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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21
SUZERAINTY QUESTION.
Beers Refuse to Admit that They
are Vassals of the Queen.
THEY YIELD ON ONE POINT.
The Rur%hers are Willing to Make
Concessions on the Franchise Ques-
ton, but Otherwise They Remain
Firm and Give Up Nothing.

London, Sept. 1G.-A dispatch from
Pretoria says: Transvaals reply will
be on the following lines: TranSvaal
"dheres to the seven years franchise
law, but is willing to consider and if
necessary to adopt any suggestions
England may make with regard to the
working of the law. In regard to the
other points of Mr.. Chamberlain dis
patch Transvaal boldly stands by the
London convention. 1t is said the re-
ply is couched in polite terms. State
Secretary Reitz in the course of an in
terview yesterday expressed some
doubt as to whether any alteration
would be made in the existing fran
chise law. but said he believed a way
could be found to establish an arbitra-
ton court. As to suzerainty the least
said the soonest mended. remarked the
state secretary.
In the forecasts of President Eru-
gers reply there is evidently a large
basis of truth. which seems to bring
the dispute within a measurable dis
tancc of war. Last evening the press
association issued a curious statement
to the effect that as soon as the garri-
son in Natal had been sufficiently
strengthened Transvaal would be
called upon to accept a new conven-
ton. already drafted which. while
guaranteeing the integrity of Trans
Vaal. provides for the demolition of
the forts and limits the armed force
of TranSvaal to Il number deemed SUIT
fcient to maintain internal order. Ac-
cOrding to the press association the
convention will demand that the dip
lomatic agencies be suppressed and
the judiciary be made independent of
the executive. This statement. which
realizes the extreme demands of the
uitlanders. must be accepted under re-
serve at the present stage, but it is not
unlikely to be semi-otfcial hint as to
| the next move of the government
| should Kruger prove obdurate. The
morning paper editorials regard the
| crisis as having reached its most acute
/ phase.
The papers talk of the imminence
! CT war and all the dispatches from
| South Africa continue to describe the
military preparations on both sides.
! The Pretoria correspondent of the
! Chronicle says: The Beers assert
that Mr.. Green. british diplomatic
/ agent ut Pretoria. knew it was their
| intention to adopt the attitude they
have regarding suzerainty and that he
tactiIy encouraged them, as the docu-
ments show. His As hours demand
and the string of blue book innuen-
does for which he and Alfred Miner
are responsible, have produced an of
fetal atmosphere in which anything
is possible. At the same time Mr.
Hofmeicr and practically every MEM
Der of the Cape Afrikander party have
wired urging acceptance of the Brit
! ish demands"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21
Will Withdraw His Appeal.

London, Sept. 16.-The Paris cor
respondent of the Times says: 1t is
learned that Dreyfus will shortly
withdraw his appeal for revision of
the Iennes trial, which will leave the
ground clear for the government 10
take immediate steps to pardon him.
This pardon will not annul the civil
and military consequences of the YER
diet and he viii therefore no longer
belong to the army. There is moth
ing. however, to prevent him from APP
plying to the court of cessation to
Quash the Renncs trial whenever the
new fact required by law is produced.
When liberated he will settle in the
south of France.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21
a PLOT To KIN the sultan.

Cincinnati, Sept. lG.-Adam Dah-
rouge, a Syrian now in jail here, made
the startling statement Friday that he
knows Of plot to kill the sultan of
Turkey; that the chief conspirators
have been in Cincinnati and later in
indianapolis. The Syrian says he
cares not now reveal the names of the
parties, but saws they are studying
high explosives with a view to their
use. Dahrouge is charged with OBJ
tanning two typcwriters by false pre-
lenses. He has claimed to be in com.
munication with the consul general
of the Ottoman empire and he eXhibit-
ed lettcrs from that Otlicinl.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21
democratic Nominee for Governor Of
Ohio)

generally recognized candidate of the
democrats for senator against Senator
Hanna, of the republicans. Mr.. Mclean
aas been prominent at national as well
as at local and state conventions. When
Hancock was nominated for president
at Cincinnati in 1880, Mr.. Mclean took
a conspicuous part.
In 1884 he was ore of the Ohio dele
gates at large and chairman of the Ohio
delegation. He has been one of the
Ohio delegates at large at succeeding
national democratic conventions aud is
still the Ohio member of the national
democratic committee. At the last
democratic national convention he was
a prominent candidate Cor the presi-
dency, and declined the nomination for
vice president.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21

