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James J. Hill, president, of tho
Great Northern Railway company, who
has returned from St. Paul to New
York, expressed the conviction that
the tide of prosperity Is turning and
that there are indications of a signifi
cant recession in business. As Mr.
Hill phrased it, "tho sails of prosper
ity are being reefed. The year 1908
may bo a hard year and many thou
sands of men may then bo out of
work."
General Loynaz del Castillo, of
Cuba, is out with another statement
calling for liberty or death. In a state
ment published In La Lauch, he says:
Independence or death is the only is
sue. Let cowards live without a coun
try. To my last breath I fight for Cu
ba llbre. Hundreds of thousands of
Spanish soldiers have been buried for
opposing Cuba's independence. Mil
lions more of tombs will be opened If
necessary. We accepted the surrender
of arms, believing the Americans
would give back our liberty. All the
above I have said to Secretary Bacon.
I repeat It now to the protectorlsts.
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Unless tho strictest economy Is prac
ticed, a Umber famine will result In
the United States within the next few
years, is the opinion of R. S. Kellogg,
United Stales forest inspector, who
spoke before the Western Society of
Engineers at Chicago. "The output of
timber has remained stationary for
years, while tho demand has increased
steadily," said Mr. Kellogg. "White
pine lumber has advnnce'd 10C per
cent In the last twenty years. Great
economy must be practiced In the next
-few years in order to nvert a limber
famine."
In the postofflco appropriation lino
tho controversy between newspapers
and magazines which carry coupon
advertisements was dlspoEfal of y
the senate by the adoption of tho fol
lowing provision: "That hereafter
newspapers and periodicals may car
ry blank or printed return coupons as
part of advertisements or other
blank space for writing concerning
the subjects treated, not In excess of
one-third of the superficial area oc
cupied by the advertisements or ar
ticle, without impairing their rights
to tho second class rates of postage."
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Tho U. S. Senate, In committee of
the whole, accepted tho Beverldge
amendment to the pure food law, re
quiring that the inspected meat not
only must be marked "Inspected and
passed" in order that It may bo ad
mitted to interstate commerce, but
the corporation offering tho products
for shipment shall also cause the la
bel to be attached giving the date of
inspection and packing. The amend
ment applies to all meat food pro
ducts deposited or inclosed In cans,
tins, pots, canvas or other receptacle.
The packers have bitterly opposed
this provision.
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Replying to a question regarding the
size of John D. Rockefeller's lortune,
Frederick T. Gates, Mr. Rockefeller's
'business representative, said: "There
lhave been a great many amusing mis
statements on this subject. Several
years ago Senator Hoar in the senate
credited Mr. Rockefeller with a for
tune of 1000 million dollars. The facts
are that Mr. Rockefeller has author
ized a statement that his fortune can
not exceed L'50 to 300 million dollars.
Furthermore his income cannot in his
most prosperous year have exceeded
15 to 20 millions. The public generally
is under the Impression that he owns
a majority of the Standard Oil stock.
The facts are he owns about 20 per
cent.
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The committee of policy-holders of
the New York Mutual Life were de
feated in tho election for directors by
a decisive vote. The official figures
are as follows: Administration ticket,
199,182, United committee ticket, C9.
1C1. Selected fusion ticket, 3,447. Al
though the complicated system adopt
ed by tho $35 a day inspectors appoint
ed by Insuranco Superintendent Kel
soy to canvass the New York vote have
not made sufficient progress to an
nounce tho result, of the preliminary
count, there seems llttls doubt that tho
McCall-Morgaft administration combi
nation, was equally successful. Indeed,
it is not unlikely that tho percentage
against the International Policy Hold
ers' ticket will bo higher than in the
tMutual Life, where the fight was waged
most bitterly by combined coratnlt-ftees.
ARMY OFFICERS IN CHARGE.
The Panama Canal to Be Con
4 structed Under Government 4
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James F. Stevens, chief engineer of
tho Panama canal has resigned; tho
bid of W. J. Oliver for tho contract
to dig tho canal has been rejected; tho
Senato committee on canals has fall
to report tho nominations of tho can
al commissioners, henco thero will bo
no canal commission after March 4;
army officers "who will not heod at
tacks in Congress and from tho press
and who will bo content with smalt
pay" are to tako up tho great task and
Major Georgo W. Goothals, energetic
and young enough to complete the
project beforo ho comes of retiring
ago, is to head tho organization.
An official statement from the
White houso officers announced thnt
all the bids havo been rejected. Tho
form Is declared, after Investigation,
to bo defective Tho purpose of tho
government to sccuro for building the
canal tho services of tho best and
most experienced contractors has
failed. Tho canal probably will bo
dug by contract, but tho future plana
In thnt direction aro indefinite.
Tho present forco and organization
on the isthmus, which Mr. Stevens
leaves as the chief monument to hiw
eighteen months of labor there, will
be continued under new supervision.
