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Be Careful of Your Eyes.
Rest is essential in the treatment of
diseased or overworked eyes—rest of
■eyes, rest of body and mind. Avoid
also wind, dust and smoke. Personal
habits enter into the question of the
causation of eye disease, and their
regulation becomes, therefore, a pprl
«112 the hygienic treatment. Diet is im
portant, chiefly through its effects
upon indigestion and general health,
which frequently have much to do
with the condition of the eye. Th<s
first offense against the eyes Is read
ing with a poor light. This requires
the ciliary muscle to do extra work to
sharpen sight. It applies to dim
lights, twilight, and sitting too far
from the light. The second offense,
says the New York Weekly, is one of
posture. Stooping or lying down con
gests the eye, besides requiring un
natural work of the eye muscles.
Reading in railroad trains is a third
offense, the motion causing such fre
quent changes of focus and position as
lo tax the muscles of accommodation
as well as the muscles of fixation.
Reading without needed glasses, or
with badly fitted ones, is the last im
prudence. Eye-strain is certainly a
factor in producing disease of every
part of the eye. Old age is the time
of retribution for those who have
sinned against their eyes. Young folk,
take good care of your eyes, and when
you are old you will reap a rich re
ward by retaining good eyesight till
late in life.
A vote of thanks Is due the Wiscon
sin professor who says that our old
friend the tired feeling which comos
in the spring is not an acquired virtue
but is the result of heredity. If it has
been handed down to us from our
forefathers, who acquired it through
much patient endeavor, anyone can
see that we are not to blame. Still,
we think more of our ancestors be
cause of this discovery. Evidently they
were human, remarks the Chicago
Daily News, and not mere stern, busy
automatons, as we have been taught
to believe, who never relaxed but
were busy chasing work throughout
the livelong day and part of both ends
of the night. Besides, we can the
more readily resign ourselves to the
pleasure of being lazy in the spring
when we know that we couldn't helj
it if we tried.
The treasurer of the Association
for Improving the Condition of the
Poor of New York recently received
two dollars from two small girls, with
a note saying that the authors had
saved the money "from slang words."
Every time they used a bit of slang
they fined themselves, and every time
they heard others use any they re
quested a forfeit or a contribution.
This plan would make some young
people realize that silence is indeed
golden.
Several Vassar college girls are act
ing as probation officers for the city
court of Poughkcepsie. They are
studying the truancy problem in this
practical way, and hope to learn why
boys are naughty. A special course in
this subject might profitably be Intro
duced in all the women's colleges. I?
the young women pursued it thorough
ly there might be fewer truants in the
next generation of boys.
A confederate veteran in Texas re
fused even in a sham battle to fire On
the Stars and Stripes. "We stopped
doing that in '65," he said. This is
a spirit which will do much more for
the harmony and well being of the
union than raking up dead-and-gone
memories which serve no purpose but
to stir ill feeling and sectional strife.
A western editor has solved the
problem of "how to keep the boys on
the farm." Answer: "Have plenty of
girls on the farm and the boys won't
go away. Now the only question is
how to keep the girls on the farm.
It seems that the government holds
$10.1100.000 for persons who have never
presented their claims. And still you
read of timber and water and mining
frauds as if that _ort of thing were
the only loot handy.
DECISION IS WISE
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMIS
SION ON SEA MONOPOLY,,
Recognizes Necessity of Public Regu
lation and Control Without Un
due Interference with
Private Rights.
The reasoning of the Interstate com
merce commission's decision in the
Baltic pool case is obvious. Hut it is
worthy of consideration as setting
forth the basis in principle of the
new policy of regulation.
Commerce with foreign nations,
equally with commerce between the
several states, is within the power of
congress to regulate. But the new
policy of regulation takes its rise from
the fact of monopoly and from that
fact only. It in no sense recognizes
any expediency in public control of
private initiative and enterprise where
they are subject to the automatic con
trol of competition.
The interstate commerce act was
therefore limited in operation to com
merce which in its inherent nature is
monopolistic or noncompetitive. The
ocean ways are open to the world.
They do not not lend themselves
readily to monopoly, save to that, mo
nopoly which superior enterprise and
superior efficiency create.
