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The Republican., 1900-09-13
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER.
His Income Nearly Equal to the Com.
bined Incomes of All the POten-
tates of Europe.

A New York francier, in an idle
moment, was seized with desire to
find out how the income of John d.
Rockefener, the Standard Oil king,
compared with the incomes of the
monarchs of the world So he under
took the task, and the result was
startling. The exact annual receipts
of Rockefeller are indefinite, but are
in the neighborhood of 100000, 900, and
this amount is very nearly equal to
the combined incomes each year of all
the crowned heads of Europe.
The discoverer of this remarkable
fact figured the annual incomes of
The Republican., 1900-09-13

Most of the stores in the remote
business sections of the city are con-
stantly annoyed by children of the
neighborhood coming to the door and
asking for cards, empty boxes and
similar articles. The clerks are, of
course, down on the youngsters, and
the warfare never ends. The other day
small boy polled his head in the door
of a West side store and called out:
Say, mister, got any empty boxes?"
"No," said the clerk, not very no.
litely.
Got any cards?"
"No."
Got any almanacsw
mo"
"Got any empty bottles?"
mo"
Got any sense?"
o!-yes-no-yes-y miserable
little wretch" and the clerk flew at
his tormentor, but the latter had fed.
Boston Traveller.
The Republican., 1900-09-13
SELF-ACTING RAT TRAP.
Chicago Inventor Is Confident That
He Can Make the Rodents Anni-
hilate Themselves

A Milwaukee avenue inventor, says
the Chicago Daily News, thinks he has
solved the problem of how to induce
rats and mice to exterminate them
selves and assist in the annihilatio
of those that come after them. He
is S. Ruckersberg, and his annihilator
is a self-acting rat trap.
The first night the trap is in action
it is tightly closed and loaded with a
The Republican., 1900-09-13

the rulers of Europe as follows:
Gar of Russia, $12,00O,O00; king of
Prussia Exclusive of his income as
emperor of Germany, $3,S52,77O; Aus
tria-Hungary's emperor, $3,S75 1000;
king of Spain, $2,0OO,OOO; king of
Italy, $2,S5S,O Queen Victoria, ST.
925,OO0; king of Portugal, $634,44O;
king of Norway and Sweden, $575 5,525;
king of Greece, $25OOOO; king of Sax
ony, $735,OO0 king of Wurtemburg,
$449,O 900; king of Roumania, $237,OOO;
king of Servia, $24O, 900; king of Den
mark, $227,775; king of Belgium, $780,
900; king of Bavaria, $1,412,O0O The
total is $31, ,931 $40, but $1,931,5 more
than Rockefeller's estimated yearly
income.
OF course there must be taken into
consideration the fact that the en-
peror of Germany is not counted on
the list. His income is not known,
but it is considerably smaller than
the amount he receives as king of
Prussia. John D. Rockefeller is now
called the richest man in the world.
His start in life as a poor boy and
his present comparatively plain man
ner of living add picturesqueness to
the story of his wonderful wealth.
Rockefeller is now 81 years of age
and his health is excellent. Should
he live 20 years, as seems likely, and
his wealth increase at the present
rate the dividend would pile up $780,
100000 for him and the compound in
terest upon this income invested put
his fortune almost beyond calculation.
Possibly he will have all the money
in the world
The Republican., 1900-09-13
S sREEAiaNR5lRa1ea 8 z "
S'lN114i\p7g@
THE GOLD COLONEL"
Drink Brought Him to Deepest Deg
radiation, But Prayer and SYM
pathy Saved Him.

In February of the present year an
old man died in the Presby byterian hos
pital in New York Thousands knew
him as the "Old Colonel" His story
is briefly this:
The "Old Colonel was born of one
of the best families in Ohio He was
reared in a wealthy Christian home,
and after leaving college he studied
in the law Office of Edwin NJ. Stanton,
Lincoln's great war secretary. He
married and began the practice of
law. But in college he had fallen into
Incorporate habits. When the civil
war began he enlisted as a private
was mustered out colonel of cavalry
and a confirmed drunkard.
He struggled against his fatal hab-
it, but it finally ruined him. Home
was gone, and wife and children fol-
lowed Bereft of everything, he left
his own city, and after months of
wandering entered New York under
an assumed name. For over a quar-
ter of a century he led the life of a
drunken vagrant and beggar, notori-
Gus as one of the most loathsome of
his class.
One night, while half-intoxicated he
entered the Bowery mission, and dur
ing the service rose and prayed most
unctuously. After the meeting he
said he was converted" and asked
for a quarter of dollar. This the
leader gave him, and begged him not
to return too soon.
The next night he came reeling in,
and prayed once more, and tried to
The Republican., 1900-09-13

