Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 22, 1902, Page 6

THE ©OMAHA DALY BEE ‘l ROBEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF BUBSCRIETION. Datly Bos (withbut Bunday). dn ¥ Daliy les and Buj Ve Lilustrated Be Year naay o e Yea Twentietn” cunury yarmer, One Yenr: DELIVERED BY CARRIER. aily Heée (without Sunday), per copy.. I¥ (Without BumaAy), Per week.. ysciuding Wuneay), pee week lic y Hee, pe cmn'ln umno-n ‘\mfllyl. Dunl:u [ Cqmph livery sholld e’ addressed to Uiy Clreuiation Department. i OFFICES. s.w:;,m 5 g \lflb—ll Pllrl l!ml. nity Build m—’r-mpxe forron n—&01 Fourteenth Street, ESPONDENCE. imunications relating 10 news and i Jmatier shquid: be addressed: Omahs Bee, orial Dep-nmonL BUBINEmS LIt EHS !ullnm letters and nmmnnco should be addfessed: The Hee Pubishing Com- pany, New REMITTANCES. Remit by drari ress or postal order, to The ‘bo.‘bl'ublllnlnp: Company, at stamps accepted in v of or u.u:;;-r-nz;:;.nec: acce] M alyln - cha WHE BEE PUBLISHIN WI.I'A:X STATEMENT OF CIRC!LATION. the coples of The Daily, nv- sad Sunday Bes prinied during mORth o AprL, was us toliows: 20,560 SEFNEREBNERBEERS Less unsold and r‘u;.m'd coplu Net total eales. Net datly avera c ibscril ‘Beiore e this w02, \(III.L) worn u’m Mi ol Apm. A M. B. HUNGATI Notary Publle. The Croker element is still on top in Tammany hall. But Tammany is not on top. As one good turn deserves another, #0 one good trade excursion paves the way for more. The weather man and the ice man will now resume their annual commu- ‘nity of interest. . Outward appearances glve no signs ‘that the stokers who are feeding the furnaces of Mount Pelee have gone on a strike. It Is authoritatively aunounced that the curriculum of \the Omaha High school has not yet been expanded to in- clude the shirt walst of the male specles, Sapmm—— It the valuable rallway términals in Omaha were assessed for local taxation on the same basls as other property several mills more could be easily sliced off the tax ral a——e——— We ought to be able to see soon whether the Beef trust injunction oper- ates in favor of or against one meat packing center or another. Keep an eye on the stock yards statistics. SEEE—— Cuba will' hereafter celebrate May 20 as the recurring anniversary of Its birth. In this Cuba has enjoyed a priv- ilege accorded few nations and withheld from. all individuals—that of selecting its ownr birthday. S———e—— The local committees for the Christian church convention to meet at Omaha this fall are going abhead with arrange- ments in a businesslike way. This is the spirit that assures the successful ex- ecution of the part Omaha has under- taken to look after. Emrp— Now that it has been judiclally de- cided that Rostand's play, “Cyrano de Beérgerac,” Is plaglarized from an Amer- jcan drama adveqturers with repulsive noses will take heed not to violate the American - copyright laws when they make their debuts on the stage. Every reference to Nebraska in the weekly summary of crop conditions is- sued by the government weather bureau denotes lmprovement. Nebraska is get- ting into good form for the contest to determine which will rank as the banner agricultural state for the year 1002, A strike s sald to be threatened over the dlscharge by a Chicago concern of & workman who refused to be photb- graphed along with his fellow employes. The courts should be invoked at once to determine whether employment carries with it the right to photograph the em- ploye. T It is gratitying to have the political enemy admit uot only that the repub- Mean party is safely in the majority in Omaha, but also that it can stay in power forever proyided only it puts up capable and worthy candidates who can cominand the full party strength. The moral 18 obvious. ——————— Al of which remliods us that Colonel Bryan himselt advised bis friends agalnst supporting the regular demo- gratic nominee for mayor in St. Louls Pecause he did not carry a 16 to 1 label blown Iu the bottle. It is immaterial, of gourse, that the odious candidate was | T! elected in spite of Mr. Bryan's protest. ¢ re—— Visiting French dignitaries over here fo participate in the unveilug of the Rochambeau statue may not create the furore that greeted Prince Heanry, but the of the United States have the' cordial feeling for France as RESTRAINING THE PACKERS. Undoubtedly the temporary wrif of in- Junction restraining the packers named in the government’s bill from combining or conspiring to do those things which are alleged to have been done will be strictly complied with. “What course the defendants will héreafter take in con- fection with the Injunétion ‘proceedings is yet to be determined, but it is safe to assume that the eourt's order will be obeyed ,and that while it remains in force there will be no combination or conspiracy among packers to regulate the prices of cattle and meats. There will be during this perfod a free market and open