THE CAMERON COUNTY PREBI^: ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866. VOL. 39. THIE PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK. Philadelphia Press. The Presidential tickets are named. The lines of battle are drawn. What is the outlook? It is too early to measure all the influence and effects, but a pre liminary survey can be made. If we cannot yet toll the final alignment of all the States we can see where the contest is likely to be fought and form an in telligent judgment of the respective chances. The electorial college now consists of 476 votes, and it takes 239 to elect* The Democratic party, or Parker and Davis, start confessedly with the solid South which lias 151 vote 3, as follows: TIIE DEMOCRATIC STATES. Alabama 11 Missouri 18 Arkansas 9 North Carolina 12 Florida 5 South Carolina 9 Georgia 13 Tennessee 12 Kentucky 13 Texas 18 Louisiana 9 Virginia.... 12 Mississippi 10 Total 151 This is eighty-eight votes short of the number necessary to elect. Where are Parker and Davis to secure the 88? They must come from the doubtful States. Let us be liberal in making up the doubtful list. Put New York at the head. Concede Maryland, and include even West Virginia, as the home of ex Senator Davis, though there is every reason to believe West Virginia will go Republican as she has done for twelve years. Count in Wisconsin on ac count of the Republican factional quarrel, through Wisconsin is overwhelming ly Republican on the Presidency. Allow Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Neva da, though two of these States are morally certain to be Republican and proba bly all. Here, then, is the doubtful list:— THE DOUBTFUL STATES. Colorado 5 New York 39 Idaho 3 Nevada 3 Maryland 8 West Virginia 7 Montana 3 Wisconsin Total Here are but 81 votes altogether, when Parker and Davis must have 88 be sides the solid South to be elected. They must therefore, in order to win, carry all of the doubtful States and gain 7 votes more from what may fairly be called the sure Republican Stales, as follows: THE REPUBLICAN STATES. California 10 New Hampshiro 4 Connecticut 7 New Jersey ] 12 Delaware 3 North Dakota 4 Illinois 27 Ohio 23 Indiana 15 Oregon 4 lowa 13 Pennsylvania 34 Kansas 10 Rhode Island. 4 Maine 6 South Dakota 4 Massachusetts 16 Utah 3 Michigan 14 Vermont 4 Minnesota 11 Washington 5 Nebraska .. 8 Wyoming 3 Total 244 This shows 5 votes more than enough to olect Roosevelt and Fairbanks without allowing a single vote from what have been called the doubtful States. If Parker should carryall the doubtful States he would be 7 votes short. If Roosevevelt should carry all the doubtful States he would have 325 votes or 86 more than enough. Li order to hold out some hope the Democrats claim New Jersey and Con necticut. Their is no ground for claiming either. New Jersoy h\s now for many jears; been steadily Republican. In 1900 she gave McKinley 56 000 ma jority, and in an off year she elested Murphy Governor by 17,13 5, Connecticut is equally steadfast. She gave McKinley 25,57u majority and in 1902 elected a Republican Governor by 16,008. There is 110 reasonable prospect that either New Jersey or Connecticut will pass out of the Republican column. But, in order to pursue the matter in the last analysis, suppose that New Jersey should go Democratic. That would give Parker, with all the doubtful States, only 5 excess, and if West Virginia alone should remain Republican or Idaho and Montana alone, his majority would be lost. Suppose that New Jersey and Connecticut should both go Democratic. That would give Parker only 12 exeess, and if Wisconsin alone of the so called doubtful States Should remain Republican, that would wipeout his majority. So would West Vireinia Idaho and Montana together. So would the Rocky Mountain States alone without either West Virginia or Wisconsin. 111 all this calculation New York has been treated as doubtful with Demo cratic chances This has been done to be on the safe side. But there is more reason to count New York as Republican. Without New York there is 110 pos sible combination that can spell Democratic success. Even with New York all the other doubtful States and one or more morally sure Renublicin must be carried to elect Parker. 1 mates To put it in another way, and at the worst, conceding that New Jersev and Connecticut are doubtful as well as New York—and we do not concede it the Republicans would have only 14 votes to gain while the Democrats would have 88 votes to gain. The chances would thus be decisively on the Renub i can side. J ■ J""" 1 REDUCED RATES TO THE SEASHORE. ANNUAL LOW RATE EXCURSION TO AT I-ANTIC CITY, CAPE MAY, ETC., VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Pennsylvania Railroad low-rate fifteen day excursions for the present season from Erie, Rouseville, Corry. Dunkirk, Buffalo, Olean. Rochester, Bradford, Tionesta, Warren, Clermont, Dußoi.s, and principal intermediate stations to ; Reoovo. inclusive, to Atlantic City, Cape May, Sea Isle City, or Ocpan City. N. J., will he run on July 18. August 1. 