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Discourses on His Absence from the
Meeting of tbe
WEST VIRGINIA EDITORIAL ASSO
CIATE AT WEBSTER SPRIRGS.
Writes President Chas. D. Elliott Ex
plaining Why He Could Mot be Pres
ent and Address tho Association
—Is Pleased With the Eeso
lutions which were Pass
ed by Association.
I am just in rociept of the pro
ceedings of the West Virginia Edi
torial Association which was held at
Webster Springs. I regret that my
duties as Temporary Governor pre
vented my attendance.
i had a very pressing invitation
from President Chas. I). Elliott,who
19 also the Tax Reform chronologist
of the Parkersburg News, to be
present and address the Association.
In hit lettei of invitation, President
Elliott says:
“As the man who stands between
the penitentiary and those carrying
pistols in the rear pocket of the pan
taloon to protect the sanctity of the
Australion lnPot I feel that you
should bj present and address the
Association anil enlighten us on the
best method of eliminating the pis
tol front the hip pocket without les
sening the good results on election
day.
“As Tax Reform will be the par
amount wrangle before the Associa
tion it is premincntly fitting that you
should honor us with your presence
and explain to the rural brethren
that the Dawson tax la vs will in no
wise lessen the flow ^ of eggs and
pvultry to their sanctums, which is
so necessary to mantain a subscrip
tion list that will insure a first class
rating with liradstreet, campaign
committees and old line life insur
ance companies.
“Since you have mastered Ihe
science of bm/olugy, which you
have applied to ilie Machine with
such satisfactory results to the Ma
chine and those of us who are en
joying the benefits thereof, we deem
it just and proper that y»>u should
make y mr secret known to the mem
bers of the Association that they
may profit by your discovery.
“Senator Elkins has promised to
l»e present and address the Associa
tion on the 'Eliinfftatinn of Creden
tial Committees in a Political Con
vention.’ As you are aware the
Senator is the father of this benevo
lent discovery which permitted Col.
Chas. F. Teter to gracefully retire
from the Wheeling convention in his
contest for the Governorship with
our own beloved Dawson, which at
one time threatened the peace and
ropose of our Machine. Happily
Senator Elkins took the credential
committee by the horns in time to
aave our tallow from melting.
“Bros. Lamar C. I’owell, Deacon
ttiown and Leader Shaw, three of
Vur most prominent members, will
form the advance guard to make a
careful analysis of the Webster
Springs water before any of the
brethren are permitted to mix it with
their mint julips, as it has been cur
vrn«l* reported by the Prohibition
ist^ that the war between the Web
ster firings water and whiskey is as
pronounced" air ftW war now raging
bitween the Machine a\qd the Insur
gents. So you need hav^ no fears
for your abdominal interior. Be
sure and come." \
After a careful perusal of i’resi
dent Elliott's flattering i . itatioiy, I
replied as follows, as I Could i>( >t
leave Charleston on account of rfr
ceiving a message of warning tbiji
the Insurgents were about to niakt'e
a raid on our pies :
“I beg leave to acknowledge th«*,i
receipt of your generous invitation ■
to attend the much deferred meeting i
of the Editorial Association which j
meets at Webster Springs. A bet- :
ter selection could not have been ;
made than Webster Springs. It is
remote from civilization and the |
strife and turmoil which is engaging ;
the attention of the Machine and the.*
Insurgents over the bone of conten
tion—the pies. It is safe to say
that the farmers, who are crowding
our county court daily throughout
the Slate, Wgging the commissioners
to increase their assessment, that
they may live in opulence 4nd com
fort, will not disturb the tranquility
of yottt flowing bowl.
“Col. John T. McC.raw and Map
Chas. P. Dorr, who have met the
Machine and were routed, have on
>
more than one occasion found
solace in taking refuge there, will no
doubt entertain and instruct you on
the futility of opposing the progress
of the Machine.
“You do the Editorial Associa
tion a great honor to invite me to
address the brethren on the subjects
of Pistols, Tax Reform and Boozol
ogy, which, in the past has so wide
ly separated the brethren when more
than one of them was reaching out
and grasping for the pie they could
not grab.
