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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
Expedition for Cuba.

Philadelphia, April % A carefully
planned expedition left for Cuba last
night from Sea Isle City, n. J. The
supply of arms and ammunition left New
York on Saturday on lighters and was
placed on tug Between Barnegat and
Long Branch. The tug came stead
lily down the coast and was soon ioined
by another boat. Off Atlantic CITY
some Cubans and Americans were picked
up Still further along a steam launch
put out from Sea Isle City with another
delachmhnt, and later on got another
squad from Avalon.
Getting out to sea all hands. with the
munitions OF war, were transferred to a
black painted steamer that quickly
started south. There was none of the
recognized Cuban leaders with the exni-
dltion, because nearly all of them are
already out of the country There were
however, some militiamen from this city
and from Camden.
In the way of munitions the expedi-
ton took along Hothkiss gun, nearly
5000 Iitles, 123, 900 pounds of ammn-
milton, 1000 machetes, a lot of medi-
cine and what is known as an exneri-
mental flying machine, to be adapted
II possible, to the use of dynamite.
so careful were all the movements
conducted that the point and the time
OF departure were concealed from some
OF those who have heretofore known all
similar details.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

WAsHINGTON, April 2S-The Demo
cratic members OF the senate finance
committee have followed up their re-
fuSal to- allow tine tarlff blll TO be re-
ported direct to the senate with the an
nounCement that they VIII expect to be
given opportunity Tor a thorough exam
lnatiOn OF ali the schedules OF the bill
aS amended before 1t IL reported 10 the
senate.
They have already employed one el-
pert and Will employ others TO take up
the bill in their Dehalf as soon a. it Is
presented to them. They expect to be
able 10 explain the biil sufficiently to
permit II To 90 to the senate IN ABOUT
two week time after they receive 1t.
There has been some talk among the
Democratic senators of granting hear
lngs by the full committee, DuG this
proposition does NOT appear TO have
met with general favor. The Demo
cratic members of the committee fear
that lnsISteuce upon this course would
be construed into determination To
delay the bill for the sake of delay,
which they insist, Is no part of their
program.
The decision of the Democratic mem
beTs may have the effect of causing a
pOstpOnement of the presentation OF
the bill beyond tomorrow. Some OF the
Republican committeeman now say
that they may not conclude their work
before Monday morning, as there are
still various matters which are not de-
tinitely decided and which II becomes
necessary to fix absolutely before going
into the full committee. They ara s-Ill
working with the hope of presenting
the bill Thursday. but are less hopeiu
than formerly.
The Republicans think they discover
in the preSenr attitude of their Demo-
cratic colleagues a disposition To delay
the passage of the bill, which they had
not previously counted upon, and ar:
making their preparations for Il long
siege IN the senate. as well a. IN com
mltteer Some of them express the tear
that the bill Will not become "a law be-
fore Aug
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

STATE Senator W. J. Deboe, the Re
publican caucus nominee, was elected
United States senator af Frankfort, Ken
lucky, on Wednesday to succeed Black
burn for six years from March 4, 1897.
The vote in the joint convention of the
legislature was Deboe, Republican, Il;
Blackburn, Silver Democrat, so; Martin,
Gold Democrat, -; Stone, Democrat, /.
The con est has lasted through two leg
izlative sessions, has cost the state 800,
600 and 112 ballots have been taken.
Blackburn had in the final ballot the
same number of votes that have been
his all through this session, but the
boiling Republicans, who refused to vote
for DR.. Hunter and cast their ballots for
It. John Boyle, came over to Deboe.
lie was also reinforced by the votes of
Norman and Baird, gold Democrats,
but ne would have been elected without
their and, as IS was a majority of the
convention.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
An Extraordinary Run.

