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To 1. Plerpont Moran this battle for wealth would not he halt so accept- able if the wéalth dld not parry with it power. It is power- that Mr. Morgan covets. but not a selfish dislntregatlng power. a power wblch seeks to realize the best economles and develope the most perfect systems. Personally Mr. Morgan could llve upon _a thousand a year. for his tastes are comparatively Aalmple. but he would not feel happyrfor a minute it people did not regard him :1: theking‘ot Wall Streetwhich he re- alizes. . . Nothing better exempiiflrs this than the position which he occupies in the great contest now going on for the con- trol of'the great raiiroads ccnnecting the Atlantic and Pacific. Some short time ago the unification of the interests of the No‘rthern Pacflc and Great Northern railway systems was brought about by the great North- western rnilway magnatg. Mr. J. J. HY]. Thls‘ gentleman his long.» been consfdered one of the boldest and most Having catfled'tbrough one.gjgantic (ombine Pfesidem Hill felt that he could still further add to the value of the amalgamated properties by absorb- ing the Chicago Burlington and Quincy The gigantic strugglu now in progress between two groups‘ of financiers in Wall Street. over the control at the great railroad systems of the West fut- nish one of the most interesting situ- ations that have been brought about in the railroad history of this cormtry. astute managers of railway pmperties’ in the world, his undisputed genius I" that direction having won for him the admiration of Mr. Morgan and many (chars equally capabic of judging his ("“"hiuties. , R. R_ The 90 n_ 1 ID i in? Ulllcl pun-u. nu n. - Vvunu yv."‘,‘,.“v road aeemeg tog‘lzgd gm tgathgchiizriifiis m regard to its 9 a” to retire the clan that it would be most desirable to ‘pre-rerred Stock- of, t. 7 Burlington, in obtain control of thenurlingtonxsys- .which case the “3‘" Pacific would item. He saw that it reached a ter- cease to hold the ma] :ty- - 'ritcry of great extent, rich iii all resour- It .therefore hflpp that the two res except timber, already well pop“- .great interests now 1 , (1 control of all ‘izitcd and developvd and containingith“ ““95 coming €33 ‘ mm the Pacific many large citii-s_ He knew that the i with the exception of ie Atrhisnn, TO- territory snrved by the Burlington pro- .r peka and Sante Fe. a , the Great Nor- duces mostof the machinery and 1m-,:th‘ern. Those two c. pact groups of plomentsi used on the farms, in theicaptalists expect'cve iially to control forests} mines and mills of the tier otithese 3190 have. a ‘f *‘Y 80011 chance ttates‘rcached by the Great NOi-thern 0f doing 3.0- " ’ and Northern Pacflc, A159 that it pro- The'Union Pacific hierests absolute- diiccs a large part of the iron and 1y contdol 5.556 mil) of tracks: the 1 . Oregon Short ste‘el products exported to Asia via 'the Southern Pacific 9‘4 . Pacific ocean and that Chicago, K3M353Line L438 miles and ~ 0. Oregon Rall- Cfly. St. Joseph and Omaha are anyway and Navigatio ‘1: company 1136 largest provision centers in the coon-inlakms 8 total 0! '1‘ @574 miles. The try; He’wns aware that at St. Lonia isarne interests own ‘re than half of it connects with the chief cotton-carry- the Voting securities of the Northern ing lines o.‘ the South and Southwest. Pacific. operating 5. milés of road More than thisrhelinew that the terri- and through ibis -coi ration can ex- tory coverei by the Bi‘irlington takes the PrCiSG Jointly With t f’i Great Northern live stock raised on the northern and control of the Burnt .gton. With the western farms and ranches for the purâ€" control 0! the Northg‘ 3 Pnciiic. the lb- rose 0! fattening and that it consumed sclute control of “E ;;h it is within lumber on a. large scale. It was easy ' the power of the U11; in Pacific to ob- tor him to see' that when the lumber tain 23.223 miles of iilway centering or Kichignn. Wisconsin and Minnesota .On the Pacific coast. come under the in used up the state of Washington game management, m kins: grand to- must hereafter. to an increasing extent, ‘ai Of 0V8!’40,0W. ‘ ‘ - ' The great thing about Mr. Morgan is his wonderful vitality. On the hottest! days of summer he may be found in his I oMce from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m workâ€"f In; a_s hard as his cheapest clerk. with his sleeves up and the perspiration? pouring down his deeply. marked face.' The seats on Mr. Meizan' <3 phvsiozomv. were incurred in battleâ€"the battle 01" 15: bondsâ€"4m lncesmnt warfare. whirh ‘ he carries on sq stremiousiv that he’ may prac’flcallv be sail‘to live in the thick or the fight J Mr. Morgan stands over six feet in height and is massive in build without being clumsy. To look at that force- ful personality you would not doubt for a moment that he ls a'hig eater. Mr. Morgan is that. in fact. for he has what a normal man would conslder a prodig- ious appetite. He drinks and smokes ly. the latter only to excess. 3'. least a dozen of the strongest cigars per dlem helm: necessary to satisfy the banker’s appetite. To study that [see for half an hour is to witness a revelation. The. con- centrated power in it is perhaps the most striking characteristic. It is a kaleidoscope of emotions ranging from the most fierce and arbitrary to the most playful and gentle. There is no phase in which a suggestion of hy- pocrisy or deceit is shown. no momen- mry glimpse of re. tremulousness or nervous anxiety betraying tear. It is the face of the lion even when it smiles or a playful expression lights up its grim solidity. The flash of the eyes is like the darkling light in the eyes of the kink of the forest. There is something in Mr. Morgan’s ace and general make-up at close range which suggests the lion. It is one of the most viriie and vibrant per- 'Ionaiities with which one can come in contact. The face at first sight appears to be broad. flat and commonplace, es- pecially when in repose. Nothing too big for him. 'He han- dle millions with the same facility that he does pennies and has never yet confronted a situation which he was unable to master. New Yorlg 'ietter: Probably there is no name more generally known throughout the civilized world than thit at J. Pierpont Morgan. At the present.» moment Mr.‘ Morgan is very much in the public eye on account 0! the crisis in Western railroad affairs. Next week, or a little later, he will perhaps he heard from as controlling the freight or passenger carrying fay: cilities of the Atlantic ocean, anotheri u the organizer of some vast trust embracing halt a hundred nmlinted‘ manufacturing interests 1 MGuATION OF THE GREAT , TBASCONTINRNTAL ROADS. J, P. MORGAN’S BIG JOB The Greatest Struggle for Control at Vast Railroad Properties Ever Known. supply the demand tér lumber In the §prairie states or thégmddle west. He' :knew that these taro “.3 are new emnd‘ hing in the United tates and that 'the Great Northei'n emu-ates them ,in many places beta in I position to ueach a. market and cure the haul of the vast tonnage thej are capable of aflording. 3;; Acting upon this :5 lowledgc Presi- dent Hill manipulated ihrough the firm at J Pierpont Morg‘r 1, the purchase by the Great North I and Northern Pacific of the stock of he Chicago Bur- lington and Quincy]. . i‘his great coup was accomplished by the issuance of over 22. 000.000 of 10% t bonds of the purchasing companies )earlnx four per cent. interest and theJ' change of these at the rate of two In fired dollars in bonds for one hundrcg dollars in Bur- lington stock transfe "ad Over ninety- six per cent of the latte o the joint own- ership of the two mos ortherly trans- continental lines of tux United State8. President. Hill was t othat time. as he President. Hill was F lithat time. as he is today. in comple control of the Great Northern whi t" believing that through J. P. Morgan . could also dic- tate the policies of th 'orthern Pacific. The Union Pacific. w 11 had itself re- cently absorbed the uthern Pacific felt that its interests arefbeing mena- ced through the abso Him by its two northern -rivals of the hicago Burling- ton and Quincv. Thi; could only be remedied by obtainirg a voice in the management of the (I. B. Q. which was onlv possible thriiugh the securing of control of Northe n Paciflf. By means of most adr i manipulations Union Pacific it is ‘nppoaed secured sufficient common anl preferred stock combined to sonstitut an actual ma- jority. - This polnt‘is 'I-t in dispute and has given use to ma \ canards during the last few weks. In order to bring : = ment of,1he matter a i _ has been selected by E: r, Morgan con- taining representatlv :13 of all interested lines as well as of i"; he contestants. The chlef point for tn? board to decide is in regard to its psg 9r to retire the preferred stock 9! ti Burllngton. in which case the Uni 1, Pacific would cease to hold the majo ._ ty. , It ,therefore ,happ great interests now- tho lines coming eas with the exception of peka and Sante Fe.‘ 8. the-r11. Those two c. captalists expect'over these also have.a of doing 39. ' 0m- illustratioxt yhows the Empress Victoria and her hvorlte child, the little Princess cruise, who is the pot of the family, will Accompany her mother to the? 'vlern or wherGVef it may be the decision of her phy- sicians that the ent- :me shall go. that the two ‘ d control of all ‘ mm the Pacific 1e Atchlson, To- the Great Nor- pact groups or ually to control ‘y good chance . manipulation ‘ppoaed secured preferred stock an actual ma- t in dispute and lcanards during Justice Jerome's campaign In New York cost him only 81.60: his friend: did the rest. to the mom“ of 825,000. It is well-known that Morgan plans the consolidation of all these roads and the aflecting by this means of the bi;- gestvconsolidation of railroad interests ever attempted. The trial of a. liquor case in Palrlleld, Ct., has brought out {or the first time the fact that by the misuse of the word "appellant" instead or “apnelleo.” a Connecticut saloonkeeper who loses his license on appeal to the superior court forfeits to the citizen who ap- peals the license fee less the amount paid for the time the saloon is kept open. The law, which plainly intend- ed that. the balance should be paid back to the saloonkeeper. was passed eight years ago. Dr. John E. Gilman. of the Hahne- mann Medical college. Chicago. asserts that in the last year and a half he bu treated more than 50 cases of can Jr with the Roentgen rays. and has t yet found a case tint would not yi id to this treatme t. He says: “1 nm or the belief that he disease can in the future be broken‘ down quickly Ind surely. even when treatment does not begin ngfore the disease in well ad- Experts haw been figuring night and day with a View of producing a state- ment which will show exactly the[ amount of economy which will be the result of such an amalnmation. ‘ . The ~commonwealth government. which has recently taken over the con» trol of the postal system of Australia. has inaugurated a trial in Melbourne in connection with the clearing of letter pillar boxes, says a Sidney correspond- ent. The usual horse van takes three hours and a halt. As a result of this successful trial motor cars are to be utilized at'once for the collection of letters in all large centers. it is in- tended further. to use the automobile for the conveyance ‘ol mails between the cities and suburbs and to intro- duce it for long-distanr-e carrying to outlying districts that are not served b'y the railways vnnced." The man who is responsoible for bu. i Ing held these hostile force’s together] thus far. the man who really stands st the helm in thisgrest orisis of the transmntinentsl transportation inter- ests of the country is J. Pierpont Mor- gan. It is “Morgan's power over snd connection was mu which will assum' a‘nnal settlement of this dispute with-I out bringing about s. ntliroad wsr or any of the disastrous methods by which financiers Seek to be avenged upon one another. ‘ > At the present moment the destinies i0! these roads rent entirely in the hands of a little group of men. unrcoly over a dozen in number nil holding 0mm in Wall Street and nearly all no a:- grensively inclined that were they not hold in check by some strong hand there might be a condition in the struc- gle developed which would mean the loss of millions of dollars to the stock- holders while the properties them- lelm might be thrown into n chaotic condition. ' . THOMAS ERAS. , “Why didn't yt'm tell nib this. and instead of the dinner we'd haw ridden there bvtwm-n the nuance and night oeri'ormnnces?” asked Evans. gently smoothing the golden head rating on his shoulder. It was nature's own that tint. There was somethlumuine nnd womanly about Ella Ransom. He had recognized this from the first “Arriving at thelr destlneuon. e stable had to be built (or the meta. Then the nanny beceme bed. and e boy had to be hired to hold her lea end another by-to hold her heed ihfle the nuns glrl milked her. 0! own an mllkhedtobekeptonlcg'endthe Keane City women wee compelled so bu! e ntrleentor end piece It In the hell nut her room In the hotel. The Ed Howe in Atchiaon Globe: Speak- ing of sleeping cars. I am reminded of still another incident. One morning i discovered that a woman with a baby andanmewaaoecupyinaaaection near mine. and, on my making some reierence to the baby. i engaged in con- versation with the mother. It turned out that the ‘baby was a delicate one. and hard to raise. His name was Lou- is. The mother lived in Kansas City, and was returning dram a seaside re- sort. the doctor having advised her that the baby could not live through the summer at Kansas City. The doc- tor also advised the mother to feed the baby on goat's milk. and 14 goats had been purchased before a satisfactory one was found. it was finally diacover- ed that a nanny boat mourns for its kid so much that it goes dry. and when the Kansas City woman went East she took out only a nanny goat. but the nany goat‘s kid. The animals were crated and put in the baggage ear, and the nurse went forward twice a day to milk the goat. “Oh. you we; I wouldn’tâ€"beâ€"wel- comeâ€"there." The sweet lips quavcred spin. and Evans telt In duty bound NURSING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Xana- Clty lathe?- !‘roublu 1n During a Danette Baby. “Oh. it was lovely of m peflectly dear. to think of this pin for my Thanksgiving! But you did not know how close you were bringing me today to my old home. It's but can mile- from here. Upper Dalton. and I haven‘t noon it for five» years. niled him at thi- eritictl mo- m He knot the flower decked table on the me and the Dem who by this time must be hurrying from their dun-ins rooms to the ”one at the festivities. He knew only tint Ell; mu in tmuhle udâ€"he loved her. "My dear girl. whet hes happened?" All: for the cleverly worded pm- poul that was never to be spoken! The tube. the gesture and the In" light in his eyes mid their own tale. end Iii-e Ransom understood. That is why a. few minute: later she was ubbiu out her little hmnache in his am: sad i'ncoherently‘ pouring the cause there- 1 into his eat-.7 When he entered the stan' droning mom in response to a unified “Cone!" instead of facing n handsomely gaunt-d and smiling girl. as he hui anticipated. he saw a forlorn figure ‘curied up on the sofa. Iii-I Ransom um wore tho i’mck used in the list not. and u the straight- ened up she IIIIdP n (mile dart to hide her grid with a lace'trimmed hit or amhric. All the graceful link speech a which Evans hnd been conning for ‘ Evans had iuat stepped into the lead- ing man‘a droning room ilor the unit- ‘anee. that his personal appearance waa in keeping with the rental occasion he- i‘ore proaenting himself to the young woman in whose honor the dinner waa being given, Miss Ella Ran-om. He had meant to be careful as to speech be- fore dinner. and alterward. when the company who trying to amuse itself un- til the owning portal-nuance and to forget the folks gathered around home ilreaidea. he would have little that with but alone in her dreaaing room and put the momentoua queatioli. Surely this little act oi thoughtfulnenewould pave the way. He knew in a general way that ahe wan a New England girl and_ that Thankagiving day was to ouch u the the ell important imival.‘ The theatrical instinct in Evana waa no strong that even hla own love story had to he worked up to the proper cli» max. But Mina Ransom with true womanly contrariety not all his line plans at naught. 1 Thectue wutohoutwlthndnfl 01h launder. thine with electricity overhead. In the lie. II‘ at the hot- llghts. with the front at the hon-e III elm-knoll to heighten the mummy Of the Improved dining room. Germ chmthemuma he had ordered from New York for the centu-rplece. and the menu was thv very best that the load- In: «tour or thn small New End-ad city could furnish. deeply in love: he would mm: In" b9]!!! mm. The curtain bud just tulle: on the Thanksgiving manor. Ind the “1" hands were “may during the once for the {out vhtch ulcer Evan: Ind mm (or his co‘uy. Thu mute genuemn Ind personally superintend- 5:13;: prepnnuom and nrranxvd every 4- . lrnrudkylnumlnabmoo (Copyrlcht. III. IV Wâ€" ..nmrcemn s - COLLINS reason. and she was complicate In: » an oil stove for the porno-e. Oceania. ’nlly the gontl would get out end eel; II ‘gont'e milk had to be heated for me the line nhrubbery In the m at the botei. and the owners of the nhrnbbery 'wonld come amend demanding an.