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The Job department of the Pkrss Is complete and affords facilities for doing the best cltss of work. Pahticl'Lah attkniion paidto Law PmNTING. No paper will be discontinued ntll arrear- Ef' 8 are paid, except at the option of the pub slier. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor tu advance. The recent deadly fire in Chicago, •when two elevator men kept the ele vators carrying living freight to safety •cfhile the flames crackled all about, is another illustration of the bravi ry that !s so ingrained in American humanity that it only needs, the occasion to be manifested. Candles, candles everywhere. That is the lighting custom in Sweden, where one firm turns out for home use an nually about 21,000,000 of candles of all sizes, from two to seven feet in length. In the larger cities electricity has been introduced to a limited extent, but among the people candles are as much as ever a necessary household conven ience. Arbitration will probably settle that Alaska boundary question between the United States and Great Britain. In ♦he century and a little over the na tion's e?;istence the United States has had more than a dozen exciting contro versies with England, but in only one instance did war result. There will be no conflict in this case. Both countries want peace. Dr. Willis E. Everett, of Tacoma, Wash., chemist and expert in the treat ment of ores, ended 70 years of experi menting with the statement that under great heat, accompanied by explosions, he had produced gold, silver, nickel and copper from a combination of chem ically pure sulphur, sodium oxide. anti mony, iron, lead, oxide and carbon, with lime, silica and alumina. Though 30 years have passed since Maximilian was shot in Mexico his brother, the emperor of Austria, al ways holds memorial services on June If), the anniversary of that tragic event. At the castle of Miramar. near Trieste, on the Adriatic, the rooms occupied by Archduke Maximilian before leaving for the new world are kept, by the em peror's orders, just as his brother left tLem when he went to his death. Some enterprising Maine men are do ing their best to allay the fears ex pressed in some quarters that the sup ply of gold is becoming insufficient for the world's uses. They have been en gaged in obtaining the precious metal from salt water and believe tthey have succeeded. Like many another alleged discovery, this is "important if true." If gold can really be obtained in paying quantities from the water of the ocean the question of supply is settled for all time. So much interest is at present being manifested iu the United States army and navy that the relative rank of offi cers in the two branches of service is herewith given, lineal rank only being considered: General with admiral, lieutenant general with vice admiral, major general with rear admiral, brig adier general with commodore, colonel with captain, lieutenant colonel with commander, major with lieutenant com mander, captain with lieutenant, first lieutenant with lieutenant (junior grade), second lieutenant with ensign. The attorney-general of Colorado has furnished an opinion that there no law for women in that state dropping "their maiden name on the simple ex cuse of a wedding. The question call ing for the decision came from a woman notary public who was recently mar ried. She asked under what name she should continue to exist officially, and was gratified with the announcement that she must sign all documents as be fore marriage, for, the attorney-general says, "there is no authority for n change of name at marriage or any other time." The passing away of Sir Ilenry Hes senaer has recalled the history of his great invention and its effect upon in dustries of the world. The productior of steel in Great Britain increased many fold and there was a great reduction in the cost of manufacture. In cheapen ing steel the Bessemer invention has cheapened siecl rails, engines, locomo •fives, bridges and all the factors ot transportation. It has also created h new influence in civilization, and inau gurated changes of importance that Irave added greatly to the comforts and luxuries of life. 11. O. Weaver, of the United States commission of fish and fisheries, has sent it report to Wisconsin fishermen on the fisheries of Lakes Michigan, Huron and Erie. lie says that the herring catch of Lake Michigan for the last year was over 22,000,000 pounds. This great ly exceeds the production of any pre vious year covered by the commission's reports, and for the first time in the history of the great lakes surpasses the lierring catch on Lake Krie, where the yield was slightly under 20,000,000 pounds. The trout catch has been light the past season. HANNA ANSWERS HIS CRITICS. The Ohio Statesman Drfrnila Hlln >tl( (rum Trattoroiia Attack*. Almost every charge that malice can inspire and conscienceless ingenuity construct has been made against Sen ator Jliinna by papers opposed to him in politics. Since the question of Cuban intervention has been under consid eration by President McKinley these papers have persistently asserted that