6 CAHSBON mm PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Evory Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Per yea-- M no It paid in advance 1 ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published at the rato of one dollar per square fur one insertion und tifty cents t er square for each subsequent insertion. Rates by the year,or for six or three month:), are low and uniform, ami will be furnished on Implication. Legal and Official Advertising per square, three times or less. each subsequent inser tion 0 cents per squar ■. Local notices 10cents per line for or:.' Inser ncrtion: 5 cents per line lor each subsequent consecutive insertion. Obituary notices over five lines 10 cents per line, announcements of births, mar riages and deaths will be inserted free. Business cards, five lines or less, «5 per year; over live lines, at the regular rates of adver tising. No local inserted for less than 73 cents per issue. JOB PRINTING. The .Job department of the Pnßss is complete •nd affords facilities for doing the best class of ■n. rk. Pauuci:l.ak atteni ion paid to Law Pkinti.nh. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option ol the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor in advance. Jdan'g structure, compared with that of other animals, indicates that fruits and esculent vegetables are his nat ural food. The man-like apes live ex clusively upon fruits, nuts and green leaves. The peat bogs of the nix>vinco r ° Ontario are noi exceeded in extent by those of any other country in tho world. In the southern part of tho province the bogs, while not of very largo area, are of sufficient size to l>o the basis of a large fuel supply. The royal Italian minister of fi nance lias just granted an Italian firm permission to import, free of duty, electric power by wire from a power station to be erected in Swiss terri tory. In giving his decision the min ister of finance said that no provision had been made in the Italian tariff for taxing imported electric power. The precious mineral production of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado's great mining camp, for the month of June, 1904, was $1,607,000, with an av erage value of $27 per ton and a ton nage of 52,700. AH the old producers are maintaining their output, and many new lessees are shipping from recently opened mines ore bodied of phenomenal value. On account of the removal of the Southern Pacific division point from Wadsworth. Nov., the population and buildings of that town of railway men are to be transferred to a new town called Sparks, two miles east of Reno. The railway company has given its employes lots in Sparks in exchange for their lots in Wadsworth and is moving their houses on flatcars. The Bertillion system of measuring criminals is going out of date. The London police have found it unsatis factory and experimented with a new systetft. It has proved suceessftil, and is going to be adopted generally in England. The Berlin police have in augurated a card collection of im pressions of the fingers for recogni tion purposes, a system which they call "Daktyloscopy." Ross, Herefordshire, can boast of a church where two fine elms are grow ing one on either side of a pew once occttpietl by a mcnibfer named John Kyrle. Mr. Kyrle was a great lover of trees, and especially of elms, of which lie planted an avenue near the church. One of the trees of this ave nue was cut down, and it is supposed that, its offshoots have grown tip in side the church at each end of tho pew. The American uses astonishingly few slang worns in speaking of pieces of money—perhaps because he has greater respect for it. A five-cent piece is usually ref< rred to as a nickel, but this is practically the only slang term applied to any of our money in general use. A dime is officially a dime, and so is a quarter. But turn to the English appellations for their money, and hardly a bit of it. is re ferred to under the authorized ami offi cial designation. The oldest existent pharmacy in the world, the fact of its priority never having been dispute), is the quair.t and conspicuous building located in the old town of Knaresborough, on the Nidd river, Yorkshire, Eng., which