2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. r'er year W CO 112 paid in advance 1 Ml ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published at the rate ol •ae dollar per square for one insertion and tlflj rents per square for each subsequent insertion Rales by the year, or for six or three month*, •re low aiid uniform, and will be furnished o« application. Legnl and Official Advertising per square Ihree times or less. t«! each subsequent inser tion to cents per square. Local notices lu cents pei line for one Inser tertlon: 5 cents per line for each subsequent sonvecutive Insertion. Obituary notices oyer five line*. 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of births, mar riages and deaths will be inserted free. Business cards, Ave lines or less, 15 per yp»r; ever five lines, at th» regular rates of adver tising. No local inserted for less than 75 cents per lisua. JOB PRINTING- The Job department of the PKESS Is complete and affords facilities for doing the best class of work PAKTICILAK ATTENTION PAID TO law PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear tjt-s are paid, except at the option of the pub she r. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor in advance. Mulcted the Czar. When the autocrat of all the Russian sent Queen Draga of Servia an emerald and diamond bracelet as a token of good will report had It that his imperial majesty had paid a very large sum for this ornament, yet when it sold in Lon don the price given did not reach $2,500. Nicholas 11. was probably charged a much higher amount and may have con' sidered his present worth a small for tune. Reminder to Sir Hiram. Sir Hiram Maxim, talking about lii.-» new flying machine, .says: "Yes, this time I think 1 have really solved tho problem. 1 have always said that if 4 goose can fly a man should be able to." Apparently Sir Hiram never heard about the darky who remarked, "Huh! A cow's big enough to cotch a mice, but sho cain't do it."—Boston Globe. Americans Going Abroad. Steamship agents predict that there will be more Americans crossing the Atlantic the coming summer than ever before. Many of the liners are booked full up. and the second cabin accom modations of some of the vessels could be sold at first-class rates if the lirst class dining-room would hold the trav elers at one sitting. Queen a Linguist. The queen of the Netherlands is an excellent linguist, speaking English. French, Italian and German fluently. The last mentioned, which was her mother tongue, she was not allowed to learn as a child, owing to her father's dislike of everything that emanated from Prussia. Pays Not to Ask Too Much. A hint to Portland: The high-priced German restaurant at the St. Louis world's fair bankrupted its owner, while the man who sold hot roast beef sandwiches on the Pike made an independent fortune.—St. Louis Glob* Democrat. Odd Recommendation. This advertisement, signed by a Brooklyn man, appears in the "want" column of a New York paper: "House work —Respectable girl for general housework; references; young and strong; good teeth." Relic of Sergius. Upon the spot where Grand Duke Sergius was killed was found a large sapphire that had been torn by the ex plosion out of a ring he was wearing. The flames of the bomb had turned the sapphire black. As Others See Us. Biggs—ls Smawley a man of impor tance in his neighborhood? Diggs—Well, he's of almost as much consequence as a thermometer on a pleasant day.—Chicago Daily News. A Question. The "sinners" are sending conscience money to the government right and left. If all sinners should pay their .debts, would you have more or less? — N. Y. Mail. Sea Level Higher. Study of an ancien' bridge at Leucade has convinced M. Ph. Negris that the level of the Mediterranean is ten feet higher than it was 2.' t00 years ago. Better for the Boy. It is much better to have your boy out at work 011 the farm at ten dollars per month, than to lie around in the streets.—Cisco (Tex.) Round-Up. Daily Thought. When a man has been guilty of any vice or folly, the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall Into the like. —Addison. Centenarian's Pension. James McCardle, of Jamaica Plain. Mass., 100 years old, har. since 1N52 been drawing a pension as a British soldier ai sixpence a day. Fencing for Girls. The champion girl fencer of Philadel phia says that fencing is the best sport forgirls. Better than flirting?