ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866, VOL. 33. Business Cards. B. W. QKBHN, ATTO RNEY-AT-LAW, Emporium, I'a. A business relatiiiK to estate, collections. real estates. Orphau's Court and general law business will receive prompt attention. 42»iy. J. C. JOHNSON. J- MCNAHNKY, JOHNSON ft MCNARNEY, orney^at laWi EMPOHIUM, PA. Will give prompt attention to all business en rusted to thera. ltt-ly. MICHAEL HRENNAN, A „ ORNEY _ AT . LAW Collections promptly attended to. Heal estate anil pension claim agent, 35_ly. Emporium, Pa. J. H.CALKINB, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, DISTRICT ATTORNKY, Emporium, I'a. Office—South-west corner of Fourth and Cherry streets, two doors from Post Office. Special at tention giT6ll to collections. 30-33-13*. F. D. LEET " ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Emporium, Pa. To LAND OWNERS AND OTHERS IN CAMERON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. I have numerous calls tor hemlock and hard wood timber lands, also stum page &c., and parties desiring either to buy or sell will do well to call on me. F. U. LhEi. CITY HOTEL, WM. McGEE, PROPRIETOR Emporium, Pa. Having again taken possession of this old and popular house I solicit a share of the public pat ••onape. The house is newly lumished and is one of the best appointed hotels in Cameron county. 30-ly. T H E NOVELTY RESTAURANT, (Opposite Post Office,) Emporium, Pa. D. S. MCDONALD, Proprietor. Having assumed control of this popular Res taurant I am prepared to serve the public in the best possible manner. Meals furnished at all hours. Give me a call. 29-8-ly ST. CHARLES HOTEL, THOS. J. LYSETT, PROPRIETOR, Near Buffalo Depot, Emporium, Pa. This new and commodious hotel is now opened for the accommodation of the public. New in all itsappointments, every attention will be paid to the guests patronizing this hotel. 27-17-ly MAY GOULD, TEACHER OF PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY, Emporium, Pa. Scholars taught either at my home on Hixth street or at the homes of the pupils. (Jut of town scholars will be given dates at my rooms in this place. Ri:>IOVAL DR. A. W. BAKER Has removed to the Odd Fellows' building, Emporium, Pa.—upstairs. Office hours: 7 to 9 a. ni., 1 to 3 and 7 to 9 p. m. Political Announcements. All Announcements under this head must he signed, by the candidate and paid in advance to insure publication. CONGRESS. Editor Press: — Please announce that should the Hon. ('has. W Stone not be a candidate to succeed himself, I am a candidate lor Representative in Congress in the Twenty-seventh district, subject to the decision of the Republican district conference. F. H. LANG WORTHY. Warren, Pa., April 2ft, 1898. ASSOCIATE JUDGE. Editor f^ress:— Please announce my name as a candidate for Associate Judge of Cameron county, subject to the decision of the Republican County Conven tion. JOHN A. WYKOFF. Grove, Pa., April 4th, 1898. Editor Press:— Please announce my name as a candidate for Associate Judge of Cameron county subject to : the decision of the Republican County Conven tion. WM. BERRY, i Sterling Run, Pa., April Bth, 1898. »** Editor Press:— Please announce my name as a candidate for ! Associate Judge of Cameron County, subject to the decision of the Republican County Conven tion. JOHN McDONALD. Driftwood, Pa., April 20th, 1898. Dedication and Free Fight, Houses, W. Va., April 25th, 1888. Editor Cameron County Press: DEAR SIR: I wish to report a "hot time in the old town." On April 21th, the new Baptist church, of this place, was dedicated. The people from the back woods farms began to arrive about eight o'clock in the morning and a steady stream poured into town all day, although it was very rainy and wet. Tbere was an excursion train came down Dry Fork and the people just poured out of the mountains. The church cost $1,200 and Rev. Itaash, the pastor and founder collected about SIOO, which makes about SISO in all. The day of thcdedication was a red letter day with the natives. They had a free lunch which consisted of two baskets full with which to feed the multitude, but the reporter was not there to see how much of the fragment remained. All the young men were drunk and just before the train left for Davis there was a fight, just for amusement, in which one man nearly lost an ear. This is a day which will live long in the minds of the people BUCKLE. Mutthersbaugh--Wilton. Our young friend Wm. E. Mutthers batigh, night clerk in the P. & E. freight office at this place, will lead to the altar, to-day, Miss Emily Wilton, a very respected young lady of Drift wood. The PRESS and a host of friends extend congratulations. Clone to Hospital. Chas. Kresge, who was injured by the cars at this place some weeks ago, was taken to Philadelphia on Monday and placed in a Hospital. His foot does not improve and it was thought best by his parents to give him the best treatment. For Rent. The Emporium House, situated on the south side of Fourth street, Em porium, Pa., will be for rent after May 7th, 1898. B. W. GREEN, Esq., Emporium, Pa. MATANZAB BOMBARDED Shelled For Half an Hour by Our Warships. RETURNED FROM LAND. Result of the Engagement as Yet Unknown. Plnn of tlm American Expedition I.to unit Hold Some Suitable Spaniriii Territory In tin? I'liilippine Inland* HH a Hani) of Operation!