*tat« Libr.ry i HE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866. VOL. 37. Big Land Deal. V. A. Brooks, with a large force of men, are busy estimating the timber owned by Penna. Joint Land and Lumber Company, located at head of Wykoff Run, this couuty, and Medix Run, Elk county. It is reported that Messrs. Goodyear are closing the deal for the purchase of these land. A year ago they bought the coal minning and coke plant of the Clearfield Coal com pany at Tyler, Clearfield county, and will take full control on the 15th inst. This plant includes 3,000 acres of coal deposits, six openings and 100 coke ovens in operation and a mining town. The Goodyears also have an option until May 1 on the lumber plant of the same interests at Medix Run, Elk county. This consists of a sawmill, with an output of ten millions of feet a year, and a town at the mouth of the stream, a railroad of standard guage and weight from the mill ten miles south into immense tracts of timber about the head of the creek. The P. J. 1,. & L. Co. have just estimated this timber at ' hree hundred and fifty mil lions of feet and the Goodyears are now engaged in their estimate. The latter firm are also planning to get from the terminus of the Buffalo and Susquehanna at Sinnemahoning into this timber by rail. A line will be surveyed up Wykoff Run, which emp ties into the Sinnemahoning river at Wyside, this county. From the head of this stream extends a plot timbered and underlaid with minerals at the head of Medix Run. A railroad on this route will permit of the timber going to the mill at Wyside or even to Potter county, and might mean the abandon ment or removal of the big mill at Medix Run, and once at the head of Medix, the railroad would doubtless keep on westward to the Goodyear plant at Tyler and the output of the latter would no longer, as now,go over the Low Grade and P. & E. divisions of the Pennsylvania railroad. Opened to the Public. The new bar-room of the Commercial Hotel was opened to the public last Saturday evening, and during the time until the closing hour, the room was crowded, and two bar-tenders were kept very busy waiting upon patrons. During tho evening the Muncy Cornet Band furnished the music. Mine host of the Commercial, N. P. Warner, has now one of the best and finest equipped barrooms in this part of tha state. The room is large, and is furnished with a handsome counter with mahogany top of the latest de sign, three large mirrors, the whole costing sooo. The mantle is decorated with fine glassware and other orna ments. Electric light", three handsome ones at the top of the mirrors, add to the brilliancy of the room. Adjoining and connecting with the j bar-room are other rooms for the use j of guests and patrons. These are furnished in up-to-date style. All the conveniences necessary are an impor tant feature of the new bar-room. The Commercial under Mr. Warner's management, has been brought up to the high standard of hotels. The im provements that have been made in this house are substantial and elegant, eqnal in many respects to hotels of the large citie3. The increase in patronage by the - traveling public attests Mr. Warner's superior ability as alandlord His tables are of the best, and the general accommodations are hard to beat. The Commercial and its genial host are deserving of success. —Muney Democrat. Riding a Free Horse. It is astonishing how the public looks upon the newspapers as a free horse to ' be ridden to death. People will pay money for a band, for lights, janitor, to goto a job printing office and buy thousands of dodgers, pay boys to deliver them, pay performers in the entertainment, if they are profession als, or pay same manager to get up the affair and give him a large percentage of the receipts, pay all their bills—in fact, pay for everything except that which is most valuable to them—to wit, newspaper advertising. _ And if the newspaper is unwilling to devote more notice to such entertainment than liberal news notices it comes in for much abuse. And yet why should not the newspaper charge for its advertis ing space just as the owner of the hall charges for its rent, billboard man charges for the upe of his billboards, the lithographers charge for furnishing posters, the job printing oftioe charges for the dodgers, and the outside parties charge for their services? The newspaper has only two sources of revenue. One is subscription, the other advertising. The subscriptions to newspapers are so cheap that they little more than pay the cost of the white paper.