IT GAVE_ MONEY
MUTUAL LIFE GAVE TO THE CON
GRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
COMPANIES DIVIDE STATES
Each Took Care of Legislation and
Campaigns in Its Distrist—Je
rome to Make Revelations.
NEW YORK.—That the Republican
congressional campaign committee re
ceived from the Mutual Life Assur
ance company $2,500 last fall was
•dmitted on the stand by William F.
Thummel, who acted as legislative
agent for that company.
Thummel said that he himself hand
ed the money to Congressman Bab
cock, chairman of the Republican !
congressional committee.
Syndicated Boodle Funds.
How the “big three” insurance com- ]
panics divided the United States into 1
districts for the purpose of heading '
off legislation deemed hostile to their
Interests, was gone into at the in
surance inquiry. Thummel. who acted
in a legal capacity for the Mutual
Life in about the same capacity as
Judge Andrew Hamilton for the New
York Life, was questioned on those
points. He said he looked out for
legislation in various states and that
the Mutual Life divided the territory
with the New York Life and the Equi
table. The witness gave a list of the
states which were apportioned among
the companies.
CANAL WORK MAY
BE POSTPONED
WASHINGTON. — Secretary Taft
wilt, at the first opportunity, take up
with the president the proposition to
transfer the control of the whole mat
ter of the construction of the Panama
canal from the war department to the
state department. It was his inten
tion to discuss the matter with the
president at his conference Tuesday
night, but the lack of time prevented
his doing so. The question was.
brought up some time ago, but for
various reasons it was postponed to
a more favorable occasion.
Since the Spanish-American war, in
volving the acquisition of the Philip
pines, the work of the war department
baa greatly increased and the sugges- j
tion that transfer to the state depart- j
ment of the canal work with its many
perplexing questions which are bound
to come up has been under considera
tion. Secretary Taft, it is known, is
willing that a transfer should be made, i
basing that disposition on expediency, ;
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
WILL PROSECUTE
NEW YORK—The district attorney
William T. Jerome, has announced
that he intended to present to an ex
traordinary grand jury the revela
tions affecting the conduct of life in
surance business which have bean
made before the legislative investi
gating committee.
Mr. Jerome said the inquiry by this
comm, tee has shown greater moral
obliquity and moral obtuseness upon
the part of persons important in the
business world than did the “shock
ing • revelations’’ in regard to the
Equitable Life.
Mr. Jerome said there was a sense
of public outrage at what had been
done and that it would undoubtedly
meet with general commendation if
he were to select certain individual
transaction and place them before
the grand jury at once.
LOWERING A TOMB IN^t CHASM.
The Body of art Illinois Man Cannot
Be Brought Up.
ESTES PARK. COIX).—Five hun
dred feet below the summit of Mount
Ypsilon a tomb is constructing around
the body of Lewis G. Levings. an art
student from Canton, 111., who was
killed by falling from the mountain, j
The body lies at the edge of a bot- j
tomless lake and it is impossible to
recover it. Men can be lowered be
cause they can push themselves free
from abutments, but inanimate ob
jects cannot be brought up by rope, j
An inscription telling the young man’s
name and how he met his death |
will be placed on the tomb, but it is
doubtful if anyone will ever see it.
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He Nominated Greeley.
BINGHAMPTON, N. Y.—Louis Car
michael, the man to whom history
gives credit for the nomination of
Horace Greeley for the presidency in
1872, was found dead in a barn in
Sydney. He was 83 years old.
A Fever Death in Chicago.
CHICAGO. — William Gunning of
Natchez, Miss., who came to this city
a week ago, died of yellow fever.
Plague Threatens Trans-Baikal
ST. PETERSBURG.—The Trans
Baikal district is declared to be
threatened with the plague.
Best Sealskin Catch In Years.
VICTORIA, B. C.—hue sealin'?
scooner City of San Diego has re
turned from Bering sea with 732 seal
skins and reports that the season’s1
eaten will exceed that of last year
and oe better tnan in many years.
Berlin Strikers Awed.
BERLIN.—The strike of the elec
trical workers has extended to two
more factories. The total number of
men out is 38.000. The troops over
awed the violent element among the
strikers.
