STATE GRANGE 15 SFTER TRUST MAY COMPETE WITH PROPOSED GIANT FERTILIZER COMBINE. LAYL!N IS NAMED AS MASTER Many Resolutions and Recommends- : tions Adopted—lnitiative and Referendum Ignored—Next Meeting at Springfield. Columbus, O. —Resolutions calling for stale prohibition, public inspec tion of all public service corpora tions, demanding a repeal of the mile age grab law passed by the last legis lature. indorsing the state board of agriculture in its fertilizing trouble, i Indorsing the plans for the election of ! United States senators by the direct j vote of the people, requesting there- I enactment of the inheritance tax .aw, ; and the removal of tariff on all raw j goods were adopted amid a storm of j applause Thursday by the Ohio State G range. Nearly the whole morning was given up listening to the report of the reso lutions committee and in acting upon their recommendations. In no case ■was there any objection to any resolu tion offered. The initiative and refer endum proposition was ignored en- ! tirely. Among other important resolutions j adopted was one calling for the enact- ; merit of tlfe $1 hunter's license fee bill j which was introduced at the last ses- j sion of the general assembly by Sena- j tor Sites at the behest of the state | fish and game commission. This reso- j lution was quite expansive and in ad- j dition to the feature of the Sites law j requests that the quail season be | closed for five years and that the pro- j tection be taken from rabbits. This law in its license feature exempts those who hunt upon their own lands. The state prohibition feature came | along as a tail-end of a resolution call ing upon farmers to support Rose j county local option elections, that j present temperance legislation be j maintained, and that other measures 1 be passed to strengthen the present 'laws and make them effective. Then j the resolution requests state prohibi- j tion. The granger who was in charge ! of this resolution was the candidate j for state treasurer on tho Prohibition I ticket at the recent election. The con vention indorsed the establishment of manual training, domestic science and the teaching of agriculture in all rural schools as soon as trained teachers can be secured. Out of a field of three, T. C. Laylin of Norwalk was the victorious candi date for master of the State Grange at the biennial election. He defeated F. A. Derthick of Mantua, candidate for ! re-election, and R. W. Dunlap, state \ •dairy and food commissioner. The vote ! stood: Laylin 7G, Derthick 51 and Dun- I lap 12. ABE RUEF IS FOUND GUILTY Arch Grafter Is Convicted of Bribery at San Francisco —Trial Lasted 106 Days. San Francisco] Cal. —Abraham Ruef, I former political boss of San Fran cisco, was convicted on Thursday of bribery. The verdict was returned ex actly upon the stroke of 4 o'clock, when the deliberations of the jury had been prolonged throughout a period of 24 hours. The warnings of Judge Wil liam P. Lawlor and the vigilance of the police checked all attempted demon stration. The trial, which has been in progress for 106 days, ended with surprising ab ruptness. The day had almost passed without sign or intimation from the jury room, and the hopes of Ruef and his attorneys had risen with every .hour of delay. Ruef sat between his father and 'Thomas B. Dozier of the defense when the verdict was returned. He had spent the greater part of the day in conversation with his aged parent and though his face paled and his eyes re mained fixed for a long time upon the men who bad pronounced his fate, al most his first thought was for the elder Mr. Ruef. By previous agreement of counsel that the bill of exceptions should be settled later, the court set next Satur day, December 12, as the day for pro nouncing judgment. Ruef's conviction renders him liable to a maximum pen alty of 14 years in the penitentiary. Congressional. Washington.—On the 10th the senate held a short session. Senator I.odge gave notice lie would speak on the Brownsville affair. Treaties with Peru, China, Brazil. Honduras and Uruguay were ratified. In the house the legislative appropriation bill was passed, and a bill providing for arbi tration of labor disputes was discussed. Indicted for Murder of Capt. Erb. Media, Pa. — Mrs. M. Florence Erb and her sister, Mrs. Catherine B sel, were indicted by the grand jury hen Thursday for the murder of Capt. J Clayton Krb. husband of the former, at his country home, "Red Gables." More Machinery Started. Boston, Mass.