WALES AND HIS SON. Duke of York Is Not Half as Popu lar as His Father. And All o*l Aceonnt of IIIw Marked Re#»|>eotnl»lll ty—llrltl»lier« Uke the Prince Because He In Somewhat Sporty. It may sound paradoxical to say so, but the fact of the matter is that the duke of York's popularity is on the wane to a very marked extent, by rea son of his respectability; in fact, there Is reason to fear that, unless, just as a matter of policy, lie involves himself in some scandal, or, at least, gets himself talked about in some more or less ques tionable fashion, he will become as un popular as his grandfather, the prince consort, who was the best-hated and most bitterly-abused man in all Eng land, until his premature death, when people at length commenced to realize the vast amount of good that he had accomplished during his quarter of a century of residence in England. Britons are a queer race. Perhaps it is the sporting instinct lhat is latent in every breast, which causes them to dislike any man who shows a disposition to be tame and ultra-re spectable. They sexm to consider blamelessness on the part of a fellow citizen, and still more so in the in stance of a prince of the reigning house, as a species of tacit reflection on their own conduct. Throughout Queen Victoria's reign there has been no more blameless pre mier than the great Sir Robert Peel, and never a more unpopular one. The prime minister, on the other hand, who was the idol of tlie people, and who was personally liked as much by his po litical foes as by- the members of the party to which lie belonged, was Lord Palmerston—"Old Pam," as they used to fondly call liim —who, throughout his long and raev career, was implicated. In all sorts of scandals of one kind and another, figured in numerous divorce THE DUKE OF YORK. (Oldest Son and Heir-Presumptive to the British Crown.) cases and was, above everything else, a sport. It is the same to-day in the case of the prince of Wales and of his son, the duke of York. The father is the most popular man in England, just by reason of the fact that lie is known to be gay, and the reverse of either a puritan or a saint, whereas the son is unpopular just because he is looked upon as too safe, too sensible, too re spectable, too conventional and too mo notonously good. There is no talk of the duke of York ever going to the races, or to the theater on Sunday when abroad, nor of liis attending little suppers with musical hall artists on Sabbath evenings, when in London. If he plays cards, society and the general public are ignorant of the fact, and he has never dreamt of permitting his name to become known as a patron of the stage—that is to say, of the femi nine element thereof. The talk that there was at the time of his wedding about a previous secret marriage at Malta with the daughter of Admiral Sir Michael Sulme Seymour, has long since died out, and the gossip respect ing his very mild flirtations with Prin cess Henry of I'lcss was made much more of in this country than in Eng land. In fact, it never got into the English newspapers. The duke's fellow-countrymen, says the Philadelphia Pre -., instead of being satisfied with conduct so altogether un exceptionable on the part of their fu ture king, resented it. As stated above, they look upon it in the light of a sort of unspoken and priggish reflection in their own conduct. But what is more funny still, they denounce it as unfilia 1 toward the prince of Wales. The duke, by his blamelessness, is held as holding himself up as a sort of reproach to the frivolities and moral shortcomings of his gay and jovial parent, and what has brought matters to a climax in the eyes of English people has been the spec tacle presented by the duke's presence as the star royal guest of the duke of Richmond at Goodwood house (the duke being the principal magnate of the country and its lord lieutenant), whereas the prince of Wales was quar tered for the races at West Dean park, a much smaller place of altogether third rank, as the guest of Mr. Willie .Tames, one of the rich set and a newcomer in the county. The prince did not goto Goodwood as usual, because the duke refused to invite Mrs. George Kcppel, whom he asked to meet him, and like wise because the atmosphere of Good wood house is too excessively respect able and conventional to be anything else than dull, all games of hazard, such as baccarat, etc., being