Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 4, 1903, Page 6

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REMITTANCES. . ft by draft, exi tal order “‘.'Eue b5 The e Publisning Company. t stamps accepted in payment of B 3ot sniops Rocopisg ig peyment 3t aha or eastern exchanges, not accepted: THI BEE PUBLIBHING COMPANY. ITATW!NT "or cmcmmnon tat o N braska, Douglas Count ¥ Gearge B, Taschuck, secretary of The Boo Publis ' Company, being duly mays that the actual number of ful complete coples of The Dally Mol Evening and Sunday Bee the n‘l'nlh of September, I !ll!ll!zflplli sales GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 30th dly of le lemb‘lr:: D, 1908 {seal.) Notary Public. In Omaha's commercial dictionary there f8 no such word as “fail.” iy A real battle with Indians In these days is a novelty of which Wyoming en- joys a monopoly. e In off-year elections the sensational and emotional preacher {8 always sure to dip in his oar. e——— Those showers on election day drop alike upon the godly and the wicked— the just and the unjust. CE———t—h— \ 8t. Louls newspapers cannot suppress thelr glee at tho disclosures of graft in Ohlun Misery loves company. STTNEEE———— * ltmm a8 1t the weather man had a deép lnid plot but reconsidered hix de- m&u in part af the last wnmenl. 4 E———— s e Mhe Omaha Ohémber of Commerce . and Grain exchange is destined to be an important factor in provioting the future commercial growth of Omaba, —— It was hardly pecessary to forecast the democratic walkaway in Mississippl where everybody who does mnot vote the democratic ticket has been disfran- chised. J e——— Former President Kruger of tlie South African republic is indeed a hopeful man if he expects the results of the Boer war to be reversed within the time of the present generation. em——— The man who, for any cause he might bave obviated, falied to vote should con- #ider himself estopped from grumbling or kicking at any outcropping of mis- government for at least a year. g SETpea— President Roosevelt not only preaches the duty of good citizenship and partici- pation In clvic affairs, but he practices them himself, as evidenced by his trip from Washington to Oyster Bay to vote, E— " The inmates of the Vatican do not recognize the jurisdiction of the Itallan government, but they are willing to ex- press thanks to the authorities for the assistance rendered by the Itallan fire department in stopping the flames in their howe, A Montreal paper is out for Canadian annexation to the Unfted States. It will hardly do, Lowever, to bulld great Lopes | upon this declaration. The people n{l Canada would much prefer to annex lhu‘ United States to Canada on the install- | ment plan and to begin with Alasia, ‘ ———e That Swiss trust mpany just or-| ganized to deal In American stocks and | industrial securities will do well to have | a few expert representatives on the spot | fingers burned. When American invest- ars and speculators occasionally get 100 | near the fire long distancé brokers will | run a still greater risk of belng singed ‘ Rome was vot built in a duy nndl Omaha cannot ,expect to build up o grain market in a week. But now that | the biggest obstacle in the avay of al grain market has been removed by m.-{ abolition of the discriminating freight | rates, the other esscutials for bullding dp the grain traflic in Omaba on an ex- tensive scale will not by lacking, elther | * for want of capital or enterprise. —— When the smoke of battie of the county campaign has cleared away, the | taxpayers of Douglas counfy will turn | the limelight of publicity upon the court | house, the county Jail and county in- firmary ‘as well as upon .the roads and bridges on which thousands upon thousands of dollars have been squan- Qered for the benefit of the contractors eal and personal fa {Iaw. from the transmissonri case ANGLO-AMERICAR ARBITRATION. 1t is proposed to hold a conference in New York for the discussion of the question of an Anglo-American treaty of arbitration. It is stated that a promi- nent member of thre British commission now In this country studying educa- tional conditions is arranging the de- taifs for the conference and it is pro- posed that the example of the Anglo- French treaty shall be followed. The promoter of the movement, Dr, Thomas Byrelay, who is a member of the Insti- tute of International Law, said in an address before the Yale law school a few days ago that he saw in the recent settlement of the Alaska boundary dis- pute promise that further advancement can be had. He expressed the hope that by agitation of the question it will be possible after the next presidential election to arouse sentiment favorable to a remewal of negotintions between Great Britaln and the United States, and possibly also France, for a treaty instituting a court of arbitration. It is stated that President Roosevelt and Sec- retary Hay have given assurances of their interest in the proposed treaty. The arbitration treaty negotiated sev- eral years ago between this country and Great Britain falled of ratification by the