2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TEKMS OK SUBSCRIPTION f'er year *2 00 112 paid iu advance 1 JU ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published at the rate fit •no dollar per square for one insertion and tifty cents per square for each subsequent insertion. Rates by the year, or for six or three months, arc low and uniform, and will be furnished on application. Letfi'l anil Official Advertising per square, three times or less, ai.'; each subsequent inser tion i>o cents per square. Local notices IU cents per line for oneicser aertion: 5 cents per line for each subsequent consecutive insertion. Obituary notices over five lines 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of births, mar riftKcs and deaths will tie inserted free Business cards, five lines or less. 15 per year; over live lines, at the regular rates ot adver tising No local inserted for less than 75 cents per lsaue. JOB PRINTING. The .fob department of the PHESS 1K complete and affords facilities for doing the best class of work. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAIDTO LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except. at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid for in advance. The high rate of increase of popula tion reported in Buffalo ant. i'rov idence _ „ , , may give rise, to the The Center of • * query as to wheth- Populntion. , er the center of population in the present census will move westward. An im*r<-ase of popu* lation of about 20 per cent, has been reported in Washington in the past ten years, 9.7 per cent, in Cincinnati, 27.6 per cent, in Louisville. .'17.77 per cent, in Buffalo, 39.34 per cent, in .Milwaukee and 32.28 per cent, in Providence. These are the only important cities whose population has been reported thus far by the censiu> authorities. It will be noticed, remarks' the St. Louis Globe- Democrat, that the highest gains are in the eastern cities of Buffalo • and Providence, except that reported fur Milwaukee. The lowest increase is in Cincinnati, a western town. This is much lower than that- reported in Washington. Moreover, Providence is the only city whose figures have been Bent in which has reported a propor tionate gain in the past ten years ex ceeding that of the previous decade. It frhows a higher rate of growth even still under way. but it issafe to assume that a much smaller expanse of ground will be covered than in any previous.decade. Whatever the reason may be bi cycles and their riders are not nearly t-o numerous this year as in years past. This is especially noticeable at the popular summer resorts. Large hotel keepers, who last year found it necessary to provide basement accom odation for 100 wheels or more, say that 20 wheels is a large number this season in a house of 200 or 300 guests. The coming of the automobile docs not account for this decline of the "bike," for the automobile is too ex pensive for general use, says a wheel ing authority. Can it be that golf, which is everywhere in evidence, has temporarily eclipsed the wheel? Or did the discarding of the "bike" by the fashionable set, on the ground that it liad become "too common," lead to its disuse by the far greater number who are the fashion makers? At the last monthly meeting of the Berks county (Pa.) Agricultural so ciety President James McGowan at tributed the excellent condition of the crops in the southern portion of Berks county to the heavy ulasting that is done at the Trappe rock quarries, near Hampton. Heavy charges of dynamite are used, and the reverbera tions are f.eard for miles around. The ■very heavy blasts are invariably fol lowed by showers of rain, and it is the frequent showers that have helped the crops. "Should women wear their hats in church?" This question came up for discussion among the trustees of a church in Lexington, Mo,, and one in genious gentleman suggested that the matter might be adjusted by com pelling the ladies to all sit together on one side of the auditorium, and thus "permit them to view the preach er through a jungle of ribbons, feath ers and gewgaws." WHERE 1 HEY COULD DO HARM. Krff Tfmlf anil l'"r«*r Silver lllililvn \%vuy 1.11 lit*r Anti-Imperial ism Howl. Tn his s|>ceeh accepting 1 the populist nomination for presick-nt Bryan tried to justify the democracy'* successive changes of "paramount" base from tree trade to free silver and from free silver to free slaughter-called "anti imperialism"—on the ground that sys tems of taxation can be changed with less difficulty than financial systems, and financial .systems can be altered with less danger and less disturbance to the country,, than the vital timetriuesi