THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. B«»«: A joint resolution has been in troduced in the Senate inviting Cuba to join the American Union as a State. Senator Newlands of Nevada is the author of the resolu tion, which provides further that Porto Rico shall become a county of the State of Cuba, and that the president and vice-president of the Repulic shall become the governor and lieutenant governor, and that the new loan which Cuba is about to make,shall be raised by issuingstate bonds. The advantages to Cuba of joining the Union are evident. She would have free trade with this country, and the receipts from her exports would be nearly doubled. She is now offering $35,000,000 of bonds at 5 per cent, at 90, and finds difficulty in getting buyers. If they are state bonds, guaranteed by the United States, she could sell them easily at 3 per cent. Mr Newlands says that the present is* a good time to make Cuba the of er, as the condition of the island is being discussed by Congress and that we should make it plain to her that we invite her to join us on absolute equality, as a state. It would be union rather than annex ation, and she would be one of us, and not subject to us. He believes that the people of both countries will realize that the argument for union is irresistible. Texas might be cited as a precedent. The bill enacting the Cuban reci procity treaty passed the House by a vote of 335 to 21. It is now in the hands of the Senate Commit tee on Foreign Relations and if the democrats do not attempt to fili buster, the treaty ought to be pass ed in time to adjourn the extra session by Thanksgiving. In the House the democrats voted for the bill although they took advantage of the debate to make many cam paign tariff speeches which they will soon be distributing to their constitutents. They denounced the "gag rule" which prevented them from introducing a host of amendments and prolonging the debate indefinitely, but after they were reminded that, |when in power, they adopted the same tactics, they made threats of what they would do when the House was again Democratic. The bill will of course pass the Senate, as two thirds of that body voted for the treaty. According to the terms of the Hay-Buuau-Yarilla treaty, just signed by our Secretary of Stite and the Panama minister, the United States is granted absolute sovereignty over a strip of land five miles wide on each side of the canal, possession of several islands in its vicinity, with the right to foritfy these as well aa the canal, the right to preserve public peace in the cities of Panama and Colon and lo prescribe their sanitary or danance. When necessary we may use force to accomplish these ends. In return we guarantee the inde pendence of the Republic of Pan ama, pay her 810,000,000 at first and 8250,000 annually, beginning nine years from date of treaty. We are to have a perpetual mono poly of all means of transit across the isthmus, either by railroad or canal. General Reyes the Colombian peace commissioner says he is com ing to Washington to arrange af fairs amicably, and that unless a satisfactory agreement is made, Colombia will fight, and we shall have a Boer war on our hands. The threat will not have much weight with the administration but it is believed that we will offer Col ombia a financial indemnity for her losses through the revolution. The European governments are ready to recognize Panama but say that she should assume a reasonable partion of Colombia's debt which amounts to about $15,000,000. Advertise in the PKESS. Where are the Hard Times? New York World. People who think that because cer tain inflated trusts lare in trouble the business of the country is going to smash may find comfort in contempla tingour railroad system. The advance sheets of the new edition of Poor's Manual show that we built last year 4,- 365 miles of track, carrying our total mileage to 203,132—the first time it has ever passed the 200,000 mark. We have now more miles of railroad than all Europe and two-fifths of the total milege of the world. The net earnings of the American railroads last year were the largest in their history. The exceeded $500,000,- 000 and just about equalled the net revenues of the United States Govern ment. The latest reports of railroad earn ings show no decline in prosperity— quite the contrary. The Chicago Ter minal Transfer, the lowa Central and the Minneapolis and St. Louis exhibit small declines, but most of the great roads reporting show much larger gains. Northern Pacific declined $112,297 for the month of October, but gained $174,063 for the four months be ginning with July Ist. Louisville and Nashville lias