ESTABLISHED HY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 32. Letters from tlic E'coplc. I All communications uniler this head must be accompanied by the writer's name. We will not beheld responsible for any expressions in tins department. ]- - EDITOR. The Nation's (ireed. Our country has opened for crime a highway. Licensed it, christened it Saloon for the pay : For revenue nine hundred millions they tell Are paid by this thoroughfare leading to hell. When you think of the toll-gates studding this way. Thicker than mile-posts, so alluring and gay. Where all who heretravel pay tribute or toll To keep up the revenue, damning the soul. Of all the inventions the devil could plan To work on the weakness of tioor fallen man, None prove so successful for lust and desire As habits established by drinking hell-fire. This child of the devil was christened at birth IJy the wisest of nations—richest on earth— And parties and churches assist in licr need To fill up her coffers with revenue greed. And thousands of young men are ruined or slain For the ninety percent, the government gain; And this Juggernaut car is everywhere found. Loaded with felons for the -'State dumping ground." The License Power. Editor Press: I read with no little interest the article in your last issue under the title "Where are we drifting to?" and it stirred my soul to the very depths.. I would like to put a few facts before your many readers, hoping they may start more to thinking and that think ing may take to acting till this great evil be overcome with good. Where is the remonstrance ? Why did it not have at least a hearing? To think our temperance people could not have their say about one of these hell holes. How gladly some of our best citizens — as I happened to know —signed this i remonstrance only to be thrown aside, j while this wretchedness, caused by hosts of licenses, is allowed to exist. ! For shame. Take one of these vile ' places find put it in a town of this size j then watcli the result. Eighteen j licensed liquor establishments in a 1 town the size of Emporium—the fact is i appalling. May the judge who had the ; esteemed privilege (? of granting | these licenses get down before God \ and deeply repent of this sin, (if he J never has or never will commit an- \ other) will send him to that place of dar! do pair, where, with the liquor dealers and the drunkards he must spend eternity. -"Oh ! how shall guilty man contend with such a God?" If ladies dare not pass on ski-walk:! forfearolthe vile and insulting lan- j guage they are sure to hear by meeting tVie poor drunkard, what of the homes , of some of these drunkards? Mother and children groveling in poverty and want, who would be glad to gather the crumbs that fall from the table of ; our judge. Surely such things ought < not so to be. When I see the increas- ! ing boldness of the men who we place j in high positions, of the corruption of j such, of the liquor traffic, the grab and I greed system that is taking the life out of the common people, I sav we are j gone, hopelessly gone; there is no hope j for us unless we assert our christian ] manhood, rebuke this foul tide of cor- | ruption, place men and parties in i power that will stand for the right. If | one-quarter of our professing christians 1 were true to their God, to their fellow ! men and their convictions, Emporium ! would not be in the sad plight in ! which we find it to-day. Is it not time to enquire "where are we drifting?"; Must we be deprived of our rights? j Will our law-abiding citizens suffer 1 this state of affairs to continue? God j forbid! O! that God would raise up a j man in our midst like Neal Dow, who ! would never slack his efforts until our State had enacted and established its prohibitory law. Success will come on ; this line and never on any other. Some one has said when our law maker;; come to the conclusion that they can ; pass an act to guard the girls and boys of the nation against strong drink i as easily as they can protect birds, ; fishes, rabbits, doer and skunks they will certainly do it. They will by and by take as much interest in the protec tion of their own offspring as they do in the protection of the brute creation. I do not wish to be understood that 1 object t; the first, but I advocate the: latter as well. What will arouse the people; the I church going people? You tell me that the call of the church isr to save people from their sins, and so it is. But ! point out to you that on the last : election day she went in for "aving • everything but men, and with the ex- , ception of a few loyal hearts, stood for 1 saving gold, silver, precious stone.