THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866.
VOL. 39.
NVASHINQTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Ooi re»pon<ient.)
Washington, April 16, 1904.
Editor P*eaa:—
The week has been a very inter- I
est ing one in Washington, politi- ,
cally, socially and sorrowfully. ,
Many interesting speeches have j
heen made in both houses of Con- ,
gress, concerning important ques
tions. Senators and Representa- j
tives who talk largely for political j
effect have had ample opportunity j
for doing so by presenting amend- i
ments to pending bills, denounc- j
ing the bills, and then voting for |
them with astonishing unanimity. [
This is very satisfactory to the He
publicans, who have but to contain
themselves with patience, remain
good natural and see the opposi
tion discreetly come to terms.
.1 ust now a favorite form of Demo
cratic diversion is to keel haul
Grover Cleveland for all the mis
fortunes which have come to the
Democratic party. He is de
nounced as the noblest Republican
of them all. There must be a
scapegoat, and the reviled ex-Presi
dent is as good as any. Perhaps
all this irritation is but natural,
since, as Congressman Hamilton
of Michigan says: "Protection
makes good times." And the
happy and prosperous people are
turning, almost to a man, to Presi
dent Roosevelt as their leader for
four more years. All the political
news from the States which comes
to the White House is reassuring
and the President can well consider
himself relieved of anxiety regard
ing his nomination and election.
This gives him and his advisers
time for the consideration of im
portant and pressing questions.
The explosion on the Missouri,
with the appalling resulting loss of
life, caused great sorrow and per
plexity among the 'officials of the
government. It was very unfort
unate in all of its aspects, espec
ially so for Capt. Cowels who has
just been severely criticised for the
collision of his ship with the Illi
nois. While the navy department
was profoundly impressed with the
news of the Russian war ship
horror, and congratulating itself
that such terrible accidents never
occur in the A.merican navy, there
came upon the heels of this news
the account of the Missouri ex
plosion. The effect was stunning.
The President at once started a
subscription "to be used for the
dependent kinsfolk of the enlisted
men" who perished. The exact
cause of the disaster may never be
known. It is thought the affair
was an unavoidable accident.
There are those who suggest that
the use of smokeless powder may
have had something to do mith the
explosion. Its nature is not yet
very well understood.
Senator Morgan has again begun
to discuss the whole Panama canal
question, and at this writing is in
the midst of the third day of his
speech making. The opportunity
was afforded by the consideration
of the Canal Zone Government
Bill. The proposition is to give
the zone a civil government and
confer upon the Commissioners the
pardoning power. Mr. Morgan
argues that a military government
would be much better and more in
harmony with the eternal fitness of
things. He takes the ground that
the zone is a military reservation,
policed by United States soldiers,
and that the Commissioners should
devote their best energies to the
construction of the canal, relieved
of all callateral matters. There is
much good sense in this view of
the matter. But will men be will
ing to work under military law?
Can civilians be compelled to do
this? Why not get enlisted men
to work upon the canal?
Letter to C. J. Uoodnough.
Emporium, Pa.
Dear Sir: If you paint two houses
alike with two different paints, and one
takes twice as much paint as the other,
you know which paint to buy alter that
—so far as go for goes—don't you?
One of these paints is Devoe, the other
is tny average paint. The worst are
worse than that; the better are not much
better; no other paint than Devoe is any
where near Devoe in go far. Devoe is
go further; the rest are go-short go-mid
dling and go-three-quarters.
Yours truly,
F. W. DEVOE & Co.
I'. S. Murry and Coppersmith sell
our paint. 20.
I have a few Side Boards, Dressers
and Commodes which I am closing
out at coat.
D. G. Wli EATON,
No. 12 Third st.
Typhoid in the Country.
The worst typhoid scourged citiea
can get rid of their scourge by filtering
their water, and it is reasonably cer
tain that this remedy will be applied
shortly in all cities where the typhoid
rate shows the unfitness of their water
for consumption in its rare condi
tion, says Philadelphia Press. The
New York "Medical Record" calls at
tention to the fact that the prevalence
of typhoid fever in the country dis
tricts is almost always equal to if not
greater than that in the adjoining
cities. Country residents draw their
wal.er from wells or springs, sometimes
from small streams. The source looks
to be pure, but its purity is often only
in the seeming and cannot be relied
upon.
