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Strike at the Root The Philadelphia North American has polled with unanimously favorable replies th& members of congress as to their views on the following question relative to the treatment of anarchists: Do you favor the following legislation: A law forbidding \he entrance into the United States of those called anarchists and believing in the destruction, over-turning and sub version of established government and an amendment to the naturalization laws making the holding of these principles a disqualifica tion for citizenship? The whole proposition is good, but only the first part of it has a direct bearing on the efficacious disposition of anarchists and anarchy. Of course anarchists should not be admited to citizenship, but The Journal sees little necessity for the enactment of a law specifically denying it to them and little promise that it would be of any avail, if enacted. If the anarchist is willing to take the oath of allegiance re quired in naturalization, he would not hesitate to resort to deceit to convey an erroneous Impression of his political prin ciples. Moreover, it 1b not as a citizen that the anrachist does harm, but as a free agent. Admission to citizenship in no way Increases his opportunities to spread his pernicious doctrines or protects him in crime. Finally, he cares nothing for citizenship, and depriving him of the rights of citizenship would be a matter of small importance to him. Dismissing this part of the North American's suggestion, hearty approval must be given to the proposition that anarchists should be denied entrance to the United States. The suspect's record not his declarations would be the evi dence of the entertainment of anarchical theories, and he s'hbnld be relentlessly re turned to the country of his origin if shown to be in any way affiliated with an archists or attached to anarchy. In this way a severe blow would be struck at the roots of the propaganda of anarchy, for it is well known that most of the anarchists resident in America are natives of other countries, who have sought asylum here. The dens of anar chists now established in this country would be largely deprived of recruits by such a measure, strictly enforced, and with tae rei-tiles of the breed of anarchy already here under strict police surveil lance, or, better still, in actual confine ment, this political disease would, soon be stamped out. In devotion to the time-honored prin ciple of refusing extradition privileges for political offenders, the United States and England have become the proselyting and breeding grounds of anarchists, hounded out of Europe by the tireless police of the continent. And while, in taking up legis lation aimed at anarchists,. we must not in any degree imperil the political re former or agitator who does not resort to assassination as an argument, we may proceed with confidence that hitherto we have erred to the extent of harboring and sheltering some of the deepest-dyed crim inals in the world. In common usage when we say anar chist we mean the man who is a mortal enemy of all government and seeks its overthrow through the assassination of czars and emperors, kings and presidents, magistrates and officials. The problem now before the country has two obvious parts. One relates to the disposition of the anarchists we now, un fortunately, have with us; the other to a prevention of their re-enforcement. The North American's suggestion is a valu able contribution to the discussion of the second part. As to the first part of the problem it is gratifying to observe the measures now being taken to keep the anarchists tem porarily in check while methods of crush ing them forever are being considered. In this connection The Journal de sires to reiterate its belief that there should be some national, as well as state, enactment making even the entertainment of anarchical opinions, as anarchy Is com monly understood, a crime, whether the person holding such views has or has not committed some overt act. The in exorable enforcement of such a law would soon lead to the confinement of all an archists and the eradication of anarchy. Hope for the President Reassuring and, we believe, scrupulous ly faithful bulletins, continue to issue from the sick room at Buffalo which has since last Friday been the focus of national and world inferest. These bulletins encourage a fervent hope that President McKinley, v.'ho has had so many triumphs in his suc cessful career, will conquer his wounds and defeat the designs of the vile Czolgosz. It now seems probable that within a day or two we may look for the announce- meat that, humanly speaking, the presi dent is out of danger. The president was peculiarly fortunate in his medical and surgical attendance and, if he recovers, will doubtless owe his life to the prompt operation quickly decided upon and successfully performed by Dr. Matthew D. Mann. The president is for tunate, too, in that this is 1901 arid not 1881. Twenty years ago such an operation as that performed on the president within an hour of the shooting would have been almost equivalent to a death warrant. Now it is the chief and almost the only means of saving life in such cases. It is probable that if surgery had been so far advanced twenty years ago as it now is President Garfleld's life would have been saved. Presidential Disability There was, during the long illness of President Garfield, a vigorous discussing as to the exercise of the presidential authority in case the president was re moved from office, or died, resigned, or through "inability" could not discharge the powers and duties of the presidential office. So far as the succession to the presi dency, in case the president and vice president die ie concerned, congress has formally placed upon the federal statute book the order of succession. In case President McKinley, through