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F 'IJIHKJ j-v,-' p ijpxi-tp- rff"iAMvijirvf3Y "r-" rf -twt .ttw "wy jfTjtf m; uy " i -,,1 "Ww"1'' V" OCTOBER 1G, 1903. heavy. Tho smallest is of fine workmanship, tho Bocket being shaped like tho ace of tilubs, and ia supposed to have belonged to the treasure rooms. This and another key measure six inches in length, while the other two are about ten inches and much heavier." IN THE REPOBT OP THE CORK CONFER enco carriod by the Ejston Transcript the means to be adopted by the new anti-emigration society to check the outward flow from Ireland are suggested. The Transcript said: "Many speakers at the conference declared that tho idea of emigra tion had become a species of mania among tue youth of Ireland, who from childhood, had their minds constantly inflamed with glowing accounts of American life contained in letters written home by relatives or friends who lived in America, and that it was necessary to show the people of Ireland, by autnoritative and matter-of-fact state ment, that America was by no means,the Eldorado many of them imagined." rr THE GENERAL STAFF FOR THE REORGAN ization of the army band system is consider ing legislation that is needed to prevent a music famine In the, military establishment. The Wash ington correspondent for the St Louis Post-Dispatch says: "In the fifty or more bands of the regular army, there are now 400 vacancies that it seems impossible to fill. Thirteen to seventeen dollars a month, even with army rations and clothing furnished, fails to attract to tho service" musicians who have plenty of occupation at good wages in civil life. The lim ; to which tho army musician can rise is the position of the chief musican at $70 a month. The marine band, which graduated Sousa and othor leaders, gave them commissioned officers' rank and pay to attract such men to its service. To their ranks, fllled at the small pay alloved, army bands have depend ed on outside work, which has brought their mu sicians into competition wita those of- the Mu- sicians' union "furnishing a source of trouble, which has been aired on the floor of congress and frequently in public." The proposition now under consideration by the general staff contemplates an increase In-the pay of the ordinary musician of the army to ?40 a month and in that of chief mu sician, who Is to be given the official title of band master, to $100 a month." IT IS REPORTED FROM BERLIN HAT'THE German army is suffering ironi a dearth of officers. This scarcity is ascribed to the cost of living and the poor pensions granted to re tired officers. Another reason is to be found in the decline of agriculture, through which the sons of land owners who formerly became offi cers have to v seek a more remunerative profes sion. The pension law is undergoing severe criti cism by army officers and it is believed that a re form in that direction will soon have to be ac complished by tho relchstag. Under the present system, after serving twenty years and having become a colonel, an army officer is retired be cause in the higher positions fewer officers are needed. The minimum sum of the pensions as at present arranged is so low that much complaint is being made as o the difficulty of 'maintaining a proper station under It. It is believed that if the proposed reform in this direction Is carried out and a revival of agriculture takes place the scarcity of officers in the army service may be reduced. ' AT MALMAISON, THE HOME OF ' EMPRESS Josephine, has finally been accepted by the French government. A special cable dispatch to the Chicago Inter-Ocean from Paris, under date of October 3, says: "When the donor, Mr. Osives, purchased Malmaisc . some time ago he embellished the beautiful estate in many ways, and his offer of it to the state was a startling sur prise. A republican government naturally did not covet a Napoleonic relic. What could be done with it? A museum of the souvenirs of the first empire, its obvious use, would be singularly inap propriate under the circumstances. Mr. Osives' gift long huncr in tho balance, and its final ac ceptance has caused much speculation as to its prcflfcble destiny. There has been regret that Mr.. Osives did not present Malmaison- to the so ciety known as La Sabrel Acht, composed of artists, men of letters, soldiers, and others, who collect and" preserve all historical souvenirs that testify to the glory of France." so ac THE SEASON'S DEATH ROLL IN THE SWISS Alps now reaches ru persons, b.elng aug mented by nine more fatal accidents that oc curred