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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18
CURRENT COMMENT.

UThe Filipinos are surrendering,
but Edward Atkinson is not.-Indian.
apolis News (Ind.).
OMr. Bryan wants to know why
Mr.. Cleveland thinks his political
opinions are of Importance. Many
people would like to have a similar
explanation from Mr.. Bryan.-Albany
journal.
ONo stronger evidence showing
the general prosperity and Industrial
activity of the country can be found
than that furnished by the railroads,
especially the great trunk lines that
depend on the traffic between the
eastern and the western sections OF
the union. The reports are most con.
vincing as to the large and increasing
operations throughout the country
Troy Times.
UThe contest within the democ
racy, which all sane outsiders have
seen to be destined to be fought out
as irrepressible, is on, with the lead.
ers of the party, new and old, fight.
ing at the front. 1t must end in the
old leaders surrendering or withdraw.
ing definitely from the party, for the
grip of radicalism upon it is too
strong for them to loosen and leave
the organization alive.-N. Y. Sun.
EyNo higher tribute could be paid
to the American soldier-that soldier
whom the anti-imperialists delight in
declaring to be a drunken, licentious
brute in the Phi1ippnes-than is
foYnd in the fact that the Chinese
residents of that part of Peking po.
Iced by Gen. Chaffee's men should
have petitioned that officer not tc
withdraw his troops. Let the Tooley
ties and the Woolleyites hide their
heads in shame. Even the despised
Chinaman has sufficient perception tc
know that the American soldier is a
man of honor and that life and prop
erty-all rights-are safe under his
guard.-Springfield Union.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18
PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT.
Natives beginning to Unde rsta n d
and Appreciate the Ameri-
can Policy.

The Philippines have fairly entered
on new era in their history. Civil
government is displacing martial rule
throughout the group. This has al
ready been consummated on many of
the islands. Municipal and provincial
governments have been established
and are in satisfactory working order.
In them the native element is not over
looked. Capable and influential Fill
pinos are being placed in position of
trust and authority. The Taft COM
mission is having busy time Oft, but
q marked improvement in the general
situati is the result of the change.
The natives are beginning to under
stand the policy of the United States
and that it means to deal fairly with
them. They realize now that they are
to have hand in the management of
their own affairs, subject, of course, to
the jurisdiction of the general govern
ment.
Most of the civil governments so far
established are of an experimental or
der. When the people learn the true
value of civil government more per-
feet systems will doubtless be substi-
tuted. But the civil organization in
each community and municipality has
been based on the elective plan and the
rule of the majority. The method has
been crude, but it is the only one which
the natives are now capable of under
standing. Candidates for the head of
the government and for chief clerk
have been stationed apart at the place
of election, and those around whom
the larger number of native support
ers grouped were declared elected.
The result of this simple form of pop
ular election has been gracefully ac-
cepted. Later on when the natives
learn the value and uses of the ballot,
it will be undoubtedly introduced as
substitute for this primitive form of
town election. Hitherto these people
have known only the tyranny of the
military rule which Spain maintained
and which we were forced to continue
until peace prevailed. Now the ma
tives are comprehending that the exer-
else of the functions of free people
rests with themselves and as an ac-
acknowledgement of it they are abandon
ing the warpath, laying down their
arms, swearing allegiance to the Unit
ed States and taking the first steps to-
ward the self-government which they
have so long coveted.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18
BRADLEY TESTlFIES.
Ex-Governor of Kentucky Gives Sen-
satiOnaI Testimony I'm the Trial of =
Man Accused of Conspiracy.

Frankfort KY, April 11.-Ex-Gov.
Bradley, chief counsel for ex-Gov.
Taylor in the gubernatorial contest
case before the legislature last year,
gave sensational testimony yesterday
in the trial of Capt. GarnStt d. Rip
ley, who is charged with conspiracy
with Others to bring about the muir
der of William Goebel. Mr.. Bradley
detailed a conversation which, he
said, he had with Capt. Ripley while
the latter was in charge of his mill
tary company during the occupancy
of the Capitol by the Taylor troops
last spring, in which Ripley told him
of frequent conferences with Gov.
Taylor prior to the assassination.
The witness said Ripley told him
he was in the executive Office the day
before the shooting and complained
to Taylor because he had not called
out his (Ripley's) company and asked
him when he should have the COM
pany ready. Taylor replied: my
God, haven't you brought them? Goe-
bel will not live "a hours" or Can
not live "a hours"
Judge w. H. Yost, associate coun-
sci with Bradley in the contest case,
according to the witness, was present
and heard the conversation.
In response to a question as to
whether he, the witness, heard of any
conspiracy to kill Mr.. Goebel, the
witness stated that on January 25,
the day the train load of noun
taineers arrived, some one, he could
not now recall who, told him that
parties in the crowd were waiting in
front of the state house to kill Goe-
bel.
81 said" continued the witness, sit
shall be stopped. l will go in the
senate chamber and come out with
Goebel and see that he is not hurt or
inSulfed" :"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18
BOTHA ASKS FOR PEACE
Negotiations are Resumed Between
British and Roer Commander.