senate, but there does not appear to be any reasonable objection to re- newing negotiations and the United States, as the foremost nation in promot- ing the principle of International arbi- tration, could not consistently decline an invitation to negotiate a treaty for that purpose. There may be some who entertain the idea that such a treaty might prove the initial step toward an alliance, but there is no sound reason for apprehending this, Others rhay hold the view that it is unnecessary, that in any difference which may arise between the two countries we ean, without be- ing bound by any treaty obligation, have recourse to arbitration if we de- sire it, but granting this, is it not still ®ood policy on’the part of the United States to further the cause of interna- tional arbitration by making treaties which specifically recognize that prin- ciple? Tt Is not to be doubted that such a course would exert a most salutary in- fluence throughout the civilized world. Referring to the Anglo-French agrec- ment for arbitration, widely recognized as a highly important step in the inter- est of International peace, the Londoun correspondent of the New York Tribune say: “Armaments have not been re- duced by land or sea and governments continue to’ strengthen their fleets and to drill their armies; but everything does not go on as before. International arbitration is not an idle dream of an impossible millennium. It is a practical policy which has been tried once and again at The Hague and now France and England have entered into an agree- ment for referring to the tribunal, un- der ‘certain lmitations,” minor contro- versfes which may arise between them. | The policy has been satisfactorily tested s ‘been' sinetionsd® by ‘the most progressive tiatfohs. “Anfl foi this the 'world 1s very largely indebted to the example of the United States and to the persistent advocacy of arbitration by our government. We should not and it is safe to say we will not abate jnterest in this policy, the promotion of which is now more essential to the welfare of auankind than ever before in the world's history. TRE NURTHERN SECURITIES CASK. December 14 is the date which has been set for the hearing of the North- ern Securities case by the supreme court of the United States, and undoubtedly it will come up on the day named, there being little probability of any applica- tion for a reassignment to a later date. How long the court will hold the case vder consideration no one can say with cerialoty. The decislon may come in a few weeks and may not be handed down for months, but in view of the | great importance of the case it is proba- ble the court will not unnecessarily delay its decision. There Is sald to be considerable specu- lation In Washington, as well as in the financial centers, in regard to the out- come. The prevalent opinfon at the na- tional capital 18 that the decision will be an affirmance of that of the eircult court of appeals, those who take this view ar- guing that afirmance would seem the logleal outcome of previous adjudica- tions of the supreme court. It is pointed out that the whole trend of judicial ut- terance in expounding or and applying the Sherman anti-trust » the Jresent time, has been in this direction 1t 1s also noted that of the four dissent ing justices in the transmissouri only one is left on the benech, while all of the five who rendered the declsion This fact Is regarded of the it s by wmany as telling the story forthcoming decision. They say unreasonable to suppose that any one of these five majority justices will change his mind, even If all the new | in Wall street if it does not waut iis | members of the court should take the slde of their predecessors. The decision in the transmissourl @se virtually established mental the proposition that the Sher- iman act provides an ironclad rule ad- mitting of no variation or exception and | this position of the court was reaffirmed I the joint trafMie association case. In the latter the argument was made that there had pot yet been any restraint of trade, to which the court answered in offect, “you have agreed to restrain it | probibits.” This seems to be distinctly applicable to the Northern ' Securities ease. On the familiar principle that those who enter into contract are pre- sumed to intend the natural and legiti- wate consequences of theilr engage- ments, it is obvieus that such an enter- prise as this of the Northern Securities company was designed to put a check on competition between two railvoad lines engaged in intefstate commerce. In view of the fact that the judges of the circuit court of appeals were unani- interpreting | cose as funda- and that is the thing which the statute THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESD, mous in their decision and that the de- cision was largely based upon those of the supreme court in the transmissouri and traffic association cases, it is most reasonable to expect that the tribunal of last resort will decide for the govern- ment in the Northern Securities case, to which its rendered opinions are