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The .lob department of the Press is complete and affords facilities for doing tlic best class of W rk J'Allll. I I.Alt ATTE.NIION I'AIUTU I.AW Phintinu. No paper will be discontinued until arrear- Bg.'s are paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid fcr in advance. i . I Our Standing in Science. The comparison of American and European scientists has been made by Prof. Waldeyer, professor of anat omy in the University of Berlin, in an address before the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, a few months ago, suggested, no doubt, by his visit to the St. Louis congress, in 1904. The United States has easily led the world in all mechanical matters tending to increase material wealth, and the impression has been very widespread that we arc so occupied in the struggle for the almighty dollar as to have no time for the arts and sciences. In spite of the fact that the people of a new country are occu pied in opening up and developing their resources and in laying foundaiions, it is not at all unlikely, observes American Medicine, that in propor tion to our numbers we have always accomplished a fair share of the world's scientific discoveries, and have done a goodly work in other di rections. Waldeyer points to a long list of eminent American naturalists, economists, jurists, philologists, philosophers and historians, and he might have added physicians and sur geons. He has apparently been amazed at the rapid strides of tho last decatle, as though we had just started on the superstructure of our national work. His intimate knowl edge of Americans and their work gives great value to liis statement that it is now time for European stu dents and teacners to come to Amer ica to learn, in the same way that Americans formerly went abroad. We have worked out our own salvation, and have therefore cut new trails, so that it is now necessary for foreign workers to know what we are doing and how we are doing it, if they are to avoid narrowness. When the boundary between Michi gan and Wisconsin was drawn the sur veyors were evidently in a bit of a hurry, for it now turns out that some 250,000 acres of land supposed to have been included in Michigan's acreage is beyond it and belonging to no where. The territory in dispute is big enough to form a fair-sized prov ince in Russia, and more than one bloody war has been fought in Europe to conquer a strip of land smaller than Ihe "derelict territory" of Michi gan. Here it was not missed for a generation. The United States geo graphic survey found out the mis> take of the original boundary makers only the other day. Viewed from all sides, farming is a great business. And it is as a real, live, substantial and serious business that the farmers should regard and conduct their affairs. Fortunately, fcystem is rapidly revolutionizing the business. In the golden northwest ihe Miccessful farmers are managing their estates like great manufacturing plants. There are no leaks, no slip shod methods. They are piling up magnificent crops and are making for tunes. Through Kentucky and the Fouth, too, the farmers are beginning to look upou their occupations as a sure-enough business and not as a speculative pastime. H-vman Yon Wetter, a young Ger man whose title is baron i:i his own country, was married a few days ago in Stamford, Conn., to Miss lionise Hurlbutt. The groom, a strapping fel low 26 years obi and six feet two in his shoes, gave up his title on coming her" lo wed the girl «.f his i h lice and will start out for himself as an elec trical engineer lie up; Mis; Hurlbutt in Dresden, where ttie was 'idying art. He takes much prid in ill fad that bis a' rundli.th r. Uaron \on Wet'er-K'. nthal, ' < an ail to Waji»ti>i-fo» l.i the v .ir of the revolu tion. Mi s AH >a New in, a teacher of tilU.' I I.:111 ' ' '.'ill. las till > 1 111 iim:i:t ' i ' i QfM I I iM I MIMSi MIMSi fmflwH 1 ' ' •n®* l, A ' upetiin" - i tl>« on ho wai rho. U* a r» mar'. ably >* • lui • ' ' 1 tin * « of ; 4,51 r ' liigber i,n.