UNITED STATES PAVILION AT PARIS EXPOSITION This drawing, just from the French capi tal, gives a new and complete picture ut the American national building with its ornamental accessories. Y. P. C. U. CONVENTION.) Proceed lily;* of tlie Second Day'* Se»- alon-#50,000 Thank Oin riilg. 1 Pittsburg, Pa., Aug-. s.—lnteresting department all "conferences yesterday I recupi»»l tlie attention of the delegates j to the Young People's Christian Union convention during the forenoon ses sion of the second day of the conven tion. Five conferences relating to the work of as many departments were held in various churches. At the afternoon session Marion | Lawrence, general secretary of the Ohio .Sabbath School association, made an address on"The Right Hand of tlie| Church," and a general conference on I Sunday schools was conducted by| Robert Rut ledge, of St. Louis. At the evening session Miss Mar-| garet Leitch, of Philadelphia, who Is j a returned missionary from Ceylon, delivered an address on"Forward! Movement in Missions." This was followed by the raising of the tenth j anniversary thank offering, which i had been fixed by the committee at $50,000. There were $14,000 in the, treasury at the opening of this spc-1 cial service and contributions to com-] plete the required amount began pour-j ing in as soon as it was announced that subscriptions were in order. I Church after church followed in quick succession with their pledges and when adjournment of tlit- session was reached General Secretary D. F. Mc- Cill gave the assurance that the full i amount would be collected before the year was out. THE YELLOW METAL. Kulmate of the World'*) Gold Produc tion lor 1 SOS. Washington, Aug. s.—The director of tin mint has nearly completed his estimate of the world's gold produc tion for the vear IS9S. The data at j hand seems to warrant the conclusion! that the production will amount to at least $204,000,000 and possibly $293,- j 000.000. Africa leads all other conn- j tries with $H0,:;()<),000, with Australia second with $<>7,500,000, and the Uni ' led States third with $01.401!,000. Tins- j sua is credited with $.25,000,000. Mexico j with $10,000,000 and Canada, including > the Klondike, with $14,000,000. Of the $14,000,000 credited to Can-1 ada in 1 SOS about $10,000,000 came out j of the Klondike and in the estimate of the production of the United States during the last year 32,5:24,000 came! from Alaska. In 1800, and for nearly' 50 years previously the United States occupied the first place in the world's l production of gold. In that year the! output of the world was estimated at ] 5202,(>52,000. These figures are sub-1 ject to revision in making up the final ; estimate, but are believed to be stj»-1 proximately correct. .flake a Hi;j Haul. Wellsboro, W. Va., Aug. 5.- Four masked burglars forced their way intoj the lonely farm house of Mr. Josiah Parkinson some time during Thurs day night, and after blindfolding, binding and gagging the inmates, 1 who were all women, a careful search for valuables was mad<*. The robbers' .secured government bonds valued at ! $10,500; $75 in and a lot of sil verware and jewelry. They then , locked the women in an upstairs room and hastily drove ofV. There is no clew to their identity. Situation Sertoli*. Porr Au Prince. Ilayti. \ug. 5. The affair of the recent violation of the American legation here by armed po lice who were seeking to arrest l)u Vivier. the newspaper man. has not been definitely settled. It is under stood that the American minister. W F. Powell, will demand full reparation for the outrage. Mr. Powell, when interrogated by a correspondent de clined togo into particulars, but said the situation was serious. Made a Kecurri. Washington. \ug. During ISOS ■the United States made a record in lead production according to the geo logical survey report issued Friday, the total mine product being 222,000 short tons or 10,000 tons more ih&n in the previous year. The total produc tion of marketable lead in the United States was {10.021 short tons. Heat Prowtratioii*. Cincinnati, Aug. 5. The heat wave is unbroken. The thermometer reg istered 00 at 1 p. in. Friday. There were nine prostrations but none re sulted fatally. Heck IjiofN |o Sfrooklyn. Toledo, Aug. 5. Krv. Reek, Toledo's second baseman, was sold Friday to the l'rooklyns. Reck will finish the season with the Toledo#. ONLffll) DEATHS Yellow Fever Situation at Soldiers' Home. NO NEW CASES REPORTED Strict Quarantine is Maintained by tlie Authorities. | SEEMS TO HE CHECKED Surscon Wymun I ttcr* a Word of Caution Too San guinary Yieiva ot Cliecklnu tlie ICpl demle. Washington