America has entered upon a new
period over the threshold of this prin
ciple of public regulation. The step
was forced upon the country by
natural and inevitable economic and
business developments, combination
and concentration. The uses of mo
nopoly are recognized to-day, but with
that recognition comes the inevitable
influence of the necessity of public
regulation and control. Public service
commissions and boards of control
have come to stay, not because there
is a weakening of American individu
alism but because that individualism
was destroying itself by its own ten
dencies. Public control, therefore, is
the only alternative to unrestrained
concentration or economic absolutism.
The theory and the sphere cf regu
lation should be kept definite by legis
latures and by the new administrative
and quasi-legislative bodies which are
the outgrowth of the regulative policy.
The genius of our lnstitutipns is in
dividualistic, but if we are now more
keenly realizing the dangers of an un
checked individualism we have the
more reason to move considerately
lest in our reaction we swing too far.
The decision of the interstate com
merce commission is sound in princi
ple and doubtless, in consideration of
the facts, a wise one. If it errs, it
certainly errs on the right side.
Nevertheless, it should be under
stood that the right of congress to
regulate where monopoly does actual
ly exist in interstate or foreign com
merce is ample to amend the present
law or pass more inclusive legislation
whenever in the opinion of congress
actual conditions require the extension
or application of the regulative policy
—Chicago Tribune.
Secretary Straus' Order.
Secretary Straus has done a timely
and useful service in ordering the com
missioners of immigration and the im
migrant inspectors to confer with the
local police authorities of each city
and co-operate with them in ridding
the country of anarchists. The Chi
cago crime, following so closely upon
the assassination of the priest in Den
ver, has shown how necessary it is
for the forces of law to proceed with
merciless diligence against these
pests of humanity.
Fortunately the law passed in 1907
provides that these criminals who have
arrived within the past three years
may be deported. Their names are on
record, and if their crimes can be
proven they can be shipped out of the
country at once. Thus there is open
a practical course, and the co-opera
tion of national and local officers
should lead to prompt and gratifying
results.
Secretary Straus is to be highly
commended for his energetic initiative.
It will not only send back some unde
sirable persons, but it will tend more
than anything else to discourage oth
ers of their breed from coming to our
shores.
Do Not Depend on the Tariff.
It is time to have it understood that
the creation of monopolistic combina
tions does not depend on the presence
or absence of a tariff, but upon the
existence of opportunities to engross
supplies or control the machinery of
transportation or exchange. For in
stance, there is a protective tariff on
wool; but the business of wool grow
ing cannot be monopolized, even
though i; is languishing. For a clear
understanding of the question it
should be plainly recognized that
wherever through neglect or mal-ad
ministrjition of the law there is an op
portunity to combine or control either
the sources of supply or the means of
production, or the channels of trans
portation or exchange, there the com
binations to monopolize the given
staple will spring up. This is inevit
able if the law does not correct or pun
ish the offense. There may be men
too honorable to share in such schemes
but the dynamic force of the tendency
is seen in the fact that the people
who are willing to share in it can buy
or extinguish those who will not.—
1-lazleton (Pa.) Sentinel.
The Chicago Tribune reports tha',
the Bryan meeting in that city was
made a great success "with the as
sistance of a brass band." There has
always been considerable brass band
about the Bryan movement.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1908
AMENDING SHERMAN TRUST ACT.
Congressman Hepburn's Bill Deserves
Serious Consideration.
It is certain that the bill to amend
the Sherman trust act, introduced by
Congressman Hepburn, will receive
and is intended to receive, the fullest
and most searching examination. That
it is the result of much earnest discus
sion is well known. It embodies, sub
stantially if not exactly, the unani
mous conclusions of the second nation
al trust conference that, was held in
this city last fall. It was the subject
of White House conferences attended
by representatives of various interests
and elements. Moreover, it is the out
growth of a strong and widespread
feeling among statesmen, executive of
ficials and men of affairs that the law
of 1800, as repeatedly construed by the
courts, is practically unenforceable be
cause it attempts too much and fails
to recognize great industrial and so
cial facts, changes and tendencies.
The underlying principle of the bill
may be expressed in a few words. In
stead of outlawing all combinations
and agreements in restraint of trade,
the amended act would outlaw only
unreasonable and injurious restraint of
trade. In other words, it would fol
low the common law in distinguishing
between combinations and combina
tions, restraint and restraint in the
light of one fundamental test —rea-
sonableness.
