THE CAMERON COUNTY PREAS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866. VOL. 38. WASHINGTON LETTER. (From our Regular Oorreipondsnt.) Washington, Oct. 26, 1903. Editor Preti: — The Ohio and Maryland cam paign continues to absorb the in intereat of politicians and the pros pects of the republicans in each look bright. Senator Hanna has completely regained his health and seems to gain in force and enthus iasm as the contest progresses, while Tom Johnson and Clarke have worn themselves out. In Maryland the republican factions have buried tlieir differences, at least for the present, and are un ited in their attempts to rescue the state from the Gorman thral dom. This is due largely to the influence of the President who has shown such keen interest in the state campaign. Senator Ilauna s recent attack on Bryan has caused a good deal of amusement among republicans here. He said, "He (Bryan) has told that a panic was impending. He ought to know be cause he helped to bring on one panic. Bryan's visits to Ohio in duced me to make a visit to Neb raska in 1900. I spoke three times in Lincoln, Bryan's own town, and Bryan that year did not carry his own precinct, his own ward, his own town, his own county, his own state. Mr. Bryan has said I would not dare to come to Zanes ville, because forsooth a soap fac tory had failed. Perhaps if it had not failed, and some of William Jennings Bryan's followers had used some of that soup it might have done them good." One of the amusing incidents of the Mary land campaign is the effortto teach the illiterate voters, a large per centage of whom are white, how to mark the ballot,as the new election laws forbid any assistance in the voting booth, except in the case of physial disability. There will be seven names on the ballot and those who cannot read will have great difficulty in marking the right one. The negroes are well or ganized and the republicans gather them together in nightly meetings to teach them to recognize the word 'Republican." The greatest difficulty in the past was to teach them to distinguish between the republican and prohibition names, as to an illiterate "It"and "P" look very much alike. The white illiterate democrats are ashamed to j receive this pubic instruction, and many of their votes will thus be lost to the party. Republicans will have complete control of the Fifty-eighth Congress which meets in extra session on Noveber '.). Their majority in the Senate will be twenty-four, and in the House thirty. Many new faces are seen among the members whoarrive in Washington. Twelve Senators will see their first service, exeept for ten days extra session of the Senate last spring. There will be 118 new members in the House, among them William Ran dolph Hearst who aspires to the democratic nomination next year. Mr. Gorman will attempt to lead a united democratic minority in the Senate and as he, too, has Presi dential aspirations, he will be watched more closely than usual. His resentment at the President's attempts to harmonize the republi can factions in Maryland, together with the fact that his brother had been dismissed from a position in the Treasury Department, will not tend toward the increase of good feeling between the leader of the democratic minority and the Ad ministration. Short, economical and business-like, is the republi can program for the extra and reg ular sessions which precede the presidential election. Everybody reads the PRESS. The Star Course Announcement. The teacher*ofourpablicacbools have assumed the management of the Star Course this season and will soon begin an active canvass for the sale of tickets. The price for each ticket to remain the same as a year ago, $1 50, for the five attractions including a reserve fleet. The proceeds of the course will be ap plied to the purchase of reference boohs and various needed appliances for use in the schools. The object thus being a worthy one and the character of the attractions the highest, the pat tronage will doubtless be the largest. The maintenance of an entertainment course is one of the best proofs of the refinement and intelligence of a com munity and there seems to be a pecu liar fitness in the public school forces being the fosterers and promoters of such an enterprise. The talent has been selected with the most discriminat ing judgment and is offered the public in the full confidence that the most ex acting requirements will be fully met. Dec. 2nd—Lulu Tyler Gates Company of Artists. This Company includes Lulu Tyler Gates, reader; Helen Carter McConnell, contralto; Marie Ludwig, harpist and accompanist, and 11. Benne Hen ton, clarinet saxophone. The pro gram they will present will be unique, novel, popular and artistic. Dec. 18—Harvey Graeme