the late tragedy at Buffalo, is by inability unable to discharge his official duties for some time, the constitution provides that the powers and duties of hie office "shall de volve on the vice president." The constitution does not define what "inability" is, but, according to compe tent legal authority it must be^such a mental or physical condition that the devolution of the presidential powers be comes an absolute necessity. The late distinguished Judge Cooley held that in ability to discharge the duties of the of fice might be permanent or temporary, and "if it should occur^ and the duties de volve upon the vice president in conse quence, the latter would be acting president only, for the reason that there would still be a president who had not in any manner vacated the office, though for the time unable to discharge the duties." Displacement of reason would be disability, if it was per manent, but the constitution does not in tend that the vice president shall displace the president before the public interest requires it, to avoid great inconvenience in public affairs. Of course, if the vice president is called upon to discharge the presidential duties, he would be only pres ident de facto, and president de jure only after solemn public function. Dr. Theodore W. Dwight pute the sub ject in concrete shape thus: "The in ability of the constitution is strict intel lectual incapacity. This condition of mind must be established by evidence under the forms of law, which congress is competent to prescribe. When such in ability is properly established in the case of the president, his office devolves upon the vice president, who thereupon be comes president and retains the office until the end of the four years' term, unless a constitutional disability occurs in his case." The vice president is an alternative officer like the lieutenant-gov ernor of a state. The death of President McKinley or the entailment of hopeless mental derangement upon him, proven by competent examination, would open the way to the assumption of the presidential powers and duties by Vice President Roosevelt. He would also succeed if the president were impeached or had re signed the office. Garfield and the Surgeons Since Garfield's death by the hand of an assassin on July 2, 1881, surgery has made great progress in the treatment of gunshot wounds. By the Roentgen process a bullet can be readily located as can any injury of an internal character. The surgeons attending Garfleld did not locate the bullet until the post mortem examination revealed it, and it was twenty days after the shooting before the eleventh rib was found to be fractured, and pieces of bone and clothing in the track of the wound were removed, and, before this, the symptoms indicated the existence of pyaemia. The fracture of the twelfth rib was not known until the autopsy demonstrated it. The quarrel over the treatment of the THE MINNEAPOLIS JOTTBNAE. Garfleld case after his death was a very bitter one. Such authorities .as Dr. W. A. Hammond declared ' that ■ the wound was not necessarily -a, mortal one; and he as eertod : that the surgical >«kill of the day was fully up to the successful treatment of the case, and he charged the Burgeons who treated 1 the case tor the first forty eight - hours .with J •violating well-defined and acknowledged ! surgical precepts, and that Ga'rfleld.did not have all the advan tages of treatment which ' modern sur gery, ceuld afford. ;i ,-"J > f'-:; The distinguished Dr. J. Marion Sims was of the opinion that the irregular track of the bullet would not permit prob ing with any safety to the patient, and that the injury to the spine caused by the bullet made his death inevitable, and it was a wonder he lived so long. Gar fleld lived seventy-nine days, his consti tution, naturally strong, giving him great power of resistance to the encroachments of the deadly blood poisoning. In his case there were symptoms of blood poisoning in the early stages of the disability, but it was not until July 22, about three weeks after the shooting, that the decisive symptoms of a violent chill, followed by a temperature of 103 and a pulse of 132, set at rest any doubts as to the strong progress of blood poisoning. The record of the case shows that at 7 p. m. of the day the shooting, at the Pennsylvania depot in Washington took place, the at tending surgeons thought Garfield was dying. He lived nearly through the third week in September. In the case of President McKinley, the surgeons naturally dread the putrefaction of the peritoneum, the membrane which lines the abdominal cavity, and which was pierced by the bullet of the assassin. The nation prays that he may pull through triumphantly. The issues of life and death are in mightier than human hands. A man is "immortal until his work is done." To the vision of millions of Americans the work of William Mc- Kinley does not seem to be completed. It may be that another will have to take up that work and carry it out with the wisdom and prudence which have charac terized it in the hands of him who lingers between life and death at Buffalo. In any event, the nation must Unitedly frown upon the lawlessness which is begetting such a dreadful record of lynching, mur der and cowardly assassination among us. Poor Men in Politics In one of his last compositions John Fifike dwells upon the folly of teaching young men that they should remain out of politics until they have accumulated fortunes unless they are so lucky as to have inherited independent incomes. He cites American history to show that polit ical power and influence have by no means been the special prerogatives of the rich. The major portion, by far, of the great men of American politics have been those who entered the struggle in youth and have made their living out of it. Men like Hanna, who have successfully en tered politics late in life and