— Buffalo Kx press. Held in High Respect. The graduate of the school of experi ence lias more respect for his alina mater than 1,000 college boys.—Philadelphia Record. French Bank Rule. After savings accounts reach $289.50 in French banks, tliey cease to draw iu urest MOBS HEMMED IN THE POLICE Strike Sympathizers Clashed with Chicago Policemen and Sev eral Were Hurt. ONE WAN'S SKULL WAS BROKEN Pedestrians Had to Stand the Jam ming and Shoving Until Police Reinforcements Dispersed or Arrested Members of the Mob. Chicago, April 11. Montgomery Ward A: Co. made deliveries yesterday with non-union teamsters. The service was interrupted by strikers and their ympathi/ers, who blocked the streets, making it almost an impossibility for ihe caravans under the protection of platoons of police to pass through the streets. In several instances the crowds became so demonstrative that it was necessary for the police to use their clubs and several of the disturb ers were hurt in clashes with police men. Charles Stubner, a non-union driver for a piano house, was tho cause of a clash between police and strike sym pathizers In State street. He was as saulted" while delivering a load of piano stools to Montgomery Ward & Co. Dragged from his wagon, lie showed fight and was pounced upon. Policemen went to th<> rescue and the man's assailants fled. They were over taken near Madison and State streets, the heart of the shopping district. A mob hemmed in the police and in a minute the whole thoroughfare was blocked with people and teams. A coal wagon forcing its way through the crowd tipped over a cab. throwing out a woman passenger. The crowd surged up and down, trampling each other and knocking down a dozen wo men. Two police officers were injured, one receiving a scalp wound and the other a cut on the shoulder. William Styles, one of the attacking mob, was struck 011 the head and his skull was fractured. Fully 5,000 persons were in the crowd, many of them women and chil dren. Pedestrians who found them selves caught in the disorder were helpless for a time. A few were able to get into stores adjacent, but the majority had to stand the jamming and shoving until police reinforce ments dispersed or arrested members of the mob. GRAND JURY INDICTED FOUR The Men Were Charged with Ob structing a Marshal. Chicago, April 14.—Four men. three of whom ure employes of Schwarz schild & Sulzberger, meat packers, and one an attorney for that corpora tion, were named in an indictment re turned Thursday afternoon by the fed eral grand jury which is investigating the alleged beef trust. It is charged that the four men ob structed Deputy Marshal A. A. Bach in efforts to serve a subpena on Edwin B. Fish, a clerk employed by Schwarz schild & Sulzberger. Fish recently re turned from Canada. The men indicted are: Joseph Weis senbach, attorney for Schwarzschild & Sulzberger; B. S. Cusey, traffic manager for the company; George D. Hopkins, auditor for the company; Leo S. Joseph, employed in the pro vision department of the concern. The four men were taken into cus tody shortly after the return of the in dictments and were released in bonds of SI,OOO in each case. Decided Against the Banks. Indianapolis, April 14. —Judge An derson, of the federal court, yesterday upheld the r.ppointment of the Indiana Trust Co. as the trustee of the E. T. Kenney Co., of this city, and held the combination of creditors for the con trol of judicial proceedings in their own interests to be clearly against public policy. The opinion was the result of a fierce fight between the Indiana* Trust Co. and lis banks in all parts of tin' country which were cred itors of the insolvent E. T. Kenney Co. Dusky Desperadoes Were Recaptured. Pittsburg, April 14. —Charles Jack son and Albert Pander, colored, aged lfi and 17 years respectively, yester day attacked John White, a guard at the Morgan/a reformatory, with an ax, dangerously wounding him. They then disarmed the guard and escaped. Jackson and Pander were captured last evening near Bridgeville. Peasants' Revolt Spreads. St. Petersburg, April 14.—Dis patches received here from Tiflis say the peasant agitation is spreading widely through the Caucasus and that the disturbers are forcing all peasants to participate in the pillaging and de struction of schools and public build ings by threats of bodily injury. Preparing for a Long Siege. Tokio, April 14. —It is reported here that the Russians are reinforcing the garrison at Vladivostok and that the work of strengthing the fortress Is progressing constantly. Former Boer General Goes to Prison. Chicago, April 14.