Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 30, 1903, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1903. THE OMAHA DALY BE!-:_ ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. 10N Year.$4.00 6.00 200 200 100 TERMS OF BUBSCRIF ly Hee (without Sunday), On ally Mee and Sunday, Une Year Ilustrated isee, One Year Bunday Bee, One )ear Baturaay Bee, One Year ’ Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. \ DELIVERED BY CARRIER. ly Bee (without Su y fiy Bee (without Sunday), per w aily Bee (nciuding Sunday), per week Bunday Hee, per copy ..... . sc Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week & Evening Bee (ncluding Sunday), week ... A rrivetyrets 100 Complaints of irregularities in delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De pariment. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bullding, Bouth Omaha—City Hall Bullding, Twen- -fifth and M Streets Council Blufts—io Pearl Street “hicago—16# Unity Bullding New York--2s Park Kow lutiding. Washington—w1 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE e Communications relating to news and ed- torial matter should be addressed: Omaha $Re L iltonin Department STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Vebraska, Douglas County, 86 BGesrgs B Tavchick, accretary of The Be bilshing company, being duly swurn, says t the actual numbcr of full and complete opies of The Daily, Morning, Evening and $ihday Bee printed during the month of December, 1902, was as follows: 81,120 1,470 81,000 81,040 1,520 28,600 ...80,960 +00 80,000 180,950 30,900 ...80,970 ‘8040 24,320 80,810 ... GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Bubscribed fn_my presence and sworn to betore me this diet day of December, A. D. 502, M. B. HUNGATE, (Beal) Notary Public. At last accounts the Kansas tax bill endorsed by John N. Baldwin as the ‘best thing for Nebraska had tripped up on the threshold. —— From the numerous wrecks reported, railroad consolidation has evidently had no appreciable effect in the direction of making raflrond teavel safer. If our supreme court commission has ms much trouble hanging on to life as it did originally in coming into belug it has a rough road in front of it. The pretender to the throne of Mor- oeco seems to be getting the worst of It Anyone pretending to such a pretended throne ought to get the worst of it. iee——— Pugilist Jeffries has given a generous contribution to the Unlon Pacific strik- ers’ fund. When it comes to strikers, big Jeft wants to be recognized as one of them. — The resolution of the Nebraska house bf representatives to exclude profes- sional lobbylsts from the floor and cloak rooms was laid on the table, which goes to show that the subject is mot debatable. The state senate has decided to sub- Ject the state printing board and state printing methods to the searchlight of publicity. But the alleged public print- ing graft is by no means the only scan- @dal that needs ventilation at the hands of the legislature. Sme——— It I8 In accord with the eternal fitness of things for Billee Saunders to enter the arena as champion of municipal owhership. As member of the eity council Billee acbieved unenviable no- torlety as a most pliant tool of the f) chised corporations. braska senators have another !and office vacaney to fill, caused this time by the death of the late incumbent. There need be no apprehension, how- ever, that a goodly supply of willing present them- patriots will speedily pelves to be drafted into the service. Complaint is made of a dearth of re- frigerator cars for the transportation of meat packing products out of South man’s cold wave only stays with us, the ordinary car ought to be refrigerator enough for the present needs of the packing house Omaha. If the weather men. —_— The Chadron gushers hav the most promising prospect for suck ers on No Man's Land, which is said to the and Ne- to burn will have no difficulty in finding be located somewhere between boundaries of South Dakota braska. People who have money the spot. Lo | discovered BALDWIN'S THREE POINTS. Wfth sublime audacity John N. Bald- win of Towa, champion of railrond tax evasion in Nebraska, has pranced into tie arena with the declaration that he is prepared to maintain for the Union Pacfic and all other railronds these | three propositions: First—That the railroads in pay their full shure of all taxes Second—That if Omaba be permitted to Nebraska properties than is allotted to ft under the existing method of distribution of values, it must certainly to that extent reduce the revenues of the citles, villages and school districts outside of Omaha, along the full length of the raflroad mileage in the state. Third—That there are no provisions in the existing statutes of this state diserim- inating in favor of railroad property in the matter of any kind of taxation. The baglc prineiple of our constitution is that corporations and individuals shall share the burdens of taxation in just proportion to the value of their prop- erty and franchises. The relative pro- portion of property values is to be as- certalned by the property returned for taxation and not by the estimated values of property not returned or |omitted by assessors. The aggregate true value of all property in Nebraska, including raflroads, as estimated by ex- perts, will range in value from $1,250,- 000,000 to $1,300,000,000. The aggre- gate true value