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New-York tribune., 1901-07-15
TO RECLAIM FLORIDA LANDS.
EASTERN CAPITALISTS PURCHASE TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRES.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRreuNE.l

IBY rHLEGRAPH THE TRr9UNE.l
Jacksonville Fla. July 1.-THE trustees OF the
Internal Improvement Fund have closed big land
deal with Eastern capitalists for 10000 acres OF
land In the vicinity OF the Thousand Islands. j. NJ
Barrs OF jacksonville. is attorney for the capital
lists II is known that their purpose is to drain
and reclaim lands which will be Of great advantage
10 the State in general and South Florida In par
ticuiar I, is claimed that these men will expend
over 81 cocoon In the future in the draining
and reclamation OF lands and the erection OF var-
ors plants for enterprises which they will estab-
l,sh Among these enterprises a big sugar refinery
will be established, the first in the State.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-15


More than so per cent. o. -
population of s 5000 consumes 4ooooooo gallons OF
water a day which gives 1ls gallons to each per-
SON. and that there 4.oCO meters IN use. Al
bany with a population of 81 l61. consumes 1sl0eOO
gallons OF water day lsl gallons TO each per-
SON and has 20S0 meters in use Boston. with a
population of 500 $50 consumes 0,oC00oO gallons or
water day, or 1i3 gallons TO each person. and
uses 4S5 meters. Chicago. with a population OF
Go has ss3 gallons OF water day or iso
gallons a day to each person. and employs 6.ooo
meters.
The average annual receipts per consumer for
water in some of the chief cities is as follows;
Albany ............. 81 ezl Cleveland ..--- 81 Sc
chicago ............. 9l philadelphia -
Mr.. Bailey. In concluding his article. says:
There is one result that stands forth pre-ern.
uently namely that the average per capita con-
sumption is twice great as IL should reasonably
danger OF a water famine. and are consequently
in search of additional supplies. can, by applying
proper methods OF sonseryaIon 20 a .nssI Hessnt
selves from their distress. and by so doing have an
abundant and adequate Supply & OF S wa,er lot '~ies
temptation to property owners to put In meters by
reducing their water tax He said:
The regular water tax is based on the size OF
,ax one-th,rd Immediately. The average houss in
Albany pays s12 year water rates. II meter
tsha, "a we agree TO give 1Ca,e0 gallons year.
nine barrels a day. No tax is imposed beyond the
nyt a premium OF 81 upon saving the water Bad
plumbing Is OF the great causes OF the waste ot
wwater everywhere. Cities should seek to make II
cheaper have good plumbing than TO waste
fer
New-York tribune., 1901-07-15
SOFT COAL PRICES ABROAD.

What they getting for soft coal on the other
sice. with which America would nave 10 coInpete; ;
IN deyeloprnen, Of the American soft coal trader!
At Cardiff the best Welsh steam coal. % 10 70
IS 2s seconds, 81 so: thirds. s4 So dry Goals, S3 -
81 05: best Monmouthshire semi bituminous - 2y
70 81 81: seconds. SO 81 best small steam coal " 70
20 81 5s seconds 81 2s other sorts 81 10 AT any OF
coastwise loading ports coal can be had at
s2 ton. and the only question Is that of freight
the coal freghting business" .
You still hold the opinion that In spite OF al
the denials there may be something in the talk OF
q soft coal combine2"
Well ratheri The recent gathering together OF
ell the coal properties IN the northwestern part os
the State Of West Virginia and the formation OF
the Paramount ccal Company completes the COM
bnation far tnat district is concerned and IT
Is interesting to note the New-York people who
are in this concern They are w. H. Baldwin, jr.
W. G. Oakman. August Belmont. George w. Young;
James y. Gardiner and Charles T. Barney, all
prominent IN railroad and financial circles In the
last week options have been taken on all the coal
properties owned by the Flat Top Coal Land Asso-
eiafion in Southwestern Virginia and II Is expected
that this deal will be carried out at very early
Gate: in fact. il is said to have closed, In the
Interest Of this combine. which VIII control the
SeaDoari coal trade
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12
IMMENSE GROWTH OF
POPULATION IN CITIES

