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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05
ONE OF TIE DARK PROBLEMS.

Commenting upon the small interest
aroused by the approaching end of the
Century, the Baltimore News is moved
to remark:
"1he Century which is now entering
upon it's last month has been in many
ways the most remarkable in the his
tory of the human race. Certainly the
external aspect of the earth as a habi-
tation for man has never shown, in
such a period, changes comparable in
magnitude to those which this Cen
fury has witnessed. The progress of
invention and the enormous expansion
Of the scale upon which scientific re-
search is carried on are features of
the Century which are quite without
parallel. and even beyond the reach
Of comparison. in former ages. In sim
gle great advances in science. the Cen
tnry stands among the most remark
able the world has witnessed. Social
changes. too, manv of them most ben
cticent. While some of them are big
with dark problems of the future. have
been going on upon an extraordinary
scale"
The News might have added that
about tho biggest problem that con-
fronts the world at the beginning of
the new Century is to learn how to
rest. 1t is one of the problems. too.
hat The new Century is likely TO solve.
II took the world good while to quiet
down and re-lcarn the art of living
after Columbus discovered America,
but il by and by settled down to Il
more or les; staid gait. The discover
les of science have unsettled mankind
In this Century quite Us much as the
discovery OF America did in the 10th
Century. 1t is improbable that we
shall have in the next Century any
thing marking such an advance as the
railway. the telegraph and the thou
sand and one labor-saving devices of
this Century. Anyway VIC have gotten
used to It. If flying machine were to
make the trip from New York to San
Francisco in two days nobody would
be very greatly surprised. and in six
months 1t would be as much n matter
OF course as the express train. There
is really not very much more TO be
done in the way OF rapid transit and
communication that will materially
effect our way Of living and thinking.
10 learn TO take things easy in the
midst of ail the noise and hubbub it
VIII heir from this Century. Men will
lclrn 10 rest and hurry at the same
time. Indeed, they are already making
small. but perceptible. beginning in
that direction. Strenuousncss will
wear Itself out. Men will turn from
science to philosophy. and will decline
10 let the work OF their own hands
make them unhappy any longer. "Oti-
UNI cum dignitate" will have its innings
once more. But before that shall come
TO pass we are in for about twenty
five or fifty years Of the warmcst time
the world has ever seen. and all along
OF the crop of wind mankind has been
sowing, for all It's boasted progress.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

that what is all right in the campaign
may not be all right in congress.
The judicious reader will not fail to
note that the President is less conf
dent of the enduring nature OF his
brand of prosperity than some others.
else why should he caution congress to
husband for the future in a season of
plenty?" Are we not to have season
of plenty for at least four years more +?
Mr.. Mckinley can see things clearly
enough; what pity it is that his cour-
age is so inferior to his insight!
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05
TWELVE PAGES.
WEDNESDAY. pEcEMurn s. 1ooo.
THE STATE PRISON AND THE
PENAL SYSTEM.

A section of the Virginia press has
necessity for better penitentiary. and
it is expected that the extraordinary
session of the General Assembly will
take up the matter next spring. The
steady tendency In this country has
been toward reform in prison manage
ment, humane treatment of criminals
and the provision or wholesome sur
roundings. and there is no reason to
suppose that the General Assembly
Will not readily respond to the de-
mands of public sentiment and the re-
quiremcnts OF the case.
With no purpose whatever to throw
cold water upon this worthy move
ment. the Virginian- Pilot would sug-
gest that as new state prison is need
ed and new constitution is to be pro-
vided, the time is opportune for going
exhaustively into the states penal sys-
tenn and putting 1t in thorough accord
with the. best systems of other states
and other countries. Whether this
would neccssitate any specific provision
in the new constitution we do not
know, but merely throw out the sug-
gestion.
There might be changes in the penal
system that would materially affect the
requirements OF the state prison. I'm
der the system in operation in some
states, accommodations are not re-
quired at the state prison for more
than twenty-five per cent. of the states
criminals at any one time. y states
prison built without taking possible
changes in the penal system into CON
sideration might be found too large or
too small. or not adapted to the needs
OF the State, ii SUCH changes shall be
made.
The Virginian Pilot is decidedly of
the opinion that the whole question of
prison reform and the treatment OF
criminals should receive the earnest
consideration OF tho Constitutional
Convention, and of the General AS
sembly next following it.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