—"Knoxville Sentinel. Log Driver Drowned. Michael Lynch, a log driver, was drowned in Kettle Creek, last Tuesday He came from New Hampshire. New Powder Company. It is reported that Oeo. P. Jones will soon organize a powder manufacturing company, to be located near Em porium. Alex. Mason's Drive. A. W. Mason's log drive was at Grove yesterday evening. It is feared, unless there may be more rain, he will not be able to reach Keating on this water. Will Double Track. Tho PRESS has reliable information that the contract for double tracking P. & E. R. R., between Emporium and Keating will be made at once and work will soon commence. Notice to Cyclers. All riders interested in the building of a cycle path through town are in vited to attend a meeting in the coun cil chamber, City Hall, Friday evening of this week at 8 o'clock. Subscrip tions will be received and com-nittee appointed. Deserving Young Man. John Schwab, of Cameron, who has successfully served as school teacher for several years, has accepted a posi tion with C. 15. Howard Company as time keeper and book keeper at camp No. 15. Mr. Schwab is a very deserv ing young man. Big Timber Deal. A despatch from Coudersport says the Goodyear Lumber company has purchased 14,000 acres of hemlock timber from Payne, Cochran & Co., of Williamsport, paying $1,000,000. The tract is on the east fork of the Sinne mahoning creek, in Potter county. The timber will be sawed at Galeton and Austin. Baptist Church Notes. Preaching morning and evening by the pastor. Morning subject, "Gideon's Band." Evening, "False Conception of Conversion." Bible school at the close of morning worship, C. E. Cran dell, Supt. Y. P. S. C. E. (5:30 p. m. B. Olmsted, president. Prayer and praise service Wednesday evening 7:4"). All welcome. (iardcn Seeds Free to Press Subscribers. We have received a large invoice of garden seeds from Washington, through the kinkness of United States Senator Penrose and they will be given to PRESS subscribers. Either call at | this office or drop a postal, when they will be mailed you free of cost Each package contains a variety of seeds. First come, first served. Good Appointment. C'apt. P. R. Smith, Vice President of Elk Tanning Company was in Em porium on Monday and appointed Mr. H. L. Ready in W. M. Lawler's position at Emporium tannery as foreman or Supt. of works—Mr. Lawler having re signed to accept a position in West Virginia. Mr. Ready came here eight years ago and is in every way com petent, trustworthy and. popular with his men. Cordial Invitation. The PRESS readers have a cordial in vitation to come to Emporium Steam Laundry either Tuesday or Friday and inspect our work. We believe all will be convinced that we are now doing better work than has ever been j furnished in Emporium. Why not give us your work? Re j member, we guarantee all work that goes out and anything not satisfactory ; we make so. What more can you ask? E. E. MULLINER. To the School Directors of Cameron County. Gentlemen:—ln pursuance of the ! forty-third section of the act of May 8, j 1854, you are hereby notified to meet | in convention, at the courthouse, in I Emporium on the first Tuesday in May, A. D. 1902, being the 6th day of the , month, and select, viva vocii, by a ma jority of the whole number of directors present, one person of literary and scientific acquirements, and of skill and ; experience in tho art of teaching, as county superintendent, for the three | succeeding years, and certify the re i suit to the State Superintendent, at j Harrisburg, as required by the thirty ninth and fortieth sections of said act. MATTIE M. COI.LINS, County Superintendent ofC imeron County. April 4th, 1902.—7-4b. All school books for use in teachers' summer school can be purchased at II S. Lloyd's book store. Be sure to secure your books before opening of the school. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 17,1902. riurder at Cross Fork. Last Monday morning, a week, Jack O'Hara was found murdered at Cross Pork. A telegram to Coudersport Enterprise of that date, says: "Jack O'Hara was found murdered near the railroad track about one o'clock this morning by some young people who were returning from a party. There was but one cut. on his body, which was behind the left ear and bore the appearance of having been made by a kick from a person j wearing a heavy shoe. At-11 o'clock j O'Hara and a companion, a stranger j here, were seen together in an intoxi- j cated condition. About one o'clock Harry Duncan, who resides near the ! spot where O'Hara's lifeless body was | found, saw two men scuffling and later j saw one of the men kick his prostrated j companion and then walk away along | the railroad track. Mr. Duncan quickly j dressed and went to the man's side, ' where others had collected, and found j that he was dead. The murdered man ' was a woodsman about thirty years of age and is survived by his widow and j two children. No traces of the mur derer has been found, and it is doubt-! ful if he could be identified by anyone here." Since the above was putin type Dennis Flynn, of Emporium, and D. . H. Gagar, of Liberty, have been ar-j rested charged with committing the j crime. Flynn claims he can prove he ' was not there at the time the deed was : committed, and from evidence and re-1 ports we have it is very evident Gagar I is the guilty chap. House Burned. Ambrose Marsh atid family had a I narrow escape last Monday morning. ! Mr. Marsh got up a little earlier than j usual and after starting the fire in ; the kitchen