Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 19, 1902, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1902, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE B. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED IVEI\Y lOlNlNO A LAST WORD TO REPUBLICANS. The paramount lssue to be fought out at the republican primaries is the candi- dacy of David H. Mercer for a sixth term. The question every republican TERMS OF BUBSCRIPTION. Patiy (without Bunday), One Year. 3400 Patly e ¢ and sunmyg One Year. ea DELIVLRID BY (without !undlyl- Dally (without Bunday). (Inuuun. uumuu must ask himself is whether Mr. Mer- cer's candidacy will promote the inter- ests of the party or merely gratify Mr. Mercer's selfish desire to be continued at the public crib. In the present temper of the people and under existing conditions Mr. Mer- cer's nomination simply means disaster B og Toes hithon Bunday), per week o | to the party. With four-fifths of the IV.IIIIII Bee (Including Sunday), pzr laints 'y of 'nmgu be addressed t partment. oS, .ulldlfl& 0 Pearl Streot. Unity Now hrkdm Park Rown‘aundm' ‘Washington—l Fourteenth Street. CORREBPONDENCE Communications relating to ne torial matter should be Fadressed: Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. a2 leu:?h:.ng "'fl"én‘.“fiffi."&‘fl.‘ sdgred ee Publls - pany, aha. nmmucu Remit lbh tamps accepted in payment of aooun ¥ checks. except on acoounts. Bersonal checks, except on aha or eas ?um HEn PURTISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF chicT:ru-noN tat Douglas County. 'o:rfinm:m o tatary, of The. Publishing Comn-ny, being duly -var says that th number of full ai S he Morni EEBENRREE Less unsold and returned coples. Net total sales. Net dally average.. HUCK. GEO. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to ritica is delivery ty Circulation De- HIll ‘Bullding, Twen- and edi- Omaha 0c | republican workingmen arrayed against him, Mercer's election Is Iimpossible, even if all the other members of the party would give him their hearty sup- port. As a matter of fact, hundreds of republicans in this district not in the ranks of labor who have heretofore supported him will not vote for him again under any circumstances. And why should they? As a public man, Mercer has been supremely selfish. He has never con- tributed to the campalgn expenses of the party out of his own pocket. He [ & T o ST postal order:|has never been known to assist any other republican candidate than David H. Mercer. In off years he has re- liglously kept away from Omaha, under pretext that he does not wish to mix in factional fights. 8o far as we know, he has never been asked to take part in factional fights, but as the holder of the most lucrative office In the district, the least he could have done was to assist the party In electing its candidates. While Mercer owes everything he has to the party, the party owes Mercer nothing, and his attempt to dragoon the rank and file Into his support is simply audacious. He has been a deadhead in republican politics. If he takes time, he can count up five years of back political debts. What would Mercer do if he were re- nominated? He would simply monop- olize the entire machinery of the party In a desperate attempt for re-election and trade every other candidate on the ticket off to encompass that result. In other words, being foredoomed to defeat, he would drag down the entire ticket befors me this 1st day of lembor. A. D, |and then pose as a martyr in order to (Seal.) A NN BTite. | secure a lucrative federal appointment Republican primaries today. Don’t blame the coal dealer, but watch his smoke. l| Those rallroad tax bureaucrats wil now lay off for a vacation. | Stand up for Nebraska by standing up for a congressman who lives In Ne- hraska. E—— Don't you think five terms in congress are enough for a man of Dave Mercer's caliber? Sm— George Fred Willlams doubtless wired Colonel Bryan something about being baffled but not beaten. Under Mercer the citizens of Omaha pay taxes without representation, while Mercer gets the representation without ARl pgyln; taxes. /U & Ak ant ity That exclusive London hotel tha barred out John W. Gates had bette look out or he may buy the old thing up for himself. e————— New Enpgland would naturally be ex- pected to’ be the Plymouth réck on which the democratic reorganizers must rear their structure. Summing up the late newspaper dis- cussion of the morals of the Newport smart set, it may be sald that they are like the snakes in Ireland. —— Wonder if the tax decision of the supreme court in their favor will be printed as paid matter “under authority of the railroads of Nebras| Every republican party. Sre——— ‘When a preacher turns editor he generally finds Jordan a hard road to travel, but when an editor preache) tures politiclan he soon finds himself on the highway to perdition. — OmAh_l