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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
More Valiant SurYOrs.

St. Johns, n. F., May On Satur
day the brigantine Amendee arrived in
port with four more survivors of the
brigantine Valiant, which was wrecked
by an iceberg, with fearful loss of life.
The four were picked up April 20. and
were all that were left of 21 men who
had left the sinking vessel In the boat
which was picked up by the Amedee
The men were in a terrible condition.
Their own lives they prolonged by kill
ing and eating the ships dog, which
had followed faithfully when they left
the sinking ship.
Saturday night the hesurgeons performed
amputatiOns upon the four brought in
that day. Two who lost their hands
and lower part of their legs, are not ex-
pected to recover. The other two, who
underwent similar operations, are some
what better off The four who were
brought in some time ago are still
very weak. None of the eight men can
be said to be out of danger.
The story told by the party rescued
last, that the dog food was all they had
to eat, is discredited here by many 1t
is feared, and believed, that they also
were compelled to resort to human flesh.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
A Battle With Stock Thieves.

Little Rock, May 2 -Cow-puuchers
in the Indian Territory are running off
the farmers stock at an alarming rate
Early this morning drove was inter
cepted by the farmers near Eufala. and
an effort made to kill the five men in
charge of it,
About % shots were fired and three of
the thieves fell from their horses. The
other two escaped to the woods Jerry
Wilson, one of the farmers, had his
horse killed and received a dangerous
wound in his left shoulder. F. A Ber-
ry, another farmer, was shot in the right
thigh. Several less dangerous wounds
were sustained by the others.
Two of the wounded men proved to
be half bred Choctaw Indians living in
the neighborhCod. while the third was
Henry Hennessy, an outlaw wanted at
TT. Smith on a charge of murder. The
cattle were taken to Webber's Falls and
shipped from there to members of the
gang living in this ci'y, where they were
disposed of at high prices.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
A Wholesale Lynching.

Houston, Tex, May 2.-Last night
at II O'Clock a mob of negroes took from
a room at Sunnyside, Texas, where they
were being guarded, Fayette Rnone,
aged twenty one; Will Gates, thirty five !;
Lewis Thomas, stwenty; Aaron Thomas,
thirteen; Jim Thomas, fourteen: Benny
Thomas, fifteen, the four latter being
brothers, and Will Williams, all negroes
and hanged the first six named to an
oak tree.
The negroes all confessed to having
murdered Henry Daniels, an old negro,
his step daughter, Marie, and a seven
year-old child. burning the bodies of
the two oldest by setting fire to the cab,
in where the crime occurred and throw
ing the little ones body into we'll
Old man Daniels had the proceeds of a
robbery which the Thomas boys had
committed and they demanded it of him
under pain of death. They outraged
the grown girl and the seven year old
girl and then killed them.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES
Populst Simpson Again Assails
Speaker Reed
FOR NOT APPOINTING THEN.

