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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

President Taft's cabinet of nine men
is headed by Philander Chase Knox,
secretary of state, who was born
in 1853 at Brownsville, Pa. He
graduated from Mount Union college,
Ohio, in 1872, and three years later
was admitted to the bar. During the
years 1876 and 1877 he served as as
sistant United States district attorney
for the western district Of Pennsyl-
vania. In the latter year he formed
a law partnership with James H. Reed
which still exists and which has rep
resented many large corporations, in
Guiding the Carnegie Company. Mr..
Knox entered President McKinley's
cabinet as attorney general in April,
1901, serving until 1904, when he was
elected United States senator from
Pennsylvania. The latter position he
resigned to become the head of Presi-
dent Taft's cabinet. He was candi-
date for the presidential nomination in
the Republican national convention Of
1908. Mr.. Knox is recognized as one
of the foremost constitutional lawyers
in the country.
MacVeaeh for the Treasury.
Franklin MacVeagh, secretary of the
treasury, was born on farm in
Chester county, Pennsylvania, gradu-
ated from Yale in 1862 and from
Columbia Law school in 1864. He be-
gan the practice of law in New York
city but ill-health forced him to aban-
don it and in 1866 he went to Chicago
and engaged in the wholesale grocery
business. In this and other CONNER
cial pursuits he has amassed a large
fortune. Before entering the cabinet
he disposed of his holdings in the big
grocery firm and resigned as director
of the Commercial National bank of
Chicago. Mr.. MacVeagh has always
been interested in movements for the
public welfare, locally and nationally.
He has been president of the Chicago
Citizens association, the Chicago
Bureau of Charities and the Municipal
Art League, vice-president of the
American Civic association, and chair.
man of the immigration department of
the National Civic Federation. Mr.
MacVeagh formerly was a Democrat
and in 1894 he was nominated for
United States senator by the Demo-
Gratis of Illinois, but was defeated in
the legislature. He supported Grover
Cleveland, but afterward changed his
party allegiance because of the atti-
tude of the Democratic party on the
money question.
Dickinson Is War Secretary.
tl1,,
and Chicago, the new secretary of
war, was born in 1851 at Columbus,
Miss. He graduated from the Uni
versty of Nashville in 1872 and after
ward studied law at Columbia college,
at the University of Leipsiz and in
Paris. He served several times by
special commission on the supreme
bench of Tennessee and was assist
ant attorney general of the United
States in 1S9597. For tep years pre-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

Ellen Emerson, Oldest daughter of
Ralph Waldo Emerson, and for years
his close companion and assistant,
died at the home of her sister Edith,
wife of William NJ. Forbes, in Milton,
Mass, on January 16, aged 20. Miss
Emerson was active in the social and
literary life of Concord at all times,
and especially in the affairs of the
Unitarian church Besides her sister,
brother, DR., Waldo Emerson of Con
cord survives her
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

Frank Wentworth of Winsted Conn,
has doped it out that in 100000 years
the human race will have developed so
far that instead Of walking on a pair
of alternate pendulums, as now, men
will have on their lower eXtremities
wheels actuated by turbines driven by
hot air Here's a chance for some peo-
pie to get just 100000 years ahead of
the rest of us, merely by standing on
their heads and talking rapidly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

when a child and graduated from the
st. Louis Law school in 1873. He has
been senior member of the law firm
st. Louis Law school and a trustee
of Washington university. In 1888
he was a member of the Missouri house
of representatives, and in 1S93-97 was
president of the ST. Louis city coun.
Gil. He is a member of the Repub.
lican national committee and for years
has been an intimate friend of Mr..
Taft. He was one of Mr.. Roosevelt'a
most enthusiastic supporters. AS an
attorney Mr.. Nagel was identified with
several important cases dealing with
the numerous complications in the
affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes in
the then Indian territory.
Navy Under Meyers Charge.
President Tafts secretary of the
navy, George Won L. Meyer of Massa-
chusetts, has had wide experience as
business man, legislator, diplomat
and cabinet officer. He was born in
Boston in 1858 and graduated from
Harvard in 1879. He then entered
business and has been prominently
Connected with number of financial
and mercantile concerns. His career
as a public official began in 1899, when
he was elected to the Boston common
council. He then served on the board
of aldermen, and in 1S9296 he was a
member of the Massachusetts isgisla-
ture, the last two years being speaker
of the house. In 1900 Mr.. Meyer was
sent TO Italy as American ambassador,
and in 1905 was transferred to Rus
sia. In January, 1907, President
Roosevelt called him home to enter
his cabinet as postmaster general.
sa!Iineer Secretary of Interior.
After about one years service as
commissioner of the general land of
fice Richard A. Ballinger of Seattle.
Wash, has entered the cabinet as
secretary of the interior. He is a
native Of Iowa, having been born in
Boonesboro in 1858. After attending
the University OF Kansas and Wash
burn college at Topeka, he went to
Williams college, graduating in 1884
and afterward studying law and re-
moving to Washington. He was
United States court commissioner in
1S90-92 and later was Judge of the
supreme court in jefferson county,
Wash
Attorney General Wickersham.
George w. Wickersham, who be-
comes President Tafts attorney gen
eral, has had the reputation of being
one of the ablest lawyers in New
York city. Born in Pittsburg in 1858,
he studied civil engineering in Lehigh
university and in 1880 graduated from
the ia" school of the University of
Pennsylvania. For two years he prac-
tlced law in Philadelphia In 1884 he
became associated with the law firm
OF Strong & Cadwalladare, to which
Henry W. Taft, brother of the presi
dent, belongs.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

According to the Observation-Disclosures
Anzeiger, company in Berlin is fit
ting a steamship which runs on the
Oberhavel, with system of electric
propulsion The equipment consists
of suction gas plant, consuming an
thracite; a gas engine coupled to a
direct-current generator; a battery of
accumUlators and electric motors on
the propelling shafts.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18
The Panama Report.

There is nothing but encouragement
in the report of the engineers who ac-
companied President Taft to Panama
to inspect the work on the canal They
assert without equivocation that the
work is progressing favorably and that
the right type of canal has been select
ed The Gatun dam, for the control of
Chagres river floods, is pronounced
thoroughly safe with good founda-
tion.
We are not so sanguine as 10 as
sumo that this report will put an
end TO criticism, to forebodings, or
to controversy. 1t is just as well
that it shall not do So A certain
amount of fault-finding will act as a
spur to the engineers on the job, of
whom the investigating engineers re-
port that they are, if anything, over
cautious. But the report will serve
to assure the mass of citizens that
they are getting what they are pay
ing for
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

Corsets cause the biggest war cloud
now on the horizon. American cerset-
makers have invaded Paris and the
local artisans fly to the defense of
what they treat as a vested right.
Well, war of the corsets would add a
new feature to history.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

Advertisements are published at the rate of
yne dollar per square for one insertion and fifty
eeuts per square for each subsequent insertion
Rates by the year, or for six or three months,
application.
Legal and Ofical Advertising per square,
three times or less, -, each subsequent lnser-
hoa 80 cents per square
Local notices 10 cents per line for one inSer-
sertion; cents per line for each subsequent
consecutive insertion
Obituary notices over five lines. 10 cents per
line. Simple announcements OF births I! ar
riages and deaths will be inserted free.
Business cards, five lines or less, 40 per J aar,
over i've lines. at the regular rates OF aoVer-
tsing.
No local inserted for less than rs cents per
lE6ud
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

The latest news is that the Duke of
Abruzzi is determined to marry the
girl of his choice, either as a royal
prince or as private individual. That
is the sort of lover whom all the world
loves
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18
Democracv,s Chief Trouble.

Col. Bryan announces that he is
much encouraged by the spread of
Democracy II is spread so much,
however, as to have become too thin
Philadelphia Press
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

Siam has recently passed a law Civ
ing women the right TO vote in certain
cases. While this may seem an ex-
traordinary step for an Oriental peo-
pie, the Siamese women themselves
explain that it is the teaching of Bud
dhism
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

Mr. Bryan's political arguments are
largely of mathematical nature. They
consist in taking date of a previous
presidential election and adding four
years 10 it.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

An Indiana piano player played for
20 hours in contest iSd then tainted.
Report fails to state how many of the
neighbors were similarly put out of
business.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

During the year 1907 the additions
to the Russian railroad system
amounted to 1,167 miles, an increase
of three per cent, bringing up the to.
tai to 40,43S miles.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

Nine. Curie, who helped her hus.
band to discover radium, has just been
elected corresponding membe. Of the
st. Petersburg Academy Of Scien, &.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18
JOB PRINTING.

The Job department OF the Press is com 1lete
and affords facilities for doing the best class OF
work. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO LAW
PRINTING.
No paper will bc 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, 1909-03-18

M. Bryan will realize 100000 from
his lectures this year. There, you who
have been criticising his opposition to
100000 presidential saalry.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

Mrs. L. L. Gillogly of California has
the distinction of being the first lay
woman to take an active part in a Pan
Anglican Church congress
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

The total deposits in American say.
ings banks diminished by less than
one per cent during the last fiscal
year.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

With wireless telegraphy on the Job
henceforth there will not be so many
mysteries of the sea.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

DR. Wiley speaks guardedly, but, of
course, his real opinion of benzoate of
soda would not look well in print
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18

"Mr. Bryan sees hope for 1912" says
a southern contemporary. We all see
hope for 1912. In fact, we are almost
sure it. will come.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-18
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
Ii. H. MULLIN, Editor.
Published Every Thursday.
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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-09-16
Mems Trousers
at Rock Bottom Prices

At this time of the season the trousers of your
summer suit are getting rather shoddy from
much dust and perspiration. Why not get an
extra pair and keep yourself looking neat and
cool? Or, if you are buying a suit, it will pay
to get an extra pair Of trousers at these reduc-
lions in order to keep your suit in good condi-
ton.
Men s Work Pants, So and $780, now $1.1O
Mems Wool Pants, $780, now for. 81 .65
Mems all wool Pants, $780, now for --$2.65
Mems all wool worsteds, 81 and 81 SO, now
for -------------------
Men s all wool worsteds SIS, now for-.--$3.S5
Men all wool worsteds, $3.50 and 81, now
for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 40
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-09-16

$500 Blues and Blacks, all sizes, now
$500 Blues and Blacks, all sizes, now
$22.50 Figured Worsteds and Cashmere
$4,000 Figured Worsteds and Cashmere
New-York tribune., 1909-06-27

Tn the hosting Of tinbers 20 build che tow
ers our ponies viii be Of great service. The STA
5iIty OF the towers will be insured BY guy "--eS
attached 70 stout posts placed in holes chopper
N the ice. Sea water poured IN the holes VIII
freeze around the posts and hold tAeiu Dl''7
tightly than they would De held Il planted 10
solid ground II the foe should ever split IN
Two we would either cut or shift slcH Oh ----
arIvs as would be necessary to keep the t07-r
-1nright. The tower viii be most carefs-T
looked after at all times. because OF the inE1--
,Ia5la character Of the observations and -Ie
wireless connections. a searChIsht mounted
on the tower viii be a beacon for s-edse pax
ties, visible for a great distance. and VIII ID
much toward dispeIIing the gloom Of the Arctic
night. while helping 70 capture bears anu
walruses which may visit the camp AFTER d--s
Il believe that before the voyage ends "e
shall come trDon new lands to the starboard pt
our course. lands forming the counterpa1'' '-
New Siberia, Franz Josef Land and Spi-z-
bergen on our port side II is reasonable 70 sup
pose that the expected southerIy curying oS 5--
course will be caused By land masses On our
starboard side; that is. 70 the eastward Of the
line indicated on the chart The CroWdinS 'l
The ice pack against new lands in that ii-9t-
ton would force our ship 10 one side 2i the"
as effectively as 1t did the Fran N QaSs.--
Franz Josef Land and Spttz5ersen- But N-
would expect TO be carried close enough 20 tle
new lands to explore them
The artistic possibilities of the voyage in
paintings and photographs VIII De provided -'r
with special care. The cinematosrapl vii I-
freely used TO record ordinary and unusual
events Of the forty-eiSht months drift. IN my
expedition to Franz josef Land II 190I-02. Z
discovered a simple means Of overcoming -he
brtttleness Of cinematosraph films in the in
tense cold. and thereby for the first time NOV
ing pictures OF Arctic scenes were obtained
The method was TO wrap the machine IN
heated blanket while outdoor exposures were
being made"
New-York tribune., 1909-06-27
FOTR-YE1R TRIP on ICE.
1ont'nred from fifth page.

then. in the northernmost parts Of civilization
after my return. one of these dispatches dated
June 1902. was picked up on the northeast
coast IT ICELAND light months after it left Franz
josef Land. The balloon which carried It must
have d~opped IN the ice pack and been thence
borne 20 Iceland. In 1905 one of the Melville
Bryant casks. which had been set adrift to the
northw1rd IF Berjng Strait in 1900. reappeared
upon the northeast coast of Iceland. while an
other cas6 set afoat off cape Bathurst. away
TO The eastward Of the mouth OF the Mackenzie
River. was recovered on the north coast OF Nor
way in 1908
'cNlan we have 1rifted with the solid pack 20
the other side Of the world and reach the more
loosely aggregated foes on the edge We can
get up steam and make our way speedily to the
nearest mort In this manner the Fran increased
her progress from an average Of two miles a
dav 70 eight as she approached the northwest
coast of Greenland.
..Our diet will be chiefly canned goods, vared
with bear and warus meat and sea s7lIls. ton-
trarv TO common opinion, the flesh Of sea guns
is neither fshy nor oily 70 the taste. The snow
whit ice gull is especially appetiZing' ana l
wish We could always 1e sure Of its presence
Our electric searchlights viii help Us in hunting
bears during the six months of night, and we VIII
try TO lure these and other edible animals TO
visit us by dragging fish bats f)r several miles
around the camp. When the dogs announce a
bear the next thing viii be 20 put the spotlight
on him and then draw a bead. There are no
game laws in the Arctic zone - prevent This.
and 7 think we shall De justified. because we
will need the meat.
eve shall give special attention 20 magnetic
work our purpose being 70 make a series of
magnetic observations relating TO the direction
Of the compass needle with reference to the true
north the. dip Of the magnetic needle and the
strength 0r measure Of the force exerted by the
earth's magnetism in compelling the needle TO
set itself in some definite direction and not at
haphazard This work will be in harmony with
that Of the expedition now operating at sea in
the lowe: ATTITUDES under the auspices Of the
Carnegie Institution and for which the nom
metallic yacht the Carnegie was constructed i'll
Brooklyn. We shall therefore realize the dream
of Alexander Won Humboldt three-q quarters of
century ago-the completion Of a general mag
netic survey of the globe, embracing and
land within a comparatively short period OF
time instead of intermittent and desultory
work spread out over manv decades.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-27

"Our first Arctic night will be short one,
owing to our relatively low latitude. The sun
will probably not be absent more than seventy
five days. during half of which time viii
have twilight and moonlight and auroral dis
plays With the thickening of the ice and the
hardening Of the surface. in November. we will
begin our sledge work and get prepared for
field Iabors with the return Of the sun. late in
January An important item in the autumn's
programme VIII be the erection of two frame
towers, each at least 100 feet in height. These
VIII be located about thirty miles from the
ship. one on our starboard side and the other
directly ahead. The towers, having rope lad
ders to the tops, viii be stations for signalling
New-York tribune., 1909-06-27

and observation purposes. A similar tower OF
far greater dimensions 20 be erected IN the
vicinity of the ship, will enable US to conduct
simultaneous observations from the three cor
ners Of triangle. and will be part of our wire
less outfit We shall dispatch messages 5y
wireless to our station at Point Barrow. Alaska
where our operator will no doubt have the
cheerful cooperation of the American mission
aries located there. and who have been conduct
ing meteorological observations for the govern
nent for several years. From Point Barrow
messages will De sent on to the civilized world
We may expect to keep IN touch with home
while We are in the midst Of sohtudeS never De-
fore trodden by man, even at the pole
New-York tribune., 1909-06-27
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THE euARpsmEN CAME OUT STRONG IN
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-26
POPULAR YOUNG
COUPLE WE'D

A pretty home wedding took place
last night at the residence Of Rev.
and Mrs. George A. Thompson on
Bluedeld avenue, the conrtcting par
ties being Margaret Lee. youngest
daughter and James Brownlee Cal
breath.
The bride is one of Bluefeld's most
attractive young ladies. and is held
in high e-teem by her many ac-
quaintaDces
Mr. Calbrsath holds a responsible
position with the Red Jacket Con
solidated Coal Company, Of this city
and enjoys wide popularity here.
Among the out of town guests at
the wedding were. Mr.. and Mrs j.
A. Woodyard, of Roanoke. Mr. and
Mrs. j w Lorah, Of johnson city.
Mrs w J. Smith OF Bramweu. W.
II. Adams. Of Elkhorn. and J. Q.
White OF Northfork.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-26
ATE FEATHERS
AND THE REST

James Doyle, Ike Sneed and A. p.
Thomas this morning were all given
pail sentences in police court for
being drunk last night
The notorious John Witherspoon
was up again for inebrlety. This
time all he possessed was chicken,
and IL was missing when he was call
ed for trial this morning. II is
thought he ate feathers and all, for
he was ticKled when Judge Crockett
only gave him a fifteen day stay i'm
the city jail.
Newton Hicks. only fourteen years
OF age, was given fifteen days In
Jail for being drunk.
T. c. Terry was taken off a pas
senger train by Officer Peterman last
night for creating a disturbance, and
was assessed fifteen dollars and in
default went TO Jail for thirty days.
Ray Valentine tried to break up
n religious meeting last night on
Blueheld Avenue and was given 30
days 2ssxM
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-26
BASKET BALL
TEAM ORGANIZED

The Bluefield Athletic ClJD met
last night at the skating rink and
Organized a basket ball team, which
it is believed from the timber viii
prove the fastest aggregation ia The
coalfields.
Manager hickey OF the rink VIII
arrange a schedule of meets viii,
outside teams and excellent sYor. IS
promised
A telephone message was receiv-
ed from the team at Welch this
morning eXpressin an anxiety to meet
the Bluefelders. A date will be- sec
Apr the near future.
Following are the members oF she
team; Jonn Hawley, Ray Prince,
Benny Baker, Mike Stupolsky, c =
Palmer, w A. Conway and Frank
.Looney.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-26
Little Ones Meet Death By
Flames in Presbyterian
Institution at Early
Hour Today.
CRIES FOR HELP ARE
HEART RENDERING.
Surrounded BY Flames and
Every eMans of Assis-
tance Cut Off.

Lynchburg, Va, Oct. 26.-Five
children were burned to death this
morning at the Presbyterian Orphan
age.
The fire started at an early hour
in the forenoon and was well under
way before it was discovered. The
children We're all in a room togeth-
er and were practically surrounded
by the flames, rendering assistance
qet to impossible.
Their screams for help were heart
rendering and every effort to reach
them proved futile.
Several others were badly burned
but not fatally.
The origin Of the fire is not known.
The building was badly damaged.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-26
NEWSPA APER MAN
FOUND DEAD IN
BATH ROOM

Nashville, Tenn, oct. While
taking a bath at his home near here
this morning, J. Howard Robinson,
magazine and newspaper writer.
was asphyxiated by fumes from
gas heater Robinson was % years
OF age and a native OF Kentucky. be
ing reared near Guthrie. For several
months he had been connected with
a press-clipping bureau here. Pre-
yiously, he conducted newspaper
at Guthrie, and following thar was
employed in daily newspaper wDrx
in Louisville and New York