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The Job department of the PRESS is complete, mil affords facilities for doing the best class ol work. PARTICULAR ATTKNTION PAID TO Law Printing. No paper willbe discontinued until arrearages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid for in advance. ♦#-No advertisements will be accepted at less than the price for fifteen words. Religious notices free. REPUBLICAN TICKET. STATE. For Treasurer, J. LEEPLUMMEIt, Hollidaysburg. For Justice of the Supreme Court, JOHN STEWART, Chambersburg. For Judges of Superior Court, CHARLES E. RICE. Wilkes-Barre, JAMES A. BEAVER, Bellcfonte, GEORGE R. ORLADY, Huntington. COUNTY. For Sherift. JOHN D.SVVOPE, Emporium. For County Commissioner, JOHN W. LEWIS, Shippen. SAMUEL P. KREIDEK. Driftwood, For County Auditors, O. B. TANNER, Gibson, GEO. A. WALKER, JR., Emporium. Meetiou, Tuesday, Nov. 7th. Can't Keep it up. It is noticeable that the person al assaults on J. Lee Plummer, the unanimous nominee of the Republi can party for State Treasurer, have largely ceased, says Harrisburg Telegraph. The misguided attempt to smirch the reputation of an honorable gentleman with a clean public and private record, has brought the in evitable reaction against the people who inaugurated it. Mr. Plummer is a decent citizen and a capable and honest legislator. His record in the House of Repre sentatives. and partieulary in the difficult position of chairman of She ( ommittee on Appropriations, has been such as to stop the months and pens of his critics from con tinued attacks on his fidelity lo iihe public welfare. 1 ndiscriiuinate mud-slinging never yet won a campaign in Penn sylvania, and it won't win this year. SIOO Reward, sioo. The readers of this paper will lie pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the -.July positive oore now known to tlia medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a con stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direct ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative pow ers that they offer One Hundred Dol lars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for li.-t of testimonials. Address: P. J. CHENEY &Co , Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. No man nan build his own reputation out of the litis of another's. Don't Borrow Trouble. It is a bad habit to borrow anything, but the worst thiu<» you can possibly bor row, is trouble. Wheu sick,sore, heavy, weary and worn out by the pains and poisons of dyspepsia, biliousness, Hright's disease, and similar internal disorders, don't sit dowu and brood over your symp toms, but fly for relief to Electric Hit ters Here you will find sure and per manent foriret fulness of all your troubles, and your body will not be burdened by a load of debt disease. At L. Taggart's drugstore. Price 50c. Guaranteed. Most men try both evils in order to determine whieh is the less. Paying a Debt of (Jratitude. Mr. Mott Allen, foreman, Union City, (I'd.j Chair Factory, says:"l was badly tfll icted with rheumatism for more than «ight months; at tiuies had to get up at 11 o'clock .»nd stay up the balance of the uiglit; co ild not dress myself without the aid of my wife; am now entirely cured, und by the use of only one . r »oc bottle of Crocker's Ithumatic Remedy It. C. Dodsoo. '2l *eptMm Km al wanted t>s Sim l.ife, ol Canada. Guaranteed salary will lit fivi-n t<> ' lm right man Address, P. 33 <3t. • 'are of PKKHS ofß< e. HON. J. LEE PLUMMER A POPULAR CANDIDATE Interesting Career of the Republican Nominee For State Treasurer, Who Will tie Elected By An Overwhelming Majority. J. LEE PLUMMER, Republican Nominee for State Treasurer, From reports received from every county in Mi • state, Colonel Wesley | R. Andrews, chairman of the Republi- j can state committee, confidently pre , i diets the election of J. Lee Plummer, Republican nominee lor state treas urer. by over 100,000 majority, and he j says he would not he surprised to see the figures reach nearer 200,000. Mr. Plumuior has made a splendid candidate, an l it is predicted by many | that lie will lead his ticket when the returns shall bo finally computed. Plummer's Interesting Career. .Mr. Plummer was born at Upper Tyrone Forge, Snyder township, Hlair county, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1559. His grandfather and father were forgemen and worked in the forge at that place. His father, Janiea S. Plummer, was a member of the Tyrone Artillery Company of the state militia, an'! at the fall encampment, held at Hollidaysburg, in September, 1858, had the major portion of both hands blown off by the premature dis charge of his cannon. A few years later he was appointed postmaster of Tyrone, and moved j there with his family. Lee attended the j public school and assisted in the sup- I port of the family by selling news- I papers