I THE-TWO'CHARIOTS
n mm. i Niin..f m vw yiv -u a mm i m.
Co Fight the Trust Octopus.
Thcro la no reason to doubt that
tho movement toward the formation
of a vnHt labor union committed to
tho policy of National ownership, to
resist attacks by combination of capi
tal, of which tho Billion Dollar Stool
Trust Is tho mast conspicuous ox
umplo, In Inspired by tho growing un
easiness among tho wago workors of
tho country as tho ultimate object of
project cmanatos from Pittsburg,
whoro tho Immedlato offocts of tho
operation of tho Morgan syndicate are
llkoly to bo earliest apparent. Thou
sands of steel workors arc employed
In tho groat Carnoglo establishments
nnd associated activities, which arc
designed to form tho nucleus of tho
giant combination, and every ono of
theso has an ncuto Intorest In a deal
that IhroatenH rovolutlon Inasphcro of
Industry upon which they nnt" their
families dopend for subsistence. This
great body of workmen has Its
branches In every section of tho coun
try over which tho Stool Trust pro
poses to extend Its control, nnd It Is
nothing moro thnn tho natural in
stinct of self-protection that has caus
ed tho leadorH of a movement Intend
ed In Its Inclploncy morely to amalga
mate tho allied motal trades, to sug
gest an extension of Its purposes and
Influences. A consolidation of all
labor unions In tho United States Into
ono great coherent body, whoso dofln
Ho object, maintained with lntolll
gonco, Judgment and resolution,
should bo tho opposing of dangerous
encroachments by trusts and monopo
lies upon Inherent rights would
doubtless provo a barrlor over which
tho octopus that has been paralyzing
Individual enterprtso might vainly
strlvo to oxtond Its all-comprohondlug
nrms.
Scholar and "Police Chief.
It Is n now oxporlonco in American
Ilfo to sco a woll known scholar who Is
at tho sarao tlnio an experienced guard
ian of tho poaco appolntod to tho ofllco
of chiof of pollco In a city llko Chicago.
Yot that is what has been dono in tho
appointment to tho chieftaincy of Capt.
Frank O'NollI by Mayor Harrison. Tho
Idea was to namo a man who would bo
a "Minister of Pollco," who would bo
ablo not only to control and direct tho
CHIEF O'NEILL. ,
force but In caaos whoro tho Gonornl
Superintendent had to appoar on public
occasions aa ono of tho high officers of
tho city' could mako a crodltablo ap
pearance Captain O'NollI Is not only
tho bost educated man on tho forco, but
also baa good reputation as a pollco-
man, having come up from tho position
or a natrojman. Ho was born in Iro
land In 1840. Ho Joined tho forco in
1873. His prlvato library 1b ono of tho
most oxtonBlvo in Chicago. His homo
on Droxol Boulevard haa long enjoyod
tho roputatlon of bolng tho rendezvous
for' book worms aud men of letters
generally.
! The Chines "Reiency.
t It Is a characteristic trick of tho Em
press Dowager of China to nomlnato a
rogoncy for tho purposo of preventing
tho return of tho emperor to powor.
Hor vjndlctlvonoss Is such that It ro-
forniB must como sho would not have
thorn como through tho agency of her
unfortunato nephew, ovon woro ha still
competent to direct the affairs of gov
ornmont. 8ho waa dono with him, Us
alio thought, In 1898, novor Intended
that ho should reign again, and ar
ranged for the porpctuntlon of hor own
rule by naming a very youthful minor
to tho succession. Thoro Is no doubt
that, according to tho original plan,
the omporor waa to havo boon mcr
dorod, and bis llfo has boon an Impen
etrable myBtory over since. Ho is Bald
to have boon shattered in mind and
body, but such is tho Bccrocy that sur
rounds him that his very oxlstonco Is
llftls bettor than a speculation. Of Ills
influonco upon tho court thoro Is not
now a trace.