Aug. 5. -Official reports to the marine hospital servie > from the soldiers' home at Hampton show | that the yellow fever situation there I continues favorable. Surgeon White i reports to Dr. \Yyman that th?re is 1 nothing suspicious in the town of llam])ton. There were no new eases and only two deaths at the home Fri ■ day. according to a report frotu Dr. Yickery, the surgeon at the institu tion, sent to the surgeon general last ! night. Dr. Yickery expressed the. opinion that the immune help »n their J way there should be sufficient, as the epidemic seems to be checked. The cordon around the home and the im ! mediately adjoining village of Phoe bus, Surgeon White says, is as tight as he ever saw it at any place. Surgeon General Wyman, in speak ing of the situation last night, in ferentially uttered a word of caution against too sanguinary views of the j checking of the epidemic at this t'ine 1 which might result in a relaxation of j the precautions which should be niain j tained against ihc spread of the fever. He said: "There are certain factors in the situation which make it encour | aging and they are first that the di -1 sease was discovered verv promptly : compared with usual outbreaks and ' in an institution where all the inmates were under good control. It was rec- I ognized quicker than it would j have been in a commercial commun ity. because all the cases and all the deaths were brought together to the | notice of one man. Another favor- J able factor is that the latitude is not exteremely south. Nevertheless it should be remembered that in Bruns wick (la., in 1893, a little more than | two weeks af»r the last reported death other cases appeared. ' The marine hospital received word ! Friday that several hundred tents and I a quantity of cots had been tinned over to the Hampton home from Fort Monroe to allow the camping out of about 1.500 of the inmates in the home grounds while the barracks are being disinfected. KxteiiMive Improvement)* Contem plated. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. s.—Three sur veying coprs have been started out by the Raltimore <£- Ohio Railroad Co." under the direction of Chief Fngineer W. T. Manning, of the Pittsburg & | Western Railroad Co.. to make a com plete survey of the main line of the Pittsburg <S: Warren, between Pitts burg and Akron. The survey will I require six months to complete, and then extensive improvements costing several million dollars arc contem ' plated. . U'aills tlie deport Oenleil. Cowes. Aug. s.—Lieut. Winston T,. i Churchill, the son of Lady Randolph Churchill, asks ihc Xssociatcd Press ! to deny the reported engagement of his mother to Lieut. G. F. West, broth er of Princess Henry of Pless. Neither > Lady Churchill nor Lieut. West has i been seen about it since the engage -: ment was reported. Alter Insurance Companies*. ! Jefferson City. Mo., Aug. 5.-—Attor . ncy General Crow has instituted quo I warranto proceedings iu the supreme | court for a writ of ouster against .'M ! more insurance vompanies doing busi- I ness in Missouri for violation of the state anti-trust law by being members ■I of the Social Underwriters' club of | St. Joseph. Mo. The home otliees of - these companies are located iu the | principal cities of the country. A Presidential Ofllce. sj Washington, Aug. s.—The post of- M fiee at Carthage, <will be taken from the fourth class and made presidential j on October i. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1899. STATE TICKETS. lie 111 orrat* ol llur) Unit and llf |iub llcana ol lowa Hold Convention*. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 3. —The demo cratic state convention, which was held at Ford's opeta house in this city Wednesday, resulted in the nomination of the following ticket: For gover nor, John W. Smith, of Worcester county; for attorney general, lsidor Kayner, of Baltimore; for comptroller, Joshua W. Bering, of Carroll county. The convention was unusually harmo nious and all the. nominations were made by acclamation, Kd win Wartield, Mr. Smith's principal opponent, with drawing at the last moment and plac ing the successful candidate in nom ination. The platform demands the freedom ?f the press in time of war as well as in peace and the rights of the people to criticise the policy of the adminis tration; declares against a large stand ing army in time of peace: views with uliirm the multiplication over the land of such gigantic, industrial and com mercial trusts as stifle competition, threaten popular government, increase the cost of living and curtail the indi vidual rights of the people, and favor vigorous measures by the the stale and by congress to repress this great, and growing evil; declares that the re pnliean party is responsible for the numerous violations of the law upon the negroes iu the past, because the latter believe they will be offered pro tection and immunity from punish ment by reason of their votes which the platform asserts are east solidly for the republican ticket. John W. Smth. the nominee for gov ernor. is a banker and resides in Snow Bill. Worcester county, lie has served in the state senate for three consecu tive terms and was elected to congress last November from the Fitst district. Isador Raynor, for attorney general, is a lawyer and has long been prom inent in the political anil social circles nf the state, lie served in the Fiftieth, Fifty-second and Fifty-third con gresses and is regarded as one of the best political orators of Maryland. All the candidates are favorable to a gold standard. Dcs Moines, la., Aug. —The repub lican state convention yesterday nom inated the following ticket: Gover nor. L. M. Shaw, of Denison; lieuten ant governor, J. C. Milliinan, of Lo gan: superintendent of public instruc tion. 1!. C. Barrett, of Osage; railroad commissioner, E. A. Dawson, of Wav erly; supreme court judge, John S. Sherwin, of Mason City. The first four nominees are the present incum bents and were named by acclama tion. Judge Sherwin was nominated on the fourth ballot. After approving the administrations of President McKinlev anil Gov. Shaw the resolutions commend the action of the lowa delegation in congress in its snport of proteetion. of tlie Ding - - lev tariff, of the maintenance of tlu; administration of President McKin ley in liis policy in peace and war. The following' declaration from the lowa republican platform of isits was rcadopted: "The monetary standard of this country and of tlie commercial world is gold. The permanence of this standard must be assured by con gressional legislation giving to it the validity and vitality of public law. All other money must be kept at a parity with gold." AMERICAN TEA. lti'|ii>rl I'roin tlie i: x peri menial liar ilfn ill Mouth Carolina. Washington, Aug. 3.- Dr. Charles I'. Shepard, who is in charge of the ex perimental tea garden at Summerville, K. has made a report to the secre tary of agriculture covering the prog ress made up to date lie says there are no<v about 50 acres of land under tea cultivation and that 3,000 pounds were sold last year untie# a profit of 25 per cent. It is estimated that when all the plants now growing ar rive at. maturity they will yield 10,000 pounds annually. I)r. Shepard expressed the opinion that the fact that the tea plants lived through last winter when the most intensely coltl weather in the history of the section was experienced is a guarantee that the weather condi tions will prove satisfactory. The labor problem, he says, has been solved by establishing a school for tho education of negro children in tea picking. The quality of the tea nlso has proved satisfactory. Of the black ten hi' says:"lt has a distinctly characteristic flavor, and. like some of the choice oriental teas, its liquor has more strength than its color indi cates." The green tea, he says, has attracted keen interest, in the trade and among consumers and In- adds that "Oriental teas can hardly furnish the like in this country." Free Instruction. Havana. Aug. 3. — A Cuban commit tee has started out with the intention of yivirifr the natives free instruction on certain points. The members of the committe say a definite form of government will soon be determined upon, and urge every citizen to at least learn to write, pointing out that there is no question now of flighting for in dependence, but that every man must say clearly what he wishes in regard to the future of the island, adding that they will only have themselves to blame if on account of apathy they have to confess they are incapable of their own social and political regen eration. \ !Netv World's IXccord. Columbus, 0., Aug. 3. Yesterday was a day of great racing at the Co lumbus Driving park. Search I fglit paced the three fastest heats of the season, 2:o.'!'/,, 2:01' j and 1 it.and clipped a half second off his record. The .Maid created a recusation among ihc turf men by winning 'h> post poned 2:10 race after failing to finish better than third in any one of the for heats paced Tuesday. The Maid n'so established a new world's rec ord for i-vear-old mares when she paced the fifth heat of the race Ir 2:05%. A ROYAL WELCOME. IIi» tilirn On. Algur Ijioii III® H*- Detroit, Aug. 3.