Typhoid fever is common in the
country. The worst epidemics of ty
phoid have occurred in country vil
lages aud towns. The refiance on the
purity of well water and spring water
is fallacious. The source of such water
is unknown. What pollution there
may be of that source or what pollu
tion may reach the stream in its under
ground course is equally unknown, but
may be inferred occasionally from the
density and habits of the surrounding
population. It is not turbid, and that
is enough for those who judge by sight
and are not disturbed by any thought
of any possible unseen typhoid bacil
lus The "Medical Record" concludes:
The worst part of the story is that
there is no remedy easily available for
this condition. In the urban supplies
there are only a few sources at the
most,and the municipalgovernmentcan
readily control the conditions affecting
the water supply of its citizens, if it so
desires, but what of the remedy when
the sources of supply are r umbered by
the thousands? It would take an army
of chemists and a mint of money to
give the same supervision to the coun
try well that we give to the metropoli
tan supply.
There seems to be nothing for the
country except the familiar city rule so
little regarded, "boil your water." It
is almost hopeless to expect that this
will be done. The risk will be taken,
typhoid endured and the death rate be
proportionately increase until the pro
gress of education, backed probably by
many epidemics, will teach the people
in country and city how and why they
must exclude the germ of typhoid from
their stomachs.
School Notes.
The Class of 1904 of the High School
are about through with their final ex
aminations. Prof.R.M. Steele, principal
of the Driftwood schools, appeared be
fore the class on Saturday by appoint
ment of the board of directors and con
ducted the examinations in two
branches. The principal of the schools,
Prof. E. S. Ling, has already conduct
ed his share of the work and Miss
Mattie M. Collins, county superintend
ent, third examiner, will complete the
work in a few days. Fifteen boys and
girls have continued the work through
out the senior year, three of the former
and twelve of the latter, as follows:
Frances Blumle, Mabel Edwards,
Alvira Farr, Ellen Farrell, Stella
Geary, Myrtle Gregory, Carolyn Lech
ner, Eva Lewis, Nora Ostrum, Alice
Quigley, Flora Schlecht, Nellie
Thomas, Elmer Baxter, Claude Car
penter, Fred Heilman. Their teachers
report them a faithful and hard work
ing class.
The commencement exercises are set
for Thursday evening, May 12. The
address to the classs will be delivered
by Hon. Emerson Collins, of Williams
port. The St. Marys orchestra will
furnish the music.
The Baccalaureate sermon will be
preached by Rev. O. S. Metzler, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, Sunday
evening, May Bth.
One Cause for Typhoid.
CIIICAOO, April 14.—Whisky drink
ing as one of the causes of typhoid
fever is given by Dr. George W.
Webster, president of State Board of
Health, in an address before the Young
Men's Christian Association.
The only preventive means, Dr.
Webster averred, are pure drinking
water, keeping of the digestive system
in perfect health condition and the
maintenance of a high state of vitality
"Do not drink whisky if you wish to
avoid typhoid fever," says Dr. Web
ster. "It lowers the vitality and pre
vents perfect digestion. There is noth
ing more conducive to stomach
troubles than whisky. A low vitality
I and imperfect digestive organs invite
typhoid fever.
Hen's Social Evening.
The monthly Social Evening for the
men of Emmanuel Parish, will be held
! in the Parish Room on Thursday
I evening, April 21st, from 7:30 to 10
o'clock.
"Liberty and Jnion, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA.. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1904.
Cameronltes in Elk.
