THE PAPER TRUST A Protest Against Governmental Aid Therefor. IMfiv«|ia|>rr tlrii Afcli tlmt tlie lint) on l*lil|> Abollalird-It l» Alleged that tlie l'roltta ol' tile Trust Are Kiiuruioun and Area Tm on Knowledge. Washington, Dec. 28.—The American Newspaper Publishers' association has presented to the Anglo-American joint commissioners a carefully prepared ar gument in favor of free paper and free pulp. The directors of the American News paper Publishers' association, repre senting 157 daily newspapers of the United States and representing the bulk of the total consumption of print paper, are in favor of free paper and free pulp. The tariff of $0 per ton on print paper is prohibitory and they be lieve the rate of 51.07 per ton for me chanically ground wood pulp is ex cessive; that the American paper man ufacturers need no protection because they can manufacture paper cheaper than is done in any other part of the world and that they are now supply ing the Australian, Japanese and Brit ish markets in competition with Swed ish and Herman manufacturers. During the last year the export aver aged over 1,000 tons per week and the entire revenue received from the im portation of mechanically ground wood pulp was only 841,842 last year, so that no serious question of national econo my could lie urged in opposition to free pulp and free paper. The American manufacturers are protected to the extent of SI.(10 per ton by reason of their proximity to tlieir customers. The difference in the cost of transportation to market is their great guaranty of security againstC'an ada or any foreign country. They are also protected by reason of their ability to obtain cheaper and more convenient supplies of coal and chemicals, which ;;s yet arc not obtainable in the Cana dian forests. 111 January. 1808, all the big paper mills 0/ the I'nited States with a few unimportant exceptions were merged into the International Paper Co.. a combination that absorbed 24 mills, producing about HO per cent, of the en tire American output. This corpora tion or trust was capitalized upon a basis of 855,000,000. The pretext given for the organization of the trust was the inability of mills to make paper at prevailing prices that bankruptcy stared them in the face. This combination was really formed to protect the proprietors whose mills were in poor localities or on streams that were running dry. Every mill owner who entered that trust invited a withdrawal of government favor. Kxcessive and improper prices were paid for many mills that were located 011 exhausted water courses and that were tributary to denuded timber tracts; for mills that at periods of the year have an insufficient supply of water or are under water; for mills that are inferior and worthless in ma chinery, equipment and construction; for mills that must pay excessive rent al for water power; for mills that do not own or control wood land; for mills that have neither pulp grinding at tachments nor sulphite pulp auxilia ries. A circular based up«n information "furnished by officers" of the Interna tional Paper Co., showed that in July the trust was making a profit of $lO per ton on its output. The entire output of this corporation, representing 1,420 tons per day for the oretical capacity, could be reproduced by a present investment of $15,000,000, so that the American consumers ol newspapers arc fore d to pay dividends upon an inflated valuation of at least £40,000,000. Immediately after the organization i,f tlie trust it raised the price of paper wherever possible. In three cases it raised its price 5510 per ton and has av eraged an increase of 55 per ton on it.i daily output of 1,420 tons, equaling an increased tax of 52,180,000 per annum upon the newspapers of the country, which now pay a total exceeding $20,- 000,000 per annum lor their paper sup ply. Every increase of a quarter cent per pound in the price of newspapers adds 84,000.000 dollars to the value of the trust securities. The duty 011 paper stops heap books and cheap newspapers. It taxes intel ligence, because the newspapers are tlie people's school and their library. All taxes upon paper are taxes upon reading, i pon knowledge, upon the dissemination of information; to make newspapers artificially dear is wanton ly to restrict the number of readers and so increase ignorance. When this is done or proposed, simply to add tc the profits of a ' monopoly, the injury to public interests becomes a matter demanding the intervention of the government. illoorf llraivit a 10-Veisr Nenlesiee. New York, Dee. 28. W. A. li. Moore, convicted of robbing Martin Mahon, a hotelkecper of this city, by the "badg er game,'' was yesterday sentenced to I'J years instate prison. Justice Daly, in the supreme court, on the applica tion of counsel for Moore, granted a stay of execution of the sentence passed on Moore by Recorder (loft' un til a motion could be argued for the granting of a certificate of reasonable doubt in order to enable an appeal to be taken. VI ill llavc a \aval vernment. Washington, Dee. 29.