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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. 1
M. H. MULI.IN, Editor.
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JOB POINTING.
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and affords facilities for doing the best class of
*»ork. Particul.au attention pa id to Law
Printing.
No paper will 'be discontinued until arrear
ages are paid, exceptwt the option of the pub
lisher.
Papera-ient out'df the county must be paid
tor la advance.
Ha! Ha! Laughed Pat.
English John, and Pat, were two
friendly workmen who were constant
ly tilting, each one trying to outwit
the other. "Are you good at meas
urement?" asked John. "I am that,"
said Pat quickly. "Then could you tell
me how many shirts I could get out of
a yard?" asked John. "Sure," said
Pat. "It depends on whose yard you
get iinto."
Consolation for Girls.
Beware of the homely little girl, for
she is more than likely to be the hand
somest of her set when she is ready
to leave school, and will no doubt re
member any slights that were of
fered her when she was an ugly little
duckling. It is seldom that the pret
ty child grows into a very beautiful
woman, and that is no doubt the way
nature evens up things.
Odors of the Kitchen.
At a cooking lecture in Brooklyn re
cently a woman in the audience, dur
ing the conference that followed the
lecture, said that she had learned
when boiling any vegetable of high
flavor, such as cabbage or onions, to
do the work in the oven. This saved
the permeating of the kitchen and oth
er parts of the house with the malodor
ous steam.
Friendship.
A slender acquaintance with the
world must convince every man that
actions, not words, are the true cri
terion of the attachment of friends;
and that the most liberal professions
of good will are very far from being
the surest marks of it. —George Wash
ington.
Philippine Coal Mines.
The coal supply of the Philippines
has been found to be much larger
than was anticipated and of a uni
formly good character. It is stated
that a large vein crosses the entire
group of islands and it has been clear
ly traced in one vicinity for 25 miles.
The Child's Hair.
Don't plait or curl a child's hair
very tightly at night. Poor and
scanty tresses may very often be
traced to having the hair strained
back too tightly at night. Better
straight hair than curls and waves
when young, bought at this price.
Lovely Time,
"Yes," remarked Mrs. Malaprop-
Partington. "we had a lovely time in
Venice. There are no cabs there, you
know, because the streets are full of
Water. One hires a chandelier and he
rows you about in a dongola."
Placing Leather Belting.
In putting up leather belting be
sure to place the hair side next to
the pulley. It not only clings to the
pulley better, but will wear much
longer.
fOx Hair a Sicilian Product.
As by-products from Sicilian tan
neries there are 140,000 tons of ox hair
annually exported to France, whence
the larger portion is reshipped to the
United States.
To Remove Warts.
Naphtha soap WIN sometimes remove
warts. Wash your hands with it sev
eral times a day and rub a little into
the planes just before going to bed.
<Oolors Influence Dew.
The -deposit of dew is greatly influ
enced by color. It will be found thick
est on a tioard painted yellow, but not
at aTI ion red and black.
Information Wanted.
Will some exceptionally original
mind among the commencement day
valedictorians kindly give us a line
on what lies this side of the Alps?
Long, Weary Day.
In shortening the hours of labor no
one tries to shorten the hours for
women in the household.
Always.
The woman whose father died of
pout, always has something to which
ebe may anchor her pride.
Reality In Life.
For he who has given satisfaction
to the best of his time has lived for
*ges.—Schiller.
Sound Without Reacon.
proverb: The cock often
hout a victory.
PARTY'S SWAN SONG
D. B. HILL'S REQUIEM OF THE OLD
DEMOCRACY.
Though in a Sense the One-Time New
York Statesman Is Mistaken,
in Many Other Ways His
Words Are True.
David Bennett HIU sailed for Eu
rope not despairing of his country,
but despairing of his party. Almost
his last words were:
'There is no Democratic party!"'
His contention was that Mr. .'-yan
was never "wanted" by the Demo
cratic party—that he had "forced"
himself upon it, etc.. etc. —so that the
end of it all was: "There is no Demo
cratic party!"
Of course, in one sense, Mr Hill
is entirely mistaken. There is a Demo
cratic party, growing daily in practi
cal vigor. It is without American tra
ditions. and its ideals are not historic
American ideals. But it is there, a
visible force to be reckoned with.
