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New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
TOPICS IN CHICAGO.
THE STATES ATTORNEY is PROBING
TAX SCANDALS-A DISCUSSION OF
CELIBACY AND CRIME.

Chicago, Aug. 29-The probing into the So
called tax frauds by States Attorney Deneen
is taking wider scope than was at first
thought probable, and the revelations made
daily are likely to CONSERVATION among
certain politicians and heavy taxpayers. or.
rather, persons who should pay taxes on large
holdings. 1t is certain that the discovery Dy
the County Treasurer that Manager Williams. or
the Masonic Temple property, holds what is al
legged to be a forged tax receipt for the sum or
$4,000, alleged to have been paid to an en-
ploye of the Treasurer is only the initial chap
ter in the exposure of the bold and extensive
operations of powerful gang of tax f1xers
This gang 1t Is intimated. is composed of some
former off1ceholders, politicians and property
owners, aided and abetted by persons in office
1t is even hinted that men in high public places
have connived at the work Of the tax hxers
and shared In the profits resulting from the
frauds against the county treasury. That many
would-be dishonest taxpayers have been VIC
timized by the conspirators. who promised. for
q monetary consideration, to reduce assessments
or fix up the collectors books so that the tax
payers might appear to have paid their taxes
when they had not done so. is practically an
established fact 1t is believed that In many
New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
ENGLISH STATESMEN.
INTERESTING COMMENT ON BALFOUR
AND BEACONSFIELD BY AN
ENGLISHMAN.

visiting Englishman the other evening
discussing English statesmen. past and present.
Said he:
Chamberlain is of course the strong o man tb9t OF
Disraen made his now prophecy shaf ns
Bafour the present Premier is. of course of finest
intellectual fibre, but he lacks many OF the quail
for great leader have. Mentally, he has al and
than is necessary for the great Posltao or ne
mentality than the Premier OF Great Britain could
neeG fre 5ne inenes to scholastic life While fate
decreed that he shall pursue pontlcas one ears @
happy indeed, in its outcome. that It sent MIN
for long time wandering over the lace Oh 'he
When he came back to England Oxford H offered e5s1
fonr nnt bnaself was keen to accept Gladstone and
his uncle. the Marquis of Salisbury ho~ever iel3
life of England and to prevent his acceptance OF
the oxford chair they bent their 1nad
felt that it decision so momentous that per
decision he referred the whole question to an in
innate friend in whose judgment ne had ,aL IalLn,
Tnat friend advised him to listen TO Mr. Gladstone
and the Marquis of Salisbury, and so 1t comes
ahout that Arthur Balfour is Premier of the Brit
fsh Empire to-day instead OF a professor at oA-
20 OF the younger or coming men George Wyndha1m
nent OF the two Nj Wyndham Is prooa9g asdSa Inc Inc
Of force and viii have to be reckoned with In the
struggle fer Manners and easily BINDS men
TO him while Curzon is rather cold ana IepeSns s II
"a DNN-'S
Pharisee. . ,,.no Ait, ,ao,,l;ari+y of
c,,rznn WAS summed up in a coupet that has
Followed him since 1t runs:
NV name is George Nathaniel Curzon.
And I am a very superior person
7 dine at Blenhem every week,
because my hair I keep so sleek
..superior person" is a gibe that has ever been
thrown at Curzon and l don't believe he ever got
up TO make a speech either in the House or com,
nous or out OF it without having superior
cbucked az him at some stage OF the proceedings
He has however, lived the term down and the
country recognizes his sterling qualities ana great
intellectual worth. SUHle surprise was expressed
when Curzon consented to accept a peeTage ana
become Viceroy of India. II was felt by many
thar in thus aband oning his Parliamentary career
he at the same time wrote fnis TO his poltlcal
life-that the great honor he accepted would prove
a sepulchre for his political ambitions 40 not
think II will out and believe that When ne
returns home he will be living vital force In our
body polite. 80, -
with the late Earl of Beaconseld that Dizzy or
fond and ever green memory. OF fads and fancy,
haautfful in person and ever bizarre in the man
I,er in which dressed that person. Dizzy was
a delight !nenace, and a political force unique
IN his Isolation among his own followers.
PriIfant epigrammatic and witty. Disrae!i peered
far into the future with and peculiar eyes.
In what he saw and from that seeing believed
and advocated Dizzy from decade to a
1lSrter Of a century ahead Of his times. Through
out lifetime Gladstone's great rival he died un-
New-York tribune., 1902-08-31

