THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866. VOL. 38. WASHINGTON LETTER. 112 From our Regular Correspondent.)< Washington, Feb. N, 1904. Editor P*e*s: Preliminary skirmishes in the Presidential campaign thus far have been decided satisfactory. Little is now heard of "Ilanna booms," and all discontent in lie publican ranks is expected to dis appear after the delegates to Chi cago are chosen. The President lias expressed the wish that good men who are not ollice-liolders may bo sent, and there are plenty of such. The troubles of the Democrats arc so much greater than those of the Republicans, j that attention is now largely con- : cent rated upon that party. The j very existence of its principles, | says Burke Cochran, depend upon its success in the pending cam paign. Th" ''check and cheek book" campaign of Mr. Hearst is noticeable but it is not likely to cause tlie White 1 louse to be paint ed yellow for a generation to come. Senator Gorman's troubles in j Maryland, in trying to land a sen- | ator of his own choice, may yet re legate him to his sylvan retreat at Laurel, Md., so far as Presidential ! aspirations are concerned. Gen. ; Grosvenor, of ()hi<», says President j Roosevelt has put a star in tin* I crown of his administration bright er than any American President has worn for the past thirty years. | Senator Fairbanks is on the slate for Vice President, and if the plan matures it will go far towards solving the problem in Indiana. Senator Fairbanks, made a long speech on the 2nd inst., vindicat ing the President's action in the Panama affair. Ho maintained that the form of government insti tuted in Panama after the revolu tion was of no consequence; the essence was did it represent the wishes of the whole people. lie would accept the President's and Secretary Hay's word that the Unified States in no way abetted or j aided the revolution, which was in the air, as a result of Colombia's long tyranny. The President has large discretion to <lo what he thought best, and he acted from his point of view. Senator Foraker (Ohio) has in troduced a Gill to so amend the lnter-state Commerce ancl Anti- Trust acts, as to permit contracts or combinations in restraint of trade, if the restraint is reasonable. This would leave the courts to say what is reasonable restraint. The Senator contends that to prohibit contracts in restraint of trade which are reasonable differs from the common law rule which has obtained for centuries in England, It it considered improbable that this bill will pass. The Supreme Court is taking a three weeks vacation to give the Justices time to write decisions on cases argued, including that of the Northern Securities Company, and it has given leave to Georgia to lile a bill against Tennessee on account of"the Ducktown nuisance." ft has decided that North Carolina must pay North Dakota the sum of $27,400 for bonds of the N. ('. Railway Company, held by the proseculing state, or the marshal of the court will sell at public auc tion all the interest of N. C., in 1 IK) shares of the capital stock of the road. The Atty. Gen. of the Philippines is in Washington ti> argue before the (! >url the right of trial by jury in those islands, also whether a person shall be twice placed in jeopardy of punishment for the same offense. Pianos. E. T. Wells agent for the celebrated Wegman, SteifF and Shaw pianos. Manufacturers guarantee with every instrument. Prices and terms to miit you. Twenty-two Wegman pianos in Emporium owned by some of our best citizens. Write or call, corner Alle gheny Ave. aiid Spring St. 43-Bt. Over the Bank. Sunday afternoon, while some of Will Edward's family were going in a sled from Wm. Ensign's home to Mrs. L. Lucore's house the horse took fright on the approach over the high bridge and precipitated the entire out fit over the bank, about ten feet One girl, Flora, about fourteen years old, had her right shoulder dislocated. Dr. Heilman was called and promptly corrected the dislocation. A Puzzle Worth Having. Dr. G. G. Green, of Woodbury, New Jersey, whose advertisement appears in our paper regularly, will mail to any one sending a two-cent stamp to pay postage, one of his new German Syrup and August Flower Puzzles, made of wood and glass. It amuses and perplexes young and old. Al though very difficult, it can be mas tered. Mention this paper. 