2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TI'HMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. f'eryear - 12 Oft 112 paid in advance 1 ***. ADVERTISING RATES** Advertisements arc published at the rate of one dollar per square for one insertion and II fly rents i er square for each subsequent insertion Rates by the year,or for six or throe months, are low and uniform, and will be furnished on application. Legal ai d Official Advertising per square fhreo times or less, each subsequent inser tion f'O cents per square. Local notices 1U cents per line for on* lnscr aerlion: ft cents per line for each subsequent consecutive insertion. Obituary notices over five lines. 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of births, mar riages and deaths will be inserted free. Business cards, five lit es or less, i& per year; over live lines, at the regular rates of adver tising. No local inserted for loss than 73 cents per issue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department oft h< T'kfss Iscomplete Brd affords facilities for doing tho best class of Work. Pa in let'l Ail ati enjion paid to Law Phintinu. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers pent out of the county must be paid lor in advance ■Large additions arc rapidly being made to tlie area of irrigated land in Colorado. The secretary of the inte rior has withdrawn from largo tract of land in the canyon of the Grand river, in that state. Known as the Kremmling reservoir site, for tho {purpose of storing waters in a reclama tion enterprise in the lower valley of the Colorado river, of which the Grand river is a tributary. T)r Degrave, a French specialist, made a declaration which has caused considerable emotion among the fair sex in the gay capital, lie says that the fashionable straight-front corset is ruinous to beauty, because it. is un healthy. and that women wearing thi-5 style of slays sooner or later fall vic tims of dyspepsia, sleeplessness, anaemia and other troubles, and no body suffering from these ills can long keep a pretty face. A preliminary report_lo the chi< fof the bureau of statistics of the depart ment of agriculture shows the total acreage of rice in the I'nited States this season to lie about. 043,400 acres, distributed as follows: North Caro lina, 1.80U; South Carolina. 33,300: Georgia, 9,000; Louisiana, 305.100, and Texas, 234.2nu acres. The rice acre age of the country has increased 83 per cent, within the last five years and is now four times as large as it was 35 years ago. The municipal authorities at Bared* los, a small place on the Cavado river, about 25 miles north of Oportu, Portu gal. are willing to grant a 30-year con cession to a company for the erection of an electric light and power plant. One of the stipulations which will bo expected of such a company will be that it furnish the municipality with ICO lil-candle power incandescent lights and six Fib-candle power arc lights for the sum of 1,500 mil re is (sl,fi2o) per annum. The rifle with which the Japanese armies in Manchuria have been doing such execution upon their Russia ene mies is made in the arselals of Janun and was invented by a native. Col. Arisaka, after whom it is name, li is a combination of the best features of the Mauser and the Italian Mannlich er, adding thereto certain original ideas of Col. Arisaka. The rifle has ji caliber of 0.5 millimeters, weighs nine and a half pounds and carries a cartridge weighing 22 grams;. Of minor manufactured articles of I'nited States origin which, owing to lack of shipping facilities, are not im ported direct to Spain, there is also a very substantial increase to record. Notions if every description, ice cream freezers and I'nited States rub ber overshoes are visible everywhere. With regard to rubber overshoes, al though looked upon as outlandish cu riosities when first introduced a couple of years ago, they are now in univer sal use and considered indispensable. The I'nited States now produces an almost endless variety of farm crops, but their number is likely to be in creased in the near future. We have a region in Arizona and Southern Cali fornia which is believed to be capable of growing the date palm, and the gov ernment is now making efforts to se cure varieties from date-growing coun tries. We now use about 18,000,000 pounds of dates which it would seem could be grown here quite as well as in foreign countries. This count ry's temperature is not hot euough for cer tain varities of dates. The growth of planted trees in th<i two Dakotas will be studied by a field force of the bureau of forestry. Sotno little work of inspection has pre viously been done in those states, but the possibilities of tree planting there are relatively unknown. The country is high and level for the most part, though brokf n here and there by canyons and small streams. There is less planted Mmber than in .Nebraska, The plantations are usually the work of those who took up timber claims, and much intelligent can was taken to make the work successful. Vaccination is now adopted as a reg ular means of warding off the dn adecl hydrophobia in Germany. In the year 1003, persons in different parts of Germany, were bitten by 194 mail dogs or dogs suspected oi madness; in 1.40 of ilie-e <{(>:;■« hydrophobia was after ward proved beyond doubt. 13 were found to be healthy: (he rest could not be examined. Of those bitten 281 were vaccinated. Four of them died and one recovered. During tho lasi six years the percentages of persons bitten who submitted to vaccination tvere 29, 82. T-" ' a.id 92, respectively. SIXTY-TWO PERSONS KILLED. AN AWFUL COLLISION AT NEW MARKET, TENN. Two Passenger Locomotives and Big gest Part of Both Trains Demol ished One Hundred and Sixty-two People Hurt. Knoxville, Tcnn., Sept. 2(l.—The death list as a result of the fearful wreck on tlu: Southern road near Newmarket Saturday has grown to 02 and it will probably exceed 7n before Tuesday, as many of the injured are in a serious condition and more deaths will occur at the hospital. Sunday there were six deaths at that institu tion. the last one occurring when M. I'. Cant, residing at Shelby, N. C., passed away. This appalling loss of life resulted apparently from the disregarding of orders given to two passenger trains to meet at a station which lias for a long time been their regular meeting point. The claim of failure to see either the station or signals cannot be set up by the engineer of ihe west bound train were be alive to enter a plea of defence, as the accident hap pened in broad daylight and, accord ing to the best information obtainable, he had the order in a Utile frame in front of him as his engine rushed by the station. A mile and a half further on it came full upon an eastbound passenger train making for Hodges, in compliance with instructions to meet the westbound train which carried the sleepers from the east for Knoxville, Chattanooga and other southern cities. The possibilty exists that the ill fated engineer may have been asleep, but nothing is known save that the orders were not obeyed. The trains were on time and not making over 35 miles an hour, yet the impact as they rounded a curve and came suddenly upon each other was frightful. Both engines and th« major portions of both trains were demolished, and why the orders were disregarded will prob ably never be known, as the engineers of the two trains were crushed, then bodies r< maining for hours under the wreckage of the locomotives. The collision was between east bound passenger train No. 12 and westbound passenger train No. 15 from Bristol. No. 12 was a heavy train, carrying two Pullmans, two day coaches and a mail and baggage car No. 15 was a light local train. The greatest loss of life occurred in the eastbound train, while in the west bound train only the engine crew were killed. Engineers Parrett and Kane were found beneath their engines, but their bodies wire not crushed badly. Small fragments of bodies were found in many places, but it is thought that they belong to bodies already found and brought to this city. One little baby was found by the wreckers. The cause of the terrible loss of life in the heavy eastbound train was ex plained Sunday. II seems that the second coach ploughed its way into a bank in such a manner that the other cars were jammed into it, and pushed cm oy the weight of the heavy Pull mans w> re crushed like eggshells. Physicians at the hospital state that of the long list of injured which they have in their care it is probable that not more than four will die. The com plete list of injured as given out by Ihe railroad officials shows a total of IC2 « _ WORST ERUPTION SINCE 1572. Mount Vesuvius Is Throwing Out Lava and Rocks at a Terrific Rate. Naples. Sept. 20. —The eruption of Mount Vesuvius continues to increase in force, and is now more violent than i at any time since 1K72. Red hot stones I are hurled to a height of 1,000 feet., I falling down the Hanks of the inoun : tain with a deafening sound. The di ' rector of the observatory says that ! between 5 o'clock Sunday morning and 0 o'clock Sunday afternoon his in struments registered 1,844 violent ex plosions, and that one stono thrown out weighed about two tons. Lava flowing from the crater lias melted lb metal of the Funicular railway. All vegetation within a radius of one mile of the crater has disappear ed. Several earthquake shocks were felt yesterday. Some of the people in the surrounding villages have left their homes and are—camped in the open air. The curiosity of turisis to approach the volcano is such that a large number of carbineer guards have been detailed to prevent them crossing prescribed limits. Wprld's Fair Attendance. St. Louis, Sept. 20. —The following statement of the admissions ai the world's fair lor six days ending Sep tember 24 was given out Sunday by the department of admissions: Mon day, September IP, (05,552; Tuesday 122.341, Wednesday 139,022, Thursday 150.020, Friday 139,170, Saturday 113, 707. Total 770,-ils. Total from April 30 to September 24 11,702,848. A Fight with Highwaymen. Tareutum, I'a.. Sept. 20. —After a running exchange of shots between local police and three alleged high waymcn, culminating in the roundup of the trio in a fanner's barn on the outskirts of the city, Henry Leslie, William Krepts and James Orris were yesterday lodged in jail, charged with robbing Itob< rt Smith of? 75 and beat ing him into an unconscious condition. Rear Admiral Cilmore Dies. New York, Sept. 20. —Rear Admiral Ferdinand P. Gil.nore died here Sun day, of Blight's disease, which he con tracted during active campaigning in the I hilippincs, and because of which he was retired from active duty two years ago. He was born August 15, ls!7, and at the age of 15 entered the naval academy at Annapolis. He graduated at the age of 19 and saw some service in the civil ffiir. During the Spanish-American war lie com manded the monitor Monad nock and later was in charge of the supply ship Glacier. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1904. TWO PEOPLE KILLED. Freight Train Struck a Wagon Loaded With Dynamite. Cumberland, Md., Sept. 24.—Fast freight No. 94 on tho Baltimore & Ohio railroad struck a wagon loaded with 750 pounds of dynamite at the crossing at North flraticTi, W. Va., four miles east, of here, yesterday after noon. Two persons were killed and nine were injured, three of them seri ously. The dead are: C. Walter Whitehair, front brakeman; Nelson Pike, Mar, tinsburg, veteran engineer, scalded all over and internally, lived two hours. The Baltimore & Ohio tower was wrecked, as were several residences near by. The commissary of Mike El more, Wabash sub-contractor, and the Wabash temporary hospital with other small buildings were demolished. The windows of the school house and of the residence of G. A. Ziirimerly, on the mountain half a mile av.ay, were all broken out. No house escaped damage. James Laing, who drove the wagon, escaped with only trivial injury, as did tho two horses, although tho latter were blown 50 yards into a field. Ac cording to eye witnesses, Lang, hear ing the train, became terrified and stopped on the track. The wagon was three feet of clearing it when the en gine struck the rear end, carrying it 50 feet before the explosion. Laing de serted the wagon and ran down from the track into a ditch. He was knock ed down and rendered unconscious for a time, but the force of the explosion passed over him. The engine was overturned and stripped and seven cars following, loaded with high grade; merchandise, were broken, several being demolished. The tracks were thrown out of the bed and twisted serpentine, while rails were snapped like pipe stems. The wires were torn down and relief was telegraphed for after going to Patter son's Creek on a handcar. The explosion knocked nearly every person in the neighborhood down, hurled Hunter Bowen through a roof but did not hurt him, and threw parts of tlit- engine 200 yards. Slack tele graph wires were snapped between poles by the concussion. REVIEW OF TRADE. Confidence Increases with Harvesting of Crops—Collections Arc Good. New York, Sept. 21. —It. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Trade expands steadily as confi dence increases with the harvesting of crops and mercantile collections are less tardily met. Lower temperature stimulates the demand for fall and winter wearing apparel, and there is more disposition to prepare for tho future rather than to confine opera tions within the limit of immediate re quirements. This improvement is ex tendng to all departments of manufac ture, and in the aggregate there is less idle machinery than at any recent date. Settlements of labor disputes have helped in tho development of this favorable condition. There is no evidence of anxiety among consumers of iron and steel to place large orders or to secure quick delivery, yet the tonnage gradually ex pands and it is evident that the lowest point of the depression has passed* Production steadily increases, prices are more readily maintained, and.the number of pending contracts promises well for the future. Moderate gains continue to !>e inadc by the textile industries, particularly as to woolens and worsteds. Staple | lines are quoted somewhat higher and prompt deliveries are urged by pur chasers. Increased activity at the i mills has helped to sustain the eastern ' market for wool, and brisk competi tion at the London auction sale was : also a factor of importance. Irregti j larity in cotton goods must be attrib ! uted to an erratic demand that erna ' nates from uncertainty regarding the | raw material. Boot and shoe jobbers are seeking to place supplementary orders for fall shoes, stimulating quick delivery, which indicates that their holdings are small. Failures this week aggregated 225 in the I'nited States, against 223 last year, and 30 in Cauda, compared with j 19 a year ago. Death Sat at Banquet. Frontenac, N. Y., Sept. 24. —Heath sat at the banquet of members of the Western Fnion of Fire Underwriters Thursday night. 11. M. Magill, of Cin cinnati, while responding 10 a toast celebrating the twenty-fifth annivers ary o iHe organization, fell forward and died soon afterward. Mr. Magill was reviewing the careers of the pres ident of the organization and had just closed a humorous reference to him self as past president, when he ex pressed his good wishes for the health and long life of his associates and friends. He grew suddenly pale and fell forward on the table. Dewey Received Congratulations. Washington, Sept. 24. —Admiral George Dewey yesterday received the congratulations of his fellow officers and friends upon his fiftieth annivers ary of his entry into the naval service. Of the 73 midshipmen who entered the | naval academy on September 23, 1N54, the admiral is the only one on the ac tive list to-day, and but seven of that numb r are on the retired list. The admiral is in his 07th year. Th.' presi dent sent Admiral Dewej .a letter of congratulation, together with a hand some basket of flowers. Endorsed Textile Stiike. Washington, Sept. 24. -Tho execu tive council of the American Federa tion of Labor has officially endorsed the strike of tho 25,000 textile oper atives of Fall River, Mass. This action is contained in a circular issued yes terday to all labor organizations un der the jurisdiction of the federation. To Recover $41,400. Chicago, Sept. 24.