2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. rr year 12 09 paid In advance 1 «<> ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements nre published at the rate of •ne dollar per square for one insertion and fifty aeutn per square for each subsequent insertion Rates by the year, or for six or three months, •re low and uniform, and will be furnish6d on application. Legal and Ofliclal Advertlsint per square, three times or lets, t». each subsequent inser tion IjO cents per square. Local notices in cents per line for one lnser •ertion: A cents per line for each subsequent •onsecutive Insertion. Obituary notices over five line*. 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of births, mar' risireK and deaths will be Inserted free. Business cards, five lines or less. t5 per year; ®ver ave lines, at the regular rates of adver tising No local Inserted for lesa than 75 centa per Issue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the Priss Is complete and affords facilities for doing the best class of work. Particular attention paid to Law Pkintino. No paper will be discontinued until arrear- Kcs are paid, except at the option of the pub her. Papers sent out of the county must be paid tor in advance. ■*"he tendency to form clubs is one of flu* vital phenomena of our civiliza tion. Men and One of the Queer- Women nowadays eat <>t < inbs. organize the m «elves into an association for every im aginable purpose. The growth of "trusts" is only a larger application of the same principle. Thus far we have had no "medical trust,' and we make bold to express the hope that we never shall have one, says the Philadel phia Journal. Put, if reports are true, our patients are beginning to organize. There has been formed, according to rumor, a Tabetic association. It is not to be an inco-ordinate body, but well organized, and is to offer a prize of $lO,- 000 for a sure cure for locomotor ataxia. In the present state of pa thology we fear the offer is a safe one, but we sympathize heartily with the new club, and can even see ground for believing that some good can come out of it. A community of interests is cer tainly a vital principle among men. and there is no reason why the victims of posterior sclerosis should not find in one another's society a bond of fel lowship that may make the general burden of their infirmity less grievous to be borne. To be sure, we have known some tabetics who cou'.d hardly be classed as "clubable" men, but a unity of purpose will do much to mitigate the slight asperities that might arise from social distinctions and individual idiosyncrasies. It is a curious fact that locomotor ataxia is one of the few very chronic affections that constant ly appeal to the imagination of doctors and patients alike as having in reserve some latent tendency toward recovery. Many experts refuse to be discouraged by it; many patients linger on in: the fond hope and expectancy of cure. Let us trust that these hopes yet will be realized, and that the new club will be an active agent in securing such ear nestly desired results. Hagerstown, Md., was treated to a performance of "lolanthe" on a re cent evening, and the local musical critic "wrote it tip" in the. following catch-as-catch-can style: "Melodic curves of divine intensity vaulted aloft mirroring- the perturbations of music's soul and painting the strug gle for sublimal expression upon the airy fabric of voice dreams. Kcstatic ally, yet orderly, the chorus rang its accompaniment, dashing the serene waves of its cloud-cap visions right to the ultimate bars of human reach. The audience was sympathetic and enrapt, hanging with dramatic fervor to the meticulous inspiration of the passionate verve of the sinuous irre sistibly direct and coordinate har monies, which passed oft the ivory gates and scored their triumphs in the very heart of music's capital." Wouldn't that rattle the rafters of your dome of thought? ' Miss Helen Gould recently gave a val uable collection of books to a Stockton (Kan.) library, and was asked to send the library association a picture of her self to hang in the reading room. She replied: "You are very kind to ask for my photograph for the library, and I am sorry not to send it as you suggest, but, for two reasons, I have made it a Title to keep my likeness from public use; first, because I do not feel I have done anything entitling me to such a distinction, and, secondly, because 1 am quite annoyed by cranks, and it seems a little safer not to be readily recognized—more comfortable, at any rate. With good wishes for the Stock ton library and the people of your com munity, I remain, very truly, Helep Miller Gould." The youngest home-seeker to