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Recent Suicide Makes Public an Extraordinary Case
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f"jrlY dear wife, my love, I lovo
I IV1 1 you. I will leave you at 1
MM o'clock. May God bless you.
tfiftv For you I will leave $10,000.
My lovo was greater than word can
tell. BILL."
Theso words, scrawled with trom
bllng hand on a sheet Of common note
paper, wero addressed to Mrs. harle
Stierle, Newlon, Mont, by tho man
who first married her, William W.
Hately.
Then, on tho lawn In front of his
boardlng-houso at Omaha, and with
his former's wife name upon his lips,
Hately killed himself by shooting.
Hatcly went to Omaha many years
ago, as tho residents of that now city
4 William Hately.
uso tho torm "many." Fifteen years
ago ho entered a clothing company's
employment and soon became one of
its most trusted employes. Three
years later Mattio May Lowo, the
daughter of a family well known and
In comfortable circumstances, be
came his wife. Two childron wero
born as a result of the marriage
Jean, now eleven, and Robert, now
nine years of ago.
Tho Hately home, though not large,
"w&b happy and filled with ordinary
comforts. Hately camo from a good
family, ono thnt knows how to llvo
well. Ills mother, Mrs. ThomaB Hate
ly of No. 4 Cross Row, Gateshead,
England, Is reputed to bo wealthy, but
Hatoly's naturo was ono of Independ
ence, and although frequently strug
gling against a semi-poverty, ho al
ways refrained from applying for as
sistance from his mother or from his
brother-in-law, E. F.'Derlght, a prom
inent safo dealer In Omaha.
His wifo was always affectlonato
and seemingly content In hor posi
tion, although her friends say she
sometimes sighed for moro of tho
world's comforts than Hately was cap
able of giving her.
Hately a little over a year ago
moved to Newlon, Mont, taking his
wife and two children with him. Pov
erty, gaunt and real, there overtook
him. Ho was no longer able to pro
vldo his wife with tho comforts to
which she had been accustomed, and
he noticed that her affection for him
wan rapidly departing. It was a Btlll
greater grief for him when ho dis
covered that her lovo had not only
been lost to him, but that her heart
had been won by anothor, Charles
SUcrlo, wealthy, manly and withal
honorable. Not a taint of suspicion
was directed against tho wife. Al
though loving CharleB SUcrlo and with
the former lovo for her husband dead
within hor, she still followed tho duty
of a wlfo and uncomplainingly clung
to him. But Hately saw.
, It was agreed that a divorce should
bo obtained by Mrs. Hately with Hato
ly's consent bo that she could wed her
new love. Tho divorce was granted
and Hately never uttered a murmur.
Hately returned to Omaha Immo-
Mrs. Hately.
dlately after the divorce was granted.
Ho procured a position with Thomas
Kllpatrlck & Co., and for tho past year
had shown no failure In his duties
and no reduction In his commercial
abilities because of his troubles.
New Mining System,
A gold-bearing clay found In Santa
Cruz county, Arizona, Is of such a
refractory nature that tho usual meth
ods of separation have failed abso
lutely to extract tho gold therefrom.
After practically every known meth
od had been tried and failed, the In
genious scheme of drying the gougo
thoroughly and beating It vigorously
with a club was adopted, with com
plete success. This is a mining sys
tem unknown in any other part of tho
world.
Enforcing Obnoxious Laws.
The city marshal of Mexico, Mo., Is
causing a good deal of disturbance in
that city. He Insists on enforcing the
ordinance which provides that all
M I7l.,
places of buslnesB shall bo closed on
Sunday. This absurd proceeding bos'
so outraged tho feelings of tho alder
men that five of them have resigned,
another threatens to follow suit, and
oven Mayor Jones intimates his Inten
tion to do HkowlBO. ThuB tho odd sit
uaUon Is presented of tho lawmakers
refusing to assumo responsibility for
tho government of a place whero tho
law is enforced. Tho marshal sayB ho
believes In Gen. Grant's declaration
that tho way to repeal an objection
ablo law Is to enforce It
Plan to Honor Gen. Slget.