“For forty long and dreary years
I was a rain bow chaser after the
pie 1 Just as I was about to give
up in despair Gov. Dawson sprung
his 1 ax Reform on an innocent and
unsuspecting public, and the com
mon people, in appreciation of the
wealth producing era of prosperity
and the full dinner pail poured forth
into the lap of the Governor every
specie of pies known to the pieolo
gist. In recognition of a faithful
follower of Machine supremacy the
Govenor generally presented me
with my first and only pie, which
means a prolongation of my life.
"It is the part of wisdom, which
makes you a worthy successor of
Solomon, who was wise to take un
to himself so many ribs, to invite
Senator Elkins to orate brfore the
Association of perforators. No
class of men can puncture the armor
of a hungry pieologist with greater
solemnity and malice aforethought
than a quill driver when there is no
pie in sight.
“As the age of limitation is about
to expire on the Senator’s present
piece of pic it will be necessary for
him to guarantee to every brother
present at the meeting that there is
a pie dangling in his sanctum ready
to drop into his lap. If this is not
done the Machine will have to vio
late the constitution and by-laws of
our Union and work over time to
prepare the dough for the 1906 pie
which he is grasping for. This
would be a humiliating sight for me
to witness.
“I was gratified to learn that
Bros. Lamar C. Powell, Deacon
Brown and Leader Shaw have been
appointed the advance guard in pen
etrating the wilderness of the Inde
pendent Slate of the departed Pat
Duffy. There is nothing that I can
precieve of at the preseat moment
that can harm the exterior or inter
ior of the trio of brethren, unless it
would be too copious a draught of
pure and sparkling mountain water.
“(live my kindest regards to all
the brethren and assure them that
my absence is not due to a lack of
orators to entertain and instruct
them, but is caused by the vigilance
that I must keep over our new tax
laws and pies. Have some brother
to offer a motion to have this letter
spread on the minutes of the meet
ing that it inay be preserved for the
future generations of piemen and
tax reformers."
From one who was present I learn
that my letter created a great sensa
tion. Many and pungent were the
regrets expressed by the brethren
that I was unable to attend the meet
ing. All agreed that I was the fore
most journalist of the age and one
whom the West Virginia Editorial
Association felt justly proud of.
From the proceedings before me
I note that the brethren had a royal
good time, and the numerous re
solves and whereases which they
spread upon the minutes indicates
that they enjoyed themselves as
hugely as I did on my first night
visit to the Bowery and red light
districts in Charleston.
Here is one of the resolutions
which the brethren passed which is
a gem and worthy of circulation :
“Resolved, That the West Virgin
ia Editorial Association, which has
met at Webstet Springs, to discuss
Tax Reform, which was promtilgat
ed and conglomerated by our dis
tinguished Governor, Hon. William
yMercer Owens Dawson, before he
fvook his departure for Canaria and
t)irned over the reins of the Govern
tfnent to I he Rambler; and, whereas,
it has been reported to this Associ
•ation by eminent and scientific
boozologitts that the Webster
Springs water and high balls and
cock-tails will not dwell in the same
stomach without endangering the
life and happiness of the members
of the West Virginia Editorial Asso
ciation of this great Commonwealth;
therefore, be It resolved, that the
memhera of the West Virginia Edi
torial Association will refrain from
imbibing the Webster Springs water;
and that we further pledge anew our
undying faith in the virtues and ex
hilirating effects of a high ball or a
cock-tail after four hours of lal>our>
ious brain work on a 4 a\ Reform
editorial to prove (hat the farm will
grow more and better corn, oats,
wheat, potatoes and pies after the
Dawson tax laws arc put into full
operation."
I have just cabled Gov. Dawson
the above resolution and asked that
he read it to the Canadians as a
guarantee of good faith on his part.
He writes me that the Insurgents
have sent an agent to Canada who
is circulating the report that his l ax
Reform agitation is a scheme of his
to make hitnself King of Canada,
They tell the Canadians with flagrant
disregard to truth, that the Cover
nor’s tax laws is not the cause of
America’s prosperity ami full dinner
pail.. I his is an outrageous libel
on the Governor who has sacrificed
his health and happiness that the
American farmer should prosper un
der in increased assessment.
