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fowor than 5;000" political orators will be placed
- 'upon the stump by each 'of tho national 'commit
tees. As at leagt five times as many "spellbinders"
Will bo mustered by tho stato committees the ag
gregate "number of exhorters wifi not fall much
short of 60,000. Somo of tho speakers receive $250
a week, together with their expenses, while oth
ers "Will accept no money for their services, but
allow their actual disbursements to bo mado
good."
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IT IS roported by tho Sbfia corresponcent Tor the
Now York World that tho sultan of Turkey
is suffering from an incurable mental disease
similar to that which affected King Louis II of
BaVarla. This correspondent adds: "Under the
leadership and presidency of Izzet Pacha, the most
prominent personages of tho palaco havi met to
discuss tho question of dethroning the sultan. The
'minister of war, Ali Itiza Pacha; the chief of
artillery, Zoky Pacha, "and the shiek-lyislara, Djein
aleddin Effondi, took part in the conferences.
Theso men do not form a cabal, meditate no revo
lution, but arc impelled by" the desire to rescue
-their country 'from a ruler whose mind is un
balanced. Difficulties have arisen over tho choice
of a successor to Abdul Hamid. Somo of the per
sonages want the sultan's brother, Prince ltef-chud,
to succeed him; others lean to tho sultan's son,
Princo .Burhan Effondi, who would take the title
Mohamet V."
IN. ITS issue of September 26, the Chicago
Tribune says: "Work will bo resumed today,
after a briof period of idleness, in the car shops
of the Pullman company. The company will put
2,000 of its former employes at work at wages
lower by 10 to 20 per cent than they wre re-,
ceivlng previously. They will be employed m
tho repair department. These men have been
picked with caro in the ten days the plant has
been closed. In their number will be found none
who have been known as a labor agitator. Six
weeks ago the company began to lay off men.
This was., continued until September IB when all
except a handful employed in one repair depart
ment were told to go. The cut in wages to go
Into effect today, will be general, extending to
employes in the office force. The wage scale at
tho shops has ranged in the past from $1.75 to
?7 a day."
A COMMISSION is considering the damming of
the river Thames at London. Referring
to this plan, the London correspondent for the
Chicago Tribune says: "As there is a difference
between high and low tide of eighteen or twenty
feet, all larger vessels must be handled in docks
which can be closed by tidal gates. The object
of this commission is to devise means for doing
away with this inconvenience, and thus increasing
the shipping facilities of the port. Among the
plans presented is one of constructing a great
dam across the Thomas from Gravesend to Til
bury. This would convert the river into a greac
inland lake extending from Gravesend to Rich
mond. At the point selected for the dam the
river bed is of lino chalk, and the structure would
givo a navigable depth of thirty-five feet at Graves
end and thirty-two feet at London bridge, without
any dredging. Tho proposed dam would be of
concrete, granite faced, and the four locks 300, 500
700, and 1,000 feet, and from 80 to 100 feet wide'
The estimated cost is $18,290,000. As all the docks
could bo left open there would be an annual
saving of $250,000 in the cost of operating the
gates."
TVO million kegs containing 160,000,000 lioiee
shoes are sold annually in tho United Stai.es
and Canada, approximately speaking. This esti
mate is based upon statements made by s L
Martin of Boston in an interview with a' re
porter for the Louisville Courier Journal. Re
ferring to this estimate, Mr. Martin says. "That
was about the number used last year, and all the
hue and cry about rubber shoes and automobiles is
. raised in tho face of a constantly increasing sale
of horseshoes which is confined almost aHogtther
, to the large c ties, is a help to manufacturers. Tho
. sale of the old fashioned shoes goes on increas
ing, and in addition to that the manufactm crs
lm, an opportunity to make the steel portion of
- rubber shoes All so-called rubber shoes have a
rim of steel in them, and it is usually of bettor
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metal and gives the manufacturer a wider berth
-for profits than the old fashioned shoe."
A SOUTHERN newspaper has provided food
' for thought for those New York editors who
are inclined to habitually lecture other sections
of the country because of moral lapses. Tho
Knoxville, Tenn., Sentinel says: "The New York
press seems to have ample time for lecturing other
communities on tho prevalence of crime that ex
ists, and it is especially severe upon the south
upon what it is pleased to term our laxity in re
pressing lawlessness. Taking tho southern states,
throughout which are scattered more than 8,000,000
negroes, most of whom are uneducated and who
are only a few generations removed from tjiat
absolute barbarism that characterized their fa
thers in Africa, and not one, for the same period
of time, will show such a record of crime as is
shown by the city of New York alono from Aug
ust 1 to September 15, 1904. It shows during this
six weeks period 24 homicides, 253 burglaries, 68
robberies and 95 felonious assaults. With such" a
showing of crime, does it not come with very
bad grace for somo of the leading newspatcis of
that city to so carefully and critically scan tho
mote in tho eyo of other communities when there
is such a loathsome beam protruding from their
own optic?"
DOUBTLESS many readers of the Des Moines,
Iowa, Capital were startled to read in that
newspaper the following announcement: "Wil
liam Taylor, indicted in Kentucky on the charge
of conspiracy to murder his political opponent
for the governor's chair and living in safety in
Indiana because the governor of that state re
fuses to acknowledge requisition papers, will be
tried in Des Moines. The incidents of the thrilling
death of Goebel in the Kentucky state house yard
a few years ago will be recited in all their detail
and, a jury of twelve unprejudiced men will pass
upon the question of Taylor's innocence or guilt."
BUT the famous fugitive from Kentucky justice
is not in fact to be tried in the state of Icwa
as the Capital's article finally discloses It is1
explained: "The trial will be conducted by the
Iowa College of Law. This case has been deter
mined upon and steps have already been taken
to secure the actual evidence bearing upon the
case. One of the most sensational political stories
ever enacted in America has been left without a
climax because of the Indiana governor's refusal
to surrender Taylor. That climax, is to be sup
plied by a local law school which has determined
to take all the evidence in the case and applying
to it the law of Kentucky fight it out on its merits.
For a jury twelve unbiased students will be drawn.
The case will be prosecuted and the Kentucky poli
tician defended by some of the brightest students
of the college. E. B. Evans, judge of tho practice
court, will officiate on the bench. William Tay
lor, it will be remembered, was the republican
nominee for governor against tho democratic can
didate, Goebel. Taylor was declared elected by the
election board. This election was contested and
was to have gone before the- house and senate
which was a democratic majority and was expected
.would determine in favor of tho democratic con
testant. On that very day Goebel was shot down
in the court yard. Taylor, after a series of trials
of other men, went to Indiana. He was indicted
in Kentucky, but extradition has been refused
and accordingly ho has never been triid. The
local college authorities believe the trial will at
tract national attention."
PRIOR to New York's democratic convention the
present democratic nominee for governor was
generally known as D. Cady Herrick. Upon the
day following Judge Herrick's nomination some
of the newspapers anounced that David C. Herrick
had been nominated, whilo others said that Daniel
C. Herrick had been nominated. It develops, how
over, that Judge Herrick has' no "first" name. It
is explained that the "D-" stands solitary and
alone for itself and we are further told that the
proper way- to print the name of tho democratic
nominee is "D Cady Herrick." Another story is
to the effect that the proper way is "D-Cady Her
rick." Whatever may be the correct method it
seems to bo generally agreed that a very stronc
and capable man has been nominated b the
democrats of New York and that there are ex
cellent prospects for his election.