gained $1,099,955 in four months. Mexican Central $3,658,516, Norfork and Western $1,089,519, Pere Marquette $837,117 and Southern Rail way $1,137,699. In all these cases and most of the others the increase has been carried down into the preseut month, Eigh teen roads have reported increased earnings for the first week of this November over the corresponding week last year, and only ten have re ported decreases. The net increase for the twenty-eight roads was $357,000 for the week, or over $50,000 a day. Wall Street is blue, with reason. But the rest of the country should cheer up - Narrow Escape. On Tuesday of last week, Mrs. D. C. Kirkpatrick, of Beechwood, had a nar row escape with her life, and the cir cumstances surrounding the accident are remarkably peculiar. The lady was busily engaged with her house hold duties when her little son Charlie came into the kitchen and seated him self in front of the stove. Between the boy and the stove their dog, a very useful and favored animal, was lying. The boy was asking his mamma numerous pointed questions, as boys are apt to ask, in reference to the power of God; "could He hold any of them immovable," etc. The mamma having answered in the affirmative stooped and reached over the dog for a stick of wood and had last raised herself and taken a step back when a shot gun, standing in a corner beside the boy, fell, the boy catching it over his knees, the hammer of which caught on a strip on the wall, discharging the weapon, the contents ot which entered the dog's body near the shoulder, kill ing him instantly, not a muscle moving after the shot struck him. The boy was so stunned that he sat motionless until a neighbor raised him and gave him a severe shaking. Thus was the boy thoroughly convinced that the power of the Almighty is up to his ex pectation. Emporium Bowlers Try it. It is generally understood among bowlers that a "Brooklyn"—or in plain English a "split" with a pin standing on each corner of the alley—is next to im possible to make, but that "split" was converted into a "spare" on J. C. Backus' alleys the other evening. Conductor Dan Sheehan was the man who made this phenomenal play. He drove one of the pins so hard against the cushions back of the alleys that it rebounded and knocked the other pin down. We have heard of this shot be ing made before, but this is the first time it was ever made in Smethport.— Smethport Miner. Italian Killed Pietro Gliraldi, a section hand em ployed by Jas. Farrell in Emporium yard, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon. He stepped in front of a freight train,not noticing it,in an effort to get out of the way of another train. Deceased was taken to B. Egan's undertaking rooms and prepared for : burial. The poor man, who is a 1 brother-in-law of Frank Ruberto, leaves a wife and two children in Italy. Cameron County Honored. Miss Susan L. Chadwick, of Shippen township, a lineal descendant of rev : olutionary patriots, and an excellent lady herself, was recently admitted as i a member of The Daughters of the ] Revolution, an honor highly appre- I ciated by her friends. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1903. A Terrible Glycerine Explosion! The Keystone Powder Plant Meets Another Mishap—Two Men Killed and Another Loses a Leg—Factory to Resume as Soon as Repairs Can be Made Last Monday morning, about Ave minutes of nine o'clock, the Keystone Powder Company's Nitro Glycerine factory exploded with a terrific report, shaking Emporium similar to an earth quake. It was very evident that the explosion was serious and hundreds rushed over the hill to the scene, about one mile from town. All kinds of re ports were in circulation but the facts were soon made known. Mr. O. B. Barnes, the glycerine maker, togetker with his assistants were working in the glycerine house, when the fluid "fired." Mr. Barnes yelled to his men to run aud made for the breastworks, located a short distance from the factory. Mr. Barnes was just in the act of jumping over the breastworks when the explo sion occurred and escaped death, al though he was terribly shaken up and covered with dirt and discolored with fumes. His poor helpers, who in the i excitement failed to reach the place of safety, were killed. Their names were C. J. Cruickshank, who with his wife and two childred resided in Boswortli Row, and Melvin Morris, living with his wife and two children in Dynamite Hollow. Morris when fousd was still alive and tried to speak. His crushed remains were at once carried to the packing house, but he died on the road. Cruickshank was instantly killed. Both men were hurled quite a distance. Geo. Nickerson, the teamster, was nearing