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AfAINJAnA'Q How Our British- American
1 W/Al^/"\LF/\ # Brothers Reg-ard the Tariff, the
fADITAI • Klondike and the Alaskan
W/\ I 1 1 r\ Lo Gold Diggers.
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(Copyrighted, 1807, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
OTTAWA, Canada, Sept. 4.— 1 write
this letter in the capital of British
America. From this point almost one
third of the North American continent
is governed. Queen Victoria has about
as much land on this side of the At
lantic as we have. If you should take
California away from the United
States, the two countries would be
about the same size, and in this I
include Alaska In our territory. The
British part of the North American
continent is a very valuable piece of
property. There are millions of acres
of wheat land which have not been
opened up, and there is a large agri
cultural region which has not yet been
penetrated by railroads. The Canadi
ans cannot understand why it is that
the immigrants pass their country by
and go to the United States. They have
lots of land open to settlement, and
they offer, in addition to 160 acres, a
LOUD ABERDEEN,
Governor General of Canada.
premium of about $4 an immigrant
to induce them to settle north of out
boundary. Notwithstanding this, Un
cle Sam gets the bulk of the foreigners,
and Canada, after all these years, has
now only about one-fifteenth as many
people as we have. 'She has, all told,
only about 5,000,000 by the census of
1891, and her population is creeping up
ward slower than the pace of a tor
toise up a mountain road. I have met
a dozen different Canadians who have
said to me that their day had come,
now that the United States was filled
up. If so, its sun is not bright enough
yet to show the world the fact. Times
are as hard here as in the United
States, money is tight and wages are
lower.
THEY ARE MAD AT TARIFF.
The Canadians do not like the new
tariff. I have not heard one friendly
word in favor of the McKinle"y gov
ernment since I came here. I called
on a high official this afternoon and
asked him for some fact about Canadi
an trade, saying that this letter would
be read in every part of the United
States. He replied :
"I don't care a bKnk for the United i
States. I don't want to spread news !
concerning Canada in the United
Btates. The two countries should have
le.=s to do with each other than ever
Since the passage of the tariff act. We
are going to discriminate in favor of
Great Britain, and we will make a
market there for our products instead
cf sending them to you. We are al
8-eady doing this. I have an apple
Orchard and ship several thousand
barrels every year. I used to send
them to New York. I now export to
London and get better prices than I
flid when I sold to you Yankees."
The lumber men are especiaHy angry
lit the tariff. Canada is a big lumber
Jnarket Her forest productions are
%3timated to be worth $80,000,000 a
Jear, and almost half of this is export
ed. She has the bulk of the wood left
on this continent, and a big part of
her income has bepn from the logs and
lumber shipped across to the United
States. The new tariff practical'y kills
this industry, as it does also that of
the wood pulp mills, which, I am told,
have been furnishing a large part of
the printing paper used by our news
papers. These things make the people
very bitter, and it is largely due to
them that the rigid regulations in re
gard to mining on the Klondike are
being adopted.
CANADA AND KLONDIKE.
Speaking of the Klondike, Canada
proposes to hold every inch of gold ter
ritory she can for her own uses. There
is no sympathy here whatever with
American miners, and the regulations
will be further restricted if the gold
output proves to be as large as it has
been represented. The size of the
claims will be reduced and additional
percentages may be demanded. As it
is now, according to a paper which I
got at the interior department this
afternoon, the entry fee for each claim
will be $15, and for every year after
the first year the government will de
mand a rental of $100 apiece for the
claims. This is without regard to the
amount which the claims produce.
Then there is the royalty of 10 per
cent for all gold mined and of 20 per
cent for all claims which run over $500
per week. This means that in case of
any big strike the Canadian govern
ment is bound to get one-fifth of it,
and that without doing any work ex
cept collecting the amount due them.
