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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-02-25
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Fad Weather Alone Prevents n Def
mite Revival of Business.

mite heElNal OF buslnesf.
New York, Feb. 2O.-R. q. Dun &
Dun d CO.. Weekly Review of Trade
says:
lnclement weather alone prevents
a definite revival of business. Out
door work is retarded and traffic inn
peded to an extent that cannot be ac-
curately measured, but is obviously
sufficient to neutralize the favorable
effect of many encouraging factors,
while winter wheat is threatened. al
though not yet definitely injured, and
early farm preparations must be
postponed.
Several leading branches of manu-
facture are increasing active capac-
ity, and thousands or interior buy
ers are placing liberal orders at the
principal cities. The usual tempor-
AIRY advantages of war are felt in the
markets for staple commodities. no.
tably foodstutfs, but, while this helps
the domestic producer. it harms a
much larger number by enhancing
prices to home consumers. There is
little friction between employers and
wage earners, except regarding the
DituminouS scale, but the cause of in
dustrial peace has lost its foremost
champion.
When spring building operations
begin, a large demand for iron and
stell is expected and contracts are
soon to be placed for Baltimore work.
y large tonnage of rails Is announced.
Failures this week numbered PSI in
the United States, against 247 last
4 4
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-02-25
Boston Man Gets IA Good Job.

Boston, Feb. 17.-W. Cameron
Forbes, of this city, whose accept
.ance of the office of United States
commissioner for the Philippine
Islands was announced from Wash
ington Tuesday, is member of a
well known Boston family and q
prominent lawyer. He is about 40
years old and is graduate from
Harvard University. At Harvard he
won fame as a football player and
subsequently was head coach of the
varsity eleven for two seasons. Mr..
Forbes has had wide experience in
important financial undertakings.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-02-25
Arrest ofn Counterfeiter.

Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 2O.-Benton
Bowman, of this city, was arrested
here Friday, charged with making
counterfeit silver dollars, half dol
lars, quarter dollars and nickels,
which he is alleged to have sold to
David \. Wilson, at one-third their
face value. Wilson was also arrested
and was released on 500 bail for a
hearing next week. Bowman was un-
able to secure bail and was COM
mitted to Jail. lie confessed to being
counterfeiter and said Wilson
agreed to take $500 worth of the
spurious coin every month. Wilson
is the prol iator of a saloon.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-02-25
PAINT FACTORY BURNED.
A Big Blaze at brooklyn. n. u. Hum
dreds of Families Eylctcd from Fem


cmen!s.
New York, Feb. 2O.-A destructive
fire broke out last night in tie extern
sive paint works of f. w. Devoe &
c. T. Reynolds Co., Brooklyn. The
fire started from some unknown
cause and, owing to the highly in
tammable character of the contents
of the buildings the works were soon
destroyed. The fremen directed
their efforts to preventing the spread
of the fire to the adjacent property,
consisting of tenement houses.
The buildings occupied by the paint
works were stored with large guam
titles of oil and chemicals, it being
stated that more than 1000 barrels
of linseed oil were stored in the
plant.
Over 1.50O families were evicted
from the tenements and given tenn
porary refuge by neighbors. There
was no loss of life.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-02-25
Pennsylvania
R III II.
PHILADELPHIA AND ERIE RAIL ROAD


