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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-07-01
A BiIIion-DoIIar Combination

BY his purchase Of the ii, de- SC ok III the
Ryan has con ple,ed perhaps the most far
reaching deal ever conceived In Wall Street
He becomes II financial colossus like j. P.
Morgan. He has brought into direct C, m
munity OF interest financial concerns with
resources of STAG 900, 600, not to mention
the staggerir weight of Mi lioLs repres Ell ted
by affiliated conc erns.
Mr. Ryan stands as the unofficial hea of
this huge combination, which has assets
greater than the Steel Trust, and which has
more actual money on hand han the United
States Government
Besides being himselta very rich man, able
to act independently 10 deals Of great magni-
tude Mr.. Ryan stands for the group of CAPT.
tallsts who coutrol the Mutual Life Insur-
ance Scci' ty. To the s44l 900 900 assets Of
that institution he has no v added the S4l2,-
900 900 of the Equitable Life The Morton
Trust Company of which he Is the active
manager, with is S4S, 000, 600 of resources,
bears almost the same reati, to The Mutual
that the Mercantile Trust Company (re-
source S56, 900 00O) and the Equitable Trust
(resources s35, 100000 do to the Equitable
Life. The Equital le Life and the Mutual
Life between them control the National Bank
of Commerce, which is the second large st
bark in America, having $25 600, 900 capital,
s12,OOO,LOO reserves and total resources of
$247 100000
Besides, Mr.. Ryan and his allies are in
active control of the Metropolitan Street
Railroad Company which; with its affiliated
companies. has resources of $1s3 .OO0,O 900.
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MUDD BLAMES LOOMS
Says He Is Responsible For Loss OF Mary
land To Republicans Last Fall

Washington special to Baltimore News
In the opinion of Representative Sydney E.
Mudd, Mr.. Francis b. Loomis, Assistant
Secretary of State, for making charges
against whom Mr.. Herbert W. Bowen was
dismissed from the diplomatic service, was
responsible fer the less Of Mary land to Presi-
dent Rocs- Welt in the Presidential election
last fall
II don't know vi at Mr.. Locms got into
down in Yentzura,' sad Mr.. Muld "but il
he got into it as badly as he did in MaryIaud
politics last fail. Idon', wonder he raised
trouble for himself
1t is web known that the Maryland State
leaders nd "A Difficult. time in trying to get
aid from the Republican National Commit
tee. They went to 'a!quartcrs in New
York and endeay orcd 10 impress upon tho
national managers that there was at least an
even chance of carrying the State il little
of the Committees finances was sent south
ward, At all pCitta, however, they were
met with shaking heads. The State was lost,
and hey knew it, they said. 81 what use was
there in wasting any mULcy on 1t?
The fact that the Committee believed they
could under no circumstances win in Mary
land became common tax around head
quarters, and naturally spread from there to
the State itself, where it was exploited By the
Democratic organization for all it was worth.
Finally, in the closing days Of the campaign,
a little money was allowed to dtibblc down
into Baltimore and the counties. but the
harm was done.
One of the Maryland Republicans who
didn't take kindly to the rebnlrs that met
them in New York was Mr. Mudd He be-
lieyed, with many other welI-pOsted politi
clans, that there was more than M even
chance of giving the State to Mr.. Roosevelt,
with proper encouragement from the ma.
tional organization. He spent good many
days trying to locate the source Cf the in
formation the Committee was receiving as to
Mary land, and at last felt that he was sue.
cessfu. He met member of the Committee,
United States Senator, aud asked:
Where are you getting the information
upon which you base your belief that cur
State is lost?'
at comes in coIhderca,' was the reply,
iion d man III -hhiSlhEu. VI course, we
cannot divulgc his name"
at comes from no mau in Maryland" de
clare Mr.. Mudd, with more emphasis than
Is here indicated. 1T comes from Mr.
LOOMS, the Assistant Secretary of State,
who has probably never been in Maryla
except in passing through en- route to Ohio
or somewhere else. Fl. d, esn't know any.
thing about the situation there. and why In
the world the Committee is depending on
him l can't for Il Q life OF me see."
The Senator. il is sal !, then admitted that
Mr.. Loomis was the man he hal refer enc,- ( o.
but did not happen TO know Why the Com
mittee had selected him Tor the work, nd
Mr.. Mudd at this time is VIII oily ignora / on
this point,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-07-01
Retaining Marsh Lands

