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Evening star., 1900-10-11

states Gof Association over the Wheaton
INKS have returned to their homes Some
OF course, have thei" usual hard 'uck
stories. but in most instances they are free
10 admit that the best man wen. 1t is d
noticeable fact that nine out of ten pro-
fesslOnals when asked their opinions as TO
The fe.atiVe merits of Harry Fardon and
j. H. Taylor viii without a moments hest
tation pace Nard0n'S name at ,he mead 81
the list and Tayio.'s next. This is not just
now due to Earduns latest achievement
Tor the same feeling has existed for years
The fact of the matter is the nrg. opcu
champion OF America gets a l0nPer ba;f
lh2n Taylor. and his tells in a long match
despite. the others supposedly better sh0T!
same. W hhc the open champiOuship tie =
was by a odds me best ever aatusrel l..
srther in the United States, i was also dis
tnctiNe in other ways. An amateur who
has Just returned from Chicago declared.
Il never saw SO many prof eSSionals of
mediocre ability competing in q changpi n
snip before. Why. there were sren who
drove off from the first tee that would not
have stood even the slightest chance OF
winning in one of regular amateur
Journeys here in the metropolitan district
Some Of the professionals travelled several
hundred mics 20 cC.Ipete. cn.y 10 finish
rear the bottom of the list.
another thing brought out by the 1900
championship event was the fact that anna
tours are not to be tempted into competing
for the higher honor through The addition
OF d special amateur prize. Ever since
Bernard Nichols defeated Harry Vardon
in match over one of the Florida courses
last winter the cnampiGn has been trying
in every way 10 get on a return match, but
Nichols beng wei content to rest on his
!aurels domurTeo. AT the time the victory
nj the former PhiladeIphian was looked
upon flulle. and nearly every c.ose fol-
lower of the game declared that Vardon
would easily turn 3he taO.es next time they
met This ne will have 4 chance to do on
Saturday in thirty-six-hole match. to be
decided over the links Of the Rrae Burn
Goif Club near Boston. Al present Nardon
is at Scranton, bur he Will return TO the
me- rnnn 'iran dis. ricf this Nrcnk
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RATS ATE THE GUINEA PIGS.
They May Propagate Whoopinl
Cough in COnseauence


A special to the New York Times from
Chicago says: Mayor Harrison, Chica go
aldermen. city employees and prisoners in
the basement of the city hall are said to
be in danger of epidemic of whooping
cough through the rat-ridden condition of
the building.
On Tuesday night rats invaded the cages
in which Guinea pigs, held for experimental al
purposes, We're confined. and killed three
of the pigs The feet and legs of the Gui-
nea pigs eaten by the rats
The dead Guinea pigs had been inocu' ated
with the germs of whooping cough. EN-
pluyes of the health department say the
rats may spread the germs Of the disc ase
to the mayors office, to the council cham
ber and 10 all other corners of the city
hail. in which they have long been a pest
pest.
In the meantime the doctors who have
been carrying on the meteorological ex-
periments mourn the untimely death of the
pets which survived so many artificiaIly
incurred maladies in the cause of science
only TO die in one-sided battle with COM
mon ratA
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ARHIT .TIOS IN ILLINOIS.
Testimony Given by the Secretary o.
the state HOnrd.

