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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-05-11

the SO 100000 stock authorized and s.. 000-
900 of the $4,000 900 bonds authorized. The
buyers also obtain, practically at price
far below par all the common and prefer
red stock of the Missouri Edison Electric
company capitalized at $1,000 900, with a
bonded indebtedness of the same amount.
Thus the North American company, in
corporated in New Jersey and having SIM
liar immense exclusive rights in soma
other cities, controls all the gas and cleo
trio lighting business in st. Louis and also
all the business of the consolidated street
railways here, capitalized at over $s0,000,-
000 and was able to secure control of
these monopolistic properties by paying
ST. 100000 The capitalization of the North
American company is $50, 0000, all COM
mon stock 1t bought 10000 shares of the
United Railways stock at $3.50 share
and will operate the 344 miles The North
American. binds itself to pay the interest
on all the bonds of the different com
panes According to its charter, it can
engage in any kind of business in any
part of the United States. 1t has GER
tainly been able. by the payment of ST.
500 900. to acquire an immense grip on
st. Louis. whether for good or i'll re-
mains to be seen. In these days when SO
much is said about public ownership, the
figures given should be carefully saved
for future reference.
/ am aware that the foregoing edi-
toria is long quotation to make in
these letters, but it is such an amaz-
ing document, coming from the source
it does, that it is well worth the space.
Not satisfied with that intimation of
public ownership. the Globe-Demoerat
returns to the subject in subsequent
editorial, of which the following is the
concluding paragraph:
It would be interesting to know how
much it would cost a city bent on mu-
nicipal ownership to get control of its
gas and electric lighting and street rail-
way system. Tt would be exceedingly
cheap at s175000O0 provided the manage
ment was satisfactory A city could
easily refund the outstanding bonds al
low rate of interest Chicago ought to
look over these figures before closing any
bargain for buying street railways, with
gas and electric lighting thrown in. Posi-
tive facts are valuable. Here are some
of a mathematical kind and as recent as
any to be obtained. II St. Louis ever goes
into municipal ownership it will not forget
the quotations of April, 1905
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-05-11
The Decrease In Exports.

Referring to the big decrease in our
exports of grain and foodstuffs the
Portland Oregonian suggests that sit
may speak well of the prosperity of
country that can suffer such a slump
in business with foreign countries with
out showing visible signs of distress,
but at the same time it is not pleasing
to reflect on the fact that, like the bear
which goes into winter quarters, we
are living on our fat and at the end
Of this enforced period of Information
may emerge lean and wabbly on our
legs. Dollar wheat is great blessing
when we can sell it to the foreigner and
spend the dollar, but when we become
the consumer that must pay the dollar
and the money of the foreigner ceases
to flow in our direction, there is
strain in our economic system that is
not pleasant or profitable. About the
only consolation that can be drawn
from this unfavorable statistical show
ing lies in the fact that the Pacific
coast makes better comparative
showing than any of the Atlantic or
gulf ports, and of the Pacific ports
Portland exhibits a smaller decline
than any of her neighbors."
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-05-11
WAKING Up.

The power of great corporations, syn
dictates and trusts. frequently welded
against the best interests of the public,
is beginning to wake up even the most
hidebound Republicans. The st. Louis
Globe Democrat has been for many
years thick and thin organ of Repub-
licanism. and no man or paper can be
a defender of Republicanism without
being a defender of corporations. trusts
and syndicates. It seems that the CD.
has been pinched somewhere by big
corporation growing too rapidly in its
own particular bailiwick. AS remedy
the GID seems to be thinking of
adopting the Populistic plan of public
ownership. as is shown by the follow
ing editorial:
1t is fitting that the people of ST. Louis
should keep themselves thoroughly in
formed concerning the Increasing concen-
tration here of immense public interests
In the hands of a single corporation.
Whether this movement is to the advan-
tage or detriment of the city will not be
considered here. The present object is to
let the people know what is going on. a
corporation organized fifteen years ago
under the laws OF new Jersey, kHOWu us
the North American company and sue
ceeding to what was called the Oregon
and Transcontinental company has OBJ
tanned control of the entire lighting plant
of St Louis and also of the consolidated
street railway system, which includes all
except the Suburban line The North
American company, which has acquired
by purchase such extensive rights in St
Louis controls the Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Light company, the Edison
Lighting company in Detroit and also has
large interests of a similar kind in Gin
cinnati and its neighboring cities on the
Kentucky side, Covington and Newport
That the North American company is
what may be called a huge business com
bination is apparent
II is understood that by cash invest
ment of about $l7,50O,OO0 the North Amer
lean company has secured the control of
the entire business of furnishing st. Louis
with gas and electric lighting and the
property of the transit company. The
method pursued in each case was to pur-
chase a majority of the stock of the va
rious companies absorbed The North
American company has practically come
into possession here of the common stock
of the Laclede GGs company, amounting
to S8,500,000 The Laelede company also had
out 81. 100000 in preferred stock and $14o0o,-
900 of bonds of the S2O,oo0o0o authorized
Included Id the purchase is the So 600 900 Of
the stock of the Union Electric Light and
Power company which issued 100000 Of
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-05-11

Especial Washington letter.
~ S a large deficiency in the reve-
n nues an infallible sign of Prosper
III ity with big, big r! If so, we
are right in it, for at the close of
business Cd Saturday, April p, the to-
tai deficiency in the revenues for the
nine months and twenty-five days of
the present fiscal year was $3011S,434
with prospect that it will reach $50
100000 by June 80, the end Of the IFS
cal year. If huge deficiency is not
proof positive of Prosperity with a big,
big T., what becomes of that monstrous
lie in the last Republican national plat
form which ran in this wise: "A Demo-
cratic tariff has always been followed
by business adversely, Republican
tariff by business prosperity OF
course the facts of history prove that
that statement is utterly false, but new
ertheless it helped them win phe-
nomenal victory. During the entire
campaign they bitterly denied that
there would be a deficiency at the end
of the fiscal year. Now, having won by
false pretenses, they no longer pretend
to deny the deficiency and are looking
around for some way out. But has not
the blessed Dingley bill-source of ev-
cry blessing-been on the statute books
for about eight years? How can this
deficiency be charged up to US poor
Democrats? The stand patters will
have to exercise their ingenuity to
make plausible case. 1t will not do
to say that the threats we made in our
platform and during the campaign did
it, for the deficiency was here and was
growing before we made the platform
or began the campaign. No, this is a
Republican deficiency, forerunner of
another Republican panic just like the
Republican panics of 1878 and 1893.
This deficiency must be remedied, for,
according to even Republican figuring,
now that the campaign is over at the
present rate there will be an increas
ing deficiency during President Roose
velt's entire four years in. the White
House. But how can it be remedied?
There are only three ways known
among men: First to reduce expendi-
lures; second, to levy new taxes: third,
to issue new bonds. Republicans can
not reduce expenditures. After what
they have said about Grover Cleveland
they will not dare to issue new bonds:
hence they must levy new rates and
get sound beating at the polls for so
doing.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-05-11
The Philippine Nightmare.

The follies of a government are like
the follies of our youth-they come
back to haunt us sleeping and waking,
while the more serious ones detriment-
ally affect orr whole lives and go with
us 10 the graveyard mold.
One Of the greatest of Uncle Sans
folies was the requirement of the
Philippine archipelago As a hideous
reminder of the tremendous cost IN
lives and gold comes another tale of as
sassination ut Jolo. The other day Gov
ernor SCOTS secretary was knitted to
death within range of the sentries-sen-
tries, mind you. night and day, and life
unsafe within range of their rifles. The
night before this killing. while the
young officers were having a dance,
bullets came in through the windows.
And this we are paying for at heavy
rate, many millions each year, to say
nothing of the thousands of young
Americans taken from their homes and
from the business and professional
walks of life to he made into food for
the boloman's Enife or to be sent home
as permanent invalids.
A nation. like an individual, can as
surely bleed to death through its ex-
treme arteries as If the heart itself
were opened England has suffered all
most to dissolution IN South Africa
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-05-11

If anybody doubts that President
Roosevelts agreement with Bandit
Morales, who poses as president of the
Santo Domingo republic, is the first step,
and 4 long one, in the direction of an
nexing that political, social and com
mercial plague spot be ought to under
stand that Santo DOMINICAN affairs at
Washington are now considered and
acted upon by our bureau of insular
affairs and for all practical purposes
is even now treated as one of our pos
sessions.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-05-11
c. 3. Lands, Reformer.

! am delighted to see that my dis
tinguished friend, Hon c. B. Lands of
Delphi, Ind, proposes to go into the re-
form business. Reform is one of the
essential movements of the present
time. Democrats not being numerous
enough to work any reforms at Wash
ington by themselves, any assistance
from the Republicans will be enthu-
siastically received. The particular
matter which Mr.. Lands proposes to
reform is the government printing
Office, which is sadly in need of it. The
Indianapolis News sagely remarks,
This looks like a large and inviting
field for economy, retenchments and
reform" 1t adds, I'VE advise Mr..
Lands to enter it with his pruning
knife whettedv The expenses of that
printing Office last year were more
than $6000,000 There are hundreds
and thousands of tons of useless rub
Dish printed there. Lands is a cheer
full sort of statesman, blithe as a lark,
but by the time he gets through try
ing to reform that Office he will be
as sad as professional undertaken
seems to be, for the printing office is
one of those places where Republican,
statesmen are wont to stow away their
useful henchmen. OF course they will
not take the reformation in the print
ing office with any great hilarity. These
statesmen will undoubtedly labor with
Brother Lands, and the probable up
shot of the whole matter will be that
there will be no great reform effected,
but that Lands will get a few more of
his constituents into the printing office
l am Missourian and have been
around Washington for ten years, and
when they talk to me of Republicans
working for reform they have to show
me"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-05-11

Some of President Roosevelt's en-
thusiastic friends who want Office at
his hands are trying to ingratiate them
selves with him by going around and
declaring that it will never do for him
to retire to private life. SO they are
boosting him for mayor of New York.
They need not be Fostering their heads
about his retiring. The chances are
more than even in favor of the prop
osition that he will be a candidate for
reelection to the presidency. He may
be defeated for the nomination or he
may be nominated and defeated at the
polls, but the impression IS growing in
the minds of men that he viii seek an
other term in the White House So the
incense swingers in New York are
wasting their sweetness on the desert
air.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-05-11

Russia is wasting her strength in Man
churia and the China sea. Let us hope
that our own country may turn from
the Philippines before she, like Spain,
fluids it eyerlastingly too late.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-05-11
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Especial Washington letter.
IS a large deficiency in the reve-
nues an infallible sign of Prosper
ity with Il big. big r? f so, we
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-05-11

Returns from the spring elections in
Colorado Illustrate and emphasize the
command, Thou shalt not steal" Al
va Adams, Democrat, was elected gov
ernor of the Centennial State last fall
as fairly as Theodore Roosevelt was
elected president. but he was robbed
of his gubernatorial chair by as reck-
less a gang of political cutthroats as
ever held sway in any commonwealth.
The honest men and women of Colo
rado for the women vote there
showed at the spring elections their
opinion of the political burglars in the
legislature by rolling up Democratic
majorities in most of the cities, towns
and villages.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-21

Patronize home industries. Reeves
Meat Market, Fifth ward. X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-21
BARON KANEK0
VISITS PRESIDENT
SAID TO BE A LARGE GAP BE.
l.. TWEEN JAPAN's mRREpUcl.
BILE MINIMUM" AND RUS
sIA'S "UNcoNcEIvA-
BILE MAXIMUM"

OYSTER BAY, N. Y, Aug. I'll
Baron Kaneko, the Japanese financial
expert, made his fifth visit to Saga
more Hill today, his last previous
call was made Friday, the day before
Baron Rosen, the Russian peace plen.
fpotentiary came and went and the
frequency Of his visits is supposed to
have very important bearing on the
Portsmouth negotiations. 1t is be-
lieved that when Baron Kaneko came
last Friday he submitted to the Presi.
dent an outline Of the final conces.
sions in the way Of indemnity reduc-
tion that the Toxic government would
be willing to grant. Baron Rosen, 1t
is supposed, received this information
from the President on Saturday af.
ternoon and in his turn acquainted the
President with the sum total of the
concessions that the Gear would make.
That there is still a large gap be.
tween Japan's "Irreducible mini.
mum" and Rnssia's Uncomfortable
maximum" is indicated by Baron
kaneko's coming to-day. It is thought
that the President has sent for him
to urge reconsideration of the Mix
ADDS terms, which, Of course, is
merely another way Of asking Japan
to shave the indemnity by few
millions and to exact less in the way
of humiliating pledges. II Baron
Kaneko's government refuses to make
the concessions that the Russians
asked. IT Is believed to be foregone
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-21
HANGED TO:DAY
HENRY HEusAcK sTouTLY
MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE
OF MURDER OF FATHER.
iN.LAW.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Aug. 21.-Henry
Heusack, aged 81, was hanged in the
jail yard at the four courts shortly at.
ter six o'clock this morning. aft.-
stoutly reiterating his oft.repeated
claim of innocence of the murder Of
August Raphael, his father-in-law.
March 90. 1908, Raphael, an octo-
genarian, was found dead in his
home. a bloody axe beside him. Heu-
sack was convicted on circumstantiaf
evidence. Neightors familiar with
the affairs of Heusack and his first
wife declared that she disappeared
mysteriously but he asserted that she
deserted him and went to Chicago.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-21

conclusion that Tuesdays meeting Of
the ENJOYS at Portsmouth will be
merely the last chapter or the last
chapter but one OF failure, and that
the war will go on in the Far East
with renewed ferocity. Those who
have believed from the outset that
the negotiations will bring peace, pic
ture Baron Kaneko's visit in a slight.
ly different light. They assume that
when he was here, on Friday, Presi-
dent Roosevelt uereiy laid before
him request for Japan's ultimate de-
mands and that he has brought the
requested information with him. If
this is the fact the Presidents role
as Intermediary is only half acted
He will then convey the Japanese I'll.
timatum to Russia and will still have
IN reserve his personal powers of per-
suasion and magnetism TO weigh in
the balance for peace. Hard as the
Japanese terms may be and unyield.
ing as the Russians are said to be the
personal influence OF the President.
should not be forgotten or belittled.
There have been periods during the
progress of the peace preliminaries
which have been just as gloomy as the
present threatened deadlocks that
were successfully smoothpd over by
the Presidents tact and wisdom and
his friends believe that he can &C.
complish just as much in this crisis.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-21
"A Department Store,
PERSONAL

Mrs E. G. Han, OF Pullman, is in
The city the guest Of Mrs. j. w. Up
ton.
c. D. Junkins, who has been i'll for
me past two weeks. is some better
at this time.
Misses Rose Murphy and Anna Ford
spent Sunday at the formers home
IN Pennington.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee o. Morgan left
Sunday for Cheat Mountain, where
they will spend two weeks vacation.
Mrs. D. p. Fitch and Miss Elizabeth
Raymond who had spent the past
week at Loeb Lynn, returned here
Saturday evning.
MISS Minnie Core. Of Mt. Morris,
Pa, VINO had been the guest of the
Misses Boydston for several days
left Saturday for Mountain Lake
Park
81 p ana L. Spah6iSi iebui aSN
Saturday evening from a two weeks
visit at Parsons, and is now the
guest Of 4. w. and F. P. Kelley, OF
Walnut ayenne.
Mrs. Arthur Henry and little
daughter. Mary, who have beer
spending the summer with Mrs Hen
RVS father, Mr.. Bell Wilson, left yes
ferday for Cincinnati, where they will
make their future home.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-21
Marriage Licenses Granted.

WarrTage EIcenses Granted.
The following licenses to wed were
granted Saturday:
B. G. Ashcraft, of Harrison county
and Mrs. Villa Robey, of Marion.
Harry Nichols, Merrill county, Pa.
and Osa D. Musg-ave, Of Marion.
B. F. Jones and Nancy Ellen I1or.
ner, both Of Marion.
Columbus Harr and Gertrude Ben
nett, both of Marion.
House carpenter and contractor
Always ready and responsible. Cal
F. and NJ. phone 325. R. F. D. No.
IL Zach Cleavenger.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-21
SOCIETY.
Family Reunion.

Descendants of the Minnear family,
consisting Of the brothers, sisters,
husbands, wives and children to the
number Of 40 gathered at the home
of w, H. B. Minnear on the old Thorn
as Raymond Farm last Saturday for
family reunion. Among those pres.
emit were w. H. B. Minnear and wife,
acting as host and hostess; Mrs. Jane
Prichard and husband, of Wheeling;
B. Frank Minnear, of Lexington,
Ohio; 2. T. Minnear, of Chiefton,
Philadelphia Carson and son, Ray, Of
Pitcairn, Pa; Mrs. A. L. Jackson and
husband, of Clarksburg; Mrs. Sarah
Curry and husband, of East Pittsburg:
Mrs. Ida Sharp and husband, Mrs.
Iona jenkins and five children, Mrs.
G. w. Mfnnear and daughter, Mrs.
Frank Google and twin daughters,
Mrs. Lucy Martin and three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Lizzie Hannah and daugh.
ter, Harry Minnear. Mrs. Nellie Ety.
erson and two children, all OF this
city; Miss Flossie Cook, of Clarks.
burg; Will Minnear, of Camp Adam,
Rhode Island; Mrs. Sallie Barns and
daughter, Virginia, Mrs. Matte
Lloyd, and the Misses Blanche, Beulah
and Myrtle Sharp. of this city. The
above formed happy company from
a large family connection, many of
them long and widely separated from
each other, who composed the gath
ering on Saturday about the festal
board prepared for their coming, and
laden with all the enticing viands
that both city and country could af-
ford. 1t was n great layout, and vice
versa came near laying out the whole
crowd in trying to fulfill the task of
getting rid of the difficulty placed
before them.
AT the close, and after regaining
their lost energies from over.taxatfon,
they gathered and had group picture
taken in memory of the day and their
happy association together.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-21
saturday Evening iweddine..

n n = - = n
Mr.. Columbus Harr and Miss Ger
|trude Bennett, both OF this county,
were united IN marriage on Saturday
evening by Rev. w. J. Eddy at the
Baptist parsonage on Walnut avenue.
$50 n II - = = - - = =.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-21
Home Once More.

Mrs. ]. T. Hill, Mrs. Arthur Lynch
Dr. Q. c. Hill and George Fitch, who
went to Mountain Lake Park on Fri.
day in the Hill automobile, returned
here last evening. They left the Park
shortly after 9 o'clock in the morning
and arrived here about half after six
last evening.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-21
Imported From Germany.

Last week we received Holiday Baskets imported
direct from Baskerville Germany This line contains many
novelties in wlowware, odd shapes and fancy coors The
finest line that will be shown the city Clothes Hampers
Waste Baskets, Market Baskets Clothes Baskets Work
Baskets Whisk Broom Holders Hair Receivers Music and
Magazine Holders.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-21
Buried Yesterday.

The remains of the unknown Pole
whose death occurred at the Miners
Hospital on Friday, were buried in
the old Fairmont cemetery yesterday.
He was without friends in this coun-
try.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-21
]. M. Hartley & Son,
Fairmont, w. Va.

Mrs. Lester Swindler Is in Nor.
gantown, called by the illness OF her
mother, Mrs. Hannah pickenpaugh.
w. H. Kelley and family returned
on Saturday evening from a three
weeks stay at Mountain Lake Park.
Miss Edna Tricket left this after
noon for Mountain Lake Park to be
the guest of Miss Ethel Fleming for
q week.
Misses Louise Potter and Charlotte
Eichorn returned here last evening
after few weeks visit to Boston and
Atlantic City.
Miss Cora Wheeler returned Satur-
day from a two weeks visit with
friends at Piedmont, Keyser a. ID
Mountain Lake Park.
Mrs. Arthur Martin and guest, Miss
Rebecca Baker, of Cincinnati, spent
Sunday in Mt. Lake Park, the guests
of Mrs. w. T. Conway.
Mrs. Amanda Martin, who had been
the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. ]
Stone, for several weeks, returned tc
Shinnston this afternoon.
Miss Laura Williams and guest
Miss Margaret Hultz, of Pittsburg
spent Saturday at Morgantown tht
guests of Miss nellie Steele.
Mr.. Thomas Seman and sons
Thomas, Jr., and William Charles, o
tniontown, are guests at the home o
Mr.. H. F. Smith, on Bridge street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-21

The word comes from Mt. Lake
Park that Eugene Comerford is very
seriously Ill at that place. He has
been there with his mother since
early in the summer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-21

Mrs. Kaufman and children and
Miss Edith Wise, of Canton, Ohio, or.
rived here Saturday and are he
guests of their brother, Mr.. Charles
Wise on Fifth street.