2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TEEMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Per year 12 00 If paid In advance 1 I>U ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published at the rate o\ one dollar per square for one Insertion and tlfty cents per square for each subsequent Insertion Rates by .he year, or for six or three months. »re low and uniform, and will be furnished on tipi lication. Legal and Official Advertising per square, three tunes or less. -: each subsequent inser tio i • 0 cents per square. Local notices In cents per line for one inser m rtion: 5 cents per line ror each subsequent con ecutive Insertion. Obituary notices over five lines. 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of births, mar rmires and deaths will be Inserted free. »u>iness cards, live lines or less. )S per year; over live lints, at the regular rates of adver t smg. No local inserted for less than 75 cents per issue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the PBBSB is complete ■nti an. rd< facilities for doint: the best class of w, rk. PARTICULAR ATTENIION PAIIJTO LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the oi'tton of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid Cor in advance. The recent publication in several daily papers that Nellie I'rettyhair, _ . a quarter-breed In- CoinplileaM 1 dian girl, bad been in Vaini'n. ]<) ft by John Dillon, a ri-cb ranchman, for hav ing saved his life from drowning in the Grand river., near Claremore, I. T.. four years ago, develops a remarkable coincidence, says the St. Louis Repub lic. In this city lives Mrs. John Mar quette, aged .'>( l, a half-breed Indian woman. Her husband is a half-breed Canadian, and V are very poor. Mrs. Marquette maiden name was Annie Nadean. and she is descended from the Pottatvatomie "Lcanlow" tribe of Pokagon. She was born at Bertrand, Mich.-, f'n May, IS7O. She was called "Nellie! Prettyhair," on ac count of the beauty of her hair. She •was in the Indian territory about 1890. Standing one day on the bank of the South Canadian river, between Lex ington and Purctll, she saw a man attempting To cross with a wagon and team. Team and wagon were sinking in a. 'quicksand when she came to the man's assistance and helped him out. He thanked her and went away. She did nctt iknow his name, and never saw or beard of him since. The Nellie I'rettyhair enjoying Dillon's fortune under the name of Annie Trueheath Dillon, ;as required by Dillon's will, leirted with her Cherokee parents on the Grande river, near Claremore. Four years ago, when aged 10, she saw a man struggjing helplessly in the swollen waters. Hiding in on her pony she saved his life. He did not llianik her, but died three months later and left $1,000,000 in gratitude. It is Teported that she is engaged to Dillon's bitterest enemy in life—John I.iger, a cowboy, who tried several times to kill Dillon. If Annie weds him, relatives threaten to break the will. Mrs, Marquette has employed attorneys to investigate the case and to learn if the man whose life she saved was Dillon. A Chicago school has lately fur nished a very pretty instance of „ „ childish resource- A <( lilltPN Re fulness. Some peo- Soareef ulness. , , pie having com plained of a dog which had no home and no visible means of support, a policeman was detailed to shoot the animal. When he appeared near the fcchoolhouse with his revolver, one of the little girls asked him what he was going to do. He told her, and sl>e begged him not to shoot the animal. "Hut 1 must," he said, "for he hasn't any license." "We'll get him a license if you won't shoot him," said the lit tle girl, and so the policeman granted a few days' respite. The little girl interested eight or ten of her friends, arranged for a "show," consisting of speeches, recitations and music, to be given by themselves, and persuaded their teacher to announce it, with its charitable object. They cleared enough m-oney to raise the dog from a condition of vagrancy to a position of affluence and independence. They paid his license fee, bought him a new collar, and were even able to de posit a email sum with the butcher to provide their canine friend with juicy marrow-bones and choice cuts of chuck steak in days to come. Illinois has an apparent right to claim to be the woman's paradise, so far as