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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
Jones Declares for Expansion.

Little Rock, Ark, Dec. IA stir has
been made in Arkansas political cir
cles by the announcement that Gov.
Dan w. Jones, who is candidate for
the United States senate to succeed
Senator Berry, has come out strong
tofor" been considered an opponent Of
that policy along with Senator Berry.
who is candidate for reelection. Coy.
Jones stated in an interview yestrr-
day tina, the only salvation for the
southern states is in the opening of
new markets III Ala for southern
products.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
HUNDREDS OF LIVES IN PERIL.
A Hosiery Mill Mt Reading, Pa. Burns
-Fffty.seven Girls Injured and One
Killed.

Reading, Pa, Dec. S.-One of the
most appalling fires that has ever Wis
tied this city occurred Thursday when
the extensive hosiery mill of the Nolde
& Horst Co. took fire, destroying the
plant causing the death of one person
and iniuring about 60 other employees
of the company. OF the 81 persons
who were injured, 30 are seriously
hurt. Miss Louisa Clay, aged 4S years,
was killed
The hosiery building was a large
four-story structure and nearly 600
persons were employed, most of them
being women and girls. The fire was
discovered about II o'clock and in a
few minutes the girls were panic
stricken. They made Il dash for the
fire escape and the stairs, but found
the latter means of escape could not
carry all of them down at The same
time. Several hundred of the girls
then made rush for the windows and
appealed to those in the street to save
them. Ladders were brought into
use, and many girls were taken from
the burning building safely. Most of
them, however, jumped and were seri-
ously injured. For few minutes
iI'hl 'N'lN Nl'lNoN 'li ''i' ''NN'''N '''A
third floors girls leaped one after an
other. Some lodged in the arms of
those below, but many struck the
ground. They were picked up and rap
idly removed to hospitals or their
homes.
Many of the girls who escaped by
the stirways and fire escapes were
badly burned. but none of them We're,
it is believed, seriously injured. The
fire travelled with great rapidity, ow-
ing to the inhammable stock in the
building. BY those who saw the
progress of the fire it is considered
miraculous that there was such a
small loss of life. There is much criti-
cism among the employees because of
the fact that the screens in the win
dows, except those at the fire scapes
We're securely nailed to the window
sills. The girls had to break the
screens before they could get out to
leap to the ground. Some of the en-
ployes say the doors We're locked, as
rule, after the employees were in the
building.
The fire was caused by the explosion
of gasoline in the singing room. The
loss is estimated at about S275 ZOO, on
which there is an insurance of $780,
600.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
GOES BACK TO CAVITE.
AguinaIdo Retraces His Steps and
Seeks Safety I'm al Rebel Stronghold.

Manila, Dec. S.-The expectation of
catching Aguinaldo in the north has
been practically abandoned and the
probability now is that he will turn
southwark if he is not already there
with his destination Cavite province,
his home, where the insurrection be-
gan and where it still has its greatest
strength. The Filipino soldiers in
that province have recently been
showing increased enthusiasm and
boldness and captured insurgents say
that Aguinaldo is coming to join
them with a large army. The same
belief prevails among the natives at
Manila and elsewhere that Aguinaldo
intends to make his headquarters in
Cavite province.
There are 5000 insurgents before
linus and Bacoor. keeping the Amer
leans sleeping on their arms and
nightly awaiting attack.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
GIVES AWAY A FORTUNE.
Religious Societies and Colleges 10 be
| Enriched by an Indiana Lady.

Chicago, Dec. S.-An instrument was
recorded yesterday with the Cook
county recorder by which Caroline E.
Haskell, of Michigan City, Ind, con-
veys to the Chicago Title and Trust
Co. as trustee the property at Nos. 236
and 23S Monroe street in consideration
of 81 and the fulfillment of several
conditions. The company is to see to
the care of the property and pay to
Mrs. Haskell the net income there
from during her natural life.
Upon her death the proceeds are to
be distributed as follows The Con-
gregational Church Building Society,
of Chicago, $4,000; the Congrega-
tional church of Michigan City, S1O,-
0G0; the Humane society $4,000; the
Seven Day Adventist Medical, Mission
airy and Benevolent association, of
Battle Creek, Mich, $4,000, for the
purpose of endowing the Haskell Or
phanage home, of that city; Mrs. Car
oline Reed, of Chicago, $4,000; the
University of Chicago $4,000 to pro-
mote and extend the study of Orlen-
al literature in relation to the Bible
and Christian teaching; the residue
to the trustees of Oberlin college for
he use of the college. The property
is valued at 100000 for the land and
SAT, 100 for improvements.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
COMMENT AND OPINION.

ETCol. Bryan owes it to himself to
take brief nap before starting his 1900
campaign.-Washington Star.
rIMr. Bryan says he doesn't want Of
flee for the money there is in it. This
shows, perhaps, his disinterestedness in
trying to lower the value of it.-Judse.
UNational issues were fairly tested
in Iowa, where there were no factional
state issues. The increased republican
ma iority is the true index of the senti-
ment of the country.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
ETCol. Bryan intends to devote some
time to organizing democratic clubs in
New England. Possibly it would be Il
good idea not to leave Nebraska too
much away from the influence of his
hypnotic Washington Star.
EJThe agricultural department has
issued a pamphlet entitled THE Wind
mill in Nebraska" Coming so soon
after the recent campaign it almost
seems as though it must have a per-
sonal bearing.-St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
ETSome of the democrats are urging
the name of O. II. p. Belmont for second
place on the Bryan ticket. People who
may be anxious to know why are re-
spectfuliy informed that Mr.. Belmont
has an income of $750,O0O a year.-Chi
cago Times-Herald.
IThe Milwaukee Sentinel remarks
that those prophets who predicted the
world would come to an end the other
day were no wilder in their calcula-
tions than the democrats who predicted
that Iowa and Ohio would go democratic
this year-Iowa State Register.
EyIf those democrats in Washington
and in the east who are represented as
expressing disgust in private because
of the possibility of the denomination
of Mr.. Bryan next year had the courage
to speak out and act they could do some
thing. Nobody respects a grumbling
skulker.-Indianapo Journal.
UThe United States now has a bill
lion dollars in gold money. The exact
figures in the treasury department for
November l show $S7j,45O,9S0 in gold
coin in the treasury or in circulation,
and $139,017, ,0G0 in gold bullion in the
treasury, the grand total being 81, ,O14.-
46S,040. All this is strictly in the form
of money supply, and does not include
ore or bullion in private hands. The
rapid increase since 1896 in our gold
supply is in queer contrast to the pre-
dictions made in 1896. Mr.. Altgeld. in
that year, declared that there was not
exceeding $2O0O0O.OOO in the country,
ard this would soon disappear Now
gold is more plentiful than all our other
kinds of money, though not in such gen.
eral use.-Louisville Courier-JourpaI
(Dem.).
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
BLOWN TO PIECES.
Powder Will ExpIohcs, killing Three
Ncn and Injuring Several.

Pottstown, Pa, Dec. S.-The powder
works of James S. Miller, near Sum
neytown, were completely wrecked by
an explosion Thursday and three men
were killed and several others INJURED.
The dead are William Baer. superin-
tendent of the works; Allen Schnecll
and John Schwager. Frank Schae-
fer was probably fatally injured. and
Raymond Faust was seriously burned
and bruised. There We're two eNDlo-
sions, the first occurring in the glaz-
ing house. The other explosion fol
lowed within 80 seconds and the entire
five buildings which comprised the
works were demolished.
Baer and Schwager were in the glaz-
ing house when the explosion occurred
and Schnecll was at work in the mix
ing house. Their bodies were hor-
ribly manglcd.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
GETTING READY FOR 1000
The Democratic Programme for the
Great Performance Next
Year.

The reaffirmation of the Chicago plat
form of 1896 by the democratic national
committee in its session at Chicago was,
of course, inevitable. That platform
made a new departure for the demo-
cratic party, and by linking with it the
populsts brought to it at the election
of 1896 about 100000 more votes than
were cast for Grover Cleveland in 1892.
Accordingly, unless the Chicago plat
form is reatfirmed in 1900, a split in
that combination and a dangerous cool
ing of democratic enthusiasm through
out the union are inevitable. The gold
sentiment of the party, moreover, has
been frightened into silence or has per-
manently estranged itself from latter
day democracy.
With the Chicago platform, of course,
logically will go the denomination of
Mr.. Bryan, probably without single
opposing delegation in the national
convention. Mr.. Sulzer guarantees a
Bryan delegation from New York, and
he takes no risk in doing it. New Eng
land also will be solidly for the renomi-
1t is evident, however, that an at
tempt will be made to give paramount
importance in the campaign to other
issues than sixteen to one merely,
though. of course, Bryan's nomination
will force that issue to the front in
every intelligent mind. Trusts and
"imperialism' are to be these new is
sues if the plan of the party engineers
Works. But there can be no trust is
sue between the two parties; they will
not differ on the question:; and "impe-
rialism'' is a fiction whose working
power will be destroyed long before the
election. Mere opposition to the ex-
pansion of the national power, com
merce and domain would harm democ-
racy at any time, and more especially
in the year 1900, when all thoughts and
aspirations will be turned to the Won
derful American development which is
to mark the next century. X will be a
bad time at which to attempt to set
back the clock of American progress.
The democratic party, with Bryan
and the Chicago platform on its back,
will be forced to appear again as the
representative of silver and dishonor
and of the rest of the radicalism it put
out in 1896. Patriotism and prosperity,
national pride and common sense will
be against it.
The democratic committee is report
ed as favoring the holding of its ma
tiOnal convention much earlier than
that of the republicans, and even a.date
as early as some time in March is sug-
gested. This would be reversing the
usual order, to what valuable end is not
conceivable, unless it is expected that
the alarm caused to business might
tend to arrest the progress of the pros
pcrity which now discourages all dem
ocratic hopes. 1t would act the other
way, however, by increasing the deter
mination of the prosperous people to
prevent the blight of possible democrat
ic triumph at the election. The sooner
the convention meets the sooner it will
be made manifest to everybody that the
democratic party is fighting against the
continuance of a period of national
prosperity uneXampled in American
history.-N. Y. Sun.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inhamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets intiamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamcd condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Q.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14

Jacques leaned over the gunwale Of the
fatboat as she hoated lazly down the De
troit river He smoked his pipe.
Pierre hung over the rail of the scow that
was upward bound. He also was enveloped
in hazy smoke.
In She moonlight the two boatmen rec
ognized each other.
Flo, Pierre. How you geet along?'
ooh, | been geet along. How you geet
along?"
oh | been geet along, too"
"How, your seek fatair geet along,
Jacques?'
"My fatar? Oh, she geet along She been
died last week. Detroit Free Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14

The closing exercises of the Literary
club were highly successful, says the
Whitsett (Ga.) Courier. Perfect order
was preserved without the attendance
of the town marshal, whose children
were laid up with measles, from which
we sincerely hope they will recover
soon. There was high tumbling by a
stranded circus performer, a wrestling
match in which nobody was hurt, after
which a delightful hot supper was
served. 1t was said that the sheriff over
ate himself and had fits, but the report
is false, for we were personally present
until daylight, and we positively assert
that all went as merry as marriage
bell.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
Fewer Mail Robberies.

There has been a decrease in the
number of post offices robbed and mail
trains and stages held up during the
past year as compared with the pre-
vious year. In 1899 the number of
post offices robbed was 1,4S1; the num-
Der of mail trains and stages robbed,
81. During the previous year 1,547 post
offices were robbed and AZ mail trains
and stages held up. The number of
post offices burned during the last year,
however, has been greater than dur
ing the previous year. The record for
1899 was 5G3, and for 1898 544. Four
hundred and cighty-eight pouches were
stolen last year, against 407 the year
of single mail messenger during the
year. That there has been decrease
ces, mail trains and stages and mail
messengers, Notwithstanding the grad
ual development of the service, is cred
liable TO the efficiency of the secret
service force and indicates that the
system of standing rewards now Of
fered is a potent factor in deterring
the more desperate class of criminals
from depredations upon the property
Oh .he post office department.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
Fireworks Makers Assign.

New York, Dec. S.-Pain's Fire
works Co., whose headquarters are in
this city. has made an assignment.
The following statement has been
given out: THE assignment is prin-
cipally due to complications arising
from an accident at Columbus. O., dur
ing a sham battle. resulting in II large
number of suits for damages for in
jurics, as well as from the disastrous
fire which occurred at the company's
factory last summer. The fireworks
trade has also been depressed for Sew
,raI months. The amount of the liza
hilities is about $4,000"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14

Six years ago a friend of Charles
Brandt, of St. Louis, to show his friend
ship, gave him a great slap on the
back. Brandt was well educated, clever
and prosperous then. Now, says the
Post-Dispatch, he has locomotor ataXia,
is subject to attacks of paralysis, and,
in the expectation that he has not long
to live. he has been removed to the
BelleviIle poorhouse. The back slapper
and the umbrella fiend, who carries
the deadly device under his arm, should
be put in balloon without a valve and
turned loose in a cyclone.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14

The Buffalo Commercial says that
when Gen. benjamin f. Tracy was in
Paris last summer he engaged in a dis
cussion with another American on
Markham's much talked of poem. THE
Man with the Hoe An EngIishman
who was listening to the argument
asked who the man with the hoe was.
1.-The Man with the Hoe? repeated the
general; ''why, that is the newspaper
man." Somebody had to hammer a
treatise on printing presses into the
Englishman's head before he saw the
point.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14

\ few months ago young farmer of
giant build lost a considerable sum of
money playing slot machines here,
says a Parkersburg CIV. Na.) corre-
spondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune. He was lost sight of until re-
Gently, when every time he came to
town with a load of produce he would
work off number of slugs upon every
machine he touched. The Slugs were
peculiar to themselves, having a dom
key stamped upon each. He is mus
cular fellow, roughly dressed, with his
trousers tucked into his boots, and a
hravy blacksnake whip under his arm.
Previous to working the slug racket the
man went broke every time he visited
tie city. Now he carries money back
with him. Those who operate the ma
chimes protest against his play, but
tkat appears to have no effect. "Boun-
GERS" thus far have not had the courage
to try their methods. THE Fiend,' as
he is called, owned up to playing 140
slugs on last weeks trip.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
Stran9icd TO Eseath in Ice,

Philadelphia, Dec. 7.-Wiliam Har-
person, aged 67 years, formerly a
well-to-do contractor Of this city, met
deatn in peculiar manner yesterday.
while walking to his home he became
henumbed with cold and fell down a
railroad embankment into small
stream which was frozen over. Har-
persons head went through the ice,
which formed collar about his neck
and Stranplpd hiul to DEATH
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
Brynn's predicnm q II {.