of rallroads in Nebraska as computed either by the market values of their stocks and bonds or by their net earnings ranges between $312,- | 000,000 and $320,000,000. In other words, the rallroads of Nebraska repre- sent fully 25 per cent of the aggregate value of all property in Nebraska. The grand assessment roll of all property in Nebraska for the year 1002 is $180,001,192 and the aggregate pro- portion of rallroad assessment at one- fourth that amount would be $45,022, 708, whereas the assessment of the railroads for 1902 is only $26,580,552, or $18,433,246 less than it should be under the most liberal concession. This figure 1s, however, too low by many mil- lions. The assessed valuation of all property exclusive of the rallroads for the year 1002 is $153,501,640. Hence if that sum represents, as it should, | three-fourths of the totalevaluation of the state, the proportion of the rail- roads would be one-third of that sum, or $51,167,213, and the grand total for all taxable property, If the rallroads had been accurately assessed, would have been $204,668857. And yet Bald- win has the nerve to assert that the railroads are paying their full share of taxes. Baldwin's second proposition, that thé rallroads distribute among the school districts along their lines the municipal taxes which they shirk, is on & par with his claim that the rallroads pay their full share of all taxe: During the past ten years the raflroads have beaten Omaha out of more than a mil- lon dollars In taxes ‘and they have beaten Lincoln out of more than a quarter of a million during the same period, but not a penny of the money ,thus fllched from the taxpay- ers of Omaha and Lincoln has found its way Into a solitary school district. Avery dollar of it has gone into the pockets of the corporation. The dis- tribution theory is a myth and nobody knows it better than Baldwin. Munieipal taxes are just as much separated from city and county taxes as would be a federal corporation tax. Suppose Uncle Sam should levy a mil- lion a year on the Union Pacific as a license tax. In what way would that affect the counties along its lines and where would the countles lose a penny if the road paid such a tax or galn a dollar if the attorneys of the rallroad could persuade Uncle S8am to cancel it? If there has been any distribution of the valuation of the «Omaha rallroad terminals, when and where did the rail- roads distribute the values of the new depots and valuable improvements made In Omaha within the pastsix years? Does the spirit and letter of the con- stitution contemplate that the property owners In cities shall bear all the bur- dens of municipal government and pay out of thelr own pockets hundreds of | thousands of dollars a year for fire pro- | tection, police protection, public light- ing, street repairs, sewerage and drain- age, which the property of the railroads enjoys equally with them? Baldwin's third point, that there are no provisions in the existing statutes that discriminate In favor of railroad property in the matter of any kind of taxation, I1s contradicted flatly by the city charter of Omaha, which at the instance of the railroads was doctored to fix one standard of wvaluation for assessing railroad property and another standard for other corporations and tax a greater proportion of the raflroad | | partment to still make irrigation inves |action of the house was not from any the accumulated fund is exhausted |h"r"l ment under the new anti-spitting ordi- will have accumulated mjllions more | for the same purpose from the sales of public lands which are by law to be applicable to works of frrigation. This gives opportunity for buillding up a strong bureau, to which shall be com- mitted every feature of the general sub- Ject of Irrigation The house committee doubtless [ the proper view of the matter. The ap- | propriation allowed will enable the de- | took tigations, though on a much restricted | scale, but ultimately this work will be done by the reclamation bureau with tunds already available, so that prob- ably after the present year the Depart- ment of Agriculture will not have uny- thing to do with investigations. The disposition to obstruct irrigation, but simply to make the prosecution of the work in all its features dependent upon the money now on hand for this pur- pose and which is ample in amount for all present requirements. DISCLOSED A COMBINE. The investigation by a congressional committee of the New England coal sit- uation disclosed the fact that a combi- nation of some sort had existed be- tween coal operators to ralse prices. It was found that the price of coal had been more than doubled and all the ev dence elicited by the committee showed conclusively that there was an under- standing among operators which had been faithfully carried out. This Inves- tigation was prosecuted in Boston and the committee will probe further into the matter at other places, where doubt- less similar disclosures will be made. The facts developed regarding the coal situation in New England it is not to be doubted have been general. Coal | has been withheld from both eastern | and western markets by the deliberate action of the operators. Grant that the railroads were not able to transport coal to the markets as rapidly as the demand called for, yet the fact remains that at a number of points a large amount of coal was held on the tracks for days, the