THE CAMERON COUNTY PRFKS
.... . i\nt> V/uriva Si
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866.
VOL. 41.
DEATH'S DOINGS.
ITSWJfu
SCHWEIKART.
The death of Mrs. Philip Sehweikart,
an account of whose death was given
in last week's PRESS, we supplement
with the following facts:
"Mrs. Philip Sehweikart, formerly
Miss Mary Beatrice Miller, was born at
Clear Creek, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1878; only
child of Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Miller.
When only a few years old the family
moved to Buffalo, where she attended
school; studied as a nurse at the creche
Buffalo; after leaving the school she I
served as nurse to a Mrs. Hall; then j
came to Emporium in 1899 as a nurse j
in Hon. Josiah Howard's family; \
served here for reveral years, then left
to take a position in the Lock Haven
hospital, returning to Buffalo, she was
married to Philip Sehweikart at the
Grace M. E. Church, Buffalo, April 7,
1904, after which she came to this
county, where she and her husband
resided until last September, when
they moved to Watoga, W. Va. She
died in the Marlington, W. Va., hospi- |
tal, March 11, 1907. Her remains were
brought to Emporium and funeral
services held at the M. E. Church, last
Thursday afternoon, interment being
made in Newton cemetery.
She is survived by a husband and
little daughter, three weeks old,
mother, grand-mother and aunt, her
father having died many years ago.
Those present from out of town:
Mrs. F. G. Osborne, Ellington, N. Y.,
(mother), Mrs. Georgia Millspaw, Ell
ington, N. Y.,(aunt), Miss May Briehl,
Buffalo, N. Y., and Mr. H. H. Cloyes of
Watoga, W. Va.
Before her death she left her child in
the care of Mrs. Peter Sehweikart of
this place. The child will be brought
here about May Ist. The floral offer
ing were beautiful, especially those of
the Epworth League of M. E. church
also those from Buffalo, Lock Haven
and Emporium friends.
The casket hearers were S. E. Murry, j
F. F. Hilliker, Carl Blair, Julius Ros
Beau, Henry Farr, Ray Husted.
Keep it Mum.
We are reliably informed that the
marriage of Mr. Forrest Pye, as per
advance information in last weed's
PRESS, is a fact. However, us Forrest
wishes the matter kept a profound
secret, we trust that any one who reads
this item will kindly treat it as confi
dential.
Bound for the Park.
MR. EDITOR:—I saw a bear west of
the Mississippi, a few days ago making
his way for the Yellowstone National
Park so that his slumbers would not be
disturbed until spring. It was lame
and the hair all worn off his back. It
must be one of those First Fork or
Carthaus bears they use for hauling
logs.
A. M. BURFIELD.
Pine River, Minn.
Change in Clerks.
Johu M. Bergin, who has very ac
ceptably filled the position of day clerk
in the office of New Warner, left on
Tuesday for Meadville, where he ex
pects to engage in business with his
father. He made many friends here
who regret his leaving. Mr. Chas.
Wenzel, the night clerk is now on day
'• trick" and Carl Mumford former bell
boy, takes the night clerkship. Sylves
ter Ritchie is bell boy.
Petite Marie Hylands, who is the
soubrette of"The Beauty Doctor"
which comes to the Emporium Opera
House, Friday, March 22, ccmbines
cleverness of acting with a dancing
ability far in excess of the ordinary,
and has withal an English dialect which
is very telling in the big musical hit of
the piece, "On a Paper and a Comb,"
which is given by the entire chorus
in coster costume U'ith Miss Hylands as
the bright particular costermongers
girl.
Stock Food, Etc
Ashland Stock Food for horses, cat
tle, 110:49 and sheep, 3 lbs 23c, 7 lbs 50c
25 lt< pail SI.BO. Healing Powder for
horses and cattle. Worm Powder and
Lice Killer for cattle and poultry. For
sale at
HENRY JAEUER'S Harness Shop,
o-4t. Emporium, Pa.
