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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-03-31
No. 75.-Diamond.
No. 74.-Jumbied Names.

1. A consonant 2. A kitchen utensil.
8. A precious stone. 4. A sailor. 5. A
consonant.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-03-31

Knives will take brighter polish II a
little baking soda is mixed with the
knife polish.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-03-31

l. A consonant. 2. An exclamation.
3. To cover from injury. 4. Is to sum
up. 5. A vowel.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-03-31
Bankfupt's Petition for Discharge.

In s 'Hs Rs'isf f. IF PACKARD. Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt.
To the HON. CLARENCE HALE, Judge Of the Dis
trict Court of the United States for the District
GEoRGE H. PACKARD, of Buck6eld, in the
" County OF Oxford, and State Of Maine,
In said District. respectfully represents, that
on the 9Th day Of October, last past, he wa.
duly adjudged bankrupt. under the Acts OF
Congress relating to Bankruptcy; that he has
duly surrendered all his property and rights of
property, and has fully complied with all the
requirements of said Acts and OF the orders OF
Court touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays, That he may be de-
creed by the Court to have n full discharge from
all debts provable against his estate under said
bankruptcy Act, except such debts as are ex-
cepted by law from such discharge;
Dated this 10Th day of March, A. ID. 1908.
GEORGE II. PACKARD, Bankrupt.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, IS.
On this 2lst day of March, A. d. 1905, on read.
Ing the foregoing petition, It is
Ordered by the Court, That hearing be had
upon the same on the 10th day Of April, A. ID.
1908, before said Court at Portland, in said Dis.
trict, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon; and that
notice thereof be published In the oxford Dem;
ocrat, a newspaper printed In said District, and
that all known creditors, and other persons In
Interest, may appear at the said time and place,
and show cause, II any they have, why the pray.
er of said petitioner should not be granted.
the Clerk shall send by mail to all known cred
itOrs copies Of said petition and this order, adj
dressed to them at their places Of residence as
stated.
witness the HON: CLARENCE HALE, Judge
of the said Court and the seal thereof, at Port.
land, in said District, on the 2lst day OF March,
IL. 81 JAMES E. HEwEY, Clerk.
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THIS Is WORTH REMEMBERING.

Whenever you have cough or cold,
Just remember that Foley's Honey and
Tar will cure it. Do not risk your health
by taking any but the genuine. 1t is In
Q yellow package. For sale By all drug
gists.
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No. 65.-Greek Cross:
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
HUNDREDS Of
MINERS KILLED
WORST DISASTER IN YEARS OC-
OURS AT HAMM, A TOWN
IN GERMANY.
FIRE FOLLOWED EXPLOSION.
OF $50 Men Working in the Mine,
Only Six Escaped lnjury-Efforts
to Rescue Failed-The Dead
Number 339

Hamm, Westphalia, Germany
The greatest mine disaster in
many years in Germany occurred
Thursday at the Radbod mine, about
three miles from here. There was a
heavy explosion in the mine and the
mine took fire. OF $50 miners work
ing under ground at the time, only
six escaped without injury. Thirty
five were taken out badly injured and
81 were dead when brought to the
mouth of the pit. The remaining 302
have been given up for lost.
The explosion, which was unusually
violent, damaged one of the shafts,
which had to be partly repaired be-
fore the rescue work was begun. In
addition the flames and smoke proved
almost 1nsurmountable obstacles in
the early efforts of the rescuing par
ties.
A special corps, composed of the
men who rendered such valuable aid
in the terrible mine disaster at Cour-
rieres, France, in March, 1906, arrived
upon the scene shortly before noon,
but were unable to enter the mine,
being forced to await the result of the
efforts of the fremen to keep the
flames in check.
The fire made great headway and
after consultation of the engineers
1t was decided that any further at
tempts to rescue the entombed men
were vain, owing to the impossibility
of entering the galleries. At the same
time an order was issued to flood the
mine
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
REVIEW OF TRADE.
An Increased Demand for Manu-
factured Products Is Evident.