pretext for this being a want of motive power, but fhe real cause, with- out questlon, helng an arrangement among operators to raise prices. Bvery Investigation clearly shows this and the more carefully and thoroughly the mat- ter is probed the more conclusive, it is safe to say, will become the evidence showing a widespread combination, em- bracing both anthracite and bituminous operators, to limit supply and advance the price. Whether or not such an understand- ing still exists cannot be said. Since the action of congress removing the tariff duty on coal and the institution of investigations there has been a freer distribution of coal and while it is still scarce in many localities the situation has materially improved in the matter of supply. Prices, however, are quite generally malintained, though some re- duction has been made in the east from the extortionate figures of a month ago and the tendency is downward. Bettering of conditions should not halt investigation. The congressional com- mittée should go on with its inquiry and extend It beyond New England. It is most desirable to ascertain, if possi- ble, the full extent of the combination or conspiracy which deprived the public of coal and had such calamitous re- sults. The great suffering to which millions of people have been subjected by the course of the coal operators, and the extortion that has been practiced upon others, demand that the fullest light be thrown upon the methods of the men responsible for this state of affairs. It is too much the rule to halt Inquiry as to bad conditions things change for the better. The pres- ent case should prove an exception. The country has had a most severe ex- perience. Let the responsibility for it be unmistakably fixed, to the end that provision may be made against its re- currence. The conspirators may not he amenable to existing law, but the power is somewhere to deter them from again plotting to freeze and plunder the people. when Senator Dietrich says that the action of the Nebraska legislature destroys all prospect of legislation by congress at the present session for the relief of the big cattlemen who have fenced in pub- lic land. The legislature apparently un- derstood it this way and acted with full knowledge of the comsequences. It the cattlemen prefer to take their chances without any medification of the law, Senator Dietrich should be willing to | accede to their preference, but sheuld they come to him again for assistance | nance, Johnny, Get Your Gun. 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat Two more bank robberies in Tllinols and Nebraska were reported yesterday. Banks In the smaller towns should put themselves on a war footing. Not Out of the R Cineinnat! Enquirer. The appointment of Judge Day to the su- preme court serves as a reminder that [ to say nothing of the appropriateness of the selec- Ohio fs not out of the running, tion. Doblin in Dir Chicago Record-Herald Philip Doblin seems to be a “gent” who wronged by somebody, | to his conflicting confessions is hard to find but where the guilt| has been deeply but owing 1t | lies Giddy 01d Girl Gushe Kansas City Star. Helen M. Gougar told Aguinaldo in M: nila this week that the American people Gougar's sum- mers have been sufficlent in number to greatly admire him. Mrs. warrant her not to gush. Jingoes Shout in Vain, Philadelphia Record The administration at Washington of jingolsm to causeless war. Who Can Tell? Chicago News. Maybe the New York democrats are right the in thinking that the democracy of country imperiously demands the nomin tion of Judge Parker. who he 1s? Oruel and Unvsaal Punishment. New York Sun Wisdom in South Dakota follows wisdom introduced into the South Dakota legislature provid- ing that a man—perhaps we ought to say, a flend—convicted of playing foot ball shall pay a fine of $1,000 and be imprisoned for Too mild and pigeon-livered. The foot ball players and the spectators at the foot ball game should be condemned to read the speeches, letters and writings Hon. Richard Franklin Pettigrew in Missourl. A bill has been five years. of the for the rest of their natural lives. Baronial Dislike of Meddlers. Chicago Chronlcle. “It the press and the public will stop meddling and allow coal men to run the baron with great heat and Indignation, “the fuel situ- eventually become normal.” The baron should, however, have patlence with these meddlesome folks who are foolish enough to fear that they may freezo tos death while the situation is becoming normal—in other words, while the baron and his colleagues are screwing coal business,” says a local ation will Very likely. the last poseible cent out of them. Let Justice Be Done First. New York World. - While crowds of citizens throng about the grave of Mr. Gonzales, the murdered it is suggested that & monument be reared to his memory. It will be time to talk of such a me- when South Carolina has vindi- cated her name and her laws by hanging Tiiiman's cowardly crime will stand as a warning no writer may dare to oppose the ambitions of any political rufan save at the risk of South Carolina editor, morial the assassin. Until then to the journalists of the state that his lite. Polities. Indlanapolls New: The chief objection to trusts and combi- nations is the demoralizing apd coerrupting influence that they exert in politics—an influence which is felt no matter what party is in