Twoihuge diedgel oats and some fifty la
hDrers are employed in Holt County, Mis-
souri,, to drain at out thirty square miles, or
10000 acres, of marsh land which is at pres
ent of no value kept for hunting or llshing,
being under water mo- st Of the year. 1t is
expected that when drained it will be the
richest ard most productive agricultural
land In the State. Where the water is shall
low the growth Of vegetation is rank. The
underlying 'oi is "A dense, black, mucky
loan. The drhinnt work will he paid for
by the landowners along the line of the
ditch, the courts having decided that the on.
terprise is gel They organized a company
and issued $50. 100 in bonds at 6 per cent.
The main ditch will hr fifteen miles long, I, n
feet deep and forty feet wide, with wees
five feet high on both sides, making the
depth fifteen feet. There will be MAJ V
smaller lateral bitches
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Wilmington Conference EpwoHh League
Tour To Denver
Rev. Naught S. Collins, Secretary of
the Fourth General Conference District
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-07-01

League has made arrangements TO take
l'}rsc0aly-couductcd party to the great
International Epwol1h League Convcn-
ton, to be held in Denver, COL. July %.
Mr.. Collins is we'll known to the Ep-
wcrthianS of the Peninsula, having scrv-
ci us President of the Conference
League. and held the same office for soy
elaI terms in the Second and Sixth Gen
cral Conference Districts.
The party will go via Pennsylvania
Naillold on Il special train leaving
Broad Street Station. July 3, 1890 Il. No.
and arrive ut Denver 1910 p. m. July j.
This will he the only Wilmington Con-
ference party, rs that planned by Rev
X. X. Stephenson has been merged with
this, and Rev. Mr. and Mrs Stephenson
will b" members Of Mr.. Collins party.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-07-01

difference between battleship ike the IT,
diana and one Of the new vessels, like the
Connecticut difference in type, size, speed
and armament. 1t Is like comparing one Of
the rcyolvers or lilles used during the Civil
War with the perfected weapons of today.
improvements are going on all the time in
warships as in everything else.
"With the exceptic Of the monitors. the
United States has not fcurd II necessary to
consign ita obsolete warstips to the junk
pile. Even the old wooden vessels which
st about SEQ, coo each, arc still working,
although not in active trvice. The Franz =
lin is the receiving ship at Norfolk. The
New York naval militia has the old New
Hampshire. ] h" Independence is at San
Francisco. Boston has the Enterprise. 1t
Is probable that these ships of the Civil War
age will be made useful until they actually
fall apart. Why should the government wish
to sell them? They would worth nothing,
except for thu ir copper.
The monitors. | believe. brought from
SIS 900 to $50 900 each. But then, they were
built Of II certain quality of iron that is eel
dom made nowadays. Sttel has taken its
p ace. The material WI S pr obably sold back
to the foundry Ike !, as not some of it ap.
i'ear"d re ucaInate III the ships OF the Lew
IA Y"
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The Only Cure

Sermonizlng on the laSity of the moral
sense OF men of business and nnan"i Al emf,
hence In lduciary portions will accomplish
no improvement. In one way or IN trer the
church pulpit has been preaching such scr
mons from time immemorihl, Sunday ! fter
Sunday, and falls" trustees have listened to
them without ilinching.
The only cure will be in the practical ap.
plication-that is, in sen ling s)me of the Sc
false trustees to Sing Sing.
Then the necessary reform will begin, al d
not till then.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-07-01
Battle Ships To Tine Scrap Heap

