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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-07

Northern Pacific are important enough
to mention.
1t becomes tiresome to mention the
word control so often, but that is Mr..
AIorgan'S strong point. He controls ev-
cry avenue of commerce entering New
York except the Pennsylvania railroad
and the Erie railroad. He also owns or
controls the ferries.
He is not the possessor Of such vast
wealth as John d. Rockefeller, but that
which he controls is far greater. His
own fortune is estimated at from $780,
100000 to $S0,000,000.
He has not only great interest in the
Pacific railroads, but also in the facinc
carrying trade and Japanese and Chinese
commerce. He is a stakeholder i'll the
Nippon GuSau Kaisha, OF Japan.
We cannot warm ourselves without con-
tributing to Mr.. Morgan's profits. He
is the head and front Of the great am
thracite coal trust which includes the
coal mines and the railroads which carry
the coal into New York.
He has another little concern known
us the Soft Coal Trust, which operated
i'm Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia.
In 1896 Mr.. Morgan engineered a COM
bination of the Western Unions Telegraph
company and the American Bell Tele-
phone company, whereby their profits
were increased by upward of 100000
600 a year.
He is the organizer of the Steel trust,
which does the greatest business of its
kind in the whole world
In an odd moment he fioated the Coffin
trust this year with capital of sos
OOC. 900. He is also the head of a sym
dictate that is promoting Thomas A. Edi-
sons great invention for separating iron
from ore with magnates.
He is aiming to control the street rail
roads of the whole country. He has i'm
terests of this kind i'm Boston, Chicago,
st. Louis, Baltimore and Pittsburg.
Mr.. Morgan aroused considerable pub
lie interest when he foated bond issue
of $62 100000 for President CLEVELAND.
He received $5,000,0O0 for taking the
bonds and proceeded to make $15,OOO,O0O
more by selling them to the public.
When Senate committee endeayOred
to ascertain his profits Mr.. Morgan an
swered in a characteristic way:
MY business is banking" he said.
Perhaps you will prefer to hear my
statement in my own way rather than
question me-"
He refused to tell what his profits
were or give any information beyond
that contained in his statement.
Mr. Morgan's amusements, apart from
finance, are varied, and in spite of his
tremendous labors he goes into them
very thoroughly.
One of his chief amusements is yacht
ing. He is commodore of the New York
Yacht Club and was the real owner of
the good sloop Columbia, which kept the
Americas cup this year. Soon after be-
coming commodore Mr.. Morgan gave the
club a new house, costing 100000.
He always kept fine steam yacht.
At the time of the Spanish war he sold
his old Corsair for a large price to the
government. She was converted into
the Gloucester and played glorious part
under Lieutenant Commander Vain
wright at Santiago. With the money
obtained Mr. Morgan built a new Cor
sair, 800 feet long, the most luxurious
steam yacht afoat. During the summer
he goes to and from his office and his
house on the Hudson in her.
Dogs hold large place in Mr.. Nor
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-07