- ldun-gee of the dimmed mother from 3 Kenn: City. Finally the goat: got out ‘0: the name and mm not be me. Then the doctor add the baby nut have the services of a vet none. In 1order to get 1 ndetwtory wet nurse it Iwee necessary for the wet nurse to bring her own baby to the hotel. And :the wet nurse‘e bnby. the Kansas City iwomnn said. was the very worst baby :that ever lived: It cried night and day. Jud disturbed all the people in theme- ;tel. The guesu demendegl its bank!)- ‘ ment. and the Kansas City woman rented a cottage. Then the wet nurse took typhoid fever. and the doctor said [the-goats must he found. Bight naen and boys went out to look for thermtn and found them, but the old nanny on: dry. Then the nuree brought tram ' Kansas City fell end broke her leg. The mother concluded it was time to sun ;£or home. end wu returning hm‘ne when 1 met he. Louie. the hnhl,~m- ed to be getting along all right. end A» .I looked et hlnl couldn't hob thinking thnt when he grew no he midn‘t np- precinte all thu- u been done tor him. but wool! 'Innrry Iain-t hh' Imother‘o m Henry Jackson, who-o minus the Nut] at 90,000. II the fittest In- am: on the m reservation. Ev- eryhlllorlsmhomumtomr- kct 81,000 to 31,000 m o! attic. ‘ Int (kiss from 2113's hwy Ilia. ho murmured to hunts": _ “Well. am 31:39 buflnou worked out rather dlfléreut from the m { Ind planned it. but the cllmnx and II. picture were not half mum Ill." Whvn the great My wu over nut Manger Evans had tucked the robe- around Deacon and In. Ran-oi: far their hpmoward ride 1nd he Ind ukun When the hughm and hudchpplu which followed this spech had alb- smod. Manager has book the low. and in words not but no doc-cut .- he had rehv-nreed In private. but non- cned by the happy funny reunion. h» unnouncod his moment totin- Ransom. While the member- 0140. company had been making some putty shmwd guesses on the “Meet. um wen- properly surmised and conclu- ulabory. had before Deacon Ran-In 1'06 allwd who! had laymen! he was dild- lns with the rest drinking champ-gun m the ham: or an Warm us' son-In'luw to be. A girlish cry that would have brought the house to her feet could nu- Inn- som have given it on the mac. and then she. too. win In the wing with her mother’s arm n‘bout her. When order had been ”stoma .I the than! had progressed to the octet. oid Mr. Ranwm lore and “niacin-fl! heed the merry crew. "i nin't much It meech linking. hi i mm to any right now that I’ve made a mistake. My foretntiwrs were of dd Puritan stock. and i can't get over the idea that the stage in n hnd piece,” 1 we. there's other humans in tlb world that‘s worse. Anyhow it'eaq once for a father to turn ”it child. and l‘ve lost five good ml! by keeping at: this lil feeling town“ my giri. i want to thnnk you (or the kind way you‘ve treated her when the": needed the comfort at n mother end father. and if you're round this neigh- borhood ne-x't Thnnskgivin‘ come out to the firm nd have dinner with Ill. Hy wite'r a master hnnd at mun: plea. I guess that's about nll." A. I. menu-dun.) _ todowhnhecouldmputnmu tint pathetic expulsion. M It. Ran-on continued: "lâ€"l ran way to so on the mac. and tuber would never forum at: the box once. lune one out III- tennge thnt dld not porteM m for the sender of the menace. When he- came beck. however. the ex- pression on his (nee hnd undergone a change. He won mum In 3 nervous fashion. No one noticed two which stopped to the m the when. . "Indie: nnd gentlemen." 3:!de impressively. “it gives no pie-lure to Introduce two unexpected but non. id- come guests to this board. the (other and mother of our leading lady. It. and Mn. Ransom." A 7 A _ , A I would lite to use until" via-l nm so near 00 her!" “M mind. M." an“ m "I'll try to take the place of nun-u nnd husband to you. And now '9'" making an nwrul M mt." Hebentoverfornlnnlkbl...‘ when nu- removed me makeup she no- ceoded also in hiding nunont em trace at her recent W.’ It '- n smiling young WIT whom no and” led to the had of tha grant able. After I". be decided. as he annual from one che-erful lace to allows. it would announce their ens-cement n! the clone or the dinner. and the my should drink theli' health. and It would not be such a bad (Hung. "1â€"! run any to no on the w. and utter would never toxin .0 whether I became famous or.” at he any: keep- Mc ION“ And. oh. AL A- ._I._