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ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT A1W CHRONICLE. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 18. 1901. compact.

Whether or not Corporation is said to be under contract NEWS AND GOSSIP brance was superior to that of the woman Entered at the Tontofflpe it Rochester, N. Second-Class Mail Matter. of more than nine degrees of the heavens in twenty-four hours. Such motion, for a body 150,000,000 of miles from the sun, would be incredible. Reckoning the 2,200 seconds as seconds of arc, the daily motion would be about 36 minutes and 40 seconds of arc, something more than a half degree.

The most remarkable feature of the new asteroid is its great southern declination, 00 degrees, when nearest the sun. It was discovered about the middle of August, but has a single article. Those interested in the workings of the bureau should obtain a copy of the report. It shows that Commissioner Evans is determined, in the first place, to administer the pension system in its integrity for the benefit of all who come within its provisions; and, in the second place to defend the system, so far as possible, from assaults by swindlers, "grafters," robbers and thieves. And we are of the opinion that all soldiers, their relatives and dependents, who may be rightful beneficiaries of the system, will agree that in these respects he is an excellent man to have at the head of a bureau that controlled last year the disbursement of an appropriation amounting FROM NEW YORK Private Gymnasiums Becoming Popu lar Adjunct of Fashionable Private Residences in the Metropolis.

Bureau of the Democrat and Chronicle, New York, Nov. 17, 190L Athleticism is making itself felt In arch itectural circles Just now, and many private residences under way are planned to Include rooms exclusively devoted to the develop ment of the family. True it is that hereto fore athletic rooms have existed In many houses, but In oDly a few Instances have they been so constructed and equipped as to deserve the title of gymnasium. While no new extensive private gymnasium is being planned, yet there recently have been and are now being built special athletic rooms which deserve the name more than any that New York's Drlvate residences have hitherto Included. Thus is filed another doc ument In evidence tending to show that architectural progress never halts.

Splendid private stables and "squash courts" annexed to men's own homes are in all likelihood to be supplanted by the addition of the private gymnasium. In fact as well as in name. Keen, observing architects realize how prolific In feature is their profession becoming. It is not too much to expect, probably, that we may see In a nearby day specialists on gymnasium building, men whose pre-emi nence In this line will forbid other work by stress of the public demand for this one particular feature. Prophecies have been smiled at la every epoch only to be vindicated In the next.

This will be evidenced, some think, in the gymnasium construction specialist, whose era may not be far off. At any rate, the increase of structural features In architecture is not badly displayed In the tendency toward the private gymnasium. laits with New York's most prominent architects bring out the statement that the first known private gymnasium in this city was one built for William K. Vanderbilt In his residence, at the northwest mmn. Fifty-second street and Fifth avenue, about twenty years ago.

In the country residences about New York many are well fitted up gymnasiums owned by private persons. George J. Gould's property at Lakewood is a prominent example. The so-called Georg ian court Is an athlete's spirit of athletics is thus being reflected in the home, which the American man of means Is not permitting to lack In any particular, accoraing to the testimony of architects who know. Mr.

Schwab's Salary. To the friends of Charles M. Schwab. president of the United States Steel Corpora tion, it has come as a decided shock to learn that his salary from the "million dollar steel trust" will this year be only $223,000. Accepting the utterances of the "penny dreadfuls" of Park Row the country at large had credited the president of the concern with drawing $1,000,000 annually for his services.

But it is only one more case of the yellow Journals feeding Imaginary news to the pub- uc. Aoir on excellent authority comes the word that Mr. Schwab's actual salary is a year, together with a contingent fee that is practically certain to more than double that sum for the first year of his Incumbency, and la future years may realize far greater emoluments. Under the terms of this contingent fee the presdent of the United States Steel Corporation, in addition to his specific salary of JlOO.OOO, is entitled to receive one-quarter of 1 per cent, of all the corporation may earn over and above its Hied charges and after deducting such sums as may be needed to pay the dividends on the common and preferred stocks. This net surplus this year will amount to on which Mr.

Schwab's share, under the contingent fee contract, will be about SliV 000. Adding this sum to his regular snlm of $100,000, Income from those sources will be for the Qrst year Though considerably less than the rumored million dollars a year, Mr. Schwab's salary still ranks as the largest paid for commercial iiiuujumi or poiuicai services cither here or abroad. This excepts only the allowances to some of the crowned heads. Growth of a Vig Firm.

