THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
O. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
i’NEILL, NEBRASKA
A correspondent of the London
Chronicle suggests that "shandy-gaff” i
may have been derived from the "shant
of gatter,” a term used by drovers
when asking fsr a pot of ale. Hotten
in his slang dictionary, says it Is prob
ably derived from "sung de Goff.” the.
favorite mixture of one Goff, a black-,
smith, but there Is evidence to prove)
that the word was not known before]
the middle of the last century. A dlll-(
gent search would probably reveal the
fact that it first saw the light In some
comic song, sung by a vocalist of the
little Swills type, for their Is a distinct
ly Oockney flavor in the sound of the
word.
France detains as prisoner of state
in Algeria both the Emperor of Annum,
and the Queen of Madagascar, while Ini
Martinique she Keeps imprisoned thoj
King of Dahomey, King Preinpeh at'
Ashanti, along with his numerous
wives, the queen mother and ills chil
dren, are prisoners of Great Britain on
the Seychelles islands. The savage
King of Benin has taken the place of
the great Napoleon as another of Eng
land’s royal captives in the island of
St Helena and in addition to these
two African potentates. Great Britain
has several Indian rulers under deten
tion since the loss of their thrones.
Yorkshire has at Huddersfield a
novel English association, which pro
motes the singing of larks. Captive
birds are trained by being taken in
boxes into the fields, where they are
left to pick up the notes of free birds
as best they can. Competitions for
prizes have Just been held at various
public houses, birds singing for ten
minutes or longer without a break. In
this way £6 or £7 In small prizes have
been distributed, and the contests,
from their sheer novelty, have proved
an Infinite source of amusement, if not
of profit. The association has been in
existence about thirty years.
The summer season finds the famous
singers widely scattered among the
European resorts. Ternlna is on lies
way to Croatia, Caive is at her French
chateau in Aveyron, Sembrioh is iq
Dresden, Entries is in Spain and Llll)
Lehman is in Salzburg, Nordiea is sat
isfied with the United States, for a
while at least, but will go to Parts this
fall. Of all this group, Calve Is one
who most admires riding in an auto
mobile. She travels as much ns possi
ble In Europe In one of these vehicles,
which must be about as bad for hert
voice as anything one can Imagine. ‘
Mr. Gllet, burgomaster of Inger
shelm, Germany, belongs to a family
which, for 224 years, has held that of
fice. First of the line was a French
soldier named Dominique Gilet, belong
ing to Turenne’s army. I-le was
wounded in the bottle of Turckhelm,
fought on January 5, 1675, was cared
for by a peusunt of Ingershelm, recov
ered, settled there, prospered, married
the daughter of his life preserver and
In 1680 became burgomaster, and the
Giltts have been burgomasters of In- ■
gersheim ever sinoe.
It is said that Miss Ethel M. Russell,
of Augusta, Me., is the premier sports
woman of the United States. She is
a capital baseball player, being com-,
petent to fill any place in the nine.
At basketball, croquet, tennis and bil
liards she holds her own with all com
ers; thinks nothing of walking ten or
twelve miles of a morning, goes on
long snowshoelng expeditions, and la
very clever with the boxing gloves.
Miss Russell stands 5 feet 9 Inches In
her bare feet and weighs 155 pounds.
By fai the most' expert woman
mountaineer In the world is Mrs. Fan
ny Bullock Workman. In the Himalay
as she has clalmbed to an altitude of
22,668 feet. On the same occasion her ,
husband broke the world's record for
• men by 311 feet, by climbing 23,194 feet
up a mountain 24,479 feet high. Mrs.
Workman is of medium height, and
there Is nothing in her appearance to
suggest the strength she has dls- j
played In seme of her wonderful feats. ;
Sldl Mohammed el HnJ, Bey of Tunis,
has Just returned to his North Africa
domain after a visit to France, whei ■
he was much of a curiosity with his
fez, gold braid, profusion of Jewels, and
gorgeouB entourage. His dusky high
ness was greatly Interested In all things
military, but found time also to visit a
good many theaters. He took home
with him a number of portraits of ac
tresses, gravely Informing his French
friends that he Intended to distribute
these pictures among his wives.
blr Conan Doyle recently told a story
of an English officer who was badly
wounded In South Africa, and the mili
tary surgeon had to Bliave oft that por
tion of his brains which protruded
from hts skull. The officer recovered,
and later on in London the surgeon
asked whether he knew that a por
tion of his brains was In a glass bottle
In a laboratory. “Oh, that does not
matter now,” replied the soldier. "I’ve
got a permanent position in the war
office.”