Month’s Pension Drop, 891.
WASHINGTON. — The regular
monthly statement of the condition of
the pension roH for the month of Au
gust shows the net decrease in the
pension roll from Julv to August was
891. Teh total number of pensioners
on the roll on July 31 was 998,102;
the total on August 31 was 997,211.
A $150.^00 Iowa Factory Fire.
Davenport, I A.—The American Can
factorv was burned to the ground
test night with a loss cf $150,000, par
tially covered by insurance.
CROWE’S CAPITOR TO GET $200.
The Money Offered by Omaha’s Police
Chief Sent to Butte, Mont.
OMAHA.—The chief of police, John
J. Donohue, sent a cashier’s check
for $200 to Butte, Mont., to pay the
reward offered by the chief personally
for the capture of “Pat’’ Crowe. The
check was sent to Captain Dunn of
the Omaha detective force, to be
turned over to the officers in Butte
w'hR arrested Crowe. Chief Donohue
expressed gratification at Crowe’s be
ing in custody and said that extra pre
cautions will he taken to forestall any
attempt Crowe may make to escape.
He will he brought back handcuffed
to two detectives.
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
Russia Has 1,866 Japs and Japan Has
64,000 Russians.
ST. PETERSBURG—Russia agreed
to the Japanese proposition to ex
change prisoners of war whereby 1,
88G Japanese prisoners in Russia will
ber delivered at some point on the
Western frontier of Russia, aad 64,
000 Russian will be delivered at the
ports of Kobe, Nagasaki and Yoko
homa, whence they will be conveyed
to Vladivistok in ten Russian trans
ports now interned at Shanghai and
Saigon and two of three other ships
which are being sent from Odessa.
Quitting Strong Drink for Beer.
WASHINGTON.—A chemist of the
department of agriculture who has
lately returned from Paris, says that
the Parisians are abandoning their
old and time tried drink, absinthe,
for American and German made beer.
In some of the French provinces beer
is taking the place of wine. The
chemist say beer promises to assume
the same position in France as it now
posse-ses in Germany.
More Immigrants Coming.
NEW YORK. — The immigration
commissioner. Mr. Watchorn, gave out
the immigration figures for this port
for the month of September. The fig
ures show that 90,772 immigrants
landed at Ellis island, as against 82.
708 in September, .. The last
month has. according to the com
missioner, been the heaviest immi
gration September in the history of
the immigration bureau.
Anti-Horse Thief Men Eiect.
MUSKOGEE, I. T.—The annual
meeting of the National Anti-Horse
Thief association was held here Wed
nesday. J. W. Wall of Parsons. Kas.,
was re-elected president, J. B. Parker,
Spurgeon. Mo., vice president, J. M.
Pierce, Morrisville, Mo., secretary and
treasurer. The next annual meeting
ing will be held in Carthage, Mo.
Chaffee Refuses Royal “Bid."
LONDON.—Lieutenant General Ad
na R. Chaffee has been the recipient
of many invitations to functions in
his honor during his brief stay in
London. King Edward, through Sir
Thomas Lipton, expressed a desire to
see General Chaffee, but an engage
ment precludes the possibility of his
going to Balmoral where the king is
now residing.
Witte High Man Now.
ST. PETERSBURG.—Count Witte,
the Russian peace plenipotentiary,
lunched with the czar and was given
a most cordial reception. The czar
proposed the health of Count Witte
ind declared him the most able dip
lomat in the world and a noble patriot.
Trail of Bank Robbers.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D.—A telegram
from Springfield says a posse of of
ficers and citizens is close on the
track of the men who robbed the
Bank of Springfield of $5,200. A bat
tle is expected.
Panama Fever A.most Gone.
WASHINGTON.—A summary of the
yellow fever situation on the isth
mus of Panama shows that in the
last two weeks, or since September
15, there have been only two cases
reported.
Will Stop Agitation.
ST. PETERSBURG. — Information
that is considered authentic is that
the government is ready to put an end
to the agitation which has been going
on in Finland. The authorities will
abolish the Finland constitution if
necessary to stop the agitation and
declare martial law.
