Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 6, 1903, Page 6

£ THE OMAHA DALY BEE ¥ B ROSEWATE R, EDITOR. PU!! ISHED EVERY wm\l\u SRIPTION. RME OF, 8UB U\IIhnul Sund 1 8 TH OMAHA DAILY B TUESDAY, J ANUARY 6, 1908 CRITICISM OF THE HOAR BILL. It was to be expected that the bill prepared by Senator Hoar for the regu- lation ahd supervision of the so-called trusts and combinations would be criti cized by the managers and attorneys of the organizations to which the pro- Rupdh posed law applied. While there is noth- Twent hl'?\'llu'u . o QIR ing absolutely new in the conditions ally Bee (without Sunday). per copy... 2¢ | embraced in the Hoar bill, they are of a :fiv Bee ;,:}‘.g;;;',:‘sg;;;,*;z;,}’;;,":52‘. {%; nature that would put every arrange- Y Bee, per copy... vlnln jee (Without Sunday), Eyening Bee tncluding Sinday) Tomplaints oF " sirek shoutd bo Addressed (o City, partment. FICH ' OF Omaha—The, Beg .1} Bouth Omahg-—City ?:.u Butiaing, Twen- by-fitth and M Strects. ‘Colincll Bluffa—10 Pearl‘Street. Chicago 1o Unity Building New Fork-2a2s Park Row Building. Washington—501 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. icafio] ee, Editorial — e R STATEMENT OF cmrm,n\ow “ounty, Btate of Nebraska, Douglas ( G B, Teschuck, secretary of ‘Fhe Bee Sitahit pany, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and com- Publishing company, lete coples of The Daily, Morning, Evel o “and Aunde, Bos rinted during t month of December, 102, was as follows: e iivery Circulation De- Iating to news and ed- ment or contract of a monopolistic nature almost beyond a posibility, and in that sense, however humble it might be in its operation, it would be to that extent favorable to the benefit of the whole people. Those who object to the Hoar bill are composed of two classes—the constitu- tional objectors and those who think that it 18 not possible to enforce the con- a | dittons which are proposed. There is no doubt of one proposition, which is this, that the United States government can enact and enforce any law within its own domains that its people shall ap- prove of, and that beyond that there is nv question or Issue. The application of this to the anti- trust law now In operation or the one which it is proposed to put into effect is perfectly plain. The one would be ab- solutely helpful to the other and each mon alm and Impulse which operates for the mutual benefit. But in order that this condition shall be fully estab- | lished it is essential that there shall be such an equitable arrangement as will completely satisfactory to both parties. The employer must offer such inducements as shall be really condv cive to the welfare of the worker a not require of him something which under ordinary clrcumstances he would not be disposed to give, or which he might consider it unsafe to give. The trouble with some of the profit-sharing schemes {8 that while they look plausi- ble on the surface they really promise little of real benefit to the workingman. This is the objection, as we have already pointed out, to the so-called profit-shar- ing plan of the United States Steel cor- poration. Apparently conceived in a lib- eral spirit, that proposition would in operation be of no benefit to the great majort of the thousands of workers for the corporation, but might be of very material advantage to the corporation itself. A fair and judiclous system of profit- gharing is to be commended. but such a plan as that of the Steel corporation does not promise satisfactory results. be FURMULATING CHARTER AMENDMENTS. immortalized himself by the achieve- ment. But the world do move. The prospectus just issned by an interns- tional sleeping car company tells us that a journey around the world in the course of the next year may be ae- complished in forty days, with the usual stopoff for one hour at Omaha. apeee— The Denver Times has ndiscretion to remark that “gentlemen who aspire to the position of United States senator are supposed to hold views on the public questions which affect the interests of thelr constituents.” It 1s passing strange that a paper published in the Centennlal state since 1872 should enter- tain such crude notions concerning the qualification of candidates for the United States sepate. In Nebraska even an ordinary congressman s not supposed to hold any specific views on public questions before election, at any rate no views that he cannot change without ecausing inconvenience to him- self or surprise to his constituents, Members of the South Omaba charter revision committee are reported to fayor an increase in the number of council- men for that city from six to twelve. If twelve councllmen are really needed to.manage the affairs of a corporation WoRK OR T SLATURE. Auburn Post: There Is quite a sentiment over the state In favor of the coming legis- lature changing the terms of office of our county officlals to four years instead of two, as at present, This change woull save a great doal of expense and tend to get better men in office Norfolk Press: If the coming session of the legislature would pass a law that would force Omaba to keep its future