15 and 25. Excursion ticke;s, good to return by regular trains within filteen days, will be sold at very low rates. Tickets to At lantic City ".'ill be sold via the Delaware River Bridge Route, the only Till rail line, or via Market Street Wharf, Phila- i delphia. Tickets from Eric, Rouseville. Tionesta, Summcrdalc, Ludlow, and in termediate stations will be good going only on train No. I, leaving Erie at 5.35 p. in., and connecting trains therewith, j Tickets from other points good going on all regular trains. On .July 18, train leaving Buffalo at i 9.0(1 a. m., will bo run through to At- • lantic City. Stop over ea>» be had at Philadelphia I either going or returning. For information in regard to specific j rates and time ot trains consult hand bills, apply to ticket agents, K. S. Harrar, Division Ticket Agent, Wil liamsport, Pa., or B. P. Fraser, Pas senger Agent, Buffalo Division, 307 Main Street, Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. V. 3192-21-2t. WEATHER REPORTfI (Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.) FRIDAY, Fair. SATURDAY, Fair. SUNDAY Fair. I Hickory Hemlock. Mr. and Mrs. 11. H. Weber and Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Walker sends the PRESS editor a very uniquecard, print ed on wood, from St. Louis. This is how and what they say: All a-board for the World's Fair. Arrived safe. Exposition is more than oak a, it is ashtonishing; you cedar eights of your life. The Pike is fir-straight more than a pear of peaches and the spielers don't bark like ;i tree. Board and (s)lumber at popular prices, no need to pine for what you plank down. Birch-ance the last great show for many years. More fun than the beech. I wood spruce up and come. You walnut re gret, it. Butternut delay. Sincerely, HICKORY HEMLOCK, MR. AND MRS. H. 11. WEBEB, MR. AND MRS. W. S. WALKER, St. Louis, July 12, 1904. Wrecks Plenty. On Monday afternoon two freight trains collided at Cameron, wrecking a number of cars and demolishing ! both engines. The negligence of some I one, which is now being tried at the ( Supt's office. The same evening a freight train piled up a number of cars west of Ridgway, detaining mail east until after mid-night. (jone to Alaska. Ed. Litreneau and Eugene (lood year, two sturdy Frenchmen, for many years in the employ of C. B. Howard Company at this place, left yesterday ! morning for Alaska, to return rich we ! hope in the future. ' Everybody reads the PRESS "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1904. Rushing the Work. Landlord Wheeler, of the New Warner, continues to make extensive improvements, work being in progress from cellar to roof. It will take some time before the renovating is complete. Stricken With Paralysis. The friends of Mrs. Theo. Marshall, who used to reside in Emporium with her lamily, will be pained to hear she was stricken with paralysis, at her home near Serling Run, several days ago. Snakes Plenty. This section seems to have an ex traordinary supply of snakes this year. Hardly a day passes but what we hear of the killing of rattlers, copperheads and black snakes. One day last week the men employed at the Climax Pow der works killed five in one bat-ch. part being copperheads. Two rattlers were killed on West Fourth street, near Mrs. Hurteau's residence last Satur day, while the previous day a large black rattler was killed on W. H. How ard's lawn in front of his residence. It measured three feet and eight inches. Serious Cutting Affray. Last Monday, about noon, several men became involved in a quarrel at the Emporium House, kept by Mr. D. W. Donavon, who ordered one of the men, Jos. Shoup, to leave the house, which he refused to do. The proprie tor ejected him, the drunken and in furiated may making a lunge at Mr. Donavon with a knife, cutting him on his left hand quite seriously. During the melee Merrick Nolan got into the scrap and Shoup terribly cut Nolen's left hand. Mr. Donavon swore out a warrant for the arrest of Shoup, who was taken before Esquire Larrabee, by Chief Mundy, who com mitted him to jail in default of §ISOO bail. We understand this same man Shoup is rather free with his knife when in liquor and only a short time ago drove out of the St. Charles Hotel a number of men. Inspector Ryan Battles With (ireen Goods Men. Post office Inspector W. S. Ryan, j well know in Emporium having visited j here frequently, last Saturday, after a desperate hand-to-hand fight, succeed ed in capturing