LAY LIN IS NAMED. Hoad3 tho Ohio Republican State Ticket. (oniriitlon at 4'oliuulMm ( liixxe* Del' Convention, Listens to "Key note" Speeches, Adopts a Platform of I'liiict plea and Adjourns. THE TICKET: Secretary of State- —Lewis C. Lay lin. Supreme Judge- —.lolin A. Sliauek. Member of Hoard of Public Works —Charles A. Goddard. State School Commissioner—L. I). Donebra ke. Dairy and Eood Commissioner —J. E. ISlackburn. Presidential Electors-at-Large—Col. Myron T. Derrick. Gen. W. P. Orr. Delegates-at-Large Senator l-'ora l« r, Gov. .Nash, Gen. Dick, Gen. Oros it'iior. Alt erna t es-a t -Large—ll on. Cha rlcs Foster, lion. Myron (). Norris, Hon. . C. llrown, George A. Myers. Columbus, April ~s.—The republi can state convention made a great demonstration here Tuesday. Usual ly there is only one keynote speech— that of the temporary chairman but there were two yesterday and the one that caused more comment than any other convention speech in the history of Ohio republicans was by Senator llanna. It was very much of a llanna day, without discordant notes. Several delegations called on him in a body and he responded in short speeches. At the district meet ings in the afternoon his friends were selected on the new state committee and all other committees. When Sen ator llanna entered the convention hall there was a great demonstration and he was forced to bow acknowl «dgments from the platform. After prayer by Dr. Thompson, president of Ohio State university, State Chairman Myron A. Norris, of Youngstown, in calling the conven tion to order made quite an address, but there was no reference to old is sues. Then Hon. Robert M. Nevin was introduced as the temporary chairman and he made a decisive hit, especially in the peculiar emphasis he put on the words "as an admiral" in referring to Dewey. Mr. Hanna then spoke at length. The districts were then called for the members of the committees on credentials, rules, order of business, etc. After announcing that all com mittees would be expected to finish their work last night, the convention adjourned until morning. Columbus. 0., April 26.—The repub lican state convention here Wednes lay was of national importance. The delegates and alt erna tes-at-la rge are close personal as well as political friends of President McKinley and the platform is just as it came from Washington, with the addition of the anti-trust resolution and the omission of the Poi'to Rican resolution. The so-called "Hanna" slate on delegates and alternates-at-largc and the state ticket went through without any breaks. There was opposition to Food Commissioner Hlackburn, but he was running for a third term, and to (ien. Grosvenor for delegate, from the friends of ex-Gov. Hushnell. When Hanna said he would not serve as a delegate there was a mo tion to strike out Grosvenor and in sert Foster. Mr. Foster declined. The resolution making l'oraker, Nash, Grosvenor and Dick the dele gat es-at-large was adopted. Then Grosvenor offered a resolution by which the four alternates-at-largo were also selected in a bunch, with out any of the forms of presenting names or balloting. The resolution was adopted and the convention ad journed. Following is a synopsis of the plat form: The St. Louis platform of 1806 is Indorsed; McKiniey's administration is praised and his renomimition and "lection urged: the claim is made that all the pledges made in 1806 have been kept; that prosperity is here, and that the gold standard has put the country's finances in perfect shape; McKiniey's expansion policy and the treaty of Paris are praised; the continuance of the war in the Philippines until the natives are sub jugated is urged; a declaration is made for legislation to promote an I'nited States merchant marine; thanks were tendered "Senators For aker and Hanna and the 15 republi can congressmen from Ohio, who stood unflinchingly for republican principles and sustained the adminis tration of President McKinley;" Nash's administration is praised and the legislation enacted by the late legislature is indorsed: legislation v hicli will give to the municipalities of the state a uniform system of gov ernment is advocated. As to trusts: "We stand committed t<> legislative and executive opposi tion to thi' threatening combinations of capital that seek to restrict com petition, and st i lie independent pro ducers; we invite capitalistic