Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1902, Page 6

S AR THE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. g;ny Bee (without Sunaay), One Year..$4.00 lly bee ana Sunday, Une Year... 9 llustrated Bee, Une Year unday Bee, One Year aturday iee, Une Year ] ‘wentieih Century Farm One Year.. DELIVERED BY CARRIER, gnlly Bee (without Sunday), per copy aily Bee (without Bunuay), per week... 12 ally Bee (inciuding Sunaay), per week..iic| BUNGAY BEC, PEr LOPY..rvresssriirees e Evening Bee (without Sanday), per week ¢ | Evening Bee (ncluding Bunday), per | week .....100 Compla f irregularities in delivery #hould be uddressed to Uity Circulation De- partment, OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bullaing Bouth Omaha—City Hali isuflding, Twen- ty-fiith and M Streets. Council Blufts—10 Peari Street. Chicago—16# Unity Building. New York—2:8 park Row Bullding. Washington—wi Fourteenth CORRESPONDED Communications relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, ciitorial Department. BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss,: Gcorge B. ‘Izsciiuck, secretary of The Bee Puolishing Cownpany, being uuly sworn, says that the actual number of full and fomplete coples of The Lally, Morning, | vening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of November, 102, was &s follows 81,470 81,810 TOtAl " ouiiroses Less unsold and return Net total sales. Net average sale GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. scribed in my presence and sworn to betore me this Buth day ot November, A. D. M. B. HUNGATE, (Seal) Notary Fublic. The man behind the counter will now heave a huge sigh of rellef: Old Santa Claus is entitled to a rest, but nobody is ordering him to take it. Paradoxically, the biggest Christmas stocking does not always hold the most. The scheme for organizing a big buggy manufacturers’ trust went through smoothly as If it had had rubber tires. The Agricultural department must bhave splkes in its heels from the way it Is succeeding in stamping out the foot and mouth disease, Practically all the railroad companies that haven't thought of it themselves are getting Christmas hints from thelr organized employes, ] Members of the council who have sandbagged the power franchise ordi- pance by adopting the free-for-all amendment are simply playing ostrich. et That scheme to mine coal under the sea ought to be followed up immediately by a plan to scrape all the gold off the bottom of the ocean. There are millions n it . SES——————— The rallroads are going through the annual motions of cutting off the free list for the coming, year, buf Ihe nn.mfl'ei' of passes presented to the.conductors will suffer no visible diminution.” S——— The scheme of stretching a * dying man's neck to restore him to consclous- ness hardly proves as successful, al- though It Is fully as sensational, as Doctor Lorenz' bloodless surgery. J. Hamilton Le Hon. radlating at the center, that forthcoming Jacksonian banquet ought to be a warm proposition, no matter what temperature the outside atmosphere may register, ‘With the is Em——— The Omaha Commercial club will en- terta'n the Nebraska members-elect to the Fifty-eighth congress. Omaha will do well to keep 1n as close touch as pos- sible with the congressmen from all the Nebraska districts. Councllmen who are on the payrolls of franchised corporations and council- men who enjoy large incomes from toe sale of materials to franchised corpora- tions may always be depended upon to do the bldding of their benefactors, —_— Why should the city of Omaha be put to the expense of publishing the open door franchise ordinance when every- body In and out of the councll knows that it is not acceptable to anybody and 1s not Intended to be of any use to any- body? o| dent. /Tie fhnda " for ‘pFivate gain feh — Benator Teller has gone to Colorado, but not primarily for the holidays nor 18 it likely to be a holiday time with him. The popocratic senatorial horizon 1s cloudy and a large area of low barom- eter is eonfldently fdweshadowed by the political forecaster, : e rp— The ,hjoirnnut of the coal strike arbitytors to January 5 may possibly mean $hat they are 5o tired of the fn- vestigltion that they aFant a long rest or that'they hopethe parties are so tired that they will perhaps themselves settle! the matter by that time. by legal proof thiat Chicago policemen in full uni- form have stood guard for robbers while they did thelr work the report may be credited that Mayor Harrison does not want another term, or else he Is sure the people of that city do not want an- other term of such administration, S The railroads are constantly boasting of the new improvements made in their lines at a cost always up into the mil- lions and there 18 no question that mil- lions of dollars have been put into bet- terments In this state alone. Yet Ne- braska railroads are paying taxes on a smaller assessment than ten years ago. The more moncy they put in the less taxes they pay. THE STUEFER INCIDENT. HA DATLY BEE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 190 argely composed of elderly and digni- When Willlam Stuefer declared him- | fea personages who do not go about it self out of the race for a second term As state treasurer on the eve of the re- publican state convention of 1002 It was generally belleved that this was the closing chapter in the Stuefer inel- But Mr. Stuefer's fool friends at the state capital have taken It on’them- selves not only to glorify the outgoing state