2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Eve»*y Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. rer year $2 no paid in advance 1 ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published at the rate of one dollar per square forone insertion and liftj cents i er square for each subsequent insertion Rates by the year, or for hlx or three months, •re low and uniform, and will be furnished on apt lkat:on. Legal and Official Advertising per square, three times or icss, each subsequent inser tion tO cents per square. Local notices 1(1 cents per line for one ir.ser certlon: ft cents per line for each subsequent consecutive Insertion. Obi'uary 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, *5 per year; over live lines, at the regular rates of adver tising No local inserted for less than 75 cents per ltcue. JOB PRINTING. The .Tob department, of the PRESS is complete and afTords facilities for doing tUe best class of mark. PARTICULAR ATTENJION PAIDTO LAW PRINTING. No paper will ba discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must bo paid (or in advance. In ISOO imports of merchandise in fo the United States amounted to |!>1,2."2,768, exports to $70,971,750. A century Inter, in 1900, imports have increased to.< 819,941,181, and experts to sl„i!)4,ts::.oS2. Prince Sesseri, a nephew of the king of Siam, has been serving for some time ns a private pupil in the engineering works of the northwest ern railroad company at (lateshead, England, in order that he may leurn »II about locomotive building. It is stated on good authority that the orange-orchard area at Riverside, California, covers thirty square miles, or 19,200 acres, on which are growing 1,000 orange trees. The money value of the crop approximates $0,000,- 000 annually, or about SO7O for each man, woman and child in the district. The tablet in memory of the sol diers of 1812, which Secretary Root and Col. Mills have allowed the Kin pire State society of the daughters of 1812 to place in the West Point chapel, is of black marble with gilt lettering and will be the second of i's kind to be placed in the chapel Ly a patriotic society. According to the state labor Com missioner. the canning industry of Maine is more important and valuable than the slate, granite, and ice indus tries combined, the value of the out put of the 175 canneries in t lie state lieing $5,000,000 annually. In ordi nary years, $.'!50,000 is paid to farm ers for sweet corn alone. An extraordinary ease is presented in that of .John A. Kasson, of lowa, "the special reciprocity commissioner of tlic United States, who has de clined to accept any future compen sation for the duties performed by him, because none of the treaties negotiated became effective. This is one of the few cases of this kind on record. A collection of blotting papers in the possession of an Amercan citi zen is estimated to be of great value. Each sheet contains the blotted im ,pression of the handwriting of a presi dent. and all the chiefs of the repub lic since 1841 are represented. One it-lieet is that on which President Lin coln blotted a letter on the day of Lis murder. The world's population of Moham medans numbers very nearly 200,000.- •000. Of these, 18,000,000 are under the .rule of the Turkish government. 000,000 arc ruled by other Mussul man sovereigns, 30,500,000 are subject (to African princes, 20,000,000 live in •China anil 99,000,000 are under Chris tian rulers. Of these last, about sfc,- 'OOO,OOO are under British rule. The supreme court of California, in 'the case of Knos vs. Snyder, iias de tcided, in si contest between next of •Jcin, on the one hand, and claimants under a will on the other hand, for 'the possession of a corpse that a .man can not by will dispose of that (which, after his death, will be his jeorpse. The custody of the corpse and the right of burial belong to the of kin in preference to the ad- Jminist rat or. Whpn wounded in battle horses are attended to as soon as possible. A veterinary officer with an assistant (follows close on the fighting line, and •those animals with only slight inju .ries are collected together and sent .to the veterinary hospitals estab lished at the fixed camps. Those very 'badly wounded are shot. Horses jiulled in battle are either buried or •burned, according to the climate, in iSouth Africa they are left to rot. * There are 7.400 members of the iNew York police force for all the "boroughs—7,3Cß to be exact. The number of arrests made by the New York police last year was 1M5,875, or sin average of between eighteen and twenty for each policeman. The city of New York includes 2,508 miles of streets, of which more than 700 are .in the borough of Queens and require (little patroling, and 28<i arc in the borough of Richmond, requiring still less. One of the striking things shown by the last census is the remarkable increase of tenant farming. The per centage of farms operated by tenants showed a considerable increase by the census of p.iOO. For the whole coun try this percentage has increased in the last ten years nearly twice as fast as the per cent of population of The nation, four times that of the purely agricultural population and twice that of Ihe farms operated by their owners. AGUINALDO FOR PEACE. Ei WPMCO* of Sincerity in the Imur- K«'u( •'* I* roc* I mint!ion to llin People. % There is an air of reserve about Aguinaldo's address to the Filipinos that 'goes far toward indicating his sincerity. The document is com mendable for what it leaves unsaid quite as much as for what it says. The insurgent leader