MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP FAD
IS DOOMED IN GREAT BRITAIN
JNumcrous Failures of llie Social
ist ExpcHiucntcrs Havc Causcd
An Awakcnjnjr,
POORER SERVICE TO PUBLIC
Propcrtics AlloAvcd fo Run Down.
Taxes Increased?Gas Plants
and Raihvays Badly Managed.
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By S. FREp. HOQUE.
London, England,
LONDON* has soundod. tho death
knell of Municipal Soclalism ln
Oreat Britain, For ten years
the rulo of thn faddlsts was
tmconflned, but the awakonlng hns como.
The Cocknoy Tnmmany mot an over
whelmlng dofcat in tho Novomuer clec
1ions, nnd tho stuixly old Consorvatlves
nre returnlng triumphantly to powor.
"Municipal rcfornicrs have won' 1,115 of
tho 1,362 seats ln the City Counclls,
They now control twenty-livo of llie
twenty-elght boroughs of Greater Lon
don. Bosf Crooks ls about as popular
ns was hls prototypo Boss Twecd whon
Tiiminatiy lost control of New York City.
JSovomber' elections affoctcd only tho
horough coioiclls; Crooks, .Shaw and
Kior-llardle remaln seourc In tlielr sout?
ln tho County Council untll "March. Thon
will como tho elections that aro to dc
cldo whether London shall restore
to prlvato capltol tho great tradlng en
texprlses which hor counclliors have
managed so disastrously aa publlc utill
tlcs.
Thc municipal ownershlp bubblo hus
burst. "AVhllo slandg \he London CouiUy
Council municipal tniding shall stand,"
tissertcd Klor-llardio a year ago. Tho
I'oform tiiial wavo now threateng to carr*'
away thc County Council Itself and estab
llsH in its placo a new system ol borough
counclls.
Service Deteriorates.
For ton years London hns followed tho
?wlll-o'-tho-whlsp of the Municipal Soclal
iali. Durlng that tlme tlie\publtc ser?
vlco has dctcrlorated, the municipal debt
haa almost doubled, and tho tax rate has
Jncreused fifty por cent. Thc awakonlng,
so slow in coming. has arrlved. It takes
the average Londonor about as long to
reallze a clvic extravaganco as lt does
for hlm to see the polnt of an Amerlcan
?joke.
London's awakenlng waa nceompllslied
hy the worklngmon Uiehiselves. These
have rovolted againat the rule of the
niunlclpal bosses; the Soclallsts nnd tho
walklng delegatos havo been allke ro
pudlnted by tho honest workers; and
tbe rule of the ring is broken. Twenty
flve boroughs have eiected oounclllors on
.straight anll-municlpal ownershlp plat
forms.
Those fine salaries would bo all well
enough, say tho.workingmen, If we dldn't
liuve to pay them. I dlscussed this phasc
of tho wage question wlth a inunbor of
ivorklngmen who camo to tho rooms of
tho London Municipal Soclety, seoking
for Information about tho. tax rates.
"It roads smoothly eiu"\-;h AVhen on
paper,'' said one hard-tlstod carpenter,
"but lt doean't work out well. My nolgh
bor ls omployed by the city. Ho gets
off an hour earller than 1 do, and ho
rccclves two shillings a day more pay.
I don't envy him hls iplace, but I do
ohject to taklng part of my menjfc
wages to pay hls llno salary. Not ono
worklngmon ln ten ls empioyed by the
City Council. Thi3 means that at least
nine of us must pay hlgher rents in
order that tho tcnth man shnll get a
soft snap.
"1 havo read a groat deal In our papers
of what your President says about n
'square deal.' If ho were over here I do
not bellovo that ho would- Bland for a
Hcheme in wlilch nlno of us give up part
of our scanty earnlngs lu order to pro
vide the tenth man wltli an easy placo
nt a fat salary..