Little globules of sll nshiiic that drive
the clouds away. I> 'Witt s Little Early
Risers will scatter th" gloom of sick head
ache and biliousness. They do not gripe
or sicken, liecomtnendi d and sold here
by I!. ('. Dodson. *
For Sale.
One meat wagon for sale. Call on
Wm. Hackenberg, trustee for Geo. H.
Gross & Co., bankrupt.
If you want a suit that suits, try
BEDARD THE TAILOR. 2-tf.
j The Other Side of the Question.
j To the Editor of the PRESS:
I notice of late there lia-> been a num
ber of articles in the PRESS on mail
order buying, but they have always
been all on one side. Will you kindly
publish the enclosed article which was
published in the Farm and Fireside of
Feb. Ist, showing the other side of the
question:
CIIAS. EDGAR.
MAIL ORDER DISCUSSION.
Mr. N. R. Hicks, of Greene County,
Illinois, sends us the following letter re-
I garding mail order business:
"When our home merchants tell 11s
! that by trading with them we keep our
j money at home, we seldom stop to con
sider how too true this often is. They
should keep at home oniy a legitimate
profit. They tell us they are selling
just as cheap as they can to come out
whole. A [so, most of them tell us they
loss hundreds, and even thousands, of
dollars yearly tlirongh the credit busi
ness.
"From these facts we may form cer
tain conclusions: First, if our mer
chants' books balance on the right side,
we undoubtedly pay for the delinquent
credit man's goods." Second, if they are
selling on cash basis, they should keep
at home only their profit on the goods
sold. The remainder should goto our
wholesale city merchants.
"I recently received a bill of goods
from one of the firms advertising in
Farm and Fireside and was well satis
fied with every article. If your editor
will allow me space, I will give some
plain figures. The goods delivered to
me at my nearest railroad station cost
§l4 39, including everything down to
my stamps. On pricing the goods with
my local merchant I found I had saved
$3.81 clear. I feel as though I can keep
that saving at home just as well as my
; home dealer."
From practical experience Mr. Hicks
has found out some of the reasons for
the marvelous increase in mail order
business. Mail order merchants buy
and sell for spot cash. They have,
therefore, a great advantage over local
merchants who sell on credit. In order
to enlarge their trade the mail order
merchants share the advantage of the
j cash system with their customers, by
i selling them goods at lower prices than
! the local merchants demand. The
credit system necessarily means higher
prices all around than the cash system.
Again, the credit system usually in
] volves bad debts. Un!e« the local
I merchant can make his good customers
pftj encngh«"xtra «-o cover his lossen
| from delinquent customers, be fails in
I business. Cash customers are getting
! tired of paying their local merchants
j for goods delivered to people who don't
j pay. In fact it is contemptible mean
ness for a merchant to saddle his losses
on honest customers who pay for what
they buy. Under such a system of
business, pay customers are up against
the dishonesty of both deadbeats and
of debt-shifting merchants.
Of course, the local merchants are up
in arms against the mail order houses,
parcels post and new conditions that
tend to relieve cash customers of the
double bnrden imposed on them under
the credit system. Under this system,
! honest castomers feel that they are
actually being cheated, and they are
more than justified in buying where
they can save money to keep at home
where it belongs—in their own pockets.
J. C. BARNETT.
Married.
Forrest Pye has finally come to the
captain's desk and owned up that he
I was married at Olean, N. Y., by the
| pastor of the Luthern Church, March
2d, to Miss Elsie Morrison, daughter of
Mr. Clarence Morrison, an excellent
West Creek youug lady. Forrest is
electrician with the Eastern Dynamite
i Co., industrious and steady. Here's to
: your health—may your troubles be
few.
■j Attention K. O. T. M.
j The Review to be held by Tent No.
( ! 46, on first meeting night in April,
, j will elect the delegate to the Dissrict
( | Convention which meets at Emporium
| May 18th. Let there be a full attend
, ance.
