TO BRING MORE GOLD <
rI of Pnrjii IVoelncts Abroad to
Itclifvc r Ioni y IMIIIcultse.M.
Out wo lulling all that the oust powerful
ifni.-iu-iens of tlic country could do , the
A.rK'rir.in fanner has come to the rescue
of the finances of the nation and is reliev
ing tin- money difficulties. The great
Ame.jsk-.an staples v.heat , cotton , tobacco ,
meats are on their way to Europe , this
iuMiig ihr season of the year when Aineri-
< ' . : u 7 ro'lucts 'arc marketed abroad. In
iv.ur.i fhe United States is receiving
credit for many million dollars abroad ,
which c.an ho converted speedily into a
Htreain of gold fioAving into the country.
I : K il is fact which is expected to pro-
v.de } ; < * . ' ; . relief , and which backs up
th" efforts of the bankers and financiers
-of the Country with such force as to make
it virtually certain that the coming
L.H will be ones of ease in the money
The natural resources of the country
jirom'se to exert even greater influence
than tv ? Kale of American securities
Jilno-Hl. The latter have x-ifiercd dih-
or dt ; , lo r ome extent , under iccent pres
sure. The intrinsic value of the products
-of the farmer , to which imi-.t be added
t'ori ! of the mines and oil fields , and their
colossal aggregate at this time of the
ye.ir is beyond the reach of financial dis
trust , above the power of Wall street.
of Trnsi Cnrljcr.s.
At ChVago 400 delegates appointed by
Slate Governors met , under the auspices
of the Rational C'vie ' Federation , to dis-
cw < the curbing of trusts. President But
ler of Columbia university , who presided ,
jpade : ia address , in which ho warned
' Mh.-t premature or ill-considei"d meas
ures for the regulation of public service
- - ! : * , lest they disturb "that faith
wlrirh iviliwd man l0.s in his fellows ar.d
upon which rests the whole enonnous
-frirucruri1 of our credit system. " He add
ed that if this were destroyed there would
lv few corporations of any kind left to
regulate. At the same time he admitted
that the country was face to face with
new economic conditions and abuses
-whicli must be checked , lie thought that
tin * Sherman anti-trust law commits the
lint ion to a too extreme policy by exalting
< -o7ir ; " ! ition over co-operation. Many
< < .wo-nisls of national reputation took
p.irt in the discussions which followed or
< 1 lU'pral set addresses. I'.ankers. mer
chants and labor leaders were also heard.
Judge Gro = scup aired his favorite plan
for a national corporation commission and
Samuel Gompers said tint the trade
union was the proper accompaniment of
the trust. The majority favored some
f'irin of federal regulation of all corpora-
ii-ir K. Many of the delegates look the
f.imf position as that of President But-
] ! against the Sherman anti-trust law ,
ii b ing the sense of the convention that
the law was more at fault than the trusts
for existing conditions.
ti < ii . - , " " - Vy ?
Tue annual stockholders' meeting of the
Vnlou Pacific Railroad at Salt Lake City
r -M Ilel in a complete triumph for the
llarriman ticket , although there was a
3 roll-sting minority at the meeting.
The New York. Ne\r Haven and Hartford
j
ford Itailroad will now proceed rapidly !
i < install the entire system with electric
|
power , owing to the successful completion
'Of the trial installation on the division
{ > ei\vecn New York City and Stamford ,
The outcome of the trial of T. L. Ford ,
< hief counsel of-the San Francis'eo Street i
Railway Company , who was indicted for I
liribing city supervisors , was a disagree
ment of the jury , which stood eight for ac
< iiiirtal and four for conviction. Another
trial is already in progress.
United States district attorneys in va
rious parts of the country have been in- 1
f-jructed by Attorney General Bonaparte i
10 institute suits against a large number i
of railroad companies to recover penalties
ir.rr.iTod by them for alleged violations
of < he safety appliance law.
Advance copies of the financial state-
ir.fiit of the Reek Island Railroad show
tu'nl earnings of $00.235,420. an increase
of $ ! > .000,5G2. Notwithstanding an in-
< -mis of nearly $ (5.000,000 ( in operating
ovjienses , the net earnings \\-eie $19,194-
U7.an increase of $3,023,478.
