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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18
CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.

SIThe democrats need not expect to
fly very high until they get their wings
together.-Chicago Chronicle.
rySo long as Secretary Shaw is not
worrying over the deficit the rest Of
the population need not shed its col
lective shirt.-Chicago Tribune.
GIVE shudder to think what would
happen to the democratic party if Col
Bryan should collapse into silence for
a few weeks Charleston News and
Courier.
ETCol Bryan reports that the demo-
Gratis are everywhere active and mill
tant. Most of the democratic record
Tor fighting has been won between bat
tles.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Ey'Mr. Bryan has bought another
$500 heifer but Judge Parker continues
10 regard farming as utterly prodtless.
in so far as its bearing upon political
campaigning is concerned.-Ch Chicago
rd-Herald.
CTSome of the brethren who are
criticising President Roosevelt for TAX
ing a little vacation ought to be re-
minded that President jefferson spent
79G days of his term away from Wash
ington, while President Jackson's out
ings consumed SOP days Of his. Pres
idential vacations are strictly nOn-par-
tisan.-Columbus (O) State Journal.
ETSome people who are censoriously
disposed will refuse to regard as a CO.
incidence the fact that a prospective
treasury deficit is announced just at
a time when the non partisan santi-
ment is Enthusiastically in favor of re-
ducing the tariff "How can we reduce
the tariff when it is not producing suf-
ficient revenue for our needs as it is?"
will naturally be the reply to all fur
ther suggestions for tariff REFORM
Chicago Chronicle.
ETThe government of Australia has
appointed a commission to inquire into
the operation of the customs tariff of
the commonwealth. This movement is
understood to be a preliminary to an
increase of duties so as to make them
more protective in cnaracter.-Pitts-
burg Gazette.
EyThe Texans know that their state
is mighty and beautiful. but they like
to be told so by non-Texans. They may
continue to roll up those preposterous
democratic majorities, but henceforth
they will have a very kindly feeling
for Theodore Roosevelt personally
Hartford Courant
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18
Snyder, Okla. Is Almost Completely
Demolished by a Tornado that
Swept Over 1t.
DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE INJURED
Entire Families Were Killed and II Is
Said that Only Six Houses in the
Town Escaped Wreckage or
Destruction, Many Being
Blown Away.

Guthrie, okla, May 1.-THE death
list of Wednesday nights tornado at
Snyder will probably exceed 100 per
sons. Ninety-five bodies have been
recovered, dozen persons are miss
ing and given up for dead, and of the
IL seriously wounded several are
likely to die. More than 100 other per
sons suffered less severe injuries.
Relief is going from neighboring
towns. Oklahoma City sent 100 men
to dig graves and seek the dead still
in the ruins, and a dozen undertakers
with 100 collins. Offers of financial
assistance came from numerous cities.
Gov. Ferguson, of Oklahoma has is
sued a proclamation calling attention
to the needs of the stricken town.
In a number of cases entire families
were killed and in almost every fam
lily in town some member was injured
Every house in the town except six
are said to have been either badly
wrecked or demolished. many of them
being blown entirely away. The bust
ness portion is reported entirely de-
stroyed
1t is still difficult to obtain informa-
tion from Snyder. A single telegraph
wire furnishes an outlet, but it is
blocked with private messages coli
cerning the dead and the injured.
To add to the general confusion and
distress, after the tornado had passed
fire broke out and burned up all that
remained of the butldings in one of the
business blocks. So far it has not been
possible to find out whether any
bodies were cremated, but it is possi-
bic that such is the case.
An unidentified woman was picked
up dead, having been pinioned to the
ground by long silver which entered
her left eye and came out through the
back of her head. Clarence Donovan,
a railroad engineer, and Mis-; Nina
Fessenden were to have been married
Wednesday night, but had just post
poned the nuptials until Thursday.
Both were instantly killed by the
storm.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18
CONCERNING THE DEFICIT.
Democrats Far Astray Regarding the
Shortage in National
Finances.