It is not the Democracy of Jefferson,
flinging the boundaries of the republic
across the Mississippi to the Kocky
mountains. It is not the Democracy
of Jackson, sternly repressing disrup
tive tendencies and standing fast for
honest payment of honest debts. It
is not the Democracy of Polk, proud
of the republic's strength, pushing its
banner to the Pacific, and wisely pro
viding for its future growth. It is
not the Democracy of Tilden and
Cleveland, standing for efficiency and
economy in government and for na
tional honor and honesty. It is not
the Democracy that stood always for
the reign and government of laws and
not of men merely.
Of that great and old Democracy, of
which he and Grover Cleveland, in his
honored ape and retirement, are al
most the only survivors who in their
day played effective parts, the words
of David Bennett Hill are the requiem.
WARNS AGAINST A BLUNDER.
Washington Star Deprecates Sugges
tion That Has Been Made.
There is a renewal of the sugges
tion that if the Democrats capture the
presidency and elect a majority of the
next house an extra session of the
present congress will be called and
the tariff revised before the Republi
cans surrender power.
Even if the maneuver could be ex
ecuted it would be unfair and unwise
—unfair, in that it would be an at
tempt to nullify a part of the meaning
of the election, and unwise, because
the attempt would fail.
Does anybody suppose that a Demo
cratic president and a Democratic
house of representatives would accept
such a revision of the schedules as
the Republicans on their death-bed
would make? They would not, but
would immediately upon taking office
propose a revision of their own. They
would feel themselves instructed to do
so by the election returns. Thus we
should see the country twice stirred
within six months 011 the tariff subject.
But such an attempt on the part of
the Republicans could not succeed.
The Democrats of the house could of
fer but small resistance, but the Dem
ocrats of the senate could, and would,
block the program. By a united ef
fort —which they would be certain to
make—they would talk it to death.
Less than four months would be the
time allowance, and the routine busi
ness would have to be taken into ac
count. Either the tariff bill, or some
of the supply bills, would have to be
abandoned. And as for the supplies.
Uncle Sam must have his rations.
Revisions, as everybody concedes. Is
coming. The only question is how soon
and by whom. Next spring is early
enough, and it is lor the people to say
at the polls who shall do the work. A
Democratic victory, it is true, would
not dispose of the Republican senate,
but even that body would have to take
some account of a popular expression
at the polls which had commissioned
Democrats to deal with the subject.—
Washington Star.
Mr. Bryan's Income.
The San Francisco Call says:
"We congratulate Mr. Bryan on his
prosperity and admire his ingenuity.
The longer he runs the latter he grows
in purse. It makes little difference to
him whether he Is elected or not. In
fact, he would lose money by suc
cess at the polls. He is the peerless
leader who plucks victory for himself
out of defeat for his party. He is the
greatest funeral director the world
has ever known, and he quite deserves
his prosperity, because it was a stroke
of real genius to conceive of the Dem
ocratic party as an asset."
With Taft in the White House and
Taft ideas in control of the Repub'".-
can national committee the people
who have fought the long uphill figV
for political and commercial righteous
ness need have no fear that the ef
fects of their victories will be lost.
Our destiny is upward, not downward.
In the majestic solitude of his sanc
tum Editor Bryan probably is think
ing things too profound for utterance
except in the columns of the Common
er —for which zealous and uncompro
mising champion of the peepul nov/
is the time to subscribe.
Mr. Bryan is reported to be making
overtures to Judge Parker for the pur
pose of getting the candidate of 100 j
to swing New York into line for th
Democratic ticket next fall. This cer
tainly is a grand compliment to the
Judge.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1908
TAKE STEP TOWARD REVISION.
Senate Committee on Finance Has B*-
gun Its Work.
A step toward tariff revision has
been taken by the committee on fi
nance of the I'nited States senate. The
committee met in New York and gave
evidence that it intends fairly to fol
low the instructions laid down in the
resolution which was passed at the
last session of congress. The country
has the right to expect that the work
of the investigation of conditions with
a view to action will be continued in
the spirit in which it has been begun.
Three sub-committees were ap
pointed by the greater committee
which has just held its first working
meeting. Senator Hopkins of Illi
nois was made chairman of Jhe sub
committee whose investigating work
will be of vital importance to the
great middle western industries. In
brief, the work of the Illinois senator
and of those immediately associated
with him will be "To consider what
changes in customs rates are desira- j
ble, to obtain proof of the reCative s
cost of production in this country and i
in the principal competing foreign ;
countries of the various articles at- J
fected by such changes."