Easter Millinery.
Mrs. E. S. Coppersmith will have her
| Easter llats on exhibition this Friday
and Saturday. Come and see. Prices
.; to suit all.
E. S. COPPERSMITH.
Harry Bewley, who i>lays the part of
; Solomon Cohen in"The Beauty
Doctor," is one of the cleverest of the
• parody singers of the day. To show
his wonderful ability, he writes all the
: j parodies he sings, himself, adding to
■ the strength of his specialty. Em
porium Opera House, Friday, March 22.
Postponed.
1 The Directors Convention has been
. postponed to Saturday, March 30tli, nt
Court House,
' , Subscribe for the PRESS, and read
the county news.
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."—WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1907.
Another Big Explosion
6 Men Blown to Moms
j
Emporium Powder Co's
Mixing House Again
Goes Up.
I At 2:10 o'clock, yesterday afternoon J
i the mixing house of Emporium Dyna- j
! mite plant, situated on West Creek,
j about two miles west of Emporium,
! went up in smoke killing six men and ;
' injuring many others.
The amount of "dope" in the mixing
j room, in addition to the glycerine, is j
placed at 2,500 pounds. The report
was sharp and heard for many miles, j
The great smoke was caused by the !
building firing the soda house. The
excitement, of course, was great, ow-I
ing to the telephone connection being ;
broken. Many false reports were cir
culated. J. W. Norris drove to the
scene and brought t lie first correct re
port.
THE DEAD.
Chas. Eckles, age 25, from Penns
boro, W. Va.
Jas. Thomas, ago 24, a native of Em
porium. The young man was foreman j
of the powder line and went into the!
mixing house when the explosion oc
curred.
John Mauder, aged 28, who came [
here from Ridgway.
Tony Monico,
Valentine Monico,
Jos.Dominie,the last three being Ital
ians.
A horse that was attached to the
! dope car was also blown to atoms.
INJURED.
Miss Mary Garvin, clerk iu the offije
at works, cut in face by flying glass.
Frank Glazel, severly cut on head,
i while escaping from paek'ng room,
j He was treated by Dr Bard well.
Fred Ostrum, teamster, was stand
j ingon his wagon, sixty feet from the
! mixing house when the explosion took
place. He was thrown under his
wagon, escaping injury. His horses
were thrown, uninjured except being
stone deaf, as was also the teamster.
Of course the cause of the explosion
will never be known, none being left
to tell the story.
The Company will repair the damage
and expect to have the mixing house
and machinery in place for work with
in two weeks.
The funeral of Jas Thomas, will be
held from St. Marks Church, to-morrow
(Friday; at nine a. m. The deceased
was a quiet unassuming young man
and of great help to his widowed
mother, Mrs. Jas. Thomas. He was a
member of A. O. H., and also of the
Citizens Hose Co. The balance of the
victims were all strangers and no
doubt have dear friends who will
mourn their untimely death.
Emporium has indeed been sorely
afflicted. These deaths make, we
think, 27 deaths from explosions with
in two years. The causes are not ac
counted for and possibly never will be
known.
The fragments of the six men, gath
ered together are now at B.
Egan's undertaking rooms, the tuner
j als possibly taking place on Friday.
! The directors of Emporium Powder
! Co., met this morning and took prompt
i action to inform the friends of deceas
i ed men.
Sad, indeed, are these horrible catas
i trophes, and the PRESS hesitates tore
; port only the facts.
What it Costs to Run a Church.
Last Sunday evening Rev. N. E
; Cleaver, pastor of Methodist Episcopal
church read a statement to his congre
gation, giving the amount paid for the
conference year, for support of pastor,
bishop, presiding elder, and the vari
ous benevolent enterprises of the
church, which amounted to something
over ?3,000. In addition to the above
the Ladies Aid Society raised §415.