Hut I must produce a resolution
possed by the Editorial Association
which is full of boquets for myself
and which I so richly deserve. 1
fancy it was introduced by Hro.
het&cll, of the Old Family Journal,
who has an abiding faith in my
greatness and loyalty to the Machine
and Ring. Here it is and it speaks
for itself :
“Resolved, That theWest Virgin
ia Editorial Association has learned
with great pleasure and satisfaction
that it« most eminent and disting
uished member, The Rambler, has
been installed as Temporary Gover
nor of our great and growing State,
while Gov. Dawson is absent in
Canada to plant hi* tax laws in that
soil. Wo desire to say to the peo
ple of West Virginia, who may not
have the pleasure of his acquantance
and the number oi years he waited
patiently for his pie, that in The
Rambler they have a Governor who
will fight with bare knuckles and die
in the harness before he will surren
der one pie to the Insurgents which
rightly belongs to the Machine.
And as a Dawson tax reformer he
stands out prominently as the great
und good friend of the farmer—as
long as his pic lasts. Should he
lose his pic in the war between the
Machine and the Insurgents this
Association will not be responsible
for any acts he may commit or any
debts he may contract I”
No one could have written rcso
lution but Hro. Whetsell. It came
from the heart and has the (listing
dishing features of an appreciation
of one who has stood by the Ma
chine and Ring—fight or wrong !
The RA.MBi.Kk.
Aim ITS DKFKAT.
If evidence was lacking heretofore
that the Insurgents have the Ma
chine whipped, Gov. Dawson’s in
terview of recent date furnishes a'.l
the evidence that is required for
thinking people to decide. Those
of us who have known Gov. Dawson
for the past twenty-five years know
that Dawson spurned any overtures
from those who opposed him, to
compromise for “the good of the
party” on any terms that might he
suggested by his opponents. Daw
son’s policy has always been to
“whip the kickers back into the
traces.” In fact it was his proud
boast that those who opposed his
Ring in I’reston “could never hold
office as long as he could wield a
pen.” In those days when he strut
ed around* with a chip on his shoul
der the only Republican paper pub
lished in I’reston was the Journal
which he owned. No “kicker”
would i»e permitted the use of the
columns of the Journal to present
to the people their “tale of woe."
In each issue of the Journal Editor
Dawson would lampoon the “kick
ers” fore and aft .?nd they would
have to “grin and bear it," In this
way the rank and file of the Kepub
lican party in Preston were lead to
believe that those men who opposed
King rule from honest convictions,
ami not because they were office
seekers, were really “kicking" to
oppose and disrupt the Republican
party, as Editor Dawson represented
them to be doing.
The little band in those years who
had the courage of their convictions
to oppose Dawson and his Ring
ru'e were like angels visits, “few
and f.«r between." The most con
i spicious of this little band was l.e
roy Shaw. For twenty five years
I^roy Shaw has kept up his fight
against Hossism and Ring rule, prov
ing to the honest rank and file of
his party that he was not opposing
Dawson for any personal grievances,
but because he was opposed to Boss
ism and Ring rule and in favor of a
Idlest Wirginia.
BY H. L. SNYDER
Of the Shepherdst own Register.
I oem tead before the West Virginia Editorial Association
at Webster Springs. September 20. 1905.
from where the rippling Shenandoah, fairest Daughter of the Stars,
Hy the toil of countless ages has torn down her rocky bars_
From the vineyards of the Valley and its fields of wheat and coin,
l rom the land of wine and honey, ruthless from its mother torn—
l rom our splendid western borders, facing toward the setting sun,
l hat with so great toil snd danger from their savage hosts were won,
" here the mighty, broad Ohio, flowing on so strong and free,
Hears the commerce of an empire from the mountains to the sea —
I tom the stern and rugged counties stretched along our northern line,
"here men grow tall and sturdy, like their hemlock and their pine,
And the busy hum of industry from workshop and from mill
fells of Oenius’s great triumphs and Labor's wondrous skill—
And from our southern boundary, where lie the sunny fields,
And the earth her richest treasures to the delving miner yields,
Where the iron horse, shrilly shrieking, starts the eagle from his crag,
And the axe of spoiling woodman sounds where roamed the bear and stag_
Aye 1 from every hill and valley, from mountain and from plain,
Swells forth the splendid chorus, telling in its proud refrain
I he grand achievements of a people who by divine decree
Hive Progress as their watchword, their motto,“Mountaineers Are Free!”
