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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.