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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
TRAINS MET ON A CURVE.
Five Lives Lost in a Collision at
Lansineburgh, N. Y.

Lansingburgh. n. Y.-Five. passen-
gers were killed outright and
score were injured in a rear-end COLI
sion between a regular passenger
train and military special on the
Boston & Maine railroad, directly in
front of the Lansingburgh depot,
north of Troy, about p. m. Thursday
The dead are:
F. l.. Block, Peoria, Ill.
Mrs. Wallace E. Shaw, Bath, Me.
Mrs. Stevens, Boston.
Mrs. j. w. Dacey, Arlington, Mass.
Mrs. H. S. Poole, Concord, N. H.
The collision took place on a heavy
grade and sharp curve.
The passenger train was one that
leaves Boston daily at $50 a. m. for
Albany. 1t consisted of five cars,
baggage car, smoker day coach and
two parlor cars, and was about one
hour late when it reached Lansing
burgh station, waiting there for
chance to get into the Troy depot
Without any warning the special
came laundering along with Is cars
and crashed into the passenger train
smashing the last two cars, which
were Pullmans, like eggshells.
The special was drawing four troops
of the Fourteenth United States cav
airy from Fort Ethan Allen to New
port News, where they are to embark
for Cuba.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
A MINE HORROR.
An Explosion in a Mine at Pocahon-
tas, Va, Results in the Death of
Many Workmen.

Pocahontas, Va.-Nineteen known
dead and from 80 to 40 more
men entombed and doubtless all dead
was the situation up to late hour
last night at the West Park mines of
the Pocahontas Galleries Co., where
the explosion occurred late Wednes-
day afternoon.
The bodies of 16 men were recover
ed from the mines as the result of the
heroic work of band of 35 men con-
stituting rescuing party that worked
necessarily all Wednesday night and
Thursday. 1t was not until 1880
O'Clock last evening that the rescuers
reached point nearest Paul entry,
where the explosion occurred. The
work OF rescue was very slow, as the
conditions confronting the party were
difficult to surmount.
The authorities anticipated the fear.
full extent of the casualties by order
ing a carload of collins and burial sup
plies which are now on the way.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11

ner, 13 miles away and disposed of
eight cases. He walked a mile from
the courtroom to the railroad station.
His figure is erect and his step firm.
His regular bill of fare is some
thing like this: Morning, oatmeal and
rich milk, the oatmeal being cooked
for at least eight hours; at noon, beef
steak, roast mutton or roast lamb,
with single hot, mealy baked potato,
no other vegetables; at night, a sim
pie cruel made from an infants food.
"This rigid care in regard to diet
seems to be necessary to keep in
good working order. and / much pre-
fer to forego the pleasures of the ta-
BILE in order to keep the bodily pow
ers in excellent working condition.
Formerly l drank strong coffee, but
now drink no coffee at all. Through
out my life l have made it point
to get great abundance of outdoor ex-
ercise. l have always walked a great
deal, and played outdoor games."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
DIFFICULT TASK HAS FINALLY
BEEN PERFECTED.
Thirty Thousand Employees on Panama
Waterway Work Who Receive
100000 Every Month-of-
fetal Who Handles Funds.