the past-week in the. Alps and seven in tho Tyrolese. In the French Alps thgre have been The Commoner. nearly 300 deaths this year. Thcao lists are likoly to bo Increased because of tho many advonturous people who aro still on tho mountains. THE OHIO CAMPAIGN IS BECOMING MORE interesting every day. The Buifalo (N. Y.) i lines attributes to Senator Hanna .the admission that tho republican nominee for governor is to have "no cinch" in his contest against Tom L. Johnson. Tho Johnstown (Pa.) Domocrat de scribes the situation in an interesting way when it says: "TJie republican a:.d the reorganizer papers are full of Ohio political stuff antagonistic to Tom L. Johnson, tho Chicago Chronicle lead ing with lurid tales of democratic revolt and of republican jubilation. Perhaps tho wish la father to the thought. But then it is remembered that when ho was running for congress the first thno it was confidently claimed that the workingmen wouldn't touch him with a 40-foot pole and that therefore he would never como in sight of the wire. The same representations were made when . ho camo out for mayor. All tho republican pa pers and all tho pluto-democratic organs declared him to bo impossible. But somehow ho won out all right and ho won out again and again, each time by a moro sweeping majority. May he not fool his enemies again? May ho not prove as potent in the state as he has shown hlmsolf to be in Cleveland and in Cuyahoga? Of course Bernard is against him in Hamilton county. But he was against him before. Ho has always, been against anybody who was a real democrat and if he can combine with Boss Cox so as to throw Hamilton county over to Herrick there isn't tho slightest doubt that ho will do it," THE "EQUALITY" BUTTON IS JUST NOW disturbing republican leaders. A dispatch "to the New York World, under date of Chicago, September 21, says: "Charles H. Thomas, a White republican of this city, has evolved a cam paign button for which his party will not stand sponsor. It represents President Roosevelt at din ner with Booker T. Washington. Across tho faco of the picture is tho word 'Equality,' The zealous Mr, Thomas wished to impress upon tho colored brother the idea that the only way to the higher life was to vote the republican ticket. His bril liant idea is depicted in tho campaign button. Thousands of the buttons aro being worn by col ored men in Chicago and the demand throughout the country is growing." IT IT MR. ROOSEVELT HAS DOUBTLESS learned by this time that tnere are many people in the United States who have not forgot ten General McClellan. Some of the speeches de livered at the Antietam celebration by New York veterans, held at Brooklyn, mcy be Interpreted as a somewhat bitter rebuke to Mr. Roosevelt. Gen. , Horatio C. King, speaking on that occasion, said: 'The Union armies had met with defeat. After the battle of Bull Run they were thoroughly dls . organized, and camo to Washington hatless, shoe less and with their guns thrown aside. The people had lost confidence In the generals. After re peated disasters there was only one man to whom the people looked for the preservation of the Union, and he was in Washington when the whipped armies came there. The great president, Abraham Lincoln, realized this, and went from the White house to the residence of General Mc Clellan to ask him to take command of the arm ies. He was never really relieved of command. (Cheers.) In twenty-four hours the disorder in the armies was over, and McClellan (cheers) took that previously demoralized army, equipping them on the way, and in six weeks fought one of the greatest battles In the great struggle, sending back across the Maryland lino General Robert E. Lee and his confederate army. Such a battle between other riatlons would have ended a war, but tho contestants were of the same blood, equal ly heroic and convinced of the cause for which they were fighting." GENERAL KING, FORMER COMMANDER OF the Grand Army for the state of New York, speaking on tho sa:- occasion, said: "General George B. McClellan was the commander at An tietam and this must never bo forgotten. (Cheers, repeated agam and again.) I remember the sol diers, weary and resting along tho roadside when 'Little Mac' passed, and how thoy stood, saluted and cheered t.hen he passed, and we who were there will never forget him, no matter what others may do. (Renewed cheering and applause.) We were not hirelings, and we expected no fortunes because of our soldiering, but ve do believe that gratitude should bo given to us, and that we. should not be forgotten." AN