2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. fer year K 00 U paid in advance 1 uO ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published at the rate of •ne dollar per square for one insertion and fifty •ents per square for each subsequent insertion Rates by the year, or for six or three month*, •re low and uniform, and will be furnished on application. Legal and Official Advertising per square, three times or less, >2; each subsequent inser tion :0 cents per square. Local notices 10 cents per line for one inser •ertlon: 5 cents per line for each subsequent consecutive Insertion. Obituary notices over five liner 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of births, n:ar rinßes and deaths will be inserted free. Business cards, five lines or less. S5 per year; Over five lines, at the regular rates of adver tising. No local inserted for less than 75 cents per laaue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the PHESS is complete and affords facilities for doing the best class of •work PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear- Rgi s are paid, except at the option of the pub sher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid (or in advance. Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell, mission ary bishop of the Episcopal church in Africa, says thr.t the troubles in that country have just begun, and that on every hand lie and the mis sionaries who report to him can see sig-ns of a rising of the natives against the whites. The law of the last legislature of Kansas making it a misdemeanor to steal a ride on a train has caused the hobo army to leave that state. A Jew years ag'o Kansas was the para dise of tramps, but this law and an avowed purpose of the authorities tc enmpel them to work in tlie harves'. fields have caused them to leave. A London dispatch says that paint ings worth thousands of dollars hav<» just been found in an old shop wher» they were doing duty as fire screens Every time ati artist becomes pressec .for funds, he pulls up some moth eat en picture from a basement, "finds" it 5n an old attic, or does something of that sort and sells it to the gulliblft public. There was much amusement anion# the friends of Justice Brewer, of the supreme court, at his expense, becatisr lie procured a marriage license in thv District of Columbia, which is not valid outside the district, in order to be married in Vermont. Thus a man most learned in constitutional law may be perfectly ignorant of local statutes. i ————— I Judge Danforth, of the Maine su preme court, had this to say in con nection with the case of a defaulting bank cashier recently sent to prison: *'l wish that the law permitted me to send with the accused every one of the bank directors who, through a loiif? term of years, expected you to do your work, live respectably, bring up a large family and be honest—all on a salary of SOOO a year." The population of Ireland lias been reduced nearly 4.000,000 in the last 50 years. It was 8,196,597 in 1841, fell to 0,574,275 in 1851, and is now but -4.456,546. This depopulation finds no parallel in modern history. While the Irish emigrants have found homes in till parts of the world, they have been mostly attracted to Australia, Can ada and the United States. It is es timated that there are 2,000,000 peo ple of Irish birth now in this coun try. The numerous expeditions to the north pole or thereabouts, either planned or under way, goto show that the game is fully as popular as ever. It is not that the explorers care a rap about the pole, or what is to be found there. I tut it is safe to assume that they are fond of adven ture, and without doubt they are fond of notoriety. Hence the money ex pended and the risks taken for a pur pose thsit promises no great material benefit to the world. The American Hall of Fame has tlie following dimensions: Length of col onnade, 504 feet; height, 20 feet; breadth, 10 feet; length of museum, 200 feet; breadth, 40 feet; height, 10 feet. Tablets now are: Washington, Lincoln, Webster, Franklin, Jefferson, Clay, Adams, Grant, Farragut, Lee, Marshall, Kent, Storv, I'eabody, Coo per. Fulton, Stuart, Morse, Whitney, Audubon, (iray, Edwards, Mann, Beecher, Channing Emerson, Haw thorne, Irving and Longfellow. Five tablets are to be added every five years. The supreme court of Ohio having declared constitutional the law of that state which makes a county re sponsible for injuries committed against persons by mobs, it is not probable that lynchings will be of frequent occurrence in that state. The law creating such responsibility was enacted in 1896. A year later a negro was lynched at Urbana, and under this law his heirs brought suit against the county. The lower court awarded the heirs $5,000 and costs, and this decision the supreme court has affirmed. A Pennsylvania doctor says that ap pendicitis, with which women were ■jntil recently seldom afflicted, is now almost as common among them as among men. lie ascribes this increase of the disease among them to the use of the bicycle, to golf ami other out door sports. What are the women