A young American woman visiting on
one of the old English estates writes
most appreciatively of the almost Area
dian simplicity of the summer outdoor
life. The other day" she says, 1--WE
were invited, children and all. to take
tea in the bayfield, belonging o the next
estate. 1t is great thing here for
everyone TO turn in and help in haying
time, as the weather is so uncertain.
The women rakcd the hay together and
the men loaded the donkey carts and
took it to the end of the field, where
they were going to build Il stack, and
the children rode back in the empty
carts and had lots of fun. Then we all
had tea in the fields. ard pretty pic
ture it made. Afterward an organ
Grinder was called in and the children
danced on the lawn and the older peo-
pie played games with them until the
rising moon warned us that it was time
for the children to seek the home nest"
Troy Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21
LADY YAKDE BULLER.
Famous California Beaufy Has just
Been Placed Under the Care of
Legal Guardian.

Lady Yarde Butler, daughter of the
millionaire California pioneer, Gen.
kirkham, has been adjudged insane and
guardian was appointed for her per
son and estate at San Francisco, Cal.
While her actual income is now only
about $500 monthly, she has been
spending $500 in excess of this. She
does not realize that her income is not
as large as in years gone by, before her
properties we're incumbered with mort
cages. Frequently she still talks about
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21
An Eventiui Voyage.

ST. Thomas. w. l., Sept. 16.--The
British steamer Fontabelle, from New
York for st. Vincent. arrived here Fri
day. She reports having encountered
Il hurricane during which she lost her
deck load, including ~ mules and "a
sheep. and also two boats. She also
reports having rescued from the
schooner Isaac Newton. lumber laden,
the captain, his wife and The crew.
The vessel was dismasted and water
logged.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21
gUsUltcI in the street.

London. Sept 16.-Thc Mail. which
is booming boycott of the Paris eX-
position publishes dispatches from
Paris and Nice that describe insults
in the streets to Americans and Brit
ish. Its correspondents refer to these
incidents as Indications that the peo-
pie of both nations should avoid goirg g
to Franco. and declare that the house
agents there are in despair at the pros
meet Of a bad season.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21
yanderbfIlss Funeral.

New York, Sept. 16.-Funeral serv,
ices were held over the remains of Cor.
nelius Vanderbilt yesterday in st. Bar
tholomew's Episcopal church. The
church funeral was preceded by short
exercises at the house. At the close
Of the church services the remain:
were taken to the Vanderbilt mauso'
ieum at New Dorp, Staten Island.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21

London. Ky, Sept. 16.-G. W. Pur-
cell. member of the national board of
United Mine Workers, was arrested
Friday on Il warrant sworn out by the
operators OF the seven mines now on
strike at AltamOnt and l'ittsburg. Ky,
charging him with inducing the min
crs TO strike while under contract.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21

London. Sept. 1G.-The Mail pub
fishes the following dispatch from
BOMBAY: at is doubtful if "A famine
can be avoided in Guierat, Kathiwar
and the southwest section of Scinde.
Speaking generally the famine will be
restricted to small portion of the
country, but serious scarcity is prob
able in large areas of western India"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21

