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Too many men, remarks the Charleston News and Courier, take the "'rest cure" for poverty. "Ohio Scientist Dies While Study ing Flora," is tho headline in an ex change. Flora must be perfectly killing. "Never spank the children before your wife," advises a contemporary. Yet if you spank your wife you are liable to divorce proceedings. The growing disinclination of sep tuagenarians. octogenarians and nona genarians to celebrate their birth days is getting noticeable. The old codgers are too busy. Still, it is a fairly reliable test of the real freshness of eggs that is af forded by the price on the basket. If you see them coming out of the 20- ceut basket they might be fresher. Second Lieut. Glen E. Edgerton of Manhattan, Kan., stood at the head of his class of 108, graduated from West Point this year, three months earlier than the usual time for graduation. Still, we goon burning up children, •with occasionally a mixture of adults, for no especial reason that can be dis cerned except that it is cheaper to build flretrapß than safe buildings. A railway through the mountains north of the Adriatic sea, constructed by the Austrian government to build tip the trade of Trieste, though only 130 miles long, has 679 bridges and viaducts. It also runs through 49 tunnels. A Philadelphia palmist says that In his 24 years of practice it was a poor day when he did not make sls or $lO. The stronger sex are said to be the most gullible victims, while the women are hard to handle and not so ready to be convinced. It seems strange, says the Brooklyn Citizen, that American heiresses who long for a title do not take advantage the fact, often stated, that baronial and other titles can be bought In Germany and Italy for S2OO and up, in stead of paying a million or so for a bankrupt estate and a worthless spend thrift thrown In. Now that the Greenough statue of Washington, which has shivered in in clement weather in front of the cap itol for so many years, is to be put under cover in the Smithsonian insti tution, why not give it a kimono, too? According to Mr. McCall, the figure has been trying to reach out and grasp its clothes since 1841. Some idea of the present impor tance and value of great tracts of timber land may be gathered from the fact that art Australian company has secured a concession from the Rus sian government to take out 30,000,000 •feet of lumber a year from Siberian forests. Prices are so high in Aus tralia that the Siberian lumber can be transported 8,000 miles to Melbourne at a handsome profit. The inventor of that odorless onion has conferred a great boon on man kind if he can make onion-eaters be lieve that it is just as pleasant to the palate and as entirely anti-scorbutic a-: the old kind. Hut we have our doubts. Your real onion-lover is not likely to believe in the complete gen uineness of that bulb unless it ad vertises itself to visitors for a full 24 hours after consumption. Two naval records were made the other day. A gun crew, in command of a young officer who has been out of Annapolis less than two years, made a hit with every one of 25 shots from an eight-Inch gun, and fired nearly three shots to the minute. The Ches ter. a new scouting cruiser, steamed ; .venty-six and fifty-three hundredths knots for four hours on a trial cruise, and proved itself the fastest boat of its type in any navy in the world. It is said in England that the ad vance in democracy has resulted in an Increase of books dealing with the peerage. Debrett, the older book of geological reference, now in its one hundred and ninety-fifth year, with Jts 2,500 pages, is a very different hook from the original record. Since the date of Queen Victoria's accession no fewer than 340 peerages and 460 baronetcies have been bes.'ov/ed, mak ing an average of five of the one and *even of the -.'her per annum. ISSUES ARE JOINED BRYAN AND TAFT PLATFORMS COMPARED. Questions of the Coming Campaign Pretty Well Laid Before the Vot ers in the Ohio and Nebras ka Declarations. The Ohio Republican platform is said to have been examined and ap proved by President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft, and the Nebraska Dem ocratic platform had the immediate supervision of Mr. Bryan. It is prob able, therefore, that these two plat forms anticipate pretty closely the platforms that are to be adopted by the national conventions, and it is in teresting to note some of the differ ences between them and the questions upon which issue is joined. The Taft platform calls for tariff revision, but in doing so insists par ticularly upon adequate "protection" for American manufacturers, farmers, producers - and wage-earners. The Bryan platform demands that articles entering into competition with ar ticles controlled by trusts be placed on the free list, that reductions be made in the tariff on the necessaries of life and that reductions be made "in such other schedules as may be necessary to