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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01

with the boats building and ordered, an
aggregate tonnage of ZOO. 900, represent
ing a total value of about 500, 000 0O0-
Arrangements are said to have pro-
crossed so far that vast docks are al
ready planned in London to cost not
less than $4,000. 600. Owing to the anti
quated methods of handling freight in
England, with frequent transshipment
and excessive cost, it is estimated that
these docks will return not less than 10
to Is per cent upon the investment.
enormous as it will be. The British
have very antiquated ways of doing
things" remarked Mr.. B. N Baker,
president of the Atlantic Transport
company quite recently, and it costs 3
shillings to handle freight in London
where it costs but L shilling here. They
unload into a barge, take the barge to
place where the freight is to be weigh
ed. unload it. weigh it and then load 1t
upon another barge for delivery The
wharves, too. are poorly arranged for
merchandise, and the warehouses are
usually at some distance from the
wharves themselves"
The Leyland transatlantic line, which
has been made the thin end of the
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Whether the men who claim that the
Standard Oil company has ruined them
would have distributed more of their
surplus earnings among their employees
or have more greatly benefited the pub
lie at large is a difficult matter to an
swer; but, judging fror their own
statements, they would have done so.
They use the term ruined" relatively,
however, as when a man is accustomed
to speaking of millions mere thousands
or hundreds are equivalent to poverty.
Be this as it may. Mr.. Rice has been
fighting the great trust for nearly a
quarter century; he has appeared in the
courts in pursuance of his obJect-to ex-
pose the methods of the Standard Oil
again and again, always with undated
enthusiasm and with a grim determine
ton to accomplish his end
The two principals in the contest met
once face to face, and Mr.. Rockefeller
graciously said TO his opponent How
are you, George? We are getting to be
gray haired men, aren't we? Don't you
wish you had taken my advice years
ago2"
The indomitable Rice retorted: Per
haps it would have been better for me
If I had. You have certainly ruined my
business, as you said you would" But
when asked by a friend If he regretted
his action he pluclkily answered; mot q
bit of it. I have made fight for q
principle. and am neither sorry for It
nor ashamed Of it,
TRUMAN L. ELTON.
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the foreigners loud in praise of this
great country and of its vast resources.
But latterly a change seems to have
come over the spirit of their dreams,
and the foreign merchants and ship
perss particularly the British. appear to
be rather dubious as to the value of
America now that the balance of trade
has been turned against them and
American shippers are thinking of set
ting up transoceanic lines of their own.
When the modern Christopher Column
bus. Mr. ]. Pierpont Morgan, sailed
east instead Of west. as his great prede-
cessor had done. and found a way to
recapture the trade Of which Americans
had been deprived SO long merely by the
purchase of British fleets, there went
up a wall from the newspapers of Great
Britain that resounded throughout the
kingdom of Fl. T. NJ King Edward VII
and gave him great concern for the
safety of his throne. for things were
lettering to their fall, according to the
British pessimists. A blow had been
delivered at the foundations of their lib
critics and a fatal thrust al the CONNER
cfal supremacy which they had hither-
to enjoyed.
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CONSOLIDATED RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP

the Hamburg American added several
fine steamers to its list and increased
its tonnage by 49, 600. bringing up the
total to more than $50, 900. What is
more, this deal has driven almost the
last vestige of the British flag from di-
rect communication between the United
States and the West Indies. The Brit
ish have lately established direct line
between Bristol, England, and Jamaica,
Joe Chamberlain having arrogated to
himself great glory for this achieve
ment and securing for the line a gov
eminent subsidy AS the banana trade
of Jamaica was mainly in the hands of
American shippers, who sometimes dis
patched as many as IS steamers a week.
English merchants became alarmed lest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01

in a month if foreign provisions were
to be cut off and reduced to perjury in a
few years If she should lose her COM
mercia1 marine.
Against the 100000 gross tonnage as
represented by the Morgan aggrega-
ton she still has not less than 100000
in the remaining great transatlantic
lines, but it is not only the prospective
loss of prestige as the universal carrier
Of the world that England regards with
dismay. She faces a possible invasion
of the commercial field per Sc and a lit
eral carrying of Goals to Newcastle. Sir
Christopher Furness, a large shipowner,
said: 4 have just been approached by
wealthy and enterprising Americans for
sea conveyance for 10000. 900 tons of
coal to Mediterranean and eastern
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01

