Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 8, 1901, Page 6

| ' HE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY IHE ©MAHA DAILY BEE. |YAKING WAr FUR CANAL TREATIES | west that are endeavoring to settle the PRl % | The action of the government of [ country along their lines. In Colorado, ¥ ROBKWATER, HDITOR Nicaragua in denouncivg the treaty with | Wyoming, New Mesico and other mid — the United States granting the right of | die western and southwestern territory PUBLISHED LVERY MORNING way for the construction of a canal | unusual efforts coon to be put forth T PERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTIC across the isthmus s simply clearing | by the railroads to increase the popu- Datly s sut sundey), Une the way for new conventions made | lation in those sections. In order to Py oo ana wunaay, Une Jeer necessary by changed conditions. The mote this the railroads, it is said, Buno i Une Year treaty denounced was negotiated in 18¢ that the arid states must be | ] (U AL and granted to the United States the of supplying the needs of DELIVERED BY CARRIE right of transit across Nicarngua on| g population and therefore their {‘;,;. e I 8 per o < | any route of communication, also muk | influence i likely to be given to the D A e et PN | ing provision n regard to the neutrality | promotion of irrigation. ‘The railroads :s'n‘ iy 1 URE ST v € | und protection of an isthmian canal and | have certainly been doing a good work Hvening ¢ \ig ¢ | detining the obligations to be assumed | in the matter of inducing people to emi- | P T UL DA 2 [ by the United States. Prior 1o the ne- { grate from the eastern and central sec par gotiation of the Hay Pauncefote treaty, | tions of the country to the northwest - ‘j“‘ . B ";fi‘ protocols were areanged between out | aud more vigorous efforts in this dir B Ui ity b Uiiding, Tweaty- | government and that of Niearagua stipu- | tion may be expected of them in the L ATALLR, T P W ilmlng that a treaty between the two | future, Chicagos 1ot Uity buiding governments wonld be negotiated in re N T o e otiy Cae K Btrdet gard 1o’ the “constbuetion_of a canal in MAY THEIR TRIBE INCREASE. CORRESPONDENUE accordfinee with the terms and declara Last year all that the democracy of Bee, kit rament | gotiated with it Brituin grand old man, Millard Fillmore Funk S LA TRI. 1 is explained, therefore, that the de- | youeer. The capable service which one Buinoes Lot o by, | Munciation at this thme simply means | grand old man performed as a member of | Omani REMITTANCES that Niearagua, in anticips 1 of a [ the school board impressed itself \ur‘nn‘lh“ it by oML AN, ostal otder, | treaty “With Great Beitain that will | people of Omabs, and on Tuesday tdur grand A e Prmianiig Company | change conditions under existing troa- | (4 men were chosen to that important bod ont stiumps accopred in pay Millard Fillmore Funkhouser, Emil Cermak e T Sval G, & | tiew, and in accordance With the protoeols | grigh 1. Mclatosh, John F. Andreesen, four Al r canigen Cxenangen Dol C U | sisied a year ago by the American soc: | good cltizens, four sturdy democrats, four PSesarodiars - retary of state and the Nicaraguan min- | grand old men! Here's to the grand old ETATEMENT OF CIRGULATION ister at Washington, has glven notice |™en! May their tribe increase until the Stato of Nebraska, Douglas County, 8 | jue eho treaty, of 1867 will expire in | 9emOUFats are in the majority of the Omaha George B3, Trschuck, secretary of The Hee school board.—World-Herald. .l'.ur:\l::'n:\‘x e “n:m{h:r:|y||.x|:m»:r":r‘j:; October, 14 and that in the mean-| mppae jots the cat out of the hag and ;.‘,,,.,l..:' wipiea ot The "Dally, Morning, tme a new treaty will b negotiated I | (o ropublicans who allowed themselves Evoing ana sunia e prinded” 4uning | which the right of the United States to |, po buncoed into voting for the four lows construct @ canal ucross the isthmus Wil | wgrang old democrats” will doubtless 1. 20,10 o be fully recognized and provision made | noto with pleasure that their efforts for : Lt i for leasing ov otherwise acquiriig e | 4 yon patisan sehool board are to be | 3 26 060 territory through which the canal Wil (oowned with suceoss a year hence, | o e pass. Nicaragua also denounced all eX- | whop (e democratic machine conti 6 preaen” 2 50 | isting treatles with European govern- | gantiy looks forward to taking complete . . ,,:,'.::: o 4:;:: ments bearing upon the questions af- | control of the management of our public B 00 fecting the construction and operation | ¢ hools, 10 Wuciis of an isthinian canal. In the meantime it may be pertinent T 7 Washington adviees, doubtless having | ¢, gek what that “grand old man” 8 - {official authority, say that the purposc | afjjlard Fillmore Funkhouser has done T " b2 I8 clearly 1o brush away all treaty obli- | 1o justity the compliments showered on | 5% aune | Kations thut would fn any manner em-| yig, Althongh the only democrat in | 1 oo | Darvass Nicavagun i negotinting | the honrd st year, he was made chair Total . AR PIRAA | treaty with the Unied States in regard [ man of the finance committee, its most g oy el ST o the waterway across ber territory. | jmportant committee, by the manipula- | et totkl males,. .. C MOTANT | corrects the first fmpression that { (o of Superintendent Pearse. By an HAVIGRIVARTORRS _“H‘.m‘f"‘,f"l the action of Nicaragua was in some | jmposition of an extraordinary school | Eubkeribed 1 me oo o sworn to | Wiy hostile to (he canal project, of Was | tax be was placed in position to wipe | Yofore me this dlat duy ot Qotoher, & D.