--, ! wood, bay, hides, wool, tin anything : but men, and she swarms with men in pulpit and in pew, who make a mock at sin, in party politics; and who get votes, and offices, and power, hy the destruction of the faith of more ner. every year than she even deals with. Let us take God for our guide and] go forth conquering and to conquer. In the name of our King, Awake ! ANOTHER CITIZEN. *,.* "The Letternjan Case." Editor fret's: — I feel that in the interest of justice and truth, as well as in vindication <y the j | torpedo boat Cashing or Dul'ont." | The official, whose name is with- j i lu-hi on account of the importance ! 1 oi' his position further stated that ! I the cause of Consul-General Lee's! j hurried visit to the I nited States < | was that he bore important docu- i ! ments—papers so valuable that | | under no ciieumstances could tlicy j i lie trusted to any attache or minor : | official. , The coining of Lee may or may | I l lot be true, but in any event the j . special train lias been standing in i the train shed here for the last six | ; hours with full steam up and crew i ready to assume their posts. At i the docks everything is on the j alert. The White Squadron cruiser ! .Montgomery arrived at Port Tampa \ this morning from Santiago de j Cuba, where she was ordered some j time ago by the Secretary of the I Navy. It was not until she was on her | way to the I*nited States that the ! officers learned of the disaster to i the Maine. A passing ship gave j the information, but it was not | given much credence. On arriv- j I ing at the bar last night, however, I | it was confirmed by the pilot. To-day the cruiser is taking on | 800 tons of coal at Port Tampa, | and to-morrow will sail for Key I I West. The concensus of opinion in this j j city is that the Maine was destroy- 1 jed by treachery. Cubans are tini | versally of the opinion that if was ! ! the work of Spanish deviltry, while ' tlie Spaniards claim that their peo ! pie would have had too much sense to have done such it thing, and when the maili r is lifted to its ut most it will be found that some Cu j bans with an anarchistic instinct did the infamous work. THE SIT I A TIOX (Jlt.VVi:. \VAS;II.N<; TON, Fob. —A promi nent New Kngland Congressman, who holds close political and per sona! relations with Secretary Long, had an extended conference with that official and with other officials of the Navy Department to-day, and who also visited the Executive Mansion, remarked to night as follows: "There is not the least doubt that iini situation is grave. "I do not mean to imply that the Government is expecting to be forced into a conflict with Spain from developments in the harbor in Havana, but ! do mean that ■ every preparation is being made ; for a conflict. This preparation is ' a precaution, because there is a feeling that something is going to ; turn up. The Navy Department i is making more preparation than the officials admit < >ui- war ves j sels in remote places are being called closer home, so that they can lie quickly placed. The four j monitors are being made ready, and there is a great deal of activity under t lie surface. IN TIIK SENATE. In the Senate Mr. Allei:,of Nebraska, introduced a series of resolutions re citing the horrors of concentration in Cuba and demanding an investigation by a committtee of five Senators. On j objection by Mr. Piatt, of Connecticut, j the resolution went over. When the Diplomatic and Consular Appropria | lion Bill was brought forward Mr. Allen moved as an amendment his res olution recognizing the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents, which had al j ready been reported favorably to the Senate hy the Foreign Relations Com mittee. This precipitated a warm de bate. The resolution was ruled out j on a point of order. The White Squadron is assembling j off Key West, as the result of orders ! sent out bv the Navy Department. Within a day or two there will he un i der