The Republican Majority Su~taiuS the
Speaker by AN Overwhelming Vote.
An Appropriation to- Provide For tho
Expenses of the Postal Congress.
Washington. May 4.-"The issue was
made" as Speaker Reed put it, in the
house yesterday on the speakers pol
icy of postponing the appointment of
committees. Mr.. Simpson, of Kansas.
brought il on by another attack upon
the speaker. which moved Mr.. Reed
to challenge him to propose a resoIu-
tion instructing the speaker to ap-
point the committees. The Kansan
evaded this challenge, but Mr.. Lewis.
a new Democratic member from Wash
ington, took up the gauntlet which the
speaker had thrown down and moved
the adoption of the resolution of the
tenor suggested by Mr.. Reed. Then
Mr.. Flemiug. OF Georgia, offered a
substitute embodying the instructions
in different terms, ana Mr. Dingley.
the Republican leader. to make the
issue plain, as he said. presented an
other substitute directing the speaker
to appoint the committees ''immedi-
ately."
When the vote was taken on the
proposition the speaker was sustained
by practically the solid vote of his
party. assisted by 33 Democrats under
the leadership of Mr.. Bailey The reSo-
luton was defeated by Il vote of .
to 124. For the first time this session
the factions in the Democratic ranks
were forced to nut themselves on
record. and % Democrats, with all of
the Populists. supported Mr.. Lewis.
Mr.. Low. of New York, was the only
Republican to put himself on record
in support of the resolution. while s
Democrats and > Republicans refused
to vote. y senate resolution apprn-
priating $50 600 for the congress of the
Universal Postal union was adopted.
Senator TilIman. of South Carolina,
was heard from briefly and pointediy y
in the senate yesterday after a silence
of many weeks, and as usual his re-
marks served to arouse a lively con-
troversy. 1t occurred during the con-
sderatiOn of the free homestead bill.
Mr.. Morgan resented some sharp re-
marks of the South Carolina senator
about ''gobbling'' and stealing public
lands. The incident was closed by a
statement from Mr. Tillman disclaim-
ing any purpose Of being discourteous
to the Alabama senator. An agree
ment was reached for a final vote on
the free homestead bill at . p. m. to-
day. Early in the day Mr.. Morgan en-
deavored to secure vote on his Gu
ban resolution. 1t went over. how
ever. at the request of Mr. Hale. OF
Maine in order that speeches in Oppo-
sition may be made.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
Girl Wound Around a Shaft.

Baltimore, May 2-Jessie Stricklin, a
pretty cigarette girl, aged II years, had
a narrow escape from death at Marburg
Brothers factory early yesterday morn
ing. As the machinery started the skirt
of Miss Stricklin, who was standing close
to an upright revolving shaft, was drawn
into it, and in an instant she was being
whirled around it. Her screams were
echoed by her Mortified companions. A
dozen or more revolutions were made
before the machinery was stopped.
Nearly every bit of her clothing was torn
into ribbons. She was picked up un-
conscious, her head shoulders and breast
being covered with blood When exam
ined at the hospital the physicians were
surprised to learn that no bones had
been been broken and no internal in
juries inflicted. The girl is badly bruis-
ed and lacerated but will recover.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
Brutal Anarchists Exccuted.

barcelona. May 1. .-T The sentences
upon the anarchists convicted of COM
plicity in the bomb outrage of June :
last. at the feast OF Corpus Christi.
when a dynamite bomb was thrown
into a procession on its way TO the
Church of Santa Maria Delmar kill
ing a dozen outright and woundins
nearly 80 others, some Of whom have
since died from their injuries. We're
finally decided upon by the judicial
authorities yesterday. Five We're sen
fenced to death, and the remainder
will be deported. The executions took
place today. Two of the condemned
men We're married yesterday afternoon
to women who are also prisoners.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

GREAT fun was made three years ago of
the way the senate tore the Wilson tariff
bill to tatters, making upward of 500
changes. 1t is given out that the Re
publican members of the senate finance
committee have made one thousand
changes in the Dingley bill. Remem-
her this Is the work of Republicans
alone on bill that went through the
house under the czar's lash by a solid
Republican vote. Senator Jones, of Ar
kansas, the Democratic leader of the
senate, is of opinion the bill will not go
to the president before August or Sep
tember
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

A CAUCUS of the Democratic senators
and representatives was held at Harris
burg on wednesday night at state head
quarters. State Chairman Garman
made a speech in favor of the PittsbuIg
charter bill and arraigned the Republi-
cans for their alleged failure to pass a
ballot reform bill and other reform leg
Islation. Mr.. Garman instructed the
Democrats to prepare a statement show
ing the action of the Republicans on this
legislation to be used as campaign doc
ument No formal action was taken on
any of the pending legislation.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

Tallahassee, Fla. May 4--The Flor
ida legislature began yesterday its
third week of daily balloting for a
United States senator to succeed Viii
kinson Call. Apparently an election is
not much nearer than when the voting
began. Calls strength is now 30,
against % at the outset; Chipley's 50,
against "a. and Iianey's %. against II.
Call runs on each ballot from 6 to 8
votes ahead of Chiplev, but lacks a
dozen votes of an election. Chipley's 5
friends are confident that their man
Will ultimately draw enough from
Raney and the field to carry the day
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
A Deadly Joke.