public recognition of her busi ness capacity is concerned. On the board of trustees of the State uni versity are two women, Mrs. Alice A. Abbott and Mrs. Lucy L. Fowler, both of Chicago, and members of that city's Woman's club. Mrs. Abbott began her work for the public in the civil war. and has continued it in many direc tions ever since. Mrs. Fowler is known for her interest in and efforts in be half of youthful offenders against the law. A Missouri woman recently was the victim of a most peculiar accident, and, is it did not result in any permanent injury, we can afford to laugh at it. She was a very stout woman and was standing on a barrel training some fines when the top of the barrel caved in. The husband tried in vain to ex tricate her, and was finally compelled to roll her to a blacksmith shop a quar ter of a mile away. There the iron hoops were removed and the woman re gained her freedom. OUR NATION PROSPEROUS. n (lii I Evilly nee of (be Supe riority of u It«»pIIl»lIt*iia Adml n I rut lon. Statistics make dull reading to the average person, but they sometimes convey information that is of great public value. The annual report of the treasurer of the United States, which has just been given to the press, furnishes news of this character. It shows in condensed and accurate form the fiscal operations of the govern ment and is in a sense the national bal ance sheet, indicating how the country stands in its financial dealings. It appearrs from the treasurer's re port that the net ordinary revenues of the government for the fiscal year end ed June no, 1900, were $."><>7,240,832. This is ihe largest sum ever received, exceeding even the figures of lN(if>, which represented the high water mark of receipts and expenditures due to the civil war that had jusl closed. Hut it is not to be forgotten that this amount of money is more easily ob tainable than was a less sum 34 years ago. The nation is about twice as large and many times richer. Though the present "war tax." like all war taxes, in not agreeable to the people, it does not represent any of the actual hard ship endured by them in supporting the government when engaged in a fight for its existence. The big receipts of the last fiscal year were largely in excess of current needs, and as a consequence there was a sur plus of $79,527,0(50. or nearly double the amount estimated by Secretary Gage in his forecast of financial conditions. This helps to prove the effectiveness of the government's collecting methods and the readiness with which the du ties and revenue taxes are paid. And it may be remarked that it is in strik ing contrast with the conditions exist ing four years ago. when with a deplet ed treasury the gold reserve was drawn upon for current expenditures and bond sales were resorted to in order to restore the stock of precious metal. A glance at the present plethora em phasizes the difference wrought under a republican administration. An important feature of the report is the showing it makes of the saving ef fected by the refunding of bonds under the new law known as the gold stand art. act. In this way placing the bonds at lower interest rates* —there has been a net saving of $8,604,317. Other facts are of much interest. The amount of money in circulation Oc tober 1. 1000, was $2,113,294,983. and the per capita circulation on that date was $27.01. The per capita in gold is SIO.OO, which is greater than that of all the currency in 1562, while the total of gold is greater than all the circulation at any time before July, 1879. There is more money in circulation per capita to-day than ever before in our financial history. Treasury transactions show a remarkable increase in gold accumu lation. while more gold is being handled in ordinary dealings than has been the case in many years. The gold stand ard has been strengthened, and no one now doubts its stability; hence ihe greater readiness to use gold as cur rency instead of hoarding it. Lastly, the great balance in our fa vor in our foreign trade is a most im portant factor in our fiscal affairs. The treasurer's report touches on it as showing its effect in aiding the flow of gold to this country. But it has been considered more at length by others. The Philadelphia Ledger, al luding to a recent address, remarks: "The trad>e balance as a feature of our prosperity was the subject of an important paper read at the July meeting of the Pennsylvania bankers by Assistant Secre tary of the Treasury Vanderlip. Prom his official exhibit it appeared that for the fiscal year ended June 30. 