THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866.
VOL. 36.
Business Cards.
B. W. GREEN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Emporium, Pa.
A businessrelatingto estate,collections,real
estates. Orphan'sCourtandgenerallaw business
will receive promptattention. 42-ly.
J. C. JOHNSON. J. P. MCNARNEY
JOHNSON H. McNABNEY,
ATTO RNEYS-AT-LAW *
EMPORIUM, PA.
Will give prompt attention to all business en
rusted to them. 16-ly.
MICHAEL HRENNAN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Collections promptly attended to. Real estate
and pension claim agent,
35-ly. Emporium, Pa.
THOMAS WADDINQTON,
Emporium, Pa.,
CONTRACTOR FOR MASONRY AND
STONE-CUTTING.
All orders in my line promptly executed. All
kinds of building and cut-stone, supplied at low
prices. Agent for marble or granite monuments.
Lettering neatly done.
AMERICAN HOUSE,
East Emporium, Pa..
JOHN L. JOHNSON, Prop'r.
Having resumed proprietorship of this old and
well established House I invite ihe patronage of
the public. House newly furnished and thor
oughly renovated. 48ly
F. D. LEET.
ATTOItNEY-AT-LAW and INSURANCE AG'T.
EMPORIUM, PA
To LAND OWNERS AND OTHERS IN CAMERON AND
ADJOINING COUNTIES.
I have numerous calls for hemlock and hard
wood timber lands.alsostuinpage&c., and parlies
desiring either to buy or sell will do well to call
on me. F. D. LEET.
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
ronage. The house is newly furnishedand is one
of the bestappointed hotels iu Cameron county.
30-1 y.
THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT,
(Opposite Post Office,)
Emporium, Pa.
WILLIAM MCDONALD, Proprietor.
I take pleasure in informing the public that I
have purchased the old and popular Novelty
Restaurant, located on Fourth street. It will be
ray endeavor to serve the public in a manner
that shall meet with their approbation. Give me
a call. Meals and luncheon served at all hours.
n027-lyr Wm. McDONALD.
ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
THOS. J. LYSETT, PROPRIETOR
Near Buffalo Depot, Emporium, Pa.
Thi3 new and commodious hotel is now opened
forthe accommodation of the public. Newinal
Its appointments, every ■■■'-ntion will be paid to
the guests patronizing UI;H Hotel. 27-17 ly
MAY GOULD,
TEACHER OP
PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY,
Also dealer in all the Popular Sheet Music,
Emporium, Pa.
Scholars taught either at rny 1 me on Sixth
•treet or atthe homes of t'lc pupu. o.♦ oftovn
scholars will be given dates at my roomßinthis
place.
F. C. RIECK, D. D. S„
DENTIST.
Office over Taggart's Drug Store, Emporium, Pa.
Gas and other local anaesthetics ad
wfijSSKminisU red for the painless extraction
SPEClALTY:—Preservation of natural teeth, in
cluding Crown and Bridge Work.
The Place to Buy Cheap )
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£ J. F. PARS^J^\
r Spring
Announcement. I
Spring Dress Goods.
We liave a very fine line of Dress Goods for this
spring's trade, and the price is very low, considering
the quality of the goods. It is neither wise nor eco
nomical to buy cheap dress goods, for they always
fij look cheap and won't stand much wear and tear.
Shirt Waists.
The freshness of the designs is very interesting
and are admired by all who have seen them. They S
j| are well made and the latest style. H
I Lace Curtains,
B Our Curtain stock is very large and our M
prices are very low. We have held the curtain 1
I trade of the town this spring and will continue to 1
H hold it if prices count for anything. B
112 M. C. TULIS. 1
($ EASTMAN'S KODAK | ~ ~ J= ~~ ~
| "A Dollar Saved, is a Dollar Earned." |
! ! xJpH| /J* \ We can save you lots of dollars by buying your
\ Wall Paper, Curtains and Paints of us- J]
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| OLD RELIABLE
DRUG STORE.
PAINTS, OILS. VARNiSHES
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AND KALSOMINE.
Plenty of houses in town paint
ed ten to twelve years, with niy
paint, which I would be glad to
show any man. Ask some other
dealer in town to show you a
house painted ten years with his
paint, and he will ask to be ex
cused.
WALL PAPER!
PRICE REDUCED !
VARIETY UNEXCELLED.
The wall paper hangers in
town are boycotting me—don't
know whether you can get one of
them to hang my paper or not,bat
buy my paper and I will see that
yourroomsare properly adorned.
Another year you will get your
decorating done for less money
than you ever heard of, and it
may be done this season yet.
A Word of Warning.
L. TAUCIART.
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SEE THE |n
| Arrivals |
FOR 1901! ||
| [n Without a doubt the largest, j{] '
nj high-class, popular nianufac- 1/1
JJJ tures of Cloths ever, brought JJf
• [jj into Cameron county, at jjJ ;
ife R. SEGER &
;|jj COMPANY'S.
i [}] We have taken especial care n] 1
I pj in the selection of our goods Ln
■ and propose giving our hun- [J' i
! [n dreds of customers. ' fjj i
nj HONEST. WELL-MADE GLOTHING ft
iu AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES.
I [n Every dollar's worth of goods jjJ j
| [u must give the wearer satisfac- !X|
I =1 tion. We desire all who in- [=
ILn tend purchasing a suit of nj
j fU clothes this spring to tile their If]
j orders early, that care may be fjj
j) given to every customer, no nJ
j pJ matter whether you want a HI
1 nj sls or S4O suit. Qj
R. SEGER & CO. |
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I[n Opposite M. E. Church. Sj
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"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 2.1901.
Diamond Drilling.
The diamond drillers employed by
| C. B. Howard & Company have com-
I menced the first hole, on Bobby Run.
The drill is down about 100 feet. More
teste will be made, in other localities.
A Big Mortgage.
Recorder of Deeds, Goodnough, re
j cently entered for record a mortgage
j containing 24,000 words and having at
-1 tached and canceled §1,300 in revenue
stamps. The mortgage was given by
. the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad
Co. to the Metropolitan Trust Co, New
York.
Electric Light.
The committee appointed by the
council to receive bids for the con
struction of an electric light system,
met at Council Chamber Tuesday eve
ning. Nine proposals were received,
some coming within the estimate. The
committee will present the proposals
i to the Council next Monday evening,
j when the bids will be made public.
Edward Appleton Buried.
It was a large concourse of people
that followed the remains of the late
Edward Appleton to his burial last
; Friday. The services were conducted
: in the Sizerville school house by the
| Rev. O. S. Metzler, assisted by Rev.
j Richard Oyler and were deeply sor
: rowful. His tragic end is a sore afflie-
J tion to his friends and the sympathy
of the entire community is with them.
She Spirit of Improvement.
I Many houses about town are being
| painted, fences repaired, sidewalks
mended and lawns beautified, thus
giving evidence of the enterprising
1 character of our citizens and of the
prosperous conditions that prevail
among us. Emporium is noted for its
nice homes. Not pretentions and im
posing, but plain and pretty, with well
kept premises. This is so marked as
to excite the comment of visitors and
is a distinction that all should delight
in. Let all be effected by this spirit of
1 improvement and fall in line with the
march of progress.
Organized Gangs.
It is a well established fact that all
the tramps, crooks and burglars in the
country will make their headquarters
within a hundred miles of Buffalo this
summer and "live off the public." It
would be proper for our county and
borough officials to take prompt action
to rid this county, especially Empori
um, of this despisable gang of creatures.
Tramps and bums are now almost un
bearable in this place and it is suggest
ed that Chief of Polio Mundy be given
the proper authority and protection in
purging the county of these wretches.
Mr. Mundy is very attentive and effi
cient, but he must be supported more
j cordially by the authorities, .'is well as
our citizens, in the exercise of his duty.
, Burglaries are being committed all
| around us and prompt action should
,be taken to protectour citizens. Don't
■ wait until the horse is stolen or store
burglarized.
Free Night Sslioo!.
Arrangements have been made
whereby a free night school will be
opened on Monday evening May 20th
at 7:30. The Board of Education will
light the High School room, furnish
books and supplies to all young men
over the age of 15 years who will avail
themselves of the opportunity of se
curing a better education.
Reading, writing, arithmetic and
spelling will be taught. All or any of
the subjects may be studied, as the
pupil may desire.