Nothing could mark with gTeater empha sis the growth of the city of New York than the passing of the Arm of Edward Ridley Sous, whose establishment for half a century has been a landmark In Grand street, be tween Allen and Orchard streets. Once the busiest of marts, the Mecca of women In search of all that was newest in the finery tucy love, and later an up-to-date department store, the Arm has passed out of existence, and Its block of buildings, through newly erected dividing walls, is to become the homes of various businesses on a less pretentious scale. The auctioneer has been busy for several days disposing of a 0U0 stock of goods and the work Is now completed. Once the firm carried a stock of over $1,000,000 uud in lbST, when Its business was at Its zenith, the sales ran over The firm was founded by Edward Ridley, an Englishman, in and he built the great stora up from a $300 capital, with one clerk and a delivery boy until at one time he had 2,500 and over 00 delivery wagons. In explanation of the clottiug of the house one has but to look at the change In the occupancy of the old-fash ioned dwelling that still remain in the neighborhood at the tenements that have supplanted the little old fashioned red brick aud unpretentious dwellings which were the homes of fashion a few years ago.

The sons of the founder of the ouce prominent concern contemplated moving up town as late as last May. The move was not made, and It was deetermined to close the doors and sell at public auction. Hew Automobile Boulevard. Bronx park will soon be a haven for auto mobiles. There la now being constructed between Pelhain avenue and the KIngsbridge road a macadam boulevard for the exclusive use of automoblies.

It Is called a motor road," and is the first one that has been planned by the city officials. The work Is being pressed and will probably be complet ed la six weeks. Ground was first broken for the new boulevard about a month ago, and on account of the favorable weather the work has advanced more rapidly than was at first considered possible. Beginning at the southern end of I'elham avenue, near the bridge over the Bronx river, the motor road will wind through picturesque hills to Bronx park to the KIngsbridge road. I'art of the course will be through the Zoological Gardens.

It Is intended next year to extend the road If the present experiment meets with success. In length the "motor road" which will be construtoed at this time will be about a mile. It will be fifty feet wide and built of crushed stone. It will be similar to other macadam roads, with the exception that the foundation will be slightly more be used as an automobile speedwar i as yet -been decided. Even if ranid ii? not permitted, the new rotl' coined by automobile owners as th I Wei cles are not now permitted in that L' the park where the "motor road" 01 laid out.

After it has been completed hide other than automobiles will T6-ted on the road. be Pera't. Some Chance for New Postonlce. There Is some chance of New v.i Us long and much desired new DostnnT ing the next session of congreSS dur-quated structure at Park row "ana way has outlived Its usefulness and mendous postal demands of the city mat solutely necessary the recognition of mands on congress. Postmaster Van prepared to renew his fight as soon a.

I gress meets, and he thinks there la chance this time to get an appropriation8004 Senator Piatt, Senator DepewfaS representatives from this city will faT appropriation," declares Mr. Van CotL Representative Mercer, chairman of tho M4 mittee which has the matter In chara-IT" promised also to approve It There Is 'm need for a new postofflce uptown than thT has ever been before, and the necessity 1b growing every year. When the 0ffl moved into its present ouarter. i. were $3,000,000 a year.

They will be 000 this year. This Increase represeMiT enormous Increase In business, for han! which the present quarters are wholly baa quate. I think the members of congress 1 are familiar with the situation recognil8 need for the change, and I have every that our request will be granted." The Russian Turf. American Jockeys have a new Held of ubat according to some of the protest vl have Just returned from Russia. These tit ers, Cash Sloan, brother of Tod 3.000.000 a var Tho Joseph Mitchell, Joseph Piggott, Eddl.

Nat Hill, John Frohinann, Ray 8chlerZi TTA 1 i "BL i voici, iati 7 LfiU It UIOBI EM. son on the Russian and Polish turf. m.n. excellent records, and they will all ifoond on the field again next year. Sloan rod za ruittuu ana ttussia, winning iB thirty more winning rides than the bet ord of any rider there before In a slug! tn, son.

Piggott rode only half a season, rode fifty-two winners. Sloan rode sixty-tan, winners and sixty-one losers for Jeaa it Reszke and eighteen winners and stratta losers for M. Block, the Warsaw banket men report that there ars many AmeSca bred horses on the Russian turf. an the sport there Is absolutely clean and hi. All think there Is a great chance then hi American riders.

