AWFUL ROAR
Of Explosion was Heard
20 Miles Away.
12 PEOPLE KILLED.
i
\ tar Loaded with Dynamite was
Blown to Atoms and Much
Other Property Destroyed.
.lellico, Tenn.—Twelve deaths, the :
injuring of scores of other j
persons and $500,000 damage to prop- j
erty were caused here Friday when a j
car load of dynamite standing on a i
track near the Southern railway depot I
exploded with a report that was heard j
for 20 miles. Huildings were shat
tered in the business section and I
nearly every piece of glass within a
radius of a mile was broken.
The explosion occurred at 8 o'clock j
In the morning. The freight car, one
belonging to the Pennsylvania rail- S
road lines, contained 450 boxes, or j
20,000 pounds, of high explosives con- j
signed to the Rand Powder Co. at !
•Cle'.-field, Tenn. Two causes are as- j
signed for the explosion. One is that!
three parties were shooting at a mark
on the car and that a bullet entered j
the car and caused the explosion. J
The other is that while the oar was j
standing on a side track a carload of
pig iron was switched against it and |
that the impact caused the explosion, j
People here are divided as to the the- i
ories, some going so far as to say J
that they actually saw the men firing
at the car with a rifle.
Jellico is situated on the Tennessee- J
Kentucky line, about 60 niilfs from j
Knoxville, the main business portion !
of the town being on the Tennessee |
line. Two lines of railroad, the South
ern and the Louisville & Nashville,
enter it. The depot of the Southern,
which was located near the scene of
the explosion, was completely wreck
ed. Two hotels, the Glen Morgan and
the Carmathen, were badly wrecked, j
the third story of the latter being j
wholly destroyed. A large number of j
stores and residences were badly
■damaged.
Many people are homeless as a re
sult of the disaster and as almost
■every chimney was destroyed, cook
ing cannot he done in many of the
houses. •
BUSINESS BULLETIN.
The Volume of Domestic Trade Ex
ceeds All Previous Records.
New York. —11. G. Dun &. Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Unseasonably high temperature in
.some sections of the country retarded
distribution of fall goods but, with the
assistance of special sales, reduced
stocks of summer merchandise to a
satisfactory position. High rates for
money have delayed mercantile collec
tions somewhat, and there is still
■complaint regarding the scarcity of
labor, but confidence in the future re
mains unshaken. Preparations for
winter and spring keep machin
ery well employed, large crops
are being secured, and building oper
ations are very heavy.
( The volume of domestic trade is be
yond all records, and foreign com
merce exhibits some striking compari
sons. Total mercrandise exports in
August were valued at about $12,000,
000 more than the same month in
any previous year, and imports rose
$10,000,000 above the preceding record
for August.
Commercial failures this week in
the United States are 200, against 200
the corresponding week lust. year.
Failures in Canada number 16, against
34 last year.
LOSE MONEY AND LIBERTY.
Seven Men Convicted of Peonage are
Sentenced to Pay Fines and
Serve Terms in Prison.
Cape Girardeau, Mo. —The jury
in the Smith Case Friday return
ed a verdict of guilty against Charles
M. Smith and Charles M. Smith, jr..
and five tenants of their farms on the
eleventh count, in the peonage case.
The eleventh count of the 44 indict
ments refers to John Reed, the negro
who was with Roosevelt in Cuba and
escaped from the shack on the Smith
farm by sawing his way through the
floor at night. He was the strongest
negro witness for the government.
Judge Pollock overruled motions for
a new trial and in arrest of judgment
and pronounced sentences as follows:
Charles M. Smith, three years and
six months in the penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., and a fine of $5,-
•000 and costs; Charles M. Smith, jr.,
two years in the penitentiary and a
fine of $5,000 and costs; Hen Stone
and Hen Fields, each one year and six
months and SIOO fine; Lee Rogers and
William Woods, each two years and
six months and SIOO fine; Floyd
Woods, two years and six months and
SIOO fine.
No Contest of Russell Sage's Will.
New York.—The will of Russell
Sage was presented to the
surrogate Friday without contest.
Mrs. Sage intends to give to each of
Mr. Sage's relatives named in the
will an additional sum equal to the
amount of his or her legacy, provided
there is no contest.
Fairbanks Laid the Cornerstone.
Chicago, 111. —Vice President Fair
banks on Friday laid the corner
stone of Chicago's new county build
ing, which when completed is to be
the largest courthouse in the world
MUST BE TRUTHFUL.
New Rules for Labeling Meat Prod
ucts Do Not Permit Any De
ception.
Washington, D. C.—Further rul
ings in connection with the enforce
ment of the meat inspection law, after
October 1, were made public Thurs
day by the secretary of agriculture,
and give an idea of what consumers
are to expect hereafter when purchas
ing meat products, particularly
canned goods. Anything savoring of a
false or deceptive name will not be
tolerated and no picture, design or
device which gives any false indica
tion of origin or quality will be per
mitted upon any label, as for example,
the picture of a pig appearing on a
label placed upon beef products, or
the picture of a chicken upon the
label of a veal or pork product.
Geographical names are allowed to
be used only with the words "cut,"
"type," "brand" or "style," as the
case may be, except upon foods pro
duced or manufactured in the place,
state, territory, or country named.
For instance, "Virginia ham" must be
marked "Virginia style of ham;" "En
glish brawn" must be "English style
brawn;" "Westphalia ham" must be
"Westphalia style ham." The word
"ham" without a prefix indicating the
species of animal is considered by the
department to be a pork ham, but
trimmings removed from the ham and
used in the preparation of potted
meats or sausage, or when used alone,
may be known as "potted ham," or
"ham sausage."
Frankfurter sausage no longer can
be known as such, but must be called
"Frankfurter style sausage."
The rules clearly describe what con
stitutes pure lard, but prescribe that
a substance composed of lard, starin
or other animal fat and vegetable oil
may be labeled "lard compound."
Among the restrictions are the fol
lowing:
"Picnic hams" cannot be called
"hams," but may be called "picnics"
or "picnic shoulders;" "little pig saus
age" may be called "little pork shoul
ders." Extract of beef must be actu
ally made from beef and veal loaf
cannot be called such unless the meat
used is veal only.
The same rules apply to other
canned products, and manufacturers
are warned that the rulings do not ex
empt them from the enforcement of
state laws.
COOLIE LABOR FOR THE CANAL
Bids for Furnishing It Are Submitted
to the Isthmian Canal Commission.
Washington, D. C.—-Proposals were
submitted to the isthmian canal ]
commission Thursday for the furnish
ing of Chinese labor to be employed
in the construction of the Panama
canal. The requirements of the spe
cifications were, in brief, that the con
tractors should agree to supply the
commission with at least 2,500 Chi
nese. the commission having the
privilege of calling upon the success
ful contractor for additional laborers
not, exceeding 15,000. It further was
specified that the laborers should be
on the isthmus ready for work within
three and a half months of the open
ing of the proposals and that the con
tractors should deposit with their
proposals a bond of $50,000 as a guar
antee to faithfully carry out the terms
of the contract.
While the commission has been in
communication with about 350 indi
viduals and corporations who had sig
nified a possible desire to submit pro
posals, only four propositions finally
were offered to the commission. In
the presence of the contractors and
others interested, the propositions
were opened in the room of the com
mission by Leon Pepperman, assist
ant. chief of the office of administra
tion of the isthmian commission.
At the conclusion of the reading of j
the proposals Mr. Pepperman an
nounced that no award would be made
of the contract until the proposals
had been examined by the commission
and its counsel. The proposals were
made for the furnishing of different
classes of labor at a price fixed by the
hour in American gold.
A sample of the proposals submit
ted follows: Common laborers 10
cents per hour; foremen and inter
preters 20 cents per hour; physicians
40 cents per hour; cooks and barbers
15 cents per hour.
Doctors Come to Patrick's Aid.
Albany, N. Y.—Scoffing at the
value of "expert" testimony ren
dered for pay in criminal cases 3,600
physicians in 551 cities of this state
have sent a petition asking Gov. Ilig
gins to reopen the case of Albert T.
Patrick, under sentence of death since
1901 for the murder of the aged mil
lionaire, William Marsh llice. The
petitioners say the testimony of ex
perts is greatly at variance. They
ask the governor to appoint a commis
sion of disinterested experts to ex
amine into the facts and make an
early report, thus avoiding mistake in
executing Patrick.
Corpses are Under the Wreck.
London, Eng. Twelve persons
are known to be dead and 17 were in
jured in the wreck of the Scotch ex
press on the Great Northern railway
at Grantham early Thursday morning,
but it was stated late last night that
there are other bodies under the
wreck, which has not been cleared.
Congressman Hitt Dies.
Naragansett Pier, R. f.—Congress
man Robert R. Hitt, of Illi
nois, died at his summer home here
Thursday. Congressman Hitt came
here last June and since that time he
has been very ill, requiring the con
stant attention of nurses and physi
cians. His age was 72 years. He had
served 13 terms in congress.
Ashore on Trial Island.
Victoria, B. C. —-The steamer City
of Seattle, from Seattle for Alaska, is
ashore on Trial Island, held fast
broadside to tlie shore.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1906.
"All's Well!"
"All's well!" the sentry railed by night—
"All's well!" the echo spoil
Prom out the mountain girded vale
To ramp (Ire's ruddy red.
"All's well!" The sentry paced his beat
With sturdy step and true:
From guard to guard with measured
tread
He strode his vigil through.
And all the night when darkness reigned
He dreamed of one he knew
W as loyal In her love for him
Of one whose eyes were blue!
And as he dreamed he threw erect
His shoulders, broad anil strong,
And vowed to do and die for her
Against the cause of wrong!
War knew no dangers he would shirk,
No fears to pall his heart,
For her he loved, the girl back home,
He vowed the hero's part.
In nestling cot among the hills,
A maiden knelt alone
And prayed the God above to bring
Her lover safely home.
Next Any the Battle God went mad
With blood that vied the sun,
And when the roll was called at night
The iover's race was run.
He died in arms, a hero's death.
His wounds were all In front;
When turned the tide to victory.
He stood the raging brunt!
The,maid he loved, the Rlrl back home,
Is waiting still for him;
A woman gray she waits the call
Of Death, the reaper grim:
"All's well I" And when the cry rings out.
She. smilingly, will nod
And goto meet her hero there
Where "All Is well!" with God!
Mere Man.
Adversity has made many a general.
The best a man can do Is all that's
in him.
Never say fail. Leave that to your
friends.
The man that climbs high must
mind his hold.
The alarm clock has tost many a
man a fortune.
Some men's morals descend as their
fortune ascends.
The golden rule some men live by
Is merely plated.
The man behind the snow shovel
has no hay fever.
It upsets a man terribly to lose his
balance at the bank'.
No man is absent-minded enough to
forget togo to his own funeral.
Many a man has set up the drinks
to be up set, in turn, by the drinks.
It isn't so much where a man parti
his hair as what he has under the
part.
The Diogenes of to-day, hunting for
an honest man, would have his lantern
stolen.
Money was made to be subservient,
toman. To-day man is subservient to
money.
Many men believe honesty pays in
the long run, but they are too fat to
run long.
When a man talks of his own hon
esty we begin slyly to hide our edi
torial scissors.
Many a man might have been saved
from being an anarchist by a liberal
dose of physic.
It is more to a man's credit that he
make his own name than to depend on
his ancestors for it.
It being the custom to pension he
roes, why not provide for the man
who pays his taxes?
When a man cannot make a living
at anything else, it is never too late
to start a newspaper.
The way to the stars is upward.
The man makes no mistake whose am
bitions lead him the same way.
A man seldom puzzles himself long
over the problem of whether he should
stay at home and mow the lawn or go
to the suburbs and play golf.
No man ever started a chain
scheme that carried as far and as
rapidly as that secret he told a dear
friend who promised not to tell.
Man and the Pool.
Oh, Eternity's Realm is a mirrored lake
And the lives of her men are the rings
they make.
See! a stone is thrown out by a careless
hand
And the rings are expanding toward the
land.
How they grow, and they grow, and
then fade from sight
On Eternity's lake in the endless night!
Ah, the pool It is still 'neath the sap
phire sky
And the life of a man is no more for aye!
Joy in Your Heart.
Jest hum a chune as yer pluggin' along;
Joy in yer heart as ye carol yer song!
Sobs only jiggle de load on -yer back!
Doan help ter lighten de weight o' yer
pack.
No sense ter pine er be downcast 'ith
woe;
All folks's got they's own ga'den ter ho#'
Koll up yo' eyes at de heaven o' blue—
This am de glory fer me and fer you!
The Age of Machinery.
We live in the age of machinery.
The thinking, directing mind becomes
daily of more account, while mere
brawn talis correspondingly in value
from clay today. That eccentric phil
osopher, Elbert Hubbard, says in one
of his essays, "where a machine will
do better work than the human hand,
we prefer to let the machine do the
work."
It has been but a few years since
the cotton gin, the "spinning Jenny"
and the power loom displaced the
hand picker, the spinning wheel and
the hand loom; since the reaper and
binder, the lake and tedder, the mow
ing machine took the place of the old
cradle, scythe, pitchfork and hand
rake; since the friction match su
perseded the flint and tinder; since
the modern paint factory replaced the
slab and muller, the paint pot and
paddle.
In every case where machinery has
been introduced to replace hand labor,
the laborers have resisted the change;
and as the weavers, the sempstresses
and the farm laborers protested
against new-fangled looms, sewing ma
chines and agricultural implements,
so in recent times compositors have
protested against type-setting ma
chines, glass blowers against bottle
blowing machines, and painters
against ready mixed paints. And as
in the case of these short-sighted
classes of an earlier day, so with their
imitators of to-day, the protest will
be in vain. It is a protest against civ
ilization, against the common weal,
against their own welfare.
The history of all mechanical im
provements shows that workmen are
the first to be benefited by them.
The invention of the sewing machine,
instead of throwing thousands of wom
en out of employment, increased the
demand to such an extent that thou
sands of women have been employed,
at better wages, for shorter hours and
easier work where hundreds before
worked in laborious misery to eke
out a pitiable existence. It was so
with spinning and weaving n chin
ery, with agricultural implements—in
fact, it is so with every notable im
provement. The multiplication of
books in the last decade is a direct
result of the invention of linotype
machinery and fast presses.
The mixed paint industry, in which
carefully designed paints for house
painting are prepared on a large scale
by special machinery, is another im
provement of the same type. The
cheapness and general excellence of
these products has so stimulated the
consumption of paint that the de
mand for the services of painters has
correspondingly multiplied. Ilefore
the advent of these goods a well-paint
ed house was noticeable from its
rarity, whereas to-day an ill-painted
house is conspicuous.
Nevertheless, the painters, as a
rule, following the example set by
the weavers, the sempstresses and the
farm laborers of old, almost to a man,
oppose the improvement. It is a real
improvement, however, and simply be
cause of that fact the sale of such
products has increased until during
the present year It will fall not far
short of 90,000,000 or 100,000,000 gal
lons.
Hindsight is always better than
foresight, and most ot' 11s who deplore
the short-sightedness of our ancestors
would do well to see that, we do not
in turn furnish "terrible examples" to
our posterity.
Cure for Whooping Cough.
Irwin. Pa. —The "mine cure" for
whooping cough among small children
Is attracting attention in this section,
where the disease is almost epidemic.
In one case a Jeannette father daily
takes his ten-months-old baby girl
down into the Penn mine. He re
mains half an hour, comes to the sur
face for the same space of time, and
again goes down and remains another
half hour. This will be repeated daily
for two weeks. The child has a se
vere case, and from a fit of cough
ing goes into spasms. A Pittsburg
physician recommended the "mine
cure" as the only profitable relief,
From Clyde Fitch's Scrapbook.
Clyde Fitch, at a dinner that he
gave in honor of a noted dramatic
critic, read from his library of scrap
books a western criticism on Hamlet.
The criticism, which was dated 187:3,
ran:
"There is too much chinning in this
piece. The author is behind the times,
and seems to forget that what wa
want nowadays is hair raising situa
tions and detectives.
"In the hands of a skillful play
wright a detective would have been
put upon the track of Hamlet's uncle,
and the old man would have been
hunted down in a manner that would
have lifted the audience out of their
cowhides.
"The moral of the piece is not good.
The scene where Hamlet sasses his
mother is a bad example to the rising
generation.
"Our advice to the author is more
action, more love-making, and plenty
of specialties. The crazy girl scene
should be cut out altogether and a rat
tling good song and dance substitut
ed."
Pension Head Works Saving.
Washington.—Commissioner of Pen
sions Warner has worked economies
in the service which have saved the
government $201,346 during the last
fiscal year. He has reduced the ex
penses of the bureau $92,552, has cut
the expenses of special examiners $60,-
398, of examining surgeons $:i0,000,
has made a saving in salaries and
clerk hire at agencies of $7,242, in
rents and contingent expenses of
agencies, $8,654, and in the examina
tion of pension agents has saved
|2,500.
Wheat in Western Canad
r
A Good Crop of Excellent Quality Has Be'
Raised This Year.
The grain crops estimates from the
Canadian West make a »-pnwo 0 f from
87,000,000 to 115,000,000 .s, and
an accurate statement will be some
where between these figures—prob
ably not far from 90,000,000 bushels.
This year a larger acreage was sown,
estimated at an Increase of from 18
to 20 per cent., and had the average
yield of last year been maintained,
the aggregate would assuredly have
gone considerably beyond the 100,000,-
000 bushel mark. The exceptionally
large influx of settlers was responsible
to a considerable extent for much of
the Increased area, and, there can be
no doubt. Is also responsible for a
part of the decreased average yield.
The first crop raised by the new set
tler —often unacquainted with the
conditions of western agriculture—is
not usually prolific, and 1905-06 placed
a very large number of amateur farm
ers behind the stilts of the plow; but
they will learn, and learn fast, and
with another season or two will help
to raise the average instead of de
pressing it.
Of the estimates to hand, that of
the Northwest Grain Dealers' asso
ciation is the lowest: Wheat, 87,203,-
000 bushels; oats, 75,725,600 bushels,
and barley, 16,980,600 bushels. The
Winnipeg Free Press sent out five
special correspondent!, who returned
-^w—
Wheat and Oat Farms, Elbow Valley, Twelve Miles West of Calg?
after 20 days with a somewhat better
report and gave reasons for the faith
that was in them. They had traveled
all through the spring wheat district;
had driven 1,400 miles through the
grain country, besides traveling thou
sands of miles by rail; and they had
visited 93 localities and knew where
of they spoke. They reported: Wheat,
90,250,000 bushels, on 4,750,000 acres,
with an average yield of 19 bushels
per acre. The western division of
the Bank of Commerce also investi
gated with the following result;
Alberta.
Yield.
Acres, per acre. Bushels.
Whe.lt 141,421 20 2,525,420
Bailey ".">,(,78 30 2,270,340
Oats 322,923 40 12,916,920
540,022 18,015,650
Saskatchewan.
Wheat 1,331,649 22 29,296,278
Barley 41,273 30 1.235.190
Ottts 542,483 40 21,699,320
1,915,405 52.233,758
Manitoba.
Wheat 3,141,537 1 9 r,9,689,203
Barley 474,242 30 14,227,260
Oats 1,155,961 40 46,238,140
4,771,710 120,154.903
Total. Bushels.
Wheat 91.813,900
Oats 50.854.650
Barley 17.735,790
All of which goes to show that a
wheat crop of nearly if not fully 90,-
000,000 bushels may be safely counted
A Still Better Outfit Seven Miles West of Morden.
upon. This is less than was looked
for by some enthusiastic western peo
ple, who maintained that increased
acreage necessarily meant an in
creased aggregate. Still, 90,000,000
bushels of wheat Is 6,000,000 better
than what was looked upon last year
as a good crop, and we do not think
Western Canada has much cause to
feel down In the mouth because the
acme of its anticipations on the wheat
crop may not have been realized.
Taking one year with another, that
country has demonstrated that it can
be depended upon as a great wheat
growing territory, and has to be reck
oned with in the markets of the
world.
The yield in oats has been In
creased this year by nearly 1,500,000
bushels, the aggregate estimate being
75,725.600, with the average at 41.2
bushels to the acre. The estimated
crop of barley is placed at 16,980,600
bushels, which is a slight increase
over the total of last year. Of flax the
estimate given is 690,184 bushels,
which is a material increase upon last
year's figures.
Following are the figures in detail
for wheat, oats, and barley in West
ern Canada for the three years la3t
past:
1903.
Wheat. Oats. Barley.
Manitoba 40.116,87S 35.035J74 8,707.2r,2
Saskatchewan .15,121,015 9,164,007 665,593
Alberta 1,118,180 5,187,511 1,077.274
"56,356,071 47,387,292 10,450.119.
1904.
Manitoba 59,1<!2,458 86,289,179 IL.I
Saskatchewan ,15.!M4,730 10,756,350 112 i
Alberta 786,075 6,000,496 1,0
55,893,268 62,655,125 18,3t
1905. I
Manitoba 95,761,416 46,484,025 14,fr
Saskatchewan .26,107,286 19,213,056 fi
Alberta 2,297,524 9,614,180 I,*
84,166,226 74,111.260 16,'
This year, the lowest returns, a
have stated, are estimated at: "W> i
87,203,000 bushels; oats, 75,725/
and barley at 16,980,600 bushels, w'
is very satisfactory. If not absol
satisfying. To better appreciate
fact, all that Is necessary to do
go back 25 years in ihe historj
Western Canada. At that time '
agricultural product of the w.
country was confined to Manit'
and consisted of 1,00 D,OOO bushel'
wheat, on an acreage of 51,300
1,270,268 bushels of oats. The 112
crop was at that time require i
local purposes, and the export •
was an unknown quantity. T.
allowing nearly 20,000,000 bush
wheat for local consumption aniri
ing, there will be about 70,0(i
bushels for export, which at 70 i
per bushel will bring In outside J"
to the extent of nearly $50,0
The barley and oats exported
good for an additional $25,000,00
the combined amounts, togeth
that received from dairying a
er sources, are bound to make'
cial conditions very easy in th«j
dian West until the next harvf,
tures.
In the last week of August i
of inspection was made along tt
of railway in the wheat area I
Northwest Grain Dealers' assoi
and a number of American grs
perts. What they saw con
them that not only was the <
good average one, but the qua
the grain grown was admitte
the best quality, and more ths
of the visitors stated that al
the yield might luve boen larg
quality could hardly have be
proved. Speaking on this poi'
J. F. Whalley, the well-knowr
man of Minneapolis, said:
"The quality of the crop i
lent, and I think the average)
No. 1 Northern. I was up t
grain men two yaars ago, ai (
very much struck with the i,
ment that has taken place y
two years. The growth is t'
marvelous; there is not a bett'
try in the world than the
Northwest." )
The past few years, in whi
culture has been carried onr
great extent, have brought t j
lem of transportation very i
ly to the front, and there is
development in Manitoba, I 1
wan, Alberta and British ''
Such as has never be !
anywhere. There are a i
over 6,000 miles of rti
operation in that coi j|
a conservative calculate...
lines now in course of ©"
places the extent at 5,000
miles; a large portion of d
be completed during the p: (
This means the opening \?' e
siderably increased agricu'V
and there is every reason !
that in a very few years u
tural wealth of the coun
developed to such an extf,
stead of "A Hundred Mil
Crop" It will not be out '
refer to the crop as "500,0t (
els of wheat for export."
look like drawing the long
present time, but, in the li-J
has been done by Westi;
in the past five or ten ; Jt
is no limit that can be i
what may be done in the
years immediately in fron
lusty young giant of the \Y
An Odious Comparh
"Doesn't Scrubbly look cl
that magnificent, well-dres;
his?"
"I should say so! He l (
bar-tender's shirt-stud besic
i-noor." —Judge.
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