William J. Hutchin son, or, as he is better known, "Big Bill llenley," the king of green goods men. As mementos of his experience Ryan took with him to Philadelphia bullet wounds of the hoad and breast and a million dollars in groen goods, | as well asf2o2s in genuine notes. llyan was especially selected for the capture of Hutchinson, who was known to be among the mountains at Mec'n anicbtown, N. Y., because he had once before arrested him at Rochester. Speaking of the matter yesterday Ryan said: "With Weeks, the sheriff who was assiting mo, I approached Hutchinson and a pal named Harding. ! They at once showed fight. All four j of us drew our revolvers and then a general light ensued. Weeks was bad ly cut over the eye and I received a bullet in the chest and another which ploughed along the top of my scalp. The two men broke away from us, al though both of them were badly i wounded. We ran to a road house and by dousing our heads in a trough , and then applying salt to the wounds • stopped the How of blood and continued j the chase. We captured Hutchinson, | who was the one we wanted most, but j the other man escaped. I believe that I he was so badly wounded that he will I die in a few days." I Portage Palls Low Rate Sunday Excursions via Pennsylvania Railroad. I On Sundays. July 17 and 3'., August I 14 and 28. the Pennsylvania llailroad 1 Company will run special excursions to Portage Fulls. A special train will be | run on the following schedule and ex j cursion tickets, good only on date of ex ; cursion on special train in each direction, ; will be sold at rates quoted from the fol | lowing stations: I _ . Train Leaves. Hate. I Emporium 8.(10 a.m., *1 oo j Emporium Junction 8.03 " 1 00 Shippen 8.13 " 1 oo , Keating Summit 8.33 " 1 oo j Port Allegany 8.50 " iOO i Larabee 908 " 80 1 Eld red 9.14 •• n Portville 9.29 " 05 ! Olean 9.45 •• 50 | Portage Falls Park Ar. 11.30 " Returning, special train will leave j Portage Falls Park 5,1.) p. m., arriving I Olean 0.57, Emporium 8.-15 p. ni. Children between 5 and 12 years of ! age, half rates. Emmanuel Church Missionary Offering. The offering next Sunday morning, July 24th, will be towards the appor | t ion men t for Oeneral Missions. The apportionment asked of Emmanuel j Parish this year is $99. Of this amount ; SB2 has been already raised, leaving a J balance still to be made up 0f.517. BRIEF riENTION. Five prisoners in County jail. Now is the time to buy your cloth ing. Buy whiie the inducemets are of ferred at N. Soger's. FOR SALE.—Lot on West Sixth street. Inquire of Mrs. S. J. Knickerbocker, Port Allegany Pa. 22-4t. Emporium ball team played Drift wood nine last Monday, defeating the latter by 3to 0. It is reported a good game. The greatest bargains in summer clothing ever offered in this county at N. Seger's. Call and see him if you want serviceable clothing. About two car loads of Emporium ites took in the excursion to Portage Falls last Sunday; many, however, going to Rock City and Olean for the day. Grace Episcopal Church, of Ridg way which is being torn down to make room for a new edifice, will be moved to St. Marys and erected as an Epis copal Chapel. The finest line of gents furnishing goods in this section of the state, at prices never heard of before at N. Seger's. Visit his store and get prices. The young ladies of the M. E. Church at Cameron, will hold a social in the Hall, Saturday evening, July 23. Proceeds for benefit of the pastor. Remember the place and date. Fon SALE.—-Fifty-one acre farm, 40 acres improved, located at or near Lock Haven, known as "Irish Settle ment." Will be sold at a bargain. Enquire of PATRICK DULLING, Em porium, Pa. 21-3t There will be held an ice cream social on the lawn of Mrs. Helen Metzger's home, on Fifth street, on Friday evening of this week. If the weather does not permit of holding it out of doors, it will be held in the base ment of the new church. I. X. L. Ice Cream. An explosion in the Warner House kitchen range, on Tuesday, caused some excitement but little damage. Chief Clerk Davis thought it was the adjournment of St. Louis Convention, but Parker says,"Wow! Wow! it is my little telegram to Sheenan. Train going to Buffalo." The annual pic-nic of Emmanuel Sunday school was held yesterday at Keystone Park. It was a pleasant oc casion. One of the features of the day was a game of base ball between scrub nines. Rev. Robertson, as umpire, came near being mobbed but stuck to his decisions. The August Woman's Home Com panion contains features for every body. "Tlio Wonders of Modern Bridge-Building" is a popular article that reads like Action. "House Boat ing on Lake St. Clair" is a vacation foature. In "Which is the Beautiful Sex?" Henry T. Finck advances the theory that men are more beautiful