Senator ilanna has influenced the poli cy of the administration in the interest of Wall street stock speculators, includ ing himself as one, and that he favored the settlement of the Cuban question upon a financial basis at the sacrifice of of national honor. Knowing the political motives which inspired these charges. Senator Ilanna ignored them. Of late, however, they have been reiterated by papers of the same party to which the senator be longs, notably the Chicago and these latter have elicited a reply, wfiich, while referring particularly to- the course of the Tribune, applies as well to all the papers which have misrepre sented him by false accusations. Sen ator Ilanna's reply to his critics is herewith given in full: "So long as the attacks on me were con fined to opposition papers," said Senator Hanna, "I did not care to pay any atten tion to them, because I looked upon the stories as purely political schemes. I feel, however, when a paper of the dignity and standing of the Chicago Tribune gives cur rency to such reports, possibly because I •*iave failed to deny them, It is time for me to make an explicit statement as regards my position in the Cuban matter. "First of all, 1 want to say that I am not a stock speculator. I never bought or sold a share of stock In Wall street. Ido not to-day own a single share of stock in any railroad or commercial enterprise ex cept those with which my name has been publicly identified and in which I have made Investments. This being the case, I have no personal interest In a settlement of the Cuban question in any way except for the honor of the United States. "I have never urged the president of the United States to settle the Cuban question on any financial basis whatsoever, nor have 1 indorsed any such proposition to him or to anyone else. I have been in favor of an exceedingly conservative course in regard to Cuba, somewhat on the principle that charity begins at home, but I can say posi tively that I have never been influenced by any financial consideration, either person ally or for my friends and political asso ciates. "I do not believe in buying Cuba, and I am not and never have been interested in any syndicate for that purpose. I have frequently urged the president to be cau tious in his movements and not to inter fere with the affairs of a foreign nation until he had demonstrated the necessity of such action. "So far as I know the president has never seriously considered settling the Cuban question on a money basis, and if he has ever done so it has not been at my sug gestion. I have advised with him as a friend and as a senator, but 1 have en deavored not togo beyond that. I can deny in the most sweeping manner the stories which originated in rabid demo cratic papers that I was using my Influ ence to delay action in regard to Cuba in the interest of alleged financial organiza tions. I am sorry that these stories have been taken up by the republican press, and I hope the Tribune will accept my denial in the spirit in which it is offered. "I have differed with the Tribune as to the necessity for immediate action iri the past, but this is a matt-er of opinion only, and I feel that my motives are beyond sus picion. 1 do not care for the views of mj' political enemies, but I am regardful of Mie opinions of my friends, and the Chicago Tribune's position as a great republican newspaper entitles It to this statement from me." This is a denial which denies. It not only exonerates the senator by show ing the untruthful character of the at tacks upon him, but it is the best proof, aside from an official statement by the executive himself, that the president has not been influenced in the settle ment of the Cuban question by any considerations other than those of hu manity and national honor. The attacks which have been made upon Senator Hanna have been in reality attacks upon President McKin ley. It has been the favorite method of those who could find no reason for a direct attack to strike at the presi dent over the shoulders of the senator from Ohio. That style of warfare is on a par with the Spanish method of a stab in the dark or from behind. Whether or not Senator Ilanna's re ply will silence his slanderouscritics.it nevertheless will render them harmless. —Chicago Times-JJerald. Sow They Are .Mam. The silver combine is not quoting Dun's and Bradstreet's to the farmers as much just now as it was in 1890. Then its representatives spoke in the highest terms of these publications and quoted them constantly to show the fall in prices. Now they carefully avoid them, for their statistics show a remarkable rise in the value of all farm products since the date of the adoption of the Chicago platform and the equally retnaikable fall in the price of silver meantime. Tables just published by Bradstreet's, comparing , rices of farm products on March 1. 1«S'.)8, with flvoseof July 1, 189G, show that in practically every article there has been an advance of from 15 to 50 peir cent., while silver hns fallen nearly as rapidly as the other articles have advanced. Silver was then within a fraction of 70 cents an ounce at the date of the adoption of the Chi cago platform, and is now but a frac tion above 54 cents per ounce. Yet farm products have risen meantime, nnd since practically all production in this line is included in the advance, it can not be claimed that the general rise is due to "shortage abroad."