But the bill in a \c>y complex affair
in spite of the apparent simplicity of
this essential purpose. The complex
ity arises from several causes, such
as the desire to remove certain fears
and apprehensions that have been ex
cited, the desire to enable corporations
to ascertain in advance whether con
templated agreements would be
deemed reasonable by the government,
and the desire to secure more publicity
and firmer government control of cor
porations engaged in Interstate com
merce.
The provisions of registration, for
the submission of proposed agree
ments, for certain immunities to regis
tered corporations as well as the ex
plicit exemptions of law-abiding labor
unions from the operation of the trust
act, are directly due to these indicat
ed motives. The transition from the
existing to the new situation is made
gradual and evolutionary, and in re
gard to damages for future violations
of the act the common law is followed,
simple and actual damages being sub
stituted for triple or "exemplary" dam
ages.
There is no provision in the bill
directly or indirectly legalizing boy
cotting or blacklisting. The methods
and weapons of organizations, whether
of labor or of capital, are to be subject
to the test of reasonableness, in har
mony with the whole intent and spirit
of the proposed act.
Lincoln's First Speech.
In 1832 Abraham Lincoln was a can
didate for the Illinois legislature. Hia
opponent was Peter Cartwright, the
famous pioneer Methodist preacher.
In that campaign Lincoln made his
first political speech. It was delivered
from a wagon in the street of the vil
lage of Poppsville, in Sangamon coun
ty. The speech was very short; bul
like all of Lincoln's speeches, it was
sincere and direct.
This Is what Lincoln said:
"Gentlemen and Fellow Citizens: 1
presume you all know who I am. I are
humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been
solicited by my many friends to be
come a candidate for the legislature
My politics are short and sweet. I arc
in favor of a national bank. I am in
favor of the internal improvement sys
tem and a high protective tariff. These
are my sentiments and my politica!
principles. If elected I shall be thank
ful; if not, it will be all the same."
Lincoln was defeated. Referring in
his autobiography to this compaign,
Lincoln said: "Iran for the legislature
the same year (18:12), and was beaten
—the only time I have ever been beat
en by the people." »
But Lincoln's experience proved that
the "sober second sense" of the people
can be trusted. In the following four
campaigns he was elected to the legis
lature, after which he declined to be
a candidate any longer. In 184f! Lin
coln was elected to congress, defeating
his old opponent Peter Cartwright.—
Bricelyn (Minn.) Sentinel.
In Asiatic Ports.
Acceptance of the mikado's invita
tion insures our fleet's visit to at least
one Japanese port, and naturally will
lead to a similar visit in Chinese wa
ters. Thereby we shall both cement
traditional friendships and also re
veal to those uninformed the quality of
our craft and the men who man them.
Seemingly spontaneous, this latest
turn of events was contemplated from
the first, in our opinion. Comforting
and inspiring as much concerning the
fleet's voyage is, the grim fact remains
as Senator Hale of the naval commit
tee pointed out, that it only makes its
way about the world through the aid
of colliers chartered from foreign own
ers, and in time of war it would be
relatively helpless for lack of aux
iliaries.
Is It a Poor UutlocK?
The Boston Post is correct in say
ing that tariff revision in strict ac
cordance with the Republican theory
of protection "offers a mighty poor
outlook for the industries of Massachu
setts, which have called for free hides,
free wool, free coal, free lumber and
free trade with Canada." When Mas
sachusetts Industries get these things
they will get them from the Demo
crats. At the same time they will get
some other things—continued protec
tion will not be one of them —that they
will not like ut all. We should think
the outlook is better as it is.
STIGMA OF GRIME REMOVED
AFTER 25 YEARS A MAN'S NAME
IS CLEARED.
Ho Was charged With Murder but
All of the Witnesses Have
Since Died.
Kingston, N. Y. —ln some west
ern city, the name of which is
scrupulously guarded, lives a prom
inent and respected citizen from
whom the supreme court of New
York Wednesday removed the stig
ma of an Indictment which was re
turned 26 years ago and charged John
Taylor with the death of Thomas
Murray. The present home of Taylor
and the name under which he has
since lived, married and risen to the
head of a big mercantile establish
ment are known to but three men
here and his secret will be kept. Tay
lor's identity was made known by
him to the court after a search for
him which covered two continents
and took several years had been adan
doned. Throwing himself on the mer
cy of the prosecutor, Taylor invited
an Inquiry into his life for the past
25 years. This was made and proved
so satisfactory that Supreme Court
Justice Clearwater, who as district
attorney obtained the indictment
against Taylor, declared that it would
be gross injustice to reveal the man's
new name.