control of the government. Of it is sald in their behalf that they have to go into politics in order to protect themselves against spoliation under But they are not content with a more defensive campalgn. They strive for favors and privileges which they ought not to have, and which they can en- joy only at the expense of the people. And then when they get them they fight and plot in order to prevent the withdrawal course, the form of law. of them. A Proper Rebuke. New York Mall and Express. Just before the close of a performance in Hartford, Conn., last week Mr. E. S. the English actor now touring this country, stepped to the footlights and Willard, sald to the audience: “I have stopped the play in order that those who are desirous of leaving may do 80, and leave the others to that which s their right—undisturbed attention.” Mr, Willard was quite right in thus re- that had begun their exit before the curtain had dropped. The in the making it diffcult for the actors to go on with thelr parts, ible for the audience to of a good play are drowned in the rush of many to get out of the thater, regardless of the Mr. Willard's example be followed by other actors with buking the crowd same disturbance occurs nightly theaters of this city, and almost {mpor hear them. Often the best lin comfort of others. might good results. — PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S TRIBUTE. Dispassionate Bst Ofctal Career. Kansas City Star, President Roosevelt’s addre sary of McKin dentally & eulogy in that Mr. Roosevelt 18 glving proof of a high sense of responsi- bility and duty to the country ‘n refus- ing to listen to the insensate incitements Who can tell until the democracy of the country finds out ate of McKinley's on the per- sonal character and official career of Presi- dent McKinley, delivered on tho occasion of the celebration at Canton of the anniver- ‘s birth, was only incl- the gecepted under- ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Carrent of Life in the Metropolis. In his New York letter to the Boston | | Globe, Joe Howard, the dean of newspaper | | correspondents, points out the inconsistent | action of New York authorities in assail professional gambling, while gambling un- | der religlous and social sanction s undis- | | f | turbed. The morality of both is the same. “There s gambling where," says the correspondent, “and espe cially in the churches,’ today than ever Nearly every day In every week at this sea son of the year fairs, grab-bags, lotteries and euchre parties are given in ald of this, that or the other churo I don't belleve there is any harm in fairly-conducted grab-bag or lottery, when everybody under- stands that the object of the undertaking is to benefit the church, or even for fun alone. In spite of these laudable objects | however, 18 there any contradiction of a hope in the breast of évery participant that he or she—and generally she—will get something fangible for an invested some thing nominal? No one of a sensible mind objects to these diversipns, although it would be obviously absurd to contend that the motive in grab-bag or lottery Is any different from the motive in roulette pla ing. “Nearly every week in the scason euchre parties are organized, sometimes in public | places, gemerally in private houses, at which prizes are given by tho church to winners, the church henefiting by the half- dollar, dollar or two dollars pald for the tickets, which sometimes run up Into the thousands. Leaving aside for the moment tho harmless nature of the game and also the motive, namely, the prize, we are con- fronted with a distinct charge made twice within a week of deliberate favoritism, not to say cheating, in the distribution of the prizes. It seems to me the met judgment of a calm observer must be that the moral tone of men and women who seck to get a considerable something for almost noth- | ing 15 on & dead level with that of men who play cards for money, whether it bo in clubs, at home or in a regular gambling house. more done every- a Milltons of money are ready for a moving sidewalk from Hanover square, New York, across the new Brooklyn bridge to its ter- minus. 1t is believed this is going to solve the problem of rapid transit in that part of New York. Cars of every sort and de- scription have become inadequate in New York, where 10,000,000 trips must be made by nearly 5,000,000 people every day, &o the “Gordlan knot" 1s to be cut by simply hav- ing the whole street move. It has come to this at last, and may come to it in other cities. The traveler bound from Manhat- tan to Brooklyn steps on a moving side- walk going two and one-half miles an hour, from that to one moving five miles an hour, and thence by one more gradation to the walk moving ten miles an hour. The walks will be endless, the last one covered and seated, It can never be overcrowded, and the fare is to be 1 cent. Another ad- vantage of it fs that it will not run over | anybody, and it will not be limited to an | “owl"_ schedule after 12 o'clock at night It js to run in a subway uptil it reaches the bridge, and thus will not {nterfere with street trafic. This {s no ‘doubt the means | of city transportation In the coming time. City people are becoming more and more impatient of walting for cars. Thoy de- mand something that moves with the promptitude and faclity of thelr own legs. For years the men who pick up littered paper