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•u'jrrrri.— ■■■ —-■»
Keporis havo been received at tha
Japanese foreign office from the Jap
anese representatives at Pekin that
the emperor of China, by formal and
solemn deere . has ruled the bow and
arrow out of the Chinese army, only
weapons of modern times hereafter
to be carried.
On taking their seats for the
time on the bench at the newly erect
ed courthouse at Delmerhorst, Ger
many. the judges were much perturbed
to find that the architect had orna
mented iho portico with the sculptured
head of a fox on one side and that of
a sheep on the other.
Grafting the bone from a dog's ler»
onto the leg of a man, to replace sonio
five inches of bone that had been re
moved, and so saving to the man his
leg. was the remarkable surgical feat
performed by a San Francisco sur
geon. It was the first recorded casa
of grafting upon the human bone tlio
bone of one of the lower animals.
One of the oddest freaks of reptil®
life ever seen in Danbury, Ct., was
killed by William Bigham. It was a
snake with two distinct heads, and wai
sunning itself on a West Street side
walk when Mr. Bigham discovered it.
The reptile was about two feet long
and was ol the striped adder variety,
which ! s a poisonous one. Each head
was on a neck two inches long.
Reports received by the department
of commerce and labor, through its
bureau of statistics, indicate that the
total grain receipts at the ports of
Boston, New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore during August showed a
gain of nearly four million bushels, if
compared with similar arrivals in Ifiu-}.
On the other hand, ihe inbound cureal
movement a New Orleans, as well as
at San Francisco and Tacoma, pre
sented heavy losses by like compari
sons.
Both "esplanade" and "boulevard"
are military terms by origin. The orig
inal "boulevard" was a bulwark or
horizontal part of the rampart and an
"esplanade" was originally the glacis
or slope of the counterscarp of a forti
fied place. A writer 200 years atro
noted that the word boulevard was
"now chiefly taken for the void space
between the glacis of a citadel and the
lirst houses of a town." Hence its
extension to other "void spaces" suit
able for promenading.
The latest production of the glorious
climate of the west is a cat ranch.
This old maid's paradise is located on
Puget sound, and the ranch occupies
the whole island. This was necessary
in onler that there may be no neigh
bors to complain, for the nightly con
certs of several thousands of cies
would naturally bring forth complaint.-,
and make the life of a municipal
court judge one round of mise/y.
Holbe Torlgen is the proprietor aa l
he proposes to raise the cats for their
fur.
It is nor very often ihat a man trnr
<M:ng takes, among other pieces of
band baggage, a pony. And yet this
is what D. V. Kern, of Kansas City,
did when he went to Springfield, 111.
He checkerl it through in a lltt'o
cj-ate, a:id crate pony and all weigh 1
less than 40 pounds. It is probable
that Mr. Kern has ihe smallest pony
living, It is only a colt. The littla
Shetland is 21 inches high, 21 inches
long and weighs just .'ii» pounds. It is
Ti't larger than an ordinary sized dog,
and can he lified and held in one hand.
With Alaska furs value.] at $25,0ii0
from Nulalo, on the lower Yukon. Gar
rett Busf-b has arrived in Seattle al'i
er eight nr* spent in trafficking with
the Indians in the wilderness which
hr- was t IK- first white man to pene
trate as w tiader. When .Mr. Busch
leached Nii'flU). Angus; 12. ISIiT. with
a miner's out"it a his »• tie p-jsst. -'.ion,
he 112 irt.-aw in Jli t gl.i miy sjlicitude a
trade in the furs which protect ani
mal life fiorn Arctlj winters which
would evci I in r< • irns the rea on
ani possibilities of mining ventures.
Tho failure of cougrt s to pnsr a
bi'l api>ropr:<' ng s24.ue() hi fur na
tional aid U> roadbulldlnc lias in ie>
wist abated the ardor of tiio goo:!-
roa: ! i iptr^aml' 'l' 11.• mot-mien*,
ig succe-lul in ti ;>ny of •le at sand
In smalli i coriiniun.'.e.s. v.li'iv, af;er
all. the ifl' :cr t\ ■ . is te» he done,
livery enlh . md -:. i <, eoi ,iy and
towrs.'i'j; in t! I':t Km •is civ
tain. ./ i a /-w y Mrs, to b*
abunnii.itly u)tpl!< I with •.)'>! road- :
b 't for is and y> .ir.( t > come fbs; >
will 1.-u I i el an I it li! i\iit
mid i.
SCHEME OF DEMOCRATS.
Bryan to Resume Control and Array
the Poor Against the
Rich.
In his speech at Akron a few days
ago Secretary Taft indicated the na
tional ;.s well as the state importance
of the pending campaign in Ohio, lie
pointed out that the defeat of Gov.
