Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 27, 1902, Page 4

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Business letters und remitiénces should be addressed: The Bee Publishing Lompany, Umaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by dratt, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company, Unly z-cent stamps accepted in payment of Sall sccounts, ' Fersonal checks, except on Umaha or eastern exchanges, not acc 3 THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, 88.: George B. huck, secretary of ‘[he Beo Publisning being _duly sworn, Pays that the actual numper of tull wnd complete coples of The Daily, Morning Evening and Sunday Bec printed during the month of December, 1, was as foi- 30,100 1 Total Less unsold and GEO, B. TZBCHUCK. bef s 31st I'"lgl‘g "‘l:b:'ozn It; 57 iy "o Decamber, &. D. o ™ HUNGA'TE Subscribed in my (Seal.) ‘Notary Public. EEpe——————————— It begins to look as it the market house were about to gain a lap on the auditorium. ] Every public officer who 18 exposed in the betrayal of his trust raises the cry of political persecution. Omaha's first bad coasting accident of the season has been recorded. The an- nual infunction to coasters to be more careful should not be ignored. . Comses——— Admiral Schley says he has né am- bitlon for civil office, but he may change his mind, or allow it to be changed for him, by the time 1904 rolls around. | The state treasury will always be more or less in politics. But that is no reason why any state treasurer should make himself a candidate for the penitentiary. e Oklaboma thinks it can make the statehood race better by going it alone than by hitching three abreast with Arizona and New Mexico. Every tub on its own bottom. A British syndicate has acquired 90 per cent of the tobacco interests of Cuba. Here Is another chance to help the poor Cubans by remitting the duty ok tobacco for the benefit of the British pocketbook. The subject of Willlam Allen White's next literary dissection is former Presi- dent Grover Cleveland. If it does not draw out at least a threat of suit for libel, it will not be considered a com- plete success. A E—— Our amiable hyphenated contemporary wants to give public notice that it takes back all the nice things it sald a little while ago about Judge Baker and his merited recognitien by promotion to a higher bench. e ] From the bills presented by the grand jury it would seem that the purity re- formers In South Omaha had plenty to keep them busy sweeping before thelr own door without bothering about their neighbors’ stoops. Ex-Treasurer Meserve Insists that his indictment for embezzling money be- longing to the state school fund is simply politics. That's just what Joe Bartley said when he was arrested for pocketing state money The ratlo of Chinese to other popula- tion of this country is about one to one thousaud, but from some of the arguments put forth to banish the Chi- nawan a person would suppose the one was on the point of swallowing the oue thousand. The salary of state treasurer as fixed by the constitution ‘of Nebraska Is $2,500 a year and he is prohibited from profiting in any additional amount from the office, No man who finds himself in the office dissatisfied with the salary need stay there a single da, 8t. Louis s expressing apprehension that the three hours assigned to it on Prince Henry's program will not give sufficient scope for the display of its abilitles as a host. With only three hours at Its disposal 8t, Louis will be in a quand ther to introduce the, royal guest to the World's falr grounds or to the world's biggest brewery. Judge Gordon can subscribe to all the oaths of office he pleases, but that cannot THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, STATE TREASURY IN POLITICS. T...,w The Indictment of fo urer Meserve for the embezzlement of money pald as interest on the school funds in his custody while state freas- urer is proncunced by the Omaha World Herald an effort to inject the state treasury into politles. That paper goes mer State Treas | %o far as to intimate that the action of the grand jury was a partisan con spiracy to make political capital against the so-called fusion reform forces of the state. In order to offset the damuging effect which the Meserve may have upon the fortunes of its purty, the World-Herald threatens to carry the war into Africa in the fol lowing language: Mr. Meserve has been indicted, and his conduct will be Investigated in the court Mr. ‘Stuefer has not been indicted, but if the republican newspapers insist upon car- rying the state treasury nto politics, then the World-Herald Insists that the repub- lican administration, as well as the popu- list administration of that office, be held before the public eye. A very large number of people in Nebraska belleve that Mr. Stuefer has pocketed thousands of dollars of interest and bonus money since he be- came_treasurer of this state. They are Justified In this position because Mr, Stuefer has repeatedly and persistently refused to veveal the whereabouts of the school funds intrusted to his care. ‘When the republican state convention of 1901, by an almost unanimous vote, declared against executive clemency to treasury embezzlers and denounced the farming out of public funds for private gain, it gave expression to