THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOUI.D, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 40. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada. Montreal, October 18th. 1906. E. D. LITDWIU, Esq., Manager Sun Life Assurance Co., of Canada, Erie, Pa. DEAR MR. LUDWXG. RE-THE CANADIAN SYSTEM OF I.IFE AS SURANCE BTPERVISION. I note what you say of the agitation about Life Assurance, and the unrest caused by what is known as the "in vestigation." I know that much litis been written of late regarding Federal supervision, the prevailing opinion being that the oversight of this great trust should vest in officials amenable ' directly to the Federal Government. If that could be done so as to do j away with State inspection, as in Can- I ada, and appointments were outside of politics, and made permanent as here t certainly would be a vast improve meat on present conditions. Your sys tem of changing the principal Govern ment officials with a change of Govern- j ment does not commend itself to us as i tending to thoroughness. The C uiadian System has been much I under review and has always been held | up as embodying safety and efficiency , witli National Control -the most in- ; dependent supervision possible. It \ gives general satisfaction. Tne Insurance Act of Canada pro vides for Superintendent of Insurance appointed by the Governor in Council, j who is responsible to the Minister ofi Finance, and who in turn is responsible 1 to Parliament. The Superintendent is | not allied to, and must not be known | to show leanings to either political j party. His office is permanent, and j held wholly on account of acknow ledged fitness for the position; the same I applies to the experts of his depart j ment Extraordinary powers are given to I him to carry out a yearly investigation j into the detailed workings, as well as j the financial standing of thecompanies, j and we know, from actual experience, I that his examinations are thorough, j both the Superintendent and members of his staff" being duly qualified actuar ies. I may here quote the section of the Act which invests him with plenary powers to unhesitatingly probe into everything done by companies. It j says: "For the purpose of carrying out the j provisions of this Act, the superinten- | dent of insurance is hereby authorized and empowered to address any iuqnir- j ies to any insurance company licensed j under this Act, or to the president, ! manager, actuary or secretary thereof, ; in relation to its assets, investments, ! liabilities, doings or conditions, or any j other matter connected with its busi- ' nesss or transactions, and it shall be < the duty of any company so addressed to promptly reply in writing to any such inquiries." The thoroughness with which the j provisions of the Insurance Act are en forced by the Superintendent and his staff, accounts in a large measure fcr the strength and reputation freely ac corded to Canadian Life Companies wherever they do business. It un doubtedly is most thorough. It may further be stated that the In surance Act requires the Superinten dent once every five years, or oftener, at the discretion of the Minister of Fin ance, to value all the life policies of companies, and if the liabilities of any company are found to exceed its as sets, a report thereon must be lodged with the Treasury Board which will promptly order withdrawal of the Com pany's license, and the same made public in the Official Gazette. A careful watch is maintained by the Department to see that the investments of the Life Companies are kept strictly within the limits prescribed by the In surance Act, any deviation therefrom; or what the department may think a deviation, is promptly dealt with in correspondence with the company. The fact that no policyholder has ever lost a dollar through the failure of a regular Canadian Life Company is evidence that the Insurance Act is a vital force in Canada. The Sun Life of Canada is, of course, under the supervision of the Canadian Government and the Insurance De partment, and although not the oldest company, it yet can well claim to be the leading Cin idian company, as a glance at the Government Report shows. In ltm, it led the twenty other Canadian companies in the following important items, Pr.-m uin Income, Total Cosh 11l ume, Excuot u f income over Expenditure and Amount ~t' New Policies Pai I Fur. The Sun Life of Canada, ha» n IH vitality that, I in iy say, is ch mu ter istic of C inula itself, and is inanag<*i with care, making, every posMblc gain for the exclusive benefit and use of lu policyholders Funds are closely in- vested, not by Committee but by the whole Board of Directors: Objection by one director to an investment vetoes it—unanimity is the rule. No bank funds can be drawn without the signa ture of three directors. And its audi tors are chartered accountants entire ly independent of the Company, and the Government Inspector personally examine every individual security. The Trust in this Company is ad ministered by a very competent board of business men. Yours faithfully, R MACAITI.AY, Managing Director. E. A. PYIJE, General Agent. The Susquehanna Waters. A valuable addition (o our know ledge of the Susquehanna drainage basin will bis found in two publications recently issued by U. S. Geological Survey, which contain the results of extended investigations on this stream and its tributaries. Commercially the Susquehanna basin is tlie largest and most important drainage area in the north Atlantic States. The headwaters of this river system on the elevated plateau which separates the waters flowing southward and eastward into the Atlantic streams from those flowing northward and westward into the St. Lawrence, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi. Geographiealily ths watershed lies in three physiographic divisions; the A 1 legheny, the Appalachian Valley, and the Piedmont Plateau. The total area of the basis is 27,400 square miles, com prising 21,060 square miles in Pennsyl vania, or about 47 per cent, of the area of the state; 60,080 square miles in New York, or 13 per cent of the area of the State; and 260 square miles, or about 2 per cent of the state of Maryland. One of the papers mentioned is en titled "Hydrygraphy of Susquehanna River Drainage Basin," and has beeu so prepared as to be of use to the lay man as well as the engineer, providing for the former a comprehensive view of the conditions in the area, and sup plying the engineer with data for mak ing estimates in hydraulic investiga tions. In view of the fact that the power resources of this basiu are so little developed, the discussion of water powers and the tables of eleva tion and developed horse power are most interesting and valuable. This report is the joint work of Messrs. John C. Hoyt and Robert E. Ander son of Ilydrograpliic Branch of the ! Survey. The second paper is entitled "The j Quality of the Water in the Susque- I hanna River Basin," and contains numerous analyses of the water in the ; main stream and many of its tributar ies. The portions devoted to the pol j lution of streams by mine wastes are ; especially interesting. It is doubtful :if a stream polluted with mine wastes j coukl be satisfactorily employed as a ■ source of domestic water supply, but | the Susquehanna is so befouled with j sewage that it could not be used in its raw state for household purposes, j even if no mine drainages were turned into it. Mr. 11. O. Leightoa, the author of the report, shown by a ser ies of chemical analyses that the water is actually more free from organic matter at the lower end of Wyoming Valley than at the upper and oh is con dition is traceable to a large amount oi acid mine refuse which is turned into the stream. We find .also tliat the pre cipitation of immense quantities of sewage matter and coal dust into the river eventually will till upthe channel along certain reaches. The compiler, while speaking of the waters of this valley, says: "Bennett Branch aud Driftwood Branch flow into Sinnania honing Creek, which, in turn, empties into West Branch of Susquehanna 'liver at Keating. The towu« of Tyler, Caledonia, and Bennezett, located on Bennett Branch, all secure good pot able wuter from this stream. The samples tested gave a neutral roaction were low in solids and incrus&nts, and moderately low in chlorine. This is also true of the water supply of Em porium, on Driftwood Branch, and Driftwood, on Sinnamahoning Creek " It is probable that the Susqueluinna, especially that portion below the West Branch, is chiefly valuable as an agent of sewage disposal It would be im possible, with the present large popu lation upon the drainage area, to render the stream lit for domestic use, and therefore it in iy us wall receive city sewage up to a certain limit. These paper< which are known an Water Supply and Irrigation papers N'oat. ltm and 109, maybe obtained free of charge upon application to the Director of the I'- S. Ge ilogie tl Sur vey ( Washington, D C. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1905. EIGHT OF THE NINE VICTIMS OF KEYSTONE POWDER EXPLOSION. W >l' . ' • "iii. Frank Harrington. John Bossie. James Campbell, RICHARD J. LLOYD DEAD Richard J. Lloyd , aged 61 years, pro- j prietor of the Exchange II olel at this j place, died suddenly this (Thursday) morning, after an illness of two weeks. ; llis sudden death will be a great sur- \ prise to his friends. The date of fun- j eral will be announced upon the ar : rival of his sisters. The Dead Men. The PRESS, after considerable trouble t 1 has secured photos of the Keystone ! powder victims and publish the same to-day. We regret the omission of Mr. | Murphy's picture, which was omitted by one of those preplexing blunders bound to creep in when we are hustl ing too much. Accident to Thos. Gilmartin. Special to the P/CSH. CAMERON, PA., Dec. 6, 1905. Mr. Thomas Gilmartin, a prominent citizen, who resides one mile east ol this place, was on Tuesday afternoon injured while walking on the P. & E It. R., frack. lie fell upon the iron rails striking 011 his side; seriously in jured. He seems completely para lyzed. Messages were sent to Austin, Renovo and St. Marys summoning his sons home. Two of his sons are in the employ of I*. & E. R. It. Marriage of Chas. T. Logan and Miss Cecil Rogers. Mr. Charles T Logan quietly stole the march on his friends, being mar ried at Binghamton, X. Y , on Wednes day, to Miss Cecil Rogers, a young lady well known here, where she has visited every summer for several years. We hope to give the particulars iu our next issue. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Logan and Miss Manie Logan, were present at the wedding. H. W.Martindale's Hotel Destroy ed by Fire. The Commercial Hotel, at Medix Run, owned and conducted by H. W. Martindale, w;is d««troyed by lire last Saturday morning, many of the board ers losing their cto thing. The land lady lost f2OO in money and lier cloth ing. The loss on busldiug is placed at SIO,OOO upon which Mr. Martindale tarried $4,400 insurance. He was in Emporium at the time of the lire. Slightly Improved. Frank McManigai, who was serious ly injured two weeks ago and taken to WUllMMport Hospital, is slightly im proved, although still iu a dangerous condition, liis wife is with him. The President's Message. The PitK-is publishes the President's message in this issue, upon the conven ing ol Congress, it is an able docu ment and should be preserved. Nicely Furnished Kooms. Nieoly furuishxd rooms, with bath, to right parties, for lltree gentleman, or man and wife. Apply to Mrs. Dr. Hardwell. M-tf. FlltK HAI.lv every evening at Mtirry & Coppersmith's In Memo.y of the Men Who Lost 1 heir Lives in the Explosion At the Keystone Powder Works, Monday, Nov. 27th, 1905. It was on Monday morning. Ami bright Iy shown the sun. Upon the goodly people In the town of Emporium, No trouble did disturb their minds, No danger did they fear. As they took up their daily tasks. Not dreaming death was near. The boys up at the Keystone plant, Were working side by side, With kindly words and willing hands, The hours did swiftly glide. A finer band of working men. Could not with ease be found, They were all honest, brave and true. A nd a credit to our town. But death's dread angel hovered near, To summon thefegood men. To meet their doom by dynamite. As the village clock struck ten; No chance had they to speak or pray. Or bid their friends farewell. And clasp their dear ones to their hearts. Their last kind words to tell. And when the great explosion came. Our hearts were tilled with woe, For then we knew some precious ones. In death had been laid low. To fragments were their bodies rent, A nd scattered to the winds, Alas! it was a fearful way, i I-'or them to meet their end. We will miss each kindly face. At home and on the street, And father, mother, wife and child, No more their loved ones greet, | But day by day ano earnest prayers, : Unto Our Lord are given, ! That they have found a resting place, | With the angels up in heaven. JOHN F.SULLIVAN. The Lyric Glee Club. ! The male quartette, which with Miss | Doyle, reader, constitutes the Lyric j Glee Club, compares favorably with the ! best quartettes that have appeared in i Emporium in recent years The in- I dividual quality and nice blending of ! their voices and their expressive rend | eritig of a choice and varied repertoire, were element* in an entertainment i which delighted a large Star Course j audience in at the opera house last Fri day evening. Miss Doyle has a thorough corn ] mand of the Irish dialect. Her read ings in that line, including one of the Dooley classics, were rendered with characteristic Hibernian warmth and ' sprightliness. More Attractive. The greatest of all groat Mulfalo De partment stores, Adam, Meldrum A Anderson Co., have something new to tell the PHKSS renders in this issue. All readers of this paper, are advised to visit this wonderland during the holiday season. It will pay you to remember. Open Evenings This Week. The store of Murry & Coppersmith Co., will be open evenings this week to sell the floods damaged by the lute lire. Home good bargains in store for you. Don't fail to eull if you want anything iu this line. The Observer. The Observer ventures to suggest that when the Business Men's Club re opens its doors, it ought to make a change in its constitution, eliminating its bar. This suggestion is made from the standpoint of one who is convinced that social drinking in all its forms should be discouraged and curtailed as much as possible. This view is not in consistent with the views formerly ex pressed by the Observer on the subject of the now defunct Subway Tavern. That futile experiment did at least rep resent an honest desire on the part of its sponsors to diminish the evils of drunkenness. But does any such phil anthropic intent lie behind the bar of the Business Men's Club? The Club has not been a place of public enter tainment; its provisions were not made to meet the demands of public patron age, but solely those of its own mem bers and invited guests. Any moral and philanthropic purpose for which the Club may stand, must therefore terminate upon its own membership. It may be that the bar was introduced out of a laudable desire on the part of a majority nf its members to rescue themselves from the temptations and degradation which lurk within ordin ary saloons. Rut in it not a reflection upon the personnel of the Club to imply, as this supposition does, that the bulk of its membership is o: the class that needs rescuing from public saloons and bar-rooms? We must therefore dismiss the hypo thesis of self intended philanthropy, and fail back upon the more obvious and prosaic supposition that the bar ex ists solely for the plain and direct and immediate quenching of imperious thirst in the throats of a majority, or at least of an insistent minority, of its members. The point which the Ob server wishes to make is, that the Club bar represents a form of social drink ing) a peculiarly gratuitous form, in fact; and that it should therefore be abolished. If it could be made to an pear that the Club is an Institute tjr the Prevention and Cure of Inebriety, and that the bar is an indispensable part of its therapeutical equipment; there would be nothing to say except to express sympathy for the afflictions of the patients, with the hope that the chosen line of treatment might result in the desired cure. But the Club has not so advertised itself. We must re gard its bar simply as a provision for social drinking, and therefore to be discontenanced. It is said that there is a rule of the Club forbidding treating. This is so far good. But what is to hinder a number of members from lining up at the bar together and swallowing in soc ial simultaneity the drinks of which each one pays for his own? Of course, no member is under obligation to pat ronize the bar. But the presence of the bar must certainly prove a source of constant temptation to any young man who is a daily frequenter of the Club. For one young man whom the Club may save from grosser habits of drunkenness, there are likely to be ten to whom the Club provides the first easy steps in the path of dissipation. There are a number of men of the highest character and reputation who j belong to the Club. It is safe to as sume that the bar exists in answer to no demand of theirs. Thev may consent to it, or even justify it, on the ground that there is demand for it; but the de mand is not their own. But why should they wish to enter into intimate social relations with those who insist ently demand a bar? The time is certainly opportune for agitating the question of having the Club abandon its bar. This is a mat ter which concerns the community, and not merely the Club itself. It has been said that the Club cannot survive without a bar. If that be true, it is a sad commentary upon the morality and | social life of Emporium. Chicken Supper. The ladies of West Creek will serve a j chicken supper at the residence of N. I A. Ostrum, Saturday evening, Dec. ftth. The public cordially invited, Ice cream will also be served. Quietly Married. .Mr. William Farrell, of Sinnamahon ing, and Miss Muriel Swartz, of Km. porium, quietly gave their friends the slip last Saturday and went to Clean, where they were quietly married. Dr. Mead's Dental Hoom*>. Dr. Mead's dental rooms will he lo cated in the rooms over A. F, Yogt's store, AB<NI t Jan. Ist The Dr's IONS in the late lire has so disarranged his business that it will require some lime to get in ghape. Fixt. KAI.K every evening at Murry A CoppenMuitii'M. j Terms: $2.00 — #1.50 in Advance. THE WEATHER. FKIDAV. Fair, SATURDAY, Pair SUNDAY, Rain. ASSETB First National Bank, EMPORIUM, PA. At the close of business December 6th, 1900 $758,238,35. Every individual who is desirous of laying aside something for a "rainy day,- should open an account with this bank. Man About Town. THANKSGIVING EPISODE— "THE HUNK " The shades of night were falling low. As stumbling up the streets did go. Siuging loud, Hi Le, Hi Lo! A Hunk. His eyes were dim. his breath was strong. He staggered up against the throtig. But merrily he rolled alon«. The Hunk. Put on the brakes the people said, He'll tumbledown and smash his head, Take him to the city shed, The Hunk. Hut the fellow with unsteady stride. Quick beneath his coat did hide, A bottle of McDonald's pride, The Hunk. Ho pawed the air with giants lists. And everything but the air he missed But wanted to fight nil on the list. The Hunk. On Salt Run he had a job, Removing corn from off the c*jlj He wasn't there for them to rob, The Hunk. Struggling along the nppian vv i When the crowd was getting most too gay, He fell iu the mud and there helay, The Hunk. They raised him up, when ou Ins feet, He produced the bottle and wanted to treat, But they swiped the booze so nice and nt.it, From the Hunk. That night on the bridge, n.-ar Howard's store. The natives were wakened by a terrible snore They thought an explosion had come once more. The Hunk. His nose was bulged, his face all blood, His hair and clothes bespattered with mud, He simply rolled over and shifted his cud. The Hunk. Holiday goods are showing tine. Turkeys will be cheap and there will bo plenty of sauce. Mike Hogan 1I»B ordered a ear load of prunes. Go into Henry Zarpa, look wise and ask him to show you some Grecian statuary. He has 'em. A scientific party sent out by the government, has been exjloringtho mountains near the Calder Brick Works the past month. They are after fossils and pre-historic relics. Last week they were attracted by an unu sual sound coming from tho bowels oi the earth. By blasting and digging in the aide of the mountain they found the skeleton of a Dyocinas, an animal that lived one million years ago, and was larger than nine elephants. Lying underneath his liver, in a com plete petrified state, they found one hundred three year old steers, all blow ing their horns. The organist in one of our churches the other night asked a brother who was sitting near, if he would like a "sonata before going into supper," "Well,'' he said, "I don't care, 1 had a couple on my way down and I liked I them very much." Parker Jackson says he has had hia tips and downs since he joined the church mo?tly downs. He says he hat skirmished around for chickens audi watermelons, swore, got drunk, shot craps and turned Jack from the dealing seven up, but he thanks the Lord he has never forgot his religion. ( T ncle Peter Beattie says a man's foresight might be all right, but it don't stop a fellow from getting hit in the back. He says Lincoln, Harrison Garfield and McKinley, have their faces on bank notes, but for his part he would rather have his hands on them. He says the young men now-a-days don't stick to one thing long enough. 1 hey should consider the nostagr stamp, that sticks until it gets there. A gentleman at the East End the other night answered his door bell, when a man handed him a package with leaves and buds sticking out of the top, ask;ng him to give it to his cook. The cook having retired, he took it to the kitchen, filled a dish pan half fall of water, putting the base of the package Into the water and left it. Tho nest morning, going into the kitchen, he heard the cook using sulphuric lan guage By the powers of Moll Hogun'.-i cut, says she, 1 can Uok the man that put my new hat in tie water. Then is an old hunter on the Port age that takes no stock in the new langled guns uses tin' old smooth bore and always salts his bullets. He says his gun will kill at such a long distance that iu w<trm weather, especi ally, If he didn't salt the bullets the game would spoil twfore he reached it • IAHMAWAY Jtev. O. 8, Metj.h r will re< oive appli cations f.tr janitor of the Hrst M. K t'hureh Apply at uuott. NO 42.
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