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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-07-04

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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-07-04

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The age-herald., 1901-10-16
HEAVY DAMAGES PAID.

From the New York Sun.
 Hidden in the maze of figures which make up the last annual report of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company was an item which tells an amazing story of the muicting of that big corporation in one short year by the professional damage suit sharps and their allies. the shyster lawyers and ambulance chasers. Doubt less the eyes of few who noticed the re- port when 1t was published reached the item showing that in settlement of dam age suits and Judgments against the com pany the enormous sum of $990,000 was paid out in one year.
 |. It Is a staggering statement in view of the really few serious accidents on, the great system of surface and elevated rail- roads operated by this company, and yet 1t does not represent the total loss to the com pany by litigation of this character by almost $500, ,00o.. The expenses of the claim department of the road, to which all damage suits are referred. bring the total up to about sl l,250,000 This claim de- partment has to keep a large staff of men who are experts in the collection of eyi- dence and detective work to handle a great many hundred greedy witnesses and to pay the fees of the small array of lawyers making up the legal department of the system, all of which expenses with other items too numerous to mention make up this tremendous total.
The age-herald., 1901-10-16
BIG HOTELS CAPACITY.
Ten Thousan People Served Daily Al New York Hostelry.
From Ainslee's Magazine.

From Ainslee's Magazine
 Neither the bigness nor the complete ness of big hotel Is appreciated by the patrons who finds his interest satisfied with the accomm odations which it fur nishes. He. knows in a general way that 1t may be dozen stories high and sever al cellars deep, and that the thousand or more guests are attended by servants on every hand, and when he pays his bill he believes that the charges are exorbitant.
 One of these hotels, which differs from the others chiefly in degree, represents an investment of $15.000,000 The 400 bed rooms and 750 bathrooms in 1t are so con- structed by a series of inner courts that each opens to the outer air. It has sev- eral concert halls and theaters, three great bathrooms, and, in addition to its public diningroom. where during the horse show week. for instance, 10000 peo- pie are served daily, 1t has a series of private dining-rooms which are arranged for from ten to 1000 persons. -
 In the largest ballroom in this hotel was given one night last winter the charity ball. attended by $500 people, to whom supper was served and on the same evening in other parts of the hotel were in progress two concerts. dinner of an association of 300 men and dozen smaller dinner parties in private dining rooms, each isolated so completely that no one of the 1500 regular guests need know of it.
The age-herald., 1901-10-16
Mark rwaIn and Religion.

.sThe treasurer of the Christian Foreign Missionary Society. which Is now in session in Milwaukee, reports a falling off in money contributions during the past twelve months. and he ascribes the decrease as due in a large measure to Mark Twain's attacks on missionaries. !" said, a churchman yesterday.
 "That is doing the blasphemous Mark Twain entirely too much honor. Having fallen into something like imbecile senility, and having more than ever en- gagged in ridiculing and defaming pretty much everything that respectable people hold sacred Mark Twain is without fol- lowing or influence for good or evil
 "This wretched mountebank who makes money out of the silly-minded and the wicked began his career as professional buffoon by the lowest and cheapest forms of blasphemy and ridicuie of sacred things. and he has kept 1t up. His first book, Innocents. Abroad reelSs with foul ridicule of sacred objects and sacred his- tory, some of them being amongst the holiest facts of the Christian religion: and
The age-herald., 1901-10-16
HELEN KELLER ON A wARsHiP.

from the Boston transcript.
 Helen Kellar spent her summer vaca- tion in Halifax, and when the Indiana visited that Canadian city Miss Keller was invited to go on board. Lieutenant James J. Raby did the honors of the day. In letter which speaks of that visit he writes: "It was an honor to show Miss Keller over the Indiana, and the very happiest incident of the cruise for me. Her delight at being aboard was a great pleasure to me, and more than once my eyes filled with tears when I looked at her beautiful face that could not return my gaze. She is a wonderful woman, and I was astohished at her knowledge of ships and their appliances. When we showed her the turret she wanted to know where the 'sighting-hood' was. I had never before known woman who knew what sighting-hood Is, so that you can we'll imagine my surprise" When the Spanish war was in full blast Miss Keller first heard from the news papers of the sighting g-hood,' and 1t was ever after her ambition to know for her. self what 1t was.
The age-herald., 1901-10-16
BALLOON VOYAGE FAILS.
Count de La vaulx Abandons Attempt to Reach Algeria.