— Whatever may linVv, been the personal feelings of the late secretary of war, Gen. Russell A. Alger, concerning recent incidents i t his official career, all sentiments save those of genuine happiness were very evidently banished Tuesday afternoon and evening by the magnificent wel come tendered him by the people of his own city and state. From 4 o'clock when the welcoiners crowded into his private car upon its arrival at Toledo until 'J o'clock when the gen eral ceased grasping outstretched hands, the scene was a constant ova tion. Smiles and tears repeatedly struggled for the mastery over the secretary's face as he gazed into the eager faces of the multitude which loudly and convincingly insisted that "Alger's all right." and no dissonant voice was heard. Darkness fell dur ing the speeches from the reviewing stand in front of the ««ity hall, giving oportunity for throwing a searchlight upon the features of Gen. Alger, drawn iu crayon on a canvass Hi feet square hung from the city hall front and surrounded by patriotic decora tions. A great ornslf at the indoor reception was the final feature. The special train which met Gen. Alger and party at Toledo consisted of eight coaches. It caried 401) mem bers of the reception committee. Man ners stretched along the sides of the cars stated that "Michigan welcomed her honored son, Gen. Alger." When the Pennsylvania train arived the gen eral's private car was besieged by his old friends. On the return trip Gen. Alger was escorted through the train and greeted by all. The closing scene was ;i reception in the City Hall corridor. Mrs. Alger and a score of other ladies with several of the general's relatives viewed the scene from a canopied decorated plat form built into the main stairway and thousands pushed past and grasped Gen. Alger's hand. TOWN DESTROYED. Violent Wind mill llulu storm Vtalt* Florida. Tallahassee, Fla., Aug. 3. —The town of Carrielle, a prosperous port 011 the Gulf of Mexico, southwest of this city, is reported almost completely de stroyed by a wind and rain storm which passed through this section Tuesday night. Many boats which were in tin- harbor have been wrecked and most of the long wharf is gone together with large <|uantities of naval stores. At Lanark, the boat houses, pavilion and boats have been destroyed. I'n contirmed reports say that the steam er Crescent City has been lost be tween Apaladlicjlu and Can ibelle. 50 eral persons were reported drowned at St. .Marks. \ few houses were de stroyed at St. Teresa. The Mclntyre, Ash more and Curtis mills suffered severely. A passenger train on the < arri belle, Tallahassc &• (lulf railroad, :i" miles below Tallahassee, was blow 11 from the track and wrecked, but 110 011 c is reported killed or injured. A new trestle over the Ochloeknee river at Meltityre was blown away. The wrecking train which went out yesterday into the stricken territory found over 200 trees 011 the track in a run of .'lO miles. General Manager Crittenden who had charge of the train, says that every town along the line is desolated. Hotels, houses, sawmills, wharves and pavilions were blown from their positionsand in many instances completely wrecked. There are many rumors afloat here as to the loss of life. One mill hand is known to be drowned at Melntyre. One man was drowned at St. .Marks but rumors place the loss of life at 13. BOLD ROBBERY. Four lllj;liu»)iiieii Hold I |» a Large ( rutvd In 1 In- Street* of Corry, I'a. Buffalo, Aug. 3.—A special to the Express from Corry, I'a., says: A bold highway robbery took place in this city at 11 o'clock Tuesday night, when patrons of the I'awnee Bill show were returning to their homes. Four armed men held up 500 people. The robery took place 011 Center street. The robbers had destroyed the light leaving the road in darkness, and with drawn revolvers they proceded tost j|) the people and carriages, blockading the street until at least 500 people were held up. Charles Barton, a hack man, made an attempt to drive on. The four men opened fire upon him, but none of the bullets took effect. The people in the rear of the crowd, hearing the shots,became panic strick en and made a rush for their lives. A man named Smith, a peanut vender, was relieved of about S6O. From a stranger who would not give his name was taken about S2OO. The highway men were not caught. IClcct rocll ted. Auburn. X. Y., Aug. 3. —Oscar I", liice, a white man, and John Kennedy, a negro, were put to death by elec tricfty in the prison here Wednesday The two executions took place wit Inn 20 minutes. Rice was supported to the electric chair at 5:13 a. m.in a state of collapse, but Kennedy