table d'hote dinner. The second night
the hearts of the hungry rodents are
made glad by the sight of an open
door at one end. AS it advances the
rats weight overbalances a sheet iron
false door, the door falls with a click
and his ratship is doomed. Inspection
discloses but one way of escape-up
boxlike fue-and this he accepts.
Once again an automatic door closes.
The way leads into large tin fun
mel. The rat walks on until it tips
and it is precipitated into a can of
water. The tipping of the funnel
raises the door to the first entrance
and things are in readiness for the
next adventurer. In four nights 113
rats were captured and disposed of
in one of the big clubhouses.
The Republican., 1900-09-13
silence Accounted For.

Percy whispered my urdying love
into her pearly ear. She remained 81
lent, pensive, thoughtful, almost sad.
Algy-Yes; they say the dear girl Is
stone deaf in one ear. You must have
got hold of that ear.-Judge.
The Republican., 1900-09-13

Locomotives are fred by petroleum
residue on 13 per cent. of the Russian
railroads, and its use is exclusive ON the
lines Of the Volga and on the trans
Caspian and trans-Caucasian systems.
The Republican., 1900-09-13
wonder. of Modern Guns

The tube of 12inch gun has so
spiral grooves inside, which cause the
shot to revolve rs times per second az
1t rushes through the air.
The Republican., 1900-09-13

Soil was brought up from depth of
326 feet from a coal mine in Belgium,
and from it sprouted weeds of species
entirely unknown to botanists.
The Republican., 1900-09-13

1t would be simple matter to be
moderate drinker, if it were not so
much harder to refuse the second drink
than the first one.-Puck.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29

A curious relic of the Transvaal war
has been sent from South Africa. in
the shape of a Rosary of bullets fired
by the Beers 1t is owned by an Irish
woman. and was sent to her by her
son, an officer at the front, after the
siege of Ladysmith. The Rosary is
rather large in size, as the fifty-five
beads are shrapnel bullets. with five
Mausers as Pater beads The copper
wire on which it is strung is part of a
driving band off 96-pound shell. as is
also the rough cross. The bullets are
somewhat damaged. the lead project
ing in the Mausers through the nickel
plating. 1t is an interesting memento
of the fight at Pieter's Hill. The Ro-
sary is unique, and the idea of convert
ing projectiles of war to such use is
distinctly original.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29

ley's platitudcs about the American
flag in the Philippines. How can the
British flag symbolic liberty in Pre-
toria when it was planted there by
100000 British soldiers sent out to
crush out the life of an Independent
state? How can it mean justice when
it represents the spoliation of two re-
publicS. the slaughter of their men and
the burning of their homes? How
can it mean Christian civilization while
the men who are fighting under it
shoot down or starve to death the
women and children who were left be-
hind by the South African burghcrs
when they took the field in defense of
their country and their homes? Ev-
cry appeal made by Mr.. Churchill for
American sympathy for the brutalities
practised by the British troops was an
insult to American patriotism and
American love of liberty and justice.
The men and women who chccred ev-
cry Qualification of British "valor" and
who remained silent while the young
Englishman was praising the Beers
were not Americans. They were Brit
iSh SympathiZerS. Tories and rene
gadcs to American liberty and Ameri-
can fair play. Even Mr.. Churchill
must despise them.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29
THE AMERICAN FLAG IN CUBA.