"It spolls a loan to fc'Vt a city job'hore,
anyhow. He Isn't expected to do more
than half a day*s work. It he does bet
ter. than thnt he will got hlmself disllked 1
by the. workmen about hlm. After ho |
has been wlth tho city a few months he
educates hlmself to be a lonfor, and ho,
can't go back on a prlvato jOti and keep j
pace wlth the other workmen."
lt is largely duo to tho offorts of tho
?municipal socletlea tliat the workmen of
London havo learnod what municipal !
ownershlp rcal^'-costs them. They havo;
found that ,,the... c4ty'*'pays about ? twlco j
as much.as a prlvato company foranl
improvement, itnd that tho Improvement
AVhen completed ls seldom satisfactory.
Some Strikinfi Facts.
London hus spent $10,000,000 on work
Sngmen's dwellings. The object was to
clear away the slums. Many old bulld?
lngs have been torn down and new ones
built ln their placea, but tlio slums stlll
cxist. The city charges hlgher rents for
tho new houses, tho old teiian'ts cannot
afford to pay tbo increase, and tbe rosult
Js that they are crowded brick one streot
nnd a now slum distriet grows thoro. , cos
ln ten years London hns lost $8,000,000 thc
ln rontala and taxes by taklng the stroet Th
railways from prlvato companlos. She wo
haH incurred an indebtednoss of nbout 1 .l
5,50,000,000, and in placo of belng repro- bo.
ductive, the operation of tlio linen, ln- clt
cluding street wldenlnga, has cost tho' se|
city about $6.000,000 moro tluui tho in- pai
como recelved from fares', tlii
Two years ago London ostabllBhed a Bpi
fleet ot municipal stcamboaUs on tlie "fi
Thames. Theso boats cost about $3,000,- | rol
000. Durlng tbo two years they wore j hli
used the cost of oporatlng expenuea wns 1
$500,000 greater than tho revenue. Now ! 0|i
tho boata are tic-.l up ni docks rustini," ] mi
out, The last of them was tvken off tho gri
river on tho lirst of November." For thls Tl:
c.ostly cxperliiient tho tuxpayora must bu
KUbserlbe M,000,0n0, Includlng IntoroBt on wl
the bon.ls. For that expondlturo the clly Tl
could not now reallze $250,000, I hc
The City Council has already expondod d'e
$4,000,000 on a power generating plnnt i '
for the street rallway system. ^t lenst 1 th
$;t,000,000 more mu*t bo spont beforo tlio ' ra
plnnt la lltilahed. Thla plnnt is a niorvel '; P?
in municipal extravaganco. STeurB havo: Ini
been devoted to Its liullillng, and othor ;oli
yeara mtiat elapso beforo It la completed. "?
Thero aro somo wlio nsserl that ileetlic ?
railways will be obsolcto by tlie tlmo thls
plant la flr.lshed.
Qompetent electrlcal exports sny that
un elcctrlcal statlon adequatc to supply '
the London truma could havo boen built I
for at least half tho bum tliat thls plant
wlll cost, and ln h '.f tho tlmo.
Tli'g la one ?f the monurnonts London
tnxpay.-rii hivo ralsed lo Ulll Crooks and"
":, hls rlng of Boolallsl-Labor Union ?Kila
torM. lt ia doubti'ui lf lis equal <-.-.\i be
found even ln tho rocorda of tbo Twecd
Ivglinn ln New Vork City,
The Storm.
Th.-se Ihlngg are now common i?lk li
3/ondon. When 1 wroto my Drat l< tter,
threo montha ago, thi mutropollg was
Btlll asl.op. 'J'lien tho Hoelullst-Labor
Union rlng was corrupt nnd tlie city wasj
rippiirently ..?oiit*iit"i3. 11- ia now ex
fntnely donblful wbctln-r Crooks nnd hla
followora wlll bo able to woathor tho
Htorm of indlgiiation that broke wltli tho
dawn.
