Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 29, 1901, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. ROSEWAT R, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTIO ly Bea (without Sunday), ¢ y Bee and Sunday, One Yea ustrated Bee Ome Year v nday Hee, One Year Wit turday Bee, One Year . . entieth Century Farmer, One Year.. DELIVERED BY CARRIER {ly Bea (without Sunday) copy Iy Bee (without Sunday), woek aily Bea (including Sunday), per week.| unday Bes, per copy vening Bee, without Sunday, per week I vening Bee, Including Sunday, per weok . Vobeis 150 Complaints of irregularities in delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De- partment. OFFICES: maha—The Bes Buflding. uth Omaha — City Twenty-Afth and M Ktreets. uncil Bluffe—i) Pear| Street. icago-tg Unity Bullding New Vork—Templa Court Washington-501 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENC Communications relating to news and edi- fpria) matter ahould be addressed: Omaha s, Editorial Department BUSINESS LETTERS. Business lettars and remittances should be dressed: The Kee Publishing Company, maha. REMITTANCES, Remit by draft, express or postal order, % The Bee Publishing Company. it stamps accepted in payment of ‘arsonal ch except on | Bate east “not nccepted. FeR P UBLIGHINS SOMPANY. | n:nmr oF cn‘t.c.u;.u'{au. "‘ourn' ‘5"‘.....”"”“',“.:,“‘.‘,?%. Y Publis) f{ pAny, "“batng. Auly RWOFTS says that the actual number omplete o Daily, of full an: s Morning, and Bunday Bee printed during October, 1901, was as follow: - Hall Bullding, Subscribed my presenge and sworn to me this st div of October, A. D. L B. HUNGATE, (Seal) ‘Notary Public. Fortunately that Nation divorce has not yet become an inter-national affatr. Those Iowa foot ball players are for- tunate if they gave thanks in the morn- 0g. Queen Tl should have stopped longer in the hospitable realm of King Ak Bar-Ben. The governor of Montana wants it understood that he is not the Toole of the railroads. If Our Dave doesn't hurry, congress may have to postpone its opening day to wait for him. Bx-Governor Waite has been called to the happy hunting grounds, where bloody bridles are unknown. ‘The Thanksgiving day list of marriage licenses Indicates that Cupld has entered & pre-emption on that holiday also. E——— Talk about combinations and com- munity-of-interest schemes. What do you call these union Thanksgiving serv- {ces promoted by the preachers? The {rrigation problem threatens to ‘become & repetitfon of the old conflict between the large cattle raisers and the small cattleman and settler, A Kansas man has just sold his sea- son's crop of apples for $18,000, the prod- uet of-1,240 acres. The man with peta- | toes I# not having all the prosperity. Treasurer Stuefer evidently thinks the taxpayers of Nebraska should have | offered thanks that the coupon clippers | did not detach all of the interest ! coupons. ' —_—— Notice should be served on lowa's late candldate for governor that the kicking 'season ended Thanksgiving duy and that post-season gawmes are considered un- . aportsimanlike. oft-promised passenger stations ma- serialize fu brick and stone. But per. haps frelght depots cun be erected with fewer delays. One romance of the late session of the Nebraska legislature has already been consummated, The full frults of that memorable legislative session are yet to be gathered, — We may safely put it down that President Roosevelt would have pre- ferred to have gone out with a fowling plece and brought in a wild turkey, after the fashion of the original Pilgrim fathers, eneral Nmith discreotly says that the question whether a Qomestic parcels post should be estah lshed Is one for congress. He knows congress will not establish a parcels Post “if the express companies can stop It. Postmaster President Roosevelt has emphasized what_he said In the civil service line | by putting the rural free mail deliver under:the classified service. The people can rpst assured that the president will live up to hix record in this as well ax in other things. The sequence of fatal railrpad acei- dents of late is arousing serious com ment: When the causes of these accl dents are investigated and it Is seen bow small oversights are fraught with such fatal consequences the wonder is pather that they are not more frequent Orders have been issued for the dis- position of the artillery forces of tlo army, but Fort Omaha is not on the Qlet. *‘General Miles should not such an important polirt open to attack leave NEW INTERSTATE COMMERCE BITL. Senator Elkins of West Virginia, who will probably succeed Senator Cullom as chairman of the interstate commerce committee, {8 reported to he preparing a bill which he believes will satisfy the shippers of the country who complain of discrimination by the railroads in freight rates, It fis said that Mr. Elking has become convinced, from a careful study of the matter, that the powers of the Interstate Commerce com- mission should be enlarged and the law %0 amended as to ecarrs out the original intent of the act which created the commission, The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Press states that this at- titude of Mr. Elkins Is regarded as significant, from the fact that he is a practical railroad man himself and holds large investments in rallroad properties. He has hitberto been regarded as op posed to interstate commerce logislation that would be any more binding upon rallronds than the present law. Since he has sald publicly that his bill will be satisfactory to both the shipper and the rallroad company, It Is quite naturally surmised that the railroade have altered their attitude somewhat and are willing to consent to conces- sions which they would not make dur- ing the last sesslon, The Cullom bill, which was adversely reported at the last session of the sen- ate, it is understood will form the basis of the bill to be presented by Sepator Elkins. That measure provided for an enlargement of the powers of the Inter- state Commerce commission, one of its features being additional authol in the fixing of rates pending the settle- ment of contests and also providing for immediate appeal and trial by court in cases where the findings of the mm»{ misslon were against the parties in| interest. The Cullom bill also increased the penalty for the violation of the interstate commerce law by making the fine as high as $5,000. The new bill, it 18 understood, will provide for a heavier fine, but will eliminate the imprison- ment clause, as that bas always been a dead letter, It is understood that President Roose- velt Is in favor of legislation that will strengthen the Interstate commerce law | and render it more eff and that | he will recommend such legislation in his message. Such is the fmpression he 1s said to have given to the chairman of the Interstate Commerce commission in a recent conference. It s therefor quite possible that Senator Elkins has concluded to be in accord with the ad- ministration in the matter and to sup- port any effort it may make to secur additlonal legislation. If such s the case there is good reason to expect that something will be accomplished. S—— COMMISSIONER EVANS COMMENDED. Becretary Hitcheock, In his annual report, heartlly commends the work of Commissioner of Pensions Evans and no one has had a more favorable op- portunity to know and judge of the character of this work than the secre- tary of the Interlor. He says the re- port of the pension commissioner should be carefully read by his countrymen In order that they may properly under- stand the great responsibilities of his office and the exceeding difficulties which he has encountered in falthfully discharging its dutles, ‘‘He has no op- tion,” says the secretary of the interior, “and should bave no desire,'to do other- wise than conform to the plain direction of the law In the disbursement of the enormous appropriation made for the payment of pensions. The veterans have no more sincere friend than their com rade, the commissioner, and he but maintains and defends the honor of their patriotic service when, refusing to ignore both the letter und spirit of the law, he declines to permit the lupostor, whether claimant or agent, to share in the bounty which is provided for the veteran and those dependent upon him.” Such testimony to the fidelity and efficlency of Commissioner Evans will be accepted without question by all fair- minded men. The war upon the com- missioner seems to have ceased, but an effort may be made in congress to re- vive it, though it is very doubtful if it would succeed. At all events it ap- pears assured that Mr. Evans will re- main in office during the present ad- ministration. MURE STRINGENT CAINESE LAW. There is no doubt that the Chinese exclusion law will be re-cnacted. The demand for-this is overwhelming and any opposition that may be made to it will be ntterly futile. It is stated that President Roosevelt, in his message to congress, will not only recommend the re-enactment of the law, but will go further and recommend that it be strengthened to increase its efficienc, This congress is very likely to do, since it will be shown that a considerable number of Chinese find thelr way into this country through Canada and Mextico. But while doing this It would seem practicable at the same time to modify procedure under the law so as to relieve it of the injustice and inhumanity that now commonly character it. There s no reason why in excluding the Chinese the officials should have re. course to methods which bring reproach and odlum upon the government. A former United States district attorney at New York, who is thoroughly familiar with the procedure under the execlusion act, says that Chinese persons, who have violated no law, municipal or moral, or, rather, persons appearing to he Chinese subjocts—for they are as likely as not to be American citizens of Chinese extractlon and may not have left the country for years, or ever are now constantly arrested and are treated, not merely as felons by our laws, but every restralnt upon executive action embodied in our federal and state con- stitutions as bills of rights, for the de fense n of felons, Is here ignor und violated, This is & state of things which it is manifostly the duty of the government o correct for its own sake, well as THE OMAHA DAI1 this country and make that exclusion as effective as possible, but let us, for our own honor, deal wivh this proscribed people, in enforcing the law, fairly and Justly, instead of in a manner that one of our own