Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 21, 1902, Page 6

THE ©OMAHA DAlLY BEE E. ROBEWATER, EDITOR. [ PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. S TERMS OF “'Buiu?rloN iny Bee, Twentieth Ceritury Farmer, DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Bee (without Bunday), pe by Bes (helud Inl BQC f' . B -ho%mlf'h.-l;m to City Clrculati partmen Omaha—The Beq Bnlldl ""8?“ = v Hall "% unaing, Twen. lo Pearl Street. nity Bullding. ew -gq Court. ‘ashington—S01 Fourteenth Street. CORBI.P&:DENCI. oam-mflmuxu relating to news mu'%nm ould be -54m»d: 3 itorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. m II"Q!! lnd remit! addressed Bee Publis mx‘n‘ucss nd edi- Omaha ghould be ng Company, . w mmm w{'fli l‘l’A’l’lm OF CIRCULATION. being _duly _sworn, wotual_mumber of full and ples of The Daily, Morning, Bunday Bee printed dufin I3 the month of danuary, 1%, was as fol- lows: k:u:fip:npue:-: mfl it.f b.ghhmdl f“b fore me of Y.B HU! Ploas Notary Pub Mies Stone can relieve an anxious pub- lie by letting us ‘know just where she is at. Bouth Omaha at last has a library board. If it succeeds in keeping one library board and no morc, *he library may be expected to materialize in due time. — ‘Who wants to be referee to take the testimony in the tax’ mandamus case pending in the supreme court? - Accord- ing to precedents only popocratic law- yers need apply. oo Oongressman Wheeler has evidently taken the advice of the great shewman to get people ‘to talking about him—if M'fllhfi‘nmlncmnhm get them to talk, e The association of county commis- sioners of Nebraska shows wisdom in selecting Omaha for its next meeting place and thereby saving express charges on supplies. . e Omaha needs an auditorium, a mar- ket house and a fireproof hotel, the one sbout as badly as the other, and will play no favorites as to which will come nnder the wire first in the race. ——— An effort is being made to weld the maflddhmm ties in Missourd into one The | sult should be as s the rear yiew of a pair of hard times trousers, ‘The decision of the supreme court that money can be drawn out of the state treasury without a legislative appro- priation adds another argument for an early revision of Nebraska's state con- stitution. ey Says President Roosevelt in conclud- ing his observations on the Schley ap- peal: “There is no excuse whatever from elther side for any further agitation of this unhappy controversy.” All right— Jet it rest.’ Sme————— ‘The permanent census bill provides for the collection annually of the statistics #f cotton production. Why could not Benator Jones furnish the desired in- formation from the sales account of the cotton bale trust? e Bighty thousand white children of school age in the Indian Territory have absol no provision for their educa- tion, Such a condition should certainly not be allowed to continue. This coun- try cannot afford to permit such a body ot youths to grow up in ignorance. o ———— The resolutions adopted at the confer- ence of negroes at Tuskogee, Ala., con- tain good advice to white as well as black. Summarized, it is attend to business, avold extravagance and save a little every year. Advice is cheap, but advice Nke this would be worth amoney If people would only follow it. o - Becretary Shaw has had troubles be- fore, but has wanaged to settle them without much difficulty. It is different mow that the women wlio have bad “lovely” bounpets and other imported finery mussed up by the customs in- Spectors are after him. Nothing less The Canadian wewmber of Parllament who talked so freely about marching and capturing Washington should & trip over the border and see the e H THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: 10 TEST THE MERGER. The amnouncement that the attorney general “of the United States has ren- dered an opinion that the antl-trust law of 1800 is violated by the merger of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern rallway systems, and that a bill in equity will be filed by the United States to test the legality of the merger, will be gratifying to all who have approved the course of the Minnesota authorities in challenging the action of the Northern 6o | Becurities company as in violation of the law of that state which prohibits the consolidation of competing lines of rail- road and also as & violation of the federal anti-trust law. In the argument on his motion before the supreme court of the United States to file a bill of complaint on behalf of the state of Minnesota against the Northern Securities company, the attor- ney general of ibat state sald: “‘The declared public policy of the United States is against the consolidation and unification of competing lines of rail- way and the removal of competition in freight and passenger rates. This pol- icy 1s declared in the so-called anti-trust law of