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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
HARTMAN WINS IN COURT.
Judge Ball, of Chicago, Renders Deci-
sion Against Stuyvesant Fish in
Illinois Central Case.

Chicago Ill. Judge Ball, Of
the superior court, on Thursday dis
solved the injunction secured last Oc-
tober by Stuyvesant Fish by virtue
of which the Hartman interests were
restrained from voting 2S1 ,231 shares
of the capital stock of the Illinois
Central railroad at the annual meet
ing of the company. The theory on
which counsel for Mr.. Fish based
their arguments in support of the in
junction-that it was contrary to the
laws and public policy of the state of
Illinois to allow foreign corporations
to own and vote the stock of domes-
tic corporations-was denied by the
court.
Under the ruling of the court the
previously enjoined stock, which is
held by the Union Pacific Railroad
Co., and by the Railroads Security
Company of New Jersey, can be voted
at the annual meeting of the Illinois
Central which is to be held in this
city on March 2.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
A RIOT IN PHILADELPHIA.
A Mob of Foreigners Attacked the Po-
lice-TWenty People Injured and
Many Arrests Made.

Philadelphia. Pa. The march
ing of nearly 900 foreigners upon
city hall, where they said they intend
ed to make demands upon Mayor Rey-
burn for work, precipitated riot in
Broad street late Thursday afternoon
in which 20 persons We're injured be-
fore the police dispersed the march
ers and arrested ID of them
The men, most of whom were
Italians and Poles, marched from the
foreign settlement in the lower Sec
ton of the city. The leaders and
score of others carried red flags hav-
ing black border. When they
reached Broad street, a few blocks
below the city hall, several wagons
attempted to pass through the line.
The drivers were dragged from their
seats by the marchers and beaten.
Some of the marcheys drew revolv-
ers and began firing at the police,
and the mounted officers riding into
the center of the fight used their
batons right and left upon the heads
of the leaders. Three policemen were
shot and slightly wounded and
Charles Mum who was watching the
fight was struck in the leg by stray
bullet. Reserve Officer Pyott was
beaten numerically and is in hos
pital, as is Policeman Smith, who
first went to the rescue of the drivers.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27

One of the local clergymen thinks
the leap-year joke is cruel and vicious.
Well it is cruel and heartless, to say
the least, because there is nothing in
it. The man who is banking on it will
be just as single at the end of the year
as he was at the beginning, if not
more so, says the Chicago Daily News.
It is a mistake to think that the girls
want to get married, though some
times they can be persuaded to marry,
which is quite different thing. Left
to themselves, the subject never en-
ters their minds, SO how could they
concoct a leap-year episode and carry
it to a successful conclusion? 1t is
only after a man mentions the subject
that they suspect his designs and
then, it being so sudden, they always
want at least a minute to think it over.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
FOR EMPLOYERS LIABILITY LAW.
Presidents Suggestion One the coun-
try Will Do Well to Heed.

President RooSevelt's industrial-in-
surance program, as set forth in his
forceful special message, deserves the
attention of every American. EN-
ployers' liability" has a large place in
it. The president makes it clear, how
ever, that an employers liability law
is desirable because it brings about
industrial insurance. 1T merely
throws upon the employer the burden
of accident insurance against injuries
which are sure to occur" he says. 1T
requires him either to bear or to dis
tribute through insurance the loss
which can readily be borne when dis
tributed, but which if undistributed
bears with frightful hardship upon the
unfortunate victim of accident"
The Roosevelt ndustrial-insurance
program, as outlined in the message,
embraces the following legislation;
l. An employers liability law, made
strictly applicable to railroad employees
while engaged in interstate commerce
"a measure to replace that recently
declared unconstitutional by the su.
~ SilIt tOul l--lO NC pdSSeu ny COuSTeSS
without delay.
2. Employers liability laws applying
to railroad employees engaged in COM
merce within the boundaries of a sin
gle state, to be enacted by the several
states of the union, as soon as they
realize their duty.
3. A federal employers industrial
accident insurance system, to be es-
tablished by congress, with adequate
appropriations, and applicable to all
laborers, mechanics and other civilian
employees of the government in ID the
United States proper, (2) the insular
possessions and CD the Panama canal
zone.
A. A similar industrial insurance
system for the employees in all private
industries, ultimately to be required by
proper federal and state legislation.
This schedule of needed legislative
action is inspired by economic sense
and common sense. 1t is grounded in
justice. The president INDUCES in no
eXaggeration when he says that to let
the entire burden of an accident to a
wage worker fall on the sufferer, his
wife and children, is an outrage. That
no other civilized nation now permits
this particular injustice should be a
source of shame to Americans.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
MONEY In POLITICS
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS HARD
MATTER TO HANDLE.
Frequent Democratic Claims That
Trusts Support the Republicans
Proved Ridiculous in Light of
Last Election Revelations.