—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. McKinley has been tried in the crucible of a great national crisis and the result brings fortlj a statesman and an American. The president has r.hown in his handling of the lie Lome tetter, the Maine incident, and other delicate questions, that he is a repre sentative of the great nation that ele vated him to its head. While doing all that was consistent with honor to avert plunging his country into war, he has quietly prepared for the inevitable,and when the moment shall come for the word to-be spoken it will he found that. I the government is ready to make it good.—Peoria Herald (Dem.). CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1898. A REPUBLICAN YEAR. Growth of Rn>lnr», Drereaaa of Failure* and Fewer. Idle Men. Tlie year which has passed since the republican party has pained control of tlie government baa been notable in many respects. It saw a controversy with Japan over tlie. question of Ha waiian annexation, which at one time promised to be embarrassing, but which was soon settled to the. satisfaction of both parties. It has seen the Cuban question reach a stage which threat ened, and which still threatens, trouble between the United States and Spain. The Cuban issue was handed over to this administration from its predeces sor, but the situation in several re spects has changed. Spain has been forced to withdraw Weylerand to aban don, so far as she could in the interval which has passed since his recall, the more barbarous features of his concen tration policy. She has also been con strained to offer the Cubans home rule. These improvements In Cuban condi tions were forced by pressure from the present administration, and it will con tinue the work until iticauses her to relinquish her hold on the island. In the country's domestic affairs the record has been exceedingly creditable. The Pacific railroads have been disposed of in a way in which the people's in terests were amply protected. A tariff bill was enacted early in the admin istration which has made a steady in crease in the revenues ever since it went into operation. In the month end ed a few days ago it furnished a sur plus over disbursements. Probably in most of the months hereafter, unless war comes, there will be surpluses. The treasury gold is constantly increas ing. When the fiscal year began tlie net gold in the treasury was abovit $140,000,000, while to-day it is close to $168,000,000. In the preceding admin istration $202,000,000 of bonds were sold to buy gold, and the country's interest bearing debt was increased to that ex tent. The gold fund has recently been so high that it has been embarrassing 1 to the government. The government would rather sell gold now than buy it. There has been a striking improve ment in the business field in the past year. The balance of trade in the coun try's favor has been larger recently than it ever was in the past. Gold is coming into the country notwithstand ing the immense stock of it which is on hand. The banks have as great a plethora of that metal as the treasury, and the tendency in both is toward larger and larger hoards. Bank clear ings are making new" records. Those for February, 1898, were smaller than "hey \ve»e for the longer month of Jan uary, but they were 51 percent, in ex cess of those of February last year, the month before the present administra tion came into power, and they were fi.4 per cent, greater than in February, 1 SOS. which was the largest previous record for that month. Railroad earn ings are at the highest figures ever touched, and here, too, the drift is still upward. Iron production is breaking all records. Coincidently with the great growth in business which these figures reveal there is a falling off in the number of business failures. All the country's productive energies are at a high stage of activity. The num ber of idle men in the country is smaller than it has been in many years. In every field, political, financial and in dustrial, the first year of republican sway has brought striking changes and improvements.—St. Louis Globe-Demo crat. POLITICAL DRIFT. lET'Tlie offset to yellow journalism, so called, is the silver-plated journalism of the far west, a wretched dead-alive condition whose sixteen to one stiouts are varied between times with denun ciations of the administration in the present crisis. Any kind of journalism is preferable to the latter kind.—Phila delphia Press. r?"Treasury receipts, which averaged over $1,000,000 a day in February, are likely to be considerably heavier than that in March. The first ten days in March produced $11,000,000 of revenue, and it is probable that the month will show receipts higher than those of any March since tlie repeal of the McKinley law.