THE OMAHA DAILY IlEE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1903.
Tire Omaha Daily Bee
E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR.
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(Seal) M. . HUNQaTE.
Notary Public.
Did the Northwestern abduct Cnrl
Wright from the city hull In order that
be might not Intrude Into the railroad
tax case?
The new committee on public affairs
organized by the Commercial club re
mind us of the adage that "politics
make strange bedfellows."
, The fact that since 18i." southern
negroes have accumnlated property to
the value of f.TOO.OOO.OOO points to the
eventual, If not speedy, settlement of the
race problem.
In deciding that actual -agreemeuts do
not have to be shown to prove a combi
nation In restraint of trade the Illinois
supreme court lias added another very
Important precedent.
John Hedmond Is having a bard time
to make the frltlsltorernment taste
his "Irish sfv." butfr. Balfour was
forced to swallow a little this week, al
though he did It with .a wry face.
The news that Kansas democrats are
to reorganize eaf.ses one to wonder what
kind of a platform they will adopt In the
light of recent action by that overwhelm
ing republican majority in the legislature.
Sublessees of Indian Territory oil lands
hould remember that the lessee can
ecure no better title than the man under
whom he holds and that "vested rights"
vest only to the extent that they are
right.
In signing a bill providing for separate
schools for negroes and whites in Kan
sas City, Kan., Governor Hoch has dem
onstrated that "the race question" is
rather one of condition than of geography.
Kx-Senator Chandler' prophesy that
Bryan Is liable to lnnd in the White
House In 1900 In tlie sixteen-to-one sil
ver chariot over a government railroad,
Is the tlgihent of a fertile and excitable
Imagination.
Heury Wgtterson is now writing lei
ters from' Ppaln. ,' The atmosphere of
that country, must bo a relief to the
democratic warhorse after viewing with
alarm tiie march, of progress in . the
I'nlted States in the last twelve months.
If the Massachusetts Board of Trade
succeeds in establishing n "neutral cone
of trade" across the Atlantic ocean it
wilt" probably be filled so full of ships
carrying contra band of war that there
will be no room for the vessels for which
It is Intended.
Now that both senate and house com
mittees have approved the bill to admit
rhlllpplne tobacco at reduced rates it
Is up to the American manufacturer to
dUcoTer a combination of the imported
leaf with that produced at home which
will make both more valuable.
The flood of new bills Introduced in
the leglstatnre hat reached high tide, but
as there are as many bills consigned to
the waste basket every day as are intro
duced the volume of laws enacted by
the twenty-ninth session will probably
fee exceed Its predecessors tn dimension.
Now that we have passed all the na
tional birthday and holiday anniversaries
of the setsou. and the cold wave flag
has been folded and packed away, men
nd women of Omaha who are willing to
engage In strenuous work will encounter
no further obstacles between now and
the Fourth of July.
While no anti-pass law Is likely to be
enacted by the present' legislature, we
would suggest a constitutional amend
ment requiring all railroads to transport
tats officers. Judicial officers,, members
of the legislature and county officers
traveling on official ' business without
charge as In order, ffuch an amendment
Is about to be submitted. by the legisla
ture of Missouri. :
THE LA WS WILL BE r.VFOffCED.
Kvery report coming from Washington
glTes assurance of the firm determlna
tion of the administration to enforce the
laws and to puulsh any who violate
them. The course taken In regard to the
members of the beef combine who are
alleged to have disregarded the Injunc
tion of the federal court at Chicago, sus
tained by the supreme court of the
United States, is a notable evidence of
the purpose of the" federal authorities to
see that the law as defined by the Judi
cial tribunals shall be fully carried out
and no favors shown. It Is yet to be de
termined, of course, whether or not the
persons affected by the Injunction In the
Beef trust case have disobeyed the
court's Injunction, but there is snhl to
be ample evidence against them, secured
by agents of the government, and if such
Is the case It la not to be doubted that
the parties will be punished as the law
provides. They may not be criminally
prosecuted, though possibly they are lia
ble to this, but they can at least be pun
ished for contempt of court.