—The island of tluam will probably be different from the other colonial possessions or de pendencies of the United States in having a naval instead of a military government. The reason is that the sole reason for tlie selection and ac qniremeni of the island was to obtain a cmveniently located navni station for our warships, and that being the case, file navy should have exclusive control. The command will he of im portance, for the island has a popula tion of more than 8,000 People. Ahou' 1,400 of them of European extraction. TO PAY DAMAGES. Thn PrcMdent Villi Heroiiiuimd to 4'onsreMN tlie liilHrlninit of l.eglalu tlon Looking «o Hie Sottlemeilt ol lll*' ('iilum \% h r flalm*. Washington, Dec. 29. —Immediately upon the ratifieaition of the peace treaty by the senate the president will reeommente department. It is true that an unknown proportion of these are claims based 011 depredations com mitted by Cuban insurgents for which (it is questionable whether the Span ish government, could be held respon sible. On the other hand, it is believed that there are many claims for large amounts that have not yet 'been pre sented, owing 'to the inability of the claimants to secure the necessary cor roborative evidence during the Span ish occupation of the evacuated terri tories, or because of the belief that it would be fruitless to present any claim so long as Spanish sovereignty was maintained. However, by an article in the treaty of Paris, the I'nited States has as sumed liability for all claims pre ferred 'by its citizens on account of depredations, or, in fact, on any score. In turn the Spanish ass'umed liabil ity for any claim thflt might have been made on account of Spamish citi zens or the Spanish government itself against the I'nited States. What such claims would have amounted to can not be estimated. None were filed with the I'nited States government prior to the declaration of war. Hut it is recalled that there is much criti cism 011 the part of high Spanish offi cials of the alleged failure of the I'nited States government to observe the requirements of the neutrality laws ami more than one ,".tateinent to the effect that the Spanish govern ment intended to present a claim for a round number of millions on that score. In the inclusion in the treaty of the clause providing for the mutual as sumption of debts, l>y both parties, the commissioners were simply fol lowing the lines of the treaty of Guad aloupe Hidalgo, which terminated the war between the United States and Mcxiico, although in that ease there was a limitation expressed in terms upon the amount of liability to be as sumed by the I'nited States. So far as is known the treaty does not spe cifically provide for the appointment of a commission to adjust these claims of I'nited States citizens, but as that is the usual method of adjudication, it is presmined that a commission will be created by authority of an act of congress. The latter cannot withhold its sanction to some such arrange ments after 'the ratification of the treaty, because the convention itself binds the government to the obliga tion. ROBERTS TALKS. Tlie I* I lira I Vlar riagm. New York, Dec. 29.—A Salt Lake special to the Evening World says: Congressman-elect H." 11. Kobe.rts Wednesday made the following state ment: "If a time comes when it is necessary for me to defend myself I shall be there right on t/he spot., and I appreciate tihat the members of con gress and the American people are more liberal, 'broad-minded and gen erous than a few bigoted and con tracted preachers, whose training, mode of life and trend of thought tend to unfit them for practical life. "Joseph Smith received a command ment from the Lord to introduce our order of marriage into the church, and on t/he strength of that revelation and not by reasons of anything that is written in the .lewish scriptures, the Latter Day 'Saints practice plural marriage. I'olygainv is not .adultery, for. were it so considered, tlhen Abra ham, Jacob and the prophets who practiced it would not be allowed a lieritance in the kingdom of heaven: and if polygamy is not adultery, tihen it cannot be classed as a sin at all. It aippears to me that modern Chris tians must either learn to tolerate po lygamy or give up forever the glori ous hope of resting in Abraham's bosom." At the most, Mr. Roberts says, his offense is unlawful cohabitation, and he remarked: "I am here and the courts are open. If anyone wants to test the point t;he way is clear." It has been urged by some that Roberts, owing to the operation of the Edmunds-Tucker act, which dis franchised all polygamists. is 1 eg: Jlv barred from taking his seat in con gress. In regard to this Mr. Roberts says he lvas had tilie best legal advice obtainable, which convinces him that there are no legal obstacles in the way of his taking the seat. Mciitli ol' Judge Kecder. ICaston. i'a.. Dee. 2!). —Judge How ard .1. Reeder died at his home in this city Wednesday morning, lie was 55 years of age. Judge Reeder was a son of Andrew If. Reeder, noted as the governor of Kansas during the anti-slavery controversy before the civil war. lie served throughout that struggle, first as a lieutenant of regu lars and afterward as a captain of vol unteers. A 11 Agreement Iteuelicd. Washington, Dec. 20.