THE CAMERON COUNTY PRE^OJ ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866. VOL. 38. WASHINGTON LETTER. [From our Regular Correspondent.) Washington, March ( J, 1903. Editor Preßa: The Fifty-seventh Congress lias passsed into history with a most creditable record on the statute books. Perhapsthe most important of recent enactments are the anti trust provisions of the last sessions which, it is believed will prevent the destruction of competition by the great corporations and inciden tally will facilitate the bringing to justice those companies which at tempt to violate the law. Both the President and Attorney General Knox have expressed satisfaction with the progress made in this di rection and the republican leaders say that if it is demonstrated that further amendment of the statutes is found necessary such will be pro vided by the next Congress. A thoroughly adequate and compre hensive immigration law has beeu added to the statutes. It contains no new and medial features but coordinates and harmonizes those enacted in the past. Secretary Lodge speaking to your correspondent on the work of Con gress, said after adjournment. "Two of the most important laws «_ :ted this session, in my judg ment, are the Army and Militia re organization bills. The creation of a general staff for the control of the army has long been advocated by Secretary Root and is everywhere acknowledged to be a step in the right direction. The Militia law will enable the authorities in the War Department to supervise, to some extent, the organization of the militia and unify its accoutrements, drill and tactics so that in the event of an emergency the Fedral govern ment would find in the state guard a far more effective organization than was the case at the beginning of the Spanish war. lam of course deeply disappointed at the failure of the Philippine tariff bill and con sider the method of the democrats who defeated it inexcusable. I al so regret the failure of the Aldrich financial bill." It may be said however that there are some Re publicans iu Congress who are glad of tJ e failure of the Aldrich bill. One of the missing faces in the new Senate is that of Senator Jones of Nevada who has served for thirty years and has long been recognized as an able authority 011 tariff ques tions. Senator Allison took the oath for his sixth term, the longest 011 record. As chairman of the the committee 011 appropriations Mr. Allison has rendered invalu able service to his party. Among the retiring senators was Mr. Vest, long and effectionately known as "The little Giant of Missouri." He had many warm friends on the republican side of the chamber and was regarded as the representative of the best element among the democratic senators, llis genial presence will be missed. Mr. Vest was the last man in the Senate who ha«l served as a member of the Con federate Congress. Two men Well ington and Simon. Mr. Welling ton has long been out of touch with liis party and, since his famous re ference to President MeKinley, hud been shunned by the memliers of both parties. Senator Simon of \ Oregon lias never mingled with hi.s » colleagues. Reserved and taciturn, he never seemed to be able to understand the spirit of the Senate or to take in good part the joking to which every S "tutor must sub mit. lie had In.l himself aloof fi <lll the first and expressed great at the conclusion of bin public service. Carpet Weaving. M.-n. John Fredette him returned to Emporium front Canad* and desires Co inform the public that she is ready to contract for carpet weaving, st her home ou Second street. 3-lit. Medals for Mothers of Large Families. Ropresentative-Blumle, of Cameron, is the father of eleven children, all living. Like President Roosevelt, he believes in large families,and he would reward the mother of many children in a substantial way. To-day he introduc ed a bill in the House for that purpose under the title of "an act to subsidize large families and to provide for go'd medals for mothers of large families." It was greeted with laughter which grew in volume as speaker Walton ro ferred it to the Committee on Health and Sanitation. The scale of awards fixed by Mr. Blumle's bill follows: That any lawfully married woman who is the mother of six children shall receive ten dollars in money and a gold medal not to exceed ten dollars in value; The mother of nine children shall re ceive S2O and a S2O gold medal; The mother of twelve children shall receive $25 and a $25 gold medal; The mother of fifteen children shall receive SSO and a SSO gold medal. The bill provides that every seventh son or daughter of any lawfully mar ried husband or wife born within the State shall be educated at the expense of the State in the school or college that