain and a quantity OF
shoes from dealer on Eighth street.
Philadelphia. 1.-The woman was com.
mitted to Mount Holly for a furthe,
hearing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13

The Leather Trust, which controls
four fifth of the tanneries in the country
and has capital stock of S12O, 900, 600,
has so increased the price of leather
within year that shoes have also gone
up a: last. Within 16 months the
prices of glazed kid have risen 10 to 80
per cent, according to its grade, and
cowhide and sole leather have gone up
100 per cent. Shoes have consequent
been advanced by manufacturers from
10 to 80 Genus a pair.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13

JUDGE EWING, of Fayette county, in
the course of mis- charge to the Septem-
ber grand jury. said Under the law
each township is held responsible for the
condition of its roads and upon each de-
wolves the duty of preparing and main
tanning the public highways within It's
borders. Any damages which result
from the bad condition of the roads can
he collected from the district in which
they are received. The supreme court
has decided that the act of the legisla-
ture says bicycle is a vehicle and has
therefore the same rights as other vehi
cles. The manner of the propulsion
and the number of wheels have nothing
to do with 1t. They are conveyances
for travelling and therefore vehicles.
The law says the roads shall be put in
shape for the passage of all vehicles and
and since the bicycle has become a vehi>
Gle, under the law, it is required that the
roads be put in better condition. Any
one who knows anything about the use
of bicycles knows they require better
road than the ordinary four heeled We
hicles. The bicycle, he concluded, has
the same right to demand that the roads
he put in proper condition for it's easy
passage over them as the other vehicles
which have been IN common use for
years. If the roads are not in proper
condition for the bicycles the wheeImen
are entitled to damages for injuries the
same as persons injured while travelling
jim other conEeyances.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13

IL the first of the series of best in D
races, between the British yacht, Nalky-
RE III, and the Yankee yacht, Defender,
Saturday, the American vessel won.
The race took place outside OF Sandy
Hook and was 10 miles and return. 1t
was witnessed by $4,000 persons. The
official time was: Defender, 4:50.55;
VaIkarie III, ,5;Oo. fl The race is foI
the American cup and the yacht cham.
pionship of the world. The second OF
the races took place on Wednesday and
was won by the British yacht as describ
ed on our fourth page.
Since the above was in type we learn
that the yacht committee sustained the
protest made by the Defender anC
awarded the race 20 her on account o
the foul by the Valkyrie. This give
the American boat two races.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13
Small BeRtnnings

Make great endings sometimes. Ailments that
we apt 10 consider trivial often grow. through
neglect. into atrociOus maladies, dangerous in
themselves and productive OF others. IL is the
disregard OF the earlier indications Of Il health
which leads to the establishment OF all sorts OF
msladies on a chronic basis. Moreover there
are certain disorders incident 10 the season such
malaria and rheumatism, against which it is
always desirable to iortiiy the system ate. ex
posure to the conditions which produce them.
Cold damp and miasma are surely counteracted
by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. After you have
incurred risk from hese influences. winegiass
iul or two of Hosteteer's stomach Bitters direct
dyspepsia. liver complaint. kidney and bIadner
trouble. nervousness and debility IL is the most
deservedly popular of remedies aud preventives.
"A wineglassful before meals promotes appetite.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13

The postoffice business of the United
States is big factor in the running af-
fairs of the country, both from the gov
ernment's standpoint and that of the
people. 1t is stated by an authority
that the people of the United States use
on an average y, 900, 600 postage stamps
of all kinds each and every day of the
year, or a total of about 1880, 900, 600
per annum. 1t is somewhat difficult to
grasp the magnitude of the postal busi-
ness as computed in stamps.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13

Is Mexico a law imposes the penalty
of death upon any one convicted OF
wrecking railroad trains \ boy who
placed stones twice upon the track OF the
Hidalgo railroad, the second time wreck
ing the train, was shot as prescribed by
the new law, last week
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13

THE south, equally with the west, will
have really enormus corn crop this
year, far in excess of any in its history
According to present prospects it will be
from 0,000.0 600 to 650, 200, 600. BUSH
els, worth about $500, ,O00, 600. Indeed,
every crop in the south, with the excep-
ton of cotton, will be unprecedently
large this year, and, although the cotton
crop will be smaller than usual, its
money value will be about the average.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-13
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY RI, kEr.

FOR PrOthnuOtary.
WILLIAM O'BRIEN. OF Johnstown.
For Register and RecOrder.s
D. A MCGOUGH. of Ebensburg.
For District Attorney,
JAMES NJ. WALTERS, OF JOhnst0wn.
For Poor Director.
JOHN O'HABA, o! Munster township.
For Coroner.
DIR. WILLIAM RAUCH, of JOhnstown n
For Surveyor,
: w MILLER. of JOhnStOwn.