Washington, June 1O-The census
Office has issued a bulletin giving the
population of Incorporated places IN
the country. The bulletin shows that
there are 1O.6O2 such places, as COM
pared with 1873 in 1890.
The bulletin shows thirty-eight cities
containing more than 100000 people
each. or the large cities in 1900, three,
New, York, Chicago and Philadelphia,
contain more than n million inhabi-
tants, the same as in 1890, while for
cities having between 5OO,OOO and
100000 Inhabitants those in 1900
number three, as against one only in
1880. There were no cities in 1900
containing between 100000 and 50O,-
600 Inhabitants, but at the census of
1890 there We're three cities in this
class. On the other hand, there are
five cities in 1900 with a population of
between 100000 and 100000, but in
1880 there were no cities coming be-
tween these limits of population. OF
the total number of places in the list
almost one-half, or Abs, contain more
thnn SOC people, while there are 2,051
places of between 800 and 1000.
OF the states, Illinois leads with 03O
Incorporated towns, and PENNSYLVANIA
comes next with S33. New York has
43S such places. There are no incor-
porated municipalities in Alaska. The
Incorporated places contain. in the ag-
gregate, 35,S49,516 Inhabitants, as COM
pared with total Of 26,O79,S2S per-
sons living in incorporated places in
1890.
The combined population of incor-
porated towns and cities constitutes
forty-seven per cent. of the population
of the entire country, as against forty
one per cent. In the towns In 1880. In
the state of New York, Which takes
the lead in this respect, seventyseven
per cent. of the people live in the cities
and towns, MS against sixty-nine per
cent. in 1890. In six other states,
namely, Massachusetts, Illinois. Rhode
Island. Pennsylvania, Colorado and
Come cticut, more than two-thirds Of
the people live in the Incorporated
places. Mississippi has the smallest
percentage of people living in towns,
the percentage being fifteen,
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12
MORGAN ORGANIZING BILLION
DOLLAR ANGLO.AMERICAN BANK

New York, June 1O.-According to
the London correspondent OF the
World, II Is reported tht ]. p. Nor
gan is arranging for the establishment
of great Anglo-American bank, with
capital Of $1.OOO,OO0,0OO. 1t is said
that 1t is proposed to abolish all of
the principal financial agencies and
banks already engaged in Anglo
American business.
The proposed institution, 1t is said,
is intended to be the principal agency
for the already vast and rapidly grow
ing banking transactions between
Europe and America.
Mr.. Morgan is understood to have
associated with him in the stupendous
undertaking not only the principal cap
italists who aided him in the organ
ization of the United States Steel Cor
poration, but also the Rotbschilds. The
World adds:
Several times since the panic of
May it has been reported in Wall street
that Mr.. Morgan intended to organize
bank with $1OO,OOO.OOO capital.
These reports have been invariably de-
MED ut the offices of ]. p. Morgan &
Co.
The creation of bank with CAPT.
tnlization of billion dollars is an un-
dertaking of n nature SO colossal that
nothing approaching 1t has ever been
limited at before.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12
Gray and shIras

As the Supreme Court known to this
generation has decided two of the most
momentous questions ever submitted to
it in the history of the country, the
relations borne to these decisions by
the Individual justices are interesting
to consider.
On the first of these questions, the
constitutionality of the income tax ell
acted in the Wilson tariff law, these
Justices made the majority of the
court, holding the tax to be invalid and
so putting the nations heel ON the com-
the constitution:
Fuller, Gray, Field, Brewer. Shiras.
Opposed, that is, for the tax, We're:
Harlan, White, Brown, Jackson.
or these It must be understood that
Judge Brown, strong in his aversion
to the Populism which the income tax
represented, decided as he did on the
ground that the doctrine of stare de-
cisIs demanded respect for the previous
decision of the Supreme Court.
On the expansion question, decided
on Monday last, the majority for keep
ing open the door to national progress
OF which Thomas Jefferson first raised
the latch, were: Brown, Gray, Mcken-
mn, White, Shiras.
The anti-expansionists were: Fuller,
Harlan, Brewer, Peckham.
These comparisons, therefore, select
for place of special honor in the ju-
dicial history of the United States
Horace Gray and George Shiras, the
two members of the Supreme Court
who at each of these two great crises
in the national law stood for progress.
enlightenment and right. And strange
to say, the one justice who was wrong
both times was that powerful Roman
of the bench; John Marshall Harlan.-
New York Sun.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12

