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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
is WITHOUT A HEAD.
The Prohibition National Committee
Finds Itself in a Curious Position.


Chicago, Dec 17.-Robert H. Pat
ton, of Springfield, H., was yesterday
elected chairman of the prohibition
national committee, to succeed Oliver
W. Stewart. Mr.. Patton was the can
didate of the prohibition party for
governor of Illinois in the last cam
paign. In the interest of harmony the
designations of all the members of the
executive committee were presented
and accepted. Chairman Stewart
waived an investigation of the charges
rejecting on him.
Practically forced out of the nation
al craftsmanship, Mr.. Stewart finds, af-
ter the committee has adjourned and
the members scattered, that the man
chosen as his successor refuses to
serve. This leaves the committee
without a head, unless Mr.. Stewart
claims the right to serve until his sue
cessor shall have been elected and
qualified.
While the committeeman were hur-
rying to their homes in different parts
of the country, telegram came froln
Mr.. Patton announcing that he HAD
declined the preferred honor and that
under no circumstances would he
serte.
Unless Mr.. Patton reconsiders his
action and holds office long enough to
call another meeting of the committee,
there is nothing to prevent Mr.. Stew
art from continuing as chairman, de-
spite his overthrow.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT
Safe and Conservative Lines Will Be
Followed as in Past Ad-
ministration.

Much speculation has been INDUCED
in by political observers as to the char
acter of President Roosevelt's policies
in new administration when uncOn-
strained by any sense of obligation to
carry out the plans of his predecessor.
Many predictions have been made, es-
pecially in the campaign, that with a
new lease of power he is likely to de-
part widely from the courses which he
has followed for the last three years.
The president has absolutely no
thought of departing from the safe and
conservative lines which he has so far
! followed, says the New York Tribune.
| He recognizes the need of new legisla-
tion in various directions, and will
strive to fit the government to deal with
every emergency which may arise in
| his term of office, but whatever he does
will be the natural evolution of repub-
| lican policies and principles to meet new
conditions. The president realizes as
do the great majority of republicans,
that the tariff schedules have been out
grown in some particulars and will need
Ireadjustment. He is considering how
that readjustment may best be secured,
but has as yet committed himself to
no particular plan. 1t is clear that
whatever is done will be done carefully,
conservatively and with no sacrifice of
the protective principle.
In dealing with trusts the indications
are that the president will continue his
already well understood policy. He has
secured legislation which. it is believed,
will enable the government to put an
end to determinations and rebates, and
he has secured court rulings which will
prevent the ingenuity of lawyers from
putting corporations beyond the reach
of the law. He has no intention of using
these weapons in such a way as to in
jure legitimate business, but it may be
| expected that diligence will be manifest
ed in compelling corporations as well as
individuals to obey the law.
In general, the prospects in the next
administration, as outlined by our cor
respondent, are for a thoroughly sane,
conservative, but at the same time thor
oughly progressive, use of the authority
of government for the promotion of the
interests of the whole peple regardless
of section or condition.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
Two More Removals from Office.

Washington, Dec. SG.-As the result
Of an investigation of their activity
during the recent political campaign,
Warren F. lumber, a rural mail car
rier at Lockport, N. Y, and II. w.
Aldrich, a rural carrier Of Concord, N.
H., both officials of the National Asso-
citation of Rural Free Delivery Car
riers, were yesterday removed from
the government service by Postmaster
General Wynne. lumber is secretary
of the association of the carriers and
he and Adrich are members of it's
executive board. The charges were
that they sent out letters during the
campaign to candidates for congress,
urging legislation in the interest of
the carriers.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
An Important Legal Decision.

New York, Dec. II. - Justice
Jenkins, of the appellate division Of
the state supreme court, handed down
a decision Friday that an injunction
against organizing a strike cannot
stand. He modified an injunction to
prevent a strike which had been is
sued by Justice Dickey, of the su-
preme court, in a suit brought against
the United States Printing Co., of
Ohio, the International Stereotypers
and Electrotypers' union and the New
York Stereotypers' union, in which the
plaintiffs asked the court to prevent
the union men from striking to force
the printing company to discharge the
non union men.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
pUN's REVIEW OF TRADE.
Manufacturing Activity Is Steadily
Increasing and Holiday Trade Good.


New York, Dec. 17.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
Manufacturing activity steadily in
creases, testifying to the general con-
fldence in a heavy demand next year,
and trading branches of business re
port seasonable conditions. Holiday
goods sell more freely than staples,
but all classes of merchandise are
going into larger consumption, while
it is the exception when there is COM
plant regarding mercantile collec-
tions
The proportion of idle machinery is
growing smaller and the number of
unemployed less few labor disputes of
significant dimensions existing out
side of Fall River. Low water at
some points still provides the most
serious drawback to full operation of.
capacity. Iron and steel plants are,
gaining steadily, footwear forwardings
are running close to the large figures
of last year and irregular raw ma
terials supply the only serious clement
Of uncertainty in the textile indus
tries. Farm staples are returning large
profits to producers, and foreign trade
returns for November showed a very
small loss in exports.
Far from meeting with the setback
that many traders anticipated, the
iron and steel industry has gone
steadily forward. There is no evidence
of imitation in the present situation,
fuel shortage increasing the cost of
production, while orders covering all
the product of some furnaces for the
first quarter of next year testify to the
faith of consumers.
Failures for the week numbered 276
in the United States, against 329 last
year, and 25 in Canada, compared with
20 a year ago.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
Dom Paul kruaer Is Buried.

Pretoria. Transvaal. Dec. 1.-Two
thousand burghers attended an i'm
pressive religious service Friday prior
to the burial of the body of ex-Presi-
dent Kruger. Several ministers of the
Dutch church spoke, all eulogiZing the
ex-president for his exemplary religi-
GUS life and as lover of his people.
An immense crowd filed through the
death chamber throughout the morn
ing. The coffin was draped with the
Tlansvaal and Orange Free State
flags. The procession to the cemetery
was large. Mr.. Kruger was buried be-
side his wife.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
WILL BE NO OBSTRUCTION.
Democratic Promise to Subside Dur.
ing the Coming Session
of Congress.

A prominent democrat from the
south says that his party in the COM
ing session of congress will do nothing
to obstruct the work of the republican
party. This is pleasant news, If it turns
out to be true, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. The democrats are far in
the minority in both senate and house,
but minority has often delayed the
work of a majority, and sometimes has
defeated it. In a chamber like the sem
ate, where there is virtually no curb on
debate, and where the filibuster can
usually have free hand, handful of
resourceful and determined men can
hold up the majority for months at a
time, and the coming session is restricted
to three months of duration. This DEM
ocratic magnate says his party may be
teased about its loss of Missouri and the
big drop in its popular and electoral
vote as compared with 1896 and 1900, but
Se declares the party intends to take
such sallies good naturedly and await
developments. Republican measures
will be debated, but not extensively, and
no factious impediments will be put in
their way.
There is good sense as we'll as good
politics in the democratic promise to
subside during the coming session and
let the republicans run the country
without any obstruction. AS the re-
publicans, however, do not intend to
map out much work for this session be-
yond the passage of the appropriation
bills and the transaction of some other
routine work, no sort of opposition
which the democrats can put up would
hamper the republicans seriously. For
the coming session the dominant party's
programme is not very ambitious.
When the congress recently chosen gets
to work in 1905 larger programme will
be put forward. The party will then
have abundance of time to carry out
any sort of policy which it proposes.
In the short session not much is usually
attempted beyond the work necessary
to keep the wheels of government in
operation. In the congress which will
meet next year the republicans will
have a somewhat longer lead in the
senate than their present big majority
and in the house they will have more
than triple the margin which they pos
sess in the existing chamber. No ques-
tion aside from the routine work of the
government is so pressing now that it's
enactment in the next three months is
imperative. Democratic obstruction,
therefore, even if attempted, would not
harm the republicans much and would
not help the democrats at all. Never
theless, if the democrats for those few
weeks keep their hands off and leave the
work of legislation entirely to the re-
publicans, the aversion which the Amer
ican people hold to the democratic party
will be diminished to some slight extent
at least.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

Under new Norway law it is dc.
creed % that certain arcana and
patent medicines named be excluded; !;
t2) the publication of advertisements
in Norwegian newspapers to further
the sale of any and all foreign patent
portation of all arcana and medicines
is forbidden except by druggists and
private persons under special permit;
"a fines not to exceed 5000 kroner
(s1 ,34O) may be imposed for violations
OF any Of the above enactments.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
DOCTORS SAY SHE is SANE,
Efforts are Made to Secure the Re-
lease of an Iron Masters Daughter
from a Madhouse.


New York, Dec. 17.-Efforts to free
Mabel Spang, the daughter of Charles
Spang, an iron manufacturer of Pitts
burg, from a Yonkers insane asylum
were continued Friday before Justice
Marean, of the supreme court. Before
opening the case Justice Marean said:
THE evidence is of so serious a ma
ture | think it best not to hear it in
public. | have appointed Lawyer Ira
Bamberger to look after the girls in
terests, as she is a minor"
Attorney Bamberger represents
Henry Bebro, who instituted the
habeas corpus proceedings upon which
the girl was brought from Yonkers
two weeks ago.
The attorney for Miss Spang put Drs.
York, Brush, Lambert, Lawrence and
Montgomery on the stand and from
each obtained a declaration that the
girl was perfectly sound of mind. He
laid stress on the fact that the father
of the young woman did not appear in
support of his wifes contention that
the girl was of unsound mind and was
in no way associated with the mother
in her efforts to have their daughter
adjudged insane.
Miss Satymore, a nurse, declared
that she had resigned from the Yonk-
ers establishment rather than have
anything to do with what she called
the prosecutions of sweet and inno-
cent girl
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
Opened Bids for Warships.

Washington, Dec. 16.-Bids were
opened at the navy department Thurs
day for the construction of the battle
ship New Hampshire and the armored
cruisers North Carolina and Montana.
The lowest bidder on two ships was
the Newport News Shipbuiiding and
Dry Dock Co, which offered to COM
plete the two cruisers in sc months at
$3.575,000 each, or the cruiser and the
battleship in 3G months at S3,G50, 900.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

Extensive experiments in the effect
of electric light on the growth of
plants are being undertaken by the
Horticultural Society of England. Elk.
periments in America have shown
marked effects, but not desirable ones
in all cases. Caulifiower and radishes
run largely to top. Melons, cucum.
bers, strawberries, beans and other
vegetables were quickened in growth
by several days. Flowers are invigor.
ated and produce deeper shades of
color
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

DWhen the former free trade cru
sade was begun the United States was
producing about 100000 tons of pig
iron annually. A couple of. years of
scare brought the production down to
100000 tons. The resumption of con-
fi3o2s2 carried the output up to 18,OOO,-
600 tons. Figures like these tell the
story truly. Price lists are deceptive
but the fact that Americans are con.
suming about 450 pounds of iron per
capita as against less than half that
quantity in the years of low prices
is one that cant be got away from
San Francisco Chronicle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
SUSPENSION BRIDGE COLLAPSED
Three Persons Killed and Five Others
Seriously Injured at Charleston,
w. Va

W. Nds
Charleston, w. Va, Dec. 1G.-Three
persons were killed and five others
seriously injured Thursday by the col
lapse of the suspension bridge across
the Elk river, which connects East
and West Charleston. On the bridge
when it went down were six children
on their way to school and a dozen
other pedestrians, together with six
teams. The bridge went down with
out warning, but a number of those
who were near the ends of the struc-
lures managed to land before it col
lapsed. Those who went down with
the wreckage fell distance of 40 feet
into the ice-covered waters of the
river
The steamer Baxter broke the ice to
allow small boats to reach the scene
and the rescue work began immedi-
ately. The injured first were assisted
to the shore and later a search was
made of the river for dead bodies. The
bodies of Mamie Higginbotham and
Annie Humphreys were taken out and
Ollie Gibbs died last night. The bridge
was a single span 500 feet in length
and was built in 1852. 1t had been
known to be unsafe for some time and
heavy traffic was not allowed on it.
The accident was caused by two
cables on the north side slipping from
their moorings. When that side
dropped another cable snapped and
the floor tilted and turned completely
over
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

There is young American achiev.
ing fame in England in an unusual
way. He is showing the British med
ical men how much poison he can eat
and drink without i'll effect. His
menu on a recent occasion was paris
green, strychnine, blue indigo, phos.
phorous and atropine. 1t was all very
simple. Each plate contained its
deadly burden of brilliant green and
blue and white powders. One after
the other the American partook of
each missing none.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

Piassava is a fiber made from the
bamboo tree and is used in Europe to
make brooms, brushes and the like.
In Liberia the bamboo is taken from
the tree and placed in water until the
outer covering decays. 1t is then
beaten in a forked stick. erected for
the purpose, until there remains only
the fiber, which is weighed and bound
In bundles much like American wheat,
except that it is bound at both ends.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

At a recent medical exhibition in
London a new anesthetic, called SOM
noform, was shown. 1t is a liquid
whose boiling point" is % deg. below
zero. The moment it comes in con-
tact with the air it becomes gas.
Its great virtue, from medical point
of view, is that breathing stops be-
fore the heart when it is administered.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

One of the latest proposals made for
helping the small farmer in England
is the establishment of credit banks.
Where this system has been tried it
has proved a success. In the congest-
ed districts of Ireland there are IT
agricultural banks, and these institu-
tons are gradually extending their
operations among the small landhold-
ers, for whose benefit they were estab-
iShed
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

One hundred thousand sheep will
be prepared for the market this VIM
ter at the beet-sugar factories, in the
vicinity of Eaton, Greeley, Windsor,
Longmont, FIT. Collins and Loveland,
Col. The beet pulp makes the best Of
feed for lambs, and Colorado feeders
are much encouraged over the market
prospects. About 10000 lambs will be
fed upon field peas in the San Luis
Valley, Colorado, this winter.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

Jeres de la Frontera, Spain, has a
population of $1,000 and is the center
of the sherry wine making trade.
There are many rich people worth
from 100000 to $4,000 900. The city
has hundreds of very old and large
store-houses containing, it is said,
enough sherry wine to supply the
worlds demand for 25 years.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
PAS Idea.


Willie-Pa, what is a temperance
man." anyway?
PA Temperance man." my son, is
. man who boasts intemperately of the
fact that he drinks water to excess.
Philadelphia Press
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
The sTall Man" Is Arrested Again.

Chicago. Dec. 1G-John Orme, dar-
ing highwayman, known as the tail
man" in the combination which terror
He was identified by the police yester-
day as one of the two highwaymen
who entered the Peoria national bank
at Peoria, H., and at the point of re
volvers forced the teller to give them
$4,000 in currency. Poth men were
captured the following day at Toulon.
Ill. His companion was recognized as
Theodore Brocway, who has served
two terms at Joliet, one on a charge OF
horse stealing
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

Prof. ]. n. Harper, of the University
of Kentucky, is, according to a para
graph which is on it's rounds in Eng.
lish newspapers, tobacco expert. and
has been advising Col Everard, who
has been experimenting at Randles.
town, County Meath, Ireland, in grow.
ing tobacco. 1t is claimed the mois.
ture of the Irish climate is good for
tobacco culture, and that there is
plenty of the right kind of soil in the
Emerald Isle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

Advertisements are published at the rate of
ene 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 Onncial Advertising per square,
three times or less az: each subsequent inser-
tion 80 cents per square.
Local notices 10 cents per line for one tnser-
sertion: cents per line for each subsequent
consecutive insertion.
Obituary notices over Ave lines 10 cents per
line. Simple announcements OF births, mar
ringes and deaths will be inserted free.
Business cards five lines or less IS per year;
over five lines, at the regular rates OF sdver-
Using.
No local inserted for less than rs cents per
issue
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

A letter arrived at the New York
post Office the other day bearing the
following address: ITO Any Respect
able Lawyer, New York City, New
York" The carrier into whose hands
it fell for delivery returned it marked
In blue pencil-"Not found
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

The city of st. Thomas owns and
operates the six miles of electric
street railway within its corporate
limits. The road gives general salts
faction as to service, but at the ex-
pense of a deficit ranging between
$4,000 and $4,000 per annum. The city
owns and operates the water works
system very successfully This plant
nets a small annual surplus and at thu
same time gives entire satisfaction.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
The Peruna Almanac in 100000,
Homes

The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac has be-.
come fixture in over eight million homes.
1t can be obtained from all druggists free.
Be sure to inquire early. The 1905 Almanac
soon be exhausted. Do not put it Off. Get
one today.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
JOB PRINTING.

The Job department OF the PRESS is complete
aud 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
Cor in advance.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
Constellation Again in Commission

New York, Dec. 16.-The frigate
Constellation, the oldest ship in the
American navy. after having been
thoroughly overhauled and made taut
and trim again. was recommissioned
yesterday at navy yard in Brooklyn.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

The United States has granted $500 pat
ents to women, but as yet there is no.
device for keeping a hat on straight,
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

To proffer a small sum as bribe is an
tnsult.-Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
ble medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, n. j., Feb. IL, 1900.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22

Unexpected personal prominence dims
many a well-kept halo.-Judge.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding OF Protruding Piles
Your druggist viii refund money if PAzon
OINTMENT fails to cure In to II days. SOC.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
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