A Long Distance Commuter. It a contest Is to be opened for the Asa. pion long-distance commuter In New Totk some on ought to propose the aame Princeton graduate of about six years aga, He is a Pliiladelphlaa by birth. Wlea it was graduated a friend of his family, Is a banker in this city, offered the yomn man a clerkship In his office, with good pro, pects for advancement. The young mia'i mother, however, wanted him to live la PM1.

delphia, and she urged him to seek a businesj opening there. He had been away froa home for four years and she wanted to see him under her own roof again. The yomi man finally compromised by accepting the New York offer and agreeing to live at horn. His family thought he would tire of the trij between Philadelphia and New York morning and night, but he has persisted and to fir as he knows he is the only Philadelphlaa who commutes to New York. Reflections of a Bachelor.

New York Press. Woman's prudishness is all a matter of age. There is charity for bnt cone for ia-ners. It takes nine tailors to make a man, bit one woman can break him. Whea you hear a girl over 25 say she like to see a man who could manage her, It Is gt-nerally a slgu that she would.

When a woman has a secret to krep Hit seems to think the only way she can do It is to get somebody right away to help lief. Most any persistent woman can change bet husband from pajamas to nightgowns, bat no husband has the Iron will to chaag wife from nightgowns to pajamas. France, the Land of the Dog. Leslie's Weekly. Along with the statement that the popal tlon of Prance has been falling off In receal years comes another paragraph which ujt that according to recent dog census of Europe, France has more dogs In proportloatt Its Inhabitants than any other country on tie continent, the number being Is an average of about one and oae-hitf 4 to every ten inhabitants, whereas la many, for Instance, the proportion 1 about one und one-fourth dog to every ten persoM.

In belug thus long on dogs and short en maa beings, France seems to be slngnlariT unfortunate. It will give a chance for enemies to say that she is going to the dogs and be telling the truth aboutlt, too. And Off He Went Philadelphia Press. I my," exclaimed the dead beet had been ostentatiously fishing for his I've lost my last nickel. I'm not as well as I thought I was." No," replied the wise conductor, ai rang the.

bell to stop, but yea'rs totter oft." Amenities. Philadelphia Press. Miss Passay Here's a portrait of I consider good. It's by sn amateur, rather faded, but Miss Slye Yes: It's very llfe-llks. What Shall We Have for Dessert? This question arises in the famflf very day.

Let us answer it to-day. lf a delicious and healthful dessert. Pr Eared in two minutes. No boiling! aking add boiling water and set cool. Flavors: Lemon, Orange, berry and Strawberry.

Get a pacup bc vonr croc era to-oar. cv 0 1 fills for all of the coming year." General business throughout the country is on a very large scale, and almost all the industries are fully employed. Railroads are still unable to meet the extraordinary demands for transportation. Their earnings are largely above the figures of last year. Business failures during the past week, according to R.

G. Dun num bered 215 in the United States and 27 in Canada, against 217 in this country and 33 in Canada during the corresponding week last year. Bank clearings at eighty-six cities of the United States for the week, according to Bradstreet's reports, were a gain of 28 per cent, over the preceding week an of 25 per cent, over a year ago. Outside of New York clearings are 6 per cent, larger than the preceding week and 11 per cent, larger than a year ago. The collapse of the threatened corner in eggs gives the hen a right to crow or to make a bluff at it.

Fears are expressed that Mr. Ruhlin's disastrous en-counter with Mr. Jeffries will elicit a fresh flow of language from Mr. Corbett, Seven cases of lockjaw have developed In Camden, New Jersey, as a result of vaccination. Such results very naturally puzzle physicians.

By the way, did anybody hear of any pledge or understanding that tho election Af Mnvor Ixw would be followed by a wide-open Sunday? That proposed bill for the opening of saloons on Sunday in New York should be entitled: A bill to increase the earnings of lionni. IwWs at the expense and loss of the rest of the community. If, as the free traders contend, a favor able balance of trade is a delusion, and if i better off for buying more than it sells, why isn't Europe glad rather than sorry to see American goods flowing into her markets? Andrew Carnegie was introduced at the Evening Post dinner Saturday afternoon. as 'the chief librarian of the universe. This is an honorable title.

There is now opportunity for the chief technical school master. He is greatly needed. If some of the scoundrels who are dynamiting railway trains and street cars could be caught and dynamited into eternity themselves it would be rather a good thing. Here is a caw where the punish ment might well bo made to fit tho crime. There, was scarcely any of the usual post-football-game undergraduate exuber- t.nce in New York after the Cornell-Colum bia game last Saturday.

