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The Job department of the Pmtss is complete *nd affords facilities fur doing ih" best class of work, PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAIDTO LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear rges are paid, except at the option of the pub sher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor in advance. Who Owns the Waterways? One of the most intricate problems Involved, and one which must be cleared before we have gone far with the management of water power, is that of the ownership of running wa ter- a matter to which both congr-">s3 and the "upreme court liiv<! given considerable timo with very incon clusive results. Under old conditions, when the erection of a dam was the whole apparatus of power develop ment, the man who owned the dam site was considered by that possession 1o own the power in the water during the time it was passing his land. When water power was the only pow er, and larger development was neces sary, this dam owner was given the right to take for flowage the lands of his immediate neighbors, for a fair price. But now that we have passed far beyond that stage, to a time when the improvement of a river begins at the fountain from which it springs and in the forests which cover the slopes of the surrounding hills, we can no longer follow this old proce dure. The work which is done at head waters actually creates a power, declares J. 1,. Mathews in the Atlantic, since it enlarges and steadies the flow; and that power is possible of utilization over and over again, for every foot of fall from the fountain to the sea. The supreme court has often held that the government has but a navigation right in streams, and that the states themselves own the water, and the land-owners the use for pow er. But old usage must give way to new needs, and a new body of law de scribing and establishing the own< r sl.ip and the extent of the several rights in a river is one of the urgent needs of the new movement. State universities, at the request of their professors, are to benefit by the Carnegie pension fund. Ten million dollars were originally given as an endowment for pensions for profes sors in unsectarian colleges. Colleges supported by churches and by the states were omitted, on the ground that if pensions were to be provided, the\ might well come from those who maintain the institutions. Many col leges, nominally denominational, have given evidence that they are unsec tarian, and have been admitted to the benefits of the fund, and the National Association of State Universities pe titioned for the enjoyment of the pen sion provisions. It set forth four reasons, the chief of which were that in the absence of pension allowances the state universities would find it difficult to compete with the other colleges for first-class professors, and that the prospect of pensions paid by the states was remote, as it would involve the acceptance of the policy of pensioning state ofiicers. .Mr. Car negie lias admitted the force of their argument by adding 85,000.00(1 <o the original fund, so that the state insti tutions may benefit. But processors in such universities will not be pen sioned unless the state legislature and the governor join in the application that they be admitted to the founda tion. Mr. Asquith, the new British pre mier, was a lucky "find" by Mr, Glad stone. He entered parliament in 188 G. A single speech, which proved his power as a debater, led Mr. Glad stone, in 1892, to offer him the impor tant post of home secretary, with a seat in the cabinet, although he had not previously held any office. He re mained at the home office until the Rosebery government was defeated in 1895; was in the opposition ten years, and has been chancellor of the ex chequer since December, 1905. Me has therefore served bu live years and three months in all as an officer tf the crown. To have attained the chief place in the government by two Mi is, and in so short a time, is ai n.o!: unprecedented. "Always ready for sea duty, but. a!:aid of social festivities," is the way the wife of Admiral Evans recently characterized her distinguished hus band. Medical science would probably agree that the admiral has discovered which ie the greater danger of the two. TREATY WITH JAPAN TIMELY ACTION OF THE SECRE TARY OF STATE. | | Diplomatic Achievement, with Others, Places Him in the Front Rank of Statesmen and Reflects Credit on Party. The remarkable diplomatic activity of the present secretary of state has been brought to public attention many times of late. If the United States has become a world power during the last decade it is proving that fact through peaceful channels of international agreement rather than by the threat ening arm of military or maritime force. The secretary has extended personal greetings to South American republics. He has met with cordial reception in Canada. He has been btrsy with the author of the"American Common wealth" in attempts to solve every problem which has arisen in the field of British-American relationships, lie has negotiated arbitration treaties with France, Spain, Norway, Portu gal and Switzerland. The completed record of his achievements is certain to place him in a high position among the distinguished men who have oc cupied the governmental department which is counted first in cabinet rank. The news con '» <l' tht arrange mtnt of a gt neral arbitration treaty with Japan. This convention is sim ilar to those already mentioned. It is based upon the 'recommendations of The Hague conference, it provides for the settlement by arbitration of all disputes of a legal nature or in regard to construction of existing treaties. It does not touch questions of vital inter est, such as the independence or the honor of the nations involved. It does nut cover the adjustment of difficulties where the interests of a third state are involved. In a sense it is of sec ondary importance in a diplomatic view. Rut it is the first arbitration treaty arranged between the United State* and Japan. It has its value just now as a rebuke to those who would foster unpleasant relationships between the two countries. The quiet and thought ful citizen of the United States has no patience with the jingoism which seeks to stir up bitterness in the Pa cific. To such this arbitration treaty will be welcome. Asserting Confidence. Discussing the recent $10,000,000 loan of the Pennsylvania road, the Philadelphia Ledger says that the as pect of it that touches the public and the business world is that the road lias decided togo ahe.ad, notwithstanding the stringency and lack of business, and so to Indicate its faith in the re turn of prosperity. It continues: "For every stroke of evil fortune there are usually two causes. One is the real cause, which is lack of busi ness, The other is the contributing cause, which is doubt, timidity, lack of faith due to pessimism and short views. When the business current is at a standstill and hesitant the voices of the pessimists and acts of the pessi mists might easily turn the tide or prolong the sluggishness. Nothing is the matter with the United States to day except timidity and undue cau tion. The crops promise well, the peo ple must be clothed and fed, the farm ers are becoming plutocrats and busi ness will come with a rush when the people are once convinced that this is a mighty, a rich and prosperous nation, whose wealth has not yet been im paired and whose energy and enter prises have not been paralyzed. If the directors of other enterprises were to take a like hopeful view and testify to their belief by going ahead theve would be no doubt of trfe effect in the immediate future." Present Need of Battle-Ships. The naval appropriation bill as re ported to the house authorizes the construction of two battle-ships in stead of the four asked for by the navy department. Representative Hobson, a member of the committee on naval affairs, protests against this, and says there should be six new battleships, so as to keep Japan's ambition curbed. The ambition of Japan does not seem to need the curb at this time. If smpJl appropriations for military pur poses are an index of a pacific dis position, Japan is not in a warlike mood. That country has set apart only 20 per cent, of the estimated reve nues of the year for the army and navy. It intends to spend on both about what the United States proposes to appropriate for tiie army. The Japanese budget is inoffensive. There is nothing in it to provoke the multi plication of American battle-ships. The Japanese government is not dreaming of sea fights and conquests. It is worrying over the threatened Chinese boycott of Japanese goods. Monument to Great Republican. The bureau of American republics was the concept of the late James G. Blaine, whose broad view foresaw the day when commercial interests would bring the governments of this hem isphere into close union, and who rec ognized the necessity of establishing mutual respect and confidence be ; tween them. The first Pan-American conference held in Washington served chiefly to disclose the necessity for a stronger system of international com munications. Out of that conference grew the bureau of American repub lics, which has amply justified all the expectations of its founder and stands to-day a monument to his memory. « We trust Alton B. Parker is pre pared to reciprocate the warm and ac tive support .Mr. Bryan gave to his candidacy in 1904. CAMERON COUNTY PRES'S, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1908. INQUIRY INTO WALL STREET. P r opcscd Action of Interest to the Ccuntry at Larg*. While the American public will take a sympathetic, interest in all the rec ommendations of Gov. Hughes' mes sage to the special session of the New York legislature, one at least is ol immediate practical concern to the country at large. This is the recom mendation for a commission to deter mine the facts in relation to specula tion in securities and commodities on the New Yofk stock exchange. Such a commission, properly eonsti tilted, as it would be if made up by Gov. Hughes, could undoubtedly upon thorough and impartial investigation provide a basis for wise and necessary legislation which should protect legiti -1 mate transactions and correct the worst abuses now existent. Regulation in such matters is recognized by the country at large as a delicate prob lem, and there is no disposition to tam per without knowledge. The public has considerable excuse for exaggerating the evils of Wall street, and with good reason a deter- J initiation is growing to check them. I The business of the country is seri | ously ccjmpromised by the flagrant 1 sins of a few. On the other hand, the j true functions of the stock exchange j are perhaps recognized more widely j than ever, and the country, especially | the west, wishes to mm snfc | g.utrdod. J h<~ ill vt : [igat urn proposed Iby Gov. lughi :< would help clarify the atmosphere and probably would show how much larger a proportion of legiti mate business is trail, acted than i 3 generally believed. This is work for the state of New 1 ork, not for the federal government. The country has a right morally to de mand that New York shall do what it can under the law and in reason to correct evils whose ultimate effects aie as widespread as the world's finance. PAPER TRUST AND WAGES. Good Reasons Why Schedules Were Singled Out for Revision. It has been asked why the white pa per and wood pulp schedules should have been singled out for separate ac | tion in tariff revision. Testifying be | fore the house committee which inves tigated the paper industry, John Nor ! ris of the New York Times disclosed | facts which should serve as an answer j to this question. After submitting evidence to show j that upon an increase of 52 cents in the cost of production the paper trust, had raised the price to consumers sl2 I a ton with an intention, to put it up ; still higher, Mr. Norris made this sig | nificant statement: "Aside from these facts, which ar< in themselves convincing, I submit to | 'he committee the reports of the I'nl -1 ted States bureau of labor, which show that the pay of the paper workers in IltOC., as compared with the pay for the : jear before, was considerably reduced, J and this state of affairs existed only in j the paper industry." If, in the face of a steady advance i in the price of the output, itself far in i excess of what was justified by an in j crease in the cost of production, the paper trust has decreased the pay o! J the workers, and il' "this slate of uT ; fairs existed only in the paper Indus' | try, there is ample reason for singlins it out for separate action. Mr. Norris 1 was well supplied with documentarj evidence to back up his contentions The assertions pertaining to wages were based upon government reports This being the case it is up to tin manufacturers to disprove those state | ments. Fleet Making Fine Record. In view of the recent mishaps tf i British and Japanese ships, the Ameri can people have been somewhat nerv ous about their own. But good fortuni to a most remarkable degree has at tended them. They have had com para | lively little vicious weather and have been able to steam on or beyonf ; schedule time in circling a continent It is hoped that the return trip will h« ar> eventless. Good handling of tlu big vessels means much, but there ar» j always circumstances like the parting of the anchor chain of the Illinois thai cannot be guarded against. The po tential danger from the mass of explo sivee carried is also ever present. P is a satisfaction to know that 110 th ing has been left undone to avoid pre ventable accidents, it is also gratify ing to believe that the American ships in construction as well as in the safe guarding <<f the magazines, are as wet protected from internal explosions an( fires as any ships afloat. Should th< fleet make the return cruise withou l loss of life or grave injury to any ves sel, it will have created a record no l only without parallel in naval enter prise, but will finish an instance o' immunity from casualties without par allel in any land industry with equa conditions of danger. Army Pay Bill Wins. The lower house of congress, by 1 vote of 13!» to 92, agreed to the confer ence report on the army appropriatior bill, thus insuring to the officers ant privates in the regular service an an tiual pay