In regard to the Standard OH investi
gation, interest in which is growing
apace, every report coming from Wash
ington Is that the president. Is taking a
most earnest Interest In the matter and
will spare no effort to have the lmfulry
prosecuted as thoroughly as possible. It
Is understood that Commissioner Gar
field of the bureau of corporations will
by direction of the president go to Kan
sas to conduct the Investigation In that
field and he is said to have all the au
thority necessary to enable hint to prolo
the situation there to the bottom. So
general and intense has become the feel
ing respecting flie investigation of the
Oil trust that the government is nssured
of all possible assistance from the public
In carrying on the Inquiry, which as
heretofore noted will not be confined to
Kansas, but will embrace several other
states where it Is alleged the Standard
Oil company has been unlawfully op
erating. What these movements on the part of
the administration mean is that the laws
relating to combinations engaged In com
merce among the states and with foreign
nations are to be enforced, that there Is
no longer to be a truce between the gov
ernment and the so-called trusts, by
which the latter will be enabled to go
on fleecing the public and increasing their
power for mischief. President Roose
velt lias declared a "square deal" policy
which he intends to persistently and
consistently pursue and he will probably
do this during his next administration
even more vigorously than he has al
ready done. The combinations amena
ble to the anti-trust law should under
stand that they can expect no favors
from this administration If ' they ore
found to be violating that law.
it the application of arbitration that do
not contribute to the advancement of
that principle. The bot Judgment of
the world had expected a different ver
dict, but perhaps It bad not counted
sufficiently upon French prejudice In
favor of Itnssla.
VUB GorgRSMEXT WATVUECL.
A statement comes from Washington
to the effect that our government is keep
ing a watchful eye upon conditions in
the far caxt aud that nil events in that
quarter of the world are being carefully
noted. This fact has been pretty well
understood, but it is interesting to have
the information from nn authoritative
source and the people of the. United
States, who have a very great interest
In the far eastern situation, will not fail
to appreciate the vigilance and the In
terest which their government Is show
ing in the far eastern situation.
Wo have very extensive Interests In
that quarter of the world. American
commerce already has a considerable
foothold there and this is very sure to
be Increased, if the principle of the open
door, for which the United States has
persistently contended, is fully .recog
nized. Our cotton planters aud manu
facturers are seeking to enlarge their
sales in the Asiatic markets and ask the
government to assist them In doing this.
Our possessions In fhe orient make It
Incumbent upon us to maintain a con
stant concern In regard to events in that
quarter of the world. In view of all this
It is the obvious duty of the United
States to keep In close touch with events
in the far east, to the end that no Amer
ican interest there shall suffer.
THK yORTH SKA COM MISS ZO.Y.
The semi-official report of tho finding
of tho commission ill the North sea in
vestigation will be very generally dis
appointing. It is a matter of more gen
eral Importance than is commonly un
derstood, for the obvious reason that It
creates a precedent which at any time
In the future may be used to inflict in
Jury upon lunocent and wholly unoffend
ing parties. If It be admitted that the
commander of a squadron may upon the
simple Impresslou that he is In danger
fire upon vessels remote, from blm, any
reckless man in command of warships,
In time of hostilities, might sink a fleet
of merchant ships aud be excused for
tho act. All he has to do, If the view
taken by this commission is correct, Is
to Imagine that there la a torpedo boat
or some other hostile vessel In prox
imity to him to warrant an attack upon
whatever he may think to be antagon
istic to blm.
This, we venture to thiuk. the nations
will regard as utterly Inadmissible. We
believe the view will be geperally ac
cepted that a naval force, lefore firing
upon vessels, not known to be hostile,
should be most careful to ascertain the
true character of such vessels. Thut
this was not done by the Russiaus In
the Dogger bay incident Is unquestion
able. They took no care or trouble to
ascertain whether or not there was a
hostile vessel In the fishing fleet on
which they fired, but assumed that there
were. Japanese torpedo losta In the
North sea and upon this opened fire upon
the fishing flotilla. It was a most un
warranted act aud would never have
beeu committed by any other naval of
ficers than those of Russia, whose in
capacity is proverbial.
; Of course the decision of the court
will stand. There I no appeal from it
nd If there wa Great Britain would
not reject the Judgment of the coniinls
slon. - But It la cue of those Instances
WHY IMPOSt: A SEEDLESS Bl'RDEXt
The committee on cities of-tlie state
legislature has reKrted back the
Howell-Dodge water bill wlih half a
dozen amendments that tend to over
come some of the objections raised
against that uncalled for and extraor
dinary piece of legislation. The bill Is
fundamentally wrong, but If It Is to
pass at least one other amendment
should be inserted.
It Is an indisputable fact that the
water board has already drawn more
than flO.WO out of the city treasury,
but nobody has yet been able to ad
vance any rational argument why the
board should be permitted to draw sal
aries or incur liabilities for the city be
fore the city has purchased the water
works. We believe we voice the senti
ment of ninety-nine out of every 100 tax
paying citizens of Omaha In demanding
the Insertion of an amendment that will
prohibit the board from drawing any
salary or expending any money for em
ployes, outside, possibly, of a secretary
limited to $2o a month, until the works
shall have been acquired by the city.
It has been an open question all the
time whether the members of the water
board should draw salaries any more
than the members of the Board of Edu
cation or the memlwrs of the Park com
mission. The Board of Education dis
burses more than $."00,00rt a year and
has the management and control of
almut 400 teachers and employes. Surely
this Involves a great deal more lnlor
than the supervision of the water works,
which will in any event have to be prac
tically managed by one man tho water
commissioner. The park board expends
only $.10,000 or $40,000 a year, but the
members are required to give a great
deal of time to the laying out of boule
vards and the beautifying of the parks,
but this service has so fur been rendered
without pay. Why,' then, Impose upon
tho overburdened taxpayers of Omaha a
drain of $10,000 n year for maintaining
a water board that does not have any
water works to manage?
long, but In this country the line of battle
between the government snd the Beef trust
reaches from Boston to Omaha by way of
New Orleans.
IHacreriltaMe F.snltntloa.
New Tork Tribune.
American sympathy with Russian asplra
tlrms for freedom and progress cannot be
euppreaeed or concealed. But It Is not
fitting to make America the sceno ot sav
age exultation over murder or of Incitement
to further murder.
TltYIXO TO STAMPEDE THE L&UIS
LA TUBE.
The furious discharge of Rockefeller
rockets aud Standard Oil explosives
fabricated by the World-Herald In the
Kansas oil cauldron, manifestly designed
to stampede the legislature into ful
minating a proclamation against the ac
ceptance of a university building partly
endowed by Rockefeller, Is In keeping
with the methods pursued by the demo
pop organ.
Tho spontaneous movement against
the Standard Oil octopus furnishes the
water for tho frenzied fake mill for
which It has been fervently praying lo
these many months, but nothing that
has recently transpired would Justify
the Nebraska legislature in Indulging In
sentimental explosions. A Rockefeller
voluntary contribution to the university
Is no more reprehensible than the in
voluntary contributions made by the
Whisky trust, the Brewery trust and the
retail dealers in liquor Into the national
treasury under the internal revenue law.
These forced contributions are part of
the fund disbursed for the maintenance
of the Smithsonian Institute, the National
Bureau of Education, the Agricultural
college endowments or the pay of the
army and navy chaplains, the justices
of the United States supreme court and
the pay of the president himself.
There Is about as much sense In the
hysterical outbreak against the alleged
monument to Rockefeller as there would
be In a similar outbreak against allowing
the Omaha school board to expend the
quarter of a million dollars which nre
paid annually into the school fund for
the maintenance of our public schools
or against the acceptance and expendi
ture for public school education of the
moneys derived from fines imposed upon
criminal and Immoral classes by the
police court.
The question has been asked by
Innuendo why The Bee lias nothing to
say about the proposed establishment
of a binding twine factory at the peni
tentiary. The answer is: Because the
scheme appears premature and imprac
tical in view of the deficit of a quarter
of a million lost year In the state's ex
penditures over the state's revenues.
It is a mighty poor legislature that
does not afford at least one bribery
scandal a week. The last disclosure
comes from Indiana, where a member of
the house handed over a $100 bill to tho
speaker In explanation of his vote for
an antl-clgarette bill. The lobbyist of
tho Cigarette trust had evidently rammed
the other $400 Into his own pocket.
Opportunity is given to the city of
Omaha to buy 31.'0 acres of lime
asphaltum beds in Utah and thus for
ever free Itself from the grasp of
asphalt paving trusts. Here Is a sug
gestion to the charter makers at Lin
coln. But why not let Omaha purchase
all of Trinidad island, with its asphalt
lakes, while we are about it?
Up to date the candlducy of Uncle
Rube to represent Nebraska In the
United States senate is confined to the
Fremont Tribune and the Omaha World
Herald, aud so long as It is confined to
these unique molders and remolders of
public opinion It has not reached the
stage of legitimate discussion or controversy.