the United States.” While there is no specific reference to rallways In the law of 1800, that act applles to all corporations engaged in interstate com- merce. It prohibits contracts or com- binations the effect of which would be in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states and there can be no doubt that raflway corporations are em- braced in this. Indsed, this was the view taken by the supreme court of the United States in regard to the traffic agreements between railroads and it is doubtless upon this that Attorney Gen- eral Knox relies for the proposed action by the Department of Justice to test the legality of the merger. It would seem to be perfectly obvious that if a traffic agreement is in violation of the anti- trust law such a combination of rail- way lines as has been effected through the Northern Securities company also contravenes that act. Of course the contention is made that there is mo ac- tual combination or consolidation; that while the Securities company has taken up the stock of the two rallroads and they are placed under one control, still they remain practically independent lines. But it appears that this conten- tion has had no weight with the attor- ney general of the United States and his view of it will command great atten- tion. The question is one of far-reaching im- portance. If state law can be success- fully overridden, as the Northern Se- curities company has attempted to do In’ this instance, what resource have the people for protection against railway monopoly? As was said by the attor- ney géneral of Minnesota: “If what is attempted to be done here can be suc- cessfully accomplished, the states of this union are powerless to enforce such statutes. Thé national government, under its present itutional limita- tions, can enact no tion, which will protect staté commerce and state, traffic against such & monopolistic consolida~ tion as is referred to in this bilL” It is interesting to note that the proposed proceedings on the part of the govern- ment have been prompted by President Roosevelt, who has thus shown that he is taking an active interest in such matters. A4S 70 SCHOOL WARRANTS. The efforts of members of the Board of Education to devise some means by which the annual interest payments g,:p ,fln""' agalnst the school fund range, uewd ing to the period of the year, as high as $150,000, and under the law draw in- terest at the rate of 7 per cent. That the school district can command money on much wore favorable terms goes without saying, and if an arrangement could be perfected by which advantage could be taken of this high credit, a saving of at least 2 per cent of the in- terest rate could be effected. Such a saving would amount to several thou- sand dollars each year and would be worth making. The obstacles in the way of every proposition to reduce the rate of inter- est on outs'de warrants are entirely legal In character. Every warrant drawn in favor of a creditor passes into private hands and becomes private prop- erty, eatirely at the disposal of the holder. If the creditor inslsts upon hav- ing the warrant registered for interest and holding It In his poksession until the money is available for its payment out of the fund agalnst which it is drawn, no one has a legal right to compel him to part with it sooner or to take less than the stipulated rate of interest. This has been decided time and again in connection with the purchase of state warrants for the state school fund. Every transaction for the sale of a war- rant must be entirely voluntary, whether the purchaser is a private broker or public treasurer acting in bis capacity as custodian of trust funds. The real effect of a standing offer to take the warrants on behalt of the school ‘district would be the same as has been the standing offer of the state treasurer to purchase state warrants for the state school fund, nawely, to raise them to a premium. This would be more especlally true with respect to local school warrants bearing 7 per cent interest as compared with state war- rants which bear only 4 per cent in- terest. luvestigation into this matter, there- fore, forces the conclusion that the legal interest ratg on local warrants is alto- gether too bigh and should be reduced by an amendment to the law at the very next session of the 'legislature. Side by side with this, however, steps should also be taken to bring the finances of the school * distriet closer to & casb' basis. It the schools could be administered with the resources on hand and without fssulng warrants that cagnot be on presentation, the whole amount of in- torest now pald could be saved, instead of simply a fraction of it, as proposed. THE INDIAN TERRITORY. The last census gives the population of the Indian Territory as 391,960, of which about 84,000 are thought to be members of the five