I The aggregate of the capitnlizations
of the sixty-four national banks in
Greater New York is barely 800, O,OOO.-
600. Two banks only are capitalized
ut $1O,OOO.OOO each-the National City
and the National Bank of Commerce.
The greatest bank In the wOrld-the
Bank of England, has capital of
ETA $4,000 sterling, or about $T2, 49,
600. The Bank of France has capi-
tai of 1872, 100000 francs, or about $780,
100000. The combined capitalization
of the Bank of France, the Deutsche
bank of Berlin, the Bank of Spain, the
Bank of England and the Banque I'm
periale Ottomans, the government bank
of Turkey, falls far short of $1,000
OOO.OOO
When 1t was reported last month
that Mr.. Morgan intended to organize
n bank in this city with capital of
1OO,OO0,OO0 the project was declared
to be impracticable by conservative
banking men, because of the national
banking laws which impose tax on
the capitalization of such institutions.
August Belmont, the New York rep
resentatives Of the Rothschilds. who,
according to the London dispatch, are
nssociated with Mr.. Morgan in the vast
banking scheme, is not at home and
nothing could be learned in New York
concerning the rumored organization
of the mammoth bank.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12
FOUR THOUSAND NAMES A MONTH
ADDED TO THE PENSION ROLLS

Washington, D. c.. June 1O.-More
names will be added to the pension
roll during the present fiscal year, end
ing June Both, than were added during
the last year.
There We're last year 1894 new
names entered on the roll. For the
first eleven months of the present year
the additions number 1890, and by
the end Of this month last years fig
tires will doubtless be passed. There
were 43,334 names dropped from the
roll by reasons of deaths and other
causes last year and the net increase
was 2,O1O. This years net increase
will be about the same.
OF the names added this year 4G6
are on account of service prior to the
war of the rebellion. 81, sos are on ac-
count of service in the civil war, 1925
are on account of service in the Span
lsh-American war and the remainder.
400 are restorations. In addition 20
this great army, go pensions have
been granted, involving the payment
Of 1927 7,314.4O. an average of S1,514.A
in each case. These cases are known
as "Old Minors" and for the most part
appear for only one payment.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12
w. s. STRATTON SAVES
THE MATCHLESS MINE

Leadville, Colo. June 0.-tDenver
Republican Special.)-AIrs. Tabor and
her children will again be the proud
possessors of the Matchless. mine
that WIS once famous for the millions
it produced, and which. it is believed,
can again be made a dividend payer
The deed to the property will be pre-
sented to Mrs. Tabor and her chill
dren on July 4th by Mr.. Stratton,
whom Tabor once befriended. and who
in memory of his friend now comes 10
the relief of the widow and orphans.
A coincidence of the affair is that
Stratton will make the transfer on In
dependence day, and it was on that
day he discovered the mine which af-
terwards made him famous. 1t WAS
this fact that also gave the mine its
name.
Mr.. Stratton n few days ago made
over Il check for $4,000 to his attor-
neys in Denver to buy the judgment
held against the property and to pay
other accruing expenses. This money
has been paid over to the parties hold
ing the Judgment, and at the e1pira-
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12
pI.,t Amendment pefned.

During the conferences between Sec
retary Root and the Cuban commits
sion the secretary wrote n letter to
Senator Plat of Connecticut, who in
troduced the Platt amendment. asking
his views relative to Intervention as
mentioned In the third clause of the
amendment. Senator Plat replied and
his letter was furnished to the COM
mission, confidentinlly, by the secre-
tary of war and was Incorporated into
and made part OF the acceptance OF
the Plntt amendment by the constitu-
tionnl convention.
The letter, however, appeared in a
Havana paper, and was made public
by the war department. 1t says:
"I am in receipt Of your letter Of
this date, in which you say that the
members of the commission of the
Cuban constitutional convention fear
that the provisions relative to inter-
vention in the third clause of the
amendment, which has come to bear
my name, may have the effect of pre-
venting the independence of Cuba, and
in reality establish n protectornte or
suzerainty by the United States and
you request that l express my views
of the questions raised.
"In reply l beg to state that the
amendment was carefully prepared
with the object of avoiding any pos
sible idea that by the acceptance there
of the constitutional convention
would thereby establish protector
ate or suzerainty, or in any manner
whatsoever compromise the indepen-
dence or sovereignty of Cuba; and,
speaking for myself, 1t seems impos-
sible that such an Interpretation can
be given to the clause. l believe that
the amendment should be considered
as n whole. and it ought to be clear
on reading that the well-defined pur-
pose is to secure and safeguard Cuban
independence. and set forth mt once
a clear idea of the friendly disposition
of the United States toward the Gu
ban people and the express intention
on their part to aid them, if necessary,
| in the maintenance of said indepen-
dence. These are my ideas. and. al
though. as you say, L can not speak
for the entire Congress, my belief is
that such purpose was well under
stood by that body"
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12

