2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. fer year 12 09 If paid in advance 1 M ADVERTISING RATES: » Advertisements are published at the rate of «b« dollar per square for one Insertion arid lift; •cuts per .square for each subsequent insertion Rates by ttio year, or for six or throe month*, •re low and uniform, and will be furnished on application. Legal and Offlcial Advertising per square, three limes or less, »2; each subsequent inser tion tO cents per square. Local notices lti cents per line for one inser ■ertion: f> cents per line for each subsequent •onsecutivo Insertion. Obituary notices over five llnrg. 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of births, mar' ringes and deaths will be Inserted free. Business cards, five lines or less. i 5 per year; over live lines, at the regular rates of adver tising. No local inserted for lesa than 75 cents per laaue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the Piiess is complete •nd affords facilities for doing the best class of work. Particular attention paid to Law Printing. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid Cor in advance. Among the countless tributes to the memory of the late chief executive of . „ . the nation de':iv- A Mi'muicr to ered by his grate- Mnnliliid. - , , ful countrymen in nil parts of the union none was more impressively titling e>r beautiful than the address i>f ex-President Cleveland to the students and faculty of Prince ton university at the memorial exer cises held in thai institution. The key note utterance of the ex-President was an admonition to the young men of the •university to lay less stress upon mere mental attainment and te> seek to cul tivate these homely virtues which gave McKinley such power over his country men and at the same time made him universally loved. Speaking upon this phase of the late president's career,he sa id: "The man who is universally mourned to day achieved the highest distinction which his country can confer on any ma«i; and he lived a useful life. He was not deficient in education, but with all you will hear of his grand career and his services to h'.s country and his fellow citizens you will not hear that the high plane he reached e,r what he accomplished was due entirely to his edu cation. You will instead constantly hear jls accounting for his great success that he was obedient and affectionate as a son, patriotic and faithful as a soldier, honest and upright as a citizen, tender and de votee'. as a husband, and truthful, generous, unselfish, moral and clean in every relation of life. "He never thought any of those things <e>o weak fe>r his manliness. Make no mis take. Here was a most distinguished man — a great man—a useful man—who became distinguished, great and useful because ha had and retained qualities of heart which J fear university students sometimes feel like keeping in the background or aban doning." Here is a message from an ex-presi dent, says the Chicago Record-Herald, the contemplation e>f which need not be confined to university students. It merits the serious reflection of man hind at a time when our tendency is to magnify mere erudition and smartness to Hie neglect of those qualities of the heart which lie at Ihe basis of charac ter. The ex-president merely sought to emphasize in the minds of university students the truth that has been exem plified in the lives of all great Ameri cans who have had any enduring hold upon the affections of the people. Six years ago, when a woman who had served the town in many useful Ait idon Worth ( '« l ' l ' s died in Deerfield, Mas s., Copying, her frjends decideJ to erect a fitting memorial. And in place of a tablet or fountain or other token of small use, they conceived the idea of a village club room. Jn Ladies' Home Journal, Mary E. Allen tells of this appropriate and novel tribute and the way it is conducted. It consists of a large room with an open fireplace, cozy window seats antl low bookcases, a coat room, a small kitchen and clos ets. The bookshelves contain a free library of about 400 books. A piano has been loaned and some other fur niture given. A number of folding chairs and tables were bought. By means of these an audience may be seated or a supper served. The Martha Colliding Pratt Memorial is owned by a regularly incorporated body, con trolled by seven trustees. A commit tee of 12 women is appointed to see that things are kept in order. It is one of the most humiliating ele ments iti woman's life in America to day, and one of the phases which is most uncompliinentarily reflective upon American husbands, says Edward \\. Hok. in Ladies' Home Journal, that .lust allowance is withheld from many wives. No matter how small the allowance may be, so long as it is fair an proportion to the income earned, every wife should have a purse of her own, sacred to herself and her needs, and free from the slightest intrusion on the part of her husband. Every wife is entitled to this, and no young man I care not how small his income noir what his reasoning may be—starts married !