* In A.lAtie Water*. It I. I'oft.ihle Till* Clin lie Ilone With out ait Encounter —No Fear* That a Spani*h Fleet Will lloinbard the Title, on the North American Coant—Many CountrieM Have Heclared Tlielr Neu trality 111 the I'renent Contest—No Fear* of Knronean Interrssii-u—Real Hostilities May He Delayed Until Next Fall. KEY WEST, April 28.—'The New- York, Puritan and the Cincinnati bom barded the forts at the mouth of Ma tanzas (harbor yesterday afterncnon. There were no casualties on our side, but it is believed that the hail of iron which pounded in the forts must have caused ' -- life to the Spaniards, but nothing is known definitely. The engagement commenced at 12:57 and ceased at 1:15. The object of the attack was to pre vent the completion of the earthworks at Punta Gorda. A battery on the eastward arm of the bay opened fire on the llagship and this was also shelled. About 12 8-inch shells were from the eastern forts but all fell short. About five or six light shells were fired from the ..alf completed jattery. Two of these whizzed over the New York and one fell short. The ships left the bay for the open sea, the object of dis covering the whereabouts of the bat teries having been accomplished. In the neighborhood of."00 shots were put on land from the three ships at a range of from 4,000 to 7 000 yards. Rear Admiral Sampson, when asked if he was satisfied with the result, said: "Yes, 1 am. 1 expected to be." The half-completed Spanish earth works and battery were apparently all plougn .1 up by rhells. All the ships engaged showed excel lent marksmanship throughout the en gagement, and when they were firing at the shortest range nearly every shell tool: effect. The forts which were bombarded were on a low lying point, and were considered merely 'earthworks. They did not make a good target, yet when the big guns were fired at the shortest range portions of the fort could be seen flying in the air at every shot. The flagship returned to Havana sta tion and the Puritan and Cincinnati were left on Matanzas station. TO i HPQiNT. ~ War New* Hotted Down From the Ks tl'll• ii*• I J cl. ;r nriiH. The vessel; of the American S'lim-i --ron steamed uv.;y for Mil's bey ' Manila. On Ward of one of the i was an insurgent chief, who is to 1 the Philip .; ,ie insurgent forces. »• Spanish v- :-rels are leaving Manila with passengers, and the Americans are anticipating the capture of rich prizes. The British coasting steamer Klllar ney, which has just reached Cork, re ports having rpoken the American four-masted ship Shenandoah. The Shenandoah is bound from San Fran cisco to Liverpool, and was reported to have been captured by the Span iards. An official dispatch from Manila an nounces that the fleet has sailed to take up its position to meet the Unit ed States squadron. The latter had not been sighted when the cable mes sage was sent, but the American war ships were expected at any moment. President McKinley will not direct the release of any Spanish vessels that have been captured by Rear Admiral Sampson's lleet. The question whether these ves.'-els or any of them are to bo released will be left to the judgment of a prize court. The torpedo boat Foote was fired on off Cardenas harbor. The Foote ran close in shore when three gunboats and one torpedo boat opened fire. One shot went right over the Foote and the lat ter, having only small guns, withdrew. A dispatch from Manila says that the Spanish have captured the Amer ican bark Saranac loaded with coal. The gunboat Elcano captured the bark and towed her into Iloilo, Philippine Islands. Colonel Leonard Wood left for the West to recruit the regiment of cow boys of which Assistant Secretary Roosevelt is to be lieutenant colonel. N. Seger's stock of spring and sum mer goods is the biggest and best stock of clothing ever seen in Emporium. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 28,1898. Alaska Letter. Bonanza Greek, Alaska, March 10, 1898. MR. IfENRY AUCHU, Kind Friend — I take great pleasure to write you in answer of your letter dated Sept. 27, 1897 and received here March Bth, 1898. The news that it brought were anxiously looked for. It makes our hearts feel happy to re ceive news from our friends and relar tives once in a while. 1 had written you a letter, also one to my wife, and after three months they were sent back. You can see it is hard to man age mail matter here. You wanted me to inform yon how our party are getting along. We are getting along quite >vell, but there are a few without fortune yet. Myself, Butler, Malett, Lyseett, Jarvis Goodman and Jas. Ly sett took up a 100 foot claim last fall to work on shares and left it, as nothing could be found. We lost our winter's work. They have a claim on Domin ion Creek, which I think will bring them a good profit. I heard the other day that they had refused §30,000 for it, but I think they will get more for it. I have a claim there myself, but I that I will lose it as I have net s.ttcr.2- to it but have placed it in the hands of a lawyer; don't think I will ever get anything from it. I sold all I had the other day for §15,000, consisting of my share in the claim I was working for Pelkey and claim on Bonanzo. U. Butler sold his share the other day for $6,500 and is working for us for $1.50 per hour. I have worked very hard this winter and am greatly reduced in flesh. Jas. Lysett will not do bad this winter. I think he will realize about SB,OOO. I take advantage of this opportunity to write as Mr Pelkey is going out to Seattle to transact business. I don't think he will goto Emporium for some time yet. 1 have worked some very good dirt this winter. The largest pan that I washed brought me SBB.OO. That same day I washed four pans that netted me $184.00. I washed many good pans this winter of $lO, sls to S3O per pan. The pans hold about one and-a-half shovels full of dirt. We use long handled, round pointed shovels. I think I can count on SB,OOO or $9,000 for my winter's work. 1 am satisfied that I came here, if I get out safely All the sums that I mention are very small amounts for this country. There are many men here that have from SIOO,OOO to $300,000. 