Fusbay— Lacture. Dr. Fusbay's subject will be announced later. He has all the graces of the polished rhetorician. His power of sarcasm has been likened to John J. Ingalls. He completed both a legal and theological course, afterwards de voting three years to the study of history. He has won distinction both professionally and on the platform and has the rare afflatus of the true orator. Jan. 19 —Rosa Crane (C. Edgar Rose crans.) Cartoonist, Humorist, Mono, logist. Mr. Crane is an artist of rare ability. His repertoire includes, hum orous caricatures, character sketches, crayon and clay modeling, musical monologies, impersonations, transfor mation scenes and illustrated songs. Feby. Bth. —The Byron Troubadours, Novelty Musical Entertainers This is no common place Company but a gal laxy of brilliant players. They use piano, harp, violin, mandolin, banjo, saxpohone, etc., they are also choice vocalists. No company now before the public presents an evening entertain ment so replete with bright sparkling instrumental numbers and catchy sing ing and jubilee work. Feby. 20.—The Jausen Carnival Com pany. This Company includes Harry Jansen magician and Illusionist and the world famous C. Deronda and James Oliver Peet in a Carnival of musical novelties. No similar combi. nation has been more favorably receiv- | ed. The Chicago Y. M. C. A., has booked it three seasons in succession and is enthusiastic in its commendation. Troubadours Coming. The famous Troubadours under the management of E. W. Dale, have open ed a most successful season with the "Ex-President of Liberia." That they are brighter and better than ever before goes without saying. With their beautiful scenic effects and investments of costume and its elabor ate stage mountings, it only goes to show that the enterprising musical comedy company is fast climbing the ladder of footlight fame. They will ap pear at the Opera house, Oct 31, one night only. Death of a Child. Donald, the five year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hollowill, died at their home on East Fifth street, Friday evening, Oct. 23 of brain disease. The bright little fellow had been ill for some weeks, his sickness defying the best ef forts of his physician to effect a cure. Funeral services were held at the home last Saturday afternoon by the Rev. O. S. Metzler. Much sympathy is mani fested for the parents in their affliction. Old Portraits, &c., Wanted. A gentleman with McClure's Maga zine desires to purchase for literary use small or large quantities of old portraits, views, comical pictures, let , ters, &c. Old books, magazines or ! scrap-books containing them will do if ;in good condition. If any of our sub- I scribers know of anything write to R. | F. Pick, account McClures Magazine, 145 E. 25th at., New York City, N. Y. Desirable House for Rent. The newly constructed twenty-one room house, located on Sixth street, Emporium, Pa., suitable for hotel or boarding House,is elegantly construct ed and is supplied with <jas, steam and two bath rooms, as well as all other modern conveniences. CLIMAX POWDEK M'F'G CO., 3*-tf. Emporium, Pa. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1903. Arm Broken.' James Russell, employed at John Bauer's farm, fell from a hay loft, last Wednesday, breaking his left arm. Dr. Bardwell reduced the fracture and the young man is getting along nicely. Bargain In Books. A complete set ofßrittanica Ency clopaedia,consisting of thirtyjvolumes, and key. Are all new and in original packages. Will be sold at a bargain. Apply at PRESS office. 36tf Back Broken. A workman named Frankenfleld, employed on the B. & S. iron bridge at Sinnamahoning, fell to the ground, a distance of thirty feet, on Monday. It is feared his back is broken. The in jured man was taken to Ridgway hos pital. Rapidly Failing. J. M. Davison received word on Monday that his mother, who resides at Chambersburg, Pa., was rapidly failing. He took Erie mail same day, for Chambersburg. Mrs. Davison,who formerly resided in Emporium, is in her 88th year and has been an invalid for several years. flother's Club. Emporium High School, Sept. 15, 'O3. The Mother's Club was organized and the following officers were elected: Mrs. Larrabee, President; Mrs. C. W. Shaffer, Vice-Pres., for East Ward; Mrs. H. S. Lloyd, Vice-Pres. for Mid dle Ward; Mrs. D. Downey, Vice-Pres. for West Ward; Mrs. E. H.Gregory, Treasurer and Mrs. P. H. Burke, Secre tary. The object of theso meetings are to help teachers and pupils. The subject under discussion was whether it would be wise to offer prizes to the best pupil in deportment, attendance and punctu ality, thereby giving the average child the same chance with the bright child. The discussion brought out the follow ing questions. What the prizes should be ?