■'fe ari®lit who withholds that courtesy and that right from his wife. When athletics become the chief end and aim of student life they have gone beyond their legitimate function, says a Boston exchange. That they are al ready tending in this direction is the opinion eif many of the best educators in the country. At any rate the coun trymen of Hawthorne, Longfellow, Holmes and Lowell might at least show a decent speaking acquaintance with the best English books before becom ing over wise in football and baseball. howi. He 1» home! The trumpets trll It, and the muffled drums repeat The message to the thousands bow id in Borrow on the street. He Is home! The inlooped banners and the lowered Hags give feign That the catafalque Is passing down the sad and somber line. He is home! The tears of millions fall like dew along the way, As the Nation in the shadow of its sorrow weeps to-day. Home, with hands upon his bosom and with silence on his lips; Home, with martyrdom upon him and the gloom of life's eclipse; Home forever, and inhallo-wed in the hearts that throb with grief For the gentle leader fallen, for the ten der-hearted chief. For the spirit thai was steadfast in its ef fort for the right, For the fruits of truest purpose and the upward-leading light. He is home! The bells are toiling ar.d the solemn dirges swell, Round the world the winds are wafting far and wide, the funeral knell. He is home! In dim cathedrals, in the marts, and on the plains There are echoes widely wandering of the sorrowful refrains. He is home! God's peace upon him and the tired heart in. his breast Stilled forever in the slumber of God's everlasting rest. Fallen blameless and face foremost in the service of his land, Sister States like weeping women by his coffin, waiting, stand. And the darkness hides the sunlight and the shadow hides the smile As they bear him to his slumber down the Autumn's leafly aisle— Down the highways of his people, down the thronged and throbbing street, Where the Nation lays its love in tender tribute at his feet. He is home! The taps are sounding, lights are out, the night is here, But the tent is never empty, Love is there beside the bier; Love of one who holds and folds him in her stricken heart alway, Love that lights the Nation's shadow with the splendor of the day. Love that feeds the world with glory and is sweetest sweet of life, With its balm for wounded spirits, bruised and bleeding in the strife. He is home! Dearth's marble grandeur sits upon his fretted brow. He is nearer to the Master. Lo! the hymn is rolling now! Lips repeat it, bugles bleat it, and the great heart of the land Sends afar its sovereign echoes, fair and beautiful and grand! He is home! God's peace be with him, and with her who sits in night. With the immemorial shardows closing round her love and light! —Folger McKlnley, in Baltimore News. THE SOUTH FOR ROOSEVELT. Loynlty Admired by Able Reprcsen. tatlve of the Sen mul Kresslve Element. In no sechion of the union will the decision of President Roosevelt to re tain the cabinet and carry out, un broken, tlie policies of his predecessor be received with greater satisfaction than in the south. For this wise action the south will give him unstinted praise and unwavering loyalty. The south had learned to love and trust McKinley. Although it followed blindly the political custom of a char ter century and more by giving its electoral vote to his opponent it came to regard McKinley as the first presi dent since the war who really under stood the south and who had an ade quate comprehension of its exhaust less resources and its great industrial future. McKinley knew the south by personal contact with her people, and the economic theories he championed in his earlier political career, and which gave him fame as a statesman, caused him to investigate the indus trial possibilities of the south and to familiarize himself with her industrial conditions. It is easy to understand, therefore, the heartiness of the south's response to the action of President Roosevelt in promising to continue the McKinley administration in all its policies and pledges until the end of the presiden tial term. The loyal sentiment of the south is happily voiced by Senator I'ritchard. of Nc>rth Carolina, a man who is eminently qualified to speak for the new and progressive south, who said in an interview at Washington: "T think Mr. Roosevelt will make an ex emplary president in every sense of the word. He has a great many friends in the south, and has had them for years. Since his declaration to the effect that he pur poses to enforce the pians formulated by the late president, however, his friends there have increased many fold, and the southern people generally are disposed to lend him their hearty support." Mr. Roosevelt isnot a stranger to the south. lie has made many visits to that section of the country, and the southerners have improved every occa sion to express their admiration for his sterling Americanism and for his sturdy and robust style of politics. In transferring the McKinley cab inet and policies to himself President Roosevelt has attached to himself the unwavering loyalty and support of all sections of the union.