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. ICSpring business seems to be open ing well throughout the country. This might have been expected as the nat ural result in a land which has been do ing so great an export trade and, under favorable administrative conditions, re opening workshops that had suffered from depression. The United States has wealth and enterprise. With a re stored confidence nothing is Sacking. And fortune always favors the brave.— Troy Times. P"Mr. Bryan says that congress should have made it $100,000,000 instead of $50,000,000. That shows Mr. IJryan's heart is all right for Cuba. But if we had free silver dollars instead of gold standard dollars now we would have to appropriate $125,000,000 nearly in order to make the value of the present $50,- 000,000. When it comes to buying war materials and even •w.V'.ifr, Uncle Sam has to pay in gold \vhit« mm i nf iiiiti"ni iii lif vmrwiifiinininirnriifiifMm umi « df CATHARTIC 25c 50c DRUGGISTS 1L r- Reports of Delegate* Who Hut* Visited Western Canada. The fol number of by delegates to report on Western. Canada to their friends in Michigan, and as a result of which hundreds of people expect to U?ave this spring for the Free Grant Lands of Western Can ada. Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 10, 1897. Mr. M. V. Mclnnes, Chief Colonization Agent, Detroit, Mich. Dear Sir: We are pleased to state to you that we have found the country in the vi cinity of Alameda fully up to what you and "Mr. Keller had represented it to be. It is in fact an ideal location for mixed farming. The soil ia the best we ever saw, and as the farmers were all busy at thresh ing, we had an excellent chance to see ite productive auality, which cannot be sur passed anywhere. The cattle could not be in better condition. We saw two-year-old steers equal to three-year-old 9 raised in most places, and these, as all others are about Alameda, were fed on native hay in winter and herded in As we had previous to this visited the Northwestern States in behalf of a large number of farm ers, to locate suitable land for mixed farm ing, we are now in a position to say that the Alameda district of Western Canada surpasses them all. The country is equal to that about Thuringen in Germany. We were rather skeptic before starting, and our intention was to settle in spring, if we were suited, but we have now derided to move at once —that is, as early this fall as we possibly can. We left Mr. Riedel at Ala meda, and take back his report, and we will take his family and effects with us when we go. Yours sincerelv, (Signed) ALBERT MAT, FRED GOTTOWSKI. Alameda, N. W. T., Aug. 31,1897. Dear Friends of Saginaw: Those desiring to secure a good and sure home will do well to take our advice and examine the land in the neighborhood of Alameda, as we know that everyone who sees this land will be agreeably surprised. Before seeing this land we were partly in doubt as to moving here, but after looking it over we at once decided to make our home here, and we beg those of our friend* who are desirous of securing farms not to let this chance slip by, as the soil is of the best and the water cannot be excelled. The finest wheat we ever saw is also raised here. We shall return home in haste, straighten nut our affairs and move here at once. Yours truly, (Signed) WTLLTAM GOTTOWSKI, ALBERT MAI, WILLIAM RIEDEL, (of Saginaw.) Ludington, Mich., Nov. 1, 1897. M. V. Mclnnes, Esq., Colonization Ageni, Detroit, Mich. Dear Sir: We have just returned from the West, and were exceedingly well pleased with the country. We are going back to take up our homesteads in early spring. We received $35.00 per month and board, working for farmers, and the board wii the best we ever had—the beef and mutton especially were excellent. The fine flavor is owing to the fine grasses which the cattle and sheep feed upon. The people are very hospitable and treat their hired help witn much kindness. The grain is much heavier than here, wheat being 62 lbs. to the bushel, oats 48 lbs. and barley often 55 lbs. Any man with a good team and money enough to buy provisions and seed for six months can become rich there in five years. Many people who arrived there five year* ago with little or nothing are well off now. One man I met held his wheat from last year and was offered $16,000 for this year's crop and what he had held over from last year, and is holding it at SI.OO per bushel. We are going back in the spring to work for this same farmer until seeding, after which we will homestead between seeding and harvest. W r e think we will settle em the Manitoba & Northwestern R. R. You can refer anyone to us for this part of the country while we are here and we will cheerfully answer any questions which anyone may wish to ask. Yours trulv, (Signed) CTTAS. HAWLEY, JOSEPH DOLA. Talking of weather signs, it is fair to sup pose that, when allspice is adulterated with eocoanut shells, the season will be mild.— Rural New Yorker. Time counts, health gains. A quick, sure Cure—St. Jacobs Oil for sprains. Married women think every unmarried woman must have a history.—Washington Democrat. Better times come to all cured of achee And pains by St. Jacobs Oil. A moneyless man goes fast through thi market.