| desigied to enable that country to ob- | gut the greater prt of the foating debt | “(Heal) M Gotary Publie, | tain some advantage not secured under | ereatod through the ageney of Pearse e | the present treaty., It is stated that a new | in the previous hoard. With $100,000 | Porhaps the democratic party does not | {Featy of commerce and navigation will | more in taxes thau in 189 and §71,000 need reorganizing after all be uegotiated this winter between the | more than in 1900, this Nupoleon of | - S S | United States and Niearagua, in which | finance has managed to spend it all! Governor Savage may now fssue an | it 8 expected satisfactory concessions | withont reduciug the floating debt and | unconditional Thanksgiving proclama Chairman De France of the populist state committee is entitled to anothe guess, Boss Croker ean now realize that for pree Mark Twain was ot Joking when e said it was mo joke. Citizens of Nebraska without regard 10 polities huve the satisfaction of hav- fng had a clean campalgn., Someone ought to cable Our Dave that the battle is over and it is quite safe for him to return, lown affords a striking democrats ot show what on dead issues can do. xample for npaigning As usunl, The Bee hns distanced all competitors i the prompt the election returns, ged ntation ¢ The democrats hay sippi by an ov There was only carried Missis rwhelming majority. ticket in the tield, Li Hung Chang will b n all parts of the civilized world, other Chinaman ever had so world-wide & reputation. ve The danger Is imminent that the non partisan munietpal league will find itself overlouded with ambitious democratic office seekers. real estate values. bl member the Real Estate ex change and every property owner should paste this in his hat, High taxes The case of Admiral Schley has g to the ju The verdict vendered by the court of public opinion has been recorded for some tim That eelebrated declaration of a cele brated candidate for president, “Great {8 Tammany and Croker is its prophet,” will have to be revised at least for the present. Now that » mth Omaha voted the bonds to purchase the new public library site Mr. Carnegic may as well have that cheek made out ready for slgnature, —— Chicago's chief of police is getting Bfter the deadbeats who walk' beats in the World's Il city. There is no ex euse for deadbeats iu uniform or out of uniform, ballot law s what It that new Nebraska conducive to stenight party voting would have heen the ontcome if the form of the hallot had not been changed by the last legislature? When the roll of « medsure the contributions to the ma Jority that keeps Nebraska in the re publican column Donglas county vepub- Jicans will take no buck sent The public printer will come in next gor his part i the ¢ bourd of in quiry when the comes to be Bound up in bulk pearing the gov testimony v, nt adable volumes 1t seems after all that It is hardly o mafe proposition to depend on South ©Omuha and the conntry precinets to roll up the majorities necessary tq elect re publican candidutes in Douglas county. A great denl dulged as 10 conjecture Is heing in the fmmediate |I|IIIII'IIV'I'\l No | unties is called to ! intentions will be mad; operation canal and m which such pr fsting satisf Ther of a by this country | visions of the ex aty will be incorporated as are | ¢ to the two governments. 1o does not appear to be the least reason to apprehend any ditienlty in re xpect to this, Niearagua having thus far shown a strong desire to have the pro- posed canal constructed and an entire willingness to make all reasonable con- cessions which the United States mny ask. Should congress decide upon t iragna route there seems to be no doubt that terms between the two goy ernments can be eastly and promptly arranged. A GREAT ORIENTAL In the death of Earl LI Hung Chang China loses the most distinguished man she has produced within a century, one | whose rank among Oriental statesmen and diplomatists was pre-eminent and | who bad few equals during his time | among the greatest stutesmen of the western world ATESMA In Chinese politics he was, says a writer on his eventful ca reer, a past master and the foreign di plomacy of China for the last forty years has been lis, He came into prominence as governor of the provinee of Kiangsu, in the sixties, when he was given distinguished positions and honors for his services in suppressing the for widable Taiping llion. 