Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 17, 1901, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY The ©OMAHA DAILY. BEE E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED ERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. without Sunday), One Year..$8.00 nd Bunday, One Yea 8.00 ¢ Bee, One Year 200 ¢, Orie Year L Tice, One Year........ D1 Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.t OFFICES. Omaha: The Bee Building. South Omaha; City Hall Bullding, Twen: ty-Afth and M Streets. Councll Bluffs: 10 Pear Strest. Chicugo. 1040 Unity Building. New York. Temple Court Washington: 501 Fourteenth Streot. CORRESPONDE Communications relating torlal matter should be addressed: Bee, Editorial Department BUJINESS LETTERS Business letters and remitiances should be addressed: The Bee Publishing Com- vany, Omaha REMITTANCES. Remit by draft express or postal order, payable to The Hee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stanips accepted in payment of mafl accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or castern exchanges, not acceptad, THE BEE PUBLISHING' COMPANY. nows and edi- Omaha BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Dougla: ounty, #s, Gearge 1. 1 secretary of The Beo Publishing (' being duly &worn, says that the actual number of full and complets coples of The Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of May, 1001, was as follows . 18.. 1 18, 1. . 2., .. 27,060 27,725 26,730 20,740 ..20,400 ESnmappeppen Net total sales.... Net dally averago. &0, 57 h my presence and sworn to Ust day of May, A, D, 1901 . B, HUNGATE, Notary Publi Bubscribed | before me this Nebraska has to have a taste of wind- storm work just to remind it that the geographies locate it within the cyclone belt. _— We fear that Nebraska people are in danger of getting the reputation among the bunco fraternity of being decidedly casy. —_— Nebraska republicans will not want for available timber from which to pick thelr candidates to make the campaign this fall. Governor Savage will today run up against his imperial majesty, Ak-Sar Ben the great. His fmperial majesty will do well to look to his laurels. The railroad presidents are having thelr inning for the present. The peo- ple who pay the freijght may want to have something to say before long. If the county undertakes to go after all the men who have committed per- Jury before local jurles, it will keep the courts busy for some time to come, — The Bee has not the slighest objection to kinetoscope bull fights at South Omaha. It is satisfied they are per- fectly humane to both man and beast. Srr— The Bee will be pleased to have a tow-line or any other line take hold with its effort to procure a more just assessment of taxable property in Omaha and Douglas county. The latest announcement s that the community of interests has lapped over the Milwaukee road. Wil the com- munity of interests extend into the field of politics? That Is the question that the practical politicians are propound- ing to themselves. ——— If Japan Is really short of statesmen able to handle the complicated politi- cal situation presented to it, it might draw on the United States for a few contributions from its surplus of states- men out of a job. Several of them are right here in Nebraska. King Edward will be In danger of losing his popularity if he persists in interposing his veto on the display of feminine apparel with which the women of the court were planning to make a stunning hit at the races. To rule the realm of fashion requires more tact and diplomacy than to guide the ship of state, E— General Callles of the Filipino in- surgents has come to the conclusion that the only way to achleve success us the successor of Aguinaldo is to follow his example by survendering to the Amerl- can military forces. General Cailles evidently does not propose to let Aguinaldo enjoy all the comforts of captivity alone. eem— Governor Shaw only volces the sentl- ment of the great majority of repub- licans in Towa and Nebraska, too, when he says' he would like to see Willlam B. Allfson occupy the executive chalr in the White House. Senator Alllson was a lkely aspirant in 1896, but in 1004 he will be 75 old and his age may take him out of the list of availabilitles, ——— For the benefit of the school hoard The Bee reiterates that the people of Omaha want no unnecessary experi- wenting in their High school. In this it 18 satisfied it volces the sentiment of the whole body of school patrons., The ouly change school patrons, and espe- clally taxpayers, will approve is the re- duction of the High school expenses without Impairing the efficiency. e——— ‘The honest taxpayer does not want to do Injustice to any other taxpayer, whether it be an individual or a cor- poration. All he demands is a fair and equal distribution of the tax burdens, The trouble with taxation in Omaha has been and is now the exemption and rank discrimination in favor of concerns and corporations that own millions of property and are able to pay their share of the taxes. NEBRASKA USNDER TWO MONARCHS When Emperor McKinley was first crowned, he abdicated as to his treaty making functions and allowed the House of Lords to suggest, construct and ratify treaties without his imperial consent. Then he abdicated as to the appointing power and became a mere clerk to autograph com- misslons which Hanna & Co. bad filled out And now his royal and most worshiptul majesty s clerk for D. B. Thompaon and signing Nebraska commissions under his diotation and direction.