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Scrutinize the Maxims.
A busy clergyman declared recently
that the way he goi through his work
was by violating most of the precepts
he had been taught in boyhood, fore
most among them, "If you want any
thing done, do it yourself." The house
keeper may take a leaf from his book.
For example, the task which she turns
over to her daughter lightens her own
hands and trains those of the little
maiden. The most fatal precept for
"mother" to observe is. "Whatever is
worth doing at all, is worth doing well"
—that is, if "well" is interpreted to
mean "as well as you can do it." Here
is a place for her to use that judgment
which conies so high in the markets of
the world and is too often held so
cheap in the home. "As well as possi
ble" is none too well when the task
is making an apple pie or boiling a po
tato; but the woman who dusts her
house from attic to cellar every day as
well as she can do it lacks a sense of
proportion. So does she who darns a
pair of 25-cent stockings a lialf-liour a
week for three months. "A penny
saved is a penny earned" is another
dangerous maxim, declares the Youth's
Companion, unless it is administered
with discretion. Cheap milk may in
volve large doctor's bills. Cheap eggs
may mean an uneatable pudding. A
low wage in the kitchen may carry
with it waste far beyond its saving.
Women are learning that being a
woman demands some knowledge of
almost every subject of modern eco
nomic inquiry, and that it is no longer
possible to trust all the useful precepts
of the past to solve tlie problems of
the present.
A distinguished astronomer points
out the possibility that our sun may
collide "with a dark star." in that case,
the distinguished atsronomer remarks,
there will be ructions, or words to that
< ffect. The smashup would, according
to his way of figuring, result in general
upheaval, the destruction of all life on
the earth and such a change of orbital
movements and of climatic conditions
that the world would hardly know it
self. However, all this is conjecture,
and people generally are not going to
get alarmed over the matter. Astrono
mers may see things of this sort, but
scientists of another class teach that
the earth has been in existence several
millions of years, and so far as they
can see is good for as many more.
When scientists fall out the unlearned
man is likely to adhere to whatever be
lief is most comforting.
Alaska gives promise of becoming in
time a large producer of copper. The
Bonanza mine in Montana has an ore
body 300 feet wide, which was cut at a
depth of 225 feet by a cross-cut tunnel,
in which there is 120 feet of ore aver
aging 22 per cent, copper, the middle
25 feet being almost pure copper
glance running from GO : .o 70 per cent,
of copper and 28 ounces of silver a
ton.
la the magnificent palace, near
Paris, where lived the late Victorien
Sardou, playwright, was a huge chest
that contained numberless little boxes,
duly labeled. In these cardboard
receptacles were notes jotted down at
any time, in any place; newspaper cut
tings, epigrams and aphorisms of his
own—a chest of ideas and plots.
'1 he highest-paid workingwomen in
France are said to be the cutters of
precious stones. They receive about
SI.BO a day. The lowest wage is 60
cents a day, and is paid to dressmak
ers. There are 14,000,000 women in
France, and the majority of them earn
their own living.
Few New Yorkers know that the
great liroadway was once called "Great
George street," in honor of the English
king. It was afterward known as
"Bloomingdale road" before it ac
quired the name of"the Broadway,"
which was subsequently changed to
Broadway. ,
Prof. Schiaparclli, the head of the
Italian expedition in Egypt, is making
headway in his investigations of the
necropolis of Azini. Some 200 Egyp
tians are at work, and a great num
ber of funeral objects are being con
stantly brought to light.
CABINET IS STRONG
MR. BRYAN'S STRICTURES WILL
PASS UNHEEDED.
President Taft's Selection of His Of
ficial Advisers Has the Approval
of the Voters Who Gave
Him High Office.
In attacking the personnel of Presi
dent Taft's cabinet Mr. Hryan acts
within his undeniable rights as a citi
zen and a molder of public opinion,
llis strictures in this particular case,
however, are open to criticism an be
ing somewhat hasty.
The cabinet, it would seem, does not
appear to be radical enough to suit
the man who made the race against
Air. Taft for the presidency. The re
sponsibility of selecting men to head
the various departments of the govern
ment, however, was placed upon Mr.
