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taken because of tho character of Mr. Stead's
BjjecchcH and writing with respect to tho methods
of tho British government in South Africa. A
writer for tho Chicago Tribune says that since
Lord Cromer has been In Egypt he has on several
occasions adopted similar measures with regard to
notablo Englishmen who were "making trouble"
by their utterances in tho land of tho Nile. This
writer says: "Among tho number whom the earl
was obliged to exclude from Egypt have been tho
lato Sir William Gregory and Wilfred Blunt, two
of tho most charming yet wrong headed men that
it is possible to conceive. S'lr William, although
ho spent tho greater portion of his life in tho
scrvico of the crown, his last appointment being
tho governorship of Ceylon, attracted attention
whllo still in ofllco by his enthusiastic advocacy
of tho confederacy during tho civil war in this
country, and after his retirement by his ardent
championship of tho so-called nationalist and
revolutionary element In Egypt. Indeed, ho was
largely responsible for the insurrection of 1882,
which culminated In tho bombardment of Alexan
dria, slnco his openly avowed sympathy with
ArabI and his fellow rebels caused them as well
as tho othor natives to bellove that m their move
ment against the khedlvc they had tho approval
and utmost support of tho British government. It
was quite imposslblo to convince them of the fact
that Sir William was merely a retired official, and
consequently when a few years later ho endeavored
to. return to Egypt Lord Cromer felt compelled to
bar him from the country."
TO T II E man of Jewish faith applying at tho
state department for a passport entitling him
to visit Russia, tho following stereotyped state
ment Is made: "Tho laws of Russia exclude from
Russian territory, except by special permission, all
pcoplo of Jowlsh faith, and while this government
has boon endeavoring for eomo years past to se
cure a relaxation of this enactment, It is only
proper to warn thoso within tho category to which
thoy rofor that It has not yet been able to secure
from tho Russian governmont a promise of uni
form treatment for all Amorfcan travelers In Rus
sia without regard to their religious faith or place
of birth." Referring to this statement the Cincin
nati Commercial Tribune says: "The applicant
may havo been of tho Jewish faith, born in Ilus
Bla and naturalized in thti United States. Ho may
bo of American birth, descended from French citi
zens or English subjects, holding the ancient tfew
ish faith, or ho may be a Jew, descended from an
American of tho Jewish faith, living in ono of the
thirteen colonies and taking part In tho war for
Amorican independence, as many of tho Jewish
faith did but tho answer is and must be the same.
Persons of tho Jowlsh faith, no matter whero
born, nor of what nationality descended, are
barrod from ontoring tho dominions of tho czar,
not regarding whether their object In seeking to
visit Russia bo commercial, scientific or humane.
Tho laws of Russia need amending, and so do the
sympathies extended to her in the present con
flict." THE career of Daniel J. Sully, tho cotton spec
ulator, terminated March 18. On that day
Mr. Sully's Arm issued a statement acknowledg
ing inability to meet its engagements arid its sus
pension was therefore announced. Tho extent of
tho failure is not yet known, although it is said
that the sum amounts to several millions. Mr.
Sully began speculative operations in New York
In September, 1902. Several months ago ho pur
chased a seat on the stock exchange, paying there
for ?G8,000. 'lho New York World says that Mr.
Sully's wealth has boon variously estimated during
tho past year at from three to ten million dollars;
that tho capital of tho Arm is $500,000 and that no
greater rating than this has been asked by Mr.
Sully from tho commercial agency.