Paris, October 15.-The attempt of the Count de la Vaulx to cross the Medtter- ranean in a balloon, which left Les Sab ietts, near Toulon. Saturday night. has Tailed. The minister of marine. M. flo Lannessen. has received a dispatch from Toulon announcing that the cruiser Du Chayaia, which was escorting the bal loon, is returning to port with the bal loon and her passengers, which she picked up ten miles east of St. Laurente light house.
 The balloon was uninJured. The result or the experiment did not cause any sur- prise after the news brought to Mar seilles by incoming steamers this morning that the southeast winds which were blowing out at sea would carry the bal loon to the coast of Spain or to Gibraltar Moreover. the latest news from the pas- sengers of the balloon indicated that 1t was proceeding very slowly. These two factors probably caused Count de La Vaulx to abandon his attempt
The age-herald., 1901-10-16
P oRls DAILY NEWSPAPER Ih AlABAmA
I'll be as patient as gentle stream.
 Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Reduction of Taxes.

The surplus revenue is about $70,- 000,000. Instead of cutting S40,000,O00 by the repeal of war taxes, the reduc- tion will not exceed $20.000,000, and the treasury is overfull. War expenses have been largely reduced, and the country is so prosperous that the reve- nue of the government is increasing. It will soon be as large as 1t was be- fore the war taxes were repealed.
 President Roosevelt is confronted by sse problem of unnecessary taxation, and host of selfish interests are urg- Ing the repeal of the beer war tax, of other stamp taxes, and of the spe- cial taxes on occupations. No doubt many of the war taxes will be re- pealed. Unnecessary taxation is un- just taxation, and the surplus is be- coming embarrassingly large.
 The subject of taxation cannot be handled in all it's length and breadth unless the robber tariff be revised. The taxation under which the people are grooming makes no showing in the treasury of the nation. It goes into the treasuries of the trusts. National taxation is a small affair in compari- son.
 The entire system of taxation needs revision, and the plan that President Roosevelt adopts will show where he stands as to trust robberies of the people under the terms of the Dingley tariff. The surpluses of both the treas ury and the trusts should be reduced: The people are overtaxed and over -obbed.
 sr No action will be expected in Con- gress against the trusts unless the rresident demands it, for the trusts will fight any proposition for the re- lief of the people. The country will boOH huOW Nudt Iue putty ul iiCoi- dent Roosevelt is to be in this respect. Like President McKinley's Buffalo speech, his own speech at Minneapolis was very emphatic and outspoken, but his courage may fail him when he sees the trusts arrayed in solid phalanx against him. The trusts say that the sacred tariff must not be touched. These robbers say in effect tl.ey should be left free to rob because they have paid and stand ready to pay campaign subscriptions. Presi- dent Roosevelt will be compelled to go one way or the other-with the peo- pie or with the trusts. Which will it be?
The age-herald., 1901-10-16
Gins in the Year 1900.

Daniel c. Roper of South Carolina was placed in charge by Director Mer- riam of the census bureau of cotton statistics of the crop of 1900. He pro ceeded to count that crop by first counting the gins and procuring from them reports of the number of bales ginned. This Is a new step, and is really the best way to take census of cotton crop. The ginners can In any year furnish the figures of crop. As the ginning season is practically ended in January, 1t Is possible to re- port the crop even in February, oer- tainly in March and April, instead of waiting until September. If the cen sus bureau were made permanent such information could be readily procured at small cost, and it's value to many interests would be very great.
 Every ginning establishment Is now known and located, and changes could be easily ascertained. When every gin and its location are known, full and prompt statistics can be readily ob- tained through the use of the mails. If ginner will not respond, the near est postmaster can readily ascertain the extent of his work.
 We add here a table showing the To- cation of gins by States, and their capacity:
The age-herald., 1901-10-16
Status of Chile and Ruenos Ayres.

New York, October 15.-The Buenos Ayres correspondent of the Times says that in spite of the warlike publications regarding the strategic roads made by Chile in disputed territory and the hostile atmosphere created by the Chilian war party, the president of Chile has made emphatic declarations that friendly and peaceful solutions of the difficulties can be reached within the terms of the agree ments between the two republics.
The age-herald., 1901-10-16
RAISING AN ARMY.
General Andrade May Invade vene.
 zuela With Rebel Force.

San Juan. De Porto Rico, October 15.- Persistent though unverified rumors are current that General Andrade, the form CT President of Venezuela. who is now here, will shortly head force of men from the islands of Curacoa and Trinidad who will invade Venezuela It is said that he had planned to sail October Ii on the Red line steamer Philadelphia from New York for Venezuela via Porto Rica. and that he bought his ticket but changed his mind a half hour before the ship sailed, presumably because the Philadelphia varied her regular course. touching fis>t at Laguayra, where steps had been taken to arrest the general.
 The agents of the Philadelphia are au- thority for the statement that General Andrade intends to sail October 25 on the steamer Caracas.
 The general Is living quietly In su- burb of San Juan, and is seldom seen in public. The island of Curacoa probably will be his headquarters.
The age-herald., 1901-10-16
Less Eapansson For Us,. -a..
 Lavey CAat U1sxA Ceca Pkodes.