the factory with a two horse wagon load of acid in carboys, when tho explosion took place. He jumped under the wagon and did not discover until after the excitement had some what subsided, that bis right leg was crushed below the knee. He was car ried to his home, at the mouth of the Ran, when Drs. Smith and Heilman amputated the leg seven inches above the ankle. It was feared the nervous shock would cause his death, but he is now doing nicely. It now being evident there were no other injured, President Geo. J. Laß&r, Vice President Jos. Lingle, Manager E. W. GaskiU and Supt. Geo. W. Van Wert turned their attention to the dead and caused acting Coroner M. M. Larrabee to visit the scene, after which the dead were removed to Laßar's undertaking rooms and prepared for burial and then taken to the home of deceased. The funerals of the dead men were held on Tuesday and Wednesday. The services over the remains of C. J. Crnickshank was held at the home on Chestnut street, Tuesday afternoon, Rev. O. S. Metzler officiating. His body was taken to Dußois for burial yesterday morning, where the family resided before moving to Emporium. He was aged 23 years. Little is known here of the deceased. The funeral of the other unfortunate, Melvin Morris, aged 37 years, was held yesterday afternoon from the home, Revs. R. McCaslin and O. S. Metzler officiating, after which the remains were placed in the family plot in New ton Cemetery. Mr. Morris came to Emporium about four years ago from Kane, where he had been employed for a number of years as a blacksmith. We were per sonally acquainted with the deceased and knew him as a quiet, industrious Held Dp. Yesterday morning while a P. & E. freight was passing Wilcox, a daring piece of hold-up took place. While one of the brakemen was standing between two cars, a man cam* over the top of a car, and swinging an arm through a brake wheel, at the same time point ing a revolver, demanding that the lantern be thrown down. The high toned chap then proceeded to take the brakeman's watch and rifle his pock ets, after which he again mounted the top of the train and disappeared. De j tectives are hunting all along the line. All trainmen should be armed as well I as operators. Oyster Supper. The ladies of M. E. Sunday School ; will serve oysters at M. E. parsonage, ! Thursday evening, Dec. 3rd, from Ave j o'clock until all are served. The public I cordially invited. citizen. The large attendance at his funeral attests the respect in which he was held by our citizens. The cause of the explosion will never be known, not even Mr. Barnes, who fortunately escaped, can give a re liable cause. In the glycerine house were 3,500 pounds of nitro-glycerine and 6,000 pounds of acid—the largest quantity of explosive ever on hand at one time and may not again happen. In addi to the destruction of the glycerine plant several of the other buildings are more or less wrecked. The total loss to the Company will not exceed §3,000 of course not taking into account loss of business,|etc., while rebuilding, which is being pushed with all vigor. NOTES AND INCIDENTS. Every pound of powder had been shipped, hence the necessity rushing the new building. The workmen, girls as well as men, will resume their former places next week and soon the works will be in full blast, While all deeply deplore the death of the two unfortunate men, and sympa thize with the widows and fatherless children, and hope for the speedy re covery of Mr. Nickerson who had such a miraculous escape, yet all congratu late the escape of Mr. O. B. Barnes, who is known as the manufacturer of this death-dealing fluid. He had a close call and jumped for his life, the explo sion coming before his body bad entire ly disappeared behind the cribbing. None will sympathize more keenly than kind hearted Ora Barnes. We hope his shock may not be serious. Emporium never had such a shaking up, breaking windows, including large plate fronts, twisting doors, crumbling chimneys, in fact doing hundreds of dollars damage. Where Mr. Nickerson and his team were at the time of the accident was only two rods from the spot where the body of Oruickshank was found, The poor horses were bleeding at the nose and seemed stone deaf. August Morrell was grading for the new railroad to the works and had seventeen Italians with him at thetime. They were frightened as well as some other people we know of, near where we eat. Will Bair thought he lived in a quiet neighborhood until the blow up, when brick bats were hurled at him by the cart load. The Keystone Co., have notified those persons whose windows were broken by the explosion, to repair the damage and bring bills of same to