2 CAMiSßllfi mm I'RJSSS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Fublishcd Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. rrrynT tl<* If pmKJ in advunco ' ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published At the rate of •ce doiiar per square forone insertion ami tiny •ems per square for each subsequent insertion. Rates by the year, or for six or tlires months •re low and uniform, and will be furnished on application. Legul and Official Advertising per squnro, three times or less, each subsequent inscr lio 1 £-0 cents per fquare. I.ocai notices Id cents per line for one inser .ertion; 5 cents per line (or each subsequent •oulici»Ti Protec tion U Preferred by tbe People. There are democrats who deny that theirs is a free trade party, But it cannot be denied that many men of prominence in the party are out and out free traders. Who ever heard of a republican addressing a free trade gathering? One night recently, how ever, Hon. J. S. Williams, of Mississippi, the democratic leader in the house of representatives at Washington, was a guest of honor at the banquet of the free trade league in Boston, and in the course of his speech, an earnest plea for a "tariff for revenue only," he made this statement: "The goal of the race of tariff reform is tariff for revenue only, and the question is, How are we going to reach it? * * * As for free trade, the chief factor in the industrial progress of our American people has been the absolutely free trade condi tions that have existed from the At lantic to the Pacific, from the gulf to the Canadian line." Mr. Williams is a bright man, says the Troy Times, but there is a singular inconsistency in his argument. He urges free trade as the goal to which he and his fellow "tariff reformers" are pressing, and then he cites the "abso lutely free trade" in the United States as an illustration of the advantages of unrestricted commercial interchanges. The fact is that the "absolutely free trade conditions" in the United States are assured through protection—and this is no paradox. The constitutional inhibition against the imposition of du ties 011 products passing from one state, to another serves to give the whole country the benefit of the tariff bar lit* raised at our ocean ports and on the frontier against foreign goods, and be hind that barrier our industries have an unparalleled opportunity to develop and have developed to an extent which is the marvel of the world. We have "absolutely 'ree trade" among 80,000,- 000 people, and we produce more and sell more than any other nation on the face of the globe. That is the sort of thing we e/..'oy un der protection, while free traders of the Williams stamp would throw open that incomparable market to the cheap labor of the world and reduce the Amer ican pay roll and the American standard of living to the foreign level. The American people vastly prefer the free trade assured by republican protection to the free trade which the democratic party stands for and which spells ruin to American industry. JUDGE PARKER "KNOCKED." Some One In Democratle Circle* Vina Got 11 mer" Out AtfnliiNt Him. Now there is quite as much talk about the possible opposition to Judge Parker as a democratic presidential candidate as there was a few weeks ago about the sentiment in his favor, says the Troy (N. Y.) Times. It is evident that someone in democratic circles is "knocking" the Judge. That being the case it is in order to indulge in surmises as to the identity of his enemies. One of these gentlemen, a democratic member of congress, name withheld for prudential reasons, is quoted as saying: "If Judße should bp nominated and elected president, he would look over the heads of a'.l the party workers when he took charge of the white house. He would treat us worse than did Cleveland. Those men w ho have served their lifetime on the bench have no .sympathy with poli ticians and party workers, and they know very littiei, if anything, about men or poli tics." It is awful for a democrat to be sus pected of the fearful crime of "looking over the heads of all the party work ers" just as Mr. Cleveland did, but it seems a good deal like a trumped up charge. Wonder if any of Mr. Gor man's boomers are responsible? And how good and pleasant it is to see the democratic brethren dwelling together in such undisturbed harmony! Olney Will Kun. The announcement from Boston that Hon. Richard Olney. ex-secretary of state, has consented that his friends shall formally launch his boom as a democratic presidential candidate, will be received with interest in many quar ters. That 'will not be lessened by the further intimation that Mr. Olney has confided to Mr. Williams, the democrat ic leader in the house of representa tives, his hopes of securing the prize. Mr. Williams i • from Mississippi, and the assurance ;hich he is said to have given Mr. Oln •/ that the south will re ceive the M nsachusetts statesman's candidacy in a kindly spirit may well arouse some tumultuous emotions in several other breasts.