invest ments material to the industrial de velopment of the state and the larg est employment of labor, but we in sist that injurious combinations shall lie forbidden, and so-called trusts be regulated and restricted as to guar antee immunity from hurtful monop oly." Will CSlve Work to tlie Idle. Victoria. I>. April 35. —Arthur P. Curtis and two partners have just ar rived from Dawson, which point they left April 8. They say water is run ning low in all the creeks and will bp exhausted before the clean up is fair ly commenced. In consequence of the water shortage many claim own ers are pumping from Donanza creek, while the majority will make their wash up by rockers instead of sluic ing. This will give employment at good wages to all the unemployed in Dawson until the lower rivet breaku end the exodiw to Nome sets in. HOW TO GET TRADE. Tlir l lilnem- TllnU|i>r 1>)l« Allierlen.» Manufacturers \t tiat They Tlust lu Order to I'inliirii** Our t'omiiirrce Willi 4 lilnu. Boston, April 27. —With a banquet of huge proportions and amid great enthusiasm, the sessions of the Na tional Association of Manufacturers fame to a close at Mechanics* hall last night. The banquet brought to gether nearly 1,000 people at the ta bles, while twice that number came into the hall afterwards and listened to the speeches. The hall was pro fusely decorated with national col ors, and as small flags were distribu ted to every one present, the applause was considerably accentuated by the swinging of flags by the assembly. Interest in the speeches centered in that «»f Wu Ting fang, the Chinese minister to this country, and his ev ery word was listened to with the greatest attention. Perhaps hardly less interesting were the words of Secretaries Root, Gage and Long, of President McKin ley's cabinet. The presiding officer's introduction of the Chinese minister was a happy one and the latter, as he arose, ar rayed in Oriental costume, amid a sea of American dress coats, was greeted with a burst of cheers which lasted for some minutes. He said in part: "The question mm before you is what should be done to obtain a due share of the China trade. It seems to me there are two courses open to you. The first one is that you should goto China to show us what you have to sell. We are a practical peo ple. In business we take nothing on faith. We have to see what we buy, and we buy only what we want. What is absolutely necessary for you in your mode of life may not be suit able to the condition of things in * hina. I have all along advocated the establishment of an exposition in Snangluii and in other treaty ports for the exhibition of American goods. This will enable Chinese buyers to find out with the least expenditure of time and labor the quality and price of your goods. 1 am sure that in these respects American goods need fear no competition. "It is, therefore, with much grati fication that I have learned that the National Association of Manufactur ers has taken up the matter in a line indicated by me, that a building for the display and sale of American goods has been secured in Shanghai and that 70 of the largest, manufae turers in this country have already arranged for the placing of their wares there. The first shipment of goods has already been made. There is every reason to believe that suc cess will attend the efforts of these pioneers of a new enterpris. With better acquaintance of American goods and manufactures, I predict that you will find our people to be good customers. * .vnother course to be pursued for the development of the China trade is that Chinese merchants should be in duced to come to your shores, and be afforded every facility to visit tin great commercial centers, and in spect the immense factories, mills and other establishments in ibis country. "If a line of American steamers should ply regularly between China and the Atlantic seaports of the I'nited States there is scarcely any doubt that a large shipping business will be done, as greater facilities will be afforded to exporters of goods manufactured in the eastern states." COL. DURBIN WINS. Nominated lor (iovcriior ol" Indiana by Keputilicali*. Indianapolis, April 27. —After a con test that lasted from 0 a. ni. till .'i p. in. Thursday, Col. W. T. Durbin, of Anderson, was nominated for gover nor by the republican state conven tion. The first ballot showed that Durbin and Griffiths were close lead ers and that the other four candi dates, Hogate. Haggard, Posey and Dodge, were classed by themselves. The succeeding ballots steadily nor rowed the margins until the seventh was reached, when Durbin and Grif fiths had the field to themselves. As the ballot closed it was seen that Durbin had won and Griffiths moved to make the vote unanimous. The republican nominee for gover nor of Indiana is a native or the state, having been born at Lawrence burg, May 4. 