Admirers of tho Into Gen. Franz Si
gel propose to ask tho New York city
authorities to cbango tho namo of
Cedar Park, at One Hundred and Fifty-second
street and Mott avenue, to
Slgel park, to honor tho memory of
tho patriot and soldier. Gen. Qigol
wis a resident of tho Bronx for more
than a quarter of a century, and his
friends say that as ho waB tho most
prominent veteran of tho civil war
who lived in that part of tho city it
would be appropriate to commemorate
his patriotic services in such a sub
stantial way. Many public officials
and citizens of tho Bronx favor the
plan. as
Father and Son In One Pulpit
Recently father and son appeared
In tho samo Brooklyn pulpit that of
tho Greenwood Baptist church. Rev.
Dr. Robert Bruce Hull is pastor there,
and his son, Rev. Robert Chipmon
Hull, was well received. The latter
is Just turned 21 years of ago, and
during tho summer has been preach
ing In tho Strong Flaco Baptist
church, Brooklyn. Tho father
preached Sunday morning and tho
son in tho evening.
The Law of Compensation.
In days gono by when as a swain
I used to court the girls,
I'd often noto tho monstrous hats
Abovo their fluffy curls.
And then I found the reason for
Their hats' most wondrous growth,
For underneath them from tho Bun
Was shelter for us both.
Alasl those days aro past and gono,
Their hats aro now quite small;
I find now when the sun 1b hot,
No room beneath at all.
But compensation's everything,
TIb nature'B rigid law;
The girls now Join mo underneath
My spreading Panama.
Farmers Keen In Business.
Johnstone Bartlctt, a lightning-rod
agent called on tho prosecuting at
torney to-day and asked that warrants
bo issued for tho arrest of twelve
Atchison county farmers, says tho
Nebraska State Journal. Ho says ho
started out of Atchison a week ago
with a team of good horseB and a
new spring wagon, but that during
tho week he was swindled out of ev
erything, In trading horses, and was
compelled to walk back to town. He
did no business, and lost all his
lightning rods. Tho prosecuting at
torney Bald that getting tho best of a
horse trade was no violation of law,
and Bartlctt left for tho east, Baying
bank presidents wero easier than
farmers.
Stood Dead In Doorway.
A Boston man who has just returned
from ruined St Pierre says that a
frlond of his who entered tho city as
soon after the eruption as tho fire and
heat allowed, spoke ono evening of
entering a house In St Pierre In an
endeavor to find tho family's bodies.
There stood in the doorway a strange
man to whom he touched his hat as
ho went In. He found the family all
dead within, and, sickened by the
sight, made haste to come out ugaln.
In the doorway ho again encountered
the stranger, and, thinking be might
mean some mischief, this tlmo ob
served him more closely. Ho was
looking Into the eyes of a man two
days dead, Boston Transcript
New Idea In Dirigible Balloons.
Flying machines steering by Hertz
ian waves was Patrick Alexander1!
striking position at the late Berlin
scientific ballooning conference. Ha
claims that an unmanned balloon,
carrying instruments for registering
temperature and moisture at dlffer
ent heights, can be sent fifty miles
and steered back to the
point
Btartlni
MEANT TO MISLEAD.
DELIBERATE FALSIFICATION OF
8TATI8TIC8 BY REPUBLICANS.
Reputable Journal Makes Charges
Which Cannot Be Disproved Fig
ures Twisted to Servo Party Pur
poses and Make Arguments.
This is tho title of tho leading edi
torial In tho New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
of July 29, 1002. It makes serious
charges against tho Republican statis
tical bureaus at Washington. It says:
"It Is greatly to bo regretted when
wo seo statistics bearing tho govern
ment stamp begin to deteriorate and
Bbow signs of improper methods of
production, as Is true of somo of tho
recent publications of the Treasury
Bureau of Statistics.
"Seriously speaking, thero la no
moro serious crimo against tho public
(to say nothing of tho interests of
sclcnco which require accurato com
mercial returns) than tho publication
of BtatistlcB that havo been doctored."
Now that the campaign Is approaching,
and that much moro than the ordinary
uso Is mado of the government re
turns, tho temptation becomes doubly
strong to manipulate Information
gathered through government agen
cies. Perhaps it does not seem very
wrong for persons with an intonao
partisan bias so to represent the mat
ter as to glvo their side the best end
of the argument If, for example, It
Is desired to show that under the
tariff system our exports aro largely
increasing, and that wo aro gaining
tho lead of all other countries,, what
mora natural than to keep some un
pleasant facts in the background and
to throw others to the front In bold
relief, altering their form perhapB in
such wise as to make them convey
to tho superficial reader an entirely
different impression from that which
is gained by moro careful study? Tho
truo partisan who really holds tho
Ideals ho works for Justifies such
action on tho ground that his view
is right, all other views aro wrong,
and that the truo meaning of the
figures in question is given only by
stating them Just as ho has stated
them.