—Troy Times. O'With Gorman at the head of the democratic ticket, it wou'd be rather hard to get up any excitement about the election. The result would be so plain from the beginning that the country would not bs v«_.y enthusiastic one way or the other. There would be a lack of Interest in the canvass which might di minish the republican \ote, too. If the democrats nominate the Maryland man they will be playing into the hands of their enemies very skillfully—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. there does not appear to be a disposition to regard that coming democratic harmony dinner in New York as an event of epochal interest. The American people have grown ac customed to democratic harmony din ners and the new democratic rows they invariably cause.—Troy Times. ICGo\. Terrell, of Georgia, leader of the democratic, party in that state and prospective Unit:d States senator, has made a speech strongly indorsing Presi dent Roosevelt's Panama policy and de claring that it is not a party issue and cannot be construed as such. The south wants the canal. —Indianapolis Journal. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1904. LEADERSHIP OF GORMAN. Southern Democratic Joiirnnla Op« fMiMcil (» 111 m Attitude on the I'liiiaiiiti Tri'uty, Is Mr. Gorman reading the leading southern newspapers these days? If not, it might pay him, as a presidential candidate to do so. They are devoting considerable space to the Panama canal treaty, observes the Washington Star, and are urging ratification upon south ern senators as a duty they owe to their party no less than to the country. The defeat of the treaty, they assert, through the instrumentality of the democratic party in the south would give the repub licans a walkover next year. The Atlanta Constitution (democrat ic) is very emphatic on this point. In a recent issue in a double-column edi torial it says that if the democratic sen ators defeat the treaty the republicans next year, making an issue of the act, will "win a hands-down victory over the democracy." It applauds the atti tude of Senators Bacon and Clay, who are opposed to caucus action against the treaty, and urges them to stand fast. The New Orleans Times-Democrat (democratic) speaks quite as emphat ically, and declares that, "whatever chances the democracy may have"for success next year "will be effectually destroyed by any opposition it may pre sent as a party to the construction of the Panama canal." The American, the leading repub lican paper of Maryland, reminds Mr. Gorman to-day that the interests of Baltimore are involved in the canal con troversy; that the waters of Chesapeake bay How in the direction of the isth mus, and that in opposing the canal treaty he is working against the inter ests of his own home people. Mr. Gorman is said to have a con siderable following in the south as the result of his part in the defeat of the so called force bill some years ago. Can he afford to estrange it by fighting this isthmian waterway, in which the south is so vitally interested? Or does he think that the south is safe for him in any event and that the proper play is for greater support in New York, where the trusts and railway interests opposed to the eanai .'enter? ROOSEVELT AND PANAMA. Democrat!