At the annual meeting of the Chicago
: ind Alton railroad. E. II. llarriman fail
ed to be re-elected a director and the name
-of his friend. James Stiilman. was left off.
this marking the complete ascendancy of
the Rock Island interests in Alton and
victory for the Moore-Reid people.
The annual report of the Baltimore and
Ohio road shows gross earnings for the
jiast year of $ SS,5G2.)2-1. ! ) an increase over
the two previous years. The net earn
ings for the year , however , were only
Jli7SJ2. : ( < v)0. ) a decrea.se of $513.004 from
19tG. ) Operating expenses increased $5-
Much discussion has been caused by the
report of the Philadclphi.t pid Transit
Company for the last fiscal year , showing
11 deficit of over $3C.1.00l ) . while during
the same period the company paid dam-
imc claims for accidents to the amount
ot' $1.217,5.Si. ( or 7 per cent of the gross
receipts. This does not include the cost
of the legal staff in defending suits. Com
menting on these figures. Collier's says
iJrat "when traction companies through
out the country are compelled to choose
"between killings and dividends , they will
find ways to prevent the killings. "
Under an agreement with Gov. Comer
-of Alabama , the Southern Railway and
othey lines in that State , except the
Louisville ? nd Nashville , are to put the
12J'i-cfMit fare and freight rale into effect
JJee. 1 , and all litigation as a result of I
resistance to the rate is to be withdrawn , j
In his annual report President Charles i
S. Mellen of the Now York. New Haven
and Hartford railroad admits -that the
l-cent ! passenger rate established about a
year ago has proved a profitable one , the
iross earnings of his company having in
creased about 5 per cent during the
year.
.KEUESAW MOUNTAIN LANDIS.
Who Gained Fajno by Hi
x Standard Oil Fine.
One of the most widely discussed
men in the United States recently was
Judge Kcnesaw Mountain Landis ,
whose imposition of a fine of nearly
$30,000,000 on the Standard Oil Com
pany arrested the attention of the civ
ilized world. The manner in which
he received his unique name is inter
esting. The father of Judge Landis
was a fanner in Butler County , Ohio ,
when the Civil War broke out and
fired with patriotic feeling he marched
to the front under General Sherman ,
who later became Secretary of State
iu Cleveland's administration. In the
battle of Kenesaw Mountain Landis ,
while toiling up the lire-swept heights ,
painfully stopped several bullets and
had thus good reason to remember that
bloodv day. But he also had another
reason. On the same day the future
Judge of the United States District
bench in Chicago was born and what
was more natural than that the fath
er should have named the child Keue-
saw Mountain.
When the future judge was 9 years
old the family removed to Logansport ,
Ind. In the intervals of his school at-
JUDGE LAKD1S.
tendance he carried a newspaper mte
and "clerked" in a grocery and then
emerging from the Logansport High
School studied shorthand aud became
the official reporter of tbe Crown
Point Court. lie next took up the
study of law and soon after his grad
uation went to Washington as secre
tary to Secretary Grcsham , then called
to an official scat in President Cleve
land's cabinet. After Secretary Gresh-
ron's death Mr. Landis took up the
practice of his profession in Chicago
and in 1905 was named by President
Roosevelt for the place be occupies on
the United States bench. Judge Lan
dis married an Illinois girl1 and is the
father of two children , Reed and Su-
sanuc.
There were seven Landis boys , CVQ
of whom are living and all of whom
! were cast in the same mold. Beside
j the judge the surviving brothers are
Congressman Charles C. Landis , ex-
Congressman Fred Landis , Walter
Laudis , who is in the government service -
vice in Porto Rico , and Dr. John Lan-
dis.
The judge is the most distinguished
of the brothers. He has the three vir
tues of honesty , courage and brains.
He is neither to be bribed nor bullied ,
but hews close to what he conceives to
be the line of duty.
Ilarbar.s Here ami In Europe.
The harbors of Europe have been so
much improved that they may almost
be said to be artificial. American har-
bors , on the contrary , are conspicuous-
lv natural , owing to the fact that
American cities are modern and grew
up on the harbors , while in Europe
harbors have had to be modernized for
cities established centuries ago. There
is not an important harbor of Great
Britain or France upon which there
has uot been expended $100 where $1
has been spent upon any American har
bor. Almost all the ports on the south
ern and eastern coasts of England have
found it necessary to protect them
selves by sea walls , just as Galveston
is now protected.
"What would your majesty wish for
breakfast ? " asked the waiter of the
cannibal king who is sojourning in this
country.
"What have you ? " asked the canni
bal king.
"Almost anything cereals , fruits ,
rolls , muffins "
"Do you think you can get me a few
ragamuffins ? " asked the cannibal king
with a hungry twinkle in his eyes ,
looking out of the window at the plump
newsboy who is crying hLs extras.
Judge.
A O.nc.stinu of Clas.i.
"They are constantly catching more
grafters , " said the hopeful citizen.
"Not regular grafters , " answered Mr.
Dustin Stax. "Those who get caught
are only amateurs. " Washington Star.
Accidental.
Alice How did you come to meet
your second husband. Grace ? Grace
It was purely accidental. He ran over
my first one with a motor car and af
terward attended the funeral.
It is estimated that 100,000,000 bush
els of wheat will be available for ex
port from the northwestern provinces
of Canada at the close of this year'a
harvest.
The average woman has a curiosity
to know If a rich woman has all the
souvenir spoons she wants.
Fifteen Thousand Persons Perish
in Awful Landslide.
ONLY TWO SUEYIVE.
Terrible Disaster in Bokhara , Prov
ince of Russian Turkestan.
PEOPLE BURIED BY MOUNTAIN.
Horror Pollows Recent Series of
Severe Earthquakes.
The whole of the town of Karatagh ,
in Bokhara , Russian Turkestan , has
been destroyed and the entire popula
tion , numbering about 15,000 , was bur
ied by a tremendous mountain slide
following the recent earthquake there.
It is declared that scarcely a score of
the people have survived , and that
their sufferings are pitiable. One re
port is to the effect that the Governor
of Karatagh and his mother are the
only survivors.
The slide was caused by the recent
severe earthquakes in the mountains.
Karatagh is situated in a narrow val
ley , with precipitous mountains tower
ing above it. Although landslides arc
frequent in that region , following
earthquake ? , the people remained in
the town , and when the immeasurable
weight of rock crushed down upon
them they were- caught in a trap.
The entire town , it is said , is buried
from view. Hundreds were entombed
in their homes. The cold is severe and
adds greatly to the suffering of the few
survivors. The mountaineers hurried
to the scene and are caring for the liv
ing , but owing to the danger of fur
ther rock slips it is impossible to at
tempt to reach those buried in the
ruins.
Bokhara , or , as it is sometimes call
ed. Turkestan , lies high up in the
mountainous regions of Asia , with Rus
sian Turkestan to the north and Af
ghanistan on the south. It is a dreary
expanse of arid plains , bordered and
intersected by mountains. Its popula
tion is estimated at loOO,000 , not in
cluding the wandering hordes that eke
out a scanty living oil the plains and
in the narrow valleys. In summer the
boat is intense aud the winters are
long and severe. Earthquakes are fre
quent.
The country is famous for its horses
and the breeding of shawl goats fur
nishes a means of livelihood to many
of its people. In recent years the
Transcaspian Railway has improved
the industrial condition of the country ,
which for ages depended on camel car
avans to carry its produce to outside
markets aud bring back the firearms ,
the powder and the few other necessa
ries of life in that wild country.
Although a region of poverty now ,
Bokhara was the seat of powerful
rulers in the middle ages. The people
still retain their courage , but little else
of their former greatuess.
Tashkent ! , from which news of the
Karatagh disaster was sent , is an im
portant commercial town in Asiatic
Russia and the capital of Russian Tur
kestan.
Mulai Ilafid overwhelmly defeated
: roops of the Sultan of Morocco.
Arrangements were made to bring the
famous Giant's Causeway of Ireland to
the United States.
Growth of the anti-American feeling in
Havana was emphasized when a United
States flag was hissed in a theater.
London was stirred by an article pur
porting to expose irregularities in the an
cestries of British royalty and peers.
