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The Job department of the PRESS is complete ■titl iifiords facilities for doinw the best class of wvrk. PAKTICULAK ATTENTION PAIDTO LAW PRINTING. No paper will bo discontinued until arrear- Bges are i>aid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid (or in advance. i lie chief difference between pes simism unci agnosticisnt is this: A *«« n Healthy I> ess imist may be lieve in a creed, •State of Mind. . , .. but, an agnostic has to live without the aid of any religious system or isin. A man can be * pessimist and a Christian; he cannot be an agnostic and take com fort in any ism or religion. The mo ment he "believes" he ceases to be an agnostic. The danger lies in be coming fanatical with conviction and an incurable cynic with skepticism. It is a fact that an avowed skeptic is never welcome in any company of people. The reason is obvious: He can sympathize with no one's senti ments. A period of agnosticism gives some minds time to think, look about and choose; but if the period be pro longed a sort of psychological atro phy begins to develop which often <*ne worse. An explosion deprived a Jtranip of his wooden leg. THE SILVER PARTY'S END. Senator Jonea* Abandonment of (lit ( auic .Marks the End of ttcitatloii. Senator .Tofon T. Jones* reversior to republicanism leaves adrift be tween the lines of the two political parties scarcely a sing-le conspicuous figure in the silver secession of 1896 One by one the western politicians who broke with the republican or ganization at St. Louis five years ago and sought, by a subsequent alliance with the democrats and populists tc make the free coinage issue a new basis of cleavage in national politics have confessed the total failure oj their plans and hopes. Some, inten sified in their hostility to republican leadership by the defeats of 1890 ant 1898, found the way smoother foi them in 1900 to accept the undilutec democratic faith. Others, bolting 1 al the offensive attacks in the Kansas City platform on the administration's policy in the Philippines, resumec without appreciable tensign theii places in.the republican ranks. The senior senator from Nevada was one of the few seceders of 1890 whose par ty status last year's national cam paign left unaltered and unaffected His renewal now of his old relations with the majority party in the senate and in the country leaves the middle ground between- republicanism anei democracy practically deserted. II marks, too, the final subsidence of an agitation which, while it lasted | threatened to obliterate all the I known and accepted landmarks oi party politics. Mr. Jones' abandonment of the cause of silver completes the process through which the United States sen ate has gradually rid itself of the j multiplicity of factions so long rep- I resented on its rolls. The elections of 1890 and 1892 had brought into the I senate a small but augmentative i group of populists. The St. Louis se j cession and the democratic split al j Chicago established two more nove; I partisan divisions, the bolting west | ern republicans classing themselves i as silvcrites and the supporters ol Palmer and Buekner choosing the designation of sound-money demo crats. Of this last faction there is now no survivor. Of the populist di vision all have disappeared but three though two of these—Harris, of Kan sas, and Turner, of Washington— might be classified as democrats rath er than as populists. Seven senators cooperated with Mr. Jones five years ago to form the so-called silveritj group—his eolleag-ue from Nevada William M. Stewart; Teller, of Colo rado; Dubois, of Idaho; Cannon, oi Utah; Mantle, of Montana; Mitchell, of Oregon, and Pettigrew, of South Dakota. Messrs. Mantle, Cannon and Pettigrew are no longer in the sen ate. The first named has returned to republicanism, and was a republican caucus candidate for senator last win ter before the Montana legislature, Mr. Pettigrew was a defeated demo cratic and fusion candidate before the Sf)uth Dakota legislature. Mr. Du bois, defeated as a silverite four years ago, has been ag-ain elected from Idaho as a democrat. Mr. Mitchell, also defeated as a silverite, has been ag-ain elected from Oreg-on as a republican. Mr. Stewart, elect ed as a silverite, announced his recon version to republicanism about a year ago, and Mr. Telle*r, elected as a sil verite, is preparing - , it is understood, to make his next canvass before the Colorado legislature as a straightout democrat. With Mr. Jones adding his vote to the republican column and Mr. Teller his to the democratic, the senate again becomes bipartisan, con taining' no member who cannot be fairly characterized either as a repub lican or as a democrat. In explaining the resumption of his old political affiliations Senator Jones said truly and concisely: "The silver issue is dead, and we are face to face with other issues." This is an an nouncement that might have been made with equal pertiency at any mo ment in the last three years. But Senator Jones' confession, though long- delayed, is none the less impor tant and welcome, marking as it does the formal extinction in national poli tics of a party which had already out lived its beaten and discredited mov ing cause.