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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-05
cOLER NAY TAKE $50 900 PLACE.
REPORTED THAT PRESIDENCY OF GUAR
DIAN TRUST COMPANY HAS BEEN
OFFERED TO HIM

Ex-Controler Coler. II was reported YESTERDAY
has been asked become president of the Guardian
Trust Company at salary OF 10000 year. Inc
company is capitalized at 100000 and has sur
Mus of 500 900 Plans under way. II is under
stood to. increase the capital largely. Mr. Coier
said last night that nothing had been settled, but
that he would proha bly, have statement I" give
ont TODAY He IS now a member of the firm OF
W y Golfer & Co brokers. No. n Nassa u-st
of which his father is the founder and senior mem
Der The firm has branches in the West ana makes
a specslty Of municipal bonds. Mr.. Coer with
drew from the firm when he was elected Controlisr
hut reassocated himself with II Just after the
expirs ton Of his term.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-05
HONE NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.

ASTOR-J. Harvey WEIGH. Of Philadelphia; B. 5
Duke Of North Carolina CAMBR1DGE.Larz An
OF the German Embassy at Washington, EARLING,
TON-Baroness Bischwitz, of Dresden Elf / n
sets. HoFFMAN-Judgs " J Wallace Of Al
Bishop ". y. McVickar. of Rhode Island; Norman
Macleod OF Philadelphia: T. =. Coykendal or
Rondout y y. MANHATTAN-Captain J. NJ Bar
ker. [. s. A MURRAY HILI-Frederick H Cluett.
of Troy. II. VI. Brewster. OF Springfield NANARFtk
CAPTAINS W. T Merry and T. NJ. Blake. L ). a
PI.AZA-W. H. H. Newman. OF Buffalo VIC
TORIA-Ex- Mayor VI. H Dingee. Of LynchburS,
Va. WALDORF-C. 5. Francis United States Min.
lister to Greece; ex-Congressman John Sanford, or
Amsterdam: II. II. D PIERCE, Assistant Secretary
of State: Colonel Theodore \. Bingham Of Wash
ington II. Sellers Mckee of Pittsburg: Congress
j. K. Stewart, of Amsterdam, y. Y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-05
COLLEGE SETTLEMENT FELLoWSHIPS.

TWO SUNS OF $500 EACH OFFERED FOR ENSUING
YEAR
The College Settlements Association has estab-
lshed two fellowsh!ps of 500 each for the year
lgr2-s03 one OF which may the discretion OF the
committee on teI!owships be changed into schol
arship OF 5000 The committee. which consists OF
Mrs Herbert Parsons. Barnard College: Miss F.
O Balch wellesley College. and Or. Alvin S. John
son Columbia University. has issued general in
yitations TO applicants.
The feliowships arr, designed TO afford the chance
OF investigating social conditions through the op-
portunities Of settlement life Residence in some
settlement during the academic year. and the pur
suit of some clearly defined line of work under
guidance are required The fellowships not
reserved for college graduates. though such cduca
ton is desirable. but some experience in such Work
is recommended recent graduates being eligible
only in exceptional cases.
Applications are to be sent to Mrs Parsons az
No 112 East Thirty ffth-st., before July l5
companicd by personal data useful 10 the com
mittee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-05
SQUADRON A TNTERTROOP MATCH

at Van Cortlandt Park by members of Squadron
A. The first team, which was considerably the
stronger won by four goals to The winners
included three of the men who were selected after
the game play against the West Point cadets
at West Point on Saturday. June II. They were
Everett Colby. r. G. d. Douglas and H NJ Earle.
The fourth member will be A. r. Whitney. jr. He
was unable to play yesterday account of an
injured hand and his place on the team was taken
by A. l. Smith jr- Douglas scored three goals
for winning team and Smith made one The
single goal the second team made by j.
O. Nichols The referee was r. {. Lawrence. The
lineup follows:
FIRST TEAM. SECOND TEAM
Everett Colby. IA. ". Putnam.
= r. g u. Douglas. u O. Nichols.
"a. /. Smith jr. 81 j. Hunt.
Back-H. NJ. Earle. Back. n Nichols.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-05

MINIATURE ALMANAC.