treasurer but in dolng so to villify the editor of The Bee by representing Mr. Stuefer as a martyr to political and personal animosity. Under the caption of “More or Less Personal” the Lincolh Journal, that has always been the bul- wark of state house jobbers and apolo- gist for public thievery, Indulges in the following comment: Perhaps it has been printed before, but it will do no harm to repeat the story that the assault upon Tremsurer Stuefer had Its origin in the senatorial struggle of 1901, which s justly considered onme of the biackest pages In the political history of the state. The members of the senatorial syndicate were using every power at the! command to reduce or Intimidate the mem- bers of the leglelature and their friends. Stuefer was told, It is claimed, that unless he used his Influence and brought certain members into Mr. Rosewater's column he would have ample cause to regret It In the future. He didn't scare worth a cent, and when the abuse began after the-ses- slon was over he slmply threw up his hands and said that he was ready to retire to private life. He could bave hung the Rosewater hide on the fence without much trouble, but a nasty row was not to his liking, and he washed his hands of the whole busines It is widely regretted that he did not have the stomach to make a | fight, but if a man prefers to live a decert, | Quiet life with his family and his own af- fairs, it is hardly fair to criticise him for It. This attempt to gloss over Mr. stuef; er's speculative financiering is an out- rageous perversion of’the truth that we cannot afford to ignore. Mr. Stuefer's attitude In the senatorial contest had nothing whatever to do with the course pursued by The Bee or its editor with reference to his management of the state school funds. During the contest before the legislature, Mr. Stuefer pro- fessed to be friendly to the candidacy of Rosewater and up to this time we know of no action on his part that would indi- cate otherwise. There was no occaslon for threatening Mr. Stuefer even if he had been openly or covertly opposed tu Rosewater. The only republican mem- ber of the legislature from his district supported Rosewater until he went out of the caucus and promised him his vote any time he could be elected by it. Mr. Stuefer never had an opportunity to refuse Rosewater a favor and as a matter of fact has never had ‘any per- sonal controversy with him to this date. Long before Stuefer was thought of as state treasurer the editor of The Bee was publicly committed against treas- ury farming of public funds. In 1805 he framed an amendment to the consti- tution which was submitted by the legls- lature declaring that state officers “shall not receive to their own use any fees, costs, interests on public money in theéir hands or under their control, perquisites of office or other compensation” than the salaries fixed by law, This position has been maintained successively by The Bee year in and year out and was embodied in the following resolution presented by its editor to the republican state convention of 1801 and unani- mously adopted by that body: The practice of depositing public funds on private account and the loaning of‘pub- Viblatibn ot pubNo trubt. ™ A ‘e’ Mttdtier publlc “safety’ we" demind "tHat /the stuvs treasurer and every county, city, vilage and sclicol dlstrict tredurer shall ‘keop the taxpayers fully informed concerning the condition and_disposition of the mopeys entrusted to his safe keeping by the pub- lication of monthly financial statements showing the amount of money on - hand, the name of each bank in which it is da- posited, with the amounts on deposit in each. At the time this resolution was Intro- duced the editor of The Bee confidently expected Treasurer Stuefer to. come promptly to the front with a complete exhibit of treasury deposits, and had no inkling that anything was wrong until he refused to comply with the demand of the convention. The Information concerning the Burt county, Cuming county and Otoe county bond deals did not reach The Bee until after the elee- tion of 1901. The facts disclosed upon full inquiry fully justified the demand made by The Bee for the retirement of Mr. Stuefer. In the face of the losses sustained by the state through Mosher and Bartley there could be no palliation of speculative purchases of bonds through middlemen, whether or not they shared the profits with the treas- urer or pocketed them altogether, In this view The Bee was sustained by an overwhelming public sentiment which would undoubtedly have defeated Mr. Stuefer had he been renominated and seriously jeopardized other candl- dates on the state ticket. - This was the consensus of opinion of the state con- vention and this it was that prompted Mr. Stuefer's withdrawal. The Bee gave credit to Mr. Stuefer for volun- tarily relleving the party, and there his friends should have been ‘content th let him rest. Thelr revival of the Stuefer incident alone has f Apon s’ the disagreeable task of correctiug the at- tempted” perversion' of history: EXTEND THE C MISSIONS PYWER. The Interstate Commerce commission presumably has power to: determine whether rallroad rates are reasonable, but practically it is impotent to enforce its rulings. No matter how flagrantly exorbitant or unreasonable the commis- slon way pronounce any. given rate or fariff that rate or tariff nevertheless stauds. It is no rellef to the shipper's or the producer’s anguish of mind* and hurt of pocket that the commission sym- pathizes