the senti- ment of the rank and file of the party. Its position on that question has not been changed, whether {ts representa- tives In the state house comply or refuse to comply with its platform pledges. If the republican state treasurer were gullty of the same practices for which Mr. Meserve has been indicted, that would afford no excuse or palllation for the conduct of Meserve. The failure of the Douglas county grand jury to indict Mr. Stuefer does not bar his prosecution in the Douglas county courts if the same proofs can be produced against him as were presented before the grand jury against Meserve. The prosecuting machinery in this county Is in the hands of democrats, who are not likely to spare Stuefer because he is a republican, although they tried bard to shield Meserve for partisan reaseus, The threat that the prosecution of Meserve will force the prosecution of Stuefer and carry the state treasury into politigs will frighten nobody. The state treasury has been in politics for years. It was forced into politics when Joe Bartley was arrested and convicted for looting the treasury. Although Bartley was a republican, he was prose- cuted by a republican county attorney and sentenced by a republican judge, not to make political capital, but be- cause his guilt was esgablished beyond a reasonable doubt. The people of Nebraska, regardless of party, have insisted and will continue to insist that every dollar of public money, whether derived from taxation, from the sale or lease of public lands, or from Interest on securities or bank deposits, shall be accounted for and turned into the treasury. This Is the law and every treasurer who violates the law does so knowing that he Is betraying his trust and subjects him- self to all the penalties imposed by the law. 8o far as The Bee is concerned, it has made no distinction between repub- lican treasurers and democratle or pop- ullst treasurers. If the World-Herald imagines it can serve its party by try- ing to defend Mr. Meserve it will find itself in just as bad light as it brought itself by its champlonship of the Bartley pardon, AUSTIN CORBIN'S PROJEUT REVIVED. The announcement is made that the Pennsylvania Railrond company contém- plates the establishment of a steamship line between Montauk Point, Long Island, and Milford Haven In England. It is given out that the object of the new steamship enterprise Is the develop- ment of the forelgn coal trade. We apprehend, however, that the extension of its transatlantic coal tratic Is only to be incidental to the main purpose in view, The proposed steamship line between Montauk Point and Milford Haven 1s by no means & wew project; it is in reality a revival of the long-cherished plan of the late Austin Corbin, who had planned a steamship llne between these ter- minals with a view: to reducing the distance of steamship travel across the Atlantic by selecting the shortest route between New York and London, All the details as to harbor facilities and rallway connections between the terminals and the two greatest world cities had been worked out under Mr, Corbin's divection and the Long Island rallroad, which now connects New York with Montauk Point, and of which he was president, was nearly ready for traffic at the time of his sudden death. Mr. Corbin’s design, which will doubt- less be also the plan of the Pennsylva- nia railroad managers, was to establish # new transatlantic steamer line that would land mall and passengers eighteen hours sooner than they can reach their destination by existing routes, But Mr. Corbin also had In view the establish- ment of a free port modeled ‘after the free ports of Germany, where interna- tional traftic could be carried on with- out the futervention of the custom house and where, under certain restrictions, Awmerlean wares in demand in foreign countries could be manufactured for ex- port. Whether this part of Mr. Cor- bin's program s to be adopted by the Pennsylvania railroad cannot be con- Jectured, The projected short cut between New York and London is farreaching and obliterate the fact that at the last elec- tion to which he submitted himself as a candidate a majority of the people of Omabha voted against him and for his opponent. The popplar verdict was agalnst Judge Gordon and it cannot be reversed on any legal quibbles or statu- toig techuicaliticy, #e N may eventually result in a revolution of transatlantic passenger travel. Should the existing steamship lines tind themselves distanced in the race for transatlantic traffic, they will be forced to seek new American terminals that bring them nearer to Southampton, Huyre or Queenstown than those they prosecution of Mr. | bave, cost what it may. In any event, the Pennsylvania rallroad will have the start of all the transportation lines and will not be outdistanced by uny of them for years to come. WHERE IS THE DIFFEREN A protest has been entered by Samuel Gompers as president the American Federation of Labor agminst the pro- posed transfer of the Bureau of Labor from the Interior department to the Department of Commerce which fs about to be created by congress. The ground {of Mr. Gompe remonstrance is that the transfer of the Bureau of Labor would for a long time frustrate the ambition of the bureau to be trans- formed into a Department of Labor with full cabinet