Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 3, 1902, Page 6

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REMITTANCES, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, PEACE LN SOUTH AFRICA. The ending of the war in South Africa, which for more than two and half years has commanded a large share of the world’s attention and Interest, will bring a universal sense of rellef. much may deplore the fact that the herolc Boers were unable to maintain their in- dependence, all have long realized that the triumph of the British was evitable and that to continue the cou- flict would simply meaw the ultimate complete extirpation of the burghers. It However the friends of human Iliberty in- has been one of the most costly and destructive wars of modern times, char- terized by a courage and fortitude on the part of the Boers of which there are few parallels In history, as well us by military abilfty and skill* uut has surprised the world. With an army ten times larger than that of the Boers, equipped with every appliance of modern warfare, the war has cost Great Britain in money more than £1,000,000,000, and tens of thousand of lives. 1t b also cost it heavily in a commercial way and laid upon the shoulders of its people a burden of tax- ation that will oppress them for a gen- ! bY drlfl express or postal order, Bee h Y, Omaha THE BEE PUBLlsmN'G coumufr STATEMENT OF CIRi LA‘nO Btate of Nebraska, Dougl W Tge B. Taschuck, sectetary of Bey Publishing Company, being duly sworn, #ays that the actual number of tull and complete coples of—The Dally, Evening and Sunday Bee printed durh the month of May, 1%2, was as follows: 1. 3, Total & Net total sales. et dally average. 20,319 GEC. B TZECHUCK. lenci lnd sworn to 1901 “D. A% NOAPE Notary Publle. 1 »mmmu“n‘.i The coronation festivities may now proceed in peace, eration. It has to a great extent desolated the scene of conflict and It will take years to restore what has been de- stroyed. The widows and orphans of the Boers who gave thefr lives in de- fense of their country must become a charge upon the British government, at least until the "conditions Africa are very greatly improved. in South For England there is no glory, no gain of prestige in the conquest of the Boers. It was overwhelming numbers and re- sources, nor the skill of its generals or the bravery of Its soldiers, that won. 8o far as military prenl‘e 1s concerned the Boers are far in advance. ! No Brit- sh commander in BSouth "Africa h shown the ability in strategy of Cronje, Botha, Dewet and Delarey and greater bravery has never been shown than t hat of the burghers. They have neces- sarily carried on during most of the t ime a desultory warfare, striking whife opportunity offered, but they have con- ducted it with extraordinary skill and always in accord with the rules of civil- ized warfare. They have been subdued, but they lay down their arms with honor, admired by the civilized world, including the conquerers, The British government, there {s abun- dant indication, was not less desirous Smpeter— Johnny Mahet ought not “to ask im- pertinent questions. Boer swords will ‘be- transformed again into Boer scythes. E————— Colanel Bryan says he would rather not be tempted with the title of gov- . S When . the, local, telephone company doubles its exchange, the exchange of talk will have o )fits. Mmcb!n!r i: file away. bis “I regret-to-report” blanks until required for use at some future time. ‘Why should the members of the Lon- don' stock+ exchange ‘rejoice any ‘more than ather loyal British subjects? —— Advmm of “the Nlcaragua route might ‘evén up matters by starting off B hw \wlclnoel in the path of the Panama_ highway. —————— South Omaha firemen should be re- buked for their selfishness in refusing to call In_their Omaha bretliren to help put.down the brewery. SEE— Unless it does better in the way of making its meet(ngs interesting, the Jacksonlan club is. likely to undo its own record o proudly achleved. ee——_ 1 The latest wonder of the world—the success of the popullst committee in finding 128 names to make up the list of bleuu- apportioned to this county. S— These numercus church cornerstone laylngs and church dedications are also reminders that prosperity is still upon na. © People do Dot bulld new churches in hard times. 