THE CAMERON COUNTY PRE^S: ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866. VOL. 38. WASHINGTON LETTER. (From our Regular Oorreipondent.) Washington, Sept. 14, 1903. Editor — There is some anxiety among timorous people in Washington be cause of the action of the Ameri can Federation of Labor taken in connection with the W. A. Miller case and the President's declared "open door" policy with regard to uniou and non-union labor, in the Government service. The Central Labor Union of the District of Col umbia has sent to every organiza tion affiliated with the Federation a copy of resolutions requesting the President to dismiss Miller and retract his avowed policy with re gard to union and non-union labor. It is seen that this is the first step in an organized opposition to Presi dent Roosevelt's nomination. There are, it is claimed, 2,500,000 members of the federated labor organizations and the results of an opposition if it could throw this vote in block would doubtless prove formidable. The idea that the Presidedt will for a moment consider the possi bility of receding from the stand he has taken is not entertained by those who can view his actions, iu so far as they relate to union labor from a dispassionate standpoint. Mr. Roosevelt is firmty convinced that he is in the right in his "open-door" declaration and it would appear that this fact should have appealed to the labor organi zations. It is pointed out that in working for the goverment labor ers are under no necessity of organing to protectet themselves or to secnre shorter hours or larger wages, whatever may be the condi tions that confront them when working for individuals or corpora tions. The government always pays liberally and is an easy task master. It is, therefore, obvious that the unions would be wiser to accept the dictum of the President rather than to antagonize him. In the case of Miller, it is stated on excellent authority that strong recommendations have gone to the President that he be dismissed, these recommendations being based on facts other than he has been ex pelled from the bookbinders' union, and that patience on the part of the unions would probabiy bo rewarded with the discharge of their old enemy. In view of the action of the Central Labor Union, however, the discharge of Miller might now be ascribed as fear on the part of the President and there is nothing that would prove more repugnant to him than to be called upon to take action which might be so interported. It is claimed that already ten states have been heard from endorsing the resolu tions of disapproval of the Presi dent's course. Colonel Charles J. Bonaparte, to whom has been intrusted the in vestigation of the Indian Territory land scandals, has been in Wash ington and has discussed, with Judge Ryan, acting Secretary of the Interior, the work he is about to undertake. When seen by our correspondent, Colonel Bonaparte said that he had as yet formulated no plans and could not therefore discuss the coming investigation intelligently. He could plainly see however, that it would be necessary for him to spend some time in the Territory notwithstand ing the fact that he would call to his assistance several able lieuten ants iu conducting the investiga tion. It is expected that Colonel Bonaparte will plead the cases in the prosecutions growing out of the Postoflice investigations and it seems likely that he will be an ex ceedingly busy man for the next few months. COUNTY FAIR. The First Annual Fair of the Cameron County Agricultural Society will be held at Keystone Park, Saturday, Ootober )i, 1903. Prizes for Babies and Pototoes, for Pumpkins and Cattle, Butter, Canned Goods and Needle Work. Prizes for everybody. See next week's paper for particulars. On Annual Vacation. T. B. Lloyd, Cashier of First Nation al Bank, is taking his annual vacation at Pittsburg where he attended the State Bankers' Association meeting. Before returing home he will visit a a few days with his cousin at Wilmer ding. DEATH'S DOINGS. DULLING. PATRICK DULLING, aged 84 years, died on Monday at the residence of Merrick Nolan, Shippen township. His remains were taken to Lock Haven on Wednesday by his son, Partrick Dulling, for interment beside his wife, who rests there. Deceased has resided here about three ye t irs. Train Runs Away. On Friday night a freight train got beyond control and came down Keating Summit hill at a terrible rate of speed —75 miles an hour. While passing the big fill the caboose was thrown down the steep embankment. The conductor, Mr. McCarthy, was in the caboose and was seriously injured, not fatally. The crew, except the conductor, stuck to their posts of duty and succeeded in stopping the train at Pour Mile. Brakeman Hacketsays "that's earning money quick." However fortunately the runaway turned out