Waterlogged Oil Compaalea.
Philadelphia Record.
While the Kansas legislature Is grappling
with the oil octopus It might give a little
attention to a monster of another sort.
the "water-logged" corporation. No leas
than sixty-four companies with an aggrc
gate capital of r4.onrt,ono appear to have
been organised In Kanaas. ostensibly for
the purpose of engaging In the buMnews
of pumping oil. Manifestly, however, the
business of these companies consists
mainly of pumping water Into their stocks,
The aggregate production of the Chsnute
oil fields Is 1,588 barrels a day; thus there
are ll.O00.0OO of company shares for each
twenty-one barrels of oil produced dally
Here is evidence of the stock Jobbery of a
most pernicious sort. The facts have been
given by a Btandard Oil manager and may
be colored., but tho matter ought to be
Investigated.
WISDOM OP A It 1TK RF.Gt LATIO.
Fear Serreed the Url.
Washington Poat.
Mr. Bryan say ha feura "th plutocracy
of wealth." lear, dear! It' only a few
year ago that he did not frur It, but wu
out In the middle of the road with tils coat
off and daring It to accept hi challenge
for a scrap.
Arntlea lai Haltle Array.
Chicago News.
In Manchuria the contending armies ar
facing, each other with a front of l mile
Railroad Man Make m Paint la Favor
of the Policy.
New York World.
A dinner of the Community of freight
Traffic Interests Is liurdly an occasion for
expressing sympathy with the principle of
federal rate regulation; yet one of the
speakers admitted that titer was some
thing to be said in favor of the policy.
His words ara worth quoting:
"But seriously speaking, I there any good
reason why the government should not
exercise some limited and reasonable con
trol? When you want lnnd for a railroad
you like to have the government tep in
and say what you shall pay a man who
wants an exorbitant price. The shipper
should have the same opportunity if hs
thinks you are charging too much."
Common carriers have, never suffered
from the government's regulation of inter
state commerce. In behalf of marina In
terests the government has dredged chan
nels, created harbors of refuge, established
lighthouses, constructed canals, deepened
rivers and encouraged traffic.
Railroads have profited by "eminent do
main" laws by which private property can
be condemned for their uses. The federal
government protects them as common car
riers of Interstate commerce and will send
Its troops to defend their property If need
be, as Mr. Cleveland did at the time of the
Chicago strike. Even. If It undertakes to
regulate their tariffs, its regulations must
be reasonable. The constitution will permit
no arbitrary Interference with ratea.
The real objection to the president's plan
Is political rather than economic. As long
as corporations are allowed to contribute to
campaign funds and Interfere In national
politics government regulation of rates
would be an Irresistible Inducement to the
railroads to exert all their energies to con
trol the presidency.
BRITAIN'S PARCELS POST,
Extension of the Syatem bf Treaty
to the Inlted State.
Chicago News.
When a resident of Great Brltlan goes
Into a postofflce or postal station In that
country he finds a number of facilities
there available for his use. At one counter
he can buy stamps and mall letters or
papers. At another lid can Bend telegrams
over the postofflce telegraph system to any
part of the united kingdom at the rate of
It cents for the first twelve words and 1
cent for every additional word. If he pre
fers to confer with his correspondent
orally he can make Use of the postofflce
telephone, paying a low charge for long
distance service. Or, If he desires, he can
arrange to have the vostofflce establish a
telephone service In his home or office. If
he comes not to spend money, but to save
it, ho can deposit his cash In the post
offlce savings bank. Should he prefer
another form of saving he can take out a
postofflce life-inxurance policy for any
amount between 125 and $500. If he has a
parcel or package of any kind which he
wishes to send away he ran arrange to
lot the postoffice carry It, the only stipula
tion being that the parcel must not exceed
eleven pounds In weight or six feet In
length and girth combined. Mailing a five
pound parcel costs 14 cents, while one
weighing eleven pounds can be sent for
24 cents.
A a result of the parcel-post treaty
which the American government has just
negotiated with Great Britain, our British
cousins are to enjoy still greater advan
tages. They and their friends In any part
of the United States can mail parcels bark
and forth. The service will be as safe,
rapid and convenient as that of the ordi
nary letter post. The extenxlon of the
parcel-post system will enable a person in
Chicago, for instance, to mall a larger
package to London than he could mall to
Kvanston or Oak Tark. Anomalies like
these should arouse Americana to the need
of a parcel-post service In this country.