Jobbers report fall business in'| excess of expectations, and expecta- tlons were by no weans clircumscribed. The. prosperity of the farmer percolates through Al elagses of the community. e David B. Mercer has not paid one dol- taxes In the city of lar of personal Omaha or county of Douglas since 1895, Will the republicans ‘of Omaha and Douglas county deliberately vote in faver of the Femomination of the tax ehirker? » -——— The controversy over the bones of the famous Indian chief Keokuk is becom- ing spirited between Kansas and lowa. Keokuk was ;& magnetic orator and, during his Hfe, Was regarded as a good Indian. - Since his death there has been no dispute as to that proposition. Senator Teller says he was a repub- lican “so ‘long as he Dbelieved that party stood for the best inter- ests of the people.” According to his own showipg, the republican pacty stood for the best Interests of the people for forty years. In other words, the Colorado senator now' goes over to a party he knows has been wrong 90 per cent of the time during which he has been intimately acquainted with it Emp——— In his postal card address to repub- Weans, Congressman Mercer says: “I shall not notice the false, unwarranted and maliclous attacks made upon me. Having lived all my life in Nebraska, I am pretty well known.” Yes, Indeed, Mr. Mercer s pretty well known for sublime cheek. The trouble with him Is not that the charges agalnst him are false, unwarranted and maliclous, but that they are true and cannot be suc- cessfully refuted. in Omaha should take part in the primaries today and cast his vote according to bis honest con- victions in the Interest of the republican and have it charged up to Nebraska. — THE ROCK ISLAND REORGANIZATION. Governor Cummins, after thorough personai investigation and upon the ad- vice of the attorney general of Iowa, reluctantly concludes that under the ex- isting laws the Rock Island stock wa- tering deal cannot be legally prevented. Nothing, therefore, stands between the stock-jobbers and the public so far as legal bars go, aud ibe whole subject must be relegated to the Iowa legisla- ture t6'lock. the batn door 'after the horse has been stolen. This Rock Island scheme is a glaring example of the inflation and manipula- tion of corporate securities by which not only is the speculative public to be gulled, but also the industrial and pro- ducing public to be perpetually saddled with unwarranted and unjust burdens. The aggregate bonds and stocks of the ) | company ‘are abruptly trebled by an t elaborate hocus pocus of new incorpo- r | Tatlons under the laws both of Towa and of New Jersey. And yet the master op- erators of the scheme do Dot pretend to have added a single dollar of new value -to the property, to have con- structed a mile of new track orpro- vided a single new i{mprovement or equipment. At the same time that the Rock Island capitalization is arbitrarily multiplied by three, the legerdemain ‘of the schemers has been sufficient to shuffle the cards so that they can maintain control of the reorganization on an in- vestment of less than one-half of what required to control the old corpo- ration. They make sure of perpetuat- ing the rule of thelr own clique, as against other stockholders, by the same feat of legal manipulation as that by which they overcapitalize the company and insure the overtaxing of the public. As the old Rock Island company itself, representing a consolidation of previous roads, was incorporated under the laws of lowa, so in its new inflated form it r |18 again incorporated under the same laws, and deriving protection and all rights to do business from the state, the duty of the Iowa authorities to safe- guard the public against’ the abuse of such rights and privileges is plain. If new legislation 1s needed to accomplish this result Iowa's lawmakers will have no excuse for failing to enact the nec- essary laws. —_— 1 MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS. While the democracy of Massachusetts does not constitute a particularly lmpor- tant factor in the politics of the coun- try, it is yet Interesting to note that the party In that state has repudiated the Kansas City platform, at least so far as the silver question 1s concerned. This action puts Bryanism in the rear so far as the expressions of democratic conven- tions this year are coneerned, although the “peerless leader” has by no means been utterly ignored. Some thirteen states have indorsed or reaffirmed the Kansas City platform, while fifteen or sixteen have ignored or repudiated it, 8o that the Bryanites are not so far be- hind that they may not claim to still have a volce In democratic councils. ' However, they are manifestly a di- minishing quantity, with every proba- bility that they will continue to decline in influence. The proteedings of the Massachusetts convention shows how utterly weak the