1900. the value of our exports was $1.400/(00,000, a gain of $173,000,000 for the year. All industries rep resented in the foreign trade participated in this Increased, exportation. During the last four years there was a total balance in our favor of i xports over imports of $1,980,000,000, and this. Mr. Vanderlip exult ingly declared. Ms more than five times thu balance in our favor during the years from 1700 to ISSG.' The gold standard will also be reenforced by the increased production of the mines. Mr. Vanderlip said the esti mated gol(' production the world over for ISM was $315,000,000, half of which is to bo credited to IWOO. This is an increase of S2S.- 000,000 over the production of IS9S. The re sumption of mining operations in South Af rica will very materially increase the out put." Now that we are permanently on a gold basis, it is satisfactory to know that the basis is growing broader and stronger.—Troy Times. lE?"Many of the democrats who hopf for a reorganization of their partj are turning to the south for inspira tion and leadership. This was the old democratic w»y. The party marched and moved to the snap of the slave driver's whip. It ought to know bet ter. but apparently it does not. Of late years the southern democracy has been noted chiefly for its infatuation for cheap money, including free silver, and for robbing republicans: of the franchise by fraud and violence. If the democratic party thinks its for tunes will be improved by a servile surrender to such influences it will make as biff a mistake its it did when it made itself a tail to the Bryan kite. —Troy Times. P 1 Among the things which we would like to have explained is, what became of the overwhelming majority which Carter Harrison was going to give the democracy in Chicago? It was to have been great enough to overcome the assumed McKinley vote in the state. When organizat' s such as the party of the pcop in the metropolis; of the west was alleged to be cannot make a better showing they should beg Marcus A. Manna to give them a few kindergarten lessons. —Washington Times (I)em.). ICThe people who are going to re organize the democratic party should ijave all the fun they can while they can. for Mr. Bryan is to issue a state ment in a few days.—Chicago Record (Ind.). CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1900. THE NICARAGUAN ROUTE. Comml*»loncr« Say that It I* Ihe .Ylost Practicable lor an Isthmian « anal. Washington. Dec. 5. —The president yesterday transmitted to congress the preliminary report of the Isth mian canal commission. 'lhe com mission comes to the following con clusions: "In view of the facts, and particu larly in view of all the difficulties of obtaining ihe necessary rights, priv ileges and franchises on the Panama route, and assuming that Nicaragua and Costa Rica recognize the value of the cpnal to themselves, and are pre pared to grant concessions on terms which are acceptable to the United States, the commission is of the opin ion that the most practicable and feasible roule for an Isthmian canal to be under the control, management and ownership of the United States, is that known as the Nicaraguau route. "The Panama canal after comple tion would be shorter, have fewer locks and less curvature than the Nicaragua!* canal. The measure of these advantages is the time required for vessels to pass through, which is estimated for an average ship at 12 hours for Panama and 33 hours for Nicaragua. On the other hand, the distance from San Francisco to New York is 377 miles, to New Orleans 579 and to Liverpool 356 miles greater via Panama than via Nicaragua." The commission says that the esti mated cost of building the Nicaragua canal is about $58,000,000 more than that of completing the Panama canal, leaving out the cost of acquir ing the latter property. The time required to build the Nicaragua canal hinges almost entirely on the tirae required for the construction of the Boca San Carlos dam. The construc tion of the dam will be a costly and tedious operation. Eight years would probably be a reasonable estimate for the time of building it. At least two years will be con sumed in preparatory work and it opening a harbor at Greytown, sc that if work on the dam should be commenced immediately thereafter, the time requireu for completing the entire work would be about tec years. ASSAULTED BY A MOB. Deputy ShcrMFs are Attacked by 600 Strikers In a kilning Town of Penn sylvania. Latrobe, Ta., Dec. 5.