1 know quite a number who sold out last spring for $25,000 to 30,000 and squandered it all during the summer. They don't care any more for gold than you do for gravel. They go into saloons and blow in SIOO for a treat. It goes fast at fifty cents a glass. Flour from $125 to $l5O per sack; beef $1.25 per pound. There are two small saw mills here, with a capacity of ten to fifteen thous- | and feet per day. Lumber sells for $175 to S2OO per thousand feet If you were here with your mill and lumber yard full it would not take long to clean it up. Last summer we could get our meals at a restaurant for 1.50 per meal, but I was in town the other day and had to remain two days. It cost me $3.50 per meal and $2.00 for a poor bed. The regular rates are: Per day, bacon and beans, 10.50 per day—beds extra. We had a nice winter—about 3A feet of snow. Had one cold snap and the register stood 64° below zero. Four men were frozen to death. This is about all I can think of at present. Remember me kindly to your wife and family. With kindest regards to you and inquiring friends, I remain as ever. Your friend, ED. DION, i [Translated from French by Frank Morris.] ! —EDITOR. Summary 1897 Weather. The annual mean temperature for j Emporium last year was 48 (i degrees, i which was six tenths degrees below the normal temperature, or in other words I each day last year was short six tenths ' degrees of heat, or 216.3 degress de-! ficiency for the year; the highest ! temperature 95 occurred on sth day of July, and the lowest 13 below zero on > January 31st. The total rain-iall, in- ! eluding melted snow was 38 89 inches, j which is seven inches below normal; i 5.28 inches fell in July, and only .94 of an inch in October; 40 inches of snow I fell during the year. There were 125 I days on which rain or snow fell; we had 120 clear days, 147 partly cloudy days, and 98 cloudy days. The pre vailing direction of the wind was from the west. Will Enter the Navy. A private letter from Dr. W. H. Ulsh informs us that he expects to be ! assigned to duty this week, lie passed very creditable examination. JUNIOR BUCKTAILS NOW ORGANIZING! A volunteer company, to be known as the "Junior Bucktail Company" of Cameron county, is now being formed at Emporium. The business rooms of the PRESS office are being used as temporary recruiting headquarters until suit able rooms can be procured. Any able bodied man between the ages of eighteen and forty-live and not less than live feet, four inches in height will be enrolled in the com pany. As soon as the enlistment roll contains one hundred and three names, the company will be organized and commence drilling, so as to be ready in case they should be called out. Public School Entertainment. The entertainment jnven by the public schools last Friday evening was one of the best ever given in Emporium and those who failed to see it missed a rare treat. That the pupils were well trained was evident from the fact that not a single break was made through out the entire program, which certainly reflects much credit on the ones who had the training in charge. The May pole dance, lily, parasol and fan drills were executed perfectly, while the singing and comic manouvers of the two little Chinese brought down the house. The play entitled "The Hoyden" which was given by a cast composed of pupils from the High School, elicited much applause and held the interest of the audience till the close. The music by the High School Chorus was fine and clearly demonstrates the advantages to be obtained from the teaching of music in the public schools. Emmanuel Church. Rev. Prescott, of Port Allegany, will exchange places with Rector Rob ertson next Sunday—morning and evening. The Rev. gentleman is an able talker and thinker and our readers will profit by attending Emmanuel church next Sunday. On account of the Baccalaureate services, the services in the evening will be changed to 6:30 o'clock. Commencement Exercises. The commencement exercises of the Emporium High School will be held Thursday evening, May sth, 1897. Reserved seats will be on sale at Harry S. Lloyd's Tuesday morning, May 3d. TWO HAPPY LADS. Came Down from Emporium to Enlist and Are Now Reserves. Ex-Senator Landis, who is now Chief Coiner at the Mint, was busy yesterday morning, calculating on the possibili ties of the necessity for extra coining for war purposes, when his office was entered by two stalwart lads, one of whom handed him the following letter: EMPORIUM, Pa., April 25, 1898. Hon. John 11. Landis, Chief Coiner, U. S. Mint, Philadelphia, Pa. DEAR MR. LANDIS: - This will be handed to you by Mr. C'assels, of this place, who goes to Phila delphia for the purpose of entering the navy of the United States with the laudable ambition of helping to thrash the Spaniards. He is, as you will notice, a finely built fellow, and i3 all right clear through. He was raised along the ocean and is at home 011 the water, and wi