clegrly applicable. A decision for the defendant in this instance would cer- tainly be a very great disappointiment to the public. -Gt NOW FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. President Stickney of the Chicago Great Western has not only sounded the keynote for making Omaba the grain market for Nebraska, western Iowa and South Dakota, but he has also taken the initiative for the organization of a Chamber of Commerce on a basis that will place the business men of Omaha in position to cope effectually with rivals and enforce fair treatment from all transportation lines that converge here. Taking Minneapolis as their model, the bankers, merchants and manufacturers of this city, acting on President Stick- ney’s recommendation, have taken the first steps toward the incorporation of a new commercial body that is destined to exercise potential Influence upon the fu- ture growth of Omaha and the develop- ment of Nebraska's industries. The men who have headed the mem- bership list of the Chamber of Com- merce represent push, enterprise and capital. The enthusiasm exhibited by them at the initial meeting is a guaranty that they are in dead earnest and deter- mined to make the project a success. It is a foregone conclusion now that every prominent business man of Omaha and ecapitalists who are inter- ested in its growth and prosperity will speedily join hands with those who have already enrolled themselves in the mem- bership of the new Chamber of Com- merce. It Is equally certain that the membership will be swelled by leading merchants, packers and manufacturers in South Omaha, and eventually by busi- ness men from other cities and towns in the territory tributary to Omaha. With the example and experience of Minneapolis and Kansas City before us the Omaba Chamber of Commerce should be able to pave the way not only for the establishment of a grain market and the erection of elevators, cereal and flouring mills, but for increased activity generally in other fields of industry. At the outset, however, it may be well to bear in mind that it will not do to scat- ter our fire or to attempt too many new enterprises at the same time. For the present all energies should be bent upon the development of industries that will enable Omaka to handle the 140,000,000 bushels of grain that are produced an- nually within the radius -absolutely within its excluslye reach. When that task shall be accomplished it will he time tp look for other kingdoms to con- quer. —— AS TU CURKENCY REFORM. According to the Washington corre- s#pondent of the Cincinnati Commercial- Tribune, President RRoosevelt sald the final word regarding the financial pro- gram for the coming session of congress. The correspondent says this has never definitely appeared, “because it is not usual to ascribe to Mr. Roosevelt the credit of being an authority, or even a special student, in matters relating to the treasury and its various require- ments. But it was the president who declared that fn all currency wmatters it was best for the interests of the country that there be no attempt to change the existing laws In any lmportunt particu- lar.” It is well understood that since the close of the last congress President Roosevelt has been giving very careful consideration to the currency question. No one has realized more fully than he its importance and the fact that a sub- committee of the senate committee on finance had been charged with the duty of, framing a currency bill to be intro- duced at the coming sesston of congress made it especially Incumbent upon the president to study the subject. It is not at all surprising that the result is n conviction that there is no present need of currency legislation and that it will be better for the country to leave that question for future consideration. Un- doubtediy what the president found in his' investigation was that so far as the legitimate financial and business in- terests of the country are concerned the supply of currency is abundant and that consequently the agitation for more { money, to be provided on n new basis of security, Is almost whelly on the part of speculators and promoters, who are not | vety much concerned about the solidity | of our financial system so long as their ends are served. The country pretty well understands what all the for so-called currency reform means. The lesson of the past few months in Wall street and the fact that it has had very little if any effect upon the legiti- | mate business of the country, has been exceedingly instructive. In spite of the great slomp in the prices of stocks and | the prediction that the country was on the eve of a financial and business col- lapse, the commercial movement is pro- gressing smoothly, the crops are being marketed, merchants and manufacturers are finding no difficulty in abtalning what money they need in their business and there is no very appreciable deeline in the general prosperity. Under such circumstances President Roosevelt could hardly do otherwise than conclude, as every man who Inte ligently and carefully considers