to do, poor things! First, they are tear fully and prayerfully urged and im plored jo engage in outdoor sports for the sake of their health; then they at e told that if they do so they will have appendicitis. Life, as regulated by doctors, has complications. THE SITUATION IN CUBA. Coni|>liniiee nllh the I'lntt Amrnd m< at Must He tlie Out co me. Tlie new hitch in the Cuban case is to be regretted, but it has been brought about by the Cubans them selves, and doubtless will soon be re moved by them. In the acceptance of the I'latt amendment by the Havana constitutional convention there was an addenda which gives a different in terpretation to one or two of the pro visions of the amendment than the letter of that measure will permit. The visiting delegation of Cubans mis understood Secretary Hoot in his ex planation of some of the provisions of the I'latt terms, and their notion got into the proceedings of the convention nt the time the terms were accepted. They evidently supposed that the pres ident and the secretary of war intend ed to remove some of the rigors of the stipulations as set forth in tlie amend ment, and they gave this idea to their colleagues in the convention. In this way the constitution framers obtained an erroneous view of the situation, and this is reflected in their acceptance of the terms. What the Cubans have been told now by Secretary Hoot is that tlie ~ CUBA-" PATCHED ONE'S IS BETTER' N NONE, ANYWAY." Piatt amendment will have to be ac cepted as it stands. Neither the presi dent jiur the secretary of war has any authority to alter it in the slightest degree. Their relation to it js to en force it according to its obvious letter. The function of interpreting the amendment if there be any doubt as to its exact meaning rests with the courts. Congress has the authority of making the terms and has the pow er to change them in either direction if it chooses. Congress is the only power which can do this. The func tion of the executive is to execute the laws according to their letter, or ap parent letter, and if there be any need for an interpretation of them so as to clear up any doubt as to their exact meaning that work will have to be done by the judicial branch of the gov ernment. 'I lie course for the tubans is clear. They must agree w> the Piatt statute in its strict terms. There can be no mental reservations or equivocations on this point. Their official accept ance must be so plain and so explicit that there can be no possibility of any hedging by them hereafter. That they will meet the new situation in the proper spirit is probable. The necessities of the case have been pointed out to them by the author ities at Washington in a frj •ndly way, and they have been told that the terms must be agreed to as they are laid down in the statute. The con sequences of their rejection, or of a delp.y in their acceptance, can readily be pointed out to the Cubans. The American troops will remain in the island until a government which will m«et American ideas is established, and this cannot be done until the re lations between Cuba and the United States are agreed to by the Cubans on the exact lines laid down in the riatt proviso. It was the expecta tion that a Cuban republic would be in operation by the end of !!KII at the latest, but if there is to be any ob structiveness on Cubr.'s part this out come will be delayed. Probably an amicable agreement will be reached soon. At least this is the hope of all Americans. Until this is effected, however, the United States soh'.iers will remain in Cuba and the United States Hag will fly over Cuba's prin cipal cities and its fortifications.— St. Ln/.i Ci'olio Democrat. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1901. TRAITOROUS AGUINALDO. Secret Archive* Captured In Laio* Tell (he Story of Ilia Pertld y, Murnt Halsteael has made an anal ysis of the Filipino archives captured when Aguinaldo and his cabinet fl< d from Malolos in the spring of 1899. The result of this study is a revela tion of Aguinaldo's character that places him before the American pub lic in an entirely new light. Among the documents captured were many of Aguinaldo's private papers and let ters from the Spanish authorities in Manila, written after Dewey's vic tory and before the capture of the city. There are the minutes of the so-called Filipino republic, proclama tions, private instructions and offi cial reports. These various papers prove from Filipino sources that Aguinaldo plot ted treachery against the United States anil in favor of Spain before the fall of Manila, that he was in correspondence with the Spanish Cien. Augustin. 