The Cornell men took an early train for Ithaca like sensible fellows and the Columbia men were not soaking publicity. They probably all went hoaue and crawled under the bed. A correspondent of the Sun writes: "Tammany, bad as it is represented to be, would not have dared to follow trp a vic tory in the late campaign by a struggle to own the liquor saloons on Sunday. It knows the local conditions too well." This correspondent intimates that the liquor dealers are about the only ones who want Sunday opening. Basketball, -which has, heretofore, been a branch of athletic study rather con temptuously regarded by the big mascu- colleges and universities, is likely now to receive more respectful consideration.

A young woman, captain of the basketball team of a girls' school, has died from in juries received during a practice game. Basketball evidently has its possibilities that only need devfloymont to make it al most as interesting as footbalL GLANCES ABROAD. It sometimes pays to fly high. M. Santo Duinout has been voted by the Brazil ian congress.

SprlngQe-ld Union. Oom Kruger as a member of th British parliament would at all events be an interest ing and attention-compelling figure. Boston Globe. Denmark reports a fall of five feet of snow. It Is evident that Santa Claus is still traveling by the Northern route.

St. Louis GioLe- Democrat. The new Trince of Wales Is probably wait ing to get his titles ou straight before begin ning upon the duty of setting the fashion for men. Chicago itecord Herald. Riots at Spanish elections contradict the theory that tho people of that country have had lighting enough to lat them for several jears.

Colorado Springs Gazette. Singularly enough, It was In the Strait of Hondo, not the Sirait of Hoodoo, that the third successive accident to a government transport in Japanese waters happened. New York Mull and Express. Denmark thinks the Inhabitants of her West ludia Islands must have all the rights of American citizens Immediately, if we buy mem. I'eutuuru win have opportunity to think again.

Kansas City Journal. Unlike some of the German editors, the French are not calling the Americana "hotch potch and their president an ox be cause they are making it uncomfortable for Europe In business. The French are prepar ing to establish an Industrial school In the United States to study how wr do It. Louli- ville Courier-Journal. Dilatory.

Philadelphia Tress. Goodart Poor old Polk Is dead, after two weeks Illness, llurtless So What did he die of Goodart Heart failure. iiuruess en, well, slow as nsual. Th Idea of a man taking two weeks to die of heurt failure. One for Cigarette Smokers.

Yonkers Statesman. one tapa says that a young man who smokes clgurettes will never sot the world ou Are. He Well, that's the first good thing I ever heard any one say of a cigarette smoker. outers Statesman. The Gain Explained.

Chicago Tribune. That 25,000 Renubllra Nebraska this year uiav int. th Commoner chii have much local circulation. Boston Globe. And again, it may Indicate that the Com moner has had too much local circulation.

Truthful language from Plain James. Troy Press. Advertising crowns ntrpriss with sue-1 and wife to whom the main part of the estate was left. The surrogate took a dif ferent view and admitted the will to pro bate. This seems just and reasonable, al though there remains the possibility of a contest that will eat into the property and wholly or paTtly bring to naught the inten tions of the (testator.

But it is to be hoped that the Cruger will is not destined to the fate suffered by many of Its pred ecessors. THE BAIKES LAW ADEQUATE. The New York Tribune on Sunday made an effort to elucidate the Raines law "and the duty it imposes on the local police and other departments of the city government. In the course of this exposition of the law the Tribune says: What the police captain tries to conceal la that he has the power to shut np every vicious place by enforcing the plain provisions of the law and causing the revocation of the liquor tax certificates. Such a course, however, would cut off revenue for the protection or the law-breakers as well as revenue to the state for the sale of liquor at the place.

Almost every so-called "Raines law hotel" In the city violates provisions of the law which should be enforced not only by the police but by officials of the health department, the fire department and the depart ment of buildings. It would be weU-nlsrh im possible to main such a "fake hotel" in the city If the officials of any of these departments did their duty. This whole subject is likely to be so thoroughly ventilated before the legislature meets that every member will be ready for any demonstration that may be made in favor of practically unlimited liquor selling throughout the state. If the laws were honestly enforced in the city of New York to-day there would be no subject for legislation. As matters stand the proposition is to modify law to avoid enforcement.

