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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10
AN INTERNATIONAL BANK.
A Big Project that Aims to Relieve Amer
leans from Dependence on European
Capitalists.

Big Project that Aims to Relieve Amer
leans from Dependence European
Capitalists.
Chicago, March 1.-THE Daily News
says: "A financial corporation, to be
known as the International American
bank, with branches throughout this
country. Cuba and South America, and
with offices in London and possibly
Paris, will soon be doing business on a
capital stock of $25, 900. 900. Advices
from Washington to certain western
organizers of the project indicate that
the senate and house committees on
foreign relations will report favorably
bill introduced in the senate within
carry into effect plan to create an as
sociation to be known as the Interna-
tional American bank The scheme is
of international Importance.
The passage of the bill will imply
that the United States and the south
ern American countries will no longer
be dependent upon Europern banks for
monetary transactions on the western
hemisphere south of the Canadian
line. The headquarters of the Inter
national bank will be in Washington
and New York. simultaneously there
will be founded au loeat airht branches
in this country-to be located in Chica-
go, Baltimore, Pittsburg, New Orleans,
Minneapolis, Denver, st. Louis and
San Francisco. and one in each of the
capitals of the South American cOun-
4,,ia
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10
ON AN ERRAND OF MERCY.
Cruiser Montgomery Selected to Car.
rx PrOXisiOns to Quinn.

Washington, March 3.-Secretary
Long has decided to send two naval
vessels to Cuba at once with 40 or SO
tons of provisions for the relief of the
suffering reconcentradoes. The vessels
will go to Matanzas and Sagua La
Grande. 1t is said an emergency exists
that makes it necessary to dispatch pro-
visions at once in order to succor the
starving. The vessels to be sent will
be the Montgomery to Matanzas and
the Nashville to Sagua La Grande.
The decision OF the navy department
10 send two ships to Cuba with supplies
for the suffering reconcentrados caused
some commotion in official circles until
the real purport of the visit of the ships
came out. 1t is explained at the navy
department that this action was taken
at the instance of the Cuban Relief as
sociation, organized through the efforts
OF the state department for the relief
of the destitute noncombatants in
Cuba. 1t was represented to the de-
partment that great distress prevails
among the people in the vicinity of
Sagua La Grande and MatanZas on the
northern coast of the island and that
considerable difficulty is experienced IN
sending supplies there because of the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10

ments bearing upon the loss of the
Maine and the $50 brave seamen.
\ commander for the monitor Mian-
tonomah, which was ordered into COM
mission Tuesday, was selected Wednes-
day in the person of Capt. Mortimer
johnson, who is at present on waiting
orders. Secretary Long says that the
Miantonomah with the ram Katahdin
will remain in the Delaware for the
present al least. With the commission
ing of these two vessels there remain
only the cruisers Columbia and Mime
apolis on the Atlantic coast for immedi-
ate service in case the department
should decide to commission more ships.
The Atlanta at New York could be made
ready in the course of three or four
months and the Chicago in six months
in case emergency orders for their re-
pairs were issued. There are a num-
ber of good ships on the Pacific coast,
however, whose repair is under way,
such as the Charleston. the Philadel-
phia, she Yorktown and others, and the
pay rolls of the construction bureau at
the Mare Island navy yard have now
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10

Springfield, o.. March 4.-Thc circuit
court yesterday issued decree ousting
Mayor John NJ. Good from office. The
proceedings were brought under the
Garfield election law, which requires
candidates after election to file sworn
statements of all their expenditures.
Judge Adams said the testimony
showed that Mayor Good spent $2S3. 80
in the campaign which he failed to in
clude in his sworn statement of ex-
penses, and which included only S45.
o: the above amount $91 was spent for
beer. Mayor Good also promised to
appoint union man on the board OF
public affairs. which is against the law.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10

Washington, March 4.-The eXecu-
tive committee of the republican con-
gressional committee was named yester-
day, as follows: Representatives Hull,
of Iowa: McCleary, of Minnesota Can
non, of Illinois; Loudenslager, of New
Jersey; Pearson, of North Carolina;
Mercer, of Nebraska; Senators Proctor
of Vermont; Gallinger, of New Hamp-
shire, and Wilson, of Washington. Rep
resentative McCleary, of Minnesota,
will have charge OF the literary de-
partment of the committee. This is an
important post, as large amount of
republican literature will be circulat ed
throughout the country.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10
FROZEN ON THE TRAIL.
Klondiaers Die While Returning to Civi.
lization with 100000.

