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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
MADE HUNDREDS HOMELESS.
Seventy-hvc Families are Driven Into
the Street by a Fire at Chicago.

Chicago, Oct. 31.-Seventy-fve fam
lilies lost their homes and $25O,0OO
worth of property was destroyed in a
fire last night that started in Peter
son q Co.'S picture frame factory at
Union Street and Austin avenue.
Famed by strong wind the flames
got beyond control and spread to the
small packing establishment of Fem
berg & Stopp and long row of resi-
dences adjoining. Two blocks of
dwellings, skirting Milwaukee avenue
were wiped out before the fire was
subdued. The Peterson factory,
which with contents was valued at
$175,000, fully insured, was destroyed.
The bulk of the remainder of the loss
was on residences, fairly well covered
by insurance.
Ihere were many rumors OF lives
lost in the fire, but it is believed that
all people living in the burned build
ings escaped.
Several people were rescued in an
unconscious condition. One of the
incidents of the fire was the crema-
ton of the body of Frank j. Rucb at
mis- home, 14s Milwaukee avenue. He
died in the afternoon of blood
poisoning. SO quickly did the flames
invade the building that there was
no chance to remove the body and it
was incinerated.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
PAID THE PENALTY
President McKinley's Assassin Is
Electrocuted.
When Placed la the Death Chair He
Declared that Efe was Not Sorry
He Had Murdered the President
Acid Poured over the
Grave of the Assassin.

Auburn, n. Y, Oct. 30.-Leon F.
Czolgosz, the murderer of President
Mckinley, was electrocuted at 7:12: 30
O'Clock Tuesday morning.
He was shocked to death by 1,700
volts of electricity. He went to the
chair in the same manner as have the
ma ajority of murderers in this state,
showing no particular sign of fear,
but, in fact, doing what few of them
have done-talllIng to the witnesses
while he was being strapped to the
chair.
81 killed the president because he
was an enemy of the good people, of
the good working people. l am not
sorry for my crime"
These were his words as the guards
hurried him into the chair.
A moment later mumbling through
the half-adiusted face straps, he said:
81 am awfully sorry l could not see
my father"
Rev. Herrick, chaplain of the
prison, was in the death chamber
ready for any call that might be made
for his services. He was not wanted
by the prisoner, however, and sat
quietly in the rear of the chamber
throughout the execution.
The clothing and personal effects of
the prisoner were burned shortly
after the execution.
The body was placed in a pine cof-
fin and was taken to the prison GEM
etery, and an extraordinary precau-
tion taken to destroy it.
A carboy of acid was poured upon
the body in the coffin after it had
been lowered into the grave. 1t is
the belief of the physicians that the
body will be entirely disintegrated
within IL hours.
Waldeck Czolgosz and Thomas Ban
Gowski, brother and brother-in-law
of the assassin, called at the prison at
2 p. m. Tuesday. They sent word to
Warden Mead that they wished to see
the body of Leon Czolgosz. The war;
den told them that the body had been
buried for more than an hour and
that if they wished he would send q
guard to guide them to the grave.
They said they did not care
to go to the cemetery, but
that they were anxious to ar
range for the collection of the insur-
ance on the life of the murderer and
asked that a certificate of death be
given them. The warden promised
them certificate and they departed.
The report prepared by the
autopsy surgeons related entirely
to the brain and was of highly tech
nical character. After describing to
the minutest detail the brain of the
dead murderer, the report concludes
as follows:
"No anomalies found. The brain
in general is wen developed, suffi-
ciently marked with assures, and the
lobes are in normal proportion"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
"MITCHELL DAY."
Miners In the Anthracite Region CeI-
ebrate the Victory Won Last FaIL