increase aggregating $7,000, 000. The report did not go through with out opposition. Mr. Hay of Virginit voiced the ominous warning that with in five years congress would be voting an annual appropriation of no les; than $25,000,000, and Mr. Tawney o Minnesota likewise protested against giving the officers a salary even ap proximately adequate. But the bil passed; that is the main point. And P passed none to soon if the country is |to maintain even a pretense of ; j standing army. ELECTRICAL STORM SWEEPS THE WEST EIGHTY FOOT CHIMNEY FALLS ON HOTEL, INJURING SEV ERAL PERSONS. WORST STORM FOR YEARS. The Gale Does Great Damage ts Property and Crops in Kansas and Surrounding Country. Chicago, 111. —A gale, which reached a greater velocity than has been recorded in Chicago for seven years, Thursday night preceded an electrical storm which did consider able damage in various parts of the city. Several persons were injured by debris blown from buildings and a church and half a score of other build ings were struck by lightning. The greatest single instance of dam age occurred when an 80-foot iron chimney was blown from the roof of an eight rtory hui'ding at tt'J Lasalle "reet. The chimney fell cross a court, I) »aking v, in low; in (lie Bre voot iiotel from the li to the sixth stories, an 1 al o i ashed through a s, y light in a restaurant adjoining, une man was severely cut b v \ b-oken glass and cores of quests in th ; hotel and patroua of the restaurant were thrown into a panic. Topeka, Kan.—A terrific wind storm passed over the southern part of lewell county on Thursday night and killed George llahn and injured VJ. persons, seven of them probably fatally. The storm traveled from the southwest and was 150 yards wide. It took everything in the path and scat tered a number of houses, barns and •small buildings over the prairie. The property damaged will amount to thousands of dollars and the damage to the growing crops is large. The Bowman house was picked up and car ried across the street and dashed to pieces against an embankment. The members of the family were all in bed and all were injured. The home of Frank Crites was blown to pieces and Crites was carried a quarter of a mile and dropped In a. cemetery. Guthrie, Okla. —Tornadoes swept over the country adjacent to Hen nf ss.v and Cashon on Thursday ami wrought great damage to crops and farm property. It is believed no lives were lo.<t, although details are meager. A cloudburst deluged Seward, south of Guthrie Thursday afternoon. The Cot tonwood river is rapidly rising. Burlington, la. —A severe wind and rain storm struck southeastern lowa on Thursday. Trees were blown lown. barns were wrecked, outhouses leveled, chimneys demolished and stock killed or injured. SEVEN MEN ESCAPE FROM JAIL Boy of 20 Overpowers the Sheriff Then Robs Him of SIOO. Steubenville, O. —With a leader but 20 years old who overpow ered Sheriff D. F. Vorhees, seven prisoners escaped Thursday night from the county jail here and have not heen captured. The fugitives are: lOniniet Coulter, leader, held 011 a lar ceny charge: Charles Mcßee, robbery; Mike l.evidi. cutting with intent to kill; Tenv Nace, cutting with intent to kill; John McCrea, murderous assault; Fred Eli, robbery and larceny; Jack Wind, violating liquor laws. With 15 minutes' start, of the officers, the men, it is thought, started towards Pitts burg. When Sheriff Vorhees entered the corridor to lock the cells for the night he was knocked down and his keys were taken from him. The pris oners also took SIOO from the sheriff's pockets and divided it. THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives. Washington.—Very little was done by either the house or senate on the 27th outside of discussion of or action on the currency question. Under sus pension of rules the house passed a bill amending the tariff law of the Philippine Islands. Washington.—The Aldrich-Vreeland compromise bill passed the house on the 2Sth by a vote of H>6 to 140. Death Threat sent by Mail. Cleveland, O. —-Two letters bringing warnings of death if money is not placed under the Lake Shore railroad tracks near his home within three days have been received by Pasquale Coreno. The first letter, demanding S2OO, was received three weeks ago. Coreno armed himself and notified the police. The second missive was re ceived Wednesday at Coreno's barber shop on West Eleventh street.. In it the price for life was set at SIOO. Thinks Jewel Thief Taken. Alliance, O. —While picking the pocket of a farmer Thursday, it is alleged, a man said to be Richard Jeff ries. alias "Dick" Jackson, alias Geo. Davis, was arrested by detectives. He Ib wanted for burglaries in Columbus and New Orleans.' $25,0C0 Fire at Hillsboro. Springfield, O. —A fire at Hills boro on Thursday night caused a loss of $25,000, with about half insur uice. Two stable boys had narrow escapes. BIG GUNS DID NOT DISABLE MONITOR FLORIDA WITHSTANDS TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT. Fired at Short Range—Navy Test at Hampton Roads Proves Resisting Powers of Armor. Old Point Comfort, Va. —The big gest naval gun, the heaviest pro jectile and the highest explosive known, combined with close range and deadly aim, were allowed to work their full havoc on the turret plate of the monitor Florida in Hampton Roads on Wednesday. The result is declared to be a victory for turret construction and this notwithstanding the 11-inch hardened steel plate was blackened, broken, the seams of the turret sprung and the rivets and screws loosened and twisted. It was not five minutes after the terrible impact that the finely bal anced mechanism of the turret was being worked with ease and the 12- inch gun on the left side was trained at will. Inside the turret where stand the gunners and gun crew the havoc was much less apparent than from the outside. Examination showed that of the many delicately adjusted instru ments for fire control, sighting and operating the turret, Jew if any T/ere out of woiking order. Then followed a futile attempt to destroy the newly designed fighting mast erected on the stern 0/ the I'lor ida. After tive shots from the Arkan sas' guns had ripping through it, the mast still stood firm. The Florida hail been in the hands of experts for some time. Striking in her appearance was the "leaning tower" on her stern, the woven pipe military mast, resembling a huge waste paper basket. On top of its 125 feet of height was a broad platform. Just 342 yards from the Florida lay her sister ship, the Arkansas. The turret of the Florida was swung around so that her guns and those of the Arkansas looked squarely at each other. More than an hour of gun training followed before a 12-inch projectile was fired. It broke through the turret plate from the gun port to the edge just above and just below where the shell struck. The broken piece was driven Into the turret several inches, but not the thickness of the plate, so that no hole was actually made. TWO DROWNED, FIVE SAVED Five People Picked Up at Sea in Open Launch—Had Drifted Several Days. Avalon, Island of Santa Catalina, Cal. —Capt. A. Crist of the launch /Cetis of Avalon and C. E. 1 loo line, ordinary seaman on the Unit ed States converted cruiser Buffalo, were drowned and E. E. Easton ami wife and two small children and a col ored nurse were rescued l>y the Buf falo on the high seas after drifting helplessly for two days in a launch. Easton is a former war correspondent. On May IT Easton engaged Capt. Crist and his launch Zeus at Avalon for a camping trip of several days at San Cleniente islands, HO miles south of Santa Catalina island. Sunday they boarded the Zeus and started to re turn to Avalon. The craft encountered a heavy sea that night and when day dawned Monday Easton found that Capt. Crist was missing from the launch, together with the small row boat towed at the stern. The gasoline engine of the launch was still running, but Easton knew nothing of its mechanism. The boat drifted all day Monday, Monday night and Tuesday and the family were carried far out to sea. Tuesday evening the crusier Buffalo. Capt. Pond, sighted the little craft with the occupants wildly waving signals of distress. MONEY BURIED IN MINE Stockholders Will Have Hard Time Getting It Out. Chicago, 111. —The Amador Mining ami Development Co. of Montana, a 810,000,000 corporation with head quarters at Chicago, has come to an end. The copper-gold mine in which has been sunk $650,000 is worthless. The majority of stock was owned by residents of Chicago. There also are a large number of stockholders in Pittsburg, where the company had H' branch office, and in Boston, where the secretary and general manager, D. E. MacKinnon, has had headquarters. Boston, Mass. —D. E. MacKinnon, secretary and general manager of the Amador Mining and Development Co. of Montana, is not known in financial circles here. Hamby Got Three Years. Cleveland, O. —J. W. Hamby, 3fi years old, real estate operator, was sentenced by Judge Beacom Wednes day to three years in the penitentiary at hard labor. Hamby was sentenced on the indictment charging he ob tained SII,OOO from G. E. Rose under false pretense. Three years is thf maximum sentence. Ten Killed by Tornadoes. Wichita, Kan.—Ten dead, 12 in jured, hundreds of cattle killed, a vast acreage of crops destroyed and many buildings wrecked are the re sults of a series of tornadoes that vis ited Alfalfa county, Okla. Admiral Crowninrhield Is Dead. Philadelphia, Pa. —Admiral A. S. Orowninshield IT. S. N., retired, died at the Episcopal hospital Here Wednesday. He never recovered from the shock of an operation per formed some time ago. JEROME GOES ON WMH DEFENDS HIMSELF AGAINST CHARGES OF DERE LICTION. SAYS HE DID HIS FULL DUTY New York's District Attorney Avers His Course as Public Prosecutor Has Been Guided by Law and Conscience. Ellzabetlitown, N. Y.—District At torney Jerome was the central fig ure on Tuesday in the final proceed ings here before Commissioner Hand, appointed by Gov. Hughes to hear tes timony in connection with the charges of dereliction in the performance of the district, attorney's official duties. Mr. Jerome began his summing up after the filing of a brief by Franklin Pierce, attorney for the complainants. He presented no brief on his own be half. but will file one for Commission er Hand's perusal at the conclusion of the hearing. The district attorney's argument occupied the entire day's session. He launched Into a lengthy analysis o! the motives which animated those most active in bringing the charges against him. He said the procc< Jinga were "flimsy and mendacious." "I have lived all my life in the city of New York," said the district attor ney, "and the 16 best years of my life there were given to the public service. Twice I have run for office in that city and have been elected, the last time against every political party and all alone; and I consider that I was elect ed to exercise my judgment in the dis charge of the duties of that office and not the judgment of irresponsible edi tors of yellow journals and what they might say I ought to do. The duties laid upon me in that office and which I have striven to discharge were these: To be fair and just, to apply one law to all persons, not one law to the poor man and another to the rich. I have stood under great pressure be fore that grand jury room as a south ern sheriff has often stood before a southern jail when he knows that the prisoner within is guilty and worthy of punishment, but will allow him to be punished only as the law requires." Regarding the charge that he had refused to advise the grand jury to in dict George W. Parkins, in the so called $50,000 political contribution case, Mr. Jerome said: "It was perfectly plain that Bryan's election would have been followed by a shrinkage in the value of the securi ties of the New York Life Insurance Co. of 10 to 12 iter cent., so that with $450,000,000 worth of securities this contribution by Mr. Perkins was a shrewd movement even if illegal. But was it illegal? There was abundant evidence that the officials of almost every financial institution in New York City had contributed to the Re publican party committee to help de feat Bryan, so that if Perkins was guilty, then I had my work cut out for nie good and plenty for a year or more ahead. I tried to get a judicial de cision in the matter. Judge O'Sulli van refused to take it up and decide it. "The Judiciary of New York City was as scared as anybody in New- York. because it was on one hand J. Pierpont Morgan's partner and on the other hand the yellow journals." ELECTION OF BISHOPS. New Dignitaries Named, M. E. Con ference Turns to Other Things. Baltimore, Md. —The Episcopal elec tion of the Methodist Episcopal gen eral conference of 1008 is now a matter of history and when announce ment was made late today of the se lection of the eighth and last bishop very many of the delegates heaved sighs of relief. The new bishops, in the order of their election, and the number of votes each received on tlie electing ballot, are as follows: Rev. Dr. W. F. Ander son of New York, secretary of the board of education, Freedmans' Aid and Sunday schools, 540 votes; Rev. Dr. J. L. Nuelsen, professor in Nast Theological seminary, Berea. 0., 540 votes; Rev. Dr. \V. A. Quayle, pastor of St. James' church, Chicago, 519 votes; Rev. Dr. Charles W. Smith, ed itor of the Pittsburg Christian Advo cate, 511 votes; Rev. Dr. Wilson S. Lewis, president of Morningside col lege, Sioux City, la., 524 votes; Rev. Dr. Edwin H. Hughes, president of De Pauw university, Green Castle, Ind., 511 votes; Rev. Dr. Robert Mclntyre, pastor of the First church, Los Angeles, Cal., 514 votes, and Rev. Dr. Frank M. Bristol, pastor of the Met ropolitan church, Washington, D. C., 4P3 votes. The bishops-elect will be consecrated at a special service which will be held on Sunday afternoon at the Lyric. Fatal Shooting in Texas. Mineral Wells, Tex—W. E. Mc- Connell, one of the most prominent attorneys of the state and a former member of the state legislature, was shot and killed today by T. J. Pear son at the home of the latter here. Killed Guard Trying to Escape. Baton Rouge, La. —Two life con victs, in a desperate attempt to escape from the state convict camp In West Baton Rquge parish Tuesday, killed one guard and wounded two others. They were recaptured.
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