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The Job department of the Purss is complete and affords facilities for dt>ing tin- best class of W.. rk. P A H'LLCL' I. Alt ATThN I ION PAIDTO LAW Pkintini.. No paper will he discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must foe paid tor in advance. Prosperity and West Point. The present shortage of 70 or more in the authorized strength of the cadet corps at West Point is not ex plained by the superintendent as due entirely to the severity of the entrance examinations. There has been in re cent years an increasing number of appointees who have failed to report at the academy for their examinations, in this year's new class the number reaching 79. The average boy's burn ing desire to bo a soldier, particularly an officer, appears to have been cor rupted by the "commercialism" of our times, according to the army view, for the superintendent of West Point re marks: "It is believed that the more lucrative pursuits and greater fields for promotion of private life are di verting young men from these careers of small pay and slow promotion in our country's service." Thus pros perity has hit both ends of the army —the academy and the recruiting of fice. It is the opinion of Dr. Hirsch that children are entitled to fairy tales. They are one of the pleasures of youth which stern old people trying to raise them by rules should not take from them. The old people shouldn't be so particular anyway. They like fairy tales themselves. The young woman who, tiring of her job of scrubbing the hack stairs, turns shoplifter and then tells a tale of a millionaire papa, will keep the grown-ups open-mouthed and calling for more, until some one tele graphs the sad news to pa and finds that he doesn't exist or that if lie does he is paying teller in a livery stable and has lost interest in his charming daughter since she ran away witii the actor man. Can you blame the little children for crying for marvels? Pa waxes fat on them, taking them all in and saying, "What a pity that one so fair and well raised should have come to this!" Liberia has lately lost nominal con trol of part of the territory over which the congress of the black republic was supposed to exercise sovereignty. A new treaty with Prance has been ne gotiated, delimiting the boundaries of the republic's country to the advan tage of France. The French insist that in view of the ignorance of the natives in the interior of the existence «>f any independent government on the coast, it is not encroachment on an in dependent power for the French to push their boundaries seaward. As Liberia is an independent power, the protection of its territory is a matter lor its government, and not for out siders. American friends of the coun try may regret that the experiment of setting up a negro republic has not been more successful, but they must face the facts. The present first class of midship men at the Naval academy, who have pledged themselves voluntarily against a revival of hazing in any way, are to be commended for their perception of what is meant by their future as offi cers and gentlemen of the United States navy. It is to be hoped that in time a higher standard will obtain in all our colleges by which this element of brutality and bullying will be made a relic of the past. Do not as a brilliant workman ima gine that you are the proprietor of the establishment, for just when you feel that you are indispensable, then per haps the boss may ask your resigna tion and break the day dream of your lofty importance. Short-sighted citizens who in times of untroubled prosperity are habitual purchasers of gold bricks are the first in times of stringency to hide their savings in their socks and cripple the nation's industries. The Japs say all they want is equal privileges with citizens of the United States. That's something citizens of the United States can't always get themselves. Part of (he gold we brought over from Europe with so much trouble will hurry back aagin with aliens who, hav ing made their piles, are going home tt> live in comfort. TWO KEN KILLED; 13 INJURED. AN EXPLOSION IN A STEEL PLANT AT BRADDOCK, PA. Molten Metal Sifted Through the Lin ing of a Converter, Throwing 15 Tons of Metal Into a Pit Where Men Worked. Pittsburg, Pa. Two men were killed and 13 others were seriously Injured by an explosion Wednesday in Converter No. of the Edgar Thom son plant of the I'nited States Steel Co. at North Braddock, about seven miles east of here. The dead: Paul Kurisck, aged 30 years. Brad dock. Stephen Doviah, aged 35, Braddock. Six of the injured were Americans and the others Slavs. All were re moved to a hospital In this city, where it was said their injuries were not serious. No official statement of the cause of the explosion has been issued, but old converter mill men say the cause could hardly be other than that some of the molten metal sifted through the soapstone lining of the converter and came in contact with the steel sheathing, which perhaps was damp. When the explosion occurred the bottom of the converter dropped out, throwing 15 tons of molten metal into the pit where 15 men were working at the ladles. There was no explo sion when the hot mass of steel struck the bottom of the pit. but in stead flames of burning gas were sent up, which burned the men in the pit. The two men who were killed had been working under the converter and their bodies were terribly mangled. The force of the explosion blew the sheet iron roof off of the converting mill and caused two of the walls to collapse, besides breaking