Hearst Named for Mayor.
NEW YORK.—William Randolph
Hearst was named as a candidate for
mayor at a Municipal Ownership mass
meeting in Grand Central Palace.
Coming to Kansas City for Recruits.
WASHINGTON.—lieutenant R. W.
Vincent, United States navy, has been
ordered to duty at the navy recruiting
rendezvous, Kansas City, Mo.
A Granddaughter for W. W. Astor.
LONDON.—Mrs. Spender Clay,
daughter of W. W. Astor, gave birth
to a daughter at Carlton house ter
race.
Enlarging Merchant Marine.
NEW YORK.—Dispatches from St.
Petersburg to the Associated Press,
saying that the department of mer
chant marine will establish steamship
lines between Russian ports and the
United States, attract considerable
interest in shipping circles.
South Dakota Bank Robbed.
SPRINGFIELD, S. D.—Friday morn
ing burglars entered the Bank of
Springfield and blew open the door
of the vaalt. The marauders took all
the cash there was, $5,200.
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.
Anotner deadlock for the next ses
sion of the Swedish riksdag is assur
ed on account of vote rejecting pro
portional system.
The report of the Chicago health
department shows the September
death rate was the lowest on record
with a single exception.
Engineer Hambley of a thrashing
crew and an unknown man. also work
ing with the crew, were burned to
death while sleeping in a barn on a
farm near Courtney, S. D.
EATTLESHIP MISSISSIPPI UNIQUE AMONG BIG WARSHIPS.
The United States battleship Mis
sissippi. launched at Philadelphia,
is unique among the big fighting ships
of the world’s navies. Its displace
ment of 13.000 tons is smaller than
that of any United States battleship
now being built, with the exception
of the Idaho, a sister ship. The Mis
issippi will be equal to many battle
ships of IK,000 tons displacement and
no vessel of the same displacement in
any navy o? the nations carries
equally heavy batteries. The main
batteries will consist of four 12-inch
breech-loading rifles, in four turrets:
eight 7-inch breechloaders, behind
casement armor, and two 21-inch sub
merged torpedo tubes. Also three sec
ondary batteries: Twelve 3-inch, six
3-pounders, two 1-pounder automatics,
two 1-pounder rapid-fire guns, two 3*
inch field pieces, ttoo machine guns
an unusually heavy armament,
and six automatics. This makes up
IN ASIATIC RUSSIA
PEOPLE OF SIBERIA ALERT AND
ENERGETIC.
Western Spirit More Prevalent There
Than in Any Part of the Empire—
Peasants Frequently the Possessors
of Large Fortunes.
“It is a startling paradox that Asi
atic Russia is more western in its
spirit than European Russian,” writes
a traveler. “The great impetus of
western energy and enterprise seems
to be circling the globe, having cross
ed the Atlantic, the American conti
nent and the Pacific ocean. The trav
eler from Europe begins to feel the
influence at Samara, a great business
center on the Volga, the Mississippi
of Russia. Here there are signs of
commercial prosperity—a bustle and
stir of business unusual in Russia. The
people are more alert and move with
greater energy. They are free from
the deadly torpor of Rtissian life.
‘East! East! Farther east!’ is the
cry all along the great Siberian line.
It corresponds to ‘going west’ in
America. The farther east one goes
the impression strengthens until, at
Kurgan, the first important Siberian
town, one might almost imagine ore’s
self to be in one of the precocious
cities of the western states.
“Butter is booming in Kurgan.
Everybody who can get hold of a
cow is either making butter himself
or selling the milk to a dairy. And
every drop of milk goes into the
churn or into the separator. The
children suffer. In the old days, when
wheat was the staple product, each
child had as much milk as it could
drink. But now the fluid is too pre
cious for domestic use. and the popu
lation live upon bread and tea. From
hundreds of versts around butter
comes pouring into Kurgan, and yet
the exporters cannot get enough. The
peasant arriving in town makes his
first call at the office of the union.