The proposed modification is not in the interest of public morals, public economy or law and order, but just the op posite. Such a proposition should have no chance whatever before the legislature of New York. HELE2T GOULD'S LATEST CHARITY. Miss Helen Gould, it is said, is sub scribing for country newspapers that she doesn't want and will never read, put ting her name down for numerous copies at five times the regular subscription price, with the object of improving the tone of country newspapers and aiding the ed itors." It may be doubted whether this latest practical exemplification, of Miss Helen Gould's benevolence and generosity is altogether wise and eommendable. It is hard to see how (the tone of a newspaper is to be improved by pauperizing its editor, nor why editors, as editors, are any better entitled to aid than lawyers, or merchants, or actors, or bricklayers, or men of any other occupation.

The fact that a newspaper can't pay its own way and earn a decent living for its editor and proprietor is fairly conclusive evidence that there is not enough of demand for it to justify its existence and that it is a superfluous newspaper. There is nothing especially sacred or useful about (the calling of an editor to exempt him from the common duty of self- support or to make it obligatory upon the community at large to feed, clothe and house hint while he devotes his time to unprofitable editing. If an editor can't earn his living by editing let him earn it some other way, and if he is so helpless that he can't earn his living in any let him go to the poorhouse like common folks. There was a time when the newspaper man was a chartered dead beat, a common object of charity, who was never supposed (to have any money or expected to pay for anything. That time has passed, but the tradition still lingers and every once in a while manifests itself to the annoyance and humiliation of every self-respecting newspaper man who expects to pay his way like other men and asks no odds of anybody.

Miss Helen Gould's latest charity looks rather like another proof that the "chartered dead beat" theory of the newspaper man isn't dead yet. THE PENSION J3UBEATJ. A synopsis of the report of the commissioner of pensions has already appeared in these columns. The full report, making a pamphlet of 105 pages, throws much more light on the workings of the bureau than could possibly be afforded by a brief newspaper summary. This year's report is unusually interesting and is worthy of attentive perusal.

It vividly discloses the fact that the pension bureau is not merely a disbursing office, in which the patriotic and soldier-loving chief has only to receive and grant claims presented by honest defenders of the Union and their honest wives and dependents. It is this, to be sure, so far as the bulk of its duties is concerned, but there is another and less pleasant side to its administration. Commissioner Evans goes rather extensively into the frauds that are attempted, and often accomplished, in the name of the pension system; and the story will be surprising to those who have never given careful attention to the subject. Conspiracy and perjury have been systematically employed in behalf of cases utterly without merit, and the utmost care is constantly necessary to guard against wholesale raid3 on the national treasury. The commissioner's descriptions of some of these cases are astounding and make it clear that he must be continuously vigilant or permit the government to be robbed by rascals and plunderers.

It is impossible to recita them here. Their infamous character is fully revealed in the official report Passing from this phase of the subject, Commissioner Evans shows conclusively that he is a true friend of deserving pensioners. For example, certain "rejected" claims have been made texts for unfriendly comments on his attitude toward applicants. A typical case of this kind is thus explained in the report: Another class of claims are reported under the- head of "rejected," when as a fact pension has been granted to claimant. This arises from the fact that since the passage of the act of June 27, 1890, many claimants keep two claims running, one under the "general" law and one unaex tne new law; hence, when th claim Is allowed under one law as conferring the greater benefit to th claimant, the claim under the other law falls to confer a benefit, and a formal rejection is entered as to such claim tn order that it may be taken out of the pending tiles.

It Is Impossible to cover this subject fully or satisfactorily -within the limit of TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. Postage or Vellvetf at Door Free. Year. 6 Mm 3 fn Caily Daily and Sunday Weekly $6.00 $3.00 $1.50 7.50 3.75 1.88 1.50 .75 .38 100 .50 II. MATHEWS President N.

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Editorial Rooms 110 Counting, Room 87 Job Room extension In Montreal the 6treet rail-Cleanlng wfly company has been pay-Streetsof ng two-thirds of the cast Snow. removing enow from streets in which their tracks lie. The company has deemed this requirement excessive and has gone to the courts. Tending decision the company has agreed with, the street authorities to pay one-half the. cost of removing snow.

This agreement in Montreal is of interest here, where the street car company piles the crossings full with 6nowplows and gives little heed to the rights of pedestrians or teams that have the first and best right to an -unimpeded street. Admiral Schley's statement that he has been- impoverished by the expense forced upon him by the court of Admiral Schley's Counsel. Inquiry indicates that his lawyers must have taken advantage of the situation to charge him, most exorbitant counsel fees, since the government paid all his other expenses and gave him active Est pay during the session of the court. If they have done so their conduct has not been honorable to their profession. This hypothetical statement is especially true of Sir.

