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TOIIN KLUORTON litis wrlliGii Homo of tho
fj best ol our modern liynuiH. A writer In the
Portland, Ore., .lournal says: "Ellerlon's work
was done less tliiiu fifty yearn ago, but much of It
already I.s fixed among the classics of English to
llglous poetry. The Evening Prayer for Peace'
Van written esueclally for one of the choir festi
vals which used to be common in England; It was
Intended for the closing piece at this gathering
of choirs from many parishes. It now Is one of
our beat known closing hymns:
Savior, again to thy dear name we raise
Willi one accord our parting hymn of praise;
We stand to bless thee ere our worship cease,
Then, lowly kneeling, wait thy word of peace.
Grant us thy pence upon our homeward way;
Willi theo began, with thee shall end the day;
liuard thou the lips from sin, the hearts from
shame,
That In this house have called upon thy name.
Grant us thy peace, Lord, through the coming
night,
Turn thou for us Its darkness Into light;
From harm and danger keep thy children free,
For dark and light are both alike to thee.
Grant us thy peace throughout our earthly life,
Our balm in sorrow, and our stay in strife;
Then, when thy voice shall bid our conflict cease,
Call us, O Lord, to thine eternal peace.
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DURING the recent visit of Vice-President
Fairbanks to Chicago the Tress Club of that
city made up of the Joillest and best lmneh of.
newspaper men imaginable tendered him a re
ception at Uie Randolph hotel. Good stories were
a feature of the evening, and one of them Is so
good that it deserves lo go the rounds. The name
of the teller is not: given, but sufllce to say he
was a reporter well known for his wit and abil
ity as a story teller. The story goes as follows:
"The city editor of a sensational dally sent a re
liable reporter out to take a look at heaven and
write -up a Sunday story. The reporter reached
. the pearly gates and encountered St. Peter. The
old saint asked him what his business was and
when he received the answer he throw up his
hands In horror, at the same time barring the
gates still tighter. 'Well, as long as I can't get
In, wouldn't you be willing to let mo Interview
you?' asked the reporter. He got an answer in
the afllrmallve and began. 'St. rotor,' ho said,
'the people on oailh are interested in the relative
values of time as between heaven and earth. Will
you tell mo the value of a minute In' heaven.' 'One
minute on earth is equal to about two hundred
years In heaven,' said St. Peter. The newspaper
man, thinking of rush copy and late stories Cor
the early edition, liked the thought and pressed
the saint further. 'You may know,' said the re
porter, 'that the smallest com in the United States
is tiio 1-cent piece. What is that worth In heaven V
'Your penny In heaven,' said St. Peter, 'is worth
just .$200.' That Impressed the reporter still more
and, with a thought for his own welfare he smiled
his most gracious smile and asked: 'St. Peter,
will you kindly lend me a cent?' 'Surely, my
boy,' said the guardian of the gates of heaven.
'Walt a minute and I'll get it for you.' "
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T EFERRING to the record breaking dividends
XX for the month of April, the Denver News
says: "All classes of Incorporations are included
in the list industrials, steam railroads, street rail
ways, metallurgical and mining concerns. At the
very head of the list stands the United States Met
als Selling company, with oflices in London and
Now York. Their only visible Investment is the
fixtures in those offices, capitalized at the modest
sum of $5,000,000. The par value of the shares is
$100 and upon each of these shares the April div
idend readies $7.50. This moans $30 per annum
for each share, or $1,500,000 in all, compared with
$1,000,000 in 1000. The company was organiVed
hi 1000, and lias since paid $4,875,000 In dividends.
It is the culmination of the smelter trust, handlln
about nine-tenths of all tho aiivm in,i ,, 5
zinc produced by American mines, and consider
able ot the product from Mexican mines. New
lore city's dividend total for tho first week in
April Is placed at $SO,000,000. In April, '1000, the
figure was $00,-100,000. Hence this year's gain
reads $13,000,000, or over 20 per cent. Of this
year's handsome total steam railroads claim $3'j.
l.S3,9i;0, compared with $20,177,020 In April last
year. Tho Industrials are also gainers, with $30,
447,503 tills year, compared with $30,938,780 last
year. Street railways come next with $0,739,008,
whereas In April last year, when slocks were jx
ceptionally high, they paid $5,791,840. Monday
next (lie Union Pacific will pay out $9,773,055 on
Its common and 1,991,390 on its preferred shares.