Prom Mt. Genevieve, a peak In Gil
pin county, Colo., a person can see into
four states and one territory. On a
clear day the observer can discern the
Uintah mountains, of eastern Utah; the
Medicine Bow range, of Wyoming; the
tips of the Rockies, In New Mexico, and
the principal peaks of Colorado. The
plains, stretching to the east, are
plainly visible clear into Nebraska.
The wife of the British ambassador
to Washington, Lady Durand, has set
her face against the rapid social life of
many of the women of the national
capital. Of champagne drinking she
has a special abhorrence. Lady Du-,
rand does not profess primness, but'i
she thinks a little more dignity should
be observed In diplomatic circles.
The Stockholm court has pronounced
the Arctic explorer Andree to be dead
In law, the legal term of disappearance
having Just expired. Andree left Spltz
bergen on July 1, 1897, with two cotn
ftanions, In a balloon, with the object
of reaching the North Pole.
There Is still one form of recreation
open to Emperor William of Germany.
He has never takes up golf. He often
. Indulges privately In the Innocuous and
exhilarating ping-pong, but has never
attempted the reckless and exciting
chase after balls over a golf field.
Undoubtedly the oldest living poet Is
Colon Wallace, who lives at Oughter
ard. Ireland. He was born in 1796, and
consequently Is 108 years old. A new
collection of his poems has Just been
published by the Gaelic league of
Dublin. __
The earrings worn by Italian organ
gfrlndlng women Indicate the part of
Italy the wearers come from. The
longer the earrings the farther south
the original homes of the women. In
the tar north the ornaments are quite
short
ALLEGED HU ER
AS S IK THIEF
j Hires a Livery Team and Drivei
to Haul Away His
Booty.
TRIED TO KIDNAP GIRL
_L
>s Driven to Young Woman's Home,
But Driver and Team Return to
Town—A Strange Story Re
lated by Driver.
Battle Creek, Neb., Nov. 16.—The au
thorities of this place are looking for a
man who gave his name as James Mc
Clain and professed to be a hunter
from Omaha, and who is known to
have driven away with a load of guns
and boxes stolen from Morse’s hard
ware store here, and who told the
driver he was going to steal James
Gillespie's daughter from her home
fifteen miles south.
About midnight he went to Cox’s
livery barn and wanted a team and
driver to take him and some guns and
ammunition he had out In the country
to William Tledgen's place about four
miles south of town, where he said
some boys from Omaha were to meet
him and go hunting in the morning.
Tie secured the teAm and a driver,
Willlum Losey, whom he requested to
drive to the rear of Morse’s hardware
store, where he said His guns and am
munition were. The driver did as re
quested and loaded in some guns and
boxes and they drove away. The
driver returned bringing hack some of
the boxes, which, when examined, were
found to contain valuable cutlery of all
kinds. He immediately hunted up the
marshal, to whom ho narrated a strange
story.
After leaving here he and McClain
drove to the Tledgen place, but after
reaching It McClain said he had decided
not to stop there and asked to he driven
about eleven miles further south to j
James Gillespie's place. He said he j
going to steal Gillespie's daughter. The
driver took him on nnd when they
reached Gillespie’s McClain went into
the house, taking some of the guns and
revolvers with him. Shortly after he
entered the house a dog barked and
Mr. Gillespie came out and urged the
dog on. It ran at the team and bit
one of the horses causing the team
to run away. It ran some distance, but
without doing any damage. When the
driver gained control of the horses he
did not go back to Gillespie's but came
at once to town.
After hearing the story the marshal
accompanied by the driver, went to Mr.
Morse’s store and found that one of I
the back windows had been broken !
and the cutlery nnd gun eases rifled.
SHOT BY A BOY.
Stray Bullet From Young Hunter’s Gun
Strikes a Youth in Forehead.
Fremont, Neb., Nov. 16—-Bert Charles
ton was accidentally shot In the head
by a 10-year-old boy named Charlie Hin
kle and is in a critical condition. The
accident occurred near the Reynold's
ranch. Charleston was on a load of
corn when the bullet struck him In the
forehead. He fell over partially uncon
scious and his team stopped. Young
Hinkle was out hunting with two other
hoys nnd some distance away. He did
not know for nearly half an hour that
he had shot Charleston. As soon as he
learned'that t Ire man was shot he came
back to his home In the city badly
frightened and told his parents about
it. Charleston's brother, who was in
ihe field nearby, went to his assist
ance.
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GIRL HELD AS BEGGAR.
Authorities Refuse to Surrender Chile,
to Grandmother From Iowa.
Nebraska City, Neb., Nov. 16.—A
charge of mendicancy was filed in the
county court against Myrtle Rovejoy,
an 11-year-old girl from Hamburg, la.
