NEWS: Cambria Freeman; 3 Mar 1905; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich <millich84@hotmail.com> Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, 3 Mar 1905 Volume 39, Number 8 Items Local and Personal Miss Martha Richardson of Wilkinsburg is visiting relatives here. Prof. F. B. Ott delivered a lecture at Hooversville on Saturday night. Mrs. C. A. Fitzgerald is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fes Lloyd. Prof. L. S. Jones of Hastings spent Saturday at his home in this place. Mrs. W. Milton Brown of Johnstown is visiting her sisters, the Misses Lloyd. Mr. F. D. Gibson of this place has been ill with an attack of the grip several days this week. Mr. Con Brown of this place attended the play, "A Billionaire," in Altoona last Saturday evening. Ira Bloom, Wm. Kimball and T. Stanton Davis attended a horse sale in Indianapolis this week. Frank Gates, student at State College, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Gates. Mrs. Mame Davis is visiting her bother, Dr. Walter Shoemaker and family of Wilmerding. A. L. Long of Pittsburg who was telegraph operator here 10 years ago spent Friday with his cousin, Mrs. Jennie Griffith. D. J. Jones and daughter, Mrs. John Crouse of Johnstown, attended the funeral of their relative, Mrs. Jane Ott on Friday last. Mr. E. H. Frailey of Irvona is visiting his brothers, W. R. and M. M. Frailey in this place. He expects to remain about a month. Messrs. Peter Gutwald of Gallitzin and Thomas Callan of Cresson were Ebensburg visitors Tuesday and while in town paid this office a pleasant call. Miss Elizabeth Shand of Narbeth, Pa. and Miss Lovell Barker of Ebensburg are the guests of Miss Mary Hewitt on Allegheny Street. (Hollidaysburg correspondent in Altoona TRIBUNE) Mr. and Mrs. John L. Bowman and little son, John, are visiting Mrs. Bowman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Dick, of this place, on their way home to Blairsville Intersection from a [faded word] weeks' trip to Florida. Attorneys William Davis and Harvey Roland, councils for the borough of Summerhill, filed a bill in equity against the water company of that place in which is prayed an injunction, restraining the company from removing the water plugs from the streets of the village and leaving it without protection from fire. Local Items O. E. Wilkinson is suffering from the grippe. Mr. Duncan is confined to his home with pneumonia. Harry Tompkins of Carroll township lost a valuable horse last week. James Wherry of Garman's Mills spent several days in town this week. Miss Jennie Evans and Miss Margaret Griffith visited Altoona on Friday and Saturday. B. M. Luther of Carrolltown was transacting business in this place on Friday of last week. James G. Bradley a well known farmer of Bradley Junction called at this office one day this week. Ex-Judge John Thomas has returned to this place after spending several months visiting in Altoona. Mrs. M. J. Stoltz of Fenwycke Hall has had as her house guests this week, Miss Ella Evans, of Patton, and Miss Edith Blowers of Philadelphia. Mr. William O'Hara of this place had the misfortune Thursday of breaking his hip as the result of a fall on the ice. His many friends hope that no serious results will follow. Beaten with Pick Handle Benscreek, Feb. 27 John Mindosh, a miner, was pretty badly beaten up Saturday morning by John Moros and wife with whom he boarded. Moros, it is said, accused Mindosh of too great friendliness with Mrs. Moros and the result was a free- for-all in which Mindosh's head was bruised up with a pick handle. Although very painful the wounded man's injuries are not regarded as dangerous. Moros and his wife were arrested and taken before Squire Joseph Saunders of Cassandra, charged with aggravated assault and battery. It was understood that an attempt was being made to settle the case and the defendants have not yet been taken to Ebensburg. Capt. Stineman Ill Capt. George B. Stineman, brother of Senator J. C. Stineman, is ill in his residence in South Fork. He has been confined to his home for a month but within the past week his condition has been such as to cause his relatives considerable alarm. Disastrous Blaze Belsano, March 4 A disastrous fire began at Belsano at 7:30 tonight. The flames were discovered in the house of Henry Goldberg who left Belsano recently