she situ- ation must do, that there is no present necessity for new currency legislation, or at any rate for no legislation that would effect any radical change from existing monetary conditions. now The courts hereabouts have becowe so accustomed to running all branches of the wunicipal government by man- damus and injunction that it would not be much of a new departure for them to assume the management of the fire and police department ..m directions to the police board. The position of Judge McHugh, however, is the same that taken by The Bee long ago—that the powers of the police board relate to the administration of the fire and police departments and the discipline of their members, while the enforcement of the law rests with the executive head of the city. Unfortunately, this plain read- ing of the law has not been observed by former police commissions. President Palma of Cuba expresses confidence that President Roosevelt will see to it that the reciprocity treaty goes through. There is no question about President Roosevelt's desires. Had he had his way the treaty would have been ratified at the last session of congress. The trouble is that the president’s treaty making power is dependent upon sena- torial ratification and a two-thirds vote of the senate at that. State Treasurer Mortensen seems to encounter comparatively little difficulty in keeping the permanent school funds in his custody fully invested. The only logical inference is that if his predeces- sors in the office had exerted themselves to the same extent they could also have reduced the dead surplus to an insignifi- cant sum with corresponding benefits to Nebraska taxpayers. Very Much Present. Chicago Inter Ocean. The position of Wos y Gil Is easily ex- plained. He ls determined, notwithstand- ing his name, not t6 be considered in the past tense, An Important Rake. Cincinnat! Enquirer. The popularity of the extraordinary ses- slon of congress among the members will probably turn on the decision as to Whether double mileage Is to be paid or not. Give the Pine Comes a Show. Brooklyn Hagle. Americans own half of the Isle of Pines, and are breathing threats against the Cubans who are its government. The island has been awarded to Cuba. We have territory enough without grudging this little stretch of sand to the people who were born upon it. Pandering to Private Greed. Philadelphla Inquirer. What the people want is that publicity concerning the corporations they own to which they are entitled, and an honest management instead of pandering to pri- vate greed. That is the subject which has been brought home to many, thousands of investors recently through the revela- tions of misdeeds planned or executed which have had a depressing effect on prices. Crists Amicably Adjusted. Detrolt Free Press. As the resull’ of a new understanding entered into by the London correspondents, there will ‘be trisis hereafter in the rela- tions of Japan and Russia only on Mon- days, Wednesdays and Fridays of each week. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat- urdays the two countries will be on the point of' ultlln, their differences amicably. Sunday will bg 16ft an open date for Rus- sia to lntfl‘l Balk: o T“l- Wood and Drink. Putiddéipnia Record. The ‘Agrloult; ural department at last been 1 ht"t8 recognize that its delays in investigating I-unm of alleged food uulmnmu are evils to trade than the ratidps lheml!l . Under the ne rdnlnlon- requiring articles of Yood and drifik to be examined at the ports of entry, instéad of having samples sent to Washington for analysis, it will be possi- ble for the fmports to reach market in a reagonable time after landing. Following Up Land Crookw. Philadelphia Press. The land frauds on the Pacific coast have been recelving. the close attention of Sec- retary Hitchcock and his report will soon be in the hands of the attorney gemeral. It is gratifying to know that the frauds are not as extensive as has been repre- sented. They jnvolve about 1,000,000 acres of timber land, according to Becretary Hitcheock, and the land Is valued at from $1.2 to $L60 an acre. It is to the credit of the administration that all such frauds are followed up and punished without walting for congress to act. There will be nothing for congress to do in regard to such matters according to the present outlook. A STRENUOUS GOVERNOR. raska's Executive Does a Lively Turn en & Whent Stack, Chicago Inter Ocean, Governor Mickey of Nebraska, so says a Lincoln dispatch, stood for half an hour on a wheat stack last Friday morning and pitched bundles for a threshing machine tast enough to keep two feeders busy. The thresher was working on the farm of the state insane asylum and the gov- ernor took a hand In the matter just to show the laborers and others around the machine what he could do In this Ilne. Even bets were offered that he could not keep the fecding table full, but he did, and did it for a full half hour. The city-bred man will say, that pitching bundles for a threshing ma- chine Is no trick at all, but he will say this, as he says many