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The Ucfb dep;' rtinent of the Pkksr is complete arrl ff riK facilities for doing tii" best class of W rU. I'ARIU t'l.All JCnUNIIOS I'AIDTU LAW PldNTlNl.. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ag s urc paid, except at thu option of the pub lisher. l'apcrs sent out of the county must be paid fer in advance. A'tribe'of natives known as Maoris, living in New Zealand, cook their po tatoes and other articles of food in a very novel way. There are several volcanoes in the land, and many of the Maoris live up in the mountains near them. In various places volcanic steam and hot water issue from the ground. The natives make use of these in preparing their meals. Judge Alfred Stockier, justice of the supreme court ol' the state of New York, was born a poor lad on the East Side, his father having died when he was five years old. He secured ■work in a law office, where he made his start, and when still a mere boy be came president of the literary society of the Cooper union, and in its debates broadened his education. Eminent specialists are just now en deavoring to solve the mystery of a disease known as beriberi, which seems to be identical with the "sleep ing illness" of the west coast of Afri ca. But up to the present even the greatest physicians have not been able to diagnose or cure it. Whole villages of West African Negroes havo been known to sleep themselves to death. A scheme is on foot to create an island in the center of the lake of Neuchatel, in Switzerland. In tho middle of the lake there is a. sub merged mountain six or seven feet below the water, and it is on this mountain that the island will be con structed. A large hotel will he erect ed on the island. The capital, which is already subscribed, will come from and America. Mr. Marconi, the man who has ex cited so much wonder throughout the world by his invention of wireless telegraphy, had thought over the idea when he was a schoolboy at Leghorn. The greatest of the world's electri cians had not even thought of such a thing at that time. Yet Mr. Mar coni, before lie was 20 years of age, had solved the most difficult problem that has ever troubled men's minds. The Lincoln park commissioners of Chicago have authorized the erection in the park of a monument to the memory of David Kennison, who is declared to have been the only sol dier of the revolution who went from Illinois, returned to Illinois and lies buried in Illinois—in fact, in that park. A bowlder, perfectly Inscribed, will probably be placed over his grave. The Sons of the Revolution will bear the cost. The czar of Russia desires the holy synod to annul the excommunication of Count Tolstoy before that great philosopher dies, but M. Pobiedonos zeff, the procurator, is strongly op posed to the idea —so strongly, indeed, that his majesty has given up trying for it.and washes his hands of all re sponsibility by saving that if failure to give Tolstoy Christian burial causes revolutionary outbreaks it will be the procurator's fault. The salvation army is floating an is sue of $150,<100 bonds to provide homes J'or the worthy poor. The bonds are se cured by colonization lands of the ar my in Ohio. Colorado and California, valued at $250,000. On file are appli cations from more than one thousand families anxious to leave the city and Mettle on 1 arming lands. Among sub scribers to the bonds are Senator Ilan na. Washington E. Connor and Ben jamin ii. Tracy, of New York. ThfcfCreek royal family is a very dis tinguished one. Prince George, of Greece, is the strongest of living royal ties, and is besides a very accomplish ed fencer and boxer. He holds a nied a3 presented to him by the students o! the university of Athens for the whining of an open boxing competi tion some years ago. Another posses sion of Prince George which may well be called a prize is the yacht with which the czar and Prince George wero in ,lai>an the latter saved the former's life when it was attempted by an as sassin. It ip the opinion of some of the best of our officers that we have been showing rather too much deference to the Spanish language in the Philip pine islands, and that we could not do better than to bring the English ton gue to the front in every possible way, encouraging its public and private use as the general medium of communca tion. Hut we infer from this latest re port that this is just what is now being done. Spanish exists in the islands simply because it was the tongue of the civil and military authorities who preceded us in occupation. AS TO REDUCTION OF TAXES. How to Take llovin 11«e Trejinury Surplus with Ilot Ailvanlane to the People. The subject of special interest to the ways and means committee at this moment is: How shall we deal with the treasury surplus? It is u question, too, in which the people of the whole country have a pro found concern. May republicans pro pose the abolition of the whole of the remaining: war taxes of 1808. Part of these were removed by the recent congress, most of the changes to take effect at the beginning' of July last. It was supposed at that time that this cut would abolish the surplus. The estimate was that $40,- 000,000 or $45,000,000 of revenue would be eliminated, and that the treasury accumulations of the year beginning with last July would be comparative ly small. This was an error of judg ment, but it was a natural one. The activity of trade and the general high level of the country's prosperity, cou pled with a reduction in expenditures, have made the surplus for the cur rent year more than it was in the preceding 12 months. Secretary Gage's estimate is that, on the basis ©' existing laws, the excess of re receipts over ordinary expenditures in the year which ends on June :!0 next, a little over five months hence, will be about $100,000,000, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. How can this surplus be reduced most advantageously for the coun try? Representative Boutell, of Illi nois. in an article in Leslie's Week ly, proposes that the whole of the remaining war taxes be abolished. Representative Bartholdt, has a bill before congress which provides for the removal of all these taxes. It is meeting with strong support from republicans, and it is likely to meet the favor of many democrats. There is some uncertainty as to how much of a surplus would be left if all these taxes were given up. Forecasts on this line are apt to be worth little. There are factors affecting govern mental income which cannot be meas ured beforehand with any close ap proach to accuracy. It is well to bear in mind that, though Secretary Gage estimated the surplus at SIOO,- 000.000 for the fiscal year ending with June, 1902, he figured that the sur plus for the year ending with June, 1903, would be only $23,000,000. The basis in each case is the existing tax laws, coupled, in the second case, with the estimates for appropria tions which have already been sub mitted. While there is a chance that this $2:1,000,000 guess may be wide of the mark, yet the fact that the mar gin for next year will be much small er than is that for the year which will end a few months hence ought to be taken into the account. Unquestionably some of the war taxes' can safely be removed altogeth er or reduced. Whether all of them can be cut off without danger is a mat ter which calls for careful deliberation by congress. The estimates of ex penditures which the secretary of the treasury had before him when he made his forecast of a $23,000,000 surplus fur the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1003. showed a much larger outlay than will be made in the year which closes a few months since. This, of course, i» a safe precaution, for the isthmian ca nal and the Pacific cable, both of which will probably be authorized at the present session of congress, will be among the things which will increase the government's monetary demands. Just how much the annual outlay will be increased by these great works of national utility is uncertain, but these and other great enterpriser have to be taken into consideration in esti mating 1 the excess of governmental re ceipts over expenditures. The ques tion of how much taxation can be abol ished is one which demands careful study in the light of all the conditions, present and prospective. As the pres ent Gen. Grant -once remarked, a sur plus is- easier to manage than a deficit. It is well for the republican party to be on the safe side on this bigquest ion. A deficit, if we should have it, would be an awkward thing for the republicans to explain in the canvass of 1004. CURRENT COMMENT. n* I neid en tally, while stead fast ly ad hering to his principles. Mr. Bryan is adhering to as much of the coin, of the realm as lie can cause to come his way. —Albany Journal. C7"Democratic Missouri began the ! new year with a state debt of $5,080,- ! 830.42, but the republicans are forcing the payment of that debt, and it was reduced $(>00,000 last year.—lowa State Register. ICThe person who furnishes politi cal misinformation about Indiana for a Chicago paper says the republican majority in this state was les-> in ISOB than in ISOG, and less in 1000 than in 1808. President McKinley's plurality i in 1800 was 17,542; the republican plu rality for secretary of state ill 1808 was 17,510, and President McKinley's plurality in 1000 was 20,842. It, is the decreasing republican pluralities, says this interesting correspondent, that gives the Indiana democratic leaders hope!—lndianapolis Journal. ICT'Tlie press of Ohio is almost unan imously in favor of observing the an niversary of William McKinley's birth day as a legal holiday. "Not,"says the Cleveland Leader, "because he was an Ohio man, but the fact that he was shot and killed because he represent ed orderly government ant! not for the reason that he had done anything to injure his slayer, ought to give to his birthday peculiar significance and make it an occasion for rejoicing in the triumph of republican principles and the perpetuity of republican insti tutions." —Albany Journal. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1902 AS TO THE SUGAR TARIFF. Noteworthy Feature of the Situation la Ki illusion of the Alitl- TarllT Theory. The status of the controversy over the question whether the tariff on Cu ban sugar should be reduced by this government may be briefly described as follows, says the Albany Journal: Opposed to the tariff-reduction prop osition tire the men who are interested in the American beet-sugar industry Their contention is that their business would be detrimentally, even ruinous ly, affected by the importation of Cu ban raw sugar, which, with part of the duty taken off, could be set down in' this country at a price below that at which it is profitable to produce beet sugar. In favor of the proposed tariff re duction are: First, the Cuban sugar planters who declare that they cannot profitably dis pose of their product unlessthe I'nited States government admits it to the markets of this country under more favorable terms, and that consequently they will suffer loss directly ami Cuba as a whole will suffer indirectly, since the island's prosperity depends to a considerable extent upon the develop ment of its sugar industry. The plant ers are naturally backed by the Cuban people at large. Second, a large part of the people of the United States, who hold that it is this country's duty to assist Cuba in its efforts to develop its resources and lo become prosperous as well as inde pendent. Third, the American sugar-cane re fining interests, whose representatives argue, whatever the unspoken reasons for their attitude may be, that a con siderable tariff on Cuban sugar is un necessary for the proper protection of any American interests, and declare that a reduction of the present tariff jvould be advantageous to the con sumer in that it would effect a per manent reduction in the price of re fined sugar. The essential question to be consid ered i- whether it is an indisputable fact that a reasonable reduction of the duty :1 surcharged stamps on hand May 26, 1S!)D, or 35,404 stamps less than were credited to the account of burned ■stamps September 11, 1899. Gregory said this difference was probably 70.000, as no record was kept of cash sales and as no more stamps were received during the interval from the I'nited States. Regarding the surplus cash found by Sullivan and Lcatlierman, May 26, (iregory testified that ('. F. \\. Xeely was not charged with about $5,000 in various items and that conse quently there should have been a de ficiency instead of a surplus, (ireg ory said that Kstes (i. Rathbone made two reports, one to Gen. Brooke, ex governor general of Cuba, atid the other fo the postmaster general, June 30, 18'.)!), and that the figures in these two reports did not agree. 'Havana, Jan. 30.—Fourteen wit nesses were heard yesterday during ihe hearing of the postottice trail 1 cases. Inspectors Hamilton, Keys and Waters corroborated the testi ninny given by Inspector Gregory re garding the inspection of accounts and the ascertaining of the amount of the frauds. Kx-Assistant Auditor Reynolds said that a book was opened for the accounts of the postoffices of Cuba, but tnat no entries had been made in it. Increased tlie Kail Itondx. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 2S.—Albert ,T. German, formerly individual book keeper of the Third national bank ol this city, was arrested yesterday on a warrant oased on an affidavit made by National Bank Examiner R. 15 Garrett, charging him with making Tiilse entries on tne bank's books, amounting to $10,025. German was arrested several weeks ago on the charge of embezzling the bank's funds. At that time it was alleged that a shortage of several thousand dollars had been discot ercd in his u counts. A PITIFUL TALE. American Marines Almost Starve in Samar. Xlk-.v Kvrn Ale ICutv I»o(£ .WfHl—lMt trcHKliiic Ha rm Here SullVrfd by tlir JTlcn of ( apt. I'orter'w I'arly, Nome of Whom W ill Not Kfcovcn Manila, Jan. 29. —(Jen, Chaffee re turned here yesterday, lie says tie found the conditions satisfactory everywhere, except at Samar, where continuous rain lias retarded the campaign. The condition of ('apt. David D. Porter's marines, who took part in the expedition into the interior of iSamar, is much worse than previ ously described. They suffered fear ful hardships and were without food for several days. The natives who accompanied the marines claimed they were unable to distinguish the edible roots, which the marines did not believe. The anger of the ma rines against the natives is intense. None of the latter returned with the marines. The marines suffered so acutely from starvation that they ate, raw, the flesh of two dogs. When ('apt., l'orter and the first three of his men staggered into camp they were delirious and difficulty was experienced in ascertaining the whereabouts of their companions. Williams, of the First infantry, headed the relief expedition in the face of a torrential rain storm which flooded the rivers, lie succeeded in reaching the remaining ten men, who would otherwise have certainly per ished. He found them all delirious. Two of the men were discovered eat ing tjie branches of trees and bark ing like dogs. Some of the marines are so ill that they are not likely to recover. Maj. Lot and three Filipino lieu tenants, with ten rifles, three revol vers and 24 bolos, on Monday, sur rendered to Maj. Anderson, of the Sixth cavalry, at Lipa, province < 112 Batangas. Lot was brought in sick, 011 a litter. He was cordially hated. Xickerson's scouts have captured Col. Lot, a brother of Major Lot, near Batangas. Lieut. William L. Barnes, of the Sixth cavalry, had a slight engage ment with some Filipinos, during which he killed two insurgents and captured a captain and two soldiers. A party of insurgents, led by two renegade Americans, recently entered Alangulang, in Leyte province, claim ing they were constabulary, but not yet uniformed. The imposters were taken to police headquarters and were royally entertained by the na tive sergeant in charge. At a given signal the renegades and insurgents fell 011 the police, who, though out numbered more than two to one, fought desperately and drove off their assailants after a hand-to-hand light, in which bolos were the chief weapons. The victory was notable, as the police were completely surprised and outnumbered. They lost two men killed and had one man wound ed. The insurgents left one man dead. The criticism of the senate minori ty report on the Philippine tariff bill has been general here, though many people admit the statements made in the report are correct. (ien. Wheaton's vigorous criticisms referred entirely to Prof. Schur man's speech at Boston, though he holds the professor in high personal esteem. The statement that a person who made such remarks here as those credited to the professor during his Boston speech would be sent to jail, referred merely to the recent sedi tion law. A COSTLY BLAZE. A 8325,000 Fire Loiw at St. l.oulw A I'tinlc In u Hotel. St. Louis, Jan. 29. —Two hundred and thirty guests of the Lindell hotel were driven from their apartments into the sleety streets last night by flames which wrecked the adjoining building and threatened to sweep away the hostelry. Women were car ried from the upper floors in a faint ing condition. Mothers with infants in their arms groped their way through suffocating smoke. Men dragged their trunks after them dotvn the broad stairways of the ho tel, and clerks in the office hastily procured the valuables of the guests from safes and vaults and carried them to places of greater safety. The fire originated in a seven-story brick structure known as the O'Neill building. There were a dozen or more firms occupying it,, of which the largest concern was the L. l'ainnan Jewelry Co. The losses suffered by the concerns will approximate $300,- 000. The Lindell hotel was damaged by smoke and water to the extent of 925,000. Aiioihcr Illicit In (lie Program* Vienna, Jan. 29.—A telegram has been received here from Sofia saying that the brigands wish the liberation of Miss Stone to take place upon Turkish territory, and that the Turk ish government will not consent to this arrangement, unless it be ad vised of the time and place of the passage of the brigands across the frontier. The Turkish government nlso requires that a neutral escort accompany the brigands. Scliloy Arrives at Loiilnvlllc. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 29.—llear Ad miral Schley, who under the clia peronage of the board of trade and the Knights Templar, will be Louis ville's guest until Friday, arrived here last evening. He was greeted I.y an admiral's salute, and a shout ing crowd of many hundreds at the depot, lie was escorted to a car riage and was driven to the residence «.f Marion 13. Taylor, president of the board of trade. Here the admiral and Mrs. Schley spent a quiet even ing. The trip from Chicago was ona long ovation. The QaMlflvit Critic. Big School Girl—Ain't you got no jjvam mar yet? Little School Girl—Nope, not till next year. "Why, gracious; I're took grammar two hull years a'ready!"— Detroit Free Press. Mile* of Potntora. Everybody knows that the .John A. Ralzer Peerl Co., La Crosse, Wis., are the largest seed potato growers in the world, so when their President, Henry A. Salzer, recently purchased 21,000 acres more of ideal potato land, all wondered what for. Well, it is for potatoes—miles and miles oi potatoes. A great many men have managed to at tain lame by hanging to the tail gate ol a crisis.—Washington Post. To Care a Colli In One Day Take Laxative Uromo Quinine Tablets. All iruggist sref und money if it 112 ails to cure. 25c. It is very annoying that fo-tune will not call by appointment.—Puck. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of is a cough cure. —J. W. O'Brien, 3'22 Third ! Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 0,1900. : Why don't you let folks advise you? They enjoy it. Washington (la.J Democrat. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color silk, wool or cotton perfectly at one boiling. A woman's fickleness is only exceeded by her constancy.-—Chicago Daily News. MRS. HULDA JAKEMAN IVifo of President Jakemau of Elders of the Mormon Chnrch, Salt Lake City, Utah, Recom mends Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Tor Wo man's Periodic Pains. " DKAP. MRS. PINK-HAM :—Before I know of .Lydia K. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound 1 dreaded the l approach of the time for my menstrual period, as it would mean a couple of MRS. HULDA JAKEMAN. days in bed with intense pain and suf | fering. 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