that women. Edward A. Steiner, Tol stoy's biography,;tells of a pilgrimage to his home. The Rev. Francis E. Clark, D. D., writes of Christian En dervor. The fiction is not second in prominence to feature. There are short stories by Mrs. Spofford, Agnes L. Provost, Bert Taylor and Emery Pottle. Published by The Crowell Publishing Company, Springfield, Ohio; one dollar a year; ten cents a copy. DEATH'S DOINIiS. ssam EDWARDS. Paralysis caused the death of MRS. CAROLINE EDWARDS, at the home of her son Charles, at Coudersporfc, Pa., Saturday, July 16th, in the seventy fifth year of her age. Deceased had made her home with her son Burdette, at Sizerville, for many years and had just gone to Cou dersport in obedience to a desire to visit her son, when stricken as above indicated, and though the best medi cal skill was employed she failed to permanently rally and passed peace fully away. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was a most ex emplary christian, a faithful mother, true friend and kind neighbor. Sur viving her are six children, Burdette, of Sizerville; George, of Gardeau; Jason, of Idaho; A. J., of Emporium; Charles,of Coudersport and Mrs. Olive Tarr, of Hazle Hurst, Pa. Mrs. Edwards was the grand-mother of Mrs Fred Crosby of town. Funeral services were held at the home of her son Burdette last Monday afternoon, the Rev. O S. Metzler, of ficiating, in the presence of a large company of relatives and friends. In terment was made in Newton ceme tery. The Buffalo Flyer Crashes into Freight Two Firemen Killed and Many Injured. Dense Fog the Cause of the Accident. Last Saturday morning Buffalo Flyer, known as train No. 107, left Emporium for Buffalo, sixteen minutes late, drawn by two engines, and mak ing about forty-live miles an hour, collided with south bound freight, No. 162, about three hundred feet this side of Shippen station, at the foot of the steep grade, at 4:31 o'clock. The Flyer firemen were instantly killed, while the engineers were throwm from their cabs, one about fifty feet, escap ing serious injury. HEAVY FOO THE CAUSE. Engineer Fred Heim, of the freight, was interviewed by the PHESS repre sentative and while he was suffering untold agonies, gave all the informa tion leading up to the collision. Buf falo Flyer was running on schedule and was supposed to pass the freight at Shippen, that train using the double track down the hill, the terminus of the double track. The morning was an exceedingly foggy one and Mr. Heim tells us he could not see a rod ahead, therefore he "crept" down, feeling his way for the usual stopping place, and not running more than four miles an hour, in fact was just moving in the heavy fog, when ho discovered j he was at the water tank, beyond the I clearance post. Knowing now he was j on the main track and that the Flyer was past due, he blew his whistle as a signal and got out of his cab, the head ; brakeman rushing ahead with the red ■ light to signal tiie Flyer and had not ! gono more than two car lengths when j the Flyer crashed into the freight, j piling up three engines and demolish-1 ing the express and combination bag- j gage and smoker. The baggage car ' crashed under the express car which ' was raised by the collision. Messen ger A. W. Schenck, of Jlarrisburg,who j was in his car, was terribly bruised j and shaken up by being hurled all i over the car. When the cars ceased to j pile up ."Mr. Schenck crawled through a hole in the car and escaped over the top of the coaches. The baggage master, George Hansen, was more un fortunate than the express messenger, being hurled against the trunks break liis right shoulder and injuring one leg. Wallace Slocum, of Buffalo, formerly of Emporium, head brakeman on Flyer,was cut about the face and head. All of the passengers were shaken up and more firightened than injured, many jumping from their berths in their night clothes. The wreck, while serious, might have been worse. Had the freight train been at full speed, the loss cf life would have been great. As it was the two passenger engines, both monsters, mounted the freight engine, one on top of the other, the tender of the first engine turning a complete somersault, pinning and crushing fire man Suivia (called Sullivan) where he sat, roasting him. The other fireman, Frank Prozella was also killed where he sat upright in his seat, and remain ed in that position until the wreck was cleared away and the mangled remains of the man removed by the Buffalo and Olean wrecking crews, and taken to Emporium by undertakers Laßar and Egan, who prepared them for burial and shipped their bodies to Buffalo Sunday morning. When the news reached Emporium a train was hurried to the scene with physicians and railroad men, as well as j citizens, who went along to render | what assistance they could. The j Express and mail matter was gathered j up, as well as the baggage, most of the j Doing Nicely. On Monday a valuable cow, belong ing to Merrick Barker, broke one of of her less. At first it was thought j the animal would have to be shot, but Veterinary Surgeon A. E. Gross was consulted, who set the injury and "cowey" is able to be around, appar- ; ently getting along nicely. Noisy Game. Austin and Emporium ball teams i crossed bats on the Keystone grounds last Saturday. The score stood 15 to 1 i in favor of Austin. We regret to hear that a disagreement arose and bad blood was manifest. Lots for sale, enquire J. R. Fetter. 