citizens, speaking from aw aceurate knowledge of the facts, de bes as “without parallel In its Justice, brutality and inhamanity.” We may leave entirely out of consideration the question of our commercial inter ests, as to whether or not they will be unfavorably affectod the policy of| clusion, but we should not lose sight of those principles of justice which are the cornerstone of our institutions and should be applied alike to all people within our borde OF MORE THAN PASSING MOMENT. The formal opening of the new Twen- ty-fourth strect viaduet is of more than passing moment. Unless all signs mis lead, the completion this viaduct will be a most important step in the gradual | transformation of Omaha's business cente: Twenty-fourth street is the natural north and south thotoughfare between South Omaha and Omaha. It is the natural avenue for traffic from the northern boundary of our city lmits to the line which separates the county from Its southern neighbor. It is only a question of a short time when this street will be cut through and reduced to easy grade throughout its entire length and when that time arrives we may expect a direct strect rallway serv- fee on Twenty-fourth street that will absorb nearly all the north and south business. What this will mean for Omaha’s com- mercial geography can be readily seen by those who have watched its develop- ment from the earliest days, Omalf's north and south thoroughfare has moved successively westward —first, from Tenth street to ‘Thirteenth, then to Fifteenth, then to Sixteenth, and the next logical move will be to Twenty-fourth, With each westward stride the retail business ||I~I LY BEE: FRIDAY, the populistic lodges ahd the Crokers and Burkes of the great cities they may depend ufon it that they will be judged not by themselves, but by the chieftains whow they have set in positions of leadership. Limitations to the Golden Rule. Loufsvilla Courler-Journal Secretary Hay has been applauded for say- ing in his latest speech that our diplomacy rests upon the golden rule. But as the president intends to recommend the re- enactment of the Chinese exclusion act it is apparent that it {s not intended that the golden rule shall extend to China. “Logie"” of Self-Intere: Detroit Fres Press Considerable opposition to the irrigation of the arid lands of the west has arisen in the east among men who fear the com- petition that the Irrigated lands would create. Yet some of these same men can see nothing but wisdom in annexing all the colonial possessions we can get hold of. Thelr logle seems peculfar. Senator Allen's Warning. Tndlanapolis Journal, Ex-Senator Allen of Nebraska, whose in- fluence has been so potential In keeping the opulists and democrats in one party in Nebraska, has declared that the “faith of populists is too clear and strong to allow them to be absorbed by any other organiza- tion."" He gave notice that if the democrats, in 1904, shall depart one jot from their rad- fcal platforms of 1906 and 1000, thers will be & populist candidate for president in the Philadelphia Record Tha policing of the Panams railroad, which the United States s treaty bound to perform, hus proved a pretty costly undertaking. Whenever some enterprising citizen of Colombia takes it into his head to upset the government our battieships and gunboats have to be stationed at the east- ward and westward railroad terminals in order to keep the road open and keep the pea: After the Nicaragua canal shall have been bullt there will be new and per- haps permanent occupation for the navy in keeplug that waterway open to unrestricted traffic. The Instability of the governments in the isthmian region is one of the ele- ments in the situation which the canal buliders cannot safely overlook. of the city has been drawn westward also, contrary to the expectations of the early townsite builders, who insisted that Omaha would never climb the hills, but that its growth would extend stead- ily northward along the plateau until it formed a juncture with the town of I'lorence, established by the Morions, In its brief existence, not yet spanning fifty years, Omaha has passed through a most remarkable evolution and no change will eventually be more far- reaching in its effects than the building of the Twenty-fourth street viaduct, re- moving the chief obstruction to this great artery of traffic Prof. H. P. Judson, dean of Chicago university, is said to have shocked mem- bers of his class in a recent lecture by declaring: Politics cannot be carried on successfully in a democratic country without the ald of a machine. It is needless to ralse the cry that the machine must be smashed as it now exists without substituting something else In its place. One can accomplish w! i needed in a country's politics only by means of party machines. What's more, it is the quintessence of nonsense to claim that in order to have pure politics we must down the machine. ’ Prof. Judson might bave added that experience has shown that the people who declaim loudest against machine rule always go to the extreme of ma- chine domination whenever tHey get control of the organization. The most flagrant example Is to be found right here in Omaha, where the first work of the antis on securing the direction of the late republican