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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
Way sp1il lhn Speeches.

Washington. Aug 6-For several
years Speaker Reed hos heen doing his
utmost to break up the custom of print
ing In the Congressional Record
speeches not delivered, but inserted un-
der the general order of leave to print !"
A though congress a 'urned Oh the
9th of last month. the Record" is still
coming out in most bulky form.
A statistician of this city recently fig
ured that members Of the United States
congress average . 500. 600 words in
speech-making as compared with only
450, 900 in the British parliament. Not
even in political years, when presI-
dental campaign is in full blast, has the
Record been so jammed with speeches
that were never spoken, and as the large
majority consist of clippings and rub
bish, some of the wiser men of both the
old parties threaten next session to in
stitute reform.
Most of the speeches now being print
ed relate to the tariff, and as rule have
been gotten up by tirst-term statesmen,
who evidently thought their constituents
would feel hurt if they could not read
their version on this important ques ion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

The supreme court has laid down two
rules which makes it difficult for bicy-
chsts to recOyer domages from a railroad
company for accidents at crossings.
he first Is that no recovery Of damages
can be had If there is any contribatory
negligence on the part of the persons in
jured, and again, everybody must stop.
look and listen before crossing theItrack.
Some time ago bicyclist at PhiladeI-
phia was killed on crossing and his
widow sued for damages. But although
1t was shown that the company was
negligent IN not giving any warning of
an approaching train and although the
blcycilst looked and listened and made
circle with his wheel before crossing the
tracks, still the supreme court decided
against the widow, because the man did
not diSmOunt. The case was that of
Robertson VS.. Pennsylvania railroad
which Is reported in $50 Pennsylvania
reports, page As, in which the supreme
court held that the bicycle stop, circling
about Is not the legal stop, but bicyclist
must dIsnOunt, look and listen be-
fore crossing railroad tracks.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

THR truth of the financial situation
has never been better stated than in the
following editorial taken from the col
lmrs of the c ivington SdGr.
/; has often been stated 10y those who
depend upon others for their ideas and
opinions on the money question that the
single gold standard of primary money
must be the best thing for the people,
because most of the bankers and rich
men who possess large amounts OF mon
ey are generally in favor of it.
But this is a mistake.
Ii is not because it is best for the
whole people that these men favor the
single standard, but because it is better
for them, and enhances the value of
their dollars. They care nothing for the
interests of the people, only so far as
their dollars may be enhanced in value
by the increased demand for them on
account of their scarcity N circulation.
The single standard makes a scarce
dollar, and scarce dollar makes a more
valuable dollar and cheaper products of
labor.
1t is a good thing, - course, for the
people to get cheap goods, but as so to
80 per cent of the people are producers
of marketable goods a much greater
number are benefited by receiving good
prices for their products than are bene
fitted by reason of procuring cheap goods.
As the dollars become scarce they be-
come more valuable, and the prices of
farm aud other products become lower
and cheaper.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

REPRESENTATIVE CoRAY, of Luzerne,
the fighting leader of the Seventy
Six" has issued card about the pay of
legislative supernumeraries. to which
the governor and State Treasurer Hay
wood are invited to reply. Mr. Coray
says:
"In regard to the items for salaries of
the efticars and employees of the senate
and house, l believe that the governor
says that he has been furnished by the
state treasurer with detailed statement
of the officers and employees their COM
pensation authorized by law, amounting
to S106, 396. which amount the govern
or approves.
If the state treasurer has submitted
such a statement, | assert and am ready
to prove whenever and wherever called
spOn to do so that that official has pad
ded his statement to the extent of over
$4,000 l suspect that is about the
amount ne has unlawfully advanced to
supernumaries, and is hedging to pro-
tect himself from loss. l stand by the
figures | submitted on the floor of the
house"
Coray is the man who openly charged
on the floor of the house the last night
Of the session that the expense list of
the house and senate was padded. As a
result of his speech and newspaper in
veStlgatlon and agitation the governor
vetoed about $25, 200.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

