THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866. VOL. 37. BRIEF NENTION. Galeton Episcopalians are preparing to build a church. Just three weeks more until the glorious Fourth. The Treasurer's land sales have been j adjourned until July 6th. A band of Gypsyies have camped on the Portage just north of town. About time you wero paying your subscription for the PRESS. Eh! Falls Creek will have a national bank the capital of which will be $50,000. There are two weddings booked in Emporium for the very near future. Contractor C. A. Van Lew will complete Wm. Law's new house this week. A. H. Shafer completed the survey for Goodyear Lumber Co., of Austin on Friday last. S. J. Hacket is repairing the house lately destroyed by fire opposite his store ia the east ward. Prof. Goodall is engaged painting and papering the residence of Mr. Jos Newton on Sixth street. A large number of Cameron county Republicans were in attendance at the State convention this week. Gresh Taylor, a young man, had his foot crushed while attempting to board a freight train at Ridgway last week. An exchange truthfully remarks: "When a married woman elopes with another man it's hard to tell where the sympathy belongs." Olean will celebrate the Fourth. What has become of those gentlemen who started the movement to celeerate in Emporium? It is not too late, The Naval bill passed by the l\ S. Senate Tuesday. It includes provisions for two first-class battleships, two first class armored cruisers and two gun boa tp. W. C. Dalrymple informs us that he has a ladies' backcomb, which he found on the lawn at his home last Sunday morning. The party can have same by calling on him at Howard's mil!. We are informed that Geo. F.llart, one of the best lumbermen in this neck o 1 woods, has taken a big job for the Emporium Lumber Company to stock hardwood from East Cowley Run.-- Potter Journal, John Wanamaker has closed a con tract with the New York Journal to run a full page advertisement every day the coming year for SISC,GOO. This is | the largest contract ever placed with a daily newspaper. Two hundred prominent merchants in Reading Pa., have declared that ad vertising iu the newspapers is good enough for them and henceforth they will use the newspapers for such adver tisements as they may publish. j Cross Fork, Potter county, has long j had the reputation for being the worst ■ town in the county for the "rolling" robbing) of intoxicated persons. At last steps are going to be taken to put a stop to the practice.—Enterprise. Representative Thompson, of Ala , on June 9th, introduced a bill appro priating SIOO,OOO for the removal of all the deceased Presidents of the United States except George Washington in to the National Cemetery at Arlington. "Tops" a female elephant of the Forepaugh & Sells Bro.'s circus killed Jesse L. Blount, its keeper last week by seizing him with her trunk and hurling him violently to the ground then knelt on him, crushing him to death. Special service for the children will take the place of the regular morning church service at the Presybyterian church, next Sunday morning. The church will be beautifully decorated and a grand good time is expected. Everybody invited. There may be some doubt about who is to blame for the coal strike, but there is not the least doubt that the public— which is not to blame—will have to pay for it. It is like the verdict of the jury which puts the costs on an innocent party.—Philadelphia Press. Robert Wylie, of Beechwood, and Miss Josephine Williams of Honesdale, were married at the home of the groom's mother Mrs. John Wylie at the above named place last week. The ceremony being performed by the Rev. J. If. Gruybill, of St. Marys. A hundred or more Italians, who wereemplojed by Sims & Co., on the contract Work above Ihe city, were discharged upon the completion of the work on Tuesday. They had received §1.50 per day and refused to accept an other job from the same company at Driftwood for §1.35, prefering to "press brick" for nix.