:
Erie system, II lines; CAPT
tai -. ............. TO, 493, 1S1
Southern SYSTEMS lines ;capi-
tai ........ 49,. =. 1928 173
Northern Pacific system,
lines: capital .......... 1O6,40oO00
Big Four system, Z lines;
capital ......... $500. 64,517, 635
Chesapeake and Ohio system,
5 lines; capital ........ 73,70S 100
Total capital of nine sys-
TENS ........ .Sl,OZl do, zoJ
A number of these roads have been or
are being reorganized by Mr. Morgan.
In these cases he requires the. stock
holders to create a voting trust, under
which they reiinquish all their powers
to him for a term of ten years.
The history of his connection with the
New York Central begins long ago. Com
modore Vanderbilt in 1860 decided to
sell large quantities of Central stock to
the public and invest the proceeds in
other railroads adjoining his own. He
planned to gain control of the Lake
Shore, the Michigan Central and Cana
da Southern. j. p. Morgan and j. >.
Morgan & Co, Of London, promptly
.
From that time the Vanderbilts were
compelled to make Il friend of Mr.. Nor
gan. and since then he has gained con-
tinually more and more power over the
Central system. 1t is even said that he
controls more stock than the Vanderbilt
family.
The New York, Buffalo and West
Shore railroad was reorganized by Mr..
1F Al N
1885. Then it was turned over under a
perpetual lease to the New York Cen
tral.
I'm 1888 he reorganized the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad, and it now forms the
eastern end Of SYSTEM of which the
big Four" organized by Mr.. Morgan,
is the western connection.
He took hold of the old Richmond
Terminal and formed it into the pros
porous Southern railway. For this he
received a cash reward of S1,OOO,O0O
and a great block OF stock.
Ee reorganized the Erie railroad, which
had been in a bad condition since the
days of Jay Gould and Jim Fisk. In
this he was greatly aided by the conf
dence of English investors.
Incidentally it may be noted that there
is no American capitalist who enjoys a
1.-THE of the confidence in Europe that
Mr.. Morgan does.
After the panic of 1893 he reorganized
most of the railroads of the South and
West. In addition to the Southern rail
way, he controls the Georgia Central and
the North Carolina railroads.
1t would not be worth while to enum-
crate all the railroads that Mr.. Morgan
has reorganized. The Reading and the
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
DESTROYING THE CHILD.
rem.
Schools Wreck the Health
and Happiness of Thousands
Every Year.

$40 American men and women
reali ze that in five cities Of or
country alone there were during
the last school term over SiAtprn
Thousand children between the II" es
of eig hit and fourteen taken out #
the public schools because their nnl-
vous systems were wrecked, an
their minds were incapable of gon
on any further in the internal cram.
ming sy stems which exist tOlav IN
our School>?' inquiries Edward Box
in the January Ladies' Home Jour
nal. "And these sixteen thuusan,
helpless little wrecks he continue.
ARE simply the children we know
about Conservative m dc Il men
who have given their lives TO the
study of children pace the number
whose health is shattered by over
study nj more than fifty thous md
each year. 1t is putting the truth
mildly TO stat" that, OF all Amcrl-
can institutions, that which deal,
with the public education of oar
children is ut once the most faulty.
the most mintelligent and tn,
most cruel
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
The Cyarina ~ Cartoonist,

In an illustrated life story Of the
empress Of Russia in the Young Wom-
IN, We are told that the czarina speaks
i've languages, and that riding, paint
ing. rowing, Stretching, swimming and
tennis are among her recreati ms But
one OF her favorite amusements is in
drawing caricatures. Freed from the
Gear OF the censor, she INDUCES with
her pen and pencil in a way which
makes even Russian ministers tremble,
drawing them in caricaturc, which
would mean death or Siberia to any
other artist. She has drawn the car
himself--a solemn, bearded, but bald
infant in long clothes, tied in an arm
chair and surrounded by a host OF
grand dukes and grand duchesses
armed with feeding bottles, all insist
ing on feeding him in a different way.
No wonder the ear is screaming at the
top of his voice.-London Globe.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04

The Chinese Carte-de-yIsito is a great
curiosity, consisting o, e large sheet
of bright scarlet paper ami bearing TIA
name Of the owner in very large lo,-
ters, the larger the better. The popa,
is folded ten times and the name is
written Oh the right-hanL lower cor
Ler, p.caXod th"s: "Eoug unworthy
e lend, Who bows his head and pays
his respects" Your very stupid
brother" or something to ,hat effect.
IL place Of yours trG}y," Your stu
pid' is written on the Chinese card.
The return Of these cards to the Wis
itor is considered etiquette. They are
too costly for general distribution. So
it is necessary that each card should
Go duty several tines.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
Thirsty wedding Guests.

