THE CAMERON COUNTY PIM-S.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866.
VOL. 39.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(PVi'ii tur lingular Correspondent.)
Washington, May 21, 1904.
E litor P'CB&:
The President is busy receiving
the calls of politicians and arrang
ing the details of the coming cam
paign. It is admitted 011 all sides
that in selecting Mr. Cortelyou for
Chairman of the National Kejmbli- j
c.m Cimmittee he has dexterously j
solved a perplexing problem. It j
is now assured that the campaign
will be conducted on a high and
straightforward basis. The presi
dent declares very emphatically
that he is not taking sides in the
Illinois or Wisconsin factional con
test. He is keeping his bauds off.
lie expresses himself as quite hope
ful of the result in Maryland, not
withstanding Mr. Gorman's plans
to capture that state. Ou the 30th
inst. the President will visit
Gettysburg, Pa., making a speech
on Memorial Day. He will ride
over the field in the morning
and in the evening return to
Washington. As the speech is the
only one of his until after election,
the public is looking forward to it
with uncommon interest. The
British Ambassador, Sir Henry
Duraud, left to-day for Gettysburg,
the guest of acting Secretary of
War, Oliver. He will inspect and
sfculy the famous battle field. He 1
is deeply interested iu the military
features of the great Civil War.
A welcome guest at the White
House this week is Captain W. S.
C )wler, the President's brother-in
law, of the unfortunata battleship
Missouri. The vessel is now being
repaired at Newport News.
Among recent other visitors at the
White House have been Elihu
Root, Senator Lodge, Ex. Gov.
Black of New York who is getting
points Tor his speech at Chicago
nominating the President, and Mr.
Dover, Secretary of the Republi
can Committee, who is arranging
the list of speakers for the cam
paign.
The Inter-State Commerce Com
mission in this city, has issued a
formal order for an investigation
regarding the differential freight
rates between the West and the
Atlantic sea board on produce in
tended for export. There is bitter
complaint in New York City that
that commercial center is not
treated on the same footing with
other cities, especially Baltimore.
It is claimed by the railroads that
the differential system was inaugu
rated to put a stop to rate wars—
in other words competition. It is
asserted that twenty years ago the
railway companies lost $20,000,000
by rate wars which otherwise they
might have made out of the ship
pers.
Every once in a while, the great
inventor Mr. Thomas Edison, who
has procured more patents than
any other Inventor and whose
great fortune has been made from
patents, protests through the press
that the Patent Office is unfair and
corrupt and that he will not take
out any more patents. Neverthe
less he continues to file appli
cations for patents and probably has
as many as fifty applications for
patent now pending. The present
complaint is that the Examanier
refuses to grant him something he
does not think him entitled to.
The Patent Office is as fair and
clean as any office under any gov
ernment. The Examiners are all
men of education and specialists
in their respective classes. There
are more than one hundred of them
and many of them because of their
learning are eligible to professor
ships in Universities.
Paint Your Buggy for 75c.
too §I.OO with Devoe's Gloss Carriage
Paint. It weighs 3to 8 ozs., more to
the pint than others, wears longer and
gives a gloss equal to uew work. Sold
by Murray & Coppersmith.
MOTHER LEAPS AFTER
HER DROWNING BOY
Seeing Lad Fall Into Well, She Tries
in Vain to Save Him.
MONT ALTO, Pa., May 26.
Hoping to rescue her drowning boy,
Mrs. Michael Byrnes, the wife of En
gineer Michael Byrnes, of the pumping
station of the Standard Oil Company at
Kneppers Station, leaped into a forty
foot well at the home of Professor C. C.
Funk, at this place, this afternoon.
The child was drowned, but the
mother was saved.
Accompanied by her five-year-old
son, Andrew, Mrs. Byrnes came here
to visit Professor Funk and his wife.
While the boy played in the yard he
uncovered the well, and losing his bal
ance, fell into eight feet of water.
The mother saw the accident and,
heedless of danger, plunged through
the opening, but when parent and son
were brought tc the top by Professor
Funk and some neighbors the boy was
unconscious and failed to respond to
heroic measures for resuscitation.
Mrs. Byrnes was not injured and suf
fered apparently only from the shock.
It is believed that in his fall the body
struck the cement wall of the well and
was rendered senseless.