charter fights at home instead of bringing them down to the legislature, it would affard a great deal of rellef to the balance of the ate. About every legislature for the last ‘steen years has wasted a lot of valuable time in providing Omaha with a charter that was a misfit anyhow, and there ought to be a place where the nonsense could be stopped. Imperial Republican: The legislature of Nebraska will meet and perfect its organ- ization January 6 and the inauguration of Governor Mickey will occur on January §. There are many things that are of deep interest to the public that should be taken up by this august body of men at the com- ing session. Not the least of these is the | imperative need of a normal school in the western part of the state, so that our young people may have better advantages to qualify themselves for teaching. Then, again, we would be glad to see an experi- mental station established out in the semi- arid belt. Such a station would be of great value in testing methods of cultivation, varieties of seeds and grains, and the feed- ing value of various kinds of forage. Yes, Ripples 1002 last 1901 of 711 marriages. births was 23,507 and the deaths 22,315. The | the lowest in fifteen years, | and for the first time In ten years the birthe outnumbered the deaths. death rate w 'ROUND ABOU NEW YORK. the Current of Life fn th Metropolia. The report of the Board of Health for tacts and com- | parisons respecting the vital statisties of New York City. death rate was 18.74 per the lowest over reported, 1,28 per 1,000 from the rate for 1901. Board of Health figures that this was & caving of 4,619 lives in the year. Regarding consumption, which 18 classi- fled as an infectious disease, the president of the Board of Health, Dr. Lederle says optimistically white plague, and its ultimate eradication" is belng brought about measures which in 1902 reduced the number of deaths by 682 from the total of the pre- ceding year. a_ decre 100 less than in 1901 ever, there was a slight increase. were 4,907 present Interesting During the year th 1,000, considerabl that ‘the control In smallpox, too, the number of deaths bein; more births and woek. Promotion to be a full engineer is the re- nd a decredse of | ONer's sex. The of the by the sclentific there was In typhold, how- | There 2,668 more marriages in 1902 than there were in the year previous. The young people of Branklyn broke all borough records in marriages, 9,014 couples | being united In the twelve months ending This was an increase ovor The total number of | woman doing some high kicking. Detectives McMullen and Heany took the kicker to the o | Bast Fifty-first street station, where the | prisoner was recorded as Lena Becker of | No. 410 East Fifty-fourth street The sergeant at the desk noticed a good- sized mustache under the prisoner's vell, and sent for a Flower hospital ambulance €0 that the surgeon might decide the pris- Dr. Quirk said the prisoner was A man masquerading in female attire, and | he was taken to the Yorkville police court He said there that he was 48 years old, and declared that he had worn woman's clothing for more than twenmty years. He explained that he could make a living as cook more easily by wearing woman's garb. | He declared that he had gone so long under | the name of Lena Becker that he had for- gotten his real name. He had no diffculty in passing as & woman cook, he sald, and was really a good hand at the business and g | B0t €004 wages. He occasionally went on a drunk and lost his position, he sald. Magistrate Barlow committed him to the workhouse for six months. o y BEWARE OF FUSS, A Morbid Germ that Serves No Useful End. New York Commercial. We quoted in these columns several months ago some extremely penetrating observations by the leading medical and pathological journal of the world, the Lancet of London, under the title of “Fuss As a Mark of Modern Olvilization.” The author was of there | vidently a psychologist f 506 a plenty for the legislature to do. | ward given Assistant Engineer Henrl Pom- | great abliity well as an expert patholo- 80,860 would be upbuilding {0, the other, ‘That| The charter committees which have |representing property values that aggre-| Friend Telegram: The Nebraska legisla- | MICF of the stesmsbip 14 Champagne, b | Eist. He defined fuss as a form of neurosis 30,0901 1s to'say, that such legisiation would |assumed the task and responsibility of | Gate $16,000,000, Omaha, with $116,000,- (ture which assembles next week at Lin. | Tieked his life to save a comrade and tho | and sald of it: 30,430 | be in its ultimate results helpful to all | formulating proposed amendments to | 000 of taxable property, should by rights | 012 Will have a task boore tt, that of lop- | Provenseq Borsile wntury fo fO8 KELCH (V| 1t e not vigtlance or piudence or delib: 30,870 | the canditions essential to the improve- | the eity ch hav jme to lose. | have the membership of its council mul- | DIE Of the unnecessary offices which have | JCPER " talng | o O s Tl f o the imp: y charter have no time to lose. D ol MUl | Bean created by legisiatures which haye | B¢l above the roaring furnace. and AXIDg | even a natural and ratfonal anxlety, though 14 Bo,7p0 | Ment of the body politic. Every day's delay in the introduction of | tiplied by seven. With a council of | passed and gone. First, we have the ofl | ® Proken damper. A greaser who had been | ¢ may exhibit itself in the gulse of any ome } 2,420 | Those who find fault with the plan of | the charter bills will retard thelr prog- | Sixty-three a council combine would |inspector, whose duty it is to inspoct the | OTdered to open the big damper which had | of these. It s mere tussiness. Servigg In 1 o810 80,870 | trust regulation and supervision con-|ress through the legislature and make | come high. ofl oftered for illuminating purposes In this | PCOme Clo88ed 1o the TOAS! HAG Cve ftaslf 30 weelul purpose it Singleaivich 80,910 by the gas and lost consclousne: Pom- tained in the Hoar bill are not enly op- state, but who Is not authorized to prohibit and impedes every useful work, dampenin 962,045 the final passage of any charter amend- mier, seeing him from the deck in fmmi- ppvr P S ing e R e otal Informatio: a . the sale of a single sample within this 6 energy and discouraging initiative and the Sans unioid and totarne 10,181 | posed to all control of the trusts, but|ment Dbills more dificult and prob- oo state. Second, we have the Iibrary commis- | €0t Peril of tumbling down the tunnel 1010 | genge of responsibility in those engaged in R LT »-u-«u fall to propose anything that will pro- |lematic. It would be interesting to know just how | 5100, Whose duty it is to bum around the the fire below, climbed to his assistance ¢ Ay the while it may be preaching mod- and brought him to the deck, where he was revived. Pommier then returned to the fun- nel and, fastening & wet sponge to his nose, | permitted a comrade to hold him by the ankles, head down, and with the ship mu-l ing like a cork and the flerce flames | straight below him, he fixed the damper and was pulled out. He has been pro- moted tv be a full engineer. et average sdles tect the public from the exactions and the oppressions of monopoly. The whole argument of those who war against leg- islation for the restraint of monopoly, whatever form It may take, resolves itselt into the concrete proposition that all capltalistic combinations are ulti- mately in the public interest. The Hoar bill antagonizes that idea. It declares that corporations and associations and contracts shall under specified condi- tions be illegal and it states the condi- tions so clearly and unmistakably that Ino one can fail to understand what s meant. As we have already sald, it was to be expected that there would be adverse criticism of the Hoar antl-trust bill It 1s a measure which antagonizes the great monopolistic interests of the coun- try. But it responds to the public de- mand and that {8 what must ultimately be complied with. e—— WHAT THE PARTY IS PLEDGED TO. It is not likely that the Douglas dele- gation will be disposed to father a char- ter prepared for them by the committee, no matter how perfect the instument may be. Every member of the delega- tion, in all probability, has some special hobby or new feature which he will want to insert. At the very best, there- fore, the charter committee can formu- late only a series of amendments that, in its judgment, are Imperatively de- manded for the better government of the elty., The first step to be taken by the com- mittee should be the consideration of changes recommended by the heads of the various departments of municipal administration, based upon their experi- ence. This should also include the rec- ommendations of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, the park hoard and the public library board. Incl- dentally the Board of Education should be invited to submit recommendations for charter revislon which in its judg- state with a traveling library of some sort, and from which the people will recetve in return next to nothing. We have a state food commlissioner, with a salary attached, but without any powers, and which might as well bo cut off. Again, ever; state ir- stitution should be carefully looked over and every useless officer cut oft and al- lowed to seek employment where he or she can do more good for the public. The incoming legislature has a work before it of which the public will most certainly heartily approve. Doubtless there will be wailings and some nashing of teeth in these offictal circles, but the people have no in- terest in them and they should either be discontinued or no appropriations made to carry them along iurther. Wayne Republican: Norfolk is conduct- ing a campalgn for the rebuilding of the insane hospital that was burned a year ago that is both energetic and commendable. The hospital should be rebullt, as the state has much of value in the grounds, bufld- ings and material yet fn good condition and better adapted to this use than any- thing else possible. Wayne county will joln in sentiment with Madison county as to the reasonableness of their claims upon the leglslature to do something with this eration and self-control. This