Chinese idio were refused landing priv
ileges at a Mexican port , fought with the
crew of the vessel , but were finally sub
dued.
dued.The
The slayer of a Denver girl in HJong-
kong was condemned to die at the crim
inal session of the American Oriental
Court.
The visit of the Crown Prince of Japan
to Seoul iras marked by hearty demon
strations of delight on the part of the
Koreans.
A tunnel undermining the railroad lead
ing to the Czar's palace was discovered ,
and a possible attempt on the Emperor's
life thereby arerted.
Tht steamer Empress of China sunk
alongside her docks at Vancouver , British
Columbia , and the blame was at once laid
at the door of Japanese.
The Arbitration Committee of the
Peace Conference at The Hrgue has voted
in favor of the obligatory arbitration
project , the yote standing 31 to 9. Ger
many and Austria were the only impor
tant governments hose delegates op
posed the measure.
The second stage of the parliamentary
elections in Russia indicates that the Con
servatives will be strong in the third
Duma. The peasant and working classes
continue to show their radicalism , but
are handicapped by the new election laws ,
which segregate them so as to greatly re
duce their electoral strength.
JINARCl/ur
CHICAGO.
Trade maintains a steady course , and ,
aside from the sentimental effect of finan
cial troubles in the East , there is sustain j
ed confidence felt here as to the outlook.
Transportation of finished materials , gen
eral merchandise and other commodities
exceed that at this time last year , and ,
while the aggregate of new demands for
manufactures has narrowed , there is sea
sonable acti\ity in most liuec of distri
bution. Payments through the banks
again make a largely increased showing ,
legitimate discount requirements are
promptly extended to responsible borrow
ers , and there is less general pressure for
money for commercial purposes , but .111
increased number of trading defaults ap
pears this week , indicating further elimi
nation of weak concerns.
Most banking accommodation for irdus-
u-ial purposes is amply provided for un
til the turn of the year , and , while the
Iraiu of currency to move crops has be
come heavier , there is no apparent re- ,
son to question the soundness of bJoi-
uess. Were there any existing difficulty
in disposing of the products of the soil
or any evidence of shrinkage in the pur
chasing power some apprehension might
ensue , -but crop marketings continue in
excess of the high aggregate a year ago
Raw materials exhibit no decline in the
volume of absorption. Consumers hold
out for concessions and prices reflect an
easier tone , although these are quoted
unchanged in iron , steel , hides and
leather.
Bank clearings. $2G7,471,15S , excepd
those of corresponding week in 11/OG by
J0.9 per cent. Failures reported in Chicago
cage district number 2S , agair.st 18 last
week and 21 a year ago. Dun's Review.
NSW YdrK.
Trade and industry have tended toward
quiet in sympathy with reports of finan
cial unsettlement at New York and a
few other cities , the continuance of mild
weather affecting as it does retail distri
bution , the natural seasonable slowing
down of. jobbing trade and the influence
upon retail trade and collections of the
continuance of the holding movement of
crops. On the other haua. the financial
situation at New York , generally speak
ing , seems to be well in haii'i : the Now
York banks , under courageous and f-xp ri-
enced leadership , are meeting conditions
1 as they arise with discretion : recent de
clines in prices of cereals and cotton
have encouraged foreign demand for the
country's products , the holding of cotton ,
a great exchange-making medium , is
showing some signs of relaxing , ard low
ered prices of domestic commodities lead
to the hope that the demand of a pros
perous country , affected by the unduly
high level of some commodities , will re
vive.
Business failures for the Aveek ending
Oct. 2 i number 217 , against 194 last
week , IS-i in the like week of 1900 , 178
in 190. . ISO in 1904 , and 217 in 1903.
Canadian failures for the week number
39 , as against 3(5 last week and 29 in
this week a year ago. Bradstreet's Re
port.
Chicago Cattle , common to prime ,
$1.00 to $7.10 ; hogs , prime heavy , $4.00
to $0.10 ; sheep , fair to choice , 93.00
to $5.50 ; wheat , No. 2. 95c to 98c ;
corn , No. 2 , 5Sc to d'Jc ; oats , standard.
48c to 49c ; rye , No. 2 , SOc to S2c ; hay.
timothy , $12.00 to $20.00 ; prairie , $9.00
to $15.00 ; butter , choice creamery , 27c
to 2Sc ; eggs , fresh. 19c to 24c ; potatoes ,
per bushel , 55c to G5c.
Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00
to $7.00 ; hogs , good to choice heavy ,
? r .00 to $ G.oO ; sheep , common to prime ,
$3.00 to $4.75 ; wheat. No. 2 , 99c to
$1.00 : corn. No. 2 white , G2c to G3c ;
oats , No. 2 white , 50c to 51c.
St. Louis Cattle , $4.50 to $7.00 ;
hogs , $4.00 to $ G.10 ; sheep , $3.00 to
< 5.50 ; wheat. No. 2 , $1.00 to S1.02 ; corn.
No. 2 , 5Sc to 59c ; oats , No. 2. 4Gc to
47c ; rye , No. 2 , S2c to S3c.
Cincinnati Cattle , $4.00 to $5.50 ;
hogs , $ -1.00 to $ G.30 ; sheep. $3.00 to
$5.25 ; wheat , No. 2 , $1.03 to $1.0i ; corn ,
No. 2 mixed , G5c to GGc ; oat5 ; , No. 2
mixed. 52c to 53c ; rye. No. 2 , 91c to 93c.
Detroit Cattle , $ -1.00"to $5.50 : hogs ,
$4.00 to $0.00 : sheep. $2.50 to $5.00 ;
wheat , No. 2 , We to $1.00 ; corn. No. 3
yellow , G5c to GGc ; oat ? , No. 3 white ,
53c to 54c ; rye. No. 2. SGc to S7c.
Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 northern ,
$1.05 to $1.08 : corn. No. 3 , 5Dc to GOc ;
oats , standard , 50c to 51c ; rye. No. 1 ,
S3c to S4c ; barley , siamhid , $1.00 to
$1.01 ; pork , mess. $15.50.
Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers ,
$4.00 to $ G.25 ; hogs , fari to choice , $4.00
to $ G.75 ; sheep , common to good mixed ,
$4.00 to $5.25 ; lambs , fair to choice ,
$5.00 to $7.75.
New York Cattle , $1.00 to $ G.25 ;
hogs. $4.00 to $0.80 : sheep , $3.00 to
$5.00 ; wheat , No. 2 red. $1.05 to $1.0G ;
corn , No. 2 , 70c to 71c ; oats , natural
white , 55c to 59c ; butter , creamery , 25c
to 28c ; eggs , western , 19c to 24c.
Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , $1.00 to
$1.02 ; corn , No. 2 mixed , G2c to G3c ;
oats. No. 2 mixed , 52c to 53c : rye , No.
2 , SGc to S7c ; clover seed , prime , $10.35.
Told In a Few Lines.
The mattresses used in the German
army are stuffed with littje rolls of paper ,
and are said to be a gfcat improvement
on straw.
Government crop report contains no
surprises for the trade except for the
claim that the spring wheat quality is
slightly better than last year.
The rebuilding of San Francisco has
been hampered greatly by the very high
wage schedule. The rates exceed by a
dollar a day the maximum scale in New
York.
PEACE CONGRESS RECORD.
' et ItcxiiItM of tli < - International
Confereiiei- tlie TIniie.
The net re-ailts of the International
peace conference at The Llagne , whli-'i ' ex
tended from June 25 to Oct. li > , are , in
the opinion of Gen. Horace Porter , a
prominent member of the American dele
gation , far beyond exj ectatiousinstead
of being a disappointment. : is haw been
frequently reported in cable dispatches.
Gen. Porter said they had done the work
they were sent to do , namely : to estab
lish the principle of the inviolability of
private property at eea as a rule of in
ternational law. He pays they secured
for this the support of a large majority
of the powers represented , although they
failed to win unanimous assent. Besides
this , the conference has placed restric
tions upon the use of floating mines ; has
forbidden the bombardment of undefend
ed sea coast towns ; has prohibited the
levying of contributions 'by thieats ; has
shielded the non-combatant in war time ;
'has strengthened the provisions for relief
of the wounded , and has taken precau
tions against a revival of privateering by
insisting that converted merchant vessels
be formally enrolled upon the naval list
and commanded by a naval officer. Aud ,
finally , just before adjournment , the plan
of a permanent Court of Arbitration was
agreed upon , with only a few of the small
er nations dissenting , not from the prin
ciple , but as to the method of conducting
negotiations , holding that the judges
should be appointed upon the basis of the
equality of all nations. As to the collec
tion of debts by force of arms , the Porter
resolution forbidding the employment of
force I until after arbitration should have
been 1 refused , or after an award had been
set at naught , was unanimously accepted.