"REKKJNG WITH REVOLT."
Even Wall Street Alarmed Over Pre,
ent Tendencies.
Wall 8treet Journal.
The history of philosophic thought re
cords a series of oscillations between what
we may call the pole of pure materialism
and th polo of pure morality. There has
been, no evolution about It. The oscilla
tions reflect the play of force which were
In operation upon man' mind from th
first and which will remain at work upon
it to the end of time. When the pendu
lum has swung about o far toward the
pole of materialism it invariably stops and
moves back. In th matter of religious
thought, for Instance, It swung vigorously
In that direction some thirty years ago
under the influence of Darwinism, using
th work in the popular sense. In the last
ten year th pendulum ha obviously been
losing Its velocity, as biologists of the lat
ter day have destroyed most of what re
mained of Darwinism, and as a result we
have seen claar evidences of a swing back
toward religious mysticism and a clearer
view of morality. In the business world
we have seen the accumulation of wealth
In th last ten years at a rat mora rapid,
Irf a manner more sensational and to an
extent far greater than at any time In the
history of this or any other country. W
hav Been tho power of wealth demon
strated In a fashion, more direct than ever
befpr and we have seen public opinion of
all shade, swift to recognise the danger
and swift to organise against it. Anyona
who supposes that the sentiment against
trusts and their abuses Is confined to peo
ple with little or no money makes a great
mltttake. Wall street Itself Is reeking with
th spirit of revolt. It Is not the passion
of envy that I the mainspring. It Is Jeal
ousy of Individual liberty that Is the dom
inant emotion.
The revolt that Is in progress may pos
sibly lead to soma excesses in the matter
'of political action, but thl can very
readily be corrected later on. Th great
thing that we hav to be. thankful for la
that th people at large have made It
clear that they value some things mora
than material prosperity and that they
consider liberty too high a price to yy for
industrial efficient f
BITS Or W4SI11SGTO LIFE.
Miner Seen and Inrldent Sketched
aa the Spot.
Senntor William R Allison of Iowa la
now the dean of the United Btate senate
and hold th record for continuous service
In the upper house of congress.
Senator Allison first took hi seat In th
senate on March 4. 1ST, succeeding Jame
Harlan. He ha served eontlnuoualy ever
since, and the first week In Jsnuary broke
the continuous service record established
by Senator Morrill ef Vermont, who died
on December IK'S, and who would have
served thirty-two years had h lived until
the following March 4.
Another record Senator Allison surpassed
wa that established by Senator Bhernisn
of Ohio for combined service, Mr. Sherman
having been out of th senate several year
between his two periods of service.
There are only two men In the senate
now who were there when Setistor Allison
took his set. They are Messrs. Stewart .of
Nevada and Mitchell of Oregon. Neither
has seen continuous service. Mr. Stewart
was out twelve years and Mr. Mitchell ten
years. Th member of the present senate
who cornea next to Benator Allison In con
tinuous service Is Mr. Cockrell of Missouri,
who on March 4 will have served thirty
years. Next comes Mr. Morgan of Ala
bama with twenty-eight years and Mr
Piatt of Connecticut (wlth twenty-six yesrs
Many of the orientals at Wsshlngton
adopt conventional western attire, but the.
Chinese mlnlscr and his suite adhere to
their orlglnaj costumes. A tramp rang the
bell at the legation not long Sgd and aeked
If the man ot the house had a pair of
old shoes to give away. Mike, the Irish
butler and tutelary genius of tho estab
lishment. opened the door. "No shoes," he
said, "that would be any use to you. This
Is the Chinese legation, man," he added,
thinking that would be sufficient explana
tion for any seeker after cast-oft clothing.
But It signified nothing to the tramp, who
had never heard of the Chinese legation.
"Maybe the gentleman ha an old pair ot
pant," he began, pursuing his Inquiries.
Michael realised the futility of further ex
planations. "Don't wear 'em," he said
briefly, and closed the door.
If there are any tall men In the United
States who want to find a paradise and
at -the same time a rich and charming
wife let them go to Washington. Mrs.
Grundy has been remarking for some time
that the young women of Washington who
are now prominent In society are all tall,
Juno-like females, and that the men who
are called upon to be their partners tn the
merry dance are anything but Apolloesque
in appearance. Glancing through the East
room at the last diplomatic reception, one
could not but remark at the stately women
who were being escorted at the gay assem
blage by mere snips in the shape of men.
