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The Irish standard., 1902-11-01
Big Coal Merger Under w,x

Pittsburg, Pa. Oct. 29.-The Pitts
burg Coal and Monongahela River Con-
solidated Coal and Coke companies,
with s11o,ooo,ooo capital, may unite.
This would make the greatest soft
coal concern existing, with 20 o"n nno
tons annual output.
The Irish standard., 1902-11-01

Leghorn, Italy, Oct. 2o.-An Italian
named Gateni, who returned here
from America, has been arrested on
suspicion that he is the person who
on Sunday placed bomb on the
steps of Bishops palace, with the re.
suit that it afterwards exploded
killed a boy and wounded two 9th.
The Irish standard., 1902-11-01
Disaster in New Tunnel

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 29.-One man
killed, one seriously and two others
slightly hurt was the result of a
premature blast in the Mount Wash
ington end of the Wabash tunnel
Tuesday.
The Irish standard., 1902-11-01
ELIZABETH cADY STANTON.

in Johnstown, N. Y, on November IL,
1915. She was the daughter of Judge
Daniel Cady and Margaret Livingston
tady, both persons of unusual educa-
ton and refinement.
The Irish standard., 1902-11-01
Killed by the Car.

Ottumwa, Ia, Oct. 29.-Joseph
Schreckengost, well-known Iowa
railroad man, was killed by train
in the Milwaukee yards here Tues.
day
The Irish standard., 1902-11-01
DrOppeI Dead.

Guthrie, Okla. Oct. 29.-E. r. Lain
gor, aged 60 years, locomotive en-
gineer, of Chicago, dropped dead in
a hotel at Shawnee Okla Tuesday
of heart failure.
The Irish standard., 1902-11-01

Myles-Have you ever noticed that a
widow has nothing but words of
praise for her late husband?
Giles-Yes; and I'vethlso noticed that
sleepy wife has nothing else but
words Of praise for her late husband.
The Irish standard., 1902-11-01

weeks. He will become minister of
commerce and will also be member
of the joint commission to negotiate
commercial treaties.
The Irish standard., 1902-11-01

MCGOWAN & Mahoney. fire insurance..
real estate, loans. 22O Temple Court,
corner Washington and Hennepin.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
Bryan Not a Colonizer.

Bryan Democrats in this city were
considerably worried by the newspaper
reports few days ago connecting their
idol with a huge colonizing scheme in
Canada. Two of them telegraphed him
for denial. To both of them he replied
promptly that he would dcrv'the rumor
in an effective way at the proper time.
His denial was published yesterday. The
disclaimer is not minute enough, how
ever, to satisfy some of the anti-Bryan-
ties, who insist that the Nebraskan has
a big block of stock in a corporation
that has an option on 100000 acres of
agricultural. mining and timber lands in
the province of Ontario.
They say that Mr.. Bryan has been
looking around for heavy Investments
for year or more. or since he began
to reap a rich harvest from his news
paper venture. Some of his enemies de-
clare, upon what they claim to be trust
worthy information. that Mr.. Bryan is
now worth over s1,000,000, and this
makes them dislike him all the more,
strange as that may seem. On the other
hand. Mr.. Bryans admirers declare that
he is still poor man.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
Iaundiced journalistic Iousts.

No better sign that the political po,
at last has begun to simmer is discerni-
BILE In Washington than the fever that /:
beginning to heat the journalistic mind
1t goes without saying that every one
of the nearly 200 journalists who make
Washington their base OF operations is
a political prophet. Until yesterday
they had not indulged much in forecasts
of the campaign. But now that they arc
started there is practically no other
subject of discussion.
Their prophecies largely are deter
mined by their partisan bias. Most of
them rise superior to the law of mental
operations expressed in the phrase "the
wish is father to the thought when
they reduce their prophecies to writing
for the de1ectation of their readers. and
give their clientele the benefit of their
calmest judgment. But they divide them
selves into groups of Democrats and
Republicans in their private discussions,
every journalist asserting the solemn
conviction that he has Inside info4ma-
tion" from his party managers that his
November 4. When trained political writ
ers thus go to quarreling among them
selves, there Is little wonder that there
is so much doubt In the public mind
as to the result next week.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
No School for Scandal.