What will William Jennings Bryan
do now? The executive committee of
the democratic national committee,
which met in the city of Chicago few
days ago, virtually shelycd his orig
inal and pet issue of free coinage of
silver at Il ratio of sixteen to one, and
decided that opposition to trusts. anti
Imperialism and anti-militarism shall
be the predominant issues of the next
democratic campaign. It seems to have
been the unanimous opinion of the COM
mitteemen that in the face of the com
pletc restoration of prosperity through
out the country, the revival of the cal
amity howls of 1896 and the protfer of
free coinage as Il remedy for the pic
tured evils would be suicidal, and that
the only hope of the democracy is in the
remote possibility that ii might be able
to frighten majority of the people of
the United States with the political bug
aboos mentioned above.-Albany Jour
nal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14

A man was arrested in New York
city the other day, and his shoes were
found to be fun of pearls. We have
often heard of Americans getting their
boots full Of snakes, but this is the
first time we remember to have made
the long-distancc acquaintance of a
statesman with his shoes full of pearls.
Usually they are left at pawnshop
for safekeeping.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
ADVERTISING RATES:
H. II. MULLIN, Editor.

Advertisements are published at the rate Of
one dollar per square for one insertion and fifty
cents per square for each subsequent insertion
Rates by the year or for six or three months
are low and uniform, and will be furnished on
application.
Legal and Oticial Advertising per square
three times or less, 80; each subsequent lnser-
ton 80 cents per square.
Local notices 10 cents per line for one inSer-
sertion; cents per line for each subsequent
consecutive insertion.
Obituary notices over five lines. 10 cents per
line Simple announcements OF births, mar
riageS and deaths will be inserted free.
Business cards, five lines or less IS per year;
over five lines, at the regular rates OF adver-
tising.
No local inserted for less than 75 cents per
issue.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
Courts uust Now Decide.

Chicago, Dec. All hope of an
agreement between the sanitary
trustees and the commissioners Of
the Illinois and Michigan canal for Il
supply of water to the latter channel
after the drainage ditch is opened
was abandoned yesterday at a meeting
of the two bodies, aud the courts will
have to settle the question:
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14

Rev. j. W. Blosser, NJ d., who has for
many Years made a specially of catarrhal
diseases, has discovered a remedy that cures
the worst cases of Catarrh, Bronchitis.
Asthma, Catarrhal Deafness, etc. 1t is a
directly to every affected spot, destroys the
germs of the disease and heals the mucous
membrane. Any sufferer who will address
DIR. j. W. Blosser & Son, ll3 Broad St, At
lanta Ga, will receive, postpaid, a three
days trial treatment free.
WHY do thev call her servant girl when
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
JOR PRINTING

The Job department OF the PRESS is complete
and affords facilities for doing the best class OF
work PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO LAW
PRINTING.
No paper will be discontinued until arrear-
ages are paid, except at the option of the pub
Usher.
Papers sent out of the county must be paid
for in advance.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14

Kemp's BaIsam will stop the Cough at
once, Go to your druggist to-day and get a
sample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and 5C
cents, Go at once; delays are dangerous.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14

All is fair in lovc-except the actions Of
the other fellow-Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14

use Hoxsie's Group Cure. 1t does not con
tain opium in any form and will not nause.
ate. 80 cents. \. p. lloXsie. Buffalo, n. Y.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-14
When Baby Has the Group

Why do they call her servant girl when
she is boss of the job!-Chicago Chronicle
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-31

NANCE AT ENGLISH-Wh Whenever O a dance is given at English one knows beforehand that it is of in- terest and will reach all antieipa- tions and expectations. Every so- seia! event given by the people of that up-to-date little place has always been we'll attended and has been a most decided success from q social standpoint. The dapee Wednesday evening was given bs Mr. A. B. Jones. Besides a large attendance from the neighborhood quite large crowd went down from Pine Bluff The party com posing the Pine Bluffians were as follows: Misses Ruby Johnson, Minnie Cook, Trip Lindsay, Lutie aud Josie Grace, Mrs, Lethie Koonce, Messrs. Frank Ragland, John W. Tanner and Arthur kauf- man.