—Lock Haven Times. Killed at Kinzua. A special from Kinzna dated June 3 nays: Abe Goodman, a Brad ford junlrdealer and peddler, killed a man here last evening by a single blow from his fist. The victim was named David Kane. ! Kane had bean drinking and had sought Goodman for the purpose of ! engaging him in a quarrel. They 1 met on the main street of the town j about 7 o'clock. Kane is said to have J approached Goodman in a menacing j way and to have asked: "Doyou want to fight me?" Goodman answered, "No; I want nothing to do with you." Then with a most insulting expression Kane was about to attack Goodman, j when the latter quickly and with ter rific force "swung" on his antagonist i with his right hand. His fist caught Kane on the jaw and Kane dropped in his tracks fatally knocked out. An ef fort was made to arouse him, but with out effect. A physician who was called pronounced him dead. Goodman made no effort to leave and was put under restraint by the local constable. This afternoon he was taken to Warren county jail, at Warren and locked up. He tells a straight st ry of the affair and is entirely unconcern ed as to the outcome, feeling that he was justified on grounds of self-defense in proceeding as he did. This opinion is generally shared here. The coroner's inquest concluded its investigation this evening and returned a verdict in ac cordance with the facts above given. Kane leaves a wife and two chidren, who are now in Randolph, N. Y., the former home of the family. Goodman and his victim had met before, it is said, and were enemies.—Smethport ; Miner. The Capitol Dome. The Capitol dome of Washington i 8 the only considerable dome of iron in the world. It is a vast hollow sphere weighing 8,000,000 pounds. How much is that? More than 4,000 tons, or almost the weight of 70.000 full grown persons, or about equal 1,000 laden coal cars of four tons each, which if Strang out one behind the other would occupy a mile and a half of track. On tiie very top of the dome the allegorical figure "America" weighing 13,980 pounds lifts its proud head high in the air. The pressure of this dome and figure upon the piers and pillars in 14,146 pounds to the square foot. It would however re quire a pressure of 765,286 pounds to the square loot to crush the supports of the dome. The cost of this immense dome was little short of §loo.ooo.—Ex June Wedding. James E. Robbins, and Miss Lina Wright, daughter of ex-Postmaster, W. K. Wright were married at the bride's home ou 10th street, at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The ceremony wa3 performed by Rev. Howard W. Diller, rector of Trinity Church. Miss Alice Wright, sister of the bride, was the maid of honor, her younger sister Miss Louise Wright, and Miss Firmor Swartz were brides-maids. The bride wore a white chiffon gown over white silk. Maid of honor wore a gown of white llbertysilk, and the bridesmaids wero attired iu gowns of green and pink silk. Miss Julia Swartz played the wed ding march. After the wedding dinner the bride and groom left for an extend ed trip east.—Renovo Record. Will goto Hospital in New York. Mrs. Fritz Guidus who has been seri- j ously ill and receiving treatment at a hospital in Buffalo returned home last Friday. Her many friends will be sorry to learn that she did not receive any benefit during her stay at that place and is compelled togo to New York city for treatment. Mr. Guidus will accompany her and will remain there during her stay. It is hoped that she will be benefitted by this visit. They will leave next Monday. The (ireat Coal Strike. At present there is every indication of a prolonged continuance of the colassal anthracite coal strike which is now agitating the whole country. Nearly 150,000 men are on strike and President Mitchell, of the mine work ers, professes absolute confidence that his men will be able to stick out to the end. The coal operators, for their I part, arc equally sure of success and j are doing their best to break the spirit ■ of the strikers. The llanner State for Potatoes. Now York raises more potatoes than any other slate, 'the annual crop of New York is approximately 30,000,000 i bushels. Michigan ranks next with ; about 17,000,000 bushels annually. The j total production in all the states is ' something over 200,000,000 bushels. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."—WKßSTF.R. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, .TUNIC 12,1902. Program for Children's Day Service "Sun shishine," at M E. Church, Sunday, June 15, 1902, at 7:30 p. m. ! Singing;—" Scatter the Sunbeams," page 47 School 1 Prayer, Rev. O. S. Metzler. j Orchestra Voluntary. | Singing—"Sunshine Band" Primary. | Trio—"The Children Gather," Hazel Sprout, Kate Metzge, Myrtle Dinninev. Recitation—"Two Little Sunbeams" Mable Morrison, May Me- Cullough. Duet—"Loves you and Me," Rena Jordan Gladys Lloyd. Singing —"Swell the song of Gladness," School. j Singing, "Daisies and Hutter Cups,"Lillian Heilman and Bertha Gregory's classes. j Duet—"The Sweetest Song,". . . . Mabel McSwan, Clella Grant. Drill, Primary. Singing—"Fly, Little