Bryan influence has become in that state and may fairly be accepted as an example of its decline throughout New Engiand, for while it Is true that the democrats of Maine in- dorsed the last national democratic platform, In view of the decrease in the vote of the party In that state it Is safe to say It will not repeat the mistake. The Bryanites in the Massachusetts convention were overwhelmed and It can be confidently predicted that they will not hereafter constitute a political factor of any con- sequence in that state, while the ex-|in lowa, Nebraska and wmany | ample ean hardly fall to be damaging to them elsewhere. A TREASURY DEPARTURE According to Washington reports Sec- retary Shaw proposes to make a very decided departure in the policy of the Treasury department. This Is nothing less than accepting securities other than government bonds for the deposit of public money with the banks. The law provides that national banks may be made depositories of public giving satisfactory security * posit of government bonds and other- wise.” Hitherto this has been construed to mean only the bonds of the United States, but it is said that Secretary Shaw is of the opinion that the law means that he has the alternative to take bonds or other securities and that he has In mind to accept municipal and other securities from national banks where government moueys are to be deposited. Perhaps this interpretation of the law is correct, but it may y be doubted whether it was the intention of congress that any other than government bonds should be accepted for deposits of pub- lic funds and it seems unlikely that the secretary of the treasury will make so radical a departure from the established policy of the department without ex- plicit authority from congress. Unques- tionably there are state and municipal securities which are entirely safe, but only government bonds were contem- plated in the act of congress and only such security should be accepted until congress orders otherwise. ASSERT YOUR MANHOOD. Republican wage workers on the pay roll of railroad corporations should as- sert their manhood at the primary elee- tion by resisting every attempt of their corporate taskmasters to degrade them to mere voting cattle. They should re- member that as American citizens they owe a duty that is higher than any obligation to their employers. There is something more sacred than property, and that is their elective franchise. The man who steals a horse is com- pelled to serve a term in the peniten- tiary, but the man who robs the Ameri- can citizen of his most precious posses- slon—his right to cast an untrammeled ballot according to the dictates of his consclence—is more dangerous to the safety of the republic than the horse thief, the burglar or the highway rob- ber. The greatest menace to free American Institutions is the anempt of giant cor- porations to reduce the breadwinners to political serfdom by coercion. During the Awerican revoiution an army of Hesslans was hired by the British king to subdue and subjugate American frée- men. These mercenaries were over- thrown to give vitality to the Declara- tion of Independence. The example of the eighteenth century should Inspire every American who lives in the twen- tleth century with courageous resistance to every attempt to rivet the brass collar upon his neck that would degrade him to the level of a political Hesslan. The laborer is worthy of his hire. A man who faithfully and diligently per- forms the task imposed upon him is en- titled to fair wages without mortgaging his political freedom. This applies equally to men who work In rallroad headquarters as to the men who work in the shops or in the factories. - The highest attribute of Awmerican citize ship 1s true manbood, and no wman worthy of citizenship will allow cor- porate employers or individual employ- ers to control his vote against his honest convictions. SOUND REPUBLICAN POSITION. It is characteristic of Speaker Hender- son to express his views upon public questions vigorously and explicitly. He is a republican who has the “courage of his convictions,” and who does not cavil or have resort to any sort of sub- terfuge. It is this that has given him his commanding position among the leaders of the republican party In the nation and makes his utterances worthy of the earnest consideration and respect of his party throughout the country. There i no republican in the nation today whose judgment in regard to pub- lic questions is better entitled to the re- spect of his party than is that of Mr. Henderson, and for the reason that no man has been more faithful to repub- lcan principles and policies, or has done more to advance and promote those policies. In his whole public career there has never been an instance when he was not in harmony, and sympathy with the principles and aspirations of republicanism. Great as