The mother referred to above was
formerly Miss Minnie Creighton, of
Emporium, now wife of Mr. Byrnes of
Mt. Alto, Pa. The bereaved parents
passed through Emporium last Satur
day afternoon with the remains of
their little son, who was taken to
Wellsville, N. Y., for interment. Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Moore and Mrs. E, D.
White, of this place, and Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Mull in of Sheffield, accompanied
the grief stricken parents to Wellsville,
returning to Emporium Tuesday even
ing.
Mr, and Mrs. Byrnes have the sym
pathy of their many friends at this ;
place iu their terrible affliction.
Bloom—Ellis.
The marriage of Mr. Eugene
Bloom and Miss Beatrice J. Ellis, at
the pleasant home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs Mark Ellis, on
West Fourth street, Thursday evening,
May lath, was an enjoyable event to
those present, comprising only the
near kindred of the contracting par
ties and a few intimate friends. The
ceremony was performed by the Itev.
O. S. Metzler, pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church. The
bride was attired in a beautiful gown of
white embroideried swiss and carried
roses, while the groom wore conven
tional black. Congratulations were
plentifully bestowed upon the young
couple and with music and various
social diversions the happy hours
made to pass swiftly away.
About 10 o'clock an elegant wed-,
ding supper was served. Mr. and
Mrs. Bloom, after spending some days
with the former's parents, Mr. and
George Bloom at Wiiliamsport, will
take up their residence on East Fourth
street, where a cosily furnished house
awaits their return.
Organ Fund Concert.
The organ fund concert at the opera
house last Thursday evening was well
attended by our citizens, all denomina
tions being well represented. Tiie
program as published in the PRESS
wis admirably rendered and well re
ceived. That the audience was pleas
ed was manifest from the generous en
core*. Miss Edna Auchu, who had
charge of the arrangements developed
a natural ability in that line and made
a success of this her first effort. The
following persons assisted, the last
named six forming the orchestra. Miss
M. Swart zflscher, Mr. T. Mingle, Miss
Ida Seger. Miss Edna Auchu, Mr. M.
A. Healv, Mr. Albert Smead, Mr. A.
D. Ericsson, Mr. James Quinn, Mr.
Swartz. Financially the entertain
ment was a success, netting a neat sum
of money.
A Dependable Agency.
. The Advertising Agency of \V. S.
j Hill & Company favorably known to
; the newspapers publishers throughout
i the country have incorporated under
j the title of W. S. Hill Company with
I a paid up capital of $100,000,000, Penn
sylvania Charter, and are now looat
i ed in larger and most complete offices,
| Ninth Floor of the Vandergift Build
| ing, 323 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburg.
' This agency is fully equipped with a
| competent corps of illustrators and
business writers, which enables them
to place at the disposal of their clients
| and new advertisers every assistance
! for the planning and development of
I intelligent, and effective advertising,
j W. S. Hill Company has justly earned
the title of ', A Dependable Agency."
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTKß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY. MAY 26, 1904.
The Keystone Powder Plant
Again Explodes
No Loss of .Life, But Destruction of Property
Appalling-Buildings Shattered in all
Parts of the Town.
Perhaps the worst explosion ofdyna-1
mite on record in the wide spread
and ruin inflicted on property of all
kinds was that, that occurred at
the Keystone plant, last Monday after
noon about 4:20 o'clock.
To describe the general havoc and
horror attended upon it, together with
the awful anguish and suspense of
those having loved ones and friends
employed upon the workings would be
a vain undertaking.
Fire first broke out in the soda
house, and despite all efforts to con
fine the flames to that building it soon
became evident that the major portion
of the works was doomed and that re
sistance to its spread was at the
gravest peril of human life. Thus
warned the men fled to places of safe
ty and awaited in imminent horror,
the explosion, which all felt not only
to be inevitable, but in its menace
to human life and property possibly
without parallel. There were two sepa
rate shocks, heard distinctly at Renovo,
Olean and other distant points and [
even breaking glass as far away as '
Howard Siding. The scene of the!
wreckage in Emporium beggars des- j
cription. We have not heard of a i
single house that escaped injury while i
tl.e loss to some will approximate!
hundreds of dollars. Doors were lift-!
Ed from their hinges and thrown viol- ;
ently to the floor, door and window j
frames were torn from their places and
reduced to kindling wood. Window
sash, window and door casings smash
ed to splinters, plastering knocked
from ceilings and sides of many rooms.
