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 ) X IS AT ? £ 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] [j| 1 i Yooaan larryit in ■ uurhand-.onyoi i ilioul- 5 I ( S !< * i 1 > J u a ry • JJI L H| th ; rest t fair } | OLD RELIABLE DRUG STORE. PAINTS, OILS. VARNiSHES i I I 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. rSHSH£iiESHSHS?SaSSSaSHaii?I 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. | i pJ I[n Opposite M. E. Church. Sj ("JH asasasHs aSH& dSHB ?52SHHi "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. 112 ♦ + + 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.