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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
Tarred and fealhered Him.

York. Pa, January II For furnish
ing William l. Snyder with a coat of
tar and feathers, and otherwise assault
ing him, Benjamin Goneen, Abraham
Barnhart, Abraham Wangtek and Ja-
cob Horn, living several miles from
York, must face a grand jury. Snyder
swore out the warrant before Alderman
Bayley and charges that the men caught
him at the house of James Barnhart aud
dragged him down to the cellar, where
they tore his clothes off and then COW
cred him with hot tar.
He was next rolled in a pile of feath-
ers and then driven out in the bitter cold
weather, where they assaulted him with
a shower of clubs and stones He final
ly reached home more dead than alive,
md for some time was fearful that he
would not recover.
The defendants do not deny the
charge, but Justify their conduct on the
ground that Snyder had broken up the
family of another neighbor by being too
intimate with the mans wife.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
ChiragO's Bold Robbers.

Chicago, Jan 10 Three men armed
with revolvers, held up a salbon on Safe
street last night, knocked the propriet'I
unconscious. robbed the till of the day :
receipts, walked out the front door and
escaped
The saloon was well filed with Gus
TONERS, when the three robbers entered
the place. The highwaymen walked up
TO the bar and ordered the proprietor,
Alexander Lewis, who was tending bar
at the time, 10 hand over the contents
of the drawer Lewis refused and was
reaching under the bar for his pistol
when he WAS struck on the back of the
head with revolver and feled 10 the
floor.
One of the men quickly ran behind
the bar and emptied the contents of the
drawer S50-into a little sack while
the other two kept the terrorized crowd
from giving the alarm. When all was
ready the men backed out slowly and
mingling with the throng on the busiest
part of Chicago's bowery, made their es-
cape The whole transaction occupied
less than five minutes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
His Hands Blown off.

Port Jervis, January II } Ross
Decker, son nf ex-Assemhlyma j mes
ID Decker Of Eddy, Pa was fat.ily IN
jdred this morning 10y dynamite explo
sion in his stone quarry on the PenEsyl-
vania side Of the river opposite that
place He Vas ihawing out come sticks
of dynamite over a bonfire. and one of
the sticks caught fire. Mr.. Decker gave
the stick twist, thinking that it would
extinguish the blaze Tne twist how
ever, caused the dynamite to explode
with a loud noise. Both Of Decker 5
hands were blown off, his face was
burned so badly that it is hardly recog-
nizable, both cy are totally gone, there
is hole in the right side of his neck,
and the flea is nearly stripped from the
bone from the right hip to the knee.
Mr. DeckeT Vas carried on a stretcher to
the home OF his father, two miles dis.
tant- He vas brought to the Port Jer-
Wis Hospital this afternoon, where he
died Mr. Decker was 40 years of age
and leaves a widow and two small chill
dren, a boy and girl.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15

AN important pension decision has
been rendered by Assistant Secretary of
the Interior Reynolds, in the case of
Eva E. Cobb, of Washington, Pa I'm
til the age of I6 Miss Cobb drew a pen
sion as a minor child of Edmond Cobb,
deceased, late of Co. c. 203d Regt. Pa.
Vol. Then her name was dropped from
the roll under the provision of the gen.
eral law. Her guardian applied for a
restoration on the ground that, being
subject to epileptic fits she was perma-
nently helpless and incapacitated for
earning living by manual labor. The
pension bureau denied the applica-
ton and nothing was done in the mat
ter until 1894, 15 years after Miss Cobb
was dropped from the roll. Then sec
ond application was made, which was
also rejected. This year Congressman
Acheson brought the case before the
board of final review, where it was
again rejected and the pension com
missioner, on appeal, affirmed the
decision. Another appeal was taken to
the secretary of the interior, and Assist
ant Secretary Reynolds has reversed all
former rulings and ordered Miss Cobb's
name placed on the roll at SO per
month from July, 1894. The decision is
regarded as a very important one, bring
ing an entirely new class of cases within
the PROVISIONS of the pension laws.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15

