THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS."*"" ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1860. VOL. 40. ANOTHER TEW LOSS OF LIFE. The Keystone Dynamite Works Again Destroyed by an Explosion. NINE WEN BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS The Explosion was Felt for Miles Around. Cn Monday morning at ten o'clock, j a sharp report told our citizens too plainly that another of our powder j plants had blown up. Instantly a j dense smoke located the explosion at the Keystone works, a short distance I west of town. Immediately hundreds : of our citizens, wives, parents, and children franticly rushing to the scene . of the catastrophe. A PRE?S representative was soon on ; the ground and met scores of injured | coming to town, hut little could be learned until we reached the works. The horrible facts were soon learned that nine men had been blown to pieces, except voting Sprung, whose j booy was found thirty feet, from where | he stood in the road. His head was 1 partially blown off. THE DEAD. James Joyce, single, aged 39 John Hamilton, single, aged 23. Thos. Welsh, single, aged 36. Frank Harrington, single, aged 20. James Campbell, married, aged 31. John Butler, married, aged 29 John Bossie, married, aged 55. William J. Murphy, married, aged 21. : William Sprung, married, aged 25. THE INJURED. Joseph Qayney, right leg broken in I two places near hip. He was taken to \ Williamsport Hospital same day, ae 1 eompanied by his brother-in-law Jos. A Friendel. He is doing nicely and will be on his feet again within a few weeks. This was the third explosion Mr. Gayney has passed through, being j severely injured twice. Thos. Joyce employed in the nitric j plant, was severely burned about the | face. Ed. Zwald, Walter Palmer, Tlios. Milton,JAndrew Blinzler and Simon Lucks, employed in packing house No. 2, where all more or less injured when the building tumbled down upon them. They crawled from under the wreck and hastened from further danger. Three thousand pounds of dynamite in this building did not go off. Ed. Barker was working alone in packing house No. 3 and escaped with a few cuts and bruises. In the dipping and nailing room were employed Fred Tompkins, Floyd Van Wert, Geo. Eaton, Wm. Hooven and Henry St. Piere. All escaped with slight injuries when the building col lapsed on them, Every one was more or less shaken up and severely cut and bruised. Our readers have BO often read the fearful story that we have simply given the facts. It cannot, of course be stated posi tively where the explosion first took place but it is the general opinion that the mixing room, where Bossie, Murphy, Harrington and Welsh were employed, was the first to go up, being immediately followed by packing house No. 1, where James Joyce, James Campbell, John Hamilton and John Butler were blown to atoms, their mingled remains being spattered against the fori wall. The entire plant is almost a complete wreck. At the extreme upper end of the valley was located the black powder dope magazine, which exploded at the same time, but did no damage. Murrick Barker, employed in the soda house, was severely injured, be ing pinned under the steam pipes when the roof fell. He is suffering much from pain this morning. In the labrat irv at the upper end of the valley, ( liemist A I). Ericsson and his assistant, l.'has. I". P.ipaasonl, were rut about the far. uud heud by Hying timber. John Heoiin«r, engineer and J. J>. Swope, firemen, Wl . r „ H lso out and bruised badly. The several physicians of town were promptly on hand to aid the injured and for a time were kept busy. Kupt. Geo. Van Wert was in the ,| u . tine plant at the extreme uppi.p i.'ft hand brnneh, when the cmah and, with the workmen, J. M Coyle, | Geo. Curtis, Sol. St. Dun and Mr. 1 Grein were cut and bruised about the ! face and head, but not serious how- ; ! ever. After the excitement had somewhat! ] abated, Undertaker Laßar's assistant, j ' Mr. Chas. Rishell, was called,who, aid ed by willing hands, gathered up the 1 remains of the unfortunate men and prepared them for burial. THE FUNERAI.S. j The last sad rites were commenced . yesterday morning, that of depositing all that was left of eight robust, heal thy men, to mother earth, viz: That of James Campbell, took place from i his residence on Filth street, at 10:00 ! o'clock. Rev. Robt. MeCaslin, of Pres | byterian church conducting the ser vices. A large number of relatives ! rind friends were in attendance. De -1 ceased leaves a wife. Mr. Campbell j was an Odd Fellow and that order at | tended in a body, conducting the ser vices at the grave. The Powder Workers Union, of which deceased was j ac active member, attended in large 1 numbers at this, as well as all other ! The funerals of their co-laborers. 