draw a claim in the Lawton district of the Kiowa reservation, Oklahoma, was little Ruth Donovan, the one-year old daughter of the late Judge Dono van, of Enid. Judge Donovan was a soldier, lie died a few months ago, lefaving a little orphan daughter, now only one year old. A guardian was appointed for the child and her name was registered for a claim under the law giving soldiers' widows and or phans the right to homestead land on the same basis that soldiers them selves can make entry. She drew a claim and her guardian can hold it for her. READY TO BREAK AWAY. Pennsylvania Drmurrali Vlfir th« Mtuiliioil with "Incrrduluoi Aiau>eii>«nt." The Pennsylvania democrats in con ▼ention assembled waived "till ques tions and propositions on which <the people of the nation divided into po litical parties." The platform makers of the convention declined to "point with pride" to the record of the party or to leaders or to principles, but viewed, not with alarm but with "in credulous amazement," the spectacle presented in the commonwealth of l'ennsylva nia. They denounced in the most lurid and extravagant terms the republicans «>f Pennsylvania who gave McKinley a majority of 284,403 in 1900 and who ▼<» ted for the return of Matthew |S. Quay to the senate, but they had not one word of prai'se for Mr. Bryan or for the platforms of 1896 and 1900. The democrats <of Pennsylvania ap pear before the country simply as de nouncers, and in vociferous and hys terical denunciation and abusiveness it must be admitted that they stand head and shoulders above even the middle-of-the-road populists of Texas. They are noisy in declamation,but they are like the loose-jointed moralist who, finding himself at an old-fashioned re vival meeting without experience or principles or convict ions, made amends by shouting. They seem to believe that, they can win on a platform of abuse, but they surrender at the very beginning of the campaign all pretense of making any fight for principle, or, for that matter, for party. They have only one plank, and that is vilification of ,the republic ans who control the state government and the legislature. This will remind a good many peo ple of the story of the colonel who or dered a retreat in the face of the en emy, ond, as his men fled in disorder to the rear, scouted: "Yell, boys, yell; yell and swear; make a noise!" and the men yelled and swore, but all the same they took to the woods. Judged by the same rule, the demo crats of Pennsylvania who view the situation in their state with "incred ulous amazement" are preparing to take to the woods. They are lurid and extravagant in their denunciation r>f republican leadership and republican policy, but they have not a word to say in defense of democratic leader ship or democratic policy.—Chicago Inter Ocean. IOWA ON THE TARIFF. Rcgnrd Agitation nn tnncoeasnry and InJii r i ohm to the Country. The declaration of the lowa repub lican state platform in favor of such changes in the protective tariff system from time to time as may become ad visable "through the progress of our industries and their changing rela tions to the commerce of the world," is likely to be seized upon with avidity by the advocates of a revision of the tariff at the coming session of con gress. Yet there will be no justifica tion for believing the republicans of lowa are in favor of tariff revision at this time. The republican protective policy is indorsed in the lowa platform, and reciprocity is named as the natural complement of protection. In com mon with all other republicans of sense, those of lowa are in favor of revision when it shall be necessary, and when the work can be done by the friends of protection. They also favor the adoption of reciprocity (treaties wherever there is a chance to extend the trade of the United States by such a course. The republicans of lowa would resist as strenuously as would those of any other state any attempt to revise the Dingley law on lines such as are likely to Vie laid down by the tariff destroyers, who are preparing to make a raid on congress next winter, and who have started the agitation in favor of revision to pave the way for the raid. In response to letters sent out by the American Protective Tariff league the American Economist is publishing statements from republican senators and representatives in all parts of the country opposing any agitation of the tariff question next winter. These members of congress agree in declar ing that there is no demand for re vision now, and that tariff agitation can only result in injury to the busi ness of the country. They say there is nothing the matter with the United States and they are in favor of letting well enough alone. In that they will be supported by business men in all parts of the country. Cleveland Leader. ICTlie democrats will not be able to make a canvass in lowa which will excite the country much. In the gov ernorship canvass in 1899 the repub licans had a plurality of 56,000, and they had a lead of 98,000 for president in 1900. There does not seem to be much chance for the democrats to cut the republican plurality down below the 50,000 mark this year. If the re publican lead should be down to 40,- 000 the democrats will be surprised. The democrats are not claiming lowa this year.