Mr. j. McCan Davis, secretary of the
Illinois state board of arbitration was be-
fore the industrial commission at their
rooms in the Bliss building yesterday af er
neon and gave testimony concerning arb!-
tIation in Illinois. The Illinois state board
of arbitration, he said. has been in exist
ence only since 1895. Since its organiza ton
the board has had fGrty-three cases re-
ported 10 il for arbitration. eleven of them
being in 1850, seven III 1895, ten in 1897 ard
1ifteen in 1898. OF all those cases seven
were arbirated, one was investigated with
out formal recommendation, twenty-five
were cases In which mediation was success
fu. and in thirteen cases mediation was
unsuccessful. During 1888 cunciliation was
the chief means by which the board settled
disputes.
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In considering applications of individuals
for increase of salary, he could neither
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ling, contemplates the building of a mucI
larger boat during the coming winter ant
| spring, for service on the coast next sum
mer.
warehouse office has been built on the
wharf of the Randall Potomac River Line
Company at the foot of Sth street
1t is stated that an effort is to be made
| to have big wharf built at King Copsico
on the Potomac river in Westmorelan ne
county. Va. When built 1t is proposed tC
have the Baltimore. Washington and Nor
fGlk steamers stop there. AS an argumeu;
III its favor those who desire the wharf
built say they would get mails hours ahead
OF what they now have; that fruit and cat
tie could be shipped quickly to markets
thus commanding better price and that
The evening papers would be on the break k
fast tables of the Westmoraiand people
! each morning. The proposition to build this
wharf is meeting with much favor and the
chances are it will be done.
The Freisht-Laden Craft
The steamer Lily and Howard is at Alex
andrfa for cargo of fertilizer for Occo-
guam bay and other points
The two-masted schooner Richard Crom-
well sailed from Alexandra Tuesday for
Potomac creek to load a paint ore for Balti-
more.
The j. P. Robinson is at VIM. a. Smoot
IL Co. S for cargo OF fertilizer and miscal-
laneouS supplies for lower river points
The barge G.. B. Roberts is at the G,ymunt
wharf for load of poplar wood for Phla-
delphia. where it will be used in the manu-
facture of paper.
The steamer Occoquan has delivered a
cargo of oak piiing for the rebuilding of the
Baltimore and Ohio transfer ferry Sip at
Alexandria.
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Opportunities of En piOyes.

AS to the opportunities of employees in
the service he stated that, the force once
graded, opportunity for advancement in
compensation could come only through an
advance in grade No sene employc could
be singled out for increase of salary from
a group of emuloves doing the same work
at the same compensation. Advance from
grade to grade is promotion, properly
speaking; advance in compensation with
out change of --.ties is a different matter
Such an auyauee cannot be expected. This
explanat ation was necessary from the fact
that applications had come to him from
employees, or from others in their behalf
for an increase in compensation. and who
seemed to regard their case as isolated
cases; to assume that it was in his power
to increase their salary without change of
duties; to increase their salary without re-
gard to the merits of others doing the same
grade of work.
The advance of any given en1ploye could
occur only in case of vacancy in a higher
grade and by promotion. That promotion
must be based upon the work done in the
lower grade, and such aptitude for the
higher class of work as might appear.
Consider only the Merits. I'D
In considering applications of individuals
for increase of salary, he could neither
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L IB RARY EN- P l. DYE s
A TALK TO THEM UPoN QUESTIONS
OF INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION.
Mr.. Putnam SPEAKS of Increase Of
Force and Advancement in
Compensation.

For the first time since he entered upon
Office. a wear and & half ago, Mr.. Putnam
called together the entire force of til
library yesterday ana made to them /
statement upon certain questions rel&tinS
to the library service. Icy were all ques-
tons OF internal administration. He eau
toned them against the natural inclination
to use their own privileges of drawing
books for the ben, fit of their friends. point
ing out that as the ordinary resident of
the District is not entitled to draw out
books for. home use in any direct way. it
would be exc edingly unjust II certain resi-
dents should succeed through their friend
ship with the library employees.
He asked { - 60 discourage, 50 far as
lay in th2ii. -nr -. further applications to
the library sn~ II. i he force is now sub
StaHtially &c ri. =" here IS on file sur
plus Of anrlic' ions froni experts alone far
in excess of the proba Bile requirements of
the library during several years to come.
He does not feel Ii just to his routine du-
ties to give further time now to the consid-
era ton of tue qualifications of applicants
for whom there is no possible opportunity
iii the library.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-10

Charleston Gazette.

charleston Gazette.
The present Republican State admins
tration has cost the taxpayers about $780,
900 year more than any Democratic adj
ministration. This does not depend on the
statement of any man, but is shown by
the records and the figures. And what
has the people to show for the additional
cost? Is there a single Institution or de-
partment of the State in better or more
prosperous condition to-day than it was
under any Democratic administration?
Wherein have the taxpayers of the State
been benefited? On what grounds can
the additional expenditure of 900 a
year be justified when there is nothing to
show for it? 1t is no justification OF the
wilful waste of public money TO plead
that there is still some money left in the
treasury. Whatever sum Is in the treas
ury has been collected from the taxpayers
Of the State and If $500 900 a year had not
been wasted by the present Republican
administration. there would be that much
more in the treasury. The Republican
administration has had no influence on
the amount of the revenues collected
This money has all come in under the laws
of the State and not through any special
financiering of the administration.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-10
CURRENT TOPICS.

The sheriff of Pratt county Kansas, re-
Gently allowed a man who had been con-
vcted of selling liquor without license
to remain with his family instead of serv-
ing his time in Jail At the expiration of
the term the prisoners wife sued the
sheriff for the price of board and lodging
for her spouse She was awarded judg-
ment for S2160. but the sheriff has appeal
ed to the district court.
More persons We're killed and injured in
factories in the State of New York last
year than fell in Uncle Sams army during
lie Spanish-American war. The figures
were as follows: Killed in factories, 80:
injured. 10000. Killed in Spanish-American
war, POS: wounded, 1857.
London newsboys swear by the Duke Of
Portland and Lord Arthur Hill. who gave
the youngsters a weeks outing at the sea-
side this summer They went in squads of
AGO. each squad accompanied by a band.
and were given every comfort and oppor-
tunity to enjoy their holiday in full.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-10
ST0RYETTES.

One day In presiding at table at his
country home in Windsor. VT. with
swarm Of grandchildren about him, Sem
ator William NJ. Evarts Is said to have
asked: What is the difference between
this goose before dinner and me afterg"
After much futile guessing. he answered.
In quiet glee: Now the goose is stuffed
with sage. and soon the ages-pointins
to himself-.'wi1l be stuffed with goose.
AT one of their joint discussions, which
took place in Kentucky some years ago.
Tom Stuart, then editor of the Winchester
Democrat gave his opponent. L N Boone.
a descendant of the great Daniel. a blow
that fairly knocked him out of the race
for the Legislature. Boone was making
in it he referred to his relation to tina
toiling masses. My friends" said he.
holding up a pair of hands that looked as
if they had not been washed for week.
ITO let you see for yourself that / am
horny handed son of TOLL ask you to look
at these hands and" turning TO Stuart.
Il would ask my pale faced young friend
from the city, what he thinks of them
Stuart was on his feet in an instant Il
do not desire to ernbarrass my distinguish
ed opponent lSQleS ana gentlemen, ne
said with a bow, ''but I would say that
think that they need soap and water" 1t
was such an apparent case that the crowd
took hold at once with a shout, and Boone
was completed fioored and later Stuart
was elected.
James Russell Lowell was dreamiiy
strolling along toward his home in Cam
bridge one unusually beautiful night.
Slowly, with serene, queenly majesty.
full moon was ascending her azure
throne" pouring her lavish light over all
things and softening into semhlance OF
beauty even the ugly outlines of the con-
ventional domestic architecture round
about. Duly Illuminated by the lovei.n sss
of the spectacle, the poet, as he passed
by the house of the estimabie brother-man
who supplied meat TO him regularly for
slight consideration of profit. noticed
that valuable citizen leaning ON his fence
and gazing up in a kind of rapt way II
pleased Lowell to think that the butchers
immortal soul was bathing itself in the
flood OF semi-spiritual moonlight aud.
pausing, he remarked What a beautiful
night 1t is, neighbour" Eyes Mr. Lowell
1 was just a-thinkin' what bully night
for slaughterin this would be-" "of
course, of course" gasped the poet, beat
ing a hasty retreat
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-10
When the People Awake.

Boston Globe.
There are some 100000 men of voting
age, scattered here and there in the coun-
try, however, who are not politicians,
and they Invariably have the last word in
the selection and settlement of issues In
the most elaborate campaign programmes
these people always are left out in the
reckoning, but there comes a crisis in ev-
cry instance. and then these nicely laid
plans aft gang sgley. In the twinkling Of
the eye Of the nation a great transforma-
ton is wrought. The truth quickly dawns
that the American people have walked up,
and. with stretching arms. brushed away
the labyrinths of intellectual cobwebs
which the political spiders had spun about
their drowsy or ''apathetic" heads. The
hour of their next arousal now draws
near
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-10
sTUPEyDOUS FIGURES.