Rayuer, who is a very wealthy man, and has done nothing, so far as has appeared, to correct a very general impression that he declined -to accept any fee for his services. A statement from Admiral Schley's counsel seems to be in order. "Is Cuba really ent? Is Cuba ever to be Independence really independent?" asks for Cuba, the Springfield Republican; and as a sort of answer it remarks that "General Maso, in his address to the people in furtherance of his presidential candidacy, tells them that Cuba can never be an Independent stats in any true sense under the Piatt amendment." Well, if to be independent "in any true sense" means that Cuba is to be at liberty to get into foreign entanglements that will make trouble for the United States, and is to be permitted to reconvert herself into a nest of filth and a breeder of pestilence, it is altogether likely that her day of "real" independence is not immediately at hand. And who says that it ought to be, under the conditions named? The ocean-going, blue water Coastwise sailor is apt to look down on Sailors' the coavewise mariner as a Perils. longshoreman and a landlubber.

But tho recent ex perience of the crew of tho lumber laden schooner Westerner voyaging only from Calais, Maino, to Clyde, Massachusetts, shows that even the coastwise mariner has to face his share of tho perils of the deep. Caught in a nor'easter off the Maine coast, the schooner became an unmanageable wreck, her boats destroyed, her water supply swept overboard. Though she was barely out of sight of land, she was as helpless, the horizon was as clear of sails for five long days and the men suffered as much from thirst, before they were finally rescued iby a passing Portuguese steam ship, as if they had lieen wrecked in the remotest corner of the Pacific, thousands of miles from home. The once placid and sensible Germany Germans are getting to be in the most mercurial and Bad Humor, touchy people in Europe, always in a state of violent wrath against somebody and perpetually making a tremendous pother over nothing. The recent utterances of the British colonial secretary concern France quite as much as Germany, but the French have paid scarcely any attention to them while they seem to have driven tho Germans fairly wild.

Anti-Chamberlainism seems to be the principal occupation of the whole Gevrxn-an population just now with occasional spurts of anti-Americanism to relieve the monotony. The whole nation, barring the government, seems to be "spoiling for a fight." What can Lave happened to produce such a marked change In the German temperament? Is something wrong with the beer? Of Nevada N. Stranahan, jfew York's or Fulton, whom President yew Roosevelt has determined to Collector, appoint collector of the port of New York to succeed George R. Bidwell, the Brooklyn Eagle says: "lie is a politician, whose integrity, liberality and honorableness, as well as whose learning and public service, entitle him to be called a statesman. He is in thorough sympathy with his party on the line of its best intents.

He is a scholarly and cultivated gentleman." And the Troy Times says: "He has earned his way to prominence by the industrious exercise of an extraordinary capacity for the transaction of affairs involving large interests. Senator Stranahan has long been known as one of the ablest and most honorable men in tho state legislature." These are samples of the cordial comments that have almost universally followed the announcement of the appointment. Senator Stranahan- seems to meet all the requirements of fitness and political harmony. Law and common sense Loots seem to have joined hands Like a Just in tho disposition of the Decision. Cruger -will case in New York.

Mr. Cruger, an elderly gentleman of wealth, married a nurse who had caTed for him long and faithfully, and made her lis chief beneficiary. Mr. Cruger had a in-other whose only demonstration of fraternal love was a single visit to th sick room for the purpose of borrowing money. This brother opposed the will and tried to get it disallowed, contending that his title to substantial remem- moved northward so rapidly that it is now visible from our observatories.

The eccentricity of the new asteroid's orbit is probably greater than that of Eros, part of whose course is within the orbit of When in perihelion the new aster oid must pursue a cours9 quite near the orbit of Mars. Up to the time of the discovery of Ei-os in 1S98 all of the asteroid were supposed to pursue their courses between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Their presence there has been the subject of much speculation. Hie general sup position is that some great body was broken into fragments by explosion. This explanation was put forth by Olbers at the beginning of the nineteenth century and still remains the best that has been offered.

The number of the asteroids may be among the thousands. Nearly 500 are al ready known. Photography may locate a few that can rarely be seen with the tele scope. Many must be beyond human vision or the photographic plate. FINANCE AND BUSINESS.