The provision that the claims be
worked continuously is a very hard
one. If a claim is left idle for more
than three days it is considered aban
doned and may be jumped, and there
are other regulations as to fees by
which Canada will squeeze money out
Of the miners in different ways. I do
not say that these provisions are made
as retaliation to the tariff, but it is
fair to presume that they have been
somewhat effected by it.
WHAT THE SURVEYORS SAY.
I called at the museum of the Ca
nadian geological survey this after
noon to gather what information I
could about the Klondike. Canada
has a well-equipped geoioyicai survey,
and she always keeps a number of ex
ploring parties in the field. One of the
chief surveyors as regards the Klon
dike is William Ogilvie, who is now at
work in the Yukon territory, and an
other is Dr. George M. Dawson, the
head of the survey.
Dr. Dawson and Prof. Ogilvie traveled to
gether through a part of the Yukon a few
years ago. Dr. Dawson tells me that there
is no doubt the country contains a vast
deal of gold, and says that be found miners
prospecting through ail parts of the Yukon
country ten years ago, but none as yet had
made any large finds. He predicts that there
will be many disappointed men among the
thousands who are now there, says there
is absolutely nothing in the country in the
way of food, and ihinks that there must bp
great suffering during the coming winter.
With Dr. Dawson I looked over a large num
ber of photographs covering parts of the
Yukon and Klondike. The doctor thinks that
the White pess will be the favorite pass,
lather than the Chilkoot pass. He says that
a good read could be constructed along it and
that it is comparatively easy of ascent. In
the meantime there is a strong possibility
of a railroad being built north from the
Canadian Pacific into the Yukon country. A
branch already runs to Edmonton, and from
here, it is said, that a road could be built
which would make Klondike of comparatively
easy access.
HUDSON BAY MAN'S MDEA.
I chattad last night with a man who for
years had traveled through British Ameri
ca as an employe of the Hudson Isay com
pany. He told me that one could easily get
through to the Yukon from this side of the
mountains. He said he would go first to
Edmonton by rail, then to Lake Athabaska
by wagon, and thence on to the Lesser Slave
lake, from where he would pack his goods
by trail to the Nelson river and on to the
Pease river, and thence right on to the
Pelly river and down to the Klondike. He
says there are along nearly the whole of this
route good pack trails which have been used
for years by the Hudson Bay company, miners
and traders. The whole distance from Ati'a
baska landing to the Pelly could be made
with pack horses, and a wagon road could
be made without much cost. The trip to
PeUy from Athabaska landing would be only
about 900 miles, and from thence you could
easily float down the 200 miles re-malning
to the goid regions. There is no doubt, but
that there will be a number of men who
will make this trip in the spring. I meet
everywhere people who are going to the
Klondike as soon as the winter is over. All
sorts of companies are being formed in Can
ada, the shares in which range from twenty
four cents to one or more dollars. I have
before me the prospectus of a company with
a capital (authorized) of $1,200,000 in five mil
lion shares, the par value of which is twen
ty-four cents, or one shilling. One of the
heads of the company is the mayor &f Mon
treal, and there are quite a number of dis
tinguished men on the d'reotors' list. The
advertisement of this company states that
subscription lists are now open and that
shares may be secured on application by pay
ing six cents a share.
CANADA'S CAPITAL.
This town of Ottawa is a beautiful one. It
is about one-sixth the size of Washington.
It has wide and well paved streets, good
public buildings, and. if I am correctly in
formed, a magnificent public debt. Its situ
ation is on a series of bluffs at the point
BUILDING, OTTAWA.
ME SAINT PAUI, GI,OBE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, £897,
•where the Ottawa and the Rldeau rivers Join.
These rivers dash over a great falls at this
point, and the Rldeau canal has been built
through the city in order to connect Lower
Canada with Lake Ontario, and thus prevent
the necessity of vessels going up the St.
