THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 33. 10 PAGES. HusiucHH Cards. B. W. GIIF.KN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Emporium, Pa. A business relating to estate, collections, real -states. Orphan's Court and general law business will receive prompt attention. 42-ly. J. C. JOHNSON. J.l'. MCNARNEY. JOHNSON & McNARNEY, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. EMPORIUM, PA. Will give prompt attention to all business en rusted to them. 16-ly. MICHAEL ISRENNAN, , . 1 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW | Collections promptly attended to. Real estate J and pension claim agent, 35-iy. Emporium, Pa. r . D. LEE I. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, j Emporium, Pa. To LAND OWNERS AMI OTHERS IN CAMKRON AND j ADJOINING COUNTIES. I have numerous calls for hemlock and hard- ; wood timber lands, also stuuipage&c., and pari ies ; desiring either to buy or sell will do well to call ; on me. *"• P. LEET. CITY HOTEL, WM. MeGEE, PROPRIETOR Emporium, Pa. Having again taken possession of this old and popular house I solicit a share of the public pat ronage. The house is newly furnishedaml is one of the best appointed hotels in Cameron county. 30-ly. THE 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 forthe accommodation of the public. New in all its appointments, every attention will be paid to the guests patronizing this hotel. 27-17-ly MAY UOULD, TEACHER OF PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY, Emporium, Pa. Scholars taught either at my home on Sixth street or at the homes of the pupils. Out of town scholars will be given dates at my rooms in this place. !■'. C. RIECK, I). D. S.. DENTIST. Office over Taggart's Drug Store, Emporium, Pa. , Gas and other local anaesthetics ad- j i >^E£S ! tministeied for the painless extraction ' Of teeth. SPECIALTY: -Preservation of natural teeth, in- i eluding Crown and Bridge Work. I will visit Driftwood tiie first Tuesday, and < Sinnemahoning the third Wednesday of each j month. RKWOVAL DR. A. W. BAKER Has removed to the Odd Fellows' building, j Emporium, Pa.—up stairs. Otttce hours: 7to 9 j a. in.,1 to :i and 7 to 9 p. m. antxi rcjjryaugxroriM —■ Political Announcements. All Announcements under this head muxt he signed by the candidate and paid in advarwe to insure publication. ASSOCIATE JUDGE. 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 A. WYKOFF. Grove, Pa., April 4th, 1898. Editor Press:— Please announce my name as a candidate for Associate Judge of Cameron county subject t<» the decision of the Republican County Conven tion. WM. BERRY. 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. 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. S. D. MeOOOLE. Driftwood, Pa., May 7th, 1898. COUNTY TREASURER. Editor Press : Please announce my name as a candidate for the nomination of County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Republican county Conven tion. If. C. OLMSTED. Emporium, Pa., June '27, JB9B. Editor Press: — Please announce my name as a candidate for Treasurer of Cameron County, subject to the decision of the Republican county convention. ( G. CATLIN. Emporium, Pa., June 28th, 1898. ffntiaan im I'liimiuwin mm' i1 ■ "icr rr n. nmgwi mi County Treasurer Thomas' Joke. The jokers arc now asking their friends to read the following. It is not hard to do. Try it: "Dewey 1, Schley o'.!, Sampson 022, and Mills will '2." HOW POSTMASTEK SEGER FIGURES IT. Postmaster Seger writes to the PRESS that it Dewey 1, and Schley 02, and Sampson 022, and Miles' \2, that Linares or Blanco will be 4-4-4 2 sur render. Hub Factory. The Davidge Mfg Company have moved the machinery from their Beechwood Hub Factory to Emporium ;ind are closing contracts for timber for the manufacture of hubs The company will employ a number of men and teams. One Clean Place. There is one place in town where every glass is washed in hot water and polished < can/ time it is used, l; i.s lots of work but it pays, because clean people •40 there for soda. You don't have tl ask where it is—Metssger's, of course. \ Pressed Bricks. Emporium base ball team plays Port Allegany boys to-day. An elegant line of ladies high col lars just received at Soble's. N. Seger will sell you warm weather clothing at prices to suit you. J. H. Day is serving his customers with choicest fruits and home-grown vegetables. Rev. Robert McCaslin will preach (D. V.) in the Baptist Church next I Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock. Don't think for a moment that you i can purchase ready-made clothing j cheaper than at N. Seger's. You can't. ! Many of our citizens complain that j their gardens are nightly visited and j