privileges and responsibili- ties. Mr. Gompers Insists that labor is already of greater importance In the affairs of the nation than commerce. Assuming this to be true, although no comparisons can well be Instituted, where is the difference between leaving the Bureau of Labor under the super- vision of the secretary of the interior or ||hn-|nF it under the supervision of the new secretary of commerce? The Department of the Interior has been for years taking the place of Uncle Sam's garret, where all the odds and ends of the household have been stored without regard to their relation to each other, The Bureau of Labor was in- Jected into it because no other depart- ment seemed to be disposed to give it accommodations. There is, on the other hand, a very intimate relation between labor and commerce—in fact, all trade and indus- try are carried on through labor. When- the country s ripe for another de- partment, In which the relations of the government to labor will be the pre- dominating force, the Bureau of Labor will be expanded into a department just as readily If it is under one secretary or auother. Mr. Gompers' view may be shared by a large number of American wage- workers, but we doubt exceedingly whether he would be sustained in his position of the subject were it to be left to the decision of a majority of the working people after full and free dis- cussion. In the Interior department the Bureau of Labor Is simply among the flotsam and jetsam without fitting into any part of the government machinery. In the Department of Commerce it would be one of the principal wheels with correspondingly increased impor- tance, o THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SHOULD ACT A few ddys ago the police arrested two men who had held up the cashier of a gambling den at the point of a re- volver and carried away his cash box, which contained nearly $150. The high- waymen still remain in the custody of the police and up to date no complaint has been filed by the county attorney in the crimival courts. The Incident oc- curred a few days before the adjourn- ment of the grand jury and that body has been justly censured by a local paper for its failure to present indict- ments against the robbers. The damn- ing of the grand jury, however, does not vindicate the county attorney for fail- ing in his duty in the premises. It was the duty of the county attorney to press the matter before the grand jury and if the necessary majority of that body failed to vote a bill of indictment, then the blame would rest there, But so far as can be learned the public prosecu- tor did not seem inclined to push the case to a hearing before the grand jury. As the grand jury has adjourned with- out taking action in respect to this rob- be the duty of the prosecuting at- torney Is plain. Under the law all the powers and duties of the grand jury de- volve upon him. It is not only his privi- lege, but his sworn duty to file com- plaints against all persons who are charged with a violation of the criminal code and to prosecute these offenders in the criminal courts. The failure of the grand jury to take actlon does not hinder the county at- torney in the performance of this duty. He cannot surely plead ignorance of the fact that a midnight robbery has been committed, inasmuch as the robbers are in the custody of the police and his per- sonal attention has been directed to their arrest aud detention by the chief of police. The question is, Why does the county attorney refuse to take action’ —— A GUOD OPENING FOR INVESTORS. Omaha's weakest spot Is Its lack of milling facilities, without which it can- not hope to become a graln market, This city 18 located in the heart of the most prolific grain-ralsing reglon of America and is as favorably situated for a great grain market as it 1s for a cattle and meat packing center. With cor- respondingly fair railroad rates Omaha would be just as good a grain market today as Kansas City, but so long the railroads continue to favor syndi- cates that own and operate the elevators along their lines capltalists will fight shy of any Investment in large grain elevators in Omaba, There s, however, no serious obstacle in the way of the establishment of more extensive milling facilities. The differ- ence between the cost of steam: power and water power no longer forms a bar- I3 to a successful milling business. This applies with equal force to cereal mills a8 it does to flour mills, As a distributing center for provisions and grain products Omaba Is not surpassed by any other western city, While Omaba cannot expect ever to outdo Minfieapolls in the milling indus- try, it can establish a very profitable trade for flour and cereal mill products in the territory tributary to it. —— And now our vigilant and wideawake contemporary has discovered that four of the men drawn for grand jury duty were excused and allowgd to sneak off to make places for four fillers. This is 4 most damaging indictment of the court, as well as the court officers. The only way shey can clear jhemselves Js = to recall the discovery the grand ju men who were excused from are permanently located in the cemetery and two of the men drawn for grand Jury duty were wome At a conference of colored Methodist preachers held fu Mississippl last we his hearers to leave out all mons, as a rule be improved by cutting out the or previgus condition. Is on the right track and should keep at the good work. . When Bartley was up for trial the at- torney general came to the assistance of County Attorney Baldrige, to make sure that the case was properly presented. In view of the fact that County Attorney Shields can hardly be expected to prose cute ex-Treasurer Meserve with even reasonable vigor, the present attorney general would be fully justified, for the protection of the state, in following his predecessor's example. —— Amoug the various and sundry ap- propriations embodied in the urgent de- ficlency bill passed by the house of rep- resentatives last week s an allowance of §30,000 to defray the expenses of the speclal committee of congress that ac- companied the remains of President Me- Kinley from Washington to Canton. An itemized exhibit of these funeral ex- penses would be decidedly Interesting. The chief justice of the Nebraska su- preme court has taken certain lawyers severely to task for presuming to con- fuse the court with a reckless array of fmmaterial material in their briefs. But 1s a curtain lecture sufficlent penalty to be inflicted for this offense? When the lawyers complain because the court de- cisions are confusing they should be prosecuted for contributory negligence, —— On taking the witness stand, Jim Hill announced that he bad come to tell the Interstate Commerce commission anything its members wanted to know from him. And he forthwith put in three hours sparring with his inquisitors to respond to their questions without telling any more than he had to. Em——e—— Plain “Governor” Will Do, Chicago Tribune. It seems absurd to apply the title “his excellency” to every man who happens to be elected governor. rge Truth in Three Lines, Detroit Free Press, The government that equipped the Span- ish navy was the best friend the United States had during the war. There Are Others. Milwatikee Sentinel. Our mule is not the only emotional in- consistency. Germany, although united to the Boers by ties of blood, is busy filling orders for barbed wire to unite Kitch- ener's blockhouses by ties of metal. Blowing the National Horn, St. Louls Republic. President Thwing of the Western Re- serve university declares that the Amer- ican people have become a people of the newspaper. Coincidentally, the rest of the world is being made to confront the fact that the American people are the greatest people on earth. Between Two Firen, Cleveland Plain Dealer. There seems to be a general impression that the Interior department has gome too far In ordering the noble red man not to paint his face. If it could prevent him from coloring his nose with cheap reserva- tlon llquors it can well afford to let his other features alone. ant Summery TRought. Sydney Telegraph. Australia is the hottest country on rec- ord. 1 bave ridden for miles astride the equator, but 1 have never found heat to compare with this. Out in the country in the dry times there appears to be little more than a sheet of brown paper between you and the lower reglons, and the people facetlously say that they have to feed thelr hens on cracked ice to keep them from laying bolled eggs. A Harmless Diversion, Philadelphia Record. Every moment of Kalser Wilhelm's brother's fime will be occupied during his brief sojourn in this country next month, and it is to be trusted that his entertain- ment will be pleasant and felicitous as the innocent occaslon which renders it pos- sible. However our hectlc blatherskites may blare, the populace will resolutely re- fuse to see in the forthcoming parade of fuss and feathers anything more than a cordial welcome to a good fellow and a triendly representative of a forelgn power. A Di ARE THE READY TO SELL? Telegraph Companies Disposed to Un- load on the Government. Minneapolls Times. Repeated rumors afford some foundation for the belief that the two great telegraph companies are seriously pondering the ad- visabllity of offering their lines and plants to the government. As our Washington correspondent has stated, it would not be a bad bargain for the companies, provided they could get their price, as they would bage that price, of course, upon the present earning powers of their properties, and that would be about five times the amount it would cost the government to duplicate the lines and plant; Several facts support the theory that the time for the company to sell out to the gov- ernment, if they can, is rapidly approach- ing. Thelr receipts have been lessened considerably by the use of loased lines by large commerclal concerns. Rallroads are furnishing economical wire service to ship- pers and the telephone is competing more and more. Wireless telegraphy now looms up as a very imminent possibility, and when it is made commercially practicable It will be & most formidable competitor with pres- ent method For these and other reasons it 1s not an unfair presumption that a sale would be advisable—from the compi- oles' point of view. The total capitalization of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies a & government would be asked to pay for the properties. 1f the government cannot be induced to purchase, it is evident that some sort of reorganization taking in wireless systems and telephone lines will be neces- #nry, belore mADY moFe years have passed. JANUARY 27, ade just after drawing that two of the serving k Bishop Fowler took palns to admonish the big words in the preparation of thelr ser- We belleve this would be good advice for white preachers as well as colored preachers and that sermons can big words tvithout regard to race, color Bishop Fowler ates $171,000,000, from which figures idea may be formed of the sum the 1902, The Interstate Commerce annual report calls sharp atiention to the secret rebating of rallway charges of the destruct| commission's fome effects of this rebatin may be briefly summarized from the mission's report Large producers, such as the great pack ers of Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City, are given lower rates than their smaller competitors. Thus the latter are driven out ness, and, owing to the lack of competition, stockgrowers must take lower prices, while consumers of meats must pay higher prices Favored grain buyers are given a prac- tical monopoly of the trade over vast areas. Thus the farmer must take less for his grain and the miller and consumer must pay more for grain and flour. Further- more, lower rates are charged on grain for export than on grain for domestic use, Thus the foreign consumer is favored and the foreign milling industry built up at tho expense of domestic industry and home consumers, These are merely two illustrations out of hundreds of the rebate evil. They are not only violations of the statute law. Secret freight rebates are also the great weapon of industrial oppression. By their means the trust can drive the independent producer out of business, although he may make a better and cheaper article. Thus monopolies can be established and the public mulcted both by lower prices for what it sells and higher prices for what 1t buys Rallway ma when these charges ers, are pressed home, confess thelr truth. Thelr excuse is, in substance, that they are forced to give rebates “to get busi- ness.” Mr. A, traflc manager of the X., Y. & 2. raiway, will say in effect: “The large manufacturer, with an es- tablished trade and shippifg 1,000 tons a week, demands a lower rate than the small manufacturer, whose shipments are neither large nor regular. 1 know, if I refuse, that Mr. B. of the P, D. & Q. will The Secret Rebate Chicago Inter Ocean my road wil To protect my make the concession, and get none of that freight selt from the wrath of my directors and shareholders 1 yield.' Tu this excuse here is a large element of truth. however, is Its completeness as a defense, vitiated hy the manager or influential whom he owes his position. As a remedy tem, eands of Individuals, but even of communities, the Interstate Commerce com mission advises that penalties for violat- ing the law be imposed not only upon the the corporation which he serves, and that greater publicity railway official, but upon of rallway business be enforced. Something may poseibly be done fn thie way, but to many investigators of the sub- to lie deeper and to consist of a false theory upon which rallway charges are based. Hitherto transportation has been viewed as a com- modity which its providers had for sale. It ject the root of the evil seems was held that to it, as to other commod ities, the ‘‘wholesale and retail’” principle that it might justly be sold in was applied large lots at a lower charged for small lots. Some years ago a rall price than that transportation is not which buyers may take or leave, lower customs rate than the small. Whatever theory be adopted, some remedy The secret rebate the life of industry is plainly Imperative. canker s eatlng at and commerce, It Is suffocating competition. The extirpation of it would go far to solve the so-called problem of the trus INDICTMENT OF MESERVE, Fairbury Enterprise (rep): The grand Jury at Omaha found an ndictment against the late fusion state treasurer, John B. Meserve, for embezzlement of the interest on school funds. Anything, oh, Lord, to keep up the political rottenness in this state, Columbus Telegram (dem.): Speaking seriously, we hope the charge against Me- | serve will be pushed to a finish. If he has been practicing Bartley's tactics in office be ought to pay the pemalty. However, having been indicted by such a monstrosity as a Douglas county grand jury, it Is safe to prophecy that the charge against him will die young. Pender Times (rep.): The last act of the notorfous Judge Baker of Omaha was to have the grand jury bring in an indictment against former State Treasurer Meserve for appropriating to his own use the un- lawful interest on school funds. There s no doubt but it is a political move pure and simple. However, it Meserve has done any wrong he should suffer for it. York Tinies (rep.): And now Meserve, the fusion state treasurer, has beem in- dicted by the Douglas county grand jury| for embezzling state money. The amount in this case is only $1,500, but there are | many such cases where the aggregate will be large. This may explain how a man can go into the state treasury a bankrupt, | with considerable obligations hanging over bim and, after four years of service, set- tle down in Lincoln with apparently a com- petence, and all on salary of $2,500 a year. Fremont Herald (dem.): A recent inspec- tion of the books in State Treasurer Stue- fer's office showed that the interest account was itemized, the amount and name of each Aepository paying interest being given. The books of State Treasurer Meserve did not contaln an itemized account.of interest, but merely contained lump sums. This made it very easy for the olly ex-guardian of the state funds to cover his tracks and fool the fools. It would be glory enough— most too much—if we could manage to elect a few more like him. Fremont Tribune (rep.): The indict- ment of ex-State Treasurer J. B, Meserve by a Douglas county grand jury for alleged embezzlement, shows how dangerous it is to be custodian of state funds, since the trap sprung and caught Joe Bartley. This indictment {s on the ground that Meserve received from the Union Stock Yards Na- tional bank of South Omaha Interest on state school funds deposited in that in- stitution and that this Interest money was appropriated to his private use. As we understand 1t, Mr. Meserve did not during his term of office credit the state with any such Interest in his reports and if it can be established that he was paid money for that purpose it will be incumbent on him to show what was done with it. Lincom Post (pop.): The indictment of eox-State Treasurer Meserve by the Douglas county grand jury appears on Its face to have been a political move, pure and sim- ple. It was necessary to do something to distract attention from the Bartley steal, conviction and pardon, and as there was a way to make a prima facle case against Mr. Meserve, he was indicted. That Mr Meserve deposited school funds In banks for safekeeping nobody will seriously deny, because the state has never made provision for the safety of funds in the treasury. That there was a competition for the pos- session of these funds s also without ddubt, and that Mr. Meserve took interest on these deposits is very probable. The question, however, will be whether the funds de- posited in the Stock Yards National bank at South Omaha were loaned to that bank or mot. If they were then Mr. Meserve was guilty of embezzlement. Grand Island Independent (rep.): The grand jury of Douglas county has returned an indictment against the late fugion state treasurer charging bim with embezzle- ment of the state school funds. While it has generally been known that Meserve farmed out state funds and committed practices, even worse than State Treasurer Stuefer has recently been charged with, the fusion policy has been to shut the mat- ter up, to simply knock Mr. Meserve off the ticket and cover the maladministra- tion over in the interests of ‘“reform.” And the indictment {s the first real evidence that the gereral rumors have been correct. Mr. Meserve, when informed of the In- dictment, stated that he knew of some charges, but expressed the opinion that it was @ political move. This will, unques- tionably, be the cry of the fuslonists. The evidence secured by tke grand jury indi- cates that Meserve had on deposit in the Unfon Stock Yards Natlonal bank at South Omaha a large sum of money belonging to the school funds upon which he had been pald interest and that he had pocketed this interest. e Tenching the M y Spirit, Philadelphla Record, At some of the western universities re- tired army officers are employed as in- structors, and In occaslonal instances their instruction includes more of army life than was intended by the faculty. In one case more than 100 young men were thoroughly initiated into the pecullarities of draw- poker, and the income of the military in- structor was considerably augmented. DO THEY PROTEST TOO MUCH? well known fact that there is often a division of the spoils between the shipper and the railway sharcholder, 1o fas for the secret rebate kys- which has resulted and does result today in the oppression not only of thou- whole manager, still head of a western road, advanced the idea a commodity but a necessity the payment for which Is the same as the payment of a (ax to support the police and the courts, and that there {8 no more justice in charging the small buyer more than the large buyer than there would be in charging the large importer a TROUND AROULT NODW YORK Ripples on the Carrent of Life in the Metropolis, The new Iying-in hospital at Second Ilavenue and Beventeenth street, built and - | turnished throughout by J. Plerpont Morgan, is declared to be the best appointed insti tution of fte class in existence. It will ac- commodate 200 patients, seventy nurs , | Aty student nurses and fifty medical stu dents, besides its medical and surgical staffs. Many movel features are introduced in the construction of the bullding as well in appllances. The walls are heated, the curtains are hung on the outside of the wilndows, exposed to the wind and weather the floors are of fireproof sawdust, the en- gine room is enamelled in white and re- flectors throw the glow of the electric lights to the celling Instead of to the fleor. The windows need not be opened from one end of the year to the other, yet the ventilation Is perfect. In its elght storles the hospital has everything developed by wcience in recent years for such an institu tion and many features which are presented for the first time. Absolute cleanliness was the first requi- site. No speck of dust will be beyond the reach of mop and cloth, for there are no corners. Ceiling and floor meet the walls in a curve. Even the chiffoniers and chalrs have no angles. Floors give back no echo of footfalle. The wards are furnished in iron and glass. Bathtube on wheels are provided for the patients. In every room a part of the walls is faced with steel. RBeneath the metal mask are the steam pipes which heat the build- ing. The ventilation is by means of fans in the basement. The outside alr {s fil- tered and warmed and forced into the wards through oponings In the walls. It is then forced out again through pipes which open upon the roof. The commlttes of arrangements for the Knights of Columbus ball, which was held at Madison Square Garden last Thursday night, sold 25,000 tickets. The garden will not hold 25,000 persons without being over- .| crowded. The police had to order the doors closed three different times. In the effort to keep the people from tramp- ling one another to death, policemen had their uniforms torn from their backs and thousands of dollars’ worth of women's ball finery was spolled. So far as was heard by the police, no one was seriously Minneapolls Journal: England, France, | ool ) Germany, Russia and Austria deny that they " favored Intervention. but Germany |, Superintendent Schroeder of the garden asserts that some natlon did. be justified it is when to tell United State: Cplcago News: There {s evidently a misunderstanding somewhere which history must clear up at a later time. The fact of immediate interest is the obvious desire of all the powers named to show their friend- The unan- imity of the protestations of good will is At the same time, the official utterances indicate liness toward the United States. not without its humorous side. a real solicitude to avold a misunderstand- ing with the United States and therefore are to be received with sati Detroit Free Pres laction. between Germany and are likely to become too cordial, it Is at liberty to cultivate American friendship as much as it pleases. International friend- ships are the first article in the foreign policies of this country and international hatreds have no place at all. In that re- spect the “most favored nation” clause in- cludes all nations, and European govern- ments that make an honest effort to pro- mote good feeling will find that their mo- tives are not questioned by the great ma- Jority of the American people. Chicago Post: We shall, of course, hear from other parties to this piquant interna- tlonal controversy. M. Hanotaux will hardly preserve silence, and even the present fors elgn minister, Delcasse, ‘may have a word or two to say. For obvious and good rea- sons Washington refuses to contribute to the discusslon, though there is significance in the “imspired”’ remark’ that there are chapters in the story which Lord Cran- borne 414 not touch upon, presumably ow- ing to incomplete knowledge. But Ger- many's explieit denial is extremely gratify- ing. There I8 nothing In this airing of dip- lomatio closets to mar or spoil the pleasant prospect of Prince Henry's visit. Philadelphla Record: Lord Cranborne’s statement in parliament with reference to Great Britain's veto of joint Interven- tion by the powers in our difference with Spain has been effective in drawing out a declaration from the German forelgn of- fice. Germany, so it Is declared, did not propose intervention to other powers, nor i she support any proposition to that effect, either before or during the course of the war. It is admitted, however, that joint action was suggested from some quar- ter, and what Germany would have done it the British govermment had not uncom- promisingly opposed the proposition is not stated. One may guess that she was not over friendly at the time from the attl- tude of her naval commander at Manila toward the American admiral. . PERSONAL NOTES, J. E. Spurr of the United Stat: cal survey is making a survey of and Albania at the request and expenso of the sultan of Turkey. The sun I8 still rising for Leonard Reed- er, now of Quincy, Ill, who saw it set on Waterloo. Mr. Reeder is preparing to cele- brate his hundred and second birthday. Two sets of arbitrators have failed to decide whether or not one French deputy's words to another constituted an insult, and the seconds In the prospective duel have thrown up their jobs. Senator Stewart, whose talk used to be of silver and Nevada, now has a word for milk and Virginia. He has bought a dairy farm in the Old Dominion state and sells the product in Washington. A Salt Lake City newspaper has lssued orders that all male employes who are not married by June 30 next ghall be dropped from the rolls. This gives a man five months in which to pick out an agreeable companion—plenty of time we should say in this rushing age. Postmaster General Payne is baving his troubles. Letters have been recelved by him addressed to Postmaster General Ben- jamin Franklin, Postm r General Jack- #on and Postmaster Gen Miles. Letters continue to reach the office directed to for- mer Postmaster Generals Smith, Wanamak- er, Bissell and Dickinson. Judge Thomas Breen of Michigan, who served during the clvil war, has just re- ceived his discharge papers after belng lost in the archives of the national capitol for many years. What makes the document pgrticularly interesting Is the fact that It béurs the signature of the late president when he was “Willlam McKinley, J taln and acting assistant adjutant eral.” A Chicago man, who Is well acquainted with Colonel Dan Lamont, declares that the New Yorker is one of the most industrious men he ever saw. ‘I went to see him on business,” says the Chicagoan, “‘the last day of Cleveland's first term. He had coat off and was palling up his household goods in boxes. He attended the business about which 1 called, but kept right on hitting palls on the and I guess he has kept at it ever sluce, geologl- Evidently somebody s lylng. Perhaps they all are. Perhaps they think that if lying is ever to the truth would be to admit past hostility to the It any other Euro- pean government fears that the relations the United States sald that he had never seen s0 many peo- ple In the place before, and that he would not have belleved, unless he had seen them with his own eyes, that so many people could get In. By midnight the mem- bers of the committee on arrangements had recovered from their fright on the crush they had brought down on them- selves enough to gay that if it had not been for the police there might bave been serious accidents. Captain Joseph E. Cogblan of Manila and “Hoch der Kaiser" fame, is one of the principal assistants of Admiral Barker, commandant of the Brooklyn pavy yard. Some thoughtless persons, in view of the coming visit of Prince Henry, suggested the assignment of the captain to another post, lest his meeting the prince would revive memories of his boozy song. The Navy department paid no attention to the suggestion, and captain and prince will meet, perhaps touch schooners to a more agreeable time. Charles H. Hoyt, playwright, baving left no relatives nearer than cousins at the time of his death, on November 21, 1900, be- queathed his residuary estate, one half of the income to his former partner, Frank McKee, for lite, and the other half to be &i- vided between the Lambs’ club and the Ac- tors' Fund, and upon the death of Mr. Me- Kee the entire income to go to the Lambs’ club and the Actors’' Fund. According to an appraisement that has been made of the estate, the interest of Frank McKee In it ls $21,121, and that of the Lambe and Actors’ Fund h $17,267. In addition to this Mr. Hoyt provided in his will that his residence at Charlestown, N. H., Is to be malntained for th of the Lambs. Mr. Hoyt did not leave any real estate in New York state, but personal property the gross value of which is placed at $125,380. From this, howev will have to be de- ducted $3,000 for administration expense: $2,887 for commiselons of the executors, $3, 300 United States revenue tax and other iteme, amounting in the aggregate to $17,- 219, which leaves a net personal es of $108,161. Deducting from this the numerous bequests In the will, together with $6,000 necessary to vroduce am annuity for the care of the mausoleum at Charlestown, leaves a residuary estate of $56,655 for final distribution among the residuary legatees. —— LINES TO A LAUGH. Judge: First Citizen—~Talkaway is a born orator. jecond Citigen—Yes, iIndeed. when you see his speecl you realize that he h It is only es In cnl? type that 't anything to say. Baltimore News: “My darling,” he ex- claimed, “I would go to the end of the earth for you," ‘There was a slight pause orchestra played t ulo! v she sald, while the ragtime. ‘‘you begin your “Suppos travels now Philadelphla Press: ‘Hello, there!" the wagon tongue called facetiously to the you look tired." A the wheel quickly, “many wheel has become = tired because o Waggin' tongue spoke too much.” Brooklyn Eagle: Harrlet—8adle's husband never gets excited, never fights back and she simply cannot make him ero Tatelle—Yes. The horrid thing He 18 simply exasperating Chicago Tribune: am looking,!' sald the stranger in the mining camp, “for a man of the name of Willlam Jones. T have traced him here, but can get no further record of him." “The last time I saw BilL" spoke up a grizzled old fellow back of the stove, “he was thawing out a stick of dynamite. Baltimore American: _‘“But wh{." asked the Sub-Chlef of the Cannibal fsles, “‘do you Insist upon having the man who fell while leading the charge against us served up at the lhnnqm!‘!l this evening. He seems to be hard as na “Huh!" answerod the Chief of the Canni. bal Isles. “'I read in a hook of poetry left bl)" our lagt meal that ‘the bravest are the tenderest.’ "' mark leer; ! well thrill you wit amasement and we u you with surprise 2 Before we've rounded out the list that's ready for your eyes; ‘There'll be no reason to go home, and hem and haw and scoff, For Fighting Hob's prepared to shoot his conversation off. When Fighting Tob gets busy with his talk of war and death, Oh, Admiral Prince Henry, you will strug- le for your breath: You'll shudder when he ports his wheel and rakes the Pluton's stern; You'll tremble when he shows you he had Hpanish ships to burn; You'll 1ump unconsciously when he de- seribes his move to rlgvl With words that come projectile-wise, and rhyme so well with “jam.” Yes, ‘Admllnl ,;;:"3 Henry, you've excit- s ahead- oF due bunch of talk, be You're g.\u 0 | a memory will over all eise n But of it ! AKIn (o Banfires 1n & fog, when all the reat s gloom You'll carry to your grave with you the satisfyin ht That tho u were where our Fighting Bob t rnnod lovse hk w‘;ay shot. Kot and cheered, and fed. -