Tia New York Herald of Monday
says: As Germany was the first nation
to protest against certain provisions of
DIngley tariff act after its passage by
the house of representatives., so is it the
first government to protest against its
operation, now that it is on the statute
books.
The German ambassador. in his lates,
communication to the state department.
declares that the enforcement of the SUI
gar section will be considered by the Ger
man government to be contrary to the
most favored nation clause of the COM
merclal treaty existing between the Uni,
ted States and Germany.
From this statement, as well as Other
intlmations conveyed by his note. state
department officials are satisfied thai
Germany will be quick to retaliate by
imposing higher duties on agriculture
products from this country imported
into Germany.
Germany's principal concern in this
matter lies in the tax which will he i'm.
posed by the Dingley law on her sugars.
These sugars would, of course, paw the
ordinary duties imposed by the law.
and, as Germany gives bounties for their
manufacture, the treasury department
would be compelled, in addition, to as
sess an amount equal to the export
bounsIes upon all importations.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
Two Fatal Railroad Wrecks,

Portland, Ind August 1O-At l
O'Clock in the morning a southbound
Grand Rapids and Indiana freight train
went through the bridge spanning
the Wabas river a mile north of Geneva
The engine and tender fell in'o the river.
and cars piled up over them Engineer
Barney Reid and Fireman James Gala.
CHER went down with the engine The
former had both legs crushed and was
otherwise badly injured He will die.
Fireman Gallagher and Brakeman James
Clifford were severely injured. Another
southbound passenger train was wrecked
two miles north of Coldwster, O Engin-
eer Brown was killed and Engineer An
derson and Fireman Golden seriously
injured
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

Is the recently enacted Dingley law
the duty on bituminous coal, saws the
Altoona Times, was raised from 40 cents
to 81 cents per ton. This raise Of d
cents, 1t would be only fair to assume.
should be followed by an increase in the
miners wages. But what do we find to
be the case? TIE miners are on a strike
for 90 cents, which the operators will
not concede to them, although the duty
on coal almost covers the total amount
of the wages that they ask. If what the
Republicans tell us about the effects of
toe tariff on wages Is true, then these
miners are certainly justified in the con-
tention which they make. If protec.
ton really protects, the argument which
they make Is without a flaw. A re-
markable statement in connection with
tae plea made IN the senate for higher
duties on coal is noted. Senator EIkins
of West Virginia, asked that the duty
on Inc bitumInOus article be made high
er IN order to protect the American min
er from Canadian competition. Yet we
find that the miners in Cinaia are psid
better than those IN the United States
Senator Eikins said nothing about that.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
Where Peaches are PLENTY.

Chambersburg, Pa, August 9-The
Blue mountain peach belt of southern
Pennsylvania and western Maryland is
the only part of the country that will
have more than 20 or % per cent. of a
crop this year, According to the views
OF Colonel James IL. Gilmore, of Cham
bersbuIg, who will have 10000 bushels
from his orchard at Cherry Run, Md =,
and who has just returned from a tour
OF the peach states, the shortage is espe-
clally great in Wisconsin, Ohio, Della
ware and the eastern shore of Maryland.
All through this section the trees are
breaking down with fruit.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
Big smuggling Scheme Unearthed.

Rossland. b c., August 10 The
customs officials have discovered a SNUG
Cling scheme on a large scale. The
trail up from the Omananagan country
passes INTO Canada at Krugers, on Ozo
yoOr lake, where the custom house is To-
Gated, and then makes a detour in the
United Stated and re-enters the domin-
ion at point several miles east of the
custom house. The town of Oroo is the
headquarters of the smugglers. Freigth-
ers from the states bringing in produce
come up the trail to Krugers, pay duty
on stuff they have in their wagons and
then follow the road down across the
lire to Oroo. Here they pick up big
quantities of all sorts of groceries and
follow the road into Canada again.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

