THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUPH T
10 HO HIB
American Syndicate Will
L Stop Atrocities.
CHECK TO LEOPOLD
For Year Thi Sty ltdi-lum Mon
arch Han Ik-i-u ( lever I'-nough to
Illock Investigation by tlx rowers
HIm t nloyal Dealing WttU Shin
ley, l(n Kxplorcr.
To Americans will f sill the duty of
filiating the horrors of the Congo
i ree State.
Thomas P. Ryan rf New York, rep
resenting a syndicate of untold
wealth, succeeded after months of
negotiations In purchasing from
King Looplod of Belgium certain
concessions In the African country,
whose atrocities have for ten yeara
been a constant theme with humani
tarians, says the Pittsburg Gazette.
In sickening detail has been told
the stories of how King Leopold's
rubber hunters have forced the na
tives Into a condition of slavery, and
have punished those who failed to
collect their share of rubber by all
sorts of horrible mutilations, such as
cutting off the hands and feet. Mis
sionaries, who knew the conditions
at first hand, have gone even further
la their accusations, and told of worn
vn, taken to the open woods, their
backs lashed and cut, theu smeared
with honey, and left at the mercy of
a myriad of Insects, who stung and
bit till after days of torture the un
happy victims of so-called "Euro
pean civilization" found a release In
death.
Governments have protested, so
cieties have been formed to correct
conditions In the far-off country, but
the nice balance of European poli
tics, the suspicion each nation had of
the other, has enabled that crafty
old monarch, the King of, the Bel
gians, to ruthlessly pursue his Infa
mous career la the Congo.
7
-King Leopold of liolgluiii.
The Congo has been an eyesore to
the world for the last seventeen
years. Its history Is bound up with
that of Leopold II., the venerable but
rakish King of the Belgians, who
makes $5,000,000 a year from the
sufferings of the natives, and who
many folks say is richer than any
man In the world. 1
Belgian Interest In the Congo had
Its preliminary in IS 77, when at one
of many conferences held on the
neutral ground of the buffer state.
"The International Association for
the Exploration and Civilization of
Africa" was formed. I
Four years later, when Stanley, an '
Englishman, crossed Africa, and
opened up the dark country to the
world, Leopold taw his opportunity. I
He summoned the returned explorer !
to Belgium. As a result of that visit :
the "Society for Studies In the Upper .
Congo" was organized.
The King sent Stanley off to Africa
to make treaties with native chief
tains, to establish stations and to do
what he could to gain a foothold. j
The enterprise waB pushed with '
haste and secrecy, but other nations !
had alert scouts In Africa, and when 1
It became known that Belgium was
after a foothold In the Congo othor !
expeditions started. Soon there grew
up such a clash between the advanc
ing hosts that a conference was ar
ranged at Berlin to define the rights
Of each. This met in 1 SS4.
It was deckled to make of tho
Congo Basin a neutral country, in
which the peoples of the world
should bo allowed the open door.
For five years Leopold adhered to
the bargain, but It was only wh!!
he was gutting his grip firmly flx;d. .
In 1S90 he wrung from thu Bni:-,-sels
Anti-Slavery Conference thu
right to levy duties.
Then came the transformation.
The foxy old King threw off hii
mask and In the name of the Mate
boldly entered trade. His policy of
aggression has been as systematic a.
ruthless. In the seventeen years tliiit
have elapsed since he began his ag
gression he has crowded out of
800,000 of the 900,000 square miles
of territory every semblance of pri
vate trade.
In his administration of the Congo
Government Leopold has given the
preference to Belgians, who are the
most perfect bureaucrats In the
world. The word of the King Ir. 1m
to them, and they stick at nothing la
alvlutf literal obedience. j
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hum I' AMKKK'AN ItOTIISt'JI 1 1,1).
Senator (iitugcnliclin Deserts a llusl
ncss Career for Politics.
Guggenheim.
Little more than half n century
ago the name was unknown In the
United States.
Now seven brothers, nil million
elrs, tho greatest money earning
family this country has ever known,
ar making the name famous, and
one of them, Simon Guggenheim, Is
In the United States Senate, replac
ing Senator Patterson of Colorado.