rigorously barred. That is why the prince went to West Dean park, where he had a de light fill time, whereas the d like of York showed that he found the atmosphere of Goodwood house congenial, and by keeping (lirse to his host and clear of his father at the races, indicated that he preferred tin? respectability of the old peer to the frivolity of his own father. COFFEE TIPS. lon the First I'Ur.ti Were llrouiflat Over to Thl* Milt- of th« World. A pretty story of the introduction of, coffee into the western hemisphere is quite to the point since our new posses sions have so bountifully produced it in the past, says the Philadelphia JJecord. There was a time when this "assisted emigrant," though so nobly self-sup porting- when it has the opportunity, was a tender slip and likely to perish of thirst. In 1714 Louis XIV. was pre sented with a single coffee plant for his botanical garden by an Amsterdam magistrate. It was nourished tenderly and in time slips from it were sent to Martinique—no doubt sub-rosa to the Dutch—the Dutch having long con trolled the cultivation of coffee and guarded it jealously lest it be culti vated on islands not under their control. DON JUAN ISIDRO JIMINEZ. This is the gentleman who wants to be president of the Dominican republic He was once the richest man in San Domingo, but when M. Heurraux was elected president of the funny little republic he Informed the rich man that the country wouldn't hold two such bis individuals Jimincz knew what this meant and left San Domingo. When the Spanish-American war broke out the exiled capitalist began a little war of his own and invaded Sun Domingo with a strong expedition, lie was not successful as a general, however, and then concluded to have i'resdient Heureaux assassinated. This job was recently performed in good shape, and civil war in San Domingo is now on. On the way to Martinique.the botanist in charge, the ship's supply of water getting low, shared his own daily al lowance with the precious plants. Ke sponding to his kindness, they were soon growing nicely in Martinique. In due time these slips produced their fragrant white flowers —they grow at the roots of the leaves —and these pres ently changed into berries, each with its two grains of coffee. From Mar tinique the coffee journeyed to l'orto Rico and Cuba. Now l'orto Kieo alone annually ex ports about $0,000,000 worth of this highly esteemed bean. The plant grows wild in some parts of Africa. Sweet Sympathy. A pretty story i.-. told at Vienna about Archduchess Yalerie, youngest daugh ter of the emperor. It seems that when traveling the other day from Linz to Vienna she noticed oti the platform at Linz a 14-vear-oid schoolboy crying bit- COLUMBIA AND SHAMROCK COMPARED. -\ In the picture here Riven the Shamrock is shown In continuous lines end tne Columbia in dotted lines. Shamrock's mast appears to be stepped about two feet further alt than Columbia's, and her bowsprit is considerably longer, the distance from mast to outer end of bowsprit being from live to seven feet greater. Her present boom i:; about (he same length as Columbia's. The gaff, topmast and hoist of mainsail, on the other hand, art a few feet less than Columbia's, so that the sail plan is longer on the base line, hat not so lofty as that of the American boat. She probably carries a larger spinnaker, larger head sails and a smaller mainsail. Sir Thomas Upton states, however, that she is to carry a larger mainsaU in the races on this side. terly. She had the conductor bring the lad to her compartment and. finding that he was proceeding (o Vienna lo attend his father's funeral, she insisted on his traveling with her. paying i;,e difference in his fare, as he had O'J-V third-class ticket. During the triiy *h«. devoted herself to the task of com fat"- ing him, telling the boy, among other things, that she, 100, had suffered much from the loss of a fondly loved parent, who had died suddenly in a ioieign land. It.was only w hen the boy reached Vienna and was leaving the train that he discovered that the kind laily was Archduchess Valerie.- llarneNM Traces oI Steel. A steel harness trace is one of tin latest productions of Sheffield. A nar row strip of steel about an inch wide is incased in leather and used in the or dinary way; the steel is of the best quality and so pliable that it can be twisted. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1899. HIS SINS FOUND HIM OUT. The Checkered I'nrerr ota >!nn Who Founded N IIOKUN Diamond Mine In Arltnnn. t "I saw a reference the other day to the great Arizona diamond field swin dle," said an old jeweler to a New Or leans Times-Democrat man."lt was sjirung 011 the public just HO years ago, and I remember the excitement it created. The originator of the scheme came from New Orleans. He was a brilliant man, a chemist, geologist and natural diplomat, but he lacked moral counterpoise. He and his associates procured a number of uncut stones from Holland, and 'salted' a canyon in the mountain south of the Gila river. Then followed the 'discovery' and the organization of „ company and in a few months nearly $200,000 worth of stock was sold. It was several years before the exact character of theswin- die was developed, and by that time the affairs of the company were so con fused that nobody cared to undertake a prosecution. "I saw the 'professor,' as he was called, at Ogden, Utah, in 1884, and he described the whole affair with great glee. Afterward he was mixed up in two other shady enterprises. One was a scheme for aging whisky and the other was a device for refining sugar by electricity. Both were fakes, but he made a lot of money out of them, and as usual escaped punishment. It was the old story, however; he went broke in the end and died a few years ago in the charity ward of a Chicago hospital. A good deal of the diamond mine stock was taken in New Orleans, and 1 dare say some of it is kicking around here to this day." Arizona*!! Hurled Cltle*. A petition is to be presented to con gress at its next session asking that steps be taken to protect against van dals tin' buried cities of a w'or.dcrful prehistoric race in southern Arizona, j The ruins of an ancient temple nt ( .. a I Grande have been preserved by the cre- I alien of a government park, and eon ] gress will be asked to create a similar j reservation embracing the best pre served remains of prehistoric cities in *.iie Gila valley. All ire Vt'uropß. Oberton is a village in (lit Choctaw nation, Indian territory, of nl.-Mit s()a inhabitants, all of whom arc colored. The postmaster is a colored man, the notary public is colored and there is a colored marshal. The town has not I yet been incorporated, but likely will | be soon, at which time the entire set of I officers will be colored. There is con- I siderable business enterprise among 1 some of the people (. 1' 1 lie neighbor hi a d. 1 which comprises a eir .-le of 15 miles. SURPRISED THEM. Many Cubans Displeased at Census Proclamation. LOOKED FOR A PROMISE. Expected to Hear Something About Independence. THE PROTECTORATE IDEA. KX-COIINIII GENERAL William* STATE* dial I lie .Husl In II uen tin I 4 lawsex 111 lll*' Islam! Look I poll till* I*ro|io»l --tlon u Itli .Illicit Favor. Havana, Sept.2. —La Luclia,referring to President McKinley's census procla mation, says: "A careful study of the proclamation does not give, as some seem to think, reasons for ring ing the bells. It is not a matter of anv consequence thai Secretary l'fwit lias made some ambiguous statements for the census inspectors. If the Uni ted States government desires, he will say anything. Manuel Sanguillv in a letter 1o the Discussion says:"The census proc lamation i'.'is been the cause of sur prise and dissatisfaction. The first time the president of the United States speaks to the Cubans he speaks with the most stinging dryness. The proc lamation is less the greeting of a friend than the disdainful order of a superior. Cubans would have wel comed brevity and even rudeness, if only the document was frank and ex plicit. Obviously- it does not refer even remotely to the joint resolution of congress, which we had a right to hope would be referred to, nor even to the time when the military occupa tion is to cease. It is obvious from the proclamation that the United States government has some plan, though it is not clear that the plan in cludes the fulfillment of the joint reso lution. Everything is reduced to a question of patience. Very probably eonirress will favor the independence of the Cubans and be disposed to give loyal aid to the president in all his undertakings in Cuba." Carlos Cespedes says the Cubans in the city of Havana are false to their best friends, bill that those in the pro vincial districts remain true