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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
swallow After Haywood.

Harrisburg August 30.-Dr. c. s.
Swallow, the Prohibition candidate for
state treasurer to-day called at the
State treasury. and requested State Treas
urer Haywood to permit him to see the
alleged indemnity bond which, it is
said, was given Mr.. Haywood to indem-
nifty him for any money paid out to al
legged Legislative employees who were car
ried on the rolls without being elected
or appointed. Mr. Haywood said that
he would not say whether or not such u
bond was in existence and that when he
retired from Office there would be no
bonds, notes or bills left against him,
and his balance sheet would be clean
He intimated that the request came from
political factions. DIR. Swallow con-
Strued this to mean that the state treas
urer refused to show him the bond and
said he supposed he would have to wait
until the expiration of Haywood's term
TO see the bond. The meeting was cor
dial In every respect.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03

II Is pow fn0alls certain, rays the
New York j, .liiHi, that hiinisief Wood
ford's frs business with the govern
mept of Spain will be to declare that a
longer be regarded with Indifference,
and to tender the good offices of the
United States with view to the imme-
diate separation of the Island from the
Spanish Crown. There is every indica-
ton that while this proposition will be
phrased in courteous and pacific Ian
guage, it will be accompanied by Wig
orous statement of facts pointing out
the substantial and uudeniable interest
which the people and government of the
United States have in quickly ending a
barbarOus and devastating struggle on
the American coast.
No one who has studied the situation
carefully can doubt what the answer of
Spain will be to proposal involving the
mutilation of her territory. The friend
ly counsel of President Mckinley will be
spurned with anger and contempt.
Mr.. Mckinley and his advisers in the
state department evidently anticipate a
rude response, and are prepared to take
This explains the conference which MIN
lister Woodford has had on the subject
with our Ambassadors to France
CHEAT Britain and Germany.
The American people have inpatient
ly witnessed the supine and invertebrate
attitude of the government in the face
of constant and deliberate provocation
from Spain. Our carrying trade and
commerce with Cuba have been almost
destroyed, more than twenty-five mil
lion dollars worth of American proper
ty in the island has been burned, our
citizens have been imprisoned and MUIR
dered with impunity, our coast has been
kept Ia a state of alarm, our naval and
revene steamers have bsen constantly
employed on our shores in the service
of Spain, our treaty has been violated
and our flag spat upon. The war is a
cloud upon our business, present and
prospective. 1t must be clear to every
thoughtful observer that the time has
come for stern action, and that Minister
Woodford's arrival in Spain is but the
prelude to stirring events. There may
be war or there may be merely talk of
war but the machinery is already in
motion. Cuba will be free.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03

The Dominion Surveyor for the
Northwest Territory in speaking general
ly of the extent of the newly found gold
region, says: 1--WE have a zone of up-
ward of 500 miles in length, some of
1t IN Alaska, more of it IN the northwest
Territory, and much of it in British
Columbia, which will yet be the scene
of numerous mining enterprises, both
on the quartz and the placer, the form
er practically inexhaustible,
This is the most definite statement
from an authoritative source which has
yet appeared in print respecting the area
of the new FL Dorado, and there is no
reason to question its approximate &C
curacy; for while gold has not been
found at ali points within the specified
zone, 1t has been found in a sufficient
number of places to outline the auri-
ferrous territory, and as the surveyor
says, 1t is highly improbable that the
intervening spaces, as yet unexpIored,
are barren. 1t is just as likely that they
may rival in richness the washinps of
the Yukon.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
I've niTes, trt srs fofinse.