- to a uUti. in th« bI«U Jt'oooi #ll4 10 *irui*thr» tie >». TRUE BILLS Of Indictment Against Eight Offenders. THE REBATE CASES. Shippers, freight Agents and Common Carriers Before the United States Grand Jury in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Dec. 15. —Kinht Indict ments were returned by the federal grand jury yesterday against shippers, freight agents and common carriers in the rebate cases brought to the atten tion of the grand jury by United States District Attorney .1. Whitaker Thompson. The indictments returned are as follows: Great Northern Railway Co., for of fering a rebate to R. D. Wood & Co., of this city, on a shipment, of 1,500 tons of iron piping to Winnipeg. C. E. Campbell, local freight agent of the Great Northern, same charge. T. W. Lake, of New York, general eastern agent of the Mutual Transit Co., granting and giving a rebate to the Wood Co. Walter Wood, George Wood, Stuart Wood and Richard Wood, members of the Wood Co., accepting and receiving rebates. Paul .1. Diver, local agent of the Mu tual Transit Co., of this city, on a shipment from Philadelphia to Minne apolis, August 4, 1905. Mutual Transit Co., offering rebate in the same transaction. Paul J. Diver, offering and giving rebate (two counts) to the National Essence For Coffee Co, on a shipment from Philadelphia to Winnipeg, April 17, 1905. Mutual Transit Co., offering and giv ing rebates (two counts) in the same transaction. WILL STAMP OUT HAZING. Two Midshipmen, One for Hazing, and Another for Failing to Report It, Are Suspended. Washington, Dec. 15. —Hazing of : every kind, it was announced yester- ! day, will be stamped out of the naval academy, regardless of the number of dismissals from the brigade of mid shipmen necessary to bring about this result. Two midshipmen will be dis missed from the academy within a few days by the secretary of the navy Briefly these are yesterday's devel opments in the movement against haz ing at the naval academy. When Sec retary Bonaparte reached the navy department yesterday he received an j official report from Admiral Sands, an nouncing the suspension of Midship man Trenmor Coflin, jr., third class man, for hazing Midshipman Berdone j Pettus Kimbrough, fourth class man. by forcing him to stand on his head i until he became unconscious, and of j Midshipman Waren Abbe Van Der- j veer, second classman, because while j on duty he observed the occurrence j and failed to report it. The superin tendent called attention to the fact that Midshipmen Coffin and Van Der veer were guilty of violating a well known regulation for the government of the naval academy and recommend ed their summary dismissal in accord ance with an act of congress approved March 3, 1903. MANY MEN WILL BE BENEfITTED. Independent Woolen Manufacturers Will Raise Wages. Boston, Dec. 15.—Independent wool en manufacturers in this state, Rhode Island and Connecticut, employing about 5,000 operatives, announce that they will follow the action of the American Woolen Co., which recently decided to advance the wages of the 30,000 bands in its 3« mills, 10 per cent, on January 1. Yesterday notices announcing the advance were posted in the mills of the Fair Alapaca Co., of Holyoke, em ploying 1,700 persons; Coronet worsted mills, of Mapleville, R. I.; Wiekford, R. 1., worsted mills; Plain field woolen mills and Central yarn mills, ol' Centraville, Conn., all em ploying about 1,000 hands. The Leominster Worsted Co., of Leominster, this state, lias also given notice of the increase to its 200 oper atives. The Centerdalo Worsted Co., which owns mills in CenteMale, Stillwater and Manton, R. 1., will post notices to lay granting the 10 per cent, advance. The company employs 350 hands. The Saxonville Mills Co., of South Fram Ingham, employing 000 hands and sev eral other Independent concern, an nounce that they will follow the ac tion of the American Woolen Co. Four Deckhands Drowned. Brownsville, Pa., Dec 15. —Four persons were drowned in the Monon gabi'la river yesterday, as Ihe result of the passenger steamer Rose Hlte col tidily? with the towboat John F. Klein, and sinking in I I feet of water. All the dead were employed on the steam er as deckhand An Automobile Accident, Washington, Dec. If., hi an auto mobile accident In tin- outskirts of Wa hlngtou lato yi terdav afternoon Walti r licauprc I'ownley, counselor of the Miiiisli tiuilm , sum lined minor Injuries and lilh wife. Lady Hi. sat. Townley, was knocked unconscious and lmul> brill •■ l-i d and Uow«r | Trlppvtt and in: »i et youi. , u»an. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1905. ; rtalnly a healthy financial condition, albeit congress may proceed to hit the surplus with a sandbag. St Louis Globe-Democrat. 4 Thi' president has laid out work enough to keep cougress busy for many months, unit i the unanimity re sulting from abnormal democratic support of the administrate>» proves to be destructive of due •!