1n 1868 he ped into a viceroyalty, later he put down rebellions in two of the northern proviuces and advancing from one po- sition of power to another was finally ated 4 noble of the first class and appointed to take the initiative in for- cign negotiations. He battled with many able diplomats and won not a few victories for his country. After Chinn was defeated by Japan, in what was Li Hung Chang's war, he was required to humble hiwselt and plead for peace. A year afterward he made a tour of the world, recelving everywhere the most distinguished con sideration. Returning to China he was degraded, then prometed and. finally seated fu’ the chair of the chief grand | | tary of the empire. . In 1809 he | was made viceroy at Canton and later | y of Chibli and peace commis In the latter capacity he showed warked diplomatic skill and ability aud to him was lavgely due the amicable settlement with the powers. Li Hung Chang has been ealled the | Machiavelli of Chinese diplon; doubt the characte acy and no tion was correct But he performed great serviee for his | country. lonatic Besides Lis polit labors, he. fivst introduced a hant mavine a8 a Chinese steam rallways began under mage, he worked the first al mines, hought a modern fivet, sturted the first Chinese cotton manutac and built the fortress at Port Arthus, What other Oriental statesman, with the | posstble exception of Marguis 110 | n, has so muceh o his eredit? SETTLING THE NORTHWE! It is estimated that about 100,000 peo. e have bee tded (o the population of the northwest this year through the homeseekers” excursions ol (he ilronds, most of them having come from the n tral states, An agent of & western rail rond system told a representative of the Philadelphia Ledger t all the vast section west of the Mississippi 10 the Pacific coast s now being settled more rapldly than at any time since the railronds were first built into and a. L1t Al the railronds have been actively al and dip his pat working to secure emigration to this section and with excellent suceess. The ate of Washington, it appears,, lns for the construction and | without having a thing to show for it tention ofticlal W and cire he rumors special had bee taining capital What of repul the rep form. approve demand terest a [is all the registra tween r Just Deaver this s P ‘replace few oth ernmen ment, secured veap t econom The 1 when th flelds . on as & had & of one Itichard Croker. The intentions | derived the greutest benetit from this of Seth Low after he shall have become | movement, though the emigration has smstalled i the wayor's office over | heen pretty well distributed over the Greater New York will be of much | northwest territory preater wowent aud g neral importauce. 1t is not alenc the vonds of the north penditul resume mendable proceeding from every view. except the insurance policies on school buildings The ouly thing that has attracted at s grandstand play as an exposer of which he had no other basis than what calls ting the county to the expense of thou- | sands of dollars for a grand jur) excursion selves on tl selves to b the democratic tr » | I'he handsome popular endorsement of endorsement of the republ larations « n and nothing to lose by requir steict compliance 1 tives in official positious, Compared with the registration record of party gffiliations, the outcome in Douglas county warrants the suspicion | that a majority of our conscientious citizens either stifle their consciences | when they take oath to answer truly | inty has ticket for the first time in years. It cted the Cousolidation of city and county gov- sible only through coustitutional amend the many casualties of the Maine bunting No Considering the fact that the government to this “sturdy old democrat” is corruption in the ecity hall. Yet s he exposed? He has invented culated slanderons st for ries “well-defined rumors.” "I'h he tried to verify through detectives after the grand jury on ealled instead of first ascer- thelr truth or falsity before put fishing political | intended to make for himselt and his part a commentary on the gullibility lfcans who, while priding them- v intelligence, allow them used as catspaws to in ublican state ticket is also an| n state plat { Nebraska not only that platform, but they want its ' into effect. Every it voices is for the public in nd the party lhas everything to T4 representa m s questions put to them by the y& or change their minds be cgistration day and election day. to rebuke the appointment of to the O'Neill lund oftice, Holt elocted the republican county the kind of rebuke to, be ex- spublicans might. do well 1o some of the old ringsters in g cr Nebraska counties, t on a practicable plan is pos The sooner the amendment is the soouer can the taxpayers he benefits of consolidation fes, ticket in Nebraska state was nipped in the bud so hard by the usion e force drew its club the mysterious atural history ought to be fnsisted necessary branch in the schools RBring in Your B 8, Touls Globe-Democrat surplus of $71,717.084 above its ex- res the offer of Secretary Gage to the buying of bonds is a com- point of | agent | ployed policy to pay off debts and save Interest and in the next it restores to business a part of the vast sums locked up in the treasury. More Men, Not M Philadeiphia Record Congroes Will be asked to appropriate money to build forty new war vessels for the navy. At the present rate of progres- sfon it i& pretty certain the country will soon find itself very sirongly equipped with veseels, but very badly off for inen of ex- perience to command them. — A Deepening Mystery, Baltimore Americar The mystery about Miss Stone's abduce tion deepens. Some seem inclined to think, as far as the brigands are concerned, that, like the famous Mrs. Harris, “there afn't 1o sich persons.’” while confidence in the integrity of the Macedonlan committee and the sultan of Turkey 18 not embarrassingly abundant Small Bills for Hosiness, New York Times The business men of the country will cor dially approve the arrangements of United States Treasurer Roberts, as described Lis annual report, to fucrease the proj of bills of small denomination nually issued. With the approval of con- gress more than $140,000,000 of treasury and national bank notes of denominations above $10 will be relssued in denominations below that figure. This will greatly iscrease the onvenience of merchants throughout the country and be of lasting benefit to trade. or- an- Comparisons Are Odio Philadeiphia North American, Because an American general has applied the reconcentrado policy to the island of Samar it does mot follow, as the British press scems to think, that the American people are hound to applaud Kitchener's methods and apologize to Weyler. Official upproval of General Smith's order may make it appear inconsiatent in an American to criticise the British for corraling the Roers in stockades and permitting children to die by thousands, but that does not bar him from saying what is true. The British policy in South Africa is none the less brutal and barbarous because it is Imitated in Samar. hll mive Armaments Useleas. Indlanapolls News The Boer war has demonstrated that the notion of military affairs in England is wrong and that of warfare obsolete. If we may trust report the famed armies of Ger- many and France are not ordered om a much better understanding. The old Euro- pean idea of massive formations, of auto- matic cision in drill, of parade excel- Ton sUll answers the ideal. Armies, however large, made up in this way can make little impression on the loose forma- tion, accurate individual marksmanship and individual initiative that characterize the Boer army, if one may call their com- mandoes by the name of army. rogress in Nebraska. Indianapolis Journal, Some of the western tates are partici- larly strong on statistics relating to their industries and educational developmont. Nebraska is one of these. Its labor bureau, under the special direction of C. Wa son, deputy commissioner of labor, has prepared an officlal statistical map which is @ model in its way. In the center of the sheet is a map of Nebraska, and ranged about areé figures under the proper heads showing, among other things, the agri- cultural products for the year, the fruit acreage, the price of farm lands, farm wages, number ofcacres of vacant public lands, the state educational lands, the ir- rigation grants, population, area, libraries, public and private schools, number of pro- fessional men in the state, state labor or- ganizations, Tist of artesian wells, ete. In short, the map shows at a glance all that a possible settler could wish to know con- rning Nebraska and many facts thai he might have difficulty in finding elsewhero. Other statisticians might well take pattern by this conventent work of reference ] ANTI-TOXIN, the Unfortunate Comment on ence of S New York Tribune. St. Louis' unfortunate experience with the anti-toxin of diphtherfa, reported in Saturday's dispatches, will probably not shake the confidence of medical men in the protective and curative virtues of that But the general “bifc can hardly fail to be surprised a: outbreak of a score of cases of dockjaw, many of them fatal, apparently in consequence of jts use; and until the highly exceptional char- acter of the incident is recognized the popular mind 1s lkely to be somewhat dis- turbed by the revelation. It is well to remember, therefore, that of all the serums which have been prepared for fighting disease, that which is em- in treating diphtheria has shown itselt the most efcacious and free from drawbacks. From every part of the world where it has been systematically tried have come tidings of & reduced mortality. In Prussia, for instance, the average number of deaths from diphtheria between 1885 and 1894 was 15.5 in every 10,000 people. In 1895 and 1896 and 1897 the proportion fell off to 9, 7.6 and 6.2 respectively. The use of Behring's antf-toxin first became general in that country in 1895. The reduction in mortality from this cause in the leading cities of America during the last decade is something like 50 or 60 per cent, and is almost exclusively attributed to the