—Chicago Rec ord-llerald. PRESS OPINIONS. the Buffalo tragedy be a les se>n to the political demagogues who preach the gospel of unrest. —Cleve- land Leader. t3"lJryan has been"The boy orator of the Platte" for se> many years that he has become "The Orator of the llat." —so\va State Register. E-VThe country returns to business, and with calm confidence takes the road marked by the McKinley finger board. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. O'Ncver was the death of the head of a nation mourned more widely or sincerely than that of President Mc- Kinley. And none ever was more de serving of such a universal tribute.— Troy Times. Wellington is not a pro fessional anarchist, as his words re garding the wounded president might lead some to suppose. He is merely one of God's creatures, like the pole cat. —Kansas City Journal. We submit that this is a.i iusult to the polecat.— Albany Journal. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOIiER 10, 1901. A GLANCE FORWARD Keeliirodtj' tlie \nttirnl (liiliiriiTrtk ef American Industrial Im lirovi'mcut. The la>t public utterance of Presi dent McKinley was the notable .speech delivered at the Buffalo exposition on September 5. It is eleur to anyone who gives the address a ok.se reading that it outlined 1 lis lamented president's views of desirable national policies in the near future. During the vacation days at Canton the president's mind had evidently been busy with, coming executive duties in connection with the approaching session of a congress re publican in both branches and incom plete sympathy with the administra tion. It is fortunate that McKinley made this address, which tills a col umn and a half, and is sufficiently com* prehensive to serve as a practical fare well message. President Iloosevelt, as might have been expected from his rec ord as well as h.is character, proposes, a* far as human judgment and effort can compass the result, to "continue absolutely unbroken the policy of President McKinley for the peace, prosperity and tl» honor of our be loved country." There are often un foreseen events and fresh emergencies in human affairs that call upon a per son in high authority for his own initiative, because precedents do not always exist; but as far as a vice pres ident succeeding to the presidency by tragedy may carry out the purposes of his predecessor President Ifoose velt will assuredly do it to the utmost of his ability. President McKinlej»'s address at Buffalo dealt almost exclusively with the broadening duties of the United States as a world power, and the in creasingly intimate relations of civil ized nations in commerce. "The spirit of exclusiveness," he said, "is past." lie dwelt upon the proximity of na tions in these times as brought to gether by the telegraph, rapid com munication and friendly rivalry in the various departments of human activ ity. "After all," he said, "how near one to the other is every part of the world." Intercommunication has made wonderful strides. "God and man."the president continued, "have linked the nations together. Xo na tion can longer be indifferent to any other." In pursuance of this line of thought, after commending arbitra tion as the noblest forum for the set tlement of international disputes, he added: "The expansion of our trade and commerce is the pres&ing problem. Commercial wars are unprofitable. A polTey of good will and friendly trade relations will prevent reprisals. Reci procity treaties are in harmony with the spirit of the times; measures of retaliation are not." It is for all Amer ican citizens to remember, he said, that our real eminence rests in the vic tories of peace, not those of war. The enormous growth of American industrial enterprise impressed the president with the urgent need of mors markets and he advised "sensible trade arrangements which will not in terrupt our home production." Reci procity he declared to be the natural outgrowth of American industrial de velopment "under the domestic policy now firmly established," for our sur plus products need an enlarging for eign outlet. The speech favored a bet ter steamship service to South Amer ica and Central America; direct com mercial lines from fields of production to fields of consumption; the encour agement of the American merchant marine; the building of the isthmian canal and the construction of a Pa cific cable. Among all nations Presi dent McKinley hoped for relations of mutual respect, confidence and friend ship which will deepen and endure. The speech closed with these fitting words: "Our earnest prayer is that God will graciously vouchsafe prosper ity. happiness and peace to all our neighbors and like blessings to all the peoples and powers of the earth."