Complete mmrilclpaJIzallQB at the Lon- |
floa strcej. rallway system waa ono of tho1
niliiu Iiiim. 'l'lierr, nre more thuu loiio of these In use. They tul-t- (liv pliice
ol' atreel enrs mul make n Oiorougrlifiire look like 11 p'rocesslou
of "snndwlcli" men.
i Issues of the campaign. Thc rnll
; nro dtvldcd Into u northern nnd u
llerri system. Tho southern system
boon operated by ihe clty dlrect for
o or four years, while the northern
.m Is controllcd and operated by prl
caplt.nl.
iirion's onormbus popultttlon und can
ad dlsti'Icts present ideal conditions
slreet . rallroiidlrig, Under prlvato
arshlp tho system would be a groater
ey-m.iker than a government mint.
under tho niallKiiaiit lnfluenco of
Icipal Soclallsm tho lin<|i do not pay
inses. .'
ist year the nortliorn syslom, leascd
. prlvato cotnpany, paid ten tlmos as
,t a rcyentic ovor working expenses
ho city ns tho southern. sy tem, ope
d by the County. Council. But tho
ullsts woro lilsisting on cnnceling thu
licrn lease, so thut the wholo system
lit be under public control. Tho mass
inpulatlon Is In tho southern distrlct,
it .is tlibro- thut tlio profit should be
.tcst.
io reports \of tlio London County
-4W
lou KtrcetK. In th.. eentre In <be Stock ni_.chi.UKc UuiliHuK. Tlie hmg, low liulldlng to tlie left ls tlie Bank of Euglnnd. Tlie narrow thoroughfnre run?
nlng piist it Is Tlireadueedle Street. Tbe tlirec vWudowa <o the right are ln front of thc Munsloii house of tlie Lord Mnyor.
ncll revcals pretty clearly the reuson
? il ?? southern system does not pay
enses, ThCBo reports show thut the
. ''of luylng. a doublo trnok road by I
municlpuli'ty wus $100,000 a mile. |
a wns a llttlo inorc than tho London ,
klngmcn would Bland.
lnce tho November elections thoro ims ,
n somo inquiry about what prico tlio J
? could got II ir woro to conclurto to '
tho street?rtillways to prlvato com
les. Thls innulry has beon mado by I
Consoryutiyca.' lt 1... brlnalng-lo llght '
io starUing facts uhout tlio conditions I
the pr.woi-liousos arid tho shopa, tho !
lng atbuk and oiher parts-of tho nm-|
Ipa] streot rnllway system.
i order lo mttlco u showing of profit
papor, tho Frogrosslvos havo per
t'ed tho proporty lo deprecluto untll u
at deal of tlio machinery ls worthioss.
. entire system ueeda overliuiillng,
a bond issue of nt least $8,000,000
l bo pecosttary to ruise tlio monoy.
a .--.'.ini Bot u.-ldi. for reiiowals has not
:li o'qual to oini-t'iitii or tho ? uctuiil ,
irectixtlon ol tlu- proporty.
in.- fifih ol' adtuarlott has dslinmtod
t tho clty could tiot soil tho stroot
Iways lor jiO.000,000 loss than sho
d for them, In t'rict, thoro ls u grow
suspiclon horo that tho l)fo of tlie
ctrlc gtroot railway is doomed, Withln
i two-mlln distrlct lnoio than l,'-<?0
... M. Q. AHQYLL.
aulomobllo bussos nro now oporatlng.
Tho fares on tlicso bussos ls ns low ns
on tho cars; ln innny places they mako
better time, and they aro much moro
popular. The result is lhat bankors nnd
flnnnclers nro excoedlngly cluiry about
how thoy invest money in prlvato stroet
cu.r llnes.
lt is frocly pt'edictod hero tliat- ten
?>'?.- hijnco it">>" wlll bo no-slrcet cai
ranls on London throughfnres: but
.,,.' .lio noxt ni ty years tho people of
London will he paylng for tlio bonds
with which tho Progressivcs bought thc
streot-cur lines.
At tho present tlmo thero nro no sur
face llnes inslde what is called the twV
mile llmlt. Thls comprlses the heart 01
tho business distrtct. Here' tlio only
rhcans of transportatlpn are the clumsy
unslghtly, doublodccked penny busses,
thc 'andsom cab and tho automoblh
bussos. Tho lutter wore Introduced onl!
lust Muy, but they huve nbout crowded
tho penny bus off tho streis.
