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the body that the individual himself
Is completely deceived. and his at
tcndant physician also may be mis-
led.
II IS only within a few years that
appendicitis. under that name, has
been talked about. But the disease
itself IS of great antiquity. 1t IS even
said that a recent post-mortem upon
a mummy brought from Egypt estab-
lished the fact that the unfortunate
must have died of appendicitis at
least two thousand years ago.
Up to about 1898 eases of this
malady figured in hospital reports as
perityphlitis, and they were compara-
lively infreauent. Recent English
statistics show a remarkable increase
in the number of cases. The malady
is by no means limited to people of
wealth, but figures conspicuOusly in
the public hospitals where the poor
arc treated.
In one London hospital in 1900
there we're 16l cases. as compared
with b ten years before; and IN an
other there were 122 cases, where ten
years before there were but 3. One
cheering fact is disclosed by the sta
tisticS. As the disease becomes more
prevalent, it is also better understood
In these two hospitals, out of Is
eases surgically treated, only ten had
fatal result.
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Friends at War.

Too much significance cannot be at
tached to the pOIitico-sOciaI conference
which the Hon. Benjamin b. Oden, tr-.
Is having with the President. That there
is a strain Of discoTd in the melodies
produced in duet by the soft sweet sing
ing OF the Hon Thomas Collier Platt
and the tuneful pipings OF the Hon. Ben
jamin b. OdeII. jr.. can no longer be
successfully denied. Both have sung Of
peace. peace" but all New York poll
ticians know that there is no peace
Throughout their music there is heard in
undertone low mutterings out Of har-
mony with the song
Let no one be deceived. Senator Platt
and Governor OdelI are not the stanch
political friends they would have the
outside public believe they are Odell,
forgetful OF the fact that 1t was Platt
who made him politically, now seeks 10
dispIace his creator. and become greater
than he. He would himself become the
boss of New York State politics. to the
end that he may have third term as
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A Silly ROOrback.
Not a Single Rockefeller Tele-
gram" as Yet Produced.

Though more than three days have
passed since the charge was for the
first time publicly made that either
John ID. Rockefeller himself or men
associated with him in the manage
ment of the Standard Oil Company
had sent kilograms to Senators urg-
ing, in fact directing. them to "kill"
pending antitrust legislation, not a
scintilla Of evidence tending to show
the charge to be true has been ad-
duced.
No less than nine Senator'S and
some of these were specifically men
tioned-were said to have received
these dispatches. Whenever ques-
toned upon the subject these nine
Senators vigorously denied any
knowledge of the matter. No one
connected with the corporation ac-
cused of an attempt to "debauch''
Congress. as far as we are aware
dignifed the story by a denial Up to
the hour of going 10 press not a single
one of the alleged telegrams has been
produced.
We hold no brief from the Stand
ard Oil Company, and repeat what
we said yesterday, that that company
has enough sins TO answer for with
out being called upon to controveri
the proposition involved in this silly
rooTback, that its managers are a set
of blooming idiots. What we desire
to point ont here is that in this yeal
of grace nineteen hundred and three
and in a country of almost universal
intelligence, there can be found other
wise reputable newspapers and pre-.
sums bly, responsible news agencies tC
put such rubbish on the wires and
lend the authority Of their names tc
palpable falsehoods.
BY the way, 1t might be interesting
to trace the origin Of this attempt tc
hasten Congress action. In WHOSE
fertile brain, and in which particular
cell Of that brain, was this scheme
first evolved7
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A Chilly ROYAL Visit.

It seems that the reception OF the
Duke and Duchess Of Orleans by King
Edward and Queen Alexandra at Buck
ingham Palace was OF the nest formal
and chilly description. all the principal
members OF the royal household being
in attendance. so as TO deprive the in
terview OF anything OF the character
OF a private and affectionate reucOntrs
between near relatives. Indeed, -he
special honors conceded to the Duchess
Of Orleans were designed TO show that
II the Duke was received at ali it WAS
not as a prince OF France. or the head
OF the House OF Orleans. but as the
husband of an Austrian archduchess.
who is at the same time through her
mother a member OF that COburg fam
lily OF which King Edward is the virtual
head and chief
The visit was a very brief one ard
IL has not been returned as yet by the
King and Queen. although according 10
the etiquette OF courts il should have
been returned the very same day. In
one word. while the King has put an
end to the ostraCism 10 which the duke
has been subjected for several years
past. there is no resumption OF the
former cordial and cousinly relations.
MAPQUISE De FONTENOY-
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IN THE COURTS AND CAPITALS OF THE OLD WORLD
aPsnve Asserted by the Turkey King mdanHeD

stantinople. in defiance OF the testa-
mentary directions or the deceased and
the wishes OF his two sons. who make
their home in France.
The Ottoman ambassador based his
plea on the fact that the Sultan was the
absolute master Of the members Of his
own family, both at home and abroad.
and that he had therefore a first right
TO the body OF his dead brother-in-law,
and 10 the obedience OF the dead mans
sons-that Is, of his own nephews. This
argument was denied in the most posi-
tive manner By the French tribunals. the
proceedings before which once more call
ed public attention 10 the fact that Nah
mOud Pasha's widow. the Sultana Sen
ieh. was kept in close captivity at Con-
stantinople by her brother Abdul Hamed.
the ruler Of the faithful
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The New Department.
It VIII Have an Ample Field and
Accomplish Many Useful LaborS.

Without any special flourish Of
trumpets a new executive department
has been ushered into existence. 4
new post of honor and dignity under
the Federal Government has been
created. 4 ninth seat has been pro
yided about the Presidents council
board.
4 generation ago an enlargement
of the Cabinet would have been hailed
as an event Of prime political i'm
pOrtance. 1t would have put within
the gift of the Administration an
other great political prize. And in
bestowing that prize the President
would have been governed by the col
lectiye advice Of party leaders, by
party evigencies, or party hopes.
Today this additional Cabinet post
is created without in the least upset
ting the equilibrium of politics-with-
out precipitating a headlong rush for
the new dignity As has been under
stood for some time, the new port.
folio Is not 10 be made the means of
paying off old political scores, or of
underwriting new political mortgages
Il is TO be disposed Of without q
thought Of compensating this group
Of States or that, of maintaining OF
repairing some faneiful geographical
balance.
In other words, In the selection OF
head for the Department Of Com
merce and Labor, political considera-
tions will no more govern than they
did in its organization by Congress
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0bStructiOniStS Routed.
Great Importance of the New Jer-
sey Steel Trust Decision.

The decision just delivered by the
New Jersey court of errors, dissolv-
ing the injunction granted by Vice
Chancellor Emery in the Hodge case,
removes the last barrier 90 the con-
version by the United States Steel
Corporation Of S2O0,OOO,O0O Of 7 per
cent preferred stock into 3 per
cent bonds. and the corporation is
accordingly now free to carry out It's
program. 1t IS a matter for general
congratulation IN the financial world
that any attempt made to impute bad
faith In the conduct of so important
an organization as the United States
Steel Corporation should have met so
decided and unanimous refutation by
The most important court in New Jer-
sey.
While Wall Street has never
doubted that the decision of the court
would be as it was, indeed, handed
down, any such allegation as that
made by Mr.. Hodge must have a ten
dency TO disturb public confidence in
the great enterprises Of which the
Steel Corporation Is a splendid type.
Organizations Of tins character. with
their immense ramifcations involving
vast and many interests, can only
exist through on absolute public con
fidence IN the men who direct them
To seek to unsettle this confidence
without due grounds, or to serve q
private end, Is a very serious matter
The New Jersey decision is an event
OF first importance in constructive
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Mudd a Fighter

The Hon. Sydney z. Mudd has thrust
another thorn into the already bleeding
side OF his arch-enemy and political
rival the Hon Louis E. McCOmas- He
has taken a hand in the igat TO have an
additional Judge appointed for the
fourth United States judicial circuit,
and to have the provision made now
rather than to defer the matter for two
years, or until Senator McC3mas retirss
from the Senate and may desire to step
into another easy Federal lob.
Mr.. Mudd has introduced in the House
a bill identically similar to that intro
duced IN the Senate by Senator Sim
mons Of North Carolina in the hope
that II the judgeship Is created his pres
ent colleague, Senator Pritehard, would
be appointed 20 the place. and which
measure has been held up BY Senator
McComas. who is said to desire the
judgeship for himself IN case he Is not
returned to the Senate.
The Representative from st. Mary
intends to push the measure. and Is
especially prompted to do SO by the
fact that there is urgent need for the
appointment Of an additional Judge in
this circuit While he IS not par
ticularly anxious 20 have the appoint
ment 20 to Senator Pritchard, he -
especially desirous that Senator Nc
Comas shall not have an opportunity
20 don the ermine- He believes that
inasmuch as the southern and western
sections OF the circuit are represented
each by a Judge that the third ap-
pointee should be a Baltimore lawyer,
especially as Maryland provides large
norton OF the business Of the court
This Is but another brief chapter in
the history Of the Mudd-McComas ven
delta. and all because IL is quite I'M
possible 70 have two leaders In Re
publican politics In Maryland. especi-
aIIv when the two aspirants for leader
ship have radically different ideas as TO
how the rank and file should be led
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Beautifying the Capitol.
The Work Of Completing the
Building Should Be Pushed.

Chairman Cannon takes ones
breath away by the Hberality of his
proposals for charging and beautify-
ing the Capitol. Not that we find
fault with him-no, not that! On the
contrary, we think that-to use a
sporting term-he is striking the right
gait. It's only, in the time-honored
and immortal language of the spin
ster. when the psychological mo-
ment," long looked for, arrives at
last, $50 sudden"
Speaking seriously, the completion
of the Capitol Building Is desirable
from every point of view. 1t Is not
creditable to a Government like ours
that it should tolerate a minute longer
than is absolutely necessary the IN
congruity of difference in the build
ing material between the main part
of the structure and its wings.
1t does not look well-in fact, 1t
looks poverty-stricken-to find no
bas-relief over the portieo on the
House side.
1t Is nothing short Of disgraceful
that the terraces have remained for
years without the bronze urns and
lamps designed for them.
1t is positively shocking to see the
rotunda in the condition in which il
has been permitted to remain foI
nearly thirty years-with an ineom-
plete frieze Ca sham bas-reHef in the
bargain) and a rickety scaffoldinl
suspended against the wall. threaten
ing the lives of passers-by below.
These and "other things too numer
ous to mention the Cannon proposals
are to do away with. The Hous'
adopted the proposals yesterday, anC
there is reason to believe that TN,
Senate-always more liberal in thes,
respects than the coordinate brancl
of Congress-will not withhold It's as
sent long.
The work of completing and ade
quately beautifving the interior of tn,
Capitol cannot be too promptly un
dertaken or too energetieally pushe,
20 conclusion.
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TURMOIL IN THE BALKANS.


In the news transmitted from Europe
regarding the troubles In Turkey II Is
generally assumed that Russia Is eager
TO seize the opportunity to end the rule
OF the Sultan at ConstantinOple- There
are reason why this should not be the
case at the present moment. The pre-
occupations OF Russia in Manchuria and
the Far East generally. and in Persia
where she is playing for a great stake.
make IL imperative that there should be
as little disturbance as possible in the
political conditions in the Balkan PENN
sula now.
A violent upheavaI In European Iur-
key that would bring about interven-
tion from several quarters would proba-
bly, be regarded with less favor by the
Russian government than by any other;
and il IS for that reason that in the
Russian and Austrian notes 20 the Porte
calling on II 10 institute reforms in
Macedonia the demands are moderate In
scope and form.
The danger menacing European peace
today is not Russian ambition. but the
proverbiaI reactiouary policy OF the Sui
tan and the hot-headed leaders OF the
Bulgarian revolutionists. The difficulty
which the Russian and Austrian govern
ments now face is 10 overcome the one
and suppress the other without bring
ing on an outbreak.
AS TO the Bulgarian revoluticnists in
Macedonia. they care little. probably
nothing. what complications their ac-
tions may produce, for they have much
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was made by the French press. the au-
thorities at the Quay d'Orsay pointing
out 10 him that in the first place his
dukedom was spurious and therefore
bound 20 bring ridicuIe, not only upon
himself but also upon his Office. and
that. moreover, even il the dukedom
had been authentic. it was highly I'M
proper for an envoy Of the French re-
public 10 accept title Of nobility from
the soverel IN to whose court he was
accredited.
WHAT rendered the French government
additionally sour about the matter al
the time was that just then the Negus
had granted all sorts Of material advan-
tages 10 Great Britain. for which France
had nothing TO show but this laughable
"dukedom OF Entoto."
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TWO YOUTHS.

One youth perceived the star OF com
merce cleaning strange;
To him IL was a beacon and he fol-
lowed on.
A second youth perceived all stars with
in nights range,
And sought their secret marvels till
the night was gone.
The first found wealth. the dearest OF
earth's treasures bought:
The other shivered oft in winter S
violence.
Nor knew that master minds Of all the
ages wrought
For Gods own truth, forgetting self
and consequence.
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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through a bargain-counter raid on the
other eight over-laden departments.
The latest conner IN the Cabinet
circle starts life with n clearly defined
field and n fairly adequate equipment
The labors it undertakes are import
ant, and Will continue to increase IN
importance. immigration, navigation,
statistics, commerce, labor, census
these give IT a jurisdiction which Is
sure 10 widen. Starting full-grown
and many-sided, il has an advantage
of departments like that of Agrieul-
ture, created from a single parent
stem. Its ratio of expansion will
therefore probably be even greater
than that of the rapidly growing de
partment which II succeeds as Junior
member in the Cabinet circle. 1t Will
not suffer long from disability to
make its needs and wishes known, or
to impress those needs and wishes on
an appreciative Congress.
We welcome the creation of the new
department as a timely step toward
better organization in the Government
service, and we predict for it a career
both of wide activity and of eminent
usefulness.
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to gain and nothing 20 lose by bringing
matters 10 a final issue. Whatever the
end Of an insurrection might be, history
has taught them that the recession OF a
wave Of Turkish domination in Europe
has never been followed by its return,
so that they feel sure that If they can
force an armed Intervention they Will
get rid OF the Turk.
Whatever the uIterior ambitions of
Russia. and that they include the domi-
nation OF the Bosphorus in some form
one day cannot be disputed, the present
is not the moment she would choose Tor
a disturbance Of the peace. Il is rather
to the west side of the Adriatic that
one must look for the source OF much
that is now happening in the western
Balkans.-New York sun.
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New National Ticket.

Fairbanks and Pritchard." This is
the latest combination for a national
ticket offered TO the Republican voters
Of the country for their suffrages in
1904. The presentation OF these names
for the Presidential and Vice Presi-
Dental nominations. respectively. comes.
ii is true, from a somewhat obscure
source, yet II is not without a degree OF
significance
The author OF the Fairbanks Pritch-
ard ticket suggest ton is the editor OF the
North CarOlinian," the leading Repub-
llcan newspaper OF the Tar Heel State.
the chief owners OF which are the Hon
f. c. Duncan, collector OF internal reve-
nue. for the eastern district OF North
Carolina, and tAe Hon. I. NJ Meekins.
postmaster of Elizabeth City. n. c.,
where the journal mentioned is pub
lished.
Both are. OF course, Federal ofhcehold-
crs under the present Administration
an administration whose chief. II they
are sincere they desire 70 displace with
the Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks
Senator from Indiana. Both are the
avowed friends of Senator PritChard
and well they may be, for IL is by rea-
son OF the Senator's influence that they
are now drawing Government salaries
Duncan. in fact. is so trusted follower
OF the Senator that he is intrusted with
the distribution Of the minor Federal
patronage for all OF the eastern portion
OF North Carolina. and Meekins was but
recently given supervision over the mai
| coming into and going out Of Elizabeth
/ City.
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KIPLING AND THE PUTNAMS


It is by no means news that man
may have very striking gifts Of literary
expression without on that account be-
ing possessed of sound judgment in the
ordinary affairs Of life. But IL must be
Iamented by a wide circle OF readers
that II should be al the expense Of Rud-
yard KipIing that this moral should
just now be pointed.
He brought a suit against Messrs-
Putnam for making a use or which he
disapproved Of sheets OF his works which
they had bought and paid for, and had
subsequently put into what they regard
ed as the most convenient and attrac-
tive form. in uniform binding
Mr. Kipling evidently sincerely
thought he had a grievance He even
undertook. at the time he brought his
suit, to explain what It was. Very few
of the readers OF his explanation. we
think. could make it out. and they in
ferred that. since there could be no
question Of his powers OF exposition,
the trouble must be with his case.
Now. that is what two courts have
very emphaticaIly decided. namely. that
the author had no case at all. At the
trial Judge Lacombe took the case away
/ from the jury on the ground that there
was no evidence on the plaintiffs part
TO go to that body. and directed ver-
| dict for the defendant. And now the
United States circuit court has affirmed
/ his decision on appeal
There was n peculiar unpleasantness
about this lawsuit against this particu-
! lar publishing house, because it was th'
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A Noted Bulgarian.


No obituary OF ex-Premier Karaveloh
OF Bulgaria. who died last Sunday at
Sofa. makes reference to his widow, one
Of the most remarkable women OF South
east Europe, who for twenty years past
has gone by the name OF Katherine OF
Bulgaria" She is a school teacher BY
profession During her husbands tenure
Of the premiership she Continued her
avocation, and every morning when he
left home TO attend 10 his duties as
prime minister, she took her departure
for the public grammar school 10 as
sumo her place as one OF the salaried
. teachers.
She has been repeatedly imprisoned
and tried on charges Of treason and lese
majesty and entertains the most pro
found and undisguised contempt for
Prince Ferdinand. realizing that il he
appointed her husband as premier IL
was only in hope OF saving a totterins
throne For she was devoted TO her
husband and never forgets that the lat
ter was kept for years In prison by Fer
dinand. and was repeatedly logged and
/ subjected to torture until at length
the foreign ENJOYS at Sofia interfered
/ in his behalf.
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American publishing house which. in the
person OF its senior partner, George
Haven Putnam. had labored longest and
most earnestly for real and substantial
international copyright
Nobody had done more TO procure the
enactment OF the very law that gave
Mr. Kipling any standing in an Ameri-
can court and enabled him TO sue. The
decision is gratifying on this account.
Since Mr.. Kipling has failed 10 induce
any expert and impartial person to agree
with him that he had case. IL is to be
hoped that he will accept the unanimous
voice OF such persons that he has not,
and make such amends TO a firm OF hon
orable publishers as the circumstances
admit.-New York Times.
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Sultan's Claims Denied.

The family laws Of the reigning houses
OF Europe. 10 which such frequent ref
erence has been made in these letters.
do not run abroad. This has just been
established by the French tribunals. The
Sultan OF Turkey through his ambassa-
dor AT Paris applied 20 the French
courts last week for the exhumation OF
the remains OF his brother-in-law. Nah
moud Pasha, from a tomb in the Moham-
medan portion OF the Pere Lachaise
Cemetery and for their transfer TO Con-
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Appendicitis Spreading?
If So, Imagination Has Multiplied
the Sufferers From This Malady.

An eminent surgeon, speaking re
Gently with reference TO appendicitis,
declared that many patients who were
operated on were not really suffering
from the complaint at all, but had
worried themselves into the belief that
they were, and could not be pacilied
until the operation had been per
formed.
This is one Of the common results
of attracting popular attention 10 a
particular malady. The general dis
eussion of its symptoms leads impress
sionable people TO imagine that they
fee! them, and the genuine malady
may be 80 successfully counterfeited
through The action Of the mind upon
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Women contemplating matrimony are
advised by "one Of the sect" not 20 take
men at their own valuation, but 70 probe
into their lives. Would this person cut
off one Of the most pleasurable or the
ost-nuptial experiences? What would
married life be IL there were no ques-
tions left 10 ask?