—St. Ivouis Globe-Democrat. Wronged Murk Ilnnnn. Xo man except the president has been so maligned by cartoonists as has Senator Ifanna. He has also been the object of unceasing denunciation and unsustained charges. Of late, however, there has been a disposition to do him justice. Before the tragedy at Buffalo thousands of men had re versed their impressions regarding him. They looked over his record in congress to find evidences of the corrupt boss lie was proclaimed tc be. They found that his name lias not been connected with any public measure or scheme by which he could obtain financial advantage, or that he used his influence to put in efficient men in public place. Years ago he became strangely interested in Maj. McKinley—strangely, because, without a personal interest, he sup ported him when others hesitated, lie would not have thought of being sen ator if his friend had not been elect ed president. Now that his dearest friend is dead no man is so nearly heartbroken as the much maligned Senator Banna.—lndianapolis Jour nal. liiNpiroH Coiilidcnco, The first meeting at Washington ol President Roosevelt and cabinet in- I spires the country with confidence. This meeting in its developments gave assurance, added to the admir ably timely words of the new presi dent at Buffalo, that the policies ol President McKinley will he continued so faithfully that the very agents selected by the late president vvil be retained, so far as possible, tc carry 011 the national work. The at titude of President Roosevelt, is creditable to his heart and to his head. The result is apparent alreadj in the firmness of a national con fidence which has been unshaken b> the sudden crisis through which tin count rv Las passed. —Troy Times. LABOR LEGISLATION. X.»i IntrreHtlnif Comparison of Itoiulta In Tlilut I.lnc, In tlio ('lilted SUlea ami In Foreign l.andn. Washington, Oct. It. —A compara tive report upon labor legislation was issued Wednesday by the indus trial commission. It shows that only as to a few subjects does foreign leg islation exceed in bulk and detail the legislation enacted by this country. The most important subjects legis lated upon abroad, but not touched upon by this government or its states and territories, are the state insur ance system found in some European countries and some of the Australian colonies, but not as yet in Great Brit ain, and the great guild system of Germnny, corresponding in a meas ure to our state legislation respect ing labor unions, but establishing a far more elaborate system. In Germany guild legislation in cludes the entire system of appren ticeship and affairs managed in this country by mutual benefit, mutual in surance, building and improvement, funeral and other societies. Legis lation 011 the continent is more pre cise and definite as to apprenticeship j than in this country or in England. | The tendency in the United States has been to abolish apprentice laws en- J tirely, or for such laws to fall into j disuse, the control and instruction of I apprentices to depend on the action ! of labor unions. Continental legislation also exceeds that of this country on the factory acts, legislation of shops, hours of la bor. sweat shops, employment, etc. And, finally there is an elaborate sys tem of arbitration or interference by the state in labor disputes, found in its perfection in France and Belgium, but, more or less, also, in other Eu ropean countries as well as in the Australian colonies. Xo countries except the United States, according to the report, have legislation giving political protection to the laborer. This may be attrib uted to the European custom of leav ing such matters to the police or mil itary. There is an absence abroad of special legislation for certain classes, like railway employes, of statutes against combinations by employers or by employes, against blacklisting, strikes and boycotts. Blacklisting, however, is impossible, where, as is the case in some European countries, every workman is furnished an offi cial pass book in which the employer must write the date and reason for discharge. NATIONAL BANKS. More Than TOO Stw Institution* Kara Bern Oi'sunl/.cd since .llurcli 11, 1 w>o. Washington, Oct, 3. —The comptrol ler of the