3 e Hag Cecil Rhodes only lived to see the peace terms accepted and ratified hls dreams of British empire fn South Africa would have been even wmore con- ®oling to his last days. 43 AT — “Prof. Hellpriu has undoubtedly scored A tHumph, but it is open to guestion ‘whether the triumph consisted in get- ‘ting up to Pelee's crater or In getting tl han the Boers to end the struggle. There seems to be no doubt that King Edward exerted a potent influence in behalf of peace. ‘The ternis show that the policy which the government announced more than a year ago, and Lord Salisbury re- cently reasserted was modified. It is most reasonable to adsume that this was done ‘at the instance of the king. At all- events, ‘there was not an uncondi- tlonal surrender, Some ' concessions asked by the Boets were granted. On the Wwhole ‘the’ terms of peace ‘must be regarded as tdirly ‘Hberal *The provi- slon. to be made for réstocking the Boer farms, the return.of exiled ‘prisoners without loss of property, the substitu- t lon of self-government for military rule as soon as possible, are’ generous conditions which were not to have been expected in view of the repeatedly pro- claimed policy of the government. It will be to the interest of Great Britain to faithtully carry them out and to push the work of reconstructing its newly ac- quired South African territory as rap- idly as possible. ] ESSENCE OF MERCEK'S DEFENSE. The sum and substance of the defense made for David H. Mercer by his chosen champlon in the recent debate bolled down questions and ansWwes s pmmzd In the" following Question—Will - Mr. Mercer live in Omaha if he is not re-elected.or will he locate permanently in Washington and resume his old business as a profes- slonal lobbyist? Answer—I am not a mind reader, but I feel sure Mercer will keep the army headquarters in the old postoffice building, unless they are moved into the new postofiice bullding. Question—1Is ‘it true that Mercer is willing to live In Omaba tywo months out of every two years if he ecan keep lis seat in congress for a sixth term, a seventh term and as many more terms as he Is willing to serve? Answer—The people of this district need Mercer more than. Mercer needs them. Mercer needs them only two months out of every two ’years, and they ought to be satisfied. away from it in safety. SmE——— Before fixing the day of adjournment congress will have to persuade itself that the discamforts of hot weather.at the national capital outweigh the at- tractions of horse racing and base ball. W— If any loose planks got away from the Douglas county populists who have volunteered to draft the populist state _platform n advance, they should sound the alarm at once and offer a reward for their return. ‘With more than half of the voting lation of Omaha howling them- selves hoarse over an unrighteous um- pive's decision, the question of Sunday Dbase ball' may beé considered settled for this town, It is not Sunday ball play- ing but bad Sunday ball playing that they object to. The delegates who will represent «Douglas county in the populist state ‘convention and probably deterwine the complexion apd makeup of the “reform" ticket have been named by a handtul of men calling themselves a county com- amittee. This is reform”as is reform, ‘No _caucuses, no primaries, no conven- tion—nothing by which the people who are expected to furnish the votes are consulted in any way. Just imagine the cry of “machine” that would be ralsed 1f a ‘republican committee undertook to commission arbitrarily the delegates to @& republican state convention. Yet ln the name of “reform” such high-banded Wsurpation goes as a matter of course. Question—Is it true that Mercer pock- ets the allowauce of $100 & month for clerk hire instead of giving some Ne- braska boy or girl a chance to earn the salary, while the secretary of the public buildings committee 18 forced to do the extra work which the government pays for? Answer—Ask me something easier. I told you that-all the opposition to Mer- cer comes because the army headquar- ters were removed from The Bee bulld- ing. Question—Why does Mercer make po- litical deals for West Point and Annap- olis cadetships, while other congressmen leave these appolntments open for com- petitive examination, so. that every boy who dspires to such an education can bave an equal chance? " Answer—Do you expect Mercer to give away patronage to Tom, Dick and Harry? Was there anything wrong in sending Tom Blackburn's bright boy to Annapolis? Should Mercer go back on Blackburn just to please you? Question—Why did Mercer pocket the quartermaster’s: supply bill ‘two years ago after It had passed the senate, when he knew that it would be ol immense benefit to Omaha? Apnswer—Don't you, know that the passage of that bill would have lost the army headquarters to Omaha and taken them down to Kansas City? Question—Why did Mercer displace two Nebraska' Army veterans whovmaum l(hoelpltolbund ing and 'Im two men vh lnfl . yourself. A man who would ask such sllly questions ought to wear wooden shoes, clothe himself in rags and retire to the woods for the balance of his life. S — 4 KEYNOTE FUR NEBHASKA REPUB- LICANS. The St. Louls Republican club has formulated a declaration enunciating the attitude of the club upon the vital issues of the impending campaign In Missourl. These declarations strike the keynote not only for the rank and file