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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
STAR PRESS AGENT FAKE.
How Anna Held Was First Brought to
Public Notice.

The serious illness with pneumonia
OF Anna Held recalls one of the best
press agent fakes ever successfully
worked on the local papers. 1t was
when Miss Held first came to this
country, and while she was yet known
only as the singer of Wont You
Come and Play With Me?" She need
ed more booming, and on broader
lines. The press agent tried, by get
ting printed the report that Miss
Held's remarkably good complexion
was the result of daily milk baths.
This was treated more or less as a
joke, but one day a suit was regularly
begun in court by Long Island dairy
man against Miss Held for an amazing
amount of milk, hundreds of gallons
This looked like the real goods, so re-
porters were sent to the dairyman
for confirmation. He confirmed all
right B'gum he meant to have his
rights against the play actress, he did,
b'gum. Anna was interviewed. Yes,
she had refused to pay for her bath
milk because it did not stand the test
for percentage of cream. The papers
printed columns about it. Years after
the press agent confessed He had Civ
en- the dairyman $40 to let the suit be
brought in his name and to stand for
the story. That was ALL
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Nine. Lima Abarbanell, the former
grand opera soubrette, has been en-
gagged by Henry w. Savage to sing the
role of Sonia in The Merry Widow"
Charles Richman has returned to
the role of Capt. Kearney in THE
Rose of the Rancho"
Andrew Robson will succeed John
Mason as Alexis Karenina in support
of Miss Virginia Harmed in anna
Karenina." Mr.. Robson was member
of the late Charles Coghlan's company
for several years and on the road has
starred in The Royal Box" and Rich
ard Carvel"
Messrs. Leigh and Pether, authors
of waiting at the Church" and Poor
John" both of which songs were phe.
nomenally successful after their in
PRODUCTION by Miss Vesta Victoria.
have been engaged by Charles Froh-
man to write special song for Miss
Hattie Williams for the Fluffy Ruff
fles" production.
Mrs. Rida Johnson Young is busily
engaged rewriting THE Lancers".
which is taken from the old Passing
Regiment" for its production in {
gu'se of musical comedy at De- j, 8
theater, New York. in December.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
COACHES NOW PROTECT
PLAYERS In PRACTICE
Work indoors on Rainy Days Which
Is Something Out of the
Ordinary.

Whether this has been n wetter fall
than usual is matter on which the
weather bureau is best informed, but
the wetness was more prominent in
football plans than ever before. USu-
ally snow and rain are merely Incl
dental to football campaigns, some
thing the hardy gridiron scrapper
takes as part of the days work. No
man who does more than limit his
football to the clearest of skies and
the most velvet turf can be looked
on as a mollycoddle, but the fact that
several teams were driven to
cover by the rain for their practice
indicates either that the players are
getting tender or that the managers
are getting more sensible.
Discretion is the better part of
valor, and there are times when
needless valor becomes foolhardiness,
but it was not supposed that anything
short of cyclone, cloudburst or
similar upheaval of nature would
postpone a football game.
1t would take an earthquake, a
blizzard, a landslide or something
equally violent to prevent the playing
of Yale-Princeton. Harvard Yale,
Pennsylvania Cornell, Army Navy
game or one of that class. Several
years ago one of the most active
snowstorms that ever struck that neck
of the woods ragged while Pennsyl-
vania and Cornell were fighting it
out on Franklin field. The Quakers
Slipped into dry clothing between
halves, but the poor Ithacans, having
brought only one suit apiece, had to
go on as they were. In 1898 Harvard
and Yale played in a drenching rain,
but even then had it on the specta-
tors in that they were able to get
into dry place between halves. The
hold football has on the public Is
shown by the way spectators brave
| rheumatism. pneumonia and kindred
dangers when the weather is bad
Columbia and Williams played a
game at the polo grounds a few sea.
sons back in which third of the
gridiron was under water. When the
| players were not running they were
swimming. Goal kicking had to be
abandoned, because there was nobody
amphibious enough to kick goal from
out of the water, but though many a
| player was soaked to the skin, the
| game went on with unabated ardor
| Practice under cover has it's good and
weak points. 1t keeps the men from
taking unnecessary risks, but it also
depriyes them of just so much prac-
tice under conditions that may pre-
vail during the big games.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
Urues New Football Reform.

