UP AGAINST THE REAL THING NOW. Mr. Roosevelt joins the Masons and the goat gives him a few points on real rough riding. THE RAILWAY OCTOPUS. A lir|i»rl from CblrnKO Say" that Hx prrit* < oiiipaulr* Will bo Driven Out of liii»lueß» by 11*«• ) ambliit'. Chicago, .lan. 12. —The Record savs: Absolute control of the vast interests of the nation's express companies may fall into the hands of the rail road financial powers. Preliminary steps toward such an object are said to have been taken under the guid ance of.l. l'ierpont Morgan, Jaines J. llill and others who are figuring 1 pro minently in the recently reported railway deals, and the general scheme has been outlined. The re port has it that the powers intend to conduct the express business of the country as a regular department of railroad operation, strong provisions being made to have all roads act in harmony. While nothing definite regarding the plans is obtainable, it is claimed to lie the intention of the railroad of ficers to refuse to renew contracts with the companies where the re maining life of the contracts is not long and to make outright purchases of franchises where the contracts still have long lives before them. The express companies have contracts ranging all the way from 5 to 20 years, and at the expiration of their legal agreement they are at the mercy of the railroad companies. The A*|>halt l>l»putc. Washington. Jan. 12. —The status of the Venezuelan controversy has not been improved by the latest ne gotiations between the I nited States and Venezuela and this government has remonstrated against the deter mination of the Venezuelan authori ties to take executive cognizance of the asphalt rights, instead of leaving them to the judicial branch. The desire of this government has been that the matter be left to the court and it has sought to impress this view upon the Venezuelan govern ment. Hut the latest advices indi cate that Venezuela inclines to take executive authority over tlie subject. ■ iidlrglpa a Partition ol't'lilna. London, .lan. 12. The Daily Chron icle makes the following important statement: "From a trustworthy source we learn that Lord Salisbury has agreed to cede to Russia the rail way from Niu-Ch waiig to Shan-Hai- Ktvam. It is not known what com pensation will be received for the concession." Leading financiers, versed in China's affairs who were in terviewed yesterday, appeared to think that, if the news were correct, it indicated that Lord Salisbury recognized the impossibility of [ire venting the partition of China, and that Russia would get the north and Great Britain the Yang-Tse valley. Killed by a Train, Boston, Jan. 12. Charles K. I'ock lls, for many years an editorial writ er on the Boston Herald, was instant ly killed last night by an express train on the New York, New Haven X- Hartford railroad at the Harrison Square station, Dorchester. He at tempted to cross the tracks after the gates were down. The gateman, Ed ward Kickard, had both legs broken in trying to rescue Mr. Bockus. Iteopondent Tlan Sulfide*. Chicago, Jan. 12. —Despondency over his failure to secure employ ment led Louis Matchett. '.V.', years old and a bookkeeper, to commit suicide by asphyxiation yesterday. He came to Chicago from New York six weeks igo in search of work. On a table in his room near the bed were two letters. One was addressed to his wife in New York. A Year'* Exports. Washington, Jan. 12. The state aent of the exports of domestic pro lucts of the I nited States, issued by he bureau of statistics, shows that 'iring the calendar year WOO the ag rcgate was $8112,.'t64,2.>0, a net in ceaso of $119,000,000 over 1899. FIOOUH In Kentucky. Catlettsburg, Ky., Jan. 12.—The Igeon river is rising at the rate ot ie foot an hour. Log booms have en broken and many rafts have • n lost. When fields on both banks • submerged for miles. French er is also rising rapidly. An (ltimatum from Tiiios to Insurgents. HAVE SET A TIME LIMIT Armed Rebels are Given Until January .'lO to Surrender. RELIGION IN THE SCHOOLS. Philippine < OIIIIIIIKHIOII llenrx a Pro test from a Committee ol < alliolit-a Who Oppone the Teaching ol' l(cll ton by Sehool Trncliem. Manila, Jan. 12.- The campaign in northern Mindanao is directed per sonally by Brig. (len. Kobbe, with headquarters at Cagayan. Col. Birk himer, with live companies of the Twenty-eighth regiment, has swept the country and destroyed Filipino strongholds in the vicinity of Santa Ana. Maj. Cas >, of the Fortieth regiment, is operating in the mountainous re gion of southwest Cagayan. He has destroyed several strongholds and captured some prisoners. Minor cap tures and surrenders continue in Lu zon. The civil officers of several towns in Samhalis province met at San An tonio recently and signed an ultima tum to send to the insurgent leaders, notifying the insurgents that they will be paid 30 pesos apiece for rifles and liberated if they agree to keep quiet, setting forth that since (Jen. McArthur's proclamation it is impos sible to any longer contribute assist ance, and announcing that if the in siir}j£nts do not return to their by January 'SO they will be considered enemies of their people, who will then assist the Americans to pursue them. The first public discussion of the bill to establish a department of pub lic instruction yesterday developed a contest on tl.e question of religion in public schools. Interest