London's failures In muiilclpal tradlng
have beon dupllcated on a smaller scali
ll l-M - I
by almost overy clty ot Great Brltnln
In wlilch tho Crooks-Kler-IIardie rlng
havo gaincd a footliold. The fullures are
probably moro marked here for thc rea?
son that tho pbpulatlon of tho metropolls
is so great that thoro aro millions of cus"
tomers for a- guH or olcotrlc company,
und millions ot' faros for Iho tram curs.
London gets clieap gns ns compared
Wlth thc other Engllsh and Scotch cMUoS,
but for lts olectrlclty and for street car
rides puys aAvay abovo tho nvcrnge. Its
yas plant ls tho only utllity that ims not
beon absoilieil liy thc Munlclpal Snciul
Ists.
Iii ordor lo lost tho Soclallst argumont
that munlclpal ownership would always
rcduco tho cost of gas and electrlcity
to thd consumer, I have comntled a table
showing tho oomparatlvo prlces charged
by munlclpiilltlcs und prlvato compunles.
ln Knglanrt tlio cost of gas or electrlcity
Is regulaled largoly by tho prico of coai
1 havo clnssod together cltles ln tho snino
locillltleg Or ut cquul dl_.la.nc.os front tho
great coul Holds.
Hero uro Iwo copiparlsopa neur tho
coul Holds of tho price ot' gas;
Prico
por 1000 Cnndle
Cuhla Foot. Power.
Sliofllold (compnny) _ 1s. Id.
18. Rd. 17..
Blrmlnghfltn (munlolpnl) Ih. (ht,
' 2s, .il. 10.30
Llvorpool (company) ,..2s. ifd.
2s. Hd. 20.0
Mnnchester (company).. 2s. 4 d.
2... 7d. 17..'
Priccs charged for gas by cltion sltu
nlod away from tho conl fleldg aro as
follows: Cnndla
Prico, Poivnr,
London (company) .2b, Od'. 10.52
.fJlasgow (munlclpal) ...2s,ld. ....
Brlstbl (company) .2s. 2d. 14.fi
Hull (company) .2s, od. 15.02
Derby (company) . 2s. tid. 15.fi
Hnrtpool (company) .... iis, Jtl. 10,28
Newcastle (compnny)... ls. 10tJ 16.13
AVolvorhnmpton (com'y). 2s, fld. 15.77
Accrlngtoii (munlclpal). 2s, 8d. , 15.77
llnrrow (munlclpal) .... 2s, Od. 20.
niackhtirn (munlclpal) ? !Ib, ld. 17.
Bolton (munlclpal) .2s. nd 18.
Htlddcrflcld (munlclpal) 2s. 7d. 15.
Loods (mimiclpal). 2s. 2d. 18,4
Nolllngham (munlclpal). .2s 2d.,
2s. Od. 1C.
AVnlsnll (munlolpnl) .... 2s. r.d. lf,.
Compnrallve priccs charged for olectrlo
llght nro ns follows:
Canal 6
Ti'lcc. Power.
Biriningham (munlclpal) ls. Od. 17,
Shoflleld (compnny) .... ls. 4d. 17.H0
Olnsgow (munlclpal) ... 2s. ld. 21.
Bristol (compnny) .ls. lld. .18.25
Leeds (munlclpal). 2s, 3d. 18.4
London (company) . 2s.i0a. 14.7
Newcastle (company) .. 2s. Od. 10.59
Darllngton (munlclpal). 2s. Od. 15.75
Toltoniiam (company).. 2b. ld. 15.60
Hnllfux (munlclpal). 2s. 3d. 17.04
Dorby /compnny). 2s. ld. lo.OO
Notllnghtim (munlclpal), 2s. ild. 10.
TIB0UG1VILUGES0F
illEED QRIENT
(Continued from Third Pago.)
ply tho Blblo; and tho missionnries aro
unable to meet tho demand for tho
tcttchlng of lt.
