Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 31, 1902, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. ROBEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MOKNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Dally Bee (without §inday), One Year Dally Bee and Sundaj, Cie Yeal Tllustrated Bee, One unday Bee, One Year repeal 8E:288 U " DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per cop) Daily Bee (without Sunday), per weel Daliy Bee (Including Sunday), per weel =By unaay Bee, per copy. S Cvening Bee (without B A oo Evemng Bee (nciuding Sunaay), per week .. - 18¢ Complaints of irregularities in delivery shoula be addressed to vity Clrculation Department. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Buidl; Bout| ng. h Omaha—City Haii Bullding, Twen- ty-fifth and M Stree! ork—Temple Court. Washington—801 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONBENCE. Communications relatfng to-news and editorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, aitorial Department. BUSBINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances ghould addressed: The Mee Fubiishing Com- pany, Umaha. REMITTANCES. t by dnnh::v le to The A 2-cent ted in payment of leevln. mal checks, except on or exchanges, not accepted. HE BEE PUBLISHING COIPA.I;Y. TATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, s8.: Wfl:" B. Tascnuck, secretary of ‘‘'ne Bee Publishing Company, being duly wwoi #ays that the actual number o1 full an lete coples of The Dally, Morning, vening and Bunday Bee printed during ghe month of June, 1902, was as follows: SERNEREPEEREIESS . Gl ). K ibscribed In_my presence and sworn to before me this Nth day of June, A. D., 1902, ) . M. B_ HUNGATH, s A Notary Publle. ‘When will our Dave answer those im- pertinent questions? Po;luuly no postponeme—ne for the coronation this time. e _______J Governor Odell's promised location in Dmaha proves to be a false alarm. erpm—— It will be a real cold day ‘when Omaha finds iteelf without a police commission muddle. emep———— If the flood waters must continue to fall somewhere, we know of no place more suitable for them than Texas. em— Don't be alarmed at earthquake re- ports from the Black Hills region. It s only King Ak-Sar-Ben engaging in a rural outing. b d ——— ' The resumption of competitive rifle practice for marksmen in the regular army is another cogroboration of the fact thgt peace has Been restored. e Omaha has had a surplus of police commissioners de jure and de facto nearly all the time and no defieft in this line is imminent at the present writing. e s Judge Gordon's salary vouchers con- tinue to come into the city council with remarkable regularity. The police court Dogbepry should capitalize them on his expectation of life. E———m— If the International oll trust is to be & reality, taking the usual form of a corporation floating stocks and bonds upon the market, we may find that oll and water do mix after all. Plpp——— Lord Kltchener has a new title thrust upon him as a reminder of his newly won glory. No wonder Kitchener was anxious to avold returning to England before the coronation ceremonies. e———— Plenty of people are willing to put up street signs In response to the council's invitation at so much per sign. But none of them offer to give a five or ten-years' guaranty on the plan imposed on paving contractors. ————— It is worthy of note once more that the men honored by Iowa republicans ‘with bigh places in both upper and lower houses of congress are always on hand with their advice and encourage- ment when the party takes counsel in state convention. S——— Remember that the rallroad tax ques- tion 18 not confined to Nebraska. The demand that the railroads shall pay a fair share of the tax burdens is making ‘mm general in many of the western states where the evil of rallway tax shirking is becoming intolerable. E——— The story comes from Washington that the Cuban-American league, with 400,000 members, Is to ralse a fund by assessing each member one dollar, to be used to promote the re-election of Sena- tor Mason of Ilinols. This would make & cAmpaign fund of $400,000. The Oubln-American league ought to be able to get senators cheaper than that. e Senator Ingalls made himself famous by qym; that for every federal appoint- ment be secured he made ninety-nine enemlies and one Ingrate. Taking Sen- ator Ingalls' basis for the inevitable out- come in the selection of the new Omaha police board, Governor Savage is sure to make 896 enemies and four ingrates, E—— What a pity Omaba is not blessed with & mining exchange as well as a real es- tate exchange in these balmy days of July. We feel sure that the mining share men would double discount the ab- stract men ten to one striking it rich in- delving into the inner recesses of Gov- ernor Savage's gold mine, otherwise knowa as the Omabha police commission. | ‘AN OLD OPPUSITION . The democratic party has always been opposed to protection. Since its organization it has persistently fought that policy and dyring the long perfod in which it had contrbl of the govern- ment it refused to legislate for the de- velopment of Ametican industries. The industrial growth of this nation had its beginning forty years ‘ago, under the first really protective “tariff law which up to that time had been enacted, and only once since then has the democratic party had an opportunity to put a check upon