—St. Louis Globe-Demo crat. rrp resident McKinley is having a more restful and agreeable summer than the presidents of some big in dustrial corporations. It must be conceded that on the whole Uncle Sain &. Co., unlimited, is a very effi cient, easily managed and altogether satisfactory concern to do business with or for. —Cleveland Leader. IC"Give democracy a chance," says the Philadelphia Times. Make 'em stop kicking first and find out what sort, of a chance the leaders can agree upon.—Cincinnati Commercial Triuune. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 , 1901. THE TREASURY SURPLUS. Under Republican Control the Got* eminent Coffer** Are Full to Overflowiug, America's solons cut off about $40,- 000,000 of revenue in the recent session of congress, and then they triumphant ly said that they had abolished the surplus. The country at the time was inclined to believe them. It lias turned out recently that they were mistaken. The surplus has not been annihilated, but is coming up again in rather por tentous shape. Receipts largely ex ceeded expenditures in July, the first month of the fiscal year, which is an, unusual circumstance, as July is a month of heavy treasury payments for bond interest and other things. August thus far has continued July's record. Clearly, if this thing keeps on congress w ill be called onto make an other attack on the surplus next win ter in the direction of cutting off more of the revenues. Most of the war taxes of 1898 were swept away by the recent cut in revenues, and one issue which the democrats thought would be of service to them vanished. Some more taxes will apparently have to be abol ished within the next year of two. It will be observed that, though we have a revenue problem on hand at the present time, and had one last winter, these are different, from the troubles which confronted the demo crats. President McKinley's problem is to keep the revenue from pouring out of the tops of the treasury vaults. President Cleveland's problem was to get enough money to cover the bot toms of the vaults. Secretary Gage is buying government bonds so as to keepthe surplus down. Secretary Car lisle sold bonds so as to avert a deficit which would send the country down to the silver or greenback basis. There have been several complaints from treasury officials in the past year or two that the gold stock was gettingso high that, it was becoming a burden. The plaint in Cleveland's second term wast hat not only was there not enough gold in the treasury to keep the fund up to the greenback redemption line of $100,000,000, but that there was such a difficulty in getting gold that the government was virtually at the mercy of the money changers. The terms to which the government had to submit in getting some of its gold in Cleve land's days did much to discredit that statesman in his own party, and aided to roll up the big republican majority cast, in 189 G. Of course, as the present Gen. Grant once remarked, it is easier to manage a surplus than a deficit. The fact that the deficit of the demo cratic days has been succeeded by a surplus in this republican period shows one of the differences between the financiering and the statesman ship of these two parties. The de mocracy creates deficits and debts. The republican party accumulates surpluses and cuts down debts or abolishes them. When the republic ans came into power in the national government in 18G1 they found the treasury empty, although there had been profound peace throughout the United States for more than a dozen years, or since the treaty with Mex ico in IS4B. Not only was there no money in tlie treasury, but the demo cratic attempts to get money in the last year of Buchanan's administra tion were a humiliating failure. The democrats of 18G1 not only be queathed an empty treasury to the republicans, but they handed over a war which lasted four years and which cost more than any other con flict in the whole history of the world. The republicans, although new to power, raised money enough to car ry on the war to a successful termina tion, and then they started into pay off the obligations which the war en tailed. These obligations were re duced to a low figure when the calam ity of Cleveland's second election came, which resulted, in a time of peace, in an increase of $202,000,000 in the interest-bearing debt. The re publicans are reducing this debt, and also the burdens caused by the Span ish war. Webster's magnificent trib ute to Hamilton as a revenue pro ducer—"lie smote the rock of the na tional resources and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth; he touched the dead corpse of the public credit and it sprung upon its feet" —could truthfully be applied to more than one of the republican party's treasury chiefs. —tot. Louis Globe- Democrat. I7Mr. W. J. Bryan gives another evidence of his incurable demagogisin by denouncing President McKinley for sending a dispatch of sympathy to Emperor William on the death of his mother and not to Mr. Krugcr on the death of his wife. Sensible peo ple know that such dispatches are matters of international comity and quite devoid of a personal aspect. As the Transvaal government was never recognized as independent and as Mr. Krugcr had no official standing in the diplomatic world there was no reason why the president should express of ficial sympathy for him. If Mr. Bryan were president the exigencies of the situation would have required him to do exactly as President Mc- Kinley did.—lndianapolis Journal. ICTMany prominent democrats say the silver issue is dead without men tioning trte fiiet that all the rest of the democratic platform is in a poor ly condition. —St. Louis Globe»Demo crat. IcrEditor Bryan can no more help giving out advice to the democratic party than a curculio-smitten plum can help exuding gum.—Chicago Trib une. E?"The democratic party's most serious drawback is the lack of calam ity material for platform building.- • Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, TWO KILLED, «E INJURED. lleeord Tlade In u ItHllroHd Acridfnl on (be Morihern Central ul Fairville* N. V. Newark, X. V., Aug. 30.—The no oomnioda (ion train leaving Sod us Point over the Northern Central rail road and which arrives in this village at ti o'clock was derailed last night at the Station at Fairville, about ten miles north <>f here. Engineer Wil liam Meagher, of Sodus I'oint. was killed, 28 persons were injured, one of whom. Howard Tubbs, the ticket agent at Lake Shore, died soon after. Libby Ford, of Newark, will probably die. The train was made tip at .Sodus Point and consisted of four coaches, a baggage car and engine. The train was running -at nearly 40 miles an hour. Approaching the station at Fairville there is a curve and gravel pit. For some unknown reason the engine jumped the track while pass ing the gravel pit. The force of the accident turned the engine complete ly around, throwing the five cars on their sides. The train load of some 150 passen gers was thrown into the ditch and the engine anfl all the cars were bad ly broken up. Help was quickly summoned from the neighboring houses and all the assistance possible was rendered. Word was also sent toSodus and New ark for physicians and a special train containing five doctors left Newark at 6:45 o'clock. Upon its arrival the Newark passengers were placed on board and sent to Newark. Five were sent to Rochester hospitals. Rev. Burgess, one of the injured passengers, was for 20 years past pastor of the I'ark Presbyterian church at Newark. He is 73 years old, and it is doubtful whether he re covers. He is badly scalded and his right leg broken. Mrs. Hurgess is also among the seriously injured. The private car of Superintendent Spencer Mead was attached to the train. His wife was seriously ill. The car was derailed, but the occu- were not injured. The cause of the wreck is not known exactly, but it is thought the rails spread. There hare been heavy rains recently and probably in this way the tracks were loosened. The country near the scene of the wreck is thickly populated and it was not long before farmers were driving from all directions. The injured and dying were quickly pulled from the debris and improvised couches were made up on the grass. Nearly all the injured were badly scalded by the bursting of the steam pipes running under the cars. UNIFORM RATES. Fraternal Coiigrrii Drcldrn that All lla nrinbern Shall Adopt a Certain Nyttetu of Aaaeannicuta for Death Benefit*. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 30. —In view of the fact that many of the delegates to the fraternal congress, now in ses sion here, desired to leavt. for home last evening the election of officers was made the special order of busi ness for Thursday's session. The fol lowing were elected: President H. A. Warner, Topeka, Kan., representing the Knights and Ladies of Security? vice president, Joseph S. Langfitt, Pittsburg, su preme regent of the Royal Arcanum; secretary, M. W. Saekett, of Mead ville, Pa. Denver was chosen as the next place of meeting. The special committee appointed to consider the matter then reported a recommendation that the uniform rate bill be amended so as to require fraternal and beneficial societies pay ing death benefits that may hereafter be organized, to provide rates not less than the mortality table in the bill, and that after July 1, 15»05, it apply to all other fraternal societies paying death benefits, organized ami doing business in each state. The recommendation further pro rides that the uniform bill make pro vision so that each society can de termine and accept for itself such plan, whether local rate, step rate or modification, provision for term in surance or during so-called period of dependency, or death assessment, so long as the results conform to the requirements of the mortality table adopted by the congress. This resolution was offered as a substitute for the report of the com mittee on statutory legislation and provoked a long debute. J. (1. John son, representing the Modern Wood men of America, talked for an hour and a half against change in the rate, intimating strongly that .112 such a change was made the Woodmen might withdraw from the congress. At the evening session, after much debate on the subject, A. P. Riddle, of Kansas, offered an amendment refer ring the entire question of a uniform rate to a special committee of seven for consideration, the committee to report at the next session of the con gress. The amendment was over whelmingly defeated and the commit tee's report was then adopted by a vote of 96 to 61. Delegates of the Modern Woodmen who were inter viewed after the vote was announced retifsed to predict yvhht action would be taken by ineir body as a result of the congress" action, but did not hesi tate to express their disapproval of it. !Tla<le a New liooord. BHB Chicago, Aug*. 30. —'World's wagon record, with an amateur driver, was broken at Washington park Thursday by F. 0. Jones, wfeo drove the pacing gelding Little Boy a mile in 2:03 3-5. This displaces the former figures of 2:04%. which C. K. C. Billings held with Free Bond. A (teniarkahle Accident. St. Louis, Aug. 30. —In an accident due to a spreading rail on the South ern railroad, four miles from East St. Louis, yesterday, Frank Haefle, chief car inspector of the road, lost his life, Elmer Drumm. fireman, was fatally injured. The accident was one of the most curious known in the annals of railroading. Mr. Haefle was inspecting cars with the aid of a locomotive. A spreading rail caused the huge machine to leave the track. The jar caustd the boiler to explode with terrific force, covering the men with broken iron and enveloping them in a cloud of steam. THE CALDAS SERUM. It I« Waeleas aa a Preventive ol Yel low Fever-derma of tlie lllaeaae are In the Hlood. Havana, Aug. 30. —Maj. Jlavard, chief surgeon, says that, as the yel low fever commission regards the experiments with the Caldas scrum as demonstrations of its usclessncss, the commission has definitely severed condition with the Brazilian expert and will not supervise any further ex periments conducted by him. "I)r. Caldas has all along main tained that he had found the yellow fever germ in the intestines," re marked Mai. Havard yesterday, "whereas all the experiments con ducted here prove that the germ of the disease is in the blood, people having been directly inoculated by blood infection from a person suffer ing with yellow fever." Maj. Gorgas, chief sanitary officer, made the following statement: "Some confusion has arisen regard ing the precise position of the sani tary department in connection with the yellow fever experiments. In March of this year the sanitary de partment established an inoculation station at Las Animas for the purpose of inoculating non-immunes—that is to say, giving them yellow fever in order to make them immune. This was not an experimental station and is not such, the sole object being to effect immunization. "The sanitary department has nothing to do wit.tithe recent experi ments conducted by the yellow fever commission, nor with those con ducted by the officials sent by the war department to investigate the origin and propagation of yellow fever, although it did supply the Car roll commission with mosquitos. "The sanitary department stands ready to immunize any one who de sires to undergo the treatment after the risk has been fully explained. It accepts the work of Surgeon Maj. Reed and his colleagues of the army commission as final and does not de sire to make further experiments in this direction. No amount of evi dence could make more positive the conclusion that yellow fever can be conveyed by the mosquito. The per son who submits to mosquito infec tion, however, stands better chance of recovery than one who contracts the disease accidentally, as the for mer lias care from the beginning." A WAf N NG TO RUSSIA. Ia Told bf Austria-Hungary to Keep Iler Handa OfT the Balkan Ktatea. London, Aug. 30. —The Roumanian premier, M. Sturdza, recently visited Vienna, where he had long confer ences with Count (Joluchowski, the Austro-Hungarian minister of foreign affairs, on the situation in the Bal kans. Me also eoiuerred with fien. Von Beck, Chief of the Austro-llun garian general staff. Immediately after this visit, ar ticles appeared in the semi-official Hungarian papers—articles believed in some quarters to be inspired by Count (jlouehowski—warmly protest ing against Russia's intrigues in the Balkans. These protests were based oil rumors that Russia was massing troops on the Roumanian frontier and sending torpedo boats into the Kilia, an arm of the Danube; and they plainly warned Russia that, un less she faithfully adheres to the Austro-Russian agreement of 1897 to preserve the status quo in the Bal kans, Austria "will resume her lib erty of action." The idea underlying this warn ing appears to be that Russia, having attained her objects in eastern Asia, is now ready to pursue similar aims in the Ralkans. One Berlin n-iner has gone so far as to describe the agreement of 1897 as "an instrument to keep Austria quiet while Russia is engaged in Man churia." CATHOLIC SOCIETIES. Thej- Take Ktepa Toward Forming a National Federation. New York, Aug. 30.—Bishop Mc- Faul, of New Jersey, opened the con vention of Roman Catholic societies Which met at Long Branch yesterday to effect a federation of the societies throughout the United States. A temporary organization was ef fected. plaf.s were offered for a con stitution and form of organization, and officers and committees were ap pointed to hold office until a perma nent organization is effected. The meeting was well attended by deler gates from most of the eastern and middle states, representing organiza tions having a membership of over 300,000. It was decided to hold the conven tion for permunent organization in Cincinnati, December 10. After the election of the following officers the convention adjourned. President, Henry T. Fries, Erie, I'a.; vice president. Thomas W. Fitz gerald, X. Y.; secretary, John J. O'Rourke, Philadelphia; treasurer, M. P. Mooney, of Cleveland. The Winer*' Convention. Hazleton, Pa., Aug. 30.—With the adoption of the report of the commit tee on resolutions, the United Mine Workers yesterday practically fin ished their work. The resolutions recommend written agreements with all the coal companies, strict compli ance with the present contract, con tinuation of the card inspection sys tem and instruct President Mitchell and the district presidents to confer with the coal companies regarding card inspection and violation of agreements. These officers are vest ed with power to declare a strike if contracts now in force are not lived up to. Ttiree OtHclal Head* Chopped OIK Pittsburg, Aug. 30. —Recorder Brown last night sprung a big sur prise on the political world of this city, by decapitating three official heads and appointing their succes sors, who will assume charge at Mice. The deposed officials are: J. 0. Brown, director of public safety, to be succeeded by Andrew Fulton, at present superintendent of highways. Clarence Burleigh. city attorney, to be succeeded by William B. Kodgers, attorney. Robert Ostermaier, delin quent tax collector, to be succeeded by William B. Hays, a prominent odl man. . - . THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Triennial Conclave l» Held at Loots* i vllle— A III;; I'orade, a Prl/e Drill and Klectlon ol Officers, Louisville, Ky., Aug 1 . 28.—1t is esti mated that 300,000 people yesterday witnessed the parade of Knights Tem plar. Thirty thousand knights in full uniform were in line, forming an imposing spectacle with which to begin the twenty-eighth triennial conclave. The march covered a dis tance of four miles. The course was protected by wires strung along- the sidewalk to keep spectators in check. This innovation in handling holiday crowds was highly successful. There were 11 cases of prostration due to heat and exhausion. Sir Knight Irwin Barnard, of Greenville, Ind., was overcome while marching. His condition is reported serious. A portion of the Y. M. C. A. reviewing stand at Fourth street and Broad way collapsed. 