walked with out assistance. A current of 1,750 volts was sent through Rice's body for 51 seconds. The saine current was l:ept on '.l seconds longer for Kennedy. The executions were successful and there was no unusual incident. Kice killed his wife and Kennedy stabbed another negro to death. \» ill Make take. Pittsburg, \ug. Pittsburg and eastern capitalists have just purchased 4,000 acres of coal land in Westmore land county, the consideration being $1,400,000. It is the intention of the new company to make coke of the coal and to begin operations at once. Another big deal was also concluded at Union town. Pa., by which W. ,1. IJainey, the Cleveland manufac turer, acquired 1.21H acres of land 'roni the Federal Steel Co. The price paid was $1,250,000. Kainey will soon be gin the erection of a large plant or the tnact JOHN PAUL JONES. Ro One Can Tell When the Honea ol tlie Famoiia Naval Hero Are Deposited. Inquiry was recently made at the state department in regard to the grave if John Paul Jones, the great naval hero of revolutionary days, who died in Paris July 18, 1792. He was buried there with the highest honors by the French government, but it appears that the present location of his grave is not known. The secretary of state recently ad dressed a letter to Henry Yignaud, of the United States embassy in Paris, JOHN PAUL JONES. (One of the Greatest Naval Heroes of th« World.) asking whether the grave of John Paul Jones in Paris is known and marked. He has received a reply from Mr. Vig naud saying that, although he has made earnest and frequent inquiries of the city authorities in regard to the matter, he has been unable to discover the whereabouts of the grave. One thing established by his inquiries, how ever, he says, is that John Paul Jones was not buried in the cemetery where the remains of LaFayette lie, as has been supposed by some people. In an other quarter it is intimated that owing to a custom prevailing in Paris, the re mains of John Paul Jones were depos ited in a rented grave for a term of years, and that upon the expiration of the lease a great many years ago the bones of this distinguished American patriot were thrown into the potter's field. John Paul Jones was one of the great est of the naval heroes of the world. His name was really not Jones at all, but John Paul, and much as Kudyard Kip ling has abused him, he was really not an American, but a born Scotsman. When he was 12 years old/ Paul was ap prenticed to a shipmaster engaged in the American trade. He was afterward third mate on a slaver and master of a trader. A bold, brave heart, he could not restrain himself from participation in the rebellion against the English crown, and he secured an appointment as senior lieutenant in the United States navy, and was assigned to the flagship Alfred. Jones' operations were conducted from France against England, and two of his most notable ad ventures were his attempts to abduct the earl of Selkirk and his action with the Serapis and Scarborough fleet of English ships in August, 1779. After his victory Jones was received in France with the highest honors. The king gave him a cross and a sword, and congress a vote of thanks and the command of the new frigate America. In 1787 Jones returned to America and was given a gold medal by the congress. He returned to Europe a year later, and engaged himself as a rear admiral in the service of Russia. He died at Paris July 18, 1792. THE DUKE OF ALBANY. Younpr Ilrltlali I'rlnee W'tko Will Sao ceeil to tlie Dnkediim of Saie- Cobu rd-CJol ha. It is now practically decided that his royal highness the young duke of Al bany will succeed to the dukedom of Saxe-Coburg and Gotlia. Prince Leo pold Charles Edward George Albert, THE DUKE OF ALBANY. (Heir-Presumptive to the Tirone of Saxe- Coburg-Got ha.) duue of Albany, earl of Clarence and baron Ark low, prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland duke of Saxony, prince of Saxe-Coburg, and Gotha, was born at Claremont or July 19, 1884, succeeding his father, the late Prince Leopold, as second duke at his birth. The late Prince Leopold, het majesty's fourth son, was created s peer of the United Kingdom in May 1881. He married in ISS2 Princess Helenc Frcderica Augusta, daughter of the late George Victor, reigning prince of ,V.aldeck and Pyrinont. The duke of Albany is at present at Eton, but will complete his education in Germany, lie is said to be more amenable to the idea of the succession than was his cousin. Prince Arthur, of Connaught. This arrangement, is, no doubt, the best that could be mad" THE COBRA'S POISON* To Be Used Extensively