Taft's shoulders by the electorate, and
it is safe to assume thai this respon
sibility was something that weighed
with voters in a campaign in which
there was no great conflict of princi
ples and in which the real issue was as
to the qualifications of the candidates
to carry forward policies to which the
general sentiment of the country was
committed.
Some of Mr. Bryan's criticism is
aimed specifically at the Democrats
who have been given place in the new
cabinet. He seems to think that if
his successful rival wanted to recog
nize Democrats in making up his
official family he should have made
the test of Democracy constant and
unconditional support of the three
times nominee of the party for the
presidency. In this connection it is
pertinent to suggest that the selection
of Mr. MacVeagh for the treasury port
folio was practically devoid of political
significance, while the selection of Mr.
Dickinson for secretary of War was
dictated by a desire to have some one
in the cabinet who was thoroughly
representative of the south 'u a broad
political way. The south, generally
speaking, appears to have no fault
to find.
Mr. Bryan, apparently cannot wholly
forget those old days of sixteen to one
that caused the original split in his
party. lie cannot forget that Mr. Mac-
Veagh addressed a meeting of gold
Democrats in 1890, which perhaps
rankles more than his support of Taft
in 1908. Mr. Bryan's feelings with re
gard to Mr. Dickinson probably are
due to the same unfortunate inability
to forget the past.
As for the new cabinet's not being
a "reform cabinet" and the ignoring
of the progressive element in its com
position, it. might be asked whether
there has been a demand for the Bryan
reform in this particular. The same
criticism Mr. Bryan directs aC the Taft
cabinet would apply to the personnel
of Roosevelt cabinets; yet under the
Roosevelt administration unprece
dented progress was made along lines
approved by the people. President
Taft has informed the country as to
his policy of continuing progressive
action, and it is to bo assumed that
those accepting appointment to his
cabinet will aid that policy. Calmness
would seem to be in order until there
is actual reason to doubt that such is
the case.
Eliot for St. James.
The United States would be greatly
honored by the appointment of Presi
dent Eliot as ambassador to the court
of St. James. The suggestion is one
that is highly attractive. No man in
the country is better fitted for this dis
tinguished diplomatic position. Dr.
Eliot has withdrawn from the con
spicuous post of many years. But he
is strong and well. His many notable
qualifications stamp him as the most
suitable person the United States has
for its representative near the throne
of Great Britain.
Mr. Bryce has strengthened materi
ally the ties of friendship bet ween the
two nations. A man of cabinet tim
ber himself, ho has given his splendid
talents to an ambassadorship that will
be remembered long in the history of
Anglo-American diplomacy. He has
been a welcome guest wherever he
has gone in the United States. Bis
selection and his service have both
contributed toward the improvement
of the international relationships of
two great powers.
President Eliot is the man to carry
the greetings of our country to Eng
land. He would rank well with the
distinguished men of scholarship who
have filled the lofty position in years
gone by. If be can be induced to ac
cept the place his selection will add
new glory to the auspicious beginning
of the Taft administration.
Need for Caution.
What with the recovery from the
panic, the present prospects of re
vision and the condition of the treas
ury there is no good reason for taking
an alarmist view of the situation. The
annual' deficits may be succeeded by
annual surpluses, and the enormous
wealth of the country is a pretty safe
guaranty that the United States caij
pay its way. This, however, is no ex
cuse for waste in appropriations, and
congress should be mindful of the
fa?t.
President Knows South's Needs.
The south's vital and pressing prob
lems are economic. President Taft
realizes it; the country realizes it, and
if the now president can bring the
south to realize it he will render the
south and the nation a great service.
It is evident, from his inaugural ad
dress, that, he means to make the ef
fort, and without the slightest desire
to gain any\mere party advantage in
that sectior V
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1909.*
THE TAFT TARIFF PROGRAMME.
President Would Put End to 4,'nce,'-
tainty and Uneasiness.
The Taft tariff programme is an
eminently sensible one. The president
has said: 'I aiu hopeful 'that there
will be important revisions tn the ex
isting schedules made by the con
gress in this extra session, and i look
forward to June 1 as the date when
most of these changes will become ef
fective."
Already there has been much prepa
ration for the work in the tariff hear
ings at Washington, and it is of the
utmost importance that it should not
iPe dragged along indefinitely. For
business necessarily must wait for the
change, and as long as the waiting
continues there will be uncertainty
and uneasiness. Congress bhould feel
that it is under the most binding obli
gations to put an end to this period
as early as is compatible with thor
oughness, and that means that con
gress should get down to hard work
and make every hour count.