stove, returned to his bed ; and while slumbering, the house, from j some unaccountable reason,caught fire. I When Mr.'Marsh discovered the house ; enveloped in flames himself and family i were compelled to escape from second ! story windows. The house and con tents were destroyed entailing a loss of §1,600. Mr. Marsh carried an in- J surance with F. G. Judd in the sum of SI,OOO on house and furniture. Valuable Timber Tract. The 14,000 acres of timber land re- ; cently sold by Payne, Cochran & Co., ! to F. H. & C. W. Goodyear, of Buffalo, ' and Penn Tanning Company, is locat-! Ed on head waters of Sinnemahoning. i The tract was purchased by Messrs. : Cochran twenty years ago and cost j 8192,000 and the sale has netted them over $1,000,000. It ia most valuable : piece of timber in the State, containing 300,000,000 feet of heinlockjand 120,000,• 000 feet of other woods. What a shame ! it is that this timber could not be manu factured at Sinnamahoning. Business Change. The Mankey Manufacturing Com pany stockholders have made a change i in the management. Mr. C. F. Mankey | retires as manager, Mr. Bernard Egan, ! assuming that positian. Mr. Mankey 1 takes charge of the road business. I While taking inventory the factory will be putin shape for a lively season's ' work, having orders on hand to keep j the plant in full operation. We hope to see this important industry increase rapidly and should have the loyal sup- ' port of our people. Stand by It. The Emporium Steam Laundry, i under the management of E. E. Mulli- j ner, is turning out first class work and , should have the united support and j nnlnnnoi./, P.i » rpv, !„ _ 1 patronage of our people. There is 110 reason for sending out ot town work that should remain here and help sus- ! tain a home industry that gives em- \ ployment to several workmen. Let \ every citizen stand by the Emporium ! Laundry. Fire at Jlachine Shops. Last Sunday morning about four 1 | o'clock, the fire room at the Emporium ' j Machine Shops was discovered by train j | men to be 011 fire, who sounded an j alarm but succeeded in extinguishing I the flames before help arrived. The j 1 amount of damage was small, but 1 I had the fire a few minutes more start jit would 110 doubt have been heavy. high School Commencement. The baccalaurete services be held in j the Methodist church, 011 Sunday even i ing, May 4th, Rev. J. M. Robertson of the Episcopal church, delivering the \ sermon to the class. The regular grad uating exercises will be held in the Opera House, Thursday evening, May Bth, at 8 o'clock. General admission 25 cents. ■ Reserved seats 35 cents. Dr. DeLong Cominy. I)r. W. II Delong is expected to re turn to Emporium within a very few days. The Dr. will relieve Dr. Smith, who feels that he must have a vacation j and will visit Louisville, Ky., and at tend the National Medical Convention. BRIEF riENTION. Squire McDowell has been appointed postmaster at Sizerville. If a man would secure his wife's un divided attention all he has to do is to talk in his sleep. And now the N. P. Minard or Free man farm has passed to the Climax Powder Company. Any more? Don't fail to attend summer Normal |at Emporium. It opens May 12th, in j Emporium high school building. It is rumored that a postofflce will bo j established at Lorshbaugh, this county, with H. W. Martindale postmaster, j C. A. Van Lew has made a contract 1 with Wm. Law for the erection of a ! dwelling house on the "Mantania" lot Will Dalrymple reports the laißctt catch of trout for first day. He brought l home eighteen beauties and none under 1 six inches. The merchant who can "run his business without advertising" is gener ! ally the first one to find fault about I people going away from home to trade. I The Cameron county teachers' sum mer school offers three excellent i courses, teachers preparatory course; 1 teachers advanced course; college pre j paratory course. i The gold contained in the medals, j vessels, chains and other objects pre ! served in the Vatican would make more ! gold than the whole of the present j European circulation. ! There will be preaching services in j the church at Sizerville next Sunday | evening at 7:50, subject of sermon "Influence." Everybody invited. R. S. OYLEK, Pastor, j Tho Cameron county teacher's sum ; mer school opens May 12th, in High j school building of Emporium. An ef- I ficient faculty has been selected, and a most profitable term will be offered to | studeuts. With a $5,000 barn and a SSOO heifer , amongs his assets, William Jennings 1 Bryan must have reached the conelu | sion by this time that a crown of gold, ; when fit upon the right head, is not i such a had thing after all. —Knoxville 1 Journal. ■ According to an act of the late Legis i lature, any person having horses, cattle ! or swine die from the effects of a mad | dog's bite can recover from the county ! a sum not exceeding §IOO for a horse or mule, §4O for a cow aud §lO for a hog. If one of your family dies from a dog bite you must stand the loss yourself. Hon. J. K. P. Hali who was sent to Congress twice from the old Twenty eighth district in spite of his frequent ; protests that he didn't care for the job— seems to be very reluctant to quit. He knows he can not be elected in the new i Twenty-eighth district, and so he seems :to be trying to get the Democrats to coax him over in the new Twenty-first district—Clearfield, Center, Cameron, ' aud McKean counties.