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The Job department of the PHESS IK complete »ud affords facilities for doing the best class of work PAIUICLI.AU INSNI ION PAIDTO LAW rHINTINO. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. . .. Paper* sent out of the county must be paid lor in advance. Another Woman Genius. Miss Mears, who made the Frances E. Willard statue, that was unveiled in the capitol at Washington, is conceded by capable judges of sculptural art. to be a genius. She began to model when she was a child. Before she was nine years old her work was exhibited and admired. She won the prize of SSOO of fered by the Woman's club of Milwau kee for the best work of art exhibited at the World's Columbian exxposition by a Wisconsin woman. It was a sym bolical figure of that state, which has since been putin mcrble. and now stands in the rotunda of the capitol at Madison. I'p to that tltno she was simply follow ing ner instincts. All ner tecnnical in structions was limited to six weeks at the Art institute at Chicago, but her work attracted so much attention hat Mr. St. Gaudens admitted her to his studio in New York, w here she remained a year and a half, and then went to Paris. There she won instant success, and in 189" her work was admitted to the sa lon. She then went to Rome and Flor ence. and at the completion of her third year in Europe joined Mr. St. Gaudens and assisted him in his studio for two years. Her design for the Willard statue was the unanimous choice of the commission. Extremely Superstitious. The "13" superstition was carried to an unusual length by the members of the Brooklyn Sangerbund Women's chorus, who celebrated the fourteenth anniversay of the society the other even ing. The society was organized in 1892, and some curiosity was aroused as to why the fourteenth instead of the thir teenth anniversary was celebrated. It was learned that on account of i he num ber 13 being considered by the girl singc-rs an unlucky one it was thought best to have the event called the "four teenth" and avoid any risk that some thing unexpected might happen, the more because a feature of the concert was the operetta "Die Maus" ("The Mouse"), that little animal, as is well known, already having caused many troubles for the women. hile a district of Columbia meas ure was before the house the other aft ernoon Congressman Bartlett, of Geor gia, being in a pesky mood, raised the point of no quorum. Speaker Cannon sent some messengers out for absen tees and then proceeded to count the house in very leisurely fashion. Try as he could, he was unable to make the required number. A clerk at the desk said something to him as to the probable whereabouts of certain mem bers, and Mr. Cannon answered in a stage whisper: "All right; you go hus tle 'em in while I count slow again." At the luncheon that followed the christening of the Nebraska at Seat tle. Miss Mary Mickey told a naive story of her father, who is governor of Nebraska. "One evening my father." she said, "dictated some of his cor respondence to me. There was one letter that struck nie. It was to au employe of my father's. It inclosed a railway ticket and it said: 'You ask me for a ticket for your mother in-law. who is about to visit you. The ticket is within. It is an excursion ticket, limited to ihree days.' " Any New York woman would be read out of the 400 should she have any thing to do with "trade" while at home, but when they go abroad they easily overlook such behavior on the part of their titled sisters. Just at present Gotham is chuckling over the experience of a fashionable matron of that city while in London recently. She wished for presentation to the duch ess of Aberconi. who sells butter, cream and eggs, but found it impossible lo win the goal of her ambition, the duchess declining the honor. "They know how to use the lan guage to express their meaning ton cisely down in my country," said Rep resentative Garner, ol Texas. "I re member hearing a man make a speech in the legislature. He said: 'You don't want to do this. toys, for if you do it will put my peopls dean down to the cloth.' There was not a man in the room who didn't fully un derstand exactly what iie meant to con vey by the expression. They all had played cards one time or another, you inow. OBSTRUCTING DEMOCRATS. llow the Opposition Strove to Em barrass the Administration in the Santo Domingo Matter. The senate's special session ended, md the Santo Domingo treaty was not ratified. This is a triumph for the dem ocrats, but it carries with it no personal advantage for the individual democratic senators, and it gives no prestige to the democratic party, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, who has the long-distance rec ord for talking, was the head and front of the opposition. He consumed several days of the session with his charges, which were largely untrue or exagger ated, and with his arguments, which were principally irrelevant or inconse quential. Thus the time of the session was taken up with talk which had delay j for its leading purpose, for Morgan was ! supported In the filibustering line by, other democrats. Through their dila tory tactics, supplemented by an in vestigation regarding same federal ap pointments, the