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The Job department of the Pkkss Is complete and affrrds facilities for doilii; the best class of j Work. PA lt'l ICt I. A K ATTENTION PAIDTU l.Avr PWNTINQ. No paper will bo discontinued until arrear- M< s are paid, except »t the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out ol the county must be paid lor in advance. Nothing appears to have been done ' in regard to establishing the head | market for the spice trade at Batavia, ; - and the planters still seem to he de- ' pendent on the European market. Bus iness, however, in different spices has increased wonderfully within the past year the exports to the United State 3 sharing largely in the increase. Brazilians arc great coffee drinkers, j Numerous cups are drunk each day by i the average nia:t and woman. The bev erage is made very strong and very sweet. It produces an exhilaration of a more intense and lasting kind than beer. Those addicted to this habit be come very restless and scarcely able lo sit still or stand still even for a mo- j ment. Some few years ago the railways of Java were using entirely foreign manu factured rolling stock, but within the last two years locomotives, trucks and 1 passenger cars have been turned out by | their own works, and consequently few are now imported. This is also the I case with many different kinds of ma- ! chinery which were formerly imported, ! but which are now manufactured there. Generally speaking, races living at high altitudes have weaker and more i highly pitched voices than those living I in regions where the supply of oxygen j is more plentiful. Thus, in America, j among the Indians living on the pla teau between the ranges of the Andes, at an elevation of from 10,000 to 14,000 feet, the men have voices like women, and women like children, and their singing is a shrill monotone The French government is reported j to have bought the famous Farnese palace in Rome with the intention of ! making it the home of its ambassador and also of the French School of His- ! tory and Archaeology which has been I established in that city for tne last ! 30 years. Tho palace was erected by j Pope Paul 111. after the designs of -Sangallo and was completed by Mi- j ehael Atigelo. It is one of the finest J in Rome. Sound vibrations may be translated j into electric impulses by a so-called j "vibrochord," recently devised. The j electric charge from an induction coil > is caused to pulsate in exact unison with the notes from a musical instru ment, and tho notes can thus be "felt" by a person through whose body tho discharge is allowed to pass. The sen- j sation is said to be agreeable, and the inventor also claims tnat it has thera peutic value. The total distance from St, Peters- : burg to Port Arthur by tho Russian trans-Siberian railway and the Russian ! lines in Manchuria is 5,913 miles, ot practically twice the distance from New York to San Francisco. This is [ one of the numerous interesting facts ! about Russia and her railway and com mercial systems presented in a mono graph just issued by the Bureau of ! Statist itentitled "Commercial Russia in 1004." That smi keless powder has its dan gers as will as its advantages is point ed out In- recent medical writer. ! The gases from it produce very disa- ; grecable symptoms, among which are convulsions, difficulty of breathing, feeble pulse and heart-action, head- ; ache, or even loss of consciousness. 1 These are due chiefly to the nitrous , products of combustion, which, while j they are not so objectionable in tie open air, may become dangerous in a j confined space, such as the turret cf a battleship. According to the latest census, China has a population of 42ti,4 17,000. Thus tno Chinese empire contains more than a quarter of the inhabitants of the globe, being approached in this respect only by the British empire, which has a population of 396,000,000, •which includes over 231,000,000 in In dia. Russia comes next, with a popu lation of 1 29,000,000; then the United States and her dependencies, wit i 84,- 000,000; the:! France and her colonies, with (15,000,000, and then Germany and her colonies, with 02,000,000. Englismen who are wedded to their cup < 112 t, a are rejoicing in the inven tion of an automatic teapot. An alarm clock is connected with a spirit lamp and a kettle. When the alarm gors off it releases a shutter w.iich covers the fipir t lamp, and as it (lies back tho sin fter strikes a match, which lights the lamp, and thus heats the water in the kettle. As toon as this -water boils en arrangement of wires causes the kettle to tilt and pour its contents into the pot set ready to re ceive it. GOLDEN KEY PRESSED BY ROOSEVELT, With Prayer and Song and Speeches by Prominent People the Louisiana Purchase Exposi tion Is Opened to the World. —— « s>mim of tlir iPrst WORLD'S FAIR, ST. LOUIS. 