county couvention was to saddle the rank and file of re- publicans with an apportionment of dele- gates and representation on committes that substantially disfranchises the great majority of the voters and gives a minority absolute control. Deputy Labor Commissioner Watson i writing to similar officers in other states to see If he cannot devise some plan by which the reports from Ne- braska can be Improved. It is no re- flection upon either Mr. Watson or his predecessors in office to say that Ne- braska reports in this line have in the past been so incomplete as to be prac- tically valueless. The trouble is that the office s created and the dutles of the officer defined without giving him the machinery of law necessary to ac- complish his work in a thorough and rellable manner. No state in the union would profit more from complete and rellable farm and daivy statistics, the expense of which would be trifling if the legislature would only make it obligatory upon the proper local officers to collect them. The address of General Dodge to the school children of Counell Bluffs, em- phasizing the vast superiority of the educational facilities at the command of the boy and girl of today over those within reach of the youth a half cen- Aago, scores a point equally pertl- nent to young and old. If one thing marks the advance of modern civiliza- tion more than any other, it is the ever-widening circle of education and intelligence by which the poorest child Is offered advautages unattainable by the richest and most influential of for- mer generations. We today spend more for public schools alone than was spent for all purposes of government a few decades ugo Up for a Legal Show-Down, Chicago Post Industrially speaking, “‘community of in- terest” is enfitled to a fair trial, but legally it will have to prove its right to exist. The challenging of this right Is in- evitable. Kind We Keep in Sto Indlanapolis News The alarm which England is feeliug over the Increasing sales of American shoes in that country is only another evidence that, in Industrial matters, we are showing her & cleun pair of heels. 'S Democracy’'s Inferfor Lea Chicago Chronicle (dem.) A political party 18 judged by its lenders and it is right that it should be. If the rank and file of the democrats of the rahip. FEDERAL AID TO AGRICULTURE. Means Well Spent in Promoting the Arta of Peace. Philadelphia Record. Although the Department of Agriculture is scarcely out of swaddling clothes its aims and activities are full grown, buoyant and progressive, as becomes the adminis- trative relation of the state to the chief industrial occupation of ite people. The di- versification of agriculture in ths United States, its predominance as a source of wealth production and the Insatiate and inevitable demands of producers for nmew and broader markets have induced within recent years a commensurate sotivity in the bureaus of the department. The ap- plication of bureaucratic methods to the principles and practice of sclentific farming has been vigorous, unstinted and apparently successtul. During the past twelvemonth, according to the official reports of the department, a large number of the divisions formerly en- gaged in expert researches on allied sub- Jects have been consolldated into four new bureaus, covering plant industry, forestry, agricultural chemiatry and soils. Under these principal feads may be grouped nearly all of the subjects relating to mod- ern agriculture, and the tendency to spe- cialization, already so marked in the re- searches of department experts, will be further encouraged by the evident dispost- tioa of those in authority to make of the department practically a vast school of modern intensive farming, with such asso. clated topics of instruotion as forestry, floriculture, weather obeervatfon, road building and frrigatlon. A new department bullding 1s desired in order to concentrate properly these multifarious agencles of in- quiry and instruction and it will not be Secretary Wilson's fault if congress shall withhold the funds necessary for the pro- posed construction. Public money has been expended time and again for objects far less worthy. The substantial expansion of this latest administrative department of the federal government has been noted for some years past with serene satlstaction by advocates of the arts of peace as opposed to the de- structiveness of war. If the varied and often conflicting interests of American agriculturists can be reconciled and pro- moted materially by administrative agen- cles, it I8 urged, why should such work not be done? WILL BE STRAIGHTOUTS, Senator Allen's Deliverance on the Fuature of Populism, Kansas City Journal. More than ordinary interest attaches to the latest political pronouncement of ex- Senator Willlam V. Allen of Nebraska. Heretofore the senator's deliverances have been noted more tor their length than for their importance, chiefly for the reason that his prophecies always slipped a cog before the time for their fulfiliment came around. But for once there is a close con. nection between facts and Mr. Allen's statement of them, and for that reason his declaration that there will be no more fu- slon of the democrats and populists, coupled with the manifest aigns of the