all of the windows in buildings in the vicinity, and partially destroying the engine house and warehouse near the con verting mill. SOME ADVICE TO LEGISLATORS. It Is Given by Gov. Hughes, of New York, in His Annual Message. Albany, N. Y. —The annual mes sage of Gov. Hughes, which was sent to the legislature Wednesday, contains many important recommen dations. Chief among these is a rec ommendation regarding the amend ment of the law relating to banks and trust companies. The governor urges the legislature to adopt every practic able means "to prevent a repetition of reprehensible practices and to as sure the proper management of the financial institutions chartered and supervised by the state, upon whose stability the interests of our people largely depend." Another important recommenda tion lias as its object the complete suppression of race track gambling throughout tf.e state. Direct nominations at primaries and a simplified form of ballot are urged in the message, and recommendations; also are made for better provision for the care and protection of emigrants; for the extension of the state's forest preserves; for careful revision of the forest, fish and game law; for the en actment of a license law, providing reasonable license fees for hunting; for amendment of the constitution of Greater New York to exclude from the city's debt limit all bonds issued for purposes which produce revenues in excess of their maintenance charges; and for the establishment of a secondary agricultural school, which would provide a suitable complement to the work of the college at Ithaca. POLICE ARE BAFFLED. Murder Mystery of the "Woman in Red" at Harrison, N. J., Is Unsolved. New York City—The mystery en veloping the murder of the "woman in red" is seemingly as impenetrable to-day as when the nude body was first discovered on Christmas day par tially concealed in the water and slime of a lonely pond near Harrison, N. J. Thus far the detectives have failed to find a single reliable clue to the identity of the woman or her slayer. The identifications of the dead wo man by Mrs. Hattie Hull and Detec tive Drabell, of Orange, N. J., have completely collapsed and left the case more puzzling than ever. Word was received Wednesday from Philadel phia that Agnes O'Keefe, whom De tective Drabell believed the murdered woman to be. had been found in that city. .Mrs. Hull's identification is not credited by the police. Acting Mayor Daly, of Harrison, N. J., announced Wednesday that the city council would offer a reward of SI,OOO for the arrest and conviction of the slayer of the woman. An American Consul Is Attacked. Guatemala City, Guatemala. —The American charge d'affaires, Will iam F. Sands, has returned here from Ocos, whither he went to investigate an alleged attack on the American consul there by the Mexican consul. It is said the American consul fears a further attack and declares that the Guatemalan authorities have refused to protect him, alleging that Guate mala fears Mexico may misconstrue any step taken against Mexican citi zens. The Mexican minister to Gau temaia claims that if the United States makes demands on Guatemala they will serve as an excuse for a serious attack on Mexicans residing at Ocos. Coke Workers' Wages are Cut. Uniontown, Pa. Announcement is made by the H. C. Frick Coke Co. of a decrease in wages affecting all of its coke plants in this region. The decrease is about 7 '/a per cent, and places the wages slightly above what they were prior to the increase made in March, 1906. Brewers are Refused an Injunction. Atlanta, Ga. Judge Newman, on Wednesday, refused to grant a temporary injunction requested by the brewery interests to stop the en forcement of the prohibition law of GCC CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1903. TAFT PROGRAM IS ADOPTED OHIO REPUBLICAN CONVENTION TO BE HELD MARCH 3 AND 4. PRIMARIES ON FEBRUARY 11. Voters Will be Given a Chance to Ex press Their Choice for a Presi dential Candidate at Primary— Central Committee Meets. Columbus, O. The republicans of Ohio will be given an oppor tunity to express by direct vote their choice for the party's candidate for president at primaries to be held on February 11, when delegate:; and al ternates to the republican state con vention will be elected. The conven tion will be held in Columbus on March 3 and 4, and will select in ad dition to four delegates at large to the republican national convention, candidates for governor and other state officers. The call for the primaries and con vention were adopted last evening by the republican state central commit tee after a protracted and lively ses sion. The friends ot William Jl. Taft, eecvetary of war, and candidate for the republican nomination for presi dent, were in control of the commit tee, cast'nK. 1 ' sotes to 7 for the sup porters of Senator Foraker, also an avowed candidate for the presidency. The vote stood 14 to 7 on every proposition which required a roll cull except the selection of a temporary chairman for the state convention. James R. Garfield, secretary of the In terior, the choice of the Taft support ers, receiving 13 votes to 8 cast for Harry M. Daugherty, of Columbus. Richard McCloud, of London, a close personal friend of Mr. Daugherty, but a Taft supporter, voted for him as against .Mr. Garfield. The officers chosen for the state convention are: Chairman, James R. Garfield, Cleve land; secretary, R. M. Switzer, Gal -1 ipolls; assistant secretary, Malcolm Bennings, Athens; sergeant-at-arms, Richard Gilson, Steubenville. The state committee decided that it had nothing to do with the selection of national delegates in the congres sional districts and declined to make any suggestion in regard thereto. The committee met early in the af ternoon to draft a call for the pri maries anil convention. This com mittee called upon Gov. Harris during the recess to consult his wishes in re gard to the call. A committee repre senting tlie Foraker supporters also called on the governor and asked him to permit his name to be presented for chairman of the state committee, but the governor declined. The call reported by the sub-com mittee and adopted by the general committee by a vote of 14 to 7 is one of the most elaborate issued by a state committee. Several amendments to the call were proposed by the friends of Sen ator Foraker, but in each case they were voted down. The chief fight was made against the direct primary plan for the selection of delegates to the state convention. Tly: Foraker men proposed that delegates to coun ty conventions be chosen by direct vote, the county conventions to choose the delegates to the state con vention. The call as adopted provides for a total of 815 delegates to the state con vention. The Australian ballot is to be used in the primary. If petition is made the names of candidates for delegates may be printed under the name of the person who may be their choice for presidential candidate. The unit rule in the election of dele gates will be observed in all except Cuyahoga and Hamilton counties, which may be divided into districts. Provision is made for challengers at the polls, which will be open from 1 to 7 p. m., February 11. LONG MISSING HEIR RETURNS. Man Who Left Home 17 Years Ago Comes Back to Get $12,000. Lancaster, Pa. Although offici ally declared dead years ago and for years believed by his wife and friends here to have died, George M. Gable appeared in the local court Thursday to claim $12,000 from the estate of his uncle, Jacob Gable. Sev enteen years ago Gable disappeared, leaving his wife and several small children. All efforts to trace him failed and his wife believing him dead, remarried. When Jacob Gable died in 1904 Gable, one of the heirs, was declared dead by the court. The executors, however, refused to pay over the in heritance to his widow and instituted a search which resulted in the long missing man being found in Sacra mento, Cal. Gable came east and was identified in court by the wife he left 17 years ago as the rightful heir. The woman's second husband has begun proceedings for a divorce. A Decrease in Gold Production. Washington. D. C. The produc tion of gold in the United States fell off $4,753,401 in 1907 as against 1906, whereas the amount of silver produc ed was increased by over 1,000,000 ounces. Alaska's gold production fell off a little more than $3,000,000, according to the preliminary report of the director of the mint. Receivers Appointed for Big Railroad. Richmond, Va. The Seaboard Air Line railroad system was put into the hands of receivers here Thursday through the action of Judge Pritchard, of the United States cir cuit court, who appointed as receiv ers Lancaster Williams, or Richmond, and Uavis Warfield, of Baltimore. A Gain in Shipbuilding. Washington, I!. C. During the calendar year 1907 the bureau of navigation reports 1,056 vessels of 520,508 gross tons built in the United States, compared with 1,045 vessels pf 393,291 tons in 1906. FORAKER SAYS CALL IS ILLEGAL HE ATTACKS METHOD FOR STATE PRIMARY ELECTION. He Claims that It Conflicts with the Law and Is Unfair in Many Ways. Cincinnati, O. —A flat refusal to be bound by the conditions of the call made Thursday night at Columbus for the republican state convention which is to name a state ticket and select delegates at large to the national con vention is the conclusion reached by United States Senator Foraker and announced in a statement given to the I>ress Friday night. Primaries for selection of delegates to the convention were provided for in the official oall issued by the ex ecutive committee by a vote of 14 to 7.. The method provided is sharply criticized by Senator Foraker. The statement in part follows: "1 am not sure that I understand the call, although I have read it sev eral times. If I do, it is another case of asking for bread and getting a stone. My Idea in requiring primaries was to have the election of delegates brought home to the people, so that in each ward, for instance, we could select our immediate representatives. This call makes all that impossible. "In addition it prescribes require ments not authorized by the statute and not within the power of the state central committee. Some of the re quirement!! are in direct conflict with the statute. Some of them are very burdensome. One, in particular, is the rciiuistMuent that. b- fore there can be a Taft ticket and a Foraker ticket there must be a petition signed by 20 times the number of candidates for delegates and alternates. That would mean in this county about 4,000 sign ers or petitioners. "The unreasonableness of the re quirement that there shall be 4.000 pe titioners to authorize a ticket is shown not only by the fact that the law makes no such requirement, but that in cases where the law authoriz ed county and city officers to be nomi nated by petition, only 300 names are necessary to nominate any county of ficer and only f>o names are necessary to nominate any municipal officer. "If, in the contemplation of the law, 50 signers are enough to authorize placing a man's name on the ticket for mayor of Cincinnati or Cleveland, certainly it is beyond anything con templated by the law that 