to them. Ramon Williams, former United States consul general here, thinks the idea of a protectorate is growing stronger every day. He believes the Nuevo Pais, the principal advocate of a solution of the Cuban problem through a protectorate, represents very largely the feeling of the influen tial classes. Presented llie Sliver Service. Boston. Sept. 2. —Gov. Bushnell, of Ohio, in behalf of the citizens of Ma rietta. presented a silver service to the gunboat Marietta at the Charles town navy yard Friday. Gov. Bush nell was accompanied by a delegation of Marietta citizens. On reaching the navy yard the governor was re ceded with a salute of 17 guns and under escort of marines proceeded to the dry dock in which the vessel lay, decorated with flags and bunting. Would Not Kun lor -fluyor. Detroit, Sept. 2. —Gen. Alger, re sponding yesterday to an inquiry as to whether he would be willing to accept the nomination for mayor of Detroit this fall, said: "It would be a great honor for any one to be mayor of De troit. However. I would not think of taking a nomination for mayor any more than I could think of taking a nomination for governor." An Kxodiin from Joliamienburs. Johannesburg. Sept. 2.—This town is preparing for war. The inmates of the children's home are going 1o Natal. The town council is provid ing a three months' supply of food for the men and animals connected with the scavenging? department. All the outgoing trains are crowded, and most of the prominent men have al ready left Johannesburg. Descried 71 cl.cnii lor Jones. Toledo. Sept. ".-—The Jones cam paign committee yesterday received a telegram from (he Washington county democratic delegation to the Zanes ville convention, announcing that thev will bolt McLean, and will not only vote but work for the election of ,tones. The delegation promises the whole Washington county vote for Jones. Yellow Fever In Indiana. Indianapolis. Sept. 2. —The stnt« board of health on Friday received a report of the death of a man at Vin cennes from yellow fever. The man had lately returned from Cuba and though sick when he reached New- York, was permitted to come onto this state. The l*rei>lileiit Leaven Canton. Canton, <>., Sept. 2. —The special train bearing President and Mrs. Mc- Kinlc.v steamed out of Canton at 9 o'clock ins! night. The train goes direct 1o Washington over the Penn sylvania lines. Date lor a UiK jrlit !* Fixed, fld New York. Sept. 2. —Jim Jeffries and Tom Sharkey will fight for the heavy weight championship o fthe world at tile Coney Island Sporting club on Oc tober The Coney Island club of fers fit,per cent, of the gate re ceipts with a guaranty of SIIO,OOO. A Eintllc in lliirkciil Africa. Brussels, Sept. 2.—News has been received here of sharp lighting be tween the Congo Free State troops and tile Batetla natives, beyond Soncola. The rebels were driven out, with the 10.-s of 10U men. The Congo troops lusi 20 native soldiera. A HOT ROAST. Agulnaldo'* former Hartnwr Scorn llie liiHiirurnt Lrmlrrh Washington, Sept. 2. —Something akin to an insurgent round robin lias recently come to the attention of war department officials in mail advices from Manila. This is in the form of .l published letter from Isabel Artacho, who is described by the Manila paper as a man of importance, and the "for mer partner of Aguinaldo." llis state ment is made under oath and bears dnte of July 19. It is in part as fol lows: "That the present rebellion, far from aiming at the true emancipation of the country, is carried onto gratify personal political ambitions, mean and spurious affectation in order to per petrate with immunity, under the guise uf a so-called political system established under the name of a repub lic. acts barbarous, treach erous and despotic, and crimes un known in the code of penalties throughout the world. "That the present rebellion against the sovereignty of the I'nited States, while having for its professed object the absolute independence of the peo ple of the Philippine islands, is in re ality a movement to bring the people under the most intolerable slavery— domestic slavery—and to place in the hands of an individual the sacred at tributes of (lod country—king. That the present rebellious movement does not have the support of the best el mnts of the inhabitants of the island, those who are free to exercise a wise and honest, discrimination, for they recognize