One of the most distinguished novel;
lists OF the Victorian era, Miss Charlotte
Mary Yonge. was also a notable phi
lanthrOpist. As Sir Walter Besant's ro-
nance OF east end life, "All Sorts and
Conditions of Men" led to the founda-
ton of the Peoples palace in the Mile
End road--a superb institution for edu-
cation and recreation combined--so Miss
Charlotte NJ. Yonge (who might well
have been entitled Lady Yonge for her
benevolence) was instrumental in fur
thering the self sacrificing missionary
work Of Bishop Selwyn in New Zealand.
Daughter of the late Mr.. William
Crawley Yonge Of the Fifty-second reg
iment, Miss Yonge was born in the VIII
lage of Otterbourne, near Winchester,
and sprang into fame early in life with
her popular novel, THE Heir of Red
clyffe.' the first round sum derived
from the sale Of which was devoted by
her to the fitting out Of the Southern
Cross missionary steamer for Bishop
Seiwyn, who was additionally assisted
by a gift of $4,000 by the same lady
after the successful publication OF her
novel. THE Daisy Chain
Her "Cameos From English History
and other historical works and a host
Of romances in succession 10 1.-THE Heir
of RedcIyffe" and 1.-The Daisy Chain"
testify to her great industry
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9th COMBINATIONS FOR LAND AND OCEAN TRAFFIC

ports as well as for general cargo.
There is a big movement now on by
Americans to capture our sea coal
trade. Those Americans have excellent
coal and abundance of it. They have
been hampered only by not possessing
sea carrying power. This they are now
seeking to get hold Of
Sir Christopher and others of his way
of thinking seem to regard this action
of the Americans in buying British
ships, carrying their own freights ana
invading England's trade routes gener-
ally as extraordinarily reprehensible,
don't you know. Let America produce
what we do not, sending us only what
we want and can't produce ourselves,
and, above ALL let America give us all
the carrying trade, and then there viii
be no disastrous cutting of freights and
throatsi"
But it is not from America only that
John Bull is destined to have his pre-
serves invaded His country has long
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now mentioned. not only has America
invaded his ocean domain. but also Ger
many Not to mention any other lines,
the combined tonnage of the two great
German lines, the North German Lloyd
and the neutrality-suspicious. makes a
total of more than I 900, 900 tons Both
lines have passenger steamers faster
than the average British transatlantic
boats of today, and in number of freight
boats can compete with the best lines
of other nationalities. It was less than
a month ago that the Hamburg Amer
lean cut John Bull to the quick by COB
bling up the well known Atlas line.
which runs from New York to Jamaica,
and for which it paid in the neighbor-
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they should be deprived altogether of
the West Indian trade and exerted
themselves to counterfeit the baleful in
fiuence of the Yankee shippers. Imag-
inc. then, their fear and alarm at the
prospect of the West Indian trade going
out of their hands altogether and being
controlled by Germans and Americans.
English ships were the first in the Car
ibbean sea after the Spaniards. nearly
400 years ago, and the British ship
owners seem to imagine that trade
ought by right to belong to them excIu-
sively. But their distance from the va
rious West Indian ports is against them
as compared with the contiguity of New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01