—A man who said he was the former Boer General W. J. De Jough was yesterday sentenced to a year in the Bridewell by Jut!ge Barnes. The prisoner was arraigned under the name of Henry Marshall to answer to a charge of passing worth less checks. Choked to Death on a Free Lunch. Janesville, Wis., April 14. —William Conway, aged C 5 years, last night choked to death on a piece of ham taken from a free iunch in a saloon. He was ejected from the saloon when dying, it is said. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1905. CONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Officers of a "Get-RichQuick" Concern Depart—Hundreds of People Lost Money. Kansas Cify, Mo., April 13.—Thn "American Mercantile Association" lias closed Its office here and this no tice has been posted on the door "Good-bye, suckers; good-bye." The whereabouts of the officers of the as sociation is not. known. The com pany's head office was at St. Joseph, Mo., and from there a notice has been sent out to subscribers announcing the suspension as follows: "The officers of the American Mer cantile Association take this means to announce to you that the business of said corporation has been suspended nnd that it will be unable to carry out its contract with you." When this notice was received by the Kansas City subscribers, the ma jority of whom are laboring people, they flocked to the concern's offices. Many gave pitiable evidence of the distress they suffered in the loss of their hard-earned money. The subscribers had agreed to pay one dollar a week for 80 weeks on the promise that they were to receive SIOO at the end of that period. Many work ing girls had been making payments for months past. One woman had paid $7.50 a week for CG weeks and expect ed soon to realize $720. St. Joseph, Mo., April 13.-—A war rant has been issued for the arrest of Henry Breuninger, president of the American Mercantile Co., which col lapsed here. L. H. Miles, secretary, nnd M. N. Nordean, field manager, have disappeared. Two thousand people here lost $30,000 by the failure. ASKS FOR HIS REMOVAL. Justice Hooker Is Declared by Counsel for an Investigating Committee to be Unfit to Wear the Ermine. Albany, N. Y., April 13. —The re moval of Justice Warren B. Hooker from the supreme court bench of the state of New York, by a concurrent resolution of the senate and assembly v.as the conclusion drawn from the evidence given before the assembly judiciary committee and presented to the committee of inquiry in an argu ment yesterday by ex-Deputy Attorney General Coman, counsel for the committee of inquiry. Coman read his conclusions of fact, embracing six different postoffice appointments— of Frank I'. Ball, Maurice Hooker, Ora Caldwell, Thomas O'Neill, Minerva Jeffrey and Katherlne Clark; the Dun kirk postoffice leases and the judg ment against the city of Dunkirk. In each of these cases Mr. Coman declared that the conduct of Justice Hooker was immoral and tended to submit the administration of justice by Judge Hooker on the bench to con tempt and disgrace. Frick Intends to Probe Deep. New York, April 13.—A complete K-rord of all the financial transactions of the Equitable Life Assurance Soci ety. its relations to other corporations and a full list of the society's em ployes, including all its officers, to gether with a statement of the salaries and emoluments received by them, is asked of the society's president, James W. Alexander, in a letter sent to him by Henry C. Frick, chairman of the in vestigating committee appointed by the directors. The letter to Mr. Alex ander was approved at a meeting of the investigating committee, at which Messrs. Harriman, Bliss, Ives, Ingalls and Frick were present. A "Black Hand" Outrage. New York, April 13. —Because he had not heeded letters demanding money, which bore the signature of the mysterious "Black Hand society," a bomb was exploded under the house of Pietro Caciozza, an Italian barber, in Brooklyn yesterday. The stoop of the house was wrecked, but Caciozza, his wife and their one child escaped without injury. It is said that the writers are known and arrests prob ably will be made soon. Three letters were sent to Caciozza. In them he was ordered to pay SSOO to the society and was warned that his wife and child would be murdered if the de mand was refused. A Victory for Radicals. Lansing, Mich., April 13.