Today Justice Howard of Troy, sit
ting in the supreme com t, dismissed
the indictment against Taylor after
it had been shown that all possible
witnesses against the defendant were
dead. Justice Clearwater, who inves
tigated the case, and present District
Attorney Cunningham seconded the
action of the court. Only Justice
Howard, Mr. Clearwater and Mr.
Cunningham have known of the facts
in the case. Ex-Justice Clearwater
said tonight:
"The killing of Murray was a case
of love, rum and politics. Man
slaughter, which was charged, could
not be proven now. Taylor has made
a new home and won an honored
name. He is at the head of a big
manufacturing establishment in the
west, has a wife and six children, all
ignorant of his early misfortune. His
character is above reproach and it
would be an outrage to revive the
Btory now."
MOTHERS STORM BUILDING
Rumor by "Black Hand" that School
house Would Be Blown Up
Causes Panic.
Newark, N. J.—A rumor that
a big public school in the Italian
section was to be blown- up by Black
Hand blackmailers as an act of re
venge for failure of parents of pupils
to pay tribute resulted in a panic
Wednesday in which two children
were injured. The school was closed
for the day before the trouble was
ended.
The school was in session when a
great throng of excited women, shout
ing and gesticulating, gathered in
front. They demanded that their chil
dren be sent out at once. The prin
cipal telephoned for police assistance
but before the help arrived the wom
en had broken down the gates and
forced their way into the building.
The excited mothers rushed intc
the building and upstairs, screaming
and calling for their children bj
name, so exciting the pupils that thej
got entirely beyond control of the
teachers and ran from their class
rooms into the halls.
In the wild scramble of mothers
and children down the stairs manj
of the little ones were thrown down
and trampled upon and two were seri
ously hurt.
A SEVEN YEARS' SENTENCE
Quick Justice Meted Out to Four Po
licemen Charged With Robbing
Business Places.
Philadelphia, Pa. Quick justice
■was meted out here to the foui
policemen who were arrested 011 Sat
urday for robbing stores and ware
houses on the beats which they pa
trolled in the wholesale district. Hav
ing been indicted early on Wednes
day on charges of "entering without
breaking, with intent to commit a fel
ony," "larceny," "receiving stolen
goods" and "conspiracy," the accused
pleaded guilty before Judge Ivinsey
and were sentenced to serve seven
years each in the eastern penitenti
ary. The convicted policemen are
John W. Straub, John Kelly, C. M.
Luckenblll and R. R. Slthens. With
them in the conspiracy to rob were
Harry Rothenberger, aged 19 years,
whose arrest on a charge of larceny
unearthed the plot, and W. A. Frost,
a plumber, in whose place the men
divided the proceeds of the robberies.
Frost and Rothenberger, who were
indicted with the policemen, pleaded
guilty and were also sentenced. Frost
being sent to the penitentiary for
four years, while Rothenberger was
committed to Huntingdon reforma
tory.
Killed While Returning From Funeral
Chicago, 111. —Five women, while
returning from a funeral on Wed
nesday, were killed when the car
riage in which they were riding was
struck by an electric train on the Chi
cago, Aurora & Elgin railroad at a
suburh town. The driver was fatal
ly hurt,
—
Not to Take Part in Celebrations.
Paso Roubles, Cal.—Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans will not rejoin the
battleship fleet at San Oiego, or par
ticipate in any of the celebrations in
the ports of southern California. He
will board the Connecticut at Monte
rey, resume command and take the
fleet through the Golden Gate if his
improvement continues.
Wisconsin Man Found Murdered.
Washburn, Wis. John Hall, aged
70 years, father-in-law of former
State Senator J. J. McGillivray.
was murdered Wednesday night in
hie shack 12 miles from Washburn.
UNCONSCIOUS AND
APPARENTLY DYING
BUTCHER AT ECONOMY, SUBURB
OF PITTSBURG, FOUND DYING
—WIFE DEAD IN BED.
POLICE NOT TO LEAVE HIM
Claims He and Wife Became Involved
in Quarrel When She Called Him
Names—Act Due to Mental
Condition.