INTERESTING DISPATCH, UNDER DATS nhl of Nw York, September 1U, was sont to the Chicago Chronicle. In that dispatch It was said: . nm pFa,d01nt - Roosovolt Jumped to tho wharf at Ellis Island from tho Immigration cutter II. u. Chamberlain this afternoon and ran forward to shako hands with Commissioner General Frank i. bargont, a powerful gust caught tho skirts of his frock coat and whirled them against tho back SI,? Sit ?l5c1, Thoso otttml,nB behind the prosldont saw stick ng out of his right hip pocket tho han dle of a big rovolver. One of tho secrot service S? T ! I rcatorel the skirts of tho president's . coat to tholr proper placo, but tho momentary gl mpso tho spectators had convinced those fa miliar with such matters that the handle Indi cated a weapon of heavy callbor." WHEN SOME SURPRISE WAS MANI fested because of tho rcolatlon that tho president "was cmed when on a mission so poucc Jul as an inspection of Ellis Island, tho o.iron lcle correspondent says it was oxplalnod by one of tho secret rorvlco men that "the president In variably carried a revolver whon he went to a pub lie placo. The president has carried a pistol over since ho took tho oath of office after tho assassi nation of McKinloy. Ho has tho greatest faith In tho ability of tho dozon or moro secret service agents who guard him, but prefers to bo armed himself In caso of emergency. Ills most Inti mate friends have known of his practice of carry ing a six-shooter, but some of the socrot sorvlco men looked surprised when they saw tno handle protruding from tho president's pocket today." THERE SEEMS TO BE CONSIDERABLE PUB Hc interest In the prcsi.cntlal pjgtol, and newspaper correspondents are going to great pains to provldo minute descriptions of tho Roosevelt armory. The New York correspondent for the Chicago Chronicle says: "Tho pistol Is tho black-handled; bluo steel, 3-caIlber revolver which ho carried when with his rough riders in Cuba. It is the same with which he shot a Span iard, as he tells Jn hla history of tho rough riders. When in Cuba he practiced faithfully with his revolver until ho became an excellent marks man. Since that tlmo, both In Washington and at Oyster Bay, the revolver shooting has been continued, until tho president can score the bull's eye at nearly every shot. When riding about tho country roads of Washington and Oyster nay tho president frequently dismounts and practices shooting in company with a s- ret service man or Sergeant McDonald, one of tho bo'st revolver shots In the army, who is th ) president's orderly on all such rides. The president's ammunition Jo furnished him by tho ordnance bureau of tho army. It Is especially Inspected and loaded, and the president knows he can depend uppn It In an emergency. The president Is not entirely dopgn dent upon his revolver and tho secret service men for protection. Ho has taken a course In 'JItsu,' the Japanese method of self-defense, and can grab a man by the coat collar and throve him on hia head." CARROLL D. WRIGHT, COMMISSIONER OF labor in the United States, recently -Issued a special report in which the earnings of the la boring men of tho country Is contrasted with the cost of living. Tho Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Republic says that Mr. Wright will issue the report on October 25 and that "in pre paring the report averages were taken from 25, 000 families, so that it Is believed the, figures will represent nearly the per capita cost for tho entire country. Retail prices on all staple articles of food and clo'thing will be given from 1890 until tho present year, covering the costs in the cast and west, north and south." AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT, AND ONE that will be watched v it'a interest In the newspaper world, was recently made by the edi tor of the Britt Tribune, an Iowa newspaper. Tho editor, Mr. E. 1 . Bailey, recently hit upon the idea of auctioning off the accounts of subscribers In arrears. Accordingly a notice was published in his paper giving the names and amounts of the accounts to be offered for sale to ths highest bidder September 1. These claims varied in amounts fro;fl ?3 to $22.50 and "-e subscribers were residents of Illinois. Iowa, Wisconsin, Min nesota, Texas, and Oklahoma. It is said that on the day when tho sale waa to ctfme off, the bfd i dmg on the accounts was brisk and the sal attracted a large number of bargain seekers. ' The lowest bid that cartured any of the accounts, was iwo ooxes oi matches, while some of the' claJmt were bid in at their face value. 1 1 M ' i