DIRECTIONS have been given to Gen
er Roy Stone, chief of the bureau of
good roads at the department of agricul-
culture by Secretary Wilson, to construct
a sample steel roadway at the mos. con-
venient location he can find at the Nash
vile exposition. where it may be seen
and studied by the visitors who will at
tend the exposition during the summer
Secretary Wilson thinks the steel track
way for wagons IS the easiest solution of
the good roads problem, particularly in
the west, where stone aud gravel are
scarce, and the soil is deep and sticky.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

AFTER slight reaction from the high
est point touched last week the price of
wheat has again advanced. The worlds
visible stocks have steadily decreased
during the last month; and in spite of
recent large foreign buying for future
shipment the markets abroad are strong
and higher, and there is an active export
demand for American wheat. The Uni
ted States appears Ito be the only i'm
portant wheat-producing country that
has been this year favored with an in
creased crop yield. Farmers are now
getting the benefit of prices % cents per
busheI higher than the figures current a
year ago, and the effects have begun to
be apparent in reviving activity in all
branches of business.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
Tossed on the F,au,,,. Rtr,o

ou may never have been hut % ven cross he
Auanfic. no matter how smooth the W terry ex.
pHnse. without sea sickness yOu are we'll a
'n"ky vOyaRer. tEst IS alt OId tars who have
spent their lives on the ocean waves " ho were
almost norm so 10 speak. with their -.sra IeR :
on suner now aud then from sea sickness in
very TEN mpestuOus - Gather Sea captains tour
Is's commercial travellers and yatchsuen say
IheIe u no nner sa lie guard against nausea titan
hostetter's stomach Bitters and il has heen
eqnaily reliable as preventive hy Invalids who
travel 10y steamboat and railroad and who some.
tunes suffer as much in those conv-yances as
ocean traveiers do in steamships Bi.iousness
Constipation sick headarhe and disorders Of the
stomach caused by oppressive climate in fiu.nras
., un"h"lesome or unaccustnmei food or water
aI~sys yleid 10 the Buffers speedily. This pipu.
IAr hed'cine also remedies rheumatic kidney
shh nervous d isorders. and che iunr mites Incl
dent Ia increasing years
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
AN ANTI-FUSION COUP.
Began Convention a Day Ahead
At Columbus.
MIDDLE.OF.ROAD POPULISTS WON.
They Gained Central Of the Ohio State
Conyention-Anti-Fus Delegates Are
Seated In the Conte-t--I Iu~ionist Can
didate for Chairman Defeated.

COLUMBUS. Aug. 1.-THE antl-fusion
delegates to the Populist convention
have sprang a great political coup. All
the arrangements for tn. convention
had been made by committee COM
posed principally of fusionIsts. and
were calculated to further the fusion
place. When the anti-fusionists dis
covered they had a majority of the
delegates they prepared to strike while
the iron was hot.
The district meetings were TO have
been held yesterday afternoon and the
convention today, but this arrangement
was ignored and the delegates were
hastily convened in the auditorium AT 3
o'clock i'll the afternoon. y temporary
organization was formed with John
Zitz of Miffiin as chairman and a. ).
Lightwalter of New Philadelphia as
secretary. Mr. Zitz is one of the lead
ers of the anti-Iusion faction. and he
defined his position in a brief speech
upon accepting the charmanship.
a recess was then taken and the dis
trict meetings were held in the auditO-
rum, the committees being reported
when the convention reassembled. Ad-
journment was taken to today.
When the committee OH permanent
organization met 1t was decided to
make the temporary organization per-
manent. Hugh CavanauCh. the fusion
ist candidate for chairman. was de-
feated by vote of - TO ,. The COM
mittee on credentials seated all the
ami fusion delegates where there were
contests.
Last night the fusionists had ar
ranged meeting to be addressed bv
ex-Congressman Towne of Minnesota,
and to offset this the anti -fusioniSts ar
ranged IL rival meeting, which was adj
dressed by w. S. Morgan of Arkansas.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

The pension roll of the United States
has almost reached the million mark
Commissioner Evans has just issued a
statement showing that at the beginning
of the fiscal year the pensioners num-
ber just 9S3, 52S, an increase of II. $50
for the last year. During that year
90, 1O1 new pensions were granted and
3,911 persons were restored to the rolls.
Old age and disease, however, are work
ing great inroads into the list for there
were 81, 800 deaths during the year.
Other sources of loss were 1,O74 from
remarriages of widows; 1915 orphans
attained majority; 6S3 failures to claim
pensions, and $500 losses from unre-
corded causes
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
Killed by Her Maniac Husband.