'i here are letters proving that Aguinaldo wrote after the battle of Manila and before the capture of the city that he had the hope of preserving "from the ship wreck the sovereignty of Spain in these islands." That is the kind of an ally he was of the United States. There are letters showing that while the Amreican troops and Fil ipino forces wer laying siege to Ma nila, the Spanish army inside the city was supplied with fresh meat through the Filipino lines on passes signed by Aguinaldo. There is a letter from Aguinaldo to the Spanish governor general ex pressing a wish to enter into a "con tract" for mutual advantages.and the letter was written on the day that Admiral Dewey supplied. Aguinaldo with 7,000 guns to be used against the Spaniards. Documents signed by Aguinaldo weeks before the insurrection broke out on Feltrauary 3, 1899, gave mi nute directions for the assassination of American sentries while profess ing to be on friendly terms. The captured archives also furnish the details of the agreement under which Aguinaldo for a cash payment of 600,000 pesos agreed to' drop the rebellion against Spanish authority ii» 1897. The money was paid to Aguinaldo, and with cabinet officers he proceeded to Lingayan, where the entire party boarded a Spanish mer chant steamer and were taken to I 'ong-Kong. More than this, the programme was so arranged that, it was not until Aguinaldo was ready to sail that lie telegraphed orders to his generals to lay down their arms and surrender their forces. —Chicago Tribune. (E?"There is one thing about Presi dent McKinley's trip that made it dif ferent from the average presidential "swing around the circle." The pres ident being no longer a prospective candidate, it could not be construed as a vote-getting tour. Perhaps this will make the enthusiasm of the peo ple all the greater, although Presi dent McKinley is a man who always arouses enthusiasm. In the western cities and towns he will undoubtedly receive the greatest welcome ever ac cord) <1 any man.—Troy Times. tTMr. Bryan sliouiu endeavor to break himself of the habit of using tin 1 word "must" in discussing plans for the democratic future. He may keep it up until he incites somebody to refer to him as Old Musty.—Wash ington Post. A MASTERLY ADDRESS. Raeretary Hay Pleads for feme I*e tiveen lite Nation*. Buffalo, S. Y., June 14.—The pres ence of men of national prominence and the sports in the stadium at ract ed thousands to the Pan-American exposition yesterday. Secretary of State Hay was the guest of honor at a dinner given ln»-t evening by the directors of the exposi tion to the National Editorial associ ation. One thousand covers we.-e laid in the dining room in Statler'? ■hotel. Secretary Hay spoke as fol lows: "Last night 1 looked from my win dow at this marvelous creation, mil to-day as I have walked through the courts and the palaces of this incom parable exposition, the words of the prophet have been constantly in my mind, 'Your old men shall dream dreams; your young men shall see visions,' This idea of the brother hood of the nations of the western world is not a growth of yesterday. It was heralded when the country was young by Henry ("lay; it was cherished by Seward and Evarts, by Douglas and by Blaine. "Twelve years ago we held the first reunion of the American republics. Much was said and done, destined to be memorable in our history, opening and blazing the way along the path of peace and fraternal relations. We have made steady progress; we have grown day by day to a better under standing until now we are looking to our coming conference in the City of Mexico, in which we have the right to hope that with larger experiences and profounder study of the great problems before r.s, results still more important will be reached. "There have been statesmen and soldiers who have cherished the 'sricy in past years of a vast American army recruited from every country between the Arctic and Antarctic seas which sliail bind us together in one immense military power that, might overawe the older civilizations. lint this conception belongs to the past, to an order of things that has gone, I hope, forever. How far more in spiring is the thought of the results we see here now; how much more in keeping with the better times in whose light we live, and the still more glorious future to which we look for ward is the result we see to-day of the armies of labor and intelligence in every country of this new world, all working with one mind and one will, not to attain an unhappy pre eminence in the art of destruction, but to advance in liberal emulation in the arts which tend to make men happier and better, to make this long harassed and tormented earth a brighter andfmore blessed abode. "God forbid that there should be in all this the slightest hint of vain glory, still less of menace to the rest of the world. On the contrary, we cannot but think that this friendly challenge we send out to all peoples convoking them also to join in this brotherly emulation in which the prizes are after all merely the right to further peaceful progress in good work —will be to the benefit and profit of every country under the wide heaven. Every great achieve ment in art, in science, in commerce, communicates to the universal human spirit a salutary shock which in ever widening circles spreads to regions the most remote and obscure; to break at last in lingering ripples on tne ultimate shores of space an( l time. Out of a good source evil can not flow; out of the light darkness cannot be born. The benign influ eii.'es that shall emanate trom this great festival of peace shall not be bounded by oceans nor by conti nents.'