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The Washington times., 1901-11-07
TO UNITE IN ONE CONTROL.
Northern Pacific and other Lines
Under the Same Hend.

NEW YORK. Nov. civilian X. Van
derbilt reached this city from Europe on
the steamship Oceanic this morning. lie
went to his Office in the Grand Central
Station during the forenoon and spent
some time in conference with New YORK
Central officials. and in looking over ms
mail He talked with II. Nick. Twombsy,
who has repre- sented the interests of the
Chicago and Northwestern, held at the
office of j. p Morgan & Co. for the set
tlement of the Northern Pacific and Bur
lington controversy.
In the afternoon. Mr.. Vanderbilt went
to his country seat, Idle Hour, at Islip,
L. l. 1t is expected that the deferred
meetings of the Vanderbilt boards OF
railroad directors Will be held early next
week. Persons chiefly interested in the
adjustment of the Northern Pacific-Bur-
lington interests said today that it was
not certain that any formal public an
nouncement would be made of the re-
suits accomplished by the comforting
parties. The working out OF the plan
agreed upon. 1t was asserted. will take a
long time. and settlement of the details
will depend upon contingencies that may
arise from time to the.
The most important matter that has
been settled thus far is the formation OF
a new corporation to take over the stocks
of the Northern Pacific, and perhaps of
other companies that may be included in
the general plan of harmouizing the rail
road interests in the Northwest. in this
new corporation the Union Pacific inter-
ests will have equal representation with
the MOrgan-Hill interests, and it is inti-
mated that holdings of Chicago aud
Northwestern and St. Paul stocks viii De
factors of the new company.
One of the leading members of the Har-
riman syndicate was asked today If the
Chicago and Northwestern and the Chi
cago and Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
roads were to be included in the Northern
Pacific agreement. He replied:
Yes; the plan agreed upon is 4 far
reaching one, and it aims at complete
railroad harmony, not only in the North
west. but in the entire trans-cOntinental
welded into the central controlling body.
/ Will not say there is to be any radical
change of control in any railroad. but
there will be a consolidation of interests
which will be mutually aJvantageoIs s.
The arrangements to be made will cnsU re
a permanent peace in Northwestern and
trans-continental traffic affairs"
CHICAGO. Nov. 6.-The stockholders of
the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road Company, the ola 1lHois corpora
ton, held their annual needing here to-
day. When they got through with their
deliberations they announced that they
had not taken final action on y of the
subjects before them, but had adjourned
to meet again November IA.
A board of director was elected. but
the names were withheld. The .;-esump-
tive reason for this course is -: final
action awaits the pernane st ement
of the differences alleged TO etween
the Hill and Hartman int
The Washington times., 1901-11-07
PERSONAL.

The Rev. DIR. Cameron Mann. rector Of
Grace Episcopal Church. of Kansas City,
will be consecrated Bishop Of North Da-
kota in that church carly in December.
Poutney Bigelow: Joseph Pulitzer. the
proprietor of the New York World" and
ord Norbury will be passengers on the
steamer Celtic, which will sail from Liver
pool on November s for New York. On
November Mrs. Levi u. Letter, Of Chi
cago. sailed on the Teutonic.
Justice William Travers Jerome will be
the guest of honor at the annual dinner
of the Litchdeld County Bar Association,
in Winsted. Conn, on November -.
DR.. Jacob Cooper, profe ssor of logic and
mental philosophy at Rutgers College
and also Vice President OF the institu-
ton has been granted an indefinite leave
OF absence. He will go abroad, but has
not set definite time for his departure.
James Henry NJ. Campbell. X c.. the
new Solicitor General for ireland, was
formerly Member of Parliament for the
Stephens Green division or Dublin. He
has also acted as Senior Crown Prosecu-
tor for the city and county of Dublin.
He was born in Courty Dublin IN 1851,
and was educated ct kingstown School
and Trinity College. Dublin. where he
was senior moderator and gold medalist
IN tldSSltSr anu III HlSlOLNs Jaw anu pp-
litical economy. He was also auditor and
gold medalist in oratory-
a complimentary banquet was given
in Boston 2 few evenings ago TO George
O. Davis by his associates in the naval
Office of the Boston custom house, Mr..
Davis having completed fifty years of
continuous service in that office.
Jose de Olivares. representative of the
St Louis Exposition Company at the Pan
American Exposition, has been appointed
commissioner to several Of the South
American countries, including Argentina,
Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Chile.
Sir William r. White whose resigna-
ton of the Directorship of Naval Con-
struction on account of i'll health is ex-
pected, was appointed to that office in
1885, and has been rssponsible for. and
frequently designer Of. all the British
warships built since then. He was born
at Devouport in 1915. and educated at the
Royal School OF Architecture. in South
Kensington. He was graduated a the
head of the list of students, and was at
once appointed to the construction depart
ment OF the admiralty. where he remained
until 1883. rising through the various
grades to the rank Of chief constructor.
From 1899 TO 1885 he was engaged i'm the
organization and direction of the ship
building department OF the Elswick works
of Sir William Armstrong. during which
time he dos gaed ana built a number of
W3rships for foreign naVits. with speeds
never attlired before then. In lSS5 he was
invited by the admiralty to take UP his
presCnt position. In 1888 ne was knighted
~, has written 4 Manual on Naval Ar
.chittctUre " which has become a standard
work. and has been translated into vari-
ma
The Washington times., 1901-11-07
CnrboIic Acid.