—Tho American Wool en Co., which owns 30 mills in New England and New York state, has increased its operations so that now but 35 per cent of the machinery is Idle. DUN'S WEEKLY TRADE RESUME AMPLE RAIN HAS STARTED MUCH IDLE MACHINERY. Retail Trade Is Active in Holiday Gcods and Winter Apparel—Col lections Are More Prompt. New York City.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Retail trade is active in holiday goods ami winter wearing apparel, while wholesale and jobbing depart ments are seasonably quiet as to new business, but there is a good move ment on old orders, and manufacturing operations are not curtailed. Inventor ies are in progress, and those com pleted indicate no excessive stocks. Ample rain in many sections lias started much idle machinery, while statements of building permits con tinue to show gratifying gains, al though operations in the northwest are interrupted by seveie weather. Mer cantile collections are more prompt, and the steady gain in production of pig iron is a most encouraging indica tion of confidence In the leading in dustry. Seasonably quiet conditions are re ported in the primary markets for cot ton goods, stocks being reduced as far as possible before taking inventories, hut there is confidence in a normal re vival in January unless raw material becomes unsettled. Export trade re mains dull, conditions in China pre cluding any prospect of revival at present, and other foreign bids are be low domestic quotations. NO NEW TRIAL FOR GRAFTERS Pennsylvania Capitol Furnishers Are Denied New Hearing at Harrisburg. Harrlsburg. Pa. —A new trial was refused to four of the defendants in the capitol conspiracy cases on Friday by Judge Kunkle in the Dauphin county court before which the men had been tried. The de fendants are John 11. Sanderson, Phil- j adelphia, the contractor for the fur- j nishings and decorations in the $13,- 000,000 capitol; James M. Shuniaker, Johnstown, who was superintendent of the board of public grounds and build ings during the period of the furnish ing of the building; William P. Sny der, Spring City, former auditor gen eral of the state, and William L. Mathues, former state treasurer. These men, with Joseph M. Huston, Philadelphia, the architect of the great building, were charged with conspiracy to cheat and defraud the state in con nection with furnishing and decorating the capitol, but Huston secured a sev erance and his trial has not yet come up. The four defendants were tried last spring and were convicted as charged. MADMAN AMUCK WITH A GUN Terrorizes a New Jersey Village—ls Finally Captured. Kdgewater, N. J. —Proclaiming him self ".{ohu the Baptist, come to save the world," an armed fa natic, wrought up to a high pitch of maniacial fury, terrorized this village for an hour late Friday, appearing sud denly on the main street waving a big revolver, holding up the proprietors of several stores, exchanging many shots with a hastily formed posse and at last being wounded himself when the po lice and a mob of citizens ran him down. In all the fusillade no one was hit but the maniac himself and his wounds are not regarded as danger ous. After he had been taken into cus tody the man, gray whiskered and ap parently about 55 years old, said he was Oscar S. Pomeroy, that his home was in Nebraska, but that he had been an inmate of a private sanitarium in Stamford, Conn. When it was found that his wounds were slight he was ordered taken to the state asylum at Morris Plains. THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Proceedings in the Senate and House of Representatives. Washington. The session of the senate on the 9tli was chiefly devoted | to the formal presentation of depart ment reports and the introduction oi bills. For nearly five hours the house considered the bill providing for the taking of the thirteenth and subse quent decennial censuses, and passed it without material change. Washington.—On the 10th the senate held a short session. Senator Lodge gave notice he would speak on the Brownsville affair. Treaties with | Peru, China, Brazil, Honduras and j Uruguay were ratified. In the house the legislative appropriation bill was passed, and a bill providing for arbi tration of labor disputes was discussed. Washington.