THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULI, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 35. | A Jffld-W inter I I Proposition. I i | We are closing out our stoak % } of winter Coate and Capes re- % A gardless of cost in order to make ' 'A room for spring st<>ck. i| I ■ ■/I g / Coats that were s(>.oo now $3.50 N| Coats that wero 8.00 now 4.75 'y. Coats that were 11.50 now 7.50 S '/\ Coats that were 15.00 now 9.00 | I Underwear and 'i Hosiery, £ <| Will also close out Winter 1% / Underwear and Hosiery at / greatly reduced prices. £ / Now is the time to get bar- % gains in all kinds of winter / £ goodH - | % %>, I W. H. CRAMER S | Y The Popular Variety Store. % % % /\ .V \ \ V\ \ \ \ X X, \A iR. SEGER SON,f 9 •) (* FASHIONABLE •) 1 MRS id J 1 Furnishers, j Next to Bank, Emporium, Pa. | New WINTER jj | Styles | 9 Embracing everything in Clothing and V V Furnishing line now opered. Nothing •) 9 like it ever sven in this county. Call aim •) 9 gee the new styles in Neckwear. Collars, V y etc. We are sole agents for the •) | LION BRAND SHIRTS | MC "HON BRAND" TRADE MARK SECRETARY » •) (• We are agents for •) (• •) S THE 5 | MAC HURDLE « « FULL DRESS |j 2 SHIRTS. J c* * C* And call the attention of our customers J 2 to this excellent line of wear. Those who * '• desire a first-class article can now be ac- •< commodated. * I R. SEGER & SON, j (• • C* Emporium, Pa • g fejgl 1 1□ • tejjgi 'rm jgjjg i' l u n • EASTMAN'S KODAK £ | ( Smoke It ._ 1 [j sIX I* r i a and smoke it. It will lie a burning proof of the goodness ''■*■ j J ■\ \ j ififis 3 and quality we sell here for little money. Years of business &£gjA j p IPIIPH UJ \ lias convinced us of two things—that we can make the most & £g!£r\ l| 'I \jl_i '>• < money by being perfectly honest, and that almost every smok- / Sj /W /J$ : 11l *er has a different pipe taste. The pipes we have —well, there Jm JH Mi |jj < are long pipes, short pipes and pipes so twisted that /M J»> ' [jjjl " )it would take you a month to unravel them. Pi ir r in i nil 1 l''*T -,L Iff jjj| } too —but there are none of them long—none of them twisted, ar Jf p, [I Youcan carry it inyourhands,onyour shoul- i TO. 1^ *j der, in your pocket or on yourbicycle. < Vw JJr j] Yo " u f; e r^t the button *" d tl,e Kodak wi " y HARRY S. LLOYD. p Uncle Sam's Rapid Expansion. Has Been at the Kate of Thirty Acres a Minute for a Century. The expansion of the territory of the United States during the 117 years that have ©lapsed since Great Britian, by the treaty of 1783, recognized our sov ereignty over he land we claimed uorth of the t-panish and east of the French possessions, has been at the 1 rate of thirty acres of land for each minute, says the New York Herald. 1 Our 3,000,000 of inhabitants started in 1783 with 558,679,360 acres of land, which , satisfied them for twenty years. Then in 1803, under an agreement with France, they consumated the Lousiana purchase, and more than doubled our territory by adding to it the 745,103,360 acres that reach from the Mississippi to the Pacific, including the mighty ex pause of plain and mountain that falls I into prairie slopes, dropping to the great river, extending from Canada to the northern lines of California, Ne- 1 vada, Utah, embracing nearly all of Colorado and including parts of Kan-. sas and the Indian Territory. Sixteen years passed, and in 1819 ' wo received Florida from Spain. It j included what are now southern por- ; tions of Alabama and Mississippi, and ! added to the Union *15,719,680 acres. Then, in 1845, came the annexation of Texas, with 170,247,040 acres. Three years afterwards we had the Mexican cession of 460,563,840 acres, that gave us the rich state of California, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and parts of Colorada, Kansas and Oklahoma. To all of this was added Alaska, in 1867, with its 383,646,720 aores, and on top of this, more recently, came the Philippines, Puerto Rico,Tutulia, Guam and Hawaii—partly as a result of tho Spanish war—adding 98,492,160 acres. All of these make 1,903,772,800 acres after the treaty of 1783. Since then there have been 61,495,200 minutes, which, divided into the numberof acres gives thirty and a large fraction of an acre for each minute. During those 117 years tho population of the expand ing territory has grown from 3,000,000 to 