session was prolonged to about twice the average length of those special meetings of the senate at the beginning of the presidential terms, annd a leading purpose of the session was defeated. Yet neither the president nor the re publican party is harmed in any materi al way by the failure of the treaty. That compact was not recommitted, it re mains on the calendar, and will be taken up immediately after congress meets, whether in extra or regular session. It is conceded, of course, that the republi can leaders in the senate made no espe cial effort to push the treaty. They were impeded at the outset by two cir cumstances. Many republican seats in the senate were vacant. A large majori ty of the democrats, it was believed, would be sure to vote against the treaty. Its rejection, therefore, would be. rea sonably certa'" if it came to ?. test. Th'.a 1 was the condition which confronted the republicans. Senators Cullom, Spooner, Lodge and other republican leaders laid this situation before the president. He grasped the conditions immediately and counseled postponement. Thus the treaty goes over to the fall or winter session. If congress is called for Sep tember or October, as some persons who stand close to the president think it will be. the treaty will then be taken up. If not, the matter will be disposed of quickly at the regular session, begin ning in December. Very little embarrassment has been inflicted on the president or the party by the democrats' triumph. When con gress comes into session the next time it is likely that every republican seat in the senate will be filled. The half a dozen or more republican absentees in Europe and at American health resorts will be on hand. It is probable that La Follette will have abandoned the gov ernorship by that time and take his sen ate seat. Missouri will be represented. There is a chance that the Delaware deadlock will be broken and the republi can vacant seat from that state will be filled. Even with their full quota the re publicans will still lack several votes of the necessary two-thirds to carry the treaty, but it is safe to say that they will get enough votes from the democrats lo supply this gap. The opposition to the treaty among the democrats will be weaker next fall and winter than it is now. In several points where the treaty needed amandment it has been amend ed. When the democratic obstructives hear frjm their constituents during the recess i hey will learn that their course is unpopular. In its present shape the treaty gives us the power in the Santo Domingo case which we need to sup plement and defend the Monroe princi ple. It will furnish no precedent to ham per us in the future. The delay will be something of a humiliation for the country, but the responsibility for it will belong to the democrats, and another reason, to be used against them in the campaign of 1908, will be furnished why the democratic party is unfit to be trust ed by the American people. IN THE POLITICAL DRIFT member of the president's official family is a man of experience and of approved ability. Every oie knows the* duties and requirements of his position thoroughly well, and is, moreover, fully competent to form sound judgments on questions affect ing the general conduct of the gov ernment.—Philadelphia Telegraph. lO'A Boston mugwump says there should be a new republican party. On that proposition all the democrats will cheerfully fuse. The original repub lican party is rather too hefty in its latest plurality to suit any branch of the opposition. How would a new democratic party answer the purpose, instead of one with an immense new patch on its trousers? —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. tr^"Before we can talk of expert handling of the tariff question it must be taken out of politics. The people of the country must come to a common tariff ground. Either the democrats must abandon free trade or tho repub licans forsake their protective ideas With the country agreed on the prin ciple of the thing, the fixing of sched ules would be but an administrative act in which knowledge might have full play.—Trenton Gazette. When Mr. Bryan feels that he is being forgotten he praises some re publican.—St.. Louis Globe-Democrat. f'Mr. Fairbanks, while not capable of inspiring great enthusiasm, does in spire confidence and respect. His legal mind, well trained in constitutional law, is admirably fitted to preside over the senate, whose members, as his former colleagues, entertain the high est regard for his common sense and good judgment. Fortunate, indeed, in our president, we are equally so in the new vice president who takes his place by the side of Theodore Roosevelt. — Bingliamton Press. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1905. PROTECTION MAKES GOOD. Facts Which Prove That the Repub lican Tariff Has Helped the Woolen Trade. It was hardly to be supposed (hat the Boston Herald would accept everything that William Whitman stated in his re cent speech regarding the condition of the woolen industry and of the benefits of the protective tariff to the industry and to the people all the facts were re pugnant to the Herald and to those who advocate the extreme measure of free trade. The Herald, says the Textile Manufactures' Journal, could not allow tho occasion togo by without editorial comment, and its comments are just as fa.