We are convinced that the run made
over the Chicago, Burlington X Quincy
from Chicago to Denver deserves to be
considered the most extraordinary run
ever made, says the Locomotive Engineer.
The distance from Chicago to Denver,
1925 miles, was covered in exactly 1869
minutes actual running time. This WAS
only a small fraction less than one mile
a minute for the longest continuous run
ever made by any railroad company. \
nots be thing about the run was that
no sc e9cial preparation whatever was
made for the trip. The various engines
that pulled the tIain were selected as
those most convenient, and the crews
were those that were accustomed to the
engines. There were no delays from
hot boxes or any other cause, and it
looks as If trains could he lun daily
over that long distance, and make the
time of that special train.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

''OPES rebellion Is only kept in check
10y the refusal of the speaker to name
the committees, as Republican members
have well-grOunded apprehension that
should they practically censure the
speaker by demanding that the house
should proceed to the transaction of bus
inesS, they would be severely punished
when the committee assignments are
announced. This is the condition of
affairs in the house of representatives as
described by Major Carson, the CORE
spondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, and
at one time clerk of the ways and means
committee. "It is fear that holds the
majority in check, - he adds, and further
says: Many Republicans are
thoroughly dlsgusted with being treated,
as they term it, like schoolboys, re-
tanned in Washington away from their
homes and business for no purpose what
ever except to make a quorum, prevent
ei from engaging in legislation demand
ed 10y their constituencies and of inter
est to the government"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

AFTER all, says the Philadelphia
Eeoord, it would appear that in the mat
ter of tariff the house of representatives
must accept what the senate shall agree
upon and the senate will be obliged to fix
the schedules to suit a few woolly mind
ed and silver-mOuthed gentlemen who
speak for states in which there are
more grizzlies than voters, The Demo
cratic majority were similarly held up
in 1924 10y ''the senators from Have
meI er" The more moderate PrOtec-
tiOnists in the Republican party have
been clinging to the hope that the Ding
ley bill would be toned down and hu-
manized in its progress through the SEN
ate. Doubtless this would be the case if
such senators as Aldrich and Allison
could have their way. But there are
votes to buy in order to secure the ne
cessary majority, and the bill, when it
shall pass, will reflect the terms of pur-
chase. This is the disgraceful and un-
fortunate situation.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
Floods IN Iowa.

Oitumwa, iowa, April 26 The Des-
moineS river, which last midnight was
stationary at the high water mark estab-
lished by the great flood of 1892. sud
denly began to climb and by S O'Clock
this morning had added fifteen inches
to the record. The levees broke in
many places. railroad embellishments
were undermined aud hundreds of fam
lilies were compelled to move. large
numbers making their escape in boats
At f idivile, Is miles north of this city,
80 families vacated their domicile and
the principal streets are being navigated
in row boats. At South Ottumwa, the
river flows parallel with Main street. 1t
broke across this street early this morn
ing and poured down business and resi-
dence streets, causing panic and
for higher ground. Five
thousand people reside in this suburb.
Several hundred deserted their resi-
dences and removed their goods.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

The Harrisburg Patriot last Thursday
says: There has been no such meeting
of the State Democratic committee in
recent years as that of yesterday
Scarcely county was unrepresented.
few substitutions were made and the pro-
ceedings throughout were both enthusi-
astic and harmonious. Many party
leaders of prominence looked on the
proceedings with interest and eacn mem
ber of the committee seemed in happy
touch with his fellow member and all
with the chairman.
On every side it was plain that the
Democratic party in the state has re-
sumed its old gait and its former free
dom of action. 1t was made conspicu-
ously plain yesterday that the bosses
have gone. There were no whisperiugs
IN closets, no secret chambers used, no
masks necessary. Everything was
open, courageous, wholesome. There
was breezy air everywhere. The faces
OF the old men were kindled with hope.
the countenance of the young lighted
with enthusiasm and plucky purpose.
To Chairman Garman much is due
for this healthy change He has given
TO every one free hand. He has
sought in every instance to be fair and
always to be helpful. He has helped to
drive the bosses out of control and has
thrown away their whips and scourges.
The party is in admirable shape gen.
orally IN the state, the organization is
compact and earnest, there are few fac
tIonal quarrels and local chickering's no
longer constitute the chief occupation of
party workers. The Republicans may
Well be alarmed. \
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
COlOred Citizens EYacuate,

Ardmore, |. T., April % As a re-
suit of the warning given to all the ne
groeS in the town of Davis last week by
a mob of masked white men, not a col
ored man remains in the place. The
federal grand jury, which was called to
gether by Judge kiIgore to investigat-
the outrageS, examined a small army of
witnesses, but reported that it had been
impossible to identify any of the raid
ers. When it became known that no
Indictment had been returned the color
ed people hastily quit the town. The
murder of white man by a negro was
the preliminary cause of the trouble at
Davis.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
Lived with a Broken Neck.