—The legislative, exec -1 utive and judicial appropriation bill | was passed by the house on the 11th j with little debate. The bill carries an j appropriation <T $31,664,320. The sen | ate was not in session. Another Banker Gone Wrong. Bev< rly, Mass. —Albert S. lioogs. teller of the Beverly Savings [ bank, for whose arrest a warrant was i issued Friday, is charged with the re -1 sponsibility for a shortage of $9,300 ol ! the bank's fund-. Powder Trust Probe. Cleveland, O. —Judge Scarlet and his associate government, counsel finished their probe of the so-called I powder trust so fur as Cleveland is concerned on Friday. The hearing will be continued in New York CAMERON COUNTY FRESS, THURSDAY DECEMBER 17, 1908. POLICE CLASH WITH FANATICS TWO KILLED AND THREE FATAL LY WOUNDED AT KAN SAS CI 1 Y. STREET PREACHERS IN RIOT Officers Met by Volley of Bullets When They Seek to Preserve Order—Bloody Fight Follows. Kansas City, Mo. —In the shadow of the city hall a riot in which religious fanatics and policemen were participants anil during which 100 shots were fired, Tuesday afternoon resulted in the death of Policeman A. O. Dalbow, probably fatal injuries to four persons and slight injuries to two others. Those probably fatally in jured are John Sharp, known as Adam God, a street preacher; Michael Mul lane, a patrolman; Patrick Clark, a police sergeant, and Lola Pratt. Probation Officer Holt of the juve nile court on Tuesday went to inves tigate a case of alleged abduction. John Sharp, known as Adam God, was exhorting a crowd. With Sharp were A. J. Selzer, a woman and five children. Holt inquired as to the identity of the children and Adam God struck him a heavy blow behind the ear with a pistol, making an ugly wound. Holt then started for the police station for assistance. The preacher tried to shoot him, but the cartridge failed to explode. Holt rushed to the police station, followed by his assailant. Sharp and his com panions were within 50 yards of the station when officers stepped into the street. The officers did not expect serious trouble and were not prepared for the volley of bullets which met them almost immediately after they appeared on the scene. Dalbow was killed instantly and a bullet passed through Officer Stege's arm. Other officers, hearing the fir ing, rushed into the street and a gen eral fight ensued. The officers re frained from shooting for fear of en dangering the lives of innocent per sons. Lieut. Clark, who had come in to the street unarmed, was shot in the eye, and Patrolman Mullane was shot in the back. A riot cail brought policemen from all directions. The officers closed in on Sharp and his followers, firing as they went. When the firing ceased Adam God lay fatal ly wounded, shot through the head and body. The woman and the children fled to a houseboat in which they lived on the Missouri river. The woman bar ricaded herself in the houseboat, and with a shotgun in hand she defied 50 policemen. The boat was only a few feet from the bank of the river and several officers dashed toward it. The woman dropped her weapon, and seiz ing two of the children she sprang in to a rowboat and began to row into the middle of the river. The officers called to her to stop and then fired a volley at the rowboat. One shot struck Lola Pratt, tearing away the greater part of her face and proving fatal. The woman then surrendered. Federal Council of Churches. Philadelphia, Pa —The first Fed eral Council of the Churches of Christ in America, organized to further the movement of unity of action among the Protestant denominations in the interest of spreading the gospel, ad journed Tuesday to meet in Decem ber, 1912, at a place to be selected by the executive council. Strong resolu tions were adopted at the final session in opposition to increased armament by the nations of the earth. A feature of the session was an address by Prof. Henry W. Rogers of Yale university, who said the time was at hand for ob ligatory arbitration of disputes be tween the nations. Resolutions were adopted condemning the divorce evil; also a resolution calling upon school authorities to give children more time during the week for religious instruc tion in their homes and churches. Diplomats in Auto Smash. Washington. D, C. —Senor Dor. Juan Barrios, Guatemala's minister of foreign affairs, who is in Washington on a special mission for his govern ment, was probably fatally injured, and Dr. Don Luis Toledo Her rarte, Guatemalan minister to the United States, and Gen. John Drum niond, a wealthy coffee planter in South America, were badly hurt in an automobile accident late Tuesday. Congressional Proceedings. Washington.—The business of both houses of congress was confined on the Sth largely to listening to tho reading of the president's message, but in addition a few bills were introduced both in the senate and the house arid in the house a num ber cf bills were sent to conference. $75,0C0 Fire Loss. Muskegon, Mich.