will be the regret of repub- licans throughout the nation at the withdrawal of Speaker Henderson as a congressional candidate, they will not fall to realize, it 1s to be hoped, and to give proper heed to the import of the declaration he made in annouucing his withdrawal. “You cannot kill the trusts by applying free trade without killing our own industries,” are the significant words of one of the most foremost cham- plons of protection to American Indus- tries and American labor. “The foreign trusts are fighting the American trusts,” sald Mr. Henderson, “and I do not be- lleve that for the purpose of controlling American trusts we should make a mar- ket for foreign trusts, thereby crushing out the Interests of this country.” The Bee is in absolute accord with this view, baving urged It ever since the question of the trusts and combinations became an Issue. We have contended, as Speaker Henderson now contends, that the democratic policy of renewing the duties on trust-made goods would {nevitably result in destroying the in. dividual manufacturers of the country, but would not necesserily have the ef- fect of eliminating the great industrial combinations, which by reason of their vast capital and their superior econom- ical methods could survive. The policy of the democratic party, as Mr. Hender- son clearly perceives, means destruction to the manufacturing industries which other | states gives employment to milllons of capital and thousands of workingmen, without insuring the destruction of any of the combinations with which thesc individual manufacturers now com- pete. He recognizes, what every rational man ought to see, that a policy which would contribute to the destruction of fndividual industrial enterprises must necessarily promote Industrial monopoly and strengthen the trust conditions against which the general sentiment is now arrayed. with the best republican opinion favor of the supervision and regulation of the trusts. He believes that congress has the power to do this and that it should exercise that power. But he realizes the lmpotency and the folly of striking at the great combinations through the tariff, as the democratic party, with its free trade proclivities, proposes, and ke stands firmly and reso- lutely, as all republicans should do, against the revolutionary and destruc- tive position of the democratic party. e—— PEOPLE WUULD LIKK TO KNOW. 1. Whether David H. Mercer will turn his back on Omaha and take up his residence permanently in Minne- apolls or Washington if he is turned down in the republican primary elec- tion? 3 2. Whether Mercer intends to continue his policy of appointing sons of per- sonal cronies and political boosters to West Point and Aunapolis cadetships instead of leaving these positions open to all boys in his district under a com- petitive examination system? 3. Whether Mercer will continue to pocket the $100 a month allotted to every congresswan as salary of a clerk Instead of giving some Nebraska man or woman an opportunity to earn the salary? 4. Why Mercer has allowed $125,000 of the appropriation for the Omaha postoftice building to be absorbed by the supervising architect's office without a protest, although he knows that the highest fee charged by the best archi- tects in America for plans and super- vision of fireproof buildings is 5 per cent on their cost, or the saving of at least $75,000 on a single public bulld- ing? 5. Why Mercer pocketed the Thurston quartermaster’s supply purchasing depot bill in 1900, whicn had passed the senate and would have been of in- calculable advantage to Omaba manu- facturers and jobbers? 6. Why Mercer deliberately sacrificed the Interests of Omaha by a bargain with Congressman Hull in pulling through cougress a biil to esiablish u military fort near Des Moines when he must have known that Des Moines' fort would take to Des Moines half of the troops that would otherwise have been quartered at Omaha? 7. Why Mercer tugned the draft for $200, glven him by t! reater America exposition for promof§n purposes, over to his middleman, ge Sabine, how much of this mone; fywas expended by Sabine and how much was absorbed by himself? 8. How much of his own money Mer- cer has expended for improving and beautifying his residence in the city of ‘Washington and how much he has ex- pended for improving and beautifying the ‘plans for his residence in Omaha which he has never bullt? 