1547. He served through out Ihe civil war as a private in an Indiana regiment. He taught school during his early life and then becam a dry goods clerk in St. Louis, aris ing later to be confidential credit man for the firm. He removed to In diana in 1870 and engaged in bank ing at Anderson. ll* is still a banker and is associated with the natural gas enterprise of Indiana. He has been known as a strong republican since he was a youth, but has de clined to accept public office. In 1802 he went to the national republi can convention as a delegate. in 1800 lie was made a member of th • national committee from Indiana and since then he lias taken a prom inent, part in the work of 1 lie party. ITlnrdi-red lor Hi* Tlonej-. Portland. Ore., April "7.—The body of William lirarman. of Ellisburg, X. V., was found floating in the Willa mette river yesterday. Around the neck was a wire to which was attach ed two iron brake shoes taken from a freight car. weighing about 50 pounds. I'ran nan was undoubtedly murdered for his money and the body thrown into the river. Ignore* the llisliop's ICdlet. Huntingdon. Pa., April 27.—Rev. I. W. Ervine, rector of St. .John's Epis copal church here, who was on Wed nesday deposed from the ministry by Itishop Talbot on charges of unmin isterial conduct, announced last night that he would ignore the bishop's de cree and continue as rector "until the supreme court of Pennsylvania says I am not." Koonevelt Declares Himself, Chicago, April 27.—Gov. Roosevelt declared yesterday that he would rather be iti private life than be viee president of the United States. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1900. MILES OF FLAMES. T»o Canadian Cities Almost Wiped Out of Existence. < lli'ii::!! In a In- Town oi Hull and Nwrpt Acron* a Itlver to Ottawa—l,o*» »ln> Uracil jl'iO -000,000 Twelve Tlioti nantl .Kuilc Humelrmi Ottawa, Ont., April ~7.—l'i square miles (if territory burned over; more tnan "><)<> dwellings, factories, mills, stores and other building's destroyed, entailing a loss estimated to, reach $20,000,000, and between 12.000 and 15,000 men, women and children homeless, is a summing up of the havoc wrought by the tire which rag ed at Mull and in Ottawa since II o'clock yesterday morning, but at midnight was completely under con trol. Most of the lumber piles in Ottawa and Hull have disappeared and are now mere heaps of charred wooil and ashes. Half a dozen churches and schools, a number of mills, the Hull waterworks, the llidl courthouse and jail, tin 1 post office, the convent —al- most every business place, and about 1,000 dwellings and shops in Midi have been destroyed. Indeed, prac tically nothing in Hull is left but a church and a few houses beyond it. Tlie spot where the fire originated is about a quarter of a mile from the main street of Hull, and as a gale was blowing from the northwest, right in the direction of the lumber piles and mills on both the Hull and Ottawa shores of the Ottawa river and Chaudiere Falls, it was soon seen that the fire was almost sure to be a large one. Hy 11:30 the fire hail got a good hold of Main street and the entire street, with dozens of cross streets, was burned. Practical Iv there is not a house left on the street. About this time the tire made a jump of nearly half a mile and ig nited Eddy's wood yard, near the match factory. It was soon in flames and the 50-mile an hour gale which was blowing drove a high column of flame across liridge street and set. fire to the Eddy paper mill and the other buildings of the company. The fire at this time also sprang across the Ottawa river and caught the sheds in tue rear of the Mackay Mill ing Co. on Victoria island, and in a few minutes the lumber piles on Vic toria and Chaudiere islands, one of the power houses of the Ottawa Elec tric Co., the Victoria foundry and half the buildings on the two islands