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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
A TELEGRAM WAS FORGED
1t Led to the Defeat of Bills to Pro-
hibt Gambling at Race Tracks.

Elmira, n. Y.-An announcement
which was made here Friday that
the vote of Senator Cassidy against
the race track bill was due to tele-
gram from Congressman Fassett at
Washington, which had been tam
pered with, caused a sensation.
Congressman Fassett, who is here
TO attend the congressional conven-
tion, said that the story was true. On
the day the race track bills came up
in the senate Congressman Fassett
and Dwight united in a telegram to
Senator Cassidy, which when filed
read:
John and I urge you to stand by
the governor on the race track bill,
owing to conditions in your district
a. S. FASSETT."
That telegram, when it reached Cas-
sidy, read as follows:
John and / urge you not to stand
by the governor on the race track
bills,' etc.
The next day, when it became
known in Washington that the gov
ernor had been beaten by one vote.
another telegram was sent to Cassidy
as follows:
John and think you have made a
serious if not fatal mistake. Get busy,
move to reconsider and pass the BILL
-. S. FASSETT."
Mr. Fassett did not know until he
reached the state convention that the
telegram had been falsified. An inves-
tigation was started and it was found
that the telegram had been changed
in Washington, Mr.. Fassett said he
had letter from the manager of the
telegraph company's office in that city
admitting the forgery and stating that
the operator responsible had been dis
charged.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
DUNS BUSINESS BULLETIN
DuIness Prevails in Nearly All Indus.
tries, Notably in Iron and Steel.

New York City-R. G. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Light weight wearing apparel is in
better demand in response to more
seasonable weather, but retail trade
as whole shows little alteration, and
the crops have not made sufficient
progress to encourage normal prep
aration for future business in whole
sale and jobbing departments. Pay
ments are little more prompt, ow-
ing to the ease of money. >
Dullness continues in the iron and
steel industry, the outlook for the
year being indicated by reduction
in the estimate of ore shipments to
20,000,000 tons. Several mills have
resumed, including some of the lead
ing rail plants, but these are not
started at more than one-third full
capacity. Although it develops slow
ly, there is much encouragement re-
garding the outlook in the pipe trade,
easier money reviving plans for the,
issue of municipal bonds for water,
gas and other public works.
Some increase in the attendance of
buyers is noted in certain primary
markets for cotton goods, and i'm
proved financial conditions cause less
question regarding terms of settle
ment, but the percentage of idle ma
chinery is larger.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
CYCLONE KILLED 100 PEOPLE
TERRIFIC STORM CAUSED LOSS
OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
Portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama Were Laid Waste by
Tornado.

Atlanta Ga.-A wind storm of cy-.
clonic proportions swept over por-
tions of Louisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama Friday, leaving a trail of
dead and injured. The number of
killed is estimated at over $50, and
the number of injured at over 400,
with many portions of the afflicted
districts to hear from.
Most of the dead are negroes. Per-
haps half dozen white persons were
caught in falling buildings and either
fatally injured or so seriously dis
abled as to require medical atten-
ton. The loss of life was chiefly in
the quarters of colored persons where.
the wind destroyed their cabins, bury
ing the occupants in the debris, or in
the farming sections of the country,
where trees were uprooted, telegraph
and telephone poles torn up and gen
eral destruction bcame an encore to
storm which swept with almost tor
nado fury through the country.
In Louisiana it is estimated that a
score of small towns were destroyed or
Amite City, Arcadia and Independ-
ence. Belle Grove, Melton, Lorman,
Pine Ridge, Quitman Landing, Fair.
Miss, are reported seriously damaged
by the storm. In Alabama, Dora was
the chief sufferer. This town is also
known as Bergen. Four or more per-
sons were killed. Fifty persons at
the lowest estimate were injured.
Those most seriously hurt were hur~
ried to hospitals at Birmingham, Ala.
One woman died on the train. Two,
other members of her family were
hurt. At Bergen cars were blown
from the railroad tracks and consid-
cradle other property destroyed.
Reports also say that the storm
struck Albertville, Ala, and destroyed
nearly the entire northern portion of
the town. A cotton mill was blown
down, the storm ranging northward,,
doing much destruction to life and
property. An unconfirmed report
from this section gives the death list
as from 80 to 80, with scores of per-
sons hurt.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
ISSUES ARE JOINED
BRYAN AND TAFT PLATFORMS
COMPARED.
Questions Of the Coming Campaign
Pretty Well Laid Before the Vot-
ers In the Ohio and Nebras-
ka Declarations.

