Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, August 14, 1908 Volume 42, Number 21 Death of Matthew Conley PRR Night Watchman of Wilmore Succumbs to Nervous Prostration Matthew Conley, one of the most respected citizens of Wilmore, and for twenty years, night watchman on the PRR, died of nervous prostration at St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburg, to which institution he was taken on Friday morning last for treatment for a breaking down of his nervous system. The deceased was born in Summerhill Township about fifty-five years ago and was a son of the late Brian and Catharine Conley and was highly esteemed in the community as one of the best of men. He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Miss Margaret, and by the following relatives: Bernard of Wilmore, a half-brother and by the following brothers and sisters: Patrick and Miss Catharine of Summerhill township; Michael of Lilly; Mrs. Travis of Gallitzin; Frank of Clearfield County; and William of Allegheny County. The funeral took place this forenoon after a high mass of requiem in St. Bartholomew’s church, Wilmore, of which the deceased had ever been a faithful member by the rector, Rev. Father James B. Egan. Interment in the cemetery near by. Died at the Age of 91 Mrs. Eva Miller Bales, mother of Mrs. John Bostert of Cambria Township, who lived about two miles west of Ebensburg on the Pittsburg pike, died at the Bostert home on Saturday morning, aged ninety-one years, four months and six days. Mrs. Bales was born in Germany and had been making her home with her daughter in Cambria Township for some time past. Her husband died many years ago. General debility, resulting from old age, was the cause of her death. The funeral took place Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, interment being made in the Holy Name Catholic cemetery. Dr. David B. Lewis Dead David B. Lewis, well known in this vicinity as an herb doctor, died at the County Home Monday night from tuberculosis, aged 70 years. He was admitted to the institution last March from this place. He is survived by his wife, whose whereabouts is unknown, and a nephew, Daniel Jones of Nantyglo. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon with interment in Lloyd cemetery. Another Death from Foolhardy Handling of Firearms Frank Lape, a Moxham youth, yesterday paid the penalty of foolhardy handling of a revolver while picking berries near Franklin in company with another boy named Albert Stemmer. Lape had, it appears, discharged two shots out of the revolver when a third, failing to explode, he turned the muzzle of the weapon towards him to examine the cause, when the cartridge exploded, the bullet striking him in the breast and ranged downwards toward the heart, from the result of which death followed in a few minutes. Funeral of Burley Makin The funeral of Burley Makin took place Saturday, after services at the late home of the deceased, by the Rev. F. T. Sigmund of the Baptist church. The remains were interred in Bethel cemetery, six miles west of Ebensburg. Death of Rev. S. G. Craig’s Mother Elizabeth, wife of Andrew J. Craig, of Tarklo, Mo., and mother of Rev. Samuel G. Craig, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Ebensburg, died at her home on Tuesday, July 28th. The deceased was a daughter of Rev. Samuel Swan, formerly of Johnstown, and a sister of the late Dr. S. M. Sawn of Johnstown. She left Johnstown in early life and moved to Illinois, where she married Andrew J. Craig. Besides her husband, the deceased is survived by brothers and sisters, among them Mrs. Dr. McMullen of Tarklo and Rev. Craig, already mentioned. Death of a Child Freddie Wilber, the ten-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Brown Henry of Cambria Township, died of cholera infantum on Wednesday last. The funeral took place after services at the house by Rev. P. J. Chilcote of the M. E. Church of this place yesterday afternoon, interment being made in Lloyd’s cemetery.