—X. Y. Tribune. The Kcili-iii|t|ion of Silver. Financial legislation is probably not g-oing to have an important place in the work of the approaching con gress. This is because very little of this sort of legislation is of urg-ent importance at present. The recent congress did much needed work in that line, and very little has been left for the present body to accomplish. The Overstreet bill will undoubtedly be passed. A measure will be intro duced to carry Secretary Gag-e's plan of greenback abolition into opera tion, but that will hardly be enacted at present. It ought to be enacted, yet a powerful opposition is likely to be made against it. The greenbacks, ever since they became worth their face value in gold under the repub licans' resumption act, which went into effect in 1879. have been a very popular currency, and congress will hardly vote now to do away with it. Its end will come some time, but the enactment of the silver dollar re demption bill is probably as far as congress will go in the way of mon etary reform in the next year or two. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. evi'.s of Tammany's meth ods were not confined to New York, but extended their pestilential influence to other cities. Its overthrow will dis courage its imitators, as it will give a fresh stimulus to the zeal of those enlisted in the cause of good govern ment in every large city throughout the land. —St. Paul Pioneer-Press. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1901. STATES THAT WERE DOUBTFUI A Number Tliut Are Now n» Itrllnbl) Ilrpublicnn MM IK the Mole of Ohio. What has become of the old qunr tette of doubtful states. These were ! New York, New Jersey, Connecticut ! and Indiana. All of the four have | been carried by the republicans pret- Jty constantly in recent years. All o) j them except Indiana voted last elec I tion day. The vote which each o] I them cast hits democratic chances ii each for the near future a hard blow New Jersey elected state otßcers. One ! branch of the legislature was choser in New York. Connecticut had a can vass for members of a constitution:! I convention. There was some politics in the Connecticut canvass, and tin , republicans there, as in the other twe ] states, pained a decisive victory. | New Jersey used to be called ade tached section of the solid south. Ii : was almost as much of a democratic fastness as was South Carolina or Mis ; sissippi. Almost any sort of a dein 1 ocrat could be elected to anything in New Jersey. Lincoln made a clear | sweep of all the free s.tates in 186( except one little spot. That was New i Jersey. He pot some of New Jersey's electoral vote, but that was because in the fusion between Douglas, Bel j and Breckinridge in that state, some ;of the coalition cut the Bell ant Breckinridge electors to such an ex S tent that four of the Lincoln elector: 1 squeezed in—the others going t< j Douglas. On the popular vote, how ever, the fnsionlsts' total was 4,00< greater than the republican. Onh three states were carried by McClei lan in 1864, on his "war a failure' I platform. One of these was New Jer sey, and the others were Delaware and Kentucky. New Jersey came t( ! the republicans in 1872, but this was because it thought Grant, the repub liean candidate, was less of a repub | liean than was Oreeley, whom tin ; democrats were supporting. { All this has been changed in recen' j years. New Jersey is now almost a: j reliably republican as Ohio. The sami !J* true of New York. If there hat been a state ticket in the field ii New York last election day, as th< legislative vote shows, the republic ans would have carried the state lr; from 75,000 to 100,000. In Connect! cut, too. the republicans would have had a sweeping majority on a straigln contest. This is significant. There are good reasons for believing thai if Indiana had voted in the eleetior of 11101 it would have given as large a plurality for (he republican tiekei as it gave for McKinley in 1900. This brings up the query: What has be come of the old doubtful states? The doubtful states are here still, bul they have changed their location. The doubtful states of the next presiden tial canvass will be south of Masor and Dixon's line.—St. Louis Globe Democrat. JOHN HAY WIN'S AGAIN. One More Diplomatic Victory for «Ii« Abutted Secretary of State. By compelling the British govern ment to consent to the terms proposet bv the United States for the construe tion and control of the Nicaragua ea nal, Secretary of State Hay has won another diplomatic victory of great im portance to this nation. The new treaty, which is to be sub mitted to the senate at its coming ses sion, will provide for the control ol the canal by the United States gov eminent, which, alone, will have the right to guarantee the neutrality oi that waterway. The Clayton-Bulwei treaty, which, though a practical dear letter for years, was still in the way ol the Americanization of the canal, is superseded by this new treaty and wi] be abrogated. \\ hat makes the victory of Secretar\ Hay all the more notable is the fact that the United States government gives nothing in return for the eon cessions on the part of the British government. The claim of this gov ernnient to the exclusive right to con trol the canal is conceded, anrl no) another power on earth will have any thing to say about it. All the objectionable features of the first treaty have been eliminated ant the new pact should and probably wil meet the approval of the American people. Certainly the new treaty should be approved by the senate: without delay if its provisions are sucli as have been outlined in the dis patches. Those Americans who have been in clined heretofore to criticise Secretary Hay may conclude now that they have treated him unfairly, and will give him credit for defeating the ablest states men of England in a diplomatic battle of first magnitude.—Cleveland Leader, PRESS OPINIONS. Bryan gave Nebraska his per sonal attention and stumped the state from end to end. The republican vic tory there was more than satisfactory, —Cleveland Leader. I7 Mr. Bryan has no word to say relative to Mr. t'roker's defeat. Still, people remember his words: "Great is Tammany, and Richard Croker is its prophet."—lndianapolis Journal. commenting upon the business outlook begin: "The hopeful tone in business conditions through out the country is maintained gen erally." It is an old but a pleasant story.—lndianapolis Journal. ETMcKinley's state was true to Mc- Kinley's memory. Ohio elected the re publican state ticket by about 40,000 That is not a presidential majority, but it is enough to show that the late president's state has no idea of repudi ating the principles which Mclvinley represented.—Troy Truth. THE NICARAGUAN CANAL: lJ? A KV ■ - • J 3»* \ m £l\tlA4oT!tloard» IM Inserted in thi* .New Ait tflo-A in eric* an Treaty. TO KEEP UP THE BARS. Convention In Favor or Itc-rnnclln: tlie < lilnese (exclusion I.atv Assent hie* In San Fmnriii'O. San Francisco, Nov. "J2.—A conven tion of 1,500 delegates from all parts of tlie state, assembled in this city yesterday to inaugurate a movement in favor of the re-enactment by con gress of the present Chinese exclu sion law, which will expire next May. Ex-Congressman (Jenry, the author of the present restriction act, was chair man of the convention. The princi pal result of the convention will be the adoption of a memorial to con gress urging the re-enactment of the I present law without modification, and | the appointment of a delegation to do work in the east. There is some sentiment in favor of extending the restriction to Japan ese. The Japanese residents of the state are taking much interest in tlie convention and a feature of yester day's session was the distribution among the delegates by Japanese of j a circular, asking that action pertain- J ing to the exclusion of Japanese be J omitted. Telegrams have been re i ceived from the governors of Wasli j ington, Nevada and Oregon stating J that the sentiment of their states fa vors a continuation of theexelusion of Chinese. Caused $250,000 Lou to tlie Company Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 22. —Conduc- tor Higgins, the eighth victim of the 'Santa Fe wreck in Arizona on Wed nesday, died yesterday at a hospital. Concerning the probable loss to the road as a result of the smashup, a railroad man in this city gave it as his opinion that it would amount to $250,000. It was stated by some of the passengers arriving here that the explosion, which followed the colli sion, and the rapid spread of the I flames were (hie to the oil tanks j which it is said two of the oil burn- I ing engines carried; Asked lor 91,74(1,500. Pittsburg, Nov. 22. —The laity raem | bcrs of Pittsburg Presbyterian churches were treated a surprise at J the banquet at the Hotel Schenley | last night, given in honor of Rev. [ Henry 0. Minton, present moderator ; of the' Presbyterian general assembly, j when college presidents from western | Pennsylvania and Pittsburg clergy | men asked for total funds for their J several institutions amounting to sl,- j 746,500. The requests will all be con sidered by the Presbyterian church j laymen, but no contributions were j made. 'I lie (ton(li I,lst <»ro\VN. Telluride, Col., Nov. 22.—The niim j her of victims of the terrible disaster in the Smuggler-Union mine is now j known to be at least 29, with a consid | erable portion of the mine yet unex ! plored. Resides the 22 bodies taken out and identified Wednesday night, | seven were located yesterday in the north end of the ninth level, but the J gas is still too strong to permit the | rescuers to reach them, and their | identity is as yet unknown. A Prolltable Deal lor Adams. Oreensburg, Pa., Nov. 22.—The J Pittsburg Steel Co. has purchased i from Jarvis Adams, 15 acres of land at I Monessen for $248,000, which is $2.'!5,- j 500 more than Mr. Adams paid for it i six years ago. The site was the only available one with the necessary riv er frontage for the company's pur pose. The steel company will at once commence the erection of a plant where at least 2,000 men will find employment. A Congressman Ifeslsns. New York, Nov. 22.—Representa tive Nicholas Muller, of the Seventh New York district, has tendered his resignation as member of congress. Mr. Muller, who is the democratic leader in Richmond borough and who was defeated for the office of presi dency of the borough of Richmond at the city election, says his step is the result of ill health. Was Awarded iII,MOO Haulages. Sioux Palls, S. 1).. Nov. 22. —A jury yesterday awarded Mary fiarnigan a verdict for SI,BOO damages against Samuel Kennedy, a Dell Rapids sa loonkeeper for selling her husband liquor. Evidence was introduced to show that (iarrigan became intoxicat ed on liquor bought of Kennedy, and that he committed suicide. Two Men Drowned. Toledo, Nov. 22. —George Reach, of Ray City, Mich., and Fred Dreyer, of Taylorsville, <)., fell off a scow and were drowned in Maumee bay yester day. , STONE S AX FALLS. j He Removes the Chief Exec utive of Pittsburg. A POLITICAL SURPRISE I The Newly Appointed Recordei Trains with Anti-Quayites. PITTSBURG "RIPPER" BILL Pennsylvania's tiovernor Takes Ad vmKafic of It* Provlnlons— lie Ucnlei IIUVIIIK Secured Promise* of Support an a Senatorial Candidate. Harrisburg, 'Pa., Nov. 22.—Gov Stone last night removed Recordei A. i.M. Brown, of Pittsburg-, and ap pointed in his place ex-Director of Public Safety J. (). Brown. The sec ond class city charter bill passed by the last legislature and known a* "the Pittsburg ripper bill," struck out the office of mayor and gave the governor power to appoint a recorder who would be the chief executive of the city. The governor then appointed A. M Brown to the office. In a statement issued last night and addressed to "The people of Pittsburg" the gover nor gives his reason for making the change. He says he has appointed Recorder -T. O. Brown, "who was un der no political obligation, and it was necessary to appoint a man who will not remove capable men for politi cal reasons." The governor denies that he has secured promises that he shall suc ceed Quay, or that he has received the pledges of certain persons to sup port biin for United States senator. The new recorder is a political lieu tenant of State Senator William Flynn, former leader of the anti- Quay republican organization in Pennsylvania, and is chairman of the Pittsburg republican city committee. Thomas S. Bigelow, of Pittsburg, a friend of Senator Quay, was in Har risburg yesterday to prevail upon the governor not to remove A. M. Brown, but the governor did not see him. Senator Flynn and his friends sup ported the regular republican state ticket in the recent campaign and have for some time co-operated with certain political adherents of Gov. Stone in Allegheny county. <'an Double It* Output. Pittsburg, Nov. 22. —Demonstrations of manufacturing tin plate and sheets by the Allis-Andrews system are being produced for the American Tin Plate C'o. at their works in this city. The tests of this new system were commenced at the Deinmler plant some ten days ago and were so satis factory' that more extended opera tions were desired. Thus far all in dications point to the justifications of the claims that with the present heat ing and rolling capacity of the Amer ican Tin Plate Co. the present output can be more than doubled, thereby saving fully $3 per ton. Captured mica of Net*. St. Joseph, Mich., Nov. 22. —Deputy Game Warden Brewster returned from his hunt in the lake last night, having made the biggest seizure of nets ever reported on the great lakes, lie captured 18 miles of new trout nets belonging to the A. Booth Co., of Chicago, valued at SIO,OOO. A big le gal fight is expected to follow. The nets, it is claimed, were found in Michigan water, having been set there contrary to Michigan law and in direct defiance of the game war den and his cruiser. Arclibltbop* Convene, Washington, Nov. 22. —The annual meeting of the archbishops of the Catholic church in the United States began at the Catholic university yes terday. Cardinal Gibbons presided. The meeting considered a number of matters of interest to the welfare of the Catholic church and reviewed the affairs of the hierarchy. The only feature of the proceedings made pub lic was that the meeting adopted reso lutions of sorrow at the assassination of President McKinley and containing an invocation of the benedictions of heaven on his successor's administra tion. MBS. H. F, ROBERTS Says to All Sick Women: " di ve Mrs. PinkJiain a Chance, I Know She Can Help You as Bho Did Mc." " DEAR MRS. PINKHAM : The world praises preat reformers; their names ami fames are in the ears of everybody, and the public press helps spread the good tidings. Among them all Lydia lit. l mkham's name poes to posterity MRS. 11. F. ROBERTS, County President of \V. C. T. U.. Kansas City, Mo. with a softly breathed blessing from the l»>ps of thousands upon thousands of women who have been restored to their families when life hung by a thread, and by thousands of others whose weary, aching limbs you have quickened and whose pains you have taken away. " I know whereof I speak, for I have received much valuable benefit myself through the use of Lydia E. Pink liam's Vegetable Compound, and for years I have known dozens of wo men who have suffered with displace ment, ovarian troubles, ulcerations and inflammation who are strong and well to-day, simply through the use of your Compound."— MßS. H. F. ROBERTS, 1404 MeGte St., Kansas City, Mo. 95000 forfeit // above testimonial Is not genuine* JJon't hesitate to write to Mrs. Pink bam. She will understand your case perfectly, and will treat you with lcindness. Iler advice is free, and tlie address is Lynn, Mass. Is Ten Year* on ail Krrand. Ten years ago John White, a sub stantial ifarmer near Mattoon, 111., sold Iw's farm and with his wife re moved to Janesville, ten miles south of Mattoon, to lead a retired life. One day his wife sent him to the gro cery store to purchase a package of soda and he disappeared, iiy many he was regarded as dead. It trans pires that he went to Texas and pur chased a cotton plantation and later went to North Dakota. The other day he stepped oft' the train in .Tanes vil'e, went to the grocery store, pur chased a package of soda and enter ing his home said to his wifer "There's the soda." She was over joyed to see him and they are living together again. White offered no ex planation for his ten years' absence. (CJIrl Studies Architecture. When the Ecole des Beaux Arts at' Paris was thrown open to girl pupils four years ago it was little suspected that the fair sex would invade the section of architecture. San Fran cisco has the honor of providing a solitary exception in the person of .Miss Julia Morgan. She refused to enter the painting and sculpture sec tion like the rest of her sister pupils •and determined to solve the mystery of building palaces. .Miss Morgan has brilliantly succeeded and will soon take her flight, with honors, to rival the exploits of Inigo Jones. ITlahe H5 .til lea ail Hour. The trials of the experiment, elec tric military railway from Berlin to Zossen are reported to be perfectly successful. The speed of the trains has been gradually increased until now 85 miles are comfortably covered in the hour. The cars run smoothly, and the engineers express confidence that they will attain a speed of 125 miles per hour. The wires have been tested to a capacity of 14,000 volts, but hitherto only 8,000 volts have been necessary. It is expected that a current of 10.000 volts will suffice to. give a speed per hour of 125 miles. Courage is a plant that cannot be de stroyed by plucking it up.—Chicago Daily News. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of see Fac-Slmllo Wrapper Below. VTFR J ■ mall AMD AS OUF to talcs as sugar. lrAcrrrD'cl FOR HEADACHE, UAM LKO FOR DIZZINESS. JLLJTTIF FOR BILIOUSNESS. HI IV E R FOR TORPID LIVER. HPI L! FOR CONSTIPATION. $8 EFT FOR SALLOW SKIN. 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