in the city parks went about bending their backs all day after the yagrant scraps. Then a new man, on the second day of his engagement, came on the scene with a broomstick, in the end of which he had set a nail, with the sharpened point down- ward. He speared a dozen pleces of paper while his comrades were stooping for a third as many and never bent his back at all. Now all the men carry harpoons; and the worst of it was that the ingenious man wver thought of a patent. A pocket edition in attire of Lord Chester- fleld, 13-year-old Willle Barney, who is in love with his teacher, Sadie R. Wolt of public school No. 116, at Knickerbocker avenue and Grove street, Brooklyn, was arraigned in the Gates avenue police court charged with annoying her by firing a toy pistol at her. Master Barney was attired in neat fitting knickerbockers, pink shirt and tie to match, | and his black hair was parted in the middle, When the case was called Miss | Wolf was brought out of a private room. | “Good morning, my dear teacher,” said | Barney. “Look here, young man,” interrupted Magistrate Naumer, “do you fntend to stop annoying this lady?" polnting to Miss Wolf, who 18 only 19 years old, and who flushed the judge spoke. | “I never did annoy you, dear teacher, and | to prove it here is a present,” said the little | dude, as he laid a pair of red silk garters, | with gold buckles attached, on Miss Woll's mink muff, “and my sister s making a nice silk skirt for you,” continued young Barney, all smiles and bowing. The case was continued. Now that the increased assessments on real estate have expanded the city's debt | limit, the old question of building a new city hall has been revived. For several years the city has pald high rentals for the | additional’ offices needed, and several ad- | ministrations have considered the matter of erecting a mew city bullding. There is no doubt one 1s badly needed, but the finan- | clal arrangement could not be decided upon, | and rather than build a city hall that might soon be inadequate for the city's needs, it was declded to wait. It is now stated that the subject will soon come before the Board of Estimate, and that provision will be made for a pub le bullding that will cost not less than $8,000,000. The movement to erect such a is | has | none but a fur NEGLECTED ALASKA. Mensures Affecting the Territory Re- ceive Seant Attention in Congress. Chicago Tribune. The house of reprecentatives has passed a bill providing for the representation of the territory of Alaska by a delegate. This will not bo much of a gift. A delegate has lttle influence. Congress has so much to do that it is reluctant to give time to ter ritorial legislation, even where & delegate eloquently set forth the pressing ne- cessity for It. There are many things which will be more useful to Alaska than & delegate here s need of a land law with proper provisions for securing homesteads. Laws should be enacted for the preservation of the forests and the salmon. These are im. portant, practical questions which congre is slow to take hold of. The old bellef that all Alaska except a narrow strip along the coast is a bleak polar desert, where trapper can earn a lving, dying away. The discovery has been that the Canadian northwest, once to be untillable, is a fine farming The same discovery 18 being made as regards extensive Alaskan districts. It is too soon to say -that all the cultivable land belonging to the government has been taken up and there can be no homesteaders. Unfortunately, owing to a lack of law, the American who goos to Alaska and at- tempts to cultivate the soil is & mere squatter. He can get no title. The extent of the mineral wealth of Alaska s gradually being learned. The ter- ritory Is rich in copper and in gold, and doubtless other minerals will there. Mining camps will grow up lnto large and permanent towns. Railroads will penetrate the territory and open it up to the miner, the farmer and the cattle ralser. There 18 a great future in store for Alaska, but that future will be slow in coming it congress will do nothing to hasten the de- velopment of the territory. The last con- gress was with difficulty induced to make some provision for civil government {n Alaska. The inrush of miners made it necessary to do something. There will have to be much more legislation befors Alaska will have a falr chance. The terri- tory has been underestimated and neglected from the beginning. is made sald region. NEGRO VOTE IN 1004, Balance of Power Held by Colored voters in Pivetal States. Leslie's Weekly. As republican supremacy in the canvass of 1904 may depend on the retention of the black vote by that party, we realize the interest which attaches in both parties to the anti-negro crusade among the southern “lily white" republicans, and to President Roosevelt's opposition to any discrimina- tion on account of color. Politiclans also should realize the significance of the move- ment organized among the leaders of the colored race in the south to demand enact- ment of a law to pension former slave under penalty, in case of refusal, of an appeal to the colored voters in the north to bolt the republican ticket fn 1904. On the basis of the vote of 1902 for congress or state, officers, the vote, or any large section of it, from the republican to the democratic side would mean a victory for the democrats in the next presidential compaign. Assuming