This will be the largest amount paid by any one
company, and is the result of the increase in the
common dividend to a -10 per cent basis. The lead
ers hi the Industrial class are the American Tele
phone and Telegraph company, the American Sugar
Refining company, the American Smelting and Re
fining company and the Western Union Telegraph
company. These eorporntionsVlosoly reflect con
ditions in the .ones whore tlioy operate. In no
instance is a decrease shown as compared with
last year, while the American Telegraph and Tele
phone company lias advanced its quarterly divi
dend from $1,972,120 last year to $2,031,020 for
the quarter ending this week. Predictions of trade
reaction have as yet to bo justified by concrete
facta. Tho loss of 'water' in Wall street is not
half so destructible as floods In tho west and south,
whore commodity prices continue favorable and the
crop prospects are exceptionally good."
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ON this same subject the Omaha World-Herald
says: "It Is said that Burlington gross earn
ings for this year will reach $SO,000,000.- This pre
diction comes from the Wall Street Journal. The
same authority estimates Union Pacific gross earn
ings at from $73,000,000 to $74,000,000. It is as
sorted the Union Pacific cannot well avoid paying
a dividend equal to that of tho past year, when' the
returns are in. In fact some figure that the real
oarnlngs of the company will afford, a dividend of
from IS to 20 per cent, should all money available
be turned into dividend paying purposes."
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npl-TR Ilarrlmau-Roosovelt correspondence recalls
JL the charges made by Judge Parker, the dem
ocratic nominee in 1904, and Mr. Roosevelt's em
phatic answer. In a speech delivered October 29,
1904, Judge Parker said: "As I have said before,
and I deem it my duty to say it again, the1 trusts
are furnishing tho money with which they hope to
control the election. I am sorry- to be obliged to
say It. If it were not true I would not say it to gain
tho presidency or any earthly reward." In his pub
lie statement issued November 4, 1904, Mr. Roose
velt said: "Certain slanderous accusations as to
Mr. Cortelyou and myself have been repeated time
and again by Judge Parker, candidate of his party
for the office of president. Mr. Parker's charges
are in effect that tho president of the United States
and Mr. Cortelyou, formerly Mr. Cleveland's ex
ecutive clerk, then Mr. McKinley's and my secre
tary, then secretary of commerce and labor, now
chairman of the republican national committee,
have boon" in conspiracy to blackmail corporations,
Mr. Cortelyou using his knowledge gained while
ho was secretary of commerce and labor to extort
money from the corporations, and I, tho president,
havlirg appointed him for this especial purpose.
Rut there is not one particle of truth in the state
ment as regards anything that has gone on in the
management of the republican campaign. Mr.
Parker's accusations against Mr. Cortelyou and me
are monstrous. Tho statements made by Mr.
Parker are unqualifiedly and atrociously false."
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A LITERARY bureau at Washington is sending
out some really interesting letters to which
The Commoner Is reluctant to refer because they
relate to Mr. Bryan personally, and seem to con
voy the impression that some effort will be neces
sary on the part of "patriotic democrats" to pre
vent Mr. Bryan from being nominated for the
presidency in I90S. One of these letters, appears
In the Boston Evening Transcript of Marcli T
and for tho information of Commoner readers some
extracts from this letter are herein reproduced
For instance: "Tho anti-Bryan men will bo busv
during the summer and fall, and they hope to bo
able to sidetrack the Nobraskan before the nartv
begins tho work of reorganization in the various
states next January. In due t&ne emissaries are
to bo sent to the central states and to the traus
Mlssissippl states to talk oyer the situation with
influential democrats. These men will be instructed
to use some such argument ns this: "Wo are not
wedded lo any particular candidate. All we are
seeking to accomplish at this tinie is a reversal of
the apparent tide in favor of the nomination of
Bryan again. Can you find a democrat wlio be
lieves Bryan can be elected? Then why tie our
selves to his fortunes again? With the republican
party on the verge of a split over the question oC
centralizing all power in Washington, why shall
wo not make ready to wage a winning campaign?