As a cold matter of fact this sub- '
committee has a more important work j
than has either of the other three j
bodies into which the main commit- \
tee has been divided. Senator Hop-!
kins promises hard work. The in/or- J
mation obtained will be of especial
value to our manufacturing interests
and of scarcely less value to> (other
American industrial pursuits.
THE CROPS AND PROSPERITY.
Fruit of Fertile Fields Bound* to Do
Away with Hard Times.
How can hard times remain fn> a
country that will produce this year I
248,000,000 bushc I# of spring wheat, to
say nothing of 440,000,000, bushels of
winter wheat; that last year produced
hay to ihe valuation of $750,000,000,
more than the value of the cotton
crop, and whose production of c»rn
was valued by the department of ag
riculture at $1,336,901,000, or one-third
more than the appropriations of the
last congress for all the expenses and
enterprises of the federal government, j
including the navy, and aW its colonial!
possessions, including the Panama ea-1
nal?
The June crop report of the gov-1
ernment says that 631,00© acres more
than last year are devoted to spring'
wheat. The total area is 17,710.000j
acres. The acreage for winter wheat
is 322,000 acres greater than for 1907.,
There is therefore reason to hope that'
the wheat crop this year wfiT be larger |
than last yean, and may even exceed '
the bumper yield of 190G, when nearly
three-quarters of a billion bushels were
harvested. The Canadian yieiii will be
about 100,((00,000 bushels.
If prices are maintained at their -
present level, as seems likety, money ;
# will be added to the wealth of this i,
country in such amounts that business
cannot fail to feel its revivifying in- i
fiuence. if prosperity has not yet ar- j
rived it is certain to come. )
Form Currency Associations.
Secretary Cortelyou ha's issued a '
circular of instructions about the op- '<
eration of the new currency act.
This makes pertinent, the observa- j
tion that, in a number of cities bank- j
ers are already taking steps to form '
the "national currency associations" ;
necessary for securing the emergency '
notes where commercial paper (in
stead of state, county, and municipal i
bonds) is to be deposited against them !
—national banks . desiring to deposit 1
bonds dealing directly with the treas- j
ury.
Even in New York where bankers •
were disposed to pooh-pooh the Ai- "
dric'h-Vreeland emergency bill as pro- j
viding a mere "makeshift" which >
probably would never be resorted to,l
the banks are getting in line for or
gatiizlng an association. j
These bankers still profess ta think
the "emergency" is not going to oc
cur. But then, they add in effect, i
"seeing that it might occur, why, we <
may as well get ready for tt be- j
forehand; so let's organize anyhow." ;
That's it exactly.
That is all the supporters of the
emergency currency bill contended for, <
namely, that ability to procure an ex- •
tra supply of good sound money would ;
be a handy thing for a bank to have j
'round In case of emergency. These |
bankers are admitting that when they j
sensibly propose to organize the "na- j
tional currency associations."
Your house or store may never burn j
down. Probably it won't. But it is a •
comfortable thing to have it insured, ;
you know.—Chicago Tribune.
Country May Rely on Taft.
Conservatism need not take alarm j
as to Mr. Taft's views about the in- ;
junction. In proof of that let us. re- j
call what #lr. Spooner said of the
"wide and deep knowledge of the law,'
and the highly creditable service on
the bench" which will admirably quali
fy Mr. Taft for"the tremendous; re
sponsibility of filling several vacan
cies in the supreme court," which will,
devolve on him as president. Sir.
Taft is emphatically not a man to
favor any. plank or statute derogating j
from the proper power and dignity n>l
the bench. i
Thos? Democrats who are restless
because the Hen. David B. Hill has
gore to Europe on the eve of the earn- <
paign should be reassured by lite ■
knowledge that "Fingy" Conners still
is on the job.
David B. Hill modestly admits that
he is the only Democrat left —and be
is very much lefL '
MURAT HALSTEAD,
EDITOR, IS DEAD
MAN FAMOUS FOR 50 YEARS AS
A WRITER JOINS THE
MAJORITY.
WIELDED A FORCEFUL PEN.
W»«* Fame as a War Correspondent
and Critic of the Acts of Men
High in Office and Also
Wrote Many Books.