New York City.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Expectations are being fully real
ized in the increased demand for man
ufactured products that each day re-
duces the percentage of idle machin-
cry and the number of unemployed
The depleted condition of stocks is
disclosed as business expands and
throughout all industrial channels
there Is a sudden pressure to meet re-
quirements that assures activity for
some time at least
Higher prices for pig iron followed
the increase in demand, consumers
providing material for finished steel
to be delivered in the spring.
Furnaces have added still further to
the active capacity, and some have
contracted for much of their output
up to July 1. The better feeling is
also reflected in the ore market, and,
If weather conditions permit, the
movement down the lakes probably
will be increased to 25,000,0 900 tons for
the season. Several railways are in
the market for steel rails.
In the primary market for dry
goods, merchants are operating on a
more liberal scale.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
COT IDOLS, BUT NO GOLD.
Hunters of yellow Metal in Panama
Had a Series of Thrilling
Adventures.

New York City. - Baron Won
Teuber, who arrived Thursday on the
steamer Magdalena from West Indian
ports, told a thrilling story of gold
hunting expedition in Panama north
of the canal zone which resulted in
the death of three members of his
party. The baron, with his brother
and three mining engineers, who left
this city several months ago for the
gold and anthracite fields in the
northern part of the isthmus of Pan
anna, finally started with two Indian
guides north for Colon through what
proved to be country jealousy held
by hostile Indians A midnight en-
counter resulted in the fatal shooting
of the Indian guides. Left thus, in
strange, practically trailless country,
they wandered helplessly.
The three engineers were soon
stricken with frightful fevers. The
baron and his brother, however, made
for the coast with the sick men, EN-
countering constant hardships John
Bradley, one of the engineers, died in
boat they had constructed, but
Frederick Smith and Peter Bartlett
were finally taken to the Ancon hos
pital, where they are slowly recover
ing. The baron brought a collection
of old idols which he will present to
a museum.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
SHOT DOWN BY AN EX-CONVICT
FRANCIS j. HENEY, PROSECUTOR
OF GRAFTERs, is WOUNDED.
Court Room in San Francisco Where
Ruef Bribery Trial Is In Progress
Is Scene of Crime.

San Francisco, Cal. - Francis ].
Heney, leading figure in the prosecu-
ton of municipal corruption in San
francisco, was shot and seriously in
Jured Friday afternoon in Judge Law
lors court room by Morris Haas, a
jewish saloonkeeper, who had been
accepted as juror in a previous trial
of Abraham Ruef and afterwards re-
1ected, 1t having been shown in court
by Heney that Haas was an ex-convict,
fact not brought out in his examina-
tion as venireman.
The shooting of Heney occurred in
the presence of many persons in the
court room during recess in the trial
OF Ruef, on trial for the third time on
the charge of bribery. At 6 o'clock
Friday night Mr.. Heney, who retained
consciousness and will likely recover,
said:
II will live to prosecute Haas and
Ruef"
The physicians in attendance on
Heney expressed the opinion that he
would live. 1t was ascertained that
the bullet, which had entered the right
cheek, had lodged under the left ear
and had not entered his brain or
severed any important arteries or
nerves.
Mr. Heney was taken to the Lane
hospital, where he is under the care
of skilled surgeons
After Heney had been removed
from the court room Judge Lawlor
called court to order and had Ruef
placed in custody. Haas had been
thrown down and held by spectators
until the police arrived. He said he
shot Heney because Heney had ruined
him by exposing the fact that he was
an ex-convict. Haas is a married man
and has four children.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
CHINA'S EMPEROR DIES.
Nominal Ruler of Fiowery kinudom
Passes away-His Successor
Is Chosen.