Herrick would he heralded as the dawn
of a new democracy, significant of
what was to happen in the next con
gressional and presidential elections.
"The truth is," said he,"it is per
fectly apparent that Mr. Bryan is grad
ually resuming control over the demo
cratic party and proposes to assume
the aggressive in a controversy in
which he hopes to array the poor
against the rich, to shake the present
system of private property and free
dom of contract, to cripple the federal
tourts that are now such a bulwark in
the defense of the constitutional rights
of individuals; to substitute for our
present system of railways, privately
owned and maintained, government
railways, and in every way to introduce
a system of paternalism which in the
end would certainly paralyze the indus
trial and social progress of this coun
try. This movement in favor of gov
ernment ownership of public utilities
to include the commercial railroads, is
not a mere chimera. It finds its be
ginning in the proposition for munici
pal ownership of street railways by
Mayor Dunne, of Chicago, by Mayor
McClellan, of New York, and even still
more in the attitude of Mr. Ilearst in
running against Mr. McClellan.
Secretary Taft said that Tom L.
Johnson, of Cleveland, known as an
advocate of the single tax system and
of government ownership of public
utilities, was an earnest supporter of
the democratic ticket in Ohio, and, in
his belief, the triumph of that ticket
would bring Bryanism and Johnson
ism to the front as the issues upon
which we are to fight the next presi
dential campaign.
"It is the purpose and always has
been the purpose of President Roose
velt, in the policies which he has rec
ommended for adoption by congress, to
meet these dangerous attacks upon our
present economic, social and political
conditions by remedying the actual
evils which every one must recognize
and thus entrenching ourselves against
the assaults of socialism, the suppres
sion of individualism and the instiga
tion of class hatred based 011 alleged
Injustice and abuses that do not exist.
He has, therefore, been most active in
the promotion of prosecutions under
the anti-trust law and in securing of
legislation to aid in its enforcement.
He believes, as every one must who
knows anything about the subject, that
perhaps the most serious abuse of the
last two decades has been the unjust
discrimination in railway rates as be-
Iween individual shippers and as be
tween different localities, and, indeed.
111 some instances by rates in excess of
that which would be reasonable for
the service itself."
STAND FOR THE TARiFF.
Protection Wins Victory and Busi
ness Interests Will Be
Conserved.
The returns from the primaries show
that the defenders of the tariff as it
stands won a victory. They acted upon
the common-sense judgment that it
would be foolish to dam the swelling
tide of national prosperity by opening
the way to tinkering with a system un
der which trade is magnificently in
creasing and productive industry kept
superbly busy. They perceived, says the
Pittsburg Times, that w hen the "knock
ers" against the tariff were once permit
ted to attack it there could be no bounds
placed to the extent to which they wouM
endeavor to go. Realizing these facts
the majority of the Massachusetts re
publicans decided that they would not
risk the danger of the disturbance of
business that would inevitably follow
the subjection of the protective system
to amendment. They have rendered a
verdict that will encourage every inter
est dependent in the least degree 011 tar
iff stability and that must correspond
ingly discourage the organizations and
individuals who intend to introduce the
revision question at the coming session
of congress.
Why the HasteP
At a time when this country is en
joying the greatest measure of pros
perity the world has ever known; with
a home market that is worth more
than the combined international com
merce of all nations, including our
own; when agricultural and manufac
turing industries are expanding and
the volume of our foreign trade is in
creasing year by year, it is natural
that other manufacturing nation*
should seek to enter our market. Ger
many has made a bluff at shutting out
our foodstuffs, but our best customer,
England, has made no threats; Russia
has tried the game and failed; Franc
if> not making any attempt to force a
reciprocity treaty, although one nego
tiated with her was defeated in th.>
renate twu» years ago. Why, then
should we haste to surrender to Ger
many alone when, as has been shown,
there is little danger from that souive'
—Milwaukee Sentinel.
IWPresident Roosevelt has written
entertainingly about winning the west.
And now he appears to have won the
south. A remarkable incident occurred
in Richmond, Va., when at a meeting
of representative democrats of thn
state an impassioned appeal was made
to the people to stand by the president
in the policies which promise so much
for Ihp country and the south. As th.->
president's motives and purpose* are
thoroughly t'uderstood the south p»>r
fives that no one has Its Interests
more profoundly at heart,—Troy
Tlu.es.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1905
ALL RIGHT IN PHILIPPINES.
The Very Opposite of What the "An
ti-Imperialists" Say
Is True.
On the eve of his departure for tha
Philippines recently, Gen. Leonard
wood said:
"The Philippines are now under the
best government they were ever under,
and I cannot see what grievances the
Filipinos have. There is now no trou
ble on the islands."