the immediate command of Ad miral Sicard the following vessels: i New York, Indiana, Massachusetts, \ Texas, lowa, Brooklyn, Marblehead, | Detroit, Nashville, Montgomery, Erics : son, DuPont, Cushing and Porter. ! Admiral Sieard is still suffering severe jly from malarial fever. On the Pacific | coast work is being rushed on there- I pairs of the Charleston, Philadelphia, | Yorktown, Pensacola, Hartford and | Adams now at Mare Island. Major j General Merritt left New York yester day to inspect the defenses of the South Atlantic Coast. During the last few days, and again I last, night President McKinley has : been in earnest conference with mem bers of the Senate Committees on For- I eign Relations, Military Affairs and I Navy. Important plans to perfect the I two military arms of the service have I been considered and arranged. These j moves arc merely of a precautionary | nature, so that this country may be | prepared for any eventualities. Lecture. >Yrs. Ulara C. Hoffman will lecture in | Emporium March 19. Mrs. Hoffman j has a national reputation as a first j class speaker, and Emporium is for ! tunato in being able to secure her ser j vices. M. E. OLMSTED. Old Reliable Drug Store. People will find it to their ad vantage j to carefully notice the greatly reduced | prices set forth in the Old Reliable I Drug Store's new add, on oth page, I and also notice that a first-class phar | maeist is there ready to serve all who | come. Death of firs. Phoebe French. MRS. PHOBE FRENCH, aged 69 years, ' died at the residence of her daughter, j Mrs. E. L. Rcndt, Feb. 18th, 1898, after | a long and painful illness, Her remains j were conveyed to Greenwood, N. Y., | for interment. The bereaved daughter ! and friends have our sympathy in their j sad affliction. Returned from the South. j Mr. Henry W. Graham has returned j from an extended visit to his mother J and brothers and sisters, in South j Carolina, none of whom he has seen jin thirey-two years. He has returned ! greatly improved in health and ready to attend to business at his old stand on Broad street, where he will be . pleased to meet his customers. Outlet to Bailey Run. A i amber of citizens met at the : Warner House last Saturday to ex amine into the feasibility of building a wagon road from Emporium to Bailey Run, with a view to draw the trade from that section to Emporium. The committee having the matter in charge are investigating the plan and expect to have a report ready within a few I x * days it is agreed that a permanent road should be built, it being asserted that it would pass through good farm ing land. \ Pleasant Party. Grace and Forest Pye entertained a i number oi" their friends las: Friday evening. The evening was spent in playing games and dancing. Refresh ments were served at a seasonable ' hour and all departed for their homes with aching sides from laughing at the '! hearty jokes of Judge Brennan, who declared he never had such a "foine ' toime" before Those present were: ; Misses Martha Kaye, Nellie Lingle, '■ Mae Darrin, Bertha Bair, Florence > Gard, llattie Auchu, Encie Howard, t , Tacy Bloom, Lora McQuay, Katie 1 : Cummings, Lottie Fisk. Messrs Harry - Kaye, Don Larrabec, Wm. Kaye, Win, ' ' Bair, Cassius Shaffer, Edwin Darrin, >'j Ralph Davison, Elmer Kaye, Harry McDonald and Judge Brennan. Wanted. Experienced men to sell monu i mental work in Northern Pennsylva i nia. Address, 206 Centre street, Dun j kirk, N. Y. 51-2. Band Meeting, I All members oi the Emporium Band i art; requested to meet at the band i room, Friday evening, at 8:00 o'clock. S. FISK, Leader. Wanted. Salesman to handle our Lubricating Oils on commission in Emporium and .: vicinity. Liberal terms. THE EUCLID OIL COMPANY, Cleveland, O. A Success. The two-day fair held by the ladies ! interest-paying society of M. E. church, Monday and Tuesday, was a great suc i cess. Over 8150 was netted. Mrs. C. j M. Thomas, president of the society, i is entitled to great credit for her un | tiring work. Hade a Record. The fastest time on record on the middle division of the P & E. R. It. j was made on Saturday by Engineer i John Cashman with engine No. 2,088, and two coaches, one being a P. R. It. day coach and the other was a Pullman car of the Atlantic Coast Line. The occupants of the train were the members