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No other American young lady or
this generation is having so much de
sirable, varied and delightful experi
ence as befalls the popular elder
daughter of the president of the Unit
ed States. Miss Alice Rooaevelt has
taken many interesting trips in her
own land, but it is doubtful if all these
put together have furnished her sucri
a wealth of change and pleasurable
r.ovelty as has the journey she is tak
ing wiih Secretary Taft and party to
tho Philippine islands.
So far as our navy is concerned, ou
<iiief enemies seem to be not without,
but within, in the shape of high exp! >-
sives and new devices in war enginery.
The number of killed and wounded i;i
the Bennington explosion alone conv»3
well up toward the total of our fatali
ties in battle on land and sea durin.s
the whole course of ihe Spanish-Ameri
can war; and the Bennington disaster,
while the worst, was only one of not
less than two score of Similar mis
haps which have occurred in our navy
since the blowing up of tlig Maine.
Australia has a largo and rich geri
producing area, and from the Unit-\l
States come the most magnificent
opals yet found; and here a'so a:\>
found rare specimens of the yellow an I
green sapphires, and also quantities of
the little-known stones, spinelle, oli
vine and zircons. The beach sands of
New South Wales contain myriads of
minute crystal zircons <-♦ fine lustre.
Hyacinths and jargons are well known.
•being pale red, crimson, brown and a
fine, clear green. Opals are found in
abundance in New South Wales aul
Queensland.
Among the largest and most com
plete chimes in the United States is
the one hanging in the bell tower of
Holy Trinity church, Philadelphia.
Most chimes are made up of from eight
to a dozen bells. The one at Holy
Trinity, however, is composed of no
less than 25 of the bronze-throated mu
sical instruments. These are hung
upon horizontal bars located one above
the other, the first holding seven, tiio
next five, the next seven, and the next
three, while three otners, two largj
and one small one, swing from an inde
pendent frame situated higher up.
The countries of South America nrn
particularly rich in precious stones of
all kinds, Brazil leading all other
lands in the variety of these rare and
beautiful products. Amethysts and to
pazes are found in great quantities in
the interior of Brazil, and are market
ed chiefly in Germany. Diamond*,
beryls, chrysoberyls, chrysolites, tour
malins, topazes (rose-colored), anus
thysts and garnets are mined in the
section of Brazil tributary to Uio do
Janeiro. Agates ami amethysts are
gathered from the surface at various
points of Rio Grande do Sul, in south
ern Brazil.
Two Sioux t.'ity electricians seem tr»
hsvf- found a way to talk around the
world. By the use of an invention just
patented by them it will apparently oe
as easy for Americans to converse
with their neighbors in Europe as it
has been to ta!k 10 blocks across a
city. Only girdle the world with wire, !
these men declare, and they will make
it possible for the Swiss maiden in her
Alpine home to flirt in the morning:
with young men on Florida planta
tions, and ii will be mere child's play
for the lowan to order cattle from Pat
agonia over the telephone.
For the first time in the history of
the national banks, their note circula
tion now exceeds $500,000,000, the ag
sregate outstanding at the end of July
being returned at $503,000,000. This id
an Increase of IXO per cent. in a little
less than seven years; ?4ii,000,000 has
been added to the circulation in tha
last nine months alone. But it must
be borne in mind that simultaneously
•with this increase in bank note circu
lation the banking resources of tha
country have practically doubled, and
the population has increased nearly
10,000.000.
There i . a demand among the for
eign population in China for medium
to good grades of pictures for wall dec
orations, and cheap but artistic crea
tions now x:> common in the United
States would find their way Into a gcoi
many t.'hirics? homes. There is a
splendid field then- at the pre3ani time
for pumps of many grades and for
well-boring machinery. This demand
is urgent, and would assume immense
proportions if given an impetus from
ihe Inked States. The purchasing:
power of the Chinese people ia iii
creasiug rapidly.
ENCOURAGING DEMOCRATS.
Bryan's Effort to Pump Wind Into
the Airship of the De
mocracy.
The Post copies the caption of an
editorial in the Commoner, in which Mr.
Bryan, in a spirit that throws Mark
Tapley off his pedestal, attempts to
lill the democratic mind with firm con
fidence and cheerful hope—confidence
that the democratic party lias been
making excellent progress for some
time past; hope that the goal, the
honor and the fact of victory, will
soon be attained. Mr. Bryan, says the
Washington Post, starts out with the
remark that "if any democrat is dis
posed to take a gloomy view of the
future, let him find encouragement in
a review of the last few years."