currency has prepared a summary of returns relating to the organization of national banks un der the provisions of the national currency law, as amended by the act of March 14, 1900, statistics being brought down to the close of Septem ber, 1901. During the 18y s months ended Sep tember .'SO there wero organized 715 banks, with capital of $36,582,000. In cluded in the number of batiks are 486 with capital of under $50,000 each and aggregate capital of $12,747,000. While a limited number of the banks organized succeeded state or private banks placed in liquidation for the purpose of reorganization, 99 with capital of $6,145,000 were con versions of state banks. In number of organizations the middle states lead with 224. the south ern states organized 171, the western states 151, the eastern states 135, the Pacific states, including Hawaii, 22 and the Xew England states 12. in point of number of organiza tions Texas leads with 90 banks, fol lowed by Pennsylvania with 80, lowa with 53, Ohio with 42, Illinois with 40, Oklahoma and Indian territories 37 each, Minnesota 28, Xew York 27, In diana 25, Xebraska 20. With the ex ception of Veriffont, District of Co lumbia, Utah, Xevada and Alaska, one or more banks have been organized in every state and territory of the Union. Notwithstanding the -fact that the act of March 14. 1900, permitted the issue of circulating notes to the par value of bonds deposited, the banks 'have deposited bonds to the amount of a trifle less than 29 per cent, of the maximum. UNDER A MILITARY GUARD. Trial ol'all Alabama Sbcrlir Tor ITlur> dor Uait Bcxuu. Ashville, Ala., Oct. 3. —The prelim inary trial of Sheriff .T. L. Xorth, of this county, charged with the murder of Walter Blankenship at this place August 22 last, began Wednesday. The trial will lie conducted under military guard of 51) men. At the trial of Jim Brown, a negro who criminally assaulted a woman, a posse of men under direction of Sher iff Xorth fired into a mob supposed to have been formed for the purpose of lynching Brown, killing Walter Blankenship and injuring two others ofof the assembly. A warrant was sworn out for Sheriff Xorth by the father of young Blankenship, and Xorth was arrested. In the mean time Brown was legally executed here under a military guard from ISirming ham. Nliepard I* Tmuniniii'i Cliolcr. Xew York, Oct. 3.—The city com mittee of Tammany Hall, at a meet ing held last night, decided on Ed ward M. Shepard, of IVooklyn, as the democratic candidate for mayor of Greater New York. William \V. Ladd, jr., was selected as the democratic candidate for comptroller. Furniture Factory In Atlm, Corutina, Mich., Oct. 3. —Fox & Ma son's furniture plant of six buildings was destroyed by fire last night, en tailing a loss estimated at $60,000; in surance $19,500. The fire is supposed to have originated from spontaneous combustion, starting in the main fac tory. A gasoline tank exploded, spreading the flames to other build ings and lumber piles. Charles Wil cox will die from injuries received from the explosion. Two other men were badly hurt. One hundred and twenty-fire employes are thrown out i a! work. TAKEN BY SURPRISE. Willie a Company ol' (.'nlted Statea Troop* Were at Breakfant Inaursenla Attacked Tliem and .llauy Americans W«re Killed. Manila, Sept. 30. —A disastrous fight between United States troops and in surgents occurred Saturday in the island of Sainar, near Balangia. A large body of insurgents attacked Company C, Ninth infantry, only 24 members of the company .escaping. All the others are reported to have been killed. The company were at breakfast when attacked and made a deter mined resistance, but the overwhelm ing numbers of the insurgents com pelled them to retreat. Of the sur vivors, who have arrived at Basey, 11 lire wounded. According to the latest returns the strength of the company was 72. The survivors include Capt. Thomas W. Connell, First Lieut. Edward A. Bum pus and Dr. R. S. Griswold, surgeon. Capt. Edwin V. Bookmiller, of the Xinth infantry, reports that Gen. Hughes is assembling a force to at tack the insurgents. The insurgents captured all the stores and ammuni tion of the company and all the rifles except 26. Washington, Sept. 30.—News of the disastrous fight between troops of the Xinth infantry and the insurgents in the island of Samar Saturday was sent promptly by Gen. Hughes, com manding in that island, to Gen. Chaf fee at Manila and by him transmitted to the war department. It reached the department during the early hours yesterday and Adjt.Gen.Corbin, realizing its importance, at once made it public, after sending a copy to the White House. The news created a sensation in official circles. It was the first severe reverse that 'lias occurred for a long time. Still the officials were not un prepared for news of just this char acter from Samar in which the revo lution started by Aguinaldo still con tinues. A well known official of the govern ment in speaking of this outbreak against the American forces in Sa mar said he regarded it as a conse quence of the assassination of Presi dent McKinley. In all probability the insurgents had received, he said, only meager reports of the tragedy and possibly believed the shooting to be the result of some popular outbreak against the president. The natives had seized the opportunity in the flickering hope of retrieving some of their lost ground. Washington, Oct. I.