Bordertown, y. j, Aug. 9-An
atrocious wife murder WAS committed
some time during Saturday night at the
village of Fleldsboroug, near here
While Annie Robinson, aged 81 years
was sleeping in her bed, with two little
children nesting on her bosom, her
crazy husband, James Robinson, cut
her throat, almost severirg the head
from the body. Then he drew the razor
across his own throat, almost severing
the head from the body. The family
lived in wretched two-story structure,
where the woman eked out a miserable
support for her little ones by taking in
washing. Robinson was recently re
leased from the insane asylum at Tren-
ton
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
Claims indemnify From Honduras.

New York, August 10 The HeraH
says: James F. Belden, of Louisville.
NY, has filed with the state department
claim for $50, 900 indemnity for alleg-
ed outrages committed upon him by
Honduras troops during the recent re-
belllon. Belden was locomotive en-
glneer employed on Honduras railway
which has terminus in San Pedro. and
on one occasion was ordered to be exc
cuted because his locomotive could not
draw train load of soldiers, but his life
was spared.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
WILD TALES ABOUT HATFIELD.

Officers After Him, and Some Reported
Murdered.
WILLIAMSON, w. Va, Aug. Il.-Wild
stories are being circulated about the
officers who are trying to capture
Cap" Hatfield, the desperate. who eS-
capped last week from jail The Hat
fields are said to be strongly enscOnced
in a mountain pass, aud have recently
killed Deputy Sheriff Johnson and four
other deputies. but none of these re-
ports are confirmed. The officers are in
hot pursuit, and Judge DOolittle in
sists OH the sheriff capturing Hatfield at
any cost or risk. 1t Is believed there
have been encounters, but nothing def
mite can be learned.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
Killed bv a Powder Explosion.

New Haven. Conn, August 9.-Philip
Parols was killed by an explosion of pow
der at the Savin Rock baseball grounds
to-day. Clifford Hunting, who was 500
feet away, was struck by piece of iron
and badly hurt.
Parola was tamping a flower pot in a
cast iron mortar. 1t is supposed some
foreign substance fell into the mortar
and caused it to explode, throwing the
man ten feet in the air and tearing his
body into two pieces.
When he landed on the ground he
was one mass of flames. His eyes were
blown out of his head and have not been
found. The man lived twenty minutes
In awful agony
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

AT the third annual convention OF
the National Apple Shippers Associa-
ton, held in Buffalo on Thursday last,
the delegates from the Eastern States re.
ported that the crop would be but one
fourth to one third of the usual output
while those from the South and West re-
ported full crop. The shortage in the
East, therefore, will not be especialiv
noticea bic In the market save by those
who have preference for the Eastern
varieties of the fruit; and the business of
the association may be equal to that of
last year. when it handled about 75, 900.
600 barrels.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

II Is claimed for Gov. Hastings that
he saved to the state treasury over
S3OO,O00 by vetoing Ishady appropria-
tions, for which he is entitled to due
credit. It is to be regretted, however,
that he did not veto the bills of two
years ago creating sixty new and need
less offices and increasing the salaries of
old ones. The compensation of these
additional office holders, in two years,
will absorb the $500, 600.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
Tore off Their Jewels.