There he can see a list of the latest
prices paid by each exporter. He
naturally selects the highest, and then
drives around to offer his butter. He
will visit every firm in town before
he will lower his price by a kopeck
the pood. He demands cash payment
and receives it. On the other hand,
if he is purchasing machinery from
any of these firms he demands a year
or eighteen months' credit, and he
receives that. too.
"Many or these peasants are men ]
of comparative wealth. Several were
pointed out to me as millionaires in
rubles. The younger generation are
displaying greater proclivities for
spending than do their elders. They
delight to drive smart and showy
horses, and sometimes they will even
pay a visit to Moscow and see life.
The independence, intelligence and
Initiative of these Siberian peasants
are doubtless due to the fact that
they have never been private serfs.
They were fixed upon the land, it is
true, but the land was crown domain,
and they could not be bought or
sold. They never experienced the
degrading and demoralizing domestic
slavery to which the private serfs
were subjected.”
Will Drive East With Cx Team.
Ezra Meeker, who left Iowa in 1852
and went to Oregon with a party who
drove ox teams, will start from the
Pacific coast early next spring with
a similar conveyance, and if possible
will drive to Kainsville, Iowa. He will
follow the okl emigrant trail and has
arranged to lecture at a number of
places along the route.
Japanese Inflated Over Success.
Travelers returning from Japan are
generally of opinion that the mikado’s
subjects have become quite inflated
over the result of their war with Rus
sia. As one American puts it. “They
are scratching their heads where the
hat brim ought to be. A white man
is a poor critter in their eyes. They
seem to think that they can lick a
German, an American or a Frenchman
with the same ease which the white
brethren of the Russians in other
countries so gleefully dilated upon in
the beginning of the war.”
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Musician Now Enjoys Life.
Sir Edward Elgar, the distinguished
composer, was at one time, like the
immortal Wagner, glad to earn a few
shillings by putting together quad
rilles from operas and popular airs.
He is a member of an interesting little
west end club in London composed
almost entirely of musicians and
called the “You-Be-Quiet" club. Its
title means that no “shop” is permit
ted in conversation. Sir Edward El
gar is an ardent gotfer, a great
smoker and works only In the morn
ing.
KNOW MOON IS NOT PEOPLED. !
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Scientists Almost Able to Make Abso
lute Assertion.
The moon being much the nearest
to us of all the heavenly bodies, we
can pronounce more definitely in its
case than in any other, says Prof.
Simon Newcomb in Harper's Maga
zine. We know that neither air nor
water exists on the moon in quanti
ties sufficient to be perceived by the
most delicate tests at our command.
It is certain that the moon's atmos
phere. if any exists, is less than the
thousandth part ot' the density of that
around us. The vacuum is greater
than any ordinary air-pump is cap
able of producing. We can hardly
suppose that so small a quantity of
air could be of any benefit whatever
in sustaining life; an animal that
could get along on so little could get
along on none at all.
But the proof of the absence of life
is yet stronger when we consider the
results of actual telescopic observa
tion. An object such as an ordinary
city block could be detected on the
moon. If anything like vegetation
were present on its surface we should
see the changes which it would under
go in the course of a month, during
one portion of which it would be ex
posed to the rays of the unclouded
sun and during another to the intense
cold of space.
PRISON RATHER THAN ANSWER.
Threats Unable to Induce Woman to
Reply to Questions.
Mrs. Sarah Peckham. a witness in
the bankruptcy case of Sarah Defaye
& Co., milliners of Chicago, refused at
the proceedings in New York to an
swer questions put her by the referee,
although three times adjudged guilty
of contempt of court, and said she
would go to jail rather than answer.
She declared certain questions con
cerned matters not pertinent to the
case, and “I won't answer,” “I re
fuse,” “I won't tell you,” was all the
referee could get out of her. He fin
ally gave up and adjourned the hear
ing to report to his court.
Commerce the Foe of War.
The commercial union of the world
now in process of development and
proceeding in ever-increasing ratio of
certainty and speed, through the ex
tension of transportation lines and
the opening of regions that from the
birth of the race till now have lain
fallow, is making more and more ab
horrent the idea of destructive and too
commonly fruitless contests, which
interrupt industry, reverse prosperity,
destroy enterprise, increase disease
and crime and burden the masses
with the obligations of sacrifice. Bet
ter vet is the growing tolerance which
is felt by people of • one race and
faith for those whom bigotry and tra
dition have consigned as opponents.—
Brooklyn Eagle.
