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Optimism Sway Regaining.
The North American Review notes
that this country is really becoming
optimistic. A year ago the country
seemed to be a veritable den of iniqui
ty. As exposure succeeded exposure,
scandal had followed scandal so rapid
ly that one was left gasping for
breath. Yellow journals could not be
printed in sufficient numbers to satis
fy the avidity of the ma-ses. A muck
rake had become the sole requisite
of success in the making of periodi
cals. Ignorance vied with irresponsi
bility in desperate reaching for noto
riety, in emulation of a conscienceless
gambler who had blazed a lurid way.
Shame was written upon honest coun
tenances; depression rested upon the
American spirit; the ver;- atmosphere
■was surcharged with portent. There
came no sudden change, but with al
most mechanical certainty the clouds
lifted one by one, until at last it
seemed safe to declare that sanity has
resumed its wonted sway. The period
has been one of excessive trial but of
inestimable service. Now, with a sigh
of relief, the intelligent, patriotic citi
zen begins to feel satisfiel that the
greatest evils in our business and po
litical being have been revealed, and
he can join with his fellows in de
manding correction, not in haste or
passion, but soberly, rationally, Insist
ently. Already it is evident that mere
negative virtue will no longer fill the
requirement of political preferment.;
exceptional and proven high-minded
ness is exacted, as the autumn elec
tions will surely demonstrate. So, too,
in business is apparent a deeper sense
of personal responsibility and keener
appreciation of the value oi a fair
name. To be honest rather than
smart has become good form. Hence
the gradual but obvious yielding of
pessimism to a feeling almost buoy
ant. Presently, having taken our se
vere lessons permanently to heart and
sternly resolved that never again shall
arise the need of such another, we
way, by the grace of God, be permit
ted again to see the sun in all its pris
tine glory.
One of the Smithsonian scientists
calls attention to the fact that the du
ration of the lives of the lower ani
mals differs from that of men's Uvea
in being far more uniform. While
human beings die at all ages between
infancy and senility, among the iower
animals, on the contrary, all individ
uals of the same species live to very
nearly the same age, unless killed by
violence. Some examples of remark
able longevity among animals may be
cited, says the Philadelphia Record.
For instance, there is the story of the
elephant Ajax, which Alexander cap
tured at his victory over Porus. The
conqueror affixed an inscription to the
animal and set it at liberty. Three
hundred and fifty years later Ajax is
said to have been found still living.
But little dependence can be placed
on most stories of long life among
animals.
"It is 900 years since the failure of
a bank in China," said a bank exam
iner. "More than nine hundred year 3
ago, in the reign of Hi Hung, a bank
failed. Hi Hung had the failure in
vestigated, and to his indignation
found that it had been due to reck
less and shady conduct on the part of
the directors and president. Hi Hung
at once issued an edict that the next
time a bank failed the heads of its
president and directors were to be cut
off. The edict, which has never been
revoked, has made China's banking
Institutions the safest in the world."
When the German emperor appoint
ed a Jewish banker as director of the
colonial office the other day, much sur
prise was expressed in Berlin that a
business man and a Jew had been
called to so high an office. Such an
appointment would have caused sur
prise neither in the United States nor
in England.
It. is a good idea in the training of
■wives to send a wife to the country
■when a farmer's wife is cooking for
threshers. After the town woman has
watched the farmer's wife a day she
never complains if she has washing,
kin company, a fire and her bread
burns all in the same day.
REBATECASE
Ends in Conviction of New
York Central Co.
AND AN OFFICIAL
A Jury in the Federal Court at New
York City Finds that Indict
ments Were True.
New York.—A verdict of guilty
of granting rebates on sugar
shipments was returned by a jury in
the United States court here Wednes
day against the New York Central
Railway Co. and Frederick L. Poine
roy, the company's general traffic
manager. Sentence was deferred un
til Friday to permit the attorneys for
the defense to file motions with the
court. In discussing the jury's ver
dict, Austen O. Fox, counsel for the
defendants, placed the responsibility
for the conviction of his clients upon
public opinion.