DR.. James T. Lees, president of the
athletic board at Nebraska university
and member from the Missouri valley
section of the national rules commit
tee, is agitating another football re-
form. DR.. Lees is radically opposed
to allowing four points on field goal
and favors reducing its value to three
or two points, preferably the latter. 1t
is his purpose to present an amend
ment to the playing rules at the an
nual meeting of the national commit
tee IN December.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12

style of game. and will be essentially
national, as foreign players will be
barred. The 14.1 championship tourna-
ment will strike a medium between
1871 and 1872. The former is thought
to be too tedious and long drawn out,
while the latter is too speedy. Since
the defeat of VignauX and Cure there
are no foreign players of note that
would be of sufficient attraction to
prove drawing cards, and for this rea-
son it is proposed to confine the en-
tries to Americans George Slosson,
Maurice DAILY, Ora Morningstar and
A. c. Cutler have entered the tourna-
ment, and George Sutton, Jake Schae-
fer and Willie Hoppe are expected to
send their entries as soon as the plans
are properly matured.
1t was intended to hold the touna-
ment early in December, but this plan
was abandoned on account of the SUIT
tonSchaefer match at this time, and ii
is the intention of the promoters of
the tournament to include every play
er of note, so as to make it thoroughly
representative. This will be the only
professional tournament of note to be
played in New York, but it promises
to be the most important of the year.
According to the plans, matches will
be arranged so that each man will
play one match with every other en-
trant. The games are to be played at
Madison Square Garden concert hall,
and to be SEQ points. A trophy emblem
attic of the championship will go to the
winner, and each contestant will be
required to put up an entrance fee of
not less than 500, which will be added
to the receipts and be divided between
the four men ranking highest at the
end of the tournament.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
OFFICIALS CHANGE RULES
ON COLLEGE ATHLETES
A. A. v. In New York Meetinq Decides
They May Compete for School
and Home Teams.

After a long discussion at its an.
nual meeting in New York city the
Amateur Athletic union finally decided
on the status that college athletes are
to hold in amateur athletics in the fu-
ture.
By the resolution which was finally
passed 1t is decreed that college ath.
letes may only register with the union
from two places, their colleges and
the homes of their parents or guardi-
ans. An attempt was made to con-
fine college athletes to their colleges.
but, the delegates believing that this
change was altogether too drastic, the
resolution was amended to include
their homes.
James E. Sullivan was unanimously
reelected president of the union and
Maj. John J. Dixon was continued in
the position of secretary and treasurer.
John j. O'ConnoI II. G. Penniman, DR..
George Orton, and Everett c. Brown
were elected vice-presidents
The annual report of the record com.
mlttee, authorizing the records of the
past year as follows, was approved:
Nine Hundred Yard Run-M. w. shep-
pard. Time-2:O1 40
-Four Mile Run-George V. Bonhag,
lrish-American A. c. Time-2O::1 1-5.
One Hundred Yard Hurdle teight
flights, first hurdle 20 yards from starO-
j. S. Hill. Time-O:12 is.
One Hundred Yard Hurdle eight flights,
first hurdle 20 yards from star)-J s.
Hill. Time-0:12 1-5
One Hundred Yard Hurdle (ten fights)
S. c. Northridge, 1. A. A. c. Time
0:12 1-5.
Sixty Yard Hurdle (fve flights threL
feet six inches)-S. C. Northridge Time
0;0S lis.
Pole Vault for Height-W. r. Dray,
Yale, u feet 51a inches.
Pole Vault for Distance-M. ]. SherI-
dan. n. Y. A. c., 2S feet.
Throwing Sixteen Pound Hammer-M.
j. McGrath, N. Y A. c., 173 feet inches
Throwing Twelve Pound Hammer-I.
f. Talbot, 190 feet, 8 inches.
Throwing Fifty-Six Pound Weight-I.
j. Flanagan l. A. A. c., 3S feet inches
Shot Putting-By Ralph Rose, Califor-
mia: 8 pound, 81 feet inches; 12 pound,
So feet 11& inches; IA pound, 81 feet, ga
inches; IS pound, 43 feet 9h inches; Fl
pounds, 40 feet 39s inches; 2S pound, "a
feet So inches; 16 pound, 40 feet n inches.
c. M. Daniels, N. Y. A. c., was
awarded swimming records from rs
yards to one mile, including 81 inter.
mediate distances, his one mile record
being 23:40 3-5, with 81 turns.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
Pertinent to the End.

The late Richard Mansfield was a
patient sufferer in his last illness, and
he retained his good cheer to a
marked degree. One day he told his
physician that he believed he would
not live many weeks longer.
"Bosh!" said the physician. you
are good for a long time yet. Why,
man alive, did you ever hear of any
body near death with legs and feet as
warm as yours?"
"Yes," replied Mr.. Mansfield, "lots
of them. For instance, there was Joan
of Arc and the Salem witches"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
Favor Abolition of Football.