- ..xnavsrs have made the dishonese
agreement. which has not been carfleu ous
the "fxers" and yet the victims dare mo-
n,ein ropcb less expose the guilty ones ra'nef
sufrsrine quietly the cheat than TO aekno"leee'
being a party 10 a pact to defraUd the eoui''
There is now no doubt that compiete
pose is at hand an emplOye OF the AIe@'
office having confessed he had altereo 'iS -
so as TO make it appear that the taxes ON tne
Mosortc Ta,onle property had been paid This
same man, however. pleads that ne dld ho-
forge the receipt which is held By the manager
of the property The latter. who has all alchs
declared that he paid the $4,000 in casn 10
an official in the Treasurer's Office. I3iis :"
prove this and as ne has made other statsii@'''
at variance with this one it is strongly Hiei
mated that the "tax fxers" are the authors
of the receipt he holds
The man who confessed has been charged oy
different town collectors with approaching theni
with propositions to fix taxes. The States At
torney's office promises to explode a 0ornosh7'i
in the investigation now on. The States Attor-
ney is using the best men on the ponce detec-
tive force to apprenend certain person. tne
relative of a high police official who is said 10
be the directing head Of the huge conspiracy
which operated 10 defTaud Cook County Oh
hundreds of thousands Of dollars in taxes
The sweating process is in vigorous operation
and many important arrests are expected
Professor Charles R. Henderson, head OF the
sociology department at the University OF en-
cago has aroused a discussion in the Iocai
press by directing the attention OF students
of crirninclogy to the statement Of Dr. Grosser.
the city statistician. that Dr.. z. Benjamin
Andrews is correct in his assertion that ceif-
bacy tends to crime. DR.. Andrevs's declaration
found an echo in DIR. Grosser pointing out that
the criminal statistics of Chicago fully proved
that more single men are addicted TO crimes
of all kinds than married men, Professor Hen
derson who has international reputation as
an active social philosopher. says; "Cehoaey
is a consequence of the same fundamental
things that cause crime more than II is a cause
of crime but it then comes to be a cause OF
crime" Professor Henderson finds two inter
pretations Of the statistics pOssible-She lack
of a feeling of responsibility. which lack the
unmarried man has. produces crime; the same
things produce celibacy as produce crime A
close student of crimfnology, however, takes
issue with both Professor Henderson and Dr.
Andrews and asserts that rational thinker
will insist that cebacy is cause Of crime
Poverty and involuntary idleness. he holds, are
generally considered to be causes of crime. but
none will deny that single man can endure
poverty longer and with more stOicism than the
head of a family Per contra, Student admits
celibacy may be regarded result OF a weak
will. lack of resolution and self-conhdence.
and likewise indicates timidity and fear. and
New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
PHILADELPHIA AFFAIRS.
ATTITUDE OF "RECALCITRANT' REPUB-
LICANS-THE READING DIVIDEND
EDUCTTON-ASPHALT TRUST
DECISION

Philadelphia, Aug. 80 (SpeciaD.-The "Recalci-
trant' Republicans in this State. by which
have become known those of the late 'Insurgent'
Republicans who have not been consulted by the
regular Republican organization in its reconclia-
ton scheme, which involved che nomination OF
Judge Pennypacker for Governor, have secured
control of the Union party outside of Philadelphia
and promising surprises for the State
convention, which meets in this city on Wednesday.
While a majority of the members of the Union
party in Philadelphia have been pacated by the
overtures made by the Republican machine. they
are entitled under the rules governing the Union
party, participate in the administration of its
affairs until they shall have voted for State
candidate ether than the nominee of the Union
PARTY Up the State the "RecaIcitrants' have
troll Of the Union party machinery. BY Judge
Pennypacker's acceptance OF the nomination by
the Citizens party of Allegheny County, the Union
party in Pittsburg has been swept into line with
the regulars. In consequence. in the convention
which meets here next week. most of the county
delegates win be arrayed against Philadelphia and
Pttsburs.
is in entire sympathy with that part OF the Demo
cratic party which seeks the election OF Mr Patti
the Democrats in number of debatable legislative
districts. and with view TO the future II Is seek
1t exists to-day in this city does not participate
fusion contemplated in the city election and the
State organization, If 1t can. must wipe out the
present & Gity vo an ana tb II UP ne" ono
Chairman Ritter and Secretary Mapes, OF the
ticn to disregard the credentials Of delegates
signed by Chairman Clement Of the Philadelphia
Union eommittee lite the only body WITH an actaa
nection with the Union party. A large number or
fb ndorseTent Of Judge PennyypaekeT and this
is reason enough for their unseating since the
New-York tribune., 1902-08-31