In the days of the beginning, ere mankind was given birth,
The Creaur with His riches filled the breast of Mother Earth.
In His wisdom and His goodness vastest treasures there were stored,
Waiting silent through the ages human effort to reward.
And of this great beneficence, so regally prepared,
Our State above all other States the bounties rich has shared.
Our valleys, fair and fertile, yield their products of the best,
The cattle on our thousand hills find rich pastures to the crest.
Our forests of primeval growth in great, unmeasured tracts,
Still thickly stand and yet invite the cvcr-coiujuering axe.
l'he giants of the centuries, the maple, oak and pine,
Await the stroke that lays them low, each for its own design.
/\u<i mrougn inc mils and mountains with certainty wc trace
Great dusky veins of splendid coal, God's best gift to the race.
The latent force and energy, a million years compressed,
Hurst forth to move a universe, obeying man’s behest.
I.ven from the bowels of the earth gush forth for human use
1 hick streams of oil, unfailing as the willow’s ancient cruse,
While flames as strange as ever burned at Mystic’s altar fire
I’res* up from Nature’s reservoirs and yield to man’s desire.
Oh ! such blessings ne’er were given to a sovereign state before !
Opportunity ne’er opened half so wide her golden door !
hor the resolute and faithful, the industrious and strong,
The harvest rich is waiting to reward the striving throng.
Hut ’tig not our rich resources that shall make us truly great.
Men of brains and strength and virtue still must constitute the stale.
Noble aims and high endeavor, patriotic deeds and pure,
Must bt woven in our building if the structure shall endure.
Our ambitions must be tempered by desire to do the right_
Greed of gold and power our best efforts often blight.
Neglectful of our duty to onr God and fellowmen,
Our laurel wreathes shall wither and return to dust again.
I.et our uplands lift us higher, till our very being thrill#
With the sweetness and the grandeur of our West Virginia hills;
And the privilege of living in earth's choicest dwelling place
Shall make us blest through all the ages o’er the others of our race.
So with our lovely women, as virtuous as fair,
And our men of pure ideals, ready each his part to bear,
We’ll form a grand dominion, patriotic, clean and strong,
I hat shall stand for truth and justice and perpetuate no wrong.
Then, all hail to West Virginia ! Forward march ! with steady stride !
In faith and hope and wisdom may our ship e’ver safely glide.
And through the ages yet to erne let the world our progress see,
And revere our stainless motto, “Mountaineers Are Always Free I”
square deal for all Republicans.
At last the rank and file of (he
Republicans of I’reston have learn
ed to know Lee Shaw as an honest
and fearless man who would sacri
fice his life rather than crinre and
bow the knee to any political Boss
or Ring. They have found out that
when Dawgon left the county that
I'C'* Shaw did not relax his vigilance
in fighting the Boss and the Ring,
which was transferred to the favorite
henchmen of Dawson,
What is the result ? Today we
see the honest rank and file of the
Repub'icans joining hands with
leader Shaw in fighting the Boss
and the Ring. At last they have,
learned that Leader Shaw has been
right in his opposition to Boss ism
and Ring rule and that they have
been decieved all these years by the
Ring. The Dawson interview ac
knowledge* this. Gov. Dawson is
now willing to compromise with the
Insurgent* (that’s what the Cubans
were called by Spain when they
were fighting for their freedom and
Independence) on any terms they
may offer. Why ? Because Gov.
Dawson is one of the far seeing
politicians of this State and he rea
lize* that unless the Insurgents can
be persuader) to "lay down their
arms” that the Machine’s usefulness
in this State is at an end.
Will the Insurgents be caught in
the Dawson trap? It remain* to I»e
seen. If they are the Machine will
show them no mercy once in it* coils.