Pittsburg, Pa. William F. Reiss,
proprietor of a meat market at
Economy, the former communistic set
tlement near here, who Thursday was
found in his home by a clerk uncon
scious and apparently dying from a
bullet wound, while his wife lay dead
in her bed, also the victim of a bullet,
confessed, it is alleged, that he fired
the two shots. A formal charge of
murder was placed against him and a
policeman is on guard at his bedsids
in a hospital in Rochester, Pa., where
he was taken soon after the tragedy
was discovered. He said that when h®
returned home he and his wife became
Involved in an altercation during
■which she called him names which ex
cited him into an uncontroiable frenzy
and he shot her dead. He thea
tempted to end his own life.
Friends of Reiss attribute hia acta
to a deranged mental condition. About
five years ago he began the erection
of a hotel in Economy and applied for
a liquor license. Being refused this,
he abandoned the hotel plan and since,
it is said, has been despondent and
melancholy.
ENGLAND'S PREMIER SILENT
King Edward's Absence During Cabi
net Crisis Has Caused Strong
Criticism.
London, Eng. The king's absence
during the cabinet crisis has pro
voked much comment and criticism
as well as suspicion that there may be
some underlying reason connected
with his majesty's health that a semi
official explanation was issued Thurs
day night to the effect that his visit
to Biarritz was undertaken as a holi
day in conformity with the strong
opinion of his majesty's medical ad
visers, owing to repeated attacks of
influenza to which the king has been
subject during the spring for a num
ber of years past.
Mr. Asquith, the new premier, spent
the night in Paris and has kept secret
the composition of the new cabinet.
For the time being speculation on the
cabinet practically has ceased. The
Daily News makes the highly interest
ing announcement that John Morley,
while retaining the office of secretary
for India, will accept a peerage, his
reason being declining health and a
throat affection that makes the strain
of the work in the House of Commons
too great.
ALMOST CAME TO BLOWS
A Newspaper Publisher and Senator
Engage in a Wordy Altercation
in Columbus.
Columbus, O. Shortly before the
afternoon session began in the senate
on Thursday there was a sensa
tional scene in the corridor leading to
the office of the president of senate
between President James M. Williams
and the publisher of a Columbus labor
publication. President Williams called
the editor some very uncomplimentary
names and ordered him on the pain of
personal punishment to get out of the
chamber, which he did. Afterward
Senator Williams stated that the man
had been importuning him for some
weeks for permission to publish his
picture and biography in his paper for
the sum of SSO and he had refused to
do it. A few days ago a note, he said,
was pushed under the door of his
office in which the editor announced
his intention of attacking him in the
paper because of his failure to come to
his terms.
Judge Denounces Jury.
Detroit, Mich. "This is one of
the vilest miscarriages of justice
that has ever been heard in this com
munity," said Judge Phelan in the re
corder's court Thursday afternoon,
when a jury found 18-year-old Percy
Bowin of Woodville, Ont., not guilty
of the brutal murder on January 7 of
03-year-old Mrs. Cornelia Welch, pro
prietress of a disreputable place,
which Bowin had frequented.
Frontier Author Dead.
Washburn, N. D. —Joseph Henry
Taylor, frontier author, died here
on Thursday night of heart failure.
Taylor reached the Platte river in 1864
and worked north along the Missouri
river. He was among the first white
men to take up his abode in these
parts. He was author and publisher
of "Beavers and Their Ways," "Fron
tier and Indian Life."
Names and Addresses Wanted.
Paterson, N. J. Mayor Mcßrida
has called upon Chief of Police
Rimson for list of the names
and addresses of all persons who are
known to be members of the anarchist
group in this city. It is believed that
the mayor will turn over this list to
the federal government.
Waived All Her Rights.
New York City. After a month
in the Tombs prison Mme. Olga Stein,
-who claims to be the wife of a privy
councillor in St. Petersburg, and who
is accused of forgery and larceny,
■waived all her rights under the extra
dition laws when arraigned before
United States Commissioner Shields
Thursday and expressed a willingness
to return to Russia for trial.
Nine Firemen Overcome.
Richmond, Ind. —Fire in the Colon
ial office building Thursday caused a
loss of $120,000. Nine firemen wer*
overcome while fighting t,be llamas
TRADE CONDITIONS ARE GOOD
SOUTHWEST AND NORTH WEBT
SEND BEST REPORTS.
Approach of Easter Has Increased
Trade in Some Lines—Early
Crops Look Better.
New York City.—Bradstreet's says:
Though Irregular, the week's de
velopments have been in the direction
of improvement. The approach of
Easter has stimulated retail trade in
some lines and sections, with a sym
pathetic effect on some jobbing busi
ness and a slight gain in collections.