II Uncle Sam ever has an auc ion of II job
lot Of steel battleship+, similar 10 that lately
held 10y his friend John Bull. ancion herds
are hkrly to ret a bad bargain unless they
go ,l,w. Discarded vessels OF war are
knocked down cheap, as auctions 60 But
1t costs fortune for the man who bids to
remove his property after he gets it.
The sale at Chatham dock yards has set a
standard for battleship auctions. Nothing
exactly like ii had ever lefore been known
Sir John Fisher, the progressive head of the
British Admiralty, dc ided to make scrap
iron OF ten aimored cruisers and twenty
other war craft. including gunhoats and tor
pedol oats, that wtre looked NJ on as naval
wonders not so many years ago 1t was
stjIu'att d TO Il G b!Gdeas that | one of the
vess els could e sold TO any foreign power.
They had to sign bonds to break them Tito
junk. Astonishment was expressed that
warships representing n total value Of Sl2 =
900, 900 should have &C ne under the hammer
for $3.50, goo, or about S13 600 each
81 should say that was a fair price for
them" said Captain Baxter, vaval construc.
tor at tie Brooklyn Navy Yard. Breaking
up an aTmortd hattleship Is Io joke. Sup
pose for example, the United States were to
order such a sale though the chances of it
are exces dinghy remote-one of the first bat
tleshiIs TO be condemned mis- bit tie the In
diana, a pioneer in the White Squadron
She cost $6500.000. l should not like the
job Of bre liking her up for junk for less than
$4,000, ard 1t might cost $4,000 before
what WAS left Of her when l got through
co uld tie made marketable. 1t would be II
work not of weeks, but OF months There
are millions Of Iivds tina; W uld have to be
cut by hand CHS els3 before tie hull could be
torn apart.
"There is no guess work about this. When
the British hattleship Neptune was sold
about two years ago the purchaser was will
ling t o pay, overland above the $4,000 cash
he bid for the vessel, $4,000 to have her
broken up by the Admiralty and another
$40 coo or thereabouts TO prepare the ma
terial for sale. In other words, he was ready
to put cut $4,000 for the ship before he
could hope to real re any profit on his trans
action. Warships, even when obsolete, ara
-
that sell them for junk take no chances. l
understand the men who bought at the
chatham sale must submit a series OF photo
grapf to the Admiralty from time to time
showing various stages of the breaking-up
process.
"The only thing we have ever had to ar
proach it in this country was the breaking
up Of the jre--~monitors. in course of con-
stiuctioy ne new navy was deter.
arthese vessels were obsC-
sley were finished. They were
pieces on their ways in the yards. 1t
i S!cult to say when a battleship is obso-
The Indiana, for instance is ten years
4 She is now undergoing repairs that
!, VIA cost 10 per cent. Of her original value. or
approximately s65O,OOO. Ten years is long
time in the life Of waaship. She will need
Va thorough overhauling then, even II she has
not had 1t before. There Ia good deal Of
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-07-01
READ THIS

! have inquiries for Farms, all sizes. from
people throughout Maryland. Delaware,
New York, Pennsylvania, and as far South
as South Carolina. | advertise North and
with each other. | will soon circulate among
these people Il list of the Farms and other
Real Estate placed in my hands to sell. Do
you want to sell your place advantage
ously" If you do, place it with me. work
day and night to get you the best purchaser.
Your interests in my hands will be vigor.
ouSly advanced. Write me now for particu.
lars j. WATERS RUSSELL.
Real Estate. Chestertown, Md.
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L0W-RATE TOUR TO DENVER
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account Inter.
national Convention. Epworh League

On account of the Epworth League
international Convention, to be held in
Denver, Col, July 5 to 9, the pcnnSyl-
vania Railroad Company has arranged Il
tour to Denver under its Personally
conducted system. \ special train of
high-grade Pullman equipment will leave
New York, Philadelphia, Harrisburg,
Altoona and Pittsburgh on Monday,
July 3, arriving at Denver ut 1890 noon
on Wednesday, July 5. Tickets cover
ing round-trip transportation, Pullman
accommodations Zone BERTH going, and
all meals in dining car when travelling
on special train, will be sold at the fol-
lowing very low rates:-New York, $685.
80; Philadelphia, $G1.75; Baltimore,
$4,000; Washington, $4,000; Harrisburg
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-07
Paris Menaio.tx MenacinR.