The Ohio Republican platform is
said to have been examined and ap-
proved by President Roosevelt and
Secretary Taft, and the Nebraska Dem
ocratic platform had the immediate
supervision of Mr.. Bryan. 1t is prob
able, therefore, that these two plat
forms anticipate pretty closely the
platforms that are to be adopted by
the national conventions, and 1t is in
teresting to note some of the differ
ences between them and the questions
upon which issue is joined.
The Taft platform calls for tariff
revision, but in doing so insists par
ticularly upon adequate protection"
for American manufacturers, farmers,
producers and wage-earners. The
Bryan platform demands that articles
entering into competition with ar
ticles controlled by trusts be placed on
the free list, that reductions be made
in the tariff on the necessarieS Of life
and that reductions be made 'in such
other schedules as may be necessary
to restore the tariff to revenue
basis"
The Taft platform attacks the dis
franchisement legislation of the south
ern states and favors "the reduction
of representation in congress and the
electoral college in all states of this
union where white and colored citi-
zens are disfranchised." Upon this
subject the Bryan platform has moth
ing to say.
The Taft platform calls for such
notifications of the currency laws as
will provide for the demands of COM
merce, satisfy the needs of all portions
of the country and have at all times
the quality of undoubted security"
On this subject there will probably be
legislation by congress before the ma
tional conventions meet. The Bryan
platform opposes both the Aldrich and
the Fowler bills, insists that emer-
gency currency should be issued and
controlled by the federal government
and that it should be loaned upon ade-
quate security and at a rate of in
terest which will compel it's retirement
when the emergency is passed. 1t de
IHdHuS DelleT TeSuldtlOn OF DdnkS ana
specific security for depositors.
The Taft platform enumerates
among its policies the development
step by step of popular government
in the Philippines. The Bryan plat
form says: 1--WE favor an immediate
declaration of the nations purpose to
recognize the independence Of the
Philippine Islands as soon as stable
government can be established, such
independence to be guarded by us as
we guard the independence of Cuba,
until the naturalization of the islands
can be secured by treaty with other
powers"
There is agreement upon certain
of the policies with which the Roose-
welt administration is identified, and
the Bryan platform, which is much the
longer of the two, touches upon sub
jects not mentioned in the Taft plat
form. Some of them may lead to par
tisan controversies, but issue is not
likely to be Joined over others.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
RECKONING MUST BE HAD.
That President Castro BE
Called to Account.

The Venezuelan question is at last
before congress. No one will deny
that the american government has
been careful, deliberate and patient
with President Castro and his ad-
visers. No one will charge it with
iingoism or spectacularism in connec-
tion with this vexed and obscure and
complicated question, which, upon
analysis, resolves itself into series
of distinct claims and disputes. And
no one can doubt that If a greater
and more responsible power were in
volved in this controversy with the
United States our government would
have acted with far more vigor and
far less reluctance and hesitancy. 1t
is, in truth, the weakness and COM
parative insignificance of Venezuela
as possible opponent of the United
States that have caused the latter to
overlook various manifestations of lin
difference and disrespect" on the part
of Castro and to rely on diplomacy
after all its other resources had been
exhausted.
1t is extremely unpleasant for any
powerful, honorable and self-respect-
ing nation to be forced into an open
rupture with a minor and reckless
power. Some are bound to misinter-
pret and misrepresent such a situa-
tion to the advantage of the poor,
helpless under dog" Yet it is toler-
ably plain that weakness is no excuse
for injustice, unreasonableness and an
offensive, contemptuous attitude. I'm
der certain circumstances it may be-
come the painful duty of the big
power to discipline and coerce one
that merely presumes on its small
ness and insignificance.
In the case of Venezuela our gov
ernment has certainly reached stage
where it must either use some form
of coercion or submit to what it be-
lieves and feels to be grave injustice
to persons and corporations entitled
to it's aid and protection. Secretary
Root has thrice demonstrated his good
will toward our neighbors in Central
and South America. He has made
conspicuously successful efforts to dis
pei suspicion and prejudice against
us and to establish friendly, fair,
frank relations among all the nations
of the western hemisphere. He is,
moreover, an able lawyer and clear
headed statesman. He has earnestly
considered every objection Venezuela
has advanced to the arbitration that
we have proposed to her on several
different occasions. He has made all
allowances and discounted every
claim that was of doubtful equity.
Enough, however, remains even in the
least meritorious of the claims to de-
mand honest recognition from Vene.
Zuela.
Such recognition Castro has con.
tumaciously refused even to consider,
and the time has come for appropriate
action in the premises on the part OF
congress. Whatever is done should
be done thoughtfully, circumspectly
and soberly, however.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

