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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
IRON BUSINESS LEADS.
Demand for Finished Products
is Unprecedented.
WOOL AND COTTON ADVANCE
Exports of wheat and Corn are Very
Large and the Price Of the Last
Named Cereal Has Steadily Ad-
vanced During the Past Week.

New York. Dec 17.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
December is adding a surprising close
to the most surprising year of Amerl-
can history. November surpassed all
other months of the century in volume
of business and production. and thus
far December is doing even better in
payments through clearing houses, in
railroad earnings, in foreign trade, in
output of pig iron. in activity and
strength of securities. But that is
saying great deal, for in all these
and other tests November was far the
best month of American financial his
tory.
Not only is the iron output the
greatest ever known, but it has in
creased 22H per cent. since 1892, when
the greatest monthly record then ever
known was made. and Bcssemer pig
was selling for S14.1j at Pittsburg.
but until the middle of November sold
at $1O.1O this year. 1t has since risen
with enormous demand and sales to
S1O.55 there, but the Chicago market
is also strong, with sales of 100000
tons. besides $4,000 tons of biIlets.
With scarcity of pig iron feared both
east and west there is as yet no rise
whatever in finished products.
Steel rails are quoted at $17 per ton
at the east. although the Lackawanna
Co. has taken orders for 100000 tons
at the west. both the Pittsburg and
Chicago works being sold far ahead,
while Chicago has pending bid for
200 900 tons deliverable in two years
in ASatic Russia. In other lines the
demand for finished products is of the
same surprising magnitude, especially
in plates and in sheets.
The WOODEN industry also comes to
the front with very extensive pur-
chases of wool. helped by material
concessions at Boston. so that sales
at the three chief markets have been
17,9GS.100 pounds. \ much improved
demand for goods has started many
mills long idle, and the prospects for
the next season with wool at more
reasonable prices have improved.
No man can say that the advance in
cotton, with a strong milling demand
at home. due to orders for goods
which lift prices generally a little. is
not warranted in view Of the heavy ex-
port trade. The foreign demand is in
eXplicable. The exports of wheat con-
tinue heavy.
The corn movement is the most as
tonishing feature of the business, eX-
ports for three weeks being 7.1s7 ,3O2
bushels, against 6,326, ,S94 bushels last
year. and the price has advanced one
cent for the week.
Failures for the week have been 261
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
FULLY ExONERATED.
Charges Made Against Deputy Nar-
shaIs in Connection with an Indian
Outbreak are Proven False.

Washington, Dec 15.-Shortly after
the outbreak of hostilities on the part
of the Leech Lake Indians, which oc-
Cured in October last, charges were
made against deputy marshals in Min
nesota of misconduct in connection
with the prosecution of criminal cases
against Indians. The secretary of the
interior and the attorney general or
dcred that a joint investigation should
be made into the charges and Cyrus
Beede, an Indian inspector, and Will
liam Meyer an examiner of the de
partment of justice, were appointed to
proceed to White Earth reservation in
Minnesota and determine what truth
there might be in the charges.
Beede and Meyer have filed their re-
ports with the secretary of the inte-
rior and the attorney general. They
entirely eXonerate the deputy mar
shals from all charges of misconduct.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
REV. LYMAN ABBOTT.
An Example of the Freedom of tho
American Pulpit.
For Ten Years He Succeeded in
Sustaining the Prestige of Ply
mouth Church, Made Famous
by Henry Ward Beecher.