other things about farm work, stmply because of his ignorance of the subject. If he were to attempt to do what Governor Mickey did he would | discover in the cotrse of about three min- utes that he was face to face with the most strenuous occupation of his life. He would pot mind bending for and | grasping and throwing the first twenty or thirty bundles. They would seem easy to plck up, easy to handle and easy to pitch. | Perhaps he might keep the feeding table full and succeed in getting ahead of the feeders during the first two minutes. Then, as he pitched his bundles, he weuld notice the plle steadily diminishing and in his efforts to keep it up to the standard he would find himself clutching madly at the sheaves, breaking the binders and tossing loose straws into the air. | It the threshing machine would only pause for & moment or break down or clog up. or something, so that he might get a fresh start, he would come out ali right, buf no threshing machine that ever was bullt would think of pausing, breaking down or clogging up while a city tender- foot happened to be on the stack. On the contrary, every part of ils mechanism works beautifully under such cireum- stances and Jt goes Tight along esting up the bundles and buszing merrily for more. Only a man who had been “raised” to it could do what Governor Mickey did, and not many that are “raised” to it could keep two feeders golng for a straight half hour. The task is one that requires a cool head and a supple frame, and Governor Mickey seems to be bleased with these to @ degree which entities him to the re: spect of every farmer and farm hand in Nebraska, and, for that matter, in the sreat nerthwest 3 | single gold clasp. of course, | NOVEMBER 4, 19008 \ Current of Life in the Metrop: Bandmaster Frederick N. Innes and his divorced wife, Georgle, cortinue alring thelr troubles In New York. On Tuesday afternoon of last week the bandmaster was arrested on complaint of Georgle, who charged him ‘with neglecting to pay her $235 a week alimony and with larceny. Mrs. Innes alleged that before she secured her dlvorce from the bandmaster, Innes put some of their belongings in & storage warehouse, Last June, she declared, he had the goods shipped to St. Louls, includ- ing some things which were her personal property. - The Inneses wrangled before a magistrate for over an hour. Finally the magistrate dismissed the complaint. Innes promised to send the things she wanted back to Mra. Innes, An elaven-to-one jury In New York re- calls an Incident In which the late Re- corder Smythe figured, The guilt of the accused was beyond doubt and the re- corder had charged the fury accordingly, but after several hours' dellberation the twelve good*men and true stood eleven for and one against conviction. Wearled with vain effort to reach unanimous conclusion they sent for a court officer and requested that he bring them supper. The recorder was informed of this request and this was the answer he returned: ‘“‘Supper, eh? Very well, officer. Go down the street and bring back eleven good meals and one bale of hay." Braving a court-martial as well the probability of years of imprisonment and dismissal from the service, Christian Han- Sen, an oller In the United States navy, came back from Aden, Arabia, to New York on the steamer Cedric so he might once more eat a square meal of pork and beans and ple. Hansen's case Is one of the most pecullar ever recorded. He was born in the great American ple belt, had lived in Boston and loved pork and beans and ple, Hansen shipped aboard the crulser Ralelgh, bound for the Philippines, last August and at the entrance of the Suez canal he deserted, as ple was a Juxury on . He wandered fhrough Arabla, seeking his favorite edi- bles and never found them. Ife felt he must have beans or fade into a shadow. He shipped at Liverpool and aged to get some pork, but it lacked 'the true American flavor. The ples all were meat concoctions. It was jail in America with pork and beans or plum duft and lime juice on the tramp steamers. Hansen inquired the way to the United States consulate and gave himselt up. He was shipped homeward on Cedric, the first vessel that pointed for the land of ple and pork and beans. At the Brooklyn navy yard Hansen got a really square meal of his favorite edibles and afterward he fell asleep, content at last. Another detail of luxury has been added to metropolitan life. The barber shop, with its boot-cleaning stand, its chiropo- dist's stall and manicure cozy corner, has been found Insufficlent to meet the demands of the beaux of this modern Babylon. Four gentlemen’'s gentiemen, or valets, as they were known In the good old days, saved their money in private service and have opened a shop uptown in the middle of the theater district. A man who Is not looking at his best can go into their place and for 2% or 50 cents come out looking as priln as a new pin, If he is caught In a rain- storm downtown during the day the gentle- men's gentlemen's shop will take care of him 1f he steps In un his way io the club or to dinner, biack