Dean George l.. Collie of Beloit col.
lege announced the other DAY that at
a meeting of Wisconsin college presi-
dents football had been discussed, and
it was the sense of the assembly that
intercollegiate games should be abol-
ished He announced that he would
bring the matter up for vote at a
faculty meeting of the college, and
asked the professors to get the vote
of the students on the point
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
TOPICS OF THE STREET.

FOREIGN TRADING.-FOreign houses wara m,
active factors in the local market. arbtrage opera
extent Of 1000 shares A narrow and waiting
market reported in London. and according 10
cable dispatches II was not believed abroad ther.
would be any foreign activity in American securi-
ties until It had been shown to what extent the
government measures OF monetary relief would be
a success. COnsOis in London were heavy and the
copper shares lower Calling OF loans by the Joint
stock banks was reflected in higher call money
rates, while discounts were sitter The announce
ment In Paris that IL would be contrary TO the
French statute for the Bank OF France 70 take
any part OF the United States Treasury certificates
of Indebtedness had an adverse enect on the Lon
don market.
DIVIDENDS Observation-Disclosures have been
declared as follows: Railway Steel Spring. regu-
lar quarterly 13i per cent on the preferred. pay
able on December 20; Massachusetts Mills. regular
semi-annuaI 2ia per cent, payable on December ?;
Rochester Railway and Light Company, regular
quarterly IL per cent on the preferred. payable on
December ,. and quarterly per cent on the com
mon PAYABLE on December 2; GlObe-Wernicke Com
pany, regular quarterly 11s per cent on It's com
mon stock, payable on December W' American
Gas Company, of Philadelphia, seni-annual per
cent payable on December ?; Chattanooga Rail
ways Company. regular quarterly IA per cent on
fts nreferred stock, payable on December 2. and
Multiphoue Operating Company. regular monthly l
per cent, payable on December L
NFII,Ls COTTON CROP ESTIMATE.-R. L
NeiFs yearly estimate OF the cotton output places
tbis years crop at IL 900 bales He estimates
that the Atlantic states will yield 4s21on bales.
the Gulf states s575 coo and Texas and Indian Ter
rltOry =,Su.utV UflleS-
DONrESTIC EXCHANGE.-Boston 81 premium;
Chicago no market; St Louis. 15c premium bid:
San Francisco, sight 10c discount, telegrapn par
N-eyr Orleans commercial 50 discount, bank 81 pre-
MUM: Cincinnati 12l4c premium; savannah ouy-
ing soc discount, selling 15c premium
BANK CLEARINGS--New York exchanges
s21SS59 .sss, balances S1O.5s6.7sO; Chicago. ex-
changes sS3 33s61s+. balances s12s3 sos: Boston eX
cbsn9es 500 4ss 7O8 balances S1.716,75S; Philade-
mia exchanges $19.4SS.024. balances SlI44,-oS'
baltimore exchanges S4.S51.s75. balances $osoZoO.
CIR yrI,I3 NFAPF[F.T-Bar silver, 591+c- Mexican
silver dollars 47c Bar silver in London closed at
% 5-16d; decline, Sled .. 49,, =,
MEXICAN EXCHANGE--MeXican eNchanSe on
New York is quoted az 2O0St-
GOVERNMENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. receipts
reported from Washington S1.OlSI2S; tnternaI rev
enue receipts S55S.532: miscellaneous receipts Soo
us Receipts for the day. S16S3.3IS; expenditures
80 10 OOO Receipts for the month TO date' SzS'-
$50 742; expenditures. s2452O.OOO; excess OF re-
CENTS s. l6O,142. Receipts for the year 10 oa1e.
s254 2sO 217: expenditures. S20So04s09i excess OF
receipts. S1.225,367- -
ttor 10 the Clearing House $S20.0sS
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
NEW YORK CITY RoNps.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

'IntcrcEanseabIe. tKeglstered tcouran.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21

&o7. 7.si7 Total sales Tor the day. 'Unilstcd.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21

Tho following shows yesterdays closing quota
I tons for government bonds, compared with Tues
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21

FOREIGN MONEY MARKET.-CaA money IN
London 41zQ5 per cent. Open market discount
rate for short bills, per cent: long bills per
count rate. per cent. Paris exchange on London
% francs 251h centimes Bar gold rs 119sd Berlin
exchange on London 20 marks 56 pfennigs-
FOREIGN SECURITIES.-British consols for
money, SIS per cent: for the account, s. French
rentes 95 francs centimes.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

There was little market for outside securities
Slight interest manifested and prices showed
only narrow fluctuations, In few of the spe-
ciaities a little life was evident for a time Stand
ard OIL was less active. but stronger, selling eX-
dividend at an Improvement OF points. American
Tobacco was off points the exchange Of an
odd lot In the mining group fluctuations were mar
row with slight animation shown only In a few
Of the Goldfeld shares, Nevada Consolidated
Creene-Cananea Butte Coalition and NipissinG-
Bonds were dull and practically unchanged. Con-
solidated Steamship Is were irregular.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
pnkers. posted rates were as follows.

REDUCTION IN tAI-TAL APPROVED.-At a
special meeting of the stockholders of the Ameri-
Sewer Pipe Company, held in Jersey City yes
terday, the proposition 10 reduce the capital stock
Of the company $1,000. 600 to $7.0OOOOO ap-
proved
BUTTE COALITION DIVIDEND REDUCED
The directors of the Butte Coalition Company have
declared quarterly dividend of 10 cents share,
which compares with a dividend OF 80 cents a
share in the preceding quarter The dividend is
payable December II.
QUEEN & CRESCENT NOTE ISSUE.-The
stockholders of the Cincinnati New Orleans &
Texas Pacific Railway Company have approved an
issue of 100000 per cent three-year notes.
RAILROAD EARNINGS Railroads reporting
earnings for the second week In November show for
eleven companies total loss of $395.163 and for
eight companies a total gain OF $I7572 compari-
son being made with the time a year ago.
SUB-TREASURY TRANSFERS local Sub
Treasury transferred yesterday 100000 to San
Francisco.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
unlisted. Tex dividend.

Closing prices of active bonds dealt in, with
nat changes follow.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21

MONEY MARFET.-N1oney on call opened at S
per cent; highest, T. per cent, lowest. per cent:
closing S4I0 per cent; loan. 6 per cent; run;
rate per cent. Time money continued in limited
supply, and small amounts at sixty 10 ninety days
were readily absorbed at II per cent. The rates
as quoted We're l2ul5 per cent for sixty to ninety
days and per cent for six months. the latter
quotation being largely nominal. Mercantile paper
quiet. Out-oft town institutions bought occa-
sionaly, but sparingly. Rates, nominal, were to
10 per cent.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-Thc foreign exchange
market opened firm, with quotations showing a
nominal advance of 1-32 per cent to 4S8q4 SSl4 for
cables. 4SG1t4.S SGA for demand sterling 4.79 for
siXty-day bills Short francs quoted at > ISsi
and short reichsmarks At 9ii2G94 3-16. There was
sharp rise in sterling rates in the afternoon and
quotations were advanced E4Ac from the opening
figure. Gables were quoted at 4S9A Q4.90, demand
sterling AS6&6r4S7 and siXty-day bills at 4 79(l
479H, the latter failing TO rise sharply as other
classes of remittance, owing to the frmer London
discounts Short francs were quoted at 51sls and
short reichsmarks at 9424. Bills exceedingly
sca%ce and there a fairly good demand for re-
mittance.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
SECURITIES AT AUCTION.

The following securities were sold yesterday a.
arction AT the Exchange SaIesroorn BY Adrian n
Muller & Son:
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
GOVERNMENT BONDS.

Total sales OF bonds. $3.50. 800.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
DiUidend Notices.
PRODUCE EXCHANGE STOCKS.

Business in smaller volume in the mining
market the Produce Exchange yesterday and
prices were fraction lower. The total transac-
lions 4.S10 shares. distributed among four
stocks, follows 1850 Branch Mint at l4I5c, l5c
and 15zc. LOCO Greater Nevada at 17c, 200 Greene
God-Siver Consolidated at 37lzc and 100 Goldfeld
Consolidated al 4.O6c.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.

Actual sales-l-Closing-
Open High Low Fin. Bid. Ask.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD.

London. Nov %. D. m.-The market for Amert-
can securities dull and generally heavy
though somewhat firmer the curb after the
close of the exchange. Last quotations foilo"'
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
BOSTON STOCKS.

FURNISHED by r. l. Day d Co. No. 81 Wall street)
Nov. 80. Nov 20 Nov. 10 Nov. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28

forward faster. Farther on, the signs of the
thief grew fresher, he cut long blaze and tore it
off to let his sons know that he now closer to
his quarry, and expected to come upon him at any
at what time he had passed. he drew a bow and
the snow. with the tip of the arrow point
ing the direction of the at the time of making
the blaze. 10 show that 1t was day time, he drew
in front of the arrow circle with radatng
from the center, to represent the If had been
night time, he would have drawn crescent moon.
With the coming of dusk, Standing Wolf increased
his circumspecton. Shortly after crossing lake in
the moonlight, he heard the barking of dogs ahead.
He took hold of two SaplngS, either side of
the track and bent them and fastened them
together so that anyone following would have to
stoop to pass under. This a signal to the boys
that danger at hand, and for them to move for
ward warily and with their guns in readiness.
His advance became momentarily slower. 1t
more than an hour before he detected the glare
of freight ahead. He left the trail, and, keeping
to the lee of the fire lest the dogs should him,
stealthily approached The first glimpse of the
breed lay wrapped in his hare skin robe upon mat
of balsam brush In the shelter of the under
growth the dogs curled in the snow, Shiverng
still, though sound asleep
Printing his gun afresh, Standing Wolf cooked it,
and, silently stepping within the glare of the fire.
light, called upon Gibeault to surrender. The star
tied halfbreed sprang to his feet, and, Selling his
ak, struck wildly at the Indian; who, in the very
act of firing, 1eaped aside to himself, and SO
missed his shot Again the halfbreed swung his AK,
seeing his chance, he struck Gibeault with the butt
of his gun and knocked him down. AS he strove to
rise, Standing Wolf dealt him blow that stretched
him motionless upon the snow. STOPPING down. he
not dead AS Standing Wolf reloaded his gun, he
pondered whether he should kill the thief hand
him to the mounted police. Unable to decide,
he bound him hand and foot, dragged him back
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fly from the molten surface of the metal. For the
most part they are bits of ncandescent carbon, but
clnging to the carbon is often minute particle of
metal Lest such particles should escape the ashes
and clinkers below the furnaces gathered up at
night. This debris is ground into powder by means
of steam crusher, and then is sold snelter like
ordinary ore at price warranted by the assayer
The ladies that stir the precious metal, the big
iron rods, the strainers, and the dippers, all
tested in most curious fashion After considerable
use they become covered with thin layer of oxi-
died silver, closely resembling brown rust. The
implements then laid in baths of a solution of
sulphurlc acid, which eats away the iron and steel
and leaves the silver untouched
Gradually the ladle, whatever the implement
is, will disappear, and in its place remains hollow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28

silver counterpart of the original, delicate as spun
glass. These fragile casts reproduce the ladle with
perfect accuracy in all its details, although their
surfaces perforated with innumerable little holes
Scarcely have they been nodded, however, before
they are cast into crucible, to become in time
dollars, quarters, and dimes
In corner of the melting room there is a large
tank, into which newly cast silver bars are dropped
and left to cool Infinitesimal flakes of silver scale
acquires the metallic uster of stagnant pool Here
is silver that not be lost; beneath the pipe
through which the tank is emptied is banked thick
layer of mud. AS the water filters through it, the
mud retains the precious residuum Four times a
year this mud is removed, and each experiment dis
closes the fact that fifty dollars has been saved
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TT has been said that mser guards his treasure
more religousy than Uncle Sam watches the
precious metal that passes through his minis.
Moreover, precautions against waste almost in
Vulnerable. Every evening in each of the minis of
this country the floors of the melting rooms are
swept cleaner than good housewife S kitchen. The
dust is put carefully aside, and about once in two
months the SCOT scraped from every flue is trans
terred to the same precious dust heap This is then
burned and from its ashes the Government derives
no inconsderable income. The earthenware cruel
bles used in melting employed than
three times. Then they crushed beneath heavy
rollers, and in their porous sides found flakes of
the precious metal.
In the melting room, when the casters raise their
ladies from the melting pots, a shower Of sparks
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-04-04
George El,ot's savonaroln.

Savonarola is one of the most strik-
ing characters in George Eliot'S great
historical novel "Romola." the scene OF
which is in Florence and the period
that of Savonarola's career. The idea
of writing the book occurred to the
novelist while ON visit to Florence,
and on second visit to the city, in
1861. she began to carry out her prof.
ect. The subject and design were for
eign to the authors genius, but she
spared no pains in making thorough
study of the locality. the people and
the literature of the Italian renais-
sance for the purposes of her story.
In her own words, the work ''plowed
into her. more than any Of her books.
She began it. she says, as a young wo-
man and finished it as an old woman.
Her picture Of Florence and Savona-
rola is undeniably impressive, and
some critics declare "Romola" to be
George Eliots greatest novel and the
character Of Sayonarola one of the
finest delineations.-Pears