The more liberal Interpretation given
to the neutrality laws by our govern
ment in cases arising in Florida will tie
of great advantage to the Cubans. Yes
Is clearing for Cuban ports in the us
Il manner are allowed to take out full
cargoes of arms and ammunitions of
war. The masters of the vessels have
only to make oath they are bound for
the specified ports, which are in posses
sion of the Spaniards, but that need not
D event them from landing their CAL
goes at secluded points on the Cuban
coast under stress of weather, or from
other causes, 1t requires only liberal
conscience in the making of affidavit to
secure clearance papers.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
Frustrated u Suicide.

Huntington. W. Va, January 9.-W
F. Butler, of Pittsburg, travelling in this
section for the National wall paper COM
pany, last midnight prevented the wife
of Hod Rupee, wealthy timber mer-
chant, from committing suicide at the
Floren:ine hotel, here The.woman had
lost 500 belonging to her husband, and
1t is thought she worried over this. She
left her home at Glenwood and came
here, and attempted to end her life.
She stands high in society, and her hus-
band is one of the leading business men
in the county. Mrs. Rupee may recov-
er.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15

The idea, says the Clearfield Public
Spirit, of Boss Quay's being mortified
and shocked because of corruption in
the ranks of his party when he himself
has been known to all men for a third
of a century as the trickiest and most
corrupt politician of them all, is so su-
premely ridiculous and so monumental
ly transparent that when his interviews
on reform" are read by the Older Re
publicans they shake their heads in de-
rision and smile contemptuously. Just
now he is So astonished that money
should have been used in the contest for
the United States senatorship that he
pretends to have had detectives ferreting
out the Doodle peddlers and one victim
has already been put upon the bluff rack
as a scare crow TO warn others. 1t will
take more than a hypocritical pretense
or a bluff interview to make the people
of Pennsylvania believe that Quay is a
purer, cleaner man politically or NOR
ally than Wanamaker. Thus Boss Quay
winks approvingly at efforts on the part
of his henchmen 10 buy up Democratic
blouse votes at the general election, but
when he wants to hide his own perfidy
he finds he must assail his enemies for
play ing the same game for which he has
been so UNANIMOUSLY celebrated in the
pest. Queer world.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15

IT is stated that one thoueand rela-
tves and friends gathered at Round
House, KY, Friday to witness the mar
rage of William Sexton, 103 years old,
to Mrs. William Croft aged 1O1. The
first Mrs. Sexton died sixty days ago,
and Mr.. Croft died a few days later.
The ceremony was performed in a log
house Sexton helped to build ninety
years ago. After the wedding the couple
drove away IN carriage eighty-three
years old. The man and woman have
known each other from childhood. and
the marriage was suggested by their rel
atives.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
A WeIcnme Usheraf, ,az

come usher in the shape OF a fresh Almanac, de-
scripttve of the origin. nature and uses of the
national tonic and alternative. Hestetter's
stomach Bitters. Combined with the Gescrip-
tive matter viii, be found calendar and astrono-
mtcal calculations absolutely reliable for correct
ness, statistics. illustrations. verses carefully
selected. and other mental food highly profitable
and enter tanning ON this pamphlet, ubIithed
and printed annually by The Hostetter Com
panY. OF Pittsburg, 90 hands are employed in the
mechanical department alone Eleven mon M
are devoted to It's preparation. 1t is procurabis
iree. OF druggists and country dealers every
where. and is printed in English. German
French. Spanish. Welsh. Norwegian HolianI
Swedish and Bohemian.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
WOOL MEN TO CONFER
A Conference Call Is-ued by Presiden nj
Lawrence, al Washington

Lawrence, AT Washington.
ROCHESTER, y Y. Jan. l3-W. q.
Markham of Rochester, secretary of the
National Woolgrcwers' association.
and President W w Lawrence have
gwen out the following for publication
10 the woClgrowers of the United
States:
AT an informal conference of wool
growers and wool manufacturers in
Washington, Jan. 7. il was advised that
lo.nt meeting of the National Wool
growers association and the National
Association of Wool Manufacturers hc
ne!a at Washington "a soon as praCtic-
ac.e for conference with a view to agree
CECn a schedule of tariff duties salts
factory 10 both wOolgrOwers and wool
manufacturers. For this purpose =
meeting of the executive board of th.
National Wop.-FCwefs association Will
be held at the Ebbitt House, Washing
ton Feb. next at 10 o clock a III. The
president and two delegates from each
state woolgrowers' association COnstl-
tute the executive beard of the Ma,
uoLal Woolgrowers' association. Al
Will recognize the importance Of full
representation at this meeting"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
Eleventh Attempt Mt suicide,

Baltimore, Md, January 9-Pretty
but wayward Clara Hecht, of this city,
is lying at hospital as the result of her
eleventh attempt at suicide.
Last night she leaped out of the
second-story window of her house and
an hour later drank Two ounces of laud
anum.
year ago she made two attempts to
kill herself by jumping cut of win
dow. She has Dever broken bone in
tumbles, but this time she was injured
internally. In her other attempts she
used laudanum. Love and jealousy
were the cause
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15

GRANT BRAMBLE of Sleepy Eye, Mimi,
who invented and patented wonderful
rotary machine, on Thursday of last
week transferred the right to manufac-
ture and sell the engines to the Allen
syndicate of England for S3, 100000
This sale is only for the United States,
England, Germany and France The
rest of Europe was previously sold for
s4.OOO.OOO The inventor yet cOntro's
the engine for Mexico and the Canadian
provinces
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
BOGGS&BUHL,
Allegheny, Pa.

Por Yonr PrOteetion--CatarTa Cures
Or TOnics lor Catarrah in liquid form 10 be taken
Internally. usually contain either MeTcurs CT
iodide OF POta ssa. both. which injurious IL
too long taken. Catarrah is local. not a Blo"d
disease, caused ny a sudden change TO ooid OF
damp weather II starts in the n ISal passages,
tecting eyes. ears ard throat Cold in the head
causes excessive fiaw of mucus- and If repeatedly
neg lected. the results of catarrah will follow;
severe pain in the head. roaring sound In the
ears, BAD breadth, and OitentiInes iensive
discharge. The remedy should he quick TO ally
in fisnmati"n and heal the membrane ETY.
cream balm Is the acknowledged cure for these
troubles and contains mercury nor any in
urious drug. Price, 50 cents.
nov 10 9i Iy.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
A Brakrman's Expensive Blunder.

Chambe:sburg, Pa, January 9 Two
freight trains on the Baltimore and
Cumberland Valley railroad coliided at a
siding near Altenwald yesterday. One
train was standing on the siding, when
brakeman named McEwen opened the
switch and the other train dashed in.
Both locomotives were demolished and
many cars damaged. Engineer w. F.
Brown. of Baltimore, reversed the lever
of the moving train and jumped, dislo-
eating his shoulder and receiving severe
bruises. The boilers of the engines were
telescoped. McEwau took to the woods
and has not yet been found. The loss
will be heavy
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15

THE London Chronicles Berlin CORE
spondent telegraphs that Chancellor Won
Hohenlohe will shortly submit to the
Bundesrath measure that presumably
aims at checking emigration from the
agricultural districts. The bill will pro-
vide that intending emigrants shall give
months notice of their intention to
the police, without whose permission
they will not be allowed to embark at
German porls.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15

BUSINESS has now taken a new turn
Every maker of goods who wishes to gel
better prices is on the road to Washing
ton to solicit congressional assistance.
The people have become so accustomed
to the rascality of legislating money out
of the pockets of consumers into the
pockets of producers that this open bar
gaining and chaffering about percent
ages of taxation goes on as matter OF
course
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
Little Sugar Cane to Grind.

KEY WEST. Jan. l3-The Spanish
government does not allow news of the
burning of plantations, etc, to be pub
hshed. but it is stated on reliable
authority that if the government al
lowed the grinding of cane in Havana
province, the planters would not be able
to make 10000 hogsheads of sugar be-
cause, from eight miles out OF Havana
as far as Matanzas, nearly all the sugar
cane has been burned.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
Confirmation of Maceo's Death

KEY WEST, Jan. ia gentleman in
Havana, who was close friend OF
MaceO, has received a letter and pack
age from one of the patriotic chieftalns-
The package contains MaceO's carblne,
which in case of his death, he desired
to be sent to the friend referred to. The
letter also furnished additional proof of
the great insurgent leaders death.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
No War on Coal Rates.

BALTIMORE, Jan. s13. - Receivers
Cowan and Murray of the Baltimore
and Ohio railway, have issued a state,
ment, in which they again deny the oft.
repeated charge of rate cutting and as
sert that they have no reason to believe
that a war in the rates on bituminous
coal is likely TO ensue.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15

BERLIN, Jan I3.-The Princess do
Chimay, who eloped last summer with
Janos Rigo, a Hungarian Gypsy musi-
clan, has been engaged to appear III
tableaux vivante at the winter garden
here Immediately after her divorce
from her husband. She viii be paid
$3.50 "a night.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15

THE mine at She rrodsville, ono, /,
returned to iwoIk at htty-one c'h
a ton. Previous to election they were
paid sixty-one cents. The ten cents
decrease Is the poor miners tribute t
the % Id standard, but if they have ''co' :
fidence" they will not notice the differ
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
Strong HeaIeyite Meeting.

DUBLIN, Jan. ia strong Healyite
meeting has been held here, which was
virtually counterblast TO John Dill
Ions convention, held last Sepsember.
The meeting passed a dozen resolutions,
the chief one being a decision to start a
newspaper, some money being sub
scrile6
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
Tired of His Place.

ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. l3.-The resig.
nation of Major T. A. Byrnes of this
city as Indian agent at the Uintah res.
ervation in Utah has been forwarded to
Washington. He says he is tired OF
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
Carried Away on the Ice.

MARINETTE, Wis, Jan. ia sud-
den movement of the ice in Green bay
carried out number Of fishermen
who had shanties and nets on the ice
1t is reported that two are lost.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
First Republican For % y..r

RALEIGH, n. c., Jan. I3.-Daniel
Lindsey Russell has been inaugurated
governor of North Carolina. He is
North Cardinals first Republican exec
utive in 20 years.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
May Fight In Lower California.

DALLAS, Jan. 13.-Mr Wheelock pri-
vate secretary to Dan Stuart, has gone
TO Lower California. Ii is said that ms
trip Is to locate the battle-ground for the
Corbett- -Fitzslmmons fight.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
The Bill Wiped Ont.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l3.-The speaker
has sustained in the house the point OF
order against the motion to recommli
the Pacific funding bill
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
Condition of the Treasury,

WASHINGTON, Jan. l3.-The statement
of the condition of the treasury shows
Available cash balance. S232, 5OO, ,676
gold reserve, sl39, ,5O2 ,S23.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
9. q 3.

Monday, January 4, we begin
the sale If 1897 wash goOds-a
collection that merits every wo-
mans attention-one that far
surpasses in beauty and goodness
any former years offering-each
of The different lines has been
made a forcible example of the
the stores determination to win
with large assortments, choice
goods and loss prices.
ANDERSON'S
Madras Ginghams and
Novelties
the superb goods made by d.
j Anderson mills, Glasgow,
Scotland-believe this store can
show you more and choicier An
derson's ginghams than you'll
see anywhere-prices 80 & 4Oc-
Irish Dimities-an exquisite
collec.ion-nur own importations
Poe and %;
Best American Dimities, 10c
and II l-2c.
Beautiful New Organdies---
fine. sheer and dainty---such ex-
amples of fine art painting us will
surpass even the mos. lavish eX-
pectatlL n---25c and 35c.
Raye Stripe Organdies, 35c.
All the choice new white goods are here
almost Endless assortment TO Sl-25.
FINEST French Chaliis, 25c, SOC. 35c-silk
stripe challi> Iuc. 6DC.
Write for samples and take the real facts
| -gOoIS ana p-iccS-aS evidence whether
/ il will pay pOu 10 buy new wash goods
here.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
executed by the spanish,

HAVANA, Jan. 13.-Leocadio Rodri-
gueZ was shot at Cabanas fortress yes
terday. Claudio Perez and Jose Perez
Garcia viii be executed in the same
manner and at the same place To-Day
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15

Ir is reported that 500 union min
ers in Ouray and San Miguel counties
Colorado, are about to strike on account
of the inDoatation of NJ n union II en-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15

JOHN COMBS and Andrew White
small children of Connellsville, Pa, fell
into the river and were drowned, while
skting near Ohlopyle. Pa.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
Fought n Draw

New YORK, Jan. 13.-Sol Smith and
Tommy White fought o draw of 20
rounds.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15

The Canadian government has ordred
the abolition of the quarantine against
cattle from the United States.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-15
MATCHLEss IN EVERY FEATURl

INHE FEBIsAN ST d the S6mi- Weekly Pittsbur
i Posi- at only q 90 year. All the news
The advocate., 1897-02-03
WE OUGHT TO MAKE OUR OWN SUGAR,

The people of the United States
ought to make all the sugar we use.
Cane has been aud will be the sugar
bearing plant in the southern States,
but In Kansas and Missouri and north
ward ss far as Minnesota and WisCon-
sin, beets will be used ss fast as farm
era and manufacturers can come to an
understanding about the cost of pro-
ducing beets Of the right quality aud
what will be paid for them after they
are ready to harvest, Kansas has large
area Of soil well adapted to sugar-beet
culture. Nebraska now has two large
factories in successful operation. Wis.
Consin has one factory about COM
pleted and another well under way.
Sorghum cane makes good sugar,
and Kansas experimenters have dem
onstrated that 1t can be made COM
merCially profitable; but 1t is apparent
chat more capital must be invested In
q sorghum sugar plant than 10 neCes-
sary In an establishment for the man.
ufsCture of beet sugar, and for that
reason If Kansas is to have sugar fac-
tories at all they will most likely use
only beets.
The importance Of this subject to the
American people will be instantly rec.
ognized when the fact ia made known
that the money we are now paying In
one year for duty on foreign sugars
(sbOut &S5,OOO.0O0) would pay for the
erection Of seventy beet-Sugsr fac
tories, each with capacity equal to that
which has already had five successful
seasons &C Norfolk, Neb.
The duty on raw sugar is now 40 per
cent. Of Ito value at the place Of ship.
ment, and II that be, say 3 cents peE
pound. the duty added raises the price
60 AZ cents. And the home. made
sugar is, Of course, sold at the price tC
which the duty raises the foreign arti
Gle. The domestic production now
amounts TO about 600 million pounds
&
The advocate., 1897-02-03
THE INAUGURATION BALL DINNER.

1t may interest our readers to know
that arrangements were made ten days
ago for supplying the inaugural ball
dinner at Washington, 1t will doubtless
be equally interesting to learn what
and how much is to be furnished,
where 1t is to be cooked and how 1t is
to be transported to the capital, for,
be It remembered, the contract has
been let to Philadelphia caterer.
That it may be seen how big o thing
such q Dime ellis, we append hereto Q
The advocate., 1897-02-03

THE Legislature should not hesitate
to cut down appropriations ct every
point at which 1t can be done without
impalring the efficiency of the depart
ments created to transact the public
business. The people Of Kansas favor
such q policy and will stand by those
who do their part to bring It about.
The advocate., 1897-02-03

PoPuLIsTs should svsll themselves
Of every argument within their grasp
with which to open the eyes Of those
who still think the gold standard iO
good thing.
The advocate., 1897-02-03

a year. At III cents q pound, which
the duty Odds, that quantity Of do
nestle sugar costs US $7,5OO, 900 more
than 1t would If sugar were on the free
lIOt; and $3.50, 600 would build fifteen
factories.