At that time there dancing IN the train of
the famous Countess of Blessington one Benjamin
Disraen, a young or Hebrew extraction. with
a heavy balance of brains in his head and no bal
ance of cash at all at his bankers. He 1t was to
whom Lewis turned in his dilemma. Very soon
thereafter Lewis found himself Member OF Par
lament for the Borough Of Maidstone. In a short
time the other seat in the borough becoming
cant, Lewis put up the necessary election expenses
and DisraeH became Member of Parliament. His
famous maiden speech and subsequent political
career are part of England's history.
Lewis died in short time, and his widow, al
though she some years older than himself, Dis
raei married. To her he owed everything, he
again and again testified. OF intrepid courage and
the highest mental gifts. the Viscountess of Bea-
consfied lived only for her lord She gave up her
whole life to his and gave him OF her courage
when at times his had failed Long before
Dizzy" would accept a title for himself he had
one bestowed upon her. She died the Viscountess
of Beaconsfeld in and of her right, wife of the
Right Honorable Benjamin Disrae. After her
death DisraeH entered the peerage as the Earl of
Beaconsfied.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-31

smooth thoroughfares. he would revise his COM
1nentary. The village now contains 5000 inhab-
itants is beautifully laid out with a fine water
supply system. electric lights durable buildings and
artistic residences and bears the reputation Of
being OF the most prosperous towns Of its
size in the country. But the mosquitoes do bite
yet
one name is indissolubly connected with the
settlement Of Batavia, also OF Buffalo and a
great part OF the Holland purchase-that is, Jo-
seph EElicott. This remarkable was born
November !, 1860. in Bucks County Penn. When
he was fourteen his father moved to Maryland,
and there he completed his education as far was
possible After teaching school for time he
took I'D the work of surveying, and, with his
brother Andrew. located the western boundary Of
I2ennsvIvani MIA for the State. in 17S5- About that
.sr,e he met Paul Busti the general American
agent Of the Holland Land Company, who was then
living in Philadelphia Impressed by the young
Bust employed him TO prospect the land. and in
lIa ne took ne e pe. stTna MS @oIrs, bv sav @
Of Wilkesoarre TIoga, Bath and Dansvlile- He
returned on snowshees in February Of the next
year and made his report. a year later ne re
turned to the country he haq eHpioreq and IN
Sary he rescbed Buffalo IN June
Company, win comfortable salary and personal
grant Of six thousand acres ms Ilt' oI4cs IVA was
S,,;IT the land Office there and afterward Elcott
Hall. ancient buildng, ,S GTH f , ~ S1I ,ii r
poses The hall is the intersection OF two Old Ind,
fan trails which afterward became main travelled
thoroughfaTes FOR the translate traifie Ellieott
gave the name Batavia. TO the ilIS a. a..
though Ii naTrowiy escaped having TO pear the
afion Bustville or I3ustiayille. in honor OF
the Holland Land Csrspany's general agent Mr.;
Istlsf himself pereInporily refused 10 allow II 10
be 50 branded. and suggested Batavia. IN honor OF
the Dutch republic. wht-e so many OF me principal
efockheIders Of the company lived For several
years il was known by an Indian name. Tonna-
The exact date Of the erection of the land office
at Batavia IS known, strangely enough, al
though almost every paper which the company
ever possessed has been inspected Even The orig
snsi parchment deed from the company 10 MI Eli.
corf an Immense document. IS still preserved. but
ROT trace OF the date OF the aad Office construc-
49, bae ever been found. Consequently, when in
isss the building was purchased by the Holland
IS,,rcFa Sc Historical Society ana dedicated as a
,.seI,-9 to the memory of Robert Morris, who sold
-be western NeW-York lands TO IN. Holland Com
.an,r rbe date OF the buildings erection on the
rr-esf iron Il bIet left blank
Ans<sSs County has been called lls nolher oi
New-York tribune., 1902-08-31

or other pickers Usually several thousand Ind
ians go to the fields and camp for weeks picking
hops for 81 a hundred pounds. This year only
a few Indians have signed contracts to pick
Men who have bought hops as they stand Will
be heavy losers. unless the crop is picked by
the middle of October the heavy rains produce
must.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-31

these Quant1eS Tor 0eISCISJt strangely cnoo5H,
tend to crime. The majority OF criminals.
Student further admits. are deficient, inferior
and incapable of hard and systematic work
Such men, of course. not likely TO incur the
responsibilities of marriage.
Fear that the extensive collection OF
relics offered to the city by City Treasurer
Charles F. Gunther, who has devoted many
years and much money to getting II together,
will go. to the national capital is rousing pub
lie sI&ited citizens and the women's clubs to
action Although viewing with favor the Wash
ington proposition. Mr.. Gunther is still willing
and anxious that Chicago should retain the col
lection, which is pronounced by experts to be
the finest in the country. The conditions Inn
posed by Mr.. Gunther for the retention OF the
relics here are not exacting. and by little dis
play of the much vaunted Chicago "hustIing
spirit could be complied with The erection
of a handsome and suitable building in the big
West Side Park. to be maintained in good condi-
ton all the time. is what the giver requests OF
his fellow townsmen. Postmaster COyne voices
the public sentiment when he declares himself
ready to do his part TO raise a fund to con-
struct building. He says plainly that it would
be a source of humiliation to every citizen OF
Chicago to let the great collection go to an
other city. Leading citizens, bankers. business
men. clubmen and the women. too, favor en-
organized movement to collect 100000 or more
to establish the Gunther museum. The West
End Woman's Club has already started the ball
rolling by planning driving and riding car
nival in Garfield Park late in September or
early in October. by which it is expected
$4,000 will be raised
New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
SELECTING AN OCCASION.

From The Washington Star.
when you going TO call the Van DuIIs7'
asked the daughter.
Just sOon,'' answered the mother. "as can
find out when they not going to be at homes
The age-herald., 1902-02-15
PiQ Iron in January.

At the end of January 257 coke and 22 charcoal furnaces were in blast, possessing a weekly capacity of 34O,612 tons. The gain in capacity over a month ago was at the rate of 42,O00 tons a week. Production is now going on at the rate of about 17,600,000 tons a year, and yet it does not keep pace with consumption, for furnace stocks were cut down in Jan uary over 5S,000 tons. This Is scarcely two days supplies in the furnace yards unsold. Foundry iron is partic- ularly in demand, and some estimate that two-thirds of the foundry iron production of the year is now under contract. The entire industry is in a strong position, and a prosperous year is fully assured.
 In the South production is we'll maintained. On February i there were in Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia 65 coke and ' charcoal furnaces in blast, having a weekly capacity of 1856 tons. This is at the rate ot 2,275,O00 tons a year. Alabama had at the beginning of the present month 28 furnaces in blast, with weekly capacity a trifle more than 25500 tons. This year is to be busy one in the great industry in this State.
The age-herald., 1902-02-15
MIR. CLAYTON LOVES CANDY.

From the Washington Post
 Representative Clayton of Alabama has a sweet tooth. He loves candy in any form, but with an especial fondness for chocolate caramels. Perhaps this Is the reason why he offered an amendment to the oleomargarine bill providing for pure candy.
 You millionaires," said MT. Clayton. "who can buy the finest kind of candies. do not need any protection against adul- teration, but we poor fellows want some legislation to save us from glucose and white clay when we buy common candy for the children"
 And for our sweethsarts," interrupted a member.
 "Yes," assented Mr. Clayton. land for our sweethearts.'
 And then Mir. Clayton blushed, for he is a widower. He is so popular with the ladies, however that nobody would ac- cuse him of sending anybody a box of candy unless it was the costliest kind, done up in silk case, tied with pink rib bon and buried in bouquet of violets.
The age-herald., 1902-02-15
Battle at Middlesboro.