with him, so long as it cannot put forth a protecting hand. The most that the commission can do I8 to tell its troubles to the courts, the law expressly providing that the wrong- ful rates must not be enforced until the whole thing has been adjudicated by the supreme court of the United States. And as a rule that august | as i well as many of m‘l-mu’ courts, hot foot to dispose of such matters. Ex- perience has fully demonstrated that the remedies of the Interstate Commerce law were well surrounded with the en- chantment that distance lends, ‘What is needed, what is indispensable, Is that the commission should have power, not merely to Inquire and de- termine, but also to act. If its capacity to arbitrate differences between ship- pers and public carriers is conceded, Its findings should be given prima facle credit and stand till reversed by some | higher authority. If it Is not competent to pass upon the basic questions of reénsonable tolls and discriminating schedules the commission should be abolished. OUR ORIENTAL TRADE. There s no subject of greater interest to the American people, and especially to the people of the west, than that of the future commerce of the far east, The possibilities of that trade present a propogition which may well engage the most careful and enlightened consider- atlon, not only of our sgatesmen, but also of our most advanced manufac- turers and merchants. As a matter of fact, there appears to be very little real knowledge of what 1s required to promote our trade with the countries of the far epst. The average American manufacturer and merchant seems to be utterly unaware of what Is necessary to win success in the coun- triés of the east. The trouble seems to be that the American manufacturer is satisfied to send his surplus into the foreign markets, depending upon ex- traordinary conditions to have them sold there. The result of this Is that they come Into competition with like goods of other countrles, which are made with special reference to the needs of those countries, and the ef- fect is unfavorable to the United States. The obvious policy is fo change the course that has been pursued and to adopt one that will be in accord with that of forelgn countties In their deal- ing with the people of the far east. It ought to be perfectly plain to Amesican manufacturers and merchants that they cannot win the business of the Orl- ental countries unless they are pre- pared to give to thosé countries goods which in quality and price will be on a par with like goods from any other part of the world, 3 We are competitors for trade in the far east, and in order to make that com- petition successful we must be able to offer as good articles, to sell as cheaply and to give as good terms as our com- petitors. Are we in a position to do this? This is the prime question for those who are launching out for the Oriental ‘trade, which promises to con- tribute so largely to our future wealth and prosperity. S r——— A NARROW ESCAPK FOR LINCOLN. The.Omaba and Council Bluffs street railway merger has been a startling eye- opener to the good people of Lincoln. The clause In the articles of Incorpora- tion of the reorganized street rallway octopus that authorizes it to extend its tentacles In<a southwesterly direction kmpngh Douglas and Sarpy counties to Saunders county, thence through Wahoo .and Ashland and through Lancaster CAUBLY into the .city of Lincoln, affords convineing proof that the large, progres- sive capitdl city has had & narrow es- cape. = Looking through the big end of a tele- scope, the observer on the top of the dome has discovered a Trojan horse on motor wheels, built and designed for the sole purposé of accomplishing the com- mercial conquest of Lincoln and pipe- lining all its sap and vitality into the back yard of Council Bluffs, Had it not been for the vigilance, sagacity and sublime patriotism of the mayor of Lin- coln the dire calamity of being swal- lowed horse, foot and dragoons by Greater Omaha could not have been averted. The form borne by the Trojan horse of Omaha construction was that of a camel that had been reared, stabled and' groomed In the South Omaba stock yards. The strategic move was to be- #in by the insertion of the camel's head, followed by his hump and body, into the gates of Lincoln. The full particulars of the exploded con- spiracy against the peace and well being of Lincoln appear in the lat- est number of the Lincoln Journal and recall the closing chapters of one of Conan Doyle’'s ingenfous detective storles. We are told In language that is plain that the name of the man who offered a Trojan trolley line as a present to the Lincolnites was Manager Kenyon of the Bouth Omaha stock yards. Says the narrator: “ Mr. Kenyon comes down here and buys the stock yards property. There is much talk of resuming packin Then he be- &ins tearing down the packing houses that Lincoln bullt fifteen years ago at a cost of §100,000. ~While the work of tear- ing down house No. 1 is still in progress he comes into tawn and his friends whis- per it around that the Armours are going to do great things at West Lincoln and want him to buy the Home street rallroad franchise to allow these great develop- ments to get started. Excitable public opinion s fanned by mysterious whispers, and only the hard business sense of Mayor Winnett keeps the tranchise out of Mr. Ken- you's hands. It developed two weeks ago that he wanted it for an Interurban lime, and now it looks very much as if his work as done