• llb>-.atlon. s' I'lie exports of mniiufaciiirrd good-; under the Dinghy law, which free trad* rs claim would Injure our ex port trade, are j>e > double what ih'-y were under a d muriatic tariff de sinn"il for the c.|)r> s purpose of en counting a d« \ lopmest of our expo •! trade according to tti" accepted logic of th» fr«e trade tariff tciorin huol —-bi4til« Post liitcihfci u< ■•■r CONGRESS IN SESSION. Body Which Insures Support to the President in Carrying Out Policies. The assembling of the Fifty-ninth congress in regular session is an event of more than usual interest. The body is representative of the issues which en tered into the memorable campaign of last year, and a large proportion of the membership may be truly said to have been elected as a result of the Roosevelt tidal wave. That fact undoubtedly will go far to strengthen the support which the president will receive in his efforts to carry into effect policies to which he is committed and that have been ap proved so overwhelmingly by the peo ple of the United States. The republic an party has the largest majority it has ever had in the legislative branch oftho government, and that should be fresh assurance of wise and effective legisla tion. The responsibilities resting upon that majority are great, says the Troy Times, and there is every reason to be lieve they will be fully and satisfactorily met. The organization of the house of rep resentatives was quickly accomplished, and was in accordance with conditions which had long been manifest. Speaker Cannon, a veteran statesman of most honorable and acceptable record, who served with distinguished ability as pre siding officer of the house in the last congress, was reelected without the slightest opposition and with such en thusiastic and unanimous loyalty by the republicans as to make the choice a foregone conclusion long before the vote for him was actually cast. Such is his popularity among all his congres sional associates that but for political considerations there is hardly a doubt that he would have been favored for the place by many democrats as well as by those of his own party. The exigencies of the situation compelled the democrats to retain as leader on the floor the bril liant but somewhat effervescent' Wil liams of Mississippi, who received ihe empty honor of a nomination for the speakership. The prompt manner in which congress has "got down to business" gives ground for the hope and expectation that much excellent work will be accomplished, fo the benefit of the country and with the approval of the people. Some momen tous questions will come before the body, and the members, fresh from the ranks of American citizenship, should bring to the discussion well-defined com prehension of the public interests and wishes. With the legislative branch in political accord with the executive, and with the administration as well as the leaders in congress pledged to economy and efficiency, the sum total of thp acts of the present session of congress should be most gratifying and praiseworthy. PROSPERITY OF UNCLE SAM Never So Rich and Finances Never Before in Such Excellent Shape. Last year the deficit in the first five months of the fiscal year was about $25,000,000. It is less than $12,000,000 so far for the fiscal year beginning last July. The national expenditures arc being kept down to about the level reached last year. There is a constant gain in government revenues, says the Cleveland Leader. The increase is chiefly in the customs. The unprecedented prosperity of the country is shown in heavy purchases of foreign products, both for immediate consumption and for use in manufac tures. In November the net gain in rev enue "was over $2,000,000, compared with the corresponding part of 1904. Such expansion of the nation's in come leads some high authorities to be lieve that by the end of the fiscal year the United States treasury will reach the fortunate state of an even balance between well-guarded expenditures and growing receipts. Panama canal fi nances, of course, do not come under this general head. They will have to be provided for by the sale of bonds for that express purpose. Uncle Sam was never so rich, and his finances can be adjusted readily to whatever needs lie may feel like recog nizing. Two per cent, bonds are rapid ly being issued in exchange for four per cents. The four's redeemable in 1907 have lately sold at prices which would net the purchaser less than six-tenths of one per cent, a year—to be exact, 30 cents on every sloo—if he kept the bonds until they can be retired at the will of the government