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ksnts per square for each subsequent insertion
! Rates by the year. or for six or three months,
application.
Legal and Official Advertising per square,
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SION 20 cents per square.
Local notices 10 0cents per line for one inssF-
sertion cents per line for each subseQu9fN
consecutive insertion.
Obituary notices over five lines 10 cents per
Zine. Simple announcements OF births mar
riages and deaths will he inserted free.
Business cards. five lines or less, 10 per year:
over five lines, at the regular rates OF adver-
,,sing.
No local inserted for less than as cents per
issue
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

Some idea of the present impor-
tance and value OF great tracts Of
timber land may be gathered from the
fact that an Australian company has
sian government to take out 30,000,000
feet of lumber a year from Siberian
forests. Prices are so high in Aus
tralia that the Siberian lumber can be
transported 5000 miles to Melbourne
at a handsome profit.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
Presidents Son Goes Up in Balloon

Wilmington, Del. = Balloon No. 10
of the signal corps of the army,
which left Washington Wednesday
afternoon, landed at Sis last evening
one mile above Delaware City. The
balloon was in charge of Capt. De For
est Chandler and had as passengers
Theodore Roosevelt, jr., Capt. Fitz-
hugh Lee and Capt. Robert Van
Horne. The landing was made with
out accident, although in previous
attempt to bring 1t to earth several
miles below Delaware City the anchor
caught in tree and broke off. The
passengers came to Wilmington and
boarded train for Washington.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

Two naval records were made the
other day. A gun crew, in command
of a young officer who has been out of
Annapolis less than two years. made
a hit with every one of 25 shots from
an eight-inch gun, and fired nearly
three shots to the minute. The Ches-
ter new scouting cruiser, steamed
:wenty-six and fifty-three hundredths
knots for four hours on trial cruise,
and proved itself the fastest boat of
fits type in any navy in the world.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

The inventor of that odorless onion
has conferred a great boon on man
kind if he can make onion-eaters be-
1ieve that it is just as pleasant to the
palate and as entirely anti-scorbutic
a the old kind. But We have our
doubts. Your real onion-lover is not
likely to believe in the complete gen
uineness of that bulb unless it ad-
vertises itself to visitors for full "a
hours after consumption.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

It is said in England that the ad-
vance in democracy has resulted in an
increase of books dealing with the
peerage. Debrett, the older book of
geological reference, now in it's one
hundred and ninety-fifth year. with
its $500 pages, is a very different
book from the original record. Since
the date of Queen ViC+oria's accession
no fewer than $40 pee.'ages and 4G0
baronetcies have been bestowed max
1ng an average of five of the one and
seven Of the Sther per annum.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
Wreck Caused Nine Deaths.

Ralston, Pa. "A work train on
the Susquehanna G. New York
railroad near Laquin, Pa, was
wrecked Wednesday by a runaway
car which dashed into the train after
descending steep grade Eight lum-
bermen were killed outright, one died
after being taken to a hospital, and Is
were seriously injured.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

Now that the Greenough statue Of
Washington, which has shivered in in
clement weather in front of the cap
itol for so many years, is to be put
under cover in the Smithsonian insti
tuition, why not give it kimono, too?
According to Mr. Mccall, the figure
has been trying to reach out and
grasp its clothes since 1S41.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
Bank Robbers stole So 900.

Bandana, Ky. Four masked rob-
bers, after taking possession of
the telephone exchange and beat
ing the operator into insensibility,
compelled Assistant Cashier Hahs of
the Ballard County bank of Bandana,
to unlock the bank and open the safe
for them Thursday night. The rob
bers got away with $4,000.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

1t seems strange, says the Brooklyn
Citizen, that American heiresses who
long for title do not take advantage
the fact often stated, that baronial
and other titles can be bought in
Germany and Italy for 5000 and up, in
stead of paying a million or SO for a
bankrupt estate and worthless spend
thrift thrown in.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
Explosion Killed Four Miners.

Pittsburg, Pa - Four men were
killed, three seriously injured and
100 others had a narrow escape
from death Thursday when an ex-
plosion occurred in Mine No. of
the Ellsworth Galleries Co. at Els
worth, Pa. The dead are all for.
eignerS.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

Second Lieut.. Glen e. Edgerton of
Manhattan, Kan, stood at the head OF
his class of 10S, graduated from West
Point this year, three months earlier
than the usual time for graduation.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

A Philadelphia palmist says that in
his "a years of practice it was a
poor day when he did not make SIS
or $40 The stronger sex are said to
be the most gullible victims, while
the women are hard to handle and not
so ready to be convinced.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

A railway through the mountains
north of the Adriatic sea, constructed
by the Austrian government to build
up the trade of Trieste, though only
100 miles long has 679 bridges and
viaducts. 1t also runs through 49
tunnels.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

Still, we go on burning up children,
with occasionally mixture of adults,
for no especial reason that can be dis
cerned except that it is cheaper to
build firetraps than safe buildings.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

The growing disinclination OF sep
tuagenarians. octogenarians and mona
genarians to celebrate their BIRTH
days is getting noticeable. The old
codgers are too busy
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

Still. it is a fairly reliable test of
the real freshness of eggs that is af'
forded by the price on the basket. II
you see them coming out of the 70
cent basket they might be fresher.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

"Never spank the children before
your wife," advises a contemporary.
Yet if you spank your wife you are
liable to divorce proceedings.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
Three People Burned to Death.