51-3t. Branching Out. Murry & Coppersmith Co., of this place, proprietors of the largest hard ware, plumbing and tinware establish ment in this section of the state, have opened a plumbing and heating estab lishment at Renovo with Mr. A. E. Stahly, a practical plumber, as Man ager. The firm are hustlers and fully understand every line of work. Now that Renovo are to have natural gas for light and fuei they should bo care ful and employ plumbers who have had experience with the "freaks" of natural gas and fully understand the line of work required to give the best and most economical service. The Huntlv Sisters Musical. The audience that heard the Misses Huntley in their program of music and readings at the Court House, last Thursday night was highly pleased. The vocal solos by Miss Frank llunt lev were especially well rendered and enthusiastically received. Her higher notes are almost phenomenal in their purity, giving additional evidence of her wonderful growth, artistically, since her earliest appearances here. The readings of Miss Nellie Huntley were done with ease and while Iter piano solos were performea with the spirit and grace of the true musician. The young ladies were re peatedly recalled, increasing the pro gram of nine numbers to twice its original length. The Byron Troubadours. Each of the seven persons compos ing the above company has proven his right to supremacy. Each excells. not in the same way, but practically in the same degree in the part he es says, whether it he as vocalist or in strumentalist. The program was so varied as to meet the *most diversified tastes. Their repertoire included modern and standard productions. There were vocal solos, duets, and quartets, solos for the violin, mandolin and cornet, not overlooking the organ chimes—no longer a novelty with our people—but in the hands of these ca pable performers (there were six of them) yielding a richness and round ness, a depth and magesty of tone, strongly resembling that of a pipe organ; i>ome might naturally prefer one style of music to another, but no one could fail to find something in the varied program to his taste and fancy. However,their ensemble work was easi ly the feature of the evening. There was a rare charm of rhythm, a beautiful quality of tone, a breadth of volume and a vivacity and sparkle to it that won the instant and enthusiastic ap proval of the audience. This was par ticularly noticeable in the"American Patrol" and the "Bridal Rose." Mr. Charles S. Byron, the piano accom panist, is by general consensus an | ideal artist. j The thanks of the community is due j our public schools for giving us fclie | opportunity of hearing talent of this | high order. The Jansen Carnival Company will I close the course, Feb. 20th. Local Bowlers Win. j Wednesday ovoning at St. Clair's Howling alley, Emporium's crack team I met defeat at the hands of the local team. Three games were bowled, six J men on a side, the total score being as | follows: Emporium 2309; Port Alle i gany 2604. A return game wiil be bowled at Emporium on Friday of next week. The visitors speak highly of their treatment here and of the excel lent management of the alleys.—-Port j Allegany Argus. A return gsaio was : played in Emporium last Friday even j ing our boys being in finetrim cleaned j out the visitors to the tuno of 196 pins | to the good. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1904. ALMOST A CENTURY. : J. L. COOK, OF WATERFORD, 1 HALE AND HEARTY AT 1 THE AGE OF 93. Brief Sketch of His Long and Useful 1 Life Was a Noted Figure in the Early History of Erie County. [Erie Daily Times | j ] Joseph Lewis Cook, of Waterford, | i who was 93 years old on Jan. 28, was I 1 visited by many of his friends on his J > birthday. Mr. Cook is lively, likes a! ' joke and is especially pleased when he | ; can get one on Charles Noble, the | ; genial ticket agent of Waterford, ! which he often does. And by the way, j 1 Mr. Cook is not one sided, for he takes I ( jokes in as good nature as he gives n them, and is yet "one of the boys." ( He is bright mentally and attends to | his business affairs with considerable i vim. Keeps track of time and collects what is coming to him. As Mr. Cook < is an Erie county landmark, it is ' thought that a sketch of some of the I events of his long life may be of in- ] terest. ( J. L Cook was born at Buffalo, N. ; Y., Jan. 28, 1811, and is the son of Rob wings in front of the hotel, and changed i its name to The Eagle The cost of ] the gold leaf with which it was at first • gilded and the carving was about §IOO. i Mr. Cook was a member of the board | at the first election held in Waterford i borough, was constable, member of the ; borough council at various times, and j a trustee of Waterford academy for | ; four years. In 1841 he was appointed i postmaster of Waterford, the salary i then being about §175 a year. Mr. Cook had the contract for build i ing part of the Lake Shore railway ' from the state line to North East, which included the bridge over Twen- i ty-mile creek, which bridge was 580 feet long and 300 feet above the water, built three miles of the Waterford and Marvin's Mills plank roati, graded 12 i miles of the O. & M. railway, and about 20 miles on the N. M. railway in Maryland and erected the piers *ud abutments across the Wabash at Vin cennes, Id. While engaged in hotel keeping Mr. Cook