of the River and Harbor Committee of Congress and other dis tinguished Congressional gentleman, who had been at Erie to attend the annual banquet of the Lincoln Club of that city. The party arrived in Ridg | way on the noon train from Erie and i the fast run was arranged to get the j distinguished party east as far as Lock I Haven in time to connect with train j No. 12 at that place. The run was made from Emporium to Renovo in 55 minutes and from here to Renovo in 1 hour and 40 minutes. —Ridgway Advo cate. The "middle-of-the-roaders" .fere | quite numerous last Friday on account Jof the icy si'" walks. Lively Times in Emporium on Mon day and Tuesday. j Last Monday and Tuesday Mr. 11. C. 1 Kaye, of this place, who expected, ac ) cording to contract to leave for Alas ' ka with the Coudersport Klondyke . Co., caused the arrest of the general j manager of the Company. The mat | ter will be tried in our courts and not I wishing to take sides in the contro j versy we give below a history of the case: Several weeks ago Mr. H. C. Kaye, : of this place, signed a contract with ! the Klondyke Prospecting and Min | ing Company, of Coudersport, Pa., j wherein it was agreed that upon his j depositing a certain amount of money j with the Company he should become . I one of a party of four that the Com pany was going to send to Alaska this spring. All preparations for the trip , had been made and the party was in . tending to leave on Monday last, when, on Saturday noon, Mr. Kayo received a letter from E. C. Briggs, General Manager of the above named com pany, and who was to have charge of • the party, saying that ho had a sworn statement from a Mr. Jepson, who was also a member of the party, to the ef fect that Kaye had proposed to Jepson j that when t hey reached the gold fields ! I they should do away with Briggs, take i I what money he had and start out pros pecting on their own hook. Briggs said that the Company did not want anything more to do with Kaye and j that he should consider the contract as null and void. He also further i stated in his letter that if Kaye would let the matter drop where it was and i not attempt to make any disturbance that he (Briggs) would not make tiie i affair public. Mr. Kaye however believing it to be a scheme on the part of Briggs to de fraud him of the money which he had I deposited with the Company, immedi - j ately had a warrant sworn out for the arrest of Briggs, charging him with j writing a threatening and iutimidat ; ing letter for the purpose of extorting i j money and gain. The warrant was ' j placed in the hands of officer Yentzer i I who arrested Briggs at Port Allegany - i on Monday, arriving here with him on 3 the evening train. The hearing was ■i j held before Justice Larrabec, Mr. Kaye ' ; being represented by attorneys Green > ! and Johnson, while L. B. Seibcrt of ! i Coudersport appeared for Briggs. : I After hearing the evidence Briggs , was bound over for his appearance at 3 Court in the sum of six hundred dol , lars. e Mr. Kaye has resided in Emporium y j for several years and enjoys the re spect and confidence of our people.— Nothing that may be said by his ene '» mies will shake our confidence in his y integrity. His friends, and they are legion, will stand for him. TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. Republican Count v Convention. The Republican County Convention will meet at the Court House, in the Borough of Emporium, on TUESDAY. MARCH 22D. 1898. at 1:00 o'clock, p. m., j Forthepurpn.se of nominating one delegate to the State Convention, candidate for President | Judge, choose delegates to the Judicial, Cou greswional and Senatorial Conventions and tlie 1 transaction of such other business ah may prop . erly come before the Convention. By Order of County Committee, H. C. OLMSTED,Chairman. C. JAY GOODNOUGJI. Sec'y. r i Republican Primary Election. j In acrorriance with ;i resolution adopted by tlie i Republican County Committee, empowering the Chairman to call a Caucus and Cc itv Conven tion the Republican Primary elections for | Cameron county will be held oh SATURDAY, MARCH 19th, 18!)8. Emporium Borough—'West Ward, at City | Hall, at 7:00 to 8:30 p. m.,-4 delegates; Middle , Ward, at Council Room, at 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.,- 4 » delegate : Fast Ward,at Hose House,at 7:00to K:'!0 | p. m.,— 3 delegatpß. 