10 PRISONERS AT LARGE, One of the Esraped Convicts Killed by Posse. HAVE RELEASED THE HOSTAGES Convicts Are Now Near the Sierra Nevada Mountains Pursued b> Sheriffs and Deputies of Three Coun ties and a Company of Militia—E& caped From 9urrounding Posse. Placerville, Cal., July 29. —Of the 15 convicts who escaped from the state penitentiary at Folsom Monday 12 are still at large'. Joe Murphy, who was serving a 14 years sentence for rob bery, was shot defcd Monday night al Pilot Hill. Gordon, the reported leader of the gaug, who had been sentenced to 4£ years for robbery, deserted his fol lowers soon after ttyey left the prison. It is not known where he went. A negro convict named Seavls. who was reported wounded, appears not to hav6 been injured. The outlaws who remain togethei are making for the Sierra Nevada mountains. They are closely pursued by the sheriffs irf three counties, back ed by deputies, and assisted by a company of militia. About 20 guards from the Folsom prison are also en gaged in the chase. A desperate bat tle is anticipated. The work of the pursuing posses has been rendered less difficult than was anticipated by the unexpected ac tion of the convicts, who have re leased all of the men they held as hostages. The convicts are now be lieved to be near Placerville, not far from the mountains, where they evi dently hope to find refuge. The fight at Pilot Hill between the convicts and their pursuers seems to have been a more serious affair than at first reported. After they had loot ed a provision el ore the convicts wero practically surrounded by a strong posse. All four horses of the convicts' wagon were .-hot and one of the crim inals was killed outright. The out laws raised a white flag and marched up the road with the guards and oth ers whom (Irs hail captured on each side of them. A general volley was not ordered for fear of killing inno cent men. The pursuing officers havo been instructed to shoot the convicts on sight. Building Trades Situation. New York. July 29. Another im portant move we* made in the labor situation when the Iron League, em ployers of the iron workers, following the action of the Employers' acsocla lion, sent formal notice to the House smith and Bridgemen's union that un less their men returned to work by next Monday their places will be filled by any men who are willing to work individually under the joint arbitra tion agreement. In taking this step the Iron employers received the sup port of the newly organized board ot building trades. Railwav Strikes In Russia. London, July 29.—The Russian cor respondent of the Times says that the strike at Baku seems to have been the most serious labor disturbance that has ever occurred in Russia; that it extended to Tiflis, to Xostof and Novo Tcherkask, in the district of the Don Cossacks, and that the Far Eastern railway employes were concerned. According to the same authority the disturbances have been renewed at Borisoglebsk. on the railway between Voronezh and the Lower Volga. Arrested For a New York Murder. Philadelphia, July 29. Patrick Shea, alias Sheeran, who is wanted in New York city in connection with the murder of William McMalian, and who was arrested here, was given a hearing and held to await requisition papers from New York. MeMahan's wiflow identified Shea. When recog nized Shea is reported to have said: "It is all up with me now.'' The mur der occurred on May 5 and was the result of a quarrel. Transport Dix Aground. Washington, July 29.—Quartermas ter General Humphrey has been in formed by cable that the transport Dix went aground off the Japan coast last Saturday. She has since been docked at Draga and it is estimated I hat it will take 40 days to make the necessary repairs as she is in rather bad condition. The Dix had on board 225 tons of Philippine exhibits for the St. r.ouis exposition. Hawaiians Want Home Rule. Honolulu, July 29.—At the session of the Home Rule convention ex-Dele gate Wilcox urged that congress be memorialized to grant Hawaiian inde pendence and the establishment of a government similar to that, of Cuba. His remarks were received enthusi astically. It is probable that a pe tition embodying Wilcox's views will be prepared. New College For Women. Geneva, N. Y.. July 29.—1t. was an nouneed that William Smith, a mil lionaire nurseryman, will found and en dow a eollej(-«> to known as the Will iam Smith college for women. The In Btitution will be on a plot of 30 acres In the outskirts Of the city. The plans ;all for one kkilding to cost $150,060/ HORHIELC DEUO OF PARENTS 4ccu.ied of Brutally Killing Thoi New Born Babe. Brownsville, Pa., July 29. Williai C Arnold, »~5 years old, a well-tod farmer of Jefferson, is in jail < harge« with the murder of his son. His wife Mary Eflb Arnold, 22 years old, i also charged with murder. ci Friday night last l>r. l.lllov of thl place was summoned to the Arnoh house where he found a woman and • new-born babe. He was told by ono o her parents that he was called in t< kill the child. The physician examined the bail> and took from its mouth a mass o cloth that nearly choked it. He thei told the couple that before he