For some 40 years the most famous
pulpit in America was that of Henry
Ward Beecher in Plymouth church,
Brooklyn. For the last ten years DR..
Lyman Abbott has filed that pulpit,
and to al unexpected degree has main
tanned its distinction. And this has
been the more remarkable from the
fact that during all this time he has also
been the chief editor of one of the fore
most religious newspapers in the coun-
try, formerly the Christian Union, now
the Outlook. DR.. Abbott is no doubt
wise in his decision not to attempt
longer to carry the twofold burden.
1t hardly needed the doctor TO explain
to him that, at his time of life, he was
using up his vital energies faster than
nature supplied them.
DR.. Abbott, says the Chicago Tribune,
has been conspicuous instance of the
fl eedom of the American pulpit. What
ever anyone's religious views no one
nquestion the educational and moral,
as well as religious, power of the pulpit
in this country. 1t is not the power of
the priest, but that of The preacher. In
this respect our country has been total
ly different from Spain, for instance. or
Italy, or even France. From the begin
ming of American history the preacher
has had his place; place on the whole
we'll at the front along all the lines that
make for progress. There have, it is
true, been some spicy heresy trials now
and then, and yet these have often
been more IN the interest of honesty
than of bigotry, on the score that the
church or congregation preserved some
rights and might claim some freedom
of its own as well as the preacher.
Plymouth pulpit under Beecher was
a power in the land for freedom, for
justice, for humanity, which the his
torian of Che period will be sure to
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22

Women should study the meaning of
color when they choose their gowns
There is "A morality in color as there
is in perfume and some of us are
learning to make our costumes psychic
The great Duse expresses every degree
of emotion, passion, love and evil by
the color of her gowns and the luster
or the dullness of the gems she wears
Pernhardt will put no diamonds in her
hair or on her throaC. She says they
take fire from the eyes, fairness from
the skin and brightness from the hair
and lips. Women of the twentieth CEN
tury will choose their gowns with a
IN IRE intellectual appreciation of what
is expressed in brown and gray and
black and blue, which color a great
artist once said was the most beauti-
full thing in the world.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22

Washington, Dec. 17.-At yester
days meeting of the senate commit
tee on privileges and elections the
charge of bribery against Senator
Hanna made by the Ohio state senate
in connection with that senator's ele
tion to his present term of office, was
discussed and referred to a sltb-com-
mittee consisting of Senators Hoar,
Spooner and Turley. The sub-com-
mittee will investigate the question
and decide how far ii is necessary to
90 into the matter. The charges were
filed during the last session of con-
UreSS.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22

San Francisco, Dec. 17.-The steam.
er Gaelic has arrived from Honolulu
and brings the following news: Three
candidates are mentioned for the gov
crnorship of the islands. They are
s. NJ. Damon. Harold NJ Sewall and
President Dole. y petition is being
circulated among the natives praying
President Mckinley not to appoint to
the position OF governor any person
connected with the recent revolution
in the island. Another petition is
about to be circulated asking France
TO interfere with the present govern
ment and to restore thc monarchy.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
POISON IN THE SWEETS.
Dsmaging Evidence Given I'm the Hot.
kin TrlaI-themists and Druggists
Tell Their stories.


San Francisco De-. 15.-The trial of
Mrs. Botkin is becoming more inter
esting. Wednesday was cold and
stormy, but a large crowd was in court.
Thomas Price, the analytical chem
list of this city who examined some of
the candy sent to Mrs Dunning, was
the first witness called. Prof. Price
stated that he received eight samples
of the candy from Chief of Police
Lees on September - and that his
analysis showed an aggregate amount
of IS grains of arsenic in the candy
submitted to him. He described the
different forms of arsenic. DR.. Wolf,
the chemist from Dover, Del. was re-
called and asked if he had ever heard
of arsenic being used for bleaching
straw hats. He replied in the negative.
This question was asked for the reason
that Mrs. Botkin admitted shortly
after her arrest that she had purchased
some arsenic to bleach her hat.
Frank Gray, a druggist, furnished
important information regarding the
purchase of the arsenic by Mrs Bot
kin. He said that on June 1st Mrs.
Botllin. whom he knew slightly, called
upon him for some arsenic and averred
that she wished it for the purpose of
bleaching a straw hat. Gray recon-
mended several other articles. But
Mrs Botllin said she was familiar with
arsenic and preferred it. Gray made
the entry on the poison book indiCat-
ing the use to which it was to be sub
jccted. lie entered the name on the
book as Mrs. Bothin."
David Green, a druggist empl Dyed in
another store, failed to positively
identify Mrs. Botllin as the woman
who purchased some arsenic from him,
though he said she was short and
stocky. This description fits Mrs. Bot
kin.
Mrs. Sylvia Heney, saleswoman for
George Haas * Sons. candy makers
and retailers, was the most important
witness. She identified some of the
candy sent to Mrs. Dunning as being
from the stock of her employers. She
identified the box and explained that
she did not quite fill it. at the request
of the purchaser, who said she wished
to add some to the box. Mrs. Heney
identified a seal used by the firm and
said that the purchaser appeared eX-
tremely nervous during the whole
transaction. Mrs ieney's identifca-
tion was not positive. but she qualified
it by saying that she believed that
Mrs. Botkin was the person who
bought the candy.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22