Minister Clings to Oriental Dress.
Unlike most of the members of the
diplomatic and consular service of the
celestial empire who come to this
country, Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng.
the Chinese minister in Washington,
clings to the dress of his native land.
This is unusual, for generally the Chi
nese and Japanese of the better class
quickly adopt American dress when
they come to live in this country.
But even more remarkable is the fact
that the sons of the Chinese minister
also continue to be clothed in the
oriental style.
Wellington at Waterloo.
At Waterloo, Wellington exposed
himself with such recklessness that
aid de camp after aid de camp fell
killed or wounded, and only his old
friend, the Spanish Gen. Alva, was
untouched by his side. At one mo
ment, indeed, the duke was in such
imminent and deadly danger that one
of his surviving aids de camp ven
tured to remonstrate. “Sir, you are
in the greatest possible danger here,”
, “I know I am.” replied the duke, “but
| I must die or see what they are do
' ing.”
GAVE LIFE FOR FAME
PECULIAR CASE IN SUICIDE OF
YOUNG WOMAN.
English Girl, Writer of What She Be
lieved Inspired Work, Died That
She Mfeht Give to the World Her
Important Message.
Miss Ecith Allonby, the Lancaster
school teacher, who recently commit
ted suicide at Cartinel, England, left
a written statement which is publish
ed in the London Standard of Sept.
9. In it she says:
"I have written a book (I wrote it
four years since) which contains one
of either two things—truth or page
upon page of blasphemy. I know it to
be truth, but so simple that the world
can hardly recognize it, and while I
stand In the light I am afraid it can
not be seen at all. When I am gone,
and when it once has a fair chance of
being read and discussed as it de
serves to be, it will appear different
from what it ever could do with me
living.
“No book ever was written by hu
man hand more reverently or with
greater purity of thought. I tried to
publish it but failed. Since then I
have gone on writing patiently and
spending money willingly with the
end in view of making an opening for
it, but I am afraid, so far as it is cen
cerned, I am as near to it as I was
four years since. Had ‘The Fulfill
ment’ been less near to God and less
sacred to me, I had fought for it well
with earthly weapons, but it was
given to me out of the great silence,
and I must give it to the world the
same. That is the simple, honest
truth of the whole matter. I have
died to give God's gift to the world
with as little stumbling block as pos
sible.”
It appears that Miss Allonby had
published two works with a London
firm anonymously. She had private
means and took up teaching and lit
erature from choice and not of neces
sity. Her family are in possession of
the manuscript of "The Fulfillment,”
and it is stated that the Rev. H. W.
Meeres Is acting . as their literary
adviser.
Hague Peace Palace.
Said a prominent architect: “From
what I have picked up at the clubs
and about town, there will be at least
ten American bids for the Peace Pal
ace plans at The Hague for the Per
manent Court of Arbitration. The
prizes are not large in money, but
some glory will attach to the design
er. The first prize is 12,000 guilders,
equal to only about $4,800. All ex
planations are to be given in French.
I can t for the life of me understand
why they should not have demanded
the new universal language, Esper
anto. It is said iou can learn to
speak it in a week and write it in a
month.”
Expensive Economy of Time.
Dispatches tell of the tragic death
of a New Yorker under conditions
that point a moral. This man
prominent, wealthy, presumably mas
ter of his own time, and with no vital
reason for undue haste—died on an
elevated train in the metropolis from
heart disease following the undue ex
ertion of taking the station steps two
at a time to catch an approaching
train. He saved the two minutes’
time intervening between trains, but
lost his life. Rather expensive econo
my. This instance simply illustrates
one of the foolish and somewhat
futile phases of the day.
Persistent Woman Gambler.