were in flames. In Hull the fire has about burned out. The business portion is all gone, and over half of the residences. The Catholic cathedral has been saved, to gether with Kddy's sulphite works. Gilmour i<- llughson's mills are also standing. The only means of com munication between Ottawa and Hull is by boat. From " o'clock the only water to be had in Hull was from t lie river. Chief I'enoit, of the Hull fire brig ade. was injured and taken to a hos pital in Ottawa. The fire originated through a fire in a dirty chimney and the high wind caused the flames to spread rapidly . Coming to the Ot tawa side of the river and that por tion of the city east of Division street, the old boundary due of the city before I'ocliesterville was annex ed was almost entirely burned down. Here and there a building remains. The village of Hintonburg, still fur ther east, in close proximity to the city, has not been destroyed, as re ported. The greater part remains. Mechanicsville, too. which was report ed to have been entirely swept away, still remains. The. casualties so far reported are Miss Cook, an old woman who lived near the French church, and who was burned in her house to a crisp. An unknown man was found dead on the Canadian l'acific railroad track. James Mavan is reported to be fatal ly injured and some pieces of timber fell on James Merrifield, who was taken to a hospital. The government is supplying blankets and doing all in its power for the sufferers. The Ottawa Insurance Co., a new institution, will be a heavy loser in the lire. All the Canadian companies and some of the English and Ameri can companies are interested. A. T. Wood, M. P., of Hamilton, a prominent business man, considers that when all the losses were made up they would be nearer $30,000,000. Th» large cliff which extends to Ot tawa river onto Kochesterville was the only thing which stopped the whole city of Otta*va becoming a prey to the tire. Shortly after noon the wind, which was blowing pre viously in a northwesterly direction, changed to a southeasterly direction and in this way what remained of Ottawa was saved. As soon as the members of the gov ernment saw that the fire was to be a disastrous one. the minister of pub lic works telegraphed to Montreal, Peterboro and Hrockville, for fire ap pliances and all assistance that could be sent. Hut although they arrived speedily they were of no avail. Noth ing could stop the ravages of the fire, vvliicn leaped over whole blocks and broke out in all directions. The government hits given the drill liall and the city the large exhibition buildings to accommodate the suffer ers. All the institutions in the city which have any accommodations at ali have lent a hand to aid the dis tressed. A 'lonian Sold at Ani'tlon. Galveston. Tex.,April 27.- A woman known as Margaret Connette was yesterday sold at auction within a block of the federal building for S4O. The police and federal authorities are searching for the persons involv ed. The woman is said to have been imported from lielgium, A riicftome Discover)'. Cambridge, Md„ April 27.- A Ger man family consisting of Carl Ker nig, his wife and son were discovered dead in their farm house seven miles from this city last, night, each corpse having a noose about the neck. THE PARIS EXPOSITION. UAH E VI'K A N't E TO THE AMKHICA.V MIXES AM) HBTALLIRUV EXHIBIT. A CHILLY RECEPTION. Porto Hiram IHdii'l KntliuMe Over llie Arrival ol llie Civil Ciovernor. San Juan, Porto Rico, April 28. The steamer Dolphin, bearing Charles Allen, the newly appointed civil gov ernor of I'orto Rico, dropped anchor off San Juan at 10 o'clock Friday morning, as did also the armored cruiser New York, the battleship Texas and the gunboat Machias. The New York remained outside the har bor. the others entering. Gen. Davis, military governor, vis ited Mr. Allen on board the Dolphin. A detachment of 75 insular police and four companies of the I'orto llieo reg iment with a band were drawn up on the wharf. The Dolphin's launch, carrying Mr. Allen and his family, with Gen. Davis and Lieut. Parker, the hitter's aide, left the Dolphin at noon, the Texas and Dolphin tiring a salute of 17 guns. Mr. Allen ran up the steps and the families of Gen. Davis and the new civil governor were introduced to each other. A crowd of 3,000 looked on, but was kept at a distance. Th - police and troops marched