Idgansbofl. Ind, August s5.~A
widows application for pehsion has
revealed an exceptional story of dual life
on the part of William Marshall. a oncs
prominent farmer and ex Union veteran
of Csss county in this state 1u 1863
Anna f. Woodl;ug, rich land owner
of this county, married William Mar
SD ALL a young man who had but recent
ly bse discharged from the army.
Nothing was known of Marshall, and
he suudiouSly avoided any reference to his
past history. He was industrious, and
by the assistance of WoOdling purchased
a small farm. Fortune smiled upon
him, and he becamerich.
About ten years ago Marshall was
killed by a premature discharge of a
blast, leaving his wife and seven child
rem real and persouol property valued al
$50, 900 and a $4,000 life insurance
A year ago the widow applied for pen
sion, but when the application reached
the department it was found tnat an
other woman, Mrs. Maashall. of Pitts
burg. Pa, had applied for pension a.
the widow of William Marshall. An In
vestigation proved that the Pittsburg
woman was the lawful wife of the dead
veteran.
At the beginning of the war he Joined
q Pennsylvania regiment, leaving his
wife and two children at Pittsburg, and,
as he never returned. she came 20 the
conclusion that he had been killed In
battle, and, after year of weary waiting,
applied for pension.
The investigation of the pension
agent having been made known to her.
the first wife now brings suit to prove
her title to the property left by her hus-
band
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03

The simple fact. says the Pittsburg
Dispatch (Rep,) that Treasurer Hay
wood advanced money to certain legisla-
tive employees and accepted small pri-
vate bond as security is not startling in
itself. The statement that the transsc-
ton was sanctioned by long usage-in
fact had become the custom in treas
ury management-is far more signifi-
cant. The amount involved in this par
ticular transaction might be lost with
out seriously embarrassing the State
The Importance of the whole matter is
In the light it sheds upon the methods
of treasury management.
The charge has been quite freely
bruited about that the treasury is carry
ing considerable quantity of political
paper as cash assets. The paper is de-
scribed as of the same character as the
reported bond, signed by certain poll
t:cians, with the difference that while
this one is new and collectible from re
sponsible persons-if i: has not already
been collected-the other is represented
as old and worthless.
The question is whether, in pursuance
of this ''long- established custom, any
papers or bonds have been passed along
from one administration to another as
cash assets, and if so, to what amount.
That question can be answered satlsfac-
torily to the public in only one way,
namely, by complete audit of the treas
ury for the past twenty four years.
Such an adult is demanded by public
sentiment, for whether the charges
which are floating about be true or false,
they should not be permitted to contin-
ue and grow upon uncertainty. They
should be definitely disproved or posi-
lively proven. Advancing state money
upon the security of a private bond,
while not good policy, might be safe.
but carrying such bonds as cash assets
is positive wrong. The public has q
right to know whether it is done or not.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03

On Tuesday Judge Edward n. Will
ard of Scranton. Pa, forwarded
by mail to Governor Hastings his resign
alton from the superior court. His rea
son, he stated was that he did not care
to be absent from his family seven
months of the year while going through
the safe in performance of official du-
ties. He has no future plans, except of
taking good long rest.
His successor will be chosen by the
governor, and will hold the office by ap-
pointment until January l, 1899. 1t is
too late for the vacancy to be filled a.,
the election this fall, so no party candi-
dates will be put before the voters until
November, 1898. The law provides
that the incumbent shall hold over until
after the next succeeding general cleo
ton in the event of the vacancy occur
ring within 80 days of the next general
election.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
Filibusters get Away.

Tampa, Fla, August 30.-One of the
most remarkable filibustering expedi-
tions that ever left the coast of Florida
sailed from Cleveland, about so miles
south of this city, early yesterday on the
Fearless.
a special train loaded with Cuoans
and munitions slipped out of this city
late Saturday night with lights out and
picked up men all along the line. The
train proceeded to Cleveland, where the
Fearless was III waiting. Col. Menen-
dez was in charge.
Large bodies of strange men have been
in the city for several days. They have
been closely watched by detectives and
the Spanish authorities, but their boasts
were so open that no one gave them Gre
dence They made no attempt at con
cealment until the very last hour, and
succeeded most admirably in slipping
away from the men who have been
shadowing them.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
Think Sue Mas BeWitched,

Syracuse, n. Y, August 29.-The
Onondaga Indian reservation is agitated
over the death of Ellen Crow, an Indian
maiden of 10 years, which has just oc-
CURED. She was the tieetest runner on
the reservation and won many contests
among the members of the tribe. She
also won the foot race between the In
dians at the Onondaga county fair last
year. The girl became ill few months
ago, and 1t was charged that Indians
who were jealous of her heetness had
bewitched her. The medicine man of
the tribe treated her and there were
dances and incan tations to drive out the
evil spirits, but all to no purpose. The
Indians think she died of diabolism, but
the whites say she was carried off by con-
sumption, disease which is very fatal
among the remnant of the Six Nations
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
With knife In Hand.