9. Why Mercer did not insert the eight- hour clause in his omnibus building bill, for the protection of mechanics and laborers? Lastly. Why Mercer has never an- swered any of the unanswered ques- tions propounded to his champion, Wil- liam F. Gurley, in the famous debate, and repeatedly propounded to himself since his return to Omaha? Our Dave pretends to have the solid business interests of Omaha behind him. It would be interesting to know how much of the $5000 a year and per- quisites he has drawn for ten years has been spent with Omaha merchants. How long since our nonresident con- gressman bought a sult of clothes in Omaha? DId he ever buy a dress for his wife from an Omaha merchant? Did he ever pay a butcher's bill or a grocer's bill in Omahat 1Is it not a fact that his only expenditures in Omaha have been for a few days' board at a hotel once in every two years? When anyone tells you that Mercer has done such wonderful things in the way of appropriations for Omaha, re- member that John A. McShane during a single term in congress secured $1,200,000 for the federal building, while Mercer during five terms In congress has secured altogether $1,000,015 of appropriations for public buildings in Omaha and South Omaha, including the new quartermaster's warehouse and the Transmississippi exposition and Indian congress. Two hundred and fifty applications have already been filed with the police commission for the thirty places on the police force which Mercer-Broatch & Cowpany have put up bait to credu- lous dupes who want to earn §70 a month with the privilege of wearing & star on thelr coat for a few days. Morgan's steamship anaconda s said to have swallowed about everything in the shape of water craft except the remnants of Noah's ark. If Noah's de scendants could only prove title and show up the goods, they might trade the heritage in for a big fat block of watered stock. e Something to Chew On. Baltimore American. Acoording to Editor Bryan's Ohlo speech, ‘what the common people need to make them happy is & million dollars' worth of beet- steak for breakfast every morning. Gradually Getting Tomet Phiiadelphia Record. In the latest phase of the coal strike it is stated by the mine operators that the miners will receive the concessions to which they may be entitled whem they | Speaker Henderson s in full accord in | all return to work. The miners the same time are ready to return to work as soon as they shall recelve the conces- slons. On these two points both parties seem to be fully ntion. st Louls Globe-Democrat. Inventors are at work on all sorts of fuel | ideas, and the public will be glad when they demonstrate that anthracite is not the only pebble In the mineral kingdom that will an- swer the purpose. | Excitement Without Gambling. Washington Star. There is no excuse for poker and the other common forms of gambling. Any reasonable man can get all the excitement he needs by trying to guess when he can buy his coal the cheapest. Cold Weather Attractions. Chicago Chronicle. The clrcumstance that Lieutenant Peary 1s homeward bound with a large assortment of Information and frostbites will com- plicate the lecture situation. At the pres ent writing it looks as though the arctic explorers would have to pool their issues and go out as an Uncle Tom's Cabin com- pany. They are too numerous for lyceum purposes. Good Wil Still Lingers. Boston Transcript. The privilege of taking coal, without charge, from the waste heaps around the min afte is given to the striking miners by the coal operators and this courtesy i{s belng freely made use of by the men. Evidently the natural kindil- ness of mankind is not altogether crushed out in the industrial battle being waged there. Benefits of Arbitration. Springfeld Republican. In one day last week three labor dis- putes with capital were settled by arbitra- tion and on other days two more threat- ened strikes of serioue proportions were thus averted. There {s usually something to arbitrate in these controversies and the sooner labor and capital come to concede this the better It will be for them and the public. Sport’s Finishing Touch, New York Tribune. The so-called grand circuit of bicycle ‘llcen is almost at an end and long before the first snowfall the pitchers and catchers, | the batters and fielders of the diamond will | be enjoying their “otfum,” although in many Instances ‘‘non cum dignitate.” | Meanwhile the tousled tresses of the foot ball tusslers are beginning to affront thie atmosphere as of yore. How to Be a Centen Harper's Weekly. The advice of Mr. Ralph Bullock of Fort | Hamilton, who celebrated his 104th birth- day recently, is like that of all other cen- | tenarians who give counsel on the art of attaining the age of 100 years. It is in substance this: “Have a good heredity and don't worry.” The secret of the thing is simple: First make a judiclous selection of grandparents, and then choose conditions of life which are smooth, restful, nmever irritating or exhausting. These prime con- Altions fMifAlled it does not matter greatly what you eat or drink; where you live or what occupation you follow. Growth of Postal Bu Boston Transcript. It 1s reported from Washington that the Postoffice department will this year come pretty near to making both ends meet. The tendency has been in the direction of solvency for some