competition and it will be highly interesting and instructive to ob- serve the effect. Notwnh‘undln‘ a very general and material decline in the consumption of meat the prices of live stock have been ruling very steady and the leading mar- kets yesterday closed with little change. It s & not uncommon 'jmpression that the immediate effect of a restraining order such as that just issued by Judge Grosscup would be to cause a decline in the prices of live stock and meats, but it will probably be found that its in- fidence In this direction is very small and that supply and demand will con- tinue to be the chief regulator of prices. While the proceedings instituted by the government ale entirely proper and it is most desirable that the law, if it has been violated by the packers, shall be enforced, those who expect that this is going to bring about a sudden and large fall in meat prices are certain to be dis- appointed. Admitting that there has been a beef combine and that it has had more or less to do with the high prices, still the law of supply and demand has not ceased to operate. The packers who are made defendants in the case are given ample time in which to decide on the course to be taken when the application for a perma- nent Injunction is heard. The leading attorney for the defendants has indi- cated that probably a demurrer will be filed. The nature of the defense, how- ever, is a matter in which the public will feel little concern. For the present the action of the government is regarded as in the public interest and the general expectation is that it will so prove, while it is also very generally hoped that the government will be able to show that the allegations in its bill are true and that the temporary injunction should be wade permanent. —— OUR FRENCH GUASTS. The delegation of distinguished Frenchmen who are in this country to represent their government at the un- velling of the Rochambeau statue will have an experience of American cour- tesy and hospitality which undoubtedly will be a perennlal gratification to them. They are citizens of a republic for which our people have a warm friend- ship and whose people there is every assurance are cordially friendly toward us. It is true that a few years ago there was some 1Il feeling and that for a time Americans in France were made to realize this, but that is forgiven if not forgotten and Americans are glad to belleve that the United States has no more earnest and cordial friend among the nations of Europe than the French republic. In this spirit we receive and honor her representatives. Our ambassador to France, General Horace Porter, says the mission of the French represéntatives is regarded with very great interest in Frauce. Not only the French government but the people and the press are looking for- ward to the movements of this delega- tion, sald General Porter, with the keenest interest. It is talked about fully as much as the missions sent to Spain and England to participate in the coronation. These distinguished visitors should be shown in the most hospitable manper that the American people appreciate their coming and are glad of the opportunity to demonstrate the cordiality and the heartiness af our friendship for France, whose good will we highly prize and desire to cultivafe. SEE—— CUAL UPERATURS UNCOMPROMISING, There is to be no compromise or con- cession on the part of the anthracite coal operators, according to the latest advices. They are sald to have decided on a no surrender policy and propose to force the fight against the miners, em- ploying for this purpose all the re- sources which they can command. They will not, it is stated, consider any prop- osition for arbitration and it is thought to be their intention to fill the places of the strikers with non-union men—a course which would-be very likely to produce serious trouble; On the part of the miners there also appears to be a disposition to yleld nothing and they are reported to be considering methods for extending the strike, by involving the engineers, fire- men and pumpmen at the mines, though there appears to be among theth consid- erable opposition to doing this, The propésition. to call out the bituminous miners is also belng considered, hut it is doubtful if a movement of this kind would be successful. The gravest diffi- culty comfronting the strikers is the question of subsistence. They were not well prepared for a prolonged contest. It is stated that there is in the Hational treasury of the winers' organization less than $500,000 and no provision for dis- tributing supplies has been made. Throughout the reglon covered by the strike the merchants have stopped giv- Ing credit and it capnbt be a great while before a majority of the miners will be unable to pay cash for commodities. Then will come ‘the test of their fortl- tude. It is predicted that if the strike THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: undoubtedly go still higher. The very serious phase of this conflict is the pos- sible effect upon Industries and busi- ness. Exhaustion of the anthracite sup- ply would necessitate the shutting down of industries which must have that fuel. This would necessarily have an injuri- ous effect upon busin not merely locally but generally. The adverse in- fluence of a great struggle of this kind, it prolonged, cannot be conflned to the immediate territory In which it is car- ried on. It Is needless to say, how- ever, that neither party to the con- troversy has given or is likely to give any consideration to the public inter- ests affected. 