The southwest and northwest send
the best reports, while southern ad
vices are little more satisfactory as a
whole. So far the early crop and soil
conditions are better than a year ago
and the reports of insect damage are
conspicuously fewer than in 1!)07. One
effect of these developments has been
to depress cereal and cotton prices to
the lowest levels of the year, thus
modifying the advance caused in the
general price level in March by the
sharp rise in meats and strength in
metals, outside of iron and steel and
naval stores. Lowered prices of cot
tons have brought in some buying of
specialties, but men'a-wear woolen?
and winter-wear hosiery show little
gain. The strength in sole leather
continues and hides are slightly high
er. There is little new in the iron andG
steel industry. Seasonable goods suctv
aj wire, nails and tin plate are in de
mand.
LAWS Of STATFS CONFLICT
Divorce Case Attracts Notice Through
out Country Because of its
Novel Features.
New York City. A divorce de
cision that has attracted attention:
throughout the United States was af
firmed Friday by the appellate divis
ion of the supreme court. It was
that of Porte V. Ransom, who ob
tained a decree of divorce from Mrs.
George L. Browning of .Madison, Va.
The case attracted attention be
cause of its novel features. It ap
pears that Mrs. Eva B. Hill Ransom,
wife of the plaintiff, left this city and
went to her former home in Virginia,
where she obtained a divorce from
Rfinsom in the circuit court of Vir
ginia on the one ground recognized by
the courts of the state of New York.
On February 27, 1906, five years after
obtaining her decree, she married
George L. Browning.
On April 24, 1906, Ransom began an
action for divorce here because she
was living with Browning. Justice
Bowling granted Ransom the decree
and this judgment is now affirmed by
the appellate division.
Ransom did not defend the Virginia
action brought by his wife, because
no service was made on him except
by publication, under Virginia statutes,.
THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
Proceedings of the Senate and House
of Representatives.
Washington.—ln the house on thf
Sth the president's veto of a bill to>
place Commander White on active
list was sustained by a vote of 257 to
0. Committee reports occupied most
of the time in the senate.
Washington.—A bill relating to the
liability of common carriers by rail
roads, which recently passed the
house, was passed by the senate with
out amendment on the 9th. A bill to*
increase the efficiency of the per
sonnel of the revenue cutter service
was passed by the house.
Washington.—ln the house on the
10th Chairman Foss of Illinois and
Mr. Padgett of Tennessee of the com
mittee on naval affairs made exhaust
ive speeches justifying the action of
the committee in reporting what they
characterized as a conservative naval
program for the next year.
MANY RIOTERS ARE INJURED
Rivalry Between Italian and Polish.
Laborers to Obtain Work Causes
a Fierce Fight.
Elizabeth, N. J. Rivalry between
Italian and Polisll laborers at Ly
den, N. J., led to a fierce fight Fri
day in which stones, clubs and pis
tols were freely used. Many of the
rioters were injured, but none serious
ly. Although many shots were fired,
the markmanship of the combatants
was poor.
The Italians and Poles are seeking
work at the refinery buildings being
erect€!d at Linden by the Standard
Oil Co. and the rivalry between the
foreigners to obtain work has led to
several clashes.
DRIVES HORSE FROM UNDER
Confessed Crime and Was Identified —
Mob Used Rope and Then
Quickly Disperced.
Fort Worth, Tex. Following an
attack on a 12-year-old girl. May Mor
ris, at Longview, Tex., early Friday,
Albert Temple, a negro, was captured
by a posse and lynched.
The negro confessed his crime af
ter he had been identified. He was
taken to the courthouse yard, a rope
placed around his neck, a horse driv
en from under him and he was left
hanging. The mob, which consisted
of several hundred, then quickly dis
perced.
Proclamation as to Treaty.
Washington, D. C. Proclamation
was made at the state depart
ment Friday for a copyright treaty
between the United States and Mex
ico. This treaty resulted from the
PaivAmerican conference held in the
City of Mexico in 1902.
Cigar Box Factory Burns.
Philadelphia, Pa. Sheip & Van
dergrift's cigar box factory and
the plant of the Philadelphia Veneer
and Lumber Co. at Fifth, Lawrence
and Brown streets, in the northern
central part of the city, were totallx
destroyed by fire Friday.