2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.! H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. C*r year 85 00 paiO lu advance 1 -D ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published nt the rate of pne dul.ar per square for one insertion and fifij ier square for each subsequent insertion. Rates bv tlte year, or for six or three month* are low and uniform, and will tie furnished on rpplicat on. Legal and Official Advertising per square tbroe times or less. each subsequent inser >lo i 0 i cuts per * quarts Local notices lu cents per line for oneinser tartlon: 5 cents per line lor each subsequent •ou-ecutive Insertion. Obituary notices over five lines 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of births, mar riages and deaths will be Inserted free. Business cards, five lir.es or less. <5 per year, over live lines, at the regular rates of adver ting. No local Inserted for less than 75 cents per Issue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the Phesk Is complete and affords facilities for doing ih<- best class of work. Pahiicui.au attknuon paid to Law Printing. No paper will be discontinued until arrenr fges are paid, except at the option of the pub isher. Papers sent out of the county must Vie paid lor In advance " 1 I Wings Like a Dove. Man long sincis ceased sighing for ' wings like a dove, that ha might fly | o the uttermost parts of the earth, i I and began practical experimentation j in imitating nature's handiwork. ! Overcoming the law of gravitation was least difficult. The problem of | propulsion was easily solved. The ' problem of adequate control and re- j liable power of direction has been the , challenge to the aviators. that i is being successfully met, and the day of the airship is at hand. The an nouncement that Count Zeppelin has sustained flight for two hours, during which his airship was manipulated in the most complicated maneuvers, in dicates that the reward of success has come to his persistent effort and ex penditure. From possibility to prac licability may be but a step, remarks the Boston Herald. Inventive genius which has made the impossible pos sible will not hesitate at the task of rendering it practical and usable. The removal of the half-nude statue of Washington from the plaza in front of the national capitol building is an encouragement to others who are tor tured by statues representing the dark ages of art in America. It is evideatly not impossible to secure the domina tion of public statues which time and the maturing taste of the people final- j ly condemn. If, says the Springfield Republican, a competent art commis sion could be empowered to pass upon the curious assortment of slatues now raised in public places throughout the United States, Including Washington itself, the slaughter would be terrific. The decision of the British admiral ty court that the cruiser Gladiator was alone to blame for the collision with the American liner St. Paul off the isle of Wight during a snowstorm last April is a complete exoneration of the officers and crew of the American ship. There had been intimations that the testimony would be the basis for such a finding, but the formal verdict is conclusive and gratifying. The affair, resulting in the loss of over a score of lives, was most lamentable, but the d« cision of the court shows that Ameri can seamanship was lu no wise at fault. What will the women say to the as sertion recently made by John Burns, president of the British local govern ment board, that the "servant prob lem" arises not so much from the scarcity of good servants, as from the incompetency of present-day mis tresses to manage their help? Whether his charge is true or not, a girl without training for (he work will find it a* difficult to run her house and direct her servants as her husband would find if he tried to direct a business wilh'jut first learning how. Louis Honore Frechette, who died recently, was the unofficial poet laure ate of Canada. He wrote in French, and his work lias crowned by the French Academy. Longfellow hailed him as the "pathfinder of a new land of song." As a poet he was born, so to speak, in two nations. One of his poems, "Le Drapeau Anglais"—"The English Flag"—suggests his allegiance to the British flag and his affection for that other flag, the flag of France, which, as a French poet, he kissed on bended knee. In the popular outcry against tainted money and the abuses of wealth there is often too much disregard of the vast sums which are paid to further tlie in trinsic interests of humanity. SiK'h a gift as (hat which Mr. Phipps has just made (o enable science (o fight one of the worst foes of human existence, re