Simon will bo the first member of
the famous New York family to de
sert business for n public career.
None of tho others have had simi
lar aspirations, says the Denver Post.
Their father, brave old Meyer
Guggenheim, who came to the
United States an Immigrant, and
peddled shoe polish on the street In
order to make a living, first for him
self, then for his wife and Increas
ing family, knew only business and
philanthropy, and trained his sons
along the same line. All were unfail
ingly loyal to a commercial life till
Simon's break In Colorado.
. Simon was a good mixer. In spite
of his trust affiliations he found him
self so popular In a short time that
public office was actually pursuing
him.
It is folly to say that his success
resulted from money alone. A
Rockefeller, for example, could
spend probably every dollar of his
fortune In the State and not be elect
ed to the humblest of offices. Mr.
Guggenheim knew how to meet the
people. He did not shut hlnibelf up
Simon Guggenheim.
In gloomy grandeur as do many
other men of affairs. In the evening
he was usually to be found In the
lobby of the Grand Palace Hotel
talking theater, sport or politics with
his friends.
When he went to the various min
ing camps of the State, and came
face to face with the miners, his
Judgment was equally good. If the
blunt men of the pick and shovel
asked him uncomfortable questions
ubout the trust he was prompt to an
swer, and wnen he came In contact
with a genuine grievance was quick
to emedy It.
His us.o of his money was lavish.
In honor of the birth of his son he
presented tho $50,000 Guggenheim
Hall to Colorado School of Mines, at
GoMen, and when he found out that
the college did not have the means
to equip It he promptly gave another
$"'0,000 for this purpose.
In 1896, when the Colorado Re
publicans, led by Teller, walked out
of the National convention that nom
inated McKlnley, Guggenheim was
nominated for Lieutenant Governor
on the ticket of the Silver Republi
cans. Two years later he was offered
the nomination for Governor. In
both cases he was certain of election,
for not a corporal's guard could
have been mustered against the sil
ver ticket, but he refused both times,
saying that he had no ambition for a
political life.
In the recent Republican landslide
In Colorado It was undestood that If
a Republican Legislature was chosen
Guggenheim should be the Senator.
The triumph was overwhelming, a
majority of forty-four being return
ed. No man not elected was ever
more certain of wearing the toga
than Guggenheim Is.
But while Simon's shift to the
white light of Washington may make
tho name Guggenheim commoner In
tho public prints, It cannot add
much to the marvellous record al
ready achieved by tho seven sons of
Meyer.
Not long ago Wall street rang with
the wonderful story of how the
"American Rothschilds" as they are
called, had voluntarily shouldered a
loss of $1,500,000. dropped in Nl
plsslng Cobalt, rather than permit
outsiders, who had Joined thein In
exploiting the property, to suffer .
There was no compulsion what
ever that the firm should suffer this
loss. Had thcro been a profit they
would havo been compelled to pay
the outside Investors their shore.
Consequently a division of the losses
would have seemed equally fair.
But tho brothers took the lops, be
cause they wanted to live up to tho
precept laid down by their father,
the late Meyer, who died In Palm
Bach In 1905.
Ills business motto was:
"Get money, but don't try to t!o U
fcy walking over the graves of your
feilowmen.
The GuggenhelmH make tho proud
I oast that no outsider who Joined la
one of their ventures ever lost a dol
lar They wore willing to sustain
til" dropping of tho million and a
half In order to keop thnt record In
tact.
This deference to every law laid
down by the father Is one of the not
able things about a notable family.
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Sp&QQaaBBXX
THE
SURVIVALOFTHEl
FITTEST.
Mellor brushed aside the cards
and pushed back his chnlr with a
Jerk.
"What Infernal luck! About
enough for me for one night," he ex
claimed. "There are times when the cards
won't come to one not if one sits
It out till the milk comes round,"
said Ashby, as he slipped a handful
of gold Into his pocket.
Mellor shrugged his shoulders,
"Cards? There are times when noth
ing on earth comes right!" The oth
ers caught the hitter tone, and won
dered. Mellor took out his fountain
pen and signed a couple of checks
for large amounts. He pushed these
across the table to Ashby and Hayes,
and with a curt good-night, walked j
out of the card room.