this industrial development, which it did not fail to {mprove with dis- astrous consequences to the country. That party is again endeavoring to organize a fight against protection. M paid little atterition to the policy in 1896 and entirely ignored it in 1800, but its leaders are now seeking to make pro- tection the paramount i{ssue. They can- not successfully deny the beneficent re- sults that have come from that policy. The enormous development of our manu- facturing industries, which have given the United States the leading place among industrial nations; the bullding of a great home market for our agri- cultural producers; the great benefits to American labor, unequalled in the experience of any other country; the vast increase in our national wealth— all these results of protection cannot but be admitted. Yet the old democratic opposition to this policy is being revived and the voters of the country are ap- pealed to to elect to congress representa- tives who will seek to have the tariff revised in the direction of free trade. The leaders say that it is necessary to strike down protection in order to reach the trusts. That is simply subterfuge. The true motive for the attack on the tariff is in the statement of one of these leaders that “low duties are fundamen- tal with us.” The democratic party be- lieves in low duties and there is no doubt that were it given power it would leave no vestige of protection in the tariff, We do not think this revived demo- cratic appeal In opposition to the tariff will- be extensively heeded. The great agricultural Interest is not asking for a change of policy that would disturb business and lessen the demand for its products; the labor employed in the manufacturing industries certainly does not want a change that would check industrial activity; the business interests of the country are well satis- fled with prevailing conditions of jros- perity. Whence, then, does the demo- cratic opposition to protection expect to draw support? Grang,thai ii would be judicios to revise and modify the tarifft in some respects, ‘that work is for the friends and not the enemies of pro- tection. The republican party does not fear the tariff isste, in whatever form it may be presented, for the ‘vindication of its policy is complets and over- ‘whelming. S NO MORE PENITENTIARY BCANDALS. It is to be hoped the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings will desist from creating an overlap in the state bullding fund by letting contracts for penitentiary reconstruction. There could be no possible excuse or justification for entering into contracts involving, as is estimated, an outlay of from $20,000 to $80,000, for which the last legislature has failed to make an appropriation un- less there is an extraordinary emer- ‘gency. If there 18 2a emergency now there has been an mergency since last winter and the proper way to meet the emer- gency was for the governor to call a special session of the legislature to ap- propriate the necessary funds. At the very worst, the repairs at the peniten- tlary will have to be deferred until next spring and the inmates will have to get along with such accommodations as they bave had for the last fifteen months, and the, contractors will have to forego the opportunity for establishing a trust. The penitentiary has been a prolific source of scandal for various state ad- ministrations in the past and the line should be drawn by the present board right there. Only nine years ago four state officers were impeached by the Jegislature for jobbery and gross negli- gence in connection with the $40,000 cell house construction, and while two of the supreme judges sald “not gullty” and the chief justice said “gullty,” the su- preme court of public opinion belleved them guilty and resented the mere rep- rimand of the majority of the supreme court. That lesson should stand as a warning to state boards when they are impor- tuned or tempted to vote deficlencles and overlaps in order to accommodate contractors willing to wait until the leg- islature can be induced to make an ap- propriation to cover their clalms. In the very nature of thlvh. contractors who are willlng to walt and take the chances of an adverse legislature will plle on thelr charges to correspond with the risk, but even If they were willing to bld as low for deferred payment as they would for cash payment it would be wrong to enter upon such countracts. Grant that the penitentiary is not quite as comfortable for the inmates and offi- cers as it should be, and doubtless will be made W due time, the board would ‘scarcely be justified in negotiating ille- gal contracts for the construction of buildings for which there Is no appro- priation. J ep——— ALIEN CUNTRACT LABOR. Complaints having been made that the alien contract labor law was heing vio- lated the Treasury department has in- structed the immigration commissioners at all the ports of entry where immi- grants land to exercise the utmost vigl- lance to prevent violations of the law. This has aiready been effective in ex- cluding & pumber of alien contract la- borers, which the steamship companies bringing them here are required to re- turn to the country from which they came. Every effort should be made to strictly enforce this law and the prompt action of the treasury officials in the matter THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1909 Is