The democrats of the south do not want Bryan;
the east does not want him. Do thoughtful demo
crats anywhere really want him? Then' why sit
still and have him foisted upon us? We merely
suggest the names of Judge Gray and Judson Har
mon. Any .other 'safe and sane' candidate will
suit us. First of all let us resolve not to renomi
nate Bryan, and then let us see to It that the man
nominated can command the support of thoughtful
people everywhere, both democrats and republi
cans.' " It is needless to say to Commoner read
ers that there is no danger of any man, whatever
his aspirations or associations may be, of being
foisted" upon the democratic party in 1908. Mr.
Bryan will in due time announce, his decision as
to whether or not he will be a candidate. In the
meantime, the readers of The Comnner are en
titled to know what is going on.
CONGRESS recently raised the salary of the
c.,. sectary to tile pi.egIdent fl.om $5000 fi
JpG,500 per year. A writer in the New York World
says: "The late J, Addison Porter thought th
term 'private secretary' incommensurate with the
dignity of the job, and an obliging congress
changed the title to 'secretary to the president'
without increasing the salary. Mr. Loeb received
whatever of added dignity Mr. Porter and Mr
Cortelyou had, and is now to enjoy-that more
-tangible pleasure nn increase of 33 1-3 per cent
in his compensation. When Salmon P. Chase was
chief justice of the United States supreme court
his salary was $0,500. That is today the salary
of 'the chief justice of the United States court of
claims. It is $500 more than the salaries of the
judges of the district courts. There are eighteen
5S.arrnJfdn,rnls ln the llavy- Ni,1G of these receive
$(,500 when on wa duty and $0,375 on shore duty.
The others receive $5,500 on Sea duty, $4,075 on
shore. The commandant of the marine corps and
Sf !!liGr pnernls in the army are paid $5,500. '
The pay of chief naval constructor is only $5 500.
SUSlfiS10 - rowai:(ls of technical training and
faithful public service. Kentucky pays its gov
ernor $0,500 a year. Indiana, Massachusetts, Now
Jersey, Now York, Ohio and Pennsylvania nw
more and all the other states less. Mr. Loeb
doubtedly has many duties that never before fell
to the lot of a private secretary, and there are
many who would say he earns whatever he can
got, but the essential fact is that his. office is due
of increasing importance."
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WRITING in The Public, Lewis F. Post says;
"The newspapers that arp reproducing the
attacks upon municipal ownership which emanate
from Wall street 'news' syndicates, would nd it
to the advantage of their readers, even if not them
selves, to tell about the municipal g s and water
works of Duluth The latest official report of Sie
water and light department of that 'city of the nn.
salted seas' shows that 'the earnings of the de-
frSoVKW0!!1 ?oSnraitl tei' vo increased
from $2rl,10o.2S in 1905, to $304,-150.83 in 1900,'
while the expenses of operation, maintenance an 1
interest have only increased from '$044 528 24 n
1005 to $2G1,8S3.SG in 1900,' and That e net tm
plus for the year 1900 is $47,572.97 as mrainr S2fi
577.04 ttr the preceding year. MnwLile? ffi
has been no change in rates for either gas or
water. In comment the commissioner says: 'So
far as the operation and maintenance of the gas
and water systems ,are concerned, this board is
confronted with very easy and simple p?od ems!
Both systems are money-making propositions and
notwithstanding the eductions in the price of
both gas and water that have been made since the
J 1 1 "J,1'0? 1the,se p!ants' and notwithstanding'
the fact that during the last year the consumers
of gas and water have had to pay the additional
taterest on the cost of the Duluth Heights and
Park Point systems and the West Duluth reser
voir, from which no income has been derived, the
of Kn07 yet abl t0 Sh0W an UmiUal proUt
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