"I'm sorry for him he Is a de- ;
cent enough chap, but no head for j
finance utterly unfitted for com- j
pany promoting," said Hayes, Irrer
antly, ns he puffed at a freshly light- '
ed cigar.
A quiet looking man named Den
nlford dabbled nervously with ths
end of his cigarette In the ash trny
before him. "It seemed to me It's
a hateful word to use In connection
with a fellow member but I be
lieve Mellor cheated once to-night.
H appeared to manipulate the ace
of diamonds the last hand but one.
Am I wrong In speaking from mero
suspicion?"
Ashby straightened himself In his
chair. "I, for one, am glad that you
spoke, Dennlford," he said firmly. "I
saw what you saw. I was a bit
doubtful at the time, but you con
firm my belief. I havo a strong Idea
that things have been going badly
with Mellor of late. There's a whis
per abrond about that Anglo-Canadian
Produce Company of his."
"What's to be done?" ns'.ed
Hayes.
"Keep It to ourselves for tho prea- ;
ent," advised Ashby. "I'll see hlri '
before any steps are taken." I
Meanwhile Melior had left ths I
club and was walking slowly down !
Plccndilly. Ills pet scheme one of j
the biggest frauds ever foisted on an
Imbecile public had failed. Mellor
was ruined. Scruples had never been !
a factor In his life. Otherwise ha J
would not thnt night have put his
name to what he well knew wer3
two worthless pieces of paper. But
the end of all things had come for
Mellor, and so what were a couple of
dishonored checks, more or less? Be
fore they could be presented hs
would bo beyond the ken of man.
Having reached his rooms, ho
carefully examined a revolver and
slipped In a couple of cartridges.
Theu he put It in his pocket and
stepped into the street again. He
had a desire to see the streets once
more; to hear for the last time tho
subdued night roar of London, and
there was always a chance that ho
might alight on some stroke of
luck.
It was close on midnight when
Mellor turned into Berkeley square
and strolled once more In tho direc
tion of Piccadilly. A lighted side
window In the otherwise dark house
caught his attention. It was Ashby's
house, and the window was that of
the owner's study. A man's shadow
was thrown for an Instant on the
blind, and Mellor stopped. He knew
Ashby's habits knew that he rarely
left that particular club before half
past one, and, besides, he had left
him at the card table. Moreover,
Ashby was of slender build, and so
were Ashby's valet and butlor, itnd
the shadow on the blind was that of
a man of burly proportions.
"What does It matter? What does
anything matter?" reflected Mellor
as he moved on. But he turned
back. At the bottom of the window,
where the blind had not been pulled
quite down, he peered in. A man 'vas
bending over a table by the side of
an open safe. On the table was a
tray of uncut diamonds. And the
man's dress showed him to be a col
lector of Jewels other people's.
Mellor's first thoughts were of po
lice. Ho backed stealthily from the
window and ran down the square.
Suddenly he stopped, hesitated,
looked at his watch, laughed softly
to himself, and hurried back to tho
house. At the rear the door was un
fastened the lock had been picked.
When he had found his way to Ash
by's study he opened the door with
a swift and almost nolseleas move
ment, and the next InHtant his hand
went to his hip pocket.
"Good evening or, rather, good!
morning," ho said suavely.
The burglar had his back turned
toward the door, and ho spun around
on his heel, dropping a heavy gem
with a tinkle on to the table.
"Trapped!" he muttered.
"Looks remarkably like It, my
friend, doesn't It?" Mellor swung
tho gleaming barrel up on a levol
with the man's head.
"Quick! No tricks!" exclaimed
Me'lor sharply.
i ne oiner reluctantly drew a
heavy revolver from his pocket, hold-
lii!T It out butt foremost
"Thanks that's sensible," Mellor
f ei Id as he dropped the weapon Into
the tall pocket of his dress coat.
"Who are yer? Yer ain't Ashby
ns owns this 'ouse," growled the
burglar.
Mellor stroked his neatly trimmed
beard. "I don't Imagine my Identity
U u matter of vital Importance to
you. The fact that I am a friend of
Air. Ashby's, and have caught n ruf
flnn Is a matter which I would com
mend to your notice."
"Pon't Jor me In that 'Ighfalntln'
style! If yer 'adn't a shooter I'd
mash yer so's yer friend Ashby'd
never recognize yer features!"
"My dear sir, don't raise your
voice unless you wish to rouse the
servants." ,
A cunning glenm shot Into ths
burglar's eyes.
"So you don't want the servants
roused, either, eh?"
"No occasion to do so, I assure
you. 1 rather fancy I am quite capa
ble of managing yon single-handed,"
replied Mellor calmly. "Stand over
there face to the wall."
The burglar did as he was bid,
and Mellor moved to the table, whlc
ho cleared of the valuable. "Now,
here." He nodded to the taMe.
"Down on your back. Amu straight
out over your head. That's right.
Not a move, now."
Then the company promoter too't
out his penknife and cut several ion;
strips from the heavy tapestry cur
tain. With these he bound the re
cumbent burglar an ankle to rac'.t
of the legs at one end of the table,
and a wrist to each of the others. A
wider strip, made Into a tight roll,
proved nn effective gag. Mellor per
formed these operations expeditious
ly. Ashby might return to Berkeley
Square earlier than was customary.
"I can Imagine his facial expres
sion should he appear at the door
this moment," mused Mellor. "There
my frlonr', you are nice and com
fortable, and now I propose to de
1 art with what I believe In your pro
fession Is termed the 'swag.' "
Mellor resumed his wnlk In the di
rection of Piccadilly. Tho ndvnncln
night, was growing cooler, nnd h"
was a firm believer In fresh nlr ns a
thought-collecting agency.
Ashby, who was a dealer In dia
monds, had spent some years In Jo
hannesburg and Klmberly. When
Melior had proceded a hundred yards
further, he ran Into the arms of the
very man In his thoughts. Ashby for
oncn had left the club earlier than
usual. Tho hitter would have passed
on with a nod.
But a darc-dv!l feeling suddenly
possessed Mellor. He turned on his
heel and walked down tho street ?!d
by side with his victim. A miserable
woman camo whining to them from
out of the shadows, and Mellor flung
her a coin.
"l'.aug go's the last half-crown 1
can call my own," said Mellor, with
a laugh, "but, poor devil, I daresay
she can do more with it than I
could.
"You speak figuratively, cf
course," said Ashby, gravely.
"No. Literally."
Ashby stopped beneath a glaring
arc light. "I'm sorry to hear you say
that, Mellor deuced sorry. I con
fess I had a suspicion that things
were none too rosy with you. of late.
But you're surely not serious yo:j'r3
not absolutely 'broke'?"
"Absolutely," replied M"llor,
calmly, as ho cut the tip off a fresh
cigar. "What's the use of tearing
one's hair? It's an up-and-down
world. I'm a pauper to-day; to-morrow
I may be worth thousands
Qulen sabe?"
"But, seriously, what do you pur
pose doing?"
"Heaven knows. These are ths
times of the survival of the fittest.
The weak, gullible, the honest, go
under. The strong, the cunning, the
dishonest come out on top. Am I
weak? Am I gullible? Am I hon
est?" ,
Ashby was held by the other's
strange manner.
"The first two adjectives are cer
tainly not applicable," ho confessed.
"Honest? Well, every man Is hon
est till he's proved dishonest."
"Oh, I'm not offended," laughed
Mellor. "Suppose there's nothing
left but theft between a man and the
end of all things, so far as he Is con
cerned. Is he to steal, or Is ho to cut
his throat?"
"You spoke of the survival of the
fittest a moment ago. But 1 should
Bay, let him do away with hlmsel,
by all means, If there's no other al
ternative but felony."
"I'm afraid I disagree. Good
night. Hope you'll sleep well."
The only vocal noise a gagged
man is capable of can hardly be de
scribed, but the burglar's effort was
loud enough to catch Ashby's ear,
and the dealer In diamonds flung
open the study door, switched on the
electric light and beheld his mid
night visitor spread-eagled on the
table.
A constable and the sergeant of
the beat, who happened to be near at
hand at the moment, heard Ashby's
whistle and were quickly upon 'the
scene.
Ashby turnd to the open safe.
"Cleaned out close on twenty thou
sand pounds worth of diamonds!"