Early tho next morning, aftor a nlght
which in the interest of dclicncy would
better bo pasfsod over wlthout cominent,
tho mlssionary bogan the work of ox
amining tho forty applicants for bap
tism. Tlio throo "leaders" of the local
chureh, and a vlsltlng older from Sooul,
sat on the lloor of our 3loopliig room,
and tho ijandldates wero brought ln one
l.y one. The flrst Avas a man of forty
who had learncd to road ln ordor to
read the Blblo, a common experlenco
among the Korean converts. Tho noxt
was a boy of twelve, son of Chrlstian
parents. Then came a young man of
twenty-elght, then an old man. A
brlgilt boy of twolvo, wlth hls ualr
up ln a top-knot, In tokon of belng "a
mail," had beon marrlod a yenr to a
f-irl of flfteen, alao a hellovor. Al?
though marrled, thoao childrcn renldo
Avlth tlioir own parents; tho misslonary
.hstructod thom to do so untll they
have reached tho niarrlagoublu ago
1'xe.l by the church, Avhlcli Is alxtoon
yours lor a glrl und elghluon for a
man. Many auch practlcal probloms
as tliosu arlso among a peoplo fresh
fiom rank heathoillsm.
After watehing tho oxaniiiiatlona for
aovonil hours,-and havlng tho questions
iriitislutod to mo, I muut aay that tlio
rltiK'KH of tho eandldatcs for church
hloinboi'shtp Ih very rlgidly guarded.
Tlie i Nnininatlon la much moro rlgid
than a person has to undorgo ln order
to boconiQ a monibor of a church |n
Amorlcu, I told tho mlBsionary, thnt
I would not rlsk It mysolf; lie ro
(<Ulros nlinost a tlioologlcal education
on tlio purt of tho converts. Thla
atrlctness Is neccsisary, however, to koop
?he peoplo from jotning tlm church
fiu 111 un-Chi'lstlan motlves; it would
be oasy othorwlsa to turn Chrlstlnnlty
to polltlcal ust'H ln Koicn. 1 wuh
idoasod to note thut tho strlcttioBs of
tho oxumlniition waa abated (n tlio
lasi) uf Bomo ignorant pensunt wonmn.
Oiii! hud been a bollovor nlne yours,
an.l th.. leaders tesllfli-'t to lier plely;
mi, although ahe couhl not road nor
ailBWor ninny of tho quofltlons, sho was
tahcri into tho ohurc.h.
All duy long iho mlssionury worko.l
ovor these e'.ainlnatkiiiB. aud ut ilvi
o'clock he had only got through tu'on
tj'vSiX persons; tho otliors wuiild. havo
lo-walt untll hls next vlait. Fourloon
Cf tho eandldatcs wero pilSUOd for bnp
Iimii nnd olovon retiilnnd in tho i-itt..'
chiiim n olnss lor ii whllo longer. Just
hefiii-e ,lu.-,H a loiltlor went bAlt1 and
blBVV " -wliLstliv to siiiiiin.ill the villago
tn Church, and the peoplo laid aaldn
Uiolr liiboiH and ustieinbled for"'tho liup
tlsnial service. Thls wns sbnplo, brlef
t'll.l llllple;;; Ive. 1 tlllllk 1 sllllll ronlOlll
ber ihe .slght of tho praiv-asiou or
wlillo-roboil vIllagei'H wlth Blblns aud
liyuiu books undor tholr anna, filliig
BRITISH SQUADRON COMING
TO JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
H. M. S. HAi.ir-orill-U
down thc hlll from tho churcli nt sun
BC-t.
AVhen wc hiistencil away from tho vll?
lago, tho people gatliorod wilh many good
wishes. The. slinpllclly. opon-huurtodncss
nnd uffoctlon ot these ohlld-Uke Chrhitlans
Is really uffecting. Becauso I wus wlth
Mr. Hall thoy consldered mo a mlsslon
nry-in-Iaw, 1 supposc, nnd thoy sent me
olT -wilh such demohstraUohs of interest
and such rbpcatdd bcnedictlons na do
not often full to the lot of a Jnurnallst.
B wns a now sensatlon. I really lllcod
it so, tliat when on tlie day followlng, a
boy carrying on hls back two ilftcen-foot
tlmbers of telograph-polo thickness (a
Koroun coollo wlll carry four tlmes hls
welght und slx times hls bullt) fltopped
me wlth hcamlng face und squeezed my
nrm, X took it for granted that ho had
seen me nt churcli, nnd I rcsponded wlth
tho salututlon of "Peaco," whlch 1 had
leurned.