When in 1744 Lady Mordington,
who had a gaming-house in Covent
Garden, was formally charged with
keeping a disorderly house she set
the authorities at defiance, boldly
claiming her privileges as a peeress
of Great Britain and continuing to ad
vertise her “assemblies”; and it was
not until the House of Lords inter
vened and declared that no person
was entitled to privilege of peerage
against any prosecution for keeping
a public gaming-house that her lady
ship had to close her doors.
Austrian Cotton Trade.
The cotton trade in Austria is not
carried on exclusively for home con
sumption. The exports of cotton and
cotton goods with a value of £19,512*
TOO, showed an increase in 1904 of
£436,000 on the preceding year In
Austria there are 3.250,000 spindles
and the yearly consumption of raw
cotton is about 600,000 bales, where
as its neighbor, Germany, has about
three times that number of spindles
and consumes about three times that
quantity of raw material.-London
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“Those relations were confidential,
sir; I must decline to answer," said the
witness.
“There is nothing confidential about
the insurance business now,” the in
quisitor rejoined.
And the witness answered.
Who the particular witness was and
what the question that drew out this
colloquy doesn’t matter greatly for the
purposes of the illustration. The im
portant thing is that the refusal to
answer, testily given by a conservative
old Wall street financier in the insur
ance investigation, and the reply of
counsel, Charles E. Hughes, of the
committee, got right into the heart of
the inquiry that the Armstrong com
mittee is now holding down at City
hall, New York.
It Is worth while to look in on a
session of the committee, if one cares
anything for the study of people. The
big aldermanic chamber of the City
hall is filled to overflowing. At the
far end, on an improvised platform
whose bare boards contrast strangely
with the rich mahogany fittings of the
room, sit eight men charged with per
haps the most important task that has
come to any body of legislators in
New York for a generation. They are
called to pass upon the management
of a billion and a quarter of trust
funds belonging to the people of the
whole nation, but placed under the
control of a few score of men compos
ing the boards of directors or trustees
of the great life insurance companies
having headquarters in the lower half
of Manhattan islartd.
A diverse lot are the committee. At
its head is Armstrong, of Rochester,
one of the veterans of the State Sen
ate, a hard-headed, clear-figuring, prac
tical politician.
Down in front of the committee plat
form is the busiest group of folks in
the whole company. Pacing around
the few square feet of clear space di
rectly in the center is a tall, spare
man. The first thing one notices
about him is an aggressive red beard,
behind which show teeth that rival the
famous Roosevelt collection in size,
prominence and regularity. A big,
sharp-pointed nose and deep-set eyes
that light up now and then with the
gleam that shows the spirit of the
fighter within are the other features
of prominence, and they go with the
broad forehead to give the impression
of a man of great power, a keen think
er, a man who knows the joy of battle
and enjoys thoroughly the conscious
ness that he is in the midst of the
fighting.
Charles E. Hughes allows the wit
ness to tell his own story—within cer
tain limitations—and then proceeds to
weigh one by one the several asser
tions in the balance of known facts
and obvious probabilities. Charles E.
Hughes never lays himself open to the
charge of unfairness, and he is Just as
good friends with the lawyers on the
other side as with his own colleagues.
Usually also he is fraternizing with
his witness between questions, making
sure that there is no misunderstanding
of the theory upon which his examina
tion is based, careful to see to it that
the man on the stand appreciates, how
ever unwillingly, the pertinence and
importance of the facts that are to be
elicited.
But it does not seem that Mr. Hughes
is alone in running the investigation.
With him are two men. James McKeen
.nd Matthew Fleming, who by nature
ind circumstance are calculated to be
of the utmost assistance. James Mc
Keen most people in Wall street know.
A lawyer of the old school, well read,
Pastor’s Trip Around World.
Rev. Paul H. Linn, who has just
been appointed pastor of the Central
Methodist church, Kansas City, re
turned only a few weeks ago from a
trip around the world. He was accom
panied by his wife and by Mrs. Linn’s
mother. During the journey, which oc
cupied a year, the party traveled more
than 40,000 miles. Rev. Mr. Linn re
signed the pastorate of a church at
Maryland, Mo., so that he could make
the. journey, the object being to make
a personal investigation of the re
ligions of the world.
Long-Lived German Royalties.