—1t is said in official circles that indications point to the conclusion of an agreement be tween the joint high Canadian com missioners that while satisfactory to both the I nited States and to Canada will not include nil that either side hoped to obtain at the beginning. The arrangement is expected to lie ratified shortly. tJurderer llangeil. Princeton, Mo.. Dec. 20. Ira Sexton was hanged here Wednesday for the killing of Nathan Stark, a young far mer, October 23, 1 -97. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1899. THE FALL OF ILOILO. AguliiHldu'a Flats 1* Flying Over tlx* t'lty— Alllcrlcan Troop* Arrived too Lh(« The Ml null on Hecuiuluic o deeper doubt than before. The American expedition which left Manila togo to lloilo, 2.000 troops and the warships Baltimore and I'allao, will scarcely have had time, it is said, to have reached lloilo by "the 24th inst. So the inference is that the insurgents are in possession. Color is lent to this belief 'by the fact reported in one tel egram that tlie Spaniards had retreat ed to a strongly fortified town on the island of Mindanao. Just before noon a dispatch came from (Jen. Ojis that at once confirmed the fears of the officials of the war department as to what lias taken place at lloilo. It appears that the American forces arrived too late on the scene and that the insurgents had added to the difficulty of the prob lems already presented by hoisting their flag over the city, whiefh they have been besieging for months. The news was contained in the following message from (!»n. Otis: "Sent Col. Potter on fast vessel to lloilo on 211 h to communicate with Spanish (Sen. IJios; latter evacuated evening of 24th and Potter arrived 39 •hours late; insurgents took posses sion of city on 2t»th. and Potter found Aguinaldo's flag flying. Cannot now report probable results; will not hear from there for four days, as no cable communications. Spanish forces have evacuated all stations in southern isl ands, except Zamboanga, Mindanao by orders, as they say, from Madrid." The evacuation by the Spaniards of all Philippine ports, as reported by (!en. Otis, although doubtless inspired by a desire to secure their safety by concentration, undoubtedly has done much to complicate tihe problem al ready presented the war department of extending the military jurisdiction of thf I'nited States over the islands. It will now lie necessary to expedite the execution of the original plans and it imny be fully expected that within a week important events will have happened in the Philippines. It is presumed that (ien. Otis will de mand the surrender of lloilo into his hands, and this demand may at once raise the issue between the insurgents and our own government of posses sion of the islands. A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. \ Popular Young; Scliooi Teacher Hilled Murderer Suicide*. Sioux City. Ia„ Dec. 29. A special to the .Journal says: A district school house about two miles from the vil lage of Clare was the scene of a ter rible tragedy Wednesday afternoon, whereby May Thomas, a popular young teacher, lost her life. Yesterday afternoon a young man came to Clare on the northbound Rock Island passenger train, hired a horse and drove out to the school house where Miss Thomas teaches. He en tered the building and they conversed for some time, finally talking out to gether. After going down the road a short distance the man drew a revolv er and shot her, killing her almost instantly. He then shot himself and died a few hours later. The young man was not known at Clare but it was learned that his name is Marry Garvey. He had been keeping com pany with Miss Thomas, who refused his further attentions. Ilyntcrj About 4 leu red I |>. Salt Lake, I'tah, Dec. 29. —The mys tery surrounding the shooting of ex- Banker J. M. Stout two weeks ago has nearly cleared up. Cashier Johns was arrested on the charge of doing Ihe shooting and his hearing contin ued until Stout sufficiently recovers to appear in court. At the instance of I'nited States Commissioner Twomy a warrant was sworn out yesterday to arrest Stout on"the charge of having presented to the bank examiner cer tain false entries on the books while president of the I'tah national bank and for unlawfully misapplying the funds of the ba,nk. The warrant was served on Stout, citing him to appear before the commissioner on January 9 for a preliminary hearing. Bond was given in the sum of $2,500. A «lt£ Strike. Taconia, Wash., Dec. 29.