Old Orcha't. Me-, August s There
was remarkable scene at the Christian
Alliance meeting to day, when Rev. Dr.
A. b simpson, of New York, the Ali
ance leader, started to raise money for
foreign missions. He worked up his
audience to high pitch Some tore off
their jewelry and threw it into the boxes
while others gave deeds of real estate.
Some emptied their pocketbooks, with
the combined result that the 20, 900 Der.
sons present contributed $40. 900. Last
year $lOO, 900 was raised in a day.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

The large cables of the famous Niaga-
IA Falls suspension bridge are being ia
ken down. strand by strand, and cut in
to 3O-foOt lengths. The Hamilton Iron
Works will work it up Into nails. This
is indeed a curious transformation of an
old landmark,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
BOGGS&BUHL,
Allegheny. Pa.
This H. Your Opportunity.
Home Comfort
Range.

Many farmers in Cambria county are
ISing the Home Comfort Range.
Here are a few of the many testimonial i
Te have received:
Having used . Home Con fort Range nve vears
we are pleased To- -y n gives eutire -at~rsction
tor heating ana iakiI. u superior - 70 ,irhe
ranges Il taking one ~ the OF our former
St". e. Is's tor c.eanIine IL surpassed
MIR AMI Ms BASuEL. C. IFFrH.
Esf--rts.sur1 ia
J. tRANrR
I.nretto. Pa.
Ten year. sgo we purchased from one OF yuur
NasOu- a Home GuWtart Range and or pIes. eli
10 ~ gives en- IRE sagt~ttrE ia: greai
ue' saver: a 80 eudtd hzzers ard Is sii sud more
nan -yseute3 t. Ice. We would no. part vita
get another: We ran cfeeriuIts recommend the
dome tumi'rt Rauge 10 auNunr wishing a rrst-
rlas- range fur cleanliness and durability q
mas NO equal
EIlZARE.TH FN = I.oretto. p
u Il. MILLER. Eben burg ia
We have used the Home Comfort Range for
nve years nd pie 4Eed To say IL gives entir,
atisiacti@': would uot do without ours;
&c wuu recommend them ab'Ve ali others.
J. l. HECkLEY.
summit. ia
Having used Home I"mfort IL ugs 'or hve
years We csn g eeriuiIY recommend a. 40 snyune
wishing nrst class conktug range.
JD>EPH r. X NRODE.
l-ureJIu- 2.
IOE. N BpLAND.
Summit. Pa
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

Oh Sunday prime minister of Spain,
Senor Canovas del Costello, was assas-
sinated at Santa Agueda, a watering
place. by an anarchist, who fired three
shots, one of which struck the premier
IN the forehead and another in the chest.
The assassin was arrested.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

Il Cowley, Sumner and other coun
ties in Kansas, girls and young women
are hiring themselves as regular farm
hands. They get 81 and s3 day; and
they run the binders and drive the teams,
though managing the heavy sheaves is
vet rather difficult. 1t is said that wo
men stand the heat better than men.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

SUGAR Is going up-the rich trust Is
gaining millions of dollars by the in
creased price, while the consumer is
paying a cent or two more on a single
pound. This is the kind OF prosperity
which the Republican party brings the
poorer classes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
Americans Claim Against Honduras.

WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-THE state de-
partment has received the claim of
james +. Belden. of Louisville, XIV g.
against the Honduras government for
s2O,0OO. Beld-n was an engineer of a
railroad, and was several times placed
in danger of summary eXerutio be-
cause he could not obey impossible or
ders from one of the commanders of
some troops engaged III rep.es ing i
M I.sf
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE

Noiee - hereby giSeL that Albert Diebl and
vile. 81 Portage or agh. 10y deei al y ,u,,a-T
assignment, assigned and transferred To tba ~
hers 'snsd all his pr Periy. real ami persou,I :, n
trust Tor ihe hen"nt Of creditots All Iersors
owing said estate viii Diease make fmtnat,.,a
payment, and thuSe having claims a.r,iDsT -
Gated Tor settlement.
VIM ALLISON
Assignee Of Albert DiehI and s,ita
Portage Pa. July l. 1897 ls Ct WIG
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13
8 i-4C.

white grounds with neat col
ored stripes and fgures-navy
blue and whites-pinks, buffs,
lavender-the best variety OF
styles in low-p. iced wash goods
ever offered.