! The school will be in charge of the
| Supervisory Principal of Emporium
schools, C. P. Bastian, who will bo the
instructor.
The school will be open from 7::S0 to
9 o'clock, five nights in tiie week, for
a period of eight weeks.
No charge for tuition, books or sup
i plies of any kind should induce a great
j many young men of Emporium to
spend the hour and a half in study
each evening.
The Burglars Jailed.
Last Friday, 'the burglars captured
at Kane were given a hearing before
Esquire Larrabee and committed to
jail in defauld of |3OO bail. The evi
dence is conclusive and when the trial
is on they will take a trip. Ex-Sheriff
Mundy visited Bradford on Tuesday
and is satisfied the prisoner confined
I in the lock-up at that place is a mem
ber of the gang. Mr. Mundy. with lit
tle encouragement from the authorities,
has diligently tracked the crooks and
deserves credit for his thoroughness.
The Bradford Era of yesterday, says :
It is belived that the two men who
entered the Johnson residence on Tib
bits avenue, April 19, and ransacked
the house and compelled Mrs. J. G.
Johnson and Mrs. W. Johnson to give
them watches and valuables, are in
custody at Emporium. They in com
pany with two other thugs were captur
ed near Kane by the police, after a
running fight in which a number of
shots are fired by both parties. The
captured men are implicated in the
burglaries at Emporium on April 17,
and revolvers,knives and other articles
taken at the time were found on their
persons when taken at Kane. Frank
Merritt who is serving a 30 day Ben
| tence in the lockup in this city for at
tempting to shoot Fred Heckel of the
Union house, is also believed to be
connected with the gang. A revolver
and other articles in his possession are
identical with those found on the gang
at Kane.
Last night Chief of Police F. Mundy
of Emporium, arrived in Bradford to
place Merrit under arrest. Mundy had
pictures of the four men arrested at
Kane. The pictures of the alleged
crooks were taken to the Johnson resi
dence, where two of them were at oneo
identified by the Mesdames Johnson,
as those who had burglarized their
home The men are supposed to be
Tom Cummings and William Brady.
The ladles are positive as to the identi
fication and in the event of the suspects
being acquitted on the charge of burg
lary at Emporium, Mr. Johnson will
■ cause the arrest of the men for the
robbery committed at his home. The
new revolver picked up on East Main
Rtreet, the night of the wholesale rob
beries in this city, has been identified
as one of the guns taken at Emporium.
Chief Mundy states that the evidence
against the men in custody at Empo
rium is strong and that they will un
doubtedly be convicted. He will re
turn home to-day.
We take the following interesting ac
count of the arrest of the burglars at
Kane, from the Daily Republican:
Last week several stores at Emporium
were entered by burglars and a large
quantity of goods taken, among them
being revolvers and knives. Officer
Joy of the P. & E. R. R., has been
working on the case and yesterday
afternoon he arrived in Kane. After
looking around he became convinced
that the gang was in that vicinity and
securing the assistance of Chief of
Police Dilly, they boarded an engine
and went down the road a mile or two
west, where they located a camp of
four men, who, when the officers ap
proached, showed fight, but they were
finally landed on the engine. Two of
the men were handcuffed together and
when the other two were put on the
engine, the first two that wore hand
cuffed together struck officer Joy a
stinging blow on the side of the jaw,
which attracted his attention and the
fourth man took advantage of this and
tried to make his escape, but a shot
from Diily's "gun" brought him to a
standstill and they were safely lodged
in the borough lockup. When search
ed a number of knives and revolvers,
all new, were found. Upon them was
the name of the manufacturer; identi
cally the same as that on the goods
stolen at Emporium. After lodging
the prisoners in jail, they went down |
in the vicinity of East Kane,where they j
found a freshly made camp-lire, but no j
men. Officer Joy is certain that they
are the parties wanted and has hopes j
of landing the other members of the |
gang within a few days. The prisoner') '
nearly succeeded in making theires- :
cape last night. It seems they had a
razor and a knife, which the officers i
overlooked when they first searched
them. With the razor they made a
saw of the knife arid had the lock J
nearly sawed oil' when the officers dis
covered what tho3' were doing. They
were then taken out and made to strip,
when several other articles were found.