Window glass broken by the thousand
I.ctters from tlie People.
All communications n irier this head must be j
accompanied by the writer's name. We will not. ]
be held responsible for any expression in this .
department.]— EDlTOK.
(Communicated.)
Dynamite Explosion.
There is a good deal of talk about
town in regard to this most unfortu
nate explosive affair. Permit me as a
citizen, who has the sympathy of our
people and the company at heart to
give one word of what would seem to
me to be good advice to all parties con
cerned. First and most important is
to our people who have suffered and
met with damage as a result, to care
fully consider the mater andnotim-j
magine their loss to be away beyond
all reason, but lookcarefullv into the
matter from a reasonable standpoint
and not try to make their los 3 one
cent beyond actual value.
The Company certainly appear to
be willing to do everything in their
power to make a reasonable adjust
ment of the losses, and let it be the
disposition of our people to meet the
Company in a fair business way, and
treat them as they would like to be
treated. I have not time to speak of
the benefit the company is to the
town and people, but suffice it to say,
we can not get too many industries of
this kind in our town. People be sen
sible and reasonable in this matter.
CITIZEN.
Commissioners fleet.
The County Commissioners held a
meeting on Tuesday and ordered re
! pairs to the Court House and other
I public buildings, new dials for the
i town clock and also sent for a man to
j repair the same. The clock is wonder
j fully missed by our people and the re
j pairs will no doubt be promptly made
Memorial Day Services.
I The Presbyterian and Methodist
j Episcopal will unite with the Baptist
j Church in the annual Memorial Day
| services in the Baptist Church next
| Sunday evening. The sermon will be
i preached by the Rev. Mr. Twitchell.
Hot Coffee at Olmsted's
Mrs. DeWitt has been at the store
of H. C. Olmsted for several days dem
onstrating the "Ooldeu Blend Coffee."
If you have not already sampled this
coffee you are invited to call and have
a cup.
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I Real enjoyment is had when reading
1 that clever magazine, The Smart Set.
chimneys made to totter and even
pavements wrostsd from their
places. Quantities of crockery bric
a-brac were broken. People about
jheir work were hurled to the
floor or ground, in some cases
sustaining painful bruises. Strange,
indeed, that amid all this fly
ing and falling debris, there are no
serious casualties to record. Such,
however, is fortunately the case, and
the felicitations, of our people are ac
cordingly heartfelt. Where the pro
perty losses are BO general to partic
ularize were possibly not necessary.
Damages to the Courthouse are
great,even envolving the clock to such
an extent as to necessitate a thorough
reconstruction of its mechanism. The
art windows in the Catholic Church
are badly broken and the building
otherwise damaged. A section of the
brick walls on the West side of the
First Methodist Episcopal Church
were thrown to the ground, one of the
elegant memorial windows and nu
merous smaller ones seriuosly shatter
ed. Several of the windows in Em
manuel Chapel and the new Presbyter
ian and Baptist Churches were
also broken. The rear gable of City
Hall was forced out while the fronts
of the drug store of Hon. L. Taggart
and of Balcom & Lloyd's it is thought
will have to be rebuilt.
The quantity of Powder exploding
was 30,000 lbs. The buildings escap
ing injury are the Acid Recovery, tlu
Nitro-Glycerine Factory, the Boiler
House and Stable. Much sympathy is
felt for the Company whose loss an
such is not only great, but whose in
dividual losses are likewise heavy.
We are without a statement from
the Company as to their intention.
SUICIDE ON FIRST FORK.
Young Lady Shoots Herself Through
the Heart—No Cause for the Deed
is Known.
Miss Dora Peno, aged about 16 years,
who resided on First Fork, committed
suicide on Monday by shooting her
self through the heart with a revolver.
No cause can be assigned for the
young lady committing the rash act,
as she was always of .a jovial disposi
tion and of good character. The
parents of the young lady are almost
prostrated by the affair and certainly
deserve the sympathy of the commu
nity in this their hour of dreadful an
guish.
Death of an Aged Lumberman.
Thos. Tozier died recently at Dußois,
aged 77 years. Tozier in his early life
was a lumberman and the Courier says
it is worthy of note in connection here
with that Mr. Tozier took the first log
drive out of Trout run, which empties
into Bennett's branch at Benezette.