been suc cessful are rare; neither have we had many great politicians who were the in heritors of wealth. If men ambitious for careers in politics were to wait until they accumulate for tunes in 'business before entering the lists the direction of politics would be left entirely to the wealthy. Wealth has its rights in a nation's politics and gen erally gets them. One of the cardinal functions of government is the protection of property. It is not less than Just that honest wealth -.should have a great in fluence in politics. But it would be a na tional calamity if all or moat of our polit ical leaders were wealthy men. It is en evitable that the point of view of the rich man shall be different from that of the poor man. The latter sees with the eyes of th«w masses, that is to say with the eyes of democracy. Hence in a republic that is such in reality and not in name the poor man must be powerful In politics. It is no disgrace for a man to make his living by politics. It is a career just as much as law, medicine, the ministry. The returns of public offices are sufficient for the support of those who hold them. The man who succeeds in politics need not be troubled about his living. If he does not, succeed at all he will not stay in politics. If he is successful on the whole, he will be likely to find means of livelihood while not actually in office. All this is said chiefly for the benefit of the man who wishes to make politics a career. The young man who looks for a careeer in some other field of endeavor, but has a liking for politics must restrain himself and be careful lest he dissipate his energies and succeed neither in poli tics nor business, as so many do. But every young man should take a keen interest in politics no matter what his ambition. If his own aspirations are along other lines let him reniem'ber that pure politics, means good government and that whatever his occupation he cannot escape a vital interest in the govern ment. He should make it a part of his regular schedule of duties and distribution of time to give some thoughtful considera tion to politics and, in season, some active work for the men and the causes he es teems. Treatment Professor Gautier of the .r 7r« Institute of France, has for Weary "isolated the bacteria of Walker's physical fatigue" and finds ■p., it a "poison strongly re- Uisease sembling ptomaine poison in nature." Instead of really becoming tired one develops ptomaines and they make him think he is tired. The professor's next step is strictly logical. He proposes by tbe use of disinfectants to destroy the ptomaines gener ated and thus avoid that tired feeling. In this way, no longer suffering from wear and tear, man need neither weaken nor age. Sup pose the professor had a cord of wood to saw. As he proceeds to wiggle the bucksaw up and down, he suddenly detects the effects of ptomaine poison in his system. He rushes to a little cavity in the wood pile and drags therefrom a small bottle of disinfectant with which he treats the ptomaines, thus relieving his fatigue. In this way he goes through a cord of wood like a young boy through a sec ond piece of pie. It is hardly necessary to state here before this large and intelligent congregation that whisky is not a destroyer of ptomaine. As we read the professor's theory and remedy given in a recent number of the Lon don Express, we detect the development of ptomaines in our system. "Dmrtnr Proctor Knott, the patron f. , saint of Duluth, is credited in IQnott S the Kentucky Journal, pub- Jtabbit Hshed at Frankfort, with a r story that throws some light Jfory on the Sampson-Schley con troversy. John Yerkes, Kentucky politician, hunted up ex-Governor Knott one day and showed him clearly in a iong discourse how all the honor of the memorable conflict off Santiago belonged to Admiral Sampson and how Com modore Schley's part In the affair was of minor consequence. Proctor Knott listened with much Interest to Mr. Yerkes' powerful logic and in reply said simply: "It is exceedingly gratifying to me to hear you take the position you have in the matter. It is like a balm te my conscience and settles a point that has worried me many a day. 1 was walking through the woods once with a boy friend of mine when we saw a rabbit run Into a sinkhole. We stood around the hole awhile; then I told the boy to keep watch while I went to get some fire to smoke the rabbit out. When I returned the boy had the rabbit. I took it away from him, claiming that It belonged to me because 1 told him to catch it If it came out. That was over fifty years ago, and you are the first man who has ever agreed with me that the rabbit was mine. I feel now that I was right in taking it, and my conscience Is at rest." Mr. Yerkes'smtled feebly and began a dis cussion of the Goebel affair, v t lch is still warm in inner Kentucky circles. We fear that ex-Governor Knott's rabbit will not come before the naval board of inquiry for a settlement of its status. German papers say that that country will not interfere in the Turkish matter. When somebody else gets the Turk well whipped, then will be time enough to interfere and to try for a slice of the bird. Recent events have caused a great many Americans to desire to commit murder them serves. The best safeguard of popular liberty lies in constitutional and iegal methods. Let the law take it 3 course. The Dutch mistook William K. Vanderbilt for an anarchist and arrested him near the queen's palace. The world is fixed for Wil liam K. so well that he does not need to agitate. The alleged acquirement of the southern re publican delegations by your Uncle Mark is said to cause a creaking of remembrance among the staves of General Alger's barrel. A California physician claims to have found a use for the vermiform appendix. Most people prefer to keep theirs right where it is—even if it does shirk work sometimes. Elijah Dowie was assessed on $500,000 worth of property where the original prophet had to call on the ravens. The prophet has been doing much better this trip. It must have been the hot weather, but it is certain that mortgages cannot be made to stick on the farms this year. They get paid off faster than they go on. In Everybody's Magazine for September General Funston tells all about the capture of Aguinaldo. Mrs. Agulnaldo wrUes, "he's mine. I caught him first." Denver's meeting of scientists say that Adam never fell. Then it is because Eve's hired girl never left a pan of ashes on the steps. The German emperor has delivered 916 public speeches since 1888. It looks as though the empress was clearly outclassed. The weather man has put his foot on the pedal that calls in ftraw hats. As Hicks would say, "Rain may be ex pected about this time." MINNESOTA POLITICS The St. Peter Free Press says: The political writer of The Minneapolis Journal assures his readers that Tarns Bixby will not be a candidate for congress in the third district against Joel P. Heatwole. It is possible that The Journal man speaks by the card, although from the preparations made by Bixby's friends for the coming cam paign in this part of the district it would seem that this is exactly what he intends to be, if conditions will warrant such a step later on in the congressional season. Nicol let county Is virgin soil in- the new third district and Tarns' friends seem to be very anxious that it be reserved for the Goodhue county statesman. Bixby would like to keep Heatwole and his friends on the anxious seat a while and has rather encouraged the talk of himself as a candidate. I bave it on good authority, however, that Bixby has no intention of mak ing the race himself. He might bark some other ambitious third district man, however, to make trouble for Heatwole, if not to defeat him. The Albert Jjea Times says: We are in favor of French of Austin and Gray of Preston for *he position of United States district attorney. Is the next district attorney to be twins? lie will have to be if the first district Is satisfied. Frank A. Day has made an important dis covery. He says in his Fairmont Sentinel: At last we have a "big four" among the republican newspaper men of Minnesota. Tom Shevlin singled them out and gave them places at his thousand-dollar banquet to Ted Roosevelt. Here is the list: A. N. Dare, Elk River Star-News. Alvah Eastman, St. Cloud Jo,urnal-Press. L. P. Hunt, Mankato Free Press. J. A. Schmahl, Redwood Gazette. W. D. Smith of Winnebago City, second assistant secretary of the senate, is said to be figuring on the seat in that body now held by George D. McArthur. Other candi dates from Farlbault county are reported as follows: J. S. Abbott of Delavan, Dan Odell of Wells, K. O. Sandrun of Brieelyn. —C. B. C. AMUSEMENTS Foyer Chat. - .•• Among the latest additions to the great vaudeville bill which will be seen at the Metropolitan next week are: The Lockos, America's greatest bag punchers; Gilbert Brown, the eccentric dancing comedian; Mon roe,- Mack and Lawrence, the great comedy trio, and J. Bernard Dyllyn in a sketch called "The Dangerous Man from Denver." Chauncey Olcott, sweet-voiced and grace ful as ever, opened at the Metropolitan last night in his new Irish play, "Garrett O'Magh." A review of the production will be given In this column to-morrow. The Bijou's attraction next week will be a farce comedy which has met with con siderable success, entitled "Hunting for Haw kins." The story is an entirely original one. There are promised a number of entertaining specialties, a complete and elaborate scenic investiture and the producing company is said to be excellent. Among those to be seen are John L. Kearney, who met with pronounced success* last season in his im personation of the title role in "A Stranger in New York"; Alf Grant, Donald Harold, May Thompson. Bertie Conway, Young and De Voie, Effie Kamman, Frank Ely, Ed Mon crief, Mamie Conway and others. The annual engagement of "In Old Ken tucky" Is now on at the Bijou. On Friday evening a dancing contest will occur. The Kentucky pickaninnies have thrown down a defi to all comers and an interesting con test is to be looked forward to. Several prizes will be given. All entries should be addressed to Theo. L. Hays, manager of the Bijou. A review of the production -will ap pear in this column to-morrow. LARCENY BY MR. SCRIGGS J. H. H.. in Harper's Magazine. Mr. Scruggs is a large gentleman possess ing great dignity, partly natural and partly gained through much experience as presiding officer in countless financial and charitable organizations. One sweltering summer day, as lie dropped into his seat on the afternoon train which was to carry him down to his country place, he noticed with much displeasure that imme diately behind him was the inevitable tired mother with the usual very small children. But the youngsters were quiet, and the mo tion of the car soon had its effect. Mr. Scruggs' chin sank upon his breast, and he slept. Suddenly he became acutely conscious that something warm and sticky had been violent ly inserted between his collar and the back of his neck. He lurched indignantly to his feet, just as a shrill voice exclaimed, with great distinctness, "Oh, ma, that man's got my gum-drop!" Just a Sample Donation. Washington Star. William C. Whitney recently gave $40 to the Salvation Army. It was a generous and praiseworthy donation. But if the democracy is duly reorganized, he will be expected to do much better for the campaign fund. The Terrible Antomobile. Pittsburg Dispatch. The report that three American automobiles have been sent to South Africa for use by British army officers indicates that the Eng lish war office must have been reading the accounts of the terrific doings of th« auto mobiles at Newport. , THE TRICKS OF SHOWMEN New York Tribune. .. , • When Joe Gargery made hie