Insurgents, beware !
OUR NKW YORK LBTTKR.
Iatte*l Wrinkles in l.ingerle Salt.
Water llathlng—(Jp.to.date
Fasti Inna.
Copious rains have been our por
tion lately, and our parks look as
green as June. Some oppressive !
days, resembling those of August
have also been our portion, and no
one as yet has had to don Fall gar- I
ments. But wc are corning to it, !
just the same. It is not advisable I
to adhere to thin clothing after the !
Fall thill definitely asserts itself;
wc need to husband our vigor for
what lies before us.
I have received word from a lady
reader of this good paper that, j
since she began putting Ditman’s
sea salt into her bath water, she has
vastly improved in health. People
not strong should always have this
helpful commodity to hand, for a
briny scrub at any and all seasons
will set them up amazingly. Those
who are strong will find it a wonder
ful factor in keeping them well. It
is fine for weak ankles and aching
backs, and the uncertain, trembling 1
limbs of babies just beginning to !
walk can be reinforced amazingly
by daily bathing them with briny
water, and bowleggedness prevented.
Write to Mr. A. J. Ditman, of No.
2 Barclay street, New York, with a
view to getting some.
The smartest petticoats are of soft
India silk instead of taffeto. Vat
enclenncs and point d’esprit are used
on high-class underwear; though
real Cluiiy is more recherche than
either. Petticoats must lit snugly
about the waist, and for several
inches below it. The newest cor
set covers have a seam under each
arm only. A little fullness appears
at the waist-line in back, and the
full fronts arc richly hand-ctnbroid
ered.
An exquisite fad is to have full
sets of underwear in colors. A
charming development of this nature
occuis in baby blue India silk of
finest quality, trimmed with real Val
lace, ami run with blue satin ribbon
matching the underwear in color.
It has recently been asset ted dial
men will eventually take to wearing
corsets; but it is hardly likely.
Meanwhile, representative ladies in
all sections will continue to adorn
themselves with the delightful R. \
(1., which feels so comfortable while
it brings out all their pretty natural
lilies and curves, and suppresses un
desirable angles. Corsets were made
for women, to be worn by women,
just as trousers belong strictly with
in the masculine province. A wo
man in mannish garments would be
a sorry sight; one which would per
haps discount it would be the spec
tacle of a man ultired in womanly
habiliments. Fancy brother bor
rowing sister's corset I
Dog collars are to be in great de
mand. Jet and beads will figure in
their make-up. Some have chains
and pendants; others have not. A
brilliant dog collar is of red crystal
beads clasped with rubies. There
arc collars of coral and amber which
arc very pretty, but have no claspi
other than necessary ones of plain
gold.
(.ailing and reception gowns
show graceful lines. The waist and
skirl correspond as to material.
Velvet will be in vogue, especially
for street gowns. It is universally
becoming—which fact will make
for its popularity.
1 he smartest skirts show long
lines, accentuated in many instances
by bauds of trimming. Princessc
gowns arc trimmed down the front
and around the hem with embroid
ery bands. Hlack costumes are
lightened in effect by embroidered
satin trimmings. Many of t h e
handsomest gowns of black show
rich black silk embroidery.
(Jauze and cloth and lace and
cloth are as frequently combined as
as lace and gauze. Linens arc orn
amented with silk frills, pinkings
and killings.
An attractive evening gown is of
pale chiffon made up over taffeta of
some deep shade which harmonizes.
Hands of tins tafleta trim the chiffon.
The bodice opens over a lace vest.
Kvkj.yn Cahlk.
TIIK KIMMVOOD AltCHJM
Max Mot I ted the Whole Question of
Cosmogony.
Kfom the Morgantown Chronicle.
A correspondent of the Kingwood
Argus, whose signature is G, is run
ning a continued story in that pa
per. in an endeavor to prove that
Moses and LeConte took exactly
the same view of the creation of the
world, their apparent differences be
ing due to their inability to express
their views of the same terms. In
other words, the Bible account of
the creation of the world does not
conflict witli the geological story.