"The truth is that too much can
hardly be said of the helnousness of
tho crime of garbling government
figures. Tho government is tho only
all-embracing agency wo havo gather
ing accurato, trustworthy statistics on
all subjects. To falsify theso Is as
bad as to falsify the money issued
by tho government, and could It bo
as readily detected, should be visited
with penalties as severe. If anything,
such frauds are more heinous in their
character than tho Issue of counterfeit
paper, becauso they may result In
betraying tho nation into governmen
tal policies, which, to speak only from
the commercial side, result In a vastly
larger transfer of property without
compensation than any which would
flow from tho false issuo of money.
It may seem a Blight sin to pervert
figures for partisan purposes in order
to suit the needs of the moment, but
the standard of official honor which
will permit a resort to such methods
of a type which If applied to commer
cial transactions, would speedily land
the Individual who was guided by It
behind tho iron bars."
That the Republicans at tho head
of tho various bureaus in Washington
occasionally suppress or distort un
pleasant statistics is true. But we
can never expect to havo reliable
statistics while protection Is on tho
throno and can continue Its rulo only
by deceiving the people. Our so
called "balance of trado" about which
the Republicans are continually crow
ing exists only on paper. Our expert
figures are far too high, because the
trusts are ashamed to give tho very
low prices charged to foreigners,
while our Imports are far too low
because of tho undervaluation and
wholesale smuggling. These are only
Instances of our unreliable statistics.
Another is found In the attempts of
tho protected trusts to pad their wage
roll and mako wage earners feel that
they are far better off than they really
are.
"Addition, Division and Silence."
The Republican policies of "Addi
tion, Division and Silence" have been
quite effective In keeping from tho
American people tho facts about the
war with Spain, the Philippine war,
and our trusteeship In Cuba. But in
splto of the closing of mouths by
those methods a good deal has leaked
out that was intended to be pre
served in "silence." No account has
yet been rendered of the disposition
of the $50,000,000 which was Intrusted
to tho President when was was immi
nent Neither has tho uso to which
tho $20,000,000 appropriated for the
Navy department ever been accounted
for, though when these appropriations
wero made It was expressly stipulated
in the Senate that an accounting be
forthcoming.
The "Division" of the $3,000,000 ap
propriated to pay tho disbanded Cu
ban patriot army would make inter
esting reading, for there Is evidence
to show that but little was received
by the common soldiers and that nine
tenths went to the patriots who
threatened to raise the most fuss If
their demands wero not compiled
with. Gomez received several checks
for which vouchers have been found
for $25,000, which may bo largely In
creased when the disbursements are
all known. Alexander Rodriguez,
Charles Roloff and Gen. Carlos wero
all recipients of large checks when
the division was made. The New
York World, in commenting on these
j disclosures, eayi: , - w
tThoso who aided In tho distribu
tion of tho f3.000.000 say that It was
necessary to pay out a good deal of
money at this tlmo to prevent public
ity in tho island of tho manner of dis
tribution, and that some of these pay
ments wero tho result of extortions.
It was considered by tho officers at
that tlmo that It was better to mako
thoso payments, even to somo who
were technically undeserving, rather
than engender hard feelings and stir
up a troublo in tho dissolving Cuban
army which would have been hard to
manage."
Tho payments to Thurbor of $11,
C20 out of tho Cuban treasury to aid
tho sugar trust fight for reciprocity
was also a caso of "Division and
Silence." Tho sending of Buen Cam-
lno to tho United States is ono in
stanco whero it has leaked out
But where ono payment comes to
light thero aro a hundred that aro
covorcd by "Addition, Division and
Silence." Admiral Dewey in his testi
mony beforo tho senate committee
said:
"Thero aro lots of things which aro
not communicated to the public."