Cape Town, April 1I.-Gen. Botha
mas reopened negotiations with the
British for peace.
1t is understood here that although
Gen De Wet at his recent interview
with Gen. Botha, refused to surren-
der, Gen. Botha regarding him as ir-
responsible, undertakes to negotiate
in behalf of the entire Boer forces.
The British authorities consider that
if Botha surrenders, De Vets follow
ing can be easily taken.
AS explained here, this action was
determined in part by Gen. Botha's
discovery, at recent meeting, that
Gen. De Vets intellect had weak
ened, and that his influence with his
followers was diminishing, and that
a continuance of the campaign, in
view of De Vets irresponsibility,
rested with Gen. Botha alone.
London. April 1.-THE report that
Gen. Botha has resumed negotiations
with Lord Kitchener is not yet Off
cially confirmed, but it is generally
credited and received with satisfac-
ton except by the ultra jingoes, who
fear that the government will renew
the terms recently rejected.
Regarding Gen. De Vets mental
condition, reports have been very
conflicting for some time. His recent
1activity points to there being some
ruth in the rumors which allege
that long continued hardships, under
the harassing British pursuit, have
unhinged his mind.
On the other hand a correspondent
of the Times quite recently acltnowl-
edged the wonderful foresight and
fertility of resource" which charac-
terized Gen. Botha's retreat from
Cape Colony.
AS during the previous abortive ne
gotiations, the British press again
loudly insists on unconditional sur
render" but with budgetary necessi-
ties staring the country in the face,
if negotiations are reopened the
Beers, as the Daily Chronicle re-
marks editorially, may reckon on
fair treatment" at the hands of the
British
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

AGUINALDO'S CAPTURE,
Ending of q Continual Menace to
Peace and Quiet i'm the
Philippines.

With the exception of the Edward
Atkinsons and the William Jennings
Bryans, all citizens of the United
States will congratulate Gen. Funston
and his gallant aids upon their cap
ture of Aguinaldo. While there has
been no real war in the Philippines
for many months, there was bound
to continue a condition of unrest and
brigandage so long as this leader of
the ill-advised insurrectionists re-
mained at large. For that reason his
arrest was a feat most desirable of
accomplishment. That it has been
accomplished with nerve and neat
ness is good news and crowns Gen.
Funston with added laurels.
Crafty, treacherous, ambitious and
influential, Aguinaldo at large was a
continuous menace to peace and quiet
in the Philippines. Deprived of his
liberty of action and snatched from
his vantage ground for organizing
trouble, he is yet nuisance. Mod
ern sentiment would, no doubt, con-
denim his summary execution. Even
his indefinite confinement will be
used by American copperheads as a
means of melting a continuance of
trouble in his name. 1t was, never
theless, a great feat on Gen. Fun
ston's part to capture him. Still,
matters would have been simplified
if, in his struggle for resistance, it
had become necessary to shoot him.
In their disposal such disturbers Of
peace as Aguinaldo rarely in these
days of modern mercies get their
deserts. In consequence, there is sac
rifice of better lives and many of
them. A case in point: When Santa
Ana's first insurrection in Mexico was
put down and his capture accom-
plished, mercy and maudlin sentiment
spared his life and gave him his lib
erty. The sanguinary sequel was the
Alamo. Had Santa Ana got his de-
serts, either death or life confine-
ment, there had been no massacre
at the Alamo. There is no probab bility
of an Alamo in the Philippines, but
in disposing of Aguinaldo it is just
as well to have in mind the treach-
cry of Santa Ana and to remember
the Alamo.-Cincinnati Weekly Ga
zettp
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18
a MYSTERY is SOLVED.
Robbery OF q Mail Pouch rs Explained ID
by a hoy who Stole Money from TIA 6
Letters Ii Contained.