This was in 1819 and up to that time
no logs had been floated down the
Sinnamahoning waters from above
Benezette. Subsequently he for many
years drove logs and sent rafts down
that stream, the rafts in a single season
numbering 40. Deceased was well
and favorably known in this county.
League Anniversary.
The anniversary of the local chapter
of the Epworth League, of the First M.
E. Church was appropriately observed
last Sunday evening. The various
Vice Presidents read reports of the
years work. Rev. O. S. Metzler in
stalled the officers and President E. S.
Ling and the Rev. A S. Bowman
made ringing addresses. The attend
ance was large and exercises through
out interesting.
Thank You, Kind Patrons.
In behalf of the St. Mark's organ
| fund I desire to to thank the generous
I public for their patronage bestowed
] upon us at our concert given last
! Thursday evening. Especially do we
desire to thank those who assisted with
! the production.
EDNA AUCHU.
Latest Popular Music.
Miss May Gould, teacher of piano
-1 forte, has received a fuil line of the lat
est and most popular sheet mu3ic. All
the popular airs. Prices reasonable.
44-tf.
It Hays to Advertise.
That advertising in all lines pays is
again sbown in the case of a grocery
man in the eastern part of the state
who advertised for a wife with §5,000
and received 2,900 replies. When busi
ness was dull during the winter he
entertained loungers by reading the
letters bo bad received and be bad bis
store crowded with photographs re
ceived from anxious maidens. He sold
his batch of letters to a matirrnonial
journal and received SSO for them, and
he also secured a western girl for a
wife.
THREE DROWN WHILE
CROSSING STREAM
Mother and Two Daughters Meet a
Watery (irave in Sinnamahoning
Creek.
A most appalling accident occurred
near Sinnamahoning oil Tuesday
morning, when Mrs. Austin Murray, was
taking three of her children, two girls
and a boy, across the river in a boat
to attend school, her husband not be
ing at home. When about mid
stream the boat, which was but a light
affair, struck a rock and upset, throw
ing the occupants out. Mrs. Murray
and the two little girls Vera, and
Edna, aged ten and eight years re
spectively were drowned, the boy,
aged about twelve years managed to
get onto the bottom of the upturned
boat and was rescued after about an
hour and a half
Men dragged the creek all day Tues
day but up to a late hour the bodies
had not been recovered. They quit
searching when darkness camo but re
sumed their hunt on Wednesday when
about one hundred men were engaged
in dragging the stream.
It is a terrible shock to the commun
ity as Mrs. Murray was well and favor
ably known and the little girls - great
favorites with everybody.
Potter Will be Wet.
The Supreme Court on Monday re
versed the decision of the Superior
Court in the six liquor license cases
from Potter county, and sustains the
Common Pleas court in issuing the
licenses.
Quick Work.
Earl Fuller, who was injured at
Cameron a short time ago. Being a
member of K. O. T. M., he made claim
for two week's benefit and just eight
days from the time he filed his claim,
through Record Keeper, J. W. Fauser,
of Cameron Tent, No. 429, the draft
came. The Maccabees are prompt —
none better.
Ths Passing of Mankey Plant.
Cbas. J. and A. C. Norquist, of
Jamestown, who recently purchased
the machinery in the old Mankey
Furniture Co., plant were here last
week, making arrangements to remove
the machinery to Jamestown. The
gentlemen expressed astonishment
that so well appointed and located
plant did not pay.
A New Dental Office.
J. M. Card, M. D., D. D. S., has
decided to establish a branch dental
office in Emporium, for the benefit of
the many patrons in Cameron county.
The office is located over Geo. Metz
ger's jewelry store. Dr. Card is a
gentleman well and favorably known
in this county as a successful practi
tioner for a gre it miuy years and we
extend to him a friendly hand of
greeting. In the doctor's absence his
patrons will be ably looked after by
E. D. Newton, late of the University
of Buffalo and who has also enjoyed
the advantage of several years under
Dr. Card's skillful instructions. All
work guaranteed and prices reason
able. It
A Startling Test.
To save a life, Dr. T. G. Meiritt, of
No. Mehoopany, Pa., made a staitling
test resulting in a wonderful cure. lie
writes, "a patient was attacked with
violent hemorrhages.caused by ulceration
of the stomach. I had often found
Electric Bitters excellent for aecute stom
ach and liver troubles so I prescribed
them. The patient aained from the first,
and has not had an attack in 14 months."
