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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-30

Where the sunshine robes In Splendors
garb a multitude of graves
To the music of the river as 1t flows un-
vexed and free,
Bearing outward to the nations Freedoms
latest prophecy,
March a people, Fames descendants, with
the summers sweetest bloom,
Which the dew shall crown with glory on
the hero's silent tomb
In the sunburst of the morning. every
loyal heart to thrill,
Come the echoes of the muskets that were
heard at Bunker Hill;
And the roses and the lilies in the shadow
and the shine
Lie on the breasts of those who stood one
day at Brandywine
Meath the hemlocks and the cedars, meath
the vines that greet the sun,
The Continentals sleep beside the Men of
81;
And the country reunited by love that
can't be told,
Sees the modest flower blooming in the
cannon ruts of old.
Down the street, beloved by thousands.
march the vetrans, OLD and gray
The comrades of the brave who rest this
fair Memorial day.
And they bring Mays sweetest blossoms to
the boys who with them stood,
Where often ragged the battle fierce deep
In the Southern wood;
No more the ringing buge blast, no more
the cannou's roar,
No more the gloomy picket post along the
ghostly shore
But side by side this sacred day beneath
the spreading tree,
With elbows touching, silent stand the
men of Grant ard Lee.
Columbia walks the guarded aisles with
soft and holy tread
Where fall the shades of Arlington above
her hero dead;
Not long ago she stood and heard the
dirge's mournfu strain
Ger those who came in martial shrnuds
from Cuba's sur-k!ssd plain;
And from her hands the brightest bloom
that decks the field ard wo!d
Falls gently on the bosoms of the tender
and the bold;
And silent tears are falling from the far
thest northern pine
To where the golden orange hangs above
the oceans line.
Bring the fa!rest of the blossoms to re-
crown the hero's tomb.
For this kind nature proudly yields the
splendor of her bloom;
The skies are bright above us and the river
sings its lay,
One Flag. one Country and one Love the
Nation knows to-day;
We crown the humblest and the great,
alike the flowers fall
With prayer and love and gratitude upon
the breasts of all;
-Ah, me- The drums are beating, for the
flowers have been spread.
And we march to newer grandeur from
the bivouac of our dead.
IT. c. Harbaugh. in Ledger Monthly.
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TOO MUCH RED TAPE.
Work of the Cuban Courts h Delayed
Gen. Woods ssHurry Up', Order.

Havana, May 24.-Gen. Wood yes
terday issued orders to the judges
and post office inspectors that all
cases must Immediately be brought
to trial, beginning not later than the
middle of June. The complicated
methods of Cuban courts, combined
with the red tape in the post office
department, has caused many cases
to drag on without sign of their
ever coming to trial. 1t is eStimat-
ed that over 100000 has already been
spent in securing testimony and
stenographers and translators have
work ahead for months to come.
Regarding the case of f. e.. Rath-
bone, it is common talk among at
torneys and court officials that there
is not the least evidence against
him, and that Rathbonc would have
been discharged long ago but for the
persistency with which inspectors are
bringing in new but unimportant tes-
timony which the court must record
and translate. This practice often
results in sending out additional in
terrogat0ries, which adds to the de-
lay. The case Of Rathbone is still in
the court of first instance, and while
it remains there the attorneys cannot
ask for trial.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-30

across the intervening driveway and
the lawns to the Hale mansion, where
all was sorrow at the m,snap which
had followed the glorious beginning
of the day.
Clarissa expected reproaches from
Robert Hale's mother, but instead she
received tender kiss and a caress,
and the two elder women consider
ately remained in the reception hall,
while the penitent girl went half-re-
luctantly into the library, where, in
the subdued light, she discerned the
stricken hero propped up among sofa
pillows on the couch--it must be con-
fessed more prone to be profane,
with all strong mans impatience of
pain, than to feel complacent over
any worship which might fall
20 his lot.
But when he recognized Clarissa-
ah, that was another story! And he
was craftily moved to magnify his
hurt, and to work upon her tender
sympathies, until-well, in a lovers
quarrel the angle of reflection is al
ways equal to the angle of incidence.
In an incredibly short time that
wicked Robert had become surpris-
ingly cheerful, especially since Clar-
issa's face was somehow very near
his own, and his heart was melting
to feel her tears upon his cheek, and
she was softly calling him dear"
and whispering out her penitence.
He was amazed to hear her con.
fess, sorrowfully: II have been o
| wicked and an unreasonable girl!
And to prove how repentant 1 am,
Robert, l am-iust-going- -to-malle
the supreme sacrifice for you."
Sweetheart! What?" he inquired
in wonder.
away! That is, when | can find good
home for her, you know!"
Capt Hale laughed, but only men
tally.
Not a bit of it, dearest" he de-
clared. ''Why, | owe that little beast
an unboundeddebt of gratitude. She's
brought about a victory bigger than
-than-Gettysburg, CIarissa."
This was a mischicvous thrust, but
notice or resent it.
"a victory won by force of arms
| or rather of an arm" the malicious
fellow continued, doing yeoman serv-
ice with the uninjured member. You
are mine, aren't you, you little
rebel?"
Her tears had suddenly ceased to
| flow now, and she was smiling,
though somewhat pathetically, and
unlike the familiar, proud Clarissa.
81 suppose | must acknowledge my
self vanquished," she sighed, ''as my
ancestors did! And that | must sur
render!" she added, with no par
ticular evidence of resentment or re-
sret
Unconditional surrender?" he
questioned, half believing her admis-
sion too good to be true.
unconditional surrender, Capt.
Hale!" she replied, submissively.-
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-30
HOnOring the Soldier Dead.

The heroism Of those whose graves
we decorate, whether they be "The
boys of 81" or the Boys of '9S," is one
of the bright jewels in the diadem that
crowns the brow Of American liberty.
1t is part of the heritage of every child
born beneath our flag. Therefore, in
honoring the men who died for the
flag we add to the inheritance of the
millions yet to come, for in giving tes-
timony to the courage and loyalty of
the men who sleep in soldiers graves
we enhance the nations glory and
render the name of American citizen
of still more priceless value.-Detroit
Free Press
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-30
a TRAGEDY AT ERIE, PA.
A Contractor Shoots and Kills MAN
Trouble Grew Out of u Strike On
the Docks.

Erie, Pa, May 23.-"Are you going
after fish for your scabs?" asked Will
liam Harrington of Contractor John
Kane on the hill leading down to the
Anchor line docks last night. Kane
says Harrington threatened him. At
all events, he pulled his gun and fired,
the bullet passing through Harring-
tons body. He died while being
taken to the hospital. There has been
trouble at the Anchor line docks ever
since the season opened, the Long
shoremen's union objecting to the
contract system and the men refusing
to go to work. \ contract to supply
the labor for handling package
freight was let by the Anchor line to
John Kane and Frank p. Coyle.
Twice, gangs of rs to 100 men were
brought here from Buffalo, but after
being interviewed by the longshore-
mems pickets they declined to go to
work for Kane & Coyle, and their
fares were paid to their homes by
the freight handlers. The feeling
has grown more bitter every day and
last night, when Kane was taken to
the police station, a crowd of nearly
i,0U0 men surrounded the place. The
aspect was so threatening for the life
of the prisoner that the police trans
ferred him to the county Jail. He is
CHARGED with murder
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-30
.Teddyn christen. "a Papoose.

Buffalo, n. Y, May 24.-The Pam
American exposition was yesterday
visited by three distinguished men,
Vice President Roosevelt, jules Cam
bon, ambassador from France, and
Gov. Durbn, of Indiana. The vice
president and Gov. Du:bin went to
the fair together. With them were
President John c. Milburn. They
went to the midway, saw the Rough
Riders and sham battle by the In
dians, and the vice president christ
ened an Indian baby that was born
in the camp about week ago. The
papoose was named Panama Ett-
Eeeda.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-30
Tunnel Builders strike.

New York, May 24.-One thousand
men employed on the Rapid Transit
tunnel went out on strike Yesterday
and about 5000 more will strike to-
day All underground work prac-
tical!y will be suspended except on
three sections in Broadway. Some
dirt shovelers and general workmen
may remain with the bosses, but all
the skilled mechanics in the sections
between the city hall and One Hmi-
d:cd and Eighth street will strike.
Trouble is feared, as the sub-contrac-
tors say they will employ non-union
men.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-30
DOWlE IN HIDING.
A Notorious Chicagoan and Two OF
Esis Followers are Missing Held
Responsible for n WOman,s Dealh.

Chicago, May 24.--The coroner's jury
which for two days has listened to
the evidence in the case of Mrs. En-
ma Judd, wife of one of the men in
John Alexander Dowie's Zion, last
night returned a verdict holding
Dowie, II. w. Judd, husband of the
woman, Mrs. Sprecher and Mrs.
Bratsch to await the action of the
grand jury.
The two women named in the ver-
dict We're in attendance upon Mrs.
Judd prior to her death. The charge
against them is criminal responsible
ity" for the death of Mrs. Judd. The
evidence given at the inquest by
some of the leading physicians of the
city, who had examined Mrs. Judd's
body after il had been eXhumed, was
to the effect that the most simple
surgical care would have prevented
the womans death. They testified
that she was allowed to die when the
slightest attempt to save her life
would have been successful.
Papers were at once made out and
officers sent to arrest DOwie, Judd
and the two women. When the Off
GERS arrived at Zion, Dowie was not
to be found. Mrs. Bratsch was ar
rested in the building and was sent
to the county Jail, but II. W. Judd
and Mrs. Sprecher were not found.
1t was announced by the police that
the search would be kept up until
the three missing people shall be
taken into custody. 1t was the
opinion of the officers that Dowie had
gone into hiding for the night, know
ing that he would not be able to fur
nish bonds in time to prevent night
in Jail. 1t is expected that he will
appear to-day to give bail for his
three companions.
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proved such pleasant one. AS the
weeks went by there was joy in both
households over the very evident in
terest which the young people took
in each other. They were not aware
of the plans for their future which
Aunt Frances so frequently discussed
with Roberts widowed mother. In
fact, they were not conscious of much
beyond the joy of living, of propin-
guilty, of the sympathy and under
standing which existed between them,
of a community of tastes and inter-
ests. Together they marveled at the
miracle of life through death, in
opening bud, and leaf, and flower;
but so far no word of love had been
spoken between them. They were
young; there was no need of haste.
1t was the springtide of life, as well
as the springtide of the year. But
Hard if these
Found not a way to show their secret each
to each;
And so they did:
And one hearts fiower-dust into the other
slid.
That Clarissa, imperious and exact
ing with all others, should be sweetly
submissive to him, was, in itself, the
most subtle flattery. When Robert
Hale heard her opinions and comments
upon the causes of contest which was
fast becoming merely a tradition, he
only smiled indulgeutly, lenient to
them, as he would have been lenient
to any whimsical fancies on the part
of the woman whom he loved.
The first clashing of their wills came
late in the spring, when Robert was
offered and accepted the office of cap
tain of the newiy-organized company
of Sons of Veterans. He was surprised
and amused at the imperiousness with
which Clarissa drew herself up, proud
as another Juno, and condemned his
act.
No man could offer me more dead
ly hurt!" she announced, tragically.
My father was wounded at the battle
of Belmont. Those wounds ultimate
ly caused his death. Who knows that
your very father wasn't the northern
er who shot him!"
And my father was wounded at
Petersburg" was the solemn response.
For the rest of his life he went aroxnd
with only one arm. 1t seems like your
father might have fired the shot which
deformed one of the handsomest men
that ever lived"
She knew that he was purposely
mimicking her affected use of the
southern like; but she would not I'M
bend. He leaned his arm over Black
Don's glossy neck, and regarded her
mischievously.
What an irony of fate, Clarissa!"
he said, teasingly, as he stood gazing
at her with fondness which she
haughtily ignored. "How ever did it
happen that you should have the blue
eyes, while mine should be the gray?"
AS Memorial day approached, how
ever, the breach between them grew
undeniably serious. The older men,
bers of both households smiled, and
shook their heads knowingly, and
moralized on the inevitableness OF
lovers quarrels. Aunt Frances rash
ly took it upon herself to demonstrate
with her niece, for Robert was her sre-
cial favorite, and she could not bear
to have him made unhappy by Claris-
sa's caprices. She was unprepared,
however, for the rebuff which she met.
please don't ever mention Mr..
Hale's name to me again, Aunt
Frances. l have found him out-an
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form;" the girl meditated with bitter
ness, as she peered through the sash
curtains in Jealous inspection of his
every movement. "Horrid thing! 1t
wouldn't hurt him to at least glance
in this direction!"
But Robert was evidently too busy;
and it irritated the watcher as he be-
gan to whistle softly, and then to
sing in an absent-minded fashion, as
he bent over knot in the halyards:
There's just one girl in the world for me -
Oh was she the girl? Clarissa
asked herself feverishly; but there
was no one to answer the ques-
tion only Fifine, who yawned lazily and
snapped at the lace upon her mistress
sleeves.
II could be happy forever with just one
girl!'
Robert kept on singing with
cruel JUNCTION as he stood back and
watched the folds of Old Glory un-
furl, as they blew out from the mast
head, catching the soft May breeze.
Then Clarissa could bear it no longer.
She buried her face in the couch cush-
ions and found refuge in that relief
for all feminine woes-a good cry;
while Fifine, disturbed in her morning
nap, whined dismally.
Such an exasperating day as it
proved! There were bands and mill
tary companies, and everywhere the
stars and stripes were flying. Grand
father was in bed, suffering from a
new ache in his wounded shoulder-a
memory of Antietam; and this fur
nished the girl preteXt for keeping
al the shutters closed and making
theirs the only dismal house along the
avenue as the parade went by. With
white face and set lips she hid behind
the blind, and sadly followed with
fearful eyes the erect figure of Capt
Hale as he rode past at the head of his
company.
"Oh, Fiine!" she murmured, sor-
rowfully. Il always knew that he
was proud. But at least he might
have glanced at the house, if not at
mel"
1t was evening when she heard him
return. Black Don was proud, i,
though weary after the heat and con.
fusion of the day, and turned slowly
in between the high stone gate posts
of the driveway-and then, well, Clar-
iSsa never knew exactly how it hap
pened; but of sudden there was
mad rush of little white bundle of
silky hair from the porch, the de-
tiant yaps and snarls of Fifne as
she snapped at the black horses feet,
and Capt. Hale, caught off his guard,
had been thrown by the shying horse,
striking his head against the cruel
edge of the big stone post. That
was the last of which Clarissa was
conscious. Then, for the first .irc in
her % healthy years, she tainted.
That fact remains yet her own in
violable secret; for nobody r,nlem-
bered her during the excitement
which followed. After a time she
'camc to-" and, athletic golf girl
that she was. felt properly ashamed
of her own weakness. Then it was
that she learned the worst. Malicious
Fifine had frightened Black Don, and
Capt Hale was ingloriously lyirg on
the library couch, with his right arm
in splints, and an ugly cash upon his
right temple.
He must not die until he has for
given me-" Clarissa cried Historically
to Aunt Frances, as she unceremo-
niously bundled her willing relative
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NJ WRNISA7 father, who adored
%III///Ilv her, was forced to
admit that Aunt
Frances used to shake her deer, white
head, and sigh mildly. "The child has
stayed abroad too long," she would
say. Her brain is filled with old
world notions. Conditions have
changed, and America has grown too
fast for her.
But when they attempted to re-
monstrate with Clarissa, that i'm
Perious young person would get into
a towering rage
Then there is no such thing as
principle?' she would inquire, with
whitening sarcasm. You didn't lose
most of your property to the ma
rauding northerners! You weren't
forced to come from your own dear
Maryland to this cold, bleak New
England! You didn't bring your
slaves along, after you had freed them
of your own accord! Although most
of them insisted upon remaining with
you-to their credit. You're not nv
Grandfather Colonel because of YOUR
bravery at Antietam! You didn't sac
Tifice your only son, my father, to
the lost cause. His death didn't kill
my grandmother and my mother! Oh,
no! | must have dreamed it ALL"
my dear! my dear!" grandfather
would demonstrate, sadly. God
knows / acted as | thought best; per-
haps | was mistaken. But conditions
oh ;c ! l,o
dow to conform to them"
"But the principle remains the
same, grandfather" would be the
proud response; and Clarissa would
weep few obstinate tears upon the
silky hair of Fifne, the French
poodle which she had brought from
abroad, and which, all told, was a
most detestable little beast. "Fifine.
darling, we belong to the Owings Sam
lily, of Maryland, don't we, pet? And
what do we think of the star-span-
gled banner?" and then Fifine would
snarl and whine viciously, while her
pretty mistress caressed and en-
couraged her.
Grandfather was distressed, but he
was forced to smile at the absurdity
of it all. "To be a rebel has gore out
fashion, my dear" he would say,
eprecatingly; but Clarissa continued
TO regard herself as an alien, to heap
fresh flowers daily before the pic
ture of her beloved Winnie Davis, as
before a shrine; to quote Father
Ryan's stanzas upon the lost cause,
an6 to defy the Lees and other he
roes Of the confederacy.
She was 23 now, and she had been
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Alabama was the first state to inau.
gurate the annual custom of observ.
ing a day is sacred 20 the memory of
their dead heroes.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-30
'1vs
xpoWERs
For The BRAVE

HERE ars blossoms
in t h e clover.
there is music In
the pines,
And a wealth of
buds is falling
DER the brave
blue-coated lines,
And I h e muffled
drum Is beating,
and one flag in
glory waves
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Life is lamp flame before a wind.
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was abb
S surdly unreason-
able! Even grand
father, who adored
her, was forced to
admit that. Aunt
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-28
KIND HEARrEDNEss.

(From the Indianapolis SUM- The
gingham-shlrted boy had made a break
to pass the ticket seller at the circus
entrance, but that gentleman had
caught him and rudely thrust him
back.
Poor little devil" said a seedy-look-
ing man in the crowd. IF had the
money I'd buy him a ticket myself"
The crowd looked sympathetic, but
said nothing, while the boy sobbed az
II his heart would dissolve.
I've only got a nickel, little Teller"
went on the seedy-looking one, IAN
that won't do you no good. Say" he
continued, turning suddenly to the
crowd, lets do one good act IN ouI
lives. Let's buy him a ticket"
It looked for a minute as II a collec-
ton was to be started, but a benevo-
lent-looking old gentleman nipped II in
the bud by slipping a half-dollar into
the hand Of the boy, who promptly
disappeared into the tent.
Il thank you a thousand times FOL
that kind act, sir" said the seedy-look'
ing man.
You seem to take quite an interest
in the little fellow" remarked the be
nevolent one.
We'll, I should think I ought to-
answered the seedy-looking man, will
some proudness. That's the only sol
! got"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-28
Wealth In watsrworks.

The boroughs of Manhattan and The
Bronx have 500, OOO, 900 Of public mon
ey invested in their waterworks-
aqueducts, reservoirs, pumping sta
tions, mains and watersheds.
The borough Of Brooklyn has a like
investment OF about S25, 900, 900, and
the water supply Of both New York
county and Of Kings county Is being
constantly improved and extended, at
new cost, as the greater needs Of the
city in business and population re-
quires.
Chicago has more than $50, 000, 900
invested in its water system, Boston,
$15, 900, 900; Baltimore, $18, 600, 900; Gin
~cinnati, $40, 900, 900; st. Louis, 500, OOO,-
600; Philadelphia. $S5, 900, 900; Pitts
burg 49, 900, 900; Newark, $4,000, 900;
Milwaukee, $4,000, 900; San Francisco,
$25, 900, 900; Cleveland, $4,000, 900; New
Orleans, $4,000, 900; Providence, So
900, 900, and other large American cities
proportionately. When the city OF
New York became a part Of the pres
emit consolidated city the revenue OF
the bureau Of water supply was $4,-
900, 900 a year from water taxes. The
receipts are constantly increasing. The
furnishing Of water supply is a source
Of profit rather than Of loss to most
American cities.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-28
A SLIGHT MISTAKE.

The other morning. going down
town on a Sixth Avenue Il" train in
New York, a woman, shabbily dressed,
reached over to another seat and pick
ed up a paper that had been left by a
mar who had just got of. The woman
with the shabby dress had her nose
buried in the paper. A p~hilanthropist
and a business nan were riding in the
seat back of her.
You see" said the philanthropist,
'how eager the poor working people
of this country are to acquire knowl-
edge. Now, that good woman ahead
of us cannot afford to buy a paper, but
she is ready, nevertheless. to gain in
formation, and picks up a paper wher-
ever she can. Commendable, isn't it?'
DO you know WHO the woman ISL"
asked the business man.
No" said the philanthropist. who
is it,"
"hettie Green, the richest woman In
the United States. "-Pittsburg News.