"You can't defend rebate cases in
the present state of public opinion,"
said he.
The charge against the New York
Central and Pomeroy was based upon
indictments found by the United
States grand jury after many months
of investigation. It was alleged that
the defendants entered into an ar
rangement with the American Sugar
Refining Co. whereby Edgar & Son, of
Detroit, were favored by a reduction
of five cents per hundred weight on
sugar shipments from New York to
Detroit from the regular traffic rates.
The jury was out an hour.
According to the provisions of the
Elkins act, under which the convic
tions were secured, the maximum
penalty is a fine of $20,000. As both
the Central and the personal defend
ant, Frederick L. Pomeroy, are con
victed by the decision of the jury on
all of the six counts charged in the
indictment, the total fine for each can
be $120,000.
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
It Caused the Death of Four People
and Injury to Scores.
Celina, O. Four persons were
killed and a hundred were in
jured, most of them slightly, by an
explosion of gasoline Wednesday in
Meinerding's hardware store at Fort
Recovery. Fire followed the' explo
sion, destroying buildings worth
SIOO,OOO.
The dead: Miss Cleo Weis, cashier
in Meinerding's store.
Henry hammer.
Charles Wagner.
Joseph Resner.
A traveling salesman is missing
and may be added to the dead.
The most seriously injured are:
John McMuller, leg almost torn
from body, may die.
Mrs. John McMuller.
D. Kidder, leg broken.
Henry C. Laughman, bruised.
Mrs. George Record, bruised.
The explosion occurred in the rear
of Meinerding's stofe, where Charles
Wagner is supposed to have been at
the time. What caused the explosion
is not known. Fire followed and the
entire town on the west side was
ablaze. Calls for help were sent out
in all directions and firemen from
Portland, Ind., Coldwater and St.
Heiyy, 0., arrived and assisted in
getting the fire under control.
The buildings destroyed by the ex
plosion and Are are: Meinerding's
store. Journal printing office, owned
by A. A. Kolp, Heiby's saloon, Rank
of Fort Recovery, Snyder's livery
barn, B. W. Roop's residence, ba'i.
and blacksmith shop, Morvelius' op
era house and Home telephone ex
change.
All the window glass in Fort Re
covery was broken.
fISH DEFEATS HARRIMAN.
The First Round of the Fight for Con
trol of the Illinois Central Rail
way System Is Fought.
Chicago, 111.—The fight for con
trol of the Illinois Central Rail
road Co. waxed hot on Wednesday.
Stuyvesant Fish, president of the
road, and William Nelson Cromwell,
representing E. H. Harriman, presi
dent of the Southern Pacific, clashed
openly before 250 stockholders who
had come from various parts of the
country to attend the meeting. On
the face of the record Mr. Fish ap
pears to have been the victor, but
that the victory is not a final one is
insinuated by Mr. Cromwell. The
representative of Mr. Harriman said
after the meeting:
"Of a directory of 13 people there
are still seven members who have
placed themselves on record in oppo
sition to Mr. Fish in this contest.
There will be a meeting of the board,
probably in November. This board
will elect the officers of the railroad.
You can draw your own conclusions."
Heroes are Rewarded.
Pittsburg.—Sixteen more awards
of funds or medals were made
Wednesday by the Carnegie Hero
Fund Commission to individuals that
have saved lives and whose deeds of
heroism have been brought to the at
tention of the commission. With
these awards the total up to date is 47
W. C T.. U. Convention Begins.
Boston, Mass. The triennial
world's convention of the Women's
Christian Temperance union opened
here Wednesday. The convention
will end next Sunday.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1906.
MRS. JEFFERSON
DAVIS DIES
Widow of the President of the Con
federacy Passes Away at Her
Home in New York.
New York.—Mrs. Jelferson Davis
widow of the president of th«
Confederacy, who has been ill for i
week at the Hotel Majestic in this
city, died at 10:25 o'clock last night,
j Death was due to pneumonia inducec
iby a severe cold which, Mrs. Davis
! contracted upon her return from tlu
Adirondacks. where she had spent the
summer months. She was slightly
past 80 years of age.