the beneficiary shall solect provided that the cost of such education shall not exceed SSOO. The gold medals to be awarded patriotic mothers who shall make good their claim to them upon thetsstimony of three witnesses before the court of quarter sessions shall be made from de signs furnished by the Governor. The award of the medals and prize money shall be made upon the first day of each July. The bill provides that its provisions shall not apply to any woman who has either been legally divorced or who has seperated from her husband. MONEY NEEDED IN CAMERON Blumle regards his measure as a good thing and took occasion, in conversa tion with personal friends, 10 promptly disavow the imputation that be bad more than a passing interest in the measure. He admits the parentage of eleven children and did not deny his in tention of going after the most valuable gold medal, but says that the measure is drafted in accordance with the ideas of President Roosevelt. Although Blumle is a Democrat he does not hesi tate to speak boldly in favor of Roose velt and his strenuous life ideas. Blumle furthermore says that if the act is passed Cameron county will draw largely from the State treasury aud that the money is needed up there.— Harrisburg Telegraph. Tragic Fate of Arthur R. Penned. Arthur R. Pennell, the young lawyer who has figured so prominently in the Burdick murder mystery, was instantly killed in Delaware Park, Buffalo 011 Tuesday. His automobile run over the edge of an embankment surrounding an old stone quarry. A woman who was with him was frightfully injured. Her identity is in doubt. She is at the hospital in a dying condition. The women at the hospital is Mrs. Pennell. She has not recovered con sciousness. Mrs Pennell died ot the hospital last evening. Drop in Lace Curtains. A castor block on a wardrobe in which Geo. J. Laßar had his lace cur tains, came off yesterday morning which tipped the piece of furniture in to the window in which there were a fine lot of jardiniers, breaking quite a number, also two large panes of glass in one of the front windows. It was quite an expensive accident, entailing a loss of over $50.00 In the Philippines. j Chfis W. Hughes, son of Mr. and I Mrs. W. J. Hughes, of Shippen, is a j member of Company F., 10th U. S, Inf., j located in the Philippine Islands. He ! has been there two years and likes the I country. ♦ Watclt the Thieves. Inquire Blodgett, of Sinnamahoning, desires to inform the business men tiiat sneak thieves are again on the road,his store having been broken into on Tues day night and a quanity of goods taken. This makestwiee that Mr. Blodgett has been visited within a few months. Keene, the Magician. Keene, the Magielan, held the hoards si the opera house lust Thursday ••veil ing anil tl< agiued hi* uudieocc. law people hope this gentleman will lavor Kmporium with a return date In the the immediate future, when no doubt 1 he will l>e greeted by a much larger house. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 12.1903. Notlcel Persons desiring household furnish ings at reduced rates will do well to call on Mrs. F. A. Hill. Her depar ture for the West necessitates the dis posal of the furniture. Must be sold before April Ist. Pansies in Bloom. A purple and white pansie, perfect in form and color was picked upon the lawn of Mr. Fred Julian last Sunday. The stock from which it was taken was as fresh and green as in June and the unjsual phenomenon is without a parallel so far as we know. Rushing the Work. The mammoth residence being erect ed on Sixth street by the Climax Pow der Company is being rapidly pushed and it is said it will be completed, ready for occupancy, by June Ist. The building will be the largest private dwelling in the country, if not in this sectiou of the state. Wrong Han. John Demar, of Emporium, vho registered at the City Hotel in Wil liamsport one night last week, was thought by the clerk, a son of proprie tor Wizotsky, to answer the description of Myers, the suspected murderer of Mrs. Payne, near Elmira, the other day. Sergeant Worral, of the police foce investigated the case, but was at once covinced that he was not the man. —Potter Enterprise. Air Line Railroad. The workmen who have been en gaged at Canoe Run erecting the cable contrivance to be used in conveying the coal down the mountain to the coal crusher and washer at the coke ovens, have about completed the work. The machinery, when operated, will be a curiosity, letting heavy loaded buckets down the mountain, returning the empty. New Store. W. H. Cramer has re-entered the dry goods and ladies furnishing goods business, having opened a store, op posite the opera house, with an entire new line of goods, just opened and ready for inspection. Miss Lena Evans is saleslady in charge and invites her former customers to give her a call, and avail themselves of the special bargains offered in seasonable goods. 