How often, says the Washington
Star, the simple fact here stated is
overlooked or perverted by the anti
imperialists in the discussion of this
question! One might easily suppose
from their misgivings that the United
States had brutally "butted in" at Ma
nila, overturned a government of
progress altogether acceptable to the
people, set them back in all their as
pirations, and inaugurated a mercenary
scheme for the exploitation of the ar
chipelago. Their favorite representa
tion of the case is the buying of peo
ple at so much a head, and bringing
them to consent and obedience at the
point of the bayonet.
The very opposite of that is true
We found the Filipinos under the har
row. They had never known what
good government was. Tyrannized
over in the Spanish fashion, they were
unsettled and unhappy, given to vio
lent outbreaks against authority, and
dangerous alike to themselves and to
their masters. They hailed us as de
liverers, and it was with the greatest
difficulty that, we restrained them from
their purpose to massacre those who
remained' of their late oppressors.
Did we bocme oppressors ourselves?
Was the change one only of hard mas
ters? How can anybody familiar with
the facts say that? We resisted with
force, as a matter of necessity. Agui
naldo's treachery, but since the putting
down of the revolt led by him we have
addressed ourselves steadily and suc
cessfully to the betterment of the con
ditions of the people. The Filipinos,
for the first time in the history of the
islands, are participating in the con
duct of their own affairs, and looking
forward with confidence to a larger
share in government at an early day.
A popular assembly is only two years
off, and education is the watchword
everywhere.
Gen. Wood states the case conserva
tively. Not only are "the Filipinos un
der the best government they were
ever under," but in its accomplish
ments and purposes it is the best gov
ernment ever vouchsafed to a people
incapable of governing themselves. We
have proceeded on lines so advanced
and beneficent that we have been crit
icised as benevolent dreamers and doc
trinaires by powers that have preceded
us in the government of oriental peo
ples.
SHOULD BECOME INFORMED
Revisionists Show Their Z'Teed of En
lightenment on Tariff
Facts.
The demand for free raw materials is
an old one. It was the democratic- cry
during their campaign preceding the
enactment of the Wilson bill, and their
theory was incorporated in that bill,
so far as they dared togo with it. But
the demoralization of the home market,
which resulted from too low tariff rates
on manufactured articles, so reduced
the demand upon manufacturers for
fi.*lshed goods, says the Springfield
Union, that they had little occasion to
use free raw materials. Under the Wil
son law free raw materials averaged but
2G per cent, oft lie total imports, while
under the Dingley law they average 31.8
per cent. It must always be borne in
mind that what is free raw material for
the manufacturer is the finished product
of the producer, and the producer de
mands the same degree of protection
that is accorded the manufacturer. The
manufacturer of woolens would like free
wool, but how about the American
farmer who grows the wool? The re
visionists in the republican party want
to make sure that in the pursuit of their
ideas they do not find themselves in the
democratic camp. They would do '.veil
to turn occasionally to the pages of tar
iff history and note the results of the
Wilson bill.
CRITICISM AND COMMENT.
Hague tribunal is like the
democratic party. It has not done
much yet. but is cheered at the pros
pects.—Washington Star.
ICT-Uryan is going to talk to the Fili
pinos in Manila. But those dwellers
in a tropical country can stand it.
They are used to hot air and cyclones.
—Troy Times.
E-'Those Massachusetts free-traders
who dynamited themselves in trying to
blow up protection inside the republic
an party have not landed yet.—St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
n /'The farm paper that talks of free
trade should be put out of business.
The editor doesn't know enough to
fight potato bugs.—Salem (Ore.) States
man.
cll will be interesting to watch the
development of events in Germany, es
pecially If the supply of American food
stuffs should be wholly cut off next
spring. Sioux City Journal.
it •■•'"Tariff revision" was the cry that
resulted in Grover Cleveland finding
his way into the white house. It Is
not necessary to recall what followed.
Most of us have sad occasion to re
member those ti.mes. .Marion (laj
N'ett s.
C >"A11 that the Ma i in . tts repub
licans have to s;:.v in their state i lat-
I'orni on the subject of tariff re.fdon
is preceded by an ironc'a I indors -
meiit of tiie protective LIB a. If I|K-
Massaehus its free-traders uant to
change their views, there is room for
them on thi broad fOiiiidullon.— 81.
Lulls Clubs'Deiii^tradc.
| PEEF BARONS ASTONISH GOV.
ERNMENT'S LAW OFFICERS
EY A NEW PLEA IN BAR.
AN AGREEMENT WITH GARFIELD
Counsel for the Packerc Claims that
Commissioner Garfield Promised
Them Immunity from Prose
cution if They Aided His
Investigation.