marks the Baltimore American, ought to (hrow a large weight in the balance when the uses and misuses of riches are weighed in the scales. Mr. Flagler's retirement froan Standard Oil, on account of his ad vanced years, would seem to be par donable, though he is not thereby wholly freed from carking cares. A man who is almost an octogenarian, and who has got several hundreds of millions of dollars on his hands, has need to be anxious lest be may die disgraced. REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS JOIN GREAT CROWDS THRONG CINCIN NATI'S STREETS TO GREET REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. FIREWORKS, MUSIC, RED FIRE City Outdoes Itself in Making Jolifica tion of Ceremonies—Visitors Throng City from Far and Near. Cincinnati, O. —Hon. William How ard Tuft on Tuesday accepted the Republican presidential nomination. His official notification combines a political jubilee for the city of Cincin nati and its environs, an historic gathering of national patry leaders. Notification day broke with a roar of cannon from the seven bills which looked down at 7 o'clock Tuesday morning through the customary haze and smoke to discover the city in the flutter of animation, bedecked and gar landed, liags flying and banners wav ing. streets thronged, bands playing ami a budding carnival of riotous en thusiasm in the process of going into full bloom. The notification ceremonies at the historic old Taft mansion on Pike street were led up to and followed by minor displays in the program of the day. These ceremonies wer? impres sive in directness and simplicity, in the appropriateness of the surround ings, in the presence of national party leaders and visiting Republicans from Ohio and the surrounding states and in the regard and pride of the neigh bors and personal friends of the can didate —citizens of Cincinnati who for the first time have been honored by the selection of a presidential candi date from their number. Hen. William H. Taft. The name of "Taft" was on every lip and the "Taft smile" was com mented on as being universally in evi df nee. It was half after nine o'clock when the crowds began to participate in the exercises. This early ceremony constituted a simple expression of neighborly affection. Charles P. Taft was made custodian of a huge Amer ican flag which was raised to the top of a HO-foot mast erected in the front yard of the Taft mansion—the gife of the people of Cincinnati to the Taft family with the single stipulation that it be raised whenever the candidate is in the city and lowered during his absence. The presentation was made the occasion for an invocation by Bishop David H. Moore and an ad dress by former Congressman Jacob Bromwell and a response by Charles P. Taft. The yard and streets had been thronged with people from early morning to witness the flag raising ceremonies. "America," sung by the assemblage, selections by a band and by members of the Yale and Wood ward alumni formed a part of the pro pram. Benediction was pronounced by i Rev. George A. Thayer. Meanwhile a 1 band concert was being enjoyed by an immense crowd surrounding Govern ment Square some blocks away and i marching clubs were making practice marches entirely independent of or ! tiers or conditions under the fluttering ; Hags in many streets, j A long line of solemn looking car ! riages appeared before the Hotel Sin ton eariy in the forenoon and the mem | Iters of the notification committee of j the Republican national convention, | augmented by the numerous members j of the national committee who bad i come to att nd the ceremonies pro | ceeded to take their places for a pro | cessional drive to the Taft residence ] tf> partake of a notification breakfast, j This little feature was devoid of all ceremony. With the hour of noon the i party filed out of the old colonial front j doors to the places assigned on the j broad porches with their fluttering | canvas covering constructed for the j occaison. Young Man Kills Father. j Kankakee, 111. —Andrew I inns', a prominent resilient of Cullom, IS j miles southwest ol' Kankakee, was shot and killed by his 21-vear-old son, Albert Haag, Tuesday, following a family quarrel, in which the elder Haas had driven his wife and hired girl out of tlie house. Aged Eanker Passes Away. St. Joseph, Mo. —Thomas Tootle, <ged 89 years, millionaire merchant and banker of St. Joseph, died here ( Tuesday. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1908. Senator William Warner of Mis souri, past comma:.der-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, chairms of the notification committee escorted Judge Taft to the substantial platform which projects out over the old stone steps leading to the entrance to the mansion. Mr. Taft was smiling and happy from early morning. The porches and lawn were reserved for ticket holders, the street being the free-for-all field. A band stationed directly in front of the platform on the front walk kept the assembling crowd in a merry mood. Senator Warner's speech of notifica tion was brief. With the speech over the scene was shifted for the review of the parade, A platform with a canopy cover had been thrust through the high iron gates of the mansion out over the side walk. On this Judge Taft took his stand' and the marchers were given their way for nearly two hours. Marching club after marching club were here to salute, shout, wave flags, canes, hats; receive smiling acknowl edgment to stir their enthusiasm afresh and then give place to other clubs from other sections. During the parade the notification committee sat on the covered porches to admire and applaud until the end of the procession was in sight. Automo biles followed the last marching club and the committee members were taken aboard and whisked through the city into the suburbs, out to the famous Cincinnati Country Club where later upon being joined by Judge Taft they were served with an ealborate but informal luncheon. Meanwhile in the city the end of the ceremonies were marked by the re lease of hundreds of tiny balloons and a considerable number of large ones. Daylight fireworks were set off in the Government Square, the banns played and the crowds continued their demon strations. The day's festivities were brought to an end by a night program of fire works from the hills, surpassing any previous display. This was witnessed by the candidate, the notification com mittee and distinguished guests from the steamer Island Queen, which was escorted up the Ohio river by a llotilla of profusely illuminated smaller crafts. When the landing was made shortly before midnight Mr. Taft was escorted to the Taft residence. Probably never before has the city been more profusely decorated than now. By day the streets were a mass of waving colors, while by night count less electric bulbs outlined tall build ings in vari-colored splendor and formed decorative designs of unusual beauty. Following the suggestion of the local committee in charge of notifica ticn day arrangements the American flag was almost exclusively used in the decoration of the city and from prac tically every down town building the stars and stripes were fluttering throughout the day. Several of the taller "skyscrapers" of the city, rising sixteen stories and more above the sidewalk displayed a flag from every window, the effect being the most striking of any employed in the gen eral decorative scheme. The down town streets and the thoroughfares leading to the residence of Charles P. Taft at Fourth and Pike streets early were thronged with visitors, sight seers and residents of the city anxious to witness and' take part in the day's celebration. Judge Jacob H. Bromwell, who made the presentation speech, declared that the demonstration was in 110 sense partisan or political. "For the time being," he said, "we have obliterated party lines and ignore national platforms. We are here simply as citizens of Cincinnati and as friends, neighbors, admirers of William Howard Taft." The flag was accepted by Charles P. Taft, at whose house the candidate will make his campaign headquarters during September and October. NEGRO IS BURNED AT STAKE Texas Mob Takes Woman's Assaulter from Sheriff —Fagots Are Heaped in Pv-olic Square. Dallas, Tex. —Tad Smith, 1S tears !of age, a negro, charged with j criminal assault 011 Miss Viola De lancey at Clinton, Hunt county, Mon- I day afternoon, was captured by ofil i cers early Tuesday. The young woman identified him. ! The prisoner was then hurried toward | the Greenville jail. Before arriving tlirre, however, a mob of citizens overpowered the of ficers, took the prisoner and prepared to hang him. This idea was given up, however, and the mob agreed to burn him at the stake. Fagots were piled up in the Public Square at Greenville, and the negro wa splaced thereon. Kero sene oil was poured on and a match applied. Smith slowly burned to death while a thousand' people wit nessed the execution by fire. Independents Put Ticket in Field. Chicago.—For president, Thomas L. Hisgen of Massachusetts. For vice president, John Temple Graves of Georgia. This is the ticket putin the fiel.l Tuesday night by the Independ ence party, following scenes of riot ing and threatened bloodshed'. John A. Van Rensselaer Released. New York City.