intro- duction of the new remedy. Trouble like that which Is now reported from St. Louis occurred nearly a vear ago in ltaly. First in one town and then in an- other persons who had heen inoculated for diphtheria developed tetanus. In the month of December, 1900, somathing like thirty or forty cases were observed. A mild panie resulted, though it was of short duration Investigation soon revealed the fact that all of the anti-toxin whose use had been at- frost that euveloped the, conventioun) o6 the BT-OR BT W0 (L e e that nnmumh:d it, I!l.il it never Te-| 1ohged to a single lot of 305 tubes. It had covered, notwithstanding the beautiful | peen manufactured at the national bacterio- Indian summer that followed. logical laboratory, in the management of - which a chauge had recently taken place. No ¢ e to Sho 1t was made in September and distributed Chicago Record-He | late in November. But as soon as its char- This in probably the first time on record | ACter became evident steps were taken to that Dewey ha had 1o sit and be lectured | Fesover, WL WA et VoL ANESL [t KT Sishout A chance to elther talk back or |y 'tk only one which had ever made mis- shoot chief in Italy, although the same institution Pertodical Walk, | had previously sent out no less than 280,000 | Minneapolis Journal. n;:w.i Anr:’ vlm; that um‘.-l ndn further com- Pat Crowe, the Omaha ghost, appeared to piications ‘have Yesn reporiol the Folice $u & dfeam (he othor Bight, but |, The msthod by which the Itallan serum hecame contaminated has never heen gen- erally known. But there is now little room stranger vanished. for doubt about the cause of the trouble in Pl T Mimher Civlization, St. Louis. The Behring plan is to inoculate L R A a healthy animal, usually a horse, with Bvidentlyt the higher sivilisation fa o | ust eRousb diphtheria virus to eauss mila P ey n-:m up. A dob of cows |/JKASAS 85 to captipus that LESASIARL URs are Ti{e thakiby ' POTy bt Now York.| L) U8 blood possssses the amired auility e ATty New | of rendering hu ubjects immune. The hunters under ‘the impression that they |;,,.-r,. “d“;.:."; l:]::-"n;x:‘:\h,ul-vr\ulnxhl ot Bt were a herd of deer. In view of this and this Louls had employed for purpose was found to be suffering from fetanus on Oc- tober 1 and accordingly was killed. Inas- much as an inspection late in August failed to afford evidence of the disease it seems likely that the latter was acquired in the meantime. Although e probably has few parallels manufacturers of anti-toxin will undoubtedly profit by it. They will now realize more keenly than ever the im- portance of that vigllance and caution which alone guarantee au absolutely pure In the first place It b always good product, 190 Kansas City | Of the state elections held Tuesday that in Nebraska will probably have the greates: effect on mational politics. The Nebraska election was not of special importance as a ate contest, but the fact that Willlam J Bryan entered the campaign and made one of his characteristic canvasses with the obvious determination to revive his prestige by returning his makes the result country The returns so far ind publican ticket, even with a comparatively light vote, has been clected by a larg majority than that of 1900, when, with Mr. Bryan as a presidential candidate, the state turned against him. Last vear It was charged that the republican national com- mittee made a determined effort to defeat Bryan in his home commonwealth and spent money lavishly to accomplish that end There never was any ratisfactory evidence of the correctness of this charge, but whether true or not this year's fesults cannot be traced to any such influence The national organization was not a in any of the state campaigns, and ate to the fusion column interesting to the entire ate that the re- Httle mMUNICE FRANC AXING AL SES, Significance of the Hiinel Court Dectston. Philadelphfa Press 1llinols has been added, by the deciston of its supreme court, to the states which have begun the taxation of municipal fran- chises If this 18 thoroughly carried out it is a more excellent way of securing a public re- turn from the use of the streets than (he municipal ownorship of these franchises The supreme court, in its mandamus to the Sapreme State Board of Equalization, names every street car line, gas, electric light or tele- phote company In Chicago. These compa= nies all hold etreet franchises. Thelr ele- vated lines, roadbed, trolley poles, gas mains, telephone condults or wires are In the streets. They have enjoyed, without payment, as similar companies do here, the use of public property and they have es- caped adequate taxation on the value thus certained and assessment cordingly. This sweeps into the net of taxation an eatimated valuation of $235,000,000, more rather than less. Ilinois, like this state, taxes corporations, but the supreme court has wisely held that such a tax no more frees these speclal realty privileges tha it frees the real estate of a corporation from a realty tax. New York has reached the same conclusion in ita franchise tax law, though It has gone about It in a differ- ent way. Other states must do the same. to be made ae- AGONIES OF W Todianapolis Journal: When it is recalled that the British army in South Africa has 500 miles of rallway to protect against small but watchful and relentless bands of Boers it & not cause for surprise that now and then detachments of the large British army are taken at disadvantage and severe loss 18 foflicted. The resistance which the Boers offer {s one of the most remarkable exhibitions of determined insistence that the world's history presents Springfield Republican: It 15 evident that the British reverse in the castern Trans vaal was the severest experienced since the first year of th The affair comes at a time to give particular point io Mr. Mor ley's address to his constituents the other evening, when he expressed the view that the time was coming when the king would have to seek new ministers in order to bring the struggle to a close. Mr. war. has been known from the start as the Cas- sandra of this war and the parallel is be- coming uncomfortably close, for Cassan- dra‘'s prophccies all proved justified by events Philadelpbia Ledger: Great Britain en- tered last month on the third year of the war, with about 200,000 men and 450 guns in South Africa, and with 100,000 men in military training at home awaiting a call for their servic Four months' reserves of food for this great army and for 428000 horses and mules must be maintained. The chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, recently said in a publle speech that the organized resistance of the Boers ended a year ago and that only guer- rillas were in the fleld. Nevertheless, a year after this organized resistance in South Africa ceased, as asserted, it was necessary to keep not less than 200,000 British soldiers and 450 guns in the coun- try. The war has been prolonged far be yond the limit fixed for ite duration by any British writer or speaker who undertook to forecast the outcome, and the end is not yet. PERSONAL NOTES. Those Bulgarian brigands appear (o beyond the reach of an ultimatum David Bennett Hill isn't saying & word, but the silence of Wolfert's requires neither a megaphone nor an interpreter Kubelik, the strange, weird boy violinist, the magic enslaved the hearts of London society, will sail for America November 20, Chauffenr Fournier is bringing agalnst the Long Island railroad, not only because of damage to his machine, but also because of irreparable injury to his repu tation as an automobile driver. Exercises will be held in Roston on Mon- suit day, November 11, in memory of Dr. Sam uel Gridley Howe, the great benefactor of the blind, who was born just 100 years ago —on November 10, 1801, United States Senator George F. Hoar will preside L. G. Fisher, whose collection of “big animal” heads and specimens has already secured re- attracted widespread attention cently what is claimed to be the largest buffalo head ever brought in the United States. It came from the British north- west Miss Constance Becerra, the beautiful who was the daughter of Ricardo Hecerra, Colombian minister to Washington fifteen years ago, has at last succeeded in escaping from Venezuela, where she has n de talned as a hostage by President Castro he was educated in the United States he proposed nmew constitution of Ala- bama makes the governor of the state in eligible to re-election to the office and for the United one year office in the state, and even Stutes senatorship, for at least after his term of office as governor ends Colonel N. Bchinas, a government military engineer at Athens, Greece, Is in this country to inspect the waler departmenis of the ding American cities. He says that Athens, which has a population of 0,000, widely scattercd, is now supplied with water by a syftem of driven wells The supply is very inadequate and bas The government ablish i the an hest caused many complaints of Greece Proposes to e clent eity a system fashloned after (he in the world. real They were not taxed ns realty | and @ personal tax on their shares was easily evaded The supreme court now steps in and or- ders “the market value, or If no market value then the fair cash value,” of thelr shares and indebtedness, “‘except the in- debtedness for current expenses,” to be as- bids his accepting any elective or appointive | | Morley | { legislation in such cas of whose bow has for some time | Significance of Nebraska Star (ndy Nobraska to offset Mr. Bryan to or nothing was done in the grewt eftort made by swing the majority his way William J: Bryan‘'s political reer may Dot be ended, but his future s surely clouged by much uncertainty. From the time® of his defeat in 1506 he has lost ground steadily. His second presidential defeat was vastly worse than his first, not only in the country at large, but also be- cause of the lose of his own state and the big adverse majorities in his own city, ward and preeinet. He clupg doggedly to policies that by the progress of events and repeatedly repudiated by