for the Omaba Street Rallroad company itself. It would be a brilliant scheme to give that corporation a chance to come in here with an In- terurban line owned In Omaba end Tun In the interests of Omahs. But Mr. Kebyon didn't get the franchise, and the city can keep the road out uctil it comes In on terms. favorable to Lincoln. The city Is now free to encourage som: concern like the Akron syndicate to come in and bulld up a corporation that will have its headquarters and power houses and shops 1n Lincoln, and will be managed in the Interests of this city. All other con- cerns can he kept out, for the South Lin- coln franchise is still owned here and the people will be pretty unanimous in wanting them barred from participation in the u of the streets of the city. And thus It is that Lincoln is able to | e e e e celebrate the Christmas of 1902 without being frightened by the horrible night- mare which germinated in an enterpris- ing reporter and a suspiclous mayor. As a matter 6f fact, Mr. Kenyon's ex- ploit in the suburbs of the city of Lin- coln had no more to do with the Omaha and Council Bluffs street rallway oc- topus than it did with Marconi's wire- less telegraph station at Quodunk or Polduhu, as you please. The clause in the new charter of the octopus that permits It to construct trolley lines to connect Omaha with various towns and citles of Nebraska and lowa has no other significance than would have the provision in the articles of incorporation of an Omaha manufacturing concern granting it the right to establish branch mills or factories in other towns and in other states. City Treasurer Hennings’ recom- mendations of charter amendments and needed revenue legislation merit serfous consideration at the hands of the Doug- las county delegation to the leglslature. The defects in the charter and revenue laws pointed out by Mr. Hennings af- fect vitally all the taxpayers of Omaha. Mr. Hennings has made a reputation a: a delinquent tax collector, but with all the vigor and persistency brought to bear by him the task of cleaning up the record has baffled his utmost endeavor. The amount of uncollected and uncol- lectible taxes on the books of the treas- urer exceeds $2,000,000, and even If all penalties were remitted and only one- third of the amount collected, Omaha could pay off its bonds maturing in 1903 and still retain a very handsome sur- plus in its treasury. —— Whatever else the new year may be to Mr. Harriman, it is likely to be a busy one. To say nothing of the still unsettled labor complications of the Union Pacific, hix management Is in- volved In a strenuous contest with the Great Northern system on the one hand, while on the other all accounts indicate that a still more serious contest Is im- pending with the Gould system. If he should begin the clearance of his table of accumulated business with a hearty adjustment of affairs with the Unlon Pacific locked out employes it would be a start in the right direction. Manager h has defined his position on the electric lighting franchise to his own satisfaction and that of the Thom- son-Houston Electric Lighting com- pany, but the members of the city coun- cil who voted the open door franchise prepared for them by Mr. Nash are yet to give an explanation that will be sat- Isfactory to the citizens and taxpayers of Omaha. The recent orders issued from head- quarters at Manila to the army in that vicinity show ‘that General Miles has really been there. ' While they involve no impeachment of the soldierly charac- ter, Infraction of military efficlency or diseipline, they Indicate a lamentable laxness among the rank and file in burn- ishing the brass buttons on their uni- forms. —_— Spotting a Vietim. Saturday Evening Post. Nothing {s more remarkable than the increase In the utilization of waste prod- ucts. Some day It may even reach the waste basket, — A Word for the Amerfcan Man, Washington Post. ‘The fact that impecunious foreign females with elongated titles don't come to this country in search of rich husbands is some- what of a compliment to the men on this side of the water. —_——— Doing Everybody. Indlanapolis Journal, Some of those who call themselves the salt of the earth cannot resist the tempta- tion in the scarcity of fuel to push up the prices, having forgotten the utterances of the bible against those who harass the poor. —_—— An Admirable Record. Bt. Louts Republie. Thirteen St. Louls boodlers and per- jurers have been convicted by juries. The sentences . imposed aggregate Afty-two years' imprisonment. They will be able to do_considerable mediating in & collective half century. ————— Take to Elevator for a Chan, Philadelphih. Record. Many western railroad companies recog- nize the propriety of increasing the wages of their laborers, and in doing so they equate things by reducing the salaries of the clerks in the administrative bureaus. How would it do to apply the same eco- nomic principle to the salaries of the pres- idents and other highly paid officials? General Nord's unanimous election to the presidency of Hayt! by the Haytian con- gress constitutes a high and well deserved tribute to his popularity. The circumstance that the general had the chamber sur- rounded by a brigade of infantry and three batteries of artillery while the balloting wi going on merely shows his anxiety to pro- tect the legislators from annoyance during their deliberation: les of the Game, Indianapolis News. It seems that, mccording to the striot rules of the game, the allles, in