"The last few years?" Twelve years
are but a few; let any gloomy minded
democrat, yearning for tender buds of
promise, look back 12 years to 1893,
when his party came into full control
of the government for the first and,
alas, the only time since the beginning
of Buchanan's administration—came
In"on all fours," as the result of a
splendid triumph in 1892. Let that
anxious democrat recall the pride and
joy with which he and his political
brethren contemplated that historic re
turn to power, and then let him trace,
step by £tep, the fortunes of his party
10 this day and date. Will the seeker
for good cheer "find encouragement in
a review'" of his party's defeats in the
congressional elections of 1894, 1890,
1898, 1900, 1902 and 1904, the latest the
most overwhelming of the series of
six successive disasters? Will a review
of the presidential elections of 1890,
1900 and 1904, the latest an avalanche,
afford any real satisfaction to the suf
fering soul of the seeker for signs of
coming victories?
Mr. Bryan is not plenarily respon
sible for all the woes that, have come
to the democratic party since 1892, but
it is a suggestive coincidence that the
era of democrat ic decadence has been
contemporaneous with his leadership.
And there is not an iota of encourage
ment, there is nothing brighter than
despair, in the fact that Mr. Bryan is
apparently determined to continue his
rule or ruin tactics.
WELL ENOUGH WILL DO US
Tariff Tinkering at the Present Time
Would Be Worse Than
Folly.
The prospect before the American peo
ple for three years to come is one of
exuberant prosperity. All signs from
agriculture, industry, trade and finance
are for such a period of plenty as will
surpass even the McKinley years, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Ai-ide from such a series of crop fail
ures as this country has never known,
only one thing can check the golden
flood. That is. tinkering with every
thing that is, merely because it is not
just what many of us would like to have
it.
The Dingley tariff is not perfect.
Many of its rates are irrationally high.
But any thorough revision of it would
check prosperity.
Predatory trusts should not be per
mitted togo uncurbed, nor the secret
railway rebate be tolerated. But to
check these evils it is not necessary to
blow up the foundations of industry anu
transportation. To do so would check
prosperity.
People support that government and
that party best under which the average
mail prospers best. And they repudiate
parties and turn from governments un
der which the average man does not
prosper. This may not be a lovely trait
of human nature, but it is there and
must be reckoned with.
Now that congress is about to meet,
the republican party and its responsi
ble leaders should reflect upon these
facts and send to the rear those who
explode with epoch-making changed
every five minutes.
The word of the hour is. "Let well
enough alone—let well enough alone!"
Principle Violated.
When the attempt is made to apply
the principle of reciprocity to interna
tional trade in a country where the pro
tective system is established, it. is at
once found that if the attempt is to be
Successful some domestic interest must
be subordinated or sacrificed to the at
tainment of the end in view. Some
American producer must be deprived
of at least a part of the protection which
he is now receiving in order to enlarge
the opportunity of his German competi
tor. This is not only an individual
hardship, but it is a violation of the
principle upon which protection rests
and by which alone it can be justified,
the principle that, is for all alike, that
it must, be for all" or none, and herein
consists the crux of the reciprocity
problem. It seems to be for the greater
benefit of the country that it should up
hold the protective principle in its in
tegrity, for the abandonment of a single
interest would threaten the whole posi
tion. —Philadelphia Inquirer.
ID"While abroad. Col. Bryan might re
new bis acquaintance with Emperor
Nicholas and discuss with hiin the evils
of militarism—Kansas City Star
(Dem.).
1 A wail for laborers goes up from
Florida, where 10,000 are wanted, says
the Atlanta Constitution. What is the
matter? 'I he tariff must be working
there, too! Let's revise it at once.—
Salem (Ore.) Statesman.
IO"l'( -day the American people are
paying tens of millions of dollars a
year more for their sugar than they
paid before we had the blessed boon
of reciprocal trade with Cuba, and the
additional profits, together with the
sfooper revenues', are swelling the
trfasure chest of the Havemeyeis and
thW others who engineered the Cuban
tiiftiil against ilie public.—N. Y. Brass.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1905.
FREE TRADE TO BE BOOMED
Agitation of Competitive Reciprocity
Would Help the Demo
cratic Party.
The republican policy is closely de
fined iu the national platforms of the
party, the legislation of republican
congresses and the utterances of Pres
idents Harrison, McKinley and Roose
velt and other leaders of the party.
That policy, says the Burlington Hawk
eye, is fundamentally rooted upon the
doctrine of protection. Reciprocity is
an adjunct which is available where
ever in practice it does not vitiate or
clash with protection. Republican reci
procity contemplates free trade in non
competitive products of field, factory,
mine and forest. It would not harm
American industries.
Democratic reciprocity reverses the
principle. It contemplates free trade
in products and merchandise that
would compete with like articles pro
duced in the United States. That is
why democrats are so strongly in sym
pathy with the Chicago gathering. The
more effectually to cloak the ulterior
purposes of the promoters, a strong
effort, is making to impress the public
with the belief that it is wholly repub
lican in origin. Upon this point the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Rep.) says:
"There are excellent reasons for
thinking otherwise, and some of these
may be unintentionally illuminated in
the course of the proceedings. Quite
a number of democratic leaders have
been injudicious enough to let their
zeal run away with their discretion,
and to put them on record as heartily
approving the movement and declared
purposes. The democratic press has
been even less discreet, and the con
gress is sure to find plenty of exploita
tion in their columns, with commenda
tion of everything it proposes doing."
The Globe-Democrat brings out a list
of political history to which the Hawk
eye on several occasions has referred
and which it is well to recall at this
juncture:
"One of the most unfortunate things
for the country in recent years was the
attitude of Mr. Blaine toward the Mc-
Kinley law while that measure was in
process of formulation in ihe commit
tees and in the two houses of congress.
Mr. Blaine was continuously insisting
upon the incorporation of reciprocity
treaties as a part of the tariff policy
of the Republican party, and on more
than one occasion he carried his en
thusiasm 10 the point of denouncing
the lines on which tlm McKinley bill
was then being framed. The result of
such an attitude of such a leader was
th"t the McKinley law became opera
tive under a cloud, if not. actually dis
credited. in'the estimation of thous
ands of republicans, and at the first
election following its operation the
democratic party acquired such mo
mentum that Cleveland, two years
later, swept the country.
"It is now 12 years since the country
began reaping the first, bitter fruits
of that folly. Rut it is little more
than half that time since when, having
turned back to McKinley and his poli
cies, we began to gather again the
fruits of wisdom. Seven years is hard
ly a sufficient length of time for us to
lorget the lesson we then learned and
return to the old and discredited cry
which was the first cause of our mis
fortunes. Only the leaders of the dem
ocratic party can profit from a renewal
of reciprocity agitation. And unless
the colored brother is very skillfully
concealed in the woodpile, some of
them are likely to be discovered in the
background of the Chicago Reciprocity
[convention, along with the b> 112 trust
[and other trusts which are pro
moting it."
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.
CJ'The democratic candidate for gov
ernor of Ohio is not running fast enough
to be fined under the new Ohio law for
limiting the speed of automobiles.—St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
C' The results of the elections of this
year, if republicans are not overconfi
dent, will make the democratic party,
in next year's campaigning, look so
much like a reminiscence that it will
have to become one to save its lace. —
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
B-' Six years ago American manufac
turers made but 45 automobile's, valued
at $60,000. Last year they built 26,001
machines, valued at $40,000,000, and in
; two jears from now the value of the
output will probably exceed $100,000,-
000. The export trade is Increasing
i rapidly and is already assuming large
proportions. Here is another indica
j Uon of prosperity made possible by our
present tariff. A good tariff to leave
alone.—American Economist.
C-'Gov. Cummins stirred up the
wrong man when lie charged Secretary
of the Treasury Shaw with having
spoken without knowledge and improp
erly ol one of the proposed treaties ol
reciprocity. Secretary Shaw recipro
cates in a clear «nd forcible letter, in
which he denies the accuracy of Gov.
Cummins* deliberate charge and de
mands to know the source of the gov
ernor's misinformation, Evidently
Secretary Shaw believes that reciproc
ity which alleges that it is founded on
the protective principle should protect
refutations. —Troy Times.
®s'The tariff will nor be touched. The
dedeits will be abolished without alter
ing any of the customs schedules, and
the country can go right on with its
business expansion without any dread
that congress will call a halt on it by
any fxpfriaier.tal legislation.—Burling- i
ton (V. J.) Enterprise.
Hurt Hiir. Awfully.
Speeder—Weren't you dreadfully put I
out when you illed jour plate of soup |
on Miss Fa-, iou'fc dinner gown?
Feeder—l fhculci say I was.it isn't !
good form ;o 1 r a second plate of ;
«oup, you Ut/.'w.—Ck-vsland Leader. i
RIOTERS ARE
IN CONTROL
SITUATION IN THE Ofi. FIELDS AT
BAKU, RUSSIA, IS DESPERATE,
AND GROWING WORSE.
THE SOLDIERS ARE POWERLESS
Fire Adds to the Horror of the Scene
and Half of the Plants in the Oil
Fields Have Been Burned
—Troops Are Using
Artillery.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 7. —The news
from Baku is of the gloomiest charac
ter. The Armenian and Tartar war
ting factions now appear to be en
tirely beyond control. The streets of
Baku seem to be unsafe for the in
habitants and the force of troops to he
inadequate to restrain the anarchial
tendencies of the combatants in the
surrounding region.
According to reliable reports the
troops have been forced to withdraw
from the suburb of Balakhan, where
on Tuesday the rioters set fire to the
oil works, and that place is now in the
hands of the Tartars, who have com
pleted the work of destruction and
massacred the inhabitants who did
not accompany the troops in their re
tirement.
Baku, Caucasia, Sept. 8. —The situ
ation here shows no signs of amelior
ation. It could hardly be worse. The
terror-stricken inhabitants are fleeing
from the city, knowing that the garri
son is utterly inadequate to protect
them.
The principal fighting is not in
Baku itself, but at Balakhan, where
hundreds have been shot by the in
fantry and artillery and where 1,000
were killed or wounded during a des
perate attack on the military camp
and provision depots. The troops sus
tained few casualties.
A large number of workmen barri
caded themselves in the Balakhan hos
pital. The soldiers began the attack
with rifle fire and then stormed the
hospital and completed their work
with the bayonet.
The entire oil and commercial qttar
.ers of Balakhan, Sabunto and Nomani
nave been wiped out by fire and the
Inhabitants remaining behind were
massacred and thrown into the
flames. Bibiebat continues to burn
and is threatened with the same fate
as Balakhan.
The consulates, banks and adminis
tration buildings in Baku are guarded
by troops. All the English residents
and almost all other inhabitants of the
better class have boarded ships and
gone to sea to escape from danger.
JAPS ARE DISGUSTED.
Result of the Peace Conference Is De.
nounced and Rioters Make TYou
ble in Tokio.
Tokio, Sept. 7. —Rioting broke out
here Tuesday night in connection with
the dissatisfaction over the results of
the peace settlement. There were
several clashes with the police and it
is estimated that two persons were
killed and 500 wounded. The rioting
ceased at midnight. Police stations
were the only property destroyed.
Telegrams from Osaka, Sasebo and
Tokomo express the popular dis
and Tokoma express the popular dis
satisfaction and dejection over the re
sult of the peace conference. The
minor radical papers have thrown off
all restraint and pronounce the peace
settlement the greatest humiliation
the country has ever suffered.
Tokio, Sept. 8. —A mob burned and
destroyed ten Christian churches and
one mission house school Wednesday
night. The people were not injured.
An imperial ordinance establishes*
martial law in Tokio. Disorder was
lesttmeil Wednesday.
E. H. Harriman, president of the
Southern Pacific railroad, was threat
ened and the Marquis Ito, president of
the privy council, was stoned by mobs.
Neither of them was injured.
G. A. R. MEN PARADE.
Fifteen Thousand Veterans in Line
at Denver.
Denver, Col., Sept. 7.—The main
event of the Grand Army encampment,
speaking from the view-point of the
! rank and fie, was the grand parade,
I which occurred Wednesday. The ova
tion given the marchers was unstinted.
The streets were packed with people,
and the windows and roofs of the
buildings along the line of march
swarmed with humanity.
It took the parade three hours and
five minutes to pass the reviewing
stand where stood the national officers
of the Grand Army and distinguished
guests. Col. Harper M. Orahood.
chairman of the parade committee, es
timated that 15,000 members of the
Grand Army participated in the pa
rade.
Kansas carried off th" honors for
the largest representation, having
nearly 2,500 men in line. The Colo
rado and Wyoming department came
next, with 1,800 men. fllinois, Penn
sylvania, lowa, Ohio and Missouri had
large delegations. Fifteen bands and
more than half that number of drum
corps supplied music for the marchers.
Suicided on His Wife's Grave.
I Philadelphia. Sept. 7. —Albert T.
j aker, aged 00 years, an engineer.
I fhot and killed himself yesterday at
! his wife's grave in Fernwood cemc
j tery. Mrs. Baker died iit Decembe .
I 1903, and Baker frequently remark "d
I that he longed for the day when hi
j conld join her.
| Fell Into a 3oillng Spring and Died.
I ivinpeton, Mont., Sept. 7. —Miufc
Fam.'c Wickey. aged of Washing
j ton. IJ. C.. died in this city yesterday
I from the effects of falling in»o a boil
ing spring jn Yellowstone park.
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