the majority of the voters Just so long as he adheres to these policies he will secure mo favors at the hands of the people. Just so long as he can con- trive to force these doctrines into the democratic platforms the party will be fn a hopeless minority The significaner of the Nebraska election is that the influence of Bryan has wenkened instead of strengthened. and in the same degree the prospects of true de mocracy have heen brightened has BITS OF WASHINGTON e, hinga of People and Events at the Nattonal Capital. The manin of the camera fiend to smajp shot every movable object at or near the White House has reached the proportions of a nuisance to the occupants. The de- mand for pictures of the president and his family causes a horde of cheeky snapshot ors to camp about the White House, to the | noyance amd inconvenience of their vic tims. “For several days,” says the Ph delphia Ledger correspondent, “there has heen a frantie craze to get & snap at the Roosevelt children, and the camera report ere have waylaid them as they went in and | came out of the White House, morning and ovoning. To escape them the children hav been golug to wchool In the market wago belonging to the White House, and have started out the back way. Recently the photomaniacs got in the White Touso & ounds at the rear of the mansion and tried 10 get plctures of the wagon as it was start ing off. The president was not pleased by the affair, but made no disturbance about It | Colonel Bingham, who is in charge of the have been utterly discredited | heen | ]u{ New Jertey, alsa a momber of the house and afterward governor of that state. Their friendship became very intimate and strong. In fact they were Ifke brothers | This friendship lasted throughout their Jives. When Mr. Lincoln became president Qovernor Newell was a frequent caller at the White House. Upon one of his visits | he told President Lincoln that he would send him a box of terrapin, | The president, having lived all his lite |in the west, had never heard of terrapin, much less eaten any of that famous Mary- land dish. He thanked his friend Newell and then forgot all about the promise. A week or &0 later, however, a box contafn ing half a dozen or e “'things Presi dent Lincoln pronounced as “turtles | rived. There was notbing the box to indicate where they came from or who sent | them. The president, of course, had ne use for “turtles” and ordered hix servant | to let them out in the White Lot, back of the executive mavsion ar- on “They will amuse the children,” he said, as he went back to his offico. It was not [long until the terrapin disappeared and | s00n found their way to the Potomac viver and were pever seen again. It was not until Governor Newell called at the White }“mlfiv a few weeks later and asked My | Lincoin how he enjoyed the terrapin thut the president learned that the “‘turtles” which he had turned adrift were such A delicious dish, over which connoisseurs rave so much. Mr. Lincoln then confessed that | ne bad never heard of terrapin bhefore Governor Newell died last Soptember at | age of 81 years. GHING GA "itaburg Chroplele: “Why did Tammany nominate a Shepard for mayor? arked Spiffins | "5To _decelve the lambe, T suppose,” re plied Snaggs. | Washington Star: Do you expect to | heve wn ovation when you et up to s | Your constituents again® 1 odon’'t Know rejoined S tor Sor | ghum, absent-nfindedly How much do ovations cost? Ot exclaimed 1ha At breakfast in ti Philadelphin Pross voung bride, as they « nt, Uwhat tiny litle egg the brought you. Ien't it cute! | joar,’” he' safd, after breaking it, | “nat ¢ute, exactly. 1'% chi Brooklyn Life: She (in a whisper) ~Chat lttle man we are passing s Robertso | Stunter. e was one of the best Known [authors in the country onec | trange 1 don't remember him. SRt that was three or four months ago." public grounds in Washington, however, | .Cleveland Pluin Dealer: *Yes, old boy took action, and it was ordered that the | ! S§StoPhed smoking gates to the park should not be opened, ex- cept when the grounds are used for the weekly Marine band concerts “It has been the custom to keep those gates locked during the except for a Lalf hour morning and evening. when the departmont clerks are going or coming from thefr work and are allowed to pass through the grounds as a matter of convenfenc L as it makes a short cut over town. During the first Cleveland term these gates were left open all day, and the park was en joyed by the public as any of the parks of the city might be. When the Clevelands came to the White House the second time tes were locked, ®o that the little Cleveland girls might enjoy the grounds Up to that kept out of the place since General Grant's time, when the gates were locked to afford a safe pasture for Nellie Grant's pony Mrs. Cleveland would not suffer sightsecrs newspaper picture-makers to meddle with her, little girls, and inslsted on thelr being protected from the public, as was right. President McKinley, when he came, made no change In the rules about the grounds, and the park