pharmacy was established in 1720. At. the dau named it was in posses sion of James Beckwith, since which time ir has been occupied by six other chemists In succession, the present owner and occupant being William Pierpont Lawrence. The secretary of the Palestine ex ploration fund announces that the ex cavators of the site of the ancient Levitical City of Gezcr has discovered part of an inscribed tablet written in cuneiform characters on both faces. Impressions of 13 lones on one face and live on the other have been taken and are on the way to London for decipherment. The previous discover ies at Ge/.er included remarkable evi dences of human sacrifices and pro historic occupation. The output of the Texas oil fields for the current year shows a healtl.v increase over that of the preceding one, indicating that the apprehension of decline in productions was ground less. For the six months ending June SO the movement of oil was as fol lows: Port shipments 5,154,000 bar rels, railroad shipments 4,000,000 bar rels, a total of 9,154,00 barrels. To this must be added the field consump tion. estimated at 8,000 barrels a day, which would make l'or the six months 1.450,000 barrels. TWO NEGROES ARE LYNCHES. 1 THEY CONFESSED TO KILLING AN i ENTIRE FAMILY. Statesboro, Ga., Is the Scene of P/iob Violence Negroes Taken from Jail and Burned at the Stake. Statesboro, Ga., Aug. 17.—With clothing saturated with kerosene, writhing and twisting in their agony, screaming to heaven for the mercy I that the mob would not show, Paul j Reed and Will Cato, negroes, two of j tlie principals in the murder and ! burning of Henry Hodges and wife, j and three of their children, six miles j from Statesboro, three weeks ago, ' were burned at the stake yesterday. At 1:21 o'clock a determined mob j charged on the courthouse, overpow- J ered the military guard, secured Cato j and Reed, who had been found guilty j after a legal trial, and sentenced to bo j hanged, took them two miles from j Statesboro and there burned them ulive. The forenoon had passed quietly, the trial of I l anl Reed, the; ringleader in the murder, being concluded and a j verdict of guilty rendered. Both ho and Will Cato, found guilty the day j before, were sentenced to hang Sep- j tern her 9. In the trial of Reed little delay had been caused and on its conclusion the > prisoners were hustled into the wit- ! ness room, where a strong guard of military was mounted over them. The spectators left the court room and from the lawn outside many en- i tered the hallways. Shortly before 1 | o'clock the crowd was addressed by a man who called on those about him to follow him. Then Capt. Hitch, of the Oglethorpe light infantry, realized j that the situation was desperate. He 1 posted guards on each of the stairways j that led to the floor above, where the j prisoners were confined. With fixed ! bayonets, but unloaded rilles, the j guard stood. The mob surged toward | them, but were repulsed several times. At the rear stairway tho gravest j danger threatened. Prominent men, ! among them Rev. Hodges, brother of j the murdered man, sprang to the front j and addressed the crowd. They i begged it to disperse. The crowd caueht two of tho j guards, wrested their weapons from 1 them and found the weapons were J empty. That was what the crowd j wanted to ascertain. The troops had I been given orders not to load their i rilles. The captured soldiers were | held prisoners. The same policy was | followed with others of the soldiers. ; .Man after man was relieved of his I rille and soon the soldiers, though j they fought desperately and inflicted I bayonet wounds upon some of their j assailants, were overpowered. The small guard about the prisoners | withdrew into the room and closed the door. The mob crashed against it, bursting it as though it were an egg shell. The prisoners were at their mercy. Reed was taken down one stairway with a rope about his neck and Cato down the other, both pleading for their lives. The doomed men were i dragged along the road leading to tho , Hodges homestead. The heat was so intense that the j crowd wearied when two miles of the | six-mile route had been traversed, i Coins 75 yards from