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sunrise i:29 sunset 81 Moon Moons age Is
HIGH WATER.
A.M-Sandy $50 Gov. Island Gate sol
PM-Sandy Hook 653 Gov Island 40 He'll Gate 9:1l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-05
DISORDER At LEuBERG CONTfNCES

Vienna. June 4-The riotous strikers at Lem
berg GaIicia TO-DAY pillaged bakers shops and
carts. and had be dispersed by troops a mum
Der of persons were injured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-05
Announcements

MiSSoula. Tetonka.
Two New Collars.
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-Brings mail.
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E & W.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09


such cases. and young growing wlrlows
have been the victims In nearly every
case. Cambridge used to pride itself
upon its beautiful willows. and 1t was
therefore with sorrow that the people
discovered one morning the charred re-
mains OF what had once been q really
beautiful specimen Of the willow tree.
The fate of the tree naturally attracted
attention to the phenomenon, and
thereafter but too much opportunity
was afforded for the study of 1t. At
one point in the river In particular the
process was seen. Green trees covered
with rich masses of foliage suddenly
burst forth into confagration and
burned to their very cores. Fine will
lows In full vigor poured forth clouds
OF smoke from their half burned stems.
An examination OF the charred remains
OF the trees revealed nothing in the
way Of explanations but as the trees
which met their fates were for the
most part young there could hardly
have been any putrescence or fermeA-
tation. Just why the willows should
meet such sudden ends is not apparent,
but the peculiar formation of the tree,
Its plant boughs and the dropping Of
Its leaves and flowers may have had
something to do with 1t.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09
Wars of the World.

The war which has most conspicrously
engaged public attention during the year
has been the Boer war. 1t has now as
sumed the form of guerilla warfare. and
the new year opens with serious losses
inflicted upon British arms. In addition
to the South African struggle there has
been the customary number of revolu-
tions in Central America, and a more or
less sanguinary conflict between Venezue-
la and Colombia. The pending trouble
between Argentina and Chile may be set
tied by arbitration. The Chinese has
been closed by treaty. In the Philippines
desultory warfare with strolling bands Of
natives continues. The list of casualties.
including killed and wounded. for the
year is as follows: Abyssinia. 1000; South
Africa, 5.3T; Arabia, 5.144; Venezuela, 2. :
5S3; Colombia. 2,5Ss: China. 1.604: Africa.
1,26l; Philippines. 96s; Mexico. 421: Corea,
315; Sumatra, 23; Java. 65: Albania. 54:
Bulgaria, a; Macedonia. "a. The total
losses for the year are 27,Ss1. as COM
pared with l33s7S in 1900.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09
LYNcHINcs IN 1901.
Executions Duo to Popular Excitement
Show an Increase.

Executions Duo to Popular Excitement
Show an Increase.
The lynchings reported in 1900 showed
an increase OF eight over those of 1893.
A still further increase must be noted this
year an increase in brutality as we'll
in 1899. Lib In 1900 and 1876 in 1901. The fol-
lowing table showing the number Of
lynchings in the last seventeen years
may be of value to those engaged in the
study of this branch of criminology: 1885.
1S; 1856. 13S; 1887, 122; 1888. 142; 1889. 176;
1870; 1895. III; 1896, 81: 1897. 16s; 1898. LII;
1893. 1o7; 19oo i16; 1901. ;35.
The lynchings in the various states
and territories were as follows: Ala
bama, IS; Arkansas, s.: California, 6: Col
orado. 0; Connecticut, o; Delaware. o.;
Florida. Z; Georgia. IA; Idaho, 1: Illinois.
0; Indiana, /; Iowa.. o: Kansas. 2; Ken
tucky. z; Louisiana. Is: Maine. 0; Mary
land. o; Massachusetts,, o; Michigan, o.;
Minnesota, 0; Mississippi, IS; Missouri, g.;
Montana. 4; Nebraska, o; New jersey, o.:
New Hampshire. o; New York, 0; Nevada,
0; North Carolina, l; North Dakota. o.;
Ohio, o: Oregon, o.; Pennsylvania, o.;
Rhode Island. o; South Carolina, 8; South
Dakota, 0; Tennessee. IL: Texas. IL; YER
mont, o; Virginia, q: West Virginia, q:
Wisconsin. o; Washington. o: Wyoming.
o; Arizona. 1; District Of Columbia. o.;
NeW Mexico v; Utah, U; lnolan Ierritory,
/; Oklahoma. 2; Alaska, o.
OF these lynchings 121 occurred in the
South and IA in the North. OF the total
number 1O were negroes 26 whites, In
dian and Chinaman. The alleged crimes
for which they were lynched were as
follows: Murder. 80: criminal assault, 1S;
theft. II; murderous assault. 9: attempted
criminal assault. s. cattle and horse
stealing. q; completely in murder. 8; quar-
rel over profit sharing, s; arson. 4; sus-
pected murder. 3; suspected criminal as
sault. 1: murder and criminal assault l.:
train wrecking, l: alleged theft. 1: keep
Ing a gambling house, 1: suspected Of
killing cattle. 1: resisting arrest. /: in
sulting a white woman. 1; burglary, l.;
forcing a white boy to commit crime, 1.
Besides these. were lynched because of
race prejudice. 3 for unknown reasons.
and there was l case of mistaken iden-
tity.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09
BUSINESS OF RAILROADS.
Tranic Receipts Enormous. and Many
Miles of New Track Laid.

Keeping pace with the general prosper
ity of the country, railway building in
the United States during the year 1901
has exceeded that of any previous year
since 1880. when $50 miles of new lines
were completed, and the record for that
year might have been surpassed had the
steel mills been able to furnish the nee
essary cars.
The records of the Railway Age for
1901 show that with the returns thus far
received not less than 5,057 miles of track
have been laid on 3S2 lines in 43 states
and territories.
With the exception of Pennsylvania
there has been little building In the East
ern and New England states, but there
has been much important work in all
other sections of the country, the great
est activity being shown In the southwest.
The construction west of the Mississippi
River has amounted to 3,lS7 miles. and
the states east of the Mississippi and
south of the Ohio have added sol miles.
making total Of 4,07S miles built In the
states south OF the Ohio and west of the
Mississippi.
Official reports to the Interstate COM
merce commission for the fiscal year end
ed June 80. 1901 show gross earnings of
all the steam railroads in the United
States were s1,51S, ,l6i. 202. or an average
of sS.211 per mile. The previous year the
gross earnings were $i4s7. on. .S14. The net
earnings the past fiscal year were $685.
007, ,92i. or s35.5T.2i3 more than in the
previous fiscal year. The amount OF divi-
dends to stockholders last year was Sl21,-
10s,637. which is $l3,0o0.000 more than the
divident payments the previous year.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09
a CASE OF rRANsros1rIoN.

Students of grammar know how nec-
essary it iS when analyzing poetical
sentences or sets of verses OF poetry
to transpose words, phrases and
clauses. and make liberal paraphrase
OF the whole. SO as to obtain the cor
rect grammatical construction. 1t Is
surprising how many different render
ings of one line or verse can be made
without transgressing any of the laws
Of grammar, pure and simple. One
line in Gray's "Elegy" can be twisted
into at least twenty differen. readings
without materially altering the sense:
THE PLOUGHMAN HOMEWARD
PLODS HIS WEARY WAY"
The ploughman plods his weary home
ward way.
The ploughman weary homeward plods
his way.
The ploughman weary plods his home
ward way.
The ploughman homeward weary plods
his way.
The ploughman weary his way home
ward plods.
The ploughman plods his homeward
weary way.
The weary ploughman plods his home
ward way.
The weary ploughman homeward plods
his way.
Weary his homeward way the plough
man plods.
Weary the ploughman his way home
ward plods.
Uoo he v,Io.-b a.
his way.
His homeward way the weary plough
man ploda-
His homeward way the ploughman
weary plods.
His way the weary ploushman home
ward plods.
His way the ploughman homeward
weary plods.
His way the ploughman weary home
ward plods.
His homeward weary way the plough
man plods.
His weary way the homeward plough
man plods.
His weary way the ploughman home
ward plods.
Homeward his way the weary plough
man plods.
Homeward his way the ploughman
weary pl0ds.
Homeward the ploughman plods his
weary way.
Homeward the weary ploughman plods
his way.
Homeward his weary way the plough
man plods.
And any one with little patience
could easily add to this number of
different renderings. all correct from a
simple grammatical point of view
Tit-Bits.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09
strike. Only Slightly Disturbing.

Strikes were somewhat disturbing
factor in the Industrial world May 20 the
machinists in some of the largest plants
in the country struck for a nine-hour day
without reduction in wages About 20,-
900 men went out. In several cases they
were successful. but in others their places
were filled with other men. On the 18th
of July strike of iron. steel and tin
workers was ordered in some of the mills
of the United States Steel corporation to
compel the adoption of the union scale.
Seventy-five thousand men were effected.
Growing out of the strike was that or
dered by President Shaffer of the ANAL
gamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers, in August. This ended In Sep
tember in failure. Strikes involving riots
and loss Of life occurred in Albany, N.
Y; in the Telluride mines in Colorado: |:
among the teamsters in San Francisco
ard the miners in Kentucky.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09
WHY II HAS FADED.

"I saw recently in the press dis
patches from Washington" said R. T.
Smythe of that city. IAN item to the
effect that the original copy of the
Declaration of f'Independence was fad
ing. The story is true in that the doc
ument is fading. but not true that this
partial obliteration is OF recent occur
renee. Many years ago. in taking an
impression OF the Declaration for the
purpose OF reproducing copies of It, an
acid was used which had a most dis
astrous effect upon the ink with which
the paper was written. The writing
began to fade rapidly-so rapidly. in
deed, that in a short time it was with
extreme difficulty that either the text
OF the instrument or the signatures to
Il could be deciphered. At this time
the Declaration hung upon the wall In
the library of the Department of state.
It was in wooden case. supplied with
doors, but during the hours when the
library was open to the public the de-
mands of the visitors caused the doors
to be open also. The action OF the
light upon the document was very
hurtful. and in order to preserve 1t
from further decay the secretary Of
state caused a specially constructed
safe to be manufactured for it. You
must possess strong pull to-day to
obtain glimpse of 1t, for as the years
pass the fading of the writing. while
checked. nevertheless steadily con-
t!nues. AS consequence the
department officials guard 1t carefully
and expose 1t to the light with extreme
reluctance. The safe in which the Dec
laration now rests is on the right OF
the entrance to the library, while on
the left-hand wall hangs the case in
which 1t was formerly kept. A repro
duction now takes its place. but nine
ty-nine people out OF every hundred
who visit the library depart after ex-
aiming this copy. believing that they
have seen the original. They have seen
something. however. for below the
large case Is smaller one containing
q rough draft OF the Declaration in ex-
actly the form In which Jefferson wrote
it. This is an original. but as acids
have never touched 1t 1t has faded only
q llttle.'-New York Tribune.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09
INrEREsr1Na EXPERIMENT..

That a small quantity of water, say
half a pint, may be made to burst
strong cask, seems a startling state
ment to make. and yet it is true. 1t is
a well-known law Of physics that the
pressure exerted by liquids increases in
proportion to their depth. Suppose,
therefore. that we have a strong cask
filed with water and standing ON end
The slaves OF this cask may be made
to burst apart by adding a very small
quantity of water to what is already
in the cask. AS the cask is already
full. Some way OF adding the water
must be devised. To do this hole is
bored in the end or head OF the cask
ard a long tube OF small diameter is
inserted upright. At the upper end OF
the tube is small funnel, into which
water is poured until the tube becomes
full. and when that point Is reached
the cask will burst. This seems almost
incredible. but 1t is only a demonstra-
ton of the law that has been cited.
When the water is poured into the
tube 1t unites with the. water in the
cask. and the depth OF the water is
several times as great as 1t was in
the cask alone. The fact that there Is
only . small quantity of water in the
tube makes no difference. for 1t is now
all one body. and its depth Is gauged
from the top Of the tube to the bottom
of the cask. AS a matter of fact, this
experiment Is only an artificial repro
duction Of what we know takes place
in nature. Some of her greatest con-
vulsions are caused by this very pro-
cess. Suppose, for example. that there
10 great mass of rock. under which
there is cavity filled with water that
has no outlet. Suppose. moreover, that
there Is a crack extending from the
surface of the ground through this
mass OF rock to the water-flled cavity
underneath. A rock in this condition
10 . common thing in nature. the crack
being caused by some disturbance of
the earth. or by its splitting in the
natural order of things. Now. when 1t
rains enough to oil that crack. thus
increasing the depth of water in the
cavity. the pressure will become so
great that the rock will be torn into
hundred fragments.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09
Lossa of Life By Epld.mic..

The loss Of life by epidemic diseases
mas fallen on considerably as compared
with 1900 The ravages of the plague have
increased, the number OF victims in 1891
being little over 3s.O00 as compared
with 10000 in 1900. Cholera. however. has
greatly decreased in fatality, it's victims
in 1901 being about 5000. as compared
with about $1,000 in 1900. The total of
deaths in 1900 owing to the Indian famine
reached the large sum of about 579, 60O
1t is difficult to make any accurate list
OF statistics of this kind. but. roughly
estimated. the cholera and plague last
year claimed about 5000 victims. No re-
turns have. been made of the fatalities by
famine In India and Russia
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09
BUSINESS CONSOLIDATION
Increasing Tendency shown to Forx-
Combinntion~ of C.rtt.p

The feature OF the Industrial situation
OF the year was the continuation OF the
tendency to form great combinations of
capital or trusts In the first seight
months the aggregate capital of the new
corporations organized was 81, ,467, ,355 900.
as against 1855. $4,000 for the same ne
riod In 1900. The most gigantic OF the
combinations effected. was that known M
the United States Steel corporation, hay-
Ing capital OF $l.100. 000. 900. Its chief
organizer was ]. Pierpont Morgan. Tho
companies entering the trust were tho
Carnegie. Federal. American Steel and
Wire, National Tube. American Bridge.
National. American Sheet Steel, Amcri
can Tinpiate. American Steel Hoop. Lake
Superior Consolidated iron mines ana the
Shelby Steel Tube. Some Of the other
combinations brought about wore the AL
lis Chalmers. Amalgamated Copper. Am
erioan Can. American Locomotive. Amer
lean Plow. Consolidated Tobacco. North
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09
LITERARY ESSENTIALS.

An author used to think thought
Before he went a-printing.
His task with arduous care was
wrought,
The night oil kept him squirting.
To-day. alas. it matters not
What you may have to tell 'em.
For books the public pays lot
II they are done in vellum.
So do not strive, with furrowed brow,
Some great thought to be finding;
The things TO be considered now
Are paper, ink, and binding.
Washington Star.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09
FIRE LOSSES WE'RE GREAT.
Year Has Been Very Hard ON the In
suranco Companies.


The year has been especially hard on
the fire insurance companies because II
has come Immediately after another year
of disaster. Losses were heavy in 1900.
many companies were forced to quit the
business. and those that held on did so in
the belief that the worst had been passed
and that better conditions were inevita-
BILE. Instead of that the losses for the
year in the United States are $40 900 900
greater than in 1900.
The result has been q number of REIN
surances. retirements and amalgamations
Of companies unprecedented since the
year of the Chicago fire, when so many
companies were ruined. Fourteen stock
companies and eight mutuals have re-
tired absolutely from the field, beside a
great number Of small mutual and as
sessment companies Scores Of other
companies have retired from the West,
the South or both, or have materially re-
stricted their writings in the sections of
the country where they had suffered
most.
As a result business men needing large
amounts of insurance have been unable
to get 1t. and a horde of wildcat COM
panies and irresponsible Lloyds have been
started. to prey upon the necessities Of
the people.
at S152. .0s4.4l4. against $l30. .02S 900 In 1900
and sis. 6s6. 900 in 1899.
Life insurance has closed the most pros
porous Xear in its history. The people
have been prosperous and have been in
vesting their money literally in endow-
ment policies and ordinary life policies
for the benefit Of their families. 1t is be-
lieved that the total of new business
written during the year by the legal re-
serve companies Will be 81 SOC. .00o. 900. and
that their Insurance in force will amount
to F.5o0, ,00O,ooo. One company alone has
written over $500, 900 900.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09
Embe..lamenta nf 1aa1.

The record of embezzling. forgery, de-
faulting. and bank wreckage for 1891
shows a small decrease as compared with
that of 1900. The total is 81. loss. .5SS, as COM
pared with $4.660. 1874 in 1890 The state
ment of dishonesty by months is as fol-
lows: January. $345. .lS6; February, $75,5oo;
March. $ns. .136; April, $507. .1s5: May, $685.
074: June. $4,000: July. sl7s. .sos: August,
1882: September. $l2l 400: October, $685.
za2: November. $a5s. .75s: December, $3.50,
800. -
The losses are distributed as follows:
Stolen by public officials. $696, ,945; from
banks. H.5l34s6; by agents, S227. 100: for
geries. $354.0O from loan associations,
S266.515; by postmasters. s1S,l36; miscel-
laneous stealings. 81. .OOS. .s77.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09
Suicide ON the Increase.

Suicide continues to increase in the
united States. The total number report-
ed for the year 1901 is 7.245. as compared
with 6.d55 in 1900 and $40 in 1899 or this
total $3.50 We're males and 1885 females
which curiously shows the same propor-
tion OF nearly five males to one female
Tor several years past Physicians. as
usual, head the list among professional
men. the record standing: Physicians. 49,
attorneys. 10; clergymen. 10: bankers, 6:
Journalists. 6; college professors. l.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09

Rothschiid. Baron WHheau-. Won, head Of
the great banking house. Jan. Is.
Rummel, Franz. pianist. in Germany.
Stainer. William, bishop of Oxford, April
20.
Tanner, DR.. Charles X. D.. Irish states
man, Sept. T.
Verdi. Giuseppe. composer. Jan. q.
Victoria, Queen. Jan. a.
Yonge. Charlotte M. author. March ~
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09
In tho Stock Market.

In May stock panic took place In New
York as result OF the efforts OF oppos-
ing interests to get control of the North
ern Pacific railroad. The stock was cor
nered and forced up to the unheard- of
price of 1900 share. While many lost
heavily because OF the slump In the val
ues of other securities. there were no
serious failures and the effect outside of
speculative circles was exceedingly slight.