Decatur, Ind, May 5.-As the result
of joke at Markle, near here, last
night, two young men lost their lives
and third is on the verge of death.
The young men, Davis, Kingman and
Bradenstadt, started out to have a good
time. They went into drug store.
while the clerk had his back turned they
took bottle labeled alcohol, bnt which
in reality contained deadly poison,
and secreting the bottle beneath their
coats, went to the edge of town and
drank the contents. In short time
they were seized with commissions and a
and physician was summoned, but he
could afford no relief. Two of the
young men died in terrible agony, while
a third is in hopeless condition.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

IL view of the Centennial Exposition
Just opened at Nashville it may be re-
called that Tennessee became the six
teenth star on the American flag. Pre-
viOus to Tennessee's admission Vermont
March 1, 179D and Kentucky June,
1922 had both Joined the original thir-
teen. Before Tennessee's admission in
TO the Union the flag bore fifteen stars
and fifteen stripes. 1t was after Ten
nessee's entrance into the sisterhood of
states that Captain S. c. Reid suggested
the plan, promptly adopted, of limiting
the number of stripes to symbolic the
original thirteen continental colonies.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

INVESTIGATION by the commissioners
of Greene county has developed the fact
that IS, 900 acres of land disappeared
from the assessors books and is escap-
ing taxation. Making allowance for
land occupied for roads, schools and
churches, it is believed that there is still
81, 900 acres not on the assessors books,
which should be there for taxation.
The assessors throughout the county
have been instructed to hunt up the I'M
taxed land
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

Is the rapid development of Southern
cotton manufactures Southern mills are
Sc nding their products directly to China
and other regions of far East. During
the last year the exports of cotton fab
rics from the United States amounted
in value to $40, $40, ,629, and of these
expectations China alone absorbed more
than $6,000,O00. While the exports of
Southern cotton fabrics to China are of
the coarser qualities, it is only a ques-
ton of time when, with the improve
ment in machinery and with the pay
ment of better wages, the textile fabrics
manufactured on the spot from the
staple of the south will command a
market not only in China but through
out the world.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
Plumbers ONT work.

Chicago, May 3.-About thirteen
hundred plumbers went on strike this
morning, and work on every building
In course of construction is at practi.
Cal standstill. The main point of diff
ference is over the employment of help
ers, the Union insisting that not more
than one helper be employed in each
shop. During the day a dozen master
plumbers, representing about hundred
workmen, signed the agreement. If an
attempt is made to hire nom Union men
to fill the place of the strikers a general
strike of all Unions affiliated with the
Building Trades Uniou may result
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

1.-The proposed tariff on lumber" the
Boston Transcript (Rep.) says, lis sim
ply measure TO pick the pockets and
crush the industry of large, useful and
influential class of American citizens.
1t is unecOnomic, unscientific, suicidal
The statements upon which this schedule
was made up are shown to have been
insidious and misleading. The result
will be TO strip the country not of an
annually recurring income, but of its
white pine principal, which at present
rates is within ten years of exhaustion,
and also to ruin large class of business
men in this country who deserve better
things. 1t does not seem possible that
men claiming to represent the people
will permit such measure TO have the
force of law. If they do. it will cease
to be folly and become iniquity."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

COFFEE consumers will be pleased to
learn that decline in prices is almost
certain to come during the present year
The visible supply of Brazil cOffees in
this country is now more than 800, 900
bags greaterthan the stock one year ago
at this time, and circular issued by
the great coffee importing firm of w. H
Crossman & Co. predicts a total crop OF
Rio and Santos this year of $3.50, ,O0O
bags, with the prospects of next year be
ing also much above the average.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
A Welcome Unherof,a az

