2 CAMERON COUNTY FRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pot ** J® If paid ID advance 1 u ADVERTISING RATES. AdTtrt'sements are published at the rate of •ae dollar per square forone Insertion ami llfty epcts per square for each subsequent insertion Rates by the year, or for si* or three month*, •re low and uniform, and will be furnished on application. Legal and Official Advertising per square Ibree time* or less. *2: oacii subsequent :nsei tton 10 cents per square. Loral notices to cents pei llna for on? lnser sertlon: S cents per line tor each subsequent •onsecutive Insertion. Obituary notices over five lines. 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of births, mar riages and deaths will be inserted free. Business cards, five lines or less »5 per year e\cr live lines, at the regular rates of adver "NO*local Inserted for lesa than 75 cents per iasua. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the PHKSS Is complete and affords facilities for doing the best class ot work. PAHUCHUB ATTENTION PAID TO LAW PRINTING. No paper will bo discontinued until arrear ages arc paid, except at the option of the pub- Usher l'apers sent out of the county must be pa.<l tor in ailvunce. Abolishing Old Age. Society has passed an unwritten l&w abolishing old age. Unlike many writ ten laws, it is being enforced. Where is the venerable grandmother whe used, in black dress and black cap, tG sit in the chimney corner knitting the children's stockings? Arrayed in a beautiful pea green silk gown and a flowered hat. her gray hair done in a naughty pompadour, she is out helping receive at a fashionable function or at tending the latest musical comedy at the theater. Where is the "lea nand slippered pantaloon" who used to spend long days, "spectacles on nose and pouch on side," sunning himself on the front porch or hobbling about the house and yard on a cane? He is down at the office or store working en ergetically and ambitiously as he did 20 years ago, or out at the ball game cheering as lustily as the most vocifer ous small boy on the bleachers. We have changed all this, says the Chica go Tribune. A man is now young until he is 45 and middle-aged the rest of his life. Spinsters don't become old maids any more. Tliey are girls until :!5 when they become bachelor maids. Married women are young until 40, after which, like their husbands after 45, they enjoy a parennial middle age. There may be persons scattered here and there who regard themselves as old and will submit to be banished, as the aged of past generations were, from business, amusements and society, but if there be any such their number is small and they are all well past the biblical three score and ten mark. Prof. Shaler, of Harvard, regards the aboli tion of old ago as a sign of progress. Brutes and savages, as he points out, either kill their superannuates or leave them to starve. On rising from sav agery fo barbarism men set their aged as a class apart and revere them for their wisdom and dignity. It is a mark of an advance in civilization when they are "readopted into the as sociation and are allowed togo along with the business of life in the manner of other people." Girls Beat the Boys. Coeducation is resulting in the intel lectual humiliation of men. In the class rooms of almost every college and university where the joint instruction of both sexes is a permanent feature t he feminine students have been excelling their masculine rivals, and at a majority of the commencement day ceremonies which are now close at hand the girl graduate will practically monopolize the honors in scholarship. The superi ority of the young woman student over her athletic brother in the duties for which colleges are endowed seems now to be an established fact. In order that the question might not be considered from any limited local point of view or judged by isolated instances, the Chi cago Record-Herald has collected statis tics relating to the comparative scholar ship of men and women in the under graduate liberal arts departments of 16 prominent coeducational institutions, north, south, east and west. The result is truly surprising. In one graduating class alone have the men excelled the women—and this event caused gener al surprise among the faculty of that particular university. In two or three of the others the data were not yet avail able, but everything pointed toward the usual victory of the women. In all oth ers the eternal feminine was overwhelm ingly triumphant. Merit Versus "Pull." Postmaster Wilcox, of New York, has given signal proof that political "pull" is not supreme in his ofliee. Recently the superintendency of mails became vacant and the postmaster