4 SATISFACTORY TAX RATE. The outcome of the long-drawn con- test over the city assessment will in the main be received with satisfaction by all classes of taxpayers. While a 30- mill tax rate is 6 mills higher than was the rate of 1898, when the present tax commissioner system went into effect, a reduction of 4 mills from last year's levy affords a substantial degree of re- lief. The principal difference between the tax rate of 1808 and that of this year is by reason of the Increased school tax. In 1808 the school levy was under con- trol of the council, while now it is ar- bitrarily fixed by the school board under a spectal law. While the school tax this year is one-half mill less than that of last year, the proceeds will be only $10,000 less than last year, when the tax was enormously In excess of the ordi- nary wants of the schools because of the overlaps. In keéeping the levy for 1802 down to 80 mills the council has acted wisely and with due regard to the demands of the taxpayers, and especially the inter- ests of the real estate owners, who bear the bulk of the burdem. A tax rate above 30 mills would have been most decidedly unpopular, if not positively damaging. The chief alm of the fight made by the Real Estate exchange for an increase in the assessment of the franchised cor- porations was to secure a reduced tax rate that would make real estate more inviting to Investors. Through the de- cislon of the supreme court that body was enabled to procure an increase in the aggregate assessment by more than $1,500,000, but that would have been a barren victory had the council not made a tangible reduction in the rate. Sp————— Out of the city tax levy complica- tlons the school board seems to be the principal gainer, inasmuch as it has been gliven a tax levy at the original rate de- manded but on the increased aggre- gate assessment. As a result the school board revenue from taxation will be greater by nearly $10,000 than its esti- mate, while it will also have an in- creased revenue from the state appor- tionment over what it had counted on. The fact, however, that its resources have thus been increased affords no rea- son why the board should not continue a policy of striet economy that will keep it not only within its revenue, but sink the unwarranted floating school debt that has been hanging over us for years. —— Government by injunction, which in its original form was welcomed by the great corporations as a weapon against labor organizatione, is not relished by them now when turned against com- binations of capital, aiming to control the output and prices of their establish- ments. The predictions that govern- ment by Injunction is a two-edged sword that would cut both ways are proving true. Our.amiable popocratic contemporary, the World-Herald, has its ear to the ground. It knows that the same disci- pline that would call for a vote of cen- sure on the South Omaba insurgents who refused to support the party nom- inee would demand similar censure for the party organ that falled to come to the front on the same occasion. m——— The anthracite coal miners and the managers of coal roads seem to be fur- ther apart than ever, but we have had more menacing situations than this and come to speedy adjustment of difficul- tles. While both sides may cry, “No surrender,” the outcome must be some kind of a treaty of peace. A Cold Faet. Chicago -Herald. The public gets chance to arbitrate when the coal trust wants to advance prices. A Popular Dem tration. Indlanapolls News. Attorney General Knox may be able to demonstrate how well his predecessors dido’t do it Another Eruption Threaten ‘Washington Post. Mr. Bryan's press agent says he will make a speech on San Juan hill before he leaves Cuba. How much longer is that hill to be worked ? Best Proof of Progress. Philadelphla Record. After all, the best proof of the progress of pacification in the Philippine islands s the reduction of the army of occupation. The original 60,000 soldlers are now so far dispensed with that the force now in hand Is only 27,000. Maguetism of Misery. Philadelphia Ledger. Every storm, earthquake or disaster of any kind bringe out & ourious phass of buman nature. Mapy of those who have seen their houses destroyed or their near- est relatives killed veturn as soon as possi- ble to the scenes of devastation. In some instances this is explained by the fact that there aro more oppprtunities of earning livellhood among old nelghbors than among new surroundings. | I Bumerous pases however, no such bysiness yeason ”‘l"-" money. vote every umu o visiting graves, so . large fraction of the homeless® and be- reaved g0 back to spend the remal of their days in tbe scenes that recall ca- THURSDAY MAY 22, 1902. warmth to the hearty good feeling which has always existed betwéen the people of France and the people of the United States. Following so soon after the visit of Prince Henry to this country and his very ef- fuslve and friendly reception, the' present exchange of greeting and courtesy restores the balance of international amenities and amities. France and Germany stand upon en equal footing of eubstantial and solld good will. Gener H New York Evening Po The swift and generous response which the American government and people are making to the appeal of mortal misery and need which comes to us from the stricken West Indles is, we are glad to think, emi- nently characteristic. A more humane and charitable nation does not exist, we firmly belleve. It je partly that we have abun- dant means to succor distress and that we recognize the obligation which goes with ability. Richesse oblige. But there Is more in it than the mere possession of wealth. By instinct and training and long habit Americans have developed a pecullar ¥ of Distress. readiness in coming spontaneously to the rellef of suffering. Our own inheritance and history, the growth of voluntary chari- ties, the private endowment of education on a scale elsewhere unknown, the varfous colossal calamities of our own which have opened hearts and purses to the vietims— a Chicago fire, a Johpstown flood—all have somehow conspired to make us open as day Consists in a Single-Hearted Devetion to the Public Good. Indlanapolls News. Patriotism of course {s only another name for service to the country honestly and faithfully performed. It does not consist in florid talk about the flag, in foollsh boast- ing about the country that we all love, in wild and unreasoning paftisanship, but in the sober und honest discharge of whatever duty falls to our lot and In a single-hearted devotion to the public good. And in life, as in the army, good work can bo done in any statlon. Private and general are entitled to the same measure of our love and grati- tude if they do what they are bldden to do without thought of self. There is no man #0 humble but he can greatly serve the country. A man can-be a patriot without being an office holder. So the question is one of subordinating oneself to the general good. We bel that all of our people would, in a great crisis, sacrifice them- selves and all that they bhad for the sake of the nation and its flag. But we want to do these things in the ordinary affairs of life and to realize that in such things as this there is, In a real sense, no large and “All service ranks the same with NO NONSENSE IN NEBRASKA. Palpitations of Mount Iona Will Not Be Tolerated. Washington Post. Somebody in authority ought to notify Mount Iona, out there in Nebraska, that it must not get too gay at this particular time. We are having trouble enougn with volcanoes as it is. The real thing is more appalling than there is any need fer. In Martinique and St. Vincent we have had tragedies that will last our time. Further- more, every hill with a hole in it—counting the Weet Indies, the -Isthmus, Nicaragua, Mexico, etc.—has begun to puff and snort and wriggle, as though it were about to ejaculate with'the utmost ferocity. Be- sides, and as if the convuleions of nature were not mmz political revolutions are raging ig ‘various quarters—Colombla, Bcuador, v.nhnm. Santo Domingo and other spots too-numerous to mention and too hot to handle. Not to put too fine a point upon it we are surrounded at this of all sorts, and we do not want any foolishness out in Ne- braska with Mount Iona. That enterprie- ing little pustule must be poulticed for the present, at least, and until we can glve It some attention. Obviously these outbursts are unpleas- antly abundant for the moment. They can- not all of them be encouraged at the same time without danger to the general good. The populace in Venezuela, Hayt!, Colombla and Ecuador seem to be in a etate of the most violent ebullition. Nobody knows ex- actly what the matter is. It looks like a case of hot blood everywhere. The eltua- tion in Haytl is interesting, but only be- cause it is of recent occurrence. To be sure, the predicament of the former presi- dent, Sambo Sam—or Simon Sam—is dis- tressing, but that doesn’t count. Sambo Sam has had a long turn at the spigot, and it he gets away allve we need not worry ourselves about his future. It makes very little difference who wears the yellow Jacket and the nosering in Haytl. Sambo, Tancrede, Saint Victor, Defly, Firmin— Arcades Omnes—they are all the same to us. But we don’t want this little runt of a voleano in Nebraska to be putting on airs while we are busy In other directions. Ne- braska has given us its full share of sensa- tions ae things are. Wo can’t have Mount Tona chip In at such a orisls with a erest of inflammation. Something must be done to Mount Iona—a bucket of water, for ex- ample, or a cork. Seriously, just now, affairs in the west- ern hemisphere are about as lively as they need be. We have real volcances, and to spare, and more Sambo Sams than are necessary to our comfort. Somebody must it do on Mount Iopa for a few da: anyhow! We prefer to take our carbuncle serlatim. FERSONAL NOTES, Emperor Willlam's absorption of Amer- ican ideas #& shown in his $25,000,000 rail- way station. General Burgoyne's headquarters in the Saratoga campaign of 1777 at Sandy Hil), Washington county, New York, is about to be razed to make way for factories. H. V. and H. W. Poor of New York City have presented the New York Public M- brary with a large and valuable collection ot books, pamphlets, scrapbooks and maps. Danlel P. Bradford, seventh in line from John Bradford, first governor Massachusetts, hag Jjust Slst birthday at his home in of Tyndall, 8. D. , Senator Depew and Representative Woods, the latter of California, are two members of congtess who are n -falling sources of news and stories for newspaper men. Mr. Wopds is ever ready to go to any amount of trouble for the correspond- ents, Albert Gallatin Riddle, the well known I and author, who has just died in Washington, D. C., while in the house of representatives was the first man to advo- cate the arming of the slaves and the ab- olition of slavery in the District of Co- lumbla. Senater Joues of Nevada has had a pe. cullar career. He is an Englishman born, but has followed the vegaries of American polities with all the consistency of the vicar of Bray.-He has been a republica; liver republican, a populist and again & republican, and at 72 is to retire from seryice. Former United States Senator Willlam D. Washburn of Minnesots, who visited Washington recestly, 1s a member of the only family that ever had three brothers in congress at the same time. They were Elibu B. Washburn of Illinols, Cadwallader Colden Washburn of Wisconsin and Israel Washburn of Maine, all of whom were brothers of Willlam D. Washbura, Live Nebraska Towns NELSON—Never Had a Failure. on 1s the county seat of Nuckolls tounty, a hundred miles southwest of Lin- coln, and a thriving little city of a thou- sand prosperous and intelligent citizens. This is the western terminus of the Fair- bury branch of the Rock Island rafiroad. This line, together with the Burlington, gives us the best shipping facilities. Nuckolls county is pecullarly adapted to stock ralsing and is a splendid farm- ing district as well. Fruit of all kinds s also found here in abundance. The large alfalfa flelds, prairie pastures and native timber along the flowing streams make this a most desirable place for extensive cattle feeding. We have here a few of the largest and most successful feeders in southern Nebraska, while on almost every farm is given some attention to fine stuck. The public business of the county is trans- afted in a substantial buflding erected of stone and brick at a cost of over $35,000 and it s equipped with all modern conveni- ences. Nelson is beautifully located on the banks of Elk creek and is surrounded by an abundance of native timber. This pleasant lpcation, together with our ex- cellent public schools, and a half dozen churches, makes this an f{deai place in which to live. The affairs of the city are conducted by able business men, who have a personal interest in our welfare. Thus the expense {s kept down to the min- imum and we are not burdened with ex- orbitant taxes, a thing so much dreaded in many towns. No town in this section “us with outside points. of the west can boast of a more energetic lot of business men and substantial busi- ness bulldings. The latter are the result of several disastrous fires that destroyed | the ploneer bulldings. From the ashes, Phoenix-like, rode the modern brick busi- tures, made from the product of our local works that turn out a quality of goods than which there are none better in the state. Nelson has never had a boom nor a busi- ness fallufe. Nearly all her merchants own thelr store bulldings, and have new and com- fortable residences. Every line of busi- ness is here represented, and in each Is carrfed a large assortment of goods. The Nebraska Telephone company gives us the best of local service and connects Our new roller ills are making an enviable reputation for Nelson. An eastern expert recently made a test of the flour produced here and he pronounced it as good as any made In the United States. We have two banks, a fine opera house, in which is aleo a commodious