THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 35. \- \ . \ V.\ \ N \ N \ X VAV I if miff) Ifm Wraps.; & I ° <>l We do not / 1 i se^ * a^t * i ° % vm '1 i Jackets, Kf** Capes, § / Collaretts and Tailor-Made Suits / . in Cameron county, but we do . claim that we sell more Winter / Wraps than any other store, be- / • cause we have the only complete , < line. ;< % / Our prices arc within the bounds ofall . Si classes. We invite the public to inspect / < our line of SKIRTS, andSHIRT WAISTS / A complete line of Ladies' Fall and / S\ Winter Shirt Waists, Walking Skirt.*., "/ Winter Wrappers, Gloves, Hosiery and / ft underwear. h % % % % W. H. CRAMER'S % /' t The Popular Variety Store. \ % % /\ A \ A S'\ \ A \ N N .\S IIIICHI j| 61 Fourth St., East, d NEAR ODD FELLOWS HALL. | We liave determined to |jj nj have a ui | SCHOOL OPENING | I sale i of the celebrated [n Sj Black Gat Hose, jji The best wearing stocking jj] pj for boys. 3 thread at knees, in n] heels and toes. Once tried, [n p] always wanted. [}j [)| Onr usual line of white § [}j and colored outings, and f{] ju GENERAL DRY GOODS, Bj -j] We are clearing out our ' [jj i SI.OOSHIRTWAISTS § j AT 50 CENTS. I SJ 1 We always carry a good jjj assortment of Muslin Under- pJ ji wear and Infants white nJ Jn slips, long frocks, etc., «] jjj at our usual low prices. pj We have a nice line of 1/1 n] French Flannels suitable Oj n] for Shirt Waists. jn !}J NEW GOODS arriving al- § jjj most daily. jjj m All colors in Mercerized rd Cj goods. nj ID. G. Olmsted, 1 S 3 Cl EMPORIUM, i»A. S asHSHSHsasHsasasasHS J I EASTMAN ' S KODAK p [1 " H That's a safe rule to follow all through life. It's a particular- |r ; l|[f )ly good rule to follow when you are shopping. We don't want IPffT"^j=jl| S \ you to l>uy a single article here until you are sun that it and the ■" •wjfthw. j2gLf*jffa l ' ip \ l> ric « »* right. We may charge you a certain price for something Taß /CS' yt£* „ -VX ■ » T 'JiTII /' 5 I 11,0 fe3t - ( HARRY S. LLOYD. IF* * j® 12OCAL WBTIGES. Dance at opera house to night. Ja mison's orchestra. WANTED.—GirI wanted to assist in Bedard's tailoring establishment. Ap ply at once. J. L. FOBERT, Manager. Several tons of cabbage for Kraut making purposes, at the right price. FRANK SHIVES. FOR SALE—One fine yoke of oxen, well broke and handy, also one good work horse. FRANK SHIVES. WORTH SEEING.—Have you seen the display of solid silver at Metzger's? It is worth going to see. 40-4t You can be thankful that you have a merchant like N. Seger to buy from— one who is to be relied upon for fair, square dealing. The finest line of the best furniture, at l.aßar's, for the very lowest price; will not be undersold by any one. Competition can't get down 10 our price. We ought to be thankful that men are honest these days when the art of doing business is so impregnated with shams. N. Seger never shams. Leave your order at Schriever's Art Gallery for crayon or water color. They make fine Xmas presents. Schriever's Art Gallery, 39 W. G. BAIR, Prop. If you need a suit of clothes or any garment for men or boys goto N. So ger's and be thankful that you can get what you want for a modest price. WANTED QUICK. —Do you want a doctor quick? Phono No. 26, and Dr. Heilman can be had instantly from any part of town. 40-4t Finest line of Baby Wagons and Go | Carts at Laßar's, going at your own ! price. Don't take my word, don't take 1 any one else's word, but when you see for yourself you will know that others 1 can't sell as low. NEW CITY DRAY. —Jas. Havilandhas J established a new City Dray, built after ; the style of most popular city drays. \ Anyone in need of any service in this : line can be accommodated by leaving j orders at the Warner House. All ord ers will receive prompt attention. 35tf 1 Don't pay any attention to what oth- ( ers say about prices at Laßar's, but go ! and see for yourself. Here are some of j his prices: Hard-wood beds §2.00, good cotton top mattresses §2.00, not cheap, dirty straw, but g;od ones; bed fi prings $2.00. Come and see us. APPRECIATION.—Can you blame peo- j pie for patronizing merchants, that j show their appreciation for their custom by making it convenient for their cus tomers? A store without a telephone closes its doors to a large number of customers from the best trade of the town. 40 4t STERLING SILVER;—Our carefully se- | lected line of sterling goods, is made up from fine, heavy patt 'jia. We iiave learned that the people are tired of the cheap, flimsy goods and confine our' line to articles that you need not be ; ashamed to present to your best friend. We engrave everything free. 40-4t METZGER. YOUNG MEN WANTED, with fair edu- ' cation and good character, to learn teiegraphy, railroad accounting, and j typewriting. This is endorsed by all j leading railway companies as the only j perfect and reliable institution of its j kind. All our graduates are assisted to positions Ladies als<> admitted. Write for free catalogue. GLOBE TELEGRAPH COLLEGE, 16-26t Lexington, Ky. THE ITHICA CONCERT COMPANY.— The Ithica Concert Company that cre ated such a favorable impression here last season is said to be even better this season. With one exception the per sonell of the company is entirely new and they are the picked artists of the Institution they represent. They bring with them the very highest endorse ment of professional critics and of the public wherever they have appeared and promise to meet the most exacting demands. They appear in the Court House, Tuesday evening, Dec. 11, un der the auspices of the First M. E. Church. The price of admission is placed at 35 cents Tickets for sale by members of tht mmittee. Something elegant in the perfume line, just received r Dodson's Phar macy. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1900. BIG WRECK ON P. & E. ENGINEER FRED PROBST BADLY INJURED. West Bound Local Freight Crashed Into the Rear End of Freight Train No. 51 -Several Cars Completely Demolished. A frightful wreck occurred near this place about two o'clock yesterday afternoon in which Engineer Fred Probst was badly injured aud several cars completely demolished. No. 51, a freight train on the P. & E. R. It. coming west, stopped for water at the tank known as Fenton's, about one and a half miles east of town when west bound local freight (run ning about one hour late) came along and plunged into the rear end of train No. 51, with terriffic force. It seems that none of the crew on the Local freight saw the train ahead, and had not the flagman on train 51 hallowed, possibly more of the crew would have been injured. When first noticed they were but a few car lengths from the train ahead. Brakeman Catlin and j the fireman on Local freight jumped, but engineer Probst stuck to his post until the crash came, when he was thrown against the engine so vio lent that he sustained serious internal injuries, but at present writing it is not known how bad he is hurt. The rest of the crew were fortunate enough to evade any serious results. The engine was turned crosswise of the track with the front end almost in the creek, several cars were also over the embankment. Traffic was delayed about eighteen hours, the passenger trains going via Dußois. Engineer Probst was taken to the home of section foreman John Mul-, cahey, and medical aid summoned j where every thing was done to relieve | the injured man of his suffering. American Tinplate to Invade England. The McKinley tariff killed the An- i glo-American export trade. Tinplate 1 works sprang up in the United States ' like mushrooms under the fostering ! shade of a high protective duty, j America now supplies practically the whole of her own wants and is medi- j tating an onslaught in her turn on the ' British home and foreign markets. In ' this America will probably be success- j ful, if it is true as stated, that an im provement has been made there and patented over the world by which the < "pickling" and "annealing" operation in the production* of tinplate are dis pensed with, with the result of saving i one-third of the cost of manufacture.— j London Express. Mighty Hunters. The Beechwood Rod and Gun Club | closed its lirst week's hunt last Friday, : having brought homeasaresultofthcir | sport one bear and three deer. The party was composed of Jas. Welsh, of! Ridgway; Michael Hagley,of St. Marys; J. L. Reed, Beechwood; and Wm Mc-1 Donald, Jas. Wright and J. W. Clarke ! of Emporium. The Club enjoyed the \ sport hugely and report an elegant I good time. Ye editor thanks the Club | for a mess of Bruin's meat, it was nice j and tender. Potato Penwipers. A certain New York hotel used a J bushel of potatoes a year for penwipers on the tables in the writing rooms. Every morning a large potato is putin a compartment of the pen box, and, af ter 24 hours, the potato is removed and another put in. Pens in penholders are stuck into the potato half a dozen at a time, giving it the appearance of a por cupine. It is claimed that a potato penwiper is the best preservative against rust and mildew that can bo secured for the pens. Remember the A. O. H. dance and j supper at the opera house this evening. I Subscribe for the PRESS; only §1.50 a ! year in advance. Thanksgiving in Our Churches. The several churches of Emporium will observe Thanksgiving this year in about the usual manner, except that in 1 some of our churches the time was changed to last evening. M. E. CHURCH. The Thanksgiving services were held last evening in the M. E. Church, tak i ing the place of the regular prayer j meeting. An appropriate sermon was preached by the pastor Rev. Metzler, j and an enjoyable and profitable even j ing was passed. ST. MARK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. Thanksgiving in St. Mark's Catholic Church was duly celebrated this morn ing, the services beginning at 8 o'clock. 1 The regular Sunday services were used with an effective sermon appropriate to the occasion by Rev Father Downey. FREE METHODIST CHURCH. Thanksgiving services will be held this evening in the Free Methodist Church, at which time Rev. F. W. Mc- Clelland will deliver a sermon full of thought and thankfulness. One and all should accept the invitation to be present and share in the profits of the occasion. WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH. The Wesleyan Methodist Church will observe Thanksgiving in their usual manner. Preaching this (Thursday) morning at 10:30 o'clock by the pastor Rev. Ingersall, and in the evening will begin the regular revival services, to which all are cordially invited to at tend. The meetings will be conducted in a Christian spirit and it is hoped all who come may be benefitted thereby. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The celebration of Thanksgiving by the I'resgyterian Church occurred last evening, Rev. McCaslin pastor, deliv ering the sermon which was in every sense in accord with the occasion. On account of the fact, as a rule, the at tendance being meager at the morning services usually conducted at this time the change was made for the benefit of the largest number of people, it being the regular prayer meeting night, as in the case of the M. E. Church. EMMANUEL CHURCH. At Emmanuel Church a Thanksgiv ing service was held at 10:30 a. m., consisting of morning prayer with the special form of prayer and thanksgiv ing, and sermon. The text of the ser mon was Psalm 119:04: "The earth, O Lord, is full of Thy mercy." Empha sis was laid upon the due appreciation of the underlying ground of positive life in the spheres of physical .and so cial life. The hymns, "Come, ye Thankful People Come," and "God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand," and Barnby'e Anthem, "O Lord, How Manifold are Thy Works," were used. The offering was for the Galveston Relief Fund. Married. On Tuesday morning Miss Ella Cav anaugh and Mr. Daniel McDonald, both of this place, were married at St. Mark's Catholic church. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Downey. Miss Cavanaugh is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Cavanaugh of this place and is .an excellent young lady. The groom has been a resident of this county for some time and has a host of friends. We bespeak for this young couple a happy future. High Water and Timber. The recent heavy rain-fall swelled the Driftwood creek and its tributaries bank full, causing the owners of tim ber along the streams much trouble and loss. Among the unfortunate ones reported to us is Mr. B. J. Collins of Huntley, five rafts belonging to him having broke loose and went adrift at 9 o'clock Monday morning. If you never dance you should enjoy the delightful music and a good supper by going to tho opera house to-night. If you want a Boarder, Advertise in the PIIESS. Letters from the People. [All communications under this head must be accompanied by the writer's name. We will not be held responsible for any expression in this department. I—EDITOR. ELECTION 18 OVER. Now is the time to commence a vig orous campaign for pure elections, machine politics means corruption whether it be in democratic Crokerism or Republican Quay ism. We need political leaders, but they should be our servants, not bosses. JNO DAY. Emporium, Pa., Nov. 26, 1900. ••• MR. EDITOR:— A week before elecion, that is, on October 30th, 1900, wishing to assist in the election of Mr. Sibley and Mr. Moore, I had printed for distribution to the voters, a hand bill stating that Mr. Sibley had voted for the "Gold Standard" bill in Congress. I told one of Mr. Emery's supporters what I intended to do and he asked if I was sure about it. I said no, but I would not issue the hand bills until I found out. Not being able to reach Mr. Sibley ' who was traveling around the district I wired his campaign manager and three days later received answer that Mr. Sibley had voted against the meas ureas originally presented in the House of Representatives but when the bill as amended by the Senate and agreed up on by the House was presented for final passage he voted "present." As free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 was one of the questions on which Mr. Sibley had changed his mind, and sup ported by the above telegram I issued the hand bills. Two of the pages in the Congressional Record refered to by Mr. C. W. Stone do not show any vote on the bill or any mention of Mr. Sibley. This undoubt edly was a clerical error. I wrote Mr. Stone for a copy of the Congressional Record and he refered me to Washington. I have received copies of the pages he refered to, also copy of page 325. The telegram I re ceived is correct as shown by pages 325 and 3009; pages 325 to 329 give Mr. Sib ley's speech in Congress, which you can read at the public library; he offer ed an amendment to the original bill and spoke in favor of sound money,re pudiating silver at 16 to 1, also favoring the establishment of National Banks in country towns, with a capital of $25,- 000.00, aS finally adopted in the bill as passed. I have applied for a bound volume of the full records of the last session of Congress (something that every county seat should have) and as soon as it is received it will be placed in the Public Library. Page 3009 shows the final vote on the financial bills as follows: Yeas—l 66; nays—l2o;answered present —10; not voting—s4. Mr. Sibley's name is in the list of 10 voting present and they apparently are "paired"with other members who are absent, though as yet I do not know on which side Mr. Sibley was paired or whether he was paired at all. I made a mistake in issuing a state ment when I did not have the proof at hand, but I will never do it again. I will hurry the delivery of the full copy of the records as much as I can. While I felt sure I was right at the time, and Mr. Sibley did repudiate free silver in his speech as recorded in congressional record, page 325, I wish to make this public acknowledgement and apology for not having the records hero when the statement was issued. I also wish to_ state that I firmly believe Mr. Sibley will vote for all measures that be con siders are for the good of his constit uents including pension bills same as he has in the past Respectfully, JOSIAH HOWARD. *#* EMPORIUM, PA., Nov. 28, 1900. Editor Press : DEAR SIR: —I would like to say in re ply to "Taxpayer" in his effusion in the Independent of last week wherein he "takes on so" about the Borough Council having "money to burn." Judging from his style I will venture the remark that he is one of the small est tax-payers in the town. Those who pay the least usually complain the most. The Borough Council is com posed largely of broad minded men who have progressive ideas and act upon wise business principles. That any man should find fault with sewering a town that needs it as bad as ours does, shows him to be either a chronic grumbler, a pessimist, one of the class who never originates any thing new, an obstructionist, and one who holds the pennies so close to his eyes that he cannot see dollars piled up just beyond. Would that we had more men in our town than we have who possess the far-seeing business sagacity of our Council, and who are not afraid to push out a little for the general good. A HEAVY TAXPAYER. Fire and Flood at Cross Forks. Last Sunday evening fire broke out in the village of Cross Forks, doing considerable damage, five stores and dwellings combined, together with two barns, an ico house and several sheds j were destroyed. Had it not been that j the weather conditions were favorable the entire town niay have been wiped out. The loss is estimated at $75,000, partly insured. Hardly had the flames been subdued when they were visited by the largest flood in the history of that town, two or three bridges of the B. & S. R. R., have been washed out and considerable other damage done. The PRESS, one year 81.50. TERMS: $ 2.00—$1.50 IN ADVANCE. WEATHER REPORT. (Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.) FRIDAY. Fair. SATURDAY, Fair. SUNDAY. Probably Fair. [oassHs-ascSH sasasHss SHseasii jjj Store News, g ft LADIES'JACKETS, 3 m AND CAPES. {jj W We are showing the largest u) n] line of popular priced, high Rl m grade garments in town—all nj fjj made in the latest styles—gar- uj m ments we positively guarantee [s lij for fit and wear. It is our policy n] []j to keep nothing in this depart- uj rj ment but what we can depend Is lij upon. [{J K CHILDREN'S COATS. n] We accept the large and in- Hi Ifj creasing business in this depart- n] fjj ment as proof of what so many lij J of our customers claim—that the R; Ln handsomest coats and most fa- ru []j vorable prices are found here. Uj ft GROCERIES. $ Ln Our line is complete and we lu ft handle nothing but the best and J our prices arc as low as goods of ft m first quality can be sold. |WE HAVE THE FINEST STOCK. fc "I AND OUR PRICES ARE LOWEST, rii TO 13 jj, |U L" 1 M. C TULIS. g asasasas hshshses hshssh"! i R. SEGER & SON,! c •) •) (• FASHIONABLE •; 1 SNBS 01 ! ! lite, i 2 Next to Bank, Emporium, Pa. I New FALL « 9 Furnishing line now opened. Nothing •) (• like it ever seen in this county. Call and *9 (• see the new styles in Neckwear, Collars, •) (® etc. We are sole agents for the •) ! LION BRAND SHIRTS II (• •) /fljg "LION BRAND" TRADE MARK & •) vg, •) (• We are agents for i: THE I 1 MAC HURDLE •> | • FULL DRESS | % SHIRTS. % <• •) >? And call the atteution of our customers J? 2 to this excellent line of wear. Those who 5 [? desire a lirst-class article can now be ac "J commodated. ¥ ! R. SEGER & SON, § (• •) (• Emporium, Pa 4) •) PLBABE REMEMBER—That we do NOT begrudge the time spent showing you our goods, whether you buy or not. We consider that yon are doing us a favor by calling to inspect our stock. We would be pleased to have you come every day—and bring your work. We I are proud of the quality of our goods and we want you to examine them. We know that for real values they pos itively cannot be excelled. METZGEII THE JEWELER. WANTED.—Salesmen to sell lubricat ing oils, greases, belting and specialties to threshermen, on commission. Good goods and liberal proposition. Give references The Howard Oil & Grease Co., Cleveland, Ohio It NO. 40.