PHILADELPHIA AND ERIE RAIL ROAD
In effect Nov 20, 1908.
TRAINS LEAVE EMPORIUM EASTWARD
8 Is A. M.-Week days for Sunbury,
Wilkesbarre, Scranton, Hazeton, Pottsville,
Harrisburg ndintermediatc stations, arriving
at Philadelp 1ia 623 p. NJ, New York 8. 80 p. NJ,
Baltimore 90 p. M, Washington 7.l5 P. NJ.
Pullman Parlor from Williamsport to
Philadelphia andpassengercoaches from Kane
to Philadelphia and Williamsport to Balti-
more and Washington
1928 p. NJ. Emporium Junction. daily for Sum
bury, Harrisburg and principal intermediates
stations, arriving at Phadel phia, 1882 p. m;
New YORK, 1923 p. m; Baltimore, 1880 p. m;
Washington, s:35, D. m. Vestibued Parlor
delphla and Washington.
70 P. M-daily for Harrisburg and
pha stations AsM srrnE TdrfE at ghilad
Baltimore, 2:20 A. NJ. Washington, $3.50 A. NJ,
Pullman sleeping cars from Harrisburgto Phil,
adelphla and New York. Philadelphia PAS
sengerscan reinainin sleeper undisturbed d un-
10 IS F. M.-Daily for sunbury, Harris
Philadelphia III A. NJ, New York 9.33 A. NJ,
weekdays, Q0.3s A. M. Sunday;) Baltimore rs
ing cars from Erie, Buffalo and Williamsport TO
philadelphia and Buffalo, Williamsport to
Washington. Passenger cars from Erie to
Philadelphia and Wiiamsport to Baltimore.
1915 A. M. emporium Junction. daily for sun
bury, Harrisburg and principal intermediate
stations, arriving at Philadelphia, 1882 a. M;
days; Baltimore, 1925 a M; Washington. 8:i6
a. m. Vestibuled Buffet Sleeping Cars ami
Passenger, coaches. Buffalo to Philadepnia
and Washington
WESTWARD.
5:1O A. M.-Emporium Juuctton- daily
for Erie, Ridgway, ana week DAYS for Du-
Bois, Clermont and intermediate stations
10 30 A. M. Daily for Erie and week days
for Dubois and intermediate stations.
D 23 p. NJ. -WeeK days tor Kane and
intermediate stations.
RIDGWAY AND CLEARFIELD r. R. CON-
NECTIONS.
Week days.)
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-02-25

New York, Feb. 2O.-R. q. Dun &
Dun q Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade
The sea coast echo., 1904-12-17
THE POWER OF SONG.

Thirty men, red-eyed and disheveled,
lined up before judge Of the San Fran
cisco police court, says the Youth IS
Companion. 1t was the regular morn
ing company Of "drunk and disorder
hes". Some were old and hardened,
others hung their heads in shame. Just
as the monfentary disorder offending
the bringing In Of the prisoners quieted
down, strange thing happened. A
strong, clear voice from below began
singing:
! Last night lay a-sieeplng,
There came dream 40 fair"
Last nighti 1t had been for them all
nightmare or drunken stupor. The
song was such contract to the horrible
fact that no one could fail OF a sudden
shock at the thought the song suggested.
~ stood In old Jerusalem,
Beside the temple fair"
the song went on. The Judge had
paused. He made quiet inquiry. A
former member of a famous opera COM
pany known all over the country, was
waiting trial for forgery, 1t was he who
was singing In tho cell.
Meanwhile the song went on. and
every man in the line showed emotion.
One or two dropped on their knees; one
boy at the end of the line, after des-
perate effort al self-control, leaned
against the wall, buried his face against
his folded arms and sobbed: go moth
erl motherl"
The sobs cut tho very heart of the
men who heard, and the song, still we'll
ing its way through the courtroom
blended in tho hush. Al length one
man protested. "Judge," said he, "have
we got to submit to tbisp We're here
to take our punishment, but this"
He, too, began 70 sob,
IL was impossible to proceed with the
business OF the court, yet the Judge gave
no order to stop the song. The police
sergeant. after a suppressed effort h
keep the msn N line, stepped back and
waited with the rest. The song moved
IN to its climax;
JerusalcmI Jerusaleml Sing. for the nlpb, 1,
o'srl
liosanna IN the highest Hosanna for evermorel'
In ecstacy Of melody the last words
rang out. and thon there was silence.
The judge looked into tho faces OF tn
men before him. There was not on,
who was not touched by the song; no,
one In whom some better impulse wa
not stirred. He does not call the case
dngly-a kind word OF advice, and h,
dismissed them all. No man was fined
or sentenced TO the work house tina
morning. The song had done more gooG
than punishment could have accom-
piisned.
The sea coast echo., 1904-12-17