Edward Krause describes in the
Kleine ZeitIng one of the prodigious
wedding festivals of medieval type
which are still the order of the day
among the wcll-to-do farmers of the
Alt-Mark. At the procession to and
from the parish church there were
thirty outridcrs on horseback, strong
company of musicians from the neigh
boring villages and a body of 100
women and girls in festal costume,
The wedding banquet was OF incred-
ib!e dimensions. To secure sufficient
food for the guests two oxen, six
calves, three swine, forty-eight fowls
and over two hundredweight of fish
were provided, The dlinkiug was
equally generous. Fourteen tuns Of
beer and 750 bottles Of wines dlsap-
peared down the threats of the we'd
ding guests,
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
A PENSION SYSTEM.
The Railroad to Help Its
WORKOUT Employees.

New York, Jan. 1.-The much dis.
used pension system OF the Penn.
s,lvauia RaiIroa went INTO effect
oiay. All employees more than
% Yeas old or 90 and more than
hlrty years III h service were re-
tired on pensions.
The pensions amount to | Per
cent Tor each year of continuous
ervicc, the per cent hcing cilcu-
a ed upon their average earnings
lurng the last two years. Thus
Il man who has W rhed for the
company for twenty years at $40
month will receive @S month
prus on. The railroad viii pension
bout rs men.
The company has resolved ia
t.. aside 100000 Il year for pen.
Sions. If the amount required tor
heir payment under the | per cent
system exceeds that sum a rpduc.
ion will be made in the per cent
neth"d OF calculation.
OF the Prnns, lvanin's employees
nly those working on the line
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
The Sponge Animal.

II the sponge as brought up fresl
from the sCa-bottOm were a familiar
OBJECT, says Doctor Lylekker. few
would be in doubt as to its being an
animal. When fresh, it is q fleshy-
looking substance covered with a firm
skin, and if cut it presents somewhat
The appearance Of raw meat. Its cav
Tres are filed with gelatinous sub
stance called milk" American sponges
a1d those Of all other parts Of the
world are Inferior to the spougea of The
eastern shores Of the Mediterranean.
The finest of all spou5es is the Turkey
toilet sponge, which is cup-shapei. The
American sponge most nearly ap-
E,oaching it in quality is the West
Indian glove sponge.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
killing the VIM Onlnn.

The wild onion has become such q
troublesome weed here that, on some
farms, it has become almost impossiU Q
to make good butter or use the milk.
especially in the spring, says an
Orange county, n. y, contributor TO
Rural New Yorker. 70 pillow and hat-
row as in ordinary farm work scatJeIs
the onions and makes them more nJ-
merOus. | was told of very eifectu4l
way to eXtcrmiuate them by an old
English gardener, the way they do IL
in England. He said, put on gas
lime, and that will kill them outright.
Having a piece badly infested with
them, | had. about Sept. IS, one load
of gas lime put on as an experiment.
To my surprise, it killed them entirely.
That was about eight or nine years
ago; it also made the grass grow much
better and for years | could see just how
far the gas lime extended. / believe
about the middle of September is the
proper time to use it, as the heat Of
the summer IS about over, and the wild
onions are in a weak state about that
time. Another experiment with gas
lime was on my garden, but here it
appeared TO do an injury, and | 90
not want any more on the garden. Gas
lime can be had for nothing. except the
carriage; gas makers are glad to get it
drawn away. In using the lime, that
which has been exposed to the weather
long enough to eXpcl the smell Of gas
and is boached white is best; new
lime may kill the grass.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
Chinese Murder Trust.

SAN Francisco, Cal, Jan. l.
That an active murder trust has
been formed by Highbinders OF
this city or Marysville is the b. =
lief of Chinatown officials.
Enough is known to show that
the murder trust Enjoys a mono.
poly of killing this winter, and
that murders are committed b,
Marysville gunnerS. Those who
claim to know, say that noted
Highbinders have been forced in
to the combine and that their
Ratchet men are now idle.
A fixed price of $500 per MUIR
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
Aliens Conference With
Stephens.

JEFFERSON CITY, DEC. 20. -
Judge w. w. Graves, OF Butler, an
Jake Allen, editor of the But ei
Times, were here lat night IA q
spent four hours in conference wit
Governor Stephens. The soprosi
ZION j. that Allen wants to succc d
Capt. Lc>ueur as secretary of >ta &,
and the conference was for h pur.
pose OF drvising WAYS and ma 5
or crca ing vac ,ncy in h tt flee
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
Worlds Copper supply.