neurosis it not confined to any people or part of the civilized world, though it would seem to b more prevalent in some quarters than else. where. Wherevor there exists a sultable soll in the form of an Intellect equippet with the visual organs of education, bu! without corresponding reflective power ant self-restraint, there the morbld germ de- velops until it may even become epldemic over a wide area. There have been symptoms of an epl- demic of this sort in this city during the last five or six months. We will not be in. vidious and presume to locate its outward manifestations, but leave it to every keer ohlervsr to perform that task for himself at we would suggest is that persons whe suspect that the disease may be working more or less insidiously upon themselve: read over the description of it which we quote and endeavor to decide whether they have it or not. They should dwell es- pecially upon this passage in the descrip- tion: “It mingles with and impedes every Manhattan and the Bronx have increased | it o R RS B R one. 1n from elght in November, 1898, to 815 In |, 0. November, 1902, 4 ) LINES TO A LAUGH. many $450 heifers Mr. Bryan finds in the GEO barns of the plain people of Mexico. § Bubscribed in my before me this 3ist (Seal) N CHUCK. mu-nre and_sworn to y of Dece mber, A, D. B, I Public. tary Chicago Tribune. Thanks to the retail demlers for aennlng the coal hog. The ¢oal hog is the man who For the next three months all roads lead to Lincoln. wants two tons. is two hoj if he wants four tons he Crude ofl has gone up 3 cents a barrel, but clarified malt st'll sells at 5 cents a glass. [ S S, Prosperity Given a Jolt. San Francisco Call, Omaha has been bragging of its prosper- ity, but we notice that some burglars that opéned a safe in that city just before Christmas obtained only 30 cents, and now we know what to think of the town. Raines law hotels, the establishment of which was effected against vigorous pro- test, do not seem to have proved profitable in Greater New York. The report for the | past year of the State Excise department | shows that while in June 1, 1900, there were 3,674 such hotels in Manhattan, Brook- | lyn and the Bronx, the number today is only 2,086—a reduction of 1,88, or more than 42 per cent. The total receipts from the liquor tax law In the state for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1903, were $12,611,368, an in- crease of $43,604 over the preceding year. The convictions for violation of the law in S—— It now looks as it D. E. Thompson was running for every position within the gift of the incoming legislature, Year's Waste by Fire. Indianapolis Journal. The loss of propefty by fire during 1902 was $149,197,351 in the United States and Canada, but large as is this amount, meas- uring unnecessary waste, it is less than It was in 1901 and 1900, the value of property destroyed in 1901 being $164,319,850 and $163,362,250 during 1900. Superstition Never Dies. New York Sun. Superstition never dies, and much might Now that the police commission has granted all the licenses, the bar asso- clation may begin business without risk- Ing an encounter with the police. Omaha extends cordial welcome to the Nebraska nd Iows fmplement dealers, who have Inaugurated peace among ‘ H themselves by turning their weapons Into plowshares. “Did you heard about dot choke vhich vere played on Waldbauer, der baker?” For some unsolvable reason the im- pression has gained ground among the people of Nebraska that they have little or nothing to expect in the form of re- form legislation from the present ses- sion of thelr lawmakers. This feeling must arise from the fact that both ——— 1f any member or officer of the legls- lature has not yet received his annual passes, Colonel Ager, the accommodat- Ing dispenser of corporation courtesies, will supply the deficiency. The tax commissioners of Greater New York have added nearly one billion and a half to the asscssment of that sity, and by reason of this increase it is expected that the tax levy will be re- overwhelmingly of one party—for there is nothing In the personnel of the mem- bers ‘that would Indicate inferiority of houses are dominated by majorities so |- duced by one-half. ettty One of the conundrums with which the State Bar assoclation should grapple is ability or capacity to preceding legis- lative bodies in the state. It is to be hoped the people will find this impres- sion to be unfounded for there is impor- ment will better harmonize the relations of the school board to the other branches of municipal government. When all these proposed changes have heen fully discussed and digested by the committee, one or more public meetings should be held for public discussion, with a view to ascertaining whether the proposed charter amendments meet the approval of the community at large, as voiced by citizens and taxpayers who are willing to express their dssent or dissent to any proposed change in the charter. This will be as near a refer- endum as can be had under existing be said for the theory that it-is a constant quantity, dn spite of all the modern im- provements. - Still, it