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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30

The tendency to vast Industrial
combinations which characterized pre-
ceding years continued, but with signs
OF abatement. Notable instances were
the iron combine of the middle west.
the coastwise schooner trust, complete
street railway combines in New York
and Baltimore, combination Of largest
banks in several cities, the automobile
trust and the glass machine works.
- Other industrial efforts were the
commercializing of wireless telegraphy
and publication Of first wireless papers
on land and sea, President Roosevelt
receiving the first wireless message
from Europe; the putting into opera
ton Of the new American cable to Ma
Mia. a woman's daily paper in Lon
don, developments of long distance troll
ley systems, beginning of Pennsylvania
tunnel under Hudson river, beginning
OF union station at Washington, fight
against boil weevil In Texas.
Next to watered stock, the aggressive
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30
DEATHS FAVORITES

Out OF all the unnumbered depar'
lures for the life beyond, the few
whose eminence of work or official sta
ton made them known to all are the
following:
Ex-Premier Sagasta OF Spain; Julian
Ralph, journalist; M de Blowitz, Journal
list; Abram D. Hewitt philanthroplst; DR..
]. l.. NJ. Curry, diplomat; Ada Ellen Bay
ley (Tdna LyalD, author; DR.. Ed II. Shaw,
EDUCATOR DIR. Richard j. Calling, inventor;
Joseph Henry Shorthouse, author; Major
General Schuyler Hamilton; Rear Ad-
miral Belknap Rev William II. Milburn,
senate chaplain; Brigham Young, Mormon
apostle; Hillary Bell, journalist; Richard
Henry Stoddard, author; Max O'Rell, au-
thor; Archbishop Vaughan, primate Of
Ernest Henley, author; Pope Leo XIII. |;
James MacNeill Whistler. artist; Phil
May artist; Noah Brooks. author; William
Il. Dodge philanthroplst; Frederick Law
Olmstead, landscape gardener; Rabbi NJ.
NJ Jastrow; Gordon Mckay. inventor:
Samuel Il. Morse. editor; Right Hon.
William r. II. Lecky, author; Rear Ad-
miral Lester A. Beardsley: DIR. Cyru
Edison, physician; Professor Mommssn
historian; Ex-Governor Daniel II. Hastings
OF Pennsylvania; Herbert Spencer, PHI
losopher; Lord Salisbury, premier of Eng
land; Dsan Farrar of Canterbury; Paul
Du Chaillu, explorer; Stuart Robson, actor;
Slbyl 6anderson. singer; p. M Arthur,
chief OF Locomotive Engineers; Alexander
Balm, educator; Richard II. Savage. au-
thor; Andrew II. Green. Father of Greater
New York.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30


EN- when Lord Alverstone, Oct. 90, cast
the deciding vote favorably to the
American boundary claim in Alaska
and swept away with stroke of his
pen that ever threatening casus belli.
England is believed to have dis
appointed Japan by neutral attitude
toward Russian aggression In CHINA,
while midas year, started with the
splendors of the durbar, ends In new
military movement against the hermit
realm of Tibet, also coveted by Rus
sin. -. /" Australia granted full wom-
an suffrage, restrained government rail-
read strike and rejected the arbitration
bill. -" Canada had an era of indus
trial growth; was bitter over Alaskan
award. 80 South Africa placed under
10 per cent reciprocity. First Trans
vaal parliament opened In May.
British captured Kano.
RUSSIA in all her vastness and pow
er has pressed remorselessly toward
her goal in the far east while checking
with an iron hand the Internal revolu-
tionary propaganda Of socialism and
organized labor. Disregardng all prom
ises by the failure to evacuate Man
churia, the government Of Car Nicho'
las stood dishonored in the pillory OF
world opinion. " Great hopes were
raised by the cars manifesto of re-
ligious freedom and liberty for peas
ants March IL, but the massacre of
Jews at Kishineff In May and their
persecution in other places with official
connivance went far to discredit that
great proclamation. The continued and
increased restriction of liberty in Fin
land did not improve this impression.
THE ORIENT, take 1t all in all, has
had the front and center of the inter
national stage most Of the year. From
the newspaper mans standpoint il
would make rather funny, zigzag
record suggestive of the famous gen
eral who marched his army up the hill
and marched 1t down again-Manchu
via in this case substituted for the hill
But the Russians never budged. They
rushed more troops thither, and on va
rious flimsy pretexts frightened theiI
grip by reoccupyiag Mukden and Hal
cheng and by soaring Japan into fever
fish war preparations by land and sea
mobiiizat ton near Korea. War was ex
pected almost daily for months.
The one bright spot in the oriental yeal
was the success of American and Brit
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30

Bile of secrecy. Messter exhibited com
blnation talking and moving pictures.
Fl" Many airship experiments were
made, the most successful being those
Of the Lebaudy brothers of Paris, who
made a new speed record of forty-four
miles In 100 minutes; DR.. Greth, who
sailed over San Franchises; Stanley
Spencer at London, and Benbow, who
used a new system of automatic steer.
ing and balancing near Syracuse, n. Y.
Professor Langley's man-carrying aero.
drome, built under government aus
pieces, was tried on the Potomac, near
Washington, and proved complete
failure under existing conditions.
Pickering of Harvard discredited the
long accepted Franz theory of moon
craters Professor Dugan discovered a
small planet. Great spots were oh.
served near the central meridian OF the
sun. Ten new stars were discovered
German explorer located new
land In antarctic regions. New
gospel papyri were unearthed In Egypt
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30
The New Factors
In the Social Equation
l. + +

Society as whole, and especially
our own country of boosted liberty
within law, has been confronted with
an appalling disregard of law and
legal process, amounting to an epidem-
Ic of crime. This Is condition which
confronts thoughtful and 4 respect
ing people, however theorieA 'ay diff
fer MS to It's cause. And 1t ncet 10 de-
tailed list or statistical cOmpllih to
prove that II has been intensifie> IN
the twelvemonth past 1t stares US
every one of the 200 or more negr>
lynchings plus the unspeaknble crimes
that inspire that extra legal, un-Chris-
tan and ineffective remedy. More than
In any former year the north has such
instances TO answer for without the
apology of an outnumbering negro
mass, which the south has to deal
with. This phase of the epidemic has.
Of course its practical political bear
lngs, growing out of opposition in the
south to federal appointments OF ne
groes. Unquestionably the number and
brutality of murders, the suicides, the
rObberes, the arsons, the forgeries,
the briberes and especially the crimes
of the very young, like Chicago's boy
bandits, have exceeded all former rec
ords. Sociologists are trying with new
zeal to find and remove the cause of
this decay. and many are tracing II to
the accumulation of vast fortunes and
the extravaganza and unequal distri-
button of opportunities The al
legged tendency of modern society to
avoid the responsibility of rearing chill
dren came in for widespread condemna-
ton through President Roosevelts let.
ter In commentator of Mrs. Van
Vorsts "Woman Who Tolls" His char
acteriZntion OF this tendency as race
suicide was echoed by the many, though
dc ounccd by some who regard quality
Of offspring as more important than
qaantity. - The increased number
of divorces, including many in so cali
ed high society, has stimulated afresh
concerted movement of pulpit and
press for more uniform restriction Of
the marriage relation, though strenu-
Gus minority sees health In utmost lib
erty The beginning of the or
ganizatlon of domestic servants has
added to the perplexity OF the servant
problem, which has been solved by the
cooperative family club.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30
TIE WORLDS Trend N 1908
Short but Complete Story of the Year Told Graphically
So as to Show the Neanns and INTERPOLATION
of Events and Classified For Con-
venient Reference

were retirement OF General Miles. ded-
ication of War college at Washington
appointment of Day TO supreme court.
resignation of Secretary OF War Root.
successful test of worlds largest gun,
launching Of largest battleship, the
Pennsylvania; appointment of Cortel'
you secretary of commerce and labor,
ordered deportation of Anarchist Tur-
ner. nomination of Brigadier General
Wood to be major general, and women
inspectors of immigrants. - The no
table legal decisions were by the SUI
preme court against marginal trading.
by the court of appeals against North
ern Securities merger, the circuit court
In Minnesota deciding that the merger
was not in violation OF interstate com.
merce law; by the supreme court up.
holding the Kansas eight hour law and
declaring mental science healing legal
The most notable criminal trials were
those of Tillman, acquitted OF charge
| OF murder of GonZales death sentence
| for Caleb Powers on third trial for con.
nection with Goebel murder, death sen
tence for Jet as murderer OF Marcum
In Kentucky feud; electrocutlon of the
three Van Wormer boys.
| L
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30

the negro recognition policy, and the
opposition took advantage Of the post
al scandal to begin the cry, Turn the
rascals out!' The state elections In
November made new changes in the
political map. Tammany captured
New York city, Hanna overwhelmed
Johnson In Ohio, giving new inspira'
ton to the Hanna boom, while German
made good in Maryland. Through the
year the Democrats were engaged In a
still hunt for presidential timber. The
Cleveland movement gained consldera-
BILE Roadway in the east until the ex-
president formally denied his candi.
dacy. The Bryan faction scoffed at the
suggestion while considering Folk Of
Missouri, Parker of New York, Cock
rell, German, Harrison, Hearst, john
son, Garyin of Rhode Island and 9th
ers, but could agree on none.
Vermont and New Hampshire aban-
doned prohibition. Kansas and New
Hampshire rejected woman suffrage.
Many states worked for direct election
of senators. Pennsylvania adopted the
press mueller, but could not enforce
ii Other notable executive acts
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30

ber he decided to go it alone, and the
Balfour cabinet went to pieces, though
again patched up for time with
nondescript material, Balfour himself
taking a moderate course for retalia.
tory tariff and the free trade war
horses snorting in opposition alignment
-" At the same time an internal sore
of long standing was healed in the his
toric passage of the Irish land pur-
chase bill July 81, piloted by Redmond
and Wyndham and sealed by the royal
journey through Ireland. - " England
has exerted new power through the
diplomatic personality of King Ed
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30
A Look at the Los
OF Our Ship Of State

The amazing thing is the figure we
have cut in world politics. Few and
far between are the nations that have
not felt the pressure of American al.
piomacy backed by American guns and
by American money. There was bank.
rupt Venezuela blockaded by three
great European creditors. A word
from Washington and Minister Bowen
was able to get the whole matter adj
justcd by arbitration. The Russian
bear barred the Manchurian gateway
TO China until an American diplomat
led the way to an open door. Our voice
of protest against persecution of Jews
in Russia was heard. L'he prestige Of
the United States in the Mediterranean
was enhanced by the presence of ships
at Beirut and the sending of Skinner
to Abyssinia; England came closer to
us in the Alaskan boundary concession
through arbitration. Finally in fulfill
ment of great responsibility, however
opinions differ as to the method, the
Roosevelt administration paved the
way for the isthman canal project by
extending the helping hand to the new
republic of Panama after Colombia had
let the Hay-Herran treaty, which was
signed ut Washington in February, die
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30

In 2.3l 80. -" Reliance defended the
Americas cup against the third sham
rock. Cambridge outrowCd oxford.
Yale outrowed Harvard, and Cornell
again swept the Hudson. Z" Janetzy
won the auto Derby in Ireland. Old.
field made the mile auto record of
O:55 10, Rolls the kilomcter in 0:2G %.
- The British Doherty brothers took
the Davis cup from American tennis
players; Larned American champion
Nardon, British golf champion and
Travis the American leader. Bos.
ton Americans beat Pittsburg Nation.
ais for worlds championship. Prince.
ton, in east, and Minnesota. in west,
ranked first in college football.
American team of marksmen took the
Palma trophy.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30

Ing the possibility of the transmutatiOn
of metals. Other women figured
notably in scientific achievement DR..
Florence II. Sabin of the Johns Hop.
kins faculty received the $1,000 prize
for the most original work throwing
light on the mysteries of the Emphatic
system. Mrs. Workman, in company
with DIR. w. II. Workman, made new
worlds record for mountain climbing.
getting 23,65G feet high in Himalayas.
DR.. Charles Barrows of New
York announced the success of forma-
lin as q cure for blood poison. From
all quarters came news of successful
serum cures, such as Dunbars hay Re.
yer, TiZoni's pneumonia, Aronson's
scarlet fever, Fletchers cholera infan.
tum and a number for tuberculosis.
The microbes of sleeping sickness, by
drophobia and smallpox were identi-
fed. Carbolic acid and the salts Of
chloride and potassium were used sue.
cessfully in lockjaw cases. Professor
Hatai of Chicago discovered a food
called lecithin, producing rapid growth
of animal tissue New mercury
arc light and static converter were per-
fected by Steinmetz and Hewitt. Pro
fessor Bedell of Cornell sent alternat'
ing and direct electric currents stimuli
taneously. German government made
new worlds trolley speed record Of 1904
miles an hour. Professor Goodspeed Of
Philadelphia photographed from hui
man body's radiations. Runner, in Ger.
many, made wireless telegraphy capa'
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30

voted to elaborate courses In fire pro-
lection. Forestry was taken up at Cal.
ifornia. cattle killing ut Iowa and gar.
dening at Columbia. Western Reserve
started school for librarians. Mis-.
souri, had travelling school Of farm
work. Columbia established chair
of Chinese. Southern schools gave in.
creased attention to actual gardening,
both for training and support. Travel.
ing medical university for country doc.
tors In Germany. Throughout the north
more attention was paid to manual
training and kindergarten work. Charles
NJ. Schwab began the establishment of
series of trade schools. There
was continuance of the era of eX.
| punsion. the enrolment of students in
public and private schools and colleges
rising to new records. and the total of
! benefactions running into the tens of
millions. Throughout this country n
concerted effort was made by teachers
In public schools to secure higher sal.
aries. Nevertheless prominent
churchmen, notably Cardinal Gibbons
and DR.. Greer, began vigorous assault
on our educational foundations because
OF the failure of the schools to incul.
cate religious spirit and seriously
proposed to reorganize by letting the
churches take their proportionate share
of the schools and operate them.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30
The Efforts and
Achievements of Science

What does the world know that 1t
didn't know year ago? The year was
yet young when the realm of science
was astounded and the whole civilized
world interested by the achievement of
a woman, Nine. Curie. working in nsso-
citation with her husband Professor
Cure. in France. 1t Is still too soon to
attempt any final estimate of the scien-
titic value of the new element, radium,
thus identified. The greatest scientists
are yet perpleXed by its apparent con
tradictOns and mira culous powers To
the layman 1t IL known as n substance
separated chemically in very small
quantities by the reduction of a large
amount of uranium, which Is the waste
product of the oxide works in Austria.
Its most striking property, for which 1t
was named is the capacity to radiate
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30
STRIDES TAKEN
TOWARD CHURCH UNITY

The mills Of God, which grind slow
but exceeding fine, have brought into
use lenses of vision powerful enough
to conceive the ultimate goal of uni.
versal religious unity for the human
race. This lofty aspiration was realiz-
ed in some measure when the death of
Pope Leo, July 20, caused a universal
wave of recognition and appreciation
of his personal character to seek ex-
preston regardless Of the barriers be-
tween Protestant and Catholic. Again
this note Of wider Christian unity
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30

the administration were the effort to
check trusts through the enactment OF
the Elilns law, the effort to expose and
punish corruption discovered in nearly
every department, chiefly in the postal
service; the insistence on the recognl-
ton of negroes in official appointments,
the open shop declaration In response
to labor's challenge in the Miller case
at the government printing office, Gu
ban reciprocity at 20 per cent off the
Dingley rates, the reorganization OF the
army under general staff and the
unifying of the state militia. For the
thoroughness of the postal exposures
credit is due to Mr.. Bristow. Other
important acts at the closing session OF
the Fifty-seventh congress were for
free trade in COAL for Philippine gov
eminent, antianarchy, creating the de-
partment of commerce and labor and
appropriating a total of $l,554, 1OS,5l4
for the two years. The ship subsidy bill
failed, and the statehood deadlock in
the senate went over to the present
session on compromise. 1t was I'M
der the Spooner act that the treaty
with Colombia was made. The Fifty
eighth congress, summoned In extra SEES,
sion for the confirmation Of the Cuban
treaty, started in with new house lead
ers, Cannon being chosen speaker,
while williams Of Mississippi took
command of the minority and scored
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30


corporations conceded higher wages to
their employees, some voluntarily,
Wall street saw record payment of
dividends and laughed at the wise
acres. 1t was not many weeks before
signals Of distress began to show in
curtalled dividends and public dlstrust.
Morgan hastily returned from Europe,
but even his magnetic name failed to
stem the tide of downward prices when
the shipbuilding trust went under in
June, carrying many fair reputation
in It's wake. Then followed long era of
tobogganing, nearly all the standard Sc
curities dragging after Steel and the other
industrlals The great war between the
Pennsylvania and Gould systems had
become acute over the destruction Of
Western Union poles pending litigation,
and the outcome was a Rockefeller
Morgan financial duel, with victory for
the man of OIL Whether due to this or
to the lessenlng output, the price Of oil
has steadily advanced. Schwab was
superseded by Corey as head Of the
steel trust The collapse of Lake Su'
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30
Ups and Downs
OF the Worka day World

Taking In sail. There in three words,
is the last analysis u the whole indus.
trial and commercial tendency of the
calendar year past. The fact Is writ
large over the economic face of the
world, with war and fear of war plus
famine I'm the orient and eastern Eu.
rope, with western Europe struggling
desperately under trust competition
and the handicaps of vast national
ornaments, while young America, big
and proud Of new powers, pushes on.
but with the white face and set teeth
that betoken bad case of financial
indigestion. This, too, In spite of 4
good crop year, generally speaking,
Looking particularly at our own case,
a diagnosis will place before us vlr-
tualy the business history of the pc.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30

and union recognition, Mitchell setting
a conservative pattern. Staggered at
first by this onset the captains Of in
dustry took up the gauntlet under the
leadership OF David NJ. Parry, the cho-
sen head Of tho Citizens Industrial AS
ISOLATION of America, a militant COM
bination of all the great employers. In
many cities employers associations
were started Lobors effort to rule the
government printing office resulted In
the presidents open shop" declaration
In the Miller case. With Sam Parks
and his pal in prison, the striking iron
workers fought on against n solid
phalanx of builders, but unIonlsm was
taught lesson A new movement was
the starting of Independent unions.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30

sotality and policy of Plus X, Leo'a
successor. place the Catholic church
in line with these tendencies. The 9th
or points OF general interest were the
consolidation of smaller churches, the
final approval of Presbyterian creed
revision, celebration OF Wesley's two
hundredth anniversary. the death Of
Archbishop Temple of England, sue.
ceeded by Davidson; completion OF
Methodist S2O,OOO,0O0 thank offering.
spectacular New York crusade of Dow
ieltes. building of largest auditorium at
Battle Creek by Adventists, erection OF
$1,000 ooO ch"rch at New York by
Christian Scientists and the united
church war GU divorce.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30

In 1:5S12. A still lower
figure for PAGERS was
made oy the equally
wonderful Dan Patch,
who went u mile In
1864 and half a mile
In 0:56. Prince Alert
paced a 1857 mile. '''
On the running turf
Afrlcnnder took the
Suburban, Picket the
American Derby. and
Waterboy beat them
all In the Century with
one and one.half miles
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30

seph Pulitzer, editor
of the New York
World. The teaching
OF practical journal
ism was begun also
at the Kansas univer.
slty. In many col.
leges for women new
courses In domestic
science were started,
At Yale and elsewhere
insurance was taught.
and at Chicago a new
In,, ~ t.N,,,AnN Nun1 In
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30

was the progress made toward fed.
Grafton of Congregatlonalsts Methodist
Protestants and United Brethren, while
the several varieties of Presbyterlans
have cleared the ground for one COM
munion. In all this the forces of lib
eralism have been necessarily domi-
nant, with an insistence on practical
mission work at home and abroad and
a greater participation in the social
and political problems of the day az
the true remedies for the waning pow
err of the church. The democratic per
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30
Schools Becoming
More and More Practical
!. :. e

One word epitomlzes the years ed
ucational effort and aspiration-practi
cality This is true of Germany, France,
England and especially of the United
States. 1t applies from primary grade
to graduate university work. The most
impressive instance In our own coun.
try was the 100000 school of profes
slonal journalism intrusted to Column
bia university by the munlhcence of 10.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30
NEW RECORDS.
IN REALM OF SPORT

The great feature Of the sporting year
was the arrival of the two.mnute trot.
ter and better in the equine personality
Of Lou Dillon, the fye.year-old Cali.
fornia mare owned by c. X. G. Bill.
lings. She not only did her two.minute
mile at Reedvile, Mass. equaled soon
after by Major Delmar and bettered
by Cresceus, but reclaimed her queen.
dom at Memphis later, doing her mile
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-30
POLITICAL
CRISES IN OTHER LANDS

GREAT BRITAIN has been brought
face TO face with an economic revolu.
ton that rocks her very foundations
through one tenacious and magnetic
personallty-that of Joseph Chnmber.