Cincinnati, O. Murat Halstead,
one of ihe leaders in American jour
nalism for over half a century and
t; wftfefy known as a vigorous editorial
|an<i magazine writer, died at his
Ijbome fn this city Thursday afternoon,
Jin Sis 79th year. At his bedside were
:'ihi» wife, his son Robert and one
( i daughter, Mrs. Arthur Stem. Mr. Hal
jisteadf had been failing In strength for
: several months and on Wednesday
i{ suffered from cerebral hemorrhage.
|l Mr. ami Mrs. Halstead celebrated
Jjthefr golden wedding anniversary a
■little more than a year ago, at which
I time Mr. Halstead's health seemed
fraiT, and as time passed he grew
weaker, so that the news of his death
'was not wholly unexpected. The sud
iden death of his son Marshall a few
months ago was a severe shoeK to
hiim and Is believed to have had an
adverse effect on his health. Albert
. Halstead, another son. Is American
consul at Birmingham, England.
31r. Halstead was one of the great
editors of the nineteenth century and
one of the strongest tributes to his
inefsiveness as a writer was in 1889,
j when his nomination by President
Harrison to be American minister to
Germany was rejected by the United
States senate because of articles he
ha<f published charging corruption to
some members of that body.
He was a native of Butler county,
0., and after a short service on a lit
| erary weekly he In 18. r >3 became con
' nected with the Cincinnati Commer
j cial, in which he secured a small in-
J terest a year later, becoming chief
j owner fn 186r>. Nearly 20 years later
i his paper was consolidated with the
i? Gazette and he was editor-in-chief of
4 the combined newspaper until years
• afterwards, when another consolida
tion was effected, new owners secur
»' itig control.
j' For a time he was editor of the
: Brooklyn Standard Union and during
the last ten years he has figured
largely as a magazine and special
news writer, besides preparing a num
ber of books on matters of historical
•' interest. In the civil war Mr. Hal
stead personally reported many bat
[ ties, being rated as a war correspond
ent of the first class and later in the
Franco-German war and in the Span
? ish-American war he added to his rcp
| utation in that line.
WITH FIREWORKS AND MUSIC
{ Citizens -of Utica, K. Y., Welcomed
I Congressman Sherman to
Hie Home.
Utica, .V. Y. The homecoming
J last night of Congressman James
!S. Sherman was made the oeca
: sion of such a demonstration as lias
3 rarely been seen in this section of the
! state. The welcome to the Republi
) can candidate for the vice presidency
j!was a non-partisan affair and to a
j great extent (tersonal, for the con
gressman's recovery from his recent
■J somewhat alarming illness gave added
j reason lor public rejoicing upon his
i safe return.
| Mr. Sherman, accompanied by Mrs.
j Sherman and Dr. Carter, reached here
i from the west at 9:18 o'elock. As his
j train drew into the station bands
' played, fireworks were set off. can
| nons boomed and church chimes rang
j.out. fn Baggs square and every other
I spot adjacent to the New York Cen
'■ tral station thousands of persons were
i crowded. Mr. Sherman stepped from
the train slowly, looking pale and
•: worn. A monster procession formed
? in the vicinity of the station and es
{coiled the candidate to his home. The
I line of march covered fully two miles
\ and the paradcrs included organi/.a
--i tions of a civic, military and fraternal
|_ nature.
v The route lay through the principal
streets, the buildings of which were
decorated' with flag;*- streamers and
112 mottoes, ail illuminated by electric
I lights. A dozen bands furnished mu
j sic. fireworks added a spectacular fea
\ ture, and thousands of persons
\ ranged along the route cheered. At.
| Mr. Sherman's home the formal wel-
J come took place, the principal speech
- being by Mayor Wheeler.
I
Captured Seven Revolutionists.
San A amnio. Tex. Seven alleged
Mexican revolutionists have been
captured" by United States troops
at Def Rio.
N'irre Killed; 50 Injured.
« Kiro booster. Mo. The California
special train from St. Louis on
the .Missouri Pacific railroad col
lided vrrtfr » train from Kansas City
two miles east of here Thursday. Nine
persoos were killed and 50 injured.
Caffs on Bank r to Pay $45,000,000.
"Washington. D. C. Secretary of
the Treasury Cortelyou on Thursday
announced a further call upon the
nutUwral bank depositories for approx
imately to be paid on or
I Itefcne tlie. ! stii iust.
ORCHARD ESCAPES HANGMAN
DEATH SENTENCE OF A NOTORI
OUS CRIMINAL IS COMMUTED.
Idaho's Pardon Board Fixes His Pun
ishment at Life Impris
onment.
Boise, Idaho. The state board
of pardons on Wednesday commuted
the sentence of Harry Orchard, who
was under sentence to hang next Fri
day for the murder of ex-Gov. Steun
enberg, to imprisonment for life.
Orchard was arrested ten days af
ter the assassination of Steunenberg
at Caldwell, Ida., December 30, 1905,
and a few weeks later while confined
In the Idaho penitentiary confessed
his guilt to James McParland, a well
known detective, at the same time
asserting that he was employed to
commit the crime by officers of the
Western Federation of Miners. As a
result of his confession Charles Moy
er, president; William D. Haywood,
secretary-treasurer of the western
Federation of Miners, and Charles D.
Pettibone were arrested in Denver
and brought to Idaho to answer to
the charge of murder.
John Simpkins, another member of
the federation, was also indicted and
Is still a fugitive. Haywood and Pet
tibone were acquitted after memora
ble trials in which Orchard told a
story of wholesale assassinations
which shocked the world. Following
the trial of Pettibone the case against
Moyer was dismissed. Orchard, who
was indicted separately, when ar
raigned after his confession, stood
mute, and the court directed that a
plea of not guilty be entered. His
case was continued from term to term
until April 10, this year, when It was
called at Caldwell and he asked per
mission to change his plea. The
court granted the request and Or
chard pleaded guilty to murder in the
first degree.
In pronouncing the sentence of
death a week later. Judge Wood rec
ommended that the board of pardons
commute the sentence, saying he was
firmly convinced that Orchard had
told the exact truth at the trials of
Haywood and Pettibone and that he
was therefore, for the service he had
rendered the state, entitled to clem
ency.
ARE ACCUSED OF CONSPIRACY
New York Brokers Are Alleged to
Have Been Involved in a Deal
Involving Stolen Money.
Pittsburg, Pa. Attorneys for the
Farmers' Deposit National bank
on Wednesday filed a statement in
the civil suit entered against a New
York brokerage firm and its local rep
resentative last March, when Henry
Keiber, paying teller, and John Young
auditor of the bank, were arrested on
charges of defrauding the bank out
of $1,105,000. The former employes
pleaded guilty and are now serving
time in the penitentiary.
The statement filed Wednesday ac
cuses Reiber and Young of conspiracy
with the New York brokerage firm of
Miller & Co. and Harry Silverman.
Pittsburg representative of thai firm,
to secure money to corner the stock
of the Pittsburg Lead and Zinc Co.
The statement alleges that $500,000
was secured from the bank and used
in the alleged deal and judgment is
asked for that sum.
It is alleged that in May, 1907, Mil
ler & Co. wished to secure every
available share of the stock and cor
ner the market, and that Reiber and
Young were induced to furnish $500,-
00ft of the bank's money to Silverman,
who gave it to Miller & Co. and the
cash was used in buying the lead and
zinc company's stock. The deal failed
and the money was lost. The state
ment charges that Silverman and
members of the firm of Miller & Co.
knew where Reiber and Young were
securing the money furnished.
CASTAWAYS ARE RESCUED.
British Warship Finds 22 Shipwreckei
Sailors on a Desert Island.
Sydney, N. S. W. While send
ing a farewell message fastened
by a quill to an albatross' neck, one
of a series of daily messages recount
ing the story of the wreck on Antipo
des island in the South Pacific ocean,
of the French bark President Felix
Faure, 2'J starving French sailors were
rescued by the British warship Pega
sus and brought to Sydney. The cast
aways, who lived a Crusoe life, scram
bled ashore on Antipodes Island, south
of New Zealand, and near where the
survivors of the British bark Dundon
aid were rescued months before, after
their vessel was driven ashore during
a fog in March last and had almost
given up hope of rescue when the
British warship was sighted.
The men were ravenous when res
cued. having been on short rations for
some time. They had needles made
out of blades of pocket knives, dinner
knives from an iron hook torn from
a cask washed ashore from the wreck.
A Fatal Crash.
Dcs Moines, la. One man was
killed, three were seriously in
jured and six were slightly hurt when
a Great Western work train crashed
into the Rock Island's Indianola local
at a street crossing here Wednesday.
Wright Is Secretary of War.
Washington, D. C. Gen. Luke E.
Wright on Wednesday took the oath
of office as secretary of war. The
oath was administered by John B. Ran
dolph, the veteran assistant if/ Chief
Clcrl; Cthofield.
REVOLUTIONISTS
ARE DEFEATED!
IN TWO FIGHTS WITH SOLDIERS
OF THE MEXICAN GOV
ERNMENT.
TROOPS PATROL THE BORDER
JVmerican Cavalrymen Are Acting ab
Policemen to Keep Undesirable
Mexican from Crossing the
Boundary Line.
San Antonio, Texas. —A special to
the Express from Del Rio, Texas,
says:
It is reported here that a company
of rurales on Tuesday surrounded a
detachment of eight of the revolution
ists who aitacked the little town of
Las Vacas and that a fight occurred
in the mountains southwest of the
city. The revolutionists were short
of ammunition and after the exchange
of a few volleys their ammunition be
came exhausted. The rurales are re
ported to have charged the hiding
place of the men and, despite the fact
that they offered to surrender, shot
them to death.
A special from Saltillo, Mexico,
savs:
The Viesca situation is clearing up.
All the bandits in that town have
scattered on the approach of troops.
Only by the merest chance did
Mayor Zertuche escape being killed:
by the rioters on the day of the at
tack on his house.
El Paso, Texas. —Revolutionists on
Tuesday attacked the Mexican
post at Palomas, Chihuahua, 100 miles
west of El Paso, and were repulsed
after a battle with the garrison.
The attack began when a bomb
was thrown into the telegraph office,
thus shutting off communication with
outside points. In the fight which fol
lowed, several hundred shots were
fired and many bombs thrown at the
headquarters of the officers.
Owing to the fact that the bombs
were ill-timed the officers were en
abled to throw them away before they
exploded, thus saving the building and
their own lives. The fight lasted one
hour, after which the attacking party
fled to the mountains. One man was
killed, but he wais a non-combatant.
According to advices received by
the El Paso & Southwestern railroad,
their foreman at Mimbres, N. M.. is a
prisoner in the hands of the revolu
tionists. Immigration and customs in
spectors have been called on duty at
Columbus, N. M., across the border
from Palomas.
Washington, D. C. —American mil
itary forces are now in service for
the enforcement of the neutrality
laws along the Mexican border. Gen.
Meyer, commanding the Department
of Texas, has reported to the war de
partment that directions already have
been given far sending four troops of
cavalry from posts in his department
to Del Rio. As to other points he will
be guided by his conferences with the
civil officials.
The employment of American
troops for this purpose is almost with
out precedent in recent years and the
law officers of the war department as
well as the attorney general have
been obliged to give close study to
the question of the extent to which
they may exercise the power of pre
venting persons entering the United
States across the Mexican border.
LOST A BAG OF SPARKLERS.
Diamond Dealer Claims He Was
Robbed of Gems Worth
$35,000.
Chicago.—S. C. Powell, a buyer
employed by Stern Brothers &
Co., wholesale jewelers in the Co
lumbus Memorial building. 10:5 State
•street, reported to the police Tuesday
that he either lost or was robbed of
a sack containing $85,000 wcrth of
unset diamonds. Powell claimed that
he had purchased the diamonds a
short, time previouely and had en
tered the Columbus Memorial build
ing with the intention of turning'
them over to his employers. He said
he entered the elevator, but instead of
getting off at the floor on which his
firm is located, he aode to the fourth
floor and entered a barber shop.
When he went to the offices of his
employers about 15 minutes later
he discovered the diamonds had dis
appeared.
Powell declared that he was almost
positive he had the diamonds in his
possession when he entered the
building. He said that he had two
bags of diamonds, one containing
$35,000 worth of the gems and the
other $45,000 worth, and that he car
ried one sack in either ins-id? pocket
of his vest. The police; are inclined
to believe that Powell may have been
the victim of pickpockets before en
tering the building.
Labor Leaders Must Goto Jail.
Chicago.—John J. Brittian, George
H. I.akey and Charles G. Gras
sel, business agents for the Car
penters' union, were on Tuesday sen
tenced to 30 days in jail for violating
an injunction against calling strikesj
Two Men Killed by a Train. j
Pittsburg, Pa. —Mike Leva and an-i
other foreigner at the McKeesporlj
station Tuesday bidding good-bye to
departing countrymen stepped from
one moving train in front of a:.®theq
and were crushed to death.