her large estates, and lately she has
even been casting money into the street,
as she believes that she has unlimited
wealth.
Lady Yarde Buffers story is as
strange as fiction. The petted daugh-
ter of Gen. Kirkham, once commandant
at the Preside, she had everything that
wealth could command. She was the
belle of San Francisco and completed
her education in Paris, where her beau
ty won her fame. She attempted an
elopement in Japan with young Maj.
Banks, who afterward became Lord
Tweedmouth, but her father prevented
it. Later she married David Boyle
Blair. with whom she came to Oakland,
and they lived at the Kirkham mansion
on the banks of Lake Merritt. Blair
went to South America and later news
came announcing his death on the bat
tlefield.
Next she married Yarde Butler, a
Scotchman twice her age at the time
and possessed of an undue fondness for
the flowing cup, with which the wife
soon learned to keep pace. Soon scan
dal arose over an affair with Valentine
Gadesdcn, with whom the woman jour
neyed through Germany. Butler Sc
cured a divorce, and then one day Val
entine, while playing to his love on the
piano, fell dead at her feet. She re-
turned to her old home with only trace
of her former beauty, but with all her
old imperiousness, and she has caused
several scandals since.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21
Gen. EteIh Is Dying.

Washington, Sept. 1G.-Gen. Harry
Hcth, the famous Confederate leader
who has been i'll ut his home here since
last December, is dying. 1t was
thought when he was first stricken
last winter that death would soon en-.
sue. but his remarkable vitality has
kept him up until now.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21
EUptar's Crime.

Scotia, Ncb. Sept. 16.-As a result of
domestic difficulty Mrs. Earnc pr "iDs
forced her two children, aged 1 and 2
wears, to take carbolic acid and then
swallowed dose of the poison her
self The husband found all three
dead when he returned.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21

FO"NV : III II u . TT II 1T 'NVIfs
Dover, Eng, Sept. 16.-Percival
Spencer. the acronaut who started Ivy
balloon to convey the greetings Of the
British association to the French Sci
cncc association now convened at Bou-
logne, has landed safely near Dun
kirk.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21

New York, Sept. 1G-At noon to-day
500 carpenters and joiners in this
city will lay down their tools with the
understanding that they shall not re
turn to work uni their demands foi
more pay are conceded.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21
DroDped Through Er:d~c.

Omaha. Neh.. Sept. 16.-Twenty-one
cars and one engine went through a
bridge en- the Missouri Pacific few
miles south of Nebraska City last even
inc. Three men burned to death.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21
Declared N Quarantine.

Savannah Ga, Sept. 1G.-Thc city
council last night declared quaran-
tine against New Orleans on account
of yellow fever. Parties coming to
Savannah must have health certiii-
Gates.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21
Thirty New Cases of Fever.

Key West, Fla, Sept. 16.-There have
been 30 new cases of yellow fever in
the past 24 hours. One death has been
reported.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26

thing in fact has to be especially made.
'Of course, it is a great annoyance
to travel because l attract so much at
tentiOn. On the trains people come
into our car from the remotest coaches
to wonder at and stare me out of coun-
tenance I don't mind the curious gaze
of the people who visit the museums to
see me, and L enjoyed my trips with
the Rarnum- Bailey show through this
country and Europe, because my COM
fort was looked after and [ had es-
pecially arranged places in the sleeping
cars and on the steamers. The annoy
anceS of going on the streets iRn a
strange city are almost beyond recount
ing. Sometimes 1 cannot get a car
riage and must walk Then 1 am follow
ed by a throng of curious people and it
embarrasses me more than you can
imagine. In Chicago L always live at
hotel a few blocks from the museum.
yet I wouldn't dare walk this short
distance for fear of creating riot
81 am always glad to get back to our
peaceful Missouri home. Here every
body knows me and L am not consider
ed a freak 1 have made enough
money to buy a couple of profitable
farms, rebuild our home, and establish
and a little to spare. I've never given
matrimony a single serious thought,
and have no doubt that 1 shall live and
die an old maid"
The woes of giantessi Aren't they
enough to discourage any young wom-
an from the desire to be like Ella Ew-
ing-a modern female CULVER among
the Liliputians of her own race and
kindred2
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26

be no objection on the part of the
company. There will be no "nickel-in-
the-siot business. no extra charge for
extra calls, but the plain, old-fashiOned
service. yet up to date in all elements
OF excellence. Every care will be taken
10 make the service as near perfect
as PosslDle These are the orders of Mr..
HuDinger. president of the company.
All lines running to our subscribers
VIII be separate wires to each subscrib-
er, unlimited service, and ng-distance
telephones both in the business houses
and residences. We believe that party
lines, nickel-in-the-slot and ore-way
service are direct imposition or the
pubic, for nothing but unlimited serv-
ice can Unsatisfactory to business men.
what is known as the Hubinger
company, for that will. in the future
be its designation, will have direct con-
nectlop with the Minnesota Interstate
Telegraph and Telephone company. AL
ready this line is now within a mile and
half Of the city. 1t runs through
La Crosse to Madison, Wis, and has
exchanges exchange in about twenty cities. The
telephone that will be used by the new
company is manufactured by the
Stromberg-C Carlson company, Chi
cagO concern. 1t is said by electricians
to be the best at present manufacture
ed"
TELEPHONE OUTLOOK.
1t can be regarded as certainty that
the new company has many more
friends In the city council of ST. Paul
than enemies. There is, however, a
certain amount Of opposition, growing
out of causes easily explained 1t was
On Aid. Donahower's motion that the
report of President Hubinger as to the
amount Of work done and money ex-
pended to date was returned to him
for amendment. Naturally It would
seem that the report, in the form OF
an affidavit, covered the whole ground
In the opinion of Aid Donahower, how
ever. 1t did not. AS he is one of the
prominent attorneys connected with the
legal department Of the Northwestern
Telephone exchange, such action ON his
part might have been quite reasonably
expected. A detailed and itemized
statement of the present condition of
the company's work in ST. Paul will be
submitted to the council at an early
day by Mr.. Hubinger. At present it
is sufficient to say that if promises are
worth anything st. Paul will soon be
favored with a great improvement over
present conditions of telephone service
One question has been raised In objec-
ton to the new company, and that is
the inconvenience resulting from two
competing lines IN operation In the
same city at the same time. Officers of
the Hubinger company, although not
prepared to explain just how this diff
Guilty will be obviated, say, emphatical-
ly, that no inconvenience will result
Telephone experts, who have seen like
conditions in other cities, corroborate
this statement. Many buildings in st.
Paul, some of the largest and most
prominent business blocks, arfS already
w for IA fyuo mi ho rnrly
Of wiring is going on daily, and orders
for others are being taken. In view
Of this it is safe to assume that there
can be but one telephone rate, at least,
and, possibly, such connections as will
serve both companies.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26
\ TALE UNFOLDED.

\ TALE UNFOLDED.
There is some opposition in the city
council and assembly to the new COM
pany, and thereby hangs a tale. In
this connection it should be known that
the Mississippi Valley company is not
the first one to agitate competition
with the old Northwestern Telephone
exchange. On March %. 1898, ordinance
No. 1878 an ordinance granting per-
mission to the Minnesota Central Tele
phone company to use streets. avenues
and alleys in the city of st. Paul, was
passed by the common council by a
vote of 10 to 0, and also by the as
sembly by a vote of s to Q. The alder
men supporting it We're Allard, Bell,
DonahoweT. Kenny. Larsen, Lindahl,
SanbOrn. Shepard. Stutzman, Mr.. Pres
ident. Assemblymen supporting it were
AIessrs. Albrecht. DAILY, Johnson, Kirke.
Larson, Reardon, Thompson and Mr..
President. On the same date it was
1DpToYed by the mayor. f. b. Doran.
On the same date, and this Is a trifle
singular and for which no satisfactory
reason has ever been advanced Ordi-
name No. 1874 was passed by the same
unanimous vote, by council and as
sembly. granting to the Mississippi
Valley Telephone company. it's success
sOrs and assigns. authority to con-
struct. operate and maintain a tele-
phone exchange system in the city Of
st. Paul In the franchise granted to
the Minnesota Central Telephone COM
pany it was stipulated that the COM
pany should file its acceptance of the
provisions of the ordinance ON or before
the expiration of thirty days from the
passage of the ordinance. at the same
time filing with the city clerk a bond
with sufficient sureties in the sum of
$1,000 conditioned that said company
should begin construction work on or
before ninety days from the date of
filing said acceptance.
1t appears from the records of the
common council and assembly that the
Minnesota Central Telephone company
did file such acceptance and bond, for
on June 16. 1898, the following resolu-
ton. introduced in the assembly by Mr..
Craig, was adopted unanimously by
both council and assembly:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26

an uphill fight ON it's hands ever since
the first step was taken in the city
council to secure franchise. 1t was
that the low schedule of rates named
by the Mississippi Valley people In the
ordinance asked for could be furnish
ed. The Northwestern company came
forward with affidavits claiming that
telephone service could not be provided
at such low figures, could not. in fact,
be given for any sum- less than the
rates then charged gby the Northwest
ern. Yet the Northwestern company
distinctly rob these affidavits Of their
force by calling attention. In their JAN
l schedule, to a sharp reduction in
rates. Reports were circulated by
agents of the Northwestern that their
company had bought out the Missis-
sippi Valley people. Many other stories
were set afioat and all. Of course, had
their intended effect on the city coun-
Gil of st. Paul. That such rumors have
failed of their intended result seems to
be satisfactorily proven by the general
ly unanimous vote of the council in
favor of the Mississippi Valley COM
pany. 10
Aside from such q opposition it is
stated by superintendent of construc-
ton of the new company that detec-
tives and special agents of the North
western have "camped on their trail'
almost continually since operations
were commenced. 1t is claimed that
these detectives have closely watched
the work and duly reported progress
to the managers Of the Northwestern
company. And 1t is also, said by the
Hubinger people that not until recent
date has the Northwestern acknowl-
edged fully that the. new company
meant business.
THE MAN AT THE HEAD.
Mr. ]. c. Hubiager. president of the
Mississippi Valley Telephone company,
is a resident of Keokuk. 10. He is
known as the Starch King Of Amer
ica." 1t is said that his income from
this interest alone is one-third Of a mil
lion dollars annually. Aside from Ahe
new st. Paul and Minneapolis telephone
lines he owns, and is now operating in
Keokuk Burlington, Fort Madison and
Muscatine. To-. street railways, electric
light and telephone plants. Having
listened to many complaints against
the Northwestern company, he believed
that the field was open in the Twin
Cities for a rival company.
GROUNDS FOR COMPLAINT.
During the past few years complaints
by telephone subscribers and users in
st. Paul have materially increased.
One of the most important of these is
the lack Of facilities for interstate and
long distance communication. The
average citizen Of st. Paul cannot I'M
derstand why this city should not be
given the same advantage in this re-
spect that is possessed by residents of
Minneapolis. Yet he knows that the
only way in which he can reach Du-
luth by telephone is via Minneapolis.
The same with Chicago; the same with
other distant cities.
Another prominent complaint is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26
UNDERGROUND CONDUIT.

On Sept. s, 1898, permission was
granted the company to run an under
ground conduit on Cedar street, from
Third to College avenue, and on Col
lege avenue from Third to St. Peter
street; also to string wires on East
Third and Robert streets; run a cable
In iron pipe from the bridge on South
Robert street to Fillmore avenue;
a pole line east on Fillmore avenue to
Eaton street and south on Eaton to
Plato street, west on Fillmore to Rob-
street, south along alley to Chicago
avenue, east on Chicago avenue to
Starkey street; thence south on Star
key street to Concord street, along
Concord to either State or Ada street
east, on one Of these to ROBBIE, south
On Robe to Kansas avenue to Con-
cord street and south on Concord to
Belvidere street.
On Sept. 1, 1898, by resolution of Mr..
Albrecht, permission had been granted
the company to make numerous other
extensions, by 'conduitS, poles and ca
bles. principally on ST. Anthony, Cleve-
land and Summit avenues, with a pro-
ViSo that the company should leave ali
streets and avenues in as good condi-
ton as when found. On Nov. 3, 1898,
similar resolution, introduced by
Aid. Knauft, and adopted unanimous
ly, granted permission for further ex-
tensions embracing work on St. An
thony and Fra nklin avenues, and Hope,
Frances, Earl and Birch streets, and
the Hudson road
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
SO far, 1t would appear that the work
of the new company has been prose
cuted with energy, industry and strong
indications that it meant business.
This is attested by frequent applica-