to be commended. The law was passed a number of years ago to put an end to a system of importing labor under contract which was demoralizing and grossly unjust to labor in this roun- try. Under that system many thou- sands of men weré brought here and subjected to practical slavery in manu- facturing industries and in the mines. It bad grown to be a serious evilywhen the legislation was enacted to put an end td It and a revival of the system must not be permitted. Not oply should alien contract laborers be excluded and sent back, but those who gre responsible for their coming here should be pun- ished. Sme—— SOUTH AFRICAN PULIOY. +The policy of the British government in regard to South Africa, as stated by Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, prom- ises the promotion of good will among the people and the advancement of ma- terial development. There Is shown in the statement an entirely friendly spirit toward the Boers and a desire to do whateyer may be expedient and practl- cable to invite their friendship. “We hope,” said Mr. Chamberlain, “they will shake hands with us, thus securing pros- perity in Bouth Africa under the flag ‘which protects different races and differ- ent religions.” The intention Is to in- stitute self-government with as little delay as possible, to the end that the government ‘may be relieved of the bur- den of responsibility which the present situation imposes, but this comsumma- tion will be determined by circum- stances. The peace promises made to the Boers will be kept, both honor and interest requiring that this be done, and the assurance was given that the gov- ernment will do nothing to interfere with a quick revival of development of the country. There appears to be good reason to expect that the Boers generally will be satisfied with the policy outlined by Mr. Chamberlaln. Some objection may possibly be ralsed to the proposition to lay a part of the cost of the war on the Industries of the Transvaal, but this was to be expected and it 18 not likely to be made very burdensome, since that ‘would interfere with the industrial de- velopment which the government Is evi- dently anxious to promote. Bo far as political matters are concerned, the dis- position of the leading men among the Boers seems to be to give them but little attention, devoting themselves rather to rebuilding homes and lmprov- ing their material condition. As sug- gested by General Botha, the Boers shanld stop bothering about politics and try to make themselves i Africa. That is manifestly the wiser course, since they may safey trust to British interest for fair political treat- ment. e ‘We have heard a great deal recently from the raflroad tax bureau about com- parative railroad taxation in Pennsyl- vania and Nebraska, but the bureaucrats bave forgotten to mention that the Tax Reform league of Pennsylvania is call- ing attentlon to the fact that the farm- ers and home owners of Pennsylvania are paying $16.50 in taxes for each thou- sand in value while the steam rallways pay but $2.75, the street rallways br;t $4.75 and the telegraph and telephone companies but $8.20. These figures would indicate that there is need of su- preme - court ' intervention against lop- slded taxation in Pennsylvania as well as in Nebraska. e Jim Hill has made arrangements to meet a delegation of Puget Sound farm- ers representing a territory subject to his Northern Pacific railroad to per- suade them that their demand for re- duced rates on grain transportation is unreasonable and unwarranted. The great rallway magnate will endeavor to convince the farmers that in belng al- lowed to ship their products over his road under existing tariffs they are beneficiaries of his generosity, and should be duly thankful. If they should reply that his railroad would not be worth much without them, shelr im- pertinence will, of course, be rebuked. ‘W. H. Thompson has flled a siatement showing that his momination didn’t cost him & cent. If he allowed his triends to foot the bills, it doesn’t say very much for bim.~—Beatrice Express. That shoe fits our Dave to a te-wy-te. His official statement for 1900 shows that his nomination did not cost him a cent, because his friends had to foot all the bills. The honorable Dead Head Mercer would not even pay his assess- ment after he was nominated and let other people do his paying as well as his fighting. - —— Acting on what is belleved to be an inside tip, the commissioner general of immigration has notified all of his sub- ordinate officials to keep on the watch for anarchists expelled from Turkey, making their way to this country. The strike those Bulgarian bendits wmade with the ransom of Miss Stone must have spread the impression throughout the Baltic region that America i a good place to cultivate, Eaa——— Improved facilities are promised to handle crowds at the state fair this year. ‘With the assurance of bumper crops for the Nebraska farmer which present ‘weather conditions hold out there should be ‘no lack of crowds to tax these im- proved facilities. em— he Color Line Comes Iu. Buffalo Express, Observe how easy the Loufsiana suthori- ties find it to arrest lynchers when the Wh Mr. Bryan has & convenient memory. He finds it much easier to remember the moral ©of 1892 rather than that of 1896 or 1900, News from Away from Home. Philadelphia Press. The reunion of the National Soclety of the Army of the Philippines, which is to be d at Council Bluffs next month, is to have as its main feature a public exhi- bitlon of the so-called “water cure.” It would add to the effectivemess of ibe exhi- it | bition It they could secure ex-Senator Pet- tigrew or the Hon. Texas Balley to act as victims. The Real Test of Progress. Wilshington Post. How many republican states will Mr. Bryan succeed in carrying by the sort of talk he s putting out? The democrats cannot elect their presidential candidate un- less they succeed in overturning some re- Dpublican maorities. Merger of the Future, New York Times. And now sanguine raflroad prophets are predioting sixteen hours runs between Chi- cago and New York within & few years. But for the barriers of state lines the two big cities might make a merger before this century is half over. The Overlooked in the Distribution. Baltimore American. We trust that the kalser will not over- look the mewspaper poets and humorists who helped to make things pleasant for Prince Henry. Like the other entertain- ers they will be willing to @0 as much for the kaiser some day. Better Than Keys to the Oity. , Kansas City Star. Denmark sold its three West Tndlan islands to the United Stat because of their strategio value as the “key” to the interoceanic canal, Now Denmark is try- ing to sell Greenland to this country, probe ably beoause of its strateglo value as the “key” to the North pole. Brutality of Different Degwees.’ Baltimore American. It the Bpaniards read the desoription of our prize fights with their blood-shedding, groaning, broken ribs, dificulty in breath- ing, terrific blows, writhings in agony, etc, of the combatants, they may mildly wonder why we make such stremuous ob- Jection to their bull fights. Of course, an American can see the difference, but many {llogical minds would simply see merely different degrees of the same kind of brutality, NOT READY TO TRUST DEMOOCRATS. Popular Aversion s to the Party as Well as to Its Leaders. Philadelphta Inquirer, Mr. Bryan continues to make spseches and glve out interviews and cause dissensions in the rinks of the demécratic party. When Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Hill got themselves together and spoke at the same banquet they were trying to pull the party together again. But Mr. Bryan utterly refuses to have any- thing to do with them or their plans, “1 object to advice from such men as Cleveland,” he says, “who never indicated his purpose to for the democratic ticket in the last twe campalgns. Hill is & candidate, but he cannot be trusted.™ And so it goes. It apparently does mot occur to Mr. Bryan that twice the people have been unable to trust him. Indeed, the last time when a democrat was trusted with the presidency the country was plunged into a panic and the free soup house teok the Place of the open mill. And yet it is Mr. Cleveland's idea that tariff reform must be the great issue In the next campaign and he oechs Lo provure hadiwonicis AmSnE the demoocrats to take it up. There are no indications that the people are any more willing to accept the party Dow thin they were when they defeated Bryan. The country is doing fatrly well under republican rule. We quite agree with Bryan that Hill cannot be trusted, but then, what democrat can be? —— PROSPERITY ON EVERY HAND. Demooratic Ofgn in Bestacy Over the Bright Agrjoultural Prospects. 8t. Louls Republic (dem.) To those who have anticipated the condi- tion of the indutstrial market the Feports from all parts of the country are of a sort to renew confidence in the ontinuance of prosperity. There have beem & few floode, yet neces- sarily the damage which they have wrought 1s confined to & comparatively small acrs- age. For every bushel lost because of high water, the uplands will yield two addi- tional. There never was a time, especlally in the middle west, when the corn was greener, heavier and in better condition than it 1s now. The hay crop is a third more than usual. Apparently the drouth of last year has only served to make the crop this year greater. The topnotch has been reached in prices. Corn has been higher than wheat and oats have been higher than corn at one time or another during the last month. No cbreal 18 selling at low prices. Live stock s sell- 1;. nearly high enough to limit consump- on. There s absolutely nothing to spoll the agricultural prospect. The only danger that the bullish feeling will overshoot the mark and cause abnormal values which will do ultimate harm to every form of indus- try. Only the good sense of the investing public can prevent the usual inflation and reaction. —— EXECUTIVE CLEMENOCY, Praiseworthy Examples of Dented Ap- to & Much- Prerogative. Atlanta Constitution. The refusal of Governor Longimo of Mississippi to commute the sentences of two men oconvicted of murder and sen- tenced to hang is a conspicuous instance of executive fidelity to the Interests of soclety. in his state. For one of the wen most strenuous appeals were made for clemency because he belonged to a family of great repute and high soclal prestige. But the courts had decreed that his life was forfeit to the state for the brutal murder of an humble man, and without a shadow of provocation. The governor re- fused to Interfere and the men were bung publicly and successfully, in spite of the threats of his friends to shoot him dead on . the gallows rather than have him suffer