MUTUAL LIFE
Begins Action Against
Former President
FOR LARGE SUM J
Mr. McCurdy is Charged With Wast
ing Over Three Million Dollars
of Company's Money.
New York. —The first complaint
in a series of eight actions al
ready begun by the' Mutual Life In
surance Co. against ex-President ■
Richard A. McCurdy, his son Robert
H. and the firm of Charles H. Ray- j
mond & Co., the company's former !
Metropolitan agents, was made public
Friday.
This particular complaint is against
ex-President McCurdy and contains ,
nine separate causes of action. In
each Mr. McCurdy is charged with the ,
waste of large sums of money belong- ;
ing to the company through alleged
unfaithfulness and neglect in the dis
charge of his duties. Damages
amounting to three and a quarter mil
lion dollars are demanded.
The first five causes seek recovery
in the aggregate of $292,500 as alleged
contributions to political parties since
January 1, 1885. These contributions
are said to have been $90,000 to the
national republican campaign com
mittee, $2,500 to the republican con
gressional committee, and $200,000
embracing the various contributions
testified to by Senator Piatt as hav
ing been made to the New York repub
lican state committee since January 1, •
1885.
The sixth cause seeks to recover the
sum of $225,000, embracing tlie $50,-
000 alleged increase of annual salary
drawn by the former president since
January 1, 1901.
The seventh cause seeks to recover
SOOO,OOO as the aggregate of the re
spective sums of $25,000 drawn quar
terly from the company for the last six
years of Mr. McCurdy's presidency on
the voucher of the committee on ex
penditures.
The eighth cause deals with the re
lations of Louis A. Thebaud, son-in
law of ex-President McCurdy, with
Raymond & Co. and the "gratuities and •
rates of commission" received by the
firm.
The final cause of action deals with
the sum of $1,282,541 received by
Robert H. McCurdy as commissions
from ISBO to November, 1905, as su
perintendent of the foreign depart
ment. which are declared to have been
exorbitant and unnecessary.
Finally the company demands judg
ment against ex-President McCurdy
for the sum of $3,370,341.60, with in
terest. as damages for alleged un
faithfulness and neglect.
TRADE BULLETIN.
Confidence in the Future Is Remark
ably Bright.
New York.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Total distribution of spring mer
chandise lias received a check because
of the heavy snowfall and severe
storms in many sections of the coun
try, but some offset is noted in renew
ed inquiry for winter goods, and there
is no interruption to the activity of
shipping departments. Confidence iu
the future is remarkably bright, and
the outlook would be far better than
ever before at this season if the fuel
uncertainty were removed. .Manufac
turing plants operate close to niaxi- j
mum capacity in the leading indus- 112
tries and it is an evidence of no little |
significance that many mills cannot!
undertake deliveries before 1907. j
These are extreme cases;- it is a com
mon thing to find production engaged
for several months in advance. Mer
cantile collections are also more
prompt. Commodity prices are slight
ly higher, on the whole, and building
materials continue very strong, struc
tural work being abnormally heavy.
Failures this week numbered 213 in
the United States, against 255 last
year, and 37 in Canada, compared
with 10 a year ago.
Congressional.
Washington—Mr. Spooner conclud
ed his speech in the senate on the rail
road rate bill on the 23d. Mr. Tillman
also spoke on the bill, suggesting that
the inter-state commerce commission
should have authority to enjoin rail
roads from increasing their rates.
The fortification appropriation bill
was passed. The bill carries an ap
propriation of $5,278,993. The house
considered the legislative bill, but
without making much headway.
The Oil Cloth Industry,
Washington, D. C. —A bulletin is
sued by the census bureau Friday
giving statistics in the oil cloth and
linoleum industry for the calendar
y< ar 1904, indicates a substantial in
cr< ase. There were 25 establish
ment- with a total capital of $12,709,-
299 and total product of $11,042,009.
Against Tariff Change.
I)f Moln< s, la. Secretary of
tin- Tren ury Leslie M. Shaw,
in ta iddrwi oa "Republican
ism" Friday night, made an elaborate
argument against any immediate
changi In turlff schedules, because
such u change would endanger repub
lican ■UCCeSs In 1908.
Five Thouiand Men Laid Off.
Meadville, I'a Orders were m
■ued by the ISrle railroad Kii
tiuy ftiHpendinK locomotive repair
work at all »hup< on the h>.->i< iu, Five
thousand uieu are laid off.
THE MINERS' WAGE SCALE.
It Is Referred to a Joint Committee of
Miners and Operators by the Indi
anapolis Convention.
Indianapolis, Ind.—The second joint
conference of the coal operators
and miners of the central competitive
' district, comprising the states of IHi -
| nois, Indiana, Ohio and western
I Pennsylvania, which is the result of
; efforts of President Roosevelt to effect
I permanent peace in tho coal industry !
throughout the United Slates, nd-
I journed Tuesday afternoon after re- 1
ferring the demands of the miners to
the joint scale committee.
The conference was called to order
by President Mitchell. The confer
ence organized by the election of the
following officers: George W. Traer,
an operator, of Chicago, permanent
chairman; secretary, W. U. Wilson, of
the United Mine Workers; assistant
secretaries, Frank S. Brooks, Colum
bus, and C. L. Scroggs, Chicago.
On motion of President Mitchell the
rules of the previous joint conference,
requiring that the vote of the miners
and operators on "all main and princ!-
pal questions" bo cast as a unit, were
adopted.
President Mitchell delivered a brief
address in which Ik? outlined his views
as to the purpose of the joint confer
ence, at the close of which he moved
the adoption of the scale of wages de
manded by the miners in the joint
conference which adjourned February
2. The scale provides for an increase
of per cent. The motion was lost
on a strictly partisan vote, the oper
ators voting unanimously in the nega
tive, while the miners voted as a unit
in favor of its adoption.
New York.—George F. Haer,
chairman of the committee of
seven of the anthracite operators, has
addressed a letter to John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Work
ers, accepting Mr. Mitchell's proposi
tion to have another conference.
ANOTHER MUTINY.
Russian Sailors Are Reported to Have
Inaugurated a New Rebellion
at Sebastopol.
St. Petersburg, Russia. —Most sen
sational reports are current that
the execution of Lieut. Schmidt, which |
has made a deep impression through- !
out Russia, has been followed by an j
extensive mutiny of sailors at Sebas
topol, the massacre of their officers ;
and firing by the fortress upon the
city. The truth of the story is doubted, j
this being the "psychological moment" j
for tile appearance of such wild re
ports. No press dispatches confirming
-the story have been received, but if
the report should prove true the ab
sence of these might be accounted for
by the imposition of a censorship.
The alleged news came in the form
of two cipher telegrams to a promi
nent member of the social revolution
ary party, such as the revolutionaries
have sometimes been able to transmit
through accomplices in the telegraph'
offices when tile public, and even the
government, has been unable to com
municate. As translated and display
ed at the offices of radical newspapers
here, the telegrams say briefly that
the sailors, infuriated by the refusal of
Emperor Nicholas to pardon Lieut.
Schmidt and their fellow sailors, rose
in their barracks and seized and im
prisoned the majority of their officers.
The dispatches add that the city of
Sebastopol is almost entirely in
flames.
It is also stated that a student at tho
Technological institute lias received
a similar telegram.
The admiralty affects ignorance as
to the occurrence of any such affair.
The papers, in view of the menace of
the new press law, which provides
that they may be closed up for spread
ing false reports affecting the army or
navy, are afraid to take chances by
publishing the story.
A SEIZURE 0E JEWELRY.
Canadian Customs Officials Confiscate
a Lot of Gems Alleged to Have
Been Smuggled by a Woman.
Detroit, Mich. —An amount of
jewelry which lias not been appraised,
but the value of which has been esti
mated at from $2,000 up to $ 10.000,
was seized Monday by the Canadian
customs authorities on the ground
that it had been smuggled from the
United Slates. Part of the jewelry
was taken from a young woman
known here as Mrs. Gus Kleiner, of
i Toronto, when she crossed the Detroit
j river from Detroit to Windsor. The
remainder was seized at her home in
Toronto almost simultaneously, word
having been sent there by wire as
soon as she was placed under surveil
lance here.
The woman is said to bo the wife of
a Toronto jeweler and to have been
for about ten years a commercial trav
tier, selling jewelry all through Can
ada as far as the Pacific coast and car
rying stocks valued as high as SIO,OOO
to $12,000. It is said that she was
just about to start on a four months'
trip when th< seizures were made.
A Day in Congress.
Washington -The pension appro
priation bill was passed by the scnati
on tlii- 20th, the remainder of the day
being give ii to debate on the fortifica
tions lull. The house devoted its ses
sion to considering the legislative ap
propriaUou bill.
A Dozen Vessels Were Wrecked.
iJo-'len, M; 111 till' norm of
March 19 at' l J" hi bust :i ' a ves
mi wt ie wrecked or dninai e«| and six
lives |ohi That ihe llhi will grow
In ihe next 112. a days is probuble, iu
View of the i-t/e of the lie. I which WBM
off the con 1 when th« storm was at
i It* height.
Earthquake Killed Thousand*.
Londut. KngUnd According to
Ihe Dally Te|< mph's eurre >|Miii(|enl
iii Toklo, It Is now emlmated that
m ml thousand iM-mius were killed
the r< ■ cut earthquake Iu Foruiuaa.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1906.
HEARING WAS TOO GOOD.
Examinee Who Could Hear the Tick
of a Watck When Not
Running.
"The physical examination of new po
hcemrn often (urnishes a lot of amuse
ment," remarked Chief of l'olice Hayes
i the other day while in a reminiscent
mood, relates the Kansas City Independ
ent. "Catch question* don't go, of course,
but every now and then they are asked
]by way of a josh. 1 remember a youmj
i fellow lie's now a sergeant- who tell into
a trap the prettiest you ever saw. The
j doctor had examined him up and down
and all around, and then declared that
he would make a test of his hearing. Tak
ing a watch out of his pocket, with a
wink at me, he asked: 'l)o you hear
that tickr'
" 'Yes, perfectly,' the voting man an
swered.
"He held it a foot from the applicant'*
ear.
" "Still hear it?' he asked.
" cs, sir.'
•"Now stand back three paces.'
"The young man did so.
" Now,' said tlie examiner, 'do you hear :
it from that distance?'
"The applicant listened intently. Then ;
be smiled .and nodded.
"" 1 still hear it, sir,' he said.
"You certainly have the most remark- j
able hearing 1 ever came across,' said the
examiner. 'That watch has not been run
ning for three weeks.' "
♦
ONE-ARMED APPLAUSE.
Cooperative Hand-Clapping by T770
Men with One Hand
Each.
Mrne. Bernhardt had just returned from
a spin in motor car. Her face was
flu-lied, and she wore a skirt of sealskin.
"Madame," said a reporter who speaks
French, "what do you regard as ib<
greatest triumph of your career?"
The great artist smiled.
"My greatest triumph?" she mused.
"Well, I think perhaps my greatest tri
umph was in l'aris, on the tirst night of
L'Aiglon, at the end of the third net.
" The third act was passionately ap- j
plnuded, but, as I stood before the cur
tain, the applause was drowned under a
burst, oi laughter.
"The laughter came from the topmost
gallery. The audience's eyes, and my
eyes, too, were turned reproachful Iv
thither. And as we looked the leproach
died out of our faces. l*'or what do yi u
suppose we saw?
"Wo saw to one-armed men standing
up in the front row, side by side, qnile
oblivious of the amusement they created,
j co-operating with the remaining hands to j
add to the applause."
NO REST NIGHT OR DAY.
With Irritating Skin Humor—Hair
Began to Fall Out—Wonderful Re
sult from Cuticura Remedies.
"About the latter part of July my whole '
body began to itch. 1 did not take much I
notice of it at first, but it began to get
worse all the time, and then I began to
pet uneasy and tried all kinds of baths nd
other remedies that were recommended
for skin humors; but 1 became worse all
the time. My hair began to fall out and
my scalp itched all the time. Especially
at night, just as scon as I would get in
bed and get warm, my whole body would
begin to itch and my finger nails would
keep it irritated, and it was not long be
fore I could jiot rest night or day. A
friend asked me to try the Cuticura Reme
dies, and 1 did, and first application
helped me wonderfully For about four
Wt'eks 1 would take a hot bath every
night and then apply the Cuticura Oint
ment to my whole body : and I kept get
ting better, and by the time I used four
box's of Cuticura T v-ns entirely cured,
and my liair stopped falling out. 1). E. 1
Blankenship. 319 X. Del. St., Indianapolis, ;
Ind. Oct. 27, 1905."
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Seemed Unlikely.
She—l see that in the preface to your '
volume of poems you say you haven't an
enemy in the world.
lie (laughingly) Yes. but that was be- j
fore the book was published.
"Why, lias some one read it?" Stray :
Stories.
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One of the Two Sure.
First Doctor Have you noticed that the
people who live in a mountainous coun
try generally have good lungs?
Seeond Doi-tm cs. If tliev don't they
die there. I'hiiudelphia Inquirer.
How to cure Lameness. Stiff Joints.
Rheumatism, l.umbago, and Backache in
a few hours. Applj Dr. Bayer's Penetrat
ing Oil 25c a bottle.
Virtuous Citizen.
Mr». Sliinson- I thought you were com
ing home early to punish \\ illie for telling
that lie?
Sliinson I was, but I had to slip at
the ritj hall and swear oil my taxes.—
Life.
Don't spoil your clothes. I'se Bed Cross
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All grocets, 5 cents a package.
Bright Boy.
Teacher Nov ..b iinny, what xvns Wash
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Johnny—Hon\en. N. Y. Sun.
After some men have failed at every
, thing else they try religion.
COULD NOT KEEP UP.
Broken Down, Like Many Another Woman,
With Exhausting Kidney Troubles.
Mrs. A. Taylor, of Wharton, N. J.,
says: '■ [ had kidney trouble in its
most painful und i-evero form, and tin
# torture I went through
now scents to have been
almost unbearable. I
lind backache, pit ins in
tbe side and loins, dizzy
spells and hot, fevcrisii
'""iring - down pains,
a ill tbe kidney hecre
9 ' ,ns passed too fie
u"a w ;\ h a
burning sensation.
They liowi d sediment. I became ili
o<>.'r»"ed, w i-ak, languid and depressed,
so hi< k and sore tbat I could not keep
up. AH doctors did not euro mo 1 de
villed to try llnaii •" Ki lliey Pills, Ulid
with Mich success that my trouble# were
all gone after using eight IMIXCH, and my
Ktreiiftth, ambilu ii uud generul health
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JULY 6 IS? 6 '
CAPITAL *2,800.000
W.L.OOUGLAS MA HFS « SELLS MORE
MEM'S t3.SU SHOES THAN AMY OTHER
MANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD.
(1 fl nnn REWARD to anyone who can
i(IU)UUU disprove this statement.
111 could take you Into mv three large factories
•t Brockton, Mass., and show you the infinite
care with which every pair of shoes Is made, you
would realize why W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes
cost more to make, why they hold their shape,
lit better, wear ionger, and are of greater
Intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoe.
W. L. Douglna Strong Mado Shona for
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CAUTION.— I" siat upon having W.L.Doug
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without his name and pric« stamped on bottom.
fast Color Eyelets used; they will not wear brasiy.
Write for illustrated Catalog.
W. I.*. DOUGLAS, ISrockton, Matt
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This lean M D b Dr Brown,
Who fares but ill In Spotless Town.
The town 13 so confounded-clean,
Ir 13 no wonder lie Ls lean
He's lO3C all patients now you know
Because tliey u^e^/^POLIO.
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y\y They also relievo Dls-
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_ 'REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
Twenty-Five Qushsls
of Wheat fo the Acre
£ ,n^aMS a productive
capacity in dollars of
'M
The Canadian Government Rives absolutely I
frte to every settler lot) acres of such laud.
T.auds Adjoining can purchased At from $6
to jiopcr acre irom railroad and other corpora
tions.
Alreadv farm**™ from the United States
have made their hornet* iu Canada*
I'or pamphlet "Twentieth Century Canada*'
and al i 1111• »iniatiou apply to St i-i ri.\Ti:Ni>ENT
I «'!•• Immh.hmm'N Ottawa, Canada, or to the
j following authorized Canadian Uoveruiueut
Agents :
11 M. Will i \ms, Law nmmintf,Toledo. O.
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Art Squares and of fine books in a choice library
Rugs of all sizes and select the Ideal pattern of Globe-
Hi kind, from the cheap- Wernicke "Elastic" Bookcase.
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plate or leaded glass doors. |j
Dining Chairs, - H
Rockers and GEO. J. LaBAR, £3
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K line of Tufted and g^jg
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