—medals or money deposited in bank in pupils name,. also in how many schools the prizes should be of fered. No decision was reached and it was laid over until the meeting of Oct 16. The meeting of Oct. 16th was opened a selection of music from the High School. The discussion of the subject of last meeting was opened and the high school was selected as the school in which the prize is to be offered. To each of four classes, the sum of five dollars will be given the winner, and if it proves satisfactory and benefits the pupil in one way, it will be offered to the grammar and intermediate grades next year. Another selection of music. The discussion ol' the super vision of the library. Miss Kaye favor ed the members with a piano solo. Next meeting will be held Nov. 13, 1903. All mothers are invited to at tend these meetings. The Gamble Recital. The largest audience of the week heard the best entertainment of the Institute series at the opera house, last Thursday night. This is not to dispar age the others, as all were delightful in their way and well deserved the generous applause they received. Ernest Gamble, however, is an Empo rium favorite, and the good opinion entertained of his work a year ago, gained strength and prestige by his re cital on Thursday evening, It would be difficult to describe his voice and the task will not here be at tempted. Suffice to say, that all those qualities desired in a professional sing er but witliall so seldom found, he possesses in an unusual degree. Breadth and purity, smoothness, sweet ness and richness of voice added to a rare charm and magnetism of manner, make him almost the ideal concert artist. Mr. Edwin M. Shonert, pianist, and Miss Bertha Webb, violinist, were equally superb in their respective roles. In associating with himself artists of such marked ability, Mr. Gamble has given to his company an unchallenged pre-eminence among all similar organ izations. Mr. Shonert's superior as a pianist has never appeared on the local stage. His auditors were charm ed with his intelligent and sympathetic interpretation of the classic composi tions of the old masters, while Miss Webb's violin solos were finely exe j cuted and received with every evi dence of pleasure. First Methodist Episcopal Church. The time of the Sunday Evening ser viceis changed from 7:30 to 7 o'clock. ■ Special revival services will be hold in the church each evening during the ' coming week beginning at 7:30 o'clock. | A kind welcome is extended to all. The Death of David L. Barber. The PRESS last week gave announce ment of the horrible death of David L. Barber, near Driftwood. The Drift wood Gazette says: The following day workmen shifted every part of the debris and found part of a dog's skull and $75 in gold, but not a trace of the unfortunate man's remains could be found. Some people are of the opinion that he became craz ed and, during the absence of his wife, rushed from the burning building and wandered off into the woods, while others believe that he was cremated beneath a large pile of brick which were still red-hot eighteen hours after the house was in ashes. The latter theory is no doubt the correct one, as the searchers found a pocket knife, match box and the rim of a pocket book which, Mrs. Barber declares, he always carried. Mr. Barber was aged 81 years, and resided in this county a great many years. He owned two farms, also a property in town, but the supposition that he had considerable money hoard ed has been disproved. Besides his wife, he is survived by one brother, Amos, who is also a well known and highly respected citizen of this place. Since the above was placed in type, part of a bone, about four inches in length, has been found but whether it is part or Mr. Barber's or the dog's re mains is not yet known. Climbing Up. John D. Morrissey, of Superior, Wis., arrived in Emporium last week to visit his mother a few days and talk over old times with his Emporium friends. While in town the X-RESS en joyed a visit from this energetic young gentleman, who left here for the west fourteen years. That he has shown his friends what perseverance will do, coupled with strict attention to busi ness, is a self-evident fact. Mr. Mor rissey is general agent of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic R. R., at Sup erior, Wis., where he has charge of four agencies and twenty-seven clerks. F. M. Cole, also an old Emporium boy, is Mr. Morrissey's cashier. Certainly Emporium is proud of the boys she has turned out upon the busi ness world. They are many and in al most every instance have rapidly climbed the ladder of industry, perse verance and responsibility. Would that more of our young men would follow in the foot steps of those who have