Lancaster, August 2S.-About mid
night the house of Carpenter Usner, of
this city, was entered by thief, who
mid in the room of Usner's daughter
Hattie, aged II years. The man had
entered the house before the family re-
tired and when he crawled from under
Miss Usuer's bed she saw him, as there
was lamp in the room. He had a
large knife in his hand and threatened
to kill the girl if she made the least out
cry and demanded to know where the
money was kept She told him to go in
to the front room, where he searched all
IF the drawers and found $40 This he
took, and jumping out of a window,
made his escape. The girl gave the
alarm after recovering from her fright,
but it was too late too late to catch the
man.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
Rich Find OF Copper.

Seattle. Wash, August 29.-W. A.
Dickey, of Seattle, who has just re-
turned on the schooner Helen from a
journey of exploration upon the Shush-
nita river, reports that new find of cop
per has been made on the Island of
Prince Williams sound, near Montaga
island. The lead is said to be 800 or
400 feet wide, the ore being peacock
copper, with !, 200, 600 tons in sight.
Dickey at the head of party Of five.
went mp the Shushniti river farther than
it had been explored. He and the party
reached the canyon, 200 miles from the
mouth, after encountering awful hard
ships. They discovered no gold.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
Child Carried on.

Casper, Wyo., August % "A 2-year-
old child was carried away by a noun
tain lion on Casper Mountain Thursday
morning. A fruitless se,rch has been
made by herders of tlocks and miners
day and night to find the baby. The
little one is an orphan, whose mother
died last year and whose father had put
it into the care and keeping of family
by the name of Henderson, who is herd
ing sheep ten miles from Casper at the
head of Ivy" Canyon.
At daylight Thursday Mr.. Henderson
arose and followed his flock, leaving the
wife and the orphan charge sleeping IN
camp. When he returned at O'Clock
for breakfast the woman WAS still fast
asleep and the BABY was gone. 1t had
awak ned and toddied off in It's night
dress.
A search was made for the little one,
and its bare feet tracks were found lead
ing to a spring nearly mile away.
Near the spring were found also fresh
tracks of a huge mountain lion. No
other trace of the babe has been found.
There is known to be a den of four lions
on Casper Mountain. No hopes are en-
tertained of finding the little one ali, e.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
A Fierce Battle,

Atlantic City, n. j., August 90 "A
battle royal in the surf at the foot OF
Michigan avenue this morning attracted
large crowd of spectators, who loudly
applauded the victor. The fight was be.
tween handsome setter dog and a large
shark. The dog was enjoying a bath
when he saw the shark swimming ius,
beyond the breakers. The canine a,
once attacked the savage-looking fish.
and the water for time was lashed
into foam by the struggle. The
dog was handicapped by the fac,
that the fish was in his native element.
but he finally killed the fish and brought
1t to shore, where it was found to meas
ure over four feet long. The four-foot
ed champion made his escape before any
one in the crowd discovered to whom b.
belonged.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
Killed by a Runaway Car.

Lock Haven, Pa, August 2S Three
Italians employed by the Glen Union
Lumber company boarded a truck to go
down the heavy grade of the narrow
guage road to the shanty, five miles dis
tant. The men lost control OF the car,
and, after running over two miles at
great speed, it plunged into car loaded
with timber. Barney Sallio had both
legs crushed and received a scalp wound
He died a few hours later George
Julian had his skull fractured, both legs
broken and was injured internally. He
cannot recover. Nick FIgeo, who re
ceived confusion of the hip and was
internally injured, may recover
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
semB WELCOMED fsues,
AB6thsf tut tspIsded ed Bis Afff.s
IN E.fis

In Paris.
PAs ). Sett, fi-aPfAsident Faufe ha.
returned to Paris. When he arrived
at she Northern raj n Dad stat ON from
Dunkirk he was received by the presi-
dent of the chamb, of deputies. NJ
Brisson, the president OF the senate, NJ.
Loubet. the general in command of the
P.iris garrison and his staff, and munich
pal councillors. After listening TO short
speeches of welcome. the presid, mt en-
tered a landau and proceeded to Elysee
palace by way of the Rue ia Fayeste.
the Opera. the Madeleine and the Place
de la Concorde.
Enormous crowds OF people lined the
route and the president was warmly
acclaimed. All the balcC nies We're
filed with spectators and the waving
of handkerchiefs and flags was to be
seen on all sides.
Ten minutes after the president had
passed the Madeleine, a bomb was ex-
ploded inside the railinps around the
church. Two arrests followed imme-
diately and the rallied enclosed was
closed by the police, who began an
active investigation into the outrage.
Nobody was injured 10y the explosion.
but the affair, following 20 C o ely upon
others of a similar nature. caused the
greatest excitement.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03

SOME of his expectant tlatterers are
V cry anxious that the features of Presi-
dent Mckinley shall be placed on one of
the notes issded by the government.
As he has been on both sides of the
money question, it is little difficult to
determine whether the counterfeit pre-
sentiment of the president would be
more appropriate on gold or silver GER
tIicate. However, it will not be found
on either for the present, at least, as the
portraits of living persons are not placed
on notes issued by the government.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03

HE German newspapers point out the
worthlessness of the reciprocity features
OF the Dingley law by showing that while
the American government could readily
afford to reduce the outrageous rates of
duty Is has imposed on foreign manu-
factures by a concession of 10 per cent.
or more, European governments would
be precluded, if desirable, from making
equivalent concessions because any such
decrease of duty on goods imported
from the United states would have to be
granted to all other nations on account
OF the most favored nations clause in
treaty stipulations. Reciprocity, as un-
derstood by the protectionists, is a game
OF tariff dicker. The Germans would
like to play, but they find the cards are
stacked" against them.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03

THERE is no time when Great Britain
Is not engaged in warlike operations
within its widely extended domains or
within territory that it is stealing from
some native tribe. The St. James Ga=-
cite prints list Of the "little wars" in
which England is now involved, and the
list figures up no less than nine in
Southeastern Europe, in Africa and in
Asia. Itis engaged in three distinct but
allied campaigns in Asia and four in
Africa, besides being involved in the
Cretan and Grecian troubles. The tenn
pie of Janus is open all the year round
as regards the British empire
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03

AT the present time there are said to
be fully four times as many miners in
the Klondike region as were there a
year ago. The food supply has not
increased, however, very much and
there is little more of a supply of susie
nance to be had in that country now
than in 1896. The thirst for gold is
Unsuitable and it is likely to bring with it
famine. Instead of finding wealth in
the Klondikc country it may be for
many the place of their graves.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
HACK frnnI GraNe

We cannot come but often stay our pro
gress thither. ID seSse. like everything else.
must have q beginning All chronic maIaiies
tend TO shorten life. and render II specIes OF
msrtyrdoD while they last. Malaria. hi .ney
complaint. chronic indigestion. rheumati.m-
all have small heginning.. and may be stayed ,t
the outset with HOstetter's stomach BItters
This excellent tonic and alternative is adapted
alike TO the prevention of disorders of the stein
and tn their removal aPd its early use Gao not
be too strongly adv Gated. To renew appetite
and insure tranquil rIst. there IL and
pleasanter means than the Bitters. The ef
iects Of OverwOrk and exhaustion. mental or phys
ica!. are c"unteracted by IL. and the busy mer
chant. the tired clerk or operative and the tor ia
weary student. author or Newspaper man. derive
from IL present relief and future energy
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
REPUBLICANS IoaM PLANS
A Meeting of the National Executive
Committee In Chicago.