Electric Bitters are positively guaranteed
for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Constipation
and Kidpey troubles. Try them. Ouly
j 50c at L. Taggart's.
Bargain in Books.
A complete set of Brittanica Ency-
I clopaedia,consisting of thirty volumes
i ana key. Are all new and in original
i packages. Will be sold at a bargain,
' Apply at PRESS office. 36tf
TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE.
WEATHER REPORT
(Forecastby T. B.Lloyd.)
FRIDAY, Fair.
SATURDAY. Fair.
SUNDAY Fair.
Political Announcement.
Editor Press:—
Please announce my name as a candidate for
County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the
Democratic County Convention.
T HENRY LUDLAM.
Emporium, Pa., April 26th, 1901.
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BRIEF riENTION.
The Smart Set magazine will enter
tain you.
The cheapest place to buy men's and
boys' clothing is at N. Seger's.
See "David Garrick" Friday and
Saturday evenings of this week.
R. J. Mott, late postmaster at Port
Allegany, was buried with Masonic
honors at Knoxville, last Wednesday.
Have you seen the fine line of sum
mer clothing for men and boys at N.
Soger's. The most handsome in this
section.
If you want to save money and at
the same time get reliable goods. The
place to buy your clothing is at N.
Seger's. Call and see him.
Thos. Ernst, of St. Marys, is in town
and any one wishing plastering done
will please leave orders at Jas. Creigh
ton's billiard rooms. 14-2t.
Potter county's centennial celebra
tion will be held on August 10th and
11th. Elaborate plans have been made
and preparations are already under
way.
FOR RENT.—A large and dc;.irable
store room in the business centre at
St. Marys. For further particulars, ad -
dress the "Gazette,'' St. Marys, Pa.
12 3t.
"David Garrick" which was to have
been presented at the Opera House
Monday and Tuesday evenings will,
on account of the explosion be given
Friday "v.id Saturday evenings of this
week.
John McDonald, of Moore Hi!!, who
was standing in front of Blinzler's
barber shop on Monday at the time of
the explosion was badly cut on one of
his legs by falling glass, it requiring
several stitches to close the wound.
WANTED: A good reliable man, with
horse and rig, for Emporium and sur
rounding towns to distribute circulars,
samples, and tack signs, either in con
nection with present work, or give en
tire time. Address Atoz Printing Co ,
Dept. D., 2 South Witley, Ind.
Free sample to agent. Practical
ready call device for telephones.
Saves brain work and hours of time.
Sells itself. One sale sell dozens. See
ing is believing. Send stamp. The
Telephone Appliance Co., one Madi
son Ave., Dept. F. A. D., New York
City. 12-4t.
"A Birdiseye View of the Panama
Canal," which appears in the June
Woman's Home Companion, is one of
the most interesting features to be
found in the magazines of the month.
It is a picture of the canal from ocean
to ocean, and gives an idea of its posi
tion and construction such as can be
had in no other way.
Caleb Powers, the former Secretary
of State of Kentucky, now lying in a
Louisville jail condemned to death for
the murder of Governor Goebel, ia
writing a book, to be published by Mc-
Clure, Philips & Co., covering his per
sonal experiences during the troublous
days of Kentucky's fierce partisan war
for the control of the state. The story
of his',trial and conviction,recently pub
lished in McClure's Magazine, by Sam
uel Hopkins Adams, aroused much
public interest in his case.
Niagara Falls.
On Sunday, May 29, the Pennsylvaa-
I ia Railroad Company will run a special
!ow-rate excursion to Rufialo and Niagara
Falls. Round-trip tickets, good going
onlv on Special Train indicated, and good
returning on Special Train May 20, and
regular trains May 30. stopping at sta
tions named, but not good in Pullman
sleeping or parlor cars, will be sold at
rates indicated:
Special
Train Leaves Rate.
Emporium 8.00 a.m. 82 50
Emporium Junc't 8.05 " 2 50
Shippen 8.17 '• 2 50
Keating Summit.. 8.39 " 2 50
Port Allegany.... 9.00 " 225
Larabee 9.20 " 2 15
Eldred 7.28 " 2 00
I Olean 10.00 « 1 50
| Ruffalo Ar.12.15 p. m
Niagara Falls " 1.00 " ....
Returning special Train will leave
Niagara Falls 7.30 p. in., Buffalo 8.80
p. in.
| Children between five and twelve years
of age, half rates. 13-2t.
NO. 14.