of republicans in Missouri, but also apply with equal force to the conditions pre- valling 1n Nebraska, for whose benefit they are herewlith reproduced: 1. The need for united and determined work in the attempt to relieve the state from the burden of unfair legisiation and corrupt lobby rule is self-evident. In this struggle the entire republican party must stand as one man and its platform must be broad enough to admit of the co-operation of all citizens who intend to register their protest against existing political abuses. Every legitimate plea for harmony within our ranks has our unreserved and en- thusiastic support. But earnest as we a in the support of genuine harmony, looking to the promation of the party's real pur- poses and interests, we are just as de- termined that this plea shall not be used as & mere pretense to fortify and to entrench those forces in our party that have in the immediate past managed to drag its fair name into the mire. We therefore protest that the plea of harmony shall not be used to foster the perpetuation and domination of compromised and discredited politicians; that those official representatives whose reputations are tainted with the etain of boodle shall not, under the plea of harmony, be permitted to continue in their positions and to dictate the selection of delega to approsching conventione; that any man, however prominent he may have been in our party’s counsels, who places his reliance for success upon the assistance of the lobby and upon bargain and barter with it must be and Is unequivocally condemned as unfit to represent the party in any capacity. 2. We stand for clean politics, honest, clean and capable men in office, prosecution and punishment of bribe-givers and bribe- thkers, elimination from party commlittees, party control and party counsels, as well from elective or appointive office, of all and hown themselves corrupt, inefiiclent or dishonest servants of the people. 8. We repudiate and denounce any politi- cal alllance with men recognized through- out this state as lobbylsts and active in the control and management of the lobby in our general assemblies. We want mone of the counsel nor ald of such; nor have we aught but condemnation for their brazen and un- warranted impudence in assuming the right and power, in advance of the election of the members thereof, to settle the composi- tion of our committees; and, in advance of the action of the convention itself, to de- termine what course the convention shall take on important matters which may come before {t. We want no “harmony" brought about by such influences—such har- mony is a “peace of dishonor.” In advocating the adoption of this plat- form one of the leaders of the Repub- lican club of St. Louls hit the nail on the head when he said: No man is a firmer advocate of harmony than I. Life 1s made up of concessions. . But I will not harmonize with wrong, and it & man i8'a crook he shall ot call him- self a republican in my presence.” Nebraska republicans who desire to keep the state in the republican columns must take up the watchword of the re- publicans of Missourl. Lobbylsts, boodlers and crooks must be relegated to the rear and men of Integrity and character brought to the front and placed at the head of the column. —————————1 THE STRIKE SITUATION. The situation in the anthracite coal region is exceedingly acute and while there appears to be no immiment danger of serlous trouble, it is plain that there are conditions which may at any time cause grave trouble. The order calling out the engineers, firemen and pumpwmen yesterday was not generally obeyed, though according to the statement of the president of the Miners’ union eighty per cent of those employes ceased work and. he expected the number to be in- creased today. It appears that the oper- ators are well prepared for this and have a sufficlent number of nonunion men available to take the places of those who join the strikers, so that it is improbable that the mines will be damaged by flooding. Both parties manifest the greatest de- termination to make a fight to the fin- ish. The miners, according to all ac- counts, feel that the life of thelr organi- zatlon s at stake, while it i1s said that the coal carrying, coal producing rallroad companies which hold the anthracite flelds within their grasp have decreed the end of organized labor among thelr employes and will stand together in their effort to accomplish this end. The Philadelphla Press of last BSaturday said: “Evidence accumulates that many individual operators would prefer some concesslons to prolonged controversy, The rallroads stand in the way. They control all transportation. Directly or indirecy they own or mine an over- whelming share of the collieries. The raliroads are the decisive factor in this strike.” The Press goes on to say that a rallroad 