Lawrence river under the enemy's fire. This
canal cost about two and a half millions of
dollars, and it is said to be worth it. Ot
tawa, like Washington, was cut out of the
woods. It had 10.0 CO inhabitants in 1854, and
it was four years later that Queen Victoria
chose it as the capital of her American do
minions. Today the chief businesses of the
city are lumbering, lobbying and legislation.
The lumber business amounts to about $5,
--000,000 a year. Legislation, I judge, is even
more profitable, for it costs about ?37,000,000
annually to run the government, and the
total debt of the Canadian dominion in 1896
was over $300,0C0,000. This makes $60 for every
man, woman and child in the dominion, an
average of $300 per family, an enormous debt,
to say the least. The annual charge on the
debt In way of interest is more than $10 a
family, and the figures are still going up.
In a business of this kind lobbying pays
somewhat in proportion to the legislation, so,
as far as I can judge, the three businesses
of Ottawa must be thriving.
SLOT BOXES FOR CONDUCTORS.
Ottawa has a good system of street car
lines. The cars are moved by electricity,
generated by the Chaudiere falls, and the
fare Is 5 cents a trip. Each car has a motor
man and a conductor. The conductor col
lects the fares, but he does not handle the
money. On entering the car at the station
I saw in one corner of it high above the pas
sengers' heads what looked to me like a
beer mug or stein fitted into an iron ring
placed for the purpose in the walls of the
car. When the conductor entered he took
down this beer mug and poked it under my
nose. I then saw that the mug had a top
like a boy's savings bank, and that there
was a slot in it for my 5-cent piece. I hand
ed the conductor a dime. He returned me
two 5-cent pieces and again flourished the
stein under my nose. I put one of the coins
in the slot. It stuck and it took the con
ductor about five squares to shake it to the
bottom. It was the same with the next
nickel and more than half of the conductor's
time was spent in shaking the coins through
the slot. The same method of collecting
fares prevails in Montreal save that the boxes
there look more like flatirons than beer mugs,
and when the conductor approaches you with
one of them you fear he may be about to
assault you with some deadly weapon.
A LOOK AT PARLIAMENT.
I took a look at the parliament houses this
afternoon. They are built upon Parliament
hill, just above the commercial part of the
town, and in as commanding a location as
Is our capitol at Washington. The lawn about
them covers many acres, and it is as velvety
as that of an English park. At the back,
away below you, flows the wide Ottawa river,
its banks lined with piles of lumber and it 3
waters covered with saw logs. Beyond you
can see for miles across the country. Beauti
ful farms extend in every direction, and
above and below you flows the river. Near
by you hear the falling of water. You walk
to one side of the grounds and look down
upon the Rideau canal. The parliament build
ings themselves make you think more Of a
cathedral than a great government structure.
They are based on the, Gothic architecture
of the twelfth century and have many tur
rets and towers. Their material is a cream
coloredj sand stone, the arches over the doors
and windows being of sand stone of terra
cotta red, so that the whole forms a fine com
bination in way of colors. The buildings
cover, I judge, about ha'-f the area of our
capitol at Washington. I entered at the
central door and made my way into the
senate chamber, and from there went into
the house of commons. The two houses are
much alike. They are Gothic chambers, with
ceilings of glass. The windows in the walU
are filled with stained glass, so that you
think yourself, at first, in a church. At one
end of each room is the tnrone, or chair for
presiding officer. This chair is carved and
there is a royal coat of arms above it. The
speaker faces the door, and there is an aisle
in front of him which runs from his desk
back to the door. The seats rise on either
side cf this aif.'e to the walls, the members
of one party having o,ne side of the chamber
and those of the other sitting opposite. Par
liament is not now in session, and I cannot
tell as to how a real parliamentary scene
looks.
ABERDEEN AND HIS COURT.
The governor general of Canada here takes
the place o-f the queen. He is, you know,
appointed by her at a salary of SoO/OO a
year. He lives at Rideau hall, just outside
the capital, and entertains magnificently.