The new Beard Of Mayor and Alder
men will take the reins OF the city gov.
'rnment next January with increased
Va aries, the increake having been mad,
the last moeting. The mayor ant
MARSHAL will each get $i25 per montl
nd the policemen $50 instead Of $50.
MI the perqulsites will be cut out how
'ver, such money going into tn y, city
reasury. .-Gulfport News,
The sea coast echo., 1904-12-17

In his annual Sc ffnon the presiden,
declared that married women ought no.
70 work In factories. A few days late,
ne directed that the making OF soldiers
clothing, proposed by the War Depart.
ment to be done by contract, be restoret
to the poor women who have been in tn,
habit OF doing the work. as "to hun
dreds of them that work means breat
and butter". A large majority Of thes,
seamstresses are married women. Tn,
restoration to them OF this work will
seem to most people to be humane, bu
how can it be made to harmonic with
The position taken in the message9
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-29
CHORUS GIRLS FIGHT FOR JOB.
Thousand Young Women Battle For
Positions i'm CHICAGO,

Chicago, July 29.--More than one
thousand chorus girls gathered at the
Studebaker theater, and riot follow
ed the announcement that not more
than ESQ could be engaged.
The girls forced the doors to the
theater, and when they were in fought
among themselves. Everyone wanted
to get on the stage where she could not
be overlooked, and some crawled over
the heads Of others to get to the van
tage point. The hall on the first floor
was crowded when Stage Manager
Wilson arrived. Long columns of girls
extended up and down Michigan ave-
nue.. Many of them recognized the
stage manager and q shout went up
when he left carriage.
Take me, Mr.. Wilson: I've been on
half rations!" yelled one excited girl.
Engage me-" shouted another: 1--WE
been waiting on tables in restaurant"
"Give me a contract, Mr.. Wilson.
haven't had a Job since the Iroquois,
cried another.
Then the riot started. Parasols, hat
pins, hands and feet were the weapons.
and they were effective enough, good
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ness knows. They carried the stage
manager from his feet and he was
compelled to go with the tide. When
he came TO stop he was upon the
stage and hundreds of excited girls
We're clamoring about him.
1t was half an hour before quiet was
restored. The pleas and walls of the
girls We're but the echoes of that fright
full afternoon when the Iroquois burn
ed. Many of those girls had been with
out employment since, and many We're
alive because they had accepted en-
ployment that they would never have
considered before
So great was the crush that no at
tempt was made TO test voices. The
girls were divided into four divisions
the blondes who sing soprano and the
blondes who have contralto voices, the
brunettes who sing soprano and the
brunettes with contralto voices. A day
was set for each division and no at
tempt will be made to judge them all
at the same time.
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port and guidance torpedo attack is al
most certain to be impotent. The rea-
son for this dependence is to be found
in the fact that the destroyer is a
weapon of opportunity and surprise,
fragile in construction, poorly armed
except against it's fellows and most de-
structive In the strain it puts on the
physical and mental stamina of it's
crew it is capable of acting alone
only under very exceptional circum-
stances, and IL attacked ii must either
run or be sunk.
Formerly the principal requirements
of torpedo boat were high speed. eff
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-29
Executive Boards Action at
Scranton Is Watched With
Feverish Anxiety by Nation
$4,000 MINERS ARE INVOLVED
Wage Reduction the Cause of the
Present Trouble--Union Men Claim
Tho Operators Have Not Ahided BY
the Award of the Arbitration
Board.

Scranton, Pa, July 29.-There is
grave fear that the executive board OF
district No. 1, mine workers, Will order
4 strike involving approximately 49,
600 men when it meets IN special ses-
sion here Monday to consider the ques-
ton Of the refusal of the coal compan-
les to deduct check weighmen's wages.
The fear of the strike is heightened
by the action of the Scranton Coal
company yesterday, in falling to mar
ket the deductions when paying at sew
eral Of its collieries. The Scranton
Coal company agreed to make the de-
auctions after Umpire Carroll NJ.
Wright in letter to District President
Nichols advised that the deductions
should be made.
A report from Wilkesbarre that the
Temple Iron company would make the
deductions could not be verified at the
company's Office here.
Little Hope Of Peace.
The meeting called for next Monday
results from the dispute between the
operators and miners respective repre-
sentatives on the Cancellation board at
the recent Wilkesbarre session, as to
whether or not Umpire Wright's ruling
conveyed in letter to one of the con-
ciliators, is binding. The operators
contended that it was not, as the ques-
ton had been regularly submitted by
board of conciliators to an umpire. The
miners contended that the umpire had
MN dc nm fhnf far Al
his ruling in the letter TO Mr.. Nichols
was simply an Interpretation of the
ruling.
There is little hope of the concilia-
ton board reconvening and settling the
matter, as the operators representa-
tives are otherwise engaged between
now and Monday.
II the strike is ordered, it will prob
ably affect the whole anthracite region,
as the companies seem to be combined
In resisting the demand, claiming it is
tantamount to a recognition of the
nnfnn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-29

boats carried by rnen-of-war. Torpedo
boat destroyers are similar to ordinary
torpedo boats. the difference being in
their larger size and heavier armament.
They vary in size from 250 to 600 tons.
The torpedo boat proper carries very
few and very small guns. Seagoing
boats are from 100 to $50 tons. Harbor
boats, capable of going to sea in good
weather, are from thirty to 100 tons.
Portable boats are from five to fifteen
tons. The speeds are in somewhat SIM
liar ratio, the destroyer being fastest.
The defense against these stealthily
moving dangers consists of picket
boats, torpedo nets, rapid firing guns
and searchlights. Although it was
known that it was possible for tor
pedo craft to sink modern battleship,
until the demonstrations in the harbor
of Port Arthur it was not accounted
probable. The accurate knowledge fur
nished by the repeated performances
of Admiral Togo's fleet has resulted in
a tremendous moral effect on the ma
lions of the world. Up to 1903 the tor
pedo fleet of the United States was
fully abreast with modern requirement.
With one or two exceptions, the boats
were new and averaged much larger
than those of the same class in most
foreign navies. The American destroy
ers were also much more heavily armed
than those of other nations. 1t is
fact however, that several of the Jap
anese destroyers, built at the Elswick
works in England are larger than any
completed destroyer In our service.
Much progress has been made in Japan
toward the perfection Of the details
which contribute SO powerfully to the
success of torpedo warfare. Under the
clever touch of the foreign taught Jap
anese workmen many improvements
have been developed which Will not be
made public until the close of the war.
1t is fact also that many improve
ments have been made during the last
few years In the torpedo and its
launching apparatus. although every
effort is made to keep all such matters
a profound secret. One of the most in
genious devices is that which enables
the commanding officer of vessel car
rying torpedoes to point his ship at the
spot he wishes to hit and then by an
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-29