them. Nothing small about the Key stone. CORONER'S INQUEST. Esquire Larrabee, acting Coroner, impaneled a jury composed of the following: Chas. T. Logan, foreman, C. C. Ritchie, Stephen Van Wert, Mat thew Leadbetter, John Harbot, Chas. Wiley. After viewing the remains the jury rendered a verdict that J. M. Morris and C. J. Cruickshank came to their death by an accidental explosion of nitro-glycerine, occurring on the works of the Keystone Powder Com pany, at nine o'clock, a. m., Nov. 23d, 1903. Chapter of Accidents. NOSE BROKEN. Last Friday, Ben Hackett, who drives one of the Climax teams, a new j and high strung pair, saw Mr. A. Brady coming up the road in his auto and motioned him to ''come on". When the auto approached the horses made an effort to get away and the teamster, who is a good one, pulled his horses up the cemetery road, but unfortunate ly the wagon struck a post, throwing Mr. Hacket to the ground, breaking his nose and otherwise severely injur ing him. Mr. Brady immediately made haste for a doctor and returned within a very few moments with Dr. Good, who dressed his injuries and re ports him now almost ready for an other. Dr. Good says he does not care to have another such rapid ride. Emmanuel Church. November 26th, Advant Sunday. Celebration of the Holy Communion, at the half-past ten o'clock service. AROUND THE WORLD. Mr. Fred Julian Returns to Emporium From a Six Months' Trip—Full of Valuable Information and Gives Interest ing Description. Mr. Fred Julian returned to Empori um on Tuesday's Buffalo Flyer,after six months' spent on an important busi ness trip to England, Scotland, France Phillipine Island, Japan, China and other points, returning to the United States via Pacific Ocean,landing at San Francisco, Nov. lOtb, and stopping at principal points en route for Empori um. On Tuesday evening Mrs. Julian invited a few personal friends, to spend the evening and enjoy a description of his travels. In the party present were Rev. Mr. O. S. Metzler, Rev. Mr. J. M. Robertson, Mr. E. G. Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Larrabee, Mr. and Mrs. B. \V. Oreen, Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Strayer, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Logan, Mr. and Mrs. H. 11. Mullin, Mr. J. F. Parsons, Mrs. Laura Bryan, Miss Nina Bryan, Miss Mame Logan, Misses Ora and Iva Cole, Keokuk, lowa, Mrs. Mary Dougherty, Howard, Pa., andChas. T. Logan. The invited guests were elegantly entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Julian in their very handsome home until a late hour. Mr. Julian's very large and handsome collection of artistic work, were indeed interesting and very wonderful, especially to the ladies present. At mid-night a sumptuous repast was served in the beautiful din ing room. The entire party enjoyed Mr. Julian's very interesting descrip tion of the countries in which he visit ed and regretted the subject had to be continued to some future date. Mr. Julian is a close observer,'with a wonderful memory and his informa tion would make an interesting even ing lecture, which we hope he will consent to give our citizens. At the Opera House. BENKTT & MOULTON CO., 3 NIGHTS, COM MENCING MONDAY, NOV. 30. The public demands good plays, properly produced with appropriate scenery. They demand intelligent act ing, accurate costuming and the intro duction of attractive singing and danc ing. In short, they demand a stage production that appeals both to the eye and ear, and that has the worth of artistic merit. This is just what Ben nett and Moulton is said to be glvimg to the public this season. This com pany for the past 25 years has won an enviable record, especially throughout New England, where they have a large clientele. The company is numerical ly and artistically strong and it also presents some of the best artists on the vaudeville stage, the repertoire will be found in the advertising columns of this paper. Specialties will be pro duced by a host of artists, including i Cushman and St. Clair, W. J. Murray, | Reed's Komograph, introducing worlds greatest moving picture, A Trip to the Moon. The opening bill on Monday will be Justin Adam's new comedy drama, "A Daughter of the People." Prices, 15, 25, 35, and 50. Our Bachelor Girls. Emporium proudly boasts of its Bachelor Girls' Club, composed of a number of our bright as well as hand some young ladies. Last Saturday the Club visited Mrs. D. R. Branson—a former member—at Dußois and re mained until Monday. In the party were a few of the "buds," yet we have some more in reserve, so those Dußois young men may imagine how they average. Upon this occasion the party consisted of Misses Byrdie Taggart, Mayme Logan, Nina Bryan, Nellie Hogan, Nellie Lingle, Ada Garrity, Alice Montgomery and Maud Steck. The young ladies enjoyed the visit immensely, as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Branson. Stricken With Paralysis. Last Sunday, our citizens were pain ed to learn that Mrs. Geo. A. Walker, (who, with her husband, had been visiting W. L. Sykes and family at Galeton), had been suddenly stricken with paralysis and is now in a very critical condition. At this writtng (Wednesday) Mrs. Walker is a little improved. Dr. Stockton, of Buffalo, has been sent for. Of course her family are very greatly concerned as to her condition. We sincerely hope she may recover. Coin Collection. Cashier T. B. Lloyd, who has a large and valuable coin collection, has added many new pieces, the same having been presented by Mr. Fred Julian, who gathered them while on his trip around the world. TKRMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. WEATHER REPORT. (Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.) FRIDAY. Fair SATURDAY. Fair. SUNDAY, Fair. OPERA HOUSE, 3 NIGHTS. COMMENCING VF n/\ MONDAY, HOY. 4U 25TH YEAR. Will positively appear BENNETT- MOULTON COMPANY. REPERTOIRE: MONDAY EVENING, A DAUGHTER OF THE PEOPLE. TUESDAY, OUT CASTS OF SOCIETY. WEDNESDAY, SHIPWRECKED. PRICES, Seats on sale at the usual place. The Scar Course. Keep in mind the opening date Dec. 2, and the opening of the board for season tickets at Lloyd's, Saturday morning, NOV.J2B, at 8 o'clock. Buy your season tickets of one of the teach ers now, and be ready. The Lulu Tyler Gates Company which appears as the opening attrac tion is absolutely one of the best pop ular concert companies before the public. It is made up of Mrs. Gates, reader; Helen Carter McConnell, con tralto, Marie Ludwig, harpist, and H. Benne Ilenton, clarinet and saxo phone. Mrs. Gates is a reciter of remarkable charm of personality and of strength and richness of voice. Mrs. McConnell is a thoroughly artistic singer, with a voice of great strength and rare beauty, a voice which appeals to you, that thrills and de lights you. She was selected from over one hundred applicants,all critics, pronouncing her the best. Marie Ludwig is master of that ex quisite instrument, the harp, and car ries one of the finest makes. H. Benne ITenton, both as clarinet and saxophone soloist, has given per fect satisfaction. Lulu Tyler Gates gave a number of readings and held her audiences spell bound. Her combination of humor and pathos was most noticeable, and her admiring audience hope that in the near future they will again have the pleasure of hearing her.—Society Times, Chicago. Mrs. McConnell has a voice of great range, power and exquisite quality. Her stage presence is always charming, her singing a triumph —Galesburg Mail. Miss Marie Ludwig's numbers were faultlessly played. Her instrumenta tion is singularly sweet, ihe softer passages charmingly rendered. In ex ecution graceful and elegant, in inter pretation artistic in the extreme. —Chi- cago Tribune. Season tickets can be secured at Lloyd's. Returns West. Mrs. Pearson Fry, who has been visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mr. James Wright, in town, leaves on Friday for Raton, N. M., to rejoin her husband, stopping at Port Allegany to visit her husband's parents. Mrs. Fry likes the west very much and meets many former Keystone state people there. We Deeply Regret. The PRESS regrets that it is unable to extend the courtesy to widows resid ing outside of the Borough limits, the committee having the matter in charge confining us to actual residents of the Borough. We regret exceedingly our inability to send turkeys to those re spected ladies, much as we should like to. Millionaires' Poor Stomach. The worn-out stomach of the over fed millionaire is often paraded in the public prints as a horrible example of the evils attendant on the possession of great wealth. But millionaires are nofc the only ones who are afflicted with bad stomachs. The proportion is far greater among the toilers. Dys pepsia and indigestion are rampant among these people,and they suffer far worse tortures than the millionaire un less they avail themselves of a stand ard medicine like Green's August Flower, which has been a favorite household remedy for all stomach troubles for over thirty five years. Au gust Flower rouses the torpid liver, thus creating appetite and insuring perfect digestion. It tones and vital izes the entire system and makes life worth living, no matter what your sta tion. Trial bottles, 25c; regular size, 75c, at L. Taggart. 38-ly-l. Smoke the "W. H. Mayer" live cent Cigar. Union made. Sold by all deal ers. 24-tf. NO. 40.