of their just expectations under our
pledges.
We have had n good opportunity to
study the temper and capacity of the
Cubans and their political leaders since
the close of the war that freed them
from Spain. They are disappointing in
many ways. Their behavior has not
served to create confidence in their ca
pacity to govern and control the island
wisely and for the welfare of its peo-
pie. 1t has not by any means allayed
the apprehension that by their unstead-
mess, and unwisdom they may make
much trouble for us, practically re-
storing the conditions which we sought
to put an end to by the war with
Spain. The incredible childishness of
their proceedings in respect to the
Plat amendment, especially in the
preparation Of the astonishing adden-
dun to their constitution, creates the
gravest doubt of their ability to set
up at once and maintain safe gov-
ernment.
The President would be chargeable
with holding his responsibilities light.
ly IL he should put aside all doubts
and Immediately turn the island over
to the revolutionary lenders in blind
confidence that somehow they would
come out right. We have the right to
exact assurances and guarantees of the
Cubans. We must exercise that right
for their own safety and for our own.
New York Times Dem.).
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12
OKLAHOMA VISITED BY
TERRIBLE TORNADO

Wichita, Kan, June 1O-The most
disastrous storm which has ever Wis.,
tied Oklahoma prevailed in Kay coun-
ty Friday night. A tornado struck
Billings, Eddy and Tonknwa and its
Influence covered II stretch of country
ten miles wide and thirty-six miles
long. Eddy was wiped out and sew
eral lives are reported lost.
Nearly every farm house in north
western Kay county Is more Or less
Injured, not a windmill has been left
standing and the face of the country
is covered with debris.
Blackwell suffered considerably.
Practically every piece of glass In the
city has been broken. II the reports
of damage are correct, including the
damage to crops from wind and hail,
1t will be more than 100000.
The tornado was fiercest Mt Eddy,
where Bob McGraffin was killed out
right and his mother fatally wounded.
A telephone message from Enid says
the fatalities at Eddy were seven per-
sons, but the report cannot be con-
firmed.
1t is evident that it. was not the
same tornado that struck all the places.
1t Is probable that three separate
twisters prevailed at practically the
same time.
At Eddy only two houses remain
standing. 1t was n small town. The
prevalency of cyclone cellars undoubt-
edly saved many lives.
1t is estimated that not less than 100
houses in Blackwell, Eddy, Billings
and Tonkawa We're injured.
The office of one tornado insurance
company out of forty-three doing bus
iness in Oklahoma received eleven tel
egrams Saturday announcing total
losses. They claim that their losses
will not fall far short Of seventy-five
houses in Kay county and that the to
tai losses of the forty-three companies
will be something enormous.
Van Arsdale Brothers, hail insurance
agents doing business here, are receiv-
ing claims for total losses. The small
est claim they have received is for a
fifty per cent. loss. Kay county is
said to be the banner single county in
the United States for wheat Heavy
hail storms struck Blackwell. Ponca
City, Lilyvale. Deer Greek and Perry.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12
Omcer Left In Siberia

Seattle. Wash. June 1O.-The annual
voyage of a government ship to ST.
IBERIA after reindeer, according to DR.
Sheldon Jackson, has been abandoned
for this season. Lieutenant Berthoff,
who crossed Russia and Siberia last
year to gather herd of deer, will be
left to get along as best he can until
a year from the coming July.
DIR. Jackson thinks Berthoff may
starve to death while waiting for n
ship to take him off He is likely to
be left all alone and forced to rely on
his personal efforts for subsistence
through next winter, as there are few
natives where he will be. 1t will be
impossible to attempt to rescue him
until after next June,
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12
If cueANs BALk.