The country is none the wiser for the
address made by Mr. Bryan before a
house committee in favor of publicity
for campaign contributions and ex-
penses. He merely encouraged the
committee with a general approval of
the proposition. That it did not need.
But when asked as to particulars for
perfecting a bill he modestly-Mr
Bryan can be modest-left all that to
others. Here is one thing, then, that
Mr.. Bryan is not prepared off-hand to
settle
The subject is one about which
much has been written and spoken.
1t lends itself easily to virtuous proc
lamation. Among the noisiest advo-
Gates to-day are men whose names are
associated with money in politics.
Some are soldiers of fortune, and some
popularly believed to have been lib
eral investors in times past in political
securities. They may be tired of the
game, and anxious to be protected in
future against importunement to sell
or buy. Or they may be trying TO
drown out by vociferation occasional
gossip about past transactions.
On the other hand there are advo-
Gates of the proposition who command
the highest respect. They stand for
the best things in our politics, and in
this thing are very much in earnest
Mr.. Mccall, whose bill was referred to
by Mr.. Bryan, is one Of these.
But everybody recognizes the diff
ficulty of reaching an evil which every
body processes a desire to have cor
rected. Money in large sums is neces-
sary nowadays to meet the legitimate
expenses of national campaigns, and
campaigns are always in charge OF
practical politicians. Such men hold
to the doctrine that politics is war, and
that the supreme duty of a comman-
deT-in-chief is to win. They are never
nice as to means after the battle opens.
The question therefore is, can they be
made so by statute? If so, as all are
agreed, it ought to be done. But all are
likewise agreed that such a statute, to
be worth the page on which it is
printed, will have to be drawn with al
most suDerhuman wisdom.
One of Mr.. Bryan's points was well
taken, and that was that publicity
should precede the election. For an in.
stance, the New York World is just
giving to the public the list of those
who contributed money in large sums
to Mr.. Bryan's campaign in 1896. Had
that list been printed before election
day of that year it would have made
the talk of many Democratic spell
binders sound ridiculous. And who
shall say that Judge Parker would not
have appeared absurd in his com
plants against his opponent in 1904
II the particulars had been obtained
and printed of the interest that well.
known Well street men were taking in
his campaign?
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
DEATH SENTENCE
FOR GEN. STOESSEL
VERDICT RENDERED BY COURT
MARTIAL IN FAMOUS TRIAL.
Is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Court Asks that Death Sentence be
COMMITTED to Ten Years Imprison-
ment in Fortress and ExcIu-
sion from Military Service.

st. Petersburg, Russia.-Lieut Gen.
Stoessel was condemned to death last
evening by a military court for the
surrender of Port Arthur to the Jap
anese. Gen. Fock, who commanded
the Fourth East Siberian division at
Port Arthur, was ordered reprimand-
ed for a disciplinary offense which
was not connected with the surrender,
and Gen. Smirnoff, acting command
ant of the fortress, and Maj Gen.
Reiss, chief of staff to Stoessel, were
acquitted of the charges against them
for lack of proof. The court recon-
mended that the death sentence upon
Stoessel be commuted to ten years
imprisonment in fortress and that
he be excluded from the service.
The passing Of sentence of death
upon Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel is a harsh
ending to the career of this Russian
commander who, three years ago, was
acclaimed around the would as tho
hero of Port Arthur"
Even Stoe5sels former enemies tho
Japanese, have come forward to say
that he does not deserve this treat
ment at the hands of his country and
Stoessel argued before the court
martial that he had justification for
his act In his last words before the
court Stoessel, broken in health and
fortune, accepted full responsibility
for the surrender of Port Arthur and
pleaded for the death sentence if the
court should decide that d crime had
been committed
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
TIME TO CURB EXPENDITURES.
Conditions Call for Economy in Con-
eressional Appropriations.

American imports during November
and December of 1906 aggregated
1884 900 For the corresponding
months of last year they amounted to
$203,226,O00 The falling off in crude
materials for use in manufacturing
and manufactures for further use in
manufacturing was large and signifi-
| cant. 1t indicated the effect of the
financial panic on industrial condi-
tions. The activity of many American
producers was suddenly halted
The decline in imports was more
marked in December than in Novem-
Der, and it has not abated in Janu-
ary. Manifestly there is to be no sud
den return to the industrial produc-
tiveness which prevailed during the
greater part of last year. Business
has improved in many directions as
the supply of money has increased,
but it will be some time before the
effects of the violent strain of the
closing months of last year shall have
altogether disappeared
The decline in imports necessarily
has had an unfavorable influence on
the revenues of the government. Re-
ceipts are sinking and expenditures ris-
ing, so that there is a deficit instead
of surplus. The total receipts for
this fiscal year up to January II fell
S13,SO0,00O short of those for the cor
responding period of the preceding
fiscal year, while expenditures in
creased $27,600,000 The excess of ex-
penditures over receipts this year is
$4,000, 600, while the excess of re-
ceipts last year was $29 100000.
There is nothing alarming in this
temporary shrinkage in revenue. 1t
would not embarrass the government
if 1t were to last longer than is likely
to be the case. But there is a strong
hint to this congress to cultivate econ
omy more assiduously than it was cul-
tiyated by the last congress. Such
hint has already been given by the
chairman of the committee on appro-
priations and it cannot safely be ig.
nored
There are appropriations which
have to be made, no matter how
scanty the revenues may be, but this
is not the year for new grandiose prof
ects or for measures whose postpone
ment will affect unfavorably no ma
tional interest.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
An Ideal of DUTY,