expresses no regrets for the past and makes no loud protestations of enthusiasm for the new authority to which he has sworn allegiance. lie simply says he lias become convinced that his peo ple want peace under the American flag, and he will respect their wishes. He acknowledges that the Filipino in surgents have come in contact with "an irresistible force which, while it restrains them, yet enlightens their minds," and he expresses bis deter mination to follow the new light and to accept the sovereignty of the United States without reservation, because he believes this will be best for his country. There is more of the ring of gen uineness in an utterance of this kind than if Aguinaldo had gone into a wordy apology for his past course or indulged in fulsome glorification of his new political faith. The delibera tion with which he has decided upon this action is also a point in favor of his sincerity. So far as his pri vate thoughts can be judged from his words, lie seems to have abandoned his dreams of personal sovereignty. The unfriendly reception given him by the Tagals in Manila undoubtedly has helped to open his eyes. If he really be convinced that the Filipinos ere tired of his schemes and of his war. there will be more reason to trust his promise of loyalty to the United States. Since the capture of Aguinaldo scarcely a day has passed without adding to the list of insurgents who have given up their arms and availed themselves of the proffered amnesty. This manifesto from their former leader probably will have some in fluence in inducing the few remain ing insurgents to surrender. They have an extra incentive to do so be fore May 1, when the period of am nesty will end. When peace has been restored completely the authorities probably will be able to judge from Aguinaldo's further words ind acts how far he is to be depended upon as a good and law-abiding citizen. Meanwhile the so-called "anti-im perialists" in the United States will goon waging war with their tongues. They will say. as ex-Senator Towne does, that Aguinaldo's manifesto is the utterance of a man who "yields only to force," and that it "consti tutes one of the most pathetic inci dents in history." They will not be affected by the fact that the Filipinos themselves prefer peace under Amer« ican rule to anarchy under native chiefs. They have undertaken to crown Aguinaldo as a martyr, and they will make him one if it has to be against his will. Their own plight is the one really pathetic feature of the situation.—Chicago Tribune. WE ARE THE LEADERS. C s (rnortl innryCo in more in I Triumph* Won by I'olley R ml Stnt<-Kiii:iiiNhii>. No man could, a generation ngo, h:i\e foreseen the extraordinary tri umphs to-day achieved by America in the world of commerce. We stand now first among the nations in the value of exports. Twenty-five years ago, in the output of domestic prod ucts, fireat Britain stood first, with $1,087,000,000, followed by France, with $747,000,000; Germany, with $007,000,000, and the united States, with $497,000,000. The standing of these nations, in 1900, is as follows: The United States, $1,453,000,000; (ireat Britatin and Ire land, $1,418,000,000; Germany, $1,050,- 000,000; France, $787,000,000. It is thus seen that the United States, which, a generation ago, was fourth, is now first among exporting coun tries, Great Britain becomes second; France, from second place, falls to the fourth, and Germany remains third. The gains of the four nations are 192 per cent, for the United States, :i4 per cent, for Great Britain and Ireland, 73 per cent, lor Germany and 7 per cent, for France. No other nation comes anywhere near France as an exporter. In 25 years we have tripled the value of our animal exportations. This splendid transformation is due to republican policy and statesman ship, which even under temporary de feat has ever remained faithful to American principles and purposes. In its tariff and monetary measures, republican statesmanship lias consult ed the best interests of our people. It has given us sound money and built up every industry in the land. We have to-day the best financial system on earth, the highest measure of prosperity, the soundest credit and brightest future before any coun try in the world.—Cincinnati Commer cial Tribune. (r?Tt appears that the statement that the Cuban constitutional con vention declared against the Piatt proposition is not true, subsequent action indicating a purpose to consult the president in regard to the mat ter. This action indicates that the majority of tlv; convention is more discreet than som > of the American patriots who would cause the Cubans to believe that greater independence than any state in the United States enjoys is not good enough for Cuba. The residents of Cuba who have busi ness or industrial interests are arx ious for such close relations with the United States as will insure quiet and security.- Indianapolis Journal. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 9. 