Victoria, b. c., March 4. NV" ~eport
has been brought by the steam = Isl
ander, from Alaska, that s>.--..4 days
ago two Canadian mounted police
marched into Skaguay with two sleds
in tow, over which were strapped two
dead men. The attention of the
mounted police at Taguish was at,
tracted by the howls of a dog. A few
moments search on the trail and they
found the bodies of two men who had
been frozen.
1t is said they were returning Klon,
dil<ers, and they are reported to have
had in their possession &1G0, 900 in paper
and gold dust, one $4,000 and the
other $4,000. Their names are not
known.
The death rate at Skaguay averages
15 daily, one of the latest victims be-
ing the postmaster.
1t is stated by passengers on the ISL
ander that the Dyea trail is strewn
with dead mules.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10
CLOSER TO SALT WATER.
Canadians are Gradually Moving the
boundary Line of Alaslka Westward.

Seattle Wash, March 4.-Five steam
ers arrived yesterday from Alaska.
The Queen brought the latest news.
having left Skaguay last Sunday. The
most important news was confirma-
tion of previous reports that Canadian
official has raised the British flag ON
what is regarded as American soil, and
trouble at Sl<aguay with longshoremen,
who objected to Indians unloading
freight from steamers. The presence
of United States troops alone prevented
serious trouble. 1t is feared that seri-
our trouble will grow out of the Cana
dians' attempt to collect duty on the
summit of the White Pass and Chill<oot
pass and the Americans will resist the
payment on what they consider Amer
lean ground.
Last summer the boundary line was
at Lake Bennett, then at Linderman,
and now at the summit of the noun
tains, which is only II miles from salt
water.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10
AND ,MPERSONAl

The late William Terriss left for
300 to $30O,000.
John MiIlais, a son of Sir John Mil
lais, is at work upon a biography OF
his father.
The earl of Mansfield is the only
man living who has sat in TIE house OF
lords since the first parliament of Will
liam ". lie is 81 years of age.
Miss Edith Pond, daughter of the
well-known major, has established in
New York an entertainment bureau for
the purpose OF supplying artists for So
cial functions.
-Adclina PATHS farewell concert"
is still an event cf the impenetrable
future. She is to appear in stockholm
early in April, giving a series of con-
certs. for which she will be paid at the
beggarly rate of $2,7S0 for each per-
formance.
M. Blanc, who founded the Ca
sino in Monte Carlo, was man
of much eccentricity in dress and
habits. 1t was said that he was
never known to gamble except upon
one occasion-an occasion which proved
4 costly experience.
Mrs. Gladstone has just celebrated
her eighty-siXth birthday. The elder
of the two daughters of Sir Stephen
Glynne, she was married to Mr.. Glad
stone on July %, 1889. Her sister, Miss
Mary Glynne, on the same day became
the wife of Lord Lyttleton.
Sir John Gilbert, the late presi
lent of the Royal Water Color society
left personal estate of S1,15OO0O
Lori Leighton left $4,000, and Sir J
L. Millais $4s5,OOO. Mr.. i. Armitage
II. A., who died in 1896, left personal
property valued at 81 100000
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10
LONGS REMARK.
Secretary AIger Thinks an Injustice
Is sDone His Colleague.

Is Done His Colleague.
Washington, March 3.-The Wash
ington Post prints the following inter
view with Secretary of W1 Alger:
THE statement OF Secretary Long that
Spain's official participation in the dis
aster' to the Maine had been practically
eliminated was merely an expression of
personal opinion on his part. 1t is an intus-
tice to him, as well to the administration.
to give an official significance to his ex-
preston when he was particular a the
time to emphasize the fact that he was
speaking simply an individual In the
absence of official facts-and | can repeat
what has been said heretofore, that the
public is equally as well Informed the
Sovernment-no member of the administra-
zion can. of course, make official declara-
tion touching Spain's responsibility, moral
or otherwise. There Is not an iota of in
formation as to the cause or origin of the
explosion upon which the government can
at this time form a conclusion or base a de-
csion. The verdict of the court of inquiry
on that point must patiently be awaited"
Beyond this Secretary Alger would
not be quoted, but he authorized the
Post to state most positively that no
official information was being withheld
from the public; that the administra-
tion was adhering strictly to the policy
adopted by Secretary Long with the
approval of the president, at the start,
to give the fullest possible publicity to
all facts coming officially to the depart
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10
amounted to the large total of 100000
per month for wages alone.