Reforrnation aridU Religion.
An hour's walk in the twilight und
darkness brought us to tbe noxl ucttlc
ment, where tho cxperienc. of the.pre
vious day was repeatcd. Out ot seventy
fnn.ilies twbnty-llvo aro bolidvors, and
(ho vlllago, which Is slluatcd along the
rlver. aud had long .been ribtorlbus for
Its gambling, drlnking and genoral
"toughness," had been entlrely ' nltcrcd
n Its character by Christlanlty. Here i
irowded church?ereeted, of course, liki
nll othora, by tho Koroans' own rnono;
uid handlwork?awalted tho misslonary.
After another night in a room slmilo
Lo tbe ono in whlch wo had slept th
nlght before, tho misslonary started 1
again oa a almllar grlst of caridldutc
for baptlsm, pultlng through twenty, le?
than half tho waltlng list, boforo start
ing on n half day's journoy to the no>
villago, whoro the sanio procoedlhgs wei
(lupll.'iited,
As wo wmit on our way from oac
villago somo of tho eldcrs would n<
company us, aa tbe Ephesian oldoru ai
companletl tho Apostlo Paul. Tho eusto
is un Oriontal ono, as Is also tho o'or
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THE DREADNAUGHT.
Blcjnest battle.hlp ln th* world, whlch wlll be In England's aquadron at tho exposition.
Klantly repcato.l salutatlon ot "Pcacc!
Peace!"
Summing up tho wholo trlp, threo facts
ospeclally Imprcssed me. Flrst, tho ro
ceptlvlty of tho Koreans toward Chrls
tlanlty, tu cagorridsa nnd Blncerlly; second,
tho thoroughnosH of the work of tho
misslonary, and the. vlgilanco wlth whlch
church meniberahlp Is guardod; tlllrd,
tho rcmarkablc fact that tho misslonary
has no tlme to go aftor peoplo or do any
plonoor ovangellstlc work; tho church Is
propllgatlng Itself. Horo, In two decades,
has been created a nativo church that
is wholly Btdf-supportlng an.l sclf-ex
fen.llng. I havo 110 doubt that if tho
present misslonary forco In Korea were
fiuadrupled or sextupled at ortco, prac?
tlcally tho wholo nation'would bocome
Chrlstian ln losa than a score of years.
(Copyright, 1307, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
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EUROPE'S BIGGEST.
Largest Europen Locomotive on
French Northern Railway.
Tho' French Northern Ballway Com
i pany has just built an englne for
whlch It Is clalmed that lt Ib tho most
powertul ln Europe for heavy goods
tractlon. It has sixteen wheels and Ib
capable of drawing a train welghlng
a thousand tons. Tho mechanism is
doscrlbed as conslsting In reallty of
two. 'englnes ln juxtapoaltion upon a
jointed bogie. Thero is, however, only
onoinimonsc bollor, wlth a slngle fur
nace. In other wonla, tho englne Ib
sliiglo by its evaporatory gear and
double by its mechanism. The total
length is nearly seventcon metres, and
ItJ weight about 3 05 tons. lt Is of tho
"l-oilor-tcider* typo, and cnrrlea flvo
tons ot coal and 12,800 mres of
water.?London Globo.
At the Country House.
' "'Xt"'somc'"Tountry houses thoy play
games, at some they play brldgo, at
some they still make a protenso of talk?
ing and fllrtlng ln tho evonlng, but
whatever they do, you must?lf you are
a woman?look aa smart and be as en?
tertaining as possible; nnd if you are
a man. inipport wlth good naturo prac?
tlcal jokes, losses at cards and late
hours. Fortunately, nobody la cxpect'
ed to appoar early ln tho mornlng. You
order your breakfnst pretty much whor
you pleaso and whoro you please, ant
you may or may not soo your hostesi
tlll lunch-tlme.
