THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
B<ntc i ;i
• '-''wary
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866.
VOL. 38.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington, Nov. 23, 1903.
Elitor />«»«:
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.