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.
In priutnd wrappers, colors o<-t
ton, wool or wi I W In bath Hxrnpla
UHi. auy ool>r. New PtHrUsM, I I mint
N. *. 50
NO. 3.