—A riot oc curred here Tuesday at the works of the Bessemer Coal and Coke Co. Three deputy sheriffs were injured, and as a result the borough prison is full of strikers. The injured are: Deputy Barker, ribs broken. Deputy David Detrick, badly bruised. Deputy Logan, badly bruised. It appears that a mob of 500 excit e dminers, who are striking, came to the works Monday night, hooting and jeering, and proceeded to camp there by building a bonfire and then mak ing a demonstration of blowing fish horns and insulting passersby. Superintendent Martin, accom panied by E. P. Dayton, a superin tendent of one of the company's works in the Connellsville region, ar rived, and when they alighted from their buggy one of the mob ap proached and threatened the life ol Mr. Dayton, who immediately cams here and made an information against the strikers, who were held in SSOO bail. This was really the start of the trouble, and later in the night the fighting became serious. Sheriff May came to the scene of the disturbance and soon had the injured cared for having the strikers, of whom about ten were the leaders, locked up in the borough bastue, charging then: With riot and aggravated assault The men are striking against the adoption by the company of the Con nellsville scale. Further trouble is expected. AN INSURANCE SWINDLE. Officer ol a Western Society Claims to Have Discovered One—Two Personr A rrested. Sioux City, la., Dec. 5. —Charges ol an attempted insurance swindle that cost the life of one of the alleged swindlers are made by J. H. llurd, ol the Laboring Men's Co-operative Life association, who has just returned from an investigation of the ease (ieorge A. Barber, of Webster City, la., who held a policy for $7,800 in the company, is dead at I'agaso, Col., and Mrs. Mary Wright, of Chicago, and W. R. Neff are held at the same place to appear at the coroner's in quest. It is said that Barber met Mrs. Wright in Chicago last summei and took her to Denver, where Nefl appeared. The policy was made pay able to Mrs. Wright, who was alleged to be Barber's affianced. Mr. llurd charges that the poliej was taken out with Intention to de fraud, although in the original plan he says Barber's death was not to lit a reality. Later he says the scheme was changed and he asserts that Bar ber was poisoned. Another Corn Squeeze In Slgclit. Chicago, Dec. 5. —Indications on the board of trade are that another cor ner is hatching in corn, this time in the December option. Conditions are practically the same now as thej were in the November option, manip ulated by Phillips, with the probabil ity that the local stocits of contract corn will be still further depleted. Kriii£s 74 Dead Soldier*. Washington, Dec. 5. —Quartermas- ter General i.udington has received a message from Gen. Humphrey quartermaster with the troops ir, China, saying that the transport Cali fornia sailed irom Taku, China, or the 30th tilt, for San Francisco, witli the remains of 74 soldiers and ma rines, who died of wounds or disease during the recent military operations in China. These remains were disin terred at Tien Tsin, Pietsang and Yang Tsen. All the bodies unclaimed by relatives will be buried in the na tional cemetery at San Francisco, DUELS IN THE STREET. A TVest Virginia Lawyer Kill* a Preacher and a Nrbrn.kan <;uiinlii|C for 111* Diirnilrt, Williamson, W. Va., Dec. 6.—Wed nesday afternoon lion. S. Davis Stokes shot and killed Hev. John VV. Wohl in a street duel here, Mr. Stokes being- also dangerously injured. Mr. Stokes, one of the most prominet young lawyers in Mingo county, left his otllce after dinner and walked in the direction of the house occupied by Hev. Mr. W'ohl, and his housekeeper, Mrs. Levine, Mr. Wohl's *family being in Kentucky. Mr. Stokes stopped at the gate to talk with Mrs. Levin-*, who stood in the doorway. Within a few minutes the minister came out <*f the house. He seemed to be greatly excited about some thing and said to Mrs. Levine, as he passed her at the door: "You would be much better, at present, in th<i