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 booker stock. I suppose there is unmi5s takable Dutch strain in him-one of the best strains in the world, tenacious. brave, resolute. As you see them in the pages of Motley. so they are in South Africa today.
 ''AhF' said he. with heavy sigh. ..If only these brave fellows had been of our race But they would not recognize equality. and can't stand subordination of my race before any other. not even before the Dutch.
 T suppose" continued Rhodes, after a pause, they will cut the canal. But I don't understand why people should speak about this as possible source of difficulty with England Tell me if I am wrong," he said, but 1t seems to me that this pedantic insisting upon an old treaty which has become an anachronism, is bad statesmanship.
 We want the canal built: we arc not prepared to build 1t ourselves, nor to take any part in the building of 1t. The United States proposes to find all the money, take all the risk and do all the work. and why In the name of common sense should we object to their under taking the sole responsibility for protect ing their own property? It would be a different thing if we were going shares with the United States in the enterprise but we are not; we are leaving them to Invest their capital In the work, and then grudging them free hand in the defense of it.
 UT course, l can take only distant view of the question, but it seems to me that if we could secure from the Ameri- cans recognition of the principle that in the canal the British mercantile marine should in all perpetuity be privileged to enjoy American rates, we should have everything to gain and nothing to lose by taking the initiative and repudiating the Clayton -Bulwer treaty.
 We cannot expect them to feel less sensitive about the isthmian canal than we are about the Suez canal" From which it may be seen that Rhodes. being himself an artificer of em- pire, Is capable of understanding and ap- preciating the necessities of other nations engaged In similar handicraft. The United States" said Rhodes.
 sixty years ago were comparatively no- where; today they are Just at the begin ning Of career which may tempt them to wish to take the world. There Is Cen trai and South America, for instance: it IS their Hinterland. and who can realize the immense possibilities that lie before them In that southern continent? But.n said he with a smile, 1T am forrettine l fn or at least, to my own hemisphere, in which there is enough doing to keep us l busy for many years to come"
The age-herald., 1901-10-16
Four New States in 1904.

Four territories are demanding ad- They have stood hat in hand, so to speak, a long time, and they are be- coming very impatient. No doubt ac- tion will be taken upon the bills they will present next winter. and it is ex- pected that four stars will be added to the galaxy, bringing the number up to 49 on the mainland. If the four are admitted, there will be no more to come in unless indeed Canada or Mexico be annexed, or some of the islands of the sea be made into States.
 First, there is Oklahoma It's popu- lation in the census year was 413,538, and it has perhaps 600,000 people at present, and will soon have million. It is certainly entitled to statehood.
 But then there is the Indian Terri tory, which had last year 391,960 peo-' pie, and has fully 500,000 now. These are mostly whites, who are not per mitted to become landowners, or to have satisfactory schools, or sufficient protection for life or property. There are twelve tribes on reservations in the territory. The Chickasaws are the most numerous, followed in order by the Cherokees, Choctaws, Creeks, Seminoles. Ottawas, Wyandottes, Pe- orias, Senecas, Tuapaws, Shawnees and Modocs. Thsre are but 140 of the last-named. and yet they have fine reservation. The settlement of the status of the territory is a very com plex one, for it has at present not even a territorial form of government
 Arizona's mining enterprises and ir- rigated lands are. full of promise, and there were in the territory last year 122,9s1 people. It is prosperous and hopeful of statehood.
 New Mexico had last year 195,310 people, and 1t asks for statehood on the ground that it's excellent public schools have reduced illiteracy and raised the standard of intelligence be- yond that of many States, New Mex leo will be very insistent and persist ent this winter.
 Politically speaking, the admission of the four would not make much diff ference. Oklahoma would be Repub- lican and possibly New Mexico, while the Indian Territory and Arizona would furnish Democratic electoral votes. The four would cast IS cleo toral votes, of which probably would be Democratic, and Republican.
The age-herald., 1901-10-16
State Elections This Year.