consulted one of his associates about eligible members of his staff, inquiring particu larly about a Mr. Roome. His adviser replied that tho man mentioned was the best man for the place, but as not an applicant for promotion. A further inquiry as to the reason for Roome's modesty brought out this interesting bit of information: He had not applied because he knew Lo had no chance ol getting it. He did not know a single politician. Mr. Wilcox sent for Roome and after some conversation, which showed the latter's efficiency, named him for the vacancy, and he is now su perintendent of mails. A BIG SALARY FOR MORTON. fiJew President of the Equitable Lif« Society Will Receive SBO,OOO a Year. New York, July 27. —At a two hours' session of the directors of the Equi table Life Assurance Society yester day the resignations of ex-President James W. Alexander and Nevada N. Stranahan as directors were accepted. Paul Morton was elected president of the society, retaining, it is understood, the chairmanship as well. A special meeting of the directors will be hold to-day, at which additional directors will be elected and amendments to the charter of the society adopted. At yesterday's meeting of the di rectors George F. Vieter, of this city, and Ernest B. Kruttschnitt, of New Orleans, were nominated as directors and will be elected at to-day's special meeting. Mr. Vieter is a prominent dry goods and commission merchant and Mr. Kruttschnitt is one of the leaders of the bar in the southwest. Chairman Morton reported to the directors that in pursuance of his pol icy of retrenchment the society would effect savings of $500,000 a year. He submitted a financial report for the first six months which was pronounc ed very satisfactory by the directors. At to-day's meeting it is quite prob able the position of chairman will be abolished. The matter of pensions to the widow of H. B. Hyde and others was referred to a committee consisting of Directors McCook, Whitman and Zehnder. It is understood that Mr. Morton's salary as president of the so ciety will be SBO,OOO a year. James \V. Alexander, ex-president of the Equitable Life Assurance Soci ety, passed through New York yester day on his way to the Catskill Moun tains to complete the restoration of his health. Mr. Alexander has been ill at Babylon, L. 1., for several weeks. SMUGGLERS ARE BUSY. They Use Standard Oil Ships as Ve hicles for a Traffic in Contra band Tobacco. New York, July 27.—The custom house authorities intend to take active measures to stop the extensive smug gling of tobacco at Bayonne, N. J., where on Saturday 27 bales of Su matra tobacco, valued at about $2,000, were seized in the bouse of a woman who is said to be the agent of a gang of smugglers. The vessel from which the tobacco came is the steamer Diamant, of the Standard Oil Co. Under the revised statutes the collector may institute proceedings for a tine equal to the ap praised value against the master of any vessel, together with a penalty of S4OO for having landed smuggled goods in port, and if the master be not responsible the collector may proceed against the owners of the vessel. The collector intends to put the case in the hands of the United States district attorney at. Bayonne'to prose cute it to the fullest extent. There have been 20 similar cases lately in Bayonne and in every case the goods came in on steamers belonging to the Standard Oil Co. The affair was called to the attention of the Standard Oil officials and they promised to in vestigate. A FOTTERY COMBINE. It Will Have $40,000,000 Capital and Control the Tableware Trade. East Liverpool, 0., July 27. —A com. lunation that will practically control the tabeware and china trade of this country has virtually been effected and a pottery trust with $-10,000,000 capital is regarded by interested manufacturers in this city as an ac complished fact. Promoters have been working upon the proposed con solidation since last May, and it is now announced that more than 75 per cent of the kiln capacity of all the tableware plants in the country stands ready to enter the deal. Three promi nent Philadelphia banks are backing tbo deal. But one plant in this city, the Homer Laughlin China Co., with IJ2 kilns, is withholding from the combi nation and the Sebrings, who run three plants at Sebring, 0., are also out of it. This city is to be the head quarters of the new combination, which will erect and occupy a large ollice building here. Shot the Girl Who Jilted Him. Liberty, N. Y., July 27.—Cornelius McCormick, an extensive real estate dealer and one of the most widely known business men in Sullivan county, is under arrest here, being charged with attempted murder, and Miss Kittie Murphy is at death's door, the result of a bullet wound in the mouth. The shooting of Miss Murphy occurred on the street here Tuesday night and created intense excite ment. It is said that McCormick had been attentive to Miss Murphy for some time, but recently she discarded him for another suitor. The Yellow Fever Epidemic. New Orleans, July 27.—Six deaths from yellow fever were recorded Wednesday up to 0 p. m., making a total of 45. The total number of cases to date is IGS. There are now 19 cen ters of infection. Citizens are being organized and New Orleans will be given a thorough cleaning. Three Boys Killed. Chicago. July 27.—Three boys were killed and a number of others were severely injured yesterday by the col lapse of a two-story cottage at Thirty second and Fox streets. The building ! was being torn down and the boys were gathering wood for use at their ! homes when the crash came. Four Trainmen Killed. Atlanta, t!a., July 27.—Four train men were killed in the western part of the eity yesterday by a freight i wreck. The accident oeeur:-e:l oa tho i Georgia Ceatrai railroad. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1905. REPRIEVE CAME IN LAST HOUR ' Eluebeard" Johar.n Hcch Is Granted a Stay of Sentence Until August 15. HE HAG NEVER ABANDONED HOPE The SSOO Necessary to Secure an Ap peal of the Case Was Furnished by an Attorney, Who Is a Friend of the Condemned Man's Counsel. Chicago, July 29. —Johann lloch, "Bluebeard" and confessed bigamist, sentenced to be - hanged Friday for poisoning one of his wives, was yes terday afternoon granted a reprieve until August 25 by Gov. Deneen. The stay of execution followed hours of anxiety on the part of iloeh, who had never given up hope, and was allowed by the governor only after the latter had been assured that the necessary sum to appeal the case had been rais ed. The amount, SSOO, was given gy an attorney and friend of Hoch's coun sel. The attorney declared he was actuated by humanitarian motives. An incident at the jail during the preparation for the execution was the appearance of a physician and a wo man who told Jailer Whitman that they wanted to help in Hoch's bat tle for life. They said they wished to raise funds for the condemned man and asked Whitman to delay the hanging as long as possible. Hoch's attorney, however, had already been in communication with the authorities respecting the stay of sentence. All arrangements had been made for the execution and in view of the action of Gov. Dineen on Thursday in refusing a stay of execution and similar action by the state board of pardons. Hoch's chance for life was considered slight. About the time set for the execu tion the attorney who furnished the money appeared in the case for the first time. This attorney, it was said, telephoned Hoch's lawyer that the former had SSOO to give toward aiding to appeal the case. The two lawyers hastened to the jail, told Jailor Whit man of the money secured and ar ranged with the jailor to postpone as long as possible the execution of Hoeh. Meanwhile they sought State's Attorney Healy and had him arrange a conference with Gov. Deneen over the long distance telephone. Hoch's counsel told the governor that there was lacking only a small sum of the amount necessary for a re view of the case. After discussing the matter with the state's attorney, the governor finally consented to a stay for the condemned man and so noti fied Hoch's counsel. Hoch, even several hours before the time set for the hanging, was quite confident of executive clemency, al though at times he seemed to despair of receiving a reprieve. REViEW OF TRADE. Confidence Expands as Crops are S cured —Industrial Situation Good. New York, July 29.—1t. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Commercial tendencies are still in the direction of improvement, al though progress is hampered by some inflation of prices for the raw ma terials of textile and footwear indus tries. Confidence expands as the crops are secured, each day putting a large quantity of grain beyond danger and making sensational rumors of loss less effective. Weather conditions have been favorable for retail distri bution,, reduced stocks in the hands of dealers being reflected in enlarged wholesale and jobbing demands. Evi dences of faith in the future are in creasing, more disposition being shown to provide for requirements beyond immediate consumption. The industrial situation is in a striking contrast to conditions pre vailing a year ago, when there was much idleness. Complete returns now available for the leading departments indicate that the first half of 1905 ,ade a better comparison with the corresponding six months last year ban even themost sanguine estimates, which naturally increases optimism regarding business during the second half. Failures this week numbered 211 in the United States, against 220 last year, and 27 in Canada, compared with IS a year ago. Progress of the Fever Plague. New Orleans, July 29.—Although the unofficial reports made public Fri day showed a larger number of yellow fever deaths than on Thursday, when there were only two, and the appear ance of a number of new cases, the men of science who are warring against the yellow fever plague ended the day's labors confident that the situation was still well in hand. The following report as to the pro gress of yellow fever in New Orleans is up to (I p. in. Friday: New cases, 21; total cases to date, 227; deaths Friday, 3; deaths since July 12, 47; new centers, S; total centers,"s. The health authorities hold also that the plague remains an Italian infection. Established a New Record. Titusville. Pa., July 29. —Paced by a running mate, Frank Yokum made a new world's record, pacing over a half mile track Friday. He paced the mile in 2:Gr> ( 4. The second head of the race was paced in 2:OCVi, thus estab lishing a new world's reeud for two heats in a race. Is Given Up as l.oct. San Francisco, July 29. —The Amer ican schooner Honolulu, now 125 days out. from Shanghai for Puget Sound, has been given up as lost and further re insurance has been refused. FALSIFIED ITS REPORT. Serious Charge Made Against the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co., of New York City. Albany, N. Y., July 28. —Conceal- ment of judgments against the com pany amounting to $182,707, exaggera tion of its surplus by over $300,000 and a fixed policy of delay in settling claims, are some of the charges made against the Mutual Reserve Life In surance Co. by Chief Examiner Isaac Vanderpool, in his report submitted to State Superintendent of Insurance Hendricks and by him made public yesterday. The examination was begun last December and covers a period back to 1899. The company has headquarters in New York City and claims assets of between five and six millions. Examiner Vanderpool says that the management of tlie company made no mention of these judgments in the item of liabilities reported for the year 1904. "Further variations, in addition to those appearing in credit assets and policy reserve, as between the figures published in the company's last an nual statement and similar items em bodied in this report, are produced in the item of unpaid death claims on December 31, 1904. They are return ed in the annual statement of the company at $790,704. As the result of this examination the amount is shown to be $531,429. "The company's last, annual state ment," says the report, "produces a so-called surplus of unassigned funds amounting to $359,211. The examina tion just completed fixes this item at $38,492." The report shows in detail how in surance at. one time amounting to $1,923,000.73 finally yielded its bene ficiaries $900,054.74, there having been deducted $293,055 on account of an in debtedness ascertained by the com pany to exist against the assured, with a further deduction of $722,080 retained by the company for the vari ous alleged violations of contract by the insured. In 1895 the department recommend ed that the company establish a sink ing fund to offset, the depreciation of leases. The suggestion was adopted, but, says the examiner, "the fund ap pears to have been abandoned some time ago, for in ten years it has reach ed but $50,948. The sum of $42,000 has, however, been borrowed from this fund and is charged to mortuary account. The balance, therefore, after the loan to the latter account, reduces the leasehold sinking fund to $14,948, instead of $105,000, the amount which should now represent it, under the recommendation made in 1895 by the appraiser of the insurance depart ment." FEUDISTS FOUGHT. Ksntuckians Met in a Lonely Spot and Engaged in a Desperate Battle. Owingsville, Ivy., July 2S.—ln a des perate encounter between the Mullins and Fleming factions of feudists Sol Mullins, leader of the Mullins faction, has been killed, William Mullins wounded and Jeff Fleming fatally hurt. The battle took place on Boone Fork, in a lonely mountain section, near the border of Letcher and Pike counties. The Mullins were led by Sol Mullins, and the Flemings by Sol Fleming. The two leaders opened fire on each other and their men joined in. Sol Mullins led his followers in a fierce charge, which the Flemings met with a rain of bullets. Sol and Will Mullins fell, wounded and when Jelt Fleming was seen to fall the battle ended by Sol Mullins' consent. Whilo attention was being given to the wounded, Sol Mullins died. Fifty shots were fired. Sheriff Thacker, of Mercer county, went to the scene with a posse and arrested three of the Mullins faction. Sol Fleming refused to submit to ar rest and fled with his men to the mountains. A battle is feared if his capture is attempted. ANOTHER SCANDAL. It Involves One of the Scientists in the Department of Agriculture. Washington, July 28. —In a hearing Thursday at the department of agri culture at which Secretary Wilson, Assistant Secretary Hayes, Prof. Cal loway, chief of the bureau of plant in dustry, George T. Moore, of that bureau, and two representatives of an agricultural publication were present, the two last named made charges that the wife of one of the scientists in the bureau of plant industry owned a block of stock in an eastern concern manufacturing culture for soil inocu lation while the scientist was prepar ing bulletins regarding the enrich ment of farms, and portraying the culture as containing virulent forms of bacteria for making poor land rich. It was alleged that publications re vised by the official tended to direct the farmers to a commercial concern supplying the material, because of the exhaustion of the supply by the de partment. At yesterday's hearing the scientist involved in the allegations admitted that his wife had owned the stock, but did not own it now. Bishop Joyce Dies.. Minneapolis, July 28.—Bishop I. W.. Joyce, of the Methodist church, died at his home here this morning. Twenty-three Killed, Many Injured. Liverpool, July 2S. —An electric ex press train on the Lancashire & York shire railroad bound from Liverpool to Southport collided last evening with •n empty stationary train at the Hall Road station, causing the death of 23 persons and the injury of many. The first car of the express, which was crowded, was smashed to pieces. Four Men Killed. Helena, Mont., July 28.—Four men have been killed by the wrecking of an eastbound freight train on tho Northern Pacific road. 1 Balcom A Lloyd. 1 iii I i i a m 1 i I I |( WE have tli© best stocked fe general store in the county j| p and if yon are looking for re y liable goods at reasonable jj prices, we are ready to serve i ' you with the best to be found. ® Our reputation for trust- ffl [u worthy goods and fair dealing E is too well known to sell any U || but high grade goods. || = jg Our stock of Queensware and |j B Chinaware is selected with flj great care and we have some |B of the most handsome dishes M jg ever shown in this section, S B both in imported and domestic pjj makes. We invite vou to visit |S us and look our goods over. || I 1 I 1 | Balcom & Lloyd, j Ml? @ih] 151[gii r a i jgiß!Mlsi[Bfislien3BSSS fgf islla jj§y wwwvr www iir w w HP is? vr w w nar w iar sri || LOOK ELSEWHERE BUT DON'T FORGET || THESE PRICES AND FACTS AT N ——— M n ■ li N n M We carry in stock | ~*j fcj» the largest line of Car- ' kg 12 pets, Linoleums and &/ featf [Tr''Tf~V It £3 K Mattings of all kinds £2 ever brought to this , [lHTlinTlTf] J P? town. Also a big line TmTummlitt™ (112 * g* of samples. _ ElfflMfflH ff A very large line ot FOR THE ffiSjl »{ Lace Curtains that cau- v:7 ~- ** " CONfORTABIE L(MG II N" Art Squares and cf fine books in a choice library Rugs of all sizes and select the Ideal pattern of Globe- Hp M kind, from the cheap- Wernicke "Elastic" Bookcase. p* est to the best. Furnished with bevel French M . I plate or leaded glass doors. | j£ N Dining Chairs, I «>« calc d» I || Rockers and GEO. J. LaBAR, ** JjfcJt High Chairs. Bole Agent for Cameron County. Hl^K' ?2 A large and elegant —— £ J line of Tufted and H Drop-head Couches. Beauties End at bargain prices. $4 &ii N S3O Bedroom Suits, CUT S4O Sideboard, qnar- (tOA solid oak at tered cab 4>uU IF* PJ S2B Bedroom Suits, Ol |32 Sideboard, quar- ffnr jfjli. Pfl solid oak at 4)ZI tered oak * { P* $25 Bed room Suits, COfl $22 Sideboard, quar- <flC N solid oak at 4)/U I tered oak, 14 M A large line of Dressers from I Chiffoniers of all kinds and ||j $8 up. all prices. ii —~— ——: Hi I« The finest line of Sewing Machines on the market, £|! JJ the "DOMESTIC" and "EIXRILGE.' All drop- Eg! 112 2 heads and warranted. A fine line of Dishes, common grade and China, in £* £* sets and by the piece. PI ff* As 1 keep a full line of everything that goes to M {Hi make up a good Furniture store, it is useless to enuin- Si M erate them all. ... M' ** Please call and see for yourself that I am telling hj you the truth, and if you don't buy, there is no harm £3 H done, as it is no trouble to show goods. » GEO. J .LaBAR. » Tjr^j3Ei7^ B r'ADESLZKrc3-- N n hL J4 £5? ST IST ?5? !Sr 'fS" W w w w w w w * ? *** *
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