4,000 signa tures should be necessary to nominate a lot of delegates and alternates merely to attend the state conven tion." WAS A MOTORMAN'S WIFE. Identity of Woman Murdered on the Hackensack Meadows Establiched. Newark, N. J. After a half dozen supposed identifications had been disproved the police were satis lied Friday nisfht that the woman murdered on the flats that border the Passiac river in Harrison was Helena Whitmore, who. with her husband, Theodore S. Whitmore, conducted a furnished room house at 235 Adams street. Brooklyn. The identification was made by the woman's sister, Mrs. Susan Schmitter, of the Bronx, and corroborated by Mrs. Sehmitter's hus band, Frank Englert, a friend, and finally by the murdered woman's hus band. Whitmore lias been detained by the police and a summons was issued for Fnglert. The latter, who admitted an intimate acquaintance with Mrs. Whit more, was able togo into so minute detail in his identification that the au thorities believe he will prove a valu able witness. Whitmore told the police of his struggle to live down an unpleasant past and how a faithless wife had held over his head a threat of expos ure—to make known to new acquain tances here what he now admitted, that he was serving a sentence in Dannemora prison for assaulting a man when pardoned by Gov. Black. Bitter quarrels and as many reconcili ations marked their married lif<*'of 15 years. His wife, he said, had become infatuated with a sailor. Whitmore is a Brooklyn elevated motorman, who ordinarily works nights. He did not goto work Christ mas night. BUSINESS BULLETIN. Curtailment of Production Is General in the Iron and Steel Industry and Cotton Mills. New York City.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Business quieted down at the con clusion of holiday sales, as is custom ary, and time was devoted to stock taking, while manufacturing plants were overhauled ai\d repaired. Much idle machinery resumed on January 2 and more mills will reopen next week, but in many leading industries there will continue to be a reduction in out put until the outlook is more definite. This curtailment is general in the iron and steel industry and at New England cotton mills. Clothing manufacturers have re ceived numerous cancellations, and in some lines buyers have asked delay in shipments of spring goods until the situation is more fully developed. There is a better feeling as to mer cantile collections. Many iron furnaces and steel mills have resumed and others are to open next week, but the curtailment of pro duction has been so general that not over 50 per cent, of the capacity will then be in operation. Harden Loses; Von Moltke Wins. Berlin. The notorious Harden- Von Moltke libel suit came to an end last evening when Harden, the ac cused editor of Die Zukunft, was sen tenced to four months' imprisonment and to pay the entire costs of both the present and former trial. Death of a Noted Priest. Washington, D. C. Rev. D. J. Stafford, pastor of St. Patrick's Ro man Catholic church in this city, one of the most noted divines in the conn try, died Friday at Providence hos pital, following an operation last Tuesday. He was 47 years old. J OTHERS TO BE St'NT FOR. Shortly after two o'clock one bitter winter morning a physician drove four miles in answer to a telephone call. On his arrival the man who had sum moned him said: "Doctor, I ain't in any particular pain, but somehow or other I've got a feeling that death is nigh." The doctor felt the man's pulse and listened to his heart. "Have you made your will?" he asked, finally. The man turned pale. "Why, no, docetor. At my age—oh, doc, it ain't true, is it? It can't be true —" "Who's your lawyer?" "Higginbotliam; but —" "Then you'd better send for him at once." The patient, white and trembling, went to the telephone. "Who's your pastor?" continued the doctor. "Rev. Kellogg M. Brown," mumbled the patient. "But, doctor, do you think—" "Send for him immediately. Your father, too, should be summoned; also your—" "Say, doctor, do you really think I'm going to die?" The man began to blubber softly. The doctor looked at him hard. "No, I don't," he replied. "There's nothing at all the matter with you. Rut I hate to be the only man you've made a fool of on a bitter cold morning like this." Why He Didn't Riso. It was married men's night at the revival meeting. "Let. you husbands who have troubles oa your minds stand up!" shouted the emotionaJ preacher at the height of his spasm. Instantly every man in Uio church rose to his feet except one. "Aha!" exclaimed the preacher, peering out at this lone sitter, who oc cupied a chair near the door and apart from the others. "You are the one in a million." "It ain't that," piped back this one helplessly as the rest of the congre gation turned to gaze suspiciously at him. "I can't get up—l'm paralyzed!" —Judge. Have You Noticed It? Bacon —I see it said that the light of the glow-worm and firefly is entire ly unaccompanied by heat. Egbert—That seems strange when you consider that a wasp is accom panied by no light, and yet when it sits down you may have had occasion to notice that the operation is accom panied by considerable heat.— Yonkers Statesman. In the Rush Lunchroom. "Did yeou hear that, Silas?" queried Mrs. Ityetop, as she ate her pumpkin pie with the sugar tongs. "The man at this table called for floats and the other man called for sinkers." "Floats and sinkers," echoed Mr. Rvetop, in surprise. "By gosh, I reckon next, they will call for fishing lines."—Chicago Daily News. 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