that the republicans’ large ma- Jorities of 1896 and 1900 will vanish in 1904 with the disappearance of the silver issue, it {8 reasonably certain that the swing of any large section of New York's 31,000 negro voters to the democrats, and the change in the same direction of New Jer- sey’s 21,000, ‘Rhode Island's 3,000, Dela- ware's 8,000, Maryland's 60,000, West Vir- ginia’s 15,000, Indiana’s 18,000 and Kansas’ 14,000 would give the democracy the presi- dent in that yi The transfer of these close states from the republican to the democratic column in 1904 would add 98 electoral votes to the 154 which they will get in any event. This would mean a total of 252, or 13 more votes than the 239 which will be & majority of the electoral college. PERSONAL NOTES, In announcing his deteat in Colorado, Mr. Wolcott is good enough to ask the country to endure the blow as gracefully as pos- sible. The striking coal miners have vindieated their position on the wage question by vol- untarily increasing the salary of President Mitchell. A proféssor in the University of Wisconsin has been dismissed for gambling. It s re- ported that when he asked if he might in- quire the reason thie trustees answered: “You bet! Count Boni de Castellane has been re. elected to the Chamber of Deputies. Hig indifferent success in other directions in- spires a bellef that he may develop into a statesman. Thomas Lowry, the millionalre street car magnate of Minneapolis and St. Paul, an- nounces that he is a candidate for the seat in the United Statés senate now occupled by Moses C. Clapp There seems to be no imit to the power of a monarch. Emperor Willlam hee in- terdicted the translation of poetry, and the shah of Persia has pro- hibited the importation of automobiles. Bocause it was stated that John D. Rockefeller had offered a million dollars for a new stomach, he has received hun- dreds of “‘cures” by mail. If he tried to | tollow all the advite offered he would soon be relieved. Heinrich Peterson, formerly a colleg professor in Berlin, who speaks fluently five languages, is now employed as a mo- torman a Chester trolley line. Which goes show that a man with a college education is always sure of employment Although Edmond Rostand, the author of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” was elected a mem- ber of the French academy several months be found | transfer of the negro | Kipling's | THE ELEPHANT BE SAVED? WILL Not the Party Symb Afriean Chicago Inter Ocent The African elephant, according to H. A. Bryden's survey of his condition in the current Fortnightly Review, has almost gone the way of the American bison. Thers are two or three herds in Colony, where they have been protected since 1830, There was, a year or two roop in North Bechuanaland it troops may be found in n 2 land. A few maintaln a precarious ¢ nce between the Zambesi mouth and tb Pungwe river. Except for these poor remnants, the wild elephant has practically ceased to outh of the Zambesi and the Cunene rivers. Even beyond those streams he has been and s vigorously pursued. It in | doubtful, however, If he exista great | numbers in the dense forests ot al Africa. While more or less known all over the continent, the region in which the elephgnt flourished best appears to bo that whose map has recontly been painted all British red. The exterminating pursuit of the elephant began 250 years ago. The great pachyderms were then abundant about Table bay. They have not been easily vanquishgd. “Culled from a hundred books of sport and travel, the tale of the extinction of the elephant would,” as Mr. Bryden says, “even with the most severe editing, 01l two or three volumes of the most stirring eples of adventure.” Even as early as 1772-75 Thun- berg and Sparrman, the Swedish travelers and sclentists, found among the Boers elo- | phant hunters whose teats rivaled and sur- passed, considering the arma they had, of Gordon, Cumming and Oswell and The elephant has dled game. Many & grave upon the veldt testifies to the fler ness with which he has turned rpon the eager sportsman and the pitiless lvory hunter. His tusks have been the eiephant's dc- struction. From the time white men came to South Africa fvory has been demanded unceasingly. That demand still exists, and is néver likely to fail. For certain and pleasures of man there is ally no ®atisfactory mubstitute. The elephant fs not 1ike the bison—able to furnish nothing but food and leather, meither superior to the flesh and hide of the famillar ox. He has something that no other animal can supply of equal quality. Furthermore, be s a useful beast of bur den. For many centurfes he has s ved man In Indla. While his working power. welght for welght, is not equal to that of the horse, he can do some ‘hings that the horse cannot do so well. He can be set at work and to a certain extent left to do it by himself, as the horse cannot. Whilo it 18 often eald that the African elephant fs untamable, it cannot be afirmed that any euch patient effort has been made with him as the anclent Hindoos must have expended in_domesticating their elephant. The ostrich has been reduced to practical domestication. Woman will never lack the ornament of his plumes. Because of the usefulness of ivory and of its producer, It would seem that the preservation and do- mestication of the African elephant might well be a commercial enterpriso, whose profits would b slow but absolutely cer- tain. Mr. Bryden expresses the opinion that *if, fifty years ago, Great Britain had suddenly extended its sway to the Zam- besi, the elephant might have been saved.” but the Real Vartets, ago, or One or African uses SMILING REMARKS. “I belleve,” sald the young physician, “that bag. Cooks supply Us With MATt ouE patients. “That's right,” rejolned the old doctor. “And good cooks supply us with the other half."