There are probably amusemonts pro?
vided for you?horsos to rldo or drlvo
a squash court or Unks on tho placo
pcrhaps; certalnly a golf club ln th.
viclnlty. You discuss your plans witl
the lady of the houao, but you ar.
practically free to do what beat pleaaei
yo,u. Vou disperse, in palrs or groups
for the afternoon, and you meot agalr
at toa-time, ? eomfortably fatlgued am
lii a moo'd of amlablo relaxatlon.
' Thero seems to bo but llttlo difter
once in the general schemo of thing!
on Sunday, except that somo guests di
go To church and somo do not pla*
cards, and somo hosts show you th'
stables and tho farm, and some do not
and on Monday you are all off In th
wagonettes and automobllos and omnl
bUBi-os agaln for tho station, citho
on the way to your own countr
houses, if you have them, or to spein
| ii night or two in town, repack you
; trunks and bo off again on anotho
vislt.
? Latin Pronunciation.
Men wlio wore sohoolboys from flf
loon to forty years ago aro aware "tha
a e mnge in tho pronounciatlon o
Laun has takon place since their tlme
Isearly every achool an.l college am
unlyprstty has substltutnd the "Roman
pronunciation for tho English meth.n
which used to prevall, And yet th.
modern schoolmaster, both hore iind I:
Miglnnd, lanionts tho fact that the Bo
man pronunciation makes no headwaj
1 ho old-tlme schoolboy laughs at hiir
Ho knows why lt. ls. Each year'
cltiBBt-s of young doctors and youni
lawyers tako their nlco frosh Bomai
pronunciation Into professlonal lir.
to Hnd at once a conservative force o
oldor lawyers and judges and doctor
stlcklng to tho limglish pronunclatloi
J'. Indlng thomsolves poworless to'over
ccmo this, they ylel.l to it, eonform t
tho provttlent practico, and so them
solvos become a part of that conser
vatlHin which oposses tho. next clasi
lt ls doubtful lf tho Bonian pronuncla
tion of Latin ovor galns premanon
footbold outslde of Behoolrooms.
Youth's Compnnion.
England's Nnvy t'o Bc Rcpre._cnS
cd hy Giant Sca-Fightcrs, In*
cluding thc Drcadnotight,
ADD TO NAVAL SPECTACLE
Some of tlie Fincst Sliips in thc,
British Scrvicc Among Those
to Bc Sccn.
IIV A. S. KHLTOM.
NOBFOLK, A'A., February 9.?-By tha
late decislon of tho Brltlsh Admlrnlly,
tlio Flrst Dlvlsion of the Armorcd Crul
sor Siiuudron of the Engllsh Navy will
bo detiillod to purtlelputo In tho grand
naval pagoantry to bo held In Hamp?
ton Houds durlng the perlod ot tho
Jamestown Torcontonnlal Exposltlon
Tho fluet Is to b? cominanded by Bear
Admirnl Georgo Nevlllc, and wlll con
slst of tho crulsors IlampHliIro, Antrlm,
Clood Hopo, Boxburgh, Argylo and Do
vonshlre.
In nddltlon to thls roprnsontutlon,
England wlll send tho llrendnought,
tlie largest warshlp Iii tlio world, and
the latest acqulsltlon of thc Ilrltisli
Navy, to tho naval dlspluy. Tho fa?
mous seu-flghter Is now on hor way
to tho AVest indlos, whero she will bo
soon by Admlral Evann's fleot, which
is carrylng on wintor mnnoeuvros in
those waters. Sho wlll reinnln In thoso
waters untll the end of tho wlnter, ar
rlvlng In Hampton Roads during tho
early part of tho Exposltlon, remulnlng
thero untll tho Engllsh fleet Is rondy
to return home.
Tho Drondnought, whlch was only a
short tlmo ago put Into commission, ls
of 18,000 tons dlBplacement, and has
an armorment of ton 12-lnch guns, or
nearly threo timoB tlio gun strength
of any othor bnttlouhlp afloat. She haa
u speed of more than 21 knots, and can
thcroforo overtuke prnctlcally any
comblnatlon she can flght, or run away
from any she cannot.