restore the tariff to a 'revenue' basis." The Taft platform attacks the dis franchisement legislation of the south ern states and favors "the reduction of representation in congress and the electoral college in all states of this union where white and colored citi zens are disfranchised." Upon this subject the Bryan platform has noth ing to say. The Taft platform calls for "such modifications of the currency laws as will provide for tie demands of com merce, satisfy the needs of all portions of the country and have at all times the quality of undoubted security." On this subject there will probably be legislation by congress before the na tional conventions meet. The Bryan platform opposes both the Aldrich and the Fowler bills, insists that emer gency currency should be issued and controlled by the federal government and that it should be loaned upon ade quate security and at a rate of in. terest which will compel its retirement when the emergency is passed. It de. mands better regulation of banks and specific security for depositors. The Taft platform enumerates among its policies the development step by step of popular government in the Philippines. The Bryan plat form says: "We favor an immediate declaration of the nation's purpose to recognize the independence of the Philippine Islands as soon as a stable government can be established, such independence to be guarded by us as we guard the independence of Cuba, until the neutralization of the islands can be secured by treaty with other powers." There is agreement upon certain of the policies with which the Roose velt administration is identified, and the Bryan platform, which is much the longer of the two, touches upon sub jects not mentioned in the Taft plat form. Some of them may lead to par tisan controversies, but issue is not likely to be joined over others. Aldrich Bill Amendments. The senate passed the Aldrich bill, much amended. Of course, the most, important change was the elimination of the provision authorizing the issue of notes based on railroad securities. Other amendments are the increase of the permitted circulation from $250,- 000,000 to $500,000,000, and requiring the banks to pay interest on govern ment deposits. The reserve provision is better than it originally was, for it is now necessary that of the 15 per cent, reserve required in nonreserve cities four-fifths must be kept in the vaults of the bank, of which amount one-third may be in proper securities. National banks are not permitted to invest their funds in stocks or securi ties of corporations, the officers or di rectors of which are officers or di rectors of the banks. The amendment offered by Senator Nelson, providing for a guarantee of deposits very much on the line of the scheme proposed by Mr. Bryan, was voted down, and only two Democrats, voted for it. The bill finally passed by a vote of 42 to 16, five Republicans voting in the negative. What are the chances of this measure in the house we do not know. In our opinion it has little merit. The idea seems to be that it is necessary to do something, and congress is less afraid of the Aldrich bill than of any other. We be lieve that it will give little or no re lief, when relief is needed, and that it will prove to be only another ob stacle in the path of real reform.—ln dianapolis News. Fruit of Republican Rule. Considering the per capita figures of some other countries it is plain that the average American has no ground for complaint. The 48,000,000 of Aus trians and Hungarians have only sr>.o4 apiece or about oue-fourth of the average holding of the American. The 43,500,000 of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland have only $17.58, or about one-half of the Amer ican average. Even in prosperous Germany, with its population of 56,- 400,000, the per capita wealth is but $22.46. The Japanese have each $3.92, Hindus $3.05, while the Chinese, the most numerous of all the peoples of the earth, totaling approximately 330,- 000,000, possess the munificent sum of $1.06 apiece. The per capita clrcula tlon of the United States is $35.35. CAMERON CO UN TV PRESS, "EHURSQAY, APRIL 30, 1908J RECKONING MUST BE HAD. Necessity That President Castro Be Called to Account. The Venezuelan question is at last before congress. No one will deny that the American government has been careful, deliberate and patient with President Castro and his ad visers. No one will charge it with jingoism or spectacularism in connec tion with this vexed and obscure and complicated question, which, upon analysis, resolves itself into a series of distinct claims and disputes. And no one can doubt that if a greater and more responsible power were in volved in this controversy with the United States our government would have acted with far more vigor and far less reluctance and hesitancy. It is, in truth, the weakness and com parative insignificance of Venezuela as a possible opponent of the United States that, have caused the latter to overlook