—The Conservative When King Grover occupled the royal bedchamber in the White House he al lTowed his ministers to make treaties which the House of Lords was expected to ratify. But his majesty found out in due time that the troaty-making functions could not be usurped either by himself or hiz privy councll, Ko hix most worshipful majesty threw the fat into the fire as a burnt offering to the lords, In the refgn of King Grover his mas ter of the royal hothouses was made high satrap over the provinee of Ne braska, because no one in the House of Lords agreed with him on any two politieal propositions and was deemed worthy of his confidence. Henee, in making out commissions for federal misfits, King Grover was simply regis tering the arbortrary will of his serene highness, Passing from the ridiculous to the sublime, we may be permitted to in quire, How came Emperor McKinley to supplant that clean, efficient and honest collector of internal revenue for N braska, the Hon. James E. North, with his clean, efficient and honest successor, Jacob E. Houtz? Had Mr, Houtz any greater claim for recognition than Mr. North, who jumped Bryan, the com- moner, for McKinley, the emperor? And why was ot the offense of Em peror McKinley in abdicating in favor of Lord Thurston four years ago as great as It I8 now in abdlcating in favor of Nebraska's two new lords? As to D. E. Thompson's ordering the emperor of Ameriea to commission one of his lieutenants, the late master of the royal hothouses of King Grover surely ought to know better. He knows that all the chief magistrates of this republic since the days of Andrew Jackson have abdicated the selection of federal officers to the lords represent ing their respective states when they wore the livery of their own party. If Thompson had anything to_say in the late appointment, it was through the senators. In this respect the practice at Washington has not been changed for the special benefit of Thompson ot any other clalmant to the royal pre- rogative. FAVOR NICARAGUA ROUTE. There was a discussion a few days ago in the Southern Industrial conven- tion at Philadelphia on the interoceanic canal question, in which it was clearly shown that the business interests of the south favor the Nicaragua route. The delegates from the south who spoke on the subject want the canal built by the United States no matter what happens and they do not believe that England or any other country has a right to inter- pose any objection. It Is needless to say that these southern representatives have no concern whatever for the treaty obligations of the United States in this matter. They believe that if the Clay- ton-Bulwer treaty is not already in- effective it is the duty of our govern- ment to abrogate it regardless of what the British government might think of such a course. The question of good faith does not bother them in the least. Commenting upon the attitude of the southern men in relation to this mat- ter the Philadelphia Inquirer says: “There is no doubt whatever that we shall construct that canal, and further- more that public sentiment requires it, but at the sawe time everything ought to be done in good order. There fs no use of Inviting hostilities when we can avold them. To go ahead regardless of everything, to erect immense fortifica- tions at the two ends, to create a stand- ing army of from 100,000 to 200,000 men to patrol the canal in times of trouble, this would be a ruinous policy. The mere idea that we are big enough to defy the whole earth and that we can put a chip on our shoulder and no nation will dare to knock It off is mere bragga- doclo. It is not husiness,” We think that the sound and sensible view conveyed in the above Is galning ground with the American people, There is no question that an Interoceanic canal will be built and it will be controlled by the United States, but the accomplish- went of that should be free from any complications or difficulties, The people who urge that our government should arbitrarily renounce its raty obliga tions would invite trouble, thé conse quences of which they are probably un- able to foresee, or possibly are quite indifferent to. | CEMENTING THE TIES. The address of Secretary Hay at Buf- falo last week was a characteristic ef. fort in its patriotic expressions in behalf of a closer union between the United States and the sister republies of South and Central Awmerica. It voleed unmis. takably the sentiment of our people. “Twelve years ago,” said the secretary of state, “we held the first reunton of the American republics. Much was said and done, destined to be memorable in our history, opening and blazing the way along the path of peace and fra ternal relations, We have made steady progress, we have grown day by day to a better understanding, until now we are looking to our coming conference in the City of Mexico, in which we have the right to hope that with larger ex- perience and profounder study of the great problems before us, results still more important and beneficent will be reached.” Regarding the idea, enter- tained by soldiers and statesmen in the past, of A vast American army re- cruited from every country between the arctlc and the antarctic seas, which should bind the republics of this hemis- phere in one immense military power that might overawe the older civillza- tions, Becretary Hay said this con- ception belongs to the past, to an order of things which he hoped has gone for- ever by, Such expressions as this of the secre- tary of state of the United States, repre senting the national administration cannot fafl to produce an effect upon the minds of the people of the southern republics most favorable to this coun try. They will inevitably convey to those ple the assurance that the United States has the most friendly in terest in their welfare and that the con stant purpose of this republic is not only to maintain