84,522,029 which is an increase of four inhabitants for each three minutes. ... How it Works. Truly there is nothing new under the sun. They had the same kind of peo ple and the same kind of business men in the days of Kiug Solomon that we have to-day. They had the hustler who let every body know what he was doing and when he had bargains for the people he scattered news of them over the entire land, and it increased his profits and helped him grow fat. Then, again, they had the drone who bought a stock of goods, that he must have been ashamed of, and shut him self up in his store and with-held all knowledge from the public of what he had for sale, and he grew poorer and more poverty stricken every day. And the wise old King saw the way things worked and proclaimed to his people the benefits of judicious advertising in the following: Prov. 11; 24, ?5: "There is that scat tereth and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that wat ereth shall be watered also himself. What "We" Means. Somebody has explained the signifi cance of the editorial "we." It may have a variety of meanings. For ex ample, when you read "We expect our wife home to-day," "we" refers to the editor; "We are a little late with our j work" includes the whole office force, (even the devil and the towel; in "We are having a boom," the town is meant; "We received over 100,000 emigrants last year," embraces the nation; but "We have hog cholera in our midst" means that the man who takes our pa per and does not pay for it is ill.—Wall I Lake (la.) Blade. J No ÜBO looking elsewhere for a sup- I ply of clothing when you can not possi | bly do any better than to deal with N Seger. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, .JANUARY 10,1001. Emporium School Board. Stated meeting of Emporium School Board met at City Hall, Jan. 7th, 1901. Present: Messrs. L. K. Huntington, T. F. Moore, F. P. Rentz, B. Egan, W. S. Walker. Absent: J. D. Marshall. Minutes of last stated and special meetings read and approved. The following bills were ordered paid: Tuning pianos, (Baker), t 5 00 Roberts & Meek, stationery 21 00 Houghton. Mifflin & Co., books; 10 92 American Hook Co., books, 15 36 Milton, Bradley & Co., Crayon, <fcc 2 03 Mrs. Oeo. Pepper, washing towels, 5 22 Freight and express, 2 10 Total, s6l 63 Moved by Mr. Egan that Olive Mal loy be exonerated from paying tuition while she remains in the borough. Prof. Bastian was present and made report for third month of school. On motion the board adjourned. W. S. WALKER, Sec'y. Shippen School Board. A regular meeting of Shippen School Board,at new school building at Plank Road, called to order by president. Roll called with following members present: Messrs. F. X. Blumle, O. S. Peters, Chas. King, L. W. Spence, N. A. Ostrum. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. The following committee was ap pointed to investigate and if needed, locate a place for new shool building on Bryan Hill: O. S. Peters, Chas. King and N. A. Ostrum. Moved by Mr. King, seconded by Mr. Peters, that following bills be paid: W. R. Johnson, conveying children,... $27 36 Jacob Andrews, cleaning yard and stove pipe at Truman,— 1 50 Harry Lloyd, supplies, 21 63 I. K. Hockley, wood, coal, etc 85 74 On motion *he Board adjourned. N. A. OSTRUM, Secy. D. E. Olmsted Dead. The sudden death of Daniel E. Olm sted, at Williamsport, was reported at his old home here on Saturday last, Dec. 29th, 1900. He was stricken down suddenly by paralysis of the heart while on the street about two o'clock Saturday af ternoon and was carried to his home on East Third street, where he seemed to recover from the attack, but was stricken again almost immediately af ter arriving at the house and expired before medical aid could be summoned. Deceased was born in Masonville, Delaware county, N. Y., May 30, 1832, and came to Coudersport in 1853 where he was engaged in the mercantile busi ness till 1868 when he moved to New York city. He has resided in Williams port since about 1873 where he owned a store, also one at Emporium. He joined the Methodist church while liv ing in New York in 1871. A widow, Lydia (Cushing) Olmsted, and two daughters, Mrs. Estelle Crea ger of Galena, Kan., and Miss Marion, are left to mourn the loss of the de parted. The remains were brought here for burial to-day, (Wednesday), funeral services by Rev. Rogers, at the home of Henry Olmsted, brother ofthe deceased, at 2:30 p. m. Interment was made in Eulalia cemetery, where are 1 now gathered, to await the resurrection morn, so many of the pioneers of this town, who came here while the cocity was new and rough and helped to transform it into a prosperous, en lightened community. They rest from their labors, and the memory of their deeds remain with sorrowing survivors, who now tender sympathy to the be reaved members ofthe family of Dauiel E. Olmsted.