electric firing gear to discharge the
torpedoes from all the tubes simulta-
neously and in such way that they will
after striking the water turn and run
parallel to the course Of the ship. Thus
with three tube boat, for example. he
could discharge three torpedoes, run.
ming into danger zone about 100 yards
wide, one on each side of the zone and
the third down the middle of it. As
may be inferred, the possibilities of a
hit under such circumstances are enor-
nous. Another proposed apparatus SUI
perheats the compressed air before II
enters the engine. This is most neces-
sary. because when the compressed air
is freed 1t expands, producing a low
temperature that reduces its energy.
Still another scheme substitutes tur-
bine machinery for the present recipro-
eating engines. This would probably
make it possible to make an 500 yard
run at the rate of forty knots an hour.
That also would be great achieve
ment.
The British navy has the honor OF
being the first possessor of torpedo
destroyer. This boat was completed
and tested in 1898. Its trials were so
convincing that all naval powers made
haste to provide themselves with as
many as could be obtained, and both
American and European builders have
had no lack of orders.
In the light of recent observation 1t
is plain that the value Of torpedo ves-
sells as schools of practice and training
cannot be oyerestimated. That the
United States possesses seaworthy
fiotilla of torpedo destroyers has been
demonstrated by the recent voyage to
the Philippines of several of these craft.
,-he trip was made in about four
months. The low speed was maintained
to husband the coal supply and also to
make the voyage less rigorous for the
men. 1t is indeed a severe school, the
last place in the world for laggards.
In the matter of provision for torpedo
boat instruction the United States gov
eminent is somewhat deficient but this
is shortly to be remedied. and the les
sons to be taught by the torpedo serv-
ice will hereafter form an essential part
of the jackies education.
THOMAS w. BROWN.
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1I1IIIDssD 01r--,rnlaI GnIln,D G-rlI-Ip@ G -D,

ties that most of them were unsea-
worthy and OF no avail
Encouragement of what have been
known as minor types must be under
taken and speedily. In this process the
first item which demands consideration
will be the torpedo boat destroyer. IL
the various craft devoted to torpedo
warfare are still to be denorninated as
auxiliaries, it is evident that tho pri
mary place among them must be given
to the destroyers. AS the matter stands.
without torpedo craft the battleship
line may be weakened, but only in de-
gree, Without the battleship base. sup
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-29
The following officers were elected:

The following officers We're elected:
President james A. HOFFMAN,
Washington, D. c.
First vice presidents. j. Huffrids,
Grand Rapids. Mich.
Seeretary-C. c. Heistofferson. Oma-
ha.
Treasurer-John p. King. ST. Louis.
Inside guard-Oscar Bruening, st.
Louis.
Outside guard-R. ]. Anderson, st.
Louis.
Michael s'challer, 81
Louis; Peter Menich. Cedar Rapids.
Ia: w l.. Hofer. Peoria, Ill.
Grand Rapids, Mich, was selected
as the meeting place for the next as
sembly, watch convenes on the first
Monday in August 1905. The st. Louis
Butchers and Packers Gazette was
declared the official or,san of the as
ISOLATION. A resolution was passed
encouraging a joint working of the
master butchers and the National Cat
tie Growers associations for the In
terest of the consumer.
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Seclzm1/ WesD wN z0yleUO

hardness and some seaworthiness.
These essentials have been modified to
embrace increased seaworthiness and
diminished speed. RIO attain these re-
quirements the boats are long, slender,
as lightly built as possible and low in
the water. On small torpedo boats the
tubes are pivoted on deck on the fore
and aft midship line while on the lar
ger boats they are placed as near as
possible to the edge.
Modern torpedo boats are still OF four
classes-torpedo boat destroyers. sea-
going boats, harbor boats and portable
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Night Was Her Terror

II would cough nearly all night long,
writes Mrs. Chas. Apologize. of Alex
andria, Ind. "and could hardly get any
sleep. ] had consumption SO bad that
" / walked block l would cough
frightfully and spit blood. but when
all other medicines failed three s1.0s
bottles of Dr. Kings New Discovery
wholly cured me and ! gained IS
pounds" It's absolutely guaranteed to
cure Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe. Bron-
chitis and all Throat and Lung Trou-
hles. Price soc and s1.0o. Trial bottles
free at Mcdonald s. Mahood's drug
store.
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cially troublesome. Although the Ger
rible effectiveness of the torpedo as a
naval expedient in the American civil
war was by no means forgotten, the
failure OF the agent to score In the
Spanish American war did much TO
discredit this form of attack. For this
reason the presence of an unusual
of these little vessels in ia
pans fleet was at the beginning of the
war subject of criticism. Russia also
had fleet Of about 200 of these beats,
but TORPEDO, warfare wa, so lightly es-
teemed by the Russian naval authors