At the great anti-imperialist meet
ing held in Chicago on the last Sunday
in April. 1899. Bishop Spalding. of
Peoria. made use of an expression
which found permanent Judgment in
our memory. 1t was to the effect that
the Mckinley administration has no
intention Of ever hauling down the
American flag in Cuba.
The words of the brilliant prelate
sprang to our recollection when we
read the other day that General Fitz-
hugh Lee. of rebel fame. had made a
speech before the members of the
Merchants Exchange in ST. Louis in
which he said: "And now the stars
and stripes float over Matanzas, over
I'll Caney. over Moro, over Havana.
and. III tell you, on the quiet. that the
flag is going to stay there
The special correspondent of the
Chicago Record declared that the
words of General Lee caused astonish-
ment and created a great deal of
speculation as to the significance which
his remark may have in relation to the
future Of Cuba. 1t appears that his
words attracted widespread attention
and did not meet with public approval,
for next day the Southern fire-eater
modified his utterance by saying that
he meant the flag would float until a
stable government was established in
the island.
Now. everybody knew that as we'll
as this knight-errant of Southern chiv.
airy: and if that was his meaning il
was superfluous to use such languag &c
at all. But he meant what he said
for he knows the intention of the pluto.
cratic element in relation to Cuba.
1t is high time that the Mckinley
administration permit the Cubans to
govern themselves 1t will soon be
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29

The Irish Standard records with
deep regret the unexpected death of
DR.. ID. +. Collins. of West Superior
Wis, who departed this life on last
Sunday at his home in that city. The
deceased was Il native of Cork. and
before coming west in about 1878 he
had practiccd his profession in New
York city and was Il member of the
medicO-legal fraternity He was Il
brother of Jerome j. Collins, the me-
tcorologist, who accompanied the i'll
fatcd Jeanette expedition under Cap
tain DE Long to the Arctic regions.
in the dual capacity of United States
scientist and special correspondent of
the New York Herald. He belonged
to Il highly respected Irish family and
was Il genial, wholesoulcd lrishman
One OF his brothers is Il Journalist, and
another is Il civil engineer. lie leaves
a wife and several children to whom
the Irish Standard extends its cond0l-
cnce in their sad bereavement.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29
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The Irish standard., 1900-12-29

of Mr.. Healy and Mr.. Carew We're of
small avail with the convention when
the chance was given them to free the
nation at length from the incubus
which has so long paralyzed its
strength. Its almost unanimous dec-
sion voiced the feelings of the coun-
try. In all that vast assembly there
were only % men to raise their hands
for the inclusion of Mr.. Healy. For
his own sake it is to be hoped Mr..
Harrington will think better of the
threat that the championship of the
injured innocent Mr.. Iealy will once
more split the Irish representatives
into TWO hostile parties in the House
of Commons. Mr.. Harrington will, we
trust, on cooler reelection, recognize the
prudence and the patriotism of bowling
to the irresistible authority of the con-
ventiOn, if it is only for his own sake
and of those whom he may invite to
follow him into the wilderness. The
decision of the convention is conclusive
proof that the Irish people are in no
mood to tolerate new factions. They
are sick of discussions. They are de-
termined on unity, and they will give
Il short shrift to the promoters of new
disturbances. The convention is to be
heartily congratulated on the unanim-
ity and enthusiasm of the decision that
no man, whatever his pretensions or
his ability, will in the future be per-
mitted to obstruct the progress of the
nation to freedom.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29
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OUR TRAVELLING AGENT.

John r. PcwtrrS, travelling agent for
the Irish Standard will call on our
subscribers nj points on the Omaha
road in Southwestern Minnesota and
South Dakota during the next ten
days. Mr.. Pcwtrrs left Minneapolis
on "Wednesday last and among the
towns ana cities to he canvassed are
Belle Plaine. Ir Surur. st. Thomas
Mnnknto. Ellsworth. Adrian. Luvernc
Slayton. Curric. Marshall. Piprstonc
Woodstock. Sioux Falls and Elllton
We hope all our subscribers will be
able to settle their little accounts when
our agent calls on them. and all as
sistance that may be given him along
the line will he duly appreciated by
the publishers.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29

The ransom of $4,000 paid by Cud-
ahy, the pork packer, for the recovery
of his only son from the Omaha kid
napers. is mere bagatelle to that
bloated plutocrat. The day after the
raised the price of meats one cent
per pound. thus taking millions of dol
lars out of the pockets of the defense
less American people during the year
to come. 1t is the people, and not
Cudahy, who have paid the money for
the recovery of his son. We see but
little difference between a kidnaper
and monopolist, and we are no So
cialist or anarchist either.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29