During the football season just closed
four players were Killed. four seriously
injured and one hundred and twenty
nine injured seriously enough to lay
them up. This looks like a pretty bad
record. yet the percentage of killed and
injured was probably not larger than
is usual among railway employees, of
whom 4 per cent. are annually killed
and injured. OF three thousand four
hundred players engaged in football
the past season. only per cent. of
them were injured. The number OF
players in the United States no doubt
largely exceeded three thousand four
hundred. More persons were killed
while hunting in the Adrondacks than
while playing football
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05
GRAIN DEALERS AND THE
CORNER.
Chicago Record.)

The criticism of the Decatur Grain
Dealers Association of the Phillips
corn corner hardly can be accepted as
an unselfsh expression of opinion. In
n general way corners of any sort are
to be condemned, as they are in the
nature of n temporary eXtortionatc
monopoly. They are not legitimate
trading. But the corner Is an effect
rather than n cause. II does not con-
sist OF buying and holding certain
sort of grain and compelling those who
wish actually to use it to pay an alb
normal price for it. On the other hand,
in board of trade speculations one set
of dealers simply agrees to deliver to
another set grain of q certain kind dur
ing a certain period. Those who agreed
To deliver No. . November corn had no
corn when they agreed to deliver it,
and didn't expect to have il. If corn
had gone down they would have set
which they sold for and the price at
which they could deliver. No corn
would have been handled in the trans
action. Having sold corn which they
did not have they relied on the mar
ket to take care OF them. But Il
shrewder Spectator than they came
along, and finding the stock Of Nc
vcmber No. . limited. bought all there
was in Chicago and fixed the price. If
the men who sold November No. ,
corn had owned corn which they sold
they might have profitcd by the Phil
lips corner. and at any rate they would
not have lost.
Corners are Objectionable and NOR
ally are little better than any other
sort of hold-up. But they are the out
growth of speculative trading on the
board OF trade. and until trading in
anything but the actual grain is made
the rule of the board they are likely to
be successfully engineered.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

Governor Allen is rushing the Amer
icanization of Porto Rico rapidly: he
Las proclaimed u Thanksgiving Day.
This New England observance not only
was carried West. but it has by CON
.act spread over the South. and is now
really national. 1t is evidently to be
grated upon the social Institutions of
our insular dependencics.-Jour of
Commerce.
What Governor Allen will find to
graft thanksgiving on in Porto Rico
is not very apparent. Between the
hurricane aud the tax athcrer good
deal of thankfuno has been mauled
out of the amiable Porto Rican.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05
NOTES AND OPINIONS.
SENATOR DANIELS VIEWS.
(Atlantn Constitution.)

Senator John ". Daniel, in speaking
of the political situation. has given ex-
preston to views which must com
mand attention for the common sense
they contain.
The senator believes that all talk of
leadership and platform thus early is
out of place ANA useless. History is
made rapidly, and the man does not
live who can divine what the great
question Of 1905 may be. In 1896 we
had no war. ana the probabilities
pointed to repetition of the same is
sues iouf years later The unexpect-
ca interviewed. which gave us totally
diitcrent conditions. Thus it may be
four years hence, when the populace
WIZ concentrating on opposite sides
OF some new question. force party
leaders t. dopt the one side or the
other.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
RETURNS.
IN. Y. WORLDLY


The total vote cast for President in
1895 was 13,923.37S out of an estimated
total electorate of 1i,250.0G0.
The total vote cast for President in
1900 was 1853. 93i out of an estimated
electorate of 15.500.00O.
The vote this year was therefore 80.
435 less than it WAS four years ago, al
though the electorate had increased at
least 1,250,00o. While the vote four
years ago was within n quarter of Il
million of the total electorate, the
stay vote this year reached
1850, 900.
One voter in every dozen the country
through refrained from expressing any
opinion upon the Presidency.
Except the Presidential election of
1864, when the southern states We're not
represented, this is the first Presiden-
tial election at which the popular vote
has been less than at the preceding
Presidential election.
Except that election of 1861 this is
the first Presidential election at which
the popular vote has not been much
than at the preceding election.
Mr.. McKinlcy's popular vote in 1896
was 7102, 272. His popular vote in 1900
was 723S,l30, a gain of iSo,S5S. Mr..
Bryan's popular vote in 1895 was 6502.-
925. His popular vote in 1900 was $780,
$50. a loss of l42 S95.
Clearly these facts can only mean a
widespread popular dissatisfaction
with both candidates. both parties, both
schemes of national policy. Clearly the
voters chose between evils. and chose
so reluctantly that large part of them
refrained from expressing choice.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05
RET GOLD TRUST.
81. l.o..a RepuDlic.)

Mr.. Alfred Belt, of London and South
Africa. whose ambition 1t is to become
the richest man in the world, is justi-
fed in his argument that, since the
worlds diamond output has been
monopolized under syndicate control.
the gold OUTPUT may be manipulated
in similar manner.
II is but natural, therefore. that h
man of Belts daring. energy and vast
financial aspirations should be plan
ming to effect q combination which
shall virtually amount to a gold trust.
Provided that he marshals sufficient
capital behind him III the movement,
the thing Is simple. 1t is merely n
question of buying up the gold-produc-
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

any good orthodox Republican should
not take pride in this beginning. When
he reflects that. in addition to this, a
day has been set for the Ship Subsidy
bill he can feel that once more the Re-
publican party is getting back to first
principles and Is going to make laws
jus, like it used to make-say from
1865 TO 1876 or thereabouts.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05
SUPERFLUOUS.
CHouston Post)

When the recently elected governors
of all the States shall be innuErratcd
the republicans viii have twenty six
and the democrats eighteen, leaving
Nevada with a s;lverite. The only
thing the republicans will be unable to
accomplish in the way of legislation
during the next two years will be to
secure q partisan constitutional amend
ment; However, they don't need the
constitution any more.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

Mr.. Mckinley commends the good
disposition" Of his majesty. the Sultan
OF Turkey. II Abdul Hamid submits
to being thus guyed, under the circum-
stances he might as we'll disband his
army and assign for the benefit of his
creditors.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

Mr.. Mckinley's plain duty" this
time took the form OF a recommended
ton that Mr.. Cramp be subsidized.
Experience has taught the President
plain duty minus the eXchcquer fea-
ture is dangerous thing to spring on
a Republican Congress.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

If the Republicans are going to cut
down the South's representation in
Congress they might have the grace
TO turn the job over to some man
whose name wouldn't bust Southern
larynX.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

The Bell Telephone Company failed
to include the city councils of Toronto
among the things granted in its fran
chise in that city.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

A Chicago physician claims that no
man over 35 years old should take eX-
ercise. He is doubtless a candidate for
president of the next national conven-
ton of Weary Wilics.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

Mr.. Crumpacller did not fail to be on
hand with his little bill. Mr. Crump-
acker is the most persistent and alert
fool enemy of the South in Congress.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05
HAVE DISCONTINUED
THE SOUTHERN
BELL TELEPHONE.
THE LIST IS GROWING.

i IL ne LID I'D GESOWlNGh
For the information of the public the Virgnian-Pot will
from day to day publish list of the names Of business houses
and residences that have discontinued The service of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company If you have disconn-
ued, or intend to do So please notify the Virgnan-Pot
The following list of subscribers, who have ordered their
phones out has been furnished the Virgnian-Pot
ARMSTRONG BRA1NARD Real estate sos Main street
TanSy Fe Dry and fss s ana a HsSs. Monticello
A. BF1NKLEY s co. Water street
A. BRNKLEY, street Portsmouth Va
CAPT. BURDEN Grocer Church and Nicholson streets
W. BIBB. Attorney at law So CRANKY street
c. H. BULL CO.. lumber Bldg
c. H. Residence
CHARLES J. BAssETT. lIner,ss Mains street
BUNTING Grocer and ship cha nder corner Main and Mathew, t
bldg
agricultural imp 1sol Water St.
BRAMBLEroS IMPROVEMENTS
co. Wholesale gro GERS and provisions 81 Roanoke ave-
L" r. BRITT co. Wholesale street.
CAPT. BURDEN Grocer. Church Nicholson streets
D. CARPENTER Furniture and carpets s5s Main street
D. CARPENTER Residence
coURTIAND LUMBER co. Citizens Bankbu building
street
8 cABLER's BAKERY Sc Bank street
L. cigars Com.
GEORGE Insura Main
o s Dry goods and notions 2os Main street
DUNCAN grocers Place.
, L.. Residence
, j. DEJARNETTE. broke wae street
!, j. ENGLE .l
Il EGGLESTON EPPES
E. FREEMAN co. Lumber sas M"
L. B.. Residence
avenue
2 F. L. Hay grain feed 4 avenue.
B Wholesale grocers street.
T. w GOODWIN co. Propreors
J. GROVES
@ Place
W. Ports mouth.
GALE Main street
HUDSON
: C. II. NY LifcIn Co, itzensB Bldg.
JOHNSON commission Roanoke
a. NJ. Contra buide Bankstr
Dock
: BoRUM. Commerce street
e KELLY. THORNTON WILLIAMS. umbe Banks
\ DR. F. LYNCH.
LAWRENCE & WELTON street.
doTTu. DEWITT 6 CO., Brokers 81 CRANKY street
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

ADvERTIsING RATES. ADVERTISE
ments inserted the rate of 7a cents q
square. first Insertion. each subsequent
Insertion 40 cents. so cents when in
serted Every Other Day. Contractors
are not allowed to exceed their space
or advertise other than their ieEitima q
business, except by paying especially for
the same
:, Reading Notices. invariably 20 cents pcr
n:ie iir5t insertion. Each subsequent In
Eertion 10 cents.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

Mr.. Mckinley might begin his anti
lynchins crusade by stopping lynching
in the Philippines.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

No employee OF the Virginian- Pilot
Publishing Company is authorized to con-
tract any obligations In the name of tho
company or to make purchases in the
name of the same, except upon orders
signed by the PRESIDENT OF TUE
COMPANY
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

In order to avoid delays. on account of
personal absence. letters and all commu-
Dic3tions for THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
connected with the office. but simply 10
THE NtRGlNIAN AND PILOT PUB
LISTING COMPANY.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

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entity. Portsmouth. berkeley, Suffolk,
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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-30
] OCALIENTE
@OT SFRINGS.)

Ihese Celebrated Hot Springs are To-
Gated in the midst of the Ancient Cliff
DWellers, twenty-five miles west of
Taos, and fifty miles north of Santa Fee,
and about twelve miles from Barranca
Station, on the Denver & Rio Grande
Railway, from which point a daily line
of stages run to the Springs. The tenn
perature of these waters Is from 80 to
122 degrees. The gases are carbonic. AL
t1tude, 5000 feet. Climate very dry and
delightful the year round. There is now
a commodious hotel for the convenience
of invalids and tourists. These waters
contain 1,6S6.24 grains of alkaline salts
to the gallon, being the richest alkaline
Hot Springs in the world. The efficacy
Of these waters has been thoroughly
tested by the miraculous cures attested
to In the following diseases: Paralysis,
rheumatism, Neuralgia, Consumption,
Malaria, Bright's Disease Of the Kid
neys, Syphilitie and Mercurial Affec-
tons, Scrofula, Catarrh, La Grippe, all
Female Complaints, ETC., etc. Board,
Lodging and Bathing, $3.50 per day; s14
per week; $50 per month. Stage meets
Denver trains and waits for Santa Fee
train upon request. This resort is at
tractive at all seasons, and is open all
winter. Passengers for Ojo Caliente can
leave Santa Fe at 10:0S a. m. and reach
Ojo Caliente at 5 p. m. the same day.
Fare for the round trip from Santa Fe
to Ojo Caliente, 81. For further partic-
ularS. address
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-30
Democratic Superstition.

The Democrats have given up figur-
ing on what states they will carry in
November, and are now depending or
soothsayers, palmists, ph%renologists
and astrologers to predict victory fol
them. One Democratic paper has fig
ured u that because both Bryan's
and ~Stevenson's names end in m they
would be successful his fall. 1t is also
publishing broadcast over the land that
a San Francisco soothsayer predicts
Bryan's election, and also points to va
rious hoodoo signs and condolences
which to the credulous indicate that
the Democrats will carry the election.
In the meanwhile the Republicans are
certain to carry thirty states, and with
their electoral vote assured they can af-
ford to leave all the hoodoo signs to be
exploited by the Demo. -Populists.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-30
Convict Labor.

The Leavenworth penitentiary farm
of 700 acres has successfully solved the
convict employment problem. The work
on the farm is all performed by con
victs, and enough vegetables were
raised to supply the table for 900 con-
| victs. Aside from vegetables used al
the prison, 1882 bushels Of wheat, 4,0O(
bushels of oats, 10000 bushels of corn
$4,000 cabbages, 1000 bushels of sweet
potatoes, 5000 bushels of tomatoes. 5000
bushels Of onions, and large quantities
of fruit were raised. With land very
cheap in New Mexico, it might be we'll
to enlarge the farm around the terri
torial pe~nitentiarw If not for present
use. yet for later demands, when the
problem of employing the convicts
without competing with tradesmen and
manufacturers will be more pressing
than it is to-day. Farm work and the
making Of good roads seem to be the
most sensible solution to the prison la
Dor problem.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-30

I'VE are doing a much larger bust
ness into San Francisco than l antici-
pated, and traffic is growing constantly.
Our heavy increase in business has beer
in the south. We are building several
connecting lines in Oklahoma and
Texas. In Oklahoma they have splen-
did crops, and there is a regular boom
in that territory. Texas, too, is at
tracing a great deal Of immigration"
A TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT.
An alliance between the Santa Fe
and Rio Grande railroads, which will
result in a practical union of the two
systems, is reported by the Rocky
Mountain News. The details of the
union are now being worked out by
fnanciers of the two corporations, and,
according to report, another summer
will not have passed before the coali-
ton is completed. The recently an
nounced construction plans of the Rio
Grande for the extension of their line
from Durango south through the San
- ~ VI oiAo NiASlh oNSI ihlo otaIl
are said to be a part of the scheme. The
Rio Grande will extend it's line south
west from this point until it reaches the
Colorado river, and will follow the riv-
err down to Williams, possibly going
down the canon itself. At Williams it
will unite with the Santa Fee, thus es-
tablishing through connections with
the Pacific coast.
The union will, Of course, be of mu-
tual advantage. The Rio Grande will
be relieved of its dependence on the
Rio Grande Western for an outlet for
the western seaboard, and besides will
be assured all of the Colorado business
which the Santa Fee now divides with it
and the Midland. The Santa Fe would
be benefited by having access to the
Rio Grande terminals in Denver, and
would also handle all the east-bound
business originating on the Rio Grande
in addition to being able to feature Col
orado tourist business as it does Cali
%fornia; a through route from Chicago
to Pueblo I'VE the Santa Fe, through
Colorado via the Rio Grande, with it's
projected extensions joining the Santa
Fe again at Williams, Ariz., after a
journey down the Grand canon of the
Colorado being a scenic trip which has
hardly an equal.
The proposed extension of the present ;
trackage contract between the Colorado
4 southern and the Santa Fe between
Denver and Pueblo may possibly be ex-
tended until the coalition of the Santa
Fee and Rio Grande is completed. That
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-30

it will continue temporarily after thu
LIST of August is a certainty, as the
meeting between the presidents of the
two interested roads for it's remova
not be held until possibly the middle OF
August. Whether by thai time the ar.
engagements with the Rio Grande will
have progressed far enough to permit
the arrangements with the Rio Grande
the Santa Fe to indicate their future
action is a matter of doubt, and if not
a new contract with the Colorado &
Southern will probably be signed.