Lady Aberdeen is well known in the United
States. As far as I can learn, both she
and Lord Aberdeen are much loved here. The
governor general has considerable power. He
nominates or appoints the senate- as vacancies
occur. Senators hold their terms for life,
each province having the right to so many
senators. There are now eighty-one senators
in the Canadian parliament. Each senator
must be at least thirty years of age and
he must reside in the province for which he
is appointed. He must also have property
to the amount of $4,000. The senate thus
corresponds to the house of lords in the
parliament cf England. The house of com
mons is elected by the peopite, a certain num
ber of members teing allowed to- each province
according to the population. The speaker of
the house Lets $4,000 a year, cr just half
what Sneaker Reed receives. Each member
receives $10 per rtay, up to the end of thirty
days, and if a session lasts longer than this,
the sum of $1,000 constitutes Lis salary tor
the season. Every flay that a member 13
absent while the house is in session he is
fined $S, unless he can prove that his absence
was caused by illness. If the same law pre
vailed in Uve Tiiitad States congress our
house would seldom lack a quorum. The
governor general of Canada has twelve cab
inet, ministers, c.d.r?i of whoir. ge's fT.WW a
year, with the exception of the premier, who
receives $S,C9O. In addition to this general
government each of the seven nraviuces of
the Canadian dominion has a separate parlia
ment of its own, which manages its local af
fairs. So you see the Canadian government
is a sort of a cross between that of the
United States ami that of Gr3at Britain. The
government in many respects treats Great
Britain as thousrh it were a foreign coun
try. It taxes imports from Great Britain just
as it does those of other countries, and the
money collected for taxes is spent in Canada,
none of it going to the mother country.
—Frank G. Carpenter.
Tlie L.one Woman Traveler.
A recent issue of "Fashions," an il
lustrated monthly journal for women.
has an interesting article on women
traveling alone, in which, after refer
ring to the block signal system, anj
other safety devices for which the
New York Central is celebrated, this
statement is made:
"If the lone woman happens to be
going to New York City, she need have
no dread of landing alone in the con
fusion of a big, strange place, if sho
travels by the New York Central. All
she has to do is to speak to one of
the red-capped attendants — free serv
ice — who will carry her bag, answer
her questions and show her to cab,
car, or elevated train.
"Another thing, she lands right in
the heart of the city, within a step
of a dozen or more of its leading ho
tels — and she should bear in mind that
this is the only railroad depot In all
New York City.
"The New York Central might aptly
be called 'the lone woman's route.' "
SDDTNn A\ir> Seventy-Five Thousand
\T t\X 1 ™ VJ /\ I > \J Persons Will Start for
THE KLONDIKE # N^afa'^Jun..
Special Correspondence of the Globe.
NEW YORK, S|pt. 2.— According to
a conservative compilation made here
of the annoi^icedf intentions o f jour
neying to thfe Klondike regions next
spring, more than] 100,000 persons have
determined to coi(rt fortune in this
manner. Estimating that only 75 per
cent of these will • maintain this frame
of mind up to. neat May or June, this
will leave 75,000. ifould-be Klondikers
who will voyage in some manner to
the land of g§l<J'- This is only a mini
mum estimate. r
All the Klondike tales and prepara
tion stories thus far have practically
come from the West, but the scene of
activity has to a certain extent been
transferred to the East, for the rea
son that from thisTsectiO'n must large
ly proceed thfe tide of emigration of
another year. A great proportion of
the gold seekers who have already gone
were residents of the West— men who
did not have the expensive iourney
from the East to take into considera
tion; a faot which is of no little im-
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portance to the persons of limited
means who constitute the bone and
sinew of the contingent that makes a
new country.
Of the 75,000 who are likel. to take
the journey into the Klondi. :e when
the icy barriers of winter have melt
ed beneath the fervence of Old Sol's
rays, by far the greater per cent will
be fairly well posted as to the land
they are going to and the best way to
get there. They will, besides, know
what should constitute their outfit.
There will be, therefore,- a certain per
cent greater chance for them to suc
ceed than for the gold-mad mob that
today chokes Chilkoot and other pass
es or mourns its ill luck at Dyea.
Not all of the throng of gold
hunters which hopes to reach the
Klondike within twelve months will
wait until April or" May before; mov
ing. One ship load will leave New
York harbor about Oct. 1. The pro
jector -of- -this oxpedition has purchased
a staunch vessel, which he believes
thoroughly afole to stand the buffetings
of a journey around Cape Horn, and
will carry all up to a certain limit who |
cao- afford to pay $1,000 for the trip, j
This money is not simply for transpor
tation and subsistence during the
journey over seas, but includes a year's
provisions after reaching the gold j
fields and a frame house, erected, the j
houses for the passengers being car- <
ried with the provisions in the hold of j
the vessel. This is no chimerical
scheme, but a genuine undertaking,
which will in all probability be carried
out. |
In stating that the tide of emigration ;
next year will come from Eastern |
points, a comparative standard is used,
the Eastern line referred to being
drawn at Chicago. This includes sev
eral of the so-called middle states, to
be sure, but to all intents and purposes
in the matter of Klondike emigration,
these are East. New York state and
Pennsylvania will furnish at least 20
per cent of the gold seekers. Persons
r.ot residents of these two sections of
the United State can hardly realize the
deep earnestness with which considera
tion is today being given to the Klon
dike question. There is much less oi
the impetuous element here that is al
ways looking for change and adven
ture. The men who are talking Klon
dike are not those who cannot make
a good living for themselves and
family, but simply representatives of a
class who seek a competence, and who
do not care to be among the toilers in
the vineyard all their days.
Here is an example: In a little town
in Dutchess county, this state, there
lives a man with a family consisting
of two sons and one daughter. The
youngest of the children is fifteen. This
man is the owner of a small dairy that
has brought him in an income sufficient
to maintain all in comfort. The trouble
has been, however, that it ended with
that. The balance in the bank always
had about the same limitations. Now
the dairyman argues after this fashion:
"If I keep on here, as long as 1 am
able to work, the chances are I will
have enough to eat and to wear far
both myself and wife and the children,
just as long as the latter stay at home.
But when I get old and the children
carve out their own lines of life, what
will become of the wife and me? I
car. get money enough to get the best
kind of a start in the Klondike and
maintain myself a.nd family for some
time. Now we are all used to hard
work; very hard. Why not rough it
for three or four years out there and
get enough to be comfortable always,
instead of just being satisfied with
enough to eat and wear from one year's
end to another, with nothing but hard
work to look forward to?"
That is not a hypothetical case. The
man himself said almost exactly what
is quoted to The writer within a fort
night. Whatsis more, unless death or
sickness intervenes, his course will be
exactly as he has -outlined. There are
dozens of other cases like this all
through the .territory which will con
tribute Klondike emigrants next spring.
They are not going there with any pr:s
ent intention to remain longer than is
necessary, arid hope to win a compe
tence and cqine back to the United
States and enjoy it.
The majority of /this class of Klon
dikers will wait until next May before
beginning their journey, but there is
another and large element who will be
foot loose long befpre that and will in
consequence make-/ the best of their
way to Seattle and other points of
embarkation to £c in readiness to
take advantage of the first northward
movement. And what a movement that
j will be. The chances are that uot for
many years to come will Seattle again
! have a winter population Df the num
| ber that is likely to be within her
gates the coming season. Undoubtedly
some will go from the East to these
Western points who will find the West
ern country, which will be so new to
them sufficiently attractive to aban-
don the Klondike plans, but the cry of
the majority will unquestionably be
"Excelsior!"
The slump in silver has unquestion
ably caused a great many practical
miners to decide on a Klondike trip.
With the value of a silver dollar hov
ering around forty cents, the wages in
the silver mines will not increase, and
while there is small probability of this
figure being maintained for any
lengthy period, it is not among the
probabilities that there will a pro
nounced bull movement in the white
metal for a long time. For this rea
son it is safe to say that another year
will see 50 per cent at least of the sil
ver miners of the United States delv
ing for gold in the new land of prom
ise.
There will be many women among
those who take the northward journey
next spring. It is the history of all
such strikes of magnitude that while
woman is not found to any extent
among those who first rush in, the
succeeding season always sees plenty
of them.. They are going this time,
and among them will be all degrees,
from the wife of the laborer, to whom
AT KLONDIKE.
manual toil is second nature, to the
daintily nurtured feminine whose
brain has hitherto furnished her with
employment. They will be the women
who will make or mar the new coun
try, for the probabilities are that a
large per cent of those who go with
the idea of merely making some money
and then returning to places of great
er civilization will find ample reasons
for making the Klondike permanent
homes.
This tremendous rush of humanity
to the gold fields which has been out
lined will necessarily be over largely
the same routes that have heretofore
been utilized. Plans are now making,
however, which will result in the roads
of today being made far more pass
able. By another year your railroads
will have been surveyed and the work
thereon commenced. Then will much
of the terror which now surrounds the
journey be removed. The members of
the Klondike army of '98, however,
must make up their minds to journey
without the aid of the iron horse.
You will have a fit when you get
your new Gordon hat!
APPOINTED BY LINCOJLK.
Jnilfi-e Jackson, of Injunetiura Fame,
Has Served Thirty-Sis Years.
Judge John Jay Jackson, who issued
the now famous injunction against the
striking coal miners, is one of the old
est United States judges in the coun
try, having been on the bench ever
since his appointment by President
Lincoln in 1861 as United States dis
trict judge for the district of West
Virginia. He has always been a man
of decided opinions, and there has
never been a time when he lacked the
moral courage to stick by his opinions,
although it was sometimes not a
pleasant thing to do.
Judge Jackson was the eldest son of
Gen. John J. Jackson, and was born in
Parkersburg in 1824. At the age of
twenty-one he had been graduated
from Princeton college and entered the
office of his father and John J. Allen,
JUDGE JOHN JAY JACKSON.
I president of the supreme court of Vir
' gmia, as a law student. In 1846 he was
1 admitted to the bar and two years
later was elected first prosecuting at
torney of Wirt county. About this
time he became prominent in politics,
ar.d in 1852 and 1853 he was elected a
j member of the state legislature from
I Wood county. He won a high reputa-
J tion as a public speaker and debater
i during these campaigns and in 1852,
i 1556 and 1860 was one of the Whig
electors.
In 1860, when secession was urged,
one of the most eloquent and forceful
voices lifted against the step was that
of Judge Jackson, then a young law
yer, but a popular politician. Thi3
caused him to be ostracized by his
former friends, and even by his family,
f-«r nearly all of his relatives, includ
ing the famous "Stonewall" Jackson,
were on the Southern side. So he
naturally became affiliated with the
Republican party, and as a. reward for
his courage and faithful service he
was appointed to the position he now
holds.
In the reconstruction days, when the
West Virginians protested so loudly
against the rule of the "carpetbag
gers," Judge Jackson again joined
hands with his neighbors, and ever
sir.cc has been with the Democratic
party. During the thirty-six years
which he has served on the bench he
has frequently been called upon to
make decisions which required great
personal courage. While at an ad
vanced age he is still sound and vigor
ous in both mind and body.
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Year-Old Boy.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.— Young Ogden
Goelet. by the recent death of his
father in England, becomes probably
the riches lad of his years in this
country. The bulk of the Ogden Goe
let estate is to go to him, and ho
ought easily to have two and a half
millions for each of the twenty years
of life he has spent in the world since
he entered it with a golden spoon. His
father was, and his Uncle Robert Goe
let is, among the richest land owners
in the country. Their holdings have
been placed under the lowest estimate
at $60,000,000. It is very much larger
than that, however.