Hazelton, Pa, Oct. 30.-NIitchell
day, named in honor of the president
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, and which marks the first ami
versary of the ending of the great
coal strike last fall, in which the mine
workers of the anthracite field won
10 per cent. increase in wages and
other concessions was celebrated here
Tuesday. y parade in which $4,000
mine workers participated was held.
A big meeting followed the parade
at which speeches were made by
Thomas Duffy, president of The Hazel
ton district of the United Mine Work
ers, Anthony Schlosser, an organizer,
and Mother" Jones.
The day was celebrated in Scranton
with parade of 10000 miners from
the collieries of Scranton and the adj
iacent towns. The 400 street car
strikers marched at the head of the
line and were given a big ovation. No
attempt was made to run street cars
with the imported men, as it was
feared trouble would be provoked.
All the mines were idle in the Sha-
mokin region. Five thousand of the
$4,000 mine workers between Shamo-
kin and Centralia paraded at Mount
Carmel, after which a large mass
meeting was held.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 30.-Mitchell
day was observed here by the United
Mine Workers by parade in which
$4,000 miners marched and which was
headed by John Mitchell, the presi-
dent of the union. 1t was the great
est outpouring of miners ever seen
here. After the parade there was a
mass meeting at which President
Mitchell was the principal speaker.
He said he was opposed to compulsory
arbitration but was in favor of volun-
tary arbitration in the settlement OF
disputes between employers and en-
nloVeS.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
AN ALLEGED PCiSONER.
she Is Arrested on Suspicion of Hay.
Ing Caused the Deaths of Four PeO-
pie Living in "A Massachusetts Town.

Nashua, n. H., Oct. 31.-Miss Jane
Toppan, suspected of having muir
dered Mrs. Mary Gibbs at Bourne,
Mass, last August, has been arrested
and taken to Massachusetts. Mrs.
Gibbs died under suspicious circum-
stances.
Bourne, Mass, Oct. 31.-Mrs. Mary
Gibbs, for whose alleged murder Miss
Jane Toppan is under arrest, was Il
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Davis,
of this place, and a sister of Mrs.
Harry Gordon, of Chicago. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis died last July and
within few weeks Mrs. Gordon, who
mother in her last hours, and Mrs.
Gibbs died. Miss Toppan, a profess
sional nurse and friend of the Davis
family, attended each person.
Barnstable, Mass, Oct. 31.-Miss
Jane Toppan, who was arrested on
suspicion of being connected with the
alleged murder of Mrs. Mary Gibbs,
was brought here Wednesday after
noon. She was taken to the local
Jail and will be arraigned to-day.
Mrs. Gibbs husband Capt. Irving
f. Gibbs, who is captain of the coast
ing schooner Golden Ball, was away
on that vessel at the time of his
wife's death. On learning of it, at a
coast port, he mmediately returned
home, and although there had been
up to that time no suspicion of foul
play. Capt. Gibbs believed that there
should be an investigation and placed
the matter in the hands of District
ATTORNEY Holmes.
The bodies of Mrs. Gordon and Mrs.
Gibbs were eXhumed and the stom-
achs were sent to Prof. Wood, of
Harvard university. and as a result of
his examination Miss Toppan was ar
rested on suspicion of having
poisoned the four members of the
Gibbs family.
The police assert that they have
sufficient evidence to convict Miss
Ioppan.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
AN EXODUS FROM NOME.
Hundreds of Nlen Leave an Alaskan
Mining Camp, While Those who
Remain are PenDiIess.

Port Townsend, Wash, Oct. 81
The steamers Queen and Valencia ar
rived here Wednesday from Nome.
Each brought 500 passengers. On
the Queen were 100 stowaways who
succeeded in boarding the vessel by
climbing up the anchor chains while
the vessel was at anchor in the road
way at Nome. Passengers report
that 500 men were left at Nome, all
of whom are penniless, with no
means of making a living during the
winter and a reign of terror is pre-
dicted During the entire voyage of
the Queen petty thefts were of daily
occurrence.
The Queen brought down number
of more important Nome personages
who had waited until the last boat
sailed. Only the small steamer Arc
tic was left at Nome.
The Queen left Nome October 90 in
binding snow storm. Winter had
set in in earnest and the thermom-
eter had been steadily falling during
the previous week. The steamer had
a good voyage until within the last
As hours before reaching Cape Flat
terry. At times she was overtaken
by wind storm directly astern. The
gale rose to 46 miles an hour and the
seas ran mountain high. The culmi-
nation came Monday night when the
ship began rolling heavily, dangerous
ly, and just at the hour of change of
watch, four in the morning, she took
a final plunge and a turn which for
the moment threatened to sink her.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
a CORNER IN CORN.
gt was Followed by a Riot in which
20 Persons Were Shot.

San Antonio, Tex, Oct. 31.-News
was received here yesterday that at
Purandiro, Mexico, on October %, a
bread riot occurred in which 20 per-
sons were wounded, many of them ia
tally. The cause of the riot is said
to have been the action of specula-
tors in cornering the supply of corn.
A corn famine has existed in that
section of Mexico for months and the
government recently removed the inn
port duty on corn from the United
States as a measure of relief. 1t is
claimed that spectators cornered
the shipments to Purandiro and
raised the price 100 per cent.
The starving people, driven to des-
peration, attacked the warehouses,
the women and children leading the
assault They were shot down by
the guards. The conditions in that
section of the republic are depicted
as terrible.
Purandiro is about so miles from
the railroad and the last news from
there was that the situation was
critical and that more bloodshed was
feared. The government has started
troops to the scene.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07

New York, Oct. 30.-BOurke Cock
ran was severely injured yesterday
by being thrown from his horse while
riding about his place at Sands Point,
J.. |. There was no witness to the
accident Mr.. Cochran was riding a
spirited horse and he was either
thrown or the horse stumbled. When
he was found he was unconscious on
the ground and was suffering from
bruises and a curt on the head from
which there was a considerable flow
of blood. The attending physicians
say Mr.. Cochran suffered a severe
concnssion of the brain, but they
have irund no fracture of the skull.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07

Omaha, Neb., Oct. 31.-Chief of Po-
lice Donahue has received assurance
from Chicago handwriting experts
that the letters received by the chief
signed Pat Grove, are genuine. The
letters were compared with speci-
mems of Groves writing in the ar
chives of Chicago detective agency.
The letters were received October 19
and 21, and named the conditions on
which the writer offered to surren-
der to the chief of police. glle chief
has about abandoned the idea that
Grove will give himself up, as he Of
fered TO do in the letters above re-
ferred to.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07

Fall River, Mass. Oct. 31.-The mill
operatives of this city last night de-
cided not to strike, the matter being
decided by a majority of four votes
in the Loom Fixers' union. Only l.
702 of the 10000 operatives of the
city, exclusive of those employed in
the Iron Works and Bourne mills and
the mills of the New England Yarn
Co. attended the general mass meet
ing of the unions, called for the pur-
pose of voting on the proposition to
strike Monday for an increase of 10
per cent. in wages.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
Nearly s136,OOO,COO Is Required for
Its Operation During the Next Fiscal


Washington, Oct. 31.-The esti-
mates for the entire postal service
for the fiscal year ending June 30.
1903, aggregate S135,SS5, 500. \ half
million dollars is asked for "trans-
portation of mail by pneumatic tube
or other similar devices, by purchase
or otherwise" The total for rural
free delivery is $6,250,000, an increase
of $2,750,000 over the current year.
The compensation for postmasters
amount to S20,0OO,O00; letter carriers
and substitute and temporary car
riers. $17,430, ,450; star route service
$6,715,000; railroad transportation,
railway post office car service and
railway mail service, $50, ,4G3, ,456. The
grand total for inland mail transpor-
tatlon is $63,019,956, and for foreign
mails $2,542 600.
The issue of ordinary stamps for
the next fiscal year is estimated at
1870, 710,731, against almost 4,500,000,-
600 during the current year. The
postal cards are expected to reach an
aggregate of 35,159,00s. Ordinary
postage stamps issued during the fis-
cal year closed July /, 1901, numbered
4,154, ,s3S, 300, including 1888, $50 of
the Pan-American commemorative is
sue. OF all these 46,S05, AGO were of
eight and ten-cent denominations. 1t
is estimated that the issue of eight
and ten-cent stamps for the next two
years will increase about 30 per cent.
yearly, and that other denominations
and special delivery stamps will in
crease at least eight per cent. yearly.
The issue of books of stamps next
wear is estimated aft 675O OOO
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
Two Killed and Two Injured.

Logansport, Ind, Nov. 1.-Two men
were instantly killed last night and
two others were probably fatally in
jured in a collision on the Michigan
division of the Vandalia, at Judson,
Ind, between an extra freight and a
runaway cut of cars from another
freight train. The dead are Richard
Stith, fireman, Logansport; John Ell
labarger, brakeman, Terre Haute In
iured: Frank f. Gross, engineer,
Logansport; John Lawler, conduc-
tor Yerre Haute.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
FOUND MURDERED.
Dead Mans Body Found Mt Chesun-
cook, Me.-The Wife and Two Men
are Charged with the Crime.