18 & public corporation, sub- ject to public duties, and its managers, being under very serious public respon- sibilities, have no right in law or in mor- als to act in public lssues as private owners wight. “Railroad managers are bound to ‘consider these public relations. Their sole duty is not to their stock- holders, and bondbolders. They owe & duty to the state. Of all men, they can- not afford to take an uncompromising, unylelding position.” This and other newspaper comment upoun the situation makes it perfectly plain that it is the anthracite railroads which are chlefly responsible for the situation and when this fact shall be generally understood there can be no doubt that public sentiment will be overwhelmingly on the side of the min- ers, who it is to be borue in mind have shown a willingness from the begiuning of the controversy to submit the mat- ters in lssue to arbitration and undoubt- edly are still disposed to do so. But the operators, chiefly the rallroad cow- panies, would not consider arbitration. Meanwhile the strike is becoming a very serious matter for those industries that use anthracite coal, some of which will be compelled to shut down if there clates or predecessors. character of the demonstration is elicit- ing no little comment, but in fact more frequent hissing would be welcome if it from Nebras! hasn't publishe two weeks, that person can place his money with the Post and get quick actlon. s not to- assert that verses bearing his name have found their way Into print. have seen none and we are not betting on uncertainties. lished poetry, all the same, as we stand prepared to prove. he has woven fiction into that poetry and made it doubly fascinating. nation is born to the world. cradle has mother republic and under her fostering breezes of the sea, lha Cuban flag out its virgin folds to ous salute ot cannon ete., beautiful thought, no doubt—having a rose sleep on his breast while he slept on his back, with the usual result—but think of the sacrifice and the martyrs, of the mother republic’s lullaby! Think of Gomez in his lomely hammock among the desolate Santa Clara bills; the long agony of Estrada-Palma, sada, Rubens & Co., with Do refuge but an spartment at the Raleigh hotel and nothing to eat and drink except the best! is & fading rose to these great things? What is & whale boquet, or & dozen of them, it you come to that? deed. nlon-hnlan r’l the n is not a change in the situation within a short time. Thus far the miners have behaved admirably and it is to be hoped they will continue in this course, but there are concelvable circumstances that might provoke acts of violence which would have very grave consequences. SSnape——— Senator Carmack of Tennessee has earned the distinction of drawing forth hisses from the senate gallery—a feat rarely if ever performed by his asso- The unusual would serve to keep in bounds senators who have been overstepping proprieties altogether too frequently of late. applause is a fitting stimulus for pa- triotic speeches, hisses may do some good in repressing the utterance of sen- timents and insinvations too cowardly and base to be tolerated by a people that loves fair play. 1t e Apparently the only way to satisfy the narrow-minded members of the house minority who voted against ex- tending the customary thanks to Becre- tary Hay for his brilliant memorial ad- dress upon McKinley will be to give them censorship powers to pass upon all such eulogies In advance and ex- purgate passages that may grate upon their tender sensibilities. Peeping Into Pel ‘Washington Star. In connection with Mount Peles, the geol- ogists have managed to find out a great deal that does not make any practicsl dif- ference. Ammunition for the Enemy. Detrolt Free Press. The republican senators are not obliged to discuss the merits of the Philippine bill. ‘They have something tention to all the foolish things the demo- cratic senators have sald about the meas- ure. better in calling at- Flaming Laurels of Pelee. New York Tribune. Mont Pelee henceforth takes rank as second to only Krakatoa in eruptive magni- tude, and surpasses even it in destructive- nees to man and his works. Vesuvius and Aetna may pale their ineffectual fire even Mauna Loa and Kilauea give dence to this monster of the Antill and The Herole in War, ‘Washington Post. The Order of the Garter has been con- ferred upon the duke of Marlborough. It will be recalled that the duke won much distinction in the South African campalgn by rolling down the side of a kopje with his light housekeeping outfit and scaring the Boers into a flight, they being under the impreesion that the earthquake season had opened. Delay that Would Be Costly. Kearney Hub. The Bee is correctly of the opinion that the five more years' delay in securing con- stitutional reform in Nebraeka will be of incalculable