At the closing session , President Neli-
doff asked the conference to render homage
age to President Roosevelt for proposing
a second conference , and was authorized
to I send him a telegram expressing grati
tude. I *
The efforts to establish an international
high court of justice and obligatory arbi
tration were unsuccessful , largely owing
to disagreement as to the method of its
creation , although the principle of obliga
tory arbitration wa < formally adopted.
The right of the different rulers to sign
the various conventions or agreements
will be open until June 30 , 190S.
The general expenses of the conference
approximated $3,000.000 , nearly half of
which was spent for telegrams , and over
$500,000 to pay for the numerous dinners
tjiven in honor of different delegates.
r-nrn
"
All over the country farmers are fin
ishing up their season's work and taking
account of profits. Most of them are sat
isfied with the year's labors , for , while
crops are not so great in volume as they
have been for the past two or three years ,
prices are such that the farmers of the
United States will receive almost § 1,000-
000,000 more for their products than they
got last year.
What this means to the country may be
guessed when it is reflected that the farm
er is the basis of prosperity. When he is
well off , all men in other occupations are
comfortable. When hard times seize him ,
all other lines of business are at once af
fected. He is the foundation of the na
tional weal. If the farmer has no money
to deposit in the rural banks , banks have
no money to lend manufacturers and mer
chants. If h0 has 110 crops railroads can
not earn dividends. Shortage of money
at once reduces industry and lowers the
rate of wages. If it continues , thousands
of men are thrown out of employment and
misery becomes general.
On the other hand , when the farmer is
prosperous , money and credit can be ob
tained for merchandizing and manufac
turing , railroads thrive , labor's reward
increases , affluence spreads over the coun-
trj. The earth is the mother of all
wealth. Everything man uses comes out
of it originally , and the men who devote
themselves to cultivating the soil are the
medium between earth's riches and the
rest of mankind.
Farmers should be hap-py as this win
ter draws in. With abundant profits , in
peace and plenty , they can reflect that
their money is clean. They have not
grown rich through robbing other men.
They have created wealth. Every dollar
they possess represents so much more to
feed and clothe humanity , so much more
of comfort and happiness.
The American farmer ought to be com
fortable in mind as well as in body. The
soil lias given him a competence. lie has
paid off his mortgage long ago. lie has a
good home and owns his broad acres. He
has a balance in the bank , and as he looks
forward he can see plenty in the future.
He is much better off than most men ,
although he may not realize it. Chicago
Journal.
Oil Trusts Spy Methods.
While hunting for some explanation of
the big loans shown on the books of the
Standard Oil Company for last year Gov
ernment's Counsel Kellogg brought to
light the trust's systejn of spying , known
as the "statistical department. ' ' It was
the purpose of this department to keep
tab on all sales by rivals through an in
tricate spy systejn. It keeps a record of
every barrel , can or tank car load which
has been taken from the oil fields by
competitors , and traces this oil to the
market , with each charge for transporta
tion and the final selling price noted. An
other device employed by the Standard
is that of the dummy company , which
masquerades as an independent concern
and is moved from one field to another ,
its business being to cut prices under real
competitors of the Standard.
Typewriting Keeoril L.owered.
Miss Rose L. Fritz of Brooklyn , N. Y. ,
who last year won the title of typewriter
champion by deeating Mae Carrington of
Chicago , defeated the four male contest
ants at the Madison Square Garden busi
ness show by writing . > , ( J19 words in an
hour , with only SI errors. Allowing for
the five words deducted as a penalty for
eaeh error , her average was 87 words a
minute. Miss Fritz wins the $1,000 cup
offered by the trade.
On an average 102 immigrants from
Russia land in New York each day.
President Roosevelt returned to Washington -
?
ington after having made several atopsj
on his way from the Louisiana canebrakes -
brakes , where he had been hunting for
two weeks. From the sportsman'3
point of view , his hunt was not very
successful. Up to the last day of bis
outing lie had killed one deer , but on-
that day brought down a good-sized
black bear trailed by the dogs. At
Nashville , Tenn. , where the President
stopped over several hours , after hav
ing made a brief visit to Vicksburg ,
he delivered three addresses and toot
part in two parades. Gov. Patterson
and the Mayor of Nashville were oa
hand with other prominent citizens to
receive him , and a company of Confed
erate veterans marched as a special
escort. In his speeches , referring to
the prevailing panic in Wall street , he
took occasion to say emphatically that
his policies would be persevered in , and
he summed them up in one brief sen
tence , saying that "they represent the
effort to punish successful dishonesty. "
He doubted if they had any effect in
bringing about the present trouble , but
if they did , he said it would not-alter
in the slightest degree his course. A !
temi > orary commercial depression he
would consider small cost if it were
necessary to arouse civic manhood ia
our nation. After his address the Pres
ident and his party visited the Hermit
age , the home occupied by President
Andrew Jackson. Upon his return to
the White House the President saiS
he was delighted with his trip , and
was especially gratified over the fact
that he got a bear as the result of
bis hunt During his journey he had
visited eleven States , and his main ,
purpose was to give the weight of his
office to the movement for a ship canal
in the Mississippi.
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What's the matter with the navyl
This question Secretary Mctcalf has
set himself to answer. The trouble
in the navy apparently applies both to
personal and fighting machines. Seri
ous defects , long pointed out by some
re-form officers , arc now made plain
and so many more hnvo been shown
that there ha * resulted a wide differ
ence of opinion as to the practicabil
ity of attempting the cruise from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. Now the gen
eral beard is divided m its opinion as
to the type and numbers of the , battle
ships that should be built. The board
of construction is divided as to how-
they should be built. Officers of the
bureau of navigation end other divi
sions are divided as to how to improve
the personnel. Metcalf is at sea and
where the bureaus differ between them-
selve * they are coming to the point of :
standing together against the secretary.
It is said it has remained for the pro
jected Pacific trip to bring the divi
sion to a focus and possibly a crisis.
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A new step has been taken by tlw
administration in its war upon illegal
trusts by invoking Section G of tbe
Sherman anti-trust law to justify the
seizure of about $7,000 tverth of to
bacco goods in Virginia belonging to
corporations allied to the American To
bacco Company , otherwise known as
the Tobacco Trust. Up to this time
Section G , which specificaly authorizes
the seizure and condemnation of any
property owned under contract or In
combination prohibited by the Sherman
law , had remained a dead letter. The
seizure in question was a complete
surprise to the tobacco company , tvhicfe
is already under prosecution by the
Federal government. It is supposed
that this seizure will precipitate an ac
tion which , under the law of seizure ,
would bring to light information other
wise not obtainable , which the govern-
ncnt might use against the trusts.
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Attorney General Bonaparte has ren
dered an opinion to the effect that tha
action of a State in furnishing finan
cial assistance or giving promise of
employment to secure immigration Is a
violation of the immigration laws , un
der which the State is in precisely the
same standing as an individual. The
occasion of this opinion was the ease
of one Geronirao Garcia , who came to
New Orleans from Cuba , his passage
money having been paid by the Louis
iana State Board of Agriculture and
Immigration. He had also been given ,
assurance that employment as a farm
1 iborcr would be secured for him , and
lie had promised to return to the Stata
the money advanced for his passage.
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The Isthmian Janal Commission has
l.iid before the Secretary of the Navy
tbe suggestion that the locks of the
Panama canal he wider than now
nlanued , owing to the larger size of
nerchant vessels and warships novf.
omiug into vogue. It is thought pos-
-ible that this question may revive the
discussion of a sea-level waterway.
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The New York Court of Appeals has
ifirmed { the decision of the lower
turts which held that the theater
, ' hich excluded Critic Metcalf of Life
ccause of his anti-Hebrew criticisms
IL the management , was within its le-
: : ; ! rights. The higher court says that
'letcalfs writing showed "race bitter-
PC-SS and hatred' ' and that theaters are
in no sense under StJtte control.
The world's largest hospital Is
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