per month for wages alone.
1t is said in the navigation bureau
that there is pressing need of able ma
chinists for the navy, caused by the
heretofore unnoted fact that every one
of the machnists on the Maine lost his
life in that explosion. Moreover, all
the firemen but one were killed. The
bureau has invited enlistments from
men who have had naval service before
in the engine rooms and, as it is said
that a number of these men are now en-
ioying the three months period of time
between enlistments, during which
they may come again into the naval ser
vice without loss of service record, 1t
is hoped that some of them will come
forward to fill the place vacated by
the Maine disaster.
There is no unusual stir of activity
about the bureaus of the quartermaster
general or the commissary general of
the army, where more than anywhere
else the preparations for warlike
emergency will be apparent. The offi-
nary accumulation of supplies is taking
place and that no contracts for extra
supplies are in contemplation.
Havana, March 3.-The city is quiet,
but the public and private greetings to
the Spanish cruiser Nizcaya, which ar
rived here Tuesday night, have not
lessened in fervor.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10
DROWNED LIKE RATS.
Nine People Lose Their Lives During n
Gale ON the Florida Coast, Owing to the
CapsizinC of a Schooner.

OF n schooner.
Key West, Fla, March THE schoon-
er Speedwell, from Marco, Fla, for Key
West, was struck by squall while off
Marquesa, IS miles from here, yester-
day, and capsized. Nine persons were
drowned, out of l3 on board. Among
the victims were the three children of
Capt Collier, aged 1, & and y years, and
the entire Nichols family - Bradley
Nichols and his wife, their son and the
latter's wife and two grandchildren.
The family was from Bridgeport, Conn.
Those saved are Capt. Collier, Samuel
Gates and Jesse Green, deck hands, and
K. w. Bates, of Myers, Fla, passen-
ger. The Nichols family is said to
have been well-to-do. All had been
staying for a month or two at a small
hotel kept by Capt. Collier at Marco,
and they We're on their way home.
About "a. IN. Capt. Collier was at the
wheel and the Nichols family and Col
liers children were in the cabin asleep.
Suddenly squall came bowling up
abeam. Gates and Green rushed to
take in sail.
AS the jib tapped loose the squall
caught the schooner and blew it over
on the port side. Collier, the deck
hands and Mr.. Bates were swept into
the sea, but caught the rigging just in
time to save themselvs. The wind,
rain and waves drowned the dying cries
of the imprisoned Nichols family and
the Collier children. The men lashed
themselves to the rigging. After be-
ing there two hours the sea subsidized.
Then they got the dingy loose, baled it
out with hat. broke thwart in two
pieces and with these for oars, rowed
toward Marquesa. After going three
miles they were picked up exhausted
by a fishing sloop and brought here
about 4 n,cloclc Last eynninn
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10
The New ST. Louis DridEe

Washington, March 3.-The board OF
army officers appointed to pass on plans
for "a bridge across the Mississippi river
at ST. Louis has made its report to the
war department. 1t does not approve
of some of the details of the plan sub.
interest of navigation, mainly as to tho
height of the structure. The recommen.
dations are concurred in by Gen. Will
son, chief engineer of the army, and ap'
proved by the department. The com
pany has been notified to make the
changes in accordance with the recon.
mendations of the board.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10
VICTORY FOR STRIKERS.
Michigan State Board of Arbitration
Decides Dispute at Bay City.

Detroit, Mich, March 3.-The state
board of arbitration met here Wednes-
day and reviewed the testimony taken
in the matter of the strike of the rivet-
crs employed in Wheeler q Company's S
ship ward at Bay City. The boards YER
diet is that the 1897 rate be paid to all
employees, and the riveters' and settlers
wages to be $3.50 for ten-hour day.
The rate offered by the company was
81 .25 but both sides had agreed to stand
nv the result of the arbitration.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10
Riot Follows a strike.

Muskegon, Mich, March 4.--One hun
dred stevedores employed on the Grand
Rapids X Indiana steamer Osceola
struck yesterday. They have been re-
ceiving Is cents per hour and demand
ed 20 cents When a new force of men
was put to work brief riot occurred
in which one of the latter was severely
injured. The new employees are now
working under police protection.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10
4 Wonderful Man.