—John A. Van liens selaer, who was arrested 011 Mon day of last veek for writing a threat ) ening letter to his mother, Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, and who spent a few days in the psychopathic ward at Bellevuo hospital under examina tion into his mental condition, was dis | chaiged Tuesday in the Tombs police j court. Lawyer Waddington, ropre i seating Mrs. Van Rensselaer, appeared j at the hearing and said that tho prts i oner's mother would be content to j drop her complaint. PRODUCTION IS INCREASING TRADE CONTINUES TO GAIN EACH WEEK, ALTHOUGH IRREGULAR Hopeful Feeling in the Primary Mar kets for Cotton Goods—New England Shoe Business Reported Quiet. New York City.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Trade* reports continue to indicate moderate net gains each week, al though progress is irregular. Some sections make much better exhibits than others, the southwest leading, while improvement is slowest at the east. There is also a similar irregu larity in returns from the industries, some occupations gaining steadily while others proceed erratically. The net result, however, is a larger volume of business in the aggregate, and com parisons with this time last year are especially cheering, when it is con sidered that a year ago all records up to that time were being eclipsed. More plants have resumed, wholly or in part, but there are still many un employed. At a further slight reduction in price ol' Bessemer pig iron the Pittsburg market has experienced increased ac tivity, and other markets are some what busier, including coke ovens at Connellsville. .Most finished steel lines are quiet; new contracts coming forward slowly and for small quanti ties, but specifications on old' orders aggregating a fair tonnage. Each week the production of all the mills increases slightly, more plants con stantly resuming, although usually on part time and with reduced forces. More inquiries are received in the primary markets for cotton goods, and there is a hopeful feeling regarding the future, but actual transactions are still restricted. New England shoe manufacturers report business quiet since the de parture of western wholesalers, and mail orders are not large. YOUTHFUL INCENDIARY HELD A Cleveland Young Lady Starts Fire Which Threatened the Lives of 200 Girls. Cleveland, O. —Gertrude McDonald, aged 18 years, of Akron, arrested at the House of the Good Shepherd, charged with attempting to burn the building Friday, is held at central po lice station pending an investigation by the state fire marshal. The fire, which burned a hole in tho wall between the lavatory and sleeping room, threatened the lives of 200 girls. Ellen McCarthy, living in the House of the Good Shepherd, was examined |by Deputy Fire Marshal Brockman. She discoveerd the fire and gave the 1 alarm. "I went to the lavatory a few min utes after Gertrude McDonald had been there," the girl told Brockman. "The room was filled with smoke and a fire burned in one corner." Girls in the dormitory, awakened by Ellen McCarthy, smothered' the lire with blankets and bed clothes. Patrolman Stout of the second pre cinct arrested the McDonald girl. The girl was taken before detec tives and sweated, but refused to give any information. Other girls told' the police that Miss McDonald set fire to several brooma and a pile of waste paper. A BLAZE IN THE QUAKER CITY The Hamburg-American Line Pier Burns, Entailing a Heavy Loss to Shipping. Philadelphia, Pa. The Hamburg- American line pier, 46 South Delaware avenue, was destroyed by a spectacular fire Friday night, entailing a loss es timated at $400,000. The fire is sup posed to have been started by crossed electric wires. The German steamer Albano from Hamburg was anchored at the pier and had to be towed' out into the river. The cargo of the boat was 011 the wharf and was destroyed, together with great quantities of gen eral merchandise, including 1,000 bales of burlap. A train of freight cars was on the tracks in the long wharf shed and while the tire raged Ebbert Ham ilton ran a locomotive out 011 the pier and ran the train out on the Delaware avenue tracks, where it was deluged by the firemen. The burning bales ol burlap sent up dense cloud's of smoke and a number of firemen were over come. One fireman fell overboard while fighting the blaze and was res cued with difficulty, and another was hit by a falling beam and so injured that he had to be taken to a hospital. The pier burned from end to end. Establishes New Zone. I San Diego, Cal. —Forest Supervisor Harold A. Marshall 011 Friday re ceived official notice from Washington that President Roosevelt lias estab lished a zone tiO feet wide along the Mexican border, the land of which is withdrawn from settlement. The pur pose of this action is to render it more ditlie-ult to smuggle Asiatics over the line into this state. Student Injured in Collision. Chicago, 111. —Carl Burton of Au rora, 111., a student at the University of Chicago, was probably fatally in jured in a collision between an auto mobile and a cab at Michigan avenue and Madison street Friday. Boy Starts Several Fires. Carterville, Mo. —Alter starting sev eral fires, one of which destroyed a livery stable, and just alter trying to ignite a woman's clothing, Klsa Stringer, 13 years old, was ar rested Friday t Picked Up in^#-j I Pennsylvania I FRANKLIN.