There were but few of the attaches of the
foreign legations who measured up to the
stature of the Washington women, and
even these were in such a small minority
that the contrast became greater.
Arrangements are well-nigh complete for
the publication in Washington of another
newspaper one to be run on. modern lines
and with plenty of financial backing. The
paper will have three dally Issues one, it
Is understood, In the morning, one at noon
and the third about 4 or 6 In the afternoon.
In this way it will seek to cover the whole
news field and will prove a novelty in the
Journalism of the national capital. The full
service of the La (Tan bureau has been se
cured for the new paper and it Will start
with a very complete equipment. Accord
ing to the latest reports, the first Issue
will, appear within a very short time. Its
promoters' feel assured that it will be a
success from the start.
'Here, at the capital, people present a
contrast to the strenuous and rushing New
Yorker that Is a grateful relief," said
Nathan B. Payne, quoted by the Washing
ton Post. "They hav time here to sit
down and chat with you, end do not pull
out their watches every minute for fear of
overstaying. But there Is one change I
note In Washington that makes m fear It
too may be In a state of transition; I no
longer sen that picturesque collection of
Judges and colonels who used to haunt the
old Wlllard, and who seemed to be so finely
adapted to the Washington atmosphere. Is
it that the building of a new and much
finer hostelry has Impelled them to seek
new haunts, or has Father Time been busy
depleting their ranks?
"How well I recall the old day before
there was any Idea of this establishment,
when It was dangerous to saunter Into the
barroom of Its predecessor and ssy aloud,
'Colonel, will you have a drink?' lest a
score of thirsty but highly polished and
courteous gentlemen would amble up and
utter a hearty affirmative."
The father and mother of twenty-seven
children, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Dunvllle
of Yankton, 8. D., are about to go to Wash
ington, and the senators and representa
tives from their state will take them to the
White House to see President Roosevelt,
who. It is expected, will give them an auto
graph photo of himself with his compli
ments. Mr. Dunvllle Is only 43 years old.
while his wlfs Is SS. Their twenty-seven
children comprise nine seta of triplets and
twenty-flve of them are boys. Friends of
the parents have sought to persuade them
to take all their children to Washington
with them, but they decline to consider the
proposal.
THE FIRST HILMOVIRK.
D.
ralealatlon on the Pile of John
Rockefeller, Kmneror of Oil.
t Philadelphia Press.
John I). Rockefeller, billionaire?
Ye. If he lives a few years and con
tinues the exercise of business prudence
prifnhlned with audacity' which has charac
terised Ms past career he will write his
fortune down ll.oon.ono.ono, and will figure
as th flrat billionaire the world has ever
Seen. Expert compute his wealth today
at more than tflno.ono.OOO. and tho capitalisa
tion of the enterprises controlled by him
at more than $R.o,0CO.0n0.
Fifteen years ago the guesses on this
subject, based on .the most trustworthy
Information available, placed the amount
of Mr. Rockefeller's wealth at l3nft.ouo.ooo.
In the Intervening period the figures havo
been Increased until It Is believed that
they might be tripled without any exag
geratlon.
In Standard Oil alone, eight years ago
according to one of that trust mug'
nates, John D. Rockefeller's ehsr
amounted to more than lirAOOO.OOO, with an
income from It of 116,000,000. This state
ment had reference lo his oil Interests
alone snd whs made, too, before the great
Increase In prices In recent year has added
at leosv one-third to the market value ot
these holdings.
It I pretty well authenticated that for
fhe last dozen years Mr, Rockefeller's an
nual Income from all source has been
steadily rising front: 130,000,00, end that ha
Is receiving practically compound Interestr
on his Investment, Which must hav addtxl
$.'100,000,000 to his capital. 1
Oil, steel, railroads, banks and trust com
panies have not been equal to the task of
providing occupation sufficient for th fast
multiplying Rockefeller millions. Important
Items of the Rockefeller fortune are hold
tnga of real estate and mortgages and of
government and municipal bonds. They are
so vast that the threads leading to them
Would take one to every part of tho United
State and across the Atlantic. His bcm
flrant attentions have been bestowed also
on big Insurance companies, steamship and
telegraph and building .corporations and
other things too numerous to mention.
Taking into account all these widespread
Interests, It Is not difficult to figure out
that John D. Rockefeller is already pos
sessed of $600,000,000, and that the accumu
lation of his yearly Income will carry him
to the billionaire stag without any al
lowance for the appreciation of the prop
ertles In which his money Is Invested.
A chronological table of Mr. Rockefeller's
fortune, the reward of fifty year of con
centrated effort, of frugality, of Industry
and ot the employment of tactful ability,
would read about as follows:
1855 i
1865 snrnt
1870 fjo.oou
1H76 6.0UO.OU0
1HX5 100,000,000
i iwo.oon.ooo
1S00 4i0,0O0,000
1& soo.ooo.ooo
Financially, Mr. Rockefeller Is the world's
greatest potentate. The czar of Russia en
Joys an annual Income of about $12,000,000;
Emperor William, as king of Prussia, re
ceive a little less than $4,000,000; the em
peror of Austria-Hungary, $S,875,000; King
Edward, $2,126,000, and the king of Spain,
$2,000,000. King John, emperor of oil, king
of steel, banking and railroads and prince
of several dominions of less importance,
can buy and sell them all.
Fifty Yesrs fho Standard
PERSONAL XOTES.
Mrs. Fairbanks, wife of the vice president-elect,
Is planning quite an elaborate
social campaign one likely to make an
epoch tn the annals of th capital. Sign
Indicate that there will be at least a cer
tain sort of rivalry in this respect between
her snd Mrs. Roosevelt. Th close friends
of both repudiate any such Idea, but others
are of opinion that the coming season wilt
see two moons shining In the social firma
ment. In any event Is seems clear that th
dual splendor will make the second Roose
velt administration one of historic social
brilliance.
Congressman Cooper of Wisconsin wa
on hi way home In Washington one even
ing, breasting a cold and furious wind. He
stopped y give a poor womun a quarter
and the recipient exclaimed Joyfully, "May
the saints presarve ye. and may Ivery hair
o' your bead be a candle to Ukht ye to
glory." Just then Mr. Cooper' hat went
sailing down the street, leaving his shining
pste bare. "Well," he said, "It wouldn't b
such a dng-goMted torchlight procession at
that."
The Itehlnar Palm.
Ban Francisco Chronlcl.
The revelation that some of th Isthmian
canal commissioner hav been taking fee
for their attendance at meetings of th
Panama railroad, although they ar In re
ceipt of a handsome salary from the gov
ernment for doing such work, I not a
pleaaant one. It suggests the ess with
which the "guinea pig" habit may b
adopted by otherwise respectable men
when th temptation to do so preaents
Itself.
tirncroslty of the Victor.
Chicago Record-Herald.
It is estimated that Japan will be willing
to agree to end the war without demand
ing an Indemnity. This must be pleasant
Information to tho Russian who a ahort
time ago wer going to hav peace de
clared In Toklo with th iitr'i troops
camped la the mikado's front yard.
It has been decreed In New Tork that
there are to be no more "servants"; here
after they will be "domestic employes."
Michael Maybrtck, who as "Stephen
Adams'' has written many popular songs.
and who for many years ha been a con
cert singer, has retired from the platform.
Mrs. Sophia Weetover, who has Just died
at Wyocena, Wis., was the daughter of a
soldier who fought under Ethan Allen and
assisted In the capture of Tort Tlconderoga.
The "co-eds" of the University of Cali
fornia, who may be assumed to be fairly
brainy young women, have resoH-ed to go
bare-headed in the streets and on the cam
pus.
Henry Clay Barnahee, the comic opera
comedian, is an Invalid, lying helpless at
his home on Riverside Drive, New York.
His affliction Is the reault of a fall in St.
Louts last autumn.
A Boston newspaper man has been ap
pointed assistant secretary of the treasury
In Washington. When he " sees those
bunches of money the sensation Is likely to
be too much for him.
Prof. Orth, Dr. Vlrchow' successor tn the
chslr of pathological anatomy In Berlin nni-
erslty, declares -that Mount Sinai, the
Jewish hospital In New York, is the most
beautiful hospital In the world. .
A Eostonian say that no gentleman
hould attempt to get married on less than
$2,800 a year. It may be, but somo very
sturdy families who make mighty figures In
our national annals were ooptented with
much less.