22-3t. 1 TERMS: $2,00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. latter being in a deplorable condition trunks and satchels being smashed and torn. The train was run to Emporium, where the passengers could get break fast. The train contained a large number of Shriners who were return ing from Atlantic City, included in the party being Mayor Knight of Buf , fal ° an( l other prominent citizens of | Buffalo as well as Bradford. The ex | press train was sent to Buffalo via I Ridgway and Clermont. Justice of ! the Peace, Chas. J. Howard, acting j coroner, selected the following gentlc- I men to act as jurors: H. H. Mullin, I foreman, E. C. Davey, John Wyganfc, Jos. L. Wheeler, M. F. Lucore and W. R. Sizer. The jurors viewed the bod ies and examined several witnesses, in cluding engineor Fred Heim, conduc tor Walter Clark and Michael Schultz. Verdict was unanimous that the deaths were accidental, no evidence being apparent of neglect of duty on the part of any one. THE FUNERALS AND INJURED. From the Buffalo Commercial of Tuesday, we clip the following that will interest the PRESS readers who are friends of the dead firemen, j The remains of Frank N. Prozeller i and Charles A. Suivia, the two fire | men killed in the' Pennsylvania rail oad wreck at Shippen, Pa., early last Saturday morning, reached this city j at 7 o'clock this morning and were re ; moved to the homes of the stricken , families. j Prozeller was 35 years of age and j was the son of Frank J. and Augusta j Prozeller and a brother of Edward j Prozeller and Mrs. Ida Jetter. He was ' a member ot Lodge 85, Brotherhood of ( Locomotive Firemen, and of Lodge | 49, A. O. U. W. The funeral of rrozeller will be held j from the family home, <305 South Divi ; sion street, to morrow morning at 8 I o'clock, and from the Church of the Sacred Heart at 8:30 o'clock. Charles A. Suliva was 29 years of age. He is survived by his wife, Louisa A. nee Hague, and by his father, Owen Suivia. He is also sur vived hy three brothers, William, Owen and Frank, and by five sisters, Mrs. Mary Gord, of Chicago, Mrs. Anna Snyder, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., Mrs. Rose Carson and Mrs. Gertrude Brown, of Buffalo and Miss Delia Suivia, also ofthis city. The deceased was a member of Red Jacket Lodge 85, Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men. The funeral of Suivia was held this afternoon at 1 o'clock from the family residence, 429 William street, and from St. James chnrch, corner of Swan and Spring streets, at 1:30 o'clock. Those injured in tlio wreck were - brought to this city late Saturday afternoon, as told of in last Saturday's Commercial. They included Joseph 11. Parker, of 236 Spring street, en gineer on the first passenger engine; Charles Liuderbolt, of 545 North Divi sion street, engineer of the rear pas senger engine; George A. Heusen, cf ; 562 Swan street, baggage master; Wal lace Slocum, also of this city, brake man. Dr. and Mrs. George L. Brown, of 203 Highland avenue, passengers. None of the injured are believed to be dangerously hurt and all were ported as doing well this morning. At Dr. Brown's* residence it was re | ported that the doctor was suffering i from a sprained back, but was resting I as comfortably as could be expected, j Mrs. Brown's injuries are due chiefly i to shock and are not serious. Democrats Deserting. Prominent Democrats in all parts of | the country are deserting the Demo cratic ticket. L. B. Seibert, the old war , horse of Potter county heads the bolt, in his county, taking with him the Democratic Club of Coudersport. A | number of Cameron county Derao j crats, are disgusted with the trickery lat St. Louis Convention, while not , speaking out in meeting are nooe the ! less disgusted and predict Roosevelt's election. I Political Announcement. i Editor Press: I Please announce my name as a candidate for I County Treasurer, subject to tlie decision of the i Democratic County Convention. I „ IIHNRY LUDLAM. Emporium, Pa., April 26th, 1904. NO. 22.
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