their peace- ful blockade, are restrained to the use of ultimatums for the purposes of bombard- ment. This I5 a wise provision of interna- tional law that saves poise, powder, money and property damage, sometimes even life, and 1s just as exciting to the forelgn of- fices of the various countries engaged as any other style of play. Of course, it renders the life of the blockaders rather 1t is easy to be lazy The danger of wireless telegraph sta- tions on the coast, particularly in the hands of foreigners, has so impressed itsel? on the French government that it has selzed a station at Cherbourg. Rear Admiral Bradford recommended some time ago In his annual report to Secretary Moody that measures should be taken for government control of such stations on the coast, and since that recommendation was made France has made this selzure and Germany bas issued an iovithtion for an interna- tional conference on the subject. There ap- pear to be a number of reasons why this idea of government control should be en- forced, particnlarly when there is danger of foreign trouble. NEW RULES FOR THE ARMY. An Assortment of Stringent Regula- [ Washington dispatches announce the ls- suance by the War department of orders governing the examination and classifica- tion of gunners, giving new and more stringent rules for the acceptance of re- crults, defining and explaining the salutes which may and should be fired in honor of officers and government officlale of differ- ent rank and explaining the methods ob- served in the distribution of government documents covering army rules and regula- tions. The orders relative to recruits are In substance as follows: K “Until further orders peveons under the age of 21 years will not be enlisted, and ex- treme caution must be exercised in the cases of young men applying for enlist- ment who claim to be 21 years of age or a few months over that age. The unsupported statements of such applicants must not be accepted, but to be eligible for enlistment they must furnish competent proof to re- move any doubt regarding age. “Enlistments and re-enlistments must be without conditions, and no compromise muet be made to men upon enlfstment re- garding service at home or abrdhd, as they will be assigned according to the best in- terests of the service.” Some changes in the method of firing salutes are provided by one of the orders, ‘which in part are as follow “Salutes will be fired between sunrise and sunset only, and, as a rule, not on Bunday, unless required by International courtesy. The national flag will always be dieplayed at the time of firing a salute. The national salute is twenty-one guns. It is also the salute to a national flag. The salute to the union, commemorative of the Declaration of Independence and consist- ing of one gun for each state, is fired at noon on July 4 at every post provided with suitable artillery. “An ex-president of the United tSatos re- ceives a salute of twenty-one guns; the vice president and president of the senate and American or forelgn ambassadors re- celve a salute of nineteen gun: of the cabinet, the chief justice, the speaker of the house of representatives, a commit- tee of congress officially visiting a mill- tary post, governors within the respective states and territorles and lieutenant gov- ernor of the Philippine island receive sev- enteen guns; the vice governor of the Phil- ippine islands receives fifteen guns; a governor general recelves a salute of sev- enteen guns. The term ‘governor general' shall be taken to mean an administrative officer under whom officers with the title of governor are acting. The assistant sec- retary of war or the assistant secretary of the navy, when officlally visiting a mili- tary post, receives a salute of fifteen guns.” As to the distribution of drill regula- tions and other governmeni publications the new orders “Books of instruction (government pub- lications), such as drill regulations or the army gu manuals, manuala of courts- martial and the manuals of the Narious staff departments will be furnished gra- tultously to all officers of the army for their personal use to the extent of one copy each upon application to the officer in charge of the distribution of War de- partment documents. Duplicate coples will not be supplied to individual officers or or- ganizations unless it is clearly shown that those on hand are entirely worn out and irrepairable. = Private publications are not purchased by the department for lssue to officers of the army for their personal use, as they are expected to supply themselves with all such books as are necessary for the study of their profession, including the period during which they may be undergo- ing Instruction at the service schools.” ‘The orders of especlal imterest to gun- mers are partly as follows: “The object of this examination ts to ascertain in each battery the qualified gunners by their absolute and relative ex- cellence in comprehending and mastering the prescribed instruction. This examina- tion will take place at the posts whe: the respective batteries may be 'serving amd will be separate for each batteryi The ex- aminations will take place each’ year ‘at such times as may be designated by the department commander, but as soon after the close of the prescribed instruction for gunners as may be practicable and before the annual target practice. qualified gunner will be rated as such for a period of three years, and for such additional time as may be required to pro- vide for his