Pnoenixville, Pa, April 22.-Lewis
r. Jarrett. of Perkiomen junction, who
had his neck broken by a fall from a
ladder while picking apples died last
evening, aged 40 years. jarrett lived
seven months with broken neck.
The most eminent surgeons and physi-
clans of Philadelphia examined the case,
and 1t was at one time thought that his
life might be saved. But about two
weeks ago he began to grow worse, and
death ended his sufferings. A post
mOrtem examination last night showed
that the vetebr;e was entirely broken.
From his neck down he was completely
paralyzed for seven months, although
he could talk intelligently.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
Protecting the Few wooIcrowerz.

Suppose the Dingley duties on wool
would give the woolgrowers all the
protection claimed and that the price
of wool would actually go up the full
amount of the duty, which, of course
is absurd. What would be the effect up
on the country at large?
Mr.. Edward Atkinson, statistician,
estimates the annual wool product at
500, 600, 900 out of a total of SI3, 200
600, 900 produced by all the workers of
the country and the persons dependent
on the wool industry at 300, 600 out of
a total population of $4,000, 600. The
wool duty then means that out of every
24O persons 239 are to be held up for
the benefit of the other one This is 4
sample of what protection does. OF
course more than 800, 900 persons may
sometimes raise a few sheep, but the
interests of these others are more those
of the consumer than of the sheep raiser,
and they would lose more because of in
creased cost of woolens than they would
gain by the increased price of wool
The protective tariff system is IA farce
when considered in connection with the
farmer or the nottingham. Will they
ever fully appre ciate it?
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
A welcome Usherof,a-

The beginning of tie new year will have a vel
come usher In the shape OF a fresh Almanac. de-
scriptive OF the origin. nature and uses of the
national tonic and alternative, Hestetter,s
stomach Bitters. Combined with the descrin.
tive matter will. be found calendar aud astrono-
mical calculations absolutely reliable for correct
ness. statistics. Illustrations verses carefuIIv
selected, and other mental food highly profitable
and entertaining. On this pamphlet, ubIished
and printed annually by rhe Hostetter Com
pany. OF fittsourx. % hands are employed In the
are devoted To Its preparation. 1t 10 procurabIs
ree. OF druggists and country dealers every
Mhere, and is printed in English 1ierna1
fIeneh, spanish. Welsh. Norwegian, HolIs nd
Swedish and bohsmian
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
Wasted Money i'm Court.

Butler, Pa, April 26 The case of
Nicholas and Francis Reott against
Christian Michaels, dispute over a
boundary line between farms in Sum
nit township. which had been on trial
since Thursday, resulted in verdict for
the plaintiffs this afternoon, with So
damages for Nicholas and SO for Fran
els Reott. The land is less than one
acre and not worth over $50. The ex-
penses to each side so far have been
about 5000, and a total of 81 500 to set
tie petty case and satisfy the contes-
tantS
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
Serious Accident at a Launching.

Chicago, April 90 An accident mar
red the launching of the new steel steam
er Minneapolis at South Chicago Satur.
day. AS the boat slipped into the wat
er 1t caused large wave to overflow the
shore, where large crowd was standing
to look at the launch. A panic ensued,
the people making frantic efforts to es-
cape drenching. A number were bad
ly bruised, the most seriously injured
being Robert Gregory, Miss Ethel Mar
tin and Charles Purles. Gregory's leg
was broken, and he received other in
which may result fatally.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
Blaine Opposed a DUTY on Hides.