Prof. Snore. of the University Of Tex
as. while writing line in one of the
boys copyboolis, heard two of the boys
Whispering, so he said to student Tom
.:3jerry:
Thomas, you are very much mistak-
en- if you think don't know what's GO
ing on. I can. write with one eye and
hear with the other."-N. y. Word.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10

within a short distance of Havana, es.
timated at from two to four hours, it is
stated that neither vessel will Tisit the
Cuban capital.
The Press., 1898-05-05
The Austrian Empress,

The old adage that Christmas eve
child is born to sorrow Is illustrated in
the case of the empress OF Austria, who
was born on the 24th Of December, 1897,
The Duchess Elizabeth of Bavaria was
married to Francis Joseph of Austria at
the early age Of 10, and was then con.
sidered the loveliest woman III Europe.
She was not we'll received by the great
families of Austria, who thought that
the emperor should have chosen a bride
from more famous house than a COL
lateral branch of the Wittelsbachs Of
Bavaria. The Hungarians, however,
went mad with enthusiasm over their
beautiful queen and throughout her
reign have remained her devoted slaves
She was passionately fond of riding and
for long spent portion of each yearin
the hunting fields of England and Ire
land The breakdown of her health
compelled her first to forego this pleas.
ure, and then she was debarred from
fencing and even from her mountaineer.
ing excursions, The unhappy marriage
of her only son and the refusal of the
pope and. the emperor TO consent to his
divorce preyed upon her mind, and since
his tragic death years ago at Mayerling
she has led the life Of recluse. --San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Press., 1898-05-05

Mark Twain, in "More Tramps
Abroad, y tells how he lied out of con,
troversy about Scottish dialect. In dis
cussion with some strange Scots he re-
marked that the peasantry pronounced
three "three, and not thraw. -
''There was a moment Of astonished and
ominous silence: then weather ensued.
1t was bad defeat for me. 1t promised
to remain SO, but / had saving
thought. While the storm was still rag.
ing made up Scotch couplet and then
spoke up and said: very well Don't
say any more. confess defeat. thought
l knew, but see my mistake. was de-
ceived by one of your Scotch poets A
Scotch poet! Oh, come! Name him.
Robert Burns. It is wonderful the
power of that name. These men looked
doubtful but paralyzed, all the same.
They were quite silent for moment,
then one of them said with the rever.
ence in his voice which is always pres
emit in Scotchman's tone when he ut
tiers the name, Does Robbie Burns say
what does he say?' This is what be
says:
"'There was nae BARNS but only three
One at the breast, twa at the knee,
It ended the discussion. There was nc
man there profane enough to say any
word against thing which Robert
Burns had settled. There are people
who think that honesty Is always tbs
best policy. This is superstition"
The Press., 1898-05-05
She Married Him.

"The most amusing nuptial event
ever ofioiated at, - said good old Squire
Hiram Cate to a representative Of the
Louisville Post, ''the marrying magis,
trate of the Pennyrile, now dead,
"was in the winter of 1871. ] was
awakened one cold night about midnight
by vigorous knocking on my front door,
went to the window and by the light
Of the moon could see two forms on my
front porch. ] raised the window and
asked what was wanted. A woman OF
the backwoods type answered in about
this language: Why, hits us Jim an
me wants to git hitched. / hurried
down and on opening the door found O
poorly clad, finnicky looking man Of
about 40, led by determined looking
woman of perhaps 80. I cold see that
the female was the business part of the
procession and addressed myself to her,
asking why they had chosen such late
hour for their 'hitching affair. This
was the reply, in quick, snappy SEN
fences: Why, hits this way. Jim
Owens is bin a-sparkin nv of me, /
low, for TO- yeres, an [ got fetched tired
nv his mincin wurds, so tux an asst him
tonite..sI him. did. 'pected him
'votedly, an eff he wantel me to cum
on an les git timed tonlte, er / wuz
gwine to take Fletch Borgess. boy,
Hez, an settle down. Jim 'lowed-he did
he reckined he'd cum, though it wuz
a long trip So took an fetched him
in pap,s mill Vaughn. Didn't /, Jim2'
Jim nodded deleful assent. In answer
ing the questions put to the groom in
the ceremony the brRwny better nine
tenths gave the bashful spouse about
the cue, and she paid me half dollar,
taking the money from Jim's pocket
book 1t beat any wedding ever wit.
nessed,i ] think. -
The Press., 1898-05-05
The Yirtue rn 1.hTlltlttt.