It Is said that Emperor Wllllajn speaks
the English language as perfectly a any
Englishman or American. He Is even quite
familiar with all our technical terms, even
understanding the quip or cranks of the
language which only experts co id appre
ciate. Colonel John Sobleskl of Los Angeles,
Cel., Is said to be the only direct descend
ant In tho male line of the last native king
save one of Poland, King John Sobleskl.
H was born In Warsaw Iri 1842 and after
coming to this country served in the army
In th civil war.
Charles H. Hackley, who recently died In
Muskegon, Mich., gave $200,000 to the city
for. the establishing of the Hackley public
library and $160,000 for the purchase of pic
ture for the building. In his lifetime he
gave more than $2,000,000 to establish public
Institutions In the city.
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DESEHTIOXS FROM THE V4VY.
Practical Remedies for a Discourage
In; Condition.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Although the pay and the opportunities
for promotion given men who enlist In the
I'nlted States navy are better than thosa
within the reach of sailors serving under
foreign flags, thennnunl record of deser
tions continue to grow at an extraordinary
pace. One battlexhlp while In port hers
lost 100 men by desertion, or o,bout one.
fourth of Its entire crew. Other ship have
suffered in, proportion. Of course, the
temptation to denert from the navy in this
country Is greater than It Is abroad, be
cause several of our leading naval sta
tions are located at, or In proximity to
big cities, where th sailors on shore leave
find especially strong Inducements to ex
tend their absence Indefinitely. It Is pro
posed to Increase the punishment for de
sertion Hnd to give to the Navy depart
ment greater facilities for the tracing and
arrest of men who violate their oaths and
forsake their ships. But with the penalties
heavier and tho Navy department equlpre.I
with the most efficient detective service the
chances would still be In favor of the
deserter eluding pursuit. We have no de
sertions In war time, not because the sailor
fears the death penalty that may be in
flicted upon him, but because the crisis ap
peals alike to his sense of honor and tv
his natural love for active service In which
the element of danger Is slway present.
It Is useless to expect, that the navy In
time of peace will ever claim from the
ordinary sailor the allegiance given to It
In time of war, or, in other words, to ex
pect that desertion will eventually cease.
But by Increasing pay and still further
Improving t"lie conditions surrounding th
men while on shipboard the temptation to
desert may be greatly lessened.
rOIM'Kl) PLEASANTRIES.
What can I do," inquired the scheming
statesman, "to win the gratitude and favor
of th public?"
And the other man replied:
"Retire from publlo life." Bomerville
Journal.
"That deficit In the Treasury department
seems to l growing bigger.
"Something funny about that. The big-
frer it grow the more room there Is for
t." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Stranarer Gracious! they're making
enough noise in. , that heufc to ( wake ih.
ueuu.
. Casey Faith! that's Jlst what1 they're
doln', sor; 'tis Danny Cassldy that's th
eubject of the wake. Philadelphia Press.
Irene Isn't this a lovely belt? Jack sent
It to me as a present.
Maud It fits you to perfection. He must
have measured it on his arm. Chicagu
Tribune.
"I think your new bonnet will suit you
perfectly, dear," said her husband.
"Whir, how do you know? You haven't
seen It."
"No, but I've seen ths bill, snd that
doesn t suit me. Hence my conclusion."
I'hlladelphia Ledger.
"Who set fire to the temple of Disna st
Ephesns?" asked the teacher, looking
sharply at the boy.
"I I don't know, ma'am," answered ths
frightened urchin. "As trim as I'm settln"
here I didn't have nothln' to do with Itl"
Chicago Tribune.
A REMARKABLE WOMAX.
in Denver Fost.
tales
James Barton Adam
She turned a deaf ear to the
Of slander floating 'round.
She heeded not
Tho gossip rot
The carrion seekers found.
She never listened when the tongue
Of scandal stabbed a snul,
Nor sought to sip
With greedy lip
At gossip' KIsotj howl.
She never turned a listening ear
When rumors filled the atmosphere.
She never spake an unkind word
Of those who went astray;
Was never Known
To hurl a stone
To help them on ths wny.
She never to a neighbor aped
To tell of sinful act
Of old or young
With venomed tongue, '
Thotigh she might know th fact.
But kept her silence and her vie'
Ijet others tell the startling new.
She eyed not her reflection In
Show windows as she'd pass
Indeed, she spent
No time anent
Her boudoir looking glass.
She never turned her head te se
What other women wore,
She never took
A fnshton book
From counter of a. store.
Thl novHty of womankind
Was dear and dumb and almost blind.
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