Carlinville. H.. Dec. II. State At
torney Vaughn is arranging to prose-
cute all the persons indicted for par
ticipation in the Nirden riot. The cases
will come up at the January term of
court. The miners charged with sim
pie rioting will he allowed to plead
guilty and escape with minimura fines.
The indictments of Gov. Tanner for
omission of duty; of Manager Lukens
and the Thiel guards charged with
manslaughter. and of those charged
with the attempt to kill j. f. Eyster,
will be taken to trial.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
WAS ILL FOR FIVE DAYS.
Made Himself Noted as a Poll
tician and Railway King.
A SKETCH OF HIS CAREER
Had Been Chairman of the National
Democratic Committee and Was a
Prominent Factor I'm Number OF
Great Enterprises.

New York. Dec. 16.-EN-Senator
Calvin 5. Brice died at BIS p. M.
Thursday at his residence in this city,
of pneumonia. lie contracted Sc
we're cold week ago. On Friday last
he took to his bed and on Monday his
physician said pneumonia had devel-
oped. Everything known to medical
science was done to save him. but he
grew steadily worse. Mr.. Brice was
deIirious for - hours before his
death.
Washington, Dec. 16.-Calvin 5,
Brice was a native of Denmark, o.,
and was born September Il, 1915. He
was the son of a Presbyterian minis
ter. Three years before the civil war
he entered Miami university, but in
1861 he enlisted in a university com
pany for the war. He served in West
Virginia in the Eighty-siXth Ohio in
fantry. In 1868 he graduated from
the university and after teaching
school a few months he became cap
tain of a company in the One Hun
dred and Eighth OhiO and served to
the end of the war. He then went to
Ann Arbor (Mich) law school and
afterwards was admitted to the bar
il Cincinnati
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
CALNIN S. RRICE.

lie took an active interest in poll
ties and in the campaign Of 1876 he
was an electoral candidate on the Til.
den ticket and again on the Cleveland
ticket in 1854. In 1883 he was a dele
gate-at-large to the democratic ma
tional convention at st. Louis, where
the Ohio delegation chose him as a
member of the national committee
He was chairman of the executive
committee during the 1855 campaign
and on the death of w. II. Barnum
was elected chairman of the demo
cratic national committee. In the
winter of 1890 Mr.. Brice was elected
United States senator to succeed
Henry B. Payne and took his seat
March 4. 1891.
In the senate Mr.. Brice became a
prominent figure. He was soon made
member of the democratic steering
committee and became also a member
of the committee on appropriations
Mr. Rrice seldom spoke in the senate
but was Il close observer OF everything
hat was going on and WAS always
deep in the councils Of the party.
Mr.. Brice served six years in the
-i'l.ttF. lf'lNp SlHtftNfl DN -. ! pl 20
akcr. In WashingtcN he occupied the
Corcoran house and gave lavish en-
tertainments Since his retirement
from the senate he occupied himself
for the most part with business af-
fairs in New York.
Until the democratic party adopted
free silver as cardinal principle Mr..
Brice was the leader in his party in
Ohio. but after that he did not take
an active part in politics.
He was admired for his business
and political skill and for his abound
ing good humor. which never left him
on any occasion.
He was largely interested in railway
enterprises. was rated a millionaire
and of late had been one of the chief
members of a syndicate with large
railroad and other concessions in
China. He leaves wife and several
grown children.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
THEY GO SCOT FREE.
Spanish Officers who Shot Cubans I'm
Havana's streets are Not Arrested.

Havana, Dec. 15.-American observ-
ers of the violent scenes enacted here
on Sunday night sympathize with the
Cuban population over the killing of
three persons and the wounding of Is
others by Spanish soldiers. Neverthe-
less the American military men are un.
able to do more than they have done in
securing safe transportation for prom
inent Cubans to Marianao and in pre-
venting all arrests excepting those of
three youngsters who, however, were
afterwards released.
The shooting was nearly all done by
Spanish officers. Some of the shots
were fired during the conflict at ag-
gressive Cubans, but most of them
were fired at retreating Cubans. None
of the officers implicated have been
brought to account by their superiors
1t is asserted that the feeling in the
Spanish army is one of pleasure that
the Cubans gave the Spaniards the op-
portunity to kill few of them.
The first arrivals of American troops
and dissolution of Spanish sovereignty
on all sides in Havana increase the
Spanish bitterness here. The only
safety of the Cubans is in their re-
naming patient for a week or two
longer until the Seventh army corps
shall have arrived. The American offi
GERS urge the Cuban leaders to counsel
silence and dself-suppression for awhile,
as fire brand CubanS cannot be pro-
tected, even by the moral influence OF
the American representatives.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
Denomination of France,

The returns of the census for France
which was taken in March, 1897, have
now been published and compared with
the statistics of the previous census,
taken six years before. A year ago
the number of people in France was
2S, ,2sS ,969, and at the 1891 cersus it was
38,0o5, ,15O so that in the six years the
population of France had only in
creased by 3,819 persons. And even
this trifling increase is more apparent
than real, for it has taken place en-
tirely in the large towns and is due to
the influx of foreigners. such as Bel
giaIs and Italians, who are to be found
in increasing numbers among the ur-
han population of France.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22

obstructing much of the light. The
curtain is a combination of chintz and
china silk; the latter is fastened in
Plaits, one over the other. to the right
hand corner of the window, and then is
draped down in loop and thrown over
the righthand end OF the curtain rod,
with the graduated ends left hanging,as
in the sketch. The end is trimmed with
a band of guipure or eastern embroid-
cry. On the other side the chintz is
draped and tied with ribbon to match
the pattern. Under this drapery the
muslin curtains are hung.-N. Y. Trlb-
uue.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
A REJUVENATED BELT.

proceeded to make her dye stuff. By
weakening the dye she could producs
light shades and dark shades, such az
light blue and dark blue; pink and redI
sage green and leaf green, lavender and
purple. One by one she dipped the belts
in the different dyes and hung them up
10 dry. The next day she had the pret@
test assortment of colored belts to be
found anywhere. Finally she attached
handsome clasps, some of which We're
preserved from the summer, and she is
now prepared in the belt line for tho
winter SeaSOn.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22

Company dessert is difficult; you
want something thaIis easy to prepare,
quick TO obtain and very decorative, and
al the same time new. Here is some
thing which only the epicureans have
tasted. Five minutes before your des-
sert goes to the table open jar of pre-
served pears. whole and sweet. Get a
quart of vanilla ice cream frozen very
hard. Lay spoonful of cream on an
fee cream plate, bury the pear in the
ice cream and cover over with another
scoop of cream. The pear will be out
of sight until il is discovered in the cool
recesses of this delightful dessert.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
National Guardsmen.s Convention.

Chicago. Dec. l5.-NearIy every state
and territory in the Union was repre-
sented yesterday at the second annual
convention of the Interstate National
Guard association. The convention
was called for the purpose of consider
ing plans for bettering the condition
of the national guard and to take steps
toward cementing the relations of the
regular army and the militia of the
various states, and was attended by
many officers of volunteer troops who
served during the war with Spain. as
well as several officers of the regular
army. Nearly 200 delegates were
present.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
The Women of Belgium.