The crulsers Devonshlre, Hampshlro,
Antrlm, Boxburgh und Argylo, all of
thc samo class, wero put Into commls?
slon ln 1305. Thoy have a dlsplace
mont of 10,850 tons oach, and a com
plement of 650 vOfllcors and rnen. Tho
horse power of each Is 21,000. wlth a
Bpeed of 21 knots and an armamont
of four 7 1-2-lnch, slx 6-lnoli, two 12
pounders, twenty-two 3-pounders and
twp Maxlm guns.
The Good Hope is of an nnrllnr model,
havlng gono Into j commlsslon In 1901.
She hns a displncoment of 14,000 tons
and lb 529 feet in length, wlth a cotn
ploment of 900 offlcers and men. Thoso
vesseln, together with tlio flootB of
tho other representatlvo nation.. of tha
world, and the battleshlps of tho U. S.
Navy, will make n. display unequallcd
ln the history of thls country.
NEW ENTERPRISE.
Emporia Now ' Has Insuranco
Company.
ISpeolal to Tha Tlmes-Dlspatch.1
EMPOBIA , A'A., Februury 0.?Con
clstent wlth her generous progress,
Lmpcrla eapitallsts havo organlzcd an
influrance company. whlch is incorpo
luted under tho tiume of The American
Llfo and Indomnlty Assoclatlon, wlth
its homo ofllco here.
Some of tho moBt lnrlueutlul men of
this section are at tho hoad of the
Institutlon, nnd lts Ilnuncial bueklng
ls unquestlonod. All manner ot.. in?
suranco wiii bo lssued by this com?
pany, and lt wlll work upon a basls
of tho American 4 per cent. logal ro
sorve. whlch many of the old line com
panies now aro udopting. Thls plan
of writing Insuranco makos the pouey
holdors ubeolutely safe ln every re
*pect.
The American Llfo and Indemnlty
Assoclatlon starts off under tho most
brilliant ausplces, and somethlng like
nne hundred thousancl dollars^ wortli ot
Insuranco has already beon appllod for
by men wlthin thls immodiuto vicin
lty.
The followlng 11st of offlcers completo
tho organizntlon: Judge XV. Suinuol
Goodwyn, presldent: Hon. G. L. Vin
ccnt, llrst vlco-presldent; AV. B. Cato,
socond vice-presldcnt; Hon. \V. M.
Powell, attornoy; Luolen Lofton, M. T>.,
medlcal director; W. T. Tillnr, treas?
urer; A. M. Potter, secretary"; 3. D.
I nwn'nce, S. H. Northlngtou, supremo
organizer; J. T. Davis, M. D., asslstant
uiedical director. -
About People.
KIiib Edward drawn more, revenue In In?
terest on American securltles thnn OcorRe
III ovor extracted from the American colo
nles. KIng Edward's holdlngs ln the Unlted
Stules aro typical lnvostnicnts hero of
iliouHiinclB of Drltlsh capltullsts and the
American fnctorles aro only a partlal list
of slinlliir cstnbliBhmcnts bullt by capl?
tal and nilssionarles sent from tho Unltod
Statos.
It nppoars from thn dally papers that
a voto has been luken ln Gcrmany on
tho twelve ttreatest Germans now llving.
Dr. Robert Koch, Professor Ernst Hacckol,
Professor Konrad Rontgen and Professor
Ernst von Bohrliu. occupy, reepaotlvely, tho
third, fourth, flfth and elevonlh position*
In thls list,
James J. lf. GroKory. of Marblehcad,
Mass.. Is a rlval or Andrew Carnegle ln
the glvhiB away of libraries. lle has been
dolnif 'thls for years. Hls Ubrarlos ara
smaller tliuii Carneglo's nlfts, und uru given
to small communltloB, io lnftiiiBtei-B nnd edu
cators who cannot affoicl to purchase then..
Dr. AVilliam Bullock Clark. professor ot
geology ln the Johns Hopklns University
nnd head of tho Maryland Stato Geolosl
eal Survey, Ib belng oonsidored as a llkely
Buccessor to Charles D. Waloott, who re
Kltfiicd from tho Oeokiiflcal Survey of thn
Unlted States a few dnys ngo to nccopl tho
prosldency of tho Smltheonlan Institutlon.