Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-11-25

floods.
A long stride toward the complete
control by one corporation of all wire
communication in the United States
was made in the acquisition by the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Company of the control of the West
ern Union Company Officials of the
Postal Telegraph Company emphatic
ally deny that they will be in the
merger.
At the cabinet meeting in Washing
ton the sugar trust" scandal at New
York was thoroughly discussed and
1t is generally believed that on the as
sembling of congress it will send a COM
mittee to the eastern metropolis to
thoroughly investigate the customs de-
partment. In the meantime Attorney
General Wickersham and Secretary
MacVeagh will take steps to prosecute
certain officers and directors of the
sugar company.
Three companies of state militia are
now at Cherry ILL.,, by order of Gov.
Deneen at the request of Bureau coun-
ty officials. 1t is feared that when
the bodies of the dead winers in the
St Paul mine are brought to the sur
lace some ill-adyised move on the part
OF the miners may be made. The fire
in the shaft is still burning fiercely,
preventing any and all attempts at
rescue
At meeting of labor unions in
ltamvik, Sweden, it was resolved to
,alse fund to assist those desirous
OF emigrating. This is the answer of
the workmen to the movement recent
iy started to collect money and ask
lof Legislation to prevent emigration.
Robert Morrison, head of the Brook
lyn comb factory that burned last
week, killing ten persons. committed
suicide at his home in New York His
son died in the fire and the disaster Is
said to have driven him insane.
Former Treasurer of the Big Four
Railroad C. +. Warriner was indicted
by the grand jury at Cincinnati on
charges of grand larceny and embez-
Element in the amount of $4,000 on
each count.
William d. Adams former heating
contractor, who has filed petition in
bankruptcy in New York, with liabili-
ties of $4,000, declares his only asset
is one dog, value not given. Under
the law the dog will be seized for the
benefit of creditors.
Miss Barbara Tschaykovsky. in st.
Petersburg, writes to friends in New
York that her father, who is facing
charges as revolutionary leader, will
be tried behind closed doors. Ameri-
cans are expected to appeal for an
open trial for the man
great mass meeting to urge votes
for women was held in Carnegie hall,
New York. under the auspices of the
American Woman Suffrage associa-
ton, the president of that organiza-
ton, Rev. Anna Shaw, presiding.
The fourth Christian Endeavor
worlds convention opened in Agra,
India, with delegates present from
nearly all lands. DR.. Francis E. Clark,
founder of. the society and president
of the Worlds union, was in the chair
President Taft has officially pro
claimed Thursday, November %, as
Thanksgiving day. Gov. Deneen of
Illinois also has issued like procla
nation.
When the news that the court of
appeals at Washington had refused to
grant stay of proceedings, asked
for by the labor leaders, was received
at the convention of the Federation of
Labor in session at Toronto, it was
proposed that all delegates should ac-
company, as an honor escort, Presi.
dent Samuel Gompers and his asso
ciates to Washington when they go to
give themselves up to serve their SEN
tences for contempt.
The mine at Cherry, H., in which
more than 300 miners are entombed
is again on fire after an unsuccessful
attempt by rescuers to explore the
drifts and it has again been sealed.
All hope of rescuing any of the poor
unfortunates has been abandoned. 1t
is feared that it will be several days
before entrance to the shaft can be
effected
The work of the New York civil
courts was brought to standstill and
records We're threatened when f1re
started in the basement of the court
house. Quick action was necessary
to keep from flooding the bulky eX
hibits used in the trial of the Ameri-
can Ice Company. The fire was put
out with little loss.
The annual report of Samuel Grab
fielder of Philadelphia, president of
the National Jewish Hospital for Con
sumptives at Denver, shows that the
death rate among patients has been
decreased in ten years from rs to 35s
per cent.
James J. Hill. in talking to President
Taft, expressed the opinion that the
country was on the verge of ruin be.
cause of the high price OF living and
the decreased purchasing power OF
money