civilized tribes of Indians. Thus more than 300,000 white people, non-citizens, are living within the boundaries of the five tribes, who control lands having an area of approx- imately 19,000,000 acres. This territory has received a good deal of attention from congress and the legislation pro- vided has resulted in the improvement of conditions there, though these are still far from what ¥ to be desired. As has been pointed out by Representa- tive Little of Arkansas, there are many thousands of white children of school age for whom there are no schools and he rightly characterized this as an outrage. Of course the white people, having no voice in the government of the territory, can do nothing to remedy this unfortunate situation and Mr. Little urged that congress should establish there a territorial form of government that would enable the white people to bave a voice. It may be doubted, how- ever, whether this can be done without contravening the treaties’ made with the five civilized tribes in 1866, which pro- vide, among other things, for the con- tinuance of their tribal governments un- der thelr respective constitutions and laws, when not in conflict with the con- stitution and laws of the United States. Mr. Little expressed the bellef that the territory is not ready for statehood and it will manifestly be expedient, before giving any serious attention to the question of statehood, that the people of the territory shall have such ‘ex- perience in the affairs of government as they would obtain through having & territorial form established. Cer- tainly the suggestion of Mr. Little ap- pears worthy of consideration. The government should carefully observe whatever obligations it has entered into with the five civilized tribes, but all proper effort should be made to remedy such unfortunate conditions as are pointed out by Representative Little and which are likely to become worse if neglected. — CARE FOR AMERICAN SHIPPING, It is undoubtedly necessary at present that a departure be made from the long-established policy of excluding ves- sels from the coastwise trade, in re- gard to the Philippines. Trade with the archipelago cannot now and will not be able for several years to rely upon American shipping, which is very small in the Pacific. To apply the law re- lating to coastwise trade to the Phil- ippines would destroy our commerce ‘with the islands, therefore foreign ves- gels must be allowed to enter this coast- wise trade for a time. It 1s a question, however, whether the provision in the Philippine tarift bill-in relation to this does mot go farther than 18 necessary in the matter of time during which the proposed departure from our policy shall continue. Senator Mallory of Florida suggested that the time in whieh foreign ships shall enjoy par- ticipation in the Philippine trade be limited to one year from July 1 next, urging that this was necessary in the |%T® interest of Anierican shipping. That is , FEBRUARY 21, 1902. nings will be fully supported in taking whatever steps may be to pro- tect the city from a default on interest in the absence of the resources that would ordinarily have been at his com- mand had the leyy ordinance been passed at the regular time. S—————— The Indians in Indian Territory ob- Ject to the building up of towns along the railroads in their country. When the Indian learns what a hice thing it is to go to town Saturdays afid talk poli- tics he will speedily withdeaw his ob- Jection. S rial Happiness. Chicago News. No objection was raised in the senate to the ratification of the Danish treaty. When the senate can acquire islands and spend money at the same time what more Is mecessary to complete its happiness? Arranging the Funeral. Boston Transeript. Hon. Jerry Simpson, who was one of the founds of the populist party, is now maki arrangements for its funeral. He thinks it was the offspring &f democracy and ought to go back to its parent’s grave. e e Wise Use of Pardoning Power. Philadeiphia Ledger. President Roosevelt s d!lfil.n.llhhl him- self by his sparing use of the pardoning ‘were refused. It is time for such a check to be put on the practice of pardoning al- most-every applicant who can afford to have his case presented skillfully. General Buncomb in Action. Portland Oregonian, Certaln senators talk as if they supposed somebody would believe them, or as if they belleved themselves, when they exclaim that our possession of the Philippine nds means tyranny and oppression, destruction of freedom in the islands and loss of 1ib- erty to ourselves. The senate chamber ought not to be dedicated, without reclama- tion, to wind and silliness. How We Grow. 8t. Louts Globe-Democrat. American history moves fast. Since the republicans resumed control of the govern- ment, in 1897, the tarritory of the United States has been enlarged by the acquisition of Hawall, the Philippines, Guam, pdrt of Samoa, Porto Rico and the Danish West Indies. The isthmian canal will be prac- tieally added before long. Drawing the Color Line. Springfleld (Mass.) Republican. Some of the senlor class of the University of Nebraska—which is a northern state— are “aroused” by the cholce of Booker T. Washington as commencement day orator. If any of these youngsters should become as great a figure in: civilization es Mr. ‘Washington it would be surprising. There are many white men who would willingly swap skins ‘with the eminent Alabama edu- cator in order to do work at all comparable with his, Yearning for a Vindication, Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Governor Savage of Nebraska has recelved so many bard knocks because of the Bartley pardon that he yearns for vindication, and to that end, it is said, the pardon will be made the prineipal'issue in his campaign for re-election. ‘Govertor Savage may be court- ing defeat. The”républican press of the state has, almost ‘without exception; com. demned his action, and the expression of public opinion by ballot may not be what Governor Savage expects. — e The Protest Toe Much. Portland Oregonian. Great Britain and Japan want peace, and for that purpose they bave joined fleets and Rugsia wants peace, and to that end, it announces, its army and navy Great Britain and perhaps too short & time, but there |gires ought to be a limit, since without it possible extent. strong Amcrlmn merchant marine on the Pacific 1s essential to the develop- ment of our trade with the far east and no propesition should have the countenance of congress that could in- terfere with this. While, therefore, the time limit suggested by Senator Mallory may be too short, the policy he advises of having a proper care for the inter- ests of American shipping is entirely wise. eme— It seems to,us the supreme court has set up a dangerous rule in holding that the clerk of the court is entitled to draw out of the treasury without a legislative appropriation the salary fixed in the constitution for the office. The consti- tution is explicit that no meney shall be drawn out of the treasuyy except in pur- suance of an appropriation by the legls- lature and we believe this restriction is pot only salutary, but intended to be superior to other provisions relating to official salaries and emoluments. This is entirely apart frém the question whether the present clerk of the court, who has the highest compensation of any_officer in the state, 1§ entitled to the sum in dispute. It is readily con- celvable that the legislature might fail to pass a salary appropriation bill or that the bill as passed might be void because of its own defects, and under the decision of the supreme court thosé officers with salaries designated in the constitution could draw their money, while others would have to walt for curative legislation. The safer way would be to make no exceptions to the requirement of speecific appropriation, leaving clalmants to present themselves to the succeeding legislature or to trans- form their claims into judgments by sult in the courts. ——— The story comes from Denver that negotiations have been completed for the sale of the street rallway lines to an eastern syudicate for $8,500,000. Whether the story is borne out by the facts or not, it gives a hint for the Real Estate exchange on the value of fran- ichised corporation property. | e The most serious part of the postpone- ment of the eity tax levy is the prospect that it will be deferred over the period when several interest payments on bouds become due. It is absolutely necessary that these obligations be met and City Treaswrer Hens a s for the same result it is a pity to maintain such costly armaments of offense. — e The Danish West Indies. New York Tribune For thirty years American statesmen have appreciated the strategic value of these islands, all the more valuable now with the prospect of an isthmian canal, and have been anxious lest they should fall into other hands in a way that would be trouble- some to us. Finally, under the skillful management of Secretary Hay, the tu. seeing design of Secretary Icwlrd&n carried out. Thelr usefulness to is be- yond ‘question. We should make it equally certaln that the mew relation is one of usefulness and blessing to them. — Fruits of Republican Policles. Indianapolis Journal. A statement prepared by the Treasury department shows that the debt of the United States, which in 1865 was §78.25 per capita, was in 1901 only $13.46 per capita, and that the annual interest charge, which was $4:20 per capita in 1865, was 28 cents per capita in 1901. In 1865 the gov- ernment was paying from 4 to 78-10 per cent interest on its indebtedness, while in 1901 half of the entire debt drew oaly 2 per cent interest. It may be remarked in- cidentally that these results are due to re- publican financiering and administration. —_— PROSPERITY IN THE WEST. Garnering the Legitimate Fruits of Industry and Thrift, Loutsville Courder-Journal. News from. Wahoo, Neb, is of a rosier tinge than formerly came from that state. The correspondent from that remarkably named town writes the Omaha Bee that during January forty-five farm mortgages for $70,000 were- filed for record in that county, and that during the same month there were releases of elghty-six mortgages, amounting to $100,000. As Nebraska is one of the corn-growing states, it is plain to be seen that the drouth last year did not seri- ously cripple the farmers. This gratifying plece of news is of the same order as the reports of overflowing bank deposits and big rellroad earnings. The farmers are paying off -their mortgages all over the middle west, and are lending money as low a8 4% per cent in many localities. The banks of Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis and Chicago never bad such large deposits trom their country correspondents as now, and the old duys of the usurer with his 13 repute, are now most desirable investment, but there are too few of them for the lenders. One ‘thing that bas helped the situation |n the arid parts of Dakota is the digging The water supply is so abundant ma st such & shallow depth that irrigation becomes easy, and there are no more such terrors in the dry season. South Dakota is on & land “boom” and that 100,000 immigrants are expected this year, while North Dakota will be proportionately benefited, though held back somewhat by the colder climate. However, the two states are being rapidly settled BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. I Etehings of People and Events in the Senator Francls B. Warren of Wyoming denounces as baseless the current stories of money-laden lobbles influencing the leg- islation of congress. In a letter in Col- Weekly, Senator Warren says: ““The lobby of sensational literature and of newspaper space writers—reeking with glowing stories of vast sums spent in the purchase of votes, of presents of valuable stocks, of costly wine suppers and other favors—is a myth, and is one of the features of life in the capital citythe visitor will not be able to find. The efforts of friends or enemies of public and private measures are in evidence in the bustle and rush in the public corridors of the capitol. during @ sesaion of congress, but this is & harmless phase In the work of securing or preventing legislation and is but little more than part of the gemeral routine of legislative work. “The protective and restriotive means at the command, first, of any member of con- gress; second, of any committee; third, of the presiding officer of either branch; fourth, of the senate or house as distinct bodles, and Afth, of the president of the power of veto, make it to secure final incor- poration into our laws of radically unwise, unjust or wrongful legisiation. ““The suspicion that influences which will mot bear the full light of publicity are being employed for any public or private measure creates a prejudice against such measure and tends to make adoption more diffcult. “While the millenaium has mot been reached in matters of adopting legislation, I am certain that there is » constant im- provement and that the tome of ‘public service s on an upward trend. The legis- Iative branch of the government is inclined to be mindful of the meeds and Interests of the people, and the executive branch, as evidenced by the work of every department of the government service, is conducted upon business principles and In accordance with law."” President Roosevelt is credited with the possession of a memory alleged to be ex- ceedingly and sometimes disagreeably re- tentive. Two senators were discussing this chafacteristic of the chief executive. Sald “The president knows the clerical and personal of the government as-few other men know it."” “I should say he did,” returned the other. “T asked him a little while ago to reappoint a marshal in my state and I no soomer mentioned the man’s name than the presi- dent broke out with: ‘So that scoundrel is still in office, is he? I remember him when I was in the civil service commis- slon.’ The miatter of reappointment was not pressed. ‘The “high hand shake,” which prevails in Washington to such a considerable extent and which is particularly noticeable in so- clety and diplomatic circles, is said to have been introduced here by the late President McKinley. The hand shake of the late president, says the Washington Star, was one of the most attractive and interesting things about him. When. receiving a large number of people and In haste his right hand was always held out in the customary fashion, but when recelving cabinet officers, congressmen and others in his private office there was an alr about his hand shake that ‘was (irresistible. The elbow of his right arm usually rested close to his body, while his hand was held upward mearly to level with his chin, thereby requiring the other person to raise his hand to that level. Then Mr, McKinley would grasp the hand in & clasp with the fingers of his hand around the fingers of the other person. The presi- dent's hand would move to the right and left three or four times and the hand shake ‘would be concluded. Mr. McKinley rarely departed from that method of handshaking and In time those who were with him grew accustomed to it and became devotees of the habit themselves. Soon after Mr. McKinley commenced this method of hand- shaking the diplomatic corps took it up, and pow it is generally kmown as the “diplomatic” hand shake. It is still in ex- istence among the forelgn representatives and is extending to other circles. Secretary Cortelyou, whose long association with the late president made him familiar with the ways of the latter, grew accustomed to shaking hands in the same manner as Presi- dent McKinley. He now has no other way of clasping the extended hand but this one. Public men in Washington often speak of President McKinley's hand shake as one of the most interesting they have er known. A certaln member of congress noted for convivial tendencies, who halls from a state that does not prohibit, had an amus- ing time at dinner the other night apropos of a wee bit of blue ribbon he wore in his buttonhole, the insignia of some order to which he belongs. The butler bearing the wine ignored him as completely as though he were not at table, and passed him again and again in filling the other glasses. Won- dering why he was thus neglected, the statesman beckoned him te bring some wine, but to mo purpose. The butler winked knowingly and passed on. The disgusted member finally called the man to him, and holding his cost so that escape was {mpossible, said: “Why don't you fill my glass?’ ‘The butler smiled knowingly, ‘Has hit hi, didn’t know, sir, that you was a tee- ‘What de you mean?” asked the guest. “Hi thinks hi hought to know, sir; hi belong to the same soclety, sir,” and with that the man polnted to the blue ribbon in the disgusted member's buttomhole, the badge of a local temperance soclety. Former Representative Mississippl, John Allen, John Allen of familiarly known as Private one of the commissiomers to passed through reports the w--mn.um Post. In spite of the burdens of his new office, “Private John" had suffi- clent vitality to relate one of his charac- teristic anecdotes. “The legislature of Arkansas,” sald Mr. Allen, “once enacted a law requiring those who wanted to take a drink to take out & license. Well, I guess that was all right. They should have figured along the same lines as they did in my state several years ago. The Mississippl legislature passed a law restricting the sale of liquor to quan- tities not less than one gallon. The act was sent to Governor McNutt for his proval. - The old goveraor, who was cele- brated for his gastronomical features, looked at the bill & moment and then said: “This is one of the most sensible acts this legislature has passed. Every member de- serves the thanks of the entire commom- wealth. It gives me pleasure to sign the ct, for I feel that nothing short of & gal- lon is calculated to satisfy the thirst of the average man in Mississippl.” A western congressman, who has been bullding & very handsome and spacious residence, was asked the other day by one of his colleagues how the house was pro- It is said that | gressing. “It is all completed,” was the reply. “All that I need now is & parrot.” “A parrot?” queried his friend. “Yes,” replied the congressman. “I want & parrot. I want the bird to roost over the front door and just say, ‘Fool!* ‘Fool!" -voryu-onnn-u-.uo the walk™ PERSONAL NOTES. The Cincinnati Chamber of Commaerce has invited President Roosevelt to attend the banquet to be held by that organisation on March § in celebration of Cincinnatl's con- tennial. Willlam Henry Bishop, the novelist and instructor of Spanish at has resigned. He will remove to Spain, where he will re- main for some time and devote himself to literary work. Secretary Shaw asks the complaining women of New York to suggest, some echeme whereby the law to prevent smug- gling may be enforced without se much annoyance to passengers. Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Green of Cedar Rap- ids, Ia., has been chosen as the orator at the grave of Washington in April by the | Sons of the American Revolution at the soclety's triennial meeting. Sir Willlam McDonald, the donor o the | gift of £25,000 for the establishment of an agricultural college at Guelph, in Ontarlo, has already disbursed vast fortunes for philanthroplc ends in Canada. Lieutenant von Eichel Strelber of the Third Uhlans, German army, recently wag- ered that he could drink a quart bottle of brandy in ten minutes. He did so and was buried with full military honors. Dr. Conan Doyle has scored a complete failure in his attempt to get & German publisher to take up and circulate in that country his pamphlet on the cause and conduct of the war in South Africa. Some of the out-and-out New York chap- ples have taken to wearing the monocle, which at present is In greater favor than ever among London dandles. Eastern opti- olans notice an appreciable increase in the demand for single glasses. Governor Orman ‘of Colorado has received a letter from General Funston accepting the invitation tendered by the governor to be- come the guest of Colorado at & banquet to be given to Generals Funston and Mac- Arthur at some future date. M. Delcasse, French minister of forelgn affairs, has appointed Miss Jeanne de Vil- leneuve of New York secretary of the French consulate there. Miss de Vil- leneuve, who belongs to an old French fam- 1ly, is the first woman to be thus honored. General Lew Wallace has a luxurious and {deal author's “den.” It s erected on his 1awn and at a cost which most people would cousider quite a fortune. In shape it re- wembles an Orlental mosque and the in- terior is one large room, handsomely fur- nished and decorated, and on the walls hangs a portrait of the sultan of Turkey, painted by the general himseif, During the hearing at Albany on the pro- posed bill prohibiting the shooting of live pigeons from traps Horace E. Henderson, master of St. Paul's achool in Garden Oity, L. L, where many such shooting contests take place, declared that frequently he had found wounded pigeons in the tower of the school chapel and he and his neighbors had found dozens of maimed birds on the win- sills and doorsteps of their houses. They are having a laugh on Champ Clark in Washington. A New Yorker told the Missouri congressman that the only real people lived on Manhattan island. Champ snortingly replied: “Why, you are the most provincial people in the country. You don’t know anything about the United States. Hardly & man among you knows anything about Missourl, but let me tell you there are mighty few Missourians who don't know New York.” For a minute or so Champ did not realize why everybody laughed. PLUMBERS SPRING A LEAK. Carefully Planted Pipe Cimches Dis- jointed in Two States. New York Times. The plumbers of at least two states are learning from disagreeable experience that to maintain a comspiracy in restraint of trade, with high-handed rules framed to drive from the business all who do mot conform to the regulations prescribed by the ers, 1s dangerous batch of Texas mi rounded up on indictments for violation of the anti-trust law involving aggregate penalties of $66,650,000, and most of them confessed judgment and withdrew from the assoclation. It is mot reported that they have vet paid the judgments. A second round-up has just taken place at Austin, with a large number of defendants. The penalties claimed under the statute against twenty-one of them already amount to $40,950,000, and are increasing at the rate of something over $100,000 & day. The plumbing business has been understood to be profitable to those who engage in ft under favorable conditions, but scarcely profitable enough to warrant the k of such magnificent penalties as the Texas law lmposes. In the first Texas case a local assoclation was made defendant. In the suit just begun at Austin individual members are separately impleaded and stand charged with violating the anti-trust law of the state by forming and entering into a combination to restrict competition. This procedure is strictly in accordance with the decleion lately handed down by Judge Morris, in the case of the State of Texas agalnst the Shippers’ Compress and Warehouse company, to the effect that & corporation could not be held to be & vio- lator of the law, but that each member whe enters into such corporation aud forms part of it is gullty of such violation when it occurs: This would seem to be an odd ruling, but the Texas anti-trust law is an odd law, and probably the distinguished jurist whom we have quoted interprets it correctly. In Ohlo the anti-trust law has been in- voked by one John A. Smith, who has in- stituted & sult aguinst the Akron Master Plumbers’ ‘association, ¢harging that the assoclation is organized. for purposes at variance with sald Jaw and citing injuries for which he claims damages in $22,500. As the Ohio law provides that double the amount of damages proved may be col- lected, the defendants are really ocon- fronted with a $45,000 dumage suit. The petitioner alloges that because he is not a member of the Akron Master Plumbers’ association he has been unable to buy goods suitable for his