lodge room, whers the various secret or- ders hold regular meetings; two elevators, three newspapers, and a $20,000 school bullding. Our public sehools are on the ac- credited list and pupils graduating from them are admitted to the State university without further examination. They are in charge of an able corps of Instructors. They are, justly, too, the pride of the com- munity. F. A. BSCHERZINGER. Federal Courts and Taxes Chicago Chronicle. When Judges Grosscup and Humphrey, eitting in the United States circuit court In the tax cases against the traction com- panies, set aside the state law of assess- ments and announced a judiclal plan of thelr own there was ‘general surprise. It was a new thing for a federal judicial tribunal to nullify a state law and issue its own decree regulating state assessments for the purpose of taxation. Those citizens who believed that the fed- eral court attempted to usurp a power with which it was not clothed by law are sustained in a powerful argument by Judge Tuley. This great jurist, in reviewing the proceedimgs for the columne of the Chron- icle, shows that they are in direct oppo- sition to rules of law established by the Usited States supreme court. In important litigation known to lawyers as the Illinois railroad tax cases the fed- eral supreme court ruled that no United States court could regulate the distribu- tion of & tax or mssess property for the purpose of taxation. The language of the supreme court, as quoted by Judge Tuley, is as follows: “The United States court has no power to apportion a tax or to make a new as- sessment or direct another to be made by the proper officers of the state. These offi- clals and the manner in which they shall exercise their functions are wholly beyond the power of that court when so act- ing. © ¢ o \ . ““The levy of taxes is not a judicial func- tion, and its exercise by the constitutione of all states and by the theory of our Eng- 1lish origin is exclusively leglsiative.” Could Judges Grosscup and Humphrey have had this decision before them when they made their decree directing how the traction corporations should be assessed and apportioning the tax which they should pay as computed by a court commissioner? Or did they not know that such a decision was In the court reports? No United States court can direct the of- ficers of the state ‘taxi bodles as to the manner in which they shall exercise their powers. It follows, of course, that no United States court can exercise the powers with which state assessors are invested. It has not been an uncommon thing in the history of American courts for the fed- eral tribunals to override the decisions of the state tribunals. This seems to be a case where an Infer- for federal court has attempted to override & decision of the highest federal court. ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Current of Life in the Metropolis. Ownership of an opera box in the Met- ropolitan opera house carries a financial as well as ' social advantage. The execu- tors of the estate of Calvin 8. Brice re- cently sold halt a box for $35,000. The original cost of the box was $30,000. Aside from the principle of $30,000 paid originally and the interest chargeable thereto, the cost for a season of opera to an assessment on each boxholder. Boxes for subscription performances at night rent for $125 and for matinees for $100. Next season the income from this source would be $8,075 for the eubscription perform- ances If a box in “the horseshoe” should be rented for each performance and the demand would easily make that possible. In addition, however, there are seven- teen Saturday evening performances and the various extra matinees and night performances that are always crowded into the end of the season. Rent of these would. easily make the ipcome from a box $10,000 a year on the basls of next season and others to come. Plans for the new terminal station of the Pennsylvania railroad are now approxi- mately complete, the architectural detafls of the structure remaining to be developed. At a cost of several million dolla: area of three and on f city blocks, has been purchased, or soon will be, and 1t Is probable that the ground will be broken on May 1. Douglas Robinson, purchasing agent for the Pennsylvania rallroad, s: “I understand that there are to be twenty-six tracks in connection with the terminal station. After leaving the tunnel under the Hudson river trains will run over the main tracks, fifty feet beneath the ‘surface, through Thirty-second street, ascending gradually until they reach the eurface at Thirty-second street and Ninth avenuo, whence they will proceed into the tion in the usual way. With the pu chase of property on the north side of Thirty-second street between Eighth and Ninth avenues, the real estate purchases will be concluded, so far as I now know. This property will be purehased on a scale of units, as in former