-.' from facts as usual. There is only on » phase of its criticism that is of spe cial interest to us, that having relation to the acual consumpion of wool fabrics. Satisfies are of little value as a guide to us in determining a fair estimate of this phase of the situation, for observa tion and common intelligence are better and more accurate guides. Customs change, methods of living change, and with these changes come changes in the use and consumption of woolen goods. The decline, if it may be so called, in the consumption of woolen goods, such as blankets and goods of similar character, cannot in any way be attributable to in creased prices, to any diminution of wealth on the part of the masses, for prices 011 blankets are not as high to-day as they were 20 years ago; in point of fact, woolen goods, men's wear and dress goods may be purchased to-day at a less price than 20 or 30 years ago. This, too, despite the fact that wool is high in price, and despite the fact, too. that a protective tariff is in existence. The con struction of our houses does not make necessary as large a consumption of blankets as of old. Our ideas of wear ing apparel are so changed that it is un necessary for us to be clothed in tho same manner 22 cf y!J ; cur uarlci gar ments requiring less wool. So one arti cle after another might be enumerated illustrating the point in mind. The Herald is blind when it talks tariff, for it sees nothing good in a pro tective tariff, even though an analysis of the condition of the country would disclose a condition far in advance in a material way over that of other years. And we have only to hark back a few years ago when the Wilson law was in force. Oh, the horrors of t'hose days! It is true goods were selling then at low values, but what kind of goods were they? Goods made out of punk, made out of everything except wool. The country may thank itself that it is liv ing to-day under a different regime. The Herald does itself and its readers : an injustice when it talks of a protective 1 tariff inducing reduced consumption of j wool goods. PHILIPPINES" IN TRUST. The Islands Will Be Held Indef initely, Declares Secre tary Taft. Secretary Taft is one of the ablest men in President Roosevelt's cabinet and one proof of his ability is that he is not a Bourbon, but learns something from time to time and exhibits prog ress. Certainly he has received new | light during the last six months in the Philippines, says the Chicago Chroni -1 cle. There was a time when he thought our hold 011 the archipelago was fail ; ing. He described the existing govern ; inent as a government by Americans | aided by Filipinos and the prospective government by Filipinos aided by Americans. The secretary's new view of the sub ject is contained in a letter which he < wrote recently to John N. Blair, of ; New York, who had informed him that capital was shy of the Philippines be cause it was supposed the government intended ultimately to abandon them. In reply to this letter Secretary Taft assured Mr. Blair that the policy of j the government was"the indefinite re ; tention of the Philippine islands" and j that it would be a "violation of trust ; for the United States to abandon the j islands," at least for generations to come. That sounds much better than the | talk in which Mr. Taft formerly in j dulged. but it would have sounded still j better for the secretary to say that the j United States intended to retain the . islands as long as water ran and grass j grew, for that is the naked truth. No ! nation ever surrenders territory, unless ! it is on its last legs and is compelled ! to do so. Protection Makes Possible. tt'-'The McKlnley tariff of 2.2 cents a j pound was imposed July 1, 1891, and J since that time the tin plate production j in this country has grown rapidly and importation has decreased in like | measure. Here are the figures: In j 1891 the imports of tin plate into the I United States aggregated 327,882 tons; in 1903 they were 47.360, and much of this was for manufacture of articles for export instead of for home consump tion. In 1891 the total production of tin plate in the United States was 552 tons; in 1902 it was 366.000 tons. All of this increase was made possible by the operation of protective tariffs. In 1891 the average price of full welgnt coke tin plate was $5.50; in 1901 it was $3.82. —Camden Telegram. t?'Senator Hopkins declares that the subject of Tariff revision should be "treated intelligently." Congress is treating it that way. It refuses to get excited over a matter that is not urgent..—Kansas City Journal. to' The "standpatters" have reason to rejoice that they took the conserva tive position they did nearly four years ago. By their firmness they were able to boat down the howling of the agitator and carry the party to a safe harbor through two elections—one 112 them the greatest presidential election the country ever saw.