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.