various manifestations of "in difference and disrespect" on the part of Castro and to rely on diplomacy after all its other resources had been exhausted. It is extremely unpleasant for any powerful, honorable and self-respect ing nation to be forced into an open rupture with a minor and reckless power. Some aro bound to misinter pret and misrepresent such a situa tion to the advantage of the "poor, Jhelpless under dog." Yet it i i toler ably plain that -weakness is no excuse for injustice, unreasonableness and an offensive, contemptuous attitude. Un der certain circumstances it may be come the painful duty of the big power to discipline and coerce one that merely presumes on Its small ness and insignificance. In the case of Venezuela our gov ernment has certainly reached a stage where it must either use some form of coercion or submit to what it be lieves and feels to be grave injustice to persons and corporations entitled to its aid and protection. Secretary Root has thrice demonstrated his good will toward our neighbors in Central and South America. He has made conspicuously successful efforts to dis pel suspicion and prejudice against us and to establish friendly, fair, frank relations among all the nations of the western hemisphere. He is, moreover, an able lawyer and clear headed statesman. He has earnestly considered every objection Venezuela has advanced to the arbitration that we have proposed to her 011 several different occasions. He has made all allowances and discounted every claim that was of doubtful equity. Enough, however, remains even in the least meritorious of the claims to de mand honest recognition from Vene zuela. Such recognition Castro has con tumaciously refused even to consider, and the time has come for appropriate action in the premises on the part of congress. Whatever is done should be done thoughtfully, circumspectly and soberly, however. Mr. Bryan Saves Himself. The national Democratic club ot New York, through Congressman Sulzer, invited William Jennings Bry an to attend its Jefferson day ban quet. Mr. Bryan accepted the invita tions and requested that he be the last speaker of the occasion, naming "The Art of Government" as his topic It then became known that a largu element in the club was insisting that, though Congressman Sulzer was authorized to invite Mr. Bryan to at tend the dinner, he was not author ized to invite him to speak. And it became known, furthermore, that a large element of the club would insist that Mr. Bryan should be informed that he would be expected to be a listener only. Out of this misunderstanding a heated controversy arose. Conse quently Congressman Sulzer received from Mr. Bryan the following brief but expressive telegram: "Have withdrawn acceptance. The discussion makes it unwise to go." Though a man in the very prime and vigor of life, and capable perhaps of as much endurance as any other man of his age in the country, Mr. Bryan, nevertheless, realizes that there are certain strains which he should not voluntarily undergo. By the exercise of all his will pow er Mr. Bryan might be able to main tain a dignified silence through much of the speechmaking at this Jefferson day banquet, but he knows that even this would depend altogether upon circumstances over which he could have no control. If the speeches were friendly tc him and to his cause he might, by main strength, succeed in holding him self in his chair, but if, on the other hand, they should contain favorable references to Judge Parker, to Gray of Delaware, or to Johnson of Minne sota, he knows that one of two things would be pretty certain to happen—he would either be on his feet spellbind ing the banqueters before they knew it or he would be ou the floor in a fit superinduced by a rush of oratory to the head. At this stage of the campaign Mr. Bryan cannot afford to take any risks. For a man of his habits to sit at a ban quet table, listening to half a dozen spellbinders, with the knowledge upon him that the toast master would ad journ the gathering without giving him a chance to speak, would be will fully to commit a suicidal act. Mr. Bryan was wise to withdraw.— Chicago Inter Ocean. Receiver for Democracy. After Bryan's next nomination foi president and his third defeat he wil be the logical candidate for receiver o' the Democratic party.—Topeka Cap I ital. I PUBLISHERS VOICE A PROTEST THEY WANT TARIFF ON WOOD PULP REMOVED. Speaker Cannon and Congressmen Dalzell and Payne Are Accused of Acting in Bad Faith. New York City.—At Wednesday's meeting of the American News paper Publishers' association a reso lution was adopted thanking Presi dent Roosevelt for his courageous message in favor of free pulp and print paper. Another resolution was adopted which reads as follows: "The American Newspaper Publish ers' association, comprising repre sentatives of daily newspapers print ed in every section of the country and gathered in annual convention, protests against the subterfuge just designed by Speaker Cannon and Rep resentatives Payne and Dalzell, creat ing a committee on paper inquiry and thereby blocking the Stevens bill for free paper and free pulp. "We charge that this device was in spired in bad faith. Since early in December, 1907, a committee of this body has been clamoring at the doors of the ways and means committee for an opportunity to show the power of illegal combinations of paper makers to raise paper prices, an effect of ex isting tariff restrictions. Messrs. Payne and Dalzell have repulsed all such efforts. The speaker of the house has turned away his face when ever any member tiled to raise the Issue on the floor of the house. We are now amazed to find that Messrs. Cannon, Payne and Dalzell have changed their tactics and avow a de sire to study the tariff phases of thi3 paper question. They say they want the whole matter investigated thor oughly, though they know that such inquiry will carry over the entire proposition to the next session of con gress. They now pose as champions who have been eagerly aslting for that which for four months they had the power to refuse and which they did refuse. "With the utmost respect and defer ence for the authority of congress, we respectfully state that we mistrust the committee just appointed. We chal lenge the intention of those who have thus far succeeded in sidetracking the Stevens bill. We charge that action on the Stevens bill has been delayed to the advantage of a combination of paper makers who, in a desperate ef fort to maintain artificial prices upon a declining market, have shut down nearly 50 per cent of their mills and who, by throwing Into idleness a con siderable number of their employes, have shown the insincerity of their professions that the tariff duty on paper was needed to protect that pa per." DEATH CLAIMS STATESMAN Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Ex- Premier of England, Passes Away. I.ondon, England.—Sir Henry Camp bell-Bannerman, former British pre mier, died Wednesday at his official residence in Downing street. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was born September 7, 1836. He was the youngest son of the late Sir James Campbell of Forfarshire, at one time lord provost of Glasgow. He assumed the additional name under the will of his maternal uncle, tho late Henry Bannerman, who bequeathed to him a large estate, in 1860 he married Charlotte, daughter of Maj. Gen, Sir Charles Bruce. She died in 1906, and from that time Sir Henry's decline in health may be dated. For nearly 40 years he sat for the same seat —the Stirling burghs—and his record of office goes back to 1871, when he was financial secretary to the war office, which post he held a second time from 1880 to 1882. On the resignation of the Balfour administration in December, 1905, Sir Henry was summoned by the king and formed a Liberal cabinet, himself becoming first lord of the treasury and prime minister. The general election followed and Sir Henry entered the new parliament with the greatest majority ever given to a British premier. Throughout his entire life Sir Hen ry showed a dogged determination that won him many adherents and countless admirers, and caused his opponents to hesitate before throw ing down the gauntlet to him. He was able to withstand from whatever quarter with stolid indif ference and to come back to the fight undismayed, as though nothing had happened. His unfailing humor and his good will towards all men en deared him even to those who op posed him or whom he opposed. From the very beginning of the present session of parliament Sir Henry had been suffering ill health and after the opening day he practi cally had not been able to attend the sessions at all, Chancellor Asquith acting as premier in his absence. President's Son Goes Up in Balloon. Wilmington, Del. Balloon No. 10 of the signal corps of the army, which left Washington Wednesday afternoon, landed at 5:15 last evening one mile above Delaware City. The balloon was in charge of Capt. De For est Chandler and had as passengers Theodore Roosevelt, jr., Capt. Fitz hugh Lee and Capt. Robert Van Home. The landing was made with out accident, although in a previous attempt to bring it to earth several miles below Delaware City the anchor caught in a tree aud broke off. The passengers came to Wilmington and boarded a train for Washington. Wreck Caused Nine Deaths. Ralston, Pa.