transactlons. That ls to eay, certaln prices have already been paid for scattering plots, which will be used as a basis for further purchases, either from the owners direct or by con- demnation.” A deed was recorded in the regist office recently, after a lapse of 112 years from the time it was drawn up. The deed is a conveyance of the property situated at what is now the corner of South and Whitehall streets, by Anthony Lispenard and Sarah, his wite, to John B. Coles, was drawn on May 26, 1790. It wi e~ corded by the counsel for the heirs of John B. Coles, for the purpose of showing title to the property other than that of aa- verse possession, in order that one of the heirs could mortgage Lis share for $20,000, The deed was regarded in the Mght of a curiosity at the register's office, reports the New York Sun. It is op sheepskin two feet square. The property was described as being in the “South ward of the city of New York, bounded on the west by White Hall Slip or Dock Slip, north by house and property of Gosin Simonson and on the east by the house and property of Robert Livingston and on the south by the Whits Hall Dock.” The plot conveyed was 50x42 feet. In the deed 1s a clause reserving to the city the annual “quit rent of 15 shillings and pence to be paid by the grantee and his heirs forever.” The smount pald for the property by the grantee was £360. The properfy named in the deed is part of ti plot on which the Eastern hotel pow stands. All this plot s now owned by the four great grandsons of the grantes in the old deed. These heirs are George, Alexapder, Willlam F. and Nathaglel B. Coles. Recently Nathaniel B. Coles, who is a bachelor, wanted to borrow $20,000 on his share of the property. The firm of Strong & Cadwalder, with whom he negotiated the mortgage, wanted the title Insured and the Title Guarantee company refused to do this until something bad been re- corded showing title to the property other than that of possession of it for fwenty a site for the statlon, covering an | years. The records were searched, and it was found that nothing establishing title to the property was In the register's office for the reason that the property had come down to the present heirs in wills. Nothing could be found to show how the family had come in possession of the property, until a search of some old family effects revealed the deed flled yesterday. The deed satisfied the company, and the mortgage was recorded with the deed. Townsend Jones, of counsel for the heirs, #iid that the reason the deed had ne | been recorded at the time it/ was drawi & boxholder is $3,000. This is levied as, was that the law did not require such a thing. There was no register's office, either, when it was made. A modish young woma gowned, and evidently a grade of socety that the M. clently termed ‘“the very best walked briskly through City Hall park from the direction of the bridge, one fair morn- ing last week, relates the Evening Post. She carried a emall light sult case and two golf clubs. Just before she reached the Broadway sidewalk she almost stopped and sald, “Oh, dear,” so loud and in a tone of such genuine distress that a young man walking behind her heard, and won- dered what the matter was. The young woman approached a boot “Varnisa my boots, please,” she Then she leaned nonchalantly against the wire fenc- ing while the boy went down on his knees and worked. It was such a singularly un- expected scene that nearly all the men who passed stared openly, and unless they were in a great hurry looked back over thelr shoulders and made some laughing com- ment to thelr companions. The girl pald not the slightest heed, and was apparently unconsclous of the attention she was at- tracting. It is not uncomon, however, to see women having their boots blacked on ferryboats, and the boys who stay on the boats say that during the shopping hours they polish up almost as many women's shoes as they do men's in the earlier hours of the morning. Where Help eeded. Chicago Post. Contributions that have been made by our citizens for the help of the destitute in the West Indles are halted because no turther ald is needed there. As the money has been given, why not devote it to ald- ing those who have suffered through the storms in Texas and other parts of the t and from“the tefrible mine explosion in Tennessee? Welcome GERMANY'S GIFT TO AMERICA. Philadelphia Record: proposal to present to this government & | bronse statue of Frederick the Great, to \(ml?fl at Washiogton, #e politio as well o triendly. Brooklyn Eagle: We will wédlcome the | Sift less because of what Frederick did fo us than for what he did for himself and fo |hla people. Whatever may be thought o | his methods and his policy, he established & new nation, whose foundation, lald at Ross- bach and Torgau, stirvived the shock of Jena to become, through Sadowa and Mety and Sedan, the cornerstone of a great em- pire. His