19C4. ❖ The following hymn, written upon invitation Poured through the gateways of the north of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition manage- Thy mighty livers join their tide, ment, by Edmund Clarence Stedman, was sung And on the wing 3 of morn sent forth by a chorus of five hundred voices at the Their mists the far-off peaks divide, opening ceremonies of the Exposition. The By Thee unsealed, music for the hymn was written, also upon The mountains yield official Invitation, by Professor John K. Paine, Ores that the wealth of Ophir shame, of Harvard University: Aud gems en wrought of scven-hued flame. 0 Thou, whose glorious orbs on high t !" oush what >' ears the 80,1 hath lain Engird the Earth with splendor round, Thme OWn tlme to give Fiom out Thy secret place draw nigh The greater and the lesser gram, The courts and temples of this ground; The " pe f' ng bo 'V the m >' riad fleccel Eternal Light, Thy creatures graze Fill with Thy might , Appointed ways; These domes that in Thy purpose grew, v agUC a ' er league across the lan. I,. •'*■ $ St. Louis, April 30.—St. Louis is prepared for the greatest day in her history. To-day at noon her great ex position, upon which the city has lav ished millions of money, to which her people have devoted years of their oest endeavor, and for which they .lave labored with infinite patience, was thrown open to the world. SEC. OX'' WAR WILLIAM H. TAFT. All of yesterday and last night the people worked with desperate energy to accomplish the thousand and one things that always remain to be done at the last moment. At the exposi tion grounds 30,000 men worked all day putting tho final touches upon the grounds, buildings, sidewalks, clean ing buildings, removing scaffolds and arranging exhibits. This work con tinued without cessation until dawn. In the down town streets and in the residence dis'nets the decorations are profuse and beautiful. The exer cises to-day were more serious than resplendent. There was compara tively little of the glittering pageant that marked the dedication exercises a year ago. but the ceremonies pre ceding the formal opening were none the less interesting. At 0 o'clock in tho morning all the high dignitaries of the exposition met at the adminis tration building and, headed by a band, marched to the Plaza of St. Louis, in the center of the exposition grounds.. Representatives of foreign govern ments mot at the hall of congresses at Ihe same hour and timed their parade to the pla/.a so as to arrive at the same moment the exposition officials marched in from the opposite direc tion. At the same time representa tives of state and territorial govern ments entered the plaza from a third avenue, having previously formed at the United States building. After tho gathering was called to order by President Francis, Rev. Frank V\\ Gunsaulus, of Chicago, de livered the invocation. At the . con clusion of tho prayer Director of Works Isaac S. Tiylor delivered the keys of the buildings to President Francis, who in turn transferred the buildings to Frederick J. V. Skiff, Ithe director of exhibits. Tho chorus "Hymn of the West," the words by Edmund Clarence Stedman, and music by .Tohn Knowles Paine, was then sung, and addresses were made by the following gentlemen: Mayor Wells, of St. Louis; Hon. Thomas T. Carter, president of the A Constable Is Murdered. Mount Vernon, 111., April 30. —Al- j bert Wood, a constable, -as killed j and Curtis Gregory, another con- j stable, was seriously wounded in a fight in Harrison township, with two j men alleged to have been William J and Robert Howard, brothers, one of j whom the officers sought to arrest on a warrant. Town Swept by f-'ire. Vancouver, 13. C., April 30. —Nine- ! tenths of Fernie, B. C„ a town of 3,000 .eople, the largest settlement in the row's Nest Pass district, was de j su'oyed by fke Friday. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 5, [904 national commission; Senator Burn ham, of New Hampshire, in behalf of the I'nited States senate; Congress man James A. Tawney, of Minnesota, for the national house of represent atives; Commissioner General Nuneo, of Mexico, in behalf of the foreign commissioners; E. H. Harriman, of New York, for the exhibitors. The last speech of the day was by Secre- ! tary of War Taft, and at its conclu sion the signal was given to President I Roosevelt in the White House, the I golden key was pressed, the cascades I sent down their floods, thousands of banners were unfurled, and the great j Louisiana Purchase exposition was open to the world. Among the distinguished visitors to arrive Friday were Secretary of War Taft, who represents the president, and Gen. Chaffee. They reached the city at 8 o'clock last night and were met by Gen. Bates and Mayor Francis and other officials. The special con gressional train bearing 400 persons, including the committee from the house of representatives appointed to attend the opening exercises, also ar rived. as did governors from a nuni- | ber of states and several notable for eign visitors. During the day the United States gunboat Nashville and the torpedo boat destroyer Lawrence, which will represent the navy at the fair, ar rived in St. Louis harbor. Although the boats arrived at an hour some- ; what unexpected, which caused disar- | rangements of plans for a more elab orate demonstration by thousands who had planned togo down the river to meet them, the greeting to the craft was nevertheless fitting. £ % / \ i A / ww*' \. / \ 1 1 \ j 5" / fr I 1 I , ./ tvv - - * -■ , Ai-- > I \ 112 p||jj || :: y LOUISIANA PURCHASE MONUMENT. The center around which occurred the opening ceremonies of the world's fair, and i'rp-id- .it Roosevelt and President Francis, who participated i>'-orn | n""Mi' in ceremonies. Work of Acid Thrower. Wheeling, W. Va., April ;ii). —Sister ! Mary Alma, of the community of St. I Joseph, who was assaulted by three ! burly negroes at the Catholic orphan- I i age in Elm Grove, last September, re- ! I ceived the contents of a large bottle ' i of carbolic acid, thrown by a tramp, j Friday afternoon, and is in a serious | condition at St. Joseph's convent The First Recess Appointment. Washington, April tO.—The first re cess appointment of a postmaster ' was announced Friday. It is thr-t of j i C. S. Parks, to be postmaster at Ar- j canum, O. ■MM——mmw—ww""i' n REPORT OF EXPERTS. | Defects in Guns on the lowa Were Known Before They Bursted. Washington, Apr«l 30.—The naval | board consisting of Capt. Dayton, j Commander Fletcher and Lieut. Dief j fenbach, appointed to investigate the circumstances attending the bursting i of two eight-inch guns on the lowa, j February 5, lias reported to the secre j tary that the board find that In the i firing of the guns all precautions ! were taken. The report says that , "when the forgings of the guns were I being machined at the gun factory de. ' fects developed, the defects being de ' scribed an numerous small 'breaks' in ! the continuity of the metal and also ! minute 'sand and slag spots.' The 1 forgings were thereupon rejected." j On a protest by the manufacturing ; company, the report recites, a board was ordered in accordance with a | clause in the contract. This board | recommended the rejection of certain | of the forgings, but on further protest jof the manufacturers another board j was ordered and it found that the | "defects that are referred to as exist j ing are common to all in a larger or I smaller degree, but neither the sand ! nor the slag spots or breaks are seri | ous enough in the present stage to cause us to recommend their rejec ; tion." In conclusion the board finds that the eight-inch guns of the lowa, so far as material is concerned, were as strong as designed to be; that the fracture of these guns did not result from weakening from previous firing, from the premature bursting of shells in the bore, or from excessive pres sures resulting from abnormal action of the powder charge. But, the board says, the increase of muzzle velocity from 2,100 to 2,300 while at the same time the breech pressure was de creased, reduced the margin of safety too much. It is recommended by the beard that more extensive experi ments be made to determine the ad vantages of the present grain powder in comparison with other shapes. REVIEW OF TRADE. J Conservatism Is the Rule in All Branches of Business. New York, April 30. —11. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Business continues to move in most conservative channels, pur chases being restricted to immediate requirements and weather conditions dominating the situation to an un usual extent. At many points there lias been little spring trade, and the transition from winter to summer will be accomplished with scarcely any in | termediate season. Considering this adverse factor, the current volume of business is remarkably satisfactory. Building operations are also deferred to a late date. Much structural work is projected, however, As a rule, manufacturing plants are not working at full capacity, idle ma chinery being most extensive in tex tile industries. Floods and storms have interrupted traffic, yet railway earnings thus far reported for April are only 5.5 per cent, smaller than last year. Iron and steel conditions are still devoid of any definite change. A War Cloud in the South. Lima, Peru, April :>0. —Alarming j cablegrams have boon received hero I from Santiago De Chile, saying that I th.* Chilean government lias instruct •<■ (1 its minister at Washington t> in j quire if the l T nit -;d Stales will defend j Peru in case Chile shall proceed i'orc- I ibly on tin question of annexing the | provinces of Tacna and Arica, which ! that country is disposed to do. Sold for a Million. Corsicana. Te\., April -The i Southern Oil Co. nas sold itri entire : holdings, except outstanding ac \ counts, t ) the Houston Oil Co. SESSION iS ENDED. National Congrass Has Finished Its Work. House Honored Speaker Cannon by the Adoption of a Resolution Thanking Him for His Fair Dealing. Washington, April 29.—With brie* announcement and a sharp rap of his well-worked gavel, President Pro Tem Frye adjourned the senate sine die at 2 p. m. Thursday, the hour fixed by resolution of the two houses of congress. The occurrence was de void of unusual incident and the final close of the session was but slightly different from the end of an ordinary day's sittinig. The work of the ses sion had been concluded before the final word was said, so that neither rush nor confusion marked the end The senate began its day's work at 10:30 a. m., but the greater part of th< time was devoted to a political de bate, participated in on the republi can side by Messrs. Allison and Aid rich, and on the democratic side bj Messrs. Gorman and Culberson. The only important acts of legisla tion during the day were the presen tat ion and acceptance of conference reports on the Panama canal govern meat and emergency river and har bor bills. Neither report aroused debate. The closing of the second session of the house of the fifty-eighth con gress was made notable by the dem onstration which was evoked by a resolution offered by Mr. Williams the minority leader, testifying to the courtesy and impartial manner in which Speaker Cannon had presided over the house. The resolution was not of the perfunctory kind, but was expressive of the kindly feeling which men in the house of all parties enter, tained toward him. In a graceful speech the speaker declared his ap preciation of the resolution. Many conference reports were agreed toon bills which had been in dispute between the two houses. The only debate of any importance was on the bill providing for the restora tion to the naval academy of three cadets who had been dismissed foi hazing, the house voting overwhelm ingly against it. The members, after the speaker announced final adjournment, joined in singing patriotic airs, and slowly filed out of the hall after shaking hands with the speaker and bidding him good-bye. Washington, April 29. —The repub ; lican and the democratic view of ap | propriations made by the Fifty-eighth j congress were presented to the house ! yesterday by Chairman Hemenway, of the appropriations committee, and Representative Livingston, of Geor gia. the ranking democratic member | of that committee. After reviewing the expenditures for the next fiscal year, Mr. Hemen way concludes: "The expenditures of our government in their aggregate, as exhibited by the appropriations of congress, are large and yet, according to the very best authority, our na tional government is the most eco nomically administered of any in tha civilized world." A table to substan tiate this statement is given showing the per capita expenditures of the leading nations. The highest given ia New Zealand, where the per capita expense is $30.38, the lowest is the United States, with a per capita of $7.97. The total appropriations made by this congress aggregate, according to Mr. Hemenway, $781,574,029. Of this sum $20,801,843 was to pay deficien cies for prior fiscal years and $50,- 500,000 is set aside for application to the sinking fund. This leaves the to tal appropriation for the expenses of the government for the year 1905 $098,272,780. The total estimated revenues for this period are $704,472,- 000, or an excess over appropriations of $G,199,274. TO SCARE HIS WIFE, A Man Says Ho M?de a False Confes sion of Murder —The Woman !:» Arrested for Bigamy. Chicago, April 29. —Louis Houston yesterday confessed to the police that he had told his wife lie had committed a murder in Liggett, 0., and that a man was now sein ing a life sentence in the Ohio penitentiary for the crime. Houston denies that the story is true, and says he told it to frighten his wife so that she would obey him. He said that his wife had taken tha opportunity to get revenge because he had caused her arrest on a charge of bigamy. The former Mrs. Houston is now Mrs. Frank Walcott and she is under arrest with her second husband. They have been married less than a month. Mrs. Walcott denied that she was ever legally married to Houston and j says that he deceived her by having a friend perform & mock marriage ceremony. A Nice Job for Mr. Dawson. Washington, April 29. —President Roosevelt lias appointed Thomas C Dawson, of lowa, at present secretary of the United States legation at Rii j Janeiro, Brazil, as United States nun ! ister to San Domingo. A Hanna. Memorial Project. Washington, April 29.—For the purpose of imparting impetus to tha movement to endow a chair of politi cal science in Western Reserve uni versity at Cleveland as a memorial to the late Senator Hanna, William G. Oswald came to Washington yester day. He is secretary of the .Marcus A. Hanna Memorial Chair association and after leaving Washington will visit. Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. The association has started out to raise $150,000 as an endowment fund and already snib scriptions have begun to come iu. HOSPITAUECRETS. A Nurse Says: "Pe-ru-na is a J | : ; MES. KATE TAYLOR. j Mrs. Kate Taylor, a graduated t " nurse of prominence, gives her ex- 112 j perience w!tli Peruna In an open 1 i letter. Her position in society and I | professional standing combine to 112 Igive special prominence to her ut- T terances. I ILL., 427 Monroe St.— j " As far as I haveobserved I'eruna is the finest tonic any man or woman I can use who is weak from the after j effects of any serious illness. " I have seen it used in a number of I convalescent cases, and have seen sev j eral other tonics used, but I found that | those whoused Peruna had thequickest relief. ••Peruna seems to restore vitality. Increase bodily vigor and renew health and strength In a wonderfully short time."—MßS. KATE TAYLOR. In view of the great multitude o< I women suffering from some form of fe j male disease and yet unable to find any i cure, Dr. Hartman, the renowned &pe j cialist on female catarrhal diseases, has J announced his willingness to direct the j treatment of as many cases as niiike application to him during 1 the summer months, without charge. Address The j Peruua Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio- It Cnres Colds, Conehs. Sore Throat, Cronp, Influ enza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain euro for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advanced stages. Use at oilcc. You will see the excellent effect after taking the first dose. Sold by dealers everywhere. Largo bottles 25 cents and 50 cents. WT L. DOUGLAS $4.00, 33.50, $3.00, $2.30 U.NION BEST IN MADE O i™ET.O THE WORLD. W. L. Douglas shoes / are worn by more 0 men than any other _ ]fy make. The reason W& is, they hold their j?tt shape,iitbetter,wear [y longer, and have JT greater intrinsic value than any Sold Everywhere, Look for ittime nnd prico on liott<»m. evoi > \vh«rc conceded tobetlie fluent Patent JLi'al lier yet |»roliet;ji phenomenal. %i.l. FBF.E Homestead Lands ——————————— -''y 7 easily aoiesnlble. while other lamlf may -'-I;! " purohu-sed from Kaihvay ami I.arnl l ,/>'■ •» ,0< f,,r k " e settler. 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