Thoro Is, however, a reformatory In
fluonco which must affect tho rogents,
oven though they aro tho dowager's ap
pointors, und that is the might of Rus
sia and tho Allies. Tho most bigoted
reactionary would hcsltato to provoke
Iiostllltloa again at this tlmo, nnd,
furthermore, It would nppcar from all
tho avallablo information concerning
tho board that It U not wholly com-
uosod of ulcou.
Succeeds Dr. Edtvards.
David D. Thompson has been elect
ed editor of the Northwestern Christ
Ian AdVocato by tho book committee
of tho Mothodlst Episcopal church to
succoed Kov. Dr. Arthur Edwards, de
ceased. Tho action Is decidedly pro
gressive, and was not accomplished
without n strugglo. Precedent was
against tho successful candldato, for
ho Is a layman, and hitherto only rev
eronds and doctors of divinity havo
been solected to sit In tho editorial
DAVID D. THOMPSON.
(Now Chiof Editor of tho Northwestern
Christian Advocate.)
chairs of tho Mothodlst papers, as well
as to fill almost ull tho other places of
trust and honor.
fiames En din) in "I."
Another Italian nnarchlst and would-
bo regicide, whoso namo ends in 1!
If this suspected RomuEnolI. now In
tho tolls at Berlin, hud Biicccoded in his
alleged purpose of assassinating tho
Kaiser, tho prophecy of Victor Huko
In his "Cromwoll" would have had ono
moro fulfillment:
"PhlilppI, Mnnclnl, Tortl, Mazarlnl!
Satan pour Intriguer dolt prendro tin
nom en it"
And, of courso. tho poet's list haa
wonderfully lengthened since. To say
nothing of Orslnl nnd Ills bomb, thero
Is Colli, who killed Canovas In 1897,
and Brescl, who slow King Humbert
Inst year all names of tho fatal ter
mination. But then. Italian names In 1
of geniuses and saints como easily to
mind In such numbors as to confirm
tho old saying that Italy produces tho
best as well as tho most vicious men
in tho world. Nor are instances want
ing of assassins whose patronymics arc
of right guttural German or sibilant
Russian. Of no Italian monarch could
it havo been written, as a wittv ladv
onco wrote from St. Potorsburg at tho
tlmo of tho coronation of tho Czar:
"Tho emperor entered tho church pro-
ccueu by tho assassins of his nrand-
fathor, surroundod by tho assassins of
his father, nnd followed by his own."
Ex.
TV-7"a? Letter "Box.
Ono hundred new mall boxes with
nutomatlo attachments. Bhowlm; tho
tlmo of tho last and of tho nbxt collec
tion of mall will bo Installod In tho
down town district In Chicago within a
weoK.
I)y a dovlce attached in rhn front, nf
tho box tho mall carrier In nnnnlne
and closing It, registers tho tlmo of tho
noxt collection. Abovo tho usual rnnl
showlug tho collections for tho day Is a
strip of glass boucath tho words "Next
Collection." When tho carrier removes
tno mall the figures and words showlug
AUTOMATIC LETTER BOX.
the tlmo ot tho next collection, nnd also
tho time tho collection will bo duo nt
the postolllco appear. Tho public will
bo nblo to tell ut a glance when tho
mall will bo taken up again, and by
ruforenco to tho usual schodulo card
can also ascertain when tho cnrrlor last
mado Ills rounds. In tho down town
district tho attachment will register
t.wunty-nlx ttmou during tho day. On
tiunduy, whon only a few collections
aro mado, tho automatic nttnehment
will not bo In mho, mid tho collections
wlllr bo. inudo according to thu usual
nr,l.
Thin Is the chariot known as Fate and
those are the horses three.
They uru known as Greed. Ambition and
Strife, nnd tho wind la not mors
free.
Tlicy aro coursing tho vast nrcna ot life
und their goal Is Destiny.
And who In It rides so awlft away, 01
who limy tho driver bo7
Stern shows his faco through the clouds
of dust look and your eyes will
sou
Tho form of a darliic rider there, nnd
his name Is Knmlty.
Now, these are the horses, black as
night, and the driver Ilcrce Is ho;
They feel the pitiless lash of pride as on
ward they swiftly floe
For he seeks tho glittering goal beyond,
the goal that Is Destiny.