The following letter from Secretary
of State James G.. Blaine i'll 1890 is
supposed to have had great weight with
the ways and means committee:
wAsHINGToS, April 10, 1890.
DEAR MIR. MCKINLEY-lt Il great mistake
to take hides from the free list, where they
have been for many years 1t l. a slap in
the face to the South Americans, with whom
trying to enlarge trade. 1t viii
benefit the farmer by adding to : per cent to
the price of his children - shoes. 1t will yield
"A profit to the butcher only, the last man that
needs il. The movement Is iniudicious from
beginning to end, in every form and phase.
Pray stop 1t befor|it sees light. Such move
ments this for protection will protect the
Republican party into IA speedy retirement.
Yours hastily, JAMES G. BLAINE.
Hon. William Mckinley, Chairman Ways and
Means.
Where is the Blaine this year who
can head off the wosterners who want
their share Of protection and foolishly
imagine that they can get 1t by duty
on hides: 1t is perfectly consistent with
the protection system To tax hides, es-
pecially as the bulk of the tax would
probably go to a few monopoly butch
ers and ranchmen. But observe some of
jhe effects upon our industries:
The impOrtatiOns of untaxed hides
and skins last year Were valued ut SEQ
PIG, 52S. The goatskins We're valued at
$40, 3O3, ,359. The former We're mostly
converted into sole leather, beltings
and such like heavy material, for which
our native hides are not thick enough
The gOatskins are not produced in this
country.
From this raw material we not only
manufacture boots, shoes and leather
goods for our own people cheaper and
better than they are made elsewhere in
the world, but We exported finished
products Of the value of $40, 242, 756.
Without free and cheap raw material
this export trade would have been i'm
possible, and our own people, as Mr..
Blaine pointed out, would be compelled
to pay more for their footwear. The
wages paid to our workers in leather
last year amounted TO $50, 542, l66.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
A Fathers Awful Crime.

New York, April 26 -Isidore Weber
shot his 4-year-old daughter, Josie, to-
day, killing her, and then killed him
self with the same weapon, falling dead
beside his child. Weber was hard
drinker. He came from Tennessee and
six years ago he married Lena Huebner
in Baltimore. He used his wife i'll and
and she was obliged to turn him out of
doors. To-day he returned, and finding
Josie about to start for school, offered to
accompany her there. Her grandmOth-
er consented AS they left the house
Weber drew his pistol and committed
the murder and suicide
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
Ten Years for Forty Turkeys.

Lancaster, Pa, April 20 Harry
Freybarger. notorious Welsh noun
tain chief, was sentenced to ten years in
the Eastern penitentiary for stealing 40
turkeys one night last summer For
several months after this wholesale theft
Freybarger was fugitive from Justice,
and was captured in Delaware. His
brother, who was implicated in the same
crime, was given three years, it being
his first Offense. Another brother,
George, is to be tried later.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
II undreds OF Houses Burned,

Pittsburg, April 22.-The 500 frame
houses built by the Carnegie firm with
in the mill enclosure of the mill at
Homestead are in flames. Already 200
of these houses have been burned to the
ground and the other $50 cannot be
saved. These houses were built during
the great Homestead strike in 1892 fo.
protection of their workmen against the
strikes. The loss will be $4,000 and
about 200 people will be homeless. The
Cause of the fire is not known as vet.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
Burglars Used a Wagon.

Butler, Pa, April 24.-Burglars last
night looted the g-neral store of Ramsey
Bros, at Potersville, stealing about
81 900 worth of goods A team and
wagon was taken by the robbers and
the goods packed in grain sacks, loaded
on the wagon and carried away. The
wagon was so heavily loaded that arti-
cles dropped out along the road, leaving
traces that were followed to Prospect,
midway between Butler and Portersville.
Officers are securing the country, and il
is thought the rascalS cannot escape
with their load. This is likely the same
gang that has been operating in Law
renee county.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