centers in the section permitting priests and ministers to teach religion for half an hour three times weekly, outside of school hours, provided the parents express a written desire for such in struction, and prohibiting teachers from conducting religious exercises or teaching religion. The directors of the federal party were represented by a committee, who although Catho lics, argued strongly in favor of the elimination of the section. They de clared that the use of flic school house for religious purposes is con trary to the United States constitu tion and also to the platforms of the American parties and the Philippine federal party, and is certain to cause discord. Representatives of the Central Catholic society, who appeared in be half of permitting religious instruc tion in the schools, asked time for tin- preparation of a reply and were given until Monday. Judge Taft said the attitude of the I'nited States' Philippine commission as a legislative power was oile of ab solute indifference between Catholic. Protestant or Mohammedan relig ions. The commissioners, he added, endeavored to frame the act so that the people's prejudices would assist instead of retard its success. Howler*' Tournament 4'loften. Chicago, Jan. 12. At the conclu sion of the bowling tournament last night the prizes were awarded. First prizes in the five-men team contest went 1o I hicago, as did that in the individual bowling, New York taking the championship in the two-men contest. Financially and in everv other way the tournament proved a success. The quarters in which it was held were not as desirable as the officers of the bowling association de clare will be the case hereafter. The alleys could not be surpassed. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1901. A STEAMSHIP WRECKED. Stranded on the French 1111 ml Hurlus a Storm l':n"ortk to Itcacue Thorn- on Hoard. Marseilles, Jan. 10.—Dispatches from the village of Faraman, near which the French mail steamer Rus sie, from Oran, Algeria, stranded Monday in a violent storm, with .">0 passengers and a crew of 40 011 board, say that all efforts to reach the steamer have failed. When nightfall on Tuesday en shrouded tin- Kussie, quite a number of the crew and were clinging to tlie forerigging and to the rails, making despairing signals for succor, which those ashore were pow erless to afford. The gale increased in fury all night long, and though a flickering light was perceived from time to time, apparently waved by those 011 board to attract attention, it was feared the steamer would eith er break up or disappear in the shift ing sands before morning. A thou sand persons awaited along the shore and the fishermen prepared to launch a boat at the firftt sign of the abate ment of the hurricane. When day broke it was a great re lief for the watchers ashore to find that the bow and other parts of the forepart of the ship were still above water, though the stern had com pletely vanished. A group of men huddled 011 the steamer's bow re newed their mute appeals for help. As the day wore on more persons appeared on the deck, forming three groups—one at the bow, another on the bridge and a third around the funnel. Thus it was seen that the crew and passengers, who, a rectified list shows, number 102, were still liv ing. The coast guardsmen and fisher men manned lifeboats and made sev eral ineffectual attempts to reach the steamer, which was shifted by the incessant pounding of the seas a trifle nearer the shore. One lifeboat got half way when it capsized and its crew swam ashore and were dragged out of the water by the peo ple ashore, who formed a line with hands joined and waded breast deep into the water in order to seize them. A tug approached as near as pos sible to the wreck and then flew a kite to which a life line was at tachde in the direction of the Kussie, but it failed to reach the stranded vessel. Floats were also sent out from the beach with lines, but in no ease did they succeed in reaching the steamer. A message from the Kussie says: "The passengers are kept below, but all the crew are at their posts; and the children, captain and officers are lashed to the bridge. The seamen tried to construct several rafts, but, as they neared completion they were washed away." The sinking of the stern in the sand proves to have been a lucky thing for those on board, as the bow of the boat is tilted high above all save the biffgest waves and affords a refuge. Otherwise it is believed that all would have long since perished. Marseilles, Jan. 11. —A message from Faraman says that a lifeboat succeeded yesterday in reaching the French steamer Kussie, which strand ed Monday on the coast near the vil lage of Faraman during a violent storm and attached the line to her, by which food can be furnished to the passengers and crew, who had all been cooped up in the forecastle since Monday evening, and were famish ing- YELLOW FEVER GERMS. Experiments Show that the Infection I» Propagated by .M o«q 111 toes. Havana, Jan. 10. —The American commission which has been making experiments at Quemados as to the propagation of yellow fever germs by the mosquito has obtained ex tremely satisfactory results. Dr. Keed says the experiments show beyond a doubt that there is no contagion from an infected person or from infected clothing, but that the mosquitoes alone are responsible for the spread of the disease. In the course of the commission's inves tigations six non-immune person were infected direct from the bite of mosquitoes which had previously bit ten yellow fever patients, and five of these developed yellow fever. The last experiment made proved conclusively. Dr. Reed contends, the theory of propagation by mosquitos. A special building was constructed of disinfected material and one of the rooms was divided into two sec tions by a wire mosquito screen, la one section were placed disinfecV I bedding and clothing and in flic oth er bedding and clothing from the yel low fever hospital which had net been disinfected. Two occupied the two sections. In the former were put several in fected mosquitoes. The patient re mained in this room only long enough to be bitten and in four days a pronounced case of yellow fever de veloped. The patient is now co;i \alescent. The other subject slept in the in fected bedding for many nights and has not contracted the fever. both patients had been sleeping for 20 nights in gartnents worn by yellow fever victims and in bedding from the yellow fever hospital. Dr. Reed says they are growing fat and that, in 110 instance in the course of the commission's investigations, has a case of yellow fever developed from exposure to infe.cted bedding or clothing. A Snowbound Train. Denver, Jan. 10.—The Colorado Southern officials in this city said yesterday that the train which was caught at Alpine tunnel in a snow slide had been relieved. A dispatch froms Leadville, however, declare that the train is still in the tunnel, and that there are 12 passengers on board who have been unable to reach any station although several of them attempted to fight their way through the drifts. Yesterday after noon tlie snow was from four to si* feet deep on the level in the neigh borhood of the Alpine tunnel, SOLD INTO SLAVERY. N'W * orlt (.IrlM are Abduetrd and PurchaHcd by Asrnlt of Illnorderljr ■lviiuii, New York, Jan. 10. —Kmil A. Fuehs was a witness Wednesday in the trial of I'olioe Captain Ilerllhy by the board of police commissioners for neglect „112 duty and unbecoming con duet. Mr. Fuehs said lie had been em ployed in the o(bee of the East Side branch of the Legal Aid society. This office is in the building of the I niversity Settlement, which is lo cated on Itivington street, the center of the "red light" district. The witness said that while passing a house in Eldridge street last sum mer he had seen four children play ing on the sidewalk with some adver tising cards. The witness testified that in picking up the cards he found that they were advertisements for u "furnished room" house. He ques tioned the children and found that, they knew the cards were advertise ments for a disorderly house. This evidence was ruled out on the ground that it could not be proven by chil dren that a house was disorderly. Mr. Fucbs said that while he was an assistant in the East Side branch of the Legal Aid society people would come into the office of the society and complain about the doings in some of tlie houses. "Parents would come in," Mr. Fuehs testified, "and complain that their daughters had been abducted from their homes and taken to houses of ill fame to lead lives of shame." "Can you swear to a single instance when such complaints were made?" asked Lawyer Grant. The witness told of a specific in stance where a young girl, whom he named, had been abducted and where the mother had lodged a complaint with the society. Mr. Fuehs further said that regular agencies conducting a well regulated traffic in women had been maintained 011 the Hast Side. These agencies made it their business to furnish wo men to the houses of ill fame, and did not hesitate at any means as long as their purpose was accomplished. HIS BEER WAS DRUGGED. A Prlmt In Murdered and ltobbed by u lion;' of Philadelphia Tliusa. New York, Jail. 10.—Robert Hryan, alias "Sailor Bob," wanted in Phila delphia for complicity in the murder there or. Friday night, last of Rev. Father Kiegel, a prominent priest of the Catholic church, was arrested in this city last night. Hryan has a saloon on North Eighth street, Philadelphia. When he was arrested last night he made a confession to Capt. Titus, of the de tective bureau, implicating several others, whose names were not di vulged. The story told by Titus concerning Bryan's confession is that 011 Friday night last there went to Bryan's place a man, whose name Bryan gives, but which is withheld by Titus, accompanied by three companions, one a priest, Rev. Father Kiegel. The latter was very much intoxicated. The four men gave frequent orders for beer, which the priest always in sisted on paying for. Each time he paid he displayed a large roll of bills. Be was so intoxicated that he dropped bills on the floor. The men struck his hands and made him drop more. llryan admits getting $lO in that manner, and asserts that others got more. This- continued for some time, when one of the men left the room. Be returned with a small vial which Bryan says was filled with laudanum and chloral which had been purchased at a nearby drug store. Two glasses of beer were poured out, one of which was d rugged. Hryan says that after the priest had taken the beer the man who drugged it admitted he was going to rob the priest. Hryan then said that he would not allow that in his place and made them take the priest out of the room. lie says be knew nothing further about the affair until Saturday morning, when he was told that the body of the priest had been found in the hallway of the bouse next door. Bryan said that he be came frightened and left town. THE FRIDAY SUPERSTITION. Kuvy Department Itecogiii/.ca It by ( Imnsln: Hate lor Fulling a War. ■lilp In 4'oiiiiiilmhloii. Washington, Jan. 10. —(apt. Ches ter, of the navy, who is supervising work on the new battleship Wiscon sin at San Francisco, has recommend ed that the plan of putting the ship in commission 011 February 1 be re considered. When that plan was ar ranged, the fact was overlooked that February 1 falls on Friday. Old salts say there is no record of a war ship being put into active service on that so-called unlucky day of the week. The matter evidently has been brought to the attention of Capt. Chester, for a letter has just been received at the department from hiin recommending that the Wisconsin be putin commission on either January 28 or February -I (both Mondays), instead of 011 Feb ruary 1. Van Kant le carried on at Washington. The third reason advanced is that the European powers have not felt sufficient, confidence that the I'nited States government might not find it self influenced in the negotiations at Washington by the pressure of inter ests having an eye to the exploitation of China. The attitude of some of the powers, moreover, is swayed by other motives in opposing- the United States" proposal. (ireaf Britain, for example, which seems to be the most strongly antagonistic, lias probably taken into consideration the United States' attitude towards the Clayton- Bulwer treaty. The feeling- here favors Shanghai, if any change is made, as Shanghai is the most important trade centre in China, and, moreover, the southern viceroys who are favorable to for eigners and anxious to further trade could make their influence felt. Fail ing Shanghai, Berlin or Paris are more likely to be chosen. There is no reason to suppose that Russia will withdraw from the joint negotiations. The treaty she has concluded with China concerns her special interests in regions contigu ous to her territories, but she has great political interests to defend, ami, further in the joint conference, which will bristle with'obstacles to a speedy settlement Russia aims chief ly at a wide expansion of her political influence. (ireat ■'Britain wants to open the Chinese empire to her com merce, and, at the same time, strengthen her political foothold. The I'nited States' efforts, apparent ly, will be devoted to securing com mercial advantages, while France and (lermany will desire to increase their trade generally and their political in fluence in certain provinces. The struggle between thewe conflicting designs will be bitter. Washington, Jan. 10.—As some of the foreign powers do not look with favor upon the proposition of the United States, recently made, as to the withdrawal of certain features of the negotiations from Pekin to Wash ington or some n>tlier capital, and other powers hesitate to decide the question, the president has deemed t advisable to withdraw the proposi tion. THE BOER WAR. Situation of the l-'.iiijllxli (irolv» 'lore Critical, Inntead ol' Better, London, Jan. 11. —The situation in South Africa grows worse rather than better. Lord Kitchener's dis patches are more laconic than those of Lord Roberts, and little else of importance is allowed to come through. The Times finds comfort in the thought that the "process of attri tion is doing its work and must shortly lead to the inevitable result." In other quarters, however, there i* less satisfaction with the position of affairs, which has practically necessi tated the fortification of Cape Town. This morning's dispatches report that a sinali party of Boers carried off cattle close to the east fort at Pretoria. Nine hundred Boers, un der Commandant Rritzinger. are 15 miles from Richmond, in the direc tion of Mnrraysburg. The military commissioner of po lice at Johannesburg has warned the public to beware of the dangers ot dynamite mines laid in the ltand, as the authorities cannot hold them selves responsible for injuries result ing- therefrom. Following is a dispatch received yesterday from Gen. Kitchener: "On the night of January 7 Boers madt determined attacks upon all of out posts of Belfast, Wonderfontein Nooitgedaclit and Wildontein. A heavy fire continued until 3:40 a. m.. when the Boers were driven off. One officer was killed and three were wounded, while 20 men were killed and 59 wounded. The loss of the Boers was heavy, 24 dead being counted." "Five thousand lioers, supposed to be trekking west from Vryburg," says the Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Mail, "are now making their way into the heart of Cape Col ony. The supposition is that thev have captured several small garri sons on the way." Filipino JCnvoyi Disagree. London, Jan. 11.—A serious dis agreement lias arisen between the Filipino representatives in Europe. Agoncillo. whom Aguinaldo ordered to Hong Kong, to direct the opera tions of the junta there, has revolted anil refuses togo to Hong Kong or give up his post in Paris to Dr. Apa ciblo. The latter Aguinaldo ordered togo to Canada from Hong Kong, to watch the United States elections, lie was then ordered to replace Agowcil lo. The disputants have both cabled Aguinaldo and are waiting his is. ply- 3