The formation of the Northern Securities Company, having for its chief purpose the consummation of a gigantic Western railroad deal, has to some extent clarified the stock situation; although there are yet to be accomplished processes of conversion which shall finally lead to the deposit of all of the Northern Pacific stock in one class with the Securities Company and the exchange of one for the other. The great strength of the new organization, together with the character of its control, leaves no doubt of the success of its undertaking, and its shares are likely to be in great demand for investment purposes. Last week's stock market had one or two temporary set-backs, but on the whole it was strong and closed with a somewhat higher level of prices than Monday's opening. Among the important net gains for the week were: American Lioconiotive, 5 3-8, to 311-2; American Smelting, 4 1-2, to 47; Canada Pacific, 21-4, to 115; Chi cago, Milwaukee St. Paul, 3 1-4, to 170 1-4; Manhattan Elevated, 2, to 12J 1-2 Metropolitan Srreet Railway, 5 -8, to 1(57 3-4; lresHcd Steel Car preferred, 3 1-2, to S7 1-2; Reading.

4 1-4, to 48 1-8. Total sales of stocks for the week were shares, against the pre ceding wevk and a year ago. Iijuda have been quite active and fairly-strong. Saturday's weekly statement of the New- York banks showed tho following changes: Surplus reserve Increase Loans Decrease 4,427,0) 0 Specie Decrease 74U.7O0 Legal tenders luert-ase l.OTU.'JOO Deposits Decrease 4.33I.MO0 Circulation Increase 101, 1100 The surplus reserve now held by the banks is $10,103,823 in excess of legal requirements. Exports of gold from New York for the week ending Saturday, as officially reported at the custom bouse, were most of which went to France; of silver, SGS3.1HX), nil of which went to London.

The Evening Post says of the money market: Time money during the week has been readily obtainable ou ordinary mixed collat eral, and the demand remains iu the name condition as lately noted, which Is fair. Kates 4', i per cent, for high-grade, 4'uJZ for thus with a liberal assortment of industrials. Mercantile payer has been offered In mod orate volume and meets with a fair demand. The demand from out of town Is la excels of the local. Rules per cent, for in dorsed bills receivable, 4VJU0 for first-class names, tVj.for others.

The receipts of the government Satur day were: Customs, internal revenue, and miscellaneous, a total of $1,715,057. The disbursements were an excess of re ceipts over expenditures of $75,057. The receipts for the fiscal year to date have been $217,093,291, and disbursements $187,534,771, an excess of receipts over fxpenditures of $29,558,520. The avail able cash balance in the national treasury (not including th gold reserve of $15), 000,000) in $172,515,732, of which $109, 400,830 is gold. Wheat prices have moved -within narrow limits and are substantially unchanged The trading sentiment, however, is incliued to be bullish in view of large domestic consumption and continued demand for ex port.

Corn has advauex-d from 1 1-2 to 2 cents per bushel. Prices are now at the highest point recorded in seven years. Oats continue strong. Pork and lard have had small decliiK-a. Exports of wheat (in cluding Dour) for the week, according to Bradstreet's reports, were 4,983,734 bush els, as against 5,409,043 bushels the pre ceding week and bushels last year.

Wheat exports, July 1st to date (twenty weeks), aggregate 117,182,052 bushels, as aguiust 70,417,817 bushels last season. Corn exports aggregate 029,924 bushels, as against 708,284 bushels the preceding week and 3,970,914 bushels last year. July 1st to date corn exports are bushels, against bushels last season. Cotton has had a slight advance, and wool prices have bwn well maintained llomfl trade in cotton goods has been on a conservative basis, but wool fabrics are in active demand. The boot and shoe trade continues fairly active, but manufacturers, in their desire to hold trade, do not tin! formly adhere to their demand for slight advances to cover the increased cost of raw material, and there is consequently some irregularity in prices.

The Philadelphia Itecord says: "The monthly blast furnace statistics, compiled by The Iron Age, show that production in October broke the rec ord. The output was 1,400,000 tons, or a the rate of tons per annum. In face of this enormous production -there was a reduction of 8.8,347 tons in furnace stocks, which substantially attests the great activity now prevailing in the iron trade. Prices are very firm, but show no material change. Demand for finished products is active, and large additional contracts have been booked for structural material and for steel rails.