the ignominy of the hangman's rope! Governor Davis of Arkansas has simi- larly refused equally strong petitions in recent cases and Monday six murderers in that state went to deserved and 1g- nominous deaths through the trap doors of public gibbets. Governor Chandler of this state has been equally mindful that soclety, the law, the state’s peace have claims in such cases and has stood for the vindication of the law and the courts by refusing clemency to murderers on sentimental pleas. Th instances are worthy of the full- est prals ‘The courts of the country are too often blamed with responsibility for the public disposition to mistrust them and forestall them by resorts to lyn law. There may be occasional mis riages of justice in the courts, but in the main the verdicts of juries are deliberate, conservative and fairly righteous. Indeed, where they convict men in the face of the most able and brilliant defenses that can be made for them and the verdicts a afirmed by the highest tribunal of the te, & governor must be very sure of himself to interfere with the judgments so reached. The south is rapidly growing adverse to the hip-pocket bully, the high-toned murderer, the man who thinks his blue blood ought to be & carte blanche with justice, and more resolute in demanding that the rights of the law-abiding shall not be sacrificed through mock mercy to such creatures. These governors have done well and their example will strengthen mightily the cause of justice throughout the country. Earthquakes A tract of country about 200 miles squar lying in central and northeastern Nebrask western lowa and' southeastern South Da- kota, was shaken by what Omaha calls “a severe earthquake” a little after noon on Monday. The inhabitants of about 150 small towns, mostly contiguous to the Missouri river, felt the shock, but no loss of lite or property 1s reported. Although this is pronounced in the dls- patches the first real earthquake ever folt in the state of Nebraska, it is by no means the firat earthquake in the Missouri val- ley. In 1867 a siesmic tremor was felt for many miles along both sides of the river, and caused something akin to a momentary panic in Atchison, Kan., St. Joseph, Mo., and Council Bluffs In those days the work of buflding the Unlon Pacific raflroad was under way from Omaha westward, George Francis Train and the Credit Mobilier were in the blush and bloom of youth. Colonel Edward Rosewater was just beginning to make borings along the river bank to determine whether or not the earth was firm enough to support him, and altogether Omaha was #0 busy getting ready to become the gate. way to the Golden Orient that if this eart) quake crossed the river from the ‘‘Bluffs it was taken for a rock blast out toward Kearney, and no attention was paid to it. Bince then there have been several int Nebraska Chicago Inter Ocean. shocks In Nebr ka, but they have been of a financial, industrial, political and Journalistic character. The disturbances At times were severe enough to be felt on Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, and Wall street, New York The golden spike was driven in the last rail of the highway which was to reach from Omaha to the Golden Orfent, and.the gateway stood ajar and in readi- ness to recelve the treasures which wers expected to flow through it, but they dld not flow—not until most of those who had bought Omaha real estate at boom prices had passed to a better and a hap- pler world. It cannot be sald that Nebraska has suffered any permanent loss from shocks. As a territory and as’ a # it had to shake now and then so as to settle down to a safe level. Last Mon- day’s tremor was nothing, in fact, to that which passed over the populistic belt be- tween 1892 and 1896, for it wrecked no enterprises, it paralyzed no industries, it blighted no crops, it foreclosed. no mort- gages. In short, it impoverished nobody. It was not a circumstance to the dis- turbance that-threw up Willlam Jennings Bryan, and it is not to be mentioned in the same breath with the one that shook him off the earth again. Railroad Taxation Philadeiphia Pre: The Rock Island reorganmization, which had its effect on Wall street last week, is certain to stimulate the movement In progress all over the western states, and particularly in those states west of the Misslssippi, for the increased taxation of large cofporations. The stockholders of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacifio railway voted six weeks'ago to increase thelr capi- tal stook from $60,000,000 to $75,000,000. It has become the center of & group of roads of about 6,500 miles all told. It has never pald over 5 per cent for ten years past, dropped to 2 per cent and 2% per cent in 1896 and 1807, though a 10 per cent dis- tribution of stock was made in 1895, Twenty years ago it was a regular 7 per cent stock. It has about doubled in value, measured by stock quotations, during the last year and its ownership of various lines consiitutes & basis of value of which the reorganization proposes to take advantage. This is to be done by the organization of & new company, which will lssue 4 per cent bonds for the stock of the old company, then distributing stock in the new company as an addition to the total capital. Bonds and shares together, the present stock cap- ital of the Rock Island will be increased just two and three-quarter times. This wholesale