a Meeting OF the National Executive
Committee In Chicago.
CHICAGO. Sept. 1.-The first formal
meeting of the executive cDmmittee
of the Republican national committee
since the convention in Detroit in July,
has been he'd at the Auditor. um.
Western and middle states were well
represented at the meeting. The fol-
lowing members of the executive COM
mittee were present: c. NJ. Wilcox,
Minnesota: l.. w. Billingsley, Ne
braska; Senator j. NJ. Thurston, Ne
braska +. l.. Marlborough, Michigan :;
ID. III. Stine. Kentucky; T. X Conway,
Iowa; George A. kurtZ, Indiana Mel
vile Hayes. Ohio J. C. Napier, Tell
n ssee: a. a. Milan. Indian Territory,
and President X. l.. Crawford, Ken
tucky.
Notwithstanding the fact that cleo
tions are still some distance in the fu-
ture. plan of action was drawn up
and agreed TO relative to the state cleo
tions in Marylant. irginia, kentucky,
Ohio. Iowa and Massachusetts, this fall.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03

HE taking of testimony was begun
Monday in the Luetgert murder trial at
Chicago, which promises to be UNIQUE
one In criminal annals. The defendant,
Adolph l.. Luegert, is charged with the
murder of his wife, whose body has not
been found, but few fragments of bone.
a lock of hair and an ornament or two
said to have been worn by her were dis
covered IN vat in the defendants sau-
sage factory. These few ghastly relics,
as we'll as testimony showing the motive
and opportunity for the crime, and the
defendants action at the time it is al
legged to have been perpetrated. are re-
lied upon to convict. The remarkable
feature of the case is the inability of
prosecution to produce more than
remnant of bone and hair alleged to
have been parts of the murdered wo.
man. This is sought to be accounted
for by the supposition that the BODY was
disposed of after the commission of the
crime by boiling and dIsolving it in
some preparation.
The expert evidence to show the posi-
slbllity of the disposal of the BODY to
such an extent will be one of the most
important as well as one of the most
novel features of the case. 1t is to be
regretted that such evidence must be
made public, for it is likely to stimulate
criminals to resort to the methods wb;ch
will be described by the experts wher
by human bodies may be effectually dis
posed of, and thus to increase the al
ready alarming number of mysterious
disappearance due to crime.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
Mine Strike Closes Railroad ShOps.

Dubois, Pa, August 2S The Buffa-
10, Rochester and Pittsburg railroad
shops, at this place, closed down indef-
nitely last night. This is direct result
of the miners strike. The roads
freight business is principally hauling
coal, and there being no coal for ship
ment there will be no need to build or
repair cars. Two hundred shopmen and
many railroad men are out of employ
ment on account of the strike, and near
81, 900 per day are lost to citizens of this
community.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
Arctic Explorers Home.

London, August 2S,-The British
steamer Windward, which left England
on June 10 last for Franz Josef Land, to
bring back from the arctic regions the
members of the Jackson -Harmsworth
expedition, who have spent three winters
near Cape Flora, passed Aberdeen to-
day on her return trip and signaled that
all were we'll on board
During the present summer the ex-
pedition was to make an attempt to
reach the highest point north through
an opening in Queen Victoria's Sea, the
open water discovered by Jackson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03

IHE ticket nominated by the Demo-
cratic county convention, at the court
house on Monday, is one worthy of the
support of every Democrat in the conn
". Ihey are men of high character
and with ability to perform the dut;es
OF the office for which each has been
named. That they will receive the vote
OF every democrat We have no doubt
AT some future time we will refer to the
candidates at greater length.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
Fine Residence i'm Ashes,

The boiling over of kettle of peaches
on an oil stove on Tuesday started a
blaze which completely destroyed the
handsome residence of John w. Carson.
at Levick and 6. streets, Lawndale. All
the contents went up in smoke, inclu-
ding the fine furniture. the library and
pictures. The members of the family
were even nuable to save their clothing
Mrs. Carson was the only one in the
house at the time, aud the fire spread so
rapidly that the neighbors who rushed
to her assistance were unable TO save
nothing but two bicycles.