Peking, China.-The emperor of
China was reported dead Friday after
noon.
Two imperial edicts were issued
from the palace Friday afternoon in
quick succession. The first makes
Prince Chun regent of the empire,
and the second appoints his son, Pu
Wei, heir presumptive.
simultaneously with the removal of
the emperor from the winter palace to
the death chamber in the Forbidden
City, the members of the grand coun-
Gil assembled in the palace. The
dowager empress was present at this
meeting, and Is reported to have
swooned and to be dying.
Prince Chun Is brother of the en-
peror. His name is Tsai Feng, and he
succeeded to the title of his father,
Prince Chun, in 1891. He visited Ger
many in 1901 as a special commits
sioner of the throne.
This last illness of the emperor as
sumed a serious aspect a fortnight
ago. 1t was then declared that he was
suffering from a grave intestinal COM
plant. He refused to accept western
medical attendance, although medical
men attached to the legations here
stood ready, to give their services.
His majesty has been suffering for
ten years past from chronic nephritis,
which recently became complicated
with diabetes and sciatica. 1t was ad-
mitted that his brain was affected.
Kaung-Hsu succeeded to the throne
in 1875. In 1887 the dowager
empress intimated that she considered
him fit to rule, and two years later
she married him to her niece.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
An Ice Man Murders His Rival.

New York City.-A pair of ice
tongs were used with deadly effect
Thursday to settle feud that has ex-
listed between two East Side icemen,
Louis Schneider and Harry Feuer-
stein, for several years. Until re-
Gently the men supplied the same dis
trict, but last month decided to divide
the territory. Feuerstein heard
Thursday that Schneider had accused
him of acting unfairly and he went to
the latter's establishment and started
for Schneider with a knife. Schnei-
der grabbed q pair of tongs and struck
at his rival. The tongs opened and
one of the prongs buried itself in the
brain of Feuerstein.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
Ny GOING TO FLORIDA
E THAN 100 MEN ARE GOING
TO HIlLiARD, FLORIDA,
THIS MONTH.
he OFFER OF FREEROUND
TRIP MAKES GREAT HIT.
They Are Going to Buy Farms In
Cornwall Farm Land Co.'s Big New
Trucking Section 80 Miles
from jacksonville.

Either the first touch of cold wealth.
er or the remarkably attractive offer
of round trip to Florida free has de-
cided a large number of Ohio, Indiana,
Kentucky and Tennessee men to go
and make an investigation of the
North Florida Fruit and Truck Farms
at Hilliard, Fla.
Already over 100 have sent to the
Cornwall Farm Land Co, SIS Great
Northern Bldg, Chicago, and arranged
for starting either on the 18th or oath
of November, with the understanding
that the company will credit the
amount of the railroad fare to every
man that buys a bacre farm at $210
on the easy payment plan Of $40 a
month. The lands are the best in the
State of Florida for vegetable grow
ing and are located on the Atlantic
Coast Line Railway within 40 min
utes' ride of Jacksonville. The illus
trated books published by the COM
pany show pictures of growing vege
tables and the appearance Of the un
improved land, also views of the town
of Hilliard adjoining the farm land.
Florida is now the established and
recognized supply depot for all the
winter grown fruits and vegetables
consumed in ths north for which higt
prices are paid. This new trucking
section has not yet taken on the fever
of high land prices as have most II
the older sections of Florida. We ur
derstand that the whole Of this Morn
Florida Fruit and Truck Farm tract is
to be sold at one price-s21 an aero
There are many places in Flori65
where large holders of land are boom
ing both towns and farm lands and the
prices are from S100 TO $3.50 an acre
for unimproved land The Cornwall
Farm Land Company's proposition
seems well worth investigating.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
ANDREE'S GRAVE FOUND?
Burial Place of Aeronaut Who Started
Out to Find the North Pole Is
Said to Have Been Located.