-Ridgway Advo ' cate. j The line of division between the States of Pennsylvania and Maryland is being resurveyed and the monu- I ments renewed. This, the historic | Mason and Dixon's line, which symbol | ized tho division between the slavehold ing and non-slaveholding states before I the civil war, was established by the i surveys of Charlea Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in 1763 to mark the boundry be tween the grauts to William Penn and Lord Baltimore. The old stone posts are being reset in solid cement and where the old posts have disappeared iron posts are being substituted. New Phones. Installed since the new Directory was put out: Dr. A. W. Baker, No. 47. H. 11. Cloyes, Residence, No. 56. Geo. Gross, Market, No. 21. Jos. Kaye, Residence, No. 54. T. B. Lloyd, Residence, No. 57. Balcom & Lloyd, Store, No. 55. H. C. Olmsted, Store, No. 62-A. 1 H. C. Olmsted, Residence, No. 02-B. Cameron County Press, No. 59. Mullin-Gould, Residence, No. 60. Geo J. Laßar, Residence, No. 11-B. Quite a Scare. An explosion, at Climax Powder Works, last Friday caused considerable excitement for a time, until particulars reached town. For some unaccount able reason the gun cotton house ex ploded, destroying about 300 pounds of cotton. No one was employed in the building and 110 injury done except to that building, which was used for dry ing the cotton. Of course it caused quite a stir for a time. Single Comb Huff Leghorn eggs for sale—7s cents for 13. Apply to RODNEY SIIIVES, Emporium, Pa. SITUATION WANTED—In private fam ily. General housework. Apply at PRESS office. WASHINGTON LETTER. [From our Regular Correspondent.) Washington, April, 14th, 1902. Editor Press:— The provision of Chinese exclu sion still continue to monopolize the floor of the Senate, the length of the debate having been a matter of surprise to all concerned. The sacrifices which the United States has made in its dealings with the Philippines would go for naught if the bill now under discussion were to violate the treaty with China and, as all appreciate the value of the Oriental trade and are equally anxious that nothing shall disturb the "open door," the senators have felt obliged to give the matter the most careful consideration before enacting a new law. As the situa tion now stands a number are in favor of rcenacting the Geary law, rather than the bill reported by Senator Penrose. Senator Cullom is opposed to the bill because he be lieves it violates the Chinese treaty and Senator Gal linger has express ed himself as opposed to exclusion. Senator Hoar opposes the bill on the ground that it strikes at men because of their race rather than at vice and concluded brief but for cible speech with these words 'T will not bow the knee to this Baal. I will not worship (he god whom you have set up. As soon as the Chinese Exclusion bill is disposed of, and it will be voted on Wednesday at 1 p. in.. Senator Lodge will call up the Philippine Government bill. The bill is the result of some of the hardest work ever performed by a committee and while it does not go far into the future, it aims to give the Filipinos all that they can reasonably expect for the present with the implied promise that, in the fulness of time, they shall have a representative government. First, however, they must demonstrate their capacity for self government in local affairs and learn by practi cal experience the lessons of self control and integrity of adminis tration which are essential to even self-governing community. The House Committee on Insular Af fairs has framed a measure provid ing for civil government in the islnads along lines much similur to those laid down b\ r the Senate com mittee, except that the gold stand ard is made the basis of Philippine currency in place of the siver standard provided by the Senate. The minority report of the House commitee is also similar to that of the minority report to the Senate, in that it provides more explicitly for giving to the Filipinos complete independence. Ever since last Tuesday the House has been the scene of an interesting struggle between the administration and the beet sugar forces and everything points to victory for the former. A promi nent Republican, who has vigor ously opposed any concession to Cuba., said Saturday, "The last gun has been fired in defense of the Dingley schedules but I am afraid it has produced no material effect. When such men as Payne and Grosvenor and Long abandon the ship there is little hope left and there now seems to be little doubt that the Speaker and the President will have their way in the House. Our plan of taking off the differen tial on refined sugar, which we realized would have defeated the whole measure, has been practically defeated by those men whom we had hoped to protect.