re-examination, unless he has during that time been out of the artillery service for more than three months. “A second-class gunner, on his own ap- plication, may be permitted to compete at any annual examination for classification ‘Each battery commander will, previous to the arrival of the members of the board at the post, submi? to the adjutant a lis duly signed, of names of all the men in his battery who may be designated for exami- nation, with the statement that he belleves that each man so presented is capable of qualifying as first or second class gunner. ‘This list will be given to the senlor mem- ber of the board. The board will keep a record of his marks during the examina- tion, and at the conclusion thereof will for- ward to department headquarters a tabu- Jar list of the candidates of each organiza- tion arranged in order of merit as first and second class gunoers, respectively. The marks received in each subject will appear opposite the respective candidates’ names and appropriate totals carried out. This tabular list, with the date of the report of the board, will be published In orders by the department commander. Enlisted men who obtain an average of 85 per cent of ‘the total maximum mark at the examina- tion will be classed as first-class gunners, and those who obtain an average of 65 per cent will be classed as second-class gun- ners.” PERSONAL NOTES, Atter all, the real reason for the advance of kerosene ofl is that the oil trust wants the money. Mme. Patt!, it s sald, preserves as a tallsman the boots she wore at her debut over forty years ago. The people of Spain have discovered that King Alfonso is not only diplomatic, but seems to have a will of his own. The German and English method of pro- ceeding against Venezueia is for the cred- itor to constitute himself constable, judge and sheriff. After General Miles, General Young will be lieutenant general five months and then General Chaffee will serve about two years as the head of the army, Newton Thorp is designing ment in Union square, San Francisco, which will be erected to commemorate Admiral Dewey's victory of Manila bay. It will cost about $45,000. The members of the Studebaker family of South Bend, Ind., have decided to mark the anniversary of the death of Clem Studebaker by giving to the Epworth hos- pital, in their city, $50,000 in addition to former gifts for a hospital building. The great grandtather of Mrs. Mary Jane Pairo, who has just died in Baltimore, was & member of the Boston tea party, and in ber home hangs the mirror which hung in the hall of the house from which the Bos- ton tea party started on its expedition. i the monu- BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. Experts in the redemption division of the treasury recently eased the feelings of & Chicago woman considerably by redeem- ing two $10 notes which she told the de- partment had been accidentally destroyed by her husband. The money belonged to a church soclety, of which the woman was treasurer, and was to have been used for missionary work. After the money had been paid to her In small sums she had it | changed into two new $10 bills, which she thought would be safe in the stove, so she { placed the money beneath the grate. Sev- eral days later her husband burned some old newspapers, also the money. When the time came for turning over the money to the missionary the treasurer went to the stove and found instead of two crisp not only a few charred fragments. These sho gathered up and sent to the Treasury de- partment. The case made a great deal of merriment in the department. “If I were {out of a job,” remarked one of the | ant secretaries, I should get a load of gold bricks and start for Chicago.” Senator Hanna has announced the dis- continuance of his famous corned beet hash breakfasts and great {s the sorrow of the atesmen who loved to drop in on him Sunday mornings and partake of his fa- mous dish. The senator has taken up his residence at a hotel, having given up Cam- eron house, in Lafayette square, where he ded for the last two ar three years, and in which he gave his celebrated break- fasts. Mrs. Hanna and the family will spend the winter at Thomasville, Ga., and the scnator thought there was no use of having & whole house to himself. It is not this fact, however, that put an end to the breakfasts. The only person who had the recipe for the hash was Mr. Hanna's col- ored ehef. The hotel management tried to employ him, but he refused to leave the Hanna family. An effort was then made to purchase the recipe, but the chef re. fused: to give up the secret of compound- ing the hash, but carried it with him to Thomasville. Last winter corned beef hash at the Hanna home meant a gathering of the most famous men in Washington, Pres- 1dent Roosevelt frequently ran over from the White House and joined the hash eat- ers. He has not taken breakfast with Mr. Hanna since the bill of fare was changed. Mrs. Roosevelt has demonstrated in a genuine fashion that there is not a bit of snobbishness in “the first lady of the land,” relates a Washington correspondent. At a recent White house reception, after a num- ber of distinguished guests had been re- celved by Mrs. Roosevelt, a woman, beau- titully gowned and conducting herself with an air of distinction, was presented. After customary formalities the gueat passed on to join a group of women whose husbands were in the officlal set. A frigid nod from one and a haughty reply from an- other made it all too plain that she was