cordial relations with the southern countries, but to exert all its power, if the necessity for doing o should ever arise, to protect the Ameri can republics against any interference or aggreseion on the part of forelgn nations, The sentiment of this country toward the people to the sonth of us has heen misrepresented during the last few years, particularly since the war with Spain. They have been told that the American people had entered upon career of territor acquisition that would ultimately be extended to them. nish and other Influence has been brought to bear to induce them to be lleve that the United States was un friendly and was actuated by purposes Inlmical to their interests, Such unwar ranted and unjust accusation the utter ances of the Ameriean secretury of state, speaking as he did with the ut most care and deliberation, will go far to render ineffective gnd it is to be hoped that they will be widely dissemi nated among the people of the southern republics. The greatest value of the Pan-American exposition Is in the oppor- tunity It gives to show the people of the southern republics the hearty and corafal friendship of the Awerican people and their fixed determination to preserve the integrity of every independent gov- ernment in this hemisphe FOK GREATER OMAHA The Bee does not represent the sentiment of Omaha people In its assault upon. the auditorium. The business men of the city who have subscribed to the fund are neither fools nor knaves. They knew what they were doing. They have demonstrated their confidence In the probity, energy and ability of the men who make up the auditorium company. The project will not fail. The Bee may hinder, but it cannot defeat. £itill, the people of Omaha should not permit The Bes to go unrebuked. For its own good, and for the future of the city, it should be taught an unmistakable lesson. The people have this in their power. Will they vin- dicate their courage, or pine in cowardice? AUDITORIUM.—The Examiner. The Bee cannot be diverted from its position on the auditorium project by anonymous bushwhackers. The Bee stands for greater Omaha. It has set an example in that direction by the erection of a metropolitan buflding rep- resenting the highest type of modern architecture. It has stood at all times for monumental public buildings and enterprises of the first magnitude. It was the first paper In_Omaha to advo- cate the erection of a ditortum. But its ideals have ever beéh for a structure that would be a credit to greater Omaha, and not for a miniature structure, insig- nificant or commonplace. While it does not expect an audito- rium surpassing that erected at Kansas City, neither does it favor the erection of a building having but one-third the capacity of that at Kansas City and bereft of all the attractive, popular and paying features of the Kansas City auditorium, When the present auditorium project was first presented to our public-spir- ited citizens they were led to believe that the building would be very nearly i not quite as capacious as the Kansas City auditorium, In every respect as sub- stantial In point of construction and if anything superior in acoustic proper- ties and facilities for popular entertain- ment. Such a project The Bee heartily encouraged, not only in its columns, but in the subscription list. But the audi- torlum for which plans have been adopted 18 not the auditorium that The Bee advocated. While the promoters are to be commended for the energy dis- played and the work accomplished thus far ‘n raising funds, we cannot com- mend the attempt to telescope the pro- posed auditorlum into a structure that will not meet the demands of greater Omaha. The outline sketch of the plans that have been awarded first prize represents a structure much like the old union depot, which had a substantial roof of iron and plate glass, but was lacking In most of the conveniences of a depot. The Bee's ideal auditorium 1s a strue- ture that will not only advertise Omaha's enterprise, but also pass mus- ter as a twentieth century building. The present plans are no reflection upon the architects, who have been limited by the managers to a bullding to cost not to exceed $125000, when $200,000, or more, Is absolutely requisite for the erection of a structure which will com- bine the essential qualities of useful- ness and beauty. Omaha cannot claim to match Kansas City as regards population and wealth, but Omaha has demonstrated in the past that it is equal to and ahead of Kansas City in public spirit. It has demonstrated this in the matter of the Transmississippl exposition and in many other Instances, and it will do so again when great enterprises are projected, We make bold to assert that if the pro- moters of the auditoriumn had started out with & subscription paper for an auditorium building as now proposed, one-third as large as that of Kansas City, with all the attractive and paying features of the Kansas City auditorium eliminated, they would have met with & reception considerably below 82 de- grees Fahrenbeit, Chairman Edmisten of the populist state committee Is going through the forms of ascertaining by referendum the wishes of the party on the question of holding the next fusion state con- vention. In the meantime the fusion machine is waiting to see what the re- publicans will do and may be ex- pected to tall up the procession. S The discrepancy between the assess ment of South Omaha packing houses ought to be an eye-opener not only to taxpayers in general, but to South Omaha packing house owners in partic- ular, The assessor ln one of the South 1 Omaha wards is employed as fire chief f one of the packing houses, and he has earned his salury the first year for all the