his boots; press his clothes; brush his hat-and shave him if'he needs it. Meanwhile he dons a bathrobe and lounges in a smoking parlor. In the shop there are lockers where men can leave thelr dress clothes in the morning, 80 back and dress for the theater after working hours and get into their day clothes any time before the following morn- Ing. ‘ e g One of the oldest landmarks in the city, the Catherine market is being torn dawn. One hundred years ago the market was patronized by all the wealthy people of the eclty. Prior to that George Washington was a customer at Its stalls when he lived at First Cherry street. The house which Washington occupled was presented to him by the Board of Aldermen of New York on his inauguration as president and #tood on ground now occupled by one 9f the abutments of the Brooklyn bridge, The old market was established in 1776 and was named in honor of the wife of Captain Herman Rutgers, whose mansion stood near the site. The present bulldings, which are to be demolished November 1, were erected about (he beginning of the last century, taking the place of two smaller structures. Kfforts are being made 1o establish a public park on the site. Detectives are seeking a valuable neck- lace containing 101 pure whité pearls of graduated size from one to six gral the property of Mrs. W. D. Martin of Chicago, & guest at the Holland house. The disappearance of the necklace was made known last Baturday and every pawnshop and jewelry establishment in New York City h been notified by the detective agency not to accept the neck- lace If it should be presented for sale or pledge. The pearls are described as of rare value, the necklace being fastened with a While the Pinkertons sent out notices from thelr headquarters to local authori- | tles and also telegraphed to the neighbor- ing citles and towns for hundreds of miles eround New York, they at first refused to | state who was the owner of the jewels or | in what manner they disappeared. The | necklace was either lost or stolen on or about Octcber 15 or 16. | Forty-one persons have been killed and hundreds injured by explosions, falling rocks and carelessnss since the beginning of work on the subway. The damage to property is in the millions, The subway 1s not exclusive In its cholce | of victims. They have come from the ranks of the rich and the poor. Perhaps the strangest fatality was the Killing of Edward Morris, who was speed- ing along the boulevard, entirely uncon- sclous of any danger, when his big ma- | chine turned suddenly and crashed down the fitty-foot gmbankment to the trench, crushing its luckless driver beneath it ‘Carrie Nation fs soon to make her New | York debut as an actress. She has bad the old play “Ten Nights in a Barroom™ rewritten to sult her purpose and one of her famous hatchet sce: wiil be the eli- | max of the third act. “I've been criticised | tor going on the stage” she says, “but 1 don't_ses why, since I'm going to give | every cent 1 make for the purpose of erect- ing homes for widows of drunkards. And then, too, I want to take the stage for God, The pulpit's but a stage, after all, Sometimes you'll find the greatest actors in the pulpit. Bometimes they are nothing | but acters. You're apt to find mere ‘real’ in people of the stage than in people of the pulpit.” | that In accordance with pla Just Like Other Mortals. Pittsburg Dispatch. Still, when we consider the ultimate pur pose, Mr. Bryan's final views on the money question do not appear so radically differ- ent (rom those of a large number of ac- “MAKES LIFE'S WALK EAsy” Crossett Shoes fit the feet instead of making the feet fit the shoes— that easures comfort. have individuality and finished ip— that is style. T from heel to shoe-lace— ‘hey are made from honmest material that guarantees wear. U yowr dealer does mot hoc them, write me—I will tell you who does. LEWIS A. CROSSETT, Ine., MAKE] PRESIDENT STICKNEY'S CAREER. Forceful Demonstration of His Power in the Railroad World, Chicago Record-Herald. A. B. Btickney, president of the Chicago Great Western, has again aroused bitter strife in western ralliroad circles by the effort which he Is making to create a grai. market at Omaha, which city has recently become a terminal of his railroad.sStripped of ‘technical verblage, Mr. Stickney's action can be summed up as the inauguration of through rates on grain originating west of the Missourl river which are sums of the local rates into Omaha and from Omaha eagt. The effect of this will be be to per- mit all grain to #iop in Omaha, to be there warehoused and dealt in, the same as it is in Kansas City. Iy many it is considered a master stroke bty Mr. Stickney, who has gained great prestige for his railroad at Omaha, whose commercial importance is likely to be enhanced to a marked degree. But, like all of Mr. Stickney's master strokes, it inflicts a deep wound upon some of his competitors. The “Omaha coup” 1§ another forceful demonstration of the unique position which Mr. Stickney has occupled in the rallroad world for more than twenty years. In a recent