Copenhagen.-There is reason to
Andree, the Arctic explorer who in
1897 made an attempt to reach the
North Pole in a balloon, has been
found on the coast of Labrador.
A letter received here from the cap
tain of the Danish steamer Inga, dated
Labrador, September 80, reports that
Capt. Chalker, skipper of the schooner
Pelops, of Newfoundland, discovered
in northern Labrador a cross bearing
the name "Andree," and that beneath
this cross he found a body and a box
of documents.
The expedition to discover the
North Pole organized by Prof. S. A.
Andree, a Swedish explorer, left
Danes Island, SpitZbergen. in a bal
loon July II, 1897 Prof. Andree was
accompanied by two companions.
Strindberg and Fraenkel He was
prepared to drop messages relating
his progress, and various such com
munications were discovered during
the three months following his de-
parture. No authentic news, however,
was received in regard to the fate of
the balloon or it's occupants.
In September 1899, buoy marked
"Andree polar expedition" with an
anchor attached was picked up on
King Charles Island and later identi-
fed as the buoy which Andree was to
drop when passing the pole; but the
general opinion was that it had been
lost overheard or thrown out to
tighten the balloon. In September,
1900, bottle containing note mum.
bered 143 was found near Vardoe, the
most northeaster!y port of Norway.
Twice it was reported that Andree's
body had been found, but neither of
these statements was substantiated.
Many expeditions have searched
the Arctic regions unsuccessfully for
the missing balloonists.
Andree's balloon was so constructed
as to be capable of remaining in the
air for over 80 days, but he took pro.
visions for only four months.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
TWENTY-FIVE DEAD IN WRECKS
TWO COLLISIONS ON RAILROADS
PROVE TERRIBLY FATAL.
Louisiana and Wyoming Were the
Scenes of Disaster, II Men Being
Killed in Each Accident.

New Orleans, La - 1t was a
heavy price in human life that paid
for the errors of railroad trainmen
Wednesday when a Great Northern
express crashed into the rear of a
New Orleans & Northeastern local
train at Little Woods station, a fish
ing and hunting camp on Lake Pont-
chartrain, IL miles from New Orleans.
Eleven dead and many more injured,
some of them fatally crushed, are the
results of the wreck, which was at
tended by unusually gruesome scenes
in the swamps on the lake shore. To
add to the horror of the situation the
wreck caught fire and only the heroic
work of the surviving passengers pre-
vented the cremation of those pinned
in the debris
Between Slidell and New Orleans
the Great Northern trains run over
the tracks of the New Orleans &
Northeastern road. local train of
the Northeastern, from Hattiesburg
and other Mississippi points, is due to
arrive in New Orleans 20 minutes be-
fore the fast Great Northern train
from Covington. Wednesday the
Northeastern train WAS late and the
difference of 20 minutes between the
running of the trains was consider
ably reduced.
When Engineer Blackman of the
Great Northern train took the North
eastern tracks at Slidell he was given
the usual right of way signal, he says,
and proceeded to move his train
toward New Orleans at 45 miles an
hour. AS Little Woods was ap-
preached the Northeastern local sud
denly loomed up through the fog. En-
gineer Blackman applied the brakes
and remained at the throttle while the
ponderous locomotive plunged part
way through the train ahead, leaving
behind it trail of corpses and in
jured passengers.
No one on the Great Northern ex-
press was seriously hurt, but those
aboard the Northeastern local were
thrown right and left or crushed by
the express locomotive as it tore
through the two rear coaches of the
local. AS Little Woods has no tele-
graph station, serious delay was ex-
perienced in getting a message to
New Orleans, and it was two hours
before rescue train arrived. In the
meantime passengers of the Great
Northern train did all they could to
rescue the injured.
Cheyenne, Wyo.-Eleven men lost
their lives in the collision of
two Union Pacific freight trains
Tuesday night at Borie, Wyo., and in
the fire which broke out in the wreck
age. The dead include an engineer, a
conductor. fireman, three brakemen
and five Japanese laborers.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
CIergymen Get Small Salaries.

New York City.-That the mini
mum salary for an unmarried clergy
man in the diocese of New York
should be $1,000, and for married
clergyman $1,000 and a suitable place
to live, or $1,000 in money, was the
resolution passed Thursday in the an
nual convention of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of New York. DR.
Leighton Parks, who proposed the
resolution. said that there were 81
clergymen in New York Is of whom
were married, who received less than
$1,000 annually. One man had nc
salary; another received $410 a year
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
The Little Girl and the Donkey.

The four-year-old daughter Of q
Washington man not long ago saw a
donkey for the first time. She talked
to her father good deal touching the
unusual sight. 1t was dear donkey"
1t was lovely donkey" etc. etc
Soon the child exhausted her stock OF
edjectives.
And so you liked the donkey, did
you?' asked the fond parent.
"Oh, so much. daddy" returned the
youngster. That is, | liked him pret.
ty we'll. But l didn't like to hear him
donk. k."-Lippincott's
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
Six Men Killed.