To lose faith in men, not in humani-
ty; to see justice go down and not
believe in the triumph of injustice
for every wrong that you weakly deal
another or another deals you, to love
more and more the fairness and beauty
of what is right; and so to turn with
ever-increasing love from the imper-
fection that is in us all to the perfec.
tion that is above us all-the perfec'
ton that is God.-James Lane Allen
The Choir Invisible
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
For Governmental Action.

There is a growing opinion that
railroads should be permitted to pool
under strict regulation. But so long
as it is the policy of 40 states and the
federal government, and, therefore, the
policy of the public, to compel compe-
tition between parallel roads, Mr. Har-
riman's unregulated and piratical con-
troll and management of the Union
Pacific-Southern Pacific and his influ-
ence in the Santa Fee must be termi-
mated by governmental action.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27

A bill has been introduced in the
house of representatives providing for
a 25 per cent. rake-off for Uncle Sam
upon every foreign title purchased by
an American heiress. AS the United
States is interested in protecting its
home industries it should have the
same care for it's women, and too
eXtravagant importation of impecuni-
Gus titled foreigners might be pro-
vided against with a clause in the
tariff bill placing tax upon foreign
junk Of all sorts.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27

AS st. Louis sociologist states that
among friends and brethren, as we all
ought TO be, no thanks are needed for
past favors, we may owe no thanks
to John Smith of New York now that
he is no longer needed. But still, as
the dictionary explains that thanks
are thinks" for the past with prom
Use of future thought implied, there is
nothing in the dictionary to prevent
unlimited thanks to John Smith.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27

Ballooning seems TO involve greater
risks than automobiling. The great
French war balloon La Patrie tore
itself loose from 200 soldiers who were
holding it, the other day, and sailed
away into the heavens with no pilot at
che steering wheel. 1t is doubtless
wrecked by this time, unless it has
gone on a voyage to Mars. A runaway
automobile would in time collide with
a fence and stop, but no such luck at
tends a runaway balloon.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
Japan's Good Faith

That the promise given by Japan to
consult the prejudices of Americans
was not merely empty words is shown
ny her new regulations as to emiera.
ton. Stringent instructions have been
given to officials to prevent emigration
of laborers to this side of the Pacific
except under conditions satisfactory
to the governments of the United
States and Canada No laborers will
be permitted to go to Mexico. And all
emigration to the Hawaiian islands is
prohibited absolutely except in the
case of relatives of Japanese already
living tilcTs. These regulations prac.
tically cut off the halfway stations
from which Japanese were said to slip
into this country. The orders have
created CONSERVATION among the emf.
grafton conpanies, a sure sign that the
regulations mean a cutting off of emi
grafton from Japan in this direction
Fortunately we are at peace with all
the nations. But how many of the
powers have shown in practical ways
such a willingness to consult Ameri
can desires as Japan has shown?
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
Worlds LARGEST Book.

There lies in the British museum
the largest bool; yet printed, a colossal
atlas of engraved ancient Dutch maps
1t takes three men to move it from the
giant bookcase in which it is stored
in the library of the museum. 1t Is
bound in leather, magnificently deco
rated and is fastened with clasps OF
solid silver, richly gilt. 1t is nearly
seven feet high and weighs 500 pounds
and was presented to King Charles
ii. before he left Holland In the yeaI
1860.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27

Advertisements are published at the rate of
rue dollar per square for one insertion and fifty
ksnts per square for each subsequent insertion
Rates by the year, or for six or three months
application.
Legal and Oficial Advertising per square
three times or less. -: each subsequent inser-
sioa 20 cents per square
Local notices ~ cents per line for one inser-
sertion: 5 cents per line for each subsequent
con Secutive insertion.
Obituary notices over five lines 10 cents per
line. Simple announcements OF births, mar
riages and deaths will be inserted free.
Business cards, five lines or less, - per year;
over five lines, at the regular rates of adver-
Using.
No local inserted for less than 20 cents per
issue
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
ANCHORED IN A PERUVIAN PORT.
Admiral Evans Fleet of Batteshps
Arrives at Callao.

Callao, Peru.-The American bat.
tleships, under Rear Admiral Evans
looking clean, trim and powerful in
the tropical sun. came to anchor in
this port Thursday
The booming of salutes announced
the arrival of the fleet, but there was
no need to send out signals, for every
resident of Callao and great crowds
from Lima, that stands back on the
hills, had awaited with expectancy
the first glimpse of the advancing
column.
The battleships will remain here
ten days and will be Joined by the
torpedo boat fle.tilla near the close of
their stay at Callao.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
On Lending Books.

why is it, | WONDER unused the
woman philosopher, that people al
ways resent it when you ask them to
return a borrowed book within any
period shorter than year? L would
rather lend money than book for
there is some chance of getting that
back, but you might as we'll give a
book to the average person as to go
through the form of lending it.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
Nation of Pie Eaters.

We are a nation of pie eaters. The
pie is national institution, almost a
part of the national constitution. The
great American pie belt grows wider
every year. In Havre and Marseilles,
France, one can see the neat printed
phrase: pie Americaine," and on the
carte du jour of the Mena hotel, just
under the shadow of the Sphinx the
homely entry: pie de Pompion la
New York"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
A Quick Stimulant.

In cases of cold or overfatigue there
is nothing that so quickly acts as a
stimulant as cup of hot milk. Heat x
just to the boiling point and sip slow
ly. A little salt may be added to make
it more palatable.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
A Murcer Oh Shinboard.

San Juan, Porto Rico.-George
Dixon, employed as a carpenter on the
American collier Abarenda, killed
Walter Weichart, chief officer of the
collier. Thursday. The crime was
committed on board the vessel. Dixon
swung at Weichert with an AK and
completely severed his head.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
Cards of Introduction.

Beware about giving a card of in
PRODUCTION unless you know the one
who asks for it very we'll 1t may
bring unpleasant results with it.
Strangers have asked passing friends
for cards with the intent of making
business use of them
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
Boilinu Water,

Water that has once been heated,
or that has stood any length of time
in the kettle, cannot be made to boil
as quickly as freshly drawn cold wa
ter. If this fact we're fully appreciated,
it would have more weight with house
keepers as an argument against using
numerous homilies on the unhealthful-
ness of stale water.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27

The poet who has picturesque
winter poem all ready and cant bring
it out because the season is so back
ward is suffering almost as much as if
he had the grip.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
viii Be His Own judge.

It is pretty we'll established that If
Mr. Bryan finds a better man than
William Jennings Bryan to be Demo-
cratic candidate for the presidency he
will yield his support. But it is also
a tacit part of the agreement that the
judge as to qualification of the better
man" is named William Jennings
Bryan
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27

Though Japan has cut down the ap-
preparation for its army and navy it
will still spend enough on those
weapons of offense and defense to
make it serviceable bogy man when
hysterical white persons need a yellow
peril in their business.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
JOB PRINTING,

The job department Of the Press is complete
and affords facilities for doing the best class OF
work. PARTICULAR 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, 1908-02-27

member of a Hungarian noble fam
lily. The first thing he knows he will
find himself kidnapped and made the
undemocratic American girl.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27

Promoters of the automobile race
from New York to Paris by way OF
Alaska and Siberia have completed
plans as far as Chicago They do not
believe in crossing any straits till
they come to them.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
Philanthropy.

NO said the bishop, wise and
broad man who had seen much and
suffered much. Il make it a rule to
perform marriage ceremonies free. |
have no desire to profit by other peo-
pies mistakes. Puck
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27

Owners of the worlds diamond
mines will not he quite so naughty if
the chemists learn to turn out dia-
monds by the thousand, like kiln of
bricks.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
Women and the Past,

Men look back to their days of
youth and innocence with regret and
longing, but women generally laugh
at the pictures of men taken in those
halcyon Washington Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
Sealskin.

Fifteen years ago full length seal
skin coat could be had for $500 or 5000
The same coat to-day would cost from
$500 to $1,400. A three-quarter length
coat would cost from $500 to $1,000,
according to the quality of the fur
used.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
EXPLOSION Kills % Peonle

Berkeley, Cal. - The big pack
ing house of the Hercules powder
works at Pinole, ID miles north of
here, blew up Thursday and in the
explosion four white men and "a
Cinnamon wee killed.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27

What is said to be a perfectly safe
theater has been invented by Ger.
man engineer. 1t will find a place
waiting for it when it arrives.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27
Cut Rates for Cut Leus.

1t is some comfort to know that the
price of wooden legs has fallen to the
lowest figure in years Now is the
time to saw your leg off and get the
advantage of cut rates.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-27

If a national department of health
were to be conducted intelligently it
should cut down the unhealthful gas
explosions in coal mines