San Francisco Chronicle. The United
States produces 60 per cent OF the
worlds copper, and 40 per cent of this
worlds total comes from the mines in
the far west, the Anaconda in Mon
tana, the Copper queen in Arizona, the
Iron Mountain in California, and some
others. Nearly half the copper supply
is from the Pacific slope, and yet none
of it is refined where it is mined. 1t
is shipped east anG then to Europe.
and finally round to the Pacific coast
of Asia for the use of the markets that
should be supplied directly from this
edge Of America.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
Florida Phosphate EUrH.

Fernandina. Fla. J. the largest
shipping point in the wnrld for phoS-
plate rock. The rock, which is used
as a fertilizer. was discovered in Flori.
da in 1855. In 1890 the shipments
from Fernandina amounted to lO,i2S
tons. Each year it has increased, UNI
I'll last year 1875 0GO tons we're shipped
from that port This year it is expect
ed that the shipments will reach 2SS,-
600 tons. All the phosphate rock
shipped from Fcrnandna goes to for
eien countries The harbor Of Fer
nandina is unsurpassed by that of any
Florida port. the depth Of water over
the bar being twenty-five and one-half
feet.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
Production OF salt.

Thc salt production Of he Uniteo
States, which the newest trust seeks
to control, amounts 20 100000 bar
rels year, Waited at over $5,000,000.
salt was first made in the United
States in Ohio in 1898, and the Michi-
gan mines have been worked since
1859. There are two methods Of OBJ.
tanning salt, it being gathered either
from mines or by evaporation. Sea
water is seldom evaporated for salt.
The more saline water in certain
springs and pools is used, being placed
in pans and exposed to sun or artificial
heat until the water passes away in
vapor leaving the salt deposit.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04

or the inyenting of long-felt cycling
wants there seems to be no end. The
latest Of these is an instrument by
which it is easy to record al )matic-
ally not only the distance ira eled by
q bicycle but also the various direc-
lions followed during the journey and
the hills asacndod and descended. The
record Of directions is obtained by
means OF a compass. The needle is
suspended at the top Of the "pathom-
eter," as the apparatus is called, di-
roctly above the tape on which the
vecords are taken.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
Meaning of the Gold Bill.

In the opinion of Congressman
DeArmond. the enactment into law
of the republican currency measure
means the overwhelming defeat of
the Mckinley administration at the
polls in 1900, The prophecy will
be verified if the people come to I'M
derstand the iniquity of the pro-
posed enactment. The financial
measure is the most infamous which
has ever been seriously considered
in the congress of the United States.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04

The Russian government has, after
years of discussion. resolved to give up
the old style, or Julian, calendar,
which is twelve days behind the Gre
scrian system. The old style was u
source of great annoyance to Russian
merchants doing business with other
countries. who were forced to use both
dates. 1t was also annoying to for
eigners trading with Russia. The st,
Petersburg Astronomical society has
taken the matter in hand and the nee
essary details will be arranged. 1t is
expected the new calendar will come
into effect in 1901.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
Vegetarian Shoes.

NcgCtarians who are so strict that
they do not care to wear an article of
clothing into which any animal prop
critics are introduced are catered for
in the boo. line by a London shop
keeper, who is the inventor OF veg
etar.an shoe. For two years he has
Lcen experimenting, and as the result
he has produced n foot-coyer in tho
construction Of which there IS abso-
iute!y no paper or leather of any de-
scription. Not only this, bit, according
10 his assertion, they wear ouc-third
longer than leather shoes and The
upper material is always soft and never
crAcLs.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04

BY limiting the payment of bonds
to gold it presents 800, 600, 600 or
more to the holders of these bonds.
1t increases the debt of the taxpay-
crs TO this amount without Il cent $
return. The bill perpetuates the
national debt in order that the nat
ional banking system may be con
tinued. TO those who believe "a
national debt is national blessing
the bill will appcalaS Il righteous
and helpful measure. II adds I'M
mcnsoly to the powers and prlvl-
lcgcs of the national banks, In
deed so far as issuing money is con
ccrncd. il amounts to practical
abdication by the United States in
favor of the privileged banks. 1t
was urged in the last campaign
that the government should 60 out
of the banking business The re-
ply was that the banks should &c
out of the governing business,
Under the new law the government
will go out of the banking bust
ness, and the banks will stay il
the governing business.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04

