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AND LOWVILLE TIMES. ;-§ H. A. PH1LUPS PUBLISHING COMPANY. LOWVILLE, N. Y., THUftSDAY, JULY 1, 1909. VOLUME 50. No. 33. 61ST CONGRESS PLUMS. Speaker Cannon to Appoint Committees at Close of Extra Session. Congressman Knapp in Une for Chair- man of Indian Affair* or Elections No. 1— iniurgenU to be Slightly Recog- nized—Great Rivalry for Good Berths, The Albany Evening Journal says: \Speaker.-Cannon.-is expected to an^ nounce the standing committees of the House for the Sixty-arat Congress at the dose of the present tariff session. Thus far but three committees have been*named—those on Ways arid Means, Accounts and Milage. There was no change in the chairmanships of these committees and, with the exceptions of the filling of vacancies on the Ways and Means Committee, no assignments have been made by the Speaker. The legislation of the House is done in committees. Year by year the work on the floor of the House grows of less importance. This is due to the un- wieldiness ; of a body with a member- ship of 392. and to the character of the rules that have been developed to con- troll the members. The importance of committee, assignments is enhanced by the power of the committees. There is now the greatest rivalry among members of the House to secure good committee berths. Under the rules the Speaker has discretion in the appointment of the committees and absolute and final authority as to the selections. Members must accept what is given them unless excused by the House. This applies to minority selec- tions as well as to majority members of the committees. Four years ago Speaker Cannon turned over to John Sharp Williams, then Democratic leader, the privilege of recommending minority members of the various committees. This gave the Speaker a hold on the minority leader beside ^subjecting the latter to much unfriendly criticism from disgruntled Democrats who failed to get the as- signments they desired. When Champ Clark succeeded to the Democratic House leadership he an- nounced that he was not desirous of retaining this privilege. The Speaker retorted with the assurance that Clark had not been invited. Then the Speaker appointed Broussard and Harrison to the Committee on _Ways and Means. A howl went up from the Democrats. Boussard was. and is a protection Dem- ocrat from Louisiana, and Harrison had supported the old Cannon rules. The Republican members of the House are pressing their individual claims to various committee assign- ments direct with the Speaker. The Democrats, formerly used to consulting the Democratic leader,are pulling 1 out- side wires to help them to desired berths. John J. Fitzgerald, of New York, whom the Speaker selected for member of his committee on rules, is being courted because he led the parlia- mentary fight that enabled the Speaker to retain his power through the adop- tion of the old rules .aver the_ House. The Speaker and Fitzgerald have had many conferences recently.lt is known that the Speaker is working 1 on his committee lists. The wise ones have it that Fitzgerald is assisting: in this work. The increase in the number of so- called Republican insurgents in the House has placed at the disposal of the Speaker a considerable number of very desirable chairmanships with which to reward his friends. The niost important of these are the Committees on Commerce, Judiciary, Foreign affairs, Insular affairs and River and Harbors. It is expected that the Committee on Commerce—will- be one of the most active in the next session of Congress. It is known that. President Taft will recommend a number of important changes to the railroad rate law, and much new legislation affecting corpor- ations with a view to their better con- trol. The legislation will go to the Committee on Commerce for considera- tion. - Colonel William P. Hepburn.of Iowa, the veteran head of that^committee. has retired from Congress because of defeat at the last election. The second member on the committee is Irving P. Wagner, of Pennsylvania, and standing next to him in the order of succession is James R. Mann, of Chicago. It is recognized that Mr. Mann can have anything from the Speaker he desires as he is one of the Speaker's most active and able lieutenants. Mr. Mann wants to head the Committee on Com- merce, it is reported. Mr. Wanger wants the chairmanship, likewise. To take this chairmanship Mr. Mann will be in position to give up his chair- mansWk of Elections Committee No. 1, and this will afford a good berth for some friend of the Speaker. Charles L. Knapp of New York, stands next in line. Richard Wayne Parker, of New Jer- sey, is said to be slated for the chair- manship of the Committee on the Judiciary, made vacant by the defeat of John J. Jenkin, of Wisconsin, for re- election. Irvine L. Lenrootbeat Judge Jenkins, but as Mr. Lenroot is one of the most radical of all insurgents, he will receive scant attention at the hands of the speaker. The chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Affairs will go to James Breck Perkins, of Rochester, the rank- ing member. Robert G. Cousins, Iowa, former chairman, voluntarily retired from Congress at the last session, and Charles B. Landfcj, of Indiana, who ranked Mr. Perkins, was defeated. There, are two desirable vacancies on this committee to be filled by the Speaker. Henry A. Cooper, of Wisconsin, is slated for removal from the chairman- ship of the Committee on Insular Affairs. Mr. Cooper voted against the re-election of the Speaker and has been a pestiferous insurgent for many years. Marlin E. Olmsted is slated for the position. The election of Theodore E. Burton to the Senate from Ohio leaves vacant the chairmanship of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. DeAlva S. Alex- ander, of Buffalo, is ranking member and will get the promotion. There is much discussion as to who may head the Committee on Indian Affairs, teft vacant by the election of James S. Sherman, vice-president of the United States; of post-offices and Post roads, vacated by the defeat of Jesse Overstreet, of Indiana, and of Agriculturei should Charles F. Scott °* Kansas, succeed Secretary James Wilson of the Department of Agricul ture. For Indian Affairs the choice seems to lay between Representative Knapp, Will Not be Prosecuted Owing to Fail- ure of Federal Grand Jury to Render Indictment*. New York, June 29.—With the fail- ure of the Federal Grand Jury to file any indictments in the investigation of the American Sugar Refining Company and the departure of United.States Dis- trict Attorney Wise from Europe on the Kaiser Wilhelm II this morning, it is generally conceded that the proba- bilities of criminal action against the sugar trust are slight, at least until the return of Wise in August Up to the time of the District Attor- ney's departure for Paris, where bte goes to take depositions in the Panama fbel suit, it was considered practically certain that certain officials \higher up\ in the sugar trust would be in- dicated in connection with the closing of the plant of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company, through a loan which gave the trust control of- the concern. No one connected with the District Attorney's office would discuss the fail- ure to file indictments to-day, but it s not denied that the conference yes- terday between District Attorney Wise and John G. Milburn, chief counsel for the trust; John M. Bowers, counsel for John E. Parsons, who was counsel for the trust at the time of the loan, and William D. Gutherie, counsel for Auguste E. Kisell, through whom the loan to the Pennsylvania company was negotiated, in some way affected the proceedings. The trust lawyers argued, t is undertood, that any prosecution under the Sherman Anti-Trust Law out- lawed in three years, and as the Kisell loan was made in 1903, also alleged offenses connected with that loan, it is claimed, that they were outlawed. Mr. Wise refused to discuss this proposition esterday. The Federal Grand Jury has not yet made its report to the court and it is possible that secret action has been taken in the sugar cases. If so it may be withheld until the return of Mr. Wise in August or maV be submitted to the court during his absence. INTENSE HEAT IN EAST. of New York, and Philip P. Campbell, of Kansas. Ralph D. Cole, of Ohio, is said to be slated for the chairmanship of the Committee on Agriculture.should Mr. Scott go into the Cabinet. Gilbert N. Huagen, of Iowa, ranks Cole on the committee, but Haugen is an insurgent. William H. Stafford, Wisconsin, has strong backing for chairman of the Committee on Post-Offices and Post Roads, although he is ranked by five Others. It is possible that John W. Dwight, of the Thirtieth New York dis- trict, the House whip, may be jumped over the beads of all of them and given the assignment. SUGAR TRUST-MAY ESCAPE. AFTER THE WOMEN'S TAXES. tven Deaths, a Suicide, and Score* of Prostration* in New York During Day New York,. June 26.—Almost the entire State of New York and practic- ally all of New England sweltered to- day when the high temperature which began three days ago went even higher. Rain, accompanied by high wind and lightning and thunder brought some relief to New York and vicinity this evening. The maximum temperature recorded during the day was 92 at 3 p. m. There were at least seven deaths in the city proper due to heat, one suicide attribu- ted to the same cause and two attempts at suicide. Prostrations were so fre- quent as to pasa almost unnoticed. The suburbs suffered likewise. Conditions were almost unbearable in the manufacturing centers of New Eng- land and many mills .were closed...Two_ . men t is more than the average-easterner deaths occurred in Providence, R. I., and one at New Bedford, Mags. In New York the East Side suffered most and many, of the small and poorly ventilated factories shut down during the afternoon. Starting at 78 at 8 o'clock this morn- ing, the mercury climbed steadily until it reached its maximum of 92 at 3 o'clock. Two hours of this heat fol- lowed until at 5 o'clock a 26-mile breeze sprang up, bringing with it a down- pour of rain with thunder strom accom- paniments. In less than 30 minutes the mercury dropped to 69 degrees and in half this time 16 inches of rain fell.' VON BUELOW TO RETIRE. Announces He Will Leave Office When Finance Bills Are Out of Way. Berlin, June 29.—Prince von Buelow authorized the announcement that he intends to retire from the Chancellor- ship of the empire in any event so soon as the pending finance reform measure is disposed of one way or the other. The Prince remains in office only tem- porarily in an endeavor to pass the bill. Emperor William has not yet given consideration to the question of a suc- cessor to Chancellor Buelow, but the subject is one which the members of the imperial entourage are busily specu- lating on. The most probable choice is Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, im- perial secetary of state for the Interior and vice chancellor. He has been in close contact with the Emperor for some years as president of the province of Brandenburg and imperial secretary and his personal relations with the Em- perior are most cordial. He is an able parliamentarian, but he never has had anything to do with foreign affairs and in this direction his* training is deficient. He is 52 years old and has a great capacity for work s The Emperor may also consider Baron Marschall von Reiberstein, Am- bassador in Constantinople,\ but the Baron is not altogether agreeable to the Emperor personally on account of cer- tain incidents when he was foreign secretary. Among the other possibili- ties are Baron von Rheinbaben, General von Lowenfeldt and General von Wedel. Seizes Bif Drive of Logs. Rainy River, Ont, June 30.—An im- mense drive of saw logs, about 15,000, which had been cut illicitly on the Can- adian side and towed into American waters near Beaudette were seized Saturday night by Secret Service Agent Foulkeaon-behalf—of the-Washington- now~and\you\know r it Government The legs will likely- be returned to the owners of the permits upon which they were cut. They were cut by half breeds who had arranged to sell them on the American side. —The ideal husband and ideal are purely creations of the brain. —He who pursues two rabbits succeed in catching neither. wife will Chicago Assessors Threaten to Penalize Female Tax Dodgers. Chicago, June 27.—Chicago women are to be among the heaviest taxpayers in the community this year, their dia- monds, automobiles, gowns and ex- pensive house holding* having been as- sessed as never before by theJBoard of Assssors. \\\ Many of them may suffer penalties for failure to list all of their persona) belongings at their full value, and the board of review, it is said, will increase their taxes over those ~of last year. The reviewers put a large force of clerks to work to-day in their offices taking the initial step in an extensive war against tax dodgers, among whom, it is hinted, will appear the names of many society women. : v Mrs. v Harold McCormick, daughter of John D. Rockefeller and generally con- sidered among the wealthiest women in the West,, is assessed this year at $700,000, a little more than twice the amount she paid on last year. Mr*. Emmons Blaine, whose enter- tainments have become famous, is listed by the assessors at $750,000. Last year her assessment was less by about $100,000. W. J. BRYAN, JR., MARRIED. Wedding a Quiet Affair Under the Pine Trees at Grand Lake. Grand Lake, Col., June 27.—William. J. Bryan, Jr., and Miss Helen Virginia Berger, of Milwaukee were married last Thursday at Kinnikinnic Lodge,, the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Levering,o/i the West shore of Grand Lake. The wedding was a quiet affair and only the immediate families were present. The ceremony was performed under the great pine trees along the* shore of the lake at 8:30 a. m. The Rev. H. S. Huntington, Of Crete, Neb., officiated. Miss Edna Baker, of Lincoln, Neb., was maid of honor, and Samuel Berger, brother of the bride, was best man. The bride carried lilies of the valley and wore a tiara of the same flowers, and the maid of honor carried lavender sweet peas. The flower girl, Mary Berger of Milwaukee, cousin of the bride, carried pink sweet peas in her flower basket. Mr. and Mrs Bryan will pass their honeymoon at Grand Lake and leave about September 1 for Tucson, Ariz, where they expect to~live two years. 200,000 AUTOS TO BE SOLD. An Unprecedented Output in 1910— Farmers of the West Buying Cars. New York, June 30.—Manufacturers plan to place 200,000 automobiles on the market in 1910, according to Alfred Reeves,general managers of the Ameri- can Motor Car Manufacturers' Associ- ation, who baa returned fram-a trip through New England^ Pennsylvania and the middle west. This statement Mr. Reeves makes after a careful com- pilation of figures received from the makers of axles, magnetos, frames and other parts. 'Of the 200,000 cars planned for the 1910 market,\ he BaidJ \165 will be pleasure cars, 30,000 will be high-wheel buggies made by carriage concerns, and 5,000 will be steam and electric car- riages and commercial vehicles. The average price will be about $1,200, the cars below $1,500 being in the greatest demand, although there is no decrease in the demand for cars of higher price. This will mean a total business in cars alone of almost $200,000,000. \The importance of the farmers in the buying of automobiles and the in- fluence they will have on road improve- can understand. There are more than 5,000,000 farm-owners in this country, and they have had a big share of pros- perity. Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska have been good automobile states. One man in Anderson, Ind., told me that 75 per cent, of his $1,250 cars were sold to farmers.\ HOUSE PASSES CENSUS BILL, ggff METHOD FOR ROADS. It Appropriates $10,000,000 to Begin the Taking of the Census. Washington, Jane 28.—Ten million dollars were made available for the taking of the thirteenth census next year in a bill passed by the House. It is estimated that the next census will cost approximately $14,000,000. The Bum appropriated in the bill passed to- day is sufficient to enable the director of the census to begin work without delay. The rest of the money required will be appropriated at the next session •ofCongress. — The bill contains a provision creating a commission to represent the United States in the international convention for the revision of the classification of disease and causes of death to be held under the auspice* of the French gov- ernment in Paris next month. The bill has not been acted on in the Senate. The Invention of J. B. Sweeney, of Little Falls. RECOVERED FROM KILLARNEY. Bodies-of-Mra. Coburn, of Lowell, Mass., and of Two Englishwomen Found. Cork, June 24.—The boides of Mi's. Coburn of Lowell, Mass., whose name yesterday was given by mistake as Miss Cotum, and two English women who were lost yesterday by the cap- sizing of their boat on lower Killamey Lake have been recovered. Lowell, Mass. Jlune 4.—Dr. Harry W, Coburn, whose wife was drowned in Lake Killamey, said to-day she .had been visiting with her sister-in-law and intended to return this month on the steamship Cedric. Mrs. Coburn was among the popular residents of Lowell. Her home was on Centralville Heights. Mrs. Coburn was a daughter of H. H. Hilton, a business man of Lowell, who died some years ago. The Devil of Debt The devil of debt is on the heels of almost everybody. The clerk, he's in debt. The bookkeeper's in debt. Ditto the typewriter. Same with the porter and drayman. As for the super- intendent, he can't remember when he wasn't. The office boy would be in debt if anybody would trust him. And all of them complaining and acknowl- edging the miserableness Of their con* dition. Debt is a mortgage on your salary. Debt is a monument to a young man's weakness, a grown man's' folly and an old man's failure in the University of Life. Debt is discounting to-morrows llbertyfor to-day's good time. \^Debt is a quitclaim to your wife's confidence, your children's ambitions and your own self-respect. Debt is a guaranteed insurance policy against happiness. \Then what are we going to do?\ say a chorus of young fellows and business men and aspiring women and laborers and clerks and managers and Btreet-car conductors and hundreds more. Do without. It will take some backbone. It will take some genuine courage. But you'll be able to hold your head up—and that's more than you can do palpitation of the heart when the post- man blows his whistle, and you .won't tremble every time the boss asks you to come into the front office. Neither will you be ashamed to have your sten- ographer open your mail. Because you'll be working to-day for to-morrow's satisfaction, and not to make good an account of yesterday's extravagance—Pittsburg Press. MAUDE ADAMS. IN STADIUM. Great Actress Plays \Joan of Arc\ anil Net* $24,000 for Germanic Museum Under the stars of a perfect summer night Miss Maude Adams a few nights ago .gave the long- awaited performance of Schiller's \Joan of Arc,\ at Cam- bridge, Mass. On the turf of Har- vard's Stadium, where the athletes of Havarda contend with those of Yale and ohter universities,the noted Ameri- can actress gave the,,first performance of an English version of the tragedy. Fifteen thousand persons saw the great performance and gave applauBe and cheers to Miss Adams and her com- pany. Crowded tier above tier around the great semi-circle of concrete they sat in wonder and admiration at the magnitude of i t all and at the endless thought and labor on the part of the actress, her manager, Charles Frohman of New York, and all associated with them in making the production possible. Given under the auspices of the Ger- man department of the Germanic Mu- seum of Harvard, last night's perform- ance will net $24,000 for that cause. Needless to say Miss Adams is the most popular woman in these parts, and if she were running for Mayor of Boston she would be elected, and that means no discredit to BiJtr. Lowell, the new head of the unveriBity on the Charles,; who sat with the others of the faculty in the Stadium and joined in the salvos of applause that rolled through the big space. She was the first actress to tread the turf of toe Stadium, and the sons of Harvard will swear by her for- ever. • TREASURE OF MESSINA. Over Two Million*' Kept bjr'OfficUU— Recovery by Owners All but Impossible. Rome, June 28.-|!More than $2,000,- 000 in money, j£w4ky, precious stones and bonds-, recovered from iW ruins at Mes8ina,is being kept there by the mili- tary authorities. The valuables are tied up in bags and heaped in boxes and stored in various places, causing the utmost confusion. A treasury official with elerks has now been entrusted with the custody of the valuables.. Theoretically, the treas- ures of Messina, as they are called, are at the- disposal of their rightful owners. The procedure for recovery obliges a claimant to obtain authority to make a claim from the tribunals. This process takes two months. Then he must iden- tify his property after finding it, and finally prove that it belongs to him. This in many cases is impossible, and an attempt to regain property is fruit- less. ______________ An Antithesis. An antithesis to the extravagance that has been exposed to public view in the Howard Gould case is found in the divorce case that is on in Atlanta. In that,abnormality of human nature appears in the form of extreme penuri- ousness on the part of >a man, the hus- band and defendant. He is E. Lee Douglass, a .lawyer, estimated to to be worth half a jnil- lion. His wife; who is suing lor a divorce, charges in he^ complaint that he manifested excess of miserliness not only in the matter of larger expenses, but even in his supervision of the trivi- alities of household maintenance. He reproached her for eating too many potatoes, she says; made her pay out of her own money for meals sent to her room when she was sick; objected to giving servants any other food than bread, refused to buy theater tickets, but attended the theater at k her ex- pense ; found constant fault with the Smallest incidental expenses, refused to let her buy. with her own money, clothes which she needed, and made her tip waiters and porters when they were traveling., ' TMB form of abnormality is .rarer than extravagance. The natural ten- dency is to spend money, and that ten- dency goes to extremes rather easily. It would seem that the defendant in this case is suffering from dementia tightwaddia, or something of that sort. Fortunately, Mrs. Douglass has $200,- 000 of her own, the free use of which she will be able to enjoy if the conrt grants her'the freedom she asks. Hughes Family at Saranac. Saranac Lake, June 28.—Governor and,Mrs. Hughes, accompanied by their three daughters and their son, have arrived at Upper Saranac Lake, where the governor will again establish the summer capital of the State at Rustic Cabin. The Governor went to Utica, Satur- day, to be present at the formal open- ing of Roscoe Conkling Park. , Upon his return to Saranae he and Mrs. Hughes will leave'to take part in the Lake Champlain tercentenary celebra- tion. The Governor will leave for the Alaska-Yukon Exposition the latter part of July. . The Governor's family will remain at Rustic Cabin until late in September. Mrs. Gould's Alimony. New York, June 89.— Justice Dow- ling granted Mrs. Howard Gould a sep- aration from her husband and alimony of $86,000 year. Justice Dowling in his decision said that all the evidence was in favor of Gould and that theeonduct of Mrs.- Gould when she was alleged to have been intoxicated might have been caused by excitement. The justice disposed of the allega- tions concerning Mrs. Gould's meetings with Dustin Farnum by saying that they all occurred since Mr. and Mrs. Gould separated and that Mr. Gould had never objected to them. A stay of thirty days was granted. Practical Road Builder Has Invented a Glue Macadam That; Resembles Con* crete—Has, Stood Every Test—Is Not Expensive and Compares Favorably With Asphalt It is claimed that the very vexing problem of building roads which, will give to the public the satisfaction they expect, and will withstand the. heavy automobile traffic of the present time is solved. Nearly every state in the Union as well as the United -States government has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars experimenting, hoping to find a binder or some method of construction that will prevent a stone road from gravelling and conse- quently grinding into dust in dry weather. It is stated that the Euro- pean countries are also having great trouble with their highways; the old macadam roads, some of which have stood for centuries the strain of wagon traffic, are going to pieces under the speed of automobiles. It is generally considered by those who have made a study of road construction < that a ma- cadam road is damaged njore by the long dry spells of weather, than they are In wet weather, in fact it is held by many that a* well constructed macadam road is benefited by rain and* wet weather, therefore it is explained why the European macadam roads have as a rule given better satisiactlon than ma- cadam roads in this country; they do not have the long periods of dry weather that we have in this State, and the heavy dew and fog known as the London fog is of great benefit .to macadam roads as they assist materi- ally in holding the dust and stone in place. The New York State Department as well as the officers of other states in charge of road improvements, has been quick to try oui every plausible theory and suggestion that has been made with a view of bettering the roads of their respective states but there are many things to be considered; it is conceded that brick or asphalt pave- ment Is most desirable, but the high prices of those pavements make them prohibitory for country roads. They have tried oil in many different formB, i>ut many objections have been found to its use, among which are: It soils clothing, injures the luster on highly polished vehicles, tracks into homes and is considered very injurious to rub- ber tires. There are also on the mar- ket many combinations of oil, tar and asphalt and other ingredients, some of which are being used with more or less success,but fear is expressed that when the oil evaporates from these mixtures there will be left in the, road so little of the tar and asphalt that it will be no good compared with the prices paid\for its use, which is about from $&7000 to $4,000 per mile or about 33 1-3 percent additional cost for the con- struction of roads on which it is used. There has also been used for binding purposes the refuse of sugar refineries, a sticky vegetable mattter that prom- ised to be of some benefit, but after using it was found that it would soon dissolve and wash «out with the rain leaving the road in worse condition than it would be had it not been used. The method now proposed is an inven- tion of J. .P. Sweeney, of Little Falls. Mr. Sweeney has been engaged in road building for the pasttwo years, and has experienced in a practical way the great difficulties in making a macadam road that would give-.satisfaction; he acquainted himself with all the methods that had been employed to better the process of road construction, and he decided to put glue in the water for puddling the toads; from the-very fjrst he was satisfied that glue had the ad- hesive qualities desired, making a ma- cadam that resembled concrete, but much more elastic; and would stand a far greater strain. The only apparent objection could be found with the glue macadam was, that when immersed in water it was inclined to soften; how- ever, that has been overcome by mix- ing with the glue acd water other in- gredients which brings about a chemi- cal action and solidifies the glue, leav- ing the macadam impervious to hot or cold water. Many samples of this ma- cadam have been made and submitted to the best authorities we have on road building. Mr. Sweeney has been be- fore the New. York State highway Commission several, times, and samples have been tested at the State Testing Laboratory, and stood every test re- quired of thefn in a manner that has given to the inventor andjiis associates great confidence in its future. The most important thing about the inven- tion of glue macadam is the claim made by the inventor that a road can be built with but very little, if any, additional cost. It is explained in this way: The cost of glue and other ingredients is estimated at from $800 to $1,200 per mile, but on the other hand the method of applying it is a great improvement and much cheaper than the old method of puddling a road, and is expected to show a net saving on construction, and at the same time make a macadam road that will compare favorably with brick or asphalt pavement . : Mr. Sweeney has made application to the patent office at Washington through the law firm of Curtin & Lee, of Utica. A corporation is also being organized composed of capitalists from Utica, Rome and Syracuse, who mean to equip themselves with three, or four Bets of road machinery and prepare to demon- strate in several states the value of this invention for binder on a macadam road. Superintendent of Forests. Albany, June SO.—James S. Whipple, State Forest, Fish and Game Commis- sioner, has announced the appointment of Prof. Austin Cary, of East Machias, Me., assistant professor of forestry at Harvard, as auperinterdent of State forests to succeed the late Col. William F. Fox. The position pays an anunal salary of $3\ Prof. Cary has had a wide experience in forestry in eastern and middle west- ern states, having been identified with this work since 1893. He has been with the forestry department in Maine and with the forestry division of the United States Department of Agriculture. He :waB~an instructor in the-Yale—forest school and since 1895 has been at Har- vard. He spent some time in Germany and Switzerland and has made many contributions to the literature of for- estry in the United Statge. PUBLIC ASKED TO ASSIST. Send Word to State Official if You Know of Neglected Highway Work. W. Pierrepont White, secretary of the Oneida County League for Good Roads, asked all taxpayers and road users to write at once to Charles F. Chamberlain, special district superin- tendent of the highways, at Bagg's hotel, in this city, as to whetheer they are satisfied or dissatisfied with the work on the various roadB of the coun- try that has been done this spring. M/, White calla attention to the rules for highway work-promulgated by the State Commission, which are binding, upon the county and town superintend- ents, and ask taxpayers to send infor- mation as to whether they . have been complied with. Mr. White says; \I have no disposi- tion to antagonize any state, county or town officials in regard to the way they have managed the highways in the past These officials can not deliver to thiB locality highways of any better quality than the people ask for who elect them. I am therefore seeking publicity for the purpose of securing a better assist- ance from the people to their county, town and state officers in securing im- proved highways in Oneida county. \Under the new highway law, the State Highway Commission,are charged with the duty of supervising the ex- penditure of this money and producing results that will soon secure roads of a permanent character. The new law is so drawn that this Commission can Btop any expenditure that waste the public money. This supervision power is quite similar to the powers given to the State Commissioner of Public Schools for the purpose of guarding the expendi- ture of the public moneys. If schools trustees do not follow instructions and do not keep their buildings up to the State standard, the State steps in and compels the observation of its regula- tions. In Oneida county, out of a! total of $137,475 to be expended this yeaf in the maintenance of roads and bridges, the State is contributing $46,600, It will not stand for any waste of Its money by the continuance of methods, that have proved fruitless in results. A showing of a permanent character must be made.\ SET FIRE TO THE CREEK. —Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds: all they had, all they have now, and all they expect to have. Man Who Tossed Match Over Bridge After lighting His Pipe Caused a Loss of $30,000. Gloversville, June 30.—When a resi- dent of Gloversville carelessly threw a match«into Cayadutta creek after light- ing his pipe as he crossed a bridge, early last evening, he had no idea that hie act would cause a property loss of $25,000; to $30,000. Yet such was the case, the waters of the creek having, it is alleged, been covered with a film of naptha, and when the lighted match struck the explosive there was a sud- den flash and instantly the creek for a distance of seygral hundred yards was a Bheet of flame. Five buildings were set on fire, four of which are a total loss, large piles of lumber were destroyed in the yards of Burr Brothers, electric light and power wires were prostrated, leaving the city in darkness, and traffic was interrupted on the F., J. & G. Railroad. The flames shot high into the air, making a Bpec- tacular sight and threatening all that portion of the city bordering the creek. It was several hours before the fire de- partment had the flames under control. The supposition is that the naptha came from a near-by leather-Cresting plant several of which border the creek near the scene of the fire. WANTS SON TO EARN WAY. if He Mother Says She Will be Sorry Inherits Million. Chicago, June 30.— If Leonard Loeffier, (J years old, has fallen heir to a fortune oi $1,000,000 hiB mother will be sorry. It has been reported among the rela- tives of the late William Loeffler that his will, which will be probated this week, bequeaths his entire fortune^ amounting to $1,000,000, to\his grandson Leonard, who is tfie son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank LofRer, and this intimation moved Mrs. Loefiier to express the hope that her son might not inherit riches. \I do not want any son of mine to inhert a million dollars,\declared Mrs. Loeffler. \Why?\ she was asked. \Because I do not think i doe's a child any good to have riches which he has not earned. If Leonard can get a for- tune by working for it the way his grandfather had to do I shall be the proudest mother in the world buut there is no reason why he should have wealth unless he. does earn it Iwantmyboy to earn what he gets. I don't want him to get $1,000,000 for.nothing. That * is how much I think of money. It spoils children and removes the incentive for work and it is work that shapes a career*\ dHOLERA SPREADING. Daily Increase of 23 Per Cent. Re- ported—Futile Attempts at San- itary Precautions. St. Petersburg,' June 29.—It was officially admitted by the health authori- ties Here to-day that the daily increase in cholera cases is.25 per cent The mortality rate is also increasing and it is feared that 50 per cent, of the cases will soon pro /e fatal. A general order has been issued for the boiling of all drinking wfeter, but the authorities are unable to enforce the order, owing to the inefficiency, of the Police Depart- ment, the widespread nature of the dis- ease and the superstitioiiB«of the people, many of whom belive it is useless to guard agajnst the disease, which they consider divinely ordained. The exodus of the better class of the people to escape the threatened scourge is daily becoming heavier. The situa- tion is already too big for the local authorities *to handle. They say. that unless machinery of the natioal Govern- ment it at once employed, the capital will be ravaged by the worst cholera; in the world's history. Tortured on a Horse. \For ten years I couldn't ride a horse withottt-being-in— torture from-piUsr^ writes L. S. Napier, of Rugless, Ky., \when all doctors and other remedies failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me/' Infallible for Piles, Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Boils. Fever-Sores, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Corns. 25c. Guaranteed by F. C. Snyder. —An hour of triumph Comes at to those who watch aj»d wait last UNIQUE ISLAND HOME. Colony of Forty Families Out in Lake Ontario Have All the Comforts That Heart Can Desire. Out ui Lake Ontario, two miles from- Henderson Harbor and amid the best bass fishing grounds to be found any- where, is situated Association island, the Bummer home and place of business of the members of several large associ- ations more or lees closely connected with the incandescent lamp business. This island ii now occupied by a largo summer colony of association members, this being thfr third season-it has served- them as a summer home. They ar$ ac- companied by their famiUgs and by many relatives. -. The island includes sixty-five acres and the homes of the summer colony 1 are tents with board floors, electric lights and office fixtures and telephonic; communication, so that business is transacted there with nearly as great' facility as from the summer visitors' home office. These tents are arranged along the water's edge in regular streets. There are docks and piers and a big boat bouse for the gasloite launches, and the entire place is illu- minated by electricity. The association\ has already invested more than $45,000 on their grounds, camp and piers, docks and breakwater and electric lighting: plant They also have a waterworks syBtem, by which each tent is supplied with pure water from pipe and faucet, Over the big power boathouse with its eight stalls, a lecture room, has been fitted up, where stereoptican lectures* mock trials, minstrel shows, etc., are • given. A laundry is being built, and there is a blacksmith shop. Mail is carried to and from the island twice a day by naptha launch. The wants of the wives and children of* the busy manufacturers who spend their vaca- tions on Association- island have looked after, and there are grounds, tennis courts, base ball dia- monds and a dancing pavilion, all lighted by electricity. Many of the summer colony are skillful musicians and the island boasts a band and orchesr tra. Meals are served to the colony In a big general dining tent, and while* the menu is plain the very best material obtainable is used in the cook tent :> The island is owned by the Associa- tion Island Corporation of forty stock- holders, all connected with the incan- descent electric lamp business. Here are held the business meetings of the various companies early in'the .season^ before the arrival of the families of the members and their relatives. There are usually about eighty people in this summer colony. . ^.i-: A few days ago an election was held- with torchlight parades, speeches, etc.,.; and John W. Massey, of Cleveland, O#? was elected \Itayor while a poticd justice, chosen, was arrested, another mac's trial was fiiyij|^ island's ..':/. THE MINISTER ••;• & m ;-•<•*?. , ~z~yt*i ..._j*V- •^'/-^f/i- Es- Rev. Edwin Fv Hard's Offer Judgment in the Sam of $3,000 Accepted by the The action entitled 'Daniel N. ton vs. Edwin F> Hard . has been tied, a confession of judgment been made on the part of the ant, and is said to have been « by him to avoid publicity on .._,,_. l= , the children., Defendant made an offer to confess judgment in the suffli) 000 and the costs of $69.55:' action plaintiff is a former school missioner of Herkimer county, :i the defendant is a minister of tile tfst denomination;' having had «,**; charges &t Ilion and Newport, ^ ter~the bximeTof- \ 1\ damages sought were $10,000, alleged that plaintiff'* wife's a were alienated by the d&eiid^ti;; self a married Vman. The a^tiwa instituted last winter and th>defendant- was arrested at Dunkirk and brpjwrht to, Herkimer. -His <»unsel was^^floilL Ai^ M. Mills,while Uie plaintiff's attorteyi fixed at $5,000, but it could not be cured, and upon def endant's lii Justice Devendorf reduced to $3,000.- Rev;HMf. H^fff^B^ was unable to obuin eveij t^is from friends, and aft^r 0J0W the Waverly house, Herkimeit, days with a deputy sherifll\ was released on a bond f surety company.- Bumper Crop of Superintendent; Mc66rm1'okV Ontario division of lie New Y< tral, has placed an •oide'tiw£Iej( 1 the Pullman-'Car Company^W>« ator cars for his division. .Thee* handle the Btrawbemes, htf rants and small- fruits fruit belt in the Oswego will carry strawberries wego, Boston, New phia. The indications- mous crop of alt kinds McCormick says there talk that the cro> *puld cause of grubs dij^^t and trees;.b.at'after,^# inspection^ ^telkii growersFin^ ^ he says, to handle'a 4 v*' •'•' : 7 rj: Mrs. Anna :^ died Friday afternoon hospital, as a r^ewdfc'd which occurred oii> Morrison was engaged , moths from the ltfrp* of a solution of brimstone ajijd when in some manner tie liquid exploded, Arthough^shef conciousness to \withjp.a shorty. fore her death, she soffared- it tense pain that she ^l^^ the accident fth scribed To few wordi1 her condition jmM:$&i not make a connected s ing rain, so the say, wttl\vW ^ being below dry Bpelijof stoppeoTtfit\ crop. •h^,- ^Wf% p ^0*$^^