Admiral Dewey was in a position
to know, but was ordered to keep
silont
Tho "Addition" to the price paid
for transports purchased and tho
"Division" of tho swag is covered by
tho "Silence" of tho grave. The enor
mouB quantity of coal paid for, above
what was consumed, Is now being in
vestigated and will also show that the
same legend covers the transactions
If tho facts known by the adjutant
general of tho army wero wrung from
him by the "water cure," what a mine
of crookedness It would unfold, but
"Addition, Division and Sllenco''
broods over the Root and Corbln com
pound and "Silence" 13 so necessary
at the war department that a clerk
who divulges unimportant matters, ox
oven criticizes thoso in authority, is
Instantly discharged, as in the caso of
Miss Taylor. Under our republican
form of government tho people, tho
whole people, have a right to know
what is done with the vast sums that
they pay In taxes. Under a despot
ism only the favored few aro entrust
ed with such secrets.
Is imperialism far distant when
"Addition, Division and Silence" aw
tho governing watchwords?
The President's Position.
Tho president it Is stated, is out
of patience with southern Republi
cans. He wants action, not continual
begging for patronage. Tho fact Is
tho president Is Intent upon building
up aa political machine for himself in
tho southern states, but the Republi
cans thero will not pledge the delega
tion to -tho next Republican national
convention unless they receive in
return appointments to federal offices
for themselves and friends. That
this is tho case is shown by that reli
able administration organ, tho Wash
ington Star, Aug. 21, when it says:
"The president at first ignored
many of tho organizations In tho
south, and made appointments that
suited his own taste. He was warned
that ho was doing himself harm,
politically and mentally. He then
turned around and placed tho south
ern patronage question largely in tho
hands of Postmaster General Payne,
who has been known from the begin
ning as the political manager of tho
president's interests."
With Payno and Clnrkson, those
two ardent civil service reformers
to whom tho president has intrusted
his renomlnation campaign, ho may
get tho southern delegates and then
again ho may not It will be remem
bered that John Sherman onco
thought he had thorn corralled, but
Aiger and Dudley blocks-of-flve Dud
ley bought them away from him and
some of them were said to have been
acrobatic enough to require purchas
ing twice over. History may repeat
Itself.
Source of Meat Trust's Power.
One of tho beef trusts magnates
has just returned from Europe and
after an investigation of conditions
tlero has arrived at the conclusion
that tho trust cannot extend its oper
ations and becomo International. Tho
New York World, Aug. 21, noticing
this says:
"An Honest Confession. Mr. J.
Ogden Armour, one of the chief fac
tors in tho meat trust now organiz
ing In defiance of law, frankly admits
that It will control the Industry in
this country. Asked if it will control
the European supply, he said, with
equal candor, 'that It Is impossible
for any combination In the United
States to control tho meat trade of
Europe because of the largo ship
ments of cattlo from Argentina and
other South American countries.'
And yet Secretary Shaw blandly
argues that our tariff does not safe
guard the meat trust!"
Tho duty of two cents a pound
which our tariff imposes on cattle
and beef, if abolished, would allow
tho Argentina and Canadian beef
and mutton to bo brought in here to
a limited extent and thus act as a
regulator of prlcoB. The freight and
cold storage expense on meat ship
ped from Argentina would still pro
tect tho farmer, probably to tho
amount of the present tariff, but be
yond that tho trust would be power
less to extort the additional profit it
Is cow making.
The Monopolists Are Right
Tho managers of the beef trust
"merger" aro right So long as tho
DIngley tariff stands this monopoly
can be made supreme, no matter what
President Roosevelt and his attorney
general may do. The only relief for
tho people Is In repealing the tariff
duties on Uvo animals, fresh meats,
hides, buttons and all the rest by
which this trust fattens on the public.
M
Commoner
Extracts From W.
4-H"MH--W-HW-
WHAT, MORE MONEY!
At this tlmo when the advocates of
the single gold standard aro assuring
us that the money question Is dead, It
Is Interesting to observe the efforts
on the part of the secretary of the
treasury to avoid a money famine
Recently It was announced from
Washington that Mr. Shaw had a plan
to "relieve the money market In tho
event of a possible stringency." H1b
plan was to persuade tho national
bankers to increase their Issue of bank
notes. Mr. Shaw evidently found somo
difficulty in accomplishing the desired
result but recent dispatches announce
that ho is congratulating himself on
the fact that ho has persuaded certain
national banks to take out notes ag
gregating $12,00j,000.
In his now famous interview, print
ed In tho Chicago Record-Herald, Mr.
Shaw protested against any agitation
of tho tariff question. He printed out
that all tho money of the country was
locked up in water-cured concerns, and
ho Bald ho didn't want anything to
happen. Something certainly would
happen In the event of an agitation for
a radical revision of the tariff under
conditions which he described in a way
to show that there Is not even today
money enough with which to do the
business of the country.
Commenting upon Secretary Shaw's
plan to relievo tho money market, the
Columbus (O.) Press makes this prlnt
od comment:
"Bank notes are predicated on
bonds, which aro an interest-bearing
burden upon tho people. If the quan
titative theory of money is tho solu
tion for financial stringency why can
not the same relief be obtained by
opening the mints for the manufacture
of non-Interest bearing money instead
of starting the printing presses to
stamp moro mortgage currency for the
people to use In their business deal
ings? Why not open the mints that
will open the mines for the production
of 'one of our coins of commerce, ono
of our own products,' as McKlnley Baid
at Toledo ten years ago?
"Open mines and open mints mean
more employment, more machinery,
more manufacture, more business and
moro money. Open mines and open
mints will adjust finances on tho quan
titative plan In tho event of financial
stringency.
"And still the fiction goes tho round
that 'the money question is settled'
and some democrats are foolish enough
to believe it"
Tho United States Banking corpora
tion, with a capital of six millions and
headquarters in New York, is inviting
subscription to its stock and in doing
so gives an outline of its plnn of oper
ations. According to tho prospectus It
Is the present intention of the cor
poration to "organize a trust com
pany in forty cities." It will bo possi
ble, It adds, "to extend the operation
of tho United States Banking corpor
ation to more than one hundred cities
and towns of importance whenever it
Is deemed desirable." Tho corporation
will "acquire existing trust companies
by purchasing a controlling Interest"
unless it finds It more profitable to
organlzo a new company.
A reader of The Commoner sends
the prospectus in, and asks if it is the
first fruit of the scheme embodied In
the Fowler bill. No; tho Fowler bill
has not yet becomo a- law, and when
it does becomo a law its adoption will
bo signaled by the formation of a na
tional bank trust, built upon the plan
followed by the United States Bank,
which .after a tremendous struggle,
was overthrown in the days of Jack
son. Tho Bankers' corporation above re
ferred to is more like the "merger"
companies which are organized for the
purpose of controlling other corpora
tions. The plan is a very simple one.
A group of financiers, In order to con
trol a corporation having a capital of
ono million, must own moro than half
of the stock, or a little more than
$500,000 worth. To control ten cor
porations having a capital of one mil
lion each would, therefore, require a
little moro than five million dollars
(if the stock was at par.) A merger
company, however, can be organized
with a capital of a little more than
fivo millions, and this merger com
pany can then control a majority of
the stock in each of ten corporations,
but tho group of financiers desiring
to manipulate these corporations
would only have to control a little
more than half of the capital stock
of tho merger company that Is, a lit
tle moro than two millions and a
half. It will thus be seen that a cor
poration organized to purchase stock
in other corporations is merely an In
direct method of doubling the Influ
ence of a given amount of capital. If
ten merger companies were organized
to control ten corporations each, and
then a new merger company was or
ganized to control a majority of the
stock of the ten. the influence of a
given amount of capital could bo dou
bled again, and so on Indefinitely.
It seems necessary for the evils of
this system of financiering to be shown
by actual experience. It is difficult to
ward off danger because so many peo
ple are Indifferent to the operation of
a vicious principle until they aro ac
tually hurt bp it But while the pub
lic can not easily be aroused in ad
vance, it Is always quick to respond
when it feels the effect of bad princi
ples put into practice and, in time,
applies a remedy. If there were more
foresight there would be less suffering;
Mr. Boardman defends the water
cure on the ground that the Filipinos
lied. What, then, should be done with
war department officials who also de
nied the torture when official reports
proved its existence?
Tariff reform will not be secured
through the efforts of men who stren
uously insist that there is no need of
tariff reform.
After having Screwed up the price
to the highest notch the beef trust
professes to have some regard for Mr.
Knox's Injunction.
Comment
J. Bryan's Paper.
A SAMPLE OF EXAGGERATION.
Below will be found an illustration
of tho exaggeration Bometlmes em
ployed by thoso who assume to de
scribe current events. Attention would
not be called to It but for tho fact
that such items are often made tho
basis for editorial comment and tho
public Is constantly being misled:
"Lincoln, Neb., Sept 2. W. J. Bryan
camo near losing his life after tho
Labor Day exercises yesterday as tho
lesult of playing tho part of peace
maker. After the original combatants
had been separated one of them made .
foro Mr. Bryan with a revolver lq ono
hand and a knife in tho other.