SECRETARY GAGE showed his
contempt for public opinion when
he ordered something like Il million
dollars a dav-thc receipts of the
government for internal revenue
taxcs-deposited i'll favored New
York bank, pending distribution
among other national banks, but
he may find himself in hot water
on account of that order, as a sena-
tor is quoted as having said of the
order: THE only satisfaction Sec
rotary Gage vouchsafcs to the coun.
try is that it is confidential ar
rangemcnt between the treasury
and the bank. That is queer
way to talk about the government :
transactions, and ] wouldn't be sur
priscd if an effort should be mad,
in the Senate to ask some SharI
questions about it. remember
that big muss was kicked up dur
ing Mr.. Clevcland's administration
because Il much smaller sum of GOV.
eminent money was dc posted il
widely scattered banks In Jack
sons time the same question wa,
rgiSed and the country sat dow
hand ,r Al, ,.b,,,, "
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04

Where it is desired to avoid blacn
specks in paper made in the smoke
laden atmosphere of a manufacturing
district the only effective remedy is
the filtration of the air through WOW
en- fabric Of fine texture. At Scher-
ng's works, in Berlin, where photo
graphic sensitized paper and plates are
made, circulation of air Is maintained
by drawing in air through cloth filters
and eXpelling the same through power
tul vCntilatJrs in the roof.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04

ter is the chief benefit that the,
derive from membership in the
combine. The trust guarantee 5
= neat and transformations denis,
1t thi price, the sun being pal,
over on pre- scntntion OF death 10.
ticc in Chinese newspaper.
Heretofore, when a. war viii
each other, sh o er. and slapb, +
u warning TOMS ,Omm,u dcd 1. II
cl liguc, FIR til ir # GO a imr ,
work. As much Il, 5000 anI I've
81, 900 las Lcrn pad iur turrni. 4
c."Ncr hOmiclua trick at theligh,
time. Even veal hier TOMS ic
hat Ties" prices wrrc excessive f /
the removal of common cooks
tailor, and llborrIS, md there re
,u,tel an eyer-lucreaslng demand
FIR CT cap dtah.
In time tins popular cry led t.
he f rmation of murder trust
a ;fl,,, L., To-. az. a., oil. t,r,
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04

In the case OF the X-rays, it Is pos
sible that one of the earliest practical
uses Of liquid air will be in surgery.
Already experiments have indicated
that a spray of liquia air can be ap-
piled as a local anaesthetic but the
application should never be made cX.
cept by an experienced operator. In
few minutes a small part Of the body
can b. frozen as hard as ice, and
surgical operations conducted with
the aid Of liquid air ore attended with
no hemoIhaEc In the Medical Rec
ord Dr. \. c. White describes various
experiments with liquid air, including
the successful treatment of such dis
eases as sciatir2, neuralgia and ivy
poisoning. Boi'o and carbunclcs can
be abortcd with liquid air, and II is
useful in the treatment of ulcers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
Z UsoTnI LaO1i,

The National Consumers league has
succeeded in inducing number OF
prominent manufacturers of women's
white goods to adopt a label guaran-
teeins that the goods that bear it have
been made on the premises under
sanitary conditions; that all require
ment5 Of the state law have been full
filled; that no overtime has been
worked and no girls under l6 en-
plOyed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-01-04
Snle's Vested ChcIr.

Yales administrative officials have
announced that a vested choir had
been decided upon for the college
chapel. The choir is composed Of be-
tween thirty and forty undergradu-
atos, who have been In the habit OF
wearing anything they liked from duck
trousers to dress suits, and the COM
bination gave to the choir a motley
appearance. II is understood that tho
customary professional and occasional
will be introduced as a feature OF the
service.