upon which free government rests. In such a suggestion of the com parative ease with •which both free trade and free silver can lie accom plished through a democratic victory, Bryan admits 1 something dangerously suggestive of truth. Jle practically states that the democracy need not fight especially just now for either free trade or free filver, because if a victory be won for "anti-imperialism" both free trade and free silver would be easy incidentals to such victory. As a matter of fact if Bryian could be able by his election to the presidency to accomplish his "anti-imperialism" plank by alienating our territory, he could accomplish just as easily both free trade and free silver. If a repub lican. senate woulti be a barrier to free trade and free silver it would also be a barrier to his schemes, for uncon stitutionally abandoning the territory belonging to the United; States. If Bryan tried to get the senate to rat ify a treaty with Aguinaldo surrender ing 1 American rights and the rights of our Filipino allies, and also a new treaty with Spain absolving us from our responsibilities under the old treaty, it would take a two-thin s vote of the senate each time. liryau worked hard to get the necessary two-thirds vote for thie treaty with) Spain by which the I nited States came into possession of the territory he now wants given away, audi he was suc cessful in his work. To undo that work he would have to strive a great deal harder. To get a free train' bill, or a free silver bill through, he has. however, only to get a majority of votes in the house of representatives and the senate. it the cemocratie partv can get the control of both branches of congress, that wouli. en able it to fully carry out Bryan's "paramount" anti-American policy in the Philippines, it would also have t he power to still more easily carry into effect tlw unparamount free trade am: free silver features of Bryan's pro gramme. CURRENT COMMENT. trrDo not forget that General Pros perity is on the stump for the repub lican party.- Indianapolis Journal. ICSome way or another .Mr. Bryan cannot find time to say anything about the application of the "eonsent of-the-governed" principle to North Carolina.- Indianapolis News (L)em.). ICShouldi Col. Bryan be elected president his anti-militarism would, of course, impel him to resign that part of the office which makes the holder commander in chief of the army and navy.—San Francisco Chronicle. CTSome P.ryanites pretend, that tin senate, as now constituted, is a se cure bulwark against free silver, but they are tricksters. No gold demo crat can vote for this man Bryan and have an easy conscience thereafter. — lowa State Register. C7"\Ye dio not object," says Mr. Bryan, "to the honest accumulation of wealth." Neither do we, but is running for president in the interest of repudiat ion, fiat ism and treason to the flatr an honest way to accumu late wealth?— Cincinnati Commercial- Tribune. trr Four y?ars ago there was a in an sitting on a nail keg in every country grocery in Kansas declaring that the price of the world's commodities is ruled by the price of silver. Now 11n state might be scraped with a fine toothed comb without once bringing such an argument to light.—Topcka Capital. ICMr. Bryan said to his fellow citizens of Lincoln: "Parties do nat make issues." Is this a confession of the inability of the democratic par ty to make an issue which offers even n faint hope of success? The cam paign is about to open and the democ racy is poverty-stricken as to issues, not because it has failed to hunt for them in every quarter, but because those it. has tried to raise have come to naught.—-Chicago Tribune. insincerity as a free trader was illustrated by his wedding to free silverism; his insincerity as to silverism is freshly accentuated by his courtship of anti-imperialism. He appears to be a trimmer, a flatterer and. a double dealer. He plays for effect, before the American people and as a theatric spectacle he is moder ately successful —as a statesman he does not impress those who are im mune to inflamed passion and the virus of disloyalty.—Detroit Journal. (ETMr. Charles T. Lewis, of Nevj York, who has been out- of the most active and influential members of thf Anti-Imperialistic league, lias print ed in the New York Evening Post an energetic protest against the Indian apolis meeting, which he describes as a pitiful and ludicrous ending of a movement which deserved a bettei fate. Between MeKinley and Bryan in the Philippine matter, he prefers the former, and makes the significant prediction that ninet een-t went ict lis of the members of the league will vote for MeKinley and"have the right to declare that they do so with the pro found* conviction that this vote if the truest expression of its j,rjj? ciplea."—ludianuoolis Journal. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1900. FOREIGNERS ATTACKED. Bryan'* Mnnnifi-r llltterly Herat?* Foreign Horn Citizen* for Vot ing the it epn 111 leun Ticket. "These comprised fully one-half of the number of votes received bv Me- Kinley." Deliberate assertion of dem ocratic National Chairman James K. Jones. "lie believed devoutly that I'rvan had been elected and was swindled out of the presidency." "He believed that in 1900 the bi metallic forces would win a great vic tory." His declaration that the principles of 1896 are "Absolutely essential to the welfare of the country." The man who advocated the gold standard he denounced as "No better than a vile thief." (From the address of United States Senator James K. Jones, chairman of the democratic national committee, before the legislature of Arkansas.) "Hundreds of thousands of ignorant foreigners, who were here takiiTg bread out of the mouths of honest la bor, voted at the last election at the dictation of MeKinley's supporters. These foreigners comprised fully one half of the number of votes received by MeKinley." These are the words of the man who conducted the democratic cam paign in 1896. The same man is the present chairman of the democratic national committee. He owes his po sition to the wish of Mr. Bryan, The language quoted above was used in a speech. It is no remem bered scrap of idle conversation. It was uttered in no heat of discussion. It was a deliberate expression. "Hundreds of thousands of ignorant foreigners," said Chairman James K. Jones of the democratic national com- mittee. "who came here taking bread out of the mouths of honest labor, voted at the last election at. the die lation of McKinley's supporters. These foreigners comprised fully one half the number of votes received by MeKinley." And then on this basis that the re publican party owed success in 1 S9<"> to "ignorant foreigners," Chairman Jones proceeded to hold out the hope of success in 1900. "Can there be any doubt," he asked, "as to which shall prevail, the six and one-lialf millions of intelligent Bryan voters, or the three and one-half mil lions of ignorant foreigners who voted for MeKinley?" It will seem to sensible people al most incredible that the chairman of the democratic national committee could make such statements in a pub lie speech. But Hon. James K. Jones did it. More than two months after the election of 1806 he uttered the asser tions quoted. The occasion was no less serious than an address before the legislature of Arkansas. Senator Jones had just been elected to his third term in the United States senate. On the 20th of January, 1897, the senator appeared before an informal joint session of his state legislature at the capitol in Lit tle Rock. He returned his thanks to the people of Arkansas tnrough their representatives, the legislature, and then he proceeded to discuss the de feat of Bryan, speaking as the chair man of the democratic national com mittee and the head of the manage ment of the democratic campaign. He said that he "believea devoutly that Bryan had been elected and was swindled out of the presidency." He declared his belief "that in 1900 the bimetallic forces would win a great victory." This sad makes 16 to 1 the paramount issue. He reasserted his conviction "that the principles he spoke for were ab solutely essential to the welfare of the country." That is 16 to 1. The senator spoke for over an hour. Running through his speech were two principal thoughts. One was this idea that republican success hadi been achieved through the "ignorant for eigners." a result which the senator resented in the name of the native southern population which was "more American." The other central idea with the sen ator was the injustice of Ihe unequal distribution of wealth. I'pon this he dwelt with almost the emphasis which he gave to the "ignorant foreigners." "What has been the cause of this great struggle?" the senator asked. "The people are as honest and as industrious as they ever were. What then was the matter? The last cer.- MIS report shows that the wealth of the country was s6s.ooo,o(X>,ofK}, or about $5,000 to each family of five members. The senator quoted figures to show the inequality in the distri bution of wealth. Why was Massa chusetts so much better off than Ar kansas? Were they more industrio us and more deserving? lie considered that the southern people rank fu I'y up to, if not ahead of, the people in the balance of the country. The southern people are more completely Anglo-Saxon than those of the other states and therefore more American." At this point the chairman of Un democratic national committee mad one of the most remarkable of this series of startling statements for Ar kansas consumption. He illustrated his assertion that the southern people are "more American" than the rest of the country in this way: "It took the people of the cm bined north and east four years to conquer the southern people and tie latter had built for them a pension list that was appalling." The senator's speech bristled with assertions intended to incite the spir it of class prejudice, lie said: "Millionaires and paupers grow- on the same bush. When you make a millionaire you make dozens of pau pers." The man who advocated the gold standard the senator described as "No better than a vile thief." Money >l»r<* Plentiful. It is> difficult to believe that Bryan said at Topcka that the republican party by its recent financial bill hits "practically confessed an intent tore tire the greenbacks." The new law simply provides for the redemption of the greenbacks/ and their reissue against gold. Bryan also asserted, that the republican party is now commit ted to a currency system which "ne- ces'sotate* a perpetual debt," when ev erybody knows that one of the main efforts' of the republican party, and one of the mo»l successful, has been to reduce and refund the debt handed down from a democratic administra tion. Why is* it that Bryan makes these extraordinary assertions? Be cause hi- was talking to populists who will believe almost anything, and yet, speaking to such hearers, he had to lead their minds away from the fact of an advition ol' over eighty mil lions to the currency in the last year. It is oangerous to let pops see how the quantity of money has been in increased. Consent of tlie Vm-oereeil. The so' d south is the strongest backer of Bryan. It produces the cot ton 'vhich is the most conspicuous factor in our wonderfully increasing Asiatic trace. The material interests of the scutli demand expansion, and the merest glance at conditions in North Carolina and Louisiana, as sample states, will indicate how much solicitous care will be taken in the Philippines to secure the uncoerced consent of the dark-skinned governed. —Washington Star. 11 a r scarcely to be taken seriously. None uttered by democratic orators this year are to be so consid ered. Life I VIHII rn n«*<» Increnned. Most of the old time life insurance companies have increased their busi ness during the first half of the year 1000. as compared with the first half of 1599, from ten per cent, to 25 per cent., in spite of the fact that a large number oi' Americans were attracted to Europe this year, and the further fact that this is a presidential year. Loyalty of fSermniiH, "If there are any Germans in Ohio whose souls are vexed by the ghost of imperialism and militarism, I do not know where they are. The Germans iu Ohio are Americans and are just as firm in their convictions as otr.ci" Americans."—l!t presentat ive Tay '.or. of Ohio. CT"They cannot afford to invite an other panic by electing a free silver president" is the reason given by ex- Senator Ivellar, of Minnesota, for the Germans voting for MeKinley. —ln,, diaaapolis Journal. BENJAMIN OJtELL. Is Nominated for Governor o I New York. Itc|iut>lican Male ronventlnii al ami AitopiM a I'lat lorit ■ ICiMlorftins Prenidcnl »l<- K In lc) '<• Ail iiilnintra lion. Saratoga, X. Y„ Sept. 5. —The prac tical work of the republican .stale convention was completed Tuesday witli the adoption of tiie platform. The republican state conven tion was called to order by State Chairman Odell. Lieut. Gov. Wood ruff was chosen temporary chairman. Mr. Woodruff nrraiirricd Ihe officials of New York City for their alleged cnnncetion with the ice trust. At the close of Woodruff s address the usual resolutions for permanent organisa tion, etc.. were adopted and u recess was voted until t p. m. The convention was failed to order at 4:16 o'clock and the eh airman of the credentials committee said: "There are no contests in the enlire state." The committee on permanent or ganization reported the name of Ne vada M. Stranalian for permanent chairman and lie was escorted to the chair. Mr. Stranalian's speech was punctuated with applause at various points. The most prolonged demon stration occurred when Mr. Strana han declared that the span of life would never see the day when the. people would relinquish one inch of the territory secured at the sacrifice of the blood and life of the citizens of this republic. When Mr. Strana lian finished. Senator Haines present ed the platform. It was adopted without