after the death of his wife. Though no one was living there the house contained considerable furniture over which there was a dispute as to ownership. The blaze could not be checked as the village has no adequate water supply and a bucket brigade was the only means of fighting the fire. The new Belsano hall was soon on fire and was soon destroyed. This building cost $1,000 and was owned by John Miller a miner at Holsopple. The houses of Charles Glass and Thomas Wilson were badly damaged. It is impossible now to estimate the loss. Some Heavy Weights Jacob Holtz, of Cambria Township, Monday killed several fine porkers. The largest one not yet one and a half years old, dressed 500 pounds. Another about the same age dressed 400 pounds. This is quite a record breaker for this season. Can any one beat it? Carload of Draft and Driving Horses Coming to Ebensburg Word has reached this place that Ira Bloom has purchased a car load of the best draft livery and high class driving horses to be had at the Indianapolis Special sale and anyone looking for a first class animal should call to see them next week. She Loves Him Still North Platte, Neb. March 1 Wife of Buffalo Bill Defends Her Character in Divorce Hearing Louisa Cody took the witness stand in defense of her character, which has been assailed by W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) in his petition for divorce. Mrs. Cody denied that she had ever attempted to poison her husband or that she had administered "dragon's blood" or any other poison for the purpose of getting control over him. Mrs. Cody testified that she was married to Colonel Cody at St. Louis 40 years ago when she was 22 years of age. "At the time we were married," she said, "Colonel Cody was employed on the plains of Kansas as a teamster and shortly thereafter became engaged as a buffalo hunter for the railroad contractors on the Kansas Division of the Union Pacific. He killed thousands of these animals which were used by the graders for meat." "In 1868 we moved to Fort McPherson, Neb., where Colonel Cody became a scout for the government. We lived at Fort McPherson for several years. The colonel went on the stage in 1874." "In 1893 we purchased our residence here in town. This was fixed up to good style and I prepared to welcome my husband home from England where he had been touring with his show." "Was this homecoming the occasion of the big banquet tendered by the citizens of North Platte to the colonel?" asked Mr. Halligan. "Yes, sir." "Mrs. Cody, did you ever administer a drug to Colonel Cody or any liquid that would injure him?" "No, sir. I never did." "Did you ever administer dragon's blood for the purpose of making the colonel love you more and other women less?" "No, sir, and I don't know what dragon's blood is. Never saw any and never heard of such a thing." "Did you ever give the colonel anything to make him sick?" "No, sir." "Did you ever poison him?" "No, sir." Mrs. Cody declared she had never told Mrs. Boyer (a witness for the plaintiff) nor any other person that she had drugged her husband to make him love her or gain control over him. [next three sentences torn in newspaper] and never used profane or obscene language. "Do you still love Colonel Cody?" asked the attorney. "Yes, he is the father of my children and I love him still." "Do you desire reconciliation at this time?" "Yes, I do but I think that the colonel ought to retract the poisoning accusation." "Would you be glad to see him now?" "Yes, I would gladly welcome him home." Mrs. Cody recited the incidents of the funeral trip from Spokane to Rochester, N. Y., when they buried their daughter, Arta. "Did you at that time or at any time threaten to denounce Colonel Cody at the grave of your daughter as his being her murderer?" "No, sir." "Did you ever send him a threatening telegram in connection with the matter?" "I wired him that I thought he had been the cause of breaking Arta's heart." A pathetic scene occurred here when Attorney Wilcox introduced a letter and asked Mrs. Cody to identify it. Tears streamed down her cheeks and between her broken sobs she said it was a letter from her daughter, Arta, three days before she died. Among other things written by Mrs. Thorpe (Arta) was the statement that the bringing of the suit for divorce by her father had broken her heart.