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 Bttters. Combined with the descrip-
tive matter will. be found calendar and astrono-
mical calculations absolutely reliable for correct
ness, statistics. Illustrations verses carefully
selected, and other mental food highly profitable
and entertaining. On this pamphlet, ubIisffed
and printed annually by The Hostetter Com
pany. OF Pittsburg, 90 hands are employed in The
mechanical department alone Eleven months
are devoted to its preparation. 1t is prOcurabIs
iree. OF druggists and country dealers every.
where, and Is printed in English German
French, Spanish. Welsh. Norwegian, Holland
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

Next to reducing the cumbrous size
of the official ballot in the state the most
important amendment of the election
laws Is 10 suppress the numerous ''as-
sis.ed voters and their assistants, "
Until the constitution of Pennsylvania
shall have been amended so as to exclude
analphabetists from the suffrage the
election laws should require two mem
bers Of the election board to assist the
illiterate voter in marking his ticket.
As matters now stand every knave in
Pennsylvania who may wish to sell his
vote has only to pretend that he cannot
read; and then another knave is called
in to witness the sale.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
3. e B.
The Spring
Buying Time

New things to wear-may we
help you to plan for them-we
think we can, to your advantage
in good; to your pocketbook S
in prices. We've more and
choicer goods than in any former
season-they're being sold In
such way as is making this a
remarkable value-giving and val
ue-gettiDg epoch in the history
of the store and the thousands
who buy here.
Let US know your Dry Goods
wants, nc matter what they may
be. If any piece Goods are
wanted, Silks, Suitings, Wash
Goods, We'll send samples.
If auv other Goods, Suits, Skirts,
Chlldren's Garments, Boys Clothing,
Kace Curtains, we'll write you about
them unders;andingly. If you haven t
yet received the catalogue, well send
you a copy Makes no difference where
you live, we'll put you in such com
pleie communication with this store
will enable you To select easily and well,
and then buy in a way that will pay you
2OC ZEPHYR GINGHAAiS
1910
all neat colorings- strides, checks,
important offerings of the year-splen-
did STYLES for shirt waists and children s
dresses.
LARGE LOT NEW WASH GOODS,
S, 10, 12!. 15c-pretty effects,
80 inch irregular check mixtures-2OC-
all wool-tans, browns. gTeys-nlce for
bicycle suits or general wear.
Great offerings in new Dress Goods at
25C. 35C, soc to IS 90, write for samples
now.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

\ CITY of Mexico dispatch says;
About year ago Senator Don Cameron
was in Mexico City and was Hospitality
received by President Disz. On Thur
day morning presidend Diaz received a
magnificent horse, valued at SO, 900,
from Senator Cameron aa a present and
testimonial of his esteem. President
Diaz was highly graiiied. The freight
charges on the horse were $500 in gold.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

RECENTLY John B Duke, the million
aire cigarette manufacturer, testified be
fore the Lexow committee that he "'nev-
er smoked a cigarette" in his life. He
knows what they are made of, and
the example set by the manufacturer
should be followed by every lad in the
land
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

SENATOR FAIRBANK says: 1t is from
the farm that are to come the successful
men of the future. The great writers,
lawyers, and business men of the next
generation are among the farmers boys
of to-day. l. is true that few may
come from the city, but the majority
viii come from the country
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

1T has been decided by the Canadian
supreme court that Canadians who Wis
it the United States for divorce, without
intending to reside here, afterwards mar
~ and return to Canada, can be prose
cu.ed for bigsmy.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

4 VERDICT of 81, 500 was rendered
against the Massie Coal Company In
BeIleville, H., on the 18th inst. John
Leonardo the plaintiff, claimed his
health was permanently impaired by
improper ventilation of the company
mine
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
Father and Children Drowned.

Gallatin, Tenn, May 4.-John Nolfn
his two little daughters and another
man, whose name could not be learned
We're drowned Sunday in the river
above here. The skiff was overturned
and the father tried to take his chill
dren to shore, but the swift current
swept all four of them under, and they
perished in a few minutes after the
boat capSized.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
Fatality in n Mine.