Birds," Primary. Singing—"Tis Sunsnine," School. Address Rev. O. S. Metzler. GRADUATING EX E RCIS ES. Hv 24 boys and girls trom Primary Department, Motto, —Growing. Singing—"Growing up for Jesus," Class. Apostle's Creed. Lord's Prayer. Twenty-third Psalm. Gloria Patri. Twenty Century Exercise. Singing—"Suffer Little Children." Class Address—Mark Ellis. Presentation of Diplomas Pastor. Singing—"Good by Song." Recitation, "Children's Day," Lillian Heilman. .Singing, "Farewell, Dear Children's Day,''.. . . Mrs. Haupt's Class. Doxology. Benediction. Kicked by a llorse. Melvin Logan, son of liveryman Logan at this place,was seriously kick ed on the eide of the face by a horse last week. The little fellow is able to be around but has an ugly wound. A Good Show. Welsh Bro.'s circus gave a first-class performance in Emporium on Monday, attracted a very large crowd and do- j lighted our citizens, who came from all I parts of the county. It was a good ( clean performance. Gone to England. Mr. Fred Julian left Emporium on Sunday last for New York and sails this week on an extended visit to Eng land. Mr. Julian will attend the Coro nation festivities. The PRESS expects to be favored with several interesting ! letters from our citizen during his ' three months visit. The Great Frost of 1859. On June sth, 1859,f10ur sold for? 4 a barrel. During that night there was a | frost that destroyed the entire wheat j crop of the eastern part of the country, j The wheat fields which were in blossom on the fifth were black on the morning of the sixth and flour advanced that day sl6 a barrel. Married in West Virginia. Miss Alda Carter, one of Shippen Township's most successful school! teachers left on Monday evening for Morgantown, W. V., where she was married on Wednesday to Mr. Frank Caskey. They will make their home at that place. Miss Carter has many friends in this county who wish her much happiness. Eel in Log. Last Saturday while cutting a slab j from a large log at Howard Go.'s mill at this place, the log was found to be \ partly hollow and Mr. Swanson, the i sawyer,thought there may be a stone in ihe same, in making an investigation he found a large eel. It is needless to say that Mr. Swanson was pleased with his find and is now on the ;look-out for more of the same species. Baptist Church Notes. Preaching morning and evening by the pastor, morning subject "Peace." Evening "where shall we goto get the truth?" Baptism at the close of the sermon Sunday evening. Bible school at the close of morning worship. Bap tism will take the place of the lesson study hour, C. E. Crandell Superinten dent. Y. P. S. C E. at 0:30, B. Olm sted, president. Prayer meeting Wed nesday evening 7.45. All Welcome. Large Rail Orders. The Pennsylvania and other steel companies in this state have more rail | orders for 1902 delivery than they can fill and orders for delivery before next ; spring have been turned down. The | price for the coming year lias been raade §2B and there is an abundance <«f | work at that price. Some of the large railroad companies have had to hustle j to net their orders placed with the Pennsylvania Steel company for early , delivery next year and there are already | many orders for rolling in 1903 on the | books of Ui9 Steelton works. As the Twig is Bent. The great problem for the suppres sion of cruelty to animals may be solv ed if we turn more from the corrective to the preventative stage. That trite saying aptly fits, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." There is little hope of permanent reformation among men and women steeped in the habit of cruelty. We turn with hope, however, to the y ;ith and children of our day for the application of preventative methods. The spirit that animates a child to take pleasure in giving pain to a dumb crea ture, more helpless than itself, is the same that prompts acts of cruelty in an adult to a child. Some boys can find no better pastime on summer evenings than chasing poor cats from place to place; and this unfeeling play is often carried to the extreme of killing. A stray dog runs along, a boy picks up a stone and hurls it at him, a yelp of pain tells us the aim was too true. Dare we look with indifference at this spirit of cruelty, which these ap parently small acts, are generating in the children ? Will the peace and welfare of our country be safe in the hands of these, who are to become our nation's pro tectors, the parents of our next genera tion? We can well trust our country's honor to the soldier, who, on his march, picked up a little bird, buttoned it snugly