THE effects of Sully's speculative operations
in cotton havo been far-reaching. Referring
to his adventures, tho Now York World says
"Thero is scarcely a civilized human being who
has escaped paying tribute because of his extraor
dinary manipulation of tho market. Ho has caused
scores of thousands of persons to be thrown out
of work, has stopped the building of mills has
curtailed tho production of every kind of manu
factures into which cotton or cotton seed oil en
ters. Some havo benefited. First, tho southern
cotton planters, and all who on them depend, and
second, a comparatively small group of New En
gland cotton goods manufacturers, who went in
with Sully on his first deal In cotton and secured
their supplies at low figures. Many northern
mills were helped through Sully's operations in
the crop or 1902-03, because they had bought act
The Commoner.
ual cotton. When the rise came they sold cotton
at an advance and declared dividends on idle spin
dles. Ono largo mill in Lowell, Mass., early in the
fall of 1903, before the arrival of the new crop,
sent two trainloads of cotton south and made a
fortune. They figured on lower prices for the now
crop. There is whero they missed it The mills
were obliged to curtail production. Many of thcra
shut down altogether. In New England last sum
mer G0,000 cotton operatives, whoso wages aver
aged $7.50 each a week, were thrown out of work
for one month. They lost $1,800,000 in wages.
There has been as much more lost in wages since
then."
RECENTLY, cable dispatches announce
that Admiral Dewey and other members ot
the general board of the navy, being on their West
Indian cruise, had avoided a landing at Santo Do
mingo on account of the fighting around the city.
The Washington correspondent for the New York
- World says that tho real reason for the failure to
visit Santo Domingo was not given. According to
this correspondent, what tho members of the gen
eral board of tho navy were afraid of was "an
other Booker T. Washington incident." The World
correspondent explains: "When the Mayflower
dropped anchor at Santo Domingo and William F.
Powell, the American minister, came aboard, Ad
miral Dewey and the other naval officers discov
ered, greatly to their surprise, that he was a ne
gro. If they had gone ashore they would have
been obliged to call on Mr. Powell and be enter
tained at dinner by him and they balked at the
idea. They even criticised Mr. Loomis because he
had not told them that Mr, Powell was a negro
so that they might have some excuse ready when
ho camo on board."
IT I S further stated on. this same authority
that while the members of the board were
trying to find a way out of the dilemma it was
ascertained that a skirmish was going on between
government troops and Insurgents four or five"
mlle3 from the city. That furnished an excuse.
Admiral Dewey announced that he could not think
of permitting any of his officers to go on shore
and expose themselves to tho danger of being hit
by stray bullets. He told Mr. Loomis he could go
ashore if he cared to, but Mr. Loomis concluded
that he would be safer on the ship. Instead of
staying several days at Santo Domingo, as had
beon intended, tho Mayflower hurried away before
the distant firing could be stopped. There was no
opportunity to study conditions at the capital, so
the Mayflower touched at San Pedro Macoris, San
chez, Samana, Puerto Plata and other Santo Do
minican ports to allow Mr. Loomis to look into
affairs.
IT I S estimated that the service pension order
issued recently by Pension Commissioner
Ware will add to the list entitled to pensions at
least 321,000 veterans. The Washington correspon
dent for the New York Herald says that under the
terms of this order, those who profit by it must be
more than sixty-two years of age; that by the low
est scale provided for by the order-$6 per month
-this would amount to $23,112,000 to be added to
the annual list of pension appropriations. The
Herald correspondent adds: "This, according to
the estimates, is the lowest figure, for the order
provides that after the veterans become sixty-five
years old they shall receive $8 a month after six?
ty-eight $10 and after seventy $12 Thus thfs sum
must be increased by millions before it can be toS
accurately just how much the latest order will
cost the government. It is easy to see that a
'service pension by a stroke of the potf means
a great deal more expense to the governmenUhan
has yet been estimated by anv VpZ . $
fhaemsra wh has tz &
TH E question.of the legality of this latest nrn
slon oraer has been PoHnnci,, i,uesc Pen-
tion of law. In rosnmiL t actually in viola-
he said: "Thus 87 S?i McCumber in which
an increase of "$72 pl'r yea'r T?Vr5 1W"ld receve
141,203 would receive an increase oW'334'8'18'
or a total of $0,774,744 and nfii? ?48,I)Gr year'
an increase of $24 per year nv'l 7?ld receI
856. m addition to the above i,o S of ?1'28V
Utle to about 90 00 Sufe th0?1,? glve
who are now pensioned umlnr thn clvl1 War
rates lcss than W
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slon now paid to them is .about $7.80 r.Pr ,
They would therefore be entitled to receivo " b'
crease of $4.20 per month, or aTjout ?5 2r mJn"
a total of $4,600,000. Another class thafJea,r'
take under the provisions of the bill is L ?U,J
known army' of 'civil war survivors. Thou "a"
bcr on July 1, 1904, will not be less than imZ
and none of them has as yet been pensioned
many of. these survivors would5 apply umL ,v,W
provisions of the bill cannot bo determined in
vance of its passage but if 150,000 should lt
the amount required to pay them at the r-to i?