Although grave fears were feli
from the first, Mrs. Davis' wonderful
| vitality which brought her safel)
! through a similar attack a year ago
j gave hope of ultimate recovery untf
I Monday night, when a decided change
j for the worse was evident and the at
j tending physicians announced thai
i the end was near. It was then be
j lieved that Mrs. Davis could not sur
j vive the night, but she rallied slight
I ly during the early hours of Tuesday.
Shortly after 7 o'clock in the morn
ing she had a sinking spell and Rev
Nathan A. Seagle, rector of St. Ste
phen's Protestant Episcopal church
was summoned to give religious com
fort to the patient in her last mo
ments of consciousness. The clergy
man remained some time and an hout
later it was announced that Mrs.
Davis had lapsed into a state of coma.
The period of unconsciousness con
tinued to the end. At the deathbed
Were Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, the only
surviving daughter of Mrs. Davis;
Jefferson Davis Hayes, a grandson;
Mrs. Charles E. Bateson, a niece; Dr.
and Mrs. Gustavo Webb, the latter a
granddaughter, and Dr. Robert B.
Wylie, who with Dr. Webb had cared
for Mrs. Davis throughout her illness.
lEROME AND THE THAW CASE.
District Attorney Seeks to Have a
Writ Annulled Which Forbids Fur
ther Action by Grand Jury.
Now York.—There was a re
vival of interest Tuesday in the
case of Harry K. Thaw, charged with
the murder of Stanford White, when
in court District Attorney Jerome in
timated that there might be other in
dictments in the case.
The statement by the district at
torney was made in the course of an
argument before Recorder Golf
against the writ of prohibition re
straining the district attorney's office
from further preliminary action in
grand jury proceedings in the murder
ca3e.
Following the hearing Clifford W.
Hartridge, Thaw's counsel, called
upon the prisoner at the Tombs. Af
ter his visit the lawyer explained that
Thaw had read the evening papers
and feared from what he had read of
the proceedings before Recorder Goff
that an attempt might be made to in
dict his wife or other members of the
family.
The recorder, at the request of Mr.
Jerome, adjourned the proceedings so
that the district attorney might ob
tain a formal order having the argu
ment transferred to Justice McLean's
court, where it was first heard.
Mr. Jerome said he had been em
barrassed by the temporary writ of
prohibition issued by Justice McLean.
"I hope you have," broke in Mr.
Gleason, of Thaw's counsel. "And I
hope I may continue to embarrass the
district attorney from taking in se
cret evidence that may send my client
to the electric chair.
"Forty-three depositions have been
taken in this case against the consti
tutional rights of this defendant."
Mr. Jerome leaped to his feet and
said: .
"Not a deposition taken by the dis
trict attorney in this case could be
used against Thaw in the trial and
o/iunsel well knows it."
A DARING KOBBERY.
A Clever German Usos Soldiers to
Help Him in a Holdup Game.
Berlin. t unique and daring
robbery was committed at Coepe
nick, a'small town seven miles east of
Berlin, Tufcsday afternoon. The rob
ber in the uniform of a capt4.ii; of the
guards, met a detachment of 12 men
on a street in Berlin who were re
turn'ng from target practice. He pro
duced a forged cabinet order authoriz
ing him to take command. The men
recognized his authority and he then
ordered them to march to Coepenick.
Upon arrival there they proceeded to
the town hall, arrested the burgomas
ter and the treasurer and took posses
sion of the cash, .pi.OOO.
The robber detached several of his
men to conduct the prisoners to head
quarters in Merlin and ordered the re
mainder to hold possession of the
town hall for half an hour. He then
rode off alone in the direction of Ber
lin with the money. The burgomaster
and the treasurer were creatly mysti
fied at the meaning of their arrest.
Upon their arrival in custody at head
quarters in Berlin they learned that
the ostensible captain was a fraud
and were immediately discharged.
The bogus captain has not been heard
from, and the police and military au
thorities are without any clue as to
his identity.