achievements, when one con- siders the obstacles he had to face, Hords on the marvelous. And becaube of tness achievements the first of the republics should gladly recelve a memorial of the “last of the kings.” Buffalo Express: It President Roosevelt wrote the German message which he sent to Emperor Willlam (and of course he did) thavking him for the promised gift to the nation, he is to be congratulated not enly on his sonorous diction, but on the felicity of the idea conveyed: “Es Ist eln Zeichen fur dle Wohlfahrt des ganzen Merschen- geschiects dass am Adfang dieses Jahrunderts die Amerikanische und Deutsche, Volke in einem Sinne herzlicher Freundschaft zusammen arbeiten.” “It s & hopeful eign of the welfare of all man- kind that in the beginning of this century the American and German people are work- ing together in a sense of happy triendship.” All that is necessary to keep it up and get all the other kinds of mankind to appreciate the effort. Washington Post: Willlam of Hohenzol- lern is apparently unaequainted with his own genealogical tree. In his dispatch to President Roosevelt announcing the gift of the statue of Frederick the Great he speaks of that renowned soldier and ruler as “‘my ancestor.” It is a well known historical fact that, like George Washington, the great Frederick left no children and his throne descended to a nephew for whom he never exhibited any particular apprectation. The Emperor Willlam speaks also of the friendly attitude maintained by his ances- tor “toward the young American republio during the course of its formation, thereby Iaying the cornerstone of the friendly rela- tions which have always existed between our countries.” The statue is all right, d we will accept it and dedicate it with appropriate ceremonies, but we are able to recall that the only ancestor of the presenr, German emperor who took any particulur interest and part in the revolutionary strug- was his great-great-grandfather, the amiable and much-beloved George III. We dislike to muss up such pleasing manifesta- tions of good feeling, but, unless the em- peror's dispatch has been mutilated in transmission, he needs to brush up on genealogy. — LINES TO A LAUGH. Kalser Wilhelm's Chicago Post: “Is Paderewsk! married?” s l::nbl.hh' not. Look at the head of hair Brooklyn Life: Mr Westside—Is Bl’llll still e Cali08 ttention to your sister? bee thi twe et v married Cleveland #Plain_ Dealer: “A _forel g:upht! predicts lomethlnr dreadtul il Bpen to the v‘v,orhld on .‘!du y & Yy ad he cou after the merl k] Philadelphia Pr She—Why, 1 thought the sermon remarkably short. I'm sur- llrlud that you should consider it lons. He—But I wasn't wearing a new bonnet to church for the first time with 'a con- sclousness that the other women were looking at it. ‘Washington Star: ‘Do you ex o pular as you were last election? ertainly,” "answered Senator Sorghum, “There’s no reason why 1 shouldn't be. I'm even better able to pay for things now than I was then.’ g0 Record-H !h- ml‘ulna poet, though 1! They've ot al “Well,” sald 1 haye one comfort- n’t been found to be bad enough for any, congressman to quote in a speech as yet. Brooklyn Life should be so three weeks ago we hadn Bha—Oh It often happens ae Y. Philadelphia. Press: “I thought she was woman of unbreakable will,” said the ntleman with the bob-talled coat. ‘And so she was,” sald the man with the Incandescent whiskers. ‘“'Yet you tell me that sh subservient to her husband, first t Sontleman ell, you see. shi llld he broke the will. MOTHER IN HER WEDDING GOWN. He—It seems strange I uch in love wlth (o when 1s completely ‘went on the married a lawyer 8. E. Kiser In Record-Herald. Hml l plclure of m}' molher in her wed- I wondar 1( lhon lvar 'was a falrer bride t Not a -nnkle on her fqrehead, not a line denoting e e traced upo n her features; what ealth of wavy hair Fell away from her fair temples! And the smile she wore that Was the smile of one. whose sorrows still were lurking far away. Can I can flm:r}" thll IIIY father, as he gazed l(ult hlvo helfl hl. head up proudly, favored o'er all other men; And, bchaldln th weet beauty of the face depicted here, I imagine I can see him, young and ardent, standing n. e loved—and I can see him as he cnu{ht her to his breas ‘When the strength of youth was in him and his lips on here's were pressed. The plo«un or my mother, taken on her day, f one whose sorrows were all lurking f: Y. And a fairer bride than she has never e proudly looks sometim And I see the fondest, mudut intle & man may hope t Comrades We extend to you a hearty welcomes not only to-our city, but to our store as well, where all the advantages that can be granted—except bread and butter—await you, Make our store your headquarters. here and have it checked. Leave your baggage No expense to you. Ladies will find our Waiting Room on second floor a great convenience. 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