that instead of bringing 'hem happiness and prosperity the as sumption of independence will lead to self-murder, for the state of chaos that will result will bring misery and ruin to the people." WORSE THAN SAVAGES. i French Olllcrro In the Soudan are #c cuscri of Horrible tiarbaritleM. Paris, Sept. 2. —The Matin publishes details of the investigation into the conduct of Capts. \ owlet and Chano ine, charged with barbarous cruelties 10 the natives in the French Soudan, which led 1o the sending of an expedi tion under Lieut. Col. Klobb, after them. According to the paper the two officers mentioned, who were in command of a column of troops, be gan their work of barbarity by be heading a native who had declared ha did not know a road abort? which he was being questioned. Subsequently Youlet captured so natives, of whom lie killed 20 of the women and chil dren, shot a soldier for wasting am munition and burned a tow n of 1,000 inhabitant s. Chanoine, it is added, shot two of Iris men without trial for not pursu ing a native who had wounded a sol dier. lie also burned a village and, having lost six men in an engagement, hurned a village and captured 20 of the inhabitants, of which number lie l lanirn Hack* Down. St. Louis. Sept. 2.—Father Cluse, the Herman-American priest appointed rector of St. Patrick's Catholic church in Fast St. bonis decpite the protests of its members, who are resting und#r the ban of excommunication, resigned Friday and Hishop .Tanseti accepted his resignation. Pending a decision by Mgr. Martinelli, in Washington, Hishop Jansen appointed Father Har kins, of St. Mary's parish, administra tor of St. Patrick's. This appears to be a backdown on the part of Hishop i Jansen, who persisted in appointing a | Herman priest over an Irish parish. Iltolerft Convicted. Darien, Ha.. Sept. 2.—The jury in the cases against lien Dunham, •lames Willey, Marshall Horsey, Louisa ITnderwood and Maria Curry, charc'cd with riotinsr. has returned a verdict of guilty. Tlte jury was out only 13 minutes. None of the rioters will bii sentenced until the end of the session. Kiot under the Georgia law is a misdemeanor, the maximum pun ishment being 12 months' imprison ment or SI,OOO fine or both. The court will continue to sit day and night until all the cases are disposed of. I'rol 'iiss* il»e >ii«|ipn»e, Pretoria. Sept. 2. The rolksrnad has deferred the discussion of the ■•orrcs poiulence exchanged between the im perial and Transvaal governments until Monday, when a motion regarding the presence of Hritish troops on the Transvaal border will be debated se cretly. llerr Fischer, the special en voy of Ihe Orange Free State. h;is nr rb'cd here from liloemfontein and is fonsiiltins' with the government on the situation, Biir Ileal in Oil Land*. Toledo. Sept. 2. One of the largest cash deals in oil leases and production ever consummated in Ohio was be tween <>. I'eusen. of .New York City, and Tavlor. Hryson A Co.. of Wells hero. X. V. I'eusen sold leases on 2!M peres of land in Wood county with 17 Wells, netting a production of ISO bar rels a day.for $70,000 cash. There are locations for 20 more wells on the leases, and they will be put down at once. Ya<|ill« Twice Defeated. City of Mxico. Sept. 2. News from Vaqui country shows that the Indians have been again encountered by the Mexican troops under (Jen. Torres and twice defeated and dispersed, talcing refuge in the mountains where they nre being pursued by the troops. Quarantined Asrainxt IVeiv Orleans. Austin. Tex., Sent. 2. The state health department last night received information of one death from yellow fever at New Orleans yesterday. The state health officer at once ordered a rigid quarantine against New Orleans. Six Hundred I.ivex !.< •• Yokohama, Sept. 2.—Six hundred lives have been lost by the flooding of a copper mine at Beshi, island of Shi koku. i f i IS NOTJCHECKED. Demand for Products Con tinues at High Mark. THE BOOM OF ALL BOOMS. Building Operations Progress on a Very Large Scale. HAS NEVER HAI) A\ EQUAL, Iron anil Stcfl liiduoti: > ■ the t.reulent Activity E icr Kimn n and (In- Sale* ol Hoot* and Mlioeti uro tlie (.argent on Itecord. New York, Sept. 2. K. G. Dun iV} Co.'s Weekly lie view of Trade says: The astonishing feature is the magni tude of demand, notwithstanding prices which would ordinarily it. In products directly consumed by individuals, the larger employment and better wages of the working force give explanation. Efforts to meet the demand call for more stores, manufac* luring works, machinery anil facili ties for transportation. The occasion promises quick profits, the building is largely for the future, and it goes on in spite of unusual prices. Demand exceeds the supply of lies semer pig, again raising the price for that to $22.50, southern foundry to .