time. The returns up to June 30 are not yet complete and the actual deficit Is based on estimates for the business of the last quarter, still an un- known quantity. There was a deficit of $3,647,000 for the first quarter, but the sec- ond and third quarters showed each a surplus, and an excess of recelpts over ex- penditures amounting to $2,839,000 for the last three quarters fs looked for. This would make the pet deficiency for the fiscal year about $1,307,000. Swamped with Water, Indlanapolis Journal. The last overcapitalized trust to fall into the hands of a recelver was the American Alkall company. The company issued $30,- 000,000 of stock, of which all but $6,000,000 was common, which is sald to have been paid in full. The assets consist of the ma- chinery in a factory in Canada and some patents of some money value. If any con- siderable portion of the common stock wi really pald in the purchasers have lost their money. Alkali is an article In con- stant demand, but what should have been a small enterprise with a small capital was 80 overcapitalized that the investment be- came worthless. A law compelling pub- licity would have shown investors that this stock had no value. So the alkall trust fol- lows the bicy and the asphalt trusts. Another trust which is on the road to a recelver is the ice trust. It was capitalized for $36,370,500, the actual value of which was $7,879,043 on the prices for which the stock was quoted Untrumpeted | Exploits Rivaling the Best on Battlefie Philadelphia Ledger. James Crummey, the elevator boy, by whose timely courage thirty-three persons were rescued from & burning building in New York City, set an example of coolness and well directed bravery which deserves & place in the story of heroism. He belongs to the class of everyday heroes who do mot always recelve the recognition they de- serve. The exploits of the battlefield fill the trump of fame, while the exploits of the men who face great danger in the discharge of humble daily duty receive no special commendation. In every city the firemen, the police and others charged with the safety of the public frequently perform the most hazardous service, imperiling life or lmb, as & part of the routine of their em- ployment. Iu many instances these every- day lite savers are very inadequately com. pensated for the service expected of them and for the risks they encounter. In many citles there is no relation between the pay of the firemen and the dangerous nature ot thelr pursult. The swarm of petty officiale in the city sdministrative departments are much more liberally paid for services re quiring no special skill and involving mo danger to life or health. The men em- ployed in the government life saving serv- ice along our dangerous coasts receive much less compensation than many of the minor federal employes in the civil service receive. This inequality In the rewards of public service prevails in all countries and in all communities. It is surprising that the dangerous callings are so well served under the circumstances, but in no sphere is the public more faithfully served than in the callings where the personal risk fs the greatest. There is an element of excitement and glory In the collisions of the battlefield. Heroism there is performed on a conspicu- ous arene, and the presence of thousands of comrades nerves the soldier to face death. Our everyday beroes rarely h stimulus. The man who goes sing] to the rescue of persons in imminent peri! is @ hero of the highest type, though be may be forgotten by the chronicler of great deeds. The New York elevator boy who sped to the rescue of the girls in the burn. ing bullding was a hero of that kind. The youth who acts with such t intuitions and with such disregard for his own safety SOFT COAL IN THE FURX How to Keep Warm Without the Use of Anthracite. New York Times Soft coal (gnites very quickly, dies down with equal facllity, and needs constant watching and frequent replenishing to maintaln even a measurably constant fire In thesw respects It more resembles wood than anthracite, but it burns very nearly as well in an anthracite range as in one built for a market where only soft coal Is used as a domestic fuel In an anthracite-heating furnace soft coal needs to be treated very differently from anthracite, but the difference consists in the management of the drafts and checks. In the feed doer of every furnace there is a slide damper to admit alr over the fire. When anthracite is used this is opened only if it is desired to deaden the fire and lower the temperature of the house. With soft coal {t must be left open all the time. The great volume of gases evolved from it in the cooking process, which is tage In its combustion, calls for more air than can be had through the body of fuel, and unless this is supplied above the fire the greatest value of the fuel is lost up the chimney In unconsumed gases. Too much alr for good combustion can be ad- mitted over the fire, but it is not likely to bo the case if the slide damper in the feed door of a furnace bullt for anthracite s left wide open all the time. The draft opening in the ash pit door, on the other hand, needs to be less widely and con- | tinuously open than for anthracite. With the same amount of bottom draft. which it 1s customary to give hard coal, soft coal would simulate the combustion in & blast turnace and call for constant stoking. The householder must also remember that the check drafts in the smoke pipe, which with anthracite is usually kept open in moderate weather, cannot be opened much, 1t any, with soft coal, or the house will fill with smoke. The best way is to leave it closed altogether. With the attention to these details, which reverse the customary practice with anthracite, a furnace may be run on bituminous coal so as to keep a house entirely comfortable. It will be found difficult, if sible, to kecp elther a range or furnace fire over night with soft coal unless one has & watchman on duty to look after ft. As an offset to this, however, we have the ease with which a fresh fire of soft corl may be lighted, and its almost in stantaneous response in heat-imparting efficiency. It kindles nearly as easily as shavings, and the coke of the previous fire does not have to be removed from the fire pot. All that is neceseary is to shake down the fine ash, and make the new fire upon what remains. With a little judg- ment, one having a smail supply of an thracite available, may run his furnace through the day and evening with soft coal, and by adding anthracite at night have a fire In the morning. But with no anthracite at all, he can, with a little more trouble than he is accustomed to, keep his house comfortable with soft coal. not -impos- PERSONAL NOTES. if Tom Johnson is not after the chalr, he could fill it; he Even presidential Maximilian Showzo Machita of Sanuke, Japan, was valedictorian of the graduating class of Lehigh university this year. Lieutenant J. M. Worrell, a confederate officer, has presented to the state house, Columbus, O., a plece of the first flag pole ever erected in honor of Abraham Lincoln. The late Judge Noah Davis had probably drawn more wills than most lawyers of his time, but, as is quite common in such cases, fafled to leave one for himsclf, and his con- siderable fortune has to be disposed of under the intestate laws of New York. Dr. Floreston Agullar, dentiet to the king of Spain, has arrived in this country to study American methods of filling and pull- ing teeth. The doctor will visit Chicago during his brief stay in America. He is protessor of odontology in the University of Madrid. The forthcoming retirement from Parlla- ment of W. E. Lecky, the historian, is said to be due to heart weakness. He is the most fluent speaker in Parliament and causes despair to stenographers because his speeches flow swiftly in a continuous stream of most elegant but difficult language, with never a pause or break, the result being that when he desires an accurate report he is forced to supply it himself. Danfel H. Morgan, a Yale student and son of Elisha Morgan, millionaire head of the writing paper trust, started out as a tramp from Springfleld, Mass., with a chum, their object belng to study the hobo with a view to literary effort. In Boston they were arrested as vagrants, and, as this was “a bit of local color” for which they had not bargained, they declared their {dentity. The incredulous policeman laughed at their protestations and only after considerable use of the wires were they given freedom. One such experience was enough and both hurried back to Springfield Commander McCrea has just returned home after a long cruise with the gunboat Machlas in the West Indies and in Carib- bean waters. His officers say that last month the commander served notice on the Haytian insurgents that he would not allow them to bombard Cape Haytien without due limit. “And suppose I do not glve such otice?" said the insurgent admiral, Killick. “Well, my ship will be between you and the shore,” sald McCrea, “and my men are rather restive when there is any firing going on. They're rather restive, that's all," he added, fixing the keen glance of his light blue eyes on the admiral, who under- stood and took the hint. the first | MBINATION. THE PACK « Kansas City Star: The contradiction by Charles W, Armour of this city of the story of the proposed packing house merger bears all of the marks of versimilitude. The packing houses ought 1o understand, 1t they do not, that a trust in essential food products Is something the people would not tolerate. The late Kirkland B. Are mour declared a few years before he dled that If such a combination were ever a tempted it would be the beginning of the end for the trusts, and in this prophecy he displayed the broad business judgment which contributed to the success of his commercial career. | Philadelphia Press: If one meat packing company sells at one price in all the eas ern states it is violating no state law, com- mon or etatute, against regrating or trusts. | What the firms in meat packing cannot do as firms to control price without break- ing laws the samo men can do safely or- ganized and holding stock In a New Jersey corporation. Nor can any existing law | reach thelr control of meat prices through one company chartered in New Jersey to evade the iaws of every state in which it does business. Ought this not to end? Should capital thus be able to exchange the {real for the nominal tovereignty of Ia: over this operation by the expedient of ore ganizing a corporation? Chicago Inter Ocean: What makes the public suspect the packers’ combination— what will cause it to be denounced-~1is it that the men who compose it have been charged in the past with using their united power to mulct the producer and consumer by turns. They have been accused of con- spiring to restrain trade and are now under the prohibition of the courts agalost | such conspiracy. They have denied these accusations, and until their guilt is proved they are entitled to the benefits of the ! doubt. It may be that they have seen that their advantage need not be the public's | injury and have resolved so to use their | powers as to give the public a fair shi of the benefits of the centralized manage- ment of a great industry. The packers are entitled to fair play and honest judgment— most of all in Chicago, of whose prosperity their industry supplies €o great a part—but for that very reason there is upon them an espectally imperative necessity that they demonstrate the harmlessness and the use~ fulness of their combination by unm takable deeds. | SMILING REMARKS, “What's the vatery, or Who | Cleveland Plain title of Biskit's latest stor | “%rhe Black Diamond ‘anu-d the Bin? Washington Star: “\What have vou ever done for your country?’ asked the Indige nant citzen. ““Never started to count up' answe the practical politiclan. ‘“Too busy findin out what my country can do for me.” Chicago Tribune: “This Is a great age (oA s "Ta your husband inclined {0 spend anything tn that way? “Yes; he spends about half his time spec- u|n|ll||{ on ways and means to keep rom having to work the other half of his time.” . Mrs. Billus was dis- new addition to the Philadelphia Press: gatisfied with ~the h nu said you were going to have a grate in this room, John,’ she complained, “and It en’t here. Can't we afford 1t?” | goiee, e paid, “ws can afford the grate putting 1t in? n't afford to use | Baltimore American: “Sir." says the caller who has a large blank book under his arm, "I am [nlherlnx industrial and . May I ask {f you are a coal consumer? Here the man of the house looks at the stranger. with a bitter smile and slowly cloges_the, door as he answers: “1 was." New York Sun: “Do you keep plq tins?" asked the stylishly dressed woma “'Ple tins?'’ repeated the wna-m‘\uw- eler. *“No, madam, we do not ‘I' said tie pins,” snapped ‘the enraged customer, us, With cheeks blasing and eyes snapping at the insult, she salled out. Somerville Journal: H|rkl—Pol|ten doesn't cost anything, they suy, but you it does. Wicks—How 80?7 Hicks—I" was applying _for situation once and 1 sald ‘After you, sir,/ to the man who reached the advertiser's door just as I did. And the other fellow got the Job. END OF FLY TIME. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. The flles no more Around us soar On missions long so hateful; Their time has passed, They're gone at last, And we are truly grateful, At break of dawn, When night was gone, used to come and wake us; They'd tickle toes, And ears and nose, And angry they would make us. They When mealtime came hey'd taste eac sh And dudge each swish By making sudden sally, Right back again They'd come and then Would o'er their s be gloatingy, And it we' “amite Just (hruul’h spite Woula tnthe soup go floating. We'd start to read But not succeed Without a lot of trouble; For still the files Would tyranize, And efforts they would double. Day after day he flies held sway T And by their pranks tormented; hey'd tease and bite With all their might, And none of them repented. At last relief Haa stopped our griet, For gone are the flles so prankful, me far have fied, Ti 4 And we are duly thankful he rest are dead WHAT USE Is a sunit of clothes or an overcoat to you that looks well for only a few days? stretches the days into months when you buy clothing here. Superior making and finish These cool nights and mornings could be made com- fortable with about $15.000 invested in one of our top coata. No Clothing Fits Like Ours. Rrowning-ing - @ Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. , R. 8. Wilcox, Manager.