—The radi cal primary reform element in the lower house of the Michigan legisla ture won a victory last night in sub stituting the Dickinson, state-wide, primary reform bill for the Double ivory local option measure which had been made the special order for yes terday. The Double-Ivory bill provides l'or local option in regard to primaries for elections in the counties, but makes no provision for primaries for the nomination of state officers. The Dickinson bill provides for primaries for the nomination of governor and lieutenant governor. The Mystery of a Trunk. Chicago. April 13. —Secret service operatives are said to be making an effort to find a mysterious trunk, al leged to be missing, and wanted in connection with the federal jury in vestigation of the packing industry. Six other trunks of a numbered series have been seized, but the federal of ficials fear that unless the seventh is recovered valuable information may be lost. The six trunks were taken from safety deposit vaults in the First national bank building. Scores of Passengers Were Injured Vicksburg, Miss., April 13.—A Yazoo & Mississippi Valley passenger train southbound was ditched near Hardee station, 10 miles north of here, early this morning. Reports state that 07 passengers were injured. It is report ed that tbe entire passenger train rolled down an embankment. A Tragedy in Detroit. Detroit, Mich., April 13. —Harry North, aged •!!>, is under arrest, charg ed with murder and his wife is dead as the result of a shooting which oc curred last night at the rooms occu pied by the couple. His Ambition Quenched. "Some day you may be president of tbe United States," said the patronizing per son. "I hardly think »o," answered the ■mall boy with spectacles. "My parent, j would never consent to my standing out of doors 011 a March day to be inaugu rated."—-Chicago Journal. Superfluous. Sage Advise?—l)o you know, you don't know what's good for you? j Frivolous Girl—l don't need to; I have too many friends that tell me without my worrying about it. —Detroit Free I'ress. If you are invited to a the cheapest thing to send is regrets. —-N. V. Tunes. In the Spring 1 . Lowndes, Mo., April 4tb. —Mrs. H. C. Harty, of this place, says: > "For years 1 was in very bad health. ! Every spring I would get so low that i was unable to do my ovn work. I i seemed to be worse in the spring than | any other time of the year, I was very 1 weak and miserable and had much pain in my back and head. 1 saw Dodd's Kid ney Pills advertised last spring and be £an treatment of them and they have I certainly done me more good than any thing 1 have ever used, j "1 was all right last spring and felt better than I have for over ten years. I am fifty years of age and am stronger \ to-day than 1 have been for many years and I give Dodd's Kidney Fills credit for '.he wonderful improvement." | The statement of Mrs. Harty is only | ane of a great many where Dodd's Kid | ney Fills liave proven themselves to be i the very best spring medicine. They ire unsurpassed as a tonic and arc the 3nly medicine used in thousands of fam i Jies. Speaking of the smoke nuisance, how about the campaign cigar?— Chicago Chronicle. ITCHING SCALP HUMOUR. Tortnren I ntll Cured by C'utlcnra Scratched Day and Mglit. "My scalp was covered with little pim ples and 1 suffered tortures from the tching. 1 was scratching all day and night, and I could get no rest. I washed my head with hot water and Cuticura Sjoap and then applied the Cuticura Oint ; ment as a dressing. One box of the oint ner.t and one cake of Cuticura Soap :ured me. Now my head is entirely clear end my hair is growing splendidly. I have used Cuticura Soap ever since, and •hall never be without it. (Signed) Ada C. Smith, 300 Grand St., Jersey City, N. J." A floating debt is a poor thing to keep t man's head above water. —N. Y. Times. Something New. One of the most interesting book'ets that we have had brought to our atten tion is gotten out by Dr. C. Pusheck, a ' practicing physician of Chicago, as an j introduction to his remedy, "Pusheck's | Kuro." This remedy is making a won j derful record of cures in cases of Rheu | matism, Stomach or Liver troubles, Blood | and Nerve Diseases, Weakness and gen -1 eral debility. It is for sale a& nearly all I drug stores, or sent direct from Dr. C. Pusheck, Chicago. The price is SI.OO. This illustrated booklet is mailed free. Write for it. Concerts are a nice thing to keep a man from having a good time. —N. Y. Press. Write to S. O. Warner, G. P. & T. A., Kansas City Southern Ry., Kansas City, Mo., for information concerning free Government Homesteads, New Colony | Locations. Improved farms, Mineral lands, ; Rice lands, and Timber lands and for | ?opy of "Current Events " Business Op- I nortunities, Ilice book, K. C. S. Fruit ; book. Cheap round trip homeseekere' | tickets on sale first end third Tuesdays of j each month. The short line to the "Land j of Fulfillment." The lust for revenue soon slays the love of righteoitfciess. Tribune. The Best Shampoo for the Hair. ! Many shampoos are recommended for | the hair us egg, bicarbonate of soda, am inonia, etc. While these may be good I their indiscriminate use is injurious. The | only thing that can be prescribed for all is good, pure soap and plenty of water. L'se Ivory Soap and dissolve it in the ; water instead of rubbing on the hair. ELEANOR li. PARKER. • The best way to solve the labor prob lem is to do your whole duty. Tn a Pinch, Use Allen's Foot-Ease. | Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures Corns. Bunions. Painful, Smarting, Hot, Swollen feet. At all Drug gists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. The wigmaker holds out fa)se hopes.— Philadelphia Bulletin. * , Piso'sCure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure. J. W. O'Brien, 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. Cold facts often cause hot arguments.— Chicago Daily News. I —— * Do j'ou catch cold easily ? Docs the cold hang on ? Try ffhiloh's TS c Luns It cures the most stubborn kind of coughs at\d colds. If it doesn't you, your money will be refunded. Prices: S. C. WELLS & Co. 3 23c. 50c. SI Leßoy, N. Y., Toronto, Can, p^shwj?TKuro For Exhaustion, Nervous ana General Debility, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, and 6? all Diseases and Impurities of the Rlood, Skin Diseases, Scrofula, Eczema, Catarrh E| of Any Organ. Leys of Appetite, indigestion. Misuse. Heart and Nervous Troubles. E Pusheck's Kuro anything else and doea'not fail in the which the world for men, women and children. To introduce it in your community, 8 Kara on Trial For Infants and SlgnaturiSft ' The Kind You Have Always Bought 112 Conviction Follows Trial 1 "When buying loose coffee or anything your grocer happens B to have in his bin, how do you know what you are I getting ? Koine queer stories about coffeo that is sold in bulk, H could bo told, if the people who handle it (grocers), cared to IJ * Could any amount of mere talk have persuaded millions of fl housekeepers to use Lion Coffee, the leader Of all package coifees for over ft quarter I of a century, if they had not found it superior to all other brands in I Purity, Strength, Flavor and Uniformity? S This popular success ol LION COFFEE ran be due only to Inherent merit. There In no stronoer prool ot merit than con tlnued and Increasing popularity. B If the verdict ol MILLIONS OF HOUSEKEEPERS does not convince S /«| you ol tbe merits ol LION COFFEE, It costs you but a trltle to buy a Mr package. It Is the easiest way to convince yourself, and to make I you a PERMANENT PURCHASER. W£ ¥ | 1 LION COFFEE is Bold only in 1 lb. sealed packages, ] B ■net reaches you a» pure ami clean us when it left Lion-head on every package. J1 [ylsgilk Save tlie«e Lion-heads for valuable premiums. M SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE « AN OPENING FOR YOU There is an opening for you in the Southwest; so is there for any energetic, wide awake man. The Southwest is in need of NOTHING but energetic men to develop its wonderful resources. There are vast areas of unimproved land in Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Texas along the line of the M. K. & T. Railway, only waiting for men like you to make them vield the wonderful crops of which they are capable. '1 here are hun dreds of towns where new businesses ARE ACTUALLY NEEDED. To make them successful, you have only to establish them and use ordinary business judgment in con ducting them. There are openings for mills and manufacturing