Chicago. Nov. —lmmunity from
prosecution under the pending indict
ment returned by a federal grand jury
several months ago, is claimed liy J.
Ogden Armour and (he other packer
defendants in which they are charged
with being promoters of the so-called
"Beef Trust'* in an additional plea in
bar tiled Thursday afternoon by Ai
torney John S. Miller, for the packers.
The new plea, which came as a sur
prise to the government, sets up as
facts that when Commissioner Gar
field, of the department of commerce
and labor, investigated the beef [lack
ing business he promised the packers
that in whatever testimony they gave
without being under oath, or what
ever documentary evidence they vol
untarily produced, the defendants
should have the same rights and im
munities as it. they had testified under
jath and compulsion.
Under this new plea Attorney Mil
ler hopes to establish the fact that
here was an agreement between the
packers and the government that they
should testify and produce evidence
without being subpenaed, or the oath
:ieing administered, but that as far as
mmunity was concerned, it should be
considered as if they had been sub
penaed and taken the oath.
The allegation of an agreement be
ween Commissioner Garfield and the
packers was a surprise to District At
orney Morrison and Assistant At
orney General Pagin; and it Vas said
ast. night that. Commissioner Cariield
'lad been asked concerning exactly
ivhat occurred during the investiga
tion into the beef business.
MITCHELL MUST GO.
Methodist Bishops Render a Verdict
Against a Teacher of Theology—
Trial for Heresy Mr.y Follow.
Philadelphia, Nov. 4.—The board of
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
•hurch will inform the trustees of the
Boston university school of theology
sn next Monday that the plea of the
trustees for the retention of Prof.
Hinckley (J. Mitchell in the chair of
Did Testament criticism in iliat school
cannot be granted.
This decision on the part of the
pishops was taken at Washington last
week, where they heard intercession
for Prof. Mitchell by President Huni
ington, Dean Warren and Dr. Phillips,
■secretary of the board of trustees of
the Boston school. The vote of the
bishops was unanimous against ihe
continuance of Prof. Mitchell in his
chair. The bishops had previously
decided that Prof. Mitchell could not
hold his chair.
Evidence of four students and Prof.
Mitchell's book, "The World Before
Abraham," formed the basis of his
condemnation. The case was reopen
ed, with the result that he is again
condemned, and there is no other ap
peal.
It is stated on the best authority
that a heresy trial in Prof. Mitchell's
conference —that of northern New
York —may result now, and it is fur
ther said that the logical sequence of
the ousting of the Boston higher critic
is that Prof. Terry, of Northwestern
university, at Evanston, 111., who has
written a book on"The Shortcomings
of Jesus" is likely to hear from the
board of bishops.
REFUSES TO ENJOIN.
A Federal Judge Declines to Restrain
Royal Arcanum's Supreme Coun
cil in the Matter of New Rates.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 3. —The in
junction asked for to prevent the su
preme council of the Royal Arcanum
from putting into effect the rates
adopted at the Atlantic City meeting
and later ratified at Put-in-Bay, 0.,
was denied by Federal Judge Clark
yesterday and- the bill of the com
plainants dismissed. The court held
that it was not clear under the law of
Massachusetts, in which state the or
der was incorporated, that this plan of
assessment and the effect on members
impairs the obligation of the cortract,
and until it did so appear, the court
should not interfere.
Boston, Nov. ". —Attorney General
Parker, of Massachusetts, has been
asked to petition the supreme court
for an injunction restraining the su
preme council of the Royal Arcanum
from enforcing the assessment rates
adopted at the convention at Atlantic
City last April and ratified at Put-in-
Bay, 0., in August.
Illinois Leads the List.
Washington, Nov. •'!. —The statement
of the postofilce department relative to
rural free delivery for October places
ihe total number of routes in lii eonn
try at ":!,!)is. Illinois leads the list
v ith !?,«'' S route:-.
An Embezzler !a Sentenced.
Washington, Nov. —William W.
ICarr, formerly disbursing clerk of ihe
•Smiths inlan Institute, indicted for
i.il t //I'nt, jilea 1.-d gu'l'y when
r.raigned yeiUei'dav before Justice
leuld. Sentence of impels, nuieui in
I;.' penitentiary at MoundsviMe, W.
V'a., for live y< ars \ius Imposed.
A Bank R'.;rc|l:iry.
Vlucennes Ind., No . :i. The Knu
horii link. a branch of the German
nt filial bank of thi city, was blown
to plert s Wednesday night and robbed
at 15.00(1.
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A very large line ot -FOR. THE *s
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Rockers and GEO. J. LaBAR. ££
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A fine line of Dishes, common grade and China, in f*
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