Bangor, Me-, Nov. 1.-Thomas Glib
bons, of Bangor, foreman for a lum-
bering concern; Fred \. Holt, of Au-
gusta, and Mrs. Gero are under arrest
for the alleged murder of Thomas
Gero, at Chesuncook. news of which
reached here Wednesday night.
j. +. Hartshorn, OF st. Johnsbury,
VT, hunter, brought the story. He
said on Tuesday afternoon the people
at the Chesuncook hotel noticed flag
moving on the shore across the lake
near the Gero house. Thinking that
assistance was desired for some rea-
son, some of the men went across,
and near the Gero home they saw
the body of Thomas Gero stretched
on the ground, partially covered by a
cloth, but terribly mangled. There
were no less than II cuts on the
corpse, and from it's appearance it
was evident that fierce fight had
occurred before he had given up his
life. The wounds appeared to be all
made with n knife or razor. save
one in the side, which seemed to have
been made with an axe.
According to Mr.. Hartshorn's infor-
nation, Mrs. Gero and Fred Holt were
considerably the worse for liquor.
Mr.. Barnes, justice of the peace,
who lives near by, was notified and
Holt, Thomas Gibbons, who was stay
ing at the Gero house, and Mrs. Gero
were arrested.
The events that led up to the trag-
edy have not been disclosed. Mrs.
Gero and Holt are said to have told
conflicting stories.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
In Trouble with the Court,

Chicago, Nov. 1.-Judge Hancey, of
the circuit court, issued an order last
evening summoning before him at 10
o'clock Monday the owner of the Chi
cago American, Mr.. William II.
Hearst and six employees of the paper
TO show cause why they should not
be punished for contempt of court.
The publications on which this action
was taken were news items, editori-
ais and cartoons rejecting on the
motives of the judge in a recent de-
cision in which the Peoples Gas Lighs
and Coke Co., of this city, were in
terested.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
Negro shoots a Deputy sheriff

Raleigh, n. c., Oct. 31.-Late We'd
nesday afternoon near the show
grounds at Rutherfordton, n. c., Dep
uty Sheriff Butler was probably IA
tally shot in the head by Bud Logan,
a drunken negro, who with a negro
companion had been abusing white
men and had knocked down four of
them. The negroes had out pistols
and the deputy attempted to take
them when Logan fired The whites
opened fire and both negroes ran un-
der a shower of bullets. They were
soon captured and are in Jail. Should
Deputy Butler die a lynching is like
ly unless the negroes are shipped
from the iail here.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07

Scranton, Pa, Oct. Scranton
has reached an unique position in the
street railway strike. Because of
the discharge of two of their number
the non-union men brought here to
take the places Of the regular en-
ployes who went on strike four weeks
ago have themselves inaugurated q
strike. Eleven of them quit Monday
morning and six more in the after
noon. These say that there are
only % of the imported men left and
that 20 of these will quit when they
finish out an even week ana get their
pay.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07

New York, Oct. 31.-A decision was
handed down yesterday by the Uni
ted States circuit court of appeals in
the famous case of Briclliil VS.. the
City of New York, reversing the de-
cree of the UHted States circuit
court and thereby relieving the city
from payment of Judgment of ST.
O36,6G6, obtained against it for in
fringcment of the Brickill patent,
which was for apparatus for heating
the water in the boilers of steam fire
engines.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
A SPECK OF WAR.
A French Squadron Sails for Turkish
Waters TO Obtain satisfaction from
the Ottoman Government.

Paris, Oct. 31.-"The entire French
Mediterranean squadron left yester-
day afternoon" says the Toulon cor
respondent of the Figaro. while
one division put in at Salins-D'Hye-
res, another composed of three bat
tleships and two cruisers. under com
mand of Admiral Caillard, pro-
ceeded to the Levant. Two
thousand troops will be add
ed to this force. Admiral Gail
lard's orders are that, if complete
satisfaction is not Immediately given
by the Ottoman government to all
the claims of France, he shall seize
the custom house of the Porte near
est his squadron. 1t is believed his
destination is the island of Mitylene,
or Salonika. The island commands
the entrance to the Dardanelles and
the Gulf of Smyrna"
Several morning papers confirm
the Figaro's Toulon advices.
Rumors to the same effect were
current in Paris late last evening, but
the foreign Office professed to know
nothing about the matter.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07

st. Louis, Oct. 31.-David Ives Bush
nell, jr., who is in charge of the arch
geological department of the Peabody
institute at Boston, while on a visit
to the site of the worlds fair in For
est park, discovered six Indian
mounds on the high ridge of ground
where the art building and the state
and foreign buildings are to be locat-
ed. Steps have been taken to save
from injury at least one of the
mounds for exhibition at the Lousi-
ana Purchase exposition. The
mounds are in the precise condition
in which the Indians left them saya
Mr. Bushnell.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
Exploded Too soon.

New York, Nov. 1.-Three persons
were injured and so or more windows
were broken last night at Forty
fourth street and Lexington avenue
by the premature explosion of a
dynamite fireworks bomb. 1t was
Just moment or two before IA BIG
Tammany Hall ratification meeting
commenced in the Grand Central Pal
ace, and the streets were crowded.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
Woman kills a Roy.

Pittsburg, Oct. 3O.-While indulging
in preliminary Halloween pranks
Fred Bradley, aged Is years, was shot
and almost instantly killed last night
by Mrs. Margaret Cameron. A crowd
of boys gathered around the grocery
store of Mrs. Cameron and frightened
her 1O-year-old son by playing ghost.
Mrs. Cameron secured revolver
after having warned the boys away,
and fired four shots into the crowd,
one of the bullets entering Rradley's
,ohJ
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING.
wife of Manager of Skating Rink
at IHObOken. n. -. Uuder Arrest for
killing Her Husband.

New York, Nov. John c. Chart
rand, manager of a skating rink at
Hoboken, n. j., is dead from the eff
fects of a pistol wound in the head,
and his wife is under arrest pending
investigation. Mrs. Chartrand's story
is that her husband had been unable
to rent apartments for their accom-
mediation of late and for that reason
she had gone to live with her mother.
She visited her husband at the rink
Wednesday night and remained with
him all night. She says that when
she was about to leave the rink
Thursday morning her husband took
"or a revolver and offered it to her.
Chartrand had arranged, she says,
to go on a hunting trip to Toms
river to be gone ten days and Mrs.
Chartrand was to have taken care of
the rink during his absence. He
gave her the revolver, she says, to
protect herself during her stay at
the rink.
Mrs. Chartrand says that she put
her arm around her husbands neck
TO kiss him good by and that the re-
volver in some way was discharged.
The bullet entered Chartrand's head
behind the left ear, and he died be-
fore he could be taken to a hospital.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
The End of a Strike.

Tacoma, Wash, Oct. 31.-The strike
of the Seattle and Tacoma iron mold
ers, which has been on since June s,
has finally been settled and the men
have returned to work. The Metal
Trades association conceded a 55-hour
week, which means a Saturday half
holiday
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07
Attemptei Murder and Smicide ed.

Buffalo. n. V, Nov. Thomas J..
Harvey, formerly a programme sell
Ter ait the Pan-American exposition,
on Wednesday night attempted to
shoot William ]. Mclaughlin, with
whom he boarded, in front Of the
Amherst hotel. The bullet went
wide of the mark and lodged in the
hand of an Indian, Charles Brave,
who stood near by. Harvey then ran
to the rear of the hotel and shot him
self in the head, inficting wound
which caused his death Thursday
morning. Harvey had been drinking
heavily. He has a sister in Bing.
hamton, n. Y.
Cañon City record., 1901-04-18
Mining Application No. 3226.
survey No. l446s.

PUEBLO LAND DISTRICT,
L. :. LAND OFFICE, p .kBLo. Colo.
April Is. 1901.
Notice is hereby given that Evelyn
McComas. by T. l.. Cox, Attorney in
Fact, whose postoffice address is Colo
RADIO Springs. Colorado, has made appii-
cation for patent for 1900 liuear feet-on
each of the Mahatma, Ecossais and
Beau Frere ludes bearing gold and
silver in Currant Greek Mining Dis rict.
Fremont county, Colorado, and DESERT b.
ed by the field notes and official platS
rs follows. tc-wit:
Mahatma Lode-Beginning at Cor,
No. l. whence the y f Cor Sec 81 r.
l6 ;. r. ~ ". of the 9th p. NJ. bears y d.
"a deg. 26 min. 40 sec E 2902 50 #.
Thence n Is deg - min. W. S05.Ts fl.
to Cor. No. = Thence ) r. deg AZ min
W 1900 #. to Cor Nc. 3. Thence ;.
6s deg 81 min. e 305 IS #. to Cor No
4. Thence y. ~ deg A min. E 800
fl to Cor. No. l, the place of beginning
EcosSais Lode - Beginning at Cor
No. i, whence the said Sec Cor. bears
n. GO deg 10 min f. 4l29 l6 ft Thence
n. Is deg. - min. w. 800 #. to Cor. No