Panama.-There has been much said
and written about the pay department
Of the Isthmian canal commission, but
now the system is almost perfect. In
the early days of the work, when navy
methods prevailed, the delay with
which pay periods were met was one
Of the greatest causes of dissatisfac-
ton. Sometimes a whole month would
go by without pay period, and actual
suffering among the canal employees
frequently resulted. 1t has been diff
fcult matter to surround the payment
Of nearly 10000 men, taking the vast
sum of $1,00O,000 monthly, with the
safeguards demanded by the United
States government and to give to the
labor that great ecessity-paymen
Of wages. 1t has also been difficult to
adjust the methods of corporations
with the precedent regulated system
Of paying required by the bureau at
Washington, eut it has been done.
The employees of the Isthmian canal
commission are to-day paid with more
regularity and at an earlier time after
pay periods than United States gov
ernment employees in any part of the
world, and, what is more cfeditable,
the laborer is paid earlier after earn
ing than the workmen of any big rail-
road system in the United States. In
the selection of e. ]. Williams as dis
bursting officer Chairman Shonts had
the pick of host of men, and the
result shows that he made no mistake.
In addition to handling the vast sums
of money used in paying the men Mr..
Williams is local auditor and treasurer
Of the canal zone funds.
All of the handling of the money Is
done by three paymasters and five pay
clerks. There is also a cashier, who,
under the disbursing officer, has con-
troll of the paying. The day laborers
are paid every Is days, with Panama
silver, the weight and bulk of which
add materially to the work. At points
where the pay car is not required the
payments are made within three days
from the middle and end of the month.
The pay car belongs to the Panama
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
DEADLY TORNADOES.
Six Persons Killed and Nine Fatally
Injured by Storms In Louisiana.

New Orleans, La.-This region was
on Friday the center of cyclonic
disturbances, at least three of which
were tornadoes and caused the loss
of six lives, with nine persons fatally
injured. About daylight heavy storms
broke through the country within 100
miles west, north and east of New
Orleans. Reports of sugar cane and
cotton crops blown down or sugar
mills demolished are coming in from
this entire section. The damage, in
Guiding that done in New Orleans, is
placed at over $1,O0O,O0O The worst
tornado was north of New Orleans,
where it devastated portions of three
parishes. New Orleans was visited
by another tornado, and another
passed northward of Biloxi, on the
gulf coast.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
EIGHT MEN KILLED.
A Terrific Explosion of Gas in a Sub
way at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Eight men were
killed and nearly 40 persons
were injured Friday by an explosion
of Illuminating gas in the Market
street subway at Sixth street. High
buildings were shaken by the force OF
the explosion and for a block on
either side of the scene of the explo,
sion nearly every window was shat,
tered. The street caved in, halting
traffic and resulting in a suspension
of business. Fire followed the explo,
sion, but 1t did no damage to- neigh.
boring buildings. The loss, it is be.
lieved, will exceed 100000.
The subway is in course of con,
struction by the Millard Construction
Co. for the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit Co. The exact cause of the explo.
sion has not yet been determined.
On Thursday workmen in the exca.
walton discerned the odor of gas and
the United Gas Improvement Co.,
whose conduits run through the tun.
mel, was notified. Leans was sent by
the company to find the leak and re.
pair it, It was while he was making
his investigation that the explosion
occurred.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11

there rises a line of hills at a short
distance from the banks of the Nile;
it is In this low line of hills that the
unique discovery has been made.
After the removal of a few stones a
complete and unchanged chapel was
discovered, the roof of which was
vaulted and painted blue, and busted
over this blue ground were numbers
of yellow stars. Inside this miniature
temple stood the undamaged presen-
tatiun of the goddess. Hathor. who
was represented as beautiful COW
just stepping between conventional
group of lotus stems.
So lifelike was the representation
of the cow that the goddess seemed
to be actually emerging from the
chapel at the moment that the dis
coverers had removed the stones
which had hidden the entrance since
the days when the eleventh dynasty
reigned in Egypt. The figure of the
COW goddess is executed life-size in
painted limestone. the body being
reddish-brown with black spots; the
head, horns and part Of the body had
been gilded. The walls of the little
sanctuary are covered with bas re-
liefs of Thothmes Ill, Which are ex-
pected to reveal many aspects of the
Hathor cult which have been previ-
ously unknown, and behind the head
of the statue is the cartouche of
Amenhepte H., the son of Thothmes
III. So priceless was the discovery
that DR.. Naville at once communicated
with the Egyptian government, who
proceeded to effectually guard it be-
fore removal to the Ghileh museum
at Cairo. The sacred COW has been
declared by many critics to be the
most perfect specimen OF animal life
on modern or ancient sculpture.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
BIG DEAL I'M ORE LANDS.
The Steel Trust Leases the Hill
Properties In the Northwest.