An enquiring reader of the newspa-
pers propounds the question why it is
! that so many people, too poor to afford
luXuries, seem to be possessed of carbolic
acid. He says that we frequently read
of cases in which somebody has gotten
hold of the carbolic acid bottle by mis-
take in the dark, or in ignorance of its
properties, or because it happened to be
a handy instrument with which to com
NIT suicide, and he asks why the law
against the promiscuous sale OF poisons
is not enforced in this case.
In the first place, it may be stated
that there is no law which can be
framed which will absolutely prevent
| the sale of poisons to persons who
might want TO make unlawful use of
them Many substances useful in the
| household are poisonous when taken in
large quantities. and this is especially
| so with liquids used as disinfectants.
| Several of these are deadly poisons
| when taken internally. So are some
liniments
| 1t is probable that few people in their
right minds, or with even fragment
| of common sense remaining, would com
nit suicide by means of carbolic acid if
1 they understood just what kind of stuff
I it is. 1t produces intense agony, unlike
some other poisons, and some persons
who have attempted to destroy them
4 selves by means of it have had a chance
! to repent while slowly recovering from
( the very painful effects of the act. But
! the poison is often at hand when some
body is rash enough to desire to COM
nit suicide in a hurry, and that, per
! haps, explains the frequency of its use.
| Speaking of poisons in general, how
! ever. it may be said that the careless
! ness of the average family in leaving
( such things about is entirely inexcusa-
/ BILE. Some drug stores put up these sub
| stances in bottles of a peculiar shape,
! plainly marked with large label, show
| ing skull and cross-bones The odd
shape of the bottle. unlike that of any
| ordinary receptacle. lessons the chance
of getting hold of 1t in the dark by mis-
take, though it would seem that anyone
going to a closet where bottles O: poison
were mixed up with other bottles would
have the sense TO take a light, or at any
! rate to be sure that the bottle was what
/ it ought to be before taking any Of the
| contents. On general principles, it is
/ best to keep such things on high shelf,
where children cannot reach them, and,
! in most cases, this high shelf would bet
! ter be in a locked closet.
The Washington times., 1901-11-07
The Pot to the Kettle.
nron lhc pnIlndelrhia InqnIrer.l

(trom the Philadelphia inqurcrJ
New York has rcpudiated Richard
Croker, the heretofore boss of the city,
who has been ruling the municipality
from his country estate in England. New
York is not sensitive a rule. 1t Is not
an American city. II is filled with for
eigners of the most ignorant type. No
doubt Tammany commanded the votes of
all of these foreigners yesterday, but
there were enough American voters to
overcome them. Tammany Is cleaned
out Croker is beaten. 1t Is possible that
New York will become real Amc rieau
city under the new conditions.
The Washington times., 1901-11-07
4 Good Illustration.
IFrDfn the phiIadelphia Record.