Cory Pa. = Three persons were
cFemated and fourth was prob
ably fatally burned Friday in a
fire which destroyed the home of Dse
vid Wetherbee at Centerville.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
JOB PRINTING.

The Job department OF the PRESS is complete
and affords facilities for doing the best class of
work. PARTICULARS ATTENTION PAID TO Law
PRINTING.
No paper will be discontinued until arrear-
ages are paid. except at the option of the pub
Usher.
Papers sent out of the county must be paid
for in advance.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

"Ohio Scientist Dies While Study
ing Flora" is tho headline in an eX-
change. Flora must be perfectly
killing
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

Even the kaiser has gone the fate
full way of ordinary men and has been
writing letters.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
Ate Wild Parsnips and Died.

Kittanning, Pa. = Two sons of ia.
cob Garuer, aged 10 and IL years,
were found dead in field at
Hawthorne, near here, Thursday.
death having been caused by eating
wild parsnips. :,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
Receiver for Democracy.

After Bryan's next nomination foy
president and his third defeat he will,
be the logical candidate for receiver o.
the Democratic party.-Topeka CAP
ital
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
Liuhtninu Killed Two Brothers.

Paris, Tex. - James and Thomas
Trimm, aged Is and % years, respect
lively. were killed by lightning at
their home at Ammonia on Wednes-
day.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30

Too many men, remarks the
Charleston News and Courier, take the
-'rest cure" for poverty.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-30
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
Published Every Thursday.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
ADVERTISING RATES:
II. II. MULLlR, Editor.

ser year.
n paid IN advance. ............. ! .
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
Siilboards in Peru.

The war on Objectionable hillboards
Is bAcomin" almost universal. In
America, cities carry it on individual
ly, each according to its own tastes,
as they do in Germany and other En-
ropean countries; in England, 1t Is
one of the minor parliamentary is
sues. The latest war bulletin is from
Lima, the capital city Of Peru, and
Is sent to the state department by
the American consul general at
Callao.
The municipality Of Lima regulates
all outdoor advertising and owns all
the billboards. 1t is unlawful to fix
any advertisement on any vehicle or
the wall of any structure other than
the city billboards. An American
firm has recently secured the exclu-
sive rights to use these boards for
three years. The character of the
matter used is strictly regulated and
the city receives considerable revenue
from this source. This is new
method of controlling outdoor adver-
tising that may be copiel elsewhere
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
How the Public Foraets.

1t is not without relevance to re-
call that on the very day of the Boy.
ertown holocaust an Illinois judge dis.
missed the charge against former
Builder Commissioner Williams of
Chicago, the last of those accused of
responsibility for the Iroquois Thea.
ter fire that cost COZ lives. 1t was
shown that in that death trap exit
doors were barred, staircases were
blocked, fire escapes were incom-
plete and the building laws had been
ignored While the country was ting
ling with the horror of the disaster
the determination to mete out punish
ment to. those responsible for the
barred exits and the choked fire es-
capes that held those men, women
and children prisoners to death was
vehement. But four years is long
time for the public to remain on
guard. One by one the accused es.
capped on technicalities without even
the formality of a trial.-New York
Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-02-05
American Music in Foreign Lands.

"The same music that play in Des
Moines is enjoyed as thoroughly in
Berlin or Paris" said Sousa, the baud
master, before leaving Des Moines
yesterday. MANY people are of the
opinion that | change the style of my
music when l go from America to Eu-
rope, but the same program that the
American appreciates is liked by the
German or the Frenchman. The hui
man family is the same the world
over. The expression of emotions in
every race is almost identical, and SO
music that will make the American
dance or weep will have the same ef-
feet upon the Russian, German, or
Greek. My first concert in Berlin was
absolutely an innovation in the music
world of that country, and it caused
quite stir. ! would play something
from Wagner and the Germans would
applaud until they were red in the
face. Then would give them little
American rag-time. These sudden
changes in the program had a great
effect upon the people of that city. l
was there for one month steady and
played every afternoon and evening.
believe l have played more in Ger
many than any other musician except
ing German. .'-Des Moines Register
and Leader.