The Commissioners of the District
are investigating certain charges
against two high school officials
which are of nature to render more
than this brief reference to them in
possible in the columns of The Times.
When the Commissioners shall have
finished their task we may or We may
not print their decision. Whatever
that decision may be. we have the ut
most confidence in their integrity and
discretion. They will act in the in
terest of Washington and its people.
They will discharge their duty fear
lessly and see that justice is done.
For the rest-if in that be included
the publication. of statements by in
terested and prejudiced witnesses, the
gossip of envy and malice, the title
tattle of everyone with a grievance to
air or a score to settle-The Times
will have noLe of it, and must refer
those of its readers who disapprove of
such a course to its more ''enterpris-
ing" contemporaries. 1t may err.
from a merely journalistic point of
view, though if it does it will have the
satisfaction of having erred on the
side of decency And it will have the
further satisfaction of having pre-
served not only its own self-respect,
but likewise that of its readers.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
German Hasn't Called.

| Just what the Hon. Arthur Pue Cor
man is doing or has been doing in this
campaign very few people in Washington
seem to know. 1t is known, however.
that not once has his trim form darken-
ed the door that leads to the head
quarters of the Democratic Congress
campaign committee in Fifteenth
Street. The Maryland statesman pa
tgegizeg g baphoeghop that Is located
asuoo,2y uuooc Democratic hroaounf in5n.
Chairman Griggd learned this Interest
ing fact several weeks ago and began
to Datronize the same shop in the hope
of meeting Mr. German. But somehow
the Marylander never came In for a
shave or a hair cut when the Georgian
was there. Despairing of thus bringing
himself into perihelion with Mr.. Cor
mon by strategy. Mr.. Griggs made bold
to leave word with the barber to tell
the Senator to call at Democratic head
quarters the next time he visited the
tonsorial establishment. Say to Mr..
German that l want to see him very
much" said Mr.. Griggs. $50 Mr.. Griggs
wants to see me. does he?" murmured
Mr.. German, repeating the message the
barber delivered. Then the Marylander
is alleged to have chuckled as he whisk-
ed out the door: Not if see him
first -
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

II the recent steamship merger viii
give us increased mail facilities, as II
now seems probable that it will. we
shall find no difficulty in hailing Mr
Morgan, in this instance at least, as q
public benefactor. When one consid-
ers the volume of business annually
transacted between Europe and Amer
ica it appears strange that in this age
of progress and the elimination OF
$szzse azsa eoaee &s sass2ss }y sale2hone
6y wszcfcsa ie2eszap8st So S8ss nyoes
on land and sniff grayhoMHas On
water, We should rest content With
what is practically only tri-weekly
service. The Atlantic ferry should be
Q daily one, and the merger. BY MINI
mizing competition, will accomplish il
one of these days.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
Is Cleveland a Candidate?

An interesting phase of the PROPOSE
tion suggested by the question as to
whether or not the Hon. Grover Cleve-
land is again preparing to enter the
lists for the Democratic Presidential
nomination is that 1t does not provoke
a fight among tse Democrats in Wash
ington. Time was. and not so very long
ago. either. when any man, regardless
OF age. color. or previous condition Of
servitude. could get a fight in WASH
ington. II that was what he was looking
for. by merely limiting In the presence
OF group ofSDemocrats that Mr.. Cleve-
land was not yet too old or too worn
out to make a pretty good race. Now
when this subject is broached one DEM
ocrat looks at another and whistles. not
resentfuily or contemptuously, but med
ftatively The ex-President-s unlocked
for activity Is setting all sorts and con-
ditions of Democrats hereabouts spec
ulating upon his object And their spec
ulatfons are not accompanied by un-
printable comments. either. In fact, it
seems to be granted that, after all. Mr..
Cleveland has the right to talk politics
and to advise Democrats. How much
so95ae5 tasa tasa5at1ao a5 aiQ5 43U sx-
1e00 7I300X J11I eleMe0l 0i Erl2DEfnt5
who for six or eight yearg haye lost
sleep o. nights "cussin' him remains
to be seen. 1t will repay watching. any
way.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
'Spooner in Danger.

From a source of the highest author
ity in Wisconsin there comes to Wash
ington the almost incredible news that
the Hon John Colt Spooner will not be
returned to the Senate. This explains
the meaning of Governor La Toilette s
bold declaration at Appleton last Satu-
day that he would support Senator
Spooner for reelection only after the
Senator had publicly pledged himself TO
the State platform. This the Senator
has not thus far done. 1t is contended
that the governor is stronger than the
Spooner- Payne combination, and that he
will not yield an inch to them. A friend
of the Senator relates that in New York
a short time before Mr.. Spooner went
back to Wisconsin to participate in the
campaign, he said that he felt as if he
were going to his doom. He entered the
fight. his friend says, mainly through a
sense OF duty to his longtime support
ers. and also because ne was urged to
do so by the Administration in Wash
ington. 1t is believed that II he sees he
is beaten he will announce in few
days that he is not a candidate.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
A LEAGUE of Amazons.

1t may be that the peaceful and or
der loving city of Philadelphia ha!
been chosen IS the scene of the initia
experiment in the organization of {
servant girls union for the very rea.
son that only tranquil-souled com
munity should first undertake so ex.
plosive task.
Even with this precaution, however
and despite the assurance that the
system has worked admirably in Ger
many, the housewives of this country
are justified in contemplating the
project with shivers of apprehension
They have for SO long a time lived in
subjection to the servant girl in her
individual capacity that the spectacle
of this indomitable and aggressive
parsonage leagued with all others of
her ilk cannot but be additionally ter
rifying.
at first glance the proposition
seems to be simply this: If one maid
tlttht iltl llllSli IiiC Dut
den, what will it become under the
tyranny OF national amalgamated
association of maids? The blood runs
cold at thought of the answer to this
question.
The trouble Is, of course, that the
conditions governing the servant girl
problem in Germany and the United
States are vastly different. In the
former country class distinctions are
so clearly drawn as greatly to simpli-
fy a problem of this nature. A girl
in the humber walks of life is proud
to become a lady's maid, and SO re-
main to the end of her days.
In our land of the free, however, the
idea of domestic service is resented,
and girls have to be caught and
trained very young indeed to get any
sort of good results in the matter of
hcusework. Even at their best they
are tremendously uncertain-and just
think how it will be when the walk
ing delegate" makes her regular
rounds and teaches the discontented
maid that the maids union creates
odds of about thousand to one in her
favor in a labor dispute with her mis-
tress!
The new peril now confronted byl
American housewives is fearsome to a |
degree. Ii is difficult to perceive a i
way to dodge the situation if domes-
tic servants take kindly to the union
idea Singly. they have invariably
won their battles against their mis-
tresses; and now, If they are TO fight
In battalions, the panic OF defeat and !
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
THE ENDLESS CHAIN IN POLITICS.
rrom the New York Uerall

| From the New York Herald.
While the women of Trenton. n. j.. do
not vote, they are taking lively inter-
est in the present political contest, be-
cause OF an endless chain campaign in
augurated by Mrs. William F. Gordon.
one of the best known women ir the
city. Mrs. Gordon's husband is the
deputy tax receiver OF Trenton. His
chief. E. Furman Hooper. is candidate
for county clerk and Mrs. Gordon hopes
by electing him TO make vacancy FOR
her husbands promotion.
She went TO ten of her most inflNn-
tial friends and exacted from each OF
them a promise that she would use Ter
best endeavors to get all her male rea-
tives and friends TO aid her husband In
addition, each of the ten promised to ST
ten of her friends TO make similar prom
ises.
Charles Fl. Baker. the Republican car
ddate. is not worried over the mattei
He is ladies man. and has set hi
fair friends to work to offset the can
paign work of Mrs. Gordon.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
Side Lights on National Politics.

happy and prosperous hustle manufac-
turer when the first Cleveland adminis-
tration came into power, but that Mrs.
Cleveland decreed that there must be
no more bustles worn. From that dread
moment his business began to wane, and
almost in the twinkling OF an eye his
busy hustle mart became the habitat
OF bats and owls. More than that. the
Hon. A. II. Jackson was left with 27.o00
bustles on his hands. with no market
anywhere upon the face of the earth for
his wares. The Hon. J. A. Norton was
quick to seize the issue, and from every
Democratic stump in the Thirteenth dis
trict OF Ohio he has gallantly fung back
into the teeth OF Jackson what he con-
ceives TO be wanton insult to Mrs.
Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
Bustles the Main Issue.

1t seems almost certain that the Hon.
~. A. Norton will be returned to the
House by his faithful constituents of
the Thirteenth district of Ohio on the
issue that If the women of this free
country don't want 10 wear bustles-
whatever that part of the feminine sar-
torial adornment may be-it is their
privilege not TO wear them. His Repub-
lican opponent, the Hon. a. II. Jackson
plants himself squarely and defantIy
upon the doctrine that but for the
blight of Democratic rule from the 18th
of March. 1885, to the 4th of March, 1889
this fair land would be billowy with
bustles. and every whitecap that flecks
the raging waves OF prosperity would
bear upon its crest a hustle. From
every stump in his district Mr.. Jackson
is telling the voters that he was
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
Mark Calls Tom a Liar.

Your Uncle Mark Hanna thanks you
that he is we'll enough to stand on the
platform and call Tom Johnson a liar.
He did this in speech at Cleveland
Saturday night Mr.. johnson at the time
was in his circus tent or his devil wagon
at the other end of the State. Mr.. Hanna
has been made furious by Mr.. Johnson's
constantly reiterated charge that the
Senator is trying 10 secure from the
Ohio Legislature perpetual franchise
for his street railroads in Cleveland. II
Mr.. johnson and Mr.. Hanna could only
be brought together In joint debate
apathy would take swift wings and fly
away from the campaign. Both claim
that they are very anxious for meet
ing to be brought about. but each ac-
cuses the other OF refusing to accept a
challenge for 4 joint debate.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

Montana seems to be prolific field
for political eccentricities and politi-
cal scandals. The Heinze-ClarB
bribery charges now hold the center
of the stage, and constituency har-
dened to many extraordinary climaxes
In politics now holds its breath in ex-
pectation of revelations yet to come,
There is no night In Butte, Mont, and
Helena also seems able TO keep grind
ing at the sensation mill pretty stead
lily through the twenty-four hours.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

Irish immigration is said to be falling
off. while that from Japan is increasing;
and to those who grumble over this it
may be necessary to explain that the
world is not yet our department store,
from which to order any kind of citi-
zen-stuff We like.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
Not a Law-Abiding People.

NEW YORK TRIBUNE-If as a nation
we are ever going. to cure whatever is
the matter with us. We certainly must
acquire more respect for the law. Law
lessness is an almost universal disease
in city and country, and there is dis
position TO resent the conduct of officials
who are really active for enforcement
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
The Purpose of Football Teams.

PHILADELPHIA PRESS-When the
last trump calls time on the last half
of the great game of the universe. the
blind general public will doubtless still
be of the opinion that the one object of
having a university football team is
simply and solely to best" some other
university team.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
chamberlain's South African Mission

NEW YORK WORLD-Joseph Cham
berlain's announced intention of visiting
South Africa gives fresh proof that the
strongest man in the Baifour cabinet
retains his vigor and direct grasp of af-
fairs. 1t is also confession that
things are in bad shape in that quarter
of the empire.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

Between desire to secure protection
for infant Industries and the wish to es-
tablish the fact that these industries
are the biggest in the known world. the
parental conscience of certain magnates
is in bad shape.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
A Necessary Miracle.

Il wonder why uncle always says For
what we are about TO receive. the Lord
make us thankful'?"
II don't know, less it's because since
Aunt Maria went TO cooking lectures he
thinks he needs to have the Lord make
him thankful
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
IN TIE PUBLIC EYE.

King Edward VII is said to be espe-
cially lucky in finding things. While a
boy ne found among the heather On q
Highland moor scarlet satin slipper
with diamond buckle. at Hamburg ne
found a pretty mother-of- pearl PEN
knife, and three days later gold
watch.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
"UNCONSIDERED TRIPLES. ;.
A Needed Invention.

What's the special merit of that new
soap OF yours? 1t doesn't look remark
able
Yes; but 1t is. I designed it for use
in barber shops, and instead of scent
introduced an agreeable fiayoring."
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
The Reason.

In large letters the question appears
at the head of certain real estate adver-
tisements. why Pay Rent?" On ven
ture, one might guess that some people
pay rent because they have moved so
ers know them and make them pay in
advance
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

but alive and happy In another state.
This defense is not likely to have much
influence with jury unless the Scien-
tist can prove that he has been there
and found out.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

The mysterious disappearance of Ad-
miral Dewey's collie has aroused a sus-
picion that Washington's wild wolf"
was only an old sea dog on lark with
out leave.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
An Unfortunate Substitute.

How did the wedding go OFF,"
Pretty we'll. but there's been a cool
ness between the groom and the best
man ever since. The best man wanted
to throw rice over them, and he couldn't
get any and thought rice flour would
do"
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
Malicious.

Miss Plum is thinking of writing her
own life"
IF she does. suppose it will be
classed as ancient history. .'-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
Senator Mason's Status,

NEW ORLEANS STATES-Kicked out
and disowned by the Republicans,
spurned from the door of the Demo-
cratic fold. there seems to be no po-
llitical city OF refuge for the turbulent
Mason.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

Hall Gaines Skill in getting free ad-
vertisement from attendance at a foot
ball game proves that he knows how to
combine business with pleasure.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

Justice Harlan's treatment of fhe
sophomore freshman row at Columbian
University indicates that the oldtime
college discipline bred some strenuous
people also.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

1t is evident from the list of persons
lision in Yonkers. n. Y, that the chauf-
feur has branched out from the retail
into the wholesale slaughter business.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

The trolley car is to be introduced in
the Philippines; and this will doubtless
cause Aguinaldo to feel glad that he is
off the track.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
All Satisfied.

so that clerk of yours has resigned.
has he?"
Yes; last Saturday"
Miss him any,"
mo; my resignation is just as com
plete as his"
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

United States Consul Alonzo Garrett,
lat Laredo. Mexico, after wandering in the
Sierra Madre Mountains for twenty days,
the greater part of the time without
food. has returned to the consulate. He
and a party of friends were on q hunting
ex pedition. and their supply of water
giving out, they tried to replenish it
and lost their way.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
The so-called Sandman Chapel passed

The so-called Sandman Chapel passed
unharmed through all the anti-Catholic
riots of the seventeenth century, not
attempting to interfere with it. The only
harm that ever befell 1t was during the
famous Gordon riots in London. at the
close of the eighteenth century, when
the mob under Lord George Gordon,
after burning the house OF Lord Mans
field. with its priceless library. and
sacking number of the foreign en-
bassies and mansions of the aristocracy,
likewise gutted the Sandman mission
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

Maybe the always perilous possibil-
ties of 1.-The Eastern question accounts
for England's thanksgiving services
lacking the turkey dinner feature.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

New York Christian Scientist AYERS
that 1t is no harm TO allow child to
die under the ministrations OF heal
er." because the child Ia not really dead.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

and its chapel. committing all kinds CT
excesses, including the dressing up of s
cat in miniature sacrificial vestments
and hanging it to the lamp at the door
The chapel was speedily restored and
contains magnificent altar piece paint
ed by Benjamin West, besides sacra-
mental plate of great beauty.
In Queen Anne's time the chapel was
the scene of an incident which is prob
ably unique. On Sunday, November 16
1907. woman oblivious to st. Paul's
precept that women should be silent in
churches and keep their heads covered.
made her way into the chapel, took
her place on the altar steps, and in
stead of assuming any ecclesiastical
garments. adopted the historic. costume
OF Lady Godiva, and thereupon delivered
something in the nature OF a sermon.
When the spirit ceased to move her, she
calmly resumed her garments and went
her way. 1t was subsequently discov-
cred that she was a Camisard refugee,
anu that the religious persecution from
which she had fed had turned her brain
The disappearance of the Sandman
chapel, this queer relic OF old London.
is due to the improvements which are
being carried on in the Strand by the
county council of London, and which
allow nothing to stand in their way.
OF course, need not add that there
is no longer any Sandman embassy, for
the rulers of Sardinia now exercise SOW
ereign sway over the whole of Italy,
and while the present italian envoy in
London is a fairly religious man, yet
the relations of his government with
the Roman Catholic Church are not pre-
cisely such as to lead the principal
Roman Catholics in London to resort to
the Italian embassy in the British me-
tropolis in order to attend the celebra-
ton there of mass.
MARCUISE DE FONTENoY.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

Secretary Wilson's chrysanthemum
show has convinced the people of Wash
ington that he's daisy.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

II that servant girls union MATERIAL
ICES President Roosevelt may have to
call in his better half as strike set
tier.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

The football season is on, and curious
IL enough, the men who are not on the
teams are the ones who are kicking.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28

Lord Charles Beresford's wish that We
had n larger navy certainly sounds as If
he regarded us as friends for keeps