The girl was living with a man who
claimed to be her cousin and who al
lowed her to run the streets. The
grandmother of the child arrived In the
city after the complaint had been filed
and made an effort to take the girl back
to Hamburg, but this the authorities
would not allow her to do. An effort
will be made to send the girl to the
Home for the Friendless In Omaha, but
ir this cannot be done she will be sent
o the reform schol at Geneva.
EAGLE ATTACKS WOMAN.
Pounces on Hor and Is With Difficulty
Captured.
Plattsmouth, Neb., Nov. 16.—Miss
Hose O’Donnell, teacher In the Sctota
school near Union, had an experience
recently which she would not care to
have repeated. While returning home
from her school, a large gray eagle
pounced down upon her, and It was
only by great effort that she escaped
from the ferocious bird. The eagle re
mained in the vicinity and was after
wards captured by several citizens.
Miss O’Donnell was not seriously in
jured, but her clothing was torn and
her arms were slightly bruised by the
blows from the eagle’s wings. The bird
measured six feet ten inches from tip
to tip of the wings. It is quite a cu
riosity. as one of Its kind is seldom seen
'.n this part of the country.
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SAFE BLOWN AT HASTINGS.
Small Sum of Money Taken from Stor,
of Chris Hansen.
Hastings, Neb.. Nov. 16.—For the
first time for several years. Chris Han
sen, proprietor of the Hastings Imple
ment company, neglected to make a
deposit after the days' business, with
the consequence that the safe in the
office was rifled and nearly $100 in
cash removed. The office door was un
locked with a key and left open. The
outside door of the safe was blown
open with nitroglycerin and the inside
doors smashed in with an ax picked up
j about the office. The safe was one of
| the largest In size and built into the
i wall, and splinters of the door were
j driven through H-lneh pianks ten feet
away.
SON ACCUSED OF MURDER.
—
j Henry Bower Believed to Have Killeo
Father Near Bruning, Neb.
Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 16.—John Bower
an aged farmer living near Bruning,
Neb., is dead, and his son Henry is ac
cused of his murder. Both were In
Bruning last Saturday evening. On the
way home they were heard quarreling.
Later the body of the father waa found
with life extinct. Both were intoxi
cated when they left Bruning.
The coroner's Jury has accused the
son of murder and he is now held In Jail
at Geneva,
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NEBRASKA’S LEGISLATORS
The legislature will have U9 republic
ans and 24 fuslonlsts on Joint ballot, as
follows:
SENATE.
1. E. A. Tucker, Humboldt, rep.
2. E. E. Good, Teru, rep.
3. R. AV. Jones. Dunbar, rep.
4. Geo. L. Sheldon. Nehawka, rep.
5. Alex I.averty, Ashland, rep.
6. L. C. Gibson, South Omaha, rep.
R. F. Thomas, Omaha, rep.
C. L. Saunders, Omaha, rep,
7. F. C. Netlson, Bancroft, rep.
8. AV. A. Meserve. Creighton, rep.
9. Edwin D. Gould, AVolbach, rep.
10. AV. D. Haller, pialr. rep.
11. J. J. AVllllams, AVayne, rep.
12. Hugh Hughes, Columbus, rep.
IS. Dr. J. P. Gilllgan, O'Neill, rep
14. C. P. Breese, Rushvllle, rep.
15. Martin L. Fries, Arcadia, rep.
16. Aaron AVall, Loup City, rep.
17. A. E. Cady, ftt. Paul, rep.
18. AV. H. AVhaley, Clarks, rep.
19. M. D. Dlmery, Crossing, rep.
20. J. II. Moekett, Jr., Lincoln, rep.
P. P. Beghtol, Bennett, rep.
21. H. L. AV Jackson, Beatrice, rep.
22. Andrew Vore, Crete, rep.
23. AV. H. Jennings. Davenport, rep.
24. George VV. Snreck, York, rep.
25. C. H. Epperson, Fairfield, rep.
26. J. E. Peterson, Campbell, rep.
27. David Hart, Hastings, rep.
28. A. F. Harsh. Lowell, rep.
29. Albert AVllst y, Moorefleld. rep.
30. AV. D. Glffln, Gothenburg, rep.
HOUSE.
1. AV. H. Hogrefe, Stella, rep.
J. S. Lord, AVerden. fus.
Henry Gerdes, Barada, fus.
2. J. M. Cravens. Armour, rep.
AV. H. AVIlson, Table Rock, rep.
3. H. R. Howe. Auburn, rep.
U. P. Peabodv, Asplnwall, rep.
4. J. AV. AVitham, Cook, rep.
5. AVilllam Ernst, Graf, rep.
6. J. W. Cassel, Nebraska City, rep.
S. M. Parker, Palmyra, rep.
7. AV. Deles Dernier, Elmwood, rep.
AV. E. Hand, Greenwood, rep.