wouli kill the child he would kill both o them. Later, Dr. Lilley with a frien< went to the Arnold house and askei to see the babe. The mother said 1 was dead and had been buried by he husband. Officers exhumed the bod; and the coroner's Jury found that tin Infant had been murdered and reconi mended that Arnold and his wife b. charged with murder. HEAD BLOWN OFF. Boy Meets a Terrible End While Ou Hunting. Washington, Fa., July 21*. —J. Elliott the 14-year-old stm of George Elliott a farmer near Prosperity, 10 mile: south of here, was killed by the acci dental discharge of a shotgun, the to] of his head being blown off. Young Elliott and a 10-year-old com panion, Thomas secured a shot gun and went hunting. Elliott, wh< was carrying the gun, leaned it ovei a fence and in some manner the weap on was caught and discharged full ii his face. He fell to the ground deac without a cry. Young Bell was so badly frightens that he failed to tell anyone of thi affair and was found in the wood! some time later faint with terror. El liott's body was found by friends pass ing through the field where he wai killed. An Ancient Patent Filed. Uniontown, Pa., July 29.—A paten' granted by John Penn, Jr., and Johi Penn, Esquires, "true and absolute proprietaries and governors-in-chief o the province of Pennsylvania, anc counties of New Castle, Kent and Sits sex, upon Delaware," to Bonjamii Chew and Alexander Wilcocks, fort tract of land called Prospect hill, sit uate cn the west side of the Greai Crossings about one mile north o Braddock's road in Westmorelanc county, now Payette, containing 15( acres, has been left for record here It is dated Sept. 26, 1776, and ignec •by John Penn. The Tub Run Coa commany is purchasing land, and the patent is to make the title clear. He Must Have Money. Philadelphia, July 29. Presidem Shields of the Consolidated Lake Su perior company has made another ap peal to the stockholders of the com pany for financial assistance. In i circular letter he announces that un less the proposed $12,500,000 bond is taken, the whole property must pass into the hands of the creditors. The creditors are New York and Philade'l phia Uanks, headed by Speyer & Co. oi the former city, who hold all available collateral securities of the companj for loans of $5,050,000. The Lake Su iperior company is capitalized at $lO2, 000,000, of which $70,000,000 is held ir this city. Championship of the World. Pittsburg. July 29.—President Drey fuss of the Pittsburg team of the Na tional Baseball league announces thai if Pittsburg wins the National League pennant, the winner of the American League pennant will be challenged to e series of 11 games to decide the cham pionship of the world, the conditions being that the winner receive 75 pel cent of the gate receipts and the losei 25 per cent, the winner also to visi; the West and the coast as world's champion?, the losers to remain al home. Bad Wreck Near Washington. Washington, Pa., July 29.—A bat wreck occurred on the B. and O. roac early Monday morning, when the sec ond section of eastbound freight No 87 crashed into the front section which was standing in Brady's tunnel a mile east of here. The tunnel was filled with wreckage and the track was torn up for some distance, while the walls of the tunnel were slightly dam aged. No one was injured. All traffic was held up for nearly half a day. $1,000,000 For Cars. Greensburg, Pa., July 29.—An exten sive purchase of steel cars by Greens •burg coal companies, entailing an ex penditure of $1,320,000, has been an nouneed. The cars are of the latest pattern and were ma«',e by the Presse,' Stool Car company. The Keystone Coal and Coke company piireha.- .1 .no the Jamison Coal and Coke companj 600 and the Ml. Plea ant Coke com p:iiiy, financed by Greensburgors, 10C The cars cost $1,200 each. Double Tracking Main Lins. Corry. July 29.—The Erie Rail roac con.pany is < nßaxc.i in double tracklre Itrf mrvji lln" (rom Salaiin:nca lo Buck tooth, Jamestown to T.akowond. Col urcbu to Corry. and from Corry t r Concordi, to do away with the freight: blockade which haa existed for sav eral months. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1903. The l-in.t- Julre Nl.ind, Nearly all the lime juice used in the world comes from the tiny island of Mwiitsernit. in the ltritish West In dies. The line grow? wild in many West Indian islands, but only in Mont serrat is il used commercially. That island is one \ast garden of lime trees, ami nowhere in the world is there a finer sight than its thirty miles of orchards, laden with the fruit of the lime or fragrant with its blossoms. ! The fruit is gathered by negro worn- I en, who carry It down the hills lo j the shipping port in big baskets on their heads. Like all West Indians, they are remarkable f«,r their ability to carry heavy weights in this manner. Once the company which controls the lime juice industry sought to lighten the burden of its laborers by introduc ing wheelbarrows. The negroes tilled the wheelbarrows readily enough, and then carried tliem on their heads as they had been used to carry the baskets. Many a negro woman will carry a< hundredweight of limes on her head for a distance of a mile or more.—lndianapolis News. KamluK Ihf Hon**-. The custom of naming a ship when it is launched witli the breaking of a bottle of wine on the prow is a sur vival of an ancient practice which had many forms. In early times, when the frame of a house was raised, the bot tle of wine was broken on the ridge pole. The usage is mentioned in Me- Lellan's "History of Gorham, Maine." It was the custom at a raising to break a bottl*' of spirit on the ridge pole* and to rej>eat some rhymes, "nam ing the frame," as it was called. When, In 1839, Jacob H. Clement of West Gorham raised a stable, John Phinney, au old' Revolutionary soldier who was present, repeated the following lines, which he said were used in naming the frame of Captain John Stephen son's house and barn, which were raised about 1775: FOR THE HOUSE FRAME. Cursed Is the Tory'-s heart Which from the congress 1/IWH depart; If the laws they do not fear I hope they will not prosper here, And If the laws they do obey I hope they will prosper In corn and hay Chair I'oNturen. It is one thing to have u chair and another to know how to sit o.i it. The ideal of a graceful sitting posture has varied in the different ages of the world. The Egyptian sat bolt upright, the knees and feet closely pressed to gether. It was the ceremonial atti tude. The Greeks and Itomans, when they were at liberty to forget their dignity, sat stooping, with one or both elbows supported by the arms of the chair. The Chinese ideal was with the knees and feet wide apart. They have maintained that attitude in sitting for 400 years. The Saxons and early Nor man kings are represented In old manuscript and on coins in the same position. I>own to a date compara tively recent, kings ami queens re ceived sitting stiffly on their thrones, any marked change of posture being thought to derogate from the royal dig nity. They now receive standing. A Loffend of Kehrtinr). Here is the pretty legend which teJls why February has only twenty-eight or twenty-nine days. Long ago, they say, February "'as it gambler, and he was so unlucky that he soon lost all his money. Like other gamblers, he tried to recover it, und he said to his companions that if they would lend him some money he would give them as security one of ills days. January and March, who were naturally asso ciated with him more often than any of the other months, accepted his of fer, and as poor February soon lost the money which lie had borrowed each of them acquired one of his days. That is why January and March have each thirty-one days and February has only twenty-eight in ordinary and twenty-nine in leap years. I'nßratcful Girl. "Miss Pecliis," began Mr. Klose, "if you marry me you can be assured that"— "I'm sorry, Mr. Klose," the girl in terrupted hastily, "but it Is impossible. I can never marry you." "What! Well, if that ain't Ingrati tude. Didn't I bring you a box of csuidy last week?" —Philadelphia Press. Nothiii K More DOIIIR. The Mistress—How long were you in your last place? Cook—Three wakes, ma'am. The Mistress—And why did you leave? Cook—Sure, ma'am, all the dishes were gone.—Detroit Free Press. What 110 Didn't Mcnn. Mr. Blunder—Why, your mother looks as young as you do, Miss Stale. Miss S. (stiffly)— That is not very com plimentary to me, Mr. Blunder. Mr. IS. (confusedly)—l—didn't mean that. I—l mean you look as young as your mother. Even With Him. Mr. Flirty (tauntingly)—l saw Mrs. Berr.vman on the street today. She looked charming in her mourning gown. Mrs. Flirty (sarcastically) -Indeed! It's a pity we can't all be widows. Frank nnti Ilonest. Butcher What did you think of that steak 1 cut you yesterday? I'atron—To be perfectly frank with you. I thought it came off a South American cow that had been foddered on rubber trees. Education is a mighty good thing to have in the house, but you can't trot a small jackass around a college and make a blooded steed of liiiu.—Dallas News The Wry I'Jrsf l.iKSt<i:litK Hod, AllllOSt l V i:11.1,\ |l lieVCS tlliit Franklin *I. s tli • iii\ ntur of the 1 ij; 111- rid. HI ! in thi< one particular »earl.\ ylioi!; iv ken. The Ilrst lightning conductor was not in v«■ 1111•« 1 by tJio nlus wlio is suiil to have "eaup.ht the. linlitiiin.tr wild and played willi bolts of thunder," but by a poor Knlicmian monk wlio lived at SoiittC'iilicrK. who creeled his light ning catcher on the palace of the cu rator of I'reditsi. .Moravia, on June in, 1754. The name of this inventive snonk was I'rohop lMlwiseli. Ilis ap paratus was composed of a pole sur mounted by an iron rod supporting twelve curved branches and terminat ing in as many metallic boxes filled with iron ore and inclosed with a wooden boxlike cover. This was trav ersed by twenty-seven iron pointed rods, the bases of which were connect ed with the ore boxes. This entire system of wires was united with the earth by a large chain. The enemies of Dilwisch, Jealous of his success, excited the peasants of the neighborhood against him, claiming that his invention was tbe cause of the dry weather that was ruining their crops. When the inventor laughed at them and refused to