* A TEN PER CENT TAX. It l« Proposed to tlulif file Trail mi' an I Tiiiic* Pay a Share of"the Coot of the U a r. London, .Tune 14.—Sir David Bar hour, whom the chancellor of the ex chequer, Sir Michael llicks-Beach, sent to South Africa to investigate the sources of revenue of the Trans vaal and Orange River Colony, with the view of estimating how much they should contribute towards the cost of the war, reports in favor of a 10 per cent, tax on the profits of the mines, yielding, on the basis of the profits of 1808, £450.000 yearly. After paying this. Sir David Barbour con siders the mines will be better off than before, as they will save £600,- 000 per year on dynamite, owing to the abolition of the monopoly in that commodity. The Orange River Colony will he unable for some years to meet the ordinary cost of administration and pay its share of the cost of the con stabulary. "It cannot, therefore,*' says Sir David Barbour, "so far as can be foreseen at present, pay any thing toward the cost of the war." Sir David proposes to apply all revenues derived from the sale of lands or mining rights to the war liquidation. Flnaiirlal I,«>**e* Led to Suicide. Baltimore, June 14. —lit-.ivy finan cial losses incurred rn speculation, .i. is asserted here, caused the suicide in Pittsburg of Dr. Daly, former sur geon in the l*nited States army, per sonal friend of (!en. Miles and orig inator of the "embalmed beef" scan dal. It was given out that the sui cide was the result of melancholia brought on by the death of his wife. From reliable sources it is learned here, however, that Daly had invested largely in local securities and lost $75,000. Wabauli Will r.iilor Pltf«?,nrsr. Pitt:burg, Junel4. —President Ham say, of the Wabash railway, has au thorized Engineers Patterson and Dollar to advertise next Monday in the Pittsburg papers for proposals for the erection of a bridge across the Monongaheln river at Kerry street and the construction of 12 niiles of railroad south from Bridge vil'i for the Pittsburg A' Carnegj." • ailroad. ihe total cost of these two portions of the line will lie 000. COO. Contracts will stipulate that tne work be completed by November 1. 1902. CHARGES OF FRAUD. iTiff are OTade In Connection With tlie *ale ol (Government Property by Soldier* at San Fraud* o. San Francisco, June 14.—Capt. A. \V. Kimball, post quartermaster at the Presidio, made the following statement yesterday in regard to the alleged frauds in the sale of quarter master's supplies belonging to the govern meat: "I am the officer that is concerned in this matter, but no one has yet made any inquiry of me. lam the only bonded officer at the post, and the only disbursing officer. If there has been anything irregular I would [ be pleased to give all the assistance in my power in the search for the guilty men, if there are any. "All the government things sold in the pawnshops are sold by discharged soldiers from the returning volunteer regiments." Col. .1. B. IJawles, post commander, said: "All this talk of fraud is per fect rot. People have been nagging for a year on the same subject. 1 have been aware of the soldiers sell ing their clothing for a long time. One of the perplexing things in army management is to keep the soldiers from selling their clothing. 1 am confident that no quartermaster's sergeant or civilian employe is impli cated in tlie selling of even a shoe string." A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Abe Abrams, son of Louis Abrams, the second hand dealer, who, with another son is in custody. In fective Reynolds reported to the fed eral authorities yesterday that he found 20 pairs of government shoes in a Sacramento street store Wednesday night. (apt. Seymour, of the local detec tive force, said: "No one can say, in view of all that has transpired within the past two days, that frauds have not been going on. Detective Reynolds reports to me that the in vestigation has made a stir among the second hand stores and those who deal in the class of goods stolen from the army, and that those who have not yet been visited by Col. Maus are hurrying to cover what gov ernment goods they have. The quan tities which the Abrams family were able to supply their customers makes it seem conclusive to my mind that there is some one having access to the quartermaster's department in collusion with them. They will have a hard time explaining away the evi dence against them." HE SNUBBED WANAMAKER. Ill* Protest A in growing wheat, reports Tvh AM of delegates, etc and full 1 w /* ||information as to reduced railway rates can he had application to the rnder-icned. who wlil mail yon atlases, pamphlets, etc.. free of cost. F. PKDLEY. Supt. of Immigrat tlon, Ottawa. Canada; M. V Mr!NN ICS, No 2 Merrill Blk . Detroit. Mich : K. T. HOLMES, Room C, Bitf Four Bldg., Indianapolis. Inc. READERS OF THIS PAPER DESIRING TO BUY ANYTHING ADVERTISED IN ITS COLUMNS SHOULD INSIST UPON HAVING WHAT THEY ASK FOR. REFUSING ALL SUBSTITUTES OK IMITATIONS. 1 a JFgfc AMAKESSS SS?£ P!