was kept as the private grounds of the president’s home. There is fittle enough privacy in the life of the occupants of the White House, and a reasonable public will not begrudge t president and his family the use of one of the parks of a city full of them.' A Washington letter to the Chicago Chronicle reports that Senator Foraker of Ohio will introduce @ bill when congress assembles next month to pay Mrs. McKin- ley a year's salary, or $50.000, on her late husband's account. This will be followlng a grecedent established In the case of Presi dents Lincoln and Garfleld. Some friends in congress desired to pay her the salary of the unexpired term of President McKin! but it was decided to follow precedent, es- pecially as Mrs. MeKinley has no children 1t will be recalled that in the case of Mr Garfield a popular subscription was also opened and the handsome sum of $360,000 was quickly realized and turned over to the widow. It is also suggested that a pension of $i,000 per year should be voted to Mrs. McKinley. This will be in line with previous The question of compensation for the sur- geons and physicians who treated President | McKinley during his fatal illness is aleo being discussed. In this case the legislative experts are looking up the precedents. President Garfleld lingered eighty days. A board of audit finally agreed to compensate the surgeons and physicians in the following time the public had not been | | . You know I ocan't smoke but ene and \ ‘Oh, the brand s giving out?"” | “Nop. The dewler won't trust., | Chicago Tribune: “Ull get even wid ‘em { for dischargin® me!” mumbled the cook lady, Ufting up the register and dropping a patr of her old hoes down the hot alr pipe Just before she went awiy | And those old shoes avenged nearly a week before the family what was the matter her for found out Philadelphia woman's clib at something suffrage. She—1 can't that should Press He-1 think a to be successtul, should uim fur removed from “femule with you, T ple object agre belleva He-Exactly, b «t something else it fs more likely to V Star: “You must tell your hushi change his diet,” suld the phy sefan. “Tell him to vat more beef and Potatoes “Oh, woll.” sald Mrs. Camrox, after moment's congideration, 1 suppose 1L 1 just as well. Beef and potatoes are get ting o expensive that even the weulth familles need not be ashamed o eat thom. Chicago Tribune: “Opera books! of the opera!” sung _out the boy at ths ter entrunce. “Yon ean't tell what “re singin’ thout the hook! d rather not know what th g, my son.” replicd the g’ old gentl vho wits Philadelphia vour huntor elaims he today,” re d the Kk ulde hat's righ guide with the mixsing v full that he saw double riwo devr Brooklyn Kagle: Beecroft—Such music as ihat neighbor of ours makes on thit cornet ~ would hardly soothe the savaz breast! 1t makes one want to murder him' Chatterton—Well, nothing fs move sooth Ing to a savage than the anticipation of murder [ 2V, Cleveland Leader, Schley He saw ‘em with his little eye, That's why afelr crutsers lie A1l hattered up there on the heac Bchley's & pech h Bhat = what! He opened up with shell and shot— One ship against the lot Schloy Went In to do or die, And he did Just wmashed the lid ) thelr cracker box Schley old fox! Why Didn't somebody mention Schiey When the good news came? Did they try To keep his name proportions: Dr. Bliss, $6.500; Dre. Agnew and Hamilion, $5.000 cach; Drs. Reyburn and Boynton, $4,000, and Dr. Susan B. dson, $3,000. The board also allowed different parties $5,920 for services and supplies. This fncluded $1,600 to the Cen- tral Rallroad of New Jersey and $1,162 to C. Jones of Elberton. Extra compensation was allowed to certain government em- ployes, and. the total expenditure was 357,000 Storfes are still being told in ton at the expense of the late President Lincoln. During his younger days, when he was & member of congress, he formed the acquaintance of Hon, Willlam A. Newell Washing- You feel old. Hour From belng coupled with the gle DId_they try to jerk The credit he had won Away Well Th fous work? hardly, but what's done 1s done~ v \Tore excited th; 80 here's 1o Schle Phe man Wio saw them with his little eye As_they ran For the open sea! Ho Is the man who merits praise To him is due The credit, and he'll get it, too, One of these days! Just keep on, Schley, You're all Fight; Tt was your fight The world will know it by and by. after hour you slowly drag yourself through your work. You are tired out all the time. Night brings no rest. What is the cause of all this?P Impure blood. Get rid of these impurities. Put your blood in better condition. Build up your nerves. The doctors report to with Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. us the best of success It’s the only Com- pound Concentrated Extract of Sarsaparilla, 1 have uaed Ayer's Sarsaparilla in order to make my blood pure and improv my general healt took” — F. B. McCRaY, $1.00. Al druggists. I'ripton, TIl. It gave me the best satisfaction of any medicine ever J. C. AVER CO., Lowsll, Mass,