1901. FREE TRADERS TAKE NOTICE. I ndcr Protection Thin Conntr*- la Fast llpcoiuiiiit' tlic Ciinnnrrcial Mnslcr of tlie World, The agitation in favor of the adop • tion of a revenue tariff with several strong- protective features is a means of providing: 'lie money needed to pay ! (treat Britain's lioer war debt con tinues, and the protectionists are now i strengthened by the support of the. i London Times, the most powerful newspaper in England, and the Daily Mail, which is influential because of its large circulation. These two news papers are opposing l a further in i crease in the income taxes as a means of meeting the present financial cri ■ sis. There is something in this for free traders to think about seriously. ' England is now in practically the • same situation the United States oc cupied when it was trying to get 1 nfßney witli which to prosecute the , war against rebellion, and later when it was confronted by a war debt of practically $3,000,000,000. The repub lican protective policy was adopted I at the beginning of the civil war and it was maintained during all the ■ subsequent years up to 1594, when ■ the enormous war debt was being re duced. Not only did protection serve , to provide the revenues needed to • meet the burden imposed by the . prosecution of the civil war, but it j encouraged and built up Ihe indus- I tries that have given this country . first place in the fight for the mar i i kefs of the world. - j During- all the years that the I'nit • j ed States was reaping the benefits ; |of protection Ihe manufacturers of i j England, aided by a strong minority i of the American people, were doing • their utmost to break down the pro tective wall and open our markets , to an invasion by foreign-made goods. Xow the conditions are practically . reversed. This country is fast be- I coming - the commercial master of the world, and England, confronted by . an enormous war debt, finds her for . eign trade dwindling and is begin . ning to feel the effects of domestii ■ industrial depression. I here was never a bette/ oppor tunity for the protectionists to make i headway in England, and they are : likely to take full advantage of the i opportunity. Whether or not the » prospective change in the fiscal pol i icy of the British government will be injurious to the T'nited Slates re . mains to be seen.—Cleveland Leader. BUSINESS AND POLITICS. Rotli t.o«»<l I inter n C-<»I<1 Stnnitnril nnd a IteiinlilU'nn Adminix t ration. A striking illustration of the tie be tween sound governmental policies and business prosperity is found, for one example, in the improved condi tion of railway property in this coun | try. A majority of the great army of railroad men stood up for the ' gold standard and they are reaping t the reward by a remarkable expan sion in their business. In fact, the advance in the value of railroad prop erty, with full employment for all connected with the interest, has gone far beyond the most confident ex -1 pectations. It is needless to refer to the state of affairs during the last democratic administration. Those were dark days, and their troubles are too fresh in the mind to need de scription. The quarterly interest and dividend disbursement for the pres ent April on bonds and stocks of rail road and other companies was $02,- C 52.000, which is $11,000,000 more than such payments in April last year, and more than twice as much as the April payments in 1S!)4. In the April of 1894, a year of gen eral depression, the par value of stocks paying dividends was $579,- 500,000, and the amount paid was $11,600,000. In the present month the par value of stocks paying dividends is $1,825,000,000, and the amount paid $34,092,000, a threefold increase. In the same time bonds paying interest have increased from $098,000,000 to $1,242,"00,000, nnd the interest paid ' has risen from $19,000,000 to S2S,- 000,000, a favorable showing as to the comparative limitation of debt. Hold ers of securities of railroad and other companies could get $2,000,000,000 for their property, against $1,277,000,000 in April. 1894, and their dividends are $62,682,000, against $30,500,000, or over 100 per cent. more. So the railroads, by virtue of the gold standard, hare more than doubled the productive value of their securities in gold. What would have been the result of a silver dispensation can only be guessed. The facts as they stand are a sufficient vindication of good poli tics. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. CURRENT COMMENT. CAguinaldo has formed the delib erate opinion that Uncle Sam is not such a very bad chap, after all.—St. Louis Cilobe-Democrat. cyi'eace established in the Philip pines. prosperity may be expected to follow quickly in her wake.—Cincin nati Commercial Tribune. C7"The anti-imperialists must he . thoroughly disgusted with Aguinahlo for using the phrase: "The glorious sovereign banner of the United States." —Indianapolis Journal. CT"The antis no longer can follow Aguinahlo. for lie has ceased to be a leader; and they won't follow the wherefore the only course left for ihem is to follow their noses.—Albany Journal. (C-T"The democracy is ltnpurchas able," says David 1». Hill. Only a few months ago Col. Hryan was complain ing bitterly because, as he asserted, Mark llanna was buying the demo | erats to vote for McKinley.