"Gorbllmey! but this Is a fair
treat, this Is! 'Is own pal bunked
wlv the sparklers," chuckled the
burglar.
"What tho deuce d'you mean?"
demanded Ashby.
"Walt a moment, sir." The ser
geant ran his hands deftly through
the housebreaker's clothes. "They're
not here, anyhow," ho added pres
ently. ' Course they ain't there. Didn't I
tell yer 'Is bosom pal hoofed It wlv
'em? Think I tied mesulf up Jasl by
way of ti Uttlo amoosemenl? si'help
me, Gawd, 'e said he was 'Is filtnd,
an'"
Tho sergea-.it held up his hand.
"That'll do. You're too old to n.jed
the custo.'iiury caution. But wc;'il
land tho other chap yot. blr, never
four. Come on. Good-night, sir."
Ills conversation with M'llor
flRshed through ABhby's mind. Could
It be possible that Mellor was really
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at the bottom of the business? Kc,
the Idea wus too preposterous. Nev
thele?s, while glancing over the list
of foreign sailings nt breakfast nexi
morning his suspicion of Mel. or
again obtruded Itself, but only to be
once more put on one elde.
"I'll leave It to tho police, who nr
always right," he decided.
Tho clean-shaven man touched t'm
bell-push. "Two glasses from Ih?
pin!; label, steward. Try one of tins?
weeds, Mr. Harvey, I think you
said? I don't want to boast of my
own cigars, but I must say they're as
decent a smolte ns any reasonably
fastidious man could wish to havo
between his teeth. You were speak
ing of the Hampshire lllewltts."
"Yes, I was wondering If you were
nny relation of Jimmy Ulewltt. Ilo
and I were at Oxford together," re
plied the other passengor.
lllewitt slowly shook his head.
"No, no connection of the Hampshire
crowd. All our lot came from tho
other end of the country Northum
berland." "By the way, Jimmy Blewltt Is a
cousin of the man we wore talkln;;
about a minute since Ashby, of
Hatton Garden. It was a rummy af
fair. Pretty cute of the burglar chap
to try and put the thing on to a
friend of Ashby's so as to switch th-s
police off the track of fhe bounder
who did him out of the deal. Want
ed, I suppose, to let him remain at
large, so thnt ho could come down o:i
him when he got out of Jail ant
make the beggar disgorge."
Blewltt puffed a thick cloud across
the Severn's smokeroom. "Yes, that
was tho pollco reading of the busi
ness. They imagine they know every
thing." "Surely you don't think it Isn't thj
correct one?"
'Oh, I don't know. The burglar
was probably telling the truth."
"But, hang it all, a man doesn't
rob hia own friend!"
Blewltt shrugged his shoulders.
"There's a lot of cant about the in
nate honesty of mankind. Hov
many men are really honest nowa
days? Tho honest are swamped by
the dishonest; the weak by th3
strong; the gullible by the cunning."
"What a beastly cynic!"
"Fill up your glass," Bald Blewltt.
"Hero's a toast 'To tho survival cf
tho fittest. ' " George M. lidwardcs.
criticism on Spelling.
President Roosevelt would have re
ceived short shrift at the hands cf
Dean Swift. The latter roundly de
nounced the "barbarous custom tf
abbreviating the words to fit them to
the measure of their verses." Swift
Instances "drudg'd" and "dlsturb'd"
as mortal offenses. Tho custom' sj
Introduced had begun to dominate
proso. Another cause borrowed,
Swift suggested, from the cllpplnj
process which he held had contribut
ed to the maiming of the language,
"is a foolish opinion advanced of lata
years that we ought to spell exactly
R3 we speak; which, besides the ob
vious Inconvenience of utterly de
stroying our etymology, would be tt
thing we should never see tne end of."
Negro Da.Tk In This Country.
There ore now 31 negro banks l.i
the United StateH, with a comhivel
capital of $:ir.u,0ui). Their deports
amrint to $1,11)2.000. Twelve are la
Ml'.n!r,-lppl, four In Georgia, six In
Virginia, two In Tennessee, two In Ar
l;ar.sa: and one each In North Caro
lina. Alabama nnd Florida. There are
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Oh, yes; work-1 forgot,' said
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