1t IL reported from Havana that the
Cuban convention will not adopt the
Plntt amendments without such modi-
fications and alterations ns have al
ready led our executive department to
reject the Cuban constitution.
1t is to be hoped that the conven-
ton will adopt n sensible course. and
adopt the suggestions of our Congress-
but IL they do not choose to do so,
they need not. They do not seem to
understand that these suggestions are
binding on the executive and that the
question before the President and his
advisers is not whether they shall ac-
ccpt the Cuban constitution, but
whether that instrument is In ac'
cord with the directions already given
by our Congress. 'h'I s
The result of rejection OF the
amendments would be the postpone
ment of Cuban independence for n
long time, and the continuance or mill
tary rule in the island by the forces
of the United States. This country is
responsible for the maintenance or
law and order in Cuba, and 1t has n
right to lay down the conditions which
1t thinks necessary to insure the pres
ervhtlon of law and order, and of the
public health. If the Cubans do not
want to be free, in the way that our
Congress prescribes, they can remain
under our military government until
they get ready to accept our condi-
tions,
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12
D.mocracy Va. suprem. Court

For some days we have been pub
fishing opinions of the decision of the
Supreme Court in the insular cases,
taken from the newspapers of all
shades of political opinion.
1t is remarkable in perusing the
comments of the papers on this pnrtic-
ular decision to see how those opinions
of the writer's, and how general the
disposition is on the part of the Dem
ocratic papers to attempt to reverse
the verdict. 1t is curious illustration
of the Democratic habit of being un-
able to recognize an accomplished fact
until several years after the accom-
plishment. Somehow they always
seem to be riding backwards in the
car of progress, and looking out of the
rear windows
1t is useless now TO discuss whether
the court ought to have decided these
cases enc way or the other. They
have been decided, and the decision
is now n part of the law of the land,
and binding on the executive and leg
islative departments of the govern
ment and upon all the citizens of the
United States.
If the Democrats want the decision
reversed, there is just one way to dc
1t; elect n President and Congress
pledged to reversal, and pledged to
pack the court with that end III
view. This is the practical thing to
do. If the Democrats mean business
let them announce this clearly and
Enthusiastically as their platform. We
have little doubt that the Republicans
would be willing to go before the peo
pie on this issue, and to make 1t the
main issue of the next campaign
Colorado Springs Mail.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12

I Conductor Felix Wright, who op-
crates a train on the Illinois Central
railway. collected ticket from Clin-
ton to Fulton, sold December 81. 1892.
a few days ago on his train. The old
man who presented 1t for passage said
he bought 1t about eight years ago, but
heard there was a wreck on the road,
and was afraid to get on the train.
He never summoned up courage
enough to ride on railway until re
Gently.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12
Hocp. Towne & Co.

A Texas contemporary reproves the
press in general for assuming that be-
cause the mighty Hogg and the talka-
tive TOwne have made lot of money
they have therefore changed their
views in regard to trusts and monopo-
lies and the aristocracy Of wealth, and
the rest of the shibboleths of 1896 and
1900. 1t will be time enough to re-
prove them or sneer at them, thinks
the Fort Worth Register, when they
shall have announced change Of
front.
Our Texan contemporary ought not
to feel bad about the rather good
natured fun which has been poked ut
these erstwhile bewailers of the ter
rIble conditions of American life under
n robber tariff and a single gold stand
ard. Everybody is willing that they
should prosper and grow fat, hut It
would be beyond human nature to re-
frnin from little fun at their incon-
sistency.
The Register has perhaps forgot
ten the doleful prophecies of dire dis
aster which We're uttered In 1896 by
Hogg and Towne as well as by Teller
and Br, an, and the rest of the ''toiling
mnsses," who bewniled our coming
fate at that time. They told us that
whatever evidences of coming prosper
ity there might be, this country never
could be really prosperous until we
got the unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio of sixteen to one. Again in
1900, they told us that the prosperity
which was then evident was mislead-
ing and ephemernl. Now they have
got some Of the prosperity themselves,
and nobody believes that they consid-
er 1t either wrong or merely tenn
porary. Even for campaign purposes,
the calamity howl has lost its effect
iveness, and neither Hogg nor Towne,
nor Millionaire Tom johnson, nor
Jones of the Round Cotton Bale trust
can use that cry again without being
laughed out Of the court of public
opinion.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-12
The youngest telegraph messenger in

The youngest telegraph messenger in
America is probably Marion Longino.
six years old, and the son OF the COVER
nor Of Mississippi. A week or more
ago he startled his parents by telling
them that he was tired loafing and
wanted to go to work to make some
money for himself" To humor him,
his father told him to go ahead and
get a Job. thinking that would be the
last of 1t. The youngster walked up
to the Western Union Telegraph Office
at Jackson and secured place. He
now feels important and Is said to be
one of the best messenger boys in
town.