famous visit to London Dick«ns assure* us that the first of the "t&ghta" to attract the estimable blacksmith was the large shoeblacklug estab lishment which had long stared at him from the lid of the box whenever he polished his boots. We are also informed that the pilgrim waß disappointed, finding that it had been "drawed too architectolooral." It is a habit of designing persons ao draw every picture too "archltspto-looral," and mankind is gen erally duped by. th;s dodge; wherefore, re mains a mystery. Of all people who avail themselves of ihis weakness to their profit, those who most perservingly keep up the game, and who find it most likely to catch the unwary, in spite of its admittedly ancient character, are the managers of cheap the atrical companies. The worthy patrons of cheap houses, which grant admittance either free or for a few cents, are always ready, apparently, to be captured by the stalest of bait, else why do the managers keep up the trick with such optimistic fervor? Just at present the Bowery is enlivened with huge rainbow colored posters announc ing, apparently, the advent of a highly sensational melodrama at one of the low class theaters. As a matter of fact, nothing of the sort is in preparation, or is so asserted to be by the "paper." The posters are mere ly what remains to tell tbe tale of an ex pired realistic drama of the horrors of darkest New York, with a microscopic legend pasted across setting forth that the "Slaves of Opium Burlesquers" will appear on such a date. "Slaves of Opium" reads large and clear, while few but the wary would discover that it was not the play but the "burlesque 1 named after the melodrama that is announced. "Slaves of Opium" has met the fata of many another of its kind, and left its manager with large quantities of imposing "paper" on his hands; the manager of some cheap vaudeville show has bought the posters for a song, .-nd trusts to luck that until fairly in the theater the difference between what the flaming sheets Bet forth and the entertainment really before the audience will not be noticed. The trick is not a new one, but it apparently serves its purpose. Once past the box office the money of the most dissatisfied patron is as good as that of tho most enthusiastic applauder. Another form of the same trick is so com mon that it really seems to be kept up from force of habit rather than for tho sake of any advantage to be gained, A stranger, a "green" stranger, that is, might be surprised at the exceeding beauty of the singers whose faces, on large pesters, grace the outside of the free music halls in the Bowery, where the managers pay salaries and support them selves on the profits of the five cent glasses of beer drank. Anna Held for instance, was "featured" in front of one of these places for several weeks. Not a line said that she was really within, but the stranger who knew no better, if, indeed, such innocence is to be found in the Bowery, might well have gone inside and enriched the coffers by five cents in the hope of seeing the lovely creat ure. This trick, however, is, not confined to the Bowery. It is one commonly employed, with more reason, by cheap traveling repretory companies. "Paper" is bought wholesale, representing attractive leading men and gracious heroines, and these are pasted all over the one-night stands, possibly attract ing large bucolle audiences. Outside the theater itseli" it is a common practice to show the photographs of well-known New York actors who played the parts originally, al though what benefit this can be among people who have never been in New York it is hard to see. Stock companies, too, exhibit photographs of actresses who are not with the company, and the manager, if asked by some friend who recognizes the young wom an, and wants to know if she is now playing, will reply, "No, but we hope to have her with us later," although the actress in question may be at the other end of the country. An odd variation of this trick was played by a well-known manager who would not lightly be accused of resorting to such de vices. A "second company" toured the coun try while the actress who had made the reputation of the play continued in this city, but the posters read after this fashion: "Miss Mary Smith's 'Rosamund,' presented by a select company," with "Mary Smith's 'Rosa mund' '" printed in huge letters, an-.1 the. note about the company in very small ones. The result was that even well-informed persons, seeing the posters, would exclaim, "Why, here's Mary Smith, who made such a hit in New York," and would rush to the box office and secure seats. Down at Coney Island there are numerous tricks, each and all delicious to those who look on from afar; but one of the funniest Is that of emptying th« house whenever the management thinks it needs fresh material. The lights will all go out, and the audience will leave; but no sooner is the last man outside the door than everything is bright, and the waiters will explain: "Them fellers wasn't orderln' no beer at all." Daily New York Letter BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL, No. 21 Park Row, New York. Policing the Yacht* 1 Course. Sept. 9.—Policing the course of the yachts in the race for the International trophy is a delicate task, but one that Is effectively handled at each contest by the federal gov ernment. Arrangements for the patrol duty for the coming contest already have been made, so that when the first race is sailed, on Sept. 21, the costly flyers will have a course that is free and clear. The details of the work have been placed by the secre tary of the treasury in the hands of Captain Thomas D. Walker of the United States rev enue service, who will command the fleet of patrol vessels assigned to duty during the cup races. Nominally the duties of Captain Walker and his fleet will be to keep clear the course for the yachts, Out that will be cnly a small part of his work, as was learned in the races of two years ago, when the po licing of the course off Sandy Hook was un der the command of Rear Admiral Robley ■D. Evans, U. S. X., then a captain. He had little time to prepare rules for the occasion, but the rules he did frame were found to cover the ground so well that the same regu lations, with slight modifications, will be followed again. This year there will be twelve or thirteen vessels in the patrol fleet, six or seven revenue cutters and five or six steam yachts. The revenue cutters detailed for this duty are the Gresham, now at New York, which Captain Walker will command; the Onondago, at Philadelphia; the Algon quin, at Wilmington, X. C.; the Seminole, at Boston; the Windom, at Baltimore, and probably the Dexter and the Dallas, slower boats, which are at New Bedford and New London, respectively. How the Work la Done. There will be two divisions of the patrol fleet and two great fleets of steamboats. The patrol vessels will be 400 yards apart and the two divisions will form a great rectangle on two sides of a square, leaving two other aides of clear water to windward and in front of the yachts. The first division of patrol boats will advance end to end in the same direction as the yachts, while alongside will be banked the first flotilla of steamboats, ex tending nearly half a mile to sea. The sec ond division of patrol boats will follow the yachts half a mile behind, while other steam boats will bring up the rear. When the yachts tack, ' the positions of the two fleets of patrol boats and steanfboats will be re versed. Those that were sailing behind the yachts will be on the port side, while those that were sailing parallel to them will in turn be at the rear. Each time the yachts tack the relative positions of the two fleets -will change also. In the triangular race the excursion fleet will gather outside the first and last legs of the triangle, and will be obliged to change places while the compet ing yachts are covering the second leg. When it is observed from the Gresham that the two yachts are approaching the first stakeboat and are about to round it, the revenue flags will be lowered to half-mast on the patrol boats, and their steam whistles will be blown as a signal to excursion boats to go ahead at full speed for a position to leeward of the last leg of the course and as near the second stakeboat as may be without approaching it nearer than half a mile. Thus the excur sion fleet is prevented from going to wind ward of the yachts and blanketing them, while the crowds aboard will be able to get a fair view of the racers as their vessels MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBEB 9, 1901. Copyright, 1901, by E. W. Taylor. "To me it Is obvious that we are in an ex tremely unenviable position," said the Hero, as he looked sadly across the little hotel roonfrat tne Soubrette. "To commence with," remarked the Juve nile, "the manager of the Dein Repertoire company has skipped with the cash and left us with nothing but the knowledge that we probably never will be able to^draw the sal ary which has been due us for the last three weeks. "Misfortune Xo. 2 consists in the deplorable fact that the proprietor of the Riggsville Pal ace Hotel has confiscated all the baggage "f the company and says he will hold it until our board bills are paid. Southern Indiana is many long and weary miles from Broad way, and our cash assets, as I have ascer tained by trying to borrow money from each member of the party, amount in the aggregate to $8.55. Xow, what are we to do? We have talent, but what is talent without make-up or wigs? We have plays, but what are playa without scenery or costumes?" "Wo might start a dirre museum and let you be the star freak," said the Comedian, who had been aroused from a quiet nap by the Juvenile's prattle. "I rather fancy that museum idea," said the Juvenile, assuming an air of meditation. "Xow, here's a scheme. We'll put you on exhibition," he said, pointing to the Come dian, "and then start a voting contest among the unmarried ladies of Riggsville. Votes cost 10 cents and the lady receiving the mo3t votes would be publicly married to you in thc hotel parlors next Saturday night. We could charge 50 cents admission to witness the cere mony, and who knows, perhaps you might bring $80 or $90." "I'm not a bigamist," said the Comedian, in his most dignified manner, "and erven if I were not married I certainly should refuse to spend the rest of my days in the town of Riggsvine." "You don't appreciate the glories of self sacrifice," the Juvenile remarked, sadly. "Now, we would give you a fine send-off. We would borrow those costumes we used in 'Don. Caesar' from the landlord and arrange a genuine eighteenth century wedding." "We'll talk nonsense later," growled the Heavy. "I hear the dinner bell ringing. Let us eat while we may." In a short time the little room was deserted save for the Hero and the Soubrette, who pro fessed to have no appetite. They looked mournfully at each other for several minutes before the silence was broken. "I'd like to wring Dean's neck," was the Hero's savage remark. "I wouldn't mind it so much if he only owed me my back salary, but to get me to lend him that $200 I'd saved for our marriage and then run away with it." He put his head in his hands and looked the very picture of theatrical despair. "Don't worry, dear," said the girl. "Per haps we may think of some scheme which will help us all out of the trouble. I may be thinking of one now for all you know." This was said timidly and with an appealing glance at the Hero. "I'm almost afraid to tell you," the Sou brette went on rapidly. "And anyway, it isn't my scheme altogether. I hope that you won't think I'm unwomanly to think of it. But what do we care for these Riggsville people? They never would see us again, and it prob ably would take us back to Xew York, and we could be so happy together." "When you get ready to divulge this scheme of yours you will give me my cue to listen, won't you?" said the Hero, sarcasti cally. "It's just this, dear." 'The girl turned her head so that he could not see her face —"You heard th«m joking about the wedding and all that. Will you do it?" "Do you mean that you will cheerfully abandon your claims and sacrifice me to the elderly maiden ladies of Riggsville at 10 cents a vote?" asked the Hero, with the same sar castic intonation. "Don't be stupid," said tbe girl. "But why should we wait until next season before we are married? Why not now? Why not " She stopped, looked up at him doubtfullly and then hesitated. "Why should we not arrange our marriage as he suggested. We mignt make it a regular theatrical eighteenth centu ry wedding and have the rest of the company in fancy dress. To theee people we would change positions ■ from one leg to the other of the course. The Recalcitrant Policeman. Policeman O'Neill, who defied Devery and said that he had been transferred four of five times because he would not stand for a "shake-down," that is to say, because he wouldn't give up $25, is on trial before Depu ty Commisisoner York on charges made by Devery. The law firm of Lord, Day & Lord has volunteered to represent him at the trial, and' O'Neill has received many letters from business and profesisonal men praising him for his courage and offering their help. He is surprised, however, that other members of the police force h_ave not dared to make the stand he- has. The Merchants' Association will undertake the cost of his defense. It is not unlikely that District Attorney Philbin will bring the facts of O'Neill's case before the grand jury in a way that may be un pleasant to . Devery. To-day O'Neill had a long interview with Assistant District Attor ney Garvan, after which he said: "I have given to Mr. Garvan the name of the man who tried to shake me down, and told of many other cases similar to mine. This sys tem of payments for transfers is quite old. It flourished during Conlin's time, but died down considerably when McCullagh was chief. As soon as Devery became the head of the department it spread through the city with remarkable rapidity. I know many men who paid $25 willingly rather than be transferred far from their homes. It was cheaper than the cost of moving their furniture, with its incidental expenses. I am astonished that other men who suffered as I did have not come forward, now that I have broken the ice.'' The Brie Canal. Friends of the Erie canal who have lately been working at cross purposes, have now reached an agreement, and will pull together. Both Buffalo and New York are now strongly in favor of the 1,000-ton barge improvement, which would mean an expenditure of $60,000, --000. Among those who have been recently converted to this plan is ex-Mayor Schieren. His conversion Is all the more significant be cause Mr. Schieren was chairman of the commerce commission, which reported in fa vor of canal improvement on a much smaller scale and in opposition to the 1,000-ton barge plan. Comparison In Hotel*. A comparison of the hotels of New York and London is especially interesting at this time. Since the large increase In the mem bership of the American colony In London and the Improvements in hotel accommoda tions which Americans have had a consider able share in bringing about, the number of London hotels has largely Increased, and so has the amonut of money Invested in them. A London paper resently published a state ment to the effect that the twenty leading hotels of London now represent a capital of something like £7,000,000, or about $35,000,000. 'During a busy month they accommodate 8,400 guests every night and find employment for 4,500 servants. One hotel syndicate rep resents an Invest ment of £3,500,000 and made a profit last year of £156,000. But, while London, with a very much larger transient population, too, has thirty-five hotels which may come properly In the category of first class, New York, in Manhattan borough, has fifty; and while London hotels represent a capitalixation of $35,000,000, those of New York represent more than twice as much. The ehlef New York hotels occupy «xten- be playing a comedy with a serious climax, but to us," dear. It would b« a real romance and none the less sac-red were the who!e» world gazing at us. It does, seem to me Unit it would go," she added thoughtfully. The Horo sighed, "I don't know that I am so much opposed to it. As you say, it would ■hep none the less sacred to us. Why not allow these country bumpkins the privilege of paying fifty cents apiece to see a fancy dress wedding. Society people pay admission fees for the weddings they attend, only th^y use salad forks and olive dishes for tickets instead of half dollars. I really think the price is too low." "Perhaps it is, considering that this is pos itively our last Joint appearance In this act," said the Soubrette, who recovered her spirits easily. The two were soon busy planning the de tails of their scheme, and when the oth.er members of the company returned to the room the plan was unfolded. "Hooray for your pluck and hooray for me for thinking up such a brilliant scheme," said the Juvenile, enthusiastically. "I shall be manager, of course. I've got most of my plans made already." The Juvenile took out his notebook, pulled his chair to the center of the room and assumed an important air. "I shall now cast the piece. In addition to my duties as manager, I shall also play the second lead, as best man. You," he said, pointing to the old man, "-will play the father .part and give the bride away, and your wife shall be the matron of honor. The best I can do for you two"—indicating the Comedian and the Heavy—"ia to make you ushers. But you will have plenty of good business before the play begins and you will toe in the front of the chorus during the ceremony." The Comedian growled and the Heavy Icoked somewhat disappointed, but they con sented to do whatever might be required of. then. It would take far too long to describe in detail the herculean labors of the Juvenlla during the following three days. It would ruin his reputation were It to be told how he succeeded in convincing the editor of the Riggsville Palladium that the Hero and the Soubrette were really New York aristocrats who had given up society for the stage. But it was useful in securing free advertising and the Juvenile conscience was elastic. His persuasive eloquence had such Influence upon the hotel clerk and the hostler that they agreed to don fancy costumes and stand with crossed halberds at the door to tak« tickets. Even the local justice of the peac« promised to perform the ceremony in a imonk's cowl and gown when the Juvenile hinted, with a knowing wink, that when the justice went to New York for a little trip he would be able to take him behind the scenes and show him the sights. In fact, the Ju venile was indefatigable. The wedding was truly a gorgeous affair. With the gaudy perforated paper which was placed around the dining-room to attract flie3 during the summer, the landlord created a wonderful canopy under wnich the bride and groom were placed, while the Fourth of July decorations of the Riggsville Palace hotel lent a patriotic, if somewhat incongruous, aspect. The Hero was a particularly strik ing bridegroom when he appeared in his wine-colored doublet and hose, blue trunks and bejeweled sword. The Riggsvilliana gazed with respectful wonder at the Eliza bethan ruff which was the most conspicu ous feature of the bride's costume, and they are still wondering if eighteenth ceatury brides always wore skirts which reached only to their knees. When It was all over, th# Juvenile said, as he congratulated the groom: "It was a tremendous hit, old man. We nad 'em standing up and we're a hundred and twelve dollars to the good. The railroad agent will give us tickets to New York for eighty-four dollars—theatrical ratesr—and when we get there we're going to spend what's left on the swellest wedding bieak fast we can buy." It would be much more pleasant, and per haps more interesting, wen* it posstble to state truthfully that the Hero and the Sou brette have since become so successful that they are now numbered among the great ones on the stage. Buti t must be admitted that the He-ro is at present doing vaudeville "»tunts" for a moderate salary, while the Soubrette is educating her youngest »on. But they ara very happy. sive sites on the mast generally travtled thoroughfares. Each new hotel, in its inte rior equipment, seeks 10 exceed those whi a have previously been at the head of the Hue. The New York hotels accommodate consid erably more than lu.uOO guests on the aver age. A further difiereia-e is that there is practically no dull season in the New fork hotel business, the number of transients in the midsummer mouths 'being unusually large. The Oyster Crop. This year's crop of oysters will eclipse ia number and flavor the harvest* of several years past. The beds for the larger oyster* are thickly filled, and the Rockawayc, Free ports and Prince's bay oysters are in prime condition earlier than usual. Dealers say that the half-shell varieties, the Oakland*. Blue Points and the product of the new bed known aa Buzzard's Bay, which has beea used only for two seasons, will be superior in quality. Last year there were some con signments to England, but not in large bulk. Buyers from the other side of the Atlantic are now in the city, and others are expected to arrive this week, -who will place large or ders with local dealers. The European oystt>i< trade will be more than doubled this year. The English people have coma to recognize that our oysters are superior to their pa tlves, and the outlook points to the shipping of over 10,000 barrels a month. As a mattf-r of fact, the dealers here can deliver oysters, because of the shipping facilities and better means of preserving, cheaper and better ia Liverpool than they can In Chicago. Conse quently more men -will earn their livelihood in the oyster trade this year than have hith erto been employed. It has been estimated that 5,000 men will be engaged in taking oysters from the beda; that there will ba 1,000 employed on the sloops and schooners: that at least 10,000 men in this state -will live by opening the shells, and that there will be engaged in the state at le*«t B,WX> oyster cooks—a total number In the oy«tef industry of about 25,000 men. Cost of Staging? Modern Play*. Little thought, as a rule, te given to th« probable expense of staging modern play.*, and the public 1b not Inclined to bother much about this detail. A playwright of note told the writer that a play of his about to ba produced will mean a loss of from $35,000 ta 140,000 It it fails, that represent* money ac-. tually Invested to say nothing of the con sequent loss of engagement* to member* ot the company. There was a time when §uch a venture might be made for from $5,000 to $10,000, which Is a good deal of money ta stake on a gambling venture. Soenlo artists now get much larger prices for their work* and If a play requires five sets of scenery, they cost, at a low estimate, $6,000, and the expense may be several times that amount. The mounting of one opera last winter cost $36,000. —Edward S. laUmt. Right la Rlsht. '■■ Austin Transcript. ' The Minneapolis demand on the Omaha road to,. run. it* trains \ directly Into th*t .' city ; la* stead of by the out-of-the-way route through St. Paul is Just and the railroad should t>« made to feel ..the justice of the demand to a practical - and " emphatic* manner, Right 19 right,; whether ,In dealing! by a corporation or-bjr.aa Individual. . ; -j.-.i ■':■'■ ;>-* \ : L