—Via'.ou (la.) Kagle. WILL ACCEPT THE SIOO,OOO Commissioners fop Foreign Missions Intend to Use Cash Given by Mr. Rockefeller. Boston, March SO. —The American board of commissioners for foreign missions announced yesterday that its prudential committee had accepted a report of the sub-committee, recom mending the acceptance of the gift of SIOO,OOO by John D. Rockefeller, but that final action on the matter had been postponed for two weeks. The committee in a public state ment says: "Your committee sees no reason why we should have departed from the custom of the board and made our committee practically a tribunal to decide whether gifts are to be received. "It seems to us that it would have been an usurpation if we had tried to stop the money of any man who wish ed to give it for missionary work. The reason assigned for rejecting the re cent gift is that gifts constitute a re lation of 'honor* between the recipient and the donor. This gift was made without conditions. This means that it involves the American board in no obligation to the donor. The church must make such an assumption about all its gifts or receive none at all." FIRE FOLLOWED EXPLOSION Collision in the New York Subway Caused All Kinds of Trouble. New York, March 30. —A severe ex plosion, followed by an outbreak of fire, which up to a late hour last night defied all the efforts of the firemen to completely extinguish it, occurred Wednesday in the unfinished section of the subway at Broadway and One Hundred and Sixty-seventh street. The road at that point is 125 feet be low the surface. The explosion fol lowed a collision between an errpty train, which iifl/1 been run too far Li*, yond the terminal switch, and a fiat car on which were several Italian la borers. It was rumored that the shock detonated a box of dynamite cart ridges on the car, although all the men on the car escaped uninjured. General Manager Hedley stated that there was no dynamite in the tunnel and that the explosion was caused by a short circuit on the third rail and the feed cable, resulting from the col lision, which set fire to some of the timbers used by the contractor in shoring up the tunnel. No person was injured. THEY ALL OBEYED PROMPTLY Panama Canal Commissioners Re signed When Requested by Secretary Taft. Washington, March 30.—The first practical step having in view the re organization of the Panama canal commission was taken Wednesday when, in compliance with instructions from President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft requested the members of the commission to tender their resigna tions. This request was promptly com plied with by those members of the commission now in Washington and their resignations will be in the hands of the president to-day. It was believed originally that bet ter results might be accomplished by the appointment of a smaller commis sion than that now existing, but a re cent opinion of Attorney General Moody held that under the law the president was required to name seven members in all. The appointments probably will be announced by the president during his southern trip. Japan Demands Huge Indemnity. St. Petersburg, March 30. —Officially the authorities deny that Russia has made any proposals to Japan. It is asserted in well informed quar ters that Japan has permitted Russia .to learn that the peace conditions will be severely rigorous. In particular it is said that Japan's indemnity figure is $800,000,000 and that this stupendous sum has proved so staggering to Rus sian diplomacy that it is the chief cause why the peace preliminaries do not advance to a decisive stage. Burned Her Home and Money. I.a Crosse, Wis., March 30. —Con- fessing that she had burned her house and money because she intended to kill herself and did not want to leave anything whereby her relatives could profit at her death. Charlotte Wolf, aged 74.was yesterday adjudged in sane and committed to an asylum. A few days ago she was prevented by relatives from hanging herself. Mickey Vetoed the Bill. Lincoln, Neb., March 30. —Gov. Mickey has sent to the house a veto of the bill for the regulation of the practice of medicine in Nebraska. The bill is also known as "The anti-Chris tian science bill." The governor says in his veto he believes the bill to be in violation of the constitution which de mands religious toleration and free dom. Grand Jury Heard Ten Witnesses. Chicago, March 30. —Ten witnesses, several of them employes of Chicago packers, were heard at yesterday's session of the special grand jury in vestigating the so-called beef trust. All the witnesses were subjected to rigid examination as to whether they had been approached by outsiders since being called as witnesses. Died on His Wedding Day. Jamestown, N. Y., March 30. —Rev. Albert Lundberg, of Scandia, Pa., who was hero preparing for his marriage to Miss Hulda Frit/., of this city, dropped dead yesterday. The wedding was to have been celebrated in the mission church last night. Six hundred invi tations had been issued. Thomas H. Watts Dies. Montgomery, Ala., March 30. Thomas H. Watts, great ineohonce of the Red Men of iho United States, died at his home in this city yesterday. He was 50 years old and was a promi nent lawyer. as® j Balcom & Lloyd. I ===== I 1 i I i til WE have the best stocked [| general store in the county ri and if you are looking for re- |f* liable goods at reasonable ],j il prices, we are ready to serve fjjjy you with the best to be found. j|! 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