—Coudersport Journal. Mr. D. E. Olmsted, since 1873, con ducted a dry goods store at this place, at the time of his death said establish ment being managed by our good friend Thos. Trotter. Deceased was a brother of our respected townsman H. C. Olmsted, who attended his funeral at their old home. SIOO Reward. §IOO reward will be paid for informa- j tion that will lead to the arrest and conviction of person or persons who I furnished intoxicatingdrinks to George Howard on Monday night, Dec. 31st, 1900. JOSIAH HOWARD. [ OUR CITY FATHERS OPEN ANOTHER CENTURY. The People to Vote on Question ol Increasing; Debt ol Borough (or Elactric Light Plant. Regular meeting Borough Council, Jan. 7th, 1901. Present: Messrs. Schweikart, How ard, Catlin, Burke, Lloyd, Murry. Absent: Messrs. Strayer, Sliafer and Murphy. In absence of Mr. Strayer, Mr. How ard occupied the Chair. Minutes of last meeting read and ap proved. Moved by Mr. Catlin, seconded by Mr. Murry, that a committee of three be appointed by the Chair with power to take such action as may be necessary in the settlement of claim of Mrs. Eli zabeth Watts. The amount to be agreed upon for settlement not to ex ceed S2OC. Carried. Messrs. Strayer, Burke and Schwei kart were appointed as committee. The committees on damages, East and Middle wards, continued. The reportof the committee on street lights was received recommending that street lights like one now being tested, made by the Best Street Light Co., be adopted. On motion the following bills were ordered paid, being the bills read except the bill of St. Marys Gas Co : Hamtlton Hose Co., drying hose $ 2 00 E. Q. Strait, do do 2 00 J. D. Marshall, reparing lockup, 1 00 S. J. Hacket, supplies, 145 Frank Babcock, work on streets, 45 Larry Smifh, do do 30 Thos. Cavanaugb, do do 217 Emmet Morreai, do do 307 Eldon Lewis, do do 3 00 David Hayes, do do 125 P. O. Yonkers, repairs, etc., 4 66 W. F. Lloyd, freight, 29 55 G. 8. Allen. Insurauce 2100 W. 8. Walker, Treasurer, Whittemore Hill road, 100 00 L. N. Patterson & Co., sewer pipe 167 70 S. S. Hacket, invoice lumber, 9 51 Treasurer's report was read and or dered on file. Moved by Mr. Catlin, seconded by Mr. Schweikart, that Borough Attorney be instructed to draft a resolution call ing for a vote of the people on the question of increasing the borough debt $7,000 for the purpose of putting in an electric light plant. The ayes and nays were called and following vote taken: Ayes—Messrs. Schweikart, Catlin, Burke, Lloyd. Nays—Messrs. Howard, Murry. Mr. Howard changed his vote to aye, and the motion was declared carried. Moved by Mr. Catlin, seconded by Mr. Schweikart, that when council ad journ, it shall bo to meet Wednesday night, at 7 o'clock. Carried. Moved by Mr. Burke, seconded by Mr. Murry, that a committee be ap pointed to chauge certain sections of ordinance No. 32 and make report to council. Carried. Messrs. Burke, Murry and Lloyd, ap- j pointed as committee. Moved by Mr. Lloyd, seconded by Mr. Schweikart, that secretary be in structed to have deed for lot adjoining city hall recorded. Carried. Moved by Mr. Catlin, seconded by Mr. Schweikart, that the secretary be . instructed to place in the hands of the High Constable for service on L. E. | Speclif, a notice to rebuild his sidewalk i in front of his property in Emporium j borough, within 20 days after service of | said notice, or the said walk would be j rebuilt by tho borough of Emporium, j without further notice, and 20 per cent, j would be added to the cost thereof j which cost of rebuilding and the said j 20 per cent, additional would be charg- j ed to and collected from his estate. ! The location of the said property being \ on the southerly side of Fourth street. I Carried. On motion the council then adjourn ed to meet Jan. 9th, at 7 o'clock, p. m. C. JAY GOODNOUGH, Sec'y. Adjourned meeting Borough Coun cil, Jan. 9, 1901. Present:—Messrs. Howard, Shafer, | Catlin, Murphy, Schweikart, Murry, j Lloyd, Strayer. Absent Mr. Burke. President Strayer being ill, Mr. | Howard, upon motion, duly carried, | occupied the chair. Moved by Mr. Catlin, seconded by I (Continued on 4th page.) Who Are They ? Squire Frank T.Quiggle,who has had charge of the hotel at Keating for several years, has sold his interest in that hostelry to Emporium gentlemen, and will remove to Beech Creek.— Lock Haven Democrat. Early Closing. The merchants of Emporium have agreed to close their places of business at 8 o'clock, p. m., except Saturday evenings, to take effect at once. It is the right move. Our merchants, who remain in the stores until 10 o'clock have no time for social enjoyment either at home or in society. Other towns have adopted the plan and it works well. Fire Department Officers. At the annual meeting of the Empo rium fire department, held at City Hall, Tuesday evening, the following were elected for the ensuing year: Chief, A. F. Vogt; Ass't Chief, J. B. Hayes; Secretary and Treasurer, Josiah How ard. The Emporium department, one of the best volunteer departments in the State, is in excellent working shape and hopes to make the district conven tion, to be held at Emporium, a great success. Party Rules. The committee appointed by the last Republican County Convention to re vise the party rules of this county, will meet in the near future. All Republicans having suggestions to make should do so at once. Send all communications to the chairman of the committee, or to any of the other members of the committee. The com mittee is composed of the following Republicans: C. F. Barclay, 11. H. Mullin and J. W. Kaye. Charitable Act. On Tuesday one of Emporium's good clergymen met two children, of poor parents, upon Fourth street and no ticed that they were thinly clad and almost shoeless. The Rev. gentleman made inquiries and ascertained the facts when he took them to A. F. Vogt's and instructed that they be furnished with good warm shoes. Out of respect to the extreme modesty of our friend, who has no children of his own, we re frain from mentioning his name in connection with this charitable act. hustling for the Bulletin. James P.Melick and R. Luke Greevy, of Williamsport, are hustling for the Williamsport Gazette and Bulletin and calling on the citizens of this county. The Bulletin for 1901 will take on a wide field of expansion. New and en larged facilities have been added for better serving its readers, and several up-to-date men placed upon its editor ial, local and reportorial force. The Bulletin, for an inland daily, is an ex cellent paper and serves its readers several hours ahead of the city papers, giving full telegraphic and local news, and has become a general favorite in this section of the state. Brother O. S. Brown, we are pleased to learn, re mains at the helm, where he has for so many years directed the ship over the rough places and through the big storms—coming out on top, waving the flag of true Republicanism and that great American principle, the right of the majority to rule. May the Bulle tin live long and never desert those grand principles, In an article on Quay's probable re turn to the United States Senate, the Washington Post, an independent Democratic paper, said on Saturday: "We trust that Mr. Quay's line will be found unbroken nine days hence. We cherish this feeling because we see in him the perfect type of the politician called for by our institutions. He is a party man, an advocate of party organ ization, an exemplar of the only meth ods through which the popular will can be faithfully expressed. He is honest, he keeps faith with his coadjutors, his word is inviolable, and he depends on ;no man for his courage. In there ! election of Mr. Quay we perceive a ; rebuke to the traitorous cabals in the ! western part of Pennsylvania and to the hypocritical and mean contrivances lin the eastern. It will make for whole someness and political integrity. It ! will punish false witness and low de ceit. May this consummation bo achieved. And let no one permit him j self to credit the ridiculous stories that I Mr. Quay intends to resign immediate j ly upon his election by the Pennsylva < nia Legislature. He is