11:00 a. m, —'Thomas Joyce's funeral . was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George Barker, Fifth street, de ceased being related by marriage to the family. Rev. O. S. Metzler offi ciated. Deceased was brother to Mr. t Thos. Joyce, who was slightly injured and bruised by acid at the nitric plant, funeral was also largely attended. 1:00 p. m.—The funeral of William ' Sprung, Jr., was held from the resi dence of his parents, East Third street, j William A. Sprung, the well known engineer being his father, Rev. O. S Metzler officiating. Deceased leaves a ; wife and one child. His wife was : formerly Miss Berry, third daughter of 1 Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Berry, of Sterling J Run. The following relatives from a distance were in attendance at the fun eral : Mrs. Anna Housler, of North Creek ; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Berry, Mr. 1 and Mrs. Jas. Berry, Misses Jennie, j Edith and Lyleßerry, Wilson, Edward, ; John Berry, Sterling Run ; A. R. Bar ! thurst, O. Barthurst, Clarendon, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burns, (sister), Henry Tallapaugh and daughter (un cle), Buffalo, N. Y.; Miss Ifattie Rus-1 sell, Mt. Jewett, Pa. UNION MEMORIAL SERVICES. At three o'clock union memorial ser vices were conducted at the First Methodist Episcopal Church for the re maining dead, whose lives were wiped out so suddenly. The services were conducted by Revs. O. S. Metzler and Bobt. MeCaslin, assisted by Revs. Robertson and Bennett. The large edifice was crowded with relatives and friends of the dead ones. Religious services will be conducted iat St. Mark's Catholic Church this I morning over the remains l of John Butler. The largo church was crowded with relatives and friends. In the absence of Father Downey the services were conducted by Father I Machen, of Driftwood, who spoke elo- I quently of the dead young man and his co-laborers. THE !>EAD. John Bossie, who resided on West \ Allegany Avenue, leaves a wife and : i seven small children. He formerly i worked in the woods and was a hard ■ ! worker. He came to Emporium from i Canada. i John Butler, who resided in his neat • t little home on West Fifth street, has resided here all his life. He married Miss Nellie Murry in 1901 and leaves • one child, besides mother, sister and brother. Wo knew the young man well and respected him very much. James Campbell, who resides on Fifth • street, we had the pleasure of know ing. He leaves a wife. Deceased took great interest in Odd Fellowship. A quiet unassuming young man. i William J Murphy came to this place five years ago from New Glns cow, N. S, tn work in the woods. Dining the pant two years or more he has been in the powder pants About two years ago he married Mis* Lottie M. Troup, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Jacob Troup, lit* is well spoken of by all who knew him. He leaves two children. James Joyce came here from Canada several years ago. He was n ipiiet, In dus t rlons man. Juhn Hamilton who came to Kiupori llm about Ave year* ago, and made his home In thefamllv of Mr Garvin. His "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTKß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1905. friends especially his neighbors speak very kindly of him. Thomas Welsh we have all known | many years as a jolly good natured | young man, full of innocent fun, ac -1 commodating; always industrious and ; ready to lend a helping hand. Frank Harrington, the youngest, l man, came to Emporium from Dunns town, near Lock Haven. He made his home with Mr. Francisco. We hear none but good words for him. The PRESS hopes it may be a long j time before we shall be called upon to witness another such horrible sight. Yet as long as dynamite is made men will risk their lives, no doubt careless ly, at times. The Keystone Company have spared neither time nor money to throw all the safe guards around the men and the cause of this accident will always remain a mystery. The Village Fool. There is a peculiar situation in "The Village Fool," in which Little Wade as the Waif is stolen from the poor house authorities by old Ninny Noggins. Noggins is allowed to take the boy and the authority for his ad mittance to the superintendent. The waif coaxes him not to do it, and the old man brings him back and hides him in the garret of Mrs. Grouch's hotel. Ninny asks advice from Lin coln, whose picture hangs over the fireplace, and Lincoln tells him to keep the boy; he does so and escapes to the government land on Fox Lake. The incidents following are electrifying to any audience. At opera house Dec. 6. It Always Pays. The well known reputation of the PRESS as a reliableadvertising medium these many years has been forcibly brought to our attention very many times the past year, but never so aptly as on Saturday when O. B. Barnes 'phoned the PRESS: "That 'ad' pub lished in the PRESS offering special