Established Business For Sale.
On account of the death of one of the
firm the well-known hardware business
of Walker, Howard & Company, at
Emporium, Pa., is offered for sale, in
cluding stock and building or to suit
purchaser. Apply to
WALKER, HOWARD & Co..
Btf. Emporium, Pa.
HANDKERCHIEF BAZAAR.
Corner Fourth and Chestnut Streets,
Thursday Afternoon and Even
ing, May 9th.
The ladies of Emanuel Church, un
der the lead of the Sewing Society will
hold a Handkerchief Bazaar on Thurs
day, May 9th, beginning at 1 p. m., in
the room on the south-west corner of
Fourth and Chestnut streets, opposite
Dodson's drug store. There will be a
fine display of handkerchiefs, both
plain and ornamented and all of them
of good quality. They have been con
tributed from all parts of the country,
from Jersey City to Salt Lake. Some
of them bear the names of distinguish
ed donors.
Supper will be served from 5 o'clock
until all are served. 25 cents.
The patronage of the public is re
spectfully solicited. The proceeds of
the Bazaar and supper will be for the
fund for tiling the new church.
Farewell Party.
Mrs. S. L. Stoddard and a number of
her Sunday School class spent a very
pleasant evening, Monday, at the home
of Miss Mary Linthurst, on West Fifth
street. The occasion was in honor of
Miss Mary, one of the class, who left
Wednesday for York county, Pa., and
was in nature a farewell party. The
following members of the class were
present:
Cleora Troxel, Annie Welsh, Edith
Heilman, Mabel Halderman, Eva
Knickerbocker, Grace Lloyd, Margaret
Munsell, Myrtle Gregory.
The young ladies departed after ex
pressing their regrets to separate from
so excellent a friend and wishes for a
safe and pleasant journey to her new
home, and a happy future.
Destructive Fire.
Last Sunday night about 10:30
o'clock the barn located on R. P. Bing
man's farm, south of iron works, was
discovered to be in flames. The barn
is located on the opposite Bide of the
river from town and very few of our
citizens were enabled to get to the
scone of the conflagration. Mr. Bing
man, who resides on Fifth street,
reached the farm too late to save airy
of his camp supplies. The loss of three
cows, three calves and one horse was
severe on Mr. Bingnran. The total
loss on building and stock is §1,700,
upon which there is not a dollar of
insurance. The cause of the fire is a
mystery but undoubtedly is the work
of an incendiary.
Lowering the Grade.
The P. & E. R. R. Co., are making
extensive improvements to their road
bed just east of Paddy Run by lowering
the grade at the sharp curve. The cut
at the highest place is about three feet.
The grade was so steap on the curve
that it was difficult to draw heavy
trains over it. The company have a
special gravel train at work there.
The train crew consists of Messrs.
Quinlan, Simcox, Huff and Bloom, of
this city.—Locd Haven Democrat.
Mothers Meeting.
The Mothers Meeting was a very
pleasant and successful one. The only
fault in it, there was not as many
mothers out as ought to have been.
The first question was ably consid- !
ered and the general version was that j
parents ought not to make any un- j
pleasant criticism of teachers or of j
school work' in presence of" pupils as i
they are apt to take liberties on ac- 1
count thereof; its also unjust to the j
teacher and injures the government of |
the school; while a parent ought to j
know how tiro school is being con- j
trolled, ought to be in full knowledge j
of its work. There are proper times ,
and places to criticise but not in pres- i
ence of pupils.
Mrs. Felt's article upon the owner- '
ship of the child was to the point. It's
a parent's duty to help the child in a
way to bring out its ability and correct ;
its errors.
The question box in charge of Mrs.
Howard was a very profitable part of
the program.
The vocal music by the B class was
sweet and enjoyable, and the piano
solo by Miss Ida Seger was very finely I
rendered and much appreciated by ;
the ladies.
Miss Byrde Taggart rendered a very
pretty vocol solo.
It was decided to continue these
meetings next year and Mrs. Elizabeth
Howard, Mrs. Helen Metzgerand Mrs.
E. E. Mulliner were appointed as the
committee to take charge and arrange
the program for the same.
IIAKKIi:i).