*]h.2o at Pittsburg, with "heavy sales and grey forge to $1!). Structural shapes were advanced $3 per ton a. week ago, cut nails 25 cents per keg this week, plates $2 per ton. common bar iron to $l.B7Vf. at l'ittsburg, and tool steel to 7 cents. Few works caji promise delivery before December anil most of the heavy contracts placed have been for next year's delivery. Kecent advances in boots and shoes and leather do not prevent large busi ness, and hides have slightly risen at Chicago. Shipments of boots and shoes from Boston, 5.7 per cent, larger than in any other year to date, were 14.1 per cent, larger than in August than in any other year, and 24 per cent, larger than in 1592. Buy ers press for early delivery, manufac turers refuse many orders and some already have contracts farther ahead than they wish. Sales of wool have been moderate for the week. Mills have strong de mands for goods, and clay worsteds have further advanced. In cotton goods demand exceeds supply and many kinds have advanced, although the material has declined. Wheat lias declined mainly because reports of injury in the northwest have been discredited. Enormous exports of corn have caused a decline, of one cent in price. Business failures for the week have been 141 in the United States, against 171 last year, and 25 in Canada, against 22 last yeat". , Seven Victim* ol an Kxploalon. Manistee. Mich., Sept 2. —The boiler in Chapman i Sargent's bowl factory at Copemish, miles north of here, exploded yesterday, killing three men and fatally injuring four others. The dead are Charles Handy, Perry Mela fonte, George Estabrook. The fatal ly injured are Oliver Sanders, Robert Peterson, Charles Taylor, Howard Ketcliam. The building was totally wrecked, debris being scattered for so rods around. Handy, who was tho fireman, was found with his head blown completely off. The other men were working at the machines in tin} mill when the explosion occurred. All but three of them leave families. I-'lve People Drowned. Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 3. —One man and four children, three girls and one bov. were drowned at Black Kock while sea bathing. The dead: Eli. jnh Midillebrook, an ice dealer of Esjs ton; May Middlebrook, 14 years, hin daughter: Tony Koehler, 14 years, ol Easton; Ethel llitt, ll years of Bridge port; Florence llitt, 14 years, her sis ter. The five victims with Andrew Koehler, father of the drowned girls, were spending the day at Black Kock, near the mouth of Ash creek. While in bathing they all got beyond theit depths. Koehler and llitt succeed ed in getting ashore. A C3ood Hay lor SJi-eyfus. TJennes, Sept. 2.—Friday was a very satisfactory day for Dreyfus. Tim Beau re pa ire witness, Germain, who was to prove that Dreyfus attended the Alsatian maneuvers, found lii:t statements denied by a reputable wit ness, while Germain himself, it was proved, underwent two convictions for swindling. This was the only testi mony against Dreyfus, the remainder of the depositions being in his fa vor. several of them being verv weighty, >*iil>lii- [ii-lx Statement. Washington. Sept. 2. The monthly statement of the public debt shown that at the close of business August. 31 tin' debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $1.157,.'!0f>,555, a decrease as compared with July of $4.251.11 (»- This decrease is accounted for by a. corresponding increase in the cash on hand. Holler ICxploiioll Kills Five Men. Pittsburg. Sept. 2.—A boiler explo sion at the Republic iron works short ly before daylight Friday killed five men and seriously injured seven oth ers. A fire which broke out after the explosion added to the horror. The mill was partly wrecked and the en tire plant, had to close down. t'iren* '■" ruin Wrecked. Toiner's Station, Tenn., Sept. 2.—A train bearing Cooper's circus was wrecked here Friday by the burning ot' an air brake hose, and 12 persons were injured and circus property and animals scattered in ull directions. 3