(tTUiH the fhilauelphla heCo'u-(
Perhaps there could be no better mus
trstion of the folly Of attempting to ere
ate a mercantile marine by the payment
Of Government subsidies than is afforded
by the experience of France. All that dp-
nge,rs To have been really established
In that country is an appetite for more
subsidies. Though paym nts have been
maintained for a series Of years. the mgr-
camille marine is decreasing Even the
vigorous extension Of a colonial policy mas
failed To MAKE business for the owners
OF French mCrchp ntmen.
The Washington times., 1901-11-07
Destroying Competition.
u'rom the lndianapoii> News)

The action Of the Window Glass Trust
%, cpttir" tine price ot It's product 81 per
,.nt +. in i:ne with the recent cut made
l.y the Sugar Trust. The object In both
cases was IN" SANE. They want to de-
III .,.Ta.titiou These two exam
- ..'e.,rly Indicate the present DISPOSE
P,'a Pi',, of triists. and are further evidence
- tfI' ,yCraisc OF unhr.dicd and tyran e
nicnl power. Trusts are mere To STAY; "a ~ %
@n,,ht but they are here, also, TO De reg
ulated and controlled.
The Washington times., 1901-11-07
The Presidents Example.
lErn1n thc philndrlnhia RecoT.l.l

blvh t'e Aii'''H'f 'f =,
President Roose welt went from WASH
ington to oyster Bay. n. y. to cast MS
vote. aud for no other purpose reInalilil,s
at his home only long enough 70 uep"sis ~
his ballot. and returning Immediately " "
Washirston II took two days tile VI
a very busy man 10 do this: yet thtie d. g
plent;- of men who consider theIIlseis We =, !,
In the same class, socially: nioraiH, atrI ,,l,Ii
intellectually. with the President, VIM WI VIZ
not walk around the corner 10 VI Npts
against the bad government which 'neF
leplOre
The Washington times., 1901-11-07

Yesterday. commenting on the municipal
election in Greater New York. the Lon
don St. James Gazette" said: 1t is the
greatest blow yet struck at the most ne
farious system Of organized, triumphant
villainy ever foisted on civilized com
munity by a gang of corrupt blackmail-
ers." We are glad to note that our Eng
lish contemporary is careful to assert that
the bIackmailers We're Of the corrupt and
not of the virtuous kind. Otherwise we
doubt If we could have put the case more
neatly ourselves. 1t IS satisfactory to OBJ
serve that British journals really are be
ginning to have an intelligent idea con
cerning affairs on this side of the water.
The Washington times., 1901-11-07
Both Foreign ana Dp...e.,ic.
oFrom the Nee., ysr..k worI,

lfTon Ait ~ sE''h Norld.)
The Customs 4artau Is collecting rev
onue In the Philippines on the taeor,
that they are foreign territory: the Ir-
ttrnal Reventpe Bur,au Il collecting
Internal revenue there on thu theory that
they are domestic territory. And eacl
charges the oiher4with Inconsistency with
the law
The Washington times., 1901-11-07
4 Republican View.

tFrom the st. Louis Globe-Democrat)
Cuban annexation. when annexation he
comes a Iractical question. is m issue on
which the Republicans party Will be united
and on which the Democratic party will
be divided as that organization is ON
every other great question.
The Washington times., 1901-11-07

Again We are reminded by Republican
papers that their party actually swept
Iowa We admit the fact, and would
tell them that the Democratic ticket in
Mississippi was unanimously elected. But
what do these things signify, except, as
the good book Of Mormon says: Whose
bloweth not his own horn, verify by no
man shall his horn be blowed!' Let US
give the sure thing States a rest.
The Washington times., 1901-11-07

Our neighboring territory, Montgomery
County. Maryland, redeemed itself Tues
day, clecting the entire Democratic county
ticket. Colonization from the District and
from Virginia did not work this time. In
fact, colonization in Maryland has been
rendered all but impossible by the new
election law.
The Washington times., 1901-11-07

AS we understand it, at last the Pan
ANA Canal Company has made a DEFINITE
offer Of its worthless waterway failure TO
the Walker Commission. What II Is VIII
develop when the Commissions report
is published. II does not matter. Inc
American people are committed to the
Nicaragua route. and will not easily be
DETECTED from it.
The Washington times., 1901-11-07

1t will take a revolution of Surprising
completeness to reconcile the mass of the
French people to the federation of any
thing English. For about three months past
an illustrated paper called "L'Assiette
au Beurre" has been freely circulated on
the Paris boulevards containing pictures
which not only represented Englishmen
in an odious light in South Africa, but
also contained abominable insults of the
style with which Parisians and their vis-
itors became familiar in the pages Of lie
Rire" some eighteen months ago. The
paper "L'Assiette Gu Beurre'' has been so
personal in its attacks upon the British
royal family to say nothing of the mem
bers of the Salisbury Government, that
it is now affirmed that legal steps. with
a view to prosecution, have actually been
taken.
Strange as it may seem, many of the
Dreyfusard papers which during the eX-
citement of the cause Celebre We're un-
stinting in their praise of British support
in the great affair ''Of truth and justice.
are now the most rampant among the
Anglophobic press. There is one notable
exception however, Yves Guyots paper,
lie Steele" which still remains stanch to
the British cause in South Africa. Incl
dentally NJ. GuyOt has lost his own for
tune. and has impaired those of some
OF his willing supporters in attempting to
set the French public right in regard to
the British policy.
The Washington times., 1901-11-07