* They did not understand it and to-day there are beet sugar producers in the | Capitol protesting against it on the ground that they are producers of refined sugar." The Democrats have 110 hope either. They appre ciate that any onslaught they may make 011 the general tariff schedules will be defeated and they will make such an attempt only in a half i hearted way. The debate on Cuban reciprocity ! has been interesting and instruc j tive. General Grosvenor in a very i able speech gave notice that the | time was not distant when a gen ! eral revision of some of the Dingley | schedules would become necessary and grew eloquent in his peroration when he announced that the prin ciples of protection were greater than any single tariff bill and the acumen of the party too great to be chained to duties which had out lived their usefulness. His speech produced a great effect on the younger members. The fate of the I bill in the Senate is still in doubt TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. WEATHER REPORT. (Forecast by T.B. Lloyd.) FRIDAY, Fair. SATURDAY, Fair. SUNDAY, Showers. but the pressure from outside is in creasing and, while some of the opponents of the bill have been talking of delaying legislation untii too Lite for consideration in the Senate at this session, the warning has eonie from the Senators that such a course would be met by their attaching a Cuban reciprocity clause to some appropriation bill. An Outrage. The outrage perpetrated upon Mr. Thos. Clark, a member of the firm of Brown,Clark A Howe, at Sterling Run,, last Friday by a number of drunken rowdies, should not go unpunished. Our authorities should promptly takf the matter in hand. Monument Committee. At a meeting of the Cameron county Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Com mittee, held April 16, 1902, the follow ing committee was appointed to solicit funds: Mr. Josiah Howard, chairman; Capt. C. F. Barclay, Hon. F. X Blumle, C. M. Thomas, 11. W. Martindale. Now let the work go bravely on. Little Cameron should have a monument to the soldiers [as well as other counties Gone to Her Lover. Mies Prude Flemming, who hat made her home in Emporium for some time past, with her grand father, Mr. James Lilly, and Mr. and Mrs. James Wright, left on Monday for Raton. New Mexico, where she joins her in tended husband, Mr. Pearson Fry— the marriage to take place this (Thurs day) evening. Mr. Fry is in the em ploy of his brother, who is engaged in the undertaking business. We wish the joung couple all sorts of good luck. LiOCAL NOTICES. Chairs caned at the New York Up holstering Co., Schlecht. building. PASTURE.—Those desiring pasture for the coming season may obtain the same by inquiring of me. Btf CXIAS c. WILEY. Get your mattresses done over at the N. Y. Upholstering Co., Schlecht build ins- Zinc and Grinding Make Devoe Lead and Zinc Paint wear fcwica. as long as lead and oil mixed by hand. Murry & Coppersmith sell our paint. if The New York Upholstering Co. has rented the store room in the Schlecht building. SIIAWJS PURE MALT-Is free from adulteration, drugs, crude spirits and! other harmful ingredients. Absolutely* pure. Sold By 36-47-ly F. X. BLUSILK Tapestry curtains and lace curtains. A fine new line lust received. Can'fc be beat for quality and prices. Call and have a look. GEO. J. LABAR. Carpets! Carpets! Carpets! A finer line of carpet than ever, now on tap a£ Laßar's. Will meet all competion aad. go one better. Costs you nothing to • call and see them. Come one come all GEO. J. LABAR. A flue selection of ladies trimmed hats just received from New York city. Children's hats at 15c and up wards Children's summer under wear, regular price 15c and 20c, reduced to 5c and 10c. MRS. E. O. BARDWEU,. Having decided to continue the busi ness of the late D. E. Olmsted, I hope by strict, careful and courteous atten tion to all to merit a share of the patrouage we have had since our resi dence in Emporium. THOMAS TRGTTEB. Next door to tho Emporium Furni ura Company. No Gloss Carriage Paint Made Will wear as long as Devoe's. No-- others are as heavy bodied, because Devoe's weigh 3 to 8 ounces more to the pint. Sold by Murry & Copper smith. * B A Emporium Woman Asks "Have you a floor paint that will last two weeks ?" Yes we have Devoe's; it has a beautiful gloss and will wear two years if properly appliod. Murry & Coppersmith. ' B A Spring Tonic-. Everybody needs a tonic iu the spring, at this lime the system craves a tonic. I It is hnuswliMninsr time lor your body Lichtys Celery Nerve Compound will tone uj> your nerves, b!i oil, kidoevs and liver and till you with health and e"ner»v. Sold by li. Tagiiart. MARRIED. IHH SI.I.U—HI-.ISHY.—A; the Free Methodist Parsonage, Emporium. Pa., April 711), 1902, by McClelland, EARNEST HOUSI.ER, ©« ' reek, to Miss AN-.II: JSERRY, of Em porium, Pa. NO. 8.
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