We should say that the virtue in
thrift, so far as there is virtue in . it
and we have met with it in some Of the
meanest as we'll as some of the noblest
of mankind-lay in the development
which the practice must give to the
power of self control. There are many
higher occasions for the exercise of that
high quality, but there are none, except
in the case of i'll tempered men, which
recur SO frequently. All men naturally
like to spend, and to be thrifty the re-
solve not to spend whenever expendi-
ture is avoidable must be acted ON 30
times q week and will in a short time
exercise q peroeptible influence on the
character. The man learns to resist mo-
mentary temptation and becomes there
fore a stronger man, just as white
man becomes more enduring from the
constant wearing of clothes. The weight
of clothes is seldom great, but the per-
petual habit Of carrying them almost
imperceptibly strengthens the muscles.
The thrifty man is more master of him
self than the extravagant man and in
self mastery is one most fertile seed OF
virtue.
But thrift in itself is not virtue any
more than plow is agriculture or
mathematics accuracy of thought. The
best test of this is that a Christian
teacher who in England would incul-
cate thrift would in many another
country be compelled to condemn it as
of all qualities the one which most in
terfered with freedom of the spirit.
Now virtue which is real virtue and
not merely an expedient practice must
be as independent of national manners
as of geography. No doubt in England
the use of carefulness needs to be incul'
Gated, the typical Englishman, if be
wants sparrows, being ready to shy al
them with half crowns, but it should be
taught as arithmetic is. taught, not
praised as q Christian virtue.-London
Spectator =;
The Press., 1898-05-05

Lewis Warner of Northampton has fed,
and is a defaulter. The amount is esti-
mated from $4,000 to 100000. He
was president of the Hampshire County
national bank and treasurer of the Hamp-
shire County savings bank. Both banks
are supposed to lose about an equal
amount. Mr.. Warner has not been cap
tured as yet.
The Press., 1898-05-05
Nursery Rhyme Number One.

When old Mother Hubbard d.
Went to her cupboard.
And found there was nothing to eat,
She picked up her basket, her bonnet and cane
and hurried away done the street,
To the, chicago Grocery store. where she got
her basket lled with all sorts OF good things, al
such low prices, that when she got home her
little dog fairly danced with delight at thepros
pect Of such a fat meal.
The Press., 1898-05-05
COLLECTORS NOTICE.

All persons liable to pay taxes in the Borough
Of Stafford Springs, on list OF 1897, are hereby
notified that am ready to receive the same
All taxes are due May 1st, and on all taxes not
paid by June 1st, interest at per cent. per an
mum will be charged, together with legal fees
for collecting viii be at BidweI & Co.'S mar
ket every weekday afternoon, except Friday, to
receive said taxes AMOS N. NICHOLS.
STAFFORD Springs, April IS, 1898.
The Press., 1898-05-05
AristOcratic Silks
At Small Prices
Straw Mattin gS.

Our large and attractive collection of
Straw Mattings Is drawing many buyers
here.
The variety is big enough TO suit every
one. Note the prices
China Mattings at l29c and 15c.
China Mattings, iointless, at 20 and 25c.
Japan Cotton-warp Mattings In all col
ors, at 25c.
Japan Fine Inlaid Mattlngs at SOC and
35c.
Whole rolls of 40 yards at wholesale
prices.
Straw Mating Rugs, two yards long,
at 59c and 81.
The Press., 1898-05-05

BUoKLEN's ARNIoA SALvE.-The best
salve In the world for cuts, bruises, sores
ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter,
chapped hands chilblains, corns, and all
skin eruptions, and positively cures piles,
or no pay required. Guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price 25c per box. Sold by E. K. Taft.
The Press., 1898-05-05
Putting 1t Indirectly,

Inski-Look here! Is it you that has
been circulating the report that | had
not washed my face for seven years? ~.
Sinski-No. All said was that if a
wasp wanted to sting you he'd have, to
carry a shovel.-London Bits. 49,
The Press., 1898-05-05
Born.

Holland, April SOth, son to Arthur F.
and Lula A. Blodgett, grandson to F. B..
Blodgett, and great. grandson to Hiram
Towne Of Stafford Springs.
Stafford Springs, list, daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Tetrault. a
The Press., 1898-05-05

Boss McKane is out of Sing Sing state
prison, having shortened his six-years'
Imprisonment to four years and two months
by behaving himself properly.