—A heavy rain storm, accompanied by a high wind and much lightning, caused heavy damage to crops in the country. YORK. —Rabbits are so plentiful in York county that snakes are making raids 011 the young cottontails and killing them in large numbers. BUTLER.— - T he Standard' Plate Glass Co., employing 500 men, is run ning full after the usual summer shut down of two weeks for repairs. WINDBER. —Antonio Popenta lived three hours after his throat had been cut. Popenta and two companions got into a dispute over a card game. HARRISBURG. —The state depart ment of agriculture has arranged to place 70 lecturers on the staff of its farmers' institute division next year. KITTANNING. —E. Hoover, a liv eryman and farmer of this place and East Franklin township, had 18 head of sheep, valued at $l5O, killed by dogs. G R E E NSBURG. Westmoreland county, in the vicinity of Greensburg and Mount Pleasant, suffered a great deal from a severe wind and' electrical storm. BUTLER. —Dr. E. L. Wasson of this city has brought in a 250-barrel gusher on the Patton farm, near Bak erstown, close to the Allegheny coun ty line. BERLIN. —The large barn of Har vey L. Countryman, two miles north of town, with all its contents, was de stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at SII,OOO. PHILADELPHIA.— Mrs. Sarah Eliza beth Stetson, widow of the millionaire hat manufacturer, John B. Stetson, was married to Count Santa Eulalia of Portugal. WASHINGTON.— A large barn be longing to J. A. Addleman at Castile, Greene county, was totally destroyed by fire, together with its contents. The lots was about so,ooo. LANCASTER. —Matthew Arms. 05 years old, was ground to death under the wheels o* a 1)., 1,. & W. railroad train that was running on the tracks of the Erie railroad two miles east of Lancaster. WASHINGTON. —Finding it impos sible to handle the output of coal at the Catsburg mines with present equip ment, the company has given orders for the erection of two new tipples. One tipple will be for river and the other for railroad shipment. GREENSBURG.— Greensburg has a mania differing slightly from Pitts burg's suicide wave. The county jail contains 11 men charged by their wiv?s with threatening to murder them. One woman has had her hus band arrested five times within two weeks. OIL ClTY. —Because he is alleged to have told shopniates that George F. Bower, a laborer, stole lumber from the factory, "and would take anything he got his hands on," Joseph Kansel inan, a fellow employe, is sued by Bow er for SI,OOO damages for defamation of character. HARRISBURG. —Judge Kunkel has granted a nolle prosequi in the capitol case against Frank Irvine, the de fendant, whose case was severed be fore the other defendants were ac quitted' in the last trial. Irvine is thus freed from any connection with the capitol case. WASHINGTON.— The biggest piece of blown g'asswaro ever turned out in the United States was. successfully blown at the Phoenix glass plant here. William Pastors, a skilled blow, r, did the work, which was perfect in every respect. The piece of ware was a huge g'obo ordered by a Los Ang?les com pany. CANONSBURG.—'T. F. Home, to gether with nine men in his employ, John Klein, Nick Klein, Peter Klein, Martin Malto, Joe Sully. Valentine Stock, rt, Joe Shurhert and' Thomas O. Farrel. all of Cecil, were arrested by Constables J. J. Miller and Samuel Swan 1- r 'iking fish from Chartiers creek Illegally. OIL CITY.—The badly mangled body of William Mawhir, aged 25 years, was found lying beside the Pennsylvania railroad tracks 20 miles north of Spartansburg. Ties have been found 011 the track at that point, evidently intended to cause a wreck, and Mawhir was employed by the rail road company to patrol the line. It is thought ho was struck and kill?d by the Pittsburg express. BRADFORD —B. F. Sisley while en gag ! d in hauiing hay was thrown from tlie load to the ground, striking on his head and' shoulders and break ing his neck. He lived but a few minutes. INDIANA. —The body of Robert Tozer was found In u field near Glen Campbell, lie was about 8S years old and a veteran of the civil war. When last seen Tozer was on his way to Belwood, arid had over SIOO on his person. When foupd his money was gone. , ! LANCASTER.