as a Cur# for Leprosy. Former Arm]' SnrKeon Kxplain* Whjr tlie Itrmedy la Kntltled to Consideration Strange Cures In India. If Dr. Thomas J. IJiggs, a former sur geon of the United States army, is on the right track, the new century will rejoice to see the dread scourge of leprosy, if not totally removed from auiong the host of ills to which flesh is lieir, at least reduced to a minimum. Startling as this announcement may seem, stranger still is the means which I)r. Biggs proposes to employ to rid suffering humanity of the awful pest. The remedy whose effectiveness he hopes to demonstrate is nothing more nor less than the deadly venom of the cobra. "It was Dr. Bnrdoni, of Turin, who first discovered the bacillus of leprosy, a pencil-shaped microbe resembling that of tuberculosis, but having one end thicker than the other, and in closed in a sheath or cell," sfid Dr. Biggs, when asked about his plans. "This sheath may account for its amaz ing longevity, for not even the bacil lus of tetanus has a greater power of surviving under all conditions. Dr. Jiardoni and others attempted to cure leprosy by inoculation, but after some years of experiment the idea was given up, the results not justifying the effort. Where the soil is adapted to the culture leprosy will flourish amazingly, but in blood that is strangely proof against the leprous bacillus, inoculation is use leas. "In Tndia a maimed man is an out cast; and so dreaded is leprosy that, according to Hindoo law and more po tent oustom among the fanatical hill tribes, a man who has leprosy in the incipient stages has the honorable alternative of suffering himself to be buried alive and ascending to the realms of the gods, where he is purified and NEW I.EPROSY CURE. (Scientists Securing Venom from a I.lv« Cobra.J survives in everlasting bliss, or he can suffer himself to be bitten by the dead ly groove-fanged Xaji tripudians, or cobra of fame. This is done with the hope that on recovery from the venom of the snake the leprous signs will dis appear. Whichever method is em ployed. it is conducted with some con siderable ceremony and decorum proper to an execution. In the latter case a fine young cobra, or a hooded, dusky hamadryad, is taken from file jungle, starved and prodded into fury. The leper thrusts out his forearm and takes the full charge of the deadly venom sac, and then proceeds t* fill himself with the most efficacious intoxicant at hand, generally the toddy made from the bud of the cocoanut, a most speedy and lasting soporific. "Hut what was thought to be a means of suicide among the savage hill tribes of India turned out to be a curious and noteworthy phenomenon. Three out of live lepers recovered from the bite, and, strange to relate, from the dreaded h-p --rosy, too. it is demonstrable on scien tific gr<%mds. The cobre. venom is a subtle fluid to which all animal life succumbs. It begins immediately to destroy every vital function, and so in destructible is it that it may be boiled, frozen, mixed with corrosives, diluted or taken from the hundredth innocula tion, yet it survives all. It is like curing like, carried to the superlative. Thus the bacillus of deadly leprosy succumbs to the deadly venom of the serpent,and that in turn yields to large doses of al cohol. "The treatment is far from infallible, but, with proper food, care and exer cise of professional judgment, there is no reason why the standard should not show 00 per cent of successes, if the lep rous patients can be discovered and treated in the incipient stages. Those upon whom 1 have operated with the serum of deadly serpents have been too far advanced in the disease to derive permanent benefit; but several new cases have been reported to me in va rious parts of tin* country, and 1 shall, either personally or through my as sistants. proceed immediately with these experiments. l'tofessional col leagues also are at work in various parts of the world, and I am in com munication with them on this impor tant scientific problem of the age. We ho;.«? for speedy and satisfactory re sults." fa rout li of 1,1 fV Insurance. In ten years American life insurance companies have doubled their assets, the amount rising from s•>.'»".l2S 4 i42 in ISS3 ij $1.344,001,10 Sin ISOS. The in crease has been decidedly the greatest since prosperity returned in the cnun try. SJrrt'f of tmlerltikcri, In every city or town in the Nether lands you will find a Rosemary street. In olden days only undertakers lived in them, the rosemary being, in th« language of flowers, specially dedicated to the dead. 3
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