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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
H. H. MULLIN, Editor.
Published Every Thursday.
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riages and deaths will be inserted free.
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tising.
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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rior has withdrawn from largo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
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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.
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the "Domestic" and "Kldredge". All drop heads and
P warranted.
Y? A fine line of Dishes, common grade and China, in $
$ sets and by the piece.
As I keep a full line of everything that goes to make
up a good Furniture store, it is useless to enumerate them W
all.
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