As regards a permanent "ommission
President Taft says that h:* should be
the last to advocate such a board with
any power to fix rates, and his idea
is that the revision that i.? now de
manded cannot be held back for the
appointment of a commission. Itul he
believes that a commission should be
established which in the future, as
the need arises, may furnish congress
with the evidence upon which it may
act from time to time.
That is an idea that is gaining
ground in all parts of the country, and
it seems likely to prevail. Nor is it
surprising that after our experience
with the hit-or-miss method there is
coming to be a very general feeling
that the collection of facts should be
systematized by experts so that the
conditions at any particular time may
be perfectly understood. The strange
thing is rather that we have delayed
so long with a business that has stead
ily demanded our attention. Our
boasted efficiency has come to naught,
while foreign governments have been
setting good examples for our instruc
tion. This is the condition that con
fronts us to-day, and we should be
very stupid if we did not now learn
our lesson, and act accordingly.—Chi
cago Record-Herald.
NOW LOOK TO CONGRESS.
People Want Businesslike Action on
Public Questions.
President Taft's inaugural address
anticipated his tariff message, which
recurs to the points that were empha
sized in the former document. His
suggestions have received the ap
proval of the country, and there can
be no doubt that they deserve the ap
proval of congress.
The need ol' a change is no clearer
than the need of expedition. We do
not mean by expedition the haste that
makes waste, but a businesslike
promptness. All the producing, com
mercial and financial interests of the
country know that there is to be a re
vision of some sort, and industry will
be checked until the new schedules
are adopted. The government is great
ly interested because the revenues
ais urgently demanded. If "due and
thorough consideration" degenerates
into mere dawdling and bickering that
kills time and prevents action the gov
ernment and business must both suf
fer. If there is a rush of bills on all
kinds of subjects the chances of use
less and harmful delay will be in
creased, and the president is entirely
justified in venturing to propose that
attention should be centered on the
tariff.
When he speaks of a new source of
revenue, the reference being to an in
heritance tax, he still lias the reve
nues in mind, and it may be necessarj
to consider other sources in addition
to tariff duties. Congress will have
to give much thought to this question.
Possibly the tariff may be so revised
that little or no help will be required
from any outside source.
There are certainly no insuperable
obstacles in the way of sound and ra
tional legislation that would be gener
ally satisfactory. The power of con
gress is unquestionable, and only the
proper will is necessary for the wise
discharge of its responsibilities.
Proving His Conservatism.
William Jennings Itryan, the Mara
thon presidential candidate, waxes
"caustic" in his criticism of Taft's
cabinet. After deploring his own sup
position that "it is not a reform cabi
net," he asks concerning its person
nel. "When has a chief executive se
lected a more conservative cabinet?"
"Praise from Sir Hubert is praise
indeed," but it was scarcely to be ex
pected that Mr. Bryan would pay the
new president such a very delicate
compliment.
Mr. Taft was elected In preference
to Mr. Bryan because the country
thought he would be conservative. In
surrounding himself with a corps of
advisers whom even the former and
future candidate acknowledges are
also conservative, he has taken the
first step toward proving he is worthy
of the trust.
No Rash Tariff Action.
The country is assured of careful,
moderate and safe tariff revision.
There will be no rash or destructive
action. No legitimate American in
dustry will be dealt with harshly or
in a spirit of antagonism. The tariff
is in the hands of its friends.
Those anti-Roosevelt papers which
had exhibited promcnitory convulsions
over the use of a warship to take
Roosevelt to Africa, will feel thai
they are robbed of ammunition by his
sailing in a regular passenger steamer.
CONSTABLES AND
MINERS IN A RIOT
CROWD OF MINERS ATTEMPTED
TO RESCUE COMRADE WHO
HAD BEEN ARRESTED.
ONE KILLED AN DONE WOUNDED
Miners Refused to Goto Work Under
New Scale of Wages and Are
Said to Have Made Threats
Against Company.
Pittsburg, Pa.- One man was killed
and another probably fatally in
jured yesterday afternoon in a riot
between a crowd of miners formerly
employed at the llarwick mines of the
Allegheny Coal Co. at Cheswick, Pa.,
near here, and two deputy constables
at that place. The dead man is
Michael Strenyard, aged 20 years.
Norwalk Bulterge, aged 24 years, has
two bullets in his back and was re
moved to the Allegheny general hos
pital here where his recovery is said
to be doubtful.
The trouble started when the crowd
of miners attempted to rescue a com
rade who had been arrested. The
coal company posted a notice several
days ago that a readjustment of
wages would go into effect yesterday.
The miners refused to work under the
new scale and, it is said, threats were
made against the company. One of
the alleged strikers. Milo Zolovitch,
was arrested yesterday by Constable
Shaner. The constable turned the
man over to Deputies Albert Holland
and L. C. Blair to take him to the
squire's oflice.
The deputies and their prisoner had
proceeded but a short distance when
the crowd of miners who had gath
ered, numbering over a score, at
tempted to take Zolovitch from the
officers. The crowd surged around
the two men and their prisoner and
it is said that Strenyard drew a re
volver and began firing at the officers.
Holland then pulled his weapon and
returned the fire, Strenyard being al
most instantly killed. Blair also drew
a revolver and began firing. Bulterge
was hit twice and when the foreigners
saw him fall they rapidly dispersed.
In the melee Zolovitch escaped. Hol
land was placed in custody and held
in $2,000 bail under a technical
charge.
CELEBRATED EIGHT-HOUR DAY
lining Operations Generally Sus
pended Throughout Hard and
Soft Coal Districts.
Philadelphia, Pa. Mining oper
ations were suspended yesterday
throughout the hard coal districts of
Pennsylvania because the mine work
ers were celebrating the anniversary
of the granting of the eight-hour work
day in the soft coal regions of the
state. Although the operators had
expressed a desire to work and in
some instances the colliery whistles
were blown as usual but few workers
reported and no attempt at mining
was made.
The anthracite coal strike commis
sions award which fixed the wages of
the mine workers for the last six
years has expired, but the miners will
return to work under the old agree
ment pending the action to be taken
by the conference to he held in this
city next Wednesday.
Pittsburg, Pa. —The celebration In
honor of the passage of the eight
hour law was generally observed
throughout the soft coal fields of
western Pennsylvania yesterday. In
a number of towns parades were held.
Business houses in the small towns
were profusely decorated.
BEAT OUT THE STEEL TRUST
'ndependent Steel Concerns Buy 100,-
000 Acres of Pittsburg Coking
Coal for $50,000,000.
Pittsburg, Pa. —Beating the United
States Steel corporation, which it
is said, had been intending to
secure the property, a deal was closed
yesterday by independent steel con
cerns for 100,000 acres of the Pitts
burg coking coal, lying in Greene,
Fayette and Washington counties, Pa.,
at a cost price of $50,000,000. The
property purchased, and on which the
first payment was made yesterday to
representatives of the owner, was
held by J. V. Thompson, of Union
town, Pa., and his associates.
The sale vyas made to a holding
company, representing, it is said,
every important independent steel
company in the country except Jones
& Laughlin of Pittsburg, who are
said not to be interested in the deal.
Charles M. Schwab is said to be at
the head of the new concern.
All the coal in the purchase made
yesterday belongs to the Pittsburg
vein and averages nine feet in thick
ness.
Editor Gets a Job.
Concord, N. H.—George H. Moses,
who has been selected by Presi
dent \V. H. Taft to be United States
minister to Greece and Montenegro,
is managing editor of the Concord
Evening Monitor.
Cuban Town Wiped Out.
Santiago, Cuba.—The little town
of La Maya, 20 miles north of
this city, has been practically de
stroyed by fire. So far as is known
no lives were lost. The loss is placed
at over $500,000.
BLACK HANDER CAUGHT
DEMANDED $3,000 FROM CHICAGO
DOCTOR ON PAIN OF DEATH.
SUCCESSFUL RUSE IS WORKED
When the Italian Came to the Doctor's
Office for the Money, the Police
Nabbed Him.