unwelcome, for some one had recognized her as a former saleswoman in a large New York department store. With consummate grace she withdrew from the circle and was about to leave the parlor when Mrs. Roosevelt, with her char- acteristic tact and discernment, stepped to her side and, extending her hand, said: “I think we hardly need to be {ntroduced, as we are such old friends. I am glad to meet you here." And placing an arm around the waist of the young woman who had so often sup- plied her wants at the New York store, Mrs. Roosevelt led her to a sofa and chatted with her for fifteen or twenty minutes in the charming manner which is Inherent in t! wile of the president of the United Stat and which has endeared her to every Amer- ican woman. ““Uncle Joe' Cannon entered the hall of the house the other day while discussion about the blll to stamp out the foot-and- mouth disease. was on, relates the Washing- ton Post. A southern: democrat, who talks very frequently and on ‘“‘any old” subject, ‘which fact has become = jest on both sides Lot the: chamber, held the-floor. ! #Does’ ‘thissbill cu he mouth disease?"’ inquire® ‘“Uhcle. Joe” of .a. company of statesmfen near him:: . “Yes,” sald they. ““Well, then,” replied *Unecle Joe,” with a wave of his hand toward the voluble southern democrat, “I am for it.” The rapld rise of James A. Hemenway of Indlana, who is to succeed *Uncle Joe" Cannon as chairman of the appropriations committee, ought to be a great encourage- ment to the much-abused sewiag machine agents of the country. It has not been very many years since Mr. Hemenway wi peddling sewing machines In southern Indi- ana. He is familiar with all the country roads In that sect’on of the Hoosler s for he has driven them day and night in search of housewives who were not sup- plied with'sewing machines. He did not pre- tend to know anytbing about national af- fairs when he went to Washington, but he knew how to stick to & task until he se- cured results, and it is that trait which has caused his rapid advancement on the committee on appropriations. Mr. Hem- enway Is recognized as the most valuable man on the committee except “Uncle Joe." He now is a candidate for governor of his state, Senator Spboner relates this anecdote of the former Kansas orator: remember once when Brown was in the senate from Georgla. He was constantly rubbing his hands together. One day he became some- what heated on the sectional question and Ingalis rose and flayed him. I remember that Ingalls called him the ‘Uriah Heep of politics.’ “Brown didn‘t reply. Next day he camo in with a very meek. rejoinder to Ingalls, which he read from manuseript, thereby taking from it what little force it had. After Brown had finished, Senator Butler of South Carolina, wishing to be kind, said to Brown: ‘That was a.strong speech of yours, Brown." “Well,! sald Brown, complacently, ‘In- #alls brought it on himeelt.’ INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION, tve Experiments in Profit Shar- ng Project Philadelphia Ledy Industrial co-operation, as we learn from & Pittsburg dispatch, is to be given a test by a corporation which will be not only intensely laterosting, but may also prove an important step in the solution of the labor problems by the sttalmment of real industrial peace. The Republic Iron and Steel company has notified the Amalga- mated AssocMtion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers that & plan for making the work- men stockholders in the eompany will be iented to the next convention of the as- fon for considerstion. It is said soc‘ation will approve the plan, and that if 1t be accepted the workers who are stockholders will have representation in the directorate of the company. Profit-sharing, ment of the interest of the workers ty giving them & share of their labor has long appealed to many minds as the eventual solution of the labor problem. If the work- ers could only be got to work for the; selves there would be no strike and no labor troubles, but the practical attempts to put the system in operation have not been wholly successful as yet on so large Another wi Nor e Lool The Wage: Gets to the B Cheers but & moment--soon ou ¢ To those far Suburbs that o hose . atill cm";"' a soale as to tempt great enterprists to try the plan, and it may also be sald that where attempts have been made they have not been made under such auspicious condl tions and surrounded by sensible safe- ) guards. But there is nothing in co-operation rightly conducted which forbids sucoess. The co-operative socleties of Eirgland aro meeting with astonishing success. The Co- operative Soclety of Barnsley reeently opened its fiftieth retall store, and so great bas been the encroachment of these so- cleties on the business of the fhdependent Arader that at St. Helen's, near Barnsley, the Private Traders' Defense assoclation was recently formed, while the co-opeia- tive socleties raised a fighting fund of $500,000 with which to carry on the im- pending war. The socleties do an enormous business and the independent trader is being ground between the upper and nether milistone, with the co-operative socleties and the great corporations and their branches contending for trad A recent writer on the English co-operative socle- ties says: ‘'Co-operations as at present organized, therefore neither divide profits among its employes nor impairs its business efMclency . by allowing those employes to meddle with things which they do not yet understand. Profits go now not to