Hazleton. Pa. May ANDREW Bro
deck. aged 40 years. was killed and
Andrew Tudor fatally injured at the
MilnesvilIe colliery yesterday by run
away car. The car was being hoisted
from the slope. when the rope broke
and the car dashed back. Brodeck and
Tudor were caught at the bottom and
ouried beneath the debirS.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
Saws RaiIroader- Live Double Lives

E''I '''III V'E'I'-I = II y IIVIIUIt- I-INt'-.
HollidaySburg. Pa. May 4.-WilIiam
]. Burke, Pennsylvania railroad
trainman, who had one wife in Al
toona and a second wife in Pitts
burg. was sentenced in court yester-
day to pay a sum for the maintenance
of his first wife. He Will also be pros
ecuted in the Allegheny county courts
for bigamy. Burke intimated after his
hearing that several trainmen run
ming between Altoona and Pittsburg
had wives in both cities.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

officials of the defunct Globe Savings
bank. with the exception of ex-Presi-
dent Spalding, gave bonds yesterday
and were released from custody. SpaId-
ing's bonds foot up nearly 1920. 600. and
he cannot furnish that amount OF
surety
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
The Weather

For eastern Pennsylvania and New
Jersey: Unsettled weather: probably
light showers; variable -nds For
District of Columbia, Delaware and
Maryland: Partly cloudy weather:
westerly winds
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

New York, Nav Clara Barton
president of the American Red Cross
society, has appealed to the American
people for aid TO the Greek Red Cross
society, and publishes cablegrams
from Athens urging the need for as
SiStance.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

A HAIL storm ruined the growing
crops in Rio Verde valley, San Luis Por-
tori, Mexico. Forty-one persons were
killed by hailstones. Some of the hail
stones weighed oyer three pounds.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

The most retroactive feature of the
Dlngley bill is the provision for paving
lack TO the big manufacturers their cam.
paign contributions
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
Pooling the Farmer.

Sample taxes from the Dingley bill.
with comparisons showing the over
whelming foreign competition 10 which
the farmer is subjected and what pro-
lection the ways and means committee
regards as Indispensable:
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
Duty, Unit,

Duty, United States Ir,,it,.l ST.
Dingley bill. 1896 iso.f
Farley, Doc. per bu- So :ss4 bu 76SDs s3I In,
Torn, loc- per bu.. ABS bu o., ,9g2, seS5 bu
oats, l5c. per bu.. 47, 500 bu I3OI2. $40 I'm
~ - ~. per pu- l5i bu 9eS, 416 bu
IN "hea'' -oc- per Du2,llO,O3O bu 60,65O, ,0SO bu
flour, 2oc. ad val. 1884 bbls I4.62D s64 Il,ls
Butter, &c. per h.. 52,O67 lbs 1888. .gI3 his
Potatoes, 25c p. bu.. 1920 bu 6S1 nlo D.,
iotaI value of these exports during
the fiscal year 1896. - slso o9a $40
Total value imports. I's6I IA
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07

Under the existing tariff bituminous
coal pays 40 cents ton. The Dingley
bill proposes to make this 75 cents. In
1885 the imports of bituminous coal
into the United States We're l,243, $50
tons. The exports We're 2,246, 2S4. The
figures for Canada were: Imported from
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, etc,
l23, 404 tons; from Quebec, Ontario,
etc, 39, ,9S7; from British Columbia,
627, 257; exports to these three divisions
respectively, 4I3 tons, 1871, ,3O2 and
1904 Canada now proposes in case the
Dingley rate is imposed to retaliate by
a high duty on our coal. which will
certainly not stimulate exports. Here
is an export business worth twice as
much as the corresponding import bust
ness, and it is proposed TO run the risk
of running the former for the sake of
screwing $3.50. 900 taxes out of the lat
ter, and this ON the plea of reviving
American industry. Can any sane man
fail to see that, even assuming that
imports do not fall off, it is hardly
worth while for the sake of a paltry
$3.50, 600 TO tempt Canada into running
an established business nearly twice as
large as that which is 10 yield the tax?
Yet this is the way in which 1.-THE old
thing works"