EVEN the New York Sun that is supporting
Mr. Roosevelt has announced 'that it can
not support Mr. Higgins, tho republican nominee
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for governor. In a recent editorial tho cw
"It is the duty of every rightly cons itutcd J?78:
, to register at he appointed season and 1hZea
election day to cast his ballot as his patriml a
victions prompt him. m our opinion ICcoa'
welfare will be best subserved by vS SPf lic
velt and Fairbanks in the republican wffX
for D. Cady Herrick and Francis Burton ?.?
in the democratic. The alternative as to H
ticket is to vote for the continuance of the rW
of the man thus described in the most exli,5
nary plank ever put into a platform in thfc
any other state: 'For the first time in its histcrv
tho "RTrmlro nfnfo Tina n tmtmnn .i l'i
. " t-w"i wnuse personal
integrity rests under widespread suspicion He ha
surrounded himself by high officials and adviser
under whose malign influence the public revenues
of the state are largely diverted to private profit'
Sweep all of Odell's creatures, great and small
into the Hudson river." '
FACTS and figures relating to immigration are
of more general interest at this time than
ever before.- The Chicago Record-Herald says:
"In July a year ago Italy and Austria-Hungary
sent us 44 per cent of our total number of iinrm
, grants. In July this year they sent us bul 20
per cent of the total. Russia, which sent us 20
per cent in July, 1903, sent us about 25 per cent
this year. We get, therefore, an interebiins test
of the difference in the motives controlling the
emigrants from these countries. The Italians,
Austrians and Hungarians were attracted to us
primarily for tho good times here, and the first
signs of industrial depression, limiting thuir op
portunities for profitable work, served to cut the'r
numbers in two. The Russians, mainly Ki&sian
Jews, driven out by persecution toward a promised
land, saw a happier future before them despite tho
disadvantage of hard times here, and actuai; in
creased their exodus, numerically as well as pro
portionately." THE total immigration for July, i904, was 57,919
as against 67,638 in July, 1903. The Record
Ilerald says that the July immigration report is
interesting for several reasons, explaining: "It
appears that while immigration from some coun
tries was falling sharply and from other couutiie3
barely holding its own, that from the British
Islands was doubling. For England, Ireland Scot
land and Wales the total in July, 1903, was 6,147,
and for July this year 11,144. Probably tte clieap
steerage rates which prevailed all through July
caused the greater part of this increase, but il is
highly significant that just in Great Britain, and
especially in England proper, these rates were so
quickly taken advantage of. We may have arainfd
off some of England's floating population, In wnch
case we have received undesirable residents us the
result of the cheap rates, or we may have se
cured a much better class of people who had been
planning to emigrate and canniiy hastened tow
departure to avail themselves of the faToraoio
moment."
REFERRING to the te Senator Hoar, a cor
respondent for the Associated Pre
"Out side the senate chamber Mr. Hoar s humor
was catching and spontaneous. 'Senator I aui
one of your pictures for publication next Jnaay'
said a newspaper correspondent to Mr. H0J
short time ago. 'Certainly,' he responded wi
land, go and sit for the picture.' Answeiing ,tuo
look of astonishment on the correspondent s iau,
the senator said: I aiways have Garlnna, w.
clerk, sit for my pictures, as he is a much ueae
looking man than I am. When anybody wains
my autograph I have my other clerk, Good m,
write it, for he is a much better writer than a .
When I am asked for my opinion on any ww
I refer the interlocutor to my messenger, u 6'1;
He talks more freely than I do.' This saint .vo
herty guarded the door to Mr. Hoar's cornniiuee
room for almost a generation, and was me a
ators factotum. Some one, in describing nj
long ago, referred to him as Senator Hoar si
Achates.' Do you see what tnese auwrBi'T lrcct-
have been calling you?' said Senator Hoar, ui j
ing Doherty's attention to, the Paragp ,red r)0- f
aoes tnat mean, senator' anxiuua "" " esgj0n.
nerty, as lie read to mm tne auuufa ,;npmny
I would not, like to tell you, Doherty soienw
replied the senator. Doherty immediately at
out to discover the offending newspaper nwu.
In telling his troubles to a fellow employe
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