This is the same old story. Glad
stone and Huxley tried to settle it,
but it refused to be settled. The
Argus man is now proving that the
six days of Genesis meant six
periods of geological time. He
seems well posted in Scripture, and
it is to be regretted that the same
cannot be said of his knowledge of
geologly. But he uses geological
terms without any definite idea of
their meaning. fie proves h I s
points ol Scripture by quotations,
from the original Greek and He
brew. The trouble with this is that
the Greeks and Hebrews were very
poor geologists.
The controversy thus far in the
Argus has been one-sided. No dis
putant has arisen to take the other
side. But it is only a question of
time until one will arise, if Mr. G
keeps up his licks, and fills a large
part of the valuable space of the Ar
gus each week with his proofs that
Moses was the greatest geologist of
the world, as well as the greatest
law giver of ancient times,
A New York man insists that the
world has four corners.
"He shouldn’t talk so loud. One
of those billion dollar syndicates
may corner all the corners."
I MR mil KIIER.
The State Department Has Trouble
Over Some of Our Congressmen]
TELLING TALES OUT OF SCHOOL.
Our Labor Unions in Favor of
Acting tho Fool Liko Thoy
Do Abroad.
Regular Correspondent o( I l»e Aigui.
Washington, Oct. 3, 1905 —
The State Department has alxnit
the same trouble on Its hands re
garding the American Congressmen
who recently visited the Kaiser that
the French Minister had with the
I'renchman Richard who purported
to have interviewed the President
after the Portsmouth Conference.
There is all sorts of trouble in the
big building, and Second Assistant
Secretary Adee, who is the cnoyclo*
pedia of dillitonti diplomacy for
the Department, is scratching his
head to know how to square the
Congress men with the Herman C.ov
ernment in the person of Ambassa
dor Spec von Sternberg when the
latter next calls. It really appears
from the dispatches that reached
Washington both official and other
wise, that the Kaiser, like the par
rot in the fublc, talked too much.
He was nailed on by Congressmen
l.itllcficld of Maine, McNary of
Massachusetts, Hartholdt of Miss
ouri, Waldo of New York ami
Harchfield of Pennsylvania. The
Kaiser according to ihe story, tried
to do a little missionary work and
talked to the Congressmen nt some
length about the “yellow peril,” of
which spook by the way the Kaiser
is the creator. Now in Germany
there is the same unwritten law,
tha? the Kaiser shall not be quoted
any more than shall the President.
Whether this was explained to the
Congressmen before they were ad
mitted to the audience^ is not known.
It is to be hoped for the honor of
the American Congress, which can
not even keep the secrets of the ex
ecutive sessions, that it was not.
Anyhow when the Congressmen got
through with their heart to heart
talk, they told the story of the
Kair.er’s remarks. This was cabled
at once to the Japanese newspapers
and the Japanese Government was
incensed. The Kaiser’s missionary
work was rendered of non effect ow
ing to the publicity and to square
himself, had to repudiate the whole
interview. Consequently the Con
gressional party is goin^ to cut
short its stay in Germany and the
State department will make what
ever amends it can, unofficially of
course, for this breach of internaj
tional etiquette.
i nc isurcau of l.abor has just is
sued a report that is going to cause
a lot of disturbance in labor circles.
It is to the effect that the labor un
ions of this country arc in favor of
the restriction of individual output
as practiced abroad, and that in the
last two years, while wages in the
meat packing business have ad
vances per cent, the time
taken to the work has increased
from thirty to fifty per cent. This
is bad hearing for the people who
heretofore looked upon the Ameri
can laborer as the swiftest and most
skillful in the world and who boast
ed that there was no such thing as
restricted output in America, It
was said that whatever else might
be charged against them, the labor
er unions here had never adopted
the foolish foreign policy of scaling
down the speed of an entire lot of
men to the pace of the slowest in
the parly. This has been the ac
knowledged rule abroad for a years
past and it has gotten so bad in
England as to make the work of
the building contractor almost im
possible. There are even different
scales of speed for the workmen on
Government snd private jobs, and
the system in London reached its
logical conclusion on one piece of
of Government work where the num
ber of bricks laid by a man in a day
were reduced to 400 on coarse
brick work where the normal rate
of speed was 1,800. It is claimed
in the department report just issued
that the restriction of output exists
in the packing and glass making
trades, the latter being very highly
organized, i n the cigar making
trade and in several others where
in sp'te of the installation of im
proved machinery and labor saving
devices, the cost of production has
increased out of all proportion to
the increase in wages. Of course in
these eases as in all others, the con
sumer ultimately pays the bill cither
in increased prices or inferior goods.
I he charge is a very serious one
which the union will of course deny
as strenuously as they can. and
which the manufactures will do their
best to substantiate. But it is a
foolish and short-sighted practice
which it is to be hoped will never
gain a real foothold in this country.
"c were last gaining commercial
ascendency in the world when this
laborer blight struck us.
I here is a great deal of talk in
Department circles over the treaty
between (Ireut Britain and Japan
which has just been ollicially pub
lished. The treaty is regarded fa
vorably on the whole in diplomatic
circles. It is classed as a very
strong guarantee in diplomatic cir
cles. It is classed as a very strong
guarantee for peace in the far east,
because no power would Ire likely
to attack either Japan or Great
Britain, knowing that each nation
was pledged to come to the other's
assistance. It is spoken of as a
great victory algo for the open door
policy as assuring the maintainance
of the stntus quo in the far cast*.
This, however, may be taken with
as large an allowance as suits the
taker. Everyone knows that
Japnn has nothing to fear from the
open door, being geographically and
naturally the most, and in fact, only
favored nation in that regard. It is
quite likely that Great Britain,
whose trade in China is already on
the decline, may find in her ally a
more powerful rival in the commer
cial orient than either Germany or
the United States.
1 he question of old age pension
in the civil service lias again come
to the front. There lias been formed
an organization in the government
departments to plead for legislation
in that line, and the initial meeting
has just been held, at which the
principal address was made by W.
K. Andrews, Auditor of the Treas
ury. He urged that the clerks
should combine to form a common
^pension fund, and said that with
the rapid increase of the government
service the question of superanuation
pensions would force itself on the
people in a few years. .He gave fig
ures to show that this was true, and
urged a compulsory retirement age
as in the army.
MIM.IONAIItKM ON KAltlll
Ten 'I Iioiihiiii4 am! Hlghl jr-Soven, Hair
of 0 ho hi Are in IJ. S
John I). Rockefeller’s fortune is
not less than $500,000,000,
There are now 10087 known mil
lionaires (more than one half of
whom 5,027 arc1 in America,)
their fortunes totaling $9,000,000,
000. Every State and Territory is
represented in the list and one mil
lionaire, an Indian. Melvin Demp
sey, in Alaska. Nearly all of the
remaining 5,060 millionaires are in
Europe, though Asia has 900 and
Africa and South America each have
their share.
In 1846 Moses Y. Beach printed
a list of New York city's rich men.
He gave the names of 1,024 possess
ing 100,000 each, and of 23 men
with $1,000,000 each. Now only
millionaries are counted among the
rich, and there are 1,300 of them in
New York city alone.
In Australia Sir Jervoisc Clarke
has a sheep ranch worth $150,0*0
000; and in South Africa, Ab; Bent
ley is so rich that he gave 80,000,
000 acres of valuable land as a con
tribution to the Salvation Army,
Among the millionaires of Tendon
Sir Thomas Eipton’s $25,000,000 is
small fry when compared with es
tates such as that of the infant Earl
Grotnevor, valued at $80,006,000,
or that of the premier Duke of Nor
folk, whose income is $7,500 a day.
The United States government
has officially awarded the contract
for supplying the lo:omotivc engines
of the Panama Canal Railroad and
othrr engines used in the construc
tion of the canal to the Fairmont
Coal Company after a competitive
test for steam producing features.
The Fairmont company won out
against all bidders, the Fairmont
coal excelling very largely in this
respect. The contract calls for
5o,ooo tons of Fairmont coal, and
arrangements have been for ship
ping the first cargo. The contract
also calls for the fulfillment within
a period of six months, and from
the standpoint of recognition of the
good steam <pialities of the coal in
this field, is one of the most impor
ant ever captured by the coal com
pany.