No one can travel in Belgium with
out being struck by the extraordinary
activity and prominence of the women.
Over the doors of shops of all descrip-
tons. the name of the owner or owners
is Frequently followed by "Soeurs" or
"Neuve." You find them proprletors OF
hotels and restaurants. They are often
custodians of the churches. They are
employed to tow the boats along the
canal banks. They cut up the meat in
the butchers shops, and they are even
to be noticed shoeing horses at the
forge
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22

"Children," says physician, should
be taught the use of a napkin to wipe
the mouth frequently while eating, for
hygienic as well as tidy purposes. Cold
sores. common with some children. are
often the result of careless eating moro
than anything else. A trained nurse un-
derstands well the necessity of keeping
the corners of PATIENTS mouth clean
while feediTg-children ought to be
taught how and why they should do
likewise"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22

make much account of. If there was d
square rod of freedom in America
where genius, the genius of incom-
parable eloquence, g!oried in its liber-
ty, and in its opportunity, and its occa-
sions, it was in that Brooklyn pulpit.
That Lyman Abbott has been able to
sustain for decade longer the prestige
of that pulpit has been greatly to his
credit. Ardent enough in his loyalty
to his predecessor, he has been content
to be himself and try to Go his best in
his own way. For purity of style, sim
plicity of manner, virility and lucidity
of statement, his utterances. whether by
pen or voice. have been excellent mod.
els. Some may think his judgment not
infallible, his logic not always con-
elusive, his orthodoxy metimes
mixed and intermittent, but his gen
erous synnpathies, his alertness to the
opportunity and the duty of the hour
md withal his fine fearlcssness in ad.
vocating whatever course seemed to
him to be right and for the time most
urgent, have made for him innumera bic
friends in all parts of the country.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
CURTAIN DRAPERIES.
A Graceful Design That Has the Ad-
vantage of Not Obstructing
Much Light.

Now that summer is over the winter
home becomes the important ques-
ton, and curtains especially call for
attention and renovation. Window
drapery is always difficult matter for
an amateur to handle successfully, but
nothing adds more to the charm of a
room than a pretty window. The ac-
companying design is graceful and has
the advantage in dark room of not
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
sI:5,OOO,OOO for Pensions.

Washington, Dec. 15.-The pension
appropriation bill reported to the
house yesterday carries $145, 333, $50,
being $4,000, 900 more than carried by
the current act, due to the increase in
pension disbursements, which rose
from S139, 949, sl7 in 1897 to S144,G51, SO
in 1S9S The total number of pension
erS on the rolls is 993 IA.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
SUPERFLUOUS WORK.
How Some Women Waste Thcte
Strength and Make Everybody
In the House eUncomfOrtabIe.

There are some people with such q
strong instinct for cleanliness that
they will use up all the time and
strength they have in all varieties of
supertiuous duties. There are certaiH
articles which are just as valuable and
just as useful after they have become
oXidiZed by exposure as they were be-
fore. No one expects to have the brass
ornaments on trunks or on many other
such utilitarian articles secured and
kept as bright as they were in the shop
in which they were purchased. There
are women who Scour the "brasses"
on trunks and on all variety of objects,
- such women are certainly wasting
ZINE. A woman whose house is so clean
that it seems in the perfection of order
and neatness, if she finds time to look
for things out of Crder, will often do
some such sfIiseless thing as scour
brasses on trunks. There are many
other ways of occupying time with
equally supel elfluous work. Trimming
on the plain. everyday underwear of
little children is equally superb lous.
1t requires an exceptional amount OF
common sense to know when work is
superf1uous and when it is strictly nee
essary. Any mother of children and
sary work to do, so that she cannot at
tempt to do superhuous work without
neglecting some duty that is "a neces-
sity, even if it is only the duty of rest
ing.-N. y. Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
MUSICIANS AND THEIR HAIR.

Wind Instruments, especially the cor
net and trombone are fatal to heavy
heads of hair
Certain music prevents the hair from
falling, according to one scientist,
while other kinds have a disastrous eff
feet.
The yioloncello and harp keep the
hair in pretty well, but the flute cannon
be depended upon. \ number of
pianists, including Paderewski, are
cited by scientist in confirmation of
this theory.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
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TO CnlOr nniter Geeen

Procure four ounces of parsley and
strip the leaves from the stalks; chop
them finely and boil for two minutes.
Drain, dry in napkin and SET aside till
quite cool. Soak four ounces of al
chovies for ten minutes and pass through
sieve. Rechurn, if possible, some
fresh butter, and mix into it the = bove
two ingredients. This is suitable fsI
sandwiches hot biscuits, etG-