years that he has been employed Confidentially speaking, it you u taxpayer, the safest thing for do 18 10 own your assessor. are you to Chancellor versity is qu Andrews of the State uni ted as saying: 1 have no use for the quibblers who spend their time disputing whether the decision of the supreme court was right or in try ing to determine whether the constitu tion follows the flag in whole in part.” If the chancellor keeps on talk- ing In this strain, is he not likely to queer himself with the tripartite part of quibblers who have up to this time | looked upon him as one of their heart und fancy? . P —— And now we are assured by the local popocratic organ that Mr. Bryan will never agaln be the nominee for prest dent unless his nomination means elec tion. The trouble is it professed to be Heve his nomination meant election in 1806 and aguin in 1800, It is just pos sible it might be fooled on its political forecast ouce more in 1904 King Phillips' Philanthropy. Minneapolts Journal, Corn King Phillips wants the government to stand ready at all times to pay 40 cents for corn. We tried that on silver and the result everybody knows. Nude In Art and Speee Detroit Journal President Dodge of the Young Men's Christian assoclation repudiated the idea that the nude in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts made it an improper place for the young people of the assoclation to meet As this I8 the naked truth the same ele- ment may be expected to make further objection, Table Dellcacy Miswed. Kansas City Star. The failure of the tomato crop in this part of the west may bring the people to an understonding of the great value of that vegetable. Next to the potato there Is no product of the garden and truck patch which Is 8o important as the tomato. The dietetic habits of the world have under- gone a great change since the tomato was held as poisonous and was set up on the mantelpiece merely to look at. King Corn's Domnin, Chicago Chronicle, The writer on the subject of the corn crop who says that the limit of corn pro- duction In the United States has been reached hss never seen the extent of prairie fields in the corn belt. Not half of the lands In the west fitted to the corn crop, perhaps uot a third, is yet under cul- tivation. Better wethods of culture, es- pecially through irrigation, will make the present cornflelds twice as productive. There Is no use in trying to “bull” the corn market by telling the story that the limit of corn production has been reached. It has hardly been touched. Triumphs Over Difficulties. Detroft Free Press Court-martialed for cowardice, cleared of the charge, then promoted for gallantry at the time he was sald to have been u coward, Is the récord in the case of Cap- tain N. H. Hall of the marine corps. It is an unusual result, but Hall and the marine corps are vindicated, while the wives of certain American officials in Pekin are sh)wn to have bedome vixens because Hall retused to permit his men to accord them salutes of “honors” shown officers. Hall as right, and the official approval given the women's trumped-up charges against him by high authorities at Pekin Is thus properly condemned. JUNE PREACHERS, on the Demand for Young Men in the Pulpit. Boston Transeript June is the month when theological insti- tutions set free thelr bevy of new preach- ers. Fresh, vigorous, sure of their the- ology, they leave a pleasant aroma with that of the new mown hay around country churches. It {s a pleasant thing to hear the first sermon. Such a production has the nervous tenslon and inspiration that follow in the wake of every professional duty, successfully exercised for the first time. The young preacher has everything in his favor. His freshness and spring- like animation cover a multitude of faults. His congregation feel toward him some- what as the father feels toward a boy who has developed an aptitude for a certain kind of work. They prophesy for him succe How many preachers have been showered with compliments for their first efforts and had greatness thrust at them, only to meet after five years or more of experlence a lack of commendation truly painful! Congregations are always clamoring for freshness. The pulpit ylelds to the de- mand and consequently there is yearly de- veloping more and more superficlal preach- fng. In no profession Is the young man more caressed and fondled than in the Christian ministry. He is falrly idolized. His elder competitor stands aghast and wonders what has brought about his own personal transfiguration, that he is side- tracked. He candldly searches for a reason and finds none but the simple question of youth to stand to the credit of the neo- phyte. There are exceptions to this. Gen- erally speaking, however. he Is right fn his conclusions. But this supplanting of the maturer mind by the freshness of youth is a mistake. The pulpit has been degen- erating In consequence, because what fs learned in a theological seminary is often the very thing that has to be unlearned afterward in practical lite. The old way was for the young preacher to be under the tutelage of the old preacher, and It was mighty good discipline. All this has latterly been reversed and the old man mellow with experfence, skilled in the ad- Justment of church quarrcls and gifted with rare insight to satisfy the ‘cranks, assisting the young man The church in these davs loses much in relegating clergymen no other ground than that they have reached the meridian of life. If a preacher Is or has ever heen worth anything, he must certainly show at the best in the maturity of his powers. It is a serious mistake to throw a man out when he comes to be 50 years of age. This utterly un- christian thing 1s being done