New York, April 1.-THE mystery
which surrounded the finding of lot
of letters on April 2 on the beach at
Ocean Grove, n. j., was solved yester-
day and Thomas F. Martel, of this
city, was locked up and charged with
mail robbery.
Detectives who worked on the case
found that Martel, who is a post Of
fee messenger at Station G, earning
50 week, had taken the mail from
Station G to the Fiftieth street ele-
waited station in time for the 7:51
train on March 81, but the train had
started before any of the pouches
were put on board and the mail lay
on the platform until $50, when the
next mail train passed. They also
found that Martel shortly after had
been spending a great deal of money.
After his arrest he acknowledged the
thefts, saying that he had opened all
the letters, which numbered 175, and
had distracted the cash and left the
checks and money orders. He then
threw them into the North river.
They evidently fioated out to sea and
were cast up at Ocean Grove. Martel
is only 20 years old.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

Near Rio Grande City, Tex. an i'm
mense deposit of unknown gaseous
substance has been discovered. Pieces
of it ignite quickly and give out a
strong flame, which lasts for a remark
ably long period. 1t is said by sci
entists that the substance is either an
unknown mineral or ordinary clay
highly charged with natural gas. In
either case the value of the deposit as
fuel is immense, as it covers MANY
thousands of acres and is of immense
depth.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

One of the striking things shown by
the last census is the remarkable in
crease of tenant farming. The per-
centage of farms operated by tenants
showed considerable increase by
the census of 1890. For the whole
country this percentage has increased
an the last ten years nearly twice as
CAST as the per cent. of the population
of the nation, four times that of the
purely agricultural population and
twice that of the farms operated by
their owners.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

Gallantry is not yet lost art, and
there is still honor among thieves, ac-
cording to story that comes from
Paterson, N. j. The burglars who
visited the home in that city of Mrs.
Garret A. Hobart, widow of the vice
president, left behind a note of apol-
ogy. which read: II humbly beg your
pardon. l do not wish to rob good
folk. Burglar" The note also bears
an inscription testifying to the es-
TEEN in which Mrs. Hobart is held
and to her charitable work in Pater-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18
Robbed by Masked Men.

Oil City, Pa, April 11.-Early yes
terday morning. five masked men
drove up to te residence of j. d. Har-
ris, near Sugar Run, hamlet in War
rem county. The men forced an en-
trance and bound the imates of the
house, consisting of Harris, who is a
well-to-do business man. his wife and
an Indian servant. The robbers
forced open a safe and secured $500
in cash, two watches and consider
able jewelry. After searching for
more booty, the robbers escaped.
After an hours work Harris liber-
ated himself and the others.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

A report shows that in the last 20
years the sales of stamps by the post
office department have increased
about threefold, although in the same
time the increase in population has
been less than so per cent. This is
the more surprising because even two
decades ago the Americans we're
known as race of letter writer's and
used the mails probably more than
any other people upon the face of the
globe. Evidently the writing
habit, like many other habits, grows
upon the victims, but in this case
there is no cause for alarm.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

The louisiana purchase" comprised
the territory now embraced in the
states of Arkansas, Colorado. Iowa.
Kansas, Louisiana, a large part of Min
nesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska
North Dakota, South Dakota and Wv
omlng, and the Indian Territory and
Oklahoma. The purchase" by the
census of 1900, contained 1852 .1s9 in
habitants, 1,o37,735 square miles, 1865.
S7S,356 acres under cultivation. worth
S3'l93, ,461,299, and farm products and
live stock worth 81 ,s76, ,1S4,431. Its min
eral products last year were worth
S250:909,12S. 1t cost $4,000. 900.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

The scheme to check the migration
Of country boys to cities is admirable
IN the abstract and depressingly diff
cult il. she concrete. Migration from
rural to urban life was the most strik-
ing phenomenon of the last century.
which witnessed the decline of agricul-
ture IN the old world and the develop
ment of manufactures. The hour is at
hand when sociology and benevolence
Will press upon humane consciousness
in the new world the prudence of per-
suading boys to quit the congested in
dustrial centers and seek independ-
ence in cultivation of the soil.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

A report issued by the census bu-
reau states that there are now 81
beet sugar factories in successful op-
Grafton in this country - nine in
Maine, eight in California and IA in
other states and territories. All of
these factories are doing fairly well,
but they have been established at
considera BILE cost in the way of boun-
ties, etc, and the industry can hardly
be said to be beyond the experimental
stage
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

The private letter books of Robert
Morris, the fnancier of the revolu-
tion, which were lost for several gem
erations, were brought to light in
Washington recently, and have been
deposited in the congressional library.
Another acquisition by the library is
the original manuscript setting forth
the various decrees by which the
titles were conferred on Columbus by
the pope for the discovery of Amer
Sca
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18
OF SUBSCRIPTION.
ADVERTISING RATES:
II. H. MULLIN, Edit

Advertisements are published at the rate OF
enc dollar per square for one insertion and nifty
cents per square for each subsequent insertion
Rates by the year, or for six or three months,
ere low and uniform, and will be furnished on
application.
Legal and Onhcial Advertising per square,
three times or less, t2: each subsequent inser-
lion 30 cents per square
Local notices 10 cents per line for one inser-
sertion; 5 cents per line for each subsequent
consecutive insertion.
Obituary notices over FIVE lines 10 cents per
line Simple announcements of births, mar
riages and deaths will be inserted free.
Business cards. five lines or less. 10 per year;
over tve lines, At the regular rates OF adVer-
sising.
taaue.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

A Bible student calls the attention
of a New York newspaper to the
fourth verse of the second chapter of
the book of Nahum, which reads:
''The chariots shall rage in the
streets, they shall jostle one against
another in the broad ways; they
shall seem like torches, they shall run
like the lightnings." The correspond
ent sees in the modern trolley car a
1ulfillment of this prophecy.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18
Loyal Legion Congress.

Washington, April 1.-THE ninth
quadrennial congress of the Military
Order of the Loyal Legion and the
fourth general reunion of the order
convened here Wednesday with 1877
members present.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18
JOB PRINTING.

The Job department OF the PRESS is complete
and affords facilities for doing the best class OF
work. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAIDTo Law
PRINTING.
No paper will be discontinued until arrear-
ages are paid, except st the option of the pub
Usher
Papers sent out of the county must be paid
Cor in advance
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

Drugs have their uses, but don't store
Gum aids the natural forces to perform their
functions ;
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

OThe Spooner amendment to the
army appropriation bill, which Bry-
ans Commoner says VESTS in the
president power and authority which
can be exercised only by an en-
peror,'' was copied verbally from the
first and principal clause of the
act of 1903, which congress passed for
the government of Louisiana by JEFF
ferson, Bryan's political idol, to
which were added certain restrictions
on McKinley's powers which were not
laid down on the powers conferred
upon the author OF the Declaration
OF Independence. In the light of these
facts, Bryan's cry of Imperialism is
like the bray of an ass.-San Francis
co Chronicle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18
TRAITORS AND COWARDS.
Treacherous Utterances Against
the administration.

The capture of Aguinaldo has not
lessened the treason of the "anti-im-
perialists" of the United States, all of
whom are still urging the Filipinos to
continue their warfare. "Chawley"
Towne says: "The Filipinos will con-
tinue to fight" and that "Funston's
raid is the outcome of treachery and
shame to America" "Chawley" is
great on noise, but he is cowardly, like
all the other "anti-imperialists" who
have induced the Filipinos to continue
their war against the United States
for ~ years after peace would have
otherwise been declared. Secretary
Irving Winslow, of the "anti-imperial-
list league, urges that there may be
20 other leaders in hiding as capable as
Aguinaldo;" George S. Boutwell,, presi-
dent of the same league, refuses to
discuss the capture of Aguinaldo:
Edward Atkinson has also lost his
reasonable grip and says that "the ad-
ministration now has an elephant on
its hands," Sixto Lopez insists that
"the capture of Agunilado does not
necessarily end the war;" and Billy
Bryan repeats his declaration that 1--WE
cannot administer an empire in the
orient and maintain republic in
America" The "independent" Des
Moines Leader has no words of praise
for Gen. Funston, but it presents it's
usual column and a quarter of lauda-
tion of "the great and good "Agui-
naldo," and thus apotheosized the
man whom it has repeatedly termed
"the Washington of the Philippines:
His supremacy has thus been one rath-
er of character than OF inherited position,
age, education, or experience, just as in
our own revolutionary struggle the many
excellent scholars of that day bowed to
the judgment of Washington, although a
man of comparatively limited education
as his letters crowded with misspeling,
sufficiently show"
The same traitorous expressions and
hope are uttered by the "anti-imperial-
lists" everywhere, not one of whom has
had the courage to enlist in the Fill
pino armies. They have stabbed the
American soldiers in the back ever
since the war began, but not one of
them has had the courage and the hon
or to risk life and limb in the service
of the rebels they have continually en-
couraged by every imaginable species
of misrepresentation and falsehood.
History will classify them as the vilest
and most cowardly American traitors.
Iowa State Register.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

Moves the bowels each day. Iu order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head.
ache. Price rs and Soc.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

The process of washing free from sin dis-
closes that sin is sort of starch for some
characters.-Puck.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

have used Hoxsie's Group Cure for Coughs
Colds, Group and Diphtheria with astonish
ing results. No ipecac to cause nausea. Soc
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quirine Tablets All
druggists refund dmoneyifit fails to cure. CSC.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infali-
bic medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

Good never fails to him who never fall
to seek it.-Los Angeles Herald.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

Riches can buy . man a whole lot OF
trouble.-Los Angeles Herald.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18
Lanes Family Medicine

A thiefs talk is always about the dishon-
esty OF others.-Atehison Globe.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

G'The democratic admirers of
Aguinaldo in this country seem de-
termined to die in the last ditch, but
they forget that they Will be classed
in history with tories and copper
Acknowledgements Journa~
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18

Do not get short" if you want to get
along.-Golden Days.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-18
Millions of Babt<

Has something in its eye-the threaded
needle.-Golden Days