erected several houses in Water ert and Lodina Thayer Cook, natives of Connecticut. Her husdand having been accidently shot, Mrs. Cook moved to Chautauqua county. N. Y., bought a farm and married Samuel Trusdel for her second husband. She died in 1827. In 1823 J. L. came to Waterford and lived for a year with Captain John Tr icy, the father of John A Tracy. Captain Tracy had been acquainted with the Cooks in Connecticut. Young Cook worked three years in the G. W Reed Hotel, kept by 11. G. Davice, and then served an apprenticeship of five years at the cabinetmaking trade with Johnson Boyd, with whom he engaged in the furniture business under the firm name of Cook & Boyd. They ad vertised in the Erie papers and had a large trade. They employed several workmen and manufactured chairs, tables, etc. Mr. Cook married Miss Belinda, a sis ter of his partner, and also of the late C C Boyd. In 1837 Thomas King, who for nearly a life time had kept a public house in Waterford, rented Mr. Cook the Stone hotel and he com menced his long career as a hotel keeper. He was of a friendly, lively disposition and always popular with the traveling public. A traveling gen ! ius came along and Mr. Cook employed | him to carve the eagle which, for j more than 60 years, has spread its j ford, which he sold and built a block j on the »t>mer of main street and the ! park, which contained Washington hall and Keystone hall. The block was j about 80x100 feet, and was made over into Cook's Union hotel, which was the j j center of attraction in Waterford dur- I ing war times. In the Union hotel was the United | States recruiting station and in front i of it wore the names of the men draft- i lod in Northwestern Pennsylvania j While the office was in Waterford | thousands of inen surged through and ] about it in those exciting times. I Mr. Cook held several celebrations of j Washington's visit to Fort Le Beuf in | this house, which compare fivorably with any society events ever held in I Waterford. J. L. Cook had been successful, | owned a large farm west of town, and j some 50 ajres in the borough, and was j a large taxpayer. lle was desirous of j adding to the industrial business of the j place for the reason that he liked to j I see progress in the town, and it would make his property more valuable. His efforts in this direction were mostly frustrated by conservative people who preferred that things should rust rather than wear. As it was this paralyzing of his ef forts for what he considered the im provement of Waterford that influ enced Ma. Cook to live elsewhere for 20 of his most energetic vearss, it is perhaps best to consider it at some length. Mr. Cook was instrumental in having the tree* planted which adorn the pub ic park at Waterford, and he paid m >st of the cost. The borough had j been receiving sls a year for the grdss j which grew in the square and there j were long and loud protests at losing j all that money by rnaxing a wood lot, i the anti-park people called it, of 1 Waterford's hay ranch. However, as j th 5 borough had to spend all the §ls j each year in repairing the fence, ' which was necessary to protect the hay t cr >p from the cows, which then pas j tured in the streets, there was not, in i fact, much profit in the hay business, j Mr. Cook, after several attempts, sue- j ceeded in getting the trees planted, i The anti-park war is nearly as cele- j brated there as was the one wh ch j later broke oat on upper Main street) over the hay industry which, for many | years, flourished there. When the P. & E. railway was build- j ing Mr. Cook tried without success, to j have it go through the borough, and I when it was driven out in the swamp, ' the company built their depot in about the center of the Brotherton farm and midway between the Colt station road and the State road, which made it a round-about way to reach the trains from Waterford. One of the local wars for which Waterford is noted, raged as to which street a more direct road to the depot should be opened on. Mr. Cook took up the fight in favor of Third street, which is a bee line from the center of the town to the station, and spent about §SOO toward building the depot road, and was charged with being instrumental in bringing three law suits against the road commission ers of the townshit) to compel them to open an improve their end of the road. Owing to the opposition he had en countered, Mr. C>ok listened to the lib eral tale of the townsite boomers of the then new town of Emporium, Pa. He so'd the Union hotel property for §IO,OOO and moved to Cameron county, and for about 15 years kept the prin cipal hotel at that piace. He was elect ed county commissioner, and was worth probably more than §IOO,OOO at the time of the Emporium fire in which he lost a large amount. In 1878 9 Mr. Cook had a hotel in Rixford, McKean county, which was also destroyed by lire?. When more than 70 years of age Mr. Cook returned to Waterford, bought the residence of the late Lucius Phelps and adding to it from time to time built the Park hotel, which is 155 feet on Main street and 150 on Park row. When 80 years old Mr. Cook had a birthday party at which some 25 men of about his age were present. They have all passed over to the Beyond, save Major Martin Strong, who visited Mr. Cook on his 93d birthday. Mr. Cook, in speaking of his experi ences, says that he undoubtedly made a financial mistake in selling the Union hotel. That it probably would have paid him better to have remained in Waterford and fought for industrial progress. To the people of Waterford and those who knew him elsewhere, he presents his compliments and in the language of the hero of Sleepy Hollow, j wishes that they "May live long and j prosper." The children of Mr. and Mrs. Cook | are Julia, widow of Dr. H. A. Spencer; j Edwin, Laura M., widow of Dr. John ! Bryan; Ella, wife of D. V. Minor; Lee died at 19, and Boyd at 2 years of age. j Mrs. Cook died Sept. 1, 1877. DAWN, i Waterford, Pa. Back Injured. Michael McGrath, who was working : on First Fork, at the McDona'd log j job, met with a severe accident several ; days ago. Mr. McGroth made a des- j perate effort to get out of way of a log, . which struck him in the back He is \ able to be about and came to Empori- 1 um to rusticate until again able to re sume work. "Mike" is one of our best 1 foremen and whit he does noc know ! about the woods work is not worth knowing, yet the best will get pinched"! once in a while Real Estate for Sale. The Board of Trustees of the Presby- ! tori a n Church will sell the old church site and parsonage property at a bar gain. Apply to I. K. HOCKLEY, Chair- I man of the Board or J. H. DAY, Sec etary. 37tf LcttcrH from the People. All communications u-ider tliis head must be accompanied by the writer's name. We will not be held responsible for any expression in this department.]—EDlTOß. 112 Communicated. I MR. EDITOR—It seems that the arti cle "How to Manage a Husband," read before the Farmers' Institute, a short time ago, by a lady who knows what she is doing, is drawing the fire of the opposite sex, as shown by a communi cation in the Independent oflast week. Evidently the writer, or writers of the article referred to, took a larger contract than he is aware of, in this day of modernized wives and more than modernized husbands. Things are materialized differently, they ure not like those of former years, who hand in hand, over all obstacles, gave us a name and a nationality to be proud of. The article of the Farmers' Institute is an article that shows we have at least one woman of common sense in Cameron county, who is not afraid to speak her little piece in the pure En glish language; that SIR' was taught and brought up into be a farmer's wife. I admire her courage and man, that I am, say God spqed to her, for like an other Ruth, she is gleaming where tares and thistles are rank and modern critics, hair brained and self conceited, stand ready with all the polish that education can give tlieni in an out ward way to condemn what they can not do themselves. For surely our critic, or critics, of the Independent of last week, if a young man, is rattled and forgotten he ever had a mother's care. One of the spontaneous pro ductions of the world adapted to high ways and by-ways, picking up what the sparrows would leave. If a mar ried man, just imagine how things are in that vicinity, nee Is no illustration— the facts are already illustrated in his article and we are sure such modern critics die young, or get grey headed before their time conies. Satan always, when caught in a tight place, quoted phrases from the Scripiures. So has this modernized smartness and purporting to belong to certain chapters of the Books of Job and Haggi. They contain 110 such chapters. Oh! shame. The servant has out done his master and used phraseology to suit his purpose that never existed. The Institute article had lots of good in it aid perhaps at some future time the writer will tell you how to chose a wife, for both sides needs critical look ing over. When out of ten young wifely aspirants none can tell how a loaf of bread is raised or what ingre dients are in a pound of soap, ("ma always done the work " I! I! am a teacher," I! I! am a nurse," I don't do no work. ) Young man,look these over, will they suit you. There are no working girls now—they are all look ing for something higher without work and the end is there are eight divorces out of every ten marriages that takes place under such circum stances. The young men are fast. Where there fathers carried a watch, they carry a bottle, with cigarettes for a finish. The present generation stands so today, and as the. Bible says: "choose ye among them whom ye shall serve" my dear critic. But above all, when you find you cannot better what others have done, before attempt ing to do so, you had better let the job out or get Faraway's calf to tickle into your neck some sense with the rough side of his tongue. X. Y. Z. DEATH'S' DOINGS. CRAVEN. ALVA CRAVEN, aged 1G years, son of Mr. Frank Craven, died last Sunday evening, of heart failure, after an ill ness of three weeks. Deceased was for some time confined to his bed with diptheria but recovered, when he was taken down with pneumonia. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from the family residence at mouth of North Creek, interment bsing made in Newton Cemetery. Rev. O. S. Metzler officiated at the services at the residence. The funeral was very largely attended. LLOYD. Mrs. Robert Lloyd, died at her son's home, 1545 Erie avenue, Thursday af ternoon, aged 74 years. She leaves three sons, Thomas, Samuel and James, and one daughter, Mrs Joseph Kaye, of Westboro, Wis. Funeral Saturday at 2 p. m. Services at the Erie avenue Evangelical church. In terment in Wildwood.—Williamsport Bulletin. Mrs. Joseph Kaye was at the bedside of her mother at the time of death and remained for the fijneral. The follow ing relatives from Emporium attended the funeral: Mr. and Mrs. Jas. L. Norie. Miss Jane Kaye, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Robinson. TKRMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN AT' WEATHER REPORT. (Forecastby T. B.Lloyd.) FRIDAY, Fair. SATURDAY. Snow. SUNDAY. Snow. THE POWERFUL SCENIC SUCCESS. A ROYAL SLAVE, OPERA HOUSE. FEB. 15th. See the Great Tropical Palm Island by moonlight. The georgeous Palace o! the Kiny. The great Volcano in state ol eruption. Most bewildering display of scenic Embelishments. One Carload of Scenic [ fleets 30--OAST OF—3O A t brilliii;{ ntni'v of hove. Hate, Pas sion, Intrigue, Revenge, Devotion and Heroic daring. Seats nn at Lloyd's Book Store. Prices, 25, 'JS, 50 and 7£> cents. Last Star Course Number. TheJanscrj Carnival Company will give tie last Star Course entertainment for the year, Saturday evening, Feb. 20. Let all keep the date in mind. A Good Paper. The Paras notes with pleasure the malted improvement in the Couders port Journal, both typographica ly and editorially. Friends Haskell & Coleortl are to be congratulated. It is a good, clean family journal. New Hardware. Jos. A. Friendle and Ow. E. Hnr teau have leased the store room, cor ner of Fourth and Chestnut streets and will open a hardware, stove and plumbing establishment within a few days. Particulars later. Washington's Birthday. The Star and Crescent Literary Societies of the High School will give an entertainment on the afternoon of the above named day, in the high school room, in celebration of the birthday of the F.ither of His Country. The Grand Army Post will attend the intertainment as guests oi the school All citizens are invited to attend. A small admission fee will be charged for the benefit of the library fund. Pleasant Reception. The Business Men's Club of Empori um gave their first reception last evening at their handsome rooms, on second door of Waiker'sbloek. About one hundred and twenty ladies and gents responded to the invitation is sued by the Trustees and from 6 o'clock until after mid-night all were pleasantly entertained. A light luncb was served by experienced caterers,, tables being arranged in the billiard parlor. An orchestra was engaged especially for the occasion, composed of Messrs. Vallee and Sorensen, who recently came from Chicago, where they were employed in the Iriquois threatre.. The music was superb and delighted the large assemblage. The gentlemen were assisted by two of our local talent, Mr. Ericsson and Mr. Witmer, of Ridgway. The reception was a decided success and greatly pleased all who attended, in fact surprised some who hesitated about attending a club reception, be lieving that a club wrs nothing more than a drinking room. Such is not the case. The management are strict ly enforcing the iron clad rules and as. long as the Business Men's Club is thus conducted it wili be a success. Eye Specialist. Prof. W. 11. Budine, the well fcn»\EJf Eye Specialist, of Binghamton, N. Y., will be at It. 11. Hirsch's jeweliy store, Emporium, Pa , February 12th and 13th. Ifyoucan'tsee well or have headache don't fail to call and see Prol'. Budine, as ho guarantees to cure all such cases. Lenses ground and fibted in old frames. Ryes tested and «K amined freo. All work guaranteed. Latest Popular Music, Miss May Gould, teacher of piano forte, has received a fuil line of the tat est and most popular sheet music All the popular airs. Prices reasonable. 44-tf For sale. A good farm containing 72 acres, with necessary buildings and well watered. Part in good cultivation. 51-tf. CHAS. M. SPANULEK, NO. 51.
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