suffered an intrusion of cheap merchan-
disc made in Germany Now he is to
feel the weight of German competition
on the sea- He is whistling to keep his
courage up to some such tune as the
following: British shipowners refuse
to be either scared or maneuvered off
the ocean. They have been there a good
while. through fair weather and foul.
and they expect to remain Indefinitely.
They realize the resourcefulrfess of their
Yankee competitors, but there has new
er been time when Britishers failed to
enjoy a stiff fghtl''
All the indications point to that stiff
fight as likely to begin right away and
to continue until John Bull either
strikes his colors or goes down with
them nailed to the mast. For. as just
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which ports the great staples ike flour,
pork, etc. will be sent, while goods Of
British manufacture are likely to be su-
perseded by those of German origin.
Sentimentally considered, it is a dis
tinct loss to the United States for Brit
ish ships, men and methods to be ex-
changed for German, but there is no
sentiment in trade, as all the world
knows, and the cold cash always wins.
Not alone in the West Indies, but in
the east, is England to feel the might of
rival maritime power. for since the
Atlas purchase was consummated an
other arrangement is reported by which
the Hamburg-American enters into al
lance with the great Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe system of railways by
agreeing to establish a steamship
line between San Francisco and the ORR
ent. The steamers of this line will
touch at Honolulu, Yokohama and
Shanghai and will probably be estab-
lished within a few months. AS this
great line has 127 steamers of its own,
it win not charter any new ones, but
will merely divert the number neces-
initial stages. Reaching out thus en-
tirely around the world, with main
transatlantic and Mediterranean lines
and subsidiary ones in every direction,
the Hamburg-American will soon have
become a power to be reckoned with. It
has no less than eight services between
Hamburg and West Indian and Cen
trail American ports, while in the East
India trade it has been a most formula
Bile rival to the Peninsular and Oriental,
the crack British line between England
and eastern ports. The P. and o. has
only S. ships and a tonnage of $4,000
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railroad A new route was selected,
and many miles of pipe were laid, but
only to run against another similar OBJ
struction, interposed this time by the
Pennsylvania railroad. A fight in the
courts followed in which the pipe line
company was defeated, but only tempo
rarily. for it again relaid its lines via
Wilkesbarre and Freemansburg, Pa,
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sylvania to the coast, and the promot-
ers of the project had the satisfaction
the last week Of last month of loading
their first ship with oil for transporta-
ton to Europe. Including its auxiliary
lines, this Independent company con-
trolls 1,250 miles of pipe and receives the
output of nine great rehneries. with a
total capacity of nearly 10000 barrels
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elected to the lower branch of the Penn
sylvanfa legislature and in 1880 to the
senate in 1884 being reelected and cho-
sen delegate at large to the Republican
convention at Chicago. His political ca
reer has not been free from storm and
stress, for he carried into the arena the
same methods that secured him success
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in the field of commerce and finance.
His business interests in Bradford are
large and diversified, including a redn-
cry with a capacityof about &C, 600 barrels
a month, requiring the ownership of 50
tank cars and home tankage capacity
of 100 900 barrels; a wax plant costing
$50 600, turning out about 1000 pounds
of crude paraffin a day; a lumber COM
pany employing hundreds of workmens
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01

1865 made his FIRST venture in oil at Pr
oneer, Venango county. Pa, thence go
ing to Titusviiles In 1875 he made his
home at Bradford Pa, after having lost
a fortune through the Jay Cooke fall
ure. Near Bradford he drilled his first
well. which proved to be the initiative
of his return to wealth and the acquir-
ing Of famd H. the champion of oil pro-
dncers Ia xaneraL" In 1878 he was
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and pushed it through to a successful
issue is Hon. Lewis Emery, Jr., of Brad
ford, Pa
Mr.. Emery was born in Chautauqua
county, N. r.. in 1882 In 1912 his parents
went to Jonesville. Mich. and later to
Hillsdale, where their son acquired his
education. At "a he married. and in
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italian ships are the cheapest to work,
avera ging $3.50 a month per 1000 tons.
At the other extreme are Americas
ships, costing $1,000 for 1000 tons.
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center OF commercial gravity
- in Great Britain was shifted
from the ports Of its east to
those of its west coast, &C
cording to its students OF sta
tistics. and made possible such great
ports as Liverpool and Glasgow, with
their Immense docks and worldwide
grasp on mercantile affairs British
statisucians are willing TO admit that
the discovery of America was a good
thing for Great Britain as well as FOR
an Europe in furnishing an outlet for
their trade, a field of adventure for
their soldiers and a dumping ground
for their surplus population.
So long as America. and later on the
United States as the leading nation in
America. continued to consume the
manufactured products Of England and
Europe. furnishing only raw material
and specie in exchange. and, above all,
so long as Americans were content to
allow their mercantile marine to be con-
trolled by foreigners and the bulk of
their imports and exports to be carried
in foreign bottoms, just SO long were
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-04-19
CraigsviIIe News.

Craigsville, April 15.-Easter has
come and gone and with it some very
pretty spring days, but old winter is
10th TO give way to the warm spring
Sunshine. and today, snow lies Oh the
mountains around Craigsville.
owing to the rain on yesterday, only
a small congregation assembled at our
church. Rev. J. E. Ballou has been
absent for a few days and held Com
munion at Shemeriah, Rev. Mr.. Reav-
ley filling his pulpit here.
Mr.. Robert Craig, who spent the
winter in California, returned home
last week.
Miss Matilda McCutcheon and her
sister, Mrs. j. B. Tuttle, are making a
ten days. visit to their father, Mr.. Viii
liam McCutcheon.
Miss L. Beatrice Goolsby and Cleva
A. Terry, of Valley Home Seminary,
spent several days at Miss Goolsby Is
home last week. Miss Terry made
many friends here, whoregreted to see
her leave, and 1t is hoped that this may
not be her last visit to Craigsville
Miss Catherine Elder, Of Goshen
spent Easter day at the home of Mrs
J. D. Ramsey.
| Miss Ida Williams, teacher in the
public school here, left Saturday fol
| her home at Smithville, Va.
Miss Ada Dull is visiting her brOthe
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Dull.
Rev. A. 7. Harusberger, of Goshen
passed through here this evening OF
his way to Fort Republic, where h.
will preach the coming year.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-04-19
Death of John C. Scott.

Mr.. John G.. Scott, one of the best
know bank officers OF this city, passed
away at his home on South Madison
street at an early hour Saturday morn
ing, after long illness, in his Goth
year. Deceased was a son of the late
Mrs. A. g. Scott, whose death was
chronicled few weeks ago. He is
survived by his wife and two children,
John and Nellie Scott, also by two sis
tiers, Misses Rebecca and Katie Scott.
His funeral took place Sunday after
noon from the Methodist church, of
which he had long been a member.
The services being conducted by Rev.
j. E. Armstrong, assisted by Rev. W..
@. Hullihen, rector of Trinity Epis-
copal church. The following gentle
men acted as pail bearers: Active
VIM. B. Miller, E. B. Lipscomb, James
G.. Foster. Henry N. Tillman, Chas. c..
Meg ffin and J. Walker McChesney.
Honorary--Messrs r. w. Burke, Fl.
A Walker, G. g. Child. Robt. M. Guy,
G. G. Wheat and Alexander F. Kinney.
Mr.. Scott was born in Montgomery,
Ala, in 1S41, and served in the Con
federate army throughout the civil
war. In the later part of the war he
was injured by the falling of a wound
ed horse, and from this injury he Suf-
fered to his death. For the last TWEEN
ty-six years Mr. Scott had been citi-
zen of Staunton, and during all of this
time a faithful and trusted employee
of the National Valley Bank.
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Greenyilie Items.

Greenviile, April 17-Mrs. Dora
Armstrong, whose serious illness, was
Loticed last week, died Sunday morn
ing at 4:30 O'Clock, at The residence OF
her nephew, Mr.. David Miller. neal
New Port, where she was visiting when
taken i'll, sue was buried Monday even
ing at St Johns church, Rev. Raymond
Jones officiating, a large concoufSe OF
friends attended. She lrfG two chil
dren, G G. Armstrong and Mrs. G.. L
w hitesell, of this neigh borhood and
one brother and three sisters
Bralnard McCluug, owner of Nc
| Clung's Mills at Brownsburg, formerly
a resident here is reported seriously il
| with pneumonia
to bed with very bad attack of th,
grip.
Amos B. Lofts, whilst working q
his heading machine, had one hant
terribly cut to pieces yesterday even
ing Dr. B. B. McCutchan was calieC
aud dressed the wound
A few days ago little child of MIR
J. F. Crickenberger, was very badl
bitten about the body aud face b
some young pups.
/ There will be communion at Bethe
next Sunday, the pastor will be assist
ed by Rev. DIR. Whaling. of Lexington
There will be preaching Thursday
Friday aud Saturday.
Geo. q. Hawpe was assaulted by AL
drew and John Cullen on 10Th, and
warrant was taken out and the cas-
will be heard by s. a. ID. Mckee tt
day.
Our merchants H. G. Palmer aud ,
H. Clarke are in Baltimore buyin
goods.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-04-19
HIuhIand Mention,