a German scientist has recently devised
a method of manufacturing artificial
gutta percha from peat, and If it turns
out to be what is claimed it will simplify
one of the greatest problems in electricity.
the insulation of ocean cables. Thus far
gutta percha is the only substance which
has been found to furnish perfect pro
lection for wire against the chemical
influences of salt water, and the product
is not only limited. but is controlled by
an Er glish firm Of cable manufacturers,
who own the forests in the East indies
from which gutta percha is obtained. Ex-
periments TO find a substitute have been
going on FOR years throughout the world,
but thus far nothing has been entirely
successful The price of gutta percha has
been advanced considerably by the de-
mai DIS Of the manufacturers of golf balls.
which has almost doubled the cost of
cable manufacture. and If this German
inventor is able to make an equally good
insulatOr ont of peat he will make
very important contribution to the world 3
economy, for peat can be found in al
most every country on the globe in guam
titles almost unlimited. There are 5000. 900
acres in Ireland 2.50000 in Scotland. and
even more in Germany. Russia, Norway,
Sweden. Finland, and other countries Of
Europe.
The Washington times., 1901-11-07

DIR. MaXwells report to the Federal
Government of New South Wales. issued
a short while ago, made it very clear that
the kanaka works cheapest and best
where a white man could hardly work
at all. He showed, moreover, that where
as a white man cost on an average SL29
per working day. Kanaka averaged only
20 cents This greater efficiency and less
expense of the Kanaka in tropical lands
makes all the difference to the sugar in
dustry. in which between 5000 and 5000
of them are employed, in addition to near
Iy 30 go white labOrers and artisans. In
fact the exodus of the former would al
most inevitably entail the displacement
Of large numbers of the latter, probably
to the already OVerCrOwded labor markets
of Melbourne and Sydney; but il must be
distinctly borne in mind that in the eX-
tremt northern districts If the kauaka
goes the white man cannot take his place.
THIS would mean serious loss to Queens
land. which has nearly Sl5W0,OO0 invested
in the sugar planting industry. more than
s7,5OO,UOO of which was advanced by and
is still owing to the State.
Extraordinary inconvenience has been
caused throughout European Russia in
consequence of the difficulties of this
wears navigation of the Volga At the
latest accounts from Astrakhan, 10 few
er than 15,cO0,OO0 poods of oil alone were
living in barges in the lower reaches Of
the river between Astrakhan and Sara
toff. with little hope of getting the barges
even halfway up the river this year.
Scores of towns along the Volga, from
Saratoff nOrthwards to Kazan. NiZhni
Novgorod. Kostroma. Jaroslaw and Ry-
bnski. not to mention hundreds of places
along -hc banks of the river. which are
dependent TO considerable extent, on
the naphtha supplies for their prosperity
during the coming winter and spring are
already face to face with serious diff-
Guilty. owing to their supplies of naphtha
and Ostatld having given out. An add-
tional l000g.00J pools of oil, principally
ostatki. destined for the higher reaches
Of the river. are lying At Astrakhan and
fears are entertained that il Will be inn
pcssible to get it even as far as Kazan
this year A shortage of water in the
higher reaches of the Nolga is a com
mon occurrence, aud specially built light
draft vessels run north Of Kazan dur
ing the whole of the navigation period of
each year, bid such a deficiency az that
of this year IN liir lower reaches of the
river has not been, known for :, very long
time Fer a Considerable distance north
Of Astrakhan Vessels of moderate
draft find it possible to run. as Il rule,
M to Novcmbef. This year however
they have been blocked, and ge,eral
case of vessels sticking on saudbar.---
aud breaking iutwo have occurred.
The Washington times., 1901-11-07
FOREIGN TOPICS.

Something like scare was caused in
Naples one night last week by the ap-
pearance in the streets of tho late King
Humherts double. Bertolani. photog-
rapher from Salerno Is very proud OF his
close resemblance to the late unfortunate
sovereign, whose manners and ways he
made it his business to carefully study.
Driving past the royal palace late at
night, he was taken by the sentinel on
duty at the gate for the ghost of the
murdered King.
The soldier crossed himself and NUT
tered prayer but the apparitiOn caused
him to tremble so violently that his shak-
ing hand caught the trigger Of his rifle,
which went off
The guard Immediately turned out and
discovered that the frightened sentry had
tainted away. He was at once replaced.
but half an hour later the second sentry
rushed into the guardroom sh9utlhg
king Humbert, our murdered King Is
walking down the street,!
The officer on duty at once started off
down the street on his bicycle, and soGn
overlook the dead Kings double, who he
was obliged to admit bore a wondertul
likeness to the late King of Italy.
Some particulars concerning the way in
which the Boer prisoners are treated IN
India and Ceylon is given by the Indian
correspondent of the "Civilta Cattolica,
a periodical published in Rome. They at
present number about 10000, and are dis
tributed in six camps. namely, at Diya-
talawa. in Ceylon; Ahmednagar, in Bonn
bay; Bellary, in Madras. and Trichinop-
oily In southern India. Each prisoner is
provided with a sun helmet. canvas shoes,
slippers, light flannel jacket, shirt, draw
ers, stockings, and pocket handkerchiefs
Each has a camp bedstead and mattress
with pillow and two cOverlets. As regards
food. they receive the same allowance as
is made to the soldiers who guard them,
while the Boer officers are provided for
In the same way as British officers serv-
ing i'll the field. The camp consists of long
rows of mud cabins. thatched with straw
nke those of the natives: arranged in
wide, clean streets lit Up at night by the
electric light. In each cabin there are
from ten to twelve prisoners in charge of
one of the Beers, who is elected by his
felloW-prfsoners and styled captain.
Around all the cabins there Is barrier
of barbed wire, outside which are the cab
ins of the English soldiers who keep
guard The prisoners get up at o'clock
in the morning, and go to bed at . 80
taken out for exercise accompanied by
British soldiers. Except at appointed
times, no Boer Is allowed to pass the
barrier which surrounds the cabins uu-
der pain of death; but the officers are per-
mftted under parole to go wherever they
ike The military authorities have pro-
viced amusements for the prisoners. and
a friendly game at cricket or football.
Money from friends must be handed over
TO an official, who will restore IL when
they are set at liberty.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-20

staff, Tonight we will water our
horses In the Tennessee river" Early
In the afternoon, as the General
was leading successful charge
against the Union troops, who were
ing volleys as they retreated, a mimic bull
let caused a mortal wound from which
the commander of the Confederate army
died within half an hour, having bled to
death for lack of proper surgical atten-
ton. One of his staff states: MY own
horse having run off when / dismounted,
l mounted Fire-Eater, Gen. Johnstones
horse, but found him so badly crippled
that l dismounted to examine, finding that
he was wounded I'm three legs by musket
balls. l rode him 10 the rear, where we
left Gen. Johnstons orderly with two
fresh horses, left Fire-Eater with the
orderly, mounting one of the fresh horses
and proceeding to report to Gen. Beaure-
gard" Besides the fatal wound. John
ston had previously received during the
day three slight wounds.
Col. William Preston Johnston, late
president of Tulane University. New Or
leans. in recent letter to the writer,
says: After my fathers death 1 rode
Fire-Eater to the end of the war. / was
captured with President Davis, and when
we approached Macon l was sent into
the city on parole to request Gen. Wilson
not 70 separate the president and his
staff. lie granted the request, but direct
ed me not to leave the hotel. My horse
was hitched outside, and / never saw or
heard of F'ire-E Eater again"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-20

formed Mr.. Heisch that he had been med
ically advised to eat arsenic before taking
up his position. He considered that no
one should begin the practice before
twelve years old nor after thirty, and that
in any case after fifty years of age the
daily dose should be gradually reduced.
since otherwise sudden death Would ensue.
If confirmed arsenic eater suddenly at
tempts to do altogether without the drug
he Immediately succumbs to the effects
of arsenic poisoning The only way to
obviate this is gradually to acclimatize
the system by reducing the dose from day
to day. AS another evidence of the cumu-
lative properties of arsenic it is interest
ing to note that when the graveyards m
Upper Styria are opened the bodies OF
the arsenic eaters can be distinguished
by their almost perfect state of preser-
walton, due to the gradually accumulated
arsenic.