in his coat and when camp was reached, fed and tenderly cared for it. Why not publish names of of fenders against humane laws? A number of interesting stories of kindness to dumb creatures, collected jin book form, introduced into our j schools and public libraries may serve • to create in the hearts of the young a I love for all helpless creatures, and put j to shame the spirit of cruelty which is j so dominant. Clubs may also be formed among j children as supporters of the noble j work the Humane Societies of the | United States and the world are under j taking. Killed Near Keating Summit. Frank Wilcox was killed near Keat | ing Summit Tuesday, June 3, on the j Root Bros. job. He had worked but ! one day and was in the act of falling a | large hemlock, when it lodged in I another tree. He had managed to get ' it loosened and ran from it dodging in j under a tree that lay on the stump, ; when the falling tree "kicked back" ! and struck the tree he was in under ; which came down upon him. He only i lived four hours afterwards. He was buried in Woodlawn cemetery on Grandall Hill on Thursday.—Port Allegany Argus. Another Protest. Mr. Daniel Britton complains bitterly that the Poor Masters of Lumber town ship are starving him and that if he was not assisted by neighbors he could not subsist. lie sends the PMESS a letter, bitterly entering a protest I against his treatment, but cannot pub lish the same, owing to personal re ference made in the artiel?. WASHINGTON LETTER. (From our Regular Correspondent.) Washington, June 9th, 1902. Editor Press:— As if to confirm the wisdom of the Senate in passing the Lodge bill, providing for the futlier extension of civil government in the Philippines, a report has just reached Secretary Root from Mr. Luke Wright, Acting Governor of tlie Philippine Islands, and a democrat, stating that the insur rection in the islands is practically at an end and that there is now no obstacle to the extension of civil government to all of the archipelago aside from the More country. Governor Wright advises that in some provinces the army be retained in control until the crops mature in August, for the reason that, because of the perfect organization of the military branch assistance may be more readily extended to the natives until such time as they receive tlie results of their agricul tural labors. Secretary Root has issued a general order by which the permanent military establish ment of the goverment is to be reduced to (>O,OOO men, a reduction of 10,000. Fu the light of these facts the contentions of democratic party appear particularly ridicu lous. The Philippine bill, which was passed on the date of my last letter, carried by a vote of 4s toliO, Senators Wellington, Hoar and Mason being the only republicans to vote against it. The Nicaraguan Canal bill is now the unfinished business in the Senate. The advocates of the Panama route claim that they have made a canvass of the Senate and that they now have a comfortable majority and it seems to be the general opinion that the Spooner resolution will be adopted event ually, whereby the President will be authorized the select the route, at least to this extent : The Pres ident will be authorized to investi gate the ability of the French Company to deliver a clear title, to its property at the valuation placed on it by the Isthmian Canal Commission, §40,000,000 and to purchase it if satisfied with the title and to continue the work of the great engineer, De Lesseps; but if tlie title is unsatisfactory the President will begin work on the Niearrguan route in accordance with the provisions of the Hepburn bill. So far, Senators Morgan, Mitchell and Harris have spoken in advocacy of the Nicaraguan and Senator Hanna in support of the Panama route. Senator Hanna scored an effective point during the course of his remarks when he atated that much of the testimony presented by Senator Mitchell in support of the Nicaroguan route came from parties interested in the old Maritime Canal Company who, in the event of the United States selecting the last named route, ' would immediately claim damages | on the ground of their old franchise. The question of Cuba reciprocity | is causing considerable concern to : the President and his supporters in {the Senate and on its termination | undoubtedly hangs the date of the I adjournment of this session of I Congress. The beet sugar senators, | who have come to be known as j "Elkins' boxers", persist in there opposition with great pertinacity, i Last week there was circulated a rumor that the President had ; iutimatsd to Senator Culloin that he would be satisfied with a bounty I paid to the Cubans out of the i Treasury but Senator Cullom assures me that the President has ; not changed his views in the least degree since he sent his first message to Congress. From another source I learn that within a week Mr. Roosevelt has asserted that if Congress adjourns without action on this question he will call a special session. Such action, it. is freely conceded, would be a mistake from a political standpoint, but those who know the President best appreciate that if he has conceived such a course to be his duty no consideration of his own political success will deter him. TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE WEATHER REPORT. (Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.) FRIDAY, Fair. SATURDAY. Fair. SUNDAY, Probably Fair. Pennypacker the Nominee for Gover nor of the Republican State Convention. Judge Samuel \V. Penny packer, of Philadelphia, was nominated for Governor over Attorney General John P. Elkinof Indiana, at the Republican State convention yester day by a vote of 206 to 152. Ex-State Senator William M. Brown, of Lawrence county was nominated for Lieutenant Gov ernor, and Mojor 1. I}. Brown, of Lrie county, named for Secretary of Internal Affairs. Senator Quay was unanimously chosen Chairman of the Republican State committee by a suspension of the rules, requiring the State Chair man to be chosen by the nominees, and the presiding officer of the convention, and lie will conduct the campaign for the state ticket. '1 he platform endorses the ad ministration of President Roose velt, reaffirms loyalty to the policies of protect ive tariff, declares for Dure and honest ballot, reform; con demns trusts; approves the action of the President and Attorney General in proceeding- against the beet trust, and makes no mention of the state administration. 111 response to the cheering crowds Mr. Elkin made a speech in which he said he had no regrets to express; that he proposed togo to work to help elect the ticket, and that he hoped they would all turn in and do their utmost for the success of all the Republican candidates. He was again cheered as he concluded his speech. Back Broken. It is reported that an Austrian, em ployed as bark peeler at DeLong's camp, C. B. Howard & Company's operations, was 011 Saturday struck in the back by a falling tree, breaking his back. The injured man refused to be removed to town. The man was taken to the William sport hospital 011 Monday. His in juries was not as bad as was first an ticipated. DEATH'S DOINGS. MRS. EMMA WHITMIRE, aged 31 years, sister of Mrs. A. C. Blum, of Emporium, died at the family resi dence, Portland Mills, Pa., June sth. 1902, after a long illness, leaving a husband and four children, as well as a number of relatives and numerous friends to mourn her death. The funeral of the deceased was held on Saturday, from M. E. Church at Port land Mills, the interment taking place at Ridgway. l.ate Literary News. Not to be familiar with those leading figures in the world of finance and pro duction whoaredenominated "Captains of Industry" is not to be able to read the daily news understandingly. The Cosmopolitan has undertaken to have prepared by the men most competent to write them, sketches of some sixty of these foremost men in the industrial world No more entertaining reading has ever appeared in that magazine. The undertaking is exciting wide interest in every part of the country. Are Cameron Democrats Gold- Bricked ? Hon. J. K. P, Hall, the present rep resentative in Congress from the old Twenty-eight district, is certainly keeping the natives guessing in regard to his future. He has been a candi date for the Democratic nomination for Governor for about a year past Last week he was endorsed by the Democratic county convention of Cen ter county as the Democratic nominee for Congress in the new Twenty-first district, consisting of the counties of Clearfield, Center, Cameron and Mc- Kean. And to cap the climax here conies the Clarion Democrat contain j ing the announcement that Mr. Hall is I a candidate for the Democratic nomi i nation for State Senator in this district, land the only local candidate Clarion j county had nan withdrawn in Mr. | Hall's favor, which makes his endorse j ment pracitcally sure nt the conven tion June 23. Exactly what Mr. Hall I is after is hard to guess, but it is evi j dent he is at least hunting a soft place ' to light.—Ridgway Advocate. NO. 16.
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