Will Philbrick, who is the principal
comedian of"The Beauty Doctor"
which comes to the Emporium Opera
House, Friday, March 22, has the best
singing voice of any of the comedians
now in musical comedy, to which he
adds a versatility that allows him to
sing topical songs, "straight song," and
j makes him one of the best singers on
the American stage.
Norris' Livery on Fire.
Early lant Friday morning, about
four o'clock, Ray Robinson, night hos
tler in J. W. Norris' livery stables was
| awakened from his slumbers by the
I pawing of the horses and discovered
\ the barn to be on fire. He rushed to
the fire whistle and gave the alarm,
which soon brought out the fire depart
ment. By hard work the horses, fif
teen in number, were finally gotten
out, but not until two or three were
seriously burned. John A Johnston's
I horse that was boarded there, was ter
| ribly burned before it could bo remov
ed. The loss on building and contents
!is about SI,OOO. Loss covered by in
surance. The cause of the fire was un
doubtedly of incendiary origin. The
j fiend who set fire to the barn
knowing the danger to the lives of
: the poor dumb animal?, should be elec
trocuted if detected.
Marvin Boy Not Produced Thus
Far.
EKIE. PA., March 19—Despite the
high hopes created by the positive
statements of A. P. Howard, a lawyer,
that he can at any minute lay hands
upon Horace Marvin, Jr., the kidnap
ed Delaware boy, the authorities have
not been able so far to secure the child.
In verification of his story Howard to
night said he would be produced as
i soon as Dr. Marvin arrives.
Five Pinkerton men this evening
searched the building in which Howard
| has his office, but to no avail. Chief of
Police Wagner and the detectives then
secured an audience with Howard and
he was put through the third degree to
night, but he would not divulge infor
mation other than that he would pro
j duce the boy when the proper parties
arrived here to complete the identiflca
i tion. He said he has taken proper
precaution to prevent the boy's disap
pearance or the escape of those who
have him directly in charge, and in
sisted upon an inc , .emni"ying bond in
! the sum of §IO,OOO before he will give
| him up.
New Saw Filer.
I J. Vine Hanscom, for many years
! employed in Barclay Bro's mill at Sin
namahoning, has contracted withC. B.
Howard Company, at this place, com
mencing Monday morning. Mr.
Mason, "Old Reliability" has decided
ito try a rest on his N. Y., farm. We
dislike to have him leave us, for he has
; proven himself a gentleman in every
way. Mr. Mason lias been in the C. B.
| Howerd Co., employ for five years this
April. Mr. Hanscom is well and favor,
able known to most of our people, a
jolly good fellow and No. 1 filer,
j Mr. Hanscom will keep Mr. Joe Bou
tain as filer, the same as Mr. Mason
■ did. There is no better help than Mr.
: Boutain, who is a first class filler on
I any kind of saws—band or round.
Wreck at Tunnel Hill Bridge.
A rear end collision occurred just
i east of Tunnel Hill bridge Tuesday
I morning between two east bound
freight trains. The cabin and rear car
i of the first train caught fire and jvere
' totally destroyed. The engine and
four cars on the socond train were
J quite badly wrecked. Fortunately no
one was hurt. Traffic was delayed
! about seven hours.
Theatorium Entertainment.
C. E. Decker and other St. Marys
, business men, commencing this week,
will conduct, at the opera house a
I Theadorium entertainment. Continu
ed performance. Admission 5c and
j 10C
Easter Flowers.
Of all kinds. Potted Plants, Lilies,
Hyderangia, Hyacinths. Also out
flowers, roses, carnations, etc. Leave
| orders at store.
5-2t. JOHN SCHLKCHT.
"* *"""
Flowers and Plants.
Mrs. Frank M. Overhiser will sell
potted plants for Easter day. Will al
! so receive orders for cut flowers for
j Easter and Easter ball. 5-lt.
Piano Tuning.
W. B. White, of Warren, Pa., will be
j in Emporium on Wednesday, March
! 20th. Tuning orders will be received
I at Lloyd's stationery store. 4 2t
For Sale.