—The Indiana Box Oo.'s factory was destroyed on Tuesday night by a fire which for a time threatened to sweep through a residence section on the west side of Muskegon. Loss $"5,000; insured. British Sqvadron Leaves Rio. Rio «le Janeiro. —The British cruiser squadron under the command of Rear Admiral Sir Percy Scctt left here Tuesday night after a week's stay, during which time many enter tainments were given the visitors. POLICE CANNOT FINO KIERAN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE CASES IN PITTSBURG. Victims Being Heard from in Various Places Suits for Collection of Notes Begun. Pittsburg, Pa. Several men rep resenting themselves to be rep resentatives of P. J. Kieran, head of the defunct Fidelity Funding Co., were here Wednesday attempting to effect a compromise with the several Catholic societies of this diocese who have been made defendants in suits to collect money growing out of loans placed through Kieran and his com pany. One of the men was clothed in the garb of a bishop of the church. At torneys for the organizations informed their callers that the matter was now in the hands of the police and would take its course. Rev. Father John A. Rykaczwski, pastor of the Sacred Heart Polish Catholic church of Braddock, a suburb, is among the alleged victims of Kieran. He had $6,000 worth of stock in the Fidelity Funding Co. and 300 shares of stock in a Cleveland bank which failed early in the year. Kieran, he alleges, persuaded him to turn over this stock to him, and as a result he is now involved with notes amounting to $90,000. New York City. William Nelson Cromwell, who It had been reported was requested by Cardinal Gibbons to take hold of the Fidelity Funding Co. and re-organize it, said Wednesday he would not reach hia conclusion for at least a week as to whether he will act. The Carnegie Trust Co. holds $410,- 000 of the notes of various Catholic societies which were discounted by the Fidelity Funding Co. These notes are secured by $600,000 worth of collateral and the trust company is awaiting the action of the receivers before attempt ing to recover any of the funds it has advanced to the client of the Fidelity Funding Co. The Windsor Trust Co. holds for Its clients about SIOO,OOO worth of notes discounted through the Fidelity Funding Co., amply se cured. Receiver Gilroy took exceptions to the statements of Kieran and his at torney, Bainbridge Colby, that the whereabouts of Kieran have been known all the time to the receiver. "I have not been able to find Kieran," said Mr. Gilroy. "Neither have I been able to find L. C. Royce, H. H. Van Deusen or W. B. Arundel, Kieran's as sociates." New Castle, Pa. Suits to re cover money alleged to be due upon notes which were discounted by the Fidelity Funding Co. have been en tered here by the Carnegie Trust Co. of New York against several Catholic societies. The sums asked total $140,- 000, about twice the amount received by the borrowers. RIVER AND HARBOR CONGRESS Notable Array of Prominent Men at the Sessions in Washington. Washington, D. C. Sentiment in favor of the issuance of government bonds for a comprehensive improve ment of the rivers, harbors and canals of the country to the end that this nation shall have the greatest system of waterways in the world, gained con siderable headway at the opening ses sions of the annual meeting of the Rivers and Harbors congress here Wednesday. The scheme contemplates the issu ance of $500,000,000 worth of federal bonds for internal water courses, to be distributed over a ten-year period, or $50,000,000 annually. The notable array of speakers in cluded James Bryce, the British am bassador; Seth Low of New York, Champ Clark, Gov. Chamberlain of Oregon, Gov. Sanders of Louisiana and Samuel Gompers. Upwards of 3,500 delegates, representing 44 states and the territories of Alaska, New Mexico and Hawaii and Porto Rico were in attendance. Bleached Flour Must Go, Washington, D. C. Secretary Wil son of the department of agricul ture on Wednesday announced his de cision in the bleached flour contro versy, holding that flour bleached with nitrogen peroxide is an adulterated product under the law and that it can not legally be sold in the District of Columbia or in the territories or be transported in interstate commerce. Owing to the immense quantity of bleached flour now on hand, the sec retary will recommend no prosecu tions of manufacturers or sellers for a period of six months from this date. Congressional. Washington. The session of the senate on the 9tli was chiefly devoted to the formal presentation of depart nient reports and the introduction of hills For nearly five hours the house considered the bill providing for the taking of the thirteenth and subse quent decennial censuses, and passed it without material change. Brig. Gen. Jackson Dead Leavenworth, Kan. Brig. Gen. Henry Jackson, retired. <ii<'d at 1 iiis home Wednesday night of cancer, aged 71 years. Gen. Jackson was a soldier in the Crimean war, the civil war and the Spanish war. Women's River and Harbors Congress. Washington, I). C. The Women's National River and Harbors congress, I an auxiliary < 112 tiie National River j and Harbors congress now in session, hold its first annual convention Wed- I nesday. FLORIDA ATTRACTS OHIO MEN FORTY-TWO FROM OHIO, SOME FROM KENTUCKY, WEST VIR GINIA, PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK WENT TO HILLIARD, FLORIDA, ON NOVEMBER 24. IT WAS A TRIP TO INVESTI GATE AND BUY FRUIT AND TRUCK FARMS. It Is Reported That 114 Farms of Ten Acres Each Were Purchased by the Investigators Afttfr Carefully Going Over the Land, and Making Selec tions for Themselves and Their Friends. There must be something more at tractive about Northern Florida in late November than its warm sunny days, blooming roses, and the rich, luxu riant green of the pine and palmetto to cause a half hundred substantial Intelligent farmers, business and pro fessional men of the North to invest In from ono to three ten-acre farms each, and one man bought ten farms. These men went to Hilliard to find out for themselves and their friends whether the claims made in the print ed matter sent out by a land company were all true. Many of these men have not yet returned to their homes in the North, but have taken advantage of the 21-day time limit on their home seekers' tickets to see something of the state of Florida, paying visits to the 1500-acre pecan, orange, grape fruit and semi-tropical nursery of the Grifflng Brothers Company at Mac clenny, 40 miles south of Hilliard, and visiting some of the old fruit and veg etable trucking sections that have made North Florida famous as the greatest of "America's Winter Gar dens." They found that the land within eight to ten miles of the old estab lished trucking districts has, for many years, been held at such high prices as SIOO to SSOO per acre for uncleared land, which takes a small fortune for a man to get a start. But even at the high prices, the income every year of SIOO to S6OO an acre raising strawber ries and vegetables, a man makes five to twenty times what he can raising oats and corn in the Northern states. The several men who have already returned from the Florida trip are congratulating themselves on their good fortune of being able to secure truck farm land within two to five miles of that substantial little town, Hilliard, on the main line of the At lantic Coast Line Railway, at s2l an acre. It is stated that this railway runs more passenger and freight trains, and carries more people in and out of Florida, than all other roads entering Florida put together. It Is reported by three of the men who visited Hilliard that all condi tions are better, very much better, than they expected to find, and the lit erature sent them by the Cornwall Farm Land Company, owners of the North Florida Fruit and Truck Farms at Hilliard, does not in any way over draw the facts as they found them, and some of the truck farmers they talked w th spoke of crops raised and money realized from vegetables large ly in excess of the statements in the land company's descriptive books. They also learned that winter grown vegetables command prices that, as stated by one, "made their eyes open," and that there is a demand for every box, basket, hamper aiid barrel of the products of the soil of North Florida the year around, largely in excess of the present production. The climate, the pure and abundant water, and the general healthfulness of the Hilliard district impressed them, and as one doctor in the party stated: "There seems to be little chance for men in my profession," left no doubt In the minds of those whose first con sideration is for the health of their families. The land company made an agree ment to credit the round trip railroad fare rate of November 25th on the pur chase of a ten-acre farm. All those who went to Hilliard, and who could, took advantage of it, and as there was no expense to the buyers at the head quarters of the land company, while there, the trip was Inexpensive, inter esting, and certainly should prove profitable. It is understood that the Cornwall Farm Land Company, First