not pleading for vindication as against charges which have already been exposed as false and ! wicked. He makes no appeal to pity ior compassion. If elected, he will serve his term, and he will bring to the service of his party and his State a stalwart loyalty and a commanding influence." TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. WEATHER REPORT. (Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.t FRIDAY, Partly cloudy; light rain or snow. SATURDAY, Fair. SUNDAY, Fair. Hamilton Hose Co. Ball. Hamilton Hose Company No. 3, are perfecting arrangements for their tenth annual ball and supper to be held Mon day evening, Feb. 18th, 1901. Good music has been engaged. Rural Hail Delivery. Postmaster Charles Seger informs the PRESS that he has received instruc tions from the department to inaugu rate the free delivery in Shippen township, to commence on Friday, Feb. Ist. This service will be of great benefit to the citizens of that township. The carriers are B. L. Spence, D. N. Chandler, with John R. Heilman, su!>- stitute. [COPY ] Post Office Department. First Assistant Postmaster General. Office of Superintendent, Free Deliv ery System. WASHINGTON, Jany. Bth, 1901. HON. J. C. SIBLEY, M. C., House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., Dear Sir:— I take pleasure in informing you that in accordance with your request Rural Free Delivery Service has this day been ordered established from Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania, with two carriers, to commence on Friday, February Ist, 1901. Very Respectfully, W. M. JOHNSON, First Ass't Postmaster Gen'l. A Daring Feat. A Sinnamahoning correspondent sent the following to the Philadelphia North American: "Leaning over a yawning chasm, holding fast by one arm, while she operated a camera with the other hand, Miss Minnie Van Lew photographed the Sinnamahoning Pe destrians' Club, as its members posed on the dizzy heights of the big rock on the Allegheny Mountains a few days ago. A slip and she would have plung ed to death, 1100 feet below. Miss Van Lew is a resident ot Seattle, Wash ington. The club, of which Miss Van Lew is an honorary member, is made up of energetic young women of this quiet town, with whom mountain climbing is a favorite pastime. No peak of the Alleghenies is too difficult of access for them. One of their favorite haunts is known as Big Rock, a large crag 11CO feet high, a perpendicular wall, over looking the Sinnamahoning Valley. Nine out of every ten men who attempt the ascent quit discouraged. The young man who cannot scale this beet ling cliff' with them is looked upon as unworthy of their companionship, and finds himself quickly outside their cir cle of friends. There is no other point on the big rock at which the club photograph could be taken than the one shown in the picture, and Miss Van Lew volun teered to take it. BRIEF HENTION. Read Cramer's new "ad" this week. Almost every home in Emporium is invaded by that demon la grippe. The United States Senate yesterday voted to abolish the army canteen, by a vote of 34 to 15. A number of Emporium Masons vis ited Port Allegany yesterday to assist in Chapter work. The Williamsport News Annual for 1901 is a volume of great credit and certainly will be found invaluable for reference. 2,000,000 freight cars passed over the middle division of the Pennsylvania railroad during the year 1900. How is that for calamity? That old Republican standby, the Smethport Miner, last week entered upon its 38th year. Brother Backus gets up a good paper and ably main tains the record of that popular sheet. Fusion has received its death blow ■ and the will of the majority, the great j American principle, will be ratified at | Harrisburg on the 15th, when that ; stalwart son of Pennsylvania, Matthew ! Stanley Quay, will be given the certifi. cate as senior Senator from the old | Keystone. Shippen Republican Candidates. The following candidates have filed their names and paid the fee as candi | dates for office, to be voted for at the j Shippen Republican primaries. No j names will be entered upon the ticket 1 unless fee is paid in advance: Frank Sweesey, Supervisor, j A. Cheesbro, Supervisor. If you want to Borrow money, If you want to Buy Anything,— 1 Advertise in the PRESS NO. 46.
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