—Modern Soclety. Tess—Look at that Flarin, Mrs. Nuritch la wearing. I anything so impossible ? Jess—Impossible, but not inappropriate. That's a perfect match for her husband's ham wrappers, you know.—Philadelphla Press. yellow gown d you ever see Do you know Mr. Kidder of Boston?" ed the stranger fn Baltimore. No," replied the extremely stout young woman. “Why?" “'Ha told me he had a wide acquaintance in Baltimore, and I thought—'" “8ir!"—Chicago Tribune. “T want to speak to the spirit of my dead sister,” sald the tall woman in black to the medium. “Talking now," latter, who had onee Kansas City Journal. absently replied the been a “hello” girl— Clerk—Yes, sir; we'll send the coal up to- day. Mr. Milledollar—An' say! have It put in with' them fron chutes. if I've got to pay your price for c want the nefghbor hood to know when I gets the stuff in. Savvy?'—Judge archly, “some hys 't heaithy, you clana say now. What ou_ think of 167" “Well, really,’ replied the handsoms young doctor, “I don’t think you or T should attempt to decide that off-hand. Let's put our heads together and con- sider.”—Philadelphia Press. ‘Fh, {sn't this the same girl whose ple- ture we used the other dav?" “It's the same girl, but it lsn't the same plature.” Why not?" “We are using the other picture in the second part of the paper as a portralt of that Montana female desperado.”—Cleve- land Plain Dealer, “Say,” exclaimed the haggard-looking man a8 he dashed into the drug store, “got any soothing syrup? ure,” answered itle, please tlo be hanged!" 1 look of the the druggist. ‘“What B | hage | full News. rejoin [ BEANS AND BROWNING, | Bl s Tom Masson | Boston is on the | —Datly Times. | Only three beans Teft three ehriveled benr My brain BOLUng W00z | think of what this mear My Browning class is on tod shall 1 With only verge of a hean famine mother, only mother. oh, whatever 1l beans with which individual property owners. Such a lit- tle thing as that would not, however, Phase the adamantine cheek of a Bald- win, who would stand up and maintain with just as much nonchalance that the sun shines in the middle of the night and the moon in the middle of the day if his corporation employers paid him for it. o W he o 3 | standing of term. he will not be blamed if he Is lukewarm | ;6 given to the use of extravagant terms in their cause. He is not an emotional word painter in any sense. His public speeches and state | & i papers are instinct with fact, with reason In these days most men dle of heart|,nq wih sense. What he had to say of | failure unless they die by railroad ac-| McKinley was more in the nature of a dis- cident, and then it is the telegraph | passionate estimate than of an obvious operator. But nobody blames the rail- | €ulogy, and yet it was both sincere and road managers for employing boys at sympathetic, Probably no one who has not been called boys' wages to handle train dispatches which fnvolve responsibilities that | upon to discharge the duties and meet the should be entrusted only to men with issues of the presidential office can do ab- solute justice to another who has filled the | cool heads and steady nerves, who must be paid men's wages. o | same position. President Roosevelt's esti- | —rr—— ago, he has not yet been officlally received by that body. The reception has been re peatedly postponed until it has been jocu- larly suggested that the youngest academi- clan would be the oldest before ho could sit at the institute, It is reported from Copenhagen that on | the eighty-fifth birthday of King Christian, which occurs on April 8 next, there will be no less than three emperors in the Danish pocket wireless telegraph The b r transmitter 18 not perfected, but is prom- | capital—King Edward, the and the | It is added that preparations for ised at an early day. At last the | kaiser prediction of girdling the earth in | the birthday festivities are Being kept from | = cla minutes is in danger of realization the king as much as possible and that the | mother, girdle being the vibration of human } | celebrations will be of the most splendid | in continuous through con- | kind tact with earth vibrations. A machine | which each spoken be with all its tender shades of me also been perfected pocket no doubt be on the market in due time no remote day voices at the | telephone wirelessly to each listening ear, | abl and the syllables can be made to resound | str to the end of time whenever desired. The | ta man as he treads fhe carth is gol tho a lordly creature. With only one superior, | ¢ the really new woman will hay have a pocket. A bag will not sery | minated —_— | Hewitt th In a Sorry Fix { alive by the Minneapolis Journal | ana t Congressman Lessler seems very grave trouble. His bribery boomerang begins to make him I that New York butler bogus burglary in order to make a hit with his employer as the faithful servant who put & band of burglars to flight. The Assoclated Press has deemed 1t 18 e S of sufficient importance