8. R. B. AVindham, Plattsmouth, rep
9. AV. Startzer, Papillion, fus.
10. C. J. Anderson, Omaha, rep.
S. C. Barnes, Omaha, rep.
H. T. Clarke, jr., Omaha, rep.
N. P. Dodge, jr., Omaha, rep.
F. J. Fitle, South-Omaha, rep.
Dr. H. A. Foster, Omaha, rep.
Michael Lee, Omaha, rep.
M. E. Muxen, Omaha, rep.
F. S. Tucker, Florence, rep.
11. Frank Jahnel, Kennard, rep.
12. Robt. A. Smith, Tekamah, rep.
J.3. J. C. McEllienny, Lyons, rep.
14. Joseph Roberts, Fremont, rep.
Hugh Seilley, Leavitt, rep.
15. Fred H. Hunkel, West Point, fus.
16. Oscar Thompson, AVisner, rep.
17. Charles McLeod, Stanton, rep.
18. J. O. Milligan, AVnkefleld, rep.
19. F. P. A'oter. Laurel, rep.
20. M. T. Post. Monowl, rep.
21. N. D. Jackson, Neligh, rep.
22. Frank Jouvenat, Petersburg, rep.
23. F. AV. Richardson, Battle Creek,
rep.
24. J. W. Bender, Creston, fus.
25. Fred Iloare. Monroe, rep.
26. Otto Zuelow, Schuyler, rep.
27. AV. J. Haarman, Fremont, rep.
J. J. Bospisl, AVeston, rep.
28. J. M. Bolen, fas.
Peter F. Fenlon, fus.
29. John H. McLain. Seward, rep.
S. S. Atwood, Beaver-Crossing, rep.
30. H. C. M. Burgess, Lincoln, rep.
Joseph Burns, Lincoln, rep.
James C. Holliet, Havelock, rep.
Chas. J. Warner, AVaverly, rep.
31. Del. A. Stetson, Western, rep.
J. J. Rohwer. Friend, rep.
32. AV. E. Robbins, Cortland, rep.
J. J. Casebeer, Blue Springs, rep.
Adam McMullen, AVymore, rep.
33. Jacob Klein, Beatrice, fus.
34. W. C. Lines, Dlller, rep.
35. Thos. Lahmers, Belvidere. rep.
36. Dan Ik Cropsy, Kairbury, rep.
37. George Perkins. Fairmont, rep.
Robert A. Marks,iDhlowa, rep.
38. H. M. Dietrich, York. rep.
AA'm. Meredith, York, rep.
39. AV. B. Jones, St. omsburg, fus.
40. W. W. Burroug s, Central City,
rep.
41. A. A’. Cunningl. a. Giltner, rep.
Chas. Anderson. , larquet, rep.
42. P. A. Caldwell, Edgar, rep.
G. C. Fish back. Harvard, rep.
43. H. F. Bowman. Lawrence, rep.
45. AV. G. Sadtier, Red Cloud, rep.
46. Eric Johnson, Juniata, rep.
44. C. AV. Kaley. Roseland, rep.
47. H. E. Ferrar, Grand Island, rep.
George L. Rouse, Alda, rep.
48. Nels Herinunson, Nysted, rep.
49. Thomas Doran, Rurwell, rep.
60. AAr. N. Coats. Stuart, rep.
W. H. Bedford, AVeek, fus.
51. J. A. Douglas. Bassett, rep.
52. AV. H. Horton, Springview, rep.
53. Frank Currie. Crawford, rep.
54. Geo. C. McAllister, Chappell, rep
55. A. E. Bartoo, Arcadia, rep.
56. H. Copsey, AVesterville, rep.
C. Mackey, Ansley, fus.
67. Horatio Swelser, Ashton, rep.
58. J. H. Davis, Gibbon, rep.
59. George E. Bacon. Overton, rep.
60. A. C. Christiansen, Minden, rep.
61. H. C. Livengood, Franklin, rep.
62. C. A. Luce, Republican City, rep
63. P. G. Engstrom, Holdrege, rep.
64. E. B. Perry, Cambridge,- rep.
65. Philip Ghent, Danbury, rep.
66. Geo. C. Junkin, Smithfleld, rep.
67. J. C. Hill, Imperial, rep.
BIG SCHOOL FUND.
state Treasurer Reports That the Large
Increase Will Be Invested at
Once.
Lincoln, Nob.. Nov. 9.—The semi-an
nual apportionment of the temporary
school funds will be increased by De
cember to between $25,000 and $35,000
more than that of last year. The fund
now amounts to $225,000, which Is
$3,000 more than was distributed Iasi
December. The date of apportionment
comes five days later this year than
last, so that November collections will
doubtless be received in time to raise
the amount very appreciably.