* Iluve Fulled in Their EN forts to Make tin I sn in* of It. There has never been the least pub lic response to the charges and insin uations that have been made against the administration in connection with the Panama affair, says the Dea Moines Register and Leader. No one believes that the president incited the Panama revolution because, for one reason, no one believes that it was necessary for him to incite it. If any intelligent man were looking for 20 reasons, any one of which should be sufficient to account for the uprising, the last one he would think of would be American interference, because in a land of semi-annual revolution, peo pled by the descendants of Spanish adventurers, in a tropical climate, any ordinary revolution would gen erate, be fought out, and become an cient history, before cold-blooded An glo-Saxons, accustomed to peaecable diplomacy for their victories, would wakp up to the f{vt that a disturbance was necessary. If any democratic leader could have made anything of the Panama issue. Senator Gorman would have suc ceeded. He has failed to impress even the bitterest enemies of the president, in his own party, while the country at large treats his attitude with indifference, and will continue to so treat it, unless it becomes evi dent Jhat he inlands to adopt ob structive tactics to postpone a ratifica tion of the treaty, in which event a feeling of indignation will be aroused tiiat will make itself felt even in tha senate chamber. DRIFT OF OPINION. Clf Judge Parker doesn't want to be a candidate for president he is act ing just right in secluding himself.— Philadelphia Press. r.TA decrease of $11,000,000 in thf public debt for December is one of the little republican surprises that gratify the country from time to time.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. & "The democrats are losing- their grip on the Panama question, and it is impossible for tnem to make a nation al issue out of Perry Heath. They are in desperate case.—Los Angeles Her ald. icnf the democratic papers weren't having so much trouble getting a Han na boom started, they might have more time to find a candidate for themselves. They should be thanked for their gen erous self-sacrifice. —Indianapolis Jour nal. Fairbanks does not often drop into humor, but he made a good play when he said: "Our democratic friends are endeavoring to get togeth er, but I will observe, fellow citizens, that there are two ways in which to get together—one is by locking arms and the other by locking horns."—ln dianapolis Journal. Hearst presidential boom is bobbing about the country with some elation and much inflation. What it is inflated with will be discovered in the course of a short time.--Philadelphia Press. irrThe conscience of the Americar people, and especially the moral sense of Theodore Roosevelt hps scored a no i iable victory in the treaty made with | the Cuban republic. It is a measure j no other power, situated as this cotin j iry is, would have been likely to framr |or accept. For that reason it is a na tional credit mark of much significauci —Cleveland Leader. EIGHT MEN KILLED A Distressing Accident in a St, Louis Shoe Factory. •fen People, Kngcr to Get Home, Titm. ble Down uti Elevator Slnilt Icom tile hi x tli Floor Accident Cniifted by f'rowdiiist of Fellow Workmeu, St. Louis, Jan. 14. —A crowd of em ployes pressing against the elevator g;tte last night on the sixth floor of the Brown Shoe Co.'s building tit Eleventh street and Washington ave nue, caused the gate to give way and ten persons were plunged down the fdi&ft. Six were taken out dead utid the other four, seriously injured, were hurried to the city hospital. Two of the injured died soon after reaching the hospital and without regaining consciousness. The employes had assembled at the close of work in the corridors on the different floors, waiting for the eleva tor to take them down. The elevator was at the seventh floor receiving passengers when those on the sixth floor, eager to get near the door and be first into the cage, began to push toward the gate. Suddenly the gate gave way, just as the elevator start ed to descend, and ten of the em ployes plunged head first down the shaft. The dead: Joseph Provasznik. George Hothmann. Frank Weinberger, died at hospital. Antonio Giaeomo, died at hospital, Lorenzo Giaeomo, son. Three unidentified. James Johnson, the elevator opera tor, was taken into custody by the po lice, pending an investigation John sou said the elevator gate did not break, but that it had bepu raised by employes while waiting for the car 1o descend to the floor, and suddenly employes in the rear of the crowd began pushing, precipitating them down the shaft. Factory Superinten dent. Fray corroborated Johnson's story. . JAPAN'S REPLY. It Han Keen (alveu to lliidttln—Netco« llatton* Likely lo Continue for Some Time. London, Jan. 14. —-A dispatch from Tokio says that Japan's answer to the last Russian note was handed Wednesday afternoon to Baron l)e Rosen, the Russian minister, and that negotiations will be continued without any time limit being set for their termination. The demands which Japan is said to have made, according to reports pub lished abroad, have caused some sur prise in Tokio according to the dis patch, and it is now stated that Japan never asked for the evacuation of Manchuria, but on the contrary frankly recognized Russia's special interests there and her right to pro tect them. Japan only demanded the realization of Russia's voluntary pledges respecting China's territorial integrity in Manchuria and the free dom of residential rights and inter national trade therein. The Seoul correspondent of the Daily Mail cables a description of a state of panic which he says exists at the royal palace. The emperor has issued a pitiful edict, stating that the country is likely to be lost owing to the weakness and vacillation of the people, whom he counsels to act for the best in their own interests. The emperor also issued an ordi nance warning the army not to lire in the event of a collision between foreign troops. St. Petersburg. Jan. 14.—-There is strong discontent with the govern ment's policy among the majority of the reading public, except in army and navy circles, and e\en these are not particularly anxious for war. The general public considers that the country's honor would be unsullied even if no attention were paid to Japan's demands. Conclusions favorable to peace could only be drawn front these sen timents if the popular discontent had reached the masses, which hitherto have been ignorant of the fact that war is even threatened. THE SCHENLY WILI- It Provide* for the Olxpoval of an !!»• tate Valued at $48,000,000. Pittsburg, Jan. 14.—The American will of Mrs. Mary E. Schenly was filed for probate Wednesday. The will is a very simple one. It creates a trust with three trustees. The trustees are given the duty of selling her property in Pennsylvania and sending the money to her trustees in England. They are given every power possi bio in carrying out this plan and ate to follow their own discretion as to when and how they shall execute their work. No public bequests are made. The trustees named by Mrs. Schenly are Andrew Carnegie, of Pittsburg; Denny ltrereton, of Yonkers, N. Y., and John Herroil, of Pittsburg. The value of the Schenly estate in Alle gheny county is placed at about $48,- 000,000. Ilxclianiind Itatllicatlr-n«. Washington, Jan. 14. Ratifi'-nticTns of the American-Chinese commercial treaty were exchanged at the state department yesterday by Secretary Hay and the Chirsse minister. The treaty provides for the opening ol the ports of Mukden and Antung, in Manchuria, to the world's commerce. Cold Weather Tie* I P I'aper in Us. Glens Falls, X. Y., Jan. 14. —Tlif continuance of the cold weather is having a serious effect, on the paper industries ' throughout the Adiron dack* because of its effect on watei power. The Hudson river is unusual ly low and lumbermen who are work ing iti the head waters of the rivet say that hundreds of small streams are frozen to such a depth as to com pletely shut off the water supply The ground pulp supply is already short, which has necessitated shut Jug down some of the machines a lb e jpaper mills. : -Vg«. .. ANTI-TRUST PROSECUTIONS. Aitornoy (Jfiif rnl Knox Trlla Hotv II« I* Kprndlns (ho Special Appropria tion of $500,000. Washington, .lan. 14.—Attorney General Knox on Wednesday trans mitted to the house his reply to the resolution asking for information re garding the manner in which he had expended the special appropriation of $500,000 for a.nti-trust prosecutions. A detailed statement of expenditures shows that a total of $25,985 has been disbursed from the appropria tion. Of this amount $5,541 was paid to William A. Day, assistant to the attorney general; $3,750 to M. I). Purdy, assistant attorney general; $3,214 to W. M. Collier, special assist ant to the attorney general; $2,359 to 0. Todd, law clerk; $1,103 to.l. ('. Moreoek, confidential clerk; $562 to J. 11. (iraves, confidential clerk, and SIO,OOO to U. T. Watson as special counsel in the ease of the government against the Northern Securities Co. Under the head of "expenses" s9s3 was disbursed. The attorney general submits a statement describing the nature of the cases prosecuted, beginning with the Northern Securities case, now awaiting decision by the supreme court. The beef trust, case he describes as "a proceeding in equity brought tin der the anti-trust act in the northern judicial district of Illinois, to dissolve an alleged unlawful combination and conspiracy between seven corpora tions, one partnership and 23 individ uals, engaged in the business of pur chasing live stock, converting the same into fresh and cured meats, and shipping and selling the products to dealers and consumers throughout the United States and in foreign countries." This case was before the supreme court of the United States from the circuit court, which over ruled a demurrer interposed by the defendants and remanded the case. Railroad injunction suits are pro ceeding in equity under the anti-trust act against 14 railroad companies, of which eight are pending in the United States circuit court, for the western district of Missouri and six before the same court for the north ern district of Illinois. "The object of the proceedings." the attorney general says"was to break up tin unlawful combination between the ra.ilroad companies and certain favored shippers, whereby the latter were granted rebates or con cessions from the published rates of the railroads for carrying grain and other products from one state to an other." Testimony in these cases is now being taken. A ease against the coal carrying roads is now pending before the su preme court of the United States, to be heard March 7, 1904, on a motion to compel witnesses to give testi mony before the inter-state com merce commission and to produce books and papers demanded by the commission in an investigation of the method of conducting business as pursued by the roads. A case brought by the inter-state commerce commission against the Nashville. Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. to restrain the road from overcharges between certain points mentioned, the rates being alleged to be "excessive and unreasonable; dis [ ?riminating and higher for short lauls than for long hauls," is now oending before the supreme court of .he United States on appeal. The Jacksonville Wholesale Grocers' issociation suit is a proceeding in •quity under the anti-trust, act. in the rircuit court of Florida for the pur >ose of dissolving "a combination of wholesale grocers." This case is •esvdy for the taking of testimony. The salt trust ease is described as an ndietment under the anti-trust act n the circuit court for the northern iistrict. of California against the fed eral Salt Co. for having created a •ombination and monopoly to control ind enhance the price of salt. The lefendants pleaded guilty May 12, '903. and were fined SI,OOO. "The hay and straw classification rase," is described as brought by the nter-st ite commerce commission igainst the Take Shore & Michigan Southern Uailway Co. to prevent an injust classification of hay and straw ind unjust and unreasonable charges 'or their transportation. This case s now pending before the circuit »ourt of Ohio. KrUntclli Is Acquitted, Allentown, Pa., Jan. 14. —Alois Eck stein. one of the lovers of Mabel Rechtel, who was murdered last Octo ber, was yesterday acquitted of com plicity in the crime after a brief trial in which the conduct of the pros ecution sorely tried the patience, not only of Judge Trexler, but also of the jurymen and counsel for the defense. E. .1. Liehtenwalner, district attorney of Lehigh county, was so befogged that it was with difficulty the case was carried to a conclusion. Several times the court interfered and threatened to end the proceedings for the day unless the state conducted its case in a more orderly manner. 91 50,000 Fire Baltimore, Jan. 14.—Fire last night destroyed the plant of the Baltimore Radge and Novelty Co. and ruined the stock of. William Lehman & Co., wholesale jewelers. The interior of the seven-story building was also de stroyed. The total loss was about $150,000. Several employes of the Badge and Novelty Co. jumped from a seventh-story window to the roof of an adjoining five-story warehouse and received slight injuries. Kt»»e« .Hay Caune Death. Chicago, Jan. 14. —The kiss of a child may cause the death of three persons now at the Pasteur institute under treatment for rabies. The child is dead of the malady. Al though the parents hurried the boy to Chicago as soon as they learned the nature of the illness, they were too late. The victims are: Ha role Latta, 3 years old, bitten by mad dog at Madrid, la., October 2S, died yester day. W. V. Latta, the boy's father, who kissed the child while ill and wai bitten on the hands. Matilda Latta the mother, whose lips were infectec from kissing' the boj. Her Fervent Hope*. She—So you believe in the incarna tion of souls? He—l