Complaints are being made in Paris
Of the increase In mendicty. and a
number Of the leading business men in
the main thoroughfarcs have ap-
preached the police authorities on this
matter. 1t Is high time that the nui-
sance were abated. When In a popu-
Ions thoroughfnre like tho Avenue dc
rOpera. tho Rue de Ia Patx or the
Rue Royale a man sits down In the
middle Of the pavement. stretching his
legs out as wide as possible and caus-
ing pedestrians no little trouble to pass
him. or when woman hangs on to
the door Of a carriage. refusing to lot
60 her hold until something Is given
her. It more resembles demanding
backsheesh than asking for charity.
OF course. the beggars who DO this are
old hands, professionals dead to sense
Of shame. and II is to be regretted that
tender hearted people ever open their
hearts and their purses 10 them. How.
ever. spurred on by the influential
shopkeepers of the leading thorough.
fares. the police will undoubtedly take
energetic action. and one unpleasant
ness will be removed from tho streets
Of this charming capital. - London
Globe.
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his entire stake on the red, the hail con.
tinued to fall IN the red heiss until
the croupier announced that the bank
was broken.
Dan DeMille gathered in the money
and counted $4,000 before he handed
It to Monty. His friends were over
joyed when he left the table and won
dered why he looked so downhearted.
Inwardiy ne berated himself for not
taking Peggy's advice.
nm so glad for your sake that you
did not stop when asked you, Monty,
but your luck does not change my be.
lief that gambling Ia next to stealing"
Peggy was constrained to say as they
went to supper.
IL wish l had taken your advice" he
said gloomily.
"And missed. the fortune you have
won? How foolish Of you, Monty! You
were n loser by several thousand dol.
lars then" she objected, with whimsical
inconsistency.
but, Peggy" he saih quietly. looking
deep into her eyes. ut would have won
me your respect"
ITO Re CONTINUED
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Monty'S drrit0l gaze him a 1lfp cOnccp-
ton OF the strenuous lie.
was sadly bruised about tho face and
his arrest had probably saved him
from worse punishment.
II told you l couldn't wear a mask"
he explained ruefully as Monty led him
home. But how could know that he
could hear me all the time?'
The day after the carnival Brewster
drove his guests over to Monte Carlo.
He meant to stay only long enough to
try his luck at the tables and lose
enough TO make up for the days at sea
when his purse was necessarily idle.
Swearengen Jones was forgotten and
soon after his arrival he began to
plunge. At first he lost heavily. and it
was with difficulty that he concealed
his Joy. Peggy Gray was watching
him and in whispers implored him to
stop, but Mrs. Dan cxcitedly urged
him to continue until his luck changed.
To the girls chagrin it was the more
reckless advice that he followed. In
so desperate a situation he felt that he
could not stop. But his luck turned too
soon
81 can't afford to give up" he said
miserably to himself after time.
"I'm already winner by 5000, and
I must at least get rid Of that
Brewster became the center OF in.
terest to those who were not playing.
and people marveled at his luck. They
to 4
the flushed anxious look with which
he followed each spin OF the wheel
lie had chosen a seat beside an Eng.
fish duchess whose practice it was to
appropriate the winnings OF the more
inexperienced players, and he was
ware that many Of his gold pieces
were being deliberately stolen Here.
he thought, was at least a helping
hand, and he was on the point of NOV.
ing his stacl, toward her side when
DeMillo interfered. He had watched
the duchess and had called the
croupier's attention to her neat little
method. But that austere individual
slenccd him by saying in surprise.
"But she's duchess-what do You
| tAPt't!
Not TO be downed so easily, DeMille
watched the play from behind Monty's
chair and cautioned his friend vt the
first opportunity.
Better cash in and change your
seat, Monty. They're robbing you," he
whispered.
"Cash in when I'm away ahead Of
the gamei Neverv and Monty did his
best to assume joyful tone.
At first he played with no effort at
system. piling his money dat on the
numbers which seemed to have least
chance OF winning, but he simply
could not lose. Then he tried to re-
verse different systcms he had heard
OF, but they turned out to be winners.
Finally in desperation he began
doubling on one color In the hope that
he would surely lose In the end, but his
particular fate was against him. With
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was being carried bodily from the room
by DeMille and Bragdon. The Preach.
men then imagined that Smiths re.
marks had been insulting, and his
friends had silenced him on that &C.
count. A riot seemed imminent whom
Monty succeeded in restoring silence
and with few tactful remarks about
Franklin and Lafayette QUOTED the
excited gAcsts.
The evening ended With fireworks
and dance in the open ARA dance
that grew gay under the masks. The
wheels had been well oiled. ana there