"Mr. Bryan was equal to the occa
sion, however, and at once closed
with his assailant who was frenzied
from liquor and the excitement of his
previous conflict Mr. Bryan Is no
weakling, but ho was finding his an
tagonist anything but easy, and it
looked as though ho could hardly es
cape a slash from the knife, at least
"At thlB Juncture John BurKe, a
bystander, camo to his assistance, and
tho two speedily threw the enraged
man on tho ground and disarmed him.
Those present wanted Mr. Bryan' as
sailant turned over to the pollco. Mr.
Bryan, however, advised letting him."
go, and the assailant departed without
anyone as much as learning his
namo.
"Though a largo number of peoplo
saw the affair no one present know tho
man. After It was all over Mr. Bryan,
mounted his horse and rode away."
Now behold how much Bmoko can
arlso from a little fire! The facts are:
Mr. Bryan was going along the road
with three other gentlemen, when just
In front of the party several half-Intoxicated
men became involved in a
quarrel and began striking at ono an
other. Mr. Bryan joined thoso who
were with him In separating the fight
ers, a thing easily accomplished, as
tho llehters did not seem to bo very
much excited. This was tho end oC
the incident No knives were drawn.
Ono of the parties to tho fight Bald
something about shooting, but ho did
not draw any revolver and it Is very
doubtful whether he had one.
Out of this very insignificant inci
dent the above report was sent broad
cast Tho Labor Day picnic waB a
largo and orderly one, and this, tho
only disturbance noted, was not no
ticed by any considerable number on
the grounds.
Speaking of exaggerations, another
recent instance might be cited. Tho
press dispatches have been chronicling
tho purchase of "two $2,500 mantles"
for Mr. Bryan's residence at Falrview.
Tho fact is that tho most expensive
mantlo in the house cost less than
$200 and it was bought of an adver
tiser in The Commoner whose patron
age considerbly lessens the net outlay.
Tho republicans have not yet an
nounced their willingness to discuss
the Fowler bill, which was reported
favorably in the house and which re
ceived the support of every republican'
member of the committee. Every dem
ocratic speaker should study that bill
and bring its iniquities to public at
tention. In one of his speeches Mr. Roose
velt said: "It is a great deal better
that some people should prosper too
much than that no one should prosper
enough." But Is it well that a hand
ful of men should prosper too much'
while tho great masses of the peoplo
are required to economize on the nec
essities of life.
Tho Philadelphia Saturday Evening
Post eays that "beef went upon ac
count of the scarcity of beef." The
Post has its wires crossed, eef went
up on account of the multiplicity or
men who believe that they can tar
themselves rich and adhere to the
mistaken notion that the republican,
party Is opposed to trusts.
Tho republican papers who are car
tooning and abusing Senator Teller
will not bo able to lessen the esteem
in which he is held. The party organ'
that blows hot or cold according to
the exigencies of tho times can not
Injure a man who has shown tho char
acter and conviction exhibited by Sen
ator Teller.
Tho reorganizers are anxious to ap
pear as special champions of tariff re
form, but the Kansas City platform
democrats are really the best friends or
t&riff reform as they aro the best
friends of bimetallism and tho most
consistent opponents of Imperialism.
Republican logic continues to exhibit
its crimps. Acordlng to republican
logic It is undignified for a democratic
candidate for president to make polit
ical speeches, and intensely patriotic
for a republican president to deliver
stump speeches.
While Iowa's republican organs .are
quarreling over the real meaning of
tho "shelter plank" In the platform,
the trusts go right ahead. Tho trusts
know that republican platforms aro
harmless as long as tho trusts can
select tho candidates.
Welch anthracite coal laid down In
New York at $6.50 per ton will strike
"Trustee" Baer aa rank sacrellge, co
lossal impiety and worse that idot
worship.
It will be cheerfully admitted that
"Trustee" Baer and his associates are
getting a fat rake-off from the estate.
Reports of municipal rottenness in
St Louis have created great anguish
in the breasts of Philadelphlans, who
are always deeply Interested and an
guished by the rottenness of other
cities.
It seems that the navy destroyed the
forts and the forts destroyed the navy
Just like the administration is regulat
ing the trusts theoretically.
The nomination of Senator Teller
by the fusion forces of Colorado ought
to seal the political fate of Mr. Wol-cott
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