New York.-The terms of the
lease of the Hill ore properties in
the northwest to the companies con-
trolled by the United States Steel
Corporation were announced Friday
by e. II. Gary, chairman of the board
of directors of the corporation. The
terms are based on system Of royal
ties and give no indication of the
amount of ore to be taken out of the
lands except to show that it is expect
ed to be many millions of tons.
The price to be paid for the first
year of the lease is $1.65 per ton de-
livered at upper lake ports, but this
price is to be increased three-quarters
of a cent per ton in each succeeding
year until the ore lands are exhaust
ed. 1t Is provided also that the Uni
ted States Steel Corporation must
take at least 100000 tons in 1907 and
increase the amount mined by 100000
tons year for IL years until the
amount mined annually has reached
S,250,000 tons, at which rate it must
continue to take out the ore annually
until it is exhausted.
$ The final agreement was reached at
a conference in the Office of ]. p. Nor
gan e Co.
The magnitude of this transaction
and it's effect on the properties con-
cerned as well as upon the iron and
steel trade of the country is indicated
by the fact that the Hill properties
have been estimated to contain from
100000 to 700000.000 tons of ore.
The properties included in this trans.
action are said to be second in impor,
tance and extent only to the Lake SUI
perior iron mines already controlled
by the United States Steel Corpora.
tion and it is said that this deal will
furnish the steel corporation with
supply of ore for the next so years.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
By the President at a
Dedication Ceremony.
AT HARRISBURG.
American Civilization Must Not be
that of a Plutouacy Controlled
by Wall Street SyndiCates.

Harrisburg, Pa.-President Roose-
welt made a flying trip to Harris
burg and York on Thursday and in
each city he made a speech in the
rain. At both places he wore a rain
coat and rubbers while speaking, to
protect him from the storm. The
president returned to the national
capital last evening.
At Harrisburg the president deliv-
cred the Grafton at the dedication of
the beautiful new state capitol, which
has just been completed at cost of
$13,000,000 to take the place of the old
state house destroyed by fire in 1897
After his speech there and hurried
inspection of the capitol, the president
and other distinguished guests were
entertained by Gov Pennypacker at
luncheon at the executive mansion.
Here are some points from Presi-
dent Roosevelt's address at Harris
burg:
1T has become increasingly evident
that we need to increase the powers of
the federal government.
''It is our clear duty to see, in the
lnleIeSt VI lue peOple, THAT tHeTe Is
adequate supervision and control over
the business use of the swollen for
tunes ofto-day, and also wisely to de-
termine the conditions upon which
these fortunes are to be transmitted
and the percentage that they shall
pay to the government whose protect
ing arm alone enables them to exist.
THE government ought not to con-
duct the business of the country; but
it ought to regulate ii so that it shall
be conducted in the interest of the
people.
1T behooves us Americans to look
ahead and plan out the right kind of
civilization. 1t must not be, it shall
not be, the civilization of a mere plu-
tocracy, banking house, Wall street
syndicate civilization; nor yet can
there be submission to class hatred, to
rancor, brutality and mob violence,
civilization"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11

ing office. The original time is taken
by the foreman of each so men. Each
man is numbered and Is represented
by three cards in the possession of the
foreman. Foremen turn their time
books over to timekeeper, who
makes up a time sheet, which he
sends to the chief timekeeper of the
division, who in turn makes out the
pay roll. The time book turned in by
the foreman, the time sheet and the
pay roll. which is signed by the d.
vision chief are all sent to the local
auditors office, where they are care
fully checked by corps of expert
clerks. The three evidences of earn
ing are then turned over to the di-
vision known as the personal corps,
where they are again checked from an
index card system, thus eliminating
any chance of duplication.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
PAYING CANAL LABORERS.

railroad, and is used first to pay the
railroad laborers. After that 1t Is
turned over to the canal pay force, and
within from IL to Is days from the pay
period all Of the men have received
their money. When the canal gets its
own pay car the time will be short
ened by half. In the United States
the pay car gets around Is to 25 days
after the pay period. The four canal
clerks and other gold rate" men are
paid promptly on the first of the
month.
The timekeeping system Is elab-
oiate, but effective. Each big division
allots one timekeeper to the disburs-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
DISPENSES JUSTICE AT 81.

Boston.-What do you think Of a
judge who defies time and sits on the
bench and actively dispenses justice
when he has passed his 91st birth
day?
That is Justice Charles Field, one
of the kindliest of gentlemen, who Is
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11

the Egyptian Exploration Fund. The
digging in this particular district had
been under the immediate superin-
tendence of Or. e. Naville, and it is
owing to his endeavors that the
unique statue of an Egyptian goddess
has been found undisturbed in her
sanctuary. Deir-el-Bahri, where the
statue was found, is in the neighbor-
hood of Thebes, the famous historic
site of middle Egypt. To the west
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
Desert Air Beneficial.

A physician has discovered that the
air of the Egyptian desert is about as
free from bacterial life as the Polar
regions or the high seas. He consid-
ers the desert would prove an excel
lent place for people suffering from
rheumatism or consumption to take
up their abode.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
Moran Is Nominated for eovernor,

Boston, Mass.-A new era fors the
Massachusetts democracy was inaug-
urated Thursday by the state conven-
ton of that party when John b. Mo-
ran, district attorney for Suffolk
county, who was already the nominee
of the prohibition party and the Inde-
pendence league, was nominated for
governor by acclamation.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
A TERRIBLY Fatal Explosion.

Ration, N. M.-Fifteen men are
supposed to have lost their lives
in an explosion Friday in the Dutch
man coal mine at Blossburg. small
camp five miles from Ration. Three
bodies have been recovered.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
Must Produce Their Books.

Montpelier, Vt.-A bill compell.
ing all corporations to produce
their books upon the request of a
grand jury or other proper authority
was passed by both branches of the
Vermont Legislature Friday and will
60 to Gov. Proctor
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
Serum for whoopIno couoh.

DR.. Bordet, chief physician at the
Brabant Pasteur institute, has in
formed the Belgian academy that he
has positively discovered sci um to
prevent whooping cough
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
INTERESTING EGYPTIAN FIND.
Statue of Ancient Goddess Discovered
Undisturbed In Shrine.

London.-One of the most striking
discoveries that has ever been made
in the history of Egyptian exploration
has just been made at Deirel-Bahri by
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-11
Terrorlsts Stole So. 600.

Warsaw.-The paymaster of the
Vienna railroad was robbed of s3,-
900 Thursday by band of terrorists
The robbers escaped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
A PHILOSOPHER.

Hes a phiIoso-
pher, isn't he ?"
Yes. That is,
he has found out
how to be happy
in every other
condition but the
one he happens to
be in"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
ENCOURAGING.

my heart" he
said, SIS in this
work
Good" she re-
piled. ~'NoW, If
somebody would
put some brains in
it we might look
for results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
The Trouble.

Mrs. Jones-I al
ways think twice
before I speak
once, sirl
Mr.. Jones (sigh
ing) = Exactly.
Maria, but you're
such a quick think
err
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12

Cholly-She call
ed me "a hawt
baked dude" Now,
isn't that widicu-
Ious ?
Miss Peppery -
Yes; it usually is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
FULLY oIIALIEIEn.

"That fellow you were talking with
seems to know a lot about women"
"Of course he does. He was just re-
leased from jail last week"
50? What was he in for?"
"Bigamy."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
WHAT HAD He DONE?

Husband (reading the paper)-What
fools some men viii make OF them
selvesG
Wife-Now, Henry, dear, what have
You done this timer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
coHERENT ANSWER.

Helen-I have just refused to marry
Mr.. Gingerley.
Edith-Oh. did he propose2
Helen-Well, I can't say positively.
but that is how I construed his in
coherent remarks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12

Held it hurt
much to have your
ears pierced?
She Oh, no.
They have been
bored SO much
that they didn't
mind it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
SYMPATHETIC.

why did you set your cup of coffee
on the sofa, Mr.. Newcomer" asked
the boarding house landlady.
1T was SO weak was the reply, ssfhat
thought it would be a good idea to let
it rest awhile
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
SUCCESSION.

ST want to get that latest novel;, said
the lady. sI don't remember the title,
but it's a long story Of war
Here" replied the meek new sales
man with the bald head, sis one called
When q Mans Married. Maybe that's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
REASONABLE

Though poor, she bought a knocking
bird,
And did not think it wrong.
I" Twas cheap" said she, upon my
word,
got it for song"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
eve lis coNsENr.

Fl want your daughter" said the
young man aggressively.
The old man was shrewd.
''Have you got her?" he asked.
81 have"
'erhen take her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
In After Years.

Wife (sobbing)
Only to think
three years ago
you vowed eternal
love!
Husband IAN
grily)-WeH, how
long do you ex-
pect eternal love
to last anyway?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
ONE WAs ENoucH.

Customer would like to get some
kind OF an apparatus for exercising the
muscles.
Dealer-very well, sir. How would
one of these kicking machines strike
you2
Customer-Not at all, thank you I've
got one at home now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
Widows Wish.

Young Widow
I wish you were
wealthy.
Mr.. Single
Why2
Young Widow -
I need the money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
A cuRio plsTRiRuToR.

Catch me proposing to a girl by let
terri
what makes you so timid? ?"
'fWhy, three girls in this town have
my framed proposals hanging up in
their 'dens.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
He Set II All
Riuht.

Bill Collector -
You say you in
tend to pay this
bill some time.
Can't you set a
certain day2
Lawyer Eurst-
Yes; jud gm en- {
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12

"He says he
comes from q
great family"
"That's no lie.
He was one of six
teen children"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
Tit For Tat.

Porcupine You
carry your head
pretty high.
Giraffe-Well, if
I do I am not
stuck up as you
are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12
IDEAL

Ideal.
.How nice II
would be. unused
the merchant, IF
my clerks would
take as much in
tsrest in my BUSH
ness as they do in
everybody else's-
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Hsr PositIon.

Mrs. p. What
kind Of servants
do you prefer?
Mrs. Live got
beyond that I'm
looking for serv-
ants that prefer
me.
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Wise, Oh, Wisel

She-He has a
bright future be-
fore him.
He-I doubt if
he ever catches up
to it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12

Merit Recognized.
Bill Do you
think it impossi-
bic to keep a good
man down?
Jill-No, not If
he's dead.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-08
JE SSIE BUSLEY

pable musicians in the west and I'm.
der his direction the Orpheum orches.
ira Will retain its excellent reputation
as one of the best organizations on the
Orpheum circuit.
~ ~
If there is a harder working actor,
both on and off the stage, than vii.
liam Bittner ] would like to see him.
Mr.. Bittner drills the Utahna Stock
company in Ogden and the.Lyric Stock
in; Zion. When he plays in either town
--Tand he always does-he boards the
midnight train for the other burg and
puts the day in drilling the company.
Then he returns to take his place in
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81 ADJUSTMENTS 20

handled most cleverly. The day of
youthful musical genius is at hand.
Another artist of almost tender years
Max Millian-plays the violin as ii
1t were harp strung with Apollo
golden hair The hoop rolling of tn
two Rinaldos is decidedly clever. There
are some numbers on the program
however, at which | cross my fingers
when | think of them The kinodrom
pictures afford the usual interesting
diversity.
~ ~
Prof. Youngdale, who succeeds Pro
Weihe as the director of the Orpheu
orchestra, welded the baton of mt
steal authority last Monday nigh
Prof. Youndale is one of the most CO
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Blue Book (Society Directory.

The Salt Lake City Blue Book 1907,
is now in press. We will be obliged if
all interested parties will notify us
promptly of any recent changes made
in their residence addresses. No
changes will be taken over the
phones.
r. L. POLK e. CO.,
w. P. COOPER, Sec. G Mgr,
617-620 Dooly Bldg.