seem: little queer to read that a Penmsylvania woman con- vieted of witcheraft in the Cumberland county court has just been released from jail after an imprisonmert of three months. With ‘more than in the vaults of the n-uolhl ‘treasury, fncluding & stock of gold in excess of $600,000,000, Uncle Sam' greets th ful countenance, and sends out good wishes to the nationg of the earth. And he is no miser. He does mot lock up his riches. ‘There is now more money in general eircu- lation in the Utlted‘States than ever be- fore. vatuable material. Norfolk wants the hos- pital reconstructed and their logic is just. Wayne w a state normal school and our claims are as logical as it is possible to be. We cannot all get favors from the legislature this winter, the state s in debt and the state penitentiary must be re- bullt. The state should beyond question save its Norfolk property from total loss by reasonable and Lusinesslike procedure. State normal school Jegislation {s always coming up, but the dozens of bills pre- ented this’ ‘winter will be pigeon-holed o give more pressing matters the undi- asked the standard bearer of the Kuene- amp Pinochle club, quoted by the Sun. Dot {s funny,” he continued. vhat he don’t know before comes on his bakery Saturday afternoon and orders twenty-five New Year's ples. Der baker don’t got none cooked, but tells dot feller to pay a small deposit und he vill make der ples cooked on order by 8 o'clock. | “Der man pays 50 cents down und den comes later on my saloon und I don't know him, too. He told me he vould like to have ten bottles of vine om trust till 8 o'clock. Vhen I said I didn't know him he asked Cleveland Platn Dealer @ “A man | Garlic, isi pleased to say I Bnappe—Why -houldnl you? Think of lhl years of D!‘lcfll‘a you've had. Ethel—-Charlle sal¢ that when he saw that policeman agair he would give him & plece. of his mind. e shave, sir?"' 'No. Kee? as 't itr Philadelphia Pre: y age very well. Bomerville Journal; Maude—Has he got any to spare? Baltimore American: “Do you want & far away as you can ——l—lrl Fortey—He wai Naggsby—What it Miss Oldgyrie's occupation? i Wi It was formerly that of .nelrly vided attention of the legislature. Wayne and Norfolk can work in this matter hand in hand and accomplish by reasonable methods greater good for both cities than a jealous policy will permit. Wayne does “ ‘Sure,’ I sald, on der udder side of der street.” “So dat strange man he shouted, Mr. Waldbauer, vill you have dem twenty- me do I know der baker, Waldbauer. ‘I just see der baker go ‘Hey, : she has had a steady job for the past seven years side- llenplnx birthdays. ‘Washington Star: “Have you ever made any effort to improve your knowledge of political economy?" “No,” sald Senator Sorghum; “I tant work in abundance for this legisla- ture to do. ot to go outside of the pledges of the last republican state platform, the majority members are committed to these positive reforms: have whether a vote on the division of the conditions. 1 seven district court dockets of the Fourth judicial district is legal if cast by telegraph., found that in the long run political libe: ity pays better than political economy.’ Brooklyn Eagle: *So your uncle is dead? Did he leave you anything?" “No; he had nothing to leave but his Dot care to have any legislation on nor- mal schools now. Our Nebraska mormal is being conducted on a basis satisfactory to ug and we can walt one year or ten years for the matter to adjust Itself. We only ask that if normal school legislation be indulged {n no normal school belng located | five for me by 8 o'clock? Der baker shouted back: ‘Yes, I have der whole twenty-five for you by 8 o'clock, sharp.’ Dot strange man den yelled back, ‘Give twenty to Mr. Kuenekamp,’ und Waldbauer shouted ‘All .nndhwml right, I vill give him twenty." en, SUpPPOX 0t course 1 helieved dey vere friends una | WOR't contest it Combination ‘and Education, Boston Transcript. Tidings cf good cheer for Chicago uni- versity. The Standard Oil company is closing in on the Beaumont properties and on the great Bakersfield wells in Cali- A FALSE ALARM. The cry that goes up from Wall street that there is not enough money in the country to transact the people’s busi- PR RIT . the other relatives The business of every Nebraska leg- fslature has been to pull up by the roots| 1. To provide for the most speedy |ness is about as Idiotic as was the cry | fornia with a view to securing absolute in northeast Nebraska except here. We | dey vere talkimg about some money vhich N-: dYor"k %u!n: ;‘-cm:. -::lu frr:.md“' the about all the legislation grafted upon |revision of the state constitution to meet |of the Bryanites, who clamored for the | control of the oil output of the country. teel Lvr::le::ld l: 'kl:hldu by "udm(:‘ the ‘;:M:l:le:n:;z‘l’“blee:ddv.l‘n:n.::.rr‘elr-:xl:é Touph drace of Ivaubos, to pis flhnds the statute books by the preceding leg- | the demands of twentleth century con- | free and unlimited colnage of silver at|Thie Mmeans furiher gitts of trankincense | SO0 B0 eady made. The priorit i . fine, “But before writing it did you work vestments already made. 1 vill get dot money trom Waldbauer.' So der stranger took der vine. and myrrh, laid by the oll kings at the The priority of in & factory, tramp as a hobo, or shovel our clalms upon a normal echool In this islature. It is presumable that the leg- | ditions. the sacred ratio because there was not coal?” cradle of the higher education. | T " 1 4 ‘slature of 1903 will be no exception. 