ROLAND—TA(S«ART. At the Parsonage of
Anbury M. I''. Church, Buffalo, N. Y., by Rev. '
Frank S. Rowland, pastor, April 27tli, 1901. ;
Migs Mollis Tawart, of Emporium, Pa., and j
Rimer K. Mattman, of Elkhart, Indiana, Chief |
Electrician of the Pan-American Exposition.
TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE.
WEATHER REPORT.
(Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.)
FRIDAY. Fair.
SATURDAY, Fair.
SUNDAY, Probably Showers.
DEATH'S DOINGS.
SLOCUM.
The remains of the infant son of Mr.
and Mrs Wallace Sloeum, of Buffalo,
were brought to this place last Mon
day for interment. The funeral ser
vices were held at residence of Mrs.
Slocum's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Gantz, Monday at 2p. m. Rev. Met/.-
ler, pastor of M. E. Church officiated.
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HANSCOM.
HERBERT HANSCOM, aged 24 years
and eldest son of J. V. Hanscom, of
Sinnamahoning, was found dead, lying
by the roadside, early Monday morn
ing, having died from heart disease
and fallen from his bicycle. Coroner
A. W. Baker was notified and held an
inquest, rendering a decision in accord
ance with the above. The young man
has not been in good health for some
time and it is supposed the exercise
was too severe. We, as well as the
many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Hans
com deeply sympathize with them in
their affliction.
BRIEF HENTION.
Why not a curfew law for Emporium?
Tramps and street fakirs are again
plenty.
Odd Fellows pic-nie at Lime Lake,
Aug. 15.
Plenty of electric light men in town
on Monday.
Taggarts delicious soda water will be
on tap next Saturday. Only pare
syrups will be used.
All members of the Alumni are re
requested to meet at High School.
Friday evening at 7:30.
Landlord Manette is making exten
sive improvements at Warner House.
The dining room is very tasty.
The derrick for Murphy & Com
pany's well on the Leggett farm hat:
been completed and the drill will soon
start.
Rockwell's drug store was a busy
place on Tuesday afternoon, about
three hundred glasses of their delicious
soda water being served.
J. Harris Mussina, of Lock Haven,
has been appointed District Deputy
Grand Master of F. & A.Y. M.in place
of Geo. R. McCrea, deceased.
Sock Social, Friday evening, May
3rd, in lecture room of the M. E.
church, of Emporium, at 7:30 o'clock.
Ice cream, cake and coffee served free.
J. L. Wheeler's stock exchange is
very comfortably located in the rooms
west end of Warner House. The bulls
and bears enjoy the location very
much.
Band No. 3 of M. E. Church Interest
Paying Society will sell flowers for
commencement also potted plants for
yards and gardens, commencement
day and day previous, sixteenth and
and seventeenth of May, in Larrabee's
store room corner Fourth and Chest
nut streets. Persons desiring any
special plants can obtain them by leav
ing order with Mrs. R. P. Heilman any
time before May 10th.
Teachers' Examinations.
The Cameron County Teachers' Ex
aminations for 1901 will be as follows:
Sinnamahoning, May 15.
Driftwood, May 16.
Sterling Run, May 17.
Emporium May 18 and June 21*.
Examinations will begin at S:O'J a. m.
Applicants will provide themselves
with pencil, paper and stamped en
velope. The examinations will be
held in the school houses of the respec
tive places. Directors are invited te
be present at the examination
MATTIE M. COLLINS,
10-3t County Superintendent-
Card of Thanks.
Editor Press:—
Kindly convey our thanks through
the columns of your paper to the very
kind friends and neighbors who assist
ed upon the occasion of the death of
our dear son HARROLD EARL. Especi
ally do we desire to thank the members
of M. E. Church choir.
MR. AND MRS. W. W. SLOCUM.
Caution [Notice.
C. B. Howard Company are greatly
annoyed by boys interfering with their
trucks and other implements in the
mill yard, thereby causing great an
noyance and expense. Hereafter all
trespassing upon our premises will be
dealt with according to law.
C. B. HOWARD CO.
WHY DON'T THE BOUOUGH FATHERS
INVEST IN A SPRINKLING CART? ARE
WE TO BE SUFFOCATED WITH DUST FOR
ANOTHER SEASON?
NO. 10.