morning and evening, and I there are some men and women liv- ■ ing in Tyrone—not so old, either — who remember very distinctly a bright-eyed urchin whom they were in the habit, of addressing as "Lee," and who often persuaded them to buy a morning newspaper in spite of them selves. That, was the modest begin ning of his efforts after independence. His former patrons have always re mained hi 3 friends. Graduating from the Tyrone public schools at the age of 17. in the Centennial year, young Plummer aacured a clerkship at the Tyrone scales of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, and later was transferred to the transportation de partment and made passenger brake man on the Tyrone division. In 1881 he removed with his parents to Hollidaysburg. the county seat of Blair county, and of that town he has ever since been a resident. Young Plummer began to lake an active interest in polities while yet a mere boy. He is a Republican, both by inheritance and conviction, and his intense interest attraeted the atten tion of the party workers, with whom he was glad to associate from early youth, anil he was actually elected to membership on the county committee before he attained his majority. Work As a County Chairman. He was secretary and chairman a lumber of times. He was county chair man IU 1487. when an onslaught was made on Captain William H. Hart, Re publican candidate for state treasurer. At that time the Kepubliran majority | In Hlair county was not large, the <-o'inty as often being tarried by the Heniorrat* a - by tlinivptiblkua, and many persons fuared th<* county wouie. ' i ait a m ijortty against Captain Hart. \» a mattur of fa< t. h* had a inai<>rit> of nv.'r nun Th' M llllant i aiupwlgn CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1905. made Mr. Plummer county chalnnan fn 1888. and that year the county gave Benjamin Harrison, for president, a majority of over 2300, the largest ever given any candidate up to that time. In 1889 the Republicans of Blair county were looking for a good man to fill the office of register and re corder. They nominated Mr. Plummor, and the people endorsed the nomina tion by electing him and re-electing him three years later. He instituted many radical reforms in the office, per forming its duties in the same ener getic and original fashion that had marked his previous life. While serv ing the people as register and recorder he utilized bin spare time in the study of the law, so that a few months after his retirement from office he was ad mitted to the bar, of which lie is now an honored and usetul member. C'ea,--Headed Legislator. In 1!>02 Mr. Plununer was ehosen as one of the representatives from Blair county in the legislature, being re elected In 190-1 At the opening of the session of 190" he was appointed chairman of the elections committee of the house, anil was a member of several other important committees. He displayed qualities which com mended him to the attention of the leaders of the party and naturally marked him for higher honors. He was prompt in his discharge of all his leg islative duties. He was a total ab stainer from intoxicants and always had a clear head. It was not surprising, therefore, to his friends to learn that he had been appointed chairman of the committee on appropriations for the session of 1905. The w of the committee, un der his direction from start to finish. Is the h®st possible testimony to his sincere purpose to serve the people of the state and bring about the best possible results for suffering human ity. as well as the public at large. More than 500 bills were passed upon by the appropriations committee of the house, upon a large majority of which healings were granted by the commit tee, at all of which the chairman pre sided. These hearings were free to the public, and all applicants were given courteous treatment. The appropriations were made after wards upon merit. For one thing, the chairman insisted that each institu tion asking for state aid should submit a certified statement of the number of free patients provided for and treated durinj; the preceding three vears, It bein>{ his belief that the money so ap propriated should be used for the re lief of the sufferings of the state's poor. This was so obviously fair and equitable that the auditor general has adopted it for the future guidance of his department. Backed Evan By Democrat*. One of the most Important duties devolving upon the chairman of the house appropriations oommlttee Is the preparation of the general appropria tion bill, which Is the"budget" for running the state government for the ensuing two years When the bill l»ft Chairman Plummer's hands It earrlrxl appropriations amounting to tltl.StM.- 000. It pass >d the house by a unani mous vote iot only all of the Kepuhlt •an members voting for It. but Mr Creasy, the Democratic leader, and nil of his party associates giving it the compliment of their support The bill was transmitted to the sen ate and was amended theie an I upon Its return '<» the house for i*nn"urren< >• It was passed finally without a confer ence. In this connection Speaker Walton declared it was the first time within his knowledge—certainly the first time for many years—that such a splendid compliment had been paid by the house to the ability and impartiality of the chairman of the appropriations committee. Free Liquor Barred. In nothing was the courage and common sense of Chairman Plummer morn conspicuously illustrated than In his fearless action in barring all liquors from the committee rooms and from the cars on which the committee made its trips to various institutions coming under its supervision, and seeking the financial assistance of the state. With the private rights or habits of the committeemen there was no thought of interference, but the state purchased no liquor for the appropria tions committee last session. Something tangible was likewise done for the insane. In connection with Speaker Walton, Mr. Plummer conceived the Idea of making appropriations for certain in sane hospitals for the purpose of re- Having the overcrowded condition of the patients confined therein. Every one of the state institutions of this character was visited, the situation taken in and special appropriations made for Harrlsburg, Danville, and Norrlstown. Harrlsburg was given $35,000 for the temporary ward build ings; Danville .$85,000 for five tempo rary ward buildings, and Norrlstown, $70,000 for four temporary ward build ings. These temporary buildings are to be of the most comfortable condi tion that it is possible to make them. They will be one story in height, wide and roomy, with a window at every cot, with amusement room connected, and with the latest modern sanitary arrangements. Cared For Insane Poor. The appropriations for temporary buildings are in addition to the appro priations made to the insane hospitals for permanent improvements looking to the more comfortable treatment of the inmates. For instance, the com mittee discovered that at Danville in sane Hospital the patients were sleep ing on old wooden beds that had been in use for years. This hospital was given SIO,OOO for the purpose of re. placing these old wooden beds wrth new iron beds, with springs and mat» tresses. The insane hospital at Warren was given the sum of st>ooo for the same purpose. All the other insane hospi tals are furnished with the iron beds, •tc. In addition to the foregoing appro priations to the existing insane hospl» tals there was an appropriation of $150,000 for a new hospital for the criminal insane; SBOO,OOO for the in stitution for epileptics located at Spring City, and $900,000 for the new insane hospital at Allentown. In all this new benevolent work the chairman of the committee was the central figure. He believed and de clared that the helpless wards of the state are entitled to proper care and humane treatment, and he supported his belief by vigorous action. Looked After Consumptives. During the lc;;t session of the legis lature Mr. Plummer prepared and in troduced two hills appropriating $400.- 000 for the establishment of two state camps for the benefit of consumptives. He had studied the problem of the great white plague for years, and was convinced that the out-door life would save the lives of hundreds of the citi zens of the commonwealth if suitable camps were provided for their treat ment. The rich may provide the comforts and environment needed to check the disease in Its incijriency, but those in moderate circumstances, and the poor, arc at its mercy unless the state comes to their rescue The hills were passed by the legislature, but were vetoed by the governor for reasons which com mended themselves to his Judgment, and thp consumptive who la without personal means must wait awhile. But M Plummer Is not discouraged. He is persuaded that the fight against consumption should be taken up by the state as a state institution, and that the proposed camps are needed, not only for the rescue of many already within the dutches of the dread dis ease. but also for the protection of the general public. And he means to push the fight and enlist the sympathy and support of others until the battle has been won. An Exemplary Citizen. In his private life Mr. Plummer Is an exemplary citizen; gentle and kindly in manner, and modest In his deport ment. In his young manhood he be came an active member of the Meth odist Kplscopal church. He Is at pres ent secretary and treasurer of the board of trustees of the Hollldaysburg church of that denomination, and has been for the last 10 years, j On April 18, 1882. Mr. Plumrrer mar ried Mary A. Sllknltter, daughter of Wesley Sllknltter. a farmer, of Hunt ingdon county Their home life la Ideal. They have bMn blessed with two children, a son and a daughter The latter has Just graduated from the Holltdaysbure high school, and tha former a bright, active boy. is In hi* Junior year in the same school. Resolute In character, fixed In prln flple. a Republican from conviction, a pltlien without sulln and without re proach. the Republican nominee for state treasurer is one of the stale's most useful sons He well deserve* lh » honor conferred ipon him by the It 1 ibli ;>n 1 tic invention, and will like a rurefill and v|. ilnnt guarOU'. KEYSTONE DYNAMITE DOES BIG WORK. Greatest Dynamite Blast Ever Set Off in the History of Railroad Building in Ameri ca is Accomplished on the Pennsylvania Line East—Explosives Used Cost $30,000. Biggest Blast in History of Railroad Building. THE following figures will give some idea of the extent of the groat blast near Safe Harbor on Sept. 22. The amount of explosives used was as follows: Dynamite, 2,202 boxes 56 7-10 tons Rock Chief, 278 boxes 7 tons Black powder, 12,895 kegs 1(51 3_io tons Total 225 tons Total cost of explosives used $29 927 Total labor cost 45 39^ Grand total $75 318 The blast removed 240,000 cubic yards of earth. Pittsburg Dispatch. THERE has just been successfully ae complished by a Pittsburg con tractor one of the largest feats in blast ing known in the history of explosives. Two hundred and twenty-five tons of dynamite, rock chief and black powder were set off at the same moment dur ing the work of clearing away half of a mountain so that the tracks of the Northern Central railroad, controlled by the Pennsylvania railroad, might be rearranged. The entire precipice was pushed over into the valley below. The gigantic task was accomplished on September 22. It was successful in that it resulted in doing the work ex pected of it and because it was attend ed by not the slightest casuality. The blast was set off during the prog ress of what the railroad people term "The Atglen and Susquehanna work," just one-half mile west of Safe Harbor, Pa, along the Susquehanna river. The work is being done in order to relieve the congested condition of the Pennsylvania freight yards at Har risburg and also to shorten the freight distance from Philadelphia to Harris burg. The Northern Central runs from Baltimore to Sunbury. It meets the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad at Mt. Tower, between Parkesburg aud Thorndale, continuing along the banks of the Susquehanna. In order to make the necessary track improvements there had to be removed a section of hillside 700 feet long by 100 feet wide by 80 feet high. To remove this great pile of earth and rock it was considered best to attempt one mam moth blast; would take too long to doit by piecemeal and the cost would be all the greater. So the contractors set themselves to pull off one great coup and thereby accomplish at one time what ordinarily would have taken a year. Hundreds of holes had to be drilled. The nature of the hillside made this task extremely perilous. The men had difficulty in obtaining footholds—a slip meant serious injury, perhaps death. Drilling machines had to be hauled from the bottom of the hill by means of ropes. Once at the top they had to be spiked or tied down, and the opera tors perforce had to be treated to simi lar tying down process. On September 1, after a month of hard work, wherein were engaged 200 men and 10 four mule teams, the work of drilling was finished. There had been drilled 80 drill holes, averaging 115 feet in depth; and 123 rock drilled holes, none less than 30 feet deep. The work of springing these holes ac. complished they were given three weeks in which to cool, this period ending September 21. Then the laborers and mule teams were again brought into requisition. , This time it was for the purpose of transferring the dynamite and powder ' with which the holes were to be load- j ed. The task required 20 hours of con tinuous work. Not a stop was made. Men and mules were kept at it all the time, only time for eating being afford ed them, taken in relays. The task of loading was completed at 5 a. m., 011 September 22, and by 5 o'clock that same evening the holes had been wired. By this time there had been packed into the drill holes 450,000 pounds of explosives—enough to blow up the en tire city of Pittsurg and an amount five times greater than that containea in the charge exploded at Portsmouth, N. H., recently, which charge was heralded as one of the greatest in the world's history. The report was unlike anything ever before heard along the peaceful Sus quehanna. It was heard for miles around. In order that the danger might be obviated a human line was formed and the dynamite was paused along from man toman until it reached the spot for which it was intended. In this manner as much of the danger as it was possible to avert was done away with. Two hundred and fifty boxed of the explosives were handled in twenty minutes. The black powder was emptied into a hopper box eight feet long, three feet high und four feet widn. This box was placed at, the top of the slope, from which there were two three inch pipea running from the box to the bottom of another box on the loading shelf, and there it was trapped and loaded into boxes again and carried to the holes as needed. The work is costing about $4">0,000 per mile. Since the job was begun 40,- 000 kegs of powder have been used each month. The placing of a steam shovel in place was accomplisheh only after an outlay of $15,000 had been made. The contractor will blow up the shovel after he is through with it rather than attempt to move it. Letter to A. fl. Maupt. Emporium, Pa. i Dear Sir: You buy your horseshoes I .-.nil nails; your grandfather, if he was a ; blacksmith, em. You can't afford j to hammer them out by hand, when you j can buy . s good, or better perhaps, ready j made to yo.u hand, for a little more than the cost of tin, iron. What do you think ot a painter who ) goes on buying his linseed oil and white I lead, and mixing, and tinting by hand, and charging his time for work that is far better done than he «an do it, done by machine, done as your horseshoes and nails are made ! Mistake isn't it? He is wasting his chance in the world. ' There is no better stuff to do business I with than good horseshoes and paint: and :no better work than putting them 00. I (rood horseshoes well put on. It's the I putting 'em on that makes you a black smith; no matter who makes 'em. Who wants to go back to old times, and make his own horseshoes? Between us two, that painter don't know how to make good paint—he used to; but paint has run away from him. Yours truly F. W. DEVOE & Co., New York. I*. S. Murry Coppersmith sell our paint. Bargain in Books. A complete set. of Brittanica Ency clopaedia,consisting of thirty volumes ami key Are .ill new and in original packages. Will be sold at a bargain, Apply at PRESS office. 36tf ReKister's Notice. CAM EBON COUNTY, SS: N'OTICE is hereby given that William 11. Howard, Administrator of THE Estate of John Panting, late of the township of Shippeu, in saiil County, deceased. has filed his first and filial account of his administration of said estate and the same will be presented to the Orphan's Court at October term, next, for confirmation ni si. C. J. GOODNOUGH, Register. Register's Office, Emporium, Pa., Sent 25th, 1905. 32.4t CIOURT PROCLAMATION— WHEREAS:— The J Hon. CHAS. A. MAYER President Judge and the Hons. JOHN MCDONALD and GEO. A. WALKER, Associate Judges of Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Orphans' Court and Court of Common Pleas for the county of Cameron have issued their precept bearing date the 2lst day of Sept. A. D., 1905, and to me directed for holding Court of Oyer and Terminer, Oenerul Jail De livery, Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Orphans' Court, and Court of Common Pleas in the Borough ot Emporium, Pa., on Monday, the 23rd day of Oct, 1905, at io o'clock, a. m., and to continue one week. Notice is hereby given to tlieCoroners, Justices of the Peace and Constables within the county, that they be then and there in their proper per sons, at 10 o'clock, a. m., of said day, with their rolls, records, inquisitions, examinations, and other rememberances, to do those things which to their offices appertain to be done. And those who are bound by their recognizance to prosecute against them as will be just. Dated at Emporium, Pa., Sept. 23, 1905, and in the 130 th year of the Independence of the U nited States of America. HARRY HEMPHILL, Sheriff. LIST OF CAUSES. 1 IST OF CAUSES SET DOWN FOR TRIAL 1 J at October Term of Court for 1905, com mencing Monday, Oct. 23rd. No. FI. January Term, 1901. Eugene Kelley, Executor of the estate of A. O. Kelly deceased vs H. 1.. Hscket. S. J. Hacket and T.N. Hacket, Executors of the iasi Will and Testament of S. S. Hacket, deceased. F. I). Leet, Esq., for Plff B. W. Green, Esq., tin Deft. No. 27, October Term, 1903. L. E. Gibbs for the use of Frauk Overhiser vs Almou Mattcson. Green A Shaffer for Deft. No. 33, April Terra, 1904. Kahn Brothers vs J. H. Evans. Johnson A McNarnev, for Plff 11. W. Green, Esq.,for Deft. No. 16, July Term, I!HM. Mary Nolan vs John Kelly. K. D. Leal. Esq., for PI IF I. S. Ilickok, Esq., for Deft. No. 17, July Term, 1904 llsrry Hemphill vs John Kelly. F. I>. Leet. Esq.. for Plff. I. S. Ilickok, Esq , for Deft. No. 87, JulyJTenn, IWM. I'rank X. llliimle vs Harry McGee. 11 W. Green. Esq., for PLFF So, JO April Terui, 190.V P C. Spencer v* Frank Fo*. II W Green. KW| . for I'll! Mi-tars. Cole and KIINL*, Att'yafor Deft. ( JAYLLL IGDNOUGU, Prolhonotary.
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