2. To enact laws that will hold every | enough money in the country to do its e ——ter——— section of the state is mow recognized by | ‘‘Yust between 8 o'clock Mr. Waldbauer's gy e e e el Tl ¢ i ety custodian of public funds that may |business. The best proof that there is the Fringe of Famine. | all our nelghbors, and though Norfolk in | boy brlnndmo l:’fltnly lN:;' an;' ples, | pehind the nom-de-plume of Waverley. 4 . 1} my custumers, — g Elaborate preparations are being made come Into his possession by virtue of | money enough to do the business of | Tne cont ot e derommiarion at Delhl, | oo o O e e oo | B aiss T believe doy were & Now Years Chicago Pos '-fn. suvage rogarded to % it Kansas City for the entertainment of | his office responsible for both principal | the country is that the business of the | India, in honor of the coronation of Bd- 1 ree white man S SR legislature do the work in a buslnesslike | way. This county most certainly wishes to see Norfolk receive at the hands of the | present from der baker. Und vhen I ask nnu Dim - "he. sald, "“he wiil ummxn.;e Waldbauer for der bottle vine money he | me, and if I try to 5 Yive In Deace with hibe ha wlll cheat me out of everything and 1 :;:afl me for der ple money, cause he tink tarve €0 death. What gflne“h‘w 1 governors and ex-governors at the com- Ing national live stock convention. Ne- braska's lorf: and interest accruing thereon. country is being done with money and 8. To adopt measures to. Increase not by barter or with poker chips and ward VII is estimated all the way from $600,000 to $2,000,000, and it will probably be nearer the latter sum. In splendor ft -horned savage bull fighter has signified his willingness to act as pleador on the outside of the bull ring. state revenues and to reduce state debt. 4. To carry out the intent of the con- stitution for the taxation of all fran- chises as well as tangible property of corporations and Individuals upon a uniform basis of assessment. 5. To create a board of pardons to pass upon applications for executive clemency and make recommendations to the governor according to thelr findings. 6. To provide for a board of audit According to latest advices from New York, Mr. Burt has succeeded ad- mirably if stringing the labor leaders and warding off the threatened tleup of the Southern Pacific. In the mean- time the hoped:for settlement with the Omaha machinists and bofler makers If the majority members of the brass checks or other convenient substi- tutes for money. So long as the farmer can sell his hogs, his grain, his poultry, his vegetables or his cordwood for cash there must be money enough to do the business of the country. 8o long as the workingman in the factory and in the mill is paid off In cash instead of be- ing paid off in store orders, there is enough money to do the business of the country. So long as the department will far surpass the real coronation cere- mony in London. This enormous outlay in the way of official pageantry is in strange contrast to the Indian famine with which Great Britain was unable to cope only a very short time ago;.and the ravages of which must still be apparent on all sides. —_— RESPONSIBILITY AKE! e Bravery awd Devotion of a Locomotive Engineer. legislature all she had and even more than was destroyed by fire. PERSONA| . NOTES, A Chicago business man says that no business man could live up to the prineiples of the Golden Rule. Dean Robinson, secretary of the South Dakota Historical soclety, 1s to write a history of the state. The net income of the firm of which J. P. Morgan is the head is said to have been trange man vere a friend from m Dot's a good vun on der baker, ain't it Real estate assessments in New York City, according to the tax commissioner: have been increased nearly $1,600,000,000 under the new system of taxation adopted by the fusion administration. In last year's wiil reach a total of $4,760,000,000. ‘While this tremendous increase in real es- tate valuations is being effected, the ad- ministration also is incr ng by $2,000,- i THE TURN OF THE YEAR. New York Sun, coming! Though skis of blue are turned th the sun shines t ro o ritt; ansessment real estate was valued at about | She calls to the flowers all fast asiep $3,330,000,000, and this year the assessments | Bene: ath, their coverlet white and deep, “I am coming soon. “Make ready to lift with joy each head v\nen 1 strip the covers froj ye trees, to burgeon loon— Toulil foel my breath In the sub af neou; :::-‘u remains in the dim and distant |t check up and report on the condition | stores, the grocers, butchers, bakers and 5 Dedver it i::‘]‘:;"{;. RE m“":d:";" ;5"-“‘"’;."