The estimates for the city of New
York for the coming year are an even
one hundred million dollars. The sum
is a stupendous one. The fire depart
ment calls for over five millions, po-
lice for about seven millions, schools
for nearly as much, salaries for forty
millions, the Commissioner of High
ways for four millions and half, and
so ON through a long list of depart
ments, which include charities, the
courts, and a multitude Of other
things. The figures are enormous, and
yet they are but examples of the needs
or alleged needs Of great cities. For
instance, London has mapped out a
street improvement plan for the next
few years which contemplates the ex-
penditure of seventy-fve million dol
lars, an dthe work will probably cost
one hundred millions before it is COM
pleted, for it involves the purchase ct
private property to vast aggregate
LOT the widening anu Safeguarding VI
existing streets and the opening OF
new thoroughfares.
The constant tendency in modern CT
ties is. to increased expenditures, and
the favorite way of raising the money
is by the issuance of bonds. Munid-
pal Indebtedness has increased enor-
mously in the last ten years. Nobody
ever thinks about the day of reckon
ing. All efforts are devoted to rails
ing money in any manner and at any
cost. Here in Wheeling we do better.
We're paying off our debt and set
ting along fairly well, even if we have
NO boulevards. parks, and other expen-
sive institutions. The dav VII come
as surely as tomorrow when the great
cities, now piling up Indebtedness
with a recklessness unparalleled will
regret TIE present policy of extrava-
gance.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-10

Washington Times.
II is quite proper to hold that Organism
is the sole issue I'm the campaign Of 1909
as 1t would be to say that Hercules was
the paramount issue In his campaign
against the Augean stables The stables.
II will be observed. were an issue equally
with Hercules. and classical history as
sures as that they were thoroughly c1ean-
ed out
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-10

Baltimore Sun
In coming to Maryland this year as the
avowed opponent Of Imperialism and the
champion Of free institutions, Mr.. Bryan
comes into friendly country and into
sympathetic atmosphere. and opens his
campaign in the East under hopeful and
inspiring auguries. His appearance at
Cumberland last night side by side with
Republican United States Senator from
Maryland, who four years ago was one Of
MS strongest opponents. Is strikingIy sug-
gestive of the changes that have occurred
in public sentiment and Of the growing
realization even among Republican voters
that the safety Of the republic and the
best interests OF the people demand the
overthrow OF McKinleyism and the cleo
ton of Mr.. Bryan
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-10

parties to the bargain, had no voice in
the transaction. were not consulted,
and yet are expected to submit. They
would be pusillanimous towards if they
acuuiesced in any such arrangement.
they have not acquiesced, but they
have not rebelled.
Don't let your sympathies go 10000
miles away.
Indeed. Why not? American SYM
patty for people struggling for the
same freedom we insisted upon cen
tury and quarter ago, and which we
now enjoy, ought to be capable Of en-
comprising the world. And, in fact, 1T
does. so far as the masses of the people
are concerned. 1t went out to the strug-
ling Beers, who are quite as far remov-
eo from our shores as are the Filipinos,
it has ever been with the Polish patri-
OTIS. it went out to Greece, it was with
the Italian patriots in their early at
tempts to secure freedom, and we have
stood since the days of Monroe between
the nations of the Western hemisphere
anu European aggression. And yet,
according to Mr. Freer, we must not
waste even sympathy upon struggling
peoples. This is new Interpretation of
the doctrine of liberty, and it is reserv-
ed for Mr.. Freer to promulgate the
new faith Shades of George Washing
ton and Abraham Lincoln! 'tThe Fill
pinos are ours by purchase And this
from a candidate of party whose
standing boast it is that it freed four
million slaves, and stands for liberty
and equality"
Mr.. Freer's frankness is refreshing,
but his tendency to blurt out the pres
ent day ideas and tendencies of his
party is not more polite cor opportune
than was the St. Paul declaration of
Teddy Roosevelt, and similar course
of probation and silence will doubtless
be prescribed for the West Virginian as
soon as the powers that be appreciate
the full meaning of his remarks.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-10

Pittsburg Post.
The Pittsburg Gazette meets the trust
question by figures showing that in the
way of granting charters in the great
trust States of New Jersey, Delaware and
West Virginia, there is an astonishing
falling off in the number of new charters
granted for trust purposes because Oh
this the Gazette asserts Mr.. Bryan VIII
soon be out of a job in the way of de-
nouncng trusts" The decrease in tie
formation of trusts is because aearly ev-
erv industry and business available has
gone into a trust No more are needed.
Those in existence are sufficient for all
purposes In the last year and half OF
the Mckinley administration over thou
sand trusts have been formed. with
Capitalization of five thousand million dol
lars. This is double the number in exist
ence in all Europe.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-10
Has No Trouble.