Buff Wyandotte Eggs for hatching,
i Satisfaction guaranteed.
5-tf. CIIAS. A. NEWTON,
Base Ball.
The base ball meeting held at City
Hall, Thursday evening, March 14th,
was well attended and much interest
taken.
The meeting was called to order by
John Cummings, who is never weary
in his efforts to keep the great Ameri
can game rolling in Emporium.
Moved by John Cummings, second
ed by J. Farrell. that E. D. Mumford
act as chairman. Carried.
Moved by W. Clark, seconded by
Geo. Narbey, that 11. T. Overturf act
as secretary. Carried.
The purpose of this meeting was to
find out if it is possible for Emporium to
maintain a ball team in the Tri-County
League, composed of Kane, Johnson,
burg, Ridgway, St. Marys and the other
to be Emporium.
After the workings of this League
was explained by the Chairman is was
moved by John Cummings, and sec
onded by Jos. Gayney, that Emporium
accept the proposition. Carried.
Moved by Jos. Gayney, seconded by
Ed. Ashbaugli, that a committee of
three be appointed to canvass the town
and solicit all financial help possible.
Carried.
Moved by John Cummings, second
ed by O. Hemphill, that a committee of
four, namely,Geo. Narby, Jos. Gayney,
Ed. Ashbaugh and Clyde Fisher, see
the managers of opera house as to hold
ing a ball, for benefit of ball team.
Carried.
On motion the meeting adjourned
until Friday night, March 22nd, when
a meeting will be held to elect mana
ger and captain and the fixing of the
grounds. invited to at
tend this meeting.
R. T. OVERTURE, Sec'y.
Dancing Academy.
Lock Haven Express.
Miss Stella Übil, eldest daughter of
Mrs. Margaret Übil of this city left on
Friday for Emporium where she will
conduct a select children's dancing
class. Miss Übil was induced to em
bark in the venture through the influ
ence of Mrs. Josiah Howard, one of the
society leaders of Emporium who will
chaperon the little folks. The assem
blies will be held in the public library
building.
The people of Emporium are fortun
ate in securing the services of Miss
Uoil who is profiTent in the graceful
art of dancing, having been a pupil of
some of the best dancing masters in
the profession.
The young people's dancing class is
not an entirely private affair, as many
seem to think. It is open to all child
ran wishing to learn to dance. The
charges are twenty:flve cents a lesson,
and the class meets every Friday even
ing in the hall in the rear of the read
ing room.
NOTES OF INTEREST.
Watch Bedard's window for lates
Spring suitings. 2-tft.
Get busy! Goto Bedard the Tailor,
for your spring suit. 2-tf.
Board and room with use of bath for
two young men. Inquire; J. Newton.
For Catarrh, let me send you free,
just to prove merit, a Trial size Box of
Dr. Shoop's Catarrh Remedy. It is a
snow white, creamy, healing antiseptic
balm that gives instant relief to Catarrh
of the nose and throat. Make the free
test and see. Address Dr. Shoop,
Racine, Wis. Large jars 50 cents.
Sold by all dealers.
Those who saw "The Beauty Doctor"
will find on its visit to the Emporium
Opera House, Friday, March 22, that
many new and varied numbers both of a
singing and dancing nature, have been
added to the lot of good things served
up by the Beauty Doctor when last she
held open house. Manager Wright an.
nounces this year "The Beauty Doctor"
as the "second edition", and promises
some big special numbers that are hits
of magnitude. "Myron Brown, Fare
well," sung by Will Philbrick, the prin
cipal comedian of the show, aided by
the pretty chorus, and many other
features will be seen.
A visit of"The Beauty Doctor," Fred
E. Wright's big musical comedy, is to
be made at the Emporium Opera
House, Friday, March 22, and the in
dications are that this really funny
musical comedy will be given a ready
welcome. Manager Wright's term for
this season's play is the "second edi
ition" of"The Beauty Doctor," and a
great many changes in the way of new
musical numbers, new faces and new
comedians is promised, while all the
prime favorites of last season have
been retained.