Buffalo, n. Y.-A gasoline launch
towing clinker boat containing
ten Cinnamon crossing from Can
ada was wrecked on the south break
wall Thursday and six Of the China
men were killed and four saved them
selves by clambering upon the wall.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
Secretary MetcaIf Resiqfs.

Washington, ID. C.-Secretary of
the Navy Victor II. Metcalf on Friday
rendered his resignation to the presi-
dent, to take effect December /, on
account of i'll health. Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy Truman H. New
cessor.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
Editor Watterson's Son Is Killed.

New York City.-Harvey w. Wat
terson, lawyer and younger son
Of Henry Watteracn, editor of the
Louisville Courier Journal, plunged to
his death from the nineteenth floor of
his office building at 81 Wall street
Wednesday afternoon.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
Succeeded in His Purpose,

Toni ate some of the cake she
made just to make myself solid.
Dick-Did you succeed?
Toni couldn't feel any more solid
IL l had eaten concrete or building
stone-Utica Herald.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
Five Children Die in Fire

Elkins, w. Va. - Five children
of T.. J. Rice. a barber at Bever.
ly. lost their lives in a fire that de.
siroyed their home. The fire fol.
lowed an explosion Of gas.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
Election Cost Hughes 1862.

Albany, n. Gov. Charles T..
Hashos filed his certificate of election
expenses with the secretary Of state
Wednesday. giving his tota! ex.
penditurcs as S3G9.G5
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
Explosion Killed Four Men.

Sergeant. Ky. - In boiler ex.
plosion Friday at the Miller Lumber
Co.'S plant four men were killed and
four were severely injured
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-11-19
Pollteness.

There Is no better plan of life than
TO cultivate true politeness. 1t is the
best thing either to get good name
or supply the want of it-Horton.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-01
COOOY-:COODY BOOKS
Tabooed by Former State President of
Illinois Congress of
Mothers.

Chicago, March 40. X" for
Mother Goose" and "Bluebeard" for
childrens reading; IN. G." for the
goodygood books: this was the die.
tum OF a former president OF the ILL.,
nois Congress of Mothers, Mrs. Will
liam Hefferman, in an address here
As to "Bluebeard" She said such tales
with all their cruelty and horrors were
to be preferred to "milk-and- water"
kind of reading. up to six years of
age the child should have much of
Mother Goose. she said. eulogistical-
~ Nothing in our language can
take the place of these old iinglps
They are not the highest kind of liter
atuIe, but they are decidedly litera.
ture. They lay a good foundation of
Wit and humor in the child and expand
Il. and that is most important at that
stage" As an antidote against dime
novel reading. she urged: Try Arab
an Nights Robin Hood Robin Cru.
soc Leather Stocking Tales Treas
Ire Island, and Oliver Twist These
books have all the adventure and
hrills and blod and thunder that the
'ankest dime novel can show. and
more. but they are literature"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-01
TRAINMEN ASSAULTED
Stones and Pistols Are Brought into
Use and TWO I. c, Employees are
Painfully Hurt.

Central City KY, March 31.-When
the Illinois Central train which left
Louisville AT 1880 O'Clock yesterday
morning arrived at Mercer Flagman
Hendricks OF Louisville. aud Brake
nan w. II. Langley, also of Louis
lille who had left the train to assist
passengers 10 alight. were assaulted
by several men who were at the sta
ton at that place, During the as
iault a number of rocks were thrown
and Flagman Hendricks was struck
IN the head and fell unconscious
Brakeman Langley was also struck on
the head and badly wounded There
We're also a number of shots fired
from among the assalants and G. w
iuntsman of Island, KY, a travelling
picture agent, was shot in the neck
but not seriously hurt. ]. w. Edwards
OF Mercer Ky, was also shot in the
left hand, injuring two fingers but
not a serious extent. II is not known
il any Of the assailants were hurt
The cause of the trouble or the as
sault seems to be that the day before,
while some miners from Mercer were
on an T. c.. train going home they were
drinking and refused to pay their
fares and were put off the train. The
men assaulted. however We're not
then upon the train.