by hundreds of Christian churches of all denominations. It other callings or professions make no such age distinctions, why should the church? Are doctors of medicine worth- leas at 80, or bankers, or admirals? It theology keeps only iIn the mind of the youth, and grows stale in the mind of the matured preacher, there would be a &00d and substantial reason for this change. But nobody ever maintained this distine- tion. Churches, A Lay Sermo: like husiness houses, can get the best work out of their experienced men. The pulpit Is being distrusted nowa days for many reasons. It cannot afford to dispense with able men because they are not so handsome or ugreeable in man ner as they once were. The older clergy men should be more ®enerously trusted as safe guardians of their respective church principles. They have seen much and have been through much, and are seasoned. They certainly do not deserve ostraciem on reaching the age of discre- tlon, to back seats upon | S POTPOURRL. Alma Journal (rep.): Our populist friends are haviog considerable amusement be- cause a bolt of lightning knocked the re- publican rooster from off the fagpole on the First National bank building mark it down in -history that cratic party didn't do it, although it ook twe cracks at it under Bryan leader- ship. Grand island Independent (rep.) republican state central committee meet at Lincoln on Thursday, June 27 the purpose of fixing a time and plac the republican state convention, which to place in nomination candidates for tha offices to be filled at the fall election. Sep- tember ought to be early erough for the convention. Nelson Herald (pop.): J. O. Yelser comes out claiming that we are obliged to elect a governor this fall to complete the unex- pired term of Governor Dietrich. His po | sition 1s rather strained. Legally it may be all right, but morally it is all wrong. The republicans elected their man and let them have what they earned, however it may have been accomplished Schuyler Sun (rep): Considering number of decisions that will be handed down from the supreme court of this state for the next two or three years the re- publican convention should not fail to nom inate the best Judge of law in this state for its representative at the head of the ticket. A nomination of this kind will earry the party to victory again this year sure. Madison Star (pop): Fdgar Howard, in his Columbus Telegram, disagrees with the newspaper boys who are pushing Hon. C. J. Smyth as a candidate this year for su- preme Judge be a more desirable candidate for governor a year hence. We would suggest that the campalgn of 1901 be attended to first. Who knows but what the people of this great commonwealth would prefer Edgar Howard as its chlef exccutive in 1902 Springfeld Monltor (dem.): John O. Yel- ger, the Omaha populist politician, has broken out agaln and asserts that Nebraska will have to elect a governor this fall, the law says It won't o to advance the lieutenant governor to governor for any longer time than to the next regulur elec- tion, when a chief executive must he elected. But then as Yeiser has heretofore always been turned dpwn on his interpre- tations of a political nature, it is safe to say that Governor Savage will serve out the full term to which his predecessor w elected. Stromsburg Journal (rep.): There seems to be a great amount of uneasiness among the populist and democratic politiciansws to how to gulde the machine this fall. Many feel that fusion is abandoning principles for spoils and that fusion has already d moralized both popullsm and democracy. Others favor fusion, belleving that a few plums at least will fall within the reach of the machine if they can hold together. Considering the amount of snags they ran onto last fall, fusion is doubtful and a sure loser in time, as people will stand by principles, but when principles are compro- mised to get office the result is only a ques- tion of time. Alblon News (rep.): The death of Judge Munn will necessitate the appointment of someone by the governor to fill the vacancy until the next election! The many friends of J. A. Price of this city have sent in a petition asking for his appointment. le not a lawyer In the district more com- petent for the place than Mr. Price. a matter of justice and convenience to the people of this end of the district one of tha judges should be located here. It Governor Savage desires to honor an en- tirely worthy and competent man and also Wishes to be entirely just to the people of this judiclal district, we do not see how he could do it better than by the appointment of our respected citizen, J. A. Price. Tecumseh Chieftain (rep.): The duty will Test upot the republicans of Nebraska this fall to elect a successor to Judge Norval of the supreme court. It is understood that Judge Norval will not be a candidate for re-election and hence it will be neces sary for the state convention to select new timber. In this connection it will be well for the party to consider the eclaims of Judge Samuel P. Davidson of Tecumseh, who s a candidate for that honor, who proposes to make a vigorous effort to se- cure the nomination and who, if nominated, will ndd strength to the ticket and make republican success practically a certainty. It will not be denied that Judge Davidson is one of the leading lawyers in the state. He possesses a thoroughly judicial mind, is a hard student and delights in difficult legal problems. He has had a wide experience In the state and federal courts, served with distinction as judge of this judicial dlstrict for a time and is recognized as n man of deep erudition along the lines of Jurisprudence. His character cannot be as- salled and his many qualifications for this particular position make him an ideal can- didate, The for for — PERSONAL NOTES, The comic weeklic s tions to B. R. Wilsor .fount Hope, Kan., who has started an _i-kissing league, A correspondent of the New York Post now traveling in Palestine says that fn Jerusalem there are telegraphs, telephones, electric lights, phonographs and American beer, Dr. N. Seward Webb's country place in Vermont, Shelburne Farms, covers 4,000 acres of ground and is the largest estate owned by a single individual east of the Mississippi. Danfel Mills, the Canadian minister of Justice, tas been appointed the Dominfon's representative at the coming conference on an imperfal court of appeal. He ts 70 years old and has occupled his present place since 1807 Popular subscripifons for & monument to | the memory of Archibald Forbes, the fa- mous war correspondent, have rolled up a large sum in London and it is expected that work upon the memorial will be started this summer. Chicago 18 to have a new elevated in the form of a railroad station ten stories high A baggage room on the top floor, with a greased chute down to the track level, woull make the fraternity of baggage- smashers supremely happy. Barney Morrls, famous laborer, who fs emploved in Prospect park, Brooklyn, has Just been celebrating his 109th birthday and is to be found attending to his duties six days a week the year round. He was born in County Cavan, Ireland, June 19, 1762, and came to this country seventy- three years ago. M. A. Colton, who has been appointed superintendent of education in the Depart- | ment of Mindanao amd Jolo, Philippine | tslands, was for one year fnstructor in French at Yale He was one of the first appolntees of the Taft commission. Last year he was especially valuable to Superin- tendent Atkinson In thé work of organiza- tlon because of his knowledge of Spani and his administrative ability, In celebration of the elghtieth anniver- sary of his birthday and in recognition of his thirty-elght years of distinguished and continuous service on the hench of the superfor court, the Bar assoclation of Chi cago will tender Judge Joseph E. Gary a banquet and reception at the Grand Pa cific hotel on the evening of June 20. The judge's birthday falls on July 2 and the date of the event was fixed about half way between that date and the one of his elec- {tion to the superior bench in 186, under obliga- Just | the demo- | will | the | He thinks that Smyth would | There | As | " rved at the tal. The Navy department has ordered searching investigation into the origin of the recent fite in A magazine at Mare Island navy yard. Yhe magazine was stored with smokeless powder, and the opinion Is ex pressed that combustion might have been | caused by the chemical constituents of the explosive. This doubt on what fs known as nitro-celluloise powder, to which class belongs the smokeless powder used in the army and navy. The navy has 500,000 pounds of this powder and the army 2,000 000 pounds. The material in the naval service is stored in ships of war, and If it | 1s possible for the composition to become 1gnited through chemical action the situa tion of those on board warships is any- | thing but pleasant, for, of course, such a fire as that at Mare Ieland on board any vessel at sea would destroy it It practically fe fmpossible to extingulsh a fire caused by smokeless powder, which burns comparatively slowly, but with a flar- ing blaze. This is by no means fire at a naval magazine, and the army has had similar explosions the apprehen slone of the ordnance oMicers of both serve fees ara entirely justified the first mysterious Among the 90,000 persons on the pension rolls of Uncla Sam are a number of simon | pure Indians, who fought in a Wisconsin regiment during the civil war. A corre- spondent of the Milwaukee Sentinel says the Indjons came from (he reservation in Sha wano county, Wis, and “were enlisted in the spring of 1384 by James W. Witcheock. who was later commissioned captain of tha company, the first captain of Company K, A. A. Burnott, having been Killed at the charge before Petersburg. “Hitcheock's Indians were good soldlers, capectaily on the picket line. They did not | | take very kindly to the drill and strict dis- | cipline of the army, but they were gool shots and hard fighters. There was not o coward among them and some were regu lar dare-devils “1 remember seeing one young Indian get | A ball through his cap, just grazing his scalp. He felt of his head, looked at his | cap, raised the warwhoop and kept on | shooting. It was Fort Mahone, at Petersburg, which we had ¢ rged and cap- | tured. A sharpshooter had got range of the young Indian and the latter was not wise cnough to know it. A second bullet | barely missed Killing him and he then took better cover. “The Indians were all right as long whisky was kept from them, but some of them were very ugly when drunk, and while we were waiting at Washington to be mus- tered out one big fellow tried to kill Cap- | tain Hitcheock. They have a Grand Arm: Post on the reservation and are as proud of their record as any of There are a few other Indlans scattered through other | Wisconsin regiments, but the Thirty- | seventh had the only considerable body of them, forty-five at the outset in one com- pany, and one, an Oneida, in another com pany. Twelve or thirteen of them were killed, or died of wounds." “One of the attractions of Washington to some people who have chosen the city as a | residence,” says the New York Times cor- | respondent, “has been the absence of & personal taxation law. The tax assessor | has put real estate down for half its share |of the burden of taxation, the government share being provided for by congress. The | tax rate has been large enough, but when real property had been required to bear its share of the burden of maintcnance every- | thing else was safe. As a matter of fact, the retired officers, retired business men, literary persons seeking the advantages of study and assoclation to be found here, might have known that there was a law hanging over them that could be invoked at any time to require them to pay addi- tional taxes upon their personal property The subject has been much discussed, from time to time, but some alarm has been caused by the announcement that the at- torney for the District of Columbia has de- cided that the law of March 3, 1877, is still In force, and that citizens must be pre- red to fill out blanks to be furnished to them within a specified time. This tu: s to be at the rate of $1.50 per $100. Sched- ules not returned before August 1 subject to 50 per cent. The returns call for an ao- | counting as to stocks and bonds, household chattels, including almost everything a man OF woman must own to be at all comfort- Able, vessels, goods in stock, capital stock, and goods held in trust. There are exemp- tlons, of course, which are not likely to make the Imposition of the tax less popular. “While the attorney for the District con- siders the law enforceable, the assessor disagrees with him on legal and economic conslderations. He considers it just as in- equitable as would be a politax, and de- clares that it would not reach a large part of the population, of members of congress, retired army and navy officers and retired politiclans. ~As the population of the Dis- trict ie pretty nearly 300,000 and the gov- ernment and legislative part of it s only about 30,000, the argument of the assessor may not be accepted as conclusive as #gainst the opinlon of the attorney for the District."” The new bullding for the government printing office, now under construction, will embrace all the modern improvements and | ¢ many new devices to facilitate business and for the comfort of the workmen. A thor- ough ventilating aystem is one of these. Ten monster pipes, 12x5 feet, will traverse the entire bullding, making their exit at the top Huge electric fans will be placed at the top alr from each of the rooms. Fresh air will be supplied through radlators established Just above the floor and along the celling. Heat will be furnished by steam colls of pipes placed in recesses under the windows. If nicessary, cold air can be sup- plled by means of the pipes. Spectal pains were taken to Insure plenty of light in a1l the working rooms when the plans were drawn. The building has a frontage of 108 feet on G street by a depth of 68 feet and 175 feet on North Capitol street. It has 168 feet on Jackson alley. It will consist of geven stories and a basement and atie. The basement will be used for storage purposcs mainly and the first floor will be oceuplod | by the press department and as a paper wareroom. The second floor will accommo dato the executive offices of the ofclals of | the printing bureau, while at one end of | the same floor the bindery storeroom will | be located. The folding force will he quar tered on the third floor and the bindery will take up the fourth floor. The composing and proof forces will take posseseion of the Atth and sixth floors and the seventh floor will be devoted to the fob, press, stereo- typing and electrotyping departments. “It fs dificult for a novice,” writes the Brooklyn Eagle correspondent, “to appre- clate the tremendous resources of Uncle Sam's printing establishment. 1t is seen at its best during the rush hours of a midnight session of congress. Every win- dow in the hig rambling bullding s then ablaze with light, and {nside men are busy at thelr cases, others are burrying to the stercotypers with forms, presses are turn. Ing out copy which an hour before had not been “set up.” and through It all the air Is flled with that pecullar droning sound pertaining to workshops where there wre no 1dla hands. There are 127 presses in the present huilding, the total capacity of which is over 1,000,000 improssions per day of elght hours. Among them is one press capable of priuting eards on both sides from & web of bristol board at the rate of 65,000 | have been used and | proval by republicans generally sands? A wofully morning,” of the business 5,000, operation for appendicitis, the case of the Yor rested for playing to have brought in a Seatch and then as of these vents and will draw off the heated | "4 "8%d. through | congregation has never church cream soclals are excellently attended ant our last rummuge Achleve w hit; Gillette ns ¢ And Mrs They all muat cards per hour: also three envelope presses the output of which fs 8600 printed en- velopes each per hour 8 may be imagined, it requires a tre mendous quantity of supplies of all kinds to keep this big printing establishment run ning. Including wages of workmen and ex- penses of materials, the bill at the end of the year amounts to a round $5.000,000. During that time 9,000 tons of paper will 7,000 pounds of glue Last year 4,000 packs of gold leat were dis- posed of in finishing off faney printing. while 75,000 square feet of Imitation Hus #lan leather and 200,000 pounds of bar lead were utilized. Forty thousands pounda of printing ink were spread over paper dur- Ing tho same time and 3,600 galions of 1, bricating ol were bought. Among the other miscellancous supplies that were found necessary lns# year were 1,000,000 pounds of binders' hoards, 50,000 yards of muslin, 10,000 pounde of cotton waste, 11 000 pounds of soap, ete.” —_— THAT STATE FAIR SITE, Springfleld Monitor: It was rather a hard task, but Lincolnites at last induced the State Board of Lands