times, possesses an Interesting significance. Of all men who might be expected to de. sort the fusion cause the last was Mr. Allen and of all states where fusion might be expected to find a home when all other doore were closed upon It Nebraska was to be counted on as a refuge and an asylum. But the disastrous defeat of fusion at the last election seems to have caused Mr. Allen to reverse himself. for it was only a few short monthe ago that he was standing by Mr. Bryan's side shouting himselt hoarse in behalf of fusion. He now asserts that there will be no more national fusion and that there will be three tickets in the fleld in 1904 unless the democratic candi- date runs on & platform that the populists can endorse. There will be no open fusion, he declares; no manifest alllance or com- promise of principles and candidates; there will be no democrats on & populist ticket or vice versa: the populists will either have a platform and candidates of thelr own or the democracy must go before the country on a platform and with candidates ac- ceptable to the populists. There 18 no present reason to bellave that the democrats are going to do that, and it now only remains to be seen whether Mr. Allen and the populist leaders speak for the rank and file of their party. The rank and file, it may be added, are undergoing a very decisive operation of disintegration, and 1t is very probable that Mr. Allen voices their sentiments, There will probably be enough of them left to form a nomipal ticket and platform three years hence, and the im- possibility of fuslon victory may embolden the survivors to keep 1o the middle of the road as a matter of principle. There is no chance of getting any of the loaves and the fishes, and the average populist is tolerably strong on principle under such circum- country, comprehending as they do millions Kansas Olty might come up the Mis. sourd gjver with a force of light cavalry 084, @7 o8- o Wy Bowdquariars, in behalf of American interests in China, which 1t is hoped to enlarge. Uaue to excluds Chiness laber of ‘the best and iruest of Americans, permit their party to fall under the control of the “‘calamity,” the ‘“cyclome,” the ‘‘bloody and the-Yeroas of §OL)' araip o stances. When there is an office in sight he is lkely to loosen up & bit morally, and there is then no alliance too repugmant and ettt i L i NOVEMBER 29, 1901, FORESTS ARE THEIR FORTU Most Btriking Element of W Philippines. SECRETARY ROOT ADVI! PRESERVATION Shows How They Wil ha Yiela thle Treasure to United & if Given Proper Scientifio Treatment. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—The concluding portion of his anmual report, made public today by Elihu Root, secretary of war, deals almost wholly with the government of the Philippines. “The policy followed by the War depart- ment,” says the secretary, “has been to press ateadily forward as rapldly as it could be done safely and thoroughly, the gradual substitution of government through civil agents for government through wmili- tary agenis, 80 that the administration of the military officer shall be continually narrowed and that of the civil officer con- tinually enlarged, until the time comes when the army can without imperiling the peace and order of the country be relegated to the sama relation toward government which it occupies In the United States. In this way we have avolded the prematurs abandonment of any power necessary to enforce the authority of the United States and at the same time have held open to the people of every community the oppor- tunity to escape from the stringency of military rule by uniting with us in effective measures to bring about peaceful conditions In the territory which they inhabit.” All Want to Learn Eng! He explaine the operations of the municl- pal and provinclal governments, the civil executive organization and the fnsular com- stabulary and municipal police, tells of the progress of education under American rule and says that as soon as practicable the English language will be made the basis of all public school instruction. He adds: Over 10,000 adult natives are studying glish in_evening schools under Ameri- can teachers, and many more are applying than can be’cared for as yet. The great- est eagerness {8 manifested to learn Eng- lish. There is a widespread desire to send boys to the United States for education, Many of the towns are arranging to send and support boys here for that purpose. The edu al “situation is, briefly, as follows: is a widespread and nest desire for education among the people of the fslands. There are more people anxious for education than there ar ers to furnish it. There are more than there are school bulldings for them to teach in. I think no one ¢ become familiar with the facts without deep {nterest and a strong desire to press forward provisfons for education. All the good influences of Amerlcan ecivilization may enter through this oy 3 Vast Fature in Forests. Regarding the future of the Philippines Secretary Root devotes much space to dis- cussion of the utilization of forest produc saying: The most evident and striking element of wealth n the Philippine islands consists ot its forests. The official geographic' statis- tles of 1876 fix the forest area at o1 acres. In 