prices on sugar and corn wasa winner; we sold all and added 500 pounds ; more. There was a rush all day or as long as the stock held out. The sale was a great success and I am well pleased," Of course it pays to adver tise in the PRESS because the people all read the paper and are looking for i bargains in all lines. Panic in School Room. A panic took place in an East Ward school yesterday afternoon,the scholars in room No. 5 rushing pell mell out of the building,some never stopping until I they reached their homes. The panic was caused by the gas catching fire at the mixer. "Every school should or ganize and drill the pupils in the Are drill," says director Egan. Bight you t are, Mr. Egan. The nervous condi tion of many children, in fact older j persons, in Emporium, makes it mighty easy to start a stampede. Is it to be wondered at? Heal Estate Deal. Mr. Joseph Kaye, a member of the ,! firm of C. B. Howard & Co., has closed I the deal for the purchase of the desir able Sixth street property known as "Newton Terrace." Dr. Rieck only recently purchased the same from Mrs. I E. M. Newton. Mr. Kaye takes posses ion about the first of the year and we learn intends making elaborate im provements. Bound to Burn. Fate seems to be against the Walker- Howard block. Last evening a fire started a' two distinct timee and had it not been that a watchman was placed in charge the lire would have gained 1 some headway. Box Social and Fish Pond. There will be a box social and fish pond at Chadwick school bouse, Rich Valley, Saturday evening, Dec. 9th, 1905, at 7 o'clock. Proceeds will be used to purchase a bell forj the school house. Annual Election. Good-Will Tent, No. 10, K. O. T. M., will hold annual election of officers on Friday evening, Dec. Ist. All the hackneyed ideas of melo drama have bean eliminated from How land and Clifford's "Over Niagara Falls" and those new to the stage sub stituted. Emporium ' >pcra House, Saturday, Dec. '2. 'The Holy t'lty" at the opera house last Friday evening, was w hitrh da** itttrnrtfon Man About Town. The volume of trade is increasing among our merchants. Mike Hogan reports eggs xtcady. At any rate none of his customers report them being too fresh. i Brother Kenly in the Gas Office, says he thinks the reason there are no marriages in heaven is, because there are no ministers there to perform the ■ ceremony. On Monday last a southwest wind on I "Bill" Thomas' farm blew a two year old heifer up under the eaves of his barn and held her there for three days. "Bill" had to Bhoot her to keep her from starving to death. "Add" Gross says a farmer on Pota | to Creek lost several hogs in a peculiar way. The hogs were of the Razor ; back, long tailed breed, their tails • dragging through the mud during the fall months, caused a ball of mud to \ form on the end and it grow until it ! got so large and heavy that it pulled ! their skins back so tight they could i not shut their eyes and they died for the want of sleep. Brother Lee, down at the tower is not feeling very well, is as the horse men say, "off his feed." He says he is ' not afraid to die, but prefers to 1 stay hero where he is acquainted. He . savs he has been traveling toward | heaven now for ten years. A gentle | man from Renevo remarked, if he had I been traveling toward heaven for ten I years and had got no farther than East 1 Emporium, he should certainly think | he was not on the right road. | Some corn stalks are on exhibition j in a grocery store in the East end that j during the p;ist summer grew so fast j that they pulled themselves up by the j roots. | A genuine hobo went into Peter j Beattie's cigar store ths other morning j and told Peter if he did not give him j a quarter, he would have to do some j thing he very much disliked "What jis that," asked Peter "Work" said | the tramp. Peter to'd him to get out. I Prof. Ericsson says, Cavelleria, Rus licanna, Tannhauser, Lohengrin and the compositions of Verdi, Rossini, Wagner and Bizet will never be popu lar here until they stop singing, "Com ing Filled with Rye," at the club Judge Brennan says we are having the finest full weather here since the sixties. He remembers then the dust blew out of North Creek and reminded him of the year of the big wind in Ireland. The conscensus of opinion of many ! people in town is, that ten cents worth jof dynamite is bigger than a church I steeple. We often hear of people trying to ' j make both ends meet. It is easy j enough. The baby rolls upon the floor. Kicks up his little feet- Sticks his toos into his mouth. Making both ends meet. The butcher kills a fatted pig. Cuts off his ears and feet, j Grinds him into sausage links. Making both ends meet. ! Attach a tin pail to a dog. He howls along the street And madly tries to bite his tail, Making both ends meet. (»ASS AW AY. "Over Niagara Fails." ' Tnat the advance notices