certainly do. I may be a lob ster in the next world. "Well, I sincerely hope you'll be a better lobster than you've been here.'' —Yonkers Statesman. WHY HP Dili It. "Tlie boy stood on the burning deck," Says a poet of renown; If*- stood, no doubt, because it was Too torrid to sit down. —Cincinnati Enquirer. It I HUE It! ItIUIUCR! "How dare you turn around to stare at me?" "I couldn't very well stare at you without turning, could I?" Chicago American. To An Overcoat. Though fortune from my dwelling's fled. And sorrows sad deform me. In summer lime you brought me—bread. In wintertime you warm me! —Atlanta Constitution. In the 4. Fuller—l understand you said I looked like a monkey. What do you meaft by such talk as that? Waller —Oh, it's all right; no harm done, you know. There wasn't any mon key within hearing when 1 said it. —St. Louis World. True Chnritj-. Mr. Jones—Are you a professional beggar? Mendicant (hopefully)—No, sir; I am not. Mr. Jones —Then I won't give you anything for fear of making you one.— Judge. XiKhtl>* Occurrence. Teacher—Vvhat is this word? Tommy—l don't know, ma'am. Teacher —What does a gentleman re move when he enters a house? Tommy—Well, if ma is awake pa re moves his shoes. —Chicago Daily News. Where Credit In Due. Mrs. Strongmind—Don't you think woman's hand has played an important part in the great work of civilization? Philosopher—Undoubtedly; but. I don't think her hand has been quite so effective as her slipper.—N. Y. Weekly. Poor Investment. Gertrude —Poor Madeline? She out married herself. Blanche —Indeed? Gertrude —Yes. She married a duke, you know, and didn't have enough money to pay his bills. —Town Topics. !" _ J Business Cards. B. W. GREEN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Emporium, Pa. A buslnessrelating to estate,collections, real Mtates. Orphan's Court and generallaw buslnest irillreceivepromptattention. 42-ty. J.C. JOHNSON. J. P. MCNABNKT JOHNSON & MCNARNEY. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW EMPORIUM, PA. Will give prompt attention to all business enj posted to them. 16-1;. MICHAEL BRENN AN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Collections promptly attended to. Real estata and pension claim agent, 85-ly. Emporium. Pa. THOMAS WADDINGTON, Emporium, Pa., CONTRACTOR FOR MASONRY AND STONE-CUTTING. All orders in my line promptly executed. All llndsof building and cut-stone, suppled at low E rices. Agent for marble or granite monument*, lettering neatly done. AMERICAN HOUSE. East Emporium, Pa.." _ JOHN L. JOHNSON, PropY, HaviDg resumed proprietorship of this old and well established House I invite the patronage of the public. House newly furnished and thor oughly renovated. 481y P P LEET kTTORNEY-AT-LAW and INSURANCE AQ'T. EMPORIUM, PA LAND OWNERS AND OTHERS IN CAMERON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. I have numerous t*lls for hemlock and hard wood timber lands,also atumpage&c., andpartiea desiring either to buy or sejl will do well to call on me. F. D. LEET. CITY HOTEL, WM. MCQEE, PROPBIBTOH Emporium, Pa. Having again taken possession of this old and popular house I solicit a share of the public pat ronage. The house IH newly furnishedand is ona of the best appointed hotels i n Cameron county, 80-ly. THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT, (Opposite Post Office,) Emporium, Pa, WILLIAM MCDONALD, Proprietor. I take pleasure in informing the public that ] have purchased the old ana popular Novelty Restaurant, located on Fourth street. It will b« my endeavor to serve the public in a mannel that shall meet with their approbation. Give m« a call. Meals arid ixncheou served at all houra. n027-lyr Wm. McDONALD. BT. CHARLES HOTEL, THOS. J. LYSETT. PROPBIBTOH Near Buffalo Depot, Emporium, Pa. This new and commodious hotel is now opened forthe accommodation of the public. Newin&l Itsappointments, every attention willbepai' to the guests patronizing this hotel. 27-17-ly MAY GOULD, TEACHER OP PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY, Also dealer in all the Popular Sheet Mubic, Emporium, Pa. Scholarstaughteitner at my home on Sixth street or at the homes of the pupils. Outoftown scholars wilt be given date?at lay roomsinthia place. F. C. RIECK, D. D. 8., DENTIST.; Office over Taggtrt's Drug Store, Emporium, Pa. Gas and other local anaesthetics ad m i nistered for the painless extraction j 7177* of teeth. SPEClALTY:—Preservation of natural tyetU,l» iluding Crown and Bridge Work.