18% Fernan stro estimated the forest area at 18,112,020 acres. But a small part of (his vast area is in_private ownership, and there are probably hetween 40,000,000 and 60,000,000 acres of forest land which formerly belonged to the crown of Bpain, and by the treaty of Parls became the property of the United States. Pine, cedar, mahogany and hundreds of hard woods, valuable dye woods and rubber and gutta-percha trees exist in immense quantities. From time immemorial the inhabitants of he {slands have been accustomed to re o these public forests for their firew and lumber In the exerclse of rights und licenses regulated by law. The forestry iaws and regulations of Spain fn the Philip pines, while affording this tise of the ic forests to the people, aim tablishment of a sclentific sys try similar to that which exists in and other European countries. These reg- ulations were, however, not adequately en- torced. Upon the military occupation ot the country by the Ar an forces it was determined, if possible, to enforce the sys tem and at the same time preserve and utllize the forests, Inexhaustible Source of Wealth, The principle followed under such a sys- tem, instead of cutting all the trees once and leaving waste dand, is to cut only the full-grown trees, leaving the smal trees to grow and in thelr turn become ready for cutting in a ne -ending serfes, The annual growth of th o forests is estl- mated At 1,400,000,000 cuble feet, about three times the cut of lumber for 190 in the tire United States. At present more than 49 per cent of this annual growth s going to waste, With proper treatment it may be made an inexhaustible source of wealth "The forestry bureau was accordingly or- ganized by the military governor and the fssue of licenses for the cutting of murked trees of full growth and down timber for firewood and for lumber, under the regula- tlons and supervision of the officers of the forestry bureau, was continued Every effort is lmln, made to enlarge the force of competent foresters for the en- forcement of the foresiry regulations. 1 earnestly recommend, a8 a matter of ma- terlal importance to the people of the Philippine isiands such leglslation ax shall permit the building of rallroads from the towns to the forests, and the employment of capital, under proper limitations and supervision, in the cutting of timber which shall supply the wants of the people and the now-wasting growth of the Great Need of Farming lmplements. Under the toplc of agriculture the sec- retary says: It {s manifest that tent of fertlle land and wide va elevation, and consequently mpera- ture, improvements In the agriculture of the Philippine islands can be made to the immense advantage of tho people. The methods of cultivation are primitive and ineffective. The ordinary vegetubles, not- withstanding the fertility of the lan small and poor, and the stock Is evi run out and should be renewed. Many grains which are unknown to the people can undoubtedly be raised. They llve chiefly on rice and ralse less than they consume. They imported during the last flscal year 32,0208 pounds, "valued at $5,490,905. The kind of work toward improvement and_diversity of crops and Instruction in methods which {s being done in this coun- try by the Department of ~Agriculture would be of nestimable benefit in the Phil- ippines. On October § the commigsion created @ bureau of agriculture and the wecretary of agriculture has kindly con, sented to spare for a time, to serve nd the chief of this bureau, Prof. F. Lamson Scribner, one of the chfefs of division and the leading agrostologlst of his depart- ment. It is very desirable that the request which ‘the secretary of agriculture will make for authority to establish an agri- cultural experiment station in the Philip- pines should be granted. Harbors and Public Works, Discussing public works under way or contemplated the secretary advises The commerce of Manila urgently de- mands the creation of a thoroughly pro- tected harbor with sufficient depth of water to accommodate the largest ships, whore they can Me in safety and load and dis- charge thelr cargoes in all weathers Nearly every account of the Philippines dwells upon the wretched condition of roads, or rather the absence of roads, which practically prevents internal com- merce excopt immediately upon the naviga- ble waters. On September 12, 190, the commisslon, by act No. 1, appropriated $2,000.000 (Mexican) to be expended in_the construetion of highways and hridges. Both this work and the river and harbor work above referred 1o have been placed under the charge of the Tnite corps of \gineers, The force of engineers in the Philippines wis greatly increased for thut urpose And they have been working dur- ng the year on over 860 miles of roads Seventy-five thousand dollars have been expended in the construction of a road from the town of Pozorrublo, in the prov {nce of Pangasiuan, 1o the town of Baguio in the province of Benguet, mentioned in my last report Cola Storage Is Welcome. A cold storage and ice plant, ampla to sipply both the needs of the army and the civilians n Man{la who are accy od 10 the use of ice, has been completed at an expense of about $7000 Two market houses in the city of ‘Manila have been bullt and two others are