'Half a doze npeo ple sustained bruises, and Mrs. James Carnahan, of Washington, suffered a 'broken ankle. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 29.—Colorado comandery Xo. 1, of Denver, before a throng of 18,000 people and under the eyes of a board of judges composed of three regular army officers and a representative of the Knights Temp lar yesterday captured first prize in the competition of drill teams from commanderies of the knights. St. Bernard Xo. 35, the favorite with the majority of the spectators, took sec ond place, while Golden Gate Xo. 18, of San Francisco, and Hanselman Xo. 15, of Cincinnati, came in for third and fourth prizes respectively. California commandery Xo. 1 be ing- the only mounted command, had no difficulty in capturing the trophy, for the best appearance and drill on horseback. The other contestants were Columbia commandery No. 2, of Washington, and Allegheny Xo. 35 of Pittsburg. The drill was the first since 1883, when Louisville carried off first honors. The contest took place on Churchill Downs, the home of the Louisville Jockey club. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 30.—Aftur electing officers and selecting San Francisco as the place of meeting the first Tuesday in September, 1904, the triennial conclave of Knights Temp lar, which has been in progress here since Tuesday, adjourned yesterday. The festivities came to an end with a magnificent ball held last night. Henry Bates Stoddard, of Bryan, Tex., was elected grand commander, to succeed Reuben H. Lloyd, of Cali fornia. Col. Cieorge H. Moulton, of Chicago, was elected to succeed Mr. Stoddard as deputy grand master. IS A DANGEROUS CRAFT. Mliamrock 11. Shotva tbal She Is tho Siillicsl of All Ibe Kuj{lisli < liallen gers. Xew York, Aug. 28. —The Shamrock 11. was given a good long spin on Tuesday both inside and outside the Hook. She was tried in windward work and broad and close reaching. In fact the challenger w-as given a run in a breeze that sometimes piped up to 12 knots. The good opinion of her speed, merits and ability to carry lofty canvas was emphasized. Many yachting experts who saw her performance call her a wonder ful boat. All say she is the most dangerous proposition that has ever come over the waters hunting for the America's cup. She had life in her every minute. She gathers way with remarkable rapidity, and is quick in stays, points very high and stands under a tremendous spread of can vas like the proverbial steeple. At no time did she put her rail under, even when wearing around close hauled and taking a 12-knot breeze abeam. With ali this she is a very beautiful boat under sail and, taken altogether, is a decided improvement over the old Shamrock. The Shamrock covered the nine miles from the southwest spit to Owl's Head against the tide of three knots, in 59 minutes. The run back over the same course, including six tacks, was done in 67 minutes. SUES SIX BANKS. I'nole Sain Seek* Co Keeover .Honey Paid Out ou Fraudulent Pension Vouchers. Boston, Aug. 28. —Acting under in structions from the treasury depart ment Assistant United States District Attorney Casey has brought suit in the United States circuit court against six national banks of this city to recover money on checks taken by them. The sums range from $5,000 down a sliding scale, the banks affected be ing the Xational Exchange, the National Bank of Redemption, the First national ba-nk, the Xational Bank of the Commonwealth, the Xa tional bank of the Republic, the Mer chants' national and the Atlantic national. The allegation is that the banks have paid fraudulent pension vouchers after having drawn upon the sub-treasury in this city for the amount. The suits are the outcome of the arrest and conviction of A. W. Mun son, who died recently in the Rhode Island state prison, Munson wos sentenced t-o ten years' imprisonment for unlawfully making false certifi cates on pension vouchers and for fraudulent endorsements. As the collections were made through the Boston banks, the United States government decided to bring suit against them for the re covery of the full amount. ,( Decided Against the Claimant. Washington, Aug. 28.—Judge Bar nard, of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, has decided the case of Willis Uest vs. the secretary of the interior, in favor of the gov ernment. This is one of 11 cases re cently brought by persons claiming right to allotments in the lands in Oklahoma recently ceded by the Kio wa and other Indian tribes, the claimants being for the most part white men and women who have mar ried Indians. They sought to secure writs of mandamus compelling the secretary to recognize their selec tions. - - '
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