and Buildings to purchase the old state fair site in that citv. They magnanimously 1t it go for $18,000, some $4.000 less than they firat wanted, by convincing (he board that thera were thirty or forty acres more fn the tract than was at first supposed, which induced fhe stite representatives to change their minds. So Lincoln can rest easy now that Bhe will have the fair for all time to come Geneva Signal: The Board of Public Lands and Bulldings bas at last closed the purchase of the old state fair grounds at Lincoln, paying $18,000 cash. The own- ers of the grounds refused to take this sum, but the citizens of Lincoln made up B purse of about $4,600, which they added to the $18,000 tho state officers were will- Ing to pay, bringing the price up to that demanded by the owners of the property. The leglslature appropriated $35,000 for grounds and improvements. The payment oOf $18.000 for the grounds leaves the board Wwith $17,000 with which to repair and paint the old buildings and ereot new bulldings and make such other Improvements as shall be found necessary. The state ofcers drove rather a hard bargain with the old owners of the land, but the state will profit by thelr good business management. Thoy Will be able to make a fine showing tn the way of improvements on the grounds with the $17,000 still at their disposal —eeteen THE FIRST FEDERAL PLUM. Columbue Times (rep.): The appointment of Elmer Stephenson of Lincoln as collector of Internal revenue for Nebraska will, out- side of rival cliques and strong partisans in the enemy's camp, give as good satisfaction s any selection that could have been made. Blair Pllot (rep.): The appointment of Mr. Elmer Stephenson to be revenue in- spector for Nebraska will meet with ap- Mr. Steph- enson {8 an untiring worker and is a busi- ness man of successful experience, He will take charge of the office about July 1. Grand Island Independent (rep): D. E. Thompson seems to have drawn the first blood in the matter of federal appoint: ments. Elmer B. Stephenson of Lincoln ha been appointed collector of internal rev- enue to succeed J. E. Houts. Stephenscn was D. E. Thompson's lieutenant during the senatorinl struggle and received the con- gratulations of his chiet by wire from Washington. Bloomington Advocate (rep.): There is no question but what some of the fellows holding federal positions in this state are In a state of nervousness for fear they will be removed. During the late sen- Atorial struggle many officeholders did not know on which side of the fence to dron and as a consequence did nothlug to help any candidate and they, 0o, are doomed 11 the gulllotine. The first fellow to lose his Job is J. E. Houtz of Lincoln, United States revenue collector, who 18 succeeded by Elmer E. Stephenson of Lincoln, who was manager of D. E. Ihompson's sen- atorial campalgn. This shows that Mr. Thompson, though he may be In Europe, cuts quite a figure in this state, MIRTHFUL REMARKS. Philadelphia Pre Why i, sl whispered at the close of the cerémony, “that the bridegroom always looks as i he couldn’t &all his soul his own?" “Probably,”’ replied her brother, ‘it 1s be- cause from'that moment he really can't.” Chicago Tribune: “You told me before we were married you were worth thousands upon thousands ‘of dollars. And now I find you have got just a pitiful $4,0%, all ol “Well, that thousands upon thou- Can't you add?" Plttsburg Chronicle: Mrs. Snaggs—1 could never understand why the Russlans call thelr ruler the white czar. Mr. 8na plots aga! the time, fes1 suppose that the numerous nst his life keep him pale all Baltimore American: “Oh, 1 visited such poverty-stricken’ "family thia sald the sympathetic member Arity commitiee. “Indeed?" cked the chairman of the mmittee, “Were they very, very poor?: ‘Poor? ‘Man, It is pitiable. 'Why, they are 80 poor that they Keep Afteen dogs. ' e Detroit Journal matter with me?" “You need about three months' rest from that s all.” hree months' rest? “Doctor, what s the That will cost me The other doctor sald 1T needed an That wonld cost him operate.’ only $100. 1 think 11 les Cleveland Plaln Dealer: “The fury in ers man who was ar olf on seems “Vory ppropriate. “Why, hey find the that the What was |t7 iKoner not guilty aw he violated b A t Chicago Tribune; 01d-Fashioned Pastor =You observe no falling off in spirituali In_vour congregation, I hope? Popular Young Clergyman—I think r heen as mctive | work as now The women's e le realized nearly $° for the organ fund SARA AND MAUD. J. 3. Montague In the Oregontan plays bold Romeo to Mauc r mummers hump to keey pace they ket As old Jack Falstaff, Edna May will t Across the scend, stald Dick Mansfleld must tog out dear. petite” Arline! Nat Goodwin as La Tosca would go thirst ing for revenge; As Tess could Trvin ter to Stone And hunted, flee for she Henge. The fad will beat the book-play craze, ‘tw he the greatest yet, When Sara’s playing Romeo to Maudie s Juliet Blanch Bates would make a brave Pri v could John Drew d_how Jean D'Are wou'd hara) Hal, us Top: Jefterson could fall or opatra would be well worth paying for, Fiske as big Bill Sykes would crowded houses draw While Freder| Warde would make best Nell Gwynn we evor saw Bet in line or Ana they'rs left out in the wes When Bara’s playing Romeo to Maudic ® Jullet When Francls Wilson Little. Eva, we 4 Wil see Modjeska's I'ncle Tom, worth while 10 see; And Ada Rehan, when' again she ehoose o appear. Wil wear & white rave and storm as Tear Trwin would be great as Wang, and H. Clay Barnabee As Deidemona couldn't fafl to be ‘way makes his bow a9 a thing nd fowing beard nnd May in G There'll be things doing on the stage nex: season, When Bara's Jullet, yoii can bet playing Romeo to M