But thero will bo quito a change in
tho personnel. Second in command
to Major Goothals will bo Mojor Da
vid DuB. Galllard. Major Selbert will
be third In command. Tho President
Intends to havo a lino of army engi
neers trained Into tho special work,
bo that if one drops out because of in
capacity or for any other reason
thero will be another to tako hid
place.
Furthermore, Joseph Clay Stiletl
Blackburn, Democrat, of Versailles,
Ky., soon to become an ex-senator' af
ter thirty years In public life, proba
ably will bo made a member of thd
canal commission, and It Is in thd
President's mind to make all thred
army engineers canal commissioners.
He will raise their salaries beyond
the compensation of military officers.
Major Goethals will havo $15,000, hall
the salary paid to Mr. Stevens.
There is mystery behind tho reslg
nation of Stevens. It came as a sur
prise to the President about ten daya
ago. Apparently all the reasons for
It havo not been told. The chief en
glneer smarted under tho attack upon
tho canal. Ho was unused to govern
ment ways of doing business and re
sented tho constant scrutiny of de
tails. When the Senate committee on
interoceanic canals wanted to bring
him back last spring to testify again
ho informed the Pxesldent that he
would resign if tho committee insist
ed. More than once Mr. Stevens assert
ed that he would build tho canal in
quick time if the government would
permit him to build a board fence
around it and exclude all except the
workers. He was Jealous, too, of
those who preceded him and who 'left
their places to accept more lucrative
employment in private enterprises.
Nothing seems to bo known here of
Mr. Stevens's plans. He Is to give
way to Major Goethals as soon as
convenient.
Experience.
A certain member of the Pittsburg
Stock Exchange has set his nephew up
lln business three times but the young
man lacks something essential to suc
cess in the lino selected for him, and
has failed with each effort.
When ho recently appeared before
the uncle with his fourth request, the
latter said:
"You must learn to lean on yourself.
I can't carry you all my life. I'll tell
you what I'll do. You owe me a great
deal as the result of your last failure.
Pitch In on your own hook and go It
alone till you pay off those debts.
When you've done, that, I'll give you a
check for what they amount to. Such
an experience will do you more good
than all tho money I could give you
now."
Two months later tho nephew walked
In with every claim receipted, and the
uncle was. so delighted that he gave
tho promised check.,
"How did you manago It,, Howard?"
ho asked, after an expresslori of con
gratulation. '
"I borrowed the money," replied
Howard. Harper's Weekly.
The Unquiet Stars.
In a recent suit in a Cincinnati
court a lawyer was cross-examining a
Gorman, tho polifl under Inquiry bolng
the relative position of tho doors, win
dows, and so forth, in a house in
which a certain transaction was al
leged to havo occurred.
"And now, my good man," tho law
yer said, "will you be good enough to
tell tho court how the stairs run in
your house."
The German looked dazed for a mo
ment. "How do they run?" ho ro
poatted. ,
"Yes; how do tho stairs run?"
"Veil," continued tho witness, "ven 1
am oop-stalrs doy run down, and ven
I am down-stnlrs (ley run oop."
Harper's Weekly.
ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE."
That Is LAXATIVE BROMO Qulnlno.
Similarly named remedies sometimes
deceive. The first nnd original Cold
Tablet. Is a WHITE PACKAGE with
black and red lettering, and bears tho
signature of E. W. GROVE. 2Cc.
Municipal play-grounds were given
a big boost by President Roosevelt and
Representative Boutell at Chicago at
a banquet given by tho Washington
Playgrounds' association. Tho Presi
dent wrote n letter in which ho asked
that tho Inalienable right of hoys and
girls to frolic should not be denied
them. Representative Boutell explain
ed his bill to Congress for the estab
lishment of playgrounds In Washing
ton. The President advised all cities
to make provisions at ones for play
grounds, lest suitable rHoi do obtained
only at Immense cost. As an example
of hindsight, he pointed to Now Yuik,
whcie playgrounds recently cost 1 mil
lion dollars.
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Marmalade, then made only of
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Tho supreme court has decided that
tho Stato of Kansas has no right to
Intervene In behalf of the railroad in
tho Missouri, Kansas & Texna Indian
territory land grant case. Tho rail
road claims land along the right- of
way worth several million dollars, be
longing to members of, the Flvo Civi
lized tribes. Tho Stnte of Kansas
brought tho suit as trustee for tho rail
road company last October. Solicitor
CJenoral Hoyt filed with tho court a
motion that tho case bo dismissed on
tho ground that tho Stato of Kansas
had no right to bring tho suit, as It
was not a trustee for tho railroad In
tho land grant. This motion tho court
granted. Its decision was announced
by Chief Justice Fuller. A written
opinion was not handed down. Tho
court merely dismissed tho case. This
ends the suit in Its .present form. If
the, MIssour.I, Kansas & Texas renews
Its claim, It must bo brought beforo
(the court directly by the railroad corn
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Tho groat sulphur-bottom whalo of
tho Pacific ocean is, so far as known,
the largest animal that evor lived on
this planet. Ono specimen, which was
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feet In girth. Its estimated weight
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