the road tha crowd halted. The two negroes were made to sit. on a log. They were told that they had but a short time to live and that they should confess. Reed confessed, implicating other negroes, lie denied, however, that ho had taken an active part in the mur der. Cato answered incoherently. To a stump 12 feet high the men were chained with their backs to tho stump. Then a wagon load of pine wood was hauled to the spot. It was j piled around the men and ten gallons of kerosene were thrown over them. As the flames touched Reed's skin he twisted his around in an en deavor to choke himself and avoid the torture. Only once did he complain. He said: "Lord, have mercy." Cato screamed in agony and begged that he be shot. As soon as it was j seen that the men were dead tho j crowd commenced dispersing. AGAINST MORMON ISM. The Democratic Convention of Idaho Makes a Strong Declaration. Lewiston, Idaho, Aug. 17. —The Du bois-Heitfeld forces regained control of the Idaho democratic convention yesterday, routing the Mormon forces aftcs- a fierce light. Monday night the j anti- Dubois force s succeeded in strik- | ins the anti-Mormon plank out of the | platform by a vote of 153 to 131. Ad- j journment was then taken. During | the recess the Idaho county delega tion was rounded up and swung into line for Dubois. When the convention assembled Tuesday the following resolution was presented and carried through by the Dubois forces led by the senator him self: "We demand the extermination of polygamy and unlawful cohabitation j within the borders of Idaho and the ! complete separation of church and j state in political affairs. We pledge j the democratic party to enact such legislation as will eventually suppress this evil." . The First Campaign Contribution. Esopus, N. Y., Aug. 17.—George Peabody, treasurer of the democratic national committee, arrived here < Tuesday. He sai.l the first cam- i pait'u contribution he received as I treasurer was from an Episcopal clergyman over SO years old. The clergyman wrote that while he did not know whether he would live to vote for Parker and Davis, he wanted to send a dollar bill, all he could afford, with the hope that the campaign fund would be made up of the dollars of a million voters rather than the larger gifts of rich men. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1904. ii Cnnoialc From 1 If OpisulQlu the i J • 0 ' co VERY CLOSE TO PORT ARTHUR. Che Foo, Aug. IS. —According to news received here yesterday the j Japanese line has been drawn still I closer around Port Arthur. The right ' wing of tiie Japanese line lias pene -1 (rated to the vicinity of Pigeon Bay, j while tlie center has moved to Paling ■ ciiing, which is two miles north of the town. Chinese are authority for the , above outline of the new Japanese po , sitions. Tokio, Aug. IS. —Six hundred and ; one men of the Russian cruiser Rurlk, I Bunk in the engagement Sunday with the Japanese squadron, have been landed at Sasebo. One man died there and 177 of the survivors are wounded. | a number mortally. The number of j officers rescued has not been determ- I Ined, as all the survivors were naked j ! when captured, having stripped off j their clothing before the cruiser sank. I i Thus it is impossible to distinguish I i the officers from the other men. It is reported that the Port Arthur j ' garrison has refused to surrender and i is disinclined to send out non-com- i \ batants. , London, Aug. 18.—A dispatch from ; I Vladivostok, dated August 17, says the j cruisers Rossia and Gronioboi, of the j I Vladivostok squadron, have returned I there. According to the correspondent of | the Daily Telegraph at Che Foo, refu gees arriving there say that the Japa- ' nese shells have ignited lighters in the docks at Port Arthur which con- i tained supplies of coal, resulting in a ; terrific conflagration. Many of the ' j buildings have been demolished and | the hospitals are crowded. REFUGES TO SURRENDER. St. Petersburg, Aug. 10. —An official dispatch from Vladivostok shows that I every officer on the Rossia and Gromo- 1 boi was either killed or wounded, j Rear Admiral .lessen narrowly escap [ed the fate of Admiral Withoft. He : was standing on the