G. H. Gross and little daughter, of
Emporium, were in Ridgway Monday
morning H. M. Olmsted, of Gener
al Office force of the Elk Tanning Com
pany has gone to Falls Creek for ten
days to look after some work there for
Company Miss Mary Foley of
Driftwood, who has been visiting for
some weeks with her sister, Mrs. Sul
livan in Riidgway, lost a card case on
Main Street on Tuesday evening in
which she had $55 in money. Luckily
the case and cash were found by an
honest man. She came down town
this morning to advertise her loss,
when she learned that Mr. James Pen
field had already ordered an advertise
ment that he had found a valuable
package. She described what she had
lost and the case and money were re
stored to her.—Ridgway Advocate.
L. O. T. n., District Convention.
The fourth District Convention of
the L. O. T. M.of Pa., convened in
the local Maccabee Hall at 3 o'clock
April 12th with Gt. Com. Elizabeth E.
Brown Presiding, and Gt. R. K. Nellie
E. Launsbury as Secretary; other of
ficers present were Mrs. Bell N.
Doughty, of Coreydon, Mrs. Deborah
Riley, of Williamsport, Gt. Pickett;
and Mrs. Carrie Smith, of Keating
Summit, a Deputy. Following the ap
pointment of the various committees,
and other preliminary work, Gt. R. K
Nellie E. Launsbury, read the official
notice for Convention, and called the
roll of delegates. After the credentials
were presented and approved, dele
gates were seated and the following
were elected to the State Convention,
to be held at Pittsburg in June: Mary
Minihen, Renovo; Helena M. Butler,
Emporium; M. Remmelu, Ridgway;
Minnie L. Fox, Driftwood; Cora
Fowler, DeYoung, Pa. For alternates;
Elvina Delaney, Sinnamahoning;
Agnes Thom, Munsen; Emely Emery,
North Bend; Mabel Secrist, Dußois;
Minnie Smead, of St. Marys.
After which the Gt. Com., gave a
very interesting and instructive ad
dress, many important questions were,
discussed by Great Hive officers and
visiting delegates. Great Picket
Deborah Riley moved that the
delegates be instructed for the present
Great Hive officers and it wascarrried,
nnanimously with cheers and ap
plause. Resolutions were adopted
favoring the establishing of a Home
foraged and disable Maccabees and
for the entertainment given the offi
cers, delegates and visitors by the Em
porium Hive. A recess was declared
when light refreshments were served,
after which the full ritualistic work
was exemplified on a class often led by
Gt. R K. Nellie E. Launsbury with
Mrs. Bell Doughty at the organ.
Souvenir buttons of the Great Com.,
and Great R. K., were presented to all
present.
Lest We Forget.
The trout season opened Friday and
anglers who had the fortitude to face
the chilly air and the still more chilly
water say tie ft-thing will be good.
All fishermen will do well to remember
the following fishing precepts:
No game fish c m be legally taken
except by rod, hook and line.
Size of trout that may legally be
taken is six inches.
But fifty brook trout can legally be
taken in one day.
It is illegal to buy, sell or offer for
sale any brook trout.
Trout caught in an illegal manner
must be released alive.
Wedded.
Mr. Henry E. Moore, of Roulett,
Potter county and Miss Sadie A. Dei
ter of Morris, Tioga county, were mar
ried at the parsonage of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church last
Wednesday afternoon, by the Pastor
the Rev. O. S. Metzler. Mr. and Mrs.
Moore left on the evening train tor
Conowingo, Md., on a brief wedding
tour and upon their return will reside
at Roulett.
Right You Are.
The Republicans of Cameron county
have nominated Josiah Howard for
Member of Assembly. He will make
an ideal Representative in the Legisla
ture and if the people turn him down
for some man whose only recommen
dation is being a "good fellow," it will
be to their everlasting discredit.—
Coudersport Journal.
A Cure for Headache.
' Any man woman, or child suffering
from headache, biliousness or a dull,
drowsy feeling should take one or two of
DeWitt's Little Early Risers night and
, morning. These famous little pills are
' famous because they are a tonic as well
|as a pill. While they cleanse the system
j they strengthen and rebuild it by their
I tonic effect upon the liver and bowels.
! Sold by R. 0. Dodson.
SUDDENJEATH.