Charles 2. Jones, Jr., an attorney
of Covington, is spending short time
with his parents in Monterey.
Mr.. Frank Wilson has just gradual
ed from the Dunsmore' Business Col
lege of Staunton, and is now at his
home, in this place.
Mr. s. J. Carson, for year or more
engaged in the drug business here, left
this week with his family. and will
make his home at Decatur, Rockridge
county, at which place he has pur-
chased valuable farm.
The annual reunion of Confederate
veterans will be held near Mcdowell
on the 31st of May. A large number
of visiting ex Confederates are expect
ed, and prominent speakers have been
invited.
j. A. WhiteIaw, V. B. Bishop and
G. w. Trimble, three of our town mer-
chants who have been north buying
goods for the spring trade, returned
home last week.
Messrs. Jno. Sipe, Jr., and Roy Sny
der went to Staunton this week to
commence the erecting of new poles
and other improvements on the Mon
terey and Staunton telephone line.
Much sympathy is expressed for Mr..
Samuel w. Sterrett, OF this county,
who, during the past ten days, has lost
two brothers.. Mr.. Sterrett is one OF
our most useful citizens, and is held in
high esteem by all.-Recorder.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-04-19
Western State Hospital.

DR.. Ben. Blackboard. Superintendent
of the Hospital for the insane IN this
city in his quarterly report in part
says: II feel somewhat handicapped or
account of the financial condition OF
the Hospital, in renewing my sugges
tions, in regard to establishing suita
BILE buildings to carry on some indus
trial pursuit, for our patients, such as
broom and mattress making and vari
Gus other industries, which would in a
short time be self-supporting and be
the means of furnishing the hospital
with such articles without much ex-
pense.
1.-The last few years has convinced me
more strongly than ever of the immense
advantage systematized labor and
amusements as a remedial agent. A
large proportion of insanity is due to
unnatural and perverted methods of
living, which include secret vices.
excessive use of alcohol, imperfect
nutrition, mental worry over real OF
imaginery trouble, the struggle for
existence, unfavOratle social environ
ment, hereditary weakness, sc.
''All rational methods of treatment
must consist in a complete reversal of
the above perverted methods of living.
Our whole hospital equipment and
practice should be specially arranged
with that end in view. If it were pos
Sible, an insane hospital in all its ap-
pointments should be busy workshop
of industry, for mental growth will
only react to well directed and persis-
tent exercise, and sloth and Incidence
are the sure fore runners of mental
and physical decay.
1--WE could divide the treatment of
the insane under three heads. The
moral, the social and the medical. |
put the medical last for | consider it
the least important, at least that part
which includes the administration of
drugs.
1.-The public have an idea that there
is some specific remedy for insanity
This is nonsense"
He then discusses the subject of
economy, and closes his report as fol-
lows ALREADY a new century has
dawned upon us-the vanishing shad-
ows of the 18th century lengthen into
oblivion. but the memory of mighty
achievements for the amelioration OF
the condition of the insane during the
latter half of that century shall con-
tinue to live with US. Let us hope we
may be stimulated to grid up our loins
and 90 forth to welcome new birth
of time laden with immense possibili-
ties and rich treasures of knowledge
for the future"
The board met yesterday for the
purpose of electing offic for the next
two years. 1t is presumed the old
corps will be re elected throughout.
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With Our Advertisers.

J.L Brenaman has the largest stock
of bicycles ever offered here
John III. Carroll advertises money to
lend.
H. H. Lang tells what kind of jewelry
he carries in stock.
Coyner Bros. Glove Lick, W. Va.
have for sale a Peerless Engine and
ThreshboX.
w. S. Bryan tells of the line of build
ing material, &C.. which he carries.
Il IL. Bolen, the jeweler, announ ces
his new line Of novelties.
Braxton Il Wayt have money to lend
Have you visited the new seed store
of the Pennsylvania Canning Co. Ii
not dos 50 at once, they have one of the
largest aud best selected stocks on the
market
j. b. Lackey, the vegetable man. has
his spring announcement in this issue.
His plants are ali first class, and those
needing anything in his line would dc
we'll to call on him.