—Cleveland I Leader. A CITY K ASHES. Jacksonville. Fla.. Is Swept by Fierce Flames. GALE FANNED THE FIRE. Entire Business Portion of tl.e Town Is Destroyed. SIX TEOi'LE WERE KILLED. The Fire Bewail About Noon anil Huued tor Nine HoiirM Itelore It tva» Krouitht I iwlcr Control -The Lottei Aggregate About *t 15,000,000. Jacksonville, El a., May 4. —Fifteen million dollars' worth of property gor.c . v.oko and 10,000 people made homeless, is the result of a bit of wire accidentally getting into the shredding machine of the American Fibre Co.. yesterday at the corner of Davis and Union streets. The fire; started between 12 and 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and owing to this fact the loss of life will be comparatively small. The fibre factory was a wooden shell, full of inflammable ma terial and in a few moments was a mass of flames. The wind, which was already blowing strong from the southwest, seemed to be possessed with a sudden fury and soon was car rying destructive embers all througn the city, 1 lie fairest portion of which lay right in the course of the wind. Some delay was experienced in get ting an alarm, and the engine at the waterworks suffered a mishap and nothing more than ordinary pressure could be obtained. By this time the flames had swept to the Boston store, a huge furniture establishment belonging to W. W. Cleveland & Son, who were also proprietors of the fibre factory. It leaped across Davis street and took a course right through a sec tion where block after block of frame buildings, mostly occupied by negroes, had been erected. Here was where the fire department lost control, as simultaneously in half a dozen places, some of them six blocks from the main fire, roofs were seen to burst out in flames. The wind rising higher and higher set on fire whole rows of buildings and attracted at first a crowd of curi ous sightseers, who seemed to be fas cinated by the sight until they learned that their residences, too. were in danger of total destruction. It took four hours for that resistless sea of flames to consume every build ing in the square of six to eight blocks wide from Davis street, near where it started, to the Hogan creek viaduct, a distance of over one and a half miles, and then, not satisfied with eating the heart of the residence portion of the city out, it doubled on itself and eame roaring tip the prin cipal thoroughfare of trade, destroy ing everything in what was the orig inal incorporation of Jacksonville. The local military companies were called out to keep back the crowds and the fire department began to use dynamite to blow up houses a block from the fire and thus prevent the fire from spreading. So fierce was the blaze, however, and so strong had become the wind that millions of sparks and flying burning shingles spread over five or six blocks, setting the roofs of the houses on fire in ad vance of the department. Soon Sen ator Taliaferro's residence, then the adjoining houses on that block were ablaze, and in spite of all efforts to save the Windsor and the St. .lames hotels, both hostelries were quickly enveloped in flames. For about an hour the guests in the Windsor hotel hs»d been packiiig their trunks and went away with loaded trunks and grips. Leaping across the street from the Windsor, the flames attacked the Seill house, and then the Methodist par sonage and in a few moments Trinity Methodist church was a mass of flames. When the fire got. started on Main street, the closely adjoining buildings went one after the other, 1 the blaze, rising hundreds of feet high, quickly setting the buildings across the street on fire. Then the Hubbard hardware stroe caught fire, and the people scattered when they saw what had happened. Hundreds of pounds of powder and a great deal of dynamite were stored in this building. In ten minutes there was a roar and the building col lapsed like an eggshell. The dyna mite and the powder had exploded. Down the street the fire spread with rapidity and the entire section of Bay street from Market to Main street and extending for live blocks back, was burning all at once. The city building went, the central fire department station, the armory, the county courthouse, the clerk's office with the county records, the criminal courthouse, the city jail and the Catholic church and orphanage, St. John's Kpiscopal church and the Catholic convent. All this destruction was wrought in less than four hours. At B:.'io the fire was checked at the intersection of and Hay streets, where the Commercial bank is locat ed. which went up in flames, the Western Union telegraph office being just across the street, and not dam aged. Six lives are reported lost in the conflagration. The fire burned district reaches from Bnrbr'ulge street on the north to St. John's river on the south, a distance of not quite two miles. The width of the desolated area is 13 blocks. The suburban settlements, with the exception of La Villa, are intact. La Villa was badly hurt. Thousands of persons are on the streets homeless, with practically all of tneir wot Idly possessions upon their backs. The depots of the railroads, situated in the southeastern section, have been turned into temporary lodging houses and hospitals. na cheerful, brave and light-hearted I asad picture perfection of misery, the blues, it is It is usually this way : She has been feeling out of sorts for some time, experi encing severe headache and backache; sleeps very poorly and is exceedingly nervous. . F^xiy „^ ca So i"^ tim< ? B ., sl \9 is nearly overcome by faintness, dizzi feeTtalfa/rSffilTwciring. ; ' hat bearin «- d <»™ . o P e r husband says, "Now, don't get the blues ! You will be all right after you have taken the doctor's medicine." But she does not get all right. 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Are FO much ea«ier to prepare than the O!3 ! fashioned gelatine. With Burnham's Hasty : Jellycon there is nothing to do but dissolve i it in boiling water and net away to cool. It I iB already sweetened and flavored. Get a package to-day at your grocer's. The fla vors are: Orange, lemon, strawberry, rasp berry. peach, wild cherry and unflavored | "calfsfoot" for making wine and coffee I jellies. IftHS ft*!! ■ |1 for 112 reesa m p e add res* ■ ■ HBiW "A.NAILKSIH," Trib une building, New York. SOZODONT (or the TEETH 25c
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