$144 each would be $21,600,000 a year. The gran
total of beneficiaries under- this bill wouh T
over 500,000, and the amount required to nav thnm
at the rate specified would exceed $40,000 000 nS
year over and above the present appropriation
Mr. Ware further submitted a list of 871,000 li
surviving soldiers of the civil war, of whom fiis
000 are more than sixty-two years old and wirS
come under the terms of this special order i
Ware says that of this number 191,000 are not on
the pension rolls at all and would therefore be
come beneficiaries under the new order.
AW It I T E R in The Greenbag describes a ses
sion of the United States supreme court in
this way: "As the hands of the clock point to 12
the crier of the supreme court of the United States
raps with his gavel, the murmur of conversation
ceases and attorneys, court officials and visitors
rise while the crier slowly announces: 'The hon
orable the "chief justice and the associate justices
of the supreme court of the United States.' Robed
in black silk gowns, tlfey walk with slow and dig
nified steps toward the bench, and as the chief
justice appears at the entrance at the roar they
slowly proceed to their seats. As they do tho
crier cries,."Oyez! oyez! oyez! All persons having
business before the honorable the chief justice
and the associate justices of the supreme court of
the United States are admonished to draw near
and give their attention, for the court is now sit
ting. God save the government oi the United
States and this honorable court.' It is an impos
ing and inspiring spectacle, the mere witnessing
of which increases the red- corpuscles of one's pa
triotism. No man entering that domelike court
room may wear his overcoat. No member of lis
bar may appear before it in a coat of any color,
other than black. Such is the dignity and impres
siveness of that tribunal that men to whom em
barrassment has long been a stranger evidence
.the renewal of their acquaintance with it by a
stammering speech, a quickened breath, a nervous
manner, when addressing the court."
A REMARKABLE "!case was recently;
brought to the attention of Ine police au
thorities in the city of Omaha. The story is told
by the Omaha World-Herald in this way "To got
drunk without drinking may be economical, but it
does not keep one out: of jail. Such at least is
the experience of Miss Nora Clem, a young woman
of Thirteenth and Chicago streets. She contends
that she is the victim of a strange affliction. Sbo
tells the court that both her father and mother
were addicted to the liquor habit, and that iiom
her earliest girlhood' she staggered m her walk as
though she had been drinking.. While going down
the street Thursday afternoon she was reeling
from one side of the walk to the other, and Iier
speech was maudlin. For all that, her statement
about having drunk no intoxicant was substan
tiated by the family with whom, she lives. The
family of B. A. Robinson, who came here over a
month ago from South Dakota, says that at times
the affliction of Miss Clem is much worse than at
other times. There are periods when, i permitted
tO dO SO. She Will aluon f nr't won fv-frmv limns at
a time. After waking up she will complain of her
mouth and throat being very dry and will drink a
glass of water. Then for some time she will walk
steadier than usual. In other words, she seems
to have a normal mind. She reads a great deal,
and can carry on an intelligent conversation,
However, there are intermittent periods when he
speech thickens so that she can scarcely talk at
all. Sometimes, too, she will be seized with an un
reasonable gaity and sing as though she were out
upon a wild carouse. For her -difficulty she in
been treated by a number of doctors, none of whom
seem to be able to comprehend her case or to help
her. After her examination in police court Miss
Clem was discharged."
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