addition of water in this way has become a frequent method of adding to capital without the trouble of going to & . WHEN A BURGLAR OOMBS IN. Practical Points on the Btiquette of the Occasian. legislature, and oonstitutes an easy, X in- direct, division of profits. The Rock Island paid in taxation for its last year $921,620, an increase of about $200,000, or @ lttle less than one-third more than it was paying ten years ago, since which its value, as reckomed in the stock market, has considerably more than doubled, nearly trebling. This process is In progress with rafl- roads all over the west, and it has cre- ated & movement In favor of increased taxation which has tak: shape in an effort in Nebraska to tax all the subsid- lary property of the Union Pacifio, which has swept the Wisconsin republican con- vention with a demand for the new taxa- tion on corporations, and has made this issue the dominant one in Iowa. There is not a state west of the Mis- sissippt whose legislature this fall will not, in consequence of these wholesale additions to raflroad capital, be elected with a majority pledged to the increase of corporate taxation om @ large scele. In all western roads, and in most roads east, the value of the road has increased in the last ten years three or four times as fast as the .taxes levied upom it. A large part of this advance i due to the tact that this property is escaping tax, and those who are buying st the present prices are tolerably sure of finding their future profits reduced by inoreased taxas tion. discern his shadowy form. If you wish to investigate, do your exploring in the dark- ness. You know your own house; the in- truder does not. You place the boot on the “T notice that the Star from time to time | other foot when you follow this, the un- has advocated the infliction of the death, usual plan, for you are in the dark, and if penalty upon conviction of the crime of housebreaking, holding that the burglar Is at heart all times a murderer,” said a headquarters detective Washington Star, “and none moré heart- ily concur tu the recommendation than the police of Washington and of the other large cities. The recent cold-blooded murder by & burglar of a citizen of Brook- Iyn in the presence of his wife calls the point to mind. It brings up a su fon or two regarding "hese distressing casual- tles which I recommend to the citizens of Washington as what to do when you find & burglar in the house. “In view of the fact that the legisla- tures of the different states do not appear to be willing to impose the death penalty upon mew offences, it §s probablo that it will be many years before the first state may be won over to the plan, so I suggest these rules: “First, the best burglar alarm in the world is a small dog, kept ‘n the houre at night, Whether mongrel or thorough- bred, he soon becomss acoustomed to the ordinary noises about the premises snd in the neighborhood and familiar with the footsteps of the occupants of the house. 1 lodge where there s a nug, a breed of dogs not considered over bright, but 1 will give any man of peaceful Intent, or other- wise, & new suit of clothss If he can evter my house and, entering It, move about so that Pups will not detect his pressnce at once. Though she is a litle coward she ‘will bapk the steeple off a church and raise enough fuss to float a full-rigged ship at the elightest untoward no! however faint, though I may enter the house at any time of the night or morning and be greeted with affectionate sniffs and grunts. The house is not the place for big dogs, which if kept on the jutside are as likely to bark cats as at burgl . Neverthe- less, & large, well tralned 4og in the house is better than no dog at all. “Second, If you see a strauger in your room and your revolver is close at hand, always shoot at him to kill; take good aim at his body and mot at his head, as a larger target is presonfed, and your bullet is more likely to reach home. You are in all probability not a good sbot, or, If you are, you will more likely mies his head than his body. Always fire twi and thrice if necessary hefors you s:op. Ask questions as to his presence in your room at that hour aftarward. '{ave no more compunction about killlng a bur- glar than you would & mad dog; in fact, tavor the dog. Always remember that he 1s in your house wtally for two pu; poses—to rob you and to kill you It nec sary; therefore whether expert or novice with a gun, never shoot to wound; plant your bullets thick and fast into his tody. “Third, if you have a re' do not keep it in the bureau drawer, but under your pillow, or within easy reach by the side of your bed so that you can get your fingers around the trigger with the least possible movement and without gett‘ng up. If & man ever needs a revolver urder these ciroum be needs it right away, snd he should mot have to go and hunt it. Lie still in bed and shoot vour wonld-be murderer full of holes; if you get up he may make a sieve of you, mever forget- ting that he is about the vilest carrion on earth and is never willing to give you n a fighting chance for your life. It 1s always ‘dead men tell no tales,’ with the burglar, and you should apply the ax- fom obligingly to him. “Fourth, If you ar & ‘nolse In the bouse,’ or your wife hears it d wants you to go down in the cellar with a light, don't go. Don't light the gas, either, to ‘see’ what the noise is about. The dark- ness makes a perfect shelter for the bur- glar, while the light makes of you a per- fect target for his bullet. Many men hi been shot to death or wounded bec: they followed the natural impulse to get up and strike & light. Get your revolver well gripped, lie still and await develop- ments, which are sure to come if the noise is caused by a burglar. If he comes into your room, fire at him as soon as you can be is kindly packing up your silyerware from your dining room sideboard to save the hired girl the trouble of keeping it quoted by the|clean, you can kill him easily if you have the requisite nerve. It you haven't lock your door, stick your head out of the win- dow, oall-for the golice, and fire off your gun. You will then geare the fellow away at least. “Fifth, if you have neither revolver nor nerve, and you hear a burgls? in the house, or think you do, just le still and scream good and loud. if you are a woman, and glve a Comanche yell if you are a man. The chances of your being shot are then les- sened than If “you got up and raised the roof with your voice. He will take the hint and get out quick. If you happen to wake up and find him in your room and you are timid let him have your valuables and you e very still. You may replace your val- uables, but not the life he will take if you are foolhardy enough to tackle him bare- handed. , “Sixth, don't forget that all burglars are armed with revolvers, but that all house- holders and roomers are not. He has you, therefore, practically at his mercy at the beginning of the game, and always at a disadvantage even if you are armed. He is prepared to shoot with his gun in his hand. He Is wide awake, while your weapon may be just out of reach, and as you have been awakened out of slumber, your senses are not as alert as/the man who will kill with- out a single thought. “‘Seventh, because you hear & nolse in the house it does not follow that it is caused by a burglar or if you are a roomer in a lodging house, that the intruder who has entered your room is one with evil intent. When a man ir more or less drunk all doors look allke «© him, and I have frequently found roomers trying my door, und even in my room. These conditions are trying to the nerves, to be sure, but you almost instinctively feel whether a man there by mistake or with burglarous intent. If in your own house, don't be too hasty on the soot if it is possible for a member of your own family to have strayed into your room while in & fit of somnam- bulistic abstration, or while looking for your private bottle of rye on the top shelf of the closet. “Bighth, in shooting a burglar, do not feel that you are jaking a human ‘life.’ The burglar {s & human hyena, and, as all of the animal kingdom despise the hyena, so ought the higher intellectual animals re- gard the burglar. He {s an outcast, an out- law, & nameless creature, worthy only of execration and ith, and compared with whom the highwayman who gives you at least a chance to hand over your valuables and go, is an honest man. The burglar is the most villainous of villians, and for every one removed from earth by a bullet or locked up behind prison bars, la iding citizens should give a sigh of relief and a prayer of congratulation.” Mistake of Eastern Democrats. Indianapolis News. ‘We do not think it would be easy to es- timate the harm that certain eastern dem- ocrats and anti-imperialists have done the country and the democratic party by thelr adherence to Mr. Bryan. By the encour- agement they have given him they have kept his influence alive and have postponed the day of the rebabilitation of the demo- cratic party. And they have accomplished B0 good by their course. The next battle for the presidency will be fought and won in the middle west, and the middle west 1is tired to death, It not of Bryan—and we would not deny that there s much admiration hers for him among many democrats—certanly of Bry- anism. What the democrats in this sec- tion are trying to do is to forget Bry Kansas City and Chicago and tal & fresh start. Therefore, those eastern democrats who are inviting Mr. Bryan to speak before them, who persist in consulting him about policies, are doing everything they can to make demecratic success Impossible. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Senator Mason of Illinols of the shirt walst habit. he s quoted as saying, duty is to be as cool as he can.” Count Tolstol continues to write despite bis virtually unabated il health. He works early and Iate and as hard as ever, paying little or no attention to the warnings of bis physicians. The directors of the Samuel Gridley Howe Monument fund have Incorporated for erecting a monument by the Greeks in memory of Dr. Howe's noble work for the Greek people. The Cuban-American league has received Dotice from the Albertus Magnus university of Wichita, Kan., that the degree of doctor Of laws has been conferred upon its presi- dent, Willlam O. McDowell. Governor Cummins of Iowa is one of the best authorities in that etate upon forestry. He has mastered the subfect theroughly, having originally taken # up some years ago 4s an amusement and having stuck to It ever since. Miss Frances West of Des Molnes, Ia., who was chosen to name the new cru Des Moines, has notified the Navy depart- ment that it will be impossible for her to take part in that ceremony on Septem- Ber 30, an she fs about