damage to the state and its institutions. stand this fully some time since, but the politiclans for reasons pecullar to the poll- ticlans are hot disposed to make constitu- tional revision possible. that it is the.duty of the governor to call an extra sessfon of the legislature to with this problem, and the Bee is right. It Governor Savage would do this one thing much else would be forgiven. The people began to under- The Bee ineists MORE POETRY BY THURSTON. Breaks Into Patriotic Somg in Homnor of Cuba. ‘Washington Post, May 30. If anyone thinks that the farmer senator Hon. John M. Thurston, any poetry within the lat This We But Mr. Thurston has pub- He has gone further; Thurston was in Havana on the 20th inst., when General Wood turned over the gov- ernment to the Cubans. He went there as the guest of the New York Journal— second expedition in four years—to certify to the birth of the new republic and to deck its cradle, by telegraph, with a flow of language. monies came off on schedule time. thing was lovely. dignified and commanding,’ the recessional. put.” in its place the Cuban ensign gave its glory to the trade-wind. threw fits of ecstacy and screamed aloud for good m Thurston seized his harp and smote on all its strings with might—smote the chord of hallelujah, gave us music out of sight: As we all know now, the cere- Every- 1 Wood, “calm, presided over Our flag didn't “'stay On the contrary, it came down, and Gene The feverish populace And then it was that ure. ;Out of the birth pangs of conflict and fice and suffering a Over its been sung the lullaby of the care it can grow strong Tret ‘Under cloudless lk , kissed by the warm su d by the tender broke et the thunder- the glad acclaim rose, oh, rose,” after such a burst of song? It was a suffering of the of Que- What This is poetry, i1n- And now a touch of flotion in its most alluring form: ‘“® & ¢ and there, t00, the observed of all observers, was the grand old hero of two successful revolutions, Genaral This old veteran of Gomes. innumerable cam- black-coated, lean, grizzled and no_office and refusing all today the most potential fo ew government. His gome. true, and h palgns, dream of W sweet It in the eyler sent 23, The grand old hero of two -uee--m revolutions—this veteran of Innumersble campaigns! Shall we pause to ask Thurs ton an embarrassing question? Shall break in upon his besuteous roman with the query: “Which two success- ful revolutions that were fm- plous. As well inqu! y this ean, grizzied and alert’” old hero, who holds B0 office and’ refuses all place, has been receiving some thousands of dollars annually from our authorities jn Havana. Once more, nay, na; Let us take this gift of poetry eutwined with fiction and make & wreath of it and put it on our breasts tonight and sleep as swoetly as we can. JUNE 3, 1902. What the Boer War Cost A Parlamentary paper recently Issued sets forth in detall what the crushiog out of the South African republice cost Great Britaln in cold cash. The figures cover the cost up to the close of March last, leaving the expenses for April and May to be com- piled after the tumult of peace subsides. The total is £222,974,000, or $1,114,870,000. The huge m which the Boer war cost has cost England is divided in the following way: In 1809-1900 the total charges (inter- est on war debt, original and supplement- tary appropriastions for the army, and the clvil list) amounted to £23,217,000; in 1900~ 1901 this sum was almost trebled, the total being £65,120,000; in 1901-1902 this wae still further increased to £71,037,000; and for the present year the estimate is £63,- 600,000, To meet this great expenditure in addition to the ordinary disbursements of the government money has had to be ralsed by extra taxation and by loans. The total ordinary expenditure for the four years in question (exculsive of interest on the war debt) Is estimated at £486,190,000, and the ordinary revenue in that time (ex- clusive of the yleld of taxation imposed since 1899-1900) has been £470,133,000, leaving a deficit of £16,067,000. The total proceeds from the new taxation are es- timated £76,025,000, divided as follows: For 1900-1901, £14,065,000; for 1901-1802, £27,797,000; for 1002-1008, £34,178,000. These proceeds with the £13,868,000 of revenue eet free by the suspension of the sinking fund have left a total balance of revenue avallable for war charges of £73,. 836,000; this in turn leaving £155,148,000 as the total balance of war expenditure to be cherged to the capital account. To meet this ‘balance a total of £150,- 000,000 debt has been Incurred, which real- ized in cash a total of £162,4 compris- ing two issues of treasury for £ 000,000 and £6,000,000 respectively; three issues of exchequer bills for £10,000,000; £3,000,000 and £11,000,000. respectively; one war loan (stock and bonds) of £30,000,000, and two issues of consols for £60,000,000 and £32,000,000 respectively. With & total expenditure of almost £229,- 000,000, Bngland will have spent in those two campaigns (South Africa and China) about $30,000,000 more than Germany re- celved from France o th of war indemnity. Strictly speaking, Germany re- celved as indemnity only five millards of france, or $10,000,000,000, but it got about $115,000,000 more in the form of & special contribution from the city of Paris, speclal taxes and interest on the chief indemnity. Out of this total sum Germany paid the entire expenses of the war, established a penaion fund of $140,000,000 for its old aol- dlers, spent $80,000,000 on army reorganiza- tion, $980,000,000 oo fortresses, $42,500,000 on strategic rallways and set aside 3$3,- 000,000 in gold as an imperisl war chest in case of emergencies, which sum is still lylng in the vaults of the Jullus tower in the fertress of Spandau. Trusts andOverproduction Springfleld (Mass.) Republican. The president of the United States Rub- ber company or trust made th tement in his sannual report a few days ago that the policy of Iimposing monopoly prices had proved a mistaken one, as it had stim- ulated much new and competing invest- ment in the industry. The United States census bureau has just published a bul- letin of statistics of the manufacture of rubber boote and shoes, which rather strik- ingly confirms what the president of the trust s regarding the effects of the high- price policy. The two items which can be most fairly compared to the past three census years are the number of establish- ments and value of product, and they stand as follows: Establish- _ Value ments. of Product, 1900 22 $41,089,819 1860 1 18,632,060 1880 9 9,706,124 The trust or combination movement in this industry is confined to the last dec- ade, the United States Rubber company bhaving been organized in 1892 to take over concerns controlling something like 80 or 90 per cent of the rubber boot and shoe output of the country. The census meaning of ‘‘establishment™ in manufactures is not comprehensive of all plants owned by a single company or individual unless they all are located in one city or county. Hence the United States Rubber company's constituent con- cerns figure as more than one in the total of twenty-two establishments reported in 1900. If they counted as only one the growth in number of plants in this mannu- facture during the past ten years of trust development would be especially notewor- thy, but the growth Is quite striking as it is, and reflects in a marked way the tend- ency of the trust methods to draw new cap- ital into the fleld; for the pollcy of the rubber trust, as of other trusts, has been to acquire old establisiments and not buila new ones. It is apparent from the figures given that the attempt to establish a comprehensive monopoly combination of the industry has actually resulted In rather remarkable de- centralizating manifestations. Prior to the appearance of the United States Rubber trust, or between 1880 and 1860, the num- ber of establishments increased by only two while the output was nearly doudleld in value. The average product per estabe lishment in 1889 was a little over $1,000,~ 000; in 1890 it Bad risen to $1,700,000 and in 1900 only & lMttle less than $1,500,000, The tendency of the business to centralize in & few plants, which was so marked be- fore the trust appeared, came near to being arrested altogether after its appearance. This must be attributed, as the president of the trust would have to admit, to the extortionate methods of the trust and its effort to collect from the public dividends on a highly inflated capital. Little con- clusive evidence is afforded by the census figures whether or not the result bas been a more acute condition of overinvestment and overproduction than existed at the time of organizing the combination, and which was a cause of it; but the presump- tion most decidely is that such is the case. The increase of capital invested— real, not nominal—between 1850 and 1890 wi 45 per cent, and between 1800 and 1000 it was over 89 per cent. The in- crease in product in the earlier decade was 92 per cent, and in the later, or the trust, period it was 120 per cent. And it is to be remembered that the starting of mew con- cerns in competition with the trust was by no means ended when the census of 19000 was taken. The present situation is unquestionably much worse for the indus- try in the way of excessive investment and production than it was at the time of the last census two years ago. The lesson of it all is that the trust, which starts off with a grestly watered capital, doomed wherever competition is possible; and {n unde: will, to earn divident well as the substance, it invariably at- tracts much new capital into the fleld and makes far worees that