The -Four Corners lively little
weekly published at Kcnsington.
Mimi, appropriately refers to the law
less acts of the London "Hooligans''
and says: These fearful occurrences,
although very fitting in connection
with the bandt-like war of robber
nation, have been misnamed by the
English people. for they refer to such
exhibitions of outlawry as "Hooligan-
ism'-thus giving an Irish name to
the vilest scenes Of English maudlin
dcbauchcry. Such an insult to the
Irish is about as absurd and needless
as the war in South Africa itself; but
it demonstrates the eagerness of the
British to grasp at the slightest oppor-
tunity to malign and misreprcsent any
people who honestly disapprovc of
their ticndiSh course in such an infam-
GUS cause.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29

At the recent convention of the AZ
ricanders Of Cape Colony, Mr.. Cron-
wright Schreiner said within the hear
ing of the British officials: Il hope
that England may never succeed in ac-
complishing the crime she is now en-
gagged upon. l object to offer up the
country to gang of spectators. Eng
land has made great mistake if she
thinks she can pursue war against
women and children with impunity.
We Africandcrs will never acQuiescc
in England taking away the indepen-
dcncc of the Boer Republics" Since
Mr.. Schreincr uttered these fearless
words the Beers have invaded Cape
Colony. and its inhabitants OF Dutch
descent have joined their kinsmcn by
the hundreds against the British.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29
BRITISH 1oRY1sM IN Bos1os.

Mr.. Winston Spencer Churchill. NJ.
F., who is now raking in American dol
lars by lecturing on the Boer war,
possesses some of the force of his
British father and much of the tact of
his American mother. His father. it
may he mentioned, was Lord Ran
dolph Churchill. uncle Of the present
Duke of Marlboro, and his mother was
Jennie jerome. daughter of Leonard
Jerome of New York city. She is now
the wife Of young Cornwallis-Wcst. II
lieutenant in the army and of about
the same age as his StcpSon. Mr..
Churchill, in the lecture he delivered
in this city on Monday evening. says
the Boston Republic. had much to say
about the British flag as the symbol of
Justice, equal rights and liberty for
all the people of South Africa" He
also apOtheOsiZeu the American flag
and limited at the Anglo-Amcrican all-
ance. All these illusions were received
with marked appreciation by the audi
encc. Mr.. Churchill understands his
business
We have read with much care the
newspaper reports of the lecture and
the reporters descriptions of the
scenes and Incidents that TRANSFERRED
during its delivery. An evident effort
la IA. tri, Iicfi, Drift
ish color to the meeting. The British
consul was there in his uniform; Brit
iSh veterans were out in force. Rep
rcscntatives of the British and Scotch
organizations held prominent places on
the platform. The Canadians were
very much in evidence too. DIR. Lori
mcr was well enough to be present.
and there was no evidence of any Of
fccts from his recent Indulgence in
Uuininc. That the audience was large
ly made up Of Britishcrs and Amcri-
can imperialists was clearly proven by
this statement written by the Post re-
porter: Every glorilication of British
valor or motive was enthusiastically
applaudcd. and when near tho conclu-
sion Of his address the speaker said he
contemplated with melancholy awe
the extinction of a nationality one
spectator in tho rear of tho hall APP,
plauded family, and quickly subsidized
from sheer loneliness"
just one man in n Boston audience
who had the courage to applaud the
heroic defence Of their liberties by two
| sturdy republics! What n spectacle
What has become of the spirit of rs:
Where are the descendants of tho
their hands and went down to Boston
harbor to throw two cargoes of tea
overheard? That act was an act OF
vandalism and confiscation. but it lives
in history as deed of valor and rs {
concrete protest against the effort Il
tax the people without giving then
representation and to govern then
without their consent. Yet in an audi
ence assembled in sight of the spo
where the indians" put on thei
masks only one human being was
found who had the honesty to expires,
his appreciation of the splendid sacri
fees which the Beers made in fighting
for the same principles.
Mr.. Churchill told his hearers that AZ
an Englishman he did not wish tt
have the flag Of his country float owe
Pretoria unless it was to mean justice
equal rights and liberty for all tn
people Of South Africa. This Is dishon
est. 1t is az dishonest as Mr.. McKin
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29