bridge of the ; Rossia when it was wrecked by a [ shell. The two Russian cruisers were I literally riddled, their guns and en- [ | gines being partially dismantled. The ' ! escape of the Russian vessels from i Admiral Kamimura's four cruisers is regarded as a wonderful piece of luck. It is presumed that the pursuers of the ' 1 Russian ships did not dare go far j i north, fearing that some of the vessels j iof the Port Arthur squadron would ! ! break through the Straits of Korea. A dispatch ro the Japanese legation , from Tokio announces that a reply has j ; been received from the commander of j | the Russian forces at Port.Arthur re- ; i either to surrender to the be- I j sieging force of Japanese or to send i out. the non-combatants. Tsingtau, Aug. 10. —Ail the ammu- ; I nition of the Russian battleship Czare- | | vitc.li and the three torpedo boat de- j | stroyers has been removed and stored i 1 in a German magazine. Che Foo, Aug. 19.—A battle of huge ! ! proportions raged around Port Arthur ! August 11 and 15, and was resumed | August 17. The Japanese, it is report ed sacrificed 20,000 more men, but j gained important advantages in the j matter of position. The above news | l was brought here on junks, one of j which had on board three Russians i concealed in the baggage of Chinese. GUNBOAT STRUCK A MINE. Tokio, Aug. 20. —A Russian gunboat struck a mine and sank off Laoti > ' promontory, the extreme southern 1 I point of ihe Kwang Tung peninsula, on which Port Arthur is situated, j Thursday night. Washington, Aug. 20.—The state de- ! I partment has received a cablegram j from Ch" Foo, dated Friday, the sub- , stance of which is as follows: "This ; morning seven Japanese destroyers ! entered the harbor and met an un- j I known steamer entering, which they j captured. Two Japanese cruisers are cut side the harbor." Che Foo, Aug. 20. —Chinese who : have arrived here from Port Arthur j l declare that the Japanese position at i Patung-Cbang, from which they pour-! Ed a heavy fire into Port Arthur and the forts has been retaken. The German authorities at Tsingtau | have sent a guard of 100 men to a point 15 miles east of that place for j the purpose of frustrating an expected 1 attempt on the part of the Japanese to j erect a wireless telegraph station. j Chinese who embarked from Liao- I tienshan promontory at 11 o'clock i Thursday morning report the continu- j ance of heavy fighting. They say the ! Japanese have occupied Pigeon Bay j and ure within striking distance of the ! Liaotienshan forts, which, however, j are still occupied by the Russians. According to the Chinese the Rus- | Eians at Port Arthur are making their final stand. St. Petersburg, Aug. 20.—The ad miralty received official information yesterday that Vice Admiral Ouk tomsky's five battleships and the cruiser Pallada are at. Port Arthur. A telegram received here from the Rus sian consul at Che Foo does not men tion whether the vessels are damaged and makes no reference to the report from Tokio that a gunboat had been sunk off the Laoti promontory, owing to having collided with a mine. Ex-Canker Spalding Is Frae. Chicago, Aug. 20.—Charles W. Spalding, the former bank president, who was convicted and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for embez zlement. was yesterday discharged from the penitentiary by Judge Dunne. The order of the court dis charging the ex-banker from custody was based upon a technicality in the original indictment. Spalding had al ready served several years of his sentence. Spalding will now proceed with a contest of his father's will, by which the son wats cut off without a penny. SWEPT EY A FIERCE TOMB, LOSS OF PROPERTY IN NORTH ST. LOUIS IS SIOO,OOO. One Man Was Killed and Fifty People Injured Trolley Car Buried Under Telegraph Poles. St. Louis, Aug. 20. —A tornado of small proportions but of extreme fury swept down on the residence portion of North St. Louis yesterday, resulting in the death of one person, John El lington, injury to probably 50, and damage to property estimated at SIOO,- 000. Herman Sauerwine, aged 10, was, it. is believed, fatally injured. A shower had passed over St. Louis earlier in the day, but there had been no rain in North St. Louis. The sky had cleared and the atmosphere had become very murky and hot when citizens in North St. Louis notified a dark cloud ap j proaching from the southwest. Suddenly, and without the slightest I premonition, an arm seemed to shoot I to the ground like a gigantic cable, I twisting and turning. The end touch |ed the ground at Nineteenth and j Angelrod streets and with incredible ; swiftness and force swept east along 1 Angelrod street for ten blocks, then | turned north and swept three blocks j along Broadway, when it jumped | eight blocks northeast to the foot of J 1 Ilreman street and the river, where | considerable property along the river front was destroyed. The tornado I then jumped to about the middle of the river and encountered a ferry : boat, which was turned and tossed | about, but was not sunk. Leaving the ferry, the tornado onco j more jumped and struck the Illinois | shore near Madison, where it. demol j ished several dwellings, the Leider- I kranz hall and blew down a portion of ! the Madison cooper works, killing | John Ellington. Severe damage was done also to buildings in Venice and Granite City, which adjoin Madison, I and a number of persons were injured, j A Broadway trolley car containing |ll passengers was suddenly buried : under six telegraph poles, which j | crashed into the top and wrecked the j I car. The passengers had a remark- \ : able escape from injury and only the j i motorman received slight bruises. The roof and half of the top story of Sommers Brothers' tailoring estab- • lishment were blown away. Probably j j the heaviest loss suffered by a single 1 concern was at the Niedringhaus roll- j I ing mill. The plant covers two squares, j The big smoke stack was blown down ! and half the plant was demolished, | entailing an estimated damage of $25,- j 000. Six employes were injured in this I plant. Not the slightest damage was done lat the world's fair grounds. The ex- 1 position is situated over five miles ! i from the seat of the tornado. Venice, 111., Aug. 20. —The tornado that swept across the river from North ' i St. Louis yesterday killed Mrs. Marga- j i ret Beal, injured ten others and cans- j | cd considerable damage to property. ! REVIEW OP' TRADE. Confidence in Continued Improve- I ment Is Somewhat Unsettled. New York, Aug. 20. —R. G. Dun & | Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: j Confidence in continued improve- i ment of trade has been somewhat un- | settled by sensational events in the ! ; wheat market and the lack of har- | mony between labor and capital. It is ; becoming evident that estimates of | the wheat crop must be reduced, al- j though other agricultural news is I much better than usual. Insofar as j the purchasing power of the farmer is concerned, prices have risen so sharply that any loss in quantity promises to be made up, but this ob vious fact is not appreciated by those dealers who are making less prepara tion for future trade. Some disap pointment is also felt by those who counted upon an early resumption of activity in building operations and ! other industries hampered by labor controversies. Otherwise the news | of the week has continued much of an 1 encouraging nature. In several manufacturing lines I there is less idle machinery, and vis- j iting retail buyers have stimulated j jobbing trade, especially in dry goods j and kindred lines. A general reduction in prices of j wire products, averaging about $5 a j ton, was announced by a subsidiary ! company of the United States Steel j Corporation, and aroused more inter- | est than was warranted, because this j public action is only in line with what has been done heretofore privately. Failures this week numbered 22eo to-day. n. PAXTOSTCO., 4 Pope BMg., Boston, Mass. tr 'r»- : r -7n~rt.-gj.TTc ,1-: LIVE STOCK AND g MISCELLANEOUS I Electrotypes I A IN GREAT VARIETY FOR SALE AT THE j jj LOV/EET PRICES EY 3 A.N. KELLOGG NEWSPAPER CO. j 7' Ontario Street, Cleveland. j Strawberry snd fegitable isates Tl»« Department of the Illinois Central K.'i'iroud Company have recently tssuetl «"» pnhlic;.- ron kaowu ao Circular No. 12, in wliieli is ilcbcxitHhi tho fces'j territory in this country for the growing of early strawberries ami early vegetables. L-Jvery dealer In such productk sh-mld v. s a jHist a I card tothe umlen-icned at iii'iit h, lowa, request I ntf h eojiy of "Cirenlar No. 12." J. F. MEURY. Annt. Cen'l l'abb'r Agent. gjJ VVhtHt ALL ELSt FAILS. m |w| In time. H ti17:30 A. M. 10 30 P. M.—Daily for Sunbury, Harris burg and intermediate stations arriving al Philadelphia 7.17 A. M., New York 9.33 A. M., weekdays, (10.38 A. M. Sunday;) Baltimore 7.15 A. M., Washington 8.30 A.M. Pullman sleep ing ears from Erie, Buffalo and Williamsport to Philadelphia and Buffalo, WiPiamsport to Washington. Passenger cars from Erie to Philadelphia and Williamsport to Baltimore. 12:15 A. M. (Emporium Junction),daily for Sun bury, llarribbttrg and principal intermediate stations, arriving at Philadelphia, 7:32 a. m.; New York, 9:33 a. m., week days; (10:38 Sun days); Baltimore, 7:25 a. in.; Washington, 8:4( ; a. m. Vestibuled Buffet Sleeping Cars and Passenger coaches, Buffalo to Philadelphia and Washington. WESTWARD. 5:10 A. M—Emporium Junction— daily for Erie, Ridgway, and week days for Du- Bois, Clermont and intermediate stations. 10 30 A.M. —Daily for Erie and week dayt for Dußoii audintermediate stations. 023 P. M. —Week days lor Kane an 732 . Brockwavville 837 127 647 4 53 12 50 7 37 . ..Lanes Mills.. 8 31 1 21 6 43 457 741 .McMinnsSm't. 833 i «3" 601 100 745 Harveys Run.. 825 115 635 5 05 1 05 7 50 . .Falls Creek... 8 2>! 1 10 6 SO S2O 125 HO; ...Dußois 8 08|l2 55 file 's 10 1 15 755 ..Falls Creek... t> .'>3 115 «30 527 129 888 Revnoldsville.. 65912 52 6 1: 6 00 1 56 835 .. .Brookville... 6 05 12 21 S 3S fi 45 2 34 9 20 New Bethlehem 11 41 4 50 725 3201000 .. .Red Bank 11 or.0 r . 4 05 10 10 5 30 12 35 .. ..Pittsburg 900 1 30 P. M. P. M. P. M. JA. M.| A. M. P. M. BUFFALO & ALLEGHENY VALLEY DIVISION. Leave Emporium Junction for Port Allegany, Hem, Arcade, East Aurora and Buffalo. i'rain No. 107, daily, 4:05 A. M. Train No. 115, daily 4:15 P. M. Trains leave Emporium for Keating, Port Allegany, Coudersport, Smetliport, Ehired, Bradford,Oleanand Buffalo,connecting at Buf falo for points East and West. Train No. 101, week days, 8:25 A. M. Train No. 103, week days 1:35 P. M . Train No. 103 wiil connect at Olean with Chautauqua Division for Allegany, Bradford. Salamanca, Warren, Oil City and Pittsburg. LOW GRADE DIVISION. EASTBOUND. I:I I I ! STATIONS. 100 113 ! 101 105 107 ! 951 1 A. B. A. M. A. M. P. M P. M A. M. Pittsburg,. .Lt t6 15 +9 00 1130 *505 { 9 00 Red Bank, 1 J 930 11 05 4 05 7 55 11 11 Lawsonham... 9 47 iIUB 4 is 8 07 11 20 New Betlile'm 10 20 11 44 4 50 8 37 11 55 Brookville 1(1 05 11 10 12 24 5 39 9 22 12 11 Revnoldsville, 839 11 42 12 52 112, IS 950 1 1* Falls Creek i 653 11 57 1156 30 1005 I 29 Dußois j 7 00 t!2 05 125 6 40 1015 { 1 3c Habula ; 7 12 1 37 6 53 Pennfield, 7 30 1 55 7 15 Bennezette 8 04 2 29 7 47 Driftwood i 8 40 |3 05 8 20 via P. & E. Div Driftwood.. Lv. *9 50 t3 45 Emporium, Ar. 110 30 |4 10 A. M. A. M. P.M. P. MP. Ml P. WESTBOUND. I ! STATIONS. 108 106 102 114 : 110 952 Via P. &E. Div A. M. A. M. A . M. P. M. R. M P. M.. Emporium, Lr 18 10 +3 20 Driftwood, Ar +9 04 f4 CO Via L. G. Div ..... Driftwood, Lv |5 50 +lllO 15 50 .... Btnnezette 6 25 11 45 6 25 Pennfield, 7 00 12 20 7 04 Sabula 7 18 12 39 7 23 Dußois *6 05 7 30 12 55 15 00 7 35 J4 10 Falls Creek ! 0 12 7 55 1 15 5 10 7 42 4 17 Reynoldsville,.. 630 808 129 527 758 I 3r: Brookville 7 05 8 35 1 56 6 00 f8 30 5 Of: New Bethle'm 7 51 0 20 2 38 6 45 5 45 Lawsonham, .. ! 821 94713 06 714 ... . 618 Red Bank,Ar.. 8 35 10 00 3 20 7 25 6 30 Pittsburg, Ar... *ll 15 11235 15 80 11010 49 30 I A. B. P. M. P. B. P. B. p. M. P. N. •Daily. tDaily except Sunday. {Sunday only. §Flag Stop. On Sunday only train leaves Driftwood 8:20 a. m., arrives at Dußois, 10:00 a. m. Returning leaves Dußois, 2:00 p. m.; arrives at Driftwood, 3:40 p. m., stopping at intermediate stations. For Time Tables and further information, ap ply to Ticket Agent. J. R. WOOD. Pass'gr Traffic Mgr. W. W. ATTERBURY, GEO. W. BOYD, General Manager. Gen'l Passenger Agt. I You I are not familiar with * H the excellence of the | 1 Cameron | Count? 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