—>N T ews that a big strike has been made at the Leo I a copper mine has just reached Tacoma. Several days ago a solid five foot vein of ore was opened just a few 'feet below the surface, which runs 20 per cent, pure copper and also carries 20 ounces of silver and paying quan tities of gold to the ton. Several veins ramify on the property which i owned by Tacoma capitalists. The mine is located in the eastern part of Pierce county, at the foot of Mount Tacoma, on Canada creek. The for mation in the district is practically identical with that in the Cornwall copper fields and the ore can be mined very cheaply. Scnor lliiniero'x < oiidltion. Washington, Dec. 29. Ambassador Romero, of Mexico, was operated up on yesterday for appendicitis. Dr. Taoer Johnson, who supervised the operation, says the patient is doing as well as can be expected. He it still, however, in a very critical con dition. t'on veil I ion Harmon lon*. Philadelphia, Dec. 29. —The republi can county conventions Wednesdax nominated Samuel 11. \shbridge for mayor, John L. Kinsey for city solici tor and C. Harry Fletcher and Join B. Lukcns for magistrates Df AD SOLDIERS. Arrangement* 7la t• ft 111 112 for Ammunnliim. The czars of liussia have been the fa vorite game of the assassin. The nobles attacked Czar Paul in 1801. Alexander 11. was attacked four times before he was finally killed in 1881 by a bomb thrown by a man, who was himself killed, in St. Petersburg Two at tervpts were also made on the life of the 'air czar, Alexander IK PRINCESS ISABELLE. Roinor HUH It TIIHI tbr PreKy Url«aaa Damsel Into lleeume tim premt of Auxtria, Princess Marie Isabelle of Orleans, who is said to have been selected by Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria for his new bride, is the daughter of the late Louis Philippe, count of l'aris, who died in 1894. She is the sister of ther present duke of Orleans, and was born at the Chateau d'Ku May 7, 1878. This makes the princess only 20 years old. while her prospective imperial spouse is 68. Franz Joseph could find no more royal and no older blood for wife than. ISABELLE OF ORLEANS. (She May Be Wooed by the Venerabla Austrian Emperor.) that of this daughter of centuries of kings. Then, too, the royal family of France has been ever true to the tradi tions of the Roman Catholic religion, from which the emperor would natural ly select a woman to be the mother of his heir. The aged monarch would cer tainly never marry again but for the fact that the house of Ilapsburg, on the male side, in line of succession, seems about to be extinguished. The heir pre sumptive is Franz Ferdinand, son of the late Archduke Carl Ludvvig, and his health is by no means good. He is the nephew of the late emperor, and it would appear that Franz Joseph would as soon have a son of his own to succeed him as to allow the throne togo beg ging to his nephews in case of the death of the heir presumptive. The latter's brothers are Otto, who is 33 years old, and Ferdinand Karl Ludwig, who is 30. The emperor's only grandchild is Archduchess Elizabeth. ARTISTIC LOVING CUP. To lie Presented to Admiral Samp son's \\ Iff by the Captain* Wlio Served I nder Her llnnbunU. The loving cup which is to be pre sented to Mrs. William T. Sampson, wife of the admiral, by the captains whoserved under that officer duringthe Cuban and Porto liican campaign is a fine piece of silversmitliy, massive and ornate. The cup is one foot high, and as may be imagined, is nautical in its ornamentation. The handles are dol phins embellished with two mermaids, one displaying the laurels- of triumph, the other proclaiming victory. On one side of the cup is sketched a picture of the Santiago battlo#and on the other is etched the following inscription: "Presented to Mrs. William T. Samp son by commanding officers serving un der her liusiband, Hear Admiral Samp son, in 1808, duringthe war between the SILVER LOVING CUP. (To Be Presented to the Wife of Admiral Sampson.) I'nited States and Spain, which result ed in the destruction of the Spanish squadron under Admiral Cervera, oil Santiago, Cuba, on the glorious 3d ot July, IS'.)B, as a token of their high re gard and esteem for Admiral Samp son's professional qualities as a com mander in chief and in loving remem brance of the uniform kindness, con sideration and courtesy which charac terized his bearing toward them in alt their official intercourse." The date of presentation has not been selected, but it will probably be soon after the arrival of the New \ork, which has just sailed for Havana. The cup will be given to Mrs. Sampson owing to a navy regulation forbidding presents of this kind being made to officers. The Days of the Week. Sunday, the day devoted to the wor ship of the sun by our forefathers; Monday, the day devoted to the worship of the moon; Tuesday, the day devoted to the worship of Tieu, or Ty w. the god of war; Wednesday, the day devoted tu the worship of Woden, or Odin, the god of wood; Thursday, the day devoted to the worship of Thor, the god of thun der; Friday, the day devoted to the wor ship of Freya. or Friga. the Venus ot the North; Saturday, the day devoted to the worship of Saturn, the god ol agriculture, or Satyr, the god of tti