TIE Baltimore Sun calls attention to
the fact that if the last Republican
congress had made no larger appropria-
tions than the proceeding Democratic
congress there would have been a sur
plus of - .OOO, 900 instead ST deficit of
S35, 900, 600 in the last fiscal year.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
Thurston Submits a sta,amen,

~, w WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Lorin A
IN Istoh' eX-mlnl>ter from Hawaii.
and at present a special c3mmIss,o,,.,.
from that country, has submIrrsd to
the hhance committee of the sena re- :,
statement of reasons why he THINKS the
hawalian reciprocity treaty ought NOT
10 be abrogated by the tariff bin and
why 1t should not. on its merits. be ab.
rOgated at all ~ "
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

Every advance toward a free e1-
change of commodities IS an advance in
civilization. Every obstruction to free
exchange is born of the same narrow.
despotic spirit which planted castles up
on the Rhine to plunder peaceful com
merce- Every obstruction to commerce
Is a tax upon consumption. Every facil-
ity TO free exchange cheapens commod-
tties, increases trade and population
and promotes civilization. Sher-
man in 1868.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

JUST before the presidential election,
Geo. y. Grouse, of Warren, Pa, posted
this notice on the doors of his estab-
lishment: This factory will be closed
if Bryan is elected" Bryan wasn't
elected, but the factory has been closed,
nevertheless. The sheriff did the busi
ness
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
Boston Greek. Lay.

% BOSTON, April 2S.-At a meeting here
oOo patriotic Hellenes declared their
intention of leaving America tn 1o,n
.he 1reek army. Abont 81. 600 VS.
subscribed; : nlcS Nearly every one of Ihs
i,OOo Greeks IN Boston expects To go To
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

\ BILL has been presented In the sen
ate to pension Margaret b. Meade and
Henrietta Meade, daughters of the late
Gen. Geo. Meade, at the rate of 800
per month each.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

1,,' ,oEftERSoNVTLLE, Ind. April %
Ihomas Jones, while trying TO hoard :,
moving freight train on the Bio Eonr
route. failed to catch the handle and
he will die. ehe.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
Weyier Back In Havana

W. HAVANA. April 2S.-Captain General
Weyier has arrived here. The cIDroin
generals visit is for the purpose of ais
patching mail to Spain and to bid fare
Wen TO his son. Ferdinando Wevler.
VINO Is gong home to study for mlIl.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

The following is a part of ex-Con-
gresham John De Witt Warmers criti-
eism of the Dingley bill:
"As 1t stands the most brilliant part
of the pending performance consists in
eating the words of the same actors i'll
the Fifty-first congress. The Mckinley
bill of that date was virtually entitled
"a bill to reduce revenues The Dingley
bill is specially commended as a revenue
getter. The Mckinley bill pointed with
pride to the poor mans free breakfast
table. The Dingley bill puts upon sugar
"a single item of the breakfast table
one-th third of the total amount of the
tariff tax proposed. The items which
are supposed to help the farmer are good
examples of so setting your trap as TO
'cOtch 'em a-cumin and a-gwine' For
instance, we have reciprocity in order
to give the farmers market abroad for
what 1t Is assumed they cannot produce
for home consumption unless they are
highly protected, as is done by another
section of the bill
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

If congress can advance the price Of
hides cents pound in this country,
the people will pay several millions
year more than they do now for their
boots and shoes, and the money will go
into the pockets of the Bee: trust
Hartford Times
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

IT is estimated that Greeks in Amerl-
ca have forwarded s., 900, to their home
government to aid it in the war with
Turkey.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

Two culprits were successfully electro
Cuted at Columbus, O, last week, being
the first cases under the new law in tn At
state.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30

In the new tariff bill spunk is on the
free list We have cur opinion of a man
who is compelled to use imported
"spunk. ."-Philadelphia Call
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-30
DEMOCRATS NEW MOVE
Will First Examine the Amend
ed Tariff Bill.
EXPERTS ARE TO BE EMPLOYED.

They Say the Measure Can Not Go TO
the Senate Uuti! They FINISH Their
Inspection Likely TO Require Several
Weeks Time