The capacity of the Tail mills in the United States Steel to $144,000,000, out of which was actual ly paid a sum aggregating "HAMILTON'S NEWSPAPER." The New York Evening Tost, in cele brating on Saturday its hundredth anniversary, dwells with just pride upon the fact that it was "Hamilton's newspaper." Alexander Hamilton founded the Even ing Post in 1801, as a means of restoring the waning fortunes of the Federalists, selecting as the first editor William Coleman, a resident of New York city, but formerly the editor of the Greenfield, Massachusetts, Gazette. A writer in the Post of Satur day says that Alexander Hamilton was the real editor of the paper up to the time of his death in the duel with Burr. Hamilton was practicing law in New York and gave all of his spare time to editorial work. His wife said' of him in a letter to a mem ber of her family that Mr. Hamilton used all of his spare time writing for his newspaper, writing on stages, boats and even on horseback.

Talleyrand said of him: "I have beheld one of the wonders of the world. I have seen a man who has made the fortune of a nation, laboring all night with his pen to support his family." When Hamilton's son Philip was killed in a duel with Eckert, November 24, 1801, the Evening Post published a powerful article against dueling. This article is now credited to Hamilton, because its sentiment was so in accord with the letter he wrote against dueling shortly before the meeting with Burr. Hamilton went to his death by force of the fashion of the time. He left two great institutions of his founding, the Evening Post and the Hamilton-Oneida Academy at Clinton, N.

which grew into Hamilton College. We have spoken of the Evening Post as a great institution. This designation is just. As an educating force and an example of clean and honorable journalism the Post is In the front rank. While its editorial conduct has sometimes been vacillating and directly opposed to the economic views of Alexander Hamilton, it has always been a great newspaper.

The Post is to be congratulated upon rounding the century mark. It has justified to a large degree the hopes of its great founder, the most highly gifted statesman of Revolutionary times. PATRIOTS "WHO DZSERYE HANGING. The kidnappers of Miss Stone now an nounce that they are not brigands but high-toned patriots, fighting for the right of self-government and performing the ob noxious work of brigandage solely as a matter of duty and of devotion to their holy cause. Of course this will alter the whole complexion of the affair in the view of a num- her of American citizens who that hold any body who is or says he is a patriot fighting for the right of self-government is more than justified in doing any blessed thing he chooses in furtherance of the sacred cause of liberty.

Though he invades his neighbor's territory without cause, so begins au entirely unjustifiable war of conquest and deservedly gets the worst of it, though he fires on flags of truce, uses the Genera cross as a protection jr his batteries, kills wounded men and prisoners in cold blood, poison9 wells, kidnaixs American citizens as a means for raising funds, lies, sueaks, cheats, robs, murders and generally behaves himself like a treacherous, savage scoundrel, he is always the finest fellow alive if only he has learned by heart and keeps on repeating the cant: "I am a patriot, fighting for the right of self-government." So, of course, it has now become the duty and privilege of the United States to convey to these women-stealing Bulgarian blackguards the assurance of its distinguished consideration, welcome them to kidnap all the American citizens they can find and pay them any ransom they choose to name for the deliverance of their captives. Probably, though, most American citizens are quite unable to see why "patriots fighting for the right of self-government" aren't just as etraitly bound as anybody else to behave themselves with common honesty and decency, nor why they shouldn't be classified by their deeds rather than by their cant, like other people. To these Americans the question whether Miss Stone's kidnappers are low-down brigands or devoted patriots will seem of no importance whatever. And these Americans are entirely right. Granted that the kidnappers of Miss Stone are the purest patriots that ever happened, it is a very great pity that they are so unreachable by the United States that tlioy must get their ransom money, instead of being hanged at the yard arm of an American man-of-war, every man-jack of them, is they deserve to be.

THE NEW ASTEROID. In the description of the new asteroid, discovered on the 14th of August by pnotograpuy ui eru, in our telegraph columns Saturday morning, the statement of the rate of motion was liable to misinterpretation. The statement was as follows: "The preliminary orbit of the asteroid computed by Miss Winlock showed its daily motion around the sun to exceed 2,200 seconds, thus marking it as being nearer the sun than any asteroid previously studied." Perhaps the statement would hive been clearer if the terms, daily motion in the asteroid's journey around the sun, had been employed. The asteroid does not make a daily circuit of the sun, but moves over a space of 2,200 seconds in its orbit during twenty-four hours. We conclude that these seconds are seconds of arc, and not of time, as used in calculating right ascension.

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