rem eye it thoy put him in prison and then destroyed hjs work. M. Mclsen used a triple pointed rod years before Benjamin Franklin ever thought of a lightning rod. The Kliik Snake'M I'rowru. The most relentless exterminator of reptiles is a member of the family it self the beautiful, lithe, yellow and black king snake, the friend of man and the avowed enemy of anything that creeps or o~"vls regardless of size or poison fang. A native of our own south, the king snake is between five and eight £eet long and no thicker around than a man's thumb. Built in every muscle and bone for'speed and tremendous constricting power, there is not another snake on earth that can withstand his assault. He is immune to tli" iKjison of the cobra und of the rattler alike, and the strength of a thirty foot python has no terrors for him. Within five minutes from the opening of the light the king snake could kill the biggest python that ever lived. Ferocious as the little con strictor is toward his own kind, toward mail lie is friendly and rarely tries to escape when met afield.—A. W. ltoker in Mc( 'lure's. Si:it Worxliipcrft. In Europe several persons now sedu lously pay homage to the sun, and in a learned journal, entitled I/Ecole Nouvelle. one of them maintains that the sun should be especially honored at Christmas. "Christmas should be regarded as a festival for the benelit of humanity," he says,"in tills way we can once r* e become united with the Aryans, ancestors, who worshiped lire and no celebrated the birth of the divine .■bnstellation, who is the father of light, of heat and of life." He then suggests that the following prayer be said daily: "O thou who causest lies to vanish, who drivest away the evil influence of prodigies, of malignant predictions, of dreams and of wicked apparitions—O thou who bringest to naught the plots of the wicked, to thee we pray, Lord Sun. since thou art the light of the world."' An Orchid TrAgrcdy. Perhaps Madagascar lias claimed more orchid hunters* lives and lx»en the scene of more revolting acts of cruelty than any other place. Some years ago a German orchid fancier, while seeking some specimens in the forests of this island, was captured by some of the native priests, who, after covering him with oil. burned him alive. Another collector who was seized by some of the same priests was allowed to choose between being burned ullve or himself setting lire to some fagots on which lay another prisoner, also an orchid collector, and thus sav ing his own life. He chose the latter alternative and died six months later a lunatic. Antiquity of Wrmtltng. Probably the Ilrst authentic record of a wrestling match is in A. I). 1222, when chivalry on the European conti nent was undergoing a change for the better. During the reign of Henry 111. of England a match took place in St. Giles' iield, London, between citizens of Westminster and the city of London proper. Wrestling was, however, pop ular as a pastime in England at a much earlier period, and from that country many of the different styles originated. The Illuiiderer. She—Of course, lie bored me awfully, but I don't think I showed it. Every time I yawned 1 just hid it with my hand. He (trying to be gallant)—Ueally, 1 don't see how a baud so small could —er —hide—er—that is—beastly weather we're having, isn't it?— Philadelphia Press. X. Y. Guard I suppose when you were in the army you often saw a picket fence? G. A. U. Mann—Yes, but It was a more common sight to see a sentry bos. An Opinion. Tourist—l'm afraid you're prejudiced against Wie bulls and bears. Farmer— Mcbbe so. Anyhow. I think there's more useful animals than they a re. It is a bad plan to throw stones even if you live in a house made of solid rock.—Atchison Globe. Genius begins great works. Labor nlone finishes them.—Joubert. | Summer Suits 8 i The good old summer M time for an outing. 1| 'frty V 1 At this time oi the year young America || to be well If dressed, allow us to §| make a suggestion. jjf Instead of going to a M „ tailor, suppose you ** 3 t f y one of our H vH'VI ill KIRSCHBAUM ready 1 \\| j ll' vOlmi tailored suits at half S rV II the tailor's price. B | You'll find it will I \al wear longer, fit better, H W keep its shape and be Bp c»,, w .. better in style and m taste than anything the average tailor can make to your 9 measure. If you would like to know more about the ft finest line of W Clothing I in this county we invite you to come and see us. We M I will be pleased to meet you. Now, young man, if you 9 want a good suit of clothes don't miss this opportunity. M We also have a full line of gents furnishing good's. II IWe carry a full line ar thc nios\ parUtMihir.' '' » stock anil get prices, j|| Jasper Harris, 1 *' '■ ( p IBalcom & Lloyd. 1 1 |f S prepared | It _» ,5 1 For l * 1 the Season| |[ We have opened and are displaying a 112 !| choice line of . . v j! I FANCY | I DRY GOODS I ji specially selected for the . . I • Season. | i h jlj We have gathered such articles as jp combine elegance with i and utility at I Very Reasonable I H T \ • ill | rrices 112 I 1 1 Relcom % Lloyd. 1
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