Daniel D. Webster, a Popular Citizen
and Merchant, Stricken With
Apoplexy This Morning.
DANIEL D. WEBSTER, aged 57 years,
one of our most respected citizens and
a member of the general merchandise
firm of C. R. Hasted & Co., was
stricken with apoplexy this (Thursday)
morning about eight o'clock, while
sitting in his store. Dr. Smith was
quickly summoned and the stricken
gentleman was removed to his resi
dence on Third street, where he peace
fully passed to the other shore, about
9:30 a. m.
Daniel D. Webster was born at
Holly, N. Y., in 1847, and for many
years following the occupation of loco
motive engineer, for over forty years,
in New Jersey, New York and Penn
sylvania. Coming to this county
about fifteen years ago, his many
friends, all of whom respected him for
his upright character, true man
hood and true friendship. His excell
ent wife and daughter, for whose wel
fare the deceased seemed to live entire
ly, have our deepest sympathy, as
well as all our citizens.
Deceased was a director and stock
holder of the Keystone Powder Co., in
addition to his mercantile interests.
The funeral will be held from M. E.
church of which deceased was a com
municant, on Sunday at two o'clock,
and will be under the direction of Em
porium Lodge, No. 382, F. &A. M.
All members of said fraternity meet
at the lodge room at one o'clock aluirp.
Oil Notes.
Some one reported that a mysterious
oil well had been discovered on the
head waters of North Creek; that the
well was flowing oil through the casing.
Henry Auchu and W. H. Howard
started for the supposed gusher and
atter hunting all day in the woods they
returned home late Monday night, but
were unable to locate the wildcat.
Nothing undaunted Mr. Auchu
shirted bright and early the next day
and located the well ibout five rods
across the county line in McKean
county, near Colegrove. The well is
supposed to be under the direction of
the Standard Oil Co.;is now down 2200
feet but no indications of oil as yet.
The close proximity to this county, of
course greatly interests our people
and the prospects for oil or gas are
again on high tide.
Pishing continues on Hackenberg
farm, on No. 2.
Epworth League Entertainment.
First Methodist Episcopal Church,
Monday Evening, April 25th at 8
o'clock.
PROGRAM.
Selection Orchestra
Recitation Miss Ella Hacket
Piano Solo, Miss Annie Welsh
Pipe Organ Selection, Miss Grace A.Walker
Exercise—Misses Edith DeArmit, Kate Metzger,
Pe*rl Crosby and Delia Skinner.
Mandolin Selection, Lena Swartz
Vocal Duet, Misses Mabel Halderman, Annie
Evans.
Piano 5010,.. Mr. Ericsson
Vocal Solo, Mr. Geo. A. Walker
Recitation, Master Mark Ellis
Selection, Orchestra
Vocal Solo, Miss liuth Ling
Exercise—Masters John Ellis, Joe McNarney,
Clarke Metzger, Wayne Van Wert, Paul Van
Wert, Chas. Curaiuerford,
Pipe Organ Selection, .... Miss Grace A. Walker
Public cordially invited. Silver of
fering.
A Joyous, Happy Visit.
The PRESS sanctum was this morn
ing made brighter by a visit from the
High School graduates, a joyous,
happy bevy, as follows:
Eva Lewis, Alvira Farr, Stella Geary,
Myrtle Gregory, Frances Blumle, Nora
Ostrum, Mabel Edwards, Eilen Farrel,
Nellie Thomas, Flora Schlecht, Caro
lyn Lechner, Alice Quigley, Claude
Carpenter, Fred Heilman, Elmer
Baxter.
Oone to Wisconsin.
R. W. Robinson and family left on
Tuesday for Westboro, Wis., where
Mr. R assumes the position of Secre.
tary and Treasurer of Westboro Lum
ber Company—a branch concern of C.
B. Howard Company, of this place.
Their many Emporium friends greatly
regretted their departure. Westboro
gains an excellent family.
Real Estate for Sale.
The Board of Trustees of the Presby
terian Church will sell the old church
site and parsonage property at a bar
gain. Apply to I. K. HOCKLEY, Chair
man of the Board or J. H. DAY, Sec
retary. 37tf
Latest Popular Music.