sent out by the management do not exaggerate when they state that the reproduction of the Niagara Falls and the surround ings are as perfect as the deft hand of the scenic artist, with the aid of every device known to electrical invention , can make it,the PRESS prints a clipping from the Buffalo Courier. "Demand twenty views of Falls," score of curtain calls for scenic effect in Academy Theatre last night, j "There seems to ho no limit to the i enthusiasm of Buffalo over the realistic spectacle of the cataract of Niagara in I I end of the third act of "Over Niagara Falls'" at the Academy. Monday night ; the audience demadning the lifting of I the curtain eighteen times, and last night twenty. Buffalo people know what the Falls look like, and when they j cheerud and shouted for five solid min utes, it is easy to tell there must be virtue in the article shown. The scene is that of the base of the Falls, with the water pouring down on the rocks. In the foreground <s a stretch of tossing water (touring down on the rocks into which the heorine descends in a seem ingly awful fail, and i» rescued by the hero. "The house quivers with the mech anically produced imitation of the roar of the water, and the splash and spin of the flood is very realistic. Ir isdone by the use of compound reflections of many lights on the hack drops all working in perfect time to obtain the I'ffVc It is certainly an achievement In scenic effects and requite* no effort of the Imagination to fie hilly appre ciated.'* Emporium Opera lloiiHe, Saturday, Dec 2nd. Nicely I iirnlshfd Naomi. Nicely furnished rooms, with bath, to right partien, for thr.-e gentlemen, or man and wife \pplv to Mrs. Dr n-iwwe'i. tiitr. The Observer. The Observer has just been looking | carefully through Governor Bradford's "History of the Plymouth Plantation" for an account of the first Thanksgiv ing Day, said to have been celebrated by the Pilgrim Fathers in 1621. His search has been in vain. Governor Bradford makes no mention of any such observance, although the index to the History published by the Common wealth of Massachusetts, makes a mis leading reference to page 126. A care ful reading of this page reveals no word of a Thanksgiving service. On the following page there is on account of conditions in the autumn of 1621 which may well have called forth a ser vice of Thanksgiving, and probably did, although Bradford makes no men tion of it. "They begane now to gather in ye small harvest they had, and to fltte up ! their houses and dwellings against winter, being all well recovered in health and strength, and had all things in good plenty; for as some were thus imployed in affairs abroad, others were exersised in fishing, aboute, eodd, & j bass, & other fish, of which they tooke | good store, of which every family had their portion. All ye summer there was no wante. And now began to come in store off mle as winter ap- j roached, of which t his place did abound [ when they came first but afterwards decreased by degrees). And beside j water foule, ther was great store of j wild Turkies, of which they took many; | besids venison, &c. Besids they had , aboute a peck a tneale a weeke to a j person, or now since harvest, Indian j corne to yt proportion. Which made j many afterwards write so largely of their plenty hear to their friends in | England, which were not fained, but I true reports." Bradford's History has been justly ! pronounced "one of the most interest | ing records of human struggle ever I penned." Certainly no thoughtful per ! son can read it without being deeply | impressed with the truth of Fiske's ob ; servation, that "never in the history , of the world did the Almighty Dollar play a less conspicuous part than in the j founding of Plymouth Colony." The Lyrics on Friday Night. An evening of rare enjoyment will be furnished the patrons of the Star Course at the opera house, Friday night when the Lyric Glee Club, with Mary Agnes Doyle, specialist in Irish Dialect, will give one of their unique j entertainments. The management is advised that the company is making one of the greatest hits of the season. Their appearance at Morristown, N. J., Tuesday night of last week, was the occasion of a veritable ovation. Miss Doyle is said to be inimitable in her line of impersonations. Thanksgiving Offering. The United Thanksgiving offering by (he several churches, for the fami- I lies of the men who lost their lives in the recent dynamite explosion, totals i $1,096.71. This is a splendid sum and j will be judiciously apportioned among the families of the unfortunates, the measure of need being the basis of dis | tribution. This substantial expression |of sympathy with the bereaved is j worthy of all praise and is a fresh evi ! dence of the generosity and great | hearted ness of our people. Rev. O S. Metzler will receive appli i cations for janitor of the First M. E. I Church. Apply at once. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE Walker-Howard Brick Block Completely Gutted. Loss on Building and Contents, Estimated at $19,000. A destructive lire visited Empori um Tuesday morning at four o'clock, I completely Rutting the large brick block owned by the estates of Geo. A. Walker and William Howard. The fire started, i*. is thought, in the kitchen connected with the Business .Men's Club and rapidly spread to the adjoin ing rooms the flames soon ate its wa\ to the loft, bet ween the duplicate roofs and Pall I'd the II relit t• 11 lor several I hours. The tire continued to rage uu til the following afternoon, in spite of! the efforts of the firemen. The strne I ture, a solid brick bulldigg, is complete- ! ly gutted and it almost battlled our de partment to confine the fire within the ' building, thus saving the adjoining properties of Dr. Hard well and others. It was the most stubborn tire known here in years. The block wan occupied b> .Murry k TERMS: $2.00 — ix ADVANCE. THE WEATHER. ! FRIDAY, Fair, SATURDAY. Fair SUNDAY. Snow. ASSETS First National Bank, EMPORIUM, PA. At the close of business November 29tb, 1905. $776,355,70. You are thankful that you have money on de posit in this bank for a "Rainy Day,"and we acknowledge our thanks to the people of this county for their confidence and good will. Everybody Works But Father. Everybody works but Father Is the popular song of the day. Everybody works but Father And he stands around in the way: Everybody works but father. Why should the old man work, Has'nt he done his duty, When did the old man shirk. Who made the home for mother, Who kept the boys in school, Who furnished all the sinues Du you think the eld man is a fool; Who watched the children growing. From milking to manhoods state, Laboring hard for their comfort, Hours both early and late. Thinking only of their future (living to them a good name. Knowing if they ever disgraced it. They would be only to biame. Fighting misfortune and sickness. Keeping the wolf from the door. Clothing mid feeding the children, ' How could he do any more. Let the young fellows get !i Follow the old man's trail. Put on iiis old regimentals, And carry his old dinner pail. Everyone works but father, Let the old man lake hiseusc, llive to him half of your earnings. With the other half do as you please. -I) C. $25,000 for One Story. Conan Doyle, the famous creator of "Sherlock Holmes," has just been given the highest price ever paid in America for one story. This great historical ro mance, which will, the critics say, be the literary sensation of the (lay, will begin in"The Philadelphia Sunday Press " Remember the date, Decem ber 3, and don't fail to get "The Sun day Preys'-' iliat morning. Eye Specialist. . Prof. W. H. Budine, the well known I Eye Specialist, of Binghamton, N. Y., i will be at R. H. Hirsch's jewelry I store. Emporium, Pa , December Dth. llf you can't see well or have headache don't fail to call and see Prof. Budine, as he guarantees to core all such cases. Lenses ground and fitted in old frames. Eyes tested and ex amined free. All work guaranteed. Another Bucktail Gone. j EI.DRED —Died at Goldwin, Virginia, ! October 28th, 1905, in his eighty first year, Captain John A. Eldred, brother ofEp. B. and Henry R. Eldred and | Mrs. Miranda Schimmel, of Milford, Pa.—Warren Mail. Captain John A. ! Eldred came to Cameron, county (then Clinton) about 1850. He was engaged at lumbering; was elected first sheriff of the county at the elec tion held October 11, 1860 for county offices; he held the office from 18(i Ito 18(54. Was one of the 315 men that marched onto the three board raffs | April 28, 1861 on the Sinnamahoning and went down the river to a place called Rattlesnake and then boarded I the cars for Harridburg. Ho was elect ed Captain of Company C. "Old Buck ; tails", and his company was mustered lin regularly June Ist, 1861. He re signed Sept. 10, 1861. He left this | county in 1867. JOHN E. PARSONS, An Old Friend. | Coppersmith, hardware, on ground floor stores. 'l'heir loss is seven 1 , their i winter line of floods having jus' li!»en | putin posh ion. I The second floor was occupied by j the Business Moo's Club uail Or .Mead's Dental otlloes. The former's handsome rooms and furniture is a J total loss. I) R. Mi-ad'a l> >SN IS a severe one, only part of hi* outfit in daunted , oondition, being removed, In fail Ur. Mmd was partially overcomeby Ninoki and would have periahed had it not i heen for Kd ltobinaon, the Club ; Stewart, who pulled him out of lied l.ossfc> AND INSIUANII. Walker Howard, uu building, fx,ooo; insurance Murry A Coppersmith, luas 1 insurance, 9<>,<iuo | Husinoss Mtui'a Club, K»M sl, .MI | () snranee 11,<MN> I *»r Mead, no U>»uraut«. NO. 41
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