1 I Shippen Township, at Court House, at 2:00 to . j -1:00 p. in.,(l delegates. | Portage Township, at Sizerville Bath House, ■I at 7:00 to 8:00 p. m.,—2 delegates. i Lumber township, at office of R. W. Barrows 1 at Cameron, at 1:00 to 3:00 p. m.. :j delegates. Gibson Township, at Curtin House, Drift wood at 3:00 to 5:00 p. m.,—2 delegates. Driftwood Borough, at Curtin Hotel, at 7:30 t09:30 p. m.,—3 delegates. Grove Township, at Joe M. Shaffer's, from 4:00 to6:00 p. m.,—2 delegates. H. C. OLMSTED, Chairman, j C.JAY GOODNOUGH. Sec'y. Political Announcements. All Announcements under this head must be . signed by tlie candidate and puid in advance to insure publication. ! PRESIDENT JUDGE. Editor Cameron County Press: SIR: —Republican friends from the several counties comprising this, the 25th Judicial Dis trict, have requested me to become a candidate ' for the Republican nomination of President » Judge. After consideration \ have concluded to .. comply with their request. Please announce in ' the CAMERON COUNTY PRESS to the Republican electors of Cameron county and this Judicial District, that I am an earnest candidate for the I nomination of President Judge, subject to the rules of the Republican party, and respectfully solicit their support at the primary elections, r I pledge myself, if nominated, to use all honor able means for my election to that responsible i office. Yours respectfullv. 4 11. W. GREEN. } Emporium, Pa.. Feb'y. Ist, 1898. Editor of Vic Press. DEAR SIR:—-Please announce my name as a j er.iididat** for the nomination for the oflice of President Judge of this 25th Judicial District, subject to the rules governing the Republican J party in Cameron county. Respcctfullv, I. C. JOHNSON. Emporium, Pa., Feb'y. 2, 1898. DELEGATE TO STATE CONVENTION. EDITOR PRESS : Please announce my nnme as a candidate for Delegate to the Republican State Convention, s«»loly in the interests of the candidncy of Hon. Uhas. \V. Stone for tlovernor. If elected 1 pledge myself tu use all honorable means to secure his nomination. T. W. GASICJIjL. Shippen. Pa., Feb. Bth, l£»s. Pressed Bricks. ■ j Those special bargains continue in ! clothing at N. Seger's. All winter goods going to suit the peoplo at N. Seger's great clothing i house. Run no risk of getting low grade meats and groceries. Our stock stands ' for Quality. DAY'S. N. Seger continues to give his cus tomers many great bargains in ready made clothing. , The Mclnnes Steel Works have com menced work preparatory to rebuilding their plant recently destroyed. Sizerville is located in Cameron county. The last rooster fight was over there. —Port Allegany Reporter. What has become of Emporium's base ball magnates'? Do not wait till the season is over before organizing a club. A man by the name of Wickerly had ! his log horribly smashed, below the J knee, by being run over by an engine i in the yards of the A. V. R. R.. at ' j Driftwood, on Tuesday. On Friday afternoon, at 2:00 p. m., a ! grand Washington birthday and musi , j cal entertainment will be given in the I High School building, by the scholars. I j Everybody invited to attend. . ' P. O. Chilson had a linger caught be , ; twecn a coal bucket and a car at the j W. N. Y. & P. coal dock on Tuesday ,I of last week, crushing it badly. Dr. . j Baker attended the injury, i j Lenten Specialties—Cod Fish, Mack. ■ ' erel, Herring, Domestic and Imported • I Sardines, Salmon, Lobster, Clams, L 1 Deviled Grabs. Try our imported Sar - j dines, 10c a box. DAY".-;. i The P. O. S. of A., entertainment as * , the Opera House Tuesday evening was ' | very largely attended, and an excel lent program rendered. Those who 1 attended declare it was the largest s gathering assembled in the opera house 3 for years i J. W. Yager had the misfortune to 112 lose the end of his little linger on the the left hand by getting too close to s the knife of an edger at Mankey's fur t niture factory last Friday. Dr. Baker - gave him surgical attention. Good Bread—the kind that is sweet, 1 light and wholesome, is eaten every day by those who use PILLSBURY'S !- BEST FLOUR. It will make whiter s bread and more of it than other kinds, e and costs, at present, but little if any more—§l.6o per sack. DAY,-. ITO. OS-