The battle fought at the saloon" of Lee Turner, about three miles from Middlesboro, Ky, is a disgrace to American civilization, and if Kentucky had a Governor with bit of backbone the Turner desperadoes would be hunted down to the last man, and the supremacy of the law would be fully vindicated. Turner's defiance of the deputy sheriff and his posse simply grows out of the weakness of the State government, which has winked at vendettas and the other various Turner's until the mountaineers have become daring and defiant The mo- torious Quarter House." which was burned in the recent battle, is said to have been the scene of 59 mur- ders. This is not creditable record to Kentucky, but it will go on just as long as the power of the State is withheld-just as long as the State has a weak and inefficient Governor.
 The Quarter House" battle brings all American institutions into disTe- pute, and at home it encourages law lessness. It simply puts the heart of America on a Bulgarian or Turkish footing. If Kentucky were a new State in the Far West there might be some excuse for the Quarter House battle, but it is an old State, and the only excuse for a battle against the officers of the law there must be sought in the weakness of the State government. Politics now doubt en- ters into the case. When Kentucky has a Governor who will see that the law is enforced and respected and vindicated to the fullest extent, then Quarter Houses will become i1npossi- ble near Midlesboro or anywhere else in that State The mountains are no more inaccessible than the mountains of dozen other States Kentucky should cease to wink at lawlessness and murder. It should be placed within the pale of civilization, and its Lee Turner's should be placed where they cannot build or fortify Quarter Houses.
The age-herald., 1902-02-15
Anulo.Iapanese Alliance.

The more the Anglo-Japanese treaty is studied the more it is appreciated sympathetically speaking this coun, try is a party to 1t, for it operates as a check upon Russian aggression making Manchuria and Corea buffer states and maintaining in them the Open Door, which is just what the United States wants, as it is just what Russia does not grant wherever she gains full political control.
 Russia and me-too France are warned to keep out of both China and Corea except as all may go there. The integrity of the Chinese empire is to be respected, although it is as yet uncertain how far the Russianizing of Manchuria can be undone. Russia may be able through railroad tariffs to keep the goods of other nations out of that province. All this, however, is to be fought out. At Pekin, now that Ii Hung Chang is dead, Russian in- fiuence is at low ebb, and Anglo-Jap- anese influence is strongly felt. Ger many is willing and the United States more than willing.
 The English and Japanese fleets are inyincible, and large, well-eqnipped, well-led and wholly efficient Japanese army is close at hand ready on short notice to cooperate with the allied fleets. Russia and France will not court a contest under such circum- stances. Russia will cease to be so aggressive, hoping that times changes will run in her favor. She can afford
The age-herald., 1902-02-15

to wait a generation, and that Is about what she will have to do in the Far East while the new treaty lasts. The Classification of Corea and Manchuria will be checked, to be resumed per haps twenty years hence, for the new treaty will at the end of five years doubtless be renewed. It will be re- newed because the interests of the two signatory nations in the East are identical in breadth and general scope. It is a treaty based on events and common sense. It Is natural, sane and wholesome. It Is the worlds best guarantee of an Open Door in China and Corea, and the United States, and particularly the cotton-milling States of this country should uphold it, sym pathetica1ly at least, and hope for its continuance. We can give it moral support.
The age-herald., 1902-02-15
consumptlon of Tobacco.

! "Govcrnment statistics of the tobacco trade show that the consumption of plug tobacco Is increasing steadily, not to say rapidly, but one connected with the to- bacco business docs not have to look up official figures to verify the statement that there Is more tobacco sold now than there was, say five years ago remarked Mir. C. D. Gillian, the well known tobac- co salesman.
 "The man who does not use tobacco and docs not observe may wonder at the statement regarding the demand for the weed. I have heard that gentlemen chewers' were rare today as compared with twenty-five years ago. It IS well accepted fact that the spittoon has dls- appeared from the parlor and from the church and theatre. And yet many or cur prominent business and professional men in the South still find solace Tn good chew. But the increasing demand comes from women.
 Ever since I can remember snur- dippers' among ladies of quality as well as women of low degree, have been greatly in evidence in North Carolina and other southern states The dipping goes on today just as it did a quarter or half century ago, and in addition to the dippers,' we now have the factory class of women, who chew plug tobacco the same as men do
 'The chewing habit seems to be a part of our nervous twentieth century civiliz- ation. Many well bred women in Bir- mingham chew gum. But the poor, hard working girls in the cotton factories and in the other industries where women toll take to tobacco rather than gum. They say there is more in it. A few days ago I watched a tobacco drummer making his rounds through cotton factory, distrib- uting samples of his goods-Virginia sum cured plug-and about 90 per cent of the women accepted free chew and seemed mighty glad to get it. Indeed, majority seemed to be tobacco fiends.
 "The fiue-cured tobacco which was so much in vogue a few years ago is being supplanted by the sun-cured article. In other words tobacco chewers are return ing to their first love"