Rut look, where another chariot goes and
drawn by horses three;
Their driver ho drives with a gentle
hand and Love his name shall be.
For the horses ho drives are Faltb and
Hopo, and tho third Is Charity.
White as the foam that wets their Hps
are Love's swift horses three:
They, too, are rounding tho course of
life toward tho goal that Is Destiny!
Dut they trample no roses under their
feet and none from their pathway
Itco.
Whero Enmity's chariot wheels have been
a burning track shall be,
Whllo I-ovo looks bnck with n lingering
smllo that nil who will may see;
For Knmlty rides with a fierce desire,
but Lovo shall the victor be.
Arthur Lewis Tubbs.
"RaisinA the Trice of Anthracite.
According to a Now York dispatch It
Is tho intention of tho men who con
trol the anthrnclto coal mines to trans
fer $50,000,000 to their pockets from
thoso of tho consumers of hard coal
by raising its price $1 n ton. There 13
no difficulty about putting up tho price,
but it docs not follow that tho mine
ownors will got $50,000,000 moro for
their total output thnn would bo takon
In under tho lower price. Somo Indis
creet railroad managers boasted once
that their rulo for fixing freight rato3
was to mako them aB high as tho traf
fic would bear. Thoy woro determined
to pluck tho shippers, but thoy were
smart onough to know that thoro was
a point abovo which rntos must not
bo raised under tho pealty ot docrensed
earnings. The anthrnclto men ara
qulto aware of tho fact that thero Is
a point beyond which they cannot go
without clittlng down their gross re
ceipts, for thcro Is at hand a substitute
for tholr product In tho form of bitu
minous coal. Then thero Is tho spec
ter of public ownership of all mines
nnd all railroads. If tho monopolists
would feed long they must feed mod
erately. Look at the Comet.
If you want to seo the now comeV
with threo tails set your alarm clock at
3:50 n. m., and waste no tlmo In got-
tlng out of bed when tho bell rings. II
the weather conditions aro favorable
tho colestlal wanderer ought to bo vis-
HOW TO FIND THE NEW COMET.
Iblo a Uttlo to tho north of the point on
tho horizon whero tho sun rises. Its
brilllnncy Is such, according to tho as
tronomers who havo soon tho comet.
that it can bo seen even after the sun ii
above tho horizon.
Tho distanco of tho comet from the
earth Is not greater than 30,000,000
miles, nnd mny bo considerably less
than that. Whether tho threo talis of
tho comot aro fan shaped, or whothcr
thoy sproad at acuto angles, is a quos
tlon to bo determined.
Haitiaii's Mixed "Population,
Nowhoro else In the world has there
boeu such a remarkable shifting In tho
rolutlvo strength of races as that which
has occurred In tho Hawaiian Islands
since 1890. Tho absolute changes may
first bo Indicated In a tablo as follows:
189C. 1901
Whlto 22,428 28,533
Hawaiian 31,019 29,831
Part Hawaiian 8,-185 7,831
Japanoso 22,329 01,121
Chinese 19,382 25,741
Tho most Interesting features In this
tablo nro tho Blight falling oft In th
Hawaiian nnd part Hawaiian popula
tlon, about 3 per cent In tho ono caff
and 7 per cent In tho othor, nnd thy
enormous Increaso In tho Jnpanes4
which amounts to 170 per cent. Thounl
tho whltos havo gained 20 por cent nn
tho Chlneso 32 per cont, tho Japanes(
have so far outrun thorn both thnt thell
lncrcnso upon tho natives losos tho lm
portanco that othorwlso would attach
to It. It becomes morely un incident ol
tho foreign growth, which, whllo 11
holps t emphaslzo tho docllno of thi
Hawallnns, has ktlll a loss ot Its own U
L
account for.
Whon a presidential train liko that
which is now Journeying throughout
the South and West starts on a long
Journey across tho continent, much
moro is Involved than appears on tho
surfaco. In tho load which such a
train carries is involved tho possible
safety and the wclfaro ot tho nation,
and It is literally tho chief business of
thousands of men, while the train is on
tho road, to seo that it passes In safety
and without delays or inconveniences
of any kind.