trade and bas been put to great inconvenience and loss in co quence, and he promises to produce letters by the pound from firme which have refused his orders on the ground that they did not dare to sell him becauss of the threat of the association to boycott those who vio- lated its rules. As it is on exactly these lines that the master plumbers’ assocla- tions have worked, it Jooks as if Smith had & good case. Indeed, it is surprising that they have not before been made defendants in conspiracy suits. In no trade bas the principle of the laws defining publie pol- foy in such matters been so openly defled 8 by the plumbers, and that retribution has overtaken them will probably not oc- casion widespread unhappiness outside the assoclations which have had things their own way for a good many years, LAUGHING GAS. Phllulelphll Pres: You should adver- tise in our paper, d the solicitor. \Romt need it," replied the dealer. , Our phonographs speak for them- Washington Star: “What do ntend to do when you, are out % Publio it asked the frien And without a moment's hesitation Sen- ator Sorghum answered: “Get In again.” Cleveland Plain Dealer: “What did Slab- berton represent at the fancy drpss bailt* meri was the Washington monu- MEER! Thats tunny. It scemed to me that all he needed was a meter and & burner (o be a gas pipe.” Chicago News: Myer—I belleve we will follow the same occupation in the next world that we do here on earth. Gyer—Get out! What would plumbers do in a place where the water pipes couldn't freeze—even if there was any water? altimore American: “I would rather,” ey the elder Washington to the nelgh- bors, “lose a thousand cherry trees than n-\;\enany son tell & lie. ks peieyio among lheml!lven, "he vluml that h. ll the lad for a politics trainin cal eareer.” their heads in obvious doubt, Shnking they walked slowly away. Tribune: (iterary ndl(nr)—Whnt are you oring ng et now? Gonus (literary specialist)—I am writing o history of Babylon. (aswus—w 0 you think about Baby- lon Connus—Nothing. That's why I am writ- ing @ history of it. Cleveland Plain Deur ‘“There were a number of ~vicious snowballing In front of my home lhln ‘morning.” VDid You stop. them1. vNo, but I stopped two of the snowballs and that was all 1 cared to do. WHOT Chicago Tribune, befriended Undl Sam?” Sad :ohn 1 1" befrionde Gnclo Sam." “Who ' hey Mm lick Spain?" Pfld AR pal atond righe By, alr. I helped i ckyég' “Who stood off the powers?’ “L," sald the “l was right thar. 1 stood off the powers.” “YWho's his friend now?” 1" sald all, With *Snuaimaus. bawt. “I'm his real friend now!™, prondilvaril - Foss i) “DEAF AND DUMB, AND A 'rnln“ “I am sorry, but can't,” wrote the brake- man, To answer the written request Of a deaf and dumb tramp in & box car And the tramp was set down, vaute a mile from the town, With the price of & meal fn his hand. As he paced tow'rd the dim-shadow'd village His fancies were bitterly sad, For a mother was patiently waiting To greet hor unfortunate lad. Not a light, save the ones on the switches, Was burning to gladden his And he knew that some shed must afford him a bed From the chill of that October night. And’ the suft western breeze that was blowing Seemed urging him on in his track, When the sense of some danger ir Impam!lnl plompelled him to pause and leok bucl T R g Ay e far disi n And the flames skurried st on The wings of the blast, Tow'rd the calm-sleeping village near by. t nt 1s lost in reflecti Not & moment is lost, on, ted 7 Who is there But lhO nulh heard l:‘zvmd 80 continued 'l'lllllhotplm.fl the seat of all care But the vfllo?- 1is rouM and its people, Well vers dangerous strife, Save _their hom- from the Drflm fire's fury, ‘Whis h co.t an_unfortunate's life. As_they gather, b:flmea. from the battle o view his rem; “He was gnly But hia eyes are w dum! B0 he feels not the old sense of shame. In his Yoclul they found & worn letter 1d of affection and said: HOBbeturn 0 Your beart-broken mothert” How could he? lad, he was dead! Whon they learned of his bitter amiotion Each heart sought to render his And the “company s” best bore bim down from the west ‘With a purse and the tals of his deed. Leavitt, Neb, ISAAC A. KILGORE. If we live in deeds, not years, then 'Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral must be 6000 years old! For sixty years it has been curing all kinds of throat and lung troubles—from a slight tickling in the throat to the most desperate diseases of the lungs. This is the way your doctor orders it ) One bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, Sig. * Carefully follow directions on bottle. Ask him how many patients he has md : with this prescription. “1 have used P it the best of all _a-’-"c"a'zmu.. chronic.* — J. C, Courron, M.D.,, 25c. boe., 5108 M ly practise, and Lvegard Ifl-. u.mLm whether acuto or J. C, AYER C