vegetables stolen. Load your shot j guns. Wo would call especial attention to the flourishing condition of the First National Bank, of this place, as is evi denced by the report on fifth page. When you want a well-made suit of clothes, or anything in the clothing line, be sure you goto N. Seger's, I where you will be sure to get them. A large number of Emporium people left on the morning train for Port Allegany, to attend the McKean County Band Association and see the ball games. We regret that a very interesting letter from James Cassels, at League Island Navy Yard, is unavoidably crowded out this week, but will appear in our next issue. Make your boy happy by getting him one of those Dewey suits at ] Soble's. Ages, four to thirteen, coat, long pants and cap, at the extremely, low price of §1.50. Emporium's ball team has secured a valuable addition of material, in the acquisition of Messrs Morgan and Moore who have located here and will play with our team. Drink flalto=-Nutrine. It is just the thing fur that tired fuel ing, at HOCK WELI/M. Epidemic at an End. Dr. Baker, iuforms us that tin: typhoid lever epidemic on West Creek has ended and the last patient has been discharged. Now Don't Forget That Rockwell's i> tlu: place togo for soda water and ice cream, for the reason that the water is boiled and filtered, then I charged with carbonic acid gas. Syrup | jars are solid porcelain, so there can be | no impurities. Big Snake. While Messrs. Josiah Howard and J>. j W. Green were out driving on the West Creek road Tuesday afternoon, they killed a large rattlesnake measuring over five feet and carrying thirteen rattles. I The snake was killed in the road near J. j K. Morrison's farm. A Hot Contest. The Sterling llun-Emporiuin game, j played last Thursday, was one of the wannest games seen here this season. Sterling Run made four runs the first inning but were unable to make any more after that. Overturf. the Sterling Run twirler, had our boys "shooting ducks' up to the seventh inning, when they began to find him tor a few singles and in the last two innings pounded him all over the lot, bringing in seven runs. The game resulted in a score of 7 to 1 in favor of Emporium. The rowdyism shown at the ball games by a large number of the would be smart boys of our town is a disgrace and should not be tolerated any longer. The spec tators who go there to see a friendly con test between neighboring teams fail to see any entertainment in the cute (?) re- I marks, stale joke ; and worn out methods I of guying that are practiced by some of | the infants and real funny (?) boys, who ! are so conspicuous at every game. Such j methods fail to bewilder or ''rattle' 1 the I visiting team and are so disgusting to many of the townspeople who go there to witness a game that they iiave lost all interest in the sport and consequently the manager finds himself losiug, instead of gaining, that encouragement and support so essential for the equipment and main tenance of a good team. The I'] lk League teams have, by I mutual agreement declared that the above ! mentioned nuisance must be stopped during the playing of any of their games. Warning to Water Drinkers. j Don't risk your life drinking foul j water; you don't have to; our soda is I made from pure i/np (247 feet) //-»// water and is filtered and is absolutely safe and wholesome. .Metssger's, of course. For Sale or Rent. A good farm, consisting of 350 acres, | partly improved, for sale or rent. Ap j p'y to 22-2t H. J. SASSM-AN. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 28,1898. Victory Celebrated. The ratification of the recent Ameri can victory at Santiago, held on Sat urday night, was a thoroughly patri otic demonstration although the parade was not what it should have been in point of numbers. The majority of the business places and residences were gaily decorated and illuminated in honor of the occasion and the small boy with his tin horn was much in evidence. At a quarter after eight every whistle, fire alarm and church bell was made to sound its loudest tones for over five minutes and when accompanied by the booming of can non it seemed as if pandemonium had broken loose. During this time the parade was forming and at 8:30 it commenced moving down Fourth street, headed by the Juvenile drum corps and a dele gation of the P. O. S. of A., when it reached Spruce street it turned down Third and thence down Third to Alle gany avenue; up Allegany avenue and Fourth street to the Warner House where a ringing patriotic address was made by B. W. Green, Esq. At the close of Mr. Green's remarks, he led in giving three hearty cheers for the differ ent heroes of the present war, whose feats of daring have made their names honored and illustrious. The crowd then had the pleasure of witnessing the burning in eftigy, of Gen. Weyler, under the gas jet at the corner of Broad and Fourth streets, after which they dispersed. Much credit is due Mr. A. C. Blum, whose untiring efforts contributed greatly to the success of the affair. The Water Supply. Editor of the I'resn: — As the Water Company here have been pumping water out of West Creek to meet the demands of consum ers on account of the water in the reservoirs being low, and I hear many expressions of fear that the creek water may be contaminated from the typhoid fever epidemic at Truman,l deem it my duty as the attending phy sician to state that the public need have no fears of contamination, as all the cases were in houses at least two hundred feet from West Creek, and the discharges, &c., were properly dis infected and buried. It would be safer for people to boil the water before using while it is being pumped from the creek, as there are some drainages into the stream at different points above the pumping station. ALBRA W. BAKER, M. I). July 26th, 1898. For the Soldier Boys. On Monday morning the Women's Relief Corps of this place shipped a large consignment of "house-wives" to headquarters, where they will be for warded to the front for distribution among the soldier boys. These "house-wives" consist of a roll of little pockets, containing a towel, soap, comb, pins, needles, thread, but tons, darning cotton, etc., and when not in use can be rolled up and carried in a coat pocket. It is the intention of the Corps to forward another lot of these necessary and convenient articles to the front, in a few days, and any contributions of the above named articles or small amounts of money with which to pur j chase them, will be gladly accepted by the members of the Corps. New Rector. Rev. Father Jas. Lenahan, who has j been assigned to Emporium Catholic [ Church, in place of Rev. J. 11. Mc | Adam, who has located at Johnson | burg, arrived in town last Thursday and entered upon his duties. The I Rev. gentleman conducted services i last Sunday in St. Mark's church to a large congregation and his people are | well pleased with him. Father Lena j ban is a very pleasant gentleman and | we welcome him to our town. Fire From Lightning. j During the storm on Monday, liglit- I ning struck one of L. R. Gleason & j Son's bark stacks at Driftwood and set i lire to it. Located as it was, in the j centre, had it not been promptly ex j tinguished a more disastrous fire than | the one recently would have resulted, i ft was a lucky call. Resumed Operations. Last Monday the Mankey Furniture Company resumed operations with j almost a full crew of workmen in every department, and orders ahead to keep I the men busy for some time. The familiar steam whistle, calling the | men to work, sounds good. It Must be Good. Every one is drinking "cherry' ice cream soda, (lave you tried it? Ves— j Metzger's, of course. Celery is King, And at Rockwell's is where you get it. With Shafter at Santiago. j Edward Welsh left Emporium about j two years ago and enlisted in the regu j iar army, in Co. I), 13th U. S. Infantry, j JT.is relatives in Emporium were greatly I concerned about him, knowing that | his regiment participated in the fight |at Santiago. John A. Welsh, of Wat sontown, received the following letter on the 18th of this month. The letter was written on July 4th and smelled of carbolic acid, showing that it was thoroughly disinfected before arriving in this country. His father, Michael Welsh, sister (Mrs. R. R. MoQuay), and brothers Wm. 11. and Thos. W. Welsh, as well as Ed's many friends at j this place were greatly relieved to j hear from him. The following is liis ; letter: NEAR SANTIAO I>E CUBA, > July Ith, 1898, ) Bro. John —While we are waiting for the chances of surrender of the Span iards I will drop you a few lines. On the first of July we went on the firing line, and I never heard the sound of so many bulllets in my life. Men dropped all around me and in front, too, and when we went into the field we did not know exactly where we were togo, but go ahead we had to, because there was more danger be hind than in front. We took the hill after a desperate charge, and after we got to the top of the hill we shot at them while they were retreating. So now we have them completely sur rounded. Yesterday we sent in a flag of truce to ask them to surrender or be blown to pieces and to-day noon the flag came down, so we may expect firing any time. The other night they made a charge at us at 10 o'clock and lost 500 men and we took lots of prisoners. I hope it will end soon, as I think they will ] give in as Sampson has demolished their fleet. Well hoping you will en joy the Fourth better than 1 do, I re main your brother Since the above was placed in type Miss Loro McQuay, of this place, re ceived the following letter, which she kindly loaned us for publication: NEAR SANTIAGO, CUBA, I July Bth, 1898. I MY DEAR NIECE: —I received a letter ! from you to-day, that was written on ! the 14th of June, but I was glad to j hear from you all the same. It was i the first letter 1 received since the Btli j « r June. lam glad to hear that all are | well, as I am the same. Now I will give you a short story of J camp or war life. On the 19th of April i we left Governor's Island for Tampa, j Fla. Its the most sandy place in the j United States, the sand being about eight inches deep. The place is called White City, as the sand is white. We arrived there on the 23d of April and stayed until the Bth of June. There were 17,000 soldiers camped at Tampa and the surrounding country was full ,)f camps of all kinds—artillery, cavalry, infantry and volunteers from all over the United States. We were the first regiment to arrive there and almost the last to leave. On the morning of June Bth the general call for breaking camp was given and about eight o'clock we left camp for the train and arrived at Port Tampa at noon. In the evening we boarded the good ship Saratoga, ot New York and lay tied up I for two days at the dock, or until we were loaded, when we pulled out of tne bay and waited for the other ships to get loaded. On the 14th we started for Cuba and landed on the 25th, so i we lived on board of ship seventeen I days. There were about 1,000 men on j our ship and it was pretty well crowded | for sleeping room. We were not par | ticular as to that; wherever there was I room to lie down there we were. We had two bands with us, so there was jilenty of music. It seemed we were I going to some picnic rather than shed j our blood for the Cubans—they are a j dirty set of people and half naked at j that. But, it is so awful warm here j that little clothing is needed. Our bill ! of fare on ship was not changeable. ] For breakfast we had hardtack and j coffee; for dinner, coffee, hard tack and I some corned roast beef without salt | and once in a while we got canned beans and tomatoes; for supper coffee | and tack. That's the way we lived all i the time we were on the ship. We ] were out of sight of land for four days, , but we had fine weather. A couple of j nights we had severe storms—lightning | struck our ship on the night of the I 17th and tore away our top-mast, but done no other damage. Otherwise we l had a fine sail. We landed at Sibony. : Of course the ships could not get close j to shore, so we had to get into the I launches and be rowed there. We ■ stayed two days at Sibony and then j started for the front. Early in the j morning of July Ist, after camping at ; several places along the trail, we broke j camp and started for the battle-field, j While we wort; going along the road j bullets and shells were flying and ; bursting above our heads, killing men j right next to me We pushed ahead jto the firing line Oh! it was awful! The killed and dying and groans of j the wounded was something awful i One regiment broke and run and we ( had to take their place and as soon as we got on the line we made a charge j and drove the Spaniards out of their i trenches and we gained the hill and now we have them completely sur rounded. I was under fire sixty hours and it wsis pretty hot sometimes, but I have escaped so far. I will close now. Excuse dirty paper-—it was all I could get. YOUR UNCLE El>. Are You Hot? j Try a lemon (real lemons) phosphate I at Metzger's, of course. Death of John Vodack. John Vodack died at the residence of his sou, A. N. Vodack, at Glen Hazel, Wednesday morning, aged 65 years. Mr. Vodack came to Emporium in 1860 and engaged in "lumbering up to within a few years ago, when illness struck him, rend ering him a helpless invalid until his death. Ilis funeral, under the direction of funeral director George J. La Bar, will take place at Newton cemetery, to-morrow (Friday) immediately upon the arrival of afternoon train from the west. Rev. Rob ertson will officiate at the grave. Imperialism in Texas. "fall it imperialism' or what you will, but it looks to us like the popular senti ment in the I nited States in regard to territorial extension is to -keep what we get and rustle for more, and them's our .sentiment.-,'' .-ays the Dublin Telephone. If the country weeklies over the Union are as unanimous as those of Texas on the above sentiment the policy of the • iovernment may be said to be forming rapidly.— Dallas News. The Outlook. Throughout the state the Republicans are lining up for Col. W. A. Stone and the entire ticket and the Republican ma jority in this state will be fully up to the standard. Col. Stone will be a safe man in the office of chief executive of this great state. His ability, manifested upon all occasions, and his admirable record as a soldier of the civil war, will bring to the office that helpful experience so nec essary. Let the Republicans of Camer on county bury any differences that may exist in the party family and present a harmonious and solid front to the enemy. Cameron county should elect every can didate this fall and we can do it, if Re publicans will cease "pulling chestnuts out of the fire" to please the democratic party. We are glad to note a determina tion among the party workers, and the voters generally, to place the stamp of condemnation upon all efforts to keep up factional contests. None would welcome more cordially than the editor of the PRKSS every effort looking to the com plete reuniting of all elements of the party in this county, and stands ready to lend a helping hand. Our party in the state is now in perfect harmony, all factions having strongly urged the elec tion of our popular candidates by an old fashioned majority, we hope, and believe, Canitron county Republicans will join the van anil elect every man to be nomi nated later on by the party in convention assembled. Close up the ranks! At tention, old guard! Emporium as a Summer Resort. During these hot sultry days of mid summer it is customary for the great majority of city people, who are fortun ate enough to be able to take a summer outing, to hie themselves away to the sea shore or else retire to some convenient mountain town, where they can rent a little cottage and amid the beautiful scenery, pure mountain air, cold spring water, shady walks and driveways and other natural endowments so conducive to good health and recreation, they can rest and rebuild the worn out tissues of the body. To the average reader it must be obvious that in exchange for the above benefits derived from such mountain resorts, these summer residents must leave considerable money with business places and property owners of such towns in defraying their ordinary living ex penses, to say nothing of the many smaller incidentals incurred during their stay, which amount to no small item. It is for this last named reason that we would suggest to the businessmen of our little mountain city the advisability of their advertising Emporium as a natural summer resort and also make adequate preparations to accomodate those who would come by building, at a very slight cost, a few summer cottages. Emporium lias excellent railroad facilities, giving her quick communication with the larger cities throughout the state. Good driveways to surrounding farm ing communities, such as Whittemore Hill, Bryan Hill, Britton Hill, and through the different valleys leading to Emporium, could be easily made by im proving the highways now in use. In clined railways to run to the summits of the high mountains overlooking the town, that would answer for all purposes of passenger traffic during the summer months, could he easily and cheaply con structed and would prove a source of much profit to their owners. The tine trout and bass fishing afforded by our local streams would serve as a great in ducement to city sportsmen, who would no doubt come here, were our fishing and hunting grounds properly advertised. Tiierc is no reason why Emporium could not realize as much from her ad vantages as a summer resort as she would from a large manufacturing plant. Wanted. Children's Aid Society of Cameron county want a home for a boy baby four months old. For any information on the subject write MRS. J. J. HINKI.E, Pres. Emporium, Pa. TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. JORDAN BROS. Us> V If jj]l jfjll 1 J Dealers in 11 T Staple anrl Fancy Groceries, Dry |l— ' - Goods, Fresh, Salt and Smoked |H |i Meats, Fruit in season, Tobacco. JJI l'jl Cigars, Confectionery and ttrhool | J fjj Supplies. n! r m A. complete line of Fall ~r.d ■" Winter Goods. M, We would be pleased tohnv* , I iji you call and inspect our stock IJ.l J . jli'.j whether you purchase; or no*. Goods delivered anyw!».ore in pi own « s packed full of temptations for that matter, temptations in parlor and bed room suits and in every kind of furni ture, and unprecedented temptations in prices. Some people are always quoting from somebody, but our favor ite quotations are figures like these: Couches, $5, $6, $B, and §lO. Best Furniture. We have the largest liue ever exhibited in Cameron county. Geo. J. Laßar. NO. 22.