condition of conges- tion which it set out to overcome. BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. Senator Willlam A. Clark of Montana, whose income is estimated at $5 a second and who is giving John D. Rockefeller a bot run for the richest-man-in-the-world belt, kicked up & tremendous row in & Washington art gallery recently over the loss of a measly overcoat valued at $100. When the plans for beautifylng Washington were exhibited in the Corcoran art gallery Senator Clark was one of the first to make an examination of the display. The Mon- tana man likes to patronize art, literature and music when his mind gets out of the tangle of mining, raiiroad and other inter- ests which roll up his immense income. On this occasion his interest was enhanced because he is a member of the senate com- mitteo which has in charge the affairs of the District of Columbia. The senator, on entering the gallery, took oft his coat to the work before him. Thes he put In two good hours revellng in the designe and models of beautified Washington. When he was ready to depart he found his own coat gone and & very poor substitute left in its place. Mr. Clark went off in high dudgeon to Major Sylvester, the chief of police. The restoration of the coat was demanded. The garment was valued at $100, the semator sald. Major Sylvester was i despair. Everyone who was known to have been in the gallery on the day of the disappearance of Mr. Clark's cost was questioned, but mo information was gained regarding the garment. Finally, in order to stop the row, ome of the rich men in- terested in the art gallery contributed $50 toward making good the senator's loss. Major Sylvester made up the $100 out of his own pocket and sent the money to the mil- llonaire, who is sald to have pocketed it. There was the worst kind of a mixup while the military which had been reviewed by the president &t the Rochambeau monu- ent ceremonies was marching down Penn- eylvania avenue on the return to the bar- racks. At the head of the column was the Marine band swinging along at the regula- tion American step of thirty-three inches and 120 steps ¢ the minute. Bebind it came the American sallors and after them the French band and the sallors from Gaulols. The Frenchmen took about & step and a half to one taken by the Americans and they had a tough time while the Marine band was marking the cadence. When the French baud began to play, however, the Americans were put out of business. The stride of the French military is about twenty-eight inches and they take 150 steps s minuf The French band marked such a step and the American sallors were taken clear off their feet. They did not get straightened out until the French musiclans became silent. There were otbers things ree | queer to the Americans about the French When they were playing they made no attempt to preserve their formation, but huddied about the like a lot of chickens around an old hen in & rainstorm. In the first rank of the French band there were four trumpeters. Then came the drums and reed instruments and the brass began with the cornets, the last file being taken up by the bassos and the trombones. There are quite & pumber of senators with bald heads, Post. Senator ber. And Mr. Btewart says that it does Dot pay to make fun of & man who hasn't sny bair on the top of his head, in the band. was & man who was very bald. One day Mr. Hamlla came along and tapped the ma mooth skull. ‘I just want to tell you," he sald, ‘that one of your two hairs is crossed with the other.' “The remark was made only in fum, but the bald-headed man never forgot it. Long afterward he was a member of the upper branch of the Maine legielature and Hamlin was @& candidate for the United States senate. Hamlin was defeated by one vote and that one vote was cast by the man who was bald."” Benator Mason of Illinois, who is round and soft and fat, went to Cubs to see Palms inaugurated. He had trouble getting & place to sleep, but was finally given a wire cot, over which a blanket had been spread. “How did you sleep?” asked next morning. “Pretty well,” BSenator Mason replied, “but I looked like & waffie when I got up." Senator Jones PERSONAL NOTES. A. 8. Cook, the Boston merchant, is the king of Malne camp owners. He now con- trols 400 aquare miles of sporting territory in that state. H. H. D. Plerce, the third assistant secre- tary of state, will have charge of the Rus- slan grand duke during his coming tour of the United Btates. Rear Admiral Watson, Whitelaw Reid and General Wilson, the sepecial embassy to represent this country at King Edward's coronation, will sall on St. Paul, June 4 Dr. Franecisco Do Paula Rodrigues Alves, recently elected president of Brasil, ia a Iawyer and has occupied a leading place at the bar. He will be Inaugurated November 15, the anniversary of the proclamation of Brasil's independence. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, sr., is person- ally conducting the business connected with the construction of a bullding for outside patients a¢ the Newport hospital. The spécifications call for a structure of much beauty, to cost $250,000. It will be a me- morial to her husband. James Haworth, aged 81 years, intends to pull the bel] rope In Bt. Paul cathedral on coronation day. He rang the bells for the death of Willlam IV, for the accession of Queen Victoria, the birth of all her chlldren and ber two jubjlees and for the Accession of Bdward VIL Rev. James D. Corrothers of Red Bank, N. J, s a rising young poet whose verse resembles that of Paul Lawremoe Dunbar. His ancestors were Indian, negro and Anglo- BSaxon. He was blacking shoes in Chicago ‘when discovered by Henry Demarest Liloyd, who helped him to an education. —— MILING LINES, Chicago Post: *Is he hones! “‘Honest! Why, say! I don t b.lhv‘ that man would cheat an indfan out of his res- ervation If he had the chance.” Philadelphia Press: Hotelman — Why dian’t fiou demand payment in advance that couple? TEBy didn’t have any ot bu’rfl- nf money. 0 you kne ause he's old and ugly and his wife is young and pretty. Chicago Tribune: The Dog-faced Man— How d‘: the ri-m.u act when you chucked htr unoor the _chi 11' ng lkuhu)n—flho seemed to be N'hli ckled. New York Tribune: Woman (to .dry s clerk who had been showing blan- for half am hour)-I thank you for r trwble. Ml 1 really didn’t intend to .ny l looking for a friend. —Wel &nu think ahe’'s in these hhnloll T'll ‘go through them again. Detroit Free Press: “Miss Goslin, trying to be "f'al my mmda::en-r wondered why I felt so lont y." fa Catholle ~ Standard: o wfilfifi‘«" h-ul’pfll d,” sald the Arctic ex- lorer, “to see the automobile introduced ere soon.” “Don’'t you believe it,"” replied the wise native, “the faithtul dog of t ese parts will continue to be the Eskimotor." o Post: I undfll‘!lnd Brown took flu th flrthll‘d degree at the lodge last Right. only the thirty-second at the lod, but he informed me confiden Ily lhlt wife gave him the thirty- when U 8: Tess—If you really J lon't sup) g‘o-‘ ra 80 \Inmllunly n. lo ucuvl im the Im m‘l“:t:—n.ut he declares he'll never propose to_another girl as long as he livi % Jess—of course. I'm not “anoti =it Pl e OUR GREAT AND GOOD FRIENDS, Baltimore Amerioan. They're coming with the statues now, from almost eve land; n|l-l|dl ICY n\ounlun- clear to India’ 4 ‘The emperor o( Chlm sends a shaft that's sure to I The lrl-nd old ruler Yun Shi Lung, whose il fans the breese; And & the ltl!uu-l‘ifln‘ heads of all lh. other ers, He vows that ull 8hi Lung was once a great big friend of ours. 0006 Ahdul Hamid orders that his soulp- shall or .lle h. H hold a lal'.rvll and grind them He thinks hell send o dainty thing—s home-and-fireside group Of ten or fitteen wives of his, preparing Turkish eoup. The label on the soup-can shows Chicago's streets and towe Which proves that Abdul Hamid always ‘was a friend of ours. The ‘llnt of Pm.n‘unh. and boxed statuettes and thi H‘"lnd billed Lh.m. “*Hurry rough. n’l The brigands of B show how their love By on!erl -':mumm,—u we will send the Bton And l!lll t'lh. :i‘ and little kings, and heads o powers ipping soulptured things to show i 'h l::' lr‘pfflllldl of ours! sultan of A $5 OPPORTUNITY Our children’s department for & few days will be the scene of some remarkable values. We soon begin to make extensive alterations in our store and before then we want to reduce our stock and especially:the children's sssortment. Therefore this special $5. 00 Sale of .lflmlflo Buits, Kahki Suits, Ssilor-Sults, Norfolk Buits Double breasted suits and three-piece suits—aises 3 to 18 years—all g0 in this spectal sale of $5.00. with er pric cheviots and made the same as U. and §7.00—this sale ....... Juvenile sults—3 to 6 years—some with vests and ofhers Ids and sallor collar in red, gray and blus—form- $5, 36, $6.50 and §7.50-—this 816 ..coiviimm seeenare KAHKI !vl‘_l‘l—hm- buttons and baggy Qm o nest fancy mix 8. officers’ coats— " tormer prices, §6, $6.50, $7.50 and §8.50—this sale .....o..on Batlor suits in red, blue, brown and tan—sises 8 to 8 years— fancy trimmed—former prices $5.00, l-“. 680 Norfolk suits—sizes § to 13 years—in light and dark gray—some with yoke and more made with double pleats—all in neat mix- tures—also & splendid line of blue serges— 5 this sale . . . Child’s D. B. Buit in light welght—sizes 6 to 15 years—in cheviots, worsteds and serges—in fact all of our spring line goes here for (former prices $5.00, $6.00, $6.50, §7.00, $7.50 and $5.60) .. . e sevaenis We have about 76 3-plece sults im pattern cheviots and stripes that go in this sale for... 4 seserriiies SEeiesIesesesErere Soeertrae s mpnen s No Clothing Fits Like Ours. . » > Ave R. 8. Wilcex, Manager.