employes, nor yet to shareholders, but to consumers. Each consumer gets a dividend based on the amount of his purchases. The result is that the body of consumers may be sald to own the co-operative store and to take the place of capitalist. The manager of the store and all the other employes are hired by the consumers und are under just. about the same kind of discipline—in economio theory—as they would be It they were working for an {ndividual."” Suceesstul co-operation cn a Jarge scale in England is chiefly confined to trading, but if the business can be carried on suc- cesafully against the competition of the Independent dealer and the powerful com- binations there is some vitality in co- operation, and it {s not apparent why the samo idea could not be applled to manu- tacturing, or almost any Industry. THE ACME OF GREED. Chicago Tribune: Mr. Rockefellor prob- ably reasons that as the price of evefything elee has Increased the people ought to be willing to stand an advance of a cent a gal- lon on coal ofl, i Philadelphia North American: Mr. Rock- efeller robs himself of much of the ecredit of having made another donation of $1,000,- 000 to the Chicago university by ralsing. the price of ofl to consamers. However much glory he may gain by his munificence it must still be recognized that the Rock: feller endowment fund was made up by a compulsory popular subscription. Brooklyn Eagle: In view of the enormous dividends pald by the Standard Ofl com- pany, it is absurd for it to advance the price of kerosene oil a cent a gallon. The general shortage in coal has given the company a good opportunity to increase the price of one of its most important pro- ducts, but a concern which pays $45,000,000 in one year on a capitalization ot $100,000, 000 could well afford to resist the tempta- tion to mulct the people of the naw charge. Springfleld Republican: It might bé called & “happy coincidence” that the recent rise in the price of oil should oceur simultane- ously with the announcement that Mr, Rockefeller had given another million of dollars to Chicago unfversity. There are those who regard the two events, when viewed simultaneously, as irritating. But evidently they fail to understand modern philanthropy. As it is, we are all .con- tributing to Chicago university and:ihe holy cause of the higher education. Indianapolis Journal: The Standard is ohe of the few monopolles in the country.)" Jt' began in a grasping way, was nourfshed by & corrupt rallroad combination which mado competition impossible, and has always been managed in a manner to make the company a monopoly. It has accomplished that purpose. The Standard ocan puf up the price of ofl any day at a profit of mil- lons, and it can depress the price of raw ofl as easlly. The leading manager. and shareholder has achieved a reputation as a philanthropist by establishing a university and assisting others. It .was .heralded, a few days ago that he had made. a* donation of $1,600,000 to his university. The an- nouncement was soon followed by an ad- vance in the price of oil which means mil- Mons for him. The people of this country are very weary of the sert of goodness which lays a burden of millions upon them that a tenth of the gain may be given to higher education. LINES TO A SMILE, Philadeiphia Press: “It's easy enough to make friends,” sald Bpenders, bitterly, “but pretty hard to keep them.’ “Oh, I don't know,” repiled Les eem per- 0t & number of ectly willing to let me keep them.” Cleveland Plain Dealer: *'Blgsb locks as if his wife combed it with a ral “Well, that's better than having it look as If she used a lawn mower on it.” the autopsy also.” Washington 8tar: “Are you going to turn over a new leaf on New Year's day ' “Yes," answered Senator Sorghum; golng to resolve never again to interest m; self in things that do not concern. me, other words, when 1 get busy I will have to be paid for it." Baltimore Americ Dickson—Remem- ber that brilllant young fellow Tompkins, who was in our class college? Wonder what became of him. I always thought tbe world would hear from Tompkins. Richardson—It did. He became an @uc- tloneer, afterwards traveled as a barker for @ sideshow and 1s now beating the bass drum for the Balvation Army. New York Times: Crawford—What saved old Rocksey from the disgrace of dying rich? Crabshaw—Hils son-in-} Washington Star: “‘What kind of a man was Napoleon,” said the little boy. “He was one of the men whose mistakes made them famous,” answered his cynical arent. ‘‘He undertook to control the world y organizing armies instead of organizing w. atrust. AN OMAR FOR LADIES, Josephine D. Daskam in Harper's Magasine. One for her Club and her own Latchkey fights, stes in Btudy her good Nights: Ah, take the Clothes and let the Culture 0, éed the grumble of the Women's Rights! k_at the Bhopgirl of a month, ‘T Blow Into a Hat, and when ! my hair Is w-volh Doubtless my Friend will take me to the Bhow." And -r:; who saved her coin for ¥Wiatmels red, And she who caught Pneumonia instead, Will both be Underground in Fifty Yea: Ana Prudence pays no Premium to the deka: h’' exclusive ie you set your heart po: ain counters—and anon’ ms on a Saleslady’s tig fvoulitie Like monogr: gone. Think, in the sad Four Hundred's glifleq alls, Whose cndless Lelsure ev'n themselves §p- pals, How Ping Pong raged so high—then taded Thyk::py Bixth Avenue and the Bowery The dernier cri that once was, far fyom chea Vel . Qn:lno'"e ls, one season clI|B-D.WI u.rfi"::n in vain—no profit- shall they