From the figures along to this date
the treasury statement for April will
reveal a shortage of S30,000,000 for
the ten months in receipts as com
pared with expenditures. But what of
It? Everybody knew when the year
began, last July. that there would be a
deficit Secretary Shaw last Decem-
ber figured that the deficit would be
S1S,000000 at the end of the fiscal year,
June 80, 1905. 1t will be $50 .000,-
900 at the end of April, and some OF the
democratic papers are calculating that
this will mean a deficit of 100000. 000 or
S5O,0O0,O00 for the year, says the st.
Louis Globe Democrat
Those papers make the same sort of
a mistake that poor Parker made in
his canvass of 1904 Parker figured
on the basis of the shortage at that
date, that the deficit for the year would
be in the neighborhood of $l50 0OO0-
600. There were loud cries in the
democratic press that the biggest short
age on record in a time of peace was
about TO be seen. Some of those papers
believed these things. Others Of them
knew better. For a time in the cam
paign. however, the l0O,0OO0OO or
$3.50, 600 treasury shortage figured in the
headlines of the Parker sheets, and had
a place in the arguments of the Parker
stump speakers.
To-day the utmost that the demo-
cratic papers figure that the shortage
will be for the year is $50.0O0.OO0.
They are far astray. Of course. April
is always a month of heavy interest
payments and other disbursements by
the government. There has been an
excess thus far in the month of
S5.700,000 in the treasurys outgO. But
in May and June the income will be
ahead. There is a reasonable certainty
on this point. Those months near
ly always show receipts in excess of
expenditures. There is no reason to
believe that 1905 will be an exception
to this rule For the ten months of
the fiscal year the receipts have been
larger than they were in 1904, but the
expenditures make a much greater
gain over last years. The receipts are
likely to keep on increasing. while eX-
penditures for the coming fiscal year
stand a chance to be below those of
the present one. The deficit on June
30 will probably be down to $25.000,-
600, and may be lower But in any
case the treasury's working balance is
large, and the business world is not
showing the faintest concern in the
natter.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18
THE PESO DOWN AND OUT
Mexico Puts the Finishing Touch on
the Beautiful Bryan
Look"

An event which will give general sat
isfaction everywhere except in Lin
coin, Neb., where it will be regarded as
a calamity, ushered in May day in the
sister republic of Mexico, says the Chi
cago Chronicle. ON that date the
standard of monetary value of the re-
public was changed from silver to gold
and the value of the peso, the old
Spanish milled silver dollar. dropped
to 80 cents.
The passing of the peso destroys the
last supporting prop of Bryan and the
free silver freebooters who followed
his dishonest leadership. They are
now denied even the Indulgence of
their old confidence game of crossing
the border and exchanging one dollar
of honest money for two pesos and pre-
tending that the latter is the true
standard of value and that gold has
doubly appreciated. MeXicos standard
dollar is now the gold dollar of every
other nation with an honest currency
To make the event more pathetic for
the Bryanites, the change was effected
without the slightest jar or disturb
ance in business circles.
Look at MeXico." was Bryaa's ia
vorite ejaculation for years when har-
arguing the mob of cheap money ad-
vocates.
All right, William look at Mexico
Take good, long look, too.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18
MORE APPARENT THAN EVER
Value of the Protective Tariff Being
More Clearly Demonstrated
Every Year.

The value of protection is shown in
some figures given in a bulletin from
the bureau of statistics. Although there
has been a large increase in imports
since 1890, there has been very little
growth in the importation of luXuries
In 1894 such imports aggregated $751;
100000 in value, an increase of less than
$S.O00,O00 since 1890, and in manufac-
lures ready for consumption, there was
about the same rate of increase. But
in materials there was a growth in the
same time of nearly $4,000 900 There
was no substantial change in food
stuffs. the class of goods required by
the principal increase. That demon
strates the value of the protective tar
ff. says the JOhnstOwn (Pa.D Tribune
In jewelry and precious stones other than
diamonds there has been a decline in i'm
portations of nearly one-half since 1896.
There has been no decrease in demand,
but it is supplied by American manu-
facturers, the value of whose capital
employed had doubled in ten years.
The decrease in silk importations tells
of the growth of silk manufacturing.
The imports of raw silk increased from
5000 000 pounds in 1900 to over 1G,0OO,-
600 last year This is an industry en-
tirely dependent upon the tariff. There
was never a time when the benefits of
the tariff were more apparent than
now
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18
EXPLOSION WRECKED TRAIN
Twenty People Killed and Scores In
jured in Railway Horror at Har-
risburg, Pa.

