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THE BOSTON Herald has inaugurated a "real
reform" that should 'receive the hearty1
commendation of all good citizens; -The Herald
announces Its abandonment of that horribly
colored, inartistic monstrosity known as the
"comic supplement." A fowof the really great
newspapers have never succumbed to this evil,
for which they are to be congratulated. Now
that one of those that did succumb has an
nounced its reformation it should receive the'
thanks of a tired public, and its example should
bo followed by many other papers. ; .
YIDPUBLICAN politicians are trying to pre
XV vent the election to the United States sen-,
ate, of Governor Chamberlain of Oregon. Gov
ernor Chamberlain, a democrat, received a ma
jority of the Totes at the June election. The
legislature chosen at that same election is al
most unanimously republican, but of the. ninetyi
legislators fifty-one voluntarily signed a pledge
to elect as senator the popular chdice. It -is
reported that President Roosevelt and ?Mr. Taf fc
have been asked to intervene in the Oregon. sit
uation to the end that a republican .senator
rather than the popular choice, may "be .chosep.
-& 9MPJ3NDIUM of .statistics on imarria'geA
J1 -andXciivorce has. recently been issued byi
th,e bureau of the qonsus department of.com--mrce,
and. labor. The. statistics are the result,
of careful gathering of figures in every state'
in the union, the period covered being from
1887 to 1906. The last sot of national statis
tics on marriage and divorce covered the- period
from. 1867 to 1886. The present set of statistics
taken in conjunction with the former one, there
fore, gives a vie.w of the marriage and divorce
question for the past forty years. The three,
important facts brought out in this compendium
aro: One marriage out of every twelve. in. .the.
United States terminates in the divorce court.
Divorce Is two and one-:half. .times as. common in
thia -country a it was forty, years. ago. Illinois
grantB-more divorces than any other state In
the union.
HERE IS A good Roosevelt story1 for which
the' Washington .correspondent .for. the?
New York World stands .sponsor: "Quentin
Roosevelt, the president's youngest son, has -just
begun to attend school In Washington. Before
entering school ho was tol,d at .home that he
mustn't let the fact that his father is president
give him any airs; that it had nothing to do
with his standing in school; In 'short, that he
was not to mention It at all. On the first day,
the' pupils were asked to tell where they lived
and what their fathers did for a living. It came
Quentin's turn. 'Where do you live?' !At the
White House,' he replied, after a pause. 'What
Is y6ur father's business?' The , admonition not
to mention that his father ia president stuck in
Quentin's throat. He made ho reply at ,all.
'Well?' Still no response. 'Come, you have to
answer, you know. What does your father do?'
The youngest Roosevelt looked the toaqher
squarely in the eye, and replied: 'He's IT.' " ..
BILLY SUNDAY, formerly famous as a base
ball player, is now doing service as an
evangelist. Considerable fault has been found
with Mr. Sunday because of his alleged "inde
cencies" of expression. The Des Moines (Iowa)
Tribune, however, says that one can hot do
Justice to Sunday without hearing him. And
it adds: "We desire to here quote an extract
from one of his sermons, and we defy his ene
mies to find anything to equal It in all the lit
erature of sermonizing, either for the beauty
of expression, the fitness to the occasion or the
effectiveness of this burst of eloquence on an
audience, Hero Is tho masterpiece of pulpit
eloquence: - ."Twenty-two years ago, with the
Holy Spirit as my guide, I entered this wonder
ful temple called Christianity. I entered at the
portico of Genesis, walked down through tho
old testament art gallery where tho pictures of
. Noahi Abraham, Moses, Joseph, Isaac, Jacob,
Daniel, hang on the wall. I passed Into -the
music room of Psalms, where the spirit swept
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tho keyboard of nature and brought forth .the-dirge-like
wail of the weeping prophet Jere
miah to the grand impassioned strain of Isaiah,
until it seemed that every reed and pipe in God's
great organ of nature responded to the tuneful
harp of David, the Sweet singer of Israel.. I
entered the chapel of Eccleslastes where the
voice of the preacher was heard and into, tho
conservatory of Sharon and the Lily of the Val
ley's sweet scented spices filled and .perfumed
my life. I entered the business office of Pro
verbs, then into the observatory room of the
prophets wlioje I saw telescopes of various .sizes, ,
some pointing ,to far-off events; but all. concen
trated upon the bright and morning star, whiqh..
was to rise above the moonlit hills of Judea
for our salvatibu. T entered -the audience room -of
the King. of Kings, and caught a vision of:
I-iis glory from the standpoint of Matthew, Mark, .
Luke and John; passed into the Acts. ofr the
Apostles, where the Holy Spirit was doing .his .
office work in the formation of the infant -church.
Then into the correspondence, to.om
where .sat .Matthew, Mark, Luke,. John Paul,
Peter, James and Jude, penning their epis,tlei....Ii,
stepped into the throne room of Revelations!
where all towered into" glittering peaks arid' 1
got a vision of the King sitting upon His throne
in all His glory, and I cried:
"All .hail the power of Jesus' name . .
Let. angels. prostrate fall; 'r
Bring forth the royal diadem, '
And crown Him Lord of all!". "- :- i
WHEN JOHN D Rockefeller, was .on i the .
witness stand, in New York -he -was
pressed by the counsel for the government to
state the names of the. - railroads In which his
investments were made." The Associated' Press '.
report says: "The head of; the so-called trust
declared that his holdings .in railroads consisted
chiefly in bonds, and -that with the exception
of tho few roads in which he held only small
amounts of stock, he preferred the houds as a
form of investment. Mr. Rockefeller appeared ..
delighted that his ordeal as a witness was over
and hurriedly left the room when counsel ex
cused him. Mr Rockefeller said that he did
not think that he, should be made to tell the
form of his investments,, declaring that 'the
gentleman over there in the stock exchange
might not think It very wise.' After some legal
contention by counsel, he said he held stock
In the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, the
New York Central, the Pennsylvania, the West
ern Maryland, the Missouri Pacific, the Texas
and. Pacific .and the Colorado Southern. He
saidVhe owed no sharqs in either the Union '.at
the Southern Pacjflq, . -Ho , said he opposed the
keeping of millions. qf dollars, ofr surplus by tho"
Standard," - " .
MR. ROCKEFELLER bluntly disclaims credit
for the creation of the' oil trust. Asked
who got up this Standard Oil trust, he replied:
"I should say that H. M. Flagler and S. C. T.
Dodd should have the credit. I am sure' it was
not I. I am not so learned In legal matters
as that. I do not claim any credit for Mr Flag
ler and Mr. Dodd should have full credit "
DESPITE OFFICIAL reticence, information
from reliable sources has been obtained of
an agreement of far-reaching importance be
tween the United States and Japan covering tho
policies of the two countries in tho Pacific An
Associated Press dispatch from Washington
says: "The argreement is based on the Idea of
encouraging and defending free and peaceful
commercial developments in that ocean. It con
tains not only a mutual guarantee to respect
each other's territorial possessions there, but
defines the attitude of the two countries toward
China, binding each to defend by every peaceful
means China's independence and Integrity and
to give equal commercial opportunity In the
Chinese -empire to all natlqns. But more im
portant still, tho agreement, In the event of
complications threatening; W status quo, binds
ShJim? an.d JP to-consult each
other with a view of actihfc together,- This
agreement has been drawnta?ihUhe?,form of i
.declaration and. consists of five articles, of which
the following is a faithful description. The first
article gives' expression to the wish of the two
governments to encourage the free and peaceful
development of- their commerce "In the Pacific.
The. second is. a. mutual disclaimer of an aggres
sive design, and contains also a definition of
the policy of each government, -both as directed
to. the maintenance of the existing status quo in
the.JPacifie and- the defense" of the principle of
equal: opportunity for commerce and industry in
China. The third- article contains a statement
of the .consequent 'firm' reciprocal resolutions
of -.each government, each to respect tho terri
torial possessions in the Pacific of the other.
In. the fourth article the United-States and Japan
express their determination-'in the common in
terest of all the powers,' in China to support,
'by peaceful means at their disposal,' the inde
pendence and integrity of China and the prin
, ciplaof equal commercial and industrial oppor
tunity for Jill .nations in the empire. The fifth
article mutually pledges the 'two governments,
ip, the case of the occurrence of any event threat
ening .the 'status quo, as above. described, or the
principle of equal opportunity, a.S'above defined,
.to ..communicate ."with each other for. the purpose
of arriving at a mutual understanding with re
gard to the measures they may consider, it use
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.v A- REMARKABLE tribute to a devoted Catho
J. lie priest was paid recently at Shenan
doah, Pa'., at . the. -funeral "of Rev. H. F. O'Reilly,
..-rector of the -Roman Catholic -church of tho
.Annunciations For, forty years 'Father O'Reilly
had served in, this v-position.''.- An Associated
Pressdispatch vsays : VEwentyrfivexoljeries emr "
ploying; more than lGjOOD'-men and boys in
thQi Shenandoah and -Mahanoy valley were shut
down to; enable the .wqrkors; td pay 'their re
spects to, the c"eai priest.., . The, public schools
here at , Ttoahopey .City and mother surrounding :
communities were closed and all business in
Shenandoah -was suspended." Fully thirty thou
sand persons paid tribute to his -memory. So
immense ,was tho qrowdin town that a detail
of state police was called ;upon to assist the.
local authorities to 'handle the people. Father
O'Reilly was one of the best known and most
popular priests In the diocese. During the Molly
Maguire crusade .and .in numerous coal strikes
he wielded a great influence in behalf of peace
and law and order."
NOW THAT the election is over republican
politicians are speaking frankly concern
ing the nation's finances'. - A Washington dis
patch to the New York World says: "A re
newal of special taxation is considered essential
by republican leaders In congress to meet de
ficits and constantly growing expenditures, and
an internal revenue duty may again be im
posed on many, if not all articles so taxed dur
ing the Spanish-American war. A deficit that
today aggregates $50,000,000, and by June 30
next will total $100,000,000, has brought Rep
resentative Tawney, chairman of the house ap
propriations committee, and others charged
with formulating the great money measures here
in advance of tho assembling of congress to
consider the situation. Messrs. Cannon, Tawney
and Payne have conferred on the subject. Mr.
Tawney has talked the matter over with Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou. He
has requested Mr. Cortelyou to prepare some
data indicating the revenues derived from art
icles subjected to the war revenue tax and to
Indicate others that may eventually bd placed
in the list. It has become evident to the lead
ers that a revision of the tariff will not ma
terially increase the revenues. While lower
.duties may bring larger Imports In some in
stances, -In others there will bo a falling off J
Importations, and thus the books will about
balance. Secretary Cortelyou has given no in
timation as to what his suggestions will be,
but they are certain to include a tax on coffee.
Three cents a pound is the figure mentioned.
This was tho rate Imposed up. to 1882, when It
was placed on thp free list.. Jt ;lsr.alsp.:the al
most .unanimous 8Q,ntijnent;thAt;vthoitaxftOfl beor
should be doub'leo; making . iti; $ 2la barrel.- I
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