“;“ ‘9”‘; i 1a| 000:000 the ¢ enlltl"hululmen!l" om per- | And you, \mpatient, red m:dgfil";:b e, s b e average man is s Addicks has gained another follower In|gonal property. By these increases the tax o wo — 0 MalaiBpances st Siated ;iatvrvals :‘"':l "::I':" generally glve their pa-|p, which soctety must be judged in 1963, | the Delaware legislaturo, but that only | commissioners believe the city tax rate for - "It is to be hoped that Mr. John N. Fone legislature will give precedence to redeeming these obligations to their party and the people they will keep themselves busy for some time and ac- complish something substantial for the progress and prosperity of the state. Baldwin of Iowa will not project him- self too far in the front in the legisla- tive lobby at Linceln. The republican majority of the legislature is able to or- ganize itself and conduct the business entrusted to it without the aid or con- sent of any nonresident steering com- mittee, S—g—— PRUFIT-SHARING PLANS. The new plans which have recently been formulated for profit sharing have attracted a_good deal of attention and are being discussed with a great deal of interest not because they are innova- tions, for such is not the fact, but for the reason that they mark a condition which while not new is recelving more attention than ever befors. We have already commented upon the profit-shar- ing arrengement of the United States Steel corporation and pointed out what \ S ST Hawlng served its purpose for pinch- 1ng' droggists’ and liquor dealers, “The Omaha Daily World-Herald” will within E3 few days cease to perambulate and sive way again to the Morning World- Herald and Evening World-Herald. The reappedarance of that phantom paper by pext December may, however, be confi- Yently forecasted. EE————— 1 The democratie city central committee or currency in making change there is money enough to do the business of the country. It is doubtful whether there ever will be money enough in the country for any consider- able length of time to supply the de- mand from stock jobbérs and specu- lators who are' kiting in the money cen- ters of the country and soaring high in anticipation of getting rich over night, —_— President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Payne have lost caste in Mis- sissippl and the southern press is very much incensed because they are bent on making the southern whites accept negro office holders. Not very many years ago Mississipp! was represented In the United States senate by two men of color and the lily white members of the chamber managed to survive the awful A. D. Taking him as the standard this wicked ‘old human race s pretty good, after The old year went out with plenty of evidences of it. The wrongs that the old year bequeathed to the new year, the miseries that will con- tinue in 1003 are not so much because men wiltully create them as because the' aver- age man does not feel responsible for them, Responsibility is the tremendous factor in this world. 1t transforms ordinary men into heroes and great .men into George Wash- ingtons and Abraham Lincolns: The Post recently - told the story of a man named C, A. Marooney, who happened to be the fireman on Engine 59, drawing Burlington express No. 2, speeding east- ward from Denver. Marooney is & specimen of the great mass of the people who say thoughtlessly, but really meaning it, “A Happy New Year!” They do not feel called upon to do any- thing in particular to make anybody happy | but their friends and familes But responsibility makes a wonderful | est journ | United State: makes his barking from the manger a little stronger. Stephen Decatur, jr., of Portsmouth, N. H,, a grandson of the famous Commodore Perry, has passed the mental examination for admission to the Naval academy. The Missouri youth who stole and pawned bis mother's weddinig ring to buy a mar- riage license desefves the right-of-way on} the toboggan, minus a return ticket. W. T. Wright, who was prime minister of Santo Domingo under. President Jiminez, s a natiye of-Lafayette, Ind., and was at one time a Heutenant in the United States gnal service and later & newspaper corre- spondent. Colonel R. B. Creecy, editor of the Eliz- abeth, N. C., Economist, has just celebrated bis eighty-ninth birthday. He is the old- list in active service in the having veen In the harness upward of sixty years. The West Virginia legislature will be asked this winter to appropriate money for the current year can be cut in half. In- stead of continuing the present rate of $2.27 a tax rate of $1.12 in predicted. Fifty-second street one day last week to look at what appeared to be an intoxicated coming soon.” Days there will be of frost and snow— The skies will darken and chill winds blow; The flower of winter will lift on high Its flamin, A crowd gathered at Third avenue and | But hour bloom in the northern sy, hour, as the day ar the spring's am coming soon." 25 Per Cent Discount That's what we are doing with the greater portion of our men’s and boys’ clothing and from the liberal patron- - i transtormation. The ordinary man, con- t tabl age we judge that the values offered are thoroughly ap- - has takel) thmé by, the' forelock by call- | We regarded as its defects, but we are | ghock. Not many years back the demo- | fronced with the lives and happiness of ;’:.m:.n}::.l::e: w‘ho.