in course of erece tlen. ‘he of Ith in the - | tive. bridgs has been the “Avala brid and all of the which there ara been practica paired Wo ¢ of garbage n_erecte and” an appropriation has been m the e ) of enother in that new bullding for ‘he cusioms offices’ ha been erected and rew warehouses, afford- ing_additional stors space foF 18,000 tons have heen butlt hotit cuble metere of cut stone have been utilize In_the extension of the Luneta sen wa The Mariveles quarantine stutic been improved by the repairing of th existing barracks and the construction of a hospital for contagions diseases, at a_cost of $25.186.50; by the consiruction of a wharf, at an expenditure of $64.500: by the « struction of four new build'ngs on wharves and two on shore, at a cost of $38000; the fnstallation of an eloctric light [lant ‘at an expense of 817 the repair- ng of old bulldings, the building of sewers and modern plumbing. The station is now practically completa and provides accom- modation for $00 stecrage and forty cabin PasSONRCTS. commenced, repairs to have been undertaken mall bridges in Man reat many, hoy ullt or extensively orfes for the The secretary emphasizes the urgent need for reforming the currency of the Philip- pines. He recommends the extension of the national banking act to the Philippines and says: Hills designed 1o give ¢ above expressed and concurred in by the commission have been prepared and will be submitted (o congress Decreasing Slavery, Discussing slavery, marks: It {8 gratifying to report that the efforts of the American officers to bring abo; t to the views Secretary Root re- | MISS VIRGINIA GRANES Tells How Hospital Physicians Use and Rely upon Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetablo Come pound. “DEAR MRe. PINKHAN: = Tivelve years continuous servico at the siek bed in some of our prominent hospis tals, as well as at private homes, has s\rfn me varied experiences with the iseases of women, I have nursed some MISS VIRGINTA GRANES, ul a comsation of the practice of slavery l\va! | the Moros are not frulticss. The charaote! of the slavory practiced Is quite uniike that formerly practiced {n the United States in this, that the Moro slave, #o-called, be- comes 'a member of the owners family, enjoying muny privileges, often having vol: unitarily sold himeelf into slavery to bet- tor his condition. The so-called slaves themsalves exhibit no special anxiety to chunga their condition. All who reek free- dom recelve it upon coming into the Amer- can lines, The progress of government he summar- izes thus In gencral the progress of good govern- ment i the Philippines during the past year has been greater than the most san- guine American familiar with the obtsacles 10 be overcome could have anticipated Mutual understanding and confidence are necessary eclements to success in_such a field. These nnot be extemporized or forced; they must come fr naturally and slowly. 1 think our ators and administrators In the Phil are wir ning_the confidence of th 1o by de serving or hundreds ipino p had heen accugiomed to fair promises never falfilled. We have mado similar promises and what we have al- 1y done In the way of performa been a revelation of unexpected good faith, PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. It 1s glven out flat-footed that the St Loufs fair will open for business April 30, 1903. Mr. James J. Hill insinuates that his friend Harriman carries several gold bricks in the pockets of his shroud. Since the Crimson of Harvard laid out the anclent competitor, the sacred codfish of Boston cannot keep its halo on straight Philosopher Dooley stretched his legs un- der White House Mahogany without pro- voking a remark from the inquisitive Mr. Heunessey. - With the near approach of the assem- blifg of congress, the irrigation movement in the capltol restaurants is taking on a highball tone. The Chicago Record-Herald scoops its contemporarfes with a libel suit valued at $100,000. Chicago politicians possess a high appreciation of self. Buffalo sold its fair buildings for $93,000 to the concern which razed the buildings of the Omaha exposition. The sum will make a slight impression upon the Pan-American deficit. Some residents of Milwaukee, without the fear of gambrinus in their hearts, loudly protest against using that which gave the town a reputation in dedicating a new bridge. Such lack of local patriotiem 18 amazing. The New York Evening Post years old the other day, of that Robert Davis has been a continuous employe. Mr. Davis entered the office in his 18th year and was at one time assistant foreman of the composing room New Hampshire people are priding them selves upon the fact, as they claim, that more requests are coming from people out side the state for coples of Govarnor Jordan’s Thanksgiving proclamation than | are being sent to any other state's execu “This day,” said he, ‘more than any other, takes strong hold upon our hearts, our affections, our souls. Around it cluster tenderest memories of father, mother, brother, sister and friend. A day dedicated to 80 much that is dear, so enshrined in heart and home, should be worthily, ten- derly and patriotically kept." was 100 and for sixty years CHEERY CHAFF. Philadelphia Pres: lle, who had been phrenology, ‘‘what structiy “Why- Washington Star: Diogenes was a great man,” sald the contemplative person, “'and vet he had no use for moyey. He was con- tent to confine his posscssions to a single “Pa waid little Wil- reading a treatise on is ‘the bump of de- 5 r—a raflroad collision, I suppose. President of Nurses’ Assoolstion,\Vater towng$i¥. most distressing cases of inflammati and ulceration of the ovaries N\Tn 3 }nh." known that dootogs ysed . Pinkham's V em*ln me pound when overything elss failed with their patients. ] have advised my patients and friends to use it and have yeb to hear of its first fajluge to ourg. Four years ago I had falling of the womb from straining in }ifting a heavy patient, and knowing of the valus of your Compound I began to use it ab once, and in six weeks I was well once more, and have had no trouble since, Tam most pleased to have had an appor- tunity to say a few words in praise of your Vegetable <ompound, and shall take every occasion to reqommend i Miss VIRGINIA GRANES.—§5000 forfele if above tastimonial Is not gonuine. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegotable Compound has stood the test of time, and has cured thousands. Mrs. Pinkham adviges stok wo- men free. Address, Lynn, Mass, —— fashion; 1 or have it sent will yon take it with madam?”’ Chicago Post: *T thoughtfully, “what result if Tve hadn't of the tree of knowl “That's easy,” he replied have been any woman's ol wonder,” &he satd would have heen the wrtaken of tha frut “Thore wouldn't Philadelphin Press: Mother man has been calling on ye larly, Mabel Mabel—Ye other—W intentions are Mabel (blushing) are both very That young 1 pretty regu- mother ke to know what his you know? Well, er—mamma, much in the dark Chicago Post 1 were mighty patient before we were married,” he remarked com- plainingly “Yos," whe admitted. “You're mighty pu- tient, t0o, when you're sitting on the bank of a'stream trying to get a fish, but vor patience don't’ continue after you Hhave anded 1t." There's a pleasant childhood pastime which remembrance brings to mind. A foolish tame amusement yoi muy say, Yot the thought by golden memories of days now nd, ‘hen we blew soup hubbles from a pipe water to and blew with with apxious wonder met thereal dome, As we watched the bubbles floating in the air. Thera were hubbles large and hubbles small we watched with eager gaze And somehow 1t always secmed to be the That the short While th Pl the pleasing to Seemed 1o b where, While the plain and commc ing n rdent hie Was the one which floated off into the atr, largest bibble ever we nt the very smaller ever held the foremost And with colors the view st before one radiant, most it traveled any- bubble, bear- There bibbles which we atmosphere each da Trouble bibbles which scattor in the small and plain they seem to tra burst upon the wi When they leave hehind Trouble bubbles, small strange how they wiil hold Such @ Vst amount of sorrow Yet nward til they train of misery; nd ugly, it 18 and of Yot we send them traveling dally with ca- pacity untold The trouble bubbles east upon the afr. How a littl on fe w ms to ki which fts bound it travels, travels, t brightens ail the day Ho™ its bursting swoetens Kindness bubble hastens gally w tho m 1 sweat on How vels, how It all the alr tiny bubbles, nknown '8 bubbles labeled not, tub.” “Well,”" answered Senator Sorghum, “a| tub might have been all Fight fn those days, | but what & man wants now 18 a bar'l.” Cleveland Plain Dealer: “How sick 1 am to hear people prate about college educ- tions being fallures. Just ses what that young Harvard man has done!" “Waell, what has he done “Heaten the world's record in a potato | race | | | | 3 Yonkers Statesman: Ho had worked for many years in a drygoods store, but fate i him_behind the counter in a coal and that was the cause of his undo- fng. A lady entered the coal offica one day and said she needed two tons of coal at once. "All right,” sald the clerk, tipping the ashes from a cigarette in a dreamy ¢ Kindness vou aver. Enow-white throne The kindness bubble sent reaching to pon the afr. Just o bubble, almost nothing, still how mighty it may he It may cheer a soul that falnts beside the or may' wreck some struggling howed beneath his misery Just o bubble, but how mighty BWiLy Then be careful of the hubbles, tiny bibblea that are cast Unnoticed and unmarked—ol, have care For the bubbles which shall truvel, travel long and travel fast Are the tiny bubbles sent ug ] mortal in its n_the afr PEVAN It’s consumption. , If you had only known how But even now, when and healing your lungs Cherry Pectoral. You this. If he knows of better, be sure ang get last she was given up to die. A neigh! of Ignorance your cough was going to hang-on, you would have done something promptly, wouldn’t you? you have early consumption, the bestmedi-, cine for controlling your cougl. is Ayer’s had bet- ter talk with your doctor about anything it. The one great lobject is to be cured. «My mother had consumption for many years. At bor told her to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. She did so and was com- letely cured, and is today in,the enjoyment of good ealth.” — D. P. JoLLy, Avoca, N.-V. e Me., M. J. €. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass.