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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30
RECENT COMMENT.


Popular Science Monthly.
The duties Of 4 university prssident are 80 comprehen-
sdve and diverse that 1t IL not surprising that men Of
varying qualifications and types Of character are chosen.
To run back ten years we md a professor Of Semiucs at
Chicago. a xoolosist at Stanford, q philosopher at Cornell,
q man of business at Pennsylvania, a student of Greek at
California, q clergyman at Brown, an economist at Yale,
q chemical investigator at Johns Hopkins. a student of
education at Columbia and SO on. Those acquainted with
these men and even those who have merely seen them to-
gether on the stage at one Of the inaugural exercises or
other university functions that have become 80 numerous
in recent years realize that their types Of character are
as various as their interests. As evolution progresses by
variation and survival Of the ut We may look for rapid
progress in educational administration from the great
diversity Of college presidents presented for natural selec-
ton. The most striking contrast is evident between the
inaugural addresses Of the new presidents Of Northwestern
and Princeton. The Salvation Army captain and the
Jesuit priest are not more unlike. President James ID full
of the spirit OF democracy and progress; he overfows with
the popularization Of the university, technical training,
coeducation, university extension. correspondence schools
and the like. President Wilson breads all these things.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
TODAY IN ST. LOUIS.

From The Republic. Dec. I, 1871.
. The Caledonian Society celebrated
st. Andrews Day with Q banquet at
. the Lindell Hotel. The odicers were
. Colonel q. NJ. Joel. J. ". Thyme, W.
. d. Shanks, George Cousland, J. n.
. Brown, Nell Stewart, R N. Brodia.
. Doctor p. J. Bryan and Ebenexer
. Mcneil. Among the special quests
. were Governor Brockmeyer. A. C.
. Bagshaw. d. n. MacAdam, Doctor
. E. C. Franklin. n. Clay Sexton, J.
D F. Thornton. Daniel Catlin, Andrew
. Kirk. r h. Franklin. Henry A.
. Nisbet. D. Crawford. John Hamilton,
. Alexander Stewart. James Tiernan.
. J. D.. Mcguire. Ben Ffnney, J. g.
= Butler. John H. Beach, John n. Sell
. lers, Captain D.. Able. John Hodnett.
. j. G. Prather. r. p. Tansey, Edward
. Quiniivan. Scotch songs were sung
. by George w. Wright and John d.
. Miller. D.. H. MacAdam discussed
. the poets Of Scotland.
. The funeral Of Bishop Marvin of
. the NJ. E.. Church. South. took place
. from Centenary Church. The paH-
. bearers were w. H. Chick, Samuel
. Cupples. R. NJ. Scruggs, C. C. Ander-
. son, W. c. Jamison. Jesse I. Booeh-
. er. E. Neinnsteil and John L. Fer
. guson. Among the ministers who
. took part in the services were the
, Reverends J. w. Lewis. F. Brown
D ing. T. M. Finney. W. v. Tudor. D.
. c. Kelly and Bishop McTyeire.
D Captain Henry A. Burgess Of the
Fourth Police District returned from
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

, They have their reward.
\ That Is. they nave on their catalogues a
set Of Woodworking women named who are
willing to work, and to work hard.
But the temptation in some of the col
leges has been too strong for them to hold
to this stiff rule.
If a girl could read a little French and
knew what the Rule of Three meant, she
could slip in.
What follows Is, that the leaders in such
schools have a set of nice, pretty girls
who elect" Professor Doubleday's lectures
on "Balzac," or Doctor Prettymans
Course on the Elizabethan Poets" or "Mr.
wanderyahr's Excavations in Vallam-
brosa."
Indeed, the girls so to the college much
as a boy does who goes to play baseball.
She goes to have a good time, and he
does.
What American women tell me they want
is to learn how to live and be of use TO the
people around them.
And one thing they think they need. ana
which nobody teaches them. is how to take
care of their farms and their gardens. their
TIRE es. their orchards. their wood lots.
There is not, l believe, a college or a
seminary outside OF a few agricultural
schools proper. in which woman can be
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30
what Football Is.
IS Popular Monthly.

Frank LesHes Popular Monthly.
When a human catapuit. in leather helmets and dirt
smeared canvas suits. springs suddenly and with terrific
momentum at you through a hole In the line. you grit
your teeth and dive in to stop 1t. II you bring down your
man you can jump back to your place behind the line.
with the bleachers rafting. and feel that you have done
what was expected Of you. But II you missed your tackle.
and merely stopped the avalanche by rolling under IT. you
limp back to your position with just as many bruises and
with the coaches yelling rotten" at you. After two
steaming, aching twenty-hve-minute halves OF that sort Of
thing you 60 back in your special car to the, gym and
get . can-down from the trainer. That's football. It's
pluck mostly. Without that no amount OF mere brute
muscle II worth anything at al.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

The prediction was made pretty generally early in the
year that the trotters and PAGERS would break all records
during the season. Yet comparatively few records OF &C.
count have been made during the season OF 1902. Some Of
the drivers are of the opinion that the great trotters and
PAGERS have been canpaigned too persistently during the
season. and In consequence their speed and endurance have
been diminished. Such rich prizes and so much bonus
money are offered for their appearance that the animals
are overworked and when called upon for some special
effort cannot do their best. Cresceus, the greatest trotter
of. them all, is certainly not as fast at present as he was
at this time last year. His owner. George H. Ketcham. is
particularly anxious TO have his favorite travel the mile
IN two minutes, but it is doubtful now whether he will ever
do it. Among the PAGERS Dan Patch performed Dobly. yet
Star Pointer has not been dethroned as yet.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30
AN ARBITRATION EXPERIMENT.

"The establishment Of the Compulsory Arbitration
law OF New Zealand is an event in a world Of wars
not less devastating than those between nations. 1t
is an event more entirely without precedent in the
sphere of business, and Of more startling interest than
it would have been in the sphere of politics, il the
Powers in the Peace Congress at The Hague had set
up an authority, as. some peace congress some day
will do, to forbid all war, and had clothed it with the
force to make it's prohibition good. As soon as the
majority Of nations want international arbitration
they viii have it, but it can come only by compulsory
arbitration as long as there is one nation fool enough
or knave enough to prefer to fight"
In such strong words does Henry Demarest Lloyd.
an eminent sociologist, commend the law which has
made the island Of the Pacific stand foremost in the
movement for industrial peace. Mr.. Lloyd has gath
cred his material at first hand and his deductions are,
therefore. worthy Of consideration.
Mr.. Lloyd explains that the Compulsory Arbitration
Act of New Zealand was passed as a result of the
great maritime strike Of nine years ago, when the
commercial interests of the island were all but
wrecked in an attempt to settle a controversy by
fighting with boyeotts, intimidations and the other
weapons so generally employed in such a struggle.
The Act applies only to industries in which there
are trades unions, does not prevent private Cancellation
or arbitration; Cancellation is exhausted by the State
before it resorts to arbitration; If Cancellation is I'M
successful, the disputants must arbitrate; and dis.
obedience of the law may be punished or not at the
discretion of the court. 1.-The compulsion of the law,
explains Mr.. Lloyd. 'fs neutrality-suspicious. pub,ici-
ty, compulsory reference to a disinterested arbiter-
provided the disputants viii not arbitrate Voluntarily
and compulsory obedience to the award
During the five years since the law has been in
force, there have been no strikes-with the execution
Of one Insignificant affair which lasted a day or So
and the people Of the island have expressed confidence
in the Act by suggesting amendments to make it
more rigorous. Both employers and employees have
formed associations 10 secure unity Of action. so that
the court win not be overwhelmed with the settlement
Of endless disputes.
II may be suggested that the fact that the act ap-
plies only where trades unions are organized limits
the scope Of its influence. Mr.. Lloyd explains that
this was done to prevent petty difacultfes from coming
before the arbitrators. All unions must be registered
before they can be recognized by the court.
AZ for the unions. the court has consistently held IN
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30
M1NNEsorA.s Primary LAW.

1T y probable that the primary law which governs
It Louis win either be repealed or amended by the
next General Assembly. The possibilities of evil UNI
dAf the present system have been plainly shown by
r~nn3erous nominations in this city during the past
ykAr.
this being the plan which was adopted by the Re-
pubhcans In making their nominations. In two cleo
tons the Republicans Of st. Louis have forced tickets
"a the party by the use Of q law which permitted the
CITY Central Committee to dictate the result by pre-.
venting an equal representation CT opposing interests
u the polls.
Two years ago the county of Hennepln, Minnesota,
made ID nrst trial Of a primary law which had been
paased a. . local measure by the Legislature the
yeer before. At the last session OF the Legislature
TIE txw was changed to apply to all parts Of the State
and TO m nominations except those for State Offices.
Btisdy outlined, the chief provisions Of the law, ac-
c0f4fng to . writer In the Annals of the American
AcAdefny Of Political and Social Science, order that
It least twenty days before the primary election per
ems who desire to become candidates for party nomi-
n6tions must de af1davits and pay small fees to the
County Auditor II the constituency lies wholly within
one county. and to the Secretary Of State for larger
consituencdes.
AGAR Affirming that he b q member Of the party
ulSkk whose ballot he wishes his name placed, he viii
hase hi request granted. The primary h conducted
ID as IN . general election, with the exception that
thtre h one ballot for each political party. The
primary occurs upon the frst Of the three general
reffstratioa days, which II seven weeks before the
geaaa1 election. By registering for the general cleo
DIP, the voter becomes entitled to take part in the
PRIMARY.
when taai1ng for Z ballot the voter must state
.Nhpse candidates he generally supported 1t the last
gs2efsl election, and with which party be proposes to
a14&l4Ae at the next general election After .he
pf4A1sy election has .~determinsd the party nominal
tiohss indspendent candidates 1n be placed upon The
stckst ~ petition Of 8 pr cent Of the votsrs but NO
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

Jules Huret, a writer for the Paris Figaro, says
that Paul Bourgeois book on Americans is incomplete
because it mentions only the people one meets in So
ciety. 1T says nothing about Morgan, Rockefeller
and Carnegie observes Huret, and 1 regard them as
the first flowers Of the American type" Hurets
democratic defense Of the hoi poloi is eminently
worthy of a citizen Of the French Republic. Hence
forth he will be known as the champion Of the
masses.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

The year 19O1-1902 was unfavorable to the produc-
ton of cotton. owing to the disastrous drought in
Texas and the Southwest and to excessive rains in the
South Atlantic States. In spite of adverse conditions,
however, the crop amounted to 10, 76s. 1875 bales. This
year has been more favorable, with a phenomenally
mild fall and the absence Of killing frost. The picking
season 50 far has been all that could be desired. The
early conditions were not good, however, and the crop
is now estimated at eleven million bales. or something
over. At any rate, there seems to be a certainty that
the price will be well maintained. The South will
reap a profit on its cotton.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

VIII surrebuttal be sufficient for the bacteriologists
representing Chicago in the Drainage Canal suit? The
st. Louis psychologists may say 20 much in rebuttal
that the contest may have to be extended. Ordinary
court rules are too restrictive. Who knows what the
Chicago scientists may not say in surrebuttal7
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

The competition in philanthropy between Messrs.
Carnegie and Prick is q happy departure from trust
methods. 1t is not only a restoration Of competition,
but q return to the principle Of dividing profits with
the public. Their example Ia eoumended to monopo-
lists. 49,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

University presidents have advanced to the status
of political powers. One Of their duties now is that
Of defining their attitudes on important public Ques-
tons. Every university president must have a plat
form.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

every decision that awards must be binding on nom
union men as well as on those in the organization.
Members and nonmembers must work side by side,
but where the union has been given preference by
employers new men who are competent must be taken
from the labor organization.
Mr.. Lloyd summarizes some of the benefits from
the passage and operation Of the Act. He says that
strikes and lockouts have been stopped, wages and
terms have been fixed SO that manufacturers can
make their contracts ahead without fear Of dis
%turbance; disputes arise continually, new terms are
fixed. but industry goes on without interruptions; no
factory has been closed by the Act: awards made by
compulsory arbitration are often renewed by volun-
tary agreement when they expire: compulsory arbitra-
ton gives the public, the real arbitrator, ill the facts
in every dispute: labor and capital are being organized
into trades unions and associations instead Of mobs
and monOpolists, and 1t furnished the people their
only cheap. speedy ans Intechnical justice.
Mr.. Lloyd has painted a rosy picture of conditions.
He thinks that the United States should adopt the
numerous labor disputes which we have had and the
difficulty in securing any sort of arbitration, a study
of the only compulsory arbitration act in force can
not fail to be useful to every citizen interested in the
industrial welfare Of the United States. 1t is hardly
probable that compulsory arbitration will be at any
early date adopted i'm the great Industrial States Of
America. Both employers and unions have recorded
of the New Zealand Act is none the less worth close
study. That system may contain an idea which will
terminate into an American plan Of permanent peace.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30
CIRCULATION DURING OCTOBER

". B. Carr. Business Manager of the ST. Louis Re
public. being duly sworn. says that the actual number Of
full and complete coprs Of the Daily and Sunday Re-
public printed during the month of October. 1902. all In
regular editions. was as per schedule below:
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30
THE GREAT POETS,
SONNET.
BY SHAKESPEARE.

The following lines signify SEINE critics that the writer was an acto. From that point CT
view they co7Mn the most important photographed hint In all shakespeaean literature
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-04-25