to sail for China. Senor SBagasta, prime minister of Spain, ‘Wwas originally soclety reporter on a Madrid paper, He fs now nearly 80 years 014, his face scarred by as many wrinkles s was Von Moltke's during the latter's closing years. He Iives very quietly in a fiat and, like his great political rival, the late Benor Canovas, t venowned for his sterling integrity. M. Santos-Dumont has been accused of effeminacy becauss of a bracelet on his left wrist which he invariably wears. But it is his “rabbit's foot,” and to it he at- tributes much of his immunity from aerial accidents. In form It is a gold chaln | wound thres times around the wrist and terminating in a medalliop of the virgin. M. Santos-Dumont received it from the former royal house of Brasil, the presen- tation being made by the daughter of Dom Pedro. John Burns, the labor member of Par- llament, who advises that no more con- cessions be made to American “invaders,” has sat for Battersea since 1892, and 1is one of the most picturesque publio char- acters in England. Mr. Burns was for- merly a stationary engineer and a leader among his fellow workmen. For many years he has been the spirit of the labor party in England and has assisted In the spread of trades unionism. He favors munieipal ownership of oity rallway lines. Princess Charles of Denmark has many charming accomplishments; she is a good linguist and can speak and write Russian ~—that most difficult of languages. Bhe is alsdb a clever bookbinder and photogra- pher; can sew well and is & good spinner, often spending hours at her spinning wheel, and she plays really excellent game of chess. Outdoor amusements afford her endless enjoyment, and she is a fine horsewoman, a keen cyclist and a first- rate croquet player. of Italy was unpopular at the ing to the thror anas of the stories of his extreme economy, but has Intely shown that, though he is circumspeoct in his expenditure, he is liberal and benevo- lent. He gives largely to charity, both or- ganized and individual, and in his soclal Iie, seems ready to make any outlay that is necessitated by his position. Among his re- cent benefactions was a gift of 100,000 lire to the town. of Palermo, to be distributed among the poor and three charitable ineti- tutions. Of this sum 50,000 lire is to go to the poor, 80,000 life to the town, hospital, 10,000 lire to the Marine hospital and S)M life to the Red Oroes society. HEASANTRLES, PASSING 'hiladelphla Pres: Mrs. Hifly—Jane, aidn't 1 see you strolling along the aven last mnln’ with mr husban Nurse Girl (deflantly)—Suppose you ald? Mrs. Hifly—Well, Jane, youw'll have to keep better company than that or you can't stay in my employ. Puck. Farmer Bentover—Colonel Waga- stin' that he is not a candi- te for congress. ‘armer Hornbeak—W unimportant, even if untrue. Detrolt Fres Pross: “An excedingly modest ma: that's highly n. *'Oh, indeed. Why he won't even boaat"of his automobile. Pittsbu Chronicl ph: Rhought he hetrvant Tt prize fight comment a the Philadelphia Pre: ‘Mater!” cried little Emerson . “‘Ma, oD & lul ot I not amuse my- e i uus ?* .."Ytl You may permit him to do so, urse. n“flnt, what is it he wants, ma'am?” in- qll!,fid the new nurse. ““The saw-horse, 1 ppose would call 1" Ll(rl. Bosting, admirably conceal- ing her impatience at such ignorance. New York Sun: Penn—Do you know that Van Meter has I*l his job with the soap compai Br?llh.—"fl. ‘What was the trouble? Penn—Van says his poetry was so that it distracted people’s attention m the soap. Puck: Gladys—It must be awful nice to have money enough to be ritable. ll‘d—- ‘ed; then one doesn't need to charitable to make folks think one has money. Chicago Record-Herald: Papa—You were up._ late last night, daughter. ughter—Yes, papa; our fresh-alr club met on the plazza. Pa ‘Who belongs to your fresh-air club ter (slowly and somewhat reluc- tantly)—Well—Jack—end—me. Judge: Casey—Did ye go over t' see Kelly lasht nolght? Ct n—Of did not. Afther Of'd walked two-thirds av th’ way Ol was too toired t' #0 & sthep further, 80 Ol turned round an' walked back home again Puck: First Office Boy—Does der “boss™ ter like yer? 3 .::ond Office Boy—Well, either that or he don't know how to swear. % DAWNING OF THE DAY, Clarence James Mangan. ‘Twas balmy summer morning, Warm and early, Such as only June bestows; Eyerywhere, the earth adorning, Dews oy pearly Up from-each gresh leaty bosk sid hotlow m eac n Rose the blackbird's pleasant ny, And the soft cuckoo was sure to follow— "Twas the dawning of the day! Through the umed alr the golden Bees flew rm me; Bright fish dazsled from the sea; TY me dreamt some fairy olden bo In & trance of witchery! Steeds pranced round anon with stateliest housings, Bearing riders pranked in rich array, Like flushed revellers after wine carous- in “Twis the dawning of the day! Then a strain of song was chanted, And the lightly sea-nymphs drew anear. Then again the shore seemed haunted By hosts brightly Clad, and wellding shield and spear! Then came battle shouts, an onward rush- ing Swords, and chariots, and phantom fray. hep all vanished. The warm skies were blushing In the dawning of the day! Cities girt with glorious gardens, (Whose immo Habitants, in robes of light, 8tood, methought, as angel-wardens Nigh each portal), ow arose to daze my sight. Bden spread around, revived and blooming; , 10! a8 & & I saw but black rocks and billow l chill