to be, it might have resulted in a fearful collision, for we are informed they had orders to pass a train at Shippen. The train was detained at Emporium. The Lock Haven Democrat, in a timely article, urges a uniform tax as sessment. As the article in question will undoubtedly prove of interest to many of Cameron's real estate owners it is herewith giveii verbatim: It is a well known fact that the pres ent syetem |of assessment iu Clinton county as well as other counties in the state in many instances unjust and un satisfactory, in consequence of which the assessors and county commission ers have no end of tronble. The fact of the matter is, there is no system; as the books in the commissioners' office will show. There is considerable var iance in different townships on the line of assessable property. Take for in stance horses and cows. In some of the townships the valuation fluctuates as much as 50 per cent, occording to the ideas of the assessor. In the mat ter of assessing real estate, the work as now done is far from being syste matic. It is the rule that the poor man, with the humble home, pays far more tax in proportion to the actual value of his home than does the heavy real es tate owner and the holder of bi % busi ness blocks and mercantile establish ment. In view of these facts our county commissioners would be com mended if they would devise some plan whereby the evil could be rem edied. The same state of affairs has existed in Lycoming county, but the commis sioners there have been making a strong effort to adopt a more satisfac tory plan. Recently the entire force of assesors, numbering 72, were summoned to the courthouse, having come in response to a call sent them by the board of commissioners. The object of the meeting was to talk over and devise a plan through which something like a uniform assessment of properties could be made in the future. For years back as at the present time, this business has also been done in a haphazard sort of a manner in Lycoming county, and the commissioners are attempting to do away with the old system and in troduce a new order of things. The commissioners of Clinton county have issued their precepts to the as sessors, who will commence their work next Monday. This is the triennial as sessment or the time when the valua- I tions will bo placed on the real estate, I and it behooves the assessors to use the utmost care in putting on equitable values, as the assessment this year will be the basis of taxation for the next three years to come. You can't afford not to buy a ticket for the cooking lectures and demon strations, Seeing and testing is be lieving. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1903. Chapter of Accidents. Robt. Parker, sawyer in Howard Co.'s new mill had his toe caught in one of the wheels of the carriage and had the member nearly torn off, Jit hanging by a liltle flesh and skin at the bottom. Dr. Heilman carefully replaced the member and secured it with several stitches. He hopes to grow it to its place again. •% On Monday morning about 4 o'clock Chas. Krebs, setter at Howard Co's. new mill, took the place of the sawyer during the latter's temporary absence, and had the misfortune to get his left wrist badly cut by the band saw jump from the wheel and striking him. It was a very narrow escape from being cut "into sawdust" by this great band of steel flying at random around a man. He at once repaired to Dr. Heil man's office to have the wound dress ed. *•* Last Monday, while J. W. Kreitner who lives near Gardeau, in this county was coming to town with his team after a load of drive pipe for the well now being drilled on the Wm. Hacken berg farm, met with a serious accident at Four Mile. His horses took fright at the pusher engine and, in his efforts to check them lost his balance and was thrown under the hind wheels of the the four inch wide tired wheel pinned his head to the ground, face down. Mr. Kreitner, who was alone, extricated himself from bis painful position bv pulling his head from under the wheel. He was severly injured in the head, several ugly cuts having beeen inflect ed, yet he managed to get to Emporium and Dr. Bardwell dressed his injuries. When the injured man started for home, accompanied by his son, he was evidently feeling better, for we noticed he was pulling at one of Dan'l Webster's best 25 cent cigars. Last Wednesday afternoon Michael Evers, of Beechwood, met with a very painful accident, while assisting Mr. C. R. Kline in etoring his hay. A hay fork was used with rope and tackle when the horse made a lurch, catching Mr. Evers' right thumb in the pully, splitting that member to the hand. In his effort to release his right thumb he grabbed at the pulley with his left hand, which was drawn into the pul ley. Mr. Evers' left thumb was pulled from