past, Mr. Allen dolling his hat. Mr. Allen took breakfast with tien. Davis and with his family will remain as the yuest of Gen. Davis indefinitely, lie landed in an ordinary costume, straw lint, blue coat and duck trousers and a wave of exclamations followed the carriage. "That can't be Mr. Allen." said one. "That's not the new governor," said another; "not that man in the straw hat, surely not." The simplicity of the costume and of the general de tails of the reception took the I'orto Kieans by surprise. There was no attempt to decorate the buildings and generally the re ception was not enthusiastic. One Porto Uican explained the lack of popular demonstration by say i tig that ihe people were dissatisfied to find that the civil government would not actually be in full force on May 1, as they had hoped. COUNTING THE COST. I.ate«l F.wtlmate ol' Fire Liimci at Hull and Ottaivu I'lat-es tile Total at «517,- 000,000. Ottawa, Ont., April 28.—Over five square miles of territory burned over; more than 2,000 buildings de stroyed; seven lives lost; 7,000 men, women and children homeless and property loss of (617,000,000 according to the latest estimate, insured for about half its value, are the results of the destructive lire which swept this city and Hull. Although under control for many hours, the flames were not entirely extinguished until about noon Friday. A relief committee has been formed by the citizens and this, together with the Catholic archbishops of Ot tawa and Montreal, will make an ap peal for relief to the country. The most serious problem that confronts Hull is that of work. The majority of householders who were burned out are poor and lmve large families. It is not expected there will be em ployment for a considerable period and the way in which many of the poor are going to live in the mean time is doubtful. On the Ottawa sid"* fully two-thirds of Dalhousie ward is devastated and an estimate by resi dents of the district places the num ber who are without roofs of their own in this district at .>,OOO. The destroyed property in this district Included some of the finest residences in Ottawa. One of the most remarkable things about the scene is that no smoke is to be seen. There are no half burned buildings or smoldering logs any where. Everything that the fir»- touched was burned to ashes. All of Hull's principal buildings, with the exception of the Catholic church, are things of the past. ItiMUMtrouw Storm In »brankM. Lincoln. Neb.. April 28.—A storm of wind and hail did much damage in the western part of this county last evening. The wind wrecked some small outbuildings, and hail stones of vnusual si/e killed young stock and ruined wheat and gardens. In the southeastern part of the stale there was much damage. lietween Wahoo and Cedar Muffs a tornado wrecked the farm houses of Thomas Koch ford and Mr. Settle and tore the buildings to pieces. ITOESJEAKEN. Quotations for Many Com modities Fall. A LESSON TO COMBINES. Competition Must Not lie Killed by Exorbitant Prices. VOLUME OK EXPORTS GAINS. Import* arc Ainu Larger than tn April. ■ MUM, but arc Lcm In Value (bun tlie ICx|>ortn by About 8ii0.000.000- Ituii'n Mevletv ol" Trade. New York, April 28.—1t. (i. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Keview of Trade says: Gold begins togo abroad and prices of iron products break sharply in the same week. Four months of the new year ha\ <» passed and business does not so expand as to need the large in erease of circulation which the new monetary bill has permitted, nor enough to sustain all the extraordi nary 'advance in prices last year. The abundance of gold and of currency, and the large disbursements by the treasury in exchange of bonds, have rendered rates for money unusually low for the season here, while rare industrial and speculative activity in Europe with the war in South Africa have tended to make money dearer abroad. The reaction in prices came where it was expected least, in the industry more fully organized than any other to check competition and in the branch which, through contracts cov ering rod making and other machin ery and through patents seemed more fully controlled than any other. Re duction of S2O per ton in wire naiU, barbed wire and galvanized fence and SIS iii smooth wire showed that no control can afford to hold prices so high as to cheek consumption. In a week the prices of iron products have declined 5.80 per cent., and since Feb ruary 7. 