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«.
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