In tho first place, ovory division su-
A PILOT ENGINE TRAVELS AHEAD,
perlntendcnt, and practically every cm
ployo over which tho presidential train
passes Is notified days In advance of
its coming. Tho exact mlnuto of Its
departure nnd a carefully arranged
schedule of its arrival at and doparturo
from every station on tho lino was sent
out to every station agent tnd soctlon
hand. Beginning several hours beforo
tho train was duo every foot of tho
track was carefully patrolled by keen
eyed men, who felt tho responsibility
which rested upon them. If President
McKlnley had sat up In tho observa
tion car attached to the train ho might
have seen at intervals of a few mln
utes and nil night along tho yellow
lights of tho lanterns of tho sleepless
sontlnels who wero to guard his safety
and assuro his convenience. Practl
cally, It might almost bo said that tho
train passed between two lines of
watchmen, so close are they together
and so careful Is their watch.
Nor does railroad vlgilanco atop
there. That, In fact, Is only the begin
ning. All day nnd all night long a
pilot engine runs a little In advance
of tho Presidential train to make suro
that nothing has been overlooked
ill i i 1 1 m i i
WAITING FOR THE PRESIDEN
TIAL TRAIN.
which could by any human possibility
ondanger Its safety. Close behind the
presidential train is usually seen a sec
ond englno, so that It Is closoly guard
ed boforo, behind and on both aides.
Still othor precautions nro takon.
Every station agent Is notified that on
tho night or day when tho train bear
ing tho President is to pass his station
ho must bo continuously on duty. Ho
may not lonvo tho responsibility to his
subordinates. Ho must personally at
tend to tho nrrangemont of the propor
signals and sco to It with his own eyes
that everything posslblo Is dono to
forward tho train with speed and safe
ty. It may pass his little backwoods
station nt sixty miles an hour, but ho
must stay on duty and watch and wait
until It flashes by in the night, and,
with a sigh of relief ho can call up
tho noxt station on the wlro and an
nounce that tho President's train has
gono by and tho weight has been lifted
from his shoulders.
Even weoks boforo tho date of tho
Journey's Btart tho roadbed has boon
carefully Inspcctod by tho higher offi
cials of tho sovoral roads over which
tho presidential train Is to pass, nnd
improvements and alterations orderod.
A Uttlo lator a second trip of Inspection
is mndo to seo that the ordors pro
vlously given havo boeu carotully and
properly carried out.
Thero aro threo Instead ot two mon
In tho cab. Ono ot thorn Is tho en
gineer. Ho Is aa carefully selected as
tho best man on tho division. Tho soc
ond mnn Is tho fireman. Tho third Is
tho master of transportation. Ho slta
in tho cab alongsldo tho engineer, and
tho eyes of both aro centered on tho
twin lines of rail beforo them. They
watch to mako suro that none of their
subordinates mako a mistake and to
bo certain that nothing is in tho way
of tho presidential train.
When the train passes from one di
vision to tho noxt tho transportation
manager leaves the train to mako way
for tho man who la responsible over
tho next division.
Whoever covers tho entlro 15,000
miles of tho Journey might observo at
least thirty different men, sitting per
haps In n seat in tho smoking car,
with slouch hats pulled ovor their oyes,
keeping careful track of every Incident
of tho trlp. They aro tho division su
perintendents, each of them with tho
ontiro burden and responsibility of tho
presidential train on his shoulders until
It passes safely beyond tho limits of
his territory. When such connecting
points nro reached tho observer, it he
walked out on tho platform, would
be likely to hear a conversation llko
this:
"Hollo. Ed."
"Hollo. Bill."
"Everything O. K.7"
"Yes, thank God."
"How's 267"
"Waiting at CedarvlllG."
"Wish mo tho samo luck. Good
nlcht." Then the train would pull out at
forty miles an hour and another man
would take tho place In tho smoking
car Just vacated by tho sleepy-oyed
man who has left tho train at tho di
vision terminus.
Whon a train carrying a king or
emperor leaves ono of tho great capi
tals of Europo it is always posslblo to
stop everj' other wheel on tho lino and
leavo tho track perfectly free for tho
passage of tho imperial special. But
In tho United States tho railroad man
ager has also tho problem of running
the regular passenger trains and keop
lng freight trains moving with as Ut
tlo delay aa possible. This greatly
complicates the problem. Aa a mat
ter of fact few freight trains run on
tho regular schedules when the presi
dential train Is moving its wheels, and
tho traffic mannger has troubles of his.
own for a day or two after it Jias
passed. Every train dispatcher on
each division knowa that tho special
has passed for several days by tho
complaints which como In from ship
pers of perishable goods, oven If offi
cial notlco wero lacking. It is his
hard task to seo that overybody Is
kept satisfied, even whllo the demands
of tho presidential train aro compllod
with. It la safo to say that trafllc will
bo entirely upset on every road which
is traversod by tho train for nt least
forty-eight hours.
Thoso samo train dispatchers and
their assistants havo in chargo the
difficult task of keeping tho president
and his movable cabinet In constant
communication with Washington. Tel
egrams In the obscure presidential ci
pher may bo thrown from tho train
at tho most out-of-the-way station and
thoro must always bo on duty there
a man capable of handling the work
in an intelligent way. A mistake made
by a, night operator at Spodunk might
possibly result In an international dif
ficulty. The responsibility which ev
ery man connected with ono of tho
roads over which tho train passes may
therefore be Imagined.
After all is said and dono tho man
who is chiefly responsible for the com
fort, and In a largo degree for tho
welfare, ot the presidential party, rides
in tho last car of the train. He is a
colored man, and he is in charge of
tho culinary department of tho presi
dential train. Before ho. is selected
tho wholo forco of tho road Is care
fully scrutinized. He Is chosen as ono
among a hundred, and as a rulo ho
feels not only tho responsibility but
tho honor of his appointment. It is
told of tho chief cook on a previous
presidential Journey that after an es
pecially fine breakfast tho president
THE SCOTT RESIDENCE, WHERE THE PRESIDENT WILL STAY
WHILE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
expressed a deslro to sco nnd congrat
ulate tho chof on his triumph. Word
was taken to tho mngnato in Ills spo
clal car nnd ho sent back word that
it tho- president desired to sco him
ho could bo found In tho kitchen.
"Russian State in "Business.
"Tho Russian stato, which is tho
most socialistic ono on earth and tho
ono thnt tho world's money power is1
almost forovor fighting, is by far the.
greatest economic unit on the faco of
tho globo." To nlnety-nlno rcadors
THE AUTOCRAT OF THE PARTY,
out of a hundred this statement will
doubtless be startling. Tho Russian
state draws nn annual net profit of 45,
000,000 rubles from its forests, mines,
and agricultural property. It receive
annually 80,000,000 rubles from Its
communities of ex-serfs for tho uso of
land it coded to or purchased for them.
It Is building by far tho longest an
most costly railway in tho world, and1
It owns and works over 20,000 miles or
railways, tho net rovenuo on which i3
equal to one-seventh of tho net revenuo
of all tho railways In tho United Statc3.
In 1898 It received $800,000,000 into Its
coffers, nearly one-half of which sum
was not produced by taxation. Its bud
get Is greater than that of Franco by
moro than $200,000,000. In 1890, wheu
ono of tho banks of London was uuablo
to meet its obligations, tho Russian
government had with It on curront ac
count a balanco of so many millions
of pounds that when tho bank of Eng
land enmo to the rescue a request was
immediately mado to Russia not to
dispose of her balanco beforo a certain
date, since to do so would bo to prccl
pltato a financial crisis ot tho utmost
ONE OF A THOUSAND SLEEPLESS
SENTINELS,
gravity. Finally, besides being a'capl
tallst and a banker of this magnitude,
tho Russian stato Is nlso a metallur
gist and a spirit merchant. In a word
tho proud claim is mado for it that It Is
tho greatest landowner, tho greatest
capitalist, tho greatest constructor of
railways and carries on the largest
business In the world.