to wire all over the country that the Kansas day ban- quet at Topeka is to cost the guests $3 & plate. A three-dollar banquet would be nothing extraordinary in any other state, but in prohibition Kansas it may require an explanation. bullding s cited as one of the objections n to the increased borrowing capacity of the municipality, but publie sentiment erally in favor of the building of a that would be creditable to the m | “Twas vesterday the corner stor I begged and pleaded with sald thore were no more My spectacles hang limy words are growing thin I dream of can this be scurded round, and ot is gen ity hall ropolis the elerk; he no my The New Ma Chicago Chront, Marconi has perfected the heans the lye A sin? & night, for & Oh, mother, where's that empty gaze upon its shay And Jet me have a g00d, bottom 1 will se Some inspiration there may Cclasslc deep unto that Browning I ean't creep pot? 1 ceiver sharp the ot poor The new Omaha charter which is un- @ergolng preparation by the Douglas delegation in star chamber session will soon make its appearance and we shall presently know whether it Is Dbeing framed up in the lnterest of better and more economic municipal government or merely to promote the politl am- bitions of the members of the delega tlon. : be within fts IRRIGATION INVESTIGATIONS. e th class, oh The agricultural appropriation bill as it passed the house of representatives cut down by more than half the amount allowed last year for brrigation investi- gations by the Department of Agricul- ture. Secretary Wilson had asked for an increase, taking the view that his department should do more of this work now that the government has entered upon an irrigation policy, but the house committee on agriculture took the ground that there was no need of the work that has been done by the depart- ment along this line. It is not denied that this work bas been useful, but the mmittee thought it unnecessary that it be continued to the extent that has mate of McKinley Is doubtless higher and more positive than it would have been if he had not viewed the late president’s career from the standpoint of personal experience as well as that of long observation Summed up, the tribute of the present chief magistrate to his immediate predeces- sor 1s that McKinley's career was in no wige due to political accident or extraordi- nary opportunity; that it was of continual | growth, ending logically with the bestowal of the highest honor of the country; that in its last stages it had to do with great | and menacing events, and that in these| stages it was marked by the singular suc- | cess that had attended the less eventful steps; that a record made in such historic times and marked by results such as have | toYlowed the McKinley policies, is im- perishable, inasmuch as it overcomes the animosities of partisan politics; and finally that the proof of this conclusion may be found in the sincere grief of the whole na- tion when President McKinley was struck down. heans beans to heg by theft er and Thed hear my cry! I must have heans to fill me surely die! We Invite Ybu To call on us and | There properly. end are left are left and. borrow three three tried tried oh, 1 Only mother, only consclousness Ex-Governor Samuel J. Crawford of Kan- an urgent plea for the bird protecting law. He | of every kind and riety, {he hawk and the English sparrow useful, and many of them are invalu- hey should be protected by a rigid ot law with a severe penalty at hereto. One quall will destroy ts in a single day, and many will do as much.’ end of the illness which ter carthly carcer of Abram § Acctors endeavored to keep him of oxygen. the dying I've I've word can has printed of critus! O, Three years ago Gus Hennings | dumped Charlie Saunders, the Fifth | ward candidate for treasurer, by turn Ing a trick in the Ninth ward. Now Gus Donnecken, chief aeronaut, has at tached Treasurer Iennings to the par of the Saunders balloon. It will be prudent for Mr. Hennings to beware of the Greeks bearing presents ani ent a Aeccording to the World-Herald, which tries to emulate the New York Journal and Chlcago Awmerican, a glorious vie- fory has been won by Omaha coal con- sumers over the local coal dealers’ com- bine. The coal dealers' monopoly has eapitulated and the exchange has agreed to change its constitution. This was a stupendous achievement. A few |been pursued by the irrigatiouists of more such victories will give us free |the department. Besides, there are coal and the cheap power problem is | millions in the treasury avallable for as good as solved already. every feature of the project and when d fns bird: chuf Tow us show you how to She rd the buy Spectacles only oue glass that it yoy don't it —ee will fit your ey Those man venerable grasped the tube his mouth. “A with a flickering dead.” His eye flash and In & S us nea glus: le 16 1 Kansas. | get that one injured is ftast From forging on men ahead of now aflicted with arrh, who chew tobaceo and women who chew gum will have to carry a cuspidor when walking the streets of Fremont. Otherwise they are liable to prosecution and lmprison- assen ¢ men to be ch k1 The Iy raised hand removed trom * he whispered smile, “I am ofcially lighted up with its last moment he was no more. chronie ca his b it We fit ea to | and who carried out a | now | ana the J. C. HUTESON & CO., 38, Paxton Block at proper pric 1 h Street. 1