The permanent school fund now has
but $5,9S3.S2 in cash on hand. The
warrant call for $60,000 of general fund
warrants will increase this on Novem
ber 17 bv at least $50,000. Soon after
the call State Treasurer Mortensen will
take up a number of securities pur
chased by the state board of educa
tional lands and funds, again reducing
the cash on hand, in accordance with
his custom of keeping the permanent
funds closely invested, earning revenue
i to swell the temporary funds.
Snow in Dodge.
Fremont, Neb., Nov. 10.—The IV-st
snow of the season fell here. It was
not heavy enougjji to cover the ground.
Warm temperature and cloudy condi
tions have prevailed since election
night.
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Arrested for Desertion.
Columbus, Neb., Nov. 10.—Frank
Welsh, born and raised in this city, was
arrested by Sheriff Carrig upon advice
received from the army officers at Fori
Hess Monroe, IN'. Va. Welch is chargee
with desertion. He admits the charge
and says he enlisted at Grand Island
in July, 1903, and left the service Iasi
August. He served three years In the
service before this and was honorabh
discharged at San Francisco upon re
turning from the Philippines with th<
first Nebraska. He was taken to Fori
Crook, where he will answer ths
charge.
GREATEST 1 1)ST
EVER YET PLANNED
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Standard Oil Group Will Syndi
cate 160,000 Miles of
Railroads.
_
CLANS for a great deal
_
Various Big Groups Are to Be Brought
Into Close Relationship Each Hav
ing Representation on Board
of Directors of Others.
Lines Marked for Combination.
Western Railways—
Systems. Miles. Capitalization.
Harriman .22.290 $1,234,000,000
Gould .14,700 647,000,000
' Hill .19.709 764,000,000
Moores .19.407 765,000.000
Santa Fe . 8,733 475,000,000
Rockefellers .11,265 610,000,000
Total.96,104 $4,495,000,000
Eastern Railways— _
Vanderbilts .20,493 $1,147,500,000
Pennsylvania .20,138 1,442,000,000
Erie, C.. H. & D. 4,962 474,000,000
Total.45.583 $3,063,500,000
Southern Railways— _
J. P. Morgan.18,879 $ 297,500,000
New England, New
Haven, Ontario & .... ...
Western, grand total 2,219 194,000,000
Western .96,104 4.495,000,000
Eastern .45,583 3,063,500,000
Southern.18,879 297,o00,000
New England . 2,519 194,800,000
Total.162,985 $8,050,800,000
Total mileage of all roads in the coun
try, 207,600.
Total capitalization, $14,862,000,000.
Chicago, Nov. 16.—Details are work
ing out rapidly tor the formation of the
gigantic raHroad trust beside which all
the other great trusts heretofore or
ganized in this country dwindle Into
Insignificance. A dozen eastern finan
ciers headed by the Standard Oil in
terests ulth their unlimited wealth ex
pect io control the entire railroad sys
tem in the country and prevent compe
tition among the various roads.
The plan ts to divide the railroads of
the country into a few groups or sys
tems, each one of which Is to own a
substantial Interest In the stocks and
securities of every other big group or
system, and all to have representation
on each other's board of directors.
160,00 Miles of Road.
The dozen financiers, all represented
on the boards of the various roads,
will control, from present appearances,
more than 160,090 miles of railroads,
t including every important trunk line
; in the country, representing a capital
iaztion of about 8,000 million dollars in
stocks and bonds. They will see to It
j that the roads are managed as econom
: Ically as possible and the rates kept
i up to as high a figure as the traffic
i will bear in order to secure al! the rev
: enue necessary to pay good dividends
on the enormous capitalization.
The recouping of systems, which has
been going on for some time, has not
.yet been completed, but from present
Indications the western roads will be
divided into about six systems, the
eastern fnto three or four, with the
southern-and New England lines form
| lng a separate system each The west
i ern systems or groups probably will
be as follows:
Stocks, bonds
Systems. Mileage, and debts.
! Harriman, Including Illi
nois Central .22,290 $1,234,000,600
Gould, including Wabash.14,709 647,000,000
Hill, including Burling
ton ..19,709 764,000,000
Rock Island, Frisco
(Moores) .19,407 765,000.000
Santa Fe and allied lines 8,733 475,000,000
Rockefeller, Milwaukee
& St. Baui, etc.11,265 610,000,000
Totals.90,104 $4,495,000,000
The eastern systems probably will be as
follows:
Vanderbilt .20,493 $1,147.500,0W
Pennsylvania .20,138 1,442,000,0041
Erie, Bere Marquette, C.