10.3 per cent. As the wire and nail prices have been relatively the highest, others in the iron and steel industry can be expected to fall. The tendency toward lower prices is strengthened by the idea that over production may appear in other branches. In cotton goods, after th-* rise of about 30 per cent, following the advance in cotton, it. is asked whether the surprising increase in southern output has not cut off part of the demand which eastern mills find insufficient. Jn staple goods no change is seen, but in other lines and fancy goods irregularity is increasing and greater concessions are made. Wool has not changed in quotations but manufacturers are not dispased to do anything, and the west asks prices which dealers have no reason for paying. The demand for woolen goods is small and prices are not en couraging. Shipments of boots and shoes from the east in four weeks have been 30i>,- 223 cases, against 339,498 last year, and less in any other year. New busi ness bears no proportion to the pres ent output, and the number of work? which are closed or running part tirnn is increasing. Exports of merchandise from Xew York in tluee weeks have been 37.5) per cent, larger than last year, and the aggregate for the month promises to considerably exceed $100,000,000, while imports here are 13.6 per cent, larger than last year, but will fall be low exports by more than $30,000,000. Failures for the week have been 201 in the United States, against 184 last year, and 22 in Canada, against 23 last year. lliiuU HurclarM Secure 95,000. Richmond. Va.. April 28. —Eight men opened the vault of the Massa nauten bank at Strasburg, Ya., early Fridav morning and blew open three safes, securing" $.">,000. Negotiable pa pers and securities amounting to $75,- 000 were untouched. The men escap ed on a handcar on the Southern rail way. JSCO Reward Th* aK>ve Reward will be paid for be '"nnatiou that will lead to thfi arrest and conviction of the party or parties wh* placed iron and slabs on th« tra< V of ti»« iCmporiuia & Rick Valley H. K., n«a» he east line of Franklin iicu*lfr'i farm. >n the EVENING of NOT. 21st, I Hill. HKNBT ATCHB, 88-tf. FINE LIQUOR SiOKE IK EMPORIUM, PA. IPTTE nnderslg-ned has otx>NED a Sro% I olMi Liquor sfor©, AND Invito* tit* trade or Hotels, Reataoranta, A* Wo eh all tarry none but the heat loan and Imported WHISKIES, BRANDIES G-INS AND WIN32S, BOTTLED ALE, CHAMPAGNE, ETA CHOICE UO* E t Bottled Goods. TIT addition to my lart« l!u cfllijsonlwV 1 oon«M>Uy In stock aft 11 Ho® of CIGARS AND TOBACCO. /W"POOL UL Billiard ftootr. IN AM C«LL AND SEE Ml A. A. MCDONALD, PKOPBIETOB. EMPORIUM, PA. ft F. X. BLUMLE, ? W KUPOBIUM, PA M W Battler •* mmd Daaier to 112 & WINES, - 5 WHISKIES, AI And Liquors of All Kinds. h | jjjl The best of foods always JJ yfe carried In stock and every- LT thing warranted as represent- jjjjf F* EapecUl Attention PaJ D ** W W Hall Orders. aj $ EMPORIUM, PA. $ F 60 TO S >J. /L sinslef's,( 1 Broad Stmt. Emporium, Pa., 1 J Where yea can (ct anything yen want la C C tb» line of / s Groceries, / l Provisions, ? > FLOUR, SALT MEATS, ) C SMOKED MEATS, \ Y CANNED GOODS, ETC., > ) TTU, COFFW, Fruit*, OifMtlonery, ) S Tokatt* tad Clftn. C \ Boodi Delivered Free my / / flace In Tewn. S I ULL MB m §E AID GET TRICES. \ C 1111 P. k E. DEPtT ( BBPORIT'L Bottling Works, IOHN iVIcDONALD, Proprietor. Kaar P. it S. Depot, Eatporluat, Pa. nssssh, : Bottler and Shipped of Rochester Lager Beer, BEST mm OF ETPOFIT. The Manufacturer of Bofl Drlaka and Dealer In Choice Winea and Pure Liquora. We keep none bnt the very bant Raor and are prepared to fit ! Ordors on ihorl notice. Private families served Sally IF deaired. JOHN MeDONALD. mi", rn ! T UD» UVTA ' » 1A: 1 » 1 Pa»- ' rot buaiacja conducted for MODKRATC Fct%. < J Oun OrrtcK is Opposite U. • PATtrrrorrier i and we ran nccure patent ua leas Umo taaa Wcm < remote from Wuhißftoa, < i J Send model, drawing or phot©., with ac*cHjv-< | tloc. Wo aaviae, if patentable or not, free olj , charge. Our fea not duo till patent ia aecured. , A PAMPH LET. ** How to Obtain Patent*," wlthi itoat of eaaie in'the U. & and foreign countnea; sent free. Addreaa, i C.A.SMOW&CO. .."O'H CHSCAGO tfe NEW YORKo£J7, . A. It. KELLCQQ HEWSPmB iflt 3
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