—Detective Edwin 51. i Gerlaeh shot and' killed a negro burg i | lar north of this city. BUTLER. .Mrs. William Kliuger i and .Mrs. J. P. Allen were slightly in : jured when a runaway horse struck I their rig and they were thrown out. KITTANNING. Apple wood bor ' ough, a suburb of this place, has voted in favor of a school bond issue of $6,- 000, and a new school building will be erected at once. WASHINGTON.—A fire which con -1 sumed an oil derrick, a 200-barrel tank of high grade oil ami machinery and buildings adjoining the well caused a loss of about SIO,OOO. CONNELLSVILLE.—During a fierce electrical storm John Condren, 14 years old, of Dunbar, was instantly killed by lightning while standing in front of a dresser in his bedroom. WASH INGTON.—I lurricane, cloud burst and lightning left many thous and dollars' damage in their wake, when a terrific storm swept over the northern portion of Washington, county. MEADVILLE.—Joseph, the 8-year -1 old son of Attorney Joseph Stadfelt of j Pittsburg, had an arm painfully i crushed at Conneaut lake while he was riding in a boat. His arm was- I caught between the boat and a wharf, WARREN.—Jacob Oferlee, whcv lived on the .Miller road six miles from here, was shot and killed' by T. F_ Divilbliss, his neighbor. Oferlee and Divilbliss were on bad terms for some time, having had trouble about the use of water from the Oferlee farm. PHILADELPHIA.—After choking Joseph A. A. Vaughn, a bank runner,, and robbing him of $1,900 on a Chest nut street trolley car, an unknown : man dashed through the car, madly j thrusting aside a score of passengers. | and, leaping to the street, escaped. PlTTSßUßG.—Motherless and their father unable to work more than a few days in nine months, are three infants which were brought to the Northsid'e police station recently by j neighbors, who took charge of them j following the death of tlie mother. LANCASTER.—The northern end of Lancaster county was swept by a ' heavy thunderstorm. The Cornwall railroad bridge at Manheim and the ; bridge at the same place of the Lan ! caster and Manheim Electric railway | over the Cliickies creek were washed" away. JOHNSTOWN.—D. E. Park of Pitts burg. who has a summer home at Ebensburg, lest a valuable pair of horses, which died after they had been driven almost 50 miles. It is thought the excessive heat and the' exertion of a mountain journey caused their death. CONNELLSVILLE.—Dennis Ker win, tax collector of Dunbar bcrough for the years 1903-04-05, was arrested ! charged by John McDowell, one of his bondsmen, with the embezzlement of $2,000 of the tax money. It is alleged he collected the money and failed to turn it over. He was released on bail.. PITTSBURG. Charges of graft and protests of innocence growing out of the construction of a $300,000 school : building in McKees Rocks were aired in court, when Borough Solicitor Ed | ward P. Duffy, for the citizens' com j mittee, filed application for an Injunc j tion to restrain further work on the ! structure. H ARRISBU RG.—Formaldf hydc, 111 | constituent of embalming fluid, has been discovered in two samples of milk taken by agfnts of the state at. Homestead and in one procured near Greenville, in Mercer county, and Dairy and Food Commissioner Fount has ordered prosecutions commenced I immediately against the vendors. PlTTCßUßG.—Because John Skf'l ton, the only American present, danced' with an Italian belie at a ball , held at Bridgeville, several men dragged him from the dancing floor and began to stab aiu! slash him with rtillettos and barlow knives. Skelton was removed to th:> McKees Rocks hospital, where the physicians placed , 2S stitches in his wounds. NEW CASTLE.— "Can an Italian of to-day love as strongly as Dante loved Beatrice?" Admirers of the Florentine poet who are members of |an Italian literary society here are said' to have debated this question re cently. No satisfactory solution was reached and Nicola Isolda, I! 0 years old, is in the hospital with probably fatal stab wounds, while Raphael Con morato is in jail. BEAVER FALLS—Fire entailed 8 loss of $2,000 to the stock and fixtures of the ice cream and confectionery j parlors cf N. E. Corrin &• Co. in the Lincoln apartment building of 1.. I Straub. Other tenants suffered loss I by smoke. KITTANNING.—The plant of the Kittanning Sand' Co. at Cowanshan- I nock was sold by the sheriff to J. B. | Hill for $3.100. Labor claims aggregat j ing $2,300 were filed against the con- I cern. as well as judgments aggregat j ing $3,000.
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