Ther" ia enc village in the United
States where no me dern improvement
hhs ever p"ne' rated, where not tie
faintaSt echo of the rush and overwork
"f modern liz" has ever sounded, where
American newsptrcrs are not rcad nor
the English iangmage spoken.
Tins liz the iit:le German village ~
Gianhorf. in Putnam County, Ohio.
! where 900 frugal and iudusI rious in
habitnnts have lived Tor years u q con.
tented and idyli: simplicity.
In the buildings Of the town. M in
everything cl5e about it, the people
have held very closely to the custou.s 81
Germany, from where it's founders came
There IL but one street, and that ex.
tends for over rnile, North and south.
Quaint, durable and humelike ure the
houses scattered along either side. in
terspersed here and theirs by The stores
All the residences have spacious and
well.kept dooryards.
Rack and away from this principal
strect-yet so near that :he lahOrers can
be seen and heard ut their work in the
tields-stretch the thrifty farms Of the
German country folk. II ls not I'm I'm
common signt la see women and girla at
work in the fields with the men, and the
population shows that rugged character.
istiC oi the racc.
Among themselves tie people con.
verse almost entirely in the German
language and, indeed. here are IL great
many in the community who can speak
no other. They are generous and
clever, and the stranger who goes among
then alwaye finds a ho-pitable welcome
and il impressed with their simple
kinGness. Nowhere ran he found q
more devomtly religious people. They
are Of the Roman Catholic faith and are
poaseased OF one OF the finest churches
in North western Ohio.
This editice Inns in itself been the
means OF ma't'nR Glnndorf famon> br.
cause OF its IZe .;'d the beauty Of itG
architecture. Al,aough most ~ the
work Of con trurr'n, the qurrrY,ng 81
the stone !Dr the fnunda ion and nhr
hauling oi the material WIZ given gtatiI
10y tho members - the parish. the cost
nn'sidc oi this was over S5O.O00. Tho
structure is Of brick, and IL orn umentcd
with whit" sa,nd Etone.
Back OF rhe church is the convent.
and all of The work Of the fIrm connect.
ed with it is looked after by the sis :crs.
--Ex.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-04-25
The TOnupah Strike.

Rev. Mr.. Darneillc Of Carson, Who
has just returned from Tonopah. gives
tie following account OF the recent labor
trouble To the Appeal;
The trouble arose from the report
that the engineers on the host were
working over time, FOR the pay they
received. This was the tIrst complaint
and another wns filed It seems TINT
contractors who ara working in the
main shaft. or some Of them. had re-.
ported that they were not making 81
per day. and wished to have their work
measured. Doc O'roole. the President
~ the Miners Union, made demand
on Superintendent Oddie to 90 down
the minc and meHsuro tho work. This
demand was refused by Mr.. Oddie, md
tbis together with the COMPLAINT filed
by O'TOOlc concerning the over hours
worked 10y the engineers, caused geo.
cral discussion among tbs men.
"O'TooIo demanded that the men
stand ny him and whom some Of them
refused. ho tendored his resignation m
President Of the Union. A meeting WA
held Tuesday night. aud by u vote oi 85
to 10, tho resignation was accepted. This
was clean cut victory for Oddie.
Oldie stated thnt the men were all paid
81 per day. and 10 tho contractors failed
10 make that amount for their work, lac
was willing tha, they should throw up
the contracts. as no did not wish any
man to lose money that whs working Tor
tho company. Thcrc hns been no con-.
plant on the part Of tho mincra Who are
Oh the pay roll Of not receiving union
wages. Tho next mornmR most oi the
men returned to worn aud the trouble
FOR the timc seems scttlci."
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-04-25
Wireless Tcl"grnphy.

Benjumn Franklin leaned pcn-.vely
OH the shelving shore and tossed hits
OF birthstone INTO the StNx.
Wireless teIegraphy,' he observed,
sand they say il is modern invention.
Rot"
He sent a fiat stone hurljug out over
the wavele:s. and it skipped eight times
before it finally plunged beneath the
surface.
-ROt." he continued. -rul! We're there
any wires about my kitns: Didn't |
telegraph to the skies without the aid or
consent Of any wire trust on
earth? These fellows nTe always
claiming originality for what they do"
And again no heaved n chunk II hrim.
stone vIciously at the unofTendmg
waves.
But. after ALL he added, thought.
fully, II don't know as have any right
to thank God that am not ms modern
men. My p5"i.cessors gave me great
deal Of nssls A. 4 with my original suy.
ings in Poor x hord's N'.auar.- And
rising with y gruu, he ted off his
Ion: 'iled cont. hLh,e Ms pipe On the
atu"s pherc nmd irLigeG pulling up the
bank --Por' .nni Dregoiuiuu.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-04-25

Mi"hn"l Dougn"rty, a wnaAchoppcr.
met death inst evening suddenly. lie
was un his "ay home when abont 6
O'CLOCK, he icll Ia the ground on north
B street. Tho Pearl boys, who hap.
pened to be nee=. ran to his assistanc ce
and tound that blood was pouring from
his mouth and nostriis. They lifted
him tO carry him to his little cabin ut
the corner Of q and North streets but he
died before they could get him inside
Death resulted from hemorrIrnge Of
the lnDgs. Deceased wus an old resi-
dent ot the Comstocl,. native OF Ire
land, and about &C yonrs Of age.--Nir
giniu Chronicles.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-04-25

rHEtsukER's BALANCE SHEET.
Cash i'll treasury to the credit OF tb,
various funds. Jim. |, 1902: