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.