National Bank Bldg., Chicago, makes an offer to pay the railroad fare to Hilliard, re funding it on his payments, to any man who buys one ten-acre fan?? any day during the month of December, 1908, from all towns in Ohio, Indiana, Ken tucky, New York, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Those who want to inves tigate should read the advertisement of this company on another page of this paper, and write for the terms and literature. A Great Difference. "Margaret, it was very naughty of you to make such a fuss. You said if !'d buy you that new dollie you'd go lo the dentist's without a murmur." "I didn't murmur, muvver, I screamed." —Llppincott's. What Willie Saw. When Willie saw the peacock for the first time he said to his mother; "Oh, mamma, you should have seen It! Electric lights all over the ferns, and a turkey underneath." —Delinea- tor. UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA PRAISES PE RU MA. Ex-Senator M. C. Butler. Dyspepsia Is Often Caused by Catarrh the Stomach—Peruna Relieves Ca tarrh of the Stomach and Is Therefore a Remedy for Dyspepsia. | Hon. M. C. Butler, U. 8. Senator ij i from South Carolina for two terms, i | in a letter from Washington, D. C., i; 112 writes to the Peruna Medicine Co., > [ as follows: 11 | "I can recommend Peruna for ■ L dyspepsia and stomach trouble. I 1 I have been using your medicine for ] t a short period and / feel very much < 112 relieved. It Is Indeed a wonderful 1 medicine, besides a good tonic." j \ CATARRH of the stomach is the cor rect name for most cases of dyspep sia. Only an internal catarrh rem edy, such as Peruna, is available. Peruna Tablets can now be procured. Ask your Druggist for a Free Peruna Almanac for 1909. Optimist and Pessimist. Sydney Rosenfeld once wrote a com edy, entitled "The Optimist," which achieved success after the production, but was a long time reaching the stage. Manager after manager refused the manuscript, and one day Mr. Rosenfeld, whose patience was ex hausted, blurted out to his sole au ditor: "Of course you don't appreciate the play! You don't even know the meaning of its name!" . "Yes, I do," protested the Im presario. "Well," insisted Rosenfeld, "what's the difference between an optimist and a pessimist?" The manager barely hesitated: "An optimist is an eye doctor," he said; "a pessimist is a foot doctor." —Sun- day Magazine. Why He Remembered. By some shuffling of the social cards the clergyman and the dog fan cier were at the same afternoon tea. The wandering talk unexpectedly re solved itself into the question. Who were the 12 sons of Jacob? Even the cleric with the reversed collar had forgotten, but the doggy man reeled off the names without error, from Reuben down to Benjamin. The clergyman looked surprised. "Oh, I'm not great shakes on Scrip ture," said the man with the fox ter riers, "but those are the names which pome chap gave to a dozen puppiea I'm willing to sell." A Multiplicity of Fathers. Ardyce had been learning to sing "America" at school and was trying to teach It to brother Wayne. One morning his father heard him shout ing: "Land where my papa died, land where my papa died." Ardyce interrupted: "Oh, no, Wayne, not that way. It is 'Land where our fathers died.'" Wayne's expression could not be described as he tipped his head side wise, and in a very surprised tone gravely asked: "Two of 'em?" —De- lineator. CAUSE AND EFFECT Good Digestion Follows Right Food. Indigestion and the attendant dis comforts of mind and body are cer :ain to lollow continued use of improp er food. Those who are still young and robust are likely to overlook the fact that, as dropping water will wear a stone away at last, so will the use of heavy, greasy, rich food, finally cause loss of appetite and indigestion. Fortunately many are thoughtful enough to study themselves and note the principle of Cause and Effect in their daily food. AN. Y. young wom an writes her experience thus: "Sometime ago I had a lot of trouble from indigestion, caused by too rich food. I got so I was unable to di gest scarcely anything, and medicines seemed useless. "A friend advised me to try Grape- Nuts food, praising it highly, and as a last resort I tried it. lam thankful to say t'<at Grape-Nuts not only re lieved me of my trouble, but built ma up and strengthened my digestive or gans so that I can now eat anything I desire. But I stick to Grape-Nuts." "There's a Heason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well, ville," in pkgs. Ever rend the ntior* loiter? 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