Of course, Mr. Ogden Gcelet's will
has not yet been made public, as the
family will wait till their arrival in
New York city, where he has the
greater part of his real estate hold
ings. It is rumored, however, that
She — Hereafter, dear, I intend to do the cooking myself.
He — Is that the reason you insist upon me having my life insured?
the bulk of his fortune will go to
young Goelet, although Miss May Gob
let, the announcement of whose en
gagement to the duke of Manchester
created a stir, only to be contradicted,
is said to have been generously remem
bered by her father. Miss Goelet is
worth millions in her own name al
ready. With millions more that she
will inherit from her father, and mil
lions more she will inherit from the
Wilson family, to which her mother
belonged, Miss May Goelet will be one
of our richest heiresses. Ogden Goe
let said he would rather he dead than
see her the wife of a titled foreigner.
Her brother will be far richer than
she, however. He will inherit much
of the famous Goe'.et farm, acquired
by Peter Goelet, which extended from
near the site of the present Windsor
hotel to the East river. Eldridge T.
Gerry also came in for a share of the
farm. The Goelet farm increases in
■value from year to year, and whiie
worth $!),000,000 twonty years ago is
worth now $40,000,000. Young Goelet
will, of course, be unable to handle his
own property, as he is not of age and
is still acquiring an education.
One Week Beginning
Tonight, September 5
/VIATIINESBS WEDNESDftY AND SATURDAY.
Special Alatinee Labor Day.
MATINEE PRICES— 2Sc AND 50c.
THE 6R9YTH AB2O KIOE ©©HfSEOY CO.,
PRESENTING
FsNft la H" Owe ILs
H s& H &»s B^E SeP
FROM
RIS3K2EST COMEDY EVE§! WRITTEN.
150 LAUGHS iN 150 MBNUTES.
THE FOLLOWING GREAT CAST:
FREDRIO BOHD, MAY V3XES, HELEN REIMER,
JOHN P. WARD, JOHH B MAKER, JOSEPH AOELMAN,
KITA ALLEY, CLARA HATHAWAY. META MAYNARD.
NKXT WEEK— HOYT'S "TRIP TO CHINATOWN"
FEW CANDIDATES.
Not Many WUI Take the Civil Serr
ice Examination.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.— The reg
ular fall civil service examinations
throughout the country for all classes
of government offices will muster only
about a quarter or a third of the usual
number of candidates. This is tlw
prediction made by the civil service
commission, and Chief Examiner Ser
ven attributes this falling off to the
unusual number of applicants exam
ined during the spring, when a high
water mark was reached, the number
of applicants examined then being an
increase of 100 per cent over the pre
ceding fall or spring. This rush was
due to the change of administration
and the civil service extension made
by President Cleveland. As a result,
and in view of an inadequate examin
ing force, the commission is far in ar
rears in marking the papers, and, 14,
--000 of them, all submitted during tha
A QUESTION.
spring examination, have yet to '^
reached for marking. This aggregat*
includes 2,255 relating to the railway
mail service, and 1,451 to the clerk
copyist places. This unprecedented
arrearage has been a great factor in
deterring applicants from applying fo*
examination at this time.
«*»
ATTtK ON ROCKKKKI.M.EH.
ROCHESTER, N. V., Sept. 4.— At tha
closing session of the New York Mis
sionary Society convention, the Rev. **.
C. Tyrrell, of St. Louis, spoke on "So
cial Reform in the Church," and cre
ated a stir T>y his reference to Mr.
Rockefeller. "We have come to the
day," he said, "when the commercial
brigand stands not on the highway to
iilch the passersby, but behind an oil
faucet, levying toll on his fellow citi
zens in the form of profit. The smell
of Rockefeller's millions will not im
pregnate the air with one-half of the
stench as do his donations to college^
and universities of the land, for tJ#
latter are given under the mask of re
ligion."
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