Harrisburg, Pa, May 12.-Twenty
persons were killed and more than 100
others were injured in a railroad
wreck and dynamite explosion early
Thursday on the Pennsylvania rail
road in the southern part of Harris
burg. A full box car of dynamite eX-
ploded at the middle of the heavy
express train. The train carried a
number of prominent persons and
most of them escaped with slight in
juries. The wrecked train was the
second section of the Cleveland and
Cincinnati express leaving Philadel-
phia at :05 o'clock Wednesday night.
1t consisted of a combination baggage
and smoking car, one day coach and
six sleeping cars.
There are various stories of how the
wreck occurred, but the official yer
sion is as follows:
About 1:4O o'clock the locomotive
on an eastbound freight train was
tagged by the crew of a shifting en-
ginC ahead on the same track. The
engineer quickly put on the air brakes
and the train, an unusually long one,
came to a sudden halt. The strain on
the air valves was a severe one and
connecting air hose in the middle of
the train blew out. This caused the
middle of the train to buckle" and
the damaged cars fell over on the pas
senger tracks. Just as this happened
The Cleveland express came thunder
ing up and "sidCswipcd" the freight
wreck.
The express was stopped within Is
feet of its own length and the first
sleeping car was opposite the wrecked
cars. Before anyone could leave the
passenger train, which was not much
damaged, few slight explosions oc-
Cured and then there was one great
flash and roar that shook the earth.
The whole affair occurred within few
seconds
The work of rescue was at first slow
and it seemed as though the flames
would envelop the entire express train
before these who were pinned beneath
the heavy wreckage could be freed.
Scores of those who were trapped in
their sleeping beds or pinioned under
wreckage were taken out and laid on
the ground.
The fire drove the rescuers back be
fore all had been taken from the wreck
and the unfortunate men and women
were soon enveloped in flames. The
cries of the dying were heartrending,
but nothing could be done for them.
An alarm of fire was sent in, but when
the firemen reached the scene the
flames had done their work. The en-
tire train was consumed by fire.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18
DECLARATION is CORRECT.
Governor Cummins of Iowa Makes
Strange But True Statement
Regarding Tariff.

1T is not probable that congress will
revise the tariff until the people de-
mand it in terms SO emphatic that their
understood"
These are not the words of William
J. Bryan or the editor of the Dubuque
Telegraph-Herald.
They are credited by the Washintg
ton Post to Gov A. b. Cummins. of
Iowa, says the Burlington Hawk-Eye.
If correctly quoted, it is a strange ad
mission. by the way, for the eloquent
governor. who, two years ago. declared
the people were demanding in stem
tOrian tones the revision of the tariff
right then and who last year went on
record in the same statement, and whose
friends and supporters said after the re-
cent national election that the tremen-
dOus vote for Roosevelt was an emphat-
ic demand on congress for immediate
revision.
1t is an admission that. in spite of his
and his friends recent emphatic state
ments, the people have not yet demand
ed revision of the tariff in a way that has
attracted the attention of congress.
At the same time it is a wise and
logical statement of fact.
There is no question that the gov
ernor is correct in his declaration as
quoted. 1t is quite unlikely that con
gress will enter upon such a revision OF
he tariff as Gov Cummins would like
until the people really demand il.
That the demand has not yet been
made the governor wisely and correctly
admits. When the emphatic demand
will be made neither Gov. Cummins nor
any other man can accurately tell
1t is not likely, however that the
people will call for a general revision
of the tariff so long as the PRESENT
schedules continue to serve the coun-
try as we'll as they do.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18

California is to-day, with the excep-
tion of Russia, the largest producer of
crude petroleum in the world. It's to-
tai for 1904, according to estimates of
the California Petroleum Miners AS
sociation, was more than 28,O00.0 900
barrels, which is more than double
that Of New York and Pennsylvania
together, a little less than Ohio and
Indiana combined and more than
twice as much as that of West Vir-
ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. The
actual production is no index to the
possibilities of the Golden States oil
fields
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18
The Grave of Silver.

The discontinuance OF the conGge of
silver on private account in the mints
of Mexico is more than the driving
of the last nail in the coffin; it is
tamping down the last sod on the
grave Of an issue that was prominent
in American politics for more than a
quarter Of a century, an issue that was
often exciting and at one time DANGER
ous-not that it threatened revolution
airy violence, but because it was re
garded as tending to corruption of the
currency, and, therefore, to panicky
business conditions and national dis
grace. The only thing that can be said
to the credit of the republican party
regarding its treatment of that issue is
that il was, at every stage Of the long
conflict, nearer to safety and sanity
than the democracy. The only fact in
the protraCted drama that can be so
construed as to reflect credit on the
democratic party is that a democratic
president set himself against the domi-
nant sentiment of his party and at a
great personal sacrifice saved his coun-
try from the threatened calamity
Washington Post.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18

Mrs. Charlemagne Tower enjoys the
distinction of having represented her
country at three great European cap
itals in ccession-VieDna, st. Peters
burg and Berlin. Last season Mrs.
Tower gave the most brilliant social
representation the United States has
ever had in the German court. She
appreciated early n her husbands 8
diplomatic career the powerful ad.
iunct to diplomacy which hospitality
constitutes. 1t is said that she was
provided with 100000 a year by her
husband to keep Americas end up
in the czar's realm.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18

Pennsylvania, with a soft-coal area
but slightly greater than that OF West
Virginia has been mining 100000
tons of soft coal year, and 6O,0OO,OO0
tons of anthracite, and has for many
years produced far in excess of any
other state. She has now reached the
limit of her productive capacity, and
coal men estimate that her coal-beds
will be exhausted with a period of 50
or even 40 years hence
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18

The market for foreign goods in the
republic of Honduras, Central Ameri-
ca, is necessarily restricted, as the
country is small, but the region is
comparatively near at hand and the
market, such as it is, ought to be con-
trolled by American manufacturers.
Implements and tools of all kinds
used in manufactures or agriculture
should find a ready market sale, if
properly ught to public notice
that is, by practical demonstration Of
their usefulness.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18

The transmission of power by cleo
tricity has become SO ordinary thing
that electrical engineers are now con
fidently considering what few years
ago was deemed impossible-the trans
mission of 100000 volts over an cleo
trio wire. There are numerous install
lations, carrying over 10000 volts, and
in Montana one built to transmit So,
600 volts,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18
Convicted of Conspiracy.

Chicago, May 12.-Five business
agents of labor unions were yesterday
declared guilty by Judge Chytraus of
forming a conspiracy to drive John NJ.
Stiles, a contractor and painter, out of
business.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18

Before June 80 of the present year,
when the United States government
shall have completed its extension OF
the sea wall at Galveston, that un-
lucky city will rest secure behind six
miles of solid concrete sea wall and
be forever immune from a repetition
of the frightful disaster of September,
1QOn
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18
Shot Three People and suicided.

Valdosta, Ga, May 12.-John Hewitt,
white man of Adel, yesterday shot
and killed his wife, shot her sister and
brother, wounding them slightly, and
when surrounded by a posse of citi-
zens shot and killed himself The
cause of the tragedy is unknown.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18

The other day there was only one
person present to see Berlin's edu-
Gated horse Hans, do his trick. When
Hans wac asked how many people
were present he let his hind hoofs
fly and kicked the spectator down,
thus replying One" The unfortunate
was kicked in the face and very badly
hurt
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18

Dance and grow strong. It is the
edict of the American Physical Cul-
ture association, which last week met
nj Columbia university principally to
put itself on record to the effect that
the time had come to recognize dane
ing in the scheme of educating the
bolv
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18

ETIt is safe to say that tariff re-
vision will soon be revived as a politi-
cal issue. The republicans are likely
to heed administrative insstence on
this point, and the democrats, as it
appears, VIII push the unwelcome sug-
gestion by what promise to be unpleas-
antly emphasized references to the
condition of the national treasury
Newark News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18
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 srrcar-
kSes are paid except at the option OF the pub
Usher.
Papers sent out of the county must bo pad
for in advance.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18

Advertisements are published At the rate OF
enc dollar per square for one insertion and iiftJ
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 On1cial Advertising per square
three times or less AZ each subsequent lnger-
tion 80 cents per square.
Local notices 10 cents per line for one inser-
sertion; cents per line for each subsequent
consecutive insertion.
Obituary notices over five lines. 10 cents per
line Simple announcements OF births mar
riages and deaths will be inserted free.
Business cards. fve lines or less, IS per year.
over five lines, At the regular rates of Rdver-
tiEing.
No local inserted for less than rs cents per
Issue
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18
In the Gnalsey CITY.

Church. see a man in Philadelphia
was arrested for walking in his sleep.
Gotham-Perhaps he was exceeding
the speed limit.-Yonkers Statesman.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18

The British Isles are credited with
1900 square miles of coal Russia
has 10000 and New South Wales, Aus
tra'ia, 24000. India is believed to con
tain $4,000 square miles of coal meas
ures, and Canada $4,000. From that
point up to the United States is a
great gap, for this republic has 20O,-
000 square miles Of coal Highest Of
all stands the Chinese empire, with
$4,000 square miles OF coal veins,
much Of it known to be of the best
QUALITY.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18

The greatest oil well in the world
is the Drooiba Of Baku When this
Russian well began to yield it gave
'orth from 100000 to 100000 gal
Ions of oil day-an output worth
$4,000. The oil scared up to a
height Of over 200 feet. a dark-hued
fountain that Kissed and roared like
a Niagara. With the oil so much
sand was mingled that a number of
houses and workshops in the vicinity
were buried-vanished out Of sight
under a mass of grease-soaked sand
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-05-18
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-14
SCIENCE AND CHEMISTRY.
Interesting Sessions Held Yesterday
Election of Officers.

The second meeting of the North
Carolina section of the American
Chemical Society, was held at the A..
and M College at $50 o'clock yester-
day morning.
The attendance was excellent, and
the many papers presented, followed
by lively discussions, showed that the
North Carolina CHEMISTS are abreast
of the times and doing research work
that reflects credit on the institutions
that these scientists represent.
The number of papers presented
was very large and some had to be
carried over until the fall meeting.
There are seventeen sections of the
American Chemical Society in the
United States, and with the exception
of two or three sections, the North
Carolina section enjoys the largest
membership, and it's members publish
annually many interesting papers on
scientific subjects.
Mr.. ]. A. Bizzel a former member
of this section, but now chemist to
the New York Experiment Station
was among the interested visitors
present.
The annual election of officers was
held yesterday, and the new officers
of the society are as follows:
c. r. Williams, president, Depart
ment of Agriculture, Raleigh; j. Il.
Mills, vice president, Chapel Hill; c,
d Harris, secretary treasurer, De-
partment of Agriculture, Raleigh A.
S. Wheeler councillor, Chapel Hill.
Executive Committees G. B. Will
liams, J. e. Mills and c. d. Harris.
Past Presidents: F. p. Venable
Charles Baskerville, B. w. Kilgore,
W. A. Withers. A. S. Wheeler and F..
E. Brewer.
Reporters: T.. n. Howell, Chapel
Hill; Charles Walker, A. and NJ. Col
legc
Interesting papers were presented
by c. D. Harris. of Raleigh; J. f.
Mills, Chapel Hill; L. Mel. Kelley
Chapel Hill; A. S. Wheeler and V. c.