—Suit was begun yesterday against the stock brokerage firm of Tracy & Co. to recover $11,400 which, it is alleged, was lost by Fran cis B. Wright in speculations on mar gins with that concern. FLOOR OF BUILDING COLLAPSED NINE SCHOOLGIRLS PERISHED IN THE VAULT. Fatal Accident in a Suburb of Cincin nati—School Teachers Aid in the Work of Rescue—Heart rending Scenes. Cincinnati, Sept. 24.—School closed yesterday at Pleasant Ridge, seven miles north of Cincinnati, with tha first quarter of the session, when nine, possibly ten, school girls were suffo, cated in a vault during the forenooD. recess, and a score of others narrowly escaped the same horrible death. During the rest of the day this suburb was wild with mingled excitement, sorrow and indignation, and last night those openly charging the calamity to oflicial negligence are making serious threats, among them being many wo men. The dead: Loreta Finke, aged 12; Emma Steln kamp, aged 13; Amelia Ilesse, aged 9; Martha Ruhr, aged 8; Edna Thee, aged 10; Hazel Glover, aged 8; Fausta Card, aged 11; Charmian Card, aged 9; Lillian Witham, aged 13. The large building Is used for a high school as well as for all lower departments. All of the victims were from primary grades. On opposite sides of the spacious ground in the rear of the school building are two outhouses. When recess was given about 30 of the smaller girls were in the outhouse assigned to them, when suddenly the floor gave way, precipi tating them into the vault below. This vault is 12 feet deep and walled up with stone like a well. There was in It. four feet of water that would would have been over the heads of the chil dren falling in it singly, but those falling foremost filled up the vault partially, so that others were not en tirely submerged. The girls fell eight feet from the flooring, and the strug gles of those who were on top kept at least nine under neath until they were dead. The frame sheds of these vaults were about 20 feet square without windows, and only one narrow door way, so that only one girl escaped from the door. She ran into the school building and told the teachers what had happened. The principal and other teachers rushed to Ihe rescue. The screams of the girls were dimly heard while within the vault, and they were most of them unable to speak when rescued. The teachers were soon reinforced by the entire population of the town, the police and fire department rendering most ef fective service. The firemen drained the vault so as to be sure that the res cue was complete. Those engaged in the rescue work recite the most ghastly experiences. Even those rescued alive presented such an appearance as to make many in the crowd of spectators faint, but the sight within the vault beggared all description. Among the first to come to there, lief of Principal Simtnerman were Rev. I. 1). Lambert, of tha Presbyteri an church, and Frank S. Johnson, of the Herald and Presbytar, of Cincin nati. James Smith, aged 14, one of the pupils, climbed to the roof of the school house, untied the flag and ran to the vault. By means of this im promptu rope several were rescued. Marshal Wood had great difficulty in keeping the crowd back and from in ttrfering with the rescuers. The im portunities of friends, especially of the weeping mothers, were almost beyond the control of the officers. FOUR MEN WERE KILLED. Boiler in Gin Department of Cotton Mill Exploded. Raleigh, N. ('., Sept. 24.—The boiler in the gin department of the Mam moth cotton mill, Erwin No. 2. at Dukes, on the Cape Fear & Northern railroad, about 25 miles from Raleigh, exploded with terrific violence yester day morning, instantly killing four men, scalding another so badly that he will die and partially wrecking the en gine room. Several persons were thrown down by the shock of the ex plosion, but their injuries are not seri* ous. From the best information obtain able, it seems that the old fireman of the mill bad just been discharged and the new man had gotten up too much steam. Tha engine refused to work and th« fireman went after the super intendent. As they entered the en gine room together there* was a rend ing roar and the men were blown to pieces. HIT BY AN EXPRESS TRAIN. Two Men, One Woman and a Baby Were Killed. Pittsburg, Sept. 24.—Two men, one woman and a baby were killed at Braddock last, night by the Pennsyl vania fast express which left here at 9 o'clock. The accident happened at the Thir teenth street crossing. The party had just alighted from a street car and started across the tracks on their way home. The crew of a freight train standing on the siding tried to warn them of the approaching express, but in vain. The woman and baby were thrown about 75 yards to the passen ger track on the south and the men were thrown to tho track on tho north. The body of the woman was cut in half and the bodies of the men were badly mangled. A Deputy Shot. Pittsburg, Sept. 24. —G. W. Fidlar, a deputy guarding the property of the Pittsburg Steel Co.'s plant at Glass port. Pa., was fatally shot last night in a riot which broke out between about 25 strikers and the same number of men employed in the mill and depu ties. William Stewart and Georgo Carl, non-union men employed in tho plant, were badly beaten with clubs and stones before they were able to fet inside the mill. There was an ex change of from 25 to 50 shots before the deputies succeeded in scattering the strikers. $ :#zsp#~sfeyc/jii $ | LOOK ELSEWHERE £55.78? J? 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