debate. The following' is a synopsis of the platform: "The count ry was never so pros perous as it has been sine the inau guration of William McKinley. Capi tal has never been so actively occu pied, the volume of money In eircu, lation was never so great, labor never so fully employed, wages never so high, prices never so generally good. "Conscious of the weakness of rely ing' oti the theories that have been exploded and of ignoring facts that are self-evident, the democrats are undertaking to push into conspicuous posit ion before the people an issue which they describe and stigmatize by the word imperialism. In this course they are characteristically dishonest. "Neither in the Philippines nor elsewhere will the cause of human liberty look for its champion to a party whose only hope of obtaining power lies in the suppression of hu man rights and in an organized con spiracy to nullify the guaiantees with which the constitution endeavors to surround the citizen. From thou sands of polling places in this elec tion, in which the democratic party is so much concerned about the 'eon sent of the governed," the negro citi zen will be excluded by laws so con trived as to keep out the negro re publican, while admitting the white democrat, though both present them selves with similar qualifications ex cept as to color. The party which will not allow the constitution to fol low the flair through the Carolinas, through Mississippi and Texas has no occasion to distress itself about the constitution's journey 4,000 miles across the ocean. "There is no middle course between responsibility for the government of the Philippines and abandoning them to be seized by some other power. The democratic plan of conferring ■sovereign rights upon the Filipinos and at the same time establishing a protectorate over them is impractic able. It is responsibility without authority. "We endorse the administration of President .McKinley and urge his re flection; we congratulate the poor people upon the nomination for vice president of Gov. Uoosevelt, whose high place in the admiration of his countrymen. achieved by long public service and especially bv his valor on the field of battle, has been advanced by his splendid record as the gover nor of Vew York." After the adoption of the platform the convention adjourned until to day. Saratoga, N. Y„ Sept. 6.—The re publican convention adjourned Wed nesday. The session was in reality a ratification of what had been aecom plished. The announced appearance upon the platform of such men as ex-(iov. Black, Hon. Chauncey M. Be pew and (iov. Roosevelt insured such a feast of oratory that every seat in the great convention hall was occu pied. The features of the convention were the return of cx-Gov. black to the organization fold, the demonstra tion accorded Abraham timber by his colleagues of the New York delega tion. and the general prominence giv en to those who have at times oppos ed the organization. Following is the ticket: For Governor—ls. B. Odell, jr., oi Orange. For Lieutenant Governor—Timo thy L. Woodruff, of Kings. For Secretary of State —John T. MeDcnough. of Albany. For Comptroller-—William J. Mor gan, of Erie. For State Treasurer—-John P. Jaeckel, of Cayuga. For Attorney General—John G. Da vies, of Oneida. For State Engineer—Edward A. Bond, of Jefferson. Oeeaii lirey lioiiimlk a Itace. Vew York, Sept. s.—The greatest ocean race in maritime history be gan Tuesday when the Kaiser Wil helm der (irosse and the Oeutsch land. the swiftest merchant men in the world, started for the English channel one hour and 12 minutes apart. Each carried its full quota of passengers and freight. Threaten* to be a tJreat < alamity. Berlin, Sept. 5. — The German pa pers continue to discuss the coal fam ine, which now threatens to becotiie a public calamity. The Prussian cabinet will hold a special meefins this week to deal with the quesfiou RACE TROUBLES RENEWED. Assaults on JVesrroes in New Vork Cll} Continue- Police Avert a Lynching* New ork, Sept. 4.—An apple core thrown by a colored boy which struck William Kohles, n white man, caused a small riot between whites and blacks in West Forty-eighth street Monday afternoon which was quickly quelled by a force of patrol men. Kohles is a vender. )Te was driving through Forty-eighth street when he passed a crowd of small colored boys and was struck in the back of the neck with the core of an apple. The man was stabbed in tlit- neck a week previous by a colored man, the cut requiring several stitches. The ven der became very angry at the boy and, after catching him, slapped his: face a number of times. A colored man finally struck the vender in the face, knocking him down. The exchange of blows at tracted a crowd and threats were made against the colored population. It is alleged Kohles drew a revolver and threatened to shoot the first col ored man in sight. The colored boy entered the residence of Charles Brooks, colored. This attracted the mob to the building. Brooks, who had been ill with typhoid fever, was taken to the police station despite the pleadings of his wife, who ex plained that he had been ill and that a relapse might follow. He was af terwards released. In the meantime William 11. Fet tilo, colored, and his daughter liuth, 7 years old, were passing through Forty-seventh street when a crowd o? white men started after them. The girl ran away and escaped. Her father and two other negroes ran into the saloon of Lee Springle. Tha crowd started to follow the colored men, when Springle drew his revolv er and threatened to kill ihe first white man who entered. He stood in the doorway and defied the crowd. A policeman finally dispersed the crowd. About the same hour that this oc curred a colored woman armed with a hat pin and a razor nearly caused another race riot on Ninth avenue. She was taken in charge by a police man and followed to the West Thir ty-seventh street station by a crowd of 300 men and boys who wanted to lynch her. A man who said Tie was Michael firannin was standing at .Thirty ninth street and Ninth avenue when the woman approached him. They exchanged a few words and the wo man attempted to stab Grannin with r> pin. Grannin succeeded in dodging. Then llie woman drew a razor and attempted to slash Gran nin. Finally a policeman caught the woman and secured possession of the razor. Before he reached the station house the crowd had increased, and there were cries of "Lynch her." A half dozen policemen finally rushed up and Kept the, mob at a distance. After the woman had been taken in the police station her husband ap peared on the scene. Threats were made to lynch him also, but a large number of policemen finally succeed ed in driving the mob away. A row in which only colored people became involved started in a house on West Sixty-third street. As a re sult Charles Daniels, colored, the jan itor of the apartment house, is dying at the hospital. He was shot by Ben jamin Carter, 28 years old, also a colored janitor. Carter was arrested The cause of the trouble is not known, but it is said that Daniels and several colored men endeavored to enter the flat despite the protests of the residents therein. RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. A Pennsylvania Desperado I* Hunted DIIWII und Killed, Harrisburg, Fa., Sept. 4. —Francis Frohm, alias Strohm, a desperate criminal, was riddled with bullets by a party of farmers Monday morning in the vicinity of Kll/abethville, Pa., and killed instantly. Frohm and two companions, known as Frank Winiski and "Whitey" Streusser, on Friday night shot a man named Strayer at* Klizabethville, while trying to rob his house. The next morning Winiski was arrested at Klizabethville and iff now in jail. Frohm did not stop his depreda tions after the three separated on Friday night, but went to the vicinity of Lykens, where he laid in hiding until Saturday night, when he smash ed the window of Bressler's store and made off with a number of re volvers and razors. Yesterday the entire neighborhood turned out to hunt him und caught him on mountain. Frohm was armed and, drawing two revolvers, he shot at his pursuers. They returned the fire and. literally riddled Frohm with bullets.. He died in half an hour. Labor Day in Chicago. Chicago. Sept. 4.—Organized labor of Chicago yesterday passed in re view before William J. Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt. Hour after hour the labor unions marched down Mich igan avenue past the Auditorium ho tel. on the loggia of which stood the democratic nominee for president, the republican vice presidential can didate, together with Charles t Towne, Senator Mason and other po litical leaders. While the parade wa - moving a host of people gathered in Electric park, where the speeches of the day were delivered b.v Messrs. Bryan, Roosevelt and Towne. A Ouel on Horseback. Mt. Sterling, Ky., Sept. 4.—George Bacraft and Charles Robinson met in the road at Chambers Station yester day and engaged in a duel on horse back which resulted in the death oi Bacraft and the serious wounding of Bobinson. The men had been ene mies for years. I'"ire Itenaers 100 tlcn Idle. Mt. Sterling, Ky., Sept. 4.—The One onta Lumber t'o.'s saw mill and lum ber yard at Serar.ton, Menifee coun ty, have been destroyed by fire. Loss $60,000. A hundred men are throws out of work.