3-tf. What it rieans. We're tired of answering questions! "Fewer gallons: Wears Longer" means that you don't have to paint your house so often, and you don't have to use so much paint. Costs less for the job, and you don't have to do the job so often. The new paint is not new at all. It's the biggest selling paint in the United States, and the firm that makes it is 149 years old. Devoe Lead and zinc—fewer gallons than mixed paints, wears twice as long as lead and oil. Murry & Coppersmith sell it. Forestry Commissioner Rothrock Resigns. Dr. J. T. Rothrock Pennsylvania's first Forestry Commissioner, has re signed, and will retire to his home in Chester county as soon as the name of his successor is announced. It was stated at the Forestry Commission Department to-day that the story o Dr. Rothrock's resignation is correct, and that he resigned on Tuesday night and went to Chester where he is at present. Dr. Rothrock was recently appointed by Governor Pennypacker for a full terra of years, and his resigna was very unexpected. There was talk some time ago that Dr. Rothrock had placed his resignation in the Governor's | hands and that the Governor had in j duced him to reconsider it, but it ap- I pears that the resignation was not with j drawn, and has been in the Governor's i possession all along, the Doctor making it go into effect on Tuesday. Dr. Rothrock's health has not been : very good of late, and he has wanted I to retire to his farm, but he consented to stay until certain work in hand was i far enough advanced for him to leave jit He has hud charge of the depart I ment since it was started in IHUI, aud is I considered the most capable man in the Sf»te lor the plit •«. During Ms dm'i • ; istration tiie State has acquired about 550,000 acres of forest land, a school of elementary forestry has been establish, ed at Mt. Alto and plans have been i|i tde t > establirth consumptive cutup* in various purts of the State. The general public will he pleased to learn that Dr Rothrock has withdrawn his resignation. The Forestry bill will be amended by the present legislature aud additlonal clerical force given his de partment. BRIEF riENTION. Come in and see me I can fit you cheaper than you can get same quality at any other place in this county. Clothes, clothes, the most complete line of men's and boys' clothing in this county. Come and see my stock. N. Seger. All Smokers smoke the 'W. H. Mayer" hand made cigar, the best five cent cigar on the market. Be sure you ask for it. 24-tf. N. Seger's stock of clothing and furnishings are strictly up-to-date in every particular. You must wear one of our suits to look stylish. Kime & McFadden's tailoring estab lishment, at Ridgway, was last Thurs day visited by some "Knifhta of the Road" and considerable clothing stolen. Emporium Masonic lodge banqueted again last Tuesday evening, upon the invitation of Joseph Kaye, Master of the lodge. Every big eater was pre sent. There will be no preaching services at the Baptist church Sunday morning or evening. The bible school at 12:15 and the C. P. S. C. E., at 6 p. m., will meet as usual. All welcome. "I am not much of a mathematician" said the cigarette, "but I can ad to a man's nervous troubles, I can subtract from his physical energy, I can multiply his aches and pains, I can take interest from his work and discount his chances for success. Former Mayer Ames of Minneapolis, who fled that city and forfeited SIO,OOO bail to escape trial for wholesale bribery, has been found in New Hampshire and arrested. A fugitive from justice he is also paying the penalty for his official corruption by being wretchedly broken in health. LOST.— Two Irish setter dogs, solid red in color and answering to the names of "Rock" and "Butt" respect ively. When last seen, were going in the direction of Benzinger road. A 6. »able reward will be given for their return. L. Daugherty, Ratbbun Pa. 2-St. Strong efforts have been made by Senators Ilanna and Frye and other champions of the ship-subsidy bill pass ed by the senate last session, to get the house to pass the measure; but the house committee has voted adversely on it, so that the proposition is lost by this Con gress at any rate. Automatic coin slot machines for vending postage stamps have been put into railroad stations in Germany to accommodate the public. In American cities generally druggists by custom handle postage stamps, as the gover ment makes no provision for their sale except at postoffices. Rooker Washington's proposal of a national con vention, in which repres entative white men of the North, white men of the South and men of his own race shall talk over dispassionately, with good will and business sense, the actual state of things and the way out of it, is novel, unexpected and worth considering.—Hartford Courant. The ladies of Howards Siding will hold a chicken supper on Wednesday evening, Mar. 18. The proceeds are for the benefit of the M E. pastor. Ar rangements have been made to have train No. 4 stop for the benefit of any who wish togo up from Emporium on train No. HI and back the same evening. If you want to have a good time and a good supper, come. COMMITTEK. But "Romeo and Juliet" was intend ed for the theatre. Not for the closet. The [stage breathes life into the charac ters and they move and have their be ing in just the atmosphere Shakespeare intended them to live. What might have seemed obscure in the reading, by the light of presentation becomes light as day. Emporium Opera House, Thursday, March 12. Representative Blumle has a worthy desire to help out President Roosevelt oil the general proposition that too few couples are giving the necessary atten tion to the rearing of children, says Harrisburg Telegraph. lie is the father j of eleven himself and has introduced a bill granting premiums in the shape of Hold medals to the mothers of large families. He might offer trading stamps as further inducement. ,*n exchange says: Veterans will be interested ill the new bill agreed to by 1 th< house and senate committees which provides t<> increase the pensions of those who have lost limits in the mili tary service or are totally disabled, These provide a pension of #lO a month Mr the itxtM o a hand or loot, fIH tor an arm oil'at or above the elbow or leg at ur above the knee; #56 where arm or leg is entirely lost; fdu for loss of one hand or foot aud #luo for the loss of I Kith feet Fifteen Dead in Olean Horror. At 8:30 o'clock Monday night, Erie extra freight train No. 1460, westbound, broke in two on the outskirts of Olean. The two sections came togethor, caus ing a wreck and exploding two tank cars of gasoline. Three other tanks cars took fire andalarge crowd gather ed to watch the fire. And as a result fifteen are dead and many injured. For two hours the people stood mass ed together, seemingly fascinated by the bright white flames that shot hundreds of feet into the air. As the heat became less intense the crown be gan to edge a little closer to the wreck age. About 11 o'clock another of the burn ing cars exploded with a terrific shock. Great masses of white flames shot hun dreds of feet into the air and literally rolled down the banked sides of the track into the gully where the spectat ors were standing. The heat was in tense. Men and boys fell before the wave of white light to rise no more. Huge pieces of iron were hurled through the air with lightning velocity, mowing down the human beings by the score. Some managed to scramble to their feet and get away 112 jm the flames, but others lay still in ' jath. The scene of a ony and horror at that moment was ' eyond description. A vertiable rain of fire came down upon the crowd. Men and boys, with their clothing a mass of flames, ran down the track shrieking in their agony, some of them falling to the ground unconscious, while others grovelled in tho ditch or jumped into the creek in a mad en deavor to put out the fire that was con suming them. Many of those overwhelmed by the flames probably never knew what hap pened. They dropped where they stood and never again moved. The groans and cries of those maimed or burned were frightful to hear. The scene at the fire was horrible in the extreme, the dead bodies being scattered along the track for a distance of several rods. There was still danger of another tank exploding, and the crowd was kept back by a strong guard. Volunteers were called for to carry the wire cots close to the fire, pick up the dead, and carry them to the ambulance, i Three times as many offered as could be used, and the gruesome task of col lecting the dead was performed. Nine bodies were laid in a row at Quigle's undertaking rooms and six at Woodard's, presenting a fearful sight, with clothing burned off, limbs twisted and faces backened and blistered. Sev eral of them had their skulls smashed to a jelly by the concussion of the ex plosion. Several of the injured were taken to their homes, were their injuries were dressed, and there are still six or eight persons missing and unaccounted for. It is believed that more bodies will be found in the water surrounding the ' wreck. Crowds of grief-stricken peo ple flocked to the undertaking rooms during tbe early moring, endeavoring to identify missing relatives. It is by all odds the worst calamity Olean has ever known. It is believed arrangements will be made to hold a union funeral. Many of the corpses had not a shrewd of clothing left on them. The track was clearad so that traffic could be resumed about daylight. Romeo and Juliet—A Play to Pleaes all. Shakespeare's genius was at its best in his creation of the marvelous char acters in this play. How skillful is the contrast of tho Nurse's subtle humor— a masterpiece of comic characterization with Mercutic's scoffing cynicism, a creation of high comedy, with the frag rant innocence of Juliet, and tho romantic enthusiasm of her lover, Romeo. All the very best features of dramatic composition and poetry are to be found in Romeo and Juliet. The in terest is absorbing, the pathos most deeply touching, while the humorous element, never too prominent, affords that contrast so essential to a really great drama. Tho character of Friar Laureuoe is well worth study; so is that of Lady Capulet; Paris; mirth provok I ing Peter; the starving Apothecary; the ! fiery Tybalt; old Capulate noble Ben vollo aud the lesser characters. This ' beautiful play must always highly in tercnttho*e who are not dead to the noblest passions of our nature or biiud to the greatest beauties poetry can create. Simvelle's production carries all new scenery complete, properties and electric effects, and will be given in it* entirety at Kmporiuui Opera House, Thursday, March IJ. Prices, gallery 2Vi, downstairs 35c aud 50c; ojiera chairs 75c. Subscribe for the PUMIS; only jl.ftu a' year in advauce. TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. WEATHER REPORT. T. B. Lloyd.) FRIDAY, Rain orSnow, SATURDAY, Probably fair. SUNDAY, Fair. AT OPERA HOUSE TO-NIGHT, The Elite Legitimate Presentation of the season. SIMVILL'S elaborate scenic revival o SHAKESPEARE'S immortal Tragedy of Love and Passion ROMEO AND JULIET SPECIAL ELECTRIC EFFECTS. Scenery, Properties, &c., carried complete for the entire six acts. Magnificient and Histor icpJly correct costumes. An Adequate Acting Company, including CHARLES BALSAR, ED. w ARDN. HOYT, FANNIE HOYT, PAULINE PAULI. Prices, Gallery, 25c; downstairs, 35c and 50c; opera chairs, 75c. OLD RELIABLE DRUG STORE. At ()ld Reliable Drug Store will be ! found, without cxagcrating, the largest, the finest, the best selected, and the best priead stock of wall paper ever offered to the people of our t' Wu. It impos sible for the man who buys a room or two of wall oaoer nt a tim<* and pay,as he would have to—seventy five cents to one dollar, express charges on each purchase, to sell you your paper at a price that I or any other regular dealer can and will uoll It) Cu you for. TIIIIIK this over carefully and you will see the reason of this proposition. Anxious to show my stock Come, come. Save money, save money. Yours truly, L. TAGGART. Winnie's Bill. Representative Blumle's bill, intro duced into the HOII«R is one of those measures that add to the sum of human amusement without detracting much from the dignity of legislation, for it will never get beyond the Committee on Health and Sanitation, to which it was committed. The bill would provide rewarus 01 money aim meoais to me mothers of large families, the rewards being graded according to the number of ChilJi'ai. .. ....JUiel u.a/ iiuve Indelicate as the idea may be, Rep resentative Blumle's bill would seem to makechiiu bearing an iiiuUbu>, <tud oven in that it discriminates, because a woman must have at least six children before she can share in the proposed rewards. Has not the mother of a smaller number earned the approval of the State? And should not the father of a dozen participate in the rewards as well as the mother? If there be a State Association ofSubsidized Mathers shall there not also be a Pennsylvania Society of Dependent Husbands? The Scriptural injunction was to "in crease and multiply," not to increase and subsidized. No doubt, to be con sistent, Representative Biumleshould amend his bill by providing special vte wards lor the mothers of twins, triplets, quadruplets, &0., for a measure for the encouragement of maternity should be full and complete. Ami in case such a bill become a law the husbands of auv bitious mothers should take to thb woods.—Harrisburg Telegraph. Eye Specialist. Prof. \V. 11. Budine, the well knows Eye Specialist, of Binghamton, N. will be at R. 11. Hirsch's jewelry Htore, Emporium, Pa , March 13th and 14th. If you can't see well or haw headache duii't fail to call and see Prol Budiue, as he guarantees to cure such cases, lenses ground to lit all kinds oi siyai. et* tested and e»■ amino. U<M, war*, RUUl,»uteeu bug* for Sale. Full blootit *Vy'inuuU>\iu'l Ply ui nuth Rock I'lfifH for hatching 91.M for l.'i J. T. IIKAI.Y, Kiuporiuin, Pa. i »r I hc One I'KkaKe l»>e. 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