“:n:nya cm;'.mfinf the Al : E is the time to h he « AT AP m ! v e ‘Saturday to | bY no means to be understood as opposed | cratic federal marshal of the sovereign | others actually depending on his nerve and atimoth preciated. Now is the time to purchase the “best clothing to that policy. right to the distinction of having first used form! .Ffi‘"“ SR Snenon thes 110 = ’2""'““" contrary, we |gtate of Arkansas commissioned by | courage, on his self-sacrifice, does What| yieam as motive power in a boat. made” at a very low figure—25 per cent discount—and o EQ Howell and tb'rteen |belleve that a judiclous and equitable | Grover Cleveland served comrt cita. | Marooney did. M. Casmir-Perier is the only living ex- o ” ; otherdho are willlng to serve the city | SYStem of profit shariug, founded upon | tions on white men by colored deputies, | i0® MF7 was Sppreaching Outberisot | president of the Freach republle. Ho was ¢No Clothing Fits Like Ours. tor years, or the war, at stated |8 Tight principle, is wise and certaln | hut that did not roll the white blooded | when a pipe broke, overwheiming the engi. | 23 Y4rs old when the Franco-Prussian war to prove beneficial both to the employers and the employes of any establiskment that adopts it. The arguments tn favor of such a policy are to our minds con- Balaries and . perquisites. The demo- mu‘.commltlw evidently does not to consideration the prospective chll. of election day from March to Arkansans sufficiently to impel them to eject the low bred white United States marshal and his colored deputies out of the Little Rock court house. But times neer and fireman with a cataract of boiling water and steam. The englieer was knocked down and sud- denly the young fireman, Marooney, realized that the lives of the passengers depended broke out and took part in that conflict and in the slege of Paris, being decorated with the Legion of Honor at its close. He entered the Chamber of Deputies In 1874 and became president in 1894, in succession Men’s $1 and $1.50 colored shirts, 75¢. Men's $2.00 colored shirts, $1.50. 50c underwear, 25¢. Then, there’s some extra specials we call to notice: Boys' §1.00 colored shirts, 25c. Boys’ 6c and §0c underwear, 25¢. T6c lned leather gloves, 26e. May. clusive. The policy = cements, . better | have changed. The aristocratic patrons | upon his hand. to M. Carnot, who had been assassinated Flannel night robes, 40c. $1.00 Star and Flannel walsts, 50c. E— than anything else can, . the' reltions | of the postoffice at Indianola, Miss., will | Tennyson's famous lines about the charge i°_|.':"::"‘n':;;f‘¥ six mosths,” suddenly These are some of the bargains you can find here, and 'l‘hqinl'll thing in order after the re- | between employer and employe. It ¢s-|not submit to the lmlmmq; of m'n‘mg of the Light Brigade eulogized the heroes eeption of the governor's message will be the introduction of House Roll No. 1, a bill to ‘pay the salaries, current ex- pense# and mileage of members and tablishes & mutual joterest and a com- mon coniidence. The employer feels that everyone working for him is doing his very best to promote the common interest and welfare, while the employe has impressed upon him the idea that the employer is his friend and that his whole alm is to advance the Interests of both, ‘ . In this way there is lnspired a com- MM‘ of .the Jegislature. That bill uevep fails to pass with the emergency m.fi manuges to slip into the the new governor before he bas 4 chance tb warm tlie seat of his breeches ln the exccutive chalr, their letter mall contaminated by pass- ing through the hands of a colored post- mistress. When George Francis Train made the tour around the world in sixty daps and succeeded in distancing Phineas Fogg on Jules Verne's circuit around the globe by twenty days the great Ameri- can globe trotter thought that he had ot England thus: was not to Teason why-- but to do and ! But Marconey's part was to reason why and then do or die. Blinded, scalded, frantic with pain, Ma- rooney resolutely stepped into the spouting Connecticut, the “land of steady habits, 1s living up to its titles. During the pre ent year deposits in the ninety savings banks in the state increased from $195,- 248,909 to $203,522,225. The Commecticut in- stitutions continue, more than ever, to be the custodians of funds of the compara- death by steam and set the air brakes and stopped the train, When millions of Marooneys realize that their's is the responpibility they will not only say, but act to make “A Happy New Year” for this old world every year. tively wealthy, as well us the small sav- ings of the poor. The number of depositors baving accounts of over $2,000 each is 18,935, or 1,039 more than in 1901; while 319 depositors have accouuts of over §10,000 each there are many more. This is house cleaning season, and broken lines and odd articles are sacrificed to close out Browning e 3@ R. S. WILCOX, Manager. w long, irumphant