was no visible failure of the carnival
tpirit. To Brewster it seemed a mad
game, and he found II less easy to play
part behind the foolish mask than he
expected. Ills own friends seemed to
elude him, and the coquetries Of the
village dansels had merely a heeting
charm. He was standing apart to
watch the glimmcring crowd when he
was startled by smothered cry.
Turning to investigate, be discovered a
little red domino. Enthusiastically fright
ened and trying to release herself from
a too ardent Punchinello. Monty's ar
rival prevented him from tearing of
the girls mask and gave him an en-.
tireiy new conception Of the strenuous
life. He arose Tuning and sputtering,
but he was taken in hand by the
crowd and whirled from one to anoth-
or in whimsical mockery. Meanwhile
Monty, unconscious that his musk had
dropped during the encounter. was as
tonished to feel the little hand Of the
red domino on his arm and to hear a
voice not all unfamiliar In his ear
Monty. you are dear. I love you
for that You looked like a Greek ath-
lcte DO you know-it was foolish
but | really was frightened"
Child, how could it have happened -
he whispered, leading hor away. Fan
cy my little Peggy with no one 70 look
after her What a beast was to trust
you to Pettingill I might have known
the chump would have been Knocked
out by oil this color" He stopped to
look down at her. and light came into
his eyes. Little Peggy in the great
world he SMILED; you are not fit.
You mcdowell. you need-just me-"
But Mrs. Valentine had seen him as
he stood revealed and came up in
search OF Peggy. II was almost morn.
ing she told her. aud quite time to 60
back to the hotel and sleep. 80 in
Bragdon's charge they wandered OF, q
bit reluctantly, bit lingeringly.
1t was not until Monty was sum.
moned to rescue Reggie Vanderpool
from the stern arm Of the law that he
discovered the identity OF Punchineilo
Manifestly he had not been in a con.
dition TO recognize his assailant, and a
subsequent disagreement had driven
the first out Of his head. The poor boy
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of a celebration. Monty proposed TO
revive the custom by arranging a sec
Ond carnival.
You might just as we'll not come to
&he Riviera at ALL" he explained. ~
Syou can't see a carnival It's simple
smntter, really. offer one prize for
sthe best decorated carriage and anoth-
Yer to the handsomest lady. Then ev.
ery one puts on domino and mask,
Sthrows confetti at every one else. and
sthere you are"
II suppose you will have the confetti
,.anade of thousand franc notes and Of
Ger house and lot as prize" And
sBragdon feared that his sarcasm was
;Alinost insulting
"Really. Monty, the scheme Is ridlc-
rulous," said DeMile. THE police won't
EN1low It,"
won't they, though" said Monty ex.
a1ltingly. 1.-THE chief happens to be Phi
tNppe's brother in law, ana we had him
spn the telephone He Wouldn't listen
ITO the scheme until we agreed to make
Min grand marshal of the parade.
Nhen he promised the cooperation of
;the entire force and hoped 10 interest
shis colleague, the chief of the fire de-
apartment
1.-The parade will consist Of two gen
barnes and the Brewster party in car.
Tiages," laughed Mrs. Dan. 40 you
fexpect us TO go before or after the
bakery carts?'
I'VE review the procession from the
hotel" said Monty you needn't
worry about the fete. It's going TO be
great. Why, an freshman isn't fonder
of marching than these people are of
having q carnival"
The men in the party went into ey.
ecutive session as soon as Monty had
gone to interview the local authorities
and seriously considered taking meas
Fnres TO subdue their hosts eccentric
iIties, but the humor Of the scheme ap-
Epealed to them too forciblv and almost
before they knew ii they were making
plans for the carnival
"Of course we can't let him do II,
but II would be sport" said Subway
Smith think Of a cakewalk between
policemen and laundresses!'
II always feel dev;lish the moment
get a mask on" said Vanderpool. and
you know, by love, I haven't felt that
way for years"
THAT settles it, then" said DeMillo,
''Monty would call it off himself If he
knew how it would affect Reggie"
Monty returned with the announce
ment that the mayor of the town would
uerlare a holiday if the American could
zee his way to pay for the repairs on
the marie roof A circus which was
travelling in the neighborhood was
guaranteed expenses if 1t would stop
over and occupy the square in front
of the Hotel de Vile Brewster's en-
thusiasm was such that no one could
resist helping him. and for nearly a
week his friends were occupied in SUI
perintending tho erection of triuinphn'
arches and encouraging the shopkeep
ers to do their best Although the
scheme had been conceived in the spir
1t Of a lark, it was not so received by
the townspcople. They were quite Sc
rious in tho matter. The railroad Of
ficials sent advertisements broadcast
md the local cure called to thank
Brewster for resurrecting, as it were
the obscure saint. The expression OF
his gratitude was so mingled with fat
terry and appeal that Monty could not
overlook the hint that new altar piece
had long been needed.