house." She replied that the day was too pretty to lie spent entirely within doors, and Mr. Stokes inter rupted by remarking, "Yes, don't, think of leaving us for the house." Quick as a flash Mr. Wohl turned and, addressing Stokes, said "Leave the premises." An altercation followed. Both men ran to the sidewalk directly in front of the house. Something was said, almost indistinguishable, that drew from Hev. Wohl a sharp retort. "You are a liar." and in an instant the report of a revolver was heard. Stokes stumbled, tried to regain his footing, but fell in the street. Wound ed as he was.he drew his revolver and covered the minister, now within ten feet of his fallen foe. Again Wohl fired, and simultaneously with that shot the gun in the sinking hand of Stokes spoke. When the stnnk" cleared away two tnen lay in their own blood upon the sidewalk. A crowd ran to the scene. Rev. Wohl was dead. Chance had carried th* bullet from Stokes' pistol through the head of the minister, killing him as he fell. The bullet had entered Stokes' side below the heart and passed entirely through his body. In the hall of the minister's home, facing the fearful duel to the death, fallen across the doorway, was found Mrs. Levine, who had fainted from fright. Stokes refuses to say anything con cerning the terrible tragedy, and Mrs. Levine is too excited to talk. Her. Wohl was one of the most eloquent of the Presbyterian ministers of this state. Mr. Stokes is an ex-Virginia university president. Platte Center. Neb.. Dec. 6. —Only the prompt arrival of Sheriff Byrnes and four deputies summoned from Columbus prevented lynching as (he culmination of a series of shooting affrays here yesterday. W T . .7. Gen tleman. a wealthy stockman, who caused the trouble, held the entire village at bay and shot fotir men, on 5 of whom may die. Gentleman, in spired by a grudge over a cattle suit several months ago, attacked Martin Burns, a farmer, on the street. Infuriated after the fight Gentle man secured a shot gun and went in search of his enemies. He entered the blacksmith shop of S. Oelsen and shot the owner. Marshal Hays tried to arrest hint and was shot in the back. Finally overpowered, the man was taken to jail and there drew a revolver, shooting into the crowd that had gathered, when Henry Tangor and Robert Wilson were badly wound ed. IN THE LAW'S CLUTCHES. A !Me»v York llrohor I* Arrested on m Charge of < oii*|»lracy and (.rand Larceny llls Alleged Accomplices Disappear. New York, Dec. 6. —As a result of investigations made by Assistant Dis trict Attorney Jjyrne. C. W. Morgan, trading as C. W.. Morgan & Co., stock brokers, and Morgan's bookkeeper, Michael Hart, were yesterday arrest ed on the charge of conspiracy and grand larceny. The men were locked up in police headquarters. The detectives confiscated all the books and papers in the ollice of Mor gan and in the offices of L. E. Van Hipper and John B. McKenzie, discre tionary brokers. Van Hipper and McKenzie had left their offices. It was found that the written matter in the books of Van Ripper and Mc- Kenzie had been torn out, leading the police to suppose that they had been informed of their coming. A thorough investigation was made and it was found that McKenzie and \an Ripper <1 it! an extensive business throughout the United States and Canada. They sent out as many as 100,000 letters a week, some of which told how easily money was made in Wall street and others explaining cer tain deals, the money to be sent to Morgan & Co., or C. B. Lawrence, jr. Van Ripper and McKenzie, it is al leged. advised each other of their suc cess with the prospective customer, and they in turn advised Morgan. If a man sent money to Morgan he would advise the brokers. Mr. Morgan had an office at Thirty third street and Broadway and the police say he had various offices throughout the country. The com plainant against the prisoners is Wil liam S. Bailey, a mill owner of Mai teawan, N. J. The police say they have 30 others who will testify against the men. When the police entered Morgan's office to arrest him they found a man, whose name ('apt. MeClusky refuses to divulge at this time, inquiring as to what had become of his money. Trusted ICmploye Steal* g.j0.000. New York, Dec. 6.—The Herald says:"After having served for 23 years the firm of Frank & Dubois, whose employ he entered as an errand boy, and after having been advanced until he had full charge of the otlice a < manager, William M. Gates, it is asserted, confessed that he had been robbing his employers, and was in volved in ruin. 'lHie full amount of his alleged stealings is not known, but it is believed he has taken $50,000, perhaps more. He is now a fugitive through the courtesy of the men he robbed." The ordinary every-dav life of most of our women is a ceaseless treadmill of work. How much harder the daily tasks become when some derangement of the female organs makes every movement painful and keeps the nervous system all unstrung ! One day she is wretched and. utterly miserable ; in a day or two she is better and laughs at her fears, thinking there is nothing much the matter after all; but before night the deadly backache reappears, the limbs tremble, the lips twitch —it seems as though all tne imps of Satan were clutching her vitals ; she goes to pieces and is flat on her back. No woman ought to arrive at this terrible state of misery, because these symptoms are a sure forerunner of womb troubles. She must remember that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound is almost an infallible cure for all female ills, such as irregularity of periods, which cause weak stomach, sick headache, etc., displacements and in flammation of the womb, or any of the multitudes of ill nesses which beset the female organism. Mrs. Goodon wrote to Mrs. Plnkham when sho was In groat troublom Hor totter tells the resultm " DEAR MRS. I am very grateful to you for your kindness and the interest you have taken in me, and truly believe that your medicines and advice are worth more to a woman than all the doctors in the world. My troubles began with inflam mation and hemorrhages from the kidneys, then inflammation, congestion and falling of the womb, reS and inflammation of the ovaries. I underwent local ljfi ljfi treatment every day for some time; then, after nearly two months, the doctor gave me permission togo rT back to work. I went back, but in lees than a week rQMMR <93* I was compelled to give up and goto bed. On break *"3? J ing down the second time, I decided to let doctors "JOS J and medicines alone and try your remedies. Before <enL the first bottle was gone I felt the effects of it. Three bottler of Lydia 13. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and a package of Sanative Wash did me more good than all the doctors' treatments and , |JUL ' N medicine. I have gained twelve pounds during the last two months and am better in every way. Thanking you for your kind advice and attention, I remain. Yours gratefully, •' MRS. E. J. GOODEN, Ackley, lowa." smmm jMk RIPIiI IHH Owing to the fact that some skeptical ■ ff BBR Sa M UF LMB M Dtf 11 people have from time to time questioned I I B 1 B H IB Km Ww Ft *' fcr thegenuincnersof the testimonial letters I I I I I I we are constantly publishing, we have I ■ H I i 11 deposited with the National City Bank, of Lynn, Mass., $5,000, m ■■■■■■■ which will be paid to any person who will show that the above m.M mIjR SLA testimonial is not genuine, or was published before obtaining the writer's special permission.— l/TDI A E. PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. ILLUSTRATED FOLDER GIVING COMPLETE DIRECTIONS HOW TO CROSS TTIE CONTI NENT CHEAPLY AND COMFORTABLY. 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Get a package to firrt"rr,lVr"^'r,°er,^i"<-°t n i ■% M SMM without fro ;m --alofruo cost! you nothing. ■K jM B a— M H Hu? less successful. 810 MONEY lor Aurnta. Hll I FN I Semi description; H. W .rren Mercantile Co. || F\ I faolW I V Fit K E opinion. Importer, euft Jnlihert. 9 5111.0 11. STEVENS t W'l. I'lill'AiiO, ILL Div. 8, 817—14 th Street. WASHINGTON, l». C. - - • Branch offices: Chicago, Clevoland and HO! FOR OKLAHOMA. nn/%ncv^Dl^ivkkt;give* DROPSY quick relief and cure, worsfr. inatiun ahont these lands. One year, (1.00. Siiiifle i/Vsos. Book of testimonials and JO day"' treatrru nt copy. 10c. Subficribfru rpi'oive froe illustrated book on Dr. H. H. GRhLN S SONS, Uox D, Atlanta, Oklahoma. Morgan'* Manual t'.MO paireSettler's Guide) —♦ with line aeetluiial map, 11.00. Map. tent*. All * . VT *- n 10/0 above. 11.75. Addr«»s DICK T. MORGAN. PERKY, O. \ A. IS. iv.—l/ lo4J To W. C. I. U. 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