—A work train on the Susquehanna & New York railroad near Laquin, Pa., was wrecked Wednesday by a runaway car which dashed into the train after descending a steep grade. Eight lum bermen were killed outright, one died after being taken to a hospital, and 15 were seriously injured. Lightning Killed Two Brothers. Paris, Tex. James and Thomas Trimrn, aged 15 and 22 years, respect ively, were killed by lightning at their home at Annoaa on Wednes day. ' MUSI VOTE AS A UNITFOII BRYAN INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN ILLINOIS DELEGATES TO DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. FIGHT ON LIQUOR QUESTION Was Made in the State Convention and the Advocates of the "Great est Personal Liberty" Were Victorious. Springfield, 111. The Illinois Dem ocracy on Thursday adopted the unit rule and Instructed its dele gates to the national convention at Denver to vote for William J. Bryan and to "use all honorable means" to secure his nomination. After a hot fight in the resolutions committee, which was carried into the convention, the party adopted a platform plank declaring in favor of the "greatest personal liberty" to in dividuals, provided such liberty did not infringe upon the rights of other people. Instead of naming the usual four delegates and alternates at large to the national convention, it was de cided to send eight, allowing each man one-half of a vote. Two presi dential electors at large were also chosen. The resolution indorsing Mr. Bryan was adopted with enthusiasm and a flattering demonstration followed the action. For all that, however, it was not worded entirely to the satisfac tion of Mr. Bryan's most zealous sup porters and in the last few minutes of the convention Judge Owen P. Thompson of Jacksonville, declaring that Mr. Bryan had been "sold out," demanded that a stronger resolution be passed. He desired to have the instruc tions so worded that Illinois would be bound to support Bryan as long as his name was before the convention. His effort was made in the last few minutes of the convention and it met the usual fate of new business that is sprung upon hot, weary, hungry and thirsty delegates, who are anx ious to catch trains for their homes. It was overwhelmingly defeated. The convention, however, showed sincere enthusiasm for Bryan. When his name was mentioned there was in variably great applause, and the read ing of the resolutions in his favor was greeted with cheers. Roger C. Sullivan, national commit teeman, dominated the convention from first to last. RECEIVERSHIP IS ORDERED A Chicago Broker Who Owes $200,000 Is Alleged to Have Defrauded Many Clients. Chicago, 111. Judge Bethea in the federal court Thursday appointed Edwin C. Day receiver for the affairs of the banking and brokerage firm of Wallace H. Hopkins & Co., on a peti tion filed by three creditors. The pe tition declares that the liabilities of the firm amount to SIOO,OOO and places the assets at SSOO. F. A. Harper, who has been acting as attorney for Hopkins, said that the liabilities are not less than $200,- 000. He said he did not know the whereabouts of Hopkins and that he believed he had left the city. One of the petitioners, W. C. Clark, charges Hopkins with diverting $6,000 given him to invest in board of trade trans actions to the promotion of sales of stock of the Consolidated Zinc Co. Postoffice Inspector Stuart said he has had the transactions of the bro kerage firm under investigation for several months and only awaited the disposal of other business in the of fice of District Attorney Sims to pre sent evidence secured with a view to having them passed upon by a federal grand jury. The Consolidated Zinc Co. stock has been widely advertised by the Hop kins company as syndicate managers. The advertisements are declared by the postofiice inspector to be highly colored. TORNADO CAUSED DEATH Storm in Nebraska Kilied Three Peo ple and Destroyed Several Houses. Bancroft, Neb. A cyclone swept through Cumming county and in to Thurston county Thursday and three people are known to have been killed, a number injured, and a num ber of houses destroyed. Telegraph and telephone wires are down and re ports are slow in arriving. The tornado struck the house of John Mangleson, near Pender, Neb., and then swooped up into the air, taking the wreckage of the house and both Mr. and Mrs. Mangleson. Both were killed, their bodies being car ried a mile. George Waacker and family were at lunch when the twister struck their house. Three of the family were se riously injured. The dead body of a baby was picked up in a road ten miles from Bancroft. The child has not been identified, but undoubtedly was brought by the cyclone from some residence which was wrecked. Explosion Killed Four Miners. Pittsburg, Pa. Four men were killed, three seriously injured and 100 others had a narrow escape from death Thursday when an ex plosion occurred in Mine No. 1 of the Ellsworth Collieries Co. at Ells worth, Pa. The dead are all for eigners. Ate Wild Parsnips and Died. Kittanning, Pa. Two sons of Ja cob Garuer, aged 10 and 12 years, were found dead in a field at Hawthorne, near here, Thursday, death having been caused by eating wild parsnips. , __ | CYCLONE KILLED 100 PEOPLE TERRIFIC STORM CAUSED LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. Portions of Louisiana. Mississippi and Alabama Were Laid Waste by a Tornado. Atlanta, Ga.—A wind storm of cy clonic proportions swept over por tions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama Friday, leaving a trail of dead and injured. The number of killed is estimated at over 150, and the number of injured at over 400, with many portions of the afflicted districts to hear from. Most of the dead are negroes. Per haps half a dozen white persons were caught in falling buildings and either fatally injured or so seriously dis abled as to require medical atten tion. The loss of life was chiefly in the quarters of colored persons where the wind destroyed their cabins, bury ing the occupants in the debris, or in the farming sections of the country, where trees were uprooted, telegraph and telephone poles torn up and gen eral destruction bcame an encore to a storm which swept with almost tor nado fury through the country. In Louisiana it is estimated that a score of smal towns were destroyed or partially wrecked. These include Amite City, Arcadia and Independ ence. Belle Grove, Melton, Lorman, Pine Ridge, Quitman Landing, Fair child's Creek, Purvis flnd Lumberton, Miss., are reported seriously damaged' by the storm. In Alabama, Dora waa the chief sufferer. This town ia also known as Bergen. Four or more per sons were killed. Fifty persons at the lowest estimate were injured. Those most seriously hurt were hur ried to hospitals at Birmingham, Ala. One woman died on the train. Twc other members of her family were hurt. At Bergen cars were blown from the railroad tracks and consid erable other property destroyed. Reports also say that the storm struck Albertville, Ala., and destroyed nearly the entire northern portion of the town. A cotton mill was blown down, the storm ranging northward,, doing much destruction to life and property. An unconfirmed report from this section gives the death list as from 30 to 35, with scores of per sons hurt. A TELEGRAM WAS FORGED It Led to the Defeat of Bills to Pro hibit Gambling at Race Tracks. Elmira, N. Y. —An announcement which was made here Friday that the vote of Senator Cassidy against the race track bill was due to a tele gram from Congressman Fassett at Washington, which had been tam pered with, caused a sensation. Congressman Fassett, who is here to attend the congressional conven tion, said that the story was true. On (he day the race track bills came up in the senate Congressmen Fassett and Dwight united in a telegram to Senator Cassidy, which when filed read: "John and I urge you to stand by the governor on the race track bill', owing to conditions in vour district. "J. S. FASSETT." That telegram, when it reached Cas sidy, read as follows: "John and I urge you not to stand' by the governor on the race track bills,'' etc. The next day, when it became known in Washington that the gov ernor had been beaten by one vote,, another telegram was sent to Cassidy as follows: "John and I think you have made a serious if not fatal mistake. Get busy, move to reconsider and pass the bill. "J. S. FASSETT." Mr. Fassett did not know until he reached the state convention that the telegram had been falsified. An inves tigation was started and it was found that the telegram had been changed in Washington, Mr. Fassett said he had a letter from the manager of the telegraph company's office in that city admitting the forgery and stating that the operator responsible had been dis charged. DUN'S BUSINESS BULLETIN Dullness Prevails in Nearly All Indus tries, Notably in Iron and Steel.. New York City.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Light weight wearing apparel is in better demand in response to more seasonable weather, but retail trade as a whole shows little alteration, and the crops have not made sufficient progress to encourage normal prep aration for future business in whole sale arid jobbing departments. Pay ments are a little more prompt, ow ing to the ease of mon£y. , Dullness continues in the iron and steel industry, the outlook for the year being indicated by a reduction in the estimate of ore shipments to 20,000,000 tons. Several mills have resumed, including some of the lead ing rail plants, but these are not started at more than one-third full capacity. Although it develops slow ly, there is much encouragement re garding the outlook in the pipe trade, easier money reviving plans for the issue of municipal bonds for water, gas and other public works. Some increase in the attendance of buyers is noted in certain primary markets for cotton goods, and im proved financial conditions cause less question regarding terms of settle ment, but the percentage of idle ma chinery is larger. Bank Robbers Stole $3,000. Bandana, Ky. Four masked rob bers, after taking possession of the telephone exchange and beat ing the operator into insensibility, compelled Assistant. Cashier Hahs of the Ballard County bank of Bandana, to unlock the bank and open the safe for them Thursday night. The rob bers got away with $3,000. Three People Burned to Death. Corry, Pa. Three persons were cremated and a fourth was prob ably fatally burned Friday in a fire which destroyed the home of D»- Tid Wetherbee at Centervllle.