plants, small stores, newspapers, lumber vards and many other branches of trade. The oil and gas fields of Kansas, Indian Territory and Oklahoma are new and offer wonderful opportunities for development. NOW IS THE TIME ! The M. K. «fc T. Railway has no lands for sale, but IT IS interested in building up I this wonderful, rich country. We believe the Southwest has brighter prospects than [ft any other section of country—we are SURE of it. If you will investigate, YOU will also K. beSURKof it. On April 4th and 18th, you will have opportunity to investigate at a R small expense. On those dates, excursion tickets will be sold via the M. K. &T. Railway |g to Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Texas, at Less Than One Fare For The Round Trip. Take advantage of this opportunity and see the Southwest for yourself. We are in possession of all sorts of information valuable alike to the investot and I I homeseeker. If you are interested, tell us what you want, how much you have to invest I I and we will gladly furnish the information. Write today for a copy of our book " The Coming Country." It's free. Address GEOROE MORTON, G. P. & T. A., Box A 913, Bt. Louis, Mo. iMKni G W ° BM,TH - N ' P A " 310 Marquette Building, Chicago, 111. i H. F. BOWSHER, D. P. A., 408 Traction Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. B T. B. COOKERLY, D.P. A., 313 Citizens Nat'l Bank Bldg. # Des Momea, la. I W. L. DOUGLASBT 5 !! S S3JS & 53.9S SHOES S. _fil W. I*. Douglas S3,r»o ihftp* are the grcnteat «ellep« in Ihe If SS/ N world brruiueof Ihelr exrellt'iit ityle, i-nty IIUIIIK arid ■ L J 111/ | rlnr woarinii qnnlUn-a. Tlirv am jiut it* c«»o«l an those that Ip I rout from S«VOO to #7.00. 'Fhe only <liirereace is the price* B [ *.»\ t y I W. 1.. Ilotialait ihori cent more to make, hold their I • hap** lietter, wear longer, and are «»f greater value than any I /fil fl other 9:i..»U ahoe on the market lo.day. IV.L. U»iiKlua|(uar. B f fl anteea their valiae by atampiiiK hi* name aa«l priee on the ■ 1 fl bottom of each shoe. for iI. Tak «* no Mutialitiitc. W. 1,. IHn /3 ys*>r£r ' /L J|fl l)oui:laa9:t.>><> ahoea armold throngli his own retail »toro* in the principal cities, and by shoe dealers every where. \omat« terwhei e you live, U'.L. shoes are w ithia your reactt. #j&ZQSSI BETTER Til AS OTHER MAKES AT AW PRICE. "For the last three years / have, ttorn IP. A. Douglas SS.M shoe and found it not only as guoit. but better than anu shoe that Icm ha t. regardless of pure." HiH mUM • irffSflrr Chat. L. Parrel I, Asst. Cashier The Capital Mational Hank, Jndianapjhs, Ind. Boys wear W. L. Douglas $2.50 and $2.00 shoes because they fit i better, hold their shape, and wear longer than other makes. » W.L.DOUGLAS $4.00 SHOES CANNOT BE EQUALLED AT ANY PRICE. W. /,. Itougtas uses Corona Coltskm in his $3.00 shoes. Corona Colt is considered to le. the finest patent leather produced, FAST 4-OI.OBt EY F LETS W I 1.1. NOT WFA K ItICAMHY [¥ l(|V 1 I VlSl) W. L. Douglas has the largest shoe rria.il order business In the world. Bi*ttf No trouble to g?*t a lit by mail. 2"» •. extra prepavs delivery. If you desire further information, write for Jllustratea Catalogue of Spring Styles. pKvri r W.L.DOUCLAS, BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS ffl troubled with ills peculiar to their sex, used as a douche is marvclously snc cesslul. Thorouglilycleanses.killsdiseasegerms, stops discbarges, heals inflammation and local soreness, cures leucorrhcea and nasal catarrh. Paxline is in powder form to be dissolved in pure water, and is far more cleansing, healing, germicidal and economical than liquid antiseptics for all TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES For sale at druggists, 60 cents a box. Trill Box and Book of Instructions Free. THC R. PAXTON COMPANY BOSTON, HAH, J£n MOTHER CRAY'S '%k SWEET POWDERS ff FOR CHILDREN, ' / A Certain Cure for Fevcrlshnetst fount I put lon, Ileu<la«ho ( Stomach Trouble*, lioilli.ii WHAT {Wormi. They Break up CoU'.c Nurso In t hU-t'n 24 hours. Atnll Druggists, 25ct«» dren'n Home {Sample mailed Fit EE. Address, NuwlorkCiiyljA. S. OLMSTED, Le Roy, N.Y. H CULITS WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. G |g| Best rough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use E in time. Sold by druggists. r» A. N. K.-C 2060
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