1t is hard to make Englishmen
laugh nowadays, but the London cor
respondent of the New York World
says they laugh heartily at story of
De Wet. That doughty Dutchman re-
Gently captured three British scouts
and promised to release them if they
would undertake to deliver an import
ant dispatch to General Rumble. They
gladly agreed to do so. When Rumble
opened the dispatch he read the follow
ing: Dear Sir: Please chain up these
three devils. rs I catch them every
day. Yours. De Wet" Whether the
British general chained them up OF
let them out again to be captured, the
correspondent saith not.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29

Henry w. Lucy, a Cocllncy CORE
spondent Of the Minneapolis Tribune,
says in a recent communication: will
liam O'Brien is in the position, rare
for an Irish member, of having money
of his own. or rather of his wife's. In
the struggle with Arthur Balfour he
lost his breeches, but he gained the
hand of an heiress. Her father was
a Jew banker at Paris, who all I'M
consciously obscurely shaved for many
years scraping together fortune ulti-
mately destined for the furtherance of
the National cause in Ireland. The
first. fruits of Mr.. O'Brien's devotion
of himself and his wife's money to
active politics was seen in his rout of
Mr.. Healy at the general election, the
cffacement of John Dillon, and the har-
Messing Of John Redmond to the car
of the United Irish League" That is
the way in which an Englishman
writes of an Irish patriot. William
O'Brien is talented journalist, and
his wife is philanthropic lady. She
it was who purchased for Smith Bar
rvs tenants the fee simple of New
Tipperary and gave them homes from
which they cannot be elected by Brit
ish landlords That was long before
VIM. O'Brien routed Tim Healy at the
general election. O'Bricn, Dillon and
Redmond are working tremendously
in the National cause, and O'Brien has
alleged.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29

Rev. d. S. Phelan, of the Western
Waterman, in a lecture on "ROme and
Paris at the Kenrick Seminary, st.
Louis, said among other things: The
civilization of America is not to be
compared with that of Europe. Civ
ilization is simply polish. We Ameri-
cans have not this. The contrast is
plainly shown by comparing American
pilgrims to Rome with the European
pilgrims. But our country is young.
Our manners will develop i'll time, and
we will give up the hunt for money,
and like the Europeans learn to live for
something higher than the boarding of
wealth.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29

dispatch from Kansas City says
that Capt. Ilowgate, of the British
army, is out in Missouri buying IN
10000 cavalry horses and mules for
the South African campaign. \
year ago he bought several thousand
horses and mules in the southwest. hut
was ordered home because it was
thought the Bocr war was over. The
British government now realizes that
the war is only beginning.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-29

three years since the congress of the
and Of right ought to be, free and in
dependent" and to make it so this
country went to war with Spain in the
name of liberty and humanity. Spain
was defeated, and the United States
seized on Porto Rico, the Philippines,
and other islands belonging to Spain,
with and without the consent of their
inhabitants, and governs them today on
the colonial plan, as the original thir-
teen colonies We're governed by Eng
land in the eighteenth century. Is it
possible that the administration is so
lost to shame as to go back on the
declaration made by congress in regard
to Cuba?
Spanish-American imbroglio President
Mckinley said that "forcible anneXa-
ton" of Cuba would be nothing short
of criminal aggression" Therefore
he is trying to bring about annexation
in an underhanded way. Annexation
of Cuba is perfectly proper if ma
jority of it's people, unintluenced by
American carpetbaggers, demand it of
their own free will; but it is repre-
hensible and dishonorable on the part
of the United States to take any ad-
vantage of the Cubans while under the
temporary jurisdiction Of the great re-
public which proclaimed their island
free and Independent from Spanish
rule.
No attempt should be made to CO.
cree the Cub9ns to become American
citizens. but everything done during
the American occupation of the island
by McKinley's appointecs points to ul-
innate annexation. 1t may be a good
thing for Cuba to become annexed to
the United States, but it would be Il
bad thing for the United States to
force them into annexation. This great
nation cannot afford to be ungenerOus
to the little island, or take advantage
of its weakness. Consequently, we
deprecate thesutterance of the eX-rebel
who the other day told the business
men of st. Louis, ION the quiet" that
the American flag is going to stay i'll
Cuba. His injudicious words have ere
this reached the ears of the Cuban
patriots and may be productive of dis
trust against the Americans in the
island.