pamphlet argument before the Inter- | state Commerce corimission Mr. Stickney paraphrased the goldcn rule as follows: “Do unto your competitors what you know they would do unto you, but do it first.” The carrylng out of this policy has caused Mr. Stickney's competitors to call him “pirate” and has gained for him a position ot triple eminence in rafiroad, financial and legal circles. In each he has become an oracle and a'power. In 184 Mr. Btickney built 120 miles of ralroad from St. Paul to Lyle, expecting to sell it to the. Iilinols Central. |Failing in this, he determined to bufld & big system for himeelf, which he has done by extending his line to Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Joseph and other gateways. In doing this Mr. Stickney has always ignored precedent when changed commer- clal conditions in his opinion made it neces- sary, and threats of retallation have never had effect upon him. When threats were made to ruin his road financially he placed the company beyond harm from Wall street manipulation by exchanging all its stock for Jlebenture stogk and preferred A and | preferred B stock. Thus at a single bound | he gained reputation as a hold and compe- tent financier. Later, when his company was fiot securing what he thought to be its share of the packing-house traffic, he s ocured from every blg packer a seven years' contract at a 20-dent rate, which was 3% cents below normal tariff and 1% cents above the alleged secret rates. This will net his company fully $7,000,000 revenue. During the days of secret rates and fllegal pools Mr. Stickney npever lost an oppor- tunity to add a few gray hairs to the heads of competing presidents. Numerous have been the attempts to buy the Great Wes! ern and remove it as a “disturbing factor" from the western rallroad world. The bid- ders have never reached Mr. Stickney's price, however, and his masterful manage- ment of the property is making the proposi- tion more expensive each twelve months. Colonel Bryan doesn’t .care how many millionaires the world may produce, pro- vided he cah write their wills. Bocker T. Washington spoke in Raleigh, N. C., on October 30, for the first time in North Carolina, at the colored state fafr, to nearly 3,00 people, of which about 100 were white. George 8. King, who bullt the first steel furnace at Johnstown, Pa., which eventu- ally grew Into the plant of the Cambria Steel company, celebrated his ninety-fourth birthday on Wednesday last. Dr. Hans Kudlich, who took prominent part in the Austrian revolution of 1848, and is known as the “liberator of the Austrian peasants,” celebrated the eightieth anni- versary of his birth In New York a few days ago. Wiliam C. Whitney makes announcement formed some time ago he has decided to retire from rac- ing in England and early next month will sell the horses he has had in that country for the last four years. This action is due chiefly to the fact that Mr. Whitney's rac- Ing Interests in this country have grov to such proportions that they require his spare attention. A contract has just been awarded for t monument which the state of Maine w erect to its soldiers who dled in the Ande sonville prison in Sumpter county, Georg The monument 18 to be placed In the cen tery at Andersonville, where 24 soldic from Maine lle buried, and it will bear t inseription, “Death Before Dishonor. Chief Bemidji, an aged Chippewn after whom the city of Bemidji, Minn., named, is dying among his tribesmen Cass-lake reservation. He i over % yea old. He lived on the banks of Lake Ber 1dji for over forty years, but moved aw with the advent of civilization six yen ago. The last rulns of his bark wigwa were torn down one year ago to make roc tor a sawmill ch w SMILING LINES, Mr. Hunter—What is your game? Miss Bird—Ol, ~foot means.—Yonkers Statesman. favorite ball, by wi “This Is beautiful scenery ab 1d the guest to the touring car owner) Is it?" muttered the entertainer ns ¥ let her out another notch. looks | me like a smear."—Cleveland Plain Deald “That nephew of yours fs a promisi looking you ‘ellow. What does he run mostiy—money or brains? “He has brains enough to run to mone He's making a dead set at old Bullion daughter."—Chicago Tribune. n dat knows a heap an’ to. dc fMn' " sald Uncle Eben, man dat don’ know nuffin' an’ tr a heap is bof of ,'em nulsances ington Star. don’ Ascum—I don't know whether your he: over the article about Colonel Lushman death was printed the way you intende but it was a good one. City Editor—Let me see. What was 1t? —'"Has fought his last bottle.” Phiiadelphin Fross. ‘Pardon me,"” stre sald Jinks, of Calver t, politely, “but have you change fo have," replied Blinks, of Charle street, with equal politeness. “You are the man I want!” screames Jinks, of Calvert street, “lend me a fiver!’ —Baltimore American. Jokey—Here's a conundrum for you Whlln the difference between a man um 'fl. Hen esNone, unlesw 1l m: \ingvise a8 Lo have an opinion of I m own.—Piladel Ledger. 813"-:“ —Never mind. History will Lobbylst—That's so. 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