—ln addition to the enlisted men, three commissioned officers of Company C, Xinth infantry, are supposed now to have been killed in the action in Samar, Philippine Islands, last Saturday. As correct ed, the dispatch shows that Company C, of the Xinth, suffered the disaster. No company was mentioned in the dispatch made public Monday. The sefious discrepancy between the orig inal and the. corrected dispatches, however, is that the latter indicates that the commissioned officers of the company are missing, perhaps killed; While the former indicated that they escaped. INTERESTING WORK. It Tlirowa a Freali Llfbt on the IH«- covcry of America, Paris, Sept. 30.—An important work, which throws a fresh light on the discovery of America by Colum bus has been written by (Henry Vig naud, first secretary of the United States embassy here. It is in French and will be published in this city Oc tober 1. Mr. Vignaud, who is the vice president of the Americanists Society of Paris, has made a life study of the early history of America. In an interview with the correspon ds. of the Associated Press, Mr. Vig naud said: "The present work is in tended to show that for t'he last four centuries we have been deceived by a fraud which hides from us the real beginnings of Columbus' project and that the famous documents ascribed to Toscanelli, the learned Florentine astronomer, were fabricated. I sub mit reasons for believing that Tos canelli never wrote the letter of 1474 to King Alfonso of Portugal and never traced the chart alleged to have accompanied it. Columbus' de sign was not founded oil any scien tific basis but on positive information as to the existence of lands to the westward." Oil Well In Fruption. Welcih, Calcasieu Parish, La., Oct. 1. —The oil well which is situated three miles from this place, was the ssene yesterday of the greatest eruption ever witnessed in this part of the country, Beaumont not excepted. The well was capped Saturday night and work suspended until yesterday morn ing. The caj) was blown about 400 feet from the well. Rocks, water, gas and oil were thrown 250 feet in the air and for a lateral distance of a quarter of a mile. The rotary, which weighs 1,500 pounds, was thrown 20 feet and the top of the derrick was completely torn off'. Work will be resumed as soon as the derrick can be repaired and the action of the gas ceases. A Strike IN Settled. San Francisco, O.d. 3. —The team sters and longshoremen's strike, which has been on for ten weeks, was settled yesterday. The Draymen's association has guaranteed to fill all racaneies with union men. Xon union men now employed are to be retained. The association also guar antees the union men the present schedule of wages, hours and over time for one year. Smallpox Anion;; Indian*. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 2.—Sheriff Claggett,, of Mille Lacs county, called on the state board of health .yester day to report a serious condition of affairs among the Indians about Mille Lacs Lake. ' Smallpox is prevalent. At least 15 eases exist now and "there have been several deaths. Xo attempt is made to regulate the disease and the local health authorities are pow erless. There are about 500 Chippe was squatting on the shoves of Mille Lacs lake on land owned by a syndi :ate, and they resent any interftr •ncc. THE HEISTAND INVESTIG AYIONJ Adjt. lien. Corlilu Ilenlra Itiiyliiu stork in tin; Hem |> < oii»;iaiiy—Huj. Ilaivkei Testifies. Washington, Oct. 3. —Tn the llei etand investigation yesterday (Jen. I{. C. Corbin, adjutant general, who was named in the resolution as one of the parties to the deal, testified that Col. lleistand made a statement to him concerning the organization of a company and asked him if he would like to invest in it. He thought fa vorably of the concern, but two or three days later he told lleistand that he had no money to invest in any company. Some time afterward As sistant Secretary Allen came to him and said that a man named Hawkes •was using both tneir names to float some scheme. He told Allen that Hawkes had no authority to use his name. Neither Boyd nor Meikeljolin ever talked to him concerning the organization of the company. He had never dis cussed the matter