II. & D. 4.952 474,000,000
Totals.45.583 $3,063,500,000
The southern railroads are all con
trolled by J. P. Morgan, except the
Illinois Central, which is classed with
the Harriman system. The mileage of
! Morgan’s Southern railway 'system is
| 18,879 miles, with a capitalization of
$297,500,000.
Gould’s Big Ambitions.
The plans of the Gould interests are
known to be most ambitious. It Is be
i lleved to be their Intention to con
: struct or establish a transcontinental
line stretching from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. Through the acquisition of the
Wheeling & Lake Erie, West Virginia
Central and Western Maryland, with
the construction of some new mileage,
the eastern terminus of the Gould sys
tem practically has been moved to the
Atlantic seaboard. Through the ac
quisition of the Denver & Rio Grande
i and the Rio Grande western, the west
ern terminus has been advanced to Salt
Lake City. Arrangements have been
made lately for the construction of a
new toad to be known as the Western
Pacific, in which the Goulds are largely
Interested, and which is expected to
furnish them with the desired outlet
from Salt Lake City to San Francisco.
The Western Pacific, if carried to com
pletion will become a direct rival of
the Southern Pacific as a trunk line to
the Pacific coast. The capitalization
of the Western ^ncific is as follows:
Stock (paid up. $1.500.000). $50,0<H),00(
Bonds (30-year, 5 per cent). 50,000,00(
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Total.$100,000,00(
Gould and Vanderbilt,
The Vanderbilt system is the only
one in the east that extends into the
territory west of Chicago and the Mis
sissippi, just as the Gould system is
the only western one that laps over into
eastern territory. The Vanderbilts, how
ever, unlike Mr. Gould, are making
no effort to extend the Northwestern
\ to the Pacific coast, but are content
i with the traffic alliance the road has
I with Harriman’s Union and Southern
Pacific roads. Although the Chicagc
! & Northwestern is a Vanderbilt prop
! erty, yet scrupulous care has beer
taken not to have it closely identified
with the Vanderbilt roads east of Chi
j cago, and it exchanges traffic with al
of its eastern connections on the sanu
I terms as it does with them.
Some time ago it was reported tha;
the Pennsylvania Wfts trying to secur<
; control of the Santa Fe system, with c
] view of securing a continuous lin<
from ocean to ocean. This has beer
! denied, however, by both the Penn
sylvania and Santa Fe people, anc
there is nothing to indicate that th<
Pennsylvania has any large lnteres
In the Santa Fe.
Watching the Changes.
Nearly all the changes thus far madi
in the regrouping of the western am
eastern railroad systems sugges
Standard Oil control of railroads to ai
extent that no single interest has evei
thought of undertaking before. Change;
in the directories of tne various trunl
railroads are being watched with grea
interest because it Is believed thej
foreshadow the complete ascendancy of
the Standard Oil Interests in most of
the important railroad systems of the
country and the elimination, to a great
extent, of the power heretofore wielded
by J. Pierpont Morgan.
Within the last two or three years
| the Rockefeller Interests have obtained
a foothold in the New York Central.
New Haven and Hartford, Chicago and
Northwestern and Union Pacific. The
Moore Bros., In their Rock Island
deals, are said to be aided by the
Rockefellers. The Standard Oil inter
ests control the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul and Missouri, Kansas and
Texas. They are heavily in Gould's
Missouri Pacific and Wabash. They are
] also said to have acquired lately 240,
; 000 shares of Atchison, Topeka and
! Santa Fe stock from Kuhn, Loeb &
| Co.
GOING AFTER COMBINES
While Roosevelt Does Not Intend to
Precipitate Business Disaster He
Proposes to Get After Trusts.
Washington, Nov. 16.—If there were
j contributions to the republican cam
1 paign fund by the trusts, the managers
- of these institutions have done aome
j thing worse than throw away the
money of the stockholders. They have
; been guilty of a blunder even more pro
! nounced than Judge Parker committed
I in which he charged them with having
! an understanding with Chairman Cor
telyou by which they were to be pro
tected. The testimony which has been
acquired regarding the beef trust is
now being compiled and classified. An
investigation regarding other trusts, in
cluding Standard Oil, will be started
forthwith, and the postmaster general is
i at work on ark investigation of the rail
roads’ contracts with the government
! for carrying the mails. This is by far
the most important contract o£ the de
j partment, and one which always has
j been regarded as offering the best op
portunities for fraud and favoritism.
It can be stated in as positive lan
guage as that which the president em
ployed when he declared that he would
not be a candidate for another term
that the persident does not regard
himself as being under any special ob
| ligations to any commercial interests
: or to any factional politicians. His
i victory was so overwhelming that the
| conclusion is irresistible that men of
i all parties, and of no party, supported
i him. He carried entire states in which
! no partisan effort had been put forth in
I his behalf, and even his own national
committee was officered and dominated
by men whose Interest in the president
j was personal rather than political. He
does not regard himself under any obli
gation to Addicks for the result in Del
■ aware, and he made it clear in conver
sations with numerous persons today
| that the stories which were being cir
' culated about his probable choice for
I a successor were entirely unwarranted
and offensive to him.
Why It's His Last Term.
The president gave out his letter de
clining another term for a great many
reasons. Primarily he thinks the pre
cedent limiting a president to two
j terms is patriotic and essential for tHe
I perpetuity of the republic. But there
[ is another reason which is directly to
, the point if one can get a proper view
of what the president will attempt to
i do. He does not want politicians or
i others to ga-n the idea that they can
establish themselves in*a position to
ask for unusual favors by coming to
j the White House and declaring, “Mr,
President, the people are demanding
i your election for another term and'I."
I etc., etc.
The anti-trust legislation was enact
; ed at the president’s insistence and the
governmental inquiries under it will be
j prosecuted with vigor. Incidentally.
James R. Garfield, the commissioner
of corporations, is to be brought into
the lime light in a most conspicuous
; way It will be under his direction
that the trusts will be investigated,
i The famous declaration of Attorney
General Knox that, “The president does
I not propose to run amuck among the
corporations,” expresses the idea ex
i actly. Mr. Garfield will find out ex
actly “where he is” before any prose
- cutions will be attempted. But there
! isn’t a corporation in any state which
the administration feels under any
obligation to protect or which can ei
i tiler promote or weaken the standing
I of Mr. Garfield with the president. It
' is clearly up to Mr. Garfield to deter
mine which are the “good” and which
are the “had” trusts.
No Rashness With It.
I There isn’t any sort of doubt tha.
; the republican party will follow Pres
I ident in any legal method he may un
| dertake to curb the aggressions of the
trusts. Nor is there any doubt that
the president’s sympathies are with the
people and that he will be both “safe
and sane” in his antagonisms. To as
sert that the administration is prepar
ing for a general onslaught on corpora
tions is as far from the truth as were
the campaign assertions that compro
mises had been made with the trusts.
Nothing will b( done by the bureau
of corporations o produce a panicky
feeling on the part of the trust man
agers, who are disposed to comply with
; the spirit of the anti-trust legislation.
The administration of government,
! therefore, in the succeeding four years
will be the most important since the
I civil war. The confidence of the presi
! dent in the people is not a whit less
| than the confidence of the people in
I the president. They believe that Pres
j ident Roosevelt is unapproachable. He
believes the people, democrats and re
j publicans, look to him to safeguard
their interests as against the interests
] of private corporations,
j In the next four years the president
i will play Uie game above the table.
' There are no administration secrets.
The situation is, indeed, remarkable.
, The presidential policies are revealed
- to everyone who seeks to ascertain
them. Outside the “solid south" every
voter in the land seems to have a clear
comprehension of what the adminis
tration hopes to accomplish. The pres
ident is going into Georgia and pur
poses making as frank a speech to the
southern people as he has made to oth
er sections.
IRONQUILL QUITS.
i
—
j Commissioner of Pensions Resigns His
Office to Become Effective
January 1.
Washington, Nov. 14.—Commissioner
of pensions Ware today tendered his
resignation to the president and it was
accepted to take effect January 1.
■ NOTABLE GATHERING.
i Splendid Conclave of Catholic Prelate.
Marks Opening of Celebra
tion of Jubilee.
Rome. Nov. 16.—The festivities in
honor of the Jubilee of the immaculate
i conception were begun today with a
I brilliant consistory which was espe
: dally interesting, as the pope has lately
i been indisposed and many persons
wished to be assured of his recovery,
i Monsignor Kennedy, at a private con
: sistory of cardinals, received the pal
lium for Archbishop Olennon of St.
I.ouis.
STORM’S DAMAGE
IN EAST IMMENSE
Many Cities and Towns Will Be
in Utter Darkness Because
of Wrecks,
3IG SECTIONS ISOLATED
Albany Suffered the Most Damage of
Any City Being Entirely Without
Communication Except
by Train.
New York, Nov. 16.—The storm which
swept up through the Atlantic coast .
states from the gulf, developing into a
gale of hurricane force as it moved
northward, resulted in the most com
plete tie-up of wire communication that,
the eastern states have experienced
since the memorable snow storm of
1888. It disarranged train schedules,
paralyzed trolley lines and piled sev
eral wrecks along the coast.