Nine States in all elect in Novem- Der State officers. The nine are Mas sachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Iowa and Nebraska. It is very much of an of" year in politics, and in scarcely one of the nine is much interest taken in the coming contests.
 In Ohio and Maryland the Demo- crats have declared In favor of letting bygones be bygones, but in Iowa and Nebraska they stood stoutly up to the Kansas City platform. Virginia is as sure to go Democratic as Iowa is to go Republican. The elections In Iowa, Maryland and Nebraska will alone be watched with interest. Senator For aker's reelection depends upon the re- suit in Ohio. The Democratic nomi- nee is a man widely respected, but he is not a man of great strength or great magnetism. Tn Maryland Mir. German is fighting the battle of his life, ex- pecting to be returned to the United States Senate. No one has more skill than he; no one has finer record be- hind him. The most that can be said against him Is that his masterful lead ership makes him boss. He becomes a boss by natural selection, by the force of his genius for politics. Close observers predict German victory in Maryiand. In Nebraska the Fusionists are again confident. They are solidly lined up against the party of trusts and monopoly, and they have a good fighting chance. MT. Bryan is their natural and real leader. Each party will choose a supreme judge under the laws Of the State, and the office of State Treasurer is all that can be fought over. But this is quite enough to show the trend of public sentiment, and the returns from Nebraska will be closely scrutinized.
 Massachusetts, Rhode Island. New Jersey and Pennsylvania are Repub- tican States. and they will undoubted-
The age-herald., 1901-10-16
NO TARIFF FOR THE TRUSTS.

From the Springfield Republican.
 Congressman Babcock of Wisconsin is not weakening a bit on his no-tariff-for- trusts proposition. He tells Washington interviewers that the revival of interest in reciprocity will not affect his plans for pushing the bill bearing his name and adds that the people and newspapers of the Northwest are all with him on this line of action and will not be satisfied until something is done. A particularly significant remark is attributed to him in the following: Reciprocity he regards as unattainable through treaties and less adapted to meet needs. If obtainable. than his own bill.
The age-herald., 1901-10-16

From W. T. Stead's London Cable.
 Cecil Rhodes has returned from his Scotch moor, radiant with renewed life and energy He is quite a different man today from what he was when he arrived in England two months ago from Africa. He seemed In such buoyant health that I was a little surprised when he declared his intention of spending the winter in Egypt
 I could understand there was nothing for him to do at present in South Africa in the shideous confusion in which that unhappy land had been plunged by the attempt to destroy the independence of the Dutch republics. But why should he go to Egypt? Why not go to the United States, said I. that great new world cen ter? Rhodes shook his head.
 My health is not quite sufficiently re- stored to subject it to the strain, and I want to be fit when go back to Rho- desia. America Is a great country, but restfulness is not exactly the note in the United States"
 Rhodes eye kindled when he spoke of America, for to him more than to any other public man in Britain the United States is as much a part of the Father land as the United Kingdom. During all the years l have known him no note has been so constant in his conversation as the malediction which he hurled against the imbecility of George III and his ad- visers, who like Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, ''caused Israel to sin," shattered the unity of the English-speaking race and created two rival and sometimes an- tagonistic sections in place of the great unity which In Rhodes dream would have given peace to the world.
 Finding him somewhat disposed to talk, referred to the change in the Presi- dency, but was interrupted by Rhodes outburst of admiration for the last speech of Mckinley.
 Tt was splendid" said he, with glow ing appreciation. q have not seen any thing quite so good for long time. Just think of 1t! What conscious strength, what width of grasp. what ease in hand ling the greatest affairs of statel If is great!" said Rhodes. Then. turning to me:
 What about his successor?'
 on l said, "he will carry out cae policy of his predecessor only more strenuity is likely to be the note of his administration. I wish you could meet, " I said, fit would be well worth your crossing the Atlantic
 Rhodes reflected a moment, and then said, regretfuliy:
 "No. can't do 1t; must remember that Africa is my continent not America. l am extremely interested in Roosevelt. It is not only his career and the part which he took with his Rough Riders in Cuba that attracted me, but I have a
The age-herald., 1901-10-16
THE NEW BOSS.
the Selma Times.

From the Selma Times.
 But Booker Washington as the dis penser of federal, patronage in Alabama to gold democrats is one of the wonders in this day of wonders. Booker Washing ton has suddenly developed Into Digger man than Grant," and for the time be- ing the political Mecca for gold demo- crats will be Tuskegee, and the kotow- Ing will have to be done to a'negro. After all these years has 1t come to this? The esteemed Montgomery Journal suggested that the President appoint a Southern man in his Cabinet. Won't Southern negro as a confidential adviser, do?
The age-herald., 1901-10-16
REEuGE.

Edith M. Kelly in the Century Magazine When echoes from the Hills of Song Lure me to listen late and long.
 Into the Night of my Unrest, - From out the shelter of your breast, I fare me forth, to wander far
 Where my desire has set it's star. Yet whersoeer wander late, @y You watch without and guard the gatt These strange sweet places where TO, Have always paths that lead me hom From whispering worlds wand 5
 through, l Back to the silences Of you.