with Hawkes. He knew of Hawkes as he was appointed in the volunteers and subsequently applied for another appointment. The papers for the latter place were with drawn. Later Hawkes came to him with a claim against (lleistand, and he had sent it to lleistand. That was all his connection with the mat ter. He wanted to state, for the honor of his country, that he never heard it intimated before that the war department could be used for" any dishonorable purpose. Judge James E. Boyd also denied any connection with the company. Uoyd said he. never talked with Cor bin, Meiklejolin, Allen or Heistandt concerning the proposed company. He had known Hawkes for several years and helped him to get a com mission in the volunteers. Hawkes, came to him with the letter known as the"to whom it may concern let ter." lie did not remember its con tents, but it was a general testimo nial. Witness had a desire to help Hawkes and signed the letter for that purpose. Maj. liiiwkes said he had endeav ored to sell the whole story to New York papers and likewise had unsuc cessfully offered to sell it to the na tional democratic committee, prior to the election, for S3OO "and other .considerations." The offer was not accepted. Hawkes said he then with drew the papers upon the assurance from a government official that his case would be taken up and success fully settled. He was asked if he had not ap proached Lawrence S. Bolt, of North Carolina, and offered to hush up the case for SBOO. This question was asked at the suggestion of Col. Ilei etand, and Hawkes replied that "SBOO would not hush up anything. Any man who says so is a liar." Maj. Hawkes testified as to his in terviews with Flint, Eddy & Co., of New York, to whom he announced his purpose of organizing a company "to control the hemp trade of the Philippi.. islands, both by manufac turing there and also by purchasing raw material to ship out." He said Col. lleistand had guaranteed that if the combination was put through the tariffs could be "fixed." lleis tand had said he could get a Mr. Smith, at the head of the insular bu reau, or the war department, into the commission. A TRIP TO PEKIN. I'lic Chinese Court Prepares to Leave ft 111 If I'll —All Expensive Journey. l'ekin, Oct. 3. —Dispatches from Si an-Fu announce that the Chinese court is preparing to start about Oc tober 6. The temporary palace there is being dismantled, and all the fur nishings will be carried for use en •route. The officials and servants will constitute a caravan numbering 3,000 to 5,000 persons, with 1,200 carts and several thousand horses and mules. Two parties of the officials have al ready started to make preparations along the line. The towns through which the court will pass are engaged decorating temporary palaces and collecting supplies. The native papers report that sev eral eunuchs nave been beheaded for practicing extortion upon the people. An imperial edict commands Li Hung Chang, as governor of the province of Chi-Li, to borrow 700,000 taels from the other provinces to defray the ex penses of the court's journey. Spe cial local taxes are being levied which the people, already impoverished by bandits and missionary indemnities are ill able to afford. Li Hung Chang said yesterday: "The court will certainly arrive in l'ekin within two months." Despite such official statements many foreign officials here believe the empress dowager fears the foreign troops are kept t'o entrap and punish her. and the theory is that she will pass.the winter in Kai-Yuen-Fu, sending the emperor to l'ekin. Slpamor and Consort Wrecked. Sault, Ste. Mario, Mich., Oct. 3. The steamer Northern Wave entered the canal last night with the crews of the steamer Drake and the schoo ner Michigan, which foundered off Vermillion Point yesterday. With a gale blowing and in a heavy snow storm, the Michigan, in tow of the Drake, began to fill. The Michigan was abandoned, her crew being taken aboard the Drake. While the Drake was rescuing the Michigan's crew, the two boats came together, the Drake having her decks and cabin stove in. The Drake began to fill and was fly ing distress signals when sighted by the Northern Wave. A E'itilu Against Exorbitant Kates. Chicago, Oct. 3. —A fight against ■the rates charged by the Chicago Telephone Go.was commenced in the courts yesterday under the auspices cf the Illinois Manufacturers' associ ation. It was the original intention to apply for a writ of mandamus com pelling the company to lease its tele phones in the business district for $125 per annum, the present price be ing $175. The attorneys for the plaintiffs claim that in a chart#r granted in 1889 the telephone com pany agreed to charge but $125 per annum,' and declared that it would not thereafter raise its rates.
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