and the premium extinguished. That means a wonderful state of national credit. It shows the plethoric pnrse of the American people. No wonder that Christmas trade is booming. No wonder immigration is heavy, for the time of year. No wonder business statistics exceed all former records. (t "Poor William Jennings Bryan. He tried to buy the war stool on which Admiral Togo sat when he attended the jubilations over his victories, but as the chair had been used for that sort of ceremony for ::oo years, it nat tirallv did not happen to be for sale. And now Mr. Bryan knows it Is as diffb uit to buy a chair of state abroed for mere money as it is to purchase one in tills country by oratory.—Haiti more American. E The (Utile districts of the west are finding no fault with President Itoo■ii'velt'H treatment of the Mas.stchn setts politicians who called to about placing hides on the free list.— Kansas City .1 ou in a I c In IM»2 ihe democratic try of tariff reduction caught (lie ear of ibo voters, and Ihe democratic ticket was si! till. Voters retail ihe industrial disaster to the country which followed an enforcement of the democratic prim el pie, and bi catiM they do remember It there Is no danger < t catching ihe At'i rium voters by it for years to «oui- Albany Jonnnl. WHITE KING. His Mantle Falls Over Southern States. RAIN AND SLEET. Arkansas, Maryland, Tennessee and Kentucky Visited by Storms Wires Down in Louisville. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 16—The Gulf storm which has been causing heavy precipitation In Texas and Louisiana for the past two days has moved east ward, bringing snow into Arkansas, rain and sleet in Tennessee and rain, sleet and snow in parts of Kentucky, while unsettled conditions prevail generally in the entire district south of Ohio and east of the Mississippi. Louisville's annual visitation of sleet arrived a month or more ahead of time, and yesterday was causing seri ous delay to all wire communication, while street car service in the city was interfered with more or less. Frederick, Md., Dec. 1C. —An unusu ally heavy snow fell here yesterday, the ground being covered with four inches up to noon. The weather is very cold. Baltimore, Dec. 16. —The first heavy snow storm of the season began here yesterday and at 1 p. m. about two in ches had fallen. The weather bureau calculates that the fall will be four inches. Hagcrstown, .\ld., Dec. IC.—The first snow storm of the present winter raged here yesterday. Snow fell heav ily and there is a covering of several inches on the ground. Philadelphia, Doc. 16.—The Mari time Exchange wires to the Delaware Breakwater are clown, as a result of the storm which appeares to be in creasing in severity along the coast. Early reports from the breakwater and reporting stations in Delaware Bay stated that a large fleet of vessels of all kinds bad sought shelter in Snug Harbor, this side of the break water. A 50-mile gale, driving a wet snow, forced ships in the Delaware river to drop anchor, as it was impos sible for pilots to see through the heavy veil of snow. HOCH TO BE EXECUTED EEBRARY 23 Illinois Supreme Court Affirms Lower Court's Verdict—Lart Hope Gone Unless Governor Interferes. Chicago, Dec. 10. —The supreme court of the state yesterday affirmed the verdict of the lower court, which condemned Johann Hoch to death for the murder of his wife, Mrs. Marie Welcker Hoch, and the date of his execution has been set for February 23. The first news of the action of the court was received here by a tele phone message from Assistant State's Attorney Barnett, who is in Spring field. He communicated the informa tion to State's Attorney Healy. A mes senger was sent to Hoch with the news and found him in the visitors' cage, talking with the last of his many wives, Mrs. Fischer Hoch, the sister of the woman for whose murder he was sentenced to death. When he re ceived the news Hoch became greatly excited, and pressing his face against the wire netting he shouted: "You are a liar, a liar. It is not true. I do not believe it." He quickly became more composed and asked for a verification of the re port. When the messenger came back a second time Hoch took it very quietly. The action of the court yes terday destroys his last hope unless Gov. Dineen interferes. R. G. DUN & CO.'S TRADE REVIEW. Retail Sales in Holiday Trade Sur passes All Records. New York, Dec. 10. —R. G. Dun's Weekly Review of Trade says: Holiday trade has become the prin- j cipal commercial feature, retail sales j surpassing all records, while it has | been found necessary to place liberal I supplementary orders. Yet this aetiv- I ity in specialties detracts little from j the steady movement of staples, and in jobbing and manufacturing depart ments there is unprecedented prepara tion for the spring season. Little ma chinery is idle and the outlook for the future is brightened by several an nouncementß of higher wage scales to become effective January 1. Building activities are scarcely retarded by the advancing season. Failures this week numbered 239 in the United States, against 270 last year, and 27 in Canada, compared with 25 a year ago. All on Board Saved. Norfolk, Va„ Deo. 16. —After a struggle of IS hours with winds and waves, during which the crew had no time for eating or sleeping, the Bel gian steamer Antigoon, ('apt. Eugene Calimetta, went ashore at Little Isl and, about 12 miles south of this place, early yesterday. No lives were lost. Steamer Ran Down a Schooner. Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. io.—The steamer City of Lowell last night ran down tli< lath laden schooner llasuto land, Chatham, N. for New York% alf South Norwalk. The schooner WBM j cut to ihe * liter's edge ami was abau doited. The crew escaped in boats to the Lowell. Three Children Cremated. Travi rue City, Mich., Dec. IC,— fhiee chililn n of Mr. iiml Mrs. Albert Ingi iMill are dead, us the result of « lire thai il- stroyed their home, near 1 lift- I u« Mich, I Laundering the Baby's Clothes. Many mothers are not aware that chaf ing and much discomfort may be caused by the strong alkalies in the soap with which the little garments are washed. Hence, the work should be done under the mother's direction and only Ivory Soap utcd. ELEANOR R. PARKER. 0 When friends urge ,vou to come and sea them "any time," it requires some figur ing to find out just when that time ia. You can cure Neuralgia, Toothache, or Headache in a few minutes by applying Dr. Bayer's Penetrating Oil on cotton t» the 6eat of pain. 2oc a bottle. A girl can stand having the weather make her feet cold, if il gives her a nica,. rosy complexion. N. Y I're.-s. When you ask for Mrs. Austin's Pan cake flour, insist upon having it, and eajy Mrs. Austin's and no other. The man who has no business of his. own is a mighty poor man to engage to 1 attend to your business. AILING WOMEN. Keep the Kidneys Well and the Kidneys. Will Keep You Well. _ Siclt, suffering, languid women are- learning the true cause of bad backs nelies hurt me so I £*% /KB Spells of dizziness and sick headaches P the action of the * kidneys was irregu lar. Soon after I began taking Detail's Kidney Pills I passed several gravel stones. 1 got well and the trouble has not returned. My back is good and strong and my general health better." j Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. > Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. THE BEST COUGH CURE In buying a couc;h medicine, re member the best cough cure, Kemp's Balsam costs no more than any other kind. Remember, too, the kind that cures is the only kind worth any thing. Every year thousands arc saved from a consumptive's grave by taking Kemp's Balsam in time. Is it worth while to experiment with anything else ? Sold by all dealers at 25c. and 50c. I —- For family Colds A reliable Cough and Cold cure should be always in the house ready for use the moment the first symptoms appear. It is always easier, cheaper and bettcs to check a cold in the very beginning. It is safer, too. Shiloh's Consumption Cure, the Lung Tonic, has been tested for thirty-thre® years, and tens of thousands of homes ia the United States and Canada to-day ara never without it. *' We are seven in family. We have boughs many bottles of Shiloh's Consumption Cure. It is Kood and we would not be without it. —Mufr JVlary E. Apple, Gouverncur, N.Y." If it were anything but the best would this fee so > Iryit in ycur ov/n family.. If it does not cure, you gei back ail it cost you. We tak= all the chances. Neither you nor your dealer can lose. Isn't that fair ? 25c. is die price. Ail dealers in medicine sell SIB.OO en Acre NAJGG!IFARAP P > OF CANADA <*• L ' IE ain»>unt many farm jj W ers will REALIZE from F /& their wheat crop thi» A 25 Bushels to the Acrt I* l -! * ,E Average Yield of Wheat. The LAND that this was GROWN on cost many OF the farmers absolutely nothing, while those whe wished to add to the 160 acres the (loveniinent grants, can buy laud adjoining at from *0 to sll an acre. 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