Notice L. O. T. M.
All members of L. O. T. M.. are re
quested to be present at regular review
next Tuesday night. For the purpose
of transacting special business.
MABEL I. HEMPHILL, R. K.
fERMS; $2.00 —$1.50 xx Advanc*-..
the w rath e u .
FRIDAY, Showers.
SATURDAY , Showers.
SUNDAY, Fair.
ASSETS
First National Bank,
EMPORIUM, PA.
At tlio close of business March 2C 1907
$818,099.04.
Without « little money and credit at (he im.-ih
you may be compelled to decline (he ot'.c greil
opportunity of your life for getting into a pn>: t
able business of your own.
Interest paid on certificate of deposit.,.
DR. LEON REX FELT,
DENTIST.
Rockwell Block, Emporium, Pa,
Opera House,
FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 22
Look! See Who's Here?
Fred E. Wright's Big Musical Fun Sho-»
"The Beauty
Doctor"
The one show that makes 'em laugh.
The bran new up to date edition, re
plete with new music, sensational
specialties, new costumes and nej?
dancing numbers.
The cast better thau ever, but still
headed by that awfully fanny come
dian,
WILL PHILBRICK
and the cutest of soubrettes
MARIE HIGHLANDS
AND
30— —OTHERS- 3D
Prices, SI.OO, 75c, 50c and 25c.
Seats on snle at H S Lloyd's.
SENATOR COCHRAN'S STORY
OF HIS PENSION IKURt
Lycoming Man Credited VVitr.
Accomplishing an Unusual
Thing in the Senate.
J. Henry Cochran, of Williamapoit
has the reputation on Capitol Hill Of
being the most modest and unassuming
of the older members of the senate, and
he did what no other member of that
body has ever been able to do when he
obtained the passage, with only one dis
seating vote, of his bill providing a
pension of $5 to $lO a month, for the
Pennsylvania soldiers and sailors a 1
the Civil war. This bill is a copy Qf
the law now in force in the senator's
notice state of Maine, except that those
who are entitled to a pension are paid
through the county offices, while h»
this state it is proposed to pay through
the state officials. When the bill was
under consideration in the senateSena
tor Cochran told the following story in
explanation of what prompted him to
introduce the measure:
"I was up in Maine hunting List fal3
and one man I met there from the old
town where I lived I knew when I wa'tr
a boy in Williamsport. He was work
ing on the streets to earn a living, in
addition to the pension he received
from the government. I said to liim.
"Jim, how does it come you are over
here? Isn't this a pretty poor place for
a man to live in?'
' 'Not forme,' he said, 'because the
state of Maine, a couple of years ago.
passed a pension bill to permit all the
soldiers living in the state who served
in the Civil war, to have a tension
from §5 to $lO a month.'
"Now that is where I got the idea 02
this bill," said the senator, 'and
think it is a shame if Pennsylvania
does not do the same for her soldiers.'
Easter Opening.
We will have on display a large as
sortment of flue pattern hata and
novelties Wednesday and Thursday,
and invite the public to come and sec
them.
LITJLATIA,
5-2t. 2nd door east of Post Office.
"Preventics" will promptly check a
cold or the Grippe when taken early or
at the "sneeze-stage". Preventios curt
seated cold as well. Preventics are
little candy cold cure tablets, and Dr
Shoop, Racine, Wis , will gladly mai'
you samples and a book on Colds free
if you will write him. The samples
prove their merit. Check «iarly Golds
with Preventics and stop Pneumonia 1
Sold in 5c and 25c boxes b> all dealer*.'
C. B, Howard & Co., have the our
largo stock of shingles in tbe county a'
the present time. RED CEDAR frorr
the Pacific Coast and WT. :tf • rda R
from Wisconsin.
NO. 5.