A downpour of rain and heavy snow
which accompanied the storm added to
the destructive force of the gale.
The telephone and telegraph poles,
home down by the weight of snow and
ice encrusted wires, gave way before
the sweep of the wind, and whole sec
tions were cut off. Both the tele
graph and telephone companies with
long distance wires today reported their
fields of operation restricted t.» the ter
ritory bounded on the west by Phila
delphia, on the east by Boston and on
the north by Newburg.
Big Firms Helpless.
Big brokerage concerns in Wall
street, many of whom, under normal
conditions, operate thousands of miles
of wire, have found themselves prac
tically helpless. The exchanges were
no more fortunate, and the only news
received from Chicago and New Or
leans were the market reports of the
Associated Press. These quotations
brought over the Associated Press
wires were the only figures obtained in
this city and the grain centers of the
south and west.
By an elaborate system of relays
and the use of both telephone and tel
egraph wires, the Associated Press
succeeded in bridging the path between
east and west cut by the storm, and
reached all points west and northwest,
with the exception of a small section in
the vicinity of Albany. There the
damage from the snow and wind
seemed beyond immediate repair, and
with the exception of trains there was
no communication with that section
during the day.
The general breaking down of wires
was almost entirely responsible for
trouble on the railroads. Tbe move- "J
ments of trains could not be reported, ’ I
and delays extending into hours in *
many cases were reported.
That no more disasters at sea re
sulted from the gale was probably due
to the early warning of the approach
ing hurricane sent out by the weather
bureau. - Bulletins sent out Saturday
afternoon told that a gale would sweep
up the coast, and cautioned all mari
ners against leaving port.
Effects Were Far Reaching.
That the effects of the great storm
which swept the Atlantic seaboard were
more far reaching than in any similar
disturbance since the great blizzard of
1888 became evident when the disar
rangement of wire communication con
tinued almost as complete as at any
time during the height of the storm.
Many places were completely isolated,
while whole sections were reached only
by most circuitous routes. To the west
the only points having direct communi
cation with New York were Philadel
phia and Boston. The Associated Press,
however, had succeeded in reaching the
west and incidentally New York and
eastern points by means of a. telephone
wire between Boston and Chicago. The
news report carried over the regular
wires between New Y’ork and Balti
more, when it reached the latter city,
was transferred a distance of ten
blocks to the telephone office by cabs,
was then forwarded by telegraph to
Chicago over a long distance telephone
wire and from Chicago was telegraphed
back to Washington and other cities
which could not be entered ever the
regular routes.
The same plan was followed in many
other cases. Foi- instance the Asso
ciated Press' regular New York state
circuit, a network of wires connecting
all the principal cities of the state, was
practically out of service for a time.
Newburgh to the north marked the end
of the circuit, points beyond being
completely cut off. Finally, however,
a temporary circuit was set up by
forming a connecting link between
Cleveland and Buffalo. From Buffalo
the report was relayed down through
the state as far as Utica. At that
point, however, wire paralysis again
was encountered, leaving Amsterdam,
Schenectady, Albany and Troy com
pletely cut off from the outside world.
The only reports received frem that
section of the state came by train from
Albany. Four inches of wet snow bad
broken down telegraph, telephone, elec
tric light and fire alarm wires in Al
bany and vicinity, and badly ham
pered street car and train service.
HURRICANE IN NEW ENGLAND.
Wind Reaches Velocity as High as 76
Miles on Massachusetts Coast.
Boston, Mass.,Nov. 16.—New England
was the center of yesterday's storm,
which, since Saturday morning, has
swept up the Atlantic seaboard. When
at its height the wind blew with hurri
cane velocity. In this city the max
imum velocity was 45 miles, vesterday
afternoon. At Block Island, R. I., there
was a 76-mile gale. At Nantucket.
Mass., a velocity of 60 miles was record
ed. The storm passed east last night
and was severe in Maine and the mari
time provinces. At Portland the wind
reached hurricane dimensions.
The coast storm was accompanied by
snow, rain, hail and sleet. Telephone
and telegraph lines in eastern New
England and the maritime provinces
suffered severe’y. The storm had been
well heralded and most of the shipping .
remained in port. So far as known only
two vessels met disaster.
COST LIFE ON LAKE ERIE.
i Gale Causes Damage in Cleveland and
Northern Ohio.
Cleveland. O., Nov. 16.—A fierce
storm prevailed over Lake Erie and
northern Ohio last night, resulting in
the death of Captain Dell Minney of
Buffalo, by the foundering of the tug
Gregory, and the serious injury of
three t«ersons In this city; while the
property loss Is considerable. Great
damage was wrought to telegraph and
telephone wires in all directions.