Railroaders' Pay to be Increased.
Reading, Pa. The Reading
Railway Co. has decided to in
crease the wages of Its engineers, fire
men, conductors, brakemen, yardmen
and other employes of that class on
all divisions from 5 to 10 per cent., to
take effect October 1.
A Battle with Bandits.
El Paso, Tex. According to
correspondence from Guadalajara,
Mexico, the state gendarmerie and a
gang of Mexican cattle thieves fought
uear Layula. Four bandits were
killed, seven arrested and 12 escaped.
ONE BY ONE
And in Bunches a Boat's
Crew Were Drowned.
GRUESOME STORY
Of Death and Ruin Is Told by a Man
Whose Boat was Destroyed by
the Recent Hurricane.
Key West, Fla. —Survivors from
one of the house boats of the
Florida East Coast railway extension
along th-e keys tell a harrowing tale of
death and destruction caused by the
storm of Thursday.
W. P. Dusenbery, civil engineer in
charge of the work on Long Key, who
miraculously escaped death, arrived
here on the Russian steamer Jennie,
among other survivors rescued. He
says house boat No. 4, on which were
150 men, was struck by the storm at 5
o'clock Thursday morning and was
driven out into the gulf through
Hawk's channel. At 6 o'clock the
house boat began to break up and as
the great waves hit her, men singly
and in bunches of two and three were
washed into the sea and drowned.
Some went below for protection, but
when the top of the boat was carried
away the waves rushed in and the
boat soon went to pieces, 30 or 40 of
the men being crushed to death in tho
collapse, the others grabbing timbers
to savo thtm from drowning. Engi
neer Dusenbery was in the hold, but
succeeded in getting on a log and
floated until Friday night.
On one piece of timber 1G men were
clinging and nine were hanging to an
other. The sides of the house boat
were crowded with men. It turned
over three times, each time reducing
the number. The Russian steamer
Jennie sighted the wreckage and suc
ceeded in rescuing the 49 men who
were brought here.
There was another house boat with
1. r >o men on board at Long Key, which
Mr. Dusenbery thinks was also swept
to sea.
ATTACKS BREWERS' COMBINE.
A Suit in Ouster Is Begun by the
Prosecuting Attorney of Gallia
County, Ohio.
Galiipolis, O. —A suit. in quo
warranto was filed in the circuit
court of Gallia county Saturday night
against the Hoster Columbus Associ
ated Breweries Co. by the state of
Ohio on the relation of A. O. Dickey,
prosecuting attorney.
The petition alleges that the Hoster
Brewing Co., the C. Born & Son Co.,
the N. Schlee & Son Co. and the Co
lumbus Brewing Co. were all engaged
in competitive trade until the said
companies were organized into one to
create and carry out restrictions in
the trade of brewing; to prevent com
petition in manufacturing and selling
their products; to fix and control (lie
price of said product and to bind
themselves to establish the price of
their product, in order to preclude
free competition among themselves
and their purchasers, all in violation
of the Valentine anti-trust act; and to
make possible the arbitrary raising
and lowering of the price of beer, ale
and malt liquors, ice and similar pro
ducts throughout Ohio.
IS A TOTAL WRECK.
Steamer George Farwell Runs Ashore
on the Virginia Coast—All on
Board Saved.
Norfolk, Va. —The steamer George
Farwell, timber laden, from
Jacksonville, Fla., for New Haven,
Conn., is ashore off Cape Henry and
will probably be a total loss, but all
on board were saved. Capt. J. D. Chis
holm and his crew of 15 men were
landed from the wrecked steamer
Sunday by tho life saving crews from
the Capo Henry and Virginia Beach
stations. The steamer, laden with
575,000 feet of cypress timber, went
ashore in a gale Saturday night.
When Hatteras was passed late
Friday night, Capt. Chisholm found
his fuel running low and knew he
could not maintain sufficient steam
by burning part of his cargo to keep
the craft's head to the gale that was
blowing. He describes the storm of
Friday as the worst in his 20 years'
experience along the Atlantic coast.
STREET RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
One Man Killed and Ten Persons In
jured in Collisions Near Pittsburg.
Pittsburg.—One man was killed,
another hurt so seriously he
will die and six other persons sustain
ed cuts and bruises as a result of a
street car collision last night in
Knoxville, a suburb of this city.
Almost simultaneously a repair car
on which the brakes refused to work,
crashed into a West Park car at Mc-
Kee's Rocks, another suburb, serious
ly injuring four persons.
Collision Was Fatal to Two.
Toledo, O.—Two men were killed
and a dozen persons injured
Sunday night when an incoming
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton pas
senger train collided with an out
bound car on the Toledo and Indiana
traction line at the crossing on Dorr
street, three miles west of this city.
Fifteen People Injured In Collisions.
St. Louis. —Fifteen persons were
injured Sunday in two street car
collisions, all of them suffering cuts
and bruises, but none was severely
aurt. I
The Schoolma'am's Apology.
An extremely proper young New
England woman was a kindergartener
in a large city. Getting into a street
car one day, she bowed to a man
whom she though!: was the father of
two of the children under her charge.
As soon as she had done so she real
ized her mistake, and as he got ofT the
car at the same time as herself, she
stepped up to him and said.
"Please pardon my speaking to you,
but I thought you were the father of
two of my children." —.Judge.
When.
When the bees have left the clover.
When the baseball game is over,
And the umpire has recovered from the
shock:
When mosquitoes cease their drilling,
When the heat is not so killing.
If you have to take a walk around the
block;
When there's no more of this chatter.
Which informs you that the matter
With the climate is humidity, not heat,
Bplte of summer's soft elation.
Without any hesitation.
You'll admit that autumn's mighty hard
to beat.
—Washington Star.
NO REASON TO KICK.
■■ ■
The Tenant —That cellar I've rented
off you is full of rats!
Landlord—Great goodness, man!
What do you expect for ss. a week —
white mice?
He Played in Luck.
Neighbors—En peck is one of the
luckiest men I know.
Homer —How do you figure that
out?
Neighbors—Why, his wife is so
strong-minded that she never worries
him about her troubles with hired
girls.—Chicago Daily News.
One Way Out.
For a little while they were be
tween the devil and the deep sea.
Then the woman got her some
dresses made, and went down to the
latter.
But the man, after some hesitation,
went to the former. —Puck.
THE MARKETS.
New York, Oct. 22, 1906.
Flour—Minnesota patent $4.15@4.40.
Wheat—No. 2 red 78^4c.
Corn—No. 2 at 54i£c.
Oats —Clipped white 39 1 / £@43*&c.
Hay—Firm at $17.00@20.00.
Cattle—Nothing doing.
Sheep Good sheep $3.50@5.50,
lambs $7.00.
Hogs—None on sale.
Cleveland, Oct. 22. —Flour—Minne-
sota winter patent $4.10@4.20.
Wheat—No. 2 red 75^c.
Corn —No. 3 yellow 50% c.
Oats —No. 3 white 37*& c.
Butter—Best creamery 28c.
Cheese —York state 14y 2 c.
Eggs—Strictly fresh 26c.
Potatoes—Best grades 50(g) 55c.
Hay—Steady at $15.50@16.00.
Cattle Choice steers $5.50@6.00,
calves $7.50.
Sheep Best wethers $5.00@5.50,
lambs $7.25@7.40*
Hogs—Yorkers $6.40.
Chicago, Oct. 22.—Wheat—Decem
ber 73c.
Corn —December 42c.
Oats —December 33 VsC.
Toledo, Oct. 22. Wheat—Cash
77 MiC.
Corn—Cash 48*4 c.
Oats —Cash 35 %c.
Cloverseed —Cash $B.l7 1 / £.
East Buffalo, Oct. 22—Cattle—Best
Bteers $5.50@6.00. Veals $7.75@8.00.
Sheep—Wethers $5.75@6.00, spring
lambs $4.50@7.40.
Hogs—Yorkers $6.40<g>6.50.
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