The old royal house of Hesse, a
German principality, rarely loses a
relative below the age of 70. The land
grave Alexis, who died recently, was
76. During the nineteenth century
forty or fifty members of the family
crossed the big divide, the youngest
having reached the allotted three score
and ten and the oldest being 92. This
wonderful longevity is possibly trace
able to the fact that the Hesse family
has often intermarried with common
ers.
keen, able, a searching investigator
whose ripe experience applies to tho
results of his delving a sane judgment,
he is not the kind of man to go off oa
a tangent, he is just the sort of mau
for the enormous task of figuring out
on a comparative basis tho different
methods of conducting the insurance
business in this country, and of apply
ing the meritorious features of ono
system to correct the defects of an
other. And this is what he is engaged
in doing just now.
The junior associate counsel of the
committee is Matthew Fleming, a
Princeton man of the middle 90s, and
he is engaged most of the time in
digging up syndicates and things with
Chief Counsel Hughes. This task in
itself involves an enormous amount ot
work that does not show in the publio
hearings. Nobody knows but the law
yer in the battle whether a brilliant
attack on a well-constructed intrench
ment behind which some witness la
standing defiant, or a rangy fight
through a thicket of irresponsive an
swers is won by the wit of the mo
ment or by hard study in the small
hours of the night, before. There is
where a junior associate counsel can
make himself useful, but incidentally
be laying up a store of information as
to the methods of the chief that will
be of the utmost service in days to
come.
Other lawyers, except the two on the
committee, do nor cut a very large
figure at. the sessions of the insurance
inquiry. There is, to be sure, a nota
ble array—Frank Black for the Equit
able, James M. Beck for the Mutual,
Richard V. Lindabury for the Metro
politan and so on down the line, and
at. some future stage no doubt oppor
tunity will be given to them to pre
sent such evidence as they may de
sire. But just at present counsel for
the defense—if such they may bo
called—are at a discount and spend
most of the time in looking wise and
advising witnesses about to take the
stand. That is because a legislative
committee is one of the most uncon
ventional bodies imaginable in tho
scope of its questioning, and objections
that might be made the basis of mauy
appeals and demurrers in the courts
of law may Just as well stay unmade,
if one cares to economize his breath.
The investigation is still young and
it is too early to prophesy, even if
that occnpaftfcm were legitimately with
in the range of newspaper reporting,
its ultimate results. But it is safe to
bank on it that nobody will be allowed
to get very far away from the propo
sition laid down by Counsel Hughes at
the start, that "There is nothing con
fidential about the insurance business
now."—Philadelphia Ledger.
The Teaching of Journalism.
Among practical newspaper men, to
whom the smell of damp paper is
sweet incense and the caustic criti
cism of the galley boy is stimulating
condescension, the efforts of well
meaning educators to establish
“chairs of journalism'1 in our higher
institutions of learning are viewed
with good-natured indulgence. As a
matter of plain truth, -the best prepa
ration for a newspaper career is a
good, sound, well-balanced university
education without regard to specializa
tion or the cultivation of a writing
“style.” Thus equipped the young
man or woman is ready to study
“journalism" where - experience is
served hot from the skillet. If the
candidate has the qualities that make
for success they will develop very
soon.—Kansas City Journal.
Didn’t Know Hi* Own Feet.
While “Bob'’ Cushman of Bath, Me.,
was working up the Kennebec, log
ging, some years ago, one of his com
panions, while floating some log*
down the river, slipped and fell over
board. He clung to a log, but, the
current being strong, carried his body
underneath it, and as he tried to raise
himself he caught sight of his feet
sticking cut of the water on the oth
er side of the log. Bob hastened to
help him out, but the other man ex
claimed: “Never mind me; save the
other fellow, who is in head first.’’
Simple Life Preserves Beauty.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor, who has
been called a great beauty on both
sides of the Atlantic, gives this as the
simple method by which she pre
serves her good looks: Live simply,
take adequate exercise, eat rationally]
act with deliberation and get plenty
of rest. A month ago Lillian Russeil
gave the same prescription; Mrs. Les
lie Carter has been giving it for three
or four years; Patti and Bernhardt
have been handing it out for twenty
years.