Miss May Gould, teacher of piano
forte, has received a fuil line of the lat
est and most popular sheet music. All
the popular airs. Prices reasonable.
44-tf.
J. L. Cook. Dead.
A telegram received this morning
conveyed the sad intelligence that J.
L. Cook, of Waterford, was dead, in
his 94th year Deceased resided here
many years and greatly aided in the
upbuilding of Emporium. His daugh
ter, Mrs. Laura Bryan and son Ed.
Cook will leave for Waterford to at
tend the funeral.
Burglary.
Last Sunday night some sneak
thieves entered the residence of Mrs.
Allen Russell and secured $20.00 in
money. No clue.
Boys Read.
Last Sunday an Italian shot a robin,
; was arrested and paid §75.00 fine.
Some of Emporium's kids will runup
: against the law if they continue to kill
I bird .
Alumni Meeting.
All members of the Emporium High
School Alumni are requested to met at
the Reading Room, Monday evening,
April 25th, at 8 o'clock.
LORA MCQUAY, President.
A Emporium Woman Asks
"have you a floor paint that will last
two weeks? Yes we have Devoe's; it
has a beautiful gloss and will wear two
years if properly applied. Sold by
Murray & Coppersmith.
Car Load of Buggies.
Haupt & Hauber have received a car
( load of carriages and buggies to be dis
posed of at reasonable prices. They
are beauties. Call at their establish
ment on Broad street and see what
bargains they are offering
Farm For Rent.
Farm for rent, within 10 miles of
Driftwood, rent free and also salary
paid for liaeping club boarders. For
further particulars, address,
DR. J. K. EYLER,
9-4t. Kittanning, Pa.
Serious Wreck.
A run-away took place on P. S. &. N.
It. R., last Sunday near Clermont.
Twenty cars and locomotive piled up.
The fireman, Je3see Brown, who was
assisting in checking the train, was in
stantly killed. The engineer was
fatall injured and will die.
Badly Injured.
Wm. Pye, employed by C. B. How
ard & Co., while unloading logs on
Tuesday evening, at the mill, caught
his left foot between the logs, dislocat
ing every joint in the foot and other
wise jamming it. He is confined to
his home on Chestnut street, unable to
leave his bed.
Reduced Rates to Johnsonburg.
On account of the Odd Fellows Re
union at Johnsonburg, April 28, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company (Phil
adelphia & Erie Railroad Division)
will sell round trip tickets to Johnson
burg from Warren, Renovo, Falls Creek,
Clermont and intermediate points on
April 26, limited to return until April
27, inclusive, at reduced rates, t mini
mum 25 cents).
Happy and Contented.
The PRESS editor, a few days ago,
visited at Johnsonburg for a few hours.
We met our former townsmen, E. C.
Davison, who is agent for P. & E. R.
R, at that place, with a large force
of clerks in his office; also C. H. Sage,
who conducts a large machine shop,
employing 23 men. Both gentlemen,
and their families, are comfortably
Hituated and enjoy the respect and es
teem of their new friends.
Carnegie's Latest.
It was made known last week that
Andrew Carnegie has created a fund of
|5,000,000 for the benefit of"the de
pendents of those losing their lives in
heroic effort to save their fellow men,or
for the heroes themselves if injured
only." Provision is also made for
raedalsto be givon in commemoration
ofheroic acts. The endowment is to
be known as "The Hero Fund, : ' and
consists of $5,000,000 of first collateral
5 per cent, bonds of the United States
steel corporation.
The Most Fatal Disease.
Diseases of the kidneys cause more
deaths than any other one class of dis
eases. Most people who have kidney
diseases do not know they have it. The
first symptons are either not noticed
or mistaken for something else.
This is why insurance companies always
I require a strict aualysis of urine before
J granting insurance. Thompson's Bar
j astna will at once relieve any conjestion
ior inflamation of the kidneys and has
J made remarkable cures in Bright's disease,
| sciatica and all diseases of the kidneys
j and liver. Pleasant to take. For sale
by R. C. Dodson.
TKRMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE.
WEATHER REPORT'
(Forecast by T. B. Lloyd )
FRIDAY. Fair.
SATURDAY. Rain.
SUNDAY Fair.
BRIEF riENTION.
The Smart Set magazine will enter
tain you.
H. W. Graham and family are mov
ing into their fifth street residence*
The democratic delegation to (be
Harrisburg convention have returned
home.
Boys clothing in,great variety at N
Soger's. You will always find the
price right.
FOR SAI.E:- Barred Plymouth Rock
eggs, 15 for 75 cents.
7 " 3t- F. G. j wd.
The Emporium Powder Company
have opened business offices in Walker
block, second floor.
The cheapest place in Cameron
county to buy your clothing is at N.
Soger's. Call and see him.
FARM FOR SALE.— A good farm for
sale. Inquire at Daniel Barr farm,
Shippen township. 9-3t.
Winter continues to hang on desper
ately. "The good old fashioned
winter" has suited the oldest inhabit
ant to the fullness.
Why not avail yourself of the oppor
tunity and buy clothing at the old re
liable clothing house of N. Seger. Big
reduction in the winter stock.
A fire in Toronto, Cana.,which start
ed Tuesday evening in the business dis
trict of that city, consumed 123 build
ings. The estimated loss is $12,000,000.
Chicken and baked bean supper at
residence of A. M. Matteson on Satur
day evening, April 23, 1904 Supper
from five o'clock until all are served.
Proceeds togo to buy an organ for the
Swesey school. Everybody invited.
Caleb Powers, the former Secretary
of State for Kentucky, now in Louis
ville jail condemned to death for the
murder of Governor Goebel, is writing
a book covering his personal exper
ienca during the troublesome days of
Keutucky's fierce war for the control
of the State.
Hon. W. C. Arnold, of Dußois. is
now at a Sanitarium in Rockford,
Illinois, where he has had a diagnosis
of his case, which has been pronounced
an abcess on the bowel. His physi
cians have faith that they can remove
the same without danger to the patient
and that his recovery can be expected,
all of which is gratifying news to hie
many friends.—Clearfield Journal.
No Gloss Carriage Paint Made
will wear as long as Devoe's. No
others are as heavy bodied, because
Devoe's weigh 3to 8 ounces more to
the pint. Sold by Murry & Copper
smith.
Italians Drive Americans From Work.
Dußois, PA., April 20—At fhe
Cardiff mine, operated by the Pitts
burg, Sha . inut and Northern com
pany near Weedville, Elk county,
the men have been idle since the
first of the month. This week the
English-speaking miners proposed
togo to work pending an adjust
ment of delegates and operators of
the Eighth sub-district being held
in Pittsburg to-day but the Italian
miners objected.
Finally an attempt was made,
but the men were driven away
from the mine by armed Italians,
The sheriff of Elk county was ap
pealed to, and twenty deputiua
were hurried to Cardiff and pro
tection established, under which
the English-speaking men are nov>
working.
flystic Midgets Entertainment.
Received from sale 01 Tickets $154 lfc
Paid for use of opera house 44 04
Paid for Calcium Lights, 4sc. 8 19
Balance on hand 102 OS
Miss Mabel Cumrain&s, George Barker'andl
Frank Housler were the winners of the prizes.
A Cure Guaranteed.
Many people after taking certain
remedies are to all appearances cured
but the question always arises, "Do they
stay cured?" The great claim for that
splendid remedy, Thompson's Barosma
backache, Kidney and Liver Cure is that
it. makes a decided and lasting cure aud
that the general health is restored.
Send for circulars of testimonials to E.
K. Thompson & Son, Titusville Pa.
For sale by I!. C. Dodson.
MARRIICD.
GRIFFITH—BELL. At the home of H. D.
son, Emporium, Pa., by Rev. R. A. Robertson.
Mr. William Griffith and' Miss Kate Bell, both
of Cmporiuiu.
NO. 9.