Chicago Chronicle.
Richard Olney never had any trouble
making up his mind on public questions.
stIl less in expressing his matured opin-
ions In vigorous and unmistakeabie lam
glage. He was the author Of the Ven
ezuela message. wherein President Cleve-
land warned Great Britain, to the point OF
war. against attempting to extend its ter
ritory on the American continent. Quite
logically he is not in sympathy with an
administration which surrenders American
territory in Alaska at the beck Of Brit
ish premier The Monroe doctrine was
promulgated by one democrat and reiter-
ated BY another Mr.. Olney is a demo-
crat and he is for the democratic candi-
date.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-10
MIR. MCKINLEY HEARD FROM.

President Mckinley does a good deal
OF accepting and much more of ex-
PLANTATION in his letter, from which CO.
pious extracts are published on the
second page of the Register this morn
ing. His plea in mitigation is very
long. the full text making twenty-eight
pages of typewriter copy, and to
print it ali would be to exclude much
valuable news, but we do what IS pos
siole, and allow the Republican candi-
date about twice as much space as the
local Republican organ gave to Mr..
Bryan's epistle month or so ago.
Mr.. Mckinley goes into very small
details in his own defense, but he
scarcely makes out a case. He is YER
bose. prolix and assertive, and brings
to his aid an array OF official docu-
ments in classification Of his shifting
policy as to Porto Rico and of mis- IN
American course as to the Philip
pines, but his argument is not at all
conclusive, because there are two sides
to every proposition. and he suppresses
that which does not aid him IN his
purpose.
So much of his letter as the Regis
ter can find room for speaks for itself
and We commend its perusal to our
readers. 1t is the voice Of the Presi-
dent Of the United States. attempting
to Justify himself before the people
and he should have : patient and care
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-10
They Make Few Converts.

Pittsburg Post.
The wonder Is that with the immense
patronage in the hands of Hanna and Nc
Kinley, and which they so well know how
to use they have not been able to produce
really formidable list OF converts TO inn
perialism. Their failure In this respect
shows the hold Bryan has on the DEM
icratic party and the independent citizens
generally. Some of the brightest men OF
the Republican party are earnest in sup
port of Bryan's principles or will vote
for him.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-10
GAGE AGAINST GAGE.

It's hardly worth while for Hon.
Carl Shurz to pay any more attention
to Secretary Gage, who lately made a
desperate attempt to shift the para
mount issue of the present campaign
from Imperialism to silver Mr. Gage
is ON record in this silver matter, and
has completely refuted his own argu-
ment, made at'this late day for pur-
pose. In the New York Journal of
Commerce, in reply to criticism OF
Prof. Laughlin on the Republican cur
rency act, Mr.. Gage used this Ian
guage:
q am satisfied that the new law es-
tablisheB the gold standard beyond
assault, unless it is deliberately VIC.
lated. - It is quite true that
the legal tender quality has not been
taken away from the silver and paper
money of the United States. 1t would
have been remarkable and disouiet-
ing thing TO do. What diff
ference would 1t make to me If | held
some bonds and Mr.. Bryan should
direct his Secretary of the Treasury to
sort out some of his limited stock
of silver dollars for the purpose OF
redeeming the bonds? Would [ not
Immediately deposit the silver in my
bank and draw checks against it,
just as | would if the Secretary had
exercised the more rational policy OF
paying me with sub-treasury check
believe that silver will never drou
below par IN gold. The crux OF the
proposition is that adequate measures
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-10
Unfair Tactics.
PhiIadelnhia Record.

I DIIautIpIlIa IstNOI q
The Republicans cannot prevent men
from following the dictates OF their own
Judgment and conscience by any abuse
OF Mr. Olney. To cry out. as one OF the
party organs does, that Mr. Olney locks
arms with Altgeid' is on the face of IL
worse than unfair. With a candidate as
unstable as afr. Mckinley has shown
himself to be the Republicans are not in
a position to arraign anybody else for In
constancy. and they cannot detract from
the force OF the olney letter by virtually
calling its writer an Anarchist.