passed out into the business world. This world is full of opportu nities, just as good as it ever was, for right kind of material. Gone to Memorial Home. Mrs. John Pepper, of Sterling Run, widow of the old soldier who died at that place some time ago, having been in poor health since her husband's death and unable to care for herself, the facts became known to the Wo man's Relief Corps of Emporium who promptly took up the matter, inquir ing into the details, finally arranged to have the old lady conveyed to and cared for at the Brookville Memorial Home. Mrs. R. P. Heilman, who is president of the Corps, started last Tuesday, with Mrs. Pepper for Brookville, where she will be carefully cared for. The Corps has assumed the care of her property, which they offer for sale and hope to be able to realize sufficient from it to pay her outstand ing accounts and her expenses at the Home. Should be Stopped. There seems to be a large num ber of impostors begging from house to house and otherwise imposing on our citizens this fall, some of these in dividuals being able-bodied men, and if their request is refused will make an impudent remark to the person not complying with their demand. While there undoubtedly are some unfortu nates among these beggars, we think they should stay where they belong and not impose on strangers. Our authorities should take up this matter and put a stop to this imposition on our people, who have enough to do to take care of their own poor without being bothered and insulted by other peoples. » Serious Fall. Hon. L. Taggart is confined to his bed suffering greatly from the effects of a fall last Saturday, while stepping from his yard to the street walk. The flag stone in front of his gate being quite frosty he slipped and fell, strik ing on his right side with great force. It was at first thought he had broken some of his ribs. He suffers great pain and no doubt will be confined to hia residence for some time. ROOSEVELT FOR HONESTY Addresses Pan-American Confer ence of Episcopal Bishops. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2fi.— President Roosevelt last evening addresed the Pan-American con ference of Episcopal Bishops in ses sion in this city, his discourse being devoted to man's duty to God, the State, his family and his neighbor. The President pleaded for honesty in its highest sense on the part of private citizen and public servant. Mr. Roosevelt declared that good intentions cannot be effective without power to make them felt in action. This power, he asserted, should be cultivated. Continuing, the President said: "In the seventh hymn which we sung in the last line you all joined in singing "God Save the State." Do you intend merely to sing that, or to try to do it? If you intend merely to sing it, your part in doing it will be but small. "The State will be saved, if the Lord puts it into the heart of the average man so to shape his life that the State shall be worth sav ing, and only on those terms. "We need civic righteousness. The best Constitution that the wit of man has ever devised, the best institutions that the ablest states men in the world ever have re duced to practice by law or by cus tom, shall be of no avail if they are not vivified by the spirit which makes a State great by making it honest, just md brave in the first place. "If you have not honesty in the average private citizen or public servant, then all else goes for noth ing. The abler a man is, the more dexterous, the shrewder, the bolder, why, the more dangerous he is if he has not the root of right living and right-thinking in liiin— and that in private life, and even more in public life. "Exactly, as in time of war, al though you needed in each fight ing man far more than courage, yet all else counts for nothing if there is not that courage upon which to base it. So, in our civil life, al though we need that the average man in private life, that the aver age public servant shall have far more than honesty, yet all other qualities go for nothing or for worse than nothing unless honesty underlins them. "I ask for militant honesty, for the honesty of the kind that makes those who have it discontented with themselves as long as they have failed to do everything that in them lies to stamp out dis honesty wherever it can be found, in high place or in low. I ask then that our people feel quicken ed within them the burning indig nation against wrong in every shape which shall take effect in condemnation, especially condem nation of that wrong, whether found in private or in pubic life at the moment. "Surely in every moment for the betterment of our life, our life socially in the truest and deepest sense, our life political, we have a special right to ask not merely sup port, but leadership from those of the church." The Famous Troubadours. Among the specialties of the Trouba dours is Misß Nettie Taylor, [queen of instrumentalists; William A Baynard, specialty pianist; Ben Toledo, unsur mountable jnggler, whose wonderful skill in the art of balancing holds all audiences spell bound, and Montrose Douglass, trick bicyclist and unicyclist presenting a turn in trick bicycle riding that is hard to be equalled, and Walter Jones, dancing comedian and tambor iue artist, all of which are very good numbers. And in conclusion we can only say that each group of footlight charmers appear more dashing and handsome than its predecessor, and that collectively the chorus is the host heard here for some time. They will I appear at the opera House on Oct. 31 j one night only. Prosperous Sheep Farm. W. R. Johnson, of Bryan Hill, today ; received a blooded Shrapshire ram from Hudson River, which he placed | on his farm, where he pays strict at i tention to sheep, having raised over i a hundred within the past year and J furnished his trade with eighty lambs. TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. WEATHER REPORT. (Forecast by T. B.Lloyd.) FRIDAY, Rain. SATURDAY. Rain. SUNDAY, Fair. OPERA HOUSE, ONE NIGHT OM.V, SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 31. The Famous TROUBADOURS Comedy Company Direction of E. W. DALE, Presents the Hurricane Success THE EX-PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA A Tunefully Melodious, Hilariously Funny, Re fined and unequalled MUSICAL, COMEDV In two acts. EMBRACING THE CREAM OF COLORED TALENT. Evolutionizing and Eclipsingall Previous Similar Efforts. QUALITY NOT QUANTITY OUR MOTTO. We excell in both by introducing 25 Artists 25 The Sweetest Singers, Efficient Musicians. Graceful and Artistic Dancers. Astounding Specialties, Georgeous Costumes. Car load of special and beautiful scenery from DANIEL'S Studio. Funniest Com medians, Ludicrous Situa tians, Brilliant Climaxes, Witty Dialogue and Pretty Women. Prices; —Opera chairs, 75c; Reserved seats, 50c; General admission, 35c; Gallery, 25c. Seats on sale at Lloyd's book store. Warm Reception Tendered Rev. W. A. Pugsley and Wife, at Erie. One of *the most pleasant social gatherings in the history of the Sec ond Baptist church was held last night at the church, corner Twenty-third and Reed streets, in the form of a recep tion to their new pastor Rev. W. A. Pugsley and wife, who commenced their labors with them Oct. 4, 1903. The auditorium of the church was well filled with members of the several Baptist churches of the city and a goodly number of their invited friends. A lengthy program was rendered in which a number of the clergy of the city spoke warm words of welcome to the Rev. gentleman and his wife. The response to the words of wel come were very feelingly responded to by Rev. W. A. Pugsley, giving the speakers and hearers a few of his well chosen remarks as to his ambitions and desires for the building up of a strong church, and thanking all for the hearty welcome extended to him self and wife. After a few remarks by Deacon Hicks the congregation was introduced to Rev. Pugsley and his estimable wife, Deacon Hicks and wife acting as host and hostess, after which the visitors and members retired to the very tastily arranged dining room in the basement of the church, where the good things prepared by the Ladies' Aid society were discussed at some length. Covers wer spread for 150, two large tables well filled with the things that appear to the inner man. Rev. W. A. Pugsley came to Brie with flattering testimonials from his former charge at Emporium, Pa., and from leading citizens of that place. That his departure was sincerely, re gretted is attested by a letter from the clerk of the First Baptist church of Emporium, and that his retirement was deplored by the people of Empori um generally is evidenced by letters from Hon. H. H. Mullin, member of legislature from Cameron county, C. E. Crandall, teller of the First National bank, and a number of Emporium's foremost people.—Erie Times. Serious Accident. Word was received here on Monday that John Powell, of Buffalo, formerly a resident of Emporium, was seriously, if not fatally injured last Sunday by falling from a forty foot trestle, while working for the Lackawanna Iron Co. At this writing his case is considered very critical. Jndge McDonald. Hon. John McDonald has been quite ill for several days, which has prevent ed his calling upon the voters, as he desired. It is hoped his many friends will carefully look to his interests and see that he gets the handsome major ity he so justly deserves. Vote for Hon. John McDonald for Associate Judge. NO. 36.
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