the hand, tearing the tendon from thumb to elbow, smashing every finger. Mr. C; R. Kline brought the terribly injured and suffering man to Dr. Bardwell's office where he patient ly stood the surgical work, refusing to take ether. He was taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thos. Lyons and while horribly crippled the Dr. hopes to save both hands. The old soldier is bearing his misfortune bravely and his friends hope he may come out of the ordeal better than at first expected. Serious Wreck. Last Monday morning about two o'clock, a serious wreck occurred at the bridge west of the Borough. The immediate cause of the accident is not clear in the minds of the railroad men, yet it is presumed that one of the air brake pipes bursted, which caused one of the cars to "kick" back, parting the train. Just before entering the bridge one of the cars changed its position and attempted to cross the bridge crosswise, three or four other cars pil ing into it. The bridge was fearfully torn up and fully a hundred feet brok en down, cars dumped down the em bankment and grain and hay scattered to the four winds. All trains were de layed for several hours. The bridge was repaired promptly and at 4:30 p. m., same day trains were passing over it. Three wrec ews and about one hundred men -omptly at work, under the direct,.. v e n McCarthy and bridge builder Youtz. Very for tunately no one was injured in the wreck. Go«s for the Boys. Mr. Kellev, who conducts the camp on Hick's Run, feels that the boys treated him outrageously in the PRESS article, Aug. 20th. He says if the boys will come back, clean up the dirt they made and put the place in as good con dition as they found it, he will give them back the $5.00 they paid, make them a present of $5.00 additional and throw in Kelley's pups. Fall Opening, Friday and Saturday, Sept. asth and 26th. A display of fine pattern and street hats. Lices, trimmings and novelties. Waist patterns. Special attention paid to the child ern. B. & E. LUDLAM. New buildings and improvements are continuing in all parts of town. Be Careful of Milk. The authorities are tracing the spread of typhoid fever to infected milk. In dealing with this subject the Philadelphia Inquirer says:"The facte seem clear and are in accordance with the known fact that milk is the best "host" in the world for the develop ment of almost every sort of bacteria. It has been found that inside of a day under favorable conditions one million bacteria will form in a drop of milk the size of a pin-head. It seems impos sible that such minute creatures should be dangerous, but nothing is more certain than that they are the authors of much of the disease which afflicts mankind. The purest milk is that which is direct from the cow. If the milk is kept at about fifty degrees the development of bacteria is slow and is proportionately moro rapid as the tem perature rises until 160 is reached, when they are all killed." A Large Order. Probably the largest order ever given for paint in the State of North Carolina, was received by the Odell Hardware Co., of Greensboro, N. C., from W. A. Irwin Esq., of Durham. The order was for 5,000 gallons of Devoe lead-and zinc paint, to be used on the large Irwin Mills and their cot tages now being built in Hartnett County. Many of the leading paint manufac tures were eager to secure this order, and it speaks volumes that the prefer ence was given to Devoe lead and zinc, which is undoubtedly the fore most paint in this country to-day.— Greensboro, (N. C.,) Record. Potter County Young |rian is Crazed by Cigarettes. The Potter Enterprise says that Floyd Hakes was brought to Couders port from Shingle House and placed in the insane department of the county home. At different times for two or three years the young man's mind has been badly effected, and once before he was placed in the home. The man's affliction was broaghfc about principally by the excessive use of cigarettes. His condition at the present time is more serious than ever before. Manila Times. We acknowledge the receipt of the Manila Daily Times, dated Aug. 21st, from our friend Mr. Fred Julian, who has arrived in Manila. It is a large eight page paper, well printed and an up-to-date American style. To give the PitESB readers a faint idea of the cost of living in Manila we quote from the price list of produce, meats, etc: Beef, sirloin and rump, 55c per lb.; mutton, 45c; butter, $1.00; liver 40c; pork, 60c; milk, §1.30; per quart. This in Mexican money. The Mothers' Club. The mothers club will please meet at the High School room on Friday after noon at 3:30. A good attendance is very desirable as we wish to arrange the work that may be thought best to do this year. We have accomplished some good each year and let us not be weary of doing for the youug people of our community. MRS. M. M. LARRABEE. At the Adlrondacks. W. L. Sykes, President of the Em porium Lumber Co., left Saturday for St. Regis Falls, N. Y., where he was joined by Wm. Caflisch of Keating Summit, Albert Caflisch of Union City, and E. J. Jones of St. Marys, also rep resentatives of the Emporium Lumber Co. The party left Monday for a week's business trip to the Adiron dacks.—Galcton Dispatch. Strawberries in September. Thos, McGrain on Monday picked a nice mess of fine strawberries from Mr. Fred Julian's plants and reports plenty of blossoms and more berries to ripen. Other citizens are reporting a second crop of this fine fruit. Couldn't Stay Away. We are all glad to see our friend Chas. A. Van Lew, and his excellent wife, return to Emporium, after spending a few months in the west. Mr. Van Lew informs the PRESS he will remain for the winter at least. Better stay at home friend Van. Promoted. Mr. Frank T. Beers, who has been chemist at Climax works for several years, lias been promoted to the posi tion of Assistant Supt. Mr Beers' many friends are pleased to note his pros perity. Take the cooking lessons to learn how to make and bake the finest bread in two hours, all told. October Wedding. Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Moore, of Sum merville, Pa., have issued cards for the wedding of their daughter Olive Eliza beth to Mr. Don Marshall Larrabee, to take place on Wednesday, October the seventh, at twelve o'clock. Orow Chestnuts. C. K. Sober, of Lewisburg, was visit ing in Emporium the past week. Mr. Sober is an enthusiast on chestnut cul ture and is now engaged in planting several hundred acres in chestnut trees. After three years the trees bear and become profitable. Labor Oiganizations. The most fundamental mistake of labor organization is in attempting to place and keep all men who do the same kind of work on the same level. Two workmen side by side in the same shop may be of different value. One may be active, diligent, skillful and in every way far superior to the average; the other may be lazy, unreliable, un skillful, and the poorest man in the shop, and worth less than half as much as the best. To insist that these men must have the same wages is to put them on the level of machines. This does more than anything and every thing which the unions complain of to take away the individuality, indepen dence, and valuable personality of a workman. It makes him merely one of a mass, no better than the poorest. It is a popular scheme with shiftless, lazy, iucompetent workmen, but its effect is to take away from them, as well as from better men, an incentive to excellence. This discourages the best men, Irritates them with sense of injustice, destroys the manly ambition for excellence which has hereto raised the American workman far above the level of simliar service in other lands, and degrade their service toward a level of mediocrity. This is a fatal mistake. It lowers their value and their manhood. An unfortunate outgrowth of this theory is the notion that a workman is guilty of a fault towards his associates if he makes himself more valuable than they are. It is hoped that ideas of this kind are not very prevalent, but they are certainly too common among workmen, and they unquestion ably tend to the degradation of labor. Hope for the improvement of the con dition of workmen can be fulfilled only by increasing their value. Criticisms of labor unions because of such mistakes of doctrine or of man agement frequently goto the extreme of denouncing all such organizations. This is unjust and unreasonable. Labor unions are probably a necessity. They are at any rate, capable of very great service. They have accomplish ed already a great amount of good in spite of the mistakes they have made. It is the highest degree important, therefore, that they be wisely managed and based on true principles.—Cur wensville Mountaineer. Why Adam Was Lucky. Some people never knew when they were well off. There was Adam, he was a lucky man but never knew it. He did not have to crease his trous ers. There was no one to ask him "Is it hot enough for you." He didn't have to push a lawn mower when it was ninety in the shade. He had no relatives to visit him in the summer. Eve didu't have a new hat every change of season. He had no trolly cars or automobiles to dodge. He didn't have to join a union to hold his job. He knew more animals than even Ernest Thompson Seton. His children was not always asking for new shoes. His wife never attended bargain sales. She never raised Cain when he came home late at night, but always let him in herself when she was Abel. He was perfectly contented with his job until the walking delegate came along and told him, he was not getting all that was coming to him, and he had better help himself to an apple, which he did, and he discovered that while one swallow did not make a summer, one apple made a fall.—Ex change. Warning. All persons are herby forbidden from trespassing upon the property of this Company without a permt fro m this office or the Superintendant at the works. KEYSTONE POWDER MFO. CO Emporium, Pa., August Ist, 1903! 24-tf. Purchase your fall overcoat now and save doctor's bill. N. Soger's fine line are all of the latest style. TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. WEATHER REPORT. (Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.) FRIDAY, Fair and Colder. SATURDAY. Fair. SUNDAY. Fair. BRIEF riENTION. Fewer gallons; wears longer; Devoe. Don't miss the free lesson in cook ing. The new patterns in shirts at N. Soger's. Only one dollar for six lessons in cooking. Only the best goods at N. Soger's. No "shabby" stuff. Time and place of the cooking school Oct. Ist at 2p. m.,in the old Presby terian church. Don't forget to go. WANTED.—The undersigned wishes to buy a full blooded Guernsey or Jersey Bull, from one to two years old. J. J. SCHWAB, Cameron, Pa. N. Segers new early fall goods are taking like hot cakes and never such bargains were offered to his customers. The parties who stole those chickens at Mr. J. M. Nolan's 011 Sept. 12th, are requested to return same or their equi valent or they will be dealt with ac cording to law. The parties are known and it may b,e very humiliating to them if proceedings are brought. There is much enthusiasm now among the stockholders,(many of them Renovoite's) of the company that is drilling the gas wells at Ilyner. Last Friday a number of officials of the company visited the flowing well ac companied by an expert, who tested the gas pressure. It is stated that the test showed a pressure of 400 pounds. The derrick is completed for well No. 2, and a new set of drilling tools has been ordered.—Renovo Record. The October number of the Woman's Home Companion contains sixty pages of feature and fiction. It is especially a household number. The autumn fashions are treated of exhaustively. There are articles on gardening, enter taining and cooking. Especially feat ure-articles are the history oi "The United Daughters of the Confederacy." "Inventions that ought to be Invent ed." There is a wealth of beautiful illustrations, and the usual number of excellent short stories by snch writers as Eden Phillpotts, Joseph C. Lincoln, Juliet Wilbor Tompkins and Elliott Flower. Published by the Crowell Publishing Company, Springfield, Ohio; one dollar a year; ten cents a copy. The following is true because it's good authority, the Tionesta Republi can: "The humble and once despised elder berry is now ripening and rapid ly finding its way into the fruit can ning campaign that has lately been inaugurated. The time was and not so many years ago, either, when the paople were discussing the best means of getting rid of the elder berry bushes and many columns were written on the subject. Like the Canada thistle and the daisy they were counted an in tolerable nuisance on the farm, but to day the farmer who has an healthy headge of elder berries on his premises may count himself lucky, for, when properly put up, few berries that grow have the elder berry down on flavor and juicyness." The Sharon News tells of a girl who found a package of love letters that had been written to her mother by her father before they were married. The daughter saw that she could have a little sport and read them to her mother, substituting her own name for that of her mother and a fine young man for that of her father. The mother jumped up and down in her chair, shifted her feet, seemed terribly dis gusted, and forbade her daughter hav ing anything to do with a young mau who would write such sickening and nonsensical stuff to a girl. When the young lady handed the letters to her mother to read, the house became eo still that one could hear the grass growing in the back yard. S3O Thirty Dollars S3O. Every day until November 30tb, The Missouri Pacific Ry., will sell one way colonist tickets from St. Louis to points in California, Washington, and Oreiron at rate of §30.00, Also special one way colonist tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each months to points in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico at about one half rate. For in formation, schedule of trains, rates etc., address Jno R. James, Central Passenger Agent, 905 Park Bldsr Pittsburg, Pa. The Eureka Mfg. Co., of East St L.OUIS, 111., want a man with rig to in troduce Poultry Mixture in this coun ty. They guarantee $3 60 a day to a good worker and they furnish bank reference of their reliability. Send stamp for particulars. Eureka Mfg. Co., Box 99, East St. Louis, 111. 46-1-ly. NO. 31.
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