Chicago. 111. Vlncenzo Geracie, who
is said by the police to be the
leader of the Chicago "Black Hand"
society, was arrested here yesterday
in the office of Dr. Peter Cutrera, from
whom the Italian had demanded $3,000
on pain of death. Geracie it is said
has given evidence concerning his as
sociates in the plot and the police ex
pect to arrest several others soon. It
is thought that the members of the
Chicago society are in close touch
with the New York gang that brought
about the killing of Lieut. Petrosino
of the New York police department
recently in Italy.
Dr. Cutrera several days ago re
ceived a threatening letter demanding
$3,000, but he paid no attention to it.
A second letter was received. Yester
day the physician received a tele
phone message from a man who said
he was one of those who had written
the letters. "Unless you pay us the
money you will be killed within an
hour," said the man on the telephone.
Dr. Cutrera invited the man to
come to his oflice. He prepared a
dummy package of money and sent for
the police. Detectives came at once
and were concealed in an adjoining
room. Within a short time there
came a rap at the door and Geracie
entered.
"I have come for the money,"
said he.
Just as the physician was handing
the package over, the detectives
jumped out and grabbed Geracie. He
fought hard but was overpowered.
DUN'S WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW
Stimulating Effect of Spring Weather
Shown in Reports From Nearly
All the Principal Cities.
New York City.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade says:
The stimulating effect of fine spring
weather is shown in the reports from
nearly all the principal cities. Some
progress is making toward better
things in iron and steel, although
conditions as a whole remain very
unsettled. The continued uncertainty
as to prices in some finished lines is
the chief drawback, widely circulated
reports of further price cutting hav
ing a depressing effect. The best fea
ture is in the structural divir.ion. the
low prices named resulting in heavy
improvement while orders pending ag
gregate a substantial volume.
In the primary cotton goods market
manufacturers are disposed to refuse
contracts for future shipment, indica
tions pointing to higher rather than
a recession in prices. The eastern
boot and shoe market is quiet, whole
salers as a rule limiting the volume
of new orders, but trade shows a
slight increase over the volume of
business effected during the past six
or eight weeks. The market for hides
is fairly well maintained although the
demand is only moderate.
CUBAN REBELS FOUND GUILTY
Penalty of Death Imposed on Sergt.
Cortes and His Son —Corporal
Ricardo Acquitted.
Havana, Cuba. —The decision of
the court martial which tried Sergt.
Cortes and his son, Vicente, on a
charge of military rebellion and Cor
poral Ricardo oil a charge of conspir
acy, in connection with the recent rev
olutionary uprising at Vueltas was an
nounced yesterday. Sergt. Cortes and
his son were found guilty and the pen
alty imposed was death. Ricardo was
acquitted of the charge brought
against him.
The findings of the court martial
were approved by Gen. Monteagudo,
commanding the Rural guards, but ow
ing to the fact that the court was un
able to take cognizance of extenuating
circumstances it is probable that the
death penalty will be remitted.
EXPENSIVE BLAZE IN DETROIT
One of the City's Business Buildings
Is Badly Damaged by the
Fiery Demon.
Detroit, Mich.—Fire broke out late
last night in the five story brick build
ing occupied by Heyn's bazaar, 147 to
151 Woodward avenue, and spread
with great rapidity through the sec
ond, third, fourth and fifth floors.
After an hour's work the firemen
had checked the fire sufficiently to
remove the danger to adjoining build
ings. Heyn's bazaar stock, valued at
$210,000 and insured for $120,000, is
almost a total loss. L. & A. Preund of
this city owns the building and their
loss will probably reach $20,000. C.
.1. Holton, tobacconist, estimates his
foss on stock at $14,000.
Woman Burned to Death.
Pittsburg, Pa. —John Ott of Hei
delberg, a suburb, carried li is fatner
and mother out of their burning home
last night only to find that liis /other
was badly burned and his mother was
dead.
Natural Gas Explodes.
Bradford. Pa. Twenty persons
were burned, eight of them seri
ously yesterday afternoon by a nat
ural gas explosion following the shoot
ing of an oil well with 120 quarters of
glycerine.
Pennsylvania
Happenings
New Castle.--Although only 40 years
of age, Chief of Police Edward Iteilly
of Ellwood is the father of 12 children,
the latest of whom arrived recently.
Mrs. Reilly is 37 years of age.
Wilkesbarre. —Application for the
appointment of a receiver to manage
the affairs of the Pennsylvania Cen
tral Brewing Co. has been mad*' in
the United States district court at
Scranton by one of the stockholders.
New Kensington.—The American
Sheet and Tinplate Co.'s plant here
has resumed operations in full after
being closed six months. Five hun
dred men are given employment. Two
additional furnaces at the plant of
(he American Window Glass Co. were
fired recently.
New Castle. —Mayor Harry Lusk
signed a new contract for ten years
between the city and the New Castle
A\ ater Co., giving the city the option
of purchasing at the expiration of the
contract. The city had such an op
tion this year, but lacked money
enough to buy.
Harrisburg.—The house passed the
Shern bill to permit lawyers author
ized to practice in the supreme court
to practice in all other courts. The
bill was drafted by the State Bar as
sociation and urged by prominent,
lawyers. It will apply to the whole
State and have considerabl effect in
this county.
Rochester.—A deal has been closed
whereby the entire holdings of the
National Glass Co. here, including the
Keystone factory and Rochester
Tumbler works, have been sold by the
bondholders to the Ellwood City Glass
Co. for $200,000. Business men of
Rochester and Freedom will be asked
to raise a bonus of $20,000 for the
Ellwood City Glass Co., and to dis
pose of $70,000 worth of stock.
Canonsburg.—Rabies, which several
weeks ago robbed farmers in this vi
cinity of more than 300 sheep, has
broken out afresh, and the state au
thorities have been appealed to for
aid. The disease has appeared at a
dozen farms and is continuing to
spread. Farmers are killing the sheep
at first, sign of the disease. The
flock of Joshua Dickerson has been
almost wiped out.
Washington.—President James D.
iMoffat of Washington and Jefferson
college, at a meeting of the board of
trustees, reported the total attendance
in all departments for the term which
has just closed, at 425, the largest in
the history of the institution. Presi
dent Moffat made announcement offi
cially of certain gifts to the institu
tion, and pleaded for more facilities
and better equipments.
Harrisburg.—"There is no race sui
cide in Pennsylvania," declared
Health Commissioner Dixon when
asked about the statistics that have
been sent out from Washington show
ing a decreased birth rate over the
country at large. "There were 190,000
births in Pennsylvania during 1908,
against 112,000 deaths; that is, 78,000
more births than deaths. It is most
encouraging, also, to find that the
deaths in Pennsylvania in 1908 de
creased by 3,000 over 1907, in spite of
the increase in population."
Harrisburg.—-Among the appropria
tion bills reported to the house by
Chairman James F. Woodward were:
Bradford hospital, $12,500; Corry hos
pital, $16,000; Butler County General
hospital, Butler, $40,000; Greenville
hospital, $7,000; Northwestern Penn
sylvania Humane society, $1,000;
Franklin City hospital, $21,000; Oil
City hospital, $20,000; State hospital,
Mercer, $17,000; Warren Emergency
hospital, $15,000; Florence Crittenden
Mission, Erie, $1,000; State Hospital
for Criminal Insane, $250,000; Erie
Home for the Friendless, Erie, $15,-
000; Elk County General hospital,
Ridgway, SIB,OOO.
Harrisburg.—Gov. Stuart has vetoed
the bill introduced by Mr. Lydick,
which fixes the "salaries to be paid to
the uniformed guards employed by the
Western penitentiary." The governor
holds that this power is vested in the
board of inspectors. He says:"The
government of the Western peniten
tiary is vested in a board of five in
spectors, two of whom are appointed
by the governor and three by the com
mon pleas judges of Allegheny county.
If the compensation now paid the
guards in that institution be inade
quate it would seem to me that the
power of increasing the compensation,
not to exceed a certain maximum
amount, should